https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/b59c7e09e72d3e66fb594e6298db1d52.pdf c82c5f5afc50f4b3182b9f5e0be02cc6 PDF Text Text Today in History EDITORIAL s 4 Rain, High 70, Low 36 Hood to district meet WEATHER s 5 SPORTS s 6 C_ZZb[fehjšFec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 34, Volume 71 Wednesday, March 1, 2017 s 50¢ A pledge fulfilled Langsville man gets sentenced to 11 years in prison By Sarah Hawley shawley@civitasmedia.com Photos by Sarah Hawley/Sentinel Since the beginning of the Meigs Local Enrichment Foundation numerous individuals, groups, organizations and businesses have been part of the organization’s projects. Many of those individuals were on hand Monday as the final donation was presented. Pictured are (front, from left) Cathy Crow, Frank Blake, Jo Ellen Diehl Yeary, Jon Buck (AEP), Tim Scyfang (AEP), Mike Bartrum, (bank, from left) Scot Gheen, Roy Johnson, Shawn Arnott, Steve Wood, Larry Tucker, Travis Abbott, Paul Reed, Phil Harrison (PDK Construction) and Trevor Harrison (PDK Construction). Also recognized for their contributions, but unable to attend, were Steve Musser and Mike Chancey. MLEF receives final donation from AEP By Sarah Hawley able to make their pitch. Blake noted the special connection of AEP and Meigs, with many Meigs graduates going on ROCKSPRINGS — What started as a dream more than 10 to work for AEP. “We were ourselves and spoke years ago has become a source from the heart,” said Blake, notof community and school pride, and would not have been possible ing that they had a vision in place when making the pitch, as well as without the many, many donors a plan of how to make it work. and supporters over the years. AEP responded, pledging On Monday, one of the major $50,000 a year for a 10 year perisources of financial support for od, a pledge that was completed the Meigs Local Enrichment with Monday’s check presentaFoundation was one hand at tion. the school to deliver the final The donation from AEP gave $50,000 of a $500,000 committhe MLEF a lot of credibility and ment to the project. A little more than 10 years ago, momentum to move forward, said Blake. representatives from the MLEF AEP’s Jon Buck echoed that made a pitch to AEP, asking for statement, noting also that Blake funding to support the foundaand one of the current Meigs tion and its dreams. Frank Blake, one of the MLEF board members are AEP employco-founders, explained that AEP ees. Buck also noted that AEP was and others hear a lot of pitches pleased to be part of the project for funding, making it difficult at times to meet with those who that has helped the quality of the lives of those in Meigs County. make the decisions on funding. Mike Bartrum recalled the Blake noted that Gary Ellis was early meetings of the MLEF, in a position working with one thanking those who have been of the executives on the board involved over the years from the which helped the MLEF to be shawley@civitasmedia.com See PRISON | 5 Tim Scyfang (far right) from AEP presents the final $50,000 installment to Frank Blake (far left) and Mike Bartrum representing the Meigs Local Enrichment Foundation. Harrison family to Farmers Bank, Paul Reed, Shawn Arnott, Cathy Reed, Steve Musser and Mike Chancey. Blake detailed some of the accomplishments from the new track which now holds several meets, including the 2016 district meet, the new football stadium, softball field and cross country course. Arnott congratulated the MLEF on the accomplishments, noting that he was proud and honored to have been a part of it. He added that it has helped to put pride back into the community. Bartrum said he hoped that the project has helped to instill a bit of pride in the school and community over the years. Board President Larry Tucker stated that the MLEF has planted a seed in the county, including in the students that have come through the school. Tucker noted that his son played football on the new field, and carried the pride on to playing at the college level. Supt. Scot Gheen, who is in his first year with Megis Local, noted that after being away and coming back it was good to see the the progress. “I hope the kids understand exactly what See MLEF | 5 Hurt sentenced to 4 years INDEX Obituary: 2 News: 3 Opinion: 4 Weather: 5 Sports: 6 Classifieds: 8 Comics: 9 Family of Jessica Berry addresses the court By Dean Wright deanwright@civitasmedia.com JOIN THE CONVERSATION What’s your take on today’s news? Go to mydailysentinel. com and visit us on facebook to share your thoughts. POMEROY — A Langsville man was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to charges of felonious assault and abduction. Benjamin Mitchell, 34, pleaded guilty to the charges as the jury trial in his case was set to begin. Mitchell was originally indicted on one count of felonious assault and two counts of kidnapping. Through a plea agreement, one count of kidnapping was amended to abduction and the second count dismissed. Prosecutor James K. Stanley told the court that the agreement in the case called for Mitchell to be sentenced to eight years on the felonious assault charge and three years on the abduction charge. Mitchell’s father, Edward Mitchell, had previously pleaded guilty in the case and was sentenced to seven years in prison. Judge I. Carson Crow accepted Mitchell’s guilty plea, and then called the nearly two dozen potential jurors back into the Dean Wright | Ohio Valley Publishing Richard Hurt (right) sits with his defense counsel Ronald Janes (left) during Tuesday afternoon’s sentencing in the Gallia County Court of Common Pleas. Hurt would apologize to the family during court for the action of dismembering Gallia resident Jessica Berry. GALLIPOLIS — After nearly seven months of investigation and court proceedings, Richard Hurt, 47, of Gallipolis, was sentenced by the Gallia County Court of Common Pleas to four years in a state facility after he pleaded guilty in early February to the act of dismembering Gallia resident Jessica Berry. Hurt pleaded guilty of his own See HURT | 3 Sheriff ’s Office handles burglary, theft calls Staff Report TDSnews@civitasmedia.com Meigs County Sheriff’s Office Day Shift Feb. 12 Theft — Deputy Perry received a report of a Polaris Razor that had been stolen from a residence on Roy Jones Road. This incident remains under investigation. Feb. 13 Investigate complaint — Deputies received a call from the Go Mart in Tuppers Plains in reference to a patron attempting to use counterfeit money to purchase items. Anyone who comes across what they believe to be counterfeit money is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Office. Threats or harassment — Sgt. Griffin took a call about a male being threatened with physical harm via Facebook/ text message. Criminal charges have been filed in See SHERIFF | 3 �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Daily Sentinel CHARLENE ANN PATTERSON OBITUARIES GARNET RUTH JOHNSTON PORTLAND — Garnet Ruth Johnston, 86, of Portland, passed away, at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, in the Laurels of Athens. Born Aug. 9, 1930, in Racine, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Edra Wolfe Bush. She was a member of the Faith Gospel Church of Long Bottom, and a lifetime member of the Disable American Veterans Auxiliary. Garnet is survived by her sons, Charles (Sharon) Johnston, of Medera, California, Lawrence G. Johnston, of Racine, and Carl (Cindy) Johnston, of Glouster, Ohio; her daughters, Karen Johnston, of Logan, Sharon (Donnie) Cremeans, of Portland, and Victoria (Barry) Ziering, of Maplewood, New Jersey; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her sisters Zana Middleswart, of Portland, and Dorothy Roseberry, of Racine, and numerous nieces and nephews also survive. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband Lawrence Johnston, on Feb. 16, 1993, and a sister-in-law in infancy, Sadie Mae Bush. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 3, 2017, in the Cremeens-King Funeral Home, Racine. Interment will follow in the Bald Knob Cemetery. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, at the funeral home. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family by visiting www. cremeensking.com DON ALAN COTTERILL RUTLAND — Don Alan Cotterill, 89, of Rutland, Ohio, passed away on Feb. 27, 2017. He was born on Aug. 27, 1927, in Harrisonville, Ohio, son of the late Jonah and Oleva Cotterill. He is survived by his children, Linda (Mike) Finley, James (Becky) Cotterill, Helen (James) Bible, Roger Coterill and Ben (Tina) Cotterill; grandchildren, Cynthia Enright, Amanda Elkins, Michele Severance, Justin Cotterill, Kristopher Cotterill, Sam Bible, Brad Bible, Adam Cotterill, Tasha Tyson and Jay Green; several greatgrandchildren; brother, Paul Cotterill; and many POMEROY — Charlene Ann Patterson, 51, of Pomeroy, Ohio, passed away suddenly after an extended hospital stay, at Holzer Emergency Meigs, Pomeroy, Ohio. Born Dec. 21, 1965, at Columbus, Ohio to Reva Pridemore Musser and the late Charles E. Patterson. She was a hair stylist at Fiesta Salon, Mason, W.Va. and formerly Fantastic Sam’s, Ripley, W.Va. Charlene was of the Baptist Faith and enjoyed riding her Harley. Besides her mother, she is survived by her fiance’ Earl Goode; also Frank’s sons and daughters; several aunts, uncles and MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS cousins. Besides her father, preceded by sister, Charlotte M. Patterson Keller; step-father, Frank Musser; grandparents, Delbert and Annette Pridemore; step-grandmother, Florence Musser; uncle, Ron Pridemore; and aunt, Debbie Bailey. Services are Saturday, March 4, 2017, at 11 a.m. at Birchfield Funeral Home, Rutland, Ohio. Burial to follow at Rutland Cemetery, Rutland, Ohio. Family will receive friends from 4-7 p.m., Friday, March 3, 2017, at funeral home. Online condolences may be sent at birchfieldfuneralhome.com. SIMMONS ATHENS — Thomas Benson Simmons, 32, of Athens, Ohio, died on Feb. 27, 2017. A celebration of life visitation will be held on Friday, March 3, 2017 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy. nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Faye Cotterill; son, Dan Cotterill; brothers, Ivan, Owen and Raymond Cotterill; and sister, Bessie King. Funeral services will be held on Friday, March 3, 2017, at 2 p.m. with Pastor Randy Smith officiating at Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Middleport. Burial will follow at Shipmen Cemetery. Visiting hours will be on Friday from noon to 2 p.m. at the funeral home. A registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel.com. MEIGS CHURCH CALENDAR Wednesday, March 1 POMEROY — The community is invited to a prayer breakfast at 7:45 a.m. at Trinity Congregational Church on Second and Lynn Streets in Pomeroy, in observance of the beginning of the Lenten season. All are welcome to attend. POMEROY — St. Paul Lutheran Church will hold an Ash Wednesday service at 7 p.m. Imposition of ashes will be available. The service is open to the public. Community Lenten Services Each service begins at 7 p.m., with the host church to provide a light supper starting at 6 p.m. Any and all offerings will go towards the Meigs Ministerial Association in helping us with our various ministries. 