http://host69-005.meigs.lib.oh.us/files/original/4a478278f7edfe41f512eb8ebd938011.pdf 218d45b46a6e7211f42cb1947e25298e PDF Text Text Three sentenced in Gallia court Spring sports action Transition to kindergarten LOCAL s 3A SPORTS s 1B FEATURES s 1C Breaking news at mydailytribune.com Issue 18, Volume 50 Sunday, May 1, 2016 s $2 Miss Ohio USA will speak at Rio Gallia native and Meigs Primary teacher returns to deliver commencement address By Jessica Patterson For the Times-Sentinel RIO GRANDE — The University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College are preparing to host the schools’ 140th commencement ceremony May 7. Each year, the university invites a commencement speaker to offer the graduating class words of wisdom as they begin their lives after higher education. The spring 2016 commencement speaker will be Rio’s own alumna, Megan Wise. Wise, 26, is a native of Gallia County and the reigning Miss Ohio USA 2016. While still attending Gallia Academy High School, Wise took part in the Rio’s post-secondary option. She graduated from Rio Grande in 2012 with a bachelor’s Wise degree in early elementary education. Wise currently teaches ﬁrst grade at Meigs Primary School in Middleport and recently obtained her master’s degree in educational leadership. Wise was a top 50 ﬁnalist for America’s Next Top Model Season 13 and will represent Ohio at the internationally televised Miss USA pageant June 5. Wise said she is passionate about advocating for children’s literacy and education, and is thankful for the invitation to speak to this spring’s Class of 2016. “I’m thrilled to have been asked to be the commencement speaker this year,” she said. “My education and experiences at Rio have been so important to me, and I cannot wait to share my story as an alumna with this graduating class. They are preparing to take a big step into the working world, and I want to be an example of how Rio has prepared its graduates for their futures.” Larry Kidd, chair of the Rio Grande Community College Board of Trustees, said he is eager to see what advice Wise has for the soon-to-be graduates based on her own experiences and life after her time at Rio. “The Rio Grande family is excited to have Megan Wise as our commencement speaker at our graduation ceremonies. As a Rio Grande alumna and local educator, Megan will offer a unique perspective to our new graduates,” Kidd said. “With her national stage as Miss Ohio USA, Megan will have the opportunity to further advance her cause and passion for child literacy. We are all excited to welcome her back to campus.” Alice Dachowski, chair of the University of Rio Grande Board of Trustees, said she is proud of Wise’s accomplishments and her ability to represent her alma mater to her community. “I was very pleased when I learned Megan accepted President Johnston’s invitation to address our graduates at the upcoming 140th Commencement,” Dachowski said. “As a successful Rio alumna, Megan is a shining example of how a Rio Grande education instills self-conﬁdence and motivation in our graduates, See RIO | 6A Two Meigs girls reported missing, found By Michael Hart Special to OVP POMEROY — Two sisters returned home safely Friday afternoon after being reported missing by their mother earlier in the morning. The mother of sisters Chastity Jones, 14, and Sheyenne McConaha, 9, notiﬁed police around 8 a.m. Friday morning that the whereabouts of her two daughters were unknown. The Meigs County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce contacted media shortly afterwards to issue a press release alerting the public. McConnaha The release gave the description of the girls as white females last seen headed west on Ohio 681. A physical description, including generic articles of clothing and the distinctive height of the older sister, was included. The sisters were thought to be traveling with their small beagle. Jones Other sources reported the sheriff’s ofﬁce issued a standard Be On the Lookout (BOLO) alert and also contacted the local ﬁre department. The sheriff’s ofﬁce requested the public immediately contact 911 or law enforcement if they spotted the missing juveniles, or had information on their location. Ultimately, the sisters were reported found and safe by their mother just after 4 p.m. on the same day. No other details have been released concerning where the girls were during the time they went missing. In the interim, the story gathered a tremendous amount of attention online. The Daily Sentinel Facebook page showed the story reached over 7,000 news feeds and garnered hundreds of shares as the community raised the proﬁle of the events. Comments wishing for the well-being of the girls, and expressing relief upon their safe return, were also widespread. Courtesy photo Police tactical teams searched the billiards hall north of Gallipolis on State Route 7 this morning. The billiards hall was rumored to be a significant source of drug trafficking activity over the last few years. Police search suspected drug hubs By Dean Wright deanwright@civitasmedia.com GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County and Meigs County sheriff’s ofﬁces, in conjunction with the Meigs-Gallia Major Crimes Task Force, enacted search warrants on a suspected signiﬁcant drug hub around 4:45 a.m. Friday on State Route 7 in the Kanauga area. According to Gallia Sheriff’s Ofﬁce Chief of Deputies Dick Grau, after a lengthy investigation and several months, law enforcement was able to put together information and receive indictments on several individuals in the community tied to the pool hall on State Michael Johnson | Ohio Valley Publishing Gallia County Prosecutor Jeff Adkins steps through broken glass and through a broken front door See POLICE | 4A Friday morning at Rack ‘Em Billiards and Grill in Kanauga. — NEWS Obituaries: 2A Weather: 4A Opinion: 5A Ohio schools close over threatening video — SPORTS Baseball: 1B Softball: 1B — FEATURES Television: 6A Classified: 4-5B Comics: 3C Associated Press JOIN THE CONVERSATION What’s your take on today’s news? Go to mydailytribune.com or mydailysentinel.com and visit us on facebook or twitter to share your thoughts. from the video that shows a hand holding a gun and the words: ATHENS — An anonymous “Tomorrow American students will video threatening the safety of die. Some of u are ok. Don’t go to “American students” was posted by school tomorrow.” a social media user in Europe, and Initially, ofﬁcials said the threat there is no risk to Ohio University, was posted on the app Yeti through authorities said Friday. a group that lets users afﬁliate Initial concern about the threat with the southeastern Ohio univerprompted heightened security on sity’s main campus in Athens. A the campus and closed six area concerned member of that group school districts Friday. alerted authorities. Late Friday, authorities said the Investigators shared an image threat appeared in the member’s Yeti feed based on keywords being monitored, not because the person making the threat was afﬁliated with the app’s Ohio University group. University police and ofﬁcers with the Athens and Athens County sheriff’s ofﬁce commended the member of the Ohio University Yeti group who reported the video. See VIDEO | 6A �LOCAL 2A Sunday, May 1, 2016 DEATH NOTICES OBITUARIES DUNLAP POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Betty June Dunlap, 84, of Point Pleasant, passed away Thursday, April 28, 2016, at Pleasant Valley Hospital. There ill be no visitation. A memorial service will be at a later date and burial will be at the convenience of the family. YOHO POMEROY, Ohio — Erma Kathleen Yoho, 90, of Pomeroy, passed away Friday, April 29, 2016, at Overbrook Nursing and Rehabilitation. Service will be 2 p.m. Sunday, May 1, 2016, at Foglesong Funeral Home, Mason, W.Va. Burial will follow in Sunrise Cemetery, Letart, W.Va. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time at the funeral home. WERRY GALLIPOLIS — Anthony L. Werry, 72, Gallipolis, passed away Friday, April 29, 2016, at Holzer Medical Center. Arrangements to be announced by McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Wetherholt chapel, Gallipolis. GALLIA CHURCH CALENDAR Sunday, May 1 GALLIPOLIS — Coffee Klatch at 9:45 a.m., Sunday School at 10 a.m., worship service at 10:30 a.m. Pastor Bob Hood, Bulaville Christian Church, 2337 Johnson Ridge Rd.; 740-4467495 or 740-709-6107. GALLIPOLIS — “First Light” Worship in the Family Life Center, 9 a.m.; Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Worship Service, 10:45 a.m.; Evening Worship – Revealing Revelation Series, 6 p.m.; Teen Worship in the Family Life Center, 6 p.m.; First Church of the Nazarene, 1110 First Ave., with Pastor Douglas Downs. CHESTER — Chester Church of the Nazarene will be holding a concert at 10:10 a.m. with Open Rail performing. All are welcome. ADDISON — Sunday School, 10 a.m., evening service, 6 p.m., Addison Freewill Baptist Church, with Pastor Rick Barcus. Sunday Times-Sentinel Tuesday, May 3 GALLIPOLIS — First Church of the Nazarene Family Life Center, 1110 First Ave, Gallipolis, will have a free conference with Jim Harris (10 Things You Need to Know About Kids) on Children/Youth who have disabilities and/or special Health care needs. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Conference will be 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 4 GALLIPOLIS — Children’s Ministries, 6:45 p.m.; Youth “Impact 127,” 7 p.m.; Prayer and Praise, 7 p.m.; Choir Practice, 7 p.m.; First Church of the Nazarene, 1110 First Ave. GALLIPOLIS — Bible Study; 6 p.m.; “A Better Country: Preparing for Heaven” by Dan Schaeffer; Pastor Bob Hood, Bulaville Christian Church, 2337 Johnson Ridge Rd.; (740-4467495 or 740-709-6107). Everyone is welcome. Civitas Media, LLC (USPS 436-840) Telephone: 740-446-2342 A companion publication of the Gallipolis Daily Tribune and Times Daily Sentinel. Published Sunday through Friday. Subscription rate is $131.61 per year. Prices are subject to change at any time. CONTACT US PUBLISHER Bud Hunt, Ext. 2109 bhunt@civitasmedia.com CIRCULATION MANAGER Ed Litteral, Ext. 1925 elitteral@civitasmedia.com EDITOR Michael Johnson, Ext. 2102 michaeljohnson@civitasmedia.com SPORTS EDITOR Bryan Walters, Ext. 2101 bwalters@civitasmedia.com SADIE T. BRIGHT GALLIPOLIS — Sadie T. Bright, Gallipolis, passed away Friday, April 29, 2016, at the Arbor’s of Gallipolis. She was born May 22, 1927, in Huntington, W.Va., to the late Ralph and Mary (Bryant) Shoemaker. Mrs. Bright work at the Gallpolois Developmental Center, Sylvaina, Capitol Doughnut, and Hills Blueprinting for many years, attended Addison Freewill Baptist Church and Good News Baptist Church. She is survived by her children Trudy (Fred) Johnson, Connie (Jim) Tuggle, Carol (Larry) Barnette and Michael Bright; grandchildren Renee Taylor, Ryan Taylor, Tamra Wilson, James Patrick Tuggle, Mark Tuggle and Kevin Barnette; great-grandchildren Travis, Lacie, Owen, Anthony and Kay- lee; son-in-law Tom Taylor; sisters-in-law Viola Shoemaker and Betty Shoemaker; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Worthy Bright; children Judy Taylor, Edna Kerwood and Wayne Bright; grandson David Kerwood; sisters Eva Gardner, Jeweldine Shoemaker and Geraldine Shoemaker; brothers Woodrow, Lester, Frank and George; and sisters-in-law Linda Shoemaker and Barbara Shoemaker Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, 2016, at Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Middleport, with the Rev. Eric Fannin ofﬁciating. Burial will follow in Reynolds Cemetery. Visitation for family and friends will be 6-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. MARY IRENE ROBERSON ARLINGTON, Texas — Mary “Irene” Roberson, 95, passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2016, as a result of complications from pneumonia. Irene was born June 16, 1920, in Lecta, Ohio, to Charles and Nancy Saunders. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, William M. Roberson, from Huntington, W.Va. Surviving is a son, Gary Roberson, of Arlington; a brother, C. Leon (Juanita) Saunders; and two nephews, Ronald (Cinda) Saunders and Brent (Shawn) Saunders, all of Gallipolis. Irene and her husband lived in multiple locales over the years and always managed to secure lifelong friend- ships at each juncture. Following the loss of her husband in 1984, Irene spent the last 30 years living in her Arlington home near her son and enjoying the close companionship of a wonderful neighborhood that treated her as one of their own. Her community front porch was her sanctuary and loved by all. She will be dearly missed. A special thanks goes out to the folks at Heritage Oaks who took such great care of her in the ﬁnal months of her life. Services were scheduled for Saturday, April 30, 2016, at Moore Funeral Home on South Bowen Road in Arlington, Texas. Visitation was 10:30 a.m., followed by a service in the chapel at 11:30 a.m. GARY SPURLOCK Voyd Spurlock, Rodney TUPPERS PLAINS — (Debbie) Spurlock and Gary Edwin Spurlock, Don (Katrina) Spurlock; 62, loving husband and NORMAN EVAN MIDKIFF father, passed away Friday, his mother-in-law Helen April 29, 2016, in Tuppers Millhone; and numerous Norman is survived by Plains. WINTER SPRINGS, nieces and nephews. Fla. — Norman Evan his brothers, Ernest, of In addition to his He was born Feb. Midkiff, 96, passed away Athens, and Ray (Berparents, Voyd and Inez 24, 1954, in Hurricane, Wednesday, April 27, nice), of Langsville; sev- W.Va., son of the late Spurlock, he was preceded 2016 in Florida. eral nieces and nephews; Voyd and Inez Harper in death by two brothers, Norman was born July his three grandchildren, C.L. Spurlock and Ronnie Spurlock. Gary spent his 2, 1919, in Marion, Ohio, Gwenda (Richard) Ruff, Spurlock; and his father-inlast day doing what he to Harley Albert and of Chadron, Neb., Galin law, Vernon Millhone. loved — mowing lawns Ada (Pierce) Midkiff. Funeral services will be Depoy, of Guysville, and and visiting with family. Shortly after his birth, 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 3, He was passionate about his family moved back to Roger Depoy, of Athens; 2016, at White-Schwarzel the outdoors, sunsets and Cherry Ridge in Bedford, step-children Ann (Ken) Funeral Home, Coolville. mowing. and from there to Dutch Fausnaugh, of Belpre, Burial will follow in Gary is survived by his Ridge, Carthage, Athens. Eva Gilland, of Winter Tuppers Plains Christian wife of 39 years, Debra After many years, he sold Springs, Eddie (Janet) Cemetery, Lynn; his son Nick and Gilland, of Lucas, and the farm and moved to Friends may call the daughter-in-law, Kate; his Reedsville. The past sev- Jeff (Patty) Gilland, of funeral home Monday siblings Barbara Bissell, eral years he has called Boston, Ky.; and a big between 6-8 p.m. Danny Spurlock, Kay Winter Springs his home. bunch of grandchidren, You are invited to sign Lanham, David (Debbie) Besides being a small great-grandchildren and the online guestbook at Spurlock, Kathy (John) farmer, Norman also was great-great-grandchildren www.whiteschwarzelfh. Walker, Carol (Fred) a natural gas and oil well who were considered his Dodge, Pam (Mark) Boyd, com. driller for many years, family members. mostly working with Funeral services will VIRGIL H. TAYLOR Frank and Leo Grimm. be at 1 p.m. Thursday, His passion for drilling Besides his parents, he POMEROY — Virgil continued when he start- May 5, 2016, at Whitewas preceded in death by Harold Taylor, 77, of Schwarzel Funeral Home, ed his own business drillhis wife, Linda Kennedy Cincinnati, formerly of Coolville. Burial will ing water wells around Taylor, in 2001; one son, Pomeroy, died Wednesfollow in Athens County the area. He also made a William Isaac Taylor; ﬁve day, April 27, 2016, in Memory Gardens. living cutting timber for brothers, Clifford, James, Cincinnati. Visitation will be many years. Norman has William, Joseph and Born Dec. 1, 1938, in been a member of the 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Delbert; and two sisters, Meigs County, he was Savannah F&AM Mason- Wednesday at the funeral Betty Taylor and Zelma the son of the late Isaac ic Lodge 466, Guysville, home. Grady. Arthur and Lennie James for 72-plus years. You are invited to sign Funeral services will be Taylor. Norman was preceded the online guestbook at 11 a.m. Monday, May, 2, He is survived by two in death by his parents; www.whiteschwarzelfh. 2016, at Ewing-Schwarzel sons, Virgil (Jelema) his ﬁrst wife, Myrtle Eva com. Funeral Home in Pomeroy Taylor Jr. and Herschel (Murphy); their daughIn lieu of ﬂowers, a with the Rev Gene Good(Jennifer) Taylor; three ter, Ada Grace (Midkiff) donation in Norman’s win ofﬁciating. Burial grandchildren, Herschel (Depoy) Windland; two memory to Hospice of will be in Beech Grove Eric Taylor, Patricia sons-in-law, Albert N. Cemetery in Pomeroy. (Darren) Taylor Ford Depoy and Dale C. Wind- the Comforter, National Glaucome Research, Visitation will be 11 a.m. and Elysia Taylor; three land; his second wife, Macular Degeneration great-grandchildren, Zoey to 1 p.m. Monday. Eunice O. (Spencer) Research or Savannah Freinds are invited to Taylor, Darren Ford Jr. (Gilland) Midkiff; and a sign the online guestbook and Jaxon Ford; and one sister-in-law, Mary Cath- Lodge 466 would be erine (Howard) Midkiff. appreciated. at ewingfuneralhome.net. sister Evelyn Watson. 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Gallia County events can be emailed to: GDTnews@civitasmedia.com; Meigs County events can be emailed to TDSnews@ civitasmedia.com. 20 be celebrating her 99th birthday on May 1. Cards can be sent to: P.O. Box 222, Bidwell, OH 45614. Kenneth D. Harris will celebrate his 75th birthday on May 23. Cards may be sent to: 3802 Lincoln Pike, Gallipolis, OH 45631. with sides, dessert and drink. CHESTER — Chester Church of the Nazarene, in the heart of Chester at 46627 St. Rt. 248, will host a concert 10:30 a.m. Open Rail will be preforming and the event is open to the public. Sunday, May 1 RACINE — Racine American Legion will hold a Dinner from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. This months menu includes chicken and ﬁsh dinners Monday, May 2 MIDDLEPORT — Special meeting of the Middleport Village Council at 1 p.m. at Village Hall in Middleport concerning the bicycle path. Call 304-675-1333, 740-446-2342 or 740-992-2155 for details. Actual Size : Happy Mother’s Day! What is sleep apnea doing to Hugs & Kisses On Mother’s Day I have to say “I love you each and every day” ϳϬ�WŝŶĞ�^ƚƌĞĞƚ� 60626744 60653061 Mother’s Day! �Ăůů�ƵƐ�ĨŽƌ�ǇŽƵƌ�� ĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ�Θ�ƐƵƉƉůŝĞƐ͊� ϰϰϲͲϬϬϬϳ� Hugs & Kisses sent your way on Love, Your Daughter your sleep? �LOCAL Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, May 1, 2016 3A Three sentenced by Gallia Common Pleas Court GALLIPOLIS — Gallia County Court of Common Pleas sentenced three criminals to prison last week for their separate and respective violations. Brittney Copodonna, 27, of Milton, W.Va., pleaded guilty to attempted escape, a felony of the third degree. She was sentenced to serve nine months in prison on April 25. “The defendant was being held at the Gallia County Work Release Center in Cheshire on pending drug charges out of Jackson County, Ohio,” said Eric Mulford, Gallia County assistant prosecutor. “On Oct. 27, 2015, the defendant left the premises of the detention center attempting to ﬂee detention. A corrections ofﬁcer was able to detain the defendant shortly after her departure from the facility. The defendant was handcuffed and returned to the Work Release Center without incident and subsequently transported back to Jackson County.” Copodonna was indicted by the Gallia County grand jury in November 2015 for escape from a detention facility. “The Work Release Center is a privilege for those inmates who exhibit good behavior and are being held for qualifying non-violent offenses,” said Davis Messick Gallia County Prosecutor Copodonna Jeff Adkins. “It allows the to not be near the victim. A inmates a certain latitude of freedom not provided for in deputy with the Gallia County the Gallia County jail. When an Sheriff’s Ofﬁce discovered the inmate takes advantage of their defendant together with the victim in the defendant’s aparthousing conditions, as this ment. During a taped interview defendant did in this case, we will prosecute them as punish- the defendant admitted to havment for their criminal act and ing sex with the young girl and knowing that she was 13 years to further serve as a deterrent of age.” for others serving time at the Davis was indicted by the Work Release Center.” Dakota Davis, 18, of Bidwell, Gallia County grand jury in had pleaded guilty to unlawful December 2015 for unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. sexual conduct with a minor, The elements of which require a felony of the fourth degree. that the defendant was 18 years Davis was sentenced to serve of age or older and that he 12 months in prison on April engaged in sexual conduct with 26. a person between the ages of “In November 2015, the defendant who is over 18 years 13 and 16. “In most cases felonies of the old was engaging in sexual fourth degree require mandatointercourse with a young girl ry probation when the offender who had just turned 13 years does not have any prior felony old,” Gallia County Assistant convictions,” Adkins said. Prosecutor Britt Wiseman said. “The defendant had been “However, the Ohio Legislature carved out an exception for warned on prior occasions felonies that are sex offenses in violation of Chapter 2907 of the Ohio Revised Code. Pursuant to ORC 2929.13(B)(1)(b)(v) an offender is permitted to be sentenced to prison for a term ranging from six to 18 months. We pursued prison in this case based upon the age of the victim. The defendant was further ordered to register as a Tier I sex offender upon release from prison.” Roy E. Messick, 54, of Vinton, has pleaded guilty to two newer indictments of drug trafﬁcking and further found guilty of community control violations in Gallia County Common Pleas Court. Messick pleaded guilty to selling heroin in Gallia County on Jan. 2 and Feb. 3. The sales were monitored by the Ohio Organized Crimes Task Force. Upon completion of the sale, the suspected drugs were sent to the Ohio BCI laboratory for chemical analysis which conﬁrmed the substances as heroin. In July 2015, the Gallia County grand jury handed down indictments against Messick for trafﬁcking heroin on Making a healthier life more convenient By Dr. Arthur Fine family member to help you home afterward. That’s why we now offer Saturday colonoscopies at PVH, allowing patients to return to their normal activities At Pleasant Valley Hospital, we’re always looking almost immediately. By the time they head back to for ways to keep our community healthy, and that work on Monday, they’re fully recovered. includes making medical care and treatment as stressWe also offer Saturday appointments for other free as possible. endoscopy procedures, including EGDs. While With Saturday appointments at PVH, endoscopy a colonoscopy provides imaging of the large procedures like colonoscopies and EGDs intestine and rectum, an EGD provides imaging (esophagastroduodenoscopies) are now more of the esophagus, stomach and small intestine. An convenient and accessible than ever. endoscope, a ﬂexible ﬁber optic tube with a light Colon cancer, one of the deadliest and most and camera attached to it, is an excellent diagnostic common cancers, is most curable when it’s detected tool that helps us pinpoint exactly what’s causing a early, and a colonoscopy is the best way to detect patient’s pain or discomfort. colon cancer in its earliest stages. Colonoscopies are Don’t let your busy schedule keep you from also used to locate ulcers, inﬂammation and bleeding potentially life-saving care. For more information in the large intestine and can prevent colon cancer about Saturday endoscopy procedures at PVH, call altogether by ﬁnding and removing abnormal growths 304-675-1666. called polyps before they have a chance to turn into Dr. Arthur Fine is a Marshall surgeon at Pleasant Valley Hospital. cancer. There’s no doubt about it: colonoscopies save lives. However, preparing for a colonoscopy can be stressful, especially for patients with busy schedules. Like other endoscopy procedures, a colonoscopy requires fasting and the assistance of a friend or Pleasant Valley Hospital two separate dates. On April 27, Messick was sentenced to 26 months in prison for trafﬁcking in heroin and further found guilty of violating his community control which was then revoked by the court. Messick was ordered to begin serving his prison sentence immediately. “This defendant is not new to drug trafﬁcking in our area and he has been a focus of the law enforcement community for a while now,” Adkins said. “He was previously convicted by my ofﬁce of trafﬁcking in drugs back in April 2014. He was previously convicted of a similar criminal offense in Mason County, W.Va., in 2007. For that reason we are very pleased with the outcome of this case. We are taking a proactive approach to drug interdiction to prosecute those who sell drugs in our community and today we are seeing the beneﬁts. “If you have information of drug trafﬁcking or crime occurring in your area, I encourage you to call the Sheriff’s Anonymous Tip Line at 740-4466555.” In Loving Memory Jeff Green 2-13-73 to 5-13-15 Though his smile is gone forever and his hand we cannot touch we still have so many memories of the one we loved so much. 