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Issue 238, Volume 74

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Officials sworn in
Gallia,
Mason
report
deaths
Staff Report

Photos by Sarah Hawley | Sentinel

Newly elected Meigs County Commissioner Shannon Miller is sworn in by Judge Linda Warner. Miller will take office in early January, filling the seat formerly held by
two-term Commissioner Randy Smith. Miller was unopposed in the November General Election after winning the Republican Primary. (Editor’s note: Additional photos
from the swearing in ceremonies will appear in an upcoming edition of The Daily Sentinel).

OHIO VALLEY —
New COVID-19 deaths
were reported in Gallia
and Mason Counties on
Wednesday, as Mason
County topped the 1,000
case mark.
The Ohio Department
of Health and the Gallia
County Health Department reported three new
deaths on Wednesday in
Gallia County, one person
in the 70-79 age range
and two people in the
80-plus age range. Three
new hospitalizations were
also reported, as well as
26 new cases.
The Mason County
Health Department
reported an additional
death associated with
COVID-19. This individual was a male in the
80-89-year-old age range.
Mason County also
surpassed 1,000 total
cases in the department’s
See DEATHS | 4

Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood
was sworn in by Judge Linda
Warner to begin his third term.
Also pictured is Sheriff Wood’s
wife Julia. Wood, who runs as
an independent, defeated
Republican challenger Mony
Wood in the November election.

COVID-19 UPDATE

Meigs County Engineer Gene
Triplett was sworn in this
month by Judge Linda Warner.
Triplett will begin his sixth
term as County Engineer
in January. Triplett was
unopposed in both the primary
and general elections in his bid
for reelection.

Newly elected Meigs County Recorder Huey Eason was sworn
in by Judge Linda Warner during a recent ceremony. Eason
will be filling the position which has been held by Kay Hill who
will be retiring after not seeking reelection. Eason won a fourperson race in the primary and was unopposed in November
for the position.

‘10 Million Mask Mailer’ for older Ohioans
More than 2 million age 65+ will receive masks
Staff Report

COLUMBUS — The Ohio
Department of Aging and the
Ohio Department of Health,
with support of the Ohio
Department of Administrative
Services, recently announced
the launch of the 10 Million
Mask Mailer.
During the month of December, more than 10 million

disposable face masks will be
mailed to 2.1 million Ohioans
age 65 and older. Each mailer
includes ﬁve masks and information about staying well
throughout the winter.
“The science is clear: Wearing a mask that covers your
nose and mouth helps protect
you and those around you from
COVID-19,” said Ursel McElroy, director of the Department

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of Aging. “We are thankful for
the fast work of our partners at
the Department of Administrative Services to get these mailers into the hands of the most
at-risk Ohioans in response to
the current surge in cases and
over the holidays.”
Ohioans age 65 and older
were identiﬁed through the
Department of Aging’s Golden
Buckeye program. Contracted
teams then set to work on
assembling mailer envelopes,

which include ﬁve non-medical
disposable masks and COVID
prevention information.
According to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, these are among the most
effective mask types.
“As Ohio confronts coronavirus on many different fronts
it will be important to keep
wearing masks, one of the most
effective ways to prevent the
See MASK | 3

Meigs Board sets organizational
meeting; approves agenda items
Staff Report

POMEROY — The Meigs Local
Board of Education approved several
agenda items during the December
board meeting.
The board,
Approved to hire Lauren Dailey
as a substitute teacher for the 20202021 school year as approved by the
Athens-Meigs Educational Service
Center, pending completion of all
administrative requirements.
Approved the minutes of the Nov.

24, regular meeting as submitted
Approved the ﬁnancial report for
the month of November 2020 as submitted.
Approved the bills (expenditures)
for payment for the month of November 2020.
Approved revised permanent
appropriations as presented by the
Treasurer.
Adopted a resolution re-establishing the Meigs Local School District
See BOARD | 8

School
quarantine
guidance
change
Staff Report

COLUMBUS, Ohio
— Ohio Governor Mike
DeWine, on Wednesday,
provided the following updates on Ohio’s
response to the COVID19 pandemic.
Ohio vaccines
Ohio is expected
to receive more than
238,000 doses of the
Pﬁzer and Moderna vaccines next week. Governor DeWine encouraged
those administering the
vaccine to do so with
urgency.
“Although we’ll never
know whose lives have
been saved, we do know
that these vaccines are
saving lives,” said Governor DeWine. “We all
have a moral responsibility to get the vaccine out
to those who choose to
receive it as quickly as we
possibly can.”
Governor DeWine also
encouraged citizens who
wish to be vaccinated to
act with urgency when
offered the vaccine.
Because the vaccine is
currently scarce, Governor DeWine warned
that those who decline
to receive a vaccine at
the ﬁrst opportunity may
not immediately receive
another chance.
See UPDATE | 2

