https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/ec6b60ff68d9fb518b7364df387b625d.pdf 9e151a33be85d21ba973902fba725b2c PDF Text Text ‘The Forgotten War’ ‘Hot Summer Nights’ Eagles fall to Whiteoak LOCAL s 5A ALONG THE RIVER s 6A SPORTS s 1B Breaking news at mydailytribune.com Issue 21, Volume 52 Gallipolis man dies in motorcycle crash Sunday, May 27, 2018 s $2 Saying goodbye to River Valley Staff Report RIO GRANDE — On Friday around 4:31 p.m., a Gallipolis man was killed in a motorcycle accident on State Route 554, roughly .2 mile west of Tycoon Road. According to a release obtained from the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Jerry D. Colley, 51, was operating a 2007 Harley Davidson west on State Route 554 when he reportedly lost control of the motorcycle in a curve, slid off the roadway and came to rest in a ﬁeld. Colley was transported to Holzer Medical Center by personnel with Gallia EMS, where he was pronounced dead. Dean Wright | OVP River Valley graduating seniors promenade into their graduation ceremony. Dean Wright | OVP Dr. Michelle Johnston addresses area law enforcement as they prepare for SWAT training a few weeks ago at the University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College. University of Rio Grande president resigns Seniors take first step into world By Dean Wright lessons and love of their friends, family and teachers. The River Valley Band Ensemble led the tradiBIDWELL — River Valley High School gradu- tional song of “Pomp and Circumstance” as seniors ating seniors said their walked in single ﬁle. ﬁnal goodbyes to their second home Friday eve- The River Valley Phoenix Show Choir led the ning and stepped away National Anthem. with heads held high for Salutatorian Devan the future and with the deanwright@aimmediamidwest. com “My message is simple. Thank somebody that helped you get to this point today. Thank a parent. Thank a grandparent. Thank a relative…Don’t forget as you move through life, somebody helped you get to where you are today.” — Jude Meyers, Superintendent McGhee gave welcoming comments after some announcements were made by RVHS Principal See GOODBYE | 7A Staff Report RIO GRANDE — On Wednesday, Rio Grande Community College and University of Rio Grande ofﬁcials received a letter of resignation from Rio President Dr. Michelle Johnston. She was offered and accepted the presidency at the College of Coastal Georgia after being “We thank Dr. recognized as its ﬁnalJohnston for her ist in a search for a new dedication and president in mid-May, according to a stateservice and her commitment to the ment given by Rio trustees Friday. students, faculty, “We thank Dr. Johnand staff at the ston for her dedication University of Rio and service and her commitment to the stuGrande and Rio Grande Community dents, faculty, and staff at the University of Rio College. ...” Grande and Rio Grande — A statement released Community College. On by university officials behalf of the entire Rio community, we wish her the very best in Georgia. Dr. Johnston will begin her new position this summer,” said University of Rio Grande Board of Trustees Chair Kay Ervin and Rio Grande Community College Board of Trustees Chair Paul Reed in a statement. See RESIGNS | 7A A NEWS Obituaries: 2A Editorial: 4A Along the River: 6A Television: 7A Weather: 8A B SPORTS Sports: 1B-4B, 7B-8B Comics: 5B Classifieds: 6B-7B 101 become Meigs alumni By Erin Perkins is not only a county, it’s a home.” Hoffman walked his fellow graduates and POMEROY — “Our the those in attendance community is built on a single dream: that a small through his time of trials during his senior year. spark can start a ﬂame.” “This year was by far Savannah Hope Diehl, the toughest year of my Meigs High School (MHS) Salutatorian, said life. We all experience difﬁculties, that’s life for in her address as she you,” said Hoffman. and her fellow graduates He explained his father prepared to receive their got a job requiring the diplomas. family to relocate, HoffDiehl, along with Coman stayed with his Valedictorians David grandparents to ﬁnish his Cole Hoffman, Bradley Paul Logan, Bryce Steven time at MHS. “But even after all of Swatzel, and Gregory Charles Sheets II spoke to this, the toughest time their classmates as part of for me and my family was trying to restore the hapthe commencement ceremony held in the Meigs piness and laughter in our High School Gymnasium. home after dealing with Diehl continued, “Even an immense loss,” said though this place is small, Hoffman. He explained the difthe people that come ﬁculties of dealing with from it are kind hearted, Erin Perkins | OVP Mother, Cara Kight, fixes her son, Isaiah Blake Ash’s, graduation strong, and bright and cap and tassel. that includes us. Meigs See MEIGS | 8A eperkins@aimmediamidwest.com JOIN THE CONVERSATION Laid to rest in honor What’s your take on today’s news? Go to mydailytribune.com or www.mydailysentinel. com and visit us on facebook to share your thoughts. The journey of a WWI Medal of Honor recipient By Erin Perkins eperkins@aimmediamidwest.com SOUTHSIDE — A Medal of Honor recipient from World War I was recently disinterred from his original gravesite in Mason County and reinterred in a place of honor. The late Chester How- ard West, who has been dead for over 80 years, was reportedly born Jan. 3, 1888 in Fort Collins, Colo. Records show he was a First Sergeant who served with the U.S. Army, Company D, 363rd Infantry, 91st Division. His Medal of Honor citation reads: “While making his way through a thick fog with his See HONOR | 3A Courtesy | Alice Click On May 12, WWI Medal of Honor recipient Chester Howard West was laid to rest at the Donel C. Kinnard Memorial State Veterans Cemetery. �OBITUARIES/LOCAL 2A Sunday, May 27, 2018 Sunday Times-Sentinel OBITUARIES RYELEE SIPPLE PATRIOT — Ryelee Malayna Sipple, 16, Patriot, passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2018 in an automobile accident. The daughter of John Anthony and Jennifer Jo (Harmon) Sipple, Patriot, she was born February 27, 2002 at Gallipolis. Ryelee was a student at Gallia Academy High School, just completing her freshman year, earning ﬁve Varsity Letters as a freshman. She was also a Key Club Member, 2016 Junior Miss Gallipolis in Lights, 2017-2018 All OVC Academic Award Winner, was academically ranked number one in her class, a member of the Madrigals, a lifelong Girl Scout, earning the Silver Award and she was proud to be employed at Ratliff Pool Center. She was a member of Gallia Academy High School Varsity Golf Team in which she was low nine-hole score of 45 and low eighteen-hole score of 98 for the team during the season; Varsity Volleyball Team on which she earned her Varsity Letter and competed in the District Tournament playing both front and back row; Varsity Basketball Team on which she led the team in rebounds and was second on the team in points and steals which led her to be selected as part of the OVP Super 12 Basketball Team, Division II All District Honorable Mention and All OVC Honorable Mention; Varsity Track Team on which she earned a Varsity Letter and competed at the District Meet placing sixth in Discus and Varsity Softball Team on which she led the team in doubles, triples and home-runs earning a place on the Division II Second Team and All OVC First Team. Ryelee is survived by her parents and a brother, Wyatt Joseph Sipple, Patriot; maternal grandparents, Joe and Betty Harmon, Johnstown, and paternal grandparents, John and Rosemary Sipple, Gallipolis; aunts and uncle: Abby (Eric) Whitt, Bidwell; Mandy Sipple, Raleigh, North Carolina; Terri “Aunt T” Kocak, Pataskala; Elva Jean Ferguson, Proctorville; Robyn Hatﬁeld, Gallipolis, and Andy grandson, Liam Lavalley and several nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Bernard Lavalley, Sr. ; sister, Freda Cunningham; brother, Jerry Johnson. Private funeral services are under the direction of the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home. Interment will be at Letart Falls Cemetery. A registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel. com. Gallipolis, with Eric Whitt ofﬁciating. The family will receive friends at the school Sunday 1-4 p.m. Cremation services will be under the direction of The McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Wetherholt Chapel, who is honored to have been called upon to serve the Sipple Family. In lieu of ﬂowers, the family requests Memorial Donation in Ryelee’s name to the Wyatt Sipple College Fund c/o The Ohio Valley Bank 420 3rd Ave Gallipolis, OH 45631. Condolences may be sent to Ryelee’s Family via www.mccoymoore. com. MARY LOU FELLURE BERNICE LEONA LAVALLEY RACINE — Bernice Leona Lavalley of Racine, passed away on Friday, May 25, 2018 at her residence. She was born on June 30, 1932 in Pittsburgh, Pa. to the late Ernest and Emma (Foreman) Johnson. She is survived by her children, Bernard Paul Lavalley, Jr. of Racine, Debra Lynn Howell of Racine and Stephen Craig Lavalley of New Haven, W.Va.; grandchildren, Emily Babbitt and Stephen Cass Lavalley; great Sipple, Dallas, Texas; cousins: Bridgit and Brad Harris, Gallipolis; Brandi Burke, Pataskala; Dustin Burke, Johnstown; Hayden Whitt, Bidwell; Tyler Green and Caden Ross, Pataskala; Mitzi Metzger and Amanda Metzger, Johnstown, and Carter Harris and Addison Harris, Gallipolis, as well as a host of friends, classmates and extended family members. Ryelee was preceded in death by her brother, John Anthony Sipple, Jr. Funeral services will be conducted 4 p.m. Sunday, May 27, 2018 at the Gallia Academy High School, GALLIPOLIS — Mary Lou Fellure, 84, of Gallipolis, passed away on Friday, May 25, 2018 at the Holzer Medical Center. She was born on Aug. 7, 1933 in Gallia County, daughter of the late Forrest and Marguerite Walters Johnson. Mary Lou was a homemaker, an Avon representative for ﬁfty plus years, and also had worked at Project Hope. She was a member of the First Church of God. Mary Lou enjoyed her family and grandchildren. Mary Lou was married to Harry Lee Fellure on Jan. 7, 1955 in Gallipolis and he survives her along with two daughters, Gloria (George, Jr.) Shamblin of Gallipolis, Lisa (David) Mills of Crown City, and a son Gary (Tammy) Fellure of Grove City; eight grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren; three sisters, Bette Meadows of Crown City, Donna (Wilson) Sims of Florida, and Wanda Ledinski of Columbus. Mary Lou was preceded in death by her parents and by a brother, Forrest Wayne Johnson. Funeral services will be 1 p.m., Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at the First Church of God with Pastor Paul Voss ofﬁciating. Burial will follow in Ridgelawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the church on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 from 11:30 a.m. until the time of the services. In lieu of ﬂowers, please consider a donation in Mary Lou’s name to LOGOS Children Program C/O First Church of God 1723 State Route 141 Gallipolis, Ohio 45631. Please visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send e-mail condolences. DEATH NOTICES WIGGINS EASLEY, S.C. — James Leland “Jim” Wiggins, 98, of Easley, S.C., died Monday May 21, 2018 at The Willows of Easley. A graveside service was held at 11:30 a.m. on Friday May 25, 2018 at Arial United Methodist Church Cemetery with the Reverend Roger Gwinn ofﬁciating and military honors present. COLLEY, JR. GALLIPOLIS — Jerry Dean “J.D.” Colley, Jr., 51, Gallipolis, died on Friday, May 25, 2018. Arrangements will be announced later by Willis Funeral Home. CHEVALIER PORTLAND — John L. Chevalier, 72, of Portland, died Saturday, May 26, 2018 at his residence. There will be no visitation or funeral service. John will be cremated and buried in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery at a later date. GALLIA, MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS Card Shower Marge Reuter will observe her 94th birthday, May 29, 2018. Cards may be mailed to: 138 Beech Street, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. Jean Seidenabel will turn 95 on May 31. Cards may be sent to her at 102 Legion Terrace, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. Mason Maynard will be celebrating his 100th birthday on May 31. Cards may be sent to The Wyngate at Rivers Edge 7694 County Road 107 Proctorville, Oh 45669. Hazel Coughenour is celebrating her 91st birthday on June 13. Cards can be mailed to 1589 Salem Road, Wellston, OH 45692. Sunday, May 27 GALLIA, MEIGS CHURCH CALENDAR Sunday, May 27 GALLIPOLIS – Open Rail will perform 6 p.m. at New Life Lutheran Church. The public is invited to attend the concert, New Life is located at 900 Jackson Pike. HARRISON TOWNSHIP — Dickey Chapel Church will hold service at 6 p.m. ADDISON — Addison Freewill Baptist Church will hold Sunday School at 10 a.m. and evening service at 6 p.m. GALLIPOLIS — First Light Worship Service in the Family Life Center, 9am; Sunday School, 9:30am; Memorial Worship Service, 10:45am; NO Evening Worship; First Church of the Nazarene, 1110 First Ave. with Pastor Douglas Downs GALLIPOLIS — Coffee Klatch at 9:45 AM; Sunday School at 10:00; Special Memorial Day worship service at 10:30; Pastor Bob Hood; Bulaville Christian Church, 2337 Johnson Ridge Rd.; 740-446-7495 or 740-709-6107. Everyone is welcome. AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC (USPS 436-840) Telephone: 740-446-2342 A companion publication of the Gallipolis Daily Tribune and Times Daily Sentinel. Published Sunday through Friday. Subscription rate is $131.61 per year. Prices are subject to change at any time. CONTACT US PUBLISHER Bud Hunt, Ext. 2109 bhunt@aimmediamidwest.com CIRCULATION MANAGER Derrick Morrison, Ext. 2097 dmorrison@aimmediamidwest.com EDITOR Beth Sergent, Ext. 2102, bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com SPORTS EDITOR Bryan Walters, Ext. 2101 bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Julia Schultz, Ext. 2104 jschultz@aimmediamidwest.com 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 Periodical postage paid at Gallipolis, OH POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Sunday Times-Sentinel, 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631. GALLIPOLIS — Fred and Mary Lewis Harrison Reunion, Sunday, lunch at 1 p.m. at Wild Turkey #1 Shelter, Raccoon Creek County Park, 518 Dan Jones Rd. Family and friends welcome. RODNEY — The yearly family reunion of the late Robert Earl and Callie Mitchell Roberts will be held at the Rodney Community Building at 1 pm. Monday, May 28 He will be speaking on consumer protection. District 7 Representative Greg Ervin will provide state level updates on PERI issues. ALl retired Meigs County Public Employees are urged to attend. MIDDLEPORT — Snack and Canvas with Michele Musser will be held at 6 p.m. at the Riverbend Art Council, 290 North 2nd Avenue, Middleport, Ohio. The project POMEROY — The Central Com- will be a 16 x 24 all wood Patriotic mittee of the Meigs County Repub- picture. For more information and to reserve a space call Michele at lican Party will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the headquarters The purpose is 740-416-0879 or Donna at 740-992to organize the Central Committee 5123. for the 2018-2020 Term Other business is to name representatives to the vacant positions and to approve requests of individuals wishing to MIDDLEPORT — Middleport serve on the Republican Executive Fire Dept. will be having a chicken Committee BBQ starting at 11 a.m. at BBQ pit. GALLIPOLIS — The Dr. Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library will be closed Monday, May 28, 2018 in observance of the Memorial Day Holiday. Normal hours of operation will resume Tuesday, May 29th at 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 30 Saturday, June 2 Friday, June 1 POMEROY — Meigs County PERI Chapter 74 will meet at 1 p.m. at the Mulberry Community Center, located at 156 Mulberry Avenue in Pomeroy. Guest speaker will be Andrew Tinkham, Senior Outreach Specialist with the ofﬁce of the Ohio Consumer Council. Sunday, June 3 RACINE — The Holter-Rose family reunion will be held at 1 p.m. at the Morning Star Church. Chicken, ham, cups, plates, etc. will be supplied. All family and friends are invited. Call 740-9491055 for more info. GALLIA, MEIGS BRIEFS Memorial Day Parade GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis Memorial Day Parade will be held May 28 and organized by the Gallia Veterans Service Commission. All veteran service organizations, businesses, foundations and community groups are invited to participate. Groups interested are asked to contact the service ofﬁce at 740-446-2005 no later than May 25. The parade will begin at 10:30 a.m. and end at City Park at 11 a.m. with a ceremony to follow. Memorial Day services POMEROY — American Legion Drew Webster Post 39’s schedule is as follows: 10 a.m., Rocksprings Cemetery; 10:30 a.m., Beech Grove Cemetery; 11 a.m., Sacred Heart Cemetery; 11:30 a.m., the Flags at the Bridge of Honor; noon, Pomeroy Levee; 1:30 p.m., Meigs Memory Gardens; 2 p.m., Chester Cemetery, along with Daughters of the American Revolution and the Southern Band; 2:30 p.m., Hemlock Grove. At the Levee will be a service with guest speaker George Hoffman, as well as a performance by the Southern High School Marching Band under the direction of Chad Dodson. Hoffman enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1965, serving four years. Additional participants include Gladys Cumings, who will read Flanders Field, and Jerry Fredrick, who will tell of the Old Flag. MIDDLEPORT — FeeneyBennett Post #128, American Legion of Middleport’s schedule is as follows as follows: 8:45 a.m., Middleport Levy; 9 a.m., Middleport Riverview Cemetery; 9:15 a.m., Bradford Cemetery; 9:30 a.m., Middleport Hill Cemetery; 10:15 a.m., Addison Cemetery; 10:30 a.m., Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery; 11 a.m., Middleport Gravel Hill Cemetery; 11:15 a.m., Stewart-Bennett Park Middleport; 12:30 p.m., Howell Hill Cemetery; and 1 p.m. Burlingham Cemetery. BURLINGHAM — The 128th Memorial Day Service at the Burlingham Church will take place at 1 p.m., with the Honor Guard of Feeney Bennett Post 128 of the American Legion of Middleport performing the military tribute at the cemetery at 1 p.m. The service will follow in the church. Air Force veteran Roger Menchofer is this year’s special speaker and music and song will be provided by the Hayes family and Greg Jones. RACINE — America Legion Post 602 in Racine will host a Memorial Day ceremony starting at 10 a.m. The Southern High School Band will perform. There will be a ﬂag raising ceremony, followed by guest speaker David Brainard, a US Navy veteran and the Pastor of Frist Southern Baptist Church in Pomeroy. Refreshments will be served afterwards. GALLIPOLIS — Members of the local Cadot-Blessing Camp #126 SUVCW will conduct a Memorial Day Ceremony at the Pine Street Cemetery, 9 a.m. on Monday, May 28, 2018. The ceremony is held at the Pine Street location due to the large number of Civil War graves located there along with four Confederate soldiers, most of them dying in the local Camp Carrington Hospital which was located on the present grounds of the GDC. Open Rail to perform GALLIPOLIS – Open Rail will perform 6 p.m., Sunday, May 27 at New Life Lutheran Church. The bluegrass gospel group is comprised of Don Titus, Mark Kinney, John Cardwell, Brian Ison and Jeff Fields. Titus plays banjo, Kinney is a vocalist and plays guitar, Cardwell is a vocalist and plays mandolin, Ison is a vocalist and plays guitar, and Fields plays bass. Open Rail was the 2016 IMEA Bluegrass Band of the Year. The public is invited to attend the concert. New Life is located at 900 Jackson Pike. �LOCAL Sunday Times-Sentinel MEIGS HEALTH MATTERS National Bike Month The League of American Bicyclists sponsors National Bike Month in May every year. They ask, “With so many reasons to ride, what’s yours?” National bike month was established in May of 1956. “To showcase the many beneﬁts of bicycling – and encourage more folks to giving biking a try.” The Creating Healthy Communities Coalition promotes biking as not just recreational, but also functional: as a means of transportation. The Coalition has been collecting information about biking and residents perception about biking within Meigs County. Overall, residents site feeling Laura safe when riding within the VilCleland Contributing lages in the County. If you are new to biking or columnist would like to start here are some tips to keep in mind: Be sure to wear a helmet. Healthresearchfunding.org stated that wearing a helmet can reduce the risk of head injury by up to 85 percent If you are uncertain about what size to purchase, a bike shop would be able to properly ﬁt you for a helmet. Follow trafﬁc laws when riding in the roadway. Stop at all stop signs and red lights. Avoid weaving between parked cars and trafﬁc. Ride in a straight line, so you can be predictable to a driver. Ride on the right side of the road. Bicyclists, if in the roadway, should ride in the right lane. Healthychildren.org dispels the myth of riding facing trafﬁc saying that “riding against trafﬁc confuses or surprises drivers”, and that “almost one fourth of bicycle-car collisions result from bicyclists riding against trafﬁc.” Use headlights and taillights to increase visibility, especially if riding at night. Brighter clothing increases visibility also. Furthermore, if you are in a vehicle passing a bicyclist, it’s the law to give a 3 feet cushion when passing. If you are interested in promoting biking and bicycle safety in Meigs County contact the Creating Healthy Communities Project Director at the Meigs County Health Department at (740) 992-6626. Laura Cleland is a health educator with the Meigs County Health Department. Sunday, May 27, 2018 3A Honor “No one in the community really knew about the cemetery, let alone that a MOH recipient was in it, and through my family and the Boy Scouts, I have always been taught to honor solidiers like (Chester Howard) West.” From page 1A automatic riﬂe section, his advance was halted by direct and unusual machinegun ﬁre from 2 guns. Without aid, he at once dashed through the ﬁre and, attacking the nest, killed 2 of the gunners, 1 of whom was an ofﬁcer. This prompt and decisive hand-to-hand encounter on his part enabled his company to advance farther without the loss of a man.” Reportedly, these actions took place in 1918 in France. He was also reported to have been awarded England’s Victoria Cross, France’s Croix de Guerre and the Military Order of Italy. After serving in the United States Army and receiving a Medal of Honor for his actions during World War I, West began a new life with his wife Elizabeth Van Sickle in Southside. West began working as a farm hand for Sam McCausland in Mason County. News reports at the time said West was shot by McCausland in 1935 and died from his injury. McCausland was ultimately convicted of second-degree murder. West was laid to rest at a family plot in Southside at the Van Sickle Cemetery. West’s gravesite was eventually lost, becoming a part of the Cornstalk Wildlife Management Area in the 1970’s. Alice Click, a cemetery researcher, stated, “He was buried up there in the cemetery and then whenever the state closed the road and the family members were no longer able to get back there to clear the brush and the trees, the cemetery actu- — Derrick Jackson, Eagle Scout Medal of Honor recipients for World War II, so that was his mission,” said Click. Williams was successful in his quest to have West disinterred and laid to rest in an honorable gravesite. Click explained Williams’ case for West reached the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. On May 12, West was Courtesy | Alice Click reinterred at the Donel C. Derrick Jackson made recovering Chester Howard West’s gravesite Kinnard Memorial State his Eagle Scout Project. Veterans Cemetery in Dunbar. Click said she attended through my family and ally became nothing but the ceremony held for a wilderness, so you have the Boy Scouts, I have West. always been taught to inside of this wilderness “It was a tremendous honor soldiers like West. a man who not only got service, they started out Then, to see the condia Medal of Honor from in Huntington at the tion that the cemetery the the United States, funeral home. They had but from ﬁve other coun- was in, there was no 50 military motorcycles doubt in my mind that I tries.” for the escort and ﬁve had to do it as my Eagle In 2012, Jack Crutchof those big black SubProject.” ﬁeld from “Obscurely urbans from the governAfter the recovery of Famous” made an ment and then they had attempt to recover West’s West’s gravesite, Click so many vehicles from gravesite, but was unsuc- explained she, her husthe national guard…it band, and Herschel cessful; however, Click “Woody” Williams, World was quite an experience,” said, a local Eagle Scout stated Click. from Mason County, Der- War II Medal of Honor Some biographical recipient, went on a hike rick Jackson was watchinformation for this artito visit the gravesite. ing the show. cle from the Charleston After the visiting West’s Jackson stated, “The Gazette-Mail, The State gravesite, Williams reason I chose to ﬁnd Journal, The Stars and felt his fellow solider him is a combination of Stripes and TogetherWeno one in the community deserved a more honorServed.com. able gravesite. really knew about the “Woody Williams got cemetery, let alone that a Erin Perkins is a staff writer for Ohio involved because he is MOH (Medal of Honor) Valley Publishing. Reach her at (304) one of the very oldest recipient was in it, and 675-1333, extension 1992. Gallia County Youth & Employers Wanted OhioMeansJobs Gallia County, 848 Third Avenue, Gallipolis **OhioMeansJobs Gallia County is searching for EMPLOYERS AND YOUTH for the 2018 CCMEP-TANF Summer Youth Employment Program. OhioMeansJobs Gallia County announce availability of CCMEP-TANF funding to support a CCMEP-TANF Summer Youth Employment Program for 2018. With these funds the OhioMeansJobs Gallia County will allow low income CCMEPTANF eligible Gallia youth to gain valuable workforce preparation and work experience while earning a paycheck to help meet basic needs. Summer employment programs offer the opportunity for youth to develop a work history and have a current reference from an employer. 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Are you an unemployed individual who is able to work and who is available for work? You may be eligiblie for retraining funds! OhioMeansJobs Gallia County is now offering job retraining funds for eligible individuals. The goal of this program is to give those eligible the tools they need to get back on their feet and out into the workforce. If you or someone you know is eligible, ask how you can take part in this amazing opportunity today. Call 740-446-3222 option 5, then option 3. OH-70048586 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUTH Ages 16-24 �Opinion 4A Sunday, May 27, 2018 Sunday Times-Sentinel THEIR VIEW The STOP Act will help keep synthetic opioids out of Ohio “A toxicology report conﬁrms fentanyl as the cause of death.” We’re seeing this headline way too often in Ohio. Fentanyl—or synthetic heroin—is now the top killer in the opioid epidemic. The Columbus area recently reported a 47 percent increase in overdose deaths from 2016 to 2017. A shocking two-thirds of those deaths were from fentanyl. The Cincinnati area experienced a 31 percent increase in overdose deaths last year and more than half were from fentanyl. The same thing is true in rural areas around the state. In addition to overdose deaths, fentanyl and other opioids are also the leading cause of crime. Earlier this month, the Lawrence County sheriff reported that 95 percent of the people who were incarcerated in that rural county were there for crimes tied to drug use directly or indirectly, as people commit crimes to get money for drugs. Last week, a corrections ofﬁcer in downSen. Rob town Cleveland told me the same. Portman Fentanyl is so deadly because it Contributing is so powerful. It is 50 times more columnist potent than heroin and just a few milligrams can kill you. And it is pouring in. Just last week, a little more than a half-pound of fentanyl—about the size of a small plastic bag—was seized when police arrested two suspected drug dealers in the Toledo area. That one seizure was enough fentanyl to kill 160,000 people—more than half the population of Toledo. While fentanyl is illegal unless prescribed by a physician, it is readily available and relatively cheap. Unbelievably, it is mostly shipped into Ohio through our own U.S. Postal Service from labs in China. We did an 18-month investigation in the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which I chair, and found hundreds of websites openly advertising fentanyl for sale. Online sellers always said their preferred shipment method is the U.S. Postal Service because the risk of seizure by law enforcement like our Customs & Border Protection is small and delivery is essentially guaranteed. This is because the U.S. Postal Service, unlike private carriers such as UPS, FedEx, and DHL, does not require people to give them information about the packages such as where the package is from, where it’s going, and what’s in it. Having this advance electronic data on international packages entering the country allows law enforcement to identify suspicious packages and stop the shipment of deadly drugs into our communities. Without the information, it’s like ﬁnding a needle in a haystack. Private carriers have provided that data on all packages since that 2002 law. Only recently, after congressional pressure, has the Postal Service begun getting data on some international packages—but their efforts are inadequate. Last year, they only received data on about 36 percent of the international packages they transported into the country, meaning the United States received more than 318 million international packages with little to no screening at all. People are dying because drugs are entering our communities so easily. The Postal Service has been reluctant to address this problem on their own, so it is time for Congress to act. The STOP Act, a bipartisan bill I introduced with Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, will close this loophole and help stop these deadly drugs from being shipped into the U.S. The STOP Act is simple. It will hold the U.S. Postal Service to the same standard as private mail carriers and require that, within one year, they get advance electronic data on all international packages entering the U.S. This bill has the support of one-third of the Senate who have signed on as cosponsors, and President Trump’s opioid commission endorsed it. More than half of the members of the House of Representatives are cosponsors of their companion version of the STOP Act, but there have been efforts in the House to weaken the bill. Last week, a House committee approved a weaker alternative to the STOP Act that would eliminate the real, enforceable, and immediate requirements of the Postal Service. Their version gives the Postal Service four years to begin collecting data—and only requires 95 percent of packages to have that data. It also gives the federal government the ability to waive the requirement to get data if it is deemed to be in the “national security interest of the United States.” What is in the national security interests of America is to do all we can to stop this cheap and deadly poison from coming into our communities—and at the very least cut the supply to raise the price on the street. Of course, we need to take a comprehensive approach to the opioid epidemic, including better prevention and treatment, and I