https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/be78703f40730255a416438424e1b4e7.pdf 8270cb94949c049edde28dc804e487f9 PDF Text Text Ohio Valley Business Getting what you want High school basketball action BUSINESS s 3 OPINION s 4 SPORTS s 6 C_ZZb[fehjFec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 206, Volume 72 Thursday, December 27, 2018 s 50¢ Throwback Thursday: Bailey Lake AS THE OLD OHIO FLOWS…. The Great Kidnapping of Adam Smith of 1824 By Jordan Pickens Special to OVP Leggett spoke with bank employees who advised that the customer became irate when informed that they could not honor her withdraw request as she did not have an account with the bank. A report was taken but no criminal charges were ﬁled. Deputies were dispatched to an address on New Lima Rd. in Rutland. The caller had been in the Sheriff’s Ofﬁce earlier to report that a woman was temporarily staying at his home, however, was now refusing to leave. Upon arrival, deputies spoke with the woman who ultimately left the residence without further incident. No charges have been ﬁled. Deputy Patterson responded to a residence in Portland on an alarm The year was 1824. John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William H. Crawford, and Henry Clay are locked in a Presidential election where no major winner is declared, and it eventually goes to the House of Representatives for the deciding vote. Adams is declared the winner. There are 24 stars on the U.S. ﬂag and The Marquis de Lafayette arrives in the U.S. to tour all 24 states. Slavery was a top interest in national politics, and just as any other area, Meigs County took interest in the issue. Most of Meigs County’s citizens supported the anti –slavery movement including one of Meigs County’s ﬁrst settlers, Hamilton Kerr. The Underground Railroad had been running through Meigs County for about a year, beginning sometime in 1823. After slaves would cross the Ohio River, their ﬁrst stop was at the home of Hamilton Kerr, near the mouth of Leading Creek. Kerr hired Adam Smith to act as a guide for fugitive slaves heading north; he would follow the same route taken by slaves who had been freed by their masters. At this point the former slaves would follow Leading Creek and Little Leading Creek through Rutland Township to the home of Horace Holt, a prominent manufacturer of weaving reed. From here, fugitive slaves would travel toward Albany. Despite being a well-traveled route, Smith would often run into trouble, either from lack of needed aid for the runaways or from their former owners, many of whom were from Virginia. (Note: West Virginia had not yet been made a state, and slavery was legal in Virginia, which was on the Southern border of the Ohio River at this time.) Slave owners on the Kanawha and Ohio Rivers upriver from Point Pleasant, Virginia (now West Virginia) sent out detectives on both sides of the Ohio River to locate fugitive slaves. They came to the conclusion that Adam Smith was guilty of assisting fugitive slaves in their escape northward. In October of 1824, four men from Virginia arrested Smith and forced him into the Point Pleasant jail. The men took Smith by force and with no authority of law, all the while refusing to accept bail money for Smith’s release. The people of Meigs County saw “[t] his gross violation of the See RECORD | 2 See KIDNAPPING | 5 Photo from the collection of Bob Graham This undated photo from the collection of Bob Graham shows Bailey Lake, now Maplewood Lake, which is located between Syracuse and Racine. Photos such as this one and many, many others were donated by Graham to the Meigs County Historical Society to be displayed. A hometown winery How to create ‘Our Sibling Rebelry’ By Erin Perkins eperkins@aimmediamidwest.com POINT PLEASANT — In a building that has been in their family for over 50 years, two brothers joined together to open a new business. OSR (Our Sibling Rebelry) Winery opened this past spring in the old Mowrey’s Upholstery building near the Mason County fairgrounds. Co-owner Bryan Williamson shared he and his brother Brent Williamson are natives of Point Pleasant and decided to bring something new to the city in which they grew up. Byran, who graduated from Marshall University with a degree in microbiology, has been making wine on his own for about six years. OSR Winery offers a wide variety of wines, coming in an assortment of dry whites, dry INDEX Obituaries: 2 Business: 3 Opinion: 4 Weather: 5 Sports: 6 Classifieds: 7 Comics: 8 TV listings: 9 reds, semi-dries/semi-sweets, sweets, and jalapenos. The blends of ﬂavor for certain wines makes for a unique tasting experience. The wines available are as follows: dry whites - Chardonnay and Buster; dry reds - Velvet Buddha, Lot 304, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Little Red Pecker; semi-dries/semi-sweets - Hillbilly Love Juice, Holly Berry, Moscato, Pumpkin, and Sweet Child O’Swine; sweets - Cotton Candy, Betty, Snow Cone, and Cherry Yum Yum; jalapenos - TNT and Eyes Glowed Red. Bryan shared he and Brent will be closing the winery for a few weeks for a winter break, but will re-open on Friday, Jan. 25. In February, in honor of Valentine’s Day, they will be releasing two new wines part of a peach ﬂavored series. One wine will be a sweet wine and Erin Perkins | OVP Pictured is OSR Winery Co-Owners Brent and Bryan Williamson behind the bar at the winery. the other will be a jalapeno wine. All of the wine is made inside the winery, but the grapes for the wines are acquired from regional and national farmers in areas such as Northeast Ohio, Northwest Pennsylvania, and California. Bryan shared they even import grapes internationally from Chile and Australia. Wine making is both a craft and an art commented Bryan. See WINERY | 5 FOR THE RECORD: MEIGS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE JOIN THE CONVERSATION What’s your take on today’s news? Go to mydailysentinel. com and visit us on facebook to share your thoughts. Day Shift Nov. 26 Deputies provided 24-hour security from Nov. 23 through Nov. 29 for a Meigs County inmate transported to a medical facility. Deputy Leggett was dispatched to the intersection of Union Avenue and State Route 7 due to a report of a vehicle in the roadway. The report was unfounded, no further action. Deputy Leggett was dispatched to Darst Road in Portland for a wellbeing check at the request of children services. Negative contact was made, and children services was notiﬁed, no further action. Deputy Leggett was dispatched to Farmer’s Bank in Tuppers Plains due to a report of an unruly customer on the premises. On arrival Deputy �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Thursday, December 27, 2018 Daily Sentinel OBITUARIES US conducts medical checks after 2 deaths RODNEY E. PIERCE LONG BOTTOM — Rodney E. Pierce, 72, of Long Bottom, passed away Monday, Dec. 24 at Holzer-Meigs Emergency Department in Pomeroy. He was born Nov. 20, 1946, in Parkersburg, W.Va., son of the late Dora Larkins and Rodney E. Pierce. He is survived by two sons, Eldon Pierce and Terry Pierce; a nephew, Elmo (Steph) Pierce; 2 nieces, Kathryn Durst (David Dye) and Linda (Rick) Putman; several great-nieces and great- nephews and a special companion, his cat, “Little Man.” In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Carol; two sons, Rodney and Terry; a step-son, Owen; a brother, Elmo; and a niece, Tammy. Visitation will be held Friday, Dec. 28 from 4-6 p.m. at White-Schwarzel Funeral Home in Coolville. There will be no funeral service. Guest are invited to sign the online guest book at www.whiteschwarzelfh.com. WILLET NEW HAVEN, W.Va. — Karen Lou Willet, 53, of New Haven, W.Va., died Dec. 24 in Pleasant Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Point Pleasant, W.Va., following an extended illness. The service will be 1 p.m., Friday, Dec. 28 at the Foglesong-Casto Funeral Home with Pastor Mike Finnicum and Rodger McCoy ofﬁciating. Following the service, Karen will be laid to rest in Suncrest Cemetery, Point Pleasant. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until time of service, Friday at the funeral home. CALL CROWN CITY — Farris Call, 88, of Crown City, passed away on Monday, December 24, 2018 at her residence. A graveside service will be conducted at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 29, 2018 at Providence Cemetery with Pastor Alfred Holley ofﬁciating. WOLFORD PATRIOT — Ricky David Wolford, 55, of Patriot, Ohio, died December 24, 2018, unexpectedly, at his home in Patriot. A memorial gathering will be Saturday, December 29, 2018, at 1 p.m. at Birchﬁeld Funeral Home, Rutland. Family to receive friends from 11 a.m. until time of service Saturday morning. 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 space-available basis and in chronological order. Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@aimmediamidwest.com. Thursday, Dec. 27 LETART TWP. — The regular meeting of the Letart Township Trustees will be held at 3:30 p.m. at the Letart Township Building with the 2019 Organizational Meeting immediately following. Friday, Dec. 28 RUTLAND — Rutland Township Trustees will hold their year end meeting at 7:30 a.m. at the township garage. Andrew Harnik | AP President Donald Trump kisses first lady Melania Trump during a hangar rally at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, on Wednesday. The president says he has “no plans at all” to remove U.S. troops from the country. Trump makes first visit to US troops in harm’s way AL-ASAD AIRBASE, Iraq (AP) — In an unannounced trip to Iraq on Wednesday, President Donald Trump staunchly defended his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from neighboring Syria despite a drumbeat of criticism from military ofﬁcials and allies who don’t think the job ﬁghting Islamic State militants there is over. Trump, making his ﬁrst presidential visit to troops in a troubled region, said it’s because the U.S. military had all but eliminated IScontrolled territory in both Iraq and Syria that he decided to withdraw 2,000 forces from Syria. He said the decision to leave Syria showed America’s renewed stature on the world stage and his quest to put “America ﬁrst.” “We’re no longer the suckers, folks,” Trump told U.S. servicemen and women at al-Asad Airbase in western Iraq, about 100 miles or 60 kilometers west of Baghdad. “We’re respected again as a nation.” The decision to pull U.S. forces from Syria, however, stunned national security advisers and U.S. allies and prompted the resignations of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who was not on the trip, and the U.S. envoy to