https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/b1e275e2a471a6f78391a198792d8d74.pdf c002559d9673418c56293bcaf631d252 PDF Text Text Class AA volleyball team Poinsettia season arrives SPORTS s 7 RIVER s 9 8 AM 2 PM 8 PM 39° 49° 43° Mostly sunny today. Clear tonight. High 53° / Low 31° Today’s weather forecast WEATHER s 12 C_ZZb[fehj�š�Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 217, Volume 74 Mason moves to ‘red’ on state map Latest case numbers from Gallia, Mason, Meigs OHIO VALLEY — Mason has now joined Meigs, with both counties having been moved to a “red” designation on their respective state color maps in relation to COVID-19 indicators. An additional death has also been reported for Mason County by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) and two for Gallia County by the Ohio Department of Health (ODH). Ohio Public Health Advisory System Meigs County met four of seven indicators in moving to “red” this week. The county reported 101 new cases in the past two weeks which is equal to 440.91 cases per 100,000 population to meet the new cases per capita indicator. Also met were the indicators for new case increase, noncongregate cases and emergency department visits. The three indicators not met were outpatient visits, hospital admissions, and ICU bed occupancy. Gallia County met two of the seven indicators in remaining “orange.” The county reported 243 new cases in the past two weeks which is equal to 812.76 cases per 100,000 population to meet the new cases per capita indicator. Gallia County also met the non-congregate case indicator. West Virginia County Alert System Mason County moved into a “red” designation with a positivity rate of 9.01% on Wednesday and 8.98% on Thursday. The county’s infection rate was 46.33% on Nov. 20 and 64.11% on Nov. 26. Rates are based on a seven-day average for Mason County. There are two ways the state assigns a color code to a county on the county map - an infection rate or percent positivity. The lower of the two metrics is used to designate the color for the country. Cases residing in nursing homes, state or federal prisons and university/college isolation dorms are excluded. Mason County is also currently red on the Department of Education map. Red indicates 25-plus cases per 100,000 or greater than 8 % positivity rate. When a country turns “red” in-person instruction is suspended with remote learning to begin, among other restrictions. Here’s a closer look at coronavirus cases across our area: Gallia County The Ohio Department of Health reported a total of 816 cases of COVID-19 since March in Gallia County as part of Friday’s update. This is an increase of 51 since Wednesday and an increase of 215 since the previous Friday. The Ohio Department of Health also lists 15 deaths, two more than previously reported. ODH reported a total of 62 hospitalizations and 414 presumed recovered individuals as of Friday. The new cases and deaths have not been announced by the Gallia County Health Department as of Friday afternoon. Age ranges for the 816 cases reported by the Ohio Department of Health are as follows: 0-19 — 104 cases 20-29 — 139 cases (2 hospitalizations) 30-39 — 109 cases (two hospitalizations) See MASON | 5 AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC (USPS 145-966) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes every Tuesday through Saturday. Subscription rate is $208 per year. Chamber awards presented Meigs County Community Fund Board President Jennifer Sheets is pictured during the 2019 grants presentation event. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Sentinel, 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631. All content © 2020 The Daily Sentinel, an edition of the Gallipolis Daily Tribune. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. File photos Honorees recognized during Virtual Gala By Sarah Hawley shawley@aimmediamidwest.com POMEROY — Local businesses and individuals were recently honored during the annual Meigs County Chamber Gala. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, rather than the traditional in-person awards ceremony and dinner, a video production of the awards ceremony was streamed online for the first Virtual Chamber Gala. The video can still be viewed on the Meigs County Chamber and Tourism Facebook page. Awards presented were the Outstanding Citizen, Outstanding Public Servant, Community Pillar, Entrepreneur of the Year, Best First Impression and Lifetime Business Achievement. Outstanding Citizen — Stephanie Rife Stephanie Rife was recognized as the 2020 recipient of the Meigs County Chamber Outstanding Citizen of the Year. Rife is a community volunteer, Meigs County Farmers’ Market Manager and is known for her advocacy in the area. In comments during the Gala, Rife described her community involve- Stephanie Rife is pictured with daughters Phoebe, Olivia and Halo during the 2019 Meigs County Farmers’ Market Christmas Market. ment and involving her daughters in the volunteer work. “You can’t learn character traits in a book; that’s where my community work came from. I knew this was something I couldn’t teach at home,” said Rife of getting involved in the community around five years ago with the Mulberry Community Kitchen and including her daughters in the work. The Mulberry Community Kitchen serves lunch on Tuesdays and Thursday at 11:30 a.m. for $3 per meal, although no one is turned away for inability to pay. Rife’s work at the kitchen and the market have also come together over the past two years, with vendors at the market donating hundreds of pounds of fresh produce to the kitchen throughout the season. Rife spoke of the unity that comes from the market, bringing together the village and county officials, vendors and community members who are there each Saturday, rain or shine. “Everyone is truly united and behind the farmers market,” said Rife. ”Get a vision, get a dream and just go after it,” said Rife, encouraging others to become involved in the community. “My hope is that people see more of Jesus and less of me,” said Rife of her work in the community. Outstanding Public Servant — Carl Hysell Carl Hysell was the 2020 recipient of the Chamber’s Outstanding Public Servant award. Hysell began his career in public service in 1966 as a sheriff’s deputy, ultimately joining the juvenile court staff in 1973. In accepting the award, Hysell stated that he enjoyed meeting the kids and families in his 54-year career. He noted that throughout his career he worked See CHAMBER | 12 Mothman ’66 Escape Room planned New store on Main Street also in works By Kayla (Hawthorne) Dunham khawthorne@aimmediamidwest.com Prices are subject to change at any time. 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 Periodical postage paid at Pomeroy, OH Saturday, November 28, 2020 s $2 POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Jeff Wamsley, owner of The Mothman Museum, has been working on new projects for the upcoming year to showcase the mystery and history of the creature. Wamsley posted on the museum’s Facebook page last week announcing plans are in the works to create a “Mothman ‘66 Escape Room.” The themed escape room is similar to popular attractions where participants have a set amount of time to gather clues to break out of the room. “Based on the historical record and decades of research and interview, Mothman ‘66 puts you in the center of the action,” the post states. “A modern day investigator, close to solving the mystery, suddenly disappears outside Igloo Number 2. “You have one hour to collect the clues, solve the puzzles and rescue the investigator before he’s lost forever.” Wamsley’s post said Joey Madia, a paranormal researcher and creator of three five-star history- and mystery-based escape rooms is designing the “puzzle” for the Mothman ‘66 Escape Room. “A frequent presenter at the annual Mothman Festival, Joey has written extensively — including a stage play — about Point Pleasant and the Mothman phenomena,” the post stated. Wamsley said the project is in “full swing” and has an expected opening date of May 2021, but the beginning date depends on the pandemic. More details about the escape room are expected in the coming months. In a later post, The Mothman Museum announced the TNT Bus Tours will be returning in May 2021. Wamsley said he has not held the bus tours in three or four years, but recently purchased See MOTHMAN | 3 �2 Saturday, November 28, 2020 OBITUARIES OBITUARIES NANCY JO COLLINS LEROY R. CHAPMAN son; six granddaughters, REEDSVILLE — Nancy Jo Collins, 76, of Tabitha Savoy, Sabrina Santa Claus to all LOWELL — Reedsville, Ohio, passed Cline, Sasha Chipps, the preschools and away Thursday, Nov. 26. Jenna Collins, Elizabeth Leroy R. Chapschools in Glenside 2020, at her residence. man, 81, of Lowell, Collins and Jessica Coland surrounding Ohio, died at She was born Nov. 30, lins; a grandson, Jeremy areas and was the home Nov. 19, 1943, in Tuppers Plains, Ferguson; 10 greatofficial Santa Claus Ohio, daughter of the 2020, after a long grandchildren; and sevfor several Christstruggle with heart eral nieces and nephews. late Homer and Oneita mas Parades. Even Tuttle Cole. Nancy was disease, his wife, She was preceded in when he was not in the Alice Ely Chapman and death by her husband, a graduate of Eastern Santa outfit children his sister, Linda Young George Collins; parents, High School class of called his Santa Claus. were with at his side. Homer and Oneita Cole; 1961. She worked for He loved traveling and Leroy was born Jan. two sisters, Patricia Cole the Ohio Valley Manuvisited all 50 states with 28, 1938, in Middleport, and Nita Jean Ritchie. facturing Corp. and the family before his two retired from Public Debt Ohio, son of Julius MarPrivate family services sons graduated from tin Chapman and Lillian will be held. after 30 plus years. high school. He deeply Marcella Chapman. His In lieu of flowers, the She continued building loved his wife, Alice, and Collin’s Show Cattle early years were spent family asks for donations enjoyed traveling with in various towns and to be made to the Amerthroughout her retireher to England, France, villages along the Ohio ica Cancer Society. ment years. River, Ravenna, Ohio and Russia, Peru, Costa Rico, Arrangements have She is survived by two Clifton, W.Va. He attend- Hong Kong, China and been entrusted to sons, Michael (Alvena) Japan. During these ed Rutland High School Collins and John (Melis- White-Schwarzel Funeral travels he became an avid sa) Collins; a daughter, where he played on the Home in Coolville, Ohio. bird watcher and in his football team and sang You are invited to sign Cathy Ferguson; two later years greatly enjoyed brothers, Homer (Mary) the online guestbook at in the glee club all four looking out the windows Cole and William Cole; years. He graduated in www.whiteschwarzelfh. 