http://66.213.69.5/files/original/aab335673dd58b7932a4789af6150afb.pdf b53ec954c54c86fd9500140d90e29bf8 PDF Text Text Raiders at Eagles Holiday home tour SPORTS s 1B LIFE s 1C 21 Days Till Christmas!! Sponsored by Mitchell Auto Parts, Eastern Ave-Gallipolis, OH Breaking news at mydailytribune.com Issue 48, Volume 50 Sunday, December 4, 2016 s $2 Racing to ‘Keep Your Fork’ Sarah Hawley photos | Sentinel A total of 170 participants took part in the Keep Your Fork 5K which benefits the Brandi Thomas Memorial Scholarship. Winners were announced for the annual race By Sarah Hawley say, ’ Keep your fork.’ It was my favorite part be cause I knew something better was coming.” The fork is a symbol that the ROCKSPRINGS — “Keep best is yet to come which is the your fork, the best is yet to reason behind the race’s unique come.” name of the race held in memoAs the story goes, a woman, after being given just months to ry of Brandi Thomas. Thomas was a student at live was meeting with her Rabbi to discuss her wishes. One ﬁnal Meigs High School when she died in 2002 as a result of injuinstruction from the woman ries sustained in a automobile was that she be buried with a accident. As Thomas was a fork in her right hand. member of the cross country The woman in the story and track teams at Meigs, a explained her grandmother told her that “In all my years of scholarship was created in her memory to provide academic attending socials and dinners, scholarships to graduates who I always remember that when have participated in the sports. the dishes of the main course In addition to the race, inforwere being cleared, someone mation tables were set up at the would inevitably lean over and shawley@civitasmedia.com race regarding organ donation. Quilts were on display with quilt squares depicting numerous organ donors, including Thomas and Matthew Ault who was also a Meigs student when he passed away 20 years ago. 2016 Keep Your Fork 5K results Overall winners Male — Jared Kennedy (19:57); Hunter Parsons (20:18); Cole Betzing (20:32). Female — Holly DeLong (23:03); Jess Cook (23:44); Taylor Parker (24:09). 6 -13 Age Group Male — Tyler Hill (29:03); Brycen Smith (43:25); Gavin Lind (43:27); Braydin Thomas (47:03); Ethan Stewart (61:51). Female — Emma Johnson (32:53); Taylor Barnes (39:50); Addi Well (40:00); Aspen Barnes (42:54); Claire Howard (43:37). 14-17 Age Group Male — Andrew Monroe (22:06); Colton Heater (22:46); Michael Letson (27:41); Cole Hoffman (29:16); Jesse Chapman (52:55). Female — Drew Humphreys (25:12); Sky Brown (29:07); Peyton Humphreys (29:14); Carmen Doherty (30:33); Brianna Zirkle (40:47). 18-22 Age Group Male — Jacob Swindell (21:14); Jake Roush (22:42); Justin Bush (31:20); Cody Hanning (38:02). Female — Gracie Hoffman (25:08); Lara Perrin (26:46); Haley Kennedy (28:28); Emma Perrin (29:12); Kayla Graham (32:48). 23-29 Age Group Male — Conor Lind (25:14); Crockett Crow (30:21); Andrew O’Bryant (34:47); Nathan Jeffers See RACE | 5A U.S. Senator Brown talks Gallia jobs By Dean Wright deanwright@civitasmedia.com GALLIPOLIS — U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D) took part in a job training roundtable discussion with Digital Works participants and University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College representatives Friday morning to discuss the future of Gallia jobs. “We’ve got to ﬁgure out in this state, in this country, as metropolitan areas grow and do pretty well, how communities like (Gallia County), that just don’t have the same job opportunities, can invest in job training and grow,” said Brown. “I don’t write off fracking and I don’t write off coal and we’ve got to ﬁgure out how to better ourselves.” Digital Works, a technology skills training program, has set up shop on Third Avenue in Gallipolis and its representatives discussed with Brown the opportunities of training employees in a digital environment. Those said employees would learn programs in telecommuting ﬁelds like information technology support, code writing and more. A NEWS Obituaries: 2A Editorial: 4A Weather:5A Individuals in rural areas could then become employed through online efforts and not need to necessarily leave the region so long as they had online access. Cody Haner, a Digital Works participant, performs information technology technical support for the Apple company known for its Mac computers and iPhone products. Haner explained during the meeting how his ability to train and perform work remotely over an internet connection had given he and his family a new outlook on life when they had previously suffered challenges. Alicia Hornsby, a URG graduate, told the senator that training online had been a boon to her life because of its ﬂexibility. Hornsby said online training had provided her a better opportunity to both attend class and work. Brown continued asking questions of those at the table about the nature of online work. Vice President of Digital Works Stu Johnson said that roughly one out of See JOBS | 3A Meigs’ officials take the oath By Sarah Hawley B SPORTS Classifieds: 5B shawley@civitasmedia.com C ALONG THE RIVER Comics: 3C JOIN THE CONVERSATION What’s your take on today’s news? Go to mydailytribune.com and visit us on facebook to share your thoughts. POMEROY — Although they may not take ofﬁce until 2017, Meigs County’s public ofﬁcials who were elected in the November General Election were ofﬁcially sworn in on Friday in preparation for their terms. Those sworn in included ofﬁcials re-elected, along with those who are preparing to take ofﬁce 60694442 Sarah Hawley | OVP Judge L. Scott Powell issues the oath of office to Meigs County officials elected in November. The newly elected officials will See OATH | 5A take office in 2017. ‘Splash pad’ discussion continues Staff Report GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis Historical Preservation Board recently met in the Gallipolis Municipal Building with Downtown Revitalization Project representatives, as well as the public, to discuss the possibility of adding a splash pad in Gallipolis City Park. According to minutes of the meeting, more than 30 individuals were present to discuss the possibility of a dog day care and the splash pad. President of the DRP Jimmy Wiseman spoke for the group looking to place a splash pad, also called spray pools often seen in public parks that shoot water from the ground using nozzles, in Gallipolis City Park. Handouts depicting pictures of the proposed structure were given to board members and those in attendance. The DRP ideally would like the splash pad to be placed near the Court Street area of City Park due to a lack of trees in the area. Wiseman said the creation of the pad was to draw more families and business to the downtown area and City Park. No slides or extra accessories were planned to go with the pad. The DRP proposed additional colored lights with the pad to add to the aesthetic of the pad’s timed water displays. Plans say the pad would be concrete, roughly three inches thick and 30-feet by 30-feet in its dimensions. To tie into the historical aspects of City Park, DRP members proposed incorporating words and imagery depicting notable members and events of Gallipolis around the pad’s outer edge. Benches would be placed near the pad. Proposed operating hours and times for the pad would been from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. in the months of June, July and August. The pad would run on a timer with a start button so as to not run too long. Minutes state Wiseman expressed the DRP wanted the creation of the splash pad to be a positive experience and not a conﬂict within the community. Concerns were raised in the meeting regarding the infrastructure of aging water lines in town and what that meant in regard to the splash pad. When asked what the pad would cost, Wiseman reportedly said the structure could cost between $85,000 and $100,000. DRP in previous meetings had said they would fund any construction and maintenance needs with the pad. Individuals raised concerns with whether the pad would take away patrons from the Gallipolis Municipal Pool and would it need to close should the See DISCUSSION | 5A �OBITUARIES/LOCAL 2A Sunday, December 4, 2016 OBITUARIES Sunday Times-Sentinel DEATH NOTICES STEVEN ROBIE BIDWELL — Steven Robie, 50, Bidwell, passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at Pleasant Valley Hospital, Point Pleasant, W.Va. He was born on March 26, 1966 in Point Pleasant, W.Va., to Keith (Cheryl) Robie, Gallipolis, and Joyce Higley Robie, Bidwell. Steve married Georgie Abbott Chapman. He was a member of Gallipolis Harley’s Owner’s Group. In addition to his wife and parents, Steve is survived by son, Michael Robie, and daughter, Cora Beth Chapman, both of Gallipolis; two grandchildren, MaKenna and Madison Chapman; sister, Tammi (Ernie McQuirt) Brabham, Bidwell; step-brothers: Jamie Hill, Nathan McBride, and Rob Hill; step-sister, Tracy Ward and Colina McBride; brothers-in-law, Charles (Judy) Abbott, Toledo, Kenny Goliank, Murfreesboro, Tenn.; sistersin-law, Elva (Gary) Cotton, Point Pleasant, Barbara Bechtle, Gallipolis, and several nieces, nephews, extended family and close friends. Steve was preceded in death by brother, Ronnie Robie; maternal grandparents, B. K. and Elsie Higley; paternal grandparents, Everett and Erma Robie; stepfather, Jim McBride, mother-in-law, Melba Abbott and brothersin-law, Red Brabham, Jerry Abbott and Harold Abbott. Funeral services will be held 3 p.m., Sunday, December 4, 2016 at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton Chapel, with Pastor Ed Mollohan ofﬁciating. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery, Bidwell. Family and friends may call at the funeral home from noon to 3 p.m. Condolences can be sent to the family at www.mccoymoore.com DANA BICKLE PATRIOT — Dana L. Bickle, 33, of Patriot, passed away, on December 1, 2016. Born June 5, 1983, in Gallia County, he was the son of Teresa Bickle who survives in Patriot, and Dana (Rebecca) Bickle, of Willowwood. He was a graduate of South Gallia High School and was a farmhand. In addition to his parents, Dana is survived by a brother, Michael (Brittany) Bickle, of Vinton, maternal grandparents, Bobby and Sharon Halley, of Oak Hill, paternal grandparents, Brenda Elkins Shafter, of Columbus and Danna (Phyllis) Bickle, of Rio Grande. A niece, Macenzie Bickle, a nephew, Bryce Bickle, and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins also survive. Friends may call from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, December 4, 2016 in the Cremeens-King Funeral Home, Gallipolis. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family by visiting www. cremeensfuneralhomes. com CHARLES FRIEZE COLUMBUS — Charles E. Frieze, 78, of Columbus, died November 21, 2016, of complications from COPD. Chuck was born in Columbus on June 28, 1938, to the late Charles W. Frieze and Helen Phyllis Carlisle. Chuck married the love of his life, Yolanda Franklin on July 9, 1961 at Neil Avenue Methodist Church in Columbus. In addition to his wife of 55 years, he is survived by two daughters, Melissa (Eric) Karolak and Michelle Sexton and a granddaughter, Kasia Karolak. He is also survived by a brother-inlaw, C. Nelson Franklin, a sister-in-law Irene (Melvin) Clagg, and numerous nieces and nephews. Chuck was preceded in death by his mother-in-law, Opal W. Franklin, a son-in-law, Sanford (Sam) Stanley Sexton, III, as well as by his sister, Linda Kay Frieze, and his parents. He enjoyed the company of his grand-dogs Tyson and Sunny and his grandcats Smokey, Chester and Cali immensely. A 1957 graduate of Central High School, Charles served two years of active duty with the US Seventh Army, 1st Battalion 333d Artillery in Oklahoma and Germany in 1961-1963. Chuck had a life-long love affair with the automobile and was an Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) master auto mechanic who worked for many years at Rodenfels on Broad Street. He ﬁnished his career at Columbus State Community College where he was a full-time faculty member in the automotive technology department for more than two decades when he retired in 1999. Chuck had an uncanny ability to take things apart and put them back together again. He was an avid motorcyclist and was a life a member of the Gold Wing Road Riders Association, Chapter H, where he and his wife earned numerous recognitions; together they traveled all 48 contiguous states. Chuck was also a life member of the National Riﬂe Association, an avid camper, loved the Buckeyes, and could tell a good story, too. He was generous to family, friends and those in need and belonged to Maize Road Baptist Church in Columbus. After a private cremation, there will be a celebration of his life on January 14, 2017 at Ohio Cremation & Memorial Society, 5464 North High St, Columbus, OH 43214, at 1:30 p.m. In lieu of ﬂowers, contributions may be made in his honor to the American Humane Society or the Columbus State Foundation. Visit https://ohiocremation.org/obituaries/ to leave messages for the family. GALLIA, MEIGS BRIEFS 2017 Family and Children First Council meetings GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Family and JOHN BLAKE Children First Council will be holding Regular Business Meetings at 9 a.m. on the second Tuesday and Donna Sue Blake; MIDDLEPORT — of the following months: January, March, May, July, and many nieces and John Edward Blake, 84, September and November. The council will hold nephews. of Middleport, Ohio, these meetings at the Gallia County Service Center In addition to his par- located at 499 Jackson Pike. passed away on Nov. 30, ents, he was preceded in 2016. He was born on The Gallia County Family and Children First death by his wife, Sylvia Council will be holding intersystem collaborative Sept. 18, 1932, in HurBell Blake; his daughter, meetings at 9 a.m. on the ﬁrst Wednesday of the ricane, West Virginia, son of the late John and Tamara Fredonna Blake; following months: February, April, October and and his sisters, Geneva Venus Blake. December at the Gallia-Jackson-Meigs Board Mr. Blake was a mem- Blake, Doris Blake and of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Betty Bias. ber of the Main Street Services ofﬁce located at 53 Shawnee Lane. Funeral services will Church of Christ in HurFor additional information, contact Lisa Carroll/ be held on Monday, Dec. Intersystem Coordinator at (740) 446-3022. ricane. He was a U.S. Navy veteran serving in 5, 2016 at 11 a.m. at the Korean War. He was Allen Funeral Home in Hurricane. Burial will a retired furnace operafollow at Valley View tor from Kaiser AlumiMemorial Park. Visitnum. ing hours will be held He is survived by his GALLIPOLIS — The Dec. 19 and Jan. 16 children, John (Tammy) on Saturday, Dec. 3, meetings of the Gallia-Jackson-Meigs Board of Blake of Rockport, Indi- 2016 from 6-8 p.m. at Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health the Anderson McDaniel Services have been cancelled. A special board ana, David (Tammy) Funeral Home in Middle- meeting will be held on Feb. 6. The board typically Blake of Bellefontaine, port, Ohio and from 6-8 meets on the third Monday of each month at 6p.m. Ohio, and Charles p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4, at the board ofﬁce (53 Shawnee Lane).