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Cause to be investigated by Fire Marshal, Pomeroy FD COLUMBUS — With less than 45 days remaining until the start of the 2020 Census, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) reminds all Ohioans that they can use the computers at their local OhioMeansJobs center or library to complete the survey. This is the first time the Census survey can be completed online. Each household will receive a card in the mail with a password and instructions for submitting information online, over the phone, or by mail. “Participating in the Census is easy, safe, and important,” said ODJFS Director Kimberly Hall. “The results form the basis of every populationdriven decision that affects Ohioans, including See CENSUS | 5 By Sarah Hawley taken on scene. shawley@aimmediamidwest.com “Upon arrival of Ladder 2, heavy smoke and some flames POMEROY — First respond- were showing from the front roof of the structure. Pomeers were called to the Wild Horse Cafe early Sunday morn- roy Ladder 2 and Middleport Ladder 16 set up their aerial ing for a structure fire which devices to attack the fire, while caused heavy damage to the Pumper 3 and Engine 13 laid restaurant. The call came in around 4:40 supply lines into each other’s ladder truck. Crews knocked a.m. on Sunday, with firefightdown the fire with the aerial ers from the Pomeroy, Middleport and Rutland Volunteer Fire streams, and entered the structure with hand lines to fight Departments responding. the fire inside the structure. Derek Miller of the Pomeroy Volunteer Fire Department told After overhaul was performed, The Daily Sentinel, there were crews were able to extinguish all remaining pockets of fire. approximately 35 firefighters Firefighters salvaged valuable on the scene with Pomeroy contents by placing tarps over Pumpers 1 and 3 and Ladder areas to prevent further dam2, Middleport Engine 13, Ladage,” read the run report. der 16 and Rescue 17, Rutland There were no injuries reportEngine 43 and Truck 40 and ed to crews on scene. Meigs Medic 5. The Pomeroy After the fire was put out, and Middleport ladder trucks visible damage could be seen on were used for an aerial attack the end of the building which over the building. housed the kitchen, with the The Meigs County Sheriff’s Office was also on the scene on roof having collapsed. Miller stated that the Ohio West Main Street in Pomeroy. State Fire Marshals Office, AEP was contacted to disconalong with the Pomeroy Volunnect power, Columbia Gas to shut off gas and Pomeroy Public teer Fire Department, will be handling the investigation into Works to shut off water at the the cause of the fire which is scene. undetermined at this time. An The run report posted to investigator was on the scene their Facebook page by the Pomeroy Volunteer Fire Depart- on Sunday, with additional ment details the scene when See FIRE | 5 firefighters arrived and actions INDEX Obituary: 2 News: 3, 5 Opinion: 4 Sports: 6 TV: 7 Classifieds: 8 Comics: 9 Weather: 10 Board approves agenda items Staff Report the previous week. These numbers bring to 5,457 the total hospitalizations since the season began at the end of September, and are more than double the hospitalizations reported during the same week of last year’s flu season. The current report can be found here. “One in 12 Americans is likely to get sick from flu this season,” said ODH Medical Director Mark Hurst, MD. “The next person hospitalized could be you, your child, or another loved one. Protect yourself and ROCKSPRINGS — The Meigs Local Board of Education approved several agenda items during its regular meeting last week. In personnel matters, the board approved the following coaching hires: Kaileb Sheets, junior varsity baseball coach; Mattie Carroll, assistant varsity softball coach; Steve Blackwell, volunteer assistant junior varsity softball coach. The following substitute teachers were approved for the 201920 school year: Carter Beeson, Kevin Blake, Eleni Hatzis, McKenzie Jones, Steven Rekstad, Jacob Smith, Uretta Jo Dunn and Trenton Thacker. The resignation of Danny Grueser as a bus driver was accepted for retirement purposes. Jennifer Dunn and Richelle Jose were approved as after-school instructors at Meigs Middle School under the 21st Century Grant. A maternity leave request was approved as submitted. Deanna Tucker was approved as a substitute personal assistant. An overnight field trip request was approved from Tom Cremeans for SkillsUSA students to attend the 2020 See FLU | 5 See BOARD | 5 Flu hospitalizations in Ohio continue to rise JOIN THE CONVERSATION What’s your take on today’s news? Go to mydailysentinel. com and visit us on facebook to share your thoughts. ODH medical director urges flu shots as nearly 1,000 people hospitalized Staff Report COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) reports that the number of new influenza-related hospitalizations rose again last week. The 994 hospitalizations from February 2 to February 8 marks a new high for the 2019-2020 flu season and a 19 percent increase over �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Tuesday, February 18, 2020 OBITUARIES KIM MICHELLE FACKLER MICHAEL LANCE SR. gan Wilson) Fackler; a RUTLAND — Kim brother, Mark Samsel; a Michelle Fackler, 60, passed away at her home sister, Denise Thomas; and Fred Houghton; a REEDSVILLE — special niece, Donna; and Rutland, Ohio, surround- 15 grandchildren; and a Michael W. Lance, Sr., great grandchild. ed by her loving family. his dog, Gus. 76, of Reedsville, Ohio, At the families request Kim was born July In addition to his parpassed away Sunday, Feb. their is to be no services 10, 1959, at Avon Lake, 16, 2020, at his residence ents, he was preceded in or visitation. The famOhio, to the late Dale surrounded by his loving death by his wife, Doroily requests that in lieu Edward and Twylla June thy; a granddaughter, family. of flowers donations Anderson Samsel. Kim Rebecca Lance; three He was born April 9, was a nurse, wife, mother, be given to Memorials brothers, Joe, Roger and 1943, in Ivydale, W.Va., Processing, St. Jude grandmother, and an son of the late Frank and Jack; and two sisters, Children’s Research Hosdevout Christian. Judy and Genelle. Ora McKown Lance. He pital, 501 St. Jude Place, She leaves behind her Funeral services will be was U.S. Army Veteran Memphis, TN 38105held at 11 a.m., Thursday, husband, Dennis Jay serving in the Korean 9959. Fackler; children, Ben Feb. 20, 2020, at WhiteWar, a member of the Birchfield Funeral Coolville Masonic Lodge Schwarzel Funeral Home (Jenny) Fackler, Lisa Home, Rutland, Ohio, (Ryan) Rowe, Emily in Coolville, Ohio, with 337 F&AM and retired is assisting the family. from the Operating Engi- Lance Griffin officiating. (Brad) Whitlatch, DerOnline condolences may rick (Nikki) Frackler, Burial will follow in the neers. Brandon (Angela Casci) be sent at birchfieldfuLance Family Cemetery, Mike is survived by where military graveside Fackler, and Lucas (Mor- neralhome.com. a son, Michael Jr. and services will be conJennifer Lance; three LOIS JEAN (LITTLE) PAYNE ducted. daughters, Laurie and Visitation will be held Steve Barber, Lisa and of Bealeton, Va.; POINT PLEASat the funeral home Mike Welch and Traci and great-grandCarter; 12 grandchildren; Wednesday, from 5-7 p.m. ANT — Lois Jean daughter, Callie You are invited to sign (Little) Payne, 77, 20 great-grandchildren; Hall of Point of Point Pleasant, the online guestbook at three sisters, Ruth Ann Pleasant. She is formerly of PomeLance, Barbara and Tom www.whiteschwarzelfh. also survived by a roy, Ohio, went com. Summerfield and Cindy sister, Mary (Sam) home to be with Simonds of Lebaher Lord Saturday, ELOISE WATKINS non, Ohio; one brother, Feb. 15, 2020, at the Marvin (Pepper) StafEmogene Dolin Jones children; and nephews, POMEROY — Eloise ford of Taylorsville, N.C.; Hospice House, in HunWatkins, 83, of Pomeroy, James Smith and Roger sisters-in-law, Wanda tington, W.Va. Smith Jr. Ohio, passed away on Stafford and Jewell CumShe was born Feb. 24, In addition to her parFeb. 15, 2020. mings; and several nieces 1942, in Logan, W.Va., ents, she was preceded She was born on Jan. and nephews. in death by her husband, a daughter of the late 20, 1937, in Pomeroy, A funeral service will Hubert Stafford and Roger Watkins; brother daughter of the late CalFrankie (Cummings) Staf- be 1 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. and sister-in-law, Roger vin and Sarah Smith. ford. Lois was a graduate 18, 2020, at Wilcoxen and Alberta Smith; and She is survived by her Funeral Home in Point of Pomeroy High School children, Sharon (David) grandson, Lester Bush. Pleasant, with Pastor Class of 1960. Funeral services will Hudnall, James (Rhonda) Richard Tanner officiatIn addition to her parbe held on Wednesday, Morris, Jason (Susan) ents, she was preceded in ing. Burial will follow at Feb. 19, 2020, at noon Morris; step-son, Roger Gravel Hill Cemetery in with Rick Ash officiating death by a brother, NorWatkins Jr.; grandchilCheshire, Ohio. The famman Cummings. at Anderson McDaniel dren, Lisa (Greg) Cunily will receive friends Lois is survived by a Funeral Home in Pomeningham, Jeremy (Tara) two hours prior to the son, Donald R. Little roy. Burial will follow Morris, Sheena (Justin) funeral service Tuesday at of Pickerington, Ohio; at Carleton Cemetery. Smith, Kevin (Cindi) daughter, Donna Henson the funeral home. Bush, Rachel (Tony) Lee, Visiting hours for family Condolences may be Cobb and husband Roband friends will be on Tyler (Jourdan) Morexpressed to the family Wednesday from 10 a.m. ert of Gallipolis Ferry; ris and Sarah Morris; and memories may be granddaughter, Andrea to 12 p.m. at the funeral 13 great grandchildren; shared by visiting www. (Andy) Hall of Point home. seven great great grandPleasant; grandson, Jona- wilcoxenfuneralhome. com. than (Maggie) Henson HARRY POWELL COOLVILLE — Harry Powell, 85, of Coolville, Ohio, passed away Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020, at his residence. He was born April 28, 1934, in Portland, Ohio, son of the late Charles and Ruth Newlun Powell. Harold is survived by three brothers, Robert Powell of Coolville, Randall and Donna Powell of Belpre and David and Linda Powell of Frost; two sisters, Nettie and Larry Young of Tupper Plains and Betty Kiser of Racine; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Charles Powell, Roy Powell and Delbert Powell and a sister, Frances Bellamy. Graveside services will be held 11 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, at the Sandhill Cemetery in Long Bottom, Ohio. Visitation will be held at the funeral home Tuesday, from 6-8 p.m. You are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.whiteschwarzelfh. com. CONNIE HOPE RUCKER (Robert) of Columbus, SHADE — Connie Ohio, James S. Rucker Hope Rucker, 88, of Shade, Ohio, passed away Jr. (Becky) of Racine, Ohio, Dennis Rucker on Feb. 15, 2020 at her home. She was born Jan. (Carrie) of Reedsville, Ohio, Brenda Rucker 9, 1932, in Quinwood, Montoney (Kenneth) W.Va., to the late Bessie of Glouster, Ohio, Jerry O’Dell Nutter and HowRucker (Sarah) of Reedsard Nutter. In addition ville, Ohio, Lesa Cochran to her parents, she is preceded in death by her (Marvin) of Ashville, Ohio; a special cousin, husband, James