the coalition ﬁghting the Islamic extremist group. The militant group, also known as ISIS, has lost nearly all its territory in Iraq and Syria but is still seen as a threat. Iraq declared IS defeated within its borders in December 2017, but Trump’s trip was shrouded in secrecy, which has been standard practice for presidents ﬂying into conﬂict areas. Air Force One, lights out and window shutters drawn, ﬂew overnight from Washington, landing at an airbase west of Baghdad in darkness Wednesday evening. George W. Bush made four trips to Iraq as president and President Barack Obama made one. HOUSTON (AP) — U.S. immigration authorities said Wednesday that they have done new medical checks on nearly every child in Border Patrol custody after the death of a second youngster in the agency’s care in the span of less than three weeks. Authorities did not disclose the results of the examinations. An 8-year-old boy identiﬁed by Guatemalan authorities as Felipe Gómez Alonzo died on Christmas Eve just before midnight. He had been in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection with his father since Dec. 18. The boy suffered from a cough, “glossy eyes,” fever and vomiting and was hospitalized twice on Monday with what was initially diagnosed as a cold, the agency said in a statement. The cause of death was under investigation. Ofﬁcials at the Department of Homeland Security, the Border Patrol’s parent agency, said that almost all checks ordered in reaction to the boy’s death had been completed. Some children detained in more remote areas were re-screened by emergency medical technicians or Border Patrol agents, ofﬁcials said. In other places, some children were taken to medical facilities. 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. Free community dinner Jan. 2 SCIPIO TWP. — A free Ham, Bean and Cornbread community dinner will be held at the Scipio Township Fire Department in Harrisonville from 5 - 6 p.m., Jan. 2. Everyone is welcome. Sunday, Dec. 30 Family, Children First Council meetings CEHSTER — Gospel Sing at 6 p.m. at the Mercy’s Mission Church Chester, Ohio. Special singers The Bowman family. Take 248 to Riebel Road on right. Everyone welcome. MIDDLEPORT — The Meigs County Family and Children First Council will be holding regular business meetings at 8:30 a.m. on the third Thursday of January, March, May, July, September and November. The council will hold these meeting at the Meigs County Department of Job and Family Services, 175 Race Street in Middleport The Meigs County Family and Children First Council will be holding Intersystem Collaborative Meetings at 9 a.m. on the ﬁrst Thursday of each month at the Meigs County Department of Job and Family Services, 175 Race Street, Middleport. For more information contact Brooke Pauley, Coordinator, at 740992-2117 ext. 104 Animal Bedding available MIDDLEPORT — The Meigs County Humane Society will be providing straw for animal bedding during the months of November, December, January and February. Vouchers may be picked up at the Humane Society Thrift Shop, 253 North Second Street, Middleport, for a fee of $2. Vouchers are to be redeemed at Dettwiller Lumber in Pomeroy. There is a limit of one bale. Church Winter schedule change MIDDLEPORT — The First Baptist Church of Middleport will be moving to its winter schedule with the cancellation of Sunday evening worship services. Evening services will resume in the spring. Monday, Dec. 31 MEIGS COUNTY — All Meigs Library locations will close at 5 p.m. for New Year’s Eve. RUTLAND — The Rutland Free Will Baptist Church will be having a service at 10 p.m. We will have singing, praising, preaching then at midnight we’ll pray out the old year and the new on in. BEDFORD TWP. — The Bedford Township trustees will hold their last meeting for the 2018 year and their reorganizational meeting at 8 a.m. at the Township Hall. 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. CONTACT US PUBLISHER Bud Hunt, Ext. 2109 bhunt@aimmediamidwest.com ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Matt Rodgers, Ext. 2095 mrodgers@aimmediamidwest.com EDITOR Beth Sergent, Ext. 1992 bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com CIRCULATION MANAGER Derrick Morrison, Ext. 2097 dmorrison@aimmediamidwest.com MANAGING EDITOR Sarah Hawley, Ext. 2555 shawley@aimmediamidwest.com SPORTS EDITOR Bryan Walters, Ext. 2101 bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com 109 West Second Street, Pomeroy, OH, 45769 Periodical postage paid at Pomeroy, OH POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Sentinel, 109 West Second Street, Pomeroy, OH, 45769. Record Racine on an alarm activation. Upon arrival Sgt. Patterson made contact with the property owner From page 1 who said they accidentally set the alarm off. No activation. Upon arrival further action needed. it was determined that a Sgt. Patterson respondpest control company had ed to a residence in set off the alarm. No furRacine about people outther action needed. side yelling and screamDeputy Patterson responded to a residence ing trying to get them to come outside. After in Rutland about a male speaking with the people subject talking about suicide. Deputy Patterson at the residence it was contacted the subject and determined that the situation is an on-going issue after speaking with him, transported him to ER to between the subjects, and today was a verbal speak with a counselor. argument, no assault had taken place. Charges may Nov. 27 be ﬁled. Deputies transported four male inmates and one female inmate from Nov. 28 different jails to the A deputy was disMeigs Sheriff’s Ofﬁce, patched to State Route took them to court, and 124 in Reedsville in referreturned them to jail. ence to a female calling a A deputy was disfamily member and advispatched to State Route ing that she had taken 733 in reference to a several pills because she vehicle sitting in a wide is tired of living. The depspot off the roadway and uty arrived and made conthe driver appeared to be tact. The female agreed passed out. The deputy to go to the hospital, and contacted the driver and she was transported by it was found the driver Meigs EMS. No further had just stopped there to action was taken. rest after a long shift at Several defendants work. No further action were processed on their was taken. summons on indictments. Sgt. Patterson respond- Two inmates were also ed to a residence in transported from Middle- port to court for hearings. Deputy Myers is investigating a report of domestic violence ﬁled by a female in Syracuse. The female reported her husband struck her and put her in some kind on “hold”, which twisted her neck around from behind. Charges have been ﬁled. Deputy Snoke is investigating a report of a female receiving a call stating that her grandson was in trouble and needed some money. The female sent the $900 requested through Western Union, only to discover later that her grandson did not request or receive the money. The Meigs County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce would like to alert everyone to scams of this nature and ask that you not send any money or respond to phone call of this or similar circumstances. If you receive a phone call of this nature call 740992-3371. Deputy Barnhart responded to a call on Yellow Bush Road. A man stated he had been bit by a black and white dog running loose in the neighborhood. He stated he had called the Dog Warden as well. Deputy Barnhart patrolled the neighborhood searching for the dog but after some time was unable to ﬁnd it. Deputy Barnhart went to a home on Lasher Road. She stated that two pit bulls had come into her yard and attacked her dog. The investigation determined the dogs reportedly belonged to Micheal Pierce. Pierce was given a citation and was required to keep the dogs tied up. A man on State Route 7 reported his generator had been stolen from his house in the night. The investigation is pending. Deputy Martin conducted a trafﬁc stop on a vehicle on Charles Chancey Drive for speeding in a school zone. Nov. 29 While pulling into the 124 Mart, Deputy Martin was ﬂagged down and advised an assault had just taken place at the 124 Mart. Deputy Martin met with the alleged victim at the fuel pumps. He advised he had a verbal altercation with his ﬁancé’s adult son. No marks or signs of physical violence apparent. No further action. �BUSINESS Daily Sentinel Thursday, December 27, 2018 3 Japan stocks plunge, other Asia markets fall after US losses By Joe McDonald Wall Street indexes fell more than 2 percent on Monday after Trump said on Twitter BEIJING — Japanese stocks the Federal Reserve was the U.S. economy’s “only problem.” plunged Tuesday and other Asian markets declined follow- Efforts by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to calm invesing heavy Wall Street losses triggered by President Donald tor fears only seemed to make matters worse. Trump’s criticism of the U.S. U.S. stocks are track for their central bank. worst December since 1931 The Nikkei 225 fell by an unusually wide margin of 5 per- during the Great Depression. Shanghai is down almost 25 cent to 19,155.14. The Shanghai Composite Index ended off percent this year. Tokyo, Hong Kong and other markets are on 0.9 percent at 2,504.82 after track to end 2018 down more being down as much as 2.3 percent at midday. Benchmarks than 10 percent. Markets have been roiled by in Thailand and Taiwan also concerns about a slowing globdeclined. al economy, the U.S.