http://host69-005.meigs.lib.oh.us/files/original/73c842da3f0f91e52bf131ed964ed56a.pdf 7b30d364ede14a1e7f8f45656fb585ce PDF Text Text Convicted rapist gets 5 more years Pirates’ hold win over Reds Moving away from the pond LOCAL s 4A SPORTS s 1B FEATURES s 1C Breaking news at mydailytribune.com Issue 30, Volume 49 Sunday, August 2, 2015 s $2 Mason Co. seeks restoration of bridge lights By Beth Sergent Tracy Doolittle were also present at the meeting. Handley brought up the MASON, W.Va. — The cable-stayed structure and Bridge of Honor, the complaints by residents on structure which connects how the bridge has gone the Town of Mason to dark; how it used to look Pomeroy, was a topic of with its unique lighting that discussion at this week’s was, for many people, an meeting of the Mason integral part of the bridge’s County Commission. appearance. Handley At the meeting were Max pointed out this bridge is Hyman, field representative named after some of the from U.S. Sen. Shelley area’s highly decorated Moore Capito’s (R) office veterans: Staff Sgt. Jimmie and Michael Chirico, field G. Stewart, of Mason The late Charlie Mankin archival photo representative from U.S. County, with family from The late Charlie Mankin was known for his photographs of Meigs County, including those of Rep. Evan Jenkins’ (R) Meigs County, and Gen. the Bridge of Honor. Mankin’s photo shows the bridge from the Pomeroy side of the Ohio River in 2009 when the lights were working. The photo also shows the old Pomeroy Mason Bridge in office. Commissioners Rick James V. Hartinger and Handley, Miles Epling and Cpl. Edward A. Bennett, the background. bsergent@civitasmedia.com both of Meigs County. Stewart and Bennett were Congressional Medal of Honor recipients and Hartinger was a four-star general. Handley asked Hyman and Chirico if they could check into this issue and get it addressed, and therefore fixed, with help from Sen. Capito and Rep. Jenkins. The Bridge of Honor opened to traffic on Dec. 30, 2008. Built by the state of Ohio, it was later ceremoniously handed See BRIDGE | 4A Gallia Co. man stabbed Gallia dog warden warns of pet thefts By Dean Wright deanwright@civitasmedia.com GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County dog warden warns county residents to be wary of people looking to take pets from yards. “The most common (theft) is a small breed dog and the pedigree dogs. I had a Yorkie come up missing from Cherry Ridge. It ended up in Franklin County,” said Gallia County dog warden Laurie Cardillo. “The (Franklin County) dog warden saw it walking down the sidewalk and stopped and picked it up. It was microchipped and came back to a (woman) on Cherry Ridge and we think it was stolen right out of her yard.” Cardillo suggested that individuals keep close watch over their animals when they are tied up in the yard or at home. A pure-bred or pedigree animal are what prospective criminals may see as a way to “quick money.” “If your dog is friendly and if your dog will go to just anybody, you’ve got to keep a close eye on them,” Cardillo said. Cardillo said she gets a dog theft complaint “at least once a week.” Sometimes she said she has multiple reports a week. She noted German shepherds seem to be a common breed that “comes up missing” as well. When asked about dogs without collars or tags and individuals picking them up unknowingly, Cardillo cautioned about the status of the dog’s ownership. “Just because a dog doesn’t have a collar or tag, doesn’t mean it doesn’t have an owner,” Cardillo said. “We’ve had dogs come up missing off the chain. There were people that just walked up in the yard and pulled it off. “The public sometimes will offer a lot of help. If they see somebody with a dog and they know that person shouldn’t have that dog, they’ll contact me and usually tell me where they think the dog came from,” she said. The dog warden said that if she acquires an animal that does not have a microchip or tags, she is able to keep the dog for three days before adopting it out. If a dog comes in with a tag, the shelter is required to hold it a minimum of 14 days. See THEFTS | 4A — NEWS Obituaries: 2A Opinion: 5A Weather: 6A — SPORTS Football: 1B Baseball: 1B — FEATURES Classified: 4B Television: 6B Comics: 5C 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. Dean Wright | Sunday Times-Sentinel Gallia County sheriff’s deputies were called to the scene of an alleged stabbing around 2 p.m. Friday on State Route 218, a few miles north of Mercerville, in the 4600 series of homes. An adult male occupant, identified as Jackie DeBarr, was reportedly in a domestic dispute with the female occupant. A 14-year-old male suspect and son to DeBarr, was allegedly involved in the dispute and the Gallia County Prosecutor’s Office has decided to file a felonious assault charge against the teenager. The suspect is awaiting transport to a juvenile detention center. The sheriff’s office said the victim was flown to Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, W.Va., and is currently undergoing cat scans to determine damage. He was reportedtly in stable condition and was expected to be released. Ag educator documents crop damage Contributed article OHIO VALLEY — Marcus McCartney, agriculture and natural resources educator from The Ohio State University Extension-Meigs County, has been extremely busy this summer. Much of his time has been spent documenting the effects of extreme wet weather conditions in Meigs County and the area he refers to as the Racine Locks and Dam Peninsula. The role of the county extension agent is to help residents create profitable, sustainable farms and a clean environment. Among the many responsibilities of the job are training local farmers in proper methods of fertilizer and pesticide applications, answering questions and providing assistance for concerns throught the year. According to the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Lakin loamy fine sand soil series found in the Ohio River Valley is listed as “excessively drained.” Due to OHIO EXPERIENCES WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD By Marcus McCartney For the Times-Sentinel Courtesy photo When conditions are favorable for disease development, lesions become numerous and plants defoliate, reducing both fruit quantity and quality. Fruit on defoliated plants are subject to sunscald. the amount of rainfall events in June and July, pounding and flooding occurred in those highly drainable soils. The result was extreme crop damage in the affected areas, and McCarney was there to assist farmers in any way he could. See DAMAGE | 6A POMEROY — Farmers in Meigs are suffering significant yield losses due to the extreme weather the area has experience this summer. Ohio just finished one of the wettest Junes on record. While obtaining a precipitation report for May and June from the Racine Locks and Damn, Kim Johnson, NPR, pointed out that June was the highest monthly total of precipitation recorded for several years. The heavy rainfall, consistently wet weather, and cool temperatures are creating serious problems in the fields. A few major problems include, but not limited to: saturated and flooded fields, bacteria and fungus explosions, rapid weed growth and leaching of field nutrients. Getting into the field to combat these major problems is proving to be extremely difficult due to compaction issues and pesticides applications washing off from the constant rain events. See RECORD | 6A �LOCAL 2A Sunday, August 2, 2015 Sunday Times-Sentinel OBITUARIES EVELYN E. HOLLON WILLIAM I. CARGO GALLIPOLIS — William I. “Bill” Cargo, 87, Gallipolis, passed away Friday, July 31, 2015, at Holzer Assisted Living, Gallipolis. He was born Sept. 9, 1926, in Pittsburgh, Pa., to the late Edward and Mary “Mildred” (Ingles) Cargo. Bill spent his life in service, beginning in 1943 in the U.S. Navy and graduated in 1947 from The Ohio State University, Columbus, as the first ROTC graduate to be commissioned in the U.S. Marine Corp. He served and was a veteran of World War II, Korean War and the Vietnam War, continuing in the Corp Reserves as a lieutenant colonel before retirement. Bill was a civil engineer who owned and operated BCW, Chillicothe, and was very proud of the bridges in and around the Chillicothe area that he designed. After selling the business, he worked for the Ross County Engineers Office until retirement in 2004. He was a field trial judge and raised Irish setters, two of which were runners-up of the National Championship two years in a row. Bill was an avid tennis player, continuing to play until the age of 85, and a woodworker who enjoyed making furniture for his family and others. His memberships include the Gallipolis Lions Club, American Legion 27 in Gallipolis, Marine Corp League 26, NRA, Ohio State Alumni and the Gallia County Veterans Service Funeral Detail. Bill was very active in many areas throughout his life and was very well liked and respected by all who worked and knew him. Bill is survived by his wife, Bonnie Woodard Cargo, Gallipolis; children: Stephen Cargo, of New Jersey, Sharon (Bob) Davey, of Ramona, Calif., William James (Pamela) Cargo, of Morrow, Ohio, and Teresa Cargo, of Ramona; stepchildren Yvonne Day, of Columbus, Cynthia Rivera, of Columbus, and Shaleen Mercer, of Gallipolis; five grandchildren: James, Cara, Brian, Erin and Kevin; two great-grandchildren; sister Betty Jo Riggs, of Manistee, Mich.; and several extended family members living in the Chillicothe area. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by wives Eileen Flynn Cargo and Jessie Cargo. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, in the New Life Lutheran Church, 170 New Life Way, Gallipolis, with the Rev. John Jackson officiating. The family invites those in attendance to a luncheon provided immediately following the service. Full Military graveside rites and interment will follow at 3 p.m. in Floral Hills Memory Gardens, U.S. 23, Chillicothe. Friends and family may call McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Wetherholt Chapel, 420 First Ave, Gallipolis, between 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, and again between 10-11 a.m. Wednesday at the church. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Bill’s memory to: New Life Lutheran Church Food Pantry, 170 New Life Way, Gallipolis, OH 45631 or Gallipolis Lions Club, 833 2nd Ave., Gallipolis, OH 45631. Condolences may be sent to www.mccoymoore.com. … Fair Week Special … On Select Items Tawney Jewelers and Studio 60600159 30 % OFF ����6HFRQG�$YHQXH�࢒�*DOOLSROLV��2+�࢒� ��� ��������� 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. 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 ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Julia Schultz, Ext. 2104 jschultz@civitasmedia.com 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 Periodical postage paid at Gallipolis, OH POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Sunday Times-Sentinel, 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631. RACINE — Evelyn E. Hollon, 88, of Racine, passed away Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015. She was born Oct. 12, 1926, in Pomeroy, daughter of the late Joseph Henry Grueser and Felicia Victoria Hielman Grueser. Evelyn was a longtime member of Forest Run United Methodist Church. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Larry and Joyce Hollon, of Racine, and her daughter and son-in-law Linda and Thomas Hamm, of Racine; grandchildren Ryan (Kellie) Hollon, Tiffany Hollon (Brad Parker), Christopher CHANCEY O. HOUCK GALLIPOLIS — Chancey O. Houck, 91, of Gallipolis, passed away Thursday, July 30, 2015, at Holzer Senior Care Center. He was born Dec. 18, 1923, in Gallia County, son of the late Charles O. Houck and Alta Fellure Houck and the stepson of Goldie Myers Houck, who raised him. Chancey married Frances Clark on April 21, 1955, in Gallipolis, and she survives him. He was a World War II army veteran and retired after 37 years at the Gallipolis Developmental Center. Chancey was a member of First Church of the Nazarene, where he enjoyed attending. Surviving are his wife, Frances Houck, of Gallipolis; a daughter, Donna (Nick) Smith, of Galli- Call us at: 740.992.2155 or 740.446.2342 polis; two sons, Dwayne (Angela) Houck, of Gallipolis, and Craig (Lori) Houck, of Delaware, Ohio; five grandchildren, Adam, Andrew and Sara Houck, and Andrea and Becca Houck; and one sister, Lena Clark of Hilliard, Ohio. In addition to his parents and stepmother, Chancey was preceded in death by a sister, Eileen Donnally; and four brothers, Farrell, Loren, Dean and Charles Lee Houck. Services will be 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015, at Willis Funeral Home with Pastor Gene Harmon officiating. Burial will follow in Centenary Cemetery. Friends may call between 1-3 p.m. Sunday. Please visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send e-mail condolences. MARY F. MCANGUS POMEROY — Mary F. McAngus, of Pomeroy, passed away Thursday, July 30, 2015, at the Overbrook Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Middleport. She was born Nov. 18, 1934, in Pomeroy, to the late Aloysuis and Ethel (Hysell) Grueser. Mary graduated from Pomeroy High School in 1952. She worked as a customer service rep for Peoples Bank in Pomeroy. She retired from Western and Southern Life Insurance as the district administrator for 22 years. She served several terms on Pomeroy City Council and became the mayor of Pomeroy. She was a lifetime member of the Pomeroy Church of Christ, enjoyed sewing, knitting, crocheting, and was an avid Buckeyes fan. She is survived by her children Diana (Roger) Coates and Martin “Buddy” (Bonnie) McAngus Jr.; grandchildren John (Janel) Harrison, Amy (Joe Gray) Harrison, Andy (Danielle) McAngus, Marissa McAngus, Tyler McAngus and Amanda (Ryan) Dill; great-grandchildren Wesley, Morgan, Caitlin, Chelsea, Dalton, Makenna, Brylee, Allyson, Alyssa, Ryan, Jenna, and Carly; sister Dorothy Urban; aunt Margaret Wyatt; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Martin A. McAngus; brothers Jack and Abe Grueser and Aaron “Bo” Hysell; and sistersin-law Sue Grueser and Irene Bailey. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015, at Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy with Pastor Arland King officiating. Burial will follow in Beech Grove Cemetery. Funeral Services will be 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 3, 2015, at the funeral home. An online registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel.com. MEIGS COMMUNITY CALENDAR SUNDAY, AUG. 2 POMEROY —Brian Free and Assurance will be in concert starting at 6 p.m. at Hillside Baptist Church, located at 39724 State Route 143 in Pomeroy, outside under the arch building. Admission is free, love offerings accepted. Seating is available and you may also bring chairs. For more information call 740-508-1974. MONDAY, AUG. 3 Have story ideas or suggestions? (Anita) Hamm and Philip (Julie) Hamm; nine greatgrandchildren; sister Helen (Ed) Oberholzer, of Albany, Ohio; special nephew Jim Herber; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Edison Hollon; and her sisters Edna Herber and Freda Grueser. Graveside funeral services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, at Gilmore Cemetery with Pastor Wesley Thoene officiating. A registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel. com. POMEROY —The regular meeting of the Meigs County Library Board will be held at 3:30 p.m. at the Pomeroy Library. LETART TOWNSHIP — The regular meeting of Letart Township will be 5 p.m. in the Letart Township Building. SYRACUSE — Sutton Township Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. at the Syracuse Municipal Building. OLIVE TOWNSHIP — The Olive Township Trustees will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the township garage on Joppa Road. WILLIAM MILSTEAD THE PLAINS — William R. Milstead, 82, of The Plains died Thursday July 30, 2015, at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus. Born Aug. 23, 1933, in Princeton, W.Va., he was the son of the late Wiley Read Milstead and Lucille Pine Milstead. He was a baker with the Evans Grocery Co. and Stan Evan Grocery in Gallipolis and Columbus. He was a member of the The Plains United Methodist Church and the Gallipolis Kiwanis Club. He and his family have been residents of Athens area for 29 years. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. William is survived by his wife of 53 years, Nellie Kuhn Milstead; a son and daughter-in-law, Roger and Misty Milstead, of Athens; three grandchildren, Sarah, Isabella and Willow Milstead; two brothers, Phillip (Ida) Milstead, of Point Pleasant, W.Va., and Robert (Carol) Milstead, of St. Albans, W.Va.; and several nieces and nephews. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Lewis Milstead; and his father and mother-in-law Charles and Elsie May Kuhn. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 3, 2015, at The Plains United Methodist Church with the Rev. Doug Flinn officiating. Graveside service and burial will be 2 p.m. Monday in Mound Hill Cemetery, Gallipolis. Friends may call Jagers & Sons Funeral Home, Athens, between 6-8 p.m. Sunday. Military rites will be conducted at the cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to The Plains United Methodist Church, 3 N. Plains Rd., The Plains, OH 45780 or Appalachian Community VNA, Hospice & Health Services Inc., 30 Herrold Ave., Athens, OH 45701. Please share a memory, a note of condolence or sign the online register book at www.jagersfuneralhome.com. JEAN REYNOLDS COLUMBUS — Jean Reynolds, 90, of Columbus, passed away Monday, July 27, 2015, at MayFair Village. She was born May 26, 1925, in Cheshire, daughter of the late Leith J. and Lorena Hooper Reynolds. In addition to her parents, Jean was preceded in death by her sister, Alberta King. She retired from the Columbus Public School System as a teacher with many years of service. Jean was passionate about Columbus Metro Parks and volunteered for more than 25 years. She is survived by her sister, Dorothy Todd. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Columbus Metro Parks, 1069 W. Main St., Westerville, OH 43081. Arrangements have been entrusted to Newcomer Funeral Home NE Chapel, 3047 E. DublinGranville Rd. Columbus. To leave a special message for the family, please visit www.NewcomerColumbus.com. DEATH NOTICES COMBS CHESAPEAKE, Ohio — Gina Michelle Combs, 43, of Chesapeake, passed away Friday, July 31, 2015, at King’s Daughters Medical Center, Ashland, Ky. Private family services will be held. Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville, Ohio, is in charge of arrangements. DOSS HENDERSON, W.Va. — Sharon Lynn (Caudill) Doss, 72, of Henderson, passed away Friday, July 31, 2015. Service at 1 p.m., Monday, Aug. 3, 2015, at Concord Baptist Church, Henderson. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be at the church from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday. Arrangements by Crow-Hussell Funeral Home. KAZEE SOUTH POINT, Ohio — Paul Jennings Kazee Jr., 60, of South Point, passed away Friday, July 31, 2015. Funeral service will be 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville, Ohio. Burial will follow in Rome Cemetery, Proctorville. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. LEE PROCTORVILLE, Ohio — Robert Alan Lee Jr., 68, of Proctorville, passed away Wednesday, July 29, 2015, at St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington, W.Va. Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville. Visitation will be 10-11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. LEWIS VINTON — Gary L. Lewis, 78, Vinton, passed away Thursday, July 30, 2015, at Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis. Graveside services will be 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 3, 20015, at the Vinton Memorial Park. Burial will follow. Family and friends may call at McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton between noon and 1 p.m. Monday. THACKER PROCTORVILLE, Ohio — Kenneth H. Thacker, 80, of Proctorville, passed away Friday, July 31, 2015. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 3, 2015, at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville, Ohio. Burial will follow in Miller Memorial Gardens, Miller, Ohio. Visitation is 6-8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. www.mydailysentinel.com or www.mydailytribune.com �LOCAL Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, August 2, 2015 3A Stevens entertains at FAC Filing deadline for November elections coming By Lorna Hart lhart@civitasmedia.com Dean Wright | Sunday Times-Sentinel Sam Stevens plays Hot Summer Nights on Thursday at the French Art Colony. He entertains the crowd with a variety of old classics, some among them being Jimmy Buffet songs, as he demonstrates his ability to play the saxophone and keyboard. MEIGS COUNTY — The deadline for filing petitions for the Nov. 3 general election is 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5. Petitions are due at the Meigs County Board of Elections for the following townships: Trustee and fiscal officer for Bedford, Chester, Columbia, Lebanon, Letart, Olive,Orange, Rutland, Salem, Salisbury, Scipio, Sutton. Middleport Village, mayor and two village council positions; Pomeroy Village, mayor and two villlage council positions; Racine Village, mayor and two village council positions, clerktreasurer; Rutland Village, mayor, two village council positions; Syaracuse Village, mayor and two village council positions. Board of Education: Alexander Local, two positions; Eastern Local, three positions; Meigs Local, three positions; Southern Local, two positions. ESC: one position in each of the following: Alexander Local, Eastern Local, Southern and Meigs. Petitions due by Aug. 5 by 4 p.m. in Athens County Board of Elections: ESC AT-LARGE: one position in each of the following: Alexander, Eastern, Meigs, Southern. Lorna Hart can be reached at 740-992-2155 Ext. 2551 GALLIA COMMUNITY CALENDAR Editor’s Note: The Gallia Community Calendar will list event information that is free and open to the public. EVENTS MONDAY, AUG. 3 GALLIPOLIS — Gallipolis Neighborhood Watch will meet at 1:30 p.m. at 518 Second Ave. in the Justice Center conference room. GALLIPOLIS — American Legion Post 27 will not meet because of the fair opening night and members will be there to raise the flag during opening cermonies. Municipal Building, 333 Third Ave., Gallipolis. The meeting room may be accessed through the side entrance door by 2½ Alley. TUESDAY, AUG. 4 THURSDAY, AUG. 6 GALLIPOLIS — Holzer GALLIPOLIS — Sons of the Clinic and Holzer Medical Cen- American Legion Squadron 27 ter retirees will meet for lunch will not meet because of the at noon at Tuscany Cuccini. fair activities. GALLIPOLIS — The GalTUESDAY, AUG. 11 lipolis City Commission will GALLIPOLIS — The meet at 7 p.m. in the Gallipolis Let’s Talk PROTECTING About YOUR FUTURE s 401K Rollovers s Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA’s) s CD’s & Savings s Investment Questions Bossard Memorial Library/ Gallia County District Library Board of Trustees will meet at 5 p.m. at the library. GALLIPOLIS — Gallia County Sheriff Joe Browning’s volunteer group of Traid/S.A.L.T will meet at 1 p.m. in the second floor meeting room of the Gallia County Courthouse. MONDAY, AUG. 17 GALLIPOLIS — American Legion Post 27 will meet at 6 p.m. at the legion home on McCormick Road. TUESDAY, AUG. 18 GALLIPOLIS — Stroke Survivors’ Support Group meeting, 12:30-1:30 p.m., at the Gallia Senior Resource Center, 1165 State Route 160, Gallipolis (next to Gallia County 911 Center). Lunch served at noon. GIVE YOUR LOVED ONES THE SECURITY THAT THEY DESERVE With Investment Products from... www.fbsc.com facebook.com/myfarmersbank twitter.com/MyFarmersBank 740-992-2136 60576703 �LOCAL 4A Sunday, August 2, 2015 Sunday Times-Sentinel Convicted rapist receives five more years By Lorna Hart one count of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. Both victims were under the age of 13 POMEROY — Currently at the time of the abuse. serving a sentence for a rape According to court docuconviction in Gallia County, ments, the defendant was Joshua J. Sparkman, 27, was released from prison in January in Meigs County Court this 2013. The dates of sexual abuse week for sentencing on a parole involving the young girls in violation involving his prior Gallia County, 10 years old and conviction in Meigs County. 11 years old, respectively, at Sparkman had spent four the time of the abuse, began in years in the Ohio Department September 2013, soon after his of Rehabilitation and Correcrelease from prison. tion on a similar conviction Sparkman was sentenced in in Meigs County. On June 1, Gallia County to life with no 2009, the defendant entered eligibility for parole until he a guilty plea to one count of serves 10 years after pleading guilty to one count of rape, a gross sexual imposition and lhart@civitasmedia.com This defendant was first-degree felony, and released from prison in one count of gross sexJanuary 2013. The dates ual imposition, a felony of sexual abuse involvof the third degree. The ing these young girls defendant was given began in September another three years 2013. This defendant on the gross sexual has shown that he canimposition charge with Sparkman not and should not the sentences are to be remain out in the community served consecutively. and that the maximum prison At Sparksman’s Gallia sentencing, Assistant Prosecuting term of life imprisonment is necessary to protect the pubAttorney Eric Mulford said, “This defendant is a repeat sex- lic.” In addition, Sparkman was ual offender based on a prior conviction in Meigs County in classified as a Tier III sexually oriented offender as to the 2009 for gross sexual imposicharge of rape and as a Tier II tion in which this defendant sexually oriented offender as served four years in prison. to the charge of gross sexual imposition. After release from the correctional facility in 2013, the defendant was on probation for five years and classified as a sex offender when the incidents occurred in Gallia. In the Meigs court sentencing on Wednesday for the parole violation, Sparkman received an additional five years to be served consecutively with the Gallia sentence due to the seriousness of the crime, according to Assistant Prosecutor Jeremy Fisher. Lorna Hart can be reached at 740-9922155 Ext. 2551. GALLIA CHURCH CALENDAR SUNDAY, AUG. 2 Pastor Rick Barcus will preach. GALLIPOLIS — Silver Memorial Freewill Baptist Church’s will celebrate its Homecoming. Services start at 10 a.m. with the Rev. Jackie Grimmett and special singing with the Grimmetts Family from Logan, W.Va. GALLIPOLIS — Macedonia Community Church, 6 p.m., Noah Searls will be preaching and The Canterbury Family will be singing. GALLIPOLIS — Faith Valley Community Church, Gallipolis, will celebrate Homecoming. GALLIPOLIS — “Heroes 4 Higher” at the First Church of the Nazarene, 1110 First Ave., Gallipolis, has been canceled. It will be rescheduled for a later date. GALLIPOLIS — “First Light” Worship in the Family Life Center, 9 a.m.; Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Worship, 10:45 a.m.; Evening Worship, 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. ADDISON — Sunday School, 10 WEDNESDAY, AUG. 5 a.m.; evening service, 6 p.m., with GALLIPOLIS — Children’s Minisspecial singing by Fishmen’s Net Youth tries, 6:45 p.m.; Youth “Impact 127,” Choir, Addison Freewill Baptist Church. 7 p.m.; Prayer & Praise, 7 p.m.; First Bridge it. However, over the last couple of years, a major aesthetic piece of the From Page 1A bridge has gone dark — namely, the indigo lights. over to the state of West Earlier this year, Virginia by then-Gov. the Sunday TimesTed Strickland to thenSentinel’s sister paper, Gov. Joe Manchin during Point Pleasant Register an event in Pomeroy contacted the West in 2009, though it took Virginia Department a few years before the of Transportation and structure literally went was told the lights from the Buckeye State to were not a priority and the Mountain State. there were no plans to The agreement was repair or replace them. such that Ohio would A spokesperson had build the $65 million said the decision was bridge and West Virginia made to simply cut the would eventually take breaker to the lights since a lot of them were not ownership and maintain functioning — at that time the estimate was around 40 that were not working. The lights don’t provide any safety for drivers and in a time of decreased funding and tight budgets, it seemed to be an issue of fixing roads and bridges versus making them pleasing to look at. Mason County Delegate Scott Cadle (R-13th) has also told the Point Pleasant Register he been working on this issue since March 2014. Cadle said the problem stems from the fact that the lights were obsolete Church of the Nazarene, 1110 First Ave. Barcus will preach. ADDISON — Prayer meeting, 7 p.m., MONDAY AUG. 10 Addison Freewill Baptist Church, with GALLIPOLIS — The First Church of the Rev. Sammy Queen preaching. God, 1723 State Route 141, Gallipolis, FRIDAY, AUG. 7 is having Vacation Bible School (Camp GALLIPOLIS — Gospel in the Park Kilimanjaro) from 5:30-8:30 p.m. for concert series, 7 p.m., special singing children in pre-kindergarten through by Day Spring, Lisa Kemp and New Sal- sixth grade. For more information, may vation. Bring a lawn chair. call (740) 446-4404. SUNDAY, AUG. 9 TUESDAY, AUG. 11 MERCERVILLE — “Almost There” will be singing at Dickey Chapel Church, and preaching will be Jimmy Dillon. Service will begins at 6 p.m. ADDISON — Sunday School, 10 a.m.; evening service, 6 p.m., Addison Freewill Baptist Church. Pastor Rick GALLIPOLIS — The First Church of God, 1723 State Route 141, Gallipolis, is having Vacation Bible School (Camp Kilimanjaro) from 5:30-8:30 p.m. for children in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. For more information, may call (740) 446-4404. shortly after the bridge opened. In addition, the company providing the lights, Hadco, was bought out by another company, Phillips. A history of the Bridge of Honor: The original estimate for the Bridge of Honor was $45.8 million ($3 million under the estimate) but over 118 change orders later and that price ended up at $65 million. The original contract to build the bridge was signed April 24, 2003, with the original completion date being Aug. 31, 2006. The majority of the increase over the years came from the slip on the Ohio side which required a major redesign. The Bridge of Honor ended up opening to traffic on Dec. 30, 2008. Nearly six years in the making, the Ohio Department of Transportation managed the project while CJ Mahan Construction Co. of Grove City, Ohio, in a joint venture with National Engineering and Contracting Co. from Strongsville, Ohio, worked on constructing the bridge that saw its fair share of challenges that, at times, seemed stranger than fiction, though all were met in the end. There was the slip on the Ohio side that required additional engineering and support; the substandard concrete on the West Virginia tower ultimately had to be dismantled and poured again; a layer of shale was found on the hillside above the Ohio approach requiring additional excavation work near the bridge’s retaining wall; and unforeseen equipment delays resulted in no work being done on the bridge’s span for nine months. Other facts about the Bridge of Honor include: The aviation lights on the top of each tower are in different United States aerospace regions. The red light on the West Virginia side is in the Washington, D.C., aerospace region while the light on the Ohio side is in the St. Louis aerospace region. In addition, the piers go 90 feet below the river surface with the top of the tower being 248.5 feet above the water and 168 feet above the roadway. There were 120 miles of cable used on the structure, as well as 16 miles of longitudinal deck tendons and 6.9 million pounds of rebar. The tubes that house the cable have spirals on their exteriors to combat ice and wind. Inside these tubes may be as many as 27, 31 and 61 strands of 5/8-inch cable, with the larger amount of cable being placed toward the center of the bridge. The width of the bridge is 74.08 feet, compared to the width of the old Pomeroy Mason Bridge which has a 20-foot span from curb to curb. The bridge is 1,852.51 feet long while the existing bridge is 1,847.75 long. The Bridge of Honor also required more than 15,000 cubic yards of concrete — enough to fill four Olympic-size pools. Editor’s note: Mindy Kearns also contributed to this article. Reach Beth Sergent at bsergent@ civitasmedia.com or on Twitter @ BSergentWrites. Thefts From Page 1A Cardillo suggested individuals take photos to help in search efforts to recover lost animals, especially if an owner suspects a theft to have occurred. The Gallia County Sheriff’s Office and Gallipolis Police Department told the Tribune if a citizen suspects their animal was stolen, to file a report with law enforcement and law enforcement officials would proceed to investigate the case as they would any other theft. Cardillo recommends owners attempt to have microchip ID’s placed in their animals to help prevent the grey area discussions that can accompany discovered animals and their ownership status. Microchip ID’s can cost around $50 on a veterinary visit. They are normally injected between an animal’s shoulder blades. Various institutions offer special incentives or lower pricing for microchip ID’s at times, depending on season and circumstance. 