1957. He then enlisted in of their Lowell home at sister, Vickie (Ray) Wat- com. the Army and spent seven the variety of birds that years in both the US, Ger- came to their grass. JAMES NEAL (JIM) BETZ In addition to his many and France where parents, Leroy was prehe met Alice. They were Vinton County GALLIPOLIS deceased by a sister; two — On Wednesday married in 1966 after he Episcopal Church brothers; and his son, completed his military Camp as careevening November career and she completed Ted. He was survived by taker. 25th, Gallipolis three brothers, Joe Chap- lost one of their college. They had two Jim loved to sons, John Martin Chap- man, Brent Chapman and best sons at age 94, sing! He, along Jimmy Chapman; a sister, James Neal (Jim) man (Julia Kay) and with so many Linda Young (Danny); his Betz. He left us the George Edward “Ted” friends, would Chapman (deceased) and son, John (Julia Kay); and same day as his first love gather around the kitchen lived in Glenside, Pa. for two grandchildren, Kyra table and sing gospel and first wife Barbara 30 years. Leroy spent that and Autumn. He was sur- Jane (Woods) Betz, 41 hymns. He was a member vived by the many nieces years ago. Jim is survived of the church choir and time as a Letter Carrier and nephews and other for the US Post Office. the local barbershop choby his second wife Opal After he retired from the children who always rus, the “Treblemakers”. Betz of 36 years and is called him Santa Claus. Post Office, he attended We were singing in his also remembered by her According to his wish- children, Bill (Emrys) the Pennsylvania Gunroom when he peacefully smithing School and Zerkle, Sandy Marroquin passed. es, he will be cremated decided to open North Two children survive, and his ashes scattered by (Ralph) and Jocelyn TopPole Gunsmithing shop Tim (Jan) Betz and Sally ping (Brian) and their the family in spring. in Marietta, Ohio. He (Angie Allion) Betz. Dad families. Dad has been a A gathering of famretired for the second has two grandsons, Adam lifelong resident of Galily and friends will take time in 2012. (Vicky) Betz, and Andy lipolis. place at the Ely ChapLeroy loved hunting, (Jenni) Betz. He lost his On Thanksgiving, we man Education Founfishing and working with dation as soon as the first great grandchild, received and email from youth. He was active in Celia Eleanor Betz shortone of Dad’s Episcopal COVID-19 threat has the Boy Scouts, earning ly before her fifth birthpassed. The family wants Church youth group awards as a Cubmaster, day. Six amazing great members Frank Titus, to thank the wonderful Scoutmaster, and Honwho himself is an accom- grandchildren survive, nurses and Dr. Cawley ored Scouter. He espeVanessa Betz, Tucker plished attorney with an at Marietta Hospital cially loved teaching the extensive military career. Betz, Zane Betz, TollHospice/Amedisys, the Boy Scouts gun safety iver Betz, Hendrix Betz Frank wrote; “Jim Betz aides at Affordable In and how to fish. An avid and Hank Betz. Despite Home Care, and the staff graduated from Gallia fly-fisherman, he attended at Cawley and Peoples Academy High School in COVID, they were all able the Allenberry Fly Fish1944 at the age of 18 and to have some fun visits Funeral home all for ing School in 1972 and with their great grandpa their care of Leroy in his was immediately drafted was a active member of in 2020. final days. In lieu of flow- into the U.S. Army. the Dame Juliana League ers, memorial donations The Army wanted to In addition to his lifewhere he led efforts to long membership with discharge him as he was or condolences can be improve the trout habitat made to the Ely ChapSt. Peter’s, Episcopal underweight at only 115 in French Creek, MontChurch, Jim was a life pounds. Jim convinced man Education Foundagomery County, Pa. His member of Elks Lodge # the Army to keep him tions, 403 Scammel St, greatest love was being and he went on to gradu- 107 for the past 68 years, Marietta, OH 45750. member of the local VFW ate from Basic Combat and Gold Circle Member Training and then from NANCY ELIZABETH CARNAHAN the Jungle Warfare School of the VFW and retired member of the American at Schofield Barracks on County SuperinRACINE — Oahu, Hawaii. He fought Postal Workers Union. tendent’s office as Nancy Elizabeth Family relations were Secretary six years in the Battle of Okinawa (Shuler) Carnahan, always embedded in the ago. She had many which began on April age 82, passed fabric of who Jim was and 1, 1945 that claimed beloved friends peacefully on Tueshe is fondly remembered the lives of 5,000 U.S. who will miss her day, Nov. 24, 2020. by them including, Ron strength, indepen- Navy sailors, 8,000 U.S. She was born Aug. Keenan, Larry Betz, Tom Army troops and 3,000 dence, and friend11, 1938, to the Keenan, Pam Ellwanger, U.S. Marines. 110,000 ship and sass. She loved late Earl E. and Mildred music, football, basketball, Japanese troops lost their John Betz, Susie and E. (Spencer) Shuler in Sonie Phalin, and Lezah lives in this battle.” and baseball. Parkersburg W.Va. She But Jim’s brief military Preston. He also had a Per her wishes Nancy was preceded in death lifelong special relationwill be cremated and a pri- career is a microcosm of by her parents; husband, ship with Tim Linkhorn. vate graveside service for the man, his life, and his James W. Carnahan; There was an amazing family will follow. There legacy. Barb and Jim were brother, Richard Shuler; peace revealed as Jim’s high school sweethearts sister-in-law, Anna Shuler; will be a celebration of spirit passed…. May we and married shortly her life in 2021. and sister-in-law, Jean all capture the peace that thereafter. Jim began In lieu of flowers, (Carnahan) Alkire. working at the Gallipolis he would want us to have friends and family can She is survived by her and may we strive to live Post Office upon return donate in memory of son, Tony (Peggy) Carfrom World War II, even- up to his legacy. His love Nancy, to the Pomeroy nahan, daughter Janis tually becoming assistant and the love of the family Carnahan, both of Racine; Blues and Jazz Society will endure forever. “To postmaster until retiregrandchildren Kylen King, c/o Sharon Knight, PO Canaan’s Land I’m on ment at age 55. Rusty Carnahan, McKayla Box 369, Pomeroy Ohio Jim will be remembered My Way “ … father and Reece, Dakota Carnahan, 45769 or to the Eagles friend. for his extensive and Auxiliary, PO Box 303, Mackenzie Carnahan; Donations in honor of unwavering dedication to great grandchildren Logan Pomeroy Ohio 45769. Friends are encouraged youth, especially through Jim made be made to St. Reece and Laura CarnaPeter’s Episcopal Church, han; sister, Ellen (Bruce) to sign the online guest- St. Peter’s Episcopal Gallipolis Ohio or BatChurch and the Diocese Swartwout; several nieces, book at ewingfuneralhome.net. Services have of Southern Ohio. He led ten Disease Support and nephews, and cousins. Research Association the church youth group been entrusted to the Nancy worked hard all her life at several jobs, she Ewing-Schwarzel Funeral for many years and drew (2780 Airport Drive #342; Columbus, OH teenagers from several Home in Pomeroy. retired from the Meigs 43219 counties in the region. There will be a private He served multiple terms CONTACT US on church vestry and had graveside service for Jim 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 and he will be laid to rest previously been Senior 740-446-2342 in Mound Hill Cemetery. and Junior Wardens. 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Meadows, 84, of Crown City, Ohio passed away on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at Holzer Senior Care. Born on November 30, 1935 in Gallia County, Ohio, Bette was the daughter of the late Forrest and Marguerite Walters Johnson. On June 8, 1954, Bette married Richard L. Meadows, Sr. in Richmond, Indiana; Richard preceded her in death on September 8, 1997. Bette was a graduate from Gallia Academy High School and retired from Holzer Medical Center. She was a member of Liberty Chapel Church and OES Chapter 283 in Gallipolis. Bette is survived by her daughters, Janice Meadows of Columbus, Ohio and Carol (Steve) Beaver of Gallipolis; son, Richard L. “Dick” (Jill) Meadows of Albany, Ohio; grandchildren, Kimberly (Thomas) Gardner, Derek (Megan) Scherbarth, and Taylor and Trey Meadows; great grandchildren, Brayden and Lennox Gardner and Amelia and Ariella Scherbarth; sisters, Donna (Wilson) Sims of Winter Haven, Florida and Wanda Ledinski of Columbus, Ohio; special friends and neighbors, Nancy Mooney and David Chapman; and her extended family from church. In addition to her parents are her husband Richard, Bette was preceded in death by a brother, Forrest Wayne Johnson and a sister, Mary Lou Fellure. A Graveside Service for Bette will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, November 29, 2020 at Swan Creek Cemetery with Pastor Alfred Holley officiating. The family would like to express a special thank you to Linda Betz, Erica Thornton, and Jim and Kay Nida. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation be made to Liberty Chapel Church, c/o Tom Lewis, 1335 Swan Creek Road, Crown City, Ohio 45623. Please visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send e-mail condolences. ROBIN RENEE DORST Robin Renee Dorst, age 55, peacefully went to be with the Lord on Nov. 19, 2020. She was born Nov. 9, 1965, in Pomeroy, Ohio, daughter of the late Robert and Mildred McDaniel. Robin is survived by her loving family, two children, Robert (Tiamo “T”) Dorst and Tomia (Mia) Dorst both of Middleport, Ohio; several siblings; special nieces, Jessica Kellison of Columbus, Ohio, Tara Hupp of Syracuse, Ohio; cousin, Kathy Williamson of Rutland, Ohio; several great nieces, nephews and cousins; special friends, Melissa and Bryan Dailey, Mae Dailey as well as many other friends. Robin was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Dorst; her parents, Robert and Mildred McDaniel; brother, Theodore Fisher; and nephew, Richard Fisher. Robin was a member of Rejoicing Life Church in Middleport, Ohio, with Pastor Mike (Karen) Foreman. A celebration of life will be announced at a later date. Robin will be laid to rest in the Middleport Cemetery. Cards or donations can be sent to the Dorst Family c/o Melissa Dailey, 55011 Hudson Road, Reedsville, OH 45772. Condolences can be forwarded to the family by visiting our website at www.whiteschwarzelfh. com BENJAMIN HAROLD SAUNDERS he worked as a paralegal GALLIPOLIS — Benfor his brother Tommy’s jamin Harold Saunders, 28 years old, of Gallipolis, law office for three years in Gallipolis. While in AthOhio, died on Monday, ens, Benjamin worked at November 23, 2020. various positions at Jackie Born on October 18, 1992, in Columbus, Ohio, O’s Brewpub, including a brewing internship. His Benjamin was the son of experience and skillset Kari (Thomas) and the late Eric Saunders. Joined led to his employment at the highly respected by his mother, Benjamin is lovingly remembered by Middle West Distillery, in his four brothers; Tommy Columbus, Ohio, where he worked until his death. He (Megan), Justin (Erin), was actively in the process Clint (Madeline); his twin, David (Mary Beth); of achieving his dream of opening a brewery in his and his sister, Nikki (DJ) hometown. Johnston. He is also Benjamin is survived