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OBITUARIES

OBITUARIES/NEWS
RUTH A. WARREN STAPLETON

DONALD RAY VAN METER

from Kings Chapel
GALLIPOLIS
Church where
— Ruth A. Warren
Hall of Fame. In
she was a faithful
Stapleton, 85, of
MASON, W.Va.
his free time, he
member for many
Gallipolis, Ohio,
— Donald Ray
enjoyed camping on passed away on
years.
Van Meter, 77,
the river, hunting,
Graveside serTuesday, Dec. 22,
of Mason, W.Va.,
and spending time
vices will be held
2020 at Pleasant
passed away Tueswith his family.
on Sunday, Jan.
Valley Hospital due
day, December 29,
Survivors include to complications from
3, 2021, at 1 p.m. at
2020, at King’s
his high school
Swan Creek Cemetery in
COVID.
Daughters Medisweetheart and wife of
Crown City, Ohio with
Ruth was preceded in
cal Center, Ashland, Ky.,
57 years, Gwendolyn
Pastor Clyde Ferrell and
death by her ﬁrst husfollowing a brief illness.
“Ann” (Howard) Van
close friend Lee Hoffman
band, Forrest L. Warren
He was born FebruMeter; sons, Donald
ofﬁciating. Willis Funeral
on June 18, 2011; parary 14, 1943, in Clifton,
“Donnie” Van Meter II
Home is in care of the
ents, Charles and Edith
W.Va., the son of the late
of New Haven, Matthew
arrangements.
(Burgess) Turley; and
William D. Van Meter
The Lord is my
sister, Debbie Paden.
and Dorothy (Blake) Van Van Meter, and his wife
(Missie) of New Haven;
strength and my song,
Ruth is survived by her
Meter. In addition to his
second husband, William and He has become my
parents, he was preceded daughters, Debbie (Van
salvation, this is my God
in death by his daughter- Meter) Oliver of Racine, (Bill) Stapleton; son,
Ohio, Jennifer Van
and I will praise Him,
Brad (Becky) Warren;
in-law, Pamela S. (HurMeter of Mason; brothgrandson, Allen (Devora) my father’s God, and I
low) Van Meter.
ers, Duane Van Meter of
Curnutte; great grandson, will exalt Him. Exodus
Donald was a 1961
Crown City, Ohio, Harry Oscar Curnutte; very
15-2. Ruth was a devout
graduate of Wahama
Joe Van Meter of West
Christian lady who loved
special friends, Joann
High School. Following
Columbia, W.Va.; eight
(Lee) Hoffman; brothers, to share the love of God
high school, he attended
with everyone she could.
Meredith (Sue) Turley
Marshall University where grandchildren and 12
great grandchildren.
She was a true Saint who
and Bernard (Sue) Turhe received a Master’s of
Because he touched so ley; sister, Minnie Swan;
will be sadly missed by
Education and was a forall who had the privilege
mer football player for the many lives throughout his and step children, Steve
Herd. After graduating, he career and life, there will (Sally) Stapleton, Beverly of knowing her. We know
be a walk-through visitashe has joined all her
(Steve) Wray, and Betsy
went on to teach Science
tion from 2-6 p.m., Satur- (Kevin) Grooms. She is
loved ones who have gone
and Biology for Southday, January 2, 2021, at
before and is rejoicing
also survived by many
ern High School, Point
with Jesus.
Pleasant High School and Foglesong Funeral Home, step grandchildren, step
Mason.
Please visit www.willisgreat grandchildren,
Wahama High School.
Please follow the recfuneralhome.com to send
nieces, nephews, relaAfter 40 years of being a
ommended guidelines as tives, and special friends e-mail condolences.
devoted and faithful eduset forth by the CDC and
cator, he retired in 2008.
Donald was an avid sports the West Virginia Governor regarding masks/
fan where he coached
many sport teams, which facial coverings and social
“This evaluation
distancing, which will be
included football, basketconfirms for us that
required while inside the
ball, softball, and wrestling. He led Wahama foot- funeral home.
Ohio’s classrooms
From page 1
Condolences may be
ball team to their ﬁrst ever
are a safe place
shared with the family at
state playoff appearance.
School quarantine
for our students
www.foglesongfuneralIn 2016, he was inducted
guidance change
and that the
into the Wahama Athletic home.com
Governor DeWine
commitment our
announced that Ohio
WILLARD SHEETS
is changing its guidschools have made
ance regarding quarto keeping kids safe
CROWN CITY — Wil- Allen (Sharon) Sheets,
antines following an
in the classroom is
lard Sheets, 86, of Crown Grover Thomas “Tom”
in-classroom exposure
Sheets, and Danny (Pam)
City, Ohio, passed away
in K-12 schools. Moving working.”
— Governor DeWine
Sheets; grandchildren,
on Monday, Dec. 28,
forward, students and
Joanna M. (Bob) McK2020, at Holzer Senior
teachers exposed to a
night, Bryan Halley,
Care.
COVID-positive person meal and ordering for
Gretchen (Joe) Pingley,
