http://66.213.69.5/files/original/f5551b3d7f1d4ec88864e396ae8b3467.pdf 4fe2537f61bf6b76288459562eb34623 PDF Text Text Pay it forward winner Defenders roll to OCSAA state final Meigs school slated for demolition LOCAL s 3A SPORTS s 1B FEATURES s 1C Breaking news at mydailytribune.com Issue 9, Volume 50 Sunday, February 28, 2016 s $2 City talks income tax to fund public safety By Dean Wright deanwright@civitasmedia.com GALLIPOLIS — With the approach of the primary election on March 15, Gallipolis city ofﬁcials are asking the public to consider approving a 1 percent income tax increase to help fund public safety operations after a loss of nearly $1 million in revenue since 2011. “One of the reasons we need it (the tax issue) passed is for protection of the public,” said City Commission President Tony Gallagher. According to City Manager Gene Greene, when he worked with the municipal maintenance garage in the 1970s, the city had a staff of 35 individuals. It currently is staffed at eight. He further said the police department once had nearly 20 ofﬁcers and now operates with 11, including the police chief, a lieutenant, a K-9 handler, a detective and seven road ofﬁcers. City Clerk and Auditor Annette Landers said the Gallipolis Police Department accounts for roughly $1.2 million of the general fund. This year, the city anticipates it will bring $2.95 million into the general fund. The police department’s budget is the largest of all the city departments. Gallagher emphasized that while it may appear the city has money to spare on projects like the waterfront improvement project along Gallipolis’ river bank, it is funded heavily by grants awarded by the state and various other organizations. Where departments like the water treatment plant and sewer treatment plant seem to be operating without as much pressure, state law dictates that funding generated by billing from both facilities cannot be moved to other departments in city ﬁnances. Members of the public have asked why the city has seemingly lost so much money over the years. According to the three city ofﬁcials, much of the funding has been loss due to cuts in state funding and tax law changes. According to budget records, in 2011, the city had access to $3.97 million to operate departments. Funding dropped to roughly $3.93 million in 2012. It fell further to about $3.55 million in 2013. Ofﬁcials anticipate the city will bring in its lowest revenues in 2016 at roughly $2.95 million if something does not soon change with revenue generation. Currently, with municipal income taxes, the city anticipates it will bring in roughly $1.55 million from individuals working in Gallipolis for the 2016 year. That number has remained arguably steady with a total of $1.59 million being tallied in 2011. City tax ofﬁcer Ron Lynch has told the Tribune in previous meetings he estimates the city to lose at least $100,000 or more in tax revenue due to changes in state tax law with the passage of House Bill 5. The law mostly affects contract workers who reportedly can ﬁle tax papers later than previously able when their employees enter the city to work. According to Landers, money was also further lost because Ohio’s law changed in the collection of estate tax. In 2011, Gallipolis collected roughly $200,000 from the tax. Now, with changes in tax law, that source of revenue no longer exists. According to city records, estate tax brought in roughly $400 in 2014 and nothing in 2015 with the abolishment of the practice. City ofﬁcials have told municipal department heads in the past that money spent in their agencies was done as efﬁciently as possible and with due diligence. City commissioners have claimed that gradual cutbacks of employees, equipment and resources have led to a point where the municipality is dangerously close to not being See TAX | 4A Lindsay Kriz | Sunday Times-Sentinel Jon Husted, who now serves as Ohio’s secretary of state, was first elected to public office in 200 as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. Four years later, his colleagues elected him Speaker of the Ohio House. After serving two terms as Speaker, Husted was then elected to Ohio Senate. Husted headlines Lincoln Day Dinner By Lindsay Kriz lkriz@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — No matter who wins the Republican nomination for President of the United States, Lincoln’s party must back them 100 percent. With this message, Jon Husted, Ohio’s secretary of state, delivered the main address Thursday — SPORTS Basketball: 1B Briefs: 2B Prep Scores: 5B — FEATURES Television: 2B Classified: 5B Comics: 3C 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. importance that lay in support in the next generation of Americans. He shared his personal story of being adopted by a loving family in Montpelier, Ohio. His upbringing with loving parents who taught him courage and good work ethic helped lead him into his political future, and to where he is today. Husted also shared a story of today’s generation in which he visited what was labeled as one of the worst schools in Cincinnati. However, when he arrived, he found that the facilities were nicer than those in his own schools. However, when he spoke to school See DINNER | 6A Forfeiture funds buy SUV for Rio police By Dean Wright deanwright@civitasmedia.com GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Prosecutor’s Office donated $5,000 Thursday to the Rio Grande Police Department to help fund the purchase of a new 2016 Ford Police Interceptor SUV. The prosecutor’s office donated money from its portion of the law enforcement trust fund, a fund source that encompasses money collected from forfeited resources acquired by authorities, often by means of drug busts. According to Lt. Josh Davis, of RGPD, the cruiser still had some finer electronic equipment to be added inside the vehicle. Dean Wright | Sunday Times-Sentinel However, he was pleased with (From left to right) Rio Grande Police’s Lt. Josh Davies stands with Gallia County the vehicle to soon be added to Prosecutor Jeff Adkins, Rio Grande Mayor Matt Easter and Rio Grande Police Chief Chris RGPD’s arsenal. Dodson. The Gallia County Prosecutor’s Office donated $5,000 Thursday to the funding of the RGPD’s new 2016 Ford Police Interceptor SUV. See SUV | 4A Prosecutor offers fraud awareness training By Lorna Hart — NEWS Obituaries: 2A Opinion: 5A Weather: 6A during the 2016 Meigs County annual Lincoln Day Dinner at Meigs Local High School. “It’d be great to have a Republican sweep, and it’d be great to get out there and make that happen,” he said. Along with support for the Republican party, Husted told those in attendance of the lhart@civitasmedia.com IF YOU GO … OHIO VALLEY— Recognizing the need for consumer awareness in the Meigs community, Prosecuting Attorney Colleen Williams decided to take a proactive approach to the problem. With the support of the Meigs County Sheriffs Ofﬁce, Farmers Bank, Home National Bank, People’s Bank, Ohio Valley Bank and the Meigs County Chamber of Commerce, the prosecutor’s ofﬁce will host a serious The Meigs County Prosecutors Office is sponsoring Fraud and Scam Awareness Training on March 3 from noon to 1:15 p.m. at of presentations during the next few months for businesses, consumers and the elderly. National Consumer Protection Week is March 6-12, and Williams said this is a good opportunity to raise awareness in the community. Williams said her ofﬁce has received an increase Wolfe Mountain Entertainment, 320 E. Main St. in Pomeroy. The focus will be on issues relevant to small businesses, with keynote speaker Melissa Smith from the Office of Attorney General Mike DeWine. The public is invited. in reports of fraud and scam cases in recent months. “The cases that have reached my ofﬁce are heartbreaking,” Williams said. “I see small businesses, which make Meigs County unique, devastated by criminals. Contractor fraud is on the increase and our elderly have been constantly targeted by criminals to scam.” She believes awareness, as well as education on how to combat this problem, are essential to stopping criminals before they have the opportunity to take money from unsuspecting consumers. See TRAINING | 6A �LOCAL/STATE 2A Sunday, February 28, 2016 DEATH NOTICES OBITUARIES STANLEY POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Captain Charles Stanley, 93 residing in Charleston, S.C., formerly of Point Pleasant, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. No further arrangements have been announced by the family. THOMAS POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Harold Eugene Thomas, 93, of Point Pleasant, died Friday, Feb. 26, 2016. A graveside service and burial will be 3 p.m. Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, at Kirkland Memorial Gardens in Point Pleasant. Arrangements are under the direction of the Wilcoxen Funeral Home in Point Pleasant. Board OKs parole for 55-year fugitive By Kantele Franko Associated Press COLUMBUS — The ﬁrst time Frank Freshwaters walked away from an Ohio prison facility, he did so without permission. This time will be different. Ohio’s parole board decided Thursday that the man authorities characterized as a twice-caught, 55-year fugitive should be released on or after April 24, the week after his 80th birthday. Exactly where Freshwaters will go hasn’t been settled — a son in West Virginia would welcome him, as would a friend in Florida — but the conditions for his release include ﬁve Sunday Times-Sentinel years of supervision. Relieved supporters, including two of his sons and his attorney, hugged and wiped away tears at the board’s announcement after the panel heard from both sides in an hourslong meeting. Freshwaters wasn’t there; he remained at a southeast Ohio prison, awaiting word on the outcome. The Akron man was reportedly speeding when he fatally struck 24-year-old Eugene Flynt in 1957. He was imprisoned at the Ohio State Reformatory after violating his probation in the manslaughter case, and he disappeared from a Sandusky prison camp months later in 1959. Civitas Media, LLC (USPS 436-840) Telephone: 740-446-2342 A companion publication of the Gallipolis Daily Tribune and Times Daily Sentinel. Published Sunday through Friday. Subscription rate is $131.61 per year. Prices are subject to change at any time. CONTACT US PUBLISHER Bud Hunt, Ext. 2109 bhunt@civitasmedia.com CIRCULATION MANAGER Ed Litteral, Ext. 1925 elitteral@civitasmedia.com EDITOR Michael Johnson, Ext. 2102 michaeljohnson@civitasmedia.com SPORTS EDITOR Bryan Walters, Ext. 2101 bwalters@civitasmedia.com 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. What is sleep apnea doing to your sleep? JEREMY DRUMMOND GALLIPOLIS — Jeremy M. Drummond, 35, of Gallipolis, passed away on Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, at his residence. He was born on Oct. 31, 1980 in Gallipolis, son of Carolyn “Kitty” and Larry C. Drummond who survive him. Jeremy had been a deck hand on the river. He loved buying, selling, trading and playing his music. In addition to his parents, Jeremy is survived by two daughters, Hannah and Autumn Drummond, both of Rio Grande. He also has an older daughter, Alex and a grandson. Also surviving is a sister Becky CHESTER — Horace W. Karr, 87, passed peacefully on Thursday morning, Feb. 25, 2016, at his home near Chester following a lengthy illness. Horace was born on April 24, 1928 to Purley Thomas and Altona Baer Karr near Forest Run in Meigs County. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife of 55 years Dorothy May Holter Karr; a brother and sister-in-law, Paul and Ruth Karr; his sister Kathryn Mora; brothersin-law Harry and George Holter; sister-in-law Donna Jean Holter and son-in-law Erik Aanestad. Left to remember him are his children Twila (Bill) Buckley, Ray (BobPAUL EDWARD SHORT SR. bie) Karr, Tom Karr and Jane Ann Aanestad; tine Short; three CROWN CITY brother-in-law Woodrow — Paul Edward sisters: Shirley Mora and sister-in-law Short Sr., 66, of Greene, Juanita Grace Holter. Also left Crown City, passed Rossiter and Marto cherish their memoaway Friday, Feb. jorie Matheny; ries of Papaw are nine 26, 2016, at The two brothers: grandchildren, Jeremy Emogene Dolin Roger Short and (Martha) Buckley, Ryan Jones Hospice Bernard Bowen; (Kayla) Buckley, Brandon House, Huntington, W.Va. sister-in-law Elizabeth (Leah) Buckley, Brent He was born Feb. 16, Walters; brother-in-law (Renee) Buckley, Garrett 1950, in Miller. Burnie Watson; and Karr (Megan Edwards), He was preceded numerous nieces, nephWesley Karr (Heather in death by his father, ews, family and friends. Phalin), Whitney Karr, Clancy Short; one sister, He was a heavy equip- Hayley Aanestad, MarFleeta Greene; and one ment operator with Labor shall Aanestad and ten brother, Clancy “Bub” Union 543. great-grandchildren. Short, Jr. Funeral service will be Horace started his life He is survived by his 1 p.m. Tuesday, March at the family home on wife, Dorothy K. Short; Forest Run Road. The 1, 2016, at Hall Funeral four children: Paul Jr. family moved to a farm Home and Crematory, (Wendy) Short, of Procon New Hope Road near Proctorville, by Pastor torville, Tivis (Angela) Chester where he grew Meredith Turley. Burial Short, of Crown City, up and eventually graduwill follow in Miller Burnie (Jennifer) Short, ated from Chester High Memorial Gardens, Millof Proctorville, and Cathy School in 1946. During er. Visitation will be 6-9 (Chad) Simpson, of Prochigh school he fell in love torville; 10 grandchildren: p.m. Monday, Feb. 29, with Dorothy Holter and 2016, at Hall Funeral Chance Short, Gunner they were united in marShort, Allie Short, Emily Home and Crematory, riage on July 5, 1948 and Proctorville. Short, Tyler Adkins, remained married until Condolences may be Braden Short, Alexis her passing on March expressed to the family Short, Isabella Short, 28, 2003. Their marriage Patrick Shinn and Laken at www.timeformemory. was Horace’s ﬁrst and Short; his mother, Chris- com/hall. and probably his greatest accomplishment. Horace started his construction career by building chicken broiler houses in Meigs County. He took a liking to the construction business and soon found himself working for Harry E. Miller ConstrucBy John Seewer Patrol agents who tion Company as a superAssociated Press watch over Ohio near intendent and estimator. the Canadian border As time went by, Harry of routinely engaging TOLEDO — A Miller and he formed in racial proﬁling to federal judge has Miller-Karr Construction round up Hispanics. dismissed a lawsuit Company. This led Horace The judge in Toledo to form Karr Construction accusing U.S. Border ruled this week that Company. Horace always there is no evidence surrounded himself with the Border Patrol employees and that led to along Lake Erie had success. He was especially proud of the fact that he policies encouraging built the ﬁrst Pizza Hut racial proﬁling. east of the Mississippi U.S. District Court River in Athens. He later Judge Jack Zouhary became a partner in the said race didn’t play �Ăůů�ƵƐ�ĨŽƌ�ǇŽƵƌ�� Ohio Valley Pizza Hut role in the eight ĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ�Θ�ƐƵƉƉůŝĞƐ͊� aencounters with good friends, Gary with and Pat Meyer. agents cited in the Horace and Dorothy lawsuit. went on to build Royal Two groups that Oak Park, a private campwork with Hispanics ground in southeastern and migrant workϳϬ�WŝŶĞ�^ƚƌĞĞƚ� Ohio. Shortly afterward, ers in Ohio sued the Horace started buyBorder Patrol over ing land and eventually what they say was a founded Royal Oak Farms pattern of proﬁling raising Polled Hereford cattle. After