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Advertise your business in this space, or bigger Call us at: 740.992.2155 or 740.446.2342 60653538 �LOCAL 4A Sunday, May 1, 2016 Sunday Times-Sentinel Police ried pair, the McKinsters, were arrested last year as part of an investigation From Page 1A hinting they had allegedly been seen at the billiards Route 7 once referred to as hall and engaging in suspithe G-Spot. The location cious activity. Kyle McKrecently changed its name inster was convicted of to Rack ’Em Billiards and armed robbery on crimes Grill. related to threatening a Police executed actions store clerk with a knife at a at roughly 4:45 a.m. at ﬁve gas station on Jackson Pike. different locations throughAccording to Gallia out Gallia County with County Prosecutor Jeff search warrants involved, Adkins, a special hearing some of those being nohad to be conducted in knock, night search warorder to enact no-knock, rants. Three were taken night time search warrants. into custody. The invesPolice had been hearing tigation is still currently crime tips about the locaongoing. Three individual tion since it ﬁrst opened in SWAT teams were utilized. 2013. Another location near “This pool hall has been the billiards hall on Huba hub of activity over the bard Avenue was also being last few years,” Browning searched by ofﬁcers. said. “We’re glad to see Gallia County Sheriff Joe these warrants enacted. Browning says the billiards We believe (the billiards location was a suspected hall) has been a signiﬁcant hub of drug activity and a source of many of the place commonly frequented criminal problems in our county.” by persons of interest in “Hopefully we can get investigated crimes. A mar- Photos by Michael Johnson | Ohio Valley Publishing AT LEFT, a Gallia County sheriff’s deputy talks with neighbors of Rack ‘Em Billiards and Grill after agents conducted a raid on the facility Friday morning in Kanauga. AT RIGHT, a broken front door lies on the ground Friday morning at Rack ‘Em Billiards and Brill along State Route 7 in Kanauga. some relief for the people in this area through the legal system and peace for the victims of crimes (potentially) linked to this place,” Adkins said. According to a press release from Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s ofﬁce, of the three individuals arrested Friday, Antonio D. McIntosh, 36, of Gallipolis, was indicted on 13 counts, including charges prise brought cocaine and crack cocaine from central Ohio and distributed it to residents of Gallia and Meigs counties in Ohio and Mason County, W.Va. More arrests are expected. Also assisting in the investigation were the Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Ohio State Highway Patrol. Middleport and Gallipolis police departments also have members in the Gallia-Meigs Major Crimes Task Force. “Drug abuse is a problem in every corner of the state,” Attorney General of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, possession of cocaine and crack cocaine, and trafﬁcking in cocaine and crack cocaine. Stan D. Helms, 40, of Columbus, was indicted on 11 counts, including charges of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, possession of crack cocaine, and trafﬁcking in crack cocaine. Natasha L. Quesinberry, 23, of Washington Court House, was indicted on one count of trafﬁcking in cocaine and one count of possession of cocaine. Investigators believe the alleged criminal enter- DeWine said. “Dismantling drug trafﬁcking operations is part of the solution, and I commend the hard work of law enforcement in this case.” Established in 1986, the Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission assists local law enforcement agencies in combating organized crime and corrupt activities. 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High 78° / Low 55° HEALTH TODAY Statistics for Friday AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™ Temperature The AccuWeather.com Asthma Index combines the effects of current air quality, pollen counts, wind, temperature, dew point, barometric pressure, and changes from past weather conditions to provide a scale showing the overall probability and severity of an asthma attack. 76° 56° 72° 48° 91° in 1914 31° in 1967 Precipitation (in inches) Friday Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date 0.00 3.80 3.32 13.93 13.37 SUN & MOON Today 6:30 a.m. 8:21 p.m. 3:16 a.m. 2:33 p.m. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset New First Full Last May 6 May 13 May 21 May 29 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for ﬁsh and game. Today Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Major 7:47a 8:35a 9:23a 10:11a 11:01a 11:56a 12:25a Minor 1:33a 2:22a 3:09a 3:57a 4:47a 5:41a 6:40a 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme POLLEN & MOLD Low Moderate High Lucasville 78/56 Moderate High Very High Major 8:13p 9:02p 9:50p 10:38p 11:30p ---12:22p Minor 2:00p 2:48p 3:36p 4:25p 5:16p 6:11p 7:10p WEATHER HISTORY Hartford, Conn., had its worst ﬂood of the 19th century on May 1, 1854. After 66 hours of steady rain, the ﬂood crested at 28.9 feet. This height was not eclipsed until the great ﬂood of March 1936. Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services AIR QUALITY 300 500 Primary pollutant: Particulates Air Quality Index: 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very unhealthy; 301-500, Hazardous. Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services OHIO RIVER Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. Fri. Location Willow Island Marietta Parkersburg Belleville Racine Point Pleasant Gallipolis Huntington Ashland Lloyd Greenup Portsmouth Maysville Meldahl Dam Flood Stage 37 34 36 35 41 40 50 50 52 54 50 50 51 Level 12.74 17.30 22.18 13.20 13.23 24.55 12.01 25.69 33.84 11.91 21.00 33.70 21.10 24-hr. Chg. +0.53 +0.74 +0.56 +0.42 +0.37 +0.18 -0.42 -0.72 -0.35 -0.18 -0.40 -0.20 -1.00 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 Marietta 76/53 Belpre 77/55 Athens 76/53 St. Marys 77/55 Parkersburg 77/52 Coolville 76/54 Elizabeth 77/57 Spencer 77/57 Buffalo 78/57 Milton 80/58 Clendenin 77/56 St. Albans 79/60 Huntington 79/57 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s 100s Seattle 90s 76/54 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s San Francisco 20s 77/55 10s 0s -0s -10s Los Angeles 72/55 T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front Rain and drizzle in the afternoon 75° 50° Partly sunny NATIONAL CITIES Ironton 79/58 Ashland 79/59 Grayson 79/57 SATURDAY 61° 45° Mostly cloudy, a shower or two; cool Wilkesville 76/53 POMEROY Jackson 77/55 77/54 Ravenswood Rio Grande 78/56 78/55 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 74/50 GALLIPOLIS 78/55 78/57 77/55 South Shore Greenup 79/57 78/55 69 0 50 100 150 200 Portsmouth 79/56 Clouds and breaks of sun FRIDAY 63° 43° Murray City 74/51 McArthur 75/52 Very High Primary: oak, mulberry, other Mold: 1818 Logan 74/51 THURSDAY 68° 46° Mostly cloudy Adelphi 75/51 Chillicothe 76/53 WEDNESDAY 67° 47° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Waverly 76/52 Pollen: 478 Low MOON PHASES TUESDAY Clouds breaking and not as warm 6 Primary: ascospores Mon. 6:29 a.m. 8:22 p.m. 3:54 a.m. 3:40 p.m. MONDAY 68° 49° ALMANAC High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM BBT (NYSE) - 35.38 Peoples (NASDAQ) - 21.49 Pepsico (NYSE) - 103.02 Premier (NASDAQ) - 15.96 Rockwell (NYSE) - 113.45 Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) - 12.05 Royal Dutch Shell - 52.89 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) - 16.38 Wal-Mart (NYSE) - 66.87 Wendy’s (NYSE) - 10.87 WesBanco (NYSE) - 32.13 Worthington (NYSE) - 37.75 Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. ET closing quotes of transactions April 29, 2016, provided by Edward Jones financial advisors Isaac Mills in Gallipolis at (740) 441-9441 and Lesley Marrero in Point Pleasant at (304) 674-0174. Member SIPC. Charleston 79/58 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Winnipeg 65/43 Billings 59/38 Minneapolis 61/41 Chicago 52/41 Denver 41/28 Montreal 54/41 Toronto 51/42 Detroit 61/44 New York 52/48 Washington 68/60 Kansas City 57/44 Chihuahua 90/47 Monterrey 93/69 Today Mon. 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(NYSE) 111.60 Big Lots (NYSE) - 45.86 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) - 45.54 BorgWarner (NYSE) - 35.92 Century Alum (NASDAQ) - 8.82 Champion (NASDAQ) - 0.165 City Holding (NASDAQ) - 49.12 Collins (NYSE) - 88.19 DuPont (NYSE) - 65.91 US Bank (NYSE) - 42.68 Gen Electric (NYSE) - 30.76 Harley-Davidson (NYSE) - 47.83 JP Morgan (NYSE) - 63.23 Kroger (NYSE) - 35.39 Ltd Brands (NYSE) - 79.29 Norfolk So (NYSE) - 90.05 OVBC (NASDAQ) - 21.90 �E ditorial Sunday, May 1, 2016 5A Sunday Times-Sentinel THEIR VIEW Spring into a stress-free environment By Marcus Geiger For Ohio Valley Publishing There’s nothing like saying “goodbye” to old man winter and “hello” to budding green leaves and fresh ﬂowers. Spring is here! One way we welcome the season is by celebrating Stress Awareness Month. Recognizing the sources of stress is the best way to understand how you can start eliminating factors in your life that put unnecessary strain on your body and mind. Did you know that stress, also called the “silent killer,” could cause heart disease and high blood pressure? Social Security wants to make your retirement planning as stress-free as possible, which is why we have a number of online tools available for you. You can create your own secure, personal my Social Security account from the comfort of your living room and avoid unpleasant trafﬁc and a possible wait in one of our local ofﬁces. Once you have a my Social Security account, you can view your Social Security Statement, verify your earnings record, and ﬁnd out what to expect in monthly beneﬁts if you retire at ages 62, full retirement age, or 70. Once you begin receiving Social Security beneﬁts, you can use my Social Security to check your beneﬁt information, change your address and phone number, change your electronic payment method, and obtain an instant beneﬁt veriﬁcation letter and replacement SSA1099/1042S. In some areas, you can even request a replacement Social Security card using your my Social Security account. You can easily sign up for my Social Security at www.socialsecurity.gov/myaccount. If you’re thinking about retiring at an age not shown on your Statement, reduce the stress of the unknown by using our Retirement Estimator. The Retirement Estimator allows you to calculate your potential future Social Security beneﬁts by