http://66.213.69.5/files/original/069a4c9b4945d9e987db632451feb46f.pdf 30a6431b5e806297197877f5dc3e0e10 PDF Text Text 8 AM 2 PM 8 PM 66° 82° 71° A few strong thunderstorms today. A shower or thunderstorm tonight. High 85° / Low 62° Today’s weather forecast Saving those greyhounds Lady Marauders advance WEATHER s 3 OPINION s 4 SPORTS s 6 C_ZZb[fehjFec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 74, Volume 73 Alexander Levy close in unofficial results Provisional ballots could impact outcome By Sarah Hawley shawley@aimmediamidwest. com ALBANY — In the sixth attempt, the proposed income tax levy for Alexander Local Schools is the closest to approval it has been to date. Unofﬁcial election night results show the levy being approved by a ﬁve vote margin, but 16 provisional ballots remain to be counted. In Meigs County, voters in Columbia Precinct are the only ones who vote on the levy. According to the unofﬁcial results from the Meigs County Board of Elections, 300 people cast their ballots with regard to the levy. There were 158 votes for the levy and 142 votes against the levy. Voters in Athens and Vinton Counties rejected the levy by a total of 1,019 for and 1,030 against, with the Meigs totals enough to overcome the deﬁcit pending the provisional ballots. While there are no provisional ballots to be counted in Meigs County, there are 16 provisional ballots to be counted in Athens County, enough to impact the outcome. The ofﬁcial vote counts will take place later this month, with the results to be determined at that time. The levy, if approved, calls for a one percent income tax on earned income of individuals residing the school district. This includes residents in a portion of Meigs, Athens and Vinton counties. The income Thursday, May 9, 2019 s 50¢ Throwback Thursday: Rutland High School From the Collection of Bob Graham As the end of the 2018-19 school year is quickly approaching, we are going to take a look back to some of the past students in Meigs County with class pictures from the collection of Bob Graham. This undated photo shows students from Rutland High School pictured in front of the school building. Students participate in conference Staff Report See LEVY | 2 Sharing her human trafficking story to raise awareness By Kayla Hawthorne Special to the Sentinel POMEROY — The Meigs County Cooperative Parish hosted Penny Hoeﬂinger, an educator and survivor of human trafﬁcking, on Saturday morning. Hoeﬂinger shared her story about her experience of being trafﬁcked for years. At age 6, Hoeﬂinger said she was raped by a 14-year-old boy on her way home from school in her hometown in Wyoming. They went to court, but the judge told her she was “a bad girl.” This started the spiral in her life. Over the next several years, Hoeﬂinger found herself in similar situations, such as one with a council member who told her she could pet his horses if she met him in a nearby cornﬁeld. Hoeﬂinger said he did whatever he wanted to her and “it was their secret.” Later, Hoeﬂinger would perform sexual acts to receive passing grades in high school. At the age of 16, she was becoming a drug addict. Around the same time, she met her ﬁrst husband. They had three children. One night, he sold her to another man as a sex slave so he could have cash to buy alcohol and a new pair of boots. See STORY | 2 MEIGS COUNTY — Students from local high schools were chosen to attend the 2019 Regional Scholars Leadership Conference held April 30 and May 1. The Leadership Conference is designed for high school juniors. The Gifted Coordinators of Southeast Ohio collaborate to organize this event that is held every spring. Students build leadership skills and learn group dynamics, personality types and differences in communication styles through the two-day event. This year the event was held at Camp Akita in Logan. The camp is supportive of outdoor activities including ground initiatives, a 50 foot Alpine climbing tower and archery. Students were encouraged to participate in activities outside their comfort zone. Small session options were archery, team-build- Courtesy photo Pictured are participants (front, from left) Representing Eastern: Kaylee Savoy, Emily VanMeter; Representing Southern: Raeven Reedy, Baylee Wolfe, Phoenix Cleland; (back, from left) Representing Meigs: Gus Kennedy, Jacob McConnell, Cole Arnott, Austin Mahr, Bobby Musser, Cameron Burnem. ing and leadership qualities, ground initiatives and the climbing tower/ rope swing. A ﬁnancial aid, scholarship and admissions essay sessions were presented by a representative from Ohio State University with a college fair held after. The college fair allowed the students to become familiar with over 15 colleges and universities in Ohio and West Virginia. At the conclusion of the event, the students left with new discoveries about themselves and lasting friendships. Participants in the conference were, Representing Eastern: Kaylee Savoy, Emily VanMeter; Representing Southern: Raeven Reedy, Baylee Wolfe, Phoenix Cleland; Representing Meigs: Gus Kennedy, Jacob McConnell, Cole Arnott, Austin Mahr, Bobby Musser, Cameron Burnem. Information provided by Meigs Gifted Coordinator Sarah Lee. Traveling World War II Memorial Visiting Letart this month INDEX Obituary: 2 Weather: 3 Opinion: 4 Sports: 6 Comics: 8 Classifieds: 9 Staff Report JOIN THE CONVERSATION What’s your take on today’s news? Go to mydailysentinel. com and visit us on facebook to share your thoughts. LETART, W.Va. — Letart Nature Park will once again be hosting a special “visitor” over Memorial Day Weekend. The Letart Nature Park Development Organization (LNPDO) will welcome the Freedom’s Never Free Traveling World War II Memorial. Freedom’s Never Free is a non-proﬁt organization located in Lancaster, Ohio whose mission is Courtesy photo See MEMORIAL | 2 The Traveling World War II Memorial will be at the Letart Nature Park Memorial Day weekend. �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Thursday, May 9, 2019 OBITUARIES EMMA JANE WALTON POMEROY — Emma Jane Walton of Pomeroy, passed away on Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at the Holzer Medical Center in Gallipolis. She was born on July 21, 1926, to the late Oscar and Ruth (Rose) Poetker. Mrs. Walton was a member of the New Beginnings United Methodist Church, Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, The Monday Afternoon Bridge Club, a 50 year member of the Order of the Eastern Star in Jackson, Ohio and she retired after 26 years of service as the Treasurer of Pomeroy. She is survived by her son, Scott (Geri) Walton; grandson, Sean Walton; brothers, Ralph Poetker and David (Rena) Poetker; brother-in-law, Donald (Peggy) Walton; and many nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Kermit, who passed in 1988, and two brothers, Walter and Merle Poetker. Funeral services will be held on Friday, May 10, 2019, at 1 p.m. at the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy with Pastors Walt Goble and Brenda Barnhart ofﬁciating. Entombment will follow in the Beech Grove Cemetery. Visitation for family and friends will be held two hours prior to the service. In lieu of ﬂowers, donations may be made in Mrs. Walton’s name to a charity of your choice. A registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel.com. FORESTER SR. RACINE — Melvin L. Forester, Sr., 80, of Racine, died on Wednesday, May 8, 2019, at the Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, Ohio. Funeral services will be held in the Chapel of Letart Falls Cemetery on Friday, May 10, 2019, at 2:30 p.m., with Pastor Tim Overly ofﬁciating. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, May 9, in the Cremeens-King Funeral Home, Racine and one hour prior to the service in the Chapel of Letart Falls. PAULEY POINT PLEASANT — Oscar Billy Pauley, 94, of Point Pleasant, died at Arbors in Gallipolis, Ohio on May 8, 2019. At his request, there will be no visitation. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. Deal Funeral Home in Point Pleasant is serving the family. HERON WEST COLUMBIA — Bonnie Jo Heron, 48, of West Columbia, died on May 6, 2019. At her request, there will be no visitation. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. Deal Funeral Home in Point Pleasant is serving the family. BENNETT SR. RIO GRANDE — Frederick Allison Bennett Sr., 51, Rio Grande, Ohio, died Monday, May 6, 2019, in the Cabell-Huntington Hospital, Huntington, W.Va. Memorial services will be announced later. CremeensKing Funeral Home is serving the family. SULLIVAN BIDWELL — Ray “Kenny” Sullivan 82, of Bidwell, Ohio died Tuesday May 7, 2019 at his residence. Friends and family may call at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Wetherholt Chapel, Gallipolis, Ohio on Friday, May 10, 2019 from 4 – 6 p.m. Funeral services will follow on Friday, 6 p.m., with Rev. Heath Jenkins ofﬁciating. The American Flag will be presented by the Gallia County Veterans Services. NEWELL LEON, W.Va. — Cecil Ervin Newell, 72, of Leon, W.Va. died May 6, 2019 at St. Mary’s medical Center in Huntington, W.Va. Funeral services will be held on Friday, May 10, 2019 at 1 p.m. at Deal Funeral Home in Point Pleasant, W.Va. with D.J. Casto ofﬁciating. Burial will follow in Creston Cemetery in Leon. Friends may visit the family at the funeral home from 11 a.m. -1 p.m., prior to the service. EBLEN POMEROY — Samuel A. Eblen, 92, Pomeroy, died early Wednesday, May 8, 2019, at the home of his daughter in Athens. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Cremeens-King Funeral Home, Pomeroy. AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC (USPS 436-840) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes every Sunday and Tuesday through Friday. Subscription rate is $131.61 per year. Prices are subject to change at any time. CONTACT US REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT/ GROUP PUBLISHER Lane Moon 937-508-2313 lmoon@aimmediamidwest.com EDITOR Beth Sergent, Ext. 1992 bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com MANAGING EDITOR Sarah Hawley, Ext. 2555 shawley@aimmediamidwest.com Daily Sentinel Memorial fore, volunteers are also needed to guard the memorial throughout the event. Volunteers From page 1 will be needed to help to honor the brave men take down and load the and women who choose memorial on Monday, May 27, beginning at to serve and pay the cost of freedom proudly 1 p.m. Mary Grimm, and without complaint, LNPDO representative, noted heavy lifting will all the while displaybe involved. ing honor, integrity, Youth Day will be strength, selﬂessness, character, loyalty, cour- held on Friday, May 24 and schools are welage, respect, and duty. come to bring students As with last year’s this day to experience Traveling Korean War this living history lesMemorial, the Patriot son and participate in Guard will be leading the ceremony to help this year’s memorial honor those who have escort. served this country. The Patriot Guard The memorial will be Riders is a 100 percent open 24 hours a day on volunteer, federally registered 501(c)3 non- Friday, May 24 - Sunday, May 26 as well as proﬁt organization during the morning which ensures dignity hours on Monday, May and respect at memo27. rial services honoring The opening cerefallen military heroes, mony for the memorial ﬁrst responders, and will be held on Friday honorably discharged veterans. The public is morning at 10 a.m. and encouraged to turn out on Saturday morning at 11 a.m. a Veteran to show their support Appreciation Ceremony as the escort travels through Pomeroy, Ohio, will take place. Grimm commented Mason, Hartford, New Haven, and Letart. The for the Veterans Appreciation Cerescort is tentatively emony, members of the scheduled to arrive at LNPDO are requesting the Letart Community information on any Center approximately living World War II vetat noon on Thursday, erans in the immediate May 23. In order to ensure the area. The individual’s information can be success of this event, emailed to Grimm at the members of the jbandmary@frontier. LNPDO are seeking com or sent by text additional volunteers message to 740-407to help unload and set 5337. Grimm wants up the memorial folthe information sent lowing the escort to by Friday, May 10 and Letart on Thursday. is requesting to know The memorial will the individual’s name, be open for viewing around the clock; there- branch of service, mili- Story From page 1 This begun her experience with human trafﬁcking. For nearly the next 17 years, Hoeﬂinger was sold into sexual slavery to countless people. She was taken from Wyoming all the way to Florida, Maine and in between. Hoeﬂinger was beaten if she did what they said and if she did not. Hoeﬂinger, and other victims of human trafﬁcking, do not receive payment from the “buyers.” There is a person, or people, who control their lives and collect the payment. Hoeﬂinger said if she was lucky, she would have been given food, water, or drugs from the trafﬁcker. When Hoeﬂinger’s children were 4, 3, and 1, they were staying with a neighbor, who she thought was a friend. While Hoeﬂinger was working one night, the neighbor took the children to a state agency and said they were abandoned. Hoeﬂinger’s three children were sold by the state agency to a family in Kansas, she told those in attendance. Hoeﬂinger has since reconnected with her children, but she said they each are still healing from their own experiences with trafﬁcking. In 2019, Hoeﬂinger will be celebrating 39 Courtesy photos The Traveling World War II Memorial will be open 24 hours a day from Friday, May 24 - Sunday, May 26 and during the morning hours on Monday, May 27. The opening ceremony for the Traveling World War II Memorial will be held on Friday, May 24 at 10 a.m. and on Saturday, May 25 at 11 a.m. a Veteran Appreciation Ceremony will take place. tary picture (if available), and any known facts about service record, so recognition can be given at the ceremony. This is a free, nonpolitical event, open to all wishing to honor veterans. The Letart Nature Park is located at 23669 Sandhill Rd. in Letart. For updates on this event, individuals can visit https:\letartnaturepark.com. For more information on this event or to help volunteer, individuals may contact Grimm, Marilyn Kearns at megmarc@suddenlink.net or 304- 674-0849; or Katrinka Hart-Harris at kvhart@sbcglobal.net or 304-857-2855 Erin Perkins contributed to this article. years of a life free from being trafﬁcked, and being clean from heroin and tequila. It took two years of in a treatment facility for Hoeﬂinger to ﬁnd her way. At that time, Hoeﬂinger said she found Jesus and became a new person and was saved from that old life. Hoeﬂinger is now an advocate for human trafﬁcking victims and works to educate and spread awareness of human trafﬁcking. She created an organization to help victims and survivors called Coffee House Farm. “I teach from the heart, because I lived it,” Hoeﬂinger said. She said it’s hard sometimes to look back on those difﬁcult times in her life, but she feels it was put in her heart to educate the public about this too common practice. Hoeﬂinger has created many resources and has many tips to protect yourself and people you know from being trafﬁcked. The types of trafﬁcking that Hoeﬂinger explained were: sex trafﬁcking, exploiting or selling babies, servitude, labor pornography, and organ harvesting. “It isn’t exactly like what is on the shows. There are a lot of stories in there,” Hoeﬂinger said. “Everybody thinks it’s just ‘they take them and they do this.’ It’s not.” Some tips to protect yourself and loved ones from human trafﬁcking include: -Never set your drink down when at a gathering or party. -Pay attention to grooming tactics such as compliments, gifts, asking for money, or saying ‘I’m the only one who really loves you.’ -Look out for vulnerable people such as someone who is angry with family, unhappy, isolated, abused, in foster care, or defenseless. -Turn off the internet when going to bed to protect children. -Always keep devices in an open area in the house to protect children. -Strengthen your community by organizing activities, meet your neighbors, educate about trafﬁcking, and strengthen your relationships with family and friends -Be conﬁdent -Stay together in public places Hoeﬂinger stressed that if you suspect human trafﬁcking is going on, call the national hotline to alert authorities. She says it is better to call and nothing is going on than to let it go and have more people be in danger. “I’m always challenging people to know who you know. Know your neighborhood,” Hoeﬂinger said. “Who’s in your block. Do you really know who’s in your block? Do you really know the pain that’s going on inside of them?” Hoeﬂinger said it is important to sit and talk with people. Ask them questions and watch their facial expressions. Trafﬁcking victims are in plain sight and out in the public. Some signs that someone is being trafﬁcked include no eye contact, anxious, exhaustion, not dressed for the weather, appear to have an injury, altered mental state, etc. However, not every victim is the same. “Every person that has been sold out there is an individual person,” Hoeﬂinger said. “You cannot put them in a box.” Hoeﬂinger’s workbooks can be purchased online. The workbook for children is called “Avoiding the Octopus.” There is also a book for ﬁrst responders called “A First Responder’s Guide to Human Trafﬁcking. What You Might See and What You Should Do.” A book about her story is also available called “The Children of the Poor.” She can be contacted online by going to www. coffeehousefarm.com/ Hoeﬂinger also created a free app called “TrafﬁckJam” to walk you through the steps of reporting a trafﬁcking incident. If you suspect that you are witnessing human trafﬁcking, contact the federal Human Trafﬁcking Hotline at 1-888-3737888. Vinton County and Athens County. The majority of the district is in Athens County. Previous levy attempts for the district, ranging from 1.5 percent to 1 percent had all been rejected by voters. The recent levy history is as follows: November 2016 — 1.5 percent income tax levy failed by approximately 600 votes May 2017 — 1.5 percent income tax levy failed by approximately 400 votes November 2017 — 1.25 percent income tax levy failed by approximately 550 votes May 2018 — 1 percent income tax levy failed by approximately 60 votes November 2018 — 1 percent income tax levy failed by approximately 350 votes The November 2016 levy attempt was the ﬁrst operating levy put before voters since 1991 for the district. Kayla Hawthorne is a freelance writer for The Daily Sentinel. SPORTS EDITOR Bryan Walters, Ext. 2101 bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Matt Rodgers, Ext. 2095 mrodgers@aimmediamidwest.com CIRCULATION MANAGER Derrick Morrison, Ext. 2097 dmorrison@aimmediamidwest.com 109 West Second Street, Pomeroy, OH, 45769 Periodical postage paid at Pomeroy, OH POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Sentinel, 109 West Second Street, Pomeroy, OH, 45769. Levy From page 1 tax would be for a period of ﬁve years beginning Jan. 1, 2020 for the current expenses of the district. Alexander Local Schools covers a portion of Meigs County, Sarah Hawley is the managing editor of The Daily Sentinel �NEWS/WEATHER Daily Sentinel Thursday, May 9, 2019 3 ‘Goodwill Industries Week’ upcoming OHIO VALLEY — Goodwill Industries of Southern Ohio (GISO) invites the community to visit their local retail locations to help celebrate Goodwill Industries Week ,Wednesday May, 8 May 11. This is a time during which Goodwill organizations throughout the United States and Canada celebrate the 117-year-old anniversary of the founding of Goodwill, the impact of their mission in their communities, and show their appreciation for the customers that patronize and donate to their retail stores that make the mission possible. “In honor of the occasion we have scheduled a day for each of our local retail locations to hold an Open House celebration during the week to serve refreshments and snacks, hold special sales, and give away door prizes to show our appreciation for our custom- ers, donors, and community partners,”, said Operations Supervisor, Mary May. “In addition,” Communications Manager Jonathan Phillips stated, “community leaders and dignitaries in each of the 6 counties we serve will take part to commemorate the occasion, and share a prepared proclamation to rededicate our mission in our communities, further supporting our local workforce development services that help individuals with disabilities and disadvantages ﬁnd stability, dignity, and purpose attaining employment.” Thursday May 9 at 11 a.m. the Gallipolis location will have its Open House, but the proclamation was to be presented by The Gallia County Commissioners Ofﬁce at the Gallia County Courthouse Tuesday, May 7 at 11 a.m. The Middleport location Open House is May 9, at 2 p.m. as Mayor Sandy Iannarelli will present a proclamation. 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Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date 0.00 2.79 1.15 16.89 14.53 SUN & MOON Today 6:22 a.m. 8:28 p.m. 10:17 a.m. 12:27 a.m. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset First Full Last 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme POLLEN & MOLD Low Moderate High Moderate High Lucasville 81/65 Very High New Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services AIR QUALITY 0 50 100 150 200 300 500 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. May 11 May 18 May 26 Jun 3 Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services SOLUNAR TABLE OHIO RIVER The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for ﬁsh and game. Major Today 4:09a Fri. 5:12a Sat. 6:13a Sun. 7:10a Mon. 8:01a Tue. 8:49a Wed. 9:33a Minor 10:23a 11:26a 12:27p 12:56a 1:48a 2:36a 3:21a Major 4:38p 5:41p 6:41p 7:37p 8:28p 9:14p 9:58p Minor 10:52p 11:56p ---1:23p 2:15p 3:02p 3:46p WEATHER HISTORY In Tampa Bay, Fla., a tanker rammed a bridge in a blinding thunderstorm during the early morning hours of May 9, 1980. The bridge collapsed, killing 30 people. Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. Wed. Location Willow Island Marietta Parkersburg Belleville Racine Point Pleasant Gallipolis Huntington Ashland Lloyd Greenup Portsmouth Maysville Meldahl Dam Flood Stage 37 34 36 35 41 40 50 50 52 54 50 50 51 Level 12.80 18.61 23.00 12.62 12.79 25.51 11.90 30.77 37.07 12.67 30.30 37.00 32.30 Portsmouth 82/64 24-hr. Chg. -0.11 -0.94 -0.26 -0.28 +0.13 -0.76 +0.14 -1.33 -0.88 -0.30 -2.70 -0.80 -0.70 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019 MONDAY 71° 44° 74° 50° Periods of rain and a thunderstorm Pleasant with partial sunshine Pleasant with clouds and sun Marietta 83/64 Murray City 80/62 Belpre 84/64 Athens 82/62 St. Marys 84/64 Parkersburg 82/63 Coolville 82/63 Elizabeth 85/63 Spencer 84/64 Buffalo 84/64 Milton 85/63 St. Albans 86/65 Huntington 82/62 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s 100s Seattle 90s 81/55 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s San Francisco 20s 68/54 10s 0s -0s -10s T-storms Los Angeles 66/58 Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front WEDNESDAY 75° 50° Partly sunny NATIONAL CITIES Ironton 84/64 Ashland 84/65 Grayson 83/64 TUESDAY 70° 47° Wilkesville 82/62 POMEROY Jackson 84/62 82/62 Ravenswood Rio Grande 85/63 83/62 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 73/59 GALLIPOLIS 85/62 85/64 84/62 South Shore Greenup 83/64 81/63 35 Logan 80/63 McArthur 81/62 Very High Primary: mulberry, oak, pine Mold: 1207 Cloudy with a brief shower or two Adelphi 79/64 Chillicothe 78/63 SUNDAY 72° 53° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Waverly 80/64 Pollen: 354 Low MOON PHASES SATURDAY A couple of showers and a thunderstorm 6 Primary: ascospores, unk. Fri. 6:21 a.m. 8:29 p.m. 11:21 a.m. 1:22 a.m. FRIDAY 78° 48° ALMANAC High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM Clendenin 85/64 Charleston 84/63 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Winnipeg 52/30 Montreal 56/47 Toronto 57/55 Billings 56/38 Minneapolis 52/41 Denver 41/31 Detroit 71/48 Chicago 69/43 New York 59/52 Washington 73/65 Kansas City 53/40 Chihuahua 86/55 Today Fri. Hi/Lo/W 64/43/c 51/44/pc 85/67/c 60/56/sh 69/63/sh 56/38/c 68/44/s 55/47/pc 84/63/t 82/65/pc 38/28/sn 69/43/t 72/60/t 77/59/t 77/62/t 73/50/sh 41/31/r 52/41/c 71/48/t 85/69/pc 87/64/t 70/49/t 53/40/c 74/60/t 80/55/t 66/58/pc 76/63/t 85/76/t 52/41/r 79/63/t 88/73/t 59/52/c 54/40/c 88/70/pc 62/58/sh 91/67/pc 79/62/t 57/44/s 81/61/pc 81/63/pc 69/47/sh 63/44/c 68/54/s 81/55/s 73/65/sh Hi/Lo/W 53/42/sh 51/42/sh 83/67/t 68/59/c 77/57/t 69/49/pc 73/48/s 61/55/r 77/51/t 81/66/pc 55/33/c 55/42/pc 66/43/c 60/43/sh 66/42/sh 67/57/t 54/37/c 62/45/pc 55/39/pc 83/68/pc 74/68/t 59/40/c 62/46/pc 76/63/t 69/55/t 67/57/sh 70/51/t 86/76/pc 61/46/c 74/57/t 84/71/t 70/56/t 63/47/pc 88/70/pc 77/58/t 83/62/pc 71/42/sh 51/49/r 80/64/pc 82/64/pc 63/47/pc 66/46/pc 68/53/pc 84/58/s 78/62/t EXTREMES WEDNESDAY National for the 48 contiguous states Atlanta 85/67 El Paso 83/57 City Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Billings Boise Boston Charleston, WV Charlotte Cheyenne Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dallas Denver Des Moines Detroit Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Miami Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York City Oklahoma City Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland, ME Raleigh Richmond St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC High Low Global Houston 87/64 Monterrey 93/72 97° in McAllen, TX 17° in Doe Lake, MI High 118° in Matam, Senegal Low -19° in Summit Station, Greenland Miami 85/76 Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow ﬂurries, sn-snow, i-ice. 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Hall called “Our Little World.” He sang of the tranquility of his home, and the efforts to keep his life free of strife now that he is no longer in the public eye. “A little old cabin out back, sun shines in at the door, can’t ask for very much more, a little ‘ol pup at our feet, never seems to catch up on Pat his sleep, the whole wide world is at Haley peace in our little world.” Contributing His words, “like cats ‘round a saucolumnist cer of cream, happy to sit here and dream,” describes our life as new retirees. My wife Brenda has been retired for three years, and I am four months into the curious world of Social Security and Medicare. We were at Kroger’s recently when a friend tapped us on the shoulder and asked, “How do you like retirement?” “Fine. Retirement has been a good ﬁt. We are enjoying ourselves very much,” we replied. Retirement brings on new challenges, and like most people, we were a bit apprehensive about the ﬁnancial and medical challenges we might face as we both eased out of the workplace. A quick glance at our modest savings gave us pause. “Remember when we had only a few dollars to our name?” I asked Brenda. “Sure do. We made it then, and we will make it now,” she replied. So, like two kids holding their noses as they dived into the river from a swinging tire on a tree, we entered this new stage of retirement with both feet. We were sitting on the deck like two crows reminiscing the other night about some of the things we have done and now no longer have to do, as our lives continue to evolve. Brenda and I attend a daily exercise class, something we weren’t able to do when we were working. Sometimes we go to the movies during the day and it’s nice to have our pick of seats. Last week, I had the opportunity to ﬁx our riding lawn mower, which may not sound like a big deal to most people, but I have almost zero mechanical ability. Thank you, Google. Spending more time with family and friends is probably the most rewarding part about retirement. Grandson Jack is a frequent weekend guest, and we see son Greg’s family more regularly, which is a pure delight. We run errands with sister, Rita, and help where we can. We both now walk three or four miles a day, which has allowed us to lose weight, and the moderate weight training is toning our muscles. We are no longer on Facebook, and although I miss some of my friends and hate to lose contact with classmates and out-of-town friends, my mind has been free to concentrate on more important matters. I would like to say my hair is growing back, but I can’t. It is still very wispy. I recently dreamed my hair returned and I “feathered” it. Speaking of dreams, I had a sweet one a couple of weeks ago. My dreams now are unburdened by thoughts of work that before made me toss and turn during my working career. Last week I dreamed I was in the Apple commercial featuring the Elvis impersonators. This was the ad for iPhone’s Group FaceTime video chat that brought Elvis impersonators together looking to harmonize with fellow “Kings” from all around the world. The opening scene is in the Las Vegas desert with an impersonator sitting on the edge of bed in a small hotel room singing, “When the Evening Shadows Fall.” Next, a Japanese Elvis impersonator is sitting in his high-rise apartment as a big airliner ﬂies past his window. Then, an Irish Elvis is seen singing in a small, thatch-roofed cottage as we hear a cow mooing. In rapid succession comes Elvis impersonators from the South Pole, a bus shelter in India, a rocking boat on the North Atlantic, and a man sitting at a piano in a luxury New York apartment, high above the city. As my dream ended, the ﬁnal scene ﬁnds me dressed in a familiar Elvis jump suit with cape, sitting beside our backyard ﬁre pit near the creek. I wasn’t singing, but I was wearing golden, oversized sunglasses, and when I bent down to start a ﬁre, I awoke from my dream. Again, Tom T. Hall summed our new life nicely. “If they came and took all our stuff, they sure wouldn’t get very much, some grass and some ﬂowers and trees, days ﬁlled with old memories, these things that come round again, cannot be held onto by men, love is to share with a friend.” Yes, in our little world. Pat Haley is former Clinton County (Ohio) commissioner and former Clinton County sheriff. THEIR VIEW Go grey, get nutty, save a retired racer Adopting a greyhound is a good thing. It gives a magniﬁcent dog a good life beyond its racing days, saving it from the possibility of being put down. But when you adopt a second greyhound, you have to face facts: You just earned your membership card in GNONG: Greyhound Nuts Owning Nutty Greyhounds. That’s us as we adopt Cici, the half-sister of our ﬁrst greyhound, Tusc. We’re card-carrying GNONG members in love with big goofy dogs. We got Tusc last summer before Florida voters sold out