by fondly remembered by his his maternal grandmother, five nieces and nephews: Phyllis Thomas; girlfriend, Nate and Ruby Johnston, Abby Myers; uncles, Steve Emma and Kate Saun(Valerie) Thomas, Kenniders, and Lyle Saunders. Benjamin truly adored his son (Kay) Saunders, Brent (Nell) Saunders, Winston brothers and his family. (Cindy) Saunders, and Benjamin was a 2011 Kim Saunders; and sevgraduate of Gallia Acaderal cousins. This does emy High School. He not include the countless excelled in football, friends that he made wherwrestling, and baseball. ever he went. He was a member of In addition to his Grace United Methodist father, Eric, Benjamin is Church and was involved in activities including 4-H, preceded in death by his Gallia County Junior Fair maternal grandfather, Keith Thomas; paternal Board, and Grace UMC Youth. One of his favorite grandparents, Harold and Janice Saunders; uncle, interests was following his older brothers’ college Dave Thomas; aunt, Debbie (Saunders) Bellville; football games for eight and cousin, Nathaniel years, where he enjoyed Thomas. camping and traveling Private services are with his family. After attending Marshall Univer- being planned at Grace United Methodist Church sity and Ohio University, he discovered his niche at followed by a burial at Hocking College, graduat- Mound Hill Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the ing in 2019 with a degree family asks that donations in Fermentation Science. be made given to the He was the first graduGAHS Stadium Project, ate of this new degree at c/o Adam Clark, 2855 Hocking. His determinaCentenary Road, Gallipotion and goals led to him winning the Inspirational lis, OH 45631. OYLER Please visit www.willisAchievement Award at funeralhome.com to send graduation. Throughout POMEROY — Anna Oyler, 96, of Pomeroy, Ohio, e-mail condolences. died at 4 a.m. on Friday, November 27, 2020. Arrange- his educational journey, ments will be announced by the Cremeens-King SEE MORE DEATH NOTICES | 3A Middleport/Pomeroy, Chapel. �DEATH NOTICES/NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing Saturday, November 28, 2020 3 DEATH NOTICES GALLIA, MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS NANCE Editor’s Note: The Daily Sentinel and Gallipolis Daily Tribune appreciate your input to the community calendar. To make sure items can receive proper attention, all information should be received by the newspaper at least five business days prior to an event. All coming events print on a space-available basis and in chronological order. Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@ aimmediamidwest.com or GDTnews@aimmediamidwest.com. DANFORD GALLIPOLIS — Harvey H. Danford, 63, formerly of Crown City, Ohio, died Thursday, November 26, 2020 in Cabell Huntington Hospital, Huntington, WV. A graveside service will be held 1 p.m. Sunday, November 29, 2020 at Miller Memorial Gardens, Miller, Ohio with burial to follow. Visitation will be held 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday, November 29, 2020 at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville, Ohio. COGAR SR. SYRACUSE — William K. Cogar Sr., of Syracuse, died on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020, at the Holzer Medical Center. Graveside services will be held on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020, at the Cogar Cemetery on Eagle Ridge Road at 11 a.m. Arrangements are under the direction of the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy. BRAWLEY GALLIPOLIS — Jessie James Brawley, 25, of Gallipolis, Ohio, died Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. There are no services planned at this time for Jessie. Willis Funeral Home is assisting the family. SEE MORE OBITUARIES | 2A GALLIA, MEIGS BRIEFS Editor’s Note: Gallia Meigs Briefs will only list event information that is open to the public and will be printed on a space-available basis. Temporary closures due to COVID-19 GALLIPOLIS — The John Gee Black Historical Center will be closed now through Jan. 2, 2021. This is due to the increased spread of COVID-19 in the area. Transportation planning meeting MIDDLEPORT — The Meigs County Coordinated Transportation Planning Committee will be holding a public meeting on the following dates and times: Monday, Nov. 30, at 9 a.m. and Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 9 a.m., all meetings will be held virtually via Microsoft Teams (or you can call in) All public, private non-profit, and private forprofit transportation providers, as well as the general public are invited to attend, participate and provide comment on the Meigs County Coordinated Transportation Plan. For a copy of the plan prior to the meeting, to gain the access code for each meeting or to request an accommodation for a person with a disability please contact Bridget Gilmore at 740-992-2119 or bridget.gilmore@jfs. ohio.gov Straw available from Humane Society Card Showers POMEROY — The Meigs Soil & Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors will hold their regular monthly meeting at noon at the district office. The office is located at 113 E. 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Call 740.925.9035 to see Damia Hayman, FNP-BC TODAY! “ IF IT WEREN’T FOR THE CARDIAC CARE EXPERTS AT CAMDEN CLARK I WOULDN’T BE HERE RIGHT NOW.” When Scott was having a heart attack and arrived at WVU Medicine Camden Clark by ambulance, the Emergency Room and Cardiac Care teams sprang into action. The immediate integrated care he received—from the ER to the OR all under one roof— is what saved Scott’s life that day. He put his heart and trust in the hands of our award winning emergency and cardiovascular surgery teams. Main Street, which will be called “Bunker 304.” The gift shop style store will have a TNT area theme and sell many pop-culture items. The store is likely to open in early 2021, Wamsley said. © 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. MORE HEARTS COUNT ON US. OH-70214391 Kayla (Hawthorne) Dunham is a staff writer for Ohio Valley Publishing. Reach her at (304) 675-1333, ext. 1992. TUPPERS PLAINS — The Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer District will hold its monthly board meeting at 7 p.m. a the district office. Family Nurse Practitioner Damia Hayman has joined the medical professionals at Pleasant Valley Hospital and is welcoming patients at Pleasant Valley Family Healthcare located at 995 Jackson Pike, Suite 102 in Gallipolis, Ohio. TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS ADDISON TWP. — Addison Township Trustees announce Nibert Road will be closed starting Monday, Nov. 9, for slip repairs. a van to begin again. The tour will be an hour-long, guided tour through Point Pleasant and the TNT area. There will be online reservations set up for the escape room and bus tour. Wamsley said he is currently working on opening a new store on Tuesday, Dec. 8 Thursday, Dec. 3 Road construction and closures From page 1 MARIETTA — Buckeye Hills Regional Council Executive Committee will hold its regular meeting by remote videoconference at 10:30 a.m. Buckeye Hills Regional Council serves as the Council of Governments, Area Agency on Aging, and Regional Transportation Planning Service Office will be holding their last meeting of the year at 9 a.m. All emergency grant applications must be submitted prior to the meeting. Applications submitted after Dec. 4 will not be reviewed until the end of January 2021. Lou Long will be celebrating her 90th birthday on Nov. 30, cards may be sent to Holzer Assisted Living 300 Briarwood Dr. Gallipolis, OH, 45631. MIDDLEPORT — The Meigs County Humane Society will be providing straw for pet bedding during the months of November, December, January, and February. Vouchers may be picked up at the Humane Society Thrift Shop, 253 North Second Street, Middleport, for a fee of $2. Vouchers are to be redeemed at Dettwiller Lumber in Pomeroy. For more information call 740-9926064. Mothman Friday, Dec. 4 Organization (RTPO) for Athens, Hocking, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Perry, and Washington counties. Citizens are encouraged to attend the meeting via Facebook Live. Visit the Buckeye Hills Regional Council Facebook page to watch the livestream: www. facebook.com/BuckeyeHills. The meeting agenda will be posted to buckeyehills.org. Public comment may be submitted until Dec. 2 by emailing info@buckeyehills. org. MIDDLEPORT — Meigs County Veterans OH-70208936 CROWN CITY — Jerreal Dean Nance, 72, of Crown City, Ohio, died Wednesday, November 25, 2020 in St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington, W.Va. A graveside service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, November 28, 2020 at Crown City Cemetery, Crown City, with Pastor Randy Thompson officiating. Burial will follow. No visitation will be held. Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville, Ohio is assisting the family with arrangements. Squadron will meet 6 p.m., at the post home, all members are urged to attend. Scott Stalnaker Lubeck, WV �OH-70211250 4 Saturday, November 28, 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing �NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing Saturday, November 28, 2020 5 MEIGS HEALTH MATTERS Most common household sewage treatment systems Most septic systems in the area consist of a septic tank to leach field or an aerator tank to a direct discharge. A lot happens within these sewage treatment systems to treat your wastewater so that it is environmentally safe to leach into the soil or be discharged back into a stream or ditch. It all starts when you flush your toilet and when the wastewater goes into your septic tank. In the conventional septic tank to leach field system, wastewater flows into the tank allowing any grease and lighter solids to float to the top creating what is called the scum layer. These solids break down over time and fall to the bottom of the tank creating the sludge layer. The sludge remains at the bottom of the tank and continues to build up until the tank needs pumped out by a registered septage hauler. Septic tanks may have one or two compartments that have inlet and outlet baffles. These baffles hold the scum and sludge inside the tank and allows wastewater to flow out into the leach field. bacteria, fungi, and Newer systems will protozoa. The gravelhave a filter in the outless chambers are a let baffle to make sure fairly new type of leach no finer solids leave field and is being used the tank. Older septic more than the gravel systems usually do not and pipe leach field. have filters, but the outlet baffle must be Gravel-less chambers Daschle in place or sludge will Facemyer do not take up as escape and plug up the Contributing much area compared leach field leading to a columnist to the gravel and pipe. failed system. They are domedTreatment continues shaped with an open after the wastewater leaves bottom allowing a greater the septic tank and enters the contact between the wastesoil absorption component water and the soil and the or leach field. The two most microbes. common types of