https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/001626fb867e4e4907e3d7b6ce6a9268.pdf 05753f24612895a0196f893a7c5ee45a PDF Text Text Ohio Valley Church Chats CHURCH s 4 8 AM 2 PM 8 PM 52° 47° 36° Cooler today with considerable cloudiness. Partly cloudy tonight. High 57° / Low 26° Today’s weather forecast Lady Oaks hold off Meigs WEATHER s 6 SPORTS s 7 C_ZZb[fehjšFec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 28, Volume 72 Name released in death investigation Suspected overdose possible cause of death By Sarah Hawley shawley@aimmediamidwest. com POMEROY — A woman found dead at a residence near Middleport on Wednesday died of a suspected overdose according to the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office. Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood stated that Jacqueline Lynn Petrie, 53, was found dead on a bed in the residence located at 38660 Bradbury Road, near the intersection of Bradbury Road and Noble Summit Road. A call came in to the sheriff’s office at 4:27 p.m. from the residence of an unresponsive person but on arrival the deceased was the only person found to be there, said Wood. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) was called in on Wednesday evening to assist with the investigation into the case. Alleged drug paraphernalia was located at the residence during the execution of a search warrant on Wednesday evening. Interviews are being conducted in relation to the case and the investigation remains ongoing. Petrie had no visible injuries and her body has been sent Montgomery County for an autopsy. Crafters unite for fallen police families By Dean Wright Westerville families of the officers that were killed” and community members are using their crafting skills to create GALLIPOLIS — and sell Thin Blue Line With the deaths of inspired items through a pair of responding Westerville officers last the group. “Anything we’re Saturday having rocked doing is based around the Ohio law enforcethe Thin Blue Line,” ment community, one Gallia woman has taken said Brea. “The Thin it upon herself to reach Blue Line represents out to the crafters of her law enforcement who community in hopes of daily protect the nation. supporting the families They’re courageous, compassionate, fearless, of the fallen officers. fair and benevolent. Brea Elliot, a Gallia They’re ready to save Sheriff’s Office comand ready to serve missary clerk and wife and protect, even if it of Gallia Deputy Jonameans giving their life than Elliot, created a for yours. The black Facebook group called the Gallia County Thin background is a constant reminder of all Blue Line Crafting Community. The group the fallen officers and sacrifices, a reminder was created Sunday that we will never forget and, as of Wednesday morning, amassed over and a reminder that we are never left alone. The 300 followers. blue line is what police Brea says money made from the effort is See CRAFTERS | 3 going “directly to the deanwright@aimmedimidwest. com INDEX Obituaries: 2 TV listings: 2 Church: 4 Church Directory: 5 Weather: 6 Sports: 7 Classifieds: 8 Comics: 9 Friday, February 16, 2018 s 50¢ Crowning Valentine’s Royalty Photos by Lorna Hart | Courtesy Pictured are outgoing Queen Nora Rice, with this year’s winner Marjorie Moody. Overbrook Rehabilitation Center celebrates Valentine’s Day By Lorna Hart Special to the Sentinel MIDDLEPORT — Overbrook Rehabilitation Center in Middleport celebrated Valentine’s Day with their tradition of crowning of a king and queen. Residents submit entries and vote on the top four nominees. Truman Hall was crowned King and presented with a box of chocolates and Marjorie Moody was selected as queen and received a dozen red roses. Runners up included Lillie Hart, Laraine Neff and Annette Boyd for queen and Teddy Warner, Rollie Stewart, and Robert Rickard for king. Following the presentation of the 2018 court, residents, staff, and family members enjoyed refreshments and party favors in the dinning hall. Decorations for the party were made by the Overbrook Craft Club, who had also made Valentine boxes that lined the halls. According to Activities Director Penny DeLong, residents and staff had enjoyed exchanging cards throughout the week in the boxes. Residents also Overbrook Valentine’s Queen Marjorie Moody and King Truman Hall received cards sent by local schools and other organizations. “We try to always have something for the residents to be involved in,” said DeLong. “We enjoy bringing residents, staff, families and the community together for these holiday events, and Valentine’s Day is always fun.” Lorna Hart is a freelance writer for The Daily Sentinel. Rio Grande students study in Wales By Jessica Patterson erations in the community and provide students an understanding of its RIO GRANDE — The significance to the region. As part of this effort, University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Commu- the university established the Welsh Student nity College takes pride Exchange Program to in the Welsh heritage of give students the chance Southeastern Ohio. The Madog Center for Welsh to study abroad at the Studies on campus strives University of Wales, Trinity St. David in Carmarthto preserve this heritage en and Swansea, Wales. and the Welsh-American connection for future gen- Director of the Madog Special to OVP Center, Jeannie Jindra, said Rio has been sending students to the university since 2002. “This is a wonderful relationship between our universities. Trinity St. David has partnerships with institutions across the globe and they are always so excited to have our students. This year we sent one of the students to Trinity’s Swansea campus about 30 miles from Camarthen,” Jindra said. “This year was also the first time our students have gone to separate campuses, so I’m proud of their success studying abroad. Having the opportunity to meet and experience a different culture with students from all over the world allows our students See STUDENTS | 3 New pasture improvement funding now available Application deadline is March 16 JOIN THE CONVERSATION What’s your take on today’s news? Go to mydailysentinel. com and visit us on facebook to share your thoughts. weather. The Pasture Improvement Project will help farmers install Submitted conservation practices and manage their pastures in a way that improves the quality of the pasture COLUMBUS — The USDA and the health of grazing livestock, Natural Resources Conservation while also protecting natural Service (NRCS) is now offering a Pasture Improvement Project to eli- resources. The conservation pracgible Ohio farmers in Adams, Ath- tices available through this project ens, Fayette, Jackson, Meigs, Pike, include access roads, watering facility, livestock pipeline, fencing, Scioto, and Vinton Counties. Pasture is a predominant agricul- heavy use area protection, stream tural land use in Ohio’s hilly Appa- crossings, and spring development. The financial assistance for this lachian region. Grazing animals can cause erosion problems in pastures, project is provided through the Environmental Quality Incentives especially when the ground is wet Program (EQIP). EQIP is a voland when the animals are contained near the farmstead in colder untary conservation program that helps agricultural producers protect the environment while promoting agricultural production. With EQIP, NRCS conservation experts provide technical assistance to implement environmentally beneficial conservation practices on working agricultural land. Individuals interested in applying for the Pasture Improvement Project should make an appointment with the local NRCS conservationist as soon as possible. In Meigs County, if you are interested in applying for the EQIP Pasture Improvement Project, contact Carrie Crislip, District Conservationist at 740-992-6646. �OBITUARIES/NEWS/TV 2 Friday, February 16, 2018 MEIGS CHURCH CALENDAR Saturday, Feb. 17 RACINE — Carmel Sutton United Methodist Church will be hosting a Community Valentine Dinner at 6 p.m. The free dinner is open to the public. The entertainment promises to be fun and uplifting. Childcare is provided. The church is located at 31435 Pleasant View Road, Racine, Ohio. For more information call 740-508-0843. MIDDLEPORT — Old Bethel FWB will be having a gospel sing 6 p.m. Pastor Wendy Caldwell invites the public to attend. Wednesday, Feb. 21 POMEROY — Common Grounds Mission will host a movie night showing the film Catching Faith at 6 p.m. Popcorn and refreshments will be served. Daily Sentinel TOPS holds meeting TUPPERS PLAINS — TOPS (Take off Pounds Sensibly) Ohio #2013 held its recent meeting at the Tuppers Plains UMC. The best loser for the week was Glenda Hunt. She received the “Fruit Basket” that is given to weekly best losers. Glenda also received an award for keeping weekly food intake charts for the month of January. It was noted that weekly food intake charts are beneficial for weight management. Co-Leader, Connie Rankin encouraged the group to participate in keeping the charts. The charts follow the policy, “If you bite it; you write it”. This gives a better overview of intake and makes it easier to identify areas that promote or thwart weight loss or maintenance efforts. Business discussed was the attendance of SRD (State Recognition Day) on April 6 and 7. Nine members from the chapter plan on attending. Leader Pat Snedden is proceeding with making the travel and registration arrangements. The members reminisced previous SRD’s. It was of the opinion that everyone who experiences SRD not only enjoys it but also becomes inspired in their own weight man- agement journey. The Chapter currently has two ongoing contest. The Marble Game and the Dime Game. Progress on these contest was reported. The group had open discussion about the following topics:Diabetics requiring 6 small meals a day and the problems that they confront as they attempt weight management combined with blood sugar issues. Stress eating — It is estimated that 75 percent of overeating is caused by stress. The best way to deal with the overeating is to deal with the catalyst of the stress. How to get your inspiration to return — Members agreed that this is necessary for weight loss after having lost focus or regained weight previously lost. Discussion centered around, “How to get your “click” back”, because getting the weight loss focus to “click” in your mind will be key in making it happen. The meeting was dismissed by members saying the “Helping Hand” motto. TOPS #OH 2013 meets every Monday evening at 6 p.m. at the Tuppers Plains UMC. For more info call Leader, Pat Snedden at 740-5419696. MEIGS BRIEFS Editor’s Note: Meigs Briefs will only list event information that is open to the public and will be printed on a space-available basis. University Jazz Ensemble directed by Matt James will present an evening of Jazz, Swing, Big Band, and Dance Music from 7-10 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 23 at Riverbend Arts Council, 290 N. 2nd Avenue, Middleport, Ohio. Tickets are Adult $20 and Student $10 and POMEROY — The K of C Council will be having a fish fry at include refreshments. Advance the Sacred Heart Church in Pome- tickets can be purchased at King roy on March 2, 9, 16 and 23 from Hardware, Middleport, Ohio or Clark’s Jewelry Store, Pomeroy, noon to 7 p.m. Ohio. Call 740-992-2675 for more info. Fish Fry scheduled at Sacred Heart Upcoming blood drives in area Upcoming blood donation opportunities include: Feb. 21, 1:30-7 p.m. at Meigs Primary School; Feb. 21, 1-6 p.m. at Mulberry Community Center; Feb. 22, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Southern High School. Jazz Ensemble performance MIDDLEPORT — The Ohio Immunization Clinic Tuesday POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will conduct an Immunization Clinic on Tuesday from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. at 112 E. Memorial Drive in Pomeroy. Please bring child(ren)’s shot records. Children must be accompanied by a parent/ legal guardian. A $15 donation is appreciated for immunization administration; however, no one will be denied services because FRIDAY EVENING BROADCAST 3 (WSAZ) 4 (WTAP) 6 (WSYX) 7 (WOUB) 8 (WCHS) 10 (WBNS) 11 (WVAH) 12 (WVPB) 13 (WOWK) CABLE 6 PM 6:30 WSAZ News 3 (N) WTAP News at Six (N) ABC 6 News at 6pm (N) Arthur NBC Nightly News (N) NBC Nightly News (N) ABC World News (N) Newswatch (N) 7 PM 7:30 Wheel of Jeopardy! 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RACO Games at community center 8:30 29 (FREE) 30 (SPIKE) 31 (NICK) 34 (USA) 35 (TBS) 37 (CNN) 38 (TNT) 39 (AMC) 40 (DISC) 42 (A&E) 52 (ANPL) 57 (OXY) 58 60 61 (WE) (E!) (TVL) 62 (NGEO) 64 (NBCSN) 65 (FS1) 67 (HIST) 68 (BRAVO) 72 (BET) 73 (HGTV) 74 (SYFY) PREMIUM 6:30 7 PM 7:30 (5:50) Split (‘16, Hor) James McAvoy. Three (:50) 500 (SHOW) 8:30 BEAVER GALLIPOLIS — Christopher W. “Chris” Beaver, 41, of Gallipolis, died on February 14, 2018 at the OSU Wexner Medical Center. Services will be noon on Monday, February 19, 2018 at Willis Funeral Home. MILLER GREENSBORO, N.C. — Ansley Jordan Miller, 31, of Greensboro, N.C., passed away Thursday, February 8, 2018. A memorial service will be held Saturday, February 17, at 3 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, 615 Viand Street, Point Pleasant, WV, 25550. MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS Editor’s Note: The Daily Sentinel appreciates your input to the community calendar. To make sure items can receive proper attention, all information should be received by the newspaper at least five business days prior to an event. All coming events print on a spaceavailable basis and in chronological order. Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@aimmediamidwest.com. Saturday, Feb. 17 9:30 9 PM 9:30 9 PM 9:30 Suicide Squad (2016, Action) Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Will Smith. A government official sends a team of supervillains personalities warring inside his mind. TV14 to fight a new and powerful threat. TV14 (5:45) Good Will Hunting (‘97, Dra) Ben Affleck, (:55) Jason Bourne (2016, Action) Julia Stiles, Alicia Matt Damon. A math genius gets therapy in order to Vikander, Matt Damon. Jason Bourne finally remembers overcome his past and realize his full potential. TV14 who he is. He searches for the truth behind his past. TV14 (5:30) Con Air A parolee must stop a (:25) Sleepless Jamie Foxx. A corrupt police The Trade A trafficker group of violent convicts who have taken detective's secret life is exposed when his explains how heroin enters the US. (N) over a transport plane. TVMA son is taken by a drug lord. TV14 400 (HBO) teenagers are kidnapped by a man with 24 450 (MAX) 8 PM CARTER PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Mabel Carter, 83, of Parkersburg, W.Va., formerly of Point Pleasant, W.Va., died February 8, 2018 at Camden Clark Memorial Hospital. There will be no visitation. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. 9 PM 10 PM 10:30 10 PM 10:30 M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H Bellevue "Hello Little Light" UEFA Soccer Champions League Tottenham vs Juventus UEFA Soccer Champions League Man. City vs Basel NBA Basketball All-Star Celebrity Game (L) Boxing Top Rank Raymundo Beltran vs. Paulus Moses (L) NCAA Basketball Rhode Island at St. Bonaventure (L) NCAA Basketball Georgia State at Georgia Southern (L) The Rap Game "The Press Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B (2014, Biography) Elise Daddy's Little Girls (2007, Romance) Idris Elba, Neal, Lyriq Bent, Alexandra Shipp. TVPG Tasha Smith, Gabrielle Union. TVPG Got U Stressed" (N) (4:30) The (:40) Mulan (1998, Animated) Eddie Murphy, BD (:45) Up (‘09, Ani) Edward Asner. A widower ties balloons to his Flintstones Wong, Ming-Na Wen. TVG house and inadvertently brings a boy along on his journey. TVPG Mixed Martial Arts Bellator 194 Roy Nelson vs. Matt Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (‘08, Adv) Harrison Ford. Indiana Jones races to uncover the secrets behind a mysterious crystal skull. TVPG Mitrione Site: Mohegan Sun Arena -- Uncasville, Conn. (L) Sponge (N) Danger (N) Hunter (N) SpongeBob The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water TVG Full House Full House Modern Fam Modern Fam Modern Fam Modern Fam Modern Fam Modern Fam Modern Fam Modern Fam Modern Fam Modern Fam Family Guy Family Guy Brooklyn 99 Brooklyn 99 Ant-Man (‘15, Act) Michael Douglas, Paul Rudd. TV14 ELeague (N) The Situation Room OutFront Anderson Cooper 360 Anderson Cooper 360 CNN Tonight Bones Bones Bones NBA Basketball Rising Stars Challenge (L) (4:30) The Book of Armageddon (1998, Adventure) Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Bruce Willis. A drill rigger and his crew Armageddon Eli Denzel Washington. TV14 embark on a mission to blow up an asteroid heading for Earth. TV14 TV14 Gold Rush "Broken Men" Gold Rush: Pay Dirt (N) Gold Rush "Live Kickoff" Gold Rush (N) White "Boulder Battles" (N) (5:00) Live PD Live PD (N) /(:05) Live PD: Live PD Live access inside the country's busiest police Rewind (N) forces. (L) (N) Treehouse Masters Treehouse Masters Treehouse Masters (N) Treehouse Masters (N) Treehouse Masters Secrets Uncovered "Lost Dateline: Secrets SecretsUncovered "Mystery Mysteries & Scandals (N) Snapped "Kimberly Ross" A Uncovered "A Texas Twist" and Found" in Orange County" (N) young father goes missing. Lockup "Broken Promises" Love After Lockup Mama June Not to Hot Mama June Not to Hot (N) Love After Lockup (N) (4:30) Couples Retreat E! News (N) It's Complicated (‘09, Rom) Steve Martin, Meryl Streep. TVMA E! News M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H Loves Ray Loves Ray Loves Ray Loves Ray Mom Mom Lockdown "San Antonio Lockdown "Women on the Alaska State Troopers Alaska State Troopers "DUI Alaska Troopers "Blacked Gang War" Edge" "Drug Bust" on the 4th of July" Out and Belligerent" (5:00) Olympics Ice Hockey PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics Figure Skating (M) Final (L) (:10) PyeongChang 2018 Beyond Wheel "2018" (N) RaceDay NASCAR Truck Racing NextEra Energy Resources 250 (L) RaceClsc (N) Race Classic Ancient Aliens "Decoding Ancient Aliens "A Ancient Aliens: Declassified "Angels, Gods and Heroes" Angels and gods may have less the Cosmic Egg" Spaceship Made of Stone" to do with the mystical and more to do with aliens. (N) Housewives Atlanta Married to Medicine MarriedMed "Island Fever" Medic. "Circle of Truth" (N) Housewives Atlanta (5:05) Barbershop 2: Back in Business Baggage Claim (2013, Comedy) Taye Diggs, Paula Patton. TVPG The Quad House Hunt. House Hunt. House Hunt. House Hunt. Dream Home Dream Home Dream H. (N) Dream H. (N) H.Hunt (N) House (N) (5:30) Conan the Barbarian (2011, Action) Ron Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Perlman, Rose McGowan, Jason Momoa. TV14 "Xmas Story" 6 PM VANSICKLE ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — J. (John) Rayburn VanSickle, formerly of Point Pleasant, W.Va., died Sunday, February 11, 2018, at his residence in St. Petersburg, Fla. A memorial service will be held Saturday, February 17 at 1 p.m. at Deal Funeral Home in Point Pleasant. John leaves behind many Rayburn and VanSickle relatives as well as friends to mourn his passing. All are invited to share in this memorial. Friday, Feb. 16 18 (WGN) Blue Bloods 24 (ROOT) Basketb. (N) Villanova (N) 25 (ESPN) SportsCenter (N) 26 (ESPN2) Around Horn Interruption 27 (LIFE) JONES LEON — Pamela Michelle Jones, 55, of Leon, W.Va., died February 14, 2018 in Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, Ohio. Service will be Saturday at 7 p.m., February 17, 2018 at the Casto Funeral Home, Evans, W.Va., with Pastor Marshall Bonecutter and Pastor Richard Parsons officiating. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. until time of service Saturday at the funeral home. RACO Games at the Syracuse Community Center will be held on Feb. 22. Doors open at 5 p.m. games start at 6 p.m. Purses, cookware, dishes, and many other nice items. Syracuse Community Center will be serving food for sale. Tickets may be purchased from Gina Hart Hill, Kim Romine at 740-992-7079 or 740-992-2067, Racine Optometric Clinic at 740-949-2078 or from any RACO member. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16 PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics Figure Skating (M) Free Final, Alpine Skiing (W) Super G Final, Freestyle Skiing (W) Aerials Final, Skeleton (W) (L) PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics Figure Skating (M) Free Final, Alpine Skiing (W) Super G Final, Freestyle Skiing (W) Aerials Final, Skeleton (W) (L) A Bug's Life (1998, Animated) Voices of Kevin 20/20 Interviews and hardSpacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Dave Foley. TVG hitting investigative reports. Washington #MeToo, American Masters "Maya Angelou" The prolific life of Week (N) Now What? author and activist Maya Angelou is celebrated. (N) A Bug's Life (1998, Animated) Voices of Kevin 20/20 Interviews and hardhitting investigative reports. Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Dave Foley. TVG Big Brother: Celebrity Edition Follow a group of people Hawaii Five-0 "Hana Komo living together. Pae" The X-Files "This" Eyewitness News at 10 The X-Files "My Struggle III" p.m. (N) Washington #MeToo, American Masters "Maya Angelou" The prolific life of Week (N) Now What? author and activist Maya Angelou is celebrated. (N) Big Brother: Celebrity Edition Follow a group of people Hawaii Five-0 "Hana Komo living together. Pae" 8 PM DEATH NOTICES 10 PM 10:30 Real Time With Bill Maher (N) Strike Back (N) Word Is Bond A look at the power of lyrics. (N) MIDDLEPORT — Snack and Canvas with Michele Musser will be held at 6 p.m. at the Riverbend Art Council, 290 North 2nd Avenue, Middleport, Ohio. For more information and to reserve a space call Michele at 740-416-0879 or Donna at 740-9925123. County Health Dept. will be closed in observance of Presidents’ Day. Normal business hours resume at 8 a.m. on Feb. 20. LETART TWP. — The regular meeting of the Letart Township Trustees will be held at 5 p.m. at the Letart Township Building. Tuesday, Feb. 20 POMEROY — Pomeroy Council will meet at 7 p.m. The meeting is moved from the 19th due to the President’s Day holiday. Friday, Feb. 23 MARIETTA — The Regional Advisory Council for the Buckeye Hills POMEROY — The Regional Council (Aging Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter of the DAR will and Disability program) meet at the Pomeroy will meet at 10 a.m. in Library downstairs board- the Buckeye Hills office at 1400 Pike Street in room 1 p.m. Program will be about the DAR Marietta. supported schools. Berry College will be highlighted. Berry College has the largest campus in the world with 28,000 acres. CHESTER TWP. — Meigs County Ikes monthly meeting 7 p.m. at the Club House on Sugar Run Road. Yearly dues being collected. POMEROY — Meigs Saturday, Feb. 24 Monday, Feb. 19 AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC (USPS 436-840) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes every Sunday and Tuesday through Friday. Subscription rate is $131.61 per year. Prices are subject to change at any time. 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Continuing the tradition MIDDLEPORT — As an annual February tradition and in observance of Valentine’s Day, the women’s group (whether it be Women’s Society of Christian Service, (WSCS), United Methodist Women (UMW), or Eleanor Circle) of Heath United Methodist Church in Middleport, has completed a cookie project to deliver to those that are ill, shut in, invalid, or just in need of a little cheer. At the February meeting each year, the members bring two dozen cookies, compile a list of those needing a “cookie” visit, assemble the cookie trays, and then decide who, on the list, they will visit for a cookie delivery. This project has been ongoing for at least 50 years and those on the receiving end are always appreciative. Information provided by Jennifer Harrison. Crafters Heath UMC WSCS ladies completing cookie project in the 1960s included (L to R) Freda Mitch, Dorothy Roller, Beulah Hayes, Mildred Ziegler, Lorena Davis, Mrs. McDade, Mrs. Wayland. At the February 2018 meeting of Heath UMC Eleanor Circle members assembled cookie trays. Florida contacting me wanting to help and people that can’t craft are donating money to go towards shipping costs.” Several hats and scarves are already displayed throughout the group’s newsfeed. “This really hit home when the two Westerville officers were tragically killed yesterday,” says Brea in a video on the community’s group page. “I really think that the hatred needs to stop, but for the families that are now grieving because their loved ones were taken from them so soon, I would like to create this group to do something personal, that creates meaning and is from the heart to be able to give back to this community and other communities like them.” Brea said that as a mother of two boys and the wife of a deputy, she could not imagine having to tell her sons that their father could not come home, but acknowledged that is a reality law enforcement families have to contend with in order to serve the public’s welfare. going on all the time. The art classes were very discussion-based, opposed to here where we focus From page 1 on the process of makto bring that multicultur- ing the art. This was a great opportunity for me alism and globalization because it gave me new back to our campus to ideas to apply to my own share with others.” This year, two Rio stu- projects and share with my classes here,” Lawdents who applied were rence said. “I loved getselected for the study ting to travel, meet new abroad program. Katie people and experience Oiler studied primary new cultures. I’m glad education at Trinity’s Rio has this opportunity Camarthen campus, and and the Madog Center Keri Lawrence studied because I think it’s imporgeneral fine arts at the tant to see the world from Swansea campus. Stua different view. I really dents studying abroad encourage other students at Trinity are required to take advantage of this to enroll in modules in their major area of study opportunity.” While in Wales, the at their home university. students took several Lawrence, a Fine Arts senior from Pomeroy said cultural trips through she enjoyed getting to see the program during