http://66.213.69.5/files/original/b01aaa56d1f40f41a66d9eefb8a64990.pdf a791d63cc83e54d956023e1374b4e2ea PDF Text Text LOG ONTO WWW.MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM FOR ARCHIVE s�GAMES s�FEATURES s�E-EDITION s�POLLS & MORE C_ZZb[fehjšFec[heo"�E^_e INSIDE STORY WEATHER SPORTS OBITUARIES Brooks-Grant Civil War Officers ... Page 3 Partly sunny. High near 58. Low around 47...Page 5 Local sports action... Page 6 Bobby Gene Cochran, 61 Rufus Harold Greathouse, 78 Kenneth H. ‘Duck’ Swain, 83 50 cents daily TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2013 Vol. 63, No. 193 Meigs remains at top of unemployment charts Gallia sees slight decline in numbers Sarah Hawley shawley@civitasmedia.com OHIO VALLEY — Unemployment in Meigs County continues to rank highest in the state for the second consecutive month. After being tied with Pike County in September at a rate of 12.2 percent, Meigs County holds the top spot alone at 12 percent unemployment in October. Pike County fell to second place with a rate of 11.9 percent. Gallia County saw a .5 percent decline in unemployment to a rate of 8 percent for the month of October. Both counties also have a higher unemployment rate then shown at this time one year ago. In Oct. 2012, Meigs County had an unemployment rate of 10.1 percent, while Gallia was at 7.8 percent. When it comes to unemployment rates — in terms of rankings, it’s a good thing when a county’s number rises with the higher the ranking, the lower the unemployment. Counties with an unemployment rate above 10 percent (in addition to Meigs and Pike) were Monroe at 11.6 percent, Scioto at 11.2 percent, Adams at 10.3 percent. Ll of those counties along with Morgan, Jefferson and Vinton held rates above 10 percent in September. Mercer County remains ranked 88th with an unemployment rate of 4.3 percent, followed by Holmes County at 4.7, Geauga County at 5.0, Auglaize County at 5.1, and Delaware County and Union County at 5.2. Ohio had an unemployment rate of 7.0 percent in October, down from 7.2 percent in September, but above the August rate of 6.9 percent. The national unemployment rate was 7.0 percent in October, matching the September rate. In October 2012, the state unemployment rate was at 6.9 percent, while the national unemployment rate was 7.9 percent. A total of 42 Ohio counties had unemployment rates at or below the state and national rate. In Southeast Ohio, other unemployment numbers include, Athens County, 7.7 percent; Hocking County, 7.3 percent; Jackson County, 9.0 percent; Lawrence County, 7.9 percent; Morgan County, 9.8 percent; Perry County, 8.5 percent; Ross County, 8.2 percent; Vinton County, 9.9 percent; and Washington County, 6.5 percent. Mason County, W.Va., had an unemployment rate of 9.8 percent in October, up from 9.1 percent in September. Christmas Celebration set Sarah Hawley shawley@civitasmedia.com Photos by Charlene Hoeflich | Daily Sentinel Hundreds were on hand for the lighting of the Christmas tree, a first for Pomeroy in recent years. Christmas Along the River Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@civitasmedia.com MIDDLEPORT — Santa Claus is coming to town — and bringing Mrs. Claus along too. Santa and Mrs. Claus will make there arrival in Middleport this Saturday as part of the annual Christmas celebration organized by the Middleport Community Association. This will be the first year that Mrs. Claus has accompanied Santa. Middleport’s Christmas Celebration will kick off at 10 a.m. with the Christmas Market featuring a variety of vendor in the Riverband Arts Council Building. The market will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., with concessions available from the Middleport Community Association. Free carriage rides will once again be available during the festivities, but the location has changed from previous years. Carriage rides will begin in the village parking lot beside the river at the corner of Walnut Street and North Front Avenue. This is located near the Riverbend Arts Council building. Rides will be given from 1-4 p.m. A Christmas program will be presented by the Middleport Ministerial Association from 3:30-4 p.m. outside the Riverbend Arts Council building. The program will be followed by a concert by the community band from 4-4:30 p.m. Parade line-up will begin at 4 p.m. at Dairy Queen and down North Front Street. The parade will begin at 4:30 p.m., traveling down Second Street from Dairy Queen. Immediately following the parade, kids of all ages can visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus at the Riverbend Arts Council building. Legion to remember Pearl Harbor Day POMEROY — Hundreds of people lined the streets of Pomeroy Sunday afternoon to watch the annual Christmas Along the River parade highlighted by the arrival of Santa riding on a float featuring a winter holiday scene. The parade included everything from holiday themed floats to well-decorated antique cars, to horses in holiday attire, to the Heaven Saint Ministries motorcyclists to the Meigs Marauder Band in Santa hats playing holiday music, to walking units of scouts, to dancing students of the Gallia-Meigs Performing Arts all in pretty pink costume. The Right to Life, the Relay for Life, Holzer Home Care, and the Meigs County Council on Aging, were among the agencies having entries in the parade promoting their services in the community. There were walking units from several churches, the Shriners from Athens with a float promoting the community work of that group, and a first for the Christmas parade Ohio Department of Highways trucks with snow plows decorated by Eastern, Meigs and Southern High School art students. Both boy and girl scout units and the royalty from events in both Meigs and Gallia Counties participated in the parade as did several area businesses. Along the parade route children Staff Report tdsnews@civitasmedia.com See CHRISTMAS | 5 Gavin Hysell, 3, of Racine enjoys a visit with Santa at People’s Bank. MIDDLEPORT — American Legion Feeney-Bennett Post 128 of Middleport will pay tribute to the 72nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor during a ceremony on Saturday morning. At 8 a.m., American Legion FeeneyBennett Post 128 Middleport will offer a tribute to those who lost their lives that Sunday morning 72 years ago on December 7, 1941. The remembrance of Pearl Harbor will be held at the Middleport levy. A wreath will be placed in the river and the Legion Honor Guard will offer a gun salute followed by the playing of taps. All legion and VFW members from other posts along with all Veterans , families and friends are invited to the event. Legion members are asked to meet at the post on Fourth Street at 7:30 a.m. That afternoon, at 4 p.m., the legion will meet and lead the annual Middleport Christmas Parade. Post 128 members are asked to meet at the post at 2:30 pm to ready the float for the parade. Post 128 invites all Legion Posts and VFW Post members to join with them for the parade. Saturday is kids’ Christmas shopping day Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — Again this year a kids’ Christmas shopping tour through town, sponsored by the Pomeroy Merchants Association and Farmers Bank, will be held on Saturday. The tour will begin at 10 a.m. with the kids to gather at the Farmers Bank Administration building at 211 West Second St. in downtown Pomeroy. Brian Howard of Farmers Bank will be leading the children from there onto Main Street where they will be visiting participating businesses. Merchants will have special display tables with gift items priced $10 and under from which the kids can select just the right thing to give to that special someone they want to remember for Christmas. Some of Santa’s helpers will be available to assist the children in making their selections. Following the tour, the children will go to the mini-park on Court Street where Santa will greet the children, refreshments will be served, and there will be a time of fun with storytelling and singing, While the children enjoy their shopping trip and the social hour with Santa, parents are encouraged to stay in town and visit local retailers. The kids shopping tour is one of several activities being co-sponsored by the Pomeroy Merchants Association with the cooperation of local businesses. �Page 2 s The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com Tuesday, December 3, 2013 Meigs County Community Calendar Thursday, Dec. 5 POMEROY — The Meigs County Retired Teachers will meet at noon for a lunch meeting at Trinity Congregational Church meeting room on Second Street in Pomeroy. Members are asked to call 9923214, two days ahead with the number attending. Guests are welcome. A program of Christmas music will be presented by the Eastern High School bell choir. Members are asked to bring in books or other related items for Christmas gifts for needy children. CHESTER — The Chester Shade Historical Association will meet at 7 p.m. at the academy. Friday, Dec. 6 POMEROY — Meigs County P.E.R.I. Chapter 74 will hold their December meeting beginning at noon at the Mulberry Community Center. Election of officers and a short meeting followed with a light lunch of ham sandwiches, chips, vegetables, dessert and drinks. You are asked to bring the dessert to share and a gift for the Christmas exchange. MARIETTA — The Buckeye HillsHocking Valley Regional Development District Executive Committee will meet at 11:30 a.m. at 1400 Pike Street, Marietta. For more information contact Jenny Myers at (740) 376-1026. Saturday, Dec. 7 MIDDLEPORT — River City Players presents “Home for the Holidays” an evening of festive songs, at 7 p.m. at the Middleport Village Hall on Pearl Street. Tickets are $7 each at the door and reserved seating can be purchased at the Fabric