http://66.213.69.5/files/original/f3a2df6aa038e4032040c38b1194abbb.pdf 88ba3357835e741aca274ec0d7428fa7 PDF Text Text Blues, trouble are forever inadequate. Mostly sunny. High near 40. Low around 29. Blue Angels win tourney. OPINION s 4 WEATHER s 5 SPORTS s 6 C_ZZb[fehjšFec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 1, Volume 65 Thursday, January 1, 2015 s 50¢ Board approves several positions By Donald Lambert elambert@civitasmedia.com RACINE — During their meeting on Dec. 22, the Southern Local School Board of Education moved to have several personnel for the rest of the 2014-2015 school year. Andrea Edwards tutors a student for two hours per week at a rate of $20 per hour, Lisa Schenkelberg tutors a student at a rate of $20 per hour, and Cody Patterson will be a sub- stitute bus driver pending completion of all the administrative requirements for the position. The board also approved a list of nine certified substitutes and two substitute paraprofessional aides for the remainder of the school year. The board also moved to approve paying several dues and subscriptions, including the Ohio School Board Association annual membership dues, totalling in $3,704. The dues are based on district ADM and cost per pupil date from the Ohio Department of Education. Other dues and subscriptions include the OSBA Briefcase, School Management News and Legal Assistance Fund. The board moved to approve the revised permanent appropriations in the amount of $11,483,379.11 as presented by the Treasurer. The board also approved several transfers, including $95 from the high school principal fund to yearbook and entering into the Ohio School Board Association legal assistance fund from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2015. The cost would be $250. Paul Harris was elected by the board to be the president pro-tem for the organizational meeting that will take place on Jan. 13. The board approved entering into agreement with Sammy L. Stamm & Co. for the prepa- ration of General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) Basic Financial Statements and notes in compliance with GASB. The agreement is for three years at $3,800 per year. The board also discussed the Cutler Scholarship Outcome and upcoming events coming in the new year. The next regular meeting will be 6:30 p.m. Jan. 26. Reach Donald Lambert at 740-992-2155, Ext. 2555. or on Twitter @Donaldlambert22. Commissioners discuss 2015 county budget By Donald Lambert elambert@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — The Meigs County Commissioners discussed the 2015 county budget at their weekly meeting Tuesday. The county budget for 2015 will be a little more than $5 million. The budget for 2014 was about $4.64 million. The commissioners were very pleased with the 2015 budget and Commissioner Tim Ihle said they will use the money to continue to build Meigs County in the new year. The carryover money from 2014 won’t be revealed until next week’s meeting, but the commissioners said they are hopeful it’ll surpass last year’s carryover total. The carryover total from 2013 was $385,708.46. The commission also briefly discussed the Olive Township meeting that was held Monday night. Commissioner Randy Smith represented the commission at the meeting. Smith presented to the commission that a number of the residents from Reedsville and Olive Township would like a resolution made out to outlaw Jake braking in Reedsville and along Ohio 124. No time table was established on when a resolution was going to be written up or passed. Other business included an approval of last week’s minutes, a discussion of getting a new roof for the Meigs County Health Department. No time table of when that will happen was discussed. The commissioners also revealed they would be doing a road viewing on Thursday, Jan. 8 at 9:30 a.m. and a hearing would be held during the regular meeting time. The next meeting will be 11 a.m. Jan. 8. Reach Donald Lambert at 740-992-2155, Ext. 2555. or on Twitter @ Donaldlambert22. Pictured, from left, are paramedics Tyler Andrews, Max Jahren, Jordan Shank and Dennis Saunders. Lindsay Kriz | Daily Sentinel 2014 brings partnership to EMS By Lindsay Kriz to EMS headquarters, and treats those throughout the county. If further medical care is needed, either POMEROY — Last year brought a Medflight helicopter or a local together Meigs County Emergency ambulance will transport people to Medical Services and several busi- larger medical facilities in the surnesses with local branches, Robbie rounding area. Jacks, director of Meigs County “We provide that service, which EMS, said. generates more revenue for the “To survive in today’s economic emergency side of our ambulance times, we have to partner up,” he services,” Jacks said. said. Coming soon will be a Medflight Holzer Health System, Medbuilding in between Holzer’s emerflight, Meigs Local Bus Garage, gency room and the Meigs County Jobs and Family Services and EMS administrative building, Portsmouth Ambulance Service Jacks said. Currently, the county’s have all partnered with Meigs Medflight helicopter is based in County EMS to provide greater Wellston, and creating a new buildcare to the county. Holzer’s freeing closer to where emergency standing emergency room sits next transportation is needed will be lkriz@civitasmedia.com a great asset. The building will be shared by both Medflight and EMT employees, and Medflight will helping with the cost so as to make the financial burden to the community less, Jacks said. “We will be adding six full-time EMTs and paramedics,” Jacks said. “That’s six new jobs to the county, which brings us up to 23 full-time jobs.” Meigs County EMS also partnered with Jobs and Family Services to provide two training academies for potential EMS employees. Because not all individuals could pay for the $1,000 course, Jobs and Family Services took on the cost for all participants. See EMS | 5 Vicki Samples wins local giveaway By Lindsay Kriz lkriz@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — As part of their “Love Meigs County. Shop Local.” campaign, the Meigs County Chamber of Commerce included a giveaway for a gift card wreath. There were 12 participating businesses — NEWS Obituaries: 2 Opinion: 4 Weather: 5 — SPORTS Basketball: 6 Schedule: 6 — FEATURES Television: 7 Classified: 8 Comics: 9 JOIN THE CONVERSATION What’s your take on today’s news? Go to mydailysentinel. com and visit us on facebook to share your thoughts. across Meigs County. The drawing was held Dec. 12 with Vicki Samples of Cottageville, W.Va., winning the wreath. Chamber board member Mandie Grueser, of Grueser and Associates Accounting, drew the winning name. “I love coming to Meigs County and shopping,” Samples said. Samples said she usually comes up to shop at The Fabric Shop and Weaving Stitches, but looks forward to shopping at the other stores included on the wreath. “It was great to meet Mrs. Samples,” Whitney Thoene, executive director at the Meigs County Chamber of Commerce, said. “She was thrilled about not only winning the wreath but also about shopping in the county. She told me about her favorite stores and how she looked forward to checking out the other shops. It was great to see someone from outside the county so excited about our county.” Participants were entered when they made a purchase for a set specific amount in a participating store. The wreath was valued at over $500. It included gift certificates from Valley Lumber, T&A Firearms, Porter Autoplex, Grueser and Associates Accounting, Weaving Stitches, Clarks Jewelry, Front Paige Outfitters, The Fabric Shop, Baum Lumber, Fox’s Pizza, Wild Horse Café, Detwiller Lumber and Taco Bell. The chamber of commerce’s shop local campaign is an ongoing initiative. While in the winter it focused on the retail Submitted photo From left, Vicki Samples and Whitney Thoene display the wreath Samples won. industries, there are plans to promote service industries in the Spring. To have questions answered about the shop local campaign, contact Thoene at the chamber, 992-5005. �LOCAL/INTERNATIONAL 2 Thursday, January 1, 2015 Daily Sentinel DEATH NOTICES KINGERY POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Athens E. Kingery, 70, of Point Pleasant, died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014, at her residence. Burial will be in Kirkland Memorial Gardens in Point Pleasant on Friday, Jan. 2, 2015. There will be no services. Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home is assisting the family. WRIGHT GALLIPOLIS — Charles Richard “Chuck” Wright, 59, of Gallipolis, died Monday, Dec. 29, 2014, at his residence. Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, at Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home with Dr. Wesley S. Thoene officiating. Military funeral honors will be conducted at the funeral home by the Gallia County Veterans Funeral Detail. Burial will be at a later date in Beech Grove Cemetery in Meigs County. The conviction of Putin foe sets off protest in Moscow Associated Press MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin’s chief political foe was convicted along with his brother on Tuesday in a fraud case widely seen as a vendetta by the Kremlin, triggering one of Russia’s boldest antigovernment demonstrations in years. Police allowed a few thousand protesters to gather just outside Red Square for about two hours — a show of relative restraint for Russian authorities, who have little tolerance for dissent — before moving in to break up the unsanctioned rally by pushing the demonstrators toward subway entrances. The rally came hours after anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny was found guilty of what activists said were trumpedup charges and given a suspended sentence of 3½ years. His younger brother was sent to prison, a move that drew comparisons to the Stalin-era practice of punishing family members of enemies of the state. The 38-year old Navalny, a lawyer and popular blogger, rose to prominence with his investigations of official corruption and played a leading role in organizing anti-Putin demonstrations in Moscow in 2011 and 2012 that drew hundreds of thousands. Navalny, who has been under house arrest since February, violated its terms to attend the rally and was rounded up by police as he approached the site. He later tweeted that police drove him home and blocked him from leaving his apartment. The protesters, who gathered on the Manezh Square outside the Kremlin, chanted: “We are the power!” and “Russia without Putin!” Some shouted slogans of support for Ukraine, which saw its Crimean Peninsula annexed by Russia in March and has faced a pro-Russia insurgency in the east. Scuffles erupted between the protesters and proPutin activists shouting, “Those who don’t like Russia should go to the United States!” — the chants reflecting the Kremlin’s depiction of opposition supporters as Western stooges. The Russian authorities usually move quickly to break up opposition protests, and the unusual delay this time may reflect Kremlin concerns about fueling public anger amid the country’s economic woes. The ruble has lost about half its value this year, and the economy is heading into recession under the combined weight of Western sanctions and slumping oil prices. Police said they detained about 100 protesters, while activists claimed up to 250 were rounded up. Russian law requires demonstrators to get official clearance for rallies. Violators can face prison sentences and heavy fines. Tuesday’s verdict was not scheduled to come down until next month, but the court session was abruptly moved up to the day before New Year’s Eve, the main holiday in Russia, in what was widely seen as an attempt to head off protests. Russia’s main statecontrolled TV stations all but avoided the story. In Washington, State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke said the U.S. government was troubled by the verdict, which “appears to be another example of the Russian government’s growing crackdown on independent voices.” Civitas Media, LLC (USPS 436-840) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes Tuesday through Saturday. Please call for more information on local pricing. 