http://66.213.69.5/files/original/801c3e1a264455e76e250bb6c1538826.pdf eac302bea2d95d8690e793a15b303d0e PDF Text Text Body armor donation Conference schedules released Nurses meet ‘along the river’ LOCAL s 7A SPORTS s 1B LOCAL s 1C Breaking news at mydailytribune.com Issue 28, Volume 50 Vinton man earns prison for credit card misuse Sunday, July 17, 2016 s $2 Partnering for preschool Brian Angell, 37, gets year in prison for fourth-degree felony Staff Report GALLIPOLIS — A Vinton man was sentenced to one year in prison after pleading guilty to the misuse of a credit card. Brian Angell, 37, pleaded guilty to a crime that is considered a felony of the fourth-degree in Ohio and was ordered to pay restitution in the Gallia County Court of Common Pleas. “During the month of Angell January 2015, the defendant stole a credit card from a family member while the family member was at work and used the card on multiple occasions,” said Gallia County Prosecutor Jeff Adkins. “Ultimately, the defendant racked up debt on the card in excess of $14,000. Law enforcement was able to verify that the defendant was the one using the card during this time frame on video surveillance from multiple stores and establishments.” Angell was indicted by the “During the month of January 2015, the Gallia County grand jury in March. After defendant stole a the indictment was credit card from a issued Adkins’ office family member while commenced the criminal prosecution the family member and agreed that the was at work and defendant should used the card on serve 12 months multiple occasions. in prison to begin immediately. Ultimately, the “The defendant defendant racked up has two prior felony debt on the card in convictions out excess of $14,000.” of Gallia County —Jeff Adkins, for theft and Gallia County Prosecutor telecommunications fraud,” Adkins said. “It is evident from the defendant’s criminal history — and this instance — that he does not understand the impact he is having on others who work hard for their money. Hard-working people of this community should not have to worry that their property will be stolen when they leave for work in the morning. It is my hope that the Defendant takes the next 12 months to think about the affect he has had on his family, and in so doing decides to become a productive member of society upon his release.” Angell was found guilty of violation section 2913.21 of the Ohio Revised Code. According to Adkins, it is not illegal if an individual gives permission for a card to be used, much like a parent allowing their teenager to purchase gas while out driving. However, some credit advising agencies say this may be a misuse of a card and within breach of contract. One should always be aware of who or where their credit card is. Dean Wright | Ohio Valley Publishing According to Rick Edwards, of the Athens-Meigs Educational Service Center, preschools are more than just places for parents to leave their children while they go to work. Schools like the Little Storm Early Learning Academy are meant to give children a jump-start on their education by getting them ahead of the curve before entering kindergarten. Service gives children a jump on education By Dean Wright deanwright@civitasmedia.com RIO GRANDE — The University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College are collaborating with the Athens-Meigs Educational Service Center and Head Start program to provide a new school service to the public. The joint effort will benefit students and is planned to be ready by the start of the new school year. According to Rick Edwards, superintendent of AMESC, the operators of the former Rio Grande Child Development Center on East College Street next to the Rio Grande Village Municipal Building have decided to move on to new opportunities, and with that the facility lies ready for its next project. The facility will be open from 7 a.m to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The new facility will be called Little Storm Early Learning Academy. The institution See PRESCHOOL | 7A This year, at band camp Rio to host local high school bands, including Point Pleasant “We have bands coming from areas such as Dayton, Zanesville and Columbus, and even from Point Pleasant.” Staff Report RIO GRANDE — The University of Rio Grande is hosting several high schools from around the region for week-long band camps. School of Fine Arts assistant professor Gary Stewart said 12 bands will be coming to campus for camp this year. “We have bands coming from areas such as Dayton, Zanesville and Columbus and even from Point Pleasant, W.Va. We Courtesy photos will see a wide range of bands, Students from around the state are spending a week some with close to 130 memat Rio for band camps to plan and rehearse their bers or as few as 45 students,” shows for the upcoming competition seasons Stewart said. “These students — Gary Stewart, URG School of Fine Arts will work hard during their time on campus to prepare their shows for Friday night football and band competition seasons this fall.” Stewart said bands have been coming to Rio for their annual camps since the 1970s when the program was privately run and known as “Camp Crescendo.” Stewart has been overseeing the camps through the university for 15 years. See BAND | 7A Meigs included in disaster declaration A NEWS Obituaries: 2A Editorial: 6A Weather: 8A By Michael Hart For the Times-Sentinel B SPORTS Sports: 1B Classifieds: 7B-8B C FEATURES Along the River: 1C Comics: 3C JOIN THE CONVERSATION What’s your take on today’s news? Go to mydailytribune.com and visit us on facebook to share your thoughts. POMEROY — In the wake of West Virginia’s major flooding in late June, businesses and nonprofits in Meigs County will be eligible for loans via the Small Business Administration. The federal agency includes counties adjacent to federally declared disaster areas in its relief efforts. “The adjoining or neighboring counties are included in our declaration because we know that the impact on businesses usually does not stop at the county line,” said Kathy Cook, public affairs specialist for the SBA. SBA MORE THAN JUST LOANS Though loans are the most visible part of the SBA, it engages in a variety of disaster related efforts. On Tuesday, July 19 from 2 to 2:30 p.m., it will host a live online discussion on how to protect your business from the disaster threats that could cause long-term financial losses. Register at http://agil. me/top5risks2016 or visit www.preparemybusiness.org to access past webinars and to download disaster preparedness checklists. The Small Business Administration is most well-known for disaster relief loans, which provide capital during the aftermath of a crisis. “We want to keep business in business,” Cook said. “Some businesses have insurance, savings, the ability to get through, and some don’t. “ In officially declared disaster areas, the SBA grants “physical disaster” and “economic injury” loans. The first type is often a primary source of funding during rebuilding, with more than $340 million approved in Ohio since 1989. The second targets small business and nonprofits that did not lose property in a catastrophe, See DISASTER | 7A �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2A Sunday, July 17, 2016 OBITUARIES NEWS FROM AROUND THE MOUNTAIN STATE THEODORE LEE BOYER HAMILTON — Theodore Lee, 83, of Hamilton, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 13, 2016. Theodore was born June 6, 1933, in Gallipolis, to Earl and Georgia Boyer. On Jan. 22, 1955, he married Mary Ann Wiggins. Ted worked at Champion for more than 30 years. He finished his career with Butler County Board of Mental Health, retiring at age 70. He was an active member of Grace United Methodist Church and the church finance committee. He devoted much of his time to Chosen, Living Waters and Missions with Grace. Ted’s wonderful personality and kindness touched so many people throughout her life. He loved to be with family and friends, travel, golf, ping-pong, tennis, bowling, gardening, walking and hiking. In addition to his mother and father, Ted was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 61 years, Mary Ann Boyer. He is survived by his children David (Ann) Boyer, of Fort Wright, Ky., and Steven (Jill) Boyer, of Hamilton; grandchildren Christopher, Samantha, Megan, Alexa Boyer and Adam Holstein-Seibert; brother Larry (Patty) Boyer. Memorial service will be 6 p.m. Thursday, July 21, 2016, at Grace United Methodist Church, 1200 Main St., Hamilton. Visitation is 4-6 p.m. In lieu of flowers, a donation can be made to SPCA or Grace United Methodist Church. Cremation Society of Greater Cincinnati serving the family. MICHAEL L. BURKE RUTLAND — Michael L. Burke, 65, of Rutland, passed away at 5:13 p.m. Monday, July 11, 2016, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. Born Aug. 10, 1950, in Gallipolis, he was the son of the late Lloyd and Mary Will Burke. He retired as a custodian from the Gavin Power Plant. He was also a U.S. Army veteran and loved to work and attend flea markets. He is survived by his wife, April Ellis Burke, whom he married July 3, 1999, in Middleport; a son, Chad (Cristi) Burke, of Gallipolis; grandchildren Lexi Burke and Kylee (Heath) Lucas; great-grandchildren Lilli Lucas, Archer Lucas and Sunday Times-Sentinel Mieke Lucas; a sister, Lavonne (Jim) Repasky, of Springboro; numerous nieces and nephews; and his fur babies, Spot, Archie, Bandit and J.D. In addition to his parents, Michael was preceded in death by a brother, John Burke; and his lifelong friend, Robert Franklin. Graveside services will full military honors will be conducted in Centenary Cemetery at the convenience of the family. Cremeens-King Funeral Home is entrusted with Michael’s arrangements. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family by visiting www. cremeensfuneralhomes. com. DEATH NOTICES HESS VINTON - Eddie Dean Hess, 72, of Vinton, passed away Saturday, July 16, 2016 at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Arrangements will be announced by the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton. RILEY SOUTH POINT — Lenora Darlene Riley, 84, of South Point, passed away Friday July 15, 2016 at Heartland of Riverview, South Point. Funeral service will be conducted 11 a.m. Monday, July 18, 2016 at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville. Burial will follow in Highland Memorial Gardens, South Point. Visitation will be held from 10 to 11 a.m., Monday July 18, 2016 at the funeral home. Parents of slain police informant suing drug unit CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The parents of a woman killed in retaliation for working as a Charleston police informant are suing the police drug unit that recruited her. Bruce and Cathy Basham filed the lawsuit in Kanawha County Circuit Court this week on behalf of the estate of Branda Basham, 22, who was shot to death in July 2014, The Charleston Gazette-Mail reported. Marlon Dewayne Dixon was sentenced to life behind bars after pleading guilty to killing Branda Basham when he found out she was working as a police informant. Dixon lured the victim to a secluded area in Charleston and shot her repeatedly with a pistol on July 12, 2014, authorities said. Dixon sold drugs to Branda Basham several times. 2-year-old boy killed in WVa house fire SPRING MILLS, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia authorities say a 2-year-old boy was killed in a house fire in Berkeley County. The Journal of Martinsburg reports that the fire in the Spring Mills community spread quickly throughout the house due to windy conditions Thursday. Bedington volunteer fire chief David Brining says nearly three-fourths of the house was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. Brining says the child who died in the fire will be identified pending an autopsy. JoAnn St. Onge, a neighbor, says the home was lost quickly after she heard an explosion. Brining says the cause of the fire is under investigation. The West Virginia State Fire Marshal’s Office was on the scene Thursday. The centers will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Saturday, but starting next week, new operating hours will be 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management says the centers will be closed on Sundays, including this Sunday. A new disaster recovery center has opened in Nicholas County. The center is located at Birch River Elementary School. Used vehicle buyers urged caution in wake of flooding CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia residents considering the purchase of a used vehicle should use extra caution in light of last month’s flooding. That’s the advice of state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, who says buyers should watch out for offers that seem too good to be true. Morrisey’s office said in a news release that state law prohibits reselling a submerged vehicle without a salvaged title. The law requires anyone who repairs a total loss to use a specially licensed salvage mechanic and document the redeemed CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Charleston status with a salvage title afterward. man has been sentenced to two years in jail for The release also advises questioning any towing his conviction on dogfighting and other animal company to be sure total loss vehicles don’t cruelty charges. become profit for someone else and a problem for The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that Derick A. Geiger was convicted earlier this month an eventual buyer. Consumers should research a vehicle’s history of seven counts of cruelty to animals, illegal tethering and six counts of training dogs to fight. with the vehicle identification number and evaluating the dealership. Kanawha Magistrate Mike Sisson immediately handed down the sentence. The Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association says the 45-year-old Geiger became the first Kanawha County resident to be convicted of dogfighting. A criminal complaint against Geiger says that FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) — Authorities have last November, a Charleston humane officer was arrested a Fairmont baby sitter after they say her dispatched to a residence after an anonymous dog attacked a 2-year-old girl. complaint was made about dogs being trained to The Times West Virginian reports that deputies “competitively fight in blood sports.” arrested 34-year-old Opal L. Caston Wednesday An officer wrote in the complaint that seven pit with one felony count of child neglect creating risk bulls were found outside the home with no food of injury. or water. Marion County Sheriff’s Department Cpl. Russell Garrett wrote in a criminal complaint that Caston’s pit bull attacked the child in June while she was in Caston’s care. The complaint states that the child had severe wounds to the inner and outer lip and wounds to her head. The child also had to receive stitches for a CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia emergency officials say state and Federal Emergency puncture wound to the neck. Caston posted a $10,000 bond Wednesday. It’s Management Agency disaster recovery centers are unclear if she has an attorney. changing their hours starting Sunday. W.Va. man sentenced to jail for dogfighting conviction Deputies arrest baby sitter after pit bull bites girl Disaster recovery centers changing hours NEWS FROM AROUND THE BUCKEYE STATE Inmates hospitalized after overdose MANSFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say five northern Ohio inmates had to be hospitalized for suspected heroin overdoses. The Mansfield News Journal reports the female inmates were initially treated at the Mansfield jail Thursday night and were revived with the overdose reversal drug, naloxone. All were taken to an area hospital. Authorities say tampon insert tubes apparently used to ingest the drugs were discovered in the bathroom of the housing unit where the inmates were found along with a cellphone. Drug charges are BREAKING NEWS AT MYDAILY TRIBUNE.COM pending. The Richland County Sheriff’s Office says it will ask lawmakers to change a law and allow corrections officers to strip search inmates who enter general jail population. Jail inmates overdosing on heroin has become increasingly common because of the state’s ongoing addictions epidemic. Suspects sought in shootout of Columbus. Police say there was a confrontation between two groups before they drove onto the freeway and began shooting. A 26-year-old man died in the shooting and another man was injured. 