-Chinese Markets in Europe, Hong tariff battle and another interKong, Australia and South est rate increase by the Fed. Korea were closed for ChristTrump’s Monday mornmas. AP Business Writer ing tweet heightened fears about the economy being destabilized by a president who wants control over the Fed. Its board members are nominated by the president but make decisions independently of the White House. The board’s chairman, Jerome Powell, was nominated by Trump last year. “The only problem our economy has is the Fed,” the president said on Twitter. “They don’t have a feel for the Market, they don’t understand necessary Trade Wars or Strong Dollars or even Democrat Shutdowns over Borders. The Fed is like a powerful golfer who can’t score because he has no touch — he can’t putt!” The Standard & Poor’s 500 index slid 2.7 percent. The benchmark index is down 19.8 percent from its peak on Sept. 20, close to the 20 percent drop that would ofﬁcially mean the end of the longest bull market for stocks in modern history — a run of nearly 10 years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 2.9 percent while the Nasdaq skidded 2.2 percent. On Sunday, Mnuchin made a round of calls to the heads of the six largest U.S. banks, but the move only raised new concerns about the economy. Most economists expect U.S. economic growth to slow in 2019, not slide into a full-blown recession. But the president has voiced his anger over the Fed’s decision to raise its key short-term rate four times in 2018. That is intended to prevent the economy from overheating. Technology stocks, health care companies and banks took some of the heaviest losses in Monday’s sell-off. Wells Fargo slid 3.4 percent, Microsoft 4.2 percent and Johnson & Johnson 4.1 percent. U.S. markets reopen Wednesday. In energy markets, Brent crude, used to price international oils, lost 9 cents to $50.68 per barrel in London. The contract plummeted $3.33 on Monday to close at $50.77. In currency trading, the dollar declined to 110.28 yen from Monday’s 110.45 yen. The euro was little-changed at $1.1407. Riverview Trading Post opens in Pomeroy Karat Patch DiamondsN-Gold, represented here by owner Jeannie Saunders. Photos by Holzer Health System | Courtesy Noe and Saunders Attorneys at Law, represented here by Brynn Saunders Noe and Andy Noe. Brenda Davis | OVP A new business has opened its doors on Main Street in Pomeroy. Riverview Trading Post held its ribbon cutting last week for the store located on East Main Street. The business has a variety of items for those of all ages, including Avon, Bath and Body Works, home decor and craft items, toys, games, baseball cards, and much more. New items arrive weekly. Pediatric Fund sponsors recognized US stocks rebound as traders return from Christmas holiday AP Business Writer Investors returned from the Christmas holiday break in a buying mood Wednesday, sending U.S. stocks sharply higher and placing the market on track for its best day in nine months. Gains in technology companies, retailers, health care and internet stocks drove the broad rally, which erased much of the market’s losses from a steep drop on Monday. That sell-off left the benchmark S&P 500 index on the edge of what Wall Street calls a bear market. “This is a market that’s heavily oversold, and typically you expect a strong bounce following that,” said Quincy Krosby, chief market strategist at Prudential Financial. “Oil prices have just moved quite markedly. And retail is having a very strong holiday season.” The S&P 500 index rose 59 points, or 2.5 percent, to 2,410 of 12:55 p.m. Eastern Time. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 521 points, or 2.4 percent, to 22,338. The techheavy Nasdaq gained 215 points, or 3.5 percent, to 6,408. The Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks picked up 30 points, or 2.4 percent, 1,297. Trading volume was lighter than usual following the Christmas holiday. Markets in Europe, Hong Kong and Australia were closed. U.S. crude oil prices were on track for their biggest one-day gain in more than two years. Benchmark U.S. crude climbed 7.5 percent to $45.73 a barrel in New York. Brent crude, used to price international oils, gained 6.9 percent to $54.26 a barrel in Lon- don. The pickup in oil prices helped boost energy stocks. Marathon Petroleum rose 4.2 percent to $56.62. Wednesday’s gains provide the S&P 500 some breathing room after ﬁnishing the shortened trading session Monday just shy of a 20-percent drop from its peak three months ago. Should the index cross that threshold and slide into a bear market, it would mark the end to the longest bull market for stocks in modern history after nearly 10 years. Stocks fell sharply Monday after President Donald Trump lashed out at the central bank. Administration ofﬁcials had spent the weekend trying to assure ﬁnancial markets that Fed chairman Jerome Powell’s job was safe. On Tuesday, The Earl Neff Pediatric Fund at Holzer Health System continues to be supported by area businesses and organizations. The Pediatric Fund, in existence for over 45 years, has supplied needed toys, equipment and entertainment to the thousands of pediatric patients who have received care from Holzer Pediatrics. Karat Patch Diamonds-N-Gold, represented in the photo by owner Jeannie Saunders, and Noe and Saunders Attorneys at Law, represented by Brynn Saunders Noe and Andy Noe, are the December sponsors. The entire staff of Holzer joins in expressing their gratitude, along with the young children and their families, for these generous contributions to the Earl Neff Pediatric Fund. For more information, please contact Linda Jeffers-Lester at the Holzer Heritage Foundation (740) 446-5217. 20TH ANNUAL NEW YEAR’S DAY AUCTION SELLING GAS & OIL SIGNS, GRAVITY GAS PUMP, RARE EARLY 1900’S EXCELSIOR MOTORCYCLE FACTORY ADVERTISEMENT, COUNTRY STORE & SODA POP SIGNS, ASST. CLOCKS, THERMOMETERS, NEON SIGNS, BRASS RR BELL & SIGNS, DISPLAYS, OIL BOTTLES & OIL CANS, CUSTOM MOTORCYCLE & MORE!! 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Trump reiterated his view that the Federal Reserve is raising interest rates too fast, but called the independent agency’s rate hikes a “form of safety” for an economy doing well. “The market is trying to ﬁnd an equilibrium between earnings, revenue growth and the economy, but when you have an onslaught of headlines that just manifest uncertainty from Washington, it just feeds negative sentiment,” Krosby said. The market’s sharp downturn since October intensiﬁed this month, erasing all of its 2018 gains and nudging the S&P 500 closer to its worst year since 2008. Despite Wednesday’s rally, stocks are on track for their worst December since 1931, during the depths of the Great Depression. The Meigs County Department of Job and Family Services, Meigs County Children Services Division, Meigs County Child Support Division and the Ohio Means Jobs Center have a new telephone system effective December 18, 2018. When calling 740-992-2117 or 1-800-992-2608, please listen closely to the auto attendant as the options have changed for reaching a staff person or a specific division. OH-70098194 TUESDAY JANUARY 1, 2019 9:00 A.M. 3760 WHEAT RIDGE RD. AMISH COMMUNITY BUILDING WEST UNION, OH 45693 TERMS CASH, GOOD CHECK. DOORS OPEN 8:00 A.M. VISIT WWW.AUCTIONZIP.COM ID #4988 FOR PICTURES & UPDATES OH-70096633 By Alex Veiga AUCTIONEER HERBERT ERWIN 937-544-8252 �Opinion 4 Thursday, December 27, 2018 Daily Sentinel THEIR VIEW You can’t always get what you want Very rarely in this life have I gotten what I wanted. Almost without fail, however, I’ve gotten what I’ve needed. Some how, some way, whatever higher power or cosmic force is out there has seen ﬁt to provide for me with no less and no more than exactly what I need. There’s an old saying, “God takes care of fools and small children,” and I can’t help but David think I probably fall into the former Fong category. Contributing Nearly 30 years ago, I didn’t want columnist to leave home and go away to college. To me, Troy had everything I could possibly want. It was safe and it was comfortable. If I did go to college, I certainly didn’t to the largest institute of higher learning in the nation. I wanted to go somewhere that reminded me of my hometown. The vagaries of life felt otherwise, however, and I ended up as one of 50,000 or so students at Ohio State. It would turn out to be one of the best things that ever happened to me, as I met lifelong friends and had a series of experiences that I couldn’t possibly have had at any other college or university. It played a huge role in making me who I am. So inﬂuential was my time at Ohio State that when I moved back home and started working at the Troy Daily News, I wanted out just as quickly as I could. I felt the bright lights and the big city were waiting for me. Once again, however, through time, I found out life had other plans for me. After 22 years here, I’ve settled my roots here and can’t possibly imagine having any other job than the one I have. Of course, part of the reason I feel like I was meant to be here is because I met the woman of my dreams — who was the complete opposite of the type of person I saw myself spending the rest of my life with at the time. When I was much younger (and signiﬁcantly more wild), I always thought my soulmate would be someone who was willing to howl at the moon all night alongside me. I ﬁgured I needed someone who could match me and my unpredictable lifestyle. That’s what I thought I wanted. It’s not what I got. Instead, once again, I got what I needed. I found a calm, gentle soul who was patient enough to stick with me through those aforementioned wild days. I needed someone who would round off my edges and make me a quieter, better person. Of course, my amazing wife and I would eventually decide we wanted to have children. Once again, I had visions of what I wanted my children to be. I wanted them to be as obsessed with sports as I am. I wanted kids who would be willing to watch college football games with me, breaking down every play. I wanted three-sport athletes who would succeed where their father failed in his lack of an athletic career. I wanted bold, conﬁdent kids. Or so I thought. Instead, I got exactly the kids I needed. I have two children who, on a daily basis, force me to look at things in ways I never before would have considered. I have two kids who force me to not only be a better father, but a better husband and a better person, as well. I have two children who have forced me to stop being such a kid myself (well, to a certain degree, anyway). They have changed my world view for the better. Through all of those changes, however, I ﬁgured there was one thing that would remain constant in what I wanted — or, in this case, didn’t want. Heading into 2018, I was pretty steadfast in my belief that I didn’t want a dog in our family. I didn’t want the mess, the responsibility, the ﬁnancial investment or the time commitment. I think you’ve probably ﬁgured out by now how this story ends. In late May, our sweet little Millie Jo, world’s cutest beagle-spaniel mix, entered our life as a result of a promise I made to our daughter that if she broke the Troy Junior High School record in the pole vault, I would ﬁnally give in and get a dog. Seven months later, I can say — as has been the case so often in my life — just I wrong I was. Millie has been good for the entire family, probably me more than anyone else. She has been a calming inﬂuence over my oftturbulent soul. No matter my mood, which usually can best be described as “churlish,” she is always there, ready to put her head in my lap or climb up on my chest and lick my face. I used to wonder why anyone would want a dog; now I wonder how we ever got along without one. As 2018 comes to a