http://66.213.69.5/files/original/77f4ea573ad6d91a771a4452e705ea3c.pdf 4c6cb8a09ada1a15667db070fee9ff1f PDF Text Text On this day in history Snow showers, 48/30 Lady Tornadoes get win EDITORIAL s 4 WEATHER s 5 SPORTS s 6 C_ZZb[fehjšFec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 13, Volume 72 Tuesday, January 23, 2018 s 50¢ Scouts band together to save camp site Looking to the future of Camp Kiashuta By Erin Perkins eperkins@aimmediamidwest.com Erin Perkins | OVP Camp Kiashuta has a log cabin local troops can access while camping on the property. CHESTER — Local troop leaders, past and present boy/ girl scouts, and several members of the community are joining together to help save a Boy Scout Camp in Chester. The Friends of Camp Kiashuta was formed after troop leaders learned that Camp Kiashuta was going to be put on the market for personal sale. Jessica McKibben, Girl Scout Troop 1004 leader, is a member of Friends of Camp Kiashuta along with fellow troop leaders from Girl Scout Troop 1325, Boy Scout Troop 235, and Boy Scout Troop 299, past and present boy/girl scouts, and concerned members of the community. She expressed the group is a non-profit and their current goal is to purchase Camp Kiashuta from the Buckskin council. McKibben said the Buckskin council did a four-year study on the camp’s use, number of scouts in the area, and the cost to operate the camp and declared the camp was not being utilized enough; thus, the council planned to sell the property. Mckibben said the council has recently granted the Friends of Camp Kiashuta a 40 percent discount on the property making the cost $161,400 for the group until May 15. She shared the Friends of Camp Kiashuta are planning to buy the property under the county’s Parks and Recreation District. McKibben commented that if the money is not raised, then the property will be placed on the market at full price for individual sale. McKibben shared that the Friends of Camp Kiashuta are working on a few projects such as obtaining a Green Space Grant where they would survey the land of all ground that is uncovered on the property and if given the grant they would need to preserve the uncovered ground of the property, receiving assitance from the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio, and opening a checking account at Farmers Bank in order to accept donations. She said the Friends of Camp Kiashuta are formulating community fundraising events to be held in the near future. The Friends of Camp Kiashuta will be holding a meeting at 4:30 p.m., Jan. 30 at Farmers Bank in Pomeroy. Eastern Local Board of Education appoints leadership Staff Report REEDSVILLE — The Eastern Local Board of Education recently met for their organizational and regular meeting to vote on president, vice president, and personnel issues. The board elected Floyd Ridenour as president, Adam Will as vice president and legislative liaison, and Samantha Mugrage as student achievement liaison for the 2018 calendar year. The board designated the third Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. as the date and time for its regularly scheduled meeting. However, the meeting date is subject to change. The meetings will be held at the Eastern Elementary library conference room. The following motions were approved: Approved to establish the following committees for the 2018 Calendar Year: Policy: Brandon Buckley and Floyd Ridenour; Building & Grounds: Brandon Buckley and Adam Will; Personnel: Samantha Mugrage and Amanda Reed; Public Relations: Samantha Mugrage and Amanda Reed. Approved the bond for the Treasurer is fixed be the sum of $50,000 and the Treasurer be authorized and directed to provide bond satisfactory to the Board of Education. Cost of the bond will be paid by the Board of Education. Appointed a finance/audit committee to meet periodically with board treasurer and superintendent to monitor the district’s financial status. Members of the board appointed for the committee are Adam Will and Brandon Buckley. Approved the minutes of the Dec. 20, 2017 regular meeting of the Eastern Local Board of Education. Approved the financial reports for the month of December as submitted. Approved the board entering into executive session. Approved the following substitute teachers for the 2017-18 school year pending proper certification: Alicia Carter, Allison Geiger, Lauren Stephens. Approved Mark Dillard as a classified substitute See BOARD | 5 INDEX Obituary: 2 News: 3 Opinion: 4 Weather: 5 Sports: 6 Classifieds: 8 Comics: 9 Scott Brinker | Courtesy A Network + student working on designing his network. A ‘network’ of education MHS program helps students gain networking knowledge By Erin Perkins eperkins@aimmediamidwest.com POMEROY — Meigs High School offers students several technical programs to assist them with their desired career paths. Once MHS students complete the core set of classes required for their freshman and sophomore year, they may enter the Network Systems Program. Network Systems Instructor, Scott Brinker, explained that the program is comprised of two courses including Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) A+ Certification which demonstrates the foundations of information technology (IT) skills for various devices and operating systems and CompTIA Network+ Certification which demonstrates skills needed to design, configure, manage, and troubleshoot wired and wireless devices. Brinker shared that he has been an instructor at MHS for 21 years teaching students the skills they will need in careers such as IT Support, Network Consulting, Cyber Security, Data Analysis, and Security Engineering to name a few. Brinker said that every year all of students in both of his CompTIA classes compete in a skills contest. He expressed that the stu- dents who place first move on to compete in a regional contest that is comprised of all Southeast Ohio Career Technical Education (CTE) schools. “We work on a lot of computers for the public whether it’s a common repair or getting rid of virus and malware,” said Brinker. Brinker expressed that he has his students in his CompTIA A+ class apply the knowledge they learn during their lessons to See EDUCATION | 5 Planning the ‘Easter Parade’ Churches respond to unique opportunity Staff Report JOIN THE CONVERSATION What’s your take on today’s news? Go to mydailysentinel. com and visit us on facebook to share your thoughts. POINT PLEASANT — A unique parade, of literal Biblical proportions, is gaining support from area churches. The annual Mason County Easter Parade, depicting the life of Christ from birth to resurrection is set for 11 a.m. on March 24 on Main Street in Point Pleasant. The Mason County Teens for Life are once again hosting the annual Mason County Easter Parade. This is the third year that they are attempting to portray the Easter story in a panoramic way. According to organizers, local churches are coming together to help make this possible by committing to a float that will portray a Biblical scene. Many churches See EASTER | 5 Beth Sergent | OVP Jackson Avenue Baptist Church portrays “Jesus Carrying the Cross” from the Easter Parade held last year in downtown Point Pleasant. The parade will return March 24. �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Tuesday, January 23, 2018 OBITUARIES RONNIE DALE HOLLEY (Sandra) Holley and Jeff MIDDLEPORT — Holley of Apple Grove, Ronnie Dale Holley, 73, W.Va.; sister-in-law, Garof Middleport, passed nette Holley; and several away January 19, 2018, Williams, Zach (Katie) POMEROY — Sabra nieces and nephews. Ash, Jessica (Chris) Han- at Holzer Medical CenJean Morrison Ash, He was preceded in ter. Pomeroy, passed away on ing, Leanne Ketchum, death by his father and He was born June 26, and Emily Ash and JerFriday, January 19, 2018 emy Parsons; great grand- 1944, in Hamlin, W.Va., a mother, Jefferson and at the Pleasant Valley Gearldean Holley and son to the late Jefferson children, Lexis, Lilliana, Hospital in Point Pleasbrother, Keith Holley. and Gearldean Holley. Zane, Cole, Andy and ant, W.Va. Funeral services will be He is survived by his Hattachi; special friend, She was born on wife, Susie Holley, of 54 held Wednesday, January Amy Roush. August 19, 1935 in 24, 2018, at Ball’s Chapel years; daughters, Cindy She is preceded in Glouster, Ohio to the Church in Ashton, W.Va., death by her parents; first (Mike) Conley of Portlate Delmar and Lois at 1 p.m., with Charles husband Larry Morrison; land and Tammy Holley (Francis) Dunlap. Sabra Ashworth of Middleport; Langdon and John Swanworked as a school teach- second husband, Edwin son officiating. Burial sons, Stacey Holley and Ash; daughter, Victoria er for many years in the will follow in the church Bryan, both of MiddleTipton; brother, John Meigs and Athens areas. port; five grandchildren, cemetery. Friends may She was a member of the Dunlap; and grandson, visit the family at Deal Courtney and Brandon Nate Lehew. Fairview Bible Church Funeral Home in Point Funeral services will be Holley of Middleport, and the Order of the EastPleasant, W.Va., TuesMichael (Chasidy) held on Thursday, Januern Star. day, January 23, from ary 25, 2018 at 11 a.m. at Conley of Pomeroy, She is survived by 6-8 p.m., and from noon Christopher Conley of the Anderson McDaniel her son, Todd J. Morto - 1 p.m., prior to the Portland and Kate FreeFuneral Home in Pomerison; daughters, Terri man of Gallipolis; twelve service on Wednesday. (Rocky) Williams, Ronda roy. Visitation for family Online condolences can great-grandchildren; and friends will be held Ketchum, Brenda (Tim) be made at dealfh.com. two brothers, Richard on Wednesday, January Curfman, and Brian 24, 2018 from 5-7 p.m. at (Susan) Ash; grandchilVANMETER dren, Ian (Sarah) Tipton, the funeral home. A registry is available MASON, W.Va. — Betty Jane (Roush) VanMeter, Roxane Williams, Marc at www.andersonmcdan- 84, of Mason, W.Va., died January 20, 2018 at OverKetchum, Kevin (Kat) brook Center, Middleport. Ketchum, Zach (Brooke) iel.com Service will be 11 a.m. at Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at the Faith Baptist Church, Mason, with PasEASON tor Ron Branch officiating. Burial will follow in the POMEROY, Ohio — Nora Mae Riggs Eason, of Pomeroy, Ohio, died Saturday, January 20, 2018 at her Graham Baptist Church Cemetery, New Haven, W.Va. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Monday at residence. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Foglesong Funeral Home, Mason. January 27, 2018 at 11 a.m. at the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy. Visitation for family SAYRE and friends will be held on Friday, January 26, 2018 from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. COTTAGEVILLE, W.Va. — Velma M. (Kerwood) Sayre, 93, of Cottageville, W.Va., died January 19, KEARNS 2018. HARTFORD, W.Va. — Charles Robert Kearns, Service was 11 a.m., Monday, January 22, 2018 Sr. 80, Hartford, W.Va., died January 21, 2018, in at Casto Funeral Home, Evans, W.Va., with the Rev. Overbrook Center, Middleport, Ohio, following an Curtis Sayre and Rev. Charles Hicks officiating. Burial extended illness. followed in the Jackson County Memory Gardens Service will be 1 p.m., Wednesday, January 24, 2018 Cemetery, Cottageville. Visitation will be Sunday from at the Foglesong Funeral Home, Mason, W.Va., with 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Pastor Mike Finnicum officiating. Burial will follow in Zirkle Cemetery, Letart, W.Va. Visitation will be from SHELL POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — George W. Shell, age 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. 72, of Point Pleasant, W.Va., died Friday night, January 19, 2018. Services for George were Sunday, January 21, 2018, CHILDS WEST ALEXANDRIA, Ohio — Thomas R. Childs, at Crow-Hussell Funeral Home, with visitation from noon to 3 p.m., with the funeral service, officiated by 72, of West Alexandria, Ohio, died November 17, Rev. Chip Bennett, which followed at 3 p.m. Burial fol2017 at his residence. Funeral services were held in lowed at Sand Hill Cemetery, in Point Pleasant. November of 2017 in Eaton, Ohio. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, January 28 at New Life Lutheran Church, 900 Jackson Pike at 2 p.m. with a SOWARDS fellowship time following the service. CROWN CITY — Dennis Roy Sowards, 60, of Crown City, died Friday, January 19, 2018 at the NIBERT Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House. Chapman’s Mortuary is assisting the family with SENECA S.C. — Pearl Yvonne Nibert, age 80 of cremation. According to his wishes, there will be no Seneca, South Carolina, died January 18, 2018 in public service. Anderson, South Carolina. Memorial services will be 11 a.m., Saturday January 27, 2018 at the First Church of God in Gallipolis, with Pastor Paul Voss officiating. Waugh Halley Wood Funeral Home is assisting the family. SABRA JEAN MORRISON ASH HOLLEY MIDDLEPORT — Ronnie Dale Holley, 73, of Middleport, died January 19, 2018, at Holzer Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, January 24, 2018, at Ball’s Chapel Church in Ashton, W.Va., at 1 p.m., with Charles Langdon and John Swanson officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Friends may visit the family at Deal Funeral Home in Point Pleasant, W.Va., Tuesday, January 23, from 6-8 p.m., and from noon to - 1 p.m., prior to the service on Wednesday. HENDERSON POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Richard M. “Hindu” Henderson, 88, of Point Pleasant, W.Va., died Sunday, January 21, 2018. There will be no public services. Burial will be held at the convenience of his family. Arrangements are under the direction of the Wilcoxen Funeral Home in Point Pleasant. AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC (USPS 436-840) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes every Sunday and Tuesday through Friday. Subscription rate is $131.61 per year. Prices are subject to change at any time. CONTACT US PUBLISHER Bud Hunt, Ext. 2109 bhunt@aimmediamidwest.com ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Julia Schultz, Ext. 2104 jschultz@aimmediamidwest.com EDITOR Beth Sergent, Ext. 1992 bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com CIRCULATION MANAGER Derrick Morrison, Ext. 2097 dmorrison@aimmediamidwest.com MANAGING EDITOR Sarah Hawley, Ext. 2555 shawley@aimmediamidwest.com SPORTS EDITOR Bryan Walters, Ext. 2101 bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com 109 West Second Street, Pomeroy, OH, 45769 Periodical postage paid at Pomeroy, OH POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Sentinel, 109 West Second Street, Pomeroy, OH, 45769. US orders extra air cargo screening for flights from Mideast By Joan Lowy Associated Press WASHINGTON — U.S. authorities issued an emergency order Monday requiring additional screening of cargo on flights departing for the United States from five Mideast countries, citing a threat of terrorism. The Transportation Security Administration order is aimed at preventing terrorist attacks in response to “persistent threats to aviation,” TSA said in a statement. The countries falling under this order are Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and United Arab Emirates. The countries were chosen because of “demonstrated intent by terrorists groups to attack aviation from them,” the statement said. TSA said most of the requirements of the emergency order are already being carried out voluntarily by airlines in some countries, but didn’t identify the countries. Airlines that TSA said are affected by the order are EgyptAir, operating out of Cairo International Airport; Royal Jordanian, operating out of Queen Alia International Airport; Saudia, operating out of King Abdul-Aziz International Airport and King Khalid International Airport; Qatar Airways, operating out of Doha International Airport; and Emirates and Etihad, operating out of Dubai International Airport and Abu Dhabi International Airport. EgyptAir, however, previously stopped accepting cargo shipments on flights to the U.S. at the request of American authorities. Under the requirements of the order, airlines are supposed to provide certain information to U.S. customs officials on the shipments “at the earliest practical point” before loading the cargo. The shipment information is then compared to information the U.S. has on terror threats. A foiled plot last summer to smuggle a bomb aboard an Etihad plane bound from Australia to UAE is “an ominous reminder” that “we need to continue our efforts to keep our skies secure,” the agency said. Abu Dhabi-based Etihad said in a statement to The Associated Press that it was “fully compliant with all regulatory security requirements across its operations.” It declined to elaborate on its security procedures. Daily Sentinel MEIGS BRIEFS Editor’s Note: Meigs Briefs will only list event information that is open to the public and will be printed on a space-available basis. Free community dinner MIDDLEPORT — The monthly Free Community Dinner given by the Middleport Church of Christ will be held this Friday at 5 p.m. This month they are serving beef vegetable soup, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and dessert. The public is invited. Painting class set SYRACUSE — Michele Mussser’s painting class will resume at Syracuse Community Center on Jan. 30 at 6:30 p.m. The first project is a “welcome” sign. Bring masking tape, paints, an unfinished board with one of the following dimensions of your choosing: 30” long X 6” wide, 36” long X 8” wide, or 14’ long X 6” wide. Call 740-992-2365 for further information. Fish fry set MIDDLEPORT — Fish fry set for 11 a.m. at Middleport Fire Department on Saturday, Jan. 27 at the fire station. Immunization Clinic POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will conduct an Immunization Clinic on Tuesday from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. at 112 E. Memorial Drive in Pomeroy. Please bring child(ren)’s shot records. Children must be accompanied by a parent/legal guardian. A $15 donation is appreciated for immunization administration; however, no one will be denied services because of an inability to pay an administration fee for statefunded childhood vaccines. Please bring medical cards and/or commercial insurance cards, if applicable. Zostavax (shingles); pneumonia and influenza vaccines are also available. Call for eligibility determination and availability or visit our website at www.meigs-health.com to see a list of accepted commercial insurances and Medicaid for adults. RACO winter yard sale set RACINE — The RACO indoor winter yard sale is set for Feb. 8-9 at the Racine American Legion from 9 a.m. to -3 p.m. daily. There will be no clothing, just other miscellaneous and furnitureappliance items. Money goes into the fund for Southern High School Scholarships. The Legion will be serving food for purchase during the event. MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS Editor’s Note: The Daily Sentinel appreciates your input to the community calendar. To make sure items can receive proper attention, all information should be received by the newspaper at least five business days prior to an event. All coming events print on a space-available basis and in chronological order. Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@aimmediamidwest.com. Thursday, Jan. 25 LEBANON Twp. — The Lebanon Township Trustees will hold their organizational meeting at 4 p.m. at the township garage. The regular monthly meeting will follow immediately after the organizational meeting. Saturday, Jan. 27 CHESTER — The Meigs County Ikes Club will be holding their monthly meeting and will be collecting 2018 dues, 7 p.m., The Meigs County Ikes Clubhouse on Sugar Run Road. MIDDLEPORT — The Middleport Fire Department will be hosting a fish fry, 11 a.m., The Middleport Fire Department Tuesday, Jan. 30 RUTLAND —Leading Creek Conservancy District will hold their organizational and regular board meeting, 4 p.m., Leading Creek Conservancy Office on Corn Hollow Road. IN BRIEF Gymnastics execs resign Former Olympians and dozens of others have testified at the hearing. CEO Steve Penny was The chairman, vice chairman and treasurer forced out last year. A person familiar of USA Gymnastics with the negotiations have resigned. told The Associated Paul Parilla, Jay Press that U.S. OlymBinder and Bitsy Kelly pic Committee CEO announced they were Scott Blackmun met stepping down Monwith Parilla earlier this day after calls for their ouster by gymnasts who month and asked for his have testified they were resignation. The person spoke on condition of abused by ex USAG anonymity because they sports doctor Larry Nassar, whose sentenc- were not authorized to speak about the issue ing hearing continues publicly. this week in Michigan. �NEWS Daily Sentinel Tuesday, January 23, 2018 3 End to shutdown in sight as Dems halt filibuster By Alan Fram, Andrew Taylor and Zeke Miller the Senate,” he said of legislation to halt any Associated Press deportation efforts aimed at “Dreamers,” who were brought to the country as WASHINGTON — children and are now here Congress sped toward illegally. reopening the governThe White House ment Monday, as Senate Democrats dropped their downplayed McConnell’s objections to a temporary commitment, and said Democrats caved under funding bill in return for assurances from Republi- pressure. “They blinked,” cans leaders that they will principal deputy press soon take up immigration secretary Raj Shah told CNN. In a statement, and other contentious President Donald Trump issues. said he’s open to immiSenate Republican leader McConnell’s com- gration deal only if it is mitment to quickly tackle “good for our country.” Earlier Monday, the issue of immigrant McConnell raised hopes “Dreamers” was continfor a quick end to the gent on Democrats providing enough votes now shutdown, saying “I hope and intend” to for a stopgap spending reach agreement soon on measure lasting a little immigration and other less than three weeks. contentious issues — if The measure needed 60 the Democrats agreed votes, and Democrats to the stopgap spending provided 33 of the 81 measure lasting a little it got. Eighteen senaless than three weeks. tors, including members Progressive groups of both parties, were expressed criticism of opposed. Before the government Democrats for agreeing to reopen the governcan reopen the Senate ment without a firmer must vote on final pascommitment to solve the sage, the House must approve in turn, and Pres- Dreamer issue. A block of liberal ident Donald Trump must Democrats — some of sign the measure. The them 2020 presidential Senate vote was underway late in the afternoon. hopefuls — stuck to their opposition. Sens. Democrats climbed onboard after two days of Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Dianne negotiations that ended Feinstein of California, with new reassurances Kirsten Gillibrand of New from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell York and Cory Booker of New Jersey voted no, as that the Senate would did Independent Bernie consider immigration Sanders of Vermont. proposals in the coming Feinstein said she weeks. wasn’t persuaded by Senate Democratic McConnell’s assurances leader Chuck Schumer and did not know how lent his backing to the a proposal to protect agreement during a the more than 700,000 speech on the chamber’s younger immigrants floor. “Now there is a real pathway to get a bill would fare in the House. House Speaker Paul on the floor and through just as it has grown more confident about prospects in November midterm elections. Although they initially dug in on a demand for an immigration deal, Democrats had shifted to blaming the shutdown on the incompetence of Republicans and Trump, seeming sensitive to being seen by voters as willing to tie up government operations to protect immigrants. Trump, who regularly disrupted negotiations in recent weeks, had been a relatively subdued player in the weekend debate. Andrew Harnik | AP Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, left, and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., right, clink glasses in a toast to each He has not appeared in other as they wait to speak at a news conference Monday on Capitol Hill in Washington after senators public since Friday afternoon. The White House reached an agreement to advance a bill ending government shutdown. said he was in regular contact with Republican crats on immigration On Sunday night, Ryan told “Fox and leaders, but he has not until the government is Democrats appeared Friends” Monday that if reached out to any Demoreopened. to be holding out for a the Senate approved a crats, a White House offiPresident Trump on firmer commitment from temporary spending bill cial said. to reopen the government McConnell. “We have yet Monday accused DemoDemocrats are facing through Feb. 8, the House to reach an agreement on crats of prioritizing serintense pressure from a path forward,” Schumer vices and security for would approve it, too. noncitizens over U.S. citi- their base to solve the said then. The Senate vote came zens. “Not good,” his first issue over the young There were hours as most government officimmigrants, commonly tweet said. In a second es cut back drastically or of behind-the-scenes referred to as “Dreamtweet, he said, “Demotalks over the weekend even closed on Monday, crats have shut down our ers,” and they are skepas the major effects of the between the leaders and tical of Republicans’ government in the intershutdown were first being rank-and-file lawmakests of their far left base. credibility when offering felt with the beginning of ers over how to end the to take up the issue. They don’t want to do it display of legislative the workweek. Whether Trump would dysfunction, which began but are powerless!” McConnell said he back the emerging plan Trump’s first tweet hoped to reach bipartisan at midnight Friday after solutions on immigration, Democrats blocked a tem- appeared to undercut or any later proposal on porary spending measure. comments by his legislaborder security, disaster immigration is an open tive affairs director, Marc question. aid, military funding and Democrats have sought Short, who told CNN to use the spending more by Feb. 8. If not, While lawmakers feudthat the immigrants in bill to win concessions, he said “it would be my ed, signs of the shutdown intention to take up legis- including protections for question are law-abiding were evident at national roughly 700,000 younger and “productive to our lation” addressing those parks and in some federal society.” Short says the immigrants. issues. agencies. Social Security administration wants to Republicans have The Senate over the and most other safety-net “find a pathway for them” programs were unaffected appeared increasingly weekend inched closer confident that Democrats to stay in the U.S. but ultimately fell short by the lapse in federal It appeared that Demo- spending authority. Critiare bearing the brunt of of a deal that could have cratic resolve was beginreopened the government criticism for the shutcal government functions ning to waver, with grow- continued, with unidown and that they will before the beginning of ing worries that a prothe workweek. McConnell ultimately buckle. The formed service members, longed shutdown could White House and GOP and Schumer said negohealth inspectors and law prove to be an electoral leaders said they would tiations lasted late into enforcement officers set not negotiate with Demo- headache for the party the night. to work without pay. Trump to face mixed welcome Philippine volcano explodes, villagers flee Associated Press MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ most active volcano ejected a huge column of lava fragments, ash and smoke in a thunderous explosion Monday, sending thousands of villagers back to evacuation centers and prompting a warning that a violent eruption may be imminent. The midday explosion sent superheated lava, molten rocks and steam between 3.5 to 5 kilometers (2 to 3 miles) into the blue sky, and then some cascaded down Mount Mayon’s slopes and shrouded nearby villages in darkness, Renato Solidum of the Philippine Institute of Seismology and Volcanology and other officials said. From the crater, the deadly debris billowed about three kilometers (1.8 miles) down on the southern plank of Mayon toward a no-entry danger zone. There were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries, officials said. The explosion was the most powerful since the volcano started acting up more than a week ago. Due to its relatively gentle eruption last week, thousands left emergency shelters and returned to their communities in Legazpi city outside the danger zone. But Monday’s blast sent nearly 12,000 fleeing back to evacuation centers, raising the number of people in those shelters to more than 30,000, Yucot said. Authorities on Monday raised the alert level to four on a scale of five, which means an explosive eruption is possible within hours or days. A danger zone around Mayon was expanded to 8 kilometers (5 miles) from the crater, which means thousands of villagers will have to leave their homes, officials said. Airplanes were ordered to stay away from the cra- world’s decision-makers to put their power to good use. The theme this year is “Creating a DAVOS, SwitzerShared Future in Fracland — In Davos this week, participants can tured World,” an ambition not likely to turn experience “a day in up on the U.S. presithe life of a refugee.” dent’s Twitter feed. Or hear about ways Instead, Trump will to uphold the Paris bring his zero-sum climate accord and promote free trade. Or message of “America First,” and will speak rub elbows with any last among the parade number of leaders of of world leaders — African countries. Enter Donald Trump. from places like India, The World Economic France and Canada — Forum in Davos, Swit- who are gathering from Tuesday to Friday in zerland, is meant — the Swiss snows. pretentiously perhaps As with most things — to be a place for the Associated Press ter and ash-laden winds and several flights were canceled. Volcanic ash fell in about a dozen towns in coconut-growing Albay province, where Mayon lies, and in nearby Camarines Sur province, with visibility being heavily obscured in a few towns because of the thick gray ash fall, Jukes Nunez, an Albay provincial disaster response officer, said by telephone. Trump, there are stark contrasts between how attendees view his visit. Some are happy and hope for dialogue. Others unabashedly say they wish he would stay away and accuse him of a lack of compassion and vision for the world that are out of place in Davos. “I find it quite sad he’s coming to the WEF, but I imagine nothing can be done about it,” said Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard, a longtime disciple of the Dalai Lama. Rates of Taxation 2017 In pursuance of law, I, Peggy S. Yost, Treasurer of Meigs County, Ohio, in compliance with Revised Code No. 323.08 of State of Ohio, do hereby give notice of the Rates of Taxation for the Tax Year of 2017. Rates expressed in dollars and cents of each thousand dollars tax valuation. Townships School Districts and Corporations County Townships School T.B. Library Rio Grande Voe. Corp. E.M.S. M.R. 169 Brd of Health Sen. Cit. Total Ag & Res Reduciton All Other Reductions Effective Rate Ag & Res Effective Rate Other Bedford Meigs LSD 4.30 2.20 24.45 0.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 43.85 0.130608 0.033519 38.122848 42.380211 4.30 2.20 20.50 0.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 39.90 0.14392.9 0.037702 34.157245 38.395694 Eastern LSD 4.30 5.70 20.50 0.00 1.00 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 43.40 0.139562 0.033245 37.343016 41.957195 4.30 5.70 24.45 0.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 47.35 0.127590 0.029743 41.308619 45.94171 2 Alexander LSD 4.30 4.40 36.18 0.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 61.08 0.349652 0.246529 39.723297 46.022048 Eastern LSD Chester Meigs LSD 1.00 Columbia 3.30 Lebanon Eastern LSD 4.30 5.20 20.50 0.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 42.90 0.148599 0.059522 36.525115 40.346517 Southern LSD 4.30 5.20 34.40 0.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 56.80 0.235300 0.114240 43.435013 50.311208 Southern LSD 4.30 4.20 34.40 0.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 55.80 0.250475 0.105034 41.823510 49.939142 Eastern LSD 4.30 6.20 20.50 0.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 43.90 0.154063 0.055543 37.136657 41.461702 Eastern LSD 4.30 5.20 20.50 0.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 42.90 0.133813 0.036434 37.159449 41.337007 Meigs LSD 4.30 7.16 24.45 0.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 48.81 0.146182 0.040174 41.674878 46.849139 Village 4.30 5.86 24.45 0.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 53.01 0.155591 0.049828 44.762160 50.368645 Meigs LSD 4.30 6.12 24.45 0.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 47.77 0.142403 0.043114 40.967423 45.710486 Meigs LSD 4.30 3.20 24.45 . 0.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 44.85 0.128848 0.032277 39.071180 43.402394 Village 4.30 0.70 24.45 0.00 1.00 1.00 14.20 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 56.55 0.1442, 72 0.047798 48.391460 53.847047 Village 4.30 0.70 24.45 0.00 1.00 1.00 10.60 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 52.95 0.145092 0.041846 45.267381 50.734274 Meigs LSD 4.30 6.20 24.45 0.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 47.85 0.128391 0.040629 41.706502 45.905919 Southern LSD 4.30 3.60 34.40 0.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 55.20 0.231111 0.097430 42.442691 49.821886 Village 4.30 2.10 34.40 0.00 1.00 1.00 9.40 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 63.10 0.211049 0.092115 49.782854 57.287546 Village 4.30 2.10 34.40 0.00 1.00 1.00 11.80 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 65.50 .0195826 0.093333 52.673447 59.386745 Letart Olive Orange Rutland 5.50 Salem Salisbury Middleport Pomerpy Scipio Sutton OH-70024808 By Jim Gomez By Jamey Keaten Racine Syracuse Real estate taxes which have not been paid at the close of each collection carry a penalty. Taxes may be paid at the office of the County Treasurer or by mail. Please bring your last tax receipt; and if you pay by mail, be sure to locate your property by taxing district and include your parcel number and enclose a stamped self addressed envelope. Always examine your tax receipt to see that it covers all your property. Office hours are 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Monday through Friday. Closed Saturday. Failure to receive tax statements does not avoid any penalty, interest, or charge incurred for such delay. Ohio Revised Code 323.13. Closing date: March 09. 