https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/fd37a760e2088e2a5c8f87edbfe79841.pdf 6b14181c5786cd1b9f6c73bc84def806 PDF Text Text Point Pleasant beats Oak Glen page 4 Dr. Brothers page 3 Printed on 100% recycled newsprint Middleport • Pomeroy, Ohio 50 CENTS • Vol. 61, No. 185 Briefs Riverbend’s Christmas talent revue MIDDLEPORT — “A Country Christmas” is the theme for the annual Riverbend Arts Council Talent Revue to be held at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 25 at the Council headquarters on North Second Avenue in Middleport. Preceding the show the Community Band Carolers will play Christmas music. The show will also feature the “Gospel Bluegrass Gentlemen and Brenda,” a country bluegrass band, and singers Bill Crane, Holly DeLong, Jessica Holiday, B. J. Kraseen, and Todd Bissell, as well as dancers from the Gallia-Meigs Performing Arts Studio, along with Jane and Harry Tompkins. Comedy will be injected into the show lineup with impersonations of the likes of Elvis and Minnie Pearl. Ticket price is $7 for adults and $5 for children. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2011 www.mydailysentinel.com Investigators unraveling mystery of fatal fire By Beth Sergent bsergent@heartlandapublications.com LANGSVILLE — Investigators continue to unravel the mystery of Saturday’s fatal house fire in Langsville where the body of a male victim was found inside the home. In a press release from the Division of State Fire Marshal, Spokesperson Shane Cartmill said the body of the victim was found in the home’s bedroom which is also where the fire originated. The fire was contained to the room of origin but there was smoke and water damage throughout the home locat- ed at 34823 Dexter Rd. in Langsville. Cartmill said at this time the cause of the fire remains undetermined as does the identity of the victim. He added, the cause of death and positive identification are pending, with the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office conducting the autopsy for the Meigs County Coroner’s Office. Investigators say the home was found locked and secured; the victim was the only person at the home at the time of the fire. Investigators with the Division of State Fire Marshal’s office are presently submitting fire debris to the agency’s forensic laboratory in Reyn- oldsburg for analysis — a process that typically takes seven to 10 days, according to Cartmill. This investigation is a collaborative effort between not only investigators with the Division of State Fire Marshal but the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office and the Salem Center Volunteer Fire Department. Interviews are also currently being conducted by several of the agencies involved in the ongoing investigation. The presence of Ohio BCI and Division of State Fire Marshal indicate at least the possibility that the death and/or fire could be suspicious though any further speculation is premature at this time. Cartmill would only say investigators would know more once the autopsy results are available and can hopefully point to whether the victim died of natural causes or not. Though the name of the deceased has been circulating amongst the communities of Meigs County, officials are not releasing a name until a positive identification can be made by the coroner. The fire was discovered by acquaintances of the home’s occupant. Investigators found no smoke alarms. GMCAA Grant Application CHESHIRE — The Community Services Block Grant application for 2012-2013, prepared by Gallia-Meigs Communtiy Action Agency (GMCAA) will be available for review by the public from Nov. 18-29. A copy of the application will be available for review at the Cheshire office. GMCAA will receive comments on the application no later than Nov. 30. The comments on the application will be forwarded to the Ohio Department of Development, Office of Community Assistance. GMCAA administers Charlene Hoeflich/photos the block grant for Gallia and A total of 1,830 non-perishable food items for the Meigs Cooperative Parish food pantry were collected by Meigs Counties. The block Farmers Bank in a “pack the truck” project.Here volunteer Brian Howard talks with food pantry chairman Hilda grant provides funding for numerous services to low in- Weaver about the generosity of others. come residents of those counties. Enroll now for VA health care GALLIPOLIS — Veterans are encouraged to enroll now for VA health care at the new Gallipolis VA Clinic, located at 323A Upper River Road, from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Interested parties may contact the clinic at (740) 446-3934. Enrollment may also be attained at the Gallia County Veterans Service Office located at 1102 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis, from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday or 8 a.m.-noon on Friday. Interested parties may contact the office at (740) 446-2005. Obituaries Page 2 • Nellie Marie Brown, 89 •Roy S. Cremeans, 71 •Leo Benton Smith,85 •Charles, M. Withee, 93 • Barbara Jean Bolton, 62 Weather High: 62 Low: 50 Index Sharing is good for the soul By Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@heartlandpublications.com POMEROY — Saturday was a good day for the Meigs County Cooperative Parish which has been faced with a low supply of food for the annual Christmas food give-away to be held Dec. 15 and 16. Much credit goes to Farmers Bank employees, assisted by members of the Bend Area Community Assistance and Relief for Everyone (C.A.R.E.) who staged a food collection day at Walmart in Mason Saturday. Those volunteering approached people entering the store asking that they give a few items for the Parish give-away. “The response was amazing,” said Farmers’ employee Brian Howard. “Some refused the bags but gave donations.” He said in addition to the food collected, a total of $400 was given which they used to buy more nonperishable items to put in the over 700 bags of food to be distributed at the give-away. There has been a real shortage of food items on the parish shelves this year due to problems caused by the dire economic conditions of the Bend area where job layoffs and reduction in staff positions have left dozens of families without a steady income. Parish volunteer Alva Clark noted that month after month this year the need has increased. He said that just last month over 150 people came in asking for food to feed their families, leaving the Parish with a sparse supply for the Christmas give-away. He said it’s just been hard to get ahead of the everyday need and be prepared for the Christmas give-away. Saturday’s collection resulted in a total of 1,830 items being added to the shelves for distribution next month. But the collection of food by Farmers Bank doesn’t stop yet. All five locations Charlene Hoeflich/photos Collecting food for the Cooperative Parish’s Christmas give-away to needy families hasn’t stopped. Each of Farmers five banks located in Meigs, Gallia and Mason Counties have decorated boxes for more donations. have decorated boxes just for each family. waiting to be filled with non“When people become perishable food for area food aware of the need, they repantries. spond,” said Clark, noting As for other items to go that the increasing response into the Parish Christmas to their appeal for food will food bags, Clark said dona- help make Christmas bright tions have come from sever- for many families who need al organizations to be used in a helping hand this holiday providing a turkey or a ham season. Mason County, W.Va. teen killed in crash By Beth Sergent bsergent@heartlandapublications.com GUYANDOTTE, W.Va. — Friday’s head-on crash 1 SECTION — 10 PAGES along W.Va. 2 outside of Classifieds 7-8 Guyandotte, W.Va. resulted in the death of two people, Comics 9 one of them a 14-year old Sports 4-6 student at Point Pleasant Junior/Senior High School — the other fatality was an © 2011 Ohio Valley Publishing Co. alleged drunk driver who apparently caused the accident, according to the Cabell County W.Va. Sheriff’s office. According to the Cabell County Sheriff’s Office, Steve Stover, 53, Guyandotte, was traveling south on W.Va. 2 when he crossed the center line and into the path of a car driven by Paul Sheets of Gallipolis. Inside the car with Sheets was his juvenile daughter (her name has not been officially released) and her friend Andrea Lynn Nicole Bailes, 14, of Point Pleasant, W.Va. — Bailes was killed in the crash. Sheets and his daughter reportedly suffered serious injuries. A call to St. Mary’s Medical Center about the condition of Sheets was not returned by press time. No information will be released by the hospital concerning his daughter because she is a juvenile and a parent must consent to the release of any information. Stover was ejected from his car and died on the scene - he was reported to have several DUI’s and was driving on a suspected license, according to a Charleston, W.Va. news outlet. Toxicology reports will have to be completed to determine Stover’s physical state. A funeral service for Bailes will be conducted at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011, at Deal Funeral Home in Point Pleasant with Rev. Roger Bonecutter officiating. Burial will be in the Wyoma Cemetery, Gallipolis Ferry, W.Va. Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Many of Bailes classmates and friends paid tribute to her at a candlelight vigil held at the Point Pleasant Riverfront Park on Saturday night. Eastern Board of Education opposes HB 136 By Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@heartlandpublications.com REEDSVILLE — A policy of opposition to House Bill 136 which is currently under consideration in the Ohio Legislature was adopted at the recent meeting of the Eastern Local Board of Education. The legislation if passed would increase the number of school choice vouchers available in the state and could adversely affect funding for public schools, according to Michael Struble who met with the Board to review the proposed bill. Struble has been to all three school districts in Meigs County explaining the bill and suggesting a policy of opposition be adopted. All three school districts have not done that. During the meeting, the Board signed an agreement with the Athens — Meigs Educational Service Center regarding supervisory and educational support services for students. The services, which include a variety of programs, comes to the district at a cost of $231,000. Also approved at the meeting was an amended appropriation resolution calling for increasing the TAG (Talented and Gifted) by $775 and certifying additional revenue to the Meigs County auditor. A contract with Panich and Noel Architects in the amount of $3,000 for permit fees, preliminary design requirements and code/construction compliance for the installation of a generator for the elementary kitchen was signed. A discussion of material from the State Board of Education and the Ohio Department of Education on achieving the designation of excellent and advancing to that status was held during the meeting. In personnel matters, the Board employed as substitute teachers for the current school years, Julie Haas, Jarod T. More, Jessica Pennington, Douglas Patrick Samuelson, Fasruk Terzi, Miranda Wilson, and Erin Weber. Supplemental and pupil activity contracts were approved for Susan Parsons, elementary choir, Monty Wood, volunteer assistant seventh and eighth junior high boys basketball coach, and a continuing contract was given to Chad Griffith. Open enrollment students approved for attendance for the remainder of the school years were new to the district, Edward Kille, Madison Russell, and currently in the district but moved, Jenna Dill, Ryan Dill and Austin Gregg. It was decided during the meeting to donate the old high school scoreboards to the Bethel Worship Community Centers for youth basketball programs. The next meeting was set for Dec. 21 at 6:30 p.m. in the elementary library conference room. �Tuesday, November 22, 2011 www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page 2 Obituaries Nellie Marie Brown Nellie Marie Brown, 89, of Pomeroy, Ohio passed away on November 20, 2011, at her home. She was born on May 22, 1922 in Pomeroy, daughter of the late James Fugate and Amanda Smith Fugate. She was a member of the Grace Episcopal Church, the Pomeroy-Racine Chapter #134, Order of the Eastern Star, and Beta Sigma Phi. She is survived by her children, Thomas (Helen) Brown of Port Clinton, Ohio, and Fred (Sabrae) Brown of Plant City, Florida; special friend, Joe Kuntz of Canton, Ohio; grandchildren, Kim Brown, Michael Brown, William (Jen) Brown and Amanda (Eric) Pease; great-grandchildren, Shane, Ashley, Lauren, Madison, Danielle, Lauren, Zack and Andrew; great-great-grandchild, Madison. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Virgil Boe Brown; her sister, Joanne Childs; and her step-father, Adam Scholl. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 26, 2011, at 11 a.m. at the Grace Episcopal Church with Father Tom Fehr officiating. Burial will follow at Rocksprings Cemetery. Visiting hours will be on Stocks Friday from 6-8 p.m. with Eastern Star service at 7:45 p.m. at the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy. A registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel. com. Roy S. Cremeans Roy S. Cremeans, 71, of Bucyrus died Saturday morning, November 19, 2011, at Altercare of Bucyrus. He had suffered with Parkinson’s disease for a number of years. He was born October 22, 1940, in Huntington, W.Va. to the late J.C. and Iva Tabitha (Stewart) Cremeans. Roy graduated from Rutland (Ohio) High School in 1960 where he played quarterback for the football team, having never lost a game. It was there that he met Jane Crisp. After her graduation, the quarterback married the homecoming queen on July 14, 1962. Roy then joined the U.S. Army where he served in Korea’s DMZ. Roy attended General Motors trade school and worked for GM over 30 year in Ontario as a welder and metal assembly supervisor. Parkinson’s forced an early retirement but couldn’t slow him down. He was a jack-of-all-trades and enjoyed wheeling and AEP (NYSE) — 38.05 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 44.20 Ashland Inc. 