greyhounds with a knee-jerk, uninformed vote. I’m not a proponent of greyhound racing, but am saddened that Florida put an end to greyhound racing without having a plan to ensure the welfare of the dogs. There will soon be thousands of Florida greyhounds needing adoption, or who will be put down. It’s like preparing for a ﬂood by having bags but no sand to ﬁll those bags. Florida voters let the dogs down. There hasn’t been much news since the vote. A track or two are throwing in the towel early, some greyhound breeding is slowing down. Some life, meaning most dogs may go to of what happens livtracks in the ﬁve ing in a house with states that still people and cats. have greyhound Racing was racing, some may their job, and now be sent to Mexico they’re retired to race. with time on their The groups that Gary paws. It’s our job got greyhound rac- Presley ing banned walked Contributing to help them learn the ropes of canine away from the columnist athlete retirement. problem they creThey’ve mastered ated. I hope, but snoozing on the couch, have little faith, that the and they’re learning the Florida legislature will help move dogs from the rest quickly. Every greyhound and tracks to life after racing, its owners are ambasbut I think more dogs sadors in the challenge to could die because of the save Florida greyhounds. end of racing than did That may make us a little because of racing. nuttier than we usually Every industry has are, and may make us talk its bad apples, and dog about our dogs a little racing is no exception, more than we usually do. but our dogs show no We’ll talk about how signs of bad treatment. they’re muzzled not Both of our greyhounds came from West Virginia because they’re aggressive, but because sometracks, and these dogs times they race like are fabulous creatures Ben-Hur and forget their in great shape. They’re brindles, with Cici having manners. How a few good walks a day and a good fewer black stripes and run or two a week keep more red in her coat. It’s obvious that both of them them healthy. How they make great armrests were treated well. They when you’re watching were ﬁt physically and emotionally when we got TV. How those soft ﬂoppy ears and big soulful them. eyes suck you in. The biggest off-track These greyhounds transition challenges Tusc and Cici faced are stairs, didn’t choose their racing life, but people can hardwood ﬂoors and choose to make sure the other things they never dealt with in their racing dogs have a good life for the rest of their years. Here’s the hard sell: Greyhounds make greyt pets (that’s nutty greyhound owner spelling). Rescuing and adopting them is a good thing. They come in a variety of colors, shapes and sizes. They need some special care. Their bodies are weird, so they need a vet who knows greys. They have little body fat and no undercoat, so they’re more sensitive to the temperature than most dogs. And they look dashing in coats. When it comes to the pending greyhound disaster in Florida, you could be saving a dog from a bitter fate. Here’s a website that lists adoption groups all over the country http:// www.adopt-a-greyhound. org. Lots of groups hold meet-and-greets where you can see dogs up for adoption and talk with owners who have adopted greyhounds. Go meet, go greet, go scratch a few ears. Join in the nutty love of greyhounds. Your GNONG card is waiting for you. Gary Presley is the pagination director for AIM Media Midwest. You can reach him at gpresley@ aimmediamidwest.com. TODAY IN HISTORY Mother’s Day. In 1926, Americans Richard Byrd and Floyd Today is Thursday, Bennett supposedly May 9, the 129th day of 2019. There are 236 days became the ﬁrst men to ﬂy over the North Pole. left in the year. (However, U.S. scholars Today’s Highlight in History announced in 1996 that their examination of On May 9, 1980, 35 Byrd’s ﬂight diary sugpeople were killed when gested he had turned a freighter rammed the Sunshine Skyway Bridge back 150 miles short of his goal.) over Tampa Bay in FlorIn 1945, with World ida, causing a 1,400-foot section of the southbound War II in Europe at an end, Soviet forces liberatspan to collapse. ed Czechoslovakia from Nazi occupation. U.S. On this date ofﬁcials announced that a In 1712, the Carolina midnight entertainment Colony was ofﬁcially curfew was being lifted divided into two entities: North Carolina and immediately. In 1958, “Vertigo,” South Carolina. Alfred Hitchcock’s eerie In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson, acting thriller starring James Stewart and Kim Novak, on a joint congressional resolution, signed a proc- premiered in San Franlamation designating the cisco, the movie’s setting. In 1961, in a speech to second Sunday in May as The Associated Press THOUGHT FOR TODAY “Television has changed the American child from an irresistible force into an immovable object.” — Laurence J. Peter Canadian-born educator (1919-1990) the National Association of Broadcasters, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Newton N. Minow decried the majority of television programming as a “vast wasteland.” In 1962, scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology succeeded in reﬂecting a laser beam off the surface of the moon. In 1970, President Richard Nixon made a surprise and impromptu pre-dawn visit to the Lincoln Memorial, where he chatted with a group of protesters who’d been resting on the Memorial steps after protests against the Vietnam War and the Kent State shootings. In 1994, South Africa’s newly elected parliament chose Nelson Mandela to be the country’s ﬁrst black president. In 2008, jury selection began in the Chicago trial of R&B superstar R. 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Appointments available beginning May 6th. %HQG�$UHD�&OLQLF��6HFRQG�$YHQXH��0DVRQ��:9� ��ZZZ�SYDOOH\�RUJ �Sports 6 Thursday, May 9, 2019 Daily Sentinel Point rallies past Dots, 8-3 By Bryan Walters bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Point Pleasant senior Carter Smith, left, leaps for a throw on a stolen base attempt at second during the fourth inning of Tuesday night’s Class AA Region IV, Section 1 winner’s bracket semifinal baseball game against Poca in Point Pleasant, W.Va. POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — The ﬂood gates ﬁnally opened in the ﬁfth … and the Big Blacks rode the wave from there on out. The Point Pleasant baseball team overcame an early 2-0 deﬁcit by scoring eight consecutive runs in the ﬁfth and sixth frames, then ultimately cruised to an 8-3 victory over visiting Poca on Tuesday night in a Class AA Region IV, Section 1 winner’s bracket semiﬁnal matchup in Mason County. The second-seeded Big Blacks (20-7) secured their ﬁrst 20-win campaign since the 2014 season, but the hosts also needed a little bit of warm-up time to reach that milestone after producing only two baserunners through their ﬁrst three innings at the plate. The third-seeded Dots (1310), on the other hand, had already built a two-run cushion in that same span after scoring a run apiece in the second and third frames. Parker Samples delivered a two-out double in the second that allowed Tanner Miller to score for a 1-0 edge, then Toby Payne scored from third on a double steal that led to a 2-0 cushion through three com- plete. Then, in the fourth, things started to take a turn for both teams. Poca managed only two baserunners over the next three innings, while the hosts left the bases loaded at the end of their half of the fourth. PPHS, however, had its big breakthrough in the bottom half of the ﬁfth as Tanner Mitchell led the frame off with a walk, then advanced to second on a ground out. Miles Williams, Carter Smith and