many years, over six years. (Chuck) Wallace of Apple Grove, W.Va.; half-sisters Lynn (Morris) Mayes and Cindy Newell, both of Gallipolis; and half-brothers Bill (Kelly) Pickens, of Gallipolis, and Greg Pickens, of Apple Grove, W.Va. Several nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins also survive Jeremy. Services will be 1 p.m., Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at the First Church of God with Pastor Paul Voss ofﬁciating. Friends may call on Tuesday from noon until the time of the services. Please visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send e-mail condolences. Judge rejects suit against Border Patrol 60626744 ϰϰϲͲϬϬϬϳ� VOTE SARAH GRACE for HORACE KARR “I will fight to bring good paying jobs to our region, for our schools to be fully and fairly funded, and for sustainable growth for the future of our home.” Horace decided to slow down and ease out of construction as his sons joined him in the business and formed their own construction companies. Horace and his wife started their last “big” construction project in 2002. They decided that Meigs County needed a really nice place on the Ohio river to sit down and eat. The Wild Horse Cafe was started under the watchful eye of Horace with Dorothy holding back on the reins. Unfortunately, Dorothy’s untimely death prevented her from seeing their last construction project come to pass but Horace proceeded because “that is what she wanted.” Horace was very active in the Meigs County community as well as at the state level. He was the director of the Pomeroy National Bank and Bank One Athens. He was a founding member of the Meigs County Community Improvement Corporation and also a founding member of the Meigs County Izaak Walton League. One of his proudest moments was when he was appointed by Gov. James Rhodes to the Ohio Wildlife Council to replace Bob Evans. He was reappointed to the Wildlife Council by several governors, Republican and Democrat, and remained on the council until recently. Horace was also a 50 year member of Shade River Lodge 453 in Chester as well as a member of the Chester United Methodist Church. He also served on many local and regional committees, commissions and boards too numerous to mention. The family would like to give a special thanks to Horace’s angels on Earth: Barb, Karen, Anita, Jared L., Lynn, Becky, David, Diana, Jared R. and Mildred for their kind and sincere care during his illness. Services for Horace will be held at the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy. The family will receive friends from 4 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 29, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on March 1, 2016 with Pastor Angel Crowell presiding. Pallbearers will be grandsons Jeremy Buckley, Ryan Buckley, Brandon Buckley, Brent Buckley, Garrett Karr, Wesley Karr and Marshall Aanestad. Burial will follow in the Chester Cemetery. In lieu of ﬂowers, the family respectfully requests that you consider making a donation in Horace’s memory to the Chester United Methodist Church, addressed to Brandon Buckley, Treasurer, 43570 Lovers Lane, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769 An online registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel.com. Ohio unlikely to allow dumping By John Seewer with the sediment dredged from Cleveland’s harbor. Ohio’s environmental agency says TOLEDO — The federal agency in the sediment is loaded with PCBs — a charge of maintaining Cleveland’s ship- chemical linked to cancer — and is a ping channels is making the case again threat to water quality and ﬁsh. The for dumping dredged sediment into Army Corps says the sediment is clean Lake Erie, saying tests show the soil now and it would be much cheaper to and mud isn’t contaminated. dispose of it in the lake. But the head of Ohio’s EnvironmenThe Ohio EPA sued the federal agental Protection Agency said Friday he cy last year after it threatened to stop remains unconvinced and is unlikely to dredging until Ohio paid $1.4 million to allow putting the sediment in the lake put the material in a containment faciliinstead of a containment facility. ty. A federal judge ordered the dredging A ﬁnal decision hasn’t been made to continue, but the lawsuit over who yet on whether to reject the request pays is still to be decided. from the U.S. Army Corps of EngiCongress in late December approved a neers, said Craig Butler, the state EPA bill that included a stipulation preventing director. the Army Corps from dumping hazardThe two sides have been locked in a ous dredged material in the lake without meeting requirements set by the state. long-running dispute over what to do Associated Press Ohio House District 94 Early Voting now or Vote March 15 VISION – DEDICATION -RESULTS SarahGraceforOhio.com SarahGrace45701@gmail.com FB: srahgrace45701 Paid by Friends of Sarah Grace, Julia Michael Scott, Treasurer, 165 N. Congress, Athens OH, 45701 60640159 �LOCAL/STATE Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, February 28, 2016 3A Hope receives ‘Pay It Forward’ nod GALLIA/MEIGS LOCAL BRIEFS ‘Cutest Pets’ contest under way OHIO VALLEY — Ohio Valley Publishing, in partnership with River Bend Animal Clinic in Gallipolis and Peoples Federal Credit Union in Point Pleasant, has launched its annual Cutest Pets contest. The contest begins Feb. 26. All submissions for the Cutest Pet contest must be entered by March 5. Voting will begin March 6 and end March 19. First-place winner will receive $100; second place will receive $50. Visit www.mydailytribune.com, www.mydailyregister.com and www.mydailysentinel.com to enter submissions and vote. Water tie-in work will close Gallia road GALLIPOLIS - Gallia County Rural Water will have the water off March 2 due to a tie-in. Road to be affected is State Route 218 from the junction of Orchard Hill south to junction of Ingalls Road. SOCOG meets March 3 Courtesy photo This week’s Operation Pay It Forward recipient is Jemeia Hope, a Gallia Academy High School senior and daughter of Allen and Annette Hope. Jemeia received a card for free wings from Buffalo Wild Wings for being known for having a positive attitude and willingness to help others. She is a pioneer of student-led support at the high school. She is also an honor roll student and a natural leader. Jemeia is a member of the Madrigal program, a former Student Council member, Key Club member, a field commander of the marching band and a member of jazz and concert band. Jemeia also volunteers at the French Art Colony and participates in honor bands and choirs. Here, Jemeia is pictured with Gallia County Sheriff’s Deputy and Gallipolis City Schools SRO Deputy Chad Wallace. OHIO STATE BRIEFS Police: Fugitive bids to hide identity, chews off fingertips TALLMADGE (AP) — Police say a fugitive from Tampa, Florida, who didn’t want to be identiﬁed by his ﬁngerprints during a trafﬁc stop in northeast Ohio chewed off his ﬁngertips. Kirk Kelly has been jailed on felony counts of evidence tampering and obstructing ofﬁcial business and misdemeanor charges of falsiﬁcation and resisting arrest. A message left for his attorney after business hours Friday hasn’t been returned. Police in Tallmadge, Ohio, say Kelly and several other people were put into a cruiser without handcuffs after their vehicle was stopped last weekend and ofﬁcers thought they smelled drugs. Police say Kelly gave false names as they tried to identify him. They say they ﬁgured out who he is after photos of his tattoos were provided by police in Florida, where he’s wanted on ﬁrearms and drug charges. GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Ohio Small Business Development Center at The Ohio State University South Centers, will offer a free seminar March 2 for people interested in starting their own small business. This event will take place between 9-11 a.m. at the Hampton Inn, 444 Upper River Road, Gallipolis. Coffee and light refreshments will be provided. The seminar will explain how to develop a business plan, sources of capital, ﬁnancing a project, and what to expect in terms of lender and loan packages. Members of the SBDC staff will be available to answer questions pertaining to the business startup process. “We are excited to bring this training opportunity to Gallia County and hope any individuals considering, or who have already started their own small business, will attend,” said 2016 Family & Children First Council Meetings Announced GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Family and Children First Council will be conducting regular business meetings at 9 a.m. March 8 at the Gallia County Service Center, 499 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis. For more information, contact Lora Jenkins, intersystem coordinator, at (740) 446-3022. Probe: No lobbying violations by university consultant Calvin “Bud” Simpson card shower COLUMBUS (AP) — State investigators found no evidence of Ohio lobbying law violations by a Wright State University consultant whose ﬁrm was paid nearly $1 million in 2014 to secure state and federal funding for the school. RACINE — Calvin “Bud” Simpson will be celebrating his 90th birthday March 8. He is currently residing in Florida, but was born and raised in Meigs County, and considers himself a “Purple Tornado.” Cards can be mailed to: 459 Coco Plum, Ellenton, FL 34222. Gallia chamber offers seminar Staff Report CHILLICOTHE — The Southern Ohio Council of Governments will conduct its next board meeting at 10 a.m. March 3 in Room A of the Ross County Service Center, 475 Western Ave., Chillicothe. Board meetings usually are held the ﬁrst Thursday of the month. SOCOG provides administrative support for the County Boards of Developmental Disabilities in Adams, Athens, Brown, Clinton, Fayette, Gallia, Highland, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Pickaway, Pike, Ross, Scioto and Vinton counties. Its primary focus is quality assurance, provider compliance, investigative services and residential administration of waivers and supportive living in order to provide individualized, personal support to people with developmental disabilities. SOCOG is a government entity created under Chapter 167 of the Ohio Revised Code, representing 15 county boards of development disabilities. For more information, call 740-775-5030, ext. 103. Jennifer Walker, chamber associate director. “Our goal is to provide a variety of training opportunities to our community, on a frequent and recurring basis.” To register, or for more information about this free seminar, call the chamber at (740) 446-0596 before 5 p.m. March 1. 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LA8PZ9W 60637597 For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call 304.857.6503. 60640140 60635022 �LOCAL 4A Sunday, February 28, 2016 SUV GALLIA/MEIGS COMMUNITY CALENDAR Editor’s Note: The Sunday TimesSentinel appreciates your input to the community calendar. To make sure items can receive proper attention, all information should be received by the newspaper at least ﬁve business days prior to an event. All coming events print on a space-available basis and in chronological order. Gallia County events can be emailed to: GDTnews@ civitasmedia.com; Meigs County events can be emailed to TDSnews@ civitasmedia.com. ally are held the ﬁrst Thursday of the month. For more information, call 740775-5030, ext. 103. POMEROY — Townhall meetingcandidate forum for Meigs County candidates in the March 15 primary election at the Meigs Senior Center, 112 E. Memorial Dr., Pomeroy. Doors open at 7:15 p.m.; forum begins at 7:30 p.m. Public is encouraged to attend. Friday, March 4 GALLIPOLIS — The regularly scheduled meeting of the Gallia County Board of Elections is postponed until Birthdays/Card Showers Dawn Walker will be celebrating her 9:30 a.m. March 4 at the Gallia County 90th birthday on March 5 with an open Courthouse. The board will conduct its bi-annual reorganization at that meeting. house between 1-3 p.m. at Faith Baptist Church Ministry Center. All family and friends are welcome. Per request Monday, March 7 by family, no gifts, but cards are welGALLIPOLIS — Gallipolis Neighcomed. Cards may also be sent to: 529 borhood Watch meeting, 1:30 p.m., in Tick Ridge Road, Vinton, OH 45686. the Gallipolis Justice Center conference room, 518 Second Ave. Events Tuesday, March 8 Tuesday, March 1 GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County CENTENARY— Holzer Clinic and PERI chapter will meet at 1:30 p.m. at Faith Baptist Church, 1100 Fourth Ave., Holzer Medical Center retirees will Gallipolis. Guest speaker will be Becky meet for lunch at noon at The Bistro Pasquale from the Our House Historical in Centenary. Tavern Museum. Members are ask to GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis bring a pack of toilet paper to be donatCity Commission will meet at 6 p.m. ed to a nonproﬁt organization. Agenda at the Gallipolis Municipal Building, 333 Third Ave., Gallipolis. The meet- will be election of ofﬁcers. GALLIPOLIS — The Board of ing room may be accessed through the Trustees for the Dr. Samuel L Bossard side entrance at 2½ Alley. Memorial Library/Gallia County District Library will meet at 5 p.m. at the Wednesday, March 2 library. POMEROY — The Meigs County RIO GRANDE — The regular Records Commission will hold a meeting, monthly meeting of the Gallia-Vinton at 2 p.m. at the county auditor’s ofﬁce. Educational Service Center GovernPOMEROY — The Meigs County Board of Elections will hold their reor- ing Board will be 5 p.m. at the University of Rio Grande, Wood Hall, Room ganization meeting at 8:30 a.m. OLIVE TOWNSHIP — Olive Town- 131. Call (740) 245-0593 for more details. ship Trustees will have their regular RIO GRANDE — The Gallia meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Township County Republican Party will have Garage on Joppa Road. its annual Lincoln Day Dinner at 6 p.m. at the University of Rio Grande Thursday, March 3 Student Center Annex. Guest speaker CHILLICOTHE — The Southern will be U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson. Tickets Ohio Council of Governments will meet at 10 a.m. in Room A of the Ross are $40. Call 740-446-0946, 740-6454195, 740-446-7565 or 740-645-4190 County Service Center, 475 Western Ave., Chillicothe. Board meetings usu- for tickets or more information. Window to thepast by Kanetra Kopp C hapter Seven: A Night Under the Stars “ enny, show me the badge J it is, Grandma. It’s called the Star Finder Badge. Look at all the stars on the badge. Doesn’t it look cool?” Jenny pointed the badge out to her grandmother. “Oh, that’s right,” Jenny said. She had forgotten all about the badge book because she had been so wrapped up in Grandma’s stories about Daisy. Jenny picked up the book from the table beside the porch swing. She ﬂipped through some pages until she found the badge again. “Here “It sure does. What activities are listed for that badge, Jenny?” Grandma asked. from the handbook you picked out. We need to see what we can get done before we have to ﬁx supper,” Jenny’s grandmother said. Sunday Times-Sentinel According to Prosecutor Jeff Adkins, forfeiture funds are often split, with court approval, with police receiving From Page 1A 75 percent of forfeiture assets and the prosecutor’s ofﬁce receiving 25 percent. According to RGPD Chief Chris However, Adkins said the ofﬁce tries Dodson, the SUV purchase was perhaps to donate that back to law enforcement the ﬁrst new vehicle to be added to the whenever possible as ofﬁcers are on the department’s garage since the 1990s — front lines serving the community. and since