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He will also be remembered for his sweet tooth, always having a bag of chocolate or cold pint of ice cream ready to be devoured. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Bucyrus, Moose Lodge 669, and the National Rifle Association. Roy is survived by his loving bride of 49 years, Jane; daughter, Tamy (Jay) Keller of Bucyrus; grandchildren, Zachary Jay, Jordan Elise and Emily Sue Keller and brothers and sisters, Glenna (Richard) Fetty, Victor (Marjorie) Cremeans, Alice Kennedy, Zelma (Wendell) Kaylor, Joanne (Harold) Smith, Jim (Diane) Cremeans, Leoma (Marty) Wuollett, Gary (Mary Ann Hendricks) Cremeans and Karen (Richard) BBT (NYSE) — 22.06 Peoples (NASDAQ) — 12.93 Pepsico (NYSE) — 63.15 Premier (NASDAQ) — 4.65 Rockwell (NYSE) — 68.87 Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) — 9.56 Royal Dutch Shell — 67.92 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) — 64.04 Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 56.66 Wendy’s (NYSE) — 5.09 WesBanco (NYSE) — 18.78 Worthington (NYSE) — 15.87 Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. ET closing quotes of transactions for November 21, 2011, provided by Edward Jones financial advisors Isaac Mills in Gallipolis at (740) 441-9441 and Lesley Marrero in Point Pleasant at (304) 674-0174. Member SIPC. Meigs County Community Calendar Public meetings Tuesday, Nov. 22 POMEROY — A special meeting of the Meigs County Veterans Service Commisison will be held at 9 a.m. at the office, 117 Memorial Drive, Pomeroy. POMEROY — The Meigs Local Board of Education will meet in regular session at 7 p.m. at the Central office building. Church services Wednesday, Nov. 23 LONG BOTTOM — A Thanksgiving service will be held at 7 p.m. at the Faith Full Gospel Church, State Route 124, Long Bottom. Ohio Valley Weather Tuesday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1 p.m., then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. High near 64. Calm wind becoming south between 11 and 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. Tuesday Night: Showers likely before 10 p.m., then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 10 p.m. and 3 a.m., then a chance of showers after 3 a.m. Low around 50. North wind between 8 and 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100 percent. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Wednesday: A chance of showers, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. North wind between 10 and 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 35. Thanksgiving Day: Sunny, with a high near 57. Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 33. Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Friday Night: Part- ly cloudy, with a low around 44. Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 59. Saturday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Sunday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent. Sunday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. Monday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47. Need to advertise? Call The Daily Sentinel 740.992.2155 Gilkey. In addition to his parents, Roy was preceded in death by his brother, J.J. and sister, Phyllis Spangler. Private services will be held Wednesday, November 23 for the Cremeans family with burial to follow in Oakwood Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be given to the Parkinson Foundation of Northwest Ohio, First Baptist Church or Bucyrus Little League through Wise Funeral Service, 129 W. Warren St., Bucyrus, Ohio 44820. Expressions of sympathy may be shared at www. wisefuneral.com. Charles M. Withee Charles M. Withee, 93, of Pomeroy, Ohio passed away on Sunday, November 20, 2011 at Holzer Medical Center. He was born October 15, 1918 in Meigs County, Ohio, son of Madison and Genevieve Withee Dewhurst. Charles was married to Mildred Eskew Withee. She preceded him in death in 1998. He retired from Jay-Mar Coal Company as a mechanic. Charles was a World War II veteran serving in Europe with General Patton. Surviving are his children, Charles E. (Mary) Withee of Rio Grande, Ohio, and Maxine Elaine (Jerry) Laverack of Bidwell, Ohio; a special friend, Lisa Jett of Pomeroy, Ohio; one son, James Withee of Junction City, Kansas, preceded him in death. Grandchildren surviving are Matthew (Pam) Withee, Kevin Withee, Loretta (Joe) Bauman, Larry W. Stafford, Penny Moore, Chris (Angie) Withee, Lorie Withee Adkins, Steven Withee, Ryan Withee; nine great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Two brothers survive, William (Bonnie) Dewhurst of Greenville, Virginia, and Harold (June) Dewhurst of Rutland, Ohio, and one sister, Bernice Kauffman of Saint Petersburg, Florida. Preceding him were four brothers and three sisters. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, November 23, 2011, at Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy with Pastor David Young officiating. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery, Middleport, Ohio. Pallbearers will be grandsons Matthew Withee, Kevin Withee, Larry Stafford, Chris Withee, Timmy Moore, David Harris, Todd Moore, Young Joe Bauman, Tyler Bullion. Honorary pallbearers will be Harold Dewhurst, Bill Dewhurst, Walter Morris, Danny Dewhurst and Jerry Laverack. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Withee Scholarship in his memory at Institutional Advancement, University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Ohio 45674. Barbara Jean Bolton Barbara Jean (Bennett) Swanson Bolton, 62, of Fraziers Bottom, W.Va., died Nov. 20, 2011 at her home. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, Nov. 25, 2011 at Wilcoxen Funeral Home with Pastor Carl Swisher officiating. Burial will be held at the convenience of family. Leo Benton Smith Leo Benton Smith, 85, of Point Pleasant died Friday, Nov. 18, 2011, at his home. His life will be remembered at 12:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, at the CrowHusselll Funeral Home in Point Pleasant.Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Friday from 11 a.m. until the time of service, Burial will take place on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, at 2 p.m. at the Smith-Riggs Cemetery, Wayne County. Missing girl’s mom arrested on child abuse charges GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Police on Monday arrested the mother of a missing 5-year-old Arizona girl on child abuse charges “directly related” to the girl, and said they don’t believe they’ll find the child alive. In a news conference that offered the most detail yet about what investigators think happened to Jhessye Shockley, Glendale police said the girl’s mother, Jerice Hunter, was now the investigation’s “No. 1 focus.” Hunter was booked Monday at the Maricopa County jail. A sheriff’s spokesman said Hunter was unable to talk to reporters because she had not yet been assigned a housing unit. She was scheduled for her first court appearance Monday night. Hunter previously told The Associated Press she had nothing to do with Jhessye’s disappearance and was highly critical of the department’s investigation. Glendale police Sgt. Brent Coombs said at the news conference that new information in the past few days led police to serve another search warrant on Hunter’s Glendale apartment and arrest her Monday. He wouldn’t elaborate. He also said Hunter has not cooperated with investigators who have been trying to set up a lie-detector test with her. Coombs added the reward offered for information leading to Jhessye has been raised to $25,000. “I’d like to make it very clear that this is by no means the end to this investigation,” Coombs said. “Our investigators will continue to work diligently to locate Jhessye. This is just a step down that investigative path towards that final conclusion.” Coombs ended the news conference when a reporter asked him directly whether investigators believe Hunter killed Jhessye, saying: “I am going to have to end those questions right now.” But Coombs said investigators don’t believe Jhessye is alive. Investigators spent Monday searching Hunter’s apartment, where Jhessye was last seen Oct. 11 after Hunter said she went out for an errand and left the girl in the care of three older siblings. It was the second time police searched the home. State Child Protective Services removed Hunter’s other children, including a newborn, from the apartment last month but declined to say why. Glendale police said they had no part in the decision to remove the children. Police previously said they had no evidence, suspects or promising leads in the case. They also said they interviewed Hunter on several occasions and had no reason to suspect her in Jhessye’s disappearance. Hunter came under scrutiny during the investigation for an October 2005 arrest with her then-husband, George Shockley, on child abuse charges in California. Hunter pleaded no contest to corporal punishment and served about four years in prison before she was released on parole in May 2010. Hunter’s oldest child, 14 at the time, told police his mother routinely beat the children. George Shockley is a convicted sex offender and is still in a California prison. Hunter has told reporters she didn’t know about his past until they were arrested and now has nothing to do with him. Hunter’s mother, Shirley Johnson, has said her daughter was a changed woman after she got out of prison and was a good mother. Johnson did not return repeated calls for comment Monday afternoon. Hunter was eight months pregnant when Jhessye disappeared. While still pregnant, she demonstrated at the state capitol in Phoenix, saying her daughter’s case wasn’t getting the attention it deserved because she is black. At the Oct. 24 demonstration, Hunter condemned members of the media for focusing too much on her past, and said she had nothing to hide and would gladly submit to a lie-detector test. “I have been forthcoming with law enforcement from day one. I let them turn my home into a crime scene hours after I reported that I couldn’t find my daughter,” she said. “They didn’t find anything, but they’re holding my children hostage.” She also criticized the Glendale police department’s investigation. “We feel that law enforcement is not active in finding Jhessye and that they’re more active in persecuting me instead of finding out where she is,” Hunter said. In the days after Jhessye’s disappearance, more than 100 officers and volunteers searched for her in pools, garbage bins and shrubs. They interviewed and searched the homes of registered sex offenders in the area, and stopped at every door to spread news about the missing girl. Police also cordoned off an area of a local landfill where garbage from Jhessye’s neighborhood would have been taken the day of and day after her disappearance, but have not searched it. LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge denied a request Monday by lawyers for the doctor convicted of causing Michael Jackson’s death to have an independent laboratory test the contents of a key vial of evidence. Just days before the scheduled sentencing of Dr. Conrad Murray, Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor said defense attorneys could have sought the testing months ago or even during the doctor’s six-week trial but chose not to. “You’re not involved in fishing, you’re involved in foraging,” Pastor said. Murray’s attorneys wanted a lab to test a small amount of liquid found in a vial of the anesthetic propo- fol that authorities contend was used to help Jackson sleep on the day he died. Defense lawyer J. Michael Flanagan argued the results would reveal the accuracy of a theory by a prosecution expert who testified that Murray left Jackson’s bedside while the singer was on an IV drip of propofol and the painkiller lidocaine. Murray had been giving Jackson nightly doses of propofol to help the singer sleep as he prepared for a series of comeback concerts. Deputy District Attorney David Walgren contended there was no legal basis for the testing and said Murray received a fair trial. Pastor examined the propofol vial, which was found in the closet of Jackson’s bedroom, before issuing his ruling. Flanagan said it didn’t occur to him that the contents of the vial should be tested until after the conclusion of Murray’s trial, which ended Nov. 7 with the conviction of the cardiologist on an involuntary manslaughter charge. Flanagan said if prosecution expert Dr. Steven Shafer’s theory is correct, the small amount of liquid that remained in the vial should contain lidocaine. In that case, “that’s the ballgame” and would prove Murray did leave the singer alone on an IV drip, Flanagan said. Judge denies Jackson doc’s bid for new testing �Tuesday, November 22, 2011 Ohio briefs www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page 3 Ask Dr. Brothers Explosion damages GE plant in Ohio, no injuries CINCINNATI (AP) — GE Aviation says an explosion damaged a building at its plant in a Cincinnati suburb and caused a fire that was put out fairly quickly. There were no injuries. GE Aviation spokesman Rick Kennedy says no one was in the building when the explosion occurred about 4:30 p.m. Monday. Kennedy says the building contains air compressors used in testing components for engines. GE produces and designs jet engines at the plant in the Cincinnati suburb of Evendale. Fire officials say some of the building’s exterior walls were blown out by the explosion. Kennedy says the building is in the back of the plant and is far removed from the facility’s highpopulation areas. ‘Heartbeat’ bill divides anti-abortion groups LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — An anti-abortion group in southwest Ohio has severed ties with a statewide anti-abortion group partly over a bill that would ban abortions in