Brody Jeffers followed by being hit with consecutive pitches, allowing Mitchell to come See POINT | 7 Blue Angels defeat visiting Eastern, 6-5 By Alex Hawley ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com CENTENARY, Ohio — One more win for the home fans. Playing on its home ﬁeld for the ﬁnal time this spring, the Gallia Academy softball team picked up a 6-5 non-conference victory over Eastern on Tuesday in Gallia County. The Blue Angels (11-12) went up 3-0 with two outs in the bottom of the ﬁrst inning, with an RBI double by Bailey Meadows and a two-run double by Preslee Reed. Eastern (12-7) was held off the board for the ﬁrst four frames, but took a 4-3 lead in the top of the ﬁfth, as Mollie Maxon hit a two-run double in between RBI singles from Megan Maxon and Kelsey Roberts. Gallia Academy, however, regained the edge in the bottom of the inning, with an RBI single by Aubrey Unroe and a sac-ﬂy from Abby Hammons. An RBI single by EHS senior Kelsey Casto tied the game at ﬁve in the top of the sixth, but GAHS went ahead 6-5 on a Malerie Stanley sacﬂy in the bottom half of the inning. Eastern left the potential tying run at second base in the top of the seventh and fell by a 6-5 count. Hunter Copley was the winning pitcher of record in 6.1 innings for Gallia Academy, striking out ﬁve batters and walking two, while allowing ﬁve runs, four earned, on seven hits. Meadows claimed the save, striking out one batter in .2 scoreless, hitless innings. Tessa Rockhold took the pitching loss in a complete game for the guests, striking out ﬁve and walking two, while giving up six runs, four earned, on seven hits. Leading GAHS at the plate, Unroe was 2-for2 with a run scored and a run batted in, while Alex Barnes went 2-for-3 and scored a gamebest two runs. Reed doubled once and drove in two runs for the victors, Meadows doubled once, scored once and drove in one run, while Copley singled once and scored once. Stanley earned in RBI in the win, while Chasity Adams came up with a run. Mollie Maxon led the Lady Eagle offense, doubling once, scoring one and driving in a team-best two runs. Casto, Roberts, Megan Maxon, Kennadi Rockhold, Baylee Haggy and Ally Barber each singled once in the game, with Maxon, Haggy and Rockhold each scoring once, and Roberts, Maxon and Casto each earning an RBI. See ANGELS | 7 OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Thursday, May 9 Baseball (1) Wahama vs. TBD, 5 p.m. (2) Point Pleasant vs. TBD, 6 p.m. Southern at Warren, 5 p.m. Softball (1) Wahama vs. TBD, 5 p.m. (2) Point Pleasant vs. TBD, 6 p.m. (5) Belpre at (4) Eastern, 5 p.m. Friday, May 10 Baseball (1) Wahama vs. TBD, 5 p.m. (2) Point Pleasant vs. TBD, 6 p.m. Softball (8) Meigs at (1) Wheelersburg, 5 p.m. Saturday, May 11 Baseball (11) South Gallia at (6) Waterford, 11 a.m. Track and Field OVC Championships at Portsmouth, 10 a.m. Photos by Alex Hawley | OVP Sports MHS pitcher Hailey Roberts throws to first base in front of third baseman Breanna Zirkle, during the Lady Marauders’ 12-4 sectional semifinal victory on Tuesday in Rocksprings, Ohio. Marauders advance past South Point By Alex Hawley got a run back in both the fourth and ﬁfth innings. Swartz led off the botROCKSPRINGS, Ohio tom of the ﬁfth with a double — her 150th — Cruising to start the career hit — and then postseason. scored on a Ciera Older The Meigs softball single, making the MHS scored ﬁve runs in each of the ﬁrst two innings in lead 12-3. The guests the Division III sectional tacked on one run in the top of the seventh, but semiﬁnal on Tuesday ultimately fell by a 12-4 in Meigs County, as tally. the eighth-seeded Lady Following the vicMarauders rolled past ninth-seeded South Point tory, ﬁfth-year MHS head coach Bryan Swann by a 12-4 tally. talked about what led his The Lady Marauders (13-15) — winner of four team, as well as what he expects when the Lady straight — trailed 1-0 Marauders visit top-seedafter an error in the top ed Wheelersburg — the of the ﬁrst inning, but tied the game with a one- No. 4 team in the OHSFSCA Division III poll — out bases loaded walk in in Friday’s sectional ﬁnal. the bottom of the frame. “We came out with a Still with one gone, Meigs mission,” Swann said. took the lead on an RBI “We had a little talk single by Alyssa Smith. Following the second out back when the tournament draw came out, of the frame, Mara Hall blasted a three-run double we talked about how hard our schedule had to give the Maroon and been. Not only was out Gold a 5-1 edge. schedule hard, but we Taylor Swartz led off the bottom of the second basically got 27 games in and had a week to inning with a triple and then scored on a two-out go in the schedule, the only thing we had left error, giving the hosts was a pair of make up a 6-1 edge. Next, Katie games. We had stacked Hawkins hit a three-run a bunch of games backdouble and then scored to-back against powerful on a double by Hall, teams, we really don’t increasing the Lady have enough pitching for Marauder lead to 10-1. that and it shows by our The MHS lead grew record, but these kids to double digits in the have been through a lot. bottom of the third, as “They believe they can Swartz singled, stole two bases and then scored on do anything, and I look for us to go down to an error. Wheelersburg and give After being retired in them something. I look order in the second and third frames, South Point for us to go down there ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com Meigs senior Taylor Swartz follows through on her 150th career hit, during the Lady Marauders’ 12-4 victory over South Point on Tuesday in Rocksprings, Ohio. and have a good showing, that’s what we’re hoping for. I think these kids are ready, based on their schedule. I’ll tell you this, we’d rather see a Wheelersburg team early in the tournament than late in the tournament.” Breanna Zirkle was the winning pitcher of record in two innings for Meigs, allowing an unearned run and one hit. Hailey Roberts ﬁnished the game for the Maroon and Gold, striking out three and walking one, while giving up three runs, two earned, on seven hits. Emily Byrd took the loss for the Lady Pointers, surrendering 12 runs, seven earned, on 18 hits and two walks, while striking out two. Swartz — who now has 151 career hits — led the Lady Marauder offense, going 5-for-5 with a triple, a double and three runs scored. The MHS senior center ﬁelder discussed the career milestone and noted those who have helped reach it. “It feels like it’s still settling in, I’ve very happy about it though,” Swartz said. “I couldn’t have done it without the See MARAUDERS | 7 �SPORTS Daily Sentinel Thursday, May 9,2019 7 NCAA’s new APR report shows athletes’ scores remain steady Point wins Battle for the Anchor INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The latest NCAA Aca demic Progress Rate scores show college athletes are continuing to excel in the classroom — though they may be hitting a peak. The most recent statistics, released Wednesday, show this year’s overall four-year score matched last year’s record high of 983 and that the four-year scores in football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball also matched last year’s marks. Baseball improved by one point to 976 while single-year scores at histori cally black schools declined slightly. “We are seeing some flattening of rates, which is not unusual given the large amount of data over a long period of time,” NCAA President Mark Emmert said. “But we will continue to focus on academic achievement and graduation as the ultimate goal for college athletes.” Women’s basketball players topped out at 982 while men’s basketball came in at 967 and football