the department was reformed “It’s a win-win for everybody,” Adkins in 2007. said. “This isn’t taxpayer money. This is “We would ﬁrst like to thank the resi- pulled from individuals selling drugs in dents of the Village of Rio Grande for our communities and breaking the law.” their continued support of the police The prosecutor’s ofﬁce had also provided funding for a camera in one of department,” Dodson said. “Through RGPD’s cruisers in summer of last year. their support, we were able to replace “We really appreciate this donation our main patrol car that has over and working hand-in-hand with the 200,000 miles with a new car that will better serve our community. We would prosecutor’s ofﬁce,” said Rio Grande Mayor Matt Easter. also like to thank the Gallia County The 2016 Ford Police Interceptor Prosecutor’s Ofﬁce for their donation SUVs come in two ﬂavors: a 304-horsetoward the new (SUV). This purchase power V6 engine as well as a 365-hp will provide a safer and more dependEcoBoost version for pursuit duty. able platform for our ofﬁcers to work from and increase our ability to be a Dean Wright can be reached at (740) 446-2342, Ext. 2103. more effective police agency.” Tax department’s ﬂeet last year, but others are sorely aging. Greene has cited From Page 1A miles traveled as not being a good indicator able to operate without of the amount of use a reductions in service to cruiser can see. He also its citizens. “Death by referenced hours spent a thousand paper cuts” idling as police investihas been a phrase used gate collisions as well as within the halls of the other incidents as putting Gallipolis Municipal Building in regards to the large amounts of wear on police equipment, even phenomena. City ofﬁcials claim the when vehicles are maintained properly. Greene 1 percent income tax said that vehicles should increase would allevibe bought on a rotational ate stress on the police basis in an attempt to department as funds keep up with law enforcewould go chieﬂy to its ment demands. operation. With that, Police Chief Jeff Boyer other city departments had cited in the past that would also be able to local crimes seemed to be operate more easily. on the rise and his staff According to Greene, was running with miniseveral of GPD’s police mal manpower. He said cruisers have upwards the continued practice of of 130,000 miles on operating as such was not the vehicles. Two cruisers were added to the sustainable. says to learn about the planets in the solar system. And here’s one that says to learn a myth or legend about a constellation.” Jenny turned the page to read more. “This step says to ﬁnd the Milky Way and learn something about it. And here’s one that says to watch for shooting stars which are actually meteors.” Jenny looked over at her grandmother. “There are a lot of things to choose from. This badge lists 14 different steps. What do you think we should do, Grandma?” “Hmm, let’s see,” Grandma got up and looked out the screen door and up to the sky. “It looks to me like this rain is ﬁnally about to stop. I’ll bet by tonight we will have clear skies again. We could go out and do some stargazing after dark. Maybe we will even see some shooting stars. How about we try that?” Grandma asked. “Oh, that would be great, but what are we going to do until then?” Jenny hoped Grandma n’t say they could go wouldn’t back to cleaning out the attic attic. “You know what? I think I have a book on constellations in the den that belonged to your grandfather. He was very interested in stars and planets and just about anything to do with space. Let’s go ﬁnd it and you can see which constellation would be fun to learn about.” Grandma picked up the empty tray of cookies and lemonade and headed back into the house. Jenny followed her into the den and they began searching the bookshelf for the book. “Here it is, Jenny. Now, you look through the book while I go get the chicken ready to fry for supper. Let me know which one you choose and we’ll see if we can ﬁnd it in the sky tonight,” Grandma said. Jenny took the big book and curled up in the big green chair in the corner. She already knew what the Milky Way looked like and she could ﬁnd the big dipper, but she didn’t know anything about any other constellations. Dean Wright can be reached at (740) 446-2342, Ext. 2103. Jenny read from the book, h “One step is to make a sketch of the sky showing some constellations you want to learn about.” Jenny scrolled down farther on the page. “Another one Things to Think About and Do Newspaper stories and photographs are common keepsakes. Look through your newspaper to ﬁnd different types of stories and photographs that readers might ﬁnd important to save in their own treasure trunk. Cut out examples and explain why each would be important. If a city must house a prisoner, that can potentially cost the municipality nearly $70 a day. According to Greene, one to two ofﬁcers operate in Gallipolis during the day and night. However, if an ofﬁcer becomes tied up with an emergency or must transport a prisoner to another county, that potentially could serve as a danger as no other ofﬁcer is available to answer a call. It may also mean more overtime pay to an ofﬁcer, which the city’s budget may not be able to handle in its current state. Greene said when a citizen or individual visiting the city calls for police support, they are entitled to have an ofﬁcer appear in a timely manner. Without more funding, that may not be possible. Greene cited manpower as a chief need for the police department quickly followed by costs for training and the housing of prisoners. Both Greene and Landers in the recent week had stated to municipal department heads that they would take cuts to their own salaries if necessary to help fund the city’s operation. According to Landers, with a 1 percent income tax increase added to the city’s already existing 1 percent income tax ordinance, she said it would cost an individual a little less than $10 a week in income tax if they were already making $50,000 a year. City ofﬁcials have also brought up the need to replace ﬁre trucks as well as air bottles for ﬁreﬁghters. Whereas the ﬁre department’s estimated budget for 2016 is around $204,000 as of current from the general fund, that leaves little room for the replacement of things like tires on the trucks, safety equipment and other necessities. Volunteer ﬁreﬁghters currently receive $8 a run to help compensate them for personal equipment used in protection of the city and surrounding townships. According to Gallagher, “If people in town or coming to town shop or work want to see us continue paving roads or catching criminals, we really need to pass this (tax) issue.” N To download the companion educator guide, with activities that tie to some of the badge requirements for Girl Scouts, visit mo-nie.com and use code: nnateach. A S S O C I AT I O N FOUNDATION Learn more about the Girl Scouts of the USA by visiting www.girlscouts.org Produced by the Missouri Press Foundation, ©2012 ATIONAL EWSPAPER WSPAPER X X X X X X X X X Do your part! Recycle this newspaper! �E ditorial 5A Sunday, February 28, 2016 Sunday Times-Sentinel OUR VIEW Your extra day to leap into retirement By Marcus Geiger For the Times-Sentinel It’s leap year and that means one thing — you can add one extra calendar day to your February schedule. Many people are preparing for the upcoming elections. Others might be getting a jump on spring cleaning. What will you do with your extra day? 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Leaping from webpage to webpage, you can easily see that Social Security has you covered all year long, not just on that extra day in February. Remember, you can access our homepage that links to our wide array of online services any day of the— at www.socialsecurity.gov. Marcus Geiger is Social Security district manager in Gallipolis. THEIR VIEW Picturing a greener leap forward in ‘16 Try to devote a few of does a better job of taking those bonus hours in 2016 care of human needs. to picturing life after fossil Given the speed with fuels. which the planet is heatWhat if an extra hour ing up and many fossil-fuel somehow slipped into your companies are melting down, day? there’s no time to waste. To Aside from most Arizo- Emily convey the urgency, these nans and all Hawaiians, folks want to make 2016 the S. Greco Americans get to ponder Contributing year we ﬁgure out how to this question in early leap to a new economy that’s Columnist November as Daylight Savfairer to everyone, more ings Time gets under way. peaceful, and doesn’t foster I usually ﬁll this gap with some climate chaos. combination of reading, cooking, This concept is also known as and (weather permitting) riding a “just transition.” Leap might my bicycle on Arlington, Va.’s prove catchier. Whatever you call trails. The borrowed time feels this framework, dream big. What like a small luxury. should change as the world weans How about spending a whole itself off oil, gas, and coal? extra day with your family, swatFor example, picture a future ting items off your to-do list, or with most Americans traveling on hanging out with friends? This public transit powered by renewbeing a leap year, it’s a reasonable able energy instead of individually question. owned gasoline-burning vehicles. The climate justice movement, Then contemplate what that would however, won’t take this 366th day mean in your community. for granted. Imagine all the new parks, playThose activists are spending grounds, and community centers those extra 24 hours — and then that could replace car dealerships, some — brainstorming how the gas stations, and parking lots. world might move on from a Ponder the conversion of surplus corporate-controlled and fossillanes on super-wide highways into fueled economy toward a greener corridors designed for cyclists, and more equitable way of life that roller-bladers, and runners. Try to calculate the money you’d save if you didn’t need to buy a vehicle or pay for auto insurance, car repairs, and fuel to keep it road-worthy. Or the new jobs that people could do as we reinvent our economy. This Changes Everything author and organizer Naomi Klein, who lives in Canada, came up with the catchy metaphor and its implicit deadline. Mobilizing around this concept is farthest along in her country. But following a big February 29 event in Toronto, the leap talk will keep percolating worldwide — including here in the United States — for the rest of this leap year. Some two-thirds of Americans are concerned enough about climate change to support national efforts to do something about it. What if even a small share of us joined the brainstorming? Whatever you do, don’t rush. Devoting even a few of those 24 bonus hours we get from having a 366th day in 2016 to picturing a green leap forward is bound to feel extravagant. Columnist Emily Schwartz Greco is the managing editor of OtherWords, a non-profit national editorial service run by the Institute for Policy Studies www.OtherWords.org. TODAY IN HISTORY... Today is Sunday, Feb. 28, the 59th day of 2016. There are 307 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 28, 1996, Britain’s Princess Diana agreed to divorce Prince Charles. (Their 15-year marriage ofﬁcially ended in Aug. 1996; Diana died in a car crash in Paris a year after that.) On this date: In 1844, a 12-inch gun aboard the USS Princeton exploded as the ship was sailing on the Potomac River, killing Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur, Navy Secretary Thomas W. Gilmer and several others. In 1861, the Territory of Colorado was organized. In 1916, American-born novelist Henry James, known for such works as “Daisy Miller,” ”The 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. Portrait of a Lady” and “The Bostonians,” died in London at age 72. In 1940, the ﬁrst televised college basketball games were broadcast by New York City station W2XBS as Pittsburgh defeated Fordham, 57-37, and New York University beat Georgetown, 50-27, at Madison Square Garden. In 1942, the heavy cruiser USS Houston and the Australian light cruiser HMAS Perth were attacked by Japanese forces during the World War II Battle of Sunda Strait; both were sunk shortly after midnight. In 1953, scientists James D. Watson and Francis H.C. Crick announced they had discovered the double-helix structure of DNA. In 1960, a day after defeating the Soviets at the Winter Games in Squaw Valley, California, the United States won its ﬁrst Olympic hockey gold medal by defeating Czechoslovakia, 9-4. In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai issued the Shanghai Communique, which called for normalizing relations between their countries, at the conclusion of Nixon’s historic visit to China. In 1975, 42 people were killed in London’s Underground when a train smashed into the end of a tunnel. In 1986, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was shot to death in central Stockholm. (The killing remains unsolved.) In 1993, a gun battle erupted at a religious compound near Waco, Texas, when Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents tried to arrest Branch Davidian leader David Koresh on weapons charges; four agents and six Davidians were killed as a 51-day standoff began. In 2013, Benedict XVI became the ﬁrst pope in 600 years to resign, ending an eight-year pontiﬁcate. (Benedict was succeeded the following month by Pope Francis.) Ten years ago: A 20-year-old legal ﬁght over protests outside abortion clinics ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling 8-0 that federal extortion and racketeering laws could not be used against demonstrators. The ﬁrst Mardi Gras since Hurricane Katrina drew a small- er-than-usual turnout. Five years ago: The United States and European allies intensiﬁed efforts to isolate Libya’s Moammar Gadhaﬁ, redoubling demands for him to step down, questioning his mental state and warning that those who stayed loyal to him risked losing their wealth and facing prosecution for human rights abuses. Actress Jane Russell died in Santa Maria, California, at age 89. French actress Annie Girardot died in Paris at age 79. One year ago: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced his country would shrink the size of the U.S. Embassy staff, limit the activities of U.S. diplomats and require American tourists to apply for visas, saying that “gringo” meddling had forced him to adopt the series of restrictive measures. An Egyptian court declared Hamas a “terror organization,” further isolating the rulers of the Gaza Strip. Death claimed NFL player and coach Tom Bettis at age 81; baseball player Alex Johnson at age 72; and basketball player Anthony Mason at age 48. Today’s Birthdays: Architect Frank Gehry is 87. Actor Gavin MacLeod is 85. Actor Don Francks is 84. Singer Sam the Sham is 79. Actor-director-dancer Tommy Tune is 77. Hall of Fame auto racer Mario Andretti is 76. Actor Frank Bonner is 74. Actress Kelly Bishop is 72. Actress Stephanie Beacham is 69. Writerdirector Mike Figgis is 68. Actress Mercedes Ruehl is 68. Actress Bernadette Peters is 68. Former Energy Secretary Steven Chu is 68. Actress Ilene Graff is 67. Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman is 63. Comedian Gilbert Gottfried is 61. Basketball Hall-of-Famer Adrian Dantley is 61. Actor John Turturro is 59. Rock singer Cindy Wilson is 59. Actress Rae Dawn Chong is 55. Actress Maxine Bahns is 47. Actor Robert Sean Leonard is 47. Rock singer Pat Monahan is 47. Author Daniel Handler (AKA “Lemony Snicket”) is 46. Actress Tasha Smith is 45. Actor Rory Cochrane is 44. Actress Ali Larter is 40. Country singer Jason Aldean is 39. Actor Geoffrey Arend is 38. Actress Michelle Horn is 29. Actress Madisen Beaty is 21. Actress Quinn Shephard is 21. Actor Bobb’e J. Thompson is 20. �LOCAL 6A Sunday, February 28, 2016 Training Dinner future scams. Bruce Wolfe and Dan Dunham offered Wolfe Mountain Entertainment as a venue for the presentation; WME was a recent victim of an elaborate scam in which criminals created an entire persona, including a fake business, to try and scam the business out of money, and will be on hand to share their story. A second Fraud and Scam Awareness Training will be held at a later date and focus on elder fraud. For more information on the Fraud and Scam Awareness Training, contact the Meigs County Prosecutors ofﬁce at 740-992-6371 and visit www.ftc.gov for more details on NCPW. one is invited to attend, not just Meigs residents. We welcome anyone From Page 1A who would like to be informed or who has “Scams have become been a victim of fraud.” very sophisticated, and Ohio Attorney Gensometimes it can be eral Mike DeWine’s difﬁcult to know you’re ofﬁce is part of the being scammed. We nationwide effort to want consumers to have encourage consumers information on who to to take full advantage of contact with questions their rights and make and to report potential better-informed decicrimes,” Williams said. sions. They are sending The ﬁrst presentation Melissa Smith, director will be Fraud and Scam of consumer education, Awareness Training on as the keynote speaker Thursday, March 3, from for the ﬁrst presentanoon to 1:15 p.m. at tion. Wolfe Mountain EnterSmith will be followed tainment. The public is by Williams and repinvited to attend, but the resentatives from each focus will be on issues supporting agency, who relevant to small busiwill discuss the local nesses. impact on the communi“This is an issue not ty and inform the public just in Meigs County, about precautions and this is a national issue,” awareness that can be take to safeguard against Williams said. “Every- to heroin, and before long too many were addicted and many of them have died.” Husted said that after campaigns across the state against Issue 3, the numbers for the proposal began to drop until election night when Issue 3 failed with only 35 percent voting in its favor. “It wasn’t because of me, it was because of all of you,” Husted said. “Because we didn’t give up, we knew what was the right thing for our communities. We thought about it, we talked about it, we changed public opinion. “You have to stand up against the bullies. You have to stand up to the powerful and you have to stand up for what you believe in every single day.” Commissioners Tim Ihle and Randy Smith also provided updates on the state of Meigs County. According to the duo, in the two-year period between 2013 and 2015, Meigs County had more than $20 million in private sector investments. With business booming, including rural businesses and more than 90 percent of Pomeroy’s store fronts full. Smith also announced that the Meigs County K-9 Rescue and Adoption Center, the new dog shelter located at the intersection of State Route 7 and Hiland Road, will open any day now. The duo said this building is the ﬁrst County General Fund-funded building project, with no grants or subsidies since the building of the courthouse in the 19th century. “This didn’t involve some outside agency,” Smith said. “This is because of hard-working taxpayers.” Ihle ended with his signature description of Meigs County: “We actually have a cloud hanging over us. And usually that’s a negative phrase, but this is a cloud of dust because we’re so busy, with so much going on that it’s kicked up a cloud of dust over Meigs County.” Middleport Mayor Sandy Iannarelli, who also organizes the Lincoln Day Dinner, said this will be her last, and thanked everyone for their support. She said she was glad to serve her party and her county. No announcement was made on who will take over the organization for next year’s dinner. From Page 1A ofﬁcials, he learned that the problems affecting the students were ones that were not visible in the school’s hallways. He said that without a good upbringing now, this generation, like generations past, will potentially face a negative future. “We have to do it because the future of our country depends on (them),” he said. “That’s why we care about policy; that’s why we care about public politics. The decisions that we make collectively determine what happens to (us). It’s life; it’s the decisions about our lives because we live in a country where we make our own decisions.” From here, he spoke of the woes of big government and bureaucracy, and that the way to change these negative factors in the people’s government is to vote. He shared another story of a man he met who said that voting had become too difﬁcult and tedious and that he wasn’t planning to do so. Husted told the man that the odds were tougher during our country’s past, and to thank God he lived during the time that he did when his vote could change public policy. “He got my point,” he said. “We never can give up.” Husted presented a recent example of Issue 3, which was on last November’s ballot and would allow a monopoly on legalized marijuana. Initially, Husted said early poll numbers showed 90 percent of Ohioans in favor of Issue 3, with 65 percent of Ohioans OK with legalized recreational marijuana. “It looked like they were going to sail to victory,” Husted said. “And then some of us stood up to it.” Husted went out and campaigned against Issue 3 and hearing the voices of those on the opposing side. “Not a week went by that I wouldn’t encounter a mom or dad (talk) about how their son or daughter started using drugs, and escalated Contact Lorna Hart at 740-9922155 Ext. 2551. LOCAL STOCKS AEP (NYSE) — 61.48 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 19.39 Ashland Inc. 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Advertise your business in this space, or bigger Call us at: 740.446.2342 or 740.992.2155 TODAY 8 AM 42° 60° 60° Variable cloudiness today. A couple of rain or snow showers tonight. High 68° / Low 43° 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. Friday Month to date/normal Year to date/normal Snowfall The AccuWeather.com Cold Index combines the effects of local weather with a number of demographic factors to provide a scale showing the overall probability of transmission and symptom severity of the common cold. Trace 7.0/7.0 21.2/18.5 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme Today Mon. 7:03 a.m. 7:02 a.m. 6:19 p.m. 6:21 p.m. 11:57 p.m. none 10:07 a.m. 10:43 a.m. MOON PHASES Last New Mar 1 First Full Mar 8 Mar 15 Mar 23 The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for ﬁsh and game. Major 3:31a 4:19a 5:07a 5:55a 6:43a 7:31a 8:19a Minor 9:42a 10:30a 11:19a 12:07p 12:30a 1:18a 2:06a Major 3:53p 4:42p 5:31p 6:20p 7:09p 7:58p 8:47p Lucasville 67/41 Minor 10:04p 10:53p 11:43p ---12:56p 1:44p 2:33p WEATHER HISTORY On Feb. 28, 1900, a giant storm produced a state record 24-hour snowfall of 36 inches in Astoria, Ill. The storm moved on to drop 43 inches of snow on Rochester, N.Y. Portsmouth 68/42 AIR QUALITY A couple of afternoon showers Cooler; rain and a t-storm in the a.m. Mainly cloudy, a snow shower possible Logan 64/37 30 300 500 Primary pollutant: Particulates Air Quality Index: 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very unhealthy; 301-500, Hazardous. Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services OHIO RIVER Murray City 64/37 Belpre 65/42 Athens 65/40 Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. Fri. Flood 24-hr. Location Stage Level Chg. Willow Island 37 12.71 +0.03 Marietta 34 26.25 +2.52 Parkersburg 36 26.36 +2.69 Belleville 35 12.58 +0.11 Racine 41 12.92 +0.12 Point Pleasant 40 30.01 +1.98 Gallipolis 50 12.21 +0.16 Huntington 50 35.39 +1.13 Ashland 52 39.72 +0.76 Lloyd Greenup 54 12.60 +0.49 Portsmouth 50 39.00 +1.80 Maysville 50 39.70 +0.20 Meldahl Dam 51 39.50 +1.20 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 Let’s Talk About Your Cold with clouds limiting sunshine St. Marys 65/43 Parkersburg 68/41 Coolville 65/40 Elizabeth 66/43 Spencer 66/44 Buffalo 68/43 Milton 69/46 St. Albans 69/45 Huntington 70/46 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s 100s Seattle 52/41 90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s San Francisco 10s 65/50 0s -0s -10s Los Angeles 79/52 T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front 47° 31° Mostly cloudy NATIONAL CITIES Ironton 68/46 Ashland 68/46 Grayson 69/46 SATURDAY 41° 27° Marietta 65/41 Wilkesville 68/39 POMEROY Jackson 67/41 68/39 Ravenswood Rio Grande 67/42 68/43 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 63/36 GALLIPOLIS 68/43 67/44 68/43 South Shore Greenup 68/45 67/42 FRIDAY 44° 24° McArthur 65/37 Waverly 65/38 WEATHER TRIVIA™ 0 50 100 150 200 SOLUNAR TABLE Today Mon. 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In The Conservation The borers won. Open This isn’t a Service, and the Jim “what if” or forester pointed Freeman “could be” for out the damage our ash trees, to the landownthis isn’t “raising the er’s ash trees. As they alarm.” This is a done say, what is once seen deal; it’s over, and we cannot be unseen, so lost. The invader has now I see damaged ash swept through, creating trees everywhere I look yet another hole in our – and they are literally eastern forestland ecoeverywhere. system. Perhaps I am Where typically the coming across a little tree trunks would be melodramatic, but it sort of dark grayishmakes me both sad and brown with mottled mad at the same time green patches, these to see our woodlots trees exhibited large changed forever. tan-colored patches up If you want your chil- and down their trunks, dren or grandchildren the result of woodpeckto remember these ers pecking to get to the beautiful, useful trees, larval EABs underneath you might want to make the bark. a special trip to the As indicated by their woods this year and name, the insects bore point out those trees into the tree and take that are still, as of yet, up residence in layer not infested by Emerbetween the bark and ald Ash Borers (EAB). the sapwood, eating Those trees will be get- their way around the ting harder and harder tree, effectively “girto ﬁnd, and soon they dling” it beneath the will be gone. bark, starving it to To continue the death. Then the adult military defeat analogy, EABs ﬂy off to repeat local, state and federal the cycle elsewhere in forestry ofﬁcials, and other ash trees. volunteers attempted to Individual trees can stop the EAB through be treated to kill the quarantines and other borers, but once they means, establishing bar- are infested it is too riers at rivers and major late. Dead and dying highway corridors, but trees in urban and every year the front residential areas should lines on the battleﬁeld be removed to prevent continued to expand. damage or injury from The ﬁrst white ﬂags falling trees and branchto go up were from es, woodland owners various ash tree seed have a short time to collection projects, with remove trees for timber volunteers collecting or pulp, or for ﬁrewood. the seeds from differCurrently only ash trees ent ash tree species that are affected by the throughout their range EAB. and placing them in Historically ash secure storage. The idea wood has been valued is to save a seed bank of for use in tool handles ash trees and hopefully and other implements reestablish the species requiring a hard, light sometime after the EAB wood. Most notably the is gone. famous Louisville SlugI knew that the EAB ger baseball bat is made was coming, but I had of ash wood. to have it pointed out There are at least two to me. precedents for this kind A few weeks ago I of ecological disaster. visited a local farm with the service forSee WAR | 6B OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Monday, February 29 Boys Basketball Point Pleasant at Nitro, 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 1 Boys basketball (2) South Gallia vs. (6) Western at Ohio University, 8 p.m. Hannan at Wahama, 7:30 Wednesday, March 2 Boys Basketball PPHS-Nitro winner at Hurricane, 7 p.m. Thursday, March 3 Boys Basketball Wahama-Hannan winner vs. Huntington SJ at Nitro HS, 6 p.m. Wrestling OHSAA state championships, 3 p.m. Friday, March 4 Wrestling OHSAA state championships, 10 a.m. Saturday, March 5 Wrestling OHSAA state championships, 10 a.m. Defenders roll to OCSAA state final By Paul Boggs pboggs@civitasmedia.com CIRCLEVILLE — By relying on the ‘Marshall’ plan throughout, and by calling upon some ‘zonebusters’ in the second half, the Ohio Valley Christian School boys basketball team has ofﬁcially punched its ticket to the state title tilt. That’s because, Paul Boggs | OVP Sports on Friday night, the Ohio Valley Christian’s Marshall Hood drives around Calvary Defenders’ Marshall Christian’s Josh Kilgore during Friday night’s OCSAA boys basketball state semifinal at Ohio Christian University. Hood carved up Calvary Christian for 27 points —while OVCS amassed another 21 off of seven three-point goals. The end result was Ohio Valley Christian capturing an Ohio Christian School Athletic Association state semiﬁnal victory, as the Defenders rolled the CCS Spartans 61-39 inside the Maxwell Center on the campus of Ohio Christian University in Circleville. See FINAL | 6B Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Eastern freshman Kelsey Casto (31) releases a shot attempt over South Webster defender Kimber Johnson (14) during the first half of Thursday night’s D-4 district championship game at Jackson High School. Lady Eagles fall to South Webster, 60-51 By Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com JACKSON — The little things eventually made all the difference. Eastern committed eight more turnovers and had one less offensive rebound over the course of 32 minutes, and those extra opportunities allowed top-seeded South Webster to hold on for a 60-51 victory in a Division IV district championship girls basketball contest at Jackson High School in the Apple City. The second-seeded Lady Eagles (17-7) — who were appearing in their seventh straight district ﬁnal — shot a higher percentage from the ﬁeld, both overall and from three-point range, while also claiming a 26-24 edge on the boards. The host Lady Jeeps, however, produced 10 more shot attempts in the contest and committed only one turnover in the second half — which came with 45 seconds left in regulation. SWHS (20-3) — by valuing its second half possessions — erased a seven-point halftime deﬁcit by netting 13-of-25 shot attempts, resulting in a pair of 20-point quarters and a 40-24 surge down the stretch. The Green and Gold — which committed a dozen turnovers in the ﬁrst half — trailed the ﬁnal 10:18 of regulation and were down by as many as 13 points (57-44) with 1:18 remaining. The guests ran off seven quick points to close back to within 57-51 with 40 seconds left, but never came closer the rest of the way. South Webster — which also defeated the Lady Eagles in last year’s district ﬁnal by a 50-35 count — earned its 10th district title in school history. The Lady Jeeps will face Waterford (24-1) at 7 p.m. Thursday in a D-4 regional semiﬁnal at Jackson High School. After winning the 2014 Division IV state title, the Lady Eagles have now come up short in advancing to the Sweet 16 in back-to-back seasons. EHS, however, still owns a 5-2 postseason record since capturing southeast Ohio’s only D-4 championship in girls basketball. Then again, with two injured players, no seniors, and as