http://66.213.69.5/files/original/9dd34382525bac032d618e3c8aec0d24.pdf b768ef4ee6e19135e121b212a096711d PDF Text Text Par for the course? Big Blacks win 5th AA-A title OPINION s 4 8 AM 2 PM 8 PM 50° 54° 50° A little rain this morning, then a shower. Overcast tonight. High 59° / Low 39° SPORTS s 6 Today’s weather forecast WEATHER s 10 C_ZZb[fehjFec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 35, Volume 74 Learning about careers Tuesday, March 3, 2020 s 50¢ Caution urged during wildfire season Staff Report Photos by Sarah Hawley | Sentinel Members of the business community, apprenticeship programs, technical schools, colleges and universities and many others were on hand for the 3rd annual Career Palooza at Southern Local Schools on Friday. Southern hosts 3rd annual Career Palooza By Sarah Hawley to a range of post high school options. “The kids are comfortable here,” said Fields of the reaRACINE — The 3rd annual son the school hosts the event Southern Career Palooza took each year. He added that they place Friday at Southern Local travel to other college fairs and School District, bringing in a variety of career options for stu- events, but that the students often hang back and do not dents to learn more about. approach people when at an Guidance Counselor Russ event with many other schools. Fields explained that they At their own school, they are invited representatives from more likely to approach the certiﬁcate programs, two year and four year degree programs, presenters, ask questions and collect information. apprenticeship programs, blue Students in grade 7-12 took collar work, local entrepreneurs Apprenticeship programs were among those in attendance to speak with students. and many others to take part in See CAREERS�r�+ the day, giving students access shawley@aimmediamidwest.com Students had the opportunity to speak with military personnel during Career Palooza. Ohio State Highway Patrol was among the agencies represented at the event. INDEX Obituary: 2 News: 3, 5 Opinion: 4 Sports: 6 TV: 7 Classifieds: 8 Comics: 9 Weather: 10 Suicide prevention plan announced by state leaders ple a day die by suicide, and a youth dies by suicide every 33 hours. These are sobering statistics and it will take DAYTON — In response to an all of us working together to make uptick in the number of deaths by an impact and reduce the number of suicide, Ohio Governor Mike DeWdeaths by suicide across the state. ine joined with Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services One of the goals of my RecoveryOhio (OhioMHAS) Director Lori Criss and initiative is to address mental health leadership from the Ohio Suicide Pre- and other issues that lead to death by suicide. While the RecoveryOhio’s vention Foundation to introduce the Initial Report offered preliminary recﬁrst-ever, collaborative Suicide Preommendations that begin to address vention Plan for Ohio that will direct suicide, The Suicide Prevention Plan the state’s suicide prevention efforts for Ohio that we are releasing today over the next three years. “I can’t think of anything more gut- (Friday) furthers the conversation. wrenching for a family than losing See PREVENTION�r�+ someone to suicide. In Ohio ﬁve peo- 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. COLUMBUS, Ohio — The State Fire Marshal joins the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) in reminding Ohioans that outdoor debris burning is prohibited from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. during March, April, and May, and to learn about the state’s outdoor burning regulations and take precautions if they are planning to burn debris this spring. “Carelessness with burning trash and debris outside can easily lead to escaped wildﬁres,” said Greg Guess, ﬁre program administrator and assistant chief for the ODNR Division of Forestry. “Awareness of the burning regulations and following safety tips can help prevent unnecessary risk to people and property.” Burning is limited in the spring due to the abundance of dry grass, weeds and leaves on the ground. Winds can make a seemingly safe ﬁre burn more intensely and escape control. “Oftentimes, Ohioans are surprised to learn our brushﬁre season is in early spring, but it is. From now until about mid-April, people really need to be especially careful to prevent wildﬁres – many of which are started by burning yard waste and trash,” said State Fire Marshal Jeff Hussey. “If you have a dry, low-humidity day, you can get a major brush ﬁre really quickly.” If a ﬁre does escape control, immediately contact the local ﬁre department. An escaped wildﬁre, even one burning in grass or weeds, is dangerous. Violators of Ohio’s burning regulations are subject to citations and ﬁnes. Residents should also check Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations, which include additional restrictions, and people should consult with local ﬁre ofﬁcials about burning conditions. The ODNR Division of Forestry offers these safety tips for burning debris outdoors: Ki[�W�++#]Wbbed�Zhkc� with a weighted screen lid to provide an enclosed incinerator. Adem�Ykhh[dj�WdZ� future weather conditions, have tools and water on hand and never leave a debris burn unattended. 8[�_d\ehc[Z�WXekj� state and local burning regulations. 9edikbj�j^[�beYWb�Òh[� department for additional information and safety See WILDFIRE�r�+ �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Tuesday, March 3, 2020 OBITUARIES WILLIAM SCOTT CRANSTON STEWART — William Scott Cranston, 55, of Stewart, Ohio, passed away Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, at his residence. He was born March 9, 1964, in Somers Point, N.J., son of Nancy L. Pierce Schriver and the late James A. Cranston. In addition on to his mother, Nancy, he is survived by his wife of 32 years, Robin Lynn Cranston; two sons, Michael Cranston and Eric Cranston; two brothers, Stephen Schriver and James A. Cranston, Jr.; a sister, Bonnie Richards; and two granddaughters, Zoey Cranston and Hayden Cranston. There will be no visitation or funeral service. You are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.whiteschwarzelfh. com. JULIA POOLE LONG BOTTOM — Julia A.M. Poole, 27, of Long Bottom, Ohio, passed away Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, at Ohio State University Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She was born Feb. 7, 1993, in Columbus, Ohio, daughter of Angela Gayle Thomas Poole and the late James Richard Poole, II. Julia was a 2013 graduate of Eastern High School and she attended Long Bottom United Methodist Church. She is survived by her mother and step-father, Angela Poole and Brian Ohara; a brother, Andrew Ohara; maternal grandparents, Carleton and Ellen Thomas; paternal grandfather, James Poole; aunt, Amanda and Joey Salyers; uncle, Jeff Ruff; six great-aunts; six greatuncles and ﬁve cousins. She was preceded in death by her father, James R. Poole, II in 1999; maternal grandmother, Elaine Poole; aunt, Madeline Ruff; and great-aunt Bebe. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at WhiteSchwarzel Funeral Home in Coolville, Ohio. Visitation will be held at the funeral home Tuesday, from 11 a.m. until time of service. You are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.whiteschwarzelfh. com. BIAS PROCTORVILLE, Ohio — Paul Gregory Bias, 52, of Proctorville, Ohio, died on March 2, 2020 at St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington, W.Va. Funeral Service will be held 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory with Rev. John Arnold and his Uncle Robert Bias ofﬁciating. Burial will follow in Miller Memorial Gardens, Miller, Ohio. Visitation will be held from noon - 2 p.m. at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. WHITLOCK CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Anthony Whitlock, 48, of Charleston, W.Va., died at 5:15 a.m. on Sunday, March 1, 2020 in the Arbors at Pomeroy, Ohio. Cremation services are entrusted to the CremeensKing Funeral Home, Pomeroy. SUTPHIN 740-446-0800 AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC (USPS 436-840) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes every Sunday and Tuesday through Friday. 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Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 5, 2020, at Wallace Funeral Home, Milton, by Pastor Pete Maynard. Burial will be in Forest Memorial Park, Milton. Daily Sentinel Ohio infant deaths drop in 2018 Proven home visiting services being expanded to help reduce infant mortality live births in 2016, to 0.6 in 2017, and 0.7 in 2017; Ekj�e\�'*&�ib[[f#h[bWj[Z� infant deaths reviewed through the Ohio Child Fatality Review their own homes. Home visiting process, black infants comSubmitted story services can help reduce infant prised half (54%) of deaths mortality, improve school-readi- despite only representing 18% COLUMBUS — The number of Ohio infants who died before ness, and give parents the skills of live births; they need to help their children 7YYehZ_d]�je�j^[�789i�e\� their ﬁrst birthdays dropped to be healthy, happy, and ready to safe sleep practices, babies 938 in 2018 from 982 in 2017, learn. sleep safest alone, on their marking a second straight year Governor DeWine also cham- back, in a crib. Most sleepof decline, according to a new pioned increasing funding for related deaths are found to be report released by the Ohio Ohio’s home visiting programs preventable. In over 70% of the Department of Health (ODH). in the 2020-2021 state budget, cases reviewed, babies were not The number of black infant investing an additional $30 sleeping alone or in a crib or deaths declined almost 12 perbassinet. cent from 2017 to 2018, the ﬁrst million over the biennium and Nine Ohio counties and metyear-to-year decline in ﬁve years. bringing total state funding for home visiting to $70 million ropolitan areas accounted for However, disparities continued over two years. close to two-thirds of all infant to persist with black infants “We can help more Ohio deaths, and 90 percent of black dying at more than two-andbabies reach their ﬁrst birthdays infant deaths, in Ohio in 2018: a-half times the rate of white by addressing infant mortality Butler Co., Cleveland/Cuyahoga infants. risk factors like the health of the Co., Columbus/Franklin