2018 Peggy S. Yost, Meigs County Treasurer �E ditorial 4 Tuesday, January 23, 2018 Daily Sentinel THEIR VIEW Before we demonize a family, consider how American it is Let’s say you have a husband. Let’s say you have kids. Let’s say you have a pattern of love and food and work and play. Let’s say it’s here one day. And gone the next. How would you feel? Last Sunday night, Cindy Garcia Mitch went to bed with her husband, Jorge, Albom Contributing as they have done for 15 years of marriage. columnist And the next night she went to bed with his shirt. “It smells like him,” she said. “It has his cologne. It was the only way I could fall asleep without him.” The previous morning, Jorge and Cindy and their two children, 15 and 12, made breakfast together. One flipped an egg. One took out the plates. One bumped into the other heading for the microwave and Cindy joked, for the millionth time, “We need a bigger kitchen.” And the next day the kitchen was emptier, but no one felt like eating because they were all crying. “Even the dog wasn’t the same,” Cindy said. Let’s say you’re used to four at the table. And now there’s three. Let’s say you’re used to dad driving the car. And now mom’s driving. Let’s say you always spent your anniversary with your spouse, and the kids teased about coming along, and now you can only spend that anniversary with your kids, because your spouse is gone. Such painful vacancies in life happen with a death, or an incarceration. But should it really have happened to the Garcias? Jorge Garcia did not die. He never committed a crime. A Mexican relative broke the law by coming here decades ago and bringing 10-year-old Jorge along. Ask yourself if, when you were 10, you would have told your relatives, “I can’t go, it’s not legal immigration.” Jorge, now 39, grew up in this country. He got married here. He had children here. He worked here. By all accounts he paid his taxes, was a good employee at a landscape company (snow plowing in the winter), he paid his rent, sent his kids to school. And last week he was deported back to Mexico, a country he barely knows, due to the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants. It’s an issue that makes people feel quite self-righteous — until they have to look its consequences in the face. Look in the face of Cindy Garcia. The faces of her kids. They’re the faces of American citizens. And now, without their breadwinner, they could be forced out of their home or go on public assistance — the very thing critics of illegal immigrants decry. If you read this and say, “Too bad, he should have thought of that when he stayed here illegally,” congratulations for being so smug. If you read this and say, “the law is the law,” congratulations on being a judge — and ignoring that laws are bent, modified and administered differently every minute in this country, depending on circumstance. If you read this and say “real Americans follow the rules,” remember the Declaration of Independence extols “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” and our Statue of Liberty says “Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses.” So there’s many things “real” America is about. How is this making our country better? Let’s say you went everywhere together, and now you go alone. Let’s say you watched “Law and Order” in bed each night and now you can’t turn the TV on. Let’s say your husband sang the ABC’s to your granddaughter and played board games with her, and now she asks where he is and you have no good answer. If any of this sounds like your life, that’s the point. It’s the same life most of us lead. Family. Work. Love. Not plotting to overthrow the government. The Garcias, in one day, lost Jorge’s $40,000plus income, according to Cindy. The two kids have asthma. Cindy is medically retired, she explained, and can’t take a regular job without losing her modest pension. “We have no luxuries, no cable, nothing. But if I have to go collect pop bottles, I’ll do it to take care of my kids.” Meanwhile, Jorge now lives with an aunt he barely knows, in a country he barely recognizes, and can’t even get decent cellphone service to call his American family. His paperwork says he can apply to return in 10 years. If this is making our country better, it’s hard to see how. Yes, there are consequences to your actions, but there are consequences to absolute law enforcement, too. They include: breaking up families, robbing children of parental guidance, introducing misery where there was none, poverty where there was none. Compassion doesn’t mean no border control. It doesn’t mean ignoring criminals. It means thinking about others the way your think about yourselves. And if, let’s say, you suddenly lost your husband or father — not to death or incarceration, but to the government — and now slept with his scented shirt for comfort, ask yourself, really, how you would feel? And then decide how you feel about this issue. THEIR VIEW How to win friends and not give influenza From The Chicago Tribune Editorial Board: You avoid touching door handles and other germ-laden surfaces. No handshaking, just fist bumps. No hugs that involve skin-to-skin contact. You change train cars or move to the back of the bus to avoid hackers and sneezers who proliferate at this time of the year. You keep a bottle of sanitizer handy and slather it on so often that your hands turn to sandpaper. Yes, you did get the flu shot — as soon as it was available. And then, infuriatingly, you get the flu. Cold comfort (sorry) that medical officials remind Americans that the flu shot isn’t completely effective this year or any year. Scientists have to guess which flu virus or viruses will be most prevalent, and they often guess at least partly wrong. Flu is a wily foe. This year, federal officials say, the virus hit early and hard. The good news is that the vaccine covered the predominant H3N2 strain this season. The bad news: This virus is known for its severity and its evasive maneuvering around the shield vaccinations provide. Every year, millions of Americans fail to heed medical advice to get the shot. Reasons (read: excuses) abound, none of them good. If avoiding the nasty symptoms of the flu isn’t enough incentive for you to get the shot — which even at this point in January is still a good idea — then consider this: Taking the shot doesn’t merely immunize you against the flu. It inoculates you from all those smug know-it-alls whose first remark upon learning of your misery is always the same: Too bad you didn’t get the flu shot. Tsk. Tsk. Imagine your delight in issuing a stinging riposte to all those people who assume you didn’t get the shot. You can rouse yourself from a supine position, fix them with a steely glare and croak out: Yes I did, you (add favorite pejorative noun here). That retort, however, loses its potency if you drag your flu-ridden carcass into the office, expecting to be welcomed as a noble comrade who soldiers on even with a fever, cold sweats and uncontrolled coughing. Forget it. Anyone who comes to the office with the flu, spreading germs in his or her wake, should be treated as a pariah to be quarantined. The sufferer immediately forfeits any claim of superiority for having been immunized. The flu spreads because people spread when they’re sick. In 2015, we wrote about MIT scientists who study sneeze dynamics and droplet formation to thwart epidemics and solve the mystery of why some people spread infection via sneeze more effectively than others. What we learned then still applies: In enclosed spaces, like train cars, a sneeze that doesn’t get expelled into a tissue (or into the crook of your arm) releases mushroom clouds of germs that within minutes can reach ceiling height and cover an entire train car or room. Ick. Every boss, every co-worker, every sane person should deliver the same message to flu sufferers: You aren’t that important. We can get along for a few days without you. Or consider this: If you infect your office mates, you’ll be the one doing their work when you’re back and they’re still home in bed, suffering and blaming you. In other words, loselose. The flu season still has weeks to run. Everyone who’s sick, stay home. Everyone else, good luck. TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, Jan. 23, the 23rd day of 2018. There are 342 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History On Jan. 23, 1968, North Korea seized the U.S. Navy intelligence ship USS Pueblo, commanded by Lloyd “Pete” Bucher, charging its crew with being on a spying mission; one sailor was killed and 82 were taken prisoner. (Cmdr. Bucher and his crew were released the following December after enduring 11 months of brutal captivity at the hands of the North Koreans.) On this date In 1368, China’s Ming dynasty, which lasted nearly three centuries, began as Zhu Yuanzhang was formally acclaimed emperor following the collapse of the Yuan dynasty. In 1516, King Ferdinand II of Aragon, who with his late queen consort, Isabella of Castile, sponsored the first voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492, died in Madrigalejo, Spain. In 1789, Georgetown University was established in present-day Washington, D.C. In 1845, Congress decided all national elections would be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. In 1933, the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the so-called “Lame Duck Amendment,” was ratified as Missouri approved it. In 1944, Norwegian painter Edvard Munch (“The Scream”) died near Oslo at age 80. In 1950, the Israeli Knesset approved a resolution affirming Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. In 1964, the 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, eliminating the poll tax in federal elections, was ratified as South Dakota became the 38th state to endorse it. In 1977, the original TV mini-series “Roots,” based on the Alex Haley THOUGHT FOR TODAY “What is important is to spread confusion, not eliminate it.” — Salvador Dali (1904-1989) novel, began airing on ABC. In 1978, rock musician Terry Kath, a key member of the group Chicago, accidentally shot himself to death following a party in Woodland Hills, California; he was 31. In 1989, surrealist artist Salvador Dali died in his native Figueres, Spain, at age 84. In 1998, a judge in Fairfax, Virginia, sentenced Aimal Khan Kasi (eye-MAHL’ kahn KAH’see) to death for an assault rifle attack outside CIA headquarters in 1993 that killed two men and wounded three other people. (Kasi was executed in November 2002.) Ten years ago: Tens of thousands of Palestinians poured into Egypt from the Gaza Strip after militants blew up a bar- rier dividing the border town of Rafah. Michael Chang, winner of the 1989 French Open, was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame, and IMG creator Mark McCormack and Tennis Week magazine founder Eugene Scott were selected posthumously. Five years ago: Appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered fiery rejoinders to Republican critics of the Obama administration’s handling of the deadly attack on a U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya. Cardinal Jozef Glemp, 83, the longtime head of Poland’s influential Roman Catholic church at a time when it played a key role in the fight against communism, died in Warsaw. �NEWS/WEATHER Daily Sentinel Easter Point Pleasant. I Will Make You Fishers of Men - Trinity U.M. Church, Point Pleasant. Sermon From page 1 On The Mount - Presbyterian Church, Point are excited to be parPleasant. The Miracles Of ticipating, according to Denise Bonecutter, one of Jesus - LifeSpring Community Church, Point the organizers. Pleasant. Jesus, The The list of churches Good Shepherd - Ashton that have already confirmed, and their themes, Baptist Church, Ashton. Let the Little Children are: Nativity - Leon Come Unto Me - Salem Methodist, Leon. Wise Men Still Seek Him (The Community Church, West Columbia. Zacchaeus Magi) - Heights U.M. Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Church, Point Pleasant. Fraziers Bottom. The John Baptizing Jesus Triumphal Entry (Palm Pleasant Valley Church, 6 BROADCAST Z (N) 3 (WSAZ) 4 (WTAP) 6 (WSYX) 7 (WOUB) 8 (WCHS) C x (N) 6 e p (N) s C a 6 p From page 1 break-fix technical devices and recover lost data. Whereas, students in his CompTIA Network + class design an entire network on a given budget while setting up servers 29 (FREE) of different platforms utilizing the Domain Host Control Protcol (DHCP) Active Directory, Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol (TCP/ IP), and hardware and/or software firewalls, switches, routers, and bridges. 30 (SPIKE) Erin Perkins is a staff writer for Ohio Valley Publishing. 