http://66.213.69.5/files/original/88ac0c53c2870abfbd10898a30127875.pdf a52e554c0d3b2aabc3e3214b84717eae PDF Text Text Tornadoes turn back Waterford OPINION s 4A SPORTS s 1B Sponsored by OH-70163191 Internet access for rural Ohio 1456 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis Oh 45631 Merry Christmas! from Garry & Louella Stover & Staff Breaking news at mydailytribune.com Issue 49, Volume 53 Sunday, December 8, 2019 s $2 Remembering Pearl Harbor Possible uses for jail space By Dean Wright deanwright@aimmediamidwest. com Sarah Hawley | Sentinel Local veterans remembered the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor during a ceremony hosted by Feeney Bennett American Legion Post 128 on Saturday, the 78th anniversary of the attack. The ceremony held at the Middleport boat ramp included the placing of a wreath in the Ohio River by American Legion member Jim Bradbury, a gun salute, and the playing of Taps. The ceremony, which is held each year on the anniversary, is a tribute to those who lost their lives at Pearl Harbor. The Japanese attacked the U.S. Naval base in Hawaii at around 7:55 a.m., propelled the United States into World War II. More than 2,400 Americans were killed at Pearl Harbor, and another 1,000 wounded. When attacks on Pearl Harbor and other military bases were over, more than 300 aircraft were damaged or destroyed, and 21 ships were sunk or damaged. Middleport native Rear Admiral William W. Outerbridge initiated the first shots of the American involvement in World War II on the morning of the attack on Pearl Harbor. A marker is placed at the top of the boat ramp to remember the actions of Outerbridge. Silver Bridge remembrance Annual ceremony planned for Dec. 15 bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com Staff Report The late Carolin Harris, pictured at the File photos inaugural remembrance ceremony in This year will mark the 52nd anniversary of the Silver Bridge disaster where 46 2015, read the names of some of the people perished on Dec. 15, 1967. Pictured is the 6th Street memorial in Point 46 victims of the Silver Bridge disaster, Pleasant. including her own three-year old son, James Timothy Meadows. Meadows 46 victims of the disaster by with Jimmy Wriston, PE, Depwas on the bridge with his father, Mason County Division of uty Secretary of Transportation James F. Meadows, when it collapsed in Homeland Security and Emerfor WVDOH on behalf of Gov. 1967. Both perished. er Tracy Doolittle; invocation by Rev. Jordan Decker; remarks by Brian Billings, mayor of Point Pleasant and Jack Fowler, director of the Point Pleasant River Museum and Learning Center; music by Ben Supple; reading of the names of the A NEWS Obituaries: 2A Editorial: 4A Weather: 8A B SPORTS Comics: 5B Classifieds: 6B See JAIL | 3A Chamber establishes Ambassador Scholarship program By Beth Sergent POINT PLEASANT — The annual remembrance ceremony observing the Silver Bridge disaster and its victims, will include the unveiling of a bronze plaque in front of the bridge mural at 6th Street. The plaque dedication portion of the program is under the direction of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), with assistance from the West Virginia Division of Highways and the Ohio Department of Transportation. ASCE will note the site as home to a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark Plaque. The plaque dedication will join the annual remembrance ceremony which is once again under the direction of Kenny Grady who began the tradition in 2015. The itinerary for the entire program is as follows: Music by the Wahama High School Choir; opening remarks by Mason County Commission- GALLIPOLIS — Gallia County Commissioners met for their regularly scheduled meeting Thursday in the Gallia Courthouse and discussed the potential future of the old Gallia Jail once the new one is constructed just northeast of the current courthouse along Second Avenue in Gallipolis. Gallia County Clerk of Courts Noreen Saunders addressed commissioners about questions of budget issues where discussion eventually covered topics of records storage. “If I’m in office in future years, I’d like to do imaging of my files (to store digitally),” said Saunders. “I’d like to do a lot of imaging to get some of the stuff I’ve got in storage and get things cleared out and taken care of.” “There’s been some discussion about what we’d do with the jail when it’s no longer down JOIN THE CONVERSATION What’s your take on today’s news? Go to mydailytribune.com or www.mydailysentinel. com and visit us on facebook to share your thoughts. gency Management Director Dennis Zimmerman and Point Pleasant Fire Chief Jeremy Bryant; music by the Point Pleasant Chamber Choir; the tree lighting; closing remarks by Mayor Billings. Remarks then begin regarding the plaque/landmark dedication Jim Justice; Robert L. Cagle, III, PE, F. ASCE, Society Director, ASCE; Tracy W. Brown, PE, State Bridge Engineer, WVDOH and Carol A. Stevens, PE, F. ASCE, WVASCE History and Heritage Chair; unveiling of plaque and presentation See BRIDGE | 3A The tradition continues By Sarah Hawley shawley@aimmediamidwest.com MIDDLEPORT — A rivalry that began on Thanksgiving Day 1925 continues today with families from both sides meeting each Thanksgiving. The Middleport versus Pomeroy high school football rivalry began on Nov. 26, 1925, with the Middleport Yellow Jackets winning that first Thanksgiving Day game 40-12. The rivalry between the Yellow Jackets and the Pomeroy Panthers would continue on the field for 42 years on Thanksgiving Day. Both the Panthers and Yellow Jackets, along with the Rutland Red Devils, consolidated in 1967 to form Meigs High School. See TRADITION | 5A Dreama Knight | Courtesy photo Richard Hovatter, 1957 Middlport alumnus, made the call heads or tails for the 2019 Middleport-Pomeroy Thanksgiving Day game. Nolan Blake, grandson of John Blake, Middleport alumus, tossed the coin with Middleport winner. GALLIPOLIS — The Scholastic Ambassador Scholarship program has been established by the Gallia County Chamber of Commerce. Junior and Senior students enrolled through the Chamber’s three member high schools, Gallia Academy, River Valley, and Gibson South Gallia were eligible to apply for this program. According to Queen a press release from the Chamber, the program “will provide local youth an opporJohnson tunity to contribute to the community, learn valuable business information, create lifelong contacts, and develop a passion for growing Gallia.” Upon successful completion of the 201920 school year and their ambassador term, ambassadors will each receive a $500 scholarship. See CHAMBER | 3A �NEWS/OBITUARIES 2A Sunday, December 8, 2019 OBITUARIES MARY ‘CATHY’ BLACK PORTLAND — Mary “Cathy” Black of Portland, Ohio, passed away on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019, at her sisters residence. She was born on Sept. 9, 1957, in Portland Ohio to the late George Richard and Helen Mae Black. Mary attended the Mt. Olive Community Church, she also worked at the United Bank in Ripley and she was the manager at Fashion Bug for 23 years. She is survived by her sisters, Joan (Lonnie) Dailey and Diana (Dave) Hysell; brother, Garry (Rachel) Black; she was a special grandma to Major, Weston, Brentley, Jarrett, and Landreigh; and several nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Larry, Jackie, Robert, Johnnie, Daniel, Mark Black; and a sister Cheryl James. Graveside funeral services will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, at 1 p.m. at the Browning Cemetery in Portland with Richard “Ricky” Hysell officiating. Visitation will be held from 11-12:30 p.m. at the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy. A registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel.com. GUY NORRIS POMEROY — Guy Norris, 57, Pomeroy, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, at his residence. Born Aug. 4, 1962, in Athens he was the son of the late Harold Guy Sr. and Rhea Jean Reeves Norris. He is survived by siblings, Raymond (Chris) Norris of Jackson, Dawnette Ramey of Rutland, Darla (Ronnie) Haning of Pomeroy; nieces and nephews, Walter, Mark, Rhea, Michael, Hollie, Heather, Ronnie, and Austin. In addition to his parents he was preceded by brothers, Michael and Kenneth; nephews, Curtis, Patrick and Jason. Services will be private. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to BigonyJordan Funeral Home. You may sign his register book at www.bigonyjordanfuneralhome. com. WICK GALLIPOLIS — J. Bruce Wick, of Gallipolis, and Dade City, Florida, died November 15, 2019 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Family, classmates, and close friends will celebrate his life, at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, December 11, 2019 in the American Legion Post # 25 Washington Court House, 1240 US 22, Washington Court House, 43160. Please R.S.V.P to 614-6206940. NIDA Elizabeth Sherri Nida, 55, died Friday, December 6, 2019 in the Christ Hospital, Cincinnati. Arrangements will be announced by the Cremeens-King Funeral Home, Gallipolis. Jury clears Elon Musk LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elon Musk did not defame a British cave explorer when he called him “pedo guy” in an angry tweet, a Los Angeles jury found Friday. Vernon Unsworth, who participated in the rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped for weeks in a Thailand cave last year, had angered the Tesla CEO by belittling his effort to help with the rescue as a “PR stunt.” In Loving Memory of our wonderful mother and grandmother Ada Emma Swan Bissell on her birthday, December 9th You're always in our hearts and thoughts. We miss you and love you always Tom, Janet, Tom, Courtney, Jackson, Eden and Rowan OH-70162713 AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC (USPS 436-840) Telephone: 740-446-2342 A companion publication of the Gallipolis Daily Tribune and Times Daily Sentinel. 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Speaker Nancy Pelosi is connecting the dots — “all roads lead to Putin,” she says — and making the argument that Trump’s pressure campaign on Ukraine was not an isolated incident but part of a troubling bond with the Russian president reaching back to special counsel Robert Mueller’s findings on the 2016 election. “This has been going on for 2 1/2 years,” Pelosi said Friday. “This isn’t about Ukraine,” she explained a day earlier. “’It’s about Russia. Who benefited by our withholding of that military assistance? Russia.” The framing is taking on greater urgency and importance, both as a practical matter and a political one, as Democrats move seriously into writing the articles of impeachment. It’s an attempt to explain why Americans should care that Trump pushed Ukraine to investigate rival Joe Biden while withholding Evan Vucci | AP Barb Smith, President, Journey Steel, Inc., right, listens President Donald Trump speaks during a small business roundtable in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Friday as Democrats in the House move seriously into writing the articles of impeachment connected to Trump urging Ukraine to investigate rival Joe Biden while withholding $400 million in military aid that Congress had approved. $400 million in military aid that Congress had approved for the struggling Eastern European ally fighting a border war with Russia. “Sometimes people say, ‘Well I don’t know about Ukraine. I don’t know that much about Ukraine,’” Pelosi said Thursday after announcing the decision to draft formal charges. “Well, our adversary in this is Russia. All roads lead to Putin. Understand that.” At the same time, tracing the arc of Trump’s behavior from the 2016 campaign to the present, stitches it all together. And that helps the speaker balance her left-flank liberals, who want more charges brought against Trump, including from Mueller’s report, and centrist Democrats who prefer to keep the argument more narrowly focused on Ukraine. Pelosi and her team are trying to convey a message that impeachment is indeed about Ukraine — Trump’s asking-fora-favor phone call that sparked the probe — but also about a pattern of behavior that could stoke renewed concern about his attitude toward Russia ahead of the 2020 election. “It shows that a leopard doesn’t change his spots,” said Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., a member of the Intelligence Committee, which drafted the 300-page report on the Ukraine inquiry that serves as the foundation for the impeachment proceedings. With articles of impeachment coming in a matter of days and votes in the House expected by Christmas, Trump’s team is hardening its argument that the president did nothing wrong. They say voters will stick with him at the Democrats’ expense next November. Late Friday, White House Counsel Pat Cipollone informed the Judiciary Committee that the administration would not be participating in upcoming hearings, decrying the proceedings as “completely baseless.” And Trump’s campaign announced new rallies taking the case directly to voters — as well as a new email fundraising pitch that claims the Democrats have “gone absolutely insane.”’ “The Democrats have NO impeachment case and are demeaning our great Country at YOUR expense,” Trump wrote in the email to supporters. “It’s US against THEM.” Democratic lawmakers and aides are working behind closed doors over the weekend as the articles are being drafted and Judiciary Committee members are preparing for hearings and votes expected next week. The articles are likely to encompass two major themes — abuse of office and obstruction — as the drafters strive to reach the Constitution’s bar of “treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors.’’ But they could be divided up into multiple articles. Democrats argue that Trump abused his office when he asked Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for a “favor” during a July 25 phone call congratulating the newlyelected comedian-turnedpresident. Trump wanted Ukraine to announce it was investigating Democrats including Biden, according to a rough transcript released under pressure by the White House. Pearl Harbor shooting unfolded in 23 seconds in packed area By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Lolita C. Baldor al event that is expected to draw survivors, veterans, dignitaries and Associated Press others Saturday to honor the more than 2,300 Americans killed on Dec. HONOLULU — The 7, 1941. U.S. Navy sailor who Military officials said fatally shot two people at Pearl Harbor before kill- Friday at a news confering himself was unhappy ence that they had not found a motive yet for with his commanders the shooting but that and had been undergothere’s no evidence of ing counseling, a milidomestic terrorism. tary official said Friday. They said the isolated Gabriel Romero, 22, attack, witnessed by also faced non-judicial shipyard employees in punishment, which is a an area with thousands lower-level administraof workers, unfolded in tive process for minor about 23 seconds. misconduct, said the Romero, who was from official, who spoke on Texas and enlisted in condition of anonymthe Navy two years ago, ity to discuss personnel matters not made public. was dead when authoriHe used his two service ties arrived, and he was armed for his job standweapons in the attack, ing watch and providing the official said. Romero also wounded security for the fast a 36-year-old man in the attack submarine USS attack Wednesday at the Columbia, which is at Joint Base Pearl Harbornaval shipyard within the storied military base Hickam for maintenance, officials said. before turning the gun Retired Army Col. on himself, authorities Gregory Gross, a former said. That victim is in military judge, said that stable condition at a just because Romero hospital. In a second attack at a faced non-judicial punishment doesn’t Navy base this week, a shooter opened fire in a automatically mean he should have been taken classroom building Friday at Naval Air Station off watch duty. “It could have been Pensacola in Florida — leaving four people dead, something as simple as you were late for work,” including the assailant, said Gross, who presided and multiple people over part of the courtwounded. martial for the 2009 The Pearl Harbor shooting came just days shooting at Fort Hood in Texas. before a ceremony to But if the misconduct remember those who perished in the Japanese were something like assault, then it would bombing 78 years ago have been easy to take that propelled the U.S. Romero off watch duty into World War II. Security will be beefed and take away his weapup as usual for the annu- ons, Gross said. Tony Giberson | Pensacola News Journal via AP Police vehicles block the entrance to the Pensacola Air Base on Friday in Pensacola, Fla., after and aviation student from Saudi Arabia opened fire in a classroom. Four people died, including the shooter, who was identified as a second lieutenant in the Saudi air force. Saudi student opens fire at Florida Naval base, killing By Bill Kaczor and Brendan Farrington recover, he said. The shooter was a Associated Press member of the Saudi military who was in PENSACOLA, Fla. — aviation training at the An aviation student from base, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a news Saudi Arabia opened fire in a classroom at the conference. DeSantis spokesman Helen Ferre Naval Air Station Penlater said that DeSansacola on Friday morntis learned about the ing, an attack the Saudi shooter’s identity from government quickly condemned and that U.S. briefings with FBI and officials were investigat- military officials. A U.S. official who ing for possible links to spoke to The Associated terrorism. Press on condition of The assault, which anonymity identified the left four people dead, shooter as Mohammed including the shooter, was the second at a U.S. Saeed Alshamrani. The Navy base this week and official wasn’t authorized prompted a massive law to discuss the matter publicly. enforcement response Earlier Friday, two and base lockdown. U.S. officials identified Twelve people were the student as a sechurt in the attack, ond lieutenant in the including two sheriff’s Saudi Air Force, and deputies who were the said authorities were first to respond, one of whom killed the shooter, investigating whether the attack was terrorismEscambia County Sherrelated. They spoke on iff David Morgan said. One of the deputies was condition of anonymity to disclose information shot in the arm and the that had not yet been other in the knee, and made public. both were expected to �NEWS Sunday Times-Sentinel Jail MEIGS HEALTH MATTERS Chamber Health effects of wood smoke From page 1A Scholarship funds have been sponsored by, Ohio Valley Bank, the Gallia County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, Marianne Campbell and the Gallia County Chamber of Commerce. This year’s ambassadors are: Katie Queen, daughter of Cliff and Angie Queen, is a Gallia Academy High School senior. Katie is president of Student Council and a GAHS varsity cheerleader. She enjoys playing the piano, volunteering in the community, and her favorite sport is track. “I look forward to being a part of the Chamber and am eager to further my knowledge about my hometown,” said Katie. Olivia Johnson, daughter of Grady and Vera Johnson, is a senior at South Gallia High School. Olivia attends Elizabeth Chapel Church in Gallipolis and enjoys spending time with her youth group, friends, and family. Her favorite sport is volleyball and her favorite class is English, taught by her favorite teacher, Mrs. Harrison. Gabrielle Gibson, daughter of Derek and Tonya Gibson, is a senior at River Valley High School. Gabrielle has been involved in multiple community volunteer groups and projects and loves cheerleading. She plans to pursue a degree and career in nursing at Marshall University. More Ohioans have switched to completely heating their homes with wood within the past 10 years. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, heating only with wood in Ohio has increased by 50 percent between the years 2005 and 2012. This number is even higher if you include the homes that use wood as a secondary heat source. The rising trend to heat with wood could easily be tracked to the rising costs in other heating fuels and electricity. However, these new found savings could come at a high cost to your health. The U.S. EPA estimates that if all of the old wood stoves in the United States were replaced with cleaner burning appliances, an estimated $56-126 billion in health benefits per year would be realized. Research has shown that wood smoke contains millions of tiny particles and many harmful gases that have could damage your health. Potentially carcinogenic compounds have been identified in wood smoke, including carbon monoxide, nitrogen and sulfur oxides and various aromatic hydrocarbons. die annually from In homes with carbon monoxide wood burnpoisoning related ing stoves, the to the use of home concentration heating appliof these pollutances. Knowing ants was often the hazards of found to be wood smoke, there higher indoors Steve are ways to prothan outdoors. Swatzel Most of us have Contributing tect you and your neighbors. experienced columnist If you have the body’s purchased a woodreaction to burning stove, boiler or short-term exposure furnace since 2016, you to wood smoke. The ready have a more effiburning eyes, runny nose, and coughing are cient, cleaner burning appliance than those of the body’s defenses to the past. In 1988 and expelling the tiny par2015, the U.S. EPA ticles and chemicals in required manufactures wood smoke. Because to improve emissions the particles are ten produced from the times smaller than the wood-burning appliancwidth of a human hair, es. If you have an older they get by the body’s wood-burning stove, the defenses and go deep following are some tips into the lungs leading to reduce wood smoke to illnesses such as bronchitis, asthma, and exposure: 1. Check the batteries emphysema. Exposure in your carbon monoxto wood smoke could also trigger other aller- ide and smoke alarm detectors. The National gic reactions and even Fire Protection Assoheadaches. According ciation recommends to the American Lung homes should have Association, long-term smoke alarms installed exposures to wood inside every bedroom, smoke can lead to outside each sleeping reduced lung function, heart attacks, lung can- area and on every level cer, and even premature of the home, including the basement. At a mindeath. imum, industry experts Exposure to carbon recommend a CO alarm monoxide (CO) could be installed on each occur when heating with wood, fuel or natu- level of the home — ideally on any level with ral gas. It is estimated fuel burning appliances that over 150 people and outside of sleeping areas. 2. Burn only hardwoods such as Oak, Beech, Maple, Elm or Ash that has been cut and dried for 6 to 8 months. The moisture content of the wood should be less than 20 percent. The wood should be split into pieces that are 4 to 6 inches in width allowing a more even burn. 3. Never burn plastics, magazines, packaging materials, or glued, painted or treated wood. Numerous chemicals are release if these materials are burned. 