http://66.213.69.5/files/original/62f6ec5cd134c87ab4faf72f23ea6865.pdf 2c2020ae566177556a6ef87b5f6f43bd PDF Text Text Today in history Rain, drizzle. H: 55 Southern over South Gallia EDITORIAL s 4 WEATHER s 5 SPORTS s 6 C_ZZb[fehjFec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 6, Volume 71 Wednesday, January 11, Meigs County College students volunteer at Habitat house commissioners hold meeting POMEROY — The Meigs County Commissioners held their annual organizational meeting on Monday, making appointments to various position and scheduling meetings for the upcoming year. Commissioner Mike Bartrum was elected to serve as President of the Board of Commissioners for 2017, with Randy Smith to serve as vice president. Tim Ihle is the third member of the board. “It is a honor and privilege to be President of the Board,” said Bartrum. Following the election of the positions, the commissioners appointed individuals to ﬁll multiple roles in the county. Reappointed to their same positions were the following: Chris Shank, Director of Job and Family Services; Robbie Jacks, EMS Director; Shannon Spaun, Jeff Mitchell, and Margaret Burkhamer, county maintenance personnel; April Burnem, commissioner’s clerk; Betsy Entsminger, grants administrator; Vickie Cundiff, workers comp coordinator; Ed Werry and Dan Nease, plat ofﬁce; Jamie Jones, EMA Director; Coleen MurphySmith, dog warden. Ed Newman was appointed as the apiary inspector, replacing Everett Holmes who has served in the position for decades. Newman met with the commissioners late last year to express interest in the position as Holmes is unable to continue in the role. Weekly meetings were set for 11 a.m. on Thursdays. Should the courthouse be closed on the regular meeting day due to weather or another emergency situation, the meeting would be rescheduled for 11 a.m. on the next available business day. The commissioners noted that the courthouse is closed if the county is placed under a Level 3 Snow Emergency. Otherwise, all closures of the courthouse (outside of those in the policy manual) require the approval of two commissioners or two judges. This is in accordance with state guidelines. In other business, bills were approved in the amount of $73,573.44 with $44,350.32 from the county general fund. Ohio city urges justices to reject traffic camera law CINCINNATI (AP) — Ohio’s chief justice raised questions Tuesday about a state law that restricts trafﬁc camera use by requiring a police ofﬁcer to be present. John Musto, an attorney for the city of Dayton, said in arguments before the state Supreme Court that the law that took effect in 2015 improperly limits local control and undercuts camera enforce- ment that has made cities safer. Dayton and other cities say the law’s restrictions that mandate an ofﬁcer’s presence, a three-year trafﬁc study and other procedures make trafﬁc cameras cost-prohibitive. The state solicitor, Eric Murphy, countered that the law is within the legislature’s powers as a “statewide and See LAW | 3 Sarah Hawley/Sentinel Students from Alma College in Michigan spent time last week volunteering at the Habitat for Humanity house being built in Middleport. Volunteers Catherine Newman, Maelin Wheeler, Chris Nolan, Chase Schultz, Heidi Michael and Alex Hall are pictured with Habitat employees Bryan Smith and Dan Imhof, who they worked with throughout the week. By Sarah Hawley shawley@civitasmedia.com MIDDLEPORT — College students from Alma, Michigan, spent a portion of their Christmas break volunteering six hours away from their college campus. Those students took part in what the college calls “Alternative Breaks,” spending a week in Middleport working on the Habitat for Humanity house which is under construction. Alma College students, plus a staff leader, spent ﬁve days in Meigs County, sanding, painting and priming drywall and the ceiling of the house, as well as painting doors. Alternative Breaks provide students with the opportunity to travel to take part in projects such as work on the Habitat See HABITAT | 3 Gilkey appointed as chief Former New Haven chief of police takes helm in Mason By Mindy Kearns Special to the Register MASON — A familiar face in the Bend Area will be leading the Mason Police Department as its chief. Rich Gilkey, who previously served as the chief of police in the Town of New Haven for six years, will now be at the helm of Mason’s department. Though the new chief was hired as a full-time employee, he will also remain in his job as a maintenance mechanic/welder at the ICLIP America, Inc. plant in Gallipolis Ferry. Gilkey said he will either be at the police ofﬁce or check in Mindy Kearns/Courtesy Mason Police Chief Rich Gilkey is pictured as he takes his oath of office from Mayor Donna Dennis Friday. Gilkey is a former police chief with the New Haven Police Department, and works as a maintenance mechanic/welder at ICL-IP America, Inc. at Gallipolis Ferry. there daily. Gilkey and his wife, Julie, reside in the Mason area. He completed courses at West Virginia Tech, and See GILKEY | 3 Fighting hunger in Meigs County one volunteer at a time INDEX Obituaries: 2 Opinion: 4 Weather: 5 Sports: 6 Classifieds: 7-8 Comics: 9 JOIN THE CONVERSATION What’s your take on today’s news? Go to mydailysentinel. com and visit us on facebook to share your thoughts. MEIGS COUNTY — The Southeast Ohio Foodbank is joining the Feeding America nationwide network of food banks in challenging the public to make a pledge to volunteer to help fight hunger in 2017. Individuals who commit to volunteering will help the 1 in 6 people in the Meigs County community who may not always have access to nutrientrich food needed to thrive. “The Southeast Ohio Foodbank relies heavily on our thoughtful volunteers who help us carry out our vision of a hunger-free America. Volunteers help us serve the thousands of families, children and seniors that turn to us each year without the help of volunteers,” said Asti Payne, Development and Community Relations Coordinator at the Southeast Ohio Foodbank. Volunteer activities can range from packing, sorting and distributing food; helping to staff an event; or providing hunger-relief organizations with access to specialized skills, such as carpentry, marketing or technology. To join others in Meigs County who have made a commitment to make a difference in 2017, visit feedingamerica.org/Pledge and make the pledge to volunteer to help people facing hunger. Enter your zip code to learn more about the Southeast Ohio Foodbank and how hunger affects your community. Contact the Southeast Ohio Foodbank and participate in a volunteer session with your family and friends. Share your experience and the impact of your work on social media with #FeedingAmerica and @ SeOhioFoodbank on Facebook to challenge others to also make the pledge. Already a volunteer? Take the pledge again this year to continue the fight to end hunger. We truly appreciate and rely on the community support See HUNGER | 3 �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Wednesday, January 11, 2017 SANDRA MASSAR EAST MEIGS — Sandra Carol Massar, 76, of East Meigs, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, at her residence after a lingering battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. She was born Dec. 14, 1940, in Grantsville, West Virginia, daughter of the late Dinsmore and Eleanor Sturm Boyles. Sandra was a member of the ﬁrst class to graduate from Eastern High School in 1958. She was also the ﬁrst Prom Queen in 1958. Sandra was a homemaker and a member of Alfred Methodist Church but attended Keno Church of Christ, where she played the piano for many years. She was a loving and caring wife, mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother. She cared and served many family members and friends over the years. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister-inlaw, Sharon (Guinther) Boyles. Sandra is survived by her husband of 58 years, Starling Massar; a daughter, Diana (Kevin) Buckley; a son, Charles W. Massar; a sister, Florence (Richard) Spencer; a brother, Phillip (Mary Lou) Boyles; granddaughters, Michelle (Kenny) Turley, Miranda (Randy) Moore; a grandson, Ben Buckley (Kristen Barton); and several greatgrandchildren, nieces and nephews. The family wants to sincerely thank previous caregivers, Pam Hull and Kenda A. Lawrence; current caregivers, Julia Combs, Holzer Extra Care and Holzer Hospice. Due to Sandra’s request, there will be no viewing or visitation. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017, at WhiteSchwarzel Funeral Home in Coolville, Ohio, with Pastor Gene Goodwin ofﬁciating. A private burial will be in the MassarKoenig Cemetery. In lieu of ﬂowers, donations can be made to Alzheimers Assoc., MidOhio Regional Ofﬁce, Parkersburg, W.Va. (304) 599-1159. You are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.whiteschwarzelfh. com. 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These tax breaks are geared to beneﬁt the working poor, and many families claim both. “For most of these people it’s the biggest check they are going to get all year,” IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said in an interview with The Associated Press. “We are sensitive to that.” The tax ﬁling season starts Jan. 23. But a new law requires the IRS to delay tax refunds for people claiming these credits until Feb. 15. Processing times will delay most of the refunds until the end of February, Koskinen said. The delay is designed to give the agency more time to screen the returns for fraud. The IRS estimates that it issued $3.1 billion in fraudulent tax refunds to identity thieves in 2014. The year before, the agency says, it paid out $5.8 billion in fraudulent refunds. Over 111 West 2nd Street Pomeroy, Ohio 45769 60699276 those two years, the IRS says it blocked nearly $47 billion in fraudulent refunds. The earned income tax credit is one of the federal government’s largest anti-poverty programs. It has also been plagued by billions in improper payments each year, including overpayments, underpayments and fraud. In 2014, about 29 million families received more than $72 billion in earned income credits. “The EITC is a prowork success,” said Chuck Marr, director of federal tax policy at the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. “It encourages work, it rewards work, and it has long enjoyed bipartisan support for those reasons.” Eager to get refunds, about half of H&R Block’s customers who claim the EITC ﬁle their returns by early February, said Bill Cobb, president and CEO of the tax giant. The tax preparer is offering interest-free loans to taxpayers affected by the delay, Cobb said. The additional child tax credit also targets low-income families. Most families with children are eligible for the standard $1,000-a-child tax credit. The additional child tax credit is for low-income families who don’t owe enough in federal income tax to claim the full credit. For example, if you only owe $500 in federal income tax, you can use the $1,000 child tax credit to reduce your tax liability to zero. But you don’t get the other $500. The additional child tax credit enables eligible families to claim the rest of the credit in the form of a tax refund. In 2014, more than 20 million families claimed $27 billion in these credits. This year, the IRS expects to process more than 153 million tax returns. More than 70 percent of taxpayers are expected to get refunds. In most cases, the IRS says it can issue refunds within three weeks of receiving a return. The delayed refunds are part of a broader effort by the IRS to ﬁght identity theft and fraud on refunds, which has mushroomed into a multibillion industry. Two years ago, the IRS started partnering with the major taxpreparation services and with state tax agencies to combat identity theft. “All of the players in the industry are sharing information against the common enemy, which is organized crime,” Cobb said. Koskinen said the agency is making progress. Last year, the number of people reporting to the IRS that their identities were stolen dropped by 50 percent, to 275,000 taxpayers, Kosinen said. However, a new report by an agency watchdog says stepped up screening by the IRS is also delaying legitimate refunds, forcing taxpayers to spend weeks or months proving their identity to the tax agency. Last year, about 