will continue to take a lead on these approaches. But we need to enact the STOP Act into law now to begin pushing back against the ﬂow of synthetic drugs through the mail and address the deadliest killer in our state. THEIR VIEW To the few, the fallen, the free On this Memorial Day, I write to you as a member of your team, squad, platoon, or part of your command. Together we chewed the same dirt, swam in the same waters, wore the same uniform, and shed the same tears for our fallen brothers and sisters who have been laid to rest under the same ﬂag. Soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines—we are the select few who love this country more than we love ourselves. We are never alone, no matter where we are, because our experiences bind us together. We honor those who have gone before us to ﬁght and defend our freedom and they trust us to continue to honor the privilege and deep responsibility it is to maintain that freedom. Veterans, I salute you. in the gut, unable We have been the Sen. Frank to ﬁnd air for a tip of the spear Hoagland breath. None of and the hand that Contributing us thought out guides it thru the columnist loud that we may enemy. Despite it not come home all, you have made but it remained me smile when an unspoken fear. We the chips were down. prepared our families You picked me up when I needed it the most. You with optimism and cheer came to my rescue when while putting the plans in place in case of the I thought I was ﬁnished. worst. We outwardly We must help the world portrayed invincibility, learn what we know, but when the time came these men and women to pass for one our brothwho have fallen did so ers, the shock was indein the most selﬂess of ways they laid down their scribable. The memory of their faces is forever life for a brother. For a seared in my mind and brother they knew and on my heart. for the ones they never To my fellow Amerimet. Their families are without so that others are cans, on this Memorial Day when you sit down safe and free. Let us never forget the to have dinner, pull ones that did not make it up an extra chair and think about every father, back home. mother, sister, brother, When the call comes, son or daughter that will your mind is overnever see their loved whelmed with emotion, as if you’ve been punched one again. They are the ones that paid the ultimate sacriﬁce for our freedom. Remember to pray for our servicemen and women who are on active duty and their families back at home. They are in the bubble, prepared to defend our nation at a moment’s notice. They stand their post so that we can sleep in peace. Never forget that those who gave their lives are the best of us, and we must carry their honor and their legacy by sharing with the generations to come that freedom has been bought for them at a very high price, by the few, the proud and the fallen. State Senator Frank Hoagland represents the 30th District in the Ohio Senate, which encompasses Belmont, Carroll, Harrison, Jefferson, Meigs, Monroe, Noble and Washington counties as well as portions of Athens and Vinton counties. TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Sunday, May 27, the 147th day of 2018. Thought for Today: There are 218 days left in “Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I the year. know nothing; education is a progressive warning anyone about the deadly plot. (Fortier was freed in January 2006.) Ten years ago: Myanmar’s military — Will Durant, government renewed proAmerican historian (1885-1981). democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s (ahng sahn soo cheez) detention National Industrial Recov- and disregard for his own for one year; the move ery Act, a key component personal safety” during came as ofﬁcials said that Japan’s attack on Pearl of President Franklin D. international aid workers Harbor. Roosevelt’s “New Deal” had ﬁnally begun enterIn 1957, the single legislative program. ing Myanmar’s cyclone“That’ll Be the Day” by In 1937, the newly devastated delta area Buddy Holly’s group The after being blocked for completed Golden Gate Crickets was released by more than three weeks by Bridge connecting San On this date: Brunswick Records. Francisco and Marin the junta. In 1199, King John of In 1962, a dump ﬁre in County, California, was England was crowned opened to pedestrian traf- Centralia, Pennsylvania, in Westminster Abbey Five years ago: ﬁc (vehicles began cross- ignited a blaze in undernearly two months after The European Union ground coal deposits that decided to lift an arms ing the next day). the death of his brother, continues to burn to this embargo on the Syrian In 1941, the British Richard I (“The LionRoyal Navy sank the Ger- day. Hearted”). opposition while mainIn 1977, the punk rock taining all other sanctions man battleship Bismarck In 1818, American single “God Save the off France with a loss of reformer Amelia Jenks against President Bashar Queen,” the Sex Pistols’ some 2,000 lives, three Bloomer, who popularAssad’s regime. U.S. Sen. sardonic salute to Queen John McCain, R-Ariz., a days after the Bismarck ized the garment that sank the HMS Hood with Elizabeth II, was released proponent of arming Syrbears her name — by Virgin Records. the loss of more than “bloomers” — was born ian rebels, quietly slipped In 1985, in Beijing, 1,400 lives. Amid rising in Homer, New York. into Syria for a meeting world tensions, President representatives of Britain with anti-government In 1933, the Chicago and China exchanged Franklin D. Roosevelt World’s Fair, celebrating ﬁghters. A coordinated “A Century of Progress,” proclaimed an “unlimited instruments of ratiﬁcation wave of car bombings national emergency” dur- for an accord returning ofﬁcially opened. Walt tore through mostly ShiHong Kong to Chinese Disney’s Academy Award- ing a radio address from ite areas of Baghdad, killcontrol in 1997. the White House. winning animated short ing dozens. In 1998, Michael FortiIn 1942, Doris “Dorie” “The Three Little Pigs” er (FOR’-tee-ur), the gov- One year ago: Miller, a cook aboard was ﬁrst released. ernment’s star witness in the USS West Virginia, In 1935, the U.S. British Airways canbecame the ﬁrst African- the Oklahoma City bomb- celed all ﬂights from Supreme Court, in ing case, was sentenced American to receive the Schechter Poultry Corp. London’s Heathrow and Navy Cross for displaying to 12 years in prison v. United States, unaniSee HISTORY | 5A after apologizing for not “extraordinary courage mously struck down the Today’s Highlight in History: On May 27, 1968, the U.S. Supreme Court, in United States v. O’Brien, upheld the conviction of David O’Brien for destroying his draft card outside a Boston courthouse, ruling that the act was not protected by freedom of speech. discovery of our own ignorance.” �LOCAL/EDITORIAL Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, May 27, 2018 5A ‘The Forgotten War’ remembered in Letart Traveling memorial arrives By Beth Sergent bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com LETART — What was once forgotten by some, is being remembered in a ﬁeld in Mason County throughout the weekend. The Traveling Korean War Memorial arrived at Letart Nature Park on Thursday with an opening ceremony held Friday to honor those who made the ultimate sacriﬁce. Speaking at the event was Lt. Colonel Robert Kincaid with the West Virginia Army National Guard, 1092nd Battalion. “This is not a memorial to war but a memorial to peace…I am proud to be here and help honor American peacemakers who served during the Korean War. America’s uniformed sons and daughters went to Korean not for themselves…they fought so the enslaved might be free…in the sea, and in the air, and in the gullies, and ridges. And to our Korean War Veterans, a grateful nation thanks you for what you did, for stopping totalitarianism. The entire free world still salutes you. Over 54,000 gave their lives and over 103,000 were wounded and still thousands are unaccounted for. To those who stand here today, I salute you.” Also speaking was Jeannie Ignash of Lancaster, Ohio, who is responsible for bringing the traveling memorial to life through her group “Freedom’s Never Free.” Describing herself as an “Army brat,” she talked about her father who was in the military, how he insisted she and her sister raise the ﬂag at 6 a.m. each day and lower it at 6 p.m. She said there was VISITING THE MEMORIAL The Traveling Korean War Memorial will be at the Letart Nature Park, just behind the Letart Community Center, until noon this Sunday. It is open to the public 24 hours a day. Admission is free. no saying “can’t” in her father’s house, which may explain her drive to build not only the Korean Memorial replica found in Washington, DC, but a replica of the WWII memorial, also in the Nation’s capital, as well as a Traveling Small Wars & Conﬂicts Memorial. When it comes to the Korean Memorial, it consists of 19 soldiers walking through a Korean rice paddy with three soldiers off to the side setting up a campﬁre. Ignash explained the soldiers are all coated with LineX to withstand the weather and elements - this is typically found in truck beds. The memorial has 24-hour security and Ignash said she’s been told, particularly at night or in fog, the soldiers appear even more lifelike with some spectators insisting they are moving. On its way to Letart, the traveling memorial received an escort by the Patriot Guard Riders and locally, it was met with salutes by law enforcement and ﬁrst responders. She said driving beneath the ladder trucks near the Bridge of Honor in Pomeroy “took your breath away” on Thursday. Arriving at the memorial on Friday was Korean War Veteran Kinzy Smith and wife Delma of Point Pleasant. Kinzy served in the U.S. Navy and said he’d seen the real memorial in Washington as well as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, where Photos by Beth Sergent | OVP Soldiers with the West Virginia Army National Guard walk past replicas of their Korean War counterparts on Friday in Letart. The traveling memorial consists of 19 soldiers walking through a The traveling memorial is free to visit and open 24 hours. Korean rice paddy with three soldiers off to the side setting up a campfire. his brother Keith Curry is listed. Kinzy said he’d heard about the traveling memorial through the VFW where he is a member and wanted to visit, saying “it’s nice” that the community was able to host this event. Smith was one of several Korean War veterans who made the trek to the memorial. In addition to the statutes, volunteers have placed 543 American ﬂags in the Nature Park to represent, in part, those killed in the Korean War. Giving the invocation was Pastor John Bumgarner, also a veteran from the United State Air Force, with additional remarks by Marilyn Kearns and Mary Grimm from the Letart Nature Park and Community Center. Presenting the colors were Stewart-Johnson V.F.W. Post 9926 of Mason and Smith-Capehart American Legion Post 140 of New Haven. There’s still time to see the traveling memorial which will be at the Letart Nature Park just behind the Letart Com- munity Center until noon on Sunday. It is open to the public 24 hours a day. Admission is free. Letart is located about 14 miles outside Point Pleasant. “Memorial Day is a day to remember those who have fallen…try to ﬁnd a way to thank a veteran,” Ignash said. Beth Sergent is editor of Ohio Valley Publishing. FROM THE BOOKSHELF Bossard Library announces summer programming crafts, and face painting. Children and teens will have the opportunity to register for the summer reading program during this event. According to the U.S. Department of Education’s HOMEROOM blog, “numerous studies indicate that students who don’t read or read infrequently during their summer vacation see their reading abilities stagnate or decline.” The Bossard Library staff understands that the gift of reading in and of itself is a reward. To add to this Today’s Birthdays: Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Herman Wouk (wohk) is 103. Former From page 4A Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is 95. Former Gatwick airports as FBI Director William Sesa global IT failure upended the travel plans sions is 88. Author John Barth is 88. Actress Lee of tens of thousands of Meriwether is 83. Musipeople on a busy U.K. holiday weekend. Music cian Ramsey Lewis is 83. Actor Louis Gossett Jr. legend Gregg Allman, is 82. Rhythm and blues whose bluesy vocals and soulful touch on the singer Raymond Sanders (The Persuasions) is 79. Hammond B-3 organ Actor Bruce Weitz is 75. helped propel The AllFormer Motion Picture man Brothers Band to superstardom and spawn Association of America Chairman Christopher Southern rock, died at his home near Savannah, Dodd is 74. Singer Bruce Cockburn (KOH’-burn) Georgia; he was 69. History exciting programs rewarding experithat will be offered ence, children and by the Library this teens have the summer. Many of opportunity to these programs earn age-approare made possible priate prizes for thanks to a grant reading books from from the federal Bossard Library Debbie Institute of Musethis summer (June 1 through August Saunders um and Library Contributing Services (IMLS), 31). Teens are columnist awarded by the encouraged to join State Library of the Library’s Teen Ohio. Given the theme Summer Club. “Libraries Rock”, parSummer reading ticipants will have the program participants opportunity, at certain will receive the ofﬁcial programs, to play various summer reading packet, percussion instruments. which will contain inforMr. Puppet will appear at mation about the many the Library on June 4 at 2:00 PM for storytelling, sing-along songs, and silly magic. A few notable programs, with many more to be announced, include a Wild West Show, the musical adventure “Take a Tromp through the Swamp”, a 50’s Skating Party, as well as the opportunity to learn about important historical ﬁgures, including Robert F. Kennedy, as they are portrayed under the big red tent at Ohio Chautauqua, June 12-16 in the Gallipolis City Park, with daily youth and adult workshops to be held at the Library. As we think about the season of summer, be sure to grab your library card and check out the Library’s wide-selection of books (including audiobooks), music CDs, and DVDs to enjoy on your summer vacation. It is my hope that you will enjoy all the services your local library provides so you and your family can say “libraries rock!” Days) is 47. Country singer Jace Everett is 46. Actor Jack McBrayer is 45. Rapper Andre 3000 (Outkast) is 43. Rapper Jadakiss is 43. TV chef Jamie Oliver is 43. Altcountry singer-songwriter Shane Nicholson is 42. Actor Ben Feldman is 38. Actor Michael Steger is 38. Actor Darin Brooks is 34. Actor-singer Chris Colfer is 28. Actor Ethan Dampf is 24. Actress Desiree Ross (TV: “Greenleaf”) is 19. is 73. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is 71. Singer-actress Dee Dee Bridgewater is 68. Actor Richard Schiff is 63. Singer Siouxsie Sioux (The Creatures, Siouxsie and the Banshees) is 61. Rock singer-musician Neil Finn (The Finn Brothers) is 60. Actress Peri Gilpin is 57. Actress Cathy Silvers is 57. Comedian Adam Carolla is 54. Actor Todd Bridges is 53. Rock musician Sean Kinney (Alice In Chains) is 52. Actor Dondre Whitﬁeld is 49. Actor Paul Bettany is 47. Rock singer-musician Brian Desveaux (Nine Story Law Office Steven L. Story Attorney at Law 5�+.0-!+"$��)!'*.��5�$-.,+!)��+(0-4�� 5�-'*'+!)��$%$+.$��5�!*')4��!2 OH-70050337 It’s that time of year again, when the ﬁnal school bell rings, school is out for the summer, and the Library’s annual funﬁlled summer reading program begins. The staff of Bossard Memorial Library will kick off this year’s program, themed “Libraries Rock”, with a Glow Dance Party featuring a live DJ on Saturday, June 2 from 1:00 to 4:00 P.M. Children and adults are encouraged to dress as their favorite rocker or in their favorite ﬂuorescent colors as they enjoy music, dancing, a special photo booth, www.storylawoffice.net � �� 5�� !./��!'