60600046 Dean Wright can be reached at (740) 446-2342, Ext. 2103. �E ditorial 5A Sunday, August 2, 2015 Sunday Times-Sentinel THEIR VIEW Kasich has tailor-made résumé for GOP Contributed article People from outside the Buckeye state ask the same question: Does Ohio Gov. John Kasich really have the name recognition nationally to win the presidency? Our answer: No, he doesn’t have the national name recognition right now. That’s why his presidential bid should be taken seriously. This is one of those times when being an unknown candidate early in the campaign can be a good thing, a la Bill Clinton in 1992. If you have a hard time putting your arms around that thought, just look at the two most popular names in the GOP cast of 16 hopefuls — Donald Trump and Jeb Bush. Then keep in mind that winning the presidency is all about capturing the votes of independents. Can these two accomplish that? We think not. While Trump has a double-digit lead over the nearest Republican candidate in the most recent Washington Post/ABC poll, his candidacy is more of a novelty in an otherwise politically boring summer. Independent voters are unlikely to choose as their next president a billionaire who has never stepped into a dollar store or has any idea what a gallon of milk or a bottle of beer costs. Bush, meanwhile, is a likeable guy and a good-hearted politician from a politically savvy family. That could get him the GOP nomination; however, chances of a Bush III presidency are remote. We think voters are looking for somebody new from both Republicans and Democrats. In that regard, Kasich’s résumé is seemingly tailor-made for Republicans wishing to break from the status quo. He’s a moderate-to-conservative candidate who could win over enough independent voters to capture the presidency. Kasich is the son of a mailman, growing up on the outskirts of Pittsburgh’s steel country. That bluecollar upbringing has made an impact on his normally conservative ideology to the point he disregarded Ohio’s Republican-controlled legislature and accepted Medicaid expansion. He said his decision was about “compassionate conservatism,” explaining that without the money, he could not find funding for those in need — the mentally ill, the drug addicted and the poor. “I cannot disregard people who need our help the most. It’s unconscionable. I won’t do it,” he said in a stop at The Lima News last fall. Kasich often invokes comments about his faith when explaining his decision-making, something that plays well in a party where one’s religious convictions are important. He’ll tell you his faith got him through one of the most trying times of his life, when in 1987, both of his parents were killed by a drunken driver. It’s also been a cornerstone of his raising two teenage daughters. At age 63, he’s neither too old nor too young to be president, and he has some Reaganesque qualities. He’s sharp with the wit and knows how to work the camera, given his years as a political analyst on Fox television. And like the patron saint of the Republican Party, he’s a budget hawk who’s not afraid to speak his mind. His bluntness and candor have been a gift and a curse. In the middle of a meeting, Kasich once scolded a BP employee, asking if the employee knew why oil and gas companies have a bad reputation? “Because they deserve it,” Kasich shouted. As he steps in the glare of the national spotlight, Kasich can point to his successful tenure in both the public and private sectors. Elected to the U.S. House at just 30 years old, after having become the youngest state senator in Ohio history, Kasich developed a reputation as a budget and deficit hawk in Washington, D.C., serving as House Budget Committee chairman, where he was successful in working with Clinton to balance the federal budget for the first time since 1969. He was also a member of the House Armed Services Committee, giving him an insight into the military many other candidates lack. The Ohio governor is a formidable political talent with a solidly conservative record. So don’t be surprised if he takes off in the polls. 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 Supporting our youth, protecting our future By Marcus Geiger Guest Columnist Social Security serves a person for life — from birth, to death, and even beyond, by helping to care for surviving dependents. When a parent becomes disabled or dies, Social Security benefits help to stabilize the family’s financial future in an otherwise turbulent time. And we pay benefits to adults and children. In July, the world celebrates World Youth Day. Social Security is no stranger to helping children in need. Every year, about 4.4 million children receive monthly benefits because one or both of their parents are disabled, retired, or deceased. Those benefits help with their day-to-day needs. In addition, Social Security provides vital income for disabled children, including people disabled since childhood, through our Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program and our Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. To qualify for children’s benefits under the SSDI program, the applicant must be the child of a parent entitled to benefits and meet Social Security’s strict definition of disability. He or she must have a physical or mental condition, or a combination of disabling conditions, that seriously limits his or her daily activities and is expected to last for at least 12 months or result in death. The SSI program provides payments to blind or disabled children who live in households with low income and limited resources if they meet our strict definition of disability. You can find more information on eligibility requirements by visiting our website at www. socialsecurity.gov. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. The ADA ensures equal opportunity for and equal treatment of people with disabilities at school, in work places, in commercial facilities, and through the services available from state and local government agencies. The ADA requires that government agencies communicate with Americans who have disabilities in the way that fits their needs. This legislation shows our nation’s commitment to all people, despite their physical and mental disabilities. Since the ADA’s inception, Social Security has been and continues to be at the forefront, providing accommodations for disabled beneficiaries and employees. It’s a natural part of who we are as an agency. If you think your child may qualify for children’s benefits, you can apply by calling Social Security toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778) or by visiting your local Social Security office. You can also read our publication, Benefits for Children, at www. socialsecurity.gov/pubs. Marcus Geiger is Social Security district manager in Gallipolis. TODAY IN HISTORY... Today is Sunday, August 2, the 214th day of 2015. There are 151 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 2, 1985, 137 people were killed when Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 Tristar, crashed while attempting to land at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. On this date: In 1776, members of the Continental Congress began attaching their signatures to the Declaration of Independence. In 1876, frontiersman “Wild Bill” Hickok was shot and killed while playing poker at a saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, by Jack McCall, who was later hanged. In 1923, the 29th president of the United States, Warren G. Harding, died in San Francisco; Vice President Calvin Coolidge became president. In 1934, German President Paul von Hindenburg died, paving the way for Adolf Hitler’s complete takeover. In 1939, Albert Einstein signed a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt urging creation of an atomic weapons research program. President Roosevelt signed the Hatch Act, which prohibited civil service employees from taking an active part in political campaigns. In 1943, during World War II, U.S. Navy boat PT-109, commanded by Lt. (jg) John F. Kennedy, sank after being rammed in the middle of the night by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri off the Solomon Islands. Two crew members were killed. In 1945, President Harry S. Truman, Soviet leader Josef Stalin and Britain’s new prime minister, Clement Attlee, concluded the Potsdam conference. In 1964, the destroyer USS Maddox suffered light damage during a skirmish with North Vietnamese patrol torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin. (This and an alleged second incident two days later led to congressional approval of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution that propelled America deep into war.) In 1974, former White House counsel John W. Dean III was sentenced to one to four years in prison for obstruction of justice in the Watergate coverup. (Dean ended up serving four months.) In 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait, seizing control of the oil-rich emirate. (The Iraqis were later driven out in Operation Desert Storm.) Ten years ago: An Air France jetliner from Paris skidded off a runway while landing at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport during a storm and burst into flames; all 309 people aboard survived. President George W. Bush signed a free trade pact with six Latin American countries known as CAFTA. American freelance journalist Steven Vincent was found shot to death in Basra, Iraq, after being abducted by armed men. Five years ago: President Barack Obama, addressing the Disabled American Veterans in Atlanta, said the U.S. would leave Iraq “as promised and on schedule,” portraying the end of America’s combat role in the 7-year war as a personal promise kept. Actress Lindsay Lohan was released from a Los Angeles jail after serving 14 days of a 90-day sentence for violating her probation in a 2007 drug case. The Washington Post Co. announced that billionaire Sidney Harman would buy Newsweek for $1 and assume the magazine’s debts. One year ago: Dr. Kent Brantly, the first Ebola victim to be brought to the United States from Africa, was safely escorted into a specialized isolation unit at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, where he recovered from the disease. Author Billie Letts, 76, died in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Former CBS News President Ed Joyce, 81, died in Redding, Connecticut. Today’s Birthdays: Actor Nehemiah Persoff is 96. Former Sen. Paul Laxalt, R-Nev., is 93. Rock musician Garth Hudson (The Band) is 78. Movie director Wes Craven is 76. Singer Kathy Lennon (The Lennon Sisters) is 72. Actor Max Wright is 72. Actress Joanna Cassidy is 70. Actress Kathryn Harrold is 65. Actor Butch Patrick (TV: “The Munsters”) is 62. Rock music producer/drummer Butch Vig (Garbage) is 60. Singer Mojo Nixon is 58. Actress Victoria Jackson is 56. Actress Apollonia is 56. Actress Cynthia Stevenson is 53. Actress Mary-Louise Parker is 51. Rock musician John Stanier is 47. Writer-actor-director Kevin Smith is 45. Actor Sam Worthington is 39. Figure skater Michael Weiss is 39. Actor Edward Furlong is 38. Rock musician Devon Glenn is 35. Singer Charli XCX is 23. Actress Hallie Eisenberg is 23. �LOCAL 6A Sunday, August 2, 2015 Sunday Times-Sentinel Damage documenting issues farmers were experiencing. His report was given to From Page 1A the Farm Service Agency, which is part of the U.S. Working in a position Department of Agriculthat is currently only partture. The agency serves time, McCartney is tasked farmers, ranchers and with a county that has a agricultural partners in diverse agricultural offeran effort to provide effecing and spends many hours tive, efficient agricultural researching and answerprograms. One of its roles ing questions posed by is to provide assistance individual farmers. While for natural disaster losses other counties throughout caused by “drought, the state may only have Courtesy photos flood, fire, freeze, tornawheat and corn crops, AT LEFT, while this tomato may be edible, cracks are considered blemishes to many consumers. AT RIGHT, mold formed under does, pest infestation and Meigs County has everywatermelons after the water receded. other calamities.” thing from wheat and corn The Ohio Farm Bureau to soybeans, tomatoes, also received a copy, peppers, melons, squash, which provided them cucumbers, green beans, with infomation that can eggplant, berries, apples be used to potentially and peaches, all in several develop more effective varieties. This requires ways of addressing wet more time to assess probweather conditions. lems when they arise than Many farmers will be when crops are restricted applying for assistance to only a few. this year, and McCartney McCartney considers said his documentation himself an advocate for may be useful in determinfarmers and has visited the ing the extent and causes area numerous times over of this year’s crop damage. the past two months. With ABOVE, this cantelope failed to fully develop due to flooding. AT the information he gathLEFT, properly developed cabbage has tight leaf layers instead of Lorna Hart can be reached at 740the pictured cabbage with loosely rolled heads. ered, he produced a report 992-2155 Ext. 2551 Record ticularly up and down the Ohio River. One area which has been hit hard is the Racine Locks and Dam peninsula, where some From Page 1A