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A massive hunt for the victims of the jet resumed in the Java Sea on Wednesday, but wind, strong currents and high surf hampered recovery efforts as distraught family members anxiously waited to identify their loved ones. Bad weather hobbles jet recovery PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (AP) — Bad weather hindered efforts to recover victims of AirAsia Flight 8501 on Wednesday, and sent wreckage drifting far from the crash site, as grieving relatives prayed for strength to endure their losses. "Help us, God, to move forward, even though we are surrounded by darkness," the Rev. Philip Mantofa, whose church lost about 40 members in the disaster, told families gathered in a waiting room at the Surabaya airport. The massive hunt for 162 people who vanished Sunday aboard the Airbus A320 from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore, was severely limited due to heavy rain, wind and thick clouds. Seven bodies, including a flight attendant in her red AirAsia uniform, have been recovered, said Indonesia's Search and Rescue Agency chief Henry Bambang Soelistyo. Sonar images also identified what appeared to be large parts of the plane, but strong currents were moving the debris. Conditions prevented divers from entering the choppy Java Sea, and helicopters were largely grounded. But 18 ships continued to scour the narrowed search area, and four of the seven corpses were recovered Wednesday. Indonesia's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency predicted conditions would worsen, with more intense rains, through Friday. "It seems all the wreckage found has drifted more than 50 kilometers from yesterday's location," said Vice Air Marshal Sunarbowo Sandi, search and rescue coordinator in Pangkalan Bun on Borneo island, the closest town to the site. "We are expecting those bodies will end up on beaches." The airliner's disappearance halfway through the two-hour flight triggered an international search involving dozens of planes, ships and helicopters from numerous countries. It is still unclear what brought the plane down. Its last communication indicated the pilots were worried about bad weather. They sought permission to climb above threatening clouds but were denied because of heavy air traffic. Four minutes later, the jet disappeared from the radar without issuing a distress signal. The aircraft's cockpit voice and flight data recorders, or black boxes, must be recovered before officials can start determining what caused the crash. Items recovered so far include a life jacket, an emergency exit window, children's shoes, a blue suitcase and backpacks filled with food. Malaysia-based AirAsia's loss comes on top of the still-unsolved disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in March with 239 people aboard, and the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in July over Ukraine, which killed all 298 passengers and crew. Simple wooden coffins — numbered 001 and 002 — with purple flowers on top contained the first two bodies, which were sent from Pangkalan Bun to Surabaya. The two victims were a woman wearing blue jeans and a boy 4½-feettall (140 centimeters). The other five bodies — three male and two female — will remain on a warship until the weather clears. Nearly all the passengers were Indonesian, and a large portion of them were Christians of Chinese descent. The country is predominantly Muslim, but sizeable pockets of people from other faiths are found throughout the sprawling archipelago. Around 10 percent of those in Surabaya, the nation's second-largest city, are Christian. On Wednesday, around 100 relatives gathered for the airport prayer service where Mantofa urged them to hold onto their faith, despite their pain. About 40 members of his Manwar Sharon Church died in the crash. "Some things do not make sense to us, but God is bigger than all this," he said. "Our God is not evil." Before breaking up, those gathered stood together and sang with their hands reaching upward: "I surrender all. I surrender all," they repeated. "I surrender all to God our savior. I surrender all." Many family members had planned to travel to Pangkalan Bun, 160 kilometers (100 miles) from the area where bodies were first spotted, to start identifying their loved ones. However, Surabaya airport general manager Trikora Hardjo later said the trip was canceled after authorities suggested their presence could slow down the operation. Instead, some relatives gave blood for DNA tests in Surabaya, where the bodies will be transported, and submitted photos of their loved ones along with identifying information such as tattoos or birthmarks that could help make the process easier. Nearly all the passengers from Indonesia were frequent visitors to Singapore, particularly on holidays. It was 13-year-old Adrian Fernando's first trip to the city-state and was supposed to be a fun vacation with his aunt, uncle and cousin before school started back up. "He is my only son," said emotional mother Linca Gonimasela, 39, who could not accompany him because she had to work. "At first, he didn't want to go, but later on he was persuaded to join them for the New Year holiday." A number of Indonesian cities, including Surabaya, have opted to cancel or tone down their planned New Year's Eve celebrations. However, a giant street bash was still in the works for the capital, Jakarta. "We are in mourning over the AirAsia disaster that claimed the lives of many Indonesians," said Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo, who called on civil servants nationwide to pray for the victims' families instead of holding public New Year's events. "We need to show our sense of sympathy by restraining from holding excessive partying." Man kills 8 people before taking own life EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — A man with a lengthy criminal record killed six adults and two young children before taking his own life in Edmonton, Alberta, in what the police chief on Tuesday called the city's worst mass murder. Edmonton Police Chief Rod Knecht told a news conference late Tuesday night that there was no suggestion of gang involvement and said the motive for the "senseless mass murder" appears to have been "planned and deliberate" domestic violence. Knecht did not release the name of the suspect, but said the man was wellknown to police and had a criminal record dating back to September 1987. Cindy Duong, 37, was fatally shot in a home in south Edmonton on Monday, while two men and three women between the ages of 25 and 50, and a girl and a boy — both under the age of 10 — were found dead a few hours later at a home in the northeast. Investigators have determined the 9 mm handgun used to kill Duong was a registered weapon that had been stolen in Surrey, British Columbia, in 2006. The suspect was found dead by his own hand in a restaurant in the Edmonton bedroom community of Fort Saskatchewan on Tuesday morning. Autopsies will be conducted on Thursday. Duong's body was found around 7 p.m. Monday when police responded to a report of a man entering the southside home, opening fire and fleeing, Knecht said. Investigators have determined the 9 mm handgun used to kill Duong had been stolen in Surrey, Brit- ish Columbia, in 2006. An hour and a half later, officers responded to reports of a suicidal man at a northeast residence in a quiet cul de sac, the same home where the suspect had been arrested in November 2012 and charged with domestic and sexual assault. Family members reported in the call that the man was "depressed and overemotional." When officers arrived, no one answered the door, Knecht said. They searched the exterior of the home but found nothing overtly suspicious and did not go inside. "We can't just arbitrarily go into that residence," explained the chief. Hours later police were contacted by a second person and returned to the residence. When they went inside, they found a scene of carnage with seven bodies. Neighbor Moe Assiff said he saw officers come out and talk to a woman sitting with a man in a white car outside the house. "She just let out a hysterical scream. It was eerie," Assiff said. "She was screaming about her kids: 'My kids! The kids!,' grabbing her hair and trying to pull her hair out. The cops then ushered her down the road into a police cruiser." The suspect's body was found hours later at the VN Express Asian restaurant in Fort Saskatchewan after police brought in tactical-team officers, surrounded the area and reportedly smashed through the front of the restaurant with a vehicle. Knecht said the suspect had a business interest in the restaurant, but would not say if he was the owner. �LOCAL/NATION Daily Sentinel Thursday, January 1, 2015 3 MEIGS LOCAL BRIEFS MEIGS COMMUNITY CALENDAR 4-H Committee Plat Book sales THURSDAY, JAN. 1 announced January regional office hours. Regional liaisons for the Secretary of State’s office will be POMEROY — Meigs County 4-H Committee in 26 counties around Ohio including Meigs and has reduced the price of