Co., The infant mortality rate, Cincinnati/Hamilton Co., deﬁned as the number of infant mother before pregnancy, preToledo/Lucas Co., Youngstown/ deaths per 1,000 live births, fell term birth, access to prenatal care, and safe sleep practices,” Mahoning Co., Dayton/Montto 6.9 in 2018 from 7.2 in 2017 said ODH Director Amy Acton, gomery Co., Canton/Stark Co., for all races overall. The rate and Akron/Summit Co. among black infants fell to 13.9 MD, MPH. “Although there were fewer prematurity-related In all nine communities, local in 2018 from 15.6 in 2017. The teams are pursuing evidenceOhio and national goal is 6.0 or infant deaths in 2018, prematurity-related conditions remained based strategies and promisfewer infant deaths per 1,000 the leading cause of infant death ing practices to reduce infant live births in every racial and in Ohio, comprising almost one- mortality and address racial ethnic group. third of deaths.” disparities in birth outcomes “While there are indications The leading causes of infant supported by state and federal of promising progress, there is deaths in Ohio in 2018 included, funding. These teams are using much more that we must do to prematurity-related conditions “neighborhood navigators” to help more Ohio babies reach identify pregnant women in their ﬁrst birthdays, particularly including pre-term birth, respiratory distress, and low birth their community who may be African-American infants given weight (29%); Birth defects at risk for a poor birth outcome that the black infant mortality and connect them with needed rate hasn’t changed signiﬁcantly (21%); External injury (10%); healthcare, social and other sersince 2009,” said Ohio Governor Sudden infant death syndrome vices in order to have a healthy Mike DeWine. “One of my ﬁrst (8%); Obstetric conditions pregnancy and deliver a healthy acts as governor was to create (6%) baby. the Governor’s Children’s InitiaOther key highlights of the In addition, maternal and tive to help Ohio’s babies and 2018 Ohio Infant Mortality infant health, including infant children grow and thrive in all of Report include: mortality and racial dispariour communities.” Fh[cWjkh_jo#h[bWj[Z�_d\Wdj� ties in birth outcomes, are key Governor DeWine formed deaths declined from 314 in health priorities in the state the Governor’s Advisory Com2017 to 269 in 2018; health improvement plan develmittee on Home Visitation to ?d\Wdj�Z[Wj^i�YWki[Z�Xo� oped by ODH with state and explore ways to increase access external injuries increased local partners. to proven home visiting serfrom 79 in 2017 to 95 in 2018. Information provided by the vices. Home visiting services are Ohio’s infant mortality rate for Ohio Department of Health voluntary programs that serve external injuries significantly and the Meigs County Health pregnant women, new mothers, increased from 2016 to 2018, and children up to age three in with 0.5 infant deaths per 1,000 Department. JobsOhio touts 2019 record Releases wage and salary data executives in conjunction with the release of its 2019 annual report. The annual report showed JobsOhio approved 306 projects last year, entailing 22,770 new jobs and $1.2 billion in new COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — payroll. Those figures marked Ohio’s privatized job-creation office reports its new leader was the second best showing since its inception in 2011 in terms paid $274,000 last year before of projects and the third best in benefits and bonuses, substanterms of capital investment. tially less than his predecessor The office’s effort at improved and also below five of the noncompensation transparency profit’s top executives. JobsOhio made public Friday also included release of wage data for the private economic the updated salary data for development office’s associate president and chief investment positions. officer J.P. Nauseef and 17 JobsOhio’s founding other current and former top president, John Minor, made $420,000 in 2019, the data showed. The base salary for vice president Dana Saucier Jr., head of economic development, was $434,000. Senior managing directors Aaron Pitts and Kristi Tanner each made $357,000 and $360,000, respectively, before benefits. JobsOhio was created by thenRepublican Gov. John Kasich and designed by the GOP-led Legislature to be outside the reach of public records laws. GOP Gov. Mike DeWine, who succeeded Kasich last year, has pressured the office to be more transparent. MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS Editor’s Note: The Daily Sentinel appreciates your input to the community calendar. To make sure items can receive proper attention, all information should be received by the newspaper at least ﬁve business days prior to an event. All coming events print on a space-available basis and in chronological order. Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@ aimmediamidwest.com. Tuesday, March 3 OLIVE TWP. — Olive Twp. Trustees will hold regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the township building on Joppa Road. Wednesday, March 4 HARRISONVILLE —The free community dinner at the Scipio Township Fire Department in Harrisonville, State Route 684, featuring sliced ham, cheesy potatoes, glazed carrots, cheesecake and beverages. Dinner will be served from 5-6 p.m. RUTLAND — Leading Creek Conservancy District will hold a special board meeting due to contract negotiations at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 5 SYRACUSE — March Bagness Games, a Loyalty is Forever fundraiser for the Meigs County Fireﬁghter Association Firehouse 12 fundraiser, will be held at 6 p.m. at the Syracuse Community Center. Concessions will be available from the Syracuse Comunity Center. Tickets are available at the Farm- ers Bank locations in Tuppers Plains and Pomeroy. CHESTER — Chester Shade Historical Association will be having its monthly board meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Courthouse. All are welcome to attend. CHILLICOTHE — The Southern Ohio Council of Governments (SOCOG) will hold its next board meeting at 10 a.m. at Southern Ohio Council of Governments, 27 West Second St, Suite 202, Chillicothe Ohio 45601. Board meetings usually are held the first Thursday of the month. For more information, call 740-775-5030, ext. 103. Friday, March 6 SALEM CENTER — Meigs County Pomona Grange will meet with supper at 6:45 p.m. followed by meeting at 7:30 p.m. All members are urged to attend. Final plans for Grange Banquet to be held on April 17 will be made. Saturday, March 7 SALEM CENTER — Star Grange #778 and Star Junior Grange #878 will meet with potluck at 6:30 p.m. followed by meeting at 7:30 p.m. All members are urged to attend. Monday, March 9 BEDFORD TWP. — The Bedford Township Trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the Bedford Townhall. �NEWS Daily Sentinel Tuesday, March 3, 2020 3 Virus spreads to more countries By Adam Geller and Carla K. Johnson Associated Press Steve Griffin | The Deseret News via AP Democratic presidential candidate Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar waves to her supporters after speaking during her presidential campaign rally Monday at The Depot in Salt Lake City. Klobuchar is ending her presidential bid, will endorse Biden By Sara Burnett Associated Press Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar ended her Democratic presidential campaign on Monday and plans to endorse rival Joe Biden in an effort to unify moderate voters behind the former vice president’s White House bid. She is ﬂying to Dallas and plans to join Biden at his rally Monday night, according to her campaign. Klobuchar’s exit reﬂects an urgent push among moderates to consolidate behind Biden as a counter to progressive rival Bernie Sanders. Pete Buttigieg ended his campaign on Sunday and will also join Klobuchar and Biden in Dallas later Monday. Klobuchar outlasted several better-known and better-funded Democrats, thanks to a better-thanexpected third-place ﬁnish in in New Hampshire. But she couldn’t turn that into success elsewhere, as she struggled to build out a campaign that could compete across the country and had poor showings in the next contests. The three-term senator had one of this cycle’s more memorable campaign launches, standing outside in a Minnesota snowstorm last February to tout her “grit” and Midwestern sensibilities. Klobuchar argued that her record of getting things done in Washington and winning even in Republican parts of her state would help her win traditionally Democratic heartland states like Wisconsin and Michigan that ﬂipped in 2016 to give Donald Trump the presidency. She was hoping to own the moderate lane of a Democratic ﬁeld that grew to some two dozen candidates. But that got much tougher when Biden joined the race in April, starting as a frontrunner and remaining there. Klobuchar also was quickly overshadowed by Buttigieg, a fellow Midwesterner who shot from being the largely unknown mayor of South Bend, Indiana, to a top contender on a mix of intelligence, strong oratory and youthful optimism. Klobuchar entered the race with low name recognition compared with many of her rivals, a disadvantage she was still citing a year into her campaign. Outside Minnesota, the lawyer and former prosecutor was best known for her questioning of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh during a 2018 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Klobuchar asked Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexually assaulting a fellow teenager when both were in high school, if he ever had so much to drink that he didn’t remember what happened. Kavanaugh retorted, “Have you?” Klobuchar continued, unrufﬂed, and Kavanaugh later apologized to the senator, whose father is recovering from alcoholism. Even before she got into the race, Klobuchar was hit with news stories claiming she mistreated her Senate staff, and she had a higher-thanusual turnover rate in her ofﬁce. Klobuchar said she is a “tough boss” but countered that she has several longtime employees, including the manager of her presidential campaign. She also faced questions over her prosecutor past. In January, The Associated Press published a story about Klobuchar’s ofﬁce in Minneapolis having prosecuted the case of a black teenager accused of the 2002 