1.2 million legitimate refunds — worth $9 billion — were delayed an average of more than 30 days, according to a report released Tuesday by Nina E. Olson, the National Taxpayer Advocate. Olson runs an independent ofﬁce within the IRS. Koskinen said the IRS has had to get more aggressive in screening tax returns because the crooks have become increasingly sophisticated. “We’re talking about international organized crime syndicates,” Koskinen said. Things to know about Trump’s Cabinet confirmation hearings Under the U.S. Constitution, the Senate has sole authority to conﬁrm a president’s nominee to serve in the Cabinet. And while Presidentelect Donald Trump can’t ofﬁcially nominate anyone until he becomes president on Jan. 20, the Senate is getting an early start this week on his choices for several top jobs in his administration. The action began Tuesday with Trump’s pick for attorney general, Jeff Sessions, a longtime senator from Alabama, and retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, named by Trump to head the Department of Homeland Security. By holding hearings before Inauguration Day, the Senate can move quickly once Trump takes the oath of ofﬁce and formally submits his Cabinet nominees for approval. Republicans have a narrow majority in the Senate, meaning the hearings are unlikely to make or break nominations. Most, if not all, will go through. But the hearings offer senators an opportunity to explore the backgrounds of Trump’s team and plans for the agencies they will soon lead. For Democrats, the hearings offer a highproﬁle stage to challenge Trump’s proposals. Here’s a look at this week’s conﬁrmation hearings: of the most conservative members of the Senate and a pick that has generated some of the strongest Democratic opposition. Sessions promised that as America’s top law enforcement ofﬁcer, he would crack down on illegal immigration, gun violence and “radical Islamic terrorism.” He said he opposes barring Muslims from entering the United States, a Trump campaign proposal from which the Republican later backed away. Sessions also promised to recuse himself from any investigation into former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, citing comments he’d made during the campaign. The FBI concluded last year that Clinton should not face criminal charges for using a private email system while serving as secretary of state. Democrats have questioned Sessions’ commitment to civil rights and oppose his hard line position on immigration. One Democratic senator, Cory Booker of New Jersey, plans to testify against Sessions — a rare instance of a senator testifying against a colleague seeking a Cabinet post. head of U.S. Southern Command, which works closely with Homeland Security on issues that include drug smuggling and illegal immigration. His son, Marine 1st Lt. Robert Kelly, was killed in Afghanistan. As Homeland Security secretary, Kelly would have a key role in advancing Trump’s agenda on immigration and border security, including the president-elect’s promise to build a wall on the Mexican border and to deport millions of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. Kelly would be the ﬁfth person to lead the Department of Homeland Security, which includes agencies that protect the president, respond to disasters, enforce immigration laws, protect the nation’s coastlines, ﬁght drug smuggling and secure air travel. conﬂicts of interest, which requires careful scrutiny.” The independent Ofﬁce of Government Ethics, responsible for ensuring that nominees avoid any conﬂicts of interest, told the Senate late last week that in some cases it hadn’t received even draft ﬁnancial disclosure reports for nominees slated to appear before the Senate this week. The conﬁrmation hearings for education secretary Betsy DeVos, a Michigan billionaire, and Andrew Puzder, a fast-food executive and choice for labor secretary, were both postponed on Tuesday. on Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. at the Portland Community Center with Rev. Tom Curtis. Everyone welcome. MIDDLEPORT — Pastor Billy Zuspan of the First Baptist Church of Middleport has begun an in-depth Bible study of The Revelation during the Sunday and Wednesday evening services at 7 p.m. at 211 S. 6th Ave., Middleport, Ohio. If you have questions, please call 740-992-2755 and leave a message. THE REST OF THE WEEK On Wednesday, hearings will be held for Trump’s picks for secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, and transportation secretary, Elaine Chao. Also, a second day of WEAKENED DEMOCRATS hearings is planned for Most, if not all, of Trump’s picks are expect- Sessions. On Thursday, hearings ed to win conﬁrmation. are scheduled for Mike While Republicans only Pompeo for CIA direchold a 52-48 advantage in the Senate, Democrats tor, James Mattis for changed the Senate’s ﬁli- defense secretary, Wilbur buster rules in 2013. That Ross for commerce secretary and Ben Carson means Trump’s choice can win conﬁrmation on for Housing and Urban Development secretary. a simple majority vote Mattis retired in 2013 along party lines. HOMELAND SECURITY as a Marine Corps genStill, Democrats are Trump’s pick for Homeeral. Because he has been pressing for more inforland Security secretary out of uniform for fewer mation about several of isn’t controversial, unlike than seven years, the the issues he’ll potentially the nominees who are minimum required by law some of the wealthiest face in ofﬁce. for a former service mempeople in America. Said Retired Marine Gen. ber to serve as defense John Kelly is well-regarded Senate Minority Leader secretary, his nominaby Democrats and Repub- Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.: tion will require new licans alike and his conﬁr- “So many of them are legislation to override the mation is almost assured. billionaires and corpoprohibition. Congress is rate titans with complex He joined the Marines in expected to approve such ﬁnancing holdings that 1970, served three tours a waiver law. raise the possibility of in Iraq and is the former MEIGS CHURCH CALENDAR Sunday, Jan. 15 Individual & Business Income Tax Preparation 740-992-7270 IRS to delay tax refunds for millions of low-income families ATTORNEY GENERAL The lead-off conﬁrmation hearing was Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, one 111 Court St., Pomeroy, OH, 45769 Periodical postage paid at Pomeroy, OH Daily Sentinel Gentlemen will be singing. Ongoing Events SYRACUSE — Dennis Moore will be speaking at the Syracuse Community Church at 6:30 p.m. PORTLAND — A The Bluegrass Gospel Bible study will be held �LOCAL 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. Meigs Museum Open House POMEROY — The Meigs County Museum kicks off 2017 with its open house on Saturday, Jan. 21 from 5-8 p.m. They are also taking memberships for the 2017 year. Normal hours resume on Jan. 18. Hours of operation are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 1-5 p.m., and Saturday from noon-4 p.m. For more information call (740) 992-3810, or email info@meigschs.org Wednesday, January 11, 2017 3 MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS straw for animal bedding during the months of December, January and February. Vouchers may be picked up at the Humane Society Thrift Shop located at 253 N. Second Street in Middleport. To receive a voucher you must provide proof of income and pay a $2 fee for a bale of straw. For more information contact the Humane Society Thrift Shop at 740-9926064 from 10 a.m to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday. any questions, please contact Michelle Stumbo, Meigs County 4-H Youth Development Educator, at stumbo.5@osu.edu or 740-992-6696. Immunization Clinic POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will conduct an Immunization Clinic from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. on Tuesdays 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 donaPlat Books available tion is appreciated for POMEROY — Meigs immunization adminisCounty 4-H Committee has Plat Books for sale for tration; however, no one will be denied services $25. Funds support the 4-H program in the coun- because of an inability ty by providing funds for to pay an administraRoad Closure tion fee for state-funded supplies, camp and colLONG BOTTOM — childhood vaccines. lege scholarships, learnOne lane of State Route Please bring medical ing opportunities and 124 in Meigs County is closed 0.5 miles north of more. To purchase a Plat cards and/or commercial insurance cards, if Township Road 402 (Barr Book, you can stop by applicable. Zostavax Hollow) for an emergency the Extension Ofﬁce on Monday-Thursday from 8 (shingles); pneumonia landslide repair. Tempo; inﬂuenza vaccines are a.m.-4:30 p.m., mail $30 rary trafﬁc signals are also available. Call for (for book, shipping & in place. The estimated handling) to Meigs Coun- eligibility determination completion date is June and availability or visit ty 4-H Committee, 113 30, 2017. our website at www. East Memorial Dr, Suite meigs-health.com to see E, Pomeroy, OH 45769 Animal Bedding Available MIDDLEPORT — The or visit the Meigs County a list of accepted commercial insurances and Recorder’s Ofﬁce in the Meigs County Humane Society will be providing Court House. If you have Medicaid for adults. the meeting starting at 7:30 p.m. POMEROY — The meeting of the Alpha Iota Masters will take place at 11:30 a.m. at New Beginnings United Methodist Church in Pomeroy. Hostesses are Carol McCullough and Donna Byer. 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 spaceavailable basis and in chronological order. Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@civitasmedia.com. Ohio Public Works Commission. Five of the projects selected at this meeting will compete for small government funding with other projects throughout the state of Ohio. If you have questions regarding this meeting, please contact Michelle Hyer at (740) 3761025. Monday, Jan. Thursday, 16 LETART TWP. — Jan. 26 The regular meeting Wednesday, Jan. 11 of the Letart Township Trustees will be held at 5 p.m. at the Letart Township Building. SCIPIO TWP. — The Scipio Township Trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the Harrisonville Fire House. RUTLAND TWP. — The Rutland Township Trustees will meet at 7:30 a.m. at the Township Garage. Thursday, Jan. 12 CHESTER — Shade River Lodge 453 will hold its monthly stated meeting. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. with Wednesday, Jan. 25 MARIETTA — A meeting of the District 18 Small Government Committee will be held at 10 a.m. at Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional Development District, 1400 Pike Street, Marietta, Ohio. The purpose of this meeting is to select seven small government eligible projects, two of the seven being contingency projects, for submission to the MARIETTA — The Buckeye Hills Regional Transportation Planning Organization (RTPO) Technical Advisory and Citizens Advisory Committee has been rescheduled to meet at 10 a.m. at 1400 Pike Street, Marietta, Ohio. Friday, Jan. 27 MARIETTA — The Regional Advisory Council for the Area Agency on Aging will meet at 10 a.m. in the Buckeye Hills-HVRDD Area Agency on Aging ofﬁce at 1400 Pike Street, Marietta. 