the current plat book to Athens Counties. The purpose of open office hours $10. Funds support the 4-H program in the county is to give local residents an opportunity to learn by providing funds for supplies, camp and college more about, and stay connected with the secretary scholarships, learning opportunities and more. To of state’s office in an informal and accessible setpurchase a plat book, you can stop by the Extension ting. In addition to making voter registration forms Office on Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m and election information available, regional repre(closed 12-12:30 for lunch) mail $15 (for book, ship- sentatives will be on hand to answer questions and ping & handling) to Meigs County 4-H Committee, distribute materials to those interested in learning PO Box 32, Pomeroy, OH 45769 or visit the Meigs more about the other functions of the office such as County Recorder’s Office in the Court House.. the business services division and initiatives including the Ohio Business Profile and Military Readyto-Vote program. The date for Meigs and Athens counties will be Jan. 9. The Athens time will be 10 a.m. to noon at the Athens County Public Library, located at 95 W. Washington St. in Nelsonville. The OHIO VALLEY — Veteran’s Outreach is starting Meigs time will be 1-3 p.m. at the Meigs County a campaign to give back to veterans this holiday sea- District Public Library, located at 216 W. Main St. son. Show your support by making a tax-deductible in Pomeroy. $10 donation by texting vet to the number 52000. The $10 will be applied to your next cell phone bill. No additional charge will be applied on your bill. Show our deserving veterans you care! You can also donate at their website, veteranoutreach. The next meeting will be 7:30 p.m. Jan. 13 at the com, call 1-888-283-8638, or send your check to 542 Meigs County Senior Citizens Center. Youngstown Poland Rd., Struthers, Ohio, 44471. Veteran’s Outreach Mobile Giving Campaign 2015 Family and Children First Meetings Announced MIDDLEPORT — The Meigs County Family and Children First Council will be holding regular business meetings at 9 a.m. on the third Thursday of the following months: January, March, May, July, September and November. The council will hold these meetings at the Meigs County Department of Job and Family Services, located at 175 Race Street, Middleport. The Meigs County Family and Children First Council will also be holding an Intersystem Collaborative Meeting at 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 5. Meetings will then be held the first Thursday of every month at the Meigs County Department of Job and Family Services building. For more information, contact Brooke Pauley, Coordinator at 740992-2117 EXT. 104. POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will be closed and will reopen Jan. 2 at 8 a.m. POMEROY — The Meigs County TB Clinic will be closed and will reopen Jan 2 at 8 a.m. FRIDAY, JAN. 2 HEMLOCK GROVE — Meigs County Pomona Grange will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Hemlock Grange Hall. All members are urged to attend. SATURDAY, JAN. 3 SALEM CENTER — Star Grange #778 and Star Junior Grange 878 will meet with potluck supper at 6:30 p.m. followed by meeting at 7:30 p.m. All members are urged to attend. POMEROY — The Meigs County Humane Society will be giving out free bags of straw for pet bedding from 10 a.m. to noon. BEDFORD TOWNSHIP — The Bedford Township Trustees will hold a special meeting at 7 a.m. at the townhall regarding the signing of the fire protection contract. Meigs Tea Party meets Jan. 13 SUNDAY, JAN. 4 Meigs Local Board completes Financial Statements MONDAY, JAN. 5 POMEROY — The Meigs Local Board of Education has completed its General Purpose External Financial Statements for Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2014 and they are available for public inspection at the office of the Treasurer/CFO, Mark E. Rhonemus, 41765 Pomeroy Pike, Pomeroy. Meigs County Health Dept. to conduct Clinic POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will conduct an Immunization Clinic on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at 112 E. Memorial Drive in Pomeroy. Please bring child(ren)’s shot records. Children must be accompanied by a parent/ legal guardian. A $10 donation is appreciated for POMEROY — No LEPC meeting is scheduled for immunization administration; however, no one will December. The next meeting will be 11:30 a.m. Jan. be demed services because of an inability to pay an 27. administration fee for state-funded childhood vaccines. Please bring medical cards and/or commercial insurance cards, if applicable. Flu shots are available for people aged 6 months and older. Only Ohio Medicaid via Caresource is accepted for those aged 19 years or older. Zostavax (shingles) vaccine is OHIO VALLEY — Secretary of State Jon Husted also available. Call for eligibility determination. No more LEPC meetings in 2014 MIDDLEPORT — The Cornwell Twins will be returning to sing and speak at First Baptist Church of Middleport, 211 S. 6th Ave., during Sunday Morning Service, Jan. 4 at 10:15 p.m. Public welcome. A love gift offering will be taken. Pastor Billy Zuspan is the minister of First Baptist. GUYAN TOWNSHIP — The Guyan Township 2015 organizational meeting will take place at 5 p.m. at the Guyan Township Townhouse. SUTTON TOWNSHIP —The Sutton Township Trustees monthly meeting and organizational meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. at the Syracuse Village Hall. TUESDAY, JAN. 6 RACINE — American Legion Post #39 will meet Tuesday, Jan. 6. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. THURSDAY, JAN. 8 CHESTER —The Chester Shade Historic Association will hold their monthly meeting at the Academy at 6:30 p.m. TUESDAY, JAN. 13 TUPPERS PLAINS — The Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer will have their regular meeting at 7 p.m. at the Tuppers Plains Sewer office. Regional liaisons in Athens, Meigs counties Visit us at www.mydailysentinel.com Leaders look for flap to blow over WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leaders have been supportive of Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise since the revelation that he appeared before a white supremacist organization 12 years ago, suggesting they think the flare-up will fade, while some Democrats have been critical without calling for him to resign. Scalise, the Republican whip in the House, said Tuesday that he regrets making the speech in 2002 and condemns the views of such groups. He said that as a state legislator he spoke to many groups at that time about a major tax issue. "One of the many groups that I spoke to regarding this critical legislation was a group whose views I wholeheartedly condemn," the Louisiana congressman said in a statement. "It was a mistake I regret, and I emphatically oppose the divisive racial and religious views groups like these hold." Republican leaders defended Scalise within minutes of his statement. The new Congress, in which the GOP will control both the House and the Senate, convenes next week. House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio said Scalise "made an error in judgment, and he was right to acknowledge it was wrong and inappropriate." Boehner said Scalise "has my full confidence as our whip." House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California said Scalise "acknowledged he made a mistake and has condemned the views that organization espouses. I've known him as a friend for many years and I know that he does not share the beliefs of that organization." Scalise won a key endorsement Monday from Rep. Cedric Richmond, who will be Louisiana's only Democrat and only black in Congress when the new Congress convenes. Richmond told NOLA.com: "I don't think Steve Scalise has a racist bone in his body." He said he has worked closely with Scalise and "I am not going to let them use Steve as a scapegoat to score political points when I know him and know his family." Louisiana's Republican governor, Bobby Jindal, also defended the congressman. Scalise acknowledged speaking at a 2002 Louisiana convention of the European-American Unity and Rights Organization, which called itself EURO. Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke founded the group, which the Southern Poverty Law Center has classified as a hate group. In an interview Monday with The Times-Picayune of New Orleans and NOLA.com, Scalise said he had little staffing as a state legislator and didn't always know details of groups he was invited to address. "I didn't know who all of these groups were, and I detest any kind of hate group," Scalise told the newspaper. His statement Tuesday did not deal with the issue of weak staffing or sketchy knowledge of his audiences in 2002. Scalise, who is Catholic, said "these groups hold views that are vehemently opposed to my own personal faith, and I reject that kind of hateful bigotry." Louisiana Republicans say Duke, who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1991, did not attend the 2002 EURO convention, but addressed it at one point by phone. In his NOLA.com interview, Scalise said he knew about Duke, but indicated he didn't recognize Duke's connection to the group. "Everyone knew who he was," Scalise told NOLA. com. "I would not go to any group that he was a part of." Democrats were measured in their criticisms. For instance, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi's office issued a statement not from her but from her spokesman, Drew Hammill. It said Scalise's "involvement with a group classified by the Anti-Defamation League as anti-Semitic and the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group is deeply troubling for a top Republican leader in the House. " The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee criticized Scalise in an earlier statement on Tuesday, saying he "chose to cheerlead for a group of KKK members and neoNazis at a white supremacist rally." The statement questioned why the GOP leadership had remained silent. Scalise, 49, ascended to his leadership post in June in the chain of events that followed then-Majority Leader Eric Cantor's surprise defeat in a Republican primary. Wednesday, December 31 (New Year’s Eve) Thursday, January 1 (New Year’s Day) Gallipolis: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Pediatric Urgent Care Services: 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Gallipolis: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Pediatric Urgent Care Services: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Athens: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Athens: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Jackson: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Pediatric Urgent Care Services: 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Jackson: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Pediatric Urgent Care Services: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Meigs: 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Meigs: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Clinic at Walmart in Athens operated by Holzer Health System will be CLOSED Thursday, January 1, 2015. 