https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/b8f20caedefb0d798ea2b75afeae971f.pdf 2e3ac108717ccf09b97f15eaf20161d9 PDF Text Text log onto www.mydailysentinel.com for archive • games • features • e-edition • polls & more Middleport•Pomeroy, Ohio INSIDE STORY WEATHER SPORTS Dr. Brothers .... Page 2 Partly sunny. High near 50. Low 37. ........ Page 2 Prep basketball action .... Page 6 OBITUARIES Boyd Clark, 94 Avenell ‘Ava’ (Martin) Counts, 79 Reba V. Jones Carla L. McBrayer, 44 Helen Deane Morton, 96 50 cents daily THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2013 Vol. 63, No. 23 Mary G. Pickens, 92 Lillian E. (Holcomb) Saunders, 95 Wilma Shultz, 96 Jeannie H. Sizemore, 59 Marceline ‘Mary’ Slack, 85 Walter S. Stowers, 81 Allegations against mayor brought before Council Sarah Hawley shawley@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — Pomeroy Village Council held an emergency meeting Tuesday to discuss allegations of discrimination by one village employee against another. Council President Jackie Welker stated that the allegations claim discrimination by an elected official, Mayor Mary McAngus, against an employee of the village. According to Pomeroy Police Chief Mark Proffitt, the employee is an officer with the village police department — who was not named in the meeting — is openly gay. Welker said that he, along with council members Dru Reed, Phil Ohlinger and Robert Payne, had called the meeting in an effort to get to the bottom of the allegations. According to Welker, eight signed statements by village employees have been filed alleging discrimination in the workplace on the part of McAngus against the officer. The legality of the situation is complicated, however. The Ohio Revised Code 4112.02 states: It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice: (A) For any employer, because of the race, color, religion, sex, military status, national origin, disability, age, or ancestry of any person, to discharge without just cause, to refuse to hire, or otherwise to discriminate against that person with respect to hire, tenure, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, or any matter directly or indirectly related to employment. Matters of discrimination based on sexual orientation are not addressed in the Ohio Revised Code, leaving Council to navigate a decidedly gray legal area. Welker asked that Council enter into executive session to discuss the matter. Some members of Council and those in attendance questioned if the matter was appropriate for executive session or if it should be heard in open session. According to discussion, a legal opinion letter given by Village Solicitor Michael Barr recommended that Council enter into executive session to discuss the matter further. A copy of the opinion letter was not provided to The Daily Sentinel as part of the meeting minutes. Ohlinger moved to enter executive session, stating that in order to protect the rights of the employee, the matter should be discussed privately. Reed seconded the motion. The motion passed by a 3-2 vote, with council members Vic Young and Ruth Spaun voting no. Payne entered the meeting after the vote was taken. Spaun stated that she would enter executive session under protest and will lodge a com- plaint with regard to the matter. Young voted no stating that he did not know if it was appropriate or not. Village resident Dan Morris also voiced his objection. All members of council, plus Village Administrator Paul Hellman, Police Chief Proffitt, clerk Sonya Wolfe and McAngus were present in the executive session which began at 4:10 p.m. and ended at 5:51 p.m. After executive session concluded, Ohlinger moved, at Barr’s request, to seek legal representation apart from the solicitor for some matters. The motion by Ohlinger also gave Welker the power to contact lawyers for these matters. Payne seconded the motion. The action passed by a 5-1 vote with Spaun voting no. On Wednesday, Proffitt contacted The Daily Sentinel in regard to the allegations. Proffitt said that allegations have been made by several officers and dispatchers with the Pomeroy Police Department in which they claim a fellow officer had been discriminated against for being openly gay. While Proffitt stated that he could not discuss the details of the meeting further, he did say that he was ordered by the mayor and Council to place a sign in the police department stating that, until further notice, members of the police department are not to contact the mayor and that public questions should be directed to Wolfe, the village clerk. McAngus said on Wednesday afternoon that she had “no comment” with regard to Tuesday’s meeting. The regular meeting of Pomeroy Village Council will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 11 at Pomeroy Village Hall. More on The Daily Sentinel’s exclusive interview with Pomeroy Police Chief Mark Proffitt will appear in the Friday edition of The Daily Sentinel. Bartimus, Leedy sentenced in burglary cases Sarah Hawley shawley@civitasmedia.com Charlene Hoeflich | Daily Sentinel RSVP Volunteer Barbara Beegle assists Leonard Scarbrough of Darwin with preparing his federal and state tax return forms. AARP free tax preparation available Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — Free tax assistance is currently being offered to area residents at the Meigs Senior Center through the AARP TaxAide program. Volunteers are available on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 9 a.m. to noon to assist in preparing both federal and state returns. However, appointments must be made with Rhonda Rathburn who is in charge of the program. She said that slots for assis- tance are being filled rapidly. While the emphasis is on assisting seniors, Rathburn said others are welcome to take advantage of the service if they fall into the low and moderate income category. All returns are prepared with tax software and can be filed electronically for free. Refunds can be deposited in the checking account of the taxpayer if desired. Those wanting to take advantage of direct deposit should bring a blank check from which information can be taken to route the deposit. Currently there are three tax preparers available at the Center who volunteer their time to work with taxpayers. They are Barbara Beegle, Paul Ross and Becky Triplett. Assistance is available on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, with appointment times from 9 a.m to 11:15 a.m. until April 14. Those wanting an appointment are to call 740-992-2161 and ask for Rathburn. While there is no charge for the tax assistance, donations are being accepted, said Rathburn. POMEROY — A Washington County man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for burglary and breaking and entering. James C. Bartimus, 39, of Vincent, Ohio, pleaded guilty in November 2012 to one count of burglary, a felony of the second degree, and two counts of breaking and entering, felonies of the fifth degree. According to court documents, Bartimus was sentenced to six years in prison on the one count of burglary, and 12 months for each count of breaking and entering. The sentences are to run consecutively for a total of eight years. The single count of burglary as charged in the indictment occurred on March 27, 2012, at the Charles Humphreys residence in Reedsville. The two counts of breaking and entering occurred on April 16 and May 11 at the D.V. Weber Construction Warehouse in Reedsville. According to a report from then Sheriff Robert E. Beegle, a safe containing a large sum of cash was stolen from the Humphrey residence by Bartimus and other individuals. The safe stolen from the Humphrey residence was recovered by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office over the bank of the Hocking River near the Arrowhead at Little Hocking. The report also stated that copper wire was stolen from the incident at the D.V. Weber Construction Warehouse. Lori Leedy, 48, of Nelsonville, was also sentenced in Meigs County Common Pleas Court recently in connection with the burglary at the Humphreys residence. Leedy pleaded guilty on Jan. 30 to one count of burglary and one count of theft. Two counts of complicity to breaking and entering were dismissed. The one count of burglary was for the March 27 burglary of the Humphreys residence. The theft offense occurred on Oct. 19, 2012, at the D.V. Weber Warehouse in Reedsville. According to the indictment, property stolen was greater than $500, but less than $5,000. The offense is a felony of the fifth degree. Leedy was sentenced immediately following the guilty plea without objection. She was sentenced to five years on the count of burglary and one year on the count of theft. The two sentences are to be served consecutively for a total of six years. Leedy, Bartimus and any other defendants found guilty in the case were ordered to pay $100,000 in restitution of Humpreys. A sum of $9,871 was also ordered to be paid to D.V. Weber Construction in connection with the cases. Hawkins to appeal aggravated murder conviction Amber Gillenwater agillenwater@civitasmedia.com GALLIPOLIS — An appeal has been filed with the Fourth District Court of Appeals in the case against a Gallia County man who was convicted last year and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Betsy Ball. Lee A. Hawkins, 48, Bidwell, is currently being held at the Ross Correctional Institution serving a life sentence without the eligibility of parole after being found guilty by a jury last October of aggravated murder, tampering with evidence and the gross abuse of a corpse. Hawkins was arrested on March 13, 2012, after he was identified as suspect in the murder of Ball on the night of February 29, 2012. The defendant was alleged of murdering Ball, 67, at her home on Wilder Road home, dumping her body at a nearby farm located on Piper Road and raping and mutilating her body. The victim was reported missing by her family during the early morning hours of March 1, and her body was later found by law enforcement officials where it had been dumped in a field on Piper Road. Hawkins, who entered a not guilty plea on March 19, 2012, and maintained his innocence throughout litigation in his case, was found guilty of the death of Ball on Tuesday, October 9, 2012, following a six-day jury trial. During sentencing on October 16, Common Pleas Judge D. Dean Evans handed down a life sentence without parole eligibility for the charge of aggravated murder and a 36-month sentence for tampering with evidence. Tampering with evidence and the gross abuse of a corpse were found to be allied offenses in this case — or offenses that could have been committed by the same actions of the defendant — and were merged for the purposes of sentencing. Following the hearing, Hawkins was remanded to the custody of the Gallia County Sheriff’s Office and was later transported to the Ross Correctional Institution. A notice of appeal was filed with the Gallia County Clerk of Courts in this case on January 30, 2013. The entry, signed by Assistant State Public Defender, Peter Galyardt, counsel for Hawkins, states that “[n]otice is hereby given that Lee A. Hawkins, Defendant-Appellant, appeals to the Court of Appeals of Gallia County, Ohio, Fourth Appellate District, from the amended judgement entry of conviction, entered in this action on the 17th day of October, 2012.” Further, a motion for preparation of a complete transcript of proceedings at the state’s expense was also filed, along with a motion for appointment of counsel through the Office of the Ohio Public Defender. In journal entries filed on February 4, 2013, the court grants the appointment of counsel for the purposes of the appeal and orders the court reporter to prepare the transcript of the trial against Hawkins. According to the clerk’s online docket, in Hawkins’ 2013 court of appeals case, a copy of the notice of appeal, motion for preparation of transcript, motion for the appointment of counsel, along with other documents were received from the common pleas court and have been filed in this case. �Thursday, February 7, 2013 The Daily Sentinel • Page 2 www.mydailysentinel.com Local Briefs Meigs County Community Calendar Lenten breakfast at Trinity POMEROY — The