shooting death of an 11-year-old girl. Klobuchar has cited the story to show her toughness on crime. But an AP/APM Reports investigation uncovered new evidence and myriad inconsistencies, raising questions about whether Myon Burrell was railroaded by police. The issue followed Klobuchar on the campaign trail, with protesters forcing her to cancel a rally in suburban Minneapolis days before Super Tuesday. Klobuchar campaigned on her productivity in Washington, where she led more than 100 bills that were signed into law. And she criticized the more liberal candidates in the ﬁeld, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Sanders, for running on promises she said they couldn’t keep. Rather than advocate for “Medicare for All,” for example, Klobuchar favored expanding the Affordable Care Act and working to reduce prescription drug costs — changes she said had a chance of passing and would make a signiﬁcant impact. She supported making community colleges free but said she wouldn’t promise to do the same for four-year colleges and universities because the U.S. cannot afford it. “I’ve got to tell the truth,” she said during a CNN town hall at a college campus, where she acknowledged her position may be unpopular with younger voters. Klobuchar was one of the ﬁrst candidates to outline a plan for addressing addiction and mental health, an issue she described as personal because of her father’s longtime struggle. Her accounts of growing up with a father suffering from alcoholism and watching him be forced to choose between prison or treatment were some of the most compelling moments of speeches, interviews and discussions with voters. Klobuchar said that her father described getting help as being “pursued by grace” and that it’s an opportunity all people ﬁghting addiction deserve. NEW YORK — The coronavirus spread to ever more countries and world capitals Monday — and the U.S. death toll climbed to six — even as new cases in China dropped to their lowest level in over a month. A shift in the crisis appeared to be taking shape: Hundreds of patients were released from hospitals at the epicenter of the outbreak in China, while the World Health Organization reported that nine times as many new infections were recorded outside the country as inside it over the past 24 hours. Alarming clusters of disease continued to swell in South Korea, Italy and Iran, and the virus turned up for the ﬁrst time in New York, Moscow and Berlin, as well as Latvia, Malaysia, Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal, Jordan and Portugal. The worldwide death toll topped 3,000 and the number of those infected rose to about 89,000 in 70 countries on every continent but Antarctica. Global health ofﬁcials sought to reassure the public that the virus remains a manageable threat. “Containment is feasible and must remain the top priority for all countries,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. Around the world, the crisis reshaped the daily routines of millions of people. Across Japan, children stayed home after the government announced the closing of schools until April. In Paris, the galleries of the Louvre museum were off limits. With Israel holding a national election, special voting booths were set up for those under quarantine. In Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel was rebuffed by her interior minister when she extended her hand to greet him. At the United Nations, ofﬁcials said they were postponing a major con- Lee Jin-man | AP A thermal camera monitor shows the body temperature of people Monday at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea has the world’s second-highest cases of the coronavirus. ference on women that had been expected to bring up to 12,000 people from its 193 member countries to New York next week. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warned that the world economy could contract this quarter for the ﬁrst time since the international ﬁnancial crisis more than a decade ago. “Global economic prospects remain subdued and very uncertain,” the agency said. Nevertheless, the Dow Jones Industrial Average soared nearly 1,300 points as stocks roared back from a seven-day rout on hopes that central banks will take action to shield the global economy from the effects of the outbreak. Health ofﬁcials in Washington state, where a particularly troubling cluster of cases surfaced at a nursing home outside Seattle, said that four more people had died from the coronavirus, bringing the number of deaths in the U.S. to six, all in Washington. New cases were also reported in New Hampshire and New York. In Seattle, King County Executive Dow Constantine declared an emergency and said the county is buying a hotel to be used as a hospital for patients who need to be isolated. “We have moved to a new stage in the ﬁght,” he said. Over 100 cases have been conﬁrmed in the U.S., more almost certain in the coming weeks. Thousands of test kits were on their way to state and local labs, and new guidelines intended to expand screening were put in place. “In this situation, the facts defeat fear. Because the reality is reassuring. It is deep-breath time,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. The message was echoed by global health ofﬁcials, who said they were encouraged that even in some countries that had taken far less aggressive measures than China’s, the virus remains largely in check. Because the virus is not transmitted as easily as the ﬂu, “it offers us a glimmer ... that this virus can be suppressed and contained,” said Dr. Mike Ryan, the WHO’s emergencies chief. China reported just 202 new cases, its lowest daily count since Jan. 21, and the city at the heart of the crisis, Wuhan, said 2,570 patients were released. At the largest of 16 temporary hospitals that were rapidly built in Wuhan in response to the outbreak, worries over the availability of supplies and protective gear eased, along with the pressure on the medical staff. Dr. Zhang Junjian, who leads a temporary hospital in Wuhan with a staff of 1,260, said optimism is high that the facility will no longer be needed in the coming weeks. But in other places, problems continued to multiply. South Korea, with the worst outbreak outside China, reported 599 new cases, bringing the total to 4,335. The death toll rose to 26. In Iran, a conﬁdant of Iran’s supreme leader died from the virus. The Islamic Republic conﬁrmed 1,501 cases and 66 deaths, but many believe the true number is larger. Its reported caseload surged more than 250% in just 24 hours. Italy’s caseload rose to 2,036, including 52 deaths. Ofﬁcials said it could take up to two weeks before they know whether measures including quarantining 11 towns in northern Italy are slowing the spread of the virus. In the U.S., meanwhile, four Americans exposed to the virus aboard a Japanese cruise ship were released from quarantine in Nebraska after testing negative. One of them, Jeri Seratti-Goldman of Santa Clarita, California, said leaving the hospital was bittersweet, because her husband remained quarantined. Another, Joanne Kirkland of Knoxville, Tennessee, said: “My only question is, will my friends shun me after this?” IN BRIEF Cover-up alleged in case had planned to keep secret as part of an agreement with Domingo. Schultz said the deal involved the legendary tenor paying the union a $500,000 ﬁne SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A senior member of the main U.S. union that represents opera perform- and issuing a negotiated public apology in exchange for the full details not being disclosed. ers resigned Monday, accusing the leadership of a The union has said that money would have covcover-up in its investigation into accusations of sexual harassment against superstar Plácido Domingo. ered the cost of its 4-month investigation, which involved hiring outside counsel, and funding sexual Samuel Schultz, a baritone and vice president of the American Guild of Musical Artists, had provided harassment training. 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OH-70176900 �Opinion 4 Tuesday, March 3, 2020 Daily Sentinel THEIR VIEW Par for the course? Hardly Golﬁng in one of the stupidest games I’ve ever played. I am not an athlete. I’ve never been an athlete. Anyone who has ever played golf with me will agree with that. Yet, for some reason, I enjoy playing the stupid game. I enjoy being outside. I enjoy being with friends. Golf is a fairly good way of achieving both of those pleasures. I’m just not any good at golf… not at Randy all. Riley The only time I consistently enjoy Contributing the game of golf is on Sunday aftercolumnist noon when one of the PGA Tour tournaments are being played. I’ll nestle into my end of the couch. I’ll sit there and watch. Then, I’ll recline back and watch. Eventually, I’m totally reclined; my feet are up and my eyes are shut. I’m not watching anything. It’s at that point, that I fully and totally appreciate the game of golf. It makes a great backdrop for the perfect nap. When I worked as a manager at the hospital, each year in early November, several of us would head to Waynesville, North Carolina for three days of golf, fellowship and lots of laughs. The guys I played with were all pretty good golfers. I always appreciated that they tolerated my lousy game. The only part of the game that I excelled at was the number of lost balls, balls out of bounds and, of course, highest score. The other part of my game that I excelled at was laughing – usually, laughing at myself. I started playing golf about 40 years ago. After a few years, I thought I should be getting better. That didn’t happen. Instead of my score dropping, it stayed high. Anytime I shot less than 100, I considered it a great day. The harder I tried, the more mediocre I became. I subscribed to “Golf Digest.” I tried to apply the lessons they described, but nothing improved my game. I became more and more frustrated. After one particularly frustrating round of golf in the mid-1980s, I admit to getting angry. That’s when I experienced a minor epiphany. If I was going to play a game that made me mad, I had two options: ﬁrst – practice, practice, practice, take lessons, work hard and practice some more. That didn’t sound like much fun. My second option was to change my attitude — focus