changing variables such as retirement dates and future earnings. You may discover that you’d rather wait another year or two before you retire to earn a higher beneﬁt. Or, you might see that this is the season for you to kiss that work stress goodbye and retire right now. To get instant, personalized estimates of your future beneﬁts, go to www.socialsecurity. gov/estimator. When you decide it’s time to start receiving your retirement beneﬁts, the application process is far less stressful now that you’re prepared. You can securely apply online without picking up the phone or leaving your house. Simply go to www. socialsecurity.gov/applyonline, and, in as little as 15 minutes, you can breeze through our online retirement application. You can enjoy Social Security’s stress-free retirement planning tools any time of the year, giving you more time to enjoy these warmer months. Now is the time to spring into action and start planning for retirement. Marcus Geiger is Social Security district manager in Gallipolis, Ohio. Sunday Times-Sentinel Letters to the Editor Letters to the editor should be limited to 300 words. All letters are subject to editing, must be signed and include address and telephone number. No unsigned letters will be published. Letters should be in good taste, addressing issues, not personalities. “Thank You” letters will not be accepted for publication. THEIR VIEW It’s getting much harder to govern has become part and parcel We may not know who of political life. our next President is going I’ve known a lot of very to be, but here’s one thing good people in politics. They that’s almost certain: he were motivated by a true or she will take ofﬁce with interest in improving the roughly half of the electorcountry, were fair-minded, ate unhappy and mistrustrespected other points of ful. The notion that the Lee H. view, were skillful consensusPresident speaks for a Hamilton builders, and took the time broad coalition of AmeriContributing to develop genuine friendcans who are willing to set Columnist ships across the political aside their differences on divide. They saw politics as behalf of a compelling new a competition of ideas, not a vision for the country? It’s mean-spirited clash of ideologies. vanished. I see less of this today. Many I’ve spent a lot of time ponderpoliticians seem genuinely not to ing where it went, and though I like one another. Backed all too still haven’t found an answer, I do often by their constituents and know this: it’s not only Washington’s — or even the political class’s contributors, they distrust the other party’s members — and see — fault. a victory by the other party as Let’s start with a lament I hear a threat to the well-being of the frequently about this year’s crop nation. of presidential candidates: “Is this This is a departure from the the best we can do?” I used to past, and it’s not a healthy one. believe that the popular argument that the best among us do not seek There was a time when the parties played a signiﬁcant role in the syspolitical ofﬁce was wrong — that tem by serving to build consensus. there were plenty of standout Americans who went into politics. They were collections of diverse constituencies that had developed And there are. the capacity to meld disparate But there are also a lot of talinterests together — not always ented people — the kind who harmoniously, but usually effeccould lead us beyond our tired tively. They helped build a unity of political discourse — who take effort in the government, as did a a look at politics and turn the variety of public and private orgaother way. They don’t want nizations — such as unions, charito spend their waking hours table institutions and the like. grubbing for donations. They This was vital: we don’t have don’t want to put their families many consensus-building mechathrough the attacks and vitriol nisms in our political culture. But that so often show up in political campaigns now. They believe a lot of groups that helped do this are weaker now than they were. they have better ways of spendWhich is a shame in a year like ing their time than subjecting this, when voters are angry and themselves and everyone they know to the kind of scrutiny that distrustful. Much of this, I believe, stems from economic insecurity. Incomes remain stagnant, and many of the jobs being created are low-wage jobs. A lot of Americans have lost conﬁdence that their children will have a better life than they had. This doesn’t mean that fear of terrorism and a general feeling that society is heading in the wrong direction don’t matter this year. Nor does it mean that there aren’t plenty of people who are reasonably satisﬁed with their lives, and who recognize that the U.S., especially in comparison with other countries, is doing reasonably well. But overall, economic malaise seems to be front and center in voters’ minds. This may help explain why voters this year seem not to have much appetite for the substance and complexity of policy. Many of them have responded enthusiastically to candidates who lay out a straightforward vision but don’t bother much with the details of policy. And a lot of voters seem to relish the clashes that this year’s campaigning has produced, and are uninterested in talk of ﬁnding common ground. It’s a campaign year, of course, so a certain amount of this is to be expected. But if the voters’ surly mood and mistrust carry over after November, it’s going to be very hard for the next President — and politicians in general — to govern effectively. Lee Hamilton is a senior advisor for the Indiana University Center on Representative Government; a Distinguished Scholar, IU School of Global and International Studies; and a Professor of Practice, IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years. TODAY IN HISTORY... Today is Sunday, May 1, the 122nd day of 2016. There are 244 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 1, 1866, three days of race-related rioting erupted in Memphis, Tennessee, as white mobs targeted blacks, 46 of whom were killed, along with two whites. (The violence spurred passage of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution deﬁning American citizenship and equal protection under the law.) On this date: In 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain was created as a treaty merging England and Scotland took effect. In 1786, Mozart’s opera “The Marriage of Figaro” premiered in Vienna. In 1898, Commodore George Dewey gave the command, “You may ﬁre when you are ready, Gridley,” as an American naval force destroyed a Spanish squadron in Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. In 1915, during World War I, a German submarine torpedoed and severely damaged the SS Gulﬂight, an American tanker near Britain’s Scilly Isles, even though the United States was still neutral in the conﬂict. In 1931, New York’s 102-story Empire State Building was dedicated. Singer Kate Smith made her debut on CBS Radio on her 24th birthday. In 1941, the Orson Welles motion picture “Citizen Kane” premiered in New York. In 1945, a day after Adolf Hitler took his life, Admiral Karl Doenitz effectively became sole leader of the Third Reich with the suicide of Hitler’s propaganda minister, Josef Goebbels. Today’s Birthdays: Singer Judy Collins is 77. Actor Stephen Macht is 74. Singer Rita Coolidge is 71. Pop singer Nick Fortuna (The Buckinghams) is 70. Actor-director Douglas Barr is 67. Actor Dann Florek is 65. Singer- songwriter Ray Parker Jr. is 62. Actor Byron Stewart is 60. Hall of Fame jockey Steve Cauthen is 56. Actress Maia Morgenstern is 54. Actor Scott Coffey is 52. Country singer Wayne Hancock is 51. Actor Charlie Schlatter is 50. Country singer Tim McGraw is 49. Rock musician Johnny Colt is 48. Rock musician D’Arcy is 48. Movie director Wes Anderson is 47. Actress Julie Benz is 44. Actor Bailey Chase is 44. Country singer Cory Morrow is 44. Gospel/ rhythm-and-blues singer Tina Campbell (Mary Mary) is 42. Actor Darius McCrary is 40. Actor Jamie Dornan is 34. Actress Kerry Bishe is 32. �LOCAL 6A Sunday, May 1, 2016 Sunday Times-Sentinel Hundreds of ballots already cast in West Virginia By Beth Sergent Friday, as of 4:15 p.m. Early voting continues through Saturday, May 7 POINT PLEASANT, and can be done 8:30 a.m. W.Va. — With local voters to 4:30 p.m., Mondayinterested in races from Friday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. president down to the local Saturdays during the early school board, and all points voting period. Early voting in-between, early voting takes places on the second numbers have been brisk this ﬂoor of the Mason County week. Courthouse in the County Early voting began on Commission room. Wednesday in West Virginia In all, there are around and in just three days, 17,000 registered voters in 584 ballots were cast in Mason County. Mason County - as of 4:15 When those voters do p.m. Friday. Poll workers go to the polls, here is a with Mason County Clerk breakdown of candidates in Diana Cromley’s Ofﬁce local, county and state races reported 194 ballots cast of interest: on Wednesday; 181 cast Mason County Board of on Thursday; 209 cast on Education (two seats up for bsergent@civitasmedia.com grabs): Pamela Jean Muncy, Gallipolis Ferry, District IV. Rhonda Tennant, Letart, District I. John David Morgan, Point Pleasant, District III. Leigh Ann Gardner, Point Pleasant, District III. Vicki A. Ohlinger, New Haven, District I. James “JR” Neal, Gallipolis Ferry, District IV. Mack McCarty, Ashton, District IV. Meagan Bonecutter, Point Pleasant, District III. Mason County Commission, GOP ticket: Scott Cadle, R-Letart. Matt Roush, R-Letart. Sam Nibert, R-Gallipolis Ferry. Freddie Green, R-Fraziers Bottom. Democratic ticket: Danny Elias, D-Letart. Ray Varian, D-Mason. Rick Pearson, D-Mason. Mason County Sheriff, GOP ticket: Joe Frank, R-Leon. Curtis “Curt” McConihay, R-Point Pleasant. Democratic ticket: Marc Kearns, D-Letart. Greg Powers, D-Point Pleasant. Jesse Raike, D-Gallipolis Ferry. Mason County Magistrate: Division One: Cheryl Miller Ross, Point Pleasant. John Machir, Point Pleasant. Division Two: Gail L. Roush, Letart. Mason County Assessor: Ron Hickman, D-Point Pleasant. Mason County Clerk: Diana Cromley, D-Point Pleasant. 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Kathie Hess Crouse, R-Buffalo. Joshua Kurt Higginbotham, R-Poca. Democratic ticket: Scott Brewer, D-New Haven. Marla “Dee” Ingels, D-New Haven. Rosalee Juba-Plumley, D-Poca. George A. Thaxon, D-Cottageville. House of Delegates, 14th District, GOP ticket: Jim Butler, R-Gallipolis Ferry. Democratic ticket: Samantha Ann Fooce, D-Point Pleasant. Circuit Judge, Fifth Judicial Circuit: First Division, Richard Craig Tatterson, Gallipolis Ferry. Second Division, Lora Dyer, Ripley. Kennad “Kenny” Skeen II, Ripley. Third Division, Anita Harold Ashley, Spencer. Seth Harper, Spencer. Larry Whited, Grantsville. Family Court Judge, Fifth Judicial Circuit: First Division, Connie Fisher Thomas, New Haven. Second Division, Bryan S. Cromley, Point Pleasant. Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals: Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Charleston. Wayne King, Wallback. Brent Benjamin, Charleston. Beth Walker, Morgantown. William R. “Bill” Wooton, Beckley. 