of the larger producers in the county are located. The damage has not been isolated According to OSU fruit and vegetable to only one or two farms, but most if not all specialist Brad Bergefurd, “These wet field farms across the entire peninsula area. conditions have prevented side-dress appliThe fruits and vegetable producers have cations, herbicide spraying, fungicide and also been experiencing another problem insecticide applications, cultivation, planting in addition to field damage and diseases: and ground preparation. These wet condiunsaleable produce. Producers have been tions have caused severe flood damage, undergoing short windows to harvest onset of disease and flush of weed growth.” available produce. Much of the produce in Professor Sally Miller, Ohio State Unithe field has become waterlogged, causing versity Department of Plant Pathology, aesthetic problems such as blemishes and explains that keeping ahead of diseases cracks, marketing and transportation issues. is important, but any efforts to manage Although the produce is perfectly edible, them can be undone by long periods of wet it is still being rejected due to aesthetic weather, when it is particularly important to reasons. As a result, customers are reducing and cutting orders. For example, one farmer keep a tight schedule of fungicide applicaexperienced a 1,200 box (10 pounds/box) tions. Meigs County farmers are applying order cut from a major grocery store chain fungicide with little or no success due to due to aesthetics. these long periods of rain. In Meigs County, not only corn, soybeans Marcus McCartney is agriculture and natural resources and hay crop are suffering, but also the fruit educator from The Ohio State University Extensionand vegetable producers in the county, par- Meigs County. LOCAL STOCKS BBT (NYSE) —40.27 Peoples (NASDAQ) — 21.04 Pepsico (NYSE) — 96.35 Premier (NASDAQ) — 15.11 Rockwell (NYSE) — 116.78 Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) — 18.16 Royal Dutch Shell — 57.48 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) — 21.55 Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 71.98 Wendy’s (NYSE) — 10.26 WesBanco (NYSE) — 33.22 Worthington (NYSE) — 27.06 Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. ET closing quotes of transactions July 31, 2015, 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. Do your part! Recycle this newspaper! TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 64° 82° 79° Mostly cloudy and humid today. A shower or heavy t-storm tonight. High 87° / Low 63° 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. 87° 59° 86° 65° 100° in 1999 53° in 1936 Precipitation (in inches) Friday Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date 0.00 7.97 4.55 33.60 26.51 SUN & MOON Today 6:30 a.m. 8:39 p.m. 10:07 p.m. 9:03 a.m. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Last New First Full SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for fish and game. Major 1:44a 2:45a 3:46a 4:46a 5:42a 6:36a 7:27a Minor 7:58a 8:59a 10:00a 10:59a 11:56a 12:22a 1:14a Major 2:12p 3:13p 4:13p 5:12p 6:09p 7:03p 7:54p POLLEN & MOLD Moderate High Very High Lucasville 87/63 Primary: grasses, ragweed Mold: 2517 Moderate High Very High Portsmouth 87/63 Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services AIR QUALITY 44 Minor 8:26p 9:26p 10:27p 11:26p ---12:50p 1:41p WEATHER HISTORY Aug. 2, 1975, was a hot day in New England. The temperature reached 100 degrees at Nantucket Island, Mass., for the first time on record and soared to 104 at Providence, R.I., setting a new state record. 300 500 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. Flood 24-hr. Location Stage Level Chg. Willow Island 37 13.00 +0.40 Marietta 34 15.71 +0.17 Parkersburg 36 20.93 -0.20 Belleville 35 12.35 -0.20 Racine 41 13.01 +0.06 Point Pleasant 40 25.24 +0.08 Gallipolis 50 13.13 -0.18 Huntington 50 25.41 -0.34 Ashland 52 34.90 -0.03 Lloyd Greenup 54 12.62 -0.42 Portsmouth 50 16.40 -0.40 Maysville 50 34.60 +0.20 Meldahl Dam 51 14.80 -1.20 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 Let’s Talk About Your THURSDAY 84° 65° Partly sunny and humid with a t-storm 82° 56° Partly sunny and humid Times of clouds and sun Marietta 86/63 Murray City 85/62 Belpre 86/63 Athens 85/62 83° 57° Mostly sunny Today St. Marys 87/65 Parkersburg 86/66 Coolville 86/62 Elizabeth 87/65 Spencer 86/64 Buffalo 86/63 Milton 87/64 Clendenin 87/63 St. Albans 87/64 Huntington 85/64 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s 100s Seattle 91/64 90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s 10s San Francisco 0s 73/61 -0s -10s Los Angeles 84/67 T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front SATURDAY NATIONAL CITIES Ironton 86/62 Ashland 85/62 Grayson 86/64 FRIDAY 80° 64° Wilkesville 84/65 POMEROY Jackson 86/64 87/62 Ravenswood Rio Grande 87/64 87/62 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 85/66 GALLIPOLIS 87/63 87/64 86/64 South Shore Greenup 87/64 86/62 Primary pollutant: Particulates Logan 85/63 McArthur 86/62 Waverly 86/63 Pollen: 9 0 50 100 150 200 Aug 6 Aug 14 Aug 22 Aug 29 Today Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme Low Some sun with a shower or thunderstorm Adelphi 86/64 Chillicothe 86/66 WEDNESDAY 86° 66° Partly sunny with a t-storm in spots 1 Low MOON PHASES TUESDAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Primary: cladosporium Mon. 6:31 a.m. 8:38 p.m. 10:45 p.m. 10:14 a.m. MONDAY 87° 64° ALMANAC High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM Charleston 86/65 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Winnipeg 73/50 Minneapolis 84/60 Billings 93/61 Toronto 85/67 Chicago 87/67 Denver 92/62 Detroit 85/68 Montreal 80/65 New York 88/73 Washington 91/75 Kansas City 91/70 Mon. Hi/Lo/W 88/63/pc 75/60/s 94/72/pc 88/74/s 93/71/pc 94/65/c 91/62/s 87/73/pc 90/64/pc 94/71/pc 81/55/t 82/60/pc 86/64/pc 78/61/t 83/61/t 100/79/s 87/57/t 85/66/pc 81/61/pc 89/77/pc 96/79/s 85/65/t 90/71/pc 105/79/s 99/76/s 85/67/pc 92/71/pc 89/77/t 78/56/pc 94/72/pc 91/77/pc 90/75/s 90/70/s 88/72/t 92/74/pc 110/87/s 81/62/t 82/65/pc 89/72/c 93/73/pc 92/73/pc 88/67/pc 72/60/pc 84/60/pc 96/77/pc EXTREMES FRIDAY National for the 48 contiguous states Atlanta 91/69 High Low El Paso 96/74 Chihuahua 92/65 City Hi/Lo/W Albuquerque 86/64/pc Anchorage 73/57/s Atlanta 91/69/pc Atlantic City 85/74/s Baltimore 89/68/s Billings 93/61/s Boise 102/73/s Boston 85/69/s Charleston, WV 86/65/pc Charlotte 93/69/s Cheyenne 87/59/pc Chicago 87/67/t Cincinnati 88/67/pc Cleveland 87/67/pc Columbus 86/66/pc Dallas 97/76/pc Denver 92/62/s Des Moines 92/65/pc Detroit 85/68/t Honolulu 90/77/pc Houston 100/76/s Indianapolis 87/68/pc Kansas City 91/70/t Las Vegas 101/79/pc Little Rock 97/73/pc Los Angeles 84/67/pc Louisville 91/69/pc Miami 90/78/t Minneapolis 84/60/pc Nashville 91/69/s New Orleans 94/77/pc New York City 88/73/s Oklahoma City 89/69/pc Orlando 90/74/t Philadelphia 89/72/s Phoenix 107/87/pc Pittsburgh 85/68/s Portland, ME 82/63/s Raleigh 91/69/pc Richmond 90/70/s St. Louis 95/75/t Salt Lake City 89/68/t San Francisco 73/61/pc Seattle 91/64/s Washington, DC 91/75/s 118° in Death Valley, CA 32° in West Yellowstone, MT Global High Low Houston 100/76 Monterrey 98/71 GOALS Miami 90/78 124° in Khanaqin, Iraq 4° in Summit Station, Greenland Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. 60576589 AEP (NYSE) — 56.57 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 23.82 Ashland Inc. (NYSE) — 114.32 Big Lots (NYSE) — 43.18 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) — 49.92 BorgWarner (NYSE) — 49.71 Century Alum (NASDAQ) — 9.32 Champion (NASDAQ) — 0.260 City Holding (NASDAQ) — 48.22 Collins (NYSE) —84.62 DuPont (NYSE) — 55.76 US Bank (NYSE) — 45.21 Gen Electric (NYSE) — 26.12 Harley-Davidson (NYSE) — 58.30 JP Morgan (NYSE) — 68.56 Kroger (NYSE) — 39.24 Ltd Brands (NYSE) — 80.72 Norfolk So (NYSE) —84.33 OVBC (NASDAQ) — 22.77 www.fbsc.com 740-992-2136 �Sports Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, August 2, 2015 s Section B Bryant says he’s a changed man By Schuyler Dixon AP Sports Writer OXNARD, Calif. — Dez Bryant took a couple of long pauses, first to search for a way to describe how he has matured and then to find the right word to describe skeptics who think he hasn’t changed at all. The Dallas Cowboys AllPro receiver could relax on the first day of training camp Thursday, thanks to the fiveyear, $70 million contract that was the only reason he was there in the first place. Gus Ruelas | AP And as much as he wants Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant takes questions from members of the media during the first day of NFL training camp Thursday in Oxnard, Calif. The Dallas to show he’s not the same guy Cowboys All-Pro receiver has a new five-year, $70 million contract. known early in his career for legal troubles and sideline antics, Bryant emphasized that money won’t change him after he threatened to skip camp and maybe even regularseason games without the long-term financial security he felt he waited too long to get. “I’m glad that it got done,” said Bryant, last season’s NFL leader with 16 touchdown catches. “I’m excited I’m back with my teammates, and I think the beautiful thing about it all is it doesn’t feel brand new. That’s great. I’m glad that it’s the same.” Even if he says he isn’t. Bryant credited Jay Z’s Roc Nation talent agency with GAHS Football Reserve Seats GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — Reserve seats for the 2015 Gallia Academy football season will go on sale Monday, Aug. 10, for Gallia Academy Athletic Super Boosters. Parents of varsity and junior varsity football players, Gallia Academy band members, and varsity and junior varsity cheerleaders will be able to purchase Reserve Seats on Tuesday, Aug. 11. Reserve seats for the general public will be available on Wednesday, Aug. 12. The price will be $25 per ticket. Tickets may be purchased in the Athletic Director’s office at Gallia Academy High School between the hours of 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Gallia Academy Athletic Super Boosters will be limited to 10 tickets purchased on the first day of sales. After the first day, there will be no limit on the number of tickets that may be purchased. By Doug Ferguson Associated Press Mason County senior sports passes POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Mason County Board of Education is offering sports passes for senior citizens over the age of 65. The pass is $25 and is good for all home sporting events for the 2015-16 season. Passes are available at the Mason County School Board office Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. CENTENARY, Ohio — The Gallia Academy golf team will be holding tryouts beginning Saturday, Aug. 1, with the first session occurring at the GAHS campus at 9 a.m. Any boy or girl entering grades 9-12 that is interested in competing for the Blue Devils this fall are asked to contact coach Mark Allen at 740-645-3569. You must contact Coach Allen prior to the first session if you wish to play. RVMS football practice BIDWELL, Ohio — River Valley will start its middle school football on Monday, August 10, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at RVMS. Students must have an up to date physical in order to participate. Helmet fitting will be August 11, starting 10 a.m. at RVMS. GAMS football practice GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — Gallia Academy will hold its first mandatory middle school football practices from 8 a.m. until 10 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 3, through Friday, Aug. 7, at Memorial Field. Students must have an up to date physical in order to participate. Call Coach Patterson at 740-7091490 if unable to attend. RVMS volleyball practice BIDWELL, Ohio — River Valley Middle School’s volleyball will begin on August 10, with the eighth grade going from 8 a.m. to noon, and the seventh grade going from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Southern Girls Basketball Golf Scramble MASON, W.Va. — The Southern girls basketball program will be hosting a benefit golf scramble at the Riverside Golf Club on Saturday, August See BRIEFS | 6B See BRYANT | 6B PGA Tour presents packed schedule OVP SPORTS BRIEFS GAHS varsity golf tryouts helping him refine his communication skills, although it was still hard for him to illustrate how they did it. Bryant’s representatives also had to work to get a deal with the Cowboys until the final hours before a July 15 deadline that would have forced him to play under a one-year deal, or not at all. “They gave me a boost of confidence. And I thank them,” the 26-year-old said. “I’m cautious in a good way about the moves that I make.” Bryant occasionally showed frustration on Twitter about how long it was taking for a John Minchillo | AP Pittsburgh Pirates’ Starling Marte, left, runs to first on a game-winning RBI-single off Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Jumbo Diaz, right, to drive home Francisco Cervelli in the sixth inning Friday, in Cincinnati. The Pirates won 5-4. Pirates’ hold 5-4 win over Reds By Joe Kay with A.J. Burnett going on the disabled list. The Pirates also picked up infielder Michael Morse from Los CINCINNATI — Andrew McCutch- Angeles, giving them a platoon option en hit another homer at Great Ameri- at first base to complement left-handcan Ball Park, and Pittsburgh’s rebuilt ed slugger Pedro Alvarez. bullpen was shaky but delivered on The next task: Finally win one in Friday night, holding on for a 5-4 vic- Cincinnati. tory over the Cincinnati Reds. Locke gave up three runs in the secThe Pirates got their first win of ond inning, highlighted by Ivan DeJethe season in Cincinnati — they’d sus Jr.’s two-run homer. McCutchen been 0-4 — and finished July with a tied it 3-3 with his 15th homer off 17-9 record, the best in the National Lorenzen, who fell to 0-4 in his last League. six starts. McCutchen also homered McCutchen connected off Michael during the All-Star Game at GABP on Lorenzen (3-6), and Jung Ho Kang July 14 and has eight homers in his had three doubles and drove in a run last 23 games there. to support Jeff Locke (6-6). The leftJumbo Diaz relieved Lorenzen hander lasted five innings and turned with the bases loaded in the sixth it over to the rebuilt bullpen. and threw a wild pitch that let in the Former Tigers closer Joakim Soria go-ahead run. Marte followed with an arrived a few hours before the game RBI single for a 5-3 lead. and slipped into his new role as setup Byrd hit a solo homer off Jared man. He loaded the bases with two Hughes in the sixth. outs in the seventh — a pair of walks got him in trouble — but snagged TRAINER’S ROOM Brayan Pena’s liner over his head to Pirates: Marte was hit on the left end the threat. hand by a pitch in the second inning Mark Melancon needed two good and remained doubled over in pain for defensive plays by left fielder Starling several minutes before staying in the Marte in the ninth to keep his clubgame. He was 1 for 4. record save streak intact — now 31 in Reds: RF Jay Bruce got a day of rest. a row. He gave up a single to Brandon UP NEXT Phillips and walked Joey Votto with Pirates: Gerrit Cole is 9-2 with a one out. Todd Frazier singled to left, but Marte nailed Phillips at the plate. 