close in a few days, we’ll ring in a new year. I hope 2019 brings you health and happiness, loyal reader and true believer. But I do not hope you necessarily get what you want. I do hope, however, you get what you need. Troy’s very own David Fong appears on Thursdays in Miami Valley Today. Contact him at dfong@aimmediamidwest.com; follow him on Twitter @thefong THEIR VIEW Remembering pets during this time Kids dressed in fur — is what I, and many other animal lovers call our much-loved pets. They jump for joy to greet us when we enter the door. They snuggle with us, play with us, and give unconditional affection to us. Dogs protect us and our homes — cats, not so much. Humans form bonds with furry and feathered friends, and even reptiles. Hamsters, ferrets, canaries, lizards, snakes, turtles. Outdoor animals are family members as well: horses, goats, pigs. “Pet therapy is a broad term that includes animal-assisted therapy and other animal-assisted activities. Animal-assisted therapy is a growing ﬁeld that uses dogs or other animals to help people recover from or better cope with health problems, such as heart disease, cancer and mental health disorders,” says the Mayo Clinic website. The loss of an adored dog, cat, or any domes- ents have heard the ticated pet can words it was just a be an emotionpet, you can always ally distressing get another one (a experience. We go common cultural through the grievstigma faced by ing process with people grieving the tears, sadness, and loneliness. The loss Dr. Melissa loss of their pet) from well-intended is painfully overMartin whelming when a Contributing and well-meaning friends. Such statefur-friend dies. columnist ments; however, “We know how can rip at the core much pets mean to most people. People love of one who is grieving and who may have their pets and consider considered their pets to them members of their be just as important as family. Caregivers often celebrate their pets’ birth- children, and members days, conﬁde in their ani- of the family,” according to a 2017 article in Psymals and carry pictures chology Today by social of them in their wallets. worker, Adam Clark. So when a beloved pet Clark’s other articles dies, it’s not unusual to include: The Quiet House feel overwhelmed by the intensity of your sorrow,” and Empty Dog Bed, writes The Humane Soci- Coping After Pet Loss; Four Steps to Take After ety of the United States Experiencing Pet Loss; on their website. (www. and Tragic, Sudden, humanesociety.org) Often, cremation is the Unexpected: Grieving for Traumatic Pet Loss. choice when a pet dies. Furball, my daughter’s However, some owners Siamese cat and childchoose a pet cemetery, while others bury pets on hood companion, died at age 13 of kidney failure. a hillside. We both said our tearful “Many loving pet par- good-byes as the veterinarian injected the liquid death. Cooper, her dearly loved 13-year old miniature pincer, recently died of heart failure. Many a tear fell that day. The human-animal bond is salient. Memories of our dearly loved pets can be heartwarming and heartbreaking, especially around the holidays. So take a timeout and share pet stories with family and friends. Look at past pictures. Laugh at funny tales. “People leave imprints on our lives, shaping who we become in much the same way that a symbol is pressed into the page of a book to tell you who it comes from. Dogs, however, leave paw prints on our lives and our souls, which are as unique as ﬁngerprints in every way.” — Ashly Lorenzana Melissa Martin, Ph.D, is an author, columnist, educator, and therapist. She resides in southern Ohio, www. melissamartinchildrensauthor.com. TODAY IN HISTORY las in the wild in Rwanda, was found hacked to death. In 1995, Israeli jeeps “A dollar saved is a sped out of the West quarter earned.” Bank town of Ramallah, Today’s Highlight in History: — Oscar Levant, capping a seven-week On Dec. 27, 1979, SoviAmerican composer, pullout giving Yasser Araet forces seized control musician, actor fat control over 90 perof Afghanistan. President (born this date in cent of the West Bank’s Haﬁzullah Amin (hah1906, died in 1972). one million Palestinian FEE’-zoo-lah ah-MEEN’), residents and one-third of who was overthrown and its land. executed, was replaced by an act recognizing IndoIn 2001, Defense Secrenesia’s sovereignty after Babrak Karmal. more than three centuries tary Donald H. Rumsfeld announced that Taliban of Dutch rule. On this date: and al-Qaida prisoners In 1968, Apollo 8 and In 1831, naturalist its three astronauts made would be held at the U.S. Charles Darwin set out naval base at Guantaa safe, nighttime splashon a round-the-world namo Bay, Cuba. down in the Paciﬁc. voyage aboard the HMS In 2002, A deﬁant In 1970, the musical Beagle. play “Hello, Dolly!” closed North Korea ordered In 1904, James BarU.N. nuclear inspectors on Broadway after a run rie’s play “Peter Pan: to leave the country and of 2,844 performances. The Boy Who Wouldn’t In 1981, composer and said it would restart a Grow Up” opened at the Duke of York’s Theater in bandleader Hoagy Carmi- laboratory capable of chael (“Stardust”) died in producing plutonium for London. Rancho Mirage, Calif., at nuclear weapons; the In 1945, the World U.N. nuclear watchdog Bank and the Internation- age 82. said its inspectors were In 1985, Palestinian al Monetary Fund were “staying put” for the time guerrillas opened ﬁre formally established. being. inside the Rome and In 1947, the original Vienna airports; 19 vicversion of the puppet character Howdy Doody tims were killed, plus Ten years ago: four attackers who were made his TV debut on Israel bombed security slain by police and secuNBC’s “Puppet Playsites in Hamas-ruled Gaza rity personnel. American in retaliation for rocket house.” In 1949, Queen Juliana naturalist Dian Fossey, ﬁre aimed at civilians in of the Netherlands signed 53, who had studied goril- southern Israeli towns, Today is Thursday, Dec. 27, the 361st day of 2018. There are four days left in the year. THOUGHT FOR TODAY opening one of the Mideast conﬂict’s bloodiest assaults in decades. Tens of thousands of people in Pakistan paid homage to Benazir Bhutto on the one-year anniversary of her assassination. Five years ago: Connecticut police released thousands of pages from their investigation into the Newtown massacre, providing the most detailed and disturbing picture yet of the Dec. 14, 2012, shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School that left 20 ﬁrst-graders and six educators dead. One year ago: Freezing temperatures and below-zero wind chills socked much of the northern United States. Houston Astros star second baseman Jose Altuve was named AP Male Athlete of the Year after leading the team to its ﬁrst World Series title. A power outage struck parts of Disneyland in California, forcing some guests to be escorted from stalled rides. �NEWS/WEATHER Daily Sentinel Thursday, December 27, 2018 5 Winery From page 1 Once the juices are obtained, the juice must then be fermented. The juice has a natural sugar in it and a yeast culture is added to the juice so the yeast can “eat” that sugar. The yeast digests the sugar to live and that breakdown of the sugar is an ethanol (alcohol) with a CO2 production. This fermentation process takes about a month and afterward the wine is moved off the dead cells into a fresh container. Erin Perkins | OVP Bryan commented a lot of The wines for OSR Winery are made inside the winery. chemistry is involved with wine making. Making sure the PH well as the sulﬁte content is the process. Also, sanitation is and acid levels are correct as correct is a very crucial part of crucial, if those making wine Kidnapping same time, the Wagner family, a wealthy slave owning family, put one of their slaves in the jail with From page 1 the plot to murder Smith. most sacred rights of the The slave was promised if citizens of Ohio, showing he killed Smith, the family would grant the slave his such contempt for the state’s jurisdiction, that it freedom. Once Ohioans excited universal indigna- were made aware of this information, preparations tion and open violence was threatened to release to break Smith out of jail Smith from his illegal con- were put into effect. John S. Giles convinced Smith’s ﬁnement.” guards to allow Giles to A vigilance committee bring Smith clothing, was formed and set up and with that, Giles told lookout points ranging from Colonel Jones’ Land- Smith to be ready to escape at any moment. ing (where Mill Street In November, Giles, in Middleport meets the along with Martin MeekOhio River) and Smith’s Landing where the mouth er, William Hatch, John Woods, David Tyler, Obeof Silver Run meets the diah Ralph, William Terry, Ohio River. Additionally and Charles Giles met at there were lookouts out Silver Run to the home of the mouth of Silver Run and, in blackface, headed John S. Giles in Rutland. These lookouts communi- downriver in a pirogue cated through horns from (small boat) towards Point Pleasant. One man station to station and an was armed with hunting alarm would circulate to riﬂes, pistols, and a ﬂint every lookout within 15 minutes if any suspicious lock musket loaded with seven riﬂe bullets. Anothperson or group were er carried a dragoon or seen. horse pistol loaded with Six weeks have passed three riﬂe bullets. These since Adam Smith was arrested, and he was still men were prominent members of the county being held in the Point due to their courage and Pleasant jail. Around the TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 33° 48° 50° HEALTH TODAY AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™ Temperature 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. Precipitation 24 hours ending 3 p.m. yest. 0.00 Month to date/normal 4.43/2.81 Year to date/normal 59.87/42.09 Snowfall (in inches) 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. 1 24 hours ending 3 p.m. yest. 0.0 Month to date/normal 0.8/2.9 Season to date/normal 1.6/3.7 WEATHER TRIVIA™ SUN & MOON Q: What is the coldest major urban area in the United States? MOON PHASES Last Dec 29 New Jan 5 First Full Jan 14 Jan 21 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for ﬁsh and game. Major Today 3:47a Fri. 4:44a Sat. 5:35a Sun. 6:22a Mon. 7:06a Tue. 7:48a Wed. 8:30a Minor 10:00a 10:56a 11:47a 12:12a 12:54a 1:36a 2:18a Major 4:13p 5:09p 5:59p 6:46p 7:29p 8:12p 8:54p Minor 10:27p 11:22p ---12:34p 1:17p 2:00p 2:42p WEATHER HISTORY New York City was hit by its biggest 24-hour snowstorm on Dec. 26 and 27, 1947. The accumulation was more than 26 inches in Central Park, 26 inches at Newark, N.J., and almost 30 inches at Long Branch, N.J. 