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For those voting in the City of Point Pleasant’s Municipal Election, the following appear on the ballot: Democratic ticket: Mayor: Jeremy Bryant. City Clerk: Jimmie Wood Jr. Councilat-large: Brandy Barkey Sweeney and Marty Reed. First Ward: Kathy Gardner. Second Ward: Jerrie Howard. Third Ward: Gabe Roush. Fourth ward: Brandon Sweeney. Fifth Ward: Lauren Caldwell-Billiter. Sixth Ward: Cody Lambert. Seventh Ward: Brad Deal. Eighth Ward: Ashley Wood. Republican ticket: Mayor: Brian Billings. City Clerk: Amber Tatterson. Councilat-large: Janet Hartley and Charles Towner. First Ward: Elizabeth Jones. Second Ward: Robert McMillan. Third Ward: Mary Jane Getty. Fourth Ward: Leigh Ann Shepard. Fifth Ward: Elaine Hunt. Sixth Ward: Olivia Burdette Warner. Seventh Ward: Courtney Hall. Eighth Ward: Rick Simpkins. Independent: C. Keith Sargent is running for mayor. Next week, the Point Pleasant Register will proﬁle candidates in contested, local races. Reach Beth Sergent at bsergent@ civitasmedia.com or on Twitter @ BSergentWrites. Rio From Page 1A preparing them for the challenges of living a fulﬁlling life, reaching pre-professional and career goals, and being a responsible citizen in a culturally diverse, global community.” The commencement ceremony will take place at 1 p.m. May 7 with more than 425 students graduating. Jessica Patterson is a communication specialist for the University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College. Video From Page 1A Ohio University’s main campus in Athens remained open as ofﬁcials there worked with law enforcement to evaluate the threat, university spokeswoman Katie Quaranta told The Associated Press in an email. She said the week of ﬁnal exams was wrapping up and weekend commencement ceremonies for thousands of graduates were proceeding as scheduled. The FBI says it was coordinating with law enforcement evaluating the threat. Messages were left Friday evening with the FBI asking whether they had any information about any European law enforcement involvement. Athens County Sheriff Rodney Smith told The Athens Messenger that his ofﬁce learned early Friday about a general threat produced around Athens and made toward American students. The districts that closed were Athens City, Nelsonville-York Local, Federal Hocking, Trimble Local, Alexander Local and Tri-County schools. Those largely rural districts have a total of more than 8,000 students, based on enrollment data provided to the state for last year. Schools in Gallia and Meigs counties were open, but placed on alert because of Ohio University’s proximity. In an audio message sent to parents, Athens schools Superintendent Tom Gibbs said his district decided to close given the “short time frame to respond to the threat.” The Ohio Department of Education was monitoring the situation as the closed school districts worked with local law enforcement, department spokeswoman Brittany Halpin said. �Sports Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, May 1, 2016 s Section B Southern slips past Lady Wildcats, 12-11 By Alex Hawley 3-0 lead in the bottom of the ﬁrst inning, as Brandy Porter singled home HanRACINE — Regardless nah Hill and Savannah of how it looks, a win is Bailey, and Josie Cundiff a win, and a sweep is a drove in Paige VanMeter. sweep. Waterford (6-12, 4-11) The Southern softball got one run back in the team — which defeated top of the second, and Waterford by a 14-3 then retired SHS in order count in ﬁve innings, on in the bottom of the April 12 in Washington frame. Four hits and one County — earned the season sweep of the Lady error allowed the Lady Wildcats on Friday night, Wildcats to take the lead with four runs in the top as the Lady Tornadoes of the third inning. claimed a narrow 12-11 Hannah Hill walked and victory over WHS, at Star scored on an error in the Mill Park. Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Lady Tornadoes’ half of Southern (10-7, 8-5 Southern senior Sabra Bailey throws the ball in from center field, during the Lady Tornadoes’ 12-11 victory over Waterford, on Friday at Star Mill Park. TVC Hocking) grabbed a the third inning, cutting ahawley@civitasmedia.com the deﬁcit to 5-4. Two hits, two errors and one walk allowed Waterford to score four times in the fourth frame, making the lead to 9-4. Southern began chipping away at the ﬁve-run deﬁcit in the bottom of the fourth, as Haley Hill drove in Sabra Bailey, and Hannah Hill singled home Jaiden Roberts. With two outs in the fourth, Paige VanMeter doubled home Haley Musser and Hannah Hill, trimming the WHS lead back to one run. See SOUTHERN | 5B Eagles blast Belpre, 13-3 By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com BELPRE — Now that’s ﬁnishing what you started. The Eastern baseball team scored the ﬁrst run of Friday night’s Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division clash with Belpre at Civitan Park, but the hosts bounced back to take a 3-1 lead. However, the visiting Eagles scored 12 unanswered runs and took the 13-3 mercy rule win, in ﬁve innings. EHS (13-7, 11-3 TVC Hocking) took a 1-0 lead with two outs in the top of the ﬁrst inning, as sophomore Kaleb Hill singled home junior John Little. Belpre (5-14, 5-8) was held scoreless in the opening frame, but the Orange and Black took the lead in second, as Jesse Collins and Andrew Klingler scored on a single by Cole Knotts, who then scored on an error. The Green and Gold tied the game in the top of the third, as Hill and Cameron Richmond both singled and scored. Little and Austin Coleman both scored in the top of the fourth, giving Eastern a 5-3 advantage. EHS broke the game wide open in the top of the ﬁfth, scoring eight runs on four hits, ﬁve free passes and one BHS error. The Golden Eagles were retired in order in the bottom of the ﬁfth, as Eastern secured the 13-3 mercy rule victory. Eagles senior Cameron Richmond struck out seven batters in a complete game effort and he was the winning pitcher of record, allowing three runs, two earned on four hits and two free passes. Collins suffered the loss on the mound for BHS. Little led the guests at the plate, going 2-for-3 with one double, three runs scored and one RBI. Hill and Coleman both singled twice, scored twice and drove in two runs, Cameron Richmond singled once, scored twice and drove in two runs, while Jesse Morris had one hit, one run scored and one RBI. Dillon Swatzel and Ethen Richmond were both 1-for-3 at the plate for EHS, while Nate Durst scored twice and Josh Brewer scored once. Knotts singled once, scored once and drove in two runs to lead the hosts, while Collins added one hit and one run scored. Kole Counts and Jacob Davis both singled once in the loss, while Klingler scored one run. Both teams committed one error in the game. EHS also defeated the Golden Eagles on April 12, by a 10-0 count in ﬁve innings, in Meigs County. The Eagles will return to the diamond on Monday, when Trimble visits Tuppers Plains. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. Paul Boggs | OVP Sports Pictured are members of the 2016 Gallia Academy varsity baseball team. Seated in front, from left, are Tanner Allen, Jeremy Brumfield, Brody Thomas, Josh Faro and Wyatt Sipple. Kneeling in middle are Ryan Terry, Eric Ward, Zach Graham, Marcus Moore, Anthony Sipple, Kole Carter and Matt Bailey. Standing in back are assistant coach Ryan Chapman, Braden Simms, Josh Davis, Ty Howell, Gabe Peck, John Stout, assistant coach Craig Sanders and head coach Rich Corvin. Blue Devils clinch a share of OVC title By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com PORTSMOUTH — Even though the Blue Devils lost on Friday night, the Gallia Academy baseball team left Portsmouth with a piece of history. GAHS — which dropped a 5-4 decision to the host Trojans — secured at least a share of the Ohio Valley Conference championship on the night, as secondplace Fairland lost to Chesapeake by a 8-3 count. This is the ﬁrst year that the Blue Devils — who have won 14 Southeastern Ohio Athletic League titles in school history — have competed for the OVC crown and the Blue and White will win the title outright with a win at Rock Hill on Monday. After back-to-back scoreless innings to start the evening, GAHS (14-8, 10-3 OVC) took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third, as sophomore Braden Simms reached on an error and scored on a wild pitch. The Blue Devil lead was short-lived, however, as the Trojans scored two runs on two GAHS errors and two free passes in the bottom of the third. PHS added another run in the bottom of the fourth, as Michael Potts singled home Dylan Mullins, giving the hosts a 3-1 edge. With no outs in the top of the ﬁfth, Gallia Academy tied the game, as Eric Ward singled home Kole Carter and Matt Bailey. The Blue Devils regained the lead with one out in the ﬁfth, when Ryan Terry singled home Anthony Sipple. The Trojans tied the game at four in the home half of the ﬁfth, as Reese Johnson singled home Ryan Williams. With one out in the bottom of the sixth, PHS regained the lead, when Williams singled home Potts. Trailing by one, GAHS put the potential go-ahead run on ﬁrst base in the top of the seventh, but the Tro- jans got the strikeout they needed to secure 5-4 win. Williams — who pitched the ﬁnal three innings and struck out four batters for the hosts — earned the pitching victory, allowing three runs, two earned, on ﬁve hits and two walks. GAHS freshman Josh Faro suffered the setback on the mound, allowing three runs, one earned, on one hit and one walk in three innings of work. Blue Devils’ senior Marcus Moore ﬁnished the game on the hill and allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk. Moore struck out ﬁve batters, while Faro fanned three for the Blue and White. Blue Devils’ junior Jeremy Brumﬁeld was 2-for-4 to lead the guests at the plate, while Ward had one single and two RBI in the setback. Bailey and Carter both singled once and scored once, Terry added one single and one RBI, John Stout was 1-for-1 with a single, while Sipple and Simms both scored once. Potts was 2-for-3 with one run scored and one RBI to lead the Trojans, while Williams went 1-for2 with one run scored, one RBI and two stolen bases. Mullins and Blake Weedebrook both singled once and scored once for the hosts, Johnson added one hit and one RBI, while Zach DeLotell had one hit and one stolen base for the victors. For the game, GAHS had two errors and 10 runners left on base, while Portsmouth had one error and seven runners stranded. This evens the season series at one game apiece, as the Blue Devils defeated the Scioto County natives at Eastman Ball Field on April 13, by a 13-3 count in six innings. Gallia Academy’s ﬁnal OVC game of the year will be on Monday, at Rock Hill. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2100. OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Monday, May 2 Baseball Vinton County at River Valley, 5 p.m. St. Mary’s at Wahama, 4:30 Trimble at Eastern, 5 p.m. Gallia Academy at Rock Hill, 5 p.m. Point Pleasant at Ritchie County, 5 p.m. Meigs at Jackson, 5 p.m. Hannan at Grace Christian, 5:30 Softball Vinton County at River Valley, 5 p.m. Trimble at Eastern, 5 p.m. Gallia Academy at Rock Hill, 5 p.m. Meigs at Jackson, 5 p.m. Tennis Jackson at Gallia Academy, 4:30 Tuesday, May 3 Baseball Jackson at Gallia Academy, 5 p.m. Southern at South Gallia, 5 p.m. Softball Southern at South Gallia, 5 p.m. Point Pleasant at Winﬁeld, 6 p.m. Track and Field Gallia Academy at Oak Hill Invitational, 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 4 Baseball Gallia Academy at River Valley, 5 p.m. Meigs at Southern, 5 p.m. Point Pleasant at Parkersburg, 7 p.m. Softball Gallia Academy at River Valley, 5 p.m. Meigs at Southern, 5 p.m. Point Pleasant at Winﬁeld, 6 p.m. Track and Field TVC Meet at Nelsonville-York, 4 p.m. Tennis Gallia Academy at Marietta, 4:30 College Baseball Rio Grande at KIAC Tournament, TBA �SPORTS 2B Sunday, May 1, 2016 Sunday Times-Sentinel Gallia Academy Devils edge Athens in tennis By Paul Boggs pboggs@civitasmedia.com THE PLAINS — Against an Athens lineup that was reshufﬂed from its ﬁrst meeting, the Gallia Academy High School tennis team still completed the season sweep of the host Bulldogs on Wednesday. That’s because the Blue Devils defeated Athens 3-2 in a Southeastern Ohio Athletic League makeup matchup at Athens High School’s Joan Mickelson Courts. The Blue Devils dropped the Bulldogs 4-1 in their initial outing 10 days ago. With Wednesday’s win, the Blue Devils raised their record to 6-5 — and 4-1 in the SEOAL, having now swept both Logan and Athens. Athens is 1-3 in the SEOAL, with league matches at Jackson and against Logan remaining. Jackson continues to lead the league at 4-0, as the Blue Devils’ only SEOAL loss came against the Ironmen two weeks