Shop in Pomeroy. SALEM CENTER — Star Grange #778 and Star Junior Grange #878 will meet in regular session with potluck supper at 6:30 p.m. followed by meeting at 7:30 p.m. All members are urged to attend. GALLIPOLIS — The Alpha Omicron Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma will meet at 10:30 a.m. at Golden Corral restaurant in Gallipolis. Delta Kappa Gamma is a national teacher’s honor society. The program will be members sharing Christmas memories. The group will be collecting wrapped and labeled gifts from women and children for the women’s shelter in the area. Hostesses are Marge Fetty and JoAnn Hays. Monday, Dec. 9 POMEROY — The Meigs County Veterans Service Commission will hold their final meeting of 2013 at 9 a.m. at the office located at 117 E. Memorial Drive in Pomeroy. POMEROY — The American Cancer Society Look Good, Feel Better workshop will be held from 1-3 p.m. at the Pomeroy Public Library. To register please call 1-800-227-2345. Wednesday, Dec. 11 TUPEPRS PLAINS — The Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer District will have their regular meeting at 5 p.m. at the TPRSD office. Meigs County Church Calendar Deer hunter’s luncheon RACINE — A Deer Hunter’s/ Community Luncheon will be held Dec. 2-7 at the CarmelSutton UMC, Carmel Fellowship Building. Serving starts at 11 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m. daily. There will be soups, sandwiches, drinks and desserts. There is no charge for the meal but donations are accepted. All money goes to mission projects. Christmas program MIDDLEPORT — Ash Street Church Youth Group will be presenting a Christmas Program on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. in the church sanctuary. They will be performing a play, ‘A Christmas to Believe In’ as well as other songs and recitations. Everyone is invited to come. MIDDLEPORT — Heath United Methodist Church Christmas program “The Sights and Sounds of Christmas” will be held at 6 p.m. on Dec. 8. The church is located at 339 South Third Street in Middleport. All are welcome. Cake and punch, along with a special guest after the program. Meigs Co-operative Parish events/service projects POMEROY — The Meigs Cooperative Parish hosts a variety of events and service projects available throughout the week at the Mulberry Community Center. Some of those are as follows, Meals at the Mulberry Community Center — 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday. Parish Shop — 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday. Comfort Club — 9 a.m.-noon, Wednesday. Food Pantry — 9-11 a.m., Tuesday-Friday. Celebrate Recovery — 7-9 p.m., Monday. Shape-Up — 9-11 a.m. and 5-7 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday. Zumba — 6:30 p.m., Tuesday. Meigs County Local Briefs Christmas Open House CHESTER — The annual Chester Courthouse Christmas open house will be held on Saturday, December 7, beginning at 11:30 a.m. The featured entertainment will be the Eastern High School bell choir under the direction of Chris Kuhn. The 1823 court house has been decorated in he traditional style. Free refreshments will be served. Christmas Bazaar POMEROY — New Beginnings UMC will hold its annual Christmas Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 5. There will be lunch, crafts, and bake sale. Proceeds go to the camp fund. Mobile Mammography Unit POMEROY — The James Cancer Center Mobile Mammography Unit will be at the Meigs County Health Department from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 11. To schedule an appointment contact the health department at (740) 992-6626. Immunization/Flu Shot Clinic POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will conduct a childhood/adolescent immunization clinic and flu shot clinic from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. on Tuesday at the health department. High dose flu vaccines are also available for those age 65 and older. Please bring children’s shot records. Also, bring medi- For the Record cal cards/insurance for flu and pneumonia vaccines otherwise there will be a fee associated. The health department cannot accept Ohio Medicaid or Managed Medicaid companies Molina or United Healthcare Community Plan for Flu Shots for those aged 19-64 years. The company supplying us the vaccine, VaxCare, cannot bill Medicaid. The Ohio Department of Health is not providing flu shots for this age group during the 2013-2014 flu season. Historic Home Tour ATHENS — The Athens County Historical Society and Museum and The Athens News are beginning the holiday sea- son with a festive tour of Athens’ finest historic homes. On Sunday, Dec. 8, those on the tour will visit five homes around Athens in any order, all of which will be decorated for the holidays. This is a rare opportunity to enter these historic homes. Houses on the tour include 60 Elmwood, 196 East State St., 2 University Terrace, 52 University Terrace and 19 Park Place. Attendees can visit the homes in any order during the hours of 1 to 4 p.m. The tours are open to the public. Tickets are $10 for ACHS&M members and $15 for general admission. They are available by reservation or at any one of the houses on the tour. Call ACHS&M at 740-592-2280 for tickets or for more information. Helpers at the community Thanksgiving dinner Fire/Squad runs RUTLAND — The Rutland Fire Department and squad responded to a total of 36 calls in the month of November. Calls were as follows, two mutual aid structure fires; one landing zone setup; two natural gas leaks; one fire/smoke alarm; one tractor fire; four cancellations enroute; and 25 emergency squad runs. NTSB: Train going too fast at curve before wreck YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) — A commuter train that derailed over the weekend, killing four passengers, was hurtling at 82 mph as it entered a 30 mph curve, a federal investigator said Monday. But whether the wreck was the result of human error or brake trouble was still unclear, he said. Asked why the train was going so fast, National Transportation Safety Board member Earl Weener said: “That’s the question we need to answer.” Weener said the information on the locomotive’s speed was preliminary and extracted from the MetroNorth train’s two data recorders, taken from the wreckage after the Sunday morning accident in the Bronx. He also said investigators had begun interviewing the crew members, but he would not disclose what the engineer had told them. Weener said the throttle went to idle six seconds before the derailed train came to a complete stop — “very late in the game” for a train going that fast” — and the brakes were fully engaged five seconds before the train stopped. About 200 attended the annual community Thanksgiving dinner hosted by the Meigs County Ministerial Association and the Middleport Ministerial Association at the Mulberry Community Center. A youth group of the Ash Street Church in Middleport assisted with the set-up in preparation for the dinner. Participating were from the left, front, Tessa Will, Joey Porter, Emmy Gard, Wesley Smith, Sammi Alkire and Miranda Bailey, and back, William Smith, Trevor Smith, Brady Smith. The group is called DRAKS which stands for Doing Random Acts of Kindness and Service. 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Please call us at 740-992-2698 or stop by the office if you have any questions. 60468080 Record crowds over weekend, but spending declined NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers got Americans into stores during the start to the holiday shopping season. Now, they’ll need to figure out how to get them to actually shop. Target, Macy’s and other retailers offered holiday discounts in early November and opened stores on Thanksgiving Day. It was an effort to attract shoppers before Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving that traditionally kicks off the holiday shopping season. Those tactics drew bigger crowds during the fourday Thanksgiving weekend, but failed to motivate Americans to spend. “The economy spoke loud and clear over the ANYONE DUMPING IN LETART TOWNSHIP WILL BE PROSECUTED! -Letart Township Trustees 60468337 past few days,” said Brian Sozzi, CEO and chief equities strategist at Belus Capital Advisors. “We are going to see an increase in markdowns.” A record 141 million people were expected to shop in stores and online over the four-day period that ended on Sunday, up from last year’s 137 million, according to the results of a survey of nearly 4,500 shoppers conducted for The National Retail Federation. But total spending was expected to fall for the first time ever since the trade group began tracking it in 2006, according to the survey that was released on Sunday afternoon. Over the four days, spending fell an estimated 2.9 percent to $57.4 billion. �Tuesday, December 3, 2013 Obituary The Daily Sentinel s Page 3 www.mydailysentinel.com Brooks Grant Civil War officers named RUFUS HAROLD GREATHOUSE GLENWOOD — Rufus Harold Greathouse, 78, of Glenwood, W.Va., went home to be with the Lord on December 2, 2013, at St. Mary’s Medical Center. He was born November 30, 1935, in Cabell County, W.Va., a son to the late Roy and Verna Belle Blake Greathouse. He was a retired maintenance technician from the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Plant after 22 years of service, and was a member of the Guyan Creek Church. He was also an Army Veteran where he served his country in the Korean War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Vietnam War. He is preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his loving wife of 54 years, Landora Saunders Greathouse of Glenwood, W.Va.; daughter, Melody Hughes of Glenwood; sister, Alice Spurlock of Glenwood; brother, Dallas Greathouse of Lesage, W.Va.; two very special grandsons, Lonnie (Carlene) Stover II, and Robert Hunter Hughes; three great-grandchildren, Jessie, Cory, and Chelsea; three nieces; and one nephew. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., on December 5, 2013, at the Guyan Creek Church in Glenwood, W.Va. Burial will follow in the Guyan Creek Cemetery. Friends may visit the family from 6-8 p.m., on Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at the Deal Funeral Home in Point Pleasant, W.Va. An online guestbook is available at www.dealfh.com. Death Notices COCHRAN POINT PLEASANT — Bobby Gene Cochran, 61, of Point Pleasant, W.Va., died November 30, 2013, at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m., on Tuesday, December 3, 2013, at the Addison Free Well Baptist Church Addison, Ohio. Burial will be in the Kirkland Memorial Gardens Point Pleasant, W.Va. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. on Monday December 2, 2013, at Deal Funeral Home. SWAIN GALLIPOLIS — Kenneth H. “Duck” Swain, 83, of Gallipolis, died on Monday, December 2, 2013, at his residence. Services will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, December 6, 2013, at the Willis Funeral Home, with Pastor Verlin “Sampy” Hart officiating. Burial will follow in Providence Cemetery. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, December 5, 2013. A full obituary will appear in an upcoming edition of The Gallipolis Daily Tribune. Ohio Department Commander Jonathan Davis recently installed the officers of Brooks-Grant No. 7. Pictured (from left, front row) Commander Davis, Don Swisher, Chaplain Greg Michael and Senior Vice Commander Frank Sisson; (back row, from left) Treasurer Jim Mourning, Secretary Alan Holter, Junior Vice Commander Dale Colburn and Camp Commander Tom Galloway. Student: Ohio boy flashed gun at officer in school TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A 14-year-old student flashed a pellet gun inside an Ohio high school, setting off a lockdown and short standoff Monday in a hallway before he was taken into custody, police and a witness said. No one was hurt. The student, whose name wasn’t released, was kicked out of class and sent to a room for students serving in-school suspensions, where he told a school police officer that he had a gun and pulled it partly out his book bag, said Kayla Williams, a student inside the room. “We ran out screaming,” said Williams, who was standing just feet away from the boy. The pellet gun looked like a real handgun, Toledo police spokesman Lt. Mark King said. The teen was taken into custody after he was iso- lated in a hallway and officers fired a bean bag round at his feet. Negotiators talked to the boy during the standoff, but officials said he didn’t give a reason for bringing the pellet gun to Scott High School, which sits just outside downtown Toledo. The boy was holding the gun but never pointed it at police during the standoff, King said Williams, 16, said the boy was yelling and cursing when he came into the room for students who are serving short-term suspensions for breaking school rules. A teacher suggested the boy leave school and come back tomorrow, but he refused, she said. The school’s principal also came in and told the boy to leave before she called for a police officer, Williams said. “He kept saying he wasn’t leaving,” she said. The teen told the officer he had a gun and started to pull it out before shoving it back in his bag, Williams said. “It looked real,” she said. A woman outside the school, Loraine Foster of Toledo, said the teen is her nephew. She was there with the boy’s mother, who was talking to police. “That’s just not him,” said Foster, who didn’t give the boy’s name. “I don’t know what happened.” She said she saw him about a month ago and that he was talking about playing football. “He’s a good, young kid,” she said. “I’m glad he came out safe.” Scott High School has about 600 students. The school has armed officers, but no metal detectors. Amazon.com sees delivery drones as future NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is working on a way to get packages to customers in 30 minutes or less — via self-guided drone. Consider it the modern version of a pizza delivery boy, minus the awkward teenager. Amazon.com Inc. says it’s working on the so-called Prime Air unmanned aircraft project but it will take years to advance the technology and for the Federal Aviation Administration to create the necessary rules and regulations. The project was first reported by CBS’ “60 Minutes” Sunday night, hours before millions of shoppers turned to their computers to hunt Cyber Monday bargains. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said in the interview that while his octocopters look like something out of science fiction, there’s no reason they can’t be used as delivery vehicles. Bezos said the drones can carry packages that weigh up to five pounds, which covers about 86 percent of the items Amazon delivers. The drones the company is testing have a range of about 10 miles, which Bezos noted could cover a significant portion of the population in urban areas. Bezos told “60 Minutes” the project could become a working service in four or five years. Unlike the drones used by the military, Bezos’ proposed flying machines won’t need humans to control them remotely. Amazon’s drones would receive a set of GPS coordinates and automatically fly to them, presumably avoiding buildings, power lines and other obstacles. Delivery drones raise a host of concerns, from air traffic safety to homeland security and privacy. There are technological and legal obstacles, too —similar to Google’s experimental driverless car. How do you design a machine that safely navigates the roads or skies without hitting anything? And, if an accident occurs, who’s legally liable? Delivering packages by drone might be impossible in a city like Washington D.C. which has many no-fly zones. But technology entrepreneur and futurist Ray Kurzweil notes that “technology has always been a double edged sword.” “Fire kept us warm and cooked our food but also was used to burn down our villages,” says Kurzweil. “It’s fascinating as an idea and probably very hard to execute,” says Tim Bajarin, an analyst with Creative Strategies who sees Bezos as an unconventional thinker. “If he could really deliver something you order within 30 minutes, he would rewrite the rules of online retail.” Athens Medical Associates 60467645 �The Daily Sentinel OPINION Page 4 Tuesday, December 3, 2013 Gift Guide: Plenty of laptops, even on budgets Government diagnosis: HealthCare.gov on the mend Bree Fowler AP Technology Writer Philip Elliott The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Computer crashes should be giving way to insurance coverage — if the government’s diagnosis of its health care website is correct. The Health and Human Services Department released a progress report Sunday on its effort get the troubled HealthCare. gov website on the mend. Administration officials said the worst of the online glitches, bugs and delays may be over. “The bottom line — HealthCare.gov on Dec. 1 is night and day from where it was on Oct. 1,” said Jeff Zients, the White House’s troubleshooter tasked with making the website function properly. Overnight Sunday, technicians deployed a major new upgrade in the form of a window shopping feature that lets consumers get details on their insurance options without first having to fill out an application. The lack of an anonymous shopper feature was one of the major early shortcomings of the system. A stopgap version that was belatedly put in place until now was seen as rudimentary at best. The new version lets consumers get premium quotes by age, and also displays important plan details such as deductibles. Yet officials acknowledged more work remains on the website, which made its national debut two months ago with hundreds of software flaws, inadequate equipment and inefficient management. Federal workers and private contractors have undertaken an intense reworking of the system. One problem that consumers can’t see — at least not yet — is quickly moving up to the top of the White House priority list. Insurers complain that much of the enrollment information they have gotten through the system’s back- room operation is practically useless: erroneous, duplicative or garbled. That raises the possibility that a patient could go to use their new coverage next January at the pharmacy or doctor’s office only to be told they are not in the system. “In addition to fixing the technical problems with healthcare.gov the significant ‘back-end’ issues must also be resolved to ensure that coverage can begin on January 1,” said Karen Ignagni, president of America’s Health Insurance Plans, the largest industry trade group. “In particular, the ongoing problems with processing…enrollment files need to be fixed.” The next crucial deadline for the system is Dec. 23, two days before Christmas. Consumers must be enrolled by that date so their coverage can kick in on the first of the year. “There’s not really any way to verify from the outside that the vast majority of people who want to enroll can now do so, but we’ll find out at least anecdotally over the coming days if the system can handle the traffic and provide a smooth experience for people trying to sign up,” said Larry Levitt, a senior adviser at the Kaiser Family Foundation. But, he added, HealthCare.gov is clearly working better than when it first went online. Its challenge now is to convince users who were frustrated during their first visit to give it another chance. HealthCare.gov was envisioned as the principal place for people in 36 states to buy insurance under President Barack Obama’s health care law. But its first few weeks were an embarrassment for the administration and its allies. 