annual Lenten Breakfast and Quiet Hour will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 7:45 a.m. in the fellowship hall of the Trinity Congregational Church on Second Street in Pomeroy. Everyone in the community is invited to attend. Call Peggy Harris, 992-7569 or Dianne Hawley, 949-8200 with the number attending by Feb. 12. Thursday, Feb. 7 CHESTER — Chester-Shade Historical Association, 7 p.m. at the Academy. CHILLICOTHE — The Southern Ohio Council of Governments (SOCOG) will hold its next board meeting on Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 10 a.m. in Room A of the Ross County Service Center at 475 Western Avenue, Chillicothe, Ohio, 45601. Board meetings usually are held the first Thursday of the month. For more information, call (740) 7755030, ext. 103. Lincoln Day Dinner POMEROY — The annual Lincoln Day Dinner will be held on Thursday, March 7 at Meigs High School. Tickets must be purchased prior to Feb. 25. To purchase tickets call Judy Sisson at 416-7104. Peggy Yost at 304-482-5748 or Kay Hill at 416-4564. The speaker will be Congressman Bill Johnson. Friday, Feb. 8 LONG BOTTOM — A gospel sing Valentine’s Dinner and Movie will be held at the Faith Full Gospel MIDDLEPORT — The Middleport Community As- Church, located on Route 124 at sociation will host a Valentine’s Day Dinner and movie Long Bottom, at 7 p.m. Deliverance on Thursday, Feb. 14 at Middleport Village Hall. The will sing. dinner of lasagna, salad, dessert and drink will be served from 6-7 p.m., with the movie beginning at 7 Saturday, Feb. 9 POMEROY — The Modern Woodp.m. The cost will be $5 per dinner with the movie shown free. For reservations call 992-5877, 992-1121, men will have a pizza party from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Fox’s Pizza with the or 742-3153. Woodmen Chapter paying $3 toward each person’s meal. Immunization Clinic RACINE — The Racine United POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will conduct a childhood immunization clinic Methodist men will host a fish fry at from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. on Tuesday at the office lo- the church with serving to begin at cated at 112 East Memorial Drive. Flu and pneumonia 11 a.m. Dinners will include french fries, slaw and desserts. shots will also be available for a fee. Sunday, Feb. 10 Free Health Screenings POMEROY — A planning meeting POMEROY — Free blood pressure, glucose and chowill be held at 6 p.m. at the Eagles for lesterol screenings will be offered by the OU-HCOM the Meigs Memorial Day Run. EveryCommunity Health Program from 9 a.m.-noon on one welcome. Friday, Feb. 22 at Rocksprings Rehabilitation Center, 36759 Rocksprings Road. Total cholesterol and glucose can be non-fasting, A lipid panel requires a 9-12 hour fast. Ohio Valley Forecast Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 50. Southeast wind 3 to 8 mph. Thursday Night: Rain likely, mainly after 4 a.m. Cloudy, with a low around 37. Southeast wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Friday: Showers likely, mainly before 11 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. Southwest wind 5 to 11 mph becoming north in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 42. Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 55. Sunday Night: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 43. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent. Monday: A chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 56. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Monday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 44. Local stocks AEP (NYSE) — 44.58 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 22.61 Ashland Inc. 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Monday, Feb. 11 POMEROY — The Meigs County Republican Executive Committee will hold their regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the courthouse. The meeting will include discussion of the Lincoln Day Dinner. At 7:15 p.m. the central committee will vote on new members. Anyone interested in becoming a member should have a letter with their name on it so that they can be voted on. CHESTER — The Chester Township Trustees will met at 7 p.m. at the town hall. Tuesday, Feb. 12 POMEROY — The Meigs Tea Party will celebrate its third anniversary at 7:30 p.m. at the Meigs Senior Citizens Center, 112 Memorial Drive, Pomeroy. The public is invited to attend the event where cake and “Sweet Liber-tea” will be served. TUPPERS PLAINS — The Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer Board will have their regular meeting at 5 p.m. at the TPRSD office. BEDFORD TWP. — The Bedford Township Trustees will hold their monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the town hall. POMEROY — St. Paul Lutheran Church, Pomeroy will host their annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake supper beginning at 5:30-7 p.m. Community welcome. POMEROY — The Meigs County Board of Health meeting will take place at 5 p.m. in the conference room of the Meigs County Health Department, located at 112 East Memorial Drive, Pomeroy. Thursday, Feb. 14 POMEROY — A free community dinner of soup, sandwiches and desserts will be held with serving from 5:30-7 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church. Community welcome. CHESTER — Shade River Loge 453 will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the hall. Refreshments will be served after the meeting. Wednesday, Feb. 13 POMEROY — St. Paul Lutheran Church will begin their Lent service at 7 p.m. Community welcome. LONG BOTTOM — Ash Wednesday Service at the Long Bottom United Methodist Church, 7 p.m. with Rev. Norman Butler, speaker. Saturday, Feb. 16 POMEROY — Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter, DAR will meet at 1 p.m at the Pomeroy Library. The program topic will be “Women in History” to be presented by Opal Grueser with emphasis on the National Society DAR museum quilts and the women who made them. Birthdays RUTLAND — Lowell Vance of Rutland who observed his 80th on Feb. 1 will be honored with a family surprise celebration on Sunday. Cards may be sent to Mr. Vance at P. O. Blox 223 in Rutland. Johnson named to dean’s list at MVNU NRCS informational MOUNT VERNON — Melissa Johnson has been named to the dean’s list for the 2012 fall semester at Mount Vernon Nazarene University. The dean’s list includes all students who carried a minimum of 12 credit hours and have maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or above for the semester. Johnson, a freshman Nursing major, has attained the dean’s list for the first time. A 2012 graduate of Meigs High School, she is the daughter of Thomas and Jill Johnson of Pomeroy, Ohio. Mount Vernon Nazarene University is a private, fouryear, intentionally Christian teaching university for traditional age students, graduate students and working adults. With a 400-acre main campus in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and several convenient Graduate and Professional Studies sites throughout the state, MVNU emphasizes academic excellence, spiritual growth and service to community and church. MVNU offers an affordable education to more than 2,500 students from 32 states and six countries/U.S. territories. meeting scheduled POMEROY — The Natural Resources Conservation Service will hold a public informational meeting for landowners in Meigs County 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Meigs County Public Library meeting room. The meeting will include information about conservation planning and financial assistance through USDA-NRCS programs for livestock, crops, forest management, wildlife management, seasonal high tunnels or organic farming. 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What would be the best approach for me to take with him about this? — K.V. Dear K.V.: I assume that you know about the bullying because your son has mentioned it to you. Now you can keep the lines of communication open with your son and try to monitor the situation as best you can. Bullying over food allergies is not as unusual as you may think. Kids are very creative in the way they react to differences in their classmates, and there will always be those who are cruel and unfeeling. Your instincts may be to let your son stand up for himself and fight his own battles, but if the bullying gets out of hand, it can actually become a very serious situation where food allergies are concerned. According to the journal Pediatrics, 8 percent of children have food allergies. That means there are quite a few targets out there, and many bullies who are waiting to make their lives miserable. There have been instances of children trying to stuff an allergen down the throats of allergic kids. Obviously this is not a situation you could ignore, so talk to the teacher about school policies and your particular child’s vulnerabilities. Encourage him to report any incident of bullying based on his allergies. Why do kids pick on those with allergies? They usually don’t understand the seriousness of the allergy, since kids like your sons look and act healthy. (c) 2013 by King Features Syndicate �Thursday, February 7, 2013 The Daily Sentinel • Page 3 www.mydailysentinel.com Obituary Mary G. Pickens Mary G. Pickens, 92, of Middleport, passed away on Tuesday, February 5, 2013, at the Overbrook Nursing Center in Middleport. She was born in Middleport, Ohio, on December 28, 1920, daughter of the late George William Hackett, Sr. and Rhoda Hazel Ingram Hackett. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Pomeroy. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by brother, George “Shorty”; sister, Rose; and brother, Michael “Mickey”. She is survived by son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Adele Shafer of Kennesaw, Georgia; grandson, Timothy Shafer and his wife, Kate; granddaughter, Corryn Chamberlain and her husband, Sean; great-grandchildren, Joseph and Charles Shafer and Mary and Amanda Chamberlain; sisters, Dr. Yvonne Scally and Barbara Mul- len; and extended family members. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, February 8, 2013, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Pomeroy. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, February 7, 2013, at the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Middleport. An on-line registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel.com. Death Notices Clark Boyd Clark, 94, of Lake Placid, Florida, formerly of Gallipolis, died Monday, February 4, 2013, at his residence in Lake Placid, Florida. Services will be 1 p.m., Friday, February 8, 2013, at the Willis Funeral Home with Pastor Alvis Pollard officiating. Burial will follow in Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Friends may call at the funeral home from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on Friday prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Boyd’s memory to Good Shepherd Hospice, 110 Hammock Road, Sebring, Fla. 33870. Counts Avenell “Ava” (Martin) Counts, 79, of Ashville, Ohio, died Tuesday, February 5, 2013. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. on Sat- urday, February 9, 2013, at the Oliver-Cheek Funeral Home, 420 W. Main St. Ashville, Ohio. Calling hours will be from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. on Friday. Jones Reba V. Jones of Point Pleasant, W.Va., died February 6, 2013, at her home. A full obituary will appear in the Friday edition of the Point Pleasant Register by the Deal Funeral Home. McBrayer Carla L. McBrayer, 44, of Gallipolis, died February 5, 2013, at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Friday, February 8, 2013, at Waugh-HalleyWood Funeral Home with Pastor Terry Hale officiating. Burial will follow at Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9-11 a.m. on Friday. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home to help with expenses. Morton Helen Deane Morton, 96, of West Columbia, W.Va, formerly of Huntington, W.Va., died February 4, 2013, at Lakin Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, February 8, 2013, at Lakin Chapel in West Columbia, W.Va. Burial will be held in Lakin Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Arrangements are under the direction of the Wilcoxen Funeral Home in Point Pleasant, W.Va. Saunders Lillian E. (Holcomb) Saunders, 95, of Gallipolis, died Tuesday, February 5, 2013, surrounded by her family at her home. Services will be conduct- ed at 1 p.m., Saturday, February 9, 2013, at the Willis Funeral Home with Pastor Paul Voss officiating. Burial will follow in Pine Street Cemetery. Friends may call from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., Saturday at the funeral home prior to the funeral. The grandsons and great grandsons will serve as pallbearers. ficiating. Burial will follow at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Friends may gather with the family Friday from noon until 2 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home. Arrangements are being handled by Blue Ridge Funeral Home, 5251 Robert C. Byrd Dr. Beckley, WV. Shultz Marceline “Mary” Slack, 85, of Gallipolis, died Wednesday, February 6, 2013, at her residence. Services will be 1:30 p.m., Sunday, February 10, 2013, at the Willis Funeral Home with Rev. Joseph Pritchard officiating. Entombment will follow at Chapel of Hope Mausoleum, Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Friends may call from 7-9 p.m. on Saturday, February 9, 2013, at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Mary’s memory to Holzer Wilma Shultz, 96, died Wednesday, February 6, 2013. Arrangements will be announced by Cremeens Funeral Home, Racine. Sizemore Jeannie Harrell Sizemore, 59, of Townsend, Ga., formerly or Mason, W.Va., died unexpectedly Monday, February 4, 2013. Services will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, February 8, 2013, at Blue Ridge Funeral Home, in Beckley, W.Va., with Rev. Daniel Legg of- Slack Hospice, 100 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631. Stowers Walter Sherril Stowers, 81, of Gallipolis, Ohio, died Tuesday, February 5, 2013, at the hospice room at Holzer Hospital after a brief battle with liver cancer. Services will be held at 3:30 p.m., Saturday, February 9, 2013, at the Willis Funeral Home with Pastor James Lusher and Pastor Alvis Pollard officiating. Burial will follow at Ridgelawn Cemetery in Mercerville, Ohio. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday, February 8, 2013, from 5-8 p.m. with a Masonic Service at 8 p.m. There will be full military rites by volunteers of local veterans organizations. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Walter Stower’s memory to Holzer Hospice, 100 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis, Ohio. Boy Scouts delay decision on admitting gays IRVING, Texas (AP) — Faced with intense pressure from two flanks, the Boy Scouts of America said Wednesday it needed more time for consultations before deciding whether to move away from its policy of excluding gays as scouts or adult leaders. Possible changes in the policy — such as a proposal to allow sponsors of local troops to decide for themselves on gay membership — will not be voted on until the organization’s annual meeting in May, the national executive board said at the conclusion of closed-door deliberations. As the board met over three days at a hotel in Irving, near Dallas, it became clear that the proposed change would be unacceptable to large numbers of Scouting families and advocacy groups on the left and right. Gay-rights supporters said no Scout units should be allowed to exclude gays, while some conservatives, including religious leaders whose churches sponsor troops, warned of mass defections if the ban were eased. “In the past two weeks, Scouting has received an outpouring of feedback from the American public,” said the BSA’s national spokesman, Deron Smith. “It reinforces how deeply people care about Scouting and how passionate they are about the organization.” Smith said the executive board “concluded that due to the complexity of this issue, the organization needs time for a more deliberate review of its membership policy.” The board will prepare a resolution to be voted on by the 1,400 voting members of the national council at a meeting in Grapevine, Texas, he said. The BSA announced last week it was considering allowing scout troops to decide whether to allow gay membership. That news placed a spotlight on the executive board meeting that began Monday in Irving, where the BSA headquarters is located, but the deliberations were closed to the news media and the public. Early reaction to the delay from gay-rights supporters was harshly critical of the BSA. “A Scout is supposed to be brave, and the Boy Scouts failed to be brave today,” said Jennifer Tyrrell, an Ohio mother ousted from her post as a Cub Scout volunteer because she’s a lesbian. “The Boy Scouts had the chance to help countless young people and devoted parents, but they’ve failed us yet again.” Brad Hankins, campaign director of Scouts for Equality, said the delay would have a direct impact on young men already in the scouting movement. “By postponing this decision, thousands of currently active Scouts still remain uncertain about their future in the program and are shamed into silence. We understand that this change is a huge paradigm shift for some, but this isn’t a religious issue. It’s simply one of human morality, and that is something common to all faiths.” For The Record 911 Feb. 4 9:58 a.m., unknown, difficulty breathing; 11:10 a.m., Bone Hollow Road, obstetrics; 12:04 p.m., Fifth Street, altered mental status; 1:11 p.m., Pearl Street, fractured body part; 1:32 p.m., Broderick Hollow Road, chest pain; 2:28 p.m., Third Street, difficulty breathing; 3:40 p.m., Ohio 7, seizure/convulsions; 4:08 p.m., Ohio 124, fall; 5:58 p.m., Ohio 7, motor vehicle collision; 7:37 p.m., Ohio 124, motor vehicle colli- sion; 10:34 p.m., Lee Circle, high blood pressure; 10:59 p.m., Rocksprings Road, chest pain. Feb. 5 5:00 a.m., Township Road 1059, nausea/vomiting; 10:48 a.m., Dexter Road, difficulty breathing; 11:56 a.m., Union Avenue, pain general; 2:33 p.m., East Memorial Drive, chest pain; 3:33 p.m., Bunker Hill Church Road, syncope/passing out; 10:41 p.m., Ohio 124, difficulty breathing. Parrys announce birth of son PORTLAND — Tabitha Jones and Gerrod Parry of Portland announce the birth of a son on Jan. 6 at Camden Clark Hospital in Parkersburg. Charles Vincent Parry, weighed six pounds, one ounce and is the third child for the couple. They have a son, Christopher Parry, four, and a daughter, Arionnia Parry, two. 60391641 About 70 percent of all Scout units are sponsored by religious denominations, including many by conservative faiths that have supported the ban, such as the Roman Catholic Church, the Southern Baptist Convention and the Mormons’ Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Michael Purdy, a Mormon church spokesman, said the BSA “acted wisely in delaying its decision un- til all voices can be heard on this important moral issue.” The National Catholic Committee on Scouting said it would join in the BSA’s consultations over the coming months. Whatever the outcome, the committee said, “Catholic chartered units will continue to provide leaders who promote and live Catholic values.” Meanwhile, hundreds of conservative support- ers of the ban held a rally and prayer vigil at the BSA headquarters, carrying signs that read, “Don’t invite sin Into the camp” and “Homosexuality is a sin! BSA please resist Satan’s test. Uphold the ban.” Scoutmaster Darrel Russell, of Weatherford, took his wife and five of their seven children to the rally. Russell said having gays in the scouting movement would be like mixing boys and girls. �The Daily Sentinel Opinion Page 4 Thursday, February 7, 2013 A debate we can never resolve Pondering Hagel’s retreat Lee H. Hamilton A few weeks ago, in his second inaugural speech, President Obama waded into the longest-running argument our history offers. “Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time,” he said, “but it does require us to act in our time.” He had just laid out a rationale for government action on infrastructure, protecting the security and dignity of people, climate change, inequality, the strength of arms and the rule of law. Even though he also spoke about limiting government’s reach, replacing outmoded programs, and reforming its shortcomings, liberals saw the speech as a call to arms, while conservatives cringed. However you responded, though, there’s one point I suspect we could all agree on: this is not a question we’ll ever settle. After more than two centuries of discord over the proper role of government, the only consensus we’ve been able to arrive at as a nation is a consensus not to have a consensus. That’s okay, because the issue is never going to go away. Changing circumstances, new challenges facing the country, and shifting national moods will always demand that we rethink what we want out of government. But that is not the same as saying that we can’t approach the question more thoughtfully. If you bring up the issue before an audience, someone invariably quotes Henry David Thoreau’s phrase, “That government is best which governs least.” Everyone usually nods in agreement. But Thoreau was writing more than 150 years ago. As appealing as small government might be to the rugged-individualist, market-oriented strain in the American character, talk about it is misleading. The growing number of Americans on Social Security and Medicare; the interest on the national debt; the social safety net; the public demand for regulations that promote safety and well-being, protect the environment, and keep rapacious firms in check; the sums we spend on defense and taking a robust leadership role in the world; the government’s interest in promoting economic activity, in part by funding infrastructure — all guarantee that the federal government won’t be shrinking anytime soon. This is not to say that government can’t be restrained, however. 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The public sector does a lot of things wrong. It fixates on short-term benefits and ignores long-term costs. It remains slow to act when action is needed. It is reluctant to spend now — as on infrastructure — even when it knows that the longer it delays the higher costs will rise. It often spends too much and too inefficiently. It fails to reckon early enough with the consequences of its activities. Yet it is also indispensable. So it is high time, I believe, to set aside the black-and-white argument about “big vs. small” government and to adopt a more thoughtful, less ideological approach to the role of government. For those things we want government to do, we should be talking about how a limited government can do them better. Lee Hamilton is Director of the Center on Congress at Indiana University. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years. Sheldon Richman Some observers are mystified by Chuck Hagel’s pathetic showing at his Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, but there should be no mystery about it. He performed as he did for one simple reason: He wants to be the next secretary of defense, and he (along with the White House) must have calculated that standing up for his past positions would have harmed his chances. Only by establishment standards did the old Hagel look like a radical critic of U.S. foreign policy. For example, he once criticized the 2007 military surge in Iraq, but he voted to authorize President George W. Bush to send troops there. He previously expressed concern about the drive to war with Iran over its alleged nuclear-weapons program. But he supported multilateral economic sanctions against the Iranian people, although he criticized unilateral sanctions and made favorable statements about negotiating with the Islamic republic. Hagel also criticized Israel and what he called “the Jewish lobby” in the United States. Among his statements on this subject, he said the Israelis “keep Palestinians caged up like animals,” complained that the lobby “intimidated” members of Congress, and accused his congressional colleagues of doing “dumb” things as a result. Yet in the Senate he voted for every aid bill for Israel. But during his Senate hearing, Hagel retracted or considerably watered down every one of these statements. To many questions, he responded along these lines: “I’ve said many, many things over many years.