^ (Barb) Blake of Free2016 at Allen Funeral dom, Pennsylvania; Home in Hurricane and seven grandchildren; ﬁve great-grandchildren; one hour prior to the sisters, Jeannine Broyles services on Monday. GALLIPOLIS — The PERI meeting for Nov. 8 has been rescheduled for Dec. 5, due to elections. The Dec. 5 meeting of the Gallipolis chapter members will be 11 a.m. at Golden Corral. Bring toothpaste and toothbrushes to be donated to a local nonproﬁt organization. GJM County Board of ADAMHS changes meeting PERI meeting rescheduled Civitas Media, LLC (USPS 436-840) Telephone: 740-446-2342 A companion publication of the Gallipolis Daily Tribune and Times Daily Sentinel. Published Sunday through Friday. Subscription rate is $131.61 per year. Prices are subject to change at any time. CONTACT US PUBLISHER Bud Hunt, Ext. 2109 bhunt@civitasmedia.com CIRCULATION MANAGER Tyler Wolfe, Ext. 2092 twolfe@civitasmedia.com EDITOR Beth Sergent, Ext. 2102, bsergent@civitasmedia.com SPORTS EDITOR Bryan Walters, Ext. 2101 bwalters@civitasmedia.com ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Julia Schultz, Ext. 2104 jschultz@civitasmedia.com 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 Periodical postage paid at Gallipolis, OH POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Sunday Times-Sentinel, 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631. SISLER HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Genevieve Marie Sisler, 90, of Huntington, died Thursday December 1, 2016 at Cabell Huntington Hospital, Huntington. Funeral service will be conducted 2 p.m. Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville. Burial will follow in Miller Memorial Gardens, Miller. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. MOSSBURG PROCTORVILLE — Tom Mossburg, 79, of Proctorville, died Wednesday November 30, 2016 at the Wyngate at Rivers Edge, Proctorville. Funeral mass will be conducted 11 a.m. Monday, December 5, 2016 at St. Ann’s Catholic Church by Father Charles Moran. Burial will follow in Rome Cemetery, Proctorville. Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, December 4, 2016 at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville. RICHARDSON HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — James Allen Richardson, 85, of Huntington, W.Va., passed away Saturday December 3, 2016 at Huntington Health and Rehabilitation, Huntington. Funeral service will be conducted 11 a.m., Tuesday December 6, 2016 at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville, Ohio by Pastor Robin Crouch. Burial will follow in White Chapel Memorial Gardens Barboursville, W.Va. Visitation will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday December 6, 2016 at the funeral home. MARSH PROCTORVILLE — Charlotte Delanie Marsh, 75, of Proctorville, passed away Thursday, December 1, 2016 at St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington, W.Va. Funeral service will be conducted 2 p.m. Sunday, December 4, 2016 at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville. Burial will follow in Miller Memorial Gardens, Miller. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. HOBACK CHESAPEAKE — Linda M. Hoback, 76, of Chesapeake, passed away Thursday December 1, 2016 at St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington, W.Va. Funeral service will be conducted 2 p.m. Monday, December 5, 2016 at Schneider Funeral Home, Chesapeake. Burial will follow in Newman Cemetery, Lavalette, W.Va. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. VAN SICKLE CROWN CITY — Ronald Keith Van Sickle, age 58, of Crown City, died Wednesday November 30, 2016 at Pleasant Valley Hospital. Arrangements will be announced by Waugh-HalleyWood Funeral Home. Holiday events MIDDLEPORT — Santa will be at the Middleport Police Department from noon-2 p.m. on Dec. 10 and 5-7 p.m. on Dec. 14. Cookies and drinks will be served. A mailbox will be set up in the main lobby for anyone wishing to mail a letter to Santa at the North Pole. Santa will reply to each letter placed in the box. In addition, new toys will be collected to be given to the Meigs County Department of Job and Family Services. available and a uniformed ofﬁcer will be on duty at the event. Children must be signed out by an adult. Plat Books available POMEROY — Meigs County 4-H Committee has Plat Books for sale for $25. Funds support the 4-H program in the county by providing funds for supplies, camp and college scholarships, learning opportunities and more. To purchase a Plat Book, you can stop by the Extension Ofﬁce on MondayThursday from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., mail $30 (for book, shipping & handling) to Meigs County 4-H Committee, 113 East Memorial Dr, Suite E, Pomeroy, OH 45769 or visit the Meigs County Recorder’s Ofﬁce in the Court House. If you have any questions, please contact Michelle Stumbo, Meigs County 4-H Youth Development Educator, at stumbo.5@osu.edu or 740-992-6696. Immunization Clinic 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.meigshealth.com to see a list of accepted commercial insurances and Medicaid for adults. Chili Dinner POMEROY — An all you can eat chili dinner will be held from 1-5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 11 at Court Street Grill to beneﬁt the Pomeroy Blues and Jazz Society. Menu will include chili, hot dogs, sauce, sloppy joes, peanut butter sandwiches and desserts. Affordable Care Act and Medicaid assistance POMEROY — Drew Webster #39 of the American Legion Pomeroy is taking orders fro fruit baskets. Fruit baskets are $15 each and will be delivered on Dec. 18. Proceeds beneﬁt local veterans. To order call John Hood 740-992-6991 or Steve VanMeter 740-992-2875. GALLIPOLIS — Bossard Library will host Pam Ross of the Valley View Health Center (Jackson, Ohio) on Tuesday, Dec. 6 from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.. (except between 1 - 2 p.m.). Ross will assist the public on a ﬁrst come, ﬁrst served basis to provide information and assistance with the Affordable Care Act and/or Medicaid. For more information, please contact Lynn Pauley at Bossard Library at 740-446-7323, ext. 229. Middle School Dance Craft and Vendor Show RUTLAND — The Village of Rutland will host a Middle School Dance at the Rutland Civic Center from 7-10 p.m. on Dec. 16. The dance is for grades 6-8 and admission is $2. Concessions will be RUTLAND — The Village of Rutland will host a craft and vendor show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Dec. 10 at the Rutland Civic Center. An open house will also take place from 4-7 p.m. Fruit Baskets �LOCAL Sunday Times-Sentinel GALLIA, MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS From page 1A The Rutland Township Trustees will meet at 7:30 a.m. at the Rutland Township Garage. LETART TWP. — The regular meeting of the Letart Township Trustees will be held at 5 p.m. at the Letart Township Building. MIDDLEPORT — The Meigs County Veterans Service Commission will meet at 9 a.m. at the Veterans Service Ofﬁce, located at 97 North Second Avenue, Middleport. Doris Jean Beck will be celebrating her 90th birthday Jan. 3. Cards can be sent to 5760 State Route 141, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631. Kermit Fisher will be turning 90, Dec. 13. Cards can be sent 1470 Orchard Hill Road, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631. Tuesday, Dec. 6 GALLIPOLIS —VFW 4464 will meet at home on Third Avenue. All members are urged to attend. GALLIPOLIS — Gallipolis City Commissioners will be holding a meeting at 6 p.m. in the Gallipolis City Building on Third Avenue. Sunday, Dec. 4 OLIVE TWP. — The GALLIPOLIS —The American Legion 8th Dis- Olive Township Trustees will hold their regular trict will hold its winter meeting at 6:30 p.m. at conference at 10 a.m. at the township garage on American Legion LafayJoppa Road. ette Post 27. All ofﬁcers SUTTON TWP. — The urged to attend. regular meeting of Sutton RACINE — Racine American Legion is host- Township Trustees will be held at the Racine Village ing its monthly dinner Hall Council Chambers at from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 11:30 a.m. The menu this month is fried chicken, turkey, See CALENDAR | 6A homemade noodles, mashed potatoes, green beans, dressing, cranberry relish, potato salad, roll, dessert, and drink. 2.05 Carat Diamond 14K Gold Ring are an opportunity to learn about the needs of each of Ohio’s counties by talking to local leaders and community members,” said Brown. “We had a productive discussion today in Gallia County about how to spur investment, grow the local economy and create jobs.” Dean Wright can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2103. Napa Auto Parts in Gallipolis has Holiday Specials now thru Christmas-Gifts for all ages, and you Automotive needs!! Happy Holidays!! $ 19,950 (reg price $39,900) ACQUISITIONS F I N E Dean Wright | OVP U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown speaks with Digital Works participants and University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College about training opportunities for Gallia County Friday. J E W E L R Y 2nd Ave, Gallipolis Oh 60694100 DOUBLE PLAY BASKET GAMES FUNDRAISER Mitchell (New and Retired Longaberger Baskets, Pottery & Wrought Iron) Sponsored by: 8QLYHUVLW\�RI�5LR�*UDQGH�:RPHQ·V�%DVNHWEDOO�7HDP 6XQGD\��'HFHPEHU�� University of Rio Grande Campus Lyne Center Gymnasium 6SOLW�WKH�3RW�'RRU�3UL]HV &RQFHVVLRQV�$YDLODEOH Doors Open - 1:00 pm Games Begin - 2:00 pm 20 Games $20 4 Special Games $15 Pre-register for a Longaberger Basket Set Stop by for your Christmas deal!! Let Close to Home Catering & Bakery help you with your Holiday Dinners, Parties and Receptions 497 State Rt 7N | Gallipolis, OH 45631 740-446-4596 WE COVER THEM ALL! 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Despite this, he said there was a large opportunity for individuals trained in telecommuting ﬁelds to ﬁll needed gaps, if able to ﬁnd the right programs. Brown noted a need for providing better internet infrastructure access to areas in Appalachian Ohio and how that might aid in providing better opportunities for programs like Digital Works in providing jobs for southeastern Ohio residents. Brown would go on to thank meeting participants for coming. “Local roundtables Meigs Council on Aging ��&��.FNPSJBM�%SJWF��t��1PNFSPZ �0IJP 740-992-2161 or 740-992-7863 www.meigscoa.com “Catering A Good Deed” 60694027 Card Showers Jobs 60694396 Editor’s Note: The Gallipolis Daily Tribune and The Daily Sentinel appreciate 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: GDTnews@civitasmedia. com or TDSnews@ civitasmedia.com. Sunday, December 4, 2016 3A �E ditorial 4A Sunday, December 4, 2016 Sunday Times-Sentinel THEIR VIEW A pastor tells her congregation she’s going home to God (Editor’s note: Pastor Nancy Butler of the Riverfront Family Church of Glastonbury, Connecticut, stepped down from her post in February after contracting amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. This week she posted this blog to her congregation.) Dear Riverfront, I have decided to go off my feeding tube and vent this week and … how should I put it … die. I knew my suffering would reach this tipping point and caring Nancy for me would become impossiButler bly demanding. What I didn’t Contributing know was whether or not God Columnist would want me to suck it up for some unseen purpose or end my life this way. I am a little surprised God is conﬁrming this decision. Nice to know He isn’t a sadist. He is oh so tender right now. He tells me my work is done and it’s the right time to come home. Remember what God told me in my Sure Hands ceiling lift that squeezes me tight? He said, “I gotcha” every time I went up in that lift. I missed that feeling when I had to switch to a sling a few weeks ago. After I made this decision to stop the feeding tube feedings, I was cruising from my bedroom to my bathroom in the usual uncomfortable slump, head hanging down, wrists tied up with scarves, when God reassured me. Just as the mythical stork carries a