https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/9f6f033b7f91cf2de2ad3eb2903e7205.pdf 941643c19dea5be6db814e2d8d912804 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 5 Storms today. High near 57. Low around 28...... Page 2 Boys basketball action .... Page 6 OBITUARIES Anna L. (Kaylor) Blake, 88 Peggy A. McManus, 76 Robert L. Prater, 80 Johnnie E. Russell, 63 50 cents daily THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2012 Vol. 62, No. 231 Meigs Local appropriates $28.5 million Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@mydailysentinel.com POMEROY — Permanent appropriations of $28,595,430 for the operation of schools in the Meigs Local School District in fiscal year 2012-2013 were approved by the Meigs Local Board of Education at its Tuesday night meeting. The figure includes all expenses relating to the operation of the district’s three schools with the exception of a minimal amount for student activities. Treasurer/ CFO Mark Rhonemus said that figure is up about $2.7 million from the temporary appropriations amount passed earlier by the school board. The additional money comes as a result of a new round of federal funding for specialized programs in the schools. During the meeting Frederick “Rick” Blaettnar was hired as a full time assistant principal at Meigs High School for the re- mainder of the current school year. Blaettnar has been serving as part-time principal since the first of this school year which continuing as a special education teacher at the high school. He resigned the teaching position and effective Jan. 1 will be taking over the position of full-time assistant principal. Other personnel issues handled during the meeting included accepting the resignation of Phyllis Johnson as a personal as- sistant effective immediately, and hiring Dreama English Smith as a person assistant for the remainder of the current school year beginning on Jan. 2. Her salary will be paid from IDEA-B Special Education Federal Grant Funds. Action was taken to establish a local Olweus Bullying Prevention Program fund with an initial donation by Holzer Clinic in the amount of $1,500, as requested by David Deem, Meigs Middle School assistant principal. Deem has been actively involved in programs to prevent bullying in the schools. Last summer he attended a seminar where various methods of prevention were explored and has been instituting anti-bullying programs at the Middle School level. A donation of $350 to the Meigs Local General Scholarship Fund from the Ohio Valley Electric Corporation (OVEC) to be used for a science scholSee LOCAL ‌| 5 Meigs County Commission approves agenda items Staff Report mdsnews@mydailysentinel.com Submitted photos Not all dogs are lucky like this little terrier who gets plenty of food every day. Thanks to the ASCPA grant money, many others will be well fed this winter. Christmas came a little early for area animals … thanks to ASCPA grants Connecticut connection to Silver Bridge disaster Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@mydailysentinel.com POMEROY — Christmas came a little early for many of Meigs County’s animals this year, thanks to grants to the Meigs County Humane Society from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). Vicky Baer, secretary-treasurer of the local Humane Society, announced that the ASPCA has awarded two grants to the local Humane Society. The first was a grant for $2,000 for the Hay Bank for Impoverished and LowIncome Horse Owners; and the second, a grant of $5,000 for the Pet Food Bank for local pet owners. “We are so grateful to the ASPCA for these grants because it puts us in a position to help those in need,” Baer said. The ASPCA was chartered in 1886 to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States and works to rescue animals from abuse, pass humane laws and share resources with shelters nationwide. Based in New York City, the ASPCA also offers emergency and disaster response grants to animal welfare POMEROY — The Meigs County Commissioners approved the retirement of a long-time employee and other agenda items during last week’s meeting. A resolution was approved for the retirement of Keith Little as the Environmental Director and Sanitation Director for the Meigs County Health Department. Little has worked at the health department since 1985. The resolution also congratulated him on his retirement. Samuel Bruce May was reappointed to the Library Board on the recommendation of Library Director Kristi Eblin. His term will be from Jan. 1, 2013 to Dec. 31, 2019. Lauren Smalley, a representative of the Public Util- ities Commission, spoke with the commissioners about educating people about their options when shopping for the most economical electric company. A public viewing and public hearing was held regarding the vacating of right-ofway in Dudley’s Addition in Pageville. There were no negative comments, but Meigs County Engineer Eugene Triplett felt it best to confer with the prosecutor due to complicated landowner situations. Commissioner Tim Ihle noted that the courthouse will officially be open until noon on Dec. 24, although some offices may be closed the entire day at the discretion of the department head. He recommended anyone planning to come to the courthouse to call first to see if the office is open. See AGENDA ‌| 5 Beth Sergent bsergent@heartlandpublications.com Rottweilers have a big appetite, and in these economically challenging times, the ASCPA funds help with the cost of dog food for many disadvantaged families. organizations whose communities suffer the impact of natural and other disasters. Baer said the two grants make it possible for the Meigs County Humane Society to assist owners of horses, as well as cats and dogs, who have difficulty securing food for their animals due to the economic downturn. “In the past, we’ve been able to provide only small amounts of funds to assist owners in distress,” said Baer, “but now, because of these two generous grants from the ASPCA, we are in a position to help more owners in keeping their animals well fed, healthy and happy.” She added that owners who can show proof of low income, such as a food stamp or Medicaid card, Social Security Disability or unemployment verification are eligible for help. However, Baer emphasized, “The Meigs County Humane Officer, in his rounds and answers to calls, has in the past been able to provide names of animals in distress, and those animals will be, as always, our priority.” Baer went on to explain that the ASPCA recognizes how pet owners face daily dilemmas in finding ways to feed both themSee ANIMALS ‌| 5 POINT PLEASANT — On a day set aside to remember the victims of the Silver Bridge collapse, many thoughts turned to the tragedy in Newtown, Conn. on Saturday at the Point Pleasant River Museum. During the river museum’s remembrance event on the 45th anniversary of the bridge disaster, parallels between the two tragedies began to emerge — the most basic of which was the unexpected, senseless nature of the two events and the prayers that followed. Yet, the parallels went beyond the obvious. Attending the remembrance event were two residents of Connecticut who helped co-author the new book, “The Silver Bridge Disaster of 1967.” Dr. Stephan G. Bullard of the University of Hartford and his undergraduate student Bridget J. Gromek, stood before the packed house at the remembrance event talking about why they developed the book. Bullard, who grew up in Morgantown, teaches a class on disasters at the University of Hartford in Connecticut. He asks his students to find and research a disaster and, thanks to a program on the History Channel about the Silver Bridge Disaster seen by Gromek, the seed for the book was planted. Gromek became so fascinated with the story, she applied for and received a grant to allow her to travel to West Virginia to do her research and to put faces with the names affected by the disaster. Gromek said the project felt like it came out of nowhere. When asked what stuck with her the most about researching and compiling the book, she said, “all of it is heartbreaking.” As for what she hopes the book will accomplish, she said, “All I want is to give them (the victims, town’s people) a voice. We wrote it for the local people.” See BRIDGE ‌| 5 Hospital holds mock hazmat disaster Nathan Jeffers njeffers@heartlandpublications.com POINT PLEASANT — This is only a test. When those familiar words flash across the television or come up between selections on the radio, it can seem like an inconvenience for everyday citizens. But in the event of an actual emergency, rescue workers and disaster victims will reap the benefits from said tests, and on Tuesday morning, Pleasant Valley Hospital (PVH) and Mason County Office of Emergency Services employees performed such a drill to ensure and improve their preparedness. A fake scenario was created involving a traffic accident and a spill of the chemical known as malathion and local volunteers portrayed the victims with various injuries and symptoms ranging in severity. The scenario read as follows: On Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, at approximately 9 a.m., Mason County 911 calls Pleasant Valley Hospital’s Emergency Room and informs them that a tractor trailer carrying malathion has just hit a school bus on Route 35, just east of Henderson, W.Va. Also, a mini-van carrying four (4) elderly people has flipped over trying to avoid the wreck and is on its side in the west bound lane. Law enforcement unit on scene stated that the tanker has ruptured and a brown liquid is pouring out onto the ground. According to Rex Troy, corporate safety officer for PVH, the main goal of the drill was to allow PVH employees to utilize their training for the new decontamination room in the hospital’s trauma center. When describing the scenario and the various other aspects that Nathan Jeffers | Daily Sentinel were being added, Troy said they Pictured are Pleasant Valley Hospital Emergency Room emwanted to overwhelm the system to ployees preparing to take a victim into the decontamination See DISASTER ‌| 5 room during Tuesday’s mock disaster. �Thursday, December 20, 2012 The Daily Sentinel • Page 2 www.mydailysentinel.com Church Calendar in good food and fellowship. Community Dinner MIDDLEPORT — A free community dinner will be held from 4:30-6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 20 at Heath United Methodist Church in Middleport. The dinner will include ham, turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, noodles, desserts and drinks. Christmas Cantata POMEROY — Trinity Congregational Church will hold its Christmas Cantata at 10:25 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 23. Christmas Program LONG BOTTOM — The Long Bottom United Methodist Church Christmas program will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 23. Soul Food Community Dinner MIDDLEPORT — A free dinner will be held from 5-6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at the Middleport Church of the Nazarene. Pastor Daniel Fulton invites everyone to come and join Christmas Services RACINE — A Christmas Candlelight Worship Service will be held at 7 p.m. on Dec. 23 at the at Carmel-Sutton Worship Center on bashan Road. Special music by Truly Saved, Sherry Wagner and Tasha Werry, Addie McDaniel, Tara Rose and Brenda Johnson, Debbie Wolfe, Edie Hubbard and others. Pastor Arland King invites everyone to come and join in this special service. POMEROY — A Candlelight service will be held at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomeroy on Monday evening beginning at 7 p.m. Public is invited to attend. MIDDLEPORT — First Baptist Church of Middleport, located at 211 S. Sixth Ave., Mid- dleport, will have its traditional Christmas Eve candlelight service from 7 to 8 p.m. Dec. 24. The service will be led by Pastor Billy Zuspan with the choir and congragation Christmas singing to be included. The public is invited to attend. POMEROY — Trinity Congregational Church will hold its Christmas Eve Service with music beginning at 7 p.m. and worship service at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 24. PINE GROVE — St. John Lutheran Church, 33441 Pine Grove Road, will hold a Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 8:30 p.m. on Dec. 24. Pastor is Linea Warmke. Christmas Day Dinner MIDDLEPORT — The Middleport Presbyterian