http://host69-005.meigs.lib.oh.us/files/original/43050fdbf484303ebb8e7ceb542fd4ce.pdf 9f9a3b0cfd5c1fbb19f7e36df0706d01 PDF Text Text LOG ONTO WWW.MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM FOR ARCHIVE s�GAMES s�FEATURES s�E-EDITION s�POLLS & MORE C_ZZb[fehjšFec[heo"�E^_e INSIDE STORY WEATHER SPORTS OBITUARIES For the Record... Page 3 Partly sunny. High near 46. Low around 32...Page 2 Local sports action... Page 6 Elbert ‘Junior’ Schartiger, 75 50 cents daily WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2014 Vol. 64, No. 1 Ohio minimum wage increases today Sarah Hawley shawley@civitasmedia.com OHIO VALLEY — Workers in Ohio and 13 others states may see an increase in their pay checks in 2014, while employees in West Virginia remain equal with the federal minimum wage rate. Minimum wage in Ohio, for non-tipped workers, increased from $7.85 per hour to $7.95 per hour effective Jan. 1, 2014. The increased minimum wage will apply to employees of businesses with annual gross receipts of more than $292,000 per year. For tipped employees, minimum wage goes from $3.93 to $3.98 per hour. A Constitutional Amendment passed by Ohio voters in November 2006 states that Ohio’s minimum wage shall increase on January 1 of each year by the rate of inflation. The state minimum wage is tied to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for urban wage earners and clerical workers for the 12-month period prior to September. This CPI index rose 1.5 percent over the twelve month period from September 1, 2012 to August 31, 2013. The Amendment also states that the wage rate for non-tipped employees shall be rounded to the nearest five cents. For employees at smaller companies (with annual gross receipts of $288,000 or less per year in 2013 or $292,000 or less per year after January 1, 2014) and for 14- and 15-year-olds, the state minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. For these employees, the state wage is tied to the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour which requires an act of Congress and the President’s signature to change. Other states seeing a change in minimum wage include Florida with an increase of $.14 to $7.93; New Jersey with an increase of $1 to $8.25; Connecticut with an increase of $.45 to $8.70; Rhode Island with an increase of $.25 to $8; Vermont with an increase of $.13 to $8.73; New York with an increase of $.75 to $8; Montana with an increase of $.10 to $7.90; Missouri with an increase of $.15 to $7.50; Arizona with an increase of $.10 to $7.90; Colorado with an increase of $.22 to $8; California with an increase of $1 to $9; Oregon with an increase of $.15 to $9.10; and Washington with an increase of $.13 to $9.32. The rate increase in New York goes went into effect on Dec. 31, 2013, while the increase in California goes into effect on July 1, 2014. New York and Connecticut will also see increases one year from now. States in which minimum wage is higher than that of Ohio, in addition to those listed above are, Illinois, $8.25; Massachusetts, $8. Minimum wage in West Virginia is the same as the federal minimum wage rate of $7.25. Stop Hunger at Home program to benefit dog shelter Sarah Hawley shawley@civitasmedia.com Submitted photos Firefighters from multiple departments turned out to support long-time Middleport Fireman Bill Fink on Saturday morning. Supporting one of their own Staff Report tdsnews@civitasmedia.com MIDDLEPORT — Members of the Middleport Fire Department, along with many other departments, turned out in full gear on Saturday to support a fellow firefighter. Organized by the Middleport Fire Department, a 5K run/walk was held through the streets of Middleport in support of William “Bill” Fink, a 23-year member of the Middleport Fire Department. Firefighters took part in the event in full turnout gear in tribute to Fink. A total of 66 people participated in the 5K, and more show up just to donate according to event organizers. At the end of the day over $1,500 had been raised through the event. Proceeds from the event went to Fink, who was diagnosed earlier this year with advanced stage leukemia in addition to heart problems which led to the cancer discovery. Anyone who was unable to participate in the run but would still like to make donations can send them to the Middleport Fire Department, 286 Race Street, Firemen from the Middleport Fire Department carried Fink’s helmet during the race in tribute to the long-time firefighter. Middleport OH, 45760. Struble realizes Jeopardy dream Jessica Patterson Special to Civitas Media MEIGS COUNTY — Many people grow up watching their favorite game show and dreaming of being a contestant. For one Meigs County native, that dream came true. Evan Struble grew up in Syracuse, Ohio, and often watched Jeopardy with his grandmother, the late Mary Lou Ihle. “I’ve been a Jeopardy watcher for years and years,” Struble said. “In particular, I always spent my evenings with my grandmother, and she and I would play along with the show even when I was as young as nine or ten.” Struble, who now lives in Columbus, Ohio and works at the State Library of Ohio, said when he was older, he decided to try becoming a contestant instead of a viewer. “I received tons of support from my family and friends,” Struble said. “Everyone told me to go for it.” Struble said there are many steps to getting on the show, the first of which is a test that becomes available online once a year. “I signed up on the Jeopardy website to be notified when the test would be available. This January was my fourth attempt, so fourth time is a charm,” Struble said. “The test is fifty questions and timed. You have to know the answer quickly. The frustrating thing is you don’t know how you did because you only get contacted if you did well enough to get to the second phase.” This second phase is a live interview and a mock game of Jeopardy. Struble said when he was contacted in July he traveled to Detroit, Michigan for the interview. “After hearing nothing for about six months, I put it out of my mind and decided to try again next year. Then, I got a phone call asking me to come for an in-person interview in Detroit,” Struble said. “You played a mock version of Jeopardy against others who were auditioning. Then, there was an interview to test your personality and charisma. Finally, we had another 50-question test. This one was hand written, and we were only given eight seconds to write each answer.” Struble said after the audition, his name was placed in a pool for 18 months. He could receive a call at See DREAM | 5 RACINE — Two years ago Home National Bank and its employees organized the “Stop Hunger @ Home” program as a way of performing community services to give back to the community. “The goal of ‘Stop Hunger @ Home’ is to make sure that no one in the community goes without food,” said Maxine Rose, one of the program coordinators. Two years later, the program has raised over $20,000 in cash donations and have collected over 10,000 nonperishable food items. All donations go to the Meigs County Council on Aging Meals on Wheels program and the Meigs County Cooperative Parish Food Bank. “The generosity of the customers of the bank never fails to surprise me,” stated John Hoback, one of the program coordinators. The program has had several different types of fundraisers from raffles on items for Father’s Day, Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day, as well as having food drives in conjunction with Southern Local Schools. Other fundraisers and donation drives have included, taking pictures with the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus for a donation of a non-perishable food items; hosting a tail gate party in the parking lot; basket bingo games in Syracuse; and participating in the annual July 4th Parade. The bank has also purchased animals at the county fair and donated them to the local food bank in the name of the program. One monthly event is the “Food for Food Friday’s” where the customer brings in a non-perishable food item and receives food in return, such as tacos in a bag, hot dogs, pulled pork, soup and bake sale items. The bank employees work with the community business who doSee PROGRAM | 5 Ohio Valley readers weigh in on New Year’s resolutions Jessica Patterson Special to Civitas Media OHIO VALLEY — The New Year often means new goals and a fresh start. This is why many people make New Year’s resolutions and set out to accomplish their goals. Many residents in the Tri-county area join in on the resolutions, and some told us about them through our newspaper Facebook pages. Kevin and Barbie Phillips said they came up with two resolutions to follow in 2014. “Like most, I make the resolution to lose weight or quit smoking and never can follow through, but this year in this technology-driven world I have two resolutions I plan on upholding,” Phillips said. “The first is less time with my face in my phone or computer and more time with the kids, because you miss so much when you don’t even realize it [the little things]. Second, I plan on swearing less. Stress these days gets the best of me, and I can’t help but spout off like a sailor. It tends to make me feel a little better, but I have little ears around, so I plan on substituting them for nicer words.” Misty Young also made her resolution center on her loved ones. “This year is our oldest son’s last year of high school,” Young said. “My resolution is to plan and do more family activities and make lots of memories.” Nancy Porter Gard said her main resolution is to keep the others. “My resolution is to follow through with tasks undertaken,” Gard said. “In other words, to not break any resolutions as I always have in years past!” People such as JoAnn Hapney Sizemore, find these resolutions hard to keep, so they decide they are not making resolutions, but plan do the best they can to make the New Year a better one. “I try my best as a Christian to not lie, so I make no resolutions because they are very seldom kept,” Sizemore said. “I am just going to do my best to be a better person.” Derek Miller said instead of resolutions, he has high hopes for 2014. “I never have stuck to New Year’s resolutions,” Miller said. “I feel that you will only get back in return what you put into the New See RESOLUTIONS | 5 �Page 2 s The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com Wednesday, January 1, 2014 Meigs County Local Briefs Holiday Office Closures POMEROY — The Health Department will be closed on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1. The office will reopen at 8 a.m. on Jan. 2. POMEROY — The TB Clinic will be closed on Jan. 1. Meeting Change MIDDLEPORT — The Meigs County Family and Children First Council regular business meeting for Jan. 16 has been rescheduled for Jan. 23. The meeting will be held in the third floor conference room at the Meigs County Department of Job and Family Services. For more information contact Brooke Pauley at (740) 992-2117 ext. 104. Meigs County Church Calendar Meigs County Community Calendar Friday, Jan. 10 MARIETTA — The Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional Development District Executive Committee, which also serves as the RTPO Policy Committee, will meet at 11:30 a.m. at 1400 Pike Street, Marietta, Ohio. If you have any questions regarding this meeting please contact Jenny Myers at (740) 3761026. Tuesday, Jan. 14 TUPPERS PLAINS — The Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer District will have their regular meeting at 5 p.m. at the TPRSD office. CINCINNATI (AP) — A longtime Cincinnati-area officeholder announced Monday plans to run for Ohio governor, setting up a Democratic primary with the county leader from Cleveland. Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portune said he’s been hearing a desire, “an appetite, if you will,” from rank-andfile Democrats for a choice in the May 6 primary. Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald has been considered the Democrats’ presumptive nominee as they seek to take the governorship back from Republican Gov. John Kasich in 2014. “I believe that I am the candidate to lead our party,” Portune said at a news conference in an urban neighborhood banquet hall. He said he has more experience, a strong record and the demonstrated ability to win votes in the southern part of Ohio. Portune, 55, noted that FitzGerald already has lined up a number of endorsements and said he understood some Democratic leaders wanted to “clear a path” to the nomination. But Portune said a primary doesn’t have to be costly, saying it should lead to a healthy discussion of issues, en- Stop Hunger at Home RACINE — Home National Bank will be doing “Food for Food Friday.” This time we will be taking donations of dog food, cat food, collars, leashes, and cash to help our furry friends. Stop by the Racine Office on January 3, between the hours of 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. donate and get a cup of soup. The soup is from Taz’s Marathon at Five Points. This is a part of the “Stop Hunger @ Home” program. All proceeds will go to support Meigs Co. Dog Shelter. ergize Democrats and help build momentum for November. When asked about Portune, a spokesman for the Democrats said the party expects to win with FitzGerald. “The Ohio Democratic Party is focused on holding Governor John Kasich accountable, and next fall we will elect Ed FitzGerald governor along with the rest of our endorsed statewide candidates that are committed to putting Ohio back on track for the middle class,” party spokesman Jerid Kurtz said in a statement. Portune spent the past two decades as a Cincinnati city councilman or Hamilton County commissioner. He said Monday he is beginning the steps needed to become a candidate, but that he’ll travel throughout Ohio to gauge support over the next month before deciding for sure to file for the primary. A state Republican spokesman said regardless of the Democratic candidate, the GOP will focus on progress in the state. “As the Ohio Democratic Party deals with its internal issues, we will continue to tout Ohio’s turnaround that began under Gov. Kasich and Ohio Republican lead- ers,” spokesman Chris Schrimpf said in a statement. Portune recently told the Northeast Ohio Media Group that he began thinking anew about running for governor after fellow Cincinnati Democrat state Sen. Eric Kearney was pressured off FitzGerald’s ticket amid questions about tax liens. Portune said Monday he mainly decided to run because Democrats “on the ground” want a contested primary. Gladys Dunbar of Shaker Heights in Cuyahoga County was among several people who came from Cuyahoga County for Portune’s announcement. She said she likes Portune’s experience and would prefer him over FitzGerald. “I think he’s for the people and that he shares my Democratic values,” Dunbar said. Portune has promoted riverfront and other urban redevelopment, along with environmental, transportation and public safety initiatives. He also has spoken out against the NFL’s Cincinnati Bengals’ stadium deal with the county. Portune has for years used crutches to get around because of spinal tumors. Permits required for Ohio exotics owners in 2014 Birthday SYRACUSE — Jane Teaford will celebrate her 94th birthday on Dec. 31. Cards COLUMBUS, Ohio may be sent to her at PO (AP) — Owners of certain Box 261, Syracuse, Ohio snakes and dangerous wild 45779 animals in Ohio must have a permit to keep their creatures beginning Wednesday, though the state has issued none. Just seven applications returned to the state had been completed as of TuesNew Year’s Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 46. day, while another 30 are Southwest wind 5 to 8 mph. in progress, according to Wednesday Night: A chance of rain and snow, mainly Ohio’s Department of Agafter 4 a.m. Cloudy, with a low around 32. Light south riculture. wind. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. The permits are among Thursday: Snow likely before 11 a.m., then rain and the last pieces of the state’s snow likely. Cloudy, with a high near 35. Light and vari- exotic animal crackdown able wind becoming north 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. to take effect, following Chance of precipitation is 70 percent. New precipitation the 2011 release of dozens amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. of wild animals by a suiThursday Night: A chance of snow showers, mainly cidal owner at his eastern before 4am. Cloudy, with a low around 15. Chance of pre- Ohio farm. Authorities killed most of the animals, cipitation is 40 percent. including black bears, BenFriday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 23. gal tigers and African liFriday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 17. ons, fearing for the public’s Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40. Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. safety. While the law allows for Sunday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a state officials to seize anihigh near 42. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. mals that are kept without a permit, that’s unlikely to start immediately in the new year. The agriculture department expects to receive applications into the new year, said agency spokeswoman Erica Hawkins. AEP (NYSE) — 46.74 Peoples (NASDAQ) — 22.51 “It’s not like we can Akzo (NASDAQ) — 25.87 Pepsico (NYSE) — 82.94 show up and take the aniAshland Inc. (NYSE) — 97.04 Ohio Valley Forecast Local Stocks Big Lots (NYSE) — 32.29 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) — 50.59 BorgWarner (NYSE) — 55.91 Century Alum (NASDAQ) — 10.46 Champion (NASDAQ) — 0.40 City Holding (NASDAQ) — 46.33 Collins (NYSE) — 73.92 DuPont (NYSE) — 64.97 US Bank (NYSE) — 40.40 Gen Electric (NYSE) — 28.03 Harley-Davidson (NYSE) — 69.24 JP Morgan (NYSE) — 58.48 Kroger (NYSE) — 39.53 Ltd Brands (NYSE) — 61.85 Norfolk So (NYSE) — 92.83 OVBC (NASDAQ) — 22.65 BBT (NYSE) — 37.32 donation is appreciated for immunization administration, however no one will be denied services. Please bring medical cards or commercial insurance cards. Second Democrat plans to enter race for governor Meigs Co-operative Parish events POMEROY — The Meigs Co-operative Parish hosts a variety of events and service projects available throughout the week at the Mulberry Community Center. Some of those are as follows, Meals at the Mulberry Community Center — 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday. Parish Shop — 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday. Comfort Club — 9 a.m.-noon, Wednesday. Food Pantry — 9-11 a.m., Tuesday-Friday. Celebrate Recovery — 7-9 p.m., Monday. Shape-Up — 9-11 a.m. and 5-7 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday. Wednesday, Jan. 8 HARRISONVILLE — The Scipio Township Trustees will hold the yearly Organizational Meeting at 7 p.m. at the Harrisonville Fire House. Immunization Clinic POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will conduct an immunization clinic from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. on Tuesday at the Meigs County Health Department located at 112 E. Memorial Drive in Pomeroy. Please bring child’s shot record. Children must be accompanied by a parent/legal guardian. A Premier (NASDAQ) — 14.15 Rockwell (NYSE) — 118.16 Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) — 14.57 Royal Dutch Shell — 71.27 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) — 49.04 Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 78.69 Wendy’s (NYSE) — 8.72 WesBanco (NYSE) — 32.00 Worthington (NYSE) — 42.08 Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. ET closing quotes of transactions December 31, 2013, provided by Edward Jones financial advisors Isaac Mills in Gallipolis at (740) 441-9441 and Lesley Marrero in Point Pleasant at (304) 674-0174. Member SIPC. mals,” Hawkins said in an interview. “There’s a due process that is followed.” Once applications are submitted, the agency has 90 days to decide whether potential permit holders have met the state’s new caging standards and other rules for keeping certain snakes and animals. And Hawkins said the department is eager to work with owners who want to comply with the law. The new restrictions are being challenged by several animal owners, who have asked a federal appeals court in Cincinnati to strike down the law. They are suing the state’s agriculture department and its director over the rules, claiming they infringe on their constitutional rights. Their appeal comes after a federal judge in Columbus upheld the law. Several of the owners in the case believed they were exempt from the law, only to be notified recently by the state that they are not, said Polly Britton, a lobbyist for the Ohio Association of Animal Owners. The group boasts more than 8,000 members, whose animals range from domestic cats how many owners fall into those categories. The agriculture department has two full-time staffers dedicated to enforcing the law, along with four others that split time between the program and another. Hawkins said the agency believes that’s enough people to enforce the law. “If there’s a huge influx (of permits), we’ll bring more people on,” Hawkins said. “We think given the number we saw through registration, this team should be able to cover it.” Other pieces of the law, such as a ban on buying new animals, have been in place since 2012. Ohio constructed a roughly $3 million building to temporarily keep animals surrendered to the state, should owners find they cannot keep the creatures or comply with the new rules. Since opening in March, the taxpayer-funded facility has held at least 24 animals, including 20 alligators, three bears and a cougar. None were euthanized. The state has worked to find them new homes. W.Va. gas tax up, business taxes down on Jan. 1 CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Motorists will pay an additional penny for a gallon of gasoline in West Virginia, beginning Wednesday. The 1-cent increase to 54.1 cents per gallon is one of several tax changes that go into effect at the start of the new year, one news outlet reported. The gas tax increase is due to the state Tax Department’s annual recalculation of the average wholesale gas price. The variable tax is one of the gas tax’s three components. The tax also includes a flat state tax of 20.5 cents per gallon and a flat federal tax of 18.4 cents per gallon. Tax officials determined in November that the new state average wholesale gas price was $3.042 a gallon, compared to the 2013 rate of $2.831 a gallon. Was Your Christmas Gift the Wrong Size? WE SPECIALIZE IN � Ring Sizing � Watch Band Shortening � Chain Shortening Tuesday-Friday 10 - 6, Saturday 10 - 2 arat Patch Diamonds- N- Gold 60474566 418 SILVER BRIDGE PLAZA����ALLIPOLIS, OH 740-446-3484 to Bengal tigers. “We kind of feel like this is a bullying tactic,” Britton said in an interview. According to the agriculture department, a couple of the owners didn’t have the correct species to qualify them for certain exemptions. Owners applying for permits must pass background checks, pay fees, obtain liability insurance or surety bonds, and prove they can properly contain the animal and care for it. They also had to register their animals with the state. Ohio has 888 dangerous wild animals registered by 150 entities. That includes creatures kept at zoos, sanctuaries and other facilities that are exempted from the law. It’s not clear how many of the animals are privately owned. But the agriculture department believes the majority of those registered belong to the zoos and other exempted facilities. Still, some owners have not notified the state about their animals. Others have transferred their critters to another home without contacting the state, in violation of Ohio’s new law. And officials do not know Visit us at www.mydailysentinel.com “I’d like for the gas tax to be down, but we also need money for highways,” Jan Vineyard, president of the West Virginia Oil Marketers and Grocers Association, told the newspaper. “This is the most reasonable manner to go in.” Vineyard said the variable tax rate helps state road funding keep pace with inflation. The method for calculating tax rates for alternative fuels, such as natural gas and propane, also is changing. A bill passed this year by the Legislature requires the