60556834 �E ditorial 4 Thursday, January 1, 2015 Daily Sentinel THEIR VIEW Authoritarian regimes flex muscles These past few weeks have been a troubling time for freedom of expression, with tyrannical regimes managing to put points on the board largely through the timidity of free societies. That was the dynamic we saw at work toward the end of 2014, when Sony Pictures decided to cancel the release of its film “The Interview” after threats from hackers allegedly associated with North Korea. Now a similar dynamic is playing out in Russia, and Facebook is the party suffering from a deficiency of backbone. Russian dissidents were planning a mass gathering Jan. 15, the day that Alexei Navalny, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critics, will hear the verdict in a case that could send him to prison for a decade. Navalny’s prosecution is widely believed to be politically motivated, the latest in a long string of actions Putin has taken to crush opponents under his heel. The event, which had more than 12,000 attendees signed up as of Saturday evening, drew the attention of Russian authorities, who subsequently demanded that Facebook take down the page advertising it. The page disappeared from view for Russian users shortly thereafter, a move that Moscow claims happened with Facebook’s approval. These pages have long taken a dim view of censorship when imposed by the state. These days, we’re equally troubled by the tendency of major corporations to shut down free expression anytime they run afoul of a particularly surly dictator. Human liberty will be imperiled around the globe if illiberal despots learn that this is a reliable mechanism for shutting down free and open debate. We understand that both Sony and Facebook had business considerations to take into account in their respective decisions. No one would expect them to do otherwise. There are, however, higher values to take into account. What does it profit a company to expand its balance sheet and forfeit its soul in the process? One of the myriad wonders of modern technology is the newfound capacity to spread provocative, and even subversive, ideas around the world in a matter of seconds. It is no wonder that this fact has left dictatorial regimes nervous. As far as we’re concerned, their anxiety is an unalloyed good. We encourage all corporations who find themselves in the crosshairs of these regimes to think seriously about the long-term implications of their actions. In the final reckoning, history will remember whether or not they stood on the side of human freedom much longer than it will recall what effect it had on their business. We recognize that caution is the default posture for most companies of this size. But now is the time to leaven that impulse with a healthy dose of courage. The Daily Sentinel Letters to the Editor Letters to the editor should be limited to 300 words. All letters are subject to editing, must be signed and include address and telephone number. No unsigned letters will be published. Letters should be in good taste, addressing issues, not personalities. “Thank You” letters will not be accepted for publication. Have story ideas or suggestions? Call us at: 740.992.2155 THEIR VIEW Blues, trouble are forever inadequate or the achievement is disSome sort of information, missed. The Rev. Al Sharpespecially in our electronic ton is the most perfect universe, is a way to good example, because those far or bad fortune, which we below him attempt to pull know as undeniable new him into their self-defining power, available to the promuck, claiming that they foundly imaginative or the have a purity that cannot be supremely insensitive, even Stanley denied. Sharpton is obviousthe stupid and ruthless. Crouch Even though the scientific KingFeatures ly and impulsively given to self-promotion because he age has been denied by con- columnist doesn’t just think that mass servative forces willing to reality is shaped by media, declare its source as coming from the pit of a hell, few in power he KNOWS it is, otherwise, he will bring that argument before the would have gone down because of the fake Tawana Brawley charges so-called court of public opinion. that destroyed everyone involved Some say the universe is united other than Sharpton. by greed that swells across all boundaries and beliefs, but is not Sharpton survived and proved stronger than the desire for a porhimself one of the great American tion of power, which explains the characters, perfectly and positively Sony hacking scandal connecting protean. He changed his looks by the danger of revelations to politics. losing more than 100 pounds, cast That all comes together in the aside narrow black nationalist polisituations created by the lawtics, held on to the principles that enforcement controversies across connected him to Martin Luther the country — distrust of armed King Jr. and pushed them high authority, distrust of those who into the air at the most dangerous are doing the protesting, and the times — including speaking out interest in getting some attention against violence when the reverend brought to themselves by attackhimself was lying in a hospital with ing the police or by defending the a knife wound close to his heart. dangerous jobs that define law Those who claim to be eternally enforcement; either side will do if exasperated by his very presence it draws press. and the attention he receives The making of careers by pickcannot challenge, or even mening a side to be on is nothing new. tion, his very real scars and the Purportedly progressive forces are fact that Sharpton continues, at more easily infiltrated than most every chance, to discourage the would like to admit, and because opportunists claiming that vioequally infiltrated opponents shill lence, chaos and looting are the with self-righteous regularity. Both real expression of the lack of faith sides take the position that there is experienced by black communities no other way to perceive the issues nationwide. — down with the other side. When appearing with the There is so often the lesser mother of the slain Eric Garner, drives that are connected irrevoca- Sharpton was at his very best. He bly, so much so that the intention stood behind the mother at an empathetic grieving. That show of grief was a public expression that was meant to be a way of standing with the families of the two recently murdered Brooklyn officers in a planned act of irrational homicidal violence. Emotion can be made so cheap by exploitation, but it was not in Brooklyn, because of the gravitas brought by the human feeling to a universally understood act — the madness that intimidates us all. Law enforcement holds its place against such terror, supported by those who understand, or seek to understand, the complex contradictions facing all ready to try to handle law and order, peace and justice. That is easy to pooh-pooh, but hard to do and impossible to ignore in any actual democracy, primarily because democracy means, on one side, a hot mess; on the other, a solution to it, a way of wiping things clean. These facts are hard to balance with so much blues and trouble arriving with the irresistible forces of competition for profit in this Christmas season, like any other. But blues and trouble are forever inadequate, because the joy of life is both fundamental and ongoing, and easy to see and to feel. Breathing itself proves that life does not allow one to have control of any of the fundamentals; they are on automatic pilot. A movie made many years ago was titled “God Is My Co-Pilot.” In today’s scientific world commanded, if not commandeered, by information and proof, the modern name might just be — and might be perfectly correct — “Life Itself Is My Co-Pilot.” Stanley Crouch can be reached by email at crouch.stanley@gmail.com. TODAY IN HISTORY... Today is Thursday, Jan. 1, the first day of 2015. There are 364 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 1, 1975, a jury in Washington found Nixon administration officials John N. Mitchell, H.R. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman and Robert C. Mardian guilty of charges related to the Watergate cover-up; a fifth defendant, Kenneth Parkinson, was acquitted, and Mardian’s conviction for conspiracy was later overturned on appeal. On this date: In 1515, Louis XII, King of France, died; he was succeeded by Francis I. In 1660, Englishman Samuel Pepys (peeps) began keeping his famous diary. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that slaves in rebel states shall be “forever free.” In 1913, the U.S. Parcel Post system went into operation. In 1935, The Associated Press inaugurated Wirephoto, the first successful service for transmitting photographs by wire to member newspapers. In 1945, France was admitted to the United Nations. In 1953, country singer Hank Williams Sr., 29, was discovered dead in the back seat of his car during a stop in Oak Hill, W.Va., while he was being driven to a concert date in Canton, Ohio. In 1959, Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries overthrew Cuban leader Fulgencio Batista, who fled to the Dominican Republic. Today’s Birthdays: Former Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., is 93. Actor Ty Hardin is 85. Documentary maker Frederick Wiseman is 85. Actor Frank Langella is 77. Rock singer-musician Country Joe McDonald is 73. Writer-comedian Don Novello is 72. Actor Rick Hurst is 69. Country singer Steve Ripley (The Tractors) is 65. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., is 61. The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, is 59. Rapper Grandmaster Flash is 57. Actress Ren Woods is 57. Actress Dedee Pfeiffer is 51. Actress Embeth Davidtz is 49. Country singer Brian Flynn (Flynnville Train) is 49. Actor Morris Chestnut is 46. Actor Verne Troyer is 46. Elin Nordegren is 35. Actor Jonas Armstrong (Film: “Walking With the Enemy”; “Edge of Tomorrow”; TV: “Robin Hood”) is 34. Actress Eden Riegel is 34. Olympic gold medal ice dancer Meryl Davis is 28. �LOCAL/INTERNATIONAL Daily Sentinel Thursday, January 1, 2015 5 Witness confirms cover-up of army slayings ARCELIA, Mexico (AP) — When the witness refused to sign a false statement that 22 suspected drug gang members had died in a shootout with the Mexican army, state investigators began to kick her in the ribs, she said. They put a bag over her head, plunged her face into a toilet bowl and beat her so hard that, six months later, she still has trouble with her hearing and eyesight. "As they were hitting me ... they told me they could make even the mute talk," said the woman, one of three witnesses known to have survived a June 30 mass killing by the Mexican army. In her first interview since being falsely imprisoned for five months on weapons possession charges, the woman said a cover-up of the crime went far beyond the seven soldiers facing trial in the case to include more soldiers, and state and federal prosecutors who pushed to make the deaths look like the result of a gunbattle rather than what they were -- extra-judicial killings after surrender. Criminal case files obtained by The Associated Press last week supported her assertion that state prosecutors knew from the start that soldiers had altered the crime scene, despite official and public declarations to the contrary. And the documents revealed that the battalion commander responsible for the troops arrived at the scene before state investigators. The witness, a 20-year-old prostitute who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that two days after the beating in the state of Mexico she was taken to the capital, where she was pressed into signing the false statement by federal organized crime investigators working for the attorney general's office. "I told them I wasn't going to sign anything ... and they began yelling at me," the witness said. Without a lawyer present, she finally relented. She and another witness were jailed until earlier this month. The army slaying is one of two cases that have thrown Mexico into a human rights crisis in recent months. After the mass killing in Mexico state, 43 college students went missing at the hands of local police in neighboring Guerrero state. The crimes occurred within three months of each other under the administration of President Enrique Pena Nieto, who had promised more transparency and greater emphasis on human rights, and they have sparked international protests. The army killings first came to light with a June 30 press release stating that soldiers on patrol near San Pedro Limon had come under fire and engaged in a fierce shootout that killed 22 gangsters, but left only one soldier wounded — an imbalance that raised questions. The AP visited the scene several days later and found little evidence of a firefight, discovering instead a series of blood-spattered bullet markings at chest height on the wall of the warehouse where the confrontation had occurred, an indication that at least some of the dead were shot at close range. In September, the AP interviewed a EMS survivor whose 15-year-old daughter was among the dead, and who was the first to state publicly that most of the victims had been killed after they surrendered. Like the witness released from prison, she declined to allow her name to be used. Both women fear retribution by officials and drug traffickers, given all they have disclosed. According to criminal case files obtained by the AP, Mexico state officials learned early on that, in at least 10 cases, weapons placed next to the bodies did not match the ammunition carried by the dead men, and blood stains on clothing indicated the bodies had been moved. "Defensive wounds" suggested that at least nine of the dead had tried to ward off bullets, something they would not be able to do if they were firing weapons. Nonetheless, state investigators filed a report validating the army's version of events, stating that "observations at the crime scene showed that it has been preserved in its original state." The documents show that the army did not interview the soldiers about a cover-up and the federal attorney general did little to investigate the June 30 slaying before the AP and Esquire magazine published interviews with the mother. In late September, federal prosecutors announced that eight of the 22 dead were killed after surrendering, although weeks later, the National Commission on Human Rights said it had found that 12 to 15 suspects were shot after surrendering. In November three soldiers were charged with aggravated homicide in the eight deaths, and four others— including a lieutenant — were charged with "actions improper to the public service" for failing to report the killings. The army and attorney general say that's as far as the case goes. But the latest witness said a large number of army personnel arrived soon after the shooting, and before she saw changes to the crime scene. Court documents revealed that Col. Raul Castro Aparicio, the commander of the 102 battalion, whose members were responsible for the killings, arrived on the scene before state investigators. The documents do not make clear what role Castro may have played there, and it is not known if he has been investigated in connection with the cover-up. The Defense Ministry did not respond to AP requests for comment or to interview Castro. "Someone in the army decided to say 'this is the version we're going to go with,'" said Raul Plascencia, who headed the National Human Rights Commission when the agency concluded that the army had engaged in extrajudicial killings. He told the AP that the cover-up continued when the Mexico state prosecutor's office validated the soldiers' version and went all the way to federal attorney general's office. Federal authorities have sealed evidence in the case for 12 years, and state authorities for 15. Attorney Gen. Jesus Murillo Karam did not respond to repeated AP mobile parts for Meigs County EMS vehicles as well as their own buses. From Page 1 He also cited grants which help provide new “We have decided to equipment for EMS and survive and thrive with three volunteer squads agencies that you normally wouldn’t partner up — Rutland Township, Columbia Township and with,” he said. Olive Township — in the To save on the cost area for providing help in of maintenance, Meigs other areas of the county County EMS has also Commissioner Randy partnered up with the Meigs Local Bus Garage, Smith said that at the end which provides mechanic of each year Meigs County EMS provides the comwork and cheaper auto- requests for comment. The Mexico state prosecutor's office, responding to questions from the AP, said for the first time last week that there is an investigation by the state Inspector General for Public Security Institutions into allegations that prosecutors tried to cover up the crime and tortured two surviving witnesses to change their testimony to match the army's version. But the state prosecutors' office said no agents have been detained or suspended from their jobs The released witness, the mother of a 2-year-old daughter who acknowledged that she worked as a prostitute, offered new details in the ordeal. She said she was waiting for a taxi outside a local water park on June 20 when a truck full of armed men drove up and forced her into the vehicle. She said she spent the next nine days bound and often blindfolded, moved among abandoned houses in the hills, and was repeatedly raped by the men. "They drugged me, made drink," she said. "I didn't know any of them." That's how she ended up in the warehouse on June 29. In the early morning of June 30, she remembers being awakened by an exchange of gunfire and hearing someone shout, "Mexican army! Surrender!" The soldiers initially told state prosecutors that the suspects had refused to give up, according to court documents. But the two witnesses interviewed by the AP said the gang surrendered in short order, and walked out of the warehouse with their hands behind their heads. Five people, including the three women, were taken aside as kidnap victims. All three women testified that they saw a military man wearing a uniform different from the others arrive after the shootings. He took the two male kidnap victims aside, saying he wanted to photograph them. The witness said she heard gunfire and later saw the two men among the dead, whose bodies she saw first without weapons and later with weapons. It is not known whether the man in a different uniform was an officer or a member of another branch of the armed services. No attempt has been made to find the man or have the women identify him, according to Plascencia, formerly of the Human Rights Commission. More than two weeks after the shooting, Alejandro Gomez Sanchez, the state attorney general, said that there was "no evidence that would suggest possible executions." Asked last week about the contradictions, Gomez Sanchez's office said he had been misinformed "by personnel who had charge of the investigation for only four days." But the witness said that when she had tried to tell state authorities what really happened, they went to extremes to force her to confirm the army's version. "One of them told me he was going to rape me," she said. The agents threatened to charge her with weapons possession, which they eventually did, and said her 2-year-old would be an orphan. A female state prosecutor's agent was present during her torture, she added. Only two women agents are listed in the case files. When she was taken to the federal prosecutors' office in Mexico City, the witness said she was put into a room with several detectives, where she again was threatened with jail unless she signed the statement. She signed one page of the multi-page statement, she said, only to discover later that someone forged her signature on the rest of the pages. After five months in jail, the witness says she faces mounting bills for medical treatment resulting from her beating and wants the government to recognize the abuse she suffered. "I am asking for justice, because they never found any evidence against us," she said. 