Church will host a Christmas Day dinner from 1-3 p.m. on Christmas Day. MIDDLEPORT — A Christmas Day Dinner will be served at 1 p.m. on Christmas Day at the Middleport Church of Christ Family Life Center. Dinner will include baked ham, sweet potatoes, green beans, apple sauce, rolls and dessert. Community Calendar Meigs County Local Briefs Friday, Dec. 21 POMEROY — The Pomeroy High School Class of 1959 will be having their “3rd Friday” lunch at Fox’s Pizza Den, 518 E. Main Street, Pomeroy at noon. Free holiday movies celebrate her 98th birthday on Dec. 24. Cards may be sent to MIDDLEPORT — This Saturday her at Mayfair Village, 3000 at 2 p.m. the Middleport CommuBethel Road, Room 112B, Co- nity Association is sponsoring two lumbus, Ohio 43220. children’s Christmas movies for free. They will be shown on the big screen Tuesday, Dec. 25 in the auditorium at Middleport VilRACINE — Patty Shain lage Hall. On Saturday evening at 7 will celebrate her 92nd birth- p.m. there will be a classical ChristBirthdays day on Dec. 25. Cards can mas movie for adults. The CommuSaturday, Dec. 22 CHESTER — Harold be sent to her at 47836 St Rt nity Association invites everyone to Newell will celebrate his 124, Racine, Ohio 45771. come and have a nice time watching 80th birthday on Dec. 22. some classics for free. Those attendSaturday, Dec. 29 a celebration will be held ing are encouraged to bring there POMEROY — Kathleen own snacks. from 2-4 p.m. at the Chester United Methodist Church. Wells will celebrate her 94th birthday on Dec. 29. Cards No gifts please. Holiday office closures can be sent to her at 34719 POMEROY — The offices of Ball Run Road, Pomeroy, Meigs County Treasurer and RecordMonday, Dec. 24 RACINE — Vinas Lee will Ohio 45769. er will be closing at noon and the Meigs County Auditors office will be closing at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 21. All three offices will be closed Dec. 24 and 25 for the observance of Christmas. They will reopen on Dec. 26 for normal hours, 8:30 a.m. Thursday: Showers before 3 p.m., then showers and to 4:30 p.m. possibly a thunderstorm between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m., then POMEROY — The Meigs County showers likely after 5 p.m. High near 57. Southeast wind Clerk of Courts legal office and title 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100 percent. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Thursday Night: Rain showers likely before midnight, then a chance of snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. Cloudy, with a low around 28. Breezy, with a south COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio wind 15 to 21 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds will expand safety training for educould gust as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation cators across the state to reflect the is 60 percent. New precipitation amounts of less than a reality that those inside a school are tenth of an inch possible. the first to face danger when a gunFriday: Snow showers likely, mainly before 4 p.m. man enters a school building, the Cloudy, with a high near 30. Breezy, with a west wind state attorney general and Ohio’s around 22 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of top education official announced precipitation is 70 percent. Wednesday. Friday Night: A chance of snow showers, mainly before Attorney General Mike DeWine 11 p.m. Cloudy, with a low around 25. Breezy. Chance of also said he would support allowing precipitation is 30 percent. a trained school official access to a Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 33. gun during the school day if he were Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24. a school board member, but said Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 41. such decisions should be up to each Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22. district. Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Statistics show school shooters do Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. most of their damage in the first minChristmas Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. ute or two of entering a school, so it’s unrealistic to think a traditional first responder will be there in time, DeWine said. “We cannot unless we barricade every school in this country assure that there’s never going to be a prob- Ohio Valley Forecast office will be closed on Dec. 24, 25 and Jan. 1. POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will be closed on Dec. 24 and 25. Normal business hours will resume at 8 a.m. on Dec. 26. POMEROY — The Meigs County TB Clinic will be closed on Dec. 24 and 25 for Christmas. ‘Food for Fines’ POMEROY — The Meigs County District Public Libraries will be accepting non-perishable food items in lieu of fines during the month of December. These items will be distributed to area food banks. For more information please contact (740) 992-5813. Potential boil advisory POMEROY — The hydrant replacement project in the Village of Pomeroy began on Dec. 3. Water customers within the village may experience a boil advisory or temporary water shut off for repair and connection of water lines. Anyone with questions is asked to contact Village Administrator Paul Hellman. Upcoming blood drives MEIGS COUNTY — Two upcoming blood drives have been scheduled in Meigs County. The first will be from 1-6 p.m. on Dec. 26 at the Mulberry Community Center. The second is scheduled from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on Dec. 31 at the Middleport Church of Christ Immunization clinic POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will conduct a Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Clinic from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. on Tuesday at the Meigs County Health Department. Please bring shot record and medical card or commercial insurance if applicable. Children must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. A donation is appreciated, but not required. 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Member SIPC. lem,” DeWine said. “But what we can do, and what it’s our moral obligation to do as citizens, as elected officials, is to minimize the risk, increase our odds of kids surviving and decrease the odds of something happening.” DeWine said the majority of school safety plans do not meet new guidelines published by his safety task force for such plans, and he will be working with districts to improve those. Under the plan announced Wednesday, the state police training academy will train educators around Ohio to deal with a shooter. DeWine is also expanding his school safety task force to include mental health officials. “It is not just a question of what you do when you have an active shooter,” DeWine said. “It is how you stop an active shooter from being there. It’s how you identify an active shooter.” Parents and guardians have to believe their children are safe at school, said Michael Sawyers, acting state schools superintendent. “Productive learning environments cannot occur in our state without having safe learning environments for school,” he said. The announcement follows last week’s Connecticut massacre in which a gunman shot his mother at home, then entered Sandy Hook Elementary School where he fatally shot 20 students and six adults before taking his life. DeWine said the announcement was also a follow-up to school safety issues raised by last February’s shooting in Chardon that killed three students. The teen suspect, T.J. Lane, goes on trial next month. Investigators have said Lane, who filed an insanity plea, admitted shooting at students but couldn’t say why. Obama sets deadline for gun proposals WASHINGTON (AP) — Spurred by a horrific elementary school shooting, President Barack Obama tasked his administration Wednesday with creating concrete proposals to reduce the gun violence that has plagued the country. “This time, the words need to lead to action,” said Obama, who set a January deadline for the recommendations. He tasked BUNDLE & SAVE! Vice President Joe Biden with leading the effort and vowed to push for implementation of the policy proposals without delay. The president, who exerted little political capital on gun control despite a series of mass shootings in his first term, bristled at suggestions that he had been silent on the issue during his first four years in office. But he acknowledged that the Friday’s deadly shooting had been “a wakeup call for all of us.” Twenty children and six adults were killed when a man carrying a military-style rifle stormed Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., Friday morning. 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Call to see if you qualify. 60375671 also said he wanted Congress to pursue the possibility of limiting highcapacity ammunition clips. “The fact that this problem is complex can no longer be an excuse for doing nothing,” Obama said. “The fact that we can’t prevent every act of violence doesn’t mean we can’t steadily reduce the violence.” The president’s announcement Wednesday underscores the urgency the White House sees in formulating a response to the Newtown shooting. The massacre has prompted several congressional gun rights supporters to consider new legislation to control firearms, and there is some concern that their willingness to engage could fade as the shock and sorrow over the Newtown shooting eases. Obama said it was “encouraging” to see people of different backgrounds and political affiliations coming to an understanding that the country has an obligation to prevent such violence. Appealing to gun owners, Obama said he believes in the Second Amendment and the country’s strong tradition of gun ownership. And he said “the vast majority of gun owners in America are responsible.” “I am also betting that the majority, the vast majority, of responsible lawabiding gun owners would be some of the first to say that we should be able to keep an irresponsible, lawbreaking few from buying a weapon of war,” Obama said. �Thursday, December 20, 2012 Obama: He and Boehner ‘pretty close’ to a deal WASHINGTON (AP) — Optimistic despite a tightening deadline, President Barack Obama said Wednesday he and House Speaker John Boehner are “pretty close” to a grand fiscal deal to avoid a first-ofthe-year shock to the economy, but that congressional Republicans “keep on finding ways to say no as opposed to finding ways to say yes.” Obama cast a resolution to the “fiscal cliff” as a matter of political will. He said in the aftermath of the massacre of school children in Connecticut, the nation deserves a compromise by its political leaders. “If this past week has done anything, it should just give us some perspective,” he said. And he urged lawmakers to “peel off the partisan war paint” and strike a deal. Obama spoke to reporters at the White House after announcing an administration-wide response to Friday’s shooting at an elementary school in Newtown that killed 20 first-graders and six adults. His comments came shortly after the White House threatened to veto Boehner’s backup plan for averting the “fiscal cliff.” Boehner’s measure, a so-called Plan B, would block tax increases from being triggered Jan. 1 on everyone but those whose incomes exceed $1 million. Boehner is planning a House vote on his proposal on Thursday, hoping it would raise pressure on Obama to make concessions as both sides continue reaching for a bipartisan deal on averting the “fiscal cliff.” Without an agreement among lawmakers, broad tax increases on nearly all taxpayers and budgetwide spending cuts will be triggered in early January. Boehner, R-Ohio, responded to Obama with a defiant tone. In an appearance before reporters that lasted under a minute, Boehner called on Obama to offer a deficit-cutting plan balanced between spending cuts and tax increases and predicted that the House would pass his backup plan. “Then the president will have a decision to make,” Boehner said. “He can call on the Senate Democrats to pass that bill or he can be responsible for the largest tax increase in American history.” Obama dismissed Boehner’s proposal, saying it would not provide unemployment insurance for 2 million jobless Americans and would result in higher taxes for families that benefit from various tax credits. “That violates the core principles that were debated during the course of this election and that the American people determined was the wrong way to go,” Obama said. Instead, Obama said, he and Boehner in their own talks had moved significantly toward each other before talks reached a lull on Tuesday. “What separates us is probably a few hundred billion dollars,” Obama said. “The idea that we would put our economy at risk because you can’t bridge that gap doesn’t make a lot of sense.” Earlier, Boehner spokesman Brendan Buck said White House opposition to the GOP backup plan “is growing more bizarre and irrational by the day.” He said Republicans prefer a deficit-cutting plan that is balanced between tax increases and spending The Daily Sentinel • Page 3 www.mydailysentinel.com cuts, but Obama has yet to offer such a proposal. “If Democrats disapprove of this bill, then there is a simple solution: amend it in the Senate and send it back to the House,” Buck said in a written statement. Senior administration officials said there have been no talks advancing the negotiations on a big fiscal cliff deal since Monday, after Boehner called Obama to say he was going to take a Plan B to the House. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because details of the negotiations had not been publicly announced. In the absence of a deal with Obama, Boehner’s Plan B is attracting support from Republicans eager to cast a vote preventing tax increases on as many people as possible. Boehner’s prospects for pushing Plan B through the House received a boost Wednesday when anti-tax activist Grover Norquist said the measure would not violate his anti-tax pledge, which most GOP members of Congress have signed. Norquist said the “sole purpose” of Plan B is to prevent tax increases — not mentioning that it would allow higher taxes on people earning over $1 million, which until recently had been a nonstarter among Republicans. But Club for Growth, a conservative group that often finances challengers to Republicans it considers too moderate, urged lawmakers to oppose Plan B because it would raise taxes on the wealthy, as well as on capital gains and dividends. Obama’s latest offer — focusing tax boosts on incomes above $400,000 — would affect nearly 1.1 million taxpayers. Limiting the tax boosts to income exceeding $1 million would target just 237,000 households, according to the latest Internal Revenue Service figures for 2009. Boehner’s backup plan could serve other purposes besides letting GOP supporters vote to protect more than 99 percent of taxpayers from paying higher levies. Allowing a vote on Plan B might increase GOP support for a negotiated compromise with Obama. Some Republicans might feel more comfortable supporting an accord with Obama — which would likely include more tax increases than they want — after being given a chance to vote for Boehner’s narrower tax increase on millionaires because it would let them show voters that they preferred a smaller tax boost. Even so, House GOP leaders are laboring to line up enough support for the backup measure in the face of conservatives reluctant to boost anyone’s taxes. Even if it could survive in the House, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has declared it dead in his chamber and now the White House has promised to veto it should it somehow reach Obama’s desk. The backup plan by Boehner would do nothing to head off deep cuts in defense and domestic programs scheduled to begin taking effect in January. And it contains none of the spending reductions that both Obama and Boehner have proposed in their efforts to strike a compromise. “The speaker is trying to get as much leverage as he can to deal with the president,” said Rep. Charles Boustany, R-La., describing the pressure Republicans were hoping it would put on the White House. But he added that he wasn’t sure the plan was the best way to get that leverage. Besides letting tax rates rise only on incomes exceeding $1 million, Boehner’s Plan B also would boost the top rate on capital gains and dividends from their current 15 percent to 20 percent for earnings over $1 million, preventing higher increases. It would continue current tax levels on inherited estates — less than Obama wants — and prevent the alternative minimum tax from raising taxes owed by 28 million middleand upper-class families. Boehner unveiled his backup plan on Tuesday. He did so even though he and Obama have come tantalizingly close to finding a politically palatable combination of revenue increases and budget savings that could slice around $2 trillion from projected federal deficits over the coming decade. Both sides say those efforts will continue. Obama has reduced his demands for tax increases to $1.2 trillion over 10 years, to be imposed on incomes exceeding $400,000 annually. In so doing, the president abandoned his campaign season insistence that he would raise taxes on individuals earning over $200,000 and couples making more than $250,000. Boehner has boosted his revenue offer to $1 trillion, including raising income tax rates on incomes over $1 million. That is a major concession from the leader of a party that has made opposition to higher rates a fundamental tenet for a quarter century. “I think it’s a mistake for the Republican Party,” said Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a leader of House conservatives. “So that’s what I think a lot of members are struggling with.” Obama has also departed from his party’s orthodoxy by proposing smaller annual costof-living increases for Social Security recipients. The new formula for measuring inflation would affect other benefit programs as well and push more people into higher income tax brackets. Shop Locally & Save Locally Shattered Newtown tries to make sense of tragedy NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — For a third straight day Wednesday, funeral processions rolled through a grieving Connecticut town trying to make sense of the massacre of 20 first-graders and six adults in an elementary school less than two weeks before Christmas. A 7-year-old boy who had dreamed of being a firefighter and a heroic firstgrade teacher who died while trying to shield students from the carnage were among the victims laid to rest in what has become an unrelenting cycle of sorrow and loss. “The first few days, all you heard was helicopters. Now at my office all I hear is the rumble of motorcycle escorts and funeral processions going back and forth throughout the day,” said Dr. Joseph Young, an optometrist who said he had already been to one funeral and would be going to several more. Students in Newtown returned to school Tuesday, except those from Sandy Hook Elementary, where a gunman armed with a military-style assault rifle slaughtered the children and six teachers and administrators last Friday. He also killed his mother at her home. Students at Sandy Hook, which serves kindergarten through fourth grade, will resume classes in a formerly shuttered school in a neighboring community in January. President Barack Obama pressed Congress on Wednesday to reinstate an assault weapons ban that expired in 2004, and called for stricter background checks for people who seek to purchase weapons as well as a limit on high-capacity ammunition clips. “This time, the words need to lead to action,” said Obama, who set a January deadline for the recommendations. In Newtown, Education Secretary Arne Duncan held a closed meeting with Sandy Hook Elementary staff, and also planned to attend the wake of slain principal Dawn Hochsprung. In the meantime, mourners overlapped at back-to-back funerals that started Monday and will continue all week. The first of Wednesday’s funerals was for 7-year-old Daniel Barden, a gap-toothed redhead and the youngest of three children whose family called “a constant source of laughter and joy.” “Always smiling, unfailingly polite, incredibly affectionate, fair and so thoughtful toward others,” the family said of the boy. Hundreds of firefighters formed a long blue line outside St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church as bells sounded and bagpipes played. Daniel wanted to join their ranks one day, and many came from New York, where his family has relatives who are firefighters. Family friend Laura Stamberg of New Paltz, N.Y., whose husband plays in a band with Daniel’s father, Mark, said Daniel was a thoughtful boy who held doors for people and would sit with another child if he saw one sitting alone. She said that on the morning of the shooting, Mark Barden played a game with his son and taught him a Christmas song on the piano. “They played foosball and then he taught him the song and then he walked him to the bus and that was their last morning together,” Stamberg said. At the same time, in the town of Stratford, family and friends gathered to say goodbye to Victoria Soto, a 27-year-old teacher who was killed while trying to shield her students, some of whom managed to escape. “She had the perfect job. She loved her job,” said Vicky Ruiz, a friend of Soto’s since first grade. Every year, she said, Soto described her students the same way. “They were always good kids. They were always angels,” even if, like typical first-graders, they might not always listen, Ruiz said. Students Charlotte Bacon and Caroline Previdi were to be laid to rest later Wednesday, and a wake was held for Hochsprung, the school’s popular 47-year-old principal. She and school psychologist Mary Sherlach rushed toward Lanza in an attempt to stop him and paid with their lives. The massacre continued to reverberate around America as citizens and lawmakers debated whether Newtown might be a turning point in the oftenpolarizing national discussion over gun control. Private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management announced Tuesday it plans to sell its stake in Freedom Group, maker of the Bushmaster rifle, following the school shootings. In Pittsburgh, Dick’s Sporting Goods said it is suspending sales of modern rifles nationwide because of the shooting. The company also said it’s removing all guns from display at its store closest to Newtown. Lawmakers who have joined the call to consider gun control as part of a comprehensive, anti-violence effort next year included 10-term House Republican Jack Kingston, a Georgia lawmaker elected with strong National Rifle Association backing. The National Rifle Association, silent since the shootings, said in a statement that it was “prepared to offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again.” It gave no indication what that might entail. And no indication has been made publicly about the motive of 20-yearold Adam Lanza, who, clad all in black, broke into Sandy Hook Elementary and opened fire on students and staff. Authorities say the horrific events of Friday began when Lanza shot his mother, Nancy, at their home, and then took her car and some of her guns to the nearby school. Investigators have found no letters or diaries that could explain the attack. Zero Calorie CHOCOLATE..... DIAMONDS! All Chocolate Diamond Jewelry 50% OFF Your choice SALE $699 Reg. $1,400 1/4 ct TDW SALE $599 Reg. $1,200 1/4 ct TDW Your choice SALE $450 Reg. $900 All pieces set in 10K or 14K white gold Holiday Hours Open Today-Sunday 1-4pm • Mon-Thurs 9am-7pm Friday 9am-8pm • Sat 9am-6pm 2011 Chev Silverado Ext. Cab W/T model - 4x4 - Only 9,000 miles Sale $23,711 SMITH CHEVROLET BUICK 1911 Eastern Ave 740-446-2282 Gallipolis www.smithsuperstore.com 60380146 Acquisitions Fine Jewelry 151 2nd. Ave Gallipolis, OH 740-446-2842 60377816 60379230 �Thursday, December 20, 2012 The Daily Sentinel • Page 4 www.mydailysentinel.com Dear Santa Eastern Elementary, Second Grade Dear Santa, What I want for Christams is a puppy dog. And have a good Chrisams with my famliy. Tell routs have a good Merry Christmas. Jennifer Starcher Dear Santa, I hope you can come to my house on christmas and thank you for sporting christmas. I want for christmas is american girl doll a pare of sharp toed cow girl boots and a dsi and a battry power little jeep and baby ALive food and more easy work at school and the movie the Santa Claus. Paige Smith Dear Santa, I want A diry for crismas. tony the Schull for crismas. a dictionary and an Amerekan girl doll. and a swingset and a scooter. Aaliyah Ogdin Dear Santa, I want for Christmas is a heart from you. Please and i love you! You do not havet to get me enything Love Haley Miller Dear