the state after the first detectable fetal heartbeat. Warren County Right to Life said Monday that a primary reason for ending its association with Ohio Right to Life is the statewide group’s refusal to support the bill. The county group is joining the anti-abortion group Ohio ProLife Action that is pushing the bill. Called the “heartbeat bill,” the proposed law would impose the nation’s most stringent abortion limit if enacted. The measure is stalled in the Ohio Senate Ohio Right to Life has said it fears a legal challenge could jeopardize other abortion limits in Ohio. Messages left for the statewide group were not immediately returned Monday. Ohio driver who killed trooper in 2001 arrested WESTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A motorist who served nearly eight years in prison and lost his license after killing an Ohio trooper while driving drunk was in court Monday on charges he was driving under suspension and had an open mixed drink in the vehicle. David Dye, 43, of Westerville, had not been drinking when arrested Saturday and told an officer he was taking the drink to watch the Ohio State game, according to police in Genoa Township, just outside Columbus. He was released Monday on $20,000 bond after a hearing in Delaware Municipal Court. Dye had been convicted of killing Trooper Frank Vazquez of Marysville in November 2001 as the officer gave another motorist a ticket on a Columbus highway. Authorities said Vazquez, 26, was walking on a berm when Dye hit his cruiser, sending it crashing into the officer and the vehicle he had pulled over. He had been released from parole in January, police said. Vazquez’ widow, Kristina Vazquez, attended Monday’s court hearing with their children, ages 15, 13 and 11, the Columbus Dis- patch reported. She told members of the media that seeing Dye arrested as her family marks the 10th anniversary of her husband’s death is “a slap in the face.” “I do want to make sure that he doesn’t hurt anyone again, because Frank didn’t die … and my family hasn’t gone through what we’ve gone through so that he could go out and hurt another family,” she said. Dye’s attorney Michael Miller pointed out that the new charges do not accuse Dye of drunken driving. He said he could not yet comment on his client’s plans regarding the charges. Dye had pleaded no contest in 2003 to aggravated vehicular homicide and drunken driving, marking his fifth drunken driving conviction. Prosecutors said his blood-alcohol level tested at 0.31 percent, more than three times the legal limit for driving in Ohio. Rehab commission records found in Ohio trash bin COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state government watchdog says confidential personal information was found in documents from a job agency for Ohioans with disabilities that were discovered in an outdoor trash bin. A spokesman for Inspector General Randall Meyer said it was unclear Monday how many Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission records were involved and that the office is investigating. Commission spokesman John Damschroder says agency investigators have been working with the inspector general since Friday to determine the scope of the problem and how to protect those whose information may have been exposed. He says all relevant employees were recently trained on privacy policy. The items were found outside an agency office in Portsmouth. Meyer’s office seized them Friday with the help of the Ohio Highway Patrol after a tip from a confidential informant. Police: Ohio store clerk shoots suspect in robbery TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Police in northern Ohio say a convenience store clerk took matters into his own hands, shooting and killing a suspect during a robbery. Authorities in Toledo say two men were emptying the store’s cash register Monday morning when the clerk shot one of them several times. The other suspect ran from the store. Police tell The Blade newspaper that they don’t know if the other man was shot too. Police say the clerk was working by himself at the time of the robbery and that the store had just opened. Group hits snag in Ohio ‘right-to-work’ measure COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s top lawyer has rejected the initial wording of a ballot proposal that would keep workers who are covered by labor contracts from having to join a union or pay union dues. Attorney General Mike DeWine told the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law in a letter Monday more details are needed for the right-to-work summary to be certified as fair and truthful. He said the initial summary failed to properly characterize legal remedies available under the amendment. The amendment emerged days after Ohio voters firmly rejected a sweeping collective bargaining overhaul at the polls. It would appear on the 2012 ballot. Chris Littleton, representing Ohioans for Workplace Freedom, says the coalition of tea party groups and businesses will quickly draft new language and gather the necessary 1,000 signatures to resubmit. Ohio prosecutors want power to veto bench trials CLEVELAND (AP) — Prosecutors want state law changed to give them the power to say no when a defendant opts for a trial by judge instead of by jury. The legislator and former prosecutor who introduced the bill in the Legislature says there are instances where a judge might have intentional or unintentional bias in favor of a defendant, The Plain Dealer of Cleveland reported. Rep. Lynn Slaby, an Akron Republican, introduced the bill last month at the urging of the Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association. “The whole jurisprudence system is based on the jury system,” Slaby, a former Summit County prosecutor and current chairman of the House Criminal Justice Committee, said. “Until we do away with juries entirely, it’s more fair to have both sides have a right to a jury trial.” Ohio is one of 21 states that gives criminal defendants the right to choose between a bench and a jury trial, the newspaper reported. The other 29 states and federal courts give prosecutors that choice as well. The Ohio Judicial Conference, an organization of Ohio judges, opposes the bill that it says seeks to “redefine the fundamental fairness provided by the criminal justice system” to criminal defendants. Conference director Mark Schweikert said it could enable prosecutors to use the threat of a jury trial to drive harder bargains during plea negotiations, and a defendant would likely face higher legal fees and court costs for a jury trial compared with a bench trial. The Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys also opposes the bill, Barry Wilford, public policy director for the association, told The Associated Press on Monday. Wilford said prosecutors argue that the change is needed to provide an “unbiased forum,” but they have offered no statistics showing defendants are more likely to be acquitted in trials by judges compared with jury trials. “Ninety-five percent of all criminal cases end up with guilty pleas, and if there was a problem like prosecutors are talking about, these people wouldn’t be pleading guilty,” Wilford said. Defense attorneys think it can be advantageous to have a judge try cases like child molestation, where they believe judges might be better able to determine a victim’s credibility and be less affected emotionally than jurors might be, the newspaper reported. Similar bills proposed before never made it out of committee, but Wilford said that might be different this time since Slaby heads the committee. Ohio Big Boy worker charged with tainting coffee TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An employee at an Ohio Big Boy restaurant is charged with pouring animal medication into customer coffee with the intent to poison. The Blade newspaper reports 36-year-old Edwin Ledgard told Toledo police that he had a delusion to kill customers. A police report says the Toledo man went to the Frisch’s Big Boy on his day off on Friday and poured into a pot of coffee a drug called Dextran, which is used to treat anemia in baby pigs. Police say another worker at the restaurant saw what Ledgard was doing. Ledgard was jailed on a charge of contaminating a substance for human consumption. A judge set his bond at $100,000 on Monday. A message seeking comment was left with his public defender. Ohio man gets 3 years in hospital beating death CLEVELAND (AP) — A Cleveland man who had just come out of a coma when he beat to death his partially paralyzed roommate in a rehabilitation hospital has been sentenced to three years in prison. Rudy Litto IV was sentenced Monday in last year’s attack on Danny Brown at Kindred Hospital in Cleveland. He pleaded guilty last week to involuntary manslaughter and assault. Authorities say Litto used an orthopedic bar, a pole and a telephone receiver to assault Brown, who was paralyzed on the right side of his body from a stroke. Brown’s trachea tube was forced out, his face had cuts and his eye was swollen shut. He died 12 days later. His attorney had argued that Litto had just come out of a 27-day coma caused by an infection. Cincinnati police arrest man who escaped from van CINCINNATI (AP) — Police have arrested the second of two men who they say escaped from a transport van in Cincinnati. Hamilton County sheriff’s spokesman Steve Barnett says Cincinnati police arrested 34-year-old Jose Ramon Hernandez around noon Monday. Police arrested the other man overnight. Barnett says the first man recaptured was 36-year-old Walter Rode who was being taken to a jail in Georgia by the private transport van. Barnett did not have further details on Hernandez. Barnett says the two men were not inmates of the county jail prior to their escape and were not on their way to that jail when they fled. Local media outlets report the two men freed themselves from restraints, kicked down the back door of the van and ran away at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Microsoft’s Windows 95 rollout presented the most challenges in the company’s history, leading to several last-minute changes to technical features that would no longer support a rival software maker’s word processor, Bill Gates testified Monday in a $1 billion antitrust lawsuit filed by the former owner of WordPerfect. “We worked super hard,” the Microsoft co-founder said. “It was the most challenging, trying project we had ever done.” Gates was the first witness to testify Monday as Microsoft lawyers presented their case in the trial that’s been ongoing in federal court in Salt Lake City for about a month. He is set to resume testimony Tues- day morning. Utah-based Novell Inc. sued Microsoft Corp. in 2004, claiming the Redmond, Wash., company violated U.S. antitrust laws through its arrangements with other software makers when it launched Windows 95. Novell says it was later forced to sell WordPerfect for a $1.2 billion loss. Novell is now a wholly owned subsidiary of The Attachmate Group, the result of a merger that was completed earlier this year. Gates said Novell just couldn’t deliver a Windows 95 compatible WordPerfect program in time for its rollout, and its own Word program was actually better. He said that by 1994, Microsoft’s Word writing program was ranked No. 1 in the market above WordPerfect. Gates called it an “important win.” He testified later that Microsoft had to dump a technical feature that would have supported WordPerfect because he feared it would crash the operating system. “We were making tradeoffs,” he said. Novell argues that Gates ordered Microsoft engineers to reject WordPerfect as a Windows 95 word processing application because he feared it was too good. WordPerfect once had nearly 50 percent of the market for computer writing programs, but its share quickly plummeted to less than 10 percent as Microsoft’s own office programs took hold. Microsoft lawyers say Novell’s loss of market share was its own doing be- cause the company didn’t develop a Windows compatible WordPerfect program until months after the operating system’s rollout. Novell attorney Jeff Johnson has conceded that Microsoft was under no legal obligation to provide advance access to Windows 95 so Novell could prepare a compatible version. Gates testifies in $1B lawsuit against Microsoft Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home She doesn’t like senior groups By Dr. Joyce Brothers Dear Dr. Brothers: Well, I’m finally there — collecting Social Security, the whole nine yards. I always thought by the time I reached 65, I would be old, and while I have retired from my 30-year career as a teacher, I still feel just as youthful and vibrant as when I was 40. The problem is, everything in my community is geared toward older seniors — at least those who act and feel older than I am. I feel old in those classes and with those people. What should I do? — C.M. Dear C.M.: I hate to bring out all the cliches that apply to your situation, so let’s stick to just one: You’re only as young or old as you feel. And if you are feeling 40, then you need to stay away from the senior-citizen groups for a while until you mature quite a bit more! If you can find just one or two friends who share your attitudes and energy level, you’ll be ready to explore some other options. But if you are on your own, don’t let that stop you. The beauty of being retired is that you can develop that bucket list and start doing things! If you put off the senior-oriented activities for a number of years until you feel you fit into that group more comfortably, you will have a lot more fun in your future. One of the things you might do is try some activities, such as travel, with groups that are of mixed ages. A problem with senior programs is that they segregate you from younger people, who can bring vitality and spirit to the undertaking. You might enjoy dancing or sports with some 40- or 50-somethings, where you don’t feel stereotyped. Or to be even more proactive, would you like to try teaching a few classes to adults? There probably would be