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A1 log onto www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com for archive • games • features • e-edition • polls & more Serving the Ohio Valley since 1852. INSIDE STORY WEATHER SPORTS ONLINE reds catcher roy rogers’ daughter sunny. high of 92. mesoraco vote in the daily times opens festival low of 66 ........ A3 susepended reader’s choice awards at: museum .... A6 three games .... B1 portsmouth-dailytimes.com Vol. 161, No. 65 THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 2012 50 cents daily/$1.25 Sunday Judge orders Bales back to prison FRANK LEWIS Bales’ consensual sexual education, which is approx- reinstate his probation to people in our own church day, but there will be a day PDT staffw riter relationship with the under- imately 55 to 60 hours a allow him to get the proper have made those state- when the truth will come age girl was in direct viola- week dedicated to school.” treatment he needs,” Shelly ments. I would never think out,” Mark Bales said. Despite please from tion of the rules established She went on — “How am Bales said. “Wade and I about that, and here’s why - “Wade has done wrong, I Wade Bales’ wife, his father, when he was released from I supposed to continue my love each other and are best first of all, I would never en- agree. But I will tell you this and Bales himself, Judge prison. nursing career without my friends.” vision my young boys when - I have been reading the William T. Marshall has or- At Wednesday’s sentenc- husband? One thing I do Mark Bales, pastor of they were laying in my arms paper, and I have seen print dered him back to prison to ing, Shelly Bales said put- have to say is that prison Minford Church of the to be in a situation like that - about a quarter-of-an-inch serve out the remainder of ting Wade Bales back in has proven to be unproduc- Nazarene and Wade Bales’ and I don’t think you would tall when someone dies, his sentence because of a prison would be a hardship tive to Wade.” father, told Marshall God either.” such as the poor old fire- probation violation. on his family. Bales then asked Mar- would judge the situation. He said he was called by fighter down on (U.S.) 52. In May, Marshall ruled “I don’t mean to be self- shall to consider a recom- “I think there has been a God to pastor the church And then I have seen Min- Bales, 25, of 67 Jane Lane, ish, but the biggest impact mendation by a psychiatrist misunderstanding, highly, and would not jeopardize ford Nazarene highlighted, in Stout, violated his parole will be on me,” Shelly Bales that he receive more intense that I have enabled or been the people in that church and I don’t appreciate it. by having a sexual relation- said. “I am a full time nurs- treatment. behind some of Wade’s ac- - “that are either going to God will have the final say. ship with a 16-year-old girl. ing student. I drive two “Yes, Wade has done tions,” Mark Bales said. heaven or hell.” And I’m speaking to every The Scioto County Pro- hours a day, five days a wrong, but I am depend- “That is very, very unfair. “I want to say this, you bation Department says week to try to receive my ing on you, your honor, to It’s very false. And even might have the final say to- See BALES | A3 Walck charged for unlawful sexual conduct with a minor FRANK LEWIS PDT staffw riter Nathan Walck, 20, of Lu- casville, has been charged with two counts of unlaw- ful sexual conduct with a minor, a felony of the fourth degree. Scioto County Sheriff Marty V. Donini said his office received a call from Franklin County Children Services on Tuesday stat- ing that a 13-year-old female had been sexually assaulted Jail on $10,000 bond. He in the Lucasville area. Do- is scheduled to appear in nini said a report was filed Portsmouth Municipal with his office which led Court this (Thursday) to the victim being seen at Nationwide Children’s Hos- morning. pital in Columbus the same Donini said anyone with file photo information regarding the The 2012 Scioto County Fair opens Monday in Lucasville. day. Detectives began an in- case should contact Detec- vestigation which included tive Jodi Conkel at 740-351- talking to the victim and 1091. He said all calls will Children Services ending remain anonymous. Scioto County Fair opens Monday with an interview of the sus- pect. That is when Walck frank lewis may be reached at 740- was charged, and is being FRANK LEWIS Queen and Court at 7:45 p.m. tractor pull. At 5 