4. Have your chimney or stove pipe cleaned and inspected every year. The stove should also be thoroughly inspected for any damages and leaks. Wood smoke could easily escape into the house if there are faulty gaskets in the stove or gaps in the stove pipe. 5. Consider “upgrading” that old wood stove to a new more efficient and cleaner burning one. You will likely use less wood and reduce exposure to wood smoke for you and your neighbors. Steve Swatzel, RS, is the Director of Environmental Health at the Meigs County Health Department. GALLIA, MEIGS BRIEFS Information provided by Gallia County Chamber of Commerce. Benefit basket games A double-play basket games fundraiser for, and sponsored by, the University of Rio Grande’s women’s basketball team is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 8 at the Lyne Center at URG, Bridge From page 1A of plaque; remarks by Michael Bashore, PE, President, Ohio Council of Local Sections ASCE. A reception will follow at the Mason County Courthouse. The ceremony begins at 4:30 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 15 on the 52nd anniversary of the tragedy, at 6th Street, the former site of the Silver Bridge. (Editor’s note: The program for this year’s ceremony, which was released by the ASCE, gives special thanks to: City of Point Pleasant, Mason County Commission, Grady, WVDOH, West Virginia Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers, ODOT, ASCE, the citizens of Mason, Gallia and Meigs counties.) HAPPY HOLIDAYS doors open 1 p.m., games begin at 2 p.m. Contact Coach Smalley at 740-245-7491, dsmalley@ rio.edu or Rose Evans at 740-645-3078 for more information. 7 From page 1A there,” said Commissioner David Smith. “We could use it for some storage there because it’s about the only thing I think we could use for that space. I know you, and every county, is always looking for storage space…I think we need to look once it’s no longer a jail, we don’t want it to stay vacant. I’d be totally against that. It needs to be used for something and storage is the logical thing.” Smith said that Saunders’ department naturally used a lot of storage and that while not now, in the future, he would like to discuss among county entities the future for the old jail space in the courthouse’s basement and if the facility could be “retrofitted” for storage. “We’d have to dehumidify it,” said Saunders. Smith asked if Saunders could look into any grant opportunities for records storage space construction. Commissioners have estimated the new jail facility could cost between $10 million to $15 million and are investigating routes to finance the building. A quarter of a percent sales tax was enacted by the county in January to help fund expenses associated with the opiate epidemic as well as increasing crime costs with inmates. The old jail has been cited by state and county officials with concerns for being an aging facility and difficult to maintain due to the age. Dean Wright can be reached at 740-446-2342. 7 mburgers Ha s Fri es up So Ch � Save $100 on 1/4 ct. solitaire diamond earrings C at erin g es Shak s ick en Tender 3104 JACKSON AVE POINT PLEASANT, WV 25550 304-857-6541 OH-70163072 OH-70163096 OH-70160777 Beth Sergent is editor of Ohio Valley Publishing. Sunday, December 8, 2019 3A Where Santa Shops! 113 Court Street Pomeroy, Ohio 740-992-2054 �Opinion 4A Sunday, December 8, 2019 Sunday Times-Sentinel THEIR VIEW Internet access for rural Ohio Most Ohioans can get access to a steady, fast internet connection at work or home. Unfortunately, for Ohioans living outside our big urban areas, broadband access can be hard to come by. This lack of access creates problems every day. Access is a problem in rural areas all over our state, but no area is left behind more than southeast Ohio. I recently heard from Nick Tepe, who runs the public libraries in Athens County, in southeast Ohio. He told us he leaves the library’s public WiFi on around the clock because people will drive to the parking lot at all hours of the night due to a lack of broadband access in the area. In all, according to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 99.3 percent of the Ohio population in urban areas has access to fast, reliable broadband, but only 78.3 percent in rural areas, and more Sen. Rob than 615,000 Ohioans are still Portman unable to access the internet on a Contributing regular basis. Without that stable broadband columnist connection, these Ohioans are at a disadvantage when it comes to starting a small business, and even applying for jobs. It makes it hard to pay bills online, get college credit online, shop online, get health care online, or take advantage of the many other resources that are housed on the internet today. While it is cost effective for big internet providers to cover urban areas, they often times don’t have the financial incentive to expand coverage to these rural areas. In their place, local, nonprofit, consumerowned cooperatives are starting to work with these rural communities to build internet infrastructure in the same way they helped provide telephone and electricity access in the past. Coops providing this service have started to work well in parts of rural Ohio. Under normal conditions, co-ops, like other non-profits, would not have federal tax liability. This helps ensure they can focus on what is truly important – helping Ohioans stay connected. The government also works with these coops through grant or loan programs from the Department of Agriculture, the FCC, and elsewhere that allow them to grow their coverage without taking on debt. All levels of government are starting to assist co-ops more in building out rural broadband. For example, the Buckeye Rural Electric Cooperative in southeast Ohio just last month received a $2.5 million grant to lay 168 miles of fiber in six different rural counties in Ohio. This broadband expansion would initially serve up to 2,000 more households, with the potential to build out from that fiber to thousands more households. Once that internet access is established, those people can attend an online university, order groceries, or get medical advice faster and at a lower cost. Unfortunately, because of an oversight in the federal tax law, any cooperative that earns more than 15 percent of its total revenue for that year from grant funds loses its tax-exempt status. Co-ops like Buckeye Rural now face the choice to refuse these broadband grants or face tax bills that would make it impossible for them to function. We’ve seen this happen already for Forked Deer Electrical Cooperative in Tennessee, where they have been forced to only accept a small part of a $2.8 million grant to avoid unfair taxes. Putting Ohio co-op tax-exempt status in danger has already caused some of them to think twice before even applying for broadband service grants. To fix this problem, I joined my fellow Senator, Tina Smith of Minnesota, in introducing a new bill we call the Revitalizing Underdeveloped Rural Areas and Lands Act, or RURAL Act. This bill would adjust the tax code to ensure that cooperatives can receive grants without being in danger of losing their tax-exempt status. By giving cooperatives that guarantee, they will be able to expand internet coverage faster and more effectively. The RURAL Act already has nearly 300 cosponsors in the House and nearly 50 in the Senate, and I am trying hard to get it over the finish line and to President Trump for his signature. In today’s world, the Internet plays a role in everything from business to health care. Let’s expand broadband coverage and pass the RURAL Act to help ensure that no one in Ohio is left behind. Rob Portman is a United States Senator from Ohio. THEIR VIEW An autumn Saturday routine Ohio State section maybe it was the (it’s not such a loss to Illinois that small section anyweek that did the more, in case you trick — I’ll let you were watching last decide. week). My buddy This has been an and I were not so exceptionally good fortunate. year for the BuckJeff It was the largeyes. I have wanted Gilliland est crowd ever in to write a column Contributing Michigan Stadium about them for columnist at the time and several weeks, but when we found something always where our seats were supgot in the way. posed to be, there were I could have wrote no seats there. Actually, about them after the there were, but people second game, when it first became obvious they were squeezed so close together that we literally might be really good. I had wiggle back and forth thought about writing between them as we sat about them a few weeks down to find a piece of ago, when a reporter said they might drop 100 bleacher. We were in the middle points on Rutgers and of a faithful Michigan should go for it if the section, we were both opportunity was there. I wanted to tell the guy he decked out from head to needed to find a new line toe in scarlet and gray, of work because no coach and it was obvious from that first wiggle that we with any class would were not real welcome. score 100 points on an Michigan jumped out overmatched opponent. I considered writing about to an early lead, which was probably good for them last week as they the two of us. Somewhere headed to Ann Arbor along the line someone because of my trip there snatched my Ohio State long ago, but a more ball cap and stuck a important topic came Michigan toboggan on along. my head. That move was More than three decades ago, in the early pretty good-natured, but 1980s when a friend and we were taking some pretty decent ribbing, I went to our first Ohio especially from a guy State/Michigan game, we made a wishful young wearing no shirt and mens’ agreement that we drinking Schnapps on a 3o-something degree day. would attend the Ohio When Ohio State finally State/Michigan every scored, my buddy and I year. And sure enough, stayed seated and clapped we made the trip to Ann mildly, trying not to draw Arbor the next year. anymore attention than There were four us on that trip. My buddy, who necessary. But Michigan had a made the agreement, comfortable lead, some and I had tickets, and people noticed we were the other two did not (I still seated, and they said should mention my wife bought mine). Somehow that if we were proud of our team, we should the other two bought stand up. So we did. That scalper tickets in Ann got us a standing ovation Arbor for less than what my buddy and I paid, and from 200 or so UM fans surrounding us. they landed seats smack As the game proin the middle of the small My father looked at me strangely when I pounded my fists on the family room floor, upset about something I saw on the television during an Ohio State game. I was just a little kid, and my father wondered aloud why I would be so upset about something I knew so little about. His words stung a bit, probably because the reason I took my anger out of the floor was because I knew how much he liked the Buckeyes. But the words did not dampen my enthusiasm for Ohio State and likely only made me more determined to call them my own. I have been infatuated with them ever since. There was a time when sports ruled my life, and if there was a game on TV— pretty much a game of anything — I was likely watching. It’s not that way anymore. In fact, most evenings of late I have been settling for my wife’s preferences, like “The Voice” or another one of those of Hallmark Christmas movies. At least they’re better than LMN. But if the Buckeyes are playing football, you can bet I’m watching, unless something really important is happening. In fact, I plan my autumn Saturdays around OSU football, and my wife seems to pretty much understand, at least most of the time. There was the year one of my brothers and I decided ended up hanging out and watching Ohio State football the first eight weeks in a row. We didn’t plan it that way, it just kind of happened. So let’s just say the look in my wife’s eyes that eighth week made me decide it was time for the streak to end. Or gressed, we watched other OSU fans a distance away take some pretty good verbal abuse — enough to keep my buddy and I pretty subdued. But toward end