57 (OXY) 58 60 61 (WE) 31 (NICK) 34 (USA) 35 (TBS) 37 (CNN) 38 (TNT) 39 (AMC) 40 (DISC) 42 (A&E) 52 (ANPL) (E!) (TVL) 62 (NGEO) Board From page 1 for the 2017-18 school year pending proper certification. Approved Kirk Reed for a medical leave of absence for the remainder of the 2017-18 school year. Approved the post- ing of eight after school intervention positions and 1 after school intervention bus route. The positions will run from Feb. 6, 2018–Mar. 22, 2018, twice a week for a total of 14 sessions. The next regular business meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m., Feb. 15 at Eastern Elementary library conference room. TODAY 8 AM 2 PM 64 (NBCSN) 65 (FS1) 67 (HIST) 68 (BRAVO) 72 (BET) 73 (HGTV) 74 (SYFY) s (N) s (N) C (N) l : t (N) 6 27 (LIFE) l e s (N) a CABLE 18 (WGN) 24 (ROOT) 25 (ESPN) 26 (ESPN2) 7 (N) N (N) 0 13 (WOWK) TUESDAY, JANUARY 23 6:30 PM s (N) n e s (N) t s (N) 12 (WVPB) Education t (N) n s (N) 44° 7 HEALTH TODAY Statistics through 3 p.m. yesterday AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™ Temperature High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low Precipitation 66°/51° 42°/25° 76° in 1999 -9° in 1984 (in inches) The AccuWeather.com Cold Index combines the effects of local weather with a number of demographic factors to provide a scale showing the overall probability of transmission and symptom severity of the common cold. 2 24 hours ending 3 p.m. yest. 0.0 Month to date/normal 6.3/4.7 Season to date/normal 6.9/9.3 WEATHER TRIVIA™ SUN & MOON Q: Has snow been observed on every continent? Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Wed. 7:41 a.m. 5:41 p.m. 11:56 a.m. 12:12 a.m. MOON PHASES First Full Jan 24 Jan 31 Last Feb 7 New Feb 15 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for fish and game. Major Today 4:17a Wed. 5:06a Thu. 5:55a Fri. 6:45a Sat. 7:36a Sun. 8:29a Mon. 9:24a Minor 10:28a 11:18a 12:08p 12:31a 1:21a 2:13a 3:08a Major 4:40p 5:30p 6:21p 7:12p 8:05p 8:59p 9:55p Minor 10:51p 11:42p ---12:58p 1:50p 2:44p 3:40p WEATHER HISTORY Browning, Mont., had a world record 100-degree-plus change on Jan. 23, 1916. After a morning reading of 44, arctic air dropped the temperature to 56 below zero overnight. 8 8:30 PM 9 6 6:30 PM 7 7:30 PM 8 WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Adelphi 44/28 Chillicothe 44/29 Partly sunny Logan 44/27 Waverly 43/27 Lucasville 44/28 9 FRIDAY 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. yesterday Location Willow Island Marietta Parkersburg Belleville Racine Point Pleasant Gallipolis Huntington Ashland Lloyd Greenup Portsmouth Maysville Meldahl Dam Flood Stage 37 34 36 35 41 40 50 50 52 54 50 50 51 Level 13.40 19.19 23.73 13.98 13.01 25.63 12.56 27.72 35.16 12.26 23.80 34.80 24.20 24-hr. Chg. +0.66 +1.35 +0.57 +0.38 -0.15 +0.57 +0.42 -0.83 -0.56 -0.82 -0.10 -0.30 +1.30 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 PM 10:30 10 PM 10:30 56° 39° SUNDAY 57° 38° 10:30 MONDAY 43° 26° Mostly sunny and not Rain and drizzle in the Rain or snow possible as cool afternoon in the morning Marietta 47/29 Belpre 48/29 Athens 46/28 St. Marys 48/30 Parkersburg 47/30 Coolville 47/29 Elizabeth 48/30 Spencer 49/30 Buffalo 49/31 Milton 49/31 Clendenin 48/27 St. Albans 49/31 Huntington 47/32 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s 100s Seattle 47/44 90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s San Francisco 10s 55/44 0s -0s -10s Los Angeles T-storms 75/50 Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front 10 PM 0) 40° 27° Mostly cloudy and cooler NATIONAL CITIES Ironton 47/30 Ashland 47/31 Grayson 47/31 9:30 PM SATURDAY Wilkesville 45/27 POMEROY Jackson 47/29 45/28 Ravenswood Rio Grande 49/30 47/29 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 40/27 GALLIPOLIS 48/30 49/30 48/30 South Shore Greenup 47/30 45/29 29 9:30 PM 0 Murray City 45/28 McArthur 44/27 Portsmouth 46/30 AIR QUALITY 10 A team of Africanna a American women provide NASA with "Globo" mathematical data for a space mission. ++ Heather Graham. 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(N) e "Family Ties" (N) "Kill Shot" (N) "Ties 7 0 That Bind" (N) (N) s t PREMIUM 8 PM 44° 8 l 6:30 PM 7:30 PM 37° 24° WEATHER at 10 a.m., at the Point of Faith Church (the church is located across from Roosevelt Elementary School). If your church would like to take part please contact Bonecutter at 304-593-6939 or email at missdenise3216@yahoo. com, or Wayne Sanders at 304-812-8132. Net Ministries Children’s Choir, Point Pleasant. An invitation to participate in the Easter Parade is extended to churches and ministries, also local 4-H groups, sports teams, pageant queens, marching groups, etc. There will be an organizational meeting for all participants Saturday, March 3 TUESDAY EVENING 11 (WVAH) An A+ student working on a class project. the Governor - Point Pleasant First Church of God, Point Pleasant. Jesus, Mocked, Robed, Crowned - Faith Baptist Church, Mason. Jesus Carrying the Cross - Jackson Avenue Baptist, Point Pleasant, (will be portrayed on the ground not on a float ). Resurrection Praise Float - Fisherman’s Sunday) - First Church of the Nazarene, Point Pleasant. Jesus Drives the Moneychangers out of the Temple - Harvey Chapel Church, Leon. Garden Of Gethsemane - Gospel Lighthouse Community Church, Mt. Alto. Jesus Before Caiaphas - Point of Faith Church, Point Pleasant. Jesus Before Pilate 10 (WBNS) Scott Brinker | Courtesy Tuesday, January 23, 2018 5 Charleston 48/32 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. 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Wayne scored the first six ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — It all came down to the final 3:30. points of the second quarter, but Meigs answered with a 7-0 Meigs and Wayne were tied run of its own, trimming the at 48 with 3:30 to play in SatWHS lead to 23-22 with 3:50 urday’s non-conference girls basketball game inside Larry R. left in the first half. However, Morrison Gymnasium, and the the Lady Pioneers ended the Lady Pioneers ended the night half with a 6-1 run and a 29-23 lead. with a 9-to-3 run and escaped The Lady Marauders made Meigs County with a 57-51 vicit a one-possession game, tory. at 35-32, five minutes into The Lady Marauders (7-7) the second half, but Wayne led for just 23 seconds in the first half, at 3-2, as Wayne (12- stretched its lead to 43-34 by the end of the third quarter. 1) scored the next 13 points Meigs began chipping away and led by 12 with 4:23 to play at the WHS advantage in the in the opening period. The guests managed just two more fourth quarter, outscoring the guests by an 11-4 count over points in the first quarter, as ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Meigs senior Madison Hendricks (left) drives past Wayne senior Maddie Wilcox (23), during the second half of the Lady Marauders’ 57-51 loss on Saturday in Rocksprings, Ohio. the first four minutes of the period. MHS junior Becca Pullins connected on a threepointer with 3:49 to play, giving the hosts their first lead of the second half, at 48-47. However, the Lady Marauders were held scoreless for the next 3:44 seconds, in which time the Lady Pioneers regained the lead and extended it to nine points with a eight free throw and one field field goal. The Maroon and Gold hit a three-pointer with five seconds to play for the finale bucket of the Lady Pioneers’ 57-51 victory. “When you go 4-of-18 from three in the first half that’s a See PIONEERS | 7 Meigs tops Tigers on road, 74-66 By Alex Hawley ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com MARIETTA, Ohio — A win is always worth waiting for. On Saturday in Washington County, three weeks after the originally scheduled meeting between the Meigs and Marietta boys basketball teams, the Marauders claimed a 74-66 victory over the host Tigers. Meigs (3-10) led by a narrow 18-16 count eight minutes into play and outscored the Tigers by a 16-to-15 clip in the second quarter, as the guests headed into the half with a 34-31 advantage. The Marauders extended their lead to eight points, at 50-42, headed into the fourth quarter, outscoring Marietta by a 16-to-11 clip in the third. Over the finale eight minutes, the hosts surged for 24 points on the strength of five three-pointers. However, Meigs finished strong, hitting 9-of-17 free throws, six two-pointers and one trifecta to seal the 74-66 victory. The Marauders were led by junior Zach Bartrum with 26 points, 14 of which came from the free throw line. Next was sophomore Weston Baer with 25 points on the strength of 10 field goals. Nick Lilly hit the guests’ lone three-pointer and finished with 13 points, Bobby Musser contributed six points to the winning cause, while Jake Roush and Austin Mahr scored two apiece. Marietta was led by Cyrus Rhodes with 12 points, followed by Graham and Austin Witucky with 10 points apiece. Maunix and Kail Hill both scored nine points, Austyn Chen chipped in with eight, while Anthony Avendano had five in the setback. Jermaine Burke rounded out the Tiger total with three points. For the game, Meigs was 27-of-40 (67.5 percent) from the free throw line, where Marietta was 12-of-19 (63.2 percent). The Marauders — winners of three of their last four decisions — will get back to work in the Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division on Tuesday at Nelsonville-York. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Tuesday, Jan. 23 Boys Basketball Eastern at Point Pleasant, 7:30 Rock Hill at Gallia Academy, 7:30 Trimble at Southern, 7:30 Belpre at Wahama, 7:30 Grace Christian at Hannan, 7:30 Meigs at NelsonvilleYork, 7:30 River Valley at Wellston, 7:30 South Gallia at Federal Hocking, 7:30 Girls Basketball Grace Christian at Hannan, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24 Boys Basketball Southern at Wahama, 7:30 Eastern at Belpre, 7:30 Point Pleasant at Lincoln County, 7 p.m. Girls Basketball Wellston at Point Pleasant, 7 p.m. Meigs at Eastern, 7 p.m. River Valley at South Gallia, 7:30 Wrestling Point Pleasant, University at East Fairmont, 6 p.m. Swimming River Valley at Shawnee State, 4 p.m. Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Southern senior Josie Cundiff (13) attempts a two-pointer in front of RVHS senior Jaden Neal (right), during the Lady Tornadoes’ 55-40 victory on Saturday in Racine, Ohio. Southern storms past Lady Raiders By Alex Hawley ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com RACINE, Ohio — For a 15 minute stretch, the Lady Tornadoes were absolutely dominant. The Southern girls basketball team went on a 33-to-12 run over the final 10 minutes of the first half and the first five minutes of the second half, leading the Lady Tornadoes to a 55-40 victory over non-conference guest River Valley on Saturday in Meigs County. Southern (3-10) — which snapped its fourgame losing skid with the win — never trailed in the contest and led 9-8 six minutes into play. The Lady Tornadoes ended the first quarter with an 8-0 spurt and a 17-8 lead. SHS scored four points in the first 40 seconds of the second quarter, but River Valley (0-11) held the hosts scoreless for the next three minutes, trimming the deficit back to single digits at 21-12. The Purple and Gold closed the first half with an 11-6 run, making their advantage 32-18 at the break. Southern scored 10 of the first 12 points in the second half and led by a game-high 21 points, at 41-20, with 3:00 left in the third quarter. The Lady Raiders ended the third on a 9-to-3 spurt and trailed 44-29 with eight minutes to play. In the fourth quarter, the Lady Tornadoes led by as many as 19 points, at 52-33, with five minutes remaining. The Silver and Black outscored SHS by a 7-to-3 clip over the rest of the game, as Southern claimed the 55-40 victory. “The girls played really well,” SHS head coach David Kight said. “We didn’t put our best foot forward on Thursday. They had a somewhat tough day yesterday at practice and they responded extremely, extremely well. They came out with great effort and great energy today. Instead of waiting for things to happen during the course of the game, they went out and made things happen for themselves.” For the game, Southern shot 19-of-55 (34.5 percent) from the field, while missing all nine of its three-point attempts. River Valley shot 16-of69 (23.2 percent) from the field, including 1-of19 (5.3 percent) from beyond the arc. From the free throw line, SHS shot 17-of-31 (54.8 percent) and RVHS shot 7-of-18 (38.9 percent). “We missed a lot of easy shots and I don’t know if the intensity was there all night,” RVHS head coach Stephen Roderick said. “I don’t know if it was the week off, everybody’s battling the weather, but we didn’t look ready to play from the start. We have to hit shots, it was almost River Valley senior Carly Gilmore (32) shoots a layup during the Lady Raiders’ 55-40 setback on Saturday in Racine, Ohio. like there was a lid on it tonight, but there’s no excuse for the intensity to not be there at the end.” Both teams pulled in 42 rebounds in the game, with the Lady Raiders winning the offensive glass by a 21-12 tally. Southern claimed advantages of 18-to-16 in steals and 9-to-8 in assists, while recording all-6 of the game’s blocked shots. SHS turned the ball over 31 times, three more than River Valley. SHS sophomore Baylee Wolfe led the Purple and Gold with a doubledouble effort of 16 points and 11 rebounds. Phoenix Cleland poured in 11 points in the win, while Jaiden Roberts had 10 points and a team-best three assists. Josie Cundiff scored eight points for the hosts, Lauren Lavender added six points, while Shelbi Dailey and Paige VanMeter had two points apiece. Roberts led the SHS defense with five steals, followed by Dailey with a trio of rejections. “It’s January and now is the time to push for tournament seeds and how you want to finish your season,” Kight said. “We can’t have anymore backslides. I’m extremely proud of the way they bounced back today, we’ll take this and run with it. 