http://66.213.69.5/files/original/52971dfa8f3923fdf5f7cb0f2d3adde9.pdf 33e1be2ce79331848d88249eff9c1266 PDF Text Text Scholarship awarded NEWS s 3 Colder, partly sunny H-37, L-12 Eastern vs. South Gallia WEATHER s 5 SPORTS s 6 C_ZZb[fehjFec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 199, Volume 70 Wednesday, December 14, 2016 s 50¢ Ohio governor OKs 20-week abortion ban, nixes heartbeat bill By Julie Carr Smyth Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican Gov. John Kasich signed a bill Tuesday imposing a 20-week abortion ban while vetoing stricter provisions in a separate measure that would have barred the procedure at the ﬁrst detectable fetal heartbeat. Kasich acted on both proposals the same day they landed on his desk. The so-called heartbeat bill would have prohibited most abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can be as early as six weeks into pregnancy — or before many women know they are pregnant. Its provisions cleared the Republican-led Legislature during a lame-duck ﬂurry last week after being tucked into separate legislation. Similar measures elsewhere have faced legal challenges, and detractors in Ohio feared such legislation would lead to a costly ﬁght in the courts. Opponents predicted it would be found unconstitutional, a concern Kasich shared. Kasich said the heartbeat provision would have been struck down based on federal court rulings on similar measures elsewhere. Enacting the law would also invite challenges to current Ohio abortion prohibitions and would mean costly litigation. “The State of Ohio will be the losing party in that lawsuit and, as the losing party, the State of See ABORTION | 5 Body of missing woman found By Dean Wright deanwright@civitasmedia.com IRONTON — Human remains discovered Friday along the Ohio River in Ironton have been identiﬁed as a woman who was deemed missing from the Cheshire region in March. According to Gallia County Sheriff Joe Browning, Tamela Simpson, 34, was identiﬁed by dental records in coordination with the Ironton Police Department. “Ironton contacted us when the remains were discovered,” said Browning. “We felt there might be a connection based on previous indicators. Our detectives made contact with the family and are keeping them up to date on any info.” Simpson Browning said investigators do not suspect there was any foul play involved in Simpson’s death as of this time. Tamela disappeared March 14 from her family’s home in Cheshire. Her sisters say that Tamela walked across State Route 7 to the Ohio River to relieve stress from a variety of sources in her life after a discussion with family. The residence was a short distance from the water’s edge and easily seen from the front of the home. The sisters said it was a common practice with the family to sit by the water and clear their heads during times of difﬁculty. Simpson’s sisters say family members saw Tamela near the water’s edge and believed they saw her enter the river after potentially slipping and heard a sound potentially corresponding with the action. See BODY | 5 Photos by Sarah Hawley/Sentinel Ruby Brewer, front center, was recognized on Tuesday as Meigs County’s oldest active precinct worker. Pictured (front from left) are Board of Elections member Rita Slavin, Director Meghan Lee, Brewer, Deputy Director Angela Robson, (back from left) Board of Elections member Jimmy Stewart, Meigs County Commissioner Randy Smith and Board of Elections members David Fox and Charles Williams. Local election worker honored By Sarah Hawley shawley@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — Meigs County’s oldest active precinct worker was recognized on Tuesday at the Meigs County Board of Elections. Ruby Brewer, age 92, has served as a precinct worker on election day at the South Olive precinct in Long Bottom since 2008. Brewer was presented a proclamation from Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, as well as a letter of commendation from the Meigs County Commission which was presented by Commissioner Randy Smith. Since 2008, Brewer has worked each election day at the precinct in Long Bottom. Brewer did not recall how exactly she got her start as a precinct worker, but Director Meghan Lee said it was likely in response to the board of elections looking for precinct workers. Asked if she planned to continue serving as a precinct worker during future elections, Brewer said she planned to do so as long as she is able. Ruby Brewer was presented recognition as Meigs County’s oldest active precinct worker. Keeping ‘the story’ safe Silver Bridge Disaster told in pieces preserved at the museum By Beth Sergent bsergent@civitasmedia.com POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — At the Point Pleasant River Museum and Learning Center, the Silver Bridge Disaster is observed more than one day a year, though that solemn day is quickly approaching. Throughout the year, and well beyond the one day of the actual anniversary, the museum receives visitors from all across the area and the United States who are either connected to the tragedy or just curious. As museum director Jack Fowler once said: “We live it (the tragedy) everyday.” This is due to the massive archive of materials about that fateful day that rests at the facility. Sisters Martha and Ruth Fout have become curators of these many Beth Sergent/Register Pictured, from left, Martha and Ruth Fout in front of the major display of Silver Bridge Disaster artifacts housed at the Point Pleasant River Museum and Learning Center, including a scaled model of the bridge just prior to its collapse. The sisters have played a big role in preserving artifacts about the disaster which See STORY | 5 occurred Dec. 15, 1967. Victim’s mother speaks out about son’s death INDEX Obituary: 2 News: 3 Opinion: 4 Weather: 5 Sports: 6 Classifieds: 8 Comics: 9 By Sarah Hawley in the Ravenswood area, playing sports, speciﬁcally wrestling. “He was at his best around peoPOMEROY — As the man who ple,” said Horn of her son. killed her son prepared to be senBrandon worked from the age tenced on Monday, Kimberly of 15, and aspired to be Horn addressed the court and in the health ﬁeld like his the defendant, before taking mother. time to talk with local media “He was a genuine, caroutlets. ing person,” said Horn Christopher M. Dailey, 44, of her son, who worked of Sandyville, West Virginia, both at Jackson General pleaded guilty on Monday to Hospital and a second job Lupardus the shooting death of Branwith Subway where he was don Lupardus on Father’s Day promoted to management weekend 2016. The body of Lupar- positions. After eight years he dus was discovered by an employtook a pipeline job to provide for ee at the gravel pit in Portland. his children who are now 11 and 5. Horn, who brought many photos Horn said her son is still providof her son with her to the hearing, ing for his children as he worked talked about Brandon growing up for 15 years, allowing the chil- shawley@civitasmedia.com JOIN THE CONVERSATION What’s your take on today’s news? Go to mydailysentinel. com and visit us on facebook to share your thoughts. dren to receive ﬁnancial beneﬁts. “Brandon was a good boy, 30 years old, he worked since the time he was 15 years old and like I said in there, he provided for his children when he was here and he is still providing for his children after he’s gone because they do get social security beneﬁts.” She told the court that the defendant had robbed her family of a wonderful son and that Father’s Day would never be the same as that was the weekend Lupardus was murdered. Horn also spoke of family holidays such as Thanksgiving and how they did not take a family photo this year as, for the ﬁrst time, there was a See MOTHER | 5 �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Wednesday, December 14, 2016 OBITUARIES Daily Sentinel MEIGS BRIEFS DANNY BARBER REEDSVILLE — Danny Barber, 64, of Reedsville, Ohio, passed away Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, at Arcadia Nursing Center in Coolville. He was born Dec. 21, 1951, in Parkersburg, West Virginia, son of the late Leonard and Pauline Baxter Barber. He was a member of the Eden United Brethren Church. Danny is survived by a son, Chad Barber; four daughters, Melliaia (Michael) Moore, Candace Barber (Luis), Tiffany Barber and Tina (Justin) Guy; 13 grandchildren, Chelsea, Sarah, Autumn and Jacob Barber, Brenda Grifﬁn, Nichole Golden, Mayah and Steven Recamier, Kaylee and Victoria Whitlatch and Evan, Emily and Ethan Guy; two brothers, Junior (Shirley) Barber and Howard (Kay) Barber; a sister, Ruby (Daniel) Drake; a sisterin-law, Carol Barber; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughterin-law, LaDonna Barber; a half-brother, Robert Barber; a niece; and a nephew. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, at White-Schwarzel Funeral Home in Coolville with Robert Barber ofﬁciating. Burial will follow in the Eden Cemetery. Visitation will be held Thursday from 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home. You are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.whiteschwarzelfh.com. WALTON BIDWELL — Charles David Walton, 61, Bidwell, passed away Monday, December 13, 2016 in Arbors at Gallipolis following a lengthy illness. Memorial services will be announced at the convenience of the family. Cremation services are under the direction of the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Wetherholt Chapel, Gallipolis. MEIGS CHURCH CALENDAR Saturday, Dec. 17 REEDSVILLE — Reedsville United Methodist Church Christmas Program “It all happened in the country” will be held at 7 p.m. at the Reedsville United Methodist Church. Everyone welcome. Sunday, Dec. 18 MIDDLEPORT — The First Baptist Church (pastor, Billy Zuspan) of Middleport will be presenting the kids Christmas play, “The Incredible Adam Angel” on at 10:15 a.m. at 211 S. Sixth Ave., Middleport, Ohio. MIDDLEPORT — Hope Baptist Church, 570 Grant Street, Middleport, will hold its Christmas cantata, “One Small Child” at 11 a.m. MIDDLEPORT — Youth Christmas Play, “Tis the Season”, to be performed at 6:30 p.m. at Ash Street Church in Middleport, Ohio. Come share the evening with us. LONG BOTTOM — Long Bottom United Methodist Church Christmas program at 6 p.m. All invited. SYRACUSE — Norman Taylor will preach at the Syracuse Community Church, Second Street, Syracuse, at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 24 MIDDLEPORT — A Candlelight Christmas Eve Service will be held from 7-8 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Middleport, 211 S. Sixth Street, Middleport. Everyone is welcome to join in celebrating our Lord’s birthday. Editor’s Note: The Meigs Briefs will only list event information that is open to the public and will be printed on a space-available basis. Holiday Events MIDDLEPORT — Santa will be at the Middleport Police Department from 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. RUTLAND — The Rutland Village Lighting Contest will be judged beginning at 6 p.m. on Dec. 16. Prizes will be awarded in three categories: Lighted entrance way; Religious theme; and Non-religious theme. No mixture of religious and non-religious will be considered. Location of coverage in Rutland Village go from the Dean Harris property on Salem Street, and following Main street through the village to the old hilltop grocery. Coverage on New Lima Road to the Joe Bolin Property and on Depot Street to the Bill Nicholson property. This is sponsored by the Rutland Friendly Gardeners with local merchant support. Judging will be completed by a non-member. 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 available and a uniformed ofﬁcer will be on duty at the event. Children must be signed out by an adult. MIDDLEPORT — Riverbend Arts Council, 290 N. 2nd Ave., Middleport, Ohio, will present the band, Editor’s Note: 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: TDSnews@ civitasmedia.com. 