ago. The Ironmen’s match against Athens on Tuesday was postponed, as the Blue Devils get their rematch against visiting Jackson on Monday (May 2). In fact, if Gallia Academy is able to defeat Jackson, the Blue Devils — the three-time defending SEOAL champion — will at least share the ﬁnal conference championship. An Ironmen win, however, will mean the Red and White will capture the crown. Logan is 0-5 in the SEOAL, as Gallia Academy made it a perfect 10-for-10 over Logan in matches in the past ﬁve years. Against Athens — which had three players out with illness in their ﬁrst meeting against Gallia Academy — the Blue Devils swept the two doubles matches, while winning one of the three singles contests. But the Blue Devils altered their regular lineup as well, changing their doubles teams while moving Adriana Wilcoxon from third singles to half of the ﬁrst doubles. The shift paid off for the Blue Devils’ doubles duos, which limited the Bulldogs to only ﬁve combined points. All ﬁve matches were decided in straight sets. At ﬁrst doubles, Wilcoxon and Dekota Metzler swept Athens’ Ishan Marta and Sam Morales 6-1, 6-0. At second doubles, MiKayla Edelmann and Olivia Meadows made quick work of Athens’ Ammar Fauzi and Daniel Pogan 6-2, 6-2. The Blue Devils’ only singles win Wednesday was Miles Cornwell sweeping Freddie Hasselt 6-4, 6-2. The Bulldogs won the ﬁrst and third singles affairs, as Austin Condee downed Pierce Wilcoxon at ﬁrst singles 6-1, 6-1. At third singles, Dustin Goetz gained a shutout over Gallia Academy’s Jenelle Stevens (6-0, 6-0). The Blue Devils’ non-league match against Ironton on Thursday was rained out. Paul Boggs can be reached at 740-4462342, ext. 2106 Marauders blanked by Lady Knights By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — The Lady Knights simply weren’t going to be denied their 20th win of the year. The Point Pleasant softball team improved to 20-7 on the season on Thursday night, as the Lady Knights rolled to a 9-0 mercy rule victory over nonconference guest Meigs. Point Pleasant scored the game’s opening run in the bottom of the ﬁrst inning, as senior pitcher Karissa Cochran hit a two-out, solo home run over the center ﬁeld fence. The Lady Knights began adding on to their advantage in the second inning, as Cammy Hesson singled home Kelsie Byus and Hannah Smith with one out. With two outs in the second inning, Karissa Cochran singled home Hesson and Kelsey Price, making the PPHS lead 5-0. On the very next at-bat Makinley Higginbotham and Lila Beattie scored on a single by Leah Cochran, who then scored on a single by freshman Tanner King. Trailing 8-0, Meigs (17-4) earned its ﬁrst hit of the game in the top of the third inning, but the next three Lady Marauders were retired in order. MHS shut down Point Pleasant in order in the bottom of the third, and the Maroon and Gold loaded the bases with three hits in the top of the fourth. However, the Lady Knights got the strikeout they needed and escaped the inning unscathed. After two quick outs to begin the home half of the fourth frame, Leah Cochran doubled for the hosts. PPHS pinch runner Rachel Grimm scored on a Byus single to give the Lady Knights a 9-0 advantage. Despite a two-out double by Devyn Oliver, Meigs failed to score in the top of the ﬁfth and Point Pleasant secured the 9-0 mercy rule win. Karissa Cochran earned the pitching victory for PPHS, striking out one, while giving up ﬁve hits in a complete game shutout. Meigs junior Maddison Woodyard was the losing pitcher of record, allowing six earned runs on three hits and three walks in 1.2 innings of work. Morgan Lodwick pitched the ﬁnal 2.1 innings for the Maroon and Gold, and she surrendered three earned runs on seven hits. Woodyard struck out two batters, while Lodwick fanned one. Byus led the Lady Knights offensively, going 3-for3 with one double, one run scored and one RBI. Karissa Cochran was 2-for-3 with one home run, one run scored and three RBI, Leah Cochran was 2-for-3 with one double, one run scored and two RBI, while King was 2-for-2 with one RBI. Hesson singled once, scored once and drove in two runs for the victors, while Higginbotham, Price, Beattie, Smith and Grimm each scored once. Oliver led the Lady Marauders with one double, while Sadie Fox, Alliyah Pullins, Peyton Rowe and Danielle Morris each singled once. PPHS ﬁnishes its regular season on Friday at Ripley, while Meigs will look to avenge an April 11 loss to Alexander on Friday. Paul Boggs | OVP Sports Meigs third baseman Chase Whitlatch tries to tag Alexander’s Chace Harris during Friday’s Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division baseball game at Alexander High School. Spartans clip Meigs 1-0 in 9 innings By Paul Boggs But back-to-back basehits by Lukas Thompson and Mason Chapman put ALBANY — Chace Alexander into scoring Harris and the Alexander position, then Harris’ Spartans have been chas- deep double to center ing the Meigs Marauders scored Thompson to ofﬁall spring. cially put the Spartans With one ﬁnal swing into ﬁrst-place in the of Harris’ bat on Friday, TVC-Ohio. the Spartans ofﬁcially Actually, the Spartans passed the Marauders on — now 14-6 overall and the road to the Tri-Valley 8-2 division — are tied Conference Ohio Division for the top spot with baseball championship. Wellston, which did its Harris, in addition part on Friday in capturto pitching an epic ing an 11-9 come-fromcomplete-game one-hit behind win over River shutout, had the gameValley. winning — and perhaps While Wellston and league-championship Alexander have two clinching — hit, as the TVC-Ohio tilts remainSpartans nudged the ing, including against Marauders 1-0 in a nine- each other on Monday at inning nail-biter at Alex- Alexander, the Marauders ander High School. have completed conferScoreless through ence play at 9-3. all seven innings, and Meigs is now 17-5 through the eighth and overall, and saw its wireinto the ninth, the conto-wire run atop the test appeared destined league come to an end in for a 10th — especially Albany. with Meigs ace pitcher The best the MaraudChase Whitlatch on the ers can do at this point mound. is share the conference Whitlatch, relieving championship, but they Marauder starter Cody need massive help from Bartrum after Bartrum’s both River Valley (at workhorse seven and Alexander on Tuesday) two-thirds shutout stan- and Athens (at Wellston zas, retired the opening this week) in order to do two Spartans in the that. ninth. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. “Now we have to sit back and watch. Listen for scores,” said Meigs coach Brent Bissell. “We had our opportunity to at least get a piece of it (TVC-Ohio title) t�� 42�'5�� 42�'5�01&/�41"$& t�)&"5&% t�*/46-"5&% t��$&*-*/(�$-&"3"/$& Red or Black pboggs@civitasmedia.com WAREHOUSE SPACE BULK MULCH t�-0"%*/(�%0$,4 IN STOCK Also Available Top Soil & Over Sized Gravel t�53*1-&�1)"4&�&-&$53*$�"7"*-"#-&� t�3"$,*/(�"7"*-"#-& BEAUTIFUL CLEAN STORAGE Located between Jackson and Chillicothe on St. Rt. 35 366 U.S. HIGHWAY 35, RAY, OH 45672 (Formerly Coleman Packaging) CROWN EXCAVATING & STONE Appalachia Realty ��t�OFBIFOSZ!HNBJM�DPN 60652864 Contact: Nea Henry, Agent for 5885 St Route 218 Gallipolis 740-256-6456 Mon-Fri 8-5 Sat 8-12 60652767 60409816 Wednesday night (a 6-5 loss against Wellston) and we didn’t ﬁnish it then either. I always preach to our kids to give ourselves a chance the last week of the league season. We had opportunities tonight and it just wasn’t our night. It was two great teams battling it out for the championship. I’m proud of our kids for playing hard, hanging in there and battling, but they (Spartans) just made one more play than we did.” Actually, the Marauders simply couldn’t hit Harris on Friday. In the two clubs’ initial meeting on April 11 at Meigs, Harris allowed two ﬁrst-inning runs — which held up for a 2-0 shutout with Whitlatch dominating on the mound. On Friday, Harris retired the opening 11 Marauders he faced — before Whitlatch walked in the fourth, Layne Acree was hit by a pitch in the ﬁfth and Christian Mattox walked in the sixth. But Harris stranded Whitlatch at second, before the Spartans erased Acree as part of a double play and Mattox was caught stealing. Finally, with two outs in the seventh, Bartrum reached on Alexander’s only error and Acree singled for the Marauders’ only hit, but Harris induced a groundout right back to him to end the inning. Harris then retired the Marauders 1-2-3 in the eighth and ninth, as he struck out nine — including two apiece in the seventh and eighth. “He (Harris) just kept us off-balance because his curve-ball was working real well for him,” said Bissell. “We just have to see it out of the hand and follow it all the way. His fastball is really good, but his curve-ball kept us off-balance. Hats off to him, he did a phenomenal job just like he did down at our place. But it just takes that one hit. That’s what it was for us last time, this time it’s one hit for them.” And, Harris was responsible for that hit, along with singles in the fourth and eighth innings — sandwiched around an intentional walk in the sixth. Bartrum battled right with Harris well into the eighth, allowing ﬁve hits and three walks with 10 strikeouts, and retiring the Spartans 1-2-3 in the second and third. The only other Alexander hits off Bartrum were a Thompson single in the ﬁrst, a Taylor Kimbrough single in the seventh and a Cory Chapman single in the eighth. He walked Kimbrough in the ﬁfth and hit Thompson with a pitch in the sixth, and walked Jordan Colburn to load the bases in the seventh. “It was a great pitching duel. Cody did a phenomenal job for us,” said Bissell. “He hasn’t made too many starts for us, but he pitched really really well for us tonight.” At that point, though, Whitlatch relieved Bartrum — and escaped the bases-loaded jam by inducing a popout to Luke Musser at shortstop. In all, Bartrum stranded 11 Spartans — seven of which were in scoring position. However, Harris got the walk-off off Whitlatch with two outs in the ninth — on a shot to straightaway centerﬁeld. With that, the Spartans knocked the Marauders off the top of the TVCOhio perch. Meigs, which was scheduled to travel to Philo on Saturday for a non-league doubleheader, ventures to non-league Jackson on Monday. Paul Boggs can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2106 �SPORTS Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, May 1, 2016 3B Spartans rally past Meigs Lady Marauders pboggs@civtiasmedia.com ALBANY — The Meigs High School softball squad had the host Alexander Spartans in some serious trouble. Unfortunately for the Marauders on Friday, Hannah Howery had the last laugh. That’s because Howery — Alexander’s four-year senior catcher — hammered a three-run home run to dead centerﬁeld to break a tie game, giving the Spartans a stunning 9-6 Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division victory. And, not only did Howery’s homer lift Alexander to the win, but it clinched at least a share of the conference championship for the Spartans for a second consecutive season. In fact, the Red and Black’s last league loss was two years ago. In a back-and-forth affair, the Spartans scored twice in the opening inning — before Meigs tied the tilt at 2-2 in the third. The Spartans surged again in their third with three more runs, but Meigs managed four runs on ﬁve hits in the fourth to forge ahead 6-5. Marauder ace pitcher Alliyah Pullins kept Alexander off the board in the next two innings, but the Spartans stormed ahead for four runs in the sixth — highlighted by Howery’s homer. In the seventh, Meigs made one last comeback attempt, as Sadie Fox was hit by a pitch and Pullins plated a single. With the tying run at the plate, however, Alexander ace Kendall Meeks managed to get the ﬁnal two outs. She induced Katie Gilkey into a 6-5 ﬁelder’s choice, erasing the lead runner — and putting pressure on batter Peyton Rowe. Rowe grounded out right back to Meeks to end the game, thus forcing the Marauders to root for Wellston on Monday and River Valley on