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If you would like to join in our efforts as a volunteer please contact Mallory Ferguson at mallory. ferguson@hapcap.org or (740)385-6813 ext. 2207 By pledging to volunteer to fight hunger in your community, the Southeast Ohio Foodbank and the Feeding America network of food banks, food pantries and meal programs can carry out its mission for a hunger-free America. Visit feedingamerica. org/Pledge to make O’Connor questioned Murphy repeatedly, suggesting legislators responded to “the hue and cry” from residents who thought trafﬁc cameras were unfair. “You’ve got 15 police ofﬁcers around the city and their only duty is to sit there and babysit a camera while violent crime is occurring in other aspects of the municipality, and that’s OK?” she asked. Murphy called the law a good compromise on trafﬁc cameras, which have drawn a lot of complaints about unfairness. He said the law makes ticket writing safer and more efﬁcient because ofﬁcers using cameras can ticket more people without having to pull over drivers. Supporters say cameras increase safety and free up police resources for other crime ﬁghting; critics say cities use them to boost revenues while violating motorists’ rights. The state Supreme Court, which has twice upheld camera enforcement, is expected to rule later this year. Cases involving Toledo and Springﬁeld cameras are on hold pending the ruling. “I want day-to-day, fullface presence with the businesses and people of Mason,” Gilkey said. “Being a small-town police department isn’t just about writing tickets.” He added one way he would like to do that is by initiating monthly meetings with business leaders and the community. Gilkey said he wants to welcome their input and is anxious to see what they would like from a police department. He stated he will reinstitute business checks at the Mason stores, having ofﬁcers check regularly to make sure doors are secured and there is no activity taking place during hours when the businesses are closed. “I want to be a liaison between the police department, the council, and the community,” Gilkey said. The chief said he will also be working on the department’s relationships with other nearby police agencies, such as Pomeroy, Middleport, Hartford and New Haven. And Gilkey already has more help than he is accustomed to. While serving as chief in New Haven, he was a one-man department. He now leads two full-time and two part-time ofﬁcers, and hopes to hire more. Full-time Mason ofﬁcers include Tyler Dewees and Kendall Roush. Working part-time are Matt McCormick and Matt Stewart. Gilkey said he would like to hire another full-time, or possibly two part-time ofﬁcers, with council’s approval. Although keeping an open mind, and not discriminating, the chief said he would like to see a female ofﬁcer in the Bend Area. Gilkey said once his ﬁrst community meeting is set, it will be made public for anyone interested to attend. To reach Gilkey for non-emergencies, or any member of the Mason Police Department, call 304-773-5201. Mindy Kearns is a freelance writer for Ohio Valley Publishing who can be reached at mindykearns1@ hotmail.com. experience with them, while others were new to the construction process. From page 1 The group had the opportunity to work with the homeowner during house. a portion of the week The group said that which gave them some the mission of Habitat perspective on why they was something that led were taking part in the them to take part in the project. project. While the alternative Some of the students break projects are had taken part in alternative break projects not mission projects, before and had worked on staff leader Catherine Newman explained that a habitat project, while the group had talked others had seen Habitat in their communities, but about God a lot during their trip. Habitat is a had not been involved faith based organization. with the projects. Some Bryan Smith of Habitat brought contracting for Humanity Southeast Ohio explained that there are so many rumors regarding what Habitat is and when you are involved you learn what it is really about. “It is rewarding doing God’s work,” said Smith. The volunteers were hosted and shown around by churches in the community. Riverside Church of the Nazarene and Middleport Church of Christ provided the lodging and showers for the group. With Mt. Hermon, Restoration Fellowship, and Ash Street Church providing meals for the group. They also were provided lunch by The Corner Restaurant on Friday. The group was able to interact with the pastors of the local churches when not working at the building site. The group arrived Monday, Jan. 2, and worked on the build site from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Friday, before heading back home on Friday evening. “Basically, these kids chose to volunteer in Meigs County, Ohio, on their winter break and have been welcomed to the community with open arms, once again Meigs County showing how incredible their community is,” said Samantha Waldron, Director of Community Engagement for Habitat for Humanity Southeast Ohio. The completion date for the project is currently projected as the ﬁrst week of February. Volunteers are still needed beginning on Jan. 18, with approximately four people needed each day, according to Waldron. Work takes place at the site Wednesday through Saturday. “We would honestly just like to thank our sponsor Mark Porter, Farmers Bank and Ohio Valley Bank for all of their support and help with this build, and most importantly the churches I mentioned earlier their congregations have just been overwhelmingly welcoming and have gone above and beyond to help us (Habitat) achieve this goal of build the house for Linda and her daughter,” stated Waldron in an email to the Sentinel. MIDDLEPORT — The Middleport Community Association has announced the winners of the Village of Middleport’s Christmas Give-a-Way in December. The winners of the $100 Gas Card and the $100 Auto Service Gift Certiﬁcate were Jennie Eakins and Brenda Jinks. Other winners were Elizabeth Mills, Tim Hunger From page 3 we receive. Our volunteers make Law From page 1 comprehensive” way to regulate enforcement of trafﬁc laws. Chief Justice Maureen Gilkey From page 1 has also served as an interim police chief for the Town of Hartford, and as a correctional ofﬁcer at the Lakin Correctional Center. The new chief said he hopes to bring back a sense of community to the police department. Habitat CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia tax authorities say the state collected almost $330 million in December and $1.86 billion for the ﬁrst six months of the current ﬁscal year, both lower than budget estimates. The Department of Revenue reports shortfalls of $6.7 million for the month and $98.2 million for the six-month period in the current $4.1 billion budget. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has taken steps to close this year’s shortfalls, ordering a 2 percent budget cut for most West Virginia government agencies. a pledge and learn more about volunteer opportunities at the Southeast Ohio Foodbank. Submitted by Southeast Ohio Foodbank. �E ditorial 4 Wednesday, January 11, 2017 Daily Sentinel THEIR VIEW I don’t know what you think, and I really don’t care By Jeremy Frimer, Linda Skitka, Matt Motyl Contributing Columnists Dick Cheney, back when he was vice president, insisted all the TVs in his hotel suite be tuned to Fox News before he arrived. It’s not just conservative politicians who like to stay ideologically insulated, though. So do campus liberals. Consider what happened two years ago at Rutgers University when Condoleezza Rice was invited to be commencement speaker. The faculty council objected and students “Although protested vehemently enough our research that the former secretary of found that both State backed out. In the wake of the 2016 liberals and election, there’s been a lot of conservatives are talk about how Americans are stuck in partisan bubbles, espe- averse to learning cially on Facebook and Twitter. about the other Anecdotes like the ones above side, it is fair to remind us that bubbles don’t ask whether both happen accidentally or passides’ ideas are sively. Instead, many politically minded people are in a state of equally worth motivated ignorance: They nei- having.” ther know — nor want to know — what the opposition has to say. As social psychologists, we wondered whether liberals and conservatives were equally resistant to learning about each other’s views. Some psychology studies, for instance, have suggested that conservatives are more prone to the conﬁrmation bias — meaning they selectively consume information, like biased news, that aligns with their existing opinions. But we weren’t so sure that liberals were any more open-minded. So we created some experiments to check. In one, we offered a chance to win $10 to participants who opposed letting gay couples marry. There was a catch: To qualify for the prize drawing, they had to read eight arguments for legalizing same-sex marriage. As an alternative, they could read eight anti-same-sex marriage statements — but any potential prize money would be reduced to $7. Greed and curiosity were teamed up against motivated ignorance. Motivated ignorance won. Most conservatives (61 percent) chose to stay in their bubble and forgo the extra cash. And when we gave liberals the same dilemma? Slightly more, 64 percent, chose to stay in their bubble. The general trend held regardless of the issue or how we probed their interest. We asked about legalizing marijuana, climate change, gun control and abortion. We even asked about elections (including Donald Trump versus Hillary Clinton). The result was the same: Neither side much wanted to hear from the other. Why were they so dug in? It wasn’t that they already knew the opposing arguments. Participants on both sides acknowledged being largely unaware of the other side’s views, and this was conﬁrmed by how poorly they did on a quiz before diving into the rest of the experiment. Rather, participants said that hearing from the other side just felt lousy; they reported it was about as unpleasant as taking out the trash or standing in line for 20 minutes. Participants pointed to social ramiﬁcations too. In a separate study, people we surveyed said they anticipated getting angry if they were to listen to the other side, and suspected that it might damage their relationship with the person spouting off. This might explain why holiday dinners are both cherished (the meal part) and dreaded (the conversation part). Socially speaking, the safe bet is to stay in your bubble. Although our research found that both liberals and conservatives are averse to learning about the other side, it is fair to ask whether both sides’ ideas are equally worth hearing. To be civically informed, one should consider a spectrum of reasonable views; fake news, baseless claims and lies are not necessarily in bounds. Trump and his surrogates notoriously played fast and loose with facts and propagated baseless claims. So perhaps opponents of Trump have reasonable grounds to ignore what he has to say. Still, plugging one’s ears can prove costly. For example, during the election, mainstream media spotlighted Trump’s most unhinged moments and largely ignored his dominant message — economic populism. Focusing on coverage of Trump’s gaffes made it too easy for the anti-Trump camp to dismiss his supporters as “deplorables.” Those who feel politically embattled aren’t likely to unilaterally abandon motivated ignorance. But they should — and for their own sake. If their political opponents feel understood, they might be more receptive to hearing what others have to say. Listening to the other side could at least help prepare an arsenal of counterarguments. Talking past each other is unhealthy for our entire political system. A functioning democracy requires that citizens make informed choices — which voters can’t do if their information sources are ideologically monochromatic. Motivated ignorance replaces the marketplace of ideas with two isolated, noncompeting monopolies. It’s a scary situation if, in this deeply partisan moment in U.S. history, the one thing both sides have in common is a lack of curiosity about what the other thinks. Jeremy Frimer is an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Winnipeg. Linda J. Skitka is a psychology professor and Matt Motyl is an assistant psychology professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. They wrote this for the Los Angeles Times. THEIR VIEW Meryl Streep’s rant was hateful and ignorant Let’s review. In view of what Mark After describing follows, I should an impressive say that I disagree Davis Contributing cross-section of with Donald columnist actors of a variTrump about ety of races and Meryl Streep being national origins, “overrated.” From the “Holocaust” TV mini- she cobbled together this gem: “If we kick them series in 1978, through all out, you’ll have nothher 19 Oscar nominations and three wins, she ing to watch but football and mixed martial arts, has become, on ﬁlm, a which are not the arts!” national treasure. Last time I checked, At Sunday night’s Donald Trump was not Golden Globes microplanning to deport any phone, not so much. of the bejeweled millionI could not care less aires in the crowd. This about her politics or the colossal straw man is views of all of the actors as