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme Portsmouth 53/51 Clouds giving way to some sun 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 Belpre 52/47 St. Marys 53/47 Parkersburg 53/48 Coolville 52/47 Elizabeth 53/48 Spencer 53/49 Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. yesterday Flood 24-hr. Location Stage Level Chg. Willow Island 37 12.17 -0.12 Marietta 34 23.25 -0.45 Parkersburg 36 25.63 -0.53 Belleville 35 12.75 +0.38 Racine 41 12.86 -0.17 Point Pleasant 40 31.93 -5.28 Gallipolis 50 17.23 -5.78 Huntington 50 42.62 -4.73 Ashland 52 47.29 -4.16 Lloyd Greenup 54 19.51 -3.42 Portsmouth 50 44.90 -4.10 Maysville 50 46.20 -2.10 Meldahl Dam 51 46.50 -1.40 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Buffalo 54/50 Milton 54/51 Huntington 54/51 Clendenin 53/49 St. Albans 55/51 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s 100s Seattle 46/36 90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s San Francisco 58/44 20s 10s 0s -0s Los Angeles -10s 65/46 T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front Low clouds Marietta 52/46 Athens 51/46 Ironton 53/51 Ashland 54/51 Grayson 54/52 Jordan Pickens is a local historian and educator. WEDNESDAY 42° 23° Rain Wilkesville 51/48 POMEROY Jackson 52/47 51/49 Ravenswood Rio Grande 53/48 53/49 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 51/49 GALLIPOLIS 53/49 53/49 53/49 South Shore Greenup 53/50 52/50 52 Rairdon of Long Bottom, Constable Dickey, of Chester Township, and a deputy sheriff with a last name of Newsom. The four men went to the home of John S. Giles to make the arrest. Giles, Woods, and Ayres went without resistance. Halfway between Giles’ home and Point Pleasant, a party of twelve men in disguise came out of the woods on Sargent’s Hill demanding Giles’ release. Giles convinced the men of Colonel Lewis’ authority from the Governor of Ohio, and that Giles was willing to let the law take its course. Giles, Woods, and Ayres were placed in the Point Pleasant jail for two months before they were tried. Giles and Ayres were both found not guilty, but Woods was found guilty and ﬁned thirty dollars. Woods refused to pay and refused to allow his friends to pay his ﬁne and decided to serve time in the jail, refusing to leave until they kicked him out. As the old Ohio ﬂows…. TUESDAY 49° 36° Murray City 51/47 McArthur 51/48 Lucasville 51/49 Erin Perkins is a staff writer for Ohio Valley Publishing. Reach her at (304) 675-1333, extension 1992. 40° 24° Times of clouds and sun NATIONAL CITIES Logan 50/48 Adelphi 51/48 Waverly 50/48 MONDAY 45° 32° Cooler with clouds and sun Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Chillicothe 50/48 SUNDAY 46° 32° has been steady with locals being a supportive lot. Also, the news of a winery being in Point Pleasant has started to spread to non-local wine connoisseurs, bringing in customers from around the state as well as Ohio. In looking at future plans, Bryan would like to obtain a restaurant license to have more food availability options at the winery as well as possibly offering different drink options. He would also like to establish a collaboration with close range Ohio wineries and breweries and create a wine/ beer trail to help bring people through Point Pleasant. and walk home, making sure to be quiet and not disturb their spouses, who were unaware of the events that their husbands had planned and carried out. The Virginians in Point Pleasant were furious over the events that occurred and talked of going to Meigs County to capture John S. Giles, John Woods, and Elisha Ayres to take them to Point Pleasant to be lynched. However, they opted to take a more lawful approach and had indictment charges brought against Giles, Woods, and Ayres. James Pleasants, Governor of Virginia, made a requisition to Jeremiah Morrow, Governor of Ohio, to surrender the three to Virginia authorities. Morrow agreed and deputized Colonel Lewis of Virginia to make the arrest. Once Colonel Lewis crossed the river into Meigs County, citizens there were unaware of his authority and prepared to make a defense. Colonel Lewis went directly to the county seat in Chester and called upon Thomas A: Minneapolis, Minn. Today Fri. 7:46 a.m. 7:46 a.m. 5:13 p.m. 5:14 p.m. 11:10 p.m. none 11:42 a.m. 12:16 p.m. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset SATURDAY Rain in the morning; otherwise, cloudy 0 AccuWeather.com Cold Index™ (in inches) FRIDAY A bit of rain this afternoon; mild. Rain and drizzle tonight. High 53° / Low 49° Statistics through 3 p.m. yesterday 48°/25° 43°/27° 74° in 2016 2° in 1983 EXTENDED FORECAST 65° 36° ALMANAC High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low them. William Terry returned ﬁre upon the guards and hit one in the ear, causing him to fall to the ground. As the boat made it to the middle of the river, additional guards appeared and ﬁred upon the rescue party. The pirogue was bombarded with musket balls, requiring them to turn broadside to the shore while all the men, except David Tyler, lay in the boat in an attempt to shield themselves. As a result, Tyler was shot in the chest, but survived with a 5 inch scar. The boat eventually made it downstream out of range of all the guns except that of one jailer who followed them and took up a position behind a sycamore tree on the edge of the riverbank. His shots were “an annoyance to the rescue party.” John S. Giles gave the order for the men in the rescue party to begin ﬁring at the jailer. One of the shots hit the tree and caused wood splinters to burst from the tree and severely injure the jailer’s eyes. The rescue party then had to abandon the boat great physical strength. The men knew that the Point Pleasant jail was heavily guarded but feared the imminent danger to Smith’s life. The crew ﬂoated with mufﬂed oars and landed 11 miles downriver from Silver Run at Point Pleasant. Martin Meeker and Charles Giles each took a musket and conﬁned four guards to a room in the upstairs of the jail. Downstairs one of the party took an ax to the prison door, busted it down, ran inside the cell, grabbed Smith, half asleep in his bunk, and attempted to make their escape. The party began to make a retreat back to the river with Smith, but the guards came out onto a platform on the second story of the jail and prepared to ﬁre. Rescuer John Woods ﬁred his dragoon pistol, but it misﬁred. The audacity of Woods’ action kept the guards from immediately ﬁring upon the rescue party. The party was getting into the boat when a jailer and a guard who followed the party began ﬁring upon 8 PM are not working in a sterile fashion, the wine could become contaminated. After the wine is moved into its fresh container, it can begin its clariﬁcation process, simply meaning the wine can age. As the yeast settles to the bottom of the container, the wine will become clear. The clariﬁcation process for different wines varies, red dry wines take the longest which is approximately a year. As a wine ages, it continues to get better commented Bryan. After the clariﬁcation process, then sugar or other ﬂavors can be added to the wine to make it into its desired ﬂavor proﬁle. Bryan shared since the winery has opened the business Charleston 53/50 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Winnipeg 13/-6 Montreal 19/15 Billings 24/10 Minneapolis 40/27 Detroit 44/42 Toronto 37/36 New York 41/38 Chicago 50/44 Denver 32/10 Washington 50/45 Kansas City 62/24 Today Fri. 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You’ll’llFeel F Right l At Home. Racine 740-949-2210 Syracuse 740-992-6333 Middleport 740-691-5131 w w w. h o m e n a t l b a n k . c o m OH-70030880 OH-70003248 OH-70020470 Home National Bank is large enough to handle all of your financial needs, but small enough to know your first name. Since all of our loan decisions are made locally we can close a loan quickly. Please come see us for all your bank needs, we promise to make you feel right at home. �S ports 6 Thursday, December 27, 2018 Daily Sentinel Point picks up 1st win of season Point Pleasant junior Braxton Yates dribbles past a River Valley defender during the second half of a Dec. 11 boys basketball contest at The Dungeon in Point Pleasant, W.Va. By Bryan Walters night — led wire-to-wire in the their initial victory as Hunter Bush scored seven quick points during a 12-5 RIPLEY, W.Va. — A little ﬁrst quarter run. holiday magic. The Irish (1-6), however, The Point Pleasant boys withstood a pair of Braxton basketball team held HunYates trifectas by going on tington Saint Joseph scoreless in the fourth quarter and an 11-6 charge in the second picked up its ﬁrst win of the frame, cutting the deﬁcit 2018-19 campaign on Satur- down to 18-16 at the break. Kyelar Morrow hit two day during a 44-28 decision in the consolation contest of 3-pointers and tallied eight points during a 15-12 third the Ripley Holiday Tournament hosted by Ripley High quarter surge that opened the lead up to 33-28 headed School. into the ﬁnale. The Big Blacks (1-3) — Yates scored seven points who lost 60-47 to Ripley in as part of an 11-0 surge down the opening round Friday bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com Bryan Walters | OVP Sports the stretch to wrap up the 16-point triumph. The Big Blacks hit 18 total ﬁeld goals — including seven trifectas — and also went 1-of-5 at the free throw line for 20 percent. Yates led PPHS with a game-high 15 points, followed by Morrow with 10 points and Aiden Sang with eight markers. Bush was next with seven points, while McKeehan Justus and Evan Cobb completed the winning tally with two points apiece. See WIN | 9 Big Ten appears resurgent in 1st season of expanded schedule By Noah Trister The Associated Press The Big Ten’s expanded schedule is shaping up to be quite a grind. After starting the season with only three teams in the AP Top 25, the league now has six . That’s signiﬁcant at a time when the Big Ten has increased the number of conference games. Each of the league’s men’s basketball teams will play 20 conference games now — up from 18 a season ago. Right now, there’s a bit of a lull in the schedule, but league play resumes in early January. “It’s the toughest year to go to 20 games,” Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said. “I think it’s great. It’s going to be hard on all of us.” Izzo’s team won the Big Ten last season, but rival Michigan took the conference tournament for a second straight year — and then went all the way to the national title game before losing to Villanova. No. 2 Michigan and No. 8 Michigan State look like the class of the league so far this season, but