Tuesday to upset the Spartans and force a title share. The loss dropped the Marauders to 17-5, as they end TVC-Ohio play at 10-2 — with both losses coming against Alexander. The Spartans raised their record to 15-5, and remain unbeaten and atop the league at 12-0. Meigs outhit Alexander 9-8, but the Spartans came up with two clutch hits in the sixth — prior to Howery’s homer. Against Pullins, the top three of the Alexander order all reached base, started by a leadoff double by Nicole Hudnall to right ﬁeld. Chris Paszke reached on an inﬁeld single, hitting the ball right back to Pullins, who attempted to look Hudnall back to second base. Paszke beat out the throw to ﬁrst, as Hudnall took off for third to put Spartans on the corners. With Meeks at bat, and with her 45 career home runs, Pullins pitched to her — after walking her twice and hitting her with a pitch. Meeks popped Pullins’ 2-1 pitch up towards third base, but the ball was dropped for an error — and Hudnall scored for the 6-6 tie. That set up Howery, who simply smashed the ﬁrst pitch she saw over the centerﬁeld fence. After that, Pullins Paul Boggs | OVP Sports Meigs second baseman Katie Gilkey (5) tags out Alexander’s Abby Howard (11) during Friday’s Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division softball game at Alexander High School. was relieved in favor of Morgan Lodwick, who retired all three of the Spartans she faced. Pullins was credited with ﬁve full innings worked, having walked ﬁve and hitting two with two strikeouts. Meeks went the distance for the Spartans in the circle, allowing only Pullins’ single over the ﬁnal three frames. She retired the Marauders 1-2-3 in the second, ﬁfth and sixth stanzas, after facing four batters and allowing a two-out double to Fox in the ﬁrst. Meigs made two costly ﬁrst-inning errors, combined with walks to Hudnall and Meeks, for Alex- ander’s ﬁrst two runs. Pullins’ two-run single tied it at 2-2, scoring Devyn Oliver who singled and Taylor Swartz who walked. In the fourth, Danielle Morris, Bre Colburn, Oliver, Fox and Pullins all singled, as Oliver’s hit to cross Morris made it 5-3 — before Fox’s two-run single to score Colburn and Oliver tied it at 5-5. Pullins singled to center to score Swartz — who reached on a ﬁelder’s choice — to give the Maroon and Gold the lead, but Fox was thrown out at the plate trying to score another. The Marauders — whose non-league home game against Sisson- ville on Saturday was cancelled — returns to the road on Monday at Jackson. Paul Boggs can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2106 Christopher E. Tenoglia Attorney at Law Help Right Here At Home Mesothelioma • Lung Cancer Wrongful Death 740-992-6368 200 E. 2 �6WUHHW�3RPHUR\��2+�Ř�WHQODZ#VXGGHQOLQNPDLO�FRP nd Come On Over to Bob’s… It’s worth the drive! It’s Time To Plant “Bob’s retails are stocked with plants fresh from the greenhouse!” Area’s best quality plants at affordable prices! 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The project consists of constructing a new booster station with site work, piping, and electrical. The contract also consists of installing approximately 11,260 feet of 8” and 6” waterline including valves, hydrants, service line, service reconnections and other necessary appurtenances. Bid Documents that include all bid sheets, specifications, and any addenda can be obtained from IBI Group (the “Engineer”), 5085 Tile Plant Road, New Lexington, Ohio 43764 (phone 740-342-6695) with a non-refundable payment of $90.00 per set. Checks should be made payable to IBI Group. Bid Documents will also be on file in the plan room of the F.W. Dodge Corporation, Buildersҋ Exchange, and the District office. Each Bidder is required to furnish with its submission of the fully completed Bid Documents, a Bid Security in accordance with Section 153.54 of the Ohio Revised Code. 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Each bidder must submit evidence of its experiences on projects of similar size and complexity. The Owner intends that this Project be completed no later than the time period as set forth in Article 4 of the Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Contractor on the Basis of a Stipulated Price. 15099 – Field of Hope Recovery Housing April 25, 2016 BDT Architects and Interior Designers Invitation to Bidders - 1 INVITATION TO BIDDERS Sealed Bids will be received by the Field of Hope Community Campus, Inc, at11818 State Route 160; Vinton, Ohio 45686 until Monday, May 23, 2016, at 3:00 p.m. local time, for the following project: Field of Hope Recovery Housing 11821 State Route 160 Vinton, Ohio 45686 Sealed Bids will be received for one general contract for all material, labor and services as described in the Drawings and Specifications. Bids will be opened publically and read immediately. All bids must be accompanied by a bid guaranty as noted in the project specifications. Drawings and Specifications prepared by: BDT Architects and Interior Designers (BDTAID, Inc.) 507 Richland Avenue, Suite 301 Athens, Ohio 45701 Telephone: 740.592.2420 Telefax: 740.592.3824 The project is a new wood framed dwelling unit approximately 3750 square feet in area, including the following: Covered patio. Living area with kitchen. Office and meeting room. 8 sleeping rooms and five bathrooms. Laundry, storage and mechanical spaces. Site work and utilities. Estimate of Probable Cost for total project is $ 450,000.00 A pre-construction meeting will be held at the site, 11821 State Route 160; Vinton, Ohio 45686 on Thursday, May 5, 2016, at 2:30 pm local time. Bidders may obtain complete sets of the Bidding Documents from the Architect for a non-refundable charge of $75.00 per set. 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Tuppers Plains-Chester Water District reserves the right to waive any informalities or irregularities, reject any or all bids, or to increase or decrease or omit any item or times and/or award the bid to the lowest and best bidder. 5/1/16-5/8/16 �SPORTS Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, May 1, 2016 5B Hornets sting, blank Blue Angels By Paul Boggs pboggs@civitasmedia.com CENTENARY — First, the rain hit. Then, so too did the Coal Grove Hornets. As a result, the Gallia Academy High School softball squad was on the wrong end of an 11-0 shutout, as the visiting Hornets hammered out 16 hits — with two home runs — during Thursday’s Ohio Valley Conference makeup matchup. The Hornets had four runs apiece in the opening and sixth innings, combined with a single marker in the third frame — followed by two in the seventh. In the pair of four-run frames, the Hornets had four hits apiece off Blue Angel pitcher Hunter Copley — and also took advantage of three Blue Angel errors in the ﬁrst and another in the sixth. Gallia Academy, meanwhile, only managed four hits off Coal Grove pitcher Kasey Murphy — who tossed the complete-game for the victory, while allowing no walks and striking out three. She faced four Blue Angels apiece in the third, fourth, sixth and seventh innings — and retired the side 1-2-3 in the ﬁrst, second and ﬁfth. Gallia Academy’s only hits were a Carly Shriver two-out double in the third, a Makenzie Barr leadoff single in the fourth, a Barr two-out single in the sixth, and ﬁnally a two-out Lexi Paul Boggs | OVP Sports Gallia Academy’s Carly Shriver (23) tags out Coal Grove’s McKenzie Moore (23) during Thursday’s Ohio Valley Conference softball game at Gallia Academy High School. Polinsky single in the seventh. The loss dropped the Blue Angels to an even 6-6 in the OVC, part of 9-5 overall. Coal Grove gained the season sweep, having edged the Blue Angels 9-7 only three days earlier. Gracie Riley’s solo home run on the second at-bat gave the Hornets all the runs they needed for the win. They led 4-0 after the ﬁrst — thanks to three more hits, three Gallia Academy errors, and a stolen base. Lauren Crum, who went a perfect 4-for-4 for Coal Grove, conked a grand-slam home run in the sixth to make it 9-0. The Hornets added two more runs in the seventh, combining a leadoff single, Copley’s only walk, a Lauren Meyer RBI-double and a Riley sacriﬁce ﬂy. Of Copley’s 11 runs allowed, eight were earned as she struck out ﬁve. The Blue Angels returned to OVC action on Friday by traveling to Portsmouth. They return to the road, and conclude their initial season of OVC play, on Monday at league champion Rock Hill. Paul Boggs can be reached at 740-4462342, ext. 2106 Southern work. WHS starting pitcher Jordan Taylor threw 3.2 innings and gave up eight From Page 1B runs on seven hits and ﬁve walks. The Green and White Offensively, SHS was led gained a little breathing by Hannah Hill, who was room in the top of the ﬁfth, 2-for-2 with two RBI and scoring two runs on two three runs scored. VanMeter hits and a walk. was 2-for-3 with one double, The Lady Tornadoes two RBI and one run scored, pulled within one run with Sydney Cleland was 2-for-3 no outs in the bottom of with one RBI, while Porter the ﬁfth, as Cundiff scored went 2-for-4 with two RBI. on an error and Sabra BaiSabra Bailey was 1-for-3 ley was singled home by with two runs scored, Haley Sydney Cleland. Haley Hill Hill was 1-for-4 with two drove in Katie Barton to tie RBI, while Cundiff marked the game at 11, with one one run scored and one RBI out in the frame. Hannah for the hosts. Musser scored Hill hit a sac-ﬂy to left ﬁeld twice in the win, while Robthat plated Musser and gave erts, Barton and Savannah the Lady Tornadoes a oneBailey each crossed home run advantage. plate once. Waterford let a golden Denise Young led WHS opportunity slip past in the at the plate, going 4-for-4 sixth inning, committing with two doubles and two the ﬁnal out of the frame at runs scored. Madison Ohse home plate, while leaving singled twice and scored another runner in scoring twice, Taylor tripled once position. and scored once, Ciera SHS failed to add to its Burns added one double and lead in the bottom of the one run scored, while Bailey sixth, but Waterford manOffenberger singled once aged only one hit in the and scored twice. 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New & Used 3 pt tillers 4,5,6&7 Low Rate Financing available 15 Acres in Mason County off of Redmond Ridge. Some level ground, all woods, great hunting or camping, $23,000. Financing with $2300 down & $273/mth for 10 yrs. Call for maps, (740)989-0260. Yard Sale Turn Your Clutter Farm Equipment Land (Acreage) River Lots for Rent $900 a season- Electric & Water included - Close to forked Run.740-667-3083 Yard Sale Motorcycles 2003 Electra Glide Classic Anniversary Edition 13,000 miles- $11,000 740-853-2705 Miscellaneous Jet Aeration Motors repaired, new & rebuilt in stock. Call Ron Evans 1-800-537-9528 Want To Buy Absolute Top Dollar - silver/gold coins, any 10K/14K/18K gold jewelry, dental gold, pre 1935 US currency, proof/mint sets, diamonds, MTS Coin Shop. 151 2nd Avenue, Gallipolis. 