on the pleasure of being outside with friends, the sun on my face, the wind in my hair, a cold refreshing adult beverage and, occasionally, a good cigar. That change of attitude changed my game completely. I’m still a mediocre player, but I now enjoy every game. Golf was invented over 350 years ago in Scotland. The oldest known book of rules was written in 1744. They ﬁnally agreed on how to hit the ball and that a match consisted of playing 18 holes. I think it is absolutely no coincidence that there are 18 holes in a game of golf and 18 shots in a bottle of Scotch whisky. Later this month, about 20 people will gather in Myrtle Beach for a week of golf. Most of the golfers will be retired or active ministers or church leaders. We have seminar sessions each morning, followed by golf around noon, which is then followed by a nice dinner. Dinner is usually followed by fellowship. Fellowship usually involves poker with a few sips of scotch or Irish whiskey. I consider it a part of the game. Many years ago, the hospital sponsored an annual golf tournament for employees and families. One year, I decided to splurge and make it a true family event, so I sponsored our foursome, which included my Dad, my two sons, Josh and Danny, and me. As we approached the third hole, a long par 3, Josh bragged a bit, telling his Grandpa about how he aced that hole the year before. As we started to tee-up, Dad told Josh, “This is your hole. Show us how it’s done, boy.” Josh responded by blasting a mighty shot right into the … sand trap. Without hesitation, Dad said, “Here, let me show you how it’s done.” He teed it up. Addressed the ball and took a strong swing. The ball soared toward the left edge of the green and started drifting right. It hit just in front of the green and rolled right toward the ﬂag and PLOP… It dropped right into the cup. Not only did Dad make a hole-in-one, he called his shot. Amazing. As I get ready for our Myrtle Beach trip, I ask myself, “Why, oh, why, oh why, do I continue to play this stupid game.” It is certainly not because I play well. I play golf despite not playing well. I guess I play because it’s fun and things happen on the course that make me laugh. And, it’s always fun to watch good players play. Who knows? Someday, I might even get a holein-one. I doubt it, but I least saw my Dad get one. THEIR VIEW Trees – topping is harmful It still shocks me when I see large trees being “trimmed” or “topped” in this day and age. Topping is the drastic removal or cutting back of large branches in mature trees, leaving large stubs. The result is so ugly and cruel, and the process so expensive, I have a hard time imagining why anyone would want to do that to a tree. Homeowners often call for tree topping, perhaps because they view large trees as dangerous. This practice was once thought to be a good way to prevent large limbs from breaking off and falling, or to reduce the height of trees considered too large for a particular site. In fact, topping makes it more likely that limbs will break off, and a topped tree will re-grow to its original height faster than a tree that has received proper pruning. I understand that large, mature trees can interfere with utility lines, block important views, grow too close to buildings or crowd neighboring trees. Trees are often planted without considering their lowing out and ﬁnal mature size, eventually killing so utility compathe tree. nies frequently top Bark suddenly trees to protect exposed to the sun overhead wires. after topping often Tree “trimmers” is damaged by aren’t trained sunscald, and may arborists skilled at Steve become diseased, selective pruning, Boehme so they often do Contributing further weakening the tree. Removmore harm than columnist ing a major porgood. tion of the canopy Topped trees upsets the delicate balgrow vigorous “water ance between foliage sprouts” just below the and the rest of the tree. pruning wound. These Large reserves of stored rapidly growing shoots energy in many stems have very weak attachand branches also are lost ment to the remaining when trees are topped. stub, making them vulSprouts resulting from nerable to wind and ice topping are very sucdamage. They are much culent and more susmore weakly attached ceptible to attack from than the original limb, insects and diseases, and so much more likely particularly ﬁre blight. to break off and fall. There’s a slippery Topping injures trees in many ways. Large branch slope of expense involved once a tree stubs that result from topping invite insects and is topped for the ﬁrst time, a step which costs wood-rotting pathogens, which ﬁnd the living but hundreds of dollars. It’s defenseless stub an invit- just a matter of time ing and plentiful source of until the tree re-grows, food. Stubs can’t wall-off this time with weakly or heal over the wound or attached water sprouts, protect themselves. Once and will need topping again. Eventually the decay has entered the branch stub, it progresses whole tree will have to be removed. Because the into the main trunk, hol- results often are shortlived, topping is a more costly solution to the problem of interfering trees than selective thinning or pruning. Topping disﬁgures the tree and ruins its beauty, replacing its natural form with unsightly branch stubs, ugly pruning wounds and a “witch’s broom” of branch re-growth. The real solution to this problem is to select trees that ﬁt the space. There are trees available that will grow to every shape and size imaginable, from dwarf ornamentals to huge towering shade trees, from narrow columnar forms to wide spreading canopies. The ﬁrst step in selecting which tree to plant is to ﬁgure out how tall and wide it can get before outgrowing the space where you’re planning to plant it. 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. For more information is available at www.goodseedfarm.com or call GoodSeed Farm Landscapes at (937) 587-7021. TODAY IN HISTORY from the Lake County Jail in Crown Point, Indiana, along with Today is Tuesday, March 3, the 63rd day of another prisoner, Her2020. There are 303 days bert Youngblood. In 1943, in London’s left in the year. East End, 173 people Today’s Highlight in History died in a crush of bodies at the Bethnal Green On March 3, “The tube station, which was Star-Spangled Banner” being used as a wartime became the national air raid shelter. anthem of the United In 1974, a Turkish States as President Herbert Hoover signed a con- Airlines DC-10 crashed shortly after takeoff gressional resolution. from Orly Airport in Paris, killing all 346 On this date people on board. In 1791, Congress In 1985, coal miners passed a measure taxing in Britain voted to end distilled spirits; it was a year-long strike that the first internal revenue act in U.S. history. proved to be the longest and most violent walkIn 1845, Florida out in British history. became the 27th state. In 1991, motorIn 1863, President ist Rodney King was Abraham Lincoln signed a measure creat- severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers ing the National Acadin a scene captured on emy of Sciences. amateur video. TwentyIn 1894, British Prime Minister William five people were killed Gladstone submitted his when a United Airlines Boeing 737-200 crashed resignation to Queen while approaching the Victoria, ending his Colorado Springs airfourth and final preport. miership. In 1996, Israel In 1934, bank robber declared “total war” John Dillinger escaped The Associated Press THOUGHT FOR TODAY “Nothing is really real unless it happens on television.” — Daniel J. Boorstin educator and Librarian of Congress (1914-2004) against the militant group Hamas after a bus bomb in Jerusalem killed 19 people, including the bomber, the third such suicide attack in eight days. In 2001, a plane carrying members of a National Guard engineering crew crashed in heavy rain near Macon, Ga., killing all 21 people on board. In 2002, voters in Switzerland approved joining the United Nations, abandoning almost 200 years of formal neutrality. Ten years ago: Appearing before a White House audience of invited guests, many wearing white medical coats, President Barack Obama firmly rejected calls from Republicans to draft new health care legislation from scratch. Greece announced painful new austerity measures, cutting salaries for government workers and raising sales taxes as it tried to snuff out a financial crisis threatening Europe’s economy. British politician Michael Foot died in north London at age 96. Five years ago: In a direct challenge to the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood before Congress and bluntly warned the U.S. that an emerging nuclear agreement with Iran would pave “Iran’s path to the bomb.” President Barack Obama pushed back sternly, saying the U.S. would never sign such a deal and that Netanyahu was offering no useful alternative. �NEWS Daily Sentinel Tuesday, March 3, 2020 5 MEIGS BRIEFS ELECTION LETTERS Editor’s Note: Meigs Briefs will only list event information that is open to the public and will be printed on a spaceavailable basis. Fish Fry POMEROY — Knights of Columbus Fish Fry will be held on Friday’s during Lent: March 6, 13, 20, 27, and April 3, from 4-7 p.m. at the Sacred Heart Church in Pomeroy. Carry out available. Southeast Ohio Foodbank to host food distribution ROCKSPRINGS — The Southeast Ohio Foodbank, a program of Hocking Athens Perry Community Action, will be hosting a mobile food distribution at the Meigs County Fairgrounds, Tuesday, March 17 from 10 a.m.