telling as the clumsy and musicians whose attack on two forms of work I consume. But if entertainment that are they take a particular currently a far bigger pleasure in spewing deal than she is. derisive venom at every This ham-handed outAmerican who shares burst, a textbook exammy views, then, as the ple of why Hollywood is saying goes, silence is so widely reviled, showed complicity. Wait, you may say, her how low the pop-culture left will go to demonize remarks were reserved Americans who oppose only for Donald Trump. their views. No sale. In a tirade as In her characterization ﬁlled with malice and of Trump as mocking a slander as her Globes disabled reporter, she is speech, the message is merely presumptuous. clear: no decent human Evidence abounds of the being could have voted for a monster such as she president-elect using the same gestures to refer to described. But what she described many people ﬂustered in a variety of settings from was a work of ﬁction Ted Cruz to Donna Braas craftily concocted as zile to himself. “Ricki and the Flash” But in describing that or “The Devil Wears misunderstood moment Prada.” Except in her as making “its intended case, the devil wears Brioni suits and red ties. audience laugh and show “In a tirade as filled with malice and slander as her Globes speech, the message is clear: no devent human being could have voted for a monster such as she described.” their teeth,” which “sank a hook in my heart,” she makes clear the object of her derision. It is you, if you were a Trump voter. It is me. It is 63 million people. So how are we to react to such rank political bigotry, this obvious characterization of our next president — and his voters — as racists, xenophobes and bullies? We can cancel our plans to catch “Florence Foster Jenkins,” I suppose. Maybe it sparks the urge to tell all the actors to just shut up and make movies. You’ll never hear that from me. I want all of Hollywood to show us exactly who they are, what they think and whom they despise. First of all, it is their right. But it is also of great beneﬁt. Clarity is always useful, no matter what we learn. And there is much to learn from this latest in a long series of insults from the preening ranks of Hollywood privilege. On one level, perhaps it is worthy to note that a woman (and an entire room) that applauded child rapist Roman Polanski for a 2003 directorial Oscar does not have much of a foundation for lecturing other people about much of anything. But a larger truth is that there is nothing about making movies or music or playing a sport or any other platform of fame that makes anyone’s opinions any more worthy. Or any less. So from actresses to plumbers to doctors to burger flippers to columnists, let everyone speak freely, and be judged by what they actually say. And no matter from whom it may have come, that Sunday night rant was a wave of hateful condescension that added to the spectacle of sore losers incapable of coping with a White House that will no longer be an echo chamber for their views. Mark Davis is a radio host in North Texas and a columnist for The Dallas Morning News. Readers may email him at markdavisshow@ gmail.com. TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Wednesday, Jan. 11, the 11th day of 2017. There are 354 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 11, 1927, the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was proposed during a dinner of Hollywood luminaries at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. On this date: In 1861, Alabama became the fourth state to withdraw from the Union. In 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed the Grand Canyon National Monument (it became a national park in 1919). In 1913, the first enclosed sedan-type automobile, a Hudson, went on display at the 13th National Automobile Show in New York. In 1935, aviator Amelia Earhart began an 18-hour trip from Honolulu to Oakland, California, that made her the first person to fly solo across any part of the Pacific Ocean. In 1942, Japan declared war against the Netherlands, the same day that Imperial Japanese forces invaded the Dutch East Indies. In 1946, the People’s Republic of Albania was proclaimed after King Zog was formally deposed by the Communists. In 1964, U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry issued “Smoking and Health,” a report which concluded that THOUGHT FOR TODAY “Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, poet and philosopher (1803-1882). “cigarette smoking contributes substantially to mortality from certain specific diseases and to the overall death rate.” In 1966, Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti, 64, died in Chur. In 1977, France set off an international uproar by releasing Abu Daoud, a PLO official behind the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. In 1989, nine days before leaving the White House, President Ronald Reagan bade the nation farewell in a prime-time address, saying of his eight years in office: “We meant to change a nation and instead we changed a world.” In 1995, 51 people were killed when a Colombian DC-9 jetliner crashed as it was preparing to land near the Caribbean resort of Cartagena — however, 9-year-old Erika Delgado survived. In 2003, calling the death penalty process “arbitrary and capricious, and therefore immoral,” Illinois Gov. George Ryan commuted the sentences of 167 condemned inmates, clearing his state’s death row two days before leaving office. �WEATHER/NEWS Daily Sentinel Woman sentenced to life in Oklahoma State homecoming crash Kasich No. 2 backed ouster of governor’s pick for GOP leader CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio news organization is reporting that Gov. John Kasich’s (KAY’sik’s) lieutenant governor backed President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for chairwoman of the state Republican party over the sitting chairman supported by Kasich. Cleveland.com reports Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor shifted her allegiance to Canton Republican Jane Timken just days before Timken ousted thenChairman Matt Borges (BOHR’-jihs) on Friday. Wednesday, January 11, 2017 5 STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — A woman charged with killing four people and injuring dozens more by driving her car into spectators at Oklahoma State University’s 2015 homecoming parade was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison after accepting a plea deal. Adacia Chambers, 26, was sentenced in Payne County District Court after pleading no contest to four counts of seconddegree murder and 39 counts of assault and battery. Chambers was due to stand trial Tuesday and Trump also called central committee members to stoke support for Timken. Taylor strategist Todd Olsen told the news outlet that Taylor offered to help Timken in whatever way she could after becoming convinced that she was the best choice for the job. Taylor’s name had appeared on a list of endorsements for Borges that he circulated ahead of Friday’s vote. Taylor, of Green, is considering a run for governor in 2018. prosecutors had estimated it could have lasted a month due to the extensive list of potential witnesses, including victims, ﬁrst-responders and detectives. Chambers was apologetic to victims of the crash. “If only I could change the past. My prayers are always with the victims,” Chambers said in court. “I was suffering from psychosis that day.” Prosecutors alleged that Chambers purposely steered her car around a police barricade and sped up before she plowed into the crowd watching the parade before Oklahoma State’s game against the University of Kansas. Killed in the crash were Nikita Nakal, a 23-year-old MBA student from India at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, a married couple, Bonnie Jean Stone and Marvin Lyle Stone, both 65, and 2-year-old Nash Lucas. Dozens more were injured, many of them children. Chambers’ attorneys had argued in pretrial hearings that she had a mental illness and was experiencing a psychiat- ric episode at the time of the crash. Her father said she received psychiatric treatment at an inpatient facility several years ago. A judge, though, ruled that Chambers was competent to stand trial and refused a defense request to move the trial to another jurisdiction. One of Chambers’ attorneys, Tony Coleman, has said that when he told her about the deaths after the crash, “her face was blank” and that he wasn’t sure if she even realized she was in jail. 18 females sue gymnastics doctor, allege sexual abuse GEORGETOWN, Ohio (AP) — Authorities pledged Tuesday to commit more resources to an investigation into the 2013 slaying of a pregnant mother in southern Ohio. Brown County’s newly elected sheriff and prosecutor held a news conference to say they are stepping up efforts to solve Brittany Stykes’ homicide, and to ask for the public’s assistance. The 22-year-old woman was four-months pregnant when she was shot and killed in a Jeep she was driving on Ohio 68 in Brown County on Aug. 28, 2013. Police have said they thought they were responding to an accident when they got a report of a 8 AM 2 PM 37° 48° 48° HEALTH TODAY AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™ Temperature The AccuWeather.com Asthma Index combines the effects of current air quality, pollen counts, wind, temperature, dew point, barometric pressure, and changes from past weather conditions to provide a scale showing the overall probability and severity of an asthma attack. Precipitation 24 hours ending 3 p.m. yest. 0.00 Month to date/normal 0.82/0.95 Year to date/normal 0.82/0.95 Snowfall (in inches) The AccuWeather.com Cold Index combines the effects of local weather with a number of demographic factors to provide a scale showing the overall probability of transmission and symptom severity of the common cold. 2 24 hours ending 3 p.m. yest. 0.0 Month to date/normal 2.3/2.0 Season to date/normal 4.1/6.6 WEATHER TRIVIA™ SUN & MOON Q: What do snowﬂakes and dice have in common? 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Nassar was subsequently ﬁred for not complying with employment requirements put in place after the 2014 complaint. Michigan State hasn’t elaborated. Campus police still are investigating Nassar with state and federal authorities. Outside lawyers also are advising the university on an internal review of his work. Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics said it cut ties with Nassar in 2015 when it ﬁrst heard allegations about the doctor. “We ﬁnd it appalling that anyone would exploit a young athlete or child in this manner,” the organization said in a statement. NATIONAL CITIES McArthur 55/47 Waverly 51/34 the university’s sports medicine staff that Nassar had molested them with his hands, but no investigations were conducted, according to the lawsuit. Nassar now faces at least ﬁve civil lawsuits. Through lawyers, he’s denied the allegations. He hasn’t been charged with any crimes related to his work at Michigan State, although he’s charged with sexually assaulting a girl at his Holt, Michigan, home. Separately, Nassar is charged in federal court with possessing child pornography. He’s being held in jail without bond. Michigan State said it won’t comment on speciﬁc allegations in the latest lawsuit. It said campus police investigated a complaint against Nassar in 2014 but no A: They each have six sides. Today 7:47 a.m. 5:27 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 6:41 a.m. 