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Miller, 54 50 cents daily THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 2014 Vol. 64, No. 2 2013: Year of transportation ‘firsts’ Staff Report tdsnews@civitasmedia.com MARIETTA — For southeastern Ohio motorists 2013 represented a year of firsts, highlighted by the first-ever double roundabout interchange at U.S. 33 and Ohio 664 in Hocking County, as well as the opening of the U.S. 33 Nelsonville Bypass on Oct. 1. “This was truly a monumental year for transportation investment in southeastern Ohio,” said Ohio Department of Transportation District 10 Deputy Director Steve Williams. “We not only opened the region’s largest construction project in the Nelsonville Bypass, but also improved safety and access for all users of transportation.” Other construction accomplishments include the relocation and widening of Ohio 664 near Old Man’s Cave, one of Ohio’s most visited state park attractions as well as the upgrade of Monastery Rd. to become Ohio 607 in Morgan County. During the 2013 constructions season, District 10 awarded 75 projects worth more than $65 million. Through the department’s Local-Let Program, ODOT also assisted several local governments in constructing or maintaining their infrastructure. The $3 million Richland Ave. Oxbow Bridge rehabilitation completed by the city of Athens is a great example of working with our local transporta- tion partners to improve safety for motorists and pedestrians. In addition, the Gallia County Engineer’s Office paved more than 30 miles of county roads with funding through the LocalLet Program. Also within the District 10 Office of Planning, the Office of Environmental Services cleared more than 70 documents allowing ODOT to develop projects much faster. As part of its safety program, District 10 updated 19 traffic signal controllers at various intersections across the region. As well, the department upgraded signs at 23 intersections, installed more than 200 guardrail end terminals and modernized three wet pave- ment crash locations along major state routes. These upgrades translate to safer and more efficient travel along the region’s highways and bridges. ODOT District 10 county maintenance crews also implemented several ‘firsts’ this year. For instance, the district restructured and created a regional paving operation with a dedicated paving crew rather than sharing the equipment between the counties. This restructuring, coupled with renting the appropriate compaction equipment, has enhanced the amount and quality of pavement repairs throughout the district. As well, the district had its first experi- ence with a new tree trimmer and brush shredder in Noble and Washington counties. The recently updated ‘Move Over Law’ requires motorists to slow down and shift over to an adjacent lane when approaching construction and maintenance crews. Under the previous law, motorists were required to do so only when approaching police and other emergency vehicles, including tow trucks. When compared to 2012, District 10 has saved more than $1.4 million in 2013 through attrition and operational efficiencies which has then been reinvested back into southeastern Ohio transportation infrastructure. Funding awarded to help the homeless Helping the dogs Sentinel Staff TDSnews@civitasmedia.com Submitted photos The Meigs County Biker Association donated dozens of dog collars and leashes for the Meigs County Dog Shelter last weekend. Items such as these and others are needed by the shelter throughout the year. OHIO VALLEY — Serenity House, a homeless crisis response program, serving Gallia, Meigs and Jackson counties, was one of three agencies in southern Ohio to receive grants from the Ohio Development Services Agency which has awarded more than $26.3 million to support homeless prevention, emergency shelters and transitional and supportive housing projects. The other two southern Ohio projects awarded funding were Scioto Christian Ministry, Inc., $71,000, Homeless Crisis Response Program; and Washington County, EVE, Incorporated, $50,000 for its Supportive Housing Program. Also granted funding was the Community Action Program Corporation of Washington-Morgan counties, $450,000, for its Homeless Crisis Response Program. Eighty organizations are receiving grants to keep emergency shelters open and give the homeless a place to stay. The Ohio Development Services Agency is granting more than $26.3 million dollars to support homeless prevention, emergency shelters and transitional and supportive housing projects. “We are providing our local communities the resources needed to assist the homeless and help these Ohioans get back on their feet,” said David Goodman, director of the Ohio Development Services Agency. Grants from the Homeless Crisis Response Program will help 55 nonprofit and local government agencies operate emergency shelters and rapidly move individuals from emergency shelters to permanent housing. More than 49,000 Ohioans will be assisted through the program. Funding for the program is from the Ohio Housing Trust Fund and the federal Emergency Solutions Grant program. Grants from the Supportive Housing Program will help 37 nonprofit agencies transition homeless Ohioans to permanent housing or provide permanent supportive housing to homeless people with disabilities. Approximately 4,800 people will be assisted through the program. Funding for the program is from the Ohio Housing Trust Fund. Submitted photo Mental illness reporting tool ready for Ohio courts Staff Report TDSnews@civitasmedia.com COLUMBUS — A new rule approved by the Ohio Supreme Court takes effect in the new year requiring Ohio’s courts to notify police about violent offenders with mental illness. Rule 95 and Form 95 to the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio was recommended by a work group of law enforcement and judicial representatives convened by the Supreme Court after a change in Ohio law that requires judges to report to law enforcement when they order a mental-health evaluation or treatment for a person convicted of an offense of violence, or if they ap- prove a conditional release for someone found incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of insanity. Known as the Deputy Suzanne Hopper Act, the legislation was introduced after the Clark County Sheriff’s deputy was killed in 2011 by a man with a criminal history who had been conditionally released from a mental health institution. Before the legislation, no readily available database existed to alert law enforcement about an offender’s mental health history. After public comment, the Supreme Court made substantive and non-substantive modifications to Rule 95 and Form 95, including: Directing courts to “submit” rath- er than “file” Form 95 with law enforcement so that a signature is not required on the form submitted to law enforcement for entry into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) Supervised Release file maintained by the FBI. Clarifying that the “point of contact” at the court does not necessarily have supervisory responsibility over the defendant, yet he or she is the designated point of contact for the subjects of Form 95. Adding clarifications or explanations into the form so that a separate instruction form is not needed. The rule takes effect January 1, 2014, and the complete text and form are available online. Lottery winner Daryl Pooler, front, is pictured with A.C. Pooler, Philip Woods and William Woods. Pomeroy resident wins $500K in lottery Staff Report tdsnews@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — Daryl Pooler, 61, of Pomeroy claimed a $500,000 prize at the Ohio Lottery’s Athens regional office last week. He won the prize playing the Ohio Lottery’s $10 instant game, 50X the Money. He told Lottery officials that this has been one of his favorite Ohio Lottery games. He hopes to take his nephew Philip, who purchased the ticket for him, on a trip to Las Vegas — first class! Pooler has some practical needs for the money as well. He’d like to fix his driveway and pay bills. The winning ticket was purchased from Speedway #9235, 319 East State Street in Athens. Speedway receives a $5,000 sales bonus. �Page 2 s The Daily Sentinel Meigs County Church Calendar Meigs Cooperative 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. www.mydailysentinel.com Thursday, January 2, 2014 Meigs County Local Briefs 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. 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 donation is appreciated for immunization administration, however no one will be denied services. Please bring medical cards or commercial insurance cards. 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. Meigs County Community Calendar GED test overhauled; some states opt for new exam Wednesday, Jan. 8 HARRISONVILLE — The Scipio Township Trustees will hold the yearly Organizational Meeting at 7 p.m. at the Harrisonville Fire House. mittee, 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) 376-1026. Friday, Jan. 10 MARIETTA — The Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional Development District Executive Committee, which also serves as the RTPO Policy Com- Tuesday, Jan. 14 TUPPERS PLAINS — The Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer District will have their regular meeting at 5 p.m. at the TPRSD office. Patrol: Ohio has record low traffic deaths in 2013 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio had a record low number of traffic deaths in 2013, according to preliminary data released Wednesday by the State Highway Patrol. At least 923 people died on Ohio roads during the past year, and additional deaths are under review but have not been confirmed as traffic deaths, making the possible total 981, according to patrol figures. It would be the first time Ohio has had fewer than 1,000 traffic deaths since recordkeeping began in 1936. The previous low was 1,016 in 2011, according to the patrol’s revised statistics. In 2012, Ohio had 1,122 deaths. The patrol had strived to get the number of deaths below 1,000, said the patrol’s superintendent, Col. Paul Pride. But reaching that benchmark is couched in the reality that so many lives still were lost, he said. “That’s all well and good, unless you’re the family of one of those folks that perished on our roadways, and it’s not so good of a year for you. And we recognize that,” Pride said. Starting in the late 1960s, Ohio logged at least 2,500 traffic deaths for five consecutive years, with a record high of more than 2,770 in 1969. Since then, many factors have contributed to decreasing that number and improving road safety, Pride said. Among them: better emergency medical care, improved engineering of vehicles and roads, and law enforcement and educational efforts by various agencies. This year, the patrol partly credits an increased focus on hightraffic metropolitan areas that tend to have more crash deaths than others. Hamilton County, which includes Cincinnati, had 18 fewer traffic fatalities in 2013 than the previous year, and the total for Franklin County, which includes Columbus, dropped by 11, according to preliminary counts earlier this week. The patrol also points to seatbelt use and driver impairment as key factors affecting the number of deaths. The number of alcohol-related crash deaths decreased significantly in 2013, as did the number of people who died who were not wearing seatbelts, Pride said. The vast majority of deadly crashes involve single fatalities. In a rare occurrence this year, Ohio had two crashes that each killed six people. A March 10 crash in Warren, in northeast Ohio, killed the 19-yearold driver of a speeding SUV and five of the seven teenagers riding with her. In mid-October, a man, his wife and their four daughters died when a police cruiser responding to a robbery report struck their car at an intersection near Columbus. Ohio Valley Forecast Thursday: A chance of snow before 10 a.m., then rain and snow likely between 10 a.m. and noon, then snow after noon. High near 36. Light and variable wind becoming northwest 6 to 11 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90 percent. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible. Thursday Night: Snow showers likely, mainly before 11 p.m. Cloudy, with a low around 13. Northwest wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 24. Northwest wind around 6 mph. Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 13. Light and variable wind. Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 41. Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. Sunday: A chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 41. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Sunday Night: Snow likely. Cloudy, with a low around 19. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent. Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 22. Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 0. Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 11. Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 1. Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 23. WASHINGTON (AP) — The GED test, for decades the brand name for the high school equivalency exam, is about to undergo some changes. On Thursday, an upgraded GED exam and two new competing equivalency tests offered in several states will usher in a new era in adult education testing. The GED (General Educational Development) exam was created in 1942 to help World War II veterans who dropped out of high school use college benefits offered under the GI Bill. This will be its first face-lift in more than a decade. The revamped test is intended to be more rigorous and better aligned with the skills needed for college and today’s workplaces. The new test will only be offered on a computer, and it will cost more. What consumers pay for the test varies widely and depends on state assistance and other factors. Even before its launch, officials in many states have balked at the cost increase and at doing away with paper-and-pencil testing. At least nine states — New York, New Hampshire, Missouri, Iowa, Montana, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine and West Virginia — severed ties with the GED test and adopted one of the two new tests that are entering the market. Three others — Wyoming, New Jersey and Nevada — will offer all three. Tennessee will offer the GED test and one other, and other states are expected to decide what to do in the coming months. That will leave test takers, adult educators and states grappling with new questions: How do you best prepare students for the tests? Which is best, by price and quality? How will the tests be accepted by the military, employers and colleges? The advent of new tests has sent thousands of test takers rushing to complete sections of the old test they had left incomplete. Once the upgrade happens, the old scores of “partial passers” will no longer be accepted. “Angst is the good word” to describe this time in adult education, said Lennox McLendon, executive director of the National Adult Education Professional Development Consortium. Marty Finsterbusch, president of ValueUSA, a resource organization for adult learners, said he fears there will be a lot of unintended consequences and he’s worried about adult learners “getting caught up in the crunch of this.” For example, he said, he wonders what will happen to someone who partially passes a test in one state, then moves to another state that doesn’t offer that type of exam. “The system will work itself out eventually, but how many people are going to get hurt in the meantime?” Finsterbusch said. More than 700,000 people took the GED test in 2012. The average test taker is about 26, and many people seeking a high school equivalency diploma are poor. Nationally, about 40 million American adults lack a high school education. The GED test has been owned by the nonprofit American Council on Education since its inception. Molly Corbett Broad, president of ACE, said that when it became clear a new test was needed she wanted it to include materials that would help test takers better prepare for the exam and get linked to resources that would help them plan. To do that ACE enlisted a partner, the for-profit company Pearson Vue Testing. The new test can make results available quickly and collect data that will help teachers better understand how their students did on the exam, so teaching can be adjusted. The changes to the GED test opened the door for states to begin looking for alternatives, and two vendors responded. One was Educational Testing Service, a nonprofit that also administers the Graduate Record Examination. It developed a high school equivalency exam called the High School Equivalency Test, or HiSET. The other was CTB/McGraw-Hill, a for-profit company that is helping states develop assessments of Common Core standards, which put an emphasis on critical thinking and spell out what reading and math skills students should have at each level. It developed a high school equivalency test called the Test Assessing Secondary Completion, or TASC. Both say they offer a quality test at a lower price. They also allow their tests to be taken without a computer and are open to accepting the scores of GED test takers who have partially passed the old test that recently expired, as long as their state approves. Amy Riker, national executive director for HiSET, acknowledged that both new vendors have a lot of work to do to educate people about the new exams. Broad, from ACE, said she likes the idea of competition and said it “will keep everybody on their toes.” In Lowell, Mass., Ben Morrison is a GED test instructor at the United Teen Equality Center, which works with former gang members and others doing on-the-job training and GED test preparation. Morrison said that whatever is ahead, his center will adjust its program because the equivalency diploma is critical for the job prospects and self-confidence of the youth it works with. “We know that having that credential will make our young people more employable,” Morrison said, “so regardless of what test it is that they need to pass to get that credential, I can look at it and pull it apart and figure out how to get them through.” Pope stresses strength, courage, hope in new year VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, laying out his hopes Wednesday for the just-begun year, urged people to work for a world where everyone accepts each other’s differences and where enemies recognize that they are brothers. “We are all children of one heavenly father. We belong to the same human family and we share a common destiny,” Francis said, speaking from his studio window overlooking St. Peter’s Square, jammed with tens of thousands of faithful, tourists and Romans. “This brings a responsibility for each to work so that the world becomes a community of brothers who respect each other, accept each other in one’s diversity, and take care of one another,” the pope said. Setting aside his prepared text for a moment, he expressed impatience with violence in the world. “What is happening in the heart of man? What is happening in the heart of humanity?” Francis asked. “It’s time to stop.” He told the crowd this reflection was inspired by a letter he received from a man — “maybe one of you” — who lamented that there are “so many tragedies and wars in the world.” “I, too, believe that it will be good for us to stop ourselves in this path of violence and search for peace,” Francis said. In his remarks to the often-applauding crowd, he also expressed hope that “the gospel of brotherhood speak to every conscience and knock down the walls that impede enemies from recognizing that they are brothers.” Earlier, during his homily at New Year’s Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, Francis spoke of humanity’s journey in the year unfolding and invoked what he said were “words of blessing,” explaining that they are “strength, courage and hope.” “Not an illusory hope,” he added, “based on frail human promises, or a naive hope which presumes that the future will be better simply because it is the future.” In his first year as pope, Francis has charted a path for what he calls a “poor” church attentive to the needy. While offering new year’s wishes to the crowd in the square, Francis pressed his campaign on behalf of the downtrodden. “We are also called to see the violence and injustices present in so many parts of the world, and which cannot leave us indifferent and immobile,” Francis said. “There is the need for the commitment of all to build a society that is truly more just and united.” Hearing “the cry of peace from peoples who are oppressed by war and by violence,” Francis prayed that “the courage of dialogue and reconciliation prevail over the temptation for vendetta, arrogance, corruption.” The Catholic church dedicates Jan. 1 to the promotion of world peace, and St. Peter’s Square, just as the pope appeared, marked the end of a peace march by thousands of people. The marchers included Lula Teclehaimanut from Eritrea. “The pope is truly our hope, not just for the Eritrean population but for the whole world, I believe,” she said, recalling Francis’ call for refugees to be welcomed and treated humanely. The refugees who risk their lives to flee to Europe, many of them by boat, include some from her homeland. Among the many national flags waved by the peace marchers was that of Syria, with several Syrians among the participants expressing hope that peace reaches their country. Ohio Amish lawsuit over child’s rape can proceed COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A county children’s service agency and its workers aren’t entitled to immunity sometimes granted public employees or entities, a federal judge ruled in allowing an Ohio Amish couple’s lawsuit to continue over the rape of their adopted baby by her biological parents during a partially supervised visit. The decision late Tuesday by Judge Benita Pearson in Youngstown didn’t directly address the merits of the complaint against the Trumbull County Children Services Agency. But the judge made clear the evidence was strong enough for the lawsuit to proceed. Prior rulings from Ohio’s federal appeals court and elsewhere have shown that children in state-sponsored foster care have a “substantive due process right” to be reasonably safe from harm, the judge said in her ruling. The child in this case enjoys a similar right to reasonable safety, especially because the visitation was facilitated and supervised by the county agency, Pear- son said. The agency and its workers were on notice that their conduct — placing the child “alone in a room with a known child rapist and another unstable individual” — violated due process, the judge said. Messages were left Wednesday for attorneys for the county agency and the couple. �Thursday, January 2, 2014 Death Notices LIEVING LETART — Lois M. Lieving, 77, of Letart died January 1, 2014, at the Putnam Center Genesis Health Care in Hurricane W.Va. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at Foglesong-Roush Funeral Home. Funeral sevice will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, January 3, 2014, at the funeral home, with Pastor Brian May officiating. Burial will following to the Graham Cemetery in New Haven, W.Va. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Fairview Church in Letart, W.Va., or the Putnam Center, 300 Seville Road, Hurricane, WV 25526. MILLER LEON — Carl Allen Miller, 54, of Leon, W.Va., passed away suddenly December 27, 2013, while visiting in Florida. Service will be 1 p.m. Friday, January 3, 2014, at Casto Funeral Home Chapel, Evans, WV. Visitation will be one hour prior to time of service. Palestinian ambassador in Prague killed in blast PRAGUE (AP) — The Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic died Wednesday in a blast that occurred when he opened an office safe that had been sealed for at least 30 years, officials said. Ambassador Jamel al-Jamal, 56, was at home with his family at the time of the explosion, according to Palestinian Embassy spokesman Nabil El-Fahel. Al-Jamal was seriously injured and rushed to a hospital where he died, according to police spokeswoman Andrea Zoulova. Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki said no foul play was suspected, noting that the safe hadn’t been opened in at least 30 years. It was recently moved from an old embassy building. “The ambassador decided to open it. After he opened it, apparently something happened inside (the safe) and went off,” Malki told The Associated Press. It was not immediately clear how Malki knew the safe hadn’t been opened in at least 30 years or why the safe would have contained explosives. It was also unclear where the safe had been three decades ago — during the Cold War, the Palestinian Liberation Organization maintained a presence in many eastern bloc countries. Zoulova said police were searching the apartment but declined further comment. Martin Cervicek, the country’s top police officer, told the Czech public television that nothing was immediately found to suggest that the diplomat had been targeted. Prague rescue service spokeswoman Jirina Ernestova said al-Jamal was placed in a medically induced coma when he first arrived at Prague Military Hospital. Dr. Daniel Langer, who works there, told public television that al-Jamal had suffered serious abdominal injuries. The Daily Sentinel s Page 3 www.mydailysentinel.com Justice delays health law’s birth control mandate WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has thrown a hitch into President Barack Obama’s new health care law by blocking a requirement that some religionaffiliated organizations provide health insurance that includes birth control. Justice Sonia Sotomayor late Tuesday night decided to block implementation of the contraceptive coverage requirement, only hours before the law’s insurance coverage went into effect on New Year’s Day. Her decision, which came after federal court filings by Catholicaffiliated groups from around the nation in hopes of delaying the requirements, throws a part of the president’s signature law into temporary disarray. At least one federal appeals court agreed with Sotomayor, issuing its own stay against part of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. The White House on Wednesday issued a statement saying that the administration is confident that its rules “strike the balance of providing women with free contraceptive coverage while preventing non-profit religious organizations with religious objections to contraceptive coverage from having to contract, arrange, pay, or refer for such coverage.” Sotomayor acted on a request from an organization of Catholic nuns in Denver, the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged. Its request for an emergency stay had been denied earlier in the day by a federal appeals court. The government is “temporarily enjoined from enforcing against applicants the contraceptive coverage requirements imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” Sotomayor said in the order. Sotomayor, who was in New York Tuesday night to lead the final 60-second countdown and push the ceremonial button to signal the descent of the Times Square New Year’s Eve ball, gave government officials until 10 a.m. EST Friday to respond to her order. A decision on whether to make the temporary injunction permanent or dissolve it likely won’t be made before then. “The government has lots of ways to deliver contraceptives to people,” said Mark Rienzi, a lawyer for the nuns. “It doesn’t need to force nuns to participate.” Under the health care law, most health insurance plans have to cover all FDA-approved contraceptives as preventive care for women. That means the coverage is provided free of charge. Churches and other houses of worship are exempt from the birth control requirement, but affiliated institutions that serve the general public are not. That includes charitable organizations, universities and hospitals. The requirement prompted an outcry from religious groups, which led the administration to try to craft a compromise. Under that compromise, insurers or health plan administrators must provide birth control coverage, and the religious institution itself is not responsible. But the administration’s compromise did not satisfy some critics, who called it a fig leaf. The nuns would have to sign a form authorizing their insurance company to provide contraceptive coverage, which would still violate their beliefs, Rienzi said. “Without an emergency injunction, Mother Provincial Loraine Marie Maguire has to decide between two courses of action: (a) sign and submit a self-certification form, thereby violating her religious beliefs; or (b) refuse to sign the form and pay ruinous fines,” Rienzi said. The Little Sisters operate homes for the elderly poor in the United States and around the world. They were joined in their lawsuit by religious health benefit providers, Christian Brothers Services and Christian Brothers Employee Benefits Trust. Sotomayor’s decision to delay the contraceptive portion of the law was joined by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which also issued an emergency stay for Catholic-affiliated groups challenging the contraceptive provision, including the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., and Catholic University. But one judge on the threejudge panel that made the decision, Judge David S. Tatel, said he would have denied their motion. “Because I believe that appellants are unlikely to prevail on their claim that the challenged provision imposes a ‘substantial burden’ under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, I would deny their application for an injunction pending appeal,” Tatel said. The archdiocese praised the appeals court’s action in a statement. “This action by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is in line with the rulings of courts all across the country which have held that the HHS mandate imposes a substantial and impermissible burden on the free exercise of religion,” the archdiocese said. “These decisions also vindicate the pledge of the U.S. Catholic bishops to stand united in resolute defense of the first and most sacred freedom — religious liberty.” The Supreme Court already has decided to rule on whether businesses may use religious objections to escape a requirement to cover birth control for employees. That case, which involves Hobby Lobby Inc., an Oklahoma Citybased arts and crafts chain with 13,000 full-time employees, is expected to be argued in March and decided by summer. Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2013 Both were mold-breaking former heads of state who reshaped their own countries and the world. Nelson Mandela, revered for his efforts to end apartheid in South Africa, and Margaret Thatcher, the “Iron Lady” who imposed her will on Britain’s politics and economy, were among notables who died in 2013. Mandela, who died Dec. 5 at age 95, was considered a master of forgiveness. He became South Africa’s first black president after spending 27 years in prison for championing equality against the whiteminority government, and he inspired the world by seeking a relatively peaceful transition of power. As Britain’s only female prime minister, Thatcher ruled for 11 years and showed an unshakable faith in the free market, leaving behind a leaner government and more prosperous nation. While she had fierce critics, praise for her leadership came in from around the world when she died in April at 87. Other political figures who died this year included Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, former Italian premier Giulio Andreotti, Poland’s ex-prime minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki, France’s Pierre Mauroy, and Hungary’s Gyula Horn, prominent past mayors of New York and Beijing, Ed Koch and Chen Xitong, and former U.S. Senators Frank Lautenberg and Harry F. Byrd. Also dying in 2013 was a man whose invention you may hold as you read this. Doug Engelbart, who died in July, invented the computer mouse, among other things. Others from the world of science and technology who died this year included the Manhattan Project’s Donald F. Hornig, Nobel Prize winners Frederick Sanger, Robert Edwards and Kenneth Wilson, audio pioneers Ray Dolby and Amar Bose and astronauts C. Gordon Fullerton and Scott Carpenter. In arts and entertainment, this year saw the death of one who was hugely influential though not technically an entertainer at all. Roger Ebert, who died in April, was America’s most popular film critic, telling audiences which movies to see or avoid with his famous thumbs-up or thumbsdown reviews. Others from the entertainment world who died this year included actors James Gandolfini, Peter O’Toole, Jane Kean, Annette Funicello, Jean Stapleton, Bonnie Franklin, Cory Monteith, Frank Thornton and Conrad Bain, as well as swimming star Esther Williams and Bollywood villain Pran. Musicians included George Jones, Van Cliburn, Lou Reed, Donald Byrd, Ray Manzarek, Bebo Valdes, Mindy McCready, Chrissy Amphle and Chris Kelly. Among others: writer Tom Clancy, director Nagisa Oshima and ballerina Maria Tallchief. Here is a roll call of some of the people who died in 2013. (Cause of death cited for younger people if available.) JANUARY: Patti Page, 85. Singer who stumbled across “Tennessee Waltz” and made it one of the best-selling recordings ever. Jan. 1. Gerda Lerner, 92. Pioneer in the field of women’s history and a founding member of the National Organization for Women. Jan. 2. Ned Wertimer, 89. He played Ralph the Doorman on all 11 seasons of the CBS sitcom “The Jeffersons.” Jan. 2. Huell Howser, 67. Homespun host of public television’s popular “California’s Gold” travelogues. Jan. 6. Evan S. Connell, 88. Author, whose literary explorations ranged from Depression-era Kansas City in the twin novels “Mrs. Bridge” and “Mr. Bridge” to Custer’s last stand in “Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn.” Jan. 10. Aaron Swartz, 26. Cofounder of Reddit and activist who fought to make online content free to the public. Jan. 11. Suicide. Khanh Nguyen, 86. South Vietnamese general who briefly gained control of the government in a coup and went on to lead a “government in exile” in California. Jan. 11. Eugene Patterson, 89. Pulitzer Prize-winning editor who helped fellow Southern whites understand the civil rights movement, eloquently reminding the silent majority of its complicity in racist violence. Jan. 12. Conrad Bain, 89. Veteran stage and film actor who became a star in middle age as the kindly white adoptive father of two young African-American brothers in the TV sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes.” Jan. 14. Nagisa Oshima, 80. Japanese film director acclaimed for “Empire of Passion” and “In the Realm of the Senses.” Jan. 15. Andre Cassagnes, 86. Inventor of Etch A Sketch, toy that generations of children drew on, shook up and started over. Jan. 16. Pauline Friedman Phillips, 94. Under the name of Abigail Van Buren, she wrote the long-running “Dear Abby” newspaper advice column read by millions. Jan. 16. James Hood, 70. One of the first black students who enrolled at the University of Alabama a half century ago in defiance of racial segregation. Jan. 17. Earl Weaver, 82. Fiery Hall of Fame manager who won 1,480 games with baseball’s Baltimore Orioles. Jan. 19. Stan Musial, 92. St. Louis Cardinals star with the corkscrew stance and too many batting records to fit on his Hall of Fame plaque. Jan. 19. Hans Massaquoi, 87. Former managing editor of Ebony magazine whose distinctive memoir described his unusual childhood growing up black in Nazi Germany. Jan. 19. Donald F. Hornig, 92. Scientist who served as a key figure on the Manhattan Project, an adviser to three U.S. presidents and president of Brown University. Jan. 21. Linda Pugach, 75. Blinded in 1959 when her lover hired hit men to throw lye in her face, she became a media sensation after later marrying him. Jan. 22. Cardinal Jozef Glemp, 83. Longtime head of Poland’s influential Roman Catholic church who helped lead the nation peacefully through martial law and the fight against communism. Jan. 23. Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner, 69. Frontman for the hit-making funk music band the Ohio Players. Jan. 26. Ceija Stojka, 79. She survived three Nazi death camps and went on to raise the awareness of the Nazi persecution of the Roma — or Gypsies — in her art and writings. Jan. 28. Said Musa Maragha, 86. Hard-line Palestinian military commander better known by his nom de guerre, “Abu Musa,” who rebelled against leader Yasser Arafat to form his own rival party. Jan. 29. Patty Andrews, 94. Last of the singing Andrews Sisters trio whose hits such as the rollicking “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B” and the poignant “I Can Dream, Can’t I?” captured the home-front spirit of World War II. Jan. 30. FEBRUARY: Ed Koch, 88. Former New York mayor and combative politician who rescued the city from nearfinancial ruin during three City Hall terms. Feb. 1. Lavonne “Pepper” PaireDavis, 88. A star of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League in the 1940s and an inspiration for the central character in the movie “A League of Their Own.” Feb. 2. Chris Kyle, 38. Former Navy SEAL and author of the best-selling book “American Sniper.” Feb. 2. Fatally shot at a Texas gun range. Essie Mae WashingtonWilliams, 87. Mixed-race daughter of one-time segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond who kept her parentage secret for more than 70 years. Feb. 3. James Muri, 93. World War II pilot who saved his crippled B-26 bomber and crew by buzzing the flight deck of a Japanese aircraft carrier during the Battle of Midway. Feb. 3. Donald Byrd, 80. Hardbop trumpeter of the 1950s who collaborated on dozens of albums with top artists of his time and later enjoyed commercial success with hit jazz-funk fusion records such as “Black Byrd.” Feb. 4. NOW YOU CAN SAVE AN ADDITIONAL $5 PER MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS! * Per Mo For 12 Mos. After Instant Rebate With 24-mo. Agreement 1 2 3 FREE GENIE™ UPGRADE! 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And judging by the typical questions pollsters use to measure the public mood, it doesn’t seem like it could be much worse. A look at how the public rated the nation’s performance in 2013: Right direction?’ Not quite yet Whether people think the nation is heading the right way or the wrong way is a basic measure of optimism that pollsters have used for decades to gauge the public mood. In AP-GfK polling this year, few thought the United States had found the right path. The December AP-GfK poll showed the share of Americans who feel the nation is heading in the right direction rebounded to 34 percent from its October low of 22 percent, but it’s not clear yet whether that’s a directional shift or just a temporary recovery — what Wall Street calls a dead-cat bounce. On average in this year’s AP-GfK polls, 33 percent said the country was heading the right way, down from 38 percent in 2012 but about on par with the 2011 average of 32 percent. That 2011 figure marked the low point of President Barack Obama’s time in office. This year, average “right direction” numbers among Republicans (10 percent) and independents (24 percent) are at new lows for Obama’s term, but Democrats buoy this year’s figure with 54 percent saying the nation is on the right path, a bit above 2011’s average of 47 percent. Obama’s approval falls Obama’s approval ratings shifted notably this year, landing in negative territory on average for the first time in his presidency. In AP-GfK polling conducted this year that averaged the president’s approval rating, 46 percent approved of the president’s job performance, while 50 percent disapproved. This year marks the first substantial dip in the president’s approval since 2010. After a well-regarded first year (58 percent approval on average in 2009), Obama’s approval rating dipped to 50 percent in 2010, then generally held steady — 51 percent on average approved in 2011, 52 percent in 2012. Little love for Congress About 82 percent of Americans disapproved of the way Congress handled its job this year, according to an average of AP-GfK polls. That’s 20 points higher than average disap- proval rate in 2009 and the worst since the inception of the AP-GfK poll in 2008. In a rare show of party unity, disapproval of Congress topped 80 percent among both Democrats (83 percent) and Republicans (87 percent). The economic bright spot? One positive note: More now say the economy is in good shape than have at any prior point in Obama’s tenure, though the rating remains fairly anemic. Overall, 26 percent on average described the economy as “good” in this year’s polling, up from an average of 23 percent in 2012, 17 percent in 2011, 19 percent in 2010 and an abysmal 11 percent in 2009. Still, people don’t hold much hope for the economy’s prospects. Asked to look ahead a year, 37 percent of Americans in the December AP-GfK poll said they thought the general economic situation would worsen, while 33 percent thought it would improve. And while 32 percent thought the number of unemployed Americans would drop, 36 percent thought more people would lose jobs than get them in 2014. EDITOR’S NOTE — Digits is Associated Press Director of Polling Jennifer Agiesta’s take on the numbers that reflect our world and the survey research techniques used to find them. courage, hope in new year Frances D’Emilio The Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis, laying out his hopes Wednesday for the just-begun year, urged people to work for a world where everyone accepts each other’s differences and where enemies recognize that they are brothers. “We are all children of one heavenly father. We belong to the same human family and we share a common destiny,” Francis said, speaking from his studio window overlooking St. Peter’s Square, jammed with tens of thousands of faithful, tourists and Romans. “This brings a responsibility for each to work so that the world becomes a community of brothers who respect each other, accept each other in one’s diversity, and take care of one another,” the pope said. Setting aside his prepared text for a moment, he expressed impatience with violence in the world. “What is happening in the heart of man? What is happening in the heart of humanity?” Francis asked. “It’s time to stop.” He told the crowd this reflection was inspired by a letter he received from a man — “maybe one of you” — who lamented that there are “so many tragedies and wars in the world.” “I, too, believe that it will be good for us to stop ourselves in this path of violence and search for peace,” Francis said. In his remarks to the often-applauding crowd, he also expressed hope that “the gospel of brotherhood speak to every conscience and knock down the walls that impede enemies from recognizing that they are brothers.” Earlier, during his homily at New Year’s Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, Francis spoke of humanity’s journey in the year unfolding and invoked what he said were “words of blessing,” explaining that they are “strength, courage and hope.” “Not an illusory hope,” he added, “based on frail human promises, or a naive hope which presumes that the future will be better simply because it is the future.” In his first year as pope, Francis has charted a path for what he calls a “poor” church attentive to the needy. While offering new year’s wishes to the crowd in the square, Francis pressed his campaign on behalf of the downtrodden. “We are also called to see the violence and injustices present in so many parts of the world, and which cannot leave us indifferent and immobile,” Francis said. “There is the need for the commitment of all to build a society that is truly more just and united.” Hearing “the cry of peace from peoples who are oppressed by war and by violence,” Francis prayed that “the courage of dialogue and reconciliation prevail over the temptation for vendetta, arrogance, corruption.” The Catholic church dedicates Jan. 1 to the promotion of world peace, and St. Peter’s Square, just as the pope appeared, marked the end of a peace march by thousands of people. The marchers included Lula Teclehaimanut from Eritrea. “The pope is truly our hope, not just for the Eritrean population but for the whole world, I believe,” she said, recalling Francis’ call for refugees to be welcomed and treated humanely. The refugees who risk their lives to flee to Europe, many of them by boat, include some from her homeland. Among the many national flags waved by the peace marchers was that of Syria, with several Syrians among the participants expressing hope that peace reaches their country. 2013, year of resistance Harold Pease Ph.D. The year has shown monumental efforts by some to get back to the Constitution. An ever-growing portion of the largely distracted public is finally awakening to the fact that they are losing freedom and that both parties are responsible. Let us review those monumental moments of 2013 each of which have been covered extensively by us in previous columns. We began the year with what was called “successionitis” — a desire of some of the people to leave the Union — not seen in the United States since the Civil War. Fifteen states posted over 25,000 signatures with Texas posting 116,000 by itself. The President closed down his site to further counting. With his refusal to allow further counting and the establishment media’s refusal to continue coverage, the issue was squelched. Discontent with the federal government not following the Constitution and the resultant loss of freedom (especially cited were NDAA and TSA) were said to be the reasons for the backlash by those participating. This was followed by the 2013 Sheriffs’ Rebellion wherein by mid-February, 336 elected county sheriffs had signed pledges that they will not enforce any unconstitutional gun control laws or executive orders—seventeen of them The Daily Sentinel Reader Services Correction Policy Our main concern in all stories is to be accurate. 