-noon. Food items will be given to income eligible families who are at or below 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines, and are residents of Meigs County. Please contact the Southeast Ohio Foodbank at (740)385-6813 with questions. Photo I.D. and proof of residency no more than 60 days old is required. Church Lent season schedule MEIGS COUNTY — Churches in Meigs County will host a series of services in conjunction with the Lent season. Soup and sandwiches will be served at 6 p.m. before the 7 p.m. services. The schedule is as follows: March 5, Mt. Hermon UB Church with Pastor Walt Goble; March 12, St. Paul Lutheran Church with Pastor Sheryl Goble; March 19, Middleport Presbyterian Church with Pastor Brenda Barnhart; March 26, Laurel Cliff Free Methodist Church with Pastor Adam Will; and April 2, Chester United Methodist Church with Pastor Randy Smith. Good Friday services at 7 p.m. at New Beginnings Church and St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomeroy. Preschool screening SYRACUSE — Carleton School will be conducting preschool screenings for children ages 3 and 4 on Monday, April 6. Please call Carleton School at 740-992-6681 to schedule an appointment. Party in the Park fundraiser RACINE — An adult comedy night fundraiser to beneﬁt Racine’s Party in the Park will take place on 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 contacting the Racine village ofﬁce or TUPPERS PLAINS — St. Paul United Methodist Church from any Party in the Park committee member. Must be 18 in Tuppers Plains will hold a yard sale on March 6 (9 a.m. to or older to attend. Food and beverages will be available for purchase. 7 p.m.) and 7 (9 a.m. to 2 p.m.). Church yard sale The deadline for Ohio Valley Publishing to receive election-related Letters to the Editor pertaining to issues or candidates in the March 17 primary election is 4 p.m., Tuesday, March 10. Rebuttal letters must be received by 4 p.m., Thursday, March 12. Letters to the Editor must be 300 words or less and are subject to editing by Ohio Valley Publishing. Letters must maintain a degree of civility and good taste, and any that are potentially libelous or attack candidates, will not be published. Letters from candidates will not be published. Due to space restrictions, OVP staff cannot guarantee that all rebuttal letters will be published in the print version of the newspaper, though those meeting the above criteria will be published online. Letters should be emailed to The Daily Sentinel at tdsnews@aimmediamidwest.com and include the writer’s name, community of residence, and a daytime phone number to verify authorship (and to answer any questions we may have). Signed letters may also be dropped off at The Daily Sentinel at 109 West Second Street, Pomeroy, during normal business hours. Prevention From page 1 Meigs County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) spoke with students during Career Palooza. Careers From page 1 part in the event. The event began with guest speaker ODNR Ofﬁcer Chris Gilkey, followed by a time for the students to meet with the many individuals on site. Later in the day, students took part in four different classroom sessions. The sessions included a mock interview with what to do and not do presented by OhioMeansJobs MeigsCounty and Wolfe Mountain Entertainment; a panel of former Southern students under age 30 who could provide information about their own experiences after high school; a career cluster inventory survey to help students learn what careers they may be interested in; and a personality survey with Hopewell Health Centers to help the students learn about themselves. Event sponsors included Home National Bank and Coplin Health Systems.. Others helping to make the event possible included OhioMeansJobs - Meigs County, Meigs County Chamber and Tourism and Athens Meigs ESC. © 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Sarah Hawley is the managing editor of The Daily Sentinel. Photos by Sarah Hawley | Sentinel Students were able to try their hand at some of the skills which are available at the Career Center. Students were able to speak with colleges and universities, including Ohio State University. Realtor Amy Jackson speaks with students during Career Palooza. It is meant to guide discussions and strategies among advocates, health partners, and state agencies as we work to prevent suicide,” said Governor DeWine. “As a ﬁrst step to further our shared vision, the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services is working with the Ohio Children’s Hospital Association and its members to develop a partnership with primary care and behavioral health providers, schools, parents, caregivers, and other community allies to increase suicide prevention and intervention practices,” said Director Criss. “Ultimately, this work will bring about a system-wide commitment to reduce suicides, build a competent, caring workforce, and reach all youth at-risk of suicide to get them the support and treatment they need.” Under the direction of the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation, a nonproﬁt group that promotes evidence-based suicide prevention practices, the plan was written by a group of 33 Ohioans from the public and private sectors who have professional or personal experience with suicide. The plan directs energy, focus, and resources to implement speciﬁc goals and objectives. These objectives were informed by data, evidence-based approaches, and lessons learned from current practice. Among the plan’s priorities, the state will: HW_i[�WmWh[d[ii�e\�j^[�mWhd_d]�i_]di�WdZ�h_ia� factors of suicide. 9edY[djhWj[�[\\ehji�ed�_dj[]hWj_d]�ik_Y_Z[�fh[vention practices into health care, public safety, and education services on the local and state levels. 8k_bZ�ik_Y_Z[�fh[l[dj_ed�YWfWY_jo�WdZ�_d\hWstructure at the organizational, local, and state levels. <eYki�fh[l[dj_ed�[\\ehji�ed�]hekfi�_Z[dj_Ò[Z� as having higher rates of suicide, including youths ages 10-24, males ages 25-59, and veterans and military members. IjWdZWhZ_p["�]Wj^[h"�WdZ�kj_b_p[�ZWjW�je�Yedtinuously inform and evaluate the state’s approach. “The Suicide Prevention Plan for Ohio was created so that all communities can see their role in suicide prevention, while suggesting speciﬁc goals to give benchmarks to the community,” said Tony Coder, executive director of the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation. “The plan promotes local cooperation that focuses on preventing suicide. As more partners collaborate, we work to break down the stigma that surrounds the subject of suicide.” In November 2019, the Ohio Department of Health released its 2018 Ohio Suicide Demographics and Trends Report, which contained the sobering news that ﬁve Ohioans die by suicide every day, and one youth dies by suicide every 33 hours. Nationally, U.S. suicide rates are at their highest since World War II, according to federal data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If you or someone you know is in crisis, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 (press 1 to access the Active Duty/Veterans Crisis Line) to speak with a trained counselor. Ohioans can also text the keyword “4hope” to 741 741. Information provided by the office of Governor Mike DeWine. Wildfire From page 1 considerations. Visit forestry.ohiodnr.gov and ﬁrewise.org for more information and tips on protecting a home and community. Remember: Don’t burn during the day in March, April and May! Ohioans should also remember that food waste, dead animals and materials containing rubber, grease, asphalt or petroleum should never be burned. The University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College were among those on hand for the event. Students had the opportunity to speak with military personnel during Career Palooza. Information provided by ODNR. �Sports 6 Tuesday, March 3, 2020 Daily Sentinel Wahama ties for 11th in Class A By Bryan Walters record and ﬁnished with a ﬁnal tally of nine points, tying them with Calhoun County for 38th overall in the Class AA-A ﬁeld. HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The Red and White also ended Hard to match what another up joining CCHS in 11th place Mason County accomplished in the Class A standings. over the course of three days, Greenbrier West — which but the White Falcons still ﬁnished sixth overall in Class managed a pretty respectable AA-A — won the single-A title weekend. The Wahama wrestling team with ﬁnal score of 81 points. missed the podium for the ﬁfth Ritchie County was the Class A time in six postseasons, but the runner-up with 53 points. One White Falcon completed White Falcons received at least a stellar 4-year career as senior one win from each of its qualiTrevor Hunt came up one win ﬁers during the 73rd annual WVSSAC Championships held short of a podium ﬁnish in the Thursday, Friday and Saturday 145-pound division. Hunt — a 4-time state qualiat Mountain Health Arena in ﬁer and 145-pound sixth place Cabell County. ﬁnisher as a junior — ended The White Falcons ended the weekend with a 3-4 overall the weekend with a 2-2 overall bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Wahama senior Trevor Hunt battles for leverage during a 145-pound match at the 2020 WVSSAC Class AA-A Wrestling Championships on Friday morning at Mountain Health Arena in Huntington, W.Va. mark, including a single pinfall. Hunt joins Perry Ellis (200205) and Kane Roush (2011-14) as 4-time state qualiﬁers at Wahama and leaves as the program’s all-time leader in wins with a ﬁnal overall record of 144-42. Freshman Kase Stewart qualiﬁed for his ﬁrst state tournament and posted a 1-2 mark, including one pinfall victory, in the 132-pound division. Stewart is the eighth freshman in WHS history — and ﬁrst since Hunt — to advance to the state meet, joining the likes of Brandon Hodge (2001), Perry Ellis (2002), Cory Patterson (2005), Micaiah Branch See WAHAMA | 7 RedStorm women fall just short in RSC semifinals By Randy Payton For Ohio Valley Publishing NEW ALBANY, Ind. — After posting a pair of narrow wins in each of their last two visits to Indiana University Southeast’s Student Activities Building, the University of Rio Grande ﬁnally ran out of luck. Two would-be game-winning three-point attempts by the RedStorm in the ﬁnal seconds were off the mark, allowing the host Grenadiers to escape with a heart-stopping 96-95 win, Saturday afternoon, in the semiﬁnal round of the River States Conference Women’s Basketball Championship. IU Southeast, the tourney’s No. 1 seed from the league’s West Division, improved to 20-11 with the win — just their second in eight all-time meetings with Rio Grande. By virtue of the victory, the Grenadiers will host Ohio Christian University — a winner over Indiana University Kokomo in Saturday’s other semiﬁnal — in Tuesday night’s tournament championship game. Rio Grande, the East Division No. 2 seed, ﬁnished it season at 19-13 with the loss. The RedStorm coughed up a 12-point ﬁrst quarter lead and eventually found themselves trailing by 10 points, 