http://66.213.69.5/files/original/f979db47e11f28c8878f627e92b1d388.pdf 951e312c81ffa41178bc73e3a746da26 PDF Text Text Ohio Valley Church Chats Holgorsen headed to Houston CHURCH s�4 SPORTS s 6 8 AM 2 PM 8 PM 32° 46° 46° Some sun, then clouds today. Mostly cloudy tonight with a shower. High 54° / Low 37° Today’s weather forecast WEATHER s 10 C_ZZb[fehjšFec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 3, Volume 73 Holzer welcomes first baby of 2019 Friday, January 4, 2019 s 50¢ Johnson sworn in Will represent Ohio 6th Congressional District for 116th session of Congress Staff Report WASHINGTON — Congressman Bill Johnson (R-Marietta) has been sworn in to represent Ohio’s Sixth Congressional District for the 116th session of File photo U.S. Congressman Bill Johnson (R - Marietta), a retired US Air Force Congress. Johnson released a lieutenant colonel, speaks to the gathered in Gallipolis City Park at a Veterans Day event in 2017. Johnson recently began his latest statement on Thursday term in the U.S. Congress. as follows: “I am honored and humbled that the people of Eastern and Southeastern Ohio have once again put their faith in me to represent them in the halls of Congress,” Johnson said. “I will continue to be a strong voice on their behalf, and I’ll do so by continuing See JOHNSON | 3 Holzer | Courtesy The first baby of 2019 has arrived for Holzer Medical Center in Gallipolis. Wysper Nariya Dawn Young, pictured, was born at 2:40 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 2, at 8 pounds, 20 ¼ inches long. Holzer announces, the “proud parents” are Rachel Landis and Nathaniel Young of Meigs County. Meigs 5th, Gallia 19th in latest jobless numbers By Sarah Hawley shawley@aimmediamidwest. com OHIO VALLEY — Meigs County is 5th and Gallia County 19th in the latest unemployment numbers released by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The ranking for Meigs County returns it to the top five highest rates in the state after a brief stent outside the top five. The November unemployment rate in Meigs County was 6.3 percent, up from 5.9 percent in October. Gallia County held steady from October to November, maintaining a rate of 5.0 percent, while dropping from 18th to 19th overall in the state. The top 5 in unemployment in Ohio in November were Monroe County, 7.1 percent; Ottawa County, 6.9 percent; Noble County, 6.6 percent; Adams County, 6.5 percent; and Meigs County, 6.3 percent. INDEX Obituaries: 2 Church: 4 Church Directory: 5 Sports: 6 Classifieds: 7 Comics: 8 TV listings: 9 Weather: 10 The five counties with the lowest unemployment rates were Mercer County, 2.4 percent; Holmes County, 2.8 percent; Auglaize County, 2.9 percent; and Putnam, Wyandot and Delaware Counties at 3.0 percent. Ohio’s unemployment rate was 4.6 percent in November 2018, unchanged from October 2018. Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment increased 5,200 over the month, from a revised 5,643,700 in October to 5,648,900 in November 2018. The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in November was 263,000, down 3,000 from 266,000 in October. The number of unemployed has decreased by 18,000 in the past 12 months from 281,000. The November unemployment rate for Ohio decreased from 4.9 percent in November 2017. See JOBLESS | 3 JOIN THE CONVERSATION What’s your take on today’s news? Go to mydailysentinel. com and visit us on facebook to share your thoughts. Courtesy photo Instructor Kris Prosser goes over victim assessment/triage procedures as part of the FASTER training. A look back at 2018, Part III By Sarah Hawley shawley@aimmediamidwest.com MEIGS COUNTY — Our final look back at 2018 takes a look at some of the major court cases in 2018, a focus on school safety and other happenings throughout the year. Focus on School Safety Schools, law enforcement and many others in the county had been focusing on school safety in 2018 after the shooting at a school in Parkland, Florida, earlier in the year. Working together, Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood, along with Superintendents Scot Gheen, Steve Ohlinger and Tony Deem, along with other school representatives and individuals from other agencies have formed a school safety council which is led by Eastern Middle School Principal and district safety coordinator Bill Francis. Along with the group, the districts have conducted trainings including ALICE (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate) and FASTER. ALICE Training began after the shooting at Columbine High School, with a law enforcement officer and a teacher deciding that there had to be a better way than the lockdown. ALICE helps to prepare staff for ways to react in the event of an active shooter or other emergency situation at the school. In addition to training staff members at the respective districts, and instructor training was held over the summer at Eastern Elementary with 40 people taking part. Becoming certified following the training allows for each of the individuals to conduct ALICE trainings at their respective schools. Among those taking part were Eastern, Meigs and Southern Local Schools, Carleton School and the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office School Resource Officers. Eastern Local also hosted the FASTER Program during one of its waiver days in the fall. FASTER stands for Faculty/Administrator Safety Training & Emergency Response. FASTER was created by concerned parents, law enforcement, and nationally-recognized safety and medical experts. FASTER is a groundbreaking, nonprofit program that gives educators practical violence response training. The website states, “the purpose is not to replace police and EMT, but to allow teachers, administrators, and other personnel on-site to stop school violence rapidly and render medical aid immediately. When violence strikes and students’ lives are on the line, every second matters. Faster response is better response.” Among the items covered in the training were how to assess injuries, wounds in different areas, how to remain calm and get others involved to help. Commissioners vs. Rutland The more than year long civil case between the Village of Rutland and the Meigs County Commissioners came to an end in March with a settlement between the parties. The commissioners claimed ownership of a portion of the property, which was the site of a former bus garage. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, the village was able to dispose of the Old Bus Garage in any manner it saw fit as long as the disposal or transfer complies with all applicable statutes, regulations, laws and ordinances. Other terms of the settlement included that the County is receive a payment of $30,000 once the sale is completed or within 30 days, whichever was earlier. The funds were to be applied to the water and sewer system. Rutland is to transfer property on New Lima to the county. The property may be utilized in the installation of the new sewer system in the village. Future restitution payments made in the case of former water and sewer clerk Laura Curtis will go to the county to be applied to the water and sewer system debt. Now, less than a year later Dollar General has opened on the once disputed property, serving the Rutland community. Criminal Cases Several of the major criminal cases either filed or concluded in 2018 involved alleged sex offenses. In January, Brice Hupp, 19, was indicted on two counts of rape involving a child under the age of 10. Hupp pleaded guilty to the two charges in October and was sentenced to 14 See LOOK BACK | 3 �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Friday, January 4, 2019 Pelosi sees ‘new dawn’ as diverse 116th Congress begins WASHINGTON (AP) — Cheering Democrats returned Nancy Pelosi to the House speaker’s post Thursday as the 116th Congress took office and ushered in a historically diverse class of freshmen ready to confront President Donald Trump in a new era of divided government. Trump congratulated Pelosi during a rare appearance in the White House briefing room. The president, who has tangled with Pelosi and is sure to do so again, called her election by House colleagues “a tremendous, tremendous achievement.” Pelosi, elected speaker 220-192, took the gavel saying U.S. voters “demanded a new dawn” in the November election and are looking to “the beauty of our Constitution” to provide checks and balances on power. She invited scores of lawmakers’ kids to join her on the dais as she was sworn in, calling the House to order “on behalf of all of America’s children.” She faced 15 dissenting votes from fellow Democrats. The new Congress is like none other. There are more women than ever before, and a new generation of Muslims, Latinos, Native Americans and African-Americans in the House is creating what academics call a reflective democracy, more aligned with the population of the United States. The Republican side in the House is still made up mostly of white men, and in the Senate Republicans bolstered their ranks in the majority. In a nod to the moment, Pelosi, the first female speaker, was broadly pledging to make Congress work for all Americans — addressing kitchen table issues at a time of deep economic churn — even as her party is ready to challenge Trump with investigations and subpoena powers that threaten the White House agenda. It’s the first new Congress to convene amid a partial government shutdown, now in its 13th day over Trump’s demands for money for a wall along the U.S-Mexico border. The House will be “for the people,” Pelosi said. She promised to “restore integrity to government” and outlined an agenda “to lower health costs and prescription drugs prices, and protect people with pre-existing medical conditions; to increase paychecks by rebuilding America with green and modern infrastructure from sea to shining sea.” The day was unfolding as one of both celebration and impatience. Newly elected lawmakers arrived, often with friends and families in tow, to take the oath of office and pose for ceremonial photos. The Democrats promised quick passage of legislation to re-open the government, but without the funding Trump is demanding for his promised border wall. MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS Editor’s Note: The Daily Sentinel appreciates your input to the community calendar. To make sure items can receive proper attention, all information should be received by the newspaper at least five business days prior to an event. All coming events print on a space-available basis and in chronological order. Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@aimmediamidwest.com. Sunday, Jan. 6 RACINE — Racine American Legion will host a dinner from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Menu is fried chicken, glazed pork tenderloin, homemade noodles, mashed potatoes, green beans, cole slaw, dinner roll, dessert and drink. Tuesday, Jan. 8 POMEROY — The Meigs County Board of Health meeting will take place at 5 p.m. in the conference room of the Meigs County Health Department, which is located at 112 E. Memorial Drive in Pomeroy, Ohio. SUTTON TWP. — The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees of Sutton Township will be held beginning at 6 p.m. in the Racine Village Hall Council Chambers. Daily Sentinel OBITUARIES CATHY JO BLAKEMAN PIKETON — Cathy Jo Blakeman, 47, of Piketon, Ohio passed away Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, at her home. She was born April 14, 1971, in Gallipolis, Ohio daughter of James “Jim” William Hobstetter and Mary Elizabeth Crouser Hobstetter of Racine, Ohio. On Jan. 2, 1999, she was united in marriage to Harold Dean Blakeman, who survives. Also surviving are a son, Colton Blakeman of Piketon; two daughters, Addison Blakeman of Piketon and Brittany Shackart and husband Cody of Beaver, Ohio; a granddaughter, Kalli Shackart of Beaver; a sister, Bethany Cremeans, husband Darrin and daughters, Hannah and Meredith Cremeans of Pomeroy; special cousin, Jody Lavender; and several other nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by her father and mother in law, Harold and Phyllis Blakeman. Cathy was a 1989 graduate of Meigs High School and a 1992 grad- WARTH HARTFORD, W.Va. — Brenda Ann (Gibbs) Warth, 72, of Hartford, W.Va. died January 1, 2019 in CabellHuntington Hospital, Huntington, W.Va., following an extended illness. A service will be 1 p.m., Saturday, January 5, 2019 at the Foglesong-Casto Funeral Home with Pastor Chris Neece officiating. Burial will follow in the Union Cemetery, Letart, W.Va. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m., Friday at the funeral home. STROBBE COTTAGEVILLE — Adolph Maurice Strobbe, 96, of Cottageville, Evergreen Hills Community, died January 2, 2019 in Ravenswood Care Center, Ravenswood, after an extended illness. Service arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date. Arrangements have been provided by Casto Funeral Home, Ravenswood. COON ELIZABETH — Stephen Grant Coon, 61, of Elizabeth, died Jan. 2, at his home, following an extended illness. A service will be at noon, Saturday, Jan. 5, in the Pleasant Grove Church, Reedy, with Rev. David Morris officiating. Burial will follow the service in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until service time, Saturday at the Church. Arrangements have been provided by Casto Funeral Home, Evans. uate, Cum Laude, of Shawnee State University with an associates of Applied Science in Dental Hygiene. She was employed by Aspen Dental. Cathy had a love of everything outdoors. She was an accomplished barrel horse competitor, winning several buckles and events over her career. She loved gardening, camping and boating with her family on the Ohio River. Most of all she loved her kids and any- thing they were involved in. The family will receive friends on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019, from 6-8 p.m., at the Botkin Hornback Funeral Home in Waverly. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made in Cathy’s name to the Zach Farmer Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o Megan Jenkins Mays, 229 Overlook Drive, Piketon, Ohio 45661. www.botkinhornbackfuneralhomes.com HUTTON MIDDLEPORT — Manford Ray Hutton, 86, of Middleport, Ohio, died on Jan. 2, 2019. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019, at 1 p.m. at the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy. Burial with Military Funeral Honors will follow at Rocksprings Cemetery. Visiting hours will be on Saturday from noon to 1 p.m. at the funeral home. GILL LEON — Ovalee Gill, 91, of Leon, died January 3, 2019. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Deal Funeral Home in Point Pleasant with a full obituary running in an upcoming edition of the Point Pleasant Register. PINKS GALLIPOLIS — Marjorie Pinks, 94, Gallipolis, formerly of Magoffin County, Kentucky, died Thursday, January 3, 2019, in the Arbors at Gallipolis. Arrangements will be announced by the Cremeens-King Funeral Home. MINK GALLIPOLIS — James “Jim” Mink, 82, of Gallipolis passed away on Thursday, January 3, 2019 at his residence. Arrangements will be announced later by Willis Funeral Home. Day 13: Trump digs in on border wall WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump made a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room Thursday on the 13th day of the partial government shutdown, as he continued to dig in his heels over his promised border wall. “Without a wall you cannot have border security,” Trump said, insisting he has never had as much support on any issue as he has gotten in the past week. Trump left without taking questions, as did his staff. Meanwhile, House Democrats prepared to pass a plan to re-open government without funding Trump’s signature promise. Trump is demanding billions of dollars to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, Jacquelyn Martin | AP President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives in the press briefing room Thursday to speak about border security at the White House in Washington. At left is press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. The White House has invited congressional leaders back for another meeting today. which the Democrats have refused. The White House has invited congressional leaders back for another meeting Friday, two days after failing to make progress during their first sitdown in weeks. The new Congress convened with Democrats taking majority control of the House and returning Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi to the speakership. Democrats expect to quickly pass legislation to re-open the government — without funds for Trump’s border wall. “There is no amount of persuasion he can use” to get her to fund his wall, Pelosi said in an interview that aired Thursday on NBC’s “Today.” She added: “We can go through the back and forth. No. How many more times can we say no?” Trump accused the Democrats of playing politics, as his White House signaled he was standing firm in his funding demands. Continuing to argue the wall is needed, he tweeted a video with images of what appeared to be migrants trying to rush the border and clashing with law enforcement, beneath the words “crisis at the border,” ‘’drugs” and “crime.” The video concludes with footage of Trump at the border along with audio from one of his rallies in which he vows to build his promised border wall and the crowd chants “Build the wall!” Monday, Jan. 14 RACINE — The Organizational Meeting of the Southern Local Board of Education has been scheduled for 6:15 p.m. located in the Kathryn Hart Community Center. The regular board meeting will follow at 6:30 p.m. AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC (USPS 436-840) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes every Sunday and Tuesday through Friday. Subscription rate is $131.61 per year. Prices are subject to change at any time. 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POMEROY — The Meigs 104 County Health Department will SCIPIO TWP. — The Scipio conduct an Immunization Clinic Township Trustees held their Orgaon Tuesday from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 nizational Meeting on Wednesday, p.m. at 112 E. Memorial Drive in Jan. 2, 2019. Randy Butcher was Pomeroy. Please bring child(ren)’s elected President and Tammy shot records. Children must be Andrus as Vice-President. Townaccompanied by a parent/legal ship Trustees regular scheduled MIDDLEPORT — The Meigs guardian. A $30.00 donation is meetings will be held the second County Humane Society will be Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. providing straw for animal bedding appreciated for immunization administration; however, no one at the Harrisonville Fire House. during the months of November, will be denied services because of December, January and February. an inability to pay an administraVouchers may be picked up at the tion fee for state-funded childhood Humane Society Thrift Shop, 253 vaccines. Please bring medical North Second Street, Middleport, cards and/or commercial insurfor a fee of $2. Vouchers are to be redeemed at Dettwiller Lumber in ance cards, if applicable. Those MIDDLEPORT — The Meigs who are insured via commercial Pomeroy. There is a limit of one County Family and Children First insurance are responsible for any bale. Council will be holding regular balance their commercial insurbusiness meetings at 8:30 a.m. ance does not cover for vaccinaon the third Thursday of Janutions. Shingles and pneumonia ary, March, May, July, September and vaccines are also available as and November. The council will well as flu shots. Call for eligibilhold these meeting at the Meigs ity determination and availability County Department of Job and MIDDLEPORT — The First Family Services, 175 Race Street Baptist Church of Middleport will or visit www.meigs-health.com to see a list of accepted commerin Middleport The Meigs County be moving to its winter schedule cial insurances and Medicaid for Family and Children First Council with the cancellation of Sunday will be holding Intersystem Colevening worship services. Evening adults. Immunization clinic Tuesday Scipio Twp. Trustees hold meeting Animal bedding available Family, Children First Council Meetings Schedule change at First Baptist �NEWS Daily Sentinel Friday, January 4, 2019 3 China lunar probe sheds light on the ‘dark’ side of the moon By Ken Moritsugu Associated Press BEIJING — China’s burgeoning space program achieved a lunar milestone on Thursday: landing a probe on the mysterious and misnamed “dark” side of the moon. Exploring the cosmos from that far side of the moon, which people can’t see from Earth, could eventually help scientists learn more about the early days of the solar system and maybe even the birth of the universe’s first stars. Three nations — the United States, the former Soviet Union and more recently China — all have sent spacecraft to the side of the moon that faces Earth, but this landing is the first on the far side. That side has been observed many times from lunar orbit, but never up close. The China National Space Administration said the 10:26 a.m. touchdown of the Chang’e 4 craft has “opened up a new chapter in human lunar exploration.” A photo taken at 11:40 a.m. and sent back by Chang’e 4 shows a small crater and a barren surface that appears to be illuminated by a light from the lunar explorer. Its name comes from that of a Chinese goddess who, according to legend, has lived on the moon for millennia. One challenge of sending a probe to the moon’s far side is communicating with it from Earth, so China launched a relay satellite in May to enable Chang’e 4 to send back information. The mission highlights China’s growing ambitions to rival the U.S., Russia and Europe in space, and more broadly, to cement its position as a regional and global power. “The space dream is part of the dream to make China stronger,” President Xi Jinping said after becoming the country’s leader in 2013. Chinese media and officials hailed the Dec. 8 launch of Chang’e 4 as one of the nation’s major achievements in 2018. The public was kept in suspense about the landing itself for more than an hour after it occurred, with state broadcaster CCTV announcing it at the top of the noon news. By that time, speculation already had begun spreading on social media in China and overseas. “On the whole, China’s space technology still lags behind the West, but with the landing on the far side of the moon, He recalled mentioning the idea of such a technique for an unfunded NASA lunar mission about eight years ago, only to be told it wasn’t doable at the time. “The moon is more challenging to land on than Mars,” Melosh said. “On Mars, you can pick out smooth areas.” In 2013, the predecessor spacecraft Chang’e 3 made the first moon landing since the former Soviet