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Travis was found dead on July 14, 2014. �LOCAL Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, July 17, 2016 3A ‘Passport Challenge’ encourages Gallia tourism How does it work? Participants will pick up a booklet or GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia passport at the Gallia County Convention and Visitors County Convention and VisiBureau. Each page of the passtors Bureau recently launched its new summer program, “The port will specify a different location participants will need Passport Challenge.” to visit to have their passport The kickoff event was July stamped. If the location is 8 at the Gallia County CVB, closed, GCCVB will accept a located at 441 Second Ave., selfie at the location as proof. Gallipolis. Once each location has a The “Passport Challenge” program will run until Sept. 5, stamp, they will bring the passport to the GCCVB and collect so if people are interested in their prize. participating but were unable Locations participating in to attend the kickoff event, they the challenge this year are: still have the opportunity to Gallia County Convention and complete the challenge. Visitors Bureau, Bob Evans “The goal of the Passport Challenge is to encourage com- Farm Homestead Museum, Madog Center for Welsh Studmunity members of all ages to visit historically significant and ies, Gallia County Genealogical Society — OGS Chapter, important locations that make a big impact in Gallia County,” French Art Colony, Dr. Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library, said Kaitlynn Halley, GCCVB the John Gee Black Historical assistant director. Center, Our House Tavern and “This is another way for us the University of Rio Grande to educate local community admissions office. members and get them out If anyone would like additionto experience new places this summer,” said Amanda Crouse, al information on the Passport Challenge, contact the Gallia executive director of GCCVB. County Convention and VisiNext year, Crouse said the tors Bureau at 740-446-6882 or program will run from MemoPictured are Brody Thomas and Emma Blankenship with “Passport Challenge” drawstring sacks. rial Day until Labor Day week- email info@visitgallia.com. end. Staff Report Courtesy photo GALLIA-MEIGS BRIEFS ODOT to hold realignment public meeting POMEROY – The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) will be hosting a public meeting on the upcoming Meigs County SR 7/SR 143 realignment project July 27 at 6:30 pm at the Meigs Multi-Purpose Senior Center, 112 E. Memorial Drive in Pomeroy. Construction is slated to begin summer 2017 on the estimated $2 million project that includes widening and realignment of the intersection of SR 7/SR 143, including left turn lanes. For more information contact: David Rose, ODOT Communications, at (614) 387-0435 / david.rose@dot.ohio.gov. American Red Cross Blood Drive Gallia County contest at this year’s Gallia County Fair. The Gallipolis Lions Club has traditionally sponsored this event since 1958. The contest will be 6:30 p.m. Aug. 1 on the Main Stage of the fairgrounds. Contestants must be 6 or 7 years old, a resident of Gallia County and be pre-registered with the Gallipolis Lions Club. There is no charge to participate in the contest. Entry forms can be picked up at any of the following locations: Ohio Valley Bank in the Gallipolis Walmart, Peoples Bank on Third Avenue, US Bank in the Silver Bridge Plaza, or the Gallia County 4-H Extension Office on Jackson Pike. Entry forms may be filled out and returned to those locations or they can be mailed to: Gallipolis Lions Club, PO Box 436, Gallipolis, OH 45631 or emailed to gallipolislionsclub@ gmail.com. Jeri Howell and Cathy Greenleaf, cochairmen of the Little Miss/Little Mister contest, said entry forms must be received by Jul7 27. All entrants should report to the back stage at 6 p.m. the night of the contest. Mobile home, real estate tax bills due GALLIPOLIS — All mobile home tax bills and real estate tax bills have been mailed. Real estate tax bills are due Aug. 1; mobile home tax bills are due July 22. To avoid a penalty, pay by the due date. Payments may be sent by mail and postmarked by the due date to the Gallia County Treasurer’s Office. Payments may also be made in person at the treasurer’s office between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday in the Gallia County Courthouse. Real estate and mobile See BRIEFS | 4A SALEM CENTER — Star Grange will hold an American Red Cross Blood Drive July 28, from 1-6:30 p.m. at the Grange Hall on County Rd. 1, north of Salem Center. Please bring donor card or photo ID. To make an appointment contact Linda at 740-669-4245 or 1-800-REDCROSS or visit redcross.org. Walk-ins are also welcome. Homemade food will be provided to all donors. GAHS Athletic Hall of Fame application deadline is Aug. 1 GALLIPOLIS — Deadline for applications for the 2016 Gallia Academy Athletic Hall of Fame nominations has been extended to Aug. 1, according to Tom Meadows, GAHS HOF committee president. Individuals may obtain HOF application forms from the GAHS school website. Male student athletes who graduated in 1996 or earlier and female student athletes who graduated in 1999 or earlier are eligible for nomination. Send them to Lori Young, P.O. Box 1151, Gallipolis OH 45631. 2016 Little Miss/Little Mr. Gallia County GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis Lions Club will once again sponsor the Little Miss and Little Mister Choosing your first Medicare health plan is a big decision Call a Humana sales agent today. Agent Mark Thompson (740) 612-9093 TTY: 711 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday - Friday Y0040_GHHJ4HAEN Accepted 60664336 60662450 �LOCAL 4A Sunday, July 17, 2016 Sunday Times-Sentinel GALLIA-MEIGS CALENDAR STOCKS AEP (NYSE) - 69.64 Akzo (NASDAQ) - 21.68 Ashland Inc. (NYSE) 121.63 Big Lots (NYSE) - 51.37 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) - 37.13 BorgWarner (NYSE) - 31.86 Century Alum (NASDAQ) 8.31 Champion (NASDAQ) - 0.120 City Holding (NASDAQ) 47.28 Collins (NYSE) - 85.82 DuPont (NYSE) - 67.16 US Bank (NYSE) - 41.89 Gen Electric (NYSE) - 32.88 Harley-Davidson (NYSE) 48.10 JP Morgan (NYSE) - 64.18 Kroger (NYSE) - 36.71 Ltd Brands (NYSE) - 69.46 Norfolk So (NYSE) - 91.49 OVBC (NASDAQ) - 21.93 BBT (NYSE) - 36.77 Peoples (NASDAQ) - 22.05 Pepsico (NYSE) - 109.66 Premier (NASDAQ) - 17.10 Rockwell (NYSE) - 119.16 Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) 12.28 Royal Dutch Shell - 55.21 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) 14.10 Wal-Mart (NYSE) - 73.67 Wendy’s (NYSE) - 9.62 WesBanco (NYSE) - 32.07 Worthington (NYSE) - 45.21 Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. ET closing quotes of transactions July 15, 2016, provided by Edward Jones financial advisors Isaac Mills in Gallipolis at (740) 4419441 and Lesley Marrero in Point Pleasant at (304) 674-0174. Member SIPC. Briefs From page 3A home taxes may also be paid at all locations of Peoples Bank, Ohio Valley Bank, Westbanco and Farmers Bank. If your address has changed, indicate the new address on the back of your tax statement. If you have not received your real estate or mobile home tax bills, call Steve McGhee at the Gallia County Treasurer’s Office, 740-446-4612, Ext. 251. SOCOG meets July 28 in Chillicothe CHILLICOTHE — The Southern Ohio Council of Governments will conduct its next board meeting at 10 a.m. July 28 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. Editor’s Note: The Sunday Times-Sentinel 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. Card showers Betty and Gordon Kemper will celebrate their 68th wedding on July 17. Cards may be sent to: 556 Fourth Ave., Gallipolis, Oh 45631. The couple was married July 17, 1948. Victor Burgess will celebrate his 95th birthday on July 19. Cards may be sent to: 5631 State Route 141, Gallipolis, OH 45631. Grace Shafer will celebrate her 96th birthday on July 20. Cards may be sent to: 16703 Hanna Trace Road, Crown City, OH 45623. Hulda Brown Hendrick will celebrate her 90th birthday on July 21. Cards may be sent to: 436 Hedgewood Drive, Gallipolis, OH 45631. Eva Mooney will celebrate her 93rd birthday on July 22. Cards may be sent to: The Arbors, Room 210A, 170 Pinecrest Drive, Gallipolis, OH 45631. James lee Sines will be celebrating his 94th birthday on July 25. Cards may be sent to: 389 Clark Drive, Apt. 14, Circleville, OH 43113. Events Sunday, July 17 HEMLOCK GROVE — “Come learn what the Grange is all about” as Hemlock Grange celebrates their 100th birthday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., with a free dinner beginning at 11:30 a.m. Everyone is welcome to attend. GALLIPOLIS — M.J. Clary family reunion will be in O.O. McIntyre Park. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m. City Commission will meet at 6 p.m. at the Gallipolis Municipal Building, 333 Third Ave. The meeting room may be accessed through the side entrance at 2½ Alley. GALLIPOLIS — The American Legion Ladies Auxiliary will meet at 6 p.m. at the post home on McCormick Road. All members and officers are urged to attend. Thursday, July 21 GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Board of Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. in the county commission office on the first Monday, July 18 HARRISONVILLE — The Har- floor of the Gallia County Courtrisonville Senior Citizens regular house. OHIO VALLEY — Meigs monthly meeting will be 11:30 County native, author and Ohio a.m. at the Presbyterian Church Valley Publishing columnist on State Route 143 in HarrisonMichele Zirkle-Marcum will be ville. A carry-in potluck dinner at the Meigs County Library in will be served in the fellowship Pomeroy between 11 a.m. and hall, members urged to attend to 2 p.m. to sign copies of her new discuss business, blood pressure book, “Rain No Evil.” The cost will be checked, social hour will is $22 for paperback and $29 for conclude the meeting. GALLIPOLIS — The American hardback. A percentage of book sales will be donated to help West Legion Lafayette Post 27, the Ladies Auxiliary and the Sons of Virginia flood victims. GALLIPOLIS — The Circle the American Legion Squadron of Healing PTSD will meet at 6 will have a joint E-Board meeting at 5 p.m. at the post home on p.m. at VFW Post 4464 on Third Avenue. McCormick Road. All E-Board members are urged to attend. GALLIPOLIS — The American Friday, July 22 Legion Lafayette Post 27 will GALLIPOLIS — Gospel in the have a meeting at 6 p.m. at the Park, 7 p.m., Gallipolis City Park. post home on McCormick Road. Entertainment by Violey MayAll members and officers are nard, Gloryland Believers. urged to attend. GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Veterans Service Office will be closed for service officer Tuesday, July 19 training. GALLIPOLIS — Stroke Survivors’ Support Group meeting, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Gallia Senior Saturday, July 23 Resource Center, 1165 State GALLIPOLIS — Free hot comRoute 160, Gallipolis. Lunch munity outreach lunch, noon, served at noon. First Baptist Church, 1100 Fourth GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis St. GALLIA-MEIGS CHURCH CALENDAR Vacation Bible Schools July 20-22, Kingdom Ministries Church, Bidwell (Kerr Road), 6-8 p.m. each day. All community children are welcome. Revivals July 20-24, at Faith Valley Community Church, Bulaville Pike, Gallipolis. July 20, 7 p.m. Lisa Browning sings and David Browning preaches. Thursday - Saturday 7 p.m., Rocky Jeffers preaches. Special singing nightly. Rocky Jeffers preaches Sunday, 6 p.m. See CHURCH | 5A Celebrating over 25 years in Meigs County Millie’s Restaurant Craving a Home Cooked Meal? How about ... Come to Millie’s at 39239 Bradbury Road, Middleport, Ohio 740-992-7713 Turn at caution light on Co. Rd. #5 s $AILY 3PECIALS s #ATERING !VAILABLE s &AMILY &RIENDLY #OUNTRY !TMOSPHERE s -ILLIE�S &AMOUS (OMEMADE 0IES s (OME #OOKED -EALS &RESH $AILY /PEN � $AYS ! 7EEK s � AM � PM 60667559 �LOCAL Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, July 17, 2016 5A Activities still on the calendar for summer ‘staycation’ By Beth Sergent bsergent@civitasmedia.com POINT PLEASANT — Though school supplies are appearing on store shelves, there are still plenty of summer activities on the tourism calendar in Mason County. If a “staycation” is the plan, residents don’t have to go very far to find something to do and experience. This month and into August, the Mayor’s Night Out free concert series continues at Point Pleasant Riverfront Park. The remaining schedule of performers is as follows: 8 p.m., July 22, C.C. Miller returns for country, rock and blues performance; 8 p.m., July 29, Mason Dixon and Backwoods Brotherhood performs country music; 8 p.m., Aug. 5, Four Ever Blessed performed gospel music; 8 p.m., Aug. 19, Modock Rounders performs classic country and classic rock music; 8 p.m., Aug. 26, Two River Junction performs country music. Also this month, the Belle of Cincinnati Dinner Cruise at Riverfront Park, sponsored by the Point Pleasant River Museum and Learning Center, returns July 25. Boarding is at 6:30 p.m. and departure at 7 p.m. from Point Pleasant Riverfront Park. The vessel should return to the park around 9:30 p.m. that night. A buffetstyle dinner is planned as is a performance from local entertainer Joey Wilcoxon. Tickets are SUMMER ‘STAYCATION’ A ‘staycation’ is a a vacation spent near home, involving day trips or visits to local attractions. This summer, Mason County has several options for those looking to have a little fun close to home. A visit by the Belle of Cincinnati, Peck Fest, the Mason County Fair, Mayor’s Night Out and Tribute to the River are just a few activities lined up before fall. $50 for adults and $25 for children ages 4-12. This cruise is also handicapaccessible for those with special needs. Call the museum for tickets at 304-674-0144. The Second Annual Peck Fest Concert and Festival returns July 22-23 at Kanawha River Campground, less than 10 miles outside Point Pleasant. This year’s headliners are Chris Janson and Kane Brown, who will be joined by Krista Hughes, a contestant on “The Voice” who was part of Team Blake, as well as many other popular bands from the area. For more information on Peck Fest and how to get tickets, go to www.peckfest. com. Then, July 28-30, the Point Pleasant River Museum and Learning Center Tennis Tournament returns, followed on July 30 at 5 p.m. by the Antique Tractor Pull at the West Virginia State Farm Museum. Church From page 4A July 27-30, 7 p.m. nightly, Centerpoint FWB Church, 3267 CenterPoint Road, Patriot. Brothers Burly Muncey, Tim Updike, Jeremy Mollett and Kevin Greene will preach. Gospel bluegrass music played nightly. Dinner at 5 p.m. Saturday (July 30), Carry-in dishes appreciated. Sunday, July 17 ADDISON — Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Evening service, 6 p.m., Addison Freewill Baptist Church, with Pastor Rick Barcus. GALLIPOLIS — Coffee Klatch at 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School at 10; morning worship service at 10:30 a.m., with special singing by Tom Kessell; Pastor Bob Hood, Bulaville Christian Church, 2337 Johnson Ridge Rd.; 740- File photo Tribute to the River returns Sept. 2-3 at Riverfront Park with games for kids, line throwing competition, boat tours and more. Admission is free. August begins with the Mason County Fair Aug. 8-13 with this year’s entertainment headliners being: Tuesday, Aug. 9, gospel groups the Jim Brady Trio going on at 7:30 p.m. followed by Among the Thirsty at 9 p.m.; Wednesday, Aug. 10, 9 p.m., Shania Twin, a Shania Twain tribute artist; Thursday, Aug. 11, 9 p.m., Confederate Railroad; Friday, Aug. 12, 9 p.m., Darryl Worley; Saturday, Aug. 13, 9 p.m., Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers. September will wel- come the last days of summer with Tribute to the River on Sept. 2-3 at Riverfront Park. The festival will include boat tours, a line throwing competition, games for children, concessions and more. On Sept. 3, an Antique Tractor Pull will be at 5 p.m. at the West Virginia State Farm Museum. Then, the Mothman Festival flies into town on Sept. 17-18, bringing thousands of people into downtown Point Pleasant. On Sept. 17, the Mothman Festival Hayrides at the West Virginia 446-7495 or 740-709-6107. Everyone is welcome. MERCERVILLE — Donnie Massey will preach at Dickey Chapel Church. Service begins at 6 p.m. GALLIPOLIS — People interested in becoming Catholic, returning to the Catholic faith or those who want to learn more about the Catholic church may attend Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) inquiry sessions beginning at 11:15 a.m. today and every Sunday at St. Louis Catholic Church Parish Center. Wednesday, July 20 ADDISON — Business meeting and Bible study, 7 p.m., Addison Freewill Baptist Church. GALLIPOLIS — Bible Study; 6 p.m., “A Better Country: Preparing for Heaven,” by Dan Schaeffer; Pastor Bob Hood, Bulaville Christian Church, 2337 Johnson Ridge Rd.; (740-446-7495 or 740-709-6107). Everyone is welcome. State Farm Museum will begin at 7 p.m. and also on Sept. 17, the Annual Fall Bend Area C.A.R.E. Catfish Tournament at the Mason Levee is from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. A busy month of activities will wrap up on Sept. 24 with the Dragon Boat Festival at Krodel Park, hosted by Point Pleasant River Museum and Learning Center. Beyond this summer, the tourism calendar in Mason County is still busy with activities well into fall. October will welcome the Country Fall Festival, Oct. 1-2 at the West Virginia State Farm Museum. Then, Oct. 7-9 is Battle Days at TuEndie-Wei State Park and on Main Street in Point Pleasant. Oct. 7-9 a Battle Days Encampment is at Fort Randolph. Oct. 28-30 is the Harvest Fest and All Hallows Eve Encampment at Fort Randolph at Krodel Park. Information for many of these activities released by the Mason County Convention and Visitors Bureau. Reach Beth Sergent at bsergent@ civitasmedia.com or on Twitter @ BSergentWrites. 