80-70, after a jumper in the lane by Lauren Lambdin with 8:49 left in the game. But Rio roared back over the next 4-1/2 minutes with an 18-8 run which culminated with a driving layup by senior Sydney Holden (Wheelersburg, OH) that forged an 88-all tie with 4:18 remaining in the contest. Lambdin gave the Grenadiers the lead for good with a three-pointer with 3:26 left and added another trifecta on IUS’ ensuing possession to make it 94-88 with 2:58 remaining. The deﬁcit still stood at six, 96-90, when Holden drilled a three-pointer with 2:17 left to slice the deﬁcit in half and a bucket off the rebound of missed three-pointer by junior Chyna Chambers (Columbus, OH) from freshman Reagan Willingham (Asheville, OH) with 51 seconds remaining made it a one-point game. Lambdin misﬁred on a three-pointer on Southeast’s ensuing possession with 27 seconds left, but Natalie Fichter came away with an offensive rebound to keep the ball in the hands of the home team. Lambdin let go of another shot with 11 seconds remaining which Holden blocked and Rio sophomore Avery Harper (Seaman, OH) rebounded. Freshman Kaylie Apperson (McConnelsville, OH) put a would-be game-winning trifecta with four seconds left, but Willingham pulled down the miss and the ball eventually found its way back into the hands of Apperson, who let go once again as time expired — again unsuccessfully. See RSC | 7 OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Monday, March 2 Wrestling Boys Basketball Point Pleasant at Sissonville, 7 p.m. D-2 districts at Claymont HS, 4 p.m. D-3 districts at Heath HS, 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 4 Saturday, March 7 Boys Basketball Point-SHS winner at Poca, 7 p.m. Wrestling D-2 districts at Claymont HS, 9 a.m. D-3 districts at Heath HS, 9 a.m. Friday, March 6 Photos by Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Point Pleasant senior Juan Marquez locks in a hold during the Class AA-A 195-pound championship match on Saturday night at Mountain Health Arena in Huntington, W.Va. Big Blacks win 5th AA-A title Point produces 6 weight class champions, sets state record with margin of victory By Bryan Walters and won their ﬁrst 15 matches overall before ending Session 2 with HUNTINGTON, W.Va. 120 points and a 26-5 overall mark. — This 2020 vision left By the end of Session the Big Blacks seeing 3 later Friday night, the double. Big Blacks had nine state The Point Pleasant ﬁnalists, a dozen grapwrestling team re-wrote plers still competing and the program’s record books this weekend while a 37-7 record individually … as well 230 points and cruising to its ﬁfth state a 148-point lead on the championship at the rest of the ﬁeld. 73rd annual WVSSAC Point Pleasant went Wrestling Championships 2-4 overall in Session held at Mountain Health 4, which yielded a third Arena in Cabell County. place ﬁnisher and a pair The Big Blacks came of sixth place efforts en away with six individual route to 239 team points state champions, 10 top three efforts and a dozen and a 133-point advanpodium ﬁnishes en route tage on the ﬁeld. Then, on Saturday to a winning tally of night, the Big Blacks 266.5 points — the secwent 6-3 overall in state ond largest team total in championship bouts … Class AA-A history, datallowing PPHS to coming back to 1976. The half-dozen individ- plete their historic weekual titles ended up crush- end on a positive note. Point Pleasant came ing the program mark of up three points short of three state champions at matching the Class AA-A one meet, which was set on ﬁve different occasions total points record set by Oak Glen (269.5) back in previously. PPHS also joined the 2001 Oak Glen 2000. In defeating runner-up and 2017 Independence Braxton County (111) squads in producing six different state champions by 155.5 points, the Big Blacks did set a new at one meet, the most in state record for winning Class AA-A tournament margin in a Class AA-A history. tournament … surpassing The Red and Black — the 143.5-point mark prewho technically secured enough points by the end viously set by Independence in 2017. of Session 2 to repeat as The 2012 team previClass AA-A champions ously held Point Pleasant — went unbeaten in the opening round Thursday records for most points bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com Point Pleasant sophomore Justin Bartee walks past his opponent after recording a pinfall win Saturday night during the Class AA-A 138-pound championship match at Mountain Health Arena in Huntington, W.Va. (224), most podium ﬁnishes (12), most state ﬁnalists (6) and largest margin of victory (85) at a single state tournament over ﬁve sessions. The 2012 squad also held the previous mark for consecutive wins to start a tournament with 11. Sophomores Derek Raike (132) and Justin Bartee (138), as well as junior Isaac Short (120), repeated as state champions in their respective weight classes, while senior Juan Marquez (195) joined juniors Parker Henderson (106) and Mitchell Freeman (145) in notching their ﬁrst state crowns. All six state champions posted perfect 4-0 records in their divisions. Senior Zac Samson (160), junior Christopher Smith (126) and junior Wyatt Wilson (152) all suffered setbacks in their weight class ﬁnals, allowing each to ﬁnish second overall. The trio also ﬁnished the weekend with 3-1 marks. See BLACKS | 7 �SPORTS Daily Sentinel Blacks From page 6 Sophomore Mackandle Freeman was third overall at 113 pounds with a 5-1 record, while seniors Logan Southall (170) and Wyatt Stanley (220) ﬁnished sixth in their divisions with identical efforts of 2-3. Senior Jacob Muncy (285) and sophomore Brayden Connolly (182) also went 1-2 apiece and did not reach the podium in their respective weight classes. Overall, the Big Blacks increased the program’s total to 30 state champions by night’s end and ended the weekend with a 44-14 overall record. In winning just over 76 percent of its matches, PPHS also recorded 21 pinfall victories, ﬁve major decisions and a technical fall. In winning his ﬁfth state title in 11 years at the helm, PPHS coach John Bonecutter picked up his fourth Dix Manning Class AA Coaching Award this weekend — including his second in as many years. Having experienced four state titles and numerous individual championships over the last decade, even Bonecutter was at a loss for words in trying to describe the latest addition. However, as he noted, the best word was probably special … much like the 14 athletes who made this incredible 3-day experience come to life on the grandest of stages. “This is a special, special group of young men … and good families too. We are a closeknit group, and it was really nice to see the way that Point Pleasant showed up to support one another this weekend. We had great support over all three days of competition, and it really helped. We were really blessed this weekend,” Bonecutter said. “It’s been an unbelievable year. Honestly, we may have left a few points out there this weekend, but I don’t think I could have asked for any more from any of them. Every single one of them got it done this weekend, and what more can you ask for this time of year? “We set big goals at the start of the season. We’ve won state titles before and most of these guys were on a state title team last year, so we really wanted to see what we could do this year. The guys wanted to leave no doubt about who the best team in the state and the best team in school history was. We beat (Class AAA champion) Parkersburg South this year in a dual, so we really feel like the uniﬁed champ in the state right now. It’s been a magical ride, and not just this weekend … I mean the whole season. But this weekend was something to see too.” Point Pleasant posted a school record 35-0 record in dual matches during the regular season, including that 32-27 victory over PSHS at Cabell Midland High School back on Jan. 11. PPHS also won six of those head-tohead bouts by shutout. The Big Blacks repeated as WSAZ Invitational champions and brought home tournament titles in every other event that they competed in this year — except for a 5.5point runner-up ﬁnish to Aurora (OH) at the Alliance Top Gun Tournament. The Big Blacks set new school records in the Region IV tournament with a dozen regional champions and 359 points overall … a total that was 197.5 points better than that of runner-up Winﬁeld. Point Pleasant also won the ﬁrst-ever Class AA team duals tournament held at The Greenbrier, an experimental event sanctioned by the West Virginia Wrestling Coaches Association. Point Pleasant is slated to lose Marquez, Samson, Southall, Stanley and Muncy to graduation, but the Red and Black will have ﬁve state champions, seven ﬁnalists, eight podium ﬁnishers and nine state qualiﬁers returning next year while gunning for the program’s secondever 3-peat. “We don’t plan on going anywhere anytime soon,” Bonecutter said. “Our goal will be the same as it always is. We’ll get back in the weight room and start getting ready for nationals. Next season, we’ll be back to wearing that bull’s-eye. I’ll tell you this though, tonight is going to be a fun night.” Point Pleasant previously won Class AA-A state titles in 2010 through 2012, then captured last year’s Class AA crown. Eleven of this year’s state qualiﬁers were part of last winter’s championship squad. The Big Blacks previously won three individual championships at the 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2019 Class AA-A meets. Editor’s Note: Additional stories from the WVSSAC Championships will appear in later editions of the Point Pleasant Register, Gallipolis Daily Tribune and The Daily Sentinel this week. The Thursday sports edition will feature a story on Point’s three ﬁrst-time state champions, as well as the tournament runners-up this weekend. The Friday edition will feature a story on Point’s three repeat champions, while the weekend edition will include an interview with the Point Pleasant coaching staff. © 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Red Devils hold off Wahama, 78-65 By Alex Hawley ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. — A slow start sealed it, but there was still plenty of ﬁght in the White Falcons. The sixth-seeded Wahama boys basketball team trailed thirdseeded host Ravenswood 23-4 6:30 into Saturday’s Class A Region