2.15 ERA in his last 12 starts. He pitched one inning in relief during the Marte then made a diving catch of Marlon Byrd’s liner, preserving Melan- All-Star Game at GABP on July 14. Reds: Rookie Raisel Iglesias makes con’s 33rd save in 34 chances overall. his fourth appearance since returning Before the game, Pittsburgh acquired left-handed starter J.A. Happ from a strained left oblique. He has never faced the Pirates. from Seattle on Friday as a stopgap AP Sports Writer Jordan Spieth might have no choice but to miss the John Deere Classic next year. It’s the same week as the Olympics. The PGA Tour released Thursday its 2015-16 schedule, which included several changes because of golf’s return to the Olympics next August in Rio de Janeiro. The Travelers Championship, John Deere Classic and Wyndham Championship will be played during the three-week Olympic window. Spieth chose to play the John Deere Classic this year, even though it was a week before his bid for the third leg of the Grand Slam at the British Open. He not only won the Deere, the 21-year-old Texan missed a playoff by one shot at St. Andrews He also won the John Deere in 2013 to earn his full PGA Tour card. Tournament director Clair Peterson said the John Deere would like to have Spieth back to defend, although “we can think of no better representative of our country” than Spieth at the Rio games. “We have had the privilege of getting to know Jordan over the last four years,” he said. “And next summer the rest of the world will have a chance to get to know him, too.” The Americans can have as many as four players at the Olympics, provided they are among the top 15 in the world ranking. Spieth is No. 2, and he has nearly double the points average over the fifth-ranked American. It’s possible two PGA Tour events during the Olympics will be without a defending champion. Bubba Watson, currently No. 3, won the Travelers. Golf executives had told the International Olympic Committee they wouldn’t hold big events — majors and World Golf Championships — during the Olympics. It was See PGA | 6B �SPORTS 2B Sunday, August 2, 2015 Sunday Times-Sentinel Thomas River Valley softball honored by OHSFSCA maintains lead Staff Report MASON, W.Va. — Chet Thomas still owns a 12-point lead in the 2015 Riverside Senior Men’s Golf League being held every Tuesday at Riverside Golf Club in Mason County. Through 16 weeks of play, Thomas has a total of 195.5 points. Dewey Smith is behind him in second with 183.5 points, while Jimmy Gress is in third place with 171.5 points. A total of 65 players took part in Tuesday’s round, which made 14 foursomes and three teams of three on the course. The low round of the day went to the team of Jim Gress, Charlie Paxton, Jeff Hubbard and Jack Fox, who collectively fired an 11-under par round of 59. A trio of four-man teams shared second place honors with identical rounds of 9-under par 61. The closest to the pin winners were Rex Young on the ninth hole and Jeff Hubbard on No. 14. The current top-10 standings are as follows: Chet Thomas (195.5), Dewey Smith (183.5), Jimmy Gress (171.5), Jay Rees (168.0), Claude Proffitt (164.5), Kenny Pridemore (161.0), Mick Winebrenner and Dave Seamon (159.5), Fred Pyles (158.5) and Buddy Peaytt (152.5). Do we have your attention now? Advertise your business in this space, or bigger Call us at: 992.2155 or 446.2342 Alex Hawley | OVP Sports The River Valley softball team posted the highest weighted grade point average in the state this past year, earning the Lady Raiders recognition from the Ohio High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association. The Silver and Black, who were second a year ago, posted a team weighted GPA of 4.206. River Valley was 11-16 on the diamond this past year. Members of the River Valley softball team are Katie Mares, Alexis Hurt, Chelsea Copley, Amanda Eddy, Laura Hendrick, Cori Williams, Mariah Hurt, Erin Morgan, Reilly Barcus Ashley Gilmore, Isabella Mershon, Natosha Rankin, Sydney Little, Jessica Roush and Tyler George. RVHS was coached by John Copley, Dave Mershon and Todd Kemper. Maybe suspensions were reminder By Jim Naveau was almost as great that the opening inquiry would be about that decision. CHICAGO — Two weeks Nobody saw something ago, there was probably a like, “What do you think 99 percent certainty the about Joey Bosa and three first question Urban Meyer of your other players being would be asked on Day 1 of suspended for the opener?” the Big Ten football media coming. days on Thursday would be But that was the direcwhich of his three quartertion the first question took backs was going to be the when Meyer stepped to the starter. lectern. For the last week, after Bosa, an All-American Braxton Miller announced defensive end and the reignhe would be moving ing Big Ten Defensive Playfrom quarterback to wide er of the Year, along with receiver, the probability wide receivers Jalin Marshall and Corey Smith and H-back Dontre Wilson, will miss the Buckeyes’ opener at Virginia Tech on Sept. 7 for what an Ohio State press release described as a violation of athletic department policies on Thursday morning. Universities are typically vague when they announce suspensions. And Meyer did not shine any more light on the situation than the press release provided. “The way I’ve always done in the past is internal is internal and external is external. If it was a legal something that had to be addressed externally, I’d do that. But it’s a violation of team policies and that’s as far as I’ll go,” he said. The biggest question is how far this will go in terms of affecting OSU in its opener and possibly beyond that. Virginia Tech, of course, was the only team to beat Ohio State last season. This year’s game is at Virginia Tech and the Hokies have 16 starters back from last season’s 7-6 team that put the only blemish on OSU’s record last season with a 35-21 win at Ohio Stadium. Ohio State is attempting jnaveau@civitasmedia.com to become the third college football team in the last 20 years to win back-to-back national championships, something done only by Alabama (2011, 2012) and USC (2003, 2004). This does not appear to be a crushing blow to those hopes. But it is not totally insignificant, either. Bosa, who had 13.5 sacks last season, is the biggest loss. Marshall and Wilson, who combined for nine touchdowns a year ago, could also be missed against Virginia Tech. Not having Bosa concerns Meyer the most at this point. “Obviously, when you lose the big defensive end, who everybody knows where he’s at, that’s big.” While there is no one who can duplicate what Bosa does, the OSU coach is confident the roster is deep enough at wide receiver to weather the storm of losing three pass catchers for the opener. “If we stay healthy throughout training camp with Braxton, Noah Brown, Michael Thomas, Nick Vannett, Johnnie Dixon, Terry McLaurin, Parris Campbell and Curtis Samuel…we recruited pretty well. Now we have to go get them ready to play. I’ll know more as we get going. But I’m not overly concerned at that spot,” Meyer said. Repeating as national champion is never easy. This might have made it just a little harder. But judging by what Meyer said and how he said it, this appears to be just a bump in the road and not even close to a seasonswallowing sink hole. “Everyone deals with stuff. When you’re Ohio State and some of these other big-time programs, stuff becomes a major deal,” he said. While it might have been disappointing to them, like their coach, the Ohio State players at Big Ten media days seemed mostly unworried about the suspensions. “We’re disappointed because we value a high level of accountability, but at the same time you have to realize guys do make mistakes. Nobody is perfect,” linebacker Joshua Perry said. “If you go down our roster and see some of the other players who can step in, it shouldn’t be too worrisome,” he said. Defensive lineman Adolphus Washington proclaimed himself “not at all” worried by the absence of Bosa in the opener. As Perry pointed out, OSU overcame more than this last year when it won a national championship with its No. 3 quarterback. “It was a bit of a different situation but the way that guy (Cardale Jones) stepped up last year when we didn’t have players available was pretty amazing. It just kind of goes to show how we do things around our program, the way we prepare and the expectation level we have for everybody on our team,” he said. Internally and externally, the expectations for Ohio State weren’t changed by the news of the suspensions. But maybe they were a reminder that if this season ends in another national championship, it won’t always be easy. Reach Jim Naveau at 567-242-0414 or on Twitter at @Lima_Naveau. Michael Waltrip Racing co-owner buys share of Ganassi 60594698 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Michael Waltrip Racing co-owner Rob Kauffman has agreed to buy an interest in the race team owned by Chip Ganassi. Kauffman’s defection to Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates means he could bring driver Clint Bowyer with him to the organization. CGR already fields cars for Jamie McMurray and Kyle Larson. MWR fields Sprint Cup teams for Bowyer and David Ragan, who earlier this year replaced Brian Vickers when Vickers was sidelined with recurring blood clots. Kauffman retired at the end of 2012 from Fortress Investment Group, where he was one of three founders. The billionaire also is the chairman of the NASCAR team ownership group, the Race Team Alliance. “The companies will continue to operate separately and compete against each other for the remainder of the 2015 season,” MWR said in Thursday’s statement. “They are also currently evaluating ways to field the most competitive race teams possible to provide an excellent platform for their partners and employees for the 2016 season and beyond.” Kauffman helped save MWR in 2007 when the team had financial issues, and with Kauffman’s financial assistance, it grew into a three-car organization that had a legitimate title contender in Bowyer. MWR was rocked in 2013 in the aftermath of the Richmond scandal and it hasn’t fully recovered. 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Must pass background checks and pre-employment job screening as well as meet driving requirements. This is a part time position. Apply in person 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. M-F at 88 Columbus Rd. Athens, Oh. 740-249-4353. 60592753 Help Wanted General Excavating 60600351 Pictures that have been placed in ads at the Gallipolis Daily Tribune must be picked within 30 days. Any pictures that are not picked up will be discarded. ADVERTISE �SPORTS Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, August 2, 2015 5B Southern youth football camp a success Courtesy photo The Southern football coaching staff had a successful turnout for its 2015 youth football camp, with 41 participants taking part in the 2015 event at Roger Lee Adams Memorial Field. The 41 campers each received a t-shirt and a water bottle during the camp, which ran from July 21-23. The campers focused on offense during Day 1, then switched to defense on Day 2 before focusing on special teams during the finale. The campers also played flag football at the end of each day. The three-day camp was hosted by the SHS coaching staff and players. Giants get RH Leake Big Ten football has more answers from Reds for another playoff run jnaveau@civitasmedia.com CINCINNATI (AP) — After whiffing on Cole Hamels, the San Francisco Giants got starter Mike Leake from the Cincinnati Reds for a pair of prospects on Thursday night. The defending World Series champions acquired one of the hottest pitchers in the majors. The 27-year-old Leake has allowed only two earned runs in his last four starts, all victories. He threw eight innings of four-hit ball in a 4-0 win in St. Louis on Tuesday, completing his sensational month of July. Overall, Leake is 9-5 with a 3.56 ERA in 21 starts this season. “We’ve been exploring and in touch with Cincinnati about Leake since Day 1,” general manager Bobby Evans said. The Giants trail the Dodgers by a half-game in the NL West and currently are in line for the second wild card behind Pittsburgh. The Reds completed the deal following a 15-5 victory over the Pirates on Thursday night. San Francisco has won World Series titles in 2010, ‘12 and ‘14. The Giants thought they needed one more starter to set them up for a down-the-stretch run at another title. They were interested in Hamels, who waived his no-trade clause to consider the Giants. He ultimately went to Texas, and the Giants went after Leake, who was on their “small list” of pitchers they thought could help them, Evans said. “A bittersweet moment,” Leake tweeted early Friday morning “I am extremely thankful to reds organization and will miss teammates, coaches, ballpark folks and most of all the fans.” “I will always have great memories in Cincinnati but looking forward to joining my new teammates and helping Giants try to win another title,” he wrote in a second tweet. The move will affect Tim Hudson, who is 6-8 with a 4.80 ERA and hasn’t gone seven innings in a game since June 3. Hudson won his first championship after 16 major league seasons last year and plans to retire at the end of 2015. “I talked with Tim Hudson’s agent as well as Tim that this move will likely affect his status in the rotation,” Evans said. “I wanted to give Tim a heads-up this likely would affect his status immediately. “He ultimately wants to see this club excel and have success and win. He will do whatever it takes.” The Reds got infielder Adam Duvall and right-hander Keury Mella for Leake, who can become a free agent after the season. The deal came six days after Cincinnati dealt ace Johnny Cueto to Kansas City for three minor league pitchers. The Giants wound up getting Cincinnati’s second-best starter. The 26-year-old Duvall grew up in Louisville and was taken in the 11th round of the June 2010 draft. He batted .279 with 25 doubles, 26 homers and 79 RBIs in 99 games for Triple-A Sacramento. Mella, 21, was signed as a non-drafted free agent in September 2011. He went 5-3 with a 3.31 ERA in 16 starts for Class A San Jose this season. He also was on the World team’s roster for the All-Star Futures Game in Cincinnati earlier in July. The Reds’ rotation has been decimated in the last eight months. Mat Latos was traded to Miami, and then to the Dodgers on Thursday. Cueto and Leake were dealt in the past week. Homer Bailey had Tommy John surgery and won’t be back until sometime next season, leaving rookie starters to finish out the season. There will be something different this year about the Big Ten Football Media Days, which are Thursday and Friday in Chicago. The defensiveness about not being able to compete with the Southeastern Conference and its powerhouse football teams will be gone. Ohio State’s national championship, which included a national semifinal win over Alabama in SEC territory in New Orleans in the Sugar Bowl, changed the perception of the Big Ten. The Big Ten now is seen as a rising football conference instead of one whose best days were in the past. But, as always, there will be burning questions for Ohio State and the rest of the Big Ten to answer at media days. Here are a few of them: Question: Who is going to be Ohio State’s starting quarterback? Answer: Like anything else was going to be the first question. Urban Meyer might continue to say he doesn’t know who the starter will be right up until the Buckeyes’ opener at Virginia Tech on Labor Day. Maybe he doesn’t, but he probably has a good idea who it should be. The answer might end up being both J.T. Barrett and Cardale Jones will play. The question is who will play more. It wouldn’t be surprising to see Meyer do something like he did at Florida in 2006 when Chris Leak started and Tim Tebow came off the bench. Question: Can Ezekiel Elliott follow in Eddie George’s footsteps and win a Heisman Trophy and also break George’s OSU single season rushing record of 1,927 yards? Answer: Yes and yes. Elliott’s 