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Lakers 127, New York 107 Brooklyn 101, Detroit 100 Indiana 94, San Antonio 86 Monday’s Games Sacramento at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Utah at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Miami at Houston, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at Memphis, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Washington at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Portland at Denver, 9 p.m. Minnesota at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Pioneers Wayne. “They’re a very well-coached team, they have some solid players and that’s why we brought them here. We need to get ready to go. A very tough loss is better than a 40-point win, so that’s what we want, we want to play teams to get us ready for the stretch run.” Marissa Noble and Devin Humphreys led Meigs with a dozen points apiece, with Noble hitting four three-pointers and Humphreys draining two long balls. Pullins scored nine points on a trio of three-pointers, Madison Fields added eight points, while Kassidy Betzing scored seven points and dished out a game-best six assists. Madison Hendricks rounded out the MHS scoring with three points on a trifecta. Humphreys recorded a team-best 12 rebounds, while Noble grabbed seven boards. Betzing led the Lady Marauder defense with two steals and two blocks, followed by Noble with one steal and two blocks. Aerial Adkins led the guests with 26 points, to go with 11 rebounds and four assists. Maddie Wilcox recorded 10 points and a game-high 18 boards, while leading the WHS defense with two steals and one block. Sara Hooks scored nine points for Wayne, Lakyn Adkins added six, while Whitney Sansom came in with three. Haley Wallace contributed two points to the winning cause, while Nakayla Elliott chipped in with one. Meigs will resume TriValley Conference Ohio Division play on Monday against Athens and then will visit River Valley on Thursday. From page 6 killer,” MHS head coach Jarrod Kasun said. “We had open looks, but we hadn’t been in the gym for a while and that really hurt us. It looked like our legs were a little short on some shots. We finally started hitting some shots in the second half and took the lead. They fought back, that’s what good teams do. When you get to the free throw line that many times you’re supposed to win, that’s just the way the game goes. “It was a rough game and it definitely suited their bigger players,” said Kasun. “What can you do, sometimes when you play at home you expect to get the calls and we never do.” For the game, Meigs shot 17-of-58 (29.3 percent) from the field, including 10-of-39 (25.6 percent) from beyond the arc. Meanwhile, Wayne was 17-of-54 (31.5 percent) from the field, including 1-of-9 (11.1 percent) from three-point range. From the free throw line, MHS shot 7-of-12 (58.3 percent), while WHS was 22-of-43 (51.2 percent). The Lady Pioneers claimed a 45-to-35 rebounding advantage, including 16-to-10 on the offensive end. Both teams had 10 assists in the contest. The hosts claimed a 4-to-3 edge in blocked shots, while the guests held an 8-to-6 advantage in steals. Meigs turned the ball over 15 times in the game, while Wayne gave the ball away 11 times. “We’re going to do a home-and-home, we’re going to their place next year,” Kasun said of Southern Alex Hawley can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2100. led by Jacks and Kaylee Gillman with five steals apiece. From page 6 “We still have a long grow and get better, and way to go, it’s about midseason and I think we can I’m excited about that.” RVHS sophomore Kay- still salvage it,” Roderick lee Gillman led the guests said. “It’s either now or never as far as what we with 10 points, while can do. We’re battling the hitting the game’s only three-pointer. Jaden Neal injury bug, but we still have to play basketball.” scored nine in the setThe Silver and Black back, Hannah Jacks and are back in action on Carly Gilmore both had eight points, while Kelsey Wednesday at South GalBrown finished with five. lia. The Lady Tornadoes Jacks pulled in a game- continue their homestand on Thursday against Fedhigh 12 rebounds, while Brown dished out a team- eral Hocking. best three assists for the Alex Hawley can be reached at 740Silver and Black. The 446-2342, ext. 2100. Lady Raider defense was Tuesday, January 23, 2018 7 Patriots rally past Jaguars, 24-20 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Give ‘em a hand: Tom Brady and the New England Patriots are heading back to the Super Bowl. Brady shook off a hand injury and threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Danny Amendola with 2:48 remaining , rallying the Patriots to a 24-20 comeback victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars in the AFC championship Sunday. Brady, wearing a black bandage on his right hand after needing stitches to close a cut that happened on a play during practice earlier in the week, showed no signs of being hampered. And, with the game — and the season — possibly on the line, the Patriots star came up big again. “I’ve had a lot worse,” Brady said. “I didn’t know that on Wednesday. It was a crazy injury. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday was a little scary. Then I started getting some confidence and today we did just enough to win.” Brady finished 26 of 38 for 290 yards and two touchdowns to Amendola for the Patriots (15-3), who’ll play Philadelphia in Minneapolis on Feb. 4. It’s the eighth Super Bowl appearance for Brady and coach Bill Belichick, who have won five times — including last year’s 34-28 overtime rally against the Atlanta Falcons. “It’s pretty amazing. Just to be on a team that wins these kinds of games, it’s just a great accomplishment,” Brady said. “I’m just so proud of everyone on our team, we made so many great plays. Defense played so great when they needed to.” Blake Bortles and the Jaguars (12-7) led 20-10 early in the fourth quarter, but couldn’t hold against the defending David J. Phillip | AP New England Patriots wide receiver Danny Amendola (80) catches a touchdown pass in front of Jacksonville Jaguars safety Tashaun Gipson (39) and linebacker Paul Posluszny (51) during the second half of the AFC championship game Sunday in Foxborough, Mass. champions. The NFL’s second-ranked defense kept Brady and the Patriots at bay for most of the game, but lost linebacker Myles Jack and defensive tackle Marcell Dareus on consecutive plays on New England’s winning drive. “It’s a locker room obviously with a lot of pain,” Jaguars coach Doug Marrone said. “I’m sure they’re hurting inside. I’m hurting. The players are hurting.” With New England trailing 20-17, Amendola returned a punt 20 yards to put the ball at the Jaguars 30. Brady hit James White for 15 yards, Amendola for 8 and then the quarterback ran up the middle for 2 yards and a first down. On first-and-goal from the 5, White ran for a yard to set up the goahead score from Brady to Amendola. Jacksonville — looking to reach the Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history — had one more shot, but Bortles’ throw on fourth-and-15 to Dede Westbrook was knocked away by Stephon Gilmore. “Guys are upset,” Bortles said. “It’s not what anybody expects — contrary to popular belief. Those guys fully expected to win that game.” The Patriots ran out the clock, with Dion Lewis’ 18-yard scamper with 90 seconds remaining sealing the victory. And they played most of the game without tight end Rob Gronkowski, who left late in the first half and didn’t return. Brady’s hand was the most-scrutinized body part in Boston since his ankle before the 2008 Super Bowl, and Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s right ankle tendon — the bloody sock — in the 2004 playoffs. Brady hurt his right hand during practice earlier in the week. “Of all the plays, my season wasn’t going to end on a handoff in practice,” Brady said. “Mentally, it probably stressed him out a bit,” Amendola said. “It’s hard to throw a football with stitches in your thumb. Everybody knows how tough he is.” Some Patriots fans were worried, but not Belichick. “He’s a tough guy, we all know that,” Belichick said. “But we’re not talking about open heart surgery here.” Brady warmed up without a glove on his hand, and he came out throwing. He completed his first six passes for 57 yards to march the Patriots down the field. The drive stalled when Brady was sacked by Dante Fowler Jr., and New England settled for Stephen Gostkowski’s 31-yard field goal. A wide-open Marcedes Lewis gave the Jaguars a 7-3 lead 45 seconds into the second quarter with a 4-yard touchdown catch from Bortles . Leonard Fournette gave Jacksonville a 14-3 lead midway through the second quarter with a 4-yard TD run, hushing the crowd at Gillette Stadium. The Jaguars made some big mistakes just before halftime. Bortles completed a 12-yard pass to Lewis on thirdand-7 from the Patriots 44, but Jacksonville was called for delay of game. That wiped out a first down, and Bortles was sacked by Adam Butler on the next play to force a punt. Jacksonville was called for six penalties that cost the Jaguars 98 yards, while New England was penalized just once. With just over two minutes left before halftime, New England’s offense took over and the fans chanted “Braady! Braa-dy!” Eagles rout Vikings, 38-7 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — With one quarter remaining, Eagles players on the field and sideline already were dancing. A bit later, after their stunning and resounding 38-7 rout of the Minnesota Vikings earned them the NFC championship, they listened as nearly 70,000 made the Linc shake with “Fly Eagles Fly.” Hey Philly, you’re in the Super Bowl. “It was electric. The fans are awesome,” AllPro tackle Lane Johnson said. “We’re going there to prove we belong,” added Brandon Graham of the meeting with the AFC champion Patriots in two weeks. And maybe it’s time for everyone to put aside Carson Wentz’s injury. Nick Foles might be good enough to win the Eagles their first NFL title since 1960. Foles was on fire Sunday night against the stingiest scoring defense in the NFL. Next up after their most-lopsided playoff victory: the Eagles’ first Super Bowl appearance since 2005, against the team that beat them then. Foles replaced the injured Wentz in Game 13 and finished off a rise from last place last season to first in the NFC East. There were plenty of doubters entering the playoffs, but the former starter in Philadelphia (15-3) under another regime has been