Santa, I want a ben ten watch, a love poshin, hellacopter and a tiger. thank you Grant Martin Dear Santa, A would like a flam thor. I would lik a Bike. I would a durtebike. Ross Wells Dear Santa, I hope I get these toys this year. Lego City, Science tools hunting thins. And what ever you want to give me. I will like it very very much I hope you have a good trip. I believe in you. I love you. Jacob Spencer Dear Santa, I want for Christmas. Some stuff animals and some crafs and a rainbow MP3 player. and a cool baker cake pop maker. and some other stuff. Kylie G. Smith Dear Santa, I want the whole lego city, a kitten, a lot of play station games, a wii, a bunny rabbit, the whole serices of Geronimo Stilton books, a christmas tree for my room, two more guinea pigs one boy one girl, a four-wheeler. love: Treyton Hill Dear Santa, This is what I want this year a i pad mini a white one and a blue case and some duct tape and animal toys and stitch plush and turtle pencil holder. Juli Durst Dear Santa, If I have been good this year I would like a xbox 360, i-pod, orange nerf bullets and a fish that I relly wanted when I went to the fish store. Trenton Morrissey Dear Santa, How are you? Do you have a good time at the North pole? How are your elfs? How’s is Rudolph? I would like a lego helm’s deep. I would like a lego spider. I want one hundred presents. My mom would want 17 presents. My brother would want 19 presents. My sisters would want 92 presents. My dad wants only 170 presents. My uncle wants 93 presents. My aunt wants 1,739 presents. Caleb Hall Dear Santa, I want a American girl doll and a real puppy. So please get me a puppy for Christmas Santa!! Merry Christmas Santa. And also can I see Rudolph please. Than you very very very much Santa! And a elf a the shelf elf. And a happy Christmas. Lillyann Suttle Dear Santa, Hi take you for my villen my last Christmas Santa I want this Christmas an a American gril toll and a cat santa and a cow gril buats for Chims take you for all you do to get rad for your big trep and i’ll have cookes and milk for you win you get to my house in your big trip and be caful win you ride. Love Santa letters? Want more? Our Letters to Santa special section will insert in the Friday, Dec. 21 edition of The Gallipolis Daily Tribune, The Point Pleasant Register and The Daily Sentinel. Hayley Sanders Dear Santa, Wut I want is a now barom and I wut els I wunt Santa is a nies crisnis good santa and I wunt a luvle chrismis to fancks santa we love you. Trinity Reed Dear Santa, Thank you for gvining my the presents last Christmas and my sister Amber is man to my and my brother Austin in man to my. Aarika Dear Santa, I wut Trinity Reed to go to mi has. I wut mi Bruthr to go to mi has. I wut meck up for ckvismis. Laci Dalton Dear Santa, i wont dirt bike and a star wars Lego set and a halo 4 lego set Tanner Calhoun Dear Santa, THink you for giving me gifts. Think you for giving other boys and girls presents and people that live in hotels. Rudolph and Dancer and all of the reindeers. thay are so good at delivering gifts to people. Wien wear abults do we get to see you. And I hop I get to see you. Chloe Bissell Slate’s definitive Christmas playlist Aisha Harris Slate.com There are plenty of people who loathe Christmas music or tire of it quickly, and it can be easy to see why: Every year brings fruitless attempts to introduce a new song into the canon or put a new spin on a holiday classic, and that can be a drag. But what about that perfect rendition of the holiday standard you otherwise hate? Or that Christmas song that has many great versions, but you can’t decide which one is the best? Here at Slate, we’ve compiled a playlist of the definitive covers of Christmas standards, those songs that have been interpreted countless times, but have only one, true performance we can call the must-listen-to classic. Sometimes, the traditional version of a Christmas song remains the best. First, there is the one that started it all, “White Christmas,” as performed by crooner Bing Crosby. While there have been many notable covers, the original (along with the many versions recorded by Crosby) still stands the test of time. As Slate pop critic Jody Rosen puts it, “There weren’t really any Christmas pop songs until Bing. He created the genre.” Likewise, Judy Garland’s introduction of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” in the 1944 film “Meet Me in St. Louis” remains the quintessential version of the tune, both for her subdued yet powerful performance and the underlying tinge of sadness that brings some variety to the normally cheerful Christmas canon. (The song’s original lyrics were “Until then we’ll have to muddle through somehow” supplanted by the awkward “Hang a shining star upon the highest bough” more than a decade later.) Nat King Cole’s “The Christmas Song” still holds up as the best, despite being performed by artists as varied and talented as Bob Dylan, the Carpenters and Aretha Franklin — his simple phrasing and charming musical accompaniment continue to make his version a classic. According to Slate writer Katie Kilkenny, Michael Bublé’s 2011 “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” is definitive because of its classic interpretation with only a slight, jazzy update. “The bass guitar, piano and cymbal in the back of the song adds a nice mellow accompaniment to Bublé’s always-reliable vocals,” she says, “recalling old-fashioned live singers at holiday parties.” And forget Dean Martin’s popular turn with “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” — Slate writer Jennifer Lai prefers the “flirtatiousness and coquettishness” of Johnny Mercer and Margaret Whiting’s The Daily Sentinel Reader Services Correction Policy Our main concern in all stories is to be accurate. 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The Jackson 5’s “Up on the Housetop” turns the benign children’s song into a funky romp with blaring horns, a list of the toys that each boy desires (Tito wants a new guitar with a guarantee: “That it won’t play out of key!”), and an energetic breakdown referencing “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.” Peggy Lee’s “Winter Wonderland” takes a swinging, jazzy turn with her signature sultry interpretation that enhances the typically sweet and straightforward vocalization other artists prefer. Meanwhile, there are those songs that we wouldn’t consider classic in their own right, except for one particular cover that reimagines and completely elevates the music. The Ronettes’ rendition of “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” — a usually grating song — benefits from the girl group’s distinctive, playful phrasing and the uptempo “wall of sound” musical accompaniment. And Lou Rawls does “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” better than anyone else we’ve ever heard. Says Slate senior editor Dan Kois, “The song, as written, is a humorless tract about behaving at Christmastime. Sure, that’s a worthy message, as any parent would agree — but Rawls’ version is funky and funny in just the right balance, transforming the song’s threat into a joyful promise.” For our complete list of definitive Christmas song covers, see our Spotify playlist below. “White Christmas,” Bing Crosby from “White Christmas” (1995) “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” Judy Garland from “Meet Me in St. Louis” (1995) “The Christmas Song,” Nat King Cole from “The Christmas Song” (2009) “I’ll be Home for Christmas,” Michael Bublé from “Christmas” (2011) “Baby It’s Cold Outside,” Johnny Mercer and Margaret Whiting from “Johnny Mercer: Collector’s Series” (1989) “Up On the Housetop,” The Jackson 5 from “Ultimate Christmas Collection” (2009) “Winter Wonderland,” Peggy Lee from “Ultra-Lounge: Christmas Cocktails, Part One” (1996) “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,” The Ronettes from “A Christmas Gift to You from 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. 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Phil Spector” (2009) “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,” Lou Rawls from “Merry Christmas, Baby” (2006) “Merry Christmas, Baby,” Otis Redding from “Merry Christmas Baby / White Christmas” (1968) “Blue Christmas,” Elvis Presley from “Elvis’ Christmas Album” (1985) “Santa Baby,” Eartha Kitt from “The Very Best of Eartha Kitt” (2007) “Sleigh Ride,” Ella Fitzgerald from “Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas” (2002) “This Christmas,” Donny Hathaway from “A Donny Hathaway Collection” (1990) “All I Want for Christmas is You,” Mariah Carey from “Merry Christmas” (1994) “The Christmas Waltz,” Frank Sinatra from “A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra” (2011) “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” Brenda Lee from “Rockin’ Little Christmas” (2011) “Silent Night,”* the Temptations from “A Motown Christmas” (1999) “Happy Xmas (War is Over),” John Lennon from “Now That’s What I Call Christmas!” (2001) “Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!” Frank Sinatra from “Christmas Songs by Sinatra” (2007) The Daily Sentinel Ohio Valley Publishing Co. 111 Court Street Pomeroy, Ohio Phone (740) 992-2156 Fax (740) 992-2157 www.mydailysentinel.com Sammy M. Lopez Publisher Stephanie Filson Managing Editor �Thursday, December 20, 2012 The Daily Sentinel • Page 5 www.mydailysentinel.com Obituaries Robert Lee Prater Robert Lee Prater, 80, Vinton, Ohio (formerly of St. Mary’s, Ohio), died Tuesday, December 18, 2012, in Holzer Senior Care Center, Gallipolis, Ohio. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 22, 2012, in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton with Rev. Chris Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Vinton Memorial Park. Family and friends may call at the funeral home Friday from 4-8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations made in Robert’s memory to: The Shriner’s Hospital for Children, 1900 Richmond Rd, Lexington, KY 40502. Anna Lorena (Kaylor) Blake Anna Lorena (Kaylor) Blake, 88, of Letart, W.Va., went to be with the Lord on December 19, 2012, at her residence in Letart, W.Va. There will be a private service at 2 p.m. on Sunday, December 23, at the Foglesong Roush Funeral Home in Mason, W.Va. Officiating will be Rev. Jonathan Pinson of the Grace Baptist Church. Following to the Union Cemetery in Letart, W.Va. Peggy Ann McManus Peggy Ann McManus, 76, Hamden, died Tuesday, December 18, 2012, in the Jenkins Memorial Health Facility in Wellston. In keeping with Peggy’s wishes there are no calling hours. A celebration of life service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday, December 22, 2012, in the Huntley-Cremeens Funeral Home, Wellston. Interment will be at the convenience of the family. Johnnie E. Russell Johnnie E. Russell, 63, Bidwell, died Wednesday, December 19, 2012, at Pleasant Valley Hospital. The McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton is honored to handle the arrangements for the Russell family. Arrangements will be announced. Ask Dr. Brothers Is it nuts to be so afraid of germs? Dear Dr. get her to relax about this nonBrothers: sense? — E.F. I think my daughter is beDear E.F.: ing ridiculous It’s always difabout germs. ficult when grandparents When I was and their chilgrowing up, you just washed dren have difyour hands beferent views fore meals and on what’s important when put the paper cover on a pubcaring for the lic toilet seat. grandkids. When she was Many times, growing up, it Dr. Joyce Brothers the clash comes from the culturwas the same. Syndicated al changes that But now, she Columnist has to wipe have happened down everythroughout a thing in the house and lifetime. The commoncarry hand cleaner and sense approach that you wipes and so forth when were raised with can run she takes the kids to the head-on into trends and park or anywhere else. I new attitudes about chilrefuse to act like that when dren and the environment I’m with them! How do I in which we live, and it can be very frustrating for everyone. Unfortunately, society has been permeated by fear-mongering when it comes to bacteria. There is a happy medium between carelessly exposing kids to disease and infections, and teaching them to be fearful of everything around them. You can aim for that middle ground. It won’t be easy to do, but rather than criticize your