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Questions remain about the stability of the site and the quality of the data it delivers to insurers. Obama promised a few weeks ago that HealthCare.gov “will work much better on Nov. 30, Dec. 1, than it worked certainly on Oct. 1.” But, in trying to lower expectations, he said he could not guarantee that “100 percent of the people 100 percent of the time going on this website will have a perfectly seamless, smooth experience.” Obama rightly predicted errors would remain. The department reported the website was up and running 95 percent of the time last week — meaning a 1-in-20 chance remains of encountering a broken website. The government also estimated that pages crashed at a rate less than once every 100 clicks. But the administration gave itself a passing grade for meeting its goal of allowing 50,000 people to log onto the website at one time and more than 800,000 people to shop for insurance coverage each day. If true, it’s a dramatic improvement from the system’s first weeks, when frustrated buyers watched their computer screen freeze, the website crash and error messages multiply. The figures — which could not be independently verified — suggest millions of Americans could turn to their laptops to shop for and buy insurance policies by Dec. 23. Associated Press writers Darlene Superville and Ricardo AlonsoZaldivar contributed to this report. NEW YORK — There’s no shortage of laptop computers to pick from this holiday season, even for shoppers on tight budgets. A Chromebook optimized to run Google’s Internet services can be bought for as little as $200, while a few hundred dollars more gets you a laptop that’s not so dependent on having a continuous online connection. Although smartphones and tablet computers get much of the attention these days, laptops are still more desirable for people who do a lot of typing or other heavy-duty tasks such as photo editing. For most people, price tops the list of factors to consider when choosing a new laptop. You also have to consider processing speeds, storage and battery needs and figure out how much weight the person you’re shopping for will be willing to cart around. And then there’s the operating system. Are you shopping for someone who prefers Windows 8? If that’s the case, you’ll probably want to spring for a touch-screen model. You might even consider a two-in-one, which can switch back and forth between a laptop and a tablet. There are also Windows tablets with attachable keyboards to make them perform much like laptops. Choices are more limited for fans of Macs or Google’s Chrome system, but the choices that are available are good ones. This gift guide covers budget and midpriced laptops with starting prices of less than $1,000. If you’re willing to spend more, you can get laptops that are lighter and more powerful. We’ll cover those later. Keep in mind that you can often shop around for prices that beat the manufacturers’ suggested prices. ___ GOOGLE CHROMEBOOKS The nicest things about these laptops are their small size and low price. But they also offer little functionality. Instead of Windows or Mac OS, the computers run Google’s Chrome OS software. That gives you access to services such as Gmail, Google Maps and Google Docs, along with Google’s players for music and video. You can download other apps from Google and other companies, but there aren’t a lot to choose from. And while some functions work offline, the computers are really meant for online use. Forget about a fancy processor. Storage capacity is minimal, too. Most of the processing and storage is done over the Internet. Chromebooks work best as a secondary laptop to take on trips or as a gift for students to do homework. My husband commented that one might also be good for his aging parents, whose computer skills are limited and their needs mostly involve email and Web surfing. There are a handful of Chromebooks from such computer makers as Samsung Electronics Co. and Hewlett-Packard Co. Acer Inc. has one of the cheapest I found — a C720, which starts at $200. There’s nothing fancy about it. It has an 11.6-inch display, measured diagonally, and weighs 2.8 pounds. Like many other laptops, there are two USB ports and an HDMI port. The computer has 16 gigabytes of internal storage, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution 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. though you get 100 gigabytes of free online storage through Google Drive for two years. HP makes a sleeker, lighter model, the $279 Chromebook 11. Unfortunately, sales were halted after some users reported overheating chargers. It’s worth a look if it comes back — fixed — before the holidays. A 14inch version is still available, starting at $299. MID-PRICED LAPTOPS — Dell Inc.’s Inspiron 14 7000, starts at $850: Made of forged aluminum, these laptops are durable. The 14-inch version is considerably thinner than past models, at just over a half-inch. But it’s not particularly light, starting at 4.4 pounds. That weight is typical for these mid-priced laptops, mostly because they use traditional hard drives rather than solid-state memory found in pricier laptops called ultrabooks. Windows 8 runs well on the Inspiron’s high-definition touch screen. Options with larger screens and faster processors are available. — Lenovo Group Ltd.’s Flex 14, starts at $569: This 14-inch Windows laptop lacks the grace, styling and processing power found on other Lenovo products, but that’s not surprising for a laptop at this price. It’s encased in black plastic, which makes it feel cheap and bulky — something that’s also common for something this inexpensive. What makes the Flex stand out is its ability to, well, flex. You can bend its screen almost all the way back, turning the keyboard into a base. That makes it easy to watch videos in bed or use the computer’s touch-screen functions without the keyboard getting in the way. — Toshiba Satellite Click, sold exclusively through Best Buy or Toshiba’s website for $630: This attempt to combine the best of a laptop and a tablet has mixed results. You can tell that Toshiba put a lot of effort into designing the magnetic hinge that connects the tablet portion with its keyboard base. The keyboard snaps in and out easily. But the 13.3-inch device feels heavy and bulky even when you’re just holding the tablet portion, which weighs 2.8 pounds. The keyboard adds two pounds, making it the heaviest of the six reviewed. It’s more for watching a movie in bed, not for taking on the train. Like the other laptops at this price range, the Satellite Click comes with a touch screen and runs Windows 8. There’s a battery in both the tablet and keyboard portions. — MacBook Air, starts at $999: This one barely makes the $1,000 cutoff. And this price gives you the 11.6-inch version, making it more expensive than Windows computers with larger screens. A 13.3inch model costs $100 more. The Air uses solid-state storage rather than traditional hard drives, meaning it stores less than the Inspiron, Flex or Satellite Click. But that keeps the Air light, at 2.4 pounds for the 11-inch version and 3 pounds for the larger one. The weight puts the Air in the same class as Windows ultrabooks costing hundreds of dollars more. The big differences: The Air’s display has a lower resolution than leading ultrabooks, and it lacks a touch screen, something Apple opposes in laptops. The Daily Sentinel Ohio Valley Newspapers 111 Court Street Pomeroy, Ohio Phone (740) 992-2156 Fax (740) 992-2157 www.mydailysentinel.com Sammy M. Lopez Publisher 740-446-3242, ext. 15 slopez@civitasmedia.com Stephanie Filson Managing Editor �Tuesday, December 3, 2013 The Daily Sentinel s Page 5 www.mydailysentinel.com Photos by Charlene Hoeflich | Daily Sentinel ABOVE LEFT, Cali O’Brien places an ornament she made on one of the small trees as her sister, Alexia, looks on . The ornaments were the creations of art students of Bobbi Owen, Meigs Elementary School teacher. ABOVE RIGHT, leading the Christmas parade down Main Street were boy scouts from a Chester troop. AT LEFT, following the parade there was a Court Street concert of Christmas carols by the Meigs Marauder Band. Christmas From Page 1 scrambled to collect candy being thrown out by parade participants as they passed by. Again this year the Meigs Community Band played on the street prior to the parade and then again at the stage area for the tree lighting festivities. Following the parade the Meigs Marauder Band directed by Toney Dingess, who was also chairman of the parade, presented a program of holiday music on Court Street as the dozens of children visited with Santa at Peoples Banks and enjoyed Christmas treats. The ceremony of lighting the village Christmas tree, the first for Pomeroy in many years, was enhanced by live holiday music and the awarding of gifts to those who had visited business places and received tickets for a drawing. The winners were Amber Blackston of Pomeroy, a tablet from Barnes and Noble; Crystal Smith of Pomeroy, a gift package of certificates from local restaurants; Melissa Cate of Wenatchee, Wash., a $500 gift certificate from Bartee Studio; Kara Glaze of Pomeroy, a gift basket from the merchants, and Alice Hawthorne of Tuppers Plains, quarter karat earrings from Clark’s Jewelry. Organizations involved in planning Sunday’s holiday events were the Village of Pomeroy, the Pomeroy Merchants Association, the Meigs County Chamber of Commerce, and Imagine Pomeroy. An ensemble from the Big Bend Community Band presents holiday music. Ohio Valley Forecast TUESDAY EVENING BROADCAST WSAZ News 3 WTAP News (WTAP) at Six ABC 6 News (WSYX) at 6 Global 3000 CABLE Peoples (NASDAQ) — 22.90 Pepsico (NYSE) — 83.70 Premier (NASDAQ) — 13.98 Rockwell (NYSE) — 111.85 Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) — 15.29 Royal Dutch Shell — 66.46 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) — 60.20 Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 81.11 Wendy’s (NYSE) — 8.59 WesBanco (NYSE) — 31.05 Worthington (NYSE) — 41.63 Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. ET closing quotes of transactions December 2, 2013, 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. 