newborn into this world in a sling, I am going to carry you out of it. This feels like God’s timing because family had already made plans to visit over Thanksgiving. I have been able to bask in the noon sun nearly every day this warm fall. Last Friday, I enjoyed an extra long time in the sun and sensed this would be my last time communing with nature. Sure enough, I couldn’t get out Saturday and the weather turned with my intentions on Sunday. The scripture that keeps coming to mind is the story of Jesus putting compassion before rules. In Luke 14, the religious leaders give Jesus a hard time for breaking their Sabbath rule and healing on the Sabbath. He explains why — compassion. He said, who among you would not immediately pull your ox or your child out of a pit, even if it was the Sabbath? After considering my situation over and over again, asking God for wisdom, I kept coming to the same conclusion. I am choosing compassion. So, I am ﬁlled with peace, resolve, and a last minute surge of energy to pen these words. I long to be with you every Sunday. I have no idea how it will be on the other side, but if my spirit can join you on Sunday mornings, I will! Here is what I would do in my new body. Get here at 9:30 am so I can participate in Family Time. … Of course, I would be up front with the kid dancers … praising God through dancing and singing. … I would relish the spontaneity and honesty of our children and be surprised every week. I would not make small talk in between services. Instead, I think I will play and talk with my grandchildren. I am tempted to join the Worship band, but I think I will simply raise my hands and bask in God’s warmth and light. During boring parts of the service I will be impish. I might wag my ﬁnger at Greg for playing on his phone instead of listening. I will pick up Arunan’s guitar pick and whisper “good job” while I am at it. I will give Liza a long hug. I will freak Colin out by touching his elbow. I will peer through Rich’s camera lens with him and share his joy. I will high-ﬁve Amy. Which one? Both! … I will pat Ben on the back and remind him we love him just the way he is, he doesn’t have to pretend. Also, God is well pleased with his service. I will ask the Holy Spirit to come teach and touch Willa. I will applaud when Kris’ daily conversations with God spill out into a new power in his service. When truth is proclaimed, I will shout, “Preach it!!!” When the message lacks the preparation of prayer and obedience, I will grab a hook and drag you off to go back to your prayer closet. Hehe. I will tap shy people who experienced God to share during testimony time. I will ﬁnally memorize the common purpose that I wrote. Riverfront, you are one of a kind. Draw your strength from your prayer closet and fulﬁll your calling. I love you more than words can hold. —Your Pastor Nancy Pastor Nancy Butler’s blog post appeared in the Hartford Courant. THEIR VIEW Be useful, like a ham that is totally operated on One of the things I strive to donations and volunteers. be in life, is useful, like a ham. It receives no government Let me explain. grants, just the support of Maybe you have, or had, the community. Without the one of those “common sense” rigmarole of government subpeople in your life. You know sidies to deal with, the pantry the ones. They are the people operates on the honor system. who demonstrate how to prop- Beth Those who need help need erly sew on a button or how Sergent only bring in proof of residento soak chicken in milk before Editor cy and the rest of the story you roll it in ﬂour to fry. My at OVP is known only to a “Higher grandmother was that person Power.” for me. We’ll just refer to her In the newsletter, it was reported as Nannie from now on. in October alone, the pantry served Nannie understood being useful. Growing up “in back of West Colum- 74 families which included 233 people, and there were eight new famibia” as she used to describe it, she didn’t have much. She did, however, lies who appeared for help. The demand has become so intense, develop a keen sense of what was the pantry has been forced to limit useful. I mean, this was a woman families to receiving assistance to who graduated from Wahama High every other month due to available School in a dress made from feedfood and volunteers to serve everysack material. one in need. Nannie used to say, though it was I imagine these numbers reﬂect thoughtful when people sent ﬂowers after someone passed away, it wasn’t similar realities across Mason, Gallia and Meigs counties. I’ve often said, very useful, not like a ham. Don’t though there are differences between get Nannie wrong, she loved and our three counties, sometimes it is appreciated ﬂowers and those who the same place with different zip sent them over the years, but a ham codes. Hunger appears to have no went further. Ham could be shared by more people than herself, in good understanding of county or state lines. and bad times. I’m a member of The Kitchen This week, I received the monthly Table, the outreach arm of the Pleasnewsletter from the Point Pleasant Valley Hospital Auxiliary. This ant Presbyterian Church, where summer, we came up with the idea I attended as a child and Nannie of the “Kid’s Kafe” where we proattended for 50 years. The church vided free lunches to children across has a food pantry in the basement Mason County. Though we had some “feeding stations” at set locations, we also went to the children who had no way of getting to us. On one occasion, myself and fellow Kitchen Table member LaDonna Carr of French City Foods in Gallipolis, loaded up her car with 15 pizzas and set out in search of those who might want a slice. To be honest, I thought we’d never get rid of that much pizza – cut to two hours later, and trips to residential areas in Point Pleasant and Henderson, and every slice was gone. In this instance, our ham was pizza. It became clear to me on this hot, summer afternoon, that sometimes the people who need it most, have no way of getting to the help that’s out there; sometimes you have to go to them. The Point Pleasant Fire Department has been doing this for years with its food basket giveaway, delivering to those who need it on Christmas Eve no less. So, this season, be useful like a ham and get creative about how you deliver it. Make ham, pizza, or any non-perishable food item, your version of sending ﬂowers to someone who could use it. Though ham doesn’t smell like roses, it still smells good. Beth Sergent is editor of Ohio Valley Publishing, which includes the Gallipolis Daily Tribune, Point Pleasant Register, The Daily Sentinel and Sunday Times-Sentinel. She can be reached at 740-4462342, Ext. 2102 or at bsergent@civitasmedia.com. THEIR VIEW What I have learned from Holdyn Keefer more then leukemia. Most everyone When I ﬁrst startknows who Holdyn Ansleigh ed babysitting HoldKeefer is, but in case McCoy you don’t let me tell Contributing yn, man was he a Columnist challenge. He didn’t you a little about like me very well at Holdyn. Holdyn is ﬁrst, but now I think a 5-year old boy, he looks forward to seeing who has leukemia. He is me, even if he doesn’t want happy, he is so sassy and he always keeps me on my to say it out loud. Holdyn toes. I have the privilege of was shy. He never talked much to me when I ﬁrst babysitting him when he is home from the hospital, started, but now he talks and I love every second of my ear off. I know his daily routine. When Sarah (his it. mother) leaves, he wants Before I actually met two cucumbers with the Holdyn, I would see his “green stuff” cut off them name on t-shirts, or on and a blue juice. We sit and a Facebook page. I knew watch “Sophia” or “Lab Holdyn as the 5-year old Rats” for an hour or so, boy who has leukemia. I then we play games, then didn’t know Holdyn personally. Now when I think more “Lab Rats.” We sometimes go on of Holdyn, I don’t think of walks. He rides his Batthe “5-year old boy with man three-wheeler and I leukemia.” I think of him walk beside him. He talks as the boy who has the about how much he loves kindest heart and the boy who never fails to make me Batman and how they are best friends. He tells me laugh. Holdyn is so much all about his school work, and how much he enjoys cutting things. He has asked me multiple times if he could cut my hair. He comes up with the best games to play while we are at Cabell Huntington Hospital, too. He’s is so creative. I have learned so much from Holdyn. I now know what kind of car Batman drives, what his backup car is; I know how much Holdyn loves bubbles, and playing Uno. He loves to have me read him books, and going “to Mexican.” But I also learned how hard it must be to be Holdyn. I can’t imagine having to wear a hat, a mask, and wearing sunscreen every time I go outside. I can’t imagine having to go to the doctor once a week, or being admitted once a month. I can’t imagine having to go through any of these things he goes through. The spinal taps. The blood drawing. The chemotherapy. The things I can’t even imagine going through, his little body goes through. But through each one of those trials he does it so much better then I would. I look up to a 5-year old, because he is so much stronger then I would be. He is so full of life, and laughter, and his smile is contagious. I love Holdyn with my whole heart, and I can’t wait to hear his testimony when he gets older. God has great things for Holdyn, and although he is going through a rough path, God knows exactly what is best for us. Ansleigh McCoy lives in Point Pleasant and helps care for Holdyn Keefer. Keefer is the son of Travis and Sarah Keefer, who are both originally from Gallia County. �LOCAL Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, December 4, 2016 5A Discussion From page 1A pad be constructed. It was postulated that 30 workers could potentially lose jobs, if the pool closed. City Manager Gene Greene reportedly said other organizations had approached the city in the past with desires to place statues, banners and other structures in the park and were turned away. The city currently has an ordinance saying, “There shall be no additional permanent structures placed above ground in the City Park . The term ‘structures’, however, shall not be deﬁned to include any vegetation, waste containers, benches, drinking fountains, sprinkler system or lighting system.” City Commissioner and Historical Preservation Review Board Chairman Tony Gallagher mentioned this in a previous city meeting where the splash pad idea was ﬁrst proposed. Wiseman reportedly replied the DRP had an attorney reviewing the ordinance to see if it met the criteria of prohibited structures in the ordinance. Minutes report that the DRP had a general consensus feeling that if they could not have the splash pad in the park, they did not wish build it in an alternate location. Reportedly residents of Gallipolis at the meeting expressed they felt the splash pad addition in town would be a good idea but that it should be placed somewhere other than the park. Wiseman’s presentation ended. Wiseman reportedly asked that if the DRP was to present the splash pad idea again, if there could be a change in venue for the next meeting to allow for a greater number of individuals to attend as the municipal building meeting room could only allow for so many. Historical board members entered executive session before returning to public discussion. Board member Troy Johnson moved to “table the request” of the DRP pending city legal advice look at the liability of splash pads, ordinances and ownership issues other towns might have encountered with pads in their city limits. Nancy Smith seconded the motion and all members voted yes to carry the motion. Submitted photo Top finishers in the 2016 Keep Your Fork 5K were (left to right) Hunter Parsons, second place male; Jared Kennedy, first place male; Taylor Parker, third place female; Jess Cook, second place female; Holly Delong, first place female. Absent from photo: Cole Betzing, third place male. Race From page 1A (37:41); Jonathan Borton (39:23). Female — Jennifer Lackey (26:32); Katie Williams (30:24); Shellie Bailey (32:47); Darcy Lind (34:05); Cheryl O’Bryant (35:40). 30-39 Age Group Male — Jered Hill (22:41); Wes Sanders (24:25); James Stanley (29:01); Ryan Well (33:51), Jeremy Roush (34:54). 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GALLIPOLIS — AFSCME retirees,Gallia and Jackson counties, subchapter 102, will meet at 2 p.m. Dec. 16 at the Gallia County Senior Resource Center, 1165 State Route 160, STOCKS Calendar TODAY 8 AM Thursday, Dec. 8 GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Board of Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. in the county commission ofﬁce on the ﬁrst ﬂoor of the Gallia County Courthouse. GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis Garden Club Will meet at 6 p.m. for a potluck Christmas dinner meeting. Meat, rolls, drinks and dinnerware will be provided. Please bring a potluck dish. Dinner will be held in fellowship hall Wednesday, Dec. 7 at Presbyterian Church. GALLIPOLIS — The ROCKSPRINGS — The annual Veterans Holiday Meigs County Township Meal will be served on Sunday, Dec. 11, at the DAV/ Association will meet at AMVETS building, located 6 p.m. in the Meigs High at 108 Liberty Ave, Gallipo- School Cafeteria. Reservations are due to Opal at lis. The meal is sponsored 740-742-2805 by Dec. 2. by the Gallia County VetElection of ofﬁcers will be erans Service Commission held. and is free to all veterans WELLSTON — The and their families. The doors will open at 1:45 p.m. GJMV Solid Waste Manwith the meal being served agement District Board of from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. If you Directors will meet at 3:30 are planning to attend, call p.m. at the district ofﬁce, 740-446-2005 no later than 1056 S. New Hampshire Avenue in Wellston. Wednesday, Dec. 7. POMEROY — The MASON — The Meigs High School boys basketball Meigs Soil & Water ConMIDDLEPORT — Middleport Lodge #363 F&AM will have installation of this year’s ofﬁcer at the regular meeting at its North Second Avenue temple in Middleport. Refreshments will be at 6:30 p.m., with installation at 7:30 p.m. ROCKSPRINGS — The Diabetes Academy class Diabetes 101 will be offered from 3-4 p.m. at Hopewell Health Center. 