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 Executive Committee to select projects for Round 31 funding under the Ohio Public (USPS 436-840) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes every Sunday and Tuesday through Friday. Subscription rate is $131.61 per year. Prices are subject to change at any time. CONTACT US Works Commission State Capital Improvement and Local Transportation Improvement Programs (SCIP/LTIP). If you have questions regarding this meeting, please contact Michelle Hyer at (740) 376-1025. Friday, Dec. 16 POMEROY — The PHS Class of ‘59 will be having their 3rd Friday lunch at Fox Pizza at noon. MIDDLEPORT — The Free Community Dinner at the Middleport Church of Christ will be held in their Family Life Center at the corner of Fifth and Main Streets. This month’s menu is ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, noodles, green beans, roll, and dessert. The doors open at 4:30 p.m. with the meal served WEDNESDAY EVENING BROADCAST 3 (WSAZ) 4 (WTAP) 6 (WSYX) 7 (WOUB) 8 (WCHS) 11 (WVAH) 12 (WVPB) 13 (WOWK) MIDDLEPORT — The Pomeroy-Middleport Lions Club will host The Master of Illusion Magic and Variety Show at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17 as an eyeglasses fundraiser. The event will be held at Meigs Primary School. Tickets are $8 in advance or $10 at the door, with children 5 and under admitted free. All proceeds go to the eyeglass program which provides eye care, eye glasses and eye treatments to those in need in the community. Animal Bedding Available MIDDLEPORT — The Meigs County Humane Society will be providing straw for animal bedding during the months of December, January and February. Vouchers may be picked up at the Humane Society Thrift Shop located at 253 N. Second Street in Middleport. To receive a voucher you must provide proof of income and pay a $2 fee for a bale of straw. For more information contact the Humane Society Thrift Shop at 740-992-6064 from 10 a.m to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday. CABLE 6 PM 6:30 WSAZ News 3 WTAP News at Six ABC 6 News at 6:00 p.m. Nature Cat NBC Nightly News NBC Nightly News ABC World News New Scandinavian Cooking Eyewitness ABC World News at 6 News 10TV News CBS Evening at 6 p.m. News 2 Broke Girls Eyewitness News 6:30 BBC World Nightly News: Business America Report (N) 13 News at CBS Evening 6:00 p.m. News 6 PM 6:30 7 PM 7:30 Wheel of Jeopardy! Fortune Wheel of Jeopardy! Fortune Entertainm- Access ent Tonight Hollywood PBS NewsHour Providing indepth analysis of current events. Judge Judy Entertainment Tonight Wheel of Jeopardy! Fortune The Big Bang The Big Bang Theory Theory PBS NewsHour Providing indepth analysis of current events. 13 News at Inside 7:00 p.m. Edition 7 PM 7:30 at 5 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Saturday, Dec. 17 MIDDLEPORT — Riverbend Arts Council, 290 N. 2nd Ave., Middleport, OH will present the band, “RIVERJAM”, playing the sounds of the 60s and 70s, big band music, and holiday favorites from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Refreshments included. Tickets are on sale at King Hardware, Middleport and Clark’s Jewelry Store, Pomeroy and at the door. Singles are $15 and couples are $25. appointment. Thursday, Dec. 29 LETART TWP. — The regular meeting of the Letart Township Trustees will be held at 3:30 p.m. at the Letart Township Building. Immediately following the regular meeting the Letart Township Organizational Meeting will be held. Friday, Dec. 30 MIDDLEPORT — An American Red Cross Blood Drive will be held from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Church of Christ Family Life Center, 437 Main Wednesday, Dec. 28 POMEROY — A blood Street. BEDFORD TWP. — drive will be held at the The last meeting and Mulberry Community restructuring of the BedCenter from 1-6:30 p.m. ford Township Board of Please call 1-800-733Trustees for 2016 will be 2767 or visit redcrossblood.org to schedule and at 4 p.m. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14 8 PM 8:30 A Pentatonix Christmas Special (P) (N) A Pentatonix Christmas Special (P) (N) Goldberg (N) Speech "C-HO-CHOIR" (N) Nature "Legendary White Stallions" 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 Saturday Night Live Christmas Hilarious holiday-themed sketches are revisited. (N) Saturday Night Live Christmas Hilarious holiday-themed sketches are revisited. (N) Modern Black-ish (N) Designated Survivor "The Family (N) Oath" (N) Nova "Mystery of a Secrets of the Dead "Van Masterpiece" Gogh's Ear" (N) Goldberg (N) Speech "C-H- Modern Black-ish (N) O-CHOIR" (N) Family (N) Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X Castaways compete for the goal of 'Sole Survivor.' (SF) (N) Empire "A Furnace for Your Star "Pilot" (P) (N) Foe" (N) Nature "Legendary White Nova "Mystery of a Stallions" Masterpiece" Secrets of the Dead "Van Gogh's Ear" (N) Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X Castaways compete for the goal of 'Sole Survivor.' (SF) (N) Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X "Reunion" (N) 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 Designated Survivor "The Oath" (N) Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X "Reunion" (N) Eyewitness News at 10 10 PM 10:30 Cops Cops Cops Cops Salem "Wednesday's Child" (:05) Salem 18 (WGN) BlueB. "Family Business" DFL Soccer VFL Wolfsburg at Bayern Munich UEFA Soccer 24 (ROOT) DFL Soccer Borussia Dortmund at Köln 25 (ESPN) SportsCenter NBA Basketball Indiana Pacers at Miami Heat (L) NBA Basketball Boston vs San Antonio (L) 26 (ESPN2) Around Horn Interruption SportsCenter 30 for 30 "Catholics vs. Convicts" SportsCenter 27 (LIFE) 29 (FREE) 30 (SPIKE) Civitas Media, LLC Lions Club fundraiser MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS 10 (WBNS) Ongoing Events PORTLAND — A Bible study will be held on Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. at the Portland Community Center with Rev. Tom Curtis. Everyone welcome. MIDDLEPORT — Pastor Billy Zuspan of the First Baptist Church of Middleport has begun an in-depth Bible study of The Revelation during the Sunday and Wednesday evening services at 7 p.m. at 211 S. 6th Ave., Middleport, Ohio. If you have questions, please call 740-992-2755 and leave a message. “RIVERJAM”, playing the sounds of the 60’s and 70’s, Big Band Music, and Holiday Favorites from 7-10 p.m. on Dec. 17. Refreshments included. Tickets are on sale at King Hardware, Middleport and Clark’s Jewelry Store, Pomeroy and at the door. Singles are $15 and Couples are $25. 31 (NICK) 34 (USA) 35 (TBS) 37 (CNN) 38 (TNT) 39 (AMC) 40 (DISC) 42 (A&E) 52 (ANPL) 57 (OXY) 58 60 61 (WE) (E!) (TVL) 62 (NGEO) PUBLISHER Bud Hunt, Ext. 2109 bhunt@civitasmedia.com ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Julia Schultz, Ext. 2104 jschultz@civitasmedia.com 64 (NBCSN) 65 (FS1) EDITOR Beth Sergent, Ext. 1992 bsergent@civitasmedia.com CIRCULATION MANAGER Tyler Wolfe, Ext. 2092 twolfe@civitasmedia.com 68 (BRAVO) 72 (BET) 73 (HGTV) MANAGING EDITOR Sarah Hawley, Ext. 2555 shawley@civitasmedia.com SPORTS EDITOR Bryan Walters, Ext. 2101 bwalters@civitasmedia.com 74 (SYFY) 67 (HIST) PREMIUM Little Women Dallas "Party Little Women: Dallas "Man Little Women: Dallas Little Women: Dallas Little Women: Dallas "Friday Night Fights" "Trading Spaces" "Right to Refuse" Crasher" (N) Up" (N) (5:00) National Lampoon's Arthur Christmas (2011, Animated) Jim Broadbent, The Santa Clause (1994, Comedy) Judge Reinhold, Christmas Vacation TVPG Bill Nighy, James McAvoy. TVPG Wendy Crewson, Tim Allen. TVPG Lip Sync "Channing Tatum Lip Sync Battle Lip Sync (4:30) Varsity Blues Lip Sync "Channing Tatum Lip Sync James Van Der Beek. TVMA vs. Jenna Dewan-Tatum" vs. Jenna Dewan-Tatum" Battle Battle H.Danger H.Danger H.Danger Thunder Thunder GShakers Full House Full House Full House Full House NCIS "Identity Crisis" NCIS "Leap of Faith" WWE Tribute to the Troops (N) A Madea Christmas TV14 Seinfeld Seinfeld Seinfeld Seinfeld The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The Situation Room OutFront Anderson Cooper 360 Anderson Cooper 360 CNN Tonight (5:45) Special The Grinch The Grinch Fred Claus (‘07, Com) Paul Giamatti. TVPG (5:30) The Goonies (1985, Adventure) Corey Home Alone 2: Lost in New York A boy finds himself all alone in Home Alone Feldman, Josh Brolin, Sean Astin. TVPG New York City and sets out to foil two bumbling burglars. TVPG 2: Lost in ... Alaskan Bush People Alaskan Bush People Alaskan Bush People Bushcraft "Protection" (N) Legend of Croc Gold (N) The First 48 "Calling for a Duck Duck Duck D. (N)/ Duck Duck Going Si-ral Wahlburgers Duck Killer/ Boiling Point" Dynasty Dynasty (:05) Duck D. Dynasty Dynasty (N) (N) (N) Dynasty Too Cute! Too Cute! Too Cute (N) Too Cute Too Cute! Too Cute! (4:45) Stepmom (‘98, Drama) Susan The Bodyguard (‘92, Susp) Whitney Houston. A singer-turnedSave the Last Dance Sarandon, Ed Harris, Julia Roberts. TV14 actress falls in love with her bodyguard while being stalked by a fan. TV14 (‘00, Dra) Julia Stiles. TV14 CSI: Miami "Cyber-lebrity" CSI: Miami "Inside Out" CSI: Miami "Deep Freeze" CSI: Miami "Sunblock" CSI:Miami "Chain Reaction" (4:00) Forrest Gump TV14 E! News (N) Total Divas (N) Football "Kissed Off" (N) Total Divas A. Griffith A. Griffith A. Griffith A. Griffith A. Griffith Loves Ray Loves Ray Loves Ray Younger (N) Younger (N) Alaska State Troopers Drugs, Inc. "Ecstasy" The Drugs, Inc. "Best in the Explorer Years of Living "Home Invasion Manhunt" controversial use of ecstasy. Business" Dangerously "Uprising" (N) NHL Top 10 NHL Live! (L) NHL Hockey Boston Bruins at Pittsburgh Penguins (L) NHL Hockey Pha./Col. (L) UFC Unleashed (N) UFC Tonight (N) NCAA Basketball UIC vs. DePaul (L) UFC Tonight American Pickers American Pickers "Time Vikings "The Vision" Vikings "Two Journeys" (N) Real Vikings "Viking "Daredevil Duffey" Warp" Women" (N) (:15) Tardy... (:45) Tardy... (:15) Tardy... (:45) Tardy... (:15) Tardy... (:45) Housewives Atlanta (:45) Atlanta Tardy (SF) (N) Don't Tardy (:55) Browns The Browns Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain (:25) Kevin Hart Kevin Hart performs live at Madison Square Garden. Property Brothers Property Brothers Property Brothers New Orl. "The Finale" (N) H.Hunt (N) House (N) (5:00) Volcano (‘97, Act) Anne Heche, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (‘09, Act) Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. Incorporated "Human Gaby Hoffman, Tommy Lee Jones. TV14 An elite military unit known as G.I. Joe battle an evil organization. TVPG Resources" (N) 6 PM 400 (HBO) 111 Court St., Pomeroy, OH, 45769 Periodical postage paid at Pomeroy, OH 450 (MAX) POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Sentinel, 111 Court St., Pomeroy, OH, 45769. 500 (SHOW) 6:30 7 PM 7:30 Cast Away Tom Hanks. The Vice News lone survivor of a plane crash must adapt to Tonight solitary life on a remote island. TVPG Road House (1989, Action) Sam Elliott, Ben Gazzara, Patrick Swayze. A pro bouncer is hired to ensure that a rowdy bar is safer for the patrons and musicians. TV14 Zero Days (2016, Documentary) Emad Kiyaei, Eric Chien, David Sanger. Examining Stuxnet, the self-replicating computer malware developed by the U.S. and Israel. TV14 (5:05) 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 (:05) Eddie the Eagle (‘16, Bio) Hugh Jackman, Taron State of Divorce Play: Figh. Egerton. The story of Eddie Edwards, a British skier who (N) made history at the 1988 Winter Olympics. TVPG Magic Mike XXL (‘15, Com/Dra) Channing Tatum. Trainwreck (2015, The Kings of Tampa set out for Myrtle Beach for one last Comedy) Bill Hader, Colin performance before stepping down. TVMA Quinn, Amy Schumer. TVMA Fargo A pregnant police chief (:45) Casino Royale Daniel Craig. On investigates a bizarre murder and his first mission with 00 status, James Bond kidnapping in Minnesota. TVMA must stop terrorist banker Le Chiffre. TV14 �NEWS Daily Sentinel Wednesday, December 14, 2016 3 Local Grange member wins national contest Staff Report in Cleveland, Ohio in 1992. In winning, Ashley was asked to At the recent 150th session perform next year in Spokane, of the National Grange held in Washington, when the National the Hilton Hotel in Washington Grange celebrates the 150th D.C., Keith Ashley was again on anniversary of its founding. An the stage of the national talent entrant must ﬁst win his state contest for Grange members. talent contest to perform in the Ashley performed Fredernational ﬁnals. ick Chopin’s Nocturne Opus Ashley studied piano under 9 No. 2. The audience was applauding before the piece was Ann Johnson, LaVerne Powell, Ruth Stearns, Bea Kuhn and ﬁnished, and he was awarded lastly Gerald Hoffner, a graduﬁrst place in the competition. ate of the Cincinnati ConservaAshley also won the contest tory of Music. Through Grange, Ashley has performed in Providence, Rhode Island; Cleveland, Ohio; Portland, Maine; and Spokane, Washington. When at the National Grange convention, he met with the national master, Betsey Huber, to discuss a project he is conducting for National Grange. Two years ago, Ashley was authorized by then national master Ed Luttrell to research the descendants of the original seven founders of the order, all of its past national masters, and all of the heads of its ritualistic order. Already, $5,000 of research has been performed with more to go. A few contacts have already been made with descendants. Ashley has been a genealogist for 50 years. He is currently president of the Meigs County Genealogical Society and has served as state president of four state hereditary societies as well as historian general of the General Society of the War of 1812. Ashley is a member of Racine Grange as well as the Ohio Valley Grange in Ravenswood. He recently retired as the state assistant steward of the West Virginia State Grange and its legislative director. He has been a Grange member for a half century, starting in the Racine Junior Grange. He and his wife, Emma, reside in Rocksprings. Hemlock Grange donates to Meigs Cooperative Parish Retired teachers award scholarship Staff Report The Meigs County Retired Teachers Association met Dec. 1 at the Trinity Congregational Church. Becky Triplett, president, welcomed the group and led the pledge to the flag. Janice Weber read “Rachel’s Little Star Tree” for devotions and had prayer before the meal was served by the ladies of the church. Secretary and treasurer’s reports were given and approved. Membership dues are to be paid soon. Laura Hill spoke to the group about the Community Connectors which is a local mentoring program mainly for fifth and sixth