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@civitasmedia.com. Wednesday, March 1 MIDDLEPORT — An American Red Cross Blood Drive will be held from 1-6:30 p.m. in the Meigs Primary School gym, 36871 State Route 124, Middleport. Please schedule your appointment at RedCrossBlood.org (sponsor code: meigsprimary), call 1-800-RED CROSS or call 740-669-4245. Walk-ins are always welcome. Please remember to bring your photo ID or donor card to your appointment. Thursday, March 2 CHESTER — The Chester Shade Historical Association March board meeting will be held at the Chester Academy dining area at 6:30 p.m. Anyone is welcome to attend. Agenda items to be addressed should be submitted by March 1. ROCKSPRINGS — Meigs High School will be holding Parent-Teacher Conferences from 3 p.m.6 p.m. Students will be bringing home a letter describing the conference scheduling procedure along with information on the conferences. The school would like to encourage all parents and/ or guardians to attend that they may keep you informed concerning the progress of your child. Please return the form attached to the letter to the school or call 740-992-2158 by Wednesday, March 1 to schedule conferences. CHILLICOTHE — The Southern Ohio Council of Governments (SOCOG) will hold its board meeting at 10 a.m. at 27 West Second Street, Suite 202, Chillicothe, Ohio, 45601. Board meetings usually are held the first Thursday of the month. For more information, call 740-775-5030, ext. 103. POMEROY — AA Meeting open discussion, 7 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 162 Mulberry Ave. Friday, March 3 SALEM CENTER — Meigs County Pomona Grange will meet at 7:30 p.m. at Star Grange Hall, located three miles north of Salem Center on County Road 1. Inspection will be held. Star Grange will serve refreshments following the meeting. STOCKS DUDLEY AEP (NYSE) Akzo (NASDAQ) Big Lots (NYSE) Bob Evans (NASDAQ) BorgWarner (NYSE) Century Alum (NASDAQ) City Holding (NASDAQ) Collins (NYSE) DuPont (NYSE) US Bank (NYSE) Gen Electric (NYSE) Harley-Davidson (NYSE) MASON — Janet Kay Dudley died Feb. 26, 2017. Funeral rites will be at the Zion Lutheran Church, Sunday, March 5, 2017, at 2 p.m. DEWEESE LEON, W.Va. — Steven E. DeWeese, 42, of Leon, W.Va., passed away Saturday, February 25, 2017, at his home. Funeral services will be held on Friday, March 3, 2017, at the Crow-Hussell Funeral Home, at 1 p.m., with Pastor Mark Mayes officiating. Burial will follow in Smith Church Cemetery. 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An inves- two employees arguing and tigation has resulted in the threatening each other. Staff recovery of the stolen items felt that it may get out of and criminal charges filed in hand and requested deputies Meigs County Court. intervention. Deputy Myers Feb. 14 contacted the parties involved Well-being check — and will decide whether to Deputies answered multiple file charges after speaking well-being checks on several with the prosecutor. residences located within the Well-being check — Depucounty. ty Myers handled a well-being Investigate complaint — check at the request of the Our office responded to call Chillicothe VA. They had about stolen license plates. received a call from a vetThis incident remains under eran who mentioned suicide investigation. before hanging up on them. Feb. 15 Deputy Myers contacted the Sex offender — Sgt. Patsubject who said he was not terson registered one sex wanting to hurt himself, he offender. was just frustrated with the Domestic violence — A VA process. woman came to the Meigs Protection order violaCounty Sheriff’s Office and tion — Deputy Snoke went filed a report with Sgt. Patter- to a residence in Rutland and son about her husband, Sean arrested Michael Bailey, age Braley, allegedly assaulting 27, for an alleged protection her. Sgt. Patterson took the order violation. Bailey had report and filed charges on just been in County Court Sean Braley for the incident. this same date and was notiTheft — Deputy Stacy fied of the protection order. took a report from a resident Upon his release, Bailey of Long Bottom, who report- allegedly went directly to the ed the license plate from his residence and violated the vehicle had been taken along order. Bailey was incarcerated Hurt From page 1 accord with no plea arrangement offered to the third-degree felony of tampering with evidence and the fifth-degree crime of abuse of a corpse. Hurt was sentenced to three years for the third-degree felony and one year for the fifth-degree felony with sentences to run consecutively by Gallia Common Pleas Judge Margaret Evans. “It’s been 225 days today since Tammy (Taylor, Berry’s mother) has seen her daughter alive,” said Gallia Prosecutor Jason Holdren. “I think it’s important, Judge, to go through the facts and somewhat of a timeline so the court and everyone understands the seriousness of Mr. Hurt’s actions in this case.” According to Holdren, July 18, 2016 Jamie Lambert and Hurt picked up Jessica Berry from her mother’s home in Gallipolis and Berry took clothes for a few days. Hurt had given a statement saying he wanted to see two women engage in sexual activity, according to Holdren. That was the arranged plan, according to Holdren, for Hurt, Lambert and Berry to engage in such that evening. The three proceeded to a home on White Road in Gallia County. Berry and Lambert went into the bathroom of that home and used heroin to the point that Berry became unresponsive and overdosed. Lambert assisted her in coming out of that overdose. Holdren said she was fine the rest of the evening. Berry stayed the night on White Road. July 19, 2016, Berry took additional drugs, according to Holdren. She became unresponsive and Hurt tried to resuscitate her by putting her in a bath. At some point, she died. An Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation analysis of Hurt’s cell phone shows that at 11:30 p.m. of that day, he searched what to do if someone had overdosed with heroin. Hurt later made a statement, said Holdren, to law enforcement “I should have taken this girl to the ER.” “At some point, in the evening of July 19 to the morning hours of July pending his appearance on the new charges. Meth lab — Deputy Snoke was sent to investigate a report of a bottle with a hose coming out of it laying on Long Hollow Road. Deputy Snoke determined that it was a hydrochloric gas generator used in the process of manufacturing methamphetamine. Deputy Barnhart neutralized the generator and properly disposed of it. They also located a used syringe at the scene. These “labs” can be very dangerous, anyone that locates what they think may be a lab is asked not to approach it, but to call it in to the Sheriff’s Office and let the specially trained deputies investigate it. Feb. 17 EMS assist — Deputy Myers assisted EMS with a patient who had an altered mental status. Deputy Myers secured the scene until EMS units arrived and transported the patient to the hospital. Drug paraphernalia — Sgt. Patterson and Court Officer Larry Tucker checked on a subject who is on probation. While checking the residence some drug paraphernalia was located. A female, Tekisha Edwards, age 32, claimed ownership of the items and charges will be filed. Theft — Sgt. Patterson is investigating the theft of guns from a residence in Rutland. She reported the guns were taken from her residence in August 2016. A suspect has been identified, investigation continues. Night Shift Feb. 17 Disturbance — A woman called the office advising her son called her from 33205 Beech Grove to advise a man and his wife were in the drive way arguing and was not sure why they are there and that no one should be there but the son. Deputies arrived on scene and contacted the two individuals. They stated that they were there because someone in that house allegedly owed them money over something that had been stolen from them. They told the officer they were not interested in filing a report. They were told to move on and no further action was taken by the officers on this call. Feb. 18 Prowlers — A resident of Darwin Road advised that he was looking at his cameras and could see people crawling around his house. Deputies arrived on scene and contacted the individual. He stated several accusations about people being around the outside of his home and inside. His ex-wife was there confirming his story. Depu- Wednesday, March 1, 2017 3 ties checked the area and no evidence of anyone being in or around the house was found. When asked to be shown the security recordings of the incident they could not be produced. The residents chose to leave the home for the night and deputies patrolled the area and checked on the home a few times throughout the night. No one was ever seen by the officers. No further action was taken on this call. Feb. 19 Unruly Juvenile — A resident of State Route 7 called the office at 3 a.m. and advised that her 16-year-old daughter was missing. She was home when the woman returned from work and went to bed and is now gone. Deputies arrived at the home and got the information needed to start a search for the girl. Several calls were made by the family and the sheriff office dispatcher to friends of the missing girl. Dispatch was informed of a possible person in the Reedsville area she may be with and a deputy was sent to his house to check for her. By 4:30 a.m. the missing female was located. She was transported to the sheriff’s office where she was returned to her parents. The investigation into this incident is ongoing and possible charges pending on the male that she was found with in Reedsville. Burglary — An emergency phone call transferred from EMS from a residence on State Route 681, Darwin, advising a neighbor, Todd Dill, was in the basement and he is not supposed to be there. The first deputy, Sgt. Mohler, arrived on scene and entered the home through the busted hole in the basement door. One of the home owners was at the top of the stairs trying to keep the suspect from getting further into the home. Sgt. Mohler engaged the suspect to get his attention away from the home owner and placed him against the wall and attempted to handcuff him. Dill resisted being handcuffed. The second officer, Deputy Babb, arrived on scene. Once the second deputy arrived, the suspect increased his resistance and was tased by Deputy Babb. The taser had no effect on the suspect. The deputies then wrestled him to the floor and handcuffed him. It was determined that the suspect was allegedly on meth. Due to his state of impairment and the minor injuries he had sustained busting the glass basement door, he was taken to the ER and medically cleared then transported to jail to await an initial appearance on burglary charges. “What you have done to my daughter, how can you live with yourself? How can you sleep at night knowing what you did?” —Tammy Taylor termined. “The purposes of sentencing are to protect the public from future crime from the offender and to punish the offender,” Holdren said. “I believe you would be hard-pressed to to think of facts that are more heinous and egregious than what we’ve Dean Wright | Ohio Valley Publishing got here. Judge, this case Tammy Taylor (left) sits with her daughter Dawn Berry (center) as the reading of evidence collected has shined a very bright in the Jessica Berry case is told by Gallia Prosecutor Jason Holdren. light on several things. not be coming over. (The One is that drugs, specifi20, Mr. Hurt realizes that that on July 24 the same cally heroin, are stealing year, six days after Taylor owner) stated she went (Berry) is dead,” said away our loved ones in out to her garage and had seen her daughter Holdren. “Thereafter, she this county. Mr. Hurt opened the door which is dismembered, placed in last, she reported Berry knows that … Yet, he leads to the deck. Upon black trash bags and even- missing. Taylor was also takes advantage of those concerned because Berry opening the door, she tually buried at … Abby addicted to heroin, to had also been addicted to detected an odor. (The Lane in Point Pleasant, play out and fulfill his fanowner) advised the floor heroin and had only two West Virginia. On July tasy. The other issue that Narcan opioid revival kits portion of the deck had 22, which was a Friday, comes to light is that the Hurt called (the residence left. Berry had overdosed been neatly placed in its penalty in this case does original location.” previously eight times. owner). Hurt had done not come close to fitting The owner made July 29, Holdren said, work on the property the crime. I’ve talked to contact with another was important because in the past … They had Tammy on many instancindividual she knew Hurt encountered law a conversation in 2015 es. She is committed as through