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Member FDIC | NMLS #464173 60554450 LOCAL STOCKS �Sports Daily Sentinel Thursday, January 1, 2015 s Page 6 Wahama breezes past Buffalo By Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Wahama senior Hunter Rose floats in for a shot attempt over Buffalo defender Ethan Burgess (25) during the second half of Tuesday night’s non-conference boys basketball contest in Mason, W.Va. MASON, W.Va. — A great start led to an even better finish to the 2014 boys basketball season for Wahama following a 70-56 victory over visiting Buffalo in a non-conference matchup Tuesday night in Mason County. The White Falcons (2-2) shot 52 percent from the field and never trailed in the contest, as the hosts led by double digits over the final 21:41 of regulation — including twice by as many 21 points in the second and third periods. The Bison (0-4), however, shot 57 percent in the second half — including a 6-of-10 effort from threepoint range — and closed to within 59-49 with 5:41 remaining. WHS closed the game with a small 11-7 spurt to wrap up the 14-point triumph, snapping Buffalo’s six-game winning streak over Wahama in the process. It was the first win over BHS for the White Falcons since the Red and White posted three straight victories during the 2010-11 campaign, the last of which came in a 68-58 decision at Wahama in a Class A opening round tournament game on March 2, 2011. This time, though, the hosts made 16-of-28 shot attempts (57 percent) and also forced twice as many turnovers as they committed (10-5) in the first half, which allowed WHS to claim a comfortable 39-21 cushion at the break. Buffalo also made only 8-of-24 field goal attempts before halftime. That early combination of steady offense and solid defense ultimately paid dividends for the White Falcons in the long run, or at least second-year coach Ron Bradley thought so afterwards. He’s also hoping that his troops will continue this night’s trend into next year. “We were kind of disappointed with our start last Saturday against Charleston Catholic, so we wanted to make sure that we didn’t come out flat again,” Bradley said. “We got a lot of effort and the kids really got after it early on, and it was a big key for us tonight. “We do need to do a better job of finishing teams off, but I am proud of those guys for getting out of the gates and making that lead hold up. If we keep improving on putting four quarters together, I think we can be a really dangerous team come tournament time.” The hosts jumped out to early leads of 4-0 and 8-3, but the Bison countered with four straight points to pull to within 8-7 with 5:30 remaining in the opening period. Wahama answered with a 10-2 surge over the next 2:30, giving WHS its biggest lead of the quarter at 18-9 with three minutes remaining. See WAHAMA | 8 Blue Devils rally past Rock Hill, 49-46 By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com PEDRO, Ohio — The importance of free throws is always magnified in the fourth quarter. The Gallia Academy boys basketball team sank 9-of12 free throws over the final eight minutes of Tuesday night’s non-conference tilt with Rock Hill, sealing the 49-46 road victory. The Redmen (2-5) jumped out to a 10-7 lead through the first eight minutes, and they expanded their advantage to 24-to-18 at halftime. The Blue Devils (2-8) rallied back in the third quarter, outscoring RHHS 14-to-8 in the period to tie the game at 32. Gallia Academy kept the momentum going in the fourth quarter, outscoring Rock Hill 17-14 to claim the 49-46 triumph. Wes Jarrell led the Blue Devils with 13 points, followed by Michael Putney with 12 and Devin Henry with eight. Kole Carter and Alex White each marked seven points, while Trevor McNeal rounded out the GAHS scoring with two points. The Blue Devils were 16-of-24 (66.7 percent) from the free throw line. Austin Collin led Rock Hill with 13 points, followed by Austin Barcus with 12 and Tanner Martin with six. Trystan Matney and Nathan Turvey each posted five points, Brady Knipp added three and Jake Falls rounded out the team total with one point. The Redmen were 8-of-18 (44.4 percent) from the free throw line, including 0-3 in the fourth quarter. Gallia Academy snapped its five-game losing skid with the victory and the Blue Devils will return to action on Friday when they host Fairland. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Friday, Jan. 2 Boys basketball Fairland at Gallia Academy, 7:30 Wahama at Doddridge County Tournament, TBA Girls Basketball Meigs at Wahama, 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 3 Boys Basketball Hannan at Riverview, 5:30 Federal Hocking at Meigs, 7:30 Wahama at Doddridge County Tournament, TBA Eastern at NelsonvilleYork, 7:30 Girls Basketball Symmes Valley at Southern, 2:30 Wrestling Wahama at Cameron, 10 a.m. Point Pleasant at University, 9:30 Swimming River Valley at HYCAT Meet, 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 5 Boys Basketball Parkersburg Christian at Ohio Valley Christian, 7:30 Girls Basketball Meigs at Gallia Academy, 6:30 Point Pleasant at River Valley, 7:30 South Gallia at Wahama, 6 p.m. Parkersburg Christian at Ohio Valley Christian, 6 p.m. Southern at Miller, 7:30 Federal Hocking at Eastern, 7:30 Tuesday, Jan. 6 Boys Basketball Vinton County at Gallia Academy, 7:30 River Valley at Athens, 7:30 Miller at South Gallia, 7:30 Calvary Baptist at Hannan, 7 p.m. Wellston at Meigs, 7:30 Belpre at Wahama, 7:30 Southern at Fort Frye, 7:30 Eastern at Trimble, 7:30 Photos by Alex Hawley | OVP Sports River Valley senior Rachael Smith (center) is trapped by Gallia Academy’s Jalea Caldwell (4), Jordan Walker (22) and Micah Curfman (2), during the Blue Angels victory Tuesday night, in Mercerville. Blue Angels win holiday tourney By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com MERCERVILLE, Ohio — As they say, the third time is the charm. The Gallia Academy girls basketball team finished second in both previous Lady Rebels Holiday Tournaments at SGHS, but the Blue Angels made sure not to go home with a third runner-up trophy, defeating River Valley 57-50 Tuesday in the championship game. The Blue Angels (8-3) never trailed in the contest, and jumped out to an 11-8 first quarter lead after forcing River Valley (4-6) into eight turnovers in the period. Gallia Academy went deep in the second canto, hitting 3-of-4 three point attempts and expanding the lead to 30-22 at halftime. The Lady Raiders chipped away at the deficit early in the third period, forcing four turnovers in the first two minutes of play, while outscoring GAHS 4-0. The Blue Angels quickly got back on track however, shooting 6-of-9 from the field and going on a 14-to-7 run over the remainder of the third. The Blue Angels made just nine of their 16 free throw attempts in the fourth period, but shot just 6-of-19 from the field and GAHS hung on for the 57-50 victory. The Gallia Academy scoring was led by senior Kendra Barnes, who connected on four trifctas en route to her game-high 19 points. Micah Curfman sank a pair of three-pointers and scored 14 points, Jordan Walker chipped in with 13, while Jalea Caldwell added six and Adrienne Jenkins marked five to round out the Blue Angels scoring. Gallia Academy senior Kendra Barnes (3) jumps infront of a pass intended for River Valley junior Leia Moore (23) during the Blue Angels 57-50 triumph at the SGHS Lady Rebels Holiday Tournament, Tuesday. GAHS was 11-of-21 (52.4 percent) from the charity stripe in the game and shot 20-of-39 (51.3 percent) from the field, including 6-of-11 (54.5 percent) from beyond the arc. As a team Gallia Academy posted 24 rebounds, 15 assists, nine steals and 24 turnovers. Walker pulled down a game-best 13 rebounds to finish off her double-double, while Caldwell grabbed four rebounds. Curfman led Gallia Academy with six assists, followed by Caldwell with five and Barnes with three. Barnes and Curfman led the Blue Angel defense with three steals apiece, followed by Caldwell with two. RVHS Senior Chelsea Copley marked three triples and led the Lady Raiders with 17 points, followed by Leia Moore and Shelby Brown with 12 points apiece. Rachael Smith posted five points See ANGELS | 8 �SPORTS Daily Sentinel Thursday, January 1, 2015 7 South Gallia stymies Lady Defenders, 45-15 By Alex Hawley led all-scorers with 11 points, followed by Mikayla Poling with 10. Ashley Northup MERCERVILLE, Ohio — marked eight points for the The skid is over. Lady Rebels, Aaliyah Howell The South Gallia girls basket- added four, while Katie Bosball team snapped its five game tic and Olivia Hornsby each losing skid Tuesday night, finished with three. Courtney defeating Ohio Valley Christian Haner, Caitlyn Vanscoy and 45-15 in the consolation game Carrie Watson each marked of the Lady Rebels Holiday two points, rounding out the Tournament. South Gallia total. The Lady Rebels (2-8) led The Red and Gold were 8-of7-2 at the end of the opening 13 (61.5 percent) from the free stanza after shooting just 3-of- throw line and 15-of-60 (25 16 from the field, but forcing percent) from the field, includthe Lady Defenders (4-5) into ing 7-of-23 (30.4 percent) from 12 turnovers. SGHS connected beyond the arc. As a team on 3-of-5 shots from long SGHS recorded 37 rebounds, range in the second canto and 13 assists, 18 steals, one block expanded the lead to 21-4 at and 18 turnovers. the midway point. Haner and Poling led South SGHS made three more Gallia on the glass with six trifctas in the third period and boards each, while Evans added led 35-8 headed into the finale. four. Northup led the defense Ohio Valley Christian scored with six steals, followed by six of the first eight points of Poling with four and Vanscoy the fourth quarter, but SGHS with three. Poling had a gamecapped off the 45-15 win with high five assists, while Haner an 8-2 run. marked the team’s lone block. Bekah Sargent led OVCS SGHS freshman Erin Evans ahawley@civitasmedia.com Marauders fall at Chesapeake By Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com CHESAPEAKE, Ohio — So much for gracious hosts. Visiting Meigs ran into a buzz-saw Tuesday night as the Chesapeake boys basketball team remained unbeaten following a 62-38 decision in a non-conference matchup in Lawrence County. The Panthers (7-0) never trailed in the contest as the hosts jumped out to an early 17-11 edge and never looked back. The Marauders (2-5) were outscored by nine points apiece over the next two frames, which allowed CHS to expand its twopossession lead into a comfortable 53-29 cushion headed into the finale. Both teams scored nine points apiece down the stretch, allowing the hosts to wrap up the 24-point triumph. The Panthers made a 15-6 second quarter run to take a 32-17 edge into the break, then followed with a 21-12 surge for a 24-point advantage entering the fourth. Jaxon Meadows paced MHS with 10 points, followed by Cody Bartrum, Isaiah English and Luke Musser with six markers apiece. Dillon Mahr and Tyler Field both scored five points apiece to round things out for the Marauders, who were 12-of-19 at the free throw line for 63 percent. Gage Rhoades paced CHS with five trifectas and a game-high 21 points, followed by Brad Meadows with 19 points and Aaron Thompson with eight markers. The hosts were 9-of-15 at the charity stripe for 60 percent. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. Sugar Bowl: Jones, Sims rise as unexpected stars By Rusty Miller and John Zenor Sims beat out Florida State transfer Jake Coker Associated Press after a preseason battle, and broke the single-seaOhio State quarterback son school passing mark Cardale Jones opened the of 2013 Heisman runnerseason stuck behind one up AJ McCarron. Heisman candidate and Here’s the tale of the tape another talented enough of the “other” two quarterto throw his name in the backs in the playoffs: mix, too. Alabama’s Blake Name: Blake Sims. Sims succeeded a HeisTeam: Alabama. man finalist, outdueled a Height: 6-0. more heralded challenger Weight: 208. and emerged as the CrimYear: Fifth-year senior. son Tide’s offensive leader. Career starts: 12-1. The two quarterbacks Coming out of high will lead their teams into school: Sims was rated a College Football Playoff a four-star athlete at matchup Thursday night Gainesville (Georgia) in the Superdome in High School, where he New Orleans. Sure, they led his team to the AAA won’t get the hype of the state championship game matchup between the last in 2009. two Heisman winners, First start: Sims passed Oregon’s Marcus Mariota for 250 yards against and Florida State’s Jameis West Virginia in the GeorWinston, but the Buckgia Dome, a huge step eyes and Tide will also be toward declaring himself banking heavily on their the Crimson Tide’s No. 1 quarterbacks. quarterback. Jones replaced an Impressive stat: Was at injured J.T. Barrett, who his most efficient in the replaced an injured Brax- SEC championship game ton Miller. He started the against Missouri. Sims 59-0 rout of Wisconsin in completed 23 of 27 passes the Big Ten championship for 262 yards and two game. touchdowns. with nine points, followed by Cassandra Hutchison with four and Rachel Sargent with two. Ohio Valley Christian shot 5-of19 (26.3 percent) from the free throw line and 5-of-21 (23.8 percent) from the field. As a team the Lady Defenders marked 22 rebounds, four assists, nine steals, five blocks and 29 turnovers. Rachel Sargent led the way with 10 boards, followed by Yu Yan Sun with four. Bekah Sargent led the defense with four steals and two blocks, while Rachel Sargent had one steal and two blocks. Teah Elliott and Emily Childers each posted two steals; Ashley Childers added a block, while Rachel Sargent, Cassandra Hutchison and Emily Childers each marked an assist. Both teams return to action on Monday, with OVCS hosting Parkersburg Christian and South Gallia visiting Wahama. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-4462342, ext. 2100. Alex Hawley | OVP Sports South Gallia senior Katie Bostic (55) attempts a shot over Ohio Valley Christian junior Ashley Childers (left) during the Lady Rebels 45-15 victory, Tuesday night in Mercerville. Yellow Jackets sting Southern, 86-50 By Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com WILLIAMSTOWN, W.Va. — There were no late-game heroics this time around. Host Williamstown stormed out to a 22-10 first quarter advantage and never looked back Tuesday night during an 86-50 victory over the Southern boys basketball team in a non-conference matchup in Wood County. The visiting Tornadoes (4-3) had their two-game winning streak snapped in a rather convincing fashion, as the Yellow Jackets (5-1) led wire-to-wire in the 36-point triumph. WHS extended its early 12-point lead with a 22-16 run in the second canto, allowing the hosts to secure a 44-26 advantage at the break. SHS answered with a small 19-18 spurt in the third to close to within 62-45 headed into the finale, but Williamstown closed regulation on a 24-5 charge to wrap up the lop-sided outcome. Tristen Wolfe led the Purple and Gold with 17 points, followed by Bradley McCoy with 15 points and Jack lemley with six markers. Crenson Rogers and Dylan Smith also chipped in five and four points, respectively. 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(5:45) �SPORTS 8 Thursday, January 1, 2015 Daily Sentinel For Saban and Meyer, no room for satisfaction health and family, just listen to Ohio State defensive coordinator Luke Fickell. After serving as interim coach between the scandal that brought down Jim Tressel and Meyer’s arrival, Fickell remained on the staff at his alma mater. But Meyer was none too pleased with breakdowns in the pass defense last season, so he brought in a new co-coordinator, Chris Ash. To say that caused some bitterness would be a massive understatement. “Mad, uncomfortable,” Fickell said, describing his feelings after some of the tougher meetings with his boss. “But the reality is: That’s what makes you better, that’s what makes you grow. You ask, ‘Why did you stay?’ Well, everybody wants to be challenged. Sometimes it’s not the greatest way to live your life.” Freshman quarterback Stephen Collier felt the wrath of Meyer during Monday’s practice. Getting some work with the first team, mainly to help rest the arm of starter Cardale Jones, there were a couple of plays Collier didn’t run the right way. That’s understandable, considering he started the year as a fourth-stringer and has only moved up because of injuries to Braxton Miller and J.T. Barrett. But in Meyer’s world, no excuses are allowed. “It’s very tough and uncomfortable in the beginning,” Jones said. “But when you see the results and rewards of that, you buy into it, you understand it more, and you learn to like it.” Well, that’s not entirely accurate. Meyer never wants to create an environment that anyone likes. “I can think of some bad words, but ‘complacent’ falls right up there with those bad words,” he said. “That’s the leader’s job, to make sure there’s no complacency. If you see it or feel it, you’ve got to poke the tiger. I don’t want to say discomfort, but discomfort usually breeds production. I don’t want guys to feel like they’ve arrived, because we have not arrived.” At 63, Saban gives off the exact same vibe, though there’s one challenge he has no intention of tackling again — the NFL. Two years with the Miami Dolphins was enough. “I learned that maybe my best legacy as a coach or a person or whatever might be better realized in college,” he said. “I never really thought about ever going back to the NFL.” Professional Services Stanley Tree Trimming & Removal • Prompt and Quality Work • Reasonable Rates • Insured • Experienced • References Available Gary Stanley 740-591-8044 Please leave a message 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. 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The guests closed Buffalo managed to put the period on a 12-8 run together four consecutive to close to within 57-40 points to close back to headed into the finale. within five points with Buffalo hit three con2:18 left, but Hunter Rose secutive trifectas during capped the first quarter a 9-2 surge to close to scoring with a layup at within 59-49 with just six the 1:39 mark — givminutes remaining, but ing the Red and White the hosts answered with a 20-13 edge after eight an 11-7 run to wrap up minutes of play. the final margin of vicThe Bison went just tory. 3-of-12 from the floor in Wahama connected the second stanza, and on 28-of-54 field goal the White Falcons capital- attempts overall, includized by going on a 19-5 ing a 3-of-9 effort from charge over a six-plus three-point range for 33 minute spell — giving the percent. WHS also outhosts their largest lead rebounded Buffalo by a of the half at 39-18 with 29-27 overall margin, but 1:32 remaining. The Blue lost by a 12-10 margin on and Gold scored the final the offensive glass. three points before the Hunter Rose led the break, making it a 39-21 hosts with a game-high contest at the intermis29 points, followed by sion. Noah Estep and Kaileb BHS made a small 7-2 Sheets with 10 markers run to start the third, apiece. Ryan Thomas was but the White Falcons next with nine points and Philip Hoffman also chipped in six markers. Mason Hicks and Kris Clark respectively rounded out the winning tally with four and two points. The White Falcons were 11-of-19 at the free throw line for 58 percent and were led in rebounding by both Hoffman and Sheets with seven caroms apiece. The Bison sank 21-of47 shot attempts for 45 percent and committed 20 turnovers in the setback, compared to 10 giveaways by Wahama. The guests were also 7-of12 at the charity stripe for 58 percent. Austin Hensley paced BHS with 20 points, followed by Tyler Marlachetta with 11 points and Ethan Burgess with nine markers. 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It doesn’t matter that neither will play a down in the semifinal playoff game. This is like a paint-off between Picasso and Monet, a chance for the rest of us to savor two savants at the top of their games. Not that they’ll be relishing the moment. “It’s always about the next play. It’s always about the next game,” Saban said Tuesday, speaking from a podium on the floor of the Superdome. “I’m always looking toward the future.” Saban has already won four national titles, three of them coming in the last five years at Alabama. Meyer captured a pair of championships at Florida and is two wins away from adding to his haul with the Buckeyes. If you’re looking for some perspective on what it all means, better ask someone else. “I don’t really think much about the past,” Saban said. “I always like to say, ‘Be where your feet are.’ What’s happening right now? What do I need to do to affect that? That’s where your energy is always focused.” Meyer takes essentially the same approach, though he does “try to force” himself to appreciate the good times. “Maybe when you’re younger, you don’t always do that,” the 50-year-old said. “You’re always swinging, swinging, swinging.” That’s about as far as he’ll go. Anyone who thinks Meyer softened up a bit after taking a year off from coaching, a sabbatical he said was necessary because of the toll it was taking on his 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. 