daughter for her well-meaning attention to germs, why not focus on respecting her procedures when you are in charge of the grandkids? Once she sees you as supportive instead of critical of her efforts to be a good parent, you can talk with her about the unwanted side effects of environmental paranoia. Focus on how you’d like to ease up a bit on any scenarios that might make the children anxious, worried or overly concerned with germs. Building up their immune systems and lessening their budding germ phobia are worthy goals for a grandmother. *** Dear Dr. Brothers: I have a close friend with two preteens the same ages as my kids. We meet for coffee and talk about our families. She’s very nice, but her husband is a bit of a drinker. The problem is that whenever I go to their home, everyone is yelling at each other! I don’t think I’ve ever heard a normal conversation there. The kids yell at each other, and the parents yell at the kids and at each other. I don’t know if I should talk to her about this, but it is upsetting. — J.M. Dear J.M.: It is always disconcerting to find that a friend has two very different communication styles. When you sit and chat quietly over coffee, you can easily picture the same scenario with your confidante’s husband and children — everything as cool and ordinary as your own exchanges with your family. When you found out that your assumptions didn’t jibe with real life, it must have come as quite a shock. It is upsetting to know that your friend isn’t quite the same person you know and like. This yelling lifestyle you can’t understand may be linked to the husband’s excessive drinking. He may be an angry drunk who turns into an argumentative bully on a regular basis, prompting his wife and kids to respond in kind. The family may actually function fairly well this way, but it has to be stressful and unhealthy for the children. The entire family would benefit from family therapy to confront its anger management issues and learn better ways of talking to one another. It’s unlikely that things will improve until the husband deals with his drinking problem. You can gently encourage your friend to talk to her family about how they speak to one another and not-so-gently urge her husband to get help. (c) 2012 by King Features Syndicate Agenda From Page 1 The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) sent notification of a bridge replacement over Mud Fork Road, during which Ohio 692 will be used as a detour for 45 days beginning June 10, 2013. Appointments to the Area Agency on Aging District 8 and the Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional Development District will be made after the first of the year. Appropriation adjustments were approved as follows, $592.98 from A009-C03 to A009- C06, Veterans Service; $92.32 from A009-C08 to A009-C06, Veterans Service; $500.67 from A109-C06 to A009-C06, Veterans Services; $93.12 from A409C09 to A009-C06, Veterans Services; $2.00 from A009-C01 to A009-C06, Veterans Services; $3,973.96 from A009-D01 to A009-C06, Veterans Services; $528 from A009-D02 to A009C06, Veterans Services; $860.86 from A009-E02 to A009-C06, Veterans Services; $2,970.19 from Certified Unappropriated Funds to A006-A07, Training, Sheriff; and $4,665 from Certified Unappropriated Funds to A006-A06, Contract Services, Sheriff. Notice was received by the commissioners that Joseph Freeman American Legion Post 0476 in Salem Township is applying for a new D4 liquor license. Animals From Page 1 selves and their pets, and that these grants will make a major difference in the quality of life of the animals the humane society assists. She added that the Meigs County Humane Society, in operation since the early 1970s, has found it more and more difficult to provide help for county residents dealing frequent- ly with foreclosures and unemployment. “Some citizens have the erroneous idea that the MCHS is the recipient of federal or state funds, but this is not the case,” said Baer. “We rely primarily on membership dues, donations to our Thrift Shoppe, bequests from wills and occasional help from private animals welfare organizations. We pay half the salary for the part-time county humane officer, assist with emergency veterinary situations, and help with spay/ neuter costs. We have therefore little to spare. We ask county residents to support our thrift shop and become members of the society, and in this way, assist us in making lives better for the county’s animals.” 13 through Jan. 18. Bids were accepted on some excess vehicles and equipment to be sold by the District. Board member Larry Tucker who had bid on one of the vehicles abstained in the vote which passed by affirmative vote of the other members, Ryan Mahr, Roger Abbott, Todd Snowden and Ron Logan. Nine items were sold by the district at the bid price, while four of the items advertised received no bids. Financial reports were given by Rhonemus, financial officer. Also attending was Superintendent Rusty Bookman. During the meeting’s opening ritual which includes a prayer and pledge to the American flag, Superintendent Bookman called for a moment of silent prayer for the children and their families involved in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut. Local From Page 1 arship was made through the OVEC-Kyger Creek Science Scholarship fund to be granted to a student pursuing a science based major, with a minimum 3.0 GPA, ACT science score and financial need. The Board approved an overnight field trip for Harley Fox to attend the mandatory Regional Officers Leadership Training Institute in Washington, D.C. being held from Jan. Bridge From Page 1 She also said she’s tried to educate others in Connecticut who have never heard of the disaster. Bullard shared his student’s sentiment, telling the audience the book was done to bring the stories of the disaster together with the community’s help, because, in the end, it is the community’s story. Bullard said in researching the book it was also inspiring to see how a small community faced a huge tragedy and survived, remarking on what is now facing the community of Newton and how he and Gromek would be stopping there to pay their respects on the way home from Point Pleasant. The book’s other co-authors are Martha and Ruth Fout of Mason County who helped collect and archive material for the book from local people. Disaster From Page 1 see where the weaknesses were. “If your drill goes well, there’s something wrong,” Troy said. Troy continued, saying that PVH is required to do a mass causality drill as least once a year. During this drill, rescue workers transported the victims to the emergency room like they would in a real emergency, based on the severity of their injuries and which victims needed to be attended to first. Portraying victims in the disaster were Brandon Edge, Brandon Troy, Ryan Bonecutter, Dakota Jeffers, Bruce McDermitt, Aden Yates, Brent Larck, Beverly Ridenour, Toni Scarberry, and Caroline Rhodes. The victims had various injuries and symptoms ranging in severity, including burns and shortness of breath, to chest trauma and fractures. According to National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC), the chemical malathion, represented by chocolate syrup in the mock disaster, is an insecticide which kills insects by preventing the nervous system from functioning properly. If exposed to enough malathion, humans and other animals can be affected in the same way. Humans can be exposed if the chemical comes in contact with one’s skin or if it breathed in, or if one smokes, eats, or drinks after using a product with malathion and not washing your hands. According to the NPIC, products that contain malathion are often used to control insects in agricultural settings and has also been used to control mosquitoes and fruit flies, as well as some shampoos used to treat head lice. Baer said that several owners have already received help with hay for horses, and the humane officer has alerted the Meigs County Humane Society to owners struggling with financial difficulties feeding their pets. Those Meigs County residents who need emergency help paying for food for cats, dogs and horses should contact the Meigs County Humane Society Thrift Store at 740-9926064 for more information. �The Daily Sentinel Sports THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2012 mdssports@heartlandpublications.com Wahama outlasts Eagles for 1st win, 61-51 Bryan Walters bwalters@heartlandpublications.com MASON, W.Va. — All bad things must come to an end too. The Wahama boys basketball team snapped a two-game losing skid by picking up its first win of the 2012-13 campaign Tuesday night following a 61-51 decision over visiting Eastern in a Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division matchup in Mason County. The White Falcons (1-2, 1-1 TVC Hocking) battled for a small 11-10 advantage after eight minutes of play, then the hosts erupted with a 23-14 charge in the second canto to secure comfortable 34-24 cushion headed into the intermission. The Eagles (1-4, 1-3) were never within striking distance the rest of the way, as WHS used a small 15-14 spurt in the third canto to claim a sizable 4938 lead headed into the finale. EHS closed regulation with a small 13-12 run, but never came closer than two possessions — allowing the hosts to secure the 10-point triumph. Wahama connected on 26of-49 field goal attempts for an impressive 53 percent and also sank 6-of-12 free throws for 50 percent. The Eagles, conversely, made 18-of-58 shot attempts for 31 percent and also made 11-of19 charity tosses for 58 percent. Austin Jordan led the White Falcons with 15 points, followed by Trenton Gibbs with a doubledouble effort of 14 points and 10 rebounds. Hunter Bradley chipped in 13 points to the winning cause, while Jacob Ortiz added eight markers. Dakota Sisk had six points for the victors, while Wyatt Zuspan and Derek Hysell respectively rounded out the scoring with four points and one marker. Gibbs had team-bests of seven steals, five assists and three blocks. Bradley also dished out five assists for the hosts. Max Carnahan paced the Eagles with a game-high 29 points, followed by Troy Gantt with 10 points and a team-high six boards. Zakk Heaton was next with seven points, while Cameron Richmond and Christian Speelman each chipped in two markers. Kirk Pullins rounded out the scoring with one point. Bryan Walters | Daily Sentinel River Valley senior Joseph Loyd (5) dribbles past Vinton County defender Jordan Albright (11) during the second half of Tuesday night’s non-conference boys basketball game in Bidwell, Ohio. Turnovers haunt River Valley in 54-48 loss to Vikings Bryan Walters bwalters@heartlandpublications.com BIDWELL, Ohio — Despite shooting a blistering 52 percent from the field, the River Valley boys basketball team was victimized by 24 costly turnovers Tuesday night during a 54-48 setback to visiting Vinton County in a nonconference matchup in Gallia County. The host Raiders (15) connected on 19-of-36 shot attempts in the contest — which included an 8-for-12 effort from threepoint range for 67 percent — but the Vikings (4-1) forced eight turnovers in the opening canto en route to establishing an early 2011 edge. RVHS committed its 10th mistake of the night at the 6:30 mark of the second canto after Jordan Albright came away with a steal before being fouled. His successful free throws following that Raider miscue gave the guests their biggest lead of the first half at 24-13. The Silver and Black — who committed 13 of their 24 turnovers in the opening 16 minutes — trailed by as many as 14 points in the second half and never came closer than two possessions after the break, allowing VCHS to secure the six-point triumph. The Vikings, winners of four straight, committed 14 turnovers in the decision. Head coach Jordan Hill was a little nerved following this setback, the fifth straight for the Raiders. Then again, giving an opponent 10 extra chances in a two-possession game does make a huge difference in the final outcome — especially when the ball is going in the hole. “In order for us to be able to win ball games and being successful on the offensive end, we need to embrace pressure. In the last few games, teams have pressured us … and we have committed way too many turnovers in those games. We’re just wasting possessions,” Hill said. “We have been in a good majority