6 PM 6:30 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3 7 PM 7:30 Wheel of Jeopardy! Fortune Wheel of Jeopardy! 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An officer uncovers a conspiracy involved in Comedy) TVPG TVPG Cambodia to search for American PoWs. ... the assassination of the Defense Secretary. TV14 (4:55) I Don't (:25) The Woman in Black A lawyer Masters of Sex "Fallout" Homeland "Good Night" Masters of Sex "Fallout" 500 (SHOW) Know How discovers that the ghost of a woman is She Does I... terrorizing a remote village. TV14 �The Daily Sentinel SPORTS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2013 mdssports@civitasmedia.com Tornadoes trounce Manchester, 57-42 in opener Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com SEAMAN, Ohio — Starting the season on a high note. The Southern boys basketball game scored 24 points in the opening quarter of the season en rout to a 57-42 victory over Manchester at the Coach Young Classic at North Adams. Southern (1-0) out scored the Greyhounds 24-to-17 in the opening eight minutes of Saturday’s game to take the early advantage. The Tornadoes expanded their lead to 37-28 at halftime with a 13-to-11 second quarter run. The pace slowed after halftime but the Purple and Gold expanded their lead to double digits with a 6-to-5 third quarter run. Southern closed out Manchester (0-1) with a 14-to9 fourth quarter run and the Tornadoes took the 57-42 victory. Taylor McNickle led Southern with a double-double effort of 22 points, including a quartet of three pointers, and 10 rebounds. Tristen Wolfe marked 13 points, Dennis Teaford had 10, while Trenton Deem finished with five. Casey Pickens had four points, Bradley McCoy added two, and Jack Lemley rounded out the SHS scoring with one point. Along with McNickle, Pickens had 10 rebounds and Teaford added nine. Wolfe led the Purple and Gold with seven assists, followed by Deem with three. Wolfe also led the defense with three steals, while Deem, Pickens and Teaford each had two steals. Phillip Thomas led the Greyhounds with 14 points, followed by Bryan Young with 11, Sean Frost with seven and Austin Smith with five. Tyler Brummett had four points and Cole Hensley marked one to round out the MHS scoring. Southern shot 21-of-44 (47.7 percent) from the field, including 4-of8 (50 percent) from beyond the arc. The Tornadoes were 11-of-20 (55 percent) from the free throw line and pulled down 36 rebounds. SHS committed 20 turnovers, had 11 steals, 12 assists and took a trio of charges in the win. This is the lone regular season meeting between SHS and Manchester this season. Kent Sanborn | southernohiosportsphotos.com Gallia Academy guard Reid Eastman (10) dribbles past a Fairland defender during the first half of Saturday’s season-opening basketball game in Proctorville, Ohio. Fairland rallies by Blue Devils, 64-50 Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com PROCTORVILLE, Ohio — Unfortunately for the Blue Devils, the Dragons saved their best for last. The Gallia Academy boys basketball team trailed by just two points heading into the fourth period of Saturday’s season opener at Fairland, but the hosts caught fire in the fourth period to take the 64-50 win in the Ernie Hall Classic. GAHS (0-1) senior Seth Adkins tallied 12 points in the opening quarter to help the Blue and White to a 18-10 advantage through eight minutes of play. Fairland (1-0) answered back with a 20-to-12 run in the second period to tie the game 30-30 at halftime. The teams came out slow following the intermission and FHS was able to edge Gallia Academy 1210 in the third period. In the final period the Dragons went on a 22-10 run to clinch the season opening win 64-50. Adkins led Gallia Academy with 19 points followed by Wes Jarrell with eight. Reid Eastman and Devin Henry each marked six points, Michael Putney added four and Wade Jarrell had three. Cole Carter and Jacob Strieter each marked two points in the loss. Eastman led GAHS with five assists and four rebounds. Chance Short led the Dragons with 20 points, followed by Evan Maddox with 17 and Thayer Flynn with 10. Luke Phillips had nine points and Nathan Campbell added eight to round out the FHS totals. Gallia Academy was 24of-59 (40.7 percent) from the field, including just 2-of-10 (20 percent) from three point range. GAHS was 0-of-5 from the free throw line in the setback. Fairland was 21-of-58 (36.2) shooting, with a 6-of-21 (28.6 percent) performance from three point range and a 16-of-25 (64 percent) performance from the line. The Blue Devils are not scheduled to play Fairland again this season but will have four games against Ohio Valley Conference opponents. OVP Sports Schedule Tuesday, Dec. 3 Boys basketball Meigs at Warren, 7:30 Cross Lanes at Ohio Valley Christian, 7:30 River Valley at Alexander, 7:30 Girls basketball Point Pleasant at Huntington, 7:30 Cross Lanes at Ohio Valley Christian, 6 p.m. Wahama at Buffalo, 7:30 Wrestling Gallia Academy vs. Warren/Southeastern, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4 Swimming River Valley at Wheelersburg, 4:30 Thursday, Dec. 5 Girls basketball River Valley at Gallia Academy, 7:30 Point Pleasant at Nitro, 7:30 Meigs at Athens, 7:30 Southern at Waterford, 7:30 Trimble at Eastern, 7:30 South Gallia at Miller, 7:30 Hannan at Calhoun County, 6 p.m. Federal Hocking at Wahama, 7:30 Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Gallia Academy junior Kendra Barnes (3) drives to the basket during the Blue Angels loss to Warren, Friday in Gallia County. Blue Angels fall to Fairland, 75-44 Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com PROCTORVILLE, Ohio — So much for gracious hosts. The Fairland girls basketball team outscored GAHS 67-to-31 through the first three quarters of Saturdays non-conference matchup in Lawrence County. The Lady Dragons took the 75-44 victory as part of the Ernie Hall Classic. Fairland (1-0) surged to a 24-10 lead through the first eight minutes, while expanding its lead to 43-23 by halftime.The Lady Dragons scored 24 in the third quarter, while holding the Blue Angels (1-2) to eight points in the period. Gallia Academy outscored FHS 13-to-8 in the finale and the Lady Dragons took the 75-44 win. Micah Curfman led GAHS with 11 points, followed by Kassie Shriver with nine. Kendra Barnes and Carly Shriver each added seven points, Makenzie Barr had five points, Jamie Canfield had three, while Jordan Walker rounded out the total with two points. Terra Stableton led the Green and White with 22 points, followed by Taylor Perry and Kelsey Riley with 12 points apiece. Caitlin Stone marked nine points, Jenna Fulks had six, Chandler Fulks added five, while Bri Dickess, Molly Morris, Mackenzie Riley and Whitney Huff each had two. Tiffani Christian rounded out the FHS scoring with one point in the game. Gallia Academy was 10-of-17 (66 percent) from the charity stripe, while Fairland was 8-of19 (42 percent). GAHS does not play Fairland again this season but the Blue Angels will have six more games against Ohio Valley Conference teams. Rebels roll past Green in opener, 71-54 Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com FRANKLIN FURNACE, Ohio — A good start led to a better finish for the South Gallia boys basketball team Saturday night following a season-opening 71-54 victory over host Friday, Dec. 6 Green in a non-conference matchup Boys basketball in Scioto County. Eastern at Southern, 7:30 The visiting Rebels (1-0) jumped Warren at Gallia Academy, 7:30 out to a small 15-11 edge after eight Athens at Meigs, 7:30 minutes of play, then used a pivotal Miller at South Gallia, 7:30 21-8 surge in the second quarter to Ohio Valley Christian at Calvary Baptist, 7:30 secure a comfortable 36-19 advanGirls basketball Ohio Valley Christian vs. Mt. View at Parkersburg Clas- tage at the break. The Bobcats (0-1) countered with sic, 3 p.m. a 23-18 charge in the third canto to pull to within a dozen at 54-42, but SGHS closed the final eight minutes of regulation with a 17-12 run to wrap up the 17-point triumph. The Rebels finished the night 10of-17 at the free throw line for 59 percent, which included a 5-of-9 effort during the fourth quarter. SGHS also made 28 total field goals, including five from behind the arc. Brayden Greer led South Gallia with a game-high 31 points, 14 of which came in the first half. Landon Hutchinson was next with 12 points, followed by Joseph Ebman hit three trifectas and finished with 11 markers. Mikey Wheeler chipped in eight points and Ethan Spurlock added four markers to the winning cause. Eli Fraley and Gus Slone rounded out the scoring with three and two points, respectively. Trent Marcum paced Green with 22 points, 16 of which came in the second half. Clay Applegate was next with 11 points, followed by Ryan Gaffney with 10 markers. Green made just five of its 19 field goals in the first half and had only one make in the second canto. The Bobcats finished the night 10-of-19 at the charity stripe for 53 percent and also made six trifectas. �Tuesday, December 3, 2013 The Daily Sentinel s Page 7 www.mydailysentinel.com Blue Devils win tri-match at Marietta Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com MARIETTA, Ohio — The Gallia Academy wrestling started the 2013-14 campaign on a solid note Saturday following