Tax Department to calculate tax rates for these alternative fuels by their gasoline gallon equivalent measurements. The variable rates will be 30.4 cents per 1,000 cubic feet of compressed natural gas, 2.5 cents per gallon of liquefied natural gas and 6.2 cents per gallon of propane. Changing the calculation for propane will decrease that tax from 14.2 cents to 6.2 cents a gallon. Propane previously was taxed the same as regular gas. Two business taxes will decline as part of a multi-year plan established during Gov. Joe Manchin’s administration to reduce business tax rates. The corporate income tax will drop to 6.5 percent on Wednesday, while the business franchise tax will drop to 0.1 percent. The corporate income tax reduction is the last under the plan. The business franchise tax is set to be phased out in 2015. Another change effective Wednesday involves online retail sales. The state will officially require any online retailer with a physical presence in the state to charge sales taxes for Internet-based transactions, including online purchases from Amazon, Walmart, Target and Cabella’s. Most retailers have been charging the tax for some time. Amazon began charging the tax this fall. �Wednesday, January 1, 2014 www.mydailysentinel.com For the Record 911 Dec. 23 12:02 a.m., Coolville Road, difficulty breathing; 1:09 a.m., North Main Street, hemorrhage; 5:12 a.m., Beech Street, obstetrics; 2:15 p.m., Cherry Street, infection; 8:36 p.m., Ohio 143, auto fire; 9:18 p.m., Pearl Street, pain general; 10:17 p.m., Bunker Hill Church Road, difficulty breathing. Dec. 24 2:34 a.m., Race Street, abdominal pain; 8:17 a.m., Ohio 143, dizziness; 8:47 a.m., Karr Street, nose bleed; 11:24 a.m., Haning Road, pain general; 2:13 p.m., Tornado Road, difficulty breathing; 8:50 p.m., Ohio 124 and 325, unknown. Dec. 25 6:01 a.m., Oliver S t re e t , s e i z u re /c o nv u l sions; 7:41 a.m., US 33 and Peachfork Road, motor vehicle collision; 11:56 a.m., Rocksprings Road, diabetic emergency; 12:59 p.m., Plants Road, seizure/convulsions; 1:18 p.m., Broad- way Street, hemorrhage; 4:16 p.m., Main Street, syncope/passing out; 6:23 p.m., Shady Cove Road, difficulty breathing; 7:11 p.m., Welsh Town Road, seizure/convulsions. Dec. 26 8:21 a.m., East Letart Road, fall; 8:25 a.m., Lemaster Road, difficulty breathing; 9:39 a.m., South Third Avenue, difficulty breathing; 10:53 a.m., General Hartinger Parkway, weakness; 2:52 p.m., Rutland Street, stroke/CVA; 2:52 p.m., Pearl Street, nausea/vomiting; 5:09 p.m., South Third Avenue, difficulty breathing. Dec. 27 12:35 a.m., Elm Street, chest pain; 2:53 a.m., Salem Street, obstetrics; 11:07 a.m., Coal Street, chest pain; 11:10 a.m., Vine Street, cardiac arrest; 11:15 a.m., Pearl Street, head injury;3:42 p.m., Pearl Street, overdose; 5:14 p.m., Ohio 7, hemorrhage; 5:24 p.m., Bald Knob-Stiversville Road, u n c o n s c i o u s /u n k n ow n reason; 7:07 p.m., Ohio 32 and Cone Road, motor vehicle collision with entrapment; 8:16 p.m., Beech Street, difficulty breathing; 10:46 p.m., Apple Grove Dorcas Road, chest pain. Dec. 28 9:04 a.m., Cristy Road, general assistance; 10:38 a.m., North Third Avenue, weakness; 11:26 a.m., Ohio 143, weakness; 12:24 p.m., East Memorial Drive, numbness; 12:45 p.m., Pearl Street, altered mental status; 1:26 p.m., Fourth Street, fractured body part; 3:40 p.m., Ohio 124, high temperature; 5:22 p.m., East Memorial Drive, difficulty breathing; 7:09 p.m., Second Street, pain general; 9:52 p.m., Union Avenue, difficulty breathing; 10:13 p.m., Stewart Hollow Road, fall; 11:17 p.m., Bone Hollow Road, fall. Dec. 29 3:22 a.m., Peach Fork Road, difficulty breathing; 6:53 a.m., Cherry Street, pain general; 10:30 a.m., Cook Road, weakness; 1:05 p.m., Bunker Hill Church Road, difficulty breathing; 3:15 p.m., Third Street, stroke/CVA; 3:25 p.m., Ohio 7, difficulty breathing. Dec. 30 4:08 a.m., Baker Road, overdose; 6:25 a.m., Lila Drive, fall; 8:17 a.m., Blind Hollow Road, weakness; 8:51 a.m., Rose Valley Road, chest pain; 10:11 a.m., Lee Circle, high blood pressure; 10:15 a.m., Ohio 7, abdominal pain; 11:04 a.m., Sisson Run Road, difficulty breathing; 11:32 a.m., Eagle Ridge Road, syncope/passing out; 11:44 a.m., Main Street, stroke/CVA; 12:21 p.m., Mulberry Avenue, syncope/passing out; 7:53 p.m., Ohio 684, motor vehicle collision; 9:09 p.m., West College Road, anxiety/panic attack. Dec. 31 3:33 a.m., Sidehill Road, kidney stone possible; 3:57 a.m., Ohio 124, fall; 4:16 a.m., Long Hollow Road, medical alarm. W.Va. rock, mud slides expensive to clean up CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Recent rock and mud slides are straining the West Virginia Department of Transportation’s maintenance fund. The cleanup of a rock slide in Raleigh County that has closed a section of W.Va. Route 3 could cost $500,000, DOT spokesman Brent Walker told one media outlet. Crews have been using explosives to blast three large boulders that fell onto the highway last week. DOT spokeswoman Carrie Bly said Monday that the road is expected to remain closed for at least 10 days. Walker said the cleanup of a mudslide that cut off access to a road in Logan County earlier this month could cost even more than the Raleigh County incident. “These have been pretty big deals and they’ve cost a lot of money to clean up,” he said. Slides are common in West Virginia but most are small. Several hundred small slides have occurred around the state this year. “San Francisco has their earthquakes and West Virginia has their slides. We’re used to that. That’s part of our world,” Walker said. But add in the large slides, along with other maintenance costs, and the DOT’s maintenance fund could go over budget this year. “Too many of these and we really start to see the effects on other programs like some resurfacing projects,” Walker said. Cleanups involve more than removing rock, mud and debris from roads. “We’ve got to secure the hillside. We have to make repairs to the damaged road,” Walker said. The DOT also has to reinstall guardrails and signs. Transportation officials hope that the winter is mild so there won’t be many potholes to fix. The Daily Sentinel s Page 3 New policy targets foster care in Ohio county CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio’s largest county wants to try an experimental approach to keep more children from homeless families out of foster care. A fundraising model being floated by Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald would give private investors a chance to make some money by helping to expand an existing intervention program, according to the Northeast Ohio Media Group. Investors would get their money back, plus up to 2 percent interest, if the intervention program hits its performance goals. The proposal, which is still being developed, would aim to raise between $8 million and $9 million from foundations, banks and other investors. FitzGerald, a Democratic candidate for governor, said the program could save the county money overall if it can reduce the number of kids in foster care. Investors’ profits would come from taxpayers, which already pay $35 million for foster care in the county of about 1.2 million residents. The fundraising method has been called “pay for success” or “social impact bonds.” Lately, according to the Northeast Ohio Media Group, it has been attracting interest in the United States within academic, government and philanthropic circles. David Merriman, FitzGerald’s deputy chief of staff for human services, said county administration is still developing the specific benchmarks that would be used to determine whether the investors get their money back. If county officials approve the proposal, the administration hopes to get everything in place by July. Body clock may be to blame when tots fight sleep WASHINGTON (AP) — “Just one more story, please?” ”I need a glass of water.” ”Mom, I can’t sleep!” When youngsters continually struggle to fall asleep at night, new research suggests maybe their body clock doesn’t match their bedtime. That doesn’t mean tots should be up at all hours. “Just like nutrition and exercise, sleep is critical for good health,” said sleep scientist Monique LeBourgeois of the University of Colorado, Boulder, who is leading the research. The ultimate goal is to help reset a delayed sleep clock so that young children can settle down more easily, she said. Hint: It seems to have a lot to do with light. We all have what’s called a circadian rhythm, a master biological clock, that regulates when we become sleepy, and when we’re more alert. Those patterns vary with age: It’s the reason teenagers are notorious for late nights and difficult-to-wake mornings. But how does that clock work in preschoolers, who need more sleep than older kids or adults? A first-ofits-kind study tracked 14 healthy youngsters for six days to begin finding out. The children, ages 2½ to 3, wore activity monitors on their wrists to detect when they slept. Parents kept diaries about bedtime routines. Then on the last afternoon, researchers visited each home, dimming lights and covering windows. Then, every 30 minutes for six hours leading up to the child’s appointed bedtime, they also coaxed each tot to chew on some dental cotton to provide a sample of saliva. The reason: To test for levels of a hormone named melatonin that is key to the sleep cycle and also sensitive to light. At some point every evening, people’s melatonin levels surge and a while later, they begin to feel sleepy. Among adults who sleep well, that melatonin rise tends to happen about two hours before whatever is their chosen bedtime. For preschoolers, the new study found that on average, the melatonin surge occurred around 7:40 p.m. The children tended to be tucked in around 8:10 p.m., and most were asleep 30 minutes later, LeBourgeois reported in the journal Mind, Brain and Education. When melatonin rose earlier in the evening, tots who hit the sack around 8 fell asleep a bit faster. But when the melatonin surge was closer to bedtime, the youngsters were more likely to fuss or make curtain calls after lights-out. Two children in the study actually were tucked in before their rise in melatonin ever occurred, and it took them up to an hour past bedtime to fall asleep, she said. “We don’t know what that sweet spot is yet,” LeBourgeois said, but the data suggest bedtime is easiest if the melatonin surge occurred at least 30 minutes earlier. The study reinforces what doctors have long suspected is one bedtime barrier, said Dr. Jyoti Krishna, a pediatric sleep expert at the Cleveland Clinic. Other factors can disrupt a child’s sleep, too, such as noise, stress or anxiety, or disrupted home routines, he cautioned. “But this paper reminds us that, hey, there is a time that the body is more ready to sleep than at other times,” Krishna said. The National Institutes of Health says preschoolers need 11 to 12 hours of sleep each day; some typically comes from an afternoon nap. Parents don’t have melatonin tests as a guide, so Krishna advises looking for cues when setting a bedtime — yawning, rubbing eyes — and then to adjust that bedtime as the child gets older. “The melatonin onset and our body rhythms change,” Krishna said. “You can’t stick to what worked two years ago with this child, because this child is now a different child.” About 25 percent of young children experience some type of sleep difficulty, including trouble settling down at bedtime, LeBourgeois said. Harried parents aside, there’s concern that early-in-life bedtime frustration might lead to more persistent sleep trouble. “Listen to your child’s physiology,” she advised. Some steps that might help: —Research shows that in adults, too much light in the evening delays the melatonin surge and subsequent sleepiness. While there’s no data in young children yet, LeBourgeois says dimming the lights about an hour before bedtime makes sense. —Avoid electronics near bedtime, because they generate a specific type of light that triggers wakefulness. LeBourgeois was horrified to hear one parent offer a sleepless youngster an iPad to play with as long as the child stayed in the bedroom. —And make sure blackout shades aren’t keeping your children from getting enough morning sunlight, she said. Light in the morning also is key to keeping the biological sleep clock on schedule. Stay tuned: With funding from the National Institute of Mental Health, LeBourgeois has begun a larger study that will track sleep patterns of 40 2-yearolds until they’re 5. She’ll also measure their light exposure, and periodically record their brain waves during sleep, in a bid to better understand the influence of sleep patterns on children’s development. 