there’s plenty of competition. No. 13 Ohio State, No. 15 Wisconsin, No. 23 Indiana, No. 24 Iowa and unranked Nebraska have all had their moments. It will be a while before Michigan and Michigan State face each other. They play twice toward the end of the season, on Feb. 24 and March 9. By then, the buildup could be immense. The Wolverines are still undefeated after routing Villanova on the road and North Carolina at home. The Spartans have losses to Kansas and Louisville, but their resume includes a 22-point win over Iowa, a 20-point win over UCLA and a 10-point victory over Texas. See BIG TEN | 9 OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Thursday, Dec. 27 Boys Basketball Southern at Ravenswood, 6 p.m. Girls Basketball River Valley at Oak Hill, 6 p.m. South Gallia at Symmes Valley, 6 p.m. Point Pleasant at Sissonville Holiday Tournament, TBA Friday, Dec. 28 Boys Basketball Gallia Academy at Logan, 6 p.m. South Gallia at Symmes Valley, 6 p.m. Wahama at Wirt Tournament, TBA Meigs at River City Classic, TBA Point Pleasant at Savannah Tournament, TBA Girls Basketball Wellston at Southern, 6 p.m. Eastern at Waterford, 6 p.m. Meigs at River City Classic, TBA Point Pleasant at Sissonville Holiday Tour- nament, TBA Wrestling Point Pleasant at Wheeling Park Duals, TBA Saturday, Dec. 29 Boys Basketball South Gallia at Ohio Valley Christian, 6 p.m. Wahama at Wirt Tournament, TBA Meigs at River City Classic, TBA Point Pleasant at Savannah Tournament, TBA Girls Basketball South Gallia at Ohio Valley Christian, 3 p.m. Meigs at River City Classic, TBA Hannan at Green, 2 p.m. Wrestling Eastern, Meigs, Wahama, River Valley, South Gallia at Gallia Academy Skyline Bowling, 10 a.m. Point Pleasant at Wheeling Park Duals, TBA Cory Morse | The Grand Rapids Press via AP Larry Nassar listens during his sentencing at Eaton County Circuit Court in Charlotte, Mich., on Feb. 5, 2018. The former doctor for Michigan State University sports-medicine and USA Gymnastics received 40 to 125 years for three first degree criminal sexual abuse charges related to assaults at a gymnastics facility in Dimondale, Mich. Nassar has also been sentenced to 60 years in prison for three child pornography charges in federal court and between 40 to 175 years in Ingham County for seven counts of criminal sexual conduct. #MeToo reached sports world in 2018 By Will Graves AP Sports Writer One by one they came forward, more than 150 in all. Fearful yet deﬁant. Vulnerable but resolute, buoyed by the hope of catharsis and the promise of justice. Standing in a Michigan courtroom last January, women and girls sexually abused by Larry Nassar confronted the former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor, and over seven draining days detailed the devastating effect the molestation had on their lives. The #MeToo movement reached the sports world in 2018 with a scandal that reverberated not just in locker rooms and gyms but in courthouses, in boardrooms and at kitchen tables. The sight of women being not just heard but believed — combined with other breakthroughs for female athletes in the ﬁght for fair treatment — created a sense of real momentum in sports over the past year. Female athletes “are taking control, and that’s what it’s all about,” tennis star Serena Williams said. “Taking control of who you are.” While 2017 brought the downfall of TV personalities Matt Lauer and Charlie Rose and Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, a scandal in the sports world that had been brewing for a few years blew up in 2018 into shocking front-page news. Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison in a case that has had widespread and devastating fallout. Michigan State agreed to settle victims’ lawsuits for $500 million. The university president lost her job and was charged with lying to police. Others at the school or at gymnastics’ national governing body, USA Gymnastics, also face charges. And the future of the organization is in limbo. Jordyn Wieber, a member of the gold-medal 2012 Olympic gymnastics team, planned to detail her allegations against Nassar quietly in a lawsuit. Yet as she watched other victims share the most difﬁcult memories of their lives in open court, with their tormentor 20 feet away and a TV camera broadcasting it to the world, Wieber decided to testify, too. “I saw this effect and this power we as Olympians had by using our voice,” the 23-year-old Wieber told The Associated Press. “I felt really responsible to do that. If I could do one small thing in the world of gymnastics, the world of sports, this was it. I knew it wasn’t going to be easy, but I felt like it was worth it.” The young women also played a role in trying to hold USA Gymnastics and other organizations accountable for the way Nassar’s abuse went unchecked for decades. When USA Gymnastics continued to use the Karolyi Ranch training center in Texas even after victims told of how they were abused by Nassar there, reigning Olympic champion and Nassar victim Simone Biles went on Twitter to ask why. The organization announced almost immediately it was leaving the facility. Biles took then-USA Gymnastics president Kerry Perry to task in August for not speaking up to outline a way forward for the embattled organization. Perry resigned less than a month later. “The fact Simone is able to effect the amount of change she’s been able to is a testament that athletes are starting to have a little bit of power,” said former gymnast Rachael Denhollander, who ﬁled a criminal complaint against Nassar in 2016. The year 2018 also saw the swift downfall of former Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson — who sold the team and was ﬁned $2.75 million by the NFL after he was accused of sexual harassment — and the continued pursuit of equal treatment of women in sports like tennis and soccer. The French Open angered some in May when it declined to seed three-time winner Williams following a 14-month break from tennis in which she gave birth to a daughter. Last week, the women’s tennis tour announced that starting in 2019, players coming off maternity leave or major injury may use a special ranking for up to three years upon their return. “Serena is mainly responsible for bringing that issue to the forefront: Should you be treated the same for pregnancy as you are if you miss time with an injury?” tennis Hall of Famer Chris Evert said. The new rule “obviously was an advancement in the women’s game.” The push by female athletes to transform their sports wasn’t limited to the U.S. The South Korean women’s curling team that won a surprise silver at the 2018 Olympics came forward in November to complain of verbal and psychological abuse by their handlers, a pattern that included withholding prize money and threatening to bench the captain after learning she wanted to start a family. The handlers admitted to some of the allegations but denied others while resigning under pressure this month. And members of Argentina’s women’s soccer team used social media to express mounting frustration over unequal treatment, including being barred from the training complex traditionally See #METOO | 9 �SPORTS/CLASSIFIEDS Daily Sentinel Thursday, December 27, 2018 7 Tomlin trying to keep Steelers focused PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin isn’t going to complain about the ofﬁciating. Or lament the turnovers and missed opportunities over the last month that have the Pittsburgh Steelers on the outside of the playoffs looking in heading into Week 17. The longtime head coach doesn’t see the point in it. Spending too much time looking back and not enough time looking forward can be just as dangerous as any of the missteps or handful of questionable calls that have hit the Steelers (8-61) during a slide that’s seen them drop four of ﬁve to fall behind Baltimore for the top spot in the AFC North. “The bottom line is when they’re done, they’re done, you move on,” Tomlin said Tuesday. “What truly deﬁnes you (are) the plays that lie ahead.” Maybe, but the sting of a 31-28 loss on the road in New Orleans on Sunday could linger well into the offseason if Pittsburgh can’t slip past the Ravens to reach the playoffs for the ﬁfth straight year. The Steelers need to beat Cincinnati and hope Cleveland beats Baltimore on the road after letting Scott Clause | The Daily Advertiser via AP New Orleans Saints linebacker Demario Davis (56) sacks Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (7) in New Orleans on Sunday. New Orleans won 31-28. The Steelers’ only hope of making the playoffs requires them to beat the Cincinnati Bengals and hope the Cleveland Browns beat the Baltimore Ravens in the last regular-season games this weekend. another fourth-quarter lead slip away against the Saints. Pittsburgh had its chances. But its ﬁnal three possessions in New Orleans ended with two fumbles sandwiched around a fake punt in which up back Roosevelt Nix was stopped a foot short of a ﬁrst down that would have allowed the Steelers to bleed the clock. 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VIN: KNAGE123165033000 2006 Kia Optima VIN: 1HD1BML15XY054611 1999 Harley Davidson Fat Boy OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — LeBron James left Los Angeles’ 127-101 win against Golden State midway through the third quarter with a strained left groin, and the Lakers expected to know more about his status following an MRI exam Wednesday. The Lakers star grabbed at his left groin after slipping under the Warriors basket at the 7:51 mark of the third trying for a loose ball. He said he has had the injury before but “not in a long time.” “It’s pretty rare for me to have an injury, period,” he said. “It happens and we’ve got a great medical staff here, I’ve got a great trainer.” James grabbed at his left groin area with 7:51 left in the third after slipping under the Warriors’ basket while trying for a loose ball. He tried to stretch it out, awkwardly walked toward the Lakers bench trying to loosen up before leaving on his own though gingerly out the tunnel for the locker room. Members of the training staff came out and James tried to stretch it out, awkwardly walked toward the Lakers bench trying to loosen up before leaving on his own though gingerly out the tunnel for the locker room. “I wasn’t able to go back into the game, obviously. I’ll get an MRI tomorrow and see what’s up,” James said. “With me with injuries, I’m never too concerned about them. I was able to walk off on my own power. I felt a pop, see if I could stretch it a few times, see if it would relieve but it didn’t. … I did a couple exercises to see if I could continue to go but I didn’t feel like it would beneﬁt my team or me. So I came back and got a jump start on the rehab.” James, playing his second straight Christmas game against the Warriors at Oracle Arena after losing last year’s matchup with Cleveland, had 17 points, 13 rebounds and ﬁve assists before exiting. Coach Luke Walton said he would prepare for the Lakers to be without James on Thursday night at Sacramento. 