wins over Vinton County and host Marietta during a non-conference tri-match in Washington County. The Blue Devils finished the day with an overall match record of 16-10, which included a 9-3 mark against Marietta enr oute to a 54-18 decision. There were two double forfeits and 12 matches against the Tigers, which led to six pinfall victories and three forfeit wins. GAHS earned an even split (7-7) against the Vikings in the other team match, but only one of its seven wins was by decision — which results in three points instead of six points. Vinton County, conversely, had two of its seven wins by decision — allowing Gallia Academy to earn the three-point triumph at 39-36. The Blue Devils had seven different grapplers finish the day with unblemished 2-0 records, but only Griffon McKinniss earned two pinfall victories in his individual contests at 182 pounds. Jared Stevens (106), Isaiah Holley (113), Cole Tawney (132), Kaleb Crisenberry (138), Justin Reynolds (195) and John Byus (285) also finished 2-0 overall and had one pinfall victory apiece. Quenton McKinniss (152) and Anthony Sipple (220) each went 1-1 and scored a pinfall win apiece. Jacob Upton (145) and Hunter Jacks (160) both went 0-2 in their respective divisions, while GAHS did not have competitors in the 120-, 126- and 170-pund weight classes. Complete results of the Marietta wrestling tri-match with Vinton County and Gallia Academy are available on the web at trackwrestling.com Sports Briefs Youth league basketball tournament The Middleport and Pomeroy youth leagues will be holding a basketball tournament at the Rutland Civic Center from Friday, Dec. 20, through Monday, Dec 23, and the tournament resumes on Thursday, Dec. 26, through Monday, Dec. 30, for boys and girls in grades 3-6. To enter or for more information, contact Dave at (740) 5900438 or Ken at (740) 416-8901. FSU, OSU take top two spots in BCS Ralph D. Russo The Associated Press Florida State and Ohio State are in position to play for the BCS national championship, though Auburn and Missouri are close enough behind in the BCS standings to put pressure on the Buckeyes. The Seminoles grabbed the top spot in the BCS standings released Sunday after Alabama relinquished it for the first time this season. The Crimson Tide’s wild 34-28 loss at Auburn dropped Alabama to fourth. Ohio State is second and Auburn is third. Missouri is fifth. Auburn and Missouri play in the Southeastern Conference championship game Saturday in Atlanta. The winner should get a boost in the standings, but it might not be enough to catch the unbeaten Buckeyes. Ohio State (12-0) faces Michigan State, 10th in the latest standings, in the Big Ten championship game Saturday in Indianapolis. Florida State is first in both the USA Today coaches’ poll and Harris poll, and rated No. 1 in the compilation of six computer rankings used in the BCS standings. The Seminoles’ .9948 BCS average makes them a lock to get to the title game in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 6 if they can beat Duke in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game Saturday. The Buckeyes (.9503) are second in the polls and second in the computers. Auburn (.9233) is third in each. Missouri (.8428) is fifth in each. But each of those SEC Tigers is 11-1. Ohio State is riding a 24game winning streak. An unbeaten team from a BCS automatic-qualifying conference (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC and Big East, now American Athletic Conference) has never been shut out of national championship game in favor of a team with a loss. The SEC, which has won the last seven BCS championships, would like that to change. “Any one-loss team in the SEC (should be considered) just because of the strength of schedule,” Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said. “Hopefully that will be taken into consideration.” Jerry Palm, who analyzes the BCS for CBS.com, said there is no reason to expect the unprecedented to happen. “I think the voters would have to abandon Ohio State, and that’s never happened in the history of the BCS,” he said Sunday. Alabama (.8539) is fourth but the Tide would need both Florida State and Ohio State to lose to get back in the title conversation. The BCS is in its last season. It will be replaced by a four-team playoff next year, which will use a selection committee to pick the teams. Farther down the latest standings, the competition to become the last BCS buster is now a one-team race after Fresno State lost to San Jose State. It’s all about Northern Illinois now. The undefeated Huskies from the Mid-American Conference remained 14th in the standings this week. NIU, looking for its second straight BCS bid, plays Bowling Green in the MAC title game on Friday night. The Huskies can earn an automatic BCS bid two ways: — Finish in the top 12 of the final BCS standings. — Finish in the top 16 of the final standings, ahead of an automatic qualifying conference champion. The Huskies used the latter route to get to the BCS last season with one loss. It could happen again this season. Central Florida, in line to win the American and earn its first automatic BCS bid, is ranked 16th in the latest standings and plays SMU on Saturday. It doesn’t seem likely that the Knights (10-1) will pass the Huskies, so the only thing standing in the way of Northern Illinois and the BCS is Bowling Green. NIU would most likely play in the Fiesta Bowl. No team will enter the final weekend of the regular season with a BCS bid locked up. Here are the possibilities: — Oklahoma State, Baylor and Texas are all alive to earn the Big 12 title and the conference’s automatic bid to the Fiesta Bowl. Oklahoma State gets the bid by beating Oklahoma. If the Cowboys lose, the winner of the Baylor-Texas game gets the bid. — The winner of the SEC championship gets an automatic bid to the Sugar Bowl. — If Duke wins the ACC championship it will play in the Orange Bowl. — The winner of the Pac-12 title game between Stanford and Arizona State gets a Rose Bowl bid. — Michigan State will earn a Rose Bowl bid by beating Ohio State in the Big Ten title game, but also stands a good chance to end up in the Rose Bowl with a loss. If Ohio State plays for the national championship, the Spartans (11-1) are likely to be picked by the Rose Bowl to replace the Buckeyes. — If UCF loses, it could create a three-way tie for the AAC title with Cincinnati and Louisville that would be settled by the BCS standings. Louisville is 19th in the standings this week, while Cincinnati is unranked. — Alabama is a virtual lock to get an at-large bid, most likely to the Orange Bowl. Brooke LaValley | Columbus Dispatch | MCT Ohio State head football coach Urban Meyer coaches the “Scarlet Team” during the Scarlet vs Grey spring game in Columbus, Ohio, Saturday, April 21, 2012. Another week, another must-win game COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — There was a time when Ohio State players could look forward to a break after trading bruises with archrival Michigan. Not anymore. At least, not this year. No sooner did the secondranked Buckeyes escape Michigan Stadium with a 42-41 victory — thanks to Tyvis Powell’s last-minute interception on a two-point conversion pass at the goal line — than they were already immersing themselves in preparation for yet another make-or-break game. The Big Ten championship game against No. 10 Michigan State — the only top-15 team Ohio State has played in a schoolrecord 24-game winning streak under coach Urban Meyer — looms on Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The Buckeyes are beaten up, physically and mentally. But this is no time to reflect on what’s been accomplished so far. “I think they are sore,” Meyer said on Monday. “I have got to be smart this week in what we do. As far as energy and focus — and throw in the fact that it’s finals week at Ohio State — we have to be really efficient with these guys.” Now No. 2 in the BCS standings, the Buckeyes need to win to hang on to their spot in the BCS national championship game. Since 1943, Ohio State has not had an opponent between Michigan and a bowl game. But with the Big Ten going to a twodivision format three years ago, it was only a matter of time until the Buckeyes were busy again the week after their annual grudge match with Michigan. A year ago, the Buckeyes also went 12-0, but were not permitted to play in the Big Ten title game or a bowl because of NCAA sanctions from violations that occurred on former coach Jim Tressel’s watch. It’s not as if they don’t have some things to work on this week. The defense was overwhelmed by Michigan’s previously erratic offense. The Wolverines’ Devin Gardner completed 32 of 45 passes for 451 yards and four touchdowns — including three in the fourth quarter as Michigan pulled even after trailing by 14 points. The Buckeyes surrendered 603 yards. Ohio State defensive coordinator Luke Fickell was displeased with the stats but couldn’t have been happier that the Buckeyes’ offense did enough to bail out his side of the ball. “Did we win? Did we win?” he repeated when asked about the failures of his defense. “Because I’ve been up there quite a few times in my 18-year career (as a player and coach) here and have not always been able to come away with the win. Momentum and things happen and we didn’t play great on the defensive side of the ball. So there’s a lot of things to correct.” Ohio State’s running game doesn’t have a lot of flaws right now. Carlos Hyde, the first running back in Meyer’s 12 years as a head coach to top 1,000 yards, rumbled for 226 yards on 27 carries and scored once at the Big House, while quarterback Braxton Miller rushed for 133 yards and three touchdowns. But the Buckeyes will be up against a Michigan State defense that is