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The Utah Sheriff’s Association made the strongest statement aimed directly at the President. “We, like you, swore a solemn oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, and we are prepared to trade our lives for the preservation of its traditional interpretation.” Wyoming’s new “Firearm Protection Act,” threatened federal officials with up to five years in prison and $5,000 in fines if convicted of attempting to enforce unconstitutional statutes or decrees infringing on the gun rights of Wyoming citizens. Kentucky has enacted something similar and reportedly, Missouri and Texas have similar legislation pending. Also in February thousands gathered from California to New York and from Florida to Alaska, on February 23, to remind the federal government that the “right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” They were saying, in effect, “Back off Mr. President with your executive orders and Congress with your proposed new laws, you are on sacred Constitutional soil.” The establishment press was weak, almost non-existent, in its coverage. The 124 cities participating largely had to enter their own pictures of their event on the Internet to get coverage—so weak was press response. Seventeen such rallies were held in California alone, a 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. 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The assurance finally came the next day from Eric Holder but it was far from convincing. 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 �The Daily Sentinel SPORTS THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 2014 mdssports@civitasmedia.com Noah Spence suspended three games FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Ohio State sophomore defensive end Noah Spence has been suspended for three games for violating an undisclosed Big Ten rule, the Buckeyes announced Wednesday. Spence did not accompany No. 7 Ohio State on its trip to the Orange Bowl, with the team citing “a personal issue.” The Buckeyes (12-1) play No. 12 Clemson (10-2) on Friday night, and as recently as Monday the team said there was some hope that Spence — an All-Big Ten player this season — would be able to join the team for the game. Spence also will sit out the first two games of the 2014 season, the team said. “It has been determined that Ohio State University sophomore Noah Spence has violated a Big Ten Conference rule and he has been suspended for three games, starting with the Discover Orange Bowl this Friday,” the university said in a statement. “Spence’s parents, who did not agree with the rule violation nor the penalty imposed, were assisted by the Ohio State Department of Athletics in exhausting the appeals process that was available to them with the Big Ten.” The school said it was not planning to comment further. Spence led the Buckeyes with eight sacks this season. He also had 14½ tackles for loss, second-most on the team, and had 52 tackles. Earlier this week, Ohio State defensive coordinator Luke Fickell said Jamal Marcus and Steve Miller are among the top candidates to take Spence’s spot on the field against the Tigers. “Those are guys that probably haven’t seen nearly as much action throughout the year, but they’re guys who have practiced every single day, taken those reps,” Fickell said. “That’s a part of the game, whether we like it or don’t like it. These guys all know it. What that does is puts a little more heat on your guys that are leaders to say, ‘Come on, let’s continue to move forward.’ These guys are here for a reason. They’re on scholarship for a reason.” Marcus and Miller have combined for 27 tackles, five sacks and eight tackles for loss this season. Spence is an Academic All-Big Ten honoree and the school said he will continue course work toward his sociology degree next semester. He will be able to participate in spring football, but will not be eligible to return to the field until Sept. 13 against Kent State, sitting out games against Navy and Virginia Tech if the Buckeyes’ schedule doesn’t change. Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Point Pleasant junior Austin Rutter maintains leverage on an Athens opponent during a 152-pound match in December at Point Pleasant, W.Va. Point grapplers finish sixth at Wheeling Park Duals Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com WHEELING, W.Va. — The Point Pleasant wrestling team came away with sixth place Saturday at the 2013 Wheeling Park Duals held at Wheeling Park High School in Brooke County. The Big Blacks finished the two-day event with a 6-2 team mark and had eight grapplers finish the weekend with winning records, including a pair of unbeaten individuals. PPHS also had 13 of its 14 wrestlers win at least one match at the event. Parkersburg South came away with its sixth straight championship, while Parkersburg was the overall runner-up at the 25-team competition. The Big Red (42-25) and host WPHS (42-32) were the only programs to knock off Point Pleasant in head-to-head competition. The Big Blacks posted team wins over Buckeye Local (58-15), St. Albans (60-20), Massillon Washington (44-30), Carrollton (34-29), Steubenville (3928) and Alliance (42-27). “The Park Duals can be a grind. There is a lot of great competition with many of the elite teams in our state there, as well as teams from Ohio, Georgia and Pennsylvania,” PPHS coach John Bonecutter said. “Our boys battled this weekend and wrestled well at times.” Guy Fisher (126) and John Raike (132) both went a perfect 8-0 in their respective weight classes, while Tannor Hill (195), Caleb Leslie (106) and Jon Peterson (182) all went 7-1 in their divisions. Jacob Duncan (220), Austin Rutter (152) and Josh Hudson (160) also posted matching winning marks of 5-3 each. Hunter White went 4-4 overall in the 145-pound weight class, while Austin Wamsley was finished 2-2 overall. Scotty Wilcox went 3-5 in the 113 division, while Zach Stewart and Andrew Roach also recorded a win apiece. Point Pleasant returns to action Saturday when it travels to Morgantown for a quad match with Preston, Musselman and host University. Complete results of the 2013 Wheeling Park Duals are available on the web at wvmat.com 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 Photos by Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Wahama senior Sierra Carmichael dribbles between River Valley defenders Mikayla Pope, left, and Rachael Smith during the first half of Monday night’s non-conference girls basketball game in Mason, W.Va. Lady Raiders roll past Wahama, 71-23 Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com MASON, W.Va. — Ending the year on a good note. The River Valley girls basketball team snapped a four-game losing skid in convincing fashion Monday night following a 71-23 triumph over host Wahama in a non-conference matchup in Mason County. The Lady Raiders (4-5) battled out to a small 14-8 advantage after eight minutes of play, but the guests countered with a relentless defense that produced numerous turnovers the rest of the way. RVHS outscored the Lady Falcons (0-8) by a sizable 57-15 margin during that span to wrap up the 48-point victory. River Valley scored the first 14 points of the second quarter en route to a 16-1 run, which gave the guests a 30-9 edge at the intermission. Faith Henry sank a free throw for Wahama at the 1:38 mark to end an almost seven-minute scoreless drought in the first half. The Lady Raiders started the second half with a 4-0 run, but the Lady Falcons countered with a 4-0 run of their own to close back to within 21 points at 34-13 with 5:08 left in the third. The hosts were never closer, as RVHS closed the period with a 14-8 run to secure a 48-21 lead headed into the finale. Wahama went scoreless for over seven minutes in the fourth, as Rebecca Gerlach sank a basket with 42 seconds remaining to give the hosts their only points of the canto. River Valley produced a 23-2 charge down the stretch to wrap up their largest lead of the game with the final outcome. RVHS had nine different players reach the scoring column, with Shelby Brown leading the way with 15 points. Rachael Smith was next with 13 points, while Chelsea Copley and Leia Moore each contributed 11 markers. Courtney Smith and Mikayla Pope were respectively next with six and five points, followed by Tianna Qualls and Bailey Adkins with four markers apiece. Carli Dillon added two points to round out the scoring for the guests, who were 17-of-27 at the free throw line for 63 percent. Olivia Hill paced Wahama with eight points, followed by Sierra Carmichael with seven points and River Valley junior Chelsea Copley (10) dribbles down the floor during a fast break while teammate Leia Moore (23) trails the play during the second half of Monday night’s non-conference girls basketball game against Wahama in Mason, W.Va. Bunni Peters with three markers. Molly Fisher and Rebecca Gerlach each contributed two points, while Faith Henry rounded out the scoring with one marker. Wahama — which was 5-of-15 at the charity stripe for 33 percent — was Mason County’s last chance for a hoops win before the new year. The Lady Falcons, Point Pleasant (0-10) and Hannan (0-5) were a combined 0-23 in regular season games during the 2013 portion of this season. Blue Devils hold off Rock Hill, 60-56 Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com CENTENARY, Ohio — It just goes to show the importance of free throws. The Gallia Academy boys basketball team shot 9-of-11 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter Monday night, as the Blue Devils held on for the 60-56 victory over visiting Rock Hill. The Blue Devils (5-4) wasted little time establishing control, outscoring Rock Hill (1-7) 19-to-6 in the opening stanza. Rock Hill cut into the lead by scoring 20 in the second quarter and 15 in the third, narrowing the GAHS advantage to four points. Both teams marked 15 points in the finale and Gallia Academy secured the 60-56 win. The Blue Devils were paced by Wes Jarrell with 22 points and Seth Adkins with 20. Wade Jarrell marked eight points, Kole Carter had four, while Reid Eastman, Devin Henry and Alex White each had two points in the win. Austin Collins led the Redmen with 16 points, followed by Joey Stidham with 13 and Chance Blankenship with 12. Jordan Hairston had eight points, Alex Nance marked four, while Aaron Dalton finished with three. The Blue Devils, which lost four games to start the season, are winners of five consecutive games. �Page 6 s The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com Thursday, January 2, 2014 AP Sports Briefs Mason Co. Youth Wrestling signups POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — The Mason County Youth Wrestling League will hold signups for the upcoming season over the next three Thursdays at the Hartley Wrestling Building on the campus of Point Pleasant High School. Signups will be held from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. on January 2 and January 9, while the final Thursday signup date on Jan. 16 will run from 6 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. The cost is $45 per child or $60 per family. For more information, please contact John Bonecutter at (304) 593-1562. Bengals change punters for playoffs, sign Mesko CINCINNATI (AP) — The Bengals have changed punters for the playoffs, waiving Shawn Powell after only two games and signing Zoltan Mesko. Powell was signed after Kevin Huber suffered a season-ending broken jaw during a 30-20 loss in Pittsburgh on Dec. 15. Powell shanked a 10-yard