+��/-$$/�5��0'/$� �� ,3�� ,*$-,4��&',� � � ��'"$+.$#�'+�� Debbie Saunders is director of the Bossard Memorial Library in Gallipolis. BULK MULCH Red or Black IN STOCK Also Available Top Soil & Over Sized Gravel CROWN EXCAVATING & STONE 5885 St Route 218 Gallipolis 740-256-6456 Mon-Fri 8-5 Sat 8-12 60409816 OH-70047687 �A long the River 6A Sunday, May 27, 2018 Sunday Times-Sentinel File photo The 2018 Hot Summer Nights series will open on Thursday evening, June 7, featuring Hurl and Friends, pictured here. French Art Colony welcomes ‘Hot Summer Nights’ Concert series opens June 7 in the FAC Pavilion GALLIPOLIS — The 2018 Hot Summer Nights series will open on Thursday evening, June 7, featuring Hurl and Friends making their third annual appearance in the French Art Colony Pavilion. This weekly series will continue every Thursday night, throughout June, July and August, with local musicians appearing as live entertainment. Hurl and Friends features John Hurlbut, who goes by his childhood nickname, Hurl, along with three talented musicians, all of whom have extensive musical backgrounds. They include Skott Brown on mandolin and violin, Terry Douds on upright bass and Mike McGannon on banjo and guitar. The group has been together and performing for the past three years. Their music is considered “Americana” and is a blend of blues, folk, country, bluegrass and some rock and roll. The band primarily utilizes acoustic instruments and also likes to incorporate harmony vocals. Before forming the group, Hurlbut played with numerous bands, all out of the Columbus area, including The Swimmers, The Hurling Stones and The Cowboy Angels. Each of these groups enjoyed regional success in the Ohio area. Hurlbut has served as Ranch Manager at Jorma Kaukonen’s Fur Peace Ranch, in Meigs County, for the past 20 years. As he says, “The Ranch is my main focus and priority. However, I still love to get out and play, when I have an open weekend THE SUMMER LINEUP June 7 Hurl and Friends June 14 Devin Henry June 21 New Jasper Station (Mark Ward and Jenny Walker) June 28 Cee Cee Miller July 5 Deep Creatures July 12 Paul Doeffinger July 19 Brent Patterson July 26 Sam Stephens Aug. 9 Ben Davis Jr. Aug. 16 String Benders Aug. 23 Micah Kesselring Aug. 30 Paul Doeffinger and I couldn’t be happier with the guys I get to play with in Hurl and Friends.” Brown has been playing viola since he was 9, later learning guitar, mandolin and violin. For over a decade, he has been playing music with various groups, including Bell Acoustic, KrisB’s Midnight Railroad and 99 Spirits. The mandolins played were built by a friend, Greg Bell, out of old pianos. Douds is the Broadcast Operations Supervisor for the WOUB Center for Public Media at Ohio University in Athens, as well as an Adjunct Instructor in the Electronic Media program at OU-Lancaster. A graduate of OU and OSU, he performed on four award winning albums with the OSU Jazz Ensemble. With the Woody Herman Orchestra, Glenn Miller Orchestra and Carmen Cavallaro, he toured the United States, the Dominican Republic, Europe, Asia and much more. Currently he is bassist with the Famous Jazz Orchestra, The Local Girls, Word of Mouth Courtesy New Jasper Station takes the concert stage June 21. Courtesy Courtesy During Hot Summer Nights, gates open at the French Art Colony at 6 p.m., with food available for a donation, along with legal beverages for purchase. Music will begin at 6:30 p.m. Devin Henry plays Hot Summer Nights on June 14. Thursday evening in the French Art Colony Pavilion. Following June 7 opening night, will be: and was a guitarist, and Jazz Band, and operates June 14 Devin Henry; later conductor, for the a recording company in June 21 New Jasper StaLancaster, Cojazz Record- million selling recording tion (Mark Ward and group, The Angels. He ings, Ltd. also played on numerous Jenny Walker); June 28 McGannon began Cee Cee Miller; July 5 TV and radio jingles for studying clarinet and Deep Creatures; July 12 McDonalds, Pet Daines, playing banjo in grade Paul Doefﬁnger; July 19 Ideal Toys, Richard’s school. Acoustic and Brent Patterson; July 26 Wines and many others. electric guitar soon Sam Stephens; Aug. 9 He has served as guitarfollowed. He played ist for Athens based The Ben Davis Jr.; Aug. 16 professionally with the Local Girls, for more than String Benders; Aug. 23 McGannon Stockwell Micah Kesselring; Aug. 30 years. Duo, then began tour30 Paul Doefﬁnger. The entire 2018 Hot ing with the Americana Gates open at the Summer Nights series Brass. In the 1970s, he French Art Colony at 6 is scheduled for every moved to the East coast p.m., with food available for a donation, along with legal beverages for purchase. Music will begin at 6:30 p.m. A large crowd is expected for opening night, so those attending are urged to come early. Admission is $5 per person for non-members, and French Art Colony members attend free, as a member beneﬁt. For additional information call the FAC at 740446-3834. Submitted by Marianne Campbell on behalf of the French Art Colony. �LOCAL/TELEVISION Sunday Times-Sentinel Goodbye From page 1A Dr. Timothy Edwards. “I have a letter, just like the rest of my classmates do, that we wrote during sophomore year,” said McGhee. “What was in the letter were our experiences up to that point in our high school career. This was an assignment that we had to do at the end of the school year and our teacher…held onto the letter until just three days ago. As my fellow classmates know, the letters were wrought with more wisdom than the Book of Proverbs… Here it is. I wrote it ‘Face it, you need to change.’ It’s pretty rough, isn’t it? When I opened this letter three days ago, I had to laugh. It took me back to where I was two years ago. I recognized that I wanted to change. I wanted to better myself, build strong friendships and take risks. Now, I look around and realize that not only that I have changed, but many of us have as well.” McGhee said the exercise, as well as his time in school, helped him realize that life was about change and he encouraged his classmates to keep changing and pushing themselves for the better. Edwards then introduced honored guests, including faculty, administration and members of the Gallia County Local Schools Board of Education. Over the course of the event, he would stress the importance of the support given by teachers, parents, family and friends and how they had affected the lives of youth. He also said students should be proud of their hard work and look forward to impacting the future positively. “I think all you have to do is look out in front of you and you can see how many people are here tonight to celebrate you,” said Gallia County Local Schools Superintendent Jude Meyers. “My message is simple. Thank somebody that helped you get to this point today. Thank a parent. Thank a grandparent. Thank a relative…Don’t forget as you move through life, somebody helped you get to where you are today. On behalf of Gallia County Local Schools, we want to congratulate the Class of 2018. You’ve been an outstanding class and we wish you the best.” “Around seven years ago, I was where you all are now, attending my brother’s graduation,” said Co-Valedictorian Isabella Mershon. “I was sitting next to my dad and listening to their Davis, Owen Wayne Davirendition of “Homeward son, Krista Grace Denney, Bound.” Diplomas were Jeremiah Wade Dobbins, then presented. Class of Celina Merrell Dray, 2018 President Jenna Burke presented the clos- Chase Lee Dunaway, Shaying remarks for students. lan Lynn Eblin, Thomas “When we started high William Edgar II, Andrew Keith Eleam, Jackie Alan school just four short Farley, Abagayle Rose years ago, but for a lot Ferrell, Lucas Tyler Fitch, of us, our journey as the Brittany Marie George, Class of 2018 started Carley Marie Gillmore, when we were much Kaitlyn Marie Glassburn, younger,” said Burke. Ryan Verner Grace, Alli“Many of us have been son Marie Hale, Kalynn together since day one, Georgette Hall, Brestarting in kindergaranna Lee Harrison, David ten. It is there where Thomas Ryan Hatﬁeld, we made our ﬁrst best Hanna Claire Hawks, Eli friends. We taught each David Hudson, Katelyn other to share, to color Star Johnson, Keri Briinside the lines and how anne Johnson, Ryan Chase to take turns. Little did Johnson, Evan Matthew we know that these best friends would still be our Justus, Hannah Elizabeth Kinney, Michael Lee Lamfriends 12 years later… bert, Jr., LaAaron Star Sixth grade was a very important year. That was Leach, Alyssa Lollathin, Zachary Tyler Long, Harthe year that we met the rison Skye Luckeydoo, rest of our class. ComAlexander Thomas Maybining schools proved nard, Tyler Reid Maybe, to teach us many life Jarret Hunter McCarley, lessons. We had to learn Jared Cole McCarty, things, like how to make new friends…and become Devan James McGhee, Shanleigh Cecille McGina single Raider family which is exactly what we ness, Amy Nicle McGuire, Ashleigh Brooke McGuire, did…So while becoming Isabella Brianne Mershon, a class to work together Johnathon Woodrow to better ourselves and our school, we have each Miller, Sarah Marie Moffett, Sharla Lynn Moody, found our passion that Kylie Marie Myers, Jaden drives us.” Lynn Neal, Jacob Abrahm RVHS’ Graduating Oehler, Johnathan RobClass of 2018 is as folert Painter, Justin Kyle lows: Nathaniel Royce Abbott, Harley David Patrick, Drew Christian Penwell, Ryanna Lynn Adkins, Gerald Anthony Powers, Cordell David Anderson, Christine Noel Ramey, Jillian Capri Anderson, Benjamin Colt Arrowood, Natosha Raye Rankin, Leif Xavier Ray, George Harlei Michelle Lynn Dean Wright | OVP Baird, Kenzie Layne Matthew Rickett, Jessica Class President Jenna Burke gives the ceremony’s final remarks. Dawn Roush, Tristen Alex Baker, William Austin Rupp, David Lee RutherBaker, Dustin Layne Barford, Jr., Lynsey Kathleen ber, Kassie Nicole Bates, valedictorian. After my that they had one name to get wrapped around Saber, Thomas E. Sargent, Alyssa Mae Bennett, dad explained to me what worldly status, especially and integrity should be Destiny Kaylynn Blanton, Amber Yvonne Schartiger, a valedictorian was, I in a world that’s based on attached to it. Working Ashley Nicole Schartiger, Wyatt Cameron Bragg, decided that was what I success, power and ﬁnan- honestly and cultivatRobert William Schuhl, Sophia Caroline Branwanted to be. From that cial gain. It is up to us to ing a good reputation as ham, Bret Aloysius Breer, Jr., Kaylee Nichole Schulmoment, I have strived an honorable individual question in whose eyes tz, Jennifer Faith Sears, Alex Ryan Brown, Devan and worked hard to repwas worth more than our actions will be seen James Austin Levi Shaffer, Alexander Brown, Patresent my class. I have as accomplished. It is also anything that could be Nathaniel Rian Matthew learned that no dream bought in life. They noted rick Allen Brown, Jenna comforting to know that Simpkins, Jonathon CoalElizabeth Burke, Hailey is too big to accomplish the current graduating God has a unique and ton Spencer, Gabriel Eric Rochelle Burns, Briana with enough hard work perfect plan for each one class was the 25th such and determination.” of us. There will be times class after the integration Marie Cain, Travis Joseph Stapleton, Zachary Thomas Stein, Madison Marie Carpenter, Kaylee Grace Mershon thanked fam- where we feel lost and of area high schools to Tabor, Hunter Douglas Carter, Trey T. Carter, ily and friends for their confused. Know that you form River Valley High Thompson, Jillian DaniBrooklyn Marie Cathel, support. School and lauded the are not alone.” elle Veith, Paris DeJon “Class of 2018, you coordination and work of Kyle Matthew Coen, ClaCynthia Graham and Williams, Shawn Matrissa Ruth Coldren, Kenwill always hold a special Catherine Greenleaf led students from different thew Yates, Austin Ralph neth David Collins, Jr., place in my heart,” said areas integrating for the the faculty address and Wayne Young, Madison Lee Jay Combs, Hunter Mershon. “We may be better of tomorrow. told students that some Aaron Coon, Hayley Dawn Jaye Young. done with high school, Edwards recognized of the most important Cox, Hunter Austin Jack but I will always remem- lessons they could walk honor students. 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Logan explained the importance of ﬁnding one’s track of life. “Whether you plan on going to college, the military, or going straight to work, we must apply the necessary dedication and effort to earn success and achieve our goals,” said Logan. He said now is the time for he and his fellow graduates to not only ﬁnd, but follow their own track. “No matter how daunting a challenge may seem at the time, persevere. Set goals for yourself. Today doesn’t symbolize a new beginning in our lives, this simply is the commencement of a new chapter, in our stories, that we have written and will continue to write. Make your story one that someone would like to read,” said Logan. Swatzel encouraged his fellow classmates to ﬁnd a source that motivates them. ”‘I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.’ - Philippians 4:13…’ I say this verse anytime that I need motivation, inspiration, or a boost in self-conﬁ- dence,” said Swatzel. He explained how referring to this phrase before certain activities made him feel, “capable of greatness.” “Beyond this day, we are stepping into the next chapter in our lives, whether that be college, the military, or straight into the work force. We will run into problems and situations that are much different and more difﬁcult than a basketball game or test or anything we may have experienced thus far, but you must know that you can do it. Maybe you can ﬁnd something that motivates you to be your best, such as my phrase,” said Swatzel. Sheets focused on the importance of crowning one’s work and achievements. “Tonight, we crown all the hard work that each and everyone of you has put in over the past 13 years,” said Sheets. He explained the work and dedication of each students’ parents, guardians, brothers, sisters, teachers, and any other strong support system is a crowning achievement as well. Sheets went on to explain the importance of embracing one’s passion and pursuing that passion. ”Everyone in this room has a talent with something. It is up to you to use that talent to create something truly amazing in this world. A mentor once told me ‘hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy’ and this really resonated with me, so I challenge each and every one of you, not to rest on your success, but to channel your passions and to achieve what you truly want to be in life.” Trenton Timothy Durst led the Pledge of Allegiance, Lane Ash- TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 79° 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. (in inches) Friday Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date Trace 3.39 3.73 20.76 17.11 SUN & MOON Today 6:08 a.m. 8:44 p.m. 6:54 p.m. 5:14 a.m. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Full Last May 29 Jun 6 New First Jun 13 Jun 20 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for ﬁsh and game. Today Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Major 10:36a 11:20a 12:06p 12:30a 1:22a 2:15a 3:08a Minor 4:25a 5:08a 5:54a 6:43a 7:34a 8:27a 9:20a 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme POLLEN & MOLD Major 10:59p 11:43p ---12:55p 1:46p 2:39p 3:32p Minor 4:48p 5:31p 6:18p 7:07p 7:58p 8:51p 9:44p WEATHER HISTORY A tornado struck the passenger train “Empire Builder” near Moorhead, Minn., on May 27, 1931. Of the 117 passengers, one died and 57 were injured. Five 70-ton coaches were lifted from the track. MONDAY TUESDAY Low Moderate High Moderate High Warm and humid with A t-storm in spots in clouds and sun the afternoon Rather cloudy with a passing shower Cloudy and humid with a thunderstorm Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services AIR QUALITY Adelphi 87/66 0 50 100 150 200 300 Air Quality Index: 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very unhealthy; 301-500, Hazardous. Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services OHIO RIVER Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. Fri. Location Willow Island Marietta Parkersburg Belleville Racine Point Pleasant Gallipolis Huntington Ashland Lloyd Greenup Portsmouth Maysville Meldahl Dam Level 12.50 19.94 24.22 12.55 12.73 27.11 12.22 32.46 37.83 12.52 32.20 37.20 32.30 Portsmouth 86/68 24-hr. 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Reach her at (304) 675-1333, extension 1992. 84° 66° Some sun, a strong t-storm possible NATIONAL CITIES McArthur 86/65 500 Primary pollutant: Particulates Flood Stage 37 34 36 35 41 40 50 50 52 54 50 50 51 Chillicothe 87/68 South Shore Greenup 85/68 85/67 58 Logan 86/66 Amanda Christine Landaker, Kyle Everett Lawson, Raymond Wesley Lawson, Christopher William Leach, Trystin William Lee, Kayla Deann Lemley, Domineke Donyel Lyons, Courtney Lee Mather, Isabella Jade McDaniel, Theodore Scott McElroy, Morgan Renee Michael, Thelma Michelle Denise Morgan, Beau Michael Wiliam Morris, Trevor Mikhail Neal, Makayla Magnolia Candis Marie Nitz, Riley Blaine Ogdin, McKenzie Marie Ohlinger, Mitchel Akinyi Otieno, Chelsea Chyanne Pierce, Michael David Plumm, Dusty Michael Pooler, James Paul Porter II, Cheyanne Davanne Priddy, Chelsey Renea Pullins, Christopher Wyane Queen, Wayland Edward Wayne Ramage III, Caitlyn Frances Rest, Trey Allen Robinson, Makayla Marie Rose, Jessica Dawn Rowe, Peyton Ashley Rowe, Trenton Jacob Scarbury, James Issac Scherfel, Kaleigh Lynne Scott, Justin Edward Searls, Alyssa Dawn Shaffer, Isabella Marie Shockey, Ariann Jo-lyn Sizemore, Brady Allen Smith, Tiffany Marie Smith, Trevor John Smith, Wesley Mitchell Snodgrass, Caleb Elijah Stanley, Kayley Annette Stewart, Lauren Hope Stewart, Shayla Rochelle Taylor, Dane Michael Monroe Thomas, Destiny Jolynn Vining, James Lahmarr White Jr., Courtnee Nicole Williams, Wyatt Wallace Wilson, Cierra LeShawn Antionette Wolfe, Zayne Douglas Wolfe, Madison Tyler Wood, Brian James Wright, Kristen Ann Wright, Brentten Ashton Young, Zach Thomas Barton Young, and December Dawn Zeigler. FRIDAY 85° 69° Lucasville 86/68 Very High THURSDAY 88° 70° Very High Primary: pine, walnut, grass Mold: 3004 WEDNESDAY 88° 68° Waverly 86/68 Pollen: 183 Low MOON PHASES EXTENDED FORECAST 4 Primary: cladosporium Mon. 6:07 a.m. 8:45 p.m. 7:54 p.m. 5:48 a.m. Brown Jr., Bailey Michael Caruthers, William Levi Chapman, Harley Arlene Clark, Kali Jo Cleland, Class of 2018 graduates ton Cullums gave the Lane Ashton Cullums, include (names as listed invocation and Morgan Olivia Grace Davis, by the school): Renee Michael gave the Paige Renee Dill, MorDavid Cole Hoffman, benediction, Senior Class gan Riese Doczi, CarBradley Paul Logan, President Sydney Rene’ men Elizabeth Doherty, Bryce Steven Swatzel, Kennedy gave the welAndrew Michael Douglas, Gregory Charles Sheets come and Senior Class II, Savannah Hope Diehl, Mica Haley Drehel, Issac Treasurer Isaiah Blake John Kenneth Dunkle, Ash introduced the speak- Zachary Austin Helton, Tiana Marie Frechette, Sydney Rene’ Kennedy, ers, Senior Class SecreKeegan Reese Gilbert, Trenton Timothy Durst, tary Mariah Dawn Haley Zack Wesley Gorslene, did the roll call and Senior Madison Danielle HenMariah Dawn Haley, Class Vice President Trev- dricks, Paige Elizabeth Denney, Madison Nichole MacKenzie Joshua Shane or John Smith presented Hall, Aubrey Ann Hart, the symbol of graduation. Ackerman, Isaiah Blake Devon Michael Hawley, The Meigs High School Ash, Leila Ashirova, Devin Paige Humphreys, Hanna Lee Barnette, band performed the Marrisa Gabbrial Keesee, Bethany Morgan BarNational Anthem, Alma Rachel Renee KesterMater, Processional, and rett, Alexander Keldon Booth, Candace Michelle son, MaKayla Danielle Recessional. Brockert, Matthew Todd Kimes, Hanna Rose King, Meigs High School Students from the Class of 2018 took time for numerous photos prior to graduation on Friday evening. 77° HEALTH TODAY Precipitation — David Cole Hoffman, Meigs co-valedictorian Very warm and humid today with clouds and sun. Mainly clear tonight. High 85° / Low 67° Statistics for Friday 86° 62° 77° 55° 96° in 1939 37° in 1956 “Sometimes you’ll have a bad day, a week, or longer, but you must remember to look ahead in life. And…remember, even the worst day is only a matter of hours.” 8 PM ALMANAC High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low Photos by Erin Perkins | OVP Meigs High School graduates gathered in the school’s cafeteria on Friday evening as they prepared for the commencement ceremony. 87° 67° 69° Sunday Times-Sentinel Clendenin 82/64 Charleston 84/65 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Winnipeg 84/53 Billings 70/54 Minneapolis 98/75 Chicago 94/71 Denver 88/53 Montreal 70/56 Toronto 77/64 New York 68/57 Detroit 91/68 Washington 84/67 Kansas City 94/69 Today Mon. 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Middleport 740-691-5131 w w w. h o m e n a t l b a n k . c o m Racine, Syracuse, Middleport OH-70030880 OH-70003248 OH-70020470 Right At Home. �S ports Sunday Times-Sentinel Eastern sends trio to state SPORTS s 2B #?8.+CM��+C� �M� ��s�#/->398�� Bostic named RV boys basketball coach By Bryan Walters “A lot of people have asked me why, why get back into coaching BIDWELL, Ohio — Back in black … now … and my answer is really and silver. pretty simple. I missed it, and I After a four-year hiatus from the feel like I can make a difference head coaching ranks, Brett Bostic is where I’m headed. We’re eager once again returning to the sidelines to get to work on putting a team for a Gallia County-based program after being unanimously approved on and a program on the court that Wednesday night as the next varsity the community can be excited boys basketball coach at River Valley about.” High School. ,A+6>/<=Ľ+377/.3+73.A/=>L-97 Alex Hawley|OVP Sports Former South Gallia girls basketball coach Brett Bostic, kneeling in center, talks with his troops during a January 3, 2013, contest against Southern in Racine, Ohio. Bostic was named the varsity boys basketball coach at River Valley on Wednesday night. — Brett Bostic, Bostic — who has served as a var�/A�"&�#�,9C=�,+=5/>,+66�-9+-2 sity boys assistant at Gallia Academy over the past four seasons and has well over 20 years of coaching experience Bostic previously has head coaching — inherits a program that has gone experience at South Gallia, where he through three different head coaches led the Lady Rebels to three sectional over the past ﬁve years, as well as not winning a sectional title since the 1999 See BOSTIC | 2B campaign. Smith’s push for race package at 600 denied CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Charlotte Motor Speedway President Marcus Smith learned a long time ago from NASCAR Hall of Fame father Bruton Smith not to be afraid to try “new and crazy” things when it comes to auto racing. That’s why the younger Smith lobbied NASCAR hard to use the same rules package for Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 that was experimented with in the All-Star race. Even though Kevin Harvick led the ﬁnal 11 laps and rolled to his third consecutive win this season in the $1 million shootout, the restrictor plates created a tighter ﬁeld and improved ontrack action. Smith said he received an overwhelming amount of positive feedback from fans this week who want to see the same race setup for NASCAR’s longest race. But stock car racing’s governing body ultimately decided against changing the setup it has been using in regular Cup races this season, leaving Smith a little disappointed. “I am all about the fans,” Smith said. “I want what the fans want, and sometimes I want to try things the fans don’t even know they want.” With NASCAR’s longest race of the season up next — the 600 is a marquee event because it is 100 miles longer than anything else on the schedule — Smith wanted to ensure an entertaining event and pushed for a similar setup for Sunday. The race is the third on the biggest day of motorsports in the world, and it is the nightcap to Formula One racing in Monaco and the Indianapolis 500. His intentions are good, but not practical. NASCAR could not change the rules for a crown jewel race days before the event. Doing so would be an expensive and difﬁcult endeavor for the teams, and not all would be able to prepare for a different rules package in the same amount of time. So ultimately changing the rules on very little notice was deemed unfair to the teams and the integrity of the competition. “Logistics were against us in the way the teams work and do so much ahead of time,” Smith said. “But I am really happy with the way the sport overall has responded. There’s a really good shot we are going to see it (the package) more” in the future. While the drivers were ﬁne experimenting with the package in the non-points All-Star race, they weren’t keen on pack racing on a 1.5-mile speedway. The restrictor plates also slowed the cars tremendously, so once a driver hit his setup, all he had to do was basically steer and try not to make a mistake. “You got to be careful about taking that sample size and saying it is going to be the greatest thing ever,” said Matt Kenseth, driver of the No. 6 Ford. “When you take that rules package and let them work on it in the garage for a month things will be very similar to how they were. It was a good thing to try, but it’s not exactly what I want to see on a weekly basis.” See DENIED | 2B OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Friday, June 1 Track and Field OHSAA championships at OSU, 9:30 Saturday, June 2 Track and Field OHSAA championships at OSU, 9:30 Alex Hawley|OVP Sports Eastern freshman Matthew Blanchard (left) flips to Isaiah Fish (45) at second base for a force out, during the Eagles’ 5-4 setback on Friday at Beavers Field in Lancaster, Ohio. Eagles fall to Whiteoak, 5-4 By Alex Hawley +2+A6/CĽ+377/.3+73.A/=>L-97 LANCASTER, Ohio — An unfortunate conclusion to a magical season. Eastern had its 2018 campaign come to a close in the Division IV Region 15 championship baseball game on Friday at Beavers Field in Fairﬁeld County, as the Eagles fell short of No. 1 Mowrystown Whiteoak by a 5-4 tally. The Eagles (27-3) — who have the most wins by an EHS baseball team in over 30 years — brought a 14-game winning streak into their ﬁrst-ever Elite Eight contest, having not lost in 37 days. Following Friday’s championship showdown, Eagles head coach Brian Bowen — who heads into the offseason with a 277-156 record after completing 18 seasons at the helm — talked about the special year that his club had. “They had a great season, they’re tremendous kids,” Bowen said. “I’ve enjoyed watching them grow, they’ve developed so much character. It’s one of our great years and the kids should hold their heads high. They deﬁnitely have a lot to be proud of, they deﬁnitely worked for it, and they deﬁnitely earned everything that they accomplished this season.” The Eagles — who only surrendered four runs in a game ﬁve times prior to Friday — gave up four runs in the top of the ﬁrst inning to Whiteoak (28-2). Traeten Hamilton reached on an error to lead off the game, and then scored on the second of back-to-back singles by Chase Carraher and Caleb West. Mason Lehr hit a two-run double with one out in the frame, and then he scored on a twoout single by Casey Nace. In Eastern’s ﬁrst chance at the plate, Christian Mattox hit an inﬁeld single, but wound up being stranded on third after three straight outs. Whiteoak was held hitless in the second, and Eastern began chipping away at its deﬁcit in the home half of the frame, as Owen Arix doubled home Nate Durst. The Wildcats left a runner on second base after a two-out double in the top of the third, and Eastern took another run off the margin in the bottom of the third, as Ethen Richmond singled home Mattox. WHS got that run back in the top of the fourth inning, however, as Ryan Roberts — batting at the bottom of the order — drew a two-out walk and then scored on a single by Hamilton. Eastern was sent down in order in the bottom of the fourth, but returned the favor and retired the Wildcats in order in the top of the ﬁfth. A pair of #-9>>��98/=n�& �#:9<>= Eastern senior Kaleb Honaker scoops the ball for an out at first base, during the Division IV Region 15 final on Friday in Lancaster, Ohio. two-out walks ultimately left two Eagles on base in the bottom of the ﬁfth, but Whiteoak couldn’t add to its lead following a two-out single in the top of the sixth. A lead off walk, a oneout hit batter, and a twoout walk loaded the bases in the bottom of the sixth, but a ﬂyout to stranded all three Eagles. Back-to-back two-out singles, followed by an intentional walk to Lehr, loaded the bases full of Wildcats in the top of the seventh, but a groundout to third ended the frame. Austin Coleman led off the bottom of the seventh with a single for the Eagles, and Richmond followed with a double, putting two runners in scoring position. The ﬁrst out of the frame let Coleman score, as Kaleb Hill hit a sac-ﬂy to right. Durst was issued a free pass with one out in the frame, and then Richmond scored on a wild pitch in the following at-bat. Durst — the potential game-tying run — made it to second base on the play, but a line-out and a strikeout stranded See EAGLES | 2B �SPORTS 2B Sunday, May 27, 2018 Sunday Times-Sentinel Eagles From page 1B Alex Hawley|OVP Sports Eastern’s Noah Browning competes in the 100m dash at the Rocky Brands Invitational on March 31 in Nelsonville, Ohio. Eastern sending 3 to state Northup sets SG regional points record night at the 2018 Division III Region 11 track and ﬁeld championships held at Fairﬁeld Union High School. The Eagles landed two qualiﬁers on the boys side and another advancee in the girls tournament, giving the Green and White a trio of competitors next weekend at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus. Eastern will also be the only Division III program represented at the OHSAA championships on Friday and Saturday, as neither Southern nor South Gallia had a state qualiﬁer at the regional meet. EHS senior Jessica Cook earned a spot in the 800m ﬁnal after placing third at regionals with a time of 2:24.02. Freshman teammate Layna Catlett, however, missed a state berth but still scored at regionals with an eighth place effort of 105 feet, 4 inches in the discus ﬁnal. The Lady Eagles joined Belpre, Whiteoak and Nelsonville-York in a tie for 27th place out of 50 scoring teams with seven points. Mount Gilead won the D-3 Region 11 girls title with 62 points, with Wheelersburg (49) and Portsmouth (34) rounding out the top three spots. Eastern senior Tyler ers for contributions on any given night. Some will contribute more than others, but From page 1B it was the depth that titles and a district ﬁnals allowed his Lady Rebel squads to gradually grow appearance in 2013 durinto a consistently toughing his nine-year tenure out for any opponent. with the Red and Gold. The group mentality Bostic accumulated 124 is something that Bostic wins as the SGHS girls wants to continue during coach from 2006 until 2014, which serves as tops his tenure with the Silver and Black, but it will take in that program’s history. a lot of effort early on to Bostic was also named the Division IV Southeast make that transition a District coach of the year successful one. “Everybody that plays by the Associated Press in a game wants to suchis next-to-last season at ceed, but it’s really going South Gallia. It’s a different game in to come down to the attitude of the kids. Our terms of speed, leading boys instead of girls, but focus will be on playing as a team and making Bostic