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Don’t fall for COVID or the flu–wear a mask,
practice social distancing, wash your hands,
stay at home if you are ill &amp; get your flu shot!
Dr. Douglas Hunter, Medical Director:
Meigs County Health Department | 112. E. Memorial Drive, Ste A | Pomeroy, Ohio 45769 | 740-992-6626 | www.meigs-health.com

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Honoring Chief Edwards
New death
reported
in Gallia
Over 100 new cases
reported in tri-county
Staff Report

Photos by Sarah Hawley | Sentinel

Firefighters, friends and family gathered on Monday to remember Chester Volunteer Fire Department Chief David Edwards who passed away last week following a battle
with cancer. Edwards served as Chief of the department for the past several years, devoting more than 35 years to the community as a firefighter. Edwards also worked
for the Meigs County ODOT garage, which paid tribute to their coworker with his truck placed along the procession route in Chester.

in Athens County, and has since
opened the infusion center according to Lucy Bucher, senior director
of medical affairs for O’Bleness Hospital.
Patients must meet very speciﬁc
criteria for the treatment, then a
provider connects them with teams
who perform the infusions either
at the infusion center or in the
patient’s home.
“As we continue to combat the
rapid and rising spread of COVID-19

Gallia County
ODH and the Gallia
County Health Department reported a total
of 1,467 total cases of
COVID-19 (since March)
in Gallia County as part
of Monday’s updates.
This is an increase of 51
since Friday.
ODH reported a total
of 19 deaths (one new),
91 hospitalizations (two
new) and 940 presumed
recovered individuals (66
new) as of Monday.
Age ranges for the
1,467 total cases reported
by ODH on Monday are
as follows:
0-19 — 203 cases (5
new cases, 1 hospitalization)
20-29 — 250 cases (15
new cases, 4 hospitalizations)
30-39 — 189 cases (4
new cases, 3 hospitalizations)
40-49 — 217 cases (11
new cases, 3 hospitalizations)
50-59 — 206 cases (7
new cases, 1 new hospitalization, 8 total hospitalizations)
60-69 — 179 cases (7
new cases, 1 new hospitalization, 20 total hospitalizations, 1 new death,
3 total deaths)
70-79 — 123 cases (1
new case, 25 hospitalizations, 8 deaths)
80-plus — 100 cases (2
new cases, 27 hospitalizations, 8 deaths)
Gallia County is currently “Orange” on the
Ohio Public Health
Advisory System map
after meeting three of
the seven indicators on
Thursday.

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See COVID | 2

Gov. DeWine signs bills into law
PUCO candidates under consideration
Staff Report

Gov. Mike DeWine signed
the following bills into law on
Monday.
Senate Bill 123, sponsored
by Senators Matt Dolan and
Nathan Manning, designates
the Dunkleosteus terrelli as the
state fossil ﬁsh.
House Bill 123, sponsored by
Representative Gayle Manning

and Former Representative
Glenn Holmes, establishes the
“Safety and Violence Education Students (SAVE Students)
Act,” creating new school
safety policy provisions. The
bill also allows educational service centers to apply for school
safety training grants, and
begins a pilot program allotting
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House Bill 325, sponsored
by Representatives Stephanie
Howse and Joe Miller, designates February 18 as “Toni
Morrison Day.” Morrison, a
native of Lorain, Ohio, is a
recipient of the Nobel Prize in
literature and the Presidential
Medal of Freedom.
Senate Bill 284, sponsored
by Senators Jay Hottinger and
Bob Peterson, amends Ohio
law related to the purchasing
and selling of reinsurance.

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House Bill 412, sponsored by
Representatives Randi Clites
and Tim Ginter, creates the
Rare Disease Advisory Council.
Senate Bill 252, sponsored
by Senators Bob Hackett and
Hearcel Craig, prohibits the
use of “fail ﬁrst” drug coverage
policies for stage four advanced
metastatic cancer patients.
Also on Monday, the Associated Press reported a nominating council forwarded four
See DEWINE | 4

O’Bleness Hospital opens specialty
infusion center for COVID-19 patients
Staff Report

Prices are subject to change at any time.

ATHENS — OhioHealth
O’Bleness Hospital has opened
a Specialty Infusion Center for
patients with COVID-19.
It will be used solely for infusion
of FDA emergency use authorized
monoclonal antibody treatments,
targeting patients with mild to moderate forms of COVID-19 in highrisk patients.
OhioHealth started offering this
service through OhioHealth At
Home’s Advanced Home Services

OHIO VALLEY — One
new COVID-19 related
death was reported in
the tri-county region on
Monday with over 100
total new cases reported
over the weekend.
One new death, a
person in the 60-69 age
range, was reported in
Gallia County, according to the Ohio Department of Health (ODH).
There were 51 new cases
reported since Friday
and two new hospitalizations.
The Mason County
Health Department
reported a total of 32
new cases since Friday as
part of Monday’s update.
The Meigs County
Health Department
reported 21 total new
cases (20 conﬁrmed, 1
probable), as well as 49
new recovered cases and
two new hospitalizations
on Monday.
Here’s a closer look at
coronavirus cases across
our area:

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2 Tuesday, December 22, 2020

OBITUARIES

HOWARD

CLARA NELL WOLFE

BIDWELL — John A Howard, 92, Bidwell, Ohio
passed away in Holzer Senior Care, Bidwell, Ohio on
Matthew, Logan,
Friday, December 17, 2020.
GALLIPOLIS,
Lincoln Wolfe,
Graveside Services will be held at noon, Tuesday,
Ohio — Clara Nell
and Taylor, Blake December 22, 2020 in the New Hope Baptist Church
Wolfe, 89, Galand Branson
Cemetery, Bidwell, with Rev. Calvin Minnis ofﬁciatlipolis, Ohio went
Wolfe; ﬁve sisters, ing. Arrangements are under the direction of McCoyhome to be with
Linda Kinder, Sue Moore Funeral Home, Wetherholt Chapel, Gallipolis,
the Lord on FriChaney, Midge
Ohio. To respect the safety of the family and in accorday, December 18,
Daft, Carol Burns, dance with CDC Regulations and current COVID-19
2020 at Pleasant
Valley Nursing Rehabili- and Thelma (Herb) Har- Pandemic Protocol, face coverings are required, and
rington; one brother,
social distancing is requested at the graveside. We
tation Center in Point
respectfully ask that visitors not linger after the serPleasant, West Virginia. Jim Burns; and several
nieces and nephews.
vices.
Clara Nell was born
The funeral service for
on January 19, 1931 in
Gallipolis, the daughter Clara Nell Wolfe will be
at noon on Wednesday,
of the late Clarence C.
December 23, 2020 at
and Elma Gladys Sigler
GALLIA, MEIGS
Willis Funeral Home
Burns. She was retired
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
from Gallipolis Develop- with Pastor Mark Oliver
mental Center where she ofﬁciating. Her burial
will follow in Centenary
was a TPW; Clara Nell
Editor’s Note: The Daily Sentinel and GalCemetery. Friends may
had attended the Gallipolis Daily Tribune appreciate your input to
lipolis Church of Christ call on Tuesday, Decemthe community calendar. To make sure items can
ber 22, 2020 from 5-7
in Christian Union and
receive proper attention, all information should
p.m. at Willis Funeral
was a member of the
be received by the newspaper at least ﬁve business
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dance are asked to folAuxiliary.
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low the CDC guidelines
Clara Nell was preEvents can be emailed to: TDSnews@aimmediof practicing social disceded in death by her
amidwest.com or GDTnews@aimmediamidwest.
tancing and are required
former husband, Otho
com.
to follow the Ohio
Wolfe; one daughter,
mandate of wearing face
Marsha Kay Wolfe; two
masks.
sons, Charles Michael
The family would like
Wolfe and Marshall
RUTLAND TWP. — The Rutland Township
to thank the staff at
Ray Wolfe; a grandson,
Trustees will hold their year end and reorganiPleasant Valley NursShannon Wolfe; two
zational meetings at 7:30 a.m. at the Township
ing and Rehabilitation
sisters, Christine Kirk
Garage.
for the great care they
and Wilma Sayre; and
POMEROY — The Meigs County Commissionthree brothers, Williams gave Clara Nell for the
er weekly meeting will be held at 11 a.m. in their
last three years. In lieu
Burns, Clarence Burns,
ofﬁce on the third ﬂoor of the courthouse.
of ﬂowers, please conJr., and Robert Burns.
Clara Nell is survived sider a donation in Clara
by a son, Loren Clifford Nell’s name to the activi(Judy) Wolfe; grandchil- ties department at PleasBEDFORD TWP. — Bedford Township trustees
ant Valley Nursing and
dren, Heather (Carl)
will hold their 2020 year end meeting at 7 p.m. at
Rehab Center, 640 Sand
Kearns, Amber (Mark)
the Bedford town hall. The reorganization meetHill Road, Pt. Pleasant,
Oliver, Jeremy (Ashing for 2021 will follow the year end meeting.
WV 25550 and/or to
ley) Wolfe, Ray (Vivi
Hickory Chapel ComAnne) Wolfe, and Mark
munity Church, P.O. Box
(Stephanie) Chevalier;
285, Pt. Pleasant, WV
great grandchildren,
GALLIA, MEIGS BRIEFS
25550.
Mackenzie Kearns,
Please visit www.wilDixie, Abigail and Mark
Editor’s Note: Gallia Meigs Briefs will only list
lisfuneralhome.com to
Allen Oliver, Isaac,
event information that is open to the public and
Theo, Levi Wolfe, Ethan, send e-mail condolences.
will be printed on a space-available basis.