punt during a 34-17 win over Baltimore on Sunday. Mesko was New England’s fifth-round pick in 2010. The Patriots released him on Aug. 31, and he punted in seven games for Pittsburgh before he was waived on Oct. 29. The Bengals also signed tight end Kevin Brock on Tuesday, giving them a replacement for Alex Smith, who is out for the playoffs with a dislocated wrist. Brock played two games for Buffalo in 2011 and four games for Kansas City this season. No. 3 Ohio State outlasts Purdue, 78-69 WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — LaQuinton Ross had 25 points and 12 rebounds, both career bests, and Shannon Scott added a career-high 18 points to lead No. 3 Ohio State to a 78-69 victory Tuesday at Purdue. The Buckeyes (14-0, 1-0 Big Ten) started the day as one of eight perfect teams. They finished it by matching the fourthbest start in school history. A.J. Hammons led Purdue (10-4, 0-1) with 18 points, 16 rebounds, five blocks and four assists in the Boilermakers’ first home loss. Ronnie Jonson added 16 points for Purdue. Ohio State took a 34-33 halftime lead on a buzzer-beating layup by Lenzelle Smith Jr., then struggled to pull away until the final 12½ minutes. The Buckeyes broke a 46-46 tie with six straight points. Scott and Ross accounted for all of the points in a decisive 10-2 run. Cavs’ Kyrie Irving to have MRI on left knee INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Cavaliers AllStar guard Kyrie Irving will undergo an MRI after injuring his left knee Tuesday in a loss to the Pacers. Irving was helped off the floor in the third quarter after falling awkwardly on a missed layup. A team physician cleared Irving to play and he returned in the fourth, but couldn’t stop the Cavaliers from dropping their sixth straight game, 91-76 to the Pacers. Irving has been injury prone during his two-plus seasons in the NBA. The former No. 1 overall pick has missed 38 games with a variety of injuries, including a broken nose, broken jaw, broken finger, sprained knee, sprained shoulder and concussion. He played in only 11 games as a freshman at Duke because of a foot injury. One of Irving’s goal this season was to play in all 82 regular season games. He’s been durable this season despite sustaining a broken nose last month against Minnesota and playing with a protective mask. He also played last week after missing two days of practice with the flu. Duke’s Cutcliffe is Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year ATLANTA (AP) — David Cutcliffe, who led Duke to its first 10-win season and spot in the ACC championship game, was named the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year on Monday. Eight former coach of the year winners attended the announcement: Bill Curry, Fisher DeBerry, Vince Dooley, Ralph Friedgen, Fred Goldsmith, Jim Grobe, Ken Hatfield and Dick Sheridan. Cutcliffe’s No. 22 Blue Devils lost to No. 20 Texas A&M 52-48 in Tuesday night’s Chick-fil-A Bowl. Kansas State’s Bill Snyder won the 2012 award, named for the former longtime Georgia Tech coach. Cutcliffe also has been named the Walter Camp and Maxwell Award coach of the year honors this year. Wildcats to take part in Hatfield-McCoy Shootout Staff Report The annual Hatfield-McCoy Shootout will be held Saturday, January 18 at the Williamson Fieldhouse and will feature eight high school basketball games. The event pits teams from Kentucky against schools from West Virginia. The tournament director is Mark Whitt. The event is sponsored by Simpkins Law Office located in Williamson. Several top-notch teams are featured in the all-day basketball extravaganzaHannan will take on Phelps in the opening game at 11 a.m. followed by Pike Central vs. Riple, Wesley Christian vs. Man, East Ridge vs. Tolsia, Greater Beckley vs. Hurricane, Sheldon Clark vs. Tug Valley, Knott County vs. South Charleston, and Belfry vs. Mingo Central. Games are scheduled to tip-off one hour and 30 minutes apart. Nebraska beats No. 23 Georgia 24-19 in Gator Bowl JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Tommy Armstrong Jr. connected with Quincy Enunwa for two touchdowns, including a 99-yarder in the third quarter, and Nebraska held on to beat No. 23 Georgia 2419 in the rain-soaked Gator Bowl on Wednesday. Playing in their 50th bowl, the Cornhuskers (94) ended a four-game losing streak against teams from the Southeastern Conference. The streak included a 45-31 loss to Georgia in the Capital One Bowl last season. The rematch was much different. Nebraska did a solid job against running back Todd Gurley, who ran for 125 yards and a touchdown last year. Gurley finished with 86 yards on the ground. Gurley was more effective in the passing game, catching seven passes for 97 yards and a score. His 25-yard score on the first play of the fourth quarter cut Nebraska’s lead to 2419. But the Huskers stopped Georgia (8-5) twice on fourth down in the closing minutes. Rantavious Wooten and Arthur Lynch dropped fourth-down passes that ended drives in the red zone. Those drops were indicative of the entire game for Georgia. The Bulldogs moved inside the 25-yard line seven times, but settled for four field goals. Despite those, Georgia had a chance late. Wooten dropped a fourth-and-2 pass at the 10yard line with 4:42 remaining. Georgia got the ball back with 3:18 to play and marched toward the end zone. But Lynch couldn’t haul in a fourth-and-3 pass that would have moved the chains with about 25 seconds remaining. Nebraska ran out the clock from there. The Huskers pulled ahead 24-12 late in the third on the longest play in Gator Bowl history. Armstrong dropped back on a third-and-14 play at the 1 and heaved the ball as far as he could to Enunwa, who was streaking wide open down the left sideline. Georgia cornerback Shaq Wiggins let Enunwa go, but got no safety help deep. Quincy Mauger had a chance to tackle Enunwa, but bounced off him just past midfield. Enunwa coasted the rest of the way. Enunwa finished with four receptions for 129 yards. He also broke a school with 12 touchdown receptions, eclipsing the mark of 11 set by Johnny Rodgers in 1971. Armstrong, filling in for injured starter Taylor Martinez, completed 6 of 14 passes for 163 yards. He also had a 5-yard TD pass to Enunwa in the second quarter. Ameer Abdullah ran 27 times for 122 yards and a score. It was his 11th 100yard game of the season. Nebraska finished with 307 yards, 109 fewer than Georgia. Turnovers were the difference. Nebraska turned two of them into two touchdowns. Reggie Davis muffed a punt deep in Georgia territory in the second quarter and Nebraska scored two plays later. The Huskers also turned Hutson Mason’s lone interception into points. Mason overthrew Chris Conley near the sideline. Josh Mitchell picked it off, setting up Abdullah’s TD run. Mason, making his second straight start in place of injured starter Aaron Murray, completed 21 of 39 passes for 320 yards, with a touchdown and an interception. Visit us at www.mydailysentinel.com Adam Cairns | Columbus Dispatch | MCT Ohio State Buckeyes running back Carlos Hyde (34) runs upfield toward Michigan Wolverines safety Thomas Gordon (30) during the first quarter at Ohio Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, in Columbus, Ohio. Chance for 25th win in two years fueling Ohio State FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Ohio State offensive lineman Corey Linsley needed about a week to get over the disappointment. Given the stakes, that sounds fair. If a play or two had been executed a bit better, then maybe Ohio State would have beaten Michigan State for the Big Ten title — and wrapped up a spot in the BCS national championship game. Instead, the seventh-ranked Buckeyes (12-1) not only tasted defeat for the first time in 705 days, but were knocked out of the title picture and wound up getting invited to the Orange Bowl. As far as consolation prizes go, that’s not exactly a rough one. “It really stung, obviously,” Linsley said. “I think I can speak for everybody on the team when I say it really stung. But with guys like this, with the character we have on this team … it doesn’t take a long duration of time to get over something like that. We know we’re going to face bigger tests in life.” The next test awaiting Ohio State is No. 12 Clemson (10-2), which is back in the Orange Bowl for the second time in three seasons. And even though the crystal football is out of their reach, the Buckeyes insist there’s plenty of reasons to be ready for Friday. There’s the not-so-small matter of going out winners, which is always a goal. A top-five ranking to finish the year would likely be within reach. On top of all that, a victory would make Ohio State 25-1 over Urban Meyer’s two seasons in Columbus — matching the winningest two-year stretch in school history — plus make the Buckeyes’ coach 5-0 all-time in BCS games. “Since you mention that, that’s a huge thing at Ohio State,” running back Carlos Hyde said. “This program has so much tradition and to be one of the first teams to be 25-1, that’s huge here. That’s definitely like history, right there.” If Hyde needed any extra reason to be inspired for his college finale, it’s being played about 100 miles from Naples, Fla., where he attended high school. But to hear him talk on Tuesday, playing a game like this in any locale would have been good enough for him. “This is a BCS bowl. This is still a huge game,” Hyde said. “You don’t really need too much motivation. Even though you came up short to play for the (national championship), you know, this is still a huge game. Just got to get past that last game. I’m sure we are past that. I feel like we are. You don’t really need too much motivation.” But the chance for an eye-popping number doesn’t hurt, either. Over the past decade — when teams playing up to 14 games in a season has become more and more commonplace — the only programs to go 25-1 or better in a two-year span are USC, Boise State and TCU. “That’s a lot of wins, isn’t it?,” asked Ohio State offensive lineman Jack Mewhort, smiling. He paused for a slight moment, as if the number really was hitting him. “There’s a lot of hours that went into that,” Mewhort continued. “So 25 wins, when you see behind the scenes, it wouldn’t surprise you. Obviously, we’re at 24 right now and it doesn’t surprise me that we’re at 24 because of the way we’ve prepared and the hours that we’ve put into this. To get No. 25 would obviously be amazing. I don’t know the historical significance, but as a Buckeye football team, we’d be really excited about it.” There would be any number of reasons for the Buckeyes to seem less than thrilled about their bowl situation. Settling for anything but a shot at the national title is understandably difficult. They came to South Florida missing some key players and with others injured. A flu bug has ripped through the team this week, even affecting quarterback Braxton Miller on Tuesday. Instead, they say the adversity and disappointment with the Big Ten loss — 34-24 to Michigan State, which earned a Rose Bowl nod — is fueling them. “It does make it easier when you do have that pain inside of you to teach young guys how to handle that,” Buckeyes offensive coordinator Tom Herman said. “But at the end of the day, we want to win them all.” �Thursday, January 2, 2014 The Daily Sentinel s Page 7 www.mydailysentinel.com AP sources: O’Brien leaving Penn State to coach Texans STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Bill O’Brien is leaving Penn State less than two years after replacing Joe Paterno and returning to the NFL with the Houston