of our games this year, which means possessions are so valuable and so crucial, and we need to take care of the ball. “In order for us to improve as a team, we need to embrace pressure so that good things can happen. Right now, we need to find guys that our willing to embrace it.” The Vikings stormed out to an early 5-2 advantage, but the hosts countered See VIKINGS ‌| 8 OVP Sports Schedule Thursday, Dec. 20 Girls Basketball Trimble at Eastern, 6 p.m. Meigs at Nels-York, 6 p.m. South Gallia at Waterford, 6 p.m. Wahama at Belpre, 6 p.m. Southern at Miller, 6 p.m. Wrestling Point Pleasant at Gallia Academy, 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21 Boys Basketball Van at Hannan, 6 p.m. Athens at Meigs, 6 p.m. Gallia Academy at Jackson, 5 p.m. River Valley at Southeastern, 6 p.m. South Gallia at Eastern, 6 p.m. Southern at Belpre, 6 p.m. Wahama at Federal Hocking, 6 p.m. OVCS at Grace, 7 p.m. Girls Basketball OVCS at Grace, 6 p.m. Point Pleasant at Hurricane, 6 p.m. Hannan at Calhoun County, 6 p.m. Wrestling Meigs, River Valley at Wahama, TBA Photos by Alex Hawley | Daily Sentinel Southern guard Tristen Wolfe (right) pulls up for a jump-shot during the first half of Thursday night’s SHS loss to Federal Hocking. Lancers slip by Southern Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com RACINE, Ohio — Veteran teams find a way to win close games. This was the case Tuesday night in Racine when the Tornadoes fell victim to Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division foe Federal Hocking. The Lancers were over 73 percent from the free throw line in the fourth period to aid in grabbing 55-46 victory. Federal Hocking (5-2, 4-1 TVC Hocking) began the game with an 11-to-3 run over the first three-and-a-half minutes of the game but Southern rallied back with an 8-to-5 run to end the opening stanza.The teams played evenly through the second canto, as each side scored eight, and the Lancers held a 24-19 lead at the break. After FHHS began the second half with a 3-0 run, the Tornadoes rallied back with nine unanswered points to take their first lead of the game at the 5:24 mark. Federal Hocking answered back and grabbed a 34-32 lead headed into the finale. The Tornadoes led briefly in the fourth after starting the quarter on a 5-to-2 run, but Federal Hocking answered with 10 unanswered points to regain control. The Maroon and Gold hit 11-of-15 free throws in the fourth en route to a 55-46 over the host Tornadoes. “I thought defensively we did a pretty good job for the most part,” Southern coach Jeff Caldwell said post game. “We’re still learning, tonight free throws and missed layups were are big issues. Federal Hocking plays so hard defensively its hard to get good shots and they played like a veteran team down the stretch, hitting free throws and some big three’s.” In the scoring column the Tornadoes were led by senior Adam Pape who had 14 points after shooting 6-of-12 from the floor including 2-of-4 from beyond the arc. Tristen Wolfe was also in double figures for the Purple and Gold with 10 points, while Dennis Teaford finished with eight. Taylor McNickle scored four points, Trenton Deem and Chandler Drummer each tallied three points, while Hunter Johnson and Casey Pickens each finished with two points to round out the SHS scoring. Wolfe had 14 rebounds to lead the Tornadoes, while Drummer finished with six. Wolfe also led Southern with five assists. Southern junior Dennis Teaford (44) goes for a layup during See LANCERS ‌| 8 Tuesday night’s 55-46 SHS loss to Federal Hocking in Racine. Calvary Baptist edges Wildcats, 50-47 Bryan Walters bwalters@heartlandpublications.com HURRICANE, W.Va. — Free throws play an important role in the game of basketball. Unfortunately, the Hannan boys basketball team found out the hard way Tuesday night following a 50-47 setback to Calvary Baptist Academy in a non-conference matchup in Putnam County. The visiting Wildcats (1-5) managed to keep pace with the Patriots throughout most of the four quarters of action, but CBA countered that effort with 20 extra free throw chances — which included 10 additional makes — in remaining unbeaten this winter. The Patriots (8-0) sank 17-of-29 charity tosses in the triumph for 59 percent, while HHS made 7-of-9 free throw tries for 78 percent. Both teams were tied at 14 after eight minutes of play, but the hosts made a pivotal 13-8 run in the second canto to establish a 27-22 edge at the break. The Wildcats countered with a small 12-10 spurt in the third to pull within 37-34 headed into the finale, but both teams scored 13 points down the stretch to pull off the onepossesion decision. Kade McCoy, Paul Holley and Tyler Burns all led Hannan with 11 points apiece, followed by Ty Paige with seven markers. Daniel Black and Tyler Jenkins rounded out the respective scoring with four and three points. Jace Heller paced Calvary Baptist with a game-high 20 points, followed by Trent Spears with 14 points and Alex Rhodes with seven markers. �Thursday, December 20, 2012 ANNOUNCEMENTS The Daily Sentinel • Page 7 www.mydailysentinel.com Legals PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE: is hereby given that on Saturday, December 22, 2012 at 10:00 a.m., a public sale will be held at 211 W. Second St. Pomeroy OH. The Farmers Bank and Savings Company is selling for cash in hand or certified check the following collateral: 2006 Dodge Ram Vin #: 1D7HU18236J147845 Legals The Farmers Bank and Savings Company, Pomeroy, Ohio, reserves the right to bid at this sale, and to withdraw the above collateral prior to sale. Further, The Farmers Bank and Savings Company reserves the right to reject any or all bids submitted. The above described collateral will be sold “as is-where is”, with no expressed or implied warranty given. For further information, or for an appointment to inspect collateral, prior to sale date contact Randy at 740-992-4048. 12/19 12/20 12/21 PUBLIC NOTICE Memory/ Thank You NOTICE: is hereby given that on Saturday, December 22, 2012 at 10:00 a.m., a public Joseph P. Smith sale will be held at 211 W. 12/20/72-12/11/11 Second St. Pomeroy OH. The Farmers Bank and Savings Loved & remembered Company is selling for cash in each day & night. hand or certified check the folMom, Tim, John, lowing collateral: Cindy & Mark 2006 Dodge Ram Vin #: 1D7HU18236J147845 The Farmers Bank and Savings Company, Pomeroy, Notices Ohio, reserves the right to bid at this sale, and to withdraw NOTICE OF INTENT TOto the above collateral prior sale. Further, The Farmers DECLARE MINERAL INTEREST Bank and ABANDONED Savings Company reserves the right toTO reject any PURSUANT or all bidsSECTION submitted. 5301.56 The above described collaterOF THE OHIO al will be sold “as is-where is”, Code (O.R.C.) with noRevised expressed or implied PLEASE TAKE NOTE that MARIETTA LAND VENTURES, warranty given.LP, C/O BRAD CARPENTER, of 491 Sylvania Drive, McMurray, Pennsylvania, 15317, pursuant to 5301.56 ofFor thefurther O.R.C., hereby intends toordeclare information, for the mineral interest abandoned of GLADYS HARRIS, FRANCES DROZ, SARAH HOBACK AND DWIGHT HOBACK, AND THEIR SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, and any an appointment to inspect collateral, prior to sale con-described 75 acres: heirs or successors interest in title, in thedate following tact Randy at 740-992-4048. SITUATED IN LEBANON TOWNSHIP, MEIGS COUNTY, AND STATE OF OHIO 12/20 BEING 12/19 IN SECTION NO.12/21 28, TOWNSHIP 2, RANGE 11 BEING PARCEL NUMBER: 07-00940000 PRIOR DEED REFERENCES: O.R. Volume 328, Page 881 O.R. Volume 227, Page 161 O.R. Volume 217, Page 151 D.B. Volume 222, Page 501 Previous grantors have EXCEPTED and RESERVED to themselves, and their heirs and assigns, ONE-HALF OF ALL MINERAL RIGHTS, as noted in Deed Book Volume 222, page 501. MARIETTA LAND VENTURES, LP, claims title to this property by virtue of a deed recorded in O.R. Volume 328, Page 881, filed in the Office of Recorder of Meigs County, Ohio. The oil and gas interest preserved by GLADYS HARRIS, FRANCES DROZ, SARAH HOBACK AND DWIGHT HOBACK, AND THEIR SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, was recorded in Deed Book Volume 222, page 501, recorded October 30, 1964, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Meigs County, Ohio. The Deed contained a reservation of ONE-HALF ALL MINERAL RIGHTS. Further, MARIETTA LAND VENTURES, LP, states that nothing specified in O.R.C. 5301.56(B)(3) has occurred precluding abandonment within twenty (20) years immediately preceding the date upon which this notice was served or published. The oil and gas interest GLADYS HARRIS, FRANCES DROZ, SARAH HOBACK AND DWIGHT HOBACK, AND THEIR SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, has not been the subject of a title transaction that has been filed in the Office of the Recorder of Meigs County, Ohio; there has been no actual production or withdrawals of oil and gas from the lands covered by a Lease to which the mineral interest is subject from the drilling operations of which is located beneath lands or from lands pooled, unitized or included in unit operations in O.R.C. 1509.26 to 1509.28, in which the mineral interest is participating, and that no interest or order creating or providing for the pooling or unitization of oil or gas interests has been filed or recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Meigs County, Ohio; the oil and gas has not been used in underground gas storage operations by MARIETTA LAND VENTURES, LP, AND THEIR SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; a drilling or mining permit has not been issued to a holder and no Affidavit that states the name of a permit holder, the permit number, the type of permit and a legal description of the lands affected by the permit has been filed or recorded in accordance with O.R.C. 5301.25(2) in the Office of the Recorder of Meigs County, Ohio; a claim to preserve the mineral interest has not been filed in accordance with Ohio Revised Code 5301.56(c) nor has a separately listed tax parcel number been created for the mineral interest in the County Auditor’s tax list and the County Treasurer’s duplicate tax list in Meigs County, Ohio. MARIETTA LAND VENTURES, LP, intends to file an Affidavit of Abandonment at least thirty days but not later than sixty days after the date on which notice was served by publication of the abandonment of the coal, mineral, oil and gas interest of GLADYS HARRIS, FRANCES DROZ, SARAH HOBACK AND DWIGHT HOBACK, AND THEIR SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. ATTORNEY PATRICK MCCAFFREY (614) 264-2700 • 12-5, 2012 Adv. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE: is hereby given that on Saturday, December 22, 2012 at 10:00 a.m., a public sale will be held at 211 W. Second St. Pomeroy OH. The Farmers Bank and Savings Company is selling for cash in hand or certified check the following collateral: 2006 Dodge Ram Vin #: 1D7HU18236J147845 The Farmers Bank and Savings Company, Pomeroy, Ohio, reserves the right to bid at this sale, and to withdraw the above collateral prior to sale. Further, The Farmers Bank and Savings Company reserves the right to reject any or all bids submitted. 