ranked No. 1 among all major colleges against the run (allowing just 64.8 yards per game), in passing efficiency defense and also in total defense (giving up just 238 yards a game). Offensive coordinator Tom Herman said the Spartans do not have an apparent weakness. “I don’t know if there is a firstteam All American on that defense,” he said. “But they have 11 guys that know exactly what they are doing and they do it really well and they tackle well and they are always in the right spot. They are about as sound a defense as you’ll see.” As has been the case throughout the season, Meyer won’t discuss BCS rankings or the potential of playing in the national championship game. The Buckeyes, by virtue of twotime defending national champion Alabama’s quirky loss to Auburn in the Iron Bowl on Saturday night, moved up a spot to No.2 in the BCS rankings. If they beat Michigan State they will most likely play in the title game on Jan. 6 in Pasadena, Calif. Meyer declined to get involved in the verbal skirmishing over whether a Southeastern Conference champion with one loss deserves a spot in the title game, and also refused to defend his own team’s claim. Yet. “We play a game,” he said of the Big Ten championship. “And for someone to ask about something (that might happen) after this game, I mean, that’s cheating my football team. There will be no conversation about what happens after this game until after the game.” Big 12 championship Saturday without a title game Stephen Hawkins The Associated Press The Big 12 will have its own championship Saturday, even without a title game. Both remaining regularseason games in the conference’s round-robin schedule have championship implications, providing for quite a closing doubleheader. “Whoever made the schedule out is looking pretty smart right now,” Baylor coach Art Briles said Monday. “I don’t know how they did it, but they hit on this one.” Sixth-ranked Oklahoma State (10-1, 7-1, Big 12) can clinch the league’s Big 12 BCS berth with a win at home over No. 18 Oklahoma (9-2, 6-2). The Bedlam game should wrap up about the same time that No. 9 Baylor (10-1, 7-1) kicks off its regular-season finale at home against No. 23 Texas (8-3, 7-1). If Oklahoma State loses, the Bears and Longhorns suddenly are playing for the outright conference title and a trip to the Fiesta Bowl. Texas quarterback Case McCoy said he’ll be rooting for Oklahoma, though “it makes me sick to my stomach to think about.” Oklahoma State has won seven in a row, including convincing victories over Baylor and Texas their last two games. “It’s really another game for us,” Cowboys coach Mike Gundy said. “We’ve been in what I’ve called tournament play for the last eight weeks.” The Cowboys have made quote a comeback since that still-surprising 30-21 loss at West Virginia (4-8, 2-7) in their Big 12 opener nearly three months ago. Their only Big 12 title came two years ago, and they clinched that with a 4410 win over Oklahoma on the final Saturday. That was the first season the league went to a round-robin sched- ule after dropping from 12 to 10 teams and losing its championship game. “There’s a lot going on, our players have been in this situation,” Gundy said. “They have to understand the importance of preparing for this game and taking care of their business and not worrying about anybody else’s team.” Such as what happens to Florida State, Ohio State, Auburn and Missouri — the teams ahead of them in the BCS standings that play in league championship games Saturday. Texas was in a similar situation going into the 2001 Big 12 championship game against Colorado, needing a win for a national championship shot after other teams lost earlier that day to create that possibility. But the Longhorns lost 39-37. “We did make the guys aware in 2001 before the Colorado game that things had worked out so if we beat Colorado we would be playing Miami for the national championship, and then we didn’t play well,” Texas coach Mack Brown said. “Probably tried too hard, they wanted to play in the national championship so badly.” Brown anticipates a different approach this week with the earlier Big 12 game. “I think you ignore it the best you can,” Brown said. “We told (players), let’s not talk about the Big 12 championship after today. … Whatever happens will be good for us if we take care of our business.” Baylor is trying to win its first Big 12 title when playing the final game after 64 seasons in Floyd Casey Stadium before moving to a new on-campus stadium next year. 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For 3 months.* 2013 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc. By Dave Green �Page 10 s The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com Tuesday, December 3, 2013 Stakes high for OSU and MSU in Big 10 title game Larry Lage The Associated Press Stakes will be high for No. 2 Ohio State and No. 10 Michigan State in the Big Ten championship game — though there might be some cool consolation prizes for the loser. The Buckeyes (12-0, 8-0 Big Ten) need a win to keep their national title hopes alive and it would help if it was an impressive victory to fend off a one-loss SEC champion in the BCS standings. Even with a loss, the Buckeyes are well-positioned to receive an at-large BCS bid. But it is all about the Big Ten this week for the Buckeyes. Coach Urban Meyer said Sunday during a teleconference with reporters that he planned to spend no more than a few seconds talking with his team about the BCS. “Our focus is on this game and that’s it,” Meyer said. “It’d be a disservice to our players if I went and worried about it. We have to move the ball against a great defense, and that’s my focus.” The Spartans (11-1, 8-0) need a victory to guarantee a desperately coveted spot in the Rose Bowl, where they haven’t played since 1988. But if they lose, and Ohio State plays for the national title, the Spartans could go to the Rose Bowl anyway. “I don’t know,” said Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio when asked about the possibility to losing the Big Ten and playing in the Rose Bowl, “I’m not thinking about losing. “We’re going to look at the things we can control.” The Leaders Division-champion Buckeyes, coming off a 42-41 victory against Michigan, have one of the top offenses in the country, averaging 48.2 points a game to rank third in the country and 530.5 yards to trail just five teams. The Legends Division-champion Spartans are among best on defense, giving up a nation-low 237.7 yards and 11.8 points per game to rank fourth. Soon after Ohio State stopped archrival Michigan on a 2-point conversion Saturday with 32 seconds left to stay undefeated, linebacker Ryan Shazier nailed a scouting report on Michigan State. “They’re a really good team with a really good defense and an offense that’s getting better,” the Butkus Award finalist said. “I can’t wait to play them in Indianapolis.” The Buckeyes have won 24 straight games, a program record and the longest active streak in major college football. “I feel very strongly about my team,” Meyer said Sunday. “I would take this team anywhere with me. A team that knows how to win and refuses to lose is a special team and this is a very special team.” Ohio State also was 12-0 and won its division by two games last year, but its season ended after the regular season because of NCAA sanctions stemming from the tattoo scandal that rocked the program and led to ex-coach Jim Tressel’s exit. The Spartans have won eight games in a row since losing 17-14 at Notre Dame to earn their second berth in the Big Ten title game in three years. They blew their last opportunity to end the school’s Rose Bowl drought. In the inaugural conference championship game two years ago, Michigan State’s Isaiah Lewis ran into Wisconsin punter Brad Nortman to negate a return to the Badgers 3 and give them a first down with 1:37 left in a 42-39 setback. Lewis, now a senior, said he’s happy that happened during his career. “You don’t even understand, the last time I was in Indianapolis, I was heartbroken,” Lewis said Saturday after the Spartans beat Minnesota 14-3. “I was embarrassed to lose that game. The way that I left that game — the play that happened — it just left a bad taste in my mouth. “I’m just ready to go back.” When the Buckeyes go to the Big Ten title game for the first time, they might not be at full strength. David Eullitt | Kansas City Star | MCT photo Cincinnati Bengals running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis (42) runs past the tackle attempt of Kansas City Chiefs outside linebacker Tamba Hali (91) in the second quarter during NFL action on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Miss. The Bengals won 28-6. Bengals’ RB tandem has them in high gear CINCINNATI (AP) — The Bengals still don’t have a 100-yard game by either of their running backs, a surprising statistic for a team that likes to grind it out whenever possible. Just shows how well their tandem is working. BenJarvus Green-Ellis had his best game of the season Sunday, finishing off a 17-10 win in San Diego by running over defenders while the Bengals (8-4) ran out the clock. The tackle-to-tackle runner finished with a seasonhigh 92 yards. Rookie Giovani Bernard added 57 yards. Cincinnati piled up 164 overall on the ground, the fourth time the Bengals have rushed for more than 160 yards in a game this season. There’s no single star in this running game. “Those guys really complement each other well,” offensive coordinator Jay Gruden said on Monday. “Bennie’s obviously a banger and Gio can do some different things. He softens up the defense because they’re worried about the passing game with him swinging out of the backfield. So both of them are very effective with what they do. “The important thing is to