work. Both disenforcement. After disthat (the owner) would membering the body and cussed hearing about the am I to working with be interested in having our legislation to change taking it to West Virginia, previous investigation the old deck removed this because this is a true being run by the Gallia he said to law enforceand replaced behind injustice. The only senSheriff’s Office in search ment he had picked Berry her garage. When (the tence appropriate in this of Berry. Both women up from the White Road residence owner) spoke to is a maximum prison term became suspicious due law enforcement, she indi- residence and taken her to a VFW post. Berry left to Hurt’s recent behavior. to run consecutively. No cated she had received a parent ever wants to bury Daughters of the homephone call from Hurt July his vehicle and he had owner inspected the floor a child, let alone knowing 22, 2016. During the con- not made contact with the child was treated in portions where the deck her since, Holdren said versation, Hurt told (the such a manner.” behind the garage had according to statements owner) he was going to Jessica’s sister, Dawn been replaced before hapgo ahead and start tearing taken from Hurt. Berry, would give Taylor’s pening upon the grave “He goes on to mislead out the deck. (The owner) statement to the court. site. the (Gallia) Sheriff’s stated she did not want “Why did you do that?,” “Mr. Hurt, without Office,” said Holdren. that done at that point, said Dawn, uttering her being asked, went over, Holdren said someone but he did it anyway.” mother’s words. “What removed the deck, but Hurt knew had told him Holdren would go on you have done to my kept one piece intact to Berry had been seen and to say that on July 23, daughter, how can you place it over the grave, ” did not want to talk with 2016, Hurt’s cellphone live with yourself? How Holdren said. showed a picture of a hole her family. Holdren said can you sleep at night According to statethis created a deception freshly dug in the backknowing what you did? ments, Hurt drove by the that there was an issue yard behind the garage of location several times the How can you sit there the home. Holdren would in Berry’s family and she following day to see if the and say what you say display a photo of the hole was simply staying away body had been discovered when you dismembered from them. after Berry’s form was before being picked up by my daughter’s body? You “July 30, a report was discovered. West Virginia law enforce- know how many lives you made to law enforce“Judge, all the while, have affected. … What if ment. He later made a ment from Abbey Lane Mr. Hurt continued life someone did that to you, confession. Holdren said as normal,” said Holdren. in Point Pleasant that to your daughter, disHurt confessed to tearing possible human remains “He was employed at member their body? How down the deck to bury Kyger Creek. I understand were found,” said Holdone of the things the court ren. “(The Point Pleasant the body and intended to would you feel about that? This is from November homeowner) had received build another deck over will look at is his exem2016. This holiday season plary work record and his a phone call and said Hurt the grave. is grey because one of our The grave, according had called her and asked if (military) service to the she would be going home to Holdren, was four feet family is not here to celecountry. My comments deep and three feet wide. brate with us. Her name is should not be interpreted alone. (The owner) was Jessica Berry, because her that I am diminishing any gone for a few days. (The The grave was covered life was cut short at the with lime and dirt. Holdowner) thought it was of those things. But after ren said reports said that age of 32. She has three odd for Hurt to ask that. doing this, he was able (The owner) advised she cuts made to Berry’s body children that have had to to work July 22, 2016, have Thanksgiving and returned home and called were made after she had July 26, 2016 and July Christmas without their passed. The report also 29, 2016, all those days at Hurt at 3:39 p.m. (The mother and it is hard. said there were no obviKyger Creek as if nothing owner) advised that she ous signs of injury on the They never thought this asked Hurt to come to had happened.” would happen to our fambody. Autopsy records The defense offered no her residence to talk to ily. Now we have to try to acquired by Ohio Valley him. (The owner) advised objection while Holdren get through the holidays Publishing listed the reaHurt told her he had a addressed the court. best we can. It makes me son of death to be undelot going on and would Holdren continued sad because this person (Hurt) gets to spend his holiday with his family because he is out walking the street and because my daughter is gone because of him. I do believe God will help us through this and make him pay for what he has done.” “Nothing I can say explains the outrageousness and stupidity of these acts,” said defense counsel Ronald Janes. “I can only remind the court that if the narrative is correct, although he misled law enforcement on July 29, 2016, within 48 hours later, Mr. Hurt, when confronted by West Virginia authorities admitted and accepted responsibility for his actions. That starts to say something positive about this senseless, stupid, irrational behavior.” Janes referenced Hurts willingness to continue to cooperate with authorities during his incarceration time. Evans would ask Hurt if he wished to address the court. “I would like to say …. I reckon address the court,” said Hurt. “But on my behalf, I would like to apologize to the family. I know it’s a hard time.” “No, you don’t,” said Taylor from the crowd. Evans would beckon her to remain silent during Hurt’s remarks. “I accept responsibility for my actions,” continued Hurt. “I do wish to say I am sorry to the family.” In accordance with Ohio Revised Code stipulations, and what Evans felt were issues previously handled in the Gallipolis Municipal Court, she sentenced Hurt to the full term of four years in prison as well as post release control stipulations. Hurt was then taken away by Gallia County deputies in cuffs. Hurt still faces a charge of concealment of a deceased human body in West Virginia a well as a pending civil suit in the Gallia County courts brought forth by Taylor. Dean Wright can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2103 �E ditorial 4 Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Daily Sentinel THEIR VIEW Opioid addiction can start in ER By Michael Barnett and Anupam B. Jena Contributing columnists There’s a common thread in many accounts of opioid addiction: It all started with a single prescription after a minor injury or other medical issue. There are plenty of culprits in the opioid epidemic raging across the country, including the pharmaceutical industry, drug traffickers and economic stagnation. But there is little doubt that many thousands of opioid users got their first introduction to an opioid from a physician who wanted to treat their pain. And we’ve found unsettling evidence that whether you are prescribed an opioid, and whether a first opioid prescription turns into many, could be just a matter of chance. As medical researchers, we wanted to know how much pain treatment, and opioid prescribing in particular, depends on the practice style of the physician who happens to treat you. We studied insurance records for hundreds of thousands of Medicare patients with no prior opioid prescriptions who were treated in emergency departments across the United States. There are, of course, many other physicians, such as internists and surgeons, who prescribe far more opioids as a group than emergency doctors. We focused on emergency departments because the physician a patient sees in them is more or less random, providing an opportunity to scientifically tease apart the effects of a particular physician’s opioid prescribing. One might expect that emergency physicians would have a standard approach to treating pain. But we found the opposite was true. Within the same hospital, the chances that a patient was discharged with an opioid prescription varied from 7 percent of patients treated by low-prescribing physicians to 24 percent of patients seen by generous prescribers. This wide difference in how physicians initially managed pain had long-term consequences. Patients seen only once by a physician who often prescribes opioids were 30 percent more likely to become long-term opioid users than patients seen by conservative prescribers. We also saw broad variation in the strength and amount of opioids prescribed. One physician may prescribe 20 pills of 10 milligrams of oxycodone, a common opioid, in a case where another physician may prescribe half that dose. Again, patients who saw high-dosage prescribers were more than 30 percent more likely to become long-term opioid users than those who saw more cautious prescribers. We found no evidence that patients treated by low-prescribing physicians came back to the hospital more often for untreated pain. In fact, patients treated by high “The data we found raise the question of how high-risk drugs could be prescribed so haphazardly.” prescribers came back to the hospital more frequently for opioid-related complications, such as falls, fractures or overdoses. The data we found raise the question of how high-risk drugs could be prescribed so haphazardly. One major problem is the lack of protocol or widely endorsed best practices to guide opioid prescribing in most cases. In contrast to medical conditions for which we have an abundance of data to guide the best treatment decisions, such as asthma or heart disease, pain treatment is often largely improvisational. (And where guidelines for pain management do exist, physicians’ adherence to them is exceedingly poor.) We both trained as internal medicine physicians in leading medical centers, yet we learned pain management by example more than anything else. As a first-year trainee, you might observe a senior colleague prescribe 5 milligrams of oxycodone every six hours to someone with a severe ankle sprain. When you see the next patient with an ankle sprain, you will probably do the same. For low-risk situations, there is nothing inherently wrong with training by example. But with high-risk medications, our reliance on informal training could imperil public health. The challenge, then, is to figure out how physicians can restrain excessive prescribing without under-prescribing pain treatment to those most in need. It’s clear that physicians in training desperately need more formal opioid education in medical school and residency, which many institutions are already developing. There should also be ongoing evaluation of physician competency in opioid prescribing. Doctors are evaluated annually on all kinds of topics, including patient privacy and competency with microscopes. But there is little oversight for opioid prescribing. We need to develop standard measures for the safety and appropriateness of such prescribing. Finally, patients should ask their doctors whether their pain can be treated with medication other than opioids. If an opioid is necessary, patients can and should ask whether a lower dose or shorter duration is reasonable. This conversation could change the course of your life. Michael Barnett (@ml — barnett) is an assistant professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a primary care physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Anupam B. Jena (@AnupamBJena) is an economist, physician, associate professor of healthcare policy and medicine at Harvard Medical School, and a research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. They wrote this for the Los Angeles Times. THEIR VIEW Toward better relations with the press By Cal Thomas Contributing columnist Before becoming a newspaper columnist I was a broadcast news reporter for local TV stations and occasionally appeared on the NBC radio