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme FRIDAY 62° 36° 0 AccuWeather.com Cold Index™ (in inches) THURSDAY Rain and drizzle this afternoon; mild. Not as cool tonight with rain. High 55° / Low 48° Statistics through 3 p.m. yesterday 52°/31° 42°/25° 68° in 1939 -9° in 1982 EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM ALMANAC High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low the lawsuit. She said she was assaulted by Nassar while seeing him for wrist and back DETROIT — A injuries at age 15 in Michigan doctor 2000. accused of sexually Denhollander, who abusing gymnasts was was a gymnast, said she sued Tuesday by 18 didn’t ﬁle a complaint women and girls, the at the time because latest legal action over alleged assaults, mostly she believed her “voice at his clinic at Michigan would not be heard.” She said Nassar was State University. held in high esteem at The lawsuit against Michigan State and was Dr. Larry Nassar, also afﬁliated with USA Michigan State, Gymnastics. USA Gymnastics The abuse alleged and a Lansing-area by the 18 women and gymnastics club was girls occurred over 20 ﬁled in federal court years. They ranged in in western Michigan. age from 9 to 29 at the It makes claims of time. civil rights violations, Most were minors discrimination and “cloaked with negligence. The Associated Press innocence and trust of their youth,” attorney usually doesn’t name Stephen Drew told people who allege sexual abuse, but one of reporters. In 1999 and 2000, the plaintiffs, Rachael a Michigan State Denhollander, 32, of runner and a softball Louisville, Kentucky, player complained to talked publicly about Associated Press vehicle off the road in a wooded area in Ripley, about 45 miles southeast of Cincinnati. Instead, they found Stykes dead from multiple gunshot wounds. Her then14-month-old daughter was strapped in a car seat with a gunshot wound to the head. The girl has since recovered. Ofﬁcials said Commander John Burke of the Brown County Drug & Major Crimes Task Force, will lead the investigation for the sheriff’s ofﬁce. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations also is assisting. “The key here is to understand where we are in this case and how we are going to move forward,” Sheriff Gordon Ellis said. 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It took a full 32 minutes of effort, but the Meigs girls basketball team snapped a threegame losing skid in impressive fashion Monday night during a 55-46 victory over visiting Belpre in a non-conference matchup at Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium in Meigs County. The Lady Marauders (6-4) never trailed at the end of any of the ﬁrst three periods of play, but the hosts were left clinging to a slim 39-36 edge headed into the ﬁnale. Down the stretch, MHS converted 9-of-11 free throws as part of 16-10 run to close regulation — which allowed the Maroon and Gold to pick up their ﬁrst win of the 2017 calendar year. The Lady Golden Eagles (9-4) suffered their second consecutive setback and also took another blow after losing senior guard Cheyenne Barker to injury early in the ﬁrst canto. Barker — a 1,000-point career scorer — did not return to the contest. The Lady Marauders got eight ﬁrst quarter points from Devin Humphreys as part of an 18-15 start to the contest, then the hosts made a small 13-11 run to close the half with a 31-26 advantage. Kassidy Betzing tallied ﬁve of Meigs’ eight points in the third canto, but the Orange and Black responded with a 10-8 run during that span to close back to within a possession entering the fourth canto. The Lady Marauders connected on 18-of-47 ﬁeld goal attempts for 38 percent, including a 6-of-14 effort from behind the arc for 43 percent. The hosts also hauled in 22 rebounds, committed 14 turnovers and went 13-of-17 at the free throw line for 76 percent. Betzing led MHS with a game-high 18 points, followed by Marissa Noble with three trifectas and 15 total points. Humphreys was next with nine markers and Madison Field chipped in eight points, six of which came in the ﬁnal stanza. Madison Hendricks contributed three points to the winning cause and Danielle Morris rounded things out with two markers. Humphreys hauled in a team-high nine rebounds and had three blocked shots. Betzing also dished out a team-best six assists. BHS made seven of its 15 ﬁeld goals from behind the arc and also netted 15-of-25 charity tosses for 60 percent. Trinidy King led the guests with 12 points, but King was also held scoreless in the fourth quarter. Kaitlin Richards was next with 10 markers, followed by Abbey LaFatch and Kynalyn Waderker with six points apiece. Daisy Cowdery and Kyanna Ray were next with four points each, while Barker and Alexandria Williams completed the tally with two markers apiece. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. Lady Eagles trounce Trimble, 60-34 By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — It took eight minutes, but the Lady Eagles shook off the rust and got back to their normal form. In its first game since December 22, the Eastern girls basketball team rarely missed a beat, rolling to a 60-34 victory over Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division guest Trimble, on Monday night in Meigs County. The Lady Eagles (10-1, 7-1 TVC Hocking) made just one field goal and scored six points in the opening period, but the Green, White and Gold held Trimble (3-8, 2-5) to five points in the stanza. Eastern picked up the pace and outscored the Lady Tomcats by a 19-to-12 count in the second quarter, giving the hosts a 25-17 lead at the midway point. The Lady Eagles continued to roll in the second half, outscoring THS 24-to-9 in the third quarter and 11-to-8 in the fourth, sealing the 60-34 victory. Eastern — which has now won three straight decisions — had eight players mark in the scoring column, with a trio of Lady Eagles reaching double figures. EHS senior Laura Pullins and junior Madison Williams both scored 14 points, with sophomore Becca Pullins adding 11. Jess Parker scored eight points in the win, Alyson Bailey and Elizabeth Collins both added four, while Kaityn Hawk and Kelsey Casto chipped in with three and two points respectively. The Lady Eagles drained eight trifectas in See EAGLES | 8 By Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com Bryan Walters/OVP Sports Wahama sophomore Grace Haddox, left, is guarded closely by a Waterford defender in the paint during the second half of Monday night’s TVC Hocking girls basketball contest in Mason, W.Va. MASON, W.Va. — Streaks continued. Visiting Waterford won its 45th straight divisional game while also handing the Wahama girls basketball team its 60th consecutive league loss on Monday night during a 49-12 decision in a Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division matchup at Gary Clark Court in Mason County. The host Lady Falcons (1-9, 0-7 TVC Hocking) never led in the contest as the Lady Wildcats (10-1, 8-0) scored the ﬁrst 14 points of regulation en route to the wire-to-wire victory. Waterford — the defending Division IV state champions — needed less than ﬁve minutes to complete its early charge as the See WAHAMA | 8 Alex Hawley/OVP Sports Southern junior Jaiden Roberts (10) drives past South Gallia junior Olivia Hornsby (5) during the Lady Tornadoes’ 49-26 victory, on Monday in Racine. Lady Tornadoes trump South Gallia, 49-26 By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com RACINE, Ohio — When the going got tough, the Lady Tornadoes turned to their senior leader. SHS senior Faith Teaford posted 36 points and 20 rebounds on Monday night, leading the Lady Tornadoes to a 49-26 triumph over Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division guest South Gallia. The Lady Rebels (2-7, 1-7 TVC Hocking) scored the ﬁrst three points of the game, but were held off the board for the remainder of the opening period, as the Lady Tornadoes (7-5, 4-3) built a 10-3 lead. Southern began the second quarter with a two-minute, 6-0 run that extended the advantage to 17-3. South Gallia scored seven of the next nine points to cut the Lady Tornado advantage to single digits, but SHS claimed the ﬁnal two points of the half and led 21-10 headed into the break. South Gallia began the second half with a 5-0 run, cutting its deﬁcit to 21-15. However, Southern ended the third quarter with an 11-3 run, with Teaford scoring all 11 SHS points. Southern outscored SGHS 17-to-8 in the ﬁnale and won by a 49-26 count, with the ﬁnal margin of 23 as the game’s largest lead. “I credit our defense, you give up 26 points and you have to be happy with that,” SHS head coach Kent Wolfe said. “They went with four small players and tried to spread us out a little bit. I thought Sierra Cleland was in a mismatch because she had to guard (Aaliyah) Howell, but she did a nice job on her. Credit Phoenix Cleland and Jaiden Roberts for doing a real nice job on (Erin) Evans, we tried to put two people on her, not to allow her to set her feet too much. She hit a few shots, but your good shooters are going to hit a few.” The Lady Tornadoes held a 35-to-13 advantage in rebounding, including a 10-to-6 edge on the offensive glass. SHS also had a 10-to5 assists and a 7-to-1 edge in blocked shots. The Lady Rebels won the turnover battle by a 19-to-10 tally, however, with the guests marking 10 steals, four more than SHS. “Our defense picked up a little bit and started forcing them to turn the ball over,” SGHS head coach Corey Small said. “We handled pressure better than we have in the past. We’re young, so we’re growing, which is what I want to see.” Southern was 15-of-32 (46.8 percent) from the ﬁeld, including 2-of-6 (33.3 percent) from three-point range, while SGHS shot 10-of-46 (21.7 percent) from the ﬁeld, including 6-of-23 (26 percent) from deep. Southern made 17-of18 (94.4 percent) free throw attempts, while the Lady Rebels came up empty in four trips to the stripe. “We got the ball in to Faith and she was real successful on the inside, they didn’t have an answer for her,” Coach Wolfe said. “I credit our kids for getting the ball in, they made some nice feeds in to her. She got to the foul line a lot and she’s been almost deadly from the foul line for the last four or ﬁve games.” Teaford’s 36 points — a career-high for the two time All-Ohioan — came on 10 ﬁeld goals, including one three pointer, along with a 15-of-16 shooting performance from the charity stripe. Of Teaford’s 20 rebounds, eight were offensive boards. The newest member of the SHS 1,000-point club also recorded a gamebest four blocked shots. “When we put pressure on their guards, it kind of slowed down Faith Teaford, but we had no answer, at all,” said Coach Small. “Faith is a really good ball player and we didn’t have anyone that could match up with her inside.” SHS got seven points from Josie Cundiff, along with two points each from Shelbi Dailey, Phoenix Cleland and Sierra Cleland. Sierra Cleland and Macie Micheal both marked three assists in the win, while Michael and Roberts both recorded two steals. The Red and Gold were led by Erin Evans, who posted 11 points on three trifectas and one two-pointer. Lady Rebels’ freshman Kiley Stapleton made two triples and ﬁnished with six points, while Aaliyah Howell added ﬁve points and a team-best two assists. Christine Grifﬁth and Olivia Hornsby both scored two points for South Gallia, with Grifﬁth pulling in a team-best seven rebounds and Hornsby marking a game-high four steals. Evans recorded three steals for the SGHS defense, while Aaliyah Howell rejected one shot. These teams are scheduled to clash again on February 3, in Mercerville. Southern will look for it’s third straight win on Thursday, when it hosts Federal Hocking, which has won ﬁve of its last six games, including three straight. South Gallia returns to action on Wednesday, when the Lady Rebels attempt to snap their two-game skid, with a trip to Symmes Valley for a non-conference clash. The Lady Rebels and Lady Vikings met on November 30, in Gallia County, but with SVHS on top 29-10 early in the third quarter, the lights went out and the game was ruled a no contest. South Gallia returns to league play on Thursday, at Eastern. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. �CLASSIFIEDS Daily Sentinel Professional Services Apartments/Townhouses Miscellaneous LEGALS SEPTIC PUMPING Gallia Co. OH and Mason Co. WV. 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Box 454, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 or email to: Serenityhousemanager@yahoo.com LEGALS Sheriffҋs Sale of Real Estate Revised Code, Sec. 2329.26 The State of Ohio, Meigs County. SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE Revised Code, Section 2329.25 M&T Bank Plaintiff The State of Ohio, Meigs County vs. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Argent Securities Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-M1 (Plaintiff) vs. No. 15-CV-045 Kevin A. Taylor, AKA Kevin Taylor, et al. (Defendants) In pursuance of an Alias Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction, in the second floor lobby of the Court House in the above named county, on Friday, February 3, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. the below following described real estate situate in the County of Meigs and State of Ohio, and Township of Bedford, and if the property remains unsold after the first auction, it will be offered for sale at auction again on Friday, February 10, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. to wit: Situated in Fraction 34, Section 28, Town 3, Range 13, Bedford Township, Meigs County, Ohio and described as follows: Commencing at the Southeast corner of Fraction 24 in said Section 28; thence on an assumed bearing of North 48 deg. 55 min 24 sec West, a distance of 3667.75 feet to an iron pin, the true point of beginning; thence South 87 deg. 30 min. 34 sec. West (passing a set iron pin at 40.02 feet) for a total distance of 55.84 feet to a point in the center of Bedford Township Road 130; thence along the center of said road North 4 deg. 36 min. 32 sec. West, a distance of 7.80 feet to a point; thence North 4 deg. 57 min. 36 sec. West a distance of 167.88 feet to a point; thence North 14 deg. 33 min. 32 sec. West, a distance of 54.29 feet to a point; thence North 27 deg. 54 min. 52 sec. West a distance of 43.41 feet to a point; thence North 39 deg. 24 min. 48 sec. West, a distance of 45.70 feet to a point; thence North 45 deg. 05 min. 16 sec. West, a distance of 10.23 feet to a point; thence leaving the said Bedford Township Road 130 North 47 deg. 13 min. 08 sec. East (passing a set iron pin at 13.26 feet) for a total distance of 151.02 feet to a set iron pin; thence South 59 deg. 15 min. 14 sec. East, a distance of 109.38 feet to a set iron pin; thence South 1 deg. 33 min. 49 sec. West a distance of 90.66 feet to a set iron pin; thence South 13 deg 08 min. 57 sec. West, a distance of 269.12 feet to the point of beginning, and containing 1.0871 acres, and being a part of a 40.5 acre tract described in Volume 284, Page 1023, of the Meigs County Deed Records. Be the same more or less, but subject to all legal highways. Said Premises Located at: 39360 Gold Ridge Road, Pomeroy, OH 45769 No. 16-CV-024 Judith F. Smedley, et al. Defendant In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction, 31005 Lovett Road, Portland, OH 45770 in the courthouse steps, in the above named County, on February 3, 2017, at 10:00 am, the following described real estate, LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Meigs, and in the Township of Lebanon. Parcel I. Being in Section 25, Township 3 North, Range 11 West of the Ohio Companyҋs Purchase and being described as follows: Beginning at a steel post at the southwest corner of said Section :25; thence East 228.3 feet along South line of Section 25 to the Northwesterly side of Township Road T- 139 (Lovett Road), passing an 18 inch oak tree at 196.5 feet for reference; thence North 59° 53' East 79.4 feet and North 44° 47' East 198.9 feet along the Northwesterly side of Township Road T-139 to the end of a culvert; thence North 32" 28' West 158.5 feet up a small run to where a fence crosses said run; thence North 74" 10' West 238.8 feet to an 18 inch oak on the Westerly side of said run; thence North 57°35' West 144.8 feet to a 24 inch oak on the West line of said Section 25; thence South 457.5 feet along the West line of said Section 25 to the point of beginning, containing 3.1 acres more or less. PARCEL II. Situated in Lebanon Township, Meigs County, Ohio and in Section 30, Township 2, Range 11 of the Ohio Company's purchase, commencing at the northwest corner of said Section 30: thence East along the North line of said section to the point where it intersects the center line of Township Road No. 139 as if exists on the date of this Deed; thence southwesterly following the centerline of said Township Road No. 139 to the point where it intersects tile west line of said Section 30; and, thence north along the west line of said Section 30 to the place of beginning, containing one- third (1/3) of an acre, more or less.Subject to conditions, restrictions and easements, if any, contained in prior instruments of record. Parcel No. 0700328000 Property Address: 31005 Lovett Road, Portland, OH 45770 Parcel No. 0700649002 Property Address: E Side TR 139 Lovett Road, Portland, OH 45770 Said Premises Appraised At: $40,000.00 **No employees of the Sheriff's Office or any of its affiliates have access to the inside of said property ** Terms of Sale: Property cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisal value. Required deposit in cash or certified funds due at the time of sale and balance in cash or certified check upon confirmation of sale. If Judgment Creditor is purchaser, no deposit is required Terms of 2nd Sale: Property to be sold without regard to minimum bid requirements, subject to payment of taxes and court costs; deposit and payment requirements same as first auction. Pursuant to ORC 2329.21, purchaser shall be responsible for those cost, allowances and taxes that the proceeds of sale are insufficient to cover. Kyle E. Timken Manley Deas Kochalski LLC Attorney Said Premises Appraised at $ 50000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. HOWEVER, IF SAID PROPERTY DOES NOT RECEIVE A BID AT THE FIRST SALE, IT SHALL BE OFFERED FOR SALE AT THE COURT HOUSE ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2017 AT 10:00 A.M. THE PURCHASER SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COST, ALLOWANCE, AND TAXES THAT THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE ARE INSUFFICIENT TO COVER. TERMS OF SALE: 10% down at time of sale, balance due in 30 days Keith O. Wood Sheriff Meigs County, Ohio 1/11/17, 1/18/17, 1/25/17 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (Plaintiff) vs. No. 15-CV-059 Randy L. Fryar, et al. (Defendants) Parcel 1: The following described piece or parcel of land, situated in the Township of Salisbury, County of Meigs and State of Ohio. The surface of the following described real estate, being in Fraction No. 1, Section No. 9, Town No. 2 and Range 13, Salisbury Township, County of Meigs and State of Ohio, and being more fully described as follows: Beginning at the Northeast corner of Wilbur Finlaw's land, said corner being a point in the center of the Road, North 4 Deg. No minutes East 88.4 feet from the Southeast corner of Section No. 9; thence with the Road North 33 degrees and 11' East 288.5 feet to a point in the center of the Road; thence North 23 degrees and no minutes West 136.2 feet to a point in the center of the Road; thence South 50 degrees and 52' West 683.8 feet to the South line of Section 9; thence with the South line of Section No. 9 South 86 degrees and no minutes East 195.7 feet; thence North 53 degrees and 49' East 133.8 feet; thence South 85 degrees and 41 minutes East 117.7 feet to the place of beginning, containing in all 2 and 14/100 acres, .62 acres being in Section No. 3 of Salisburg Township, Meigs County, Ohio and 1.52 acres being in Section No. 9. Parcel 2: The following real estate as shown by the survey made on the Phillip F. Duerr farm April 16th, 1932 by H.V. Carl, Situated in Salisbury Township, County of Megis, State of Ohio. Beginning at the S.W. Corner of Section No. 3 at a cross in the Rock, being the N.E. Corner of Section No. 8 and the N.W. Corner of Section No. 2; thence East 925 feet to Mary Williamson's S.W. Corner; thence North 47 degrees West 66 feet along Mary Williamson's line; thence North 48 degrees E. 66 feet along Mary Williamson's line; thence North 12 degrees East 224 feet along Mary Williamson's line to a double tree on top of the Rocks; thence North 47 degrees and 15' West 198 feet near head of Cave; thence North 2 degrees and 30' West 75 feet; thence North 74 degrees West 334 feet; thence South 53 degrees and 45 minutes West 279 feet; thence South 49 degrees and 45' West 250 feet to the center of private road; thence South 2 degrees and 45' West 39 1/2 feet along the center of said road; thence South 33 degrees and 15' West 315 feet along center of Road; thence South 4 degrees West 38 feet to the place of beginning, containing Thirteen and 66/100 acres, more or less. It is the intention of the grantors to convey the surface and all mineral rights, excepting coal. Being in Section 3, Town 2, Range 13. Excepting from the above described real estate, 0.8053 acres, more or less, conveyed to Michael C. Custer, single, by James E. Hall and Edith Hall, by deed dated September 17, 1987 and recorded in Volume 307, Page 133 of the Meigs County Deed Records. Parcel 3: Also, the following described real estate: All that certain lot or tract of land situate in Sutton Township, in Section 2, Town 2, Range 13, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point common to Section 9, 8, 3, and 2; thence Eastwardly along the line dividing Section 3 and 2, South Eight-five degrees Fifty-four minutes East (S. 85 deg. 54' E.) Eleven hundred Twenty-five (1125) feet to the point at or near Chester Road; thence Southwestwardly along said road, the following six courses and distances, viz; South Sixtysix degrees Fifty-five minutes West, (S. 66 deg. 55' W.) Five hundred and Fifty-three hundredths (500.53) feet; South Eightone degrees Forty-four minutes West, (S. 81 deg. 44' W.) seventy (70) feet; North Eighty-three degrees Thirty-three minutes West (N. 83 deg. 33' W.) One hundred and ninety (190) feet; South Eighty-nine degrees Forty-five minutes West (S. 89 deg. 45' W.) One hundred ten (110) feet; South Eighty degrees Fiftyfour minutes west (S. 80 deg. 54' W.) One hundred twelve (112) feet; South Seventy-four degrees six minutes west (S. 74 deg. 6' W.) two hundred twenty (220) feet to a point on the dividing line between Section 8 and 2; thence along the said dividing line North four degrees forty-five minutes East (N. 4 deg. 45' E.) three hundred forty-five (345) feet to the pint the place of beginning, having a surface area of 5.40 acres. Except all coal underlying the surface with right to mine and remove the same. This deed is given subject to the easements and rights of ways as described in Volume 136,, pages 199-210 of the Meigs County Deed Records. Said rights of ways are also to be used in common with the owners of the coal underlying the surface. Excepting from the above described real estate, 1.47 acres, more or less, conveyed to Kenneth E. McLaughin and Carole E. McLaughin, husband and wife, by James E. Hall and Edith Hall, by deed dated October 1, 1976 and recorded in Volume 265, Page 613 of the Meigs County Deed Records. Said Premises Located at: 33020 Wills Hill Road, Pomeroy, OH 45769 Said Premises Appraised At: $69,000.00 Parcel No: 07-00328.00 and 07-00649.002 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 372, Page 931 *Said Premises Located at 31005 Lovett Road, Portland, OH 45770 Required Deposit: $5,000.00 The State of Ohio, Meigs County In pursuance of an Alias Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction, in the second floor lobby of the Court House in the above named county, on Friday, February 3, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. the below following described real estate situate in the County of Meigs and State of Ohio, and Township of Salisbury, and if the property remains unsold after the first auction, it will be offered for sale at auction again on Friday, February 10, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. to wit: Help Wanted General Found: Male Cat, black and grey tabby with unusual markings on his sides. Very friendly, keeps trying to come inside, unfortunately we cannot keep him. Please call 304 812 6989 NOTICE OHIO VALLEY PUBLISHING CO. Recommends that you do Business with People you know, and NOT to send Money through the Mail until you have Investigated the Offering. Wednesday, January 11, 2017 7 **No employees of the Sheriff's Office or any of its affiliates have access to the inside of said property ** Required Deposit: $5,000.00 Terms of Sale: Property cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisal value. Required deposit in cash or certified funds due at the time of sale and balance in cash or certified check upon confirmation of sale. If Judgment Creditor is purchaser, no deposit is required Terms of 2nd Sale: Property to be sold without regard to minimum bid requirements, subject to payment of taxes and court costs; deposit and payment requirements same as first auction. Pursuant to ORC 2329.21, purchaser shall be responsible for those cost, allowances and taxes that the proceeds of sale are insufficient to cover. Michael E. Carleton Channing L. Ulbrich Attorney Sheriff Keith Wood Sheriff Meigs County, OH 1/11/17, 1/18/17, 1/25/17 Manley Deas Kochalski LLC Attorney Keith O. Wood Sheriff Meigs County, Ohio 1/11/2017, 1/18/2017, 1/25/2017 �CLASSIFIEDS/SPORTS 8 Wednesday, January 11, 2017 Eagles Ward and Sydney Hardy both scored two points in the setback. Eastern will go for From page 6 the season sweep of the win, while shooting THS on February 9, in Glouster. 