opportunities out there to do such a thing, as there’s a great hunger for more knowledge at all ages. *** Dear Dr. Brothers: I have been having a hard time in retirement. I haven’t got a lot of interests or friends to keep me going, and I find that I am spending Dr. Joyce Brothers a lot of time lying around feeling sorry for myself. I worked at home most of my life, and I really don’t like people much, but I suppose I should get out of the house. I have always heard that volunteering is the way to go for older people to keep them feeling young. Do you think this would work for me, or is it a lot of baloney? — S.H. Dear S.H.: Volunteering, like any other activity, will give back to you what you put into it. Picking the right opportunity is key — helping at the animal shelter isn’t a good fit for someone who doesn’t like cats, and manning the soup kitchen might not appeal to someone who can’t come up with a friendly smile or feels that those who are down on their luck are moochers. So your attitude has a lot to do with whatever success you might want to gain in the world of volunteers. There undoubtedly are many different opportunities for you to pursue if you find you can take a job without pay and put some of your heart and soul into it. I don’t think the widely publicized benefits are a bunch of baloney, but it depends mostly on you. There’s a new study indicating that there’s more to stepping through the door into your local food pantry or hospital ward than just making you feel younger. As reported in the journal Health Psychology, motivation for volunteering had an impact on whether or not people lived a longer life. Those who worked in order to help others, or to make social connections with other volunteers, had longer life spans than those who wanted a personal benefit such as being distracted from their own troubles, or feeling better about themselves. Which are you? (c) 2011 by King Features Syndicate Ohio prosecutors want power to veto bench trials CLEVELAND (AP) — Prosecutors want state law changed to give them the power to say no when a defendant opts for a trial by judge instead of by jury. The legislator and former prosecutor who introduced the bill in the Legislature says there are instances where a judge might have intentional or unintentional bias in favor of a defendant, The Plain Dealer of Cleveland reported. Rep. Lynn Slaby, an Akron Republican, introduced the bill last month at the urging of the Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association. “The whole jurisprudence system is based on the jury system,” Slaby, a former Summit County prosecutor and current chairman of the House Criminal Justice Committee, said. “Until we do away with juries entirely, it’s more fair to have both sides have a right to a jury trial.” Ohio is one of 21 states that gives criminal defendants the right to choose between a bench and a jury trial, the newspaper report- ed. The other 29 states and federal courts give prosecutors that choice as well. The Ohio Judicial Conference, an organization of Ohio judges, opposes the bill that it says seeks to “redefine the fundamental fairness provided by the criminal justice system” to criminal defendants. Conference director Mark Schweikert said it could enable prosecutors to use the threat of a jury trial to drive harder bargains during plea negotiations, and a defendant would likely face higher legal fees and court costs for a jury trial compared with a bench trial. The Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys also opposes the bill, Barry Wilford, public policy director for the association, told The Associated Press on Monday. Wilford said prosecutors argue that the change is needed to provide an “unbiased forum,” but they have offered no statistics showing defendants are more likely to be acquitted in trials by judges compared with jury trials. Looking for Great Gifts? See our Wednesday Ad! 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This will give fans a chance to see who will be representing the boys and girls basketball teams and cheerleader in grades 7-12, during the upcoming season. Southern Principal Daniel Otto will have a mandatory OHSAA meeting with players and parents during the event. The varsity boys team will hold a brief scrimmage, and the coaches will conduct meetings with parents of their respective teams. Donations of Gatorade will be accepted at the event. Eastern Fall Sports Awards TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — The Eastern Local Fall Sports Banquet for junior high and high school members of the football, volleyball, golf, cheerleading and cross country teams will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 29 in the high school gym. Each family is asked to bring a vegetable and a dessert. Wahama Pep Rally MASON, W.Va. — A pep rally for the Wahama football team will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, November 23, in the high school gym. Former Marshall football coach Bob Pruett will be the guest speaker. Eastern Winter Sports Passes TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — Eastern High School Winter Sports passes are now available. Passes may be purchased for boys basketball or girls basketball for $45 each, an adult pass for $75, a student pass for $45, or a senior pass for $20. Adult, student and senior passes are good for all high school and junior high sporting events. McCoy leads Browns past Jaguars CLEVELAND (AP) For weeks, Colt McCoy has taken a pounding, the bumps and bruises seeming to worsen with every Cleveland loss. On Sunday, the tough, young quarterback and the Browns struck back. McCoy atoned for a costly interception inside Jacksonville’s 20-yard line by throwing a 3-yard touchdown pass to Josh Cribbs in the fourth quarter and Cleveland’s defense stopped the Jaguars’ final drive at the 1-yard line Sunday for a 1410 win. Following the game, McCoy, who has shown all season he can handle punishing hits, was asked about the See MCCOY, 5 Bryan Walters/photo Point Pleasant junior Marquez Griffin (23) runs past the Oak Glen defense as Point linemen Les Schwartz (51) and Zach Thomas (70) look on during the second quarter of Saturday’s Class AA quarterfinal football game at Point Pleasant, W.Va. Big Blacks win shootout with Oak Glen, 66-40 By Andy Layton Special to OVP POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — The scoreboard at the Point Pleasant Athletic Complex sure did get a workout on Saturday afternoon. The Big Blacks were able to knock off the No. 9 seeded Oak Glen Golden Bears 66-40 in front of a capacity crowd. The win moved the locals to 12-0 on the season – a first in school history. “I’m sure today was a fun day for someone in the stands” said Head Coach Dave Darst. “Oak Glen has some outstanding athletes and they created some issues for us. After some adjustments, we were able to do a much better job defensively. It doesn’t hurt when you have an offense that can keep us in the ballgame and put up points at a fast rate.” It was not the usual game that the crowd would expect from the Big Blacks defense. The defense had only allowed 88 points in 11 games coming into Saturday’s showdown. The Big Blacks offense – the highest scoring offense in the AA classification – more than made up for the defensive mistakes with their second highest point total of the season. Senior quarterback Eric Roberts continued his monster senior season with a 10-17 day for 260 yards and three more touchdowns throws to give him 25 on the season. His favorite target senior wideout Brandon Toler came up big with 2 catches for 113 yards on the day, both for scores. The rushing attack turned in one of their better performances of the second half of the season with a season and career high from sophomore fullback Teran Barnitz – 11 rushes for 145 yards and one score. Junior Marquez Griffin chipped in with 9 carries for 71 yards. The defense – despite some early mishaps – played much better in the second half and made some key stops to help the Big Blacks offense get on the field as much as possible. The Big Blacks were able to bottle the high octane Golden Bears rushing attack to 153 yards. Bryan Walters/photo Point Pleasant sophomore Chase Walton wraps up Oak Glen wideout Jeff Hissam (15) for a third quarter tackle Saturday afternoon in a Class AA quarterfinal football game in Point Pleasant, W.Va. The game started with a a AA state record kickoff bang when Marquez Griffin return, 96 yards. The Josh picked the ball up at the four Parsons extra point was yard line and ran around a good, his first of 9 extra few Oak Glen players and See BLACKS, 6 ran down the sideline for Seattle Mariners outfielder Greg Halman killed ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) Seattle Mariners outfielder Greg Halman was stabbed to death early Monday and his brother was arrested as a suspect, Dutch police said. Rotterdam Police spokeswoman Patricia Wessels said police were called to a home in the port city in the early hours of the morning and found the 24-year-old Dutch player bleeding from a stab wound. The officers and ambulance paramedics were unable to resuscitate Halman. Wessels said the officers arrested Halman’s 22-yearold brother. She declined to give his name, in line with Dutch privacy rules. “He is under arrest and right now he is being questioned,” Wessels told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. “It will take some time to figure out what exactly happened.” No charges have been filed in the case. Halman hit .230 in 35 games and made starts at all three outfield positions for the Mariners in 2011 before being optioned to Triple-A Tacoma. Because he played professionally in the United States, Halman was not part of the Netherlands team that won the Baseball World Cup in Panama last month. The Dutch beat Cuba 2-1 in the final to become the first European team to win the title. Born in the city of Haarlem, Halman played in the Dutch Pro League and was part of the gold medal winning Dutch squad at the 2007 European Championship. Stewart wins Homestead to win NASCAR championship HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) Tony Stewart nearly wrote off his season during a summer slump, then dismissed his chances at the beginning of NASCAR’s championship chase. Then something suddenly changed with his cars, with his attitude, with his driving and old Smoke was back. With a vengeance. Stewart thrust himself early into title contention, then never let up as he drove all over the competition and chased down Carl Edwards. He seized his third championship Sunday night with a powerful and relentless drive that will go down with the greatest in NASCAR history. He won at HomesteadMiami Speedway, holding off Edwards for a tie in the final Sprint Cup Series standings good enough to win the title based on his five victories. All of Stewart’s wins came in the Chase, and Edwards’ lone victory this season was in March. It was the first tie in the points standings in NASCAR history. How good was Stewart, who drove from the back twice! and passed 118 cars during the race? “I think Tony drove the best race of his life,” said A.J. Foyt, Stewart’s childhood idol. The compliment nearly brought Stewart to tears. “Not many people can hear your lifelong hero say Tony Stewart celebrates after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race and clinching the series championship, at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla., Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter) that. Just really, really flatStewart became the first on the outside at Martinstering,” said Stewart, who owner/driver to win the ville that gave him his third wasn’t sure it’s the best championship since the late Chase victory. drive of his 31-year ca- Alan Kulwicki in 1992, and “He’s been the one to go reer, but knew it was pretty the driver to end Jimmie three- and-four wide when strong. Johnson’s record five-year everyone else is scared and “I feel like I passed half title run. His last title was in lifts,” said crew chief Darthe state of Florida; 118 2005, the year before John- ian Grubb, who was told in cars is a lot of cars to pass son’s began his reign. the middle of the Chase he in one race. To do it unStewart overcame a hole was being let go at the end der the circumstances and in the grill of his Chevrolet, of the season because the pressure we had, I’m very, a rain delay, used debatable Stewart-Haas Racing team very proud of that. I can’t fuel strategy and made ag- wasn’t performing. His staeven remember how many gressive passes that stunned tus is now uncertain. races I’ve won, but I would racing veterans to win SunEdwards, who started have to say under this set of day. He’s been driving that the race with a three-point circumstances I’ve got to way for at least a month, lead in the standings, did believe one of the greatest buoyed in part by a race- everything he could from races of my career.” winning pass of Johnson the minute he arrived in Florida. His Roush-Fenway Racing team put his Ford on the pole, he led a race-high 119 of the 267 laps and still finished a helpless second. Edwards, who had a 4.9 average finish over the 10 Chase races, was disappointed but held his head high after the race. “This night is about Tony Stewart. Those guys rose to the occasion, and they beat us fair and square,” Edwards said. “That is all I had. We came here and sat on the pole, led the most laps and Tony still managed. That’s it. That’s all I got at the end. That’s as hard as I can drive. “I told my wife, ‘If I can’t win this thing, I’m going to be the best loser NASCAR has ever had.’ So, I’m going to try really hard to keep my head up and know that we’ll just go next year and we’ll be just as hard to beat.” As third-place finisher Martin Truex Jr. did his post-race news conference, Edwards sat silently off to the side, his eyes fixed on a bank of televisions showing Stewart’s championship celebration. “If I could do it all over again, there’s nothing I could have done differently,” he whispered. “That’s my maximal effort, and Tony beat us. We knew that of all the circumstances possible, this was the least probable. But I was prepared for this.” See STEWART, 5 �Tuesday, November 22, 2011 www.mydailysentinel.com McCoy From Page 4 condition of his right shoulder, which was a target for the Jaguars. “It is OK,” said McCoy, who didn’t know if he would undergo an MRI. “It’s going to be all right.” And, just maybe, so is McCoy, who in the past few weeks has given evidence he may indeed be the Browns’ QB of the future. McCoy completed 17 of 24 passes for 199 yards with a TD and interception, but it was the way he bounced back after throwing his pick in the third quarter that went beyond any personal statistics. “He reconfirmed for me that he’s a tough guy and he’s a battler,” said Browns coach Pat Shurmur. “He’s won hundreds of games since grade school, so he knows how to win and what it takes to lead a team. He’s learning how to let a bad play go.” In the third quarter, the Browns caught a big break when Jaguars linebacker Mike Lockley was penalized for “leaping” on a field goal by Phil Dawson that briefly gave the Browns a 10-7 lead. Shurmur decided to take the points off the scoreboard, and with a new set of downs, the Browns took over at Jacksonville’s 11-yard line. However, three plays later, McCoy was intercepted by Jaguars safety Dawan Landry at the 3. McCoy, who had taken earlier hits to his shoulder, went to the sideline, where Cleveland’s medical staff huddled around him and worked on his shoulder and neck area. McCoy sustained a pinched nerve in the 2010 BCS title game and it bothered him as a rookie last season. But when the Browns got the ball back, McCoy was nearly flawless. He completed a 13-yard pass to Cribbs, scrambled for 15 yards and shoveled the ball to fullback Owen Marecic to avoid a sack. McCoy then completed a pair of 11-yard passes before rolling right and hitting Cribbs in the front corner of the end zone to cap an 85-yard drive and put the Browns ahead 14-7. It was a moment of personal triumph for McCoy, but he chose to make it about the Browns. “When I threw that one (interception), for whatever reason, it happened and you just have to come back and respond and we did,” he said. “That is always a positive.” The Jaguars (3-7) nearly made it a negative anyway. After Cleveland’s Phil Dawson missed a 38-yard field goal the officials ruled it went over the upright with 2:53 left, Jacksonville rookie quarterback Blaine Gabbert led the Jaguars down field and had them within 1 yard of a win. But his pass into the end zone on the game’s last play was incomplete, allowing the Browns to escape and get a win before their schedule becomes deadly. Cleveland still has five games left within the AFC North, one against Cincinnati and two each with Baltimore and Pittsburgh. “We deserved this one,” McCoy said. “Our team deserved this.” Last week, the Browns lost 13-12 to St. Louis when Cleveland botched a snap and Dawson missed a 22yard field goal try in the final minutes. This time, the Jaguars were the ones who left the field in anguish. “It’s not the ending we were looking for,” said coach Jack Del Rio, who defended his use of the clock in the final minute and his decision not to give the ball to Maurice Jones-Drew, his Pro Bowl running back, on the game’s last.play against one of the NFL’s weakest run defenses. “It’s not the first time this year we’ve had the opportunity. We had a chance for our quarterback to take us down. He took us down. We were knocking on the door. We just couldn’t close it out.” Jones-Drew had 87 yards on 21 carries, but wouldn’t fault the Jaguars for not giving him one at the end. “There were two or three plays we had been practicing down there,” JonesDrew said. “We knew they were going to load the box. We gave our receivers a chance to make a play. We had opportunities. We just didn’t make the best of them.” Chris Ogbonnaya rushed for 115 yards and scored on a 1-yard run for Cleveland, ending a TD drought at home that lasted more than 158 minutes. The Browns had scoring drives of 87 and 85 yards, rarities in the offense’s first season under Shurmur. But Shurmur knows he can count on his defense, and the Browns’ didn’t disappoint. “I did trust that we would get them stopped,” Shurmur said. “I trust our defense.” Notes: Dawson was adamant he made his kick. “It was good,” he insisted. “The rule states that if the ball is above the upright, it’s good. And that ball wasn’t even close to being over the upright.” Referee Terry McAulay disagreed, telling a pool reporter, “the way we saw it was part of the ball was outside of the outside edge of the upright.” … Marecic left with a concussion as did Jaguars LB Clint Session and DE Matt Roth. … Browns S T.J. Ward said his foot spain is improving. He attended the game wearing a walking boot. Visit us at www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel The Daily Sentinel • Page 5 Edwards, despite being the most consistent driver this season and points leader for 21 weeks, has been on the ropes the last month as Stewart turned up his energy, effort and trash-talking. His quick wit and sharp tongue kept the entire industry entertained as he did everything possible to get inside Edwards’ head. Maybe it was really for Stewart’s benefit, a driver trying to talk himself into believing he had a shot at the title after struggling all summer long. He maybe didn’t rattle Edwards, but Stewart for sure talked himself into this title. He arrived in Miami insistent he’d race with nothing to lose and did just that from the moment the race began. He was moving through the field from his 15th starting spot when caution came out 14 laps into the race. His Stewart-Haas Racing crew discovered a hole in his grill, and the repairs dropped him to 40th in the field. Stewart then blew by car after car and was up to 23rd in a matter of minutes. Another caution sent him into the pits for more repairs, and he restarted in 32nd. His yapping then resumed, as he scoffed on his radio how embarrassed Edwards and the No. 99 team would be when Stewart drove from the back of the field twice! to beat them. When more rain forced NASCAR to stop the field for 75 minutes, Stewart confidently walked pit road and sent a message to Edwards. “We are fixin’ to keep delivering this whoopin’; we got more in mind for him the rest of the day,” he said in an ESPN interview. Edwards, meanwhile, huddled with crew chief Bob Osborne atop the pit box and declined to be interviewed. His Roush Fenway Racing team had to be nervous about engine durability three Roush Yates engines failed over the course of the race and Edwards eventually retreated to his motorhome to snack on popcorn and keep his focus. When racing resumed, Stewart continued to slice through the field and used several spectacular threeand four-wide passes to close in on Edwards. Then crew chief Grubb made an unusual call to keep Stewart out on the track until he was just about out of gas. It was a risky call but worked perfectly when the rain came moments after Stewart finally stopped for gas. It gave Stewart breathing room as he was able to save gas under yellow. He was fourth on the final restart, Edwards was sixth, and Stewart used a threewide pass over Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski and AJ Allmendinger to reclaim the lead. Although Edwards quickly moved into second, he couldn’t catch Stewart as he sailed to his fifth Chase victory. “They got 5 wins in 10 races,” Osborne said. “That’s pretty unbelievable. But they did it, and it got them the championship.” The championship completes a total turnaround for co-owner Gene Haas, who sold half his slumping organization to Stewart in 2008 in a hope the driver could bring a spark to a team that struggled to stay inside the top-35 in points. “Tony Stewart’s a superstar, we knew that,” Haas said. “You need a wheelman. You can have all the best equipment in the world, and without a wheelman, you don’t have a whole lot.” STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma State University students, faculty and staff will gather Monday to remember two women’s basketball coaches and two others who died when their airplane crashed into a wooded hillside in central Arkansas. A memorial service will be held at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater for head coach Kurt Budke, assistant coach Miranda Serna, alumnus Olin Branstetter and his wife, Paula. Branstetter was flying the single-engine Piper Cherokee when it crashed late Thursday afternoon near Perryville, about 45 miles west of Little Rock. Budke and Serna’s deaths come more than a decade after two men’s basketball players and eight others associated with that program were killed in a January 2001 plane crash in Colorado. “Certainly, it’s a little early, we’re still kind of recovering from this, but we’ll certainly look at the policy,” spokesman Gary Shutt said Sunday. “Any time you have a terrible accident like this, definitely you look at the policy.” Changes were made to the travel policy after that tragedy. There was a new rule requiring two pilots to be on board for all OSU travel involving student athletes and a requirement that team aircraft be powered by two or more turbine engines. But Shutt said the policy doesn’t apply to recruiting trips for coaches, who were allowed to make travel arrangements at their own discretion. Budke and Serna were flying to Little Rock to watch two prospective recruits play in a game, two days before the Cowgirls were scheduled to play two weekend games, Shutt said. “Obviously the high school season coincides with the college season, so if you want to go see players, you need to have the flexibility and ability to make quick trips,” Shutt said. The National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the crash, already has ruled out weather as a factor. Investigators were still trying to determine whether the pilot radioed for help before the plane went down, NTSB spokesman Terry Williams said. Stewart From Page 4 Okla. St. to hold memorial for 4 who died in crash Available only until Nov. 22. Call 1-800-428-8927 and subscribe today! $ 1,000 in Grocery Coupons Subscribe to the The Daily Sentinel and receive $1,000 in Grocery Coupons Absolutely FREE! CALL TOLL FREE 1-800-711-7642 TO LEARN MORE. 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Josh Parsons kicked the last of his nine extra points to put the final score in cement. Oak Glen quarterback Lucas McDowell finished with just 67 yards rushing but had a big day throwing the football. He completed 10 of 21 passes for 254 yards. He had two touchdown passes but also had two interceptions. His favorite target – Jeff Hissam – finished with 6 receptions for 180 yards and both touchdown receptions. “The McDowell kid is an outstanding athlete” said Darst. “His injuries really limited his running ability today but he made a lot of big throws today to his receivers. They have a very talented group of skill players to say the least.” The loss ends the Golden Bears season at 10-2 for the year and pushes the Big Blacks into the state semifinals for the second time in school history. The Big Blacks will face conference rival Chapmanville, who posted a 20-14 win on Friday night over Braxton County. The Big Blacks defeated Chapmanville 41-18 on the road in the final game of the season in a close, physical ball game. The game will be played on Saturday afternoon at 1:30 once again, which is the time that the visiting team selected. “We hope to see our fans out once again like they were on Saturday. It was a very loud atmosphere and we need that one more time for these boys. The boys feed off of that energy.” The Daily Sentinel • Page 6 points on the day. Oak Glen would start the game with a bang as well when on the second play of their drive, senior quarterback Lucas McDowell hooked up with senior wideout Jeff Hissam on a 83 yard touchdown throw. The Josh Weltner kick would be good. On the first Point Pleasant offensive possession, a fumble deep inside Oak Glen territory on the first offensive snap of the game would give the Golden Bears great field possession. McDowell would cash in on the first play with a 17 yard run on the left side for a score. The extra point would be good again. Both teams would trade possessions before Point Pleasant would cash in on their next score. After a pair of Griffin runs to start the possession, Teran Barnitz busted through the Golden Bear defensive front, ran over two defenders, and dashed 44 yards for the score. The Parsons kick would be good. The Big Blacks would get another stop on the next possession and after a few runs and a Jason Stouffer reception, Eric Roberts would hook up with Brandon Toler for a 75 yard score to give the Big Blacks the 21-14 lead. The Parsons kick was once again good. It did not take long for the Golden Bear offense to respond. McDowell would once again hook up with Hissam – this time for a 61 yard touchdown pass. The Weltner kick was good again, tying the score up. The high scoring first quarter continued as Griffin nearly returned his second kickoff of the game – only tripping over his lead blocker at midfield. After an Eric Roberts quarterback scramble that would gain big yards, Roberts eventually threw a 19 yard touchdown pass to Layne Thompson to give the Big Blacks the lead once again. Oak Glen would score on their next possession, which would be their last score for a while. McDowell plunged in the endzone from 7 yards out, tying the game for the final time. After a short kick by Oak Glen was caught by sophomore Brycen Reymond, a 12 play drive would ensue with runs from Griffin, Barnitz, senior Jerrod Long, and sophomore Chase Walton. Barnitz would fumble the ball on the 5 yard line but Jason Stouffer would prove to be in the right place at the right time and fell on the ball in the end zone for a touchdown. The Parsons kick was good again, giving the locals the lead for good. After senior linebacker Josh Hereford picked off the first pass of the next Oak Glen