IV, Section 1 tournament opener at ‘The Pit’, with the White Falcons rallying late and falling by a 78-65 count. The Red Devils (1112) — who also claimed an 85-38 win over WHS (0-23) on Jan. 18 at Mick Price Court — never trailed on Saturday, scoring the ﬁrst 10 points. After a 13-to-4 stretch by the hosts, Wahama scored the ﬁnal seven points of the quarter and trialed 23-11 at the end of the ﬁrst. Ravenswood drained ﬁve three-pointers in the second quarter and led by as many as 22 points, at 42-20, with 1:21 left in the half. WHS scored seven in a row headed into halftime, and trailed 42-27. A 19-to-11 third quarter gave Ravenswood a 61-38 lead with eight minutes to play. The Red Devils started the ﬁnale From page 6 Rio Grande, which tied a season-high with 15 three-point goals in Wednesday night’s quarterﬁnal round win over Asbury University, ﬁnished just 8-for-30 from distance in the loss. Apperson and Willingham, who combined for 11 of the RedStorm’s 15 treys on Wednesday, went just 2-for-15 from beyond the arc against the Grenadiers. Rio Grande had one less threepointer than IU Southeast, but had four more overall ﬁeld goals (38-34) than it host. BROADCAST 6 PM WSAZ News 3 (WSAZ) 3 (N) WTAP News 4 (WTAP) (N) ABC 6 News 6 (WSYX) at 6pm (N) Arthur 7 (WOUB) 8 (WCHS) 10 (WBNS) 11 (WVAH) 12 (WVPB) 13 (WOWK) including a 15-for-25 showing (60 percent) in the second half. Holden scored a game-high 27 points for Rio Grande in the ﬁnal game of her collegiate career, while also grabbing seven rebounds, handing out ﬁve assists and blocking three shots. 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The Grenadiers shot 58.6 percent for the game (34-for-58), TUESDAY EVENING 62 (NGEO) (2007), Kane Roush (2011), Dalton Kearns (2015) and Hunt (2018). Wahama scored at least one point at the state level for the 11th time in the last 13 tournaments. Besides Hunt, the White Falcons are also set to lose Aaron Beard, Kody Hollis, Wesley Peters and Emma Tomlinson to graduation. © 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Harrison PankoShields had a doubledouble of 11 points and 10 rebounds for the White Falcons, while Adams Groves scored seven points, and Ethan Gray tallied five. Michael VanMatre rounded out the scoring column for the guests with two points, to go with a quartet of assists. Devin Raines led the Red Devils with Alex Hawley | OVP Sports 24 points, 18 of which Wahama senior Brayden Davenport (10) hits one of his two fourth came from downtown. quarter three-pointers, during the White Falcons’ 78-65 loss in the Matthew Carte — who Class A Region IV, Section 1 opener on Saturday in Ravenswood, led the RHS defense W.Va. with two steals and two count, with each team blocks — recorded 15 with an 8-to-5 spurt grabbing seven offenpoints and six assists, and led by a game-high 25 points with 4:58 to sive rebounds. Wahama while Trey Mandrake scored 11 in the win. play. Wahama closed the turned the ball over 17 Ashton Miller was game with a 22-to-9 run, times, just five of which next with 10 points featuring four threewere after halftime, pointers. while RHS gave the ball and a team-best seven rebounds for RHS, folIn the 78-65 setback, away eight times. the White Falcons shot The guests combined lowed by Shawn Banks with six points, and 23-of-51 (45.1 percent) for nine assists, five from the ﬁeld, including steals and a pair of Jaxon Harris with five 7-of-15 (46.7 percent) points. Jacob Creel blocked shots, while from three-point range. had four points and six Ravenswood tallied 19 Meanwhile, Ravenswood assists, eight steals and assists for the victors, Seth Marra scored two, made 31-of-58 (53.4 per- four rejections. while Cameron Taylor cent) ﬁeld goal attempts, WHS senior Abram tallied one point. including 11-of-23 (47.8 Pauley led all-scorers The Red Devils travel percent) three-point with 27 points, featurto second-seeded Parktries. 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John Sanders (Independence), 11-2 md — pinned Marko Tarley (Fairmont Senior), 0:34 — def. Isaac Harris (Berkeley Springs), 2-0 dec 120: Isaac Short (51-3) — pinned Carter Hamilton (North Marion), 0:53 — def. Ashby West (Oak Hill), 2-0 dec — pinned Kolbie Hamilton (Fairmont Senior), 4:41 — def. Judah Price (Independence), 4-1 dec 126: Christopher Smith (50-4) — pinned Joseph Powers (Doddridge County), 1:18 — def. Thomas Ours (Petersburg), 4-0 dec — def. Joshua Goode (Shady Spring), 7-4 dec — lost to Blake Boyers (East Fairmont), 3-1 dec 132: Derek Raike (52-0) — pinned Myles Coffman (Shady Spring), 0:56 — pinned Beau Bearden (North Marion), 1:34 — pinned Wyatt Conley (Weir), 2:41 (740) 446-2342 or fax to (740) 446-3008 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN — def. Mikey Jones (Fairmont Senior), 19-4 tf 138: Justin Bartee (51-3) — def. Camden O’Connor (Oak Glen), 11-3 md — pinned Eli Shumaker (Grafton), 1:30 — def. Tanner Hoskinson (Fairmont Senior), 15-6 md — pinned Levi Brake (Nicholas County), 17-5 145: Mitchell Freeman (50-5) — pinned Clayton Moore (Lincoln), 1:40 — def. Noah Kiska (Frankfort), 3-0 dec — def. Derek Starkey (Bridgeport), 7-2 dec — def. Jonathan Creese (Oak Glen), 8-1 dec 152: Wyatt Wilson (44-12) — def. Dalton Hanshaw (Nicholas County), 5-0 dec — def. Dylan Knight (Doddridge County), 3-1 dec — def. Kayden Procacina (Ritchie County), 3-1 dec — lost to Peyton Hall (Oak Glen), 2:34 160: Zac Samson (45-10) — def. Aaron Lyons (Keyser), 13-2 md — def. Brent Robinson (Notre Dame), 4-3 dec — def. Peyton Thompson (Berkeley Springs), 3-1 dec — def. lost to Ben Kee (Herbert Hoover), 4-0 dec 170: Logan Southall (46-10) — pinned Clay Sinnett (Liberty Harrison), 0:38 — pinned Nick Scott (Fairmont Senior), 1:04 — lost to Isaac VanMeter (Moorefield), 9-4 dec — lost to Sam Adams (Independence), 4:53 — lost to Colton Moore (Braxton County), 4:21 182: Brayden Connolly (23-17) — pinned Andrew Martin (Independence), 5:42 — lost to Colton Hovermale (Lincoln), 8-4 dec — lost to Dominique Johnson (Oak Hill), 4-2 dec 195: Juan Marquez (43-9) — pinned Caiden Adams (Oak Glen), 3:20 — pinned Mason Atkinson (Herbert Hoover), 2:00 (740) 992-2155 or fax to (740) 992-2157 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed proposals will be received at the: DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES 2045 MORSE ROAD BUILDING H COLUMBUS, OHIO 43229-6693 until APRIL 01, 2020 AT 1:30 PM and opened thereafter for furnishing the materials and performing the labor for the execution and construction of: PRICE LANDSLIDE MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO PROJECT NUMBER MG-Sb-A5 in accordance with the plans and specifications prepared by the DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, COLUMBUS, OHIO. PROPOSALS WILL BE OPENED IN THE SECOND FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM OF 2045 (BUILDING H-2) OF THE FOUNTAIN SQUARE OFFICES OF THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. The United States Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement is supplying 100% of the funds for this project. The construction completion date for this project is AUGUST 14, 2020. THE ESTIMATE FOR THIS PROJECT AS DETERMINED BY THE DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IS $129,151.50. Would you like to deliver newspapers as an independent contractor under an agreement with the Point Pleasant Register? Gallipolis Daily Tribune? The Daily Sentinel? � � � � � Be your own boss 5 Day Delivery Delivery times is approx. 3 hours daily Must be 18 years of age Must have a valid driver’s license, dependable vehicle & provide proof of insurance � Must provide your own substitute FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE EMAIL DERRICK MORRISON AT dmorrison@aimmediamidwest.com or call 740-446-2342 ext: 2097 STOP BY OUR LOCAL OFFICE FOR AN APPLICATION: 825 3rd Ave Gallipolis, Oh 45631 or 510 Main St. Pt Pleasant, WV 25550 or 109 West 2nd St. Pomeroy, Oh 45679 OPERATE YOUR OWN BUSINESS WITH POTENTIAL REVENUE $ , OVER 1 000 PER MONTH! Each proposal must be accompanied by a BID GUARANTY, meeting the requirements of Section 153.54 of the Ohio Revised Code. CONTRACTORS ARE FURTHER ADVISED THAT, IF AWARDED THE CONTRACT, BOTH THE CONTRACTOR AND ITS SUBCONTRACTOR(S) SHALL PERFORM NO SERVICES REQUESTED UNDER THIS CONTRACT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXECUTIVE ORDER 2011-12K. Sealed proposals shall be delivered to the address given at the top of Notice To Bidders. No bidder may withdraw his bid within sixty (60) days after the actual date of the opening thereof. The Director of Natural Resources reserves the right to reject any or all bids, or to accept the bid which embraces such combination alternate proposals as may promote the best interest of the State. 3/3/20,3/10/20 OH-70175021 CONTRACTORS ARE ADVISED THAT EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY CONDITIONS ARE APPLICABLE TO THIS PROPOSAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 153.59 AND 125.111 OF THE OHIO REVISED CODE. THIS PROJECT IS SUBJECT TO A 5% EDGE PARTICIPATION GOAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF O.R.C. SECTION 123.152 AND O.A.C. 123:2-16-08. WAGE RATES ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1513.18 AND 1513.37 OF THE REVISED CODE ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO THIS PROPOSAL. 