keep them fresh and try to stick with it.” Their showing on Sunday was in some respects their most impressive yet, even though they re- main one of only six teams in the league without a 100-yard rusher this season. The line was in flux after left guard Clint Boling tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during the first quarter. Left tackle Andrew Whitworth moved into Boling’s spot and Anthony Collins came in to play left tackle. Coach Marvin Lewis said Monday that Boling would have surgery. Despite the line changes, the Bengals were able to run the ball when it mattered. Green-Ellis scored on a 4-yard run in the second quarter. With the Bengals leading 17-10 and 4:43 left, they got the ball at their 34-yard line and ran out the clock. Their last eight plays were runs, followed by Andy Dalton twice going to his knee as the clock ran out. Green-Ellis converted a pair of third-down rushes to keep that final drive going. “I get a lot of that Mariano Rivera stuff,” Green-Ellis said Monday, referring to the Yankees closer. “I guess I’m getting a new nickname. It’s fun. Obviously you like to have the ball in your hands to close out games.” Green-Ellis, whose nickname is “The Law Firm,” is known for holding onto the ball when other teams are trying to rip it out of his arms. The Bengals had a chance to put the game away midway through the fourth quarter on Sunday, but he lost a fumble for only the fourth time in his career. The Bengals got the ball back, and he held on. “When you give up one of those, it’s like you have something burning inside of you that you didn’t even know you had,” Green-Ellis said. “You just get a lot more energy and power.” Gruden could sense an extra determination by Green-Ellis on that last drive. “He hasn’t put the ball down too many times in his career,” Gruden said. “You could tell when he does, it hurts him more than it hurts us. It hurts us a lot, but it really hurts him. And you want to make up for it, and he did.” Part of the reason the Bengals don’t have a 100-yard rusher is because their two backs are sharing plays. Green-Ellis has carried 176 times for 614 yards; Bernard has 119 carries for 521 yards. Using them interchangeably has kept both fresh and allowed Gruden to get creative. “It lets coach Gruden utilize his entire playbook and not limit him at all,” Bernard said. “If there’s a situation where I need to go in, he’ll throw me in. If there’s a situation he wants Benny in, he’ll throw him in. It definitely helps us and we definitely use it to our advantage.” Steelers see ‘no intent’ in Tomlin’s wayward walk PITTSBURGH (AP) — The NFL is still deciding how to discipline Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin for his not-so-fancy footwork. New video, though, shows Tomlin inching closer to the field before Baltimore kickoff returner Jacoby Jones nearly collided with him in last Thursday’s 22-20 win by the Ravens. KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh released video Monday indicating Tomlin took a sizable step toward the field as Jones broke into the open, and didn’t move until Jones was nearly on top of the coach. Tomlin actually put his right foot on green grass as part of a stutter step move out of harm’s way. It wasn’t early enough to stop Jones from moving to his right just before being tackled by Pittsburgh’s Cortez Allen after a 73-yard return. Tomlin was not penalized, though he is facing disciplinary action. Tomlin said following the game he was watching the play unfold on one of the scoreboards and lost his “placement” on the field. “I do it quite often, like every- body else in the National Football League,” Tomlin said. “I was wrong, I accept responsibility for it.” Steelers safety Ryan Clark defended Tomlin, saying being on the field is common even though rules require players, coaches and support staff to stand behind a large white strip of grass that separates the field from the benches. “I’m always on the field. I sit on the field, but I try to sit on it away from anything,” Clark said Monday. The 12-year veteran said he stepped onto the field while Pittsburgh’s offense tried a potential tying 2-point conversion against the Ravens in the final minutes “so I could see.” Clark added there was no malice in Tomlin’s actions. “There was no intent at all,” Clark said. “When he noticed he was in the way, he got out of the way. If he tripped (Jones), tackled him, it’d be a different story.” The NFL fined the New York Jets $100,000 in 2010 when cameras caught strength and condi- tioning coach Sal Alosi tripping a Miami player on the sideline. Alosi was suspended by the Jets and eventually resigned after the season. Jones said after the game that “if I was (Tomlin), I would do the same thing” and didn’t blame the coach for Jones’ inability to score. That doesn’t mean Jones is ruling out the idea Tomlin knew what he was doing. “Before I got to him, he was halfway on the field,” Jones said. “He gave me a little juke, and I tried to juke him.” Browns’ Weeden suffers concussion, QB spot unclear BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Another stinging defeat. Another damaged quarterback. The Browns are losing games and key players at an alarming rate. With Brandon Weeden sustaining a concussion in Sunday’s troubling 3228 loss against Jacksonville, and Jason Campbell still not medically cleared to practice after suffering a head injury last week against Pittsburgh, Browns coach Rob Chudzinski began preparing for this week’s game at New England not knowing who he will start at quarterback against the powerful Patriots. Gee, how comforting. Bill Belichick must be panicked. Weeden played all four quarters — 75 snaps — against the Jaguars, and didn’t complain about any symptoms until afterward, when he was diagnosed with the concussion. Weeden was sent home Monday after reporting to the Browns’ training facility and is following the league’s protocol on head injuries. Chudzinski did not know “exactly” when Weeden got hurt, but said it’s not unusual for players to not feel well until after the game. Campbell has been cleared to resume football activities, but still can’t practice. If he’s not on the field Wednesday, the Browns (4-8) may have to start Alex Tanney, who was signed last week off Dallas’ practice squad. He’s best known for a YouTube trick-shot video he made at Division III Monmouth (Ill.) College and has not played a single down in a regularseason NFL game. Chudzinski said it’s also possible the Browns will sign a free-agent quarterback. “These next 24 to 48 hours will be key,” Chudzinski said. “We have a number of contingency plans. All the possibilities are open right now.” Tanney was given a small package of plays last week so he would be ready in case he had to play against the Jaguars. Ideally for the Browns, Campbell will be ready, but the way their luck has gone lately, they’re preparing for the worst. “We can wait,” Chudzinski said. “We have a few days to let it sort it out and we’ll have to know something by the time that we get into practice. If Alex is the guy, then we’ll have him ready and have him working and he’ll have a package where he can be successful.” Chudzinski said it’s possible the Browns’ coaching staff may have to prepare several game plans for Sunday, one tailored to the strengths of whoever is behind center. “We’ll have different possibilities and we’ll have to see how it plays out during the course of the week, when guys can practice or be cleared to practice or be cleared to play and how much practice time they would need,” Chudzinski said. “It may be different for each guy.” Their quarterback conundrum comes at sensitive time for the Browns (4-8), who are reeling after blowing a lead in the final four minutes and losing to the Jaguars. Once at 3-2, Cleveland has dropped six of seven and had a season filled with optimism slide toward another filled with failure. Still, Chudzinski tried to spin some optimism into an otherwise dreary situation. “I see good signs in the direction and the progress and the improvement,” he said. “Those things get overshadowed by the end results. Obviously, that’s the tough thing, especially in the last few weeks. But this is what I came here for. We have a plan. I believe in that plan and I’ll navigate us through this to the better days that lay ahead for us. I’m fully committed and undaunt- ed in doing that.” Chudzinski defended his decision to stay aggressive late in the first half, when Weeden threw two interceptions and fumbled in the final 2:35 as the Jaguars scored 13 quick points to turn a 14-7 deficit into a 20-14 halftime lead. “It’s a philosophical thing,” Chudzinski said. “We’re going to continue that type of aggressive mentality. We’re going to play to win and expect good things to happen and make good things happen as opposed to being concerned the bad things that might happen. There’s going to be times where it works out and there’s going to be times where it doesn’t work out “Obviously, hindsight is 20/20.” Looking back was again tough for star cornerback Joe Haden, who bit on a move by Jaguars wide receiver Cecil Shorts and gave up the game-winning TD pass with 40 seconds left. Following Sunday’s loss, an emotional Haden choked back tears and his voice quivered while discussing the pain of losing. Haden said Monday that he didn’t regret his comments and won’t tolerate losing. “I want us to be successful, because I’m just used to success,” he said. “That’s just the way I play, that’s the way I put myself out there. I know we got a lot of dudes in the locker room that do the same thing and it just hurts when you don’t come in with a W.” NOTES: WR Josh Gordon’s record-setting day was still a major topic of conversation. 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