and television networks. I have some experience at being on the receiving end of hostilities directed at the media. At a pro-Nixon, proVietnam war rally I covered in the early ’70s, a demonstrator looked at the NBC logo on my microphone and called me a “communist.” We had never met. He knew nothing about my politics or the quality of my reporting. He assumed that because I was covering the event for NBC I must be a left-wing radical. While there is little doubt in the minds of most conservatives that a large majority of reporters and anchors at the national level hold liberal views, the way labels are applied to journalists does little to improve the quality of journalism, a profession that was once considered a craft before it became big business, eventually devolving into just another political megaphone. The Trump administration has probably extracted maximum benefit from its frontal assault on the news media. It will not win converts by continuing the bashing. Even press critics must acknowledge that a free press is essential to a strong democracy. Here is my proposal to simultaneously preserve and strengthen democracy, while encouraging the media to do a better job. Reporters, producers and TV bookers are people with families and, in my experience, a sense of duty. Mostly, they are friendly people who are interested in finding and reporting the truth. Granted, their view of truth might be far different from most conservatives, but let’s start there. The administration and other press critics should make a list of federal programs and the philosophies associated with them and conduct an objective study as to whether they have produced the advertised results. Feelings, intentions, even ideology should have no part in the “The Trump administration has probably extracted maximum benefit from its frontal assault on the news media.” study. Did the program and associated spending solve a problem? In terms of social services, were sufficient numbers of people helped and did those programs assist recipients to escape from government assistance and find jobs, or did they result in people becoming addicted to government, reducing their motivation? How credible is it that someone would favor a program or support a philosophy that costs too much and delivers too little? Is the private sector having greater success in achieving certain desired ends far better than government? Many states are doing better than Washington in solving some problems. National reporters could be shown what success looks like outside the Beltway. They might ask members of Congress why they won’t embrace these models in the states they and their colleagues represent. I have never seen anger and opposition convert anyone. Persuasion requires a relationship that includes respect for the other person and learning how they arrived at their point of view. I suspect most people don’t take the time to contact, much less develop relationships with journalists, or even know many people with views different from their own. Find something you can admire in a journalist’s reporting and send them a note that says so. It can include a suggestion of something they might have missed in their coverage. A reporter is more likely to consider such a suggestion if it is accompanied with praise, rather than a heavy dose of bile. The media aren’t going away and while conservatives can — and should — continue to call out errors and bias, they ought to be at least as interested in changing hearts and minds, even minds that already seem made up. Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribpub.com. TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Wednesday, March 1, the 60th day of 2017. There are 305 days left in the year. Today is Ash Wednesday. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 1, 1867, Nebraska became the 37th state as President Andrew Johnson signed a proclamation. On this date: In 1565, the city of Rio de Janeiro was founded by Portuguese knight Estacio de Sa. In 1792, Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II died; he was succeeded by his son, Francis II. In 1815, Napoleon, having escaped exile in Elba, arrived in Cannes, France, and headed for Paris to begin his “Hundred Days” rule. In 1932, Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lind- bergh, was kidnapped from the family home near Hopewell, New Jersey. (Remains identified as those of the child were found the following May.) In 1940, “Native Son” by Richard Wright was first published by Harper & Brothers. In 1954, four Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire from the spectators’ gallery of the U.S. House of Representatives, wounding five members of Congress. The United States detonated a dry-fuel hydrogen bomb, codenamed Castle Bravo, at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. In 1957, “The Cat in the Hat” by Dr. Seuss was released to bookstores by Random House. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed an executive order establishing the Peace Corps. THOUGHT FOR TODAY “Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.” — Rudyard Kipling, English author (1865-1936) In 1967, U.S. Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, D-N.Y., accused of misconduct, was denied his seat in the 90th Congress. (The Supreme Court ruled in 1969 that Powell had to be seated.) In 1971, a bomb went off inside a men’s room at the U.S. Capitol; the radical group Weather Underground claimed responsibility for the pre-dawn blast. In 1981, Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands began a hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland; he died 65 days later. In 1997, severe storms hit Ohio, Kentucky, Ten- nessee and Mississippi, and spawned tornadoes in Arkansas blamed for two dozen deaths. Ten years ago: Tornadoes killed 20 people in the Midwest and Southeast, including eight students at Enterprise High School in Alabama. Maj. Gen. George W. Weightman, who had been in charge of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, was relieved of command after disclosures about dilapidated buildings and inadequate treatment of wounded soldiers. An independent commission concluded the National Guard and Reserves weren’t getting enough money or equipment. �NEWS/WEATHER Daily Sentinel Prison 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. Lincoln Day Dinner ROCKSPRINGS — The Meigs County Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Day Dinner will be held on Thursday, March 23 at 6 p.m. at Meigs High School. Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor will be the speaker for the dinner, other state and local officials are expected to be in attendance. Tickets are available from MIDDLEPORT — Meigs EleKay Hill or by calling Bill Spaun at mentary PTO will host its annual 740-992-3992. Craft and Vendor Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 4. There will also be a Chinese auction and food served. All proceeds benefit Meigs Elementary School. For more information contact PTO secretary Shara Fields at 740-444POMEROY — Sacred Heart 9013 or sharaweekley@yahoo.com. Catholic Church in Pomeroy will host a fish fry on Fridays March 10, 17, 24, and 31 from noon-7 p.m. Carryout is available. The fish fry is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Monsignor Jessing Council #1664 with the proceeds REEDSVILLE — Children being benefiting local charities. enrolled for kindergarten in the Eastern Local School District must turn five years old on or before Aug. 1, 2017. Kindergarten screening and registration will be held on Thursday, March 16 and Friday, POMEROY — The Meigs Coun- March 17 from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. ty Council on Aging will kick off its All children to be enrolled should 2017 March for Meals with basket be screened and registered at this and bag games on Thursday, March time. Please call to schedule an 2 at 6 p.m. The games will be held appointment at 985-3304 (starting at the Senior Center, located at 112 February 14). On the day of screening and registration, the child must E. Memorial Drive in Pomeroy. SYRACUSE — The annual Stop be present and accompanied by his or her parent/legal guardian. The Hunger games hosted by Home parent/legal guardian will need to National Bank will be held Thursday, March 9 at 6 p.m. at the Syra- produce verification of residency, cuse Community Center. Proceeds identification, the child’s legal registered birth certificate (not from the event benefit the Meigs Kindergarten Registration Basket/Bag Games MLEF From page 1 they have,” said Gheen, adding that the facilities at Meigs Local are 2 PM 64° 52° HEALTH TODAY Statistics through 3 p.m. yesterday 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 50°/35° 51°/31° 72° in 1948 0° in 1934 24 hours ending 3 p.m. yest. 0.58 Month to date/normal 2.71/3.07 Year to date/normal 6.69/6.04 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. 3 24 hours ending 3 p.m. yest. 0.0 Month to date/normal Trace/7.4 Season to date/normal 4.4/18.9 WEATHER TRIVIA™ SUN & MOON Q: March will end sheepish if it comes in like what? Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Thu. 6:59 a.m. 6:22 p.m. 9:33 a.m. 11:04 p.m. MOON PHASES First Full Last New Mar 5 Mar 12 Mar 20 Mar 27 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for fish and game. Today Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Tue. Major 1:36a 2:34a 3:33a 4:32a 5:29a 6:25a 7:18a Minor 7:49a 8:47a 9:46a 10:46a 11:44a 12:12a 1:04a Major 2:02p 3:00p 4:00p 5:00p 5:58p 6:54p 7:47p Minor 8:15p 9:14p 10:14p 11:14p ---12:39p 1:33p WEATHER HISTORY On March 1, 1983, the temperature dropped to 59 in Honolulu while heavy rain hit California. When the jet stream dips far south, Hawaii is cool while California is wet. 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme 41° 21° Partly sunny, snow showers; cold Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Logan 69/32 Adelphi 69/32 Chillicothe 68/33 Lucasville 70/36 Portsmouth 68/37 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 Flood 24-hr. Location Stage Level Chg. Willow Island 37 12.71 +0.12 Marietta 34 17.91 +0.32 Parkersburg 36 22.12 -0.07 Belleville 35 12.84 none Racine 41 12.83 +0.05 Point Pleasant 40 24.90 +0.04 Gallipolis 50 12.47 +0.10 Huntington 50 26.88 -0.07 Ashland 52 35.00 +0.07 Lloyd Greenup 54 12.74 -0.01 Portsmouth 50 20.20 -0.30 Maysville 50 34.00 none Meldahl Dam 51 20.00 -0.50 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 TUESDAY 59° 44° 63° 45° 51° 29° Clearing and warmer Warmer with some sun A strong thunderstorm in the afternoon Cooler with plenty of clouds Marietta 69/35 Belpre 71/35 Athens 69/33 St. Marys 70/35 Parkersburg 69/35 Coolville 70/34 Elizabeth 71/36 Spencer 73/36 Buffalo 73/37 Milton 71/37 Huntington 70/36 St. Albans 72/36 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s 100s Seattle 90s 48/42 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s San Francisco 20s 61/43 10s 0s -0s -10s Los Angeles 74/50 T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front MONDAY NATIONAL CITIES Ironton 71/36 Ashland 71/36 Grayson 68/37 complex adjacent to Meigs High School which will include a modern stadium, nature trails, an orchard, playground, restrooms, concession stands and athletic fields. 