2020 Class AA-A state champions 106: Parker Henderson (Point Pleasant) 113: Brady Layman (Ritchie County) 120: Isaac Short (Point Pleasant) 126: Blake Boyers (East Fairmont) 132: Derek Raike (Point Pleasant) 138: Justin Bartee (Point Pleasant) 145: Mitchell Freeman (Point Pleasant) 152: Peyton Hall (Oak Glen) 160: Ben Kee (Herbert Hoover) 170: Isaac VanMeter (Moorefield) 182: Jordan Williams (Braxton County) 195: Juan Marquez (Point Pleasant) 220: Noah Brown (Greenbrier West) 285: Zach Frazier (Fairmont Senior) (304) 675-1333 or fax to (304) 675-5234 MOTOR ROUTE Copies of the plans, specifications, and proposal forms will be available from the Division of Mineral Resources Management, Department of Natural Resources. Instructions on how to access the documents are available by downloading them at http://minerals.ohiodnr.gov/abandoned-mine-land-reclama tion/contractor-construction-opportunities. A copy of the plans and specifications will be available for public review during normal business hours at Division of Mineral Resources Management, 2045 Morse Road, H-2, Columbus, Ohio 43229. For information regarding the project, the primary contact person is the Project Engineer, Brady G. Johnson, P.E., at the Zaleski District Office (740) 274-4958. Or in his absence you may contact the Project Officer, Scott Davies, at the Zaleski District Office (740) 274-4948. bour), 4:17 — lost to Tyler Teel (Herbert Hoover), 8-6 dec 145: Trevor Hunt (38-9) — def. Bryson Spell (Braxton County), 6-4 dec — lost to Jonathan Creese (Oak Glen), 9-3 dec — pinned Eli Sedlock (Oak Hill), 2:43 — lost to Dillon Williams (Grafton), 5-1 dec XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on MARCH 18, 2020 AT 10:00 AM, at the project site 32767 SR833, Pomeroy, Ohio. It is the intent of the DMRM to commence the pre-bid meeting at the designated time. Prior to commencement of the meeting, an attendance sign-in form shall be distributed among the contractors present. This form will be collected by DMRM staff when the pre-bid meeting begins. Only those contractors signed in prior to collection of the form who remain in attendance through the discussion of the plans and detailed specifications shall be deemed present for the purpose of determining eligibility for bid submission acceptance. Participation in the site viewing subsequent to the completion of the discussion of the detailed specifications will not be required in establishing attendance. NO PLANS OR SPECIFICATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE PRE-BID MEETING. — def. Garrett Conaway (North Marion), 4-2 dec — def. Jacob Williams (Nicholas County), 4-3 dec 220: Wyatt Stanley (21-11) — pinned Bradon Nicholson (Notre Dame), 5:09 — pinned Hunter Leggett (Ritchie County), 1:22 — lost to Noah Brown (Greenbrier West), 2:59 — lost to Jeff Bowles (Liberty Raleigh), 2:35 — lost to Sturgis May (Braxton County), 3:35 285: Jacob Muncy (35-13) — pinned Dennis Redden (Nicholas County), 3:57 — lost to Quin Meador (Braxton County), 4:31 — lost to Mikey Hamrick (Magnolia), 1-0 dec WAHAMA WHITE FALCONS (3-4) 132: Kase Stewart (37-13) — lost to Colten Caron (Independence), 5-3 dec — pinned Trevor Renforth (Phillip Bar- CALL TODAY! 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EURZVH�MREV��SRVW�\RXU�UHVXPH��JHW�DGYLFH jobmatchohio.com �SPORTS/WEATHER 10 Tuesday, March 3, 2020 Daily Sentinel Eagles soar past Rio baseball in RSC opener Point’s Muncy signs with WVSU football By Randy Payton For Ohio Valley Publishing MIDWAY, Ky. — Midway University parlayed a ﬁrst inning lead and a strong pitching performance by Andy Melgoza into a 7-1 win over the University of Rio Grande, Saturday afternoon, in River States Conference baseball action in the inaugural game at Farmer-Ball Stadium. The Eagles improved to 5-10 overall and 1-0 in conference play with the win - a successful christening of their new on-campus facility. Rio Grande fell to 0-16 overall and 0-1 in the RSC. Melgoza allowed six hits and one run over six innings, while walking two and striking out eight for his third win in as many decisions. Midway got all the offense it would need in the opening inning thanks to a two-run single by Cameron Nichols, while adding single markers in the third and fourth innings thanks to a home run by Graham Luttor and an RBI single by Tyson Orr. Rio Grande got on the scoreboard in the ﬁfth thanks to a two-out, run-scoring single by freshman Tristan Arno (Elyria, OH), but failed to dent the plate again despite getting runners into scoring position over each of the next three innings. The Eagles sealed the win by tacking on three more runs in the home 1520 State Rt. 160 Gallipolis, OH Cutest PETS OH-70175162 Contest �"�� $��!�� !��"�� Winner announced on the 23rd of March TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 8 PM 50° 54° 50° HEALTH TODAY 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. 0.10 Month to date/normal 0.10/0.24 Year to date/normal 8.30/6.39 Snowfall (in inches) POLLEN & MOLD Low Moderate High Primary: cedar/juniper/elm Mold: 26 SUN & MOON Primary: cladosporium Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Low Wed. 6:56 a.m. 6:25 p.m. 12:49 p.m. 3:07 a.m. MOON PHASES Full Last New Mar 9 Mar 16 Mar 24 First Apr 1 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for ﬁsh and game. Today Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Major 6:01a 6:53a 7:45a 8:38a 9:31a 11:24a 12:18p Minor 12:15p 12:39a 1:30a 2:23a 3:16a 5:10a 6:04a Major 6:28p 7:21p 8:14p 9:07p 10:00p 11:53p ---- Minor ---1:07p 1:59p 2:53p 3:45p 5:38p 6:32p WEATHER HISTORY On March 3, 1994, as much as 30 inches of snow buried central Pennsylvania, pushing season totals to record levels. Moderate High AIR QUALITY 300 500 Primary pollutant: Ozone Air Quality Index: 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very unhealthy; 301-500, Hazardous. Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services OHIO RIVER Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. Mon. 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 12.92 18.74 23.26 12.73 12.88 25.99 12.01 29.83 36.69 12.64 27.00 35.90 28.00 Portsmouth 60/37 24-hr. Chg. +0.17 -1.31 -0.53 +0.18 -0.06 -0.68 -0.32 -0.47 +0.24 +0.46 -1.80 -0.20 -0.90 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2020 SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY 50° 27° 56° 34° 62° 45° Cooler with times of clouds and sun Chilly with plenty of sunshine Increasing clouds and milder A thick cloud cover; rain at night Marietta 59/37 Murray City 57/34 Belpre 60/37 Athens 59/35 St. Marys 58/37 Parkersburg 59/37 Coolville 59/36 Elizabeth 58/38 Spencer 56/37 Buffalo 57/38 Ironton 62/37 Milton 58/38 Huntington 61/38 St. Albans 59/39 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s 100s Seattle 53/42 90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s 10s San Francisco 0s 69/48 -0s Los Angeles 78/53 -10s T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front Randy Payton is the Sports Information Director at the University of Rio Grande. 44° 26° Wilkesville 59/36 POMEROY Jackson 61/37 59/36 Ravenswood Rio Grande 57/38 60/38 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 55/35 GALLIPOLIS 59/39 56/38 61/38 Ashland 62/38 Grayson 62/38 OH) and freshman Albert Bobadilla (Bronx, NY) both had a double. Orr and Nichols had two hits apiece for Midway, which had eight hits and was the beneﬁciary of nine walks by three RedStorm pitchers. The two teams were slated to conclude their weekend series on Sunday with a doubleheader. NATIONAL CITIES McArthur 57/34 South Shore Greenup 62/37 59/36 52 0 50 100 150 200 Chillicothe 57/34 Lucasville 59/37 Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services Logan 57/34 Adelphi 56/34 Very High Very High Partly sunny half of the eighth. Ryan Davis and Corey Plahuta had RBI hits in the inning, while Marquise Glenn plated the other marker by drawing a bases-loaded walk. Freshman Trey Carter (Wheelersburg, OH) started and took the loss, allowing four hits, ﬁve walks and four runs - three earned - over six innings. Arno ﬁnished 2-for-3 in the loss, while senior Caden Cluxton (Washington Court House, FRIDAY 57° 37° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Waverly 58/35 Pollen: 180 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Mon. 0.0 Month to date/normal 0.0/0.3 Season to date/normal 5.2/19.4 Today 6:58 a.m. 6:24 p.m. 11:58 a.m. 2:07 a.m. THURSDAY Periods of clouds and sun 2 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme (in inches) WEDNESDAY A little rain this morning, then a shower. Overcast tonight. High 59° / Low 39° Statistics through 3 p.m. Mon. 54°/49° 51°/31° 79° in 1991 5° in 1980 EXTENDED FORECAST 59° 35° ALMANAC High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low Submit on The Daily Sentinel, The Daily Tribune, and The Daily Register Courtesy photo Rio Grande’s Caine Whitney fires a pitch plate ward during the seventh inning of Saturday’s 7-1 loss to Midway University in River States Conference action at Farmer-Ball Stadium. Clendenin 55/34 Charleston 61/38 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Winnipeg 28/9 Montreal 40/31 Minneapolis 41/25 Billings 57/36 Detroit 49/31 Toronto 38/31 New York 60/45 Chicago 51/33 Denver 56/30 Kansas City 62/40 Washington 63/47 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 Today Wed. Hi/Lo/W 61/35/c 14/1/pc 67/51/sh 54/47/sh 62/45/sh 57/36/s 57/35/pc 60/45/c 61/38/r 65/48/r 50/27/s 51/33/pc 57/35/c 50/33/r 55/32/r 66/52/c 56/30/s 55/36/pc 49/31/c 83/71/pc 80/66/sh 55/33/pc 62/40/s 71/50/s 67/49/c 78/53/s 62/40/r 83/73/pc 41/25/c 66/42/r 79/67/t 60/45/sh 66/44/c 85/64/s 62/45/sh 73/50/s 55/35/r 53/41/c 68/49/sh 67/47/sh 61/41/s 47/32/pc 69/48/s 53/42/c 63/47/sh Hi/Lo/W 63/36/s 12/-2/sf 58/47/r 55/40/pc 60/37/pc 56/27/c 59/35/c 54/38/pc 59/33/pc 65/46/r 54/28/s 49/33/c 57/31/pc 46/28/r 50/27/c 56/45/r 61/30/s 54/41/s 45/27/pc 82/70/t 73/53/r 53/30/s 62/42/s 72/52/s 59/45/r 73/51/s 62/38/pc 87/76/pc 43/36/s 65/44/c 73/57/r 56/38/pc 61/36/pc 89/68/pc 57/37/pc 73/52/s 48/29/r 50/35/r 65/45/c 64/40/c 61/38/s 55/37/pc 70/50/pc 53/39/c 61/40/pc EXTREMES MONDAY National for the 48 contiguous states Atlanta 67/51 High Low El Paso 52/43 89° in McAllen, TX -15° in Clayton Lake, ME Global High Low Houston 80/66 Chihuahua 63/36 Monterrey 87/61 Miami 83/73 109° in Kolda, Senegal -48° in Mould Bay, Canada Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow ﬂurries, sn-snow, i-ice. OH-70175115 Submitted photo Point Pleasant senior Jacob Muncy, seated in middle, will be continuing his football career after signing with West Virginia State University on Tuesday, Feb. 4, during a ceremony held in the Commons Area inside Point Pleasant High School. Muncy — a 3-year starter and 2019 all-state offensive tackle for the Big Blacks — plans to major in Accounting and currently holds a 4.0 grade-point average. Muncy is also a 3-time state qualifier in wrestling, including one podium finish in his previous two state appearances. Jacob is joined at the table by his father and mother, Scott and Pam Muncy, of Point Pleasant. The Yellow Jackets are Division II members of the Mountain East Conference. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 03. 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