brilliant. “I just think you’ve got to keep going at it,” Foles said. “And we all believe in each other. I’m blessed to have amazing teammates, amazing coaches. Everyone here that’s a part of the Philadelphia Eagles organization is first class.” Foles’ best work might have come against Minnesota (14-4) and its vaunted defense that was torn apart in every manner. Foles threw for 352 yards and three touchdowns, showing poise, escapability and moxie in going 26 for 33. “I’m so happy for Nick and the offense,” said coach Doug Pederson, “and for Nick, everything he’s been through and battled, he stayed the course and we all believed in him.” Foles was helped greatly by the Eagles’ domination on defense and a spectacular weaving 50-yard interception return TD by Patrick Robinson. Philadelphia ruined the Vikings’ hopes of being the first team to play in a Super Bowl in its own stadium. Instead, the Eagles will seek their first Super Bowl crown in Minnesota on Feb. 4; their last championship came in 1960. “I’m so proud of our players,” team owner Jeffrey Lurie said. “The resilience this group of men has is unequaled.” Minnesota made it look easy at the outset, driving 75 yards on nine plays, each of which gained yardage. The payoff was a 25-yard throw from Case Keenum to Kyle Rudolph well behind linebacker Najee Goode as Philadelphia’s defense looked confused on the play. That didn’t happen again for Philly. Defensive end Chris Long had a huge hand in Robinson’s 50-yard interception return. Long burst in from the left side and got his arm on Keenum to disrupt the throw for Adam Thielen. The ball went directly to Robinson, who sped down the left side, then made a sharp cut to the right and got a superb block from Ronald Darby to reach the end zone. Inspired, Philly’s D forced a three-and-out, the Foles led the Eagles on a 12-play, 75-yard masterpiece of a drive. LeGarrette Blount showed all his power and escapability on an 11-yard surge up the middle for a 14-7 lead. Turnovers, something Minnesota rarely committed with an NFC-low 14 during the season, hurt again and not only ended a solid drive, but set up more Philly points. On third down from the Eagles 15, Keenum was blindsided by rookie Derek Barnett, and the ball bounced directly to Long. It was only the second strip-sack the Vikings have been victimized by all season. A blown coverage — another rarity for Minnesota — on thirdand-10 allowed Alshon Jeffery to get wide open for a 53-yard TD, and Philadelphia tacked on Jake Elliott’s 38-yard field goal to make it 24-3 at halftime. “Credit to Philadelphia, they got after us pretty good tonight and we didn’t do enough good things,” Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said. “I’m still proud of my football team with the way they worked all year. The way they went about their business. The way they competed all year and tonight we didn’t get it done.” �SPORTS/CLASSIFIEDS 8 Tuesday, January 23, 2018 Daily Sentinel Red Devils burn Point, 80-44 By Scott Jones sjones@aimmediamidwest.com Scott Jones | OVP Sports Point Pleasant junior Lanea Cochran (23) attempts a shot over two Symmes Valley defenders during the first half of the Lady Knights’ 55-42 loss on Saturday at Point Pleasant High School. Lady Vikings rally past Point, 55-42 By Scott Jones sjones@aimmediamidwest.com POINT PLEASANT, W. Va. — It was a tale of two halves. The Lady Knights took a one-point lead into the locker room on Saturday as they played host to Symmes Valley in non-conference girls basketball action. However, a poor second half shooting performance allowed the visiting Lady Vikings to earn a decisive 55-42 victory. Point Pleasant (1-12) held a 21-20 advantage at the midway mark. The Lady Knights squeaked to the early lead on the heels of a 9-of-30 (30 percent) shooting effort, including 1-of-10 beyond the three-point arc, in the game’s first half. In contrast, Symmes Valley (9-5) shot 7-of-34 (20.5 percent) from the field, including 2-of-14 (14.2 percent) from three-point range. PPHS held a slight advantage in rebounds over SVHS in the first half, as the Red and Black collected 19 boards to the Lady Vikings 15 rebounds. Symmes Valley took control of the contest following intermission. The Lady Knights shot just 4-of-16 (25 percent) from the field in the third quarter as the Lady Vikings were 7-of-18 (39 percent), including 2-of-5 (40 percent) from long range. SVHS outscored Point Pleasant 17-10 in the third period, as they turned a one-point deficit at halftime into a 37-31 lead as play entered the fourth quarter. The Lady Knights’ shoot woes continued in the game’s final frame. PPHS did not score a shot from the field in the fourth quarter until Allison Henderson’s trifecta at the 1:53 mark found the bottom of the net. As a team, Point Pleasant was just 3-of-17 (18 percent) from the field in the final period. Overall, the Red and Black out rebounded Symmes Valley 35-32 in the contest. However, PPHS lost the turnover battle, as they committed 18 giveaways to 16 turnovers by the Lady Vikings. Point Pleasant had three players reach double figures in scoring, as junior Peyton Campbell led the way with 13 points, including one threepointer. Leneah Cochran provided 12 points in the loss, including a 4-of-6 (67 percent) performance from the charity stripe. Allison Henderson was next for the Lady Knights, as she tallied 11 points, including one three pointer. Rounding out the scoring for PPHS were junior Hannah Smith and sophomore Morgan Miller, who scored four points and two points respectively. Symmes Valley’s Jensyn Shepherd led all scorers in the contest as she finished with 19 points. The Lady Vikings finished with two other players in double figures, as Kaitlyn Crabtree scored 14 points and Rachel Hayes dropped 12 points, all by way of three pointers. Kylie Deer provided five points in the win, with one trifecta. Next for SVHS was Taylor Sells with three points and Kaylee Cade added two points. POINT PLEASANT, W. Va — Score early. Score often. The Big Blacks returned to the hardwood in non-conference action Friday night as they hosted the Ravenswood Red Devils and fell victim to an 80-44 defeat. The visiting Red Devils (10-0) utilized an 11-2 run in the initial minutes of the first quarter while building a 14-7 lead headed into the second period of play. Turnovers proved to be the difference in the second quarter, as Ravenswood pulled away from the Red and Black to build a 36-17 lead at halftime. The Big Blacks (1-8) committed 16 turnovers compared to just three giveaways by the Red Devils in the opening half. Overall for the contest, PPHS finished with 27 turnovers and RHS had only 10 miscues. Despite improving its offensive output in the second half of play, Point Pleasant was outscored 44-27. Overall for the game, the Big Blacks shot 19-of-35 from the field for 54 percent, including 6-of-18 from beyond the three-point arc for 33 percent. The Red Devils, conversely, made 29-of-69 field goal tries for 42 percent, including 2-of-8 three-point attempts for Scott Jones | OVP Sports Point Pleasant junior Evan Cobb (34) attempts a shot over a leaping Ravenswood defender during the second half of the Big Blacks’ 80-44 loss on Friday at Point Pleasant High School. 25 percent. Ravenswood also topped Point Pleasant on the boards, as the Big Blacks were outrebounded by a total of 31-22 in the game. Ten different players scored for the Big Blacks, with junior Evan Cobb leading the way with nine points. Cobb scored all of his points in the game’s fourth quarter as he hit four shots from the field, including one threepointer. Hunter Bush also found success from beyond the three-point arc, hitting two trifectas en route to an eight-point performance. Kyle Martin posted six points, while Malik Butler hit one three-pointer and finished with five points. Trace Derenberger finished with four points, while Braxton Yates and Camron Long had three points apiece. Kade Oliver, Casey Lowery and Blake Diddle each had two points to round out the scoring. Ravenswood had four players finish the game in double figures, as Isaiah Morgan led all scorers with 21 points. Keller Chryst Grantham to transfer out for season STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Stanford quarterback Keller Chryst plans to transfer for his final season of eligibility. Chryst announced Sunday that he will transfer after he graduates in June. He will be immediately eligible as a graduate transfer. Chryst began last season as the starting quarterback for the Cardinal before being replaced midway through the year by K.J. Costello. CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson forward Donte Grantham will miss the rest of the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. The 20th-ranked Tigers are trying for their first NCAA Tournament berth in seven years, but the loss of Grantham is a major blow. The 6-foot8 senior was second on the team with 14.2 points and 6.9 rebounds per game. Scott Jones can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2106. GA tames Blue Lions, 60-53, for 6th straight win By Bryan Walters balanced offensive attack as the night progressed. Loveday scored six points as part of 15-10 run to open the first quarCENTENARY, Ohio — Two good starts led to one great finish. ter, but the Blue Lions (2-8) countered with seven points from Evan The Gallia Academy boys basUpthegrove and a pair of Trevor ketball team outscored visiting Washington Court House 33-22 in Rarick trifectas during a 17-14 second period run that cut the deficit the opening quarter of each half down to 29-27 at the break. and eventually held on for a 60-53 The Blue Devils responded by victory in a non-conference contest going to Loveday to start the secin Gallia County. ond half, which led to nine points The Blue Devils (11-1) picked up their season-best sixth consecu- as part of an 18-12 surge for an tive victory and had seven different 47-39 edge headed into the finale. Washington closed regulation with players reach the scoring column while remaining unbeaten at home a small 14-13 run, but never overcame that three-possession deficit. this winter. Gallia Academy hit 24 total field GAHS received another monugoals — including a pair of threemental effort from 7-foot sophomore Zach Loveday, who scored 21 pointers — and also went 10-of-17 of his game-high 25 points through at the free throw line for 59 percent. three quarters of play. The hosts, McClelland hit both trifectas and however, also got points from Justin McClelland, Evan Wiseman and joined Loveday in double figures Cory Call in each canto for a more- with 12 points, followed by Wise- bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com LEGALS REAL ESTATE FOR RENT Legals Apartments/Townhouses IN THE MATTER OF ACCOUNTS,PROBATE COURT, MEIGS COUNTY ACCOUNTS AND VOUCHERS OF THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN FILED INPROBATE COURT, MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO FOR APPROVAL CASE NO: 30482 THE 2016 ANNUAL ACCOUNTINGOF THE ELIZABETH CUTLER TRUST. 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Point Pleasant played Saturday at South Point and returns to action Tuesday when Eastern visits The Dungeon for a non-conference contest at 7 p.m. man with nine points and Call with eight markers. Caleb Henry, Kaden Thomas and Logan Blouir completed the winning tally with two points apiece. The Blue Lions netted 20 total field goals — including seven three-pointers — and also went 6-of-11 at the charity stripe for 55 percent. Dillon Steward paced the guests with 20 points, 16 of which came in the second half. Upthegrove was next with 13 points, while Rarick was held scoreless in the second half and finished with nine markers. Garitt Leisure and Miguel O’Flaherty respectively chipped in five and four points, with Blaise Tayese completing things with two markers. The Blue Devils return to action Tuesday when they host Rock Hill in an Ohio Valley Conference contest at 7 p.m. We are looking for an enthusiastic person to work with adults with developmental disabilities. 