… If I — if I had a chance to go back and edit it, I would. I regret that I used those words.” The message that came out of the hearing is unfortunate: Deviation from the narrow range of opinion authorized by the ruling elite is forbidden. If you want respect from that elite, you’d better toe the line. (Whether one should want respect from the ruling elite is another question entirely.) Bear in mind that Hagel is no critic of the American empire. During his two terms in the U.S. Senate, his actions rarely reflected the remarks that caused him so much trouble at his confirmation hearing. To his credit, Hagel had been in the wing of the establishment that fears the consequences of war with Iran. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Letters to the Editor Letters to the editor should be limited to 300 words. All letters are subject to editing, must be signed and include address and telephone number. No unsigned letters will be published. Letters should be in good taste, addressing issues, not personalities. “Thank You” letters will not be accepted for publication. But now that the only thing that stands between him and the Pentagon is a Senate that includes neoconservative Sens. John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and others, Hagel feels compelled to say that “all options are on the table.” “All options” logically includes, not only a conventional military attack, but also nuclear weapons. But as the hearing brought out, “all options” actually excludes one option: containment of a nuclear Iran. Some who believe that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon have suggested that the same policy the U.S. government followed throughout the cold war with the old nuclear-armed Soviet Union would be a better way to deal with the Islamic Republic than war. But Hagel felt compelled to say that containment is an unacceptable alternative to insistence, backed by a military threat, that Iran abandon its nuclear program. Here he echoed the Obama administration, as well as McCain and Graham. Since containment would forswear a military attack, the dominant wing of the establishment rejects it. Unfortunately, the “independent” Hagel has never shown any skepticism about the unproven allegations that Iran’s rulers are developing a nuclear weapon. As a signer of the nuclear NonProliferation Treaty, Iran is subject to inspections and has complied with the terms of the treaty. The wrangling with the U.S. government is over Iran’s wish to do what that treaty says it may do: enrich uranium for medical and energy purposes. Finally, Hagel was grilled over his previous criticism of the surge in Iraq. Again he backed away from it. The surge has become part of the empire’s sacred faith, and doubting its success won’t be tolerated. In fact, the success is a myth. What diminished the violence in Iraq was the Shi’ite completion of sectarian cleansing in Baghdad and U.S. payments to Sunni leaders to wipe out the local alQaeda militants. The political goals of the surge were largely unachieved, and sectarian violence continues to this day. Dissidents beware. Hagel’s treatment and performance indicate that even a little dissent from the establishment foreign policy can be a bad career move. Sheldon Richman is vice president and editor at The Future of Freedom Foundation (www.fff.org) in Fairfax, Va. The Daily Sentinel Ohio Valley Newspapers 111 Court Street Pomeroy, Ohio Phone (740) 992-2156 Fax (740) 992-2157 www.mydailysentinel.com Sammy M. Lopez Publisher 740-446-3242, ext. 15 slopez@civitasmedia.com Stephanie Filson Managing Editor �Thursday, February 7, 2013 The Daily Sentinel • Page 5 www.mydailysentinel.com Submitted photos Post 39 Commander John Hood, left, and Sam Van Matre, first vice commander, look over the fruit bowls given as special remembrances to legionnaires, widows and those giving special Post Chaplain Mick Williams was a delivery man for the fruit bowls prepared by the legionservice to the Post. naires. Legionnaires hold holiday party POMEROY — Remembering elderly veterans, some widows of veterans and those dedicated to service with fruit bowls at Christmastime is a tradition with Drew Webster Post 39, American Legion. This year, Post members delivered about 30 baskets and prepared and sold another 40 or so to help finance their program of remembering others. The annual post-holiday Postal Service to cut Saturday mail delivery WASHINGTON (AP) — The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to disburse packages six days a week, an apparent end-run around an unaccommodating Congress. The service expects the Saturday mail cutback to begin the week of Aug. 5 and to save about $2 billion annually, said Postmaster General and CEO Patrick R. Donahoe. “Our financial condition is urgent,” Donahoe told a press conference. The move accentuates one of the agency’s strong points — package delivery has increased by 14 percent since 2010, officials say, while the delivery of letters and other mail has declined with the increasing use of email and other Internet services. Under the new plan, mail would be delivered to homes and businesses only from Monday through Friday, but would still be delivered to post office boxes on Saturdays. Post offices now open on Saturdays would remain open on Saturdays. Over the past several years, the Postal Service has advocated shifting to a five-day delivery schedule for mail and packages — and it repeatedly but unsuccessfully appealed to Congress to approve the move. Though an independent agency, the service gets no tax dollars for its day-to-day operations but is subject to congressional control. Congress has included a ban on five-day delivery in its appropriations bill. But because the federal government is now operating under a temporary spending measure, rather than an appropriations bill, Donahoe says it’s the agency’s interpretation that it can make the change itself. “This is not like a ‘gotcha’ or anything like that,” he said. The agency is essentially asking Congress not to reimpose the ban when the spending measure expires on March 27 and he said he would work with Congress on the issue. The agency clearly thinks it has a majority of the American public on its side regarding the change. Postal Service market research and other research indicated that nearly 7 in 10 Americans support the switch to five-day delivery as a way for the Postal Service to reduce costs, the agency said. “The Postal Service is advancing an important new approach to delivery that reflects the strong growth of our package business and responds to the financial realities resulting from America’s changing mailing habits,” Donahoe said. “We developed this approach by working with our customers to understand their delivery needs and by identifying creative ways to generate significant cost savings.” But the president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, Fredric Rolando, said the end of Saturday mail delivery is “a disastrous idea that would have a profoundly negative effect on the Postal Service and on millions of customers,” particularly businesses, rural communities, the elderly, the disabled and others who depend on Saturday delivery for commerce and communication. He said the maneuver by Donahoe to make the change “flouts the will of Congress, as expressed annually over the past 30 years in legislation that mandates six-day delivery.” House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Senate Home- land Security and Governmental Affairs Ranking Member Tom Coburn M.D., R-Okla., said in a joint statement that they had sent a letter to leaders of the House and Senate in support of the elimination of Saturday mail. They called it “common-sense reform” Others agreed the Postal Service had little choice. “If the Congress of the United States refuses to take action to save the U.S. Postal Service, then the Postal Service will have to take action on its own,” said corporate communications expert James S. O’Rourke, professor of management at the University of Notre Dame. He said other action will be needed as well, such as shuttering smaller rural post offices and restructuring employee health care and pension costs. “It’s unclear whether the USPS has the legislative authority to take such actions on its own, but the alternative is the status quo until it is completely cash starved,” O’Rourke said in a statement. The Postal Service made the announcement Wednesday, more than six months before the switch, to give residential and business customers time to plan and adjust, officials said. Donahoe said the change would mean a combination of employee reassignment and attrition and is expected to achieve cost savings of approximately $2 billion annually when fully implemented. The agency in November reported an annual loss of a record $15.9 billion for the last budget year and forecast more red ink in 2013, capping a tumultuous year in which it was forced to default on billions in retiree health benefit prepayments to avert bankruptcy. The financial losses for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 were more than triple the $5.1 billion loss in the previous year. Having reached its borrowing limit, the mail agency is operating with little cash on hand. The agency’s biggest problem — and the majority of the red ink in 2012 — was not due to reduced mail flow but rather to mounting mandatory costs for future retiree health benefits, which made up $11.1 billion of the losses. Without that and other related labor expenses, the mail agency sustained an operating loss of $2.4 billion, lower than the previous year. The health payments are a requirement imposed by Congress in 2006 that the post office set aside $55 billion in an account to cover future medical costs for retirees. The idea was to put $5.5 billion a year into the account for 10 years. That’s $5.5 billion the post office doesn’t have. No other government agency is required to make such a payment for future medical benefits. Postal authorities wanted Congress to address the issue last year, but lawmakers finished their session without getting it done. So officials are moving ahead to accelerate their own plan for costcutting. The Postal Service is in the midst of a major restructuring throughout its retail, delivery and mail processing operations. Since 2006, it has cut annual costs by about $15 billion, reduced the size of its career workforce by 193,000 or by 28 percent, and has consolidated more than 200 mail processing locations, officials say. dinner party was held in January with about 50 attending. John Hood, post commander, gave the welcome with Mick Williams, post chaplain giving prayer before the dinner prepared and served by legionnaires at tables decorated in a holiday theme. There was special music by Sonny Sundquist. Door prizes were awarded to Mrs. Wayne Thomas, Dave Holter and Mrs. Fritz Goebel. Free school lunch enrollment declines COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The number of lowerincome school children in Ohio receiving free or reduced-price lunches has decreased for the first time in six years, according to statistics from the state education department. The numbers from the Ohio Department of Education showed that nearly 820,000 youngsters get subsidized meals this school year. That’s 44.4 percent — a slight decline from the 45.3 percent enrolled in the program last year. “You always want to see the numbers go down because it means things are getting better — at least we hope so,” Philip E. Cole, executive director of the Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies, told The Columbus Dispatch for a story Wednesday. “The thing to do now is watch next year and see if this is a trend, and hopefully it is.” The school lunch program is funded by the federal government. It serves students considered to be economically disadvantaged based on their family income. Enrollment also determines levels of state and federal aid for disadvantaged students. Gov. John Kasich this week proposed using the criteria for free and reduced-price lunches as a basis to offer tax-funded vouchers for privateschool tuition to students