Samuel Emmogene Walton Rucker Sr.; a brother, (Eldon) of Covington, Billy Nutter of Rising Sun, Md.; a nephew, Mat- W.Va.; 20 grandchildren; 21 great grandchildren; thew Nutter of W.Va.; a sister-in-law, Betty Nutter and their beloved dog, of North East, Md.; and a Diesel. Funeral services will be son-in-law, Johney Russell held on Saturday, Feb. 22, of Pomeroy, Ohio. PEARSON She is survived by two 2020, at 1 p.m. at AnderWEST COLUMBIA, W.Va. — Bartow “Bart” son McDaniel Funeral Edward Pearson, 79, of West Columbia, W.Va., died on brothers, Frank NutHome in Pomeroy, Ohio. ter of North East, Md., February 12, 2020 at his home on the farm following Visitation for family and and William Nutter of an extended illness. friends will be held two Middleport, Ohio. Also Arrangements are being handled by Foglesonghours prior to the sersurviving are her seven Casto Funeral Home in Mason, W.Va. Per his wishes, vice, and burial will folchildren, Shirley Crawthere will be no visitation. ford (Mark) of Prospect, low at Chester Cemetery in Chester, Ohio. Ohio, Sandra Blessing TAYLOR DELEWARE, Ohio — Kelly Jon Taylor, 58, Deleware, Ohio and formerly of Meigs County, Ohio, died JOHNSON GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — Wilma Jean Johnson age 89, early Monday, February 17, 2020 in the Grady Memoof Gallipolis, Ohio died Sunday morning February 16, rial Hospital, Deleware. Funeral arrangements will 2020 at Holzer Medical Center. be announced by the Cremeens-King Funeral Home, Funeral services will be 1 p.m., Friday February 21, Racine, Ohio. 2020 at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home with Rev. Alfred Holley officiating. Burial will follow in Gravel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday, one hour prior to services. Daily Sentinel IN BRIEF US judge dismisses suit PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (AP) — A judge dismissed a professor’s lawsuit against a small, public university in Ohio that rebuked him for not addressing a transgender student using the student’s preferred gender terms. Nicholas Meriwether’s federal lawsuit alleged that Shawnee State University officials violated his rights by compelling him to speak in a way that contradicts his Christian beliefs. Schools officials contended that such language was part of his job responsibilities, not speech protected by the First Amendment, and that the case should be dismissed. U.S. District Judge Susan Dlott dismissed it last week, agreeing that the manner in which Meriwether addressed the student wasn’t protected under the First Amendment. Asked whether Meriwether would further pursue the matter, his attorney, Travis Barham of Alliance Defending Freedom, said Monday that they are evaluating their next steps. “This is wrong,” Barham said in a statement. ”Public universities have no business compelling people to express ideological beliefs that they don’t hold.” Meriwether had received a written warning for violating the school’s nondiscrimination policy and unsuccessfully challenged his reprimand in a grievance process. Meriwether said he treated the student like “other biologically male students.” Columbus. Leach was serving a seven-year sentence for burglary and trespassing charges from Lake County, where he had been arrested in 2016 as a suspect in multiple burglaries, according to court and prison records and local media accounts from the time. The Willoughby man had been incarcerated since May 2017. Man dead after collapse NEWARK, Ohio (AP) — A man was killed in a reported trench collapse at a construction site in central Ohio, authorities said Monday. Granville Township Fire Chief Casey Curtis confirmed the death at a property just north of Interstate 70 in Licking County, roughly 30 miles east of Columbus. Officials didn’t immediately release further details, including the man’s identity and the nature of the construction project. As emergency responders were sent to the scene Monday morning, scanner traffic had indicated one person was trapped in a trench about 10 feet down, The (Newark) Advocate reported. No one else was believed to be trapped, and there was no word of any other injuries. Village reports erosion issue CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio village along Lake Erie is experiencing what officials describe as an “erosion emergency” because the lake hasn’t frozen over. With more waves pounding the shore, erosion has eaten away more than 40 feet of LONDON, Ohio (AP) land from a park in Geneva-on-the-Lake — The weekend death of an inmate at an Ohio in a two-week span, village administrator prison is being investiJeremy Shaffer said. gated as a homicide. The damage started Robert Leach Jr., 23, died after “an incident” earlier this month. Lake Erie broke its Febmidday Saturday at ruary high water record Madison Correctional that it set in 1987, and Institution, a spokesit’s expected to conwoman for the Ohio Department of Rehabili- tinue setting records through May. tation and Correction Less than half of a confirmed by email Monday. Spokeswoman percent of Lake Erie had ice on Feb. 10. On JoEllen Smith released no other details of what average, about twothirds of the lake has happened. ice coverage on that Nor did the Ohio date, Cleveland.com State Highway Patrol, reported. which is investigating “Water is crashing the death as a homicide. into shore and hitNo charges had been ting areas it never hit filed as of Monday, according to the patrol. before, and a lot of the The prison is in Lon- earlier erosion control is now under water,” don, about 25 miles Shaffer told the outlet. west of downtown Inmate death investigated 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. 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Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@aimmediamidwest.com. Thursday, Feb. 20 BEDFORD TWP. — Bedford Township Trust- ees will hold a special meeting at 8 a.m. at the Bedford Town Hall to pass an amended resolution to the budget. Meigs County Veterans Service Commission will meet at 9 a.m. in the office located at 97 North Second Avenue, Middleport. Saturday, Feb. 22 Tuesday, Feb. 25 MIDDLEPORT — Fish fry, hotdogs with lunch room sauce starting at 11 a.m. at the Middleport Fire Department. Also pints and quarts of hot dog sauce for sale. POMEROY — St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomeroy will begin Lent with Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper beginning at 5:30 until 7p.m. The public is cordially invited to attend this free meal. Monday, Feb. 24 MIDDLEPORT — The Wednesday, Feb. 26 POMEROY — St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomeroy will host Ash Wednesday worship service at 6 p.m. Impositions of ashes will be available. The public is invited to attend. Monday, March 2 RACINE — An American Red Cross Blood Drive will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Southern High School in Racine. The blood drive is sponsored by the Southern High School National Honor Society. �NEWS Daily Sentinel Tuesday, February 18, 2020 3 Ohio family tackles challenge of large-scale dairy farming By Rachel Wagoner Farm And Dairy SUGARCREEK, Ohio — Go big or go out of business. That was Sonny Perdue’s message to dairy farmers last fall at the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin. Or at least that’s how the message was perceived. The U.S. agriculture secretary was asked by a reporter if the loss of small farms is inevitable, or if there’s something that can stem the flow. “The big get bigger, and the small will go out, and that is what we’ve seen here. It is very difficult with economy of scale and capital needs and all of the environmental regulations and everything else today, to survive milking 40, 50, 60 or even 100 cows, and that’s what we’ve seen.” “I don’t think in America for any small business we have a guaranteed income or guaranteed profitability of survival,” he said. Whether or not you agree with Perdue’s assessment, it’s true that the average dairy herd size is increasing. It’s one of the ways dairies are able to support their families. More cows equals more milk equals more money. At a certain point, the cost of production decreases with increased scale of production. For the Andreas family, going big was a way to stay in business. They weren’t always milking 1,200 cows, like they are now. When Dan Andreas came back to the Tuscarawas County farm in 1978 to take over from his father, they were milking EDITOR’S NOTE One in a series of stories about the future of the dairy industry from Farm and Dairy newspaper. about 140 cows. “In order to increase cash flow, you add more cows. We could, so we did,” Dan said. “As prices increase, what’s your alternative? It’s a leap of faith or a calculated business plan that you start the snowball rolling.” That snowball grew from 140 to 400 cows at first when they put up another free stall barn in 1980. At that time, Dan’s brother, Bill, handled the crops. And Dan handled the cows and the one employee. The farm went through a big upgrade and expansion in the 1990s. The new milking center was built in 1992. It enabled them to milk more cows and milk three times a day. More barns went up. Before long, they were up to about 1,200 cows and four barns. His Andreas ancestors settled in the area in 1853. The current farm, in Sugarcreek, Ohio, was bought in 1881. Several years ago, the Andreas family bought a nearby farm. Turns out, it was their ancestral land. “When I was growing up, we had pigs, chickens, cows, horses. It was a general farm. But it migrated toward dairy when I was 10 or 11,” Dan said. Dan taught high school chemistry for 11 years at a school outside Colum- bus before returning to the farm. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education and a bachelor’s in animal nutrition. He came back to the farm after his father, Paul, asked if he was interested. If not, Paul was going to sell the cows. “I always liked the cows. I wanted to be a large animal vet. I knew I wanted to live in the country and not the city,” Dan said. “I talked it over with my wife. I promised to give her a new house if we moved back.” History repeated itself when Dan’s son, Matt, came back to the farm around 2008. Matt went to college, got degrees in business administration and history and then coached college football for seven years. For his part, Dan never wanted either of his sons to come back to the farm. His other son, Jason, works at Google and lives in Michigan. “I think I’m intelligent enough to know that there are easier ways to make a living than dairy farming,” Dan said. “It really ties you down.” But when Matt heard his dad and uncle were talking about selling out, he wanted to get in. Matt bought out his uncle’s share. “When I came back home, I came home with the idea that not only did I want to raise a family in this area, because I think it’s a pretty darn good area, but the farm was a neat asset,” Matt said. “The history that comes with it is important to me.” Matt considers himself part football coach, part businessman and part farmer. All three help him run an operation that includes nearly 3,000 acres of land and about 20 employees. The crops are Matt’s domain. Dan is semiretired, but is still at the farm almost every day. He’s still involved in reproduction and genetics. Dan was able to use the scales of efficiency to his advantage, his son said. That made them successful and helped them sustain their growth through the 1990s. That changed when Matt came in. Part of it was due to the world around them. It became a lot harder to get a loan after the Great Recession of 2008. You couldn’t just borrow money on a handshake anymore. The other part was how Matt wanted to run things. He came in wearing his business cap. He made the farm a comprehensive budget for the first time. He incorporated technology, like bringing in software to track feed usage and costs. Instead of an annual profit-and-loss report, he runs one at the end of each month and compares it to the budget. It wasn’t all big picture stuff. It was the little stuff too. “I’m an old football coach, so whiteboards went up everywhere.” Matt said. “It started in the parlor. I put daily tasks up for what everyone was doing.” They worked on better communication — text messages work great for that — since their operation is geographically spread out. Milk cows are on the main farm. Calves are raised at another farm. Dairy beef feeders are on pasture elsewhere. Managing the cows is the easy part, Dan said. Something farmers often don’t take into account when increasing production is how to successfully manage people. You can’t do all the work after a certain point. Dan quit milking sometime around 2005. He worked in the “ICU” barn taking care of sick cows and assisting with calvings. He milked cows there as well until he was needed more in the office. “I miss it a lot. I like animals. But it’s a business,” he said. “People tell you it’s not, but they’re lying. You have to run it like a business, or you won’t make it.” Matt doesn’t mince words. Their size hasn’t made them immune to the dairy industry’s issues. It’s tough losing money for five years. Some years, they were closer to the break-even line than others. The farm is run as efficiently as possible, but there’s only so much you can do on farm. They’ve sold some land in the last few years to make ends meet, Matt said. They know that’s not a sustainable strategy. But things are looking up. The last milk check they put in was the best they’ve had since January 2015, he said. The 2020 budget looks good. If things keep up this way, they should be able to recover from the downturn. “This year I have forecasted as a decent year. That does make it a little brighter every morning to come into work,” he said. Who knows what the future holds. Maybe it’s more dairy cows. They’ve considered adding another free stall barn. But then you need to consider manure management and added labor costs. Maybe it doesn’t hold dairy cows at all. If it comes down to it, what’s more important: keeping the cows or keeping the family land? Matt said they’ve always talked about not running their equity down until the farm is worthless. The Andreases have a line. Once they hit it, they know they need to make a big change. That could be in 30 years. Or in six months. Either way. “We know what that number is and know where it’s at,” Matt said. “It doesn’t mean we’d stop farming, but maybe it means the cows leave.” Matt tries to remain open-minded. They have land. They could just be grain farmers. They have barns and pastures. They could do more beef cattle. With an operation as large as theirs, the options are more limited than small farms. Bigger ships are harder to turn. “The cows have given us a good lifestyle and a good living,” he said. “Dairy is so labor-intensive. But there’s nothing in ag that’s easy.” One thing unites establishment Democrats: Fear of Sanders By Steve Peoples and Alan Fram Associated Press Cheryl and Paul Molesky via AP Paul Molesky, right, and Cheryl Molesky, who evacuated off the quarantined cruise ship the Diamond Princess, film selfie video aboard a Kalitta Air plane bound for the U.S. on Monday at Haneda airport in Tokyo. US cruise passengers quarantined TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — More than 300 American cruise ship passengers, including 14 who tested positive for coronavirus, were being quarantined at military bases in California and Texas on Monday after arriving from Japan on charter flights overnight. One plane carrying cruise passengers touched down at Travis Air Force Base in Northern California just before midnight Sunday, while another arrived at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas early Monday. The passengers will remain at the bases for two weeks. Japan’s Defense Minister Taro Kono tweeted earlier that Japanese troops helped transport 340 U.S. passengers on 14 buses from Yokohama port to Tokyo’s Haneda airport. About 380 Americans were on the cruise ship. The U.S. said it arranged for the evacuation because people on the Diamond Princess were at a high risk of exposure to the new virus that’s been spreading in Asia. For the departing Americans, the evacuation cuts short a 14-day quarantine that began aboard the cruise ship Feb. 5. The State Department announced later that 14 of the evacuees received confirmation they had the virus but were allowed to board the flight because they had no symptoms. They were being kept isolated from other passengers on the flight, the U.S. State and Health and Human Services said in a joint statement. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, said Sunday that an infected person who shows minimal symptoms could still pass the virus to someone else. It’s unclear which base the 14 who tested positive for the virus went to. Officials said the evacuees who arrived at Travis Air Force Base will be housed at a different location from the more than 200 other Americans who were already being quarantined on the base, in a hotel. Those people have been at the base since early February, when they arrived on flights from China. No Travis airmen will have contact with the passengers, officials said. Now that they’re in the U.S., the cruise ship passengers must go through another 14 days of quarantine at the military facilities — meaning they will have been under quarantine for a total of nearly four weeks. Australia, Canada, Hong Kong and Italy were planning similar flights of passengers. Other governments, including Canada and Hong Kong, also will require the passengers to undergo a second 14-day quarantine. Japan on Monday announced another 99 infections on the Diamond Princess, raising the ship’s total number of cases to 454. Overall, Japan has 419 confirmed cases of the virus, including one death. The United States has confirmed 15 cases within the country. Separately, one U.S. citizen died in China. LAS VEGAS — A growing number of Democratic lawmakers, union officials, state leaders and party strategists agree that Bernie Sanders is a risky nominee to put up against President Donald Trump. There’s less agreement about whether — and how — to stop him. Critics of the Vermont senator, who has long identified as a democratic socialist, are further than they’ve ever been from unifying behind a moderate alternative. None of the viable centrists in the race is eager to exit the campaign to clear a path for a candidate to become a clear counter to Sanders. And Sanders is looking to Saturday’s Nevada caucuses to post another win that would further his status as an early front-runner. With fear and frustration rising in the party’s establishment wing, a high-stakes math problem is emerging. It could be impossible to blunt Sanders as long as a trio of moderate candidates — former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former Vice President Joe Biden and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar — stay in the race. And with former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into the swath of states that vote on Super Tuesday, March 3, the effort to stop Sanders will become even more challenging when the David Zalubowski | AP Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., greets supporters after a campaign stop late Sunday in Denver. campaign goes national next month. “You see this tremendous angst in the party — ‘What are we going to do?’” said Terry McAuliffe, a former Virginia governor who was also chairman of the Democratic National Committee. “We need to unify as fast as we can.” The dynamic is complicated because each of the major moderate candidates has glaring vulnerabilities. Biden began the campaign as a front-runner, but the aura around his operation took a hit after a fourth-place finish in Iowa gave way to a fifth-place finish in New Hampshire. Buttigieg has proved to be the most effective centrist in raising money from the party’s traditional high-dollar donors, which puts him in a strong position to compete in an expensive national contest. But the 38-year-old faces linger questions about his experience and his ability to win support from black and Latino voters, a challenge that could come into greater focus if Buttigieg loses badly in Nevada and South Carolina. Kloubchar is newly emboldened after a third-place finish in New Hampshire, but she too has little support among minority voters and has largely run a bare-bones campaign operation. “When you have three or four candidates in that same lane, math becomes a problem,” said Harold Schaitberger, general president of the International Association of Firefighters and a Biden loyalist, who admits being “disappointed” by Biden’s bad performances and Sanders’ rise. Though the opening contests of the primary have only begun, time may quickly run out for a moderate alternative to emerge. By the end of Super Tuesday, more than one third of all delegates will be awarded. Should Sanders build a significant delegate lead — and his strength in California alone makes that possible — it would be very difficult for any other candidate to catch him in the slew of state-by-state elections that follow based on the way delegates are apportioned. �Opinion 4 Tuesday, February 18, 2020 Daily Sentinel THEIR VIEW Humbled by a guitar master When it comes time to regenerate, I usually head south. Nashville or the Smokeys are my usual destinations. Last weekend we headed to Nashville. It had been a while since our last visit to Music City, and we were quite excited about it. Many years ago when I was a struggling, starving entertainer with stars in my eyes, I would make the trip to Nashville quite often, like three times per week. From southern Herb Ohio, that is a major undertaking. I Day would leave work at 11 p.m., drive Contributing for nearly six hours, sleep two hours columnist in a bad motel, then get up and meet with either a publisher at 8 a.m., then perhaps a rep from a record label at 10 a.m. (and sometimes be stood up by both), get back into my car, head north and be back on the job by 4 p.m. Imagine doing that three times per week. Is it any wonder I look as bad as I do at just 31? (OK, it was a joke, but you can stop laughing now. Really. That hurts.) It would have been much easier to have pulled up roots and headed to Nashville to live. In fact, everyone in the business there told me that I had hopes of ever making it there, I needed to be here. I had a few explain further that a dose of talent wouldn’t hurt either. You really need to be thickskinned and have a tenacity like none other to just compete in that city also. I