admits that the sure that everyone underopportunity ultimately ended up being too much stands that all of the little things are important to to walk away from. “When the opportunity what we do on a nightly basis,” Bostic said. “I’ve presented itself, I did some looking into it with always focused on fundapeople I knew around the mentals and defense, so area — including people it will be important that we do things the right within the River Valley way. We will be aggresdistrict already. After sive in our style of play, weighing everything, I just thought it was a good and it might be a little faster than what the kids ﬁt because of the people are currently used to, that were already there but we our going to get who could help be part of what we’d be trying to after it on the ﬂoor. We’ll need some depth to help do,” Bostic said. “Havaccomplish that.” ing Lynn Sheets already RVHS athletic director in the building as a varsity assistant was a huge Richard Stephens feels that bringing in Bostic draw, plus it’s a good ﬁt with my regular job in the is not only a good hire for the school in the city. I think we as a staff here-and-now, but also in and the administration at River Valley both have moving forward — something hopefully more the same ideas of where permanent than another we want the program to two-year cycle. be, so I just felt like this “Coach Bostic has was the time to make the coached basketball in move. “I’m excited to be back Gallia County for years, and he has coached with as a head coach in the some excellent coaches Gallia County School District and I’m thankful — as well as being a very for the opportunity to be successful head coach at South Gallia,” Stephens a varsity boys basketball said. “We are very excited coach for the ﬁrst time. Now, it’s about getting to about the opportunities work and trying to make that he brings to the River Valley the best pro- basketball program, and Coach Bostic is eager to gram it can be.” get the program turned Bostic’s approach, at least at South Gallia, was around and back on track. “The coaching staff to build the program up through group work, rely- will demand respect, ing on at least eight play- hard work, high level of intensity and a high level of play. They are already having open gyms and the summer schedule is set. We are excited to have Coach Bostic and his staff take the reins of the River Valley boys basketball program.” In being introduced to his future players, Bostic noted that there seemed to be some buzz about him coming on board. As he said, that’s a good thing … primarily because he needs every one of his potential players to be enthusiastic about an entirely different approach. “There seems to be some momentum, or at least some energy right now. We had around 30 kids or so show up at the introductory meeting, so that’s a positive start right off,” Bostic said. “The biggest thing for me over the next few months is trying to earn these kids’ trust. I think we have a little bit of a foundation already built, but I need to make some additions so that we can start building this thing. This summer and this ﬁrst year will be really important to what we want to accomplishment in this program.” Another key element to this hiring is the relationship between Bostic and River Valley’s new football coach Jason Peck. Both worked at South Gallia in head-coaching capacities at South Gallia, and both understand that you need all of the athletes you can get to be successful every season at a smaller school. Stephens feels that the prior relationship with Peck, as well as having longtime basketball coach Lynn Sheets already in house and on board, will really aid Bostic in his ﬁrst season at the helm. “Having football and basketball coaches work together is key for a small school to be successful. With Coach Peck and Coach Bostic having worked together previously at South Gallia, that transition will be very smooth. They are excited to help each other’s programs in that regard,” Stephens said. “Coach Sheets will be joining the staff as a varsity assistant and also has an excellent basketball pedigree. Coach Sheets teaches in the building and already has a good rapport with many of the players. That should really help with this transition too.” Bostic — who could have just as easily stayed at Gallia Academy as an assistant for what could be a pretty special varsity boys season — noted that just about everyone has asked him a three-letter question about accepting this position. The answer is pretty much as easy as the question — and the end result could potentially lead to something special in the northern part of Gallia County. “A lot of people have asked me why, why get back into coaching now … and my answer is really pretty simple. I missed it, and I feel like I can make a difference where I’m headed. There are also a lot of little things, like Coach Peck, Coach Sheets, Mr. Stephens and working with the county schools again, that just sort of lined up to make the decision easier,” Bostic said. “I believe that the community is excited and that the kids are excited. I know I am excited and that Lynn is excited, so we’re eager to get to work on putting a team and a program on the court that the community can be excited about.” The Raiders haven’t had double-digit wins in a season in three years and haven’t posted consecutive 10-win seasons since the 2005-06 and 2006-07 campaigns. By Bryan Walters bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com LANCASTER, Ohio — Eastern had three athletes qualify for the state tournament, while South Gallia scored its highestever point total at the regional level on Friday Bostic See STATE | 3B Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. him there, and gave Whiteoak the 5-4 victory. “They’re a very good team,” Bowen said of Whiteoak. “They’re a very talented team, they’re well-coached, they took advantage of some of our mistakes, and they made some really nice defensive plays. We hit the ball hard a few times, but it was right at people. It’s just one of those baseball days, the kids did what they needed to do, just a couple inches here or there, pitches or hits, and it’d be a different outcome.” Mattox took the pitching loss for the Eagles, striking out two batters and allowing four runs on four hits in one inning of work. Coleman pitched the ﬁnal six frames for Eastern, surrendering one run on ﬁve hits and two walks, while striking out seven batters. WHS junior Chase Butler was the winning pitcher of record in 4.2 innings, striking out four, while giving up two runs on four hits, four walks and a hit batter. Hamilton pitched .2 innings in relief, striking out a batter, walking one and hitting one, while Trever Yeager earned the save, giving up two runs on two hits and two walks, while striking out two. Richmond led the Eagle offense, going 2-for-3 with a double, a run scored and a run batted in. Arix had a double and an RBI, Coleman and Mattox both singled once and scored once, while Josh Brewer hit a single, Durst scored a run, and Hill picked up an RBI. Lehr led the Wildcats with a 2-for-3 day that included two doubles, a run scored and two runs batted in. West was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI, Hamilton singled once, scored once and drove in one run, Carraher singled once and scored once, while Nace had a single and an RBI. Butler and Evan Brill also singled for WHS, while Roberts scored once. The Eagles were responsible for three of the game’s four errors. Eastern left nine runners on base, ﬁve of which were in scoring position. Whiteoak left six runners on base, including four in scoring position. Friday also served as revenge for the Wildcats, who fell to Eastern by a 5-3 count on April 27 at VA Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe. The Wildcats — champions of the Southern Hills Athletic League Division II — become the ﬁrst Southeast District team to reach the Division IV state tournament since 1992, when Portsmouth Notre Dame made the Final Four. The top-ranked team in the Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association Division IV poll, Whiteoak will face No. 9 Hicksville at 1 p.m. on Thursday in the state semiﬁnal at Huntington Park in Columbus. Friday was the ﬁnal game in the Green, White and Gold for Eagle seniors Owen Arix, Josh Brewer, Tysen Casto, Brandon Colburn, Austin Coleman, Kaleb Hill, Kaleb Honaker, Christian Mattox, Isaac Nottingham, Ethen Richmond and Matthew Werry. “The seniors that played for so long, I’ve seen them grow so much,” Bowen said. “I feel conﬁdent, with them graduating and moving on with their futures, that they have a blueprint and a plan for success. I’m excited to see what they’re going to go do. “I sometimes wished that I wasn’t coaching this team. I would just love to come to a ﬁeld and watch this team play the game of baseball the way it’s supposed to be played. They play with so much passion, heart and effort. I really wish I could come sit in the stands and admire what they do, and just enjoy watching somebody play the game that I love the way that these guys played it.” In the last four seasons, Eastern has gone a combined 74-28, winning over 62 percent of its games each year, with a winning percentage on 90 this spring. Along with the seniors who have been mainstays in the lineup throughout their careers, Bowen also spoke highly of the EHS seniors who held different roles with the team. “We’ve had a tremendous attitude from everybody, those guys helped us in numerous ways,” Bowen said. “They played jay-vee games so that we could ﬁeld a team, and the younger kids could get experience in games. They made efforts to prepare the ﬁeld, and they helped the younger kids in any way they could. They were all supportive teammates during the games, helping the kids out and giving them tips.” Eastern’s memorable season featured a Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division championship with a 15-1 league record, the school’s 21st sectional title, and the 11th district crown in program history. The ﬁve runs allowed on Friday are the third most EHS has allowed in a game this season, with the Eagles shutting out 11 opponents this spring. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. Denied From page 1B That said, seven-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson said he won’t be surprised if NASCAR adopts some form of the All-Star race package soon. “There seems to be a very positive response in what was seen in the race,” Johnson said. “I know there is a lot of consideration being put into it and we might just have to try it somewhere to see. That could be the realistic next step to try it at a real points race and see.” It just won’t be this week. “I knew the odds were deﬁnitely against me,” Smith said if his politicking with NASCAR. “But I had no idea we would get the incredible positive support that have all just jumped in on this and said ‘This is the direction we need to go. It may not be perfect, but let’s not let perfection be the enemy of progress.’” �SPORTS Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, May 27, 2018 3B OVP SPORTS BRIEFS Tri-County Junior Golf Schedule GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — The schedule for the 2018 Frank Capehart Tri-County Junior Golf League has been released. The tour ofﬁcially begins on Wednesday, June 20, at Cliffside Golf Course in Gallipolis. Age groups for both young ladies and young men are 10 and under, 11-12, 13-14, 15-16, and 17-19. The remaining tournaments, courses and dates of play are as follows: Monday, June 25, at Meigs County Golf Course in Pomeroy; Monday, July 2, at Riverside Golf Course in Mason; Tuesday, July 10, at Meigs County Golf Course in Pomeroy; and Monday, July 16, at Riverside Golf Course in Mason. The fee for each tournament is $10 per player. A small lunch is included with the fee and will be served at the conclusion of play each week. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. with play starting at 9 a.m. Please contact Jeff Slone at 740-256-6160, Jan Haddox at 304-675-3388, or Bob Blessing 304-675-6135 if you can contribute or have questions concerning the tour. GAHS youth basketball camp Scott Jones|OVP Sports RVHS junior Eric Weber attempts a throw during the discus event at the Division II Region 7 regional meet on Thursday in New Concord, Ohio. Weber 5th in D-3 discus final By Scott Jones sjones@aimmediamidwest.com NEW CONCORD, Ohio — The ﬁeld has started narrowing. The opening day of the Division II Regional 7 track and ﬁeld meet started Thursday at Muskingum University, with a total of 14 local athletes competing for a spot in the state tournament. With three events scored, Cambridge leads the boys competition with a team total of 11 points, followed by Indian Creek and Miami Trace at 10 apiece, respectively. River Valley is tied at 14th with Northwest with a score of four points, while Gallia Academy and Meigs have yet to score in an event. River Valley junior Eric Weber provided a top-ﬁve ﬁnish for the Raiders in the ﬁnals of the discus event with a ﬁfth-place heave of 144 feet even. The quartet of Kyle Coen, Brandon Call, Nathaniel Abbott and George Rickett provided an eighth place effort in the boys 4x800m relay with a time of 8:26.75. The Blue Devils were also represented in three Day One events, as John Stout ﬁnished third in the 200m dash (22.67) and seventh in the 100m dash (11.27) preliminaries. Stout’s performances qualiﬁed him for a spot in the ﬁnals of both events on Day Two of competition on Saturday. Gallia Academy junior Cory Call provided a 15th place ﬁnish in long jump with a distance of 19 feet, 3½ inches. With four events scored, Hillsboro leads the girls team standings with a score of 19. Sheridan trails by a single point at 18, while Logan Elm and Warren share the third place position with 10 points each. The Lady Raiders are tied with Fairﬁeld Union, Chesapeake, Northwest and Ridgewood in 12th place with a score of ﬁve points. Gallia Academy and Meigs have yet to score in an event on the girls side. River Valley junior Kelsey Brown provided a top-ﬁve ﬁnish for the Lady Raiders in the shot put event with a distance of 34 feet, 7½ inches. Madison Tabor also represented RVHS in the shot put, ﬁnishing 12th overall with a mark of 32 feet, 1½ inches. Kassidy Betzing was the lone Lady Marauders individual competitor, ﬁnishing 10th in the 100m preliminaries event with a time of 13.06 seconds. The Meigs quartet of Betzing, Madison Cremeans, Lydia Edwards and Taylor Swartz earned 12th place in the 4x100m relay event with a mark of 53.11 seconds, while Creameans, Edwards, Swartz and Madison Fields ﬁnished 16th in the 4x200m relay (1:57.61) to close out Day One competition for the Lady Marauders. The ﬁnal day of the D-2 Region 7 meet will be Saturday at Muskingum University. Visit www.baumspage.com for complete results of the 2018 Region 7 meet. Scott Jones can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext 2106. Smith takes lead of Riverside seniors Staff Report MASON, W.Va. — Dewey Smith of Bidwell, Ohio is the new leader of the 2018 Senior Men’s Golf League at Riverside Golf Club. Smith — who was in second place a week ago — has an eightweek total of 70 points, 3½ ahead of last week’s leader and current runner-up Bobby Watson. Just 23 players braved the elements on Tuesday, making up ﬁve four-man teams and one trio. The winning foursome, ﬁring a 13-under par 57, was the team of Smith, Bill Carney, Mitch Mace and Albert Durst. One shot back, in second place, was the quartet of Charlie Hargraves, Jeff Circle, Tom Johnson and Bob Humphreys. The closest to the pin winners were Bob Humphreys on the ninth hole and Charlie Hargraves on No. 14. The current top-10 standings are as follows: Dewey Smith (70.0) Bobby Watson (66.5), Albert Durst (65.5) Bob Humphreys (65.0), Charlie Hargraves (62.5), Carl Stone (60.5) Mick Winebrenner (55.5), Paul Maynard (55.0), Kenny Pridemore (53.0) and Bill Carney (52.0). Kyle Busch captures pole at Charlotte CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Busch is hoping his third career pole at Charlotte Motor Speedway will help end a dubious drought at a track that has frustrated him for years. Kevin Harvick is probably just anxious to get back on the track. Busch took the pole Thursday night for the Coca-Cola-Cola 600 on Sunday, while NASCAR Cup Series points leader Harvick will begin in the rear. Busch has never won a Cup points race in his previous 28 starts at Charlotte, although he did win an All-Star race here. “We have had some really good runs here in the past, but we just haven’t been able to close the deal,” Busch said, referring to his 11 top-ﬁve ﬁnishes. Busch won his 30th career pole for NASCAR’s longest race by turning a lap of 191.836 mph at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Joey Logano will start alongside Busch on the front row. But the big surprise was Harvick, who never got on the track after failing pre-race inspection three times. Car chief Robert Smith was ejected, and Harvick will have to sit out the ﬁrst 30 minutes of practice Saturday. Harvick has been dominant this season, winning ﬁve Cup races — including the last two — and the $1 million exhibition All-Star race Saturday. Logano joked that with everyone chasing Harvick “it sure don’t hurt” that he has to start at the back of the ﬁeld. But he doesn’t expect that to last for long. “Are we taking bets on how long it will take him to get up there,” Logano said. “Where is the new betting thing? Is that what we’re doing now.” GIBBS CARS DOMINATE: Busch won’t have to look too far back in his rear view mirror to ﬁnd his Joe Gibbs Racing teammates. All four of Gibbs’ Toyotas ﬁnished in the top 10 with Denny Hamlin qualifying third, Erik Jones fourth and Daniel Suarez 10th. Suarez looked strong again after ﬁnishing second in the AllStar race here Saturday night. “That was a tough one,” Suarez said. “When you ﬁnish fourth, ﬁfth, third, you know you get it. You go to the next one excited, but when you ﬁnish second, that close, it hurts a little bit. But that’s part of racing. You have to learn from that and move to the next one.” TRUEX STRUGGLES: Martin Truex Jr. failed to make the ﬁnal round of qualifying and will start 15th, which is a bit of a surprise. Truex has two wins in the last four races at the track, including one of the most dominant performances in NASCAR history in leading 392 of the 400 laps to win the 2016 Coca-Cola 600. Truex has ﬁve top-ﬁve ﬁnishes in the last six races at Charlotte. Truex led a race best 233 laps in last year’s 600 only to ﬁnish third in a fuel mileage race won the Austin Dillon. “No front tire grip,” Truex said of his night. DILLON’S DAY: Austin Dillon won the last year’s race on fuel mileage. He only led two laps all night. Dillon, who won the Daytona 500 earlier this year, will start 12th. Dillon said he thinks he has a top-5 car and can repeat. “Yeah, really pumped about the effort that we put in to these Coke 600 cars,” Dillon said. “It paid off, obviously. … At least we’ve got a direction and we will keep working hard to get there.” CENTENARY, Ohio — The Gallia Academy boys and girls basketball staff will be conducting a youth basketball camp for boys and girls entering grades 3-8. The camp will be held from June 4-6 from 6-8 p.m. each day. The camp will be held at Gallia Academy High School. Camp participants will be instructed by both staff and players. The cost of the camp is $50 per student and $35 for each additional student. Students can register the ﬁrst day of camp. All campers will receive a T-shirt. Water will be provided but a water bottle is recommended. For questions or to register, please contact Coach Gary Harrison at 740-441-7856 or Coach Jordan Deel at 740-853-2654. Meigs football golf tournament POMEROY, Ohio — The Meigs football team will sponsor a golf tournament on Saturday, June 2, at the Meigs County Golf Course. Registration is at 8 a.m. on Saturday and there will be a shotgun start at 9 a.m. The format will be a four-man scramble with a team handicap over 40. Only one player can have a handicap of less than eight. Cost is $240 per team, which includes free food and beverages (Water/Pepsi products). Each player can purchase a single mulligan for $5 and there will be prizes for the ﬁrst, second and third place teams — along with other prizes. Make checks payable to Meigs football. Interested golfers should call Tonya Cox at 740-6454479 or Meigs County Golf Course at 740-992-6312. 2018 Twyman Basketball Camp at RVHS BIDWELL, Ohio — The 2018 Tyler Twyman Basketball Camp will take place over three days at River Valley High School from June 4-6 in the evenings from 6-9 p.m. Camp is open to boys and girls entering grades 8-12 and the cost is $50/per camper. Participants will receive a camp T-shirt, plus awards will be given out the last evening of camp. Campers will be instructed by current and former college players and coaches, as well as the RV basketball staff. Registration forms can be picked up at River Valley High School and walk-ins will be accepted the ﬁrst night of camp. Please contact twymant@dewv.edu or call 740-6459156 if you plan to attend. All proceeds for this camp will beneﬁt the River Valley High School basketball program. Meigs football helmet fittings ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — Meigs High School will have football helmet ﬁttings on Wednesday, May 30, at the high school ﬁeld house. The high school players begin ﬁttings at 5 p.m., followed by the middle school players start at 6 p.m. State From page 2B Davis landed a state berth with a third-place ﬁnish in the shot put, posting a qualifying heave of 48 feet, 2½ inches. Junior Noah Browning also qualiﬁed for state in the 400m dash after placing fourth with a time of 51.48 seconds. Sophomore Kyle Northup made SGHS history after placing sixth in the high jump with a cleared height of six-feet even. Northup did not earn a spot in the state meet, but he did surpass Jacob White as the Rebels’ all-time points leader. White placed seventh in the shot put and scored two points back in 2013. The Eagles placed 20th out of 35 scoring boys teams with 11 points. South Gallia joined Berne Union, Elgin and Pike Eastern in a tie for 29th place with three points apiece. Worthington Christian won the D-3 Region 11 boys title with 62 points, with Mount Gilead (56) and Columbus Academy (55) rounding out the top three positions. The 2018 OHSAA track and ﬁeld championships will be held Friday and Saturday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium, located on the campus of the Ohio State University. Visit baumspage.com for complete results of the Division III Region 11 meet held at Fairﬁeld Union High School. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. �SPORTS 4B Sunday, May 27, 2018 Sunday Times-Sentinel Fifth graders learn about fishing … and drugs too Bryan Walters|OVP Sports Gallia Academy junior Morgan Stanley (4) swings at a pitch during a Division II district semifinal baseball game against Hillsboro on May 14 at Athens High School in The Plains, Ohio. Devils land 4 on All-OVC team By Bryan Walters bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com CENTENARY, Ohio — The Gallia Academy baseball team came away with four selections on the 2018 All-Ohio Valley Conference baseball teams, as voted on by the coaches within the league. The Blue Devils — who ﬁnished fourth with an 8-6 league mark — had two ﬁrst team honorees, as well as the standard pair of honorable mention choices. Juniors Josh Faro and Braden Simms both represented the Blue and White on the ﬁrst team, with Faro earning All-OVC honors for a second consecutive season. Senior Matt Moreaux and junior Morgan Stanley both joined Simms as ﬁrst-time selections after being chosen to the honorable mention list. Barry Litteral of Rock Hill was named the OVC coach of the year. The Redmen won the 2018 championship outright with a 13-1 league mark. The Ohio Valley Conference does not select a player of the year. SOUTH POINT: Douglas Shaffer#, Brody Blackwell#, Drew Smith. COAL GROVE: Jeb Jones, Sam Angelo, Jordan Case. GALLIA ACADEMY: Josh Faro*, Braden Simms. IRONTON: Garrett Carrico#, Gage Salyers#. CHESAPEAKE: Trent Dearth, Evan Burcham. PORTSMOUTH: Reese Johnson#. FAIRLAND: Dairus Stapleton. Coach of the Year: Barry Litteral, Rock Hill. 2018 All-OVC Baseball Team Honorable Mention First Team ROCK HILL: Jaret ROCK HILL: Cody Bacorn, Kadin France. Lewis*, Logan Hankins#, SOUTH POINT: JonaLandon Smith*, Kaleb Kidd. thon Henline*, Travis Dillon. COAL GROVE: Nate Harmon, Darin Bloomﬁeld#. GALLIA ACADEMY: Morgan Stanley, Matt Moreaux. IRONTON: Joel Blankenship, Brycen Thomas. CHESAPEAKE: Bretton Martin, Josh Hansen. PORTSMOUTH: Isaac Kelly, Bryson Wallace. FAIRLAND: Gavin Hunt, Kyle Rankin. * — denotes 2017 AllOVC ﬁrst team selection. # — denotes 2017 AllOVC honorable mention selection. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2101. LeBron pushes Cavs to Game 7 vs. Celtics CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James chose Boston as the place he’ll play next. Game 7 is on. And any talk about James’ future is on hold. Delivering another performance for the ages, James scored 46 points and preserved his reign atop the Eastern Conference for at least one more game as the Cleveland Cavaliers shook off losing All-Star Kevin Love with a head injury and beat the Celtics 109-99 on Friday night to force a decisive climax to this back-andforth series. James, playing in perhaps his ﬁnal game for the Cavs in Cleveland, added 11 rebounds and nine assists while playing all but two minutes — to avoid elimination and delay any decisions about where he’ll continue his remarkable career next season. “Greatness,” Cavs coach Tyronn Lue said. “Championship pedigree. Giving it his all. We needed that, especially when Kevin went down. We had to play ‘Bron as many minutes as he had to. He delivered. He was up for the challenge. He carried us home as usual.” The king is not dead, and he still has a chance to make his eighth straight NBA Finals. This series, in which home court has meant everything, will have a ﬁtting conclusion Sunday at TD Garden, where the Celtics are 10-0 this postseason. “It’s a Game 7,” James said. “It’s something that you wish you had when you’re done playing, but more than that, it’s just basketball for me. I know what I’m capable of doing, and I’m going to trust every- he’s on your team, I can’t even put it into words.” The real possibility that James was playing his last game in Cleveland hung over the game — and this — Marcus Smart, city — in the hours leading Celtics guard to tip-off. Everyone had an opinion on what James will do next and that discussion ﬁlled the sports talk radio it takes.” thing I put into it.” Love went out with a head airwaves, bars and barber George Hill added 20 shops. injury in the ﬁrst quarter, points, and Jeff Green 14 The 33-year-old has said for the Cavs, who lost Love forcing Lue to juggle his several times since coming rotations and keep James in the ﬁrst quarter after he home in 2014 that he wants on the ﬂoor longer than he banged heads with Boston to retire with the Cavaliers, wanted to. The three-time rookie Jayson Tatum. champion played the ﬁrst 35 but fans are uneasy because Terry Rozier paced the minutes without a break and he can opt out of his $35.6 Celtics — now 1-6 on the road — with 28 points, and then endured the ﬁnal eight million contract this summer and test free agency. while nursing a right leg. Jaylen Brown had 27. And, of course, he left in James didn’t know until The Celtics were still 2010. after the game that teamwithin seven in the ﬁnal James has said he’ll sit three minutes before James mate Larry Nance Jr. had down after the season ends banged into him. made consecutive 3-point“I felt some pain through- to decide next move, and ers, punctuating the second he’s already being courted by pounding his chest with out my entire right side of in Philadelphia, Los Angeles my ankle into my leg,” he both ﬁsts and screaming and New York where fans said. “I was just hoping for along with 20,562 others. the best, obviously, because can only dream of him join“The love of the game,” ing their rosters. I’ve seen so many differJames said, explaining his For now, he’s only going ent injuries, and watching reaction. “It’s a feeling you to Boston. basketball with that type can’t explain.” Just for good measure, he of injury, someone fall into added a three-point play and one’s leg standing straight No Love up. Luckily, I was able to then was taken out of the The game began omiﬁnish the game.” game to a rousing ovation nously for the Cavs as Love Hill, who came over in and chants of “Cavs in 7!” was forced to leave followa deadline trade, has been Boston’s improbable run ing his violent collision with awed by what James has through the postseason Tatum. without injured stars Kyrie done in this postseason. Love and Tatum were “I’ve been in the league for away from the ball and Irving and Gordon Hayward some years and ran across will now take the Celtics didn’t see each other until it him on the other side and back home, where they was too late. They banged really hated his guts,” said play with more intensity, heads and both immediately Hill, who was on Indiana togetherness and before dropped to the ﬂoor with teams eliminated by James. fans hungry to see an 18th Love raising his left arm as “But to have him on our title banner raised to their if to signal he needed help. side, it kind of lets me take arena’s rafters. As Love stayed down, “It’s not going to be pret- a deep breath of fresh air. the Cavs huddled around It’s just something that you ty,” Celtics guard Marcus him. He was helped off really can’t explain what he’s and walked to the bench Smart said. “We’ve got to doing night in, night out. It’s unsteadily before heading to come out ready to get our nose bloody and our mouth just something special.” the locker room for further “I thought the best was bloody. We’ve got to come treatment and evaluation. when he always put us out. out ready to ﬁght. You’ve His status for Game 7 is got to ﬁnd a way, whatever But to actually see it when uncertain. “It’s not going to be pretty. We’ve got to come out ready to get our nose bloody and our mouth bloody. We’ve got to come out ready to fight. You’ve got to find a way, whatever it takes.” I’ve always been told there is no such thing as a bad kid with a ﬁshing pole in his hand. Now I can’t say that is always true, but for the most part my experiences with kids and ﬁshing do seem to back that up. A couple of weeks ago, myself and fellow co-workers, along with a host of other volunteers, spent several days with Meigs County ﬁfth-graders doing a ﬁshing activity proposed by Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood. The intended audience was 264 ﬁfth-graders representing Eastern, Meigs and Southern local school districts. Kountry Resort Campground near Five Points happily opened their gate and made a stocked pond available for the youngsters, and Michelle Stumbo with In The the Meigs County Ohio Open State University Extension Jim Ofﬁce, and school resource Freeman deputies from the Meigs County Sheriff’s Department also presented anti-drug activities. Most of the young people had been ﬁshing before, and had even caught ﬁsh in the past (I asked), but for a few of them this was a new experience; learning to cast, learning about the bodies of water in Ohio, and the other wildlife that calls them home, and then actually ﬁshing. The resource ofﬁcers handled the anti-drug education part of the program. Time have certainly changed from when I was a boy. Today the boys and girls are pretty much the same when it comes to things like baiting their own hooks, catching