many freshmen as juniors on the current roster, eighth-year EHS coach John Burdette was pleased just to see his group get to this point in the postseason — particularly against a senior-laden program like South Webster. “Honestly, I thought it was one of the better games that we played this year. We stayed focused for longer out there tonight than we have in a lot of games in the regular season,” Burdette said. “When you get to this point in the postseason, however, you have to be able to maintain that focus. You can’t break down for a minute or two or three and expect things to work out in the end … and that ended up catching up to us. “I will say that I’m proud of the effort and proud of the girls for working themselves to this point. It was also nice to see all of these other teams having seniors announced in their starting lineups and during awards presentations. We don’t have a single one of those, so we are hoping that this experience will make us a better basketball team next year and down the road.” The Lady Jeeps led 13-10 after one quarter of play, but there were four ties and seven lead changes over the course of 13 minutes in the ﬁrst half. Laura Pullins broke a 15-all contest with a trifecta at the 3:07 mark of the second canto, allowing EHS to take a permanent ﬁrst half edge. Jess Parker followed with a rare four-point play 30 seconds later, then Elizabeth Collins hit a short jumper at the 2:06 mark — allowing the guests to claim their largest lead of the night at 24-15. South Webster — after going scoreless for nearly four minutes — reeled off ﬁve straight points to close to within 24-20 with 1:05 left. Parker, however, added another late trifecta as Eastern secured a 27-20 intermission advantage. The Lady Eagles committed three turnovers before attempting their ﬁrst shot in the second half, and South Webster hit its ﬁrst shots during an 8-0 run to start the third — giving the hosts a 28-27 edge with 6:38 remaining. Rebecca Pullins and Parker answered with consecutive baskets for a 31-28 EHS edge with 4:51 left, but Maddie Stamper tied things up with a three-pointer a minute later. Kacie Hall followed with a trifecta at the 2:18 mark for a permanent SWHS lead of 34-31, and that basket sparked a 9-5 run over the ﬁnal minutes as the hosts took a 40-36 cushion into the ﬁnale. South Webster hit 5-of-8 ﬁeld goal attempts and went 9-of-13 at the free throw line down the stretch, and the hosts led by double digits for the better part of four minutes in the middle of the fourth frame. See EAGLES | 6B �SPORTS 2B Sunday, February 28, 2016 Sunday Times-Sentinel OVP SPORTS BRIEFS MYL baseball-softball signups MIDDLEPORT — The Middleport Youth League will be holding baseball and softball signups for girls and boys ages 4-16 in the gymnasium at the Middleport Jail from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on the Saturdays of March 5 and March 12, as well as from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, March 10. There is a cutoff date, age-wise, of January 1 for girls and May 1 for boys. For more information, call Dave at (740) 590- 0438 or Jackie at (740) 416-1261. PYL baseball-softball signups POMEROY — The Pomeroy Youth League will be holding baseball and softball signups for girls and boys ages 4-16 at the Pomeroy Fire Department from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on the Saturdays of March 5 and March 12, as well as from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 10. For more information, call Ken at (740) 416-8901. 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Union: Jaguars carried over most salary cap money NEW YORK (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars carried over the most salary cap space from last year, $32.7 million, according to ﬁgures released Thursday by the players’ union. Under the labor agreement reached in 2012, teams can transfer unused salary cap space from the previous year. The total carry-over amount from 2015 was $203,963,112, making the average carry-over per club $6.4 million, the NFL Players Association said. The smallest carry-over amount was $11,587 by Seattle. Once the 2016 salary cap is set in early March, the carry-over amount and other adjustments from the 2015 season will be combined for each team’s ofﬁcial salary cap position. By the end of 2016, the 32 teams must spend an average of 95 percent of the salary cap over the fouryear period that began in 2013. Next behind Jacksonville were Tennessee with $20.78 million and Cleveland with $20.73 million. The Jaguars (5-11), Titans (3-11) and Browns (3-11) combined for 11 victories last season and they hold the ﬁrst, second and ﬁfth selections in April’s draft. No team was close to the small amount transferred by Seattle. Next were Detroit ($852,191), Chicago ($867,589) and Los Angeles ($933,521) Every team elected to carry over unused salary cap space from 2015, although Denver, Los Angeles and New Orleans opted to not carry over the full amount available to them. Hornaday, Roush, Rudd among Hall of Fame nominees DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Ron Hornaday Jr., Jack Roush, Ricky Rudd, Ken Squier and Waddell Wilson are joining 15 holdovers as nominees for the 2017 NASCAR Hall of Fame class. NASCAR announced the additions Wednesday. Hornaday is a four-time Truck Series champion. Roush has the most owner wins (322) in NASCAR national series history. Rudd held the consecutive starts record until Jeff Gordon broke it last year. Squier is a legendary motorsports broadcasting pioneer. And Wilson is a three-time premier series champion engine builder and three-time Daytona 500-winning crew chief. The returning nominees are Buddy Baker, Red Byron, Richard Childress, Ray Evernham, Ray Fox, Rick Hendrick, Harry Hyde, Alan Kulwicki, Mark Martin, Hershel McGriff, Raymond Parks, Benny Parsons, Larry Phillips, Mike Stefanik and Robert Yates. From the 20-person nominee list, ﬁve inductees will be elected on May 25. Federal appeals court backs NFL Films in 3 players’ lawsuit ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A federal appeals court has afﬁrmed a lower court decision against three retired NFL players who opted out of a $50 million settlement with NFL Films. NFL Hall of Famer Elvin Bethea, Fred Dryer and Ed White objected to the 2013 settlement of a classaction lawsuit over publicity rights for retired players. The settlement set up a trust fund to help retired players with issues such as medical expenses, housing and career transition, and it established a licensing agency for retirees to ensure compensation for the use of their identities. It did not include direct payments to former players. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday agreed with a Minnesota federal judge’s 2014 ruling that NFL Films did not violate the three players’ rights by using their images. Harvick says he’ll ‘follow along’ with SHR’s move to Ford HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Kevin Harvick, who has spent his entire Sprint Cup career driving a Chevrolet, said Friday this week’s announcement that Stewart-Haas Racing is moving to Ford won’t force him to look for a new team. Harvick and SHR coowner Tony Stewart each won championships for the team driving Chevrolets. The team’s move to Ford in 2017 set up a potentially awkward ﬁnal 2016 season with Chevrolet and led to questions about how Harvick would react. The 2014 Cup champion said during Friday’s practice at Atlanta Motor Speedway he plans to stay with SHR. “Just got to follow along with what your organization thinks is best,” Harvick told reporters. “I think they have the same interest in mind that I do, and that’s to compete for wins and championships.” Asked if that means he won’t leave SHR, Harvick said “I just want to win races. That’s what we’re all going to focus on.” Harvick said the move does not make him a free agent. He was evasive when asked about his contract status after 2016. “My contract, I haven’t even looked at,” he said. “I haven’t even asked. I just assumed that it was all sealed up and done.” SHR will get its engines from Roush Yates, instead of Hendrick Motorsports. �Sunday Times-Sentinel SPORTS Sunday, February 28, 2016 3B Sines receives Burlsworth Award Photos by Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Gallia Academy senior Wes Jarrell works from the high post during the Blue Devils’ 64-53 loss to Warren, in Centenary on January 8. GAHS lands 4 on All-SEOAL teams made Honorable Mention tunately, were winless in last year. six tries in the league — Jackson’s ﬁrst-team rep- with Logan capturing the CENTENARY — The resentative was six-foot championship at 6-0. Gallia Academy High one-inch freshman CooWarren was 4-2 and School girls and boys bas- per Donaldson. Jackson 2-4 on the girls ketball squads combined Each team automatiside. to place four players on cally had one Honorable Jackson and Logan the ﬁnal all-Southeastern Mention selection, as the shared the top honors, Ohio Athletic League foursome included Carter, with Jackson 5-6 sophoall-league teams, which Jackson’s Dakota Nichols more Rebekah Green not have been announced this (6-1 senior), Logan’s Cole only repeating to the ﬁrst weekend. Barron (5-10, senior) and team, but also claiming Both the Blue Devils Warren’s Chase Weihl Player of the Year. and Blue Angels earned (6-6, junior). The only other POY one all-SEOAL ﬁrst team For the Blue Angels, nominee was Logan’s and one Honorable Men- ﬁve-foot, nine-inch junior Paige Davis (5-7, senior), tion selection. Adrienne Jenkins was all- a four-time all-SEOAL This is the ﬁrst — and SEOAL ﬁrst team. honoree. also ﬁnal — season for Joining Jenkins from Davis was the league’s the SEOAL consisting of GAHS was the club’s Player of the Year last only four full-time memHonorable Mention selec- season, and was Honorbers. tion — 6-1 senior Jordan able Mention three years Gallia Academy also Walker. ago. competed this winter as Walker was also HonorLogan’s ﬁrst-year coach a member of the Ohio able Mention last season. Steve Clippenger capValley Conference, which The Blue Angels, unfor- tured Coach of the Year. will be its exclusive athletic conference beginning next year. For the Blue Devils, sixfoot, four-inch senior center Wes Jarrell repeated to the all-SEOAL ﬁrst team. Joining Jarrell on the all-league list was fellow senior and six-foot forward Kole Carter, who was named Honorable Mention. Gallia Academy and Jackson just had two total selections apiece, since they split the season series and ﬁnished 1-5 in the league. Logan and Warren, which split the SEOAL title at 5-1, also shared the top league honors. Warren’s Luke Drayer (6-0, senior) was named the league’s Player of the Year, while Warren’s Blane Maddox and Logan’s Gary Kellough shared the Coach of the Year award. Gallia Academy junior Adrienne Jenkins (20) fires a three-pointer For Maddox, he has during the Blue Angels’ 45-33 win over Coal Grove, in Centenary on now won the past ﬁve December 14. SEOAL COYs, winning the award outright in 2012, 2013 and 2015 — while splitting the award two years ago. While the league’s coaches select the allSEOAL teams, the league’s ﬁve primary print media outlets, including The Gallipolis Daily Tribune, vote on the Players of the Year. Drayer, along with Logan’s Lane Little (5-11, senior), were the only players nominated for the boys POY. Little, like Jarrell, was a ﬁrst-team repeater from last season. Joining Drayer from Warren on the ﬁrst team were Kyler Dennis (5-11, junior) and Seth Hall (5-11, senior), as Dennis was Honorable Mention last year. Joining Little from Logan on the ﬁrst team were Sam Evans (6-2, senior) and Isaiah Smith (6-4, senior), as Smith pboggs@civtiasmedia.com 60638871 Other repeaters to the girls ﬁrst team were Logan’s Allison McNeal (6-0, senior) and Warren’s Katie Rauch (5-6, junior), while Logan’s Cassidy Bosch — a ﬁrst-time ﬁrstteamer — was Honorable Mention last year. Rounding out the girls ﬁrst team was Warren’s 5-6 sophomore Molly McCutcheon. Joining Walker on the Honorable Mention quartet were Warren’s Autumn Roddy (5-6, senior), Logan’s Paige Lunsford (5-6, junior) and Jackson’s Lauren Parks (5-4 senior). Paul Boggs can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2106 Photo courtesy of WHS Wahama senior Clayton Sines (left) is presented the Burlsworth Character Award by White Falcons head coach Dave Barr (right) at WHS. This award honors a player that represents the ideals and values of former Arkansas Razorback Brandon Burlsworth, a walk-on turned NFL draft pick that was tragically killed in a car accident 11 days after being drafted 63rd overall by the Indianapolis Colts in the 1999 NFL draft. The award is for the player that always giving 100 percent on the field, while standing up as a moral example to his team. Sines, a 6-3 starting lineman for the White Falcons, received a copy of Burlsworth’s biography “Through the Eyes of a Champion” and will have his name in the credits of the new movie “Greater”. CONTROL YOUR POWER. YOUR LIFE. 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BANKS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY POMEROY, OHIO Phone 740-992-5009 Website www.banksconstruction.co 60640745 By Paul Boggs �4B Sunday, February 28, 2016 SPORTS Sunday Times-Sentinel Meigs’ Clark signs with Hocking College By Alex Hawley the gridiron, earned an honorable mention spot on the AP Division IV All-Southeast District team after helping the Marauders to ROCKSPRINGS — After twice coming a 6-4 mark this past fall. out of the visitors locker room at Nelsonville“Dalton came in as a ninth grader and has York’s Boston Field, Meigs senior Dalton really matured every year,” MHS head coach Clark has decided to give the home locker Mike Bartrum said. “He played a little bit as room a try. a freshman as defensive tackle, played mainly Clark signed his letter of intent on Friday on defense the next two years, and then in Meigs High School’s Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium, committing to play football for had to play both offense and defense this the Hocking College Hawks — who also call past year. He’s been a great role model for the other kids and I’m just so proud of him. Boston Field home — next season. “This means a lot to me, because all I ever Coach Willford has mentored him a lot.” Clark will try to play defensive tackle for wanted to do is to play college football,” the Hawks, but is open to moving to the Clark said. “Hocking College is close to offensive side of the ball. Dalton is currently home and they just started the program, so I think I’ll get some good playing time. undecided on what major he will pursue, but I’m going to work butt off, try to start and he is considering ﬁre ﬁghting. Alex Hawley | OVP Sports become a good football player. Meigs has Hocking College is a National Junior Col- Meigs senior Dalton Clark (front, center) signs his letter of intent Friday morning at Meigs High helped me a lot, especially Coach (Mike) lege Athletic Association school that went School’s Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium. Sitting in the front with Dalton, are his mother Phyllis Bartrum and Coach (Cassady) Willford.” 0-7 with four forfeit losses in its ﬁrst year. Clark (left) and Marauders head coach Mike Bartrum (right). Standing in the back row, from left, Clark, who is a two-time Tri-Valley Conferare MHS Assistant Principal Rick Blaettnar, Meigs Athletic Director Steven Wood, MHS Principal ence Ohio Division ﬁrst team selection on Steve Ohlinger and Marauders assistant coach Cassady Willford. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. ahawley@civitasmedia.com Point Pleasant holds off White Falcons, 80-72 By Alex Hawley digits at 30-20, with ﬁve minutes left in the ﬁrst half. Wahama (8-14) answered MASON, W.Va. — Now with a 6-0 run to bring the that’s what clutch is all about. margin back down to four, The Point Pleasant boys but a three-pointer by PPHS basketball team sank 14-of-20 senior Bradley Gibbs at the free throws in the ﬁnal two 3:07 mark ended the White minutes of Thursday night’s Falcons’ spurt. Point PleasMason County showdown at ant ended the ﬁrst half with a Wahama’s Gary Clark Court, 6-to-3 run and a 39-29 lead. allowing the visiting Big The guests scored six Blacks to claim a 80-72 vicof the ﬁrst eight points to tory over the White Falcons. start the second half, makThe opening stanza ing the lead 45-31 with featured six lead changes, 6:30 remaining in the third and Point Pleasant (4-18) quarter. However, PPHS — which forced eight turnwas scoreless over the three overs and connected on four minutes, as Wahama scored trifecats in the opening eight 14 points and tied the game minutes — led 21-17 by the at 45 with a Ryan Thomas end of the ﬁrst quarter. three-pointer. The White The Big Blacks began the Falcons failed to regain the second canto with a 9-3 run, lead, however, as the Big Blacks responded with a 9-3 pushing the lead to double ahawley@civitasmedia.com run over the remainder of the third quarter. “I thought we just came out and played with more energy at the beginning of the second half,” third-year Wahama head coach Ron Bradley said. “We made a good run there and tied the game up. I don’t know if we expended too much energy there, but Point came back and countered with a nice run of their own.” Point Pleasant kept the momentum through the opening minutes of the fourth quarter, starting the period with a 10-0 run that made the margin 64-48 with 4:27 left in regulation. Wahama never pulled closer than seven points in the over the remainder of the game and Point Pleasant capped off the 80-72 win by making 18-of-24 fourth quarter free throws attempts. “We knew coming in that it wasn’t going to be easy,” fourth-year PPHS head coach Josh Williams said. “Wahama wasn’t going to quit, that’s not their build. It’s innercounty so you can throw out the records, we knew we were going to be in for a dog ﬁght. They are very well coached and they have some players.” Despite a noticeable height disadvantage, Wahama outrebounded its guest 33-to-31, with both teams pulling in 11 offensive boards. “We work on block out drills everyday,” Bradley said. “I always tell the kids ‘no rebounds, no wins’. We’re not very deep, the kids are playing a lot of minutes and it takes it’s toll after a while. (Point Pleasant) was able to run several kids in and out of there.” Point Pleasant committed 11 turnovers in the win, eight fewer than the hosts did, while the Big Blacks held an 11-to-4 advantage in steals and a 5-to-1 advantage in blocked shots. As a team, Wahama dished out 15 assists, six more than PPHS. “We knew if we could get some pressure it would help us,” Williams said. “Getting pressure helped disrupt the lanes a little bit and we were able to read some of their passes. I felt like we did a good job of rotating guys in to keep them as fresh as we could.” For the game, PPHS was 21-of-28 (75 percent) from the free throw line and 26-of58 (44.8 percent) from the ﬁeld, including 7-of-22 (31.8 percent) from three-point range. “We haven’t shot free throws very well all year,” Williams said. “I think some of it was getting the right guys to the line and they shot the ball really well. We’ve Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Point Pleasant junior Douglas Workman shoots a layup between White Falcons Ryan Thomas (14), Nolan Pierce and Philip Hoffman (1) during the first half of the Big Blacks’ 80-72 victory on Gary Clark Court, Thursday night. been working on free throws everyday this past week, so I’m glad it paid off.” Wahama shot 9-of-20 (45 percent) from the charity stripe and 29-of-57 (50.9 percent) from the ﬁeld, including 5-of-13 (38.5 percent) from beyond the arc. “Point Pleasant played a great game and made free throws down the stretch when they had to,” Bradley said. “I give our kids a lot of credit though, they played hard. Point Pleasant also played hard, it was a great atmosphere and there were a lot of people in here. It’s a great game and I think it needs to continue to be played every year. I think the fans got what they paid for tonight, they saw a great basketball game and unfortunately we came out on the wrong end.” Gibbs led the Big Blacks with 29 points and ﬁve rebounds, followed by freshman Cason Payne with 26 points, ﬁve rebounds and two assists. Douglas Workman posted 15 points, Trey Tucker added seven points, seven rebounds and three assists, while Parker Rairden ﬁnished with three points and two assists in the win. The Big Blacks were led defensively by Workman with ﬁve blocks and ® ALL HEATING & COOLING Residential Electric Fully Insured Sales and Service 740-742-0505 740-416-3039 32845 McCumber Rd. Rutland, Ohio 45775 60640126 60639777 four steals, while Tucker added four steals and Payne chipped in with three steals. Point Pleasant — which has won two of its last three decisions — returns to action in the Class AAA Region 4, Section 1 tournament on Monday at Nitro, where the ﬁfth-seeded Big Blacks will look to upset the fourth-seeded Wildcats. “We’ll get back and celebrate a little bit tonight, but then we have to get ready for Nitro,” said Williams. “They beat us twice and they present a whole different kind of challenges for us.” NHS claimed a 82-59 victory over the visiting Big Blacks on January 5, while taking a 65-55 win in Point Pleasant on February 6. WHS junior Philip Hoffman led the hosts with 25 points and eight rebounds, while Thomas chipped in with 23 points and three assists. Wahama senior Mason Hicks recorded a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds to go with a game-best four assists. Noah Litchﬁeld scored seven points, Travis Kearns added ﬁve points and six rebounds, while Nolan Pierce rounded out the White Falcon offense with two points. Hicks led the Red and White on defense with two steals and one block, while Thomas came away with a pair of steals. Wahama — which has fallen in eight of its past nine games — will also begin tournament play next, as the fourth-seeded White Falcons host ﬁfth-seeded Hannan on Tuesday. “We played them last week, we didn’t play very well and we we’re lucky to escape with a win,” Bradley said of HHS. “It’s a new season now, everybody’s 0-0 and it’s one-and-done. It doesn’t matter what your record is now, if you get hot at the right time you never know what could happen.” WHS is 1-0 against Hannan this season with a 53-47 win over the Wildcats on February 19, in Mason. Prior to Thursday night’s game, Wahama honored Nolan Pierce, Mason Hicks and Ryan Thomas as part of senior night festivities. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2100. �SPORTS Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, February 28, 2016 5B FRIDAY’S OHIO PREP SCORES Franklin Hts. 35 Wilmington 72, Fairfield 60 Division II Akr. 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E. French, containing in all 1.71 acres, more or less. Property Address: 328 Honeysuckle Drive, Cheshire, OH 45620 Permanent Parcel Number: 001-005-039-00, 001-005-040-00, and 001-005-041-00 The sale will be held in the lobby of the Gallipolis Municipal Court, 518 Second Avenue, Gallipolis, OH 45631 The Secretary of Housing & Urban Development will bid its total indebtedness which is $56,082.38 Kriss D. Felty HUD Foreclosure Commissioner 1500 West Third Street, Suite 400 Cleveland, OH 44113 (216) 588-1500 2/14/16-2/21/16-2/28/16 60638514 Boys Basketball Division I Centerville 67, Sidney 47 Cin. Moeller 61, Cin. Oak Hills 58 Cols. Northland 106, Canal Winchester 51 Cols. Walnut Ridge 67, Marion Harding 36 Dublin Coffman 60, Westerville Cent. 46 Huber Hts. Wayne 97, Piqua 47 Lewis Center Olentangy 64, Hilliard Bradley 48 Lima Sr. 70, Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 45 Mason 73, Middletown 54 New Albany 57, Worthington Kilbourne 54, 4OT Newark 80, Galloway Westland 40 Pickerington N. 59, Westerville N. 45 Sylvania Northview 66, Holland Springfield 61 Tol. St. John’s 56, Mansfield Sr. 36 Tol. Whitmer 66, Tol. Bowsher 57 Westerville S. 92, Cols. �SPORTS 6B Sunday, February 28, 2016 Final From Page 1B Indeed, Hood had the hot hand with nine ﬁeld goals and a perfect 9-of-9 free throws, while the Defenders shot a sizzling 70-percent (7-of-10) from outside the three-point arc. With the win, the Defenders —playing in their fourth consecutive OCSAA state tournament — raised their record to 20-6, while more importantly advancing to the state championship game on Saturday. The Defenders ﬁnished third in last year’s state tourney, but were playing for the OCSAA state title on Saturday (Feb. 27) at 5 p.m. Ohio Valley Christian was set to play Temple Christian Dayton in the title bout, as TC Dayton rallied from a ﬁvepoint fourth-quarter deﬁcit, defeating Temple Christian Mansﬁeld 60-58 in Friday’s ﬁrst semiﬁnal. But while the Tigers had to expend energy in charging back, the Defenders did not — jump-started by a 9-0 run to end the ﬁrst half and break a 17-17 tie with two minutes and 44 seconds remaining. The Defenders then torched the Spartans for ﬁve thirdquarter three-pointers, boosting their lead to 42-22, as Hood hit 6-of-6 free throws in the frame. While Calvary Christian scored the period’s ﬁnal seven points, they only netted nine in the fourth quarter —while OVCS expanded its lead to as large as 61-37 with only 2:20 to play. Ohio Valley Christian coach Steve Rice said the ﬁnal 18 minutes and 25 seconds, in which the Defenders looked spectacular, was what he had hoped for. “We started out pretty cold and weren’t hitting our shots or playing a lot of defense or boxing out. We came out pretty ﬂat to be honest. But we turned it on with a couple of minutes left in the second quarter and really took control of the game,” said Rice. “I was really happy with about the last 20 minutes of the game.” Rice was also happy about having Hood on his squad. Hood had three ﬁeld goals in a row in a span of a minute and 10 seconds in the fourth period, capping off a dominating performance in which he also grabbed double-digits in rebounds. Ofﬁcially, Hood — the tallest player on the ﬂoor Friday night at six-foot ﬁve-inches tall — was 9-of-11 from the ﬁeld. He had ﬁve ﬁeld goals in the ﬁrst half, and 3-of-3 foul shots, scoring six straight points to break the 17-17 tie. That followed ﬁve straight points, including an old-fash- Sunday Times-Sentinel ioned three-point play, in the opening quarter that helped erase the Spartans’ largest lead at 7-4. Hood also blocked four shots on the defensive end. Simply put, the smaller Spartans playing Hood was a mismatch, as Grant Criner picked up two early fouls faceguarding him. “Marshall has worked really hard over the last four years and it paid off tonight. He is deﬁnitely a mismatch in our favor and he is playing as well as he has played all year,” said Rice. “They played a box-andone on him early. They tried to push him around as much as possible. Ultimately, he got a lot of putbacks. When they went full man-to-man (defense) on him, we got the ball in the post as much as possible. He took care of the rest.” He, and the remainder of the Defenders draining seven three-pointers in the ﬁnal 16 minutes and two seconds. Justin Sizemore started the barrage, drilling a three from the right wing only 48 seconds into the second stanza — and breaking the game’s second tie at 12-12. With OVCS ahead 23-17, Austin Ragan rained in a trey to beat the halftime buzzer, capping off a possession in which the Defenders milked nearly a minute off the clock. In the third quarter, Cal- War Do we have your attention now? Advertise your business in this space, or bigger Call us at: 992.2155 or 446.2342 RENT IT FIX IT s s s s s s s From Page 1B A hundred years ago, it would have been inconceivable to imagine that most of the American Chestnut trees would be gone from our forests, but today they are almost all gone, due to the chestnut blight that was accidentally introduced in the early 1900s. The stately American Elm tree graced many small town streets prior to the introduction of Dutch Elm Disease in the late 1920s. The disease obliterated BUY IT vary Christian came within seven points twice (26-19 and 29-22) in the opening 3:10, but two triples apiece by Ragan and Elijah McDonald made it 42-22 exactly 3:06 later. Ragan bagged his second trey to make it 29-19, McDonald made his pair sandwiched around his two-point goal, and then Ragan nailed his third that almost resulted in a four-point play. Finally, following seven Spartan points that ended the third frame, Sizemore sank his second just 13 seconds into the fourth. “Knocking down those outside shots is always big for us,” said Rice. “That opens up the middle for us, and once Austin (Ragan) and Elijah (McDonald) and Justin (Sizemore) made a couple, we opened up the middle a lot for Marshall in the second half.” Those long-range baskets also took pressure off of the Defender defense, which held Calvary Christian scoreless for three minutes and 20 seconds. In all, it was a 13-0 spurt over three-and-a-half minutes. In the fourth quarter, trailing 55-37, the Spartans endured a drought of 2:52, eclipsing the dry spell of the ﬁnal 2:44 of the second stanza. “In the ﬁrst half, we weren’t rotating (on defense) quickly. In the second half, we rotated most of those residential elm trees, including the “Grand Old Elm” that stood at the corner of Third and Elm streets in Racine before being cut down in 19291930. In 1977 the residents erected a historical marker there commemorating the tree. Today, those elm trees that continue to survive in our woodlots generally die at a young age. Eventually something else will ﬁll that niche currently occupied by our ash trees, and landowners will have to be vigilant to ensure that it is not some harmful species such as the invasive, socalled Tree of Heaven. This also serves to continually warn us Eagles From Page 1B The Lady Eagles outrebounded SWHS by a 26-24 overall margin, but the hosts did claim a small 6-5 edge on the offensive glass. The Lady Jeeps, however, owned the second half boards with a 15-12 overall advantage and a 5-3 lead on the offensive end. EHS committed 16 turnovers in the setback and went 11-of-17 at &LOOR 3CRAPERS $RAIN 3NAKES 0RESSURE WASHERS -AN ,IFTS 3CAFFOLDING %XCAVATORS $OZERS Do your part! Recycle this newspaper! and boxed out much better,” said Rice. “In the ﬁnal 20 minutes, we controlled both ends of the ﬂoor.” Besides’ Hood’s 27, Ragan racked up 16 points on three twos, three threes and a ﬁrstquarter free throw. Justin Beaver bucketed a ﬁrst-quarter ﬁeld goal, as Dillon Ragan registered a pair of second-period foul shots. Josh Kilgore led the Spartans with 11 points, and was the only CCS player in double ﬁgures. Daniel Wilt — with eight points — had a pair of ﬁrstquarter threes, part of the team’s four. The Spartans shot six free throws, making ﬁve. Calvary Christian, which played in Saturday’s consolation game, fell to 19-6 with Friday night’s loss. The consolation game had featured the Defenders in their last three appearances, but not this year. They were indeed playing for an OCSAA state championship, which Rice was convinced his club needed to win. “This is our fourth Final Four in a row, so we feel like we need to take care of business and get this one,” he said. “We’ve had third-place and fourth-place, so it’s time to win it. Hopefully, things work out this time.” Paul Boggs can be reached at 740-4462342, ext. 2106 about the dangers of non-native insect pests and other hazards that can inadvertently be introduced into our ecosystem. The ash trees in our woods will be gone soon but there is still hope for the species. The American chestnut and elm trees still exist, and efforts continue to reestablish them, perhaps one day there will be success and the ash tree will be restored as well. Jim Freeman is the wildlife specialist for the Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District. His column, In the Open, generally appears every other weekend. He can be contacted weekdays at 740-992-4282 or at jim.freeman@oh.nacdnet. net the free throw line for 65 percent, while South Webster committed eight miscues and netted 12-of-18 charity tosses for 67 percent. The Green and Gold connected on 17-of-37 shot attempts for 46 percent, including a 6-of-18 effort from behind the arc for 33 percent. Parker and Rebecca Pullins both led the guests with 13 points, while Laura Pullins posted a doubledouble effort of 12 points and 12 rebounds. Elizabeth Collins was next with six points, while Alyson Bailey and Kelsey Casto respectively rounded out the Eastern tally with four and three markers. The Lady Jeeps made 21-of-47 ﬁeld goal attempts for 45 percent, including a 6-of-19 effort from three-point territory for 32 percent. Kacie Hall led the hosts with a game-high 20 points, while Ellie Jo Johnson and Cheyennee Weakley respectively added 16 and 11 markers. Kimber Johnson was next with seven points and Stamper concluded the winning tally with three points. Ellie Jo Johnson and Kimber Johnson each hauled in nine rebounds apiece for SWHS. Eastern ﬁnished the season second in TVC Hocking play with a 13-3 league mark, trailing only Waterford (16-0) in the standings for a second straight year. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. s !ND A 7HOLE ,OT -ORE COME AND SEE US GRAND REOPENING We Have A Huge Selection of Equipment, Tools and Boots RIBBON CUTTING AT 11:00AM IF YOU NEED IT, WE’VE GOT IT! 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Long-term population decline in the area forced the closure of local businesses, churches and schools, and in 2001 Letart Falls Elementary met the same fate when a decision was made to consolidate Southern Local School district’s four elementary schools. The school buildings were given to the townships for management, and three were re-purposed and serve their communities in a variety of ways. Letart Falls Elementary was abandoned and fell into disrepair. Constructed in 1937, the school was built primarily with funds provided by New Deal legislation that emphasized the building and remodeling of public schools. The Public Works Administration and the Works Progress Administration built 6,000 new schools, 2,170 school additions, and completed 31,000 modernization projects across the United States during the Great Depression. Some states, including Ohio, supplemented building projects with their own non-federal PWA programs. According to Barbara Powers, a preservation expert with the Ohio History Connection, many older buildings are well constructed and can be re-adapted and reused to serve useful proposes. “I have seen historic buildings easily adapted to many new uses,” she said. “Quite often, the amount it takes to re-purpose is the same or less than the cost to UPCOMING: A planned unearthing of a time capsule at Letart Falls Elementary is planned for this weekend. The Meigs Historical Society and the American Relic Hunters Association will open the capsule at a later date, and its contents will be on display at the museum during May and June. demolish and build a new structure.” She added that we should take into account the ultimate fate of postdemolition materials and take measures to keep historic materials from a landﬁll. With efforts under way to designate Letart Falls Elementary as a historic site, Meigs County Historical Society and Museum trustee Jordan Pickens said they stand ready with any effort to save and preserve the school. “The building was one of several WPA schools built in Meigs County, and was in continuous use from 1937 until 2001. Thousands of children received a quality education in that building, and with few of these structures remaining, we support efforts to keep it from demolition,” he said. The merits of repurposing rather than destroying the structure lies in Meigs’ prosperous history and Letart Falls’ role in that period. Meigs, as an area, has some of the richest soil in the world and farming has always been central to the identity of the community. River valleys frequently become fertile soil beds, and what would become known as Letart “bottoms” especially so. As pioneers moved west after the Revolutionary War, they found the lands in the southeastern Ohio Valley Courtesy photos ABOVE LEFT, Letart Falls Elementary School has remained abandoned since its closing in 2000. ABOVE RIGHT, the former Portland Elementary School, located beside Buffington Island Memorial, is now a community center and home to a museum. BELOW LEFT, Syracuse Elementary School has become the Syracuse Community Center, with activities taking place on almost a daily basis. BELOW RIGHT, Racine Elementary School was repurposed to house the Racine Village offices. fertile and supportive of a variety of produce, especially tomatoes, corn and cabbage. Every resource necessary for economic development was available: the Ohio River provided a natural highway for transporting goods to and from the town, a rich forest supplied building materials, and streams in the interior were readily available as a source of power for mills. Plentiful meadows for domestic livestock, abundant wild game, and numerous viable crops provided food for consumption and sales. Letart Falls was established in 1797 and has the distinction of being one of the ﬁrst settlements in Meigs County. Ohio became a state in 1803, and Letart Township organized the same year. The town grew and a post ofﬁce was established in 1826. According to an excerpt in The Pioneer History of Meigs County, “The fertile Letart bottoms sent ﬂatboats laden with produce annually on trips to the South, New Orleans being the ﬁnal mart. The traders returning by keelboat or steamboat brought sugar and molasses, rice and coffee for the merchants and communities.” Economic liveliness of the area continued and the area became known for its vegetables, especially the tomatoes grown in the unique river soil. Crops were shipped to Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Columbus, and many small towns along the way. People ﬂocked to the farms in summer for fresh, highquality produce signature to the area. Growth continued as late as the 1960s until corporate farming made it difﬁcult for family farms to complete. Rather than be marginalized by larger operations, many in the area sold their land for industrial use and moved away. Only a few farmers carried on, and much of the rich farm land was dug into gravel quarries. As one resident put it, “They carried Letart away, they dug it up and took it somewhere else.” More recently, American Municipal Power proposed building an electric power plant on what farmland remained. The company began acquiring property and Letart Township suffered another drop in population. After the decision was made not to proceed with the plan, the properties and their abandoned houses were left to decay and eventual demolition. Now the land owned by AMP is primarily leased for large-scale farming of ﬁeld corn and soybeans while surviving family farms are a small minority. Many short-sighted communities in America have confused commercialism with economic development, and suffer an inevitable decline. It is crucial to identify and develop what is unique about a place to ensure its future prosperity. A few farmers have adapted to the changing environment, ﬁnding new ways of bringing economic development to the area. Some have transitioned to a diverse set of crops in a family farm endeavor, and customers still travel to the Letart “bottoms” to purchase a wide variety of vegetables, most famously, Letart tomatoes. Others have turned their efforts into greenhouse production of annuals, a unique avenue which combines the areas strengths with a growing market. As many communities in Meigs County see an economic resurgence, their cultural history is still in danger. Without action, there will be no history left standing in Letart Falls. The last physical record will be demolished, leaving future generations poorer for the loss. Contact Lorna Hart at 740-9922155 Ext, 2551. PPHS sending eight to All-State Choir By Beth Sergent members were allowed to participate in the tryout where they had to perform together, POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. knowing it was rare for all — Sometimes ﬁnding harmony members to make it through in high school is not so easy, the audition and on to All-State unless you’re a choir member Choir, but they did. at Point Pleasant Junior/Senior This is the second year High School. Hendricks has directed the Though the choir program choir, which has grown to 215 has been around for awhile, it members at PPJ/SHS. She said has been resonating in a higher good things are happening at register as of late. the school. All eight members This year, eight members passing their choral tryout of the high school choir have seems to indicate she is right. been selected as All-State Choir “I was very impressed with members and will be traveling the way they sang as a group,” to Charleston, W.Va., in March Hendricks said about her kids to perform with hundreds who had to balance an eightof their peers across West part harmony. Virginia. The kids seem to be equally So, how do you get to Allimpressed with Hendricks State Choir? Practice, practice, since she’s taken over the choir practice. program. PPJ/SHS Choir Director “Before she came here, our Crystal Hendricks said choir program was lacking,” members trying out for the choir member Madisyn Boswell honor showed up for practice said. “She’s been a blessing up to ﬁve days a week — and to our lives. She’s not just our even on snow days — in teacher, but our friend.” preparation for a performance Joining Boswell in attaining before judges at Cabell Midland All-State Choir honors are Gracie Cottrill, Christopher High School. Due to the size Johnson, Shayne Ward, of the choir at PPJ/SHS, eight bsergent@civitasmedia.com Beth Sergent | Ohio Valley Publishing PPJ/SHS Choir Director Crystal Hendricks, sitting, is pictured with her All-State Choir members from PPHS. Pictured left, front to back, Madisyn Boswell, Gracie Cottrill, Christopher Johnson and Shayne Ward; pictured right, front to back, Katherine Deem, Cierra Porter, Jamin Layton and Chase Denny. Katherine Deem, Cierra Porter, Jamin Layton and Chase Denny. Hendricks said though the accolades are nice, she hopes the students are making the types of memories in high school they can — and want — to take with them. “That’s what’s important,” she said. PPHS All-State Choir members will begin practices and perform at the Charleston Municipal Auditorium as a part of the West Virginia Music Educators Association Conference on March 10-12. The tryouts and choir are organized by the West Virginia Vocal Music Association. Reach Beth Sergent at bsergent@ civitasmedia.com or on Twitter @ BSergentWrites. �LOCAL/AREA/STATE 2C Sunday, February 28, 2016 MCBOE reviews RIF list By Beth Sergent bsergent@civitasmedia.com POINT PLEASANT — The Mason County Board of Education met this week, where among the discussion, was a Reduction in Force (RIF) list. This week’s agenda included a RIF list which reﬂected a mixture of uncertainty of federal funding and ﬁnancial constraints on the county, according to a statement from Mason County Schools. The statement goes on to say, for the 2016-17 school year, Mason County expects to cut 20.5 positions, eight of those positions are in the service personnel area and 12.5 are in the professional personnel area, with 5.5 of those positions currently vacant. This means Mason County Schools are cutting total 15 positions. A portion of that 15 have been placed in other positions within the county. The RIF lists as approved by the Mason County Board of Education this week, appeared as the following agenda items: Approve the placement of the following Professional Personnel on the Reduction In Force List, for the 2016-17 school year: Melissa Barnett-Reconﬁguration of Program/Uncertainty of Funding; Ronald BrowningReconﬁguration of Program/Uncertainty of Funding; Bradley Clay-Displaced by More Senior Employee; Maria Eshenaur-Uncertainty of Funding; Elena Goldblum-Reconﬁguration of Program/Uncertainty of Funding; Tiffany Hersman-Displaced by More Senior Employee; Marla Ingels-Reconﬁguration of Program/Uncertainty of Funding; Christana LongReconﬁguration of Program/Uncertainty of Funding; Millicent Kimble-Lack of Need; Carol Newlon-Lack of Need; Melissa Sheets-Displaced by More Senior Employee; Ruth Sheets-Reconﬁguration of Program/ Uncertainty of Funding. Approve the placement of the following Service Personnel on the Reduction In Force List for 2016-17 school year: Kelli Cottrill-Reconﬁguration of Program/ Displaced by More Senior Employee; Sheila Flora-Lack of Need; Danetta Hatﬁeld-Displaced by More Senior Employee; Stephanie Hatﬁeld-Reconﬁguration of Program; Virginia Hughes-Displaced by More Senior Employee; Gena Jeffers-Reconﬁguration of Program/ Displaced by More Senior Employee; Candy RobinsonLack of Need; Diana Scarberry-Lack of Need; Amanda Stanley-Displaced by More Senior Employee. Approve the placement of the following Interventionist Positions on the Reduction in Force List for the 2016-17 school year, due to Uncertainty of Funding: Laura Blain, Blair Bumgarner, Jane Burdette, Judith Camden (two positions), Deborah Cottrill (two positions), Nakita Garnes, Amy Grady, Pam Hay, Carolyn Hesson, Amilda Noll-Thompson, Beverly Pickens, Sherry Pullin, Rebecca Roll, Jodie Roush, Mona Romans. Approve the placement of the following Site Base Manager Positons on the Reduction In Force List for the 2016-17 school year, due to Reconﬁguration of Program: Ryan Adkins, Korie Burns, Dianne Clark, Stephanie Dickens, Amanda Evick, Penni Grubb, William Hamm, Derrick Layton, Ashley Ord, Charlotte Oshel, Cherry Weikle. Approve the placement of the following Simulated Workplace Position on the Reduction in Force list for the 2016-17 school year, due to Reconﬁguration of Program: Lorita Carr Approve the placement of the following Parent Coordinator Positions on the Reduction in Force List for the 2016-17 school year, due to Uncertainty of Funding: Robin Martin, Paula McCarty, Cherie Pearson. Approve the placement of the Save the Children Positions on the Reduction in Force list for the 201617 school year, due to Uncertainty of Funding: Tonya Bonecutter, Deborah Cottrill, Susan Williamson, Brenda Withers. Approve the placement of the following Sail Ahead Literacy Position on Reduction in Force List for the 2016-17 school year, due to Uncertainty of Funding: Leah Hatﬁeld Other agenda items approved this week: Approve the two separate requests for two Mason County Students to attend School in Jackson County for the 2016-17 school year. Approve Taco Bell, Little Victories, Mason County Development Authority and Shaw and Shaw, Attorneys at Law, as