446-2842 Auctions 2 DAY LARGE AUCTION FRI., MAY 6, 2016 & SAT., MAY 7, 2016 @ 10:00 A.M. LOCATED AT 515 MAIN STREET, POINT PLEASANT, WV. WE’LL BE SELLING THE CONTENTS OF THE MAIN STREET FURNITURE STORE. OWNERS ARE RETIRING. CONTENTS OF WAREHOUSE New LR Suites; Recliners; Love Seats; Sev. Sets of Chairs; Trundle Beds; Oak Secretary Desk; Sev. Baby Beds; Glider Rockers; Dressing Mirror’s; Vanities; Chests and Baby Changers; Lg Amount of Bed Rails; Frame’s; Bunk Beds; Along with some used Furniture; Lg of Chairs Advertise Your Garage Sale to Thousands of Readers In Gallipolis Daily Tribune Point Pleasant Register Pomeroy Daily Sentinel SAT., MAY 7, 2016 CONTENTS OF MAIN STREET FURNITURE Four (4) Oak Pie Safes; Two (2) Oak Washstands; Two (2) Nice 4 Pc. Queen Size BR Suites; Bunk Beds; Oak Curved Glass China; Full & Twin Size Mattress’; Two (2) King Size Mattress Sets; Coffee & End Tables; Two (2) Captains Bed’s; Three (3) Nice Serta 2 Pc. LR Suites; Serta Sectional LR Suite; Baker’s Rack; Kitchen Island’s; Lamps; Chests; Dressers; Captain’s Beds; DR Suite, Tables w Chairs & China Cabinet plus much more. 4 lines, 2 days inprint & online Only $15.00 FOOD WILL BE AVAILABLE Call or visit your local ofﬁce to place your ad. Terms: CASH OR CHECK W/VALID ID CAN DO CREDIT/DEBIT WITH A 5% INTEREST FEE Auction Conducted by: Rick Pearson Auction Co #66 Ricky Pearson Jr. #1955 304-593-5118 and 304-773-5447 www.auctionzip.com for pictures Gallipolis Daily Tribune Point Pleasant Register Pomeroy Daily Sentinel mydailytribune.com mydailysentinel.com mydailyregister.com 740-446-2342 740-992-2155 304-675-1333 60654426 60652848 �6B Sunday, May 1, 2016 Sunday Times-Sentinel 60649090 �Along the River Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, May 1, 2016 s Section C Photos by Dean Wright | Ohio Valley Publishing ABOVE, classes marched in to the beat of patriotic tunes. AT RIGHT, children wave their hands as they sing songs of American patriotism. Gallia Head Start children transition to kindergarten By Dean Wright deanwright@civitasmedia.com GALLIPOLIS — Heart of the Valley Head Start at the Guiding Hands Early Childhood Development Center facility held its end of the year preschool transition program Thursday, where parents watched their children prepare to head off to kindergarten in Gallipolis City Schools. Roughly 30 students participated in the ceremony. Students sang patriotic songs that day as the theme of the event honored America and local veterans. Veterans from Gallipolis VFW Post 4464 appeared that day to hand out goody bags to children as they stepped off the stage with their certiﬁcates of accomplishment. According to Bobbi Harris, Head Start center manager, three classes transitioned that night. “If we can promote successful positive experiences for these children, we’ve helped lay the foundation for future learning,” Harris said. Children marched into the multi-purpose room with parents seated and presented songs of American pride while waving ﬂags or playing cut-out guitars to songs like “Rockin’ in the USA.” Kindergarten teachers from Gallipolis City Schools and Han- TOP LEFT, one young man gives Thom Abrahamson a high five after receiving his diploma and goody bag. ABOVE LEFT, parents look on as children cover their hands over their hearts as they sing patriotic songs as the theme of their transitioning ceremony. TOP RIGHT, one young man knows how to jam as he leaves his school and readies to enter kindergarten cool. ABOVE RIGHT, a young lady strides with pride on stage as she receives her finishing papers before transitioning into kindergarten. nan Trace Elementary appeared to discuss the importance of going over education with between parents and their children. According to Har- ris, it should always be emphasized that parents are a child’s greatest and ﬁrst teachers. Parents had the opportunity to discuss upcoming class registra- tion for their children. Dean Wright can be reached at (740) 446-2342, Ext. 2103. ABOVE, from left to right, Gallipolis VFW post 4464 members Commander Bill Mangus, Chief of Staff Thom Abrahamson and Senior Vice-Commander Larry Tobias watch as the children perform their musical numbers of the day. AT LEFT, a crowd packs the multipurpose room at the Guiding Hands School facility as they enter to see Heart of the Valley Head Start children transition into kindergarten. �LOCAL 2C Sunday, May 1, 2016 Sunday Times-Sentinel For smokers, it’s good to be a quitter Smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths each year in the United States and more than 6 million deaths worldwide. That’s more than HIV, illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle accidents, and ﬁrearm incidents combined. More than 10 times as many U.S. citizens have died prematurely from cigarette smoking than have died in all of the wars fought in the United States during its history. On average, smokers die 10 years earlier than non-smokers. Smoking affects every Smoking causes tooth part of the body and loss, and cataracts, and increases the risk of all is a cause of Type 2 Diatypes of cancers, heart betes. In infants of mothdisease and respiraers who smoke during tory disease. It causes pregnancy, it can cause decreased bone density low birth weight, premaMeigs in women. Smoking ture birth, Sudden Infant Health decreases your immune Death Syndrome, ectopic system, and causes Matters pregnancy, orofacial cleft Sherry rheumatoid arthritis. and miscarriage. Hayman It also can make it difQuitting smoking lowers ﬁcult for a woman to your cardiovascular risks. become pregnant, and After just one year of not can decrease a man’s sperm smoking, your risk of a heart count. attack is cut dramatically. After LIVESTOCK REPORT GALLIPOLIS — United Producers Inc., livestock report of sales from April 27, 2016. 2 to 5 years, your risk of stroke could fall to about that of a nonsmoker. If you quit smoking your risks for cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus, and bladder is cut in half after ﬁve years. Ten years after you quit smoking your risk of lung cancer is cut in half. You can see that smoking has many negative effects on your health, in turn; quitting smoking has just as many positive effects on your health. If you are thinking about quitting, but just feel that you can’t do it alone, call me at 740- 992-6626 for an appointment. I am a certiﬁed tobacco treatment specialist through The Breathing Association and can offer you one-on-one help ending your tobacco addiction. Meigs County Health Department accepts most commercial insurances and Ohio Medicaid/ Managed Medicaid and will offer late afternoon and early evening appointments that are convenient for your schedule. Sherry Hayman is a registered nurse with the Meigs County Health Department. USTA trampoline champion Olivia Harrison recently competed a the 2016 AAU State Championship meet. In her division, she received AAU state champion on rod floor, double-mini and trampoline. Harrison previously was an AAU state champion in doublemini and a bronze medalist at the Junior Olympics in Virginia Beach. Harrison also competed at the 2016 USTA State Championship meet on April 16. She received USTA state champion in trampoline, second in rod floor and second in double-mini. In June, she will compete at the USTA National Championship meet in Knoxville, Tenn. Feeder Cattle 275-415 pounds, Steers, $120-$170, Heifers, $120-$165; 425-525 pounds, Steers, $120-$166, Heifers, $100-$155; 550-625 pounds, Steers, $100-$150, Heifers, $88-$147.50; 650-725 pounds, Steers, $95-$145, Heifers, $90-$132.50; 750-850 pounds, Steers, $91-$140, Heifers, $85-$135. Cows Well-muscled/ﬂeshed, $72-$88; Medium/Lean, $63-$71; Thin/Light, $45-$62; Bulls, $85-$108. Back to Farm Cow/CalfPairs, $825-$1,335; Bred cows, $625$1,250; Hogs, $30-$46; Feeder pigs, $25-$130. Upcoming specials None Direct sales or free on-farm visits. Contact Ryan (304) 514-1858, or visit the website at www.uproducers.com. Courtesy photo Plant exchange and Taste of CEOS set for May Contributed Article POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Attention, all who have a green thumb or appreciate those who do. Round up surplus plants and join the Community Educational Outreach Service (CEOS) of Mason County for its annual “Plant Exchange and Taste of CEOS” on May 17 beginning at 10 a.m. and ending around 2 p.m. The event will be held at the First Church of God in Point Pleasant, located at 2401 Jefferson Avenue. The public is invited. Visitors do not have to bring plants to get plants, but if they do, identify them by name, if known. At 11 a.m. guest speaker, Angela Kargul, Marshall University Sustainability Department’s lead gardener, will demonstrate “Fairy Gardening.” At noon, CEOS Club members from ﬁve different areas in the county will provide homemade appetizers, breads, casseroles, salads, and desserts. The marketing and membership committee will provide the beverages. Each year during CEOS Week, CEOS sponsors the “Plant Exchange and Taste of CEOS” as a way to interest others in what CEOS has to offer all year long. As its organization’s name implies, CEOS reaches out to Mason County communities and beyond in support of their schools, libraries, 4-H Clubs, hospitals, nursing homes, and others. CEOS Volunteers donate books and magazines to county and school libraries, read to students in the elementary schools, provide scholarships to outstanding senior 4-H members, entertain residents at Pleasant Valley Nursing & Rehab Center and Courtesy photo The CEOS Plant Exchange and Taste of CEOS is on May 17 beginning at 10 a.m. and ending around 2 p.m. The event will be held at the First Church of God in Point Pleasant. make Boo Boo Bears for the health department to give out to children receiving vaccinations. In October members raise money for breast cancer awareness and hold an annual quilt show that is free to the quilters and also to the viewers. In November, members put on a holiday craft show - the organization’s chief fundraiser for the year - and in December, members support “Operation Santa” at Lakin Hospital and donate gifts to the residents of PVN&RC. Member also support the homeless shelter, the Ronald McDonald House in Huntington, and Branches, a shelter for victims of domestic violence. One club has even adopted a highway and keeps it “litter-free.” These projects and many others are undertaken by CEOS for the betterment of homes and communities across the county and beyond. CEOS Clubs are the local organization through which West Virginia University carries on its family and adult education programs via the Cooperative Extension Service and the United States Department of Agriculture. Programs and activities are offered to all persons. For more information, please contact Lorrie Wright at the WVU Extension Ofﬁce, 304-675-0888. Submitted by April Pyles. Taking a swing at Harmon Park Beth Sergent | Ohio Valley Publishing 60651403 The boys, and girls, of summer, have taken to ball fields across Mason County in little league match ups from Point Pleasant to the Bend Area. Though the weather turned colder Friday evening, that didn’t stop players in the Mason County Little League from stepping up to bat. This young man prepares to get “on-deck” in a match up at Harmon Park. �COMICS Sunday Times-Sentinel BLONDIE Sunday, May 1, 2016 3C By Dean Young and John Marshall BEETLE BAILEY By Mort, Greg and Brian Walker Today’s answer RETAIL By Norm Feuti HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI AND LOIS By Chris Browne Written By Brian & Greg Walker; Drawn By Chance Browne THE BRILLIANT MIND OF EDISON LEE By John Hambrock BABY BLUES ZITS By Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman PARDON MY PLANET By Vic Lee CONCEPTIS SUDOKU by Dave Green 1 3 6 2 4 1 7 4 8 9 6 8 RHYMES WITH ORANGE By Hilary Price 3 6 7 5 7 4 2 6 8 2 4 9 5 3 1 6 3 7 2 5/02 Difficulty Level By Bil and Jeff Keane 5/02 1 4 5 6 3 9 7 2 8 3 1 8 5 4 7 9 6 2 6 9 7 8 2 3 4 1 5 5 2 4 9 6 1 3 8 7 Everyday price $34.99/mo. 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Is Celebrating National Goodwill Week ® ® MAY 1ST-MAY 7TH COME JOIN US at our Gallipolis & Middleport store on May 5th 11AM-1PM 2PM-4 PM GALLIPOLIS STORE MIDDLEPORT STORE 596 Silver Bridge Plaza Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 786 North Second Avenue Middleport, Ohio 45760 740-441-0336 740-992-4208 JENNIFER MORRIS-MANAGER CASSANDRA BAGENT-MANAGER Call to schedule a FREE pickup in the Gallipolis, Pomeroy and Middleport areas. * ITEMS WE ARE UNABLE TO PICK UP: Washers, Dryers, Refrigerators, Stoves, Box Springs, Mattresses, Air Conditioners, Floor Model Stereos, Pianos or Organs, Microwaves, Furnaces, Paint, Carpet, Televisions, Freezers, Hot Water Tanks, Propane Tanks, Tires and Hide-A-Beds. MISSION Goodwill Industries of Southern Ohio, Inc. is a non-proﬁt based organization whose purpose is to improve the quality of life for the people who are disabled or disadvantaged by promoting self-sufficiency through our training and employment programs. 60652659 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 05. May Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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