the exchange, exploring sevthe world, as well as her eral towns throughout major, from a new perWales and England. As spective. descendants of Welsh set“Studying in Swansea tlers, both Lawrence and was a very different Oiler took these trips as experience from Rio. It’s an opportunity to learn larger a city with a lot more about their own families’ roots. Oiler, a sophomore early education major from South Webster, said she enjoyed these trips, but had a special connection to her time in Camarthen. “The students at Trinity really accepted us and made us feel welcome on campus. I plan to bring some of what I learned about education in Wales back to my future classroom after I graduate,” Oiler said. “When I was in high school, we did some projects with lineage, and I found out my family was from Wales, and my great-grandmother was actually from Camarthen, which motivated me to take part in this program. Studying in the same town she had lived in felt like a new way of getting to know her. That connection made Camarthen feel like a home away from home.” Southeastern Ohio has a deep history in Welsh From page 1 stand on and protect, the barrier between anarchy and civilized society.” The symbol is commonly used to express support of police and those who have died in the line of duty. “All of our crafts will have the Thin Blue Line in them,” said Brea. “We have people making hats and paracord bracelets, pins, wreaths. Anything you can think of really. We’ve got people from Students Dean Wright can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2103. PARKLAND, Fla. — The teenager accused of using a semi-automatic rifle to kill 17 people at a Florida high school confessed to carrying out one of the nation’s deadliest school shootings and carried extra ammunition in his backpack, according to a sheriff’s department report released Thursday. Nikolas Cruz told investigators that he shot students in the hallways and on the grounds of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, north of Miami, the report from the Broward County Sheriff’s Office said. Cruz said he brought more loaded magazines to the school and kept them in the backpack until he got to campus. As the gunman moved through the school, he fired into five classrooms — four on the first floor and one on the second floor, Sheriff Scott Israel said. The shooting lasted for three minutes. The assailant then went to the third floor and dropped his AR-15 rifle and the backpack and ran out of the building, attempting to blend in with fleeing students, Israel said. After the rampage, the suspect headed to a Wal-Mart and bought a drink at a Subway restaurant before walking to a McDonald’s. He was taken into custody about 40 minutes after leaving the McDonald’s, the sheriff said. A day after the attack, a fuller portrait emerged of the shooter, a loner who had worked at a dollar store, joined the school’s ROTC program and posted photos of weapons on Instagram. At least one student said classmates joked that Cruz would “be the one to shoot up the school.” The 19-year-old orphan whose mother died last year was charged with murder Thursday in the assault that devastated this sleepy community on the edge of the Everglades. It was the nation’s deadliest school attack since a gunman targeted an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, more than five years ago. Meanwhile, students Susan Stocker | South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, pool A video monitor shows school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz, left, making an appearance before Judge Kim Theresa Mollica in Broward County Court on Thursday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Cruz is accused of opening fire Wednesday at the school, killing 17 people and injuring others. struggled to describe the violence that ripped through their classrooms just before the school day ended. Catarina Linden, a 16-year-old sophomore, said she was in an advanced math class Wednesday when the gunfire began. “He shot the girl next to me,” she said, adding that when she finally was able to leave the classroom, the air was foggy with gun smoke. “I stepped on so many shell casings. There were bodies on the ground, and there was blood everywhere.” State Sen. Bill Galvano visited the high school Thursday and was allowed to go up to the third floor, where he was shown bullet holes that marked where Cruz had tried to shoot out the windows at pointblank range. But the high-impact glass did not shatter. Authorities told Galvano that Cruz apparently wanted to shoot out the windows so he could fire on the students running away from the school. Police told Galvano that it was not that difficult to open the windows. “Thank God he didn’t,” Galvano said. Among the dead were a football coach who also worked as a security guard, a senior who planned to attend Lynn University and an athletic director who was active in his Roman Catholic church. The last of the bodies were removed from the high school Thursday after authorities analyzed the crime scene. Thirteen wounded survivors were still hospitalized, including two in critical condition. Authorities have not offered any specific motive, except to say that Cruz had been kicked out of the high Courtesy photos (Top Photo) Katie Oiler with the city skyline on a cultural trip while studying abroad at University of Wales, Trinity St. David. Oiler said she enjoyed studying at Trinity’s Camarthen campus and living in the town where her great-grandmother grew up. (Bottom Photo) Rio senior Keri Lawrence explores the Welsh countryside during a cultural trip while studying abroad at University of Wales, Trinity St. David. Lawrence is the first Rio student to study at Trinity’s campus in Swansea, Wales. culture due to the large number of Welsh settlers who came to the region. Jindra said this, along with the similar land- scapes of the two regions, plays a part in making the students feel more at home in Wales. “Our programs through school, which has about 3,000 students and serves an affluent suburb where the median home price is nearly $600,000. Students who knew him described a volatile teenager whose strange behavior had caused others to end friendships with him. Cruz was ordered held without bond at a brief court hearing. He wore an orange jumpsuit with his hands cuffed at his waist. His attorney had her arm around Cruz during the short appearance. Afterward, she called him a “broken human being.” He was being held under a suicide watch, Executive Chief Public Defender Gordon Weekes told reporters. Wednesday’s shooting was the 17th incident of gunfire at an American school this year. Of the 17 incidents, one involved a suicide, two involved active shooters who killed students, two involved people killed in arguments and three involved people who were shot but survived. Nine involved no injuries at all. As the criminal case began to take shape, President Donald Trump, in an address to the nation, promised to “tackle the difficult issue of mental health,” but avoided any mention of guns. Trump, who owns a private club in Palm Beach, about 40 miles from Parkland, said he planned to visit the grieving community. He did not answer shouted questions about guns as he left the room. Trump, who did not speak publicly immediately after the shooting, weighed in on Twitter early Thursday, calling the suspect “mentally disturbed” and stressing that it was important to “report such instances to authorities, again and again!” the Madog Center add something extra to the quality of educations students receive here at Rio. They see dragons on the street signs, the flood wall and the flags around the village,” Jindra said. “Once we receive applications and interview the potential students, we work with financial aid and the academic departments to make sure they are ready to study abroad. I think this process shows how the offices on campus work together to make sure our students have an outstanding experience studying abroad.” Jindra said Rio is already taking applications for students who wish to study at Trinity St. David this coming fall semester. For more information on the Madog Center for Welsh Studies, contact Jeannie Jindra at 740-245-7186. Jessica Patterson is a communications specialist for the University of Rio Grande. �CHURCH 4 Friday, February 16, 2018 Daily Sentinel ‘I wanna be different’ Groaners should hold to the rule of groaning Identity. It’s a touchy subject. Who or what defines you? Modern culture tends to equate identity with popularity. In other words, our level of acceptance determines our importance. Don’t believe me? Look at a teenager’s social media account. A colTeen lection of so Testimony many highlight Isaiah reels, longing Pauley for acceptance. I know because I often find myself there. Look at the middle-aged adult. Trying to gain acceptance. I mean, he doesn’t even say words like that until he’s around that guy. Look at the elderly. Trying to keep pace with the conversation at hand. Oh, can I just fit in? Identity is a battle. The way you find your identity determines how you live your life. Throughout my eighteen years of existence, I’ve learned this firsthand. But I’ve come to a conclusion: I wanna be different. Last week, I got a new pair of glasses. Glancing upon the shelves, I spotted the perfect pair. A clear frame with circular lenses. I loved them. After all, they were “Ernest Hemingway glasses.” Maybe wearing his glasses would make me a better writer! But these glasses were different. I mean, how often do you see a kid walking around with clear, circular glasses? Not very often. But I didn’t care. Why? Because I wanna be different. So I left the store, clear spectacles in hand. Being different is so much more than a particular pair of glasses. It’s just the first story that comes to mind. Truth be told, we have an opportunity to be different each and every day. Consider John the Baptist. He was certainly different. “John’s clothes were woven from coarse camel hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist. For food he ate locusts and wild honey. People from Jerusalem and from all of Judea and all over the Jordan Valley went out to see and hear John. And when they confessed their sins, he baptized them in the Jordan River” (Matt. 3:4-6 NLT). John knew who he was in the eyes of God. He embraced his identity, even if it meant being different. I’m learning that my desire to be different stems from my relationship with Jesus. Because I know who I am in Him, I’m unashamed to be different. As Jesus followers, we’re called to be different. Paul writes, “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect” (Rom. 12:2 NLT). And that’s my message for you today. I’m not telling you to purchase clear glasses, eat locusts, or wear camel skins. Instead, I’m encouraging you to be different for God. “For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago” (Eph. 2:10 NLT). I don’t know about you, but I love my comfort zone. It holds me secure, keeping me from stupid mistakes. Comfort zones do for my mind what a blanket does for my body—it protects me from the bitter cold and chaos. But I’m learning something: I must escape my comfort zone to reach my fullest potential. In other words, if I really want to live for God on this earth, I must be different. Grandison’s mouth hung slack-jawed. He could not believe what he had just heard the Lord say to him. Grandison had walked up to the judgment seat with a few prepared things he felt he needed to say to the Lord before the Lord got into judging him. He had a lengthy list of complaints accumulated from his lifetime of inconveniences and sufferings, and he intended on giving the Lord a piece of his tongue and a piece of his mind. First of all, he found it incredulous how the Lord had permitted him to suffer throughout his adult years. He had to work for a living, and it was hard getting up and going to the company’s office. He worked one job for forty years, and only raked in 120K a year. That was hardly enough to keep up his boat and motor, plus a new car every year, plus an annual vacation for the family. He had had it hard. And, he planned on telling the Lord that the Lord had not taken good enough care of him. Second, there was that church he attended. The Lord frequently kept laying additional things on the heart of those preachers, which meant Isaiah Pauley is a senior at Wahama High School. He can be followed at www. isaiahpauley.com, or on Facebook at Isaiah Pauley Page. But, he survived. that the preaching serBut, he was really vices always went longer mad how the Lord had than noon. not preserved his life The choir did not that last time. The Lord help the situation either, should have warned him because they always had to slow down so that he to sing all eight verses of “Just As I Am” during Pastor Ron would not have missed dead man’s curve—the invitation time in an Branch attempt, he judged it, Contributing and not have plowed through the guardrail— to coerce that one last columnist -and not have plunged person to the altar. The 200 feet over the cliff. invitation times were His tickets for the Steelers’ just too long, and he resented game