of the game Ohio State mounted a comeback. The Buckeyes scored, then recovered on onside. When that happened I came out of my seat with a leap and thrust an arm toward the sky. I came off that bleacher so quick that I was barely able to halt my momentum before falling on top of the people in front of us. Things got a little testy there for a bit, but Michigan ended up winning, and we made it out of the stadium unscathed. My buddy and I went to the Ohio State/Michigan again the next year, but then other commitments came along and we have not been back to one together since. He has entered my thoughts often this season though. For instance, he does not know that a ceramic Indian his wife once made for me looks down on me from a perch above my head each time I watch a Buckeyes games in my man cave. I am certain though that he, like me, knows this year’s team is special. I am certain we’ll be both be watching Saturday night as the Buckeyes lay claim to the Big Ten Conference crown. I’m certain we both know the only way this Ohio State team is going to get beat is by its own mistakes or an unfortunate injury. And if that happens I’ll be pounding my fists like when I was little kid. Jeff Gilliland is the editor of The Times-Gazette. He can be reached at jgilliland@timesgazette.com or 937-402-2522. This column shared through the AIM Media Midwest group of newspapers. TODAY IN HISTORY The Associated Press Today is Sunday, Dec. 8, the 342nd day of 2019. There are 23 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 8, 1980, rock star and former Beatle John Lennon was shot to death outside his New York City apartment Thought for Today: “War does not determine building by an apparently who is right — only who is left.” deranged fan. On this date: In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued his Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction for the South. In 1886, the American Federation of Labor was founded in Columbus, Ohio. — Author unknown (although this sentiment is sometimes attributed to Bertrand Russell). In 1940, the Chicago Bears defeated the Washington Redskins, 73-0, in the NFL Championship Game, which was carried on network radio for the first time by the Mutual Broadcasting System (the announcer was Red Barber). In 1941, the United States entered World War II as Congress declared war against Imperial Japan, a day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. �NEWS Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, December 8, 2019 5A As Dems zero in on White House, Trump racks up court losses By Eric Tucker backwards” and just plain Associated Press “wrong.” Taken together, the court rulings eviscerWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump ate the administration’s muscular view of execuknows he has fierce tive power just as the Democratic adversarimpeachment inquiry ies in Congress. But against Trump accelerthere is also ample ates. And they embolden push-back from the Judiciary branch, where black- Democrats in their pursuit of investigations into robed judges who sit in Trump’s government and courtrooms just blocks finances. from the Capitol and in “We’re not accustomed New York City have reputo seeing presidents sufdiated his view of execufer as many defeats in the tive power. courts as this president,” Federal judges in the said William Howell, a last two months have University of Chicago accused Trump adminpolitical scientist. istration lawyers of The administration “openly stonewalling” at least temporarily lost and of regarding presidents as kings while also its bid to shield former White House counsel deriding Justice DepartDon McGahn from being ment legal positions as “extraordinary,” “exactly questioned by Congress. It argued unsuccessfully to withhold secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. And lawyers for the president have tried to keep the president’s financial records away from Congress. In each instances, judges have overruled them. To be sure, some of the most stinging losses have come from Democraticappointed judges, and all could be overturned on appeal — well after the impeachment inquiry has ended, or after congressional Democrats have lost their appetite for the desired testimony or records. The Supreme Court, for instance, has already put on hold a lower court ruling direct- GALLIA, MEIGS BRIEFS Visits with Santa ing Trump to produce his financial records in a case that falls outside the impeachment inquiry. And another test that awaits — a former White House official’s challenge of a congressional subpoena — may yet be decided in the administration’s favor by a judge nominated by Republican George W. Bush. For the moment, though, the defeats undercut White House arguments that executive branch witnesses and documents are outside the reach of congressional inquiry and make it unlikely that the administration’s expansive vision of presidential powers will form lasting legal precedent. POMEROY — “Photo with Santa” at the Court Street Mini Park Friday and Saturday, Dec. 13 and 14, and 20 and 21 from 4 to 6 p.m. Musicians are welcome to preform Holiday music during this time, and groups may wish to serve hot chocolate. Interested participants should contact Mayor Anderson. MIDDLEPORT — Come visit Santa at the newly renovated Meigs County Museum on Dec. 14 from noon to 4 p.m., make a craft, give Santa your list and receive a treat. Bring a friend. Fruit baskets available POMEROY — American Legion Post 39 will be selling fruit baskets this year. They are $15. You can place your order with John Hood 740416-0844 or Steve VanMeter 740-992-2875. The baskets will be ready on Dec. 14. Veterans Commission annual Holiday Dinner The annual Veterans Holiday Meal is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 15 at the DAV, AMVETS building, located at 108 Liberty Ave, Gallipolis, Ohio. The meal is sponsored by the Gallia County Veterans Service Commission and is free to all veterans and their families. The meal will be served from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., with the doors opening at 1:45 p.m. If you are planning to attend, please call 740446-2005 no later than Thursday, December 12, 2019. OHIO BRIEFS Killer could get death Court later ordered the appeals court to reconsider the case because its decision relied heavily on a case decided after Hill was sentenced. The Supreme Court has said executing people with intellectual disabilities is unconstitutional. Previously, Hill has unsuccessfully challenged bite-mark evidence used against him. 20 union President Tony Harris told the Hamilton City Council at a meeting Wednesday. Most urgent calls for help occur in the first 11 or 12 minutes, but safety officers aren’t arriving for 30 to 40 minutes, “long after the most dangerous part of our scene is over,” Harris said. Harris told the council that despite cuts to staff in 2013, city fire forces are handling 3,000 more emergency runs a year, or roughly 15,000 runs annually. Harris suggested a task Firefighters and their force be created to look at families asked an Ohio safety issues. city council for more City Manager Joshua staff members to improve Smith said he’s frustrated emergency response that staffing concerns times. weren’t aired during barWhen Hamilton firefighter Patrick Wolterman gaining discussions this was killed in a 2015 arson summer. “(The union) just ratiblaze, it took 45 minutes fied a contract in the past for a the safety officer 100 days,” Smith said, to arrive at the scene, “That was the appropriaccording to a report ate venue.” released in March. The city hasn’t been To improve response willing to replace staffing times for firefighter and levels that were cut from public safety, a fourth the contract years ago, emergency squad ambuHarris said. lance is needed, Local COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s elections chief expressed confidence Friday that the perennial swing state will have adequate safeguards against cyberattacks in place before the 2020 presidential election, although the upgrades he has required are coming along slowly. Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s office said 52 of 88 counties are at least halfway done carrying out orders he issued in June requiring federal risk and vulnerability assessments, installation of secure email systems and tools known as Albert intrusion detection devices, and a host of other protections. Speaking at a cybersecurity briefing on Firefighters ask resources 1945: Middleport 20, 1928: Middleport 19, Pomeroy 12 Pomeroy 0 1946: Pomeroy 12, 1929: Middleport 38, Middleport 7 Pomeroy 0 From page 1A 1947: Middleport 12, 1930: Middleport 45, Pomeroy 6 Now, families from both Pomeroy 0 1948: Pomeroy 7, Mid1931: Middleport 0, sides of the rivalry meet dleport 6 on Thanksgiving Day for Pomeroy 0 (TIE) 1949: Middleport 13, 1932: Pomeroy 25, Mida coin toss to determine dleport 0 (First Pomeroy Pomeroy 13 (TIE) the “winner” of the con1950: Middleport 33, Win) test each year. Pomeroy 12 1933: Middleport 6, There were several in 1951: Middleport 12, Pomeroy 0 attendance this year for Pomeroy 0 (First game on 1934: Middleport 12, the 2019 Middleport/ Pomeroy’s Athletic Field) Pomeroy 6 Pomeroy Thanksgiving 1952: Middleport 57, 1935: Middleport 19, Day game coin toss. Pomeroy 0 Pomeroy 0 This year, Richard 1953: Middleport 26, 1936: Pomeroy 18, Hovatter, 1957 Middlport Pomeroy 13 alumnus, was selected to Middleport 6 1954: Pomeroy 38, 1937: Pomeroy 39, make the call heads or Middleport 0 tails and he called heads. Middleport 0 1955: Pomeroy 53, 1938: Middleport 0, Nolan Blake grandson of Middleport 0 Pomeroy 0 (TIE) John Blake, Middleport 1956: Pomeroy 34, 1939: Middleport 0, alumnus, tossed the coin Middleport 13 Pomeroy 0 (TIE) and heads won. 1957: Pomeroy 27, 1940: Pomeroy 20, In 1959, the rivals met Middleport 0 on Thanksgiving Day for Middleport 12 1958: Pomeroy 44, 1941: Pomeroy 20, the final holiday game. Middleport 12 The Yellow Jackets head- Middleport 0 1959: Pomeroy 14, Mid1942: Middleport 7, ed to Pomeroy to take on dleport 8 (Last time these Pomeroy 6 the Panthers. two played on Thanksgiv1943: Middleport 13, The Panthers won that ing Day) Pomeroy 13 (TIE) day by a score of 14-8. 1960: Middleport 18, 1944: Middleport 0, Seven years later, in the Pomeroy 14 fall of 1966, the Panthers Pomeroy 0 and the Yellow Jackets faced off one final time final score, Pomeroy – 32, Middleport – 16, thus closing out the 42-year rivalry of The Middleport Yellow Jackets and The Pomeroy Panthers. Of the 42 games played, Middleport won 19 of those to Pomeroy’s 18 wins. Five games ended in a tie. The scores of all 42 contests SEPTIC PUMPING are listed below. 1925: Middleport 40, Mason Co WVa Gallia Meigs Pomeroy 12 1926: Middleport 19, JACKSON, OHIO Pomeroy 0 ���� ��� ��� � ����� � �� 1927: Middleport 6, Pomeroy 0 Tradition Ron Evans Ent. LLC. OH-70162268 Ohio counties prodded to complete election security updates 1961: Pomeroy 60, Middleport 14 1962: Pomeroy 14, Middleport 6 1963: Pomeroy 32, Middleport 8 1964: Pomeroy 18, Middleport 14 1965: Middleport 6, Pomeroy 0 1966: Pomeroy 32, Middleport 16 Information on the history of the rivalry originally published as part of an article written by Jordan Pickens. Information and photo on the 2019 event provided by Dreama Knight. Sarah Hawley is the managing editor of The Daily Sentinel. Friday in Columbus, LaRose urged local officials to get moving on the improvements before a Jan. 31 deadline. He said he has made available $12 million in Help America Vote Act money to pay for the upgrades, and that every Ohio county has been in touch with the Department of Homeland Security for help. Still, only 13 counties have their Albert systems in place and LaRose said a handful have “F” grades on the progress they’re making toward meeting the directive. 