2 PM 32° 42° 41° HEALTH TODAY AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™ Temperature The AccuWeather.com Asthma Index combines the effects of current air quality, pollen counts, wind, temperature, dew point, barometric pressure, and changes from past weather conditions to provide a scale showing the overall probability and severity of an asthma attack. (in inches) Friday Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date 0.00 0.00 0.22 42.29 39.61 Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Mon. 7:32 a.m. 5:06 p.m. 11:53 a.m. 10:56 p.m. MOON PHASES First Dec 7 Full Last New Dec 13 Dec 20 Dec 29 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for ﬁsh and game. Major Today 2:57a Mon. 3:51a Tue. 4:44a Wed. 5:34a Thu. 6:23a Fri. 7:10a Sat. 7:57a Minor 9:10a 10:04a 10:56a 11:47a 12:12a 12:57a 1:44a Major 3:22p 4:16p 5:08p 5:59p 6:48p 7:36p 8:25p 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. 2 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme WEATHER TRIVIA™ Q: What is the record-low temperature for the lower 48 states in December? SUN & MOON Today 7:31 a.m. 5:06 p.m. 11:15 a.m. 9:56 p.m. AccuWeather.com Cold Index™ Minor 9:34p 10:28p 11:21p ---12:36p 1:23p 2:11p WEATHER HISTORY On Dec. 4, 1995, a rare severe thunderstorm formed over the Black Hills of South Dakota which produced 2-inch-diameter hail and wind gusts to 60 mph. 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Willow Island 37 12.61 -0.01 Marietta 34 17.13 +0.65 Parkersburg 36 21.84 +0.42 Belleville 35 13.40 +0.48 Racine 41 13.15 +0.28 Point Pleasant 40 25.42 +0.16 Gallipolis 50 13.05 -0.16 Huntington 50 25.98 -0.30 Ashland 52 34.47 -0.43 Lloyd Greenup 54 12.73 -0.54 Portsmouth 50 18.20 +1.30 Maysville 50 34.50 +0.30 Meldahl Dam 51 17.20 +2.00 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 Ashland 46/39 Grayson 46/39 FRIDAY 35° 18° 37° 23° Cloudy and cold; an afternoon ﬂurry Not as cold with clouds and sun NATIONAL CITIES Marietta 46/36 Murray City 44/33 Belpre 47/37 Athens 46/35 St. Marys 46/37 Parkersburg 47/34 Coolville 46/37 Elizabeth 46/38 Spencer 46/39 Buffalo 46/39 Ironton 46/39 SATURDAY 33° 20° Cloudy and colder with a little snow Wilkesville 45/35 POMEROY Jackson 46/37 46/35 Ravenswood Rio Grande 46/39 46/36 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 43/34 GALLIPOLIS 46/37 46/39 46/37 South Shore Greenup 46/38 45/36 43 0 50 100 150 200 Lucasville 46/37 4 p.m. ET closing quotes of transactions Dec. 2, 2016, provided by Edward Jones financial advisors Isaac Mills in Gallipolis at (740) 441-9441 and Lesley Marrero in Point Pleasant at (304) 674-0174. Member SIPC. THURSDAY Chilly with low clouds McArthur 45/34 Waverly 44/36 WEDNESDAY Rain in the morning; otherwise, cloudy Adelphi 44/34 Chillicothe 44/35 Wednesday, Dec. 14 MARIETTA — A meeting of the District 18 Executive Committee will be held at 10 a.m. at the Best Western, 701 Pike Street, Marietta, Ohio. The purpose of this meeting is for the Sunday, Dec. 11 RIO GRANDE — Univer- Executive Committee to sity of Rio Grande Women’s select projects for Round 31 funding under the Ohio Basketball Team will be Public Works Commission holding a double-play State Capital Improvement basket games fundraiser and Local Transportation at 1 p.m. in the URG Lyne Improvement Programs Center Gymnasium. Email dsmalley@rio.edu for more (SCIP/LTIP). If you have information or call 740-245- questions regarding this meeting, please contact 7491. Michelle Hyer at (740) 376-1025. Monday, Dec. 12 BEDFORD TWP. — The regular meeting of the Bed- Wednesday, Dec. 28 ford Township Trustees will POMEROY — A blood be 7 p.m. at the Bedford drive will be held at the Township Hall. Mulberry Community Center from 1-6:30 p.m. Please call 1-800-733-2767 or visit Tuesday, Dec. 13 redcrossblood.org to schedPOMEROY — The ule and appointment. Meigs Tea Party meeting 45° 30° Logan 44/34 will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Center, Pomeroy, Ohio. Snacks will be provided. Everyone is welcome. Guset speaker will be Stephanie Kreuz, Grassroots Manager and Midwest Regional Coordinator for Heritage Action for America. Friday, Dec. 9 GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Board of Developmental Disabilities will hold a public hearing to discuss the annual action plan at 10 a.m. at the administrative ofﬁces located at 77 Mill Creek Road. 49° 42° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 0 A: -59(F) at West Yellowstone, Montana, on Dec. 19, 1924. Precipitation Rather cloudy servation District Board of Supervisors will hold their regular monthly meeting at 11:30 a.m. at the district ofﬁce. The ofﬁce is located at 113 E. Memorial Drive, Suite D, Pomeroy. Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) - 10.75 Royal Dutch Shell - 51.92 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) - 12.51 Wal-Mart (NYSE) - 70.88 Wendy’s (NYSE) - 12.62 WesBanco (NYSE) - 39.66 Worthington (NYSE) - 56.82 Daily stock reports are the TUESDAY A little rain this afternoon. Showers of rain and snow tonight. High 46° / Low 37° Statistics for Friday 40° 30° 50° 32° 78° in 1982 11° in 1946 MONDAY 48° 37° ALMANAC High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low Ltd Brands (NYSE) - 71.91 Norfolk So (NYSE) - 105.60 OVBC (NASDAQ) - 24.15 BBT (NYSE) - 45.21 Peoples (NASDAQ) - 28.87 Pepsico (NYSE) - 100.60 Premier (NASDAQ) - 18.30 Rockwell (NYSE) - 136.79 EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM state or school district, are also welcome to attend. We also encourage public employees who plan to retire in the near future to attend. Issues that are important to retirees are discussed each month. The group usually meets the third Friday of each month. For more information, interested retirees may call 740-245-0093 or 740-245-5255. Gallipolis. Members are asked to bring a holiday snack. The subchapter is seeking new members in the two-county area. AFSCME (Ohio Council 8, OCSEA, and OAPSE),OPERS and SERS public employee retirees and their spouses are invited to attend the next meeting. Non-AFSCME members, who retired from the city, county, teams will host a community fundraiser at Bob Evans in Mason from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. From page 3A City Holding (NASDAQ) - 61.78 Collins (NYSE) - 95.17 DuPont (NYSE) - 73.13 US Bank (NYSE) - 50.00 Gen Electric (NYSE) - 31.34 Harley-Davidson (NYSE) - 59.71 JP Morgan (NYSE) - 81.60 Kroger (NYSE) - 33.30 AEP (NYSE) - 58.70 Akzo (NASDAQ) - 20.41 Big Lots (NYSE) - 51.39 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) - 45.72 BorgWarner (NYSE) - 36.07 Century Alum (NASDAQ) - 9.25 WEATHER Ohio AFSCME retirees to meet Sunday Times-Sentinel Milton 46/39 Huntington 46/37 St. Albans 47/40 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s Seattle 100s 46/34 Winnipeg 90s 33/19 80s 70s Billings 60s 44/26 Minneapolis 39/27 50s 40s 30s Chicago 36/29 20s San Francisco Denver 10s 60/50 Kansas City 50/30 0s 49/28 -0s -10s Los Angeles 72/49 T-storms Rain Showers El Paso Snow 54/35 Houston Flurries 59/52 Chihuahua Ice 50/34 Cold Front Warm Front Monterrey 68/52 Stationary Front Clendenin 47/39 Charleston 47/37 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. 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GAHS scored the ﬁnal basket of the ﬁrst quarter and led 20-18 after eight minutes. The Maroon and Gold were held ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — Conscoreless for the ﬁrst 3:30 of the trol the glass, control the game. second quarter, as the Blue Devils The Gallia Academy boys basopened up a 26-18 lead. GAHS ketball team outrebounded nonconference host Meigs by a 52-to- outscored Meigs 16-to-7 over the 28 clip on Friday night at Larry R. rest of the period, and headed into Morrison Gymnasium, leading the the break ahead 42-25. Meigs began ﬁghting back after Blue Devils to a 70-53 victory in the season opener for both squads. the half, outscoring GAHS by a 15-to-8 margin in the third quarAfter a pair of lead changes early in the opening quarter, Gallia ter, to make the Blue Devil lead 50-40 with eight minutes remainAcademy (1-0) opened up a 10-4 Alex Hawley | OVP ing. Gallia Academy sophomore Justin McClelland (10) drives between lead. Meigs (0-1) tied the game The Marauders opened the Marauders Christian Mattox (left) and Jared Kennedy (20), during the at 10, 13 and again at 18, but the ﬁnale with a trifecta, cutting their Marauders never regained the Blue Devils’ 70-53 victory, on Friday night in Rocksprings. ahawley@civitasmedia.com deﬁcit to single digits for the ﬁrst time since the 4:15 mark of the second quarter. However, Gallia Academy rattled off three straight points and extended its advantage to 56-43. Meigs answered with three straight ﬁeld goals, including backto-back trifectas, cutting the deﬁcit to 56-51, with 4:05 remaining. MHS scored just two more points in the game, however, while GAHS went 8-of-9 from the free throw line in the ﬁnal four minutes, to seal the 70-53 victory. “I’m proud of the guys and I See DEVILS | 2B Rebels fall at Symmes Valley By Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com WILLOW WOOD, Ohio — The outcome was decided right after halftime. Host Symmes Valley used a 10-4 third quarter surge to ultimately pull away from the South Gallia boys basketball team Friday night during a 44-35 decision in a non-conference season-opening matchup in Lawrence County. The Rebels (0-1) received six points from Curtis Haner in the opening canto, but the guests found themselves in a small 14-10 hole through eight minutes of play. Both teams followed with nine points apiece in the second canto, which allowed the Vikings (1-0) to secure a 23-19 advantage at the break. The Rebels mustered only one ﬁeld goal and a pair of free throws during the third quarter, while Jarod Sheppard scored four of the hosts’ 10 points as the Vikings increased their lead to 33-23 headed into the ﬁnale. Haner and Caleb Henry led the Rebels on a fourth quarter charge with four points apiece, but their slim 12-11 run down the stretch wasn’t enough to overcome the ﬁnal ninepoint outcome. Haner — who scored nine ﬁrst half points before shut out in the third canto — led the Rebels with 13 points, followed by Henry with 10 points and Austin Stapleton with seven markers. Josh Henry was next with four points, while Eli Ellis rounded out the SGHS tally with one point. The guests were 9-of-17 at the free throw line for 53 percent. Payton Hayes led SVHS with 13 points and Sheppard was next with 11 points, followed by Chayden Renfroe with six points and Austin Mannon with ﬁve markers. Brock Carpenter was next with four points, while Hunter Adams and Levi Cade respectively chipped in three and two markers. Symmes Valley snapped a threegame losing skid against the Rebels and improved its all-time mark against SGHS to 7-6. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Monday, December 5 Boys Basketball Ohio Valley Christian at Covenant Christian, 7:30 Girls Basketball Chesapeake at Gallia Academy, 7:30 Miller at Southern, 7:30 Hannan at Rose Hill, 6 p.m. South Gallia at Belpre, 7:15 Ohio Valley Christian at Covenant Christian, 6 p.m. Tuesday, December 6 Boys Basketball Eastern at South Gallia, 7:30 Jackson at River Valley, 7:30 Warren at Meigs, 7:30 Grace Christian at Hannan, 7 p.m. Point Pleasant at Winfield, 7 p.m. Wahama at Waterford, 7:30 Southern at Federal Hocking, 7:30 Girls Basketball Wahama at Buffalo, 7:30 Point Pleasant at Nitro, 7 p.m. Paul Boggs | OVP Sports River Valley’s Jacob Dovenbarger (32) goes up for a basket against Eastern defenders Jett Facemyer (10), Corbett Catlett (24) and Nate Durst (22) during Friday night’s season-opening boys basketball game at Eastern High School. Raiders top Eagles in opener By Paul Boggs pboggs@civitasmedia.com TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — Visiting River Valley got the green light on Friday night, as the Raiders also put up the proverbial stop sign. That’s because River Valley drained four ﬁrst-half three-pointers, and held the Eastern Eagles to 15 ﬁrst-half points, en route to capturing a 57-42 season-opening boys basketball victory at Eastern High School. The contest was part of opening night of the 2016-17 season around the state of Ohio. It also marked the River Valley head coaching debut for Brian Drummond, who was an assistant in the Raiders girls program a year ago. The Raiders never trailed, and the closest the depth-plagued Eagles came to a lead was 4-2. River Valley led 15-9 following the ﬁrst quarter, boosted the advantage to 26-15 at halftime, then outscored Eastern in the second half 31-25 to post the 15-point win. When the Eagles trimmed the deﬁcit to 32-26 with two-and-a-half minutes remaining in the third quarter, the Raiders held them scoreless for the next four minutes — scoring eight unanswered points over the same span. For the ﬁnal eight minutes and 18 seconds, the Raiders’ lead never dropped below double ﬁgures. Their largest margin stood at 48-32 with 3:40 remaining. “It was a team effort,” said Drummond. “It’s a big win for