was at 964. In the APR, each scholarship athlete receives one point per semester for being academically eligible and another point each semester for remaining in school or graduating. The NCAA says a score of 930 cor relates to a 50 percent graduation rate and teams that finish below 930 can face penalties. CENTENARY, Ohio — The anchor settles south of the river for another year. The Point Pleasant track and field program came away with its sec ond consecutive cham pionship in as many sea sons on Monday night at the 2019 Battle for the Anchor meet held at Gallia Academy High School in Gallia County. PPHS — which won its first-ever title last year by two points — made even greater strides this spring as the Black Knights and Lady Knights combined to post a 25.33-point vic tory over the host Blue Devils and Blue Angels. The evening was particularly significant for the Point girls, who managed the program’s first-ever victory over the Blue Angels in this annual event. The Lady Knights won 10 of the 17 events and finished with a tally of 71 points, which was five points better than the Blue and White. The Black Knights won 11 of the 17 events and ended the evening with 78.66 points, while the Blue Devils had a final effort of 58.33 points. Overall, the Red and Black posted a final winning tally of 149.66 points, while GAHS had 124.33 points. Besides 10 event titles, the Lady Knights were also the runners-up in another nine events. The Point girls also came away with the 4x400m relay title as the quartet of Kady Hughes, Allison Henderson, Madison Hatfield and Sydnee Moore posted a winning mark of 4:34.60. Samantha Saunders set a pair of personal records in the high jump and pole vault, as well as a new school record Angels From page 6 The hosts committed two errors and stranded five runners on base, while Eastern had three errors and seven runners stranded. By Bryan Walters bwalters@almmediamidwest.com Gallia Academy is set to wrap up its season on Wednesday at Chillicothe. Next for the Lady Eagles, the Division IV sectional final on their home held against Belpre on Thurs day. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2100. Marauders From page 6 help of my teammates pushing me all the time, the help of the coaches as well, and the support of my family for sure.” Coach Swann commended his leadoff hitter for the accomplishment and talked about what it took to get there. “She came in as a freshman out in center held and she’s been near the top hitting-wise, either l-2-or-3, throughout her whole career, even with all those hit ters we’ve had in the past,” Swann said. “Tonight is just a result and an accumulation of those four years, which was a phenomenal career.” Jerrica Smith went 3-for-3 with two runs scored and one run batted in for the hosts, Alyssa Smith was 3-for-5 with two runs and an RBI, while Older was 3-for-5 with a run and an RBI. Hall doubled twice and drove in a game-best four runs, while Hawkins doubled once, scored once and picked up three RBIs. Bailey Swatzel contributed a single and two runs to the winning cause, while Hannah Durst added a run. Leading the Lady Pointers, Jill Alysworth was 2-for4 with a double and a run scored, while Holly Ramey and Megan Epperly were both 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Sara Allen singled once and scored once, Kylee Elli son added a single, while Taylor Estep scored twice in the setback. Both teams committed a trio of errors in the con test, with Meigs leaving eight runners on base and South Point stranding seven. The Lady Marauders’ sectional final bout at Wheelersburg is set for 5 p.m. on Friday. 6 PM BROADCAST 3 CEEQ 4 «rota 6 <"H71 WSAZ News NBC Nightly 3 (N) News (N) WTAP News (N) NBC Nightly ABC 6 News ABC World at 6pm (N) News (N) News (N) Arthur Burt Wolf: 7 I1,'11111:1 8 «TiTCEl io iron 11 FMI 12 ffTTJn 13 «7H1ÏI» From page 6 home for a 2-1 deficit. Wyatt Wilson reached safely on a two-out error that allowed Williams to come home for a tie game, then Hunter Blain double to left while bring ing home Smith, Jeffers and Wilson for a 5-2 cushion. Cason Payne and Riley Oliver both scored on wild pitches in the bottom of the sixth, with Josh Wamsley also crossing home plate after a ground out by Smith. Poca had the bases loaded and one away in the top half of the seventh when Ethan Payne lifted a 335-foot sacrifice fly three, to left that allowed EilHQGIlflfid. paced Point PleasMcKneely to come home ant with two hits and a for a five-run GaMiSlOn S ^^13Tffe'S(hi0|]RBIs, The Dots grounded out followed by Smith, Jeffers, in their very next at-bwU 1 ZM&idbw and Wamsley allowing Point Pleasant to with a safety apiece. Miller, Samples and complete the come-fromToby Payne had a hit each behind triumph. for Poca. The decision allowed PPHS to advance to the Bryan Walters can be reached at winner’s bracket final on 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. Wednesday night as the Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. CABLE 18 <TOI Thursday, May 9 6:30 Travels and News at 6 News 7:30 8 PM Wheel "Big Money" Jeopardy! 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The quartet of Logan Blouir, Dakota McCoy, Nicholas Sheets and Jayden Dunlap secured the Blue Devils’ lone relay title in the 4x800m event with a winning time of 9:13.00. Ian Hill won the 200m dash (23.67) and Blake Skidmore claimed the high jump title with a cleared height of 5 feet, 10 inches. Evin Little also won the pole vault event with a cleared height of 10 feet even. Ryan Donovsky secured the long jump crown with a distance of 19 feet, 3.5 inches. Riley Starnes won the discus title with a heave of 122 feet even. Visit baumspage.com for complete results from the 2019 Battle for the Anchor meet held at Gallia Academy High School. Hamilton, Brooke John son, Pilar Ortego and Taylor Facemire also captured the 4x800m relay crown with a time of 11:24.00. Besides the 11 titles, the Black Knights also came away with six runner-up finishes in the boys competition. GAHS, conversely, flipped those numbers with six event titles and 11 second place perfor mances. The PPHS boys came away with three relay championships, with the quartet of Brady Adkins, Garrett Hatten, Jovone Johnson and Preston Taylor winning both the 4x100m relay (45.35) and 4x200m relay (1:34.88) events. Hatten, Adkins, Nick Leport and Ethan Scott also put together a win ning effort of 3:46.13 in the 4x400m relay. Luke Wilson won a trio of events in the 800m run (2:05.21), 1600m run (4:39.81) and 3200m run (10:40.90) events. Leport won the 400m dash (53.39) and Taylor came away with the 100m dash (11.72) title, while Adkins won the 300m hurdles with a in the pole vault with a cleared height of 10 feet, 6 inches. Saunders also won the high jump with a height of 5 feet, 2 inches. Addy Cottrill secured wins in both the shot put (36-1) and discus (1164) events, while Hughes won both the 800m run (2:41.71) and 1600m run (6:31.31). Ellie Wood was the champion in both the 100m hurdles (16.94) and 300m hurdles (51.52), while Hender son claimed the 400m dash title with a mark of 1:04.26. The Blue Angels had seven event titles and eight runner-up perfor mances, with Zoe Smith coming away with a pair of championships in the 100m dash (13.29) and 200m dash (28.21). Alex Barnes claimed the long jump title with a distance of 16 feet, 3 inches. Ines Perez also won the 3200m run with a time of 16:14.33. Smith, Alivia Lear, Gabby McConnell and Gretchen McConnell grouped up to win both the 4x100m relay (53.56) and 4x200m relay (1:55.07) events. The quartet of Brooke T hursday E vening Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. Red and Black will travel to top-seeded Winfield for 6 p.m. affair. Point Pleasant also defeated the Dots by a 5-4 count back on April 16, also in Mason County. The Big Blacks outhit the guests by a 6-3 overall margin and also committed five of the six errors in the contest. PHS stranded five runners on base, while the hosts left four on the bags. Kyelar Morrow was the winning pitcher of record after allowing three unearned runs, three hits and three walks while striking out four. Ethan Payne took the loss after surrendering five runs (one earned), five hits and one walk over five frames while fanning Photos by Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Gallia Academy sophomore Evin Little clears the bar in the pole vault event on Monday at the 2019 Battle for the Anchor meet held at Gallia Academy High School in Centenary, Ohio. 10:30 Last Man St. Postgame NBA Basket. I Mixed Martial Arts Professional Fighters League (L) | Celebrity Wife Swap "Nia Little Women: Atlanta "On Little Women ATL "Why Little Women: Atlanta (:05) Little Women: LA Peeples/ Tiffany" the Dotted Line" You Mad Sis?" 