Union’s Luna 24 in 1976. The United States is the only country to successfully send astronauts to the moon — 2019 will mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing — although China is considering a crewed mission too. For now, it plans to send a Chang’e 5 probe to the moon China National Space Administration | Xinhua News Agency via AP next year and have it return to China’s Chang’e-4 probe on Thursday made the first landing on the far side of Earth with samples — also not the moon and sent back this first photo, state media said. The mission highlights done since the Soviet mission China’s growing ambitions to rival the U.S., Russia and Europe in space. in 1976. The moon’s far side is someThe landing was “a big deal” times called the “dark side” we have raced to the front,” in popular culture because it said Hou Xiyun, a professor at because it used an engineering technique of the spacecraft is always unseen from Earth Nanjing University’s school of and is relatively unknown, not itself choosing a safe place to astronomy and space science. touch down in treacherous ter- because it lacks sunlight. He added that China has Chang’e 4, a combined lander rain, something called autonoMars, Jupiter and asteroids in and rover, will make astronomimous hazard avoidance, said its sights: “There’s no doubt cal observations and probe the Purdue University lunar and that our nation will go farther planetary scientist Jay Melosh. composition of the soil. and farther.” COLLEGE NEWS AND NOTES cial Education/Elementary Dual Degree. Marietta announces Dean’s High Honors List for Fall 2018 Four named to Muskingum MARIETTA — More than 130 Marietta College University Dean’s List students were named to the Fall 2018 Dean’s High Honors List, which features any full-time student completing at least 15 credit hours with a grade point average of 3.75 or better in the semester. The following students from our area were named to the Dean’s High Honors: Junior Abigail Causey of Reedsville, who is a graduate of Eastern High School, is majoring in Intervention Specialist K-12. Sophomore Laura Pullins of Long Bottom, who is a graduate of Eastern High School, is majoring in Spe- NEW CONCORD, Ohio — Four area students have been named to the Fall 2018 Dean’s List at Muskingum University in New Concord, Ohio. Elizabeth Nease of Pomeroy, Emily Sinclair of Pomeroy, Holly Cochran of Portland, and Kamryn Smith of Racine To be named to the Dean’s List, Muskingum University students must attain strictly prescribed levels of academic performance in their overall grade point average. Look Back From page 1 years in prison. He must also register as a Tier III sex offender. In March, Edward J. Holter, 56, of Pomeroy, pleaded guilty to a bill of information charging three counts of gross sexual imposition, each a felony of the fourth degree. The alleged offenses against Holter involved three separate victims who were employed on his farm over an eight-year time frame. In accordance with the plea agreement, Holter was sentenced to a five-year term of community control and must register as a Tier I sex offender. The case against former corrections and probation officer Larry Tucker remains pending, with a trial date set for March 2019. Tucker is charged with a 28-count indictment for crimes alleged against 11 victims. Charges include: six counts of Sexual Battery, third-degree felonies; six counts of Kidnapping, first-degree felonies; five counts of Gross Sexual Imposition, fourth-degree felonies; five counts of Attempted Sexual Battery, fourth-degree felonies; four counts of Attempted Compelling Prostitution, fourthdegree felonies; one count of Theft in Office, a fifth-degree felony; one count of Soliciting, a third-degree misdemeanor. Three people have pleaded guilty to charges from the March 2018 assault, kidnapping and sexual assault of a Meigs County woman. Merissa Starcher, Nathan Grimm File photo ALICE instructor Bill Francis talks to teachers and staff at Meigs Local. and Brooke Watson each pleaded guilty to their roles in the incident in which the victim was reportedly beaten, punched, and hit with a ball bat several times by all involved. The victim also alleged being sexually assaulted. The victim was then reportedly blindfolded, placed into a car and driven to Putnam Drive next to Forked Run Lake. While in the car, the victim stated that her hair was cut but did not know by whom. Once they arrived to a pull-off spot on Putnam Drive overlooking the lake, the victim stated that she was drug from the car and shoved over a cliff which was several feet down where she sustained the severe injury to her arm. Starcher was sentenced to a total of 12 years in prison for rape and kidnapping, as well as unrelated drug charges, and must register as a Tier III sex offender which requires registration for life. Grimm was sentenced to 15 years in prison for kidnapping and attempted murder. Watson, who was the alleged “ring-leader” according to Prosecutor James K. Stanley, was sentenced to a total prison term of 22 years for charges of kidnapping, felonious assault, illegal conveyance of drugs onto the grounds of a detention facility and possession of drugs. She has since filed an appeal. In December, a Columbus man who was previously sentenced to 32 years in prison on a range of drug charges was resentenced. After an appeal in his case, Jacques Goerges K. Daboni was brought back to Meigs County Common Pleas Court to be resentenced after the Fourth District Court of Appeals ruled that two of the charges would merge. Daboni was sentenced to 24 years in prison. Fatal Fires Three people were killed in two fires in Meigs County in 2018. In February, Oscar Dale Wilson, 61, of Langsville died as a result of smoke inhalation at a structure fire at a camper on State Route 325 in Langsville. In late November, Harvey Smith Martin, 49, and Jeanette Lynn McDonald Martin, 45, were killed in a fire at a house on Old Dexter Road. There was reportedly a build up of propane in the residence which led to the explosion and fire. Bodies/Remains Found in Middleport and Pomeroy Two bodies were located in September, one in Middleport and one in Pomeroy. The body of Airael Derifield was found along the river bank in Middleport after she had been reported missing days earlier. No cause of death has been released in the case. The skeletal remains of Eric P. Humphreys were found in a wooded area near Flood Road in late September by a person hiking in the woods. Humphreys was originally reported missing in the fall of 2016 by family members. Foul play is not suspected in the case. Sarah Hawley is the managing editor of The Daily Sentinel. Jobless From page 1 The U.S. unemployment rate for November was 3.7 percent, unchanged from October, and down from 4.1 percent in November 2017. Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment increased 5,200 over the month, from a revised 5,643,700 in October to 5,648,900 in November, according to the latest business establishment survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor (Bureau of Labor Statistics) in cooperation with ODJFS. Employment in goods-producing industries, at 941,200, increased 1,200 over the month as gains in manufacturing (+1,400) surpassed losses in mining and logging (-100) and construction (-100). The private service-providing sector, at 3,917,400, added 4,600 jobs. Employment gains in professional and business services (+2,800), educational and health services (+1,700), trade, transportation, and utilities (+1,500), and other services (+200) exceeded losses in information (-800), financial activities (-400), and leisure and hospitality (-400). Johnson Government employment, at 790,300, decreased 600 as losses in local government (-1,500) exceeded gains in federal government (+900). State government employment did not change over the month. From November 2017 to November 2018, nonagricultural wage and salary employment grew 116,400. Employment in goods-producing industries increased 22,100. Manufacturing added 10,600 jobs in durable goods (+9,900) and nondurable goods (+700). Construction added 10,500 jobs and mining and logging added 1,000 jobs. Employment in the private service-providing sector increased 86,300 as gains in trade, transportation, and utilities (+26,700), educational and health services (+22,000), leisure and hospitality (+16,300), professional and business services (+11,300), other services (+8,900), and financial activities (+2,500) outweighed losses in information (-1,400). Government employment increased 8,000 with gains in state (+4,200), local (+2,400), and federal (+1,400) government. Information from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Sarah Hawley is the managing editor of The Daily Sentinel. rewarding parts of my job is helping those struggling with federal agencies through From page 1 casework,” Johnson continued. “My staff to work with members and I are here to assist of both parties. No one has a monopoly on in any way possible, good ideas, and my first from: assisting with Social Security benefits; question on legislation remains whether it will helping cut through the red tape at the IRS or have a positive impact Department of Veterans on those I represent.” Johnson added, “This Affairs; expediting a passport; or, helping term of Congress will mark the third different resolve issues with any other federal agency. Speaker I have served Please do not hesitate with, but my priorities to contact me if you and focus remain the think I may be able to same: bringing goodhelp. I am extremely paying jobs to Eastern and Southeastern Ohio; proud of my office’s track record of caserevitalizing our aging infrastructure; continu- work success on your ing the rural broadband behalf.” Once again during buildout; ensuring this term of Congress, our national security Johnson will have four is stronger than ever, including border securi- district offices located ty; and, securing energy in Marietta, Salem, Ironton, and Camindependence.” bridge. “One of the most �CHURCH 4 Friday, January 4, 2019 The star and the astronomers Happy New Year to you all! This Sunday is a special day called Epiphany. Here is the story of Epiphany as told in Matthew 2: 1-12. How many of you have ever looked God’s Kids up at the sky and Korner night have seen Pastor Ann stars? They Moody are so pretty – twinkling and shining brightly. There are scientists even today, called astronomers, who study the stars. There have been astronomers for thousands of years—people have always been interested in studying the stars. At the time Jesus was born, there were astronomers living far away from Bethlehem, studying the stars too. One night they were looking up at the sky when they noticed something surprising; something they had never seen before. It was a new star high in the sky! These ancient astronomers (We usually call them Wise Men or Magi.) believed that new stars didn’t just show up for no reason. They believed the new star they saw meant something important had happened in the world – a sign that a new king had been born, so they decided to follow it and see where it led. They wanted to meet and worship this new king. They journeyed on camels and traveled for a long time in the desert, using only the star to guide them. Along the way, they stopped and visited King Herod, the ruler of that land. They told him about the new star and a new baby king being born. They