us. We’ve done a lot of work and we’re on the cusp of where we need to be. It’s going to be a steady climb for us. We made some shots and we’re going to make more and take more. We’ve got the great light every time. There is no red light on this team. If they are open, shoot it.” The Raiders did just that, while Eastern also shot the ball. Only the Eagles, against the much taller and bulkier Raiders, couldn’t ﬁnd the range from primarily outside the lane. “I thought our kids were a little bit intimated by their size. They got good looks, but were a little bit timid going up with their shots, thinking that the contact was going to come and it didn’t,” said Eastern coach Jeremy Hill. “It was a multitude of things that made the offense not quite click in the ﬁrst half. In the second half, I thought we ran the offense better, but we kind of went away from it and didn’t stay as disciplined in the offense.” Eastern only had three players post points, including a game-high 26 from senior standout Jett Facemyer. Facemyer ﬁnished with 13 ﬁeld goals, including a ﬁrst-half ﬁve — as he had 10 of the team’s 15 ﬁrst-half points. Jon Wolfe, who sank four second-half free throws, had the other ﬁve ﬁrsthalf points — on two ﬁeld goals and a freebie. Sharp Facemyer mustered seven second-half markers. The Eagles also endured limited depth on Friday night — due to injuries and illness impacting the club. “We’re going through some growing pains with our offense, because it’s totally new this year,” said Hill. “People are playing a little bit out of their spots because of injuries. We’ve had to ﬁt people into different positions. We’re still learning the offense and how it works. I was pretty pleased at times that the offense was running the way we wanted to, and we got open looks. Unfortunately, we didn’t put them in the hole sometimes. Jett Facemyer had a very nice night and a lot of scoring will go through him, but we have other people that just didn’t shoot the ball well.” The Raiders reaped the beneﬁts of ﬁve total treys, including one apiece in the ﬁrst half by Tre Craycraft, Brady Eblin, Rory Twyman and Jared McCarley. McCarley canned his ﬁrst-half triple to make it 26-15 with two-and-a-half minutes left before halftime, as his third-quarter trifecta made it 30-18. He ﬁnished with ﬁve total ﬁeld goals and 2-of-2 free throws for 14 points. “We got lost on defense a few times. I don’t know if it was a matter of losing of our man or relaxing on defense a little bit — and that’s something we have to work,” said Hill. “And we didn’t defensively rebound the ball well. Size played a role in rebounding. Their 6-6 kid (Dovenbarger) had a lot of opportunities to just reach over and grab the ball. We have to do a better job of boxing out.” Jacob Dovenbarger, who poured in a team-high 17 points on seven ﬁeld goals and 3-of-5 free throws, scored eight in the ﬁrst half and nine in the second. He also grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds, as Ian Polcyn pulled down 11. The senior Dovenbarger goes at sixfoot six-inches tall, while Polcyn stands at 6-foot-4. Craycraft’s three and back-to-back Dovenbarger buckets made it 11-2 only two minutes and 40 seconds in. “Defense and rebounding were huge for us. We’re always going to be pretty big with Jacob Dovenbarger at 6-6 and Ian Polcyn at 6-4 in there, but my guards are scrappy and can rebound too,” said Drummond. Those would include McCarley and Dustin Barber, who added eight points on three ﬁeld goals and 2-of-2 foul shots. Polcyn posted ﬁve points and Jacob Campbell canned a ﬁeld goal. After the game, Drummond met with his squad for merely a minute — and was already talking about hosting nonleague Jackson on Tuesday. The Ironmen opened the season with an impressive 49-43 victory over visiting South Webster on Friday night. “We just play for the next game,” he said. “We’ve got Eastern out of the way, and we’re now getting ready for Jackson.” The Eagles, meanwhile, invade South Gallia on Tuesday for the Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division opener. “The kids gave us great effort for four quarters,” said Hill. “Even when they got down big, they still fought and battled. If we ﬁx some of the things that we know to correct from tonight, work on our shooting and stay positive, the better team we’re going to be.” Paul Boggs can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2106 �2B Sunday, December 4, 2016 SPORTS Sunday Times-Sentinel Meigs knocks off Lady ‘Does in opener, 49-34 By Bryan Walters just took control. Sometimes you need to ﬁnd a way to make somebody else beat you, and we couldn’t do that. ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — It’s “I thought the girls played not about style of the points, well early and gave a good overonly having more of them at all effort, but a little bit of our the end of the night. inexperience showed itself. We Both teams showed some have quite a few games to play season-opening rust, but a in the upcoming weeks, so we’ll 13-1 surge over the ﬁnal three just keep working to improve minutes of the ﬁrst half ultiourselves.” mately allowed the Meigs girls The Lady Marauders conbasketball team to cruise on to nected on 19-of-48 ﬁeld goal a 49-34 victory over visiting attempts for 40 percent, includSouthern in a non-conference ing a 3-of-11 effort from behind matchup of Meigs County prothe arc for 27 percent. The grams at Larry R. Morrison hosts hauled in 23 rebounds Gymnasium. (six offensive) and went 8-ofThe host Lady Maraud14 at the free throw line for 57 ers (1-0) never trailed in the percent. contest, despite only netting Betzing led MHS with a four of their ﬁrst 21 ﬁeld goal game-high 15 points and attempts in the opening half. Marissa Noble was next with MHS also hit its ﬁrst three seven points, while Madison shots while establishing a 6-0 Fields and Devin Humphreys cushion less than the three each contributed six markers. minutes into regulation. Alli Hatﬁeld also chipped in The Lady Tornadoes (0-1), ﬁve points. on the other hand, started the Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Madison Hendricks and Dani game with seven consecutive Meigs junior Madison Hendricks, left, dribbles past Southern defender Lauren Lavender during the first half of Thursday Morris were next with four misses and went just 3-of-21 night’s season-opening non-conference girls basketball contest at Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium in Rocksprings, Ohio. points apiece, with Jacynda from the ﬁeld in the opening 16 viding seven of those 13 mark- Glover rounding things out well early on, but then it kind minutes — yet somehow found umph. with two points. ers. of ﬂipped there right before The difference in the game themselves tied at 11-all with Humphreys led the Lady Southern managed to make halftime and we were able to do came down to guard play as 5:08 left in the half. Marauders with six rebounds a 12-5 run out of the second the Meigs backcourt outscored some positive things,” Kasun Meigs, however, turned up and Betzing was next with ﬁve half blocks to close to within said. “Our girls did a good job the Southern guards by a its defensive intensity to end 30-24, but Betzing scored four caroms. 34-11 overall margin. SHS also of focusing on Faith on the the second canto after forcing The Lady Tornadoes netted eight consecutive misses while ﬁnished the night with 27 turn- defensive end and our guards, I points as part of an 8-0 run to thought, started wearing them close the third canto for a 38-24 10-of-39 ﬁeld goal attempts for overs, compared to 16 by the going on a 13-1 run, allowing advantage. Southern was never 26 percent, including a 2-of-8 down there towards the end. hosts. the hosts to turn a nip-andeffort from three-point range closer the rest of the way. “It wasn’t perfect by any Another big key for Meigs tuck contest into a comfortable SHS coach Kent Wolfe knew, for 25 percent. The guests colstretch and we have lots of was holding SHS senior Faith 25-12 cushion at the break. lected 34 total rebounds (10 coming in, that Betzing was room for improvement, but it Teaford scoreless in the ﬁrst SHS — which committed offensive) and went 12-of-18 going to be the best guard on half, although the All-Ohio post was a collective effort and a it seven turnovers during that the ﬂoor, and trying to contain at the charity stripe for 67 persecond quarter lull — managed player did ﬁnish the night with was a win. We’ll take 21 more her with a backcourt of mostly cent. of those, no matter how ugly to whittle the lead down to two 13 points and 11 rebounds. Sierra Cleland followed Teanewcomers to the varsity roster First-year MHS coach Jarrod they end up looking.” possessions (30-24) with just ford with ﬁve points and 11 wasn’t going to be the easiest When things appeared at Kasun acknowledged afterunder four minutes left in the rebounds, while Josie Cundiff of tasks. there worst, sophomore guard third canto, but 17 second half wards that his entire roster also chipped in ﬁve markers. “We had two opportunities turnovers ultimately caught up played a big role in landing him Kassidy Betzing provided some Phoenix Cleland and Macie to gain some real momentum. his ﬁrst varsity triumph, which real life into the Meigs attack. to the Purple and Gold down Michael were next with three The ﬁrst was when we were Betzing ended an 0-for-10 led to a proud smile across his the stretch. points apiece. Ashley Acree tied just before halftime and start to the second quarter by face. The Lady Marauders hit and Lauren Lavender rounded the second was when we cut drilling a short jumper at the He was also quick to note 10-of-21 shot attempts in the out the SHS tally with two it down to six midway in the 2:59 mark, giving the hosts a that there are plenty of things second half and gradually points and one point, respecthird,” Wolfe said. “You just 13-11 edge. That basket led to work on moving forward. extended their lead out to as cannot let your opponent’s best tively. to a permanent lead and also “I thought our effort level many as 18 points (45-27) with player take over a game in a was very good in the ﬁrst half. sparked the 13-1 run before 2:41 left in regulation before Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446big moment … and Kassidy halftime — with Betzing proWe didn’t shoot the ball very wrapping up the 15-point tri- bwalters@civitasmedia.com 2342, ext. 2101. Devils Luke Musser with 13 points, to go with the Marauders’ only block. Christian Mattox posted From page 1B 11 points and a teambest ﬁve assists for MHS, think it’s the ﬁrst time in Dillon Mahr added nine eight years that Gallipolis has started out 1-0,” fourth- points and four assists, while T.J. Williams year GAHS head coach Gary Harrison said. “Meigs chipped in with eight is a good team, they’re well points. MHS senior Jared coached, and their 1-3-1 Kennedy, who missed the zone is a tough defense majority of the ﬁrst half to play against. I give my in foul trouble, marked kids credit, Meigs came within ﬁve, then we pulled ﬁve points, six rebounds and a team-best four away when we made good passes. Give Meigs credit, steals. Garrett Buckley scored four points, Devon but I’m happy.” Hawley added two points, The Blue Devil offense while Zach Helton scored was led by sophomore one point and pulled in a Justin McClelland, who team-best seven rebounds. posted 14 points, nine For the game, Gallia rebounds and a gamebest seven assists. GAHS Academy shot 24-of-51 (47.1 percent) from the junior Justin Peck and ﬁeld, including 4-of-15 senior Evan Wiseman (26.7 percent) from each posted a doublebeyond the arc. The Blue double for the guests, as Devils were 18-of-28 Peck marked 13 points (64.3 percent) from the and 15 rebounds and free throw line, including Wiseman poured in 11 10-of-12 (83.3 percent) points to go with 12 rebounds and four assists. after halftime. “We played about 50 GAHS 6-foot, 11-inch games this summer and freshman Zach Loveday went to a couple different marked 12 points, nine camps, and we won a lot rebounds and six blocks of games because of free in his varsity debut, throws,” Coach Harrison while sophomore Cory said. “We started out Call posted nine points struggling from the free and a team-best three throw line, but in the steals. Rounding out second half we were the GAHS scoring were Miles Cornwell with eight better. I think it’s just a points and Gage Harrison matter of playing. We only have two seniors, so we’re with three. young and we’re only “It didn’t go exactly going to get better.” as we had planned, Of the Blue Devils’ 52 obviously,” said thirdrebounds, 16 came on the year Meigs head coach offensive glass. Ed Fry. “Honestly, we “We’re 6-11, 6-5 and played a little intimidated. then we have Evan We knew they were big Wiseman, who is a 6-1 and we worked on that guard that can rebound,” for a week or more. We Coach Harrison said. wouldn’t attack them “That’s going to be the inside, and we settled key to our team this year. for some bad perimeter We’re big, we’re long, shots.” Meigs was led by senior we’re athletic and we can rebound with anybody.” Meigs made just 20-of74 (27 percent) ﬁeld goal attempts, including 9-of-35 (25.7 percent) from three-point range. MHS was just 4-of-9 (44.4 percent) free throw attempts. Of Meigs’ 28 rebounds, 15 were offensive. “The difference was, we came out and attacked them inside,” Coach Fry said of what changed after the halftime break. “They’re big, but if you get them up in the air, they foul. That changed the whole course in the second half. If we’d have done that right off the bat, we’d have been far better off.” Meigs battled foul trouble throughout the evening, committing 26 fouls — 10 more that GAHS committed — with three Marauders fouling out of the game. “We’re going to pressure and this is not going to stop us from pressuring, we just have to learn how to play defense with out fouling,” said Coach Fry. “We can’t afford to get Jared Kennedy in that early foul trouble, because you end up moving guys to play spots where they’re not used to playing.” For the game, GAHS had 24 turnovers, 14 assists and six steals, while Meigs had 10 turnovers, 16 assists and 13 steals. The Marauders return to action on Tuesday, when Warren visits Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium. The Blue Devils return to action in their home opener on Friday, when Point Pleasant visits Centenary. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2100. Dragons roll Lady Raiders By Paul Boggs triples — including one apiece by Allie Marshall, Harley Lyons, Bailey Roland, Kelsie Warnock and Issy McKinney. PROCTORVILLE, Ohio — In They also sank 12-of-13 a matchup of former Ohio Valley Conference foes, Thursday night’s free throws, and held a 25-10 advantage in total ﬁeld goals. affair was simply one-sided. Marshall, on three ﬁeld goals In pitching a ﬁrst-quarter and 3-of-3 free throws, also had shutout, and scoring at least 15 double ﬁgures for Fairland with points in every quarter, the host Fairland Lady Dragons dispatched 10. Taylar Wilson, with three ﬁeld the River Valley Lady Raiders goals and 3-of-4 freebies, netted 73-34 in a non-league girls nine — while Alesha Simpson, on basketball tilt. three ﬁeld goals and 2-of-2 foul Fairland landed a 15-0 ﬁrstshots, added eight. period punch, then by almost Lyons landed all seven of her identical counts of 21-7 and 21-6, points in the fourth. tripled the Lady Raiders’ output Erin Jackson, on six total ﬁeld in the middle two quarters. goals and 5-of-8 free throws, led Fairland led 36-7 at halftime and 57-13 following three frames, the Lady Raiders with 18 points. She scored a dozen of those in before River Valley scored 21 the fourth, as River Valley only points of its own in the ﬁnal played six girls. stanza. She and Jaden Neal, who had The contest marked the season ﬁve fourth-quarter points, nailed opener for Fairland, while the the club’s only threes. Lady Raiders fell to 0-2. Jessie Steele, on two ﬁeld goals River Valley is a former and 6-of-8 free throws, scored 10 member of the OVC, but begins points. its third season in the Tri-Valley Beth Gillman made a foul shot Conference Ohio Division. as well. Emily Chapman, who poured The Raiders had their home in a game-high 20 points for the opener on Saturday against nonDragons, drained four secondleague Jackson. quarter three-pointers — and knocked down two more in the Paul Boggs can be reached at 740-446-2342, third. ext. 2106 In all, the Dragons drilled 11 pboggs@civitasmedia.com Sanborn named NAIA Scholar-Athlete By Randy Payton For Ohio Valley Publishing KANSAS CITY, Mo. — University of Rio Grande runner Kyle Sanborn is among those named a 2016 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete. The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced that 222 men’s cross country student-athletes made the list. Sanborn is a graduate student from Dover, Ohio. In order to be nominated by an institution’s head coach or sports information director, a studentathlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved a junior academic status to qualify for this honor. Taylor (Ind.) led all schools with eight athletes on the list, followed by Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) with six. Randy Payton is the Sports Information Director for the University of Rio Grande �SPORTS Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, December 4, 2016 3B OVP SPORTS BRIEF Gallipolis Elks Hoops Shoot set GALLIPOLIS — The annual Gallipolis Elks Hoop Shoot is set for Sunday, Dec. 11 at 1 p.m. at Gallia Academy Middle School. This free-throw shooting competition is open to all boys and girls who will be between the ages of 8 and 13 as of April 1, 2017. For questions or more information, please call (740) 446-4627. AP SPORTS BRIEFS Charleston’s ballpark upgrades its video board Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of Year INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — LeBron James delivered on a promise and ended decades of Cleveland sports misery in 2016. For leading the Cavaliers to an NBA title and ending the city’s 52-year title drought, James was chosen Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year on Thursday, joining Tiger Woods as the award’s only two-time winners since its inception in 1954. “I’m honored,” James said following shootaround before the Cavs hosted the Los Angeles Clippers. “I’m more happy for my family, my kids, for my wife, my mom, and for my foundation, for the kids that I represent and the kids that use me as a role model and an inspiration.” Appearing in his sixth straight NBA Finals in June, James rallied the Cavs from a 3-1 deﬁcit to defeat the favored Golden State Warriors, who won 73 games during the regular season but couldn’t put Cleveland away. James scored 41 points in Games 5 and 6 and made a key block in the ﬁnal minutes of an epic Game 7, making the Cavs the ﬁrst Cleveland major sports franchise to win a title since the Browns in 1964. James was selected ﬁnals MVP for the third time in his career. The 31-year-old James returned to Cleveland as a free agent in 2014 and pledged to bring a title to his home state. He did it in his second season, an achievement that ranks as the greatest accomplishment of his career. James had spurned Cleveland in 2010, leaving for Miami, where he and close friend Dwyane Wade led the Heat to two titles and four consecutive ﬁnals. OSU win over Michigan rocked stadium the most COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Geologists measuring vibrations caused by boisterous Ohio State football fans say the Buckeyes’ game-winning touchdown in double overtime against rival Michigan had Ohio Stadium rocking more than any other time this season. Ohio State and Miami University professors teamed up with the Department of Natural Resources to devise the “FanQuakes Magnitude Scale.” Using measurements taken around the stadium, it converts the shaking from fans into the perceived magnitude of a naturally occurring earthquake. Before last Saturday’s game, the high point was after Curtis Samuel’s touchdown catch against Nebraska. It reached a FanQuake Magnitude of 5.2. Researchers say the opening kickoff with Michigan topped that at 5.27, and the magnitude grew after a couple of interceptions. It rated 5.7 during J.T. Barrett’s ﬁrst overtime touchdown, and 5.79 after Samuel’s game-winning score. Dismissal deal done in Manziel’s domestic case DALLAS (AP) — Prosecutors say they have an agreement with Johnny Manziel to dismiss a domestic violence charge against the Heisman Trophywinning quarterback. The Dallas County District Attorney’s Ofﬁce said Friday that Manziel will have to meet certain conditions for a year before the misdemeanor charge will be dismissed. The former Cleveland Browns player was accused of hitting and threatening former girlfriend Colleen Crowley during a night out in January. Brittany Dunn, a spokeswoman for the prosecutors, said the agreement was ﬁled Friday without Manziel present. Details of the agreement weren’t immediately available. A spokeswoman for the former Texas A&M star didn’t immediately return a call seeking comment. Judge Roberto Canas said at a hearing last month that the sides had reached a tentative deal on a conditional dismissal. Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Eastern senior Laura Pullins (11) is guarded by a pair of Lady Warriors, during the Lady Eagles’ nine-point victory, on Thursday in Tuppers Plains. Lady Eagles hold off Warren By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — Looking for a sure-ﬁre way to stop a comeback attempt? Free throws and defense worked just ﬁne for the Lady Eagles. The Eastern girls basketball team enjoyed a 14-point at halftime lead in Thursday’s non-league tilt at ‘The Nest’, but Warren foughtback to within two possessions, late in the second half. The Lady Eagles sank 6-of-6 fourth quarter free throws and forced four turnovers in the ﬁnale, allowing the hosts to claim a 53-44 win. Eastern (2-0) never trailed in the game, starting the evening with a 7-1 run. Warren (2-1) rattled off six straight points and tied the game at seven, the only tie of the contest. The Lady Eagles outscored WHS 9-to-2 over the remainder of the opening period, making the hosts’ lead 16-9. Eastern — which made 6-of-10 ﬁeld goals, including 3-of-4 trifectas in the second period — doubled its ﬁrst quarter lead and took a 32-18 advantage into the half. In the opening 16 minutes, the Lady Eagles shot 50 percent from both the ﬁeld (12-of-24) and three-point range (5-of-10). EHS also sank 3-of-4 ﬁrst half free throw attempts. Meanwhile, Warren was 9-of-14 from the charity stripe and 4-of-17 from the ﬁeld, including just 1-of-7 from beyond the arc. The teams were tied at 14 in the rebounding category, at the half, and Eastern had committed two fewer turnovers. Eastern’s hot touch went cold after the half, as the Lady Eagles went scoreless for over ﬁve minutes of the third quarter, and WHS cut trimmed the EHS lead to 32-24. The Lady Eagles snapped out of it and outscored Warren 6-to-5 over the remainder of the third, making the hosts’ lead 38-29 with eight minutes left in regulation. Five minutes into the ﬁnale, the Lady Warriors had only trimmed Eastern’s lead by one, but a trifecta by Warren’s Molly McCutcheon trifecta with 2:41 left cut the EHS lead to 46-41. EHS sophomore Jess Parker extended the lead back to eight with a threepointer of her own, but McCutcheon converted an old-fashioned threepointer with 2:10 left. Warren never scored again, however, and Eastern senior Laura Pullins put the ﬁnal touches on the 53-44 win, sinking 4-of-4 free throws in the ﬁnal two minutes. “That’s a very good team, I think Warren is going to do a lot of good things,” ﬁrst-year Eastern head coach Jacob Parker said. “I believe that, again tonight, our defense led our offense. We played hard-nosed defense, at times we might have let a few things go, but for the course of the game, I have to say it was the defensive effort that got it done.” For the game, Eastern shot 9-of-10 (90 percent) from the free throw line and 19-of-40 (47.5 percent) from the ﬁeld, including 6-of-13 (46.2 percent) from long range. Warren made just 13-of-46 (28.2 percent) shots from the ﬁeld, including 3-of-12 (25 percent) from threepoint territory. The Lady Warriors were 15-of-23 (65.2 percent) from the free throw line in the game, including 4-of-7 in the ﬁnal stanza. “We weathered the storm, knocked home some foul shots and brought it home,” said Coach Parker. “We’re not ever going to be the biggest team, but if we play with heart, play strong fundamental basketball and box out, then we’ll be ﬁne.” Eastern was outrebounded by a narrow 26-to-25 count, but Warren enjoyed a 7-to-2 edge in offensive boards. The Green, White and Gold ﬁnished with 19 turnovers in the win, while the Lady Warriors committed 14. Laura Pullins led the Lady Eagles with a double-double effort of 16 points and 15 rebounds, to go with a game-high six assists. Elizabeth Collins poured in 10 points for the hosts, Becca Pullins added eight, while Jess Parker marked six points and ﬁve assists. Madison Williams ﬁnished with ﬁve points, Kelsey Casto added four, while Hannah Bailey and Alyson Bailey both scored two points. Eastern’s defensive effort was led by Becca Pullins, who had two steals. Collins, Casto and Williams each blocked a shot in the win. “We have a younger group, and sometimes I forget that,” said Coach Parker. “We have to remind them not to play in the other team’s game plan. Warren wanted to press a little bit, and we played into that for the ﬁrst few minutes of the third quarter, and we turned the ball over. Unforced turnovers will kill you and that’s what allowed Warren to make a run.” McCutcheon led Warren with 12 points and six rebounds, followed by Emily Jackson with nine points and six rebounds. Peyton Bowe scored seven points, Kate Liston added six, while Emme Bowe posted ﬁve points and ﬁnished with teamhighs in assists and steals, with three of each. Katie Rauch and Caspen Ford both scored two points for WHS, while Grace Way chipped in with one point. Eastern begins TriValley Conference Hocking Division play on Wednesday, when the Lady Eagles visit Federal Hocking. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. 60693115 CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Charleston’s minor league baseball stadium is tripling the size of its video board. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that workers installed the brand-new LED video board at Appalachian Power Park on Thursday. The stadium is the home to the West Virginia Power, a Class A afﬁliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates who start their next season at home April 6. The 28 feet tall by 35 feet wide video board replaces the original screen installed when the ballpark was built in 2004. Its pixel display is nearly double that of the original, resulting in clearer and brighter quality. The stadium is also building a new production suite. The costs for the upgrades total around $700,000. The state Economic Development Authority loaned the team’s owners the money for the upgrades. �SPORTS 4B Sunday, December 4, 2016 Sunday Times-Sentinel No. 13 WMU holds off Ohio, 29-23 Blue Angels slay Lady Knights DETROIT (AP) — Robert Spillane intercepted a pass with 51 seconds remaining, and No. 13 Western Michigan remained undefeated, holding off Ohio 29-23 on Friday night to win its ﬁrst MidAmerican Conference title since 1988. The Broncos (13-0, No. 17 CFP) led 23-7 at halftime, but Ohio rallied and had the ball in WMU territory in the ﬁnal minute when Spillane intercepted Greg Windham’s pass over the middle. Spillane immediately took a knee at his own 30, then was mobbed by his teammates as a Ford Field crowd full of Broncos fans roared. Ohio (8-5) never led and didn’t do much on offense until the ﬁnal quarter, but the Bobcats still came achingly close to their ﬁrst MAC championship since 1968. Instead, WMU became the ﬁrst undefeated team to win the MAC title game since Marshall in 1999. The question is whether the Broncos have done enough to make it to the Cotton Bowl. WMU is trying to earn the Group of Five bid to a New Year’s Six bowl. “We’ve done all we can do,” quarterback Zach Terrell said. Western Michigan’s Corey Davis had eight catches for 144 yards, including a 70-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter. Butch Hampton kicked ﬁve ﬁeld goals, the last a 34-yarder that gave the Broncos a 29-23 lead with 1:24 remaining. The crowd of 45,615 was easily a record for a MAC title game. By Paul Boggs pboggs@civitasmedia.com POINT PLEASANT, W. Va. — It was a similar sequence between the Blue Angels and Lady Knights on Thursday night. A Point Pleasant pass, an Alex Barnes interception for Gallia Academy — and ultimately a Blue Angel layup. As a result of forcing 33 Lady Knight turnovers, visiting Gallia Academy amassed an easy 58-26 girls basketball victory inside the Point Pleasant Lady Knights’ gym. It was the Blue Angels’ opening road tilt, and the Lady Knights’ opener at home, as Gallia Academy is now 2-0 while Point Pleasant falls to 0-2. The Blue Angels opened with a 43-27 win over River Valley on Monday, while the Lady Knights lost at Poca on Tuesday 75-31. For Gallia Academy, in amassing more ﬁrst-half points (35) and offensive rebounds (28) than Point Pleasant posted points (26) in the entire game — it was a good conﬁdence-builder for the young Blue Angels. “The girls are getting conﬁdence and playing hard. And tonight, we had a good opportunity for our young ones to get in and The takeaway Ohio: The Bobcats can hold their heads high after giving WMU by far its toughest game against a MAC opponent all season. Ohio’s defense held ﬁrm early, when a couple fumbles by the Bobcats gave WMU a chance to break it open. “They felt they had the talent to be in this game, and so did I,” Ohio coach Frank Solich said. “They were pretty driven to get some things done.” WMU: The Broncos may end up sweating out the bowl announcements Sunday — Navy is putting up quite a ﬁght for that Group of Five spot — but WMU can celebrate a truly special season no matter what happens. The Broncos nearly let it slip away in the second half, but their ﬁrst conference title in nearly three decades was an accomplishment to savor. Up next Ohio: The Bobcats’ MAC title drought continues, but Ohio is bowl eligible for the eighth straight season. WMU: Navy plays Temple for the American Athletic Conference title Saturday, and WMU will obviously be rooting for the Owls in that one. Navy was two spots behind the Broncos in the most recent playoff rankings. SERVING YOU FOR OVER 60 YEARS www.rutlandbottlegas.com Rutland Bottle Gas 1-800-837-8217 Don’t Be Left Out in the Cold! Paul Boggs | OVP Sports Gallia Academy freshman Alex Barnes (4) drives in for a layup during the Blue Angels’ girls basketball game at Point Pleasant on Thursday night. get some minutes in preparing for further on in the season,” said GAHS coach Joe Justice. “We did a really good job on the offensive boards. Defensively, we challenged them (Blue Angels) to step up and get in the passing lanes. Alex Barnes does a great job up top putting pressure on the ball. That allows our wings to get out in the passing lanes and turn our defense into offense.” Barnes, the Blue Angels’ freshman point guard, got in the Point Pleasant passing lanes early and often. So too did Hunter Copley and Carly Shriver. Barnes with eight steals and Copley and Shriver with three thefts apiece were part of 19 total takeaways for the Blue Angels — which turned several of those steals into uncontested layups. Copley led the way with 16 points on six ﬁeld goals and 4-of-5 free throws, as 14 of those came in the ﬁrst half. Barnes, on four ﬁeld goals and a free throw, scored all nine of her markers in the opening 16 minutes. The Lady Knights’ only leads were 2-0 and 4-2, as there were also two ties at 2-2 and 4-4. But back-to-back ﬁeld goals by Adrienne Jenkins gave the Blue Angels the lead at the 5:48 mark of the ﬁrst quarter, as Copley converted a three-point play off a steal at the ﬁve-and-a-half minute point. After the Lady Knights’ Lanea Cochran scored 21 seconds later to make it 9-6, Point Pleasant never got any closer — as Copley had a rebound putback followed by back-toback Barnes steals and layups. The Blue Angels led 17-11 after the opening period, then outscored the Lady Knights 18-2 in the second stanza to lead 35-13 at halftime. Gallia Academy amounted the ﬁrst 16 points of the period, before Brooke Campbell scored for Point Pleasant with 1:11 to play. The entire Lady Knight scoring drought spanned almost eightand-a-half minutes. After each of the middle two quarters, the Blue Angels enjoyed their largest leads at 35-13 and 45-19, before building the advantage to 57-24 with a minute remaining. Point Pleasant played better in spots in the second half, but the 16-point second-quarter deﬁcit did it in. “It was disappointing to say the least,” said PPHS coach John Fields. “We had 33 turnovers and they had 28 offensive rebounds. We only had 25 (rebounds) period for the game. The mentality you saw in the second half…if we would have started the game like that, this game would have come down to the wire or maybe we are even on the other end of this score. We’re young, but this is just no excuse.” Jenkins scored six second-half points, including the game’s only three-pointer, toward 10 total markers. Shriver scored eight on three ﬁeld goals and 2-of-2 free throws — all through the ﬁrst three frames. Aubrey Unroe — on two ﬁeld goals and 2-of4 free throws — scored six fourth-period points, as Kimberly Edelmann added four on a ﬁeld goal and two foul shots. Jenelle Stevens, on a fourth-quarter ﬁeld goal and a free throw, and Abby Cremeans — with two free throws — rounded out the Blue and White. Campbell, on three ﬁeld goals and 3-of-5 free throws, led the Lady Knights with nine points. Michaela Cottrill collected ﬁve points for Point Pleasant, as the Blue Angels amassed a 21-10 advantage in total ﬁeld goals. Justice said Thursday’s bout — and win — was about getting better and getting prepared for Ohio Valley Conference play, which begins on Monday against visiting Chesapeake. “We want defense to create our offense, but at the same time, we’re getting better and getting more conﬁdence in the (half-court) offense. If they run it through, they are going to get easy buckets instead of sitting out trying to shoot the three,” he said. “This was a good game for us as far as the OVC is going to be. Real physical. It prepares us for our league and we’ll work on getting better from there.” Point Pleasant plays at Buffalo tonight (Saturday, Dec. 3 at 7 p.m.), as the Lady Knights need a conﬁdence pick-me-up. “We come to practice everyday and we keep it simple. We don’t have a lot of offensive plays. But it’s like they get on the ﬂoor and that anxiety or whatever it is they are feeling, it gets the best of them. 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If you are interested learning more please email a resume to bhunt@civitasmedia.com 60694265 �Sunday Times-Sentinel 60693514 6B Sunday, December 4, 2016 �Along the River Sunday Times-Sentinel #?8.+CM��/-/7,/<� M� �� s�#/->398�� French Art Colony to host 21st Annual Holiday Home Tour Featuring stops in Gallipolis and Point Pleasant By Marianne Campbell #:/-3+6�>9�>2/�$37/=[#/8>38/6 GALLIPOLIS — The French Art Colony, multi-arts cultural center in Gallipolis, will host its 21st annual Holiday Home Tour on Friday evening, Dec. 9, from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m., and Saturday afternoon, Dec. 10, from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Featured in this year’s Holiday Tour, spanning both Gallipolis and Point Pleasant, W.Va., are homes, churches, a gallery and museum, the Colony Club restaurant and, of course, Riverby (circa 1855), home of the French Art Colony and its new outdoor Pavilion, an important part of the tour and the hub of activity, for refreshments and ticket sales. In Gallipolis, the Botkin home, located at 760 First Avenue, at the corner of Pine Street, is the newest home on the tour, built in 2012. It is a traditional cottage, with outside construction of stone and vinyl siding, featuring a wrap-around porch, offering a spectacular view of the Ohio River and across the River, a scenic view of West Virginia. Inside this one ﬂoor plan home, furnishings carry out a French traditional theme, with Fleur di-lis highlights and Christmas decorations by Four Seasons Florist, from Point Pleasant. At 1073 Second Avenue, the Mayes home is said to be pre-1895. Inside the home is the original deep oak wood staircase, along with authentic wood ﬂoors, both upstairs and downstairs. The original woodwork, in the living room and dining room, creates a sense of home, in a fast-paced world. The small, but loved Ohio River view, is seen from a backyard of plants, roses and trees, draped with fairy lights, along with an evening ﬁre in the stone pit. The Wiseman home at 6212 State Route 7 South, is the oldest home, built circa 1880, and has been restored with loving care, to its original beauty, while being appropriately updated for maximum comfort. It overlooks the Ohio River, with a great view of the West Virginia hills. This two story frame home includes seven rooms, two baths, a front porch facing East and a second ﬂoor veranda, off the spacious master bedroom, looking North into the City of Gallipolis. The Haddox home is in Point Pleasant. Jan Haddox and his late wife Mary, wanted to do something different. Jan had read about the vertical timber and spline construction, the way homes were built in Bavaria. He decided, since he owned a hammer and a checkbook, he and his wife could build such a house, from scratch, themselves. They began the day school was out and moved into their new home the following Christmas. The walls were built ﬁrst, almost like a fort, with splices between each timber, then the spruce beams were set and the rest was easy, he said. This unique home is located at 201 Fulton Drive in Point Pleasant. Also in Point Pleasant, included on the holiday tour, is the Gallery at 409, an art gallery/museum, established in July 2008, to revitalize the arts culture in Mason County, W.Va., and surrounding communities. The gallery showcases artistic talent in the river valley region, by having a venue where local artists can exhibit their work. The goal of the Gallery is to make art collections �9?<>/=C�:29>9= The French Art Colony, pictured, and its new outdoor Pavilion, is an important part of the holiday home tour and the hub of activity, for refreshments and ticket sales. On the tour, pictured at top, from left, the Botkin House, the Wiseman House; pictured bottom, from left, First Baptist Church, Sandra Mayes House. On the tour, pictured at top, from left, Paint Creek Baptist Church, Haddox Home; pictured bottom, from left, Gallery at 409, the Colony Club. and services accessible, for the inspiration, learning and enjoyment of all, while providing educational opportunity for youth, who otherwise may not have stimulating exposure to the arts. The Colony Club, 419 Second Avenue in Gallipolis, is the 1937 Colony Theater, renovated into a restaurant with full bar, a stage and movie screen, featuring food, drinks and entertainment. This unique venue has a variety of seating options, to meet the needs of its patrons, whether it’s for a business lunch, intimate dining or larger gathering. When you step through the original doors, you could see an old movie or sporting event, playing on the big screen. The brick walls and original tapestries add to the relaxing atmosphere. Patrons can choose between main level table seating or, four steps down, relax on comfortable couches, chairs or theater seats. The First Baptist Church, located at 1100 Fourth Avenue, was constructed in 1998, enabling the church to offer convenient parking and multiple access points to different areas of the building. The sanctuary provides comfortable seating for over 600 people. In addition to housing the church, the building is the home of the Ohio Valley Christian School, offering Christian education for area children. Currently there are approximately 130 students, Pre-K through 12th grade. Construction of the adjoining Activity Center was completed in 2013 and houses a gymnasium, two classrooms, a youth room and full kitchen facility. Paint Creek Regular Missionary Baptist Church dates back to September 1833, when a committee of nine organized in the home of Isaac Lewis, on the banks of a small stream called “Paint Creek”. From 1833 to 1870, the group met in two different locations, until they purchased a small portion of the lot at 833 Third Avenue, its present location. There have been many updates to Paint Creek Church proper over these 146 years. Tickets for this year’s Holiday Tour are $15 and a ticket is good for both Friday evening’s Candlelight Tour and Saturday afternoon, providing plenty of time to visit both Gallipolis and Point Pleasant. Tickets may be reserved and purchased in advance by contacting the French Art Colony at 740/4463834, and will also be available at Riverby, both Friday evening and Saturday afternoon. While at Riverby, those on tour are urged to bid on one of the beautiful items in the Gallipolis Junior Women’s Club Tree and Wreath silent auction. �HEALTH 2C Sunday, December 4, 2016 Think before you ink The art of tattooing has been gaining popularity in the United States every year. According to a 2015 Harris Poll, three of every ten Americans (29 percent) have at least one tattoo. Of these inked Americans, seven out of ten have two or more tattoos (69 percent). The use of permanent cosmetics such as to enhance eyebrows or lips are also considered tattooing. With the rising popularity of tattoos, the U.S. Meigs Food and Drug Administration Health (FDA) has observed an increase in Matters reports of skin infections caused Steve by tattooing, as well as having bad reactions to the inks themselves, Swatzel according to Linda Katz, M.D., M.P.H., director of FDA’s Ofﬁce of Cosmetics and Colors. The Meigs County Health Department would like anyone considering a tattoo to “Think Before You Ink.” Before you get a tattoo, consider these important questions. 