Texans to coach the worst team in the league. Two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press that O’Brien reached an agreement with the Texans on Tuesday night. They spoke on condition of anonymity because an official announcement hasn’t been made. O’Brien bolted Penn State and a slew of players who pledged commitment to a team in its darkest hour for an NFL team that ended the season on a 14-game skid and 2-14 record. O’Brien, a former offensive coordinator for the New England Patriots, took on perhaps college football’s toughest job in January 2012, joining a school rattled by the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. Despite a lack of scholarships, a bowl ban, an overall sense of doom and player defections from the late Paterno’s roster, O’Brien led the Nittany Lions to two winning seasons (8-4, 7-5) while restoring some tempered enthusiasm in Happy Valley. But the Nittany Lions are back to the drawing board this week after losing O’Brien in circumstances similar to those of last year. After his debut season, O’Brien interviewed with the Jacksonville Jaguars and Cleveland Browns, among others, only to stay in State College. But the Texans’ job was too good to pass up some 12 months later. While the Browns and Jaguars were in the midst of overhauls, from the front office to the locker room, Houston is viewed as one of the best jobs in the NFL. There is plenty of talent on the roster — especially on defense — and the AFC South is a division seemingly up for grabs every season. The NCAA penalties in July triggered a clause in O’Brien’s contract that extends his deal the length of any sanctions given to Penn State. That means O’Brien’s deal now runs through 2020. O’Brien received a restructured contract last year after he decided to stay. Though the contract was set to run seven more seasons, a buyout clause will kick in to allow his exit. But in the eyes of Nittany Nation those are all details now. What O’Brien will make elsewhere, and what he’s inheriting at the game’s highest level, mean little to a fan base and community that wrapped its arms around not only him but his family as well. O’Brien met the challenge of succeeding Paterno with ferocity and passion. He changed the culture by, among other things, placing names on the backs of the jerseys, playing loud music during practice to fire up players and overhauling the offseason weight training program. All along, he was lauded. At the same time, though, he always paid homage to Paterno and his legacy. He said and did the right things, and made the most of his 24 games at Penn State. In the end, that made him even more marketable to the NFL. Of course, that is little consolation to Penn State. The Nittany Lions need to prepare for an expanded Big Ten next season and now need a coach. While Penn State is still a destination job, the roadblocks are still considerable in the post-Sandusky era: —Though there is talk that this may be reduced at some point, Penn State’s bowl ban has not been lifted yet and runs through the 2015 season. — While some scholarships have been restored, there is not the full allotment that other Big Ten schools — including new members Rutgers and Maryland — have at their disposal. —Recruiting season is in full swing right now, a time when high school seniors may cross the Nittany Lions off their list. — The trials of former Penn State president Graham Spanier, athletic director Tim Curley and vice president for finance Gary Schultz — all accused of trying to cover up the scandal at the time — are still to be completed. All of this will cloud a field of candidates likely to include many from college and the NFL. Greg Schiano, for instance, has Penn State ties and may want to return to college after two forgetful seasons with the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers. While at Rutgers, Schiano was viewed as an Eastern recruiting expert, who built the Scarlet Knights into a consistent bowl team by landing players Nabil K. Mark | Centre Daily Times | MCT Penn State head football coach Bill O’Brien works with Derek from New Jersey to Miami. Schiano would likely be received well in State College, Day and the rest of his team during the first day of football practice, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, in State College, Penn. but he is not O’Brien. O’Brien, who helped lead the Patriots to the Super Bowl in 2011-12, arrived in Happy Valley with sterling creden- let that get in the way of the task at hand. He needed tials — apprenticeships coaching at Brown, Georgia Tech, to grow college football players into Penn State players, Maryland and Duke, followed by five years as an NFL as- and in many cases, he was successful. At a time when his sistant on Bill Belichick’s staff. He won games, he won team was undercut by the losses of its best running back, over players and he did so with a stern look on his face. top receiver and front-line kicker — more than a dozen “A few days before we announced the hiring, I was watch- players in all — he kept working with what he was given. ing a Patriots game, and I see Bill walk down the sideline, When Silas Redd took most of Penn State’s running stop in front of Tom Brady, and start yelling,” Penn State game with him by transferring to Southern California, athletic director Dave Joyner said. “And I’m thinking, ‘He’s O’Brien drew on his experience at New England and yelling at Tom Brady! Tom Brady! Who’s maybe only the turned former walk-on quarterback Matt McGloin into best quarterback ever!’ Right about then, I said to myself, an NFL-ready one. After kicker Sam Ficken missed four ‘We got the right guy. He’s plenty tough enough.’” field goals, including a potential game-winner, O’Brien His teams at Penn State took on that identity. After refused to blame the inexperienced backup and instead a lackluster start — O’Brien lost to Ohio and Virginia had the Nittany Lions try to convert fourth downs in a to open his career — Penn State rattled off five straight variety of unlikely situations. His players loved that, and wins, and finished the year with a rousing 24-21 win over returned every show of loyalty in kind. Wisconsin at home. “When those things first happened, Coach told us flat This season, the Nittany Lions started off better — out we wouldn’t come out on the other side of the expewins over Syracuse and Eastern Michigan opened the rience unscathed,” said John Urschel, a fifth-year senior year — but dealt with inconsistency issues along the way. and All-Big Ten guard. “But the other thing he promised All that said, like his first season, O’Brien closed with a us was an experience we’d never forget.” flurry, defeating the Badgers, this time in Wisconsin, 31It’s safe to say most of the fan base will never forget 24, to close out the campaign. O’Brien, either. Whether they forgive him for leaving is an“We’ve said the same thing for two years,” O’Brien said other story. But, for now, the focus in Happy Valley is on after the finale. “Our guys, they practice hard, and they maintaining a sense of calm and preparing for someone new. love to play.” In other words, exactly what the school did two years O’Brien developed bonds with his players, but never ago. Upon review, Manning’s passing record stands ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Peyton Manning’s spectacular season was every bit the record-breaking sensation it appeared. The NFL said Tuesday that Manning’s single-season mark of 5,477 yards passing will stand. Elias Sports Bureau, the league’s official statistician, reviewed a 7-yard pass from Manning to wide receiver Eric Decker and determined it will remain a forward pass and not a lateral, which would have made it a 7-yard run. That would have subtracted 7 yards from Manning’s total, leaving him with 5,470 yards, six shy of Drew Brees’ 2011 record. “The stats crew at the game scored this play as a forward pass. During the course of a season, there are many similar plays which could be reviewed by the Elias,” NFL spokesman Michael Signora said. “In this case, the determination of Elias is that the fairest resolution is for the ruling of the on-site stats crew to stand.” The play in question occurred with just over a minute remaining in the first quarter of Denver’s 34-14 win at Oakland on Sunday. Remember that camera angles can be deceiving, depending on where the camera is located. But there were two angles that would back up whichever argument one wants to make. Manning’s pass clearly looks like a lateral in one camera angle. Another angle, from above, however, appears to show Decker gathering in the ball at the Denver 48-yard line with Manning about a foot deeper than that. Manning finished with 266 yards passing before sitting out the second half, and his final throw was a 6-yard TD toss to Demaryius Thomas which gave him 5,477 yards for the season and also 55 TD passes, five more than Tom Brady’s record set in 2007, considered a much more significant achievement that the single-season yardage mark. With Denver safely ahead 31-0 at halftime and the home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs secured, Manning watched backup Brock Osweiler play the entire second half in his place. Elias routinely reviews plays and often tweaks totals in the days following games, then notifies teams of corrections to totals such as yardage or sack numbers. Manning broke the TD record two weeks ago at Houston and was all smiles afterward, crediting his coaches and teammates and saying it was a significant mark that meant a lot to him because it came in the midst of a successful season. The Broncos (133) are the AFC’s top seed in the playoffs for the second straight season. They have a bye this weekend and will host a divisional round game Jan. 12. He was much more nonchalant about the yardage record. Had the play in question originally been ruled a lateral, Manning would have finished the first half six yards shy of Brees’ record of 5,476 yards, and that might have prompted the Broncos to send him out to start the third quarter even with the big lead and the playoffs looming. Then again, maybe not. 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For 3 months.