asked the king if he knew where he was. Well, when King Herold heard this, he became afraid. He was afraid this new baby would grow up and take over his throne. So King Herold pretended to be nice and told these men that he would like to meet the baby king and worship him too. “When you find him, you come back and tell me where he is, so I can visit him as well.” The Wise Men agreed. They continued on their trip; finally, the star stopped over a house in Bethlehem. The men, who had traveled so far for so long, were filled with joy to reach their destination. When they entered the house, they found Jesus with Mary and Joseph. The astronomers knew the baby was someone special—someone to be honored. And so they immediately knelt down and worshipped Him. They even had brought gifts for him and offered Baby Jesus precious gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. They understood that he was no ordinary child, but was someone special sent by God to lead the people, like a king. After a while, the Wise Men decided it was time to return home. They planned on keeping their promise to King Herod, but God sent an angel to talk to them in a dream. The angel told them to go home a different way because King Herod wanted to hurt the baby, not worship Him, so that’s what the Wise Men did. Let’s pray together. Dear God, thank You for sending the star to lead the wise astronomers to Jesus. Thank You for sending Jesus into the world to lead us all. Help us to be wise too and follow Jesus where He leads us. In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen. Ann Moody is pastor of Wilkesville First Presbyterian Church and the Middleport First Presbyterian Church. Daily Sentinel Trust God works together for good “Your Christmas gift is based on the most horrifying story I heard you tell when I was growing up. I was in the third grade when I first heard you tell it.” That was what our second son, Keithen, told me. So, I asked if it was the story I told about the dog trapped in the log. Or, was it the one about the truck driver who lost brakes with his rig coming down the hill on the St. Marys pike. It was neither. Rather, it was the story I told about a certain baseball I lost when I was a kid. Briefly, in 1964, my dad worked as an agent for Southland Insurance. His staff had a selling contest that year, and he won an autographed baseball by the star major league player, Rocky Colovito. The man once hit four consecutive homers in one game. Dad gave to me the ball, and I treasured it. I carried it in my glove, and showed it to people everywhere. But, one day, I made the mistake of getting it out and playing catch with it with my brother, Chris, who errantly threw it into a field thick with weeds. It was brother for chunking my unfortunately lost, and I autographed ball over was devastated. my head the way he did. Back to Christmas: I blamed him for doing Keithen placed his gifts it on purpose because in my lap, and I opened Dad had given that spethem. I unwrapped the cial ball to me. first to find an authentiBut, even though I cated autographed base- Pastor Ron had no concept at the ball by none other than Branch Contributing time that He would, Rocky Colovito. The columnist God eventually worked second was an authenout good concerning it. ticated 1964 Topps First of all, the incident baseball card of Rocky provided the basis of an effecColovito. I was flabbergasted. I struggled to keep from crying tive sermon illustration, which in front of everyone as it sunk ministered significantly to at least two people I know of in what my boy had done for first-hand after tying it in with me. Then, that Scripture jumped Scripture. Those good results would not have taken place, into my mind. It is a verse perhaps, had the ball not been I describe as probably the lost. most comforting of all: “And Furthermore, Keithen probwe know that all things work together for good to them that ably would not have heard love God, to them who are the about the incident, which had apparently affected him (as he called according to His purindicated). And, it was through pose.” him that God, fifty-four years Keithen’s thoughtful gifts affirm the truth of that verse to after the fact, brought about me. And, the same in no small the good of a touching gift from a son to his father. You way exemplifies the truth of that verse to all. Not all things cannot beat it with a stick! This Scriptural truth is are good, but, in all things (in good things or in bad things), so important for us to know about, trust in, and always God works together for good. remember. It absolutely does For a while, I despised my TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Friday, Jan. 4, the fourth day of 2019. There are 361 days left in the year. THOUGHT FOR TODAY Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 4, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson delivered his State of the Union address in which he outlined the goals of his “Great Society.” “What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” — T.S. Eliot (1888-1965). On this date: In 1896, Utah was admitted as the 45th state. In 1904, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Gonzalez v. Williams, ruled that Puerto Ricans were not aliens and could enter the United States freely; however, the court stopped short of declaring them citizens. (Puerto Ricans received U.S. citizenship in March 1917.) In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his State of the Union address, called for legislation to provide assistance for the jobless, elderly, impoverished children and the handicapped. In 1943, for the second time, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin made the cover of TIME as the magazine’s 1942 “Man of the Year.” In 1951, during the Korean War, North Korean and Communist Chinese forces recaptured the city of Seoul (sohl). In 1960, author and philosopher Albert Camus (al-BEHR’ kah-MOO’) died in an automobile accident in Villeblevin, France, at age 46. In 1964, Pope Paul VI began a visit to the Holy Land, the first papal pilgrimage of its kind. In 1974, President Richard Nixon refused to hand over tape recordings and documents subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee. In 1987, 16 people were killed when an Amtrak train bound from Washington, D.C., to Boston collided with Conrail locomotives that had crossed into its path from a side track in Chase, Maryland. In 1995, the 104th Congress convened, the first entirely under Republican control since the Eisenhower era. In 2002, Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Ross Chapman, a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier, was killed by small-arms fire during an ambush in eastern Afghanistan; he was the first American military death from enemy fire in the war against terrorism. In 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed that Jose Padilla (hoh-ZAY’ puh-DIL’-uh), held for 3 1/2 years as an “enemy combatant,” could be transferred to civilian authorities in Miami. Richardson.) A female suicide bomber struck Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad, killing 38. Five years ago: The city center of Iraq’s Fallujah fell completely into the hands of fighters from the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State in Iraq and Levant. Thirty-one workers were killed in the collapse of a building under construction in Canacona, Goa, in southern India. One year ago: The Trump administration moved to vastly expand offshore drilling from the Atlantic to the Arctic oceans with a five-year plan that would open up federal waters off of California for the first time in decades and possibly open new areas of oil and gas exploration along the East Coast. A massive winter storm roared into the East Coast, dumping as much as 17 inches of snow in some areas. The Dow Jones Industrial Average burst through the 25,000 mark, closing at 25,075.13 just five weeks after its first close above 24,000. Ray Thomas, a founding member of the British rock group the Moody Blues, died at his home south of London at the age of 76, months before the band would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Today’s Birthdays: Actress Barbara Rush is 92. Football Hall of Fame coach Don Shula is 89. Opera singer Grace Bumbry is 82. Actress Dyan Cannon is 80. Author-historian Doris Kearns Goodwin is 76. Country singer Kathy Forester (The Forester Sisters) is 64. Actress Ann Magnuson is 63. Rock musician Bernard Sumner (New Order, Joy Division) is 63. Country singer Patty Loveless is 62. Actor Julian Sands is 61. Rock singer Michael Stipe is 59. Actor Patrick Cassidy is 57. Actor Dave Foley is 56. Actress Dot Jones is 55. Actor Rick Hearst is 54. Singer-musician Cait O’Riordan is 54. Actress Julia Ormond is 54. Tennis player Guy Forget (ghee fohr-ZHAY’) is 54. Country singer Deana Carter is 53. Rock musician Benjamin Darvill (Crash Test Dummies) is 52. Actor Josh Stamberg is 49. Actor Jeremy Licht is 48. Actor Damon Gupton is 46. Ten years ago: Actress-singer Jill Marie Jones is New Mexico Gov. Bill Richard44. Actress D’Arcy Carden is 39. son announced he was withdrawing his nomination to be President- Alt-country singer Justin Townes Earle is 37. Christian rock singer elect Barack Obama’s commerce Spencer Chamberlain (Underoath) secretary amid a grand jury investigation into how some of his is 36. Actress Lenora Crichlow is political donors had won a lucrative 34. Comedian-actress Charlyne Yi is 33. Actress-singer Coco Jones is state contract. (Prosecutors later 21. declined to bring charges against not matter what it involves in our lives or what it is. God works together for good in all things. The reason many people stay in a constant mindset of crisis is because of not coming to grips with this great truth. Most assuredly, a lot of things are not good. But, it certainly gives an upper hand in life—-a distinct spiritual advantage—-to understand confidently that the Lord will some how, some way, and at some time get good out it. It is not to promote a passive, willy-nilly attitude about things. But, it involves taking the stance of letting God’s will be done in the short term or the long haul. It takes a lot of pressure off our emotional and spiritual shoulders. So, I asked Keithen why it was such a horrifying story to him that I had lost that baseball. He said he just could not believe that I had such a good possession from professional baseball, and that I would lose it so carelessly. Pastor Ron Branch lives in Mason County and is pastor of Hope Baptist Church, Middleport, Ohio. See the good can be hard to There’s a popubelieve sometimes. lar quote that simI’m sure you ply reads, “See know the verse the good.” Makes that reads, “‘For I sense. The world know the plans I is a messy place. have for you,’ says Negativity runs Cross the LORD. ‘They rampant. It’s a good self-help tip. Words are plans for good and not for disasSee the good. Isaiah ter, to give you a But what’s good? Pauley future and a hope’” That’s kinda rela(Jer. 29:11 NLT). tive. For me, it’s Believe it or not, God black coffee, worship tunes, and a book. Those speaks this verse to the Israelites while they’re things make me happy. in Babylonian captivity. I’m sure there’s good in It’s one thing for God your life. I don’t know what it is, but I challenge to say He desires good you to see it. Be thankful for your life whenever for the little blessings. things are going well. When I communicate, I But it’s something else try to be practical. There to hear God speak this are certainly benefits to into your captivity. I feel positive thinking. Don’t you. forsake seeing the good I don’t know what your in your ordinary world. captivity looks like, but I Little things can make a can assure you that God big difference. But I want desires good for your life. to focus this popular Even when this fallen quote through the lens of world brings sadness, God’s Word. sickness, and pain. Even First of all, God is when you struggle to see good. the good, God is good. There’s a story about He gives good gifts, and a rich young ruler comHe desires good for your ing to Jesus. “And as he life. [Jesus] was setting out Preachers have a habit on his journey, a man ran of claiming their favorite up and knelt before him Bible verse(s). I don’t and asked him, ‘Good really have one. But I’m Teacher, what must I do particularly drawn to to inherit eternal life?’ one in this season of my And Jesus said to life. It says, “I would him, ‘Why do you call have lost heart, unless me good? No one is I had believed That I good except God alone’” would see the goodness (Mark 10:17-18 ESV). of the LORD In the land The Bible has much of the living” (Ps. 27:13 to say about the goodNKJV). ness of God. After the I choose to see the Ark of the Covenant is good. More specifically, placed in a tent, David I choose to “… see the sings, “Oh give thanks goodness of the LORD to the LORD, for he is In the land of the living.” good; for his steadfast I can’t begin to describe love endures forever!” (1 how powerful this is. No Chron. 