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Area Reward offered 4469109 or 446-9552 AGRICULTURE MERCHANDISE Notices Notices NOTICE OF INTENT TO DECLARE MINERAL INTEREST ABANDONED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5301.56 OF THE OHIO Revised Code (O.R.C.) NOTICE OF INTENT TO DECLARE MINERAL INTEREST ABANDONED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5301.56 OF THE OHIO Revised Code (O.R.C.) PLEASE TAKE NOTE that MARIETTA LAND VENTURES, LP, C/O BRAD CARPENTER, of 491 Sylvania Drive, McMurray, Pennsylvania, 15317, pursuant to 5301.56 of the O.R.C., hereby intends to declare the mineral interest abandoned of RUTH DEYAMPERT AND A.H. DEYAMPERT, AND THEIR SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, and any heirs or successors interest in title, in the following described 93.57 acres: SITUATED IN LEBANON TOWNSHIP, MEIGS COUNTY, AND STATE OF OHIO BEING IN SECTION NO. 24, TOWNSHIP 2, RANGE 11 BEING PARCEL NUMBER: 07-00947000 PRIOR DEED REFERENCES: O.R. Volume 328, Page 881 • O.R. Volume 227, Page 161 O.R. Volume 217, Page 151 • D.B. Volume 230, Page 33 Previous grantors have EXCEPTED and RESERVED to themselves, and their heirs and assigns, ALL MINERAL RIGHTS, as noted in Deed Book Volume 230, page 33. MARIETTA LAND VENTURES, LP, claims title to this property by virtue of a deed recorded in O.R. Volume 328, Page 881, filed in the Office of Recorder of Meigs County, Ohio. The oil and gas interest preserved by RUTH DEYAMPERT AND A.H. DEYAMPERT, AND THEIR SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, was recorded in Deed Book Volume 230, page 33, recorded January 13, 1967, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Meigs County, Ohio. The Deed contained a reservation of ALL MINERAL RIGHTS. Further, MARIETTA LAND VENTURES, LP, states that nothing specified in O.R.C. 5301.56(B)(3) has occurred precluding abandonment within twenty (20) years immediately preceding the date upon which this notice was served or published. The oil and gas interest RUTH DEYAMPERT AND A.H. DEYAMPERT, AND THEIR SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, has not been the subject of a title transaction that has been filed in the Office of the Recorder of Meigs County, Ohio; there has been no actual production or withdrawals of oil and gas from the lands covered by a Lease to which the mineral interest is subject from the drilling operations of which is located beneath lands or from lands pooled, unitized or included in unit operations in O.R.C. 1509.26 to 1509.28, in which the mineral interest is participating, and that no interest or order creating or providing for the pooling or unitization of oil or gas interests has been filed or recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Meigs County, Ohio; the oil and gas has not been used in underground gas storage operations by MARIETTA LAND VENTURES, LP, AND THEIR SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; a drilling or mining permit has not been issued to a holder and no Affidavit that states the name of a permit holder, the permit number, the type of permit and a legal description of the lands affected by the permit has been filed or recorded in accordance with O.R.C. 5301.25(2) in the Office of the Recorder of Meigs County, Ohio; a claim to preserve the mineral interest has not been filed in accordance with Ohio Revised Code 5301.56(c) nor has a separately listed tax parcel number been created for the mineral interest in the County Auditor’s tax list and the County Treasurer’s duplicate tax list in Meigs County, Ohio. MARIETTA LAND VENTURES, LP, intends to file an Affidavit of Abandonment at least thirty days but not later than sixty days after the date on which notice was served by publication of the abandonment of the coal, mineral, oil and gas interest of RUTH DEYAMPERT AND A.H. DEYAMPERT, AND THEIR SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. ATTORNEY PATRICK MCCAFFREY 60380184 (614) 264-2700 • 12-5, 2012 Adv. PLEASE TAKE NOTE that MARIETTA LAND VENTURES, LP, C/O BRAD CARPENTER, of 491 Sylvania Drive, McMurray, Pennsylvania, 15317, pursuant to 5301.56 of the O.R.C., hereby intends to declare the mineral interest abandoned of GLADYS HARRIS, FRANCES DROZ, SARAH HOBACK AND DWIGHT HOBACK, AND THEIR SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, and any heirs or successors interest in title, in the following described 78 acres: SITUATED IN LEBANON TOWNSHIP, MEIGS COUNTY, AND STATE OF OHIO BEING IN SECTION NO. 28, TOWNSHIP 2, RANGE 11 BEING PARCEL NUMBER: 07-00939000 PRIOR DEED REFERENCES: O.R. Volume 328, Page 881 O.R. Volume 227, Page 161 O.R. Volume 217, Page 151 D.B. Volume 222, Page 501 Previous grantors have EXCEPTED and RESERVED to themselves, and their heirs and assigns, ALL MINERAL RIGHTS, as noted in Deed Book Volume 222, page 501. MARIETTA LAND VENTURES, LP, claims title to this property by virtue of a deed recorded in O.R. Volume 328, Page 881, filed in the Office of Recorder of Meigs County, Ohio. The oil and gas interest preserved by GLADYS HARRIS, FRANCES DROZ, SARAH HOBACK AND DWIGHT HOBACK, AND THEIR SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, was recorded in Deed Book Volume 222, page 501, recorded October 30, 1964, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Meigs County, Ohio. The Deed contained a reservation of ALL MINERAL RIGHTS. Further, MARIETTA LAND VENTURES, LP, states that nothing specified in O.R.C. 5301.56(B)(3) has occurred precluding abandonment within twenty (20) years immediately preceding the date upon which this notice was served or published. The oil and gas interest GLADYS HARRIS, FRANCES DROZ, SARAH HOBACK AND DWIGHT HOBACK, AND THEIR SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, has not been the subject of a title transaction that has been filed in the Office of the Recorder of Meigs County, Ohio; there has been no actual production or withdrawals of oil and gas from the lands covered by a Lease to which the mineral interest is subject from the drilling operations of which is located beneath lands or from lands pooled, unitized or included in unit operations in O.R.C. 1509.26 to 1509.28, in which the mineral interest is participating, and that no interest or order creating or providing for the pooling or unitization of oil or gas interests has been filed or recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Meigs County, Ohio; the oil and gas has not been used in underground gas storage operations by MARIETTA LAND VENTURES, LP, AND THEIR SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; a drilling or mining permit has not been issued to a holder and no Affidavit that states the name of a permit holder, the permit number, the type of permit and a legal description of the lands affected by the permit has been filed or recorded in accordance with O.R.C. 5301.25(2) in the Office of the Recorder of Meigs County, Ohio; a claim to preserve the mineral interest has not been filed in accordance with Ohio Revised Code 5301.56(c) nor has a separately listed tax parcel number been created for the mineral interest in the County Auditor’s tax list and the County Treasurer’s duplicate tax list in Meigs County, Ohio. MARIETTA LAND VENTURES, LP, intends to file an Affidavit of Abandonment at least thirty days but not later than sixty days after the date on which notice was served by publication of the abandonment of the coal, mineral, oil and gas interest of GLADYS HARRIS, FRANCES DROZ, SARAH HOBACK AND DWIGHT HOBACK, AND THEIR SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. ATTORNEY PATRICK MCCAFFREY (614) 264-2700 12-5, 2012 Adv. 60380176 �Thursday, December 20, 2012 Lady Defenders fall to Wood County Christian, 42-28 Bryan Walters bwalters@heartlandpublications.com GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — A 30-17 second half run ultimately allowed visiting Wood County Christian to break away from a one-point halftime lead and claim a 42-28 victory over the Ohio Valley Christian girls basketball team Tuesday night in a non-conference matchup in Gallia County. The host Lady Defenders (1-5) claimed a small 4-2 edge after eight minutes of play, but the Lady Wildcats countered with a 10-7 run in the second canto to establish a closely-contested 12-11 leaded headed into the intermission. WCCS made its big charge of the night in the third stanza, as the guests used an 11-4 surge to claim a comfortable 23-15 cushion headed into the finale. Wood County Christian — despite going 4-of-9 at the charity stripe in the fourth quarter — closed regulation with a 19-13 spurt to wrap up the 14-point triumph. Emily Carman led OVCS with a game-high 17 points, followed by Madison Crank with eight points and Sarah Schoonover with two markers. Teah Elliott rounded out the hosts’ total with one point. The Lady Defenders sank 8-of-19 free throw attempts in the setback for 42 percent. Heather Lord paced the Lady ‘Cats with 10 points, followed by Sarah Barnett and Rebecca Morris with eight markers apiece. WCCS was 12-of-21 at the charity stripe for 57 percent. 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Down 11 points a minute-and-a-half into the second stanza, the Raiders responded with a 10-2 surge over the next four minutes to pull within 26-23 with 2:36 left in the half. VCHS countered with a 6-0 run to close the quarter out with a 32-23 intermission advantage. The Raiders — who had at least five turnovers in each quarter Tuesday night — watched Vinton County open the third canto with a 10-5 run, allowing the guests to take their largest lead of the night at 42-28 with 4:10 remaining. RVHS, however, answered with a 10-4 run to close out the period with a 46-38 deficit. The Vikings extended their lead out to 52-40 with 5:34 left in the fourth, but the hosts closed the game on an 8-2 run and also held the VCHS without a point over the final 2:40 of regulation. Tyler Twyman went 4-for-4 from three-point range and led the Raiders with a game-high 18 points, followed by Ethan Dovenbarger with 10 points and Joseph Loyd with nine markers. Seann Roberts added six points inside, while Justin Rusk and Burnie Stanley rounded out the respective scoring with three and two markers. The hosts sank 2-of-3 free throw attempts for 67 percent and posted team totals of 20 rebounds, nine assists and one steal. Dovenbarger led RVHS with five rebounds, while Roberts and Twyman both chipped in four caroms apiece. Vinton County connected on 19-of-47 field goal attempts for 40 percent, including a 4-of-8 effort from three-point territory for 50 percent. The guests were also 12-of-19 at the charity stripe for 63 percent. Jordan Kidd and L.B. Remy both paced the Vikings with 12 points each, followed by Bryce Owings with 11 points and Jordan Albright with nine markers. Lancers From Page 6 “I don’t think that we executed as well as we wanted to,” Federal Hocking coach Howie Caldwell said after the game. “The first two or three minutes when we got up to the 9-to-2 lead, I was pleased with it. Then it seemed like Southern controlled what we wanted to do but anytime you can win that’s fine.” Max Carney led the Lancers with 19 points on 8-of-9 shooting and 11 rebounds. Cliff Bonner had nine points, Shawn Parsons had eight, and Corey Rex finished seven points in the triumph. Pete Crum and Alfy nichols each finished with five points while Peyton Seel had two to close out the scoring column for FHHS. The Tornadoes shot 18-of-43 (41.9 percent) from the field including 3-ofREAL ESTATE RENTALS Apartments/Townhouses 1 & 2 bedroom apartments & houses, No pets, 740-992-2218 2 Rm studio Apartment New paint, floors, toilet & shower. Mostly furnished with washer. 1 car Garage - 7 miles S. on Rt 7 $ 300 mo. $300 deposit NO PETS UTILITIES NOT INCLUDED Call 740-446-4514 for Application or more info. RENTALS AVAILABLE! 2 BR townhouse apartments, also renting 2 & 3BR houses. Call 441-1111. 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Rogers Basement Waterproofing Sunvision Tanning Bed GOOD CONDITION Call 740-3880067 �Thursday, December 20, 2012 The Daily Sentinel • Page 9 www.mydailysentinel.com Thursday, december 20, 2012 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, Dec. 20, 2012: This year you will you be much more assertive than you have been. As a result, you will break past patterns that have held you back in the past. You will be prone to do the unexpected. According to others, you are following a different drummer. If you are single, you will meet quite a few potential suitors. Be true to yourself. You will continue to date until you meet the right person. You will know when the time comes. If you are attached, be gentle with your sweetie. This person is adjusting to the changing you. ARIES has a fiery temper! 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 The unexpected runs rampant right now. If you stop and think about it, you are the trigger. Express your caring without getting involved in a power play. Others will try to manipulate you, but you can walk right through their ploys. Tonight: A call could affect your plans. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH You could be taken aback by everything that is happening around you. It might be difficult to define what you want to do. Make it OK to do nothing. Trust that you will see the path and that timing will be on your side. Go off and do something you want to do. Tonight: Keep a secret. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHH Make plans to bring friends together before you exit the scene for a family holiday gathering. You will be, or probably already are, in the mood to start enjoying the eggnog and presents and cornering your sweetie under the mistletoe. Tonight: Wrap those presents. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Others follow your lead, but they could be wondering what is up. You might want to vanish and not be found. Indulge those around you a little, but continue on your path. Tune in to your inner voice and center yourself. You will know what to do. Tonight: In the limelight. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Keep reaching out to others, especially the people you rarely call but often think of. A friend’s confession could stun you. Let your feelings show — there is no reason to hold back. Be willing to ask for more of what you want. Tonight: Go along with someone’s plans. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You might want to eliminate a problem and move forward. The other party can be unreasonable and often does the unexpected. A child or a loved one decides that now is the time for rebellion. The smart move is to ignore this behavior. Tonight: A chat over coffee and dessert. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Others want what they want, so try not to stand in the way of their long-desired dreams. Avoid protesting any opposition you might have, as their energy is far higher than yours. You simply are not as attached to this matter. Tonight: Love the one you are with. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH Everyone seems to be pursuing their interests, or they’re already slacking off. You have a lot that you would like to accomplish before relaxing and getting into the holiday mood. Smart moving, as you will be able to let go and appreciate the moment sooner. Tonight: At home. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHHH You can’t be restrained or held back. You are like a wild horse that is tied up. Your creativity surges in this mindset; however, not all of your ideas are good or positive. Hold yourself back. Tap into an innate sense of self-discipline. Tonight: You can have the best of both worlds. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH You might be uptight about a domestic or personal matter. Accept what is, and choose not to push to have your way. Your pushing is part of what keeps the situation from finding resolution. You want change, so change your behavior. Tonight: Head home. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH You could have a lot to say. Maybe the smart move is to hold back and be more observant. You have been questioning where an acquaintance is coming from. Your answer will be transparent once you detach from the situation. Tonight: Have some eggnog with friends. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH Run out the door if you must for some last-minute holiday items or gifts. You might feel as if you want to indulge a loved one more. You don’t need to drop all of those gifts on this person immediately. After all, you do not want to make this person feel uncomfortable. Tonight: Out late. Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com. �Thursday, December 20, 2012 The Daily Sentinel • Page 10 www.mydailysentinel.com Roethlisberger apologizes for Haley comments PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ben Roethlisberger doesn’t think he and Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley need to be best friends to co-exist. The quarterback, however, also knows he can’t start calling Haley out when things don’t go as planned, no matter how bothered the Steelers captain may get by the playcalling It’s why Roethlisberger apologized to Haley, coach Mike Tomlin and owner Art Rooney II after making pointed remarks about the direction of the offense following a 27-24 overtime loss to Dallas on Sunday. “I let my frustrations jump out after a game, I don’t usually do that,” Roethlisberger said. “Usually, I keep it under control. I was just frustrated with myself and I’ll be better at that.” Roethlisberger completed 24 of 40 passes for 339 yards and two touchdowns against Dallas but also threw a critical interception on the second play of overtime that set up the game-winning field goal. Afterward he expressed disappointment in Haley’s decision to stay away from the “no-huddle” offense. And he wondered why Haley didn’t feature tight end Heath Miller, who had six receptions for 85 yards in the first half and just one catch for seven yards in the second. Looking back, Roethlisberger — who took full responsibility for the loss — figures he probably should have just kept quiet. “We do have a lot of talks behind closed doors about things, about plays, play calling,” he said. “If I’m doing something that’s not right on the field, we have talks about everything.” Coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday his franchise quarterback and Haley are on the same page. Roethlisberger agreed but allowed that doesn’t mean they’re on the same sentence. “There are going to be times when you just don’t see eye-to-eye,” he said. “There are times when I don’t see eye-to-eye with Coach Tomlin. But that doesn’t mean anything, I don’t think.” There have been similar issues in the past with former offensive coordinators Ken Whisenhunt and Bruce Arians, disagreements that were overshadowed by winning. That’s not happening this season. The Steelers (7-7) have dropped four of their last five and need to win their final two games against Cincinnati (8-6) and Cleveland (59) to reach the playoffs. It’s not exactly the position Pittsburgh expected to be in after a fourgame winning streak pushed them to 6-3. Yet things haven’t quite been the same since a 16-13 overtime win against Kansas City on Nov. 12. Roethlisberger went down with a sprained shoulder and dislocated rib that sidelined him for three weeks and he hasn’t been quite the same player in his return. Roethlisberger was completing nearly 70 percent of his passes going into the game against the Chiefs. Over his last 2 games, his completion percentage has dipped to just 55 percent (55 of 100) as defenses have become more aggressive at pressing Pittsburgh’s fast but somewhat undersized wide receivers at the line of scrimmage hoping to upset Haley’s short-passing game. While Roethlisberger’s yardage totals have been OK thanks to an uptick in throws down the field, the efficient rhythm the Steelers played with during the first half of the season has all but disappeared. “I think maybe it started in Kansas City where they had a little bit of success, where they got in our face a little bit and disrupted the timing of our routes,” Miller said. “We’ve seen that in some form or variation since then.” The Steelers will almost certainly see more of it on Sunday against Cincinnati’s physical secondary led by cornerbacks Terence Newman, Leon Hall and Nate Clements. Pittsburgh wide receiver Mike Wallace says the key is simply winning more battles at the line of scrimmage, though a running game with a bit of a pulse and a defense that gave the offense short fields would help. Kent Sanborn | submitted photo Gallia Academy junior Wade Jarrell dribbles past a Chesapeake defender during Tuesday night’s non-conference boys basketball contest in Chesapeake, Ohio. Panthers roar past Gallia Academy, 69-35 Bryan Walters bwalters@heartlandpublications.com CHESAPEAKE, Ohio — Host Chesapeake led wireto-wire and shot 56 percent from the field during a 6935 victory over the Gallia Academy boys basketball team Tuesday night in a non-conference matchup in Lawrence County. The visiting Blue Devils (1-5) trailed 18-6 after eight minutes of play, then the Panthers (4-2) followed with a small 14-10 run in the second canto to establish a 32-16 lead at the intermission. CHS made another big charge in the third period, as the hosts went on a 23- 11 surge to claim a comfortable 55-27 cushion headed into the finale. Chesapeake closed out regulation with a 14-8 run to wrap up the 34-point triumph. GAHS — which dropped its fifth straight decision — connected on 13-of-37 field goal attempts for 35 percent and was also out rebounded by a 24-21 overall margin. The Panthers, conversely, sank 26-of-47 shot attempts and had nine different players reach the scoring column. Wes Jarrell led the Blue Devils with eight points, followed by Justin Bailey with seven points and Jimmy Clagg with six mark- ers. Alex White chipped in four points, Reid Eastman and Aaron Jackson each contributed three markers, and both Wade Jarrell and Nick Craft rounded out the scoring with two points apiece. GAHS was 7-of-10 at the free throw line for 70 percent. Avon Thompson paced Chesapeake with a gamehigh 15 points, followed by Andy Saunders with 13 points and Nick Duffield with 12 markers. Caleb Lindsey and Caleb Heffner also chipped in 10 points apiece for the Panthers, who finished the night 11of-17 at the charity stripe for 65 percent. Blazers F Batum’s 5x5 is the first since 2006 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — While Trail Blazers rookie Damian Lillard has gabbed much of the attention, forward Nicolas Batum has impressed the stat watchers. Batum had the first 5x5 since 2006 on Sunday in a 95-94 Portland victory over New Orleans. A 5x5 is a game when a player has at least five points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocked shots in one game. No one had reached the benchmark since 2006. The 6-foot-8 French forward’s final line looked like this: 11 points, five rebounds, a career-best 10 assists, five steals and a career-high five blocked shots. After the game, he posted to Twitter from Portland’s famous Voodoo Doughnut shop: “Yes I deserve it!” What makes the feat even more impressive is that Batum has been dealing with a sore back that has hampered him for several games. He sat out of Portland’s 92-74 victory over Toronto on Dec. 10 and his back is still bothering him. “A little bit,” he said. “I can’t really jump and move like I want to.” Batum’s 5x5 game was the first since Andrei Kirilenko had one with Utah on Jan. 3, 2006. The NBA didn’t tally steals and blocks before 1972 but since then the mark has been hit 15 times. Hakeem Olajuwon has the most 5x5s of any player with six, while Kirilenko has three. Batum also became the first player with at least 10 assists, five steals and five blocks in a single game since Jamaal Tinsley on Nov. 16, 2001. It was his first double-double with points and assists. “It was big for me,” he said. “I’ve never had 10 in the NBA yet.” The weight of Batum’s accomplishment didn’t really hit until later, because the finish against the Hornets was so frantic. Damian Lillard hit a game-winning 3-pointer with 0.3 seconds left. New Orleans made an alley-oop layup but didn’t even try for the game-tying 3 as time ran out, apparently out of confusion about the Trent Tucker rule. To top it off, LaMarcus Aldridge left the court wincing in the final minute with a left ankle injury. Portland’s All-Star forward sustained a sprain and won’t play Thursday night’s game against the Suns. Batum joked that if his back hadn’t been sore, he may have been able to do more. A 10x10 perhaps? “Yeah, maybe,” he smiled. The mark demonstrates how the 23-year-old is growing into his role as a facilitator for the 13-12 Blazers, coach Terry Stotts said. “That’s something I told him after the game — one of my hopes for him was to expand his role as a facilitator, as a playmaker, not just as a scorer and not just as a catch-and-shoot guy,” Stotts said. “I think he relishes that versatility.” Overall this season, Batum is averaging 15.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.73 steals and 1.23 blocks per game for the Blazers. He has set or tied career highs in points (35), assists (10), steals (six) and blocks (?ve). It almost looked this summer like Batum would not play in Portland this season. The Blazers got into a poker match with the Timberwolves over the forward, eventually matching Minnesota’s four-year offer sheet worth more than $45 million. While Portland insisted the whole time it would match any offers for him, the matter was complicated when Batum’s agent said the French forward preferred to play in Minnesota. The Timberwolves had hoped perhaps they could force a signand-trade. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 12. December Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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