had even got burned it. up in the crash. That lengthy Then there was that one church service had made him guy who always was called late for getting started for on to dismiss the service the game. That was the very with a word of prayer. He reason why he had to drive so always preached his dismissal prayer that was always at least fast. And, he planned on telling twenty minutes long before the “Amen” was said and done. By the Lord that the Lord had not protected him well enough in that time Grandison’s bladder his life. was aching horribly. But, Grandison found himAnd, Grandison planned self utterly chagrined that the on groaning to the Lord how Lord did not let him get a word poorly the Lord had run the in edgewise, and right there in church services. the middle of Heaven telling Finally, Grandison planned to raise the complaint that the him in front of all the others and the angels, “You groaned Lord did not keep him from and complained too much!” dying often enough. Once he Back during the days of the had by-pass surgery that gave Bible, a Psalmist indicated his him a new lease on life. He determination to groan and had not died at that time. He complain unto the Lord. Job contracted cancer and had to suffer through the treatments. wanted to groan and com- plain. So did Jeremiah and Habakkuk. It rather leads us to consider the rule the people of God should go by when their lives are focused on groaning and complaining. The rule starts with considering that if a person has reason to complain it is the Lord Himself. Our senseless sinfulness exacted of Him the need to leave His wonderful Heavenly home and divine glory to do something for us what we could not do for ourselves. While here, He was criticized and lied about, but did not complain. He was ostracized and rejected, but did not groan about it. He did no wrong, but was mercilessly beaten. He was ruthlessly crucified and suffered severely. But, even during those moments of dying, He did not groan. He did not complain. What should be the groaner’s rule for complaining? Go figure. In the mean time, no one paid Grandison any attention. After all, salvation, redemption, and God’s deep rich blessings should sufficiently keep our mouths from running off with groaning and complaining. Pastor Ron Branch lives in Mason County and ministers in the local area. Your soul is worth it Temptation - A problem word read and study God’s When God gave the word that we too might Law to Moses, He had be blessed in all that we a few commandments do, and that we might specifically for those remain faithful to God. men who would be The Bible is not anointed as king over meant to be an ornaHis people. Among other things, God told Search the ment on a shelf, a these future kings that, Scriptures coffee table book, or a prop carried to and when they had been Jonathan from religious services. chosen to be king, they McAnulty God intended for His were to sit down and, book to be read, reread, writing it out by hand, studied, read some more, make a copy of the Bible for themselves. Having completed meditated upon, memorized, and then read some more. this task, those same kings “These words,” says the were then commanded to read Lord, “shall be in your heart.” and study their copy of God’s word daily, so that they might (Deuteronomy 6:6) To which the faithful Psalmist replied, be blessed. (cf. Deuteronomy “Your word I have hidden in 17:18-20) my heart.” (Psalm 119:11) Though it is no longer necThe best way for that word essary for copies of books to to get into the heart is via the be handwritten, it is, today, eyes. no less important for God’s Which is to say, like the people, whom He has made to be priests and kings (cf. 1 See SOUL | 6 Peter 2:9; Revelation 1:4-5) to so hungry, but He This Sunday is the answered, “No. The first Sunday of Lent, Bible says man does the few weeks before not live by bread Easter when we all are alone.” Jesus knew asked to think about He shouldn’t use His how we are living our power for selfish realives and if we need to work on any areas God’s Kids sons. Jesus knew God to try to improve. We Korner sent Him to do more should also take the Pastor Ann important things. Next, the devil told time especially now to Moody Jesus that He could remember and thank have power over all Jesus for His sacrifice He made for us on the cross. the kingdoms of the world— all of the armies, castles, and For this first Lenten week, riches—Jesus could have it I’d like to talk about a big all. He could be the boss of word—temptation. Tempeverybody and everything! tation, or being tempted, He just needed to do one, is when you want to do tiny thing. He would have something even though you know it’s not the best choice. to worship the devil instead of the one, true God. Jesus Adults and children are all said, “No. The Scripture tells tempted, so it never really us to worship the Lord and goes away. The temptations just may change somewhat as to serve only God.” Jesus knew that God was the One we grow older. truly in charge and that to be Some of these may seem minor, but some are very big faithful to God was right - to follow the devil, even for all ones and hard to resist, and you will have to decide what the money and power in the you will do right then. Maybe world, would be absolutely it will be something just like wrong and lead to misery. The devil took one, last sneaking a piece of candy after your Mom has told you shot at tempting Jesus away from what He was meant not to, or it may be someto do and be in this world. thing like cheating on a test The devil took Jesus to at school or keeping money you just found on the ground. Jerusalem and lifted Him up Doing what is right and what to the very tippy-top of the we’d like to do are often hard, Temple. He said, “Okay now, show me Your stuff. Throw hard decisions that face us all throughout our lives. The Yourself down from this high flicker that goes through our place, and let’s watch God save You.” Jesus said, “No. minds is that no one will know or find out, so just this It is not right to test God in such a way.” Jesus knew His once won’t hurt, but in our power was not for show but hearts, we know differently. to do good and bring people Yes, all of us are tempted to make wrong choices now and to God. The devil gave up, and then. That is not a sin; it’s Jesus got to work, teaching what we do when tempted and preaching about God, that sometimes turns into God’s love and forgiveness, sin. But guess what: even and showing people how to Jesus was tempted in our be God’s faithful servant. story this week as found in Everyone is tempted to Luke 4: 1-13. do the wrong thing now After Jesus’ baptism, He and again. Making the good went into the wilderness all choice to say “No” to temptaby Himself to pray. He was there for forty days and forty tion is what Jesus did and what we can do too. But nights—over a month! He when we sometimes make prayed and prepared Himthe wrong choice, Jesus self to begin His ministry of preaching and teaching to the understands and promises people about God. He didn’t to forgive us, so that we can move on and make the right even eat during these forty days and forty nights. At the choice the next time. All we have to do is pray to Him. end of His pilgrimage in the Let’s pray together. Dear wilderness, the Bible tells us He was tempted by the devil. God, it helps us to know that Jesus went through the same As I said, He hadn’t eaten kinds of things in life that for over a month, so He we go through. Help us to was really, really hungry. He noticed some smooth stones make good choices like Jesus did. And when we make that looked like loaves of mistakes, please forgive us bread on the ground. The and help us to do better devil said, “I know you’re next time. In Jesus’ name we super hungry. Turn these pray, Amen. stones into loaves of bread if You are the Son of God, Ann Moody is pastor of Wilkesville First that is.” Jesus was tempted Presbyterian Church. because He had never been ‘This one is for Jesus!’ about and waving the Many years ago, our Valentine as if it were daughter was preparing an oriental fan, singing, Valentine Day notes the “Here it is, Jesus! Here’s other day for some of Your Valentine! Come her friends, when she and get it!” snatched up a “SleepThat evening, she was ing Beauty” card with a A Hunger sitting in my lap while great big, red heart on for More I sat in my chair, and it and held it up in her hand, waving it around Pastor Thom she told me again about how she was giving her enthusiastically. Mollohan Valentine to Jesus. When “This one is for she was done, she held Jesus!” she announced. Sleeping Beauty ranks number it in front of me solemnly and then slipped it into my shirt one (at the moment) of her favorite princesses. “I’m going pocket. “Would you hold it for me until I can give it to Jesus?” to give Him this one!” she asked. Her mother replied, “Oh, I pulled it back out of my you are, are you? How’re you pocket. “I think that maybe going to do that?” you should take this and put it “When I go to Heaven, I’m away with some of your other going to take it with me and when I see Jesus, I’m going to special things, sweetie!” She smiled and took it from my run up to Him and give it to Him!” she explained carefully. hand, running off to presumWhat can you say? Her mom ably place it with her other smiled at her, commended her treasures. There, she did it again. for wanting to give Jesus her best valentine, and moved on. She, as do all of my children, has a way of coming into the Later on, the subject came up again with two of her older hum-drum routine of daily life and lobbing “deep thoughts” brothers. She told them that she planned to give her Valen- my way with reckless abandon. Sometimes those “deep tine to the Lord Jesus. They thoughts” blow in like bubbles, listened thoughtfully, and when she had finished, one of inspiring warm and comforting images of God’s great grace her brothers said with good and patience; sometimes, like intentions, “That’s nice, but I don’t know that Jesus will ever bricks, they break the windows of presumption of my heart read it. Well, He can read it and I find myself a bit rattled. but it’s not like He’s going to In this particular instance, come down and just get it.” I was not in any particular His younger brother interhurry to contemplate again rupted, “Ah, but how do you the mortality of my children. I know? He could!” On that thought, my daugh- would be much less disturbed ter began to whirl around the See JESUS | 6 room like a ballerina, flitting �CHURCH DIRECTORY Daily Sentinel Friday, February 16, 2018 5 Meigs County Church Directory Fellowship Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic Van Zandt and Ward Road. Pastor: James Miller. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; evening, 7:30 p.m. The Refuge Church 121 W 2nd St.Pomeroy, Oh 45769. Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Pastor: The Rev. Jordan Bradford.,740-209-0039 info@trclife.org Emmanuel Apostolic Tabernacle, Inc. Loop Road off New Lima Road, Rutland. Pastor: Marty R. Hutton. Sunday services, 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, 7 p.m. *** Assembly of God Liberty Assembly of God Dudding Lane, Mason, W.Va. Pastor: Neil Tennant. Sunday services, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. *** Baptist Carpenter Independent Baptist Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; preaching service, 10:30 a.m.; evening service, 7 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Cheshire Baptist Church Pastor Dr. Jim Williams, Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; evening service, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Call: 740-367-7801. Hope Baptist Church (Southern) 570 Grant Street, Middleport.. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Rutland First Baptist Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. Pomeroy First Baptist East Main Street, Pomeroy. Pastor: Jon Brocket. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. First Southern Baptist 41872 Pomeroy Pike. Pastor: David Brainard. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. First Baptist Church Sixth and Palmer Street, Middleport. Pastor: Billy Zuspan. Sunday school, 9:15 a.m.; worship, 10:15 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Racine First Baptist Pastor: Ryan Eaton. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Silver Run Baptist Pastor: John Swanson. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; evening, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6:30 p.m. Mount Union Baptist Pastor: Randy Smith. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; evening, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6:30 p.m. Old Bethel Free Will Baptist Church 28601 Ohio 7, Middleport. Pastor Everett Caldwell. Sunday service, 10 a.m.; Tuesday and Saturday services, 6 p.m. Hillside Baptist Church Ohio 143 just off of Ohio 7. Pastor: Rev. James R. Acree, Sr. Sunday unified service. Worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6 p.m. Victory Baptist Independent 525 North Second Street, Middleport. Pastor: James E. Keesee. Worship, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Faith Baptist Church Railroad Street, Mason. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Forest Run Baptist 108 Kerr Street ,Pomeroy,Oh, Pastor:Rev Randolph Edwards, Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; worship, 11:30 a.m. Mount Moriah Baptist Fourth and Main Street, Middleport.,Oh. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. Antiquity Baptist Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m.; Sunday evening, 6 p.m. Rutland Freewill Baptist Salem Street, Rutland. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11:30 a.m.; evening service and youth meeting, 6 p.m.; Pastor Ed Barney. Second Baptist Church Ravenswood, W.Va. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; evening, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. First Baptist Church of Mason, W.Va. W.Va. Route 652 and Anderson Street. Pastor: Robert Grady. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; morning church, 11 a.m.; evening, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Pageville Freewill Baptist Church 40964 SR #684 Pageville, OH Sunday 9:30 am, Wednesday 6:30 pm *** Catholic Sacred Heart Catholic Church 161 Mulberry Ave., Pomeroy. Pastor: Rev. Mark Moore. (740) 992-5898. Saturday confessional 4:45-5:15 p.m.; mass, 5:30 p.m.; Sunday confessional, 8:45-9:15 a.m.; Sunday mass, 9:30 a.m.; For Mass schedule visit athenscatholic.org. *** Church of Christ Westside Church of Christ 33226 Children’s Home Road, Pomeroy. (740) 992-2865. Sunday traditional worship, 10 a.m., with Bible study following, Wednesday Bible study at 7 p.m. Hemlock Grove Christian Church Pastor Diana Carsey Kinder, Church school (all ages), 9:15 a.m.; church service, 10 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Pomeroy Church of Christ 212 West Main Street. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Middleport Church of Christ Fifth and Main Street. Pastor: David Hopkins. Youth Minister Mathew Ferguson. Sunday school, 9 a.m; Morning Worship Service 10 am, Sunday evening 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Keno Church of Christ Pastor: Jeffrey Wallace. First and Third Sunday. Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. Bearwallow Ridge Church of Christ Pastor: Bruce Terry. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6:30 p.m. Zion Church of Christ Harrisonville Road,Rutland,. Pastor: C Burns,Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Tuppers Plains Church of Christ Worship service, 9 a.m.; communion, 10 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:15 a.m.; youth, 5:50 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Bradbury Church of Christ 39558 Bradbury Road, Middleport. Minister: Justin Roush. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Rutland Church of Christ Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship and communion, 10:30 a.m. Bradford Church of Christ Ohio 124 and Bradbury Road. Minister: Russ Moore. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday adult Bible study and youth meeting, 6:30 p.m. Hickory Hills Church of Christ Tuppers Plains. Pastor: Mike Moore. Bible class, 9 a.m.; Sunday worship, 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible class, 7 p.m. Reedsville Church of Christ Pastor: Jack Colgrove. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship service, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m. *** Christian Union Hartford Church of Christ in Christian Union Hartford, W.Va. Pastor: Mike Puckett. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. *** Church of God Mount Moriah Church of God Mile Hill Road, Racine. Pastor: James Satterfield. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Rutland River of Life Church of God Pastor: Sam Buckley: Sunday worship, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Syracuse First Church of God Apple and Second Streets. Pastor: Rev. David Russell. Sunday school and worship, 10 a.m.; evening services, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6:30 p.m. Church of God of Prophecy O.J. White Road off Ohio 160. Pastor: P.J. Chapman. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. *** Congregational Trinity Church 201 E. Second St., Pomeroy. Worship, 10:25 a.m. Pastor Randy Smith. *** Episcopal Grace Episcopal Church 326 East Main Street, Pomeroy. Holy Eucharist, 11 a.m. *** Holiness Independent Holiness Church 626 Brick Street, Rutland. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Worship Service, 10:30 a.m.; Evening Service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Community Church Main Street, Rutland. Pastor: Steve Tomek. Sunday worship, 10 a.m.; Sunday services, 7 p.m. Danville Holiness Church 31057 Ohio 325, Langsville. Pastor: Paul Eckert. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday prayer service, 7 p.m. Calvary Pilgrim Chapel State Route 143. Pastor: Mark Nix. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Rose of Sharon Holiness Church Leading Creek Road, Rutland. Pastor: Rev. Dewey King. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday prayer meeting, 7 p.m. Pine Grove Bible Holiness Church One half mile off of Ohio 325. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Wesleyan Bible Holiness Church 75 Pearl Street, Middleport. Pastor: Matt Phoenix. Sunday: worship service, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday SWISHER & LOHSE OH-70023383 OH-70004085 OH-70004190 PHARMACY 636 E. Main Street Pomeroy, OH 45769 SwisherandLohse.com (740)992-2955 service, 7 p.m. 740-691-5006. *** Latter-Day Saints Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ohio 160. (740) 446-6247 or (740) 446-7486. Sunday school, 10:20-11 a.m.; relief society/ priesthood, 11:05 a.m.-12 p.m.; sacrament service, 9-10-15 a.m.; homecoming meeting first Thursday, 7 p.m. *** Lutheran Saint John Lutheran Church Pine Grove. Worship, 9 a.m.; Sunday school, 10 a.m. Our Savior Lutheran Church Walnut and Henry Streets, Ravenswood, W.Va. Pastor: David Russell. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. Saint Paul Lutheran Church Corner of Sycamore and Second streets, Pomeroy. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. *** United Methodist Graham United Methodist Pastor: Richard Nease. Worship, 11 a.m. Bechtel United Methodist New Haven. Pastor: Richard Nease. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Tuesday prayer meeting and Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Mount Olive United Methodist Off of 124 behind Wilkesville. Pastor: Rev. Ralph Spires. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Thursday services, 7 p.m. Alfred Pastor: Gene Goodwin. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Chester Pastor:Walt and Sheryl Goble. Worship, 9 a.m.; Sunday school, 10 a.m. Joppa Pastor: Denzil Null. Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. Long Bottom Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Reedsville Pastor: Gene Goodwin. Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; first Sunday of the month, 7 p.m. Tuppers Plains Saint Paul Pastor: Mark Brookins, Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10:15 a.m.; Bible study, Tuesday 10 a.m. Asbury Syracuse. Pastor: Wesley Thoene. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday services, 7:30 p.m. Flatwoods Pastor:Walt and Sheryl Goble. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11:15 a.m. Forest Run Pastor: Wesley Thoene. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 9 a.m. Heath 339 S. 3rd Ave., Middleport. Pastor: Rebecca Zurcher. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Asbury Syracuse Pastor: Wesley Thoene. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. New Beginnings Pomeroy. Pastor:Walt and Sheryl Goble. Worship, 10 a.m.; Sunday school, 9:15 a.m.. Rocksprings Pastor: Walt and Sheryl Goble. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; Worship Service 10 am:; 8 am worship service with Lenora Leifheit Rutland Pastor: Mark Brookins. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Thursday services, 7 p.m. Salem Center Pastor: John Chapman. Sunday school, 10:15 a.m.; worship, 9:15 a.m.; Bible study, Monday 7 p.m. Bethany Pastor: James Marshall. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 9 a.m.; Wednesday services, 10 a.m. Carmel-Sutton Pastor: James Marshall. Carmel and Bashan Roads, Racine.. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, noon. Morning Star Pastor: James Marshall. Sunday school, 11 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m. East Letart Pastor: Bill Marshall. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m.; First Sunday evening service, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Racine Pastor: Rev. William Marshall. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Tuesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Coolville United Methodist Church Main and Fifth Street. Pastor: Helen Kline. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 9 a.m.; Tuesday services, 7 p.m. Bethel Church Township Road 468C. Pastor: Phillip Bell. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Hockingport Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Torch Church County Road 63. Sunday school, 9:30 am.; worship, 10:30 a.m. *** Free Methodist Laurel Cliff Laurel Cliff Road. Pastor: Bill O’Brien. Sunday school, 9:30; morning worship, 10:30; evening worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible Study, 7 p.m. *** Nazarene Point Rock Church of the Nazarene Route 689 between Wilksville and Albany. Pastor: Larry Cheesebrew. Sunday School, 10 a.m.; worship service, 11 a.m.; evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 6 p.m. New Hope Church of the Nazarene 980 General Hartinger Parkway, Middleport. Pastor Bill Justis and Pastor Daniel Fulton. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; morning worship, 11 a.m.; evening worship, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday evening Bible study, 6:30 p.m.; men’s Bible study, 7 p.m. Reedsville Fellowship Pastor: Russell Carson. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Syracuse Church of the Nazarene Pastor: Daniel Fulton. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m., worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday and Sunday evenings, 7 p.m. Chester Church of the Nazarene Pastor: Will Luckeydoo. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday morning service, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6 p.m. Rutland Church of the Nazarene Pastor: Ann Forbes. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening, 6 p.m. *** Non-Denominational Christ Temple Fellowship Church 28382 State Route 143, Pomeroy. Services are 6 p.m. Sunday with Pastor Dennis Weaver. For information, call 740-698-3411. Common Ground Missions Pastor: Dennis Moore and Rick Little. Sunday, 10 a.m. Team Jesus Ministries 333 Mechanic Street, Pomeroy. Pastor: Eddie Baer. Sunday worship, 10:30 a.m. New Hope Church Old American Legion Hall, Fourth Ave., Middleport. Sunday, 5 p.m. Syracuse Community Church 2480 Second Street, Syracuse., Sunday evening, 6:30 p.m. A New Beginning (Full Gospel Church). Harrisonville. Pastors: Bob and Kay Marshall. Thursday, 7 p.m. Amazing Grace Community Church Ohio 681, Tuppers Plains. Pastor: Wayne Dunlap. Sunday worship, 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Oasis Christian Fellowship (Non-denominational fellowship). Meeting in the Meigs Middle School cafeteria. Pastor: Christ Stewart. Sunday, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Community of Christ Portland-Racine Road. Pastors: Dean Holben, Janice Danner, and Denny Evans. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Bethel Worship Center 39782 Ohio 7 (two miles south of Tuppers Plains). Pastor: Rob Barber; praise and worship led by Otis and Ivy Crockron; (740) 667-6793. Sunday 10 a.m.; Affiliated with SOMA Family of Ministries, Chillicothe. Bethelwc.org. Ash Street Church 398 Ash Street, Middleport. Pastor: Mark Morrow. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; morning worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 6:30 p.m.; youth service, 6:30 p.m. Agape Life Center (Full Gospel church). 603 Second Ave., Mason. Pastors: John and Patty Wade. (304) 7735017. Sunday 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Abundant Grace 923 South Third Street, Middleport. Pastor: Teresa Davis. Sunday service, 10 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Faith Full Gospel Church Long Bottom. Pastor: Steve Reed. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Friday fellowship service, 7 p.m. Harrisonville Community Church Pastor: Theron Durham. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Middleport Community Church 575 Pearl Street, Middleport. Pastor: Sam Anderson. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; evening, 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7:30 p.m. Faith Valley Tabernacle Church Bailey Run Road. Pastor: Rev. Emmett Rawson. Sunday evening, 7 p.m.; Thursday service, 7 p.m. Syracuse Mission 1141 Bridgeman Street, Syracuse. Sunday School, 10 a.m.; evening, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Dyesville Community Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Morse Chapel Church Worship, 5 p.m. Faith Gospel Church Long Bottom. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Full Gospel Lighthouse 33045 Hiland Road, Pomeroy. Pastor: Roy Hunter. Sunday school, 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday evening, 7:30 p.m. South Bethel Community Church Silver Ridge. Pastor: Linda Damewood. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m. Second and fourth Sundays; Bible study, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Carleton Interdenominational Church Kingsbury. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship service, 10:30 a.m.; evening service, 6 p.m. Freedom Gospel Mission Bald Knob on County Road 31. Pastor: Rev. Roger Willford. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m. Fairview Bible Church Letart, W.Va., Route 1. Pastor: Brian May. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Faith Fellowship Crusade for Christ Pastor: Rev. Franklin Dickens. Friday, 7 p.m. Calvary Bible Church Pomeroy. Pastor: Rev. Blackwood. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7:30 p.m. Stiversville Community Church Pastor: Bryan and Missy Dailey. Sunday school, 11 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Rejoicing Life Church 500 North Second Ave., Middleport. Pastor: Mike Foreman. Pastor Emeritus: Lawrence Foreman. Worship, 10 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Clifton Tabernacle Church Clifton, W.Va. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Full Gospel Church of the Living Savior Route 338, Antiquity. Pastor: Jesse Morris. Saturday, 2 p.m. Salem Community Church Lieving Road, West Columbia, W.Va. (304) 675-2288. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday evening, 7 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Hobson Christian Fellowship Church Pastor: Herschel White. Sunday 7 p.m. Wednesday, 7 p.m. Restoration Christian Fellowship 9365 Hooper Road, Athens. Pastor: Lonnie Coats. Sunday worship, 10 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. House of Healing Ministries (Full Gospel) Ohio 124, Langsville. Pastors: Robert and Roberta Musser. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Hysell Run Community Church 33099 Hysell Run Road, Pomeroy, Ohio; Pastors Larry and Cheryl Lemley. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; morning worship 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 7 p.m.; Sunday night youth service, 7 p.m. ages 10 through high school; Thursday Bible study, 7 p.m.; fourth Sunday night is singing and communion. Endtime House of Prayer Ohio 681, Snowville; Pastor Robert Vance. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.; Bible Study, Thursday 6 p.m. Mount Olive Community Church 51305 Mount Olive Rd, Long Bottom, OH 45743 Sunday School 9:30 am, Sunday Evening 6 pm, Pastor: Don Bush Cell: 740444-1425 or Home: 740-843-5131 *** Pentecostal Pentecostal Assembly Tornado Road, Racine. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; evening, 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. *** Presbyterian Harrisonville Presbyterian Church Pastor: Rev. David Faulkner. Sunday worship 9:30 a.m. Middleport Presbyterian Pastor: Jim Snyder. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship service, 11 a.m. Pastor Jim Snyder. (740) 645-5034. *** United Brethren Eden United Brethren in Christ Ohio 124, between Reedsville and Hockingport. Pastor Peter Martindale. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Mount Hermon United Brethren in Christ Church 36411 Wickham Road, Pomeroy. Pastor: Adam Will. Adult Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.; Worship and Childrens Ministry – 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday Adult Bible Study and Kingdom Seekers (grades 4-6) 6:30 p.m. www. mounthermonub.org. *** Wesleyan White’s Chapel Wesleyan Coolville Road. Pastor: Rev. Charles Martindale. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. �NEWS/WEATHER 6 Friday, February 16, 2018 Soul From page 4 kings of old, God wants us to be reading His word every day. There is a practical side to this. We must, first of all, have a copy of the Bible in our possession to read it. Having said copy of the Bible, it needs to be readable. And, ideally, it should also be fairly sturdy, able to take the wear and tear that comes from being constantly handled. It is unfortunate that most people, when it comes to owning a Bible, don’t take these things into consideration as important. Leaving aside, for the moment, the not-unimportant matter of translation, one should take some time to consider the binding, paper thickness and font size of a Bible that is truly meant to be read. Unfortunately, it seems that a lot of individuals, when buying a Bible, mainly consider the price of the book, and not whether or not the book, as printed can actually be read, studied, and handled extensively. But what good is a Bible that has print too small to be seen, and is bound so cheaply as to fall apart after a week or two of solid reading? Let us advocate for a moment the idea that a person buying a Bible, whether for themselves, or another, should buy a book of good quality. It is a sad commentary that most “gift” Bibles are cheap things that cost five or six dollars, and are printed with such a small font that only the very young have a hope of reading it, and the covers of said Bible are often little more than thick paper. The sentiment in giving such a gift is often commendable, but as a practical tool, meant to 2 PM 52° 47° AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™ (in inches) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. yest. 0.0 Month to date/normal 0.2/4.4 Season to date/normal 7.4/15.9 Today 7:19 a.m. 6:07 p.m. 7:51 a.m. 7:03 p.m. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Sat. 7:17 a.m. 6:08 p.m. 8:24 a.m. 8:03 p.m. MOON PHASES First Feb 23 Full Mar 1 Last New Mar 9 Mar 17 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for fish and game. Today Sat. Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Major 11:30a 12:18p 1:12a 2:03a 2:55a 3:48a 4:41a Minor 5:45a 6:34a 7:23a 8:14a 9:07a 10:00a 10:54a The AccuWeather.com Cold Index combines the effects of local weather with a number of demographic factors to provide a scale showing the overall probability of transmission and symptom severity of the common cold. 3 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme WEATHER TRIVIA™ Q: What are ice flowers? SUN & MOON Major ---12:45p 1:35p 2:26p 3:19p 4:12p 5:07p Minor 6:08p 6:57p 7:46p 8:38p 9:30p 10:25p 11:21p WEATHER HISTORY On Feb. 16, 1958, a storm brought heavy, windblown snow to the northern and mid-Atlantic states. Accumulations from Washington, D.C., through Philadelphia and New York City to Boston exceeded 12 inches. SATURDAY AIR QUALITY 0 50 100 150 200 300 500 Primary pollutant: Particulates Air Quality Index: 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very unhealthy; 301-500, Hazardous. Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services OHIO RIVER Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. yesterday Location Willow Island Marietta Parkersburg Belleville Racine Point Pleasant Gallipolis Huntington Ashland Lloyd Greenup Portsmouth Maysville Meldahl Dam Flood Stage 37 34 36 35 41 40 50 50 52 54 50 50 51 Level 12.47 21.09 24.23 12.39 12.58 30.81 15.56 40.62 44.93 16.43 43.20 43.90 44.10 24-hr. Chg. -0.73 +0.30 -1.70 -0.01 none -3.66 -2.94 -2.04 -1.57 -0.94 -1.10 +0.60 +1.20 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 MONDAY 53° 39° 66° 59° Mostly cloudy, cooler; afternoon rain Milder with times of clouds and sun Cloudy and warmer with occasional rain Adelphi 48/23 Chillicothe 49/25 Logan 49/22 Waverly 51/24 Lucasville 52/26 Portsmouth 54/26 Ashland 59/30 Grayson 57/29 Thom Mollohan and his family have ministered in southern Ohio the past 22 ½ years. He is the author of The Fairy Tale Parables, Crimson Harvest, and A Heart at Home with God. He blogs at “unfurledsails. wordpress.com”. Pastor Thom leads Pathway Community Church and may be reached for comments or questions by email at pastorthom@pathwaygallipolis.com. WEDNESDAY 72° 59° 56° 37° Chance for afternoon Chance of a little rain; rain or drizzle cooler NATIONAL CITIES Marietta 54/24 Belpre 55/25 St. Marys 55/24 Parkersburg 55/25 Coolville 54/24 Wilkesville 53/24 POMEROY Jackson 56/26 51/25 Ravenswood Rio Grande 57/26 54/26 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 44/25 GALLIPOLIS 57/26 58/27 57/26 Elizabeth 57/25 Spencer 57/26 Buffalo 58/27 Ironton 59/30 THURSDAY 71° 41° Cloudy and warm with showers Murray City 50/23 Athens 52/24 McArthur 50/23 public polling. The Senate votes left the young immigrants facing a March 5 deadline that Trump has given Congress for restoring the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, that he annulled last year. Federal courts have blocked him temporarily from dismantling the Obama-era initiative, but without congressional action the immigrants will face growing risks of deportation as their protections expire. is my child giving his or her heart?” While you cannot decide for your child to accept God’s love expressed to us through Jesus Christ, what are you doing to be a catalyst in his or her life that he or she comes to know God’s love personally? What about you, your choices, your lifestyle, and your priorities is pointing that child to an abiding relationship with his or her Creator? If you are finding yourself painfully unable to answer this, then why not turn the direction of your life over to God right now and ask Him to help you to be the person your child needs you to be, even if he or she has reached adulthood? Take in faith God’s desire to set things straight and His will to turn things around if you will surrender yourself to Him. Allow God to set things right in your own heart and then, through your submitted will, allow Him to start making a difference in the life of someone you love. TUESDAY 45° 33° South Shore Greenup 58/29 53/25 37 SUNDAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. GOP leaders opposed it. The day’s votes, in which four separate proposals were defeated, illustrated anew Congress’ steep challenge in striking a deal on an issue that’s proven intractable for years and on which each party’s most fervent supporters refuse to budge. The outcome suggested there may be no permanent solution soon to help the Dreamers, who were brought to the U.S. as children, despite their sky-high support in with her Valentine held up high for Jesus, underscored to me the supreme importance that she truly gives her heart to Jesus, especially while she is yet a child. This weighs very deeply upon my heart… that she and my sons all come to a genuine and life-saving faith in Jesus Christ and then dwell in a deep and abiding relationship with Him. I thank the Lord for such a gentle reminder that every single moment that I have with each of them is a gift given to me from God. Obviously I do not wish to squander these moments of enjoying them, but I certainly do not want to lose the chance that I have while they are young to do all I can to help them see God the Father’s love for them and the need right now for them to seek Him with all of their hearts, all of their lives! “Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, ‘I have no pleasure in them’… before the silver cord is snapped… and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it” (Ecclesiastes 12:1, 6a, 7 ESV). If you are a parent, or have influence over little ones, ask yourself the question, “To whom EXTENDED FORECAST 1 AccuWeather.com Cold Index™ (in inches) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. yest. 0.19 Month to date/normal 3.76/1.60 Year to date/normal 6.67/4.57 Snowfall The AccuWeather.com Asthma Index combines the effects of current air quality, pollen counts, wind, temperature, dew point, barometric pressure, and changes from past weather conditions to provide a scale showing the overall probability and severity of an asthma attack. A: Ice crystals that form on calm, slowfreezing water. Precipitation in considering my own. Nevertheless, the “brick” has been thrown. When our second oldest son was only eight months old and we had been told that he likely had Leukemia (which, I am glad to say, he did not), my whole world was shaken to its core. When our daughter was arriving and the doctor suggested that neither the baby nor her mother may survive, I was profoundly shaken yet again. In the same way, when life-threatening events seemed to “zero in” on our other two children, we have been forced to reconsider our priorities! My daughter waxing on and on about giving her Valentine directly to Jesus painfully reminded me of her mortality, and then, as a result of that harrowing thought, of the importance of not losing focus on what is truly important. Frankly, I am glad for such reminders for they are opportunities for me to reevaluate how I am spending my life! As you know, Valentine messages are generally either made in the shape of hearts or are adorned by them. Her dancing, 36° HEALTH TODAY 72°/60° 46°/28° 77° in 1954 3° in 1943 From page 4 Cooler today with considerable cloudiness. Partly cloudy tonight. High 57° / Low 26° Statistics through 3 p.m. yesterday High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low Jesus 8 PM ALMANAC Temperature that helped propel him to the White House. Associated Press Also defeated was a plan by a bipartisan group of senators who WASHINGTON — offered a compromise The Senate left hunthat would have shielddreds of thousands of ed the young immi“Dreamer” immigrants grants and financed in limbo Thursday, Trump’s demands for rejecting rival plans money to build his that would have spared coveted border wall them from deportation with Mexico, though and strengthened the nation’s border security. more gradually than he Senators dealt President wants. Eight RepubliDonald Trump an espe- cans joined most Democrats in backing that cially galling defeat as plan, but it fell short more than a quarter of fellow Republicans aban- after the White House threatened a veto and doned him on an issue By Alan Fram and Kevin Freking Jonathan McAnulty is minister of Chapel Hill Church of Christ. 