* �Page 10 s The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com Thursday, January 2, 2014 Civitas Media PRO FOOTBALL REVIEW Adam Vinatieri chasing NFL’s 2,000-point club INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — All Adam Vinatieri ever wanted was a chance to play in the NFL. When he finally finishes his remarkable career, he may go down as the best kicker in league history. The man who has four Super Bowl rings, been dubbed the NFL’s best clutch kicker and become the measuring stick for all future kickers was chasing yet another milestone entering last weekend when he needed just six points to join the league’s prestigious 2,000-point club. “I never really considered it till this year and then when I did, I thought ‘It would be kind of cool,’” said Vinatieri, the Colts kicker who was poised going into Sunday against Jacksonville to become the seventh NFL player with 2,000. “It really says a lot about the teams I’ve played for. It’s a neat goal and it’s a cool milestone.” Almost as cool as he has been when his teammates have needed him to excel in Super Bowls, the snow and cold weather. Yes, Vinatieri, who turns 41 Saturday, has been fortunate. He spent his entire 18-year career with two of the league’s most successful franchises, the Patriots and Colts. He worked for three Super Bowl-winning coaches — Bill Parcells, Bill Belichick and Tony Dungy. He played with two of the greatest quarterbacks of his generation — Tom Brady and Peyton Manning — and is playing now with perhaps the best young quarterback of the next generation, Andrew Luck. But Vinatieri also managed Sam Riche | MCT Indianapolis Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri (4) missed this 52 yard field goal attemptagainst the Miami Dolphins earlier this year, but he’s made quite a few over the years. He entered Sunday action jsut six points shy of 2,000 on his career. to step out from all those long shadows and proved he could stand on his own two feet. Q Brady and Belichick would not have reached their first Super Bowl without Vinatieri making two kicks on a snowy New England night that became known as the “Tuck Rule Game.” And they probably would not have won their first two Super Bowls without last-minute kicks from Vinatieri against St. Louis and Carolina. Q Manning and Dungy would not have won gotten their Super Bowl title, either, without Vinatieri, who made five field goals in a chilly 15-6 divisional-round win at Baltimore in 2007. Q Vinatieri is the only kicker to play in five Super Bowls and be part of six conference championships. Q His 16 100-point seasons are tied with Jason Elam for the most in league history. Q He and Morten Andersen are the only NFL players to top 800 points with two different teams. Sometimes the memories fade from public view, like the 4-yard TD pass Vinatieri threw to Troy Brown against St. Louis in 2004 or the toughness he displayed at training camp in 1996 that helped Parcells make the decision to keep him as a rookie. And other times, Vinatieri wishes the images would go away — like the Super Bowl kickoff returns from Desmond Howard in 1997 and Devin Hester a decade later. They never do. “That one I remember like it was yesterday,” Vinatieri said when asked about his diving attempt to take down Howard, an image captured in a photo that has been displayed in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. But the reason Vinatieri has survived this long is that he never allowed the good times or bad linger long enough to make a difference. Even now, after spending most of this season as the league’s oldest player, he’s still going strong. Last weekend, Vinatieri set a career high for field goals in a season (32), his percentage of 86.5 is the fifth highest of his career and he’s tuning up for yet another playoff appearance with the Colts (10-5). “The only thing that’s changed about Vinny is the grayness in his beard,” punter Pat McAfee said Friday. “He’s the same guy he’s always been.” A tireless worker. Sure, the South Dakota State grad and NFL Europe alum who once wondered if he’d ever get a chance to prove himself in the NFL, takes time off now and then to hunt, but the reason he’s still kicking around this league is that football is his No. 1 job. “It’s because of the work he puts in in the offseason, the work ethic he has,” McAfee said. “There’s a lot of wear and tear on the hips and joints, so you have to keep your body in great shape. It’s a very explosive movement, kicking, which is why a lot of people can kick and punt but they can’t do it for very long. He does it because he puts the work in.” How much longer can Vinatieri keep doing this? He thinks he’s still got a few more years and he’d like to finish his career Indy even though his contract expires after the season. GM Keim shakes up Arizona roster, creates winner TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — When Steve Keim walked off the field at Seattle a year ago, the scoreboard read: Seahawks 58, Cardinals 0. Keim, then Arizona’s vice president for player personnel, felt sick. A few weeks later, Rod Graves was fired and Keim was promoted to general manager. At the news conference announcing his hiring, Keim promised he would never forget that feeling in Seattle. Last Sunday, he left the same stadium after the Cardinals beat the Seahawks 17-10, ending Seattle’s 14-game home winning streak. He was “at peace” and “content.” Not for long. “It’s nice for a second,” he said Friday in an interview with The Associated Press, “but I’m too concerned with how did we lose five games — how do we get better.” The 41-year-old bear of an ex-college football lineman has overhauled the roster of a team that limped home to a 5-11 season by losing 10 of its last 11 games in 2012. Heading into Sunday’s regular-season finale at home against San Francisco, Arizona is 10-5, has won seven of eight, and has a shot at tying the franchise record of 11 victories in a season. The Cardinals might not make the playoffs, but it’s still quite a turnaround. “If he’s not executive of the year I think it’s a crying shame,” Arizona coach Bruce Arians said. “The job he’s done as a rookie GM, turning over our roster and then finding guys I think are keepers. I’m not afraid to play young players, or new players, as long as they’re capable, and Steve’s done a great job of bringing us capable people.” Keim worked up from the scouting ranks of the Cardinals for 15 years. When general manager Rod Graves was fired, Keim got the job. He’s since made 192 roster moves. Twenty-eight players on the 53- man roster are new to the team this year. Half the 22 starters weren’t with the Cardinals a year ago. The first chore was to find a coach. Team President Michael Bidwill and Keim immediately fell for 60-year-old Bruce Arians. “Bruce Arians was able to come in,” Keim said, “and within two minutes was able to express to Michael and myself, “here’s what’s wrong, here’s how I fix it and these are the men that I’m going to bring with me to help teach and coach my system.” Keim’s next priority was to get a quarterback, and he was able to acquire Carson Palmer and a seventh-round draft pick for just Arizona’s sixth-round pick. Keim worked to add depth, bringing in the likes of defensive lineman Frostee Rucker and outside linebacker Matt fever Visit our website to show your grasp of the gridiron for a chance to win great prizes! Shaughnessy. He watched the veteran free agents in the offseason and waited until the last minute to get outside linebacker John Abraham, inside linebacker Karlos Dansby and right tackle Eric Winston at bargain prices. Looking to help the beleaguered offensive line, Keim drafted guard Jonathan Cooper as the seventh pick overall but lost him in the preseason with a broken leg. Paul Fanaika, a lightly used player who had mostly been a tackle, moved in. Keim had two big hits in the draft. He took a chance on defensive back Tyrann Mathieu and his troubled background in the third round and the diminutive dynamo was a standout until he sustained a season-ending knee injury. Speedy Andre Ellington, picked in the sixth round, adds a dynamic element as a runner and receiver. Working with a “ready list” of players without jobs, Keim kept adding pieces throughout the season and the Cardinals evolved from a team that blew an 11-point first quarter lead and lost their opener in St. Louis to one that toppled mighty Seattle on the road. “Now Calais Campbell is telling people we’re the best team in the NFC,” Keim said. “There’s quite a change from hoping to win to now your players think we’re the best team in the NFC.” Top performers for Week 17 Passing 506, Romo, DAL vs. DEN 10/06 (25-36, 5 TD) 488, M. Stafford, DET vs. DAL 10/27 (33-48, 1 TD) 480, A. Rodgers, GBY vs. WAS 09/15 (34-42, 4 TD) 462, P. Manning, DEN vs. BAL 09/05 (27-42, 7 TD) 450, E. Manning, NYG at DAL 09/08 (27-42, 4 TD) 432, Brady, NWE vs. PIT 11/03 (23-33, 4 TD) 428, Vick, PHL vs. SND 09/15 (23-36, 2 TD) 428, Foles, PHL at MIN 12/15 (30-48, 3 TD) 421, M. Ryan, ATL vs. NWE 09/29 (34-54, 2 TD) 419, C. Palmer, ARI at JAX 11/17 (30-42, 2 TD) 419, P. Rivers, SND at PHL 09/15 (36-47, 3 TD) 418, Brady, NWE vs. CLE 12/08 (32-52, 2 TD) 414, P. Manning, DEN at DAL 10/06 (33-42, 4 TD) 413, Brees, NOR vs. MIA 09/30 (30-39, 4 TD) 412, Kaepernick, SNF vs. GBY 09/08 (27-39, 3 TD) 411, P. Rivers, SND at OAK 10/06 (35-48, 2 TD) 406, Roethlisberger, PIT vs. CHI 09/22 (26-41, 2 TD) 406, Foles, PHL at OAK 11/03 (22-28, 7 TD) 403, P. Manning, DEN at KAN 12/01 (22-35, 5 TD) 402, Fitzpatrick, TEN vs. ARI 12/15 (ot) (36-58, 4 TD) 401, P. Rivers, SND vs. DAL 09/29 (35-42, 3 TD) 400, Roethlisberger, PIT at NWE 11/03 (28-48, 4 TD) 400, P. Manning, DEN at HOU 12/22 (32-51, 4 TD) 397, P. Manning, DEN vs. TEN 12/08 (39-59, 4 TD) 393, Brees, NOR at STL 12/15 (39-56, 1 TD) 392, Brees, NOR vs. DAL 11/10 (34-41, 4 TD) 392, P. Rivers, SND at KAN 11/24 (27-39, 3 TD) 391, J. Campbell, CLE at NWE 12/08 (29-44, 3 TD) 386, P. Manning, DEN at IND 10/20 (29-49, 3 TD) 385, M. Stafford, DET at WAS 09/22 (25-42, 2 TD) Rushing 224, Moreno, DEN at NWE 11/24 (ot) (37 att., 1 TD) 217, L. McCoy, PHL vs. DET 12/08 (29 att., 2 TD) 211, A. Peterson, MIN vs. CHI 12/01 (ot) (35 att., 0 TD) 184, L. McCoy, PHL at WAS 09/09 (31 att., 1 TD) 175, D. Murray, DAL vs. STL 09/22 (26 att., 1 TD) 163, B. Rainey, TAM vs. ATL 11/17 (30 att., 2 TD) 158, L. McCoy, PHL vs. KAN 09/19 (20 att., 1 TD) 158, M. James, TAM at SEA 11/03 (ot) (28 att., 0 TD) 155, L. McCoy, PHL at GBY 11/10 (25 att., 0 TD) 154, Ellington, ARI vs. ATL 10/27 (15 att., 1 TD) 153, Gore, SNF at STL 09/26 (20 att., 1 TD) 150, Lacy, GBY vs. CHI 11/04 (22 att., 1 TD) 150, J. Charles, KAN at WAS 12/08 (19 att., 1 TD) 150, R. Jennings, OAK at HOU 11/17 (22 att., 1 TD) 150, Chr. Johnson, TEN at STL 11/03 (23 att., 2 TD) 149, B. Powell, NYJ vs. BUF 09/22 (27 att., 0 TD) 149, Spiller, BUF vs. ATL 12/01 (ot) (15 att., 1 TD) 146, A. Peterson, MIN at GBY 11/24 (ot) (32 att., 1 TD) 146, D. Murray, DAL at CHI 12/09 (18 att., 0 TD) 145, M. Lynch, SEA at ATL 11/10 (24 att., 1 TD) 145, Ma. Ingram, NOR vs. DAL 11/10 (14 att., 1 TD) 144, Do. Martin, TAM vs. NOR 09/15 (29 att., 0 TD) 141, A. Foster, HOU vs. STL 10/13 (20 att., 0 TD) 141, Lacy, GBY at DAL 12/15 (21 att., 1 TD) 140, A. Peterson, MIN vs. PIT 09/29 (23 att., 2 TD) 140, A. Peterson, MIN at DAL 11/03 (25 att., 1 TD) 139, Re. Bush, DET vs. CHI 09/29 (18 att., 1 TD) 139, A. Morris, WAS at MIN 11/07 (26 att., 0 TD) Receiving 329, Cal. Johnson, DET vs. DAL 10/27 (14 rec., 1 TD) 261, J. Gordon, CLE vs. JAX 12/01 (10 rec., 2 TD) 249, Jeffery, CHI at MIN 12/01 (ot) (12 rec., 2 TD) 237, J. Gordon, CLE vs. PIT 11/24 (14 rec., 1 TD) 229, And. Johnson, HOU vs. IND 11/03 (9 rec., 3 TD) 218, Jeffery, CHI vs. NOR 10/06 (10 rec., 1 TD) 208, Boldin, SNF vs. GBY 09/08 (13 rec., 1 TD) 196, Ant. Brown, PIT vs. CHI 09/22 (9 rec., 2 TD) 195, De. Jackson, PHL at MIN 12/15 (10 rec., 1 TD) 195, J. Charles, KAN at OAK 12/15 (8 rec., 4 TD) 193, Mi. Floyd, ARI at JAX 11/17 (6 rec., 1 TD) 193, De. Jackson, PHL vs. SND 09/15 (9 rec., 1 TD) 190, Blackmon, JAX at DEN 10/13 (14 rec., 0 TD) 182, Ju. Jones, ATL vs. STL 09/15 (11 rec., 1 TD) 180, Ve. Davis, SNF vs. ARI 10/13 (8 rec., 2 TD) 179, Cal. Johnson, DET at PIT 11/17 (6 rec., 2 TD) 179, J. Graham, NOR at TAM 09/15 (10 rec., 1 TD) 178, Jam. Jones, GBY vs. WAS 09/15 (11 rec., 0 TD) 174, Decker, DEN at KAN 12/01 (8 rec., 4 TD) 172, Garcon, WAS vs. SND 11/03 (ot) (7 rec., 0 TD) 166, To. Smith, BAL at BUF 09/29 (5 rec., 1 TD) 165, V. Jackson, TAM vs. ATL 11/17 (10 rec., 1 TD) 164, Cruz, NYG at KAN 09/29 (10 rec., 1 TD) 163, G. Jennings, MIN vs. PHL 12/15 (11 rec., 1 TD) 162, A.. Green, CIN at CHI 09/08 (9 rec., 2 TD) 161, De. Thomas, DEN vs. BAL 09/05 (5 rec., 2 TD) 155, Cal. Johnson, DET vs. CIN 10/20 (9 rec., 2 TD) 155, A.. Green, CIN at DET 10/20 (6 rec., 1 TD) 154, V. Jackson, TAM at NYJ 09/08 (7 rec., 0 TD) 154, S. 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