say that to make my point regarding a tremendously talented musician (and band) we heard at B.B. King’s during our visit this weekend. His name is Carl Stewart. His family moved to Nashville when Carl was a child so he grew up in that culture. He has been named Guitarist of the Year by the Nashville Jazz and Blues Society. Stewart also earned a Grammy in 1996 for Best Contemporary Christian Album. Without question, Mr. Stewart is a very gifted and talented musician, and while we only exchanged niceties briefly, I can say he appears to be quite a graciously humble individual who seems to genuinely enjoy not only his music, but entertaining people. While all of that is nice, what floored me about this guy is that while I don’t profess to be a guitarist even in the same galaxy as Carl Stewart, I felt as though I had no knowledge of the instrument as I watched him play. First, he plays left-handed. Some left-handed guitarists are not left-handed, but they learned at the feet of a left-handed player. Some left-handed players string their guitar as a right-handed player would with the low E-string at the top, and high E at the bottom. Steward played a right-handed guitar, left-handed and upside down. I couldn’t tell what key he was playing in until just before we left the club. Not only did he play with grace, precision and soul, I felt just the way I did when I was a child enamored by any guitarist. I felt as though I had no knowledge of the instrument, yet I was spellbound by it. I have had the honor to play with some of the best guitar players in the business. In fact, some were so good I didn’t even feel qualified to play rhythm to them, but this experience was different. I have often looked back on my days pounding the streets and banging on doors trying to be heard in regret, feeling as though I failed. However, I was reminded over the weekend that you will often hear and see better, more talented musicians, singers and entertainers on the streets and clubs of Nashville than you will ever see on the stage of the Opry or hear on the radio. No, I don’t claim to be in the caliber of talent that Carl Stewart is in, but I was quite honored to have been in the same club with him as he performed this weekend. Herb Day is a longtime local radio personality and singer-musician. You can email him at HEKAMedia@yahoo.com and follow his work at http://www.HerbDayVoices.com and http://www.HerbDayRadio.com. TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Former Sen. John Warner, R-Va., is 93. Singer Yoko Ono is 87. Singer-songwriter Bobby Hart is 81. Singer Irma Thomas is 79. Singer Herman Santiago (Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers) is 79. Actress Jess Walton is 74. Singer Dennis DeYoung is 73. Actress Sinead Cusack is 72. Actress Cybill Shepherd is 70. Singer Randy Crawford is 68. Rock musician Robbie Bachman is 67. Actor John Travolta is 66. Actor John Pankow is 65. Game show host Vanna White is 63. Actress Jayne Atkinson is 61. Actress Greta Scacchi (SKAH’kee) is 60. Actor Matt Dillon is 56. Rock musician Tommy Scott (Space) is 56. Rapper Dr. Dre is 55. Actress Molly Ringwald is 52. Actress Sarah Brown is 45. Country musician Trevor Rosen (Old Dominion) is 45. Actor Ike Barinholtz is 43. Actor Kristoffer Polaha is 43. THEIR VIEW Fruit trees and insects, diseases Late winter is a very important time for orchardists, because now is when you should apply dormant oil spray to your fruit trees. Dormant oil (also called all-seasons spray oil) smothers insect eggs on fruit trees before they hatch. You can apply it any time before buds start to open in spring; now is the ideal time. Once the flower buds on your fruit trees begin to open, you should start applying all-purpose orchard spray every 10-14 days. All-purpose orchard spray is a mixture of insecticides and fungicides. Applied every 10 days to two weeks, it will kill many types of insects and discourage fungus growth. The first few sprays of the season do the most good, breaking the life cycle of most tree pests. Commercial orchards continue the spray schedule until harvest, but you can do with less spraying if you’re willing to tolerate a few Freedom, Liberty blemishes on your and Zestar, which fruit. require much less Fruit trees have spraying. Another many natural insect important step enemies, however, is annual feeding it’s unlikely that with trace-mineralthey will be bothrich tree fertilizers ered by more than Steve like Espoma Tree a few of these in Boehme a given season. Contributing Tone. A healthy, well-fed tree is Early control of the columnist less vulnerable to first generation of pests and diseases. insects reduces the amount of control needed Another important step to reduce insects and later in the season. The disease is cleaning up old same is true of disease control. Most spraying is fruit and debris around the base of the tree. directed at funguses and Growing fruit organiblights, which threaten cally requires you to trees all season long but thoroughly study the can be minimized by interrelated cycle of fruit early control. In other growth, pests, diseases words, get started right and beneficial insects. now and keep it up on a Tree fruits are one of schedule. Once you see the most difficult crops the problem, it’s much to grow under a strict harder to control. Disease pressure can be organic definition. Organic growers have to accept minimized by selecting a high percentage of crop disease-resistant varietloss to insect damage. ies. Old favorites whose Integrated Pest Mannames you recognize may agement (IPM) is a not be the best choices. middle ground between We recommend diseasechemical control and resistant apples like strict organic methods. Like organic growing, IPM requires a high level of understanding and record-keeping, which sounds difficult but actually eliminates a lot of unnecessary work. Understanding the natural balance is a good thing and well worth the effort. Professional orchard growers take the time to thoroughly research, understand and document all the factors of insect and disease control in their orchards. For the home orchardist this may be overwhelming. The tried-and-true approach of regular spraying, pruning and feeding will give you a satisfying fruit yield with the least time spent. Start the season off right by doing your dormant spray this week. Steve Boehme is a landscape designer/installer specializing in landscape “makeovers”. “Let’s Grow” is published weekly; column archives are on the “Garden Advice” page at www.goodseedfarm.com. TODAY IN HISTORY evidence of Pluto (now designated a “dwarf Today is Tuesday, Feb. planet”) was discovered 18, the 49th day of 2020. by Clyde W. Tombaugh There are 317 days left in at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. the year. In 1943, Madame Today’s Highlight in History Chiang Kai-shek (chang ky-shehk), wife of the On Feb. 18, 1970, the Chinese leader, addressed “Chicago Seven” defenmembers of the Senate dants were found not and then the House, guilty of conspiring to becoming the first Chiincite riots at the 1968 nese national to address Democratic national both houses of the U.S. convention; five were convicted of violating the Congress. In 1983, 13 people were Anti-Riot Act of 1968 shot to death at a gam(those convictions were bling club in Seattle’s Chilater reversed). natown in what became known as the Wah Mee On this date In 1546, Martin Luther, Massacre. (Two men were convicted of the leader of the Protestant Reformation in Germany, killings and are serving life sentences; a third was died in Eisleben. In 1564, artist Michel- found guilty of robbery and assault.) angelo died in Rome. In 1988, Anthony M. In 1861, Jefferson Kennedy was sworn in as Davis was sworn in as an associate justice of the provisional president of the Confederate States of U.S. Supreme Court. In 1994, at the Winter America in Montgomery, Olympic Games in NorAlabama. In 1885, Mark Twain’s way, U.S. speedskater Dan Jansen finally won a “Adventures of Huckgold medal, breaking the leberry Finn” was pubworld record in the 1,000 lished in the U.S. for the meters. first time (after being In 1997, astronauts on published in Britain and the space shuttle DiscovCanada). ery completed their tuneIn 1930, photographic The Associated Press THOUGHT FOR TODAY “Opinion is that exercise of the human will which helps us to make a decision without information.” — John Erskine American author and educator (1879-1951) up of the Hubble Space Telescope after 33 hours of spacewalking; the Hubble was then released using the shuttle’s crane. In 2001, veteran FBI agent Robert Philip Hanssen was arrested, accused of spying for Russia. (Hanssen later pleaded guilty to espionage and attempted espionage and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.) Auto racing star Dale Earnhardt Sr. died in a crash at the Daytona 500; he was 49. In 2003, an arson attack involving two South Korean subway trains in the city of Daegu claimed 198 lives. (The arsonist was sentenced to life in prison, where he died in 2004.) Ten years ago: In Austin, Texas, software engineer A. Joseph Stack III crashed his single-engine plane into a building containing IRS offices, killing one person besides himself. President Barack Obama personally welcomed the Dalai Lama to the White House, but kept the gettogether off camera and low key in an attempt to avoid inflaming tensions with China. Five years ago: President Barack Obama, hosting a White House summit on countering violent extremism, said Muslims in the U.S. and around the world had a responsibility to fight a misconception that terrorist groups like the Islamic State were speaking for them. One year ago: Scientist Wallace Smith Broecker, who raised early alarms about climate change and popularized the term “global warming,” died at a New York hospital at the age of 87. �NEWS Daily Sentinel MEIGS BRIEFS Editor’s Note: Meigs Briefs will only list event information that is open to the public and will be printed on a space-available basis. Meigs 3rd grade finishes undefeated season The Meigs 3rd Grade Boys Basketball finished an undefeated season in the Big Bend Basketball League as well as their four post season tournament games, with a combined 21-0 overall record for the 201920 season. Pictured following their championship win this weekend are (front row) Ethan Grimm, Jeremiah Martin, Braxtyn Goode, Jack Glaze, Braydin Goode, (middle row) Colt Dodson, Easton Williams, Gavin Will, Zane Williams, (back row) Coaches Chris Goode, Skip Dodson, Courtesy photo and Tucker Williams. Lincoln Day Dinner to be held Thursday, Feb. 20 HE9AIFH?D=I�Å�J^[�C[_]i�9ekdjo�H[fkXb_YWd�FWhjo�B_dYebd�:Wo�:_dd[h�m_bb�X[�^[bZ�ed� Thursday, Feb. 20 in the Meigs High School Cafeteria. Doors open at 5 p.m., with the dinner at 6 p.m. Governor Mike DeWine will be the guest speaker. Tickets are $20 and are available at the courthouse eh�\hec�W�H[fkXb_YWd�FWhjo�;n[Ykj_l[�9ecc_jj[[� member. Racine’s Party in the Park fundraiser RACINE — An adult comedy night fundraiser to X[d[Òj�HWY_d[Éi�FWhjo�_d�j^[�FWha�m_bb�jWa[�fbWY[�ed� Saturday, March 28 at Kountry Resort Campground. Doors open at 6 p.m. with the show at 7:30 p.m. Advanced tickets are available for $10 by contact_d]�j^[�HWY_d[�l_bbW][�e\ÒY[�eh�\hec�Wdo�FWhjo�_d� j^[�FWha�Yecc_jj[[�c[cX[h$�Ckij�X[�'.