7-of-15 (46.7 percent) The Lady Eagles from the free throw will begin their second line. Meanwhile, trip through the TVC Trimble marked just Hocking on Thursday, two triples and shot when South Gallia 6-of-10 (60 percent) visits ‘The Nest’. from the stripe. THS has now lost Breanna Brammer back-to-back games led the guests with and will return to 13 points, followed action at Belpre, on by Kaitlyn Spears and Thursday. Skylar Moore with seven points each. Kym Alex Hawley can be reached at Williams scored three 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. points, while Emily Wahama Morgan Lang drilled a trifecta at the 1:40 mark to wrap up the ﬁrst quarter scoring at 17-4, From page 6 then the Green and White opened the second stanza guests hit ﬁve of their by hitting their ﬁrst six ﬁrst eight shots, with shots for a comfortable Kenzi Deitz capping the onslaught with a basket at 29-4 cushion with 3:55 remaining in the half. the 3:26 mark. Rose ended Wahama’s Wahama — which scoring drought with a missed its ﬁrst four shot basket at the 2:54 mark, attempts — broke into which sparked a small 3-2 the scoring column at run to close out the half the 2:44 mark of the with a 31-7 contest. ﬁrst when Hannah Rose Lauren Bissell scored converted a basket, then Rose added another buck- the opening points of the et 30 seconds later to cut second half on a layup, allowing the Lady Falcons the deﬁcit down to 14-4. to close to within 31-9 The Red and White with 6:42 remaining. went scoreless over the The Lady Cats, hownext 7:20 and were never closer the rest of the way. ever, closed the third Daily Sentinel OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Wednesday, January 11 Ravenswood at Wahama, 7:30 Girls Basketball South Gallia at Eastern, 7:30 Federal Hocking at Southern, 7:30 River Valley at Vinton County, 7:30 Meigs at Alexander, 7:30 Wahama at Miller, 7:30 Gallia Academy at Portsmouth, 7:30 Wrestling Meigs Invitational, 6 p.m. Girls Basketball South Gallia at Symmes Valley, 6 p.m. Wrestling River Valley, Nitro, Williamstown at Point Pleasant, 4:30 Eastern, Chesapeake, Man at Wahama, 6 p.m. Gallia Academy at Zane Trace, 6 p.m. Thursday, January 12 Boys Basketball Hannan at Point Pleasant, 7:30 quarter with 10 consecutive points while securing a 41-9 advantage headed into the ﬁnale. Waterford completed a 16-0 overall run with an Ashley Offenberger basket at the 2:08 mark of the fourth, which gave the guests their largest lead of the night at 47-9. Bissell ended a 13-minute scoreless drought for the Red and White at the 1:42 mark after netting the ﬁrst of two free throws, then the senior converted a layup with 58 seconds left in regulation to cut the deﬁcit down to 47-12. Offenberger tacked on the ﬁnal ﬁeld goal of the game with 25 seconds left, wrapping up the 37-point outcome. Waterford — which has now won two straight since dropping a 55-52 decision to Alexander — dominated the boards after claiming 37-15 overall advantage, including a 17-8 edge on the offensive glass. Wahama committed 17 turnovers — including six in the opening canto and ﬁve in the third stanza — during the setback. The Lady Cats turned over possession only eight times. The Lady Falcons connected on 5-of-34 ﬁeld goal attempts for 15 percent. The hosts did not make any of their four USC jumps to No. 3 behind Clemson TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Clemson ﬁnished atop The Associated Press College football poll Tuesday, knocking Alabama from the spot it held all season, and Southern California became the ﬁrst team to ﬁnish as high as No. 3 with three losses. The Tigers were voted No. 1 in the ﬁnal poll for the ﬁrst time since 1981. The Crim- attempts from behind the arc and also went 2-of-6 at the free throw line for 33 percent. Rose led the Red and White with six points, followed by Bissell with ﬁve markers and Maddy VanMatre with one point. VanMatre also hauled in a team-high four rebounds for the hosts, who have now dropped eight in a row overall. The Lady Cats had nine of their 10 players reach the scoring column and ﬁnished the game 22-of-48 from the ﬁeld for 46 percent, including a 1-of-6 effort from behind the arc for 17 percent. The guests Help Wanted General Help Wanted General Pleasant Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is seeking full-time Certified Nursing Assistants. The Certified Nursing Assistants provide support and assistance to patients in the skilled nursing facility. 60699733 LEGALS LEGALS IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS MEIGS COUNTY OHIO SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE Revised Code, Section 2329.25 CASE NO. 16-CV-081 JUDGE: I CARSON CROW Vs. Stephen W. Williams, et al Defendants. LEGAL NOTICE FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION The Court finds that the service of summons cannot be made other than by publication on Defendants, Kenda Williams and Unknown Spouse, if any, of Kenda Williams, whose last known place of residence is: unknown, each of you will take notice that on October 31, 2016, Plaintiff, filed a Complaint for Foreclosure in the Meigs County Court of Common Pleas, being 16-CV-081, alleging that there is due to the Plaintiff the sum of $51,730.25, plus interest at 4.5000% per annum from February 1, 2016, plus late charges and attorney fees applicable to the terms of the Promissory Note secured by a Mortgage on the real property, which has a street address of 36505 Cremeans Road, Rutland, OH 457752, being permanent parcel number PPN 1101241000; 1101240000. Plaintiff further alleges that by reason of a default in payment of said Promissory Note, the conditions of said Mortgage have been broken and the same has become absolute. Plaintiff prays that the Defendant named above be required to answer and assert any interest in said real property or be forever barred from asserting any interest therein, for foreclosure of said mortgage, marshalling of liens, and the sale of said real property, and that the proceeds of said sale be applied according to law. Said Defendants are required to file an Answer within twenty-eight (28) days after last publication, which shall be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, or they might be denied a hearing in this case. 12/28/16,1/4/17,1/11/17 has a full-time opening for a Medical Receptionist/ Certiﬁed Medical Asst. Physician Ofﬁce experience preferred. Five year’s experience in physician practice preferred. Associate degree or graduate of an approved program for medical assistant. Apply at: Pleasant Valley Hospital, 2520 Valley Dr., Pt. Pleasant, WV 25550, fax to (304) 675-6975 or apply on-line at www.pvalley.org. EOE: A/F/D/V 60699266 LEGALS In pursuance of an Order of Sale issued out of said Court in the above action, I will offer for sale at public auction to be held on the front steps of the Meigs County Courthouse in Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, on Friday, February 3, 2017, at 10:00 a.m., the following described real estate, to wit: THE FOLLOWING REAL PROPERTY, SITUATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, VILLAGE OF RUTLAND, COUNTY OF MEIGS AND THE STATE OF OHIO. A MORE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THE ABOVE NAMED REAL ESTATE MAY BE FOUND IN THE MEIGS COUNTY RECORDERҋS OFFICE, VOLUME 307, PAGE 544, OFFICIAL RECORDS. AUDITORҋS PARCEL NOS.: 12-00088.000 and 12-00089.000. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Lehman Mortgage Trust Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-5 (Plaintiff) Subject to any statutory rights of redemption. vs. Sold subject to accrued 2016 and 2017 real estate and mobile home taxes and to any ongoing or uncertified special assessments or delinquent charges. No. 16-CV-026 Also a 2011 Giles manufactured home, Serial No. SGI010710TNAP, Ohio Certificate of Title #2700411909. The above described real estate is sold “as is” without warranties or covenants. In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction, in the second floor lobby of the Court House in the above named county, on Friday, February 3, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. the below following described real estate situate in the County of Meigs and State of Ohio, and Village of Middleport, and if the property remains unsold after the first auction, it will be offered for sale at auction again on Friday, February 10, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. to wit: Situated in the County of Meigs, in the State of Ohio, and in the Village of Middleport and bounded and described as follows: The Westerly half of Lot Number Fifty-eight (58) in the Village of Middleport, Meigs, County, and State of Ohio, lying on the East side of Second Street and fronting on said street sixty-six (66) feet and extending back towards the Ohio River ninety-six (96) feet and three (3) inches to the center of said lot. Said Premises Located at: 528 South 2nd Avenue, Middleport, OH 45760 Said Premises Appraised At: $46,500.00 ** No employees of the Sheriff's Office or any of its affiliates have access to the inside of said property ** Required Deposit: $5,000.00 Terms of Sale: Property cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisal value. Required deposit in cash or certified funds due at the time of sale and balance in cash or certified check upon confirmation of sale. If Judgment Creditor is purchaser, no deposit is required Terms of 2nd Sale: Property to be sold without regard to minimum bid requirements, subject to payment of taxes and court costs; deposit and payment requirements same as first auction. Pursuant to ORC 2329.21, purchaser shall be responsible for those cost, allowances and taxes that the proceeds of sale are insufficient to cover. Submitted by: Franco M. Barile (0080301) D. Anthony Sottile (0075101) Sottile and Barile, LLC 11351 Pearl Road, Suite 102 Strongsville, OH 44136 Voice: (440) 572-1511 Email: foreclosure@sottileandbarile.com Pleasant Valley Hospital PROPERTY ADDRESS: 67 Depot Street, Middleport, OH 45760 (Village of Rutland) The State of Ohio, Meigs County Julia Proctor, et al. (Defendants) Stonegate Mortgage Corporation Plaintiff Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. SHERIFFҋS SALE, CASE NO. 16 CV 025, HOME NATIONAL BANK, PLAINTIFF, VS. BRADLEY T. SEARLES, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO. Qualifications: Must be a WV Certified Nursing Assistant Pleasant Valley offers competitive salaries and benefits. EEOC/Drug free workplace. The first choice for caring, compassionate, competent, safe and quality healthcare throughout the communities we serve. In Print. Online. In Touch. were also a perfect 4-of-4 at the charity stripe as well. Alli Kern led the Green and White with gamehigh efforts of 12 points and nine rebounds, followed by Rachael Adams with eight points. Offenberger and Megan Ball were next with six points apiece, while Morgan Lang chipped in ﬁve markers. Deitz and Hayley Duff each contributed four points to the winning cause, while Hannah Duff and Emily Kern completed the tally with two markers apiece. Help Wanted General WANTED: CONSUMER SERVICES LIAISON Needed for a large non-profit agency in Jackson. Bachelor's Degree in Business or a related field preferred. Two years experience In financial and budgetary procedures required. Must be skilled In Microsoft Office. Experience In Cloud based computer programs preferred. Full-time position. Salary based on education and experience. Hours: 8:30a-5p M-F. Deadline for applicants: 1/13/17. Send resume to: Buckeye Community Services, P.O. Box 604, Jackson,OH 45640. Equal Opportunity Employer. PASS TIME IN LINE. READ THE NEWSPAPER. son Tide was trying to become only the third team to go wire-to-wire as No. 1, but lost 35-31 to Clemson on Monday night in the College Football