48° 33° Wilkesville 68/33 POMEROY Jackson 71/35 68/34 Ravenswood Rio Grande 72/36 71/35 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 63/32 GALLIPOLIS 70/36 73/36 70/36 South Shore Greenup 69/36 67/36 33 LONG BOTTOM — One lane of State Route 124 in Meigs County is closed 0.5 miles north of Township Road 402 (Barr Hollow) for an emergency landslide repair. Temporary traffic signals are in place. The estimated completion date is June 30, 2017. SUNDAY Murray City 69/32 McArthur 69/32 Waverly 68/34 SATURDAY A: A lion. Today 7:01 a.m. 6:21 p.m. 8:56 a.m. 9:56 p.m. FRIDAY Mostly cloudy and cooler 8 AccuWeather.com Cold Index™ (in inches) THURSDAY A few t-storms, some severe this morning. A shower tonight. High 70° / Low 36° ALMANAC High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM Road Closure ed in 2007 to enrich the quality of Meigs Local School District and the surrounding community. The foundation has designed and begun construction of an athletic and recreational at the top of the game. With the final $50,000 payment, the MLEF is now “very close” to having the loan for the projects paid off. The MLEF was found- 44° 31° 63° POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will conduct an Immunization Clinic from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. on Tuesdays 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 of an inability to pay an administration fee for state-funded childhood vaccines. Please bring medical cards and/or commercial insurance cards, if applicable. Zostavax (shingles); pneumonia ; influenza vaccines are also available. Call for eligibility determination and availability or visit our website at www.meigs-health.com to see a list of accepted commercial insurances and Medicaid for adults. Fish Fry IT PAYS! WEATHER Immunization Clinic Craft and Vendor Fair ADVERTISE 8 AM the hospital birth record), up to date immunization record and, if applicable, custody documents. 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Huff told the court The victim in the case that Mitchell has had addressed the court, as some issues in his life she had done at Edward that led to the incident Mitchell’s sentencing. in August. Standing before Mitchell was, accordthe court, the victim ing to his attorney, on recalled the details of a seven or eight day the night of the crime, methamphetamine being beaten and binge, which can lead to stabbed by the defenparanoia. dants and feeling as if Huff stated that she were going to die. Mitchell’s concern for She told Mitchell the victim was part of and the court that she why he was entering had a family to live for the plea as he did not and did not want her children to have to live want her to have to testify. without their mother Crow asked the is what kept her going victim if she was in through the ordeal. agreement with the plea She recalled Mitchell agreement before the saying that she needed court and she stated she to die and asking his father to help finish her was. Mitchell briefly off. addressed the court, As the two men began fighting with one apologizing to the vicanother, the victim said tim for his actions. He said that he hoped some she heard God telling good could come of the her to get up and run. incident and that it had She made it out of the house and ran until she already led two people to turn back to God. fell into a ditch where Crow sentenced she was unable to be Mitchell to eight years seen when the men drove by in a car on two in prison on the felonioccasions. She was then ous assault charge and able to run and crawl to three years in prison on the abduction charge — a house where she was the maximum on both able to get help. charges. While she had scars TODAY Wednesday, March 1, 2017 5 �Sports Daily Sentinel '/.8/=.+CM��+<-2��M� ����s� Meigs’ Hood heads to district meet By Paul Boggs thew who finished fifth at 160 pounds and is an alternate to the district meet, placed in SatALBANY, Ohio — Four of a urday’s sectional. kind. The Meigs Marauders moved That’s because four members one wrestler on to the district of the Gallia Academy High meet —senior repeat qualifier School wrestling squad have Trae Hood in the 220-pound qualified for the Division II weight class. district meet — including three The Blue Devils, spearheadsectional champions, following ed by going 3-for-3 in sectional Friday and Saturday’s competi- championship tilts, finished tion at Alexander High School. fourth as a team with 114 In fact, all four of the Blue points. Devil district meet qualifiers Gallia Academy ended up —junior Kyle Greenlee and five points better than fifthseniors Jared Stevens, Kaleb place Warren (109), as New Crisenbery and Hunter Jacks Lexington landed the team —are repeat advancers from championship with 240 points. last season. Sheridan was the runner-up Four other Blue Devils, with 227 points, followed by including senior Chris Matthird-place Fairfield Union with pboggs@civitasmedia.com Paul Boggs/OVP Sports Meigs junior Nathaniel Gearheart (top) finished fifth in the 138-pound weight class as part of Saturday’s Division II sectional wrestling meet at Alexander High School. 191. Meigs, which was 10th out of 11 clubs in the sectional, mustered 40.5 points. Gallia Academy’s Stevens, Crisenbery and Greenlee all won sectional championships —with Stevens wining at 120, Crisenbery at 145 and Greenlee at 113. All three advanced to last year’s district meet at those same weight classes, as Jacks —who placed third at 170 pounds —joined the fray at 160 pounds last season. Stevens, who raised his stellar season record to 42-3, blanked Zach Glick of New Lexington with a 10-0 major See MEET | 10 LeBron shakes off strep throat, leads Cavs past Bucks 102-95 CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James returned from sickness, and the Cavaliers felt a whole lot better. Still not quite himself, James came back after missing one game with strep throat and scored 24 points, Kyrie Irving added 25 and Cleveland capped a solid February with a 102-95 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night. James sat out Saturday’s loss to Chicago — the Cavs fell to 0-4 this season without their superstar — and was listed as questionable before arriving at Quicken Loans Arena and getting in a workout. He looked fit from the start, delivering an early dunk and adding one in the fourth that he capped by screaming, “That’s and one!” at Milwaukee’s John Henson, who fouled him. He wasn’t 100 percent, but even at less than full speed, James can dominate. “He brings so much to our team,” Cavs coach Tyronn Lue said. “He’s just a winner. Anybody who goes to the Finals six straight times is a winner. He just makes everybody better, myself included. … That’s who he is. We needed his juice tonight.” James’ dunk and three-point play triggered an 11-0 run that helped put away the Bucks, who were within 86-85 midway through the fourth. After spending much of the weekend recovering, James felt he had enough energy to play and helped the Cavs close the month with a 9-2 record after going 7-8 in January. “I felt good enough to lace them up,” James said. Malcolm Brogdon scored 20 points to lead Milwaukee, and All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo scored just nine on 4-of-13 shooting. The Bucks may have sustained a costly injury as forward Michael Beasley sprained his left knee in the first half. Beasley’s knee buckled grotesquely as he tried to defend James on the baseline. He scored 11 points before going down and had to be helped to Milwaukee’s locker room. Beasley left the building on crutches, and coach Jason Kidd said he will be examined when the team gets home. “We’ll see how he is,” Kidd said. “Hopefully it’s not bad where he can get back because he’s playing at a very high level for us.” Looking to stay on top in the East, the Cavs signed free agent point guard Deron Williams before the game. See CAVS | 10 OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Wednesday, March 1 Boys Basketball (6) Ironton St. Joseph vs. (3) Southern at Meigs HS, 8 p.m. Thursday, March 2 Girls Basketball (2) Eastern vs. (1) Portsmouth Notre Dame at Jackson HS, 6:15 p.m. Friday, March 3 Wrestling Gallia Academy, Meigs in Division II district meet at Heath HS, 4 p.m. River Valley in Division III district meet at Coshocton HS, 4 p.m. Saturday, March 4 Wrestling Gallia Academy, Meigs in Division II district meet at Heath HS, 9 a.m. River Valley in Division III district meet at Coshocton HS, 9 a.m. Paul Boggs/OVP Sports River Valley’s Robert Drummond (left) and South Gallia’s David Kuhn (right) placed fifth in their respective weight classes at Saturday’s Division III sectional wrestling meet at Alexander High School. Kuhn competed in the 220-pound weight class while Drummond competed in the heavyweight division. Raiders send 6 to district meet By Paul Boggs junior Jeremiah Dobbins. As a team, the Raiders finished fourth out of 20 ALBANY, Ohio — The total clubs at the AlexanRaiders, once again, are der sectional, amassing better by a record-setting 146 points and trailing half-dozen. third-place Zane Trace That’s because River (186) by only 40. Valley, for the second Nelsonville-York consecutive season, nudged Westfall by a advanced a school-record mere half-point, 188.5 to six wrestlers to the Divi- 188, for the team champision III district wrestling onship. meet — from Friday The first-year South and Saturday’s sectional Gallia Rebels, which championships at Alexan- ended up 11th with 45 der High School. points, recorded three The Raiders racked up sectional placers to coma pair of sectional titles plete their first season. —along with a pair of The Eastern Eagles, runner-ups and a pair of a second-year wrestling fourth-place finishes. program, posted 18 A seventh Raider — points to take 17th — senior Robert Drumand did not have any mond in the heavyweight placers within the top division — finished fifth six. in that weight class and Speaking of six, the is an alternate to the dis- Raiders return that many trict meet. grapplers to the district Those wrestlers which tournament for the secplace in the top four of ond straight season. their weight class at the Dobbins captured the sectional meet qualify championship in the for the Division III dis138-pound weight class, trict meet, which will be while sophomore Joseph held at Coshocton High Burns did the same at School this weekend 120 pounds. (March 3 and 4). Dobbins decisioned Half of River Valley’s James Wallace of Alexansix district qualifiers are der 1-0 in the championrepeat qualifiers from a ship bout, improving his year ago — sophomore season record to now 40-8. Jacob Edwards, sophoPrior to decisioning more Eric Weber and pboggs@civitasmedia.com Wallace, he pinned Blaine Cremeans of Fairland in exactly a minute in the opening round, before pinning Shawn Salisbury of Huntington in the second period in the quarterfinals. He then decisioned Justen Anderson of Wellston 6-4 in the semifinals. A year ago, Dobbins qualified for the district meet at 132 pounds. Burns, in pinning Alex Brown of Zane Trace in a minute and five seconds for the 120-pound championship, raised his record to 31-14. He pinned Noah Davis of Paint Valley in 5:52 in the quarterfinals, before needing exactly three fewer minutes to pin Wes Radford of Alexander in the semifinals. Edwards advanced to the 113-pound district round for the second straight season, as he was the runner-up. He fell 15-0 to Zane Trace’s Jordan Hoselton in a technical-fall loss in the championship tilt, giving him a season record of 40-4. Edwards earned a bye in the quarterfinals, then pinned Nevin Netherton of Westfall in a minute and 51 seconds in the semifinal match. Weber was the runnerup at 160 pounds — a year after qualifying for the district at 170. He lost his title match to Tyler Speelman of Nelsonville-York, leaving him with a season mark of 35-12. He opened his competition by pinning Seth Koon of Federal Hocking in a minute and 25 seconds, then needed just 26 seconds to pin Shannon Robar of Crooksville in the quarterfinals. Weber then pinned Brendan Johnson of Zane Trace in the second period of the semifinal dual. Two Raiders finished fourth to advance — senior Grant Gilmore (33-14) at 170 pounds and junior Tyson Still (9-6) at 195 pounds. South Gallia’s three placers were senior David Kuhn at 220 pounds and freshman Justin Butler at 145 pounds, and sophomore Chad Bostic at 170 pounds. Kuhn and Butler both finished fifth, while Bostic secured sixth. Kuhn concluded his only season with the Rebels with an 18-11 mark. Paul Boggs can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2106 �SPORTS Daily Sentinel Wednesday, March 1, 2017 7 Indians bounce Point Pleasant, 71-36 