grades. It is a Christian based program and Field of Hope is where the grant for the program is funded. Cards were signed for John Riebel Sr. and Ina Meadows. Triplett thanked the group for the books and art supplies for children or teens to be used as Christmas gifts at the CooperaCremeans tive Parish. She reminded the group that volunteer hours are to be turned in this month. A report was given on the Meigs County Teachers Supplemental Retirement Planning Seminar held recently at Meigs High School. The seminar was sponsored by the AthensMeigs Educational Service Center, Meigs County Retired Teachers Association and the Ohio Retired Teachers Association. The event was held to inform teachers of the benefits available at retirement and to encourage teachers to make additional investments in order to supplement their income from the State Retired Teachers System. John Buch, Benefits Counselor for STRS of Ohio, explained retirement provisions and Patrick Saunders, Financial Advisor for Hilliard Lyons, spoke on the basics of investing. He said it was wise to have a plan for the future. Flowers donated by Marshall Roush, Never Done Farm, were given as door prizes. Refreshments were prepared by members of the MCRTA. Charlene Rutherford and Becky Zurcher, scholarship committee, reported that Alyssa N. Cremeans was the recipient of the MCRTA scholarship. She is attending Alderson Broaddus University in Philippi, West Virginia, and has a grade point average of 3.917 in the field of education. Her goal is to teach special education in either an elementary or middle school setting. She has been on the women’s golf team for four years; is a member of Zeta Alpha Gamma, a science club on campus; a golf representative for three years to the Student Athletic Advisory Committee; and is a member of Alderson Broaddus’ Student Education Association. She is currently doing a work study job through the library. The Eastern Bell Choir presented an enjoyable program or music under the direction of Cris Kuhn. Door prizes were given to Becky Cotterill, Marlene Donovan and Suzanne Sayre. STOCKS AEP (NYSE) - 62.71 Akzo (NASDAQ) - 21.18 Big Lots (NYSE) - 54.75 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) 52.93 BorgWarner (NYSE) - 40.77 Century Alum (NASDAQ) - 9.33 City Holding (NASDAQ) 66.89 Collins (NYSE) - 94.43 DuPont (NYSE) - 74.75 US Bank (NYSE) - 51.70 Gen Electric (NYSE) - 31.74 Harley-Davidson (NYSE) 61.06 JP Morgan (NYSE) - 84.76 Kroger (NYSE) - 34.42 Ltd Brands (NYSE) - 72.29 Norfolk So (NYSE) - 109.83 OVBC (NASDAQ) - 26.74 BBT (NYSE) - 47.06 Peoples (NASDAQ) - 31.04 Pepsico (NYSE) - 105.63 Premier (NASDAQ) - 20.27 Rockwell (NYSE) - 137.07 Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) - 11.45 Royal Dutch Shell - 54.29 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) - 11.40 Wal-Mart (NYSE) - 71.80 Wendy’s (NYSE) - 13.96 WesBanco (NYSE) - 41.95 Worthington (NYSE) 55.50 Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. ET closing quotes of transactions Dec. 14, 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. Courtesy photo Hemlock Grange recently presented a check to the Meigs County Cooperative Parish as part of their annual donation to the organization. The donation is made through contributions from grange members. Presenting the check to Nancy Thoene, center, were grange members Jim and Barbara Fry. Google’s self-driving car project gets new name SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The self-driving car project that Google started seven years ago has grown into a company called Waymo, signaling its conﬁdence that it will be able to bring robot-controlled vehicles to the masses within the next few years. “We are getting close and we are getting ready,” Waymo CEO John Krafcik said Tuesday after unveiling the company’s identity. To underscore his point, Krafcik revealed the project had hit a key milestone in the journey to having fully autonomous cars cruising around public roads. In a trip taken in October 2015 , a pod-like car with no steering wheel and brake pads drove a legally blind passenger around neighborhoods in Austin, Texas without another human in the vehicle. It marked the ﬁrst time one of the project’s cars had given a passenger a ride without a human on hand to take control of a selfdriving car if something went wrong. Krafcik called that trip taken by Steve Mahan, former director of the Santa Clara Valley Blind Center, an “inﬂection point” in the development of self-driving cars. It came a year before a Budweiser beer truck equipped with self-driving technology owned by ride-hailing service Uber completed a 120-mile trip through Colorado while being steered by a robot while a human sat in the back of trailer. In doing so, Krafcik and other supporters of self-driving cars believe the technology will drastically reduce the number of deaths on the roads each year because they contend robots don’t get distracted or drunk, nor ignore the rules of the road, like humans do. While Google’s selfdriving cars were still in the research-and-development stage, its leaders indicated the vehicles would be commonplace by 2020. Krafcik declined to update the timetable Tuesday, saying only that “we are close to bringing this to a lot of people.” Waymo’s transition from what once was viewed as a longshot experiment to a fullﬂedged company marks another step in an effort to revolutionize the way people get around. Instead of driving themselves and having to ﬁnd a place to park, people will be chauffeured in robot-controlled vehicles if Waymo, automakers and Uber realize their vision within the next few years. Waymo’s name is meant to be shorthand for “a new way forward in mobility.” The newly minted company will operate within Google’s parent company, Alphabet, which was created last year to oversee far-ﬂung projects that have nothing to do with Google’s main business of online search and advertising. Those projects, which Alphabet CEO Larry Page likens to “moonshots,” have lost $8 billion since 2014, with the research into selfdriving cars accounting for a signiﬁcant chunk of that amount. Google began working on its self-driving technology in 2009 in a secretive lab called “X” run by company co-founder Sergey Brin. Since then, its ﬂeet of cars has covered more than 2.3 million miles in the San Francisco Bay Area, Austin, Arizona and Washington state. In their travels, the self-driving vehicles have been involved in 35 trafﬁc accidents. Google has said its self-driving vehicles were at fault in only one collision with a bus earlier this year. The self-driving project had been expected to be spun out of the X lab since Krafcik, a former Hyundai USA executive, was hired as its CEO 15 months ago. As its own company, Waymo will now face more pressure to generate a proﬁt under Alphabet’s management instead of simply focusing on research. Rather than make its own cars, Waymo intends to license its technology to traditional automakers and trucking companies. “We are not in the business of making better cars,” Krafcik said. “We are in the business of making better drivers.” Earlier this year, Waymo’s precursor licensed its self-driving technology to Fiat Chrysler for 100 Paciﬁca minivans currently in production. Financial terms of that deal haven’t been disclosed. The pressure to make money risks alienating some of the engineers who worked on the selfdriving cars as a project that didn’t have a mandate to turn a proﬁt. As it headed down the road to becoming Waymo, several key players quit the project. The defectors included its former director, Chris Urmson, and a co-founder Anthony Levandowski, who is now working on self-driving technology for Uber. FBI looks into Congress’ claims VA lied DENVER (AP) — The Justice Department is considering whether to investigate allegations that Veterans Affairs Department executives lied to Congress to conceal massive cost overruns at a $1.7 billion VA hospital under construction outside Denver. The FBI’s Washington ﬁeld ofﬁce is reviewing the allegations, the Justice Department said in a letter to Congress. The letter was dated Dec. 9 and made public Tuesday. The FBI is part of the Justice Department. Lawmakers accuse VA executives of lying when they testiﬁed before the House Veterans Affairs Committee in 2013 and 2014 about the cost of the hospital in suburban Aurora. The current projected price tag is nearly triple the 2014 estimate. The VA declined to comment on the lawmakers’ allegations. In a written statement, the department said it has already acknowledged mistakes on the project and made changes to its construction practices. A bipartisan group of 21 lawmakers on the Veterans Affairs Committee asked for an investigation in September. The request came after the VA’s internal watchdog ofﬁce said Glenn Haggstrom, formerly the department’s top ofﬁcial in charge of construction projects, knew the hospital cost was soaring but didn’t tell Congress. �E ditorial 4 Wednesday, December 14, 2016 THEIR VIEW The John Glenn I Knew By Rob Portman Contributing columnist This week we lost an American hero and the longest-serving United States Senator in Ohio history. We lost John Glenn, of New Concord, Ohio. I lost a close personal friend. When most folks think of John Glenn, they remember that he was a famous astronaut and the ﬁrst American to orbit the Earth. They may remember how he inspired our country at a time of uncertainty when the Soviet Union seemed to be winning the space race. They might even remember the grainy black-and-white images of his being escorted to Cape Canaveral by Vice-President Lyndon Johnson, meeting President Kennedy, or his address to a joint session of Congress. If that were all John Glenn had done, he would still be a true American hero. But there was so much more to him than that landmark achievement. Before he was a famous astronaut, he was already a decorated war hero. When the Japanese Empire attacked Pearl Harbor, he was a licensed pilot Rob Portman studying at Muskingum College. Contributing John put his plans aside, left college, and signed up to be a Marine Corps columnist pilot, ﬂying 59 combat missions in the Paciﬁc Theater. If that were all he had done, he would still have been a hero. But he kept serving. When the Korean War broke out, he ﬂew 90 more combat missions. His wingman was often baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams, who described him as “absolutely fearless…the best pilot I ever saw.” Williams felt “an intuitive feeling that this was a man destined for something great…He was one of the calmest men I have ever met, no matter how perilous the situation.” For his skill and bravery as a pilot, John received the Distinguished Flying Cross six times. Again, if that were all he had done, he would still have been a hero. After the war, John served as a test pilot for new military aircraft under development, and, in 1957, he broke the ﬂight speed record by ﬂying from Los Angeles to New York in just under three and a half hours. Then John Glenn decided to pursue a different kind of public service and run for ofﬁce. In 1974, on his third try running for the United States Senate, he won. He continued winning, representing Ohio for 24 years, longer than any Senator in Ohio history. In 1980, he won re-election by the largest margin in Ohio history. He was a popular Senator because he was effective at getting things done. He chaired the Government Affairs Committee for 17 years and helped pass the Inspector Generals Act, to create the ofﬁce of the Inspector General in federal agencies and root out waste, fraud, and abuse. In 1995, when I was a newly-elected Congressman from Cincinnati, John Glenn and I worked on a number of projects together, including legislation we co-authored that prohibits the federal government from imposing expensive rules and regulations on states and local governments without paying for them, to curb unfunded federal mandates. He founded the Senate Great Lakes Task Force during his third term and served as its co-chair. He authored two bills that became law to stop the spread of non-indigenous species in the Great Lakes. As his successor as Senator from Ohio, I now continue his work as Vice-Chair of this task force and I have passed two of my own bills into law to protect Lake Erie. After John retired from the Senate in 1998, he founded the Glenn Institute of Public Affairs at the Ohio State University, later named the Glenn School. Before I ran for the United States Senate, I taught there, including co-teaching four classes. He asked me to join the Glenn School advisory board, and I’ve been a member ever since. Last year what started as an Institute became the John Glenn College of Public Affairs. He was so proud of the College because he believed it was critical to get more young people involved in public service. In fact, the Glenn College may ultimately become his greatest achievement, because through it his legacy will be to continue to inspire and train thousands of young Ohioans to pursue public service like he did. In October, I attended our Glenn College board meeting with John Glenn as chairman, and, as always, Annie Glenn at his side. She was not only the love of his life from their childhood, but his inseparable partner for their 73 years of