ﬁsh, and then taking them off of the line. You girls rock! They caught many ﬁsh, mostly green sunﬁsh, bluegill, and largemouth bass, and even the occasional frog and turtle (which were released unharmed). All of the ﬁsh were released by the way, and I didn’t see any of them ﬂoating afterwards which is a good sign. In any event the herons and raccoons need to eat too; nothing gets wasted. Hooked on Fishing, Not on Drugs was an anti-drug, ﬁshing activity in the 1990s and early 2000s before it was replaced by the Passport to Fishing program. HOFNOD, as it was called for short, technically no longer exists, but with Sheriff Wood’s background as a wildlife ofﬁcer during that time period it was only natural that he would model an activity after it. Since HOFNOD no longer exists as an ofﬁcial lesson plan, we were free to improvise and did. My portion of the lesson included things like knot tying, ﬁsh identiﬁcation, ﬁsh handling and safety, but since I am the wildlife specialist there was a healthy dose of wildlife, particularly aquatic mammals, that are found near or in Ohio’s rivers, lakes, ponds, and streams. I’m not going to lie, the afternoons were hot and miserable, but the kids didn’t seem to notice, not as long as they were catching ﬁsh that is. Even the rain storms held off. Many a worm took one for the team those four days, and it’s probably not an exaggeration to say I heard “I need a worm!” several hundred times – occasionally accompanied by a bobber and hook swinging from the end of a ﬁshing rod just inches away from my eyes. (Note: no children or adults were snagged by a hook during the four days). One thing that was refreshing to see: not a single kid I saw holding a ﬁshing pole acted like they’d rather be playing with their cell phone. Perhaps there is hope. Frog gigging workshop The public is invited to attend a free workshop on Sunday, June 3, focusing on the basics of frog gigging, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Topics to be covered by ODNR Division of Wildlife ofﬁcials include techniques and equipment used, regulations, and cleaning and cooking frogs. The course is in preparation for the frog gigging season which opens June 8. The workshop will take place 5-8 p.m. at ODNR-Division of Wildlife District 4 Ofﬁce at 360 E. State Street, Athens. Participants will be able to practice gigging by a pond, so dress appropriately. Pre-registration is required by June 1 as space is limited. Please contact Chelsea Gilkey at 740-589-9930 for more information or to register. No ﬁshing license is required, and all ages are welcome. Jim Freeman is the wildlife specialist for the Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District. 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ESTATE OF JOANNE PRISLEY by Gerald Mollica, Executor SHERIDAN’S SHAMROCK AUCTION SERVICE, LLC AUCTIONEERS: John Patrick “Pat” Sheridan, Kerry Sheridan-Boyd & Michael Boyd WEB: shamrock-auctions.com Email: shamrockauction@aol.com PH: 740-591-5607 OWNER: Dorothy Parsons SHERIDAN’S SHAMROCK AUCTION SERVICE, LLC AUCTIONEERS: John Patrick “Pat” Sheridan, Kerry Sheridan-Boyd & Michael Boyd WEB: shamrock-auctions.com Email: shamrockauction@aol.com PH: 740-591-5607 OH-70053005 ADVERTISEMENT FOR SALE OF MAINTENANCE VEHICLE The Rio Grande Village Council is taking sealed bids regarding the sale of a 1997 Ford 4 x 4 F250 pickup truck with 127,474.00 miles. Features include automatic transmission, 5.0-liter gasoline engine, good radio. Needs some work, i.e. radiator, water pump, brake line, tires, AC needs coolant. The truck will be sold as is. No warranty and no guarantees. Sealed bids must be submitted to the Office of the Mayor by 12 noon on Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at 174 East College Street, Rio Grande, Ohio 45674. Please mark the sealed bid on the outside of the envelope as "1997 Ford Truck" and include the amount bid, and bidder's contact information. The bid will take place at the beginning of the Village Council meeting, which begins on June 12, 2018, at 5:30 pm and will be awarded to the highest bidder. The highest bidder will be notified via the contact information provided. The winning bidder shall arrange to remit payment in the form of a cashier's check or money order payable to the Village of Rio Grande. For additional information or to set up a time to view the truck, please contact Jeff Seagraves at 740-645-6272, Village maintenance, between the hours of 8 AM and 3 PM Monday-Thursday. 5/11/18 following a productive if injury marred season in Indianapolis. Bostic’s arrival appeared to be for depth purposes but when the draft came and went, he now ﬁnds himself with as good a shot as anyone as lining up next to veteran Vince Williams. While he kept tabs on the draft, he didn’t PUBLIC AUCTION GALLIA-JACKSON-ME IGS-VINTON SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICTREQUEST FOR BID FOR DROP-OFF RECYCLING PROGRAM SERVICE AGREEMENT The Gallia-Jackson-Meigs-Vinton Solid Waste Management District is soliciting bids for the collection, transportation, and delivery for processing of recyclable materials collected in the District. The service area includes the four counties located within the District and companies submitting bids must be able to provide evidence of a minimum of five (5) years' experience in servicing recycling drop-off sites and marketing recyclable materials. A copy of the bid packet can be obtained at the GJMV Solid Waste Management District office, 1056 South New Hampshire Avenue, Wellston, Ohio or by email: csaltsman.gjmvrecycles@gmail.com. linebacker in last month’s draft, the ﬁrst time in nearly a decade the Steelers didn’t use one of their picks on a position coach Mike Tomlin considers among the most vital on the ﬁeld. That’s ﬁne by Bostic. The well-traveled 27-year-old signed a two-year deal in March OH-70053002 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ryan Shazier is neither gone nor forgotten. The Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker remains a ﬁxture at the team’s facility as he continues his recovery from spinal surgery last December that left his football future uncertain at best. While there is a sense PUBLIC AUCTION $'563)'9��60*� 0)�� '/ � � 3)��7*��'..-21.-4�� DIRECTIONS: SR 7 into Gallipolis. Right onto Sycamore, Left onto 2nd Ave., Right onto Spruce St. House on right on 3rd Ave. Unit Manager to join our growing team. We are currently offering a Sign on Bonus of $3,500. We offer an excellent beneﬁt package including OH-70052937 medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k, competitive wages, vacation pay, sick pay, holiday pay, student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement and much more!! ESTATE AUCTION SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 2018 @ 10:00 A.M. LOCATED AT RT. 62N, 786 ADAMSVILLE RD., MASON, WV 25260. WE’LL BE SELLING THE ESTATE OF THE LATE AUDREY SAYRE HARTLEY. STONEWARE: 1 gallon Jackson Courthouse, WV; 1 gallon Brinker Bros., Letart, WV; 1 gallon D. W. Rhodes, Cottageville, WV; 2 gallon jug, J.A. Franz, Pomeroy, OH; 1 gallon Hamilton & Jones with blue ﬂowers, Greensboro, PA; 1 gallon Hamilton & Jones with curved writing; 2 gallon jug, Hamilton & Jones; 2 gallon Hamilton & Jones Jar; 5 gallon jar William & Reppart, successor to Hamilton, Greensboro, PA; 3 gallon jar A.P. Donaghho, Parkersburg, WVa; 3 gallon jug A.P. Donaghho,; 6 gallon jar A.P. Donaghho; 1/2 gallon Hamilton & Jones, damaged & repaired; 15 gallon while crock; 8 gallon brown crock; over brown and gray stone jars-no writing. FURNITURE: Primitive walnut comer cupboard with 16 pane glass doors; Victorian walnut bed; Victorian walnut dresser with glove boxes, carved wooden handles and wishbone mirror; walnut chest of drawers with 2 small drawers over 3 drawers; oak washstand; oak round dining table with pedestal base and lion paw feet and two leaves; 2 Victorian Eastlake walnut tables with a burl panel on apron; Victorian Eastlake table with brown marble top; Victorian ladies velvet parlour chair; (3) primitive one drawer tables; tall (76”) pine 2 door cupboard with shelves, Victorian marble top fem stand; Mission oak plate/cup rack; cedar chest with copper hardware; 3 rocking chairs; two 4 drawer pine chest of drawers; cast iron sewing machine base; bookcase with 2 glass doors and Glass shelves; china cabinet with glass door; buffet; humpback trunk; cane bottom kitchen chairs; many assorted kitchen chairs, many picture frames; several small tables and bookcases; cherry triple dresser with two mirrors; cherry chest of drawers. GLASSWARE: Fenton, Louise Piper signed Fenton decorated basket; Blenko, Aladdin oil lamps; assorted oil lamps; German ﬂoral hot chocolate set; lemonade pitcher and matching glasses; WV Glassware; Roseville pottery; many pieces of assorted glassware and pottery. HOUSEHOLD: dishes, pots & pans, Coming Ware; Tupperware; small appliances; Kodak slide Projectors; 2 projector screens; brown leather couch; ﬂoral 6 goose down cushioned couch; Sanyo Flat screen TV. GUNS: Remington 700 BDL 7m/m Mag. with 3x9 Redﬁeld scope; Winchester Model 100 308 cal. w/ 3x9 Leopold scope; Winchester Model 67A 22 cal; Marlin 22 auto w/scope; Marlin Model 17G 12ga. shotgun; Western Field Model 822A; Iver Johnson Champion 12ga. shotgun; JC Higgins Model 60 12 ga. shotgun; German Mauser 98 8m/m; 45 cal. muzzleloader; old original muzzleloader. MISC/ANTIQUES: Many butter molds and butter paddles; coffee grinder; 17 vintage quilts, 5 quilt tops, assorted linens; wool comforters; 2 sets William & Rogers silver ﬂatware in wooden cases; 1 set Nobility Silver Plate ﬂatware in wooden case; 16 piece setting Mikasa dinnerware; limited edition prints by Don Whitlatch & Glen Barnes; framed pieces off lace tatting; apple butter stirrer; several primitive wooden shipping boxes w/print on outside; vintage walnut ironing board; cast iron tea kettle; (3) cast iron, 3 legged pots; cast iron sadd iron; convex glass picture frames; vintage child’s crib w/ cast iron wheels; brass ﬂoor lamp; quilting frame & quilt hoop; vintage amber w/brass tobacco jar & pipe rest ashtray; old books; early child’s stand-up chalkboard; vintage Maytag cook stove; numerous pairs of vintage ice skates; boxes of old telephone insulators; WW2 German helmet; WW2 German/ Prussia bayonets & ammo belts; German belt buckle w/ Nazi eagle clutching swastika, (all in good shape); tractor PTO Flat Belt Pulley Drive Assembly w/ 8”x 20’ belt (used on 8N ford); single hay fork; double hay fork; (5) crosscut saws; blacksmith vise; blacksmith hand drill press; numerous blacksmith tongs; old horseshoes; broad axes w/handle; numerous old canning jars; 1958 Singer sewing machine in case; Canon AEl camera with speed lite and various lenses; Canon sure shot camera; Polaroid Land camera; Royal portable typewriter; Coleman camp stove; Thermos Popup tent; Xmas decorations; 70’s small electric train set; McDonald’s metal lunch box w/thermos; Gibson guitar & banjo; white porcelain bed pan; rods/ reels/ tackle boxes and other ﬁshing equipment; numerous baskets; John Deere self propel mower; tools and tool chests; power tools; hand saws; 1995 Lincoln Town Car, 106k miles; 230 Massey Ferguson tractor. German belt buckle w/ Nazi eagle clutching swastika, (all in good shape); tractor PTO Flat Belt Pulley Drive Assembly w/ 8”x 20’ belt (used on 8N ford); single hay fork; double hay fork; (5) crosscut saws; blacksmith vise; blacksmith hand drill press; numerous blacksmith tongs; old horseshoes; broad axes w/handle; numerous old canning jars; 1958 Singer sewing machine in case; Canon AEl camera with speedlite and various lenses; Canon sure shot camera; Polaroid Land camera; Royal portable typewriter; Coleman camp stove; Thermos Popup tent; Xmas decorations; 70’s small electric train set; McDonald’s metal lunch box w/thermos; Gibson guitar & banjo; white porcelain bed pan; rods/ reels/ tackle boxes and other ﬁshing equipment; numerous baskets; John Deere self propel mower; tools and tool chests; power tools; hand saws; 1995 Lincoln Town Car, 106k miles; 230 Massey Ferguson tractor. FOOD AVAILABLE OH-70053345 TERMS OF SALE CASH OR CHECK W/ VALID ID �� www.auctionzip.com AUCTIONEERS NOTE: THIS IS A QUALITY AUCTION THAT INCLUDES BEAUTIFUL ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES THAT MRS. HARTLEY HAS COLLECTED OVER THE YEARS. CO-EXECUTORS: DEBBY SHINN & RANDALL HARTLEY OH-70053041 RN UNIT MANAGER Arbors at Gallipolis is looking for an experienced RN 1997 Mercedes E300 Diesel (113,324 Miles, Sells With Reasonable Reserve) FURNITURE: Oak Wash Stand, Wardrobe, Stick and Ball Hat Rack with Mirror, Fireplace Mantle, Sellers Type Cabinet, Globe 2-Drawer Oak File, Platform Rocker, Ice Cream Parlor Chair, Hall Tree, Chests of Drawers, Walnut Victorian Balloon Back Rocker, Walnut Victorian Balloon Back Love Seat, Walnut Victorian Balloon Back Parlor Chair, Victorian Love Seat (Ornately Carved), Misc. As-Is Furniture, Arm Chair, Writing Table with Carvings and Cabriole Legs, Poster Bed. ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES: Alladin Lamp Model B (Green) with Hand Painted Shade, Pitcher and Bowl Set, 2 Bisque Dolls, Crystal Lamp with Prisms, Granite Ware, 10-Gal. Crown Stone Jar, Horse Clock, Sleigh Bells, Brass Music Stand, Hand Crank Meat Slicer (General Slicing Machine Co.), Old Folk Art Mickey Mouse Puppet, Brass Dolphin Book Ends, Depression Ware, Double Wash Tub, Copper Tea Kettle, Roger Flatware (With Love), (6) Sterling Silver Spoons, Ohio 1929 License Plate, (2) Cast Iron Tea Kettles, (2) Flat Top Trunks, Cross Cut Saws, Old Porcelain Gas Stove, Singer Sewing Machine, Safe on Wheels (Yale & Town, 1895), Elk Hart Clarinet (Model 62351), (2)Porch Rockers, (3) Carpenter Tool Chests, Shutters with Old Green Paint, “Old Bushmills” Whiskey Box, Knotted Comforters, Nice Selection of Textiles, Coal Hod, Vintage Framed Photos, Several Vintage Prints, (10) Old Wooden Spinning Tops, Vintage Cast Iron Timbles for Pastries & Cookies, Large Cast Iron Lard Kettle, Zither #2 Guitar (Menzenhauer), Horse Hanes, Jenny Lind Bed, Marble Slabs, (25) Shutters with Old Green Paint, Hurricane Shutters. GLASS: Nice Selection of Glass, including Pink Depression, Green Depression, Pattern, Cut Glass, Decorated China, Flow Blue, Fire King Jadite, Store Jar, Apothecary Jar, Milk Bottles (CL Baker, Vinton, OH; Spring Hill Dairy, Gallipolis;), Large Quantity of Boxes Still to Go Through. TOOLS: (2) Shop Vacs, Craftsman 12” Compound Miter Saw, Bench Pro Bench Grinder, Vise on Stand, Stainless Steel Tool Box, Lots of Hand Tools, Shop Smith, Weed Eater/Trimmer, Troy-Bilt Tiller, Wooden Extension Ladder, Troy-Bilt Tiller (Horse), Troy-Bilt Pony for Parts, Large Imperial Organizer. APPLIANCES: Tappan Washer, Tappan Heavy Duty Dryer, Frigidaire Electric Dryer, Kenmore 80 Series Washer. 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THANK YOU MEIGS COUNTY I would like to thank the people of Meigs County for nominating me to be the next Meigs County Common Pleas Court Judge. Your support is appreciated! Scott Jones|OVP Sports Eastern senior Austin Coleman delivers a pitch, during the Eagles’ one-run setback on Friday in Lancaster, Ohio. My opponent and I both worked very hard during the campaign, and we were both fortunate to have many wonderful people helping us. grangeinsurance.com Grange Homeowners Insurance I am encouraged by the interest and dedication Meigs County voters showed during this election. Where there is participation in the process, there is positive movement towards the future. I look forward to working as your Common Pleas Judge, as we all move forward together. THEY’RE IT’S JUSTJUST A COUCH. GOLF CLUBS. FOREVER MEIGS!! Linda R. Warner Common Pleas Judge Nominee UNLESS IT’S YOUR COUCH. Where you watched that movie that made you cry with your dog sleeping on your lap. 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