Willard was born on
in school are no longer delivery is permitted,
Mary Elizabeth Sheets,
Nov. 11, 1934, in Gallia
but serving food and
required to quarantine
Cody R. Sheets, Cory
County, Ohio, son of the
as long as the exposure drink within an estabCamden, Jordan Sheets,
late Grover and Melva
occurred in a classroom lishment must cease at
Ryan Shafer and Trevor
Bevan Sheets. Willard
setting and all students/ 10:00 p.m.
Shafer; and several great
retired from the Laborteachers were wearing
grandchildren.
ers Union where he had
masks and following
Bar &amp; restaurant
A private burial will be
worked road construcother appropriate progrants still available
tion. He was a member of held in Ridgelawn Cemtocols.
More than 5,100
Canaan Missionary Bap- etery. A Memorial SerThe change foleligible on-premises
vice will be held at a later
tist Church and Patriot
lows an evaluation of
liquor permit holders
date. Willis Funeral Home
Masonic Lodge. Willard
virus spread in Ohio
have not yet applied for
was married to Gwendo- is serving the family.
schools conducted by
state assistance through
In lieu of ﬂowers, the
lyn Strait Sheets, and she
researchers with the
Ohio’s Bar &amp; Restaupreceded him in death in family requests donaOhio Schools COVIDrant Grant Program.
tions be made in Wil2009. In addition to his
19 Evaluation Team.
Of the $38.7 million
wife and parents, Willard lard’s name to the HolPreliminary results of
allotted to support
was preceded in death by zer Senior Care Activity
the evaluation found no liquor permit holders,
Fund. The family would
a grandson, Jeremy Haldiscernable difference
more than $12 million
like to express a special
ley; two sisters, Dorothy
in the risk of contractremains unclaimed.
thank you to Holzer
Greene and Glenna Gay
ing the coronavirus
Each active on-premSenior Care for the love
Green; and one brother,
between those in close
ises liquor permit (as
and care given to Willard.
C. Wayne Sheets.
contact with a COVID- of 10.23.20) is eligible
Please visit www.willisWillard is survived
positive person in the
for $2,500 per location.
funeralhome.com to send
by his children, Kathy
classroom and those
The funding is not come-mail condolences.
(David) Halley, Willard
who were farther away. petitive, and the money
“This evaluation con- does not have to be
ﬁrms for us that Ohio’s repaid.
HATFIELD
classrooms are a safe
Although the proVINTON — Debra G. Hatﬁeld, age 59, of Vinton,
place for our students
gram is referred to as
died Monday, Dec. 28, 2020, at Riverside Methodist
and that the committhe Bar &amp; Restaurant
Hospital in Columbus.
ment our schools have
Assistance Fund, more
Services will be private and she will be entombed
made to keeping kids
than just bars and resat the Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Waugh-Halleysafe in the classroom is taurants have eligible
Wood Funeral Home is assisting the family.
working,” said Goverliquor permits. Movie
nor DeWine.
theaters, bowling alleys,
CHEESEBREW
Schools should
sports and concert venBIDWELL, Ohio — James D. “Jimmy” Cheesebrew,
continue to require
ues, and even some hair
59, of Bidwell, Ohio, died Tuesday, December 29,
quarantines for exposed salons are eligible for
2020, at Abbyshire Place, in Bidwell.
students in situations
this funding.
There will be a graveside service at 1 p.m., Thurswhere masking and
Permit holders who
day, December 31, 2020, at Hill Cemetery, Centerdistancing protocols
have not yet claimed
ville, Ohio. The family has requested that ﬂowers be
were not followed. The their funds should visit
omitted and contributions be made to Crow-Hussell
updated quarantine
businesshelp.ohio.gov
Funeral Home, to offset funeral expenses, 1701 Jefferguidance does not apply to apply.
son Blvd., Point Pleasant, WV, 25550.
to after-school activities, including sports.
RIFFLE
Current case data
POINT PLEASANT — Clyde Gregory Rifﬂe, 57 of
In total, there are
Point Pleasant, died December 28, 2020 at Marion
690,748 conﬁrmed
Curfew extension
General Hospital in Marion, Ohio.
and probable cases of
Governor DeWine
A graveside service will be held at Forest Hills Cemannounced that the Ohio COVID-19 reported in
etery on Friday, January 1, 2021 at 1 p.m. ArrangeOhio and 8,855 conDepartment of Health
ments by Crow-Hussell Funeral Home.
ﬁrmed and probable
will extend Ohio’s 10
COVID-19 deaths. A
p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew
total of 38,002 people
until
Jan.
23,
2021.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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.