By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com SISSONVILLE, W.Va. — It had to end sometime, but their tournament run ended much sooner than the Big Blacks had hoped. The Point Pleasant boys basketball team dropped a Class AA Region IV, Section 1 opening round game to host Sissonville, by a 71-36 final score, on Monday night in Kanawha County. The Big Blacks (1112) — who never led in the game, tying the score just once, at 2-2 — trailed 11-6 after eight minutes of play. PPHS briefly cut its deficit to one possession, at 11-8, but Sissonville (15-8) reeled off 14 straight points to push its advantage to 25-8 with 3:30 left in the second quarter. Over the final 3:30 of the first half, the Indians outscored PPHS by a 12-to-7 clip, making the SHS lead 37-15 at halftime. “We got some good, open looks in the beginning, they just didn’t fall,” fifth-year PPHS head coach Josh Williams said. “In the early part of the first quarter, I would take those looks all day long for our team, they just didn’t fall. After that I felt like we were rushing, a little bit of panic set in because we weren’t scoring and they were. We just played a little bit fast, and credit to them too, their pressure made us play fast.” In the first half, PPHS shot just 17.1 percent from the field, missing all 10 tries from beyond the arc. The Big Blacks gave the ball away 14 times in opening 16 minutes, in which time Sissonville shot 33.3 percent from the field and committed just one turnover. Point Pleasant scored the first seven points of the second half, cutting the SHS lead to 37-22 with 6:30 left in the third. The Indians bounced back with a 5-0 spurt, but the Big Blacks came up with a 5-0 run of their own, making the SHS lead 42-27 with three minutes left in the third. SHS ended the third period with a 10-2 run Alex Hawley/OVP Sports Point Pleasant senior Will Harbour shoots a successful two-pointer in a crowd of Indians, during Sissonville’s 71-36 victory, on Monday at SHS. and a 52-29 lead. “We got a nice little run to start the second half,” said Coach Williams. “I’m proud of them, I thought the kids fought and played as hard as they could. If we could have just squeezed out a few more buckets in that stretch, we might have been able to get some things turned around.” In the opening 60 seconds of the fourth quarter, each team connected on a threepointer. Over the next six minutes, Sissonville went on a 14-0 run, pushing its lead to a game-high 37 points, at 69-32. Point Pleasant scored four of the final six points, to put the final touches on Sissonville’s 71-36 victory. “Sissonville is just a team you can’t blink on, they have shooters” Coach Williams said. “Whether you’re up four or down four, if you take a breath and they get hot, you’re looking at a double digit deficit. They’re a pretty efficient team, good shooting once they get rolling. They’re hard to guard.” On the glass, the teams were tied with 40 rebounds apiece, with SHS claiming a narrow 12-to-11 edge on the offensive end. For the game, PPHS committed 23 turnovers, while Sissonville gave the ball away just six times. The Indians also held advantages in assists (15-to-8), steals (16-to4) and blocked shots (4-to-1). In total, Point Pleasant was 15-of-59 (25.4 percent) from the field, including 2-of-17 (11.8 percent) from three-point range. Meanwhile, Sissonville finished 27-of-69 (39.1 percent) from the field, including 5-of-22 (22.7 percent) from deep. From the free throw line, the Big Blacks shot 4-of-9 (44.4 percent) and the Indians shot 12-of-16 (75 percent). The Point Pleasant offense was led by sophomore Cason Payne, who posted nine points before fouling out with 1:24 left in the third canto. PPHS seniors Will Harbour and Braydon Ralbusky both scored eight points and dished out two assists, with Harbour pulling in a gamebest 19 rebounds. PPHS freshman Braxton Yates posted four points and two assists, while fellow freshman Camron Long added three points on a trifecta. Parker Rairden and Jason Bechtle rounded out the Big Blacks’ total with two points apiece. Ralbusky led the defensive effort for Point Pleasant, with three steals. Payne came up with one steal for PPHS, while Trace Derenberger blocked one shot and pulled in five rebounds. Sissonville was led by senior Chance Brown with 31 points, coming on eight two-pointers, three trifectas and a 6-of-6 performance from the free throw line. Zachary McCutcheon was next for SHS with 15 points to go with a team-high eight rebounds. Will Hackney scored 13 points for the victors, Brady Jones chipped in with five points, while Nathan Samples marked three points. Bryce Taylor, Jarrett Withrow and Hunter Thomas rounded out the Indian scoring with two points apiece. Taylor and Samples both assisted on four baskets in the win. Brown led the Indian defense with four steals, followed by Taylor with three steals and Samples with two steals and two blocked shots. This marks the finale game in the Red, Black and White for Point Pleasant seniors, Will Harbour, Braydon Ralbusky, Parker Rairden, Matthew Martin, Evan Thompson, Austin Liptrap and Douglas Workman. “I feel like they’ve meant everything in revitalizing our program,’ said Coach Williams of his seven seniors. “It all started with those seniors making the commitment after their junior year. They were tired of losing, they had lost since they were in seventh grade. They came in in the offseason and really set the tone. I’ve never had a team care about each other as much as these guys do, they’ve been pretty special.” Point Pleasant’s season was highlighted by a seven-game win streak, but the Big Blacks lost eight of their final nine decisions. Sissonville will continue on to the Class AA Region IV, Section 1 semifinal, in which it will visit Poca, on Thursday. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. AP SPORTS BRIEFS Browns place second-round tender on RB Isaiah Crowell CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Browns have placed a second-round free-agent tender on running back Isaiah Crowell. The tender — worth $2.8 million — would allow the Browns to match any contract offer Crowell might get from another team. If the Browns decided not to match an outside offer, they would receive a compensatory second-round draft pick for Crowell. The 24-year-old rushed for 952 yards and scored seven touchdowns last season, and was one of the few bright spots as Cleveland went 1-15. Coach Hue Jackson identified Crowell as one of the core players and the Browns would like to sign him to a long-term contract extension. Crowell has run for 2,265 yards with Cleveland, which signed him as an undrafted free agent in 2014. Crowell averaged 4.8 yards per carry last season while falling just short of his goal of 1,000 yards. ary cap. General manager Rick Spielman says the team will “continue to have conversations” with Peterson’s representatives about the potential of resigning the soon-to-be 32-year-old Peterson. He has played 10 seasons with the Vikings, who drafted him seventh overall out of Oklahoma in 2007. He is coming off a meniscus tear in his right knee that limited him to 72 yards on 37 carries over parts of three games. Manziel says life ‘trending upward’ despite judge’s concern DALLAS (AP) — Johnny Manziel is trying to reassure a judge concerned that the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback isn’t being serious about the conditions of getting his domestic violence case dismissed, saying his “life is trending upward” and that he is “taking care of this.” Dallas judge Roberto Canas called the hearing Tuesday because Manziel missed a deadline to provide the court an update on how the former Cleveland player was meeting stipulations that include him participating in a substance-abuse program through the NFL or something similar. Manziel responded that he was slow to meet MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Adrian Peterson, Minne- the condition because he didn’t trust the NFL and sota’s all-time leading rusher, will be an unrestricted planned to work through the players’ association. The 24-year-old Manziel faced a misdemeanor free agent when the market opens next week. As expected, the Vikings declined to exercise their charge that carried a penalty of up to a year in jail option for next season on Peterson’s contract. Peter- and a $4,000 fine after he was accused of hitting and threatening former girlfriend Colleen Crowley durson was scheduled to make $18 million in 2017, ing a night out in January 2016. what would have been an unwieldly hit to their sal- Adrian Peterson a free agent after decade with Vikings Hype, new format didn’t equal must watch Daytona 500 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Daytona 500 was sold out, the grid packed with celebrities, the fan area full of activities including a motorcycle “Ball of Death.” Owen “Lightning McQueen” Wilson was on hand, and so was Waka Flocka Flame , Gronk and nearly two dozen women decked out in scantily-clad Monster Energy outfits. One thing NASCAR had for its season opener was a much-needed spark and an atmosphere worthy of the hype associated with its biggest race. But for all the buzzwords — NASCAR is edgy! — star power and a Monster-fueled fervor that made the race a hot ticket, it couldn’t hide the one thing that still continues to tug at the heart of the sport. The racing. The sport’s leaders had worked so hard to make a splash and push the message that this was a new NASCAR. Even the drivers could feel it. “The whole week was a lot of fun. All the media. All the buildup. The sellout,” said NASCAR’s favorite son, Dale Earnhardt Jr. “Felt like it was a new beginning of sorts in some way for the sport. It seemed like there was a new energy. I don’t know what it was. I couldn’t really put my finger on it, but it just felt good.” Right up until go time. NASCAR revamped the rules that turned races into segments — three, like periods in the NHL — designed to keep fans engaged from the drop of the green flag. But a series of wrecks wiped out contenders like Earnhardt and defending champion Jimmie Johnson and others, and there were lengthy red flag delays. The top 10 became loaded with drivers more familiar with the back of the pack and all that energy faded away. Gronk can’t save them every week, either. New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski almost overshadowed race winner Kurt Busch . Both are sponsored by Monster, NASCAR’s new title sponsor, but it was Gronk who was out until 5:30 a.m. Monday following NASCAR’s version of the Super Bowl. The biggest race of the year was far from NASCAR’s best and the new format fell a little flat from the promised amazingness drivers insisted it will deliver. It wasn’t a dud, but it’s impossible to know after one crash-filled weekend if it’s any good. It was wreck after wreck after wreck on Sunday, and almost all the top names were taken out early. It meant Canadian driver D.J. Kennington’s debut in the Daytona 500 produced a better finish than Earnhardt and Matt Kenseth, both two-time Daytona 500 winners, and former series champion Kyle Busch. Cole Whitt was at one point the race leader, and before Busch stole the victory, it appeared the win could go to either Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson or Ryan Blaney — a trio with an average age of 22 and one win in a combined 209 starts. That Busch led just one lap, the last one, was fitting for this race. It was the first time in 59 years that the winner led only the final lap. It’s hard to know why so many drivers struggled, or if racing in stages produced the problems. The aggression on the track could be attributed to anxious drivers running their first real race following the offseason. It could be that the back half of the grid just isn’t that talented. Consider: This Daytona 500 lacked Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle, featured rookies Daniel Suarez and Erik Jones and the debuts for Kennington, Corey LaJoie, Joey Gase and Jeffery Earnhardt. AJ Allmendinger finished third and thought the stages made a difference. “It seemed like you get five laps to go in the stage, everything would kind of amp back up,” Allmendinger said. “Everybody just gets three-wide now. It’s hard to make any moves happen. You have to get your track position. If you lose it, it’s hard to get it back. “Over the last couple years, it’s kind of hard to make moves through the middle of the pack through the field with 20 to go. Everybody was trying to get up there and make sure they got the track position. That’s what happens here.” Blaney, give him credit, tried to win in a backup car and didn’t shy away from pulling out of line to try to make a run at the win. “I tried to make a move with 10 (laps) to go to see what would happen. No one really went with me,” runnerup Blaney said. Elliott ran out of fuel. So did Larson. Same with Martin Truex Jr. And so Kurt Busch won, then Monster threw a rager to celebrate. For the cut-rate price the company is paying for naming rights — reportedly about $20 million a year — it likely recouped its initial investment on opening day based on publicity alone. In the end, the television rating was up, the mood was mostly upbeat and Monster was as proud of Busch’s victory as it was of Gronk’s all-nighter. At Busch’s Monday winner’s breakfast, Monster vice president of sports marketing Mitch Covington noted that Gronk had put in a 24-hour shift for the company. That a hard-partying NFL player could steal thunder from the Daytona 500 winner is a problem NASCAR has to address. The big names are getting old, and the sport is going to be in desperate need of some superstars very soon. 