1,878 yards rushing last season was the second-highest total by an Ohio State running back. He played 15 games, two more than George in 1995, and if OSU gets back to the national championship game, he’d have 15 again this year. Some people might look at the offensive talent surrounding him and doubt he can match last season. But remember, George had a quarterback who threw for more than 3,000 yards (Bob Hoying) and a receiver who had one of the best season ever by an OSU pass catcher (Terry Glenn) in 1995. Not being the only show in town can actually help a running back’s statistics. Question: Which of the 14 Big Ten coaches at the 2015 Big Ten Football Media Days are most likely not to be around for the 2016 media days? What are the hottest seats in the Big Ten? Answer: Come on down Indiana’s Kevin Wilson (14-34 overall, 6-26 in the Big Ten in four seasons) and Illinois’ Tim Beckman (12-25 overall, 4-20 Big Ten in three seasons). Even basketball-crazed fan bases like Indiana’s have their limits. And a trip to the Heart of Dallas Bowl, which the Illini lost, and six wins last season did little to take the heat off Beckman. Question: Who has the toughest schedule in the Big Ten? Who has the easiest? Answer: Maryland wins the toughest schedule trophy. The Terrapins play at West Virginia, at Ohio State, at Michigan State and their two crossover games with Big Ten West Division are against probably the two best teams in that division, Wisconsin and Iowa. Ohio State’s schedule probably is among the four or five easiest in the Big Ten, but that prize might belong to Penn State. The Nittany Lions could be 6-0 when they come to OSU on Oct. 17 after playing Temple, Buffalo, Rutgers, San Diego State, Army and Indiana to start the season. Question: What is the most dangerous game on Ohio State’s schedule? Answer: Short term or long term? Short term, it’s Michigan State on Nov. 21 in Ohio Stadium. MSU might be the second-best team in the Big Ten. Long-term it’s the game at Michigan the week after that. Everybody remembers Jim Tressel saying Ohio State fans would be proud of their team on the field in Ann Arbor in 310 days. But it was following that up with a 26-20 upset win in Ann Arbor that sent a message things had changed. A Michigan win this year could do the same thing for the Wolverines. Question: Did the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry immediately go to a higher level when Jim Harbaugh was hired? Answer: Obviously, yes. Any Ohio State fan who dismisses Harbaugh as weird or likely to wear out his welcome or jump ship in three or four years is kidding themselves. Also, enough about the khakis. Question: What is the biggest question on offense for Ohio State other than the quarterbacks? Answer: It might be wide receiver, which many people regard as a position of great depth, with players like Michael Thomas, Jalin Marshall and apparently now Braxton Miller. But Ohio State has to replace Devin Smith, who made catching the deep throw look easy, and Evan Spencer, whose outstanding blocking was mostly overlooked until he helped spring Ezekiel Elliott on his 85-yard touchdown run against Alabama. Question: Who will be this year’s Darron Lee, who went from redshirt to NFL prospect last season? Answer: Good question since no one knew Lee would be last year’s Lee at this point in the season. Sophomore linebacker Raekwon McMillan certainly has never been under the radar. He arrived as a 5-star recruit. But it would not be surprising to see his career take off in a big way. Question: Assuming OSU returns to the Big Ten Championship game, who will it play in Indianapolis? Answer: Wisconsin again. But the score will be closer this time. Question: Will Joey Bosa replace the shrug with a new celebration gesture this season? Answer: He did cut his long hair short, so never rule out the possibility of change. But probably not. Question: Who will be the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year? Who will be the Defensive Player of the Year? Answer: The Offensive Player of the Year list starts with Ezekiel Elliott and whoever becomes the No. 1 quarterback for Ohio State. Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook also would be a candidate. And Wisconsin running back Corey Clement , who rushed for almost 1,000 yards last year as Melvin Gordon’s back-up, looks like the latest in a long line of elite running backs for the Badgers. OSU’s Joey Bosa and Michigan State defensive lineman Shilique Calhoun should battle it out for Defensive Player of the Year. Question: What’s the best guess for Ohio State’s record this season? Answer: It’s just a guess, but 15-0 and another national championship. NOW ENROLLING! Adult Center: *Medical Office *Medical Assisting *Cosmetology *Welding *Industrial Maintenance Pneumatics/Hydraulics *Peace Officer Financial Aid is available to students who qualify. High School Programs Include: *Healthcare *Construction *Early Childhood Education *Cosmetology “Creating Successful Lives” For more information 740-245-5334 www.buckeyehills.net 60594143 By Jim Naveau �SPORTS 6B Sunday, August 2, 2015 Bryant From Page 1B long-term deal. But the posts were measured compared to the volatile player who’s been caught on camera screaming at players and coaches during games, or leaving the sideline before the clock ran out in a particularly painful loss. Does he still have work to do? Sure. He dropped an expletive at the end of an answer about how he can’t pay attention when issues arise and people “overreact” — that’s the word he was trying to find during one of the pauses. He covered his sheepish smile with his hand, then pulled it away. “I’m back,” he said, still smiling. Fellow receiver Cole Beasley sees the same teammate. Bryant wanted to toss a football almost as soon as he took the field for the first time. And while Beasley no longer had to worry about whether his “vocal leader” would be in camp, he did have to make sure he didn’t throw out his arm. “He’s like an old kid, man,” Beasley said. “He comes out here and the first thing he wants to do is throw the ball around. It’s like he’s already loose when he gets out here. He can just throw the ball 50 yards without even warming up. 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SUNDAY, AUGUST 2 7 18 (WGN) In the Heat of the Night 24 (ROOT) Bull Riding Championship 25 (ESPN) SportsCenter 26 (ESPN2) (5:00) MLS Soccer Por/SJ (L) 27 (LIFE) in free agency. Trying to follow the most efficient season of his career without Bryant as well would have been daunting. “I told him, ‘It’s about time,’” Romo said of his first conversation with Bryant after the receiver signed. “But it was out of his control a little bit. I think I was just happy to see him.” The lengthy negotiations — going back to last November — fueled Briefs From Page 1B 9 a.m. The cost is $60 per player with skill prizes on every hole and food and beverages served throughout the round. Prizes will be awarded to the top three teams. For more information contact Lady Tornadoes head coach Kent Wolfe at (740)949-4222 ext. 1212 or at (740)444-9334. Football Officials Training Program The Ohio-Kanawha Rivers Officials Association is planning to conduct a training class for individuals who may be interested in becoming registered football officials. Interested individuals must be at least 18 years of age, of good moral character, and shall not have been previously convicted of a felony or crime of moral turpitude. They should have a knowledge of the game of football, and be willing to attend the training classes and devote the time necessary to the study of the rules to become a competent official. Those who successfully complete the training class and register as a football official with the West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission will be eligible to be assigned to officiate middle school, junior varsity and youth league football games during the upcoming season. For more information, you can contact Kevin Durst at (304) 593-2544. PGA since he tied for 13th in the Buick Classic in 2003. That means a three-week stretch From Page 1B on courses that have hosted majors — Oakmont, Conalways going to be busy, gressional and Firestone. especially in a Ryder Cup The Greenbrier Classic year (Sept. 29-Oct. 1 in will be in the John Deere’s Minnesota). old spot a week before The PGA Championship the British Open, and the agreed to move up to July Canadian Open will be 28-31, just two weeks after sandwiched between the the British Open. And the British Open (Royal Troon) Bridgestone Invitational at and the PGA Championship Firestone will be held two (Baltusrol). weeks after the U.S. Open The FedEx Cup playoffs instead of its early August will start the week after the date preceding the PGA Olympics, and that could Championship. present challenges for playStill unclear is how that ers from smaller countries will affect the European Tour, which has not released who qualify for the Olympics but are struggling to its schedule for next year. stay in the top 125 in the The weeks between the U.S. Open and British Open FedEx Cup. That could mean giving up a crucial are during the heart of the week — or two weeks if continental schedule with they want to take part in strong events in Germany, opening ceremonies in Rio France and Scotland. “We knew there would be — in which they are missing out on potential points. challenges for all of golf in This year, for example, Carterms of scheduling when los Ortiz of Mexico is No. the Olympics came in, and 111 in the FedEx Cup. a number of people have “We’re looking at this as made sacrifices,” said Ty Votaw, the PGA Tour’s chief one in four (years). We’re not faced with it every spokesman and vice presiyear,” Votaw said. “So it dent of the International depends on where they are Golf Federation. and what they want.” The Quicken Loans He said projections National, hosted by Tiger Woods, will be held a week show only about half of after the U.S. Open. Woods the 60-man field for the Olympics will be PGA Tour has not played the week members. following the U.S. Open Mid-Valley Christian School NOW ENROLLING 3 yr. old pre-k through 12th grade Open House August 20th at 7:00 pm. 500 N. 2nd Ave. Middleport, OH 740-992-6249 midvalleychristianschool@yahoo.com 60597020 �Along the River Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, August 2, 2015 s Section C The move from Mulberry Pond Photos by Lindsay Kriz | Sunday Times-Sentinel The mallard ducks swim toward the back of the pond, which provides cooler temperatures on a hot summer day. Chairman Smith, a staple in the restoration and cleanup, leaves Meigs By Lindsay Kriz lkriz@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — When one thinks of Mulberry Community Pond, it’s difficult, if not impossible, to not think of Jim Smith, the man who can be seen at all hours of the day feeding the animals along the edge of the water. However, as of Aug. 1, residents will see less of Jim, who moved to Columbus after an 11-year legacy in Meigs County. Smith grew up in Meigs County and lived there until 1969, when he moved to Columbus. He made his way back to the Ohio Valley in 2004, and it was then that he became involved with the pond. He learned about the pond while attending an event at the Maples apartment complex. That’s when he expressed his concern about the state of the pond to former Mayor John Musser, who informed him that the village had cleaned the pond once but didn’t have the resources to keep treating it. “I did it free of charge,” Smith said. He took it upon himself to clean out the large amount of brush and overgrowth in the back part of the pond that was causing the culvert to dam up and create green slime. Smith said he also received help from the Gallia-Meigs Community Action Agency, who helped cut down the trees that were causing blockage problems. “I waited until the next time it rained, and I could just see the green slime going down that drain,” he said. “I got rid of it and it’s never come back. Just cleaning that up got rid of the green slime.” Thanks for former Mayor Musser, the pond received its first grant from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. The pond received a 70-30, which meant that if the village did 30 percent of the work that would Some of John Smith’s friends, Charlene Hoeflich, former reporter for the Pomeroy Daily Sentinel, Pomeroy Mayor Jackie Welker, Smith, Dave Jackson, of Meigs Industries, and Margaret Parker, president of the Meigs County Historical Society, gathered to wish Smith the best of luck before his departure. Smith feeds the white and mallard ducks cracked corn during one of his final days as a Meigs County resident. count toward the village’s portion of the grant. Village workers were able to cut all shrubbery on the bank near Beech Grove Cemetery. The pond itself used to be known as Beech Grove Cemetery Pond, but has come to be known as Mulberry Pond thanks to Smith. Charlene Hoeflich, former editor of the Pomeroy Daily Sentinel, said the pond brought her and Smith close thanks to her coverage of stories about the area. “It will be difficult to find anyone who has the interest in or the time to devote to taking care of the Mulberry pond and park area like he did,” she said. “Jim did much of the work along with volunteers he sought, solicited funding grants for needed improvements, asked organizations for contributions and seemed never to tire of working to make the place where he fished as a boy a place where today others can enjoy. He deserves a vote of thanks from the community.” Along with providing fun for families, the donations from local businesses allowed the pond to hold an event called God’s NET, a local fishing tournament for children. One of the donations came from Smith himself, who found two bicycles and, after cleaning them, brought them as prizes to the competition. There he met two young girls who said they’d walked quite a ways from home to see the competition. They went home with two new bikes — the first bikes the girls ever owned. “When you hear they don’t have a bicycle — everybody has a bicycle,” he said. “This is a poor county and these kids don’t have a recreation center. They like to fish, to come up to this pond, and that’s why I wanted to get it fixed up for them.” Smith said he also held local events for nursing home patients as well, which gives them a chance to get outside more often and into nature. For the next few years, the ODNR grants helped to keep the pond in good condition. Smith also began writing letters to area businesses and politicians, hoping for grant money or donations to keep the pond in check. To this day, Smith is proud to say that no pond additions or upkeep have come at the expense of the taxpayer. Smith has even sent letters to former Gov. Ted Strickland and current Gov. John Kasich. Once Strickland’s office acquired Smith’s letter, they sent it on to ODNR, which started the years-long process of ODNR grants for the pond. Since its cleanup, Smith has helped add a gravel pathway, benches and picnic tables on which patrons can sit. They were created or restored by local student organizations and schools, along with a wheelchair turnabout. The work was completed by a Logan County contractor between May and July of last year. Along with helping the animals at the pond, Smith is passionate about the people the pond has helped. He recounted one of the first times he encountered a family at the pond after the cleanup. On an Easter Sunday years ago, Smith said he See SMITH | 6C �LOCAL/AREA 2C Sunday, August 2, 2015 Sunday Times-Sentinel Point Pleasant veteran takes ‘Honor Flight’ By Jessica Patterson For Ohio Valley Publishing