1. Should I only go to a licensed tattoo establishment? Absolutely, YES. There are many unregulated tattoo artists who are called “scratchers” that usually offer a “good deal” but could cause a serious illness or disease. The health department inspects only the licensed establishments and their artists. The artist must demonstrate to the inspector they are following the many safe health practices required by Ohio’s tattoo rules and regulations. They are also required to keep detailed records for sanitizing equipment and any inks used with the tattoo. 2. What kinds of reactions and infections have been seen with tattoos? According to Dr. Katz of the US FDA, you might notice a rash—redness or bumps—in the area of your tattoo, and you could develop a fever. Serious infections can require months of treatment with a variety of antibiotics. More serious infections may be associated with high fever, shaking, chills, and sweats. If these symptoms arise, you may need antibiotics, hospitalization and/or surgery. Your physician or other health care professional will make that determination. Diseases, such as HIV, hepatitis, and skin infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus (“staph”) and other bacteria have been associated with tattooing. Only the use of sterile techniques can stop the spread of harmful bacteria or other infectious organisms. A tattoo artist should always use sterilized tools, clean hands and disposable gloves. The artist should be using only sterilized water in the procedure or in the dilution of inks. In the last several years there have been cases in which people got infections because the ink itself was contaminated with microorganisms, such as bacteria and mold introduced either at the time of manufacture or at the tattoo establishment. If you have an allergic reaction, the exact cause may be hard to pinpoint. You could have an allergic reaction to a pigment (one of the ingredients that add color to the ink) or to a diluent (the liquid used to dilute the pigments). Or you could have a reaction to a contaminant that got into the ink during manufacturing. 3. If I get a tattoo and develop an infection or other reaction, what should I do? The ﬁrst thing is to talk to your doctor or a health care professional. Treatment for a possible infection should be started soon before it worsens. You should also notify the tattoo artist. The tattoo artist has detailed information on your ink’s brand, color, and any lot or batch information that may be useful in determining the source of the problem and how to treat it. The health department and the FDA urges consumers, tattoo artists, and even health care professionals to report tattoo-related problems. These reports associated with tattooing can bring important information to wide cast of public health agencies preventing or limiting wide-spread infectious diseases. 4. What about later on? Could the ink cause health problems? With concerns of immediate infections already discussed, tattooing may also leave a permanent effect on your health. The FDA has stated the following concerning tattoo and permanent makeup inks: “FDA considers the inks used in intradermal tattoos, including permanent makeup, to be cosmetics…. The pigments used in the inks are color additives, which are subject to premarket approval under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. However…FDA traditionally has not exercised regulatory authority for color additives on the pigments used in tattoo inks. The actual practice of tattooing is regulated by local jurisdictions.” In other words FDA’s reaction will be after a problem is discovered. The additives in some tattoo inks may contain substances that have pigments that are considered industrial grade and used as automobile paint and printer machines. The “carrier” ingredient of ink helps deliver the pigment into the skin. Some “carriers” have been found to have antifreeze, formaldehyde, methanol, denatured alcohols, and other aldehydes. Some vivid colored pigments have been found to contain a type of heat-resistant plastic that is used to make luggage, pipe ﬁttings, appliance parts, and, when ground down, tattoo inks. You should ask your tattoo artist for the Material Safety Data Sheets of the ink and insist on inks that generally have been shown to be safe. 5. What’s the bottom line? Think before you ink. Be absolutely sure of your decision, utilize only the services of a licensed tattoo establishment, ask questions about the health risks involved, ensure the inks are safe and follow the tattoo aftercare instructions. Removing a tattoo is a painstaking process and complete removal without scarring may be impossible. Steve Swatzel is the Director of Environmental Health with the Meigs County Health Department Sunday Times-Sentinel Dealing with grief at the holidays Staff at Holzer Hospice Special to Times-Sentinel Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! Season’s Greetings! It seems that the whole world is consumed with the holiday spirit, oozing it in every way possible. For some, there is no holiday spirit. These are the grievers. The holidays can be unbearably difﬁcult and painful for those who are grieving the loss of a loved one. So, how does one make it through the holidays when mourning? It certainly doesn’t seem fair that everyone else is having fun, while the griever is thinking: “Don’t you see the hole in my heart? Don’t you know that I have nothing to celebrate?” The truth is that love never dies, and grief never leaves…it merely changes its face. Suffering the loss of a loved one at any time of the year is difﬁcult, yet during the holidays or special occasions, such as birthdays and anniversaries, those who are grieving experience a more intense sense of loss. The world is moving forward and celebrating life and all its blessings, yet for grievers, a darkness pervades the holiday. Coming to terms with the absence of a loved one and the new reality it presents is a herculean task. Each person reacts differently: some frenetically try to ﬁll every waking moment; others become reclusive and shut out the rest of the world. There is no right or wrong way to express grief. Even if a person wants to pretend otherwise, the deceased loved one will be front and center on one’s mind — and on the minds of others — especially around these special days. For many grievers it helps to create a time, a ritual or a ceremony that recognizes the loss and allows the expression of grief. Whether it’s with a prayer or a toast, lighting a candle or sharing fond memories, take time in the midst of these special days to acknowledge the loss and remember and celebrate the legacy of the loved one. This can be done alone or with others, and, please, keep in mind that it can be especially meaningful for children. It is both normal and healthy to mourn and feel pain after the loss of a loved one, so allow yourself that experience. At the same time, it can be healing to laugh and smile despite the sadness. Your loved one and his/her memory will forever be a part of your life, and having some pleasure through the holidays in no way diminishes the love nor the loss. As Helen Keller once said: “What we have once enjoyed, we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” So, go ahead and give yourself permission to grieve and to rejoice in the memories…it is okay. LIVESTOCK REPORT GALLIPOLIS — United Producers Inc., livestock report of sales from Nov. 30, 2016. Feeder Cattle 275-415 pounds, Steers, $120-$165, Heifers, $100-$138; 425-525 pounds, Steers, $110$162, Heifers, $105-$137.50; 550-625 pounds, Steers, $110$140, Heifers, $90-$125; 650725 pounds, Steers, $100-$135, Heifers, $85-$120; 750-850 Hogs, $35-$37; Feeder Pigs, $20pounds, Steers, $95-$110, Heifers, $45; Bred Cows, $500-$825; Baby $80-$110. Calves, $110-$175; Lambs, $67.50$110. Cows Well-muscled/ﬂeshed, $52Upcoming specials $67.50; Medium/Lean, $45-$54; Feeder calf sale Dec. 10 Thin/Light, $29.50-$47; Bulls, $75$84. Direct sales or free on-farm visits. Contact Ryan Vaughn (304) 5141858, or visit the website at www. Back to Farm uproducers.com. Cow/Calf Pairs, $625-1,150; Creator of McDonald’s Big Mac, dies PITTSBURGH (AP) — You probably don’t know his name, but you’ve almost certainly devoured his creation: two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame seed bun. Michael James “Jim” Delligatti, the McDonald’s franchisee who created the Big Mac nearly 50 years ago and saw it become perhaps the best-known fast-food sandwich in the world, died Monday at home in Pittsburgh. Delligatti, who according to his son ate at least one 540-calorie Big Mac a week for decades, was 98. Delligatti’s franchise was based in Uniontown, not far from Pittsburgh, when he invented the chain’s signature burger in 1967 after deciding customers wanted a bigger sandwich. Demand exploded as Delligatti’s sandwich spread to the rest of his 47 stores in Pennsylvania and was added to the chain’s national menu in 1968. “He was often asked why he named it the Big Mac, and he said because Big Mc sounded too funny,” his son Michael Delligatti said. However, McDonald’s in 1985 honored Esther Glickstein Rose with coming up for a name for the burger and presented her with a plaque etched with a likeness of the best-selling sandwich and french fries between the Golden Arches. She was a 21-year-old secretary for the company’s advertising department in 1967 when, the story goes, a harried executive dashing to a board meeting asked her for a name nomination. Jim Delligatti’s family disputes that Rose came up with the idea. The company didn’t immediately clear up the dispute Wednesday. Delligatti told The Associated Press in 2006 that McDonald’s resisted the idea at ﬁrst because its simple lineup of hamburgers, cheeseburgers, fries and shakes was selling well. “They ﬁgured, why go to something else if (the original menu) was working so well?” Delligatti said then. McDonald’s has sold billions of Big Macs since then, in more than 100 countries. When the burger turned 40, McDonald’s estimated it was selling 550 million Big Macs a year, or roughly 17 every second. Delligatti received no payment or royalties for coming up with the burger, the company said. “Delligatti was a legendary franchisee within McDonald’s system who made a lasting impression on our brand,” the Oak Brook, Illinoisbased company said Wednesday in a statement. The Big Mac “has become an iconic sandwich enjoyed by many around the world.” Ann Dugan, a former assistant Gene J. Puskar, File | AP Photos In this Aug. 21, 2008, file photo, Big Mac creator Michael "Jim" Delligatti sits behind a Big Mac birthday cake at his 90th birthday party in Canonsburg, Pa. Delligatti, the Pittsburgharea McDonald's franchisee who created the Big Mac in 1967, has died. He was 98. In this Aug. 21, 2008, file photo, Big Mac creator Michael "Jim" Delligatti attends his 90th birthday party in Canonsburg, Pa. Delligatti, the Pittsburgh-area McDonald's franchisee who created the Big Mac in 1967, has died. He was 98. dean of the University of Pittsburgh’s Katz School of Business and an expert on business franchises, said Jim Delligatti’s genius was simple: He listened to customers who wanted a bigger burger. “In franchising, there’s always this set playbook and you have to follow it. Jim saw an opportunity to go outside the playbook because he knew the customer,” Dugan said. “He persevered and (McDonald’s) listened, and the rest is history.” Delligatti headed M&J Man- agement, a four-generation family business and McDonald’s franchise organization, for more than 60 years. He opened his ﬁrst McDonald’s in Pittsburgh’s North Hills suburbs in 1957. In 1979, he co-founded Pittsburgh’s Ronald McDonald House, then the seventh such facility in the country, where families can stay when children travel to Pittsburgh for life-saving medical care, and he was involved in several other charities. Delligatti also helped introduce breakfast service at McDonald’s, developing the hotcakes and sausage meal to feed hungry steelworkers on their way home from overnight shifts in the mills, his family said. In addition to his two sons, Jim Delligatti is survived by his wife, Ellie, ﬁve grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The Devlin Funeral Home near Pittsburgh is handling visitation Thursday and Friday. 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