marriage. At the board meeting he was in good spirits as always, earnest as always, and devoted to public service as always. His focus was on establishing a new leadership institute for Ohio public ofﬁcials. He never stopped dreaming and he never stopped serving. That was the John Glenn I was privileged to know. Rob Portman is a Republican U.S. senator from Ohio. Daily Sentinel THEIR VIEW Remembering John Glenn, lawmaker By Stephen Ryan Contributing columnist WASHINGTON — John Glenn is my hero and America’s hero, but he was also my boss. Senator Glenn always acted with integrity: in his marriage, in his devotion to his country, in his work with his colleagues. He was always a gentleman in the best sense. I had the good fortune as a young child to have the measles during his February 1962 ﬂight. We all marveled at his coolness under pressure. Subsequently, we saw all the pictures of him and his wife Annie with President Kennedy, Mrs. Kennedy and the brothers, particularly Bobby. They seemed the embodiment of Camelot. It was part of my dream to work for him and I ended up as an advance man in his 1984 presidential campaign. I got to ﬂy with him and work with him. The senator had a way of reminding folks about his heroism, while being so “right stuff” and selfdeprecating at the same time. Joke No. 1 was as he was sitting atop the Atlas rocket waiting for launch, he realized it had been built by the lowest bidder. Joke No. 2 was based on a long-winded speaker lauding him after the historic ﬂight and saying how there “were few truly great Americans.” When he and Annie were driving home and Glenn started talking about this, he said Annie responded, “John Glenn, there is one less Great American than you may think….” We didn’t think that ever really happened. All of us saw the couple as a model for how devotion in marriage could work. Their love was a constant for each other and a lesson to all who surrounded them. But the senator’s modesty and calm at times masked his killer qualities. Opponents in war or politics knew a different Glenn. We should never forget that John Glenn was one of the youngest Corsair pilots in the Paciﬁc who ﬂew dangerous ground support missions for his fellow Marines in World War II. He followed this by ﬂying jet ﬁghters in Korea, where he became known as “Magnet Ass,” said with affection and respect by his colleagues, for picking up so much shrapnel from enemy anti-air ﬁre and from ﬂying low to the ground supporting the troops. Glenn and the greatest baseball player of all time, Ted Williams, ﬂew together in the last days of the Korean War, and the senator downed Migs with his Sabre. Those qualities were also on display in what came to be known as the “Gold Star Mothers” speech, during a candidates’ forum during the 1974 Senate Democratic primary. Responding to his businessman opponent’s contention that Glenn had never met a payroll or held a “job,” he told his opponent to go to a veterans’ hospital and “look those men with mangled bodies in the eyes and tell them they didn’t hold a job. You go with me to any Gold Star mother and you look her in the eye and tell her that her son did not hold a job.” It won him the race. Glenn’s presidential campaigning wasn’t as successful. We failed to get our Democratic Eisenhower the nomination he deserved, but campaign work was enough to raise me from being an Assistant U.S. Attorney to a swanky job as counsel to what is now the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in 1987. Glenn was doing what he always did — leading a worthy policy effort in success or failure. At leadership’s request, the chairman took to the ﬂoor in a valiant and doomed attempt to raise federal civil service wages, which had bottomed out at that time in comparison to the private sector. But it was not a popular issue and we knew it would not succeed. Senator Glenn “As always the senator was a teacher and mentor — ‘flexibility’ was his mantra for all of us. Of course, he used it to put back on his space suit as they used to call it.” —Stephen Ryan was pretty popular with his colleagues, and one after another senators spoke out against civil service raises then came over to tell him they would like to be with him but couldn’t. After several hours, his neck and bald spot started to turn red. I had learned this was about the only visible sign his cool, control and laconic ﬁghter pilot calm might be deserting him. Finally, he turned to one senator and quietly replied so only his colleague could hear, “Do what’s right for the country.” The lawmaker on the receiving end had a shocked look on his face and left pretty quickly. That was the only time in the years I worked for Senator Glenn that I saw him rebuke a colleague. One time a very old senator who was on occasion losing his grip on memory chewed Senator Glenn out for a position he had taken on the Armed Services Committee. It was harsh and un-senatorial. Barely an hour later, we were back in his Hart Senate Ofﬁce Building, on a late evening, and the same senator called and asked for a favor. Glenn accommodated him. I was incredulous. My Irish was up from the earlier encounter, and I asked the senator why he did it. He laughed and said the other senator no longer remembered the chewing out, and it did no harm to help him on the matter at hand. Pure Glenn. Generous beyond expectation. The senator put together a really respectable body of public policy accomplishments, including addressing nuclear non-proliferation issues that still dog our national security. He insisted on the environmental cleanup of the Energy Department’s nuclear weapons complex and an oversight board to look at its safety. He empow- ered inspectors general and extended the IG coverage to the CIA, to the Justice and Treasury departments and many other federal agencies. He led the legislation giving the VA and the EPA Cabinet-level status. He was a work horse in the Senate, and because he was already a hero, he quietly did the grunt work others didn’t pay much attention to. He accomplished far more in his Senate career than people remember and is the only Democrat in Ohio history to have been elected four times. The senator always stayed in shape. He ate carefully, usually a bowl of soup and an apple. One day Sens. Dennis DeConcini and Ted Kennedy got in a spat at a meeting where Glenn, Sen. Joe Biden and others were working. I was sitting between the two senators who were standing over me and watched Glenn calmly start eating Kennedy’s potato chips, a delicacy he didn’t normally indulge in. The careful upkeep of his body paid off in 1997 when I was able to take my son John, now a counsel in the Senate, to watch the senator’s return to space in the space shuttle. I had come full circle from 1962 to 1997. As always the senator was a teacher and mentor — “ﬂexibility” was his mantra for all of us. Of course, he used it to put back on his space suit as they used to call it. So good bye Senator — we remember your midwestern good looks and the way you rocketed into our lives as a shining example of the duty we all owe our country. Stephen M. Ryan served as general counsel of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee under Sen. John Glenn. He is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, and Deputy Counsel of the President’s Commission on Organized Crime. TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Wednesday, Dec. 14, the 349th day of 2016. There are 17 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 14, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson vetoed an immigration measure aimed at preventing “undesirables” and anyone born in the “Asiatic Barred Zone” from entering the U.S. (Congress overrode Wilson’s veto in Feb. 1917.) On this date: In 1799, the ﬁrst president of the United States, George Washington, died at his Mount Vernon, Virginia, home at age 67. In 1819, Alabama joined the Union as the 22nd state. In 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen (ROH’-ahl AH’mun-suhn) and his team became the ﬁrst men to reach the South Pole, beating out a British expedition led by Robert F. Scott. In 1918, “Il Trittico,” a trio of one-act operas by Giacomo Puccini, premiered at New York’s Metropolitan Opera House. (The third opera, “Gianni Schicchi (SKEE’-kee),” featured the aria “O Mio Babbino Caro,” which was an instant hit.) In 1936, the comedy “You Can’t Take It With You” by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart opened on Broadway. In 1946, the United Nations General Assembly voted to establish the U.N.’s headquarters in New York. In 1964, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States, ruled that Congress was within its authority to THOUGHT FOR TODAY “You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories.” — Stanislaw J. Lec, Polish author (1909-1966) enforce the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against racial discrimination by private businesses (in this case, a motel that refused to cater to blacks). In 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan concluded their third and ﬁnal moonwalk and blasted off for their rendezvous with the command module. In 1981, Israel annexed the Golan Heights, which it had seized from Syria in 1967. In 1986, the experimental aircraft Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, took off from Edwards Air Force Base in California on the ﬁrst non-stop, non-refueled ﬂight around the world. In 1996, a freighter lost power on the Mississippi River and barreled into the Riverwalk complex in New Orleans; miraculously, no one was killed. In 2012, a gunman with a semi-automatic riﬂe killed 20 ﬁrstgraders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, then committed suicide as police arrived; 20-year-old Adam Lanza had also fatally shot his mother at their home before carrying out the attack on the school. �NEWS/WEATHER Daily Sentinel Abortion defendant has all the information and he shares it with them. We don’t know what to think because we haven’t From page 1 been told by investigators family member missing. or the prosecutor. When “All we have now are I ask questions they can’t memories,” said Horn. answer those questions. It Horn asked the defendant leaves us in the dark,” said what her son had done Horn. that was “so horrible” that “I want to know why my caused the defendant to son was murdered. I don’t take his life, and why he know why.” chose Father’s Day weekend Asked if Lupardus knew to do so. Dailey, Horn said she had “I pray the Lord has heard they knew one anothmercy on your soul and that er for a few weeks. you never have to suffer the “I expected him to say loss of one of your children something or at least turn at the hands of another. to the family and apologize If you ever ﬁnd it in your for what he did, but he did heart to sit down with me not,” said Horn of Dailey’s and tell me why you did this, I am willing and ready lack of making a statement to hear it. Someday, I hope in court. Horn revealed that there I can forgive you,” Horn were two others believed to concluded her statement in have been involved in the court. case in some manner. “I’m really disappointed “I know that there were because I still do not know two other people there. The details around my son’s two other people are walkdeath. I have not been ing free. They have never told anything as to why it been charged and that is a occurred. I wanted a trial jury and that was supposed huge problem for our family. We don’t understand why to start tomorrow but he those two people are still decided to take a plea deal walking free,” said Horn instead,” said Horn followof the two others allegedly ing the hearing. involved. “They knew he “I would like to sit down was dead and did nothing. with him and ask him why One was the driver.” he did this. What my son Horn said she knows did that was so horrible that he decided to take his life,” the identity of the two others, but did not give those said Horn, noting that she just wants to know why the names. As neither have been murder took place. charged, the Sentinel did “I’ve gotten absolutely no not inquire further as to closure. I felt with having the names of the individua jury trial I was at least als, but did ask Prosecutor going to get to know what happened and why and now Colleen Williams about the possibility others were it’s like nothing. I have no involved. idea,” stated Horn of the Williams said Dailey was plea hearing taking place the one who pulled the rather than a trial in the trigger in killing Lupardus, case. Horn said she is supposed but acknowledged that there may have been othto meet with ofﬁcials later ers involved in the case this week to ﬁnd out inforalthough there are quesmation about the case. “I understand the reason tions as to what involvethat they can’t share a lot of ment by other individuals could be proven or if it had the information but when taken place in Ohio or West people in the community talk about it because the Virginia. 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 23° 32° 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. Snowfall (in inches) The AccuWeather.com Cold Index combines the effects of local weather with a number of demographic factors to provide a scale showing the overall probability of transmission and symptom severity of the common cold. 1 24 hours ending 3 p.m. yest. 0.0 Month to date/normal 0.5/1.1 Season to date/normal 0.5/1.9 WEATHER TRIVIA™ SUN & MOON Q: Who said, ‘If you don’t like the weather, just wait a minute’? Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Thu. 7:40 a.m. 5:08 p.m. 7:21 p.m. 8:59 a.m. MOON PHASES Last New Dec 20 Dec 29 First Jan 5 Full Jan 12 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for ﬁsh and game. Today Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Tue. Major 11:36a 12:07a 1:14a 2:18a 3:17a 4:12a 5:02a Minor 5:21a 6:24a 7:29a 8:31a 9:30a 10:24a 11:13a Major ---12:39p 1:43p 2:45p 3:43p 4:36p 5:24p Minor 5:51p 6:54p 7:57p 8:58p 9:55p 10:48p 11:36p WEATHER HISTORY Snowfall on Dec. 14, 1967, set records in Herber Ranger Station, Ariz., for greatest 24-hour snowfall in state’s history (38 inches) and singlestorm total (67 inches). 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme A: Mark Twain about New England weather Today 7:39 a.m. 5:07 p.m. 6:18 p.m. 7:59 a.m. marine boats and cadaver dogs in a ground search of the area after receiving reports about Tamela’s disappearance. Sisters Natasha and Kat Simpson previously told the Tribune during their sister’s search that they “just wanted peace for (Tamela) and closure for the family.” “She was loved by many,” Natasha said in April. “This has been hard on all of us.” grave of a loved one.” For those who weren’t directly affected, the museum’s pieces hold a vast array of information, including incorporating the human element when it comes to educating visitors on the loss of life. “We put faces to names,” Ruth said. Both Martha and Ruth co-authored a book on the tragedy which centered around chronicling a biography of the victims, as well as the history of the bridge and its demise. Ruth herself was working on 6th Street the night the bridge actually fell. She was getting ready to leave work when she heard the noise and the lights went out. A short time after, she said her super- visor’s husband, Steve Darst, came into the ofﬁce to tell everyone what happened. Ruth said she learned Steve had watched the bridge actually fall, having been stuck in trafﬁc at the light at 6th Street. “He said it looked like the eye bars were clapping, then it went to the right, then up and down,” Ruth said when relaying his story. Darst’s story is one of many Ruth and Martha have heard over the years as they have chronicled the tragedy by collecting photos, newspapers and those handwritten accounts. The accounts range from the largest to smallest details, like the birds which roosted on the bridge ﬂying in every direction once it From page 1 pieces that all form the puzzle of the disaster. From storing written, eyewitness accounts of the disaster, to creating biographies of the victims, to housing a scaled model of the old bridge before it fell into the Ohio River on Dec. 15, 1967, killing 46 people. Ruth has said the display of artifacts has become a place where family members of the victims, or those who were directly affected by the tragedy, can connect with what happened. “For them, it’s like a cemetery,” Ruth said. “It’s like visiting the EXTENDED FORECAST THURSDAY FRIDAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. AIR QUALITY 0 50 100 150 200 300 Waverly 34/9 Lucasville 36/11 Portsmouth 36/12 500 Primary pollutant: Particulates Air Quality Index: 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very unhealthy; 301-500, Hazardous. Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services OHIO RIVER Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. yesterday Flood 24-hr. Location Stage Level Chg. Willow Island 37 12.61 -0.10 Marietta 34 17.69 +0.75 Parkersburg 36 21.76 +0.13 Belleville 35 12.94 +0.02 Racine 41 13.03 -0.23 Point Pleasant 40 25.30 +0.30 Gallipolis 50 13.04 +0.17 Huntington 50 25.85 -0.07 Ashland 52 34.08 -0.21 Lloyd Greenup 54 12.35 -0.17 Portsmouth 50 18.30 +0.20 Maysville 50 34.10 +0.20 Meldahl Dam 51 17.00 -0.50 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 SUNDAY 55° 37° Warmer with periods Cooler; snow showers of rain in the morning Reach Beth Sergent at bsergent@civitasmedia.com or on Twitter @BSergentWrites. TUESDAY 42° 24° 40° 28° Chilly with times of clouds and sun Clouds breaking for some sun Marietta 34/11 Murray City 31/8 Belpre 34/11 Athens 33/9 St. Marys 34/11 Parkersburg 33/12 Coolville 34/10 Elizabeth 35/12 Spencer 36/13 Buffalo 37/13 Ironton 38/14 Milton 38/14 St. Albans 38/15 Huntington 38/15 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s Seattle 100s 38/28 90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s San Francisco 10s 63/57 0s -0s -10s Los Angeles 68/55 T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front fell. Ruth supposed even the birds were “upset” by what had occurred. Though the tragedy occurred 49 years ago, it still continues to fascinate the generations, including the young who look to the museum to put those puzzle pieces together for class projects, and for an understanding of their communities. Those wishing to explore the display concerning the disaster may do so by vising the museum which is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday-Friday; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday; and 1-5 p.m. on Sunday. Call 304-674-0144 for more information. MONDAY 43° 23° Wilkesville 35/10 POMEROY Jackson 36/11 35/10 Ravenswood Rio Grande 36/12 36/11 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 29/6 GALLIPOLIS 37/12 37/13 37/12 Ashland 38/15 Grayson 38/14 Dean Wright can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2103. NATIONAL CITIES Logan 31/7 McArthur 32/8 South Shore Greenup 38/14 36/12 65 Not as cold with clouds and sun Adelphi 31/7 Chillicothe 31/8 SATURDAY 29° 27° Very cold with periods of sun 0 AccuWeather.com Cold Index™ 24 hours ending 3 p.m. yest. 0.00 Month to date/normal 1.38/1.45 Year to date/normal 43.67/40.84 ﬁc at the time of the incident and minimal background noise. Gallia County Sheriff Joe Browning said no foul play was suspected considering the circumstances of Tamela’s disappearance. Deputies used Story 30° AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™ (in inches) Body After her brother went to check on her, they could not ﬁnd her. Police reports say there was light traf- Colder today with times of clouds and sun. Very cold tonight. High 37° / Low 12° HEALTH TODAY Precipitation group, Americans United for Life, which released a report Tuesday contending that many abortion clinics are in violation of state health and safety standards. In Congress, Republicans are expected to advance legislation banning most abortions after 20 weeks and halting federal funding for Planned Parenthood as long as it performs abortions. The president-elect has pledged to support both measures 22° 8° Statistics through 3 p.m. yesterday 41°/33° 46°/29° 71° in 1929 -3° in 1962 ber. The developments in Ohio are a prelude to a broad offensive to be launched in January by abortion-rights opponents emboldened by the election success of Donald Trump and the Republican Party. GOP lawmakers in numerous states — including Texas, Missouri, Iowa, Indiana and Kentucky — plan to push for new antiabortion legislation. Their efforts are being supported by a national anti-abortion From page 1 8 PM ALMANAC High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low from enforcement in two others. The measures are based on the From page 1 assertion that fetuses can feel pain then. Ohio will be forced Opponents have chalto pay hundreds of thousands of taxpayer lenged the “pain-capable” characterization as dollars to cover the scientiﬁcally unsound. legal fees for the proOhio lawmakers choice activists’ lawrejected a Democratic yers,” Kasich said. “Therefore, this veto amendment that would have added exceptions is in the public interest,” the governor said. for rape and incest. Ohio lawmakers Kasich, an abortionrights opponent, chose still have the option instead to sign off on a to override his veto. 20-week ban similar to Doing so would require a three-ﬁfths those now in effect in majority of each cham15 states and blocked Clendenin 38/13 Charleston 37/15 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Winnipeg -2/-17 Billings 16/9 Denver 28/10 Minneapolis 5/-9 Toronto 22/10 New York 40/24 Washington 44/28 Today Thu. Hi/Lo/W 59/36/pc 16/11/s 58/34/pc 44/26/pc 42/24/pc 16/9/pc 35/33/sn 39/24/pc 37/15/pc 54/33/pc 22/12/sf 17/-3/pc 32/9/pc 24/11/c 26/7/pc 54/39/c 28/10/pc 19/3/s 18/5/sf 78/64/pc 68/47/pc 26/6/pc 30/15/s 67/52/pc 46/27/pc 68/55/pc 37/16/s 83/67/pc 5/-9/s 43/21/pc 65/47/pc 40/24/pc 39/24/pc 82/61/pc 42/25/pc 77/52/pc 26/9/pc 36/18/c 55/32/pc 48/31/pc 32/14/pc 43/41/sn 63/57/c 38/28/pc 44/28/pc Hi/Lo/W 63/41/pc 24/14/pc 46/29/pc 30/19/pc 26/11/s 17/4/sn 40/24/r 27/8/pc 20/13/pc 46/20/pc 49/31/c 6/3/s 18/11/s 15/7/sf 14/6/s 53/45/c 55/31/pc 17/15/pc 14/-1/sf 79/65/r 60/50/pc 15/10/s 26/22/c 70/60/c 37/26/pc 64/57/r 25/18/pc 80/67/pc 4/-1/s 31/22/pc 56/45/pc 27/15/pc 40/34/c 75/55/pc 26/15/pc 77/56/c 15/5/sf 24/0/pc 43/19/pc 36/16/s 24/19/pc 52/43/c 60/46/r 35/26/pc 30/20/s EXTREMES YESTERDAY National for the 48 contiguous states Atlanta 58/34 El Paso 71/42 Monterrey 77/61 Detroit 18/5 Chicago 17/-3 Kansas City 30/15 Chihuahua 75/42 Montreal 23/10 City Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Billings Boise Boston Charleston, WV Charlotte Cheyenne Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dallas Denver Des Moines Detroit Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Miami Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York City Oklahoma City Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland, ME Raleigh Richmond St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC High Low 86° in Opa Locka, FL -18° in Cut Bank, MT Global High Low Houston 68/47 Miami 83/67 110° in Rabbit Flat, Australia -58° in D’elind’e, Russia Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow ﬂurries, sn-snow, i-ice. 60647073 Mother TODAY Wednesday, December 14, 2016 5 �Sports Daily Sentinel '/.8/=.+CM��/-/7,/<�� M� �� s� Lady Eagles coast past Lady Rebels By Paul Boggs Eagles made ﬁve free throws in the ﬁrst four minutes for their largest lead at 55-6, as MERCERVILLE, Ohio — South Gallia gained the ﬁnal Simply put, the Eastern Eagles’ six points on 4-of-6 free throws best —and early on only — by Aaliyah Howell — and the offense on Monday night was squad’s second ﬁeld goal with their defense. only 25 seconds remaining. Soon enough, however, the Howell hit her four freebies visiting Eagles’ offense chimed with 3:46 and 3:24 to play, as in. Erin Evans — on the Rebels’ Undefeated Eastern allowed 26th shot attempt — ended only two South Gallia ﬁeld another epic ﬁeld-goal drought goals for the entire tilt, and that spanned 12 minutes and forced 22 turnovers in easily 55 seconds. capturing a 55-12 Tri-Valley Unfortunately for the RebConference Hocking Division els, their ﬁrst such dry spell girls basketball victory. spanned the opening 18 minAfter only a 4-0 lead followutes and 40 seconds — before ing a defensively-dominated Howell had the club’s ﬁrst ﬁeld ﬁrst quarter, the Eagles eruptgoal. ed by outscoring the Lady RebEastern shut out South Gallia els 17-4 in the second stanza for the opening 12 minutes and — followed by an even more 25 seconds —until Christine imposing 29-2 advantage in the Grifﬁth made a pair of free third frame. throws. In the fourth period, the By then, however, the Eagles pboggs@civitasmedia.com Paul Boggs/OVP Sports Eastern’s Elizabeth Collins (50) tries to save possession of the ball during the Lady Eagles’ Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division girls basketball game against South Gallia on Monday night. amassed the ﬁrst 10 points — as South Gallia never got any closer than a 13-4 count following Olivia Hornsby’s two foul shots at the 2:53 mark before half. With the win, Eastern raised its perfect record to 6-0 — and 3-0 in the TVC-Hocking. The young Lady Rebels, without a single senior on the entire roster, fell to 1-3 — and 0-3 in the league. While Eastern’s offense struggled to warm up, no worries for ﬁrst-year EHS coach Jacob Parker. The Eagles forced the Rebels into missing their ﬁrst 14 shots — and all but one of their ﬁrst 25. “We are always priding ourselves on our defense,” said Parker. “I know I’ve said it time and time again, but defense See EAGLES | 7 Teaford lifts Lady Tornadoes past Federal Hocking, 50-41 By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com STEWART, Ohio — Add another to the Lady Tornado winning streak. The Southern girls basketball team extended its winning streak to five games on Monday night, as the Lady Tornadoes defeated Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division host Federal Hocking by a 50-41 count. Southern (5-1) got a huge boost offensively by senior Faith Teaford, who was 13-of-19 from the field and 5-of-6 from the charity stripe for 31 points. Teaford also led the Lady Tornadoes on the glass with 11 rebounds, giving the SHS center her third straight doubledouble. Next in the scoring column for SHS were freshmen Baylee Wolfe and Phoenix Cleland with five points apiece. Sierra Cleland scored four points and pulled in nine rebounds for the Purple and Gold, while Jaiden Roberts scored three points on the Southern’s lone trifecta. Rounding out the SHS scoring was senior Macie Michael, who scored two points to go with seven rebounds and a team-best seven assists. Teaford and Wolfe led the SHS defense with two steals apiece, while Sierra Cleland marked one steal and the team’s lone block. The Lady Tornadoes shot 9-of-14 (64.2 percent) from the charity stripe and 20-of-45 (44.4 percent) from the field, including 1-of-4 (25 percent) from beyond the arc. As a team, Southern finished with 31 rebounds, 12 assists, seven steals and 21 turnovers. To this point in the season, Southern has been a polar-opposite of the Lady Lancers, as the Lady Tornadoes dropped their season opener, but have won all five games since, while Federal Hocking won its first game of the year, but has lost all five of its games since then. SHS and Federal Hocking will meet in Racine, on January 12. The Lady Tornadoes will visit unbeaten Eastern on Thursday. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Wednesday, December 14 Boys Basketball Point Pleasant vs. Nicholas County at Glenville State, 4 p.m. Girls Basketball Point Pleasant vs. Nicholas County at Glenville State, 5:40 Thursday, December 15 Boys Basketball Hannan at Ohio Valley Christian, 7:30 Girls Basketball Southern at Eastern, 7:15 Hannan at Ohio Valley Christian, 6 p.m. Alexander at River Valley, 7:15 Gallia Academy at Coal Grove, 7:30 Meigs at Wellston, 7:30 Wahama at Trimble, 7:30 Wrestling Point Pleasant, Herbert Hover, at Independence, 5 p.m. Alex Hawley/OVP Sports Meigs sophomore Kassidy Betzing (30) drives past Nelsonville-York’s MaryKate McCullough (21) during the Lady Buckeyes’ 41-30 victory, on Monday night in Rocksprings. Nelsonville-York outlasts Lady Marauders, 41-30 By Alex Hawley didn’t score again for over three minutes. Meigs cut the deﬁcit ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio to 11-8 before the Lady — Too many missed Buckeyes connected on shots and too many turn- their second three-pointovers. er of the half, at the 1:23 The Meigs girls basmark of the period. ketball team shot under The Lady Marauders 25 percent from the sank the ﬁnal four points ﬁeld and committed 18 of the half, and went into turnovers on Monday the locker room trailing night in Larry R. Mor14-12. rison Gymnasium, as the Nelsonville-York Lady Marauders suffered claimed the ﬁrst two their ﬁrst setback of the points of the second half, season, by a 41-30 count but Meigs answered right to Tri-Valley Conference back to keep the deﬁcit at Ohio Division guest two. With 5:15 left in the Nelsonville-York. third period, Meigs sophThe Lady Marauders omore Madison Fields (2-1, 0-1 TVC Ohio) were came up with a steal and held scoreless for the a layup, tying the game ﬁrst seven minutes of at 16. play, as Nelsonville-York The game was tied for (6-0, 2-0) built a 9-0 lead. just one minute, as the Meigs’ only two points Lady Buckeyes sank a of the ﬁrst period came trifecta with 4:15 left in with 52 seconds left, the third. Less than 15 when Kassidy Betzing seconds later, NYHS consank 2-of-2 free throws. verted an old-fashioned Meigs made two more three-pointer, extending free throws early in the the lead to 22-16. second period, cutting The Lady Buckeyes the NYHS lead to 9-4. At outscored Meigs 6-to-3 the 4:45 mark of the sec- over the ﬁnal four minond, Devin Humphreys utes of the third, and the sank a two-pointer on an guests led 28-19 with assist by Alli Hatﬁeld, to eight minutes remaining. give MHS its ﬁrst ﬁeld In the fourth quarter, goal of the game and cut Nelsonville-York’s lead the deﬁcit to 9-6. never dipped lower than With 4:38 left in the 10, as the Lady Buckeyes ﬁrst half, Nelsonville-York sank nine free throws to ended six-minute dry seal the 41-30 victory. spell with a two-pointer, “Their pressure really but the Lady Buckeyes dictated the way that we ahawley@civitasmedia.com played today,” ﬁrst-year Meigs head coach Jarrod Kasun said. “I thought that we had good practices working up to the pressure that they were going to put on us, but we just couldn’t simulate it in practice. We had too many live-ball turnovers and that killed us.” For the game, Nelsonville-York held a 36-to-34 advantage on the boards, including 16-to-14 on the offensive end. The Lady Buckeyes also held a 13-to-18 advantage in turnovers, an 11-to-2 advantage in steals and a 6-to-5 edge in assists. Meigs was 5-of-9 (55.6 percent) from the free throw line, while NYHS was 11-of-30 (36.7 percent), including 9-of-23 in the ﬁnal stanza. NYHS shot 13-of-44 (29.4 percent) from the ﬁeld, including 4-of-19 (21.1 percent) from beyond the arc. Meanwhile, Meigs was just 12-of-52 (23.1 percent) from the ﬁeld, including 1-of-16 (6.3 percent) from deep. “Our shooting is just horrendous right now,” Kasun said. “We haven’t shot the ball well all year, but we’re working on it. When you see the ball go through the hoop it makes you play that much better, you get less turnovers and more shot attempts. We have to come in and work on getting the ball in the hoop.” Betzing led the Maroon and Gold offensively with 14 points, followed by Danielle Morris, Humphreys and Fields with four points each. Marissa Noble and Madison Hendricks rounded out the MHS scoring with two points apiece. Betzing and Humphreys tied for the team lead with seven rebounds apiece, while Betzing and Hendricks both had a team-high two assists. Five different Lady Marauders came up with a steal in the setback. Jessie Addis led the victors with 16 points, followed by Sam Taylor with eight, Jordan Fick with seven and MaryKate McCullough with six. Joscelyn Heller and Sidney Fick both marked two points for the Orange and Brown. Sidney Fick pulled in a game-best 11 rebounds, while Sam Taylor marked game-highs in steals and assists, with ﬁve and four respectively. Meigs will have a chance for revenge when it visits Nelsonville-York, on January 23. The Lady Marauders return to action on Thursday, at Wellston. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2100. �SPORTS Daily Sentinel Wednesday, December 14, 2016 7 Lady Cats fall to Buffalo, 47-34 By Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com ASHTON, W.Va. — You’ll have to excuse the Lady Bison for thinking that Dorothy is a little off her rocker. After going 0-2 against Mason County programs at home this season, the Buffalo girls basketball team had a little more luck on the road Monday night following a 47-34 victory over host Hannan in a non-conference contest in Mason County. The Lady Bison (1-3) never led in the opening 10 minutes of regulation, but the guests made a 21-4 surge over the ﬁnal 10 minutes of ﬁrst half to turn a 9-6 ﬁrst quarter deﬁcit into a comfortable 25-11 halftime cushion. The Lady Cats (0-6) — who were held scoreless over the ﬁnal 5:38 of the second quarter — were never closer than 11 points the rest of the way, which occurred at 43-32 with 2:40 left in regulation. Buffalo also led by as many as 20 points (3818) following an Autumn Persinger basket with 2:32 remaining in the third stanza. In the end, it was a 19-2 second quarter surge that ultimately allowed BHS to come away with its ﬁrst victory of the 201617 campaign. HHS coach Kellie Thomas made no effort to hide from that stat, as she also thought the second quarter was the difference in the outcome. “You know, we couldn’t buy a basket in the second quarter and Buffalo had no trouble getting things to go in. Our girls got a little down on themselves during that span and it showed,” Thomas said. “We played well in the ﬁrst quarter and well in the second half, but Bryan Walters/OVP Sports Hannan senior Maggie Waugh (33) leaps for a rebound as teammates Lindsey Holley (14) and Pammie Ochs (23) look on during the first half of Monday night’s non-conference basketball game against Buffalo in Ashton, W.Va. you have to put together four quarters of basketball if you want to win a ball game. We came up one quarter short. “We started rushing everything we did there in that second quarter. The rest of the night we played patient and had success, so hopefully that is what the girls learned tonight. When things go bad, stay patient and stick to what we do. We’ll have more success that way.” The Lady Cats jumped out to an early 7-4 advantage, but Brooke Persinger started the large run with a basket at the 2:01 mark while also cutting the deﬁcit down to 7-6. Julie Frazier, however, answered with a basket for Hannan at the 1:04 mark — allowing the hosts to secure a 9-6 edge after eight minutes of play. BHS took a permanent lead at the 6:06 mark of the second canto following an Autumn Persinger bucket that made it 10-9, and that basket came in the middle of a 7-0 run to start the second period. Cassidy Duffer grabbed an offensive rebound and scored on a putback with 5:39 remaining in the half, allowing Hannan to close that gap back down to 13-11. The Lady Bison went on to score the ﬁnal dozen points of the half for a 14-point cushion at the break. Buffalo went on a 16-11 run in the third canto for a 41-22 advantage headed into the ﬁnale, but HHS countered with a 10-2 run to start the fourth to whittle its deﬁcit down to 43-32 with under three minutes remaining. HHS — which went the ﬁnal ﬁve minutes without a ﬁeld goal — was outscored 4-2 over the ﬁnal 2:30, allowing Buffalo to wrap up the 13-point triumph. Madison Staggs led the hosts with nine points, followed by Frazier and Duffer with six markers apiece. Josie McCoy was next with ﬁve points, while Bailey Tolliver and Pammie Ochs each chipped in three markers. Lindsey Holley concluded the Hannan scoring with two points. The Lady Cats made 13 ﬁeld goal — including one trifecta — and were 7-of-17 at the free throw line for 41 percent. Autumn Persinger paced the Lady Bison with a game-high 15 points, followed by Emily Reilly with 11 points and Maggie Bird with six markers. Kaitlyn Dillon was next with ﬁve points. Brooke Persinger and Brooke Slaubaugh each had four markers for the victors, with Kelsey Templeton completing the scoring with two points. The guests made 20 ﬁeld goals — including three trifectas — and went 4-of13 at the charity stripe for 31 percent. The Lady Cats return to action Thursday when they travel to Gallipolis for a non-conference matchup with Ohio Valley Christian at 6 p.m. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. Lady Raiders push past Bulldogs By Paul Boggs Jackson, the senior, jump-started a run of nine unanswered fourth-period THE PLAINS, Ohio points —scoring three — It’s probably safe to ﬁeld goals before Jaden assume that Miss Jackson Neal nailed a three-pointwasn’t sorry. er, putting River Valley River Valley’s Erin Jack- ahead 34-28. son that is. With the Raiders then That’s because Jackson, leading 38-33 and two in pouring in a gameminutes and 22 seconds high 20 points including to play, Maggie Campbell 11 in the decisive fourth corralled an offensive quarter, spearheaded rebound — and found the visiting Raiders to Jackson wide open at a 42-35 victory over the the top of the key for a Athens Bulldogs on Mon- contest-cinching threeday night inside McAfee pointer. Gymnasium in The In a close encounter Plains. throughout, River Valley With the win, River Val- led 6-5 following the ﬁrst ley is now 2-4 — and 2-0 quarter — and 13-8 at in the Tri-Valley Conferhalftime. ence Ohio Division. In fact, Jackson and The loss left the BullJessica Steele scored dogs at 1-5 — and 0-2 in six points apiece in the the league. half — and at least eight The triumph was also apiece through the ﬁrst a nice bounce-back for three quarters. the Raiders, which lost But Athens amassed 19 to Parkersburg on Saturthird-period points to the day by 57 points in the Raiders’ 12, and actually Wellston Lady Rockets staked a 27-25 advantage Classic. entering the fourth. pboggs@civitasmedia.com The Bulldogs busted four threes in the frame — two apiece by Laura Manderick and Emma Harter. However, the Raiders responded by outscoring Athens 17-8 in the ﬁnal stanza, including 11 alone by Jackson. Besides Neal’s three, Beth Gillman garnered three points in the fourth. Despite River Valley shooting only 33-percent (17-of-52), making 4-of11 free throws and committing 23 turnovers, the Raiders stymied Athens into even colder shooting. The Bulldogs made just 10-of-43 for 23-percent, including only 6-of-24 from three-point range. Athens also committed 20 turnovers, and sank just 9-of-19 from the freethrow line. Jackson ﬁnished with nine ﬁeld goals and a free throw, while Neal netted two second-half treys and two third-quarter freebies for eight. Steele scored all eight of her markers through the ﬁrst three quarters — on four ﬁeld goals. Gillman added the club’s only other triple in the third. The Lady Raiders, which won the rebounding battle 45-28, broke a 24-24 tie in that department — grabbing 21 of the ﬁnal 25. Jackson ripped down a game-high 15, as Campbell collected 11, Neal nine and Steele seven. Manderick and Harter hit four ﬁeld goals, including three trifectas apiece, to lead the Lady Bulldogs with 15 and 13 points respectively. Manderick drained 4-of-6 free throws, while Harter had 2-of-4. The Lady Raiders return to TVC-Ohio action on Thursday night — when they host Alexander. Paul Boggs