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EURZVH�MREV�‡�SRVW�\RXU�UHVXPH�‡�JHW�DGYLFH jobmatchohio.com �SPORTS 10 Tuesday, January 23, 2018 Daily Sentinel Rio competes Cavs not planning changes amid slump at the Tiffin Dragon Open By Randy Payton For Ohio Valley Publishing TIFFIN, Ohio — Tyanna Petty-Craft recorded a trio of top five outings, while Madison Oiler and Katie Browning both had runner-up finishes to fuel the University of Rio Grande women’s track & field team at Saturday’s Tiffin Dragon Open hosted by Tiffin University at the Heminger Center. Petty-Craft, a senior from Somerset, Ohio, was third in the high jump after clearing 1.61m, fourth in the 200-meter run with a time of 27.67 and fifth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.56. Oiler, a freshman from Gallipolis, Ohio, placed second in the 400-meter run with a time of 1:03.92. Browning, a senior from Athens, Ohio, grabbed second place in the pole vault after clearing 3.50m. Three other individuals representing the RedStorm also posted top 10 finishes. Junior Lucy Williams (Athens, OH) was fifth in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 11:11.49; senior Emili Sannes (Carlisle, OH) placed sixth in the mile run after crossing in a time of 5:47.80; and freshman Rachael Barber (Ashland, KY) was eighth in the 200-meter run with a time of 28.02. On the men’s side, Tellis Horne had a pair of top five finishes and Nikola Andjelic had two top 10 performances to lead the University of Rio Grande. Horne, a freshman from Canton, Ohio, placed third in the 200-meter run with a time of 22.89 and took fifth in the 60-meter run after crossing the line in 7.10. Andjelic, a junior from Split, Croatia, tied for sixth in the pole vault after clearing 4.15m and was ninth in the long jump with a leap of 6.04m. Seven other individuals and two relay teams posted top 10 finishes as well. Sophomore Connor Messer (Ashland, KY) finished second in the high jump after clearing 1.94m; freshman Zavien Parker (Pickerington, OH) was third in the 400-meter run with a time of 52.39; freshman Sterling Smith (Reynoldsburg, OH) was fifth in the 200-meter run after crossing in 23.03; freshman Alan Holdheide (Fort Loramie, OH) was fifth in the pole vault with an effort of 4.30m; sophomore Keshawn Jones (Mansfield, OH), who took sixth place in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:05.91; senior Clinton Campbell (Malta, OH), who was seventh in the 400-meter run with a time of 53.00; and sophomore Zack Collins (Newark, OH), who was eighth in the weight throw with a heave covering 13.57m. The RedStorm’s 4x400 “A” team finished fourth in a time of 3:31.04, while the “B” team placed 10th in the same race with a time of 3:46.67. Rio Grande returns to action next Friday for day one of the Findlay University Invitational. Others will represent the RedStorm next Saturday at Capital University in Bexley, Ohio. Randy Payton is the Sports Information Director at the University of Rio Grande. Cook, Detty earn all-tourney honors By Randy Payton For Ohio Valley Publishing LANCASTER, Ohio - The University of Rio Grande men’s bowling team earned its best finish of the year and Austin Cook grabbed All-Tournament honors at Saturday’s Muskie Mash hosted by Muskingum University at Tiki Lanes. The RedStorm led the team competition for a large portion of the day before settling for a fourthplace finish in the 14-team competition. Spring Arbor (Mich.) won the team title, with Ancilla College and Ball State University finishing in front of the RedStorm. Rio Grande did finish in front of the likes of Indiana University, Ohio State University, West Virginia University and Kent State. Cook, a freshman from St. Marys, Ohio, placed sixth among all individuals with 1,076 pins over five games for a 215.2 average. Fellow frosh Kaleb Taylor (Washington Court House, OH) narrowly missed all-tourney honors himself after toppling 1,037 pins for a 207.4 average. On the ladies’ side, Macy Detty earned AllTournament honors in leading the University of Rio Grande. Detty, a freshman from Jeffersonville, Ohio, finished fifth among all individuals with 914 pins toppled over five games - a 182.8 average. The RedStorm finished eighth among the nine participating teams. Rio Grande returns to action next weekend at the Heartland Conference’s No. 3 and No. 4 tournaments. Randy Payton is the Sports Information Director at the University of Rio Grande. ADVERTISE IT PAYS! INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — As LeBron James and some teammates practiced free throws at a nearby basket, coach Tyronn Lue addressed questions about the troubling state of the Cavaliers while sitting in a high-backed, cushioned chair. While he was cool, Lue’s seat has warmed up. With the Cavs mired in a bewildering midseason slump and less than 24 hours after a historically embarrassing loss to Oklahoma City, Lue said he has no immediate plans to change his starting lineup or rotations. Cleveland fans may be panicking, Lue’s not nervous. At least not publicly. The Cavs are just 4-10 since Dec. 19, and in the past two weeks they’ve lost by 28 at Minnesota, 34 at Toronto and 24 to the Thunder, who scored 148 points and tied a record for the most points allowed by Cleveland in a regulation game — a mark that went unmatched since 1972. It’s a mess, and it’s a mystery the way James and the Cavs have collapsed. They’ve slipped in the past, but this slide feels much more ominous than in the previous three years when Cleveland stumbled but still reached the Finals. “This is kind of just my experience with this team, to be honest,” said forward Kyle Korver, acquired last January in a trade. “The year that I’ve been here, we’ve been really good and we’ve been really bad. It seems to come in waves, so, hopefully there’s a good wave coming soon.” With all that’s wrong, changes would seem to be in order. Lue, though, believes the Cavs can solve their problems without any major alterations. “It’s the same group Tony Dejak | AP Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue reacts in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday in Cleveland. The Thunder won 148-124. we won 18 out of 19 with also,” he said, referring to Cleveland’s stretch from Nov. 11 to Dec. 19. “We’ve just got to play better. We’ve got to play better, we’ve got to be sharper and that’s what we continue to keep working on. It’s the same team that won 18 out of 19 and 13 in a row.” Technically, Lue’s right. The Cavs’ roster hasn’t been touched — not yet. However, the club has been in almost continuous flux over the past month as key players Isaiah Thomas and Tristan Thompson returned from injuries. Also, reserves Jose Calderon, Channing Frye and Cedi Osman have seen their playing time diminish and Korver, the sharpshooter who had developed into the team’s best crunchtime player other than James, has had his role reduced. Lue has been searching for the right combinations, but the Cavs aren’t connecting. “We’re just figuring out our team,” Korver said. “Ty’s got a tough job. He’s trying to find lineups that are working and he’s trying to find minutes for everybody. I think he’s doing a great job in that regard, as far as getting everybody in the game. Maybe not Channing, we’d like to get Channing out there a little more but it’s a numbers thing right now. “It’s tough. There’s a numbers thing right now. Definitely I’ve been a part of that, too. It’s a long season. We’re riding a bad wave right now, but hopefully we’ll find some things that will start working again. Guys are getting healthier but we need to get back in sync. There’s no answers right now.” A demanding schedule and injuries have prevented the Cavs from practicing much, but they held their third workout this week. It was needed. Lue, though, decided not to show his players film of the debacle against Oklahoma City. “Just move on,” he said. Lue can’t be absolved from blame, but players aren’t faulting him for the team’s many issues, some of which could be addressed before the Feb. 8 trade deadline. Following Saturday’s head-scratching loss, James said he “would hope not” when asked if he thought Lue would be fired. Dwyane Wade dismissed any outside noise condemning the only Cleveland coach to win a championship since 1964. Those endorsements should help Lue, but he knows better than anyone how quickly change can come. Two years ago, Cavs owner Dan Gilbert fired David Blatt despite the team’s 30-11 record and replaced him with Lue, who at the time was the NBA’s highest-paid assistant. Cleveland doesn’t have a comparable situation now, and while there are no signs pointing to Lue being in imminent danger, anything is possible until the Cavs start stringing together some wins. Lue can only do so much, and following similar comments by Thomas and Wade on Saturday, Korver said it’s imperative for Cleveland’s players to hold each other more accountable. “You’ve just got to look at yourself in the mirror and say ‘What can I do better?’” Korver said. “You can’t point the finger. You can’t get mad at a guy for not doing what you thought he should’ve done. You just can’t point fingers. It’s really simple but it really is true. … We’re all grown-ups. When you’re a mature grown up you just look yourself in the mirror.” Rockets top River Valley, 54-38 By Scott Jones sjones@aimmediamidwest.com BIDWELL, Ohio — In the end, it was a matter of feast or famine from the field. The River Valley boys basketball team hit a total of seven three pointers against the visiting Wellston Golden Rockets on Saturday night in a Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division contest in Gallia County. However, the Raiders (4-10, 2-5 TVC Ohio) managed to hit only three additional shots from the field the entire night as the Golden Rockets (7-5, 4-2) propelled to a 54-38 road win. The Silver and Black shot just 10-of-48 (21 percent) from the field, including 7-of-17 (41 percent) from beyond the three-point arc. The Blue and Gold countered with a 22-of-56 (39 percent) shooting performance, going 4-of-18 (22 percent) from three-point range. While the Raiders found the bulk of their scoring success on the night from long range, they also earned 11 of their 38 points for the points each. Sophomore Brandon Call was next for the Raiders as he finished with four points. Rounding out the scoring for River Valley were senior Kyle Coen and sophomore Chase Caldwell, each with two points, respectively. Matt Simpson led all scores in the contest, as he helped guide the visiting Golden Rockets to victory with 18 points. Michael Graham was the only other player in the game to reach double figures as he finished with 11 points. Wellston’s Nick Heil hit three trifectas in the Scott Jones | OVP Sports game to finish with nine River Valley sophomore Brandon Call (11) attempts to drive points. Josh Bodley was toward the lane during the first half of Saturday night’s 54-38 next with six points and loss versus Wellston in Bidwell. Rylan Molihan finished ished in double figures, with four points. game from the charity The Golden Rockets’ junior Rory Twyman stripe. The home team additional scoring came and freshman Jordan shot 11-of-16 (69 perby way of Levi Bush, cent) from the foul line Lambert each finished Eddie Smith and Brice with nine points to as Wellston went just Robinson each with two led River Valley. All of 6-of-15 (40 percent). points. Twyman’s points came The Golden Rockets The Raiders and as a result of trifectas, dominated the boards Golden Rockets are set throughout the night as as Lambert finished to met for the second with two field goals, they finished with 34 time this season on including one threerebounds. River Valley Tuesday night when pointer, and a perfect mustered 19 rebounds 4-of-4 performance from River Valley travels to in total, as they colWellston. the free throw line. lected only five in the Seniors Dustin Bargame’s second half. 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