60473999 Visit us online at www.mydailysentinel.com �The Daily Sentinel OPINION Page 4 Wednesday, January 1, 2014 Legal pot sales begin amid Review: New camera phones notable in 2013 uncertainty in Colorado Anick Jesdanun AP Technology Writer Kristen Wyatt The Associated Press DENVER — A gleaming white Apple store of weed is how Andy Williams sees his new Denver marijuana dispensary. Two floors of pot-growing rooms will have windows showing the shopping public how the mind-altering plant is grown. Shoppers will be able to peruse drying marijuana buds and see pot trimmers at work separating the valuable flowers from the less-prized stems and leaves. “It’s going to be all white and beautiful,” the 45-yearold ex-industrial engineer explains, excitedly gesturing around what just a few weeks ago was an empty warehouse space that will eventually house 40,000 square feet of cannabis strains. As Colorado prepares to be the first in the nation to allow recreational pot sales, opening Jan. 1, hopeful retailers like Williams are investing their fortunes into the legal recreational pot world — all for a chance to build even bigger ones in a fledgling industry that faces an uncertain future. Officials in Colorado and Washington, the other state where recreational pot goes on sale in mid-2014, as well as activists, policymakers and governments from around the U.S. and across the world will not be the only ones watching the experiment unfold. So too will the U.S. Department of Justice, which for now is not fighting to shut down the industries. “We are building an impressive showcase for the world, to show them this is an industry,” Williams says, as the scent of marijuana competes with the smell of sawdust and wet paint in the cavernous store where he hopes to sell pot just like a bottle of wine. Will it be a showcase for a safe, regulated pot industry that generates hundreds of millions of dollars each year and saves money on locking up drug criminals, or one that will prove, once and for all, that the federal government has been right to ban pot since 1937? Cannabis was grown legally in the U.S. for centuries, even by George Washington. After Prohibition’s end in the 1930s, federal authorities turned their sights on pot. The 1936 propaganda film “Reefer Madness” warned the public about a plant capable of turning people into mindless criminals. Over the years, pot activists and state governments managed to chip away at the ban, their first big victory coming in 1996 when California allowed medical marijuana. Today, 19 other states, including Colorado and Washington, and the District of Columbia have similar laws. Those in the business were nervous, fearing that federal agents would raid their shops. “It was scary,” recalls Williams, who along with his brother borrowed some $630,000 from parents and relatives to open Medicine Man in 2009. “I literally had dreams multiple times a week where I was in prison and couldn’t see my wife or my child. Lot of sleepless nights.” That same year, the Justice Department told federal prosecutors they should not focus investigative resources on patients and caregivers complying with state medical marijuana laws — but the department reserved the right to step in if there was abuse. In Colorado, the industry took off. Shops advertised on billboards and radio. Potgrowing warehouses along Interstate 70 in Denver grew so big that motorists started calling one stretch the “Green Zone” for its frequent skunky odor of pot. The city at one point had more marijuana dispensaries than Starbucks coffee shops, with some neighborhoods crowded with dispensary sign-wavers and banners offering free joints for new customers. Local officials have since ratcheted back such in-your-face ads. But the marijuana movement didn’t stop. Voters in Colorado and Washington approved recreational pot in 2012, sold in part on spending less to lock up drug criminals and the potential for new tax dollars to fund state programs. The votes raised new questions about whether the federal government would The Daily Sentinel Reader Services Correction Policy Our main concern in all stories is to be accurate. If you know of an error in a story, call the newsroom at (740) 992-2156. Our main number is (740) 992-2155. 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That’s why coming up with a “best of” list for 2013 proved difficult. So instead of a comprehensive list, I’m highlighting five big trends. These are also areas where further innovations are likely in 2014, so stay tuned. *** — Better camera phones. This was the first year I didn’t mind leaving my point-and-shoot and full-bodied, SLR cameras at home. Camera phones have gotten good enough to stand in for those standalone cameras in many situations. Of the ones I tried, Apple’s iPhone 5S proved to be the best as an all-around camera. It’s good at getting the auto-focus right, even for moving objects. A larger sensor and an improved flash compared with previous models mean better shots in low light. An honorable mention goes to Nokia’s Lumia 1020. It’s consistently good at night and indoor shots. It combines the small amount of light from multiple pixels into one, resulting in better lighting. It also has manual controls typically absent from camera phones. Given how frequently people use their phones to take photos, expect even more improvements in the coming year. *** — Personalized technical support. It used to be when you couldn’t figure out how a product worked, you called your tech-savvy children. With Mayday on Amazon’s new Kindle Fire HDX tablets, you no longer need to do that. Instead, just tap the Mayday button, and you’ll be connected to a live customer service representative within seconds, even at 4 a.m. on a weekend. Amazon’s representatives can help you install apps, connect to Facebook or tackle anything else confounding you. You see them on the screen, but they can only hear you. They have a virtual orange marker to point you to buttons and menus on the screen. They also can take over your machine remotely and do it for you. As gadgets do more, they also get more complicated to use. As someone who’s constantly asked by friends and family for tech assistance, the Mayday feature is something I would welcome in other products. *** — Shackle-free phone plans. The traditional way of buying phones: Pay $100 or $200 for a phone, and stay locked to your wireless carrier for two more years. The new way: Buy or bring your own phone. Leave any time. T-Mobile introduced that concept in March when it split the monthly phone bill into two parts — one for the device, and the other for the voice, text and data services. If you already have a device or have Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Letters to the Editor Letters to the editor should be limited to 300 words. All letters are subject to editing, must be signed and include address and telephone number. No unsigned letters will be published. Letters should be in good taste, addressing issues, not personalities. “Thank You” letters will not be accepted for publication. finished paying for it, your overall bill goes down. If you need a phone, you pay its full retail price, spread out into monthly installments. You’re no longer getting a subsidy for signing a contract, but you’re also not paying for it through a higher phone bill. A few months later, T-Mobile introduced a program that lets you upgrade your phone up to twice a year, rather than every other year. The other national carriers followed with their own contract-free, frequent-upgrade plans. AT&T also lowered its service fees for voice, text and data for those who pay for phones separately. Sprint reduced those fees as well, but only temporarily. Some people will still find it more costeffective to buy phones the traditional way, but these contract-free options give consumers more freedom to leave their carrier or change phones frequently. Meanwhile, some phone makers have come out with cheaper phones that do almost as much as the $600-plus ones. Motorola’s Moto G phone is particularly notable, at just $179 — ideal when you pay for your own phone. *** — Laptops with long-lasting batteries. Most laptop owners no doubt have found themselves out of juice at the most inopportune times, whether in the middle of an important business meeting or the start of a super-long flight to Asia or Australia. A new generation of processing chips from Intel makes that far less likely to happen. These chips, known as Haswell, are more efficient at using power. It’s now possible to go a full waking day on a single charge, with some reasonable breaks for meals and exercise. The 13-inch MacBook Air, for instance, promises up to 12 hours of battery life. I was able to stretch that to more than 14 hours by turning off Wi-Fi, though nine to 11 hours was more common with general Web surfing. On the Windows 8 machines I tested, I was able to get seven to nine hours consistently. Expect to pay at least $1,000 for a Haswell laptop, though prices may start coming down in the new year. *** — Internet television. A few friends and I dropped cable TV service this year. I saved more than $100 a month and used some of that to buy a new TV. You might be wondering: Huh? Several options are now available for watching television over the Internet. Watching on a computer or a tablet seems unsatisfactory. With a streaming device such as Roku, Apple TV or Chromecast or a game console such as the PlayStation 4 or the Xbox One, you can project Internet video to the big screen. You’ll need to subscribe to a handful of services such as Netflix or Hulu Plus. The downside is you often need to wait at least a day for shows to become available online. That means avoiding spoilers on social networks. It’s also a poor option for live sports. Major League Baseball has a great online service, but typically blocks hometown teams. But it’s money saved to buy the hot gadgets of 2014 — or tickets to a ballgame, plus beer and hot dogs. The Daily Sentinel Ohio Valley Newspapers 111 Court Street Pomeroy, Ohio Phone (740) 992-2156 Fax (740) 992-2157 www.mydailysentinel.com Sammy M. Lopez Publisher 740-446-3242, ext. 15 slopez@civitasmedia.com Stephanie Filson Managing Editor �Wednesday, January 1, 2014 Obituary Ohio electricity customers shopping around ELBERT ‘JUNIOR’ SCHARTIGER MIDDLEPORT — Elbert “Junior” Schartiger, age 75, of Middleport, went to be with the Lord on Monday, December 30, 2013, at his daughter’s residence in Orrville, following a short battle with cancer. Junior was born on August 8, 1938, in Glenville, West Virginia, to Elbert and Freda Vada (Kerr) Schartiger. He served in the United States Army from 1961 to 1963. He then worked for the railroad for several years, retiring due to disability. Junior enjoyed hunting, fishing, and spending time with his family who will dearly miss him. Surviving are four children, James Schartiger of Rutland, Kim (Lonnie) Brown of Orrville, John Schartiger of Vinton, and Darlene (Jim) Gartner of Dover; 11 grandchildren; many great grandchildren; ex-wife, Marie Schartiger of Orrville; three brothers, The Daily Sentinel s Page 5 www.mydailysentinel.com Minter Schartiger, Eugene (Kate) Schartiger, and Tom (Loretta) Schartiger, all of Middleport; two sisters, Thelma Mays of Orrville, and Donna Davaull of Middleport; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, Elbert Schartiger; mother, Freda Maynard; brothers, Johnny, Eddie, Okey, and Willie Schartiger; and a sister, Geraldine Radcliff. Services will be held at noon on Monday, January 6, 2014, at Auble Funeral Home in Orrville, with Rev. Jeff Ball officiating. Burial with military honors will take place at Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery in Rittman. Friends may call from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday at the funeral home in Orrville. Online registry and expressions of condolence may be made at the funeral home’s web site at www.aublefuneralhome.com. Memorials may be made to defray funeral costs c/o Auble Funeral Home, 512 East Oak Street, Orrville, OH 44667. CINCINNATI (AP) — More than half of all power customers in Ohio are buying their electricity from a supplier other than their local utility. A centralohio.com report published Tuesday in one newspaper attributes the trend to the deregulation in the electricity market that started in steps in 2001. Now the state is considering even more changes to encourage customers to shop for electricity. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) showed at the end of September that 51 percent of Ohio homes and 52 percent of all electricity customers in utility service areas were buying their power from a competitive supplier. That doesn’t include the 380,000 mostly rural customers served by nonprofit electricity cooperatives, which don’t participate in the open market. Switch rates exceeded 50 percent for the first time earlier this year. PUCO, meanwhile, has been studying what is and isn’t working in the competitive market. Commission chairman Todd Snitchler said the effort is meant to “identify barriers to growth in the marketplace and highlight the positive things that are being done so we don’t have any unintended consequences and change something that might actually be working well.” A report is expected early in the new year. It would then be open for comments from the public, and the commission would later make policy recommendations to the Ohio Legislature for consideration. Lung cancer scans urged for some smokers, not all Screen the wrong peo- occasionally, screening deWASHINGTON (AP) ily physician. Even those — Certain current or for- high-risk people shouldn’t ple, “and we could see more tects tumors so small and mer heavy smokers should be scanned if they’re not harm than good,” LeFevre slow-growing that they start getting yearly scans healthy enough to with- cautioned. “There’s a lot of never would have threatfor lung cancer to cut their stand cancer treatment, room for what I would call ened the person’s life. While screening clearly risk of death from the na- or if they kicked the habit people exploiting the recommendation. I can imag- can benefit some people, tion’s top cancer killer, more than 15 years ago. Lung cancer kills nearly ine a street-corner imaging “the best way to avoid lung government advisers said Monday — even as they 160,000 Americans each center advertising to invite cancer death is to stop smoking,” LeFevre added. stressed that the tests year. Smoking is the big- people in.” The task force proposed Why not screen younger gest risk factor, and the aren’t for everyone. The long-anticipated more and longer people or lighter smokers? There’s the screenings last sumdecision by the influential smoke, the higher their no data to tell if they’d be mer but published its final U.S. Preventive Services risk. Usually, lung cancer helped. Lung cancer is recommendation Monday Task Force says these CT is diagnosed too late for rare before age 50, and the in the journal Annals of scans of the lungs should treatment to succeed, but major study that showed Internal Medicine. That be offered only to people at until now there hasn’t been screening could save lives clears the way for insurespecially high risk: Those a good means of early de- enrolled only heavy smok- ers to begin paying for the scans, which cost between ers starting at age 55. who smoked a pack of ciga- tection. But screening isn’t harm- $300 and $500, according The newly recommendrettes a day for 30 years or an equivalent amount, ed screening could prevent free. A suspicious scan is to the American Lung Assuch as two packs a day as many as 20,000 deaths a far more likely to be a false sociation. Under the Obama adfor 15 years — and who year, LeFevre said — if it’s alarm than a tumor, LeFevre noted. Yet patients may ministration’s health care are between the ages of 55 used correctly. That estimate assumes undergo invasive testing to law, cancer screenings and 80. That’s roughly 10 mil- good candidates seek the find out, which in turn can that are backed by the task force are supposed lion people, but not all of scans. There’s no way to cause complications. CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia is prepar- them qualify for screening, know if people at the highMoreover, radiation ac- to be covered with no coing to update its voter registration rolls. said task force vice chair- est risk will, or if instead cumulated from even low- pays, although plans have More than 355,000 voters soon will receive notifica- man Dr. Michael LeFevre, a the overly anxious will dose CT scans can raise a year to adopt new rections from county clerks seeking updated information. University of Missouri fam- flood testing centers. the risk of cancer. And ommendations. The notifications will be sent to voters who may have changed their addresses or who haven’t cast ballots for two federal election cycles. Secretary of State Natalie Tennant says in a news release that the process ensures voter rolls are accurate. take a different approach with “Food has held an event of this kind. Voters who don’t fill out and return the notifications to From Page 1 for Furry Friends.” Soup which has The idea was suggested by a child their county clerks will be placed on a list of inactive voters. But they will remain registered to vote and can vote nate items for raffles and soup for the been donated by Taz’s Marathon will of an employee and the group “Food for Food Friday’s”. be served to those who donate dog thought it was a worthy project. in the 2014 elections. The employees have several proj- food, cat food, leashes and collars or All donations from the January 3 Federal law requires the cancellation of voter registraevent will go to the Meigs County tion if a voter remains inactive for two federal election ects in the works for the coming year. make a cash donation. cycles. This is the first time the group Dog Shelter. On January 3, the program will W.Va. updating voter registration information Program Dream From Page 1 any point during this time, or no call at all. Struble’s call came in late August asking him to be a contestant in an episode taped in September. “When they called to tell me I was going to come out to California to tape, I screamed,” Struble said. “I didn’t think it was real. I thought there was a mistake. I immediately hung up the phone and called my parents. I was excited and nervous.” Struble said he enjoyed the experience and that he felt that everyone involved in the process from producers, staff and Alex Trebek to the other contestants were very nice. “It was so surreal to be in the studio and see the set you watched on TV, in my case, for 25 years,” Struble said. “You get there and think ‘Is this really happening?’ I didn’t realize I would be in such close quarters with the other twenty contestants scheduled to tape that day, but they kept us together and put us all in the same hotel. We became friends. The staff was just so nice to all of us.” Struble’s episode aired Friday, December 13 and until then, he had to keep everything secret. “Keeping quiet was probably the hardest part of the whole process,” Struble said. “You can’t talk about anything you saw. I had to watch five other shows being taped, and I couldn’t even talk about what color shirt Alex Trebek wore. It made Thanksgiving this year so awkward because all of my family members kept asking me about the results, and I kept having to put them off because I had to keep the secret even though I wanted to talk about it.” “It was weird to watch,” Struble said. “I’ve never been on television. I had a viewing party and people were cheering when I got questions right and booing when Alex said I was wrong, and I just appreciate the support.” Struble said he has been recognized by people just by being on the show. “People come up to me and tell me they remember my face on Jeopardy and talk about how tough the board was that day,” Struble said. “One thing they warned us about on the set was ‘Facebook groupies’ who try to send friend requests to the contestants on the show, and just a few days after my episode aired, people were trying to send me friend requests.” Struble said he came in third place, winning $1,000. He also said although he did not win, he Resolutions From Page 1 Year. I am hoping for good health and prosperity for family, friends and co-workers.” People often say they were unable to stick with resolutions, but some such as Tim Davies find a way to pull through and accomplish the goal. “We tried a simple one last year,” Davies said. “Try 52 new recipes in the year, as we always collect them but rarely make them. New Year’s Eve, we made number 52! We documented it on Facebook and shared recipes with those who were interested. 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TV14 (:15) Wanderlust ('12, Com) Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston. A Manhattan couple decide to try living on a commune after they both lose their jobs. TVMA House of House Lies Inside the NFL Exclusive Lies "Hostile "Til Death Do NFL highlights of the week's Takeover" Us Part" games. 10 PM 10:30 Treme "...To Miss New Orleans" Batiste takes his sons to a Dr. John gig. War of the Worlds ('05, Act) Dakota Fanning, Tom Cruise. TV14 House of House of Lies Live Lies Live �The Daily Sentinel SPORTS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2014 mdssports@civitasmedia.com Marauders roll past Southern, 71-54 Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — The difference came down the stretch. The Meigs boys basketball team used a 37-23 second half charge to turn a tightlycontested one-possession halftime lead into a comfortable 71-54 victory over visiting Southern Saturday night in a nonconference matchup at Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium. The Marauders (4-3) shot 46 percent from the field and had five players contribute at least seven points to the winning cause, helping the hosts get back above the .500 mark while also snapping a twogame winning streak for the Tornadoes. Meigs jumped out to a small 17-14 edge after eight minutes of play, then both teams traded 17 points apiece in the second canto — allowing MHS to secure a small 34-31 edge at the break. The Marauders took control of the contest in the third stanza after using a 19-8 run to establish a sizable 53-39 cushion headed into the finale. SHS (4-2) was never closer than four possessions the rest of the way as Meigs closed regulation with an 1815 spurt to wrap up the 17-point triumph. MHS connected on 23-of-50 field goal attempts, including a 4-of-11 effort from three-point range for 36 percent. The hosts were also 18-of-28 at the free throw line for 64 percent. Kaileb Sheets led Meigs with a gamehigh 24 points, followed by Damon Jones with 20 points and Jordan Hutton with 10 markers. Cody Bartrum and Isaiah English respectively added eight and seven points to the winning cause, while Ty Phelps rounded out the scoring with two markers. Jones hauled in a team-high 12 rebounds for the Marauders, while Phelps dished out seven assists and Sheets came away with four steals. Taylor McNickle paced Southern with 15 points, followed by Tristen Wolfe and Dennis Teaford with 13 markers apiece. Bradley McCoy and Zac Beegle respectively chipped in five and four points, while Trenton Deem added two markers. Jack Lemley and Casey Pickens rounded out the SHS scoring with a point apiece. The guests were 11-of-22 at the charity stripe for 50 percent. The Tornadoes committed 14 turnovers in the setback, compared to 11 giveaways by the Marauders. Alex Hawley | OVP Sports South Gallia junior Sara Bailey (20) fires a shot between Ohio Valley Christian senior Sarah Schoonover (left) and junior Emily Carman (right), during the Lady Rebels victory Saturday night in Mercerville. Lady Rebels roll past Ohio Valley Christian Blue Angels bounce Meigs, 86-50 Photos by Alex Hawle | OVP Sports Gallia Academy guard Jamie Canfield (21) drives past Meigs’ Bre Colburn (20) during the Blue Angels 86-50 victory, Saturday in Mercerville. Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com MERCERVILLE, Ohio — Protecting home court. For the second consecutive year the South Gallia girls basketball team will be playing in the finals of the Lady Rebel Holiday Tournament at SGHS. The Lady Rebels clinched their spot in the championship game with a 57-18 victory over Ohio Valley Christian on Saturday. After three scoreless minutes of play the Lady Rebels (5-5) struck first but OVCS (3-7) answered to tie the game at two. SGHS scored 14 unanswered points to end the first quarter with a 16-2 lead. South Gallia kept it going expanding the lead to 31-8 at half and 38-12 by the end of the third. The Lady Rebels marked 19 in the fourth quarter to claim the 57-18 victory. Rachel Johnson led the victors with 16 points, followed by Sara Bailey with 11 and Katie Bostic with nine. Mikayla Polinig had seven points, Ashley Northup marked five, while Lesley Small and Caitlyn VansCoy each had four. Lexi Williamson rounded out the SGHS total with one point. South Gallia pulled down 42 team rebounds, led by VansCoy with 13 and Johnson with six. Northup paced SGHS with three assists in the win. The Lady Defenders were led by Rachel Sargent with five points and Emily Carman with four. Bekah Sargent, Sarah Schoonover and Cassandra Hutchinson each marked three points in the setback. Carman had six of the team’s 25 rebounds, followed by Rachel Sargent and Hutchinson with five each. Schoonover and Teah Elliott each had an assist in the game. SGHS will advance to the championship game to face Gallia Academy for the second year in a row. OVCS will play Meigs in the consolation game. OVP Sports Schedule Thursday, Jan. 2 Girls Basketball Meigs vs. OVCS at South Gallia Tournament, 6 p.m. GAHS vs. SGHS at South Gallia Tournament, 7:30 River Valley at Southern, 7:30 Friday, Jan. 3 Boys Basketball Southern at Belpre, 7:30 Federal Hocking at Eastern, 7:30 Hannan at Sherman, 7:30 Vinton County at Meigs, 7:30 Gallia Academy at Logan, 7:30 South Gallia at Wahama, 7:30 River Valley at Coal Grove, 7:30 Wrestling Wahama at Nitro, 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 4 Boys Basketball Green at River Valley, 7:30 Gallia Academy at Eastern, 7:30 Buffalo at South Gallia, 7:30 Meigs at Wahama, 7:30 Girls Basketball Southern at Symmes Valley, 7:30 Portsmouth at Gallia Academy, Noon Hurricane at Point Pleasant, 7:30 Wrestling Point Pleasant at University, 8 a.m. Wahama at Nitro, 8 a.m. Meigs, Gallia Academy at Nelsonville-York, 10 a.m. Swimming River Valley at University of Charleston, TBA Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com MERCERVILLE, Ohio — Back to winning ways. The Gallia Academy girls basketball team snapped a four-game losing skid Saturday evening with a 86-50 victory over Meigs during the opening game of the Lady Rebel Holiday Tournament at South Gallia. Meigs (3-7) kept the game close through the first 4:30, only trailing by four, but the Blue Angels (4-7) closed the first quarter with a 13-0 run to take complete control. Gallia Academy kept its foot on the gas petal, outscoring MHS 23-to-12 in the second quarter and 25-to-10 in the third to hold the 72-39 advantage through three quarters of play. The Blue and White outscored the Lady Marauders 14-to-11 in the finale and took the 86-50 triumph. Kendra Barnes led the Blue Angels scoring output with 22 points, followed by Micah Curfman with 20. Jordan Walker and Kassie Shriver each had 13 points, Jamie Canfield and Carly Shriver both added six, while Jalea Caldwell rounded out the GAHS total with two points. Gallia Academy pulled down 39 rebounds, assisted on 23 buckets, had 16 steals and three blocks. Curfman led the Blue Angles in rebounds with eight, assists with 11 and steals with five. Walker pulled down seven rebounds, which Barnes had six. Walker led the defense with two blocks, while Barnes had four steals. The Lady Marauders were led by Kelsey Hudson with 17 points and Morgan Russell with 16. Ariel Ellis, Brook Andrus and Bre Colburn all had four points, Hannah Cremeans added three, while Danielle Morris marked two. The Maroon and Gold had 32 rebounds, nine assists, four blocks and eight steals. Cremeans and Andrus each grabbed six rebounds to lead the way, followed by Colburn and Russell with five each. Russell and Andrus each had two assists, while Ellis led the defense with two blocks and two steals. For the second consecutive year GAHS will meet South Gallia in the finals of the Lady Rebel Holiday Tournament on Thursday. Meigs will face Ohio Valley Christian in the consolation game on Thursday. Meigs junior Brook Andrus (30) dribbles away from GAHS defenders Kassie Shriver and Jordan Walker, during the Blue Angels victory in Mercerville. Lady Panthers outlast River Valley, 45-41 Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com LONDONDERRY, Ohio — Close, but no proverbial cigar. The River Valley girls basketball team suffered its fourth straight setback Saturday night following a 45-41 setback to host Southeastern in a non-conference contest in Ross County. The Lady Raiders (3-5) started strong, as the guests claimed a small 13-10 lead after eight minutes before going on an 8-3 second quarter surge to secure a 21-13 intermission advantage. The Lady Panthers retaliated with a 13-8 run in the third canto to close to within a possession at 29-26, then closed regulation with a 19-12 charge to complete their rally bid with the four-point triumph. Leia Moore led RVHS with 13 points, followed by Chelsea Copley with 10 points and Rachael Smith with eight markers. Courtney Smith was next with six points, while Shelby Brown and Tianna Qualls rounded out the scoring with two markers each. The Lady Raiders were 11-of-18 at the free throw line for 61 percent, while the hosts connected on 12-of17 charity tosses for 71 percent. Audrie Wheeler paced SEHS (5-4) with a game-high 18 points, followed by Kali Mitten with nine points and Taylor Brown with six markers. �Wednesday, January 1, 2014 The Daily Sentinel s Page 7 www.mydailysentinel.com URG men outlast Cougars, 94-92 Randy Payton Special to OVP RIO GRANDE, Ohio — Jermaine Warmack connected on a pair of free throws with 3.3 seconds remaining, lifting the University of Rio Grande to a 94-92 win over the University of Cincinnati-Clermont, Monday night, in non-conference men’s basketball action at the Newt Oliver Arena. The RedStorm improved to 8-5 with the victory, completing a season sweep of the Cougars and snapping a two-game losing slide. UC-Clermont slipped to 5-11 with the loss. Rio Grande trailed by as many as 13 points with just under 10 minutes left in the opening half, but came all the way back to knot the score at 65Photo submitted by URG Athletics 65 on a pair of free throws by senior Rio Grande’s Bilal Young drives to the basket for two of his 18 guard Ricky Tisdale (Bolivar, TN) points in the RedStorm’s 94-92 win over Cincinnati-Clermont with 13:58 remaining in the game. Monday night at the Newt Oliver Arena. The Cougars regained a 76-73 ad- vantage after Stephen Chambers hit one of two free throw attempts with 10:35 left, but Rio rallied again and reeled off 16 of the game’s next 19 points to take a 10-point cushion of its own, 89-79, following a bucket by junior guard Travis Elliott (Ironton, OH) with 5:29 remaining. But the see-saw affair swung back in favor of UC-Clermont and a pair of free throws by Willie Slusher with 1:29 left capped a 13-3 run and tied the game again at 92-92. Warmack, a senior guard from Orange, N.J., put the RedStorm in front once and for all with his tie-breaking free throws in the final seconds. The Cougars’ final hopes of rescuing a victory died when a desperation three-pointer from the right corner as time expired hit the side of the backboard. Freshman forward Bilal Young (Cleveland, OH) led five Rio Grande players in double figures with 18 points, while also finishing with a team-high nine rebounds, three assists and three steals. Junior forward Josh Reagan (Cleveland, OH) scored 14 points and had three blocked shots in the win, while sophomore forward Phillip Hertz (Rungsted Kyst, Denmark) had 14 points and junior guard Evan Legg (Piketon, OH) netted 13 points. Elliott added 12 points for the RedStorm. Talmadge Bell scored a game-high 31 points to pace UC-Clermont in the loss. Bell had 24 points in the opening half and finished with seven three-point goals. Slusher added 20 points and nine rebounds in the loss, while Kendall Beamon netted 15. Rio Grande returns to action on Thursday night when it resumes Mid-South Conference play at the University of the Cumberlands. Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. Wildcats fall to Rio women take down UC-Clermont Calhoun County, 75-56 Randy Payton Special to OVP RIO GRANDE, Ohio — For just the fourth time this season, the University of Rio Grande women’s basketball team found themselves trailing going into the locker room at halftime - a trend that saw the RedStorm come out victorious two of the three previous times. The winning ways would continue for head coach David Smalley and his squad, as they were able to overcome a 46-44 halftime deficit and defeat the University of Cincinnati-Clermont, 87-71, Monday evening at the Newt Oliver Arena. Rio Grande (12-2) was able to jump out to a quick 9-0 start and looked poised to make it a long night for UC-Clermont, but the Cougars would respond by scoring nine of the next 14 points to pull themselves within five. The RedStorm lead would once again push the advantage to double digits, as they held a 28-17 lead with exactly 10 minutes left in the first half. UC-Clermont would respond again, fueled by senior guard Ashley Keith, and cut the lead to just one point courtesy of a 10-0 run which spanned 2-1/2 minutes. The Cougars would grab their first lead at 33-32 with just over four and a half minutes left in the first half before the two squads would battle and go back and forth for the remainder of the half. Freshman forward Alexis Payne (Deep Water, WV) converted a tying layup while being fouled with just over one second left in the half, but she would miss the free throw, resulting in an over-the-back foul on Rio Grande and allowing UC-Clermont to convert on a pair of free throws to take a 46-44 halftime lead. Rio awoke in the second half in a big way, as they battled and took a 66-64 lead with seven and a half minutes left in the contest. The RedStorm would then orchestrate a 15-0 run over the next six minutes to take a commanding 83-64 lead that would put away the Cougars for the evening, as the game would finish at a tally of 87-71. “We came out the first three minutes and hit some perimeter shots and that’s when I start to cringe, because it makes us want to keep shooting,” Smalley said. “We finished the first half four of 13 from threepoint range and we were simply flat. As a coaching staff, I just don’t think we demanded that the ball be put inside the paint as much as it should have been. We’re still growing and learning who we are as a team, and you can’t get too bent out of shape. We’re so deep and we simply just wear people down when the day is over.” Shooting-wise, Rio Grande finished the game shooting just over 48 percent (31 of 64) from the Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com Photo submitted by URG Athletics Rio Grande’s Brianna Thomas scored a game-high 26 points in Monday night’s 87-71 win over Cincinnati-Clermont at the Newt Oliver Arena. field, 28 percent (5 of 18) from beyond the arc, and nearly 74 percent (14 of 19) from the free throw line, while UC-Clermont shot 49 percent (25 of 51), 33 percent (2 of 6) and 86 percent (12 of 14), respectively. The RedStorm were outrebounded for the just the second time this season, as the Cougars held a 36-30 advantage on the boards. Leading in the scoring column for Rio Grande was junior guard Brianna Thomas (Maplewood, NJ) with 26 points and a team-high in both steals (4) and assists (3), followed