�eh�ebZ[h� to attend. Food and beverages will be available for purchase. Tuesday, February 18, 2020 5 Meigs 7th grade wins tournament, TVC Ohio Board Census From page 1 where to build factories, hospitals, roads, and schools. The Census also determines the distribution of more than $675 billion in federal funding to local communities and Ohio’s representation in Congress.” The Census survey will become available on April 1. It takes approximately 10 minutes to complete, and all responses are confidential. One person should fill out the survey for the entire household, including all family members and anyone else who regularly lives and sleeps at the house. If you are unsure where your household members live regularly, count where they stayed on April 1, 2020. The Census is accessible for everyone. If you respond online or over the phone, the form will be available in over 12 languages and has video accessibility for American Sign Language. For more information, visit census.ohio.gov. Every county in Ohio has an OhioMeansJobs center where Ohioans can obtain free help finding a job, choosing a career, or getting the skills they need to advance in that career. To find your nearest OhioMeansJobs center, visit jfs.ohio. gov/wioamap or go to OhioMeansJobs.com and click on the icon for “OhioMeansJobs Centers.” To find your nearest library, visit library.ohio.gov/usingthe-library/find-an-ohiolibrary. Information submitted by ODJFS. Flu immune systems, people with chronic health conditions, and pregnant From page 1 women. If you are in one of these categories and develop flu symptoms, everyone around you by Hurst advises, seek medigetting a flu shot and cal care right away. following other precauCertain antiviral tions.” Adult flu deaths are not medications can ease flu symptoms and are espereported to ODH; howcially important for peoever, two Ohio children, girls ages 11 and 16, have ple in high risk groups. While ODH remains died from the flu this on vigilant watch for season. The virus can be espe- COVID-2019 (coronavirus disease 2019), cially dangerous for people who are very young or state infectious disease elderly, people with com- experts also are monitoring flu-related activpromised or weakened Fire From page 1 personnel expected to be on the scene Tuesday. The roadway was shutdown Sunday morning as crews worked to put out the fire. A post on The Wild Horse Cafe Facebook page just hours after the Courtesy photo The Meigs Marauders 7th Grade Boys Basketball team completed with 2019-20 season on Saturday as champions of the 5th annual Logan Middle School Basketball Tournament. The team defeated the host team 34-25 to win the title. The 7th grade Marauders were also the 2019-20 TVC Ohio Division Champions with a 14-2 regular season mark. Team members are No. 00 Lincoln Thomas, No. 3 Cayden Gheen, No. 5 Landen DeWees, No. 10 Joseph Schuler, No. 12 Mason Qualls, No. 13 Brady Davis, No. 22 Jake Martin, No. 24 Wyatt Howard, No. 30 Braden Hawley, No. 31 Dustin Vance, No. 32 Dolton Brickles, No. 41 Aaron Tobin and No. 55 Aiden Justice. The team is coached by Tim Lewis with assistant coach Pat Martin. The team is pictured following the championship game on Saturday. Absent from the photo are Wyatt Howard and Aiden Justice. Meigs 8th grade wins tournament, league Courtesy photo The Meigs Marauders 8th grade boys basketball team completed the 2019-20 season on Saturday with a championship win at the Logan Middle School Basketball Tournament. This is the second year for the team to win the tournament title. Additionally, the team won the TVC Ohio Division title for the second consecutive year, finishing with a combined 34-2 record for their 7th and 8th grade seasons. Team members are N0. 1 Conlee Burnem, No. 2 Braylon Harrison, No. 4 Griffin Cleland, No. 14 Dillon Howard, No. 15 Brayden Stanley, No. 23 Quentin Lewis, No. 34 Nathan Perkins, No. 35 Tucker Davis, No. 45 DJ Bates, No. 52 Garrett Roberts and No. 54 Beau Schuler. The team is coached by Trevor Harrison. The team is pictured following the championship game on Saturday. ity — from lab data to emergency department visits to thermometer sales — in an effort to keep Ohioans healthy. They will continue to do so through the end of flu season in May. They advise the following to help prevent flu, caused by contact with respiratory droplets from the cough or sneeze of an infected person: šIjWo�^ec[�m^[d�oek� are sick. š7le_Z�Ybei[�YedjWYj� with people who are sick. š9el[h�oekh�cekj^� and nose with a tissue or fire began simply stated, “We’ll be back.” “Thank you all for your prayers! A huge thank you to our local fire departments! By God’s Grace, j^[h[�Wh[�de�_d`kh_[i$�Fec[heo� has survived fires before & the Wild Horse Cafe will survive. We are resilient & we will be back, even stronger than before! Thank you for caring,” read a post later on Sunday morning on The Wild sleeve when coughing or sneezing. šMWi^�oekh�^WdZi� often with soap and water. š7le_Z�jekY^_d]�oekh� eyes, nose, and mouth after touching objects. šFhWYj_Y[�]eeZ�^WX_ji"� including disinfecting surfaces, getting plenty of sleep, and managing stress. Symptoms typically start one to four days following exposure and include fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, body aches, headache, and fatigue. “Along with severe illness, flu can lead to missed work and education, limit family time, and diminish quality of life,” Dr. Hurst said. “We encourage workplaces, schools, nursing homes, and other facilities to protect Ohioans by ramping up cleaning and disinfecting efforts and supporting other prevention habits.” You cannot get the flu from the flu shot, and it is recommended for everyone older than 6 months. If you have had issues with the flu shot before, talk to your medical provider about options that might not cause problems. Learn more about the flu and precautions to take at www.flu.ohio.gov. Information provided by the Ohio Department of Health. Horse Cafe page. The restaurant added that their fish “Bubbles” had survived the fire. “He’s dirty & scared but Chris was going to clean him up. He’ll be ok…in clean water,” read the post. © 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Sarah Hawley is the managing editor of The Daily Sentinel. 740-446-0800 OH-70171948 403(b) plan documents as written by US OMNI. Approved payment of invoices from Riddell/All From page 1 American Sports Corp. Approved an agreeSkillsUSA Southeast ment with the Meigs Regional Competition in County Sheriff’s Office D[m�F^_bWZ[bf^_W"�E^_e� for School Resource on Feb. 21 and 22. Officers and DARE. The next meeting of In other business, the board: the Meigs Local Board Approved the finanof Education will be cial report and bills for held at 6:30 p.m. on the month of January. Wednesday, Feb. 26, Approved the cafeteria report for the month at Meigs Elementary School. of December. © 2020 Ohio Valley Approved payment for REACH transportation. Publishing, all rights Approved the restated reserved. �Sports 6 Tuesday, February 18, 2020 Daily Sentinel Southern sent home by Lady Tomcats, 68-46 By Alex Hawley Division champion this season — scored the first four points of the second quarter for a 19-2 lead. WELLSTON, Ohio — Southern connected on it Behind the 8-ball before the 12th field goal attempt of the first quarter was over. game, a two-point shot by The 14th-seeded Southern senior Baylee Wolfe, which girls basketball team trailed started a 6-0 spurt. The Lady third-seeded Trimble 15-to-2 Tomcats, however, put an end eight minutes into Saturday’s to the run by making four Division IV sectional final at straight free throws following Wellston High School, where a personal foul and a technical the Lady Tomcats came away foul with 3:21 left in the half. with a 68-46 victory. Each side scored nine points The Lady Tornadoes (5-19) over the rest of the period, and missed all-8 of their field goal attempts in the opening stanza, Trimble took a 32-17 lead into halftime. and to make matters worse, THS led by as many as 17 starting point guard Phoenix Cleland picked up her third foul points, at 48-31, in the third, but the Purple and Gold in the period. claimed the final seven markers Trimble (18-5) — the Triin the quarter and trailed 48-38 Valley Conference Hocking ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Southern senior Baylee Wolfe (3) goes up for a shot in the lane, during the Lady Tornadoes’ 68-46 loss in the sectional final on Saturday in Wellston, Ohio. at the start of the fourth. Phoenix Cleland made a pair of free throws nine seconds into the fourth, cutting Trimble’s lead to single digits for the first time since the Lady Tomcats made it 12-2 4:10 into play. SHS never got closer than eight, however, as THS closed the 68-46 victory with a 20-to-6 run. For the game, Trimble earned a 42-to-27 rebounding advantage, including 17-to13 on the offensive end. The Lady Tornadoes committed 15 turnovers, two fewer than THS. The Purple and Gold collected 14 assists, eight steals and one rejection, while See SOUTHERN | 7 Lady Bobcats eliminate South Gallia By Alex Hawley ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com McDERMOTT, Ohio — A slow start and a sectional exit. The 12th-seeded South Gallia girls basketball team trailed fifth-seeded Green by double digits after one quarter of play in the Division IV sectional final on Saturday at Northwest High School, and the Lady Rebels wound up falling by a 56-45 count. Green (15-5) — claiming its first sectional title since 2009 — began the game with a 16-to-6 opening period, and followed it up with a 14-to-10 second quarter for a 30-16 halftime lead. South Gallia (7-16) got three points back with a 12-to-9 run in the third quarter, making the GHS lead 39-28 with eight minutes to play. The Lady Rebels saved their best for last, pouring in 17 points in the finale, but Green matched the SGHS output and sealed the 56-45 win. In the game, South Gallia made 18 field goals, including four three-pointers, while hitting 5-of-9 (55.6 percent) free throws. Meanwhile, Green was 14-of-27 (51.9 percent) from the foul line, to go with 15 two-pointers and a quartet of triples. The Red and Gold were led by Jessie Rutt with 14 points, featuring five field goals and a 4-for-5 day at the foul line. Jaslyn Bowers hit a team-best three trifectas on her way to 11 points for the Lady Rebels. Kiley Stapleton was next with eight points, followed by Amaya Howell with six, Kennedy Lambert with four and Makayla Waugh with two. Leading Green, Anna Knapp scored 16 points, Kame Sweeney tallied 13 and Kasey Kimbler posted 12. Kimberly Brown ended with eight points in the win, Brelan Baldridge added four, while Charli Blevins chipped in with three. The Lady Bobcats face another Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division team next, as they meet Belpre in the district semifinal on Thursday at Jackson High School. © 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Tuesday, Feb. 18 Boys Basketball Wayne at Point Pleasant, 7:30 Hannan at Tolsia, 7 p.m. South Gallia vs. Manchester at Wellston HS, 8 p.m. Gallia Academy vs. Waverly at Southeastern HS, 8 p.m. Girls Basketball Buffalo at Point Pleasant, 7 p.m. Wrestling South Gallia at Waverly, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19 Boys Basketball RVHS-CHS winner vs. Fairfield Union at Logan HS, 6:15 Meigs vs. Portsmouth West at Jackson HS, 6:15 Southern vs. Waterford at Wellston HS, 6:15 Eastern vs. Ports. Notre Dame at Wellston HS, 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20 Girls Basketball Wahama at Point Pleasant, 6 p.m. Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Pictured are members of the 2020 Point Pleasant wrestling team, who captured the program’s fourth consecutive Class AA-A Region IV championship on Saturday at the Millwood Armory in Millwood, W.Va. Point wins AA/A Region IV title Big Blacks, Wahama combine for 16 state berths By Bryan Walters bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com MILLWOOD, W.Va. — Another sweet 16. For the second year in a row, Mason County will be well-represented at the 2020 state wrestling tournament after having 16 total athletes advance out of the Class AA-A Region IV championships held Friday and Saturday at the Millwood Armory in Jackson County. Both Point Pleasant and Wahama had at least two state qualifiers and five regional placers at the two-day event, but the weekend truly ended up being all about the Big Blacks. PPHS — the topranked Class AA program in the state — earned a dozen divisional titles and had all 14 grapplers advance to Big Sandy Superstore Arena while rolling to a program-best 359 points en route to its fourth straight AA-A team crown. Winfield was the overall runner-up with 161.5 points, while Wirt County came away as the top single-A program with a third place effort of 141.5 points. The White Falcons placed seventh overall in the 16-team field with 93.5 points, as well as third in the single-A bracket. It will be the third time in program history that Point Pleasant will be sending competitors to state in all 14 weight classes, joining the 2012 and 2019 squads. Each of those PPHS teams went on to capture the Class AA-A state championships. The Big Blacks also earned the program’s 10th regional championship in school history, joining the 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018 and 2019 squads. The Red and Black combined for a 40-2 overall record in their collective matches, and each PPHS grappler also reached the championship final within their respective divisions. Parker Henderson (106), Mackandle Freeman (113), Isaac Short (120), Christopher Smith (126), Derek Raike (132), Justin Bartee (138), Mitchell Freeman (145), Wyatt Wilson (152), Zac Samson (160), Logan Southall (170), Brayden Connolly (182) and Juan Marquez (195) all posted 3-0 records en route to coming away with weight class titles. Short, Smith, Raike, Bartee, Wilson, Southall, Marquez and Mitchell Freeman were also regional champions a year ago. Wyatt Stanley (220) and Jacob Muncy (285) also competed in regional finals, but both eventually finished second with matching 2-1 marks. The White Falcons are again sending two grapplers to state, same as last year, and have both something old and something new headed to Huntington. Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Point Pleasant sophomore Mackandle Freeman locks in a hold during a 113-pound match against Winfield on Dec. 11, 2019, in Point Pleasant, W.Va. Senior Trevor Hunt qualified for his third straight state tournament after finishing as the 145-pound runnerup. Freshman Kase Stewart is also headed to state for the first time after placing fourth overall at 132 pounds. The Red and White had two wrestlers just miss the state cut after Ryker Humphreys (120) and Wesley Peters (2718) each placed fifth in their respective weight classes. Humphreys ends his freshman year with a 19-10 overall record, while Peters finishes his senior campaign with a 27-18 mark. Freshman Caleb Pierce also placed sixth at 220 pounds and finishes the season with a 20-25 record. Gavin Shamblin of Sissonville won the 220pound division and Will Frampton of Nitro also accounted for the heavyweight title. The 2020 WVSSAC Wrestling Championships will be held at Big Sandy Superstore Arena from Thursday, Feb. 27, through Saturday, Feb. 29, in downtown Huntington. Visit wvmat.com for complete results of the 2020 Class AA-A Region IV Wrestling Championships held at Saturday at the Millwood Armory. © 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. �SPORTS Daily Sentinel Trimble takes down Rebels, 53-40 All-Star weekend, as expected, was about honoring Kobe CHICAGO (AP) — It has become one of the NBA’s most revered traditions: On the morning of the NBA All-Star Game, the league pays tribute to retired players with what is called the Legends Brunch. It brings together about 3,000 guests, and every year a recent retiree with ties to the game’s host city is honored. When the game was in Los Angeles two years ago, the NBA wanted to honor Kobe Bryant. He declined. He couldn’t attend. His reason: his daughter Gianna Bryant had a game that morning. “That said, to us, everything about his priorities,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Sunday as he recalled that conversation with Bryant. This All-Star weekend was Michael Jordan’s longtime home of Chicago, highlighted by a game where LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo served as captains — but it was, predictably and understandably, overshadowed by the mourning of Bryant. Jennifer Hudson, wearing the Lakers’ deep purple, performed a pregame tribute to Bryant and sang “For All We Know.” Players on James’ team wore Gianna’s No. 2 on their jerseys and players on Antetokounmpo’s team wore Kobe’s No. 24 on theirs. And all players wore a patch with nine stars, one for each victim of the crash. Common, in his pregame tribute to Chicago, also paid homage to Bryant, saying that “even in the darkest times, you’ll feel Kobe’s light.” Everyone at the All-Star Game on Sunday got a 24-page tribute published by Sports Illustrated devoted to Bryant’s career. On the last page of text, just before the back cover, was a quote from Jordan: “I loved Kobe — he was like a little brother to me,” it began. Next to that quote was a photo, Bryant guarding Jordan in 1997, sticking his tongue out much in the same way that the Bulls’ guard often did. And when the night was over, Kawhi Leonard was the first recipient of the Kobe Bryant MVP Award, given to the player voted as the biggest star of the AllStar Game — a trophy that Bryant hoisted four times. It’s been three weeks now since Bryant, 13-year-old Gianna and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash in Southern California. And the mourning period is still very active, very real, very necessary. It’s a doubly somber time for the NBA, since the league is also coming to grips with the Jan. 1 death of Commissioner Emeritus David Stern — the person credited for taking a fledgling league and turning it into one of the planet’s most powerful sports brands, a multi-billion-dollar entity with a reach that touches nearly every outpost on earth. Stern was remembered as well at the Legends Brunch, and Silver drew a parallel between Bryant and his former boss. “Just as a reminder: Who more embodies the spirit of All-Star than Kobe? … He always played hard. He didn’t care if it was an All-Star game,” Silver said. “And I think that’s what he and David had in common. They always competed. They believed in the power of sports. They believed in winning and they believed it was necessary to always give their all. And I think that’s why their losses have resonated with so many people around the world.” Magic Johnson — like Bryant, a Los Angeles Lakers legend — had been hired two years ago to introduce Bryant at the Legends Brunch, the one that Bryant couldn’t attend because his daughter had a game that morning. On Sunday, Johnson finally got his chance to speak at the event and pay tribute to Bryant. He told the story about how, before Bryant was drafted in 1996, Jerry West called him to say that he had seen the greatest draft workout that he could recall. He was speaking of Bryant’s workout. “And I said, ‘Really,’” said Johnson, who also paid tribute to Stern and Bryant at United Center before Sunday’s game by addressing fans. “He said, ‘Yes, this guy named Kobe Bryant. Just was incredible in his workout and we’re going to do everything we can to draft him.” By Alex Hawley ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com GLOUSTER, Ohio — And it all started out so well. The South Gallia boys basketball team led Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division host Trimble by a point eight minutes into Saturday’s contest at Bill White Gymnasium, but the host Tomcats roared back for a 53-40 victory. South Gallia (12-10, 8-8 TVC Hocking) — which also dropped a 58-54 decision to THS (17-3, 12-2) on Dec. 12 in Mercerville — led 11-10 at the end of the first quarter on Saturday. Trimble — winner of three games in a row — was up by a 23-20 clip at halftime, after a with 21 points, including a game-best three triples. Jayne Six posted a double-double of 20 From page 6 points and 18 rebounds, while also recording a the Lady Tomcats comgame-best two blocks for bined for 18 assists, 11 the Lady Tomcats. steals and four blocked Emily Calentine came shots. up with eight points and SHS shot 16-of-49 a team-best three steals (32.7 percent) from the in the win, Emily Young field, including 3-of-12 added seven points and (25 percent) from long seven assists, while range, while Trimble Sophia Ives tallied five made 26-of-62 (41.9 percent) field goal attempts, points. Laikyn Imler had three points and a gameincluding 6-of-18 (33.3 percent) three-point tries. high eight assists, while At the foul line, Southern Ashlynn Hardy and Riley was 11-of-20 (55 percent) Campbell scored two points apiece for the vicand THS was 10-of-13 tors. (76.9 percent). In the regular season, Wolfe led the Lady Tornadoes with a double- Trimble topped Southern 67-57 on Dec. 16 in double of 19 points and Racine, and 56-37 on Jan. 14 rebounds, to go with 25 in Glouster. three steals and a block The Lady Tomcats — on the defensive end. sectional champs for the Phoenix Cleland, Kayla first time since 2010 — Evans and Jordan Hardwill face New Boston in wick each scored nine the district semifinal at points in the setback, Jackson High School on with Cleland earning a Saturday. team-best seven assists. © 2020 Ohio Valley SHS senior Shelby ClePublishing, all rights land chipped in with a reserved. pair of assists for the Purple and Gold. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740For Trimble, Briana 446-2342, ext. 2100. Orsborne led all-scorers 13-to-9 second period. Both offenses played their best in the third quarter, with THS outscoring the Rebels 17-to-12 for a 40-32 lead headed into the fourth. Trimble capped off the 53-40 win with a 13-to-8 run, handing the Red and Gold their second straight setback. THS won the rebounding battle by a 23-to-22 count, despite the guests’ 11-to10 edge in offensive boards. Both teams turned the ball over 15 times, with SGHS earning team totals of 13 assists, 10 steals and three rejections, and the Tomcats combining for 14 steals, 13 assists and three rejections. South Gallia shot 17-of-48 (35.4 per- cent) from the field, including just 2-of-14 (14.3 percent) from beyond the arc, while Trimble hit 20-of-46 (43.5 percent) field goal attempts, including 3-of-7 (42.9 percent) three-point tries. SGHS sank 4-of-7 (57.1 percent) free throws, while THS made 10-of18 (55.6 percent) at the foul line. Brayden Hammond led the Red and Gold with 12 points and four assists. Layne Ours was next with 10 points, followed by Jaxxin Mabe with six points, to go with team-highs of four steals and two rejections on the defensive end. Kyle Northup had five points and a teambest five rebounds in the setback, while Tristan Saber scored four and Jared Burdette added three points. Blake Guffey led Trimble with 20 points and seven rebounds, to go with four steals and three rejections. Brayden Weber recorded 10 points and a game-best six steals, and Cameron Kittle added eight points and a game-high eight assists. Rounding out the winning tally, Austin Wisor scored four, Sawyer Koons claimed two and Connor Wright marked one point. South Gallia starts the postseason on Tuesday against Manchester at Wellston High School. © 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. Rio rebounds from loss, upends No. 5 Grizzlies By Randy Payton senior from Tallmadge, Ohio - who clobbered the first pitch she saw to the wall in left field, allowing Schmitt to score the LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — go-ahead marker. Opening Day for the 2020 seaJunior Raelynn Hastings son didn’t start the way that the (Commercial Point, OH) worked University of Rio Grande softout of a two-on, one-out jam in ball team had hoped it would. the bottom of the seventh inning It finished, though, better than the RedStorm could’ve ever to earn the win in relief. She allowed two hits over four shuthoped for. out frames. Lexi Philen’s one-out, runSophomore Taylor Webb scoring double in the top of the (Willow Wood, OH) led the seventh inning snapped a 2-2 deadlock and lifted Rio to a 3-2 RedStorm at the plate with three hits, while sophomore Kenzie win over fifth-ranked Georgia Cremeens (Ironton, OH) added Gwinnett College, Friday afternoon, in the Grizzly Open at the a two-run double in the first inning to give Rio an early lead. Grizzly Softball Complex. Six different players had The win came on the heels singles for Georgia Gwinnett, of a 7-2 loss to Reinhardt (Ga.) which ended Rio Grande’s 2019 University in the RedStorm’s in the opening round of the first game earlier in the day. NAIA National Tournament. Rio’s game-winning rally in Lea McFadden and Anya the nightcap began with a leadVandersip drove in runs for the off single to left by sophomore Shelby Schmitt (Fairfield, OH). Grizzlies, while Alexa Good Senior Brooke Hoffman (Colum- went the distance in the circle and suffered the loss. bus Grove, OH) followed with In Friday’s opener against a sacrifice bunt, which moved Reinhardt, the Eagles scored Schmitt into scoring position twice in the third inning and and set the stage for Philen - a For Ohio Valley Publishing four more times in the fifth en route to an easy win. Emily Loveless went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double and three RBI to lead Reinhardt, while Emily Huss went 2-for-4 with a double and a run batted in. Natalie Parlato added two hits of her own and Emma Adams had three RBI in the winning effort. Reagen Radke allowed five hits and struck out 10 in a complete game effort for the win. Junior Morgan Santos (Dayton, OH) had two hits, including a double, and drove in a run for Rio, while Webb also drove in a run. Hastings started and took the loss for the RedStorm, allowing seven hits and six runs - five earned - over four-plus innings. Rio Grande closes out play in the two-day event on Saturday when it meets the University of the Cumberlands (Ky.) at 11 a.m. before getting a rematch with host Georgia Gwinnett at 1 p.m. Randy Payton is the Sports Information Director at the University of Rio Grande. 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Kansas looms By Dave Skretta (and) focusing one game at a time and we’ll keep doing that.” San Diego State (26-0) Baylor and Kansas just keep remained the nation’s last unbeaten team and was No. 4 winning, setting up a monuin the latest poll, while Daymental showdown Saturday between the top-ranked Bears ton (23-2) climbed one spot and No. 3 Jayhawks that could to fifth after wins over Rhode Island and Massachusetts and help decide not only the Big a rough week for then-No. 5 12 title but the No. 1 overall Louisville. seed for the NCAA Tourna“I told our team, ‘Let’s get ment. greedy. Let’s play for perfecThe two teams were sepation,’” Aztecs coach Brian rated once again by Gonzaga in the latest college basketball Dutcher said. “If we’re this close, we might as well play poll from The Associated for a perfect regular season. … Press on Monday. The Bears (23-1) had 48 first-place votes Let’s do something special.” That’s exactly what the Flyfrom the 63-member media ers are trying to do, too. panel, while the Bulldogs “We’re trying to win a (26-1) had 14 first-place nods national championship,” Dayand the Jayhawks (22-3) had the only remaining first-place ton guard Jalen Crutcher said. “We feel like that there’s no vote. “The best we could be right team in the country we can’t now is being the No. 1 overall beat. We feel like we can go seed in the tournament. We’re and win a national championNo. 2,” said Kansas coach Bill ship, and we talk about that a lot.” Self, whose team beat West Virginia and Oklahoma last The Cardinals lost to week. “The reason we’re not Georgia Tech and Clemson No. 1 is Baylor beat us on to plummet all the way to our home floor. They deserve No. 11, but they weren’t the it. I’m not looking at it like only ranked team to lose to we haven’t done as well as an unranked foe on Saturday. our record because we’re in Auburn fell at Missouri, Seton second place. I’m looking at Hall lost to Providence, Butler it like we played pretty good lost at Georgetown, Illinois that day and got beat by a bet- lost at Rutgers, Houston fell ter team, and now we have a at SMU, Texas Tech fell at Oklahoma State and LSU was chance to get them back.” beaten on the road by AlaThe Bears and Jayhawks bama. both have business to handle Throw in then-No. 14 before they collide on SatWest Virginia’s loss to Baylor urday, though. Kansas got a visit from Iowa State to Allen and nine ranked teams were beaten. Eight lost to unranked Fieldhouse on Monday night opponents, the most in a while Baylor will be visiting single day this season. Oklahoma on Tuesday night. If both win, it would set “This week wasn’t a good week for us,” Louisville coach up one of the biggest games Chris Mack said. “The teams in the history of the Ferrell we’re playing are too together Center. and we’re not right now. It’s “I think it’s a tribute to the unfortunate, but it happens players, their belief,” Baylor coach Scott Drew said. “We’ve sometimes and my job is to keep our team on course and been operating under joy … Associated Press get better.” In and out BYU climbed into the poll at No. 23 after wins over Loyola Marymount and San Diego, and now faces Santa Clara on Thursday night before a showdown with the second-ranked Zags. The Cougars were followed by Arizona at No. 24 and Ohio State at No. 25, two teams that were in the poll earlier this season before dropping out. Illinois plummeted out of the poll after losing to Michigan State and Rutgers. Texas Tech also dropped out along with LSU, which lost at Alabama during a brutal Saturday for the nation’s Top 25 teams. Climbing and falling Creighton made the biggest leap this week, rising from No. 23 to 15th after beating then-No. 10 Seton Hall and DePaul. Penn State moved up four spots to crack the top 10 at No. 9, while Oregon climbed from No. 17 to 14 and Kentucky moved up two spots to round out the top 10. Louisville’s weak week culminated in a drop of six places to No. 11, while Seton Hall also absorbed a pair of losses and fell to No. 16. West Virginia lost to Baylor and Kansas but was only penalized three places and remained No. 17. Mid-major watch There are some intriguing mid-major programs poised to enter the Top 25 if there’s another week of upsets. Stephen F. Austin quietly improved to 22-3 and is one of the first teams out, while Northern Iowa (22-4), Utah State (21-7) and Rhode Island (19-6) are getting plenty of love from voters as March begins to bear down on the college basketball season. Daily Sentinel Manfred: No tolerance for beanballs in wake of Astros’ scam NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) — With baseball ablaze over the Houston Astros’ cheating scandal, commissioner Rob Manfred met with nearly half of the major leagues managers Sunday and told them to knock off any notion of get-even beanballs. “I hope that I made it extremely clear to them that retaliation in-game by throwing at a batter intentionally will not be tolerated, whether it’s Houston or anybody else,” Manfred said. “It’s dangerous and it is not helpful to the current situation.” Cody Bellinger, Kris Bryant, Trevor Bauer and Carlos Correa were among the All-Stars recently trading threats, accusations and barbs as spring training opened. The revelation of Houston’s sign-stealing scam, the punishment imposed by Major League Baseball and poorly received apologies by the Astros further enhanced anger across the sport, with players, club management and fans all joining in. “I think that the back and forth that’s gone on is not healthy,” Manfred said. Manfred had previously planned to attend a news conference at the Atlanta Braves’ new camp, along with managers and representatives of teams training in Florida to talk about the upcoming season. Instead of an uplifting look at the upcoming season, as this annual press session is, there was no doubt what was the No. 1 topic. Manfred said he would personally talk to the managers of the teams that train in Arizona on Tuesday. In further fallout from the Astros’ scheme, Manfred said the investigation into the Boston Red Sox could be completed within two weeks. He also said he planned to meet the players’ union to discuss new rules limiting in-game video access. “I do expect that we will for 2020 have really serious restrictions on player and playing personnel access to video ingame,” Manfred said. “I think it’s really important for us to send a message to our fans that not only did we investigate and punish, but we altered our policies in a way that will help make sure it doesn’t happen again.” Manfred said MLB officials discussed the possibility of vacating the Astros’ 2017 World Series championship. “First of all, it had never happened in baseball,” Manfred said. “I am a precedent guy. The 2017 World Series will always be looked at as different, whether not you put an asterisk or ask for the trophy back. Once you go down that road as for changing the result on the field, I just don’t know where you stop.” Astros players were granted immunity for taking part in the investigation but Manfred said that “if I was in a world where I could have found the facts without granting immunity, I would have done that.” “They had an obligation to play by the rules and they didn’t,” Manfred said. “ I understand when say the players should have been punished.” Manfred said expanding the MLB playoff format is being discussed internally but that no decision has been reached. 