statewide. The number of Ohio youngsters in the lunch program has increased by nearly 50 percent in the past decade as poverty has grown in the state. Much of the increase has been seen in suburban districts, where middle-class families have lost jobs or seen their earnings decline. “Poverty has moved out to these ring suburbs, which have been very solidly middle-income,” said Lisa Hamler-Fugitt, executive director of the Ohio Association of Foodbanks. “We’re looking at nearly 45 percent of Ohio’s students in public and private schools (enrolled in the school-lunch program),” she said. “That means their families are struggling every day to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table.” To qualify for free school lunches, students’ households must have incomes less than 130 percent of the federal poverty level, making the threshold nearly $30,000 a year for a family of four. Reduced-price meals are available to children in families earning up to 185 percent of the poverty level. That’s $42,600 a year for a family of four. Small tsunami hits Solomons, other warnings ended SYDNEY (AP) — A powerful earthquake off the Solomon Islands on Wednesday generated a tsunami of up to 1.5 meters (about 5 feet) that damaged dozens of homes and left at least four people missing and presumed dead in the South Pacific island chain. Authorities canceled tsunami warnings on more distant coasts. Local officials reported that two 1.5-meter (4 foot, 11-inch) waves hit the western side of Santa Cruz Island, damaging between 70 and 80 homes and properties, said George Herming, a spokesman for the prime minister. Many villagers had headed to higher ground as a precaution, he said. Dozens of aftershocks stronger than magnitude 5 followed the quake. Solomon Islands Police Commissioner John Lansley said local police patrols reported that several people were presumed dead, though the reports were still being verified. “Sadly, we believe some people have lost their lives,” he said. “At the moment we potentially know of four, but there may of course be more.” One of the people presumed dead was fishing in a dugout canoe when the first wave hit, sweeping him out to sea, Herming said. Officials were searching for his body. Another woman was believed to have drowned when the water rushed into her village, Herming said. Four villages on Santa Cruz were hit by the waves, with two facing severe damage, Lansley said. Other areas of the Solomons did not appear to have been seriously affected. Disaster officials were struggling to reach the remote area after the tsunami flooded the airstrip at the nearest airport and left it littered with debris. The tsunami formed after a magnitude-8.0 earthquake struck near the town of Lata, on Santa Cruz in Temotu, the easternmost province in the Solomons, about a 3-hour flight from the capital, Honiara. Temotu has a population of around 30,000. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said a tsunami of about a meter (3 feet) was measured in Lata wharf. Smaller waves were recorded in Vanuatu and New Caledonia. The center canceled warnings for tsunami waves further away. Richard Dapo, a school principal on an island near Santa Cruz, said he lives inland but has been fielding calls from families on the coast whose homes were damaged by the waves. “I try to tell the people living on the coastline, ‘Move inland, find a higher place. Make sure to keep away from the sea. Watch out for waves,’” he said. He said he heard the waves swamped some smaller islands, although he was not aware of any deaths or serious injuries. He said it was difficult to contact people because cellphone coverage was patchy in the region. In Honiara, the warnings prompted residents to flee for higher ground. “People are still standing on the hills outside of Honiara just looking out over the water, trying to observe if there is a wave coming in,” said Herming, the prime minister’s spokesman. Atenia Tahu, who works for the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corp. in Honiara, said most people were remaining calm. “People around the coast and in the capital are ringing in and trying to get information from us and the National Disaster Office and are slowly moving up to higher ground,” Tahu said. “But panic? No, no, no, people are not panicking.” Dr. Rooney Jagilly, the medical superintendent at the National Referral Hospital in Honiara, said the hospital asked about half its 200 patients to leave and stay with families or friends as a precautionary measure because the hospital is located near the shoreline. Those patients who weren’t mobile enough to move stayed, but the hospital remained ready to evacuate them. Jagilly said there had been no flooding and he hoped the hospital would return to normal Thursday. He said his staff was ready to mobilize to Santa Cruz because the small hospital there has no doctor after the previous one recently died. An official at the disaster management office in Vanuatu said there were no reports of damage or injuries there. More than 50 people were killed and thousands lost their homes in April 2007 when a magnitude-8.1 quake hit the western Solomon Islands, sending waves crashing into coastal villages. The Solomons comprise more than 200 islands with a population of about 552,000 people. They lie on the “Ring of Fire” — an arc of earthquake and volcanic zones that stretches around the Pacific Rim and where about 90 percent of the world’s quakes occur. The U.S. Geological Survey said Wednesday’s quake struck 81 kilometers (50 miles) west of Lata at a depth of 28.7 kilometers (17.8 miles). �The Daily Sentinel Sports THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2013 mdssports@civitasmedia.com Meyer has top-5 haul of recruits at Ohio State COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two minutes before Rossville, Ga., defensive back Vonn Bell stepped before the cameras on Wednesday morning to declare where he would go to school, he dialed Ohio State coach Urban Meyer’s cell phone. Too anxious to sit still, Meyer had gotten on a treadmill to burn off his pent-up energy. “(Bell) said, ‘You know I’m in, right?’” Meyer recalled later. “I said, ‘No I didn’t know you were in. Congratulations.’” Bell’s commitment to the Buckeyes was the crowning piece to a strong recruiting class for Meyer, who was hamstrung a year ago in his first year at Ohio State because he wasn’t hired until late November. He termed last year’s recruiting, which netted several freshmen who made solid contributions to a stunning 12-0 season, as “a bunch of cowboys out there trying to find players.” Most major recruiting experts and publications rate the Buckeyes in the top five in the nation — some even have them No. 1. So, given a full year to work at it, Meyer and his staff had a huge day. The group he brought in was rich in wide receivers along with help up front and in the secondary on defense. “We went to bed last night with three guys that were very on edge as far as where (they were going),” Meyer said. “I thought if we hit one out of three, that’d be all right. Two out of three would be a good day and three out of three would knock it out of the park. We hit three out of three, so I’m very pleased.” Bell supplied the biggest get. Rated as a five-star prospect by most of the top recruiting services, the 6-foot-1, 190-pounder had 146 tackles and three interceptions as a senior at Ridgeland High. On offense, he had more than 1,700 all-purpose yards and scored 21 touchdowns. He had been rumored to be going to Tennessee — until he pulled Meyer out of his impromptu workout. Unhappy with his receiving corps most of last season, Meyer brought in potential wide-outs James Clark from New Smyrna Beach, Fla., along with native Ohioans Gareon Conley, Darron Lee and Jalin Marshall, and JC transfer Corey Smith. Meyer’s offense requires deep threats and players who can stretch the field — and a de- fense. He said he’s getting closer to getting those weapons. “When you run an offense where you want three or four split guys all the time, and you only have one or two — it’s not enough,” Meyer said. “We’re starting to get a little bit of that built up. We just didn’t have enough make-you-miss guys on offense (last year). I think we addressed that.” If there was an area where the Buckeyes came up short, it was offensive linemen. They lost one senior from last year’s team (right See MEYER ‌| 8 Photos by Alex Hawley | Daily Sentinel Meigs freshman Kaileb Sheets (4) passes to senior Jared Williamson (left) around Luke Phillips of Fairland during the Dragons 54-39 victory in Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium Tuesday night. Fairland drops Marauders, 54-39 Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com Alex Hawley | file photo Wahama junior Wyatt Zuspan (10) drive the lane during a game at Eastern earlier this season. Wahama tops Trimble, 63-55 Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com MASON, W.Va. — Sometimes the third quarter is the charm. The Wahama boys basketball team took a double-digit lead after out scoring Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division guest Trimble 25-13 in the third period of Tuesday night’s 63-55 WHS victory in Mason County. The Tomcats (9-11, 7-7 TVC Hocking) scored 13 points over the first eight minutes of play, while holding Wahama (7-10, 6-8) to just six points. The White Falcons were able to get things going in the second period, as they scored 18 points. Trimble marked 12 points in the second and held the 25-24 advantage at the midway point. The White Falcons rallied to not only take the lead, but expand it to double-digits with a 25-13 run. Trimble scored 17 in the fourth quarter but WHS marked 14 to seal the 63-55 victory. Austin Jordan led Wahama with 20 points, including four triples, followed by Wyatt Zuspan with 13 points, with a trio of three pointers. Trenton Gibbs and Hunter Bradley each marked 12 points, while Jacob Ortiz chipped in with three. Hunter Rose contributed two points, while Dakota Sisk had one to round out the White Falcons scoring. Wahama shot 8-of-16 from the free throw line for 50 percent. Couch led the Tomcats with 14 points followed by Wyatrt Bragg with 11. Konner Standley and Austin Downs each marked 10 points , while Jacob Koons finished with six. Dallas Slack and Wyatt Deak each finished with two points, rounding out the THS total. Trimble was 2-of-4 from the free throw line, equaling 50 percent. The season series ends in a split, as Trimble won the first match up 62-59 on January 8th in Glouster. Wahama snaps a two-game losing skid with the victory, while improving to 6-1 in Mason this season. ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio —Forcing turnovers wins games. Meigs was forced into 23 turnovers Tuesday night en route to a 54-39 non-conference loss to Fairland in Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium. The Marauders (8-8) trailed 6-to-4 after five minutes of play but the Dragons (14-4) finished the first period with a 6-to-1 run, expanding their lead to 11-5. Meigs cut the lead to five points just before halftime but a half court buzzer beater by Nathan Campbell put Fairland’s lead at 2517 at the midway point. The Maroon and Gold marked 12 points for the second consecutive period in the third but the Dragons rallied for 19 points, expanding the lead to 15 points. Each team scored 10 points over the final eight minutes and FHS held on for its fifth straight win, 54-39. Dillon Boyer led the Marauders with eight points, followed by Kaileb Sheets and Jordan Hutton with six apiece. Seniors Treay McKinney and Jared Williamson added five points apiece, while Cody Stewart marked three. The MHS scoring was rounded out by Ty Phelps, Alex Morris and Matt Casci with two points apiece. The Marauders grabbed 19 rebounds on the night led by Williamson with five and Boyer with four. McKinney led the MHS defense with three of the teams 10 steals. Meigs had 10 assists, led by Sheets with four. Meigs shot 5-of-10 (50 percent) from the free throw line and 15-of37 (40.5 percent) from the field, including 4-of-14 (28.6 percent) from beyond the arc. Boyer ac- MHS junior Jordan Hutton (11) shoots over Fairland's Dionte Braye (55) during the Dragons 54-39 victory in Rocksprings Tuesday night. counted for a pair of triples, while McKinney and Hutton each had one. Campbell paced Fairland with 15 points, followed by Evan Maddox with 13 and Cody Midkiff with nine. Luke Phillips and Chance Short each marked six points, Dionte Braye had three and Kyle Raines rounded out the FHS scoring with two points. Fairland shot 8-of-18 (44.4 percent) from the free throw line, while pulling down 17 rebounds. The Marauders have now lost back-to-back games. OVP Sports Schedule Point Pleasant sweeps Blue Devils, 61-48 Thursday, Feb. 7 Girls Basketball Southern at Eastern, 6 p.m. Wellston at Meigs, 6 p.m. Ironton SJ at Hannan, 7:30 River Valley at Rock Hill, 6 p.m. South Gallia at Miller, 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8 Boys Basketball Gallia Academy at Portsmouth, 5 p.m. Chesapeake at River Valley, 6 p.m. Federal Hocking at South Gallia, 6 p.m. Belpre at Eastern, 6 p.m. Vinton County at Meigs, 6 p.m. Point Pleasant at Logan, 6 p.m. Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — A strong finish gives the Big Blacks their second win of the season over GAHS. The Point Pleasant boys basketball team out scored the Blue Devils by 11 points in the second half en route to a 61-48 victory Tuesday night in Mason County. Wahama at Miller, 6 p.m. PPHS (6-9) took the early lead Hannan at WVHIT, 7:30 after out scoring Gallia Academy Wrestling (6-14) 13-to-7 in the opening period. Ripley at PPHS (dual), The Blue Devils went on a 12-to-8 run in the second period, cutting the 6 p.m. Big Blacks lead to two points at the midway point. After the break Point Pleasant went on a 18-to-12 run, expanding its lead to eight points headed into the finale. Gallia Academy scored 17 points over the final eight minutes but the Big Blacks scored 22 to seal the 61-58 victory. Dillon McCarty scored 22 points to pace PPHS, while Wade Martin finished with 18. Alex Somerville chipped in with 12 points but was the only player to foul out on the night. Adam Slack added five points, while Aden Yates rounded out the Point Pleasant scoring with four. The Big Blacks shot 11-of-17 from the free throw line for 64.7 percent. Justin Bailey led Gallia Academy with 12 points in the game, followed by Wes Jarrell with 11. Cody Call had nine points, Reid Eastman marked eight, and Nick Clagg added four. Jimmy Clagg and Seth Atkins each finished with two points to round out the GAHS scoring. 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Keys is NBA All-Star halftime performer NEW YORK (AP) — Next stop for Alicia Keys? NBA All-Star weekend. The superstar, fresh off her national anthem performance at the Super Bowl, is set to be the halftime entertainment at the Feb. 17 game in Houston. She’s just one of several musicians on tap for the big game. Ne-Yo will sing during the player introductions, while John Legend will sing the national anthem. Singer and “Lincoln” actress Gloria Reuben will sing the Canadian anthem. The day before, Nick Cannon is set to host that evening’s festivities, which will include performances by “American Idol” Phillip Phillips, Ellie Goulding and the first live TV performance in three years by a reunited Fall Out Boy. The All-Star game, set to feature superstars like LeBron James and Kobe Bryant, will air live on TNT. Rockies’ Helton arrested on DUI charge DENVER (AP) — Fivetime All-Star Todd Helton has been arrested on a charge of driving under the influence. The Colorado Rockies first baseman was arrested at about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Denver suburb of Thornton. In a statement released by the Rockies, Helton says he is embarrassed and apologized to his family, the team and the community. He added, “I humbly ask your forgiveness.” Officials in Thornton say Helton was arrested after someone called police to report a drunken driver. They say Helton’s blood-alcohol content was over the legal limit but they haven’t released the number. Helton is a career .320 hitter. The 39-year-old played only 69 games last year before undergoing hip surgery in August. He is expected to return for his 17th season this year. The Daily Sentinel • Page 8 www.mydailysentinel.com RB Green highlights Michigan’s class ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Running backs Derrick Green and De’Veon Smith signed with Michigan on Wednesday, giving the Wolverines a pair of additional options in the backfield. The 5-foot-11, 220-pound Green is the nation’s topranked running back recruit, according to Scout. com. The Richmond, Va., product scored over 20 touchdowns as both a junior and a senior in high school. Smith, who is from Warren, Ohio, is the same height and almost the same weight as Green. He ran for 6,750 yards in his high school career. Michigan announced a class of 27 signees. Michigan’s leading rusher last season — by far — was quarterback Denard Robinson. His college career is now over, and running back Fitzgerald Toussaint is recovering after breaking his left leg in mid-November. Blue Jackets F Dubinsky fined, not suspended COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Blue Jackets forward Brandon Dubinsky was fined $10,000 Wednesday, the maximum allowed under the new NHL collective bargaining agreement, for boarding Los Angeles defenseman Rob Scuderi in Columbus’ 4-2 loss to the Kings on Tuesday. He will not be suspended. The incident occurred at 11:29 of the second period, and set off a rash of penalties. Not long after, Dubinsky and Los Angeles forward Mike Richards fought. All told, 37 minutes in penalties were handed out, and Dubinsky was assessed a major penalty for the original incident, as well as a game misconduct. Dubinsky was acquired over the summer from the New York Rangers in the trade for forward Rick Nash. He has four points this season. The fine money will be sent to the NHL players’ emergency assistance fund. Browns release DE Frostee Rucker CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns’ switch on defense started with Frostee Rucker being shifted out the door. Rucker was released by Cleveland on Monday, the first major move as the Browns change from a 4-3 defense to a multi-front system under new coach Rob Chudzinski and coordinator Ray Horton. A top free-agent signing by Cleveland last year, Rucker started all 16 games and finished with 48 tackles and four sacks in his one season with the Browns. Rucker made $6 million last season and $2 million of his $2.5 million contract for 2013 would have been guaranteed if he was still on the roster Wednesday, according to a report by TheSidelineView.com. The 29-year-old Rucker spent six seasons with Cincinnati before signing last March with Cleveland. He established himself as a leader in the Browns’ locker room and Rucker was a staunch supporter of coach Pat Shurmur and general manager Tom Heckert, who were both fired after the Browns went 5-11 last season. Last week, Chudzinski and Horton, who spent the past two seasons with Arizona, said the Browns hope to have an aggressive defense next season. Horton tried to downplay concerns about the team changing schemes, saying several times that he was simply looking for “big men that can run and little men that can hit.” Apparently, the 6-foot3, 280-pound Rucker did not fit into either of those groups. The Bengals selected Rucker, who played at Southern Cal, in the third round (No. 91 overall) of the 2006 draft. Fever, Silver Stars to open WNBA season on May 24 NEW YORK (AP) — Tamika Catchings and the defending champion Indiana Fever will open the WNBA’s 17th season on the road against the San Antonio Silver Stars on May 24. The Fever will raise their championship banner on May 31 before their home opener against Atlanta, the league announced Wednesday as it released the regular season schedule. The Memorial Day weekend openers include Tulsa visiting Atlanta and New York playing at Connecticut on May 25, and Los Angeles hosting Seattle the following day. Washington will visit the Shock and Chicago will be at Phoenix on the holiday on May 27. The Western Conference champion Minnesota Lynx will open their season at home against the Sun on June 1. The All-Star game is scheduled for July 27 at Uncasville, Conn., and the regular season will end on Sept. 15. Ole Miss muscles in on power programs Ralph D. Russo The Associated Press Alabama. Ohio State. Michigan. Florida. Notre Dame. Mississippi? Ole Miss muscled in on the powerhouses that usually dominate national signing day, landing some of the most sought-after prospects in the country on college football’s annual first-Wednesday-in-February frenzy. The Rebels, coming off a promising 7-6 season in their first season under coach Hugh Freeze, had the experts swooning by signing three of the bluest chips still on the board and building a well-rounded class otherwise. The day started with defensive end Robert Nkemdiche from Loganville, Ga., rated the No. 1 recruit in the country by just about everyone who ranks them, deciding to join his brother, Denzel, in Oxford, Miss. “I feel like it’s the right place for me,” Nkemdiche said after slipping on a red Ole Miss cap. “I feel like they can do special things and they’re on the rise. I feel like going to play with my brother, we can do something special.” Nkemdiche originally committed to Clemson last year, then backed off that and narrowed his picks down to LSU, Florida and Mississippi — and the Rebels beat the big boys. They weren’t done. Coaches in the Ole Miss war room were exchanging hugs and high-fives again a couple hours later when Laremy Tunsil, a top-rated offensive tackle from Lake City, Fla., picked the Rebels over Florida State and Georgia. “Tunsil to Ole Miss I think was the biggest surprise of the whole (recruiting season),” said JC Shurburtt, national recruiting director for 247Sports.com. And, as if the Ole Miss needed more good news, highly touted defensive back Antonio Conner from nearby Batesville, Miss., chose the Rebels over national champion Alabama. The end result was a class good enough to even catch the attention of LeBron James. “Ole Miss ain’t messing around today! Big time recruits coming in. SEC is crazy,” the NBA’s MVP posted on his Twitter account. Crazy good. While the Rebels racked up, it’s important to remember they still have plenty of ground to gain on the rest of their conference competition. Nick Saban reloaded the Crimson Tide with a class that Rivals.com ranked No. 1 in the country. SEC powers Florida, LSU and Georgia pulled in typically impressive classes. SEC newcomer Texas A&M cracked the top 10 of several rankings. Even Vanderbilt, coming off a nine-win season, broke into the top 25. It’s the cycle of life in the SEC, which has won seven straight BCS championships. Stock up on signing day and scoop up those crystal footballs at season’s end. ——— SLIPPING AWAY FROM USC Signing day didn’t do much to soothe the scars left from a difficult season for Southern California. NCAA sanctions limited the number of scholarships coach Lane Kiffin and the Trojans could hand out this year, and then as signing day approached USC had several players who had given verbal commitments change their minds. The most notable defection on signing day was five-star defensive back Jalen Ramsey of Brentwood, Tenn., who flipped to Florida State. Defensive end Jason Hatcher from Louisville, Ky., bailed on USC and signed with Kentucky, and defensive end Torrodney Prevot from Houston not only reneged on his USC commitment, but he landed at Pac-12 rival Oregon. “People expected (Prevot) to flip from USC, but they thought it would be to Texas A&M,” Shurburtt said. USC’s class won’t be lacking blue chippers. Quarterback Max Browne from Washington is considered the next in a long line of topflight Trojans quarterbacks, and Kenny Bigelow from Maryland is rated among the best defensive linemen in the nation. Kiffin will be banking on quality to make up for the lack of quantity, but that’s a precarious way to play a game as uncertain as recruiting. ———— IF MOMMA’S NOT HAPPY … Alex Collins, a top running back prospect out of Plantation, Fla., announced on Monday night that he was going to Arkansas instead of Miami. It was considered a huge victory for new Razorbacks coach Bret