work-based learning sites, effective through September 30, 2017. Approve the transfer of Andrew Blain, 7-12 Grade PE/Health Teacher, Point Pleasant Jr/Sr High, to .5 PE/Health Point Pleasant Intermediate School/.5 Point Pleasant Jr/Sr High, effective 2016-17 school year. County will be the funding source. Approve the employment of Danielle Neal, Mark Bell, and Terry Rollins, as substitute teachers for the 2015-16 school year. County will be the funding source. Approve FMLA to Melissa Abshire, custodian, Wahama Jr/Sr High, for a maximum of 12 weeks unpaid leave. Grant FMLA, to Kelli Cottrill, secretary, Leon Elementary School for a maximum of 12 weeks unpaid leave. Grant FMLA for Kelly McCarty, aide, Hannan Jr/ Sr High, for a maximum of 12 weeks unpaid leave. Approve the employment of Jessica Porter, Heather Lloyd and Judith Camden, as Math Field Day Coaches, Central Ofﬁce Itinerant, on an as needed basis, effective Feb. 25. State Curriculum Trip Grants monies will be the funding source Approve the ratiﬁcation of orders issued, transfers and supplements. Check Numbers 92563 thru 92672 and Purchase Card number 1696 thru 1713. Total Amount: $520,868.16. A special reduction in force/transfer hearing meeting will be at 4 p.m., Feb. 29, Mason County Career Center. Special statutory business meeting will be March 8, Mason County Career Center, 5:45 p.m.; regular business meeting, 6 p.m., March 8, Mason County Career Center/Hartley Building; regular business meeting, 6 p.m., March 22, Mason County Career Center/Hartley Building. Board members in attendance for this week’s meeting were Jared Billings, Paul F. Sayre, Dale Shobe, Tom Nunnery, Greg D. Fowler. Reach Beth Sergent at bsergent@civitasmedia.com or on Twitter @ BSergentWrites. Sunday Times-Sentinel Take good care of your eyes Vision problems are very Children may have a hard common across the United time expressing they are States, and Ohio is no difhaving trouble seeing. Look ferent. for the following: eyes don’t According to the Ohio line up or looks crossed or Department of Health’s outward, watery/red eyes, Save Our Sight program, squinting, tilts/thrusts head Meigs “up to 15 percent of preforward, holds objects close Health school children have an eye to eyes to see, blinking more or vision condition that, if Matters than usual, and reports Leanne not corrected, can result in things are blurry or hard to reduced vision. Twenty-ﬁve Cunningham see. percent of school-aged chilThe Meigs County Health dren have a vision problem, Department has programs and up to 5 percent of children that help residents to access vision have amblyopia (lazy eye).” concerns. According to Prevent Blindness First, we have a program for Ohio, nearly 2 million Ohioans children through ODH that helps are facing visual impairment and with transportation to/from vision blindness in the 40-plus population. appointments. Funding for this Prevent Blindness Ohio’s motto is program is limited, so the service “You Only Get One Pair and No is ﬁrst come, ﬁrst serve. Spare.” This is very ﬁtting because Second, the MCHD also helps many vision problems and eye dis- facilitate a program called Prevent eases are not reversible. Blindness Ohio. This program is for both children and adults and is income-based. Financial guidelines are at 200 percent of the federal poverty level for family size compared to yearly income: 1 $23,760; 2 - $32,040; 3 - $40,320; 4 - $48,600; 5 - $56,880; 6 - $65,160; 7 - $73,460; 8 - $81,780. For each additional person, add $8,320. This program helps residents with eye exams and glasses. Local eye doctors contract with PBO to provide these free exams and PBOapproved glasses. The ﬁnal program we host is children with medical handicaps, formerly BCMH. Also income-based, this program will help diagnose and treat certain eye problems. For more information on CMH, call Angie Rosler, RN, at 740-9926626. For the other programs discussed, call me at 740-992-6626. Leanne Cunninghamn is a registered nurse at the Meigs County Health Department. LIVESTOCK REPORT GALLIPOLIS — United Producers Inc., livestock report of sales from Feb. 24, 2016. Feeder Cattle 275-415 pounds, Steers, $125-$198, Heifers, $110$170; 425-525 pounds, Steers, $120-$200, Heifers, $100-$160; 550-625 pounds, Steers, $110-$180, Heifers, $100-$148; 650-725 pounds, Steers, $100-$140, Heifers, $90-$138; 750-850 pounds, Steers, $85-$135, Heifers, $88-$133. Cows Well-muscled/ﬂeshed, $73-$94; Medium/Lean, $68$75; Thin/Light, $2-$67; Bulls, $73-$99. Back to Farm Bred cows, $600-$1,625; Goats, $70-$75; Baby calves, $150; Hogs, $11-$52.50; Feeder pigs, $40$52.50. Upcoming specials Easter lamb and goat sale, March 11, 6 p.m. Special cow sale, April 15, 6 p.m. Feeder calf special next week. Direct sales or free on-farm visits. Contact Ryan (304) 514-1858, Dewayne at (740) 339-0241, Stacy (304) 634-0224, or visit the website at www.uproducers.com. NASA’s research center sees into its future By Tom Henry Associated Press SANDUSKY — Imagine an acoustic chamber cranking out sound waves so powerful they would liquefy your organs if you somehow were inside that room as it was being operated at full blast. Or a 122-foot-high vacuum chamber that can only be sealed into place by moving concrete doors that are 50 feet tall and 50 feet wide, each weighing an incredible 5.5 million pounds. A visit to NASA Glenn Research Center’s satellite campus, the sprawling 6,400-acre Plum Brook Station in Erie County, is a science nerd’s paradise. It offers amazing sights never seen by millions of Ohioans and tourists from around the world who converge on nearby attractions including Cedar Point amusement park. That will change a little next year, as NASA marks the 75th anniversaries of its Glenn Research Center, which is based in Cleveland, and its Plum Brook Station, which is just south of Sandusky. The space agency’s 2016 events will include two sets of open houses, both giving the public a chance to tour facilities and meet astronauts: May 21-22 at NASA Glenn and June 11-12 at Plum Brook. They will be the ﬁrst tours for the general public since 2008. Plum Brook doesn’t allow walk-in visitors but hosts about 1,000 area school-age groups a year. “We don’t care if they’re science geeks or not,” said Dave Stringer, Plum Brook Station director. NASA Glenn is one of the space agency’s 10 ﬁeld centers around the country. Plum Brook is part of it. Both began in 1941 to help America prepare for World War II. Along with other NASA centers, both also had roles in research and development of Apollo’s lunar landing module in the 1960s. More recently, Plum Brook had a research function for the Mars Pathﬁnder and the Mars Exploration rovers’ airbag systems. Known as the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory, NASA Glenn’s original focus was on building aircraft engines for the war effort. In 1941, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers acquired 8,700 acres of land south of Sandusky, mostly from farmers, to bolster the war effort. By that November — just before Japan’s Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor — the land was used to make TNT. Later, Plum Brook, which became a national historic landmark in 1986, was carved out of that land in 1958 at a cost of $25 million. Now, 74 years later, more than 200 scientists, public ofﬁcials, and journalists met in late November inside Plum Brook’s Space Power Facility — one of four remaining buildings on that campus — for an event hailed as a milestone for what is expected to be a new era in manned space travel to Mars and beyond. That ceremony marked the arrival of the European Space Agency’s service module for Orion, a 75-foot spacecraft NASA has under development with help from European scientists. Most of the rocket’s frame is being built at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans, with interior work scheduled to be added later at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Plum Brook’s connection is in testing the crucial European Space Agency service module that is being designed to provide astronauts their propulsion, electricity, air, and water once they reach outer space. Once a nearly identical replica is put through a series of rigorous vibration, acoustic, strength, and temperature tests, the real hardware — with any tweaks that need to be made — will undergo the same. U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, a Democrat from Toledo, told the audience it was “witnessing history and building the future.” But like the space program itself, Plum Brook has had its ups and downs. The site has had as many as 10,000 workers and as few as 12 over the years. “Plum Brook is an intriguing place that inspires an air of mystery,” historian Mark D. Bowles of Cuyahoga Falls wrote in the preface of his book, Science in Flux: NASA’s Nuclear Program at Plum Brook Station 1955 - 2005, published by NASA in 2006. One Plum Brook director, according to Bowles’ book, told a newspaper reporter in 1998 that many people believed NASA was doing “something secret” like “housing a ﬂying saucer” inside the station. Stringer, who became the site director in 2007, said the station closed in 1974, largely because of costs America had incurred from its involvement in the Vietnam War. It remained closed for the next 12 years but was reopened in 1986 to test solar arrays for Freedom, a proposal for a space station that former President Ronald Reagan supported in his 1984 State of Union address. Freedom was never built. Plans for it eventually were rolled into the International Space Station program. Plum Brook survived an effort to close it again in 1995. Although NASA has spent $130 million in recent years to expand its testing capability, two-thirds of the site’s facilities have been demolished since 2006, Stringer said. The demolition work has included the decommissioning of NASA’s second and ﬁnal Plum Brook nuclear reactor in 2012. The land where it stood for decades is now clear and, in 2013, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission signed off on the work. The changes are a sign of NASA’s evolving mission, Stringer said. “It’s not like we’re trying to hug everything and wait around to see if it’ll be used,” he said. Stringer said NASA is making an additional commitment to Plum Brook’s future by upgrading the station’s sign and front gate at a cost of $6 million to meet government security standards in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The station was chosen to test the European Space Agency service module because it has the world’s only vacuum chamber large enough to test rockets and components in a nearly pressure-free environment. It is 122 feet high by 100 feet wide. The vacuum chamber was built in 1969 of pure aluminum. Rick Sorge, Plum Brook’s space power facility test manager, said NASA used that metal because of its interest in nuclear-powered research in the ’60s. Aluminum doesn’t absorb gamma rays, he explained. The chamber has the aluminum equivalent of a billion soda pop cans, Sorge said. Sealing its 5.5-million-pound doors shut is an automated, 30-minute process, Stringer said. Another one of the most eyecatching features at Plum Brook is the reverberant acoustic test facility, an acoustic chamber with woofers and loudspeakers so incredibly large that fans of heavy metal music would drool. Humans can’t be inside it while operating. Long before their organs would liquefy, their eardrums would burst. Capable of cranking out 163 decibels, it is the most powerful acoustic chamber in the world, Stringer said. Its purpose is to simulate the sound at liftoff, roughly as loud as the thrust of 20 jet engines. The only bigger one is a Lockheed Martin acoustic chamber in Denver. But it does not produce as many decibels, he said. Extreme temperatures and vibration are easy-to-understand stresses upon liftoff or travel in outer space. 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Karl and Alice have resided on their farm at 2875 Chestnut Ridge Road, Mount Alto, since their marriage. Karl retired from Appalachian Power Company and Alice retired from the Mason County Board of Education. They are the parents of daughter Karla (Jim) Stewart, of Point Pleasant, and son Jason (Linda) Click, of Clarksburg; they are the grandparents of Seth Stewart, of Point Pleasant, and Anthony, Jaden and Alexis Click, of Clarksburg, and adopted granddaughter, Holley (Cody) Murray, of Texas. POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Pleasant Valley Hospital (PVH) recently announced its contribution of teddy bears for the Gallipolis Junior Women’s Club (GJWC) Buddy Bear Project. The GJWC is currently gathering bears for the Gallia County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce, Gallipolis City Police Department, Emergency Medical Services, and the Ohio State Highway Patrol. This project is aimed at providing comfort to children during an emergency situation. All ﬁrst responders in Gallia County will have a supply of Buddy Bears in patrol cars. “The Gallipolis Junior Women’s club is an enthusiastic volunteer organization in Gallia County. They fulﬁll key roles in the community and often interact directly with children and their families. We are happy they reached out to us to help support this meaningful project that brings comfort to those who are the Courtesy photo most precious members of Pictured are Connie Davis, PVH senior director of ancillary services, Paula Williams-Wray, our community,” Glen Wash- Gallipolis Junior Women’s Club member, Glen Washington, FACHE, PVH CEO, and Tracy Stewart Call, PVH director of marketing. ington, FACHE, CEO, said. Putnam woman wins competition Staff Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Putnam County entrepreneur is the winner of the 2016 Vanguard Agriculture competition sponsored by the Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing. Mandy Curry created Healthy Kids, an easy-to-use, customizable online meal planner that includes recipes, instructional videos and shopping lists of ingredients. With the help of her husband, a master gardener, Curry is developing a new component that integrates farming technology into the meal planner, offering guidance on what to grow in particular areas, how to grow and care for the plants, when to harvest and how to incorporate homegrown produce into meal plans. As winner of the West Virginia Vanguard Agriculture competition, Curry will receive a business assistance package valued in excess of $10,000, including product design and development, funding opportunities, business incubator space and other services. She received the award during a ceremony Feb. 26 at the West Virginia Small Farm Conference at the Charleston Civic Center. The West Virginia Vanguard Agriculture Competition honors innovation and ingenuity in agriculture, recognizing an entrepreneur whose idea has potential to solve 2016 This year’s Vanguard Agriculture competition winner, Mandy Curry, of Putnam County, created Healthy Kids, an easy-to-use, customizable online meal planner that includes recipes, instructional videos and shopping lists of ingredients. logistical challenges in the local food supply chain. The contest is part of RCBI’s Agricultural Innovations initiative, a focused effort to improve opportunities for West Virginia’s farming and agricultural economy. Funded by a grant from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, the initiative supports and enhances a vibrant local foods system by promoting entrepreneurship and innovation. The Robert C. 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