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He doesn't expect to play in those, either, but doesn't regret a second spent pushing his limits in the weight room or running himself ragged on the practice field. At the very least, he'll always be able to say he was yelled at by Nick Saban, which he "absolutely" qualifies as an authentic Alabama experience. The last time he was scolded by Saban, his offense was improperly mimicking an upcoming opponent's pass route against the first-team defense. "It's nothing personal. Everyone can get that any day," he said with a smile as he stood on the Superdome turf during Sugar Bowl media day this week. "I try not to get too sensitive about it because even his assistant coaches get that." Geddes was born in Germany, the son of military parents, Patrick and Mary, who are both Tuscaloosa natives and avid Crimson Tide fans. They brought up their son on stories about Alabama's glory days under coach Paul "Bear" Bryant. The family returned to Tuscaloosa when Geddes was 8. He loved Alabama games, which he usually watched on TV. "Every once in a while we were able to pull off some tickets," Geddes recalled. In high school he was a backup running back, a defensive back, kicker and punter. He said he might have carried the ball three times for 15 yards as a senior. He enrolled in Alabama in 2010 and sought to walk on to the football team, but was cut after fall camp. The same in 2011. Once more, he tried, in 2012. That season he wound up with a national championship ring and memories which formed the basis of a speech he later delivered to the team. "I remember the excitement flowing through my veins and how blessed I felt to be there" for Alabama's BCS title triumph over Notre Dame in Miami, Geddes recalled telling his teammates. "It's a feeling that you cannot purchase." Though Geddes is even smaller than kicker Adam Griffith (5-10, 188), some of Alabama's biggest stars haven taken notice of his work ethic. Receiver Amari Cooper, a Heisman Trophy finalist, calls Geddes "an inspiration." "Just aside from football, he's a great person. I get a chance to talk to him and every time I learn something," Cooper said. "When we run (sprints) and things like that in the offseason, he works really hard, works really hard in the weight room. ... He makes me want to better myself." Cooper, in turn, works with Geddes on his route-running, from his footwork to his hand placement. "To have that kind of athlete telling me how to do my job better, to make the defense better, is just too cool," Geddes said. The previous two seasons Geddes was a scout team defensive back and had to cover Cooper in practice. "There's plenty of film out there of him making me look just awful," Geddes said, but added that seeing Cooper do similar things to opponents first-team defensive backs "makes me feel a lot better." During media day, Geddes was soaking it all in, grabbing a television reporter's microphone and interviewing more prominent Alabama players. It was his chance to do what he does best: Help is teammates savor their time with the Crimson Tide. "For me, that's what it's all about. That's why when someone asks about playing time, it doesn't break my heart or hurt my feelings. I'm out here for something different." Harbaugh a hit in return to Michigan David Goldman | AP Cleveland Cavaliers' Kyrie Irving, left, dives for a loose ball against Atlanta Hawks' Jeff Teague in the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game on Tuesday in Atlanta. Millsap powers Hawks past Cavaliers By Charles Odum He shared a hug and laugh with singer Usher, who had a front-row seat near the Cavaliers’ bench, durATLANTA — Paul Millsap ing a timeout. took over for Atlanta in the fourth James also was held out of Clevequarter to help hold off a Cleveland land’s Dec. 11 game at Oklahoma comeback and the Hawks beat the City with soreness in the knee. Cavaliers, who were without LeBThe Cavaliers have lost three ron James, 109-101 on Tuesday of four. Before the game, Blatt night. addressed speculation of unrest on James, celebrating his 30th birth- the team. day, was held out with a sore left “I didn’t feel a necessity to talk knee. to the guys about that because The Hawks led by 17 points that’s simply not the case,” Blatt early in the second half but had to said. “And just because things are hold off a comeback by Cleveland, reported or said, it doesn’t mean which had 35 points from Kyrie that they’re true. Irving. “We have a very good group. After a jam by Tristan ThompClose knit. Guys are engaged, guys son cut the Atlanta lead to 93-90, are listening. We went through a Millsap scored Atlanta’s next eight couple of tough games. A few short points. Millsap led the Hawks games ago we were 18-10 and lookwith 26 points, including 10 in the ing good.” fourth quarter. The Hawks also had a late lineup Jeff Teague had 23 points and 11 change. Pero Antic started for assists, and Kyle Korver sank five 3-pointers while scoring 19 points. center Al Horford. The Hawks Thompson had 18 points and 13 said Horford felt nauseated during pregame warmups. Horford did not rebounds for Cleveland. play. James’ status is day to day. The Hawks closed the first half “Obviously, we want to get him with a 14-3 run for a 51-41 lead. right,” coach David Blatt said after James was pulled from the starting Thabo Sefolosha’s three-point play lineup about 90 minutes before the — a steal, basket and free throw — capped the run. The Cavaliers cut game. the lead to 78-73 entering the final James wore a gray suit as he watched the game from the bench. period. AP Sports Writer Following an Atlanta turnover when Dennis Schroder’s pass hit Antic’s head, Cleveland’s Joe Harris hit a 3-pointer to pull the Cavaliers to within three points at 85-82. Harris had 13 points. Cavaliers forward Kevin Love had seven points and seven rebounds, making only one of eight shots from the field, before leaving the game in the t Tip-ins Cavaliers: G Matthew Dellavedova made his fourth start of the season. ... F Shawn Marion (left ankle sprain) did not play. ... The Cavaliers shot only 34.1 percent from the field in the first half and made only 6 of 21 shots (28.6) in the second quarter. Hawks: Antic had five points in his first start of the season. ... Shelvin Mack, who set a career high with 24 points in Atlanta’s 12798 win at Cleveland on Dec. 17, did not play. ... Two players were assigned to NBA Development League teams — guard John Jenkins to Idaho Stampede and center Adreian Payne to Austin. Up next Cavaliers: Host Milwaukee on Wednesday. Hawks: At Utah on Friday. ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Jim Harbaugh may have already solved two significant problems at Michigan. The fan base is unified again, and the apathy that led to a slip in attendance certainly seems like a thing of the past. Now the question is whether the Wolverines will start winning more games — and how soon? "Michigan's always been great. It's always been great. I always believe in it," Harbaugh said Tuesday at a news conference introducing him as the team's new coach. "In terms of selling something, you're selling something you believe in in your core." Harbaugh is back. And none too soon for fans who desperately want him to save the football program where he starred as a quarterback 30 years ago — one that has fallen into the middle of the pack at best in the Big Ten and become an afterthought in the national landscape. At least, that's the perception. Harbaugh defiantly insisted there would be no rebuilding. "This is Michigan. There is no turnarounds at Michigan," he said. "This is greatness. Long tradition of it." The day began with a packed news conference, and onlookers peeking through the windows from outside. Harbaugh strode to the podium for a smiling, lighthearted session as his family watched from a few feet away. Later, he was on the court at halftime of Michigan's basketball game against Illinois, addressing the crowd. "I pledge to you that we will do our very best to carry on the great tradition of Michigan — excellence all across the board," Harbaugh said to the cheering crowd at Crisler Center during Tuesday's matinee win against Illinois — an overtime thriller, naturally. "You know how to make a guy feel at home," Harbaugh yelled, his voice sounding hoarse from a whirlwind few days. As a starting quarterback for three seasons under Bo Schembechler, he is remembered for delivering a victory he guaranteed over Ohio State in 1986, the same season he was Big Ten player of the year and finished third in Heisman Trophy voting. The famously confident Harbaugh stopped short of any real bluster as he took the reins of the storied program Tuesday. After all, he inherits a team that has lost 10 of its last 11 games to archrival Ohio State and six of its last seven to Michigan State. "They're outstanding programs. No, I make no guarantees," he said. "I made a guarantee a long time ago, and I've learned from that, and I've grown. I understand that you don't make guarantees." Harbaugh did play along at the end of his news conference, when someone from the audience yelled: "Who's got it better than us?" No. 22 LSU loses Music City 31-28 to Notre Dame By Teresa M. Walker AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The 22nd-ranked LSU Tigers brought the Southeastern Conference’s toughest defense into the Music City Bowl. Still, the Tigers couldn’t come up with a stop when it mattered most. Now Les Miles may be looking for a new defensive coordinator. Leonard Fournette ran for 143 yards and two touchdowns and also returned a kickoff 100 yards for a third score, but the Tigers never touched the ball in the final 5:41 as Notre Dame beat them 31-28 on a kickoff as time expired. “We did the things offensively that we should have done,” Miles said. “We did not stop Notre Dame, certainly in the first half, much at all.” Notre Dame held the ball for 37 minutes and finished with a 449436 edge in total offense. It was the most yards allowed by LSU in seven games and the third-most yards this season. But Miles spent more time after the game answering questions about reports defensive coordinator John Chavis is leaving for SEC West rival Texas A&M. Miles said he had been told that was happening but planned to follow up himself. Miles denied that Chavis’ job situation affected preparations for this bowl and wouldn’t dis- cuss whether Chavis was leaving because of money. “He’s had a great career for LSU,” Miles said. “That’s all I’m going to say.” Chavis refused to answer questions about going to Texas A&M after the game. Miles also said he plans to make another pitch at keeping Chavis. The LSU coach said he didn’t care how it might look losing a coordinator to a division rival. “I can only tell you at LSU that we’ll have a great defense, we’ll have a great defensive coordinator,” Miles said. “We may revisit this soon.” LSU (8-5) had been ranked as high as eighth this season before running into the buzzsaw that was the SEC West this season, and the Tigers’ loss in this bowl marked the first loss by a Western Division team to someone outside the conference. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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