drive, Point would be able to add more points on the board after a fake punt on 4th down helped move the Big Blacks into the redzone. Josh Parsons connected on a 24 yard field goal to end the half to give Point the lead 38-28. In the third quarter, the Big Blacks started to pull away from the Golden Bears. After Oak Glen quarterback Lucas McDowell threw an interception to Chase Walton on the second play of the half, a big run by Griffin and reception by Layne Thompson eventually resulted in a Jerrod Long score. After the extra point, the score was 45-28. After another three and out from the Oak Glen offense, Roberts would hook up with Brandon Toler for the second time on the night, a 38 yard pass. After the extra point, the score was 52-28 with 7:46 left in the third quarter. The Big Blacks defense stood strong again on the next possession, a stand that included a big sack from senior defensive lineman Trey Livingston. A pair of big pass completions to Griffin and Stouffer would eventually result in another Jerrod Long touchdown run, giving the Big Blacks a 59-28 lead. A pair of sacks on the next Oak Glen possession, one by Jerrod Long and the other a tag team combination of Trey Livingston and Conner Templeton, forced another punt for the Golden Bears offense. Roberts would then throw just his fourth interception of the season to an Oak Glen defender, giving the Golden Bears great field position. After several fourth down conversions, senior fullback Dylan Davis scored from 14 yards out to give the Golden Bears their first score since 8:05 in the second quarter. The time left in the game at this point was just 7:19. The extra point attempt was no good. The Golden Bears would kick the ball high and short on the kickoff, resulting in a Point Pleasant fumble and recovery by Oak Glen. Oak Glen would score quickly in just two plays when Davis scored once again, putting the Bears down 59-40. McDowell would scramble on the two-point conversion but would be crushed at the BALTIMORE (AP) The Baltimore Ravens had just left the field after an important 31-24 win over Cincinnati when the grounds crew at their home stadium began putting down a Thanksgiving Day emblem on the artificial turf. The Ravens won’t have long to celebrate their ascent into first place in the AFC North. Joe Flacco threw for 270 yards and two touchdowns, rookie Torrey Smith had six catches for 165 yards, and the Ravens (7-3) held off a late charge by the Bengals (6-4) to climb into a tie with Pittsburgh for the division lead. Baltimore, however, owns the tiebreaker over the Steelers because it has beaten Pittsburgh twice. “We’re the master of our destiny,” linebacker Terrell Suggs said. That’s certainly worth savoring, but the Ravens will play their second game in five days on Thursday at home against San Francisco (9-1) in the NFL’s first matchup of head coaches who are brothers. Baltimore coach John Harbaugh was asked if he was thinking about facing Jim Harbaugh on Thanksgiving. “It’s two really good football teams going at it,” Harbaugh said. “I think, for our parents, it’s good. But you look at what these players are going to have to do to in a four-day period to get past this game, and to me that’s the story.” The Ravens would love to bask in the afterglow of their win over the Bengals, but there’s just no time. “It’s going to be quick,” said running back Ray Rice, who ran for 104 yards and two touchdowns. “It’s so fast that you’re on to San Fran right now. I’m going to try to watch some film on San Fran tonight to get the jump start.” Unfortunately for the Bengals, they will have to wait a full week before getting a chance to rebound from a disappointing defeat. Cincinnati trailed 31-14 early in the fourth quarter but drove to the Baltimore 7 in the final minute before being denied its bid to complete the comeback. One week earlier, the Bengals rallied from a 14-0 deficit before losing to Pittsburgh. “In my mind, we’re better than those teams,” tight end Jermaine Gresham said. “They’re great teams and everything, but I think big mistakes killed (us) in some areas. We just have to get better. We will get better.” The need to play a full 60 minutes against elite competition was a constant refrain in a quiet Cincinnati dressing room, where players lamented their inability to compensate for untimely mistakes and voiced a sense that they could perform at a higher level. “It comes down to the fourth quarter,” said rookie quarterback Andy Dalton, who threw for 373 yards but was intercepted three times. “That’s how every game’s been for us. We’ve got to start faster. We can’t wait around until the end of the game to pick it up, come out and get back in it. It’s definitely going to be a focus for us.” Bengals defensive tackle Domata Peko added, “We played a good game today, but we didn’t finish. Usually, we finish. We need to finish.” Cincinnati next faces Cleveland at home Sunday. Down 31-24, Cincinnati had a second-and-goal at the Baltimore 7 when Suggs collared Dalton, who was called for intentional grounding. On fourth-and-goal, Dalton was sacked by Pernell McPhee. The Bengals needed seven points because on the previous series, an apparent 9-yard touchdown pass from Dalton to Gresham was overturned by a replay that de- termined the receiver didn’t hold onto the ball at the end of a juggling catch. Cincinnati settled for a field goal with 5:32 remaining. “When the receiver went to the ground, he had the ball in his right hand,” referee Ron Winter said. “The ball touched the ground and his hand came off the ball.” Baltimore won despite playing without middle linebacker Ray Lewis, who was inactive with a toe injury. He had played in 57 straight games and hopes to return for the 49ers. Smith, whose 165 yards were third-most by a receiver in Ravens history, might have had more if Adam Jones didn’t grab hold of Smith’s long dreadlocks at the end of a 28-yard completion in the second quarter. Jones was initially flagged for a horse-collar tackle, but officials corrected themselves and did not mark off any yardage because it’s legal to tackle a runner by pulling his hair. “I thought I was going to score,” Smith said. “Next thing I know, I’m getting pulled down by my dreads.” Dalton went 24 for 45 with a touchdown. Cincinnati was without standout rookie wide receiver A.J. Green, who hurt his right knee a week earlier in a loss to Pittsburgh. But the Bengals gave Baltimore all it could handle. “We’ve won six games to this point and we’ll win some more,” coach Marvin Lewis said. “We’ve just got to circle the wagons, lick our wounds and go.” NOTES: Former Ravens kicker Matt Stover was inducted into the team’s Ring of Honor during a halftime ceremony. … Ravens LB Jarret Johnson made his 74th consecutive start, breaking the franchise record previously held by Michael McCrary and Jamie Sharper. … Baltimore has won seven straight at home and 15 of 16. By Tim Reynolds with a Dec. 10 contest in East Rutherford, N.J. James, Paul, Wade and Anthony are committed to play in all four games. Proceeds from the tour which will include events such as food drives, educational outreach programs and clinics in each city will benefit the four headlining players’ charitable foundations, and tour sponsor Google Plus will stream each game live. “It’ll be very neat,” Wade told The Associated Press. “First of all, this is something we talked about doing a long time ago as players. To have an opportunity to go to these different cities that we’re from, to bring basketball to them at a high level and also have a charitable component in each city and to be with the guys, it’ll be cool. It’s something we’re looking forward to.” Tickets for the first three games go on sale Tuesday. Tickets for the East Rutherford game will be on sale Wednesday. The rosters for the four games will likely change considerably in each city. James will play a significant role in organizing the Akron game, as will Paul in New Orleans, Wade in Chicago and Anthony at East Rutherford. Chris Bosh who, along with James and Wade, makes up the so-called Big 3 with the Miami Heat, is expected to play in all four games. Bosh, along with James, Wade, the New Orleans guard Paul, the New York Knicks’ forward Anthony, Heat forward Udonis Haslem and others have been part of a rigorous training camp in Oregon for players represented by Creative Artists Agency since late last week. “I’m sore,” Wade said. “But that’s why we set it up this way. We want to get into work mode. When we get into the tour, we want to play. We want to be equipped to do that. We don’t want to just run up and down the court and jack up shots. We want to get into the things we need to do when it comes to strength, defense, all those things you usually do in training camp. So we’re getting into that mindset.” There’s been no shortage of exhibitions featuring NBA players during the lockout, which is now in its 21st week and has already led to the cancellation of more than 300 games roughly one-quarter of a full season. Talks broke off last week after players declined an offer that the NBA said would have raised salaries considerably, which apparently wasn’t enough to convince player reps that it was the right deal. The principals involved in this say the tour will be different from most offseason exhibitions in many ways, notably the extensive charitable aspects. Point Pleasant 66, Oak Glen 40 OG 21-7-0-12 —40 PP 21-17-21-7 — 66 SCORING SUMMARY First Quarter PP — Marquez Griffin 96 kickoff return (Josh Parsons kick), 11:46 OG — Jeff Hissam 83 pass from Lucas McDowell (Josh Weltner kick), 10:46 OG — McDowell 17 run (Weltner kick), 10:31 PP — Teran Barnitz 44 run (Parsons kick), 3:46 PP — Brandon Toler 75 pass from Eric Roberts (Parsons kick), :26 Bryan Walters/photo Point Pleasant senior Layne Thompson (14) wraps up an Oak Glen ball carrier as teammates Cody Arnold (4), Conner Templeton (25) and Andrew Williamson (74) pursue defensively during a Class AA playoff game Saturday at Point Pleasant, W.Va. Bryan Walters/photo From left, Jason Stouffer (20), Trey Livingston (64), Toby Martin (65), Eric Roberts (17) and Zach Thomas (70) lead the Big Blacks out of an offensive huddle during the fourth quarter of Saturday’s Class AA quarterfinal football game against Oak Glen. OG — Hissam 61 pass OG — Davis 5 run (run Rushing — OG: Dylan from McDowell (Weltner failed), 6:51 Davis 18-79, Lucas Mckick), :07 PP — Chase Walton 3 Dowell 14-67, Chase DiSecond Quarter run (Parsons kick), 4:45 pasquale 1-5, Jeff Hissam PP — Layne Thompson 1-3, David Campbell 3-0, 19 pass from Roberts (ParTEAM STATISTICS Ethan Delekta 1-(-1); PP: sons kick), 10:14 First downs — OG: 15, Teran Barnitz 11-145, MarOG — McDowell 7 run PP: 23; quez Griffin 9-71, Eric Rob(Weltner kick), 8:05 Rushes-yards — OG: erts 6-22, Jerrod Long 6-18, PP — Jason Stouffer 38-153, PP: 40-258; Chase Walton 4-4, Josh fumble recovery in endzone Passing yards — OG: Hudson 1-0, Gage Buskirk (Parsons kick), 2:13 254, PP: 260; 1-0, Robby Wallace 2-(-2). PP — Parsons 24 Field Total yards — OG: 407, Passing — OG: Lucas Goal, :05 PP: 518; McDowell 10-21-2 254; Third Quarter Cmp-Att-Int — OG: 10- PP: Eric Roberts 10-17-1 PP — Jerrod Long 3 run 21-2, PP: 10-18-1; 260. (Parsons kick), 9:47 Fumbles lost — OG: 1, Receiving —OG: Jeff PP — Toler 38 pass from PP: 2; Hissam 6-180, Trey Smith Roberts (Parsons kick), Penalties-yards — OG: 1-34, Dylan Davis 1-22, 7:46 2-20, PP: 2-20; Clayton Thomas 1-18, TyPP — Long 5 run (ParPunts-average — OG: ler Steed 1-0; PP: Brandon sons kick), 4:32 3-32, PP: 1-40; Toler 2-113, Jason Stouffer Fourth Quarter 3-61, Layne Thompson OG — Dylan Davis 14 INDIVIDUAL STATIS- 2-33, Chase Walton 2-32, run (pass failed), 7:19 TICS Marquez Grifin 1-21. Ravens can’t savor 31-24 win over Bengals for long James, Wade, Anthony, Paul set to lead 4-game tour AP Sports Writer LeBron James, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade and Carmelo Anthony are going home and bringing friends with them. With no end to the NBA lockout in sight, the All-Star group is set to lead a fourgame “Homecoming Tour,” starting with a matchup in James’ hometown of Akron, Ohio on Dec. 1, followed by a Dec. 4 game in New Orleans, a Dec. 7 game in Chicago and culminating �Tuesday, November 22, 2011 www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page 7 LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT In compliance with Village Ordinance No. 751, the Village of Pomeroy shall offer the following real property for sale to the highest bidder, to wit: Legals PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE: is hereby given that on Saturday November 26, 2011 at 10:00 a.m., a public sale will be held at 211 W. Second , Pomeroy, Ohio. The Farmers Bank and Savings Company is selling for cash in hand or certified check the following collateral: 2003 Hyundai Accent KMHCG45C23U458439 2000 Ford Ranger 1FTZR15V3YTB39119 XLT 2000 Harley Davidson XL1200 1HD1CGP19YK138833 1990Dodge Dakota 1B7FL23X1LS641253 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 Cyndie or Ken at 992-2136. TUESDAY , NOVEMBER 22, WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 23, and FRIDAY NOVEMBER 25, 2011. 