soil absorpThe other commonly used tion components consist of a system in our area is an aeragravel and pipe leach field or tor tank that may discharge a gravel-less chambered leach to surface water or ditches. field. The pipe and gravel The aerator tank will have leach fields have been around similar components as a regfor decades and are relatively ular septic tank but will have larger in size compared to an extra compartment with a the chambered leach fields. motor that mixes the wasteWastewater flows equally water and shoots oxygen into into the pipes within the the water. The additional leach field and drains into oxygen increases the aerobic the surrounding soil where bacteria activity within the naturally occurring microbes system and helps breakdown attach and grow on the surand treat the wastewater face of soil and consume the before leaving the tank. Aeraorganic matter and nutrients tor systems may have addias their food. Microbes are tional treatment before the microorganisms that include wastewater is discharged. All aerator systems should have a chlorinator for the final treatment which will consist of a T-section pipe, that holds chlorine tablets for final disinfection of the wastewater. Newer aerator systems will have an ultraviolet light for disinfection instead of a chlorinator. This treatment saturates the wastewater with an ultraviolet light killing off viruses and bacteria before being discharged. All aerator systems require more maintenance compared to a septic tank and a soil absorption component. Aerator systems installed after 2007 require additional permitting with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, service contracts with a licensed provider and continuous monitoring. If you have any questions regarding your septic system or any questions on what type of system you have please contact the Meigs County Health Department at (740) 992-6626, MondayFriday, 8 a.m-4 p.m). Daschle Facemyer is a sanitarian in training at the Meigs County Health Department. GOP clashes as deadline to repeal tainted bailout law nears By Farnoush Amiri Report for America/Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Hopes of repealing an energy bailout law are in danger at the Ohio Statehouse as Republican lawmakers argue sharply different positions on how and whether to repeal the legislation with only weeks before Ohioans begin to pay the price. In one corner stands veteran GOP lawmakers like Rep. Bill Seitz, ranking member of the majority party, who believes the Nov. 3 election results solidified the standing of the now-tainted bailout bill even if federal investigators found the process of its passage to be corrupt. “There is no representative and no senator who voted yes on House Bill 6, who lost their reelection bid,” Seitz said in an interview with The Associated Press. “But many, several, at least, who voted no, lost. So what does that tell you?” Seitz vowed to vote against any repeal bill brought to the House for a floor vote during the next four weeks of the lame duck session. In the other corner, there are Republican Reps. Laura Lanese and Mark Romanchuk. Both lawmakers introduced a bill this past summer to repeal the law at Mason the center of a $60 million bribery probe. Lanese, also a ranking member in the House, pushed back on her colleague’s sentiment about the election proving not to be a referendum on what the FBI determined to be the largest bribery scheme in state history. She said her efforts to repeal the legislation actually helped her win reelection earlier this month. “When I went out campaigning, I led with that. I said ‘I’m sure you’ve heard about the scandal in Columbus. I did not vote for it and I am leading the repeal’,” Lanese said. “You can’t quantify what kind of support I got from that but I won my seat by much higher than they thought I would win by.” The Grove City Republican introduced the first repeal bill on July 23, two days after the arrest of then-House Speaker Larry Householder and four of his accomplices on charges of racketeering for their roles in the alleged scheme to bail out two aging nuclear power plants. The five men are accused of shepherding $60 million in energy company money for personal and political use in exchange for passing a legislative bailout of the plants and then derailing an None of the new cases has required hospitalization. Additionally, 25 cases have been added to From page 1 the recovered total, bringing the total recovered to 40-49 — 125 cases (2 329. hospitalizations) These cases of COVID50-59 — 109 cases (5 19 bring Meigs County hospitalizations) to 108 active cases, and 60-69 — 115 cases 448 total cases (406 (13 hospitalizations, 2 confirmed, 42 probable) deaths) since April. 70-79 — 74 cases Age ranges for the 448 (20 hospitalizations, 6 Meigs County cases, as deaths) of Wednesday, are as fol80-plus — 41 cases lows: (18 hospitalizations, 7 0-9 — 17 cases (2 new deaths) cases) The Tuesday update 10-19 — 41 cases from the Gallia County 20-29 — 67 cases (6 lists a total of 58 hospinew cases, 1 hospitalizatalizations, with 14 of tion) those currently hospital30-39 — 52 cases (2 ized. There have been 13 deaths and 404 recovered hospitalizations) 40-49 — 70 cases (1 cases reported in Gallia new case, 1 hospitalizaCounty. tion) 50-59 — 57 cases (2 Meigs County new cases, 2 hospitalizaThe Meigs County tions) Health Department 60-69 — 55 cases (3 reported 14 additional new cases, 6 hospitalizaconfirmed cases of COVID-19, since Wednes- tions) 70-79 — 43 cases day, in Friday’s update. attempt to place a rejection of the bailout on the ballot. Householder, also a Republican, was one of the driving forces behind the nuclear plants’ financial rescue, which added a new fee to every electricity bill in the state and directed over $150 million a year through 2026 to the plants near Cleveland and Toledo. The longtime lawmaker and two of the men charged have pleaded not guilty to the charges. In the days following the release of the affidavit, GOP lawmakers acted swiftly. A number of repeal bills were introduced and by the end of July, the majority party had voted to remove Householder as speaker and even chose his successor. In one of his first acts as the newly-appointed speaker, Rep. Bob Cupp, of Lima, created a committee in August to oversee the future of the bailout bill. But months later, as the General Assembly is winding down in a lame duck session — passing legislation to limit the governor’s powers during a pandemic and designating the monarch butterfly as the state official butterfly — the tainted legislation remains intact, with weeks left before the law will add a fee to every electricity bill in the state on Jan. 1. The concern for Repub- (10 hospitalizations, 3 deaths) 80-89 — 30 cases (7 hospitalizations, 5 deaths) 90-99 — 15 cases (4 hospitalizations, 3 deaths) 100-109 — 1 case (1 hospitalization) There have been a total of 329 recovered cases (25 new), a total of 34 hospitalizations and 11 deaths. There have been seven positive antibody tests in Meigs County. Antibody tests check your blood by looking for antibodies, which may tell you if you had a past infection with the virus that causes COVID-19. “With the drastic increase of COVID-19 cases over the past few weeks, the Meigs County Health Department urges the community to continue avoiding mass gatherings this holiday season. Please continue social distancing, wearing a face covering, and washing licans like Seitz, Cupp and committee chairman Jim Hoops is that repealing the bill outright would have unintended consequences and they need more time to understand the complex legislation. But Romanchuk believes his colleagues had enough time to dissect the bill when it first went through the House last year. “Everybody knows what’s in this bill because we’ve already had to vote on it at one time last year,” Romanchuk, one of a number of GOP members who voted no for the bill’s passage, said. “So to deliberate further on the same policy doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.” The other argument against repeal is that lawmakers would be throwing out the good with the bad. Rep. Kristin Boggs, who is one of the Democrats on the oversight committee, rejected the claim that the policy is sound. “If it was great policy, it wouldn’t have cost so much to get it passed with bribes,” Boggs, of Columbus, said. “Great policy doesn’t need this kind of pressure to get done.” She added, “But the pressure that exists for it to be passed in the first place continues to live at the Statehouse.” your hands to minimize the spread of the virus,” stated the health department in a news release. For more data and information on the cases in Meigs County visit https://www.meigshealth.com/covid-19/ . Library announces Holzer as ‘Fit and Fun’ partner GALLIPOLIS — In November, Bossard Library launched its new Fit and Fun Pass Lending Program, which enables eligible library patrons to borrow a membership pass to one of several local gym facilities. Library Director Debbie Saunders recently announced that the Holzer Therapy and Wellness Center will be a participating facility in this program, beginning Dec. 1. Other participating gym facilities include The Root Sports and Fitness Center, Fit Culture, and The Warehouse Gym. According to a news release from the library, each of these local facilities is diverse in the many amenities offered, including 24/7 gym access, fitness classes and sports clinics, open gym time for various sports, among other amenities. According to Saunders, this program has been very successful in its first month, with gym passes being borrowed for all three facilities. Saunders noted, “Library patrons borrowing these passes range in age from 15 to 86, which clearly shows this program appeals to all generations. The Library is pleased to have Holzer as a participating agency in this program, given the many amenities of their facility as well.” Patrons in good standing who are at least thirteen years of age are eligible to borrow a Fit and Fun Pass. Participants will be required to sign lending agreements and liability waivers, and in the case of minors, parental consent forms must be completed. Available gym passes may be borrowed at any time during the calendar month; however, these passes will expire on the last day of each month. No more than one gym pass may be borrowed on a patron’s card at any one time. Passes may only be used by the patron on whose Library card the pass is borrowed. A patron may not borrow a gym pass for the same gym facility for consecutive months, and may not borrow a gym pass more than three times per year for the same gym facility. Patrons are permitted to place reserves on the Library’s Fit and Fun gym pass. Patrons will receive a reserve notice by their preferred method of notification, as entered in the Library’s database. For more information, contact the Library at 740-4467323 or visit the Library at 7 Spruce Street, Gallipolis. Information submitted by Bossard Library. (plus 3 probable cases, 7 new confirmed cases) 40-49 — 68 cases (plus 2 probable cases, 4 new confirmed cases) 50-59 — 74 cases (plus 1 probable case, 1 new death, 2 total deaths, 7 new confirmed cases) 60-69 — 64 cases (1 Mason County death, 8 new confirmed DHHR reported cases) 426 total cases (since 70+ — 77 cases (5 March) for Mason County in the 10 a.m. update deaths, 7 new confirmed on Friday, 43 more than cases) Wednesday. The COVID19 related death of a Ohio 50-year old male from The Ohio DepartMason County was also ment of Health reported reported by DHHR on a 48-hour change of its Thursday report. 