Bielema. But on Wednesday morning, when it was time to make it official, Collins’ letter of intent didn’t come spinning through the fax machine in Fayettville, Ark. There were some odd reports about Collins’ mother not being happy with her son’s decision to go so far from home. College coaches aren’t allowed to talk about specific players before they sign, but Bielema did acknowledge during his signing day news conference that Arkansas’ class of 22 players could “grow by one.” ——— THE BIG TWO Ohio State and Michigan received two thumbs up from experts on their signing day classes. They all had the Buckeyes and Wolverines around top five in the country. After that, there was a drop off. Nebraska received solid grades and Penn State, despite NCAA sanctions that limited its class to 17 signees, held up pretty well. “That’s a tribute to the job (Penn State coach) Bill O’Brien and the staff did,” Shurburtt said. But signing day 2013 signaled that Urban Meyer’s Buckeyes and Brady Hokes’ Wolverines are primed to pull away from most of the Big Ten, and maybe — just maybe — give the league a team or two that can challenge those SEC teams for a national title. ——— BUILT TO LAST Notre Dame followed up its best season in more than two decades with recruiting class that coach Brian Kelly hopes can keep the Fighting Irish contending for more national titles. The class includes a famous name in Torii Hunter Jr., the son of the All-Star outfielder. Hunter Jr. is a top-notch receiver prospect, though he broke his leg during an All-Star game and it could be a while before he’s back on the football field. Linebacker Jaylon Smith from Fort Wayne, Ind., is generally regarded as the jewel of a class that experts have ranked among the best in the country. “I love agreeing with experts,” Kelly said. Braun says he used Fla clinic owner as consultant NEW YORK (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers slugger Ryan Braun said the person who ran the Florida clinic being investigated by Major League Baseball was used only as a consultant on his drug suspension appeal last year. “I have nothing to hide,” Braun said in a statement released by his representatives on Tuesday night. Earlier in the day, Yahoo Sports reported the 2011 NL MVP’s name showed up three times in records of the Biogenesis of America LLC clinic. Yahoo said no specific performance-enhancing drugs were listed next to his name. The Miami New Times recently released clinic documents that purportedly linked Alex Rodriguez, Gio Gonzalez, Melky Cabrera and other players to purchases of banned drugs from the now-closed antiaging center. Rodriguez and Cabrera were on the list with Braun that also included New York Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli and Baltimore Orioles infielder Danny Valencia. Braun said his name was in the Biogenesis records because of an issue over pay- ment to Anthony Bosch, who ran the clinic near Miami. “There was a dispute over compensation for Bosch’s work, which is why my lawyer and I are listed under ‘moneys owed’ and not on any other list,” Braun said. “I have nothing to hide and have never had any other relationship with Bosch,” he said. “I will fully cooperate with any inquiry into this matter.” On Tuesday, MLB officials asked the Miami New Times for the records the alternative newspaper obtained for its story. Asked specifically about Braun’s name in the documents before the five-time All-Star released his statement, MLB spokesman Pat Courtney said: “Aware of report and are in the midst of an active investigation in South Florida.” Braun tested positive during the 2011 postseason for elevated testosterone levels. He maintained his innocence and his 50-game suspension was overturned during spring training last year when arbitrator Shyam Das ruled in favor of Braun due Mark Hoffman | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | MCT to chain of custody issues involving the Milwaukee Brewers' Ryan Braun hits a single during the third inning of their game against the San Diego Padres Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. sample. Meyer From Page 6 tackle Reid Fragel) and will lose starters Jack Mewhort, Andrew Norwell, Corey Linsley and Marcus Hall after the 2013 season. Yet they signed just Tim Gardner, a 6-5, 320-pounder from Indianapolis, and Evan Lisle, 6-6 and 290 from Centerville, Ohio, in this year’s class. Although they finally have last year’s bowl ban behind them, the Buckeyes are still facing NCAAmandated recruiting restrictions that limit them by three scholarships this year and next. Meyer said he didn’t think that would be a problem this season, although he said even the loss of three scholarships can deprive a team of a player who might blossom into a great contributor. With the help of offensive coordinator Tom Herman, who used to be an assistant coach at Rice, the Buckeyes made inroads in the Lone Star state. They landed three prime players out of Texas in quarterback J.T. Barrett, linebacker Mike Mitchell and running back Dontre Wilson. Late in the day, they added running back Ezekiel Elliott from St. Louis as their 24th and final member of the class. Meyer said he hopes in the future to get more players out of Ohio and then “cherry pick” top players from the south and elsewhere. Asked if he was chasing after Alabama, which has won three of the last four national championships, and the Southeastern Conference, which has won the last seven national titles, Meyer didn’t deny it. He said the recruits he was pursuing at Ohio State weren’t different from the ones that the Crimson Tide and the rest of the SEC were after. “Us and 130 other schools (are after) guys who run really fast and are tough,” he said. “There is a little bit of a chase going on after the SEC. That’s fine. You have to give credit where credit is due. And if that’s a perception that we’re chasing them, that’s fine. I wouldn’t disagree with you. “We want to increase the speed on our team a little bit.” �Thursday, February 7, 2013 The Daily Sentinel • Page 9 www.mydailysentinel.com Thursday, February 7, 2013 COMICS/ENTERTAINMENT BLONDIE Dean Young/Denis Lebrun BEETLE BAILEY FUNKY WINKERBEAN HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI & LOIS Mort Walker Today’s Answers Tom Batiuk Chris Browne Brian and Greg Walker THE LOCKHORNS MUTTS William Hoest Patrick McDonnell Jacquelene Bigar’s HOROSCOPE ZITS THE FAMILY CIRCUS Bil Keane DENNIS THE MENACE Hank Ketchum Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman CONCEPTIS SUDOKU by Dave Green HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013: This year, when thinking about difficult situations, you often feel as if you would like to throw away all the hard work you’ve done in order to start over. Be careful if you choose to proceed in this manner, as few people can adjust to such radical actions. If you are single, you could attract someone who often is involved in uproar. In some way, you enjoy the excitement; otherwise, this person would not last. If you are attached, be sure that you both agree on how to handle a situation that could affect your relationship. CAPRICORN makes a great healer for you. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You might feel as if someone has caused you an unwarranted problem. Give this person some space so that he or she can see the damage that’s been done. You could reverse an opinion if you decide to toss out prior judgments and/or assumptions. Tonight: A must appearance. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH Revise an idea by starting over from scratch. Carefully consider your different options, especially if they take you down a new path. You might need to adapt your thinking and past judgments. You can’t avoid a loved one’s concerns. Tonight: Out and about. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Your wit and adaptability emerge when dealing with a loved one. Remember, you have been known to overindulge this person. You will see his or her true essence emerging. Adjust your schedule in order to include an important matter. Tonight: Togetherness. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Others clearly dominate. Realize that the situation won’t change, no matter what you do. You might want to step back and not interfere; others will see the results of their actions that way. Call someone at a distance about weekend plans. Tonight: Say “yes” to an offer. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH You can get only so much done by yourself; however, with additional help, that situation could change. You know how to encourage others to pursue a certain course of action, and you could reverse directions quite suddenly. Know your limits. Tonight: Join a friend. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You might not know how to switch gears right now. Speak honestly about how you feel at this particular moment. You will need to rebuild from the beginning if you should change your mind. Ask questions before making a decision, not after. Tonight: Observe. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH Not everyone gets your distinctions, which is why you could have a lot of misunderstandings. The good news is that you are so present in the moment that you often make someone feel like the most important person in your world. Tonight: Happily head home. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Share more of your heartfelt desires. You will revise a situation and approach it in a more dynamic way. Others will remain responsive, unless you decide to be a strict taskmaster. Try to explain yourself rather than cop an attitude. Tonight: Chat the night away with someone special. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH Decide whether you have the time and funds to pursue a special invitation. Be reasonable. Though you often deviate from your budget, it would be wise to honor it now. Be sure that you can really afford this adventure. Tonight: Treats do not have to break the bank. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHH Weigh the pro and cons of following the logical, yet difficult, course. You might want to be more optimistic and trustworthy. Know that doing so would make you far happier. You clearly have the capacity to make changes anytime you so desire. Tonight: Trust yourself. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You still might be trying to come up with a solution to an immediate problem. A reversal seems likely, regardless of whether you say or do anything. Your imagination could be creating some far-out scenarios. Understand what is happening within you. Tonight: Get as much sleep as possible. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Don’t hesitate to pursue your dreams and desires. Just because something is OK for one person does not mean that it’s OK for someone else. Laughter marks a gathering with friends. Tonight: Lighten up the moment by not getting overserious about the moment. Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com. �Thursday, February 7, 2013 The Daily Sentinel • Page 10 www.mydailysentinel.com Honduras rallies to beat US 2-1 in WCup qualifier SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras —Jerry Bengston took advantage of a defensive mix-up to score the go-ahead goal in the 79th minute, and Honduras rallied to beat the United States 2-1 Wednesday in the opener of the final qualifying round for next year’s World Cup. Clint Dempsey put the U.S. ahead in the 36th minute but the Americans, using a newlook defense that featured Omar Gonzalez and Timmy Chandler, gave up the lead when Juan Carlos Garcia tied the score with a bicycle kick in the 40th at San Pedro Sula. Bengston, who plays for Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution, scored the winner when defender Geoff Cameron and goalkeeper Tim Howard both went for a pass by Maynor Figueroa to Oscar Boniek Garcia. That allowed Garcia to tap the ball across to Bengston for a shot into an open net, and Gon- zalez was too late to challenge him. Playing without Landon Donovan, a veteran of three World Cups who is unsure whether to continue his career, the 28thranked U.S. was under pressure for much of the match. No. 59 Honduras had the better chances, forcing Howard into several difficult saves Gonzalez had a chance to redeem himself, getting his head on a corner kick by Graham Zusi in the final seconds of stoppage time. But his shot from the 6-yard box sailed well above the crossbar. The U.S., which had been 12-33 against Honduras, lost its finalround opener for the first time in five games since the “hexagonal” format was adopted in qualifying for the 1998 tournament. The Americans are seeking their seventh straight tip to soccer’s showcase. The general rule in qualifying is to win home games and pick up points on the road. The top three nations in the six-team group represent North and Central America and the Caribbean at next year’s tournament in Brazil, and the No. 4 country advances to a playoff for another berth, likely against New Zealand. In openers later Wednesday, Mexico hosted Jamaica and Costa Rica was at Panama. Qualifying resumes next month when the U.S. hosts Costa Rica on March 22 at Commerce City, Colo., then plays four days later at Mexico. Gonzalez replaced captain Carlos Bocanegra in central defense, and Chandler was in the starting lineup to play right back in his competitive debut for the Americans — tying the GermanAmerican to the U.S. team. The game marked somewhat of a generational change for the U.S. defense, with Chandler (22), Gonzalez (24), Cameron (27) and Fabian Johnson (25) on the backline. The Americans had played 16 consecutive qualifiers since 2008 with at least one 30-year-old defender in the starting lineup. Chandler and Gonzalez, the 6-foot-4 center back from the Los Angeles Galaxy, had never played together before. The U.S. went ahead when Jozy Altidore played the ball to Jermaine Jones, who flicked the ball over the defense. In full stride, Dempsey volleyed the ball with his right foot past goalkeeper Noel Valladares from 8 yards. With his 31st goal in 92 appearances, Dempsey moved past Brian McBride into sole possession of third place on the U.S. career scoring list. Dempsey has six of the Americans’ 12 goals in qualifying for 2014. But for the fourth straight road qualifier, the U.S. scored first only to give up the lead — on a play strung together by three defenders. Oscar Boniek Garcia’s corner kick went all the way to the opposite side of the field, bounced four times and was played back to the center by Victor Bernandez after no American chased the ball down. Figueroa chested the pass up to Juan Carlos Garcia, who with his back to the goal scored on an overhead kick from 10 yards that went to Howard’s right, leaving the goalkeeper bent over in shock. It was Garcia’s first goal in 18 international appearances. Honduras appeared for a moment to take the lead in the 56th minute, but Carlo Costly was ruled offside when he slotted the ball past Howard. U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann used his three substitutes in the early part of the second half, inserting Maurice Edu, Sacha Kljestan and Zusi for Danny Williams, Eddie Johnson and Jones. Westwood reminded of where it all started PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Lee Westwood still doesn’t know why his father took him to the golf course. He played just about every other sport in England when he was 12, such as football, cricket and rugby. He used to go fishing with his father, but the fish weren’t biting, mainly because Westwood kept throwing stones into the water. So off they went to a golf course called Kilton Forest, neither of them having ever so much as swung a club. Westwood was hooked. “I turned pro at 19 and came on tour, and he was still a 12 handicap, so I can’t understand the reasons for that,” Westwood said. “He went to every lesson that I’ve had, drove me there and sat there and listened to it. I just got a bit better than him. Must be down to talent or something like that. I must have my mom’s talent for golf.” Westwood was particularly sharp with his dry humor Wednesday at Pebble Beach, where it’s easy to be in a good mood when the landscape is colored with a blue sky, green grass, white surf and a blazing sun. He is making his first start on the PGA Tour, and this week is a reminder to the 39-year-old Westwood where his career all started. It was his mother, a podiatrist, who bought a set of golf clubs from a patient in case her son wanted something to do while on holiday from school. It was his father, a math teacher, who had the idea of going to the golf course for the first time. Nearly 30 years later, Westwood has put together quite the career. He reached No. 1 in the world, ending the five-year reign of Tiger Woods in October 2010. He has won the Order of Merit twice on the European Tour. He has played on eight Ryder Cup teams. Perhaps it’s only fitting that Westwood goes back to his roots at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am by playing with his father. John Westwood told the UK version of Golf World that they both shot somewhere in the neighborhood of 180 that first day at Kilton Forest. On the third day, Westwood chipped Email us Your Community Calendar And News Events 60391495 List your community events and Church calendar events 740-992-2155 www.myydailyysentinel.com any one player, though the field is ample. Phil Mickelson is the defending champion, and he is coming off a fourshot win last week in the Phoenix Open for his 41st career victory on the tour. Mickelson is a four-time winner at Pebble Beach, and another victory would tie the tournament record held by Mark O’Meara. Dustin Johnson is a twotime winner at Pebble, and it might have been three except for that untidy 82 he had in the final round of the 2010 U.S. Open. Johnson is playing this year with Gretzky, the hockey great whom he knows a little better from dating the Great One’s daughter, Paulina. Still in the tournament is Vijay Singh, another former No. 1 and Pebble champion, drawing plenty of attention for the worst reason. Singh told Sports Illustrated he used deerantler spray said to contain a substance that is on the banned list of the PGA Tour’s anti-doping policy. Singh admitted to using it in a statement, and under the policy, an admission is equal to a failed drug test. Sanctions have not been announced. The tour has yet to comment, though PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem is in town this week. Also playing is Retief Goosen, a two-time U.S. Open champion who thought his career might be over last year when he discovered he had a disk that disintegrated. Goosen had surgery to replace the disk, returned to golf in January and is feeling better than ever. Goosen is contemplating a full-time move to Florida, the path that Westwood already has taken. Westwood moved his family to Palm Beach County in December, in time for the kids to start school. He is a PGA Tour member again and believes less travel at his age will only help. If nothing else, he feels more prepared this year. For a golfer from Worksop, England, living in Florida isn’t awful. “I find it very relaxing, just the weather and getting up in the morning and not having to look out the window and just throw on a pair of shorts and a Tshirt and go,” Westwood said. “It’s almost too easy.” But his U.S. schedule starts in a place where players warm up on the putting green with ski caps because of the February chill. That’s OK, too. “It’s just a magical place to play golf,” Westwood said. “I’ve always said it’s my favorite place. People always ask me where I would like to play my last round of golf. If it wasn’t a golf course by a hospital, it would be Pebble Beach.” Cincy recruiting class includes 7 JUCOs tdsnews@civitasmedia.com The Daily Sentinel in for his first birdie, and then his father made a long putt on the same hole for his first birdie. Pebble Beach is known as the felicitous meeting of land and sea, and the tournament can be an important meeting of PGA Tour players and amateur partners who in most cases are far more successful — CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, stars from other sports that include Wayne Gretzky, Matt Cain and Justin Verlander, actors Bill Murray and Andy Garcia, entertainers like Clay Walker and Kenny G. It requires patience to get through rounds that approach six hours, with two pros and two amateurs at Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill and Monterey Peninsula Country Club. Who better to spend the time with than the man who got it all started? “He’s had a massive influence on me,” Westwood said. “He’s the reason, really, I’ve got so good at the game. He and my mom invested a lot of time in me when I was growing up.” Both are in California to rejoice over more than just golf. They celebrated their 43rd anniversary, and his mother, Trish, has a birthday next week. Pebble Beach is one of the few events on the PGA Tour where the tournament itself is bigger than CINCINNATI (AP) — Tommy Tuberville’s first recruiting class at Cincinnati comes with an emphasis on playing now. The Bearcats’ new coach had seven junior college transfers among his recruiting class of 22 players on Wednesday, more than he usually gets. Tuberville tried to fill openings at cornerback and safety — the Bearcats’ biggest area of need — with more experienced players. He thinks they’ll be in good shape if they can fill those holes quickly. “We’ve got a chance to have a good football team next year if we can plug in some guys who can play immediately,” Tuberville said. Tuberville had little more than a month to get his recruiting class together since leaving Texas Tech. He was hired on Dec. 8, a day after Butch Jones took the job at Tennessee. Tuberville has been through the quick-change routine at his other coaching jobs, giving him a little practice at it. “It doesn’t get any easier,” he said. “It was kind of hectic.” Tuberville was on campus but didn’t coach the Bearcats in their 48-34 win over Duke in the Belk Bowl. He watched the practices leading up to the bowl game and took stock of what they would need to have a chance for another Big East title. The Bearcats have won or shared four of the last five championships. He takes over a program with a lot of uncertainty. The Bearcats have tried to leave the Big East, which is in flux with all the conference realignment moves, but the Atlantic Coast Conference chose rival Louisville instead. The Bearcats are still open to changing conferences. Tuberville expected the conference uncertainty to work against him in recruiting, but found it not to be a problem. “I heard nothing about that,” he said. Tuberville hoped to get more players from the Cincinnati area, but his limited recruiting time worked against it. Five of the 22 players are from southwest Ohio. The recruiting class includes five defensive backs, four defensive linemen, three tight ends, two offensive linemen, two running backs, two receivers, two players without a designated position and one quarterback — left-handed high school passer Brent Stockstill from Tennessee. His father, Rick, is the head coach at Middle Tennessee State and a former Florida State quarterback. Stockstill led Siegel High to a 13-1 mark last season. He completed 173 of 265 passes for 2,690 yards and 32 touchdowns. He also ran 108 times for 653 yards and 10 touchdowns. Starting quarterback Brendon Kay returns for one more season in 2013, giving Tuberville an experienced leader on offense. Five of the recruits have already graduated from high school and enrolled at Cincinnati, making them eligible for spring football. That group includes 6-foot-2, 195-pound defensive back Darren Doston from the College of the Sequoias. Howard Wilder from Pierce College is another defensive back with college experience who could contend for a spot right away. Tuberville emphasized height in his defensive line recruits — three of them are 6-foot-3, another 6-foot-5. The Bearcats have won or shared their Big East titles without getting many highly ranked recruits under previous coaches Brian Kelly and Jones. Tuberville doesn’t put much stock in the rankings. “It doesn’t take great players to win a championship,” he said. “It takes a lot of good players that play together as a team.” � 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. 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