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Sandusky County Prosecutor Timothy Braun agreed to a plea deal that will spare him jail time CINCINNATI (AP) — but force him to resign A federal appeals court by the end of June. He has heard arguments also agreed not to seek about whether a man reelection. should be executed for Five women had filed the torture, rape and murcomplaints about Braun, der of a 12-year-old Boy accusing him of sexually Scout. harassing female employDanny Lee Hill was ees in the county prossentenced for a 1985 ecutor’s office. attack on Raymond Braun did not make Fife in Warren, near a statement during the Youngstown. WFMJhearing and left the TV reports an attorney court without comment- argued Thursday to the ing. 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Under the plea agreeAppeals in Cincinnati that ment, Braun will remain Hill’s sentence should be as county prosecutor vacated. through June, but he That court ruled last isn’t allowed to report year the 52-year-old Hill to the office. He will be shouldn’t be executed paid until he resigns. because he showed signs Ohio Attorney General of being intellectually disDave Yost had called on abled. The U.S. Supreme I feel led to make the decision and trust the Lord in doing so. Call 740-612-9586 or email byhisgracetreeservice@gmail.com Anniversary Sale Celebrating 67 years!!! 50% off Storewide!! Tope’s Furniture Galleries OH-70162753 Prosecutor pleads guilty (740) 446-0332 151 2nd Ave, Gallipolis, OH 45631 www.topefurniture.com Find us on FB �A long the River 6A Sunday, December 8, 2019� Sunday Times-Sentinel An archway greets visitors to Gallipolis City Park and Gallipolis in Lights. Photos by Dean Wright | OVP Shining like a holiday special Gallipolis in Lights glows for another year in City Park. Gallipolis Christmas Tree Walk reported a record number of trees The Kerr Memorial and Gallipolis Christmas trees are a tourism this year. attraction, locals say. Words such as Peace, Joy and Merry Christmas are outlined in lights as part of Gallipolis in Lights. The Gallipolis City Park Bandstand often serves as the heart of the Gallipolis in Lights Lighting Ceremony. Three lighted snowmen greet visitors to the Gallipolis City Park Gallipolis in Lights will continue to glow in City Park until retiring Greenery hangs from the restored Gallipolis in Lights City Park Santa House. for the New Year. Bandstand. Ornaments on the Gallipolis in Lights are exposed to the elements Many of the trees on Gallipolis in Lights Tree Walk are dedicated to Residents say the aura of Gallipolis in Lights can be seen for miles during the winter season and often fastened to the trees to prevent past loved ones, civic organizations and businesses. near the Ohio River. the wind from blowing them away. �NEWS Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, December 8, 2019 7A Flu season arrives early Driven by an unexpected virus VanVranken to celebrate 90th birthday By Mike Stobbe AP Medical Writer NEW YORK — The U.S. winter flu season is off to its earliest start in more than 15 years. An early barrage of illness in the South has begun to spread more broadly, and there’s a decent chance flu season could peak much earlier than normal, health officials say. The last flu season to rev up this early was in 2003-2004 — a bad one. Some experts think the early start may mean a lot of suffering is in store, but others say it’s too early to tell. “It really depends on what viruses are circulating. There’s not a predictable trend as far as if it’s early it’s going to be more severe, or later, less severe,” said Scott Epperson, who tracks flu-like illnesses for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There are different types of flu viruses, and the one causing illnesses in most parts of the country is a surprise. It’s a version that normally doesn’t abound until March or April. That virus generally isn’t as dangerous to older people — good news, since most flu hospitalizations and deaths each winter occur in the elderly. However, such viruses can be hard on children and people younger than 50. Louisiana was the first state to really get hit hard, with doctors there saying they began seeing David Goldman | AP A nurse prepares a flu shot at the Salvation Army in Atlanta. The U.S. winter flu season is off to its earliest start in more than 15 years. An early barrage of illness in the South has begun to spread more broadly, and there is a decent chance flu season could peak much earlier than normal, health officials say. large numbers of flu-like illnesses in October. Children’s Hospital New Orleans has already seen more flu cases this fall than it saw all of last winter, said Dr. Toni Gross, the hospital’s chief of emergency medicine. Last month was the busiest ever at the hospital’s emergency department. Officials had to set up a triage system and add extra shifts, Gross said. “It is definitely causing symptoms that will put you in bed for a week,” including fever, vomiting and diarrhea. But the hospital has not had any deaths and is not seeing many serious complications, she said. Health officials tend to consider a flu season to be officially underway when — for at least three weeks in a row — a significant percentage of U.S. doctor’s office visits are due to flu-like illnesses. That’s now happened, CDC officials said this week. The agency on Friday estimated that there have already been 1.7 million flu illnesses, 16,000 hospitalizations, and 900 flu-related deaths nationally. The most intense patient traffic had been occurring in a six states stretching from Texas to Georgia. But in new numbers released Friday, CDC officials said the number of states with intense activity rose last week to 12. Flu is widespread in 16 states, though not necessarily at intense levels in each, the CDC said. Last flu season started off as a mild one but turned out to be the longest in 10 years. It ended with around 49,000 flu-related deaths and 590,000 hospitalizations, according to preliminary estimates. It was bad, but not as bad as the one before it, when flu caused an estimated 61,000 deaths and 810,000 hospitalizations. Those 2017-2018 estimates are new: The CDC last month revised them down from previous estimates as more data — including actual death certificates — came in. In both of the previous two flu seasons, the flu vaccine performed poorly against the nasty predominant virus. It’s too early to say how well the vaccine is performing right now, Epperson said. Epperson said there’s a chance the flu season will peak this month, which would be unusually early. Flu season usually doesn’t hit fever pitch until around February. The early start suggests a lot Americans may be sick at the same time, said Dave Osthus, a statistician who does flu forecasting at Los Alamos National Laboratory. “This could be a precursor to something pretty bad. But we don’t know,” he said. 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Examples of eligible noncritical PNP organizations include, but are not limited to, food kitchens, homeless shelters, museums, libraries, community centers, schools and colleges. PNPs located in the following counties and independent cities are eligible to apply: Adams, Athens, Belmont, Brown, Gallia, Guernsey, Hocking, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Pike, Ross, Scioto, Vinton and Washington in Ohio. The SBA offers Economic Injury Disaster Loans to help eligible noncritical PNP organizations meet their working capital needs such as ongoing operating expenses. This assistance is available regardless of whether the organization suffered any physical property damage. Loan amounts can be up to $2 million with an interest rate of 2.75 percent and terms up to 30 years. The SBA sets loan amounts and terms based on each applicant’s financial condition. To be 2 PM 34° 48° Temperature The AccuWeather.com Asthma Index combines the effects of current air quality, pollen counts, wind, temperature, dew point, barometric pressure, and changes from past weather conditions to provide a scale showing the overall probability and severity of an asthma attack. Snowfall 0.09 0.52/0.66 44.06/39.94 (in inches) Friday Month to date/normal Season to date/normal 0.0 Trace/0.4 1.0/1.2 Today 7:34 a.m. 5:06 p.m. 3:12 p.m. 3:44 a.m. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Mon. 7:35 a.m. 5:06 p.m. 3:42 p.m. 4:45 a.m. MOON PHASES Full Last New Dec 11 Dec 18 Dec 25 First Jan 2 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for fish and game. Today Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Major 8:17a 8:56a 9:39a 10:26a 11:19a 12:17p 12:50a Minor 2:06a 2:44a 3:26a 4:13a 5:05a 6:03a 7:05a The AccuWeather.com Cold Index combines the effects of local weather with a number of demographic factors to provide a scale showing the overall probability of transmission and symptom severity of the common cold. 0 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme WEATHER TRIVIA™ Q: Where on Earth is the wind always from the north? SUN & MOON Major 8:39p 9:19p 10:03p 10:52p 11:47p ---1:19p Minor 2:28p 3:07p 3:51p 4:39p 5:33p 6:32p 7:34p WEATHER HISTORY A large storm system brought heavy rain to the East on Dec. 8, 1963. Lightning caused the explosion of fuel under one of the outboard wing tanks of a jetliner passing through the storm. Eighty-one people died. POMEROY — Inspirational Book Club, 10:30 a.m., Pomeroy Library, will discuss “The Christmas Angel Project” by Melody Carlson. GALLIPOLIS — Gallia County Board of Developmental Disabilities, public hearing to discuss the 2020 annual action plan 10 a.m., administrative offices located at 77 Mill Creek Road. GALLIPOLIS — Regular monthly Board meeting of the O. O. McIntyre Park District, 11 a.m., in the Park Board Office at POMEROY — Acoustic Night at the Pomeroy Library, 6 p.m. All the Gallia County Courthouse, 18 Locust Street. skill levels and listeners are welcome. Bring an instrument and play along. POMEROY — The Meigs County Board of Health meeting POMEROY — Breakfast will take place at 5 p.m. in the with Santa, 9-11 a.m., Pomeroy conference room of the Meigs Library. Pancakes and milk will County Health Department, be served. Children will receive a which is located at 112 E. Memo- free book. rial Drive in Pomeroy, Ohio. GALLIPOLIS — John Gee Black Historical Center will hold a Christmas program, 48 Pine Street, at 7 p.m. Refreshments will be held afterward. POMEROY — Meigs Co. Health Dept. will be closed from 12-4 p.m. for the staff Christmas party. Normal business hours resume at 8 a.m. on Dec. 12. ADDISON TOWNSHIP — SCIPIO TWP. — Scipio Town- Addison Freewill Baptist Church ship Trustees regular monthly will hold its Christmas program meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. at 6 p.m. at the Harrisonville Fire House. The end of the year meeting is scheduled for Monday, Dec. 30, at 7 p.m. at the Harrisonville Fire ROCKSPRINGS — The Meigs House. County Township Trustee and Tuesday, Dec. 10 Saturday, Dec. 14 Wednesday, Dec. 11 Sunday, Dec. 15 Monday, Dec. 16 EXTENDED FORECAST MONDAY TUESDAY Occasional rain Logan 50/45 Lucasville 52/48 Portsmouth 54/47 AIR QUALITY 0 50 100 150 200 300 500 Primary pollutant: Particulates Air Quality Index: 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very unhealthy; 301-500, Hazardous. Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services OHIO RIVER Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. Fri. Flood 24-hr. Location Stage Level Chg. Willow Island 37 13.30 +0.63 Marietta 34 17.29 +0.22 Parkersburg 36 21.98 +0.12 Belleville 35 12.83 +0.14 Racine 41 12.90 -0.01 Point Pleasant 40 24.84 -0.38 Gallipolis 50 12.22 -0.53 Huntington 50 27.06 -0.47 Ashland 52 34.96 -0.16 Lloyd Greenup 54 12.81 +0.03 Portsmouth 50 19.90 -1.90 Maysville 50 34.20 -0.20 Meldahl Dam 51 20.00 -2.40 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019 Ashland 55/47 Grayson 56/48 Dec. 24 and 25 MEIGS COUNTY — All Meigs Library locations will be in observance of the Christmas holiday. Wednesday, Dec. 25 MIDDLEPORT — Presbyterian Church of Middleport’s 12th annual Christmas Dinner, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31 MEIGS COUNTY — All Meigs Library locations will close at 5 p.m. for New Year’s Eve. Wednesday, Jan. 1 MEIGS COUNTY — All Meigs Library locations will be in observance of the New Year’s Day. FRIDAY SATURDAY 45° 28° Mostly sunny and cold Chance of a little afternoon rain Marietta 52/44 Murray City 50/44 Belpre 52/45 Athens 51/44 St. Marys 52/44 Parkersburg 53/44 Coolville 51/44 Elizabeth 52/44 Spencer 52/44 Buffalo 54/46 Ironton 54/47 Milton 55/47 St. Albans 56/46 Huntington 56/46 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s 100s Seattle 52/43 90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s San Francisco 59/49 20s 10s 0s -0s Los Angeles -10s 64/50 T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front GALLIPOLIS — The American Legion Auxiliary will meet at 6 p.m., at the post home on McCormick road. All Members are urged to attend. 35° 21° Wilkesville 52/45 POMEROY Jackson 52/45 52/45 Ravenswood Rio Grande 53/45 53/45 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 53/48 GALLIPOLIS 54/45 53/45 54/45 South Shore Greenup 54/47 53/46 52 Tuesday, Dec. 17 52° 34° Cloudy with a chance of rain NATIONAL CITIES McArthur 51/44 Waverly 51/47 Mostly sunny and colder Fiscal Officer Association will meet at 6 p.m. at the Meigs High School Cafeteria. Election of officers will be held and newly elected officials will be sworn into office. Reservations are due to Opal at 740-742-2805 by Dec. 6. POMEROY — Book Club, 6 p.m., Pomeroy Library. “Winter in Paradise” by Elin Hilderbrand will be discussed. GALLIPOLIS — American Legion Lafayette Post #27, the American Legion Auxiliary, and the Sons of the American Legion Squadron #27 will have a joint E-Board meeting at 5 p.m., at the post home on McCormick road. All E-Board members are urged to attend. The American Legion Lafayette Post #27 will meet following the E-board meeting. All members are urged to attend. THURSDAY 36° 15° Morning rain; otherwise, mostly cloudy Adelphi 51/46 Chillicothe 51/46 WEDNESDAY 52° 25° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 0 AccuWeather.com Cold Index™ Friday, Dec. 13 A: The South Pole. Friday Month to date/normal Year to date/normal BEDFORD TWP. — The Bedford Township trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the Bedford Town Hall. There will be a discussion/motion on a Drug and Alcohol Policy. SUTTON TWP. — The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees of Sutton Township will be held at 6 p.m. in the Racine Village Hall Council Chambers. GALLIPOLIS — DVA Dovel Myers Post #141, 5 p.m., meeting, post home on Liberty road. All members are urged to attend. AMVETS Post #23 will meet following the DVA meeting. 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OH-70107872 You’ll Feel Right At Home. Home National Bank is large enough to handle all of your financial needs, but small enough to know your first name. Since all of our loan decisions are made locally we can close a loan quickly. Please come see us for all your banking needs, we promise to make you feel right at home. w w w. h o m e n a t l b a n k . c o m Racine, Syracuse, Middleport �S ports Sunday Times-Sentinel #?8.+CM��/-/7,/<��M� ����s�#/->398�� Tornadoes turn back Waterford, 56-40 By Alex Hawley ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com Alex Hawley|OVP Sports Southern’s Arrow Drummer lays the ball in over Waterford’s Jude Huffman (40), during the Tornadoes’ 56-40 victory on Friday in Racine, Ohio. RACINE, Ohio — A second half surge for win No. 1. The Southern boys basketball team went into halftime of Friday’s Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division bout with guest Waterford tied at 20, but the Tornadoes went on a 28-to-8 run out of the break and cruised to the 56-40 victory to open league-play. After a pair of lead changes in the opening quarter, Southern (1-2, 1-0 TVC Hocking) took a 14-12 lead into the sec- ond. Waterford was back in front with an 8-to-4 run to start the second quarter, but the Tornadoes closed the half with a twopointer to tie it at 20. Southern regained the lead with a two-pointer 1:04 into the third quarter and never trailed again, leading 39-26 by the end of the stanza. The Purple and Gold started the fourth quarter with a 9-to-2 run for their largest lead of the night, at 48-28, with 3:14 to play. WHS cut its deficit to as low as 15 points, but ultimately fell by a 56-40 count. Following the victory, 12th-year SHS head coach Jeff Caldwell commended his team for protecting its home court against the Wildcats, but noted that there’s isn’t much time to celebrate with a nonconference road test on Saturday. “We got a 16-point win against a traditionally strong Waterford team, plus took care of business at home, you can’t ever be upset about that,” Caldwell said. “Of course you have to realize we have to get better. We have a tough one tomorrow night at River Valley, right back at it, but I’m See TORNADOES | 2B Warriors fend off Marauders Meigs falls to Warren, 60-43 By Alex Hawley ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com VINCENT, Ohio — Unbeaten no more. The Meigs boys basketball team was handed its first setback of the season on Friday in Washington County, as host Warren took a 60-43 victory in non-confernece play. Meigs (2-1) trailed 18-9 eight minutes into play, as Warren sank a quartet of three-pointers in the opening quarter. The Marauders managed just four points in the second quarter and went into halftime behind 33-13. The Warriors added one point to their lead in the third quarter, and headed into the finale with a 43-22 advantage. The Maroon and Gold saved their best for last, pouring in 21 points over the final eight minutes, but WHS scored 17 to seal the 60-43 win. Leading the Marauders, Weston Baer scored 20 points, making four three-pointers, one two-pointer and all-6 of his free throw attempts. Bobby Musser, Coulter Cleland and Wyatt Hoover finished with seven points apiece for the guests, while Cory Cox ended with two. Jake Baumgard led Warren with 16 points, 13 of which came in the final eight minutes. Joel Chevalier was next with 12 points, followed by Brandon Simoniette with 11, Kurt Taylor with eight and Evan Byrd with seven. Brayden Sallee and Issac Colgrove rounded out the WHS total with three points apiece. Meigs shot 15-of-22 (68.2 percent) from the free throw line, where Warren was 6-for-9 (66.7 percent). The Marauders begin Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division play next, as they visit River Valley on Tuesday. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Monday, Dec. 9 Girls Basketball Southern at Wahama, 6 p.m. South Gallia at Eastern, 6 p.m. Vinton County at Meigs, 6 p.m. Wayne at Point Pleasant, 6:30 River Valley at Alexander, 7 p.m. Gallia Academy at South Point, 7:30 Tuesday, Dec. 10 Boys Basketball Meigs at River Valley, 7:30 Point Pleasant at Southern, 7:30 Hannan at Ohio Valley Christian, 7:30 Trimble at South Gallia, 7:30 Eastern at Miller, 7:30 Wahama at Belpre, 7:30 Girls Basketball Hannan at Ohio Valley Christian, 6 p.m. Photos by Bryan Walters|OVP Sports Eastern senior Derrick Metheney (12) applies defensive pressure to South Gallia senior Kyle Northup during the first half of Friday night’s TVC Hocking boys basketball contest in Tuppers Plains, Ohio. Rebels top Eastern, 48-45 By Bryan Walters bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — Some promising signs of growth. The South Gallia boys basketball team overcame both a horrible start and a 10-point first half deficit with a pivotal 19-6 third quarter charge before ultimately holding on for an impressive 46-43 victory over host Eastern on Friday night in the Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division opener for both programs. The Rebels (2-0, 1-0 TVC Hocking) appeared doomed early on as the guests came up empty on their first 14 offensive possessions, which included four turnovers and a 0-for-10 shooting effort. The Eagles (0-2, 0-1), on the other hand, built a 7-0 lead during that same time span and held SGHS scoreless until Jaxxin Mabe hit a field goal with 14 seconds left in the opening frame — giving the Green and White a 5-point cushion through eight minutes of play. EHS never trailed in the first half and used a 9-4 run out of the second period gate to establish its biggest lead of the night when Derrick Metheney netted the first of two free throw attempts, making it a 16-6 contest with 5:28 left. left that cut the score back down to a single possession. Despite opportunities for both squads, neither team came away with another point. Eastern’s final game-tying bid missed the mark and fell to the floor as the horn sounded, allowing SGHS to sneak away with hardfought 3-point triumph. Despite being a bit of an instant classic, the game itself also featured some less than desirable moments — particularly the combined 53 turnovers committed over the course of 32 minutes. Both teams had 11 turnovers apiece at the break and both teams were sitting on 25 apiece when they collectively reached the 50 mark with 2:02 left in regulation. The hosts ended the South Gallia junior Layne Ours converts a layup attempt during the night with 26 giveaways, second half of Friday night’s TVC Hocking boys basketball contest one fewer than the victoagainst Eastern in Tuppers Plains, Ohio. rious Rebels. On a night in which nothing went right early South Gallia was up The Red and Gold, on, SGHS coach Kent by as many as 11 points however, made an 11-5 surge over the remainder (40-29) a minute into the Wolfe was very pleased fourth, but a Trevor Mor- with how his troops kept of the canto and entered battling down to the final rissey offensive putback halftime trailing by a buzzer. capped a 12-2 surge that 21-17 margin. Given that he had only whittled the deficit down The Eagles made a to 42-41 with 1:13 left in two seniors on the floor small 4-3 run over the for a majority of the everegulation. first two minutes of the The Red and Gold con- ning, the third year menthird stanza to secure tor noted that his players verted four consecutive their largest second half free throw attempts over showed an awful lot of lead at 25-20, but the growth as the night proRebels answered with 16 the next 40 seconds to gressed — particularly in reestablish a 46-41 cushof the final 18 points en ion, but Metheney nailed a tough road environment route to taking a 36-27 advantage into the finale. a basket with 25 seconds See REBELS | 3B �SPORTS 2B Sunday, December 8, 2019 Sunday Times-Sentinel Cavaliers defend rookie coach John Beilein amid skid CLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers forward Tristan Thompson battled Orlando’s big men and then defended his rookie coach. At least some of the Cavaliers have John Beilein’s back. Following a 93-87 loss to the Magic — Cleveland’s 11th loss in 12 games — Thompson said he was disappointed to learn that some of his teammates had anonymously criticized Beilein, the former Michigan coach hired by the Cavs to develop their young roster Apply Online Now 2020CENSUS.GOV/JOBS OH-70157772 Thousands of jobs are available nationwide. Help support your community — be a census taker. ✓ Extra income ✓ Weekly pay ✓ Flexible hours ✓ Paid Training PUBLIC WELCOME B ULK CANDY R W ETAIL OR HOLESALE Available by the pound or Wholesale by the case. learned about the report. “I love coach Beilein,” Thompson