17,065 new cases on According to DHHR, Friday (21-day average the age ranges for 426 of 7,601). (Editor’s note: of the COVID-19 cases ODH did not release an DHHR is reporting in update on Thursday, Mason County are as with the numbers on follows: Friday including both 0-9 — 6 cases Thursday and Friday’s 10-19 — 30 cases (3 data). There were 72 new confirmed cases) new deaths (21-day 20-29 — 53 cases average of 41), 474 new (plus 1 probable case, 7 hospitalizations (21-day new confirmed case) average of 272) and 44 30-39 — 47 cases new ICU admissions (21-day average of 28) reported in the previous 48 hours according to Friday’s update. West Virginia As of the 10 a.m. update on Friday, DHHR is reporting a total of 45,046 cases with 712 deaths. There was an increase of 866 cases from Thursday and no new deaths. DHHR reports a total of 1,095,837 lab test have been completed, with a 3.57 cumulative percent positivity rate. The daily positivity rate in the state was 3.89 percent. Beth Sergent and Sarah Hawley contributed to this story. (Editor’s Note: Statistics reported in this article are tentative and subject to change. 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Cancellations, protests, quarantined players, piped-in crowd noise, masked cheerleaders, socially distanced bench seating — the start of the season matched the chaotic build up to it. One day down, who knows how many more left. “I’d like normalcy, I’d like a routine, but that’s not what we have right now,” North Carolina coach Roy Williams said. “You can do everything you can possibly do and still have a slipup. But the process, you need to do everything you can possibly do and be prepared to handle everything as well.” College basketball, like the rest of the sports world, was thrown into disarray last March when the surging coronavirus pandemic shut down everything. Cancelation of the NCAA Tournament cost the NCAA $375 million in revenue, so the organization that runs college sports was determined to get through the 2020-21 season. The prelude to Wednesday’s start followed the lead of a college football season filled with cancelations, shutdowns and last-minute replacement games. Dozens of college basketball programs shut down for positive COVID19 tests, big-name coaches like Tom Izzo, Scott Drew, Jim Boeheim among them. Games canceled almost hourly. Programs moved in and out of multi-team events like a game of whack-a-mole. The first big event in Connecticut dubbed Bubbleville became more like Juggleville as teams dropped out, replacements moved in and crafting a schedule became like sorting through AAU brackets. See SEASON | 8 Photos by Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Point Pleasant junior Addy Cottrill (18) tips a free ball over a Wahama blocker during an Oct. 6 volleyball match in Point Pleasant, W.Va. Point lands 2 selections; Wilson repeats as 1st team honoree By Bryan Walters team captain. bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Point Pleasant had two players chosen to the 2020 West Virginia Sports Writers Association Class AA volleyball team, as voted on by both coaches and members of the media within the Mountain State. Senior Tristan Wilson was a first team selection for a second straight postseason after producing 284 kills in 63 sets, an average of 4.51 kills per game. Wilson also set a new school record with 30 kills against Poca in the Region IV, Section 1 opening round match. Junior Addy Cottrill was a special honorable mention selection and is a first time recipient of all-state honors in volleyball. Cottrill recorded 166 kills and added a teambest 21 blocks this fall. The Lady Knights made the program’s second consecutive state tournament appearance and ended the campaign with a 13-11 overall mark. It was the second year in a row that PPHS had two players honored, as well as the third time in four years overall. Alyssa Hill of Philip Barbour was named the first team captain, while Payton Shreve of Grafton was the second 2020 WVSWA Class AA volleyball team FIRST TEAM Alyssa Hill, Philip Barbour (Captain); Meg Williams, Shady Spring; Emily Denison, Philip Barbour; Alayna Kranis, Oak Glen; Kelsie Dangerfield, Shady Spring; Tristan Wilson, Point Pleasant; Abby Fazzini, Robert C. Byrd; Jillian Fluharty, Winfield; Olivia Jeckering, Nicholas County; Somer Stover, East Fairmont. SECOND TEAM Payton Shreve, Grafton (Captain); Sydney Shamblin, Herbert Hoover; Alisea McMillion, Clay County; Gabby Floyd, Liberty Harrison; Avery Carpenter, Philip Barbour; Chloe Thompson, Shady Spring; Anyah Brown, PikeView; Avery Childers, Robert C. Byrd; Erin Signorelli, Winfield; Nia Smith, Frankfort. SPECIAL HONORABLE MENTION Faith McAfee, Herbert Hoover; Morgan Marshall, Wayne; Ziona Barnes, Weir; Ally Morris, Berkeley Springs; Adalynn Cottrill, Point Pleasant; Hollee Blair, Chapmanville; Brooke Presley, Shady Spring; Gabby Smith, Nicholas County; Virginia Breedlove, Point Pleasant senior Tristan Wilson blasts a spike attempt past a Poca blocker during a Class AA Region IV, Section 1 match on Nov. 4 in Point Pleasant, W.Va. Keyser; Morgan Riffle, Lewis County; Maggie Poling, North Marion; Erica Poe, Bluefield; Anna Shaffer, Frankfort; Kay- Monday, Nov. 30 Girls Basketball River Valley at Southern, 7:15 Meigs at Belpre, 7:15 Gallia Academy at Ironton, 7:30 Tuesday, Dec. 1 Boys Basketball Symmes Valley at River Valley, 7:30 Meigs at Belpre, 7:15 Eastern at Alexander, 7:30 Thursday, Dec. 3 Girls Basketball Southern at Waterford, 7:15 Eastern at Federal Hocking, 7:30 South Gallia at Trimble, 7:30 Gallia Academy at Coal Grove, 7:30 See WVSWA | 8 Wilt named 2nd team All-Ohio By Alex Hawley OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE len Parks, Independence; Jadyn Smith, Oak Glen; Sarah Brown, ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com CENTENARY, Ohio — The Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association has released its 2020 All-Ohio Division II boys soccer teams, featuring Gallia Academy junior forward Brody Wilt on second team. This season, Wilt helped the Blue Devils to a 15-2-2 record, their second straight Ohio Valley Conference championship, and their firstever district final appearence. The GAHS junior has 64 goals in three varsity campaigns, scoring a career-best 22 goals this season. Wilt also had a career-high in assists this fall, helping on 19 goals. Bay Village Bay claimed both top honors in Division Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Gallia Academy junior Brody Wilt (26) evades a trio of Portsmouth West defenders, during the Blue Devils’ Oct. 22 victory on Lester Field in Centenary, Ohio. II, with senior forward Brock Pickett as Player of the Year, and Bobby Doughterty as Coach of the Year. Lexington’s Scott Potter was named Assistant Coach of the Year. OSSCA All-Ohio Boys Division II soccer teams FIRST TEAM Midfielders: Gabriel Altawil, Warren Howland, sr.; Aidan Eck, CVCA, jr.; Ben Griffig, Monroe, sr.; Owen Hadden, Tipp City Tippecanoe, sr.; Cobey Hausfeld, Cin. Wyoming, sr.; Drew Ireland, Warsaw Riverview, sr.; Carter Jensen, Lima Shawnee, sr.; Ethan Kerns, Chillicothe Unioto, sr.; Andrew Schaffer, Columbus DeSales, jr.; Austin Shields, Albany Alexander, sr.; Ian Zitney, Chagrin Falls, sr. Forwards: Will Gehlhausen, Norwalk, sr.; Kendall Hamilton, Cin. Summit Country Day, sr.; Ryan Hawk, Columbus Hartley, sr.; Jacob Miller, Lima Shawnee, jr.; Ryan Parker, Lexington, sr.; Brock Pickett, Bay Village Bay, sr. Defender: Tommy Buser, Richfield Revere. Player of the Year: Brock Pickett, Bay Village Bay. See WILT | 8 �SPORTS 8 Saturday, November 28, 2020 Season From page 5 While gamblers socially distanced inside the Mohegan Sun casino, no fans were allowed in the 10,000-seat arena for the opening game between Virginia and Towson, a late replacement for coronavirus-affected Maine. Yelling coaches and squeaking sneakers echoed off the empty seats, and seats on the benches were spread out for social distancing — as they were in arenas across the country. Cardboard cutouts filled most arenas and recorded crowd noise was piped in to replace the full-throated roars of real fans. “It’s weird implemented crowd noise, just a bunch of cardboard cutouts staring at you and it’s just ‘this is different,’” Rutgers guard Ron Harper Jr. said. North Carolina played its hype video before announcing the starting lineups and played House of Pain’s “Jump Around” before playing College of Charleston — despite playing in front a handful of player families and staff at the 21,750-seat Smith Center. Kentucky’s Rupp Arena, typically one of the toughest road venues in college basketball, was limited to 15% capacity and felt like the doors had just opened instead of the usual buzz at tipoff. “We have to create our own energy,” said Iowa preseason AllAmerican Luka Garza, who had 26 points and 10 rebounds in a win over North Carolina Central. “As a basketball player, I have no problem doing that. I play the same whether I’m at LA Fitness or in front of 15,000 fans.” Ten members of the top-ranked South Carolina women’s team followed the social justice lead of the NBA and WNBA by remaining seated for the national anthem before their 119-38 win over Charleston. “We just wanted everyone to know we haven’t forgotten about what’s going on,” guard Zia Cooke said. “Of course, this is a basketball game, but we wanted to use our platform.” Numerous other teams sat or knelt during the anthem, including North Carolina State’s women. The Virginia men’s team had “UNITY” on their warm-up shirts and Towson’s players had a raised fist on their backs. Georgetown coach Patrick Ewing made a different kind of statement during the Hoyas’ season-opening game against Maryland-Baltimore County, draping a white towel over his shoulder in memory John Thompson. Several other coaches followed suit to honor the Hall of Fame coach who died in August at 78. Some teams never made it to the floor. Georgia’s opener against Columbus State was canceled just hours before tipoff due to positive COVID19 tests within the Division II team. Lipscomb’s game against Campbellsville Harrodsburg also was canceled due to coronavirus issues. On the women’s side, No. 9 UCLA had its game called off after an 80-minute wait for Cal State Fullerton to get COVID-19 test results and Rutgers’ opener was called off due to a positive test in Monmouth’s program. “This is obviously a situation unlike any other I’ve had to deal with in my 31 seasons of coaching college basketball,” Georgia coach Tom Crean said. “This season already was a surreal experience all around. This