POINT PLEASANT — Americans celebrate holidays such as Veterans Day and Memorial Day to thank the service men and women who have fought and sacrificed for the country. This past May, one local veteran had the chance to join several others from across the tri-state in an Honor Flight created as a “thank you” to the nation’s veterans. The Honor Flight Network is a non-profit organization which provides veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam with a free day trip to Washington, D.C., to tour monuments such as the World War II and Korean memorials, and Arlington National Cemetery. Russell V. Holland, 85, of Point Pleasant, had the chance to go on this year’s trip. He said the trip to the nation’s capital was worthwhile. “There’s no cost to the veterans and each one of us had a guardian that took care of us. I was able to walk, but we had some in wheelchairs that couldn’t do the walking. It was really an honor to go on this flight,” Holland said. “There were three busloads of us, 80-some veterans. When we got there, they had a band there for us and people lined up to welcome us. We had a police escort all day long. We got to visit Arlington Cemetery, the WWII Monument, and the Korean Monument and went to the Vietnam Wall and all the different places sightseeing. Probably the one that would raise the hair on the back of your neck was when we went to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and watched the changing of the guard.” Holland said he learned about the flight and applied for the trip. Almost two weeks later, he was accepted to go on the flight and left for Tri-State Courtesy photo Russell Holland, of Point Pleasant, in Washington, D.C., at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider. Holland recently was chosen for an “Honor Flight” to the nation’s capital. Airport in Huntington on May 23. Holland said the trip was a one-day event where he left Point Pleasant at 4 a.m. and came back to town around 11 p.m. that night. He said even though the day was long, it was a great experience. “We walked probably about six miles that day,” Holland “I’ve been there before, but I never got to visit the monuments and stuff like that. This was the first time I got to see them all. It’s just a great experience to get to talk to some of the guys and where we’ve been. My favorite part was getting to see Arlington National Cemetery and the changing of the guards, and the Air Force Memorial meant something to me because that’s the branch I was in.” The Honor Flight Network has several “hubs” across the country where veterans from their regions can apply for the trip. Holland’s trip was through the hub Honor Flight Huntington, which provides the trip to veterans from Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia. Jane Julian, hub director, said the flight prioritizes the trip for WWII veterans, or senior veterans, followed by Korean veterans and Vietnam veterans. To be eligible for the flight, applicants must have served at some point between the conflict dates of the three wars; however, it is not a requirement for the veterans to have served overseas during these times. Julian also said the organization hopes to eventually open the flights up to veterans who served in more recent conflicts, but feels it is best to give these senior veterans top priority for the experience. Holland said it was fascinating to get to meet other veterans and hear about their time in the military. “You got to hear a lot of war stories. That was really great and you got to meet people from West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky. It was very, very rewarding.” Holland said. Holland was a staff sargent in the U.S. Air Force from 1950-54. He was stationed in Chuncheon, South Korea, and worked in radio communications. Holland said being overseas was something he is glad he did and will never forget. “I did not see any combat, but it’s a different world over there. We slept in tents for a year and we just had an oil heater in the tent, but it would get down to 15-20 degrees below zero. We stayed in that one place. We weren’t allowed to go out in the town,” Holland said. “With my service years, it was a good experience, but I wouldn’t want to go through it all again, but I’m proud to say that I was able to serve my country, and back at 18 years old again, I would make the same decision.” Holland said he would like to go on another trip, and is grateful for the people who organized and helped with the Honor Flight, including his own guide, known as a guardian, Harry Fletcher, who was also a retired U.S. Air Force veteran. “I would do it again, but there are a lot of other soldiers who deserve to go,” Holland said. “I’d recommend it to anyone who has the chance to go. They take good care of you. They have medical people there with us all day in case anyone needs medical attention. If anyone ever has the chance to take it, it is a very worthwhile day.” Anyone interested in more information about the Honor Flight can contact Julian at 740-451-0615 or visit www. honorflighthuntington.org. Morgantown resident stands out from herd with ‘Cow House’ Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Jennifer Forester lives in a pretty nice neighborhood. Her neighbors are West Virginia University administrators, professors and doctors. Morgantown High School is a short walk from her front door. But every now and then, the tranquility of the block is shattered by a drive-by . mooing. “It usually starts in the fall when the students come back,” Forester said from the front porch of 21 Wilson Ave., better known to locals as the iconic Cow House. “They pull up, moo, and then pull off real quick. We used to run out to try and catch them, and then we’d invite them up on the porch for a beer.” The two-story white house, which is covered in black splotches and cowinspired kitsch from foundation to roof, continues to draw lots of attention 23 years after Forester and her family moved in. It’s not at all uncommon for strangers to leave cow-inspired gifts on the front lawn. “One time, someone left this massive sign of a Santa cow that says ‘Moory Christmas,’” she said. “I put it up every year.” The motif continues inside, where hundreds upon hundreds of cow tchotchkes, tapestries, masks, stained glass windows and other pieces of decor can be found. The kitchen is wallpapered in cow print, Let’sAboutTalk PROTECTING YOUR FUTURE ‡� ‡� ‡� ‡� ���.�5ROORYHUV ,QGLYLGXDO�5HWLUHPHQW�$FFRXQWV� ,5$·V &'·V� �6DYLQJV ,QYHVWPHQW�4XHVWLRQV GIVE YOUR LOVED ONES THE SECURITY THAT THEY DESERVE :LWK�,QYHVWPHQW�3URGXFWV�IURP��� Member FDIC | NMLS # 464173 www.fbsc.com facebook.com/myfarmersbank twitter.com/MyFarmersBank 740-992-2136 60593427 By Billy Wolfe as is the bathroom. The refrigerator is covered with black magnet spots. Even tiny details like light switch covers and kitchen cupboard handles maintain the black and white theme. Asked how many cows she owns Forester throws her hands up in resignation. “I honestly don’t know. A thousand?” she offers. Over the years, she’s encountered several people who have heard stories about how the cow house came to be. She said the real story is pretty simple. “I like cows,” she said. “I think I first got into cows from The Far Side, the comic.” Forester, 58, is a native of the Tyler County community of Sistersville, but has lived in Morgantown since 1987. The move to what would later become the Cow House was one of necessity. By the fall of 1992, Forester was sharing a tiny mobile home near the football stadium with her two daughters, her sister Betsy and Betsy’s three children. The seven humans were co-habitating with three dogs. “I was like, ‘Man, I need a big house that’s cheap,’” she said. A friend knew of a property for sale in the South Park neighborhood. It had most recently been used as a place of worship by members of the Unification Church, the denomination founded by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon and famed in the 1960s and ’70s for its mass weddings. “You know how some things are just supposed to be?” she said. “We got the house for $52,000. It was the deal of the century.” A quick look at real estate websites shows that houses in that neighborhood now go for about $300,000. After moving in, the sisters from Sistersville got to work on major renovations. They refinished all of the floors and wooden trim throughout the house, among numerous other projects. One day, as they were expecting a visit from their father, they decided to get in some exterior painting. “Our dad was a man of few words,” Forester said. They decided to see if they could get a rise out of him by painting black blotches along the bottom of the house. When he arrived, he said hello to his daughters and quietly went inside. Not a word about the patches. It was decided they would stay. Their mother was another matter. “She would say, ‘Girls, you can’t do that. It’s tacky.’ So of course that just made us want to do it more,” she said. Forester began collecting cow figurines not long after. Betsy, Visit us at mydailysentinel.com or mydailytribune.com the more artistic of the two, then started making wooden cow cutouts for the outside of the house. It snowballed from there. She goes on shopping sprees every once in a while. The advent of shopping websites like Amazon have nearly been her downfall. “Sometimes I’ll just type in ‘Holstein’ and see what comes up,” she said. Cows aren’t the only thing that make the home unusual. For example, although Betsy moved out years ago, a piece of her quite literally remains in the home. Her finger, to be precise. Severed in an accident at WVU’s Creative Arts Center, the finger now resides in a jar of preservative fluid in Forester’s dining room. Other oddities in the home include: - A dehydrated Chihuahua named C-Bug. The dog was a beloved pet during his life, although he had a reputation for being incredibly noisy and rebellious. After his death, Forester decided to have a company in Keyser preserve him. He sits on a shelf in the parlor. - A sort of shrine to actor Johnny Depp. Every year at Halloween, Forester dresses up as a character portrayed by the actor and has her picture taken. Each costume is documented in a large frame that hangs just over C-Bug’s head. - The preserved gallbladder of her other sister, Joanna. “She convinced the person doing her surgery that she needed to keep it for ‘religious reasons’ and we added it to the collec- tion,” she said. The house is much less crowded these days. Just Forester and her husband, John Oughton, live there now. The two were married in 1996, and Forester is quick to point out that, yes, the cow house was already established before they said “I do.” “He knew what he was getting himself into,” she said of Oughton. In fact, in the more than two decades since she bought the house, only one person has had any beef with her decorating style. About six years ago, she decided to have the house re-appraised. Forester said the appraiser was anything but complimentary. “He said, ‘You do realize you are lowering your neighbors’ property values?’” she said. She was unfazed. The criticism went in one ear and out the udder. “What an old sour puss,” she said. “I told him that every one of my neighbors bought their house after I did this. None of them have a problem with it.” She admits she has thought about what might happen to all of her cows after she dies. She said she’s confident, though, that her daughters will keep most of them. She’s often asked what she would do if she woke up one day to find she suddenly hates cows. She thinks the question is pretty silly. “Why would I ever stop liking cows?” she said. As for the drive-bys? Forester and Oughton don’t mind them, but politely request they be kept to daylight hours when no one is trying to sleep. �LOCAL/AREA Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, August 2, 2015 3C Clifton Tabernacle hopes for rebirth By Mindy Kearns For Ohio Valley Publishing CLIFTON — There were no trumpets sounding as in the Bible book of Joshua, and it wasn’t the walls of Jericho but those of the Clifton Tabernacle that came tumbling down on Thursday. The church was razed to make room for a new structure that has been in the planning stages for years. The replacement church, however, might be some time in coming. The demolition drew an audience of neighbors and church members, including Dana and Roberta Lewis, of Clifton. Members of the tabernacle since 1988, the Lewis couple came early, carrying lawn chairs to ensure a front-row seat. Dana Lewis said the church was in a sad state of disrepair. Termites had caused serious damage to the structure, especially to the floor. Although church membership is few, 12 to 15 people at a normal service, the group has been holding fundraising dinners for years. Baked steak, tacos in a bag, and hot dogs have been served by members who knew the day would come when a new church would be necessary. Roberta Lewis said the tabernacle has raised about Photo courtesy of Mindy Kearns The Clifton Tabernacle was demolished Thursday to make room for a new church building, possibly next spring. Until then, Sunday School will be held in the fellowship hall on the church grounds. Church members have been holding fundraising dinners for years to raise money to replace the tabernacle, which was damaged by termites. $20,000 through their efforts. The church has been experiencing other problems in addition to their deteriorating building. The pastor, Larry Gilland, died in February of this year. Efforts to replace him have been slowed, mostly because the church cannot afford to pay a minister, but must rely on one who will volunteer his time, Dana Lewis said. Since Pastor Gilland’s death, the tabernacle has been holding Sunday School, and will continue to do so in the fellowship building, located on the church grounds. Dana Lewis said church pews, pictures and other items are now in storage. Men from the church also removed the cross from atop the steeple prior to demolition. “It might be spring before we start to rebuild,” Lewis said. Black powder shooting game inspired by buffalo hunters By John McCoy chicken would be easiest .40-caliber or larger, and to hit because it’s closest. they shoot bullets that Actually, the pig is the look and feel positively RIPLEY, W.Va. — easiest to hit.” gargantuan by modern Boiled down to its Frame said novices standards. The heavy essence, black powder often look at the ram, bullets are less affected cartridge silhouette sitting a third of a mile by crosswinds, but their shooting is all about mak- away, and believe it would mass causes them to ing a bang and listening be impossible to hit. drop more quickly than a for a clang. “Usually by the fourth lighter bullet would. Shooters fire 19th-cen- or fifth shot, they hit That’s where the oldtury rifles at distant steel it,” he said. “That’s how school sights come in. targets, some of them so accurate those old-school When shooters elevate far away it takes a couple sights are.” the finely calibrated rear of seconds for the bulGreg Payne, of Elkview, sights, they must raise lets to arrive there and another local black powtheir guns’ barrels in another second or so for der silhouette enthusiast, order to make the front the sound of a hit to echo said beginners who consight line up. The raised back to the shooter. nect with those distant barrel sends the shots “It’s a really addictive targets often share a com- toward the target on a game,” said Bob Frame of mon reaction. higher trajectory. Ripley, one of West Vir“The first thing they “For example, to hit a ginia’s most enthusiastic say is, ‘I can’t even see ram at 1,000 yards, the