Sunday, Jan. 3
RACINE — Racine American Legion Post 602
will have its monthly dinner from 11 a.m. to 1
p.m.the menu will be baked chicken with pepper
gravy, pulled pork, homemade noodles, mashed
potatoes, green beans, cole slaw, roll, dessert and
drink.

Monday, Jan. 4
GALLIPOLIS — The American Legion Lafayette Post #27 will meet at 6 p.m. at the post home
on McCormick Road. All members are urged to
attend.

Tuesday, Jan. 5
HARRISONVILLE — Scipio Township Trustees, organizational meeting, 7 p.m. at the Harrisonville Fire Department.
GALLIPOLIS — The VFW Post #4464 will
meet at 6 p.m. at the post home on 3rd Avenue.
All members are urged to attend.

Thursday, Jan. 7
POMEROY — The Meigs Soil &amp; Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors will hold
its annual organizational meeting at noon at the
district ofﬁce at 113 E. Memorial Drive, Suite D,
Pomeroy, followed by the regular monthly meeting.
CHESTER — Chester Shade Historical Association will be having its regular board meeting at the
Court House in Chester at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is
welcome. We will be observing Covid 19 rules of
social distancing. Masks will be required.
CHILLICOTHE — The Southern Ohio Council
of Governments (SOCOG) will hold its next board
meeting at 9 a.m. via electronic communication.
Please contact the number below for an invitation
to participate. Board meetings usually are held the
ﬁrst Thursday of the month at 27 West Second
Street, Suite 202, Chillicothe Ohio 45601. For
more information, call 740-775-5030, ext. 103.

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.

No newspaper Friday
The Gallipolis Daily Tribune and The Daily
Sentinel will not be printing an edition on Friday,
Jan. 1, 2021 so that our employees may celebrate
the holiday with their families. Regular printing
resumes on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. The Ohio Valley Publishing family would like to wish all of its
readers a Happy New Year.

COVID/Holiday hours
POMEROY — The Meigs County Health
Department will be closed Friday, Jan. 1: New
Year’s Day. Normal business hours resume at 8
a.m. on Jan. 4th.
The Gallia County Clerk of Courts’ Ofﬁce and
Gallia County Probate-Juvenile Court Division will
be closed on Thursday, Dec. 31, for year-end closeout and reopens on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021.
The Gallia County Title/BMV ofﬁce will close at
noon on Thursday, Dec. 31 and will be reopen on
Monday, Jan. 4, 2021.
GALLIPOLIS — The Dr. Samuel L. Bossard
Memorial Library will 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 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.

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.

�NEWS

Ohio Valley Publishing

Thursday, December 31, 2020 3

State capitols face showdown over COVID powers and spending

Mask

supremacy. The GOP will
control both legislative
chambers in 30 states
compared with 18 for
Democrats. Minnesota
is the only state where
Republicans will control
one chamber and Democrats the other. Nebraska’s legislature is ofﬁcially
nonpartisan.
Though many of the
bills seeking to limit
gubernatorial powers are
coming from Republicans,
Storey said there are
bipartisan frustrations
among lawmakers. He
expects well over half the
legislatures to ﬂex their
authority by holding oversight hearings, reviewing
administrative rules and
passing bills aimed at
limiting the emergency
powers of governors during the pandemic.
The pushback is occurring even in states where
the legislature and governor’s ofﬁce are controlled
by the same party.
One of the hottest
topics in the GOP-led
Arkansas Legislature will
be whether to support the
state’s disaster declaration, which has been used
by Republican Gov. Asa
Hutchinson to impose a
mask mandate, capacity
limits and other restrictions aimed at curbing
the spread of the virus.
The GOP supermajority in the Tennessee
Legislature has created a
panel to study gubernatorial emergency powers
and has come up with a
number of suggestions to
allow lawmakers to end,
override or have the ﬁnal
say on the extension of
a health-related state of
emergency or executive
order.
In Missouri, Republican
lawmakers who hold large
majorities in both chambers already have ﬁled
about a dozen bills that
would limit the authority
of state or local ofﬁcials
to impose restrictions.
One bill by state Sen.
Bob Onder, a respiratory
physician, would bar local
health orders from lasting
more than 30 days and
require a two-thirds vote

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Department of Treasury
under the Coronavirus
Aid, Relief, and Economic
Security (“CARES”) Act.

spread of the virus. We
were happy to play a key
role in this effort,” said
Matt Damschroder, director of the Department of
Administrative Services.
The 10 Million Mask
Mailer is the second
phase in Ohio’s campaign
to get masks directly to
older citizens. Over the
Thanksgiving holiday,
the agencies distributed masks to individuals
within community living
settings with the assistance of the area agencies
on aging and other local
partners. Funding for
both phases of the mask
mailer program was provided to Ohio by the U.S.

Connecting with resources
Throughout the pandemic, older adults have
been encouraged to stay
home more and limit
close contact with others. Services for older
Ohioans have remained
ﬂexible to meet residents’
needs and changes in how
those services are delivered.
Individuals who can use
help with meals, transportation, home repair, care
needs, and more should
contact their area agency
on aging. Call 1-866-2435678 to be connected to
the agency serving your
community.
The Ohio Department

of the local governing
body for rules extending
beyond one week. His
bill also would prohibit
restrictions on religious
activities that are greater
than what others are facing.
Onder said he provided
testimony for court cases
challenging restrictions
on churches and synagogues in California, New
Jersey and New York. He
also has opposed a local
order by the St. Louis
County executive prohibiting indoor dining at
restaurants.
Onder said there is
little evidence that the
virus spreads easier in
worship services and restaurants than other places where people gather.
“I think it is time that
we reign in some of these
public health orders, and
public health so-called
authorities, and at very
least put them under
political control of the
local governing body,” he
said.
Opponents of pandemic restrictions on businesses cite their harmful
effect on the economy.
A December report by
Moody’s Investors Service warned that states
face a negative outlook
for 2021 because of weak
revenue and budget
uncertainties caused by
the pandemic. In many
states, revenues aren’t
likely to recover until
the end of 2021 or later,
Moody’s said. That could
create tough ﬁnancial
choices for lawmakers,
especially in states that
have had to tap their
reserves, borrow or rely
on one-time revenue
sources to balance their
current budgets.
Democratic Washington Gov. Jay Inslee wants
lawmakers to take quick
action in 2021 on his proposals to spend $100 million in additional rental
assistance and $100
million in additional business assistance. They
are part of a broader
spending plan that would
be paid for by tapping
into the state’s rainy day