is truly that.” Oklahoma and Monmouth became the latest teams to pause all activities due to positive COVID-19 tests. The game went on mostly as usual on the court. Drake pulled off the first upset of the season, winning 80-70 at Kansas State. Montana State of the Big Sky Conference followed with a 91-78 rout at UNLV, Saint Francis (Pa.) beat Pittsburgh for the first time in 30 tries and Georgia State beat Georgia Tech in four overtimes for its first win over an ACC team. Illinois senior Ayo Dosunmu showed off why he was a preseason All-American, finishing with 28 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in a 122-60 win over North Carolina A&T. Heralded Oklahoma State freshman Cade Cunningham, another preseason All-American, had a stellar debut, finishing with 21 points and 10 rebounds in a 75-68 win over Texas-Arlington. The day before Thanksgiving, players, coaches and fans were thankful to have college basketball back. Where it goes from here, nobody knows. Ohio Valley Publishing Rebels roll past Oak Hill, 63-48 By Alex Hawley scoring nine of the hosts’ points. SGHS added a point to its MERCERVILLE, Ohio — lead in the second stanza, outscoring Oak Hill 16-to-15 A smooth season opener. for a 27-19 halftime advanThe South Gallia boys tage. basketball team began its The Rebels pulled away in 2020-21 campaign with a 63-48 victory over non-con- the third period, going on a 17-to-8 run for a 44-27 lead ference guest Oak Hill on Wednesday in Gallia County. with eight minutes to play. Both offenses saved their The Rebels (1-0) held best for last, with the Oaks the Oaks (0-1) to just two pouring in 21 points, while buckets in the first quarter. South Gallia led 11-4 at the the Red and Gold sealed the 63-48 victory with a end of the opening period, 19-point quarter. with Brayden Hammond ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com Hammond led the hosts with 24 points on the strength of 11 field goals. Tristan Saber was next with 15 points, followed by Jaxxin Mabe with 11. Andrew Small finished with five points, Ean Combs scored four, while Blake Saunders and Layne Ours chipped in with two points each for the Rebels. Leading the Oaks, Aidan Hall scored 13 points and Evan Fisher added 11. Kade Kinzel and Brock Harden had eight points apiece, Connor Clark and Stiltner tallied three each, while Braylon Howell claimed two points. South Gallia made 9-of-18 (50 percent) free throws in the win, while OHHS went 4-for-14 (28.6 percent) at the charity stripe. The Rebels return to action on Dec. 4 at River Valley. © 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-4462342, ext. 2100. Rio Grande men hand Bears first loss By Randy Payton For Ohio Valley Publishing PORTSMOUTH, Ohio — While hunters throughout the area have spent the days leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday trying to bag a trophy deer, the University of Rio Grande men’s basketball team found itself hunting bear on Wednesday afternoon. And as things turned out, first-year head coach Ryan Arrowood’s club was successful in their attempt. The RedStorm rallied from a 15-point second half deficit and took the lead for good inside the final minute of a 64-61 triumph over rival Shawnee State University in non-conference action at Waller Gymnasium. Rio Grande improved to 4-2 with a third consecutive victory, just its second in the last six meetings between the two schools and its first since a 65-59 win in Portsmouth on Jan. 31, 2017. Shawnee State, which received votes in the preseason NAIA Top 25 Coaches’ Poll, suffered its first loss in five outings. The Bears used a 17-3 run over the final seven minutes of the first half to open up a 39-28 halftime lead and extended their advantage to its largest point of the night, 44-29, following a jumper in the lane by Donoven Carlisle with 17:20 left in the contest. Rio Grande still trailed by 14 points, Courtesy|Allison Jeffers 47-33, following a bucket by Shawnee Rio Grande’s Reedetris Richardson scored a career-high 14 points to help the RedStorm post a 64-61 State’s 6-foot-11 center EJ One with win over previously-unbeaten Shawnee State University, Wednesday afternoon, at Waller Gymnasium 15:02 remaining, but the RedStorm in Portsmouth, Ohio. responded with an 18-3 run over the desperation would-be, game-tying heave lowest offensive output of the season next seven-plus minutes and grabbed and finished nearly 30 points below by Prichard from midcourt was off the a 51-50 lead after a three-pointer by their 87.5 ppg average. mark as time expired. freshman Andrew Shull (Milton, WV) Onu tied a career-high with 24 points Blevins and Richardson had 14 points with 7:45 left to play. to lead all scorers, although all but four The Bears regained the lead by scor- each to lead Rio Grande, while Tadic finished with 12. Blevins had nine of his of his points came in the opening half. ing the next five points and found James Jones, SSU’s leading scorer for points after halftime, while Richardson themselves up 57-54 on the heels of a the season at 24.5 ppg and the reigning scored eight of his career-high total in jumper by Dakota Prichard with 1:46 Mid-South Conference Player of the the second half. remaining, but Rio tied the game on a Week, was limited to a season-low 14 Tadic, who had six of his 12 points trifecta by freshman Reedetris Richardpoints in the loss. son (Atlanta, GA) 17 seconds later and over the final 20 minutes, added a Carlisle added a game-high nine took the lead for good on a pair of free game-high six assists to the winning rebounds in a losing cause, while Jakiel effort. throws by sophomore Miroslav “Miki” Richardson finished with a team-high Wells finished with a team-high five Tadic (Hilversum, The Netherlands) assists and three steals. six rebounds for the RedStorm and with 58.3 seconds left. With its regularly-scheduled game at Blevins had three steals. Tadic added two more free throws Rio Grande shot just 38 percent over- River States Conference rival West Virwith 27.2 seconds remaining to give ginia University-Tech on Dec. 5 already all (21-for-55), but connected on 44.4 the RedStorm a four-point lead and postponed by COVID protocols, Rio percent of its three-point tries (12-forShawnee State got no closer than two Grande’s next game is set for Dec. 12 27). points the rest of the way. Shawnee State, which shot just under when Point Park University visits the The Bears did have a chance to force Newt Oliver Arena for an RSC contest. 47 percent overall in the first half, hit overtime after Rio sophomore Shiloah just nine of its 31 attempts after halfBlevins (South Webster, OH) missed Randy Payton is the Sports Information Director at the time (29.0%). the back end of a two-shot free throw University of Rio Grande. The Bears were also limited to their opportunity with 3.0 seconds left, but a Wilt From page 5 Coach of the Year: Bobby Doughterty, Bay Village Bay. Assistant Coach of the Year: Scott Potter, Lexington. SECOND TEAM Midfielders: Braeden Bergstrom, Greenfield McClain, sr.; Mason Bizjak, Aurora, sr.; Christian Cora, Cleveland Benedictine, jr.; Matt Decapua, Bay Village Bay, sr.; Noah Huda, Poland Seminary, so.; Michael Kaczmarowski, Cin. Indian Hill, sr.; Joey Klein, Richfield Revere, sr.; Austin Driggs, New Concord John Glenn, jr.; Hayden Paige, Morgan, sr.; Jack Stauffer, Chagrin Falls, sr.; Seth Stoner, Bellville Clear Fork, sr.; Teddy Togliatti, Lexington, sr.; Brady Vilvens, Wilmington, sr.; Cole Walton, Waynesville, sr.; Brody Wilt, Gallipolis Gallia Academy, jr. Forwards: Gage Weaver, Ontario, so.; Elliott Warner, New Philadelphia, jr.; Adam WVSWA From page 5 Westside; Lyndsey Heckert, Robert C. Byrd; Chloe Johnson, Fairmont Senior. HONORABLE MENTION Kerrigan Moore, Nitro; Katie Ken- Tobin, St. Marys Memorial, sr.; Trace Terry, Bellbrook, jr.; Graham Nicholson, Cin. Summit Country Day, sr.; Kaden Miller, Kenton, sr.; Mike Mercure, Canfield, sr.; Trent Maisano, Columbus Watterson, jr.; Max King, Granville, sr.; Camden Herring, Plain City Jonathan Alder, jr.; Ethan Herbert, Cin. Wyoming, sr.; Mason Grudich, Milton Union, so.; Ben Goeller, Oakwood, sr.; Jayden Fuller, Norton, jr.; Kyler D’Augustino, Albany Alexander, so.; Jordan Clark, Rossford, sr.; Jordan Bry- nedy, Philip Barbour; Kierstin Stroud, Wayne; Kyra Davis, Independence; Sydney Smith, Oak Glen; Mya Williams, Winfield; Carlee Spielman, Berkeley Springs; Abbie Moore, Clay County; Jordan Heckert, Robert C. Byrd; Kaelyn Kesner, Keyser; Kierra Bartholow, East Fairmont; Haleigh Riggleman, Elkins; Reyvin Cottle, Logan; Kelsei Vance, Liberty; Jayden ant, Warsaw Riverview, sr.; Chase Alwood, Bloom Carroll, jr.; Riley Adams, Louisville, sr. Defenders: Zarek Yoder, Edison, sr.; Nolan Sooy, Bay Village Bay, sr.; Zach Chambers, Lima Shawnee, sr.; Jonny Baileys, Tipp City Tippecanoe, sr. Goalkeepers: Easton Delgado, Wauseon, sr; Sean Perkins, Cambridge, sr. © 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-4462342, ext. 2100. Rogers, Roane County; Katlyn Clendenin, Sissonville; Lilley Criss, Philip Barbour; Abby Stovall, PikeView; Blaire McUmar, Weir; Brianna Cox, Liberty; Lathea Hatfield, Westside. © 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. �Along the River Ohio Valley Publishing Saturday, November 28, 2020 9 OVP File Photo Pictured from a previous Christmas is the annual poinsettia tree at Mindy Kearns | Courtesy Trinity Congregational Church in Pomeroy. The tree is traditionally Red as far as one can see fill the greenhouses at Bob’s Market and Greenhouses, Inc. in Mason, as it is time for the holiday poinsettias. assembled by members of the church in the weeks leading up to The traditional red flower makes up 75 percent of Bob’s total 70,000 poinsettias this year, which also come in colors such as white, pink, Christmas. marble, and many others. Pictured is just a section of one of the greenhouses abounding with color. A Christmas tradition Poinsettia season arrives By Mindy Kearns come in a variety of sizes. Barnitz said the local greenhouse grows the flower in four-and-a-half, MASON, W.Va. — We see them everywhere dur- six-and-a-half, eight, 10, and 14 inch pots. Most of ing the holiday season. Poinsettias are the tra- the 14-inch poinsettias, ditional Christmas flower, however, are shipped to and this time of year they Bob’s Pittsburgh warehouse, to be purchased by adorn our homes, businesses and churches. And businesses as far as New York. Barnitz said those when you see a poinsetplants can get as large as tia locally, chances are some Christmas trees. it was one of the 70,000 While many people grown at Bob’s Market and Greenhouses, Inc. in enjoy poinsettias at this time of year, Barnitz Mason. laughed and said workers Bob’s greenhouses at the greenhouses are are full of the blooms in shades of red, pink, white tired of looking at them. With one of the longest and marble. Some have growing season of any catchy names, like “Red Glitter,” “Ice Punch,” and flower, the workers have “Winter Rose.” According been nurturing the plants since the end of June. to Scott Barnitz, a viceThe poinsettias are president at Bob’s, the