by sophomore forward Sarah Bonar’s (Hartford, OH) 20 points and team-high 10 rebounds for her third double-double of the season. Freshman guard Sharday Baines (East Cleveland, OH) also shared a team-high three assists. For UC-Clermont (8-7), Stacie Lee led the charge with a 20-point, 11-rebound performance, while Keith and Kelsey Finn had 18 and 11 points, respectively. With the non-conference portion of the schedule now complete, Rio Grande will now jump back into conference play this Thursday when they travel to take on Cumberlands (KY) on Thursday for a 6 p.m. tipoff. Best (and worst) of sports in 2013 Paul Newberry AP National Writer The MTV Video Music Awards have lost all their hipness. The Emmys are a total snooze. The Oscars will surely overlook movies we’ve actually seen, like “Anchorman 2.” Not to worry. We present the second annual Newbys, our attempt to cash in on awards season without actually renting a tux or buying trophies. Unfortunately, a percussion instrument didn’t fit into the budget. So, imaginary drum roll please, for the best (and worst) in sports for 2013. COACH OF THE YEAR — While it’s difficult to overlook Mike Shanahan, who unselfishly benched star quarterback Robert Griffin III to ensure he’ll be healthy for whoever is coaching the team after Shanny is fired, the award goes to … Utah prep coach Mike Labrum, who showed there is something more important than high school football. Like acting right. Labrum made all his players at Union High turn in their jerseys because of poor behavior. They could only earn them back by completing their schoolwork, doing a stint of community service, and helping out their parents with chores. The Cougars finished 4-6, but chances are these youngsters will be big winners in the game of life. PHIL ROBERTSON TOLERANCE AWARD — The patriarch of the “Duck Dynasty” family got himself suspended from his TV job for his inane ramblings on homosexuality and how happy African-Americans were under Jim Crow. Too bad he didn’t live in the homeland of our winner … Vladimir Putin. The Russian strongman pushed through a law that bans so-called gay “propaganda” less than a year out from hosting the world at the Sochi Winter Olympics. We hope every athlete marches into the stadium during the opening ceremony waving a rainbow flag. BEST NON-COMEBACK COMEBACK — Michael Phelps hasn’t decided whether to end his retirement from swimming. Really, he hasn’t. As long as you don’t pay any attention to his regular workouts or his ad campaigns in the next Summer Olympics country, this is an easy choice. Give the award to … Michael Phelps. See you in Rio, big guy! COUNTRY OF THE YEAR — Speaking of Brazil, that brings us to our next winner. The folks in South America’s largest country got worked up over their government spending billions to host the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics instead of, say, providing adequate health care, education and jobs. They took to the streets to protest these misplaced priorities. Please let this movement spreads to other places, like Atlanta, which is tearing down not one but two perfectly good stadiums to build two even newer stadiums. NICKNAME WE ENJOY FINDING WAYS NOT TO SAY — Nothing like sticking with a moniker that MerriamWebster says “is very offensive and should be avoided.” The winner is … the NFL team in Washington, which has yet to enter the 20th Century, much less the 21st. Maybe next century. BEST CONSPIRACY THEORY — Psst, you know who turned off the lights at the Super Bowl? Yep, the award goes to … the NFL, which turned a boring game into a thriller by flipping off the lights early in the second half, completely stifling Baltimore’s momentum and luring back millions of fans who flipped the channel after Beyonce’s halftime show. What proof do we have? We’ll get back to you on that one. MOST CATHARTIC MOMENT — Nick Saban is generally reviled by everyone not wearing crimson. So, you can imagine the consternation when it looked as though Coach Evil Genius was headed for an unprecedented third straight national title. Until this … Auburn returned a missed field goal 109 yards for the winning score with no time on the clock, sending the Tigers to the BCS championship instead of Alabama. A nation rejoiced. Of course, Saban bounced back with a fat new contract that makes him even richer that before. Oh well, we’ll always have the Iron Bowl. TOP STORY THAT REALLY WASN’T — NBA center Jason Collins bravely announced he was gay. Unfortunately, it would’ve meant more if he had done it a decade earlier. The 35-year-old Collins didn’t catch on with a team this season, lessening the impact of his groundbreaking revelation. BIGGEST WAKE-UP CALL — Without making any judgments on what will become of the bullying scandal in Miami, we can’t ignore … Richie Incognito, who has surely shed light on the vile behavior in sports locker rooms, behavior that has long been accepted no matter how much it hurts. No more, please. PERSONS OF THE YEAR — For showing us the healing powers of sports … the citizens of Boston and Nelson Mandela. Boston stayed strong by turning to its Red Sox and Bruins in the aftermath of the marathon bombing. David Ortiz summed it up better than anyone when he said, “This is our … city!” Mandela’s death in early December reminded us of how he used the 1995 Rugby World Cup to soothe South Africa’s wounds from the evil that was apartheid. Yes, these are just games. But they can touch people’s lives. We could all use more of that in 2014. ASHTON, W.Va. — A slow start led to a tough finish for the Hannan boys basketball team Saturday night following a 75-56 setback to visiting Calhoun County in a non-conference matchup in Mason County. The host Wildcats (1-3) matched the Red Devils (2-3) with 32 points apiece through the middle quarters, but the difference came in the first canto as CCHS claimed 17-6 lead after eight minutes of play. The guests went on a small 17-15 second quarter run to secure a 34-21 edge at the break, but HHS countered with a 17-15 run to close to within 49-38 headed into the finale. The Wildcats never came closer than three possessions the rest of the way as Calhoun County closed regulation with a 26-18 surge, wrapping up the 19-point decision. Tyler Burns poured in a game-high 30 points to lead Hannan, followed by Charles Mayes with 15 points and Will Harbour with six markers. Adam Wilson and Dakota Fannin rounded out the respective scoring with four and two points. The Wildcats sank 13-of-24 free throw attempts for 54 percent, while the guests netted 14-of-20 charity tosses for 70 percent. Tyler Sims paced CCHS with 25 points, followed by Ryan Slider and Sam Brady with 15 markers each. Brady and Slider also had double-double efforts with 12 and 10 rebounds, respectively. Broncos OC Gase puts off interview with Browns ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The architect of the most prolific offense in NFL history is postponing any interviews with other teams until Denver’s season is over. The Cleveland Browns had sought permission to speak with Broncos offensive coordinator Adam Gase about their vacant head coaching position after firing Rob Chudzinski. Gase, however, informed the Broncos’ front office he wanted to focus on finishing the job in Denver first, team spokesman Patrick Smyth said Monday. The Broncos (13-3) are the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs after Peyton Manning’s spectacular season in which he threw for 55 TDs and 5,477 yards, both NFL records, and Denver scored 606 points, more than any team in the league’s 93-year history. Gase would have been allowed to interview with other teams looking for a new head coach this weekend because the Broncos are on a bye. But coach John Fox said everyone in the organization is focused on reaching the Super Bowl. “I just know that to a man, everyone — player or coach, in that locker room or in those offices — is totally focused on our next opponent and what we have to do to win that game,” Fox said. “Whether it was USC (and its interest in defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio) earlier in the year or Black Monday candidates, it’s all speculation. I can just assure you that all of our focus is on the Denver Broncos.” In the locker room earlier Monday, wide receiver Bubba Caldwell said he thought Gase wouldn’t interview for the Browns’ vacancy or with any oth- er team that might come calling until the Broncos’ playoff run is over. “I definitely get that sense that he’s got some unfinished business here that we’ve got to take care of and he doesn’t want to be a distraction in any way, so he’s going to finish the goal at hand,” Caldwell said. Gase began his coaching career in 2000 at Louisiana State under Nick Saban. He broke into the NFL in 2003 as a scouting assistant in Detroit and was promoted to quarterbacks coach for the Lions in 2007. After serving a season as an offensive assistant with the 49ers, he came to Denver in 2009 and coached wide receivers for two years. He was Tim Tebow’s position coach in 2011 and Manning’s position coach in 2012 before being promoted to offensive coordinator after Mike McCoy took the head coaching job in San Diego last January. Gase promised a more up-tempo offense and delivered as the Broncos averaged 37.9 points, the most in the Super Bowl era, and became the first team to top 600 in a season. It appeared as though Del Rio had burnished his head coaching credentials after leading Denver to a 3-1 record as interim head coach during Fox’s absence following openheart surgery in November, but Gase drew first attention. “That’s an honor because that shows he’s doing a great job here, he’s got a great offense rolling, the No. 1 offense ever,” Caldwell said. “We don’t know if this is his time or not or what might happen, but he’s doing a great job with us, so I think the league is recognizing that.” �Page 8 s The Daily Sentinel ANNOUNCEMENTS Lost & Found FOUND: Keys (10) by the Recycling Bin In Rio Grande 740245-5572 Notices NOTICE OHIO VALLEY PUBLISHING CO. Recommends that you do Business with People you know, and NOT to send Money through the Mail until you have Investigated the Offering. Pictures that have been placed in ads at the Gallipolis Daily Tribune must be picked within 30 days. Any pictures that are not picked up will be discarded. 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For 3 months.