8 AM WEATHER Senate rejects immigration bills be used, read and studied, such Bibles are suboptimal, to say the least. What craftsman, when buying the tools of his trade is going to get a tool so cheap as to be worthless after a single use? Who, when buying tires for their car, buys the thinnest, saddest tires they can find, ones which will collapse after only a few miles? Do we not instead seek for tools that will last, or tires which will be secure mile after mile? The Bible is a tool, given buy God which, when used properly, will carry you through life, and into heaven. (cf. 2 Timothy 3:16; Romans 1:16) How sad is it that most people will spend more money to go to see a single movie at the theater, an experience lasting only a couple of hours, than they will on a Book which can give them knowledge for a lifetime. Too many are more willing to pay for a single meal than they are to buy that which will feed their soul day after day. One suspects it is because, for far too many, their Bibles are mere ornaments, left on a shelf unread. But if you are serious about wanting to know what the Bible says, and you plan on reading it every day, then, let us counsel you to take the time and the effort to get yourself a good Bible, one which you can read easily, and one which is sturdy enough to be used for years. Your soul is worth it. If, likewise, you would like to learn more about the Bible, the church of Christ invites you to study and worship with us at 234 Chapel Drive, Gallipolis, Ohio. Likewise, if you have any questions, please share them with us through our website: chapelhillchurchofchrist.org. 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By Bryan Walters Only two of the six local teams need a single win to advance to the district tournaThe high school postseason ment, while four more squads are searching for two victories is just around the corner, but to get out of their respective the area roads for the state sectionals. tournament were paved SunSouthern came away with day afternoon during the 2018 the Ohio Valley Publishing OHSAA Southeast District area’s highest seed in Division boys basketball tournament IV as the Tornadoes enter the selection meeting. postseason as a No. 2 seed Six area schools — Gallia Academy, Meigs, River Valley, and will play in a sectional final at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, Southern, South Gallia and Feb. 28, at Meigs High School Eastern — now know where against the winner of the their opening games will be South Webster-Federal Hockand who they will be facing ing contest. in their respective sectional A pair of local teams square matchups. bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com Bryan Walters | OVP Sports off in another D-4 postseason game as eighth-seeded Eastern faces ninth-seeded South Gallia in a sectional semifinal at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21, at Meigs High School. The winner faces top-seeded Trimble in the sectional final held at MHS at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27. Switching to Division II, the Blue Devils earned a three seed and will face sixth-seeded Zane Trace in a sectional final at 8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, at Larry Jordan Gymnasium inside Southeastern High See TOURNEY | 8 Elliott picked to follow dad’s path as NASCAR’s most popular driver DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Chase Elliott won a popularity contest before he even won a Cup Series race. Elliott was the overwhelming favorite to be crowned the sport’s next most popular driver. Although the actual award will be handed out in nine months, fellow NASCAR drivers polled at Daytona 500 media day expect Elliott to be a slamdunk winner. “I think he’s already won the 2018 most popular driver award,” Hendrick Motorsports teammate and seven-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson said. Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the award 15 consecutive years, including in 2017. But Earnhardt’s retirement left the title up for grabs. Well, sort of. All indications are Elliott will take over the top spot, maybe even for the foreseeable future. “I feel like he’s one of the most important ingredients in what NASCAR racing does going forward because of his family name,” 2014 Cup champion Kevin Harvick said. “He has the legacy that’s already been built in this sport by his dad. He’s come into this sport with a great name and already proven that he’s going to be competitive. He has those southeast, NASCAR ties to those core fans that none of the rest of us will ever have. He’s the guy.” Elliott is the 22-year-old son of Hall of Fame driver Bill Elliott. Both hail from Dawsonville, Georgia. Harvick called the younger Elliott the “biggest tie to our grass-roots NASCAR fan.” Elliott is entering his third full season at Hendrick Motorsports. He’s winless in 77 career Cup starts, but had 12 top-five finishes last year and five runner-ups. “When he wins the first time, you’re going to see things that you haven’t seen in a long time from fan reaction and just enthusiasm about this sport,” Harvick said. “And when that happens, it’s going to be good for all of us.” Johnson said Elliott is “going to be a superstar.” Elliott took all the praise in stride, saying he appreciated “the kind words for sure.” But he added that “Nothing is ever for sure till it’s for sure, right?” Bill Elliott, nicknamed “Awesome Bill from Dawsonville,” won the most popular award 16 times in 19 years. The late Dale Earnhardt won in 2001. OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Friday, Feb. 16 Boys Basketball River Valley at Meigs, 7:30 Chesapeake at Gallia Academy, 7:30 Belpre at Eastern, 7:30 South Gallia at Miller, 7:30 Girls Basketball Wirt County at Wahama, 7 p.m. Swimming River Valley at Ohio State district, TBA Saturday, Feb. 17 Boys Basketball Point Pleasant at Gallia Academy, 7:30 Wahama at Southern, 7:30 Girls Basketball (7) South Gallia vs (2) Federal Hocking at Meigs HS, 1 p.m. Wrestling TVC Championships at River Valley, 10 a.m. Photos by Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Meigs junior Madison Fields (center) drives in between Lady Oaks Peyton Miller (left) and Kasey Riley (22), during the Division III sectional semifinal on Wednesday in Jackson, Ohio. Lady Oaks hold off Meigs, 41-39 By Alex Hawley ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com JACKSON, Ohio — As was the case for most of the season, the Lady Marauders were close, but close wasn’t good enough. The 10th-seeded Meigs girls basketball team — which lost seven games by two-or-fewer possessions in the regular season — was eliminated from the postseason on Wednesday night in Jackson County, falling to seventh-seeded Oak Hill by a 41-39 count in the Division III sectional semifinal. Meigs (10-13) hit a three-pointer to open the game, but surrendered the next six points to the Lady Oaks (11-10) and never regained the advantage. The Lady Marauders tied the game at six with 3:55 left in the opening quarter, but were outscored by a 6-to-1 count over the remainder stanza. The Maroon and Gold began the second quarter with a 6-to-4 run, trimming their deficit to just three points, at 16-13, with 4:25 left in the first half. Oak Hill held Meigs scoreless for the remainder of the half, however, and the Lady Oaks went into the break with a 21-13 advantage. In a back-and-forth third period, the Lady Marauders cut the OHHS lead by one point, outscoring the Lady Oaks been able to get over the hump this year.” Both teams made 13 field goals in the game, Meigs in 50 attempts for 26 percent and Oak Hill in just 27 attempts for 48.1 percent. From beyond the arc, the Lady Marauders were 7-of-28 (25 percent), while the Lady Oaks were 1-of-5 (20 percent). MHS shot 6-of-10 (60 percent) from the free throw line, where OHHS was 14-of-24 (58.3 percent). The Maroon and Gold claimed a narrow 24-to23 rebounding advantage, including 11-to-4 on the offensive end. MHS turned the ball over nine Meigs junior Taylor Swartz (22) tries a two-pointer over Oak times, five fewer than the Hill senior Baily Ward (5), during the second half of the Lady victors, while picking up Tornadoes’ 41-39 setback on Wednesday in Jackson, Ohio. an 8-to-6 advantage in steals. Meigs also claimed by a 11-to-10 count in the attempts bounce off the a 8-to-6 edge in assists, rim in the final minute, stanza. while both teams rejected but ultimately fell by the The Oak Hill lead was two shots. 41-39 margin. back to nine points, at Betzing hit a trio of “The ball just wasn’t 33-24, within the openthree-pointers and led falling for us tonight, ing 10 seconds of the Meigs with 15 points, six unfortunately we had a fourth quarter, but an rebounds and four assists. 8-to-2 Meigs run made it lot of shots rattle in-andMadison Fields conout,” said MHS head a one possession game, at 35-32, with 2:30 left in coach Jarrod Kasun said. nected on a pair of triples and finished eight points, “We came out flat in the regulation. while Madison Hendricks first half, you can’t score The Lady Oaks were made one trifecta and had 13 points and expect to back up by six, at 40-34, five points. win a tournament game. with 1:15 to play, but a Noble and Taylor We played hard, we could Kassidy Betzing trifecta Swartz scored four points and a Marissa Noble two- have given up, we were apiece in the setback, down 6-or-8 points, but pointer cut the OHHS lead to one point with 49 that’s what this group has with Noble also grabbing six boards. Becca Pullins done. seconds left. rounded out the Lady “You look down the Peyton Miller made a Marauder total with three stretch our last three free throw for the Lady points on a long ball. games we lost by one, Oaks with 43 seconds to Betzing also led the go, making it a two-point lost in overtime and lost by two. We’ve been in game, at 41-39. Meigs See LADY OAKS | 8 games, we just haven’t had a pair of three-point �SPORTS/CLASSIFIEDS 8 Friday, February 16, 2018 Tourney From page 7 School. Meigs earned a nine seed in Division III and will face eighth-seeded Crooksville in a sectional semifinal at Jackson High School at 6:15 p.m. Monday, Feb. 19. The winner will take on top-seeded Oak Hill in the sectional final held at JHS at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23. River Valley earned a 12 seed in D-3 and will Lady Oaks face fifth-seeded South Point in a sectional semifinal at Jackson High School at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20. The winner will take on the winner of the Alexander-NelsonvilleYork contest in the sectional final held at JHS at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24. Visit seodab.org for complete pairings of the 2018 OHSAA Southeast District boys basketball tournament. points and five boards. Payton Crabtree, Kasey Riley and Olivia Clarkson contributed two points From page 7 each to the winning tally, with Crabtree leading the Maroon and Gold on Lady Oak defense with defense with four steals, four steals. while Noble and Pullins With the setback, the each blocked a shot. OHHS sophomore Cait- Lady Marauders must lyn Brisker hit the team’s say farewell to their two seniors, Madison Henonly three-pointer and finished with a game-high dricks and Devin Humphreys. 20 points, to go along “Devin, she was playing with a team-best two well all year and when assists. Bailey Ward had we lost her to a knee six points and a teambest six rebounds for Oak at Vinton, that really Hill, while Peyton Miller shortened our bench up,” Kasun said. “She played chipped in with five Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. solidly all year, she was a good rebounded, a good defender and could step out and hit shots. Madison Hendricks started off a little bit slow, her confidence was down at the beginning of the year, but then she really turned it on in the last half of the year and made our team a lot better.” With the majority of the team returning, Meigs is looking forward to the future. “We’ll have to work over this summer and come back next year,” Kasun said. “We’re going to work them, we’re going to be in here in the summer, it’s not an offseason. We’re going to get to the weight room, work on our shot and work on our handles. 