Wednesday, Dec. 23

Monday, Dec. 28

VIVIENNE E. TROWBRIDGE
GALLIPOLIS — Vivienne E. Trowbridge,
95, of Gallipolis, Ohio
passed away on Saturday,
December 19, 2020 at
Holzer Senior Care. She
was born on September
17, 1925 in Gallipolis,
daughter of the late
James W. Chandler and
the late Florence Collins
Chandler McDaniel.
Vivienne retired from
G.C. Murphy’s in Gallipolis as the assistant
manager with 32 years
of service; she also volunteered at Holzer Medical Center for 19 years.
Vivienne was a member
of First Baptist Church
in Gallipolis and a member of the choir since
1952. She was married
to Samuel Westley Trowbridge, and he preceded
her in death. Vivienne
and Sam had a son Mike
Trowbridge, and he also
preceded her death;
she was also preceded
in death by a sister,
Elizabeth Underwood
and a brother, James F.

“Sonny” Chandler.
Vivienne is survived by
her sister, Betty Kemper
of Middleport, Ohio;
sister-in-law, Mary Jo
Chandler of Gallipolis;
a special friend, Judy
Jones and her family of
Gallipolis; several nieces,
nephews and friends; and
Lacy, her pet dog.
The funeral service
for Vivienne will be held
6 p.m. on Wednesday,
December 23, 2020 at
Willis Funeral Home
with Pastor Aaron Young
and Dr. Fred Williams
ofﬁciating. Friends may
call on Wednesday from
5 p.m. until the time of
the service. Her burial
will be in Ohio Valley
Memory Gardens.
Those in attendance
are asked to follow the
CDC guidelines of practicing social distancing
and are required to follow the Ohio mandate of
wearing face masks.
Please visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send
e-mail condolences.

OLDAKER
NEW HAVEN — Jeanette Lynn Oldaker, 64, of New
Haven, W.Va., died December 19, 2020 in Holzer Hospital, Gallipolis, Ohio, following an extended illness.
Graveside services will be in Sunrise Cemetery,
Letart, WV. Services will be private for family and
invited guests. Arrangements provided by Foglesong
Funeral Home, Mason, W.Va.
HUSTED
PATRIOT — Edward Husted, 75, of Patriot, Ohio,
died Thursday, December 17, 2020 at his residence.
There will be no services for Edward at this time.
Willis Funeral Home is assisting with his arrangements.

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Christmas service
announcements
POMEROY — Due to COVID concerns, Trinity Church of Pomeroy will not present their
annual Christmas Eve Cantata. Look on Trinity Congregational Church Facebook Page and
YouTube on Christmas Eve at 6:30 p.m. for a
special service
RACINE — St. Johns Lutheran Church Pine
Grove Road Christmas Eve candlelight service
has been canceled.
POMEROY — St. Paul Lutheran Church in
Pomeroy will celebrate the coming of the Christ
Child with a candlelight service at 7 p.m. on
Dec. 24. This is the high point of the church
year and the public is invited to attend.
MIDDLEPORT — Heath United Methodist
Church has canceled its Christmas Eve service
due to COVID-19 concerns.
MIDDLEPORT — The First Baptist Church
of Middleport will be having our annual Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 7 p.m. on Dec.
24 at 211 S. Sixth Ave. The service lasts approximately one hour. We request that you wear a
mask and social distance. We wish Happy Birthday to Jesus, our Lord and Savior, and Merry
Christmas to you and yours.

Straw available
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 740-992-6064.

Road construction, closures
ADDISON TWP. — Addison Township Trustees announce Nibert Road will be closed starting
Monday, Nov. 9, for slip repairs.

Hospital

Ohio Valley Publishing

COVID
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Meigs County
The Meigs County
Health Department
reported 20 additional
conﬁrmed cases of
COVID-19 and one
probable case over the
weekend, according
to its news release on
Monday.
Forty-nine new
recovered cases were
reported, as well as
two new hospitalizations.
There are now 107
active cases and 669
recovered cases. A
total of 13 deaths have
been reported since
April, with a total of
45 hospitalizations.
The new cases bring
Meigs County to 789
total cases (740 conﬁrmed, 49 probable)
since April.
Age ranges for the
789 Meigs County
cases, as of Friday, are
as follows:
0-9 — 24 cases (1
new case)
10-19 — 68 cases (1
new case)
20-29 — 122 cases
(1 new case, 1 hospitalization)
30-39 — 98 cases (2
new cases, 2 hospitalizations)
40-49 — 119 cases
(5 new cases, 2 hospitalizations)
50-59 — 117 cases
(4 new cases, 2 hospitalizations)
60-69 — 107 cases
(5 new cases, 1 new
hospitalization, 11
total hospitalizations)
70-79 — 78 cases (1
new case, 1 new hospitalization, 13 total hospitalizations, 4 deaths)
80-89 — 37 cases (1
new case, 8 hospitalizations, 6 deaths)
90-99 — 16 cases
(5 hospitalizations, 3
deaths)
100-109 — 1 case (1
hospitalization)
For more data and
information on the
cases in Meigs County
visit https://www.
meigs-health.com/
covid-19/ .
Meigs County
remained “Red” on the
Ohio Public Health
Advisory System after
meeting three of the
seven indicators on
Thursday.

update on Monday,
34 more than Friday.
Of those, 888 are
conﬁrmed cases and
18 are probable cases.
DHHR has reported
12 deaths in Mason
County.
According to DHHR,
the age ranges for the
906 COVID-19 cases
DHHR is reporting in
Mason County are as
follows:
0-9 — 13 cases (1
new conﬁrmed case)
10-19 — 77 cases (4
new conﬁrmed cases)
20-29 — 136 cases
(plus 3 probable cases,
8 new conﬁrmed
cases)
30-39 — 98 cases
(plus 4 probable case,
6 new conﬁrmed
cases)
40-49 — 142 cases
(plus 5 probable cases
(2 less), 9 new conﬁrmed cases)
50-59 — 148 cases
(plus 2 probable cases
(1 new), 2 deaths, 2
new conﬁrmed cases)
60-69 — 127 cases
(plus 2 probable case,
2 death, 5 new conﬁrmed cases)
70+ — 147 cases
(plus 1 probable case
(1 less), 9 deaths, 1
new conﬁrmed case)
Mason County continues to be listed as
“Red” on the West
Virginia County Alert
System map and
WVDE map. Mason
County’s latest infection rate was 53.34 on
Sunday, with a 8.23
percent positivity rate.
Surrounding counties
are orange and red.
Ohio
The Ohio Department
of Health reported a
24-hour change of 6,548
new cases on Monday
(21-day average of
9,919). There were 75
new deaths (21-day
average of 81), 301 new
hospitalizations (21-day
average of 390) and 37
new ICU admissions
(21-day average of 41)
reported in the previous
24 hours, according to
Monday’s update.

West Virginia
As of the 10 a.m.
update on Monday,
DHHR is reporting a
total of 73,337 cases
with 1,129 deaths.
There was an increase
of 995 cases from Sunday and 1 new death.
DHHR reports a total of
1,396,471 lab test have
Mason County
been completed, with a
On Monday, the
4.38 cumulative percent
Mason County
positivity rate. The
Health Department
daily positivity rate in
announced a total of
the state was 7.19 per896 cases (since the
cent. There are 22,877
pandemic began) —
currently active cases in
this is 32 more than
the state.
Friday. Of those, 128
Kayla (Hawthorne)
are active (seven less
Dunham and Sarah
than Friday). There
Hawley contributed to
are currently 14 hospitalized cases. There this story.
(Editor’s Note: Stahave been a total of 13
deaths in Mason Coun- tistics reported in this
article are tentative and
ty due to COVID-19,
according to the health subject to change. This
was the information
department.
available at press time
West Virginia
Department of Health with more to be added
and Human Resources as it becomes available.)
(DHHR) reported
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ment decreases a patient’s viral load, which may
lower the chance of disease progression and hospitalization according to published studies.
If given early, this therapy can be an important
From page 1
treatment to help keep high risk individuals with
COVID-19 out of the hospital. The infusion proin Athens and the surrounding counties, monoclonal antibody infusion has the potential to keep cess takes about three hours — an hour for set
up, an hour for the transfusion and an hour for
high risk individuals with COVID-19 out of the
observation, according to Dr. Joseph Gastaldo,
hospital,” said Bucher. “We also ask community
OhioHealth medical director of infectious dismembers to continue to do the things we know
to be effective to help slow the spread of COVID- eases.
“We know that this treatment is generally well
19: wear a mask over the mouth and nose, avoid
gatherings of more than 10 people, and wash your tolerated by patients; having the ability to do this
hands frequently. We all have to work together to in an outpatient setting, keeping these patients
out of the hospital, and easing the load for our
keep each other and our community safe.”
frontline hospital staff will be ultimately better
The infusion treatment involves giving monofor them, and the patient,” Dr. Gastaldo said.
clonal antibodies as a single dose via IV administration. According to Katie Toopes, director of
Information provided by OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital.
OhioHealth At Home, Home Health, the treat-

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Tuesday, December 22, 2020 3

A
story
for
Christmas
A man of peace
SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES

don’t begin this
Before Jesus was
way, Jude opens
born, it was prophwith “mercy
esied that He would
and peace,” and
be a man of peace.
Hebrews and 1
“For to us a child
John have nonis born, to us a son
standard openings
is given; and the
government shall be Jonathan which don’t idenupon his shoulder,
McAnulty tify their recipiand his name shall
Contributing ents as in a regular letter; which
be called Wonderful Columnist
leaves James and
Counselor, Mighty
3 John as the real
God, Everlasting
odd epistles out. But
Father, Prince of Peace.
the predominance of the
Of the increase of his
government and of peace benediction indicates that
to the Spirit-led, apostolic
there will be no end…
mind, Peace, as a bless(Isaiah 9:6-7; ESV)”
ing, was as synonymous
When Jesus was born,
with being a follower of
the declaration of the
Christ as Grace was.
angels to the shepherds
In writing to the
promised peace. “Glory
Roman church, the
to God in the highest,
apostle Paul echoes the
and on earth peace
among those with whom teachings of Jesus regardhe is pleased (Luke 2:14; ing the desirability and
pursuit of peace in the life
ESV)!” It is worth takof a Christ-follower. He
ing a moment to realize
that the textual evidence writes, “to set the mind
favors the understanding on the ﬂesh is death, but
that the angel’s promised to set the mind on the
peace is not universal, but Spirit is life and peace
(Romans 8:6; ESV).” He
rather directed towards
also commands, “Repay
men who stand in God’s
no one evil for evil,
grace.
As we continue into the but give thought to do
ministry of Jesus, He held what is honorable in the
sight of all. If possible,
forth peace as not only
so far as it depends on
a desirable trait, but as
you, live peaceably with
being necessary to seek
all (Romans 12:17-18;
after if we are to be the
ESV),” and then later,
full recipients of God’s
“So then let us pursue
blessings. “Blessed are
what makes for peace…
the peacemakers,” says
the Savior, “for they shall (Romans 14:19).”
Regarding the relabe called the sons of God
tionship between peace
(Matthew 5:9)”
Likewise, Jesus encour- and righteousness, the
epistle of James teaches
aged His followers to
us, “the wisdom from
pursue practices which
above is ﬁrst pure, then
would promote peace:
peaceable, gentle, open to
“You have heard that
reason, full of mercy and
it was said, ‘An eye for
good fruits, impartial and
an eye and a tooth for a
sincere. And a harvest of
tooth.’ But I say to you,
do not resist the one who righteousness is sown in
is evil. But if anyone slaps peace by those who make
peace. (James 3:17-18;
you on the right cheek,
ESV)
turn to him the other
All of which is to say
also. (Matthew 5:38-39;
that those who profess
ESV)” And, “I say to
to be followers of Christ
you, love your enemies
should be amongst the
and pray for those who
most peaceful of men.
persecute you (Matthew
It is concerning those
5:44).”
So central was the idea lost in the world, ravaged by sin and rebelof peace to the blessings
lion against the things
Christ brings to His folof God, that it is said,
lowers, that nearly every
“The way of peace they
epistle in the New Teshave not known (Isaiah
tament opens with the
59:8; Romans 3:17).”
benediction of, “Grace
The world, ﬁlled as it is
and Peace” (cf. Romans
with sin, has never truly
1:7, 1 Corinthians 1:3,
known peace and so long
etc.). Of the ﬁve which

as the world continues
in sin it will not know
peace. Only by giving
themselves over to the
Prince of Peace, will the
situation change. Yet,
if this is true, consider
the corollary: those who
don’t know peace - those
who advocate violence,
aggression, hate, animosity, and division – of
such it could be said that
they don’t truly know or
understand Christ, nor
the doctrine of Christ,
nor the grace and
righteousness that
Jesus brings. For, “a
harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by
those who make peace,”
and we remember that
the scriptures speak of
“Grace and Peace,” as
twin blessings.
In this, the holiday
season, it is customary
for people to speak of the
peace that Christ brings,
and to remember the
promise of the angels to
the shepherds. Yet, as
seasons come and seasons go, as year follows
year, there are some who
must wonder, where is
this peace that was promised? Things continue as
they always have, with
men ﬁghting against
men.
For peace to come into
the world, the Peace of
Christ must be more
than a platitude. If we
desire it in our lives, we
must actually follow the
doctrines and the lessons
Jesus taught, and we
must ourselves seek to
live in peace with both
God and men, remembering that it is the
peacemakers who shall
be known as the sons of
God. Only by walking
according to the teachings of Christ can we
truly be said to know the
Way of Peace.
The church of Christ
invites you to worship
and study with us as we
seek to follow after the
Prince of Peace. We meet
at 234 Chapel Drive, Gallipolis, Ohio. If you have
questions or comments,
please share them with
us.
Jonathan McAnulty is minister
of Chapel Hill Church of Christ.
Viewpoints expressed in the article
are the work of the author.

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They say a
say while peeling
roll of duct tape
a piece to give
fell into his crib
someone. Neighwhen he was ten
borhood kids
months old, and
appreciated Raz,
it became the
for they depended
play toy that plaon Raz for that
cated him more
Ron
piece of duct tape
than any other.
Branch
His nick name Contributing to repair their
cracked whifﬂe
was Raz, and
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balls and bats, or
though slow of
their broken toys.
understanding
Minor car problems
and reason, he grew
were ﬁxed with the duct
over the years to be
tape he supplied. There
much treasured by the
community in which he were incidents, too,
when he would lightly
lived. Whenever Raz
stick a piece on somefrequented the streets,
one’s sleeve, especially
he always had a roll of
duct tape. Duct tape was when one looked tired,
long the signature of his or tense, which would
evoke a smile or gesture
persona.
of emotional release.
With duct tape, he
attempted to show love Duct tape from Raz
seemed indeed to have a
and concern for othﬁxing affect on many—
ers. Raz believed duct
-just like the love of
tape could ﬁx anything
broken, which he point- Jesus.
It was during the
edly associated with the
love of Jesus. He always Christmas season one
cold December that Raz
seemed at the right
was extra generous with
place and time to provide duct tape for neces- his tape. When it was
suggested he might run
sary applications.
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holiday and newspaper printing
Christmas is the best example
schedule, this is coming to you
of love I can think of. Because of
a little early this week. Let me
God’s great love for all of us, He
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sent His Son to be born as a baby
my articles all year and being
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in a cattle stall to a poor family.
so gracious with the kind words
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I receive many times from you,
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depressed individual
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Christmas as she passed
Raz, who was on his
way home. Raz immediately tried to stick his
symbolic piece of tape
to her sleeve, but she
waded it up into her
coat pocket, and said,
“No, Raz. Duct tape
can’t ﬁx me right now.”
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DeWine

Christmas

From page 1

From page 3

names to the governor to
ﬁll a seat on the Public
Utilities Commission of
Ohio to replace its chairman, who resigned days
after the FBI searched his
Columbus townhome.
According to the AP,
the four ﬁnalists are
Supreme Court Justice
Judith French, who lost a
re-election bid in November; Anne Vogel, a top
DeWine aide who formerly
worked as an attorney for
the electric utility AEP
Ohio; Angela Amos, a
policy adviser at the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission; and Gregory
Poulos, the executive
director of a non-proﬁt
utility group called Consumer Advocates of the
PJM States.
French and Vogel are
Republicans. Amos is a
Democrat and Poulos is an
independent. DeWine has
30 days to select Samuel
Randazzo’s replacement.

bitter reasons for ﬁxing her way out of life. Resolve
was so strong that there was no hesitation as she
plunged from the nearby bridge into the freezing
river waters.
As she attempted to relent to the icy current,
as well to the chill of death, she was suddenly
swaddled with rounds of duct tape around her
torso. Raz had followed Lena into the water, and
quickly wrapped enough duct tape to afﬁx her
arms to her sides. Doling out the rest of the roll,
he struggled back to the shallows, and held Lena
in tow till the current angled her to the point her
he could grab her to safety. Others soon gathered
to provide their assistance.
It is uncanny how a savior makes the ultimate
sacriﬁce for the one needing to be saved. As it
turned out, Raz immediately became grievously
ill from the time he spent in the water. His funeral
was on Christmas day. The whole town turned
out.
The Preacher put things into perspective when
he said, “With his last roll of duct tape, Raz
poignantly showed us how the love of God was
willing to dive into the dire affairs of mankind
through the birth of Christ to repair eternally
relationship with God. While duct tape can’t ﬁx
that, the love of Jesus has.”
It was a sight to behold as Raz’s casket was lowered into the ground. Hundred of pieces of duct
tape were afﬁxed to it by the people. But, it was
Lena’s little piece of wadded tape, stuck on top,
that was probably the most prominent.

Reporting for the AP, Mark Gillispie
and Julie Carr Smyth. Information on
the bills signed into law, provided by
the office of Gov. Mike DeWine.

Love

Pastor Ron Branch lives in Mason County and is pastor of Hope Baptist
Church, Middleport, Ohio. Viewpoints expressed in the article are the
work of the author.

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or unhappy. Too, we must realize that
being loving does not mean we let
people hurt us physically or emotionally. We can have love and forgiveness
From page 3
in our hearts, but not let anyone continue to be abusive to us. That is not
a way to be forgiven, saved, and
spend eternity in heaven. They didn’t what God is talking about. We need
make it easy for themselves. No, God to try to incorporate all the Gift of the
Spirit into our personalities and be
and Jesus knew that being born a
baby and growing up was just the pre- the sort of person God wants us to be,
and it all begins with love. In 1 John
lude to the suffering and condemnation that was to come. But remember, 4: 19 we read, “We love because He
ﬁrst loved us.”
that was not the end of the story.
The Bible says it better than I could
Yes, Jesus suffered and was killed,
ever explain love, so listen to these
but He rose to go back to His Father
verses from John 4: 9-12, “This is how
in heaven and is with us always still
God showed His love among us: He
today. Because of His sacriﬁce, we
sent His one and only Son into the
can know that we will be are able to
world that we might live through Him.
stay with Him forever and see our
This is love, not that we loved God,
loved ones again. We all probably
but that He loved us and sent His Son
know John 3:16 from the Bible, “For
as an atoning sacriﬁce for ours sins.
God so loved the world that He sent
Dear friends, since God so loved us,
His only Son that whoever believes
we also ought to love one another. No
in Him should not perish but have
one has ever seen God, but if we love
eternal life.”
one another, God lives in us and His
All that had to start though with
love is made complete in us.”
Christmas and the greatest love ever
Let’s say a Christmas prayer about
imagined. Love did come down at
Christmas for you and me and every- love. Dear God, thank You for being a
one on this earth. Because of that love loving and gracious God. Thank you
shown to us, we must show that love that Your love is perfect, and nothing
can separate us from that love. We ask
to others. 1 Corinthians 16:14 says,
that You would ﬁll us with Your love,
“Let all that you do be done in love.”
and then we read in 1 John 4:8, “Any- so we can bring honor to You and
one who does not love does not know make a difference in the world. Happy
birthday, dear Jesus! Amen.
God, because God is love.” Wow,
those are very powerful verses for us
Ann Moody is pastor of Wilkesville First Presbyterian
to remember throughout the whole
Church and the Middleport First Presbyterian
year. It’s not always easy to show love Church. Viewpoints expressed in the article are the
especially when we’re angry or hurt
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LEGAL NOTICE
The parties listed below whose last known address is listed
below, the place of residence of each being unknown, will take
notice that on the date of filing listed below, the undersigned
Plaintiff filed its Complaint in the Court of Common Pleas, of
Gallia County, Ohio, alleging that Plaintiff is the holder of certain tax certificates (listed below), purchased from the Gallia
County Treasurer in conformity with statutory authority, and is
vested with the first lien previously held by the State of Ohio
and its taxing districts for the amount of taxes, assessments,
penalties, charges and interest charged against the subject
parcel. Plaintiff further alleges that the certificate redemption
price of each certificate is due and unpaid, and that it has filed
a Notice of Intent to Foreclose with the Gallia County Treasurer,
which the Treasurer has certified indicating the certificate has
not been redeemed. Plaintiff further alleges that there are also
due and payable taxes, assessments, penalties and charges
on the subject parcel that are not covered by the certificate,
including all costs related directly or indirectly to the tax certificate (including attorneys fees of the holders' attorney and fees
and costs of the proceedings). Plaintiff further alleges that it is
owed the sums shown below on each tax certificate, plus interest at a rate of 18% per annum on the first tax certificate, from
the certificate's purchase date to the date a notice of intent was
filed, and 18% thereafter and on any other subsequently purchased tax certificate which are a first and prior lien against the
real estate described below, superior to all other liens and encumbrances upon the subject parcel shown below.
Plaintiff prays that the defendants named below be required to
answer and set up their interest in said premises or be forever
barred from asserting the same; that all taxes, assessments,
penalties and interest due and unpaid, together with the costs
of the action, including reasonable attorney fees, on the tax certificates be found to be a good and valid first lien on said premises; that the equity of redemption of said premises be foreclosed, said premises sold as provided by law, and for such
other relief as is just and equitable.
The defendants named below are required to answer on or
before the 26th day of January 2021.
By Mark M. Schonhut (0093698), Sandhu Law Group, LLC,
1213 Prospect Avenue, Suite 300, Cleveland, OH 44115,
216-373-1001, Attorney for Plaintiff listed below.
20CV000085 TAX EASE OHIO, LLC V. THE UNKNOWN
HEIRS, IF ANY, NAMES UNKNOWN, NEXT OF KIN,
DEVISEES, LEGATEES, EXECUTORS, AND/OR ADMINISTRATORS OF DONNA L. SPARKS, DECEASED, ET AL.
Date of Filing: October 30, 2020
Published on: John Doe, Name Unknown, Unknown Spouse,
if any of Donna L. Sparks; Raymond Tosh and Rachel Doe,
Name Unknown, Unknown Spouse if any of Raymond Tosh,
whose last known address is: 908 State Route 588, Gallipolis,
OH 45631; Deanna Searles; Donald Doe, Name Unknown,
Unknown Spouse if any of Deanna Searles; LaDarryl Savage
and Lisa Doe, Name Unknown, Unknown Spouse if any of
LaDarryl Savage, whose last known address is: 289 Texas
Road, Gallipolis, OH 45631 and The Unknown Heirs, if any,
names unknown, Next of Kin, Devisees, Legatees, Executors,
and/or Administrators of Donna L. Sparks, Deceased, whose
last known address is: Unknown Base Lien: 16-027 Certificate
Purchase Price: $1,373.21 Additional Liens: 17-012 Certificate
Purchase Price: $1,373.39 18-008 Certificate Purchase Price:
$1,522.77 19-007 Certificate Purchase Price: $1,522.80 Permanent Parcel No.: 00600132400 Also known as: 908 State
Route 588, Gallipolis, OH 45631 (A full copy of the legal description can be found in the Gallia County Recorder's office)
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Ohio for asphalt, limestone and bedding sand.
Bids will be received until 12:00 noon, local time, Tuesday,
January 5, 2021 at Gallipolis City Offices located at 333 Third
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Tuesday, December 22, 2020 5

CFP: Alabama-Notre Dame, Clemson-Ohio St as Aggies left out
By Ralph D. Russo

Not not when it comes
to the teams playing for
the national championship.
A season ﬁlled with
The top four teams in
uncertainty brought on
by the pandemic will end the selection committee’s
ﬁrst rankings of the seawith a perfectly predictson were the same teams
able College Football
at the end, just in differPlayoff.
ent order. Alabama, Notre
Alabama vs. Notre
Dame. Clemson vs. Ohio Dame, Clemson and Ohio
State have also held the
State. Four of the bluest
ﬁrst four spots in the AP
of blue bloods and the
Top 25 since Oct. 25.
teams that have comOnly 11 schools have
prised the top four in the
ever reached the playoff
rankings for nearly two
months. Notre Dame was and all four of these parpicked Sunday over Texas ticipants have been there
before.
A&amp;M for the ﬁnal spot,
The Fighting Irish and
ending what little drama
Crimson Tide will meet
there had been.
Jan. 1 at AT&amp;T Stadium
“It’s been a unique
season in so many ways,” in Arlington, Texas, after
a late pandemic-related
Ohio State coach Ryan
relocation from the Rose
Day said.

Associated Press

Bowl in Pasadena, California. The Tigers and
Buckeyes are set to play
the same day at the Sugar
Bowl in New Orleans if
all goes according to plan.
The national champion
is scheduled to be determined Jan. 11 in suburban Miami.
The Fighting Irish (101) are back in the playoff
for the second time in
three seasons, becoming
the ﬁrst team to lose a
conference title game and
make the ﬁnal four. It
was a novelty made possible only because of the
pandemic, which pushed
the famously independent
Irish into a conference for
the ﬁrst time in school
history.
The Atlantic Coast

Conference is the second
league to have two teams
in the playoff, joining the
SEC in 2017.
After sitting second
in the CFP rankings for
a month, Notre Dame
was blown out 34-10
by Clemson in the ACC
championship. That
opened the door for No.
5 Texas A&amp;M (8-1), but
the Aggies were unable
to become the third team
in the playoff’s seven-year
history to make the ﬁeld
without even winning its
conference division.
Selection committee
chairman Gary Barta, the
Iowa athletic director,
said Notre Dame’s extra
victory against a ranked
opponent helped give the
Irish an edge over Texas

A&amp;M.
“A great part of our
discussion was related
to those two resumes,”
Barta said.
Notre Dame beat Clemson and North Carolina,
which had been 15th in
the previous playoff rankings. Texas A&amp;M’s only
victory against a CFP
team was Florida. The
Aggies played Alabama
in October and lost by 28
points.
The decision didn’t go
over well in Aggieland:
Texas A&amp;M quarterback
Kellen Mond tweeted:
“JOKE.” The Aggies can
take out their frustrations
on North Carolina in the
Orange Bowl on Jan. 2.
Barta said the disparate
number of games played

by contenders — along
with far fewer crossconference games than
usual —- was a challenge
for the committee all season. But Ohio State’s sixgame schedule was not as
important to the panel as
the Buckeyes going undefeated and winning the
Big Ten.
Oklahoma surged to
sixth in the ﬁnal rankings
after closing with seven
straight victories and a
Big 12 title. The Sooners
will face seventh-place
Florida in the Cotton
Bowl on Dec. 30.
Unbeaten Cincinnati
ﬁnished eighth, making
the Bearcats the topranked team among
See CFP | 6

Tornadoes fall
to Trimble,
Green, 76-56
By Alex Hawley
ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com

Not the way the Tornadoes had planned to
spend the weekend.
After falling 69-41 to Tri-Valley Conference
Hocking Division host Trimble on Friday night in
Athens County, the Southern boys basketball team
dropped a 76-56 decision to non-conference host
Green on Saturday in Scioto County.
On Friday, the Tornadoes (0-5, 0-2 TVC Hocking) trailed the Tomcats (3-0, 3-0) 21-2 a quarter
into play, and were up 39-8 at halftime. The Purple
and Gold snapped out of it in the second half, outscoring THS 18-17 in the third and 15-to-13 in the
ﬁnale.
In the 69-41 setback, the Tornadoes shot 17-of47 (36.2 percent) from the ﬁeld, including 4-of-17
(23.5 percent) from three-point range. Meanwhile,
Trimble shot 25-of-65 (38.5 percent) from the
ﬁeld, including 2-of-4 (50 percent) from deep. SHS
was 3-of-7 (42.9 percent) at the foul line, while the
Tomcats made 17-of-20 (85 percent).
Southern turned the ball over 21 times, while
Trimble committed 14 turnovers. The hosts won
the rebounding battle by a 36-to-22 tally, including
15-to-6 on the offensive end. The Tornadoes collected seven assists, three steals and one rejection,
while the Tomcats combined for 13 assists, 11
steals and three blocked shots.
Leading the Tornadoes, Cruz Brinager had
11 points and two assists, while Cade Anderson
recorded nine points and ﬁve rebounds. Ryan Laudermilt, Arrow Drummer and Lincoln Rose scored
four points apiece in the setback, Isaac McCarty
added three points, while Tanner Lisle chipped in
with two.
For the Tornado defense, McCarty blocked a
shot, while Laudermilt, Brinager and Drummer
each had a steal.
For Trimble, Tyler Weber scored a game-high 15
points and also led the defense with three steals
and a block. Austin Wisor recorded 14 points and
a game-best four assists, while Blake Guffey posted a double-double of 13 points and 13 rebounds.
Clarence Jones was next with eight points, followed by Bryce Downs with seven, and Tucker
Dixon with six. William Freeborn, Michael Clark,
and Cole Wright rounded out the Tomcat total
with two points apiece.
SHS is slated to rematch Trimble on Jan. 29 in
Meigs County.
Against Green (1-4), SHS was down 20-13 a
quarter into play, and 40-21 at halftime. The Bobcats added two points to their lead with a 13-to-11
third period, and headed into the fourth ahead
53-32.
The Purple and Gold saved its best for last with
two dozen points over the ﬁnal eight minutes,
but Green sealed the 76-56 victory with 23 in the
ﬁnale.
SHS and GHS both sank six three-pointers in
the contest, with the Tornadoes also making 15
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OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE
Tuesday, Dec. 22
Boys Basketball
Athens at Meigs, 7:30
Federal Hocking at
Southern, 7:30
River Valley at NelsonvilleYork, 7:30
Wednesday, Dec. 23

Girls Basketball
Meigs at Eastern, 6 p.m.
Trimble at Southern, 6
p.m.
Friday, Dec. 25
College Football
Marshall vs. Buffalo at
Camellia Bowl, 2:30

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Marshall linebacker Abraham Beauplan, right, applies pressure to UAB quarterback Tyler Johnston III during the first half of Friday
night’s Conference USA championship game at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, W.Va.

Blazers fend off Herd, 22-13
UAB wins second CUSA
Championship game in 3 years

By Bryan Walters
bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com

HUNTINGTON, W.Va.
— By Meat Loaf standards, it ain’t bad.
For a program that
didn’t exist ﬁve years ago,
it’s truly remarkable.
The University of
Alabama-Birmingham
football team notched its
second Conference USA
title in three years while
handing Marshall its
ﬁrst ever home loss in a
conference championship
game on Friday night
with a 22-13 decision in
the 2020 Ryan Conference USA Championship
held at Joan C. Edwards
Stadium.
The Blazers (6-3)
— who disbanded the
football program for two
years before returning to
the gridiron in 2017 —
added another memorable chapter to their recent
renaissance story as the
guests dominated the ﬁrst
half and ultimately held
on for a hard-fought wireto-wire triumph.
UAB was competing
in its third consecutive
CUSA Championship
game, and it was also the
third straight year of participating in this contest
as the road team.
The Thundering Herd
(7-2), on the other hand,
was appearing in their
ﬁrst CUSA Championship
game since winning the
title in 2014. It was also

the third CUSA Championship appearance for
MU after falling to Rice
in the 2013 ﬁnal.
Defense showed that it
would dominate the game
from the start as both
teams traded ﬁve consecutive punts in the ﬁrst
quarter. MU also punted
the ball away on its ﬁrst
six drives of the ﬁrst half.
UAB, however, forced
three consecutive 3-andouts at the start and
didn’t surrender a ﬁrst
down until the ﬁnal minute of the ﬁrst period. By
then, the guests already
owned what proved to be
a permanent lead of 3-0.
After a Marshall punt
near the start of the second quarter, the Blazers
put together a 6-play,
80-yard drive that ended
with a Hayden Pittman
19-yard touchdown pass
from Tyler Johnston III,
making it a 9-0 contest
with 11:55 remaining in
the half.
Matt Quinn — who
made a 30-yard ﬁeld goal
with 1:45 left in the opening canto — missed his
ﬁrst point-after try of the
season on the ensuing
snap, keeping the lead at
nine points entering the
break.
Both teams traded
punts for almost the
rest of the ﬁrst half, but
Marshall’s ﬁnal possession resulted in its only
turnover of the night as
Xavier Gaines heaved a

Marshall wide receiver Artie Henry makes his way to his feet after
hauling in a third quarter touchdown pass on Friday night during
the Conference USA championship game against UAB at Joan C.
Edwards Stadium in Huntington, W.Va.

deep pass downﬁeld.
Grayson Cash hauled
in the pick with just 15
seconds remaining. The
Blazers took a knee on
the ensuing snap and
entered the locker room
with a 2-possession cushion.
The Thundering Herd
went 0-for-11 on pass
attempts and had four
3-and-out drives in the
ﬁrst half, all while being
outgained by a sizable
240-80 margin in total
yards of offense. UAB
maintained possession of
the football for 20:17 of
the opening 30 minutes

and also had 14 of the 17
ﬁrst downs at the break.
Both teams traded
punts to start the second half, but AlabamaBirmingham’s second
possession eventually
turned into the spark that
Marshall had been searching for.
Eli Neal scooped up a
Johnston III fumble at the
UAB 49, giving the Herd
their best ﬁeld position of
the game with 8:23 left in
the third.
Six plays later, Grant
Wells found Artie Henry
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with a 7-yard scoring pass
that allowed the hosts to
close to within 9-7 with 6:17
remaining.
The Blazers, however,
answered with back-to-back
drives that resulted in successful ﬁeld goals. Quinn
hit from 42 and 48 yards on
drives that ate up close to 13
minutes, allowing UAB to
extend its lead out to 15-7
with 5:55 left in regulation.
The Herd needed only
one play and 17 seconds to
get right back into things as
Gaines hauled in a 70-yard
pass from Wells to close
the gap down to 15-13. MU
missed the ensuing 2-point
try, keeping it a 2-point contest with 5:38 remaining.
Facing a third-and-6 at its
own 29, Johnston III found
Trea Shropshire behind
the Marshall defense for
a 71-yard TD pass that
increased the lead back out
to 22-13 with 4:02 showing
in the fourth.
A pair of 15-yard penalties
ultimately help stall Marshall’s comeback attempt
before turning the ball over
on downs with 1:41 left on
the clock.
“Offensively, we didn’t do
our job in the ﬁrst half at all.
We have to do better, but
we just didn’t get done what
we needed to. I thought
we had some momentum
going there (in the second
half),” said Marshall coach
Doc Holliday afterwards.
“Our defense hung in there
the entire game. We haven’t
been the best team on the
ﬁeld for the last two weeks
for whatever reason, and we
have to get back to being
the best team on the ﬁeld.
That game was a battle and
a physical game on both
sides.”
In picking up the program’s ﬁrst ever win at
Edwards Stadium, UAB
coach Bill Clark noted that
this fall’s title run has been
just as trying as restoring
the program. That’s what
makes the outcome even
sweeter.
“This may have been the
toughest season yet. The
ups, the downs, the cancellations. This is one for the
record books with all of the
adversity,” Clark said. “I
think our whole program

was built on faith and adversity. We believe in each
other. It feels great. Once
again, it’s just true joy by
these guys and coaches. It
doesn’t get any better than
that.”
The Blazers claimed a
21-10 edge in ﬁrst downs
and outgained the hosts by
a sizable 468-268 overall
margin in total yards of
offense. MU was 2-of-12 on
third down conversions and
UAB maintained possession
for 41:26 of the 60-minute
affair.
Both teams committed
one turnover apiece in the
game. The Herd was ﬂagged
three times for 42 yards and
punted seven times for an
average of 44.1 yards, while
the Blazers were penalized
six times for 50 yards and
punted ﬁve times at a 35.4
yards per try.
Brenden Knox led the
Marshall ground attack with
67 yards on 17 carries. Wells
completed 8-of-23 passes
for 138 yards to go along
with two scores. Henry led
ﬁve different wideouts with
three catches for 18 yards.
Nazeeh Johnson and
Tavante Beckett paced the
hosts with 13 tackles apiece.
Neal also had a dozen stops
to go along with a fumble
recovery.
Spencer Brown became
the ﬁrst running back to
go over the century mark
against MU this fall after
tallying 149 yards on 30
rushes. Johnston III completed 12-of-22 passes for
252 yards to go along with
two scores.
Shropshire led the UAB
wideouts with ﬁve catches
for 180 yards and a TD.
Antonio Moultrie paced
the UAB defense with nine
tackles.
Marshall still leads the
alltime series with UAB by a
10-3 overall margin. MU had
won two straight prior to
Friday night’s matchup.
Spencer Brown was
named the game’s Most
Valuable Player. Brown also
won the MVP award in the
2018 CUSA Championship
contest at Middle Tennessee
State.
Marshall will face Buffalo
in the Camellia Bowl on
Christmas Day at 2:30 p.m.
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Tornadoes
From page 5

two-pointers, and Green hitting 18 shots from inside the
arc. At the foul line, the hosts were 20-of-26 (76.9 percent),
while Southern shot 5-of-9 (55.6 percent).
Rose led the Tornadoes with 14 points, followed by
McCarty and Laudermilt with 13 apiece. Drummer was
next with 10 points, followed by Brinager with four and
Aiden Hill with two.
Leading Green, Levi Sampson scored 32 points, and
Levi Singleton scored 21. Ethan Huffman was next with 17
points, followed by Levi Belvins with six.
After three in a row on the road, Southern will be back
on its home court against Federal Hocking on Tuesday.
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Rio women rally to upend Maple Leafs
By Randy Payton
For Ohio Valley Publishing

GOSHEN, Ind. — Lexi
Woods scored 13 of her gamehigh 22 points in the fourth
quarter to lead the University
of Rio Grande in a come-frombehind 92-88 win over Goshen
College, Friday night, in nonconference women’s basketball
action at Gunden Gym.
The RedStorm picked up a
second straight victory, upping
its overall season mark to 3-5.
Goshen fell to 2-7 with the
loss in a game that featured ﬁve
ties and six lead changes.
The Maple Leafs led by as
many as 15 points with just
over eight minutes to play in
the ﬁrst half and still enjoyed an
11-point advantage, 50-39, after
Sadre’a Rougeau hit one of two
free throw attempts with 7:36
left in the third quarter.
That’s when Rio Grande set
about laying the foundation for
its furious comeback effort.
A pair of free throws by
senior Chyna Chambers
(Columbus, OH) capped a 17-6
run over the next four minutes,
forging a 56-all deadlock with
3:43 remaining in the period
and touching off a back-andforth affair the rest of the night.
Goshen regained a four-point
edge by the end of the quarter
and still enjoyed the same cushion, 71-67, after a three-pointer
by Janara Flowers with 7:23 left
to play.
The RedStorm responded
with 12 of the next 16 points
and took the lead for good when
a three-pointer by sophomore
Reagan Willingham (Ashville,
OH) made it 77-75 with 4:38
remaining.
Woods, a redshirt sophomore
from Waverly, Ohio, kept Rio in
front down the stretch with a
run of nine consecutive points,
although it was a pair of free
throws by Willingham with ﬁve

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Rio Grande’s Chyna Chambers had 13 points and four steals in Friday night’s 92-88
win at Goshen College.

seconds left which sealed the
win.
The RedStorm shot 53.8 percent from the ﬂoor (21-for-39)
in their 57-point second half
effort, which helped overcome
22 turnovers for the game.
Rio also enjoyed a commanding 50-38 advantage in
rebounding, exactly half of
which came on the offensive
end.
In addition to Woods’ gamehigh scoring output, the RedStorm also got double-digit
efforts from four other players.
Freshman Caitlyn Brisker
(Oak Hill, OH) ﬁnished with
19 points, while Willingham
netted 14 and the duo of Chambers and junior Avery Harper
(Seaman, OH) tossed in 13
points each.

won 29-23 by the Tigers. The
two teams also met at the
Fiesta Bowl in the 2016 playoff
and Clemson beat the Buckeyes
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31-0.
Instead of having more than
Group of Five conference chamthree weeks to prepare for the
pions and guaranteeing them
playoff, the altered regulara spot in one of the New Year’s
Six bowls. Cincinnati will meet season schedules mean the
semiﬁnals are 12 days away.
Georgia in the Peach Bowl on
“It’s very different to preNew Year’s Day.
Pac-12 champion Oregon will pare,” Clemson coach Dabo
Swinney said. “It’s basically like
face Iowa State in the Fiesta
an open date.”
Bowl on Jan. 2.
One of the semiﬁnals was
Notre Dame’s reward will be a
scheduled to be played at the
matchup with Alabama (11-0),
Rose Bowl, but a move was
the Southeastern Conference
announced Saturday night
champion that is back in the
after coaches and school ofﬁplayoff for the sixth time after
cials from playoff contenders
missing out last year. The last
complained about California’s
time the Fighting Irish and
COVID-19 restrictions that ban
Crimson Tide played was the
2012 BCS championship game spectators from sporting events
and would have made it imposand the Tide won 42-14.
sible for players’ families to
Clemson (10-1) is in the CP
attend the game.
for the sixth straight season,
Playing the game at the home
only missing out on the ﬁrst
of the Dallas Cowboys will
playoff. Ohio State (6-0) is
allow 16,000 fans to attend.
making its fourth appearance.
The Tigers have won two play- Because of that, Barta said, the
off titles and the Buckeyes won committee placed top-seeded
the ﬁrst after the 2014 season. Alabama there to give it the
possibility of more of a homeClemson-Ohio State is a
ﬁeld advantage.
rematch of last season’s draThe Superdome is currently
matic semiﬁnal in Arizona,

Harper also had a game-high
14 rebounds, while Chambers
was credited with a team-high
three assists and four steals.
Flowers led Goshen with
20 points, while also yanking
down nine rebounds.
Graysen Cockerham added 18
points, six rebounds, six assists
and steals in a losing cause,
while TaNiece Chapman had
17 points and a team-best 10
rebounds and Rougeau scored
15 points.
The Maple Leafs shot just
37.5 percent from the ﬂoor (12for-32) after halftime and hurt
their own cause by connecting
on just 22 of their 36 free throw
attempts (61.1%) for the game.
Randy Payton is the Sports Information
Director at the University of Rio Grande.

set to have 3,000 fans for the
Sugar Bowl, but that number
could go up.
This season has been ﬁlled
with disruptions as teams
navigated COVID-19 outbreaks,
contact tracing that sent players into extended quarantine
and daily uncertainty about
whether games will be played.
More than 100 games were canceled or postponed since late
August and more than a dozen
teams have already said they
have no plans to play in a bowl
even if they are invited.
Ohio State had three regularseason games canceled and the
Big Ten had to change a minimum games played rule earlier
this month just so the unbeaten
Buckeyes could play in the
conference title game Saturday
against Northwestern.
Still, 87% of the games
scheduled were played.
College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock has
said a team selected to a semiﬁnal would not be replaced if it
could not play on the scheduled
date. The game would be postponed if necessary and a every
effort would be made to make
it up.

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GALLIA, MEIGS BRIEF

IN BRIEF

COVID-19/
Holiday hours

Virginia’s Lee statue has been
removed from the US Capitol

1951. Her court case became part of the landmark Brown
v. Board of Education decision by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The ruling had struck down racial segregation in public
schools.

GALLIPOLIS — The Dr.
Samuel L. Bossard Memorial
Library will be closed Thursday,
Dec. 24 and Friday, Dec. 25 in
observance of the Christmas
holiday. Normal hours of operation will resume on Saturday,
Dec. 26. The library will also be
closing at 5 p.m. on New Year’s
Eve and will be closed on Jan. 1,
2021. Normal hours of operation
will resume on Saturday, Jan, 2,
2021.
POMEROY — The Meigs
County District Public Library
will be operating with reduced
hours as a way to help limit the
spread of COVID-19 amongst
patrons and staff. During the
closing, the library buildings will
be sanitized and deeply cleaned.
We apologize for any inconvenience this closing may cause.
The Eastern Library will close
beginning Dec. 15. The Middleport Library and the Racine
Library will close beginning
Dec. 21. The Pomeroy Library
will operate with reduced hours,
Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.,
beginning Dec. 21. The Pomeroy Library will operate with
normal hours on the weekend, 9
a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday and 1-5
p.m. on Sunday. The Pomeroy
Library will be closed on Dec.
24-25, close at 5 p.m. on New
Year’s Eve, and be closed on Jan.
1. Normal hours will resume at
each location on Jan. 4. Curbside
Pickup continues to be available
at the Pomeroy Library. Call
the library at 740-992-5813 to
arrange for items to be picked
up, or other services you may
need, such as copying, printing,
and faxing.
POMEROY — The Meigs
County Health Department will
be closed Dec. 24 and 25 for the
Christmas holiday. Normal hours
will resume at 8 a.m. on Monday,
Dec. 28.
POMEROY — The Meigs
County Courthouse and connected ofﬁces will be closed Dec. 24
and 25 for the Christmas holiday.
The weekly Meigs County Commissioner meeting will be moved
to Wednesday, Dec. 23 at 11 a.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A statue of Confederate Gen.
Robert E. Lee that has represented Virginia in the U.S.
Capitol for 111 years has been removed.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said in a statement that
workers removed the statue from the National Statuary Hall
Collection early Monday morning.
Northam had requested the removal and a state commission decided that Lee was not a ﬁtting symbol for the state.
Lee’s statue had stood with George Washington’s statue
since 1909 as Virginia’s representatives in the Capitol.
Every state gets two statues.
The state commission has recommended replacing Lee’s
statue with a statue of Barbara Johns. She protested conditions at her all-Black high school in the town of Farmville in

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Lucasville
42/30
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43/32

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37 13.10 +0.44
Marietta
34 16.38 +0.04
Parkersburg
36 21.99 +0.43
Belleville
35 13.26 +0.37
Racine
41 13.36 +0.23
Point Pleasant
40 24.70 +0.17
Gallipolis
50 12.21 -0.17
Huntington
50 26.62 -0.71
Ashland
52 34.83 -0.28
Lloyd Greenup 54 12.48 -0.26
Portsmouth
50 19.80 +0.30
Maysville
50 34.50 -0.10
Meldahl Dam
51 19.50 -1.50

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47/32

commission said a preliminary vote count showed that
incumbent President Ashraf
Ghani had won reelection
with 50.64% of the vote.
(Both Ghani and rival Abdullah Abdullah claimed victory;
they announced a power-sharing arrangement in May 2020
in which Ghani would remain
president.)
Today’s Birthdays: Actor
Hector Elizondo is 84. Country singer Red Steagall is 82.
Former World Bank Group
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Steve Carlton is 76. Former
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Sawyer is 75. Rock singermusician Rick Nielsen (Cheap
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grants accused of scheming to
massacre U.S. soldiers at Fort
Dix were convicted of conspiracy in Camden, N.J. (Four
were later sentenced to life in
prison; one received a 33-year
sentence.)
Ten years ago: President
Barack Obama signed a law
allowing gays for the ﬁrst
time in history to serve
openly in America’s military,
repealing the “don’t ask, don’t
tell” policy. The Senate ratiﬁed the New START treaty
with Russia capping nuclear
warheads for both nations and
restarting on-site weapons
inspections. Auburn’s Cam
Newton was named AP Player
of the Year. “The Lone Ranger” announcer Fred Foy died
in Woburn, Massachusetts, at
age 89.
Five years ago: Migration
experts said more than a million people who had been
driven out of their countries
by war, poverty and persecution entered Europe in 2015.
Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey was named
The Associated Press college
football player of the year.
One year ago: Baba Ram
Dass, a 1960s counterculture
spiritual leader who experimented with LSD and traveled to India to ﬁnd enlightenment, died at the age of 88.
Afghanistan’s election

In 1944, during the World
War II Battle of the Bulge,
U.S. Brig. Gen. Anthony C.
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 22,
the 357th day of 2020. There McAuliffe rejected a German
demand for surrender, writing
are nine days left in the year.
“Nuts!” in his ofﬁcial reply.
In 1968, Julie Nixon marToday’s Highlight in History
ried David Eisenhower in
On Dec. 22, 2001, Richard
a private ceremony in New
C. Reid, a passenger on an
American Airlines ﬂight from York.
In 1984, New York City
Paris to Miami, tried to ignite
resident Bernhard Goetz shot
explosives in his shoes, but
and wounded four youths on
was subdued by ﬂight attena Manhattan subway, claiming
dants and fellow passengers.
they were about to rob him.
(Reid is serving a life senIn 1989, Romanian Presitence in federal prison.)
dent Nicolae Ceausescu,
the last of Eastern Europe’s
On this date
hard-line Communist rulers,
In 1858, opera composer
Giacomo Puccini was born in was toppled from power in a
popular uprising. Playwright
Lucca, Italy.
Samuel Beckett died in Paris
In 1894, French army
at age 83.
ofﬁcer Alfred Dreyfus was
In 1991, the body of Marine
convicted of treason in a
Lt. Col. William R. Higgins, an
court-martial that triggered
American hostage slain by his
worldwide charges of antiSemitism. (Dreyfus was even- terrorist captors, was recovered after it had been dumped
tually vindicated.)
along a highway in Lebanon.
In 1940, author Nathanael
In 1992, a Libyan Boeing
West, 37, and his wife, Eileen
McKenney, 27, were killed in 727 jetliner crashed after a
a car crash in El Centro, Calif. midair collision with a MiG
ﬁghter, killing all 157 aboard
while en route to the funeral
the jetliner, and both crew
of F. Scott Fitzgerald, who
members of the ﬁghter jet.
had died the day before.
In 2003, a federal judge
In 1941, British Prime
ruled the Pentagon couldn’t
Minister Winston Churchill
enforce mandatory anthrax
arrived in Washington for
vaccinations for military pera wartime conference with
sonnel.
President Franklin D. RoosIn 2008, ﬁve Muslim immievelt.
The Associated Press

TODAY

WEATHER

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano on the Big
Island erupted and shot a steam and ash cloud into the atmosphere that lasted about an hour, an ofﬁcial with the National
Weather Service said early Monday.
The eruption began late Sunday within Kilauea’s summit crater, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The crater, named Halemaumau, is located within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
and was home to a longstanding lava lake that was present for
years before a 2018 eruption caused it to drain.

Buffalo
44/30

Ironton
45/32

Milton
44/30

St. Albans
45/30

Huntington
43/31

NATIONAL FORECAST
110s
100s
Seattle
45/32
90s
80s
70s
Billings
60s
45/23
50s
40s
30s
20s
10s
San Francisco
Denver
0s
59/43
57/21
-0s
-10s
Los Angeles
68/49
T-storms
Rain
El Paso
Showers
64/39
Snow
Flurries
Chihuahua
Ice
69/41
Cold Front
Warm Front
Stationary Front

Clendenin
40/30
Charleston
41/29

Shown are noon positions of weather systems and
precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Winnipeg
28/2
Minneapolis
41/32
Chicago
41/38

Toronto
37/26

Detroit
40/32

Montreal
34/13

New York
45/32
Washington
48/32

Kansas City
61/45

City
Albuquerque
Anchorage
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Billings
Boise
Boston
Charleston, WV
Charlotte
Cheyenne
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dallas
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
Miami
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Oklahoma City
Orlando
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland, ME
Raleigh
Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Seattle
Washington, DC

Today

Wed.

Hi/Lo/W
55/30/pc
38/32/sn
59/38/s
49/36/pc
48/28/pc
45/23/c
40/22/c
41/28/pc
41/29/c
57/32/s
52/15/pc
41/38/pc
43/33/c
39/32/sf
40/31/c
66/56/s
57/21/s
49/38/s
40/32/pc
84/70/pc
68/58/s
43/35/pc
61/45/s
66/38/s
62/48/s
68/49/s
48/38/pc
76/65/s
41/32/pc
55/39/s
65/55/pc
45/32/pc
65/44/s
68/48/pc
46/29/pc
70/43/pc
37/29/sf
41/22/c
55/30/s
52/29/pc
54/46/s
39/21/sn
59/43/s
45/32/pc
48/32/pc

Hi/Lo/W
39/20/s
35/29/sn
60/50/pc
49/40/pc
47/40/pc
38/29/s
36/20/s
38/33/s
56/46/pc
56/48/pc
25/19/sn
49/18/sh
54/33/c
49/40/c
52/39/c
63/35/pc
30/20/pc
39/9/c
47/32/c
84/70/s
76/42/r
52/25/r
46/19/c
55/34/s
59/31/r
68/48/c
58/33/c
78/69/pc
33/0/sn
59/36/sh
70/48/r
40/38/s
49/27/s
75/57/pc
44/38/pc
68/42/pc
47/41/pc
35/28/s
54/44/pc
52/40/pc
56/25/r
32/16/s
58/43/s
41/31/pc
49/42/pc

EXTREMES MONDAY
National for the 48 contiguous states

Atlanta
59/38

High
Low

83° in Camarillo, CA
-7° in Gunnison, CO

Global
High
Low

Houston
68/58
Monterrey
70/49

Miami
76/65

114° in Carnarvon, Australia
-62° in Verkhoyansk, Russia

Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy,
sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow
ﬂurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

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