can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2106 Bengals tell ‘Pacman’ Jones to put a lid on trash talking CINCINNATI (AP) — The Bengals’ defensive coordinator has told cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones to put the lid on his trash talk. Jones went off on Browns receiver Terrelle Pryor after a 23-10 win in snowy Cleveland on Sunday, using a garbage can as a prop during an extended diatribe to reporters. He called Pryor’s name into the garbage can, pretending the Browns receiver was inside. “Terrelle Pryor is garbage,” Jones said. Coordinator Paul Guenther knew that Jones and Pryor — who tried out for a quarterback spot with the Bengals last season — had an onﬁeld exchange during pregame warmups, but he didn’t realize that the cornerback kept it going afterward in the locker room. “I had no idea what that was about,” Guenther said on Monday. “But we don’t want to deal with that (trash talking). We’re not like that. We just play football. “Typically you’ll have some guys that are competitive guys that know one another that — in a good, competitive spirit — are two guys going at it. “But to take it to the extent that Adam did … We need to move on. Adam’s too old for that stuff right now. And I told him that after the game.” The 10th-year cornerback wasn’t available on Monday during the team’s open locker room session. Coach Marvin Lewis also said on Monday that Jones was out of line with his postgame comments. “It’s not the thing we want to get into, and Adam knows that,” Lewis said. The Bengals (5-7-1) ﬁnished a series sweep of their winless intrastate rival, keeping them temporarily in contention for the playoffs. Eagles From page 6 leads to offense. We came out really ﬂat offensively, but we ﬁnally got started. We were trying a few new combinations tonight, which the girls adjusted quite well.” Eastern’s only points in the opening quarter were a putback by Elizabeth Collins at the 4:50 mark — and two free throws by Laura Pullins only a minute and 15 seconds later. In the second canto, though, the Eagles amassed four threepoint goals —two apiece by Maddison Williams and Becca Pullins. Laura Pullins scored to make it 9-0 with three minutes gone by, as Jess Parker split a pair of free throws 15 seconds later. Williams then closed the half with a midcourt steal and layup, making it 21-4 at halftime. Eastern then exploded for 29 third-period points, including another three-ball apiece by Becca Pullins and Williams. “Our ﬁrst-half defense was great, then in the third quarter we came out and we picked our intensity up,” said Coach Parker. “We played good defense out front, got a few steals, caused a few turnovers and were able to transition our style of game. That’s what we’re looking to do.” 6KDUH WKH�JLIW�WKDW� EHFRPHV�D With a 50-6 command following the third quarter, Becca Pullins with a 4-of-4 free-throw effort and Hannah Bailey with a split concluded the Meigs Countians’ scoring. Williams wound up with a game-high 16 points on six total ﬁeld goals, as Becca Pullins ﬁnished with 13 points and Laura Pullins 10. Laura Pullins posted three ﬁeld goals and 4-of-6 charity tosses, as Collins and Alyson Bailey bagged two ﬁeld goals in the third — along with one apiece by Parker and Kaitlyn Hawk. The Eagles will return home, and return to TVC-Hocking Division action, with two important league bouts against Southern on Thursday and Waterford on Saturday. Southern, of course, is Eastern’s archrival — while Waterford is the defending Division IV state champion. “These are two huge home games,” said Coach Parker. “We’re going to prepare for both teams these next three days, which is tough, but we’re capable enough to do it. We’ll just prepare the best we can, put in a plan based on the scouting reports we have and go with it.” The Lady Rebels return to action on Saturday — when they travel to face Federal Hocking in the TVCHocking. Paul Boggs can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2106 7UDGLWLRQ 7DVWH��FRPSDUH��H[SORUH� �HQMR\��YDULHWLHV�RI 6HD%HDU¾V�VPRNHG�ZLOG�VDOPRQ��WKH�OHJHQGDU\� IODYRU�RI�WKH�3DFLILF�1RUWKZHVW�VLQFH�� “We, along with neighbors, enjoyed all three varieties as hors d’oeuvres during an “at-home” cocktail hour. I am ordering more!” -K. Bell, California Browns want fiery Pryor to chill out BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Terrelle Pryor’s talent is undeniable. The Browns are concerned about his temper. A day after Cincinnati cornerback Adam Jones profanely berated Cleveland’s wide receiver following the Bengals’ 23-10 win by calling him “garbage” numerous times, Browns coach Hue Jackson said Pryor has been involved in far too many similar situations. Earlier this season, Pryor called out the Browns offensive line for not protecting the team’s quarterbacks and he has been demonstrative on the sideline during games. Also, New York Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins ripped Pryor on social media following a recent Browns loss, and during Sunday’s game, he got into a brief, ﬁnger-pointing argument in the huddle with Browns quarterback Robert Grifﬁn III. Jackson appreciates Pryor’s ﬁre. He just wants him to cool it a little bit. “We’re going to stop all that,” Jackson said. “We don’t need all that. I want to say this about Terrelle: I don’t think he’s trying to be negative when he’s doing it. That’s just not the type of football team we want to be.” SeaBear.com l 800-716-1387 6$9(�$10 ��+ROLGD\�6SHFLDO�$27.99 8VH�RIIHU�FRGH�6+$5(�� GXULQJ�FKHFNRXW�E\�� IRU�UHJXODU�VKLSSLQJ�� 3URGXFW�� CLASSIFIEDS 8 Wednesday, December 14, 2016 Miscellaneous Help Wanted General $$$$$$$$$ BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY MOTOR ROUTE Would you like to deliver newspapers as an independent contractor under an agreement with Pomeroy Daily Sentinel?? s Be your own boss s 5 day delivery s Delivery times is approx. 3 hours daily s Must be 18 years of age s Must have a valid driver’s license, dependable vehicle & provide proof of insurance s Must provide your own substitute OPERATE YOUR OWN BUSINESS WITH POTENTIAL REVENUE OVER $1,000 PER MONTH For more information please email Tyler Wolfe at twolfe@civitasmedia.com or apply in person at 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH Mon-Fri 8:30 am - 4:30 pm $$$$$$$$$ Daily Sentinel Help Wanted General Apartments/Townhouses Houses For Rent Civitas Media Newspapers has an opening for a results orientated salesperson capable of developing multi-media campaigns for advertisers. You must be a problem solver, goal oriented, have a positive attitude, and have the ability to multi-task in a demanding, deadline-oriented environment. Must have reliable transportation and clean driving record. We seek success driven individuals looking to build a future with a growing organization with publications in Gallipolis, OH Pomeroy, OH and Point Pleasant, WV. Please email cover letter, resume and references to Julia Schultz. Email address: jschultz@civitasmedia.com Nice 1 BR unfurnished apartment. Refrig. & range provided. Water, sewage & garbage paid. Deposit required. Call 740-709-0072 Beautiful 1 BR apartment in the country freshly painted very clean W/D hook up nice country setting only 10 mins from town must see to appreciate water/trash pd. $399 month 740-645-5953 614-595-7773 Business & Trade School Now Leasing Jordan Landing Apartments 1, 2, 3 & 4 Bdrms $410-$610 Rent Mnthly Sect. 8 Vouchers Accepted EHO/ADA For Info call: 304-674-0023 Spacious second/third floor apt overlooking the Gallipolis City Park and River. LR, Den, Lg Kitchen-Dining area . 3 BR 2 baths,washer & dryer. $800 per month. Call 740-441-7875 Miscellaneous Pleasant Valley Apartments is now taking applications for 2, 3, & 4 Bedroom HUD Subsidized Apartments. Applications are taken Monday through Thursday 9:00 am-11:30 am. Office is located at 1151 Evergreen Drive, Point Pleasant, WV. (304) 675-5806. Jet Aeration Motors repaired, new & rebuilt in stock. Call Ron Evans 1-800-537-9528 Want To Buy Absolute Top Dollar - silver/gold coins, any 10K/14K/18K gold jewelry, dental gold, pre 1935 US currency, proof/mint sets, diamonds, MTS Coin Shop. 151 2nd Avenue, Gallipolis. 446-2842 LEGALS PUBLIC BID NOTICE The Meigs Local Board of Education will be holding a public auction for sale of real property at 10 a.m. Tuesday, December 20, 2016, at the Meigs Administrative Office located at 41765 Pomeroy Pike, Pomeroy, OH 45769. The board currently owns real property located on the North Side Laurel Cliff Road, Salisbury Township, Meigs County, Ohio tax parcel number 1401213000. Land is approximately 3.34 acres. The minimum bid shall be $8,500 with a deposit of ten percent (10%) due the date of the auction, in the form of a cashierҋs check. The auction shall be subject to a right of the Board to reject all bids for the Property if it finds that no acceptable bids have been made. The property will be sold on an “AS IS, WHERE IS” basis, with no representations or warranties of any kind given by the Board. If the high bid for the Property is accepted by the Board, the closing of the sale shall occur no later than thirty (30) days after Board acceptance. 11/27/16, 12/4/16, 12/11/16, 12/14/16, 12/18/16 Gallipolis Career College (Careers Close To Home) Call Today! 740-446-4367 1-800-214-0452 gallipoliscareercollege.edu Accredited Member Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools 1274B Apartments/Townhouses 2 BR apt. 6 mi from Holzer. $425 + dep. Some utilities pd. 740-688-9416 or 740-988-6130 RENTALS AVAILABLE! 2 BR townhouse apartments, also renting 2 & 3BR houses. Call 441-1111. FIRST MONTH FREE 2 & 3 BR apts $425 mo & up sec dep $300 & up AC, W/D hook-up tenant pays elec EHO Ellm View Apts 304-882-3017 Help Wanted General Twin Rivers Tower is accepting applications for waiting list for HUD subsidized, 1BR apartment for the elderly/disabled, call 304-6756679 Houses For Rent 2 bedroom apartments $550/$600 and deposit located in Bidwell some utilities paid call 740-446-4175 2-Bdrm House (Gallipolis City) W/D Hook-up $575/mo. NO PETS, 740-591-5174. Miscellaneous Y A L P LET’S ! s n o i t s e u Q 0 2 * Are you a fan of Facebook? YES NO O * Do you live in the digital world? * Do you have a desire to win? * Do you have a passion for helping people succeed? * Do you possess a Hunter mentality? * Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment? * Can you work with little direct oversight? * Are you a team player? * Do you have more than 1,000 followers on Pinterest? * Do you achieve your goals? * Can you motivate others? * Does your Twitter handle rock? * Do you like to be in charge? * Do others ask and value your opinion? 60583312 Notices NOTICE OHIO VALLEY PUBLISHING CO. Recommends that you do Business with People you know, and NOT to send Money through the Mail until you have Investigated the Offering. Pictures that have been placed in ads at the Gallipolis Daily Tribune must be picked within 30 days. Any pictures that are not picked up will be discarded. Miscellaneous Grave Blankets $5-$30; live Wreaths $10 & up; Sue's 47310 Morningstar Rd., Racine, Oh 740-949-2115 Professional Services SEPTIC PUMPING Gallia Co. OH and Mason Co. WV. Ron Evans Jackson, OH 800-537-9528 Money To Lend NOTICE Borrow Smart. Contact the Ohio Division of Financial Institutions Office of Consumer Affairs BEFORE you refinance your home or obtain a loan. BEWARE of requests for any large advance payments of fees or insurance. Call the Office of Consumer Affiars toll free at 1-866-278-0003 to learn if the mortgage broker or lender is properly licensed. (This is a public service announcement from the Ohio Valley Publishing Company) * Do you like to be recognized for your efforts? * Are you a problem solver? * Do you shop online? * Do you go back home to get your phone if you forgot it? * Would you call yourself organized? * Are you looking for a challenge? Civitas Media operates what are arguably the most visited websites in our markets. We are the leading provider of news and information to our communities. It’s a role we take seriously. We are trusted and valued by our readers and partners. Our clients include most businesses in this area. We provide a full suite of digital marketing services to area businesses, including SEO, SEM, social media tools and more. If you have more, many more, yeses than noes to these questions then we should talk about our opportunity! We are a wellestablished company and well known in the community. We offer an above average income comprised of salary and incentive. In addition, our beneﬁt package includes major medical, dental, vision and a 401k plan. If you are interested learning more please email a resume to bhunt@civitasmedia.com 60694265 �COMICS Daily Sentinel BLONDIE Wednesday, December 14, 2016 9 By Dean Young and John Marshall BEETLE BAILEY By Mort, Greg and Brian Walker Today’s answer RETAIL By Norm Feuti HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI AND LOIS By Chris Browne Written By Brian & Greg Walker; Drawn By Chance Browne THE BRILLIANT MIND OF EDISON LEE By John Hambrock BABY BLUES ZITS By Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman PARDON MY PLANET CONCEPTIS SUDOKU By Vic Lee by Dave Green By Dave Green 7 3 5 By Hilary Price 4 6 9 1 9 5 3 2 7 2 6 12/14 Difficulty Level