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EURZVH�MREV�‡�SRVW�\RXU�UHVXPH�‡�JHW�DGYLFH jobmatchohio.com �SPORTS 10 Friday, February 16, 2018 Daily Sentinel Reds open camp with only 1 open spot in rotation GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — The Reds opened camp on Wednesday with one unclaimed spot in the rotation, a major improvement over last year. The question is whether their three veteran starters can make it to opening day without any setbacks. Cincinnati is counting on Anthony DeSclafani, Homer Bailey and lefthander Brandon Finnegan to stay healthy for a change, anchoring a rotation that has little experience beyond those three. Luis Castillo impressed as a rookie and is expected to get the fourth spot, leaving one open to competition. “The good thing is that it’s not open tryouts,” manager Bryan Price said. “But it’s not a getyour-arm-ready-for-theseason spring training, either.” DeSclafani, Bailey and Finnegan are in camp and appear to be fully recovered from injuries that limited them to a combined 22 starts. DeSclafani missed the entire season with a sore elbow, a year after being limited to 20 starts because of a strained left oblique. Bailey had elbow surgery before the start of spring training last year, his third straight season limited by injuries, and wound up making 18 starts. Finnegan separated his shoulder midway through the season. “I’ve been ready since I left for the offseason,” Finnegan said before the first workout. “Last year was tough. I’m not saying I’m the key, but it was rough watching the team lose and wanting to help.” The Reds allowed the most homers in the majors and were last in the NL in runs, walks and ERA at 5.17. With all the injuries, they called up rookies before they were ready, a major factor in their third straight 90-loss season. Finnegan is the only left-hander in the rotation. Price isn’t sure which spot he’ll get, waiting to see how he looks while pitching batting practice this month. “I’m confident he will make the rotation,” Price said. Finnegan went 10-11 with a 3.98 ERA in 31 starts in 2016, one season after joining the Reds as part of the trade that sent Johnny Cueto to Kansas City. His goal is to get through spring training without a medical issue. “I’ve never had a good spring training,” Finnegan said. “In the past, that’s just how it went. I’m concentrating on staying healthy.” Castillo was called up in June and impressed with his consistent fastball. He went 3-7 in 15 starts with a 3.12 ERA that was the best by an NL rookie. His eight quality starts were second on the staff. He’s been working on adding a breaking pitch. “His velocity sets him apart,” Price said. “You don’t see a lot of guys throw 95-97 mph for seven innings. It’s rare for a young pitcher to have the presence and comfort that he showed last year.” Keith Srakocic, file Ex-Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley, who had six successful seasons guiding one of the NFL’s most highpowered offenses in Pittsburgh, is starting anew in Cleveland with the winless Browns, a team he once reviled but has always respected. Former Steelers OC Haley excited about new start with Browns BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Todd Haley’s dad played for the Steelers, so he grew up in a household where enemy lines were clearly defined. “I hated the Browns,” Haley said. Not anymore. After six successful seasons guiding one of the NFL’s most high-powered offenses in Pittsburgh, Haley is starting anew in Cleveland with the winless Browns, a team he once reviled but always respected. Haley was hired last month by Browns coach Hue Jackson, who after two seasons of handling coordinator duties, is turning over both his offense and play calling to the former Kansas City head coach. It’s another new challenge for Haley, who was dismissed by the Steelers in the ugly aftermath of their playoff loss to Jacksonville. Haley opened his introductory news conference on Wednesday by touting a few of his accomplishments during “six really good years” coaching stars Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell with the Steelers, but then made it clear he has moved on. “I’m looking forward,” he said, “not back.” For Haley, the Browns, coming off a historic 0-16 season, present a new challenge in a coaching career that has had other tests. Following his departure in Pittsburgh, Haley said he was attracted to the Cleveland gig because of his familiarity with Jackson, working with new general manager John Dorsey and bringing back the Browns, who are just 1-31 the past two seasons. “I had some options, but this really appealed to me — the challenge aspect of it,” he said. “I think there are pieces in place to be successful. I went out to Arizona to be a coordinator, and Arizona had not had much success. “A lot of people thought I was crazy for leaving Dallas when I did, but man, when you are a part of turning it around and having success, playing in big games and having success in big games, there is nothing like it. “That is what appealed to me — the challenge and the people I was going to be working alongside of.” Haley felt the same way in Pittsburgh, almost up to the time that the Steelers chose not to renew his contract, cutting him loose three days after the AFC North champions were beaten 45-42 by the Jaguars. Haley had been criticized for several decisions in that loss, most notably two fourth downand-short plays that the Steelers failed to convert. There’s no second-guessing in Cleveland. At least not yet. Haley has spent the past few weeks familiarizing himself with the Browns’ roster, which is expected to undergo some major changes this offseason through free agency and the NFL draft. The Browns own the Nos. 1 and 4 overall picks and will likely use the first choice to select a quarterback. Haley didn’t bite when asked if he preferred USC’s Sam Darnold, UCLA’s Josh Rosen, Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield or Wyoming’s Josh Allen, the consensus top QBs available. However, Haley said it’s exciting to be in position to get one of them. “When you have a couple of really high picks like we do, it is a great opportunity,” he said. “As my father always said to me, ‘When you are picking in the top 10, Todd, you better be right most of the time.’ That will be the challenge for everybody involved.” Dick Haley played cornerback for the Steelers from 1961-64, and stayed in pro football after retiring as a player personnel director for Pittsburgh and the New York Jets. Bryan Walters|OVP Sports River Valley freshman Hannah Jacks (2) leads a fast break attempt during the first half of Wednesday night’s Division II sectional semifinal game against Vinton County at Jim Myers Gymnasium on the campus of Logan High School in Logan, Ohio. Lady Raiders fall to VC, 72-26 By Bryan Walters bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com LOGAN, Ohio — Cinderella’s clock sounded at the end of the first half … not at midnight. Top-seeded Vinton County made a 24-1 second quarter surge and ultimately ended the River Valley girls basketball team’s fairy tale run on Wednesday night during a 72-26 victory in a Division II sectional semifinal contest at Jim Myers Gymnasium on the campus of Logan High School in Hocking County. The ninth-seeded Lady Raiders (2-21) — who entered the contest on a two-game winning streak — needed just four seconds to take their only lead of the night after Hannah Jacks converted a layup off the opening tip, but the Lady Vikings (20-1) responded with eight straight points as part of an 11-3 surge that resulted in a six-point edge just 90 seconds into play. The Silver and Black countered with five straight points to close back to within a point (11-10) midway through the first, but VCHS retaliated with eight straight points while building its largest first quarter lead at 19-10 with 1:38 left. Beth Gillman, however, nailed a trifecta with 18 seconds left in the opening frame — trimming the River Valley deficit down to 19-13 after eight minutes of play. The Lady Raiders were never closer from there, as the Maroon and Gray reeled off a 16-0 run over the opening 5:15 of the second frame en route to a sizable 35-13 advantage. River Valley — which went 0-for-10 from the floor in the second stanza — broke into the scoring column with a Jaden Neal free throw at the 2:24 mark, but the Lady Vikings countered with seven straight points while securing a 43-14 cushion headed into the break. Vinton County led by as many as 43 points (62-19) in the third canto before taking a 62-21 lead into the finale. The hosts took their largest lead of the night at 48 points (7224) with 4:07 remaining in the contest. The 46-point triumph allowed VCHS to complete a three-game sweep of the Lady Raiders this winter after going perfect in both TVC Ohio matchups. The Lady Vikings won 56-26 at home back on Jan. 27 and also picked up a 79-29 decision at RVHS on Feb. 8. Vinton County — which has now won seven straight decisions — advances to the D-2 sectional final at LHS on Saturday when it faces fifth-seeded Fairfield Union at 1 p.m. RVHS coach Stephen Roderick hated to see what had been a magical week come to an end, but the second-year mentor noted his satisfaction in just far his troops had come since the last time they faced Vinton County. And, truth be told, the distance was considerable. “In the last week we’ve gone from 37 losses in a row to a winning streak and a tournament win. We have absolutely nothing to hang our heads about after tonight,” Roderick said. “Vinton County has a quality team and I don’t think anybody expected us to be playing in this game anyways, so a lot of the fun was just the journey in getting here. “We showed some fight early on and the kids did everything I asked of them tonight, but Vinton County simply had too much firepower for us. We had a nice little run, and I’m glad the kids got to experience that after all the work they’ve put in this year.” After Cassie Bentley’s five-point run gave VCHS a permanent lead in the opening stanza, Darian Radabaugh nailed three trifectas over the final 6:53 of the first quarter while building a twopossession lead. Josie Ousley scored eight points for the Lady Vikings during their 24-1 second period surge, which also led to a bit of history. Cassie Bentley converted a layup with 1:42 remaining before half, allowing her to reach the 1,000-point plateau for her career. The basket also gave Vinton County a 40-14 edge at the time. Ousley scored 10 more points during the third frame as part of a 19-7 run, then the hosts ended regulation with a 10-5 run. The Lady Vikings outrebounded RVHS by a sizable 54-30 overall margin and also committed 11 of the 37 total turnovers in the game. The Lady Raiders made 10-of-45 field goal attempts for 22 percent, including a 5-of-23 effort from three-point range for 22 percent. The guests were also 1-of-6 at the free throw line for 17 percent. Beth Gillman led River Valley with nine points and Kaylee Gillman followed with five points. Jaden Neal and Savannah Reese were next with three markers apiece. Jacks, Kaylee Tucker and Carly Gilmore completed the scoring with two points each. Cierra Roberts led the guests with six rebounds. The Lady Vikings netted 29-of-76 field goal attempts for 38 percent, including a 9-of-35 effort from behind the arc for 26 percent. The hosts were also 5-of-8 at the free throw line for 63 percent. Ousley paced VCHS with a game-high 23 points, followed by Radabaugh with 15 markers. Cassie Bentley was next with a double-double effort of 13 points and 15 rebounds, while Morgan Bentley had a doubledouble with 12 points and 13 rebounds. Erin Jones contributed three points to the winning cause, with Adrianna McManus, Laexi Erickson and Lydia Nichols completing things with two points apiece. It was the final basketball game for seniors Jaden Neal and Carly Gilmore in the Silver and Black. Replacing those two seniors will be a difficult task, but Roderick believes that the program will have enough experience returning to possibly pull off that feat next winter. Until then, there’s a lot more work to be done. “These last few games kind of served as motivation for these girls, so hopefully they can use this to get themselves better in the offseason. With what we should have returning, our future should be bright,” Roderick said. “I am going to miss those two seniors, though. They stuck it out through the hard times and they’ve done everything that I’ve asked of them. They’ve been real leaders of this program and to the younger kids. That’s going to be hard to replace.” The Lady Raiders finished the year in seventh place in the TVC Ohio standings with losses in all 12 of their games. River Valley’s last sectional championship came in 1998. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 02. February Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. 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