p.m., the Wheelers- 353-3101, ext. 232, or at flewis@ held in the Scioto County heartlandpublications.com PDT staffw riter Tuesday, will see an open poultry burg High School Band will perform, show, flower show and pet show, and at 7 p.m. it’s the Portsmouth The area is gearing up for the with the Northwest High School West High School Band. start of the 2012 edition of the Band performing at 5 p.m. and the Thursday is a great day for kids Scioto County Fair. While some Green High School Band perform- and their families as the Circus Con- activities will be going on this Sat- ing at 7 p.m. The formal opening of tinental has two performances - at 2 Troopers still urday and Sunday, the actual event the fair at 8 will be highlighted by p.m. and 8 p.m. Wednesday will also will kick off on Monday with a full an appearance by Sea Gayle/Arista be day for the flower show and the slate of activities, including the U.S. Nashville recording artist Jerrod 4-H poultry and rabbit auction, with Freestyle Motorcross Championship Niemann. the Minford High School Band per- investigating SUV Series that begins at 8 p.m. at the Wednesday will feature one of forming at 7 p.m. grandstand. country music’s top entertainers — On Friday, Senior Citizens Day, Working goat judging, booth judg- the group Little Big Town at 8 p.m. there will be a dairy cattle show, and ing, and beautification projects judg- Before that show gets underway, English horse show, and open dairy that struck 14-yr-old ing will be going on throughout the there will be a 4-H beef show, a 4-H show. Clay High School Band will day, with Valley High School Band at western horse show, and open rabbit 7 p.m., and introduction of the Fair show, and the very popular kiddie See FAIR | A3 Highway Patrol has MORE suspect vehicle in custody read more about the events, food, and rides in the scioto county fair special, in this sunday’s edition of the portsmouth daily times! FRANK LEWIS that we did some testing PDT staffw riter on,” Portsmouth Post Com- mander Lt. Karla Taulbee Investigators with the said. “And we’re trying Portsmouth Post of the to track down the owner Ohio State Highway Patrol of that vehicle. He’s out Happy Campers Cloverbuds donate to Red Cross have a suspect vehicle, and of town working. So now a person of interest, in the they’re (investigators) just case of the SUV that struck going to go to where he PORTIA WILLIAMS tude to the Happy Campers a child in June, fleeing the works, and talk to him.” PDT staffw riter for their generosity. scene and leaving the child Taulbee said she is await- “You guys are really help- severely injured in the mid- WHEELERSBURG — ing results of tests done to ing, and we appreciate that. dle of the road. the vehicle from the OSHP The youth members of The And now you will make Fourteen-year-old Charlie Happy Campers Cloverbuds Crime Lab. some kid very happy if they Howell of High Street, in “Our crime lab gathered club, willingly placed one lose everything. Thank you Portsmouth, walked onto teddy bear at a time into the evidence on the suspect ve- so very much for sharing,” Shela Boulevard near Pres- hicle,” Taulbee said. “And arms of Mary Arnzen, the Arnzen told the group. ton Road to retrieve a dog Executive Director of The we haven’t gotten the results The Happy Campers that had been struck by a back yet. We’re still look- Ohio Valley Chapter of the Cloverbuds Club was estab- vehicle. He was then himself the American Red Cross at ing for the driver. We have lished in 2009 and is com- struck by a black SUV trav- a person of interest we are the Porter Township Com- posed of girls and boys ages eling northwest on Shela munity Park on Tuesday. looking at. We just haven’t 5-8, and consists of kids Boulevard. The SUV fled got a hold of him yet.” Accompanied by their ad- from Minford, and other the scene and Howell suf- visors, Melissa Cron and Taulbee said investigators surrounding local school fered multiple injuries. He with the Portsmouth Post Laryssa Grashel, members districts. was flown to Cabell Hun- of the Happy Campers Clo- of the Ohio State Highway “We take kids ages 5-8 tington Hospital in Hun- Patrol have left no stone un- verbuds organization donat- who are too young to actu- portia williams | daily times tington, W.Va. ed brand new stuffed teddy turned in their attempts to ally to be in 4-H, so we do Mary Arnzen, Executive Director of the Ohio River Valley Red “We have a vehicle we locate the motorist whose bears to the Red Cross.