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A valid Class I Operators Certification is required and other license and certifications for our site are required within a year. This is a working supervisorҋs position. Starting pay and benefit package will range $21.00 to $25.00 per hour commensurate of qualifications, Health Care, Vacation, OPERS Retirement, and other benefits. Interested parties should send to TPC Water District, 39561 Bar 30 Road, Reedsville, Ohio, 45772, and Attention to Donald C. Poole, General Manager. NEW WAGE RATE Overbrook Center, a privately owned 100 bed Skilled Nursing Facility at 333 Page St., Middleport, Ohio, currently has opportunities available for F/T and P/T RN’s, LPN’s & STNA’s to join our outstanding team of professional caregivers. We appreciate our employees! Mollohan Carpet Free Estimates, special on vinyl, carpet & vinyl planks 317 St Rt & N Gallipolis, Oh 740-446-7444 Miscellaneous Jet Aeration Motors repaired, new & rebuilt in stock. Call Ron Evans 1-800-537-9528 Help Wanted General ADKINS STREAM CAPTURE MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO PROJECT NUMBER MG-Sb-95 in accordance with the plans and specifications prepared by the DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, COLUMBUS, OHIO. PROPOSALS WILL BE OPENED IN THE SECOND FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM OF 2045 (BUILDING H-2) OF THE FOUNTAIN SQUARE OFFICES OF THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. The United States Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement is supplying 100% of the funds for this project. The construction completion date for this project is AUGUST 23, 2017. THE ESTIMATE FOR THIS PROJECT AS DETERMINED BY THE DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IS $35,082.40. Come and experience the Overbrook Difference! Applications available on site Mon.-Fri. 8:30am-5:00pm or contact Susie Drehel, Staff Development Coordinator at Case Management RN Pleasant Valley Hospital is seeking a full-time Case Manager RN. This position plans, coordinates and monitors a multifaceted process which encompasses case management, social services and discharge planning of patients in order to facilitate achievement of quality outcomes. Must demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate with all patients. Requirements: Current WV RN License Must have the ability to work all shifts. Previous Case Management experience preferred Email resumes: jovercash@pvalley.org EEOC/Drug Free Workplace The first choice for caring, compassionate, competent, safe and quality healthcare throughout the communities we serve. Help Wanted General Registered Nurses Pleasant Valley Hospital is seeking full-time Registered Nurses. Prefer one year nursing experience. Must be able to work all shifts. WV RN License BCLS and ACLS preferred Email resumes: jovercash@pvalley.org EEOC/Drug Free Workplace The first choice for caring, compassionate, competent, safe and quality healthcare throughout the communities we serve. 60706494 Pleasant Valley Hospital currently has openings for LPN’s in our physician offices. One year experience in a physician office or hospital related area, working with direct patient care is preferred. Apply at Pleasant Valley Hospital, 2520 Valley Dr., Pt. Pleasant, WV 25550, fax to (304) 675-6975 or apply on-line at www.pvalley.org. EOE: A/D/F/V LEGALS NOTICE TO BIDDERS until MARCH 29, 2017 AT 1:30 PM and opened thereafter for furnishing the materials and performing the labor for the execution and construction of: Help Wanted General Carpeting Shelly Materials Inc - Racine * 49947 State Rte 124, Letart Falls, OH Facility Description: Wastewater-Sand & Gravel Producer Receiving Water: Ohio River ID #: 0IJ00007*DD Date of Action: 04/01/2017 This final action not preceded by proposed action and is appealable to ERAC. 3/1/17 DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES 2045 MORSE ROAD BUILDING H COLUMBUS, OHIO 43229-6693 60706868 2 bdrm house for rent in Gallipolis. 1 Small dog OK reference & security deposit required. Electric Heat Rent $450/Deposit $450 740-245-2389 Final Issuance of Renewal of NPDES Permit Sealed proposals will be received at the: Medical / Health 740-992-6472 Houses For Rent EOE: M/D/F/V Direct Care Needed in Jackson County EOE & a participant of the Drug-Free Workplace Program Immaculate 2 BR apt. Appliances, W/D hook-ups, water/trash paid. 10 minutes from town. $450/mo 614-595-7773 or 740-645-5953 60583312 Absolute Top Dollar - silver/gold coins, any 10K/14K/18K gold jewelry, dental gold, pre 1935 US currency, proof/mint sets, diamonds, MTS Coin Shop. 151 2nd Avenue, Gallipolis. 446-2842 60706546 ������43�����t�1PNFSPZ �0IJP $39,900.00 2 bedroom-1bath Newer metal roofsubflooring-floorcovering New bath fixtures & plumbing updates -out of flood plain-gas furnace-electric central air no land contracts Help Wanted General 60706492 Help Wanted General Daily Sentinel 60707157 A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on MARCH 15, 2017 AT 10:00 AM, at the project site. It is the intent of the DMRM to commence the pre-bid meeting at the designated time. Prior to commencement of the meeting, an attendance sign-in form shall be distributed among the contractors present. This form will be collected by DMRM staff when the pre-bid meeting begins. Only those contractors signed in prior to collection of the form who remain in attendance through the discussion of the plans and detailed specifications shall be deemed present for the purpose of determining eligibility for bid submission acceptance. Participation in the site viewing subsequent to the completion of the discussion of the detailed specifications will not be required in establishing attendance. NO PLANS OR SPECIFICATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE PRE-BID MEETING. Copies of the plans, specifications, and proposal forms will be available from the Division of Mineral Resources Management, Department of Natural Resources. Instructions on how to access the documents are available by downloading them at http://minerals.ohiodnr.gov/abandoned-mine-land-reclamation/contractorconstruction-opportunities. A copy of the plans and specifications will be available for public review during normal business hours at Division of Mineral Resources Management, 2045 Morse Road, H-2, Columbus, Ohio 43229. For information regarding the project, the primary contact person is the Project Engineer, Peter G. Moran, P.E., at the Zaleski District Office (740) 274-4943. Or in his absence you may contact the Project Officer, Scott Davies, at the McArthur District Office (740) 2744943. Each proposal must be accompanied by a BID GUARANTY, meeting the requirements of Section 153.54 of the Ohio Revised Code. CONTRACTORS ARE ADVISED THAT EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY CONDITIONS ARE APPLICABLE TO THIS PROPOSAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 153.59 AND 125.111 OF THE OHIO REVISED CODE. THIS PROJECT IS SUBJECT TO A 5% EDGE PARTICIPATION GOAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF O.R.C. SECTION 123.152 AND O.A.C. 123:2-16-08. WAGE RATES ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1513.18 AND 1513.37 OF THE REVISED CODE ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO THIS PROPOSAL. CONTRACTORS ARE FURTHER ADVISED THAT, IF AWARDED THE CONTRACT, BOTH THE CONTRACTOR AND ITS SUBCONTRACTOR(S) SHALL PERFORM NO SERVICES REQUESTED UNDER THIS CONTRACT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXECUTIVE ORDER 2011-12K. Sealed proposals shall be delivered to the address given at the top of Notice To Bidders. No bidder may withdraw his bid within sixty (60) days after the actual date of the opening thereof. The Director of Natural Resources reserves the right to reject any or all bids, or to accept the bid which embraces such combination alternate proposals as may promote the best interest of the State 3/1/17, 3/8/17 �COMICS Daily Sentinel BLONDIE Wednesday, March 1, 2017 9 By Dean Young and John Marshall BEETLE BAILEY By Mort, Greg and Brian Walker Today’s answer RETAIL By Norm Feuti HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI AND LOIS By Chris Browne Written By Brian & Greg Walker; Drawn By Chance Browne THE BRILLIANT MIND OF EDISON LEE By John Hambrock BABY BLUES ZITS By Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman PARDON MY PLANET By Vic Lee CONCEPTIS SUDOKU by Dave Green RHYMES WITH ORANGE 9 5 2 7 4 3 7 6 9 1 6 2 1 4 7 1 8 3 2 9 4 2 6 5 9 2 6 1 5 2 By Hilary Price Difficulty Level Hank Ketcham’s DENNIS THE MENACE THE LOCKHORNS By Bunny Hoest & John Reiner THE FAMILY CIRCUS Today’s Solution By Bil and Jeff Keane Having A Yard Sale? Call your classified department to schedule your ad today! 