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Kennedy International Airport, killing all 230 people on board. On this date: In 1821, Spain ceded Florida to the United States. In 1918, Russia’s Czar Nicholas II and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks. In 1936, the Spanish Civil War began as right-wing army generals launched a coup attempt against the Second Spanish Republic. In 1944, during World War II, 320 men, two-thirds of them African-Americans, were killed when a pair of ammunition ships exploded at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California. In 1945, following Nazi Germany’s surrender, President Harry S. Truman, Soviet leader Josef Stalin and British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill began meeting at Potsdam in the final Allied summit of World War II. In 1955, Disneyland had its opening day in Anaheim, California. In 1962, the United States conducted its last atmospheric nuclear test to date, detonating a 20-kiloton device, codenamed Little Feller I, at the Nevada Test Site. In 1975, an Apollo spaceship docked with a Soyuz spacecraft in orbit in the first superpower link-up of its kind. In 1981, 114 people were killed when a pair of suspended walkways above the lobby of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel collapsed during a tea dance. In 1998, Nicholas II, last of the Romanov czars, was formally buried in Russia 80 years after he and his family were slain by the Bolsheviks. In 2001, Katharine Graham, chairman of The Washington Post Co., died three days after suffering a head injury in Sun Valley, Idaho; she was 84. In 2014, all 298 passengers and crew aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 were killed when the Boeing 777 was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine. Ten years ago: The shuttle Discovery and its crew of six returned home safely. A powerful earthquake sent a tsunami crashing into a beach resort on Indonesia’s Java island, killing at least 600 people. Mystery writer Mickey Spillane died in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, at age 88. Five years ago: Japan won the Women’s World Cup in Frankfurt, Germany, stunning the United States 3-1 in a penalty shootout after coming from behind twice in a 2-2 tie. Darren Clarke gave Northern Ireland another major championship, winning the British Open by three strokes over Americans Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson. One year ago: More than 1,000 people attended an interfaith service in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to mourn four Marines who had been shot to death at a reserve facility by a Kuwaiti-born gunman. A suicide bomber with the Islamic State group attacked a crowded marketplace in Iraq’s Diyala province, killing 115 people. Today’s Birthdays: Actor Donald Sutherland is 84. Actress-singer Diahann Carroll is 81. Comedian Tim Brooke-Taylor is 76. Rock musician Spencer Davis is 77. Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, is 69. Rock musician Terry “Geezer” Butler is 67. Actress Lucie Arnaz is 65. Actor David Hasselhoff is 64. Rock musician Fran Smith Jr. (The Hooters) is 64. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is 62. Television producer Mark Burnett is 56. Actress Nancy Giles is 56. Singer Regina Belle is 53. Rock musician Kim Shattuck is 53. Country singer Craig Morgan is 52. Rock musician Lou Barlow is 50. Contemporary Christian singer Susan Ashton is 49. Actor Andre Royo is 48. Actress Bitty Schram is 48. Actor Jason Clarke is 47. Movie director F. Gary Gray is 47. Singer JC (PM Dawn) is 45. Rapper Sole’ is 43. Country singer Luke Bryan is 40. Actor Eric Winter is 40. Hockey player Marc Savard is 39. Actor Mike Vogel is 37. Actor Tom Cullen is 31. Actor Brando Eaton is 30. Rhythm-andblues singer Jeremih is 29. Actress Summer Bishil is 28. Actress Billie Lourd is 24. Actor Leo Howard is 19. THEIR VIEW Faithful through life’s journey All your hard Enjoying the work is recorded independence that Marcus at my Social Secuwe have as Ameri- Geiger cans is a privilege Contributing rity. 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We’ve been with you and your loved ones for a long time — more than 80 years. The journey you’re making to financial independence isn’t one you have to make alone. Join the millions of people who are strengthening their future at www. socialsecurity.gov/ myaccount. Marcus Geiger is Social Security district manager in Gallipolis, Ohio. THEIR VIEW Shall we gather at the river? men that have I suppose most been coming to pastors do not have church here for cigarettes in their several months office. I currently now. One of those do. I do not apolowonderful men gize for that, in told me how God fact, I am thrilled has changed his by it. Please allow Bo life dramatically me to explain. since he got saved For several years Wagner Contributing just nine months now our church ago. has been fulfilling columnist “He took it all a burden to reach from me!” he said the homeless with the gospel of Jesus Christ excitedly. “The drugs, the liquor, even the and the hope that he hooch!” Then he said, can give them both in “the only vice I have left eternity and in this life is the cigarettes, and I’m as well. down to just a few a day It has been one of the on them.” most rewarding things Smiling from ear to we have ever done. We ear, he capped it off with, have seen men saved, “Pastor, will you baptize baptized, and joining the church. We have also me in the river? I want to be baptized just like seen some of them get Jesus was.” back on their feet and, The old hymn began to where we were giving flow through my heart. them a ride to church, they now drive to church “Shall we gather at the river, where bright angel each and every service on their own. One in par- feet have trod, with its crystal tide forever, ticular is now returning the favor; he himself goes flowing by the throne of God…” out and picks up homeI explained to this less folks and brings excited gentleman that them to church in his the waters of the river own vehicle. were not in any way At an activity recently, “spiritually superior” to he brought two gentle- the waters of a baptistery. He was well aware of that, he assured me, but he still wanted to be baptized in a river if it was possible. It just so happens I have access to a river. He and I hugged and laughed and rejoiced over what God has done in his life. We made plans for him to join the church, and to be baptized in the river near my house. You know, when God allowed us to move there, this possibility never occurred to me. It was my oldest daughter, on the way home, who laughingly said, “Baptist pastor. River. What exactly did you expect, dad?” The hymn continued in my thoughts. “Soon we’ll reach the shining river, soon our pilgrimage will cease; soon our happy hearts will quiver with the melody of peace…” And so we shall soon gather at the river. We will do as millions before us have done, and symbolize the fact that an old life has died and a new one in Christ has begun. Old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new. And how new? What does salvation do for a person? Make your way back with me momentarily to a pack of cigarettes in my office… Near the end of the night our dear saved brother who is now eagerly awaiting baptism came to me holding his hand out and smiling as he did. “Take them, preacher. I don’t want them anymore.” “Yes we’ll gather at the river, the beautiful, the beautiful river, gather with the Saints at the river that flows by the throne of God.” And so I have cigarettes in my office. And for all I know they may be here for quite a while. Each time I look at them they bring a smile to my face thinking of just how drastically being saved by the blood of Christ can change a life. Bo Wagner is pastor of the Cornerstone Baptist Church of Mooresboro, N.C., a widely traveled evangelist, and the author of several books. Dr. Wagner can be contacted by email at 2knowhim@ cbc-web.org. �Sunday Times-Sentinel LOCAL Band “Since Rio does not have its own marching band, my students can get experience by coming to the band camps, working with the bands and From page 1A directors and watching them cre“I was a band director in the public ate their shows,” Stewart said. “It’s important for them to experience school system for 33 years and had plenty of experience with band camps. life on a college campus and being It’s exciting to get the chance to work away from home before they leave for college. Many students don’t conwith these students and their directinue with their instruments after tors,” Stewart said. “I enjoy these band camps because it takes me back high school, but here at Rio we have opportunities such as our symphonic to my time as a band director.” Stewart said, over the years, he has band and other ensembles for them to continue playing music even if they had students from his classes help during the band camp weeks through choose to major outside of fine arts.” The camps will continue to run summer classes or work-study prothrough the first week of August. grams. Preschool From page 1A will be open to all members of the public. “The facility is owned by the university and has been,” said Dr. Michelle Johnston, president of URG and RGCC. “A private individual ran the (previous) facility. She was one of our alums and wanted to put it here.” According to Johnston, the facility remained under the same administration for more than a decade and was leased from the college. Students filling needed education degree requirements would work with the facility as well as those seeking nursing degrees. Students will still be offered the opportunity to continue doing so with the new facility. “It’s just been a neat public and private partnership,” Johnston. “We’re continuing the spirit of that to make sure that in this area there is good child care and early childhood education. It just is like a marriage made in heaven because of where (AMESC) is in what it wants to do for the area and the students. All of these things just make a lot of sense for us to partner in this way.” The facility aims to open Aug. 22, which is also the first day of university classes. AMESC will be hiring staff with Head Start collaborators. AMESC and the university will be the foremost leadership of the institution. “We want to be a beacon of education from start to finish in this area,” Johnston said. According to local Head Start Director Dawn Hall, the benefit to parents is they get traditional day care hours. The benefit to children is they receive comprehensive services, Sunday, July 17, 2016 7A GPD receives donation for body armor “When you walk into our classrooms, you won’t be able to tell if it’s one of the professor’s kids or children from one of the poorest parts of the county because those kids are going to be all included in the same classroom and not categorized by income or where they come from.” — Dawn Hall, Head Start director moreso than traditional day care. “They’ll have access to educational coordinators,” Hall said. “They’ll have access to mental health services. We’ll be doing developmental screenings and assessments with the approved curriculum all the way through infants and into the preschool age. Families have access to a family advocate. It’s much more than ‘please watch my child and keep them safe.’ There will be comprehensive services (throughout) the whole thing. “When you walk into our classrooms, you won’t be able to tell if it’s one of the professor’s kids or children from one of the poorest parts of the county because those kids are going to be all included in the same classroom and not categorized by income or where they come from. They’ll all receive the same services, which is a great thing in our county.” For families looking to make use of the programs offered at the Little Storm Early Learning Academy, they should contact the AMESC offices at 740-797-0064 or 740-992-4286. The program will also soon be creating a Facebook page and other social media accounts. Courtesy photo The Gallipolis Police Department recently received $750 from the Ohio Elks Association Community Service grant for the purchase of body armor for one officer. Pictured from left to right: Past District Deputy Michael Fulks, Exalted Ruler Gallipolis Elks Lodge 107 Richard Borton, Patrolman Mark Still and Chief Jeff Boyer. Dean Wright can be reached 740-446-2342, Ext. 2103. AP In this photo released by the The Weather Channel, a vehicle rests on the roof after flooding June 24 near White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Disaster They’re aimed at immediate recovery. Our job is long-term recovery.” “Economic injury” may be a nebulous term for many, but not to business ownFrom page 1A ers. The sudden reduction in commerce can be lethal to small businesses. but still suffered negative economic As Cook outlined, “Payroll, mortgage, effects. “Even if you aren’t flooded, your ven- taxes are still due even during an interdors might be,” Cook said, using cross- ruption. Insurance might not be settled river delivery businesses as an example. quickly enough.” The SBA offers compare favorably “We anticipate that neighboring areas with market loans at sometimes 4 permight have related needs.” cent for businesses and 2.625 percent The SBA uses Federal Emergency for nonprofit organizations, with terms Preparedness Administration declaraup to 30 years. tions, and then extends the “economic “No cost to apply except time, and of injury” eligibility to counties bordering the official disaster areas. Nearby West course, no obligation to take a loan if Virginia counties Logan, Mason, Mingo, one is offered,” she said. “We offer free Wayne, and Wood were all added to the assistance preparing all the documents SBA declaration, and Meigs became the and walking through the process.” For more information, call the only one eligible in Ohio. SBA’s Customer Service Center at “Ohio has its fair share of disasters, 1-800-659-2955 or visiting www.sba. and a state can decide federal help is gov/disaster. The deadline to return needed,” Cook said. “FEMA makes economic injury applications is March their declaration by county and allows 27, 2017. individuals to register for assistance. 60667547 �NEWS/WEATHER 8A Sunday, July 17, 2016 Sunday Times-Sentinel Triad meets at Gallia Courthouse Harrison places at nationals Courtesy photo Dale Whitt, deputy director of the Gallia Board of Elections, spoke at the last Gallia County Triad meeting last week at the Gallia County Courthouse. The next meeting is slated for 1 p.m. Aug. 9 at the courthouse. Kasich to speak at NAACP event Associated Press CINCINNATI — Ohio Gov. John Kasich won’t speak at the Republican National Convention where Donald Trump is set to become his party’s presidential nominee, but he will speak to the NAACP national convention that Trump is bypassing. Emmalee Kalmbach, a Kasich spokeswoman, confirmed Friday to The Associated Press that Kasich will speak in Cincinnati on Sunday, the day before the RNC begins across the state in Cleveland. Kasich has declined to endorse Trump and doesn’t plan to take part in GOP convention floor proceedings in his home state, where Kasich won the GOP primary and had hoped to challenge Trump in a contested convention before the businessman’s delegate lead became insurmountable. Trump irritated NAACP leaders earlier this week by turning down TODAY 8 AM WEATHER their invitation, citing scheduling conflicts with the Republican convention. Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is scheduled to speak to the NAACP on Monday. “The governor considers it a great privilege for Ohio to host the NAACP’s national convention, and he is honored to speak at their event,” Kalmbach said by email. Kasich had been listed among speakers invited to the NAACP convention that will open this weekend, but his office had been trying to work out a time for him to address the nation’s oldest civil rights organization. His speech was scheduled for 6:30 p.m. EDT Sunday. NAACP President Cornell William Brooks told CNN earlier this week that Trump should have made the time for the civil rights leaders, especially so soon after videotaped killings of black men by police in Louisiana and Minnesota, followed by the killings of five Dallas police officers by a black sniper. 2 PM 8 PM 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 month to date Year to date Normal year to date 0.02 3.43 2.11 30.32 24.18 SUN & MOON Today 6:17 a.m. 8:52 p.m. 6:54 p.m. 4:19 a.m. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Full Last Jul 19 Jul 26 New First Aug 2 Aug 10 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for fish and game. Today Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Major 10:13a 11:00a 11:49a 12:16a 1:11a 2:07a 3:05a Minor 4:01a 4:47a 5:36a 6:29a 7:24a 8:20a 9:18a 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme POLLEN & MOLD Low Moderate High Moderate High Very High Major 10:38p 11:26p ---12:42p 1:37p 2:33p 3:31p Minor 4:26p 5:13p 6:02p 6:55p 7:50p 8:46p 9:44p WEATHER HISTORY Excessive rain hit north-central Pennsylvania in the early morning hours of July 17, 1942. Smethport received 30.8 inches in 4.5 hours, a state record. AIR QUALITY 300 500 Primary pollutant: Ozone Air Quality Index: 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very unhealthy; 301-500, Hazardous. Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services OHIO RIVER Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. Fri. Location Willow Island Marietta Parkersburg Belleville Racine Point Pleasant Gallipolis Huntington Ashland Lloyd Greenup Portsmouth Maysville Meldahl Dam Level 13.15 15.65 21.12 13.25 13.44 25.36 13.16 25.15 33.88 12.35 16.10 33.90 15.40 24-hr. Chg. +0.44 +0.08 +0.23 +0.64 +0.24 +0.46 +0.17 +0.14 +0.05 +0.02 +0.80 none +1.50 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 THURSDAY 85° 59° Mostly sunny and pleasant Partly sunny and pleasant Belpre 89/67 Athens 88/67 95° 73° Partly sunny and hot A t-storm possible in the afternoon St. Marys 89/67 Parkersburg 87/68 Coolville 88/68 Elizabeth 89/67 Spencer 88/69 Buffalo 90/70 Milton 91/70 St. Albans 90/71 Huntington 88/71 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s 100s Seattle 78/59 90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s San Francisco 10s 68/57 0s -0s -10s T-storms Los Angeles 78/61 Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front SATURDAY 95° 70° Marietta 88/66 Murray City 87/68 Ironton 90/71 Ashland 90/71 Grayson 91/72 FRIDAY 90° 65° Wilkesville 89/68 POMEROY Jackson 89/69 90/68 Ravenswood Rio Grande 89/69 90/70 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 87/73 GALLIPOLIS 90/70 90/70 89/70 South Shore Greenup 90/70 90/68 59 Flood Stage 37 34 36 35 41 40 50 50 52 54 50 50 51 Portsmouth 91/70 WEDNESDAY NATIONAL CITIES McArthur 88/68 Lucasville 91/70 Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services 0 50 100 150 200 Chillicothe 88/71 Very High Primary: unspecified cause Mold: 2476 Logan 87/68 Adelphi 88/69 Waverly 89/69 Pollen: 5 Low MOON PHASES Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 0 Primary: basidiospores Mon. 6:18 a.m. 8:51 p.m. 7:45 p.m. 5:09 a.m. TUESDAY A couple of showers and a thunderstorm AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™ (in inches) MONDAY Showers and a 67° 84° 83° Partly sunny and nice today. Humid tonight with heavier thunderstorm increasing cloudiness. High 90° / Low 70° HEALTH TODAY Precipitation EXTENDED FORECAST 87° 60° Statistics for Friday 88° 67° 86° 66° 104° in 1936 52° in 1987 BREAKING NEWS AT MYDAILY TRIBUNE.COM 90° 69° ALMANAC High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low Courtesy photo Olivia Harrison recently competed at the USTA Nationals in Knoxville, Tenn., where she received two Top 10 trophies, placing eighth on rod and floor, and ninth on double mini. Clendenin 89/69 Charleston 88/68 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Winnipeg 72/51 Billings 85/58 Toronto 83/66 Minneapolis 85/64 Chicago 83/72 Denver 91/60 Montreal 81/64 Kansas City 93/74 Detroit 84/72 New York 88/74 Washington 93/76 Today Mon. 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LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon could come out of retirement next weekend and drive the No. 88 Chevrolet if Dale Earnhardt Jr. is not cleared to race. Earnhardt will sit out this weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway because he shows symptoms of a concussion. Alex Bowman will drive in his place. Hendrick Motorsports general manager Doug Duchardt said Friday that Gordon has agreed to return and drive next week if he is needed at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Gordon won the last of his record five Brickyard 400 victories in 2014. Gordon has not raced since last season’s finale at Homestead, wrapping up a career that included 93 career Cup victories and series championships in 1995, 1997, 1998 and 2001. He has called NASCAR races for Fox Sports television. Gordon tweeted he was in France this weekend, which him ruled him out for a potential return at New Hampshire. Duchardt said a decision will likely be made on Wednesday. He also did not say if Gordon would continue to drive in the 88 should Earnhardt not be cleared beyond the Brickyard. “It’s about making sure that he gets better and supporting him and his decision,” Duchardt said. “It takes a lot to come out and address some of the health concerns that he had. It’s not about what are we going to do when he does come back. It’s all about getting better on a timeline that’s satisfied to him.” Earnhardt was evaluated in Charlotte, North Carolina, this week and doctors did not clear him to race. NASCAR’s most popular driver, Earnhardt was involved in a 22-car wreck in Daytona this month and also wrecked last month at Michigan International Speedway. He says he was feeling fine last week and thought the problem was allergies. There is no timetable for his return. See GORDON | 2B Remember common courtesy at the boat ramp With over 90 miles of Ohio River frontage and another 18 miles of Kanawha River frontage (or roughly 217 miles of Ohio River and Kanawha River shoreline) in Gallia, Mason and Meigs counties combined, the Ohio and Kanawha river systems are our lake, and usually busy this time of year with barge traffic, anglers, recreational boaters, personal watercraft and kayaks. That “lake” is scattered among four different dam pools (Greenup, Byrd, In The Racine and Belleville), and in some Open places it is difficult for boaters to find Jim access. In Mason County there are Freeman ramps at Point Pleasant and Mason, and in Gallia County there are ramps located in Cheshire, Gallipolis and downstream of Eureka. Meigs Countians have a few more options with ramps in Middleport, Pomeroy, Syracuse, Racine and Forked Run. In addition, there is a ramp in Ravenswood, W.Va. Public Ohio River access in Gallia, Mason and Jackson (W.Va.) counties is pretty few and far between, especially downstream of the Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam. That means boaters will be jockeying for boat ramps during busy weekends. Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Meigs’ Wyatt Nicholson (left) tees off in front of Eastern’s Kaleb Honaker (center) and Ryan Harbour (right) during a match at the Meigs County Golf Course, on August 25, 2015. Conference golf schedules released See COURTESY | 2B By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com OVP SPORTS BRIEFS River Valley golf organizational meeting BIDWELL — There will be an organizational meeting for the River Valley High School golf team on Monday, July 18 at 5:30 p.m. at Cliffside Golf Course in Gallipolis. Any boy or girl in grades nine thru 12, and which are interested in playing golf at River Valley High School this fall, should attend. Middleport Youth League baseball/softball signups MIDDLEPORT, Ohio — The Middleport Youth League will be having signups for boys and girls ages 7-16 that are interested in participating in the 2016 Fall baseball and softball leagues. Signups will be held from noon until 4 p.m. at the Middleport Ball Fields on the Saturdays of July 16 and July 23. Signups are also available for either teams or individuals. For more information, contact Dave at 740-5900438, Jackie at 740-416-1261, or Pat at 740-5904941. BBYFL signups in July MIDDLEPORT, Ohio — The Big Bend Youth Football League will be holding signups from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on every Saturday in July at the Middleport Stadium. The registration fee is $35 apiece. For more information, contact Sarah at (740) 444-1606 or Tony at (740) 416-3774. For cheerleading questions, contact Angie at See BRIEFS | 2B Gallia Academy aims to stay on top in the Ohio Valley Conference. Meigs looks to regain the top-spot in the TriValley Conference Ohio Division, and make it four championships in five years. River Valley will have to replace a former league medalist in 2016 graduate Logan Sheets, as the Raiders look to shake up the TVC Ohio. Eastern, Southern, South Gallia and Wahama will each be trying to escape the middle of the pack and climb into title contention in the Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division. Those are the narratives for seven Ohio Valley Publishing area golf teams as the 2016 conference schedules have been released. The Blue Devils — who won the OVC in its first year in the eightteam league — will look to go 2-for-2 on September 23, when the eight schools meet at Shawnee State Park Golf Course for a one-day tournament. Portsmouth was second in the OVC last year, followed by Ironton, Chesapeake, Fairland, Coal Grove, South Point and Rock Hill. The TVC Ohio will play seven matches, with each team hosting once. River Valley is the first team to host, with the seven schools meeting at Cliffside Golf Course on August 11. On August 16, Alexander will host the league meet at The Elm, and then Athens will host at the Athens Country Club on August 22. On August 29, Vinton County will host the fourth match at the Franklin Valley Golf Course, Meigs will then host the fifth match on September 7 at the Meigs County Golf Course. The league returns to Franklin Valley Golf Course on September 12, when Wellston hosts, and the final round will be played at Forrest Hills on September 21, as Nelsonville-York hosts. In 2015, Vinton County won its first-ever outright league title, ending the Marauders’ three-year championship streak. Meigs was league runner-up last season, Athens and Wellston tied for third, while River Valley was fifth, Alexander was sixth and Nelsonville-York was seventh. Unlike the OVC and TVC Ohio, the TVC Hocking does not have every team at every match. Instead, each team plays four home matches and six road matches. South Gallia begins the year with three straight home matches at Cliffside Golf Course, hosting Eastern and Waterford on August 8, hosting Belpre and Miller on August 16, and hosting Federal Hocking and Southern on August 22. The Rebels’ final home match is on August 30, when they host Wahama and Trimble. Wahama, which calls Riverside Golf Club home, will host Federal Hocking and Miller on August 8, and will host Southern and Waterford on August 15. The White Falcons will host South Gallia and Eastern on August 25 and then the Red and White will host Belpre and Trimble on September 12. Eastern will welcome Miller and Trimble to the Meigs County Golf Course on August 15, and then the Eagles will wait over three weeks until their next home match. On September 8, EHS will host Southern and Belpre, and then the Green and White welcome Waterford and Federal Hocking on September 15. The Eagles wrap up conference play on September 22, when they host South Gallia and Wahama. Southern’s first league home match, at Green Hills Country Club, will be on August 25, when Miller and Eastern visit Ravenswood. SHS welcomes Waterford and South Gallia on September 1, and then will have three straight road matches. The Tornadoes wrap up league play with back-to-back home matches, hosting Belpre and Wahama on September 19, and then hosting Trimble and Federal Hocking on September 22. Defending TVC Hocking champion Waterford calls Lakeside Golf Club home and will host Federal Hocking and Wahama on August 11. On August 17, the Wildcats will host Belpre and Eastern. They will host South Gallia and Trimble on August 25, and then the Green and White will host Miller and Southern on September 12 in their final home league match. Belpre and Federal Hocking both call Oxbow Golf Course home and will host matches together. Southern visits Oxbow on August 23, Waterford and Trimble will be there on August 29, Eastern and Wahama both visit on September 1, while South Gallia and Miller are at Oxbow on September 6. The September 1 match will also serve are Federal Hocking’s trip to Belpre, while the September 6 quad See GOLF | 2B �SPORTS 2B Sunday, July 17, 2016 Sunday Times-Sentinel OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE FOOTBALL SCHEDULES Gallia Academy Blue Devils AUGUST 26 vs. Meigs, 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER 3 vs. River Valley, 7:30 9 at Point Pleasant, 7 p.m. 16 at Chesapeake, 7 p.m. 23 at Portsmouth, 7 p.m. 30 vs. Fairland, 7 p.m. OCTOBER 7 at Coal Grove, 7 p.m. 14 vs. Rock Hill, 7 p.m. 21 at Ironton, 7 p.m. 28 vs. South Point, 7 p.m. Portsmouth Trojans AUGUST 25 at Valley, 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER 2 vs. Portsmouth West, 7 p.m. 9 at Wheelersburg, 7 p.m. 16 vs. Rock Hill, 7 p.m. 23 vs. Gallia Academy, 7 p.m. 30 at Coal Grove, 7 p.m. OCTOBER 7 at Chesapeake, 7 p.m. 14 vs. Fairland, 7 p.m. 21 at South Point, 7 p.m. 28 vs. Ironton, 7 p.m. Ironton Fighting Tigers AUGUST 26 at Wheelersburg 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER 2 at Russell, 7 p.m. 9 at Fairland, 7 p.m. 16 vs. Ashland Blazer, 7 p.m. 23 vs. South Point, 7 p.m. 30 vs. Chesapeake, 7 p.m. Courtesy and trailer parked unattended on the ramp while you are out boating, just From page 1B face it, you’re probably a jerk. Seriously, this hapWith all of this being pens. Unless your truck is said, unless you want to look like a total rookie or broke down on the ramp, or you’re in the helicopter a jerk, you need to know on the way to a trauma a few simple rules for using the ramps. Full dis- center, there is really no closure here: I am not an excuse to act like you are the only one in the world experienced boater, but who wants to use the I have enjoyed the river ramp. on numerous occasions Incidentally I recall and have been more than puzzled by the conduct I reading recently about a kayaker’s vehicle winding have observed at launch up in the Penobscot River ramps. in Maine. Said kayaker First, carefully inspect your boat and your trailer, left his vehicle on the ramp where the tide came make sure both are in good working order, and in and submerged it. I practice backing up with can’t help but wonder if it had a little assistance a trailer before you go – those wacky northeastto the ramp. Zigzagging down the ramp, having to erners! I couldn’t condone repeatedly pull forward to pushing someone’s truck straighten up, and taking into the river, but I could understand it. up two lanes just marks Actual boating rules you as a newbie and just and regulations are a is not a fun way to start completely different subyour excursion. ject, that is why I limited Prepare your boat this column to the boat (drain plug!) before you start down the ramp; the ramp experience. Finally, if you brought ramp isn’t the place to it, take it back with you. load your coolers, take Littering is a big no-no; pictures, stand around nobody wants to see and talk and such while other people are waiting. other peoples’ garbage. Everyone is in a hurry Move your boat down to to hit the water, but it is the far end of the courtesy dock (if provided) to important to remember that you are there to have let other people use the a good time. So when ramp, while your assisthings don’t go smoothly tant parks the truck and just relax and go with the trailer. flow; this is not the time Don’t block the ramp to get loud or obnoxious. with your boat to save a Not everyone has the spot, the “right of way” goes to vehicles not boats same experience level, so don’t let your frustration – or stated another way, ruin everyone else’s day. the line forms on land. Have a safe and fun It should go without boating experience! saying that after launching your boat, you should Jim Freeman is the wildlife park your rig in the specialist for the Meigs Soil and appropriately designated Water Conservation Area. He area. can be contacted weekdays at If you leave your truck 740-992-4282 or at jim.freeman@ oh.nacdnet.net Golf Trimble and the August 15 quad will be when Trimble hosts Miller. From page 1B Belpre was the runnerup to Waterford in the will include Belpre’s trip 2015 TVC Hocking race, to Federal Hocking. Miller and Trimble also while Eastern and Southshare a home course, For- ern both tied for third. est Hills Golf Course, and South Gallia was fifth, followed by Wahama, they host Wahama and Trimble, Miller and FedWaterford on August 18. eral Hocking. Belpre visits Forest Hills The OHSAA golf seaon August 22, Southern and South Gallia will both son officially begins on August 5, while the WVSbe there on September SAC golf season starts on 15, while Eastern and Federal Hocking will play August 2. there on September 19. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740The August 22 tri-match 446-2342, ext. 2100. will be when Miller hosts Gordon OCTOBER 7 at Rock Hill, 7 p.m. 14 vs. Coal Grove, 7 p.m. 21 vs. Gallia Academy, 7 p.m. 28 at Portsmouth, 7 p.m. Fairland Dragons AUGUST 26 vs. Portsmouth West, 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER 2 vs. Wheelersburg, 7:30 9 vs. Ironton, 7 p.m. 16 at Waverly, 7 p.m. 23 at Rock Hill, 7 p.m. 30 at Gallia Academy, 7 p.m. OCTOBER 7 vs. South Point, 7 p.m. 14 at Portsmouth, 7 p.m. 21 vs. Coal Grove, 7:30 28 at Chesapeake, 7 p.m. Chesapeake Panthers AUGUST 26 at Oak Hill, 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER 2 at Alexander, 7:30 9 vs. Symmes Valley, 7 p.m. 16 vs. Gallia Academy, 7 p.m. 23 vs. Coal Grove, 7 p.m. 30 at Ironton, 7 p.m. OCTOBER 7 vs. Portsmouth, 7 p.m. 14 at South Point, 7 p.m. 21 at Rock Hill, 7 p.m. 28 vs. Fairland, 7 p.m. Coal Grove Hornets SEPTEMBER 2 at Valley, 7:30 9 at Portsmouth West, 7 p.m. 16 vs. South Point, 7 p.m. 23 at Chesapeake, 7 p.m. 30 vs. Portsmouth, 7 p.m. OCTOBER 7 vs. Gallia Academy, 7 p.m. 14 at Ironton, 7 p.m. 21 at Fairland, 7:30 28 vs. Rock Hill, 7 p.m. South Point Pointers AUGUST 26 at Roane County, 7:30 SEPTEMBER 2 at Boyd County, 7:30 9 vs. River Valley, 7 p.m. 16 at Coal Grove, 7 p.m. 23 at Ironton, 7 p.m. 30 vs. Rock Hill, 7 p.m. OCTOBER 7 at Fairland, 7 p.m. 14 vs. Chesapeake, 7 p.m. 21 vs. Portsmouth, 7 p.m. 28 at Gallia Academy, 7 p.m. Rock Hill Redmen AUGUST 26 at Minford, 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER 2 at Northwest, 7 p.m. 9 vs. Oak Hill, 7 p.m. 16 at Portsmouth, 7 p.m. 23 vs. Fairland, 7 p.m. 30 at South Point, 7 p.m. OCTOBER 7 vs. Ironton, 7 p.m. 14 at Gallia Academy, 7 p.m. 21 vs. Chesapeake, 7 p.m. 28 at Coal Grove, 7 p.m. TVC HOCKING FOOTBALL SCHEDULES Eastern Eagles AUGUST 26 at River Valley, 7:30 SEPTEMBER 2 vs. Miller, 7:30 9 vs. Green, 7:30 17 at Federal Hocking, 7 p.m. 23 vs. South Gallia, 7:30 30 at Waterford, 7:30 OCTOBER 7 at Wahama, 7:30 14 vs. Trimble, 7:30 21 at Belpre, 7 p.m. 29 vs. Southern, 7:30 Wahama White Falcons AUGUST 26 at Ravenswood, 7:30 SEPTEMBER 2 at Waterford, 7:30 9 vs. Southern, 7:30 16 vs. Belpre, 7:30 23 at Federal Hocking, 7 p.m. 30 at Trimble, 7:30 OCTOBER 7 vs. Eastern, 7:30 14 vs. South Gallia, 7:30 21 at Miller, 7:30 November 4 vs. Buffalo, 7:30 Southern Tornadoes AUGUST 26 vs. Notre Dame, 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER 2 at Frontier, 7 p.m. 9 at Wahama, 7:30 16 vs. Miller, 7:30 23 at Belpre, 7:30 30 vs. Federal Hocking, 7 p.m. OCTOBER 7 vs. Trimble, 7:30 14 at Waterford, 7:30 21 vs. South Gallia, 7:30 29 at Eastern, 7:30 23 vs. Wahama, 7 p.m. 30 at Southern, 7 p.m. OCTOBER 7 vs. Vinton County, 7 p.m. 14 at Miller, 7 p.m. 21 vs. Waterford, 7 p.m. 28 at Trimble 7 p.m. Belpre Golden Eagles AUGUST 26 vs. Fort Frye, 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER 2 at Trimble, 7:30 South Gallia Rebels 9 vs. Federal Hocking, 7 AUGUST p.m. 26 vs. Sciotoville East, 7:30 16 at Wahama, 7:30 SEPTEMBER 23 vs. Southern, 7 p.m. 2 at Federal Hocking, 7 30 at South Gallia, 7:30 p.m. OCTOBER 9 vs. Trimble, 7:30 7 vs. Miller, 7:30 16 at Manchester, 7:30 14 at Shenandoah, 7 p.m. 23 at Eastern, 7:30 21 vs. Eastern, 7 p.m. 30 vs. Belpre, 7:30 28 at Waterford, 7 p.m. OCTOBER 7 vs. Waterford, 7:30 Waterford Wildcats 14 at Wahama, 7:30 AUGUST 21 at Southern, 7:30 26 at Miller, 7:30 28 vs. Miller, 7:30 SEPTEMBER 2 vs. Wahama, 7:30 Federal Hocking Lancers 9 at Fort Frye, 7 p.m. AUGUST 16 at Trimble, 7:30 25 at Alexander, 7 p.m. 23 vs. Frontier, 7:30 SEPTEMBER 30 vs. Eastern, 7:30 2 vs. South Gallia, 7 p.m. OCTOBER 9 at Belpre, 7 p.m. 7 at South Gallia, 7:30 17 vs. Eastern, 7 p.m. 14 vs. Southern, 7:30 21 at Federal Hocking, 7 p.m. 28 vs. Belpre, 7 p.m. Miller Falcons AUGUST 26 vs. Waterford, 7:30 SEPTEMBER 2 at Eastern, 7:30 9 vs. Millersport, 7:30 16 at Southern, 7:30 23 vs. Trimble, 7:30 30 OPEN OCTOBER 7 at Belpre, 7:30 14 vs. Federal Hocking, 7 p.m. 21 vs. Wahama, 7:30 28 at South Gallia, 7:30 Trimble Tomcats AUGUST 27 at Nelsonville-York, 7:30 SEPTEMBER 2 vs. Belpre, 7:30 9 at South Gallia, 7:30 16 vs. Waterford, 7:30 23 at Miller, 7:30 30 vs. Wahama, 7:30 OCTOBER 7 at Southern, 7:30 14 at Eastern, 7:30 21 vs. Alexander, 7:30 28 vs. Federal Hocking, 7 p.m. TVC OHIO FOOTBALL SCHEDULES Meigs Marauders AUGUST 26 at Gallia Academy, 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER 2 vs. Amanda-Clearcreek, 7:30 9 vs. Logan, 7:30 16 at Vinton County, 7:30 23 vs. River Valley, 7:30 30 at Nelsonville-York, 7:30 OCTOBER 7 vs. Athens, 7:30 14 at Jackson, 7:30 21 vs. Wellston, 7:30 28 at Alexander, 7:30 River Valley Raiders AUGUST 26 vs. Eastern, 7:30 SEPTEMBER 3 at Gallia Academy, 7:30 9 at South Point, 7 p.m. 16 vs. Nelsonville-York, 7:30 23 at Meigs, 7:30 30 vs. Wellston, 7:30 OCTOBER 7 at Alexander, 7:30 14 vs. Vinton County, 7:30 21 at Athens, 7:30 28 vs. Waverly, 7:30 Nelsonville-York Buckeyes AUGUST 27 vs. Trimble, 7:30 SEPTEMBER 3 vs. Newark Catholic, 7 p.m. 9 at Liberty Center, 7:30 16 at River Valley, 7:30 23 at Logan, 7 p.m. 30 vs. Meigs, 7:30 OCTOBER 7 at Wellston, 7:30 14 vs. Alexander, 7:30 21 at Vinton County, 7:30 28 vs. Athens, 7:30 Wellston Golden Rockets AUGUST 27 vs. Jackson, 8 p.m. SEPTEMBER 2 vs. Huntington Ross, 7:30 9 at Adena, 7:30 16 at Portsmouth West, 7 Briefs p.m. 23 vs. Alexander, 7:30 30 at River Valley, 7:30 OCTOBER 7 vs. Nelsonville-York, 7:30 14 at Athens, 7:30 21 at Meigs, 7:30 28 vs. Vinton County, 7:30 Athens Bulldogs AUGUST 26 vs. Warren, 7:30 SEPTEMBER 2 at Canal Winchester, 7:30 9 vs. Watkins Memorial, 7:30 16 at Alexander, 7:30 23 vs. Vinton County, 7:30 30 at Logan, 7 p.m. OCTOBER 7 at Meigs, 7:30 14 vs. Wellston, 7:30 21 vs. River Valley, 7:30 28 at Nelsonville-York, 7:30 Vinton County Vikings AUGUST The format will be a four-man scramble with a 9 a.m. shotgun start, with a limit of 10 teams From page 1B allowed in the event. Registration is scheduled for 8 (740) 444-1177. a.m. on the day of the event and the cost is $40 per player, which includes 18 holes of golf, a cart and lunch. There will be a skins game ($20 per team) and mulligans are POMEROY, Ohio — The Eastern golf team will hold a golf available for $10 each. There will also be prizes for scramble on Saturday, July 30, at closest to the pin, longest drive, the Meigs County Golf Course. Eastern golf scramble ing well and again on Tuesday that he was feeling worse. Earnhardt said the team From page 1B needed to at least consider a backup driver for New Hamp“I appreciate everyone’s sup- shire. Earnhardt eventually visited port and prayers and will miss a team of neurologists and my team terribly this weekunderwent concussion testing. end. I’m working with some “My understanding great doctors to get well,” was, Dale was told that he Earnhardt tweeted. shouldn’t race,” Duchardt Earnhardt also missed two said. “He knew he wasn’t feelraces in 2012 when it was ing well and had concerns determined he’d suffered two about being in the car and concussions in six weeks. running the whole race. To get Duchardt said Earnhart told the team last weekend at healed, he needed to be out of the car.” Kentucky that he wasn’t feel- Duchardt could not say if Earnhardt actually had a concussion and declined to speculate on just how long NASCAR’s most popular driver could be out of action. NASCAR mandated in 2013 for drivers to submit a baseline neurocognitive assessment. When a driver in NASCAR can’t return his damaged car to the garage, a trip to the care center is required, and under a new three-step process a driver showing any indication of a head injury must go immediately to a hospital. Concussed drivers must be 26 at Unioto, 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER 2 vs. Piketon, 7:30 9 vs. Fairfield Union, 7:30 16 vs. Meigs, 7:30 23 at Athens, 7:30 30 vs. Alexander, 7:30 OCTOBER 7 at Federal Hocking, 7 p.m. 14 at River Valley, 7:30 21 vs. Nelsonville-York, 7:30 28 at Wellston, 7:30 Alexander Spartans AUGUST 25 vs. Federal Hocking, 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER 2 vs. Chesapeake, 7:30 9 at Sciotoville East, 7 p.m. 16 vs. Athens, 7:30 23 at Wellston, 7:30 30 at Vinton County, 7:30 OCTOBER 7 vs. River Valley, 7:30 14 at Nelsonville-York, 7:30 21 at Trimble, 7:30 28 vs. Meigs, 7:30 and hitting the green on par 3s to double your money. Again, the field is limited to the first 10 teams to register and pay. Contact EHS golf coach Nick Dettwiller for more information or to register at 740-416-0344 or by email at nickdettwiller@ gmail.com All proceeds from the tournament will go directly to the boys and girls golf teams at Eastern High School. cleared by an independent neurologist or neurosurgeon before they can get back in a race car. Earnhardt had already pledged his brain to the Concussion Legacy Foundation. The group works with Boston University on research into chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a degenerative disease that doctors believe is caused by repeated blows to the head. The 41-year-old Earnhardt is winless this season and 13th in the points standings. Because he will not start every race, Earnhardt will need a waiver from NASCAR to compete in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship if he meets other eligibility requirements. The 23-year-old Bowman has not raced in the Cup series this season and had no top-10 finishes in 71 starts over the 2014-2015 seasons. He drives part-time in the second-tier Xfinity Series for Earnhardt’s JR Motorsports team. “I’m not here to try and be Dale Earnhardt Jr,” Bowman said. �SPORTS Sunday Times-Sentinel OTHER FOOTBALL SCHEDULES OF LOCAL INTEREST Point Pleasant Big Blacks AUGUST 26 at Lincoln County, 7:30 SEPTEMBER 2 at Ripley, 7 p.m. 9 vs. Gallia Academy, 7 p.m. 16 vs. Logan, 7:30 23 at Mount View, 7:30 30 vs. Parkersburg South, 7:30 OCTOBER 7 vs. Bluefield, 7:30 21 at Man, 7:30 28 at Westside, 7:30 November 4 vs. Princeton, 7:30 Hannan Wildcats AUGUST 26 at Montcalm, 7:30 SEPTEMBER 2 vs. Green, 7:30 9 at Bishop Donahue, 7:30 16 vs. Hundred, 7:30 23 at River View, 7:30 OCTOBER 7 vs. Phelps, 7:30 14 at Paden City, 7:30 21 vs. Gilmer County, 7:30 28 vs. Beallsville, 7:30 Jackson Ironmen AUGUST 27 at Wellston, 8 p.m. SEPTEMBER 2 at Chillicothe, 7:30 9 vs. West Jefferson, 7:30 16 vs. Western Brown, 7:30 23 at Wheelersburg, 7 p.m. 30 vs. Warren, 7 p.m. OCTOBER 7 vs. Logan, 7 p.m. 14 vs. Meigs, 7:30 22 vs. Winton Woods, 7 p.m. 28 vs. Cabell Midland, 7:30 Warren Warriors AUGUST 26 at Athens, 7:30 SEPTEMBER 2 vs. Marietta, 7:30 9 vs. Beallsville, 7 p.m. 16 at Parkersburg South, 7 p.m. 24 vs. Oak Glen, 7 p.m. 30 at Jackson, 7 p.m. OCTOBER 7 vs. Union Local, 7 p.m. 14 at Weir, 7 p.m. 21 at Parkersburg, 7 p.m. 28 vs. Logan, 7 p.m. Logan Chieftains AUGUST 26 vs. Dublin Jerome, 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER 2 at Teays Valley, 7 p.m. 9 at Meigs, 7:30 16 at Cambridge, 7 p.m. 23 vs. Nelsonville-York, 7 p.m. 30 vs. Athens, 7 p.m. OCTOBER 7 at Jackson, 7 p.m. 14 vs. St. Francis De Sales, 7 p.m. 21 vs. Ross, 7 p.m. 28 at Warren, 7 p.m. Oak Hill Oaks AUGUST 26 vs. Chesapeake, 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER 2 at Minford, 7 p.m. 9 at Rock Hill, 7 p.m. 16 at Symmes Valley, 7 p.m. 23 vs. Notre Dame, 7 p.m. 30 vs. Wheelersburg, 7 p.m. OCTOBER 7 vs. Northwest, 7 p.m. 14 at Sciotoville East, 7 p.m. 21 vs. Eastern (Pike), 7 p.m. 28 at Green, 7 p.m. Marietta Tigers AUGUST 26 at Morgan, 7 p.m. Sunday, July 17, 2016 3B LOCAL VARSITY SOCCER SCHEDULES SEPTEMBER 2 at Warren, 7 p.m. 9 vs. Williamstown, 7 p.m. 16 vs. St. Mary’s, 7 p.m. 23 vs. Parkersburg, 7 p.m. 30 vs. Cambridge, 7 p.m. OCTOBER 7 vs. Magnolia, 7 p.m. 14 at New Philadelphia, 7 p.m. 21 at Dover, 7 p.m. 28 at Zanesville, 7 p.m. Wheelersburg Pirates AUGUST 26 vs. Ironton, 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER 2 at Fairland, 7:30 9 vs. Portsmouth, 7 p.m. 17 at North College Hill, 3 p.m. 23 vs. Jackson, 7 p.m. 30 at Oak Hill, 7 p.m. OCTOBER 7 at Waverly, 7 p.m. 14 vs. Minford, 7 p.m. 21 vs. Valley, 7 p.m. 28 at Portsmouth West, 7 p.m. Symmes Valley Vikings AUGUST 26 vs. Paden City, 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER 2 at Buffalo, 7 p.m. 9 at Chesapeake, 7 p.m. 16 vs. Oak Hill, 7 p.m. 23 at Green, 7 p.m. 30 vs. Eastern (Pike), 7 p.m. OCTOBER 8 at Notre Dame, 7 p.m. 14 vs. Manchester, 7 p.m. 21 at Sciotoville East, 7 p.m. 28 vs. Northwest, 7 p.m. Ravenswood Red Devils AUGUST 26 vs. Wahama, 7:30 SEPTEMBER 2 at Webster County, 7:30 9 at Roane County, 7:30 16 vs. Tyler Consolidated, 7:30 23 vs. Williamstown, 7:30 30 at Ritchie County, 7:30 OCTOBER 7 vs. Wirt County, 7:30 14 at Doddridge County, 7:30 28 at St. Mary’s, 7:30 November 4 vs. Ripley, 7:30 Buffalo Bison AUGUST 26 vs. Parkersburg Catholic, 7:30 SEPTEMBER 2 vs. Symmes Valley, 7:30 9 at Poca, 7:30 16 at Greenbrier West, 7:30 30 vs. Tug Valley, 7:30 OCTOBER 7 vs. Williamstown, 7:30 14 vs. Valley (Fayette), 7:30 21 vs. Fayetteville, 7:30 28 at Winfield, 7:30 November 4 at Wahama, 7:30 Ripley Vikings AUGUST 26 at Parkersburg South, 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER 2 vs. Point Pleasant, 7 p.m. 9 at Riverside, 7 p.m. 16 vs. St. Albans, 7 p.m. 23 vs. George Washington, 7 p.m. 30 at Huntington, 7 p.m. OCTOBER 7 at South Charleston, 7 p.m. 14 vs. Spring Valley, 7 p.m. 28 vs. Roane County, 7 p.m. November 4 at Ravenswood, 7:30 AP SPORTS BRIEFS South Carolina will host Marshall in 2018 matchup HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Marshall athletic director Mike Hamrick said the Thundering Herd will travel to South Carolina for a football game in 2018. Hamrick announced the agreement Friday. The deal will bring Marshall a $1.4 million guarantee, which the school said was the largest in its history. The game will take place at Williams-Brice Stadium on Sept. 15, 2018. Hamrick said Marshall is excited to play a Southeastern Conference opponent. The two schools had met just once before with the See BRIEFS | 4B Point Pleasant Boys Soccer AUGUST 20 vs. Capital, 2 p.m. 23 vs. Lincoln County, 7 p.m. 25 vs. Poca, 7 p.m. 27 at Ripley, 10 a.m. 30 at Lincoln County, 6 p.m. 31 at Hurricane, 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER 1 at Williamstown, 5 p.m. 6 at Belpre, 6 p.m. 8 vs. Nitro, 7 p.m. 10 at St. Albans, 10 a.m. 17 vs. Princeton, 3 p.m. 20 at Parkersburg South, 6 p.m. 24 at Warren, 1 p.m. 27 vs. Winfield, 7 p.m. OCTOBER 1 at St. Mary’s, 2 p.m. 4 vs. Belpre, 4 p.m. 8 vs. Cross Lanes Christian, 1 p.m. 11 at Cabell Midland, 5:30 13 at Poca, 7:30 15 vs. Spring Valley, 1 p.m. Point Pleasant Girls Soccer AUGUST 20 at Grafton, 1 p.m. 22 at Huntington, 6 p.m. 23 at Nitro, 6 p.m. 27 at Ripley, noon 29 at Nitro, 6 p.m. SEPTEMBER 1 at Hurricane, 6 p.m. 3 at Williamstown, noon 6 at Huntington St. Joseph, 5:30 7 at Shady Spring, 7 p.m. 10 at St. Albans, 10 a.m. 14 vs. Nitro, 7 p.m. 17 vs. Princeton, 1 p.m. 20 vs. Poca, 7 p.m. 24 at Warren, 11 a.m. OCTOBER 1 vs. Shady Spring, 1 p.m. 8 vs. Cross Lanes Christian, 11 a.m. 12 vs. Lincoln County, 7 p.m. 13 at Poca, 6 p.m. 15 vs. Spring Valley, 11 a.m. Gallia Academy Soccer AUGUST 23 at Alexander, 7 p.m. 30 vs. Athens, 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER 1 vs. Chesapeake, 7 p.m. 6 at Warren, 7 p.m. 8 vs. Fairland, 7 p.m. 10 vs. Ohio Valley Christian, 11 a.m. 12 at Rock Hill, 7 p.m. 15 at South Point, 7 p.m. 20 at Jackson, 7 p.m. 22 vs. Rock Hill, 7 p.m. 24 at Ohio Valley Christian, 3 p.m. 27 at Athens, 7 p.m. 29 at Fairland, 7 p.m. OCTOBER 4 vs. Warren, 7 p.m. 6 vs. South Point, 7 p.m. 8 vs. Jackson, noon 13 at Chesapeake, 7 p.m. 15 vs. Circleville, 2 p.m. Ohio Valley Christian Soccer AUGUST 23 at Rock Hill, 6 p.m. 26 vs. Wood County, 5:30 SEPTEMBER 1 vs. Belpre, 5:30 2 at Calvary, 5:30 6 vs. Grace, 5 p.m. 8 vs. Rock Hill, 6 p.m. 10 at Gallia Academy, 11 a.m. 13 at Fairland, 6 p.m. 16 vs. Calvary, 5 p.m. 20 at Pike Christian, 5:30 24 vs. Gallia Academy, 3 p.m. 27 at Belpre, 6 p.m. OCTOBER 6 at Teays Valley Christian, 4:30 11 vs. Fairland, 5 p.m. 14 at Grace, 5 p.m. 17 vs. Teays Valley Christian, 5 p.m. 20 vs. Pike Christian, 5 p.m. CLIFFSIDE SENIOR MEN’S GOLF LEAGUE for the overall competition. Cash prizes are awarded weekly to the top three players in each division. GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — The Cliffside Senior There are approximately 48 players participating Men’s Golf League is held every Tuesday at Cliffside Golf Course — with registration beginning at each week. At the halfway point, Mike Henderson is cur8:30 a.m. The league is played for 22 weeks with 21 weeks rently in the lead with 100 points. Clyde Jarvis is in second (91 points), followed by of competition with the final week consisting of a Gary Harrison, Chuck Marshall, Mike Shaffer and scramble and awards luncheon. Fred Bryant at 86 points each. Each player plays his own ball and competes in Rounding out the top 10 are Skipper Johnson (85 one of three divisions. Points are awarded in each division according to points), Gene Canaday and Dick “Doc” Simpson your play that week with each player earning points (79 points each), and Ted Rawlinson (77 points). Staff report Brady to drop appeal, serve suspension FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady said on Friday he will not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to block his four-game “Deflategate” suspension, ending his fight in a scandal that tested the power of the NFL commissioner and tarnished the reputation of one of the sport’s greatest players. “It has been a challenging 18 months and I have made the difficult decision to no longer proceed with the legal process,” the New England Patriots quarterback