Playoff championship game. USC, which started the season 1-3 — including a 52-6 opening loss to Alabama — jumped from all the way from ninth in the ﬁnal regular-season rankings Michael E. Carleton Keith O. Wood Sheriff Manley Deas Kochalski LLC Attorney Meigs County, Ohio 1/11/2017, 1/18/2017, 1/25/2017 Said premises appraised at $40,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. In addition, the purchaser shall be responsible for those costs, allowances, and taxes determined by the Court that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to cover. No employees of the Sheriffҋs Office or any of its affiliates have access to the inside of said property, and no interior inspection may have been made by the appraisers. All properties are as is and not to be entered until the deed is in the purchaserҋs possession. If the property is not sold at the above sale date, it will be offered for sale again on Friday, February 10, 2017, at the same time and location above. The second sale will start with no minimum bid. In addition, the purchaser shall be responsible for those costs, allowances, and taxes determined by the Court that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to cover. TERMS OF SALE: Payment shall be made in the form of a certified/cashierҋs check (cash and personal checks are not accepted). If the appraisal is less than or equal to $10,000.00 = deposit $2,000.00; greater than $10,000.00 but less than or equal to $200,000.00 = deposit $5,000.00; greater than $200,000.00 = deposit is $10,000.00. Deposits due at the time of sale and made payable to the Sheriff. Balance due within 30 days of confirmation of sale. All remote bids are to be submitted by email or fax by 4:30 p.m. the day prior to the sale. Email: cheyenne.trussell@meigssheriff.org; Fax: 740-992-2654 KEITH O. WOOD Meigs County Sheriff Attorney: Douglas W. Little, LITTLE, SHEETS & BARR, LLP, 211-213 E. Second Street, Pomeroy, OH 45769, Telephone: (740) 992-6689 ALL SHERIFFҋS SALES OPERATE UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF CAVEAT EMPTOR. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE URGED TO CHECK FOR LIENS IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO. 01/11/17, 01/18/17, 01/25/17 �COMICS Daily Sentinel BLONDIE Wednesday, January 11, 2017 9 By Dean Young and John Marshall BEETLE BAILEY By Mort, Greg and Brian Walker Today’s answer RETAIL By Norm Feuti HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI AND LOIS By Chris Browne Written By Brian & Greg Walker; Drawn By Chance Browne THE BRILLIANT MIND OF EDISON LEE By John Hambrock BABY BLUES ZITS By Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman PARDON MY PLANET CONCEPTIS SUDOKU By Vic Lee RHYMES WITH ORANGE Hank Ketcham’s DENNIS THE MENACE by Dave Green By Hilary Price THE LOCKHORNS By Bunny Hoest & John Reiner Today’s Solution THE FAMILY CIRCUS By Bil and Jeff Keane TV AND INTERNET OVER 190 CHANNELS TV & INTERNET 54 $ 94 LIMITED TIME PRICING FREE SAME DAY INSTALLATION BUNDLE HIGH SPEED INTERNET (WHERE AVAILABLE) 3 MONTHS OF PREMIUM CHANNELS OVER 50 CHANNELS: (installed and billed separately) CALL TODAY & SAVE UP TO 50%! ASK ABOUT OUR 3 YEAR PRICE GUARANTEE AND GET INCLUDED FOR A YEAR 800-697-0129 Call for more details �SPORTS 10 Wednesday, January 11, 2017 Daily Sentinel Buckeyes bounce Lady Raiders By Paul Boggs pboggs@civitasmedia.com BIDWELL, Ohio — In a season of running into buzz-saws, the Lady Raiders ran headlong into the Buckeyes on Monday night. That’s because host River Valley, in being outscored 56-27 through the opening three quarters, couldn’t keep pace with the NelsonvilleYork Buckeyes — falling 72-41 in a Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Divi- sion girls basketball makeup matchup. Nelsonville-York outscored the Lady Raiders 20-13 in the opening quarter, then stymied River Valley to single digits in the next two periods — by a combined mark of 36-14. As a result, the Buckeyes built comfortable cushions of 39-21 at halftime — and a more than doubled 56-27 tally following three frames. With the loss, the Lady Raiders fell to 2-10 —and 2-3 in the TVCOhio. Nelsonville-York, in chasing division leader Alexander (5-0 TVCOhio), improved to 11-2 — and 5-1 in the league. The Buckeyes held a 28-10 advantage in total ﬁeld goals — as River Valley made ﬁve twos and ﬁve threes. Nelsonville-York also overcame only making half (13) of its 25 free throws — by drilling 25 deuces and three treys. Erin Jackson, on four ﬁeld goals and 8-of-10 free throws, paced the Lady Raiders with 18 points. She scored half of those in the ﬁnal stanza —on her second threepointer and 6-of-8 freebies. Beth Gillman, on a pair of triples and a foul shot, scored seven — as she had four points in the third period, along with Jackson’s other two free throws. Jackson’s two deuces came in the second quarter, along with a pair of free throws from Kaylee Gillman and Jessica Steele. Steele and Jaden Neal netted ﬁve points apiece, as Neal nailed the club’s other three in the fourth. Cierra Roberts, with a ﬁrst-quarter bucket, and Savannah Reese —with a fourth-quarter ﬁeld goal — rounded out the River Valley scoring. Nelsonville-York’s Jessi Addis amassed a gamehigh 23 points — on nine total ﬁeld goals and four made free throws. She bagged one of the Buckeyes’ three treys, as Camrin Dupler dropped in the other two. The Lady Raiders return to TVC-Ohio action on Thursday night —when they visit Vinton County. Paul Boggs can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2106 Dragons dispatch Blue Angels By Paul Boggs pboggs@civitasmedia.com CENTENARY, Ohio — Any ideas of an upset this season quickly were extinguished in the ﬁrst few minutes. Last year, when the powerful Fairland Dragons visited Gallia Academy, the young Blue Angels pulled off arguably the Southeast District’s biggest girls basketball shocker of the entire season. On Monday night, the undefeated Dragons didn’t allow ANY Angel upset opportunity — posting the opening 14 points en route to cruising 76-21 in an Ohio Valley Conference clash at Gallia Academy High School. Fairland’s Allie Marshall scored off a steal only 10 seconds into the contest, Emily Chapman chalked up backto-back three-pointers from the opposite wings, and Marshall made two more steals and two more layups for a 12-0 advantage only a minute and 12 seconds into the game. In fact, the Blue Angels opened with turnovers on their ﬁrst ﬁve possessions, as Alesha Simpson scored for Fairland to make it 14-0 only three minutes and 35 seconds in. The Dragons denied the Blue Angels double ﬁgures in points in any quarter, winning the opening period 22-2 — before doubling up Gallia Academy 14-7 in the second. Building upon its 36-9 halftime bulge, Fairland then scored the ﬁrst 15 points of the third stanza — part of a 25-5 canto for an insurmountable 61-14 command. The Dragons then outscored Gallia Academy in the ﬁnal quarter 15-7 — staking their largest leads at 74-19 and the ﬁnal tally of 76-21. With the loss, the Blue Angels slipped to 4-7 — and remain winless in the OVC at 0-5. The talented and experienced Dragons, atop the OVC at 5-0, remain unbeaten on the year in nine tries. Hunter Copley split a pair of free throws to get Gallia Academy on the board at the three-minute mark of the ﬁrst quarter, as Adrienne Jenkins did the same for the Blue Angels with 1:13 left in the period. In the second stanza, the Blue Angels got their ﬁrst ﬁeld goals on backto-back buckets by Jenelle Stevens and Copley, as Stevens scored their ﬁrst ﬁeld goal — with nine minutes and 35 seconds gone by. Three minutes later, Copley again split a pair of tosses — before Jenkins drained a pair of freebies to make it 29-9 with 1:39 left. In the third frame, the Blue Angels endured another epic scoring drought — going to the 3:40 mark before Jenkins scored a basket. Macey Siders scored a ﬁeld goal at the two-minute mark, then Copley again split a pair of foul shots with 52 seconds remaining. Paul Boggs/OVP Sports Gallia Academy senior Adrienne Jenkins (20) puts up a shot as Fairland’s Morgan Fridley (10) defends during Monday night’s Ohio Valley Conference girls basketball game at Gallia Academy High School. In the fourth period, Copley connected for the club’s only three-pointer, as Aubrey Unroe added a ﬁeld goal at the 4:17 point. Finally, with 30 seconds remaining, Siders scored again to make it 74-21. The Dragons’ Chapman canned seven threeballs for a game-high 21 points —tying the Blue Angels by herself. Jackie Wagner, on ﬁve ﬁeld goals, also reached double ﬁgures for Fairland with 10 points. The Dragons held a decisive 31-7 advantage in total ﬁeld goals, including a 9-1 edge in threes. Gallia Academy is back in OVC action on Thursday — when it travels to Portsmouth. Paul Boggs can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2106 Clemson dethrones top-ranked Tide, 35-31 TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Deshaun Watson took the snap, rolled right and with one of the easiest throws he had to make all night, completed Clemson’s journey to the top of college football. A frantic fourth quarter and a championship rematch between Clemson and Alabama was decided with 1 second left on a 2-yard touchdown toss to Hunter Renfrow. “I couldn’t hear the crowd,” Watson said. “I just felt at peace.” Watson and the Tigers dethroned the defending champs and became the ﬁrst team to beat Nick Saban’s Alabama dynasty in a national title game, taking down the top-ranked Crimson Tide 35-31 Monday night in the College Football Playoff. A 35-year title drought for Clemson is over. The Tigers are national champions for the ﬁrst time since 1981. A year after Alabama won its fourth title under Saban with a classic 45-40 win in Arizona, Clemson (14-1) denied the Tide (14-1) an unprecedented ﬁfth championship in eight seasons. “That has to be one of the greatest games of all time,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said. Hard to argue. The new champions have a process of their own that includes a loquacious coach who can turn a postgame interview into a ﬁery sermon, a spectacular quarterback who did not need a Heisman Trophy to show he was the best player in the country and a fun-loving team that plays with a chip on its shoulder. “There was no upset tonight,” Swinney said. “That’s the last thing I told them when we left the locker room. I said, ‘When we win the game tonight I don’t want to hear one word about this being an upset. The only upset is going to be if we don’t win the dadgum game.’” The lead changed hands three times in the fourth quarter, but Watson got the ball last. Playing in his ﬁnal college game, the junior quarterback threw for 420 yards and three touchdowns. In two games against Alabama and the most ferocious defense in college football, Watson has thrown for 825 yards and accounted for eight touchdowns. He was sacked four times Monday night and took some cringe-inducing shots from All-Americans Jonathan Allen and Reuben Foster. “You know, I never got the sense that he was rattled,” Allen said about Watson. Swinney, the native Alabaman and former Crimson Tide walk-on receiver, has built an elite program at Clemson that was missing only one thing. Now the Tigers can check that box, too. “Eight years ago we set out to put Clemson back on top,” Swinney said. “We came up a little short last year, but today on top of the mountain, the Clemson ﬂag is ﬂying.” CRAWL FOR CASH POINT PLEASANT VS. HANNAN at Point Pleasant High School Jan. 13, 2017 Four students will be randomly selected to crawl for cash while being blindfolded. They will have 30 seconds to collect as much cash as possible...of course they get to keep all the cash they collect. A total of $250 will be placed at center court. Students will be guided by Farmers Bank employees. The crawl will take place during halftime of the men’s varsity game. We are also hosting a non-perishable food drive contest at the game. The two schools and their fans will go head-to-head to see which school can bring in the most food. The school that brings in the most food will have $250 donated to their Athletic Boosters. The donated food will go to a local food bank. 60698880 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 01. January Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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