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EURZVH�MREV�‡�SRVW�\RXU�UHVXPH�‡�JHW�DGYLFH jobmatchohio.com �SPORTS/WEATHER 10 Tuesday, February 18, 2020 Rudolph’s agent: Garrett legally liable after ESPN interview By Tom Withers and Will Graves Associated Press The agent for Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph says Cleveland defensive end Myles Garrett opened himself up for potential legal action after reiterating his claim that Rudolph used a racial slur shortly before their infamous brawl in November. During an interview with ESPN, his first since being hit with a suspension after slugging Rudolph in the head with Rudolph’s own helmet in the final seconds of a Browns win on Nov. 14, Garrett said Rudolph called the defensive end “the N-word.” Rudolph, as he did when Garrett made the claim while appealing the suspension in November, called the allegation “a disgusting and reckless attempt to assassinate my character.” Tim Younger, Rudolph’s agent, went a step further. Because Garrett conducted the interview in California, Younger said Garrett’s “defamatory statement” has now exposed the former No. 1 pick to “legal liability.” Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin also came to Rudolph’s defense. Tomlin said he interacted with “a lot” of people within the Browns’ organization in the aftermath of the fight and that no player or coach indicated there was a racial element to the incident. “In my conversations (with the Browns), I had a lot of sorrow for what transpired,” Tomlin said in a statement. The NFL said there was no evidence of Rudolph using a slur when it handed out an indefinite suspension to Garrett, a suspension which ended when he was reinstated earlier this week. Garrett, however, hinted the league 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 53° AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™ Temperature The AccuWeather.com Asthma Index combines the effects of current air quality, pollen counts, wind, temperature, dew point, barometric pressure, and changes from past weather conditions to provide a scale showing the overall probability and severity of an asthma attack. Precipitation 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Mon. Trace Month to date/normal 3.91/1.81 Year to date/normal 7.26/4.78 Snowfall (in inches) The AccuWeather.com Cold Index combines the effects of local weather with a number of demographic factors to provide a scale showing the overall probability of transmission and symptom severity of the common cold. 1 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Mon. 0.0 Month to date/normal 4.0/4.9 Season to date/normal 5.0/16.4 WEATHER TRIVIA™ SUN & MOON Q: How thick should pond ice be for safe skating? 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Right before his stroke, Gilbert was texting Michigan’s governor about a deal to get long-term funding for road repairs. Gilbert was hosting a party just before Memorial Day when his vision seemed suddenly blurry. His wife and a physician friend convinced him to go to the hospital after he started showing other signs of a stroke, including facial asymmetry, arm drift and speech difficulty. Gilbert said he had a blood clot in his carotid artery that was cutting off the blood supply to his brain. Doctors implanted seven stents inside his carotid artery to open the blood vessel. “If that artery was blocked more minutes than it was, it would have been much worse,” Gilbert said. Gilbert spent eight weeks at a rehabilitation center in Chicago last summer. He is able to walk with a cane but still struggles to move his left arm. Gilbert said his current priority is the construction of a skyscraper in downtown Detroit. His real estate company, Bedrock Detroit, broke ground on the building in 2017. A: At least 4 inches Today 7:17 a.m. 6:09 p.m. 3:53 a.m. 1:34 p.m. WEDNESDAY 0 AccuWeather.com Cold Index™ (in inches) EXTENDED FORECAST 43° HEALTH TODAY 55°/29° 47°/28° 70° in 2011 -4° in 1958 DETROIT (AP) — Quicken Loans founder and Chairman Dan Gilbert is slowly returning to work eight months after suffering a stroke. Gilbert, 58, returned to his Detroit office early this year. He’s there one or two days a week, using a wheelchair and accompanied by a service dog named Cowboy. He also spends three or four hours a day working with physical and occupational therapists at his home. “When you have a stroke, here’s the problem with it: Everything is hard. Everything,” Gilbert told Crain’s Detroit Business in his first interview since the stroke. “Like you wake up, getting out of bed is hard, going to the bathroom is hard, sitting down eating at a table is hard. You name it. You don’t get a break. You’re like trapped in your own body.” Gilbert is scheduled to give his first public speech since the May 25 stroke this Friday at the Crain’s Newsmakers of the Year luncheon in Detroit. It’s a change of pace for the hard-charging executive, who also owns the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers A passing shower this morning. Rather cloudy tonight. High 54° / Low 28° Statistics through 3 p.m. Mon. his sponsors. “It’s a healthy thing to miss it, to want to do it,” he said. “I think it helps me in the booth to have that energy as a fan. I think one’s plenty, probably one’s more than I should be doing. I got my wife and Ilya and all that. I should devote as much as I can to them. One’s just perfect. I think it really helps me remember what drivers are thinking about.” He does hope to get behind the wheel during test sessions just to get a feel for NASCAR’S new aerodynamics package. “I’d love to be able to speak on that a little better than I can in the booth,” he said. “I may seek out those opportunities, but no more official races.” Earnhardt was at Daytona in an official capacity for the third consecutive year for the Daytona 500. He was the grand marshal in 2018, the pace truck driver in 2019 and now the honorary starter. He will wave the green flag to start “The Great American Race.” “I was flag man at Pevely dirt track once, so a little experience,” he quipped. “I skipped a few steps along the way to get up to the big time and here today for the biggest race in the stockcar season. I’m excited, should be a lot of fun.” As for next year, he wants to be involved and insists track president Chip Wile has something in store for him. “I’m not singing the anthem,” Earnhardt said. “I don’t think y’all want me to do that. That’ll probably be my last time at any sporting event if I ever did that.” Quicken Loans founder Gilbert back to work 44° 25° 49° extremely educational, as you could imagine. “I’ve learned so much in such a short period of time. It’s kind of empowered me and given me more confidence in what we’re doing and that we are safe and that I am going to be safe as opposed to … I don’t want to just quit flying; I don’t want to just quit getting into an airplane. I need to get over that fear and work hard to get through it.” He spoke to a number of people about his experience, and the advice he heard repeatedly: keep getting back on the plane and in the air. “I just sort of have to figure this out on my own, and it’s working out pretty good so far,” he said. Earnhardt retired from full-time racing following the 2017 season and is now working as a NASCAR analyst for NBC Sports. He got back in the car at Richmond for the second-tier Xfinity Series in 2018 and drove at Darlington last year. He’s scheduled to race at Homestead-Miami Speedway next month. He said he misses racing and “it’s getting worse.” “I thought as I got out of the car, and the further I got from my full-time career, the less that would bother me,” he said. “But it actually is getting worse for some reason. I really look forward to getting some seat time and smelling the smells and hearing the noises and just enjoying being in the car.” But he has no plans to expand beyond one race a year for his JR Motorsports team, an annual ride that eases his angst and pleases DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. spent decades taking risks on the track and in the air. He’s trying to minimize both these days. Earnhardt said Sunday before the Daytona 500 that he’s changed his approach to flying following a harrowing crash landing near Bristol Motor Speedway last August. Earnhardt, his wife Amy, daughter Isla, dog and two pilots escaped the fiery jet in east Tennessee. Earnhardt was physically unscathed, but emotionally scarred. “It’s really tough on me getting back in the plane and it will never be the same now that you know the real realities and dangers,” he said during a wide-ranging, 24-minute interview. “It will never, ever be the same again. “Something you will never be able to forget and never block out no matter how many flights you take. … For me to be able to get back in there and go and do and travel like I want, the only way I can do it is really was to get into the details.” Earnhardt has tried to learn everything he can short of becoming a pilot. He did a deep dive into his jet’s capabilities, specifically regarding how long it needs runways to be for takeoffs and landings. And he’s checking detailed weather reports days before stepping on the plane. “I’m diving into the deep end trying to learn everything I can about the plane’s ability and the decisions they make and why they make them,” he said. “It’s been 8 PM ALMANAC High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low Dale Jr. alters approach to flying may know more that it has revealed. “Most quarterbacks wear mics in their helmets. He somehow lost his helmet and had to get another one without a mic,” Garrett told ESPN. “There were guys who were mic’d up near me — near us — during that time who didn’t hear anything. And from what I’ve heard, there have been audio during that game that could have heard something or could not have heard something, but they don’t want to say. So, something was said. I know something was said and whether the NFL wants to acknowledge it, that’s up to them.” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy referred to the league’s original finding in an email to The Associated Press on Friday. “As we said at the time the allegation was made, we looked into the matter and found no such evidence,” said McCarthy. “There was no sound recorded from the field during that game. As with every game, there were microphones on the center or interior linemen that help amplify the ambient sound as the quarterbacks were calling signals at the line of scrimmage. But they do not record sound. Microphones are opened from the break of the huddle (or when the center places his hand on the ball in a no-huddle offense) through the snap of the ball.” Although Garrett insists Rudolph used the slur to provoke, the former No. 1 overall draft pick wants to put the incident behind him. “But I don’t want to make it a racial thing, honestly,” he said. “It’s over with for me and I am pretty sure it’s over with for Mason, so we just move past that and keep on playing football.” TODAY Daily Sentinel Charleston 55/32 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Winnipeg 1/-15 Billings 20/8 Toronto 42/21 Minneapolis 20/-4 Denver 33/16 Montreal 37/23 Chicago 36/14 Detroit 41/22 New York 50/37 Washington 56/40 Kansas City 42/20 Chihuahua 73/52 Monterrey 87/63 Today Wed. 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