practitioners of this rath- it,’” he said. “But then bullet climbs 52 feet from er arcane pastime. “At the when they hit it, they get the line of sight before it distances we shoot, some- this gleam in their eyes. starts arcing down toward That’s when you know times you can barely see the target,” Frame said. Like many modern firethe targets. The amazing they’re hooked.” At the distances the tar- arm sports, black powder thing is how often we hit those targets using pretty gets are shot, the human silhouette shooting can get expensive. Although much the same rifles and eye can’t bring both the target and the rifle’s foreign-made black powsights people used back der cartridge guns can in the 1870s and 1880s.” sights into focus. Payne said Frame has a simple be had for about $1,500, Most black powder a replica Sharps can silhouette guns are mod- solution: “Bob said to put the cost $2,000 to $2,500. If eled after the legendfuzzy little blob of a tarshooters choose to trick ary Sharps rifles made get on top of the front out their rifles with cuspopular by the Great sight and squeeze the tom-made sights or other Plains buffalo hunters of trigger. It sounds too components, the tab can the American West. The simple, but it works.” go even higher. rifles, which featured Atmospheric phenomFactory-made ammurock-solid actions and ena — wind, heat mirage nition is available, but highly accurate ladderand even humidity can Payne said it’s prohibistyle or Vernier sights, cause shots to miss. For tively expensive. could take down buffathat reason, many shoot“Most of us cast our own loes, elk, mule deer and bullets and load our own other big-game animals at ers record the proper rear-sight settings for cartridges,” he added. “It ranges greater than 500 those conditions for doesn’t take all that much yards. future reference. time, and we end up saving Silhouette targets are “We make notebooks a lot of money.” thick sheets of steel cut and charts on settings With all that outlay, one in the shapes of animals and ranges,” Payne said. might expect that black hunted during the mid to “Those give us the basic powder cartridge silhoulate 1800s — the prairie numbers, and we adjust ette competitions pay lots chicken, the javelina (a from there.” of prize money. Not so, wild pig), the turkey and Most of the rifles are said Payne. the ram sheep. Chickens measure 13 inches wide by 11 inches tall. Pigs are 22 by 14 inches, turkeys 19 by 23 inches, and rams are 32 by 27 inches. “We shoot the chickCommunity News, Sports Scores ens at 200 meters (656 feet), pigs at 300 meters Editorials, Church Events (984 feet), turkeys at 385 meters (1,263 feet) Breaking News and rams at 500 meters (1,640 feet),” Frame explained. “At the distances we shoot them from, the targets all appear to be about the same size. Some are harder to hit than others, though. Everybody thinks the Associated Press “I took fourth place in my division at the national shoot in New Mexico, and I think it paid $16 — in ‘NRA bucks,’ about enough to buy a hat,” he recalls. “If you place in a regional shoot, you might make $3. So you can see we’re in it strictly for the challenge and fun of it.” Payne, Frame and other local enthusiasts compete in monthly shoots at a range near Ashland, Ky. Frame said it’s the only 500-meter range within relatively easy driving distance. 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Call 446.2342 or 992.2155 Jim's Farm Equipment Inc. �����(DVWHUQ�$YHQXH�‡�*DOOLSROLV��2+ ��� ����������‡�ZZZ�MLPVIDUP�FRP 60584385 �LOCAL/AREA 4C Sunday, August 2, 2015 Sunday Times-Sentinel Pomeroy High School holds 50th reunion ABOVE, Pomeroy High School Class of 1965 recently held their 50th reunion. Members could attend a banquet and hop aboard the Valley Gem Sternwheeler in Marietta, Ohio. 1st row: Donna Hawk Carr, Faye Cramer Isenhour, Katie Morarity Davis, Jean Phelps Cleland, Bonnie Smith, Peggy Folmer Crane, Sharon Dill Folmer. Middle row: Bill Jewell, John Curd, Joan Hewston Anderson, Linda Bailey Wyatt, Linda Darnell Mayer, Susanna Arnold Fitzgerald, Ruetta Wells Crow, Linda Starcher Gheen, Joe Gilmore, Barry Boyer, Harley Hendricks, Tom McGowan and Ron Riffle. Top Row: Don Cullums, Brenda Potts Hopfer, Ray Hood, Robert Emler, Larry Marshall, Mary Sue Handley Peters, Pam O’Brien, Carla Will Werry, Frank Porter, John Anderson, George Harris, Ed Durst and Dennis Moore. AT LEFT, first row: Faye Cramer Isenhour, Susanna Arnold Fitzgerald, Joan Hewston Anderson, Bonnie Smith, Carla Will Werry, Linda Darnell Mayer, Kay Wyatt Proffitt, Katie Morarity Davis, Diana Zirkle and Patty Owens Carson. Second row: Ruetta Wells Crow, Peggy Folmer Crane, Joey Gilmore, Rob Emler, Bill Jewell, Don Cullums, Tom McGowan, Donna Hawk Carr and Jean Phelps Cleland. Third row: Larry Brown, George Harris, Ed Durst, John Curd, Bill Sayre, Brenda Potts Hopfer, John Anderson and Larry Marshall. Courtesy photos LIVESTOCK REPORT GALLIPOLIS — United Producers Inc., livestock report of sales from July 29, 2015. Feeder Cattle 275-415 pounds, Steers, $260-$325, Heifers, $235-$280; 425-525 pounds, Steers, $235-$295, Heifers, $225-$270; 550-625 pounds, Steers, $220$285, Heifers, $180-$225; 650-725 pounds, Steers, $200-$250, Heifers, $165-$190; 750-850 pounds, Steers, $185-$200, Heifers, $145-$185. Cows Well-muscled/fleshed, $98-$112; Medium/Lean, $93-$104; Thin/Light, $85-$92; Bulls, $100-$133. Back to Farm Bred Cows, $1,500-$2,150; Bred Cows, $1,250$1,975; Baby Calves, $450; Goats, $42-$195; Hogs, $54.50; Lambs, $122.50-$127.50; Feeder Pigs, $15-$38. Courtesy photo Upcoming specials Yearling special, Aug. 12. 2 loads of 600-700 lb heifers already consigned. Joe Mattox, center, is PVH’s Employee of the Month for June. He is pictured with Bryan Litchfield, director of operations, and Glen Washington, FACHE, CEO. Mattox is PVH Employee of Month Direct sales or free on-farm visits. Contact Dewayne at (740) 339-0241, Stacy (304) 634-0224, Luke (740) 645-3697 or Mark (740) 645-5708 or visit the website at www.uproducers.com. Contributed article keeper. He was nominated by his peers for his willingness to help POINT PLEASANT — Pleasothers. He is a hard worker who ant Valley Hospital announces the rarely misses work. 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Call today for a free in-home consultation. in Leon. They have one grown son, Josh. Joe enjoys hunting, fishing, farming and attending Leon Baptist Church. In this recognition, he received a $50 check and a VIP parking space. He will also be eligible for the Customer Service Employee of the Year award with a chance for $250. 740-992-5009 www.banksconstruction.co LEWISBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A mile outside of Lewisburg, Jim’s Drive-In has kept the tradition of curbside service alive since 1950. Kathy Massie bought the restaurant in 2001 after working as a waitress at Jim’s Drive-In in 1969. Her 1969 paystub now hangs on the wall. The Massies were the fourth family to own the restaurant after Jim Dunbar created it and have kept it family-owned and operated over the years. Kathy Massie, her two daughters Lynn and Eliza- beth, along with their two daughters, and four girls who are “like family” run the restaurant six days a week. Customers use vintage metal trays that hang off their car window and because the restaurant is cash-only, the waitresses carry around bill changers to make change at the car. Although many menu items have been added over the years, Jim’s Drive-In still uses the same hot dog and barbecue recipe with fresh burgers and French fries as the original owner. Whenever Lynn Massie and her sister travel and try new things, they try to replicate recipes at the restaurant. This has led to more than 20 new milkshake creations and a variety of new hamburgers. They’ve also added a lot of fried items over the years such as deep fried pickles, banana pepper rings, mushrooms, cheese sticks and fried green tomato sandwiches. “If we can fry it, it’s here,” Massie said. The restaurant is built on family values and does everything in its power to cater to families. They close on Sundays for family time and laundry. The restaurant closes at 5 p.m. every weekday except for Wednesday when it closes at 2 p.m. When their parents bought Jim’s Drive-In, Lynn Massie left her job running a prison system cafeteria in Massachusetts, and her sister, Elizabeth, left her job running several Wal-Mart stores to help their parents. After losing their father in 2011 to cancer, the sisters cherish family time at the restaurant. 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Director seeks to expand regional art By Ben Fields across middle America. “I’d like to see us increase our collection of early works depictHUNTINGTON, W.Va. — It’s ing the region — the Ohio River been almost a month since GeofValley and the Kanawha River,” frey Fleming took over as director Fleming said. “The thing people at the Huntington Museum of love most is seeing (art) that tells Art, and the new man at the helm them about the place in which is starting to find his direction. they live and where they came “Learning the museum and from.” learning the collection is what I’m Fleming came to Huntington doing now,” said Fleming, who from Southold, New York, where met with members of the commu- he was the director of the Southnity at a reception at the museum old Historical Society. on July 26. “To me, (Huntington) is the “I’m looking at what we have city,” he said with a laugh. “I and what we don’t have, and came here from a small, farm some roads we can go down to community. Everything was improve.” closed at 5:30, and there wasn’t His early assessment is to really anything around. It’s nice to expand the museum’s collecbe in a place that’s actually much tion of regional art, referring livelier.” to the Hudson River School, a Fleming took over for interim mid-1800s landscape art move- director Harriette Cyrus on July ment that began in the north1. Cyrus handled operations at the museum after longtime direceast and eventually spread Associated Press Smith From Page 1C was at the pond when a man, a woman and two children got out of a van and commented to Smith that the pond was nice, and that they even planned to cook food on the grill provided at the pond. Smith said he never told them his involvement tor Margaret Mary Layne traded the HMA for city hall last year, becoming Huntington City Manager. Cyrus said July 26 she actually went through some withdrawal after handing over control of the HMA to Fleming. “I really didn’t think it would be that way,” she said, smiling. “I think it was (Fleming’s) first day, I came over to some of the staff and said ‘You know, I really think I’m going to miss this.’” Cyrus was part of the search committee that offered the job to Fleming, and she said she believes the museum is in good hands. “I think he’ll be marvelous,” she said. “He really has done his homework, even before he came here. It’s amazing to me what he’s learned in the short time he’s been here. I think he’s got a good vision for the direction of the museum.” with the pond. Smith also spoke about a handicapped boy attempting to get to the pond to fish. After Smith helped him, the boy was able to catch a fish after only 10 minutes. Lastly, Smith told the story of two parents who came to him and said that because he had cleaned up the pond, their two sons, whose grades were drop- CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — “You know the worst part about this?” Pam McDevitt joked last Tuesday as she picked up her weekly load of produce. “The pressure to use up all this” — she gestured to the corn and cantaloupes and tomatoes — “before Sunday!” Really, she was just half joking. She’s had to get creative with her Sunday meals. The other day she used up some peppers by adding them to her corned beef cabbage. Before that, she added zucchini to stuffed peppers — a new recipe that ensured nothing went to waste. McDevitt, an oncology pharmacist with the CAMC Cancer Center, participates in a community-supported agriculture (CSA) program the medical center offers in conjunction with Gritt’s Farm, of Buffalo. She and 99 other Charleston Area Medical Center employees have ordered varying shares of produce over an 11-week period, which began in late June. Gritt’s Farm supplies the produce; customers like McDevitt make the pickups. Folks from CAMC and Gritt’s Farm will tell you it’s a mutually beneficial partnership — consumers get healthful, locally grown produce, and the farm gets a more stable revenue stream. Last Tuesday, Brad Gritt stood in the shade of a pop-up tent directly behind the open double doors of his produce truck parked in the Cancer Center parking lot. Inside, small, medium and large boxes of produce — valued between $10 and $30 per week but selling for less — were stacked up. Around 3:30 p.m., a steady stream of customers started picking them up. If the weather and the crops cooperate, CSA can be a more stable revenue stream for local farmers like Gritt, whose family has owned and operated Gritt’s Farm since 1927. It’s not like selling stuff at the farmers market, where you predict — hope — customers show up and buy enough of your crop. No, the CSA model relies on a farmer’s knowledge of the growing cycle and projected crop yield to produce an agreed upon amount of food, of which customers pledge in advance to buy shares. Gritt first encountered CSA in Salt Lake City, where he worked for six months at a bank. He got “farm sick,” as he calls it, and decided to go back to the family business. His marketing and finance coursework at Marshall University gave him some new business ideas, and he convinced his father that CSA could be profitable endeavor. Today, “30 to 35 percent” of Gritt’s Farm’s produce goes to the CSA venture. Gritt credits Buffalo High School’s Future Farmers of America chapter with thinking to approach CAMC regarding a CSA partnership. Anna Sutton, health and wellness coordinator for CAMC, said the medical center was able to jump on board at the last minute with Gritt’s current 11-week growing cycle. ping and were having a hard time at home, had become better students and were having an easier time because the pond gave them something to do — fish. 60600337 6C Sunday, August 2, 2015 “That makes it worthwhile, knowing that you helped somebody out like that,” he said. “Maybe it changed those kids’ lives forever. Maybe it was a big relief to those parents.” In Smith’s absence, the animals at the pond will be fed by Janet Cleland, who comes to the pond in the mornings and evenings to provide the critters with food. He said he’s also researching how to keep a heated pool by the pond in winter so that the ducks will have a place to swim, as the pond freezes easily. About three weeks ago, Smith said he also sent out another batch of letters asking for help with pond funds with the help of Whitney Thoene of the Meigs County Chamber of Commerce, Brenda Roush of the Meigs County Economic Development Office, Judge Scott Powell, Pomeroy Mayor Jackie Welker, former Mayor Musser and others. The last time he checked, Smith said he had $1,000 in a Mulberry Pond account that’s a part of Pomeroy Parks and Recreation. Future projects include repairing warped wood and cutting down a dead tree looming over the turnabout. In the future, Smith would like to see the gravel pathway extended and to see a bridge across the back of the pond so that visitors can see its full beauty. While Smith said he’s moving, he hopes to be back every two months to visit friends and his pond. “I’m hoping a lot of people (will) make sure it’s taken care of,” Smith said. 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