ordered in May from plactraditional red remains es such as El Salvador, the favorite year after Guatemala, Nicaragua, year, and makes up 75 and Mexico as cuttings. percent of their producBarnitz describes them tion. as “back-end, weighted Along with various crops,” which means colors, poinsettias also Special to OVP POINSETTIA POINTS OF INTEREST FROM THE USDA - The poinsettia the most popular Christmas plant and the number-one flowering potted plant in the US. Its traditional sales period is just 6 weeks. - Last year, the wholesale value of the poinsettia crop reached nearly $170 million-a jump of more than 400 percent from 1976. - The poinsettia, a contemporary symbol of Christmas, was introduced to the United States and named after Joel Robert Poinsett in 1825, the first U.S. ambassador to Mexico. - The Aztec Indians prized poinsettias and considered them a symbol of purity because of their brilliant red color, they made a reddish-purple dye from the colored “flowers” (called bracts) and medicine against fevers from the latex sap of the plant. Information found at https://www.ars.usda.gov/oc/ images/photos/k7244-2 after the long growing season, they are mostly sold during a two-week period from Dec. 10 to Christmas. Knowing how many cuttings to order in May for December is always risky, Barnitz said, but ordering in the middle of a pandemic was like “rolling the dice.” He said Bob’s was “hurt severely” in the spring when the Pittsburgh area, which is very strong in purchasing Easter flowers, was mostly closed due to COVID-19. Selling a lot of poinsettias each year to churches, Barnitz said their success will be directly affected by the churches being able to remain open with COVID-19 cases rising. Even though he said Bob’s is “holding its breath on this crop,” he remains optimistic. Mindy Kearns | Courtesy While the traditional red is by far the most popular color of poinsettias, they come in many colors and variations. Pictured is a white poinsettia, with a light shade of pink running through the bracts. Barnitz said early sales have shown people who are stuck inside during the pandemic are having more time to spend decorating their homes, and flowers are more important to them. Bob’s Market has three local retail stores, includ- ing Mason in West Virginia, and Gallipolis and Belpre in Ohio. © 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Mindy Kearns is a freelance writer for Ohio Valley Publishing, email her at mindykearns1@hotmail.com. OVP File Photo Bob’s Market co-owner Scott Barnitz is pictured during a previous growing season in the poinsettia greenhouse. �NEWS/CLASSIFIEDS 10 Saturday, November 28, 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing Pandemic postpones national math, reading tests until 2022 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — National reading and math tests long used to track what U.S. students know in those subjects are being postponed from next year to 2022 over concerns about whether testing would be feasible or produce valid results during the coronavirus pandemic, the National Center for Education Statistics announced Wednesday. The biennial National Assessment of Educational Progress evaluations used for the Nation’s Report Card were slated early next year for hundreds of thousands of the country’s fourth and eighth graders. But widespread remote learning and health protocols would have added big complications and costs because the model uses shared equipment and sends outside proctors to conduct the testing in schools. Pushing ahead with testing in 2021 runs the risk of spending tens of millions of dollars and still not getting the data necessary to produce a reliable, comparable picture of state and national student performance, NCES Commissioner James Woodworth said in a statement. By law, they would have to wait another two years for the next chance at testing. Testing in 2022 instead “would be more likely to provide valuable — and valid — data about student achievement in the wake of COVID-19 to support effective policy, research, and resource allocation,” the leaders of the National Assessment Governing Board said in a separate statement supporting the move. The nonpartisan Council of Chief State School Officers also supported the NAEP postponement. Ohio Department of Education spokesperson Mandy Minick called it “entirely understandable” given the extensive disruptions schools are facing. “I think we’re all on the same page about trying to stress health and safety,” she said. However, the decision also delays data that could help show how the pandemic is impacting learning. Woodworth suggested that results from states’ annual tests — generally conducted using schools’ own equipment and staff, and perhaps therefore more feasible than the national tests — could help bridge the gap and provide a state-level look at the impact. But the NAEP postponement might have ripple effects in the debate about whether those state tests even happen in spring 2021. State tests, which are federally mandated and are used more for accountability purposes, were canceled last spring under federal waivers as the pandemic surged. The current administration under Republican President Donald Trump had indicated states shouldn’t expect to be granted another round of waivers if they request them, but it’s an issue likely to come up again after Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s administration takes office. “If the national assessment can’t be done in ‘21, states are legitimately going to say, ’Well, why are we expected to test in ‘21?’” said Chester Finn, a former chair of the National Assessment Governing Board and president emeritus of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute who advocates results-based accountability. If states get to skip the tests again this spring, that could create a multiyear gap in data that helps inform other decisions and identify concerns, Finn said. Biden’s win hides a dire warning for Democrats in rural U.S. DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democrats once dominated Koochiching County in the blue-collar Iron Range of northern Minnesota. But in this month’s presidential election, President Donald Trump won it with 60% of the vote. That’s not because voters there are suddenly shifting to the right, said Tom Bakk, who represents the area in the state Senate. 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All of those counties are lightly populated. Perhaps more telling, Trump increased his winning percentages in 90% of the counties where he reached the 60% mark in those three states four years ago. That includes all 24 counties where he won at least 70% of the vote last time, even while Biden was vastly outspending Trump on advertising. The rural runaway was even greater in Iowa and Ohio, where polls late in October gave Biden’s campaign hopes of a close race or narrow win, only to see him lose them by the same margins Clinton did. Trump’s greater dominance in rural Ohio surprised even Republican strategists. 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After careful consideration, on August 20, 2020, the Commissioners approved, by resolution, to designated Gallia County Department of Job and Family Services to serve as the public children services agency effective December 1, 2020. MERCHANDISE Want To Buy Absolute Top Dollarsilver/gold coins, any 10k/14k/18k gold jewerly, dental gold, pre 1935 US currency, diamonds, MTS Coin Shop 151 2nd Avenue, Gallipolis. 446-2842 �NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing Saturday, November 28, 2020 11 Schools struggle to stay open as quarantines sideline staff COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The infection of a single cafeteria worker was all it took to close classrooms in the small Lowellville school district in northeastern Ohio, forcing at least two weeks of remote learning. Not only did the worker who tested positive for the coronavirus need to quarantine, but so did the entire cafeteria staff and most of the transportation crew, because some employees work on both. The district of about 500 students sharing one building had resumed in-person instruction with masks and social distancing and avoided any student infections. But without enough substitute workers, administrators had no choice but to temporarily abandon classroom operations and meal services. “It boils down to the staff,” Lowellville Superintendent Geno Thomas said. “If you can’t staff a school, you have to bring it to remote.” Around the country, contact tracing and isolation protocols are sidelining school employees and closing school buildings. The staffing challenges force students out of classrooms, even in dis- tricts where officials say the health risks of in-person learning are manageable. And the absences add to the strain from a wave of early retirements and leaves taken by employees worried about health risks. It’s another layer of the “tremendous stress” faced by administrators and educators navigating the pandemic, said Dan Domenech, executive director of AASA, the nation’s leading school superintendents association. The superintendent in Groton, Connecticut, recently announced the entire district would transition to distance learning for two weeks following Thanksgiving — a decision driven primarily by a staffing shortage. “When you have the wrong teacher, like an art teacher who over a twoday period sees as many as 80 children, you’ve got the possibility of a really significant number of contacts,” he said. “It’s not being transmitted in schools apparently, but we have lots of cases of children and staff members who are getting it very typically from a family member.” In Kansas, the 27,000-student Shawnee Mission School District announced recently that middle and high school students would return to remote learning until January because of difficulty keeping buildings staffed. Scores of employees are quarantined because of known or potential exposure. “It is important to emphasize that this decision is not being made because of COVID-19 transmission within our schools,” Superintendent Mike Fulton wrote to families. He said available substitute teachers would be shifted to elementary schools to keep up in-person learning for younger students. Social distancing, wearing masks, washing hands and completing daily COVID-19 assessments “seem to be working to keep transmission low within schools,” Fulton said. The effects of school staffing struggles have prompted some officials to suggest relaxing quarantine rules. On Monday, leaders of several Louisiana public school systems told the state House health committee that too many students are missing in-person classroom instruction because they have been sent home for 14 days to quarantine. The state health depart- ment said it would not recommend any changes to quarantine regulations. 