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An official with the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio says it’s wrong to let people express themselves on their license plates and then restrict what they can say. ATHENS, Ohio (AP) D.J. Cooper, Reggie Keely and Nick Kellogg scored 13 points each as Ohio defeated Arkansas State 69-54 in a nonconference game Sunday. Kellogg hit two baskets and Cooper a 3-pointer during a 9-0 run that gave the Bobcats (3-0) a 21-10 lead with 11:02 remaining in the first half. They never led by fewer than seven points after that. Ohio scored 13 secondchance points to two for the Red Wolves (1-3) in taking a 38-25 halftime lead. Brandon Peterson scored 19 points and Trey Finn 17 to lead Arkansas State. The COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Just three weeks ago, Ohio State held out hope of playing for the Big Ten title. Now after consecutive losses, about all the Buckeyes (6-5, 3-4 Big Ten) have to play for is beating No. 17 Michigan which would be no small accomplishment. Interim coach Luke Fickell said the players are playing for each other as much as for anything else. “Those 110 guys that are sitting in that room that have been through what they’ve been through, been through the ups, been through the downs that’s what it’s all about,” he said on Monday. “Those guys looking around (at each other), that’s what they play for.” A season already scuttled by NCAA violations, coach Jim Tressel’s forced resignation, star quarterback Terrelle Pryor’s premature departure and a series of crucial injuries now comes down to a showdown at The Big House. Already a virtual holiday for Ohio State fans, players and coaches, the game offers one last chance for the Buckeyes to rise above their troubles to ruin what has been a remarkable season for the Wolverines (9-2, 5-2). That’s enough inspiration for just about everyone in scarlet and gray. So beating their rivals is the very first objective. “Any time you can win in Ann Arbor and win against Michigan, that speaks volumes in itself,” linebacker Andrew Sweat said. “That’s our goal. To beat Michigan.” Sweat may not even play. He’s still recovering from a concussion sustained in the loss at Purdue on Nov. 12 and was held out of last week’s game, a 20-14 defeat to No. 21 Penn State in the home finale for the Buckeyes. Ohio State is also playing for a winning record; the program hasn’t finished .500 since going 6-6 in 1999 under John Cooper. In addition, the Buckeyes can improve their lot if they are permitted to play in a bowl game. The NCAA has yet to declare Ohio State’s final sanctions. Several players were suspended for accepting cash and tattoos from the subject of a federal drug-trafficking investigation. Tressel then was pushed aside after it was revealed that he knew of his players’ complicity but did not tell his superiors or the NCAA contrary to his contract and NCAA rules. Ohio State has had several subsequent violations and suspensions which have led the NCAA to issue a “failure The Daily Sentinel • Page 8 WVU game on new floor at Charleston Civic Center Red Wolves shot 52.6 percent (10 of 19) in the second half after making just 37.5 percent (9 of 24) in the first, but they trailed by at least 10 points for all but 17 seconds of the final 20 minutes. Walter Offutt contributed 12 points and nine rebounds and Keely had nine rebounds for the Bobcats. CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) It’s one thing to get a spanking, brand new basketball floor. It’s another to get it basically for free. That’s what has happened at the Charleston Civic Center, where West Virginia (2-1) and Morehead State (1-2) will play the first game on the new hardwood Tuesday in a 7 p.m. tipoff (ROOT Sports telecast). The Friends of Coal, through its parent organization the West Virginia Coal Association has agreed to a 10-year naming rights deal for the Civic Center basketball floor, which came at an $82,000 price tag from Connor Sports Flooring, a national sports flooring company. Civic Center Manager John Robertson said the Friends of Coal floor deal is wound into the West Virginia Coal Association’s annual business with the Civic Center, which plays host to the association’s Coal Symposium in early February each year. Robertson said the Coal Association provides the Civic Center about $125,000 in annual business. The new floor has an outline of the Mountain State in orange, with the silhouettes of three coal miners and the words “Friends of Coal” at midcourt. Friends of Coal and Civic Center logos are at each of the floor, between sidelines and free throw lanes. The word “Charleston” in white capital letters is on each baseline, and the perimeter of the floor and 3-point lines are painted in black. Before purchasing the floor, the Civic Center sold its two previous hoops floors one to Aldersgate United Methodist Chuck in Sissonville for $33,000, and the more recent hardwood to the University of Charleston for $26,000, which is now the main floor in UC’s Eddie King Gym. So, if you take the two old floors’ sale of $59,000 and add the Friends of Coal deal to that, the Civic Center surely recouped the $82,000 it paid for the new hardwood, right? “Yes,” Robertson said. “That’s the only way we could do it, the only way we could get a new floor, by doing it without taking any resources from our capital improvement fund. “If we couldn’t have done it that way, we’d have resurfaced the old floor (purchased in 2001 from WVU for about $45,000, plus $12,000 in repainting the refinishing costs) and kept using it.” Robertson called the new floor “magnificent.” It was built for and used at the NCAA Women’s Final Fours in Indianapolis and San Antonio the last two years. The NCAA buys special flooring for each of its NCAA Tournament sites every year, and after the games are played, those floors are often refinished and sold. to monitor” charge against the athletic department the second-most serious charge that can be levied against a school. After going before the NCAA’s committee on infractions in August, Ohio State has since received a second letter of allegations to which it has responded. The NCAA could rule any day whether it is enough that Ohio State has offered to vacate the 2010 season, pay back $339,000 in bowl revenue, go on two years of NCAA probation and surrender five football scholarships over the next three years. With six wins, the Buckeyes are bowl-eligible. But the NCAA could issue a bowl ban for this postseason, or any future year. Naturally, if allowed to play in a bowl, a 7-5 record might give the Buckeyes a better shot at warmer weather and a better opponent. Another bit of motivation for the Buckeyes is that they have won the last seven meetings on the field against Michigan. Because it vacated the 2010 season, technically that streak (and the string of six straight Big Ten titles) ended when Ohio State accepted an 0-0 record instead of 12-1 for last season. But the players do not ac- knowledge the vacated season. They say they beat the Wolverines 37-7 and that the streak’s still alive. “You don’t want to be the ones to break the streak you don’t want to be that team,” center Mike Brewster said. “I’ve already been on the team that’s not going to win the Big Ten championship for the first time in quite a while. If I can do anything to make this season right, it would be good to go ahead and continue the streak.” Ohio State is also playing for its coaches. With speculation everywhere that former Florida coach Urban Meyer has already reached an agreement with the school to be head coach next year, several of the players said they wanted to win the game for Fickell and his staff. “There’s been a lot of adversity,” Sweat said, pointing to the NCAA problems, suspensions and the five losses. “Coach Fickell is the greatest coach I’ve ever had. While everyone has their own opinion outside, I feel blessed to have the opportunity to play for a man that stands for what he stands for. He’s really made me a better man.” ___ Follow Rusty Miller on Twitter: http://www.twitter. com/rustymillerap . CINCINNATI (AP) Seven yards away from tying the game in the closing seconds, the young Bengals fizzled. They’ve done that twice in a row now, costing them a spot at the top of the AFC North. A 31-24 loss in Baltimore on Sunday dropped them to third, a game behind the Ravens and Steelers. They’re not going down easily. They had a chance to tie Pittsburgh in the closing minutes a week earlier, but William Gay intercepted Andy Dalton’s pass inside the 20-yard line to secure a 24-17 win. On Sunday in Baltimore, the Bengals (6-4) had a first-and-goal from the 7-yard line with 50 seconds left and couldn’t score. In three of their four losses, they’ve been in position to tie or take the lead in the closing minutes but come up short. “We’ve got heart,” tight end Jermaine Gresham said. “That’s with everybody.” The Bengals had a chance to get in range for a tying field goal in Denver during the second game of the season, but Dalton was sacked and the Bengals lost 24-22. Their four losses have been by 2, 5, 7 and 7 points. The Bengals opened the season with the youngest roster in the AFC and an average of 3.6 years of experience, second only to Cleveland in the conference. They complete their intrastate series on Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium. A team that had low expectations with a rookie quarterback and such a young cast is showing a lot of promise. All that seems to be missing is the experience. “I think it’s the level of ability on the football team,” coach Marvin Lewis said Monday. “I think that’s the fun part of it. It’s the level of ability to make that play to win that game, as opposed to you’ve got no chance to make that play. “We’ve got a chance to make the play and win every game we play. And I think that’s the fun of where we are, to continually take those steps and not regress with that. We’ve got to keep pushing the envelope with it.” Their inexperience has showed in the last two games. Big 1st half lifts Ohio past Arkansas State 69-54 Buckeyes say win over Michigan would make season Tuesday’s TV Guide Bengals keep coming up just short of win �Tuesday, November 22, 2011 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 BLONDIE BEETLE BAILEY FUNKY WINKERBEAN HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI & LOIS ComiCs/EntErtainmEnt www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page 9 Dean Young/Denis Lebrun 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 Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011: Just when you believe you’ve got it together, surprise! You keep adjusting, growing and changing. Therein lies stability. Count on change this year. If you are single, the person you meet today you might abhor in a few months. Don’t commit. If you are attached, understand how very changeable you are and how your feelings will change, too. Don’t judge your relationship; appreciate your sweetie for swinging with the ups and downs. SCORPIO understands you too well! The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You can keep a secret, and you will. Be wary of any sharing on your part. Somehow the information is not complete, with a strong indication of more information coming in. Someone who cares enormously, perhaps as a friend, touches base with you. Tonight: Let your imagination decide. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH Others dominate. You would like to do more of what you want. You can, but at what cost? You might keep pushing people away. Prioritize, and at that point you’ll have answers. Try not to buck the trends. Tonight: Work as a duo. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH You must bend. You have a lot to do and get through, and you will succeed. Someone you deal with could be overly serious and more open. Keep special news to yourself. Know that you can respond without letting others know. Tonight: All smiles. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Tap into your creativity, yet honor the fact that you have had enough. How to juggle your needs with others’ remains an issue. Let go of insecurity. You might have a chance to do something you haven’t done in a while. Tonight: Let the fun begin. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Keep conversations open. Share more of your feelings once you get past a moment of negativity. Your creativity emerges when sharing with others. Opportunities arrive out of the blue, perhaps within a partnership. Tonight: Head home. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH You might need to pull back and understand. Sometimes new beginnings happen after a difficult situation. Increase your knowledge and bounce back with a stronger sense of well-being. Late today, your willingness to share emerges. Tonight: Out and about. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Use the daytime to the max. Do note that you take situations more seriously than necessary. Loosen up a little, and you’ll draw a stronger response. Let your imagination lead. Look at what comes up. Tonight: Buy yourself a treat. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HH You don’t want to buy into negativity. You could be overwhelmed and feel powerless. Not so; it is simply a mood, which can change in several hours. Postpone important decisions until later today. Act then, too. Tonight: As you like. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH The Sun moves into your sign today and energizes you. You feel like you can tackle any problems that you recently mulled over. A friend involved with a key project or goal proves to be disappointing. Let go and take some of the pressure off. Tonight: Be with a favorite person. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH You are in the limelight and on top of your game. Others seem to go along with an idea you like. The sense of having an impact and agreement makes you very happy. Timing is working with you. Start putting out other ideas. You finally find support late today. Tonight: A discussion could lead to dinner. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Keep reaching out for someone at a distance who seems to close you off more often. Try not to take this person’s behavior personally, and listen to what is being shared. Wonder what is happening with this person. Later today, good news follows you. Tonight: Celebrate at home. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH Read Aquarius before coming to a decision. There is a lot going on behind the scenes and within a partnership. Let go of judgment, and empathize. Walk in this person’s shoes. You’ll gain understanding when you least expect it. Tonight: Try a movie. Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com. �Tuesday, November 22, 2011 www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page 10 Verlander wins AL MVP, 1st starter in 25 years NEW YORK (AP) Justin Verlander figured time had run out on his chance to become the first starting pitcher in a quarter-century to be voted Most Valuable Player. Last Tuesday, he found out about 12:40 p.m. that he was a unanimous winner of the AL Cy Young Award. It was closing in on 1 p.m. Monday, and he still hadn’t gotten word on the MVP. “I had told myself that it wasn’t going to happen,” he said. “I figured somebody else got the call.” Not to worry, there was just a slight delay because Verlander didn’t give the Baseball Writers’ Association of America his telephone number, forcing the BBWAA to relay the news through Brian Britten, the Detroit Tigers’ director of media relations. Britten telephoned Verlander at 12:56 p.m., about one hour before the announcement. “It was just a weight off my shoulders,” Verlander said, “and pure elation, really.” After winning the AL’s pitching triple crown by going 24-5 with a 2.40 ERA and 250 strikeouts, Verlander received 13 of 28 first-place votes and 280 points. He became the first pitcher voted MVP since Oakland’s Dennis Eckersley in 1992 and the first starting pitcher since Boston’s Roger Clemens in 1986. “Obviously pitchers are not just written off all of a sudden because they’re pitchers,” Verlander said. Boston center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury was second with four firsts and 242 points, followed by Toronto right fielder Jose Bautista with five firsts and 231 points, Yankees center fielder Curtis Granderson with 215 and Detroit first baseman Miguel Cabrera with 193. Recent history has been against pitchers. Since Eckersley’s win, only once had a pitcher finished as high as second. In 1999, Boston’s Pedro Martinez was 13 points behind Texas catcher Ivan Rodriguez after going 23-4 with a 2.07 ERA and 313 strikeouts. Martinez had eight first-place votes to seven for Rodriguez, but La Velle Neal of the Minneapolis Star Tribune and George King of the New York Post left Martinez off their ballots. “Not even in my wildest dreams had I thought of this,” Verlander said during a conference call from his home in Virginia. “I want to say this is a dream come true. I can’t say that be- cause my dream had already had come true … to win a Cy Young. And the next dream is to win a World Series. This wasn’t even on my radar until the talk started. And then all of a sudden it was a this-could-actually-happen type of thing.” Verlander had the most wins in the major leagues since Oakland’s Bob Welch went 27-6 in 1990. Verlander pitched his second career no-hitter at Toronto on May 7. His season reopened debate over whether pitchers can be MVPs. “I think that a starting pitcher has to do something special to be as valuable or more so than a position player,” Verlander said. “Obviously, having the chance to play in 160-some games in the case of Miguel, they can obviously have a huge impact every day. That’s why, I’ve talked about on my day, on a pitcher’s day, the impact we have is tremendous on that game. So you have to have a great impact almost every time out to supersede (position players) and it happens on rare occasions, and I guess this year was one of those years.” Verlander, the 2006 AL Rookie of the Year, joined the Brooklyn Dodgers’ Don Newcombe as the only players to win all three ma- jor awards in their careers. “I think this set a precedent,” Verlander said. “I’m happy that the voters acknowledged that, that we do have a major impact in this game and we can be extremely valuable to our team and its success.” Verlander appeared on only 27 ballots and was omitted by Jim Ingraham of The Herald-News in Ohio, who voted Bautista first. Sheldon Ocker of the Akron Beacon Journal voted Verlander eighth. Ingraham doesn’t think pitchers should be eligible. “I’d wrestled with this for a long time. If I was ever going to vote for pitcher for MVP, it would be him this year,” Ingraham said. “He hasn’t appeared in 79 percent of their games, any starting pitcher really doesn’t appear in 79 percent of his team’s games in a year. “Would you vote for an NFL quarterback for MVP if he only appeared in three of his team’s 16 games, which would be 21 percent? So that’s part of it. Another part of it is I think they’re apples and oranges. The guys that are in there every day, there’s a grind to a season that a starting pitcher doesn’t, I don’t think, experience the way the everyday position players do playing 150, 160 games.” Other pitchers to win MVP and Cy Young in the same year are Newcombe (1956), Los Angeles’ Sandy Koufax (1963), St. Louis’ Bob Gibson and Detroit’s Denny McLain (1968), Oakland’s Vida Blue (1971), Milwaukee’s Rollie Fingers (1981) and Detroit’s Willie Hernandez (1984). Since Mickey Cochrane (1934), Hank Greenberg (1935, 1940) and Charley Gehringer (1937), all Tigers voted MVP have been pitchers, with Verlander joining Hal Newhouser (1944 and 1945), McLain and Hernandez. “He deserved it,” Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski said. “He should have won it, but I didn’t know how voters would respond because the talk of some people not wanting to vote for a pitcher.” NOTES: While Verlander earned a $500,000 bonus for winning the Cy Young, he didn’t have an MVP bonus provision. Tampa’s Evan Longoria receives $25,000 for finishing 10th. … The NL MVP winner will be announced Tuesday, with the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Matt Kemp the favorite and Milwaukee’s Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder also receiving attention. Miami goes back to work Injuries will impact NFL for the final week playoff races CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) For Miami, there’s no team party, no fancy welcome gift for showing up, no perks that typically accompany a bowl game. Make no mistake, though: Friday will have plenty of extra significance to the Hurricanes. A day after learning the university was self-imposing a bowl ban for this season a move that apparently caught virtually every player off guard Miami returned to the practice field Monday to prepare for the season finale against Boston College. Having a chance to finish over .500 is essentially what’s at stake for the Hurricanes (6-5, 3-4 Atlantic Coast Conference), who say pride will play a major role in how they prepare this week. “I’m disappointed,” Miami linebacker Sean Spence said. “But we’ve got to move forward and make a sacrifice for the program. So when you think about it like that, I’m all for it.” Miami became bowl eligible on Saturday with a 6-3 win over South Florida, a victory that came on Jake Wieclaw’s field goal as time expired. Players rushed the field in celebration and many of them spoke afterward about the significance of having a chance to play in a bowl game. A day later, they were bowl ineligible, part of the university’s response to an ongoing NCAA investigation into compliance practices and claims that former booster and convicted Ponzi scheme architect Nevin Shapiro has made alleging he provided 72 Miami football players and recruits with extra benefits between 2002 and 2010. “My job is to get us bowl eligible,” Miami coach Al Golden said. “So in one sense, I’m glad we’re having the discussion, because we did get bowl eligible. But it just gives us a chance to move forward.” Golden said he has been assured that he will have a full complement of scholarships to offer to incoming recruits for the 2012 signing class which only means the university does not plan to self-impose that sort of penalty as well. The NCAA can hand down sanctions of any sort, including a longer bowl ban than one year and scholarship reductions, should it so choose once its investigation ends. Also Monday, the NCAA flatly denied that its investigation into Miami has been slowed by other college scandals, including the ongoing situation at Penn State. The NCAA comment was in response to Shapiro’s attorney, Maria Elena Perez, saying Sunday that the Penn State matter was impeding the progress of the Miami inquiry. “The situation at Penn State does not have anything to do with the University of Miami investigation and has not impacted its pace in any way,” NCAA spokeswoman Stacey Osburn said. Shapiro’s claims were first widely reported in a Yahoo Sports article in August. So the season began amid controversy, and will end the same way. Television trucks lined the street outside Miami’s athletic complex Monday, and considerably more reporters showed up than what has been the norm for Monday practices this season. Schools self-imposing penalties is common. Selfimposing postseason bans in football, however, is not. Texas Tech was believed to be the last major program to publicly acknowledge it did so, and that was in 1997. Other major programs, such as North Carolina, Ohio State, Boise State, West Virginia and LSU, have all self-imposed various penalties in recent months, moves that included voluntarily going on probation or reducing scholarships. “We’ve got to deal with it and move on,” Miami quarterback Jacory Harris said. The Shapiro saga represents the latest chapter in Miami’s decline from college football’s highest echelon, the level Golden has said many times he’d like to lead the Hurricanes to again. By Barry Wilner AP Pro Football Writer An NFL season not only requires survival of the fittest, but being the most fortunate. When injuries strike, sometimes it doesn’t matter how talented a team’s roster is. A few big-time hurts will severely damage their championship chances. Yes, the Packers provided the perfect argument against that last year when they went all the way despite losing 16 players to season-ending injuries, including six starters. But that was an anomaly, something just about everyone in Green Bay recognized as they were eagerly welcoming back the likes of Jermichael Finley and Ryan Grant, finally healthy for the 2011 season. More prevalent is seeing teams go into the tank when key players are sidelined. Prime example? Peyton Manning and the winless Colts. The big question marks now are in Chicago, Houston, Baltimore and Oakland. All four teams believe they can emulate the 2010 Packers. Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, heavily criticized for sitting out in the second half of the NFC title game last January with a knee injury, finished off Sunday’s win over San Diego despite a broken thumb on his right hand. His throwing hand. Caleb Hanie performed well in staging a minicomeback in that playoff loss to the Packers, but he hasn’t thrown a pass this season and remains an unknown quantity as Chicago (7-3) tries to stay in front in the NFC wild-card race. True, Cutler can be unpredictable, even erratic, but he seems to be mastering coordinator Mike Martz’s offense and cutting down on the game-turning mistakes and poor decisions. “We’re going to miss a great player for a period of time,” coach Lovie Smith said. Yet, the injury could be survivable for Chicago if the defense, special teams and running back Matt Forte keep playing the way they have. And, no more injuries would be helpful. “Caleb’s been around here a long time and the team feels comfortable with him leading us,” Smith said. “There’s a lot of good things happening. Don’t feel sorry for us or anything like that. We have a lot of things in place.” So, it would appear, does Houston. The Texans (7-3) never have made the playoffs, but have a twogame lead in the weak AFC South, have won four straight, have a terrific running game and an emerging defense, and will be getting back star receiver Andre Johnson this week. They also are without their starting quarterback, Matt Schaub, out for weeks with a right foot injury. Along with the season-ending injury to star linebacker Mario Williams, that could spell doom for Houston. Or not. “The guys are confident. It’s the ‘next guy up’ kind of attitude,” said linebacker Brian Cushing, who knows the next guy behind center is previously underachieving Matt Leinart. “We know we’re going to step up, we know we’re going to play better football. We lost a hell of a leader, a hell of a football player. But at the same time, other guys are going to have to play. Everyone’s play is going to rise. The sky’s the limit for us. We’ve got six games left and we’re going to try to take care of them.” The worries in Baltimore about making defensive stands while Ray Lewis is on the sideline waving towels and growling at the opposition were relieved a bit with the three interceptions, two sacks and numerous big plays against Cincinnati. Still, the Ravens’ offense is just spotty enough that they’ll need the defense to be staunch in the final six games. Luckily for Baltimore, leaders and stars abound on that unit, from Ed Reed to Haloti Ngata to Terrell Suggs. “Like I told the guys, there are 53 leaders on this team, and the guys know it,” Reed said. “The communication wasn’t there all the time with Ray not being there. We missed it. But guys made plays.” Linebacker Jameel McClain added, “Ray Lewis is a dominant force in football. Everybody knows that, so not having him makes the game different. But at the end of the day, we’ve got 11 guys out there that are prepared to play and go out there do what they had to do.” Michael Bush has done exactly that for the Raider by rushing for 461 yards over the last four games while Darren McFadden heals a right foot injury. The powerful, deceptively fast Bush has three TDs in that span and removed doubts that McFadden must carry the team. Coincidentally, the Raiders and Bears meet Sunday in a critical game for both teams. Whichever side better replaces its key missing parts can make a strong statement heading into December. As the final six weeks approach, nine teams already have needed to replace a starting QB, with both Chicago and Tennessee in line to do so Sunday. Many of those Miami, Indianapolis, Seattle, Arizona, St. Louis, Kansas City and Philadelphia do not have winning records. Still, as they will tell you in Chicago, Houston and Oakland, there is life after key injuries. 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