said. “He’s great for development and he understands that players have so much in them and he wants to get the best out of you. … I’m thinking the guy is pretty good. I’m probably the smartest guy in this locker room, so if I think I know what the guy is doing then we shouldn’t hear nothing else — to be honest. Before Friday’s game, Beilein was put in an awkward situation by having to address the report, which seemed to come out of nowhere as many of the players have been publicly effusive in praising the coach who has already lost more games with the Cavs than he did in his final two years with the Wolverines. Tornadoes Caldwell pointed out the Tornadoes’ rebounding edge as one of the keys to victory. “One thing we talked about, Waterford likes to score a lot of points on offensive rebounds,” Caldwell said. “We had to get them off the boards, and I thought for the most part we did a good job of that.” Southern committed 18 turnovers, two fewer than the Wildcats. SHS finished with team totals of nine assists, nine steals and three rejections, while WHS ended with 10 assists, seven steals and four blocked shots. The Tornadoes made 17-of-36 (47.2 percent) field goal attempts, including 1-of-4 (25 percent) three-point tries, while the Wildcats were 15-of-52 (28.8 percent) from the field, including 4-of-17 (23.5 percent) from deep. SHS made 21-of-35 (60 percent) free throws, including 13-of-20 (65 percent) in the fourth quarter, while WHS was 6-of-15 (40 percent) from the line in the game. Arrow Drummer paced the Tornadoes with 18 points, making seven field goals and going a perfect 4-for-4 at the line. Chase Bailey scored 13 points in the win, Landen Hill added 11 points and a game-best nine rebounds, while Trey McNickle finished with seven points and a team-high three assists. Coltin Parker contributed six points to the winning cause, while Ryan Laudermilt chipped in with one marker. Leading the Tornado defense, Bailey picked up three steals, and Drummer rejected two shots. Luke Teters led Waterford with a dozen points, all on three-pointers. Wade Smith was next with nine points, followed by Nick Fouss with eight, Holden Dailey with seven and Zane Heiss with four. Leading the Wildcats on the glass, Heiss and Jude Huffman had six rebounds apiece. Heiss and Fouss tied for a teamhigh with three assists apiece, and Heiss led the WHS defensive effort with three steals and two blocked shots. Southern — which was swept by Waterford last season — will look to return the favor when these teams meet in Washington County on Jan. 24. After its trip to River Valley on Saturday, SHS will be back in Racine to play Point Pleasant on Tuesday. From page 1B For more information or help applying, please call 1-855-JOB-2020 Federal Relay Service: 1-800-877-8339 TTY/ASCII www.gsa.gov/fedrelay The U.S. Census Bureau is an Equal Opportunity Employer. OHIO VALLEY WAREHOUSE during a massive rebuild. Thompson said he was unaware of the report by The Athletic, which didn’t identify three players who said they were unhappy because Beilein is treating them like they’re still in college and that they’ve tuned out the 66-year-old coach. “It’s not fair,” said Thompson, who grew more agitated the more he RETAIL or Wholesale pretty pleased with the guys for getting the win tonight.” For the game, Southern outrebounded Waterford 28-to-25, with the guests claiming a 12-to-8 edge in offensive rebounds. SUGAR FREE OVER �� VARIETIES Also White or Chocolate Melt Wafers for Candy Making. 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The Wahama girls basketball team opened its 2019-20 campaign in dramatic fashion Thursday night after using a 7-4 run in overtime to claim a 48-45 victory over visiting Belpre in a Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division matchup at Gary Clark Court in Mason County. The game featured eight ties and 16 lead changes over the course of 36 minutes, with neither squad leading by more than two possessions throughout the night. Tied at 41 at the end of regulation, the Lady Falcons (1-0, 1-0 TVC Hocking) never trailed in the extra 4-minute session and took a permanent lead when Emma Gibbs converted an offensive rebound with 2:19 remaining, making it a 46-44 contest. The Lady Golden Eagles (0-2, 0-2) closed to within a point following an Abby Lafatch free throw with 1:06 left, but Hannah Rose nailed both ends of a 1-and-1 situation with 36.9 seconds remaining for a 48-45 edge. BHS managed a pair of 3-point attempts that could have tied the game in the waning moments, but both missed the mark. The final miss came back to the floor as the horn sounded, allowing the Red and White to sneak away with the one possession triumph. Afterwards, James Toth talked about the quality of his first varsity girls basketball victory as Wahama head coach. As he noted, it simply came down to his troops working together and making plays at the right time — something the Lady Falcons can build on moving forward. “This was a game of two strongwilled teams and I couldn’t be prouder of our girls for finding a way to win this game. At the end of the night, I think we just wanted it a little more and we went out and got it,” Toth said. “We showed a lot of positives tonight and we are only going to get better as the season goes on, so this is a great way to get things started. This was a total team win.” There were three lead changes and a single tie in the opening eight minutes of play, with Wahama holding a slim 6-5 edge at the end of the first quarter. Neither team led by more than two points throughout the second frame, a span that witnessed four ties and six lead changes overall. Thanks to a pair of Rose free throws due to a technical foul on Rebels From page 1B such as the Eagle’s Nest can be. “We knew Eastern was coming in motivated to play in their home opener. We have a young group of kids and we were concerned about us being able to handle that kind of environment,” Wolfe said. “Eastern was physical with us early on and it gave us some fits, but we made the adjustments that ended up allowing us to be more aggressive. “That might be the best effort I’ve gotten from an entire group of kids since I’ve been here. We didn’t start well and we didn’t necessarily finish well, but we did enough of everything to pass this kind of test. This isn’t an easy place for a road team to win, but we got it done because of our intensity and our collective effort. This is a really good win for us moving forward.” For second year EHS coach David Kight, it was a very similar feeling to the Eagles’ season opening loss at River Valley. The kids played hard enough to win, yet had Alex Hawley|OVP Sports SGHS senior Christine Griffith (24), in front of teammate Alyssa Cremeens (1), drives past SHS senior Shelby Cleland (2), during the Lady Rebels’ 50-39 victory on Thursday in Mercerville, Ohio. Photos by Bryan Walters|OVP Sports Wahama sophomore Lauren Noble (30) dribbles past a pair of Belpre defenders during the first half of Thursday night’s TVC Hocking girls basketball game in Mason, W.Va. Wahama senior Hannah Rose (1) dribbles past Belpre defender Kyra Waderker during the first half of Thursday night’s TVC Hocking girls basketball game in Mason, W.Va. the Belpre coach with 6.1 seconds left, the Lady Falcons were able to take a slim 18-17 lead into the break. The hosts made a 9-4 charge out of the halftime gates and secured a 27-21 advantage with 2:16 remaining, which proved to be the largest lead for either squad in the contest. Belpre, however, answered as Kyanna Ray capped a 9-2 surge with a field goal with just 31 seconds left for a 30-29 edge. Both teams traded a field goal over the final 15 seconds, allowing the guests to take a 32-31 lead into the fourth quarter. The Lady Eagles capped a quick 5-2 run out of the gates when Curstin Giffin drilled a trifecta at the 5:38 mark, giving BHS its largest lead of the game at 37-33. The Lady Falcons retaliated with six straight points and held Belpre scoreless for more than five minutes, until Ray drilled a 3-pointer with 35 seconds left for a 40-39 contest. Wahama took its final lead of regulation at 41-40 on a Gibbs bas- nothing to show from their efforts. “We came out really aggressive early and did everything that we had discussed, but in the back of mind I knew it wasn’t good that we were up 5-0 and then a minute passed and we were still only up 5-0. Then it was 7-0, and a minute later it was still 7-0,” Kight said. “We had numerous opportunities to get that lead out to double digits and really take control of things, but we didn’t take advantage of those situations. “South Gallia started making their run and we just couldn’t shake that timely turnover, or get that needed rebound, or get that shot to fall when we had to have it. We played hard and we left it on the floor, but we just didn’t take advantage of the opportunities given to us. That was the difference in the game.” There was only one tie and two lead changes over the course of the evening, with each team also holding a lead of 10-or-more points. Brayden Hammond knotted the game up at 25-all with a field goal at the 5:28 mark of the third quarter. Mabe buried a trifecta that resulted in a ket with 19.6 seconds left, but the junior missed the and-1 free throw attempt. Kaitlin Bush was was fouled on the ensuing Belpre possession and missed the front end of a 2-shot free throw attempt, but Bush knocked down the second try and tied things at 41 with 11.5 seconds showing. Wahama outrebounded the guests by a 32-29 overall margin, but the Lady Eagles claimed a 12-10 edge on the offensive glass. WHS committed 24 turnovers and the Belpre turned the ball over 21 times. The Lady Falcons made 16-of-43 field goal attempts for 37 percent, including a 1-of-8 effort from behind the arc for 13 percent. The hosts were also an impressive 15-of-18 at the free throw line for 83 percent. Rose led Wahama with a gamehigh 19 points, followed by Gibbs with a double-double effort of 10 points and 12 rebounds to go along with four blocked shots. Mikie Lieving and Amber Wolfe were next with eight and seven points, respectively. Lauren Noble completed the winning tally with four points and also added five rebounds. Belpre netted 17-of-57 field goal attempts for 30 percent, including a 5-of-23 effort from behind the arc for 22 percent. The Orange and Black made 5-of-11 charity tosses for 45 percent. Bush led the Lady Eagles with 13 points and Kyna Wadeker followed with a dozen markers, with Ray adding eight points as well. Lafatch was next with six points and a team-best seven rebounds, followed by Giffin with five points and Halee Williams with one point. Wahama returns to action Monday when it hosts Southern in a TVC Hocking contest at 6 p.m. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. permanent lead of 28-25 with 3:12 left in the third frame. The Rebels netted 6-of10 field goal attempts during that 19-6 third quarter run, which included a 4-of-7 effort from behind the arc. EHS, on the other hand, went just 3-of-11 from the floor — including misses on all three trifecta tries. Both squads also entered the fourth quarter with 19 turnovers apiece. Eastern outrebounded the guests by a 30-27 overall margin, including an 11-9 edge on the offensive glass. The Rebels made 15-of-43 field goal attempts for 35 percent, including a 5-of-18 effort from behind the arc for 28 percent. SGHS also went 11-of-15 at the free throw line for 73 percent. Hammond paced the Red and Gold with 11 points, followed by Mabe and Jared Burdette with 10 points apiece. Layne Ours was next with nine markers to go along with a team-best six rebounds. Kyle Northup contributed four points, while Andrew Small completed the winning tally with two points. Hammond and Tristan Saber also hauled in five caroms apiece. The Eagles netted 14-of-47 shot attempts for 30 percent, including a 1-of-9 effort from 3-point territory for 11 percent. The hosts were also 14-of-24 from the charity stripe for 58 percent. Morrissey paced EHS with a game-high 13 points, followed by Garrett Barringer with eight points and Mason Dishong with seven markers to go along with a gamehigh nine rebounds. Ryan Dill and Matt Blanchard respectively contributed five and four points, while Metheney and Colton Reynolds completed things with three points each. Reynolds and Barringer also hauled down six boards apiece in the setback. South Gallia returns to action Tuesday when it travels to Trimble for a TVC Hocking contest at 7 p.m. Eastern hosted Vinton County on Saturday and returns to action Tuesday when it heads to Miller for TVC Hocking matchup at 7 p.m. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. South Gallia tops Lady Tornadoes By Alex Hawley ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com MERCERVILLE, Ohio — The longer the game went, the stronger the Lady Rebels became. The South Gallia girls basketball team trailed Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division guest Southern after eight minutes of play, but the Lady Rebels rallied for a 50-39 victory in Gallia County on Thursday evening. Southern (1-3, 0-2 TVC Hocking) took its first lead of the game at 9-8 in the opening stanza, and led 12-11 by the end of the period. South Gallia (4-1, 1-1) was back in front with four straight points to start the second quarter, and the Lady Rebels never trailed again. The SGHS lead was 23-17 at halftime, but the Lady Tornadoes were back to within a point after a 7-to-2 run to start the second half. The Red and Gold, however, ended the third quarter with a 14-to-4 run, and took a 39-28 lead into the finale. South Gallia scored the first 10 points of the fourth quarter, bringing its lead to a game-high 21 points. Southern scored 11 of the final 12 points and fell by a 50-39 tally. Both teams finished with 31 rebounds, with the guests earning a 9-to-7 edge on the offensive end. The Lady Rebels committed 27 turnovers and combined for 14 steals, 10 assists and one rejection, while SHS committed 22 turnovers, and marked nine assists, eight steals and one block. SGHS shot 19-of-52 (36.5 percent) from the field, including 4-of-21 (19.0 percent) from three-point range, while the Purple and Building & General Construction Heavy Rigging Industrial Plant Maintenance Gold made 14-of-54 (25.9 percent) field goal attempts, including 3-of14 (21.4 percent) long range shots. Both teams made eight free throws, South Gallia in 14 tries for 57.1 percent, and Southern in 16 tries for 50 percent. Amaya Howell led the Lady Rebels with 16 points, including a pair of three-pointers. Christine Griffith and Makayla Waugh scored eight points apiece, with Griffith grabbing a game-best 10 rebounds. Jessie Rutt and Alyssa Cremeens both scored seven points, with Rutt earning a team-best four assists. Kiley Stapleton added three points and six rebounds, while Jaslyn Bowers scored one point in the victory. The SGHS defense was led by Rutt with five steals, Stapleton with four steals, and Griffith with two steals and a blocked shot. Kayla Evans hit a pair of three-pointers and led the Lady Tornadoes with 16 points. Jordan Hardwick was next with seven points, followed by Baylee Wolfe and Shelby Cleland with six apiece, with Wolfe grabbing a team-best eight rebounds. Phoenix Cleland had three points to go with seven rebounds and a team-high four assists, while Sara Kaposzta scored one point for the Purple and Gold. Shelby Cleland led the Lady Tornado defense with two steals and a block, with Evans and Wolfe also recording two steals each. The Lady Rebels and Lady Tornadoes are scheduled to meet again on Jan. 16 in Racine. Both teams have road games on Monday, with South Gallia at Eastern, and Southern at Wahama. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. Steel Erection Piping Systems Equipment Installation MID-ATLANTIC CONSTRUCTION, INC. GENERAL & MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS “Pride in Productivity” Pre-Engineered Metal Buildings Phone: (304) 675-8810 Fax: (304) 675-8811 Robert W. McMillan, President OH-70161470 190 Camp Conley Road Point Pleasant, WV 25550 �SPORTS 4B Sunday, December 8, 2019 Eastern falls to Lady Falcons, 61-50 Sunday Times-Sentinel Eastern’s Dishong signs with Rio track and field By Alex Hawley eight points for EHS, while Jennifer Parker and Whitney Durst marked seven points apiece, with HEMLOCK, Ohio — two triples by Parker and By the time the shots started falling, it was too one by Durst. Juli Durst ended with little, too late. four points for Eastern, The Eastern girls basJaymie Basham and Kenketball team scored 18 points over the final eight nadi Rockhold had two apiece, while Ella Carminutes of Monday’s leton marked one. Tri-Valley Conference Ashley Spencer led the Hocking Division contest Lady Falcons with 18 in Perry County, but it still wasn’t enough, as the points, a dozen of which came from long range. Lady Eagles fell to host Hallie Joseph and Josie Miller by a 61-50 count. Crabtree were next with Eastern (0-3, 0-2 TVC 14 and 12 points respecHocking) trailed by just five points, at 19-14, after tively, followed by Askya McFann with eight and eight minutes of play, Alaina Boyden with three. but an 18-to-11 second Jace Agriesti, Emma quarter run by the hosts made the margin 37-25 at Joseph and Olivia Dishon rounded out the MHS halftime. The hosts claimed 18 of total with two points the 25 points in the third apiece. Eastern made 4-ofquarter, making their lead 55-32 with eight minutes 7 (57.1 percent) free throws in the game, while to play. The Lady Eagles saved Miller was 8-of-15 (53.3 percent) from the line. their best for last, endThese teams are set to ing the night on a 18-to-6 run, but falling by a 61-50 meet again on Jan. 16 in Meigs County. final tally. Next, the Lady Eagles Sydney Reynolds paced the guests with 19 host South Gallia on points on nine field goals Monday. and a free throw. Olivia Barber hit a pair of three- Alex Hawley can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2100. pointers and finished with ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com Alex Hawley|OVP Sports Eastern senior Mason Dishong, seated second from right, will be continuing his track and field career after signing with Rio Grande on Thursday, Dec. 5, during a ceremony held in the Eastern High School lobby. Dishong, a two-time regional qualifier in the discus throw, was fifth in the event at the 2019 Region 11 championships after taking 13th as a sophomore. Dishong also competes in the shot put for Eastern, and is a member of the varsity football and basketball teams. Mason is joined in front by his parents, Matt and Kim King, and sister, Spencer King. Standing in back, from left, are Eastern head coach Josh Fogle, EHS assistant coach Mykala Sheppard and Rio Grande head coach Bob Willey. Dishong currently holds a 3.7 grade-point average, and plans to major in Industrial Technology. Steelers try to maintain momentum vs. Cardinals GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals have a No. 1 overall draft pick under center while the Pittsburgh Steelers have a guy named “Duck” throwing the ball around the field. Yet it’s the Steelers who are making a playoff push. Pittsburgh (7-5) has won six of its past seven games heading into Sunday’s road matchup against the Cardinals. It’ll be the third start for Steelers quarterback Devlin “Duck” Hodges, a rookie free agent who has been steady for a team that relies heavily on its defense. Hodges threw for 212 yards, one touchdown and one interception in last week’s win against Cleveland. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin No. 13 Oregon ends No. 5 Utah’s playoff hopes with 37-15 win SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The one constant all season for Utah was the ability to control the trenches against any opponent. With a possible playoff berth and first Pac-12 title in school history on the line, the Utes more than met their match against Oregon. CJ Verdell ran for 208 yards and broke open the game with two long touchdown runs in the fourth quarter, and No. 13 Oregon spoiled No. 5 Utah’s playoff hopes with a 37-15 victory in the Pac-12 championship game Friday night. “Unfortunately we came up short tonight,” coach Kyle Whittingham said. “Disappointing thing is we lost in the one area we’ve been undefeated this year: line of scrimmage. We didn’t win the line of scrimmage for the first time all season, which is, like I say, disappointing. Surprising really.” The Utes (11-2, No. 5 CFP) came into the game hoping to make a case for one of the four playoff spots with a conference title but instead got overmatched by Oregon (11-2, No. 13 CFP) and lost their second straight Pac-12 championship game. Utah held 11 of 12 opponents to less than 100 yards rushing and led the nation by allowing 56.3 yards rushing per game, prompting plenty of pregame talk about how the Utes’ physical dominance could be the determining factor. The Ducks took that personally and responded. “Definitely put a little chip on our shoulders,” Verdell said. “We try not to focus on the outside noise too much. Hearing they’re the most physical team in the Pac-12 made us want to come out here and work even harder.” The Utes fell into a 20-0 hole in the first half and then gave up a 70-yard TD run to Verdell after cutting the deficit to 23-15, paving the way for the winner of the Big 12 title game between Oklahoma and Baylor to get into the playoff as long as No. 1 LSU beats No. 4 Georgia for the SEC championship. “We didn’t really think far ahead but it’s obvious what was at stake, more than just the Rose Bowl,” left tackle Darrin Paulo said. “It’s disappointing. I can’t really wrap my head around it right now. We knew that Oregon was a good team and we knew that we can’t overlook them so we didn’t look beyond that but we knew, everyone knew, what was at stake besides the Rose Bowl.” The Utes got back into the game with TD passes from Tyler Huntley to Zack Moss and Samson Nacua in the third quarter to cut the deficit to 23-15. Utah then drove into Oregon territory before Huntley was sacked by Keyvon Thibodeaux on second down, leading to a punt on fourth-and-4 from the 40. Verdell struck with his big run five plays later and added a 31-yard score later in the fourth against the nation’s top-ranked run defense to put the game out of reach. That gave quarterback Justin Herbert and the rest of the senior class a Rose Bowl berth after starting their careers with a 4-8 mark in 2016. expects more of the same against the Cardinals. “Football is the ultimate team game,” Tomlin said. “We try to live that out every day. When guys step up and deliver, it is just verification of it.” The Cardinals (3-8-1) are stuck in a five-game losing streak and trying to bounce back from last weekend’s 34-7 loss to the Rams, which was easily their worst effort of the season. Arizona is rebuilding this season, so the team has been mostly upbeat even after losses. But players and coaches have made it known that getting embarrassed at home by the Rams wasn’t acceptable. The Cardinals were down 20-0 by halftime and were never particularly competitive. “Losing is losing, but that last game was a different type of losing,” rookie quarterback Kyler Murray said. Murray, the top overall pick in April, has been good for most of the season. He’s already set a franchise rookie record with 2,866 yards passing despite a tough game against the Rams. Most of the Cardinals problems are on defense, where they rank last in the NFL in total defense and passing defense. 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