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Meigs County EMS and 911 Director Robbie Jacks introduced Hysell during the virtual gala, explaining that he was one of the youth who Hysell had impacted during his career. Jacks stated that in the late 1980s he ran away from what he described as a troubled home, and after staying on a few friends’ couches until he was told he needed to leave. He stated that late one night he was sitting by the courthouse statue when Hysell pulled in. Hysell took Jacks in his car to the home of Fenton and Jeanie Taylor, arranging for him to stay with them. “I was a kid with no direction,” said Jacks. “He (Hysell) spent time with me; mentored me; got me a job.” “I wanted to be like Carl,” said Jacks, who has spent 30 years in law enforcement. ”I am extremely blessed that Carl took the time,” said Jacks of the impact Hysell had on his life. Community Pillar — Jennifer Sheets Jennifer Sheets was 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 39° 49° 43° HEALTH TODAY AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™ Temperature The AccuWeather.com Asthma Index combines the effects of current air quality, pollen counts, wind, temperature, dew point, barometric pressure, and changes from past weather conditions to provide a scale showing the overall probability and severity of an asthma attack. (in inches) 0.00 2.20 3.09 43.66 39.04 Today 7:25 a.m. 5:08 p.m. 4:20 p.m. 5:36 a.m. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Sun. 7:26 a.m. 5:07 p.m. 4:51 p.m. 6:35 a.m. MOON PHASES Full Last Nov 30 Dec 7 New First Dec 14 Dec 21 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for fish and game. Today Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Major 9:37a 10:18a 11:05a 11:56a 12:26a 1:21a 2:20a Minor 3:26a 4:07a 4:53a 5:43a 6:37a 7:34a 8:33a AccuWeather.com Cold Index™ The AccuWeather.com Cold Index combines the effects of local weather with a number of demographic factors to provide a scale showing the overall probability of transmission and symptom severity of the common cold. 0 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme WEATHER TRIVIA™ Q: What is an anticyclone? SUN & MOON Major 9:58p 10:41p 11:29p ---12:50p 1:48p 2:46p Minor 3:47p 4:30p 5:17p 6:08p 7:03p 8:01p 9:00p WEATHER HISTORY Arctic winds dropped temperatures to as low as 32 below zero in Minnesota on Nov. 28, 1989. One year later, 60 new records for warmth were set in the Midwest and Northeast. AIR QUALITY 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 Flood Stage 37 34 36 35 41 40 50 50 52 54 50 50 51 Level 13.02 16.86 21.97 13.09 13.21 24.65 12.52 25.72 34.37 12.52 17.50 33.80 17.70 24-hr. Chg. +0.03 +0.37 +0.14 +0.10 +0.02 +0.24 +0.22 -0.37 -0.20 -0.15 -0.30 -0.10 +0.10 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Sarah Hawley is the managing editor of The Daily Sentinel. THURSDAY 37° 21° 43° 23° 44° 27° Increasing cloudiness Cooler with periods of rain Cloudy, snow showers; windy and colder Mostly sunny and not as cold Chilly; mostly cloudy, then some sun Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Logan 50/28 Adelphi 50/28 Chillicothe 49/32 Waverly 49/31 Lucasville 50/31 Portsmouth 54/32 Ashland 57/36 Grayson 56/35 Murray City 50/28 Belpre 52/31 St. Marys 52/31 Parkersburg 50/29 Coolville 51/30 Wilkesville 52/29 POMEROY Jackson 53/31 52/29 Ravenswood Rio Grande 53/32 52/30 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 49/32 GALLIPOLIS 53/31 53/31 53/31 Elizabeth 53/31 Spencer 53/31 Buffalo 54/31 Ironton 56/35 FRIDAY 47° 25° Cloudy NATIONAL CITIES Marietta 52/31 Athens 51/29 McArthur 51/28 500 Primary pollutant: Particulates Lifetime Business Achievement — Home National Bank Home National Bank President John Hoback accepted the Lifetime Business Achievement award from the Meigs County Chamber on behalf of the bank and its board of directors. Home National Bank recently celebrated 110 years in the banking industry. First National Bank and Racine Home Bank were both established in in the village in 1910, merging into Home National Bank in 1967. Since that time, the bank has expanded to the Syracuse Branch in 1982, its new building in Racine 10 years ago, and the opening of the Middleport branch in 2017. Hoback stated that since the beginning the bank has strived to meet the needs of the businesses and communities it serves. ”Home National Bank is there to provide a hometown community banking experience for those in Meigs County and the surrounding areas,” said Hoback.” We provide anything that any big bank can do and as we like to say do it with ‘service with a smile.’” Hoback added that the success of the bank is tied to the success of the communities that it serves. Speaking of the successes in Racine, Hoback noted that the bank is “one piece of that”, with RACO, Mayor Scott Hill and many others working together. The bank is involved in supporting “hometown experiences” including parades, festivals, family nights at sporting events and much more. Hoback added that he accepted the award “on behalf of all the people who came before me. I am only a steward in this organization. It goes back to those local business people who wanted to start a bank back in 1910.” He also thanked the current board of directors and all those who have served on the board over the years, as well as current and past employees. © 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. 46° 29° South Shore Greenup 56/35 53/31 41 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2020 OH-70211309 MONDAY services provided. The Pomeroy Laundry Company is located at 226 East Main Street, Pomeroy Ohio 45769. In the Gala presentation, Jerod Wyatt stated that he was working a midnight shift when he saw on Facebook Marketplace that the laundry mat was for sale. He added that he messaged the owner to set up a meeting regarding the business. The Wyatts, said Jerod, “decided we did not know anything about a laundry mat or machines but made an offer and bought it that day.” The Pomeroy Laundry Company is a self serve wash and dry laundry facility, which also offers “wash, dry and fold” service for the local community and businesses. Pick up and delivery is available for this service. Since purchasing the business, most of the machines have been replaced, the bathroom has been remodeled, the interior and exterior of the building have been given a facelift and many unseen items have been upgraded. “The laundry mat was probably our best investment. We enjoy coming in every day. We enjoy serving the community and helping out any way we can,” said the Wyatts. “We appreciate that our community and fellow businesses recognize the work we put in.“ 60° 43° 2 A: It is another name for a high pressure system Precipitation 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Fri. 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High 53° / Low 31° Statistics through 3 p.m. Fri. 56° 48° 52° 34° 81° in 1990 8° in 1930 EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM ALMANAC High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low Economic Impact — American Electric Power of Southeast Ohio American Electric Power of Southeast Ohio was recognized with the 2020 Meigs County Entrepreneur of the Year Chamber Economic —Joel Pollard, Ohio River Impact Award for the Power Equipment multi-million dollar serJoel Pollard of Ohio vice center opened in River Power Equipment Meigs County. was recognized as the The honor for AEP 2020 Entrepreneur of the Year during the 2020 Ohio comes following the construction and openMeigs County Chamber ing of its new state-ofVirtual Gala. the-art Pomeroy Service In 2018, Pollard purchased the existing small Center which was built across from Eastern High business in Pomeroy School. which was a Gravely The facility is the dealer. Pollard explained regional service center that they took off with that brand and as things for the line crews in the began to grow picked up area. “This service center is another line. also a reflection of AEP’s Since then Pollard commitment to provide has purchased property more than energy to our on Hiland Road just off State Route 7 in Pomeroy customers. We want to be the best energy provider and has added the Cub Cadet brand to his offer- we can; we want to be the best power company we ings. Pollard explained that can; but, we also want to work with municipalities Meigs County is a great place to open a business, and organizations and businesses to really pronoting the support of the community and local vide the potential to new economic opportunities,” officials. said AEP Ohio’s Anthony “I could not think of DeBoard. a better place to start a Derek Teaford, the business. The support of the community, customer distribution assistant supervisor for the Pomebase, community leadroy Branch, explained ers … from day one the that the service center support has been unbelievable,” said Pollard in employees more than a dozen people from the accepting the award. area, many of whom are “Without my customactive in their local comers I wouldn’t be here. munities, schools and … At the end of the day organizations. without our customers we would not be here. They have opportunity to Best First Impression — go anywhere and spend Pomeroy Laundry Company their hard earned dolThe Pomeroy Laundry lars,” said Pollard. Company and owners He concluding by say- Jerod and Bethany Wyatt ing that starting your were the 2020 recipient of own business is chalthe Chamber’s Best First lenging and takes drive, Impression award. determination and faith. The Wyatts purchased ”Take that leap of faith. the laundry mat in 2019 If you have the deterand since that time have mination and drive set made many upgrades, your goals and you can updates and changes to accomplish anything,” the inside and outside of said Pollard. the business and to the Community Fund and mail to the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio, PO Box 456, Nelsonville, OH 45764. recognized with the 2020 Meigs County Chamber Community Pillar award. Farmers Bank President and CEO Paul Reed spoke about Sheets and her leadership in the community, particularly with the Meigs County Community Fund, during the virtual gala. Reed explained that through her leadership as president of the MCCF she has set in place a pillar for the community for years to come. The community fund launched the Endow 200 campaign in conjunction with Meigs County’s bicentennial with a goal of raising $600,000 toward future grants for Meigs County. “To the true community pillar she is, we far surpassed it,” said Reed of the $600,000 goal. With a new goal of $1 million, Reed said that given Sheets’ leadership that goal will be met as well. According to the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio, “The Meigs County Community Fund was created in 2011 to increase and advance philanthropic activities in Meigs County. The Meigs County Community Fund works to attract philanthropic resources in the form of gifts, grants, or bequests to benefit the broader community. It helps everyone give back to Meigs County so the community can invest grants to benefit Meigs County residents.” Gifts to the Meigs County Community Fund are tax deductible and can be made in many ways, including cash, bequests, and life insurance. 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