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Laudermilt and Jensen Anderson both doubled once and drove in a run, with Laudermilt also scoring once. Harmon and Ryan Acree both singled once and scored once, with Harmon driving in a run, while Logan Drummer came up with a run in the win. The Tornadoes committed two errors and left 10 runners on base, while the Spartans had four errors and six runners stranded. After hosting River Valley on Wednesday, Southern will travel to Warren on Thursday. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. Rio Grande men’s basketball summer schedule By Randy Payton and current players. The highlight of the summer schedule is the annual Hard Work Camp, which is scheduled for RIO GRANDE, Ohio — Sunday, June 23-Friday, June 28. The University of Rio Grande The individual camp is for boys men’s basketball program has only, age 10-16. announced its 2019 summer Cost is $220 for commuters and camp schedule. $320 for overnight campers. Fees The Little Storm Day Camp is scheduled for June 18-19, from 10 include lodging, meals, awards, a reversible camp jersey and a camp a.m.-noon p.m. each day, at the Lyne Center on the URG campus. t-shirt. The camp emphasizes offenThe camp is open to boys and sive and defensive fundamentals, girls, ages 6-9, and the cost is team play and work ethic. It also $50. features “The Triple”, the only On the same days, the RedStorm will host a Shooting Camp triple-elimination tournament in for boys and girls, age 8-18, from the country, which begins around noon on the 27th and concludes 1-3 p.m. Cost is $50. in the early morning hours of the A Point Guard Camp for boys 28th. and girls age 12-18 is set for SatThe awards ceremony, in which urday, June 15, from 9:30 a.m.-1 parents are encouraged to attend, p.m. Cost is $40. is scheduled for Friday, June 28, The camps will focus on the from 9:30-11 a.m., and will confundamentals of the game and will be conducted by Rio Grande clude the camp. Six different summer shootouts head coach Ken French, his staff For Ohio Valley Publishing are also planned for June. Shootouts for varsity and junior varsity high school teams are set for June 7, 13, 14, 17 and 20, while a shootout for middle school teams is scheduled for June 12. Online registration for all of the camps is available through the men’s basketball link on the school’s athletic website, www. rioredstorm.com. Registration forms are also available in the lobby of the Lyne Center during regular business hours. Registration forms/checks should be mailed to Big Red Basketball Camp, University of Rio Grande Basketball Ofﬁce, Rio Grande, OH 45674. Checks should be made payable to Big Red Basketball Camp. For more information, contact French at 740-245-7294, 1-800282-7201 (ext. 7294), or send e-mail to kfrench@rio.edu Randy Payton is the Sports Information Director at the University of Rio Grande. 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An RBI double by middle innings made the Ryan Laudermilt in the difference. bottom of the third gave The Southern basethe Purple and Gold ball team trailed guest a 3-1 lead. Diddle and Alexander by a run an Billy Harmon led off the inning into Tuesday’s fourth with back-to-back non-conference bout at singles, and later scored Star Mill Park, but the on a groundout and an Tornadoes scored the error respectively. next ﬁve runs en route The Spartans came to a 5-2 triumph. up with a run in the An error led to the Spartans’ ﬁrst run in the sixth, but couldn’t make it beyond second base top of the ﬁrst inning, again and fell by a 5-2 but Southern (12-6) count. took a 2-1 lead in the ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A light malfunction almost stopped Mike Fiers’ night from getting started. A high pitch count nearly prevented him from ﬁnishing it. Good thing Fiers was allowed to take the mound and stay there all game because he made history doing it. Fiers overcame the early delay and managed the high workload to pitch his second no-hitter of his career, getting help from two spectacular defensive plays from his Oakland Athletics teammates to shut down the Cincinnati Reds 2-0 Tuesday night. “Amazing. That’s really all I can really say,” Fiers said. “Things like this just happen.” This one almost didn’t. A bank of lights in left ﬁeld was only partially lit before the scheduled start of the game, leading to a delay of more than 90 minutes before the teams and umpires determined there was enough light to play a full game. Then after getting through seven innings with 109 pitches, Fiers was told by manager Bob Melvin that one more baserunner would end his night even if he still hadn’t allowed a hit. He then breezed through the ﬁnal two innings, following up his 2015 gem for Houston against the Dodgers with a 131-pitch masterpiece to become the 35th pitcher with multiple no-hitters in his career. “I’m just really thankful for him leaving me in and trusting me,” Fiers said. “I told him I felt great. I felt like everything was working. It wasn’t a matter of being tired. I had adrenaline at that point.” He walked two, struck out six and ended the 300th no-hitter ever in the majors by fanning Eugenio Suarez with a big curveball. The A’s poured out of the dugout to mob Fiers in celebration after the ﬁnal out in front of a few thousand fans remaining after the lengthy delay. Fiers tipped his hat to the crowd and raised his arms in triumph as he walked off. “It was a great night obviously for him, for our fans, everyone wants to see a no-hitter,” Melvin said. “It was no fun for me once he got past 120 pitches, I promise you that. But he deserved it. The 33-year-old Fiers (3-3) raised his lifetime record to 57-58. The right-hander began the night with a 6.81 ERA this season, and has been a journeyman for much of his career. A journeyman with a special place in the record book, that is. “It’s pretty cool,” Fiers said. “I saw a little bit of the list. I’m just grateful to be here and get the opportunity to play. I remember when I was getting drafted I wasn’t too high on the charts. I was a guy throwing 88 to 90 (mph) down in South Florida. I’m one in a million down there. … I’m just blessed to be here.” The ﬁrst no-hitter of the 2019 season didn’t come without tense moments as Fiers was bailed out by back-to-back great defensive plays in the sixth inning. Second baseman Jurickson Profar ran a long way to making a diving catch on Kyle Farmer’s popup into short right ﬁeld for the second out, prompting Fiers to throw up his arms in celebration. 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