* �Page 10 s The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com Losses in sports in 2013: Musial, Weaver, Griffith Fred Lief AP Sports Writer The soundtracks could not have been more different. One was the stinging crack of the bat of yet another double in the gap and the folksy harmonica strains of some song from long ago. The other soundtrack was rough and grating — a snarling, profane, arm-flailing argument that often ended with home plate covered with dirt. Stan Musial and Earl Weaver, men of disparate times and temperaments, died in 2013. The deaths of the two Hall of Famers, in an odd alignment of baseball’s planets, came hours apart on Jan. 19. Musial — Stan the Man, “baseball’s perfect knight,” as a statue inscription reads — was 92 when he died at home in suburban St. Louis. Weaver, the Baltimore Orioles’ longtime manager, was 82 and on a Caribbean cruise. They underscored a year of losses in sports: Emile Griffith and Ken Norton in boxing; Bill Sharman and Jerry Buss in basketball; Pat Summerall, on the football field and in the booth; Deacon Jones in the NFL; Ken Venturi in golf; and Michael Weiner, on baseball’s labor front. Musial, simply put, was one of the best hitters in baseball history. With his lefthanded, corkscrew stance, he played with a proficiency and elegance during a 22year career — all with St. Louis — that lifted the entire sport. He won seven batting titles and was the MVP three times before retiring in 1963. He led the Cardinals to three World Series crowns in the 1940s. Even the Hall of Fame was overtaken by his body of work, surrendering to the scope of his achievements by saying on his plaque that he “holds many National League records.” “Stan will be remembered in baseball annals as one of the pillars of the game,” Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson said. “The mold broke with Stan. There will never be another like him.” Musial played off-Broadway in St. Louis, never enjoying the mythic acclaim of Joe DiMaggio or Ted Williams. But he never seemed to mind, happy to deliver season after season, all the while busting out tunes on his harmonica or delighting in his magic tricks. The word gentleman followed him wherever he went. “I never heard anybody say a bad word about him,” Willie Mays said. “Ever.” Surely that was not the case with Weaver. Opponents, umpires all had a few select words of their own for this 5-foot-6 pugnacious fighter in the dugout. But in Baltimore, where he managed for 17 seasons, a statue of him stands at Camden Yards. “His passion for the game and the fire with which he managed will always be remembered by baseball fans everywhere,” Orioles great Cal Ripken said. Weaver understood what made players tick and how to coax the most out of a pitching staff. Let others bunt and move runners along; Weaver waited for the three-run homer. Baltimore went to the World Series four times under him, winning in 1970. But the casual fan saw less of the managerial shrewdness than his nose- to-nose, hat-turned-backward, footstomping confrontations with the men in blue. This was someone who was once ejected from both games of a doubleheader. Former umpire Don Denkinger recalls the time Weaver came to home plate before a game and said he was quitting. “I told him that if he ever ran out of money to call the umpires’ association and we’d take up a collection for him,” Denkinger said. “We’d do anything just to keep him off the field and away from us.” Like Musial, Griffith brought elegance to his craft. He died at 75 of pugilistic dementia. Griffith was quick and savvy in the ring, flicking jabs and punishing opponents. One night of punishing work in 1962 would haunt Griffith for the rest of his life. He battered Benny “The Kid” Paret on national TV to recapture his welterweight title. A comatose Paret died 10 days later. The fight shadowed boxing for many years. Griffith, suddenly cast in the role of villainous killer, was never the same. At times, he was afraid to leave his hotel. Boxing was hit hard this year, losing two other champions, both heavyweights: Ken Norton, who in 1973 defeated Muhammad Ali and broke his jaw, was 70; Tommy Morrison, 44, who beat George Forman and later tested positive for HIV, but denied until his chaotic end that he had the AIDs virus. Carl “The Truth” Williams, who lost title fights to Mike Tyson and Larry Holmes, died of cancer at 53. The Celtics-Lakers rivalry that once defined the NBA had a unifying thread in Sharman. He teamed in the backcourt with Bob Cousy in Boston and became one of the game’s best foul shooters. He later coached the Lakers of Wilt Chamberlain and Gail Goodrich when they won 33 in a row, and as an executive presided over the team’s Showtime run. He made it to the Hall of Fame as a player and coach and died at 87. Two footnotes: Sharman introduced the pre-game shootaround; as a baseball player, he was called up by the Dodgers in 1951 and was in the dugout when Bobby Thomson hit his mighty home run. The Laker family also lost its patriarch in Jerry Buss, 80, the owner who gave his franchise a celebrity dazzle in a city where there is no higher calling. His team won 10 championships and became the gold standard, from the Showtime era of Magic Johnson to Kobe Bryant. Football in 2013 lost not its heart but its voice. Summerall, 82, spent 10 years in the NFL, kicking field goals for the Chicago Cardinals and New York Giants. But it was afterward, behind a television microphone, where he became a steady, calming, intelligent presence, in everyone’s living room, week after week. Tennis and golf also sounded a lot better with him around. When Jones died at 74 football lost one of its Fearsome Foursome. He was a pass-rushing terror for the Rams who left his stamp not only on the bodies of countless quarterbacks but on the vocabulary of the game: He coined the term “sack.” Also gone was another fierce defensive end — L.C. Greenwood, 67, a key part of Pittsburgh’s “Steel Curtain” of the 1970s. The New York Jets are now without two players from their only championship team — receiver George Sauer and safety Jim Hudson. Art Donovan, the Baltimore Colts’ star lineman, was 89 and kept the rollicking stories coming. He said the only weight he ever lifted was a beer can. Football’s coaching ranks thinned: Bum Phillips (Oilers, Saints), Jack Pardee (Bears, Redskins), Chuck Fairbanks (Oklahoma, Patriots), Don James (Washington), Paul Dietzel (LSU). Two key figures passed from baseball’s union-management struggles — Ray Grebey and Weiner. Grebey, 85, tangled with Marvin Miller during the 50-day strike that split the 1981 season. Weiner succeeded Donald Fehr as head of the players’ union in 2009. He inherited harsh terrain, with labor relations still rough. But in not much time, and with a lighter touch, he managed to smooth the field. He died at 51 of a brain tumor. Auto racing’s Dick Trickle, who embraced an unconventional name and let the good times roll on small tracks around the country, died at 71, a suspected suicide. Sports in 2013 also mourned a man whose first love was boxing and who understood better than anyone just how much sway, how much force these games can carry. In 1995, when he stood in the middle of a Johannesburg stadium, wearing a green rugby jersey — the game of the apartheid regime now banished — he knew precisely what he was doing. “Sport has the power to change the world,” Nelson Mandela, 95, would say years later. “It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does.” Wednesday, January 1, 2014 AP Sports Briefs Buckeyes DE Noah Spence still not at Orange Bowl COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State coach Urban Meyer says he may know Tuesday about the availability of All-Big Ten defensive end Noah Spence, who did not travel with the team to the Orange Bowl because of a “personal issue.” The Buckeyes are preparing to play Clemson on Friday night. Spence did not travel with the team Sunday. Meyer isn’t revealing details about the issue. The sophomore leads the team and is second in the Big Ten in sacks with 8.0 and is sixth in the league with 13.5 tackles for loss. Meyer also says cornerback Bradley Roby (knee bone bruise) and linebacker Curtis Grant (back) are still recovering from injuries and several players missed practice with a stomach virus. Bobcats dominate Longwood, 78-43 ATHENS, Ohio (AP) — Nick Kellogg scored 17 points as Ohio defeated Longwood 78-43 Monday night. Kellogg went 6 of 11 from the floor, including 3 of 5 from beyond the arc, and gathered six rebounds. Ohio (9-3) received support from T.J. Hall with 14 points. Stevie Taylor and Ricardo Johnson both had 11 points and Maurice Ndour chipped in with 10 points and nine boards. Longwood (5-9) had trouble shooting all night, hitting 31 percent from the field, including just 2 of 12 on 3-pointers. The Lancers were led by Jeylani Dublin’s 14 points. Ohio built a 10-point first-half lead, but Longwood trimmed that to four at intermission at 32-28. The Lancers came out ice-cold in the second half, hitting just four of their first 13 shots as Ohio ran its lead to 22 at 58-36. A Longwood time out didn’t stem the tide, as it made two baskets in the final 10:16. Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher signs new deal TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher will remain with the program through 2018 after signing a three-year contract extension. The university made the announcement on Tuesday. Texas reportedly had interest in Fisher replacing coach Mack Brown. The top-ranked Seminoles face Auburn in the BCS championship game Jan. 6. Athletic director Stan Wilcox says, “We’re extremely pleased with the direction of our program and believe that this new contract will assure that coach Fisher is in place to lead the Seminoles for a long time to come. “Coach Fisher enjoys the full support of the leadership of the university and we look forward to the continued success of our football program on the field and in the classroom.” Iowa State, Michigan coach Johnny Orr dies at 86 DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Longtime former basketball coach Johnny Orr has died at 86. His death was confirmed Tuesday by Iowa State, where Orr led the Cyclones to a schoolrecord 218 wins from 1980 until 1994. Orr spent 29 seasons as a Division I coach. Twelve of them were at Michigan, where he guided the Wolverines to the national title game in 1976. He spent three seasons at Massachusetts. He finished with a career record of 466-346 and 10 NCAA tournament appearances. Orr, who was born in Taylorville, Ill., is survived by his wife, Romie, and daughters Jennifer, Leslie and Rebecca. Chargers player Keiser arrested at club after game SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Chargers linebacker Thomas Keiser was arrested after a fight at a nightclub in the city several hours after the team’s victory over the Kansas City Chiefs to earn a spot in the playoffs, police said Monday night. Keiser was taken into custody on suspicion of misdemeanor battery shortly before midnight Sunday when someone asked for a citizen’s arrest, San Diego police Capt. Dino Delimitros said. Police had been called to the restaurant and nightclub known as barleymash in the city’s Gaslamp Quarter after “some sort of fight,” Delimitros said. “He got in a fight with somebody, the bouncers got involved, the police came up and somebody demanded a citizens’ arrest,” Delimitros said. He had no further details on the incident, and did not know Keiser’s custody status or whether charges would be pursued. The U-T San Diego newspaper, which first reported the arrest, said that according to jail records Keiser’s bail had been set at $8,000 and he had been released by Monday night. Keiser had one tackle in the 27-24 overtime win against the Chiefs, which completed an improbable late-season run for the Chargers and earned them the AFC’s final playoff spot. They’re scheduled to open the postseason against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. The Chargers released a statement saying they knew about the arrest, but gave no further information on Keiser’s status. “We’re aware of the issue involving Thomas,” the statement said. “We’ll continue to monitor the situation and let the legal process run its course.” Keiser, 24, previously played for the Carolina Panthers after going undrafted out of Stanford in 2011. He began the season on the Chargers’ practice squad and made the main roster in October, appearing in 12 games with 17 tackles and 4.5 sacks. Tebow: Not done with NFL despite ESPN job 60458345 COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Tim Tebow will continue chasing his goal to be a NFL quarterback, even after signing on to help ESPN launch the SEC Network this fall. The former Florida Gator said Tuesday he trains five days a week for a return to the league. “I feel like I’m the best that I’ve ever been as a quarterback right now. I hope I get the opportunity to show that,” he said. “But I’m also looking forward to being part of ‘SEC Nation’ and part of ESPN.” The 26-year-old Heisman Trophy winner signed on Monday to be on the SEC Network’s pregame show starting in August. He’ll be part of the crew that will travel to Southeastern Conference schools in advance of SEC games on the fledgling network. Tebow’s first “SEC Nation” show will be on Aug. 28 before Texas A&M opens the season at South Carolina, a game that will be shown exclusively on the SEC Network. Tebow and the show then head to Auburn on Aug. 30 where the Tigers will take on Arkansas. That is, of course, if Tebow doesn’t get a call from the NFL that has him tied up that weekend. “I’m not sure what’s ahead of me,” Tebow said. “I’m very ex- cited to have this opportunity at ESPN, but who knows what the next few months will hold.” Tebow has bounced around the NFL since leaving Florida as part of two national champions. 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