said in a Facebook post . “I’m going to work hard to be the best player I can be for the New England Patriots and I look forward to having the opportunity to return to the field this fall.” The decision by the four-time Super Bowl champion comes two days after his case was turned aside by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Brady’s only remaining hope to take the field when the Patriots open the season against Arizona on Sept. 11 had been a stay from the nation’s highest court, which accepts about 1 percent of the appeals submitted. More worrisome for Brady and the Patriots, though, was the chance that he would receive a stay — which would require only the blessing of a single Supreme Court justice, in this case Ruth Bader Ginsburg — only to have the whole court later refuse to hear the case. That could allow the suspension to fall at a more inconvenient time in the season, perhaps including the playoffs. “This decision was made in the interest of certainty and planning for Tom prior to the New England Patriots season,” the NFL Players Association said in a statement on Friday. But the union said it was still considering whether to seek on its own a Supreme Court ruling that could limit Commissioner Roger Goodell’s authority to punish players. Dropping the case now would leave in place a “broken system that must be fixed,” the union said earlier this week. Without a stay of the suspension, Brady would sit out the first four games of the season when the Patriots face the Cardinals, Dolphins, Texans and Bills. Backup Jimmy Garoppolo is expected to start for New England instead. Brady would be eligible to return in Week 5, when New England is scheduled to visit the Cleveland Browns. Despite the suspension, the Patriots remain overwhelming favorites to win the AFC East for the 13th time in 14 seasons, and the gambling website Bovada listed them as the top choice to win the Super Bowl. An NFL spokesman said the league would have no comment. Originally suspended four games after the league concluded the Patriots intentionally underinflated the footballs used in the AFC Championship game on Jan. 18, 2015, Brady embarked on an odyssey to clear his name . A federal judge overturned the suspension, allowing Brady to play last season, but the 2nd Circuit reinstated it this spring. Elise Amendola, File | AP In this Jan. 10, 2015, file photo, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady holds up the game ball after an NFL divisional playoff football game against the Baltimore Ravens in Foxborough, Mass. On Wednesday, July 13, a federal appeals court has rejected Tom Brady’s attempt to get a new hearing on his suspension. Brady was asking for the full 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to hear the case. In April, a three-judge panel said that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was within his powers when he suspended the star quarterback four games for his role in a scheme to doctor the footballs used in a Jan. 18, 2015, playoff game. Mitchell wishes you a safe and happy 4th of July!!! Christopher E. Tenoglia Attorney at Law Help Right Here At Home Mesothelioma • Lung Cancer Wrongful Death freedomhomesohio.com 60660504 740-992-6368 200 E. 2nd�6WUHHW�3RPHUR\��2+�Ř�WHQODZ#VXGGHQOLQNPDLO�FRP 740-446-2962 /RFDOO\�2ZQHG�‡�3KLO�0LWFKHOO���0DQDJHU 60663084 740.446.3093 209 Upper River Rd., Gallipolis, OH 60662814 604 State Route 7 South, Gallipolis, OH 45631 �4B Sunday, July 17, 2016 SPORTS Sunday Times-Sentinel Piniella cheers as Suzuki chases 3,000 hits By Janie McCauley percentage in 164 at-bats over the first half with Miami. He stood at 2,990 career hits as the Marlins returned from the All-Star break to open a weekStill unsure exactly what to expect from the Japanese newcomer, Lou Pini- end series at St. Louis. Now gray-haired and no longer a ella kept waiting for the rookie to pull regular in his 16th major league season, a ball. Too many hits sprayed to left Suzuki might have lost a step, but not field, Sweet Lou thought, too easy for much. Credit his commitment to an defenses to adjust. So the veteran Seattle manager sum- intense regimen that has long included an on-deck routine that features a deep moned the translator and told him to warmup squat, then a one-of-a-kind deliver a message to Ichiro Suzuki: “I stance and a sweeping twirl of his bat. want to see some bat speed.” Suzuki was 27 and had 1,278 hits Piniella saw them huddle in the in Japan before he came to the big dugout and share a laugh. A couple leagues. Piniella got so excited after of innings later, Suzuki led off with Suzuki’s two-hit debut in 2001 that he a home run into the bullpen in rightkissed him. center. “I was so happy for him, that’s why,” “He rounds the bases, he steps on home plate, and he says, ‘Happy now?’ Piniella said. “It’s hard for a player to come here from Japan, especially when he shook my hand,” Piniella recalled. “I said, ‘Yeah, yeah, you can do with the scrutiny that he had. I’m an emotional guy. I got caught up in the whatever you want.’” moment. I gave him a hug and at the All these years later, with Suzuki on same time I gave him a little peck. the verge of joining the 3,000-hit club Look, I really enjoyed watching this in the big leagues, his first skipper in young man play and I knew from seethe majors is taking a lot of pride in watching the pursuit. As much as Pini- ing him in spring training that he was a special player.” ella believed in Suzuki from the start At the time, Suzuki did not come and was in awe of those early accomplishments with the Mariners, he never cheaply. Seattle paid $13 million just to secure his rights, and signed him to would have guessed the outfielder a three-year, $14 million contract. The would still be playing at age 42 and Mariners got their money’s worth and going for such a lofty perch. then some. Suzuki hit .335 with a .412 on-base Associated Press & CANVAS K C A N S featuring artist: MICHELE MUSSER Briefs THURSDAY JULY 21ST, 2016 DOORS OPEN @ 6PM-CLASS BEGINS @ 6:30PM SYRACUSE COMMUNITY CENTER From page 3B $40 session fee with $20 non-refundable deposit to reserve space ... balance due at class Thundering Herd defeating the Gamecocks 24-21 in 1998. To reserve your space call 740-416-3009 or 740-416-0879 or at Seasons Gifts & Home Decor, Pomeroy, Ohio Doing our part for WV Flood Relief. Bring a cleaning item & be entered into a drawing for a Michele Musser print A portion of the proceeds will go to the relief effort Suzuki, better known just by his first name, has long prided himself in preparation. So much so that Piniella had been around no other player like him, with that meticulous stretching before stepping into the batter’s box to the foot rubdowns he gave himself at his locker with a small wooden tool before and after games. “I had never seen it, quite frankly. I was quite amazed by the things that he did, the stretching especially,” Piniella said. “Here in the United States, we go through a rigorous spring training, but once the season starts prior to the games we have our stretching exercises and then the kids play.” “He took it to a totally different level. He was fanatical about that and that’s probably one of the big reasons that he’s playing here at age 42,” he said. That first season was a memorable one for many reasons. The Mariners won an AL-record 116 games, clinching the division shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Yet Seattle failed to reach the World Series, losing in five games of the AL Championship Series to the Yankees. Still, Suzuki won AL Rookie of the Year and MVP. Suzuki’s ability to beat out infield hits at times left Piniella shaking his head. “He did have a special year. The team had a special year that year,” Piniella said. “We won 116 games and Ichiro was a big part of it. Ichiro was a special 60667602 Illinois to face West Virginia in NIT event CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Illinois will face West Virginia on Thanksgiving as part of the NIT Season Tip-Off in New York City. According to a Thursday news release from the tournament, the Illini and Mountaineers will play at 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 24 and Florida State and Temple will play at 11:30 a.m. The winning teams will meet for the title at 2 p.m. on Nov. 25. The losing teams will play for third place at 11:20 a.m. on the 25th. Illinois will also host two earlier games as part of the NIT Season TipOff. Dates and opponents for those games will be announced later. Bach: Absence of top male golfers to be evaluated after Rio LONDON (AP) — IOC President Thomas Bach says the absence of many of the top men from the Olympic golf tournament in Rio de Janeiro will be taken into account in evaluating the sport’s future in the games. Bach says the IOC has to “respect the individual decisions” of golfers who pulled out citing concerns over Zika, but notes that there have also been “very different reasons” not related to the virus that have led some to skip the games. Golf will be part of the Olympics for the first time since 1904. Twenty male players, including the top four in the world rankings, have pulled out. Bach says “we are now looking forward to the Olympic tournament” but adds that golf will be evaluated along with other sports after the games. He says “one of the main categories for the evaluation is, of course, the question of the participation of the best players.” Silver: No decision on moving All-Star Game from Charlotte 60668406 LAS VEGAS (AP) — NBA owners reached no decision Tuesday on whether to move next year’s All-Star Game from Charlotte because of North Carolina’s law limiting protections for LGBT people. Commissioner Adam Silver said, however, that the league realizes a decision has to come fairly quickly. player. He had really good speed, he had that uncanny ability to put the ball in play. In the outfield, he played as well as you can expect, great throwing arm. He made the adjustment to American baseball very quickly, became one of the leaders in our clubhouse and was accepted by the players. He had a tremendous impact on our team that year. “He’s going for his 3,000th hit now, and I’m so proud of him. He’s had just a wonderful career. I look forward to the time when he’ll be inducted into the Hall of Fame,” he said. Some of the most memorable hits by the 10-time All-Star didn’t even count. In 2007, Suzuki hit the first insidethe-park home run in All-Star game history, winning unanimous MVP honors and helping the American League to a 5-4 victory at San Francisco’s AT&T Park with a go-ahead, two-run drive that took a crazy bounce off the rightfield wall. He’d never hit an inside-the-park homer during his decorated career in Japan. “He’s an amazing guy,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. “You just take age out of the equation and if you just looked at him as a player, if you evaluated just what you see, not thinking about age, you see a guy that runs above average, plays all three outfield spots, throws above average, hits lefties and righties. “His work habits and everything else, for me, just set him apart.” He said once again that the law is inconsistent with the values of the league, and he was disappointed North Carolina legislators didn’t modify it enough to make the discussion moot. Silver said owners had a long discussion about the February game and whether the league and its players could celebrate basketball in a state where some people don’t have equal rights. In the end, he said, no vote was taken. But Silver said the league understands the “calendar is not our friend.” Charles Barkley: Black people have ‘to do better’ MIAMI (AP) — Charles Barkley says black people have “got to do better” in response to last week’s shootings of black men by police and the sniper attack that left five officers dead in Dallas. In an interview on ESPN radio’s Dan Le Batard show Tuesday, Barkley said that police “have made some mistakes, that don’t give us the right to riot and shoot cops.” He continued that it bothers him that black people “never get mad when black people kill each other.” He added that “there’s a lot of blame to go around.” The 11-time NBA all-star and TNT commentator has often been outspoken on issues of race. NFL curbs fantasy football marketing to youths NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has agreed to curtail its marketing of fantasy football to children ages 6 to 12. Last season, the league marketed fantasy football to youngsters on its NFL Rush Fantasy website and app, offering cash prizes and game consoles to contest winners. It also promoted an elementary school curriculum that encouraged children to play the fantasy game. The NFL confirmed Wednesday it has informed several advocacy groups that it will make significant changes to the game. The school curriculum based on the game has been discontinued and the league has promised it will not promote fantasy sports in schools in the future. “We are pleased that the NFL has agreed to make these changes, and young children will no longer have a financial stake in the outcome of its games,” said Josh Golin, executive director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood. “It is also good news for parents that the league will no longer enlist teachers and schools in an effort to get children into the habit of playing fantasy sports.” �SPORTS Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, July 17, 2016 5B CFP will consider moving semifinal games off New Year’s Eve By Ralph D. Russo sage from Hancock than the one he initially delivered after ESPN’s rating for this past The College Football Playoff season’s College Football Playoff semifinals fell 36 percent is considering moving future from the year before, when the semifinals off New Year’s Eve after television ratings for last games were played on New Year’s Day. season’s games plunged. Hancock said in January Executive director Bill Hanthat several factors could have cock told reporters at Southcontributed to the ratings drop eastern Conference Media Days in Hoover, Alabama, that and gave no indication the the conference commissioners commissioners were ready to change course. who make up the playoff manThe first College Football agement committee are open Playoff after the 2014 season to changing future schedules, drew record television ratings starting in 2019 when the for ESPN. The first game, the semifinals are scheduled for New Year’s Eve, and are explor- Rose Bowl, kicked off around 5:30 p.m. ET. ing options. Last year was the first of a “Our goal is to find the best day when the most people can scheduled eight times during a 12-year contract with ESPN watch the games,” Hancock that the semifinals were to said Wednesday. be played on New Year’s Eve, It was a very different mes- AP College Sports Writer which fell on a Thursday. The Orange Bowl between Clemson and Oklahoma started around 4:30 p.m. ET (3:30 p.m. Central in Oklahoma), when many people are still at work on what is not a federal holiday. The playoff semifinals are on New Year’s Eve again this season, but Dec. 31, 2016, falls on a Saturday. The semifinals return to New Year’s Day after the 2017 season (Jan. 1, 2018). “We are in constant communication with our partners at the College Football Playoff. We are both invested in making this event as fan-friendly as possible,” Ilan Ben-Hanan, ESPN vice president of college sports programming, said in a statement to The AP. After last season’s games, Hancock said when the semifinals were played was one of several possible factors that caused TV ratings to fall. Neither the ClemsonOklahoma game nor Michigan State-Alabama matchup in the Cotton Bowl were close in the fourth quarter. Plus, the matchups for the first semifinals, which included two Heisman Trophy-winning quarterbacks (Marcus Mariota of Oregon and Jameis Winston of Florida State), along with Ohio State and Alabama, were particularly appealing and set an almost impossible standard for the second playoff to match. Also, ESPN’s digital platforms drew more viewers in year two. Hancock said all the factors would be studied, but never hinted the College Football Playoff would give serious consideration to moving off New Year’s Eve semifinals. Hancock had said playoff officials were hoping to start a new tradition on New Year’s Eve. But the drop in TV viewership was more drastic than expected, and now there is a real possibility for change. The first sign came a few months back when the College Football Playoff announced it was moving up the kickoff for this year’s first semifinal to 3 p.m. ET and that the Orange Bowl, originally scheduled to be played before the semifinals on Dec. 31, would instead be held on Friday night Dec. 30. This year’s semifinals will be played at the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, and the Peach Bowl in Atlanta. SEC struggles through offseason of investigations, arrests HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — For the Southeastern Conference, football season can’t get here soon enough. The league that’s home to eight of the past 10 national titles has also been home to a large amount of offseason problems. There’s been an ongoing NCAA investigation at Mississippi, a Title IX lawsuit at Tennessee and several legal issues that haven’t painted the league as college football’s best citizens. Still, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey doesn’t believe the league has an image problem. “The body of work of this conference far out- weighs those problems, yet we are attentive to those realities,” Sankey said. “We understand when the issues arise, we need to even be more attentive, be that on campus or as a collective group.” Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen was one of the coaches at SEC Media Days who faced some pointed questions on Tuesday. The Bulldogs recently allowed prized recruit Jeffery Simmons to enroll in school and join the football team, even though he’s still facing misdemeanor assault charges for striking a woman during a fight in March. The school announced a one-game suspension for Simmons in June, a decision that was roundly criticized as being too lenient. The league already has guidelines for potential transfers who have serious misconduct in their past, but those rules don’t apply to incoming recruits. Mullen defended the decision, saying that he was “thrilled that we’re having Jeffery as part of our family.” “Our university did a very, very thorough investigation into everything that happened within the situation there and came up with the conclusion that, you know, we felt that Jeffery deserved the opportunity to be part of our family,” Mullen said. Ole Miss — which won 10 games last season, including the Sugar Bowl — has been in the middle of a long-running NCAA investigation that involves the football, women’s basketball and track and field programs. The university has already self-imposed some penalties for football, including scholarship reductions and three years of probation. The NCAA can accept or add to those penalties. The case could drag on for several more months. Ole Miss asked to delay a hearing before the Com- mittee on Infractions while it looks into draftnight allegations involving former left tackle Laremy Tunsil, who was picked in the first round by the Miami Dolphins. Tunsil was the story of the draft after a bizarre 30-second video of him smoking from a gas maskbong contraption was posted on his Twitter account just before the selections began. There was also a post on Tunsil’s Instagram account showing an alleged text conversation with a football staff member about arranging payment for bills. Tunsil said both accounts were hacked, but acknowledged following the draft that he accepted money from a coach while he was at Ole Miss. At best, it was an embarrassing episode for the school and the league. At worst, it could add to Ole Miss’ penalty from the NCAA. Coach Hugh Freeze and athletic director Ross Bjork have been mostly silent about the investigation over the past few months. 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Nadal all have participated in No. 4 Nadal won a singles the Summer Games in the past, gold for Spain in Beijing, all own a medal, and all talk missed London because he about that event’s importance was hurt, and appealed to the to their sport every four years International Tennis Federation — even if it already has four Grand Slam tournaments every to allow him to compete in Rio after he failed to fulfill Davis year. Consider what Britain’s Mur- Cup commitments because of injuries. ray said when he was asked Even if this quartet owns a about Brazil the day after winning Wimbledon for the second combined 46 Grand Slam titles, the Olympics still matter to time. them. “I’ve loved being in the two Much will be made of the Olympics that I’ve been at,” contrast between this group’s said the No. 2-ranked Murray, interest in the Summer Games who won a gold in singles at the 2012 London Games. “Rio and what happened in golf, which will be missing Jordan is obviously a big, big goal of Spieth, Jason Day, Dustin Johnmine, and hopefully I can person and Rory McIlroy in Rio. form well there.” AP Tennis Writer “Olympic Games are the most renowned and most prominent sports event in the history of sport. No question about it. There is no bigger sports event than Olympic Games,” Djokovic said. “For me, as a professional athlete, it’s a huge honor to be part of it.” Here are some things to know about tennis at the Rio Olympics: Who’s missing There are some noteworthy players who won’t be there: six of the top 20 men in this week’s ATP rankings. That includes Wimbledon runner-up Milos Raonic of Canada; the top American man, John Isner; Australia’s best two tennis players, Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic; and Dominic Thiem, who would have given Austria a chance at a medal. Mixing it up No one will know exactly who is competing in mixed doubles until everyone is in Rio. That’s because the sign-in happens there. It’s limited to 16 teams, and the possibilities are intriguing. The expectation is that, if he’s healthy, Federer will team with Martina Hingis. And Nadal — if healthy — will partner French Open champion Garbine Muguruza. The bad news: It sounds as if the Williams sisters will not enter that event. Age is just a number If 34-year-old Serena Williams or 36-year-old Venus Williams wins a gold medal, either would be the third-oldest woman to collect an Olympic title in tennis. Winifred McNair was 43 when she won women’s doubles for Britain all the way back in 1920, and Hazel Wightman was 37 when she won the same event for the U.S. four years later. Each Williams already owns four medals (all gold), so adding two more — they’re both entered in singles and doubles — would put either in first place for most tennis medals in Olympic history. Kathleen McKane won five medals (one gold) in the 1920s. Most appearances India’s Leander Paes will be appearing in his recordextending seventh Olympic tennis competition, pairing in men’s doubles with Rohan Bopanna. Paes owns one medal, a bronze in singles at the 1996 Atlanta Games. In Grand Slam action, he has won eight titles in men’s doubles, and another 10 in mixed doubles. Back-to-back? No player has won two consecutive gold medals in singles. Murray and Serena Williams will try to change that this time. With league support, WNBA players make voices heard MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Lynx have heard it all since they donned black shirts before a game in remembrance of two men who were shot by police and the five Dallas police officers who were killed in an attack last week. They have been hailed as crusaders for using their platform to start a dialogue about the issue of police violence. They were also told they should just shut up and play ball. They have seen a social media campaign sprout to pack the Target Center for Friday night’s game against the New York Liberty — another team that has been outspoken in its response to the shootings — and also watched off-duty police officers walk away from their security jobs at a game in response to their stand. “I’m not surprised by either. It’s a very emotional time in our community,” Lynx forward Rebekkah Brunson said. “We were just excited about the voices that we heard. It’s all about the dialogue we can create. We were happy that people were speaking up to allow that dialogue to happen.” Both the Lynx and the Liberty say they will continue to engage the public on the subject throughout the rest of the season in an effort to effect change. The players do so knowing that both the WNBA and NBA have a long history of giving their players the freedom to express themselves on political and social justice issues. “You understand when you take a position like that that there is going to be the good and the bad and the ugly at times that you’ll have to face,” Liberty veteran Swin Cash said. “If you stand on something you believe in and you’re committed to making change, then you understand the risks that come with it.” Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said she consulted with WNBA President Lisa Borders while the team was deciding what to do, culminating with them wearing black shirts that had the victims’ names — Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota — along with a Dallas Police Department logo and the message “Change starts with us. Justice & Accountability.” “We appreciate like crazy the support we’ve gotten, particularly from the league,” Reeve said. “For Rebekkah to feel like when you’re going to work and the people around you support you and not just in things that benefit them, it makes you proud to go work for that organization.” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said he fully supported players letting their voices be heard. “I actually think it demonstrates that these are multidimensional people,” Silver said. “They live in this society, and they have strong views about how things should be. So I’m very encouraging of that.” Liberty star Tina Charles said that the support she feels she has from both Borders and Silver has empowered her. “Especially when it’s hurting the society, especially when it’s not just you that is hurting but other individuals,” Charles said. “So the fact that I have some power, I use that as a sounding board to reflect what Adam Silver is saying, that you should use your platform to show how you feel, especially in the crisis that we have right now.” Silver did say he had issues with teams or individual players changing their warmup uniforms to make those statements. “I think it’s a very slippery slope,” he said. “As to where you would draw the line when it’s appropriate for a particular player to use that, use a game, pregame, as a political forum, I think it’s a dangerous road for us to go down. So I would greatly prefer that the players use the platform they’re given, social media, press conferences, media in locker rooms, however they want to do it, to make their political points of view be known.” The Lynx have decided not to wear their shirts again this season and have turned their focus toward other means to continue addressing the subject. In a compromise with the league, the Liberty are now wearing plain black warmup t-shirts with the adidas logo on it. Players on both teams said that they won’t stop with a shirt. “I think we made a pretty strong stand,” Brunson said. “Right now we’re trying to focus on what’s next. The shirts were where we started, where we began to speak and use our voice. Now we’re trying to figure out what’s next, who we can use our voice to be more impactful beyond a shirt to help this time.” Von Miller signs record-breaking $114.5M deal with Broncos By Arnie Stapleton Miller received $23 million at signing and will earn $61 million over the first eight months of the blockbuster deal ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Super Bowl that makes him the highest-paid player outside of quarterbacks in NFL history. MVP Von Miller practiced both pirouMiller thanked team owner Pat ettes and patience this offseason. Bowlen, president and CEO Joe Ellis, While his dance moves didn’t earn general manager John Elway and coach him the title on “Dancing With The Gary Kubiak “for making this possible.” Stars,” Miller’s stare-down in contract “I’m also thankful for the way my negotiations paid off Friday when he teammates and our fans have supported signed a six-year, $114.5 million deadme,” Miller said in a statement. “I’m line deal with the Denver Broncos that excited for the future and ready to get includes $70 million guaranteed. back to work.” That’s almost double the guaranteed Miller and agent Joby Branion parmoney the Broncos were offering him layed patience into a record-breaking in June. AP Pro Football Writer SEC ALABAMA: The Tide’s star left tackle Cam Robinson and reserve defensive back Laurence “Hootie” Jones From page 5B were arrested in Monroe, Louisiana, in May on drug a championship trophy, and weapons charges, but the never vacate any wins, and charges were later dropped never have one of our teams after a sympathetic district precluded from postseason attorney said he didn’t want competition because we either can’t follow the NCAA’s to “ruin the lives” of the two football players. rules or can’t meet the Coach Nick Saban has not expectations for academic announced if the players will success,” Sankey said. face discipline. He will talk at Other issues the leagues SEC Media Days teams are facing: deal in terms of overall value and guarantees. Last month, Miller’s camp rejected the $38.5 million the Broncos offered in guarantees, and Miller threatened to sit out the season barring a long-term deal. Elway bolstered the offer over the last week and now the man who almost single-handedly destroyed Carolina’s championship dreams will lead Denver’s title defense that begins Sept. 8 against those Panthers. “I’m happy that both sides were able to broker a deal that works for both sides,” Branion said. “That’s the mark of a good negotiation. The Broncos on Wednesday. TENNESSEE: Tennessee recently reached a $2.48 million settlement of a Title IX lawsuit regarding its handling of assault complaints against athletes. The settlement included steps on how the school planned to improve the way it addresses incidents involving sexual misconduct. The lawsuit was filed in Nashville by eight unidentified women who said the school had violated Title are happy to have Von back and Von’s happy to be back.” Miller was in Utah on Friday for an appearance with Whitney Carson, his partner on “Dancing With The Stars, and Elway was overseas. “Congrats @Millerlite40! Excited for what the future holds for you & our team,” Elway tweeted. “Proud of everyone for getting it done.” The cornerstone of the league’s best defense accepted the Broncos’ blockbuster offer two hours before Friday’s deadline, tweeting a photo of himself in his orange No. 58 jersey with the caption “For Life.” IX regulations and fostered a “hostile sexual environment” through a policy of indifference toward assaults by athletes. GEORGIA: The Bulldogs have had eight arrests since Kirby Smart became the team’s coach in December. Georgia defensive end Jonathan Ledbetter was arrested last weekend for the second time in five months on alcohol-related charges, including misdemeanor DUI and underage possession of alcohol. He’ll miss at least two games per school policy. VANDERBILT: Two former football players — Brandon Vandenburg and Cory Batey — were both convicted on rape charges for a second time. 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LEGALS LEGAL NOTICE: Notice is hereby given that sealed bids shall be received by the Fiscal Officer at the Village of Rio Grande Municipal Building, 174 East College Street, Rio Grande, Ohio, Monday-Thursday, 9 AM to 5 PM until August 8, 2016 at 5 PM for the following described real estate: Situated in the Village of Rio Grande, County of Gallia and State of Ohio, and being one (1) lot with house owned by the Village of Rio Grande. The property is located at 144 East College Street, Rio Grande, Ohio 45674. The Tax Parcel number is #026-001-169-00 and a brief legal description and information as to width of lot and plat is more fully described in V339 P467 at the Gallia County Courthouse. Said real estate and lot are no longer needed for Municipal purposes. Bids on property must be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked "BIDS FOR VILLAGE PROPERTY." The bids will be publicly opened and read aloud immediately thereafter at the Village Municipal Building at the August 8, 2016 village council meeting at 6:30 PM. Said real estate and lot shall be sold, only in the event that the Village of Rio Grande accepts the bid (s), at its sole discretion, and shall be conveyed by a Quit Claim Deed with no representations or warranties and in "AS IS" and "WHERE IS" condition. The terms of the sale shall be cash on delivery of the Deed and the successful bidder, if any, shall assume and be responsible for any and all real estate taxes and other liens and/or encumbrances, if any. The Village of Rio Grande, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to waive any and all formalities or technicalities related to the sealed bids and further reserves full rights to accept or reject any and all bids. Any and all legal rights as to the unsuccessful bidder(s) shall be waived provided that the Village of Rio Grande shall determine that the rejection of any and/or all bids is in the public interest. By Order of the Council of the Village of Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio, Jennifer Harrison, Fiscal Officer. 7/3/16-7/10/16-7/17/16-7/24/16-7/31/16/8/7/16 60668223 Help Wanted General Production Manager Job Description The primary role of this position is to oversee production operations at the Gallipolis, Ohio plant of the Daily Tribune as a working manager. This plant produces six daily newspapers, five weekly newspapers, four total market coverage products and various other supplements to support those newspapers. All of these are inter-company publications. Candidates will oversee efforts of a press and mailroom crew, manage our vehicle fleet, coach and train our production teams. As part of that coaching/training role candidates should expect to be a working “hands on” leader. Our manager will have overall responsibility for promoting safety following company and OSHA guidelines. Our manager is also responsible for proper scheduling of production work and high quality of each product from prepress, press, mailroom and distribution. This requires our manager to have a working knowledge of our equipment and best practices to produce quality in an effective manner. The position reports directly to our local publisher, is part of the local management team and has two direct reports from press and mailroom operations. In addition, the manager communicates regularly with corporate production personnel and publishers at “sister” newspapers. Requirements Candidates should have 5+ years experience in newspaper management, preferably in production or operations. Experience in web offset printing is required. Mechanical ability, goal-setting and planning experience should be shown as well. The position requires a candidate to have above average verbal and written skills, be well organized with good math and computer skills (competent knowledge of Excel and Microsoft Word). Our next manager may be someone ready to move up and run their own production facility. If thatҋs you we invite you to contact us to discuss the opportunity. If you know someone who would be a good fit for this position we encourage you to tell them about our opportunity. Interested individuals should send a cover letter and resume to Bruce Sample, Civitas Media, 4500 Lyons Road, Miamisburg, Ohio 45342 or via email bsample@civitasmedia.com. No phone calls please. The Gallipolis Daily Tribune is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or disability. Notices NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Meigs Local Board of Education wishes to receive bids for the following: Bread/Bakery, Milk/Dairy, and Fuel/Oil products for the 2016-17 school year. All bids shall be received in, and bid specifications may be obtained from, TREASURER'S OFFICE, 41765 Pomeroy Pike, Pomeroy, OH 45769, on or before 11:00 A.M., Wednesday, August 3, 2016. The Meigs Local Board of Education reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and the submitting of any bid shall impose no liability or obligation upon the said Board. All envelopes must be CLEARLY MARKED according to the type of bid. Roy W. Johnson, Treasurer/CFO MEIGS LOCAL BOARD OF EDUCATION 41765 Pomeroy Pike Pomeroy, OH 45769 PH(740) 992-5650 60668320 Pictures that have been placed in ads at the Gallipolis Daily Tribune must be picked within 30 days. Any pictures that are not picked up will be discarded. LEGALS 7/17, 7/24, 7/31/2016 �8B Sunday, July 17, 2016 CLASSIFIEDS Sunday Times-Sentinel 60668278 �Along the River Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, July 17, 2016 1C Holzer Nursing Class of 1966, Bobbie Holzer, and four of their instructors during nursing school are pictured during a luncheon for the group at Holzer in Gallipolis. Courtesy photos Holzer nurses reunite ‘along the river’ Class of 1966 gathers for its 50th reunion By Lorna Hart lhart@civitasmedia.com OHIO VALLEY — When the Holzer Nursing Class of 1966 met for their reunion, it was to celebrate 60 years since graduation. Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis had their own nursing program until joining with the University of Rio Grande to establish the URG Holzer School of Nursing. Last weekend’s events began Friday evening when the group gathered in Syracuse at Riverview for a picnic along the river. Members traveled from around Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Indiana and Texas to reconnect and share memories of their time in nursing school. The next day, the nurses traveled to Holzer Medical Center in Gallipolis for a luncheon in their honor. Classmate Carol Jean Sights Adams welcomed the Class of 1966 and guests. “How could it be 50 years since graduation?” Adams asked her former classmates and instructors with a smile. She introduced special guests Bobbie Holzer, after whom the hospital is named, and four of their nursing instructors — Betty Jo Barsotti, obstetrics; Elvan Davis, clinical; Nancy Blain Blevins, initial clinical; and Jan Thaler, who taught their professional nursing class. “Ms. Blain was the one who showed us how do do everything the first time,” Adams said. “ And when we could do it correctly three times in her presence, we passed her test.” Adams also recognized the Class of ‘66 “little sisters,” from the classes of ‘65 and ‘67. Classmate Connie Cotrill Gilbert gave the innovation, then the group enjoyed lunch and cake. A memorial service followed for the two nurses from the class who had passed away. Called the “Empty Table,” photographs of Rosemary Shaffer Bowman and Kathleen Richards LeMaster were placed on a table, along with two empty chairs in rememberance of their former classmates. The group then enjoyed a program titled, “ Memories and Humor,” presented by Lynn Lish Daggett. The question was posed, “Why did you become a nurse?” Anyone who wished was asked to share their reason and an experience they had as a nurse. The group met up again that evening at the Wild Horse in Pomeroy for dinner. Sunday was the day for “goodbyes” and “until we meet agains” at the next reunion. Reach Lorna Hart at 740-992-2155, Ext. 2551 Members of the Holzer Nursing Class of 1966, Bobbie Holzer and “little sister” classmates of 1965 and 1967 gather during their reunion luncheon. Bobbie Holzer was an honored guest at the luncheon. The group had a picnic along the river Friday evening at Riverview in Syracuse. Riverview Guest House hosted several of the visiting nurses. The Holzer nursing Class of 1966 gathered for a luncheon at Holzer Medical Center last Saturday. An “Emptpy Table” was set at the luncheon for two classmates who have since passed away. Wild Horse Cafe was the location of the classmates’ Saturday evening dinner. This painting is of Davis Hall in Gallipolis, former home and school of Holzer Hospital student nurses, including the Class of 1966. Carol Adams, a Syracuse resident, opened her guest house, Riverview, to several classmates during the weekend. �LOCAL 2C Sunday, July 17, 2016 Subsidies will help keep Meigs water systems healthy The Ohio EPA and the Ohio Water Pollution Control Loan Fund are providing financial assistance in the form of principal forgiveness subsidies up to $180,000 to the Meigs County Health Department. The funds will assist low- to moderateincome homeowners with the repair or replacement of failing household sewage treatment systems. The principal forgiveness subsidies do not require a repayment of principal or any payment of interest. The primary goal of this project is to repair or replace Meigs failing sewage treatment systems reportHealth ed or discovered in the Leading Creek Matters Watershed or in the five townships of the Steve Swatzel watershed which are Columbia, Scipio, Salem, Rutland and Salisbury. Applicants in the Shade River watershed will also be considered. The Shade River watershed is within Scipio, Bedford, Chester, Orange and Olive townships. The installation of a septic system for a new or rental home does not qualify for this project. Connecting a home to public sewer is also not eligible for this project. The majority of Meigs County is drained by these two sub-watersheds of the Ohio River. The Ohio EPA, along with the Leading Creek Watershed Improvement Committee, identified failing home sewage treatment systems as one of the reasons for failing to meet water quality standards. (Ohio EPA, Leading Creek Watershed TMDL Report, 2008). The Leading Creek watershed drains about 150 square miles (96,000 acres) and lies mostly within the western part of Meigs County. It actually encompasses about one-third of the county and has an estimated 7,000 to 7,500 citizens residing in the area. Based on the latest U.S. census data, there are 2,858 homes within the watershed. As part of the Ohio EPA study for the Leading Creek watershed, there were 25 sites on 18 different streams in the watershed that indicated impairments due to high counts of sewagerelated contaminates. The Ohio EPA has not yet completed an environmental study for the Shade River watershed, but based on nuisance complaints, similar findings are predicted. There are environmentally sensitive areas within the Shade River watershed. Most of the Shade River State Forest lies within the watershed and encompasses 2,475 acres. The 102-acre lake at the Forked Run State Park in Olive Township is supplied by the watershed. Camping, fishing, boating and hunting are just some of the recreational opportunities throughout the watersheds and waterways. Being mostly a rural community, these recreation activities are heavily relied upon to bring an economic stimulus to the area and for the property owners of rural Meigs County. Applicants for assistance will be selected based on meeting all the eligibility requirements and on a first-come-first-serve basis. Homeowners may qualify for one of three tiers of funding depending upon the size of their households and their household income. Homeowners may have a cost share of 0 percent, 15 percent or 50 percent of the total project cost. Any cost share must be paid to the contractor before the project begins. To apply, applicants must turn in a completed application with all required documentation to the Meigs County Health Department at 112 East Memorial Drive, Suite A Pomeroy, OH 45769. Documentation includes proof of income for all persons residing in the household such as current bank statements, pay stubs, tax documents, social security award letters, retirement benefits and/or any other applicable documentation. Income will be verified. Homeowners must also provide documentation of property ownership of where the sewage system will be improved. Any questions regarding the program may be directed to me, director of environmental health, at 740-992-6626; or via email, steve.swatzel@meigshealth.com. Steve Swatzel is a registered sanitarian for the Meigs County Health Department. LIVESTOCK REPORT Staff report GALLIPOLIS — United Producers Inc., livestock report of sales from July 13, 2016. Feeder Cattle 275-415 pounds, Steers, $125-$200, Heifers, $110$170; 425-525 pounds, Steers, $122.50-$155, Heifers, $110-$144; 550-625 pounds, Steers, $110-$151, Heifers, $105-$133; 650-725 pounds, Steers, $100-$140, Heifers, $95-$115; 750-850 pounds, Steers, $140.75. Fed Cattle Choice steers, $110-$119.50; choice heifers, $108$116. Cows Well-muscled/fleshed, $80-$85; Medium/Lean, $65$72; Thin/Light, $57-$65; Bulls, $70-$109. Back to Farm Cow/calf pairs, $1,000-$1,475; Bred cows, $960$1,150; Goats, $47.50-$80; Baby calves, $210; Hogs, $42-$53; Feeder pigs, $28-$35. Upcoming specials Load of 788 strs 140.75 Direct sales or free on-farm visits. Contact Ryan (304) 514-1858, or visit the website at www.uproducers.com. Sunday Times-Sentinel Stay safe during hot summer months sweating); July and August can be Rapid, strong pulse; two of the hottest months Throbbing headache; of the year and a good Dizziness; time to offer reminders of Nausea; how to stay cool during Confusion; the summer months. In Unconsciousness. addition, always rememSigns and symptoms of ber to check on family, Pamela K. heat exhaustion (a milder friends, neighbors, and Matura those you know who do Contributing former of heat-related illness): not have air conditioning columnist Heavy sweating; when extreme heat is upon Paleness; us. Older adults are more Muscle Cramps; prone to heat stress than younger Tiredness; individuals, so make sure to take Weakness; the necessary precautions for Dizziness; yourself or someone in your care Headache; during the hot summer months. Nausea or vomiting; Make sure they are drinking Fainting; enough water and have access to Skin: may be cool and moist; air conditioning or a cool shelter. Pulse rate: fast and weak; Here is some good information Breathing: fast and shallow. from the Centers for Disease If you see any signs of severe Control and Prevention (www. cdc.gov) concerning heat stroke heat stress, you may be dealing with a life-threatening emergency. and heat exhaustion and what Have someone call for immediyou can do to protect yourself ate medical assistance while you and others. begin cooling the affected person. Signs and symptoms of heat What You Can Do to Protect stroke could include: Yourself:Drink cool, non-alcoholic, An extremely high body temnon-caffeinated beverages – drinkperature (above 103°F); ing water is best. (If your doctor Red, hot, and dry skin (no generally limits the amount of fluid you drink or has you on water pills, ask them how much you should drink when the weather is hot. Also, avoid extremely cold liquids because they can cause cramps.) Rest. Take a cool shower, bath, or sponge bath. If possible, seek an air-conditioned environment. Wear lightweight clothing. If possible, remain indoors in the heat of the day. Do not engage in strenuous activities. For more information about home and community-based long-term care options in your community, call the Area Agency on Aging District 7 Aging and Disability Resource Center Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at 1-800-582-7277. A trained social worker or nurse is available to help connect you with resources that can assist you or someone you know with living safely and independently at home. Pamela K. Matura is executive director of the Area Agency on Aging District 7 GAHS Class of 1966 reunion Courtesy photo Seventy classmates of the Gallia Academy High School Class of 1966 celebrated their 50th year class reunion July 2 at the Quality Inn in Gallipolis. Many traveled great distances to attend this milestone reunion, from Brazil, California, Mexico, Florida and many states in between. Gallia visitors bureau adds new staffers (she rarely misses a game), supporting her younger sister in her activities, making crafts and GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Convention and Visitors spending time with her loved Bureau has added two people to ones. Kaitlynn Halley has recently the bureau’s team over the past taken over the assistant director several months. position at the bureau. She Joining the CVB this past fall is a native of Gallia County was Lori Taylor, administrative and has volunteered with the assistant. She was born and visitors bureau for several raised in Gallia County and is years, as well as completed her a graduate of Gallia Academy internship last year. Halley is High School and Gallipolis Career College. She is also a 4H a graduate of Ohio University with a Bachelors in Human and advisor for Ridge Kids Consumer Sciences, majoring in 4-H Club and loves to watch restaurant, hotel and tourism, the kids show and exhibit their and a minor in business. projects. Halley left her travel She also volunteers her time consultant position in Columbus with other organizations in Gallipolis. In her spare time, she to return to Gallia because, “This is where my true passion enjoys watching GAHS football Staff report lies. Local tourism is much more creative and challenging.” When she’s not at the visitors bureau, she enjoys reading, crafting and is a huge Harry Potter fan. She and her husband, Mackenzie, reside in Rio Grande with their cat, Sox. “We are excited to have both of these ladies join our efforts in making Gallia County a better place to live, work and play,” said Amanda Crouse, executive director of GCCVB. “Kaitlynn and Lori have proven to be great assets to the GCCVB in the short amount of time they have been here and we look forward to seeing what else they can bring to the table, added Chris Homer, the visitors bureau’s board president. Davis family conducts its 53rd reunion Staff report GALLIPOLIS — The 53rd reunion of the descendents of Jacob N.M. and Maggie Sluyter Davis met July 3 at Christ United Methodist Church, with 27 people in attendance. Those present were Rich Thomas, Bobbie and Jaime Rodgers, Lillian Thomas, Shannon Davis and Adam Biltz, Nathan Davis, Meredith and Pat Davis, Mike Davis, Randall L. Davis, Matt Davis, Darren and Katie Spreaker, Noreda Houck, Sabrina Rife, Ramona Lewis, Tim and Bree Ramey, Tim Harris, Jim and Alma Harris, Levi Stroop and Josh, Katelyn, Isaac and Makenna Hart. The president, Bree Ramey, called the group together and Randall Davis gave the grace before the carry-in meal. Bree Ramey conducted a brief meeting. Officers were chosen for next year: Matt Davis, president; Pat Davis, vice president; and Meredith Davis, secretary. It was decided to meet at Christ United Methodist Church on Sunday, July 2, 2017, for the next reunion. Births since the last reunion: Makenna Grace Hart, born to Josh and Katelyn Hart, on Aug. 1, 2015; Daphne Victoria-Hope Propps, born to Alison and Zach Propps, on Aug. 7, 2015; Scarlett Grace Gruber, born to Jamie and Robin Gruber, on Jan. 1, 2016. Deaths since the last reunion: Loueva Davis Ours on July 24, 2015; Juanita Davis in September 2015; and Jeremy S. Davis on Jan. 11, 2016. Submitted by Lillian R. 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