16:34 ESV). matter what you’re facSecondly, God gives ing, choose to see the good gifts. goodness of God. James writes, “Every I love how David good gift and every perwrites he would have lost fect gift is from above, heart had he not decided coming down from the to see the goodness of Father of lights, with the Lord. It’s easy to whom there is no varialose heart. When diftion or shadow due to ficulties come, it’s our change” (1:17 ESV). first instinct. But keep As I write this, I’m lis- your head up. Don’t lose tening to worship music. heart. My coffee is gone, but God is good. God my leather Bible lays gives good gifts. God beside me. The good in desires good for your my life comes from the life. Choose to believe it. giver of good gifts. But Choose to see it. remember, it’s not just Isaiah Pauley is passionate about what He does. It’s who sharing Jesus in a simple way. He is. God is good. He Follow the journey of this young gives good gifts. pastor at www.isaiahpauley.com, on Facebook at Isaiah Pauley Page, or Lastly, God desires on Instagram @isaiahpauley. good for your life. This �CHURCH DIRECTORY Daily Sentinel Friday, January 4, 2019 5 Meigs County Church Directory OH-70094803 Fellowship Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic Van Zandt and Ward Road. Pastor: James Miller. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; evening, 7:30 p.m. The Refuge Church 121 W 2nd St.Pomeroy, Oh 45769. Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Pastor: The Rev. Jordan Bradford.,740-209-0039 info@trclife.org Emmanuel Apostolic Tabernacle, Inc. Loop Road off New Lima Road, Rutland. Pastor: Marty R. Hutton. Sunday services, 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, 7 p.m. *** Assembly of God Liberty Assembly of God Dudding Lane, Mason, W.Va. Pastor:Rita Darst. Sunday services, 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 pm Baptist Carpenter Independent Baptist Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; preaching service, 10:30 a.m.; evening service, 7 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Cheshire Baptist Church Pastor Dr. Jim Williams, Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; evening service, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Call: 740-367-7801. Hope Baptist Church (Southern) 570 Grant Street, Middleport, .Pastor: Ron Branch,. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Rutland First Baptist Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. Pomeroy First Baptist East Main Street, Pomeroy. Pastor: Jon Brocket. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. First Southern Baptist 41872 Pomeroy Pike. Pastor: David Brainard. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. First Baptist Church Sixth and Palmer Street, Middleport. Pastor: Billy Zuspan. Sunday school, 9:15 a.m.; worship, 10:15 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Racine First Baptist Pastor:Duke Holbert, Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Silver Run Baptist Pastor: John Swanson. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; evening, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6:30 p.m. Mount Union Baptist Pastor: Randy Smith. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; evening, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6:30 p.m. Old Bethel Free Will Baptist Church 28601 Ohio 7, Middleport. Pastor Everett Caldwell. Sunday service, 10 a.m.; Tuesday and Saturday services, 6 p.m. Hillside Baptist Church Ohio 143 just off of Ohio 7. Pastor: Rev. James R. Acree, Sr. Sunday unified service. Worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6 p.m. Victory Baptist Independent 525 North Second Street, Middleport. Pastor: James E. Keesee. Worship, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Faith Baptist Church Railroad Street, Mason. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Forest Run Baptist 108 Kerr Street ,Pomeroy,Oh, Pastor:Rev Randolph Edwards, Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; worship, 11:30 a.m. Mount Moriah Baptist Fourth and Main Street, Middleport.,Oh. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. Antiquity Baptist Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m.; Sunday evening, 6 p.m. Rutland Freewill Baptist Salem Street, Rutland. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11:30 a.m.; evening service and youth meeting, 6 p.m.; Pastor Ed Barney. Second Baptist Church Ravenswood, W.Va. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; evening, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. First Baptist Church of Mason, W.Va. W.Va. Route 652 and Anderson Street. Pastor: Robert Grady. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; morning church, 11 a.m.; evening, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Pageville Freewill Baptist Church 40964 SR #684 Pageville, OH Sunday 9:30 am, Wednesday 6:30 pm *** Catholic Sacred Heart Catholic Church 161 Mulberry Ave., Pomeroy. Pastor: Rev.Mark Moore. (740) 992-5898. Saturday confessional 4:45-5:15 p.m.; mass, 5:30 p.m.; Sunday confessional, 8:45-9:15 a.m.; Sunday mass, 9:30 a.m.; For Mass schedule visit athenscatholic.org. *** Church of Christ Westside Church of Christ 33226 Children’s Home Road, Pomeroy. (740) 992-2865. Sunday traditional worship, 10 a.m., with Bible study following, Wednesday Bible study at 7 p.m. Hemlock Grove Christian Church Pastor Diana Carsey Kinder, Church school (all ages), 9:15 a.m.; church service, 10 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Pomeroy Church of Christ 212 West Main Street. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Middleport Church of Christ Fifth and Main Street. Pastor: David Hopkins. Youth Minister Mathew Ferguson. Sunday school, 9 a.m; Morning Worship Service 10 am, Sunday evening 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Keno Church of Christ Pastor: Jeffrey Wallace. First and Third Sunday. Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. Bearwallow Ridge Church of Christ Pastor: Bruce Terry. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6:30 p.m. Zion Church of Christ Harrisonville Road,Rutland,. Pastor: C Burns,Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Tuppers Plains Church of Christ Worship service, 9 a.m.; communion, 10 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:15 a.m.; youth, 5:50 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Bradbury Church of Christ 39558 Bradbury Road, Middleport. Minister: Justin Roush. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Rutland Church of Christ Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship and communion, 10:30 a.m. Bradford Church of Christ Ohio 124 and Bradbury Road. Minister: Russ Moore. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday adult Bible study and youth meeting, 6:30 p.m. Hickory Hills Church of Christ Tuppers Plains. Pastor: Mike Moore. Bible class, 9 a.m.; Sunday worship, 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible class, 7 p.m. Reedsville Church of Christ Pastor: Jack Colgrove. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship service, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m. ****** REMOVE Dexter Church of Christ******** Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday worship, 10:30 a.m. *** Christian Union Hartford Church of Christ in Christian Union Hartford, W.Va. Pastor: Mike Puckett. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. *** Church of God Mount Moriah Church of God Mile Hill Road, Racine. Pastor: James Satterfield. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Rutland River of Life Church of God Pastor: Sam Buckley: Sunday worship, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Church of God of Prophecy O.J. White Road off Ohio 160. Pastor: P.J. Chapman. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. *** Congregational Trinity Church 201 E. Second St., Pomeroy. Worship, 10:25 a.m. Pastor Randy Smith. *** Episcopal Grace Episcopal Church 326 East Main Street, Pomeroy. Holy Eucharist, 11 a.m. *** Holiness Independent Holiness Church 626 Brick Street, Rutland. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Worship Service, 10:30 a.m.; Evening Service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Community Church Main Street, Rutland. Pastor: Steve Tomek. Sunday worship, 10 a.m.; Sunday services, 7 p.m. Danville Holiness Church 31057 Ohio 325, Langsville. Pastor: Paul Eckert. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday prayer service, 7 p.m. Calvary Pilgrim Chapel State Route 143. Pastor: Mark Nix. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Rose of Sharon Holiness Church Leading Creek Road, Rutland. Pastor: Rev. Michael S King. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday prayer meeting, 7 p.m. Wesleyan Bible Holiness Church 75 Pearl Street, Middleport. Pastor: Matt Phoenix. Sunday: worship service, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. 740-691-5006. *** Latter-Day Saints Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ohio 160. (740) 446-6247 or (740) 446-7486. Sunday school, 10:20-11 a.m.; relief society/priesthood, 11:05 a.m.-12 p.m.; sacrament service, 9-10-15 a.m.; homecoming meeting first Thursday, 7 p.m. *** Lutheran Saint John Lutheran Church Pine Grove. Worship, 9 a.m.; Sunday school, 10 a.m. Our Savior Lutheran Church Walnut and Henry Streets, Ravenswood, W.Va. Pastor: David Russell. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. Saint Paul Lutheran Church Corner of Sycamore and Second streets, Pomeroy. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. *** United Methodist Graham United Methodist Pastor: Richard Nease. Worship, 11 a.m. Bechtel United Methodist New Haven. Pastor: Richard Nease. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Tuesday prayer meeting and Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Mount Olive United Methodist Off of 124 behind Wilkesville. Pastor: Rev. Ralph Spires. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Thursday services, 7 p.m. Alfred Pastor: Gene Goodwin. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Chester Pastor:Walt and Sheryl Goble. Worship, 9 a.m.; Sunday school, 10 a.m. Joppa Pastor: Denzil Null. Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. Long Bottom Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Reedsville Pastor: Gene Goodwin. Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; first Sunday of the month, 7 p.m. Tuppers Plains Saint Paul Pastor: Mark Brookins, Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10:15 a.m.; Bible study, Tuesday 10 a.m. Asbury Syracuse. Pastor: Wesley Thoene. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday services, 7:30 p.m. Flatwoods Pastor:Walt and Sheryl Goble. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11:15 a.m. Forest Run Pastor: Wesley Thoene. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 9 a.m. Heath 339 S. 3rd Ave., Middleport. Pastor: Rebecca Zurcher. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Asbury Syracuse Pastor: Wesley Thoene. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. New Beginnings Pomeroy. Pastor:Walt and Sheryl Goble. Worship, 10 a.m.; Sunday school, 9:15 a.m.. Rocksprings Pastor: Walt and Sheryl Goble. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; Worship Service 10 am:; 8 am worship service with Lenora Leifheit Rutland Pastor: Mark Brookins. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Thursday services, 7 p.m. Salem Center Pastor: John Chapman. Sunday school, 10:15 a.m.; worship, 9:15 a.m.; Bible study, Monday 7 p.m. Bethany Pastor: James Marshall. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 9 a.m.; Wednesday services, 10 a.m. Carmel-Sutton Pastor: James Marshall. Carmel and Bashan Roads, Racine.. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, noon. Morning Star Pastor: James Marshall. Sunday school, 11 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m. East Letart Pastor:Larry Fisher. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 9:30 a.m. Racine Pastor:Larry Fisher. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Tuesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Coolville United Methodist Church Main and Fifth Street. Pastor: Helen Kline. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 9 a.m.; Tuesday services, 7 p.m. Bethel Church Township Road 468C. Pastor: Phillip Bell. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Hockingport Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Torch Church County Road 63. Sunday school, 9:30 am.; worship, 10:30 a.m. *** Free Methodist Laurel Cliff Laurel Cliff Road. Pastor: Bill O’Brien. Sunday school, 9:30; morning worship, 10:30; evening worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible Study, 7 p.m. *** Nazarene Point Rock Church of the Nazarene Route 689 between Wilksville and Albany. Pastor: Larry Cheesebrew. Sunday School, 10 a.m.; worship service, 11 a.m.; evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 6 p.m. New Hope Church of the Nazarene 980 General Hartinger Parkway, Middleport. Pastor Bill Justis. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; morning worship, 11 a.m.; evening worship, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday evening Bible study, 6:30 p.m.; men’s Bible study, 7 p.m. Reedsville Fellowship Pastor: Russell Carson. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Syracuse Church of the Nazarene Pastor: Daniel Fulton. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m., worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday and Sunday evenings, 7 p.m. Chester Church of the Nazarene Pastor: Will Luckeydoo. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday morning service, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6 p.m. Rutland Church of the Nazarene Pastor: Ann Forbes. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening, 6 p.m. *** Non-Denominational Christ Temple Fellowship Church 28382 State Route 143, Pomeroy. Services are 6 p.m. Sunday with Pastor Dennis Weaver. For information, call 740-698-3411. Common Ground Missions Pastor: Dennis Moore and Rick Little. Sunday, 10 a.m. Team Jesus Ministries 333 Mechanic Street, Pomeroy. Pastor: Eddie Baer. Sunday worship, 10:30 a.m. New Hope Church Old American Legion Hall, Fourth Ave., Middleport. Sunday, 5 p.m. Syracuse Community Church 2480 Second Street, Syracuse., Sunday evening, 6:30 p.m. A New Beginning (Full Gospel Church). Harrisonville. Pastors: Bob and Kay Marshall. Thursday, 7 p.m. Amazing Grace Community Church Ohio 681, Tuppers Plains. Pastor: Wayne Dunlap. Sunday worship, 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Oasis Christian Fellowship ( Non - de n om i nat i ona l fellowship). Meeting in the Meigs Middle School cafeteria. Pastor: Christ Stewart. Sunday, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Community of Christ Portland-Racine Road. Pastors: Dean Holben, Janice Danner, and Denny Evans. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Bethel Worship Center 39782 Ohio 7 (two miles south of Tuppers Plains). Pastor: Rob Barber; praise and worship led by Otis and Ivy Crockron; (740) 667-6793. Sunday 10 a.m.; Affiliated with SOMA Family of Ministries, Chillicothe. Bethelwc.org. Ash Street Church 398 Ash Street, Middleport. Pastor: Mark Morrow. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; morning worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 6:30 p.m.; youth service, 6:30 p.m. Agape Life Center (Full Gospel church). 603 Second Ave., Mason. Pastors: John and Patty Wade. (304) 773-5017. Sunday 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Abundant Grace 923 South Third Street, Middleport. Pastor: Teresa Davis. Sunday service, 10 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Faith Full Gospel Church Long Bottom. Pastor: Steve Reed. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Friday fellowship service, 7 p.m. Harrisonville Community Church Pastor: Theron Durham. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Middleport Community Church 575 Pearl Street, Middleport. Pastor: Sam Anderson. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; evening, 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7:30 p.m. Faith Valley Tabernacle Church Bailey Run Road. Pastor: Rev. Emmett Rawson. Sunday evening, 7 p.m.; Thursday service, 7 p.m. Syracuse Mission 1141 Bridgeman Street, Syracuse. Sunday School, 10 a.m.; evening, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Dyesville Community Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Morse Chapel Church Worship, 5 p.m. Faith Gospel Church Long Bottom. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Full Gospel Lighthouse 33045 Hiland Road, Pomeroy. Pastor: Roy Hunter. Sunday school, 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday evening, 7:30 p.m. South Bethel Community Church Silver Ridge. Pastor: Linda Damewood. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m. Second and fourth Sundays; Bible study, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. C a r l e t o n Interdenominational Church Kingsbury. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship service, 10:30 a.m.; evening service, 6 p.m. Freedom Gospel Mission Bald Knob on County Road 31. Pastor: Rev. Roger Willford. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m. Fairview Bible Church Letart, W.Va., Route 1. Pastor: Brian May. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Faith Fellowship Crusade for Christ Pastor: Rev. Franklin Dickens. Friday, 7 p.m. Calvary Bible Church Pomeroy. Pastor: Rev. Blackwood. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7:30 p.m. Stiversville Community Church Pastor: Bryan and Missy Dailey. Sunday school, 11 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Rejoicing Life Church 500 North Second Ave., Middleport. Pastor: Mike Foreman. Pastor Emeritus: Lawrence Foreman. Worship, 10 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Clifton Tabernacle Church Clifton, W.Va. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Full Gospel Church of the Living Savior Route 338, Antiquity. Pastor: Jesse Morris. Saturday, 2 p.m. Salem Community Church Lieving Road, West Columbia, W.Va. (304) 6752288. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday evening, 7 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Hobson Christian Fellowship Church Pastor: Herschel White. Sunday 7 p.m. Wednesday, 7 p.m. Restoration Christian Fellowship 9365 Hooper Road, Athens. Pastor: Lonnie Coats. Sunday worship, 10 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. House of Healing Ministries (Full Gospel) Ohio 124, Langsville. Pastors: Robert and Roberta Musser. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Hysell Run Community Church 33099 Hysell Run Road, Pomeroy, Ohio; Pastors Larry and Cheryl Lemley. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; morning worship 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 7 p.m.; Sunday night youth service, 7 p.m. ages 10 through high school; Thursday Bible study, 7 p.m.; fourth Sunday night is singing and communion. Endtime House of Prayer Ohio 681, Snowville; Pastor Robert Vance. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.; Bible Study, Thursday 6 p.m. Mount Olive Community Church 51305 Mount Olive Rd, Long Bottom, OH 45743 Sunday School 9:30 am, Sunday Evening 6 pm, Pastor: Don Bush Cell: 740-444-1425 or Home: 740-843-5131 Grace Gospel 196 Mulberry Avenue, Pomeroy, OH 45769 Sunday School 10:00 AM, Sunday Service 11:00 AM, Sunday Evening 6:00 PM, Wednesday 6:00 PM, Pastor: Thomas Wilson *** Pentecostal Pentecostal Assembly Tornado Road, Racine. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; evening, 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. *** Presbyterian Harrisonville Presbyterian Church Pastor: Rev. David Faulkner. Sunday worship 9:30 a.m. Middleport First Presbyterian Church 165 N Fourth Ave Middleport, OH 45760, Pastor:Ann Moody. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship service, 11:15 am *** United Brethren Eden United Brethren in Christ Ohio 124, between Reedsville and Hockingport. Pastor Peter Martindale. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Mount Hermon United Brethren in Christ Church 36411 Wickham Road, Pomeroy. Pastor: Adam Will. Adult Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.; Worship and Childrens Ministry – 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday Adult Bible Study and Kingdom Seekers (grades 4-6) 6:30 p.m. www. mounthermonub.org. *** Wesleyan White’s Chapel Wesleyan Coolville Road. Pastor: Rev. Charles Martindale. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. �S ports 6 Friday, January 4, 2019 Daily Sentinel Houston hires Holgorsen away from WVU By Ralph D. Russo coordinator in 2008-09, when it was in Conference USA, before serving a season in the same position under Mike Houston hired West VirGundy at Oklahoma State in ginia’s Dana Holgorsen as its 2010. coach Wednesday, ending his “We are thrilled to welcome eight-year run with the MounDana back to Houston as the taineers. next leader of our football proHolgorsen was 61-41 and gram. His offensive acumen 33-30 in the Big 12 as he with an emphasis on studenthelped guide West Virginia athlete development, on and through the transition from off the field, is a perfect fit for the Big East. Houston competes in the American Athletic our program, university and Conference, which was formed city,” athletic director Chris from the remnants of Big East Pezman said. Houston fired coach Major football after it was torn apart Applewhite on Sunday after by realignment earlier this two underwhelming seasons. decade. Applewhite, who took a Holgorsen spent two seaschool-friendly deal in 2016 sons as Houston’s offensive The Associated Press Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Dana Holgorsen walks on the field during a break in the action of the West Virginia’s victory over Youngstown State on Sept. 8, 2018, in Morgantown, W.Va. to replace Tom Herman, went 15-11. Holgorsen is making a unique move, leaving a Power Five school for one outside the high revenue conferences. No coach has willingly made that move since the College Football Playoff was established in 2014. But Holgorsen was in a tricky spot at West Virginia. He had probably has most talented team in Morgantown, West Virginia, this season. Led by quarterback Will Grier, the Mountaineers were in contention for a Big 12 title and playoff spot entering November. See COACH | 9 No. 11 Texas Tech holds off West Virginia 62-59 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — No. 11 Texas Tech started the Big 12 season on a positive note. Jarrett Culver led the way. Culver scored each of his 18 points in the second half, and Texas Tech overcame some early shooting troubles to beat West Virginia 62-59 in their conference opener Wednesday night. “We just stuck in there and gritted it out,” Culver said. Each of Texas Tech’s previous wins came by double digits. The Red Raiders had to scrape and claw to take their first game of the season on an opponent’s court. “I’m just really happy for our players,” coach Chris Beard said. “The Big 12 is like an 18-round fight, so our objective is just to give ourselves a chance every night, and I thought our guys did. “I think we won the game with our ball-handling. We only had three turnovers in the second half. We made them turn it over a little bit more than normal, and then we took care of the ball in the second half. I thought that’s where the basketball game was won or lost.” Matt Mooney added 14 points and Davide Moretti scored 12 for Texas Tech (12-1, 1-0). Lamont West led West Virginia (8-5, 0-1) with 22 points, and fellow reserve Derek Culver finished with 12. Texas Tech struggled both in scoring and rebounding, and Culver and Tariq Owens each picked up three fouls in the first half. But West Virginia couldn’t take advantage. With leading scorer Esa Ahmad having an off night and second-leading scorer Sabaga Konate sitting out his fourth straight game with a knee injury, the Mountaineers also couldn’t get much offense going. Ahmad made his only field goal with nine minutes left in the game and finished with six points. The Mountaineers outrebounded Texas Tech See TEXAS | 9 OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Friday, Jan. 4 Boys Basketball South Gallia at Wahama, 6 p.m. Federal Hocking at Eastern, 6 p.m. Nelsonville-York at River Valley, 6 p.m. Athens at Meigs, 6 p.m. Wayne at Hannan, 7:30 Southern at Belpre, 6 p.m. Gallia Academy at Coal Grove, 6 p.m. Ohio Valley Christian at Calvary, 7:30 Girls Basketball Rose Hill Christian at Hannan, 6 p.m. Point Pleasant at Lincoln County, 7 p.m. Ohio Valley Christian at Calvary, 6 p.m. Wrestling Point Pleasant at Madeira Bob Kearns, TBA Saturday, Jan. 5 Boys Basketball Point Pleasant at Gallia Academy, 6 p.m. Girls Basketball Vinton County at Gallia Academy, 3 p.m. Wrestling Gallia Academy, Eastern, Meigs, River Valley at Nelsonville-York Steve Yinger, 10 a.m. Point Pleasant at Madeira Bob Kearns, TBA Swimming River Valley at Teays Valley, noon Don Wright | AP file Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown annoyed head coach Mike Tomlin on Sunday in Cincinnati by making only a brief appearance on the sideline — rocking a fur coat — as the Steelers edged the Bengals, then vanishing before the final gun. On Monday he did not show up for exit interviews and to clear out his locker. Tomlin frustrated with Brown’s antics PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin doesn’t want to say Antonio Brown bailed on the Pittsburgh Steelers. The longtime head coach is not ruling it out either. The star wide receiver went radio silent in the days before the team’s regular-season finale against Cincinnati last Sunday, in essence abandoning the club in what Tomlin described as its “darkest hour.” Though Brown did make a cameo appearance on the sideline — rocking a fur coat — as the Steelers edged the Bengals , he vanished before the final gun and did not show up on Monday for exit interviews and to clear out his locker. Tomlin said Brown arrived at practice last Wednesday reporting discomfort in his lower body. The team gave Brown the day off, did so again on Thursday. On Friday, Tomlin sent Brown home to rest and suggested he get an MRI on the banged up knee. Tomlin did not hear from Brown on Saturday to get an update. When Drew Rosenhaus, Brown’s agent, reached out on Sunday morning to tell Tomlin that Brown was available to play, Tomlin “drew a line in the sand” and said Brown could best serve the Steelers by cheering on the sideline. While Tomlin demurred when asked during his season-ending news conference on Wednesday if Brown “quit,” the longtime head coach offered little in defense of the perennial Pro Bowler, whose historic production has become increasingly at odds with his erratic off-the-field behavior. “The bottom line is we were playing a significant game and he didn’t do a good enough job of communicating of being available in the hours leading up to that performance,” Tomlin said. “So we needed to make decisions pertinent to getting to play in that performance. So, I’ve been real clear at outlining what transpired, the level of communication, things of that nature. Obviously there are some things within that that you can infer, certainly.” Rather than spend time elaborating on how the Steelers went from 7-2-1 the week before Thanksgiving to 9-6-1 and missing the postseason for the first time since 2013 — a collapse Tomlin plans to “wallow” in over the next few weeks — he spent the majority of his time responding to questions about Brown. It’s nothing new. The 30-year-old is the only player in NFL history with six straight 100catch seasons, but has become adept at drawing headlines for things that have nothing to do with football, be it livestreaming from the postgame locker room in Kansas City two years ago to threatening a reporter from ESPN on social media in September to suggesting on Twitter he should be traded . It hasn’t stopped. As Tomlin spoke, Brown — who has three years remaining on his fouryear, $72 million extension he signed in the spring of 2017 — published a post on Instagram to his 3.1 million followers saying “I am divinely blessed with free will. I utilize that gift, choosing to take charge of my life.” Brown also appeared with former teammate James Harrison, who promised an exclusive “interview” with Brown. Tomlin has long had a policy of trying to tune out what his players say or do on social media, but admitted there’s a level of “disappointment” when it comes to Brown’s actions before adding it’s immaterial to his job. Asked if there’s a point with Brown or any player where the distractions can outweigh the on-thefield benefits, Tomlin said “certainly.” Whether the Steelers are at that point is unclear. Tomlin said the team has not received any “formal” trade requests from Brown’s camp. Gutsy calls by Saban have turned title games TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Nick Saban showed he’s capable of derring-do in Alabama’s past two national championship game wins. The coach famed for his scowl, his process and meticulous downto-the-tiniest detail nature — even eating the same salad daily for lunch and, of course, oatmeal creme pies for breakfast — has turned title games in the Crimson Tide’s favor with two gutsy calls. When thinking of Saban, a gambler or risk taker isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. But when the time is right, the coach has stepped outside the box. In January 2016, Saban’s fourthquarter onside kick call propelled Alabama on to a 45-40 win over Clemson by not only setting up a touchdown drive but keeping Deshaun Watson & Co. off the field. Last season, he brought in freshman quarterback Tua Tagovailoa for the second half to rally the Crimson Tide from a 13-0 deficit See GUTSY | 9 �SPORTS/CLASSIFIEDS Daily Sentinel Friday, January 4, 2019 7 Expand playoff to get the guess work out of the game By Ralph D. Russo The Associated Press The satisfying simplicity of sports is in the definitive result. A game is played. There is a winner and a loser and the winner gets a reward. Often that reward is to just keep playing. Those are the rules from the schoolyard to stadiums. It is a model that generally works great, just not necessarily for major college football. With some legitimate reasons, the sport is resistant to the simplest premise: If you win something, you get something. Five years into the College Football Playoff there is a lot of chatter about expanding the four-team field . Down the road, probably when its 12-year contract with ESPN runs out, the playoff will expand. Because there is always money in playoff expansion. Here’s a plan: eight teams. The Power Five conference champions get in automatically. Three wild cards or at-large teams picked by the selection committee, with at least one of them the best champion from the Group of Five conferences. Yep, nothing in there you probably haven’t seen before. Simple, but certainly not universally accepted, even among those who want a bigger playoff. Automatic qualification is an uncomfortable concept for fans who fear a conference championship game upset could give a precious playoff spot to a team that lost three or four regular-season games. Automatic qualification also makes college football’s decision-makers squeamish because it was one of the downfalls of the Bowl Championship Series. Back then, six conferences had automatic entry for their champions, including the Big East. There was a cap on how many teams from one conference could be in the system. Tweaks were made to ensure teams ranked in certain positions were also guaranteed spots. It was kind of a mess, but the problems were not necessarily applicable to a playoff where all games have championship ramifications. The BCS increased college football’s national following, encouraging fans to pay attention to teams and conferences beyond their regions. The College Football Playoff aims to continue that growth and a bigger playoff, with automatic bids for conference champions, accomplishes that. Why reward anything less than excellence? Well, for one, Nick Saban is not going to be at Alabama forever. There will come a day when more than two or three teams in a given season could win a national title. Also, right now the College Football Playoff selection committee is taking an educated guess when it comes to what is excellent. That’s not criticism. The job of the committee is literally to guess the four best teams — a purposefully vague descriptor. It was easy to see Alabama and Clemson were awesome this season. They won all their games, earning the right to play more games. But on Championship Saturday, there were many who suggested Georgia was also excellent and deserved to be rewarded even after blowing a 14-point lead to Alabama in the fourth quarter of the Southeastern Conference title game. It was weird. Fortunately, the committee did not agree. College football does not comfortably fit the traditional win-something-get-something model. Wide variances in opponents mean all wins are not created equal. Not even close. There are few data points that can be used to connect and compare top teams from different conferences. This isn’t the NFL. But expanding the field with automatic bids to conference champions gets at least some of the guesswork out of the game. More objective. Less subjective. We can still argue about the committee’s wild-card selections. Debates about which team is best are part of the lifeblood of college football. It is why the Top 25 exists. But at some point the opinions have to yield to results or why even play the games? 