Today’s Solution THE FAMILY CIRCUS By Bil and Jeff Keane 12/14 8 2 1 3 9 4 7 5 6 1 4 6 9 5 3 2 7 8 2 5 9 7 8 1 6 4 3 3 8 7 6 4 2 5 1 9 7 9 2 1 6 5 8 3 4 4 3 8 2 7 9 1 6 5 6 1 5 4 3 8 9 2 7 2016 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc. TV AND INTERNET OVER 190 CHANNELS TV & INTERNET 54 $ 94 LIMITED TIME PRICING FREE SAME DAY INSTALLATION BUNDLE HIGH SPEED INTERNET 3 MONTHS OF PREMIUM CHANNELS ASK ABOUT OUR 3 YEAR PRICE GUARANTEE (WHERE AVAILABLE) OVER 50 CHANNELS: (installed and billed separately) CALL TODAY & SAVE UP TO 50%! AND GET INCLUDED FOR A YEAR 800-697-0129 Call for more details 5 6 4 8 1 7 3 9 2 DENNIS THE MENACE THE LOCKHORNS By Bunny Hoest & John Reiner Difficulty Level Hank Ketcham’s 9 7 3 5 2 6 4 8 1 RHYMES WITH ORANGE 2016 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc. 3 7 4 6 8 1 5 4 7 9 8 3 4 5 8 �SPORTS 10 Wednesday, December 14, 2016 NSCAA honors Rio soccer standouts Daily Sentinel Dillon puts up huge numbers in 1st year as QB By Grant Traylor For Ohio Valley Publishing By Randy Payton For Ohio Valley Publishing KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The University of Rio Grande placed a trio of players on the 2016 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Men’s Soccer All-America teams announced Tuesday night. Senior defender Heitor de Melo (Sao Paulo, Brazil), junior midﬁelder Jorge Guinovart (Barcelona, Spain) and senior midﬁelder Pau Delgado Rodriguez (Barcelona, Spain) were all named as ﬁrst team honorees. The trio were also named to the NSCAA’s NAIA All-South Region Team. Two other members of the national runner-up RedStorm - sophomore goal keeper Ben Martinez (Montpellier, France) and sophomore forward Eduardo Zurita (Sant Boi de Llobregat, Spain) were named to the All-South Region Team. Delgado Rodriguez, the River States Conference Offensive Player of the Year, led the RedStorm with 20 goals and 49 points. His nine assists ranked second on the team. Delgado Rodriguez is a repeat ﬁrst team selection. Guinovart, the RSC Overall Player of the Year, was second among Rio’s team leaders with 14 goals and 40 points. His 12 assists led the club. de Melo, the RSC Defensive Player of the Year, helped the RedStorm post 13 shutouts this season. Offensively, he also had three goals and three assists. Martinez, a ﬁrst team All-American as a freshman, recorded 11 solo shutouts and was part of two others. He started all 25 games for Rio, allowing just 14 goals with 42 saves and a .750 save percentage. Zurita had ﬁve goals and ﬁve assists for the season. Hastings sophomore forward Daniel Whitehall was honored as the NSCAA’s Player of the Year. The Warrington, England, native led the NAIA in total goals (34) and was tops in total points with 77. Whitehall was also named the Most Outstanding Offensive Player in the NAIA National Championship, helping his team secure the championship for the second time in program history with its 1-0 win over defending national champion Rio Grande in last Saturday’s title game. Like Rio Grande, the University of Northwestern Ohio landed three players on the ﬁrst team. Among the others named to the ﬁrst team were midﬁelders Sam Blackman of Grand View (Iowa), Eduardo Heringer of MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) and Perica Obradovic of Oklahoma Wesleyan; defenders Michael Gonzalo of Northwestern Ohio and Fernando Machado of Oklahoma Wesleyan; forward Sean Latimer of Northwestern Ohio; and goal keeper Nikola Kahvedzic of Northwestern Ohio. All honorees will be recognized at the National Soccer Coaches’ Association of America (NSCAA) National Convention, held in Los Angeles, Calif., from Jan. 11-15, 2017. Randy Payton is the Sports Information Director at the University of Rio Grande. HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Coming into the 2016 season, everyone was well-aware of the athleticism of Mingo Central quarterback Jeremy Dillon. Already a verbal commit to Marshall for basketball, Dillon had also established himself as a standout in football with a pair of ﬁrst-team selections on the defensive side during his two years at Tug Valley. No one at the high school level had ever seen him at quarterback, however. That all changed during the 2016 season when Dillon took West Virginia football by storm, leading the Miners to a 32-7 win over Fairmont Senior in the Class AA Championship while putting up one of the most statisticallydominant seasons in recent memory with more than 4,000 yards of total offense and 61 touchdowns. Those numbers earned him the 2016 House Award, given to the state’s top quarterback, as voted on by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association. “It’s been amazing,” Dillon said of his ascent as a quarterback. “I can’t give enough credit to my offensive coordinator Joey (Fields). He’s really taught me how to play quarterback. These short three months ﬂew by, so I want to thank him. He’s taught me a lot in these three months. I just listen to what he says and do it every day in practice, over and over.” The 2016 was Dillon’s ﬁrst as a quarterback since leading his middle school team to a county championship during his seventh grade season when he led a run-oriented attack. Ironically, Dillon won Joe Signorelli/Courtesy photo Mingo Central quarterback Jeremy Dillon (5) rolls away from a pass rusher during the Class AA state championship game at Wheeling Island Stadium in Wheeling, W.Va. a title as a quarterback that year as well, leading his team — comprised of current Mingo Central teammates — to a county championship. Following that year, however, Dillon’s family moved into the Tug Valley school district where he stayed until this summer. While at Tug Valley, most of his headlines came on the basketball court instead of the football ﬁeld. The 6-foot-5, 200pound talent had not taken a snap as a quarterback until coming back to Mingo Central where Fields instantly put him at the helm of the Miners’ multi-faceted offense. It proved to be a genius coaching decision for the Miners’ offensive coordinator. Considering that it was Dillon’s ﬁrst year at quarterback, his numbers through the air were staggering. Dillon ﬁnished the 2016 season with a 63 percent completion rate (189-of-299), throwing for 2,858 yards and 37 touchdowns with just three interceptions on the season. Add that to another 1,199 yards and 24 touchdowns on the ground, and Dillon became the state’s most unstoppable player. The junior standout showed that on a pair of plays during the championship win over Fairmont Senior. A bad snap early in the contest left Dillon scrambling back near midﬁeld to retrieve the football well behind the line of scrimmage. With the Fairmont defense bearing down on him, Dillon juked left, sprinted right and unleashed a wicked stiff-arm to a would-be tackler before using his speed to race for a ﬁrst down that kept a drive alive. Later in the game, Dillon got pressure from his left side, but calmly slid out of the pocket to his right and ﬁred a perfect spiral on the run to diving receiver Drew Hatﬁeld for a big gain that set up a touchdown. Mingo Central coach Yogi Kinder, who rode off into retirement with a title, said Dillon’s toughness — both mental and physical — are what separated him from everyone else. “It’s a blessing because, man, I’m going to tell you, he’s a good football player…,” Mingo Central coach Yogi Kinder said. “He’s an athlete and a tough one. It’s hard to get those quarterbacks like that.” The House Award is named for former Nitro quarterback J.R. House, who broke national passing records, throwing for 14,457 yards during his time with the Wildcats from 1995-98. House was also a multi-sport standout who made it to the Major Leagues in baseball as a catcher. Given Dillon’s ascent as one of West Virginia’s top multi-sport standouts, it is almost ﬁtting that the junior from Mingo Central wins an award with House’s name attached to it. Dillon will receive the 2016 House Award at the 71st annual Victory Awards Dinner at 4 p.m. on May 21 at Village Square Conference Center in Clarksburg, W.Va. Grant Traylor is a sports writer for the Huntington Herald-Dispatch and a member of the WVSWA. Streaking Steelers reveling in ‘December football’ PITTSBURGH (AP) — The path back to the playoff hunt hasn’t exactly been daunting for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Four wins over four teams in various stages of development — the still winless as Christmas approaches Cleveland Browns, the banged up Indianapolis Colts, the erratic New York Giants and the suddenly stumbling Buffalo Bills — has put Pittsburgh right back where it was in early October: in control of its destiny in the AFC North. And sorry, they’re not sorry about the road they’ve taken to get here. “You can’t say just because we beat a team on their bad day that they (stink),” guard Ramon Foster said with a laugh on Monday. It might be that the Steelers (8-5) are playing so well at the moment, it just kind of looks that way. The team that struggled early in the season on the road against so-so opposition isn’t just winning games, it is overwhelming them. Consider this: Pittsburgh hasn’t trailed any point during its current four-game run. “December football is all about running the ball and playing good defense and we’ve done that,” right tackle Marcus Gilbert said. Emphatically. For three hours in the snow on Sunday, the Application for Dog/Kennel License Deadline for purchase of 2017 dog license is January 31, 2017 Please circle your choice for purchase. 1 year dog tag $12.00 each 3 year dog tag $ 36.00 each Permanent dog tag $120.00 each Kennel Tags $60.00 for 5 tags each Additional kennel tag $1.00 Owner of Dog _______________________________________________________ Address ____________________________________________________________ Telephone (Day time)__________________________________________________ Age Years Sex M/F Color Hair long/short Breed Fees Paid 60693692 To obtain license by mail, complete and return application along with a self-addressed, stamped envelope and a check for the price of the license to: Mary T. Byer-Hill, Auditor, 100 E. Second St. Rm 201 Pomeroy, OH 45769 NOTICE: License must be obtained no later than January 31, 2017 to avoid paying penalty. Please call us at 740-992-2698 or stop by the office if you have any questions. Steelers sent the Bills skidding all over snowy New Era Field in a onesided 27-20 romp . Running back Le’Veon Bell and the Steelers’ cohesive offensive line mashed Buffalo into submission. Bell’s franchise record 236 yards rushing — no small feat for a franchise that’s played 1,210 games (playoffs included) across 84 seasons — came on 38 clock-chewing carries that showcased everything that’s made him arguably the most dynamic back in the league. If he wasn’t putting his hand on the back of one of his linemen while waiting for a hole to open then he was shedding would-be tacklers in the open ﬁeld or — in perhaps his only questionable decision of the day — launching himself six feet into the air in an attempt to hurdle Buffalo’s Ronald Darby. While it took Pittsburgh offensive coordinator Todd Haley a full half to realize the most direct path to victory came with the ball in Bell’s hands instead of an uncharacteristically mistake-prone Ben Roethlisberger, the line realized it far earlier. “Those ﬁrst three runs Le’Veon had, you knew it was going to be a special day,” said Foster, who sat out while nursing a bruised chest and watched backup B.J. Finney ﬁll in admirably. “The ball wasn’t coming out right when we were throwing it. The run is where it was at for us and what better way to do it against the No. 1 (offensive) rushing team in the league?” It’s a method that’s caught on during Pittsburgh’s resurgence. The Steelers have controlled play early, building 14-0 leads in each of their last four games, forcing opponents to rely on the pass to catch up. That wasn’t a problem early in the season as Pittsburgh’s rebuilt secondary searched for chemistry and its pass rush took a sabbatical. Now putting the ball in the air against the Steelers offers no guarantees. Pittsburgh has picked up 18 of its 31 sacks over the last month and picked off ﬁve passes in the process. The Bills came in averaging over 160 yards rushing a game but managed just 67, the fourth time in the Steelers’ last ﬁve games they held the opponents under 100 yards on the ground. Still, Buffalo’s two garbage-time touchdowns took just a bit of the swagger out an otherwise dominant afternoon. “We all understand that we got to ﬁnish strong, we got to play harder, and we got to continue to get better,” linebacker Ryan Shazier said. “But guys are feeling a lot better on a four-game win streak than on a fourgame losing streak. The chemistry in the locker room feels a lot better, where we are in the standings.” A trip to Cincinnati (5-7-1) waits next weekend before Baltimore visits in what could be a de facto AFC North title game. Considering where the Steelers were after dropping to 4-5 following a late meltdown against Dallas on Nov. 13, they’ll take it. “We’re going to keep riding the wave,” Foster said. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 12. December Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource December 14, 2016 barber walton