3/01 2017 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc. By Dave Green �SPORTS 10 Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Daily Sentinel OVP SPORTS BRIEFS Wahama baseball camp Bryan Walters/OVP Sports Wahama senior Philip Hoffman (1) releases a shot attempt over Calhoun County’s Zack Yanero during the second half of Monday night’s Class A Region 4, Section 1 opening round contest at Gary Clark Court in Mason, W.Va. Red Devils knock off Wahama By Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com MASON, W.Va. — A tough way to go. Visiting Calhoun County shot 51 percent from the field and led the final 19 minutes of regulation by double digits while ending the Wahama boys basketball team’s season on Monday night following a 79-60 decision in a Class A Region 4, Section 1 contest at Gary Clark Court in Mason County. The host White Falcons (9-14) led only once in the contest, which came 32 seconds into regulation when Jacob Lloyd drilled a trifecta for a 3-0 cushion. It also proved to be the largest lead of the night for WHS. The Red Devils (3-19) countered by hitting five consecutive baskets — with Zack Yanero providing a permanent lead on a putback goal at the 5:32 mark — while going 10-of-15 from the field over the final six minutes, giving CCHS a 22-14 edge after one period of play. Philip Hoffman capped an 8-4 run with a basket at the 5:24 mark of the second frame, allowing the White Falcons to pull back to within 26-22. That, however, was as close as Wahama came the rest of the way. Ben Frederick gave Calhoun County a permanent double-digit with a trifecta at the 2:58 mark, which also sparked a 10-2 surge that turned a 30-23 contest into a sizable 40-25 cushion at the break. The Red Devils netted 18-of-33 shot attempts in the first half, and over a third of the makes came from Yanero. The 6-foot-2 forward simply dominated the interior in the opening 16 minutes while posting 15 points and 14 rebounds. Wahama, conversely, netted only 9-of-27 shot attempts and was outrebounded 21-12 before the intermission. The White Falcons closed the gap down to 13 points on four separate occasions in the second half, with the last of those coming at 63-50 with 3:13 left in regulation. Calhoun County claimed its biggest lead of the game at 75-53 with a pair of Yanero charity tosses at the 1:06 mark. CCHS also closed the final three minutes with a 16-10 run to wrap up the 19-point outcome. The Red Devils outrebounded the hosts by a 42-30 overall margin, including a narrow 11-10 edge on the offensive glass. The guests also committed 15 of the 24 total turnovers in the contest. Afterwards, fourth-year WHS coach Ron Bradley was dejected with the outcome … mainly because it was one last chance for his four seniors to win a game at home. But, as he noted, the team that wanted to win more got the desired outcome. “I told the kids after the game that that’s what happens when one team comes to play and one team doesn’t. I thought that was the story,” Bradley said. “Calhoun County came ready to play and they wanted it. We went out there and kind of went through the motions early on … and they built that big lead on us and we never recovered. “It’s a tough way for the seniors to finish here at home, but they have been a vital part of this program for the last four years. I am still proud of them for what they have been able to accomplish here.” It was the final basketball game for seniors Philip Hoffman, Travis Kearns, Mason Hildreth and Randy Lantz in the Red and White. The White Falcons connected on 23-of-65 field goal attempts for 35 percent, including a 5-of24 effort from three-point territory for 21 percent. WHS was also 9-of-14 at the free throw line for 64 percent. Hoffman led Wahama with a double-double effort of 20 points and 10 rebounds, followed by Lantz with 15 points and Lloyd with 11 markers and nine boards. Kearns was next with seven points, while Hildreth and Abram Pauley respectively rounded things out with five and two markers. Hildreth also hauled in seven caroms in the setback. Calhoun County netted 28-of-55 shot attempts overall, including a 5-of12 effort from behind the arc for 42 percent. The guests also went 17-of-24 at the charity stripe for 70 percent. Yanero paced CCHS with game-high efforts of 29 points and 23 rebounds, followed by Adam Parsons with 26 points and Dylan Heiney with seven markers. Adam Walker was next with six points, while Trevor Carder and Frederick respectively chipped in four and three markers. Levi Gregory and Hayden Richardson rounded out the winning tally with two points each. The Red Devils advance to Wednesday night’s semifinal contest at Ravenswood. Wahama finished seventh in TVC Hocking play with a 7-9 league mark. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. Steelers sign Brown to new deal PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert stressed earlier this month one of the team’s biggest goals during the offseason was to make wide receiver Antonio Brown and running back Le’Veon Bell vital parts of the organization “for life.” Done and well, on its way to being done. The Steelers signed Brown to a new five-year contract on Monday, following through on a promise the club made last summer to take care of the perennial All-Pro as soon as he had just one season left on the six-year deal he signed in 2012. The team also placed an exclusive rights franchise tag on Bell, opening the negotiating window to reach a longterm agreement with him by the start of training camp. Brown’s new contract runs through 2021 and will pay him over $72 million and makes him one of the highest paid non-quarterbacks in the league. Brown celebrated by posting a picture of himself with agent Drew Rosenhaus then later added another one with his signature phrase “Business is Boomin’ .” The 28-year-old Brown is one of just two players in NFL history to catch at least 100 passes in four consecutive seasons, including 106 receptions for 1,284 yards and 12 touchdowns for the Steelers in 2016 as the team won the AFC North and made it all the way to the AFC championship game before falling to New England. The new contract more than doubles the six-year, $42 million contract Brown signed in 2012, one that turned into one of the better bargains in the NFL when Brown morphed from sixth-round flyer to star. His high profile hasn’t come without the occasional pitfall. He drew a strong rebuke from coach Mike Tomlin after livestreaming from the locker room following Pittsburgh’s playoff victory over Kansas City, a violation of the league’s social media policy. The dinner will run from 5 until 7 p.m. and the auction begins at the conclusion of the dinner. MASON, W.Va. — The first annual Wahama Baseball Camp will be held for any boy in grades K-8 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 25, at the Wahama baseball field. The price of the camp will be $30 per camper or $50 a family. Food and refreshments will also be sold at the camp. The camp will be conducted by the Wahama baseball staff and players. Every aspect and fundamentals of the game will be covered and discussed. If bad weather occurs, the camp will be held at Gary Clark Court within the basketball gymnasium at Wahama High School. Applications can be picked up at Wahama High School and New Haven Elementary. Campers can also register the day of the camp. For more information contact Coach Hoffman at 740-856-4077 or Coach Bumgardner at 304-593-4955. PYL baseball-softball signups POMEROY, Ohio — The Pomeroy Youth League will be having baseball and softball signups for kids ages 4-16 at the Pomeroy Fire Department from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 4, and also on Saturday, March 11. There will also be a Thursday evening signup at the PFD from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday, March 9. For more information, contact Ken at 740-416-8901 or Clinton at 740-5910428. MYL baseball-softball signups MIDDLEPORT, Ohio — The Middleport Youth League will be having baseball and softball signups for kids ages 5-16 at the Middleport Jail gymnasium from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 4, and also on Saturday, March 11. There will also be a Thursday evening signup at the Middleport Jail GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — The Gallia Academy baseball program will be hold- gymnasium from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, March 9. ing its Blue Devil Double Play Dinner/ For more information, call Dave at Sports Memorabilia Auction on Sat740-590-0438, Jackie at 740-416-1261, urday, March 4, at the First Church of or Pat at 740-590-4941. God located on State Route 141. GAHS baseball fundraiser Reds’ DeSclafani scratched from start top starter. The 26-year-old righthander felt some tenderness in his elbow after throwing batting practice this month. Manager Bryan Price said skipping the start, scheduled for Tuesday, was more of a precaution. “There’s no red alert at this time,” Price said. “At this point in time, we don’t have grave concerns that he won’t be ready for the opening-day roster.” Talbot in the semifinals. Greenlee, now 44-6, won the 113-pound division with a 9-3 decision From page 6 over Vinton County decision in the 120-pound senior Wyatt Webb. championship match. Greenlee gained a bye He pinned Deven Facin the quarterfinal round, tor of Sheridan in four then pinned Daniel Pavminutes and 13 seconds lov of Fairfield Union in in the quarterfinals, the semifinals in three before needing only 34 minutes and three secseconds to pin Bill Walonds. lace of Athens in the Jacks, now 40-8, took semifinals. third in the 170-pound Crisenbery —in weight class with an injuimproving his record ry default to Chillicothe’s to 46-5 —needed only Joseph Hilliard. a minute to pin Lane In addition to Matthew, Householder of Sheridan three Blue Devils scored for the 145-pound cham- sixth-place finishes — pionship. sophomore Jason Stroud He pinned Brennan at 106, freshman Corbin Greene of Jackson in 42 Walker at 126, and junior seconds in the quarterHunter Terry at heavyfinals, before tallying an weight. 11-3 major decision over For the Marauders, New Lexington’s Layne their only advancer to the district meet was Hood, who was the runner-up to Luke Shively of New Lexington at 220. Hood, following a narrow 3-2 decision defeat for the championship, has a record of 35-5. He pinned Jacob Tope of Athens in only 43 seconds in the quarterfinals, before decisioning Cole Maxson of Chillicothe 3-2 in the semifinals. Two other Marauders —junior Nathaniel Gearheart at 138 (fifth-place) and sophomore William Smith at 160 (sixthplace) —also placed at Alexander. The Division II district meet will take place at Heath High School this weekend (March 3 and 4). GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Anthony DeSclafani was scratched from his first scheduled start of spring training because of a tender elbow, another setback for the Cincinnati Reds’ Meet Cavs From page 6 The three-time All-Star gives Cleveland depth, someone to lead its second unit and a reliable backup for Irving. Williams negotiated a buyout of his contract last week with Dallas before being waived and informing the Cavs he wanted to join them and try to win a title. Cleveland is more than happy to add him to a bench that has improved in the last month with the additions of Kyle Korver and Derrick Williams, who combined for 27 points. “Automatic leadership,” James said when asked what Deron Williams brings to Cleveland. “He’s ran a franchise, multiple franchises before, so you know he knows how to run a ball club. He’s played in big games before, so you know he won’t shy away in the moment. And he can knock down shots and he can play make.” ON DECK The Cavs are interested in signing free agent center Andrew Bogut, waived by Philadelphia after reaching a buyout on Monday. Deron Williams played with the big man in Dallas and has already been in contact with him. Paul Boggs can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2106 player leading his team in points, rebounds, assists, blocks and steals. “It’s a great seat to have,” Kidd said. “When you’re able to see for the last three years, his growth and understanding, how fast he picked up things and how much he wants to be good in this league.” Cavaliers: James said PASSING FANCY he was the only one in Irving became the his household who fell eighth player in Cleveland ill. And while he was bethistory to reach 2,000 ter, Lue was under the assists, then joked the weather and awaiting knock that he’s selfish. results on a strep test. … “It’s good from a guy Deron Williams received who doesn’t pass,” he a loud ovation when he quipped. “It’s nice.” was introduced during the fourth quarter. He has TIP-INS Bucks: Beasley started worn No. 8 throughout his career, but will don 31 for G Khris Middleton, who didn’t make the trip for Cleveland. “My first as part of the team’s plan high school number was 31,” he said. “I wanted a to rest him in back-tosingle number, but all of back games. He missed three months with a torn them were pretty much taken.” hamstring. … Antetokounmpo attempted just UP NEXT four free throws after Bucks: Host Denver on getting 39 attempts over Wednesday. the first three meetings Cavaliers: Begin a between the teams. … three-game trip WednesKidd enjoys watching Antetokounmpo develop. day at Boston, currently He’s the only NBA the East’s No. 2 team. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 03. March Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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