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And despite Clemson’s stellar season , the group’s job is far from finished. “The goal wasn’t to come back here,” Ferrell said of reaching the title game. “The goal was to win a national championship and we didn’t do that yet.” Coach From page 6 They fell short of a spot in the Big 12 title game, losing to Oklahoma at home in the regular-season finale to finish 8-3. With Grier and star offensive tackle Yodny Cajuste sitting out, the Mountaineers lost the Camping World Bowl to Syracuse last week. West Virginia is facing a significant rebuild next season with Grier, Cajuste, star receiver David Sills V and linebacker David Long all headed to the NFL. Houston has been trying to work its way into a Power Five conference, preferably the Big 12, and is hoping Holgorsen can help make them a viable option in a process in which the school has little control. Holgorsen is two years into a contract that runs through the 2021 season and pays him $3.5 million per year. Houston will owe West Virginia a $1 million buyout. “I want to thank coach Holgorsen for his eight Jeffrey McWhorter | AP Clemson defensive end Austin Bryant (7) holds up the trophy as the team celebrates its 30-3 win against Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl semifinal playoff game Saturday in Arlington, Texas. Clemson won 30-3. No. 2 Clemson (14-0) faces No. 1 Alabama (14-0) on Monday night in the national championship game in Santa Clara, California. The second-ranked Tigers (14-0) have that chance when they face No. 1 Alabama (14-0) on Monday night in Santa Clara, California. It’s not a stretch to say Clemson couldn’t have gotten this far without the return of its core of years at West Virginia,” West Virginia athletic director Shane Lyons said. “Our national search for his replacement has already begun, and I know it will be a successful one.” Holgorsen initially was hired as West Virginia’s offensive coordinator and head coach-in waiting in December 2010. Fans were never fully enamored with Holgorsen after he replaced the popular Bill Stewart at the start of the 2011 season. A month after an intoxicated Holgorsen was escorted out of a West Virginia casino, he was named Stewart’s replacement after a former sports writer said Stewart approached him shortly after Holgorsen’s hiring to “dig up dirt” on his eventual successor. Inheriting players recruited by Stewart, West Virginia beat Clemson 70-33 in the Orange Bowl after the 2011 season to finish 10-3. Holgorsen was given a fiveyear contract extension at the end of the 2016 regular season, when WVU also went 10-3. NFL-caliber leaders. Ferrell, Bryant and Wilkins lead a front four on a defense that leads the country with 52 sacks and 108 tackles for loss. The group has been so stout up front that even with backup Albert Huggins playing for suspend- Gutsy From page 6 against Georgia, benching twoyear starter Jalen Hurts. The Tide and Tigers, both 14-0, meet again Monday night in Santa Clara, California, with the national title on the line. Don’t be shocked if Saban gambles — or at least takes a calculated risk — at some point. Anything to tilt the game in his favor. “Well, I think when you’re playing against a very good team and you anticipate that it’s going to be a really tight game, that you’re always looking for somewhere or someplace in the game where you can create an advantage for yourself and try to put your players in the best position to have a chance to be successful,” Saban said. “You know, I think we do that for every game, but I think when BROADCAST 3 (WSAZ) 4 (WTAP) 6 (WSYX) 7 (WOUB) 8 (WCHS) 10 (WBNS) 12 (WVPB) Texas you play in games like this, sometimes those plays can have a huge impact because it’s probably going to be a pretty close game.” Three seasons ago, Alabama had just tied Clemson at 24 with a field goal when Marlon Humphrey collected Adam Griffith’s onside kick at midfield. Two plays later, Jake Coker hit tight end O.J. Howard for a 51-yard touchdown and Alabama took the lead for the duration. Clemson tight end Milan Richard was on the field with the kick return unit. “We weren’t expecting it,” Richard said. “The way we were lined up, they tried to take advantage of it and it worked. It’s something we’ll be ready for, something we came back and prepared for and we’ll try not to let happen again.” Tigers left tackle Mitch Hyatt felt like his team had the momentum before that onside kick. Watson and the Tigers’ offense certainly were looking all but special,” he said. Clemson’s oldest players understand all of that. They were raw, wet behind the ears freshmen when the Tigers played for a national title and lost 45-40 to Alabama after the 2015 season. A year later, the more seasoned, determined group came out on top in a nailbiting, 35-31 victory over the Crimson Tide decided on Deshaun Watson’s lastsecond pass to Hunter Renfrow. Renfrow, a senior starter on this year’s team, believes having so many talented players with NFL potential committing themselves to Clemson was an early boost to this year’s run. While Clemson has plenty of potential in young defensive linemen like Xavier Thomas, Justin Foster and Logan Rudolph who could’ve stepped in, they could not match the instant credibility Wilkins, Austin Bryant and Ferrell gave the Tigers heading into the season, Renfrow said. unstoppable. That made Saban’s timing so perfect. “We knew if we just got the ball, we would go and win the game,” Hyatt said. “The onside kick just really turned that game around.” The Tigers weren’t the only surprised ones. Alabama offensive lineman Jonah Williams was a newly arrived freshman watching from Bryant Hall back in Tuscaloosa. “Yeah, it was crazy,” said Williams, now a unanimous AllAmerican. “Me and all the early enrollees were in Bryant watching it on TV and we were just freaking out when it happened, because that was such a momentum swing in the game. That’s the type of thing that this game takes. “When you’re playing great teams, sometimes you have to take risks. And when you do, you have to execute them. And sometimes that’s the difference-maker in the game.” FRIDAY EVENING 11 (WVAH) Big picture Texas Tech: The Red Raiders won despite shooting a season-low From page 6 38.2 percent, including 29 percent in the first 41-31 but finished with half. 22 turnovers. It was the West Virginia: The fourth time this season Mountaineers have had that West Virginia surtrouble making baskets passed 20 turnovers. all season and not much “We are very charitaworked against the ble,” coach Bob Huggins said. “People struggle, we nation’s second-stingiest throw them the ball, make defense. West Virginia was held to its thirdit easier for them.” Culver came out deter- lowest scoring output of mined after halftime, con- the season. verting a pair of layups in the first four minutes as Free throw woes Texas Tech built its largWest Virginia entered est lead, 33-24. the game as the Big 12’s “He played like a vetsecond-best free-throw eran tonight,” Beard said. shooting team at 70 per“That’s what we expect.” cent. The Mountaineers Moretti’s 3-pointer with made 18 of 32 (56.3 2:08 remaining put Texas percent) against the Red Tech ahead for good, Raiders. 55-54. Culver scored six points in the final 41 sec- Time to commit onds, and Moretti made Huggins challenged his one of two free throws players after the game to with 3.3 seconds left for work harder in practice the final margin. and eliminate mistakes. After Moretti missed “Everyone wants to the second free throw, win, (but) do they hate West Virginia’s Brandon to lose?” he said. “Do Knapper tossed up a they despise losing? It 3-pointer near midcourt doesn’t look like it. It’s a that hit the top of the fun game, but to be great backboard and bounced at it, you have to be comaway. mitted.” ed starter Dexter Lawrence at defensive tackle, Clemson posted six sacks — its most in a game this season — on Notre Dame quarterback Ian Book in a 30-3 loss at the Cotton Bowl last week. Hyatt, a four-year starter who’s played the most snaps in Clemson history, is the anchor of an offensive line that’s helped the team rush for an all-time single-season record 3,588 yards. Tailback Travis Etienne set single-season marks this year with 1,572 yards and 22 touchdowns on the ground. Wilkins, the All-American tackle, is less strident than his friend Ferrell about the journey since he put off the pros to add a graduate degree to his resume. “It’s been gratifying all year,” Wilkins said. “Just my college experience coming back because I’ve done everything a lot more. Pretty much everything I set out to do this year I’ve done.” Wilkins, who has 5.5 sacks and 14 stops behind the line of scrimmage, feels he’s become a better player, gotten closer to his teammates and enjoyed every minute of his Clemson experience. “Getting to this point, obviously, is great, but it’s always the journey that’s 13 (WOWK) CABLE 6 PM WSAZ News 3 (N) WTAP News at Six (N) ABC 6 News at 6pm (N) Arthur FRIDAY, JANUARY 4 6:30 7 PM 7:30 Wheel of Jeopardy! Fortune (N) (N) Wheel of Jeopardy! Fortune (N) (N) Ent. Tonight Access (N) PBS NewsHour Providing indepth analysis of current events. 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TVMA (N) �SPORTS/WEATHER 10 Friday, January 4,2019 Daily Sentinel Tickets for CFP title game available for cheap of TicketlQ, a secondary ticket market. “It’s a big ask for fans to come and that’s why we’re see­ ing the prices the way they are.” Tickets for the championship game are now available for just $135 on the secondary market , according to TicketlQ, less than half of what the price was in an expensive market lack­ ing college football die-hards, prices for tickets for Monday night’s championship in Santa Clara have been plummeting the past few days. “It’s sort of a perfect storm of factors at play this year,” said Jesse Lawrence, the founder third time in four years has per­ haps never been cheaper. With the College Football Playoff final located thousands of miles away from the two campuses, possible fatigue for fan bases of teams that have become annual participants in the playoff and a game site SANTA CLARA, Calif. 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