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EURZVH�MREV��SRVW�\RXU�UHVXPH��JHW�DGYLFH jobmatchohio.com �SPORTS/TV Daily Sentinel Thursday, December 27, 2018 9 Barring ties, NFC playoff picture is clear, AFC more muddled By Barry Wilner rebuilding year. “I think just staying the course and knowing we’re on to something. Believing in the history. We know Barring ties in Week 17 what we’re capable of doing. — and there are some wild scenarios should certain games We’ve shown it over a lot of years. You’re always adapting, end in draws Sunday — the but it’s staying what you’re road to the playoffs is quite true to. I think that’s what is straight in the NFC. The path to a ﬁrst-round bye in the AFC happening. We look like a team that we have seen before, and has a bunch of curves in it. that’s powerful.” Already in are NFC division Most powerful so far has winners Dallas (East), New been New Orleans, with the Orleans (South), Chicago league’s best record at 13-2, (North) and the Los Angeles and a dynamic offense led by Rams (West). AFC divisions Drew Brees. The Saints have clinched belong to New Enghome-ﬁeld advantage throughland in the East and, well, nobody else. But there are clear out the conference playoffs. The Rams (12-3) get the leaders . other opening-round bye if they Seattle owns an NFC wild card, and the LA Chargers have beat San Francisco on Sunday. If they lose and the Bears win one in the AFC, though they at Minnesota, Chicago (11-4) can still win the AFC West. earns the week off and Los “You either believe in Angeles drops to the third something or you don’t,” says seed. coach Pete Carroll, whose 9-6 A Bears win also could keep Seahawks made the postseathe Vikings (8-6-1) out of the son in what was considered a The Associated Press OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — After missing the postseason for three straight years, the Baltimore Ravens probably wouldn’t complain at all about squeezing into this year’s playoffs as a wild card. Entering as AFC North champions is so much better — a scenario that stands as a distinct possibility entering the ﬁnal weekend of the regular season. Thanks to a Lamar Jacksoninfused surge of ﬁve wins in six games, the Ravens are on the cusp of winning the division and hosting a ﬁrst-round game. All it will take for that to happen is a victory Sunday at home against the Cleveland Browns (7-7-1). “That’s deﬁnitely the ﬁrst goal, to be division champions,” coach John Harbaugh said Monday. “And we’re playing a championship game on Sunday. That’s what you work for.” Baltimore was 4-6 on Nov. 4 before entering its bye week. An injury to Joe Flacco paved the way for Jackson to take over at quarterback, and the Ravens promptly turned their season around by combining a sound running game with the top-ranked defense in the From page 6 reserved for the men and receiving minimal ﬁnancial support. Argentine soccer ofﬁcials relented, allowing the women to work out at the same facility as the men. “Teams are standing up and saying — and it’s South America, it’s Africa, it’s Europe — ‘This isn’t good enough, this isn’t right,’” said two-time Women’s World Cup champion-turned-TV analyst Julie Foudy. As for the effect on Win the world outside sports, Denhollander, who is now a lawyer, said prosecutors have told her about a spike in the number of abuse victims from other walks of life coming forward since Nassar’s sentencing. Still, she cautioned that the Nassar case was just one battle in a continuing ﬁght. “The cultural impact is huge,” Denhollander said. “The personal impact, feeling like they can ﬁnally tell someone, that’s huge. On the ﬂip side, there’s a danger of feeling like we’ve accomplished more than we really have.” points. St. Joe was 3-of-5 at the charity stripe for 60 percent. Point Pleasant returns From page 6 to action Thursday and Friday as it takes part in a Noah Balton paced tournament in Savannah, HSJHS with 13 points, Ga. with 10 of those coming The Big Blacks will face in the third frame. Sam Adkins was next with ﬁve Savannah Christian Prep points, while Corey Swee- on Thursday and then takes on Hilton Head ney and Hunter Eplin High on Saturday. each chipped in four markers. Parker Rice completed Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. the Irish tally with two NFL. Now, after Baltimore (9-6) upset the Los Angeles Chargers on the road Saturday night and Pittsburgh lost in New Orleans on Sunday, the Ravens are poised to win their ﬁrst AFC North title since 2012. “That’s what we put in all that time for,” Harbaugh said. “In order to do that, we’ve had to weather some storms and overcome some challenges and win some games. Guys have done a great job. We appreciate where we’re at. This is the opportunity that we wanted, and now it’s ours to go get.” The Ravens have been here before, with lamentable results. Two years ago, they lost in Pittsburgh on Christmas night in a matchup for the division crown. Last year, Baltimore had its playoff hopes crushed by the Cincinnati Bengals in the season ﬁnale when Tyler Boyd caught a 49-yard, fourth-down touchdown pass with 44 seconds left. Harbaugh doesn’t intend to remind the team about that game because, well, those who experienced it won’t soon forget it. “We all know where we’ve been. just think there’s a lot of great coaches. You’ve got Frank (Reich) in Indy, Mike (Vrabel) in Tennessee, Doug (Marrone) in Jacksonville. You’ve got a lot of great players, quarterbacks, so you’ve got a tough division.” The AFC division often looked at as the toughest has been the North, which, not surprisingly, has come down to Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh. Except the Ravens (9-6) host the Browns, while the Steelers (8-6-1) must beat visiting Cincinnati and hope their archenemies from Cleveland sidetrack Baltimore, either beating or tying the Ravens. Neither the Ravens nor the Steelers can be a wild card — except if Pittsburgh ties the Bengals, then Indianapolis and Tennessee also tie. Then the Steelers are in. Of course, Pittsburgh also can win the North with a draw and a loss by Baltimore. Your head spinning yet? We don’t need to talk about anything,” he said. “When you have a gut-wrenching experience, a tough one like we’ve had the last two years, you take those with you. It makes you stronger. It forges you as a person, as a competitor.” This isn’t the same team as last year, the year before, or even the 2012 version that rode Flacco’s arm to a world championship. A year ago, Jackson was preparing to lead Louisville against Mississippi State in the TaxSlayer Bowl, and Don Martindale was working with the Ravens linebackers under defensive coordinator Dean Pees. Now, Jackson is in charge of a ﬂourishing offense that counts heavily on ball control and Martindale oversees a blitzing, gambling defense that has allowed fewer yards and fewer points than any unit in the league. “The whole idea is to impose your will on your opponent however you can do it, based on your personnel and how you want to play, and what your fundamental beliefs are,” Harbaugh said. “It’s pretty clear what we’re trying to do. We’ll just try to roll with that and see what happens.” THURSDAY EVENING BROADCAST 3 4 6 7 8 10 11 12 #MeToo New England, the only unbeaten team at home this year, would get the ﬁrst seed with a victory and losses by the Chiefs and Chargers. And get this: Houston doesn’t even own a division title. If the Texans fall at home to Jacksonville, the winner of the Colts at Titans game in Tennessee takes the AFC South, and the Texans become a wild card, joining either the Chiefs or Chargers. Texans coach Bill O’Brien, whose club began the season 0-3, is intrigued by the division being so ensconced in the playoff picture this year. “I think that’s an interesting question because I can remember the question was, two years ago, ‘Why is the AFC South so bad?’” he says. “Now, ‘Why is it so good?’ “…I’ve never thought it was bad. I think every year it’s been extremely difﬁcult to win games in the division. I Ravens have been here before Big Ten PARTY CRASHERS: The Wolverines and Spartans look like the most obvious title contenders, From page 6 but there are ﬁve teams tied for ﬁrst at 2-0 in Michigan and Michithe league — Michigan, gan State lost key playMichigan State, Ohio ers to the NBA in Moe State, Wisconsin and Wagner, Miles Bridges Indiana. Wisconsin star and Jaren Jackson, but they’ve looked formidable Ethan Happ is averaging 19 points and 11 anyway. Freshman Iggy Brazdeikis has ﬁt in right rebounds a game. And keep an eye on away for the Wolverines, who remain a stellar team Nebraska, which actually leads the Big Ten with an defensively. “End of the season will average scoring margin tell us whether this is our of 20.8 through its 12 best defensive team ever. games. The Cornhuskers beat Creighton by 19 and Some of the numbers Oklahoma State by 23. would say that,” MichiThe problem for gan coach John Beilein Nebraska is that it already said. “The whole idea is keeping them out of tran- has a conference loss — on the road against sition, and then getting us into transition is huge Minnesota in the type of game a title contender for us.” should probably win. Michigan State, meanwhile, is averaging a MORE BIDS?: The benleague-best 87.6 points eﬁt of playing a 20-game per game behind the conference schedule is experienced trio of Casthat teams may have more sius Winston, Nick Ward chances for quality wins. and Joshua Langford. The Big Ten put just four The league schedule teams in the NCAA Touractually began back in nament last season but November, and each team appears on track for more already has two Big Ten this time around. games under its belt. It DARKHORSE: Purdue won’t be long before it all won the conference in starts up again. 2017 and ﬁnished one “We’ve just got to, I game back last season, think, get fresh legs back, but it’s hard to tell what getting the last nonconto make of this season’s ference game out of the Boilermakers. They’ve way, and say, ‘OK, this already lost to Virginia is now the real stuff,’” Tech, Florida State, MichBeilein said. igan, Texas and Notre Here are a few more Dame, allowing at least things to watch in the Big 72 points in each of those Ten: games. postseason, providing defending champion Philadelphia (8-7) wins at Washington. Only the Vikings or Eagles can get the second NFC wild card. “We’ve got to empty the bucket, and that’s the way we’ve got to play next week at home,” Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph says. “I’m really looking forward to that environment.” In the AFC, seeding is more muddled. Any of four teams could be the top or second seed. The simplest route is if Kansas City (11-4) and New England (10-5), currently the top two in the conference, both win Sunday. But if the Chiefs lose at home to Oakland and the Chargers (11-4) win at Denver, Los Angeles moves into the top spot. 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The betting favorite for NFL 0-16 season, and despite a midOffensive Rookie of the Year is season coaching change. Not to mention, Mayﬁeld New York Giants running back was backing up Tyrod Taylor Saquon Barkley, taken No. 2 behind Cleveland’s Mayﬁeld in when the season began, before his knack for winning games the draft this past spring. The ﬁrst-year player with the gave the Browns little choice biggest impact on the standings but to promote him. “The amount of work that he has been Los Angeles Chargers puts in does not shock us that safety Derwin James , the No. 17 pick and a strong contender he also takes it to the ballgame for top defensive rookie honors because he works extremely hard to have an overall underfor a team assured of making standing of every aspect of the playoffs for the ﬁrst time the game,” said interim coach since 2013 — and still in the The Associated Press Gregg Williams, who took over when Hue Jackson was ﬁred halfway through the season. “That does not come easy.” The Ravens selected Lamar Jackson with the 32nd pick of the ﬁrst round, ﬁguring he was a backup at best behind 10-year starter Joe Flacco. Since a hip injury that sidelined Flacco in early November, Baltimore is 4-1 with Jackson leading a runﬁrst attack that has kept the Ravens alive as they try to end a three-year playoff drought. A victory against the Browns on Sunday gives Baltimore the AFC North title. Flacco was ready to return last week, but coach John Harbaugh stuck with Jackson over the 2013 Super Bowl MVP. “He’s the reincarnation of Michael Vick,” Tampa Bay defensive tackle Gerald McCoy said. “He’s a lot faster than you think on the ﬁeld. When you see him in person, he can really run. He’s going to be good for a long time.” Sam Darnold (third overall to the New York Jets), Josh Allen (seventh to Buffalo) and Josh Rosen (10th to Arizona) have had pretty much typical rookie quarterback years — more struggles than successes. But all three have offered glimpses that they can lead their respective franchises for years. Darnold strained his foot at Miami on Nov. 4, a game in which he threw four interceptions. In the three outings before he was sidelined, the 21-year-old quarterback completed just 47 percent of his passes — 52 of 110 — for 558 yards and two touchdowns with a whopping seven INTs. After missing three games, he has six TDs and one pick, attributing the turnaround to getting a chance to watch and learn from Josh McCown. But the Jets lost the past two. “Sometimes you’re going to go out there and play well and win. Sometimes you’re going to play well and lose,” Darnold said. “The NFL is a tough league. I found that out really quick.” Allen also was much better after returning from a right elbow injury that kept him out four games. On the open-ended question of who had emerged as the leader of the Buffalo offense, coach Sean McDermott chose Allen, citing how he responded coming off the injury. “You become the leader by earning the respect of your teammates,” McDermott said. “He was willing to do that early on. He didn’t try to jump out in front when he hadn’t earned it.” Kansas once more favored to win 15th straight Big 12 title LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — There have been plenty of times over the past 14 years that Kansas was supposed to have a tough test in the Big 12, only for the Jayhawks to emerge on top when March rolled around. The year Texas had Kevin Durant, or Oklahoma boasted Buddy Hield. The years that Jayhawks coach Bill Self had to replace all ﬁve of his starters, or that some other up-andcoming program was stocked with the kind of talent that Kansas seems to get every season. This was not supposed to be one of those years. Yes, the Jayhawks lost their entire backcourt of Devonte Graham, Svi Mykhailiuk and Malik Newman to the NBA. And yes, rival Kansas State returned almost its entire roster from a team that went to the Elite Eight last year, giving the Wildcats a real feeling of conﬁdence heading into the season. But the Jayhawks merely restocked with a bevy of high-proﬁle transfers and ﬁve-star recruits, and the result was a No. 1 ranking that they held through much of the nonconference slate. It wasn’t until this past weekend against Arizona State that they lost their ﬁrst game — without injured big man Udoka Azubuike — that Your Guide To they dropped further than second in the AP poll. Now, the fourthranked Jayhawks (10-1) have a ﬁnal tuneup Saturday against Eastern Michigan before setting their sights on an unprecedented 15th consecutive conference championship. “The reality of it is we weren’t going to run the table,” Self said. “Let’s not get carried away, and I hate saying this — you never want to lose — but certainly you’d rather learn from a nonconference loss than a conference loss, so hopefully we get something from (the loss to Arizona State). I think it’s a teaching moment.” MEIGS COUNTY "200 Years in the Making" OH-70096571 Contact Brenda or Sarah at 740-992-2155 The ofﬁcial tourism guide to Meigs County Pomeroy Daily Sentinel and Meigs Chamber of Commerce David Richard | AP file Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield, a No. 1 draft choice, is one of the rookie quarterbacks who have had an impact in their NFL debuts. Browns go from winless to almost winners CLEVELAND (AP) — Just a year ago, the Browns were winless. They were aimless. They looked hopeless. Disgusted with their laughable team, some Cleveland fans spent the holidays planning a tongue-in-cheek parade around FirstEnergy Stadium to celebrate a probable 0-16 season. Coach Hue Jackson promised to jump into Lake Erie. Those gloomy days are long gone. The Browns have turned it around. “It’s been a long time coming,” wide receiver Rashad Higgins said. “We were due for a winning team.” Overdue. With their 26-18 win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, the Browns (7-7-1) completed the biggest turnaround in franchise history. Cleveland’s seven-game improvement — and it could be eight with a win this week in Baltimore — since last season tops the six-game jumps the team made in 1976 and 2007. It’s been a remarkable swing for a franchise that has had just two winning seasons since its 1999 expansion reboot. And it’s a stunning rise for a team that endured a late-October coaching change, and if not for a play here and there, would be preparing for the playoffs. In an unpredictable season across the NFL, Cleveland’s one-year comeback may be the biggest shocker of all. As the ﬁnal seconds bled from the clock on Sunday and the Browns clinched their best home record in 11 years at 5-21, rookie quarterback Baker Mayﬁeld took the snap and dropped to a knee before urging the sellout crowd to scream louder than it had all day. After shaking hands with a few Cincinnati players, Mayﬁeld, who had been serenaded with chants of “Ba-ker! Ba- ker!” throughout much of the second half, then sprinted toward the locker room. In a way, Mayﬁeld’s departure after the home ﬁnale felt more like an arrival. The Browns are back, and Mayﬁeld intends to keep them around. “I relate to Cleveland,” said Mayﬁeld, who threw three touchdown passes and improved to 6-6 as a starter. “The work ethic, the stuff that you have to earn it around here, that is what the Browns are all about. It is going to be a good relationship for a long time.” To interim coach Gregg Williams, Cleveland’s surge this season isn’t a surprise. Williams, who has led the Browns to a 5-2 record since taking over for Jackson, has always felt the team had enough talent to win and is ﬁnally putting it together. “I don’t ever walk into any game thinking that we can’t win, and I thought that last year,” said Williams, whose candidacy for the fulltime job after the season improves with every victory. “I thought we played extremely well enough in many of those games to win games, and that is how close and tough the league is. It comes down to anywhere from three to four to four to ﬁve plays a game. “Now, we are making more of those plays. The more you make, the easier it is to buy in to understanding of this is how we play as a team. A team wins the game, not individuals.” Williams has always put team goals ﬁrst, and while there are several factors that have led to Cleveland’s turnaround, he believes an emphasis on accountability has transformed the Browns. “We have been able to help them understand that you have to do your job and you have to block out the outside distrac- tions,” he said. “You have to focus and rally together and play for each other. They have done a very good job of not only just doing their job but supporting each other. People see that in team execution over individual execution.” Williams will likely go into Sunday’s game against the Ravens (9-6) uncertain of his future. Long before the Browns rattled off ﬁve wins in six games, general manager John Dorsey said Williams will be one of the candidates he interviews when the season ends. Dorsey may never have considered that Williams would emerge as possibly the best coach going forward. Williams has not publicly campaigned for the job, and he wasn’t about to start Monday. He declined to say if he was hoping to get a guarantee like the one Baltimore gave John Harbaugh last week. “We are on to the Ravens,” he said. Williams’ short-term goal is to have his team ready to take on Baltimore’s league-leading defense, and to possibly spoil the Ravens’ playoff hopes. If Cleveland beats Baltimore, the Pittsburgh Steelers could take the division with a win over Cincinnati. “We will treat this like it is our playoff game,” Williams said. “We will treat it that way because that is how intense the game is going to be. It will be fun.” NOTES: Rookie CB Denzel Ward remains in concussion protocol after suffering his second head injury in three weeks on Sunday. 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