fund, then raising taxes
in 2022.
“We’re in the middle of
a pandemic and simply
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Deaths

total cases (829 conﬁrmed,
53 probable) since April.
There have been a total of
764 recovered cases, 51 hosFrom page 1
pitalizations and 15 deaths
report on Wednesday morn- since April.
Age ranges for the 882
ing.
The Meigs County Health Meigs County cases, as of
Tuesday, are as follows:
Department reported 21
0-9 — 27 cases (2 new
new conﬁrmed cases of
cases)
COVID-19 on Wednesday
10-19 — 81 cases (4 new
and 23 new recovered case,
cases)
bringing the total county’s
20-29 — 132 cases (1
active case total to 103
new case, 1 hospitalization)
cases.
30-39 — 112 cases (5 new
Here’s a closer look at
cases, 3 hospitalizations)
coronavirus cases across
40-49 — 136 cases (4 new
our area:
cases, 2 hospitalizations)
50-59 — 125 cases (1 new
Gallia County
case, 3 hospitalizations)
ODH reported a total
60-69 — 118 cases (4
of 1,639 total cases of
new cases, 12 hospitalizaCOVID-19 (since March)
tions, 2 deaths)
in Gallia County as part of
70-79 — 93 cases (16 hosWednesday’s updates. This
pitalizations, 4 deaths)
is an increase of 26 since
80-89 — 39 cases (8 hosTuesday.
pitalizations, 6 deaths)
ODH and the Gallia
90-99 — 16 cases (5 hosHealth Department have
reported a total of 23 deaths pitalizations, 3 deaths)
100-109 — 1 case (1 hos(three new), 100 hospitalpitalization)
izations (three new), and
For more data and infor1,220 presumed recovered
mation on the cases in
individuals (29 new) as of
Meigs County visit https://
Wednesday.
www.meigs-health.com/
Age ranges for the 1,639
covid-19/ .
total cases reported by
Meigs County remained
ODH on Wednesday are as
“Red” on the Ohio Public
follows:
0-19 — 214 cases (1 hos- Health Advisory System
after meeting two of the
pitalization)
20-29 — 281 cases (5 new seven indicators on Thursday.
cases, 5 hospitalizations)
30-39 — 216 cases (5 new
cases, 3 hospitalizations)
Mason County
40-49 — 247 cases (5 new
The Mason County
cases, 4 hospitalizations)
Health Department report50-59 — 234 cases (1 new ed 1,019 total cases of
case, 9 hospitalizations)
COVID-19 on Wednesday,
60-69 — 192 cases (2
which is an increase of 35
new cases, 20 hospitalizacases from their report on
tions, 3 deaths)
Monday. The department
70-79 — 141 cases (6
also reported an addinew cases, 1 new hospitaltional death of a male in the
ization, 26 total hospitaliza- 80-89-year-old age range.
tions, 1 new death, 9 total
There have been 16 total
deaths)
deaths due to COVID-19 in
80-plus — 114 cases (2
Mason County.
new cases, 2 new hospitalOf the cases, 914 are
izations, 32 total hospitalrecovered and 89 are curizations, 2 new deaths, 11
rently active. There are six
total deaths)
patients currently in the
Gallia County is currently hospital.
“Orange” on the Ohio PubThe West Virginia Departlic Health Advisory System ment of Health and Human
map after meeting three
Resources (DHHR) reportof the seven indicators on
ed 1,014 total cases (since
Thursday.
March) for Mason County
in the 10 a.m. update on
Wednesday, 22 more than
Meigs County
The Meigs County Health Tuesday. Of those, 984 are
conﬁrmed cases and 30
Department reported 21
are probable cases. DHHR
new conﬁrmed cases of
has reported 15 deaths in
COVID-19 on Wednesday
and 23 new recovered case, Mason County.
According to DHHR, the
bringing the total county’s
age ranges for the 1,014
active case total to 103
COVID-19 cases DHHR is
cases. None of the new
reporting in Mason County
cases are hospitalized.
are as follows:
These cases of COVID0-9 — 18 cases (1 new
19 bring Meigs County to
conﬁrmed case)
103 active cases, and 882

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10-19 — 86 cases (1 new
conﬁrmed case)
20-29 — 162 cases (plus
5 probable cases, 5 new conﬁrmed cases)
30-39 — 110 cases (plus
5 probable case, 3 new conﬁrmed cases)
40-49 — 150 cases (plus
6 probable cases (1 new), 1
new conﬁrmed case)
50-59 — 160 cases (plus
4 probable cases), 2 deaths,
5 new conﬁrmed cases)
60-69 — 143 cases (plus
3 probable case, 3 death, 5
new conﬁrmed cases)
70+ — 155 cases (plus 7
probable cases, 11 deaths)
On Wednesday, Mason
County continues to be
“Red” on the West Virginia
County Alert System map.
Mason County’s latest infection rate was 48.49 on Monday, with a 9.32 percent
positivity rate. Surrounding
counties are orange and red.
Ohio
The Ohio Department of
Health reported a 24-hour
change of 8,178 new cases
on Wednesday (21-day average of 8,126). There were
133 new deaths (21-day
average of 79), 366 new
hospitalizations (21-day
average of 348) and 36 new
ICU admissions (21-day
average of 37) reported
in the previous 24 hours,
according to Wednesday’s
update.
West Virginia
As of the 10 a.m. update
on Wednesday, DHHR is
reporting a total of 84,225
cases with 1,318 deaths.
There was an increase of
1,452 cases from Tuesday and 34 new deaths.
DHHR reports a total of
1,479,263 lab test have
been completed, with a
4.78 cumulative percent
positivity rate. The daily
positivity rate in the state
was 11.68 percent. There
are 24,433 currently active
cases in the state.
DHHR reported on
Monday that 37,862 doses
of the COVID-19 vaccine
have been administered to
residents of West Virginia.
So far, 86,800 doses have
been received by the state.
Kayla (Hawthorne)
Dunham and Sarah Hawley contributed to this
story.
(Editor’s Note: Statistics
reported in this article are
tentative and subject to
change. This was the information available at press
time with more to be added
as it becomes available.)
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Inmate who survived
execution attempt dies
COVID suspected

date in March 2022.
His attorneys ﬁled arguments
with the U.S. Supreme Court that
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An he should be spared a second
attempt.
Ohio death row inmate who surBroom survived the 2009
vived an attempt to execute him
execution “only to live with the
by lethal injection in 2009 died
Monday of possible complications ever-increasing fear and distress
that the same process would be
of COVID-19, the state prisons
used on him at his next execution
system said.
date,” attorneys Timothy Sweeney
At the time of the 2009 procedure, condemned prisoner Romell and Adele Shank said in a statement.
Broom was only the second
“Let his passing in this way,
inmate nationally to survive an
execution after they began in mod- and not in the execution chamber,
be the ﬁnal word on whether a
ern times.
second attempt should ever have
Broom, 64, has been placed on
been considered,” they said.
the “COVID probable list” mainBroom was sentenced to die
tained by the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, spokes- for raping and killing 14-year-old
Tryna Middleton after abducting
person Sara French said Tuesday.
Inmates on that list are suspected her in Cleveland in 1984 as she
walked home from a football game
to have died of COVID-19, pendwith two friends.
ing a death certiﬁcate, she said.
Ohio is now under a de facto
The state says 124 inmates have
death penalty moratorium as
died from conﬁrmed or probable
DeWine has said lethal injection
cases of the coronavirus. One
is no longer an option because of
death row inmate currently has a
the state’s inability to ﬁnd drugs.
positive COVID-19 test, and 55
death row inmates tested positive He says lawmakers would have to
choose a new method.
and then recovered, French said.
In 2015, the execution team
Ohio unsuccessfully tried to put
began working on Broom, in a
Broom, then age 53, to death by
lethal injection on Sept. 15, 2009. holding cell 17 steps from the execution chamber, at about 2 p.m.,
The execution was called off
after two hours when technicians four hours after his execution’s
could not ﬁnd a suitable vein, and originally scheduled time due to a
Broom cried in pain while receiv- ﬁnal federal appeals request.
Broom even assisted his execuing 18 needle sticks.
tioners by trying to help them
Broom was returned to death
ﬁnd veins. When his help made
row, where he fought unsuccessfully to avoid a second execution. no difference, he turned onto his
back and covered his face with his
His most recent execution date
hands. His torso heaved and his
was in June, but in the spring
feet shook. He wiped his eyes and
Republican Gov. Mike DeWine
was handed a roll of toilet paper,
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shooting of Andre
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and didn’t see a gun,
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ofﬁcer who killed Hill,
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South Gallia smashes Tartans, 69-19
By Bryan Walters

closer the rest of the way as
the Red and Gold made a 15-3
charge over the ﬁrst six minutes of the second frame for a
MERCERVILLE, Ohio —
commanding 29-7 lead, then
The Rebels worked out some
used a small 5-4 spurt the rest
rust and kicked up some dust.
of the half to secure a 34-11
After a full two weeks since
its last outing, the South Gallia intermission advantage.
SGHS netted 7-of-15 shot
boys basketball team forced 30
attempts in each of the ﬁnal
turnovers and shot 43 percent
two periods, including a pair
from the ﬁeld Tuesday night
during a 69-19 throttling of vis- of 2-of-4 efforts from behind
iting Sciotoville East in a non- the arc, that allowed the hosts
to increase their third quarter
conference matchup in Gallia
cushion out to 52-16 before
County.
ultimately wrapping up the
The Rebels (4-1) never
50-point triumph — the largest
trailed and broke away from a
2-all tie with a 12-2 surge over lead of the night.
South Gallia forced at least
the ﬁnal 6:30 of the opening
seven turnovers in each quarter
stanza, allowing the hosts to
build a 14-4 edge through eight and limited the Blue and White
to single digits in each stanza
minutes of play.
The Tartans (0-3) were never of play. The Rebels also shot 50

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South Gallia junior Ean Combs (32) releases a shot attempt over several
Sciotoville East defenders during the first half of Tuesday night’s boys
basketball contest in Mercerville, Ohio.

percent or better from 3-point
range in all four frames.
An Ean Combs offensive
putback at the 6:30 mark of the
opening period allowed South
Gallia to secure a permanent
lead of 4-2, but East ended a
5-0 Rebel run with 3:38 left as
Kyle Winston scored on a putback for a 7-4 contest.
The Rebels, after going
scoreless for 3-plus minutes,
countered with seven straight
points in the ﬁnal 1:39 while
turning a 1-possession lead
into a double-digit edge headed
into the second canto.
SGHS won the next two
frames by 13 points apiece,
which swelled the lead out to
23 points at the break at 36

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Rio Grande
women upend
Cougars
By Randy Payton
For Ohio Valley Publishing

RIO GRANDE, Ohio — After coughing up
an early double-digit lead, the University of Rio
Grande used a strong third quarter ﬁnish to pull
away again and post an eventual 85-77 win over
Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Tuesday afternoon, in non-conference women’s basketball action
at the Newt Oliver Arena.
The RedStorm improved to 4-6 with the victory,
snapping a two-game losing streak against the
Cougars, including an 11-point setback at Mount
Vernon 14 days earlier.
MVNU slipped to 3-6 with the loss.
Rio Grande scored the game’s ﬁrst 13 points,
but the Cougars methodically chipped away at the
deﬁcit and eventually drew even at 42-all when
Rylee Pireu with 3:00 remaining in the third quarter.
The RedStorm rebounded, though, by closing
the period on a 14-3 run, including three-point
goals on consecutive possessions by junior Avery
Harper (Seaman, OH), to produce an 11-point
cushion entering the ﬁnal stanza.
The lead ballooned to as many as 17 points,
67-50, following a bucket in the lane by sophomore Lexi Woods (Waverly, OH) with 6:25 left in
the contest.
Mount Vernon Nazarene rallied again and got to
within seven points of a tie on six different occasions over the ﬁnal 3:07 — including three times
in the ﬁnal 30 seconds — but got no closer the
rest of the way.
The Cougars managed to hang around by going
18-for-20 (90.0%) at the foul line in the fourth
quarter and 32-for-38 (84.2%) from the charity
stripe for the game.
Rio Grande also got plenty of chances from the
free throw line in a game where the three-member
ofﬁciating crew whistled 54 combined fouls (31
against the RedStorm and 23 on MVNU).
Rio ﬁnished 15-for-20 (75 percent) at the stripe
in the ﬁnal stanza and 22-for-30 (73.3%) for the
game.
Freshman Caitlyn Brisker (Oak Hill, OH) scored
a team-best 20 points for the RedStorm, while
Harper netted 15 points and sophomore Hailey
Jordan (Columbus, OH) tallied 11 points.
Woods ﬁnished with nine points and 10
rebounds and senior Chyna Chambers (Columbus,
OH) handed out six assists in the winning effort
for the RedStorm, who also shot 51.9 percent (14for-27) from the ﬂoor in the second half and 47.5%
(28-for-59) for the game.
Pireu poured in a game-high 28 points for
MVNU, including a 15-for-16 performance at the
foul line.
Erin Boehm and Rachel Perry ﬁnished with 14
and 10 points, respectively, for the Cougars, while
Taylor Gregory had a game-high 16 rebounds and
two blocked shots.
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OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE
Thursday, Dec. 31
College Football
West Virginia vs. Army at
Liberty Bowl, 4 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 1
College Football
Cincinnati vs. Georgia at
Peach Bowl, 4 p.m.
Ohio State vs. Clemson at

Sugar Bowl, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 2
Girls Basketball
South Point at Gallia
Academy, 1:30
Wrestling
River Valley at Fort Frye,
9 a.m.

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MHS junior Morgan Roberts (34) looks to pass from the high post, during the Marauders’ 50-43 victory on Tuesday in Racine, Ohio.

Marauders hold off Southern
By Alex Hawley
ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com

RACINE, Ohio —
When it mattered the
most, the Marauder
defense played its best.
The Southern boys
basketball team cut
Meigs’ lead to six points
with ﬁve minutes to play
in Tuesday’s non-league
contest, but the Marauders allowed the host
Tornadoes to score just
two more points, sealing
a 50-43 victory.
Southern (0-6) scored
the opening bucket
of the game, but the
Marauders (2-6) took
the lead on a Braylon
Harrison three-pointer
32 seconds into play and
never trailed again.
The Tornadoes tied it
at 14 with 26 seconds
left in the ﬁrst period,
but an Andrew Dodson
three-pointer gave the
Marauders a 17-14 lead
at the end of the stanza.
SHS was within a
point twice in the second period — at 17-16
and 20-19 — but Meigs
closed the half with an
8-to-2 run for a 28-21
lead at the break.
The Maroon and Gold
were up by double digits
after an 10-to-7 start
to the second half, but
Southern scored six of
the ﬁnal 10 points of the
third and headed into
the ﬁnale down 41-33.
In the ﬁrst three minutes of the fourth quarter, Meigs hit a trio of
ﬁeld goals, while Southern sank four, making

Meigs made 2-of-7 (28.6
percent) and SHS hit
3-of-11 (27.3 percent).
Coulter Cleland led
Meigs with a doubledouble of 24 points and
10 rebounds, to go with
game-highs of six assists
and two rejections. Harrison recorded seven
points and two steals
for the guests, while
Wyatt Hoover chipped
in with six points, 10
rebounds and two steals.
Dodson was next with
ﬁve points, followed by
Brayden Stanley and
Morgan Roberts with
four each. Caleb Burnem rounded out the
Marauder scoring with
two points.
Leading the Tornadoes, Drummer posted
a double-double of 16
points and 11 rebounds.
Cade Anderson scored
10 for the hosts, Lincoln Rose added nine,
while Ryan Laudermilt
Southern’s Lincoln Rose (42) rejects a shot, during the first half
recorded four points, nine
of the Tornadoes’ seven-point setback on Tuesday in Racine, Ohio.
rebounds and ﬁve assists.
the Marauder lead 47-41 times. The Maroon and Cruz Brinager and Chase
Gold collected 13 assists, Bailey scored two points
with 5:02 remaining.
apiece for the hosts,
seven steals and three
Neither team scored
blocked shots in the win, while Isaac McCarty
again until an Arrow
came up with a team-best
while the Tornadoes
Drummer two-pointer
combined for 14 assists, three steals.
got SHS to within four
Both teams resume
nine steals, and three
points with 28 seconds
play in their respective
to play. However, Meigs blocks.
leagues on the ﬁrst TuesThe Marauders made
answered with a twoday of 2021, when Meigs
21-of-61 (34.4 percent)
pointer, and then hit a
hosts Nelsonville-York,
free throw to cap off the ﬁeld goal attempts,
and the Southern visiting
including 6-of-23 (26.1
50-43 victory.
percent) from three-point South Gallia.
The Marauders won
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a 44-to-31 clip, including sank 19-of-51 (37.3 per17-to-8 on the offensive cent) ﬁeld goal attempts, reserved.
including 2-of-19 (10.5
end. MHS committed
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Coastal Carolina’s
Jamey Chadwell is
AP coach of the year

Raiders roll past Oak Hill, 66-44

By Ralph D. Russo

BIDWELL, Ohio — Control the
glass, control the game.
The River Valley boys basketball
team outrebounded non-conference
guest Oak Hill 36-to-21 on Tuesday
in Gallia County, as the Raiders
picked up a 66-44 victory on their
home court.
River Valley (5-2) started out
on the right foot, leading 19-to-3 a
quarter into play with ﬁve different
Raiders scoring in the period.
The Oaks (1-4) got one point
back with a 10-to-9 second quarter,
and headed into halftime down
28-13.
After the break, the Silver and
Black went on a 17-to-11 run, making the margin 45-24 with eight
minutes to play.
Oak Hill saved its best for last,
scoring 20 points in the ﬁnale, but

(2-6) last year.
“I knew we weren’t
as bad as people were
going to pick us to
Coastal Carolina’s
be,” Chadwell said. “I
Jamey Chadwell is
thought we were going
The Associated Press
to be pretty good. I
college football coach
knew we were going to
of the year after leadbe better.”
ing the Chanticleers
Instead, behind
to a surprising, nearfreshman quarterback
perfect season.
Grayson McCall runChadwell received
16 ﬁrst-place votes and ning a creative option
88 points from the AP offense, Coastal Carolina had its best season
Top 25 panel to ﬁnsince transitioning to
ish ahead of Indiana’s
the Bowl Subdivision
Tom Allen, who was
in 2017.
second with 14 ﬁrstThe Chanticleers
place votes and 66
made the Sun Belt
points. Cincinnati’s
Luke Fickell was third championship game,
(5, 44) and Alabama’s though they did
Nick Saban was fourth not get to play in it
because of COVID(8, 42).
Chadwell is the ﬁrst 19 issues within the
program. But they
Sun Belt Conference
ﬁnished with a perfect
coach to win the AP
regular season that
award, which was
included victories over
established in 1988,
Sun Belt West winner
and the third coach
Louisiana-Lafayette
to earn it with a team
and three-time conferfrom outside the
ence champion AppalaPower Five leagues.
UCF’s Scott Frost was chian State.
McCall was injured
AP coach of the year in
2017 and Gary Patter- during the victory
son won the ﬁrst of his against LouisianaLafayette and didn’t
two AP awards with
play the following
TCU in 2009 when
week. When the Chanthe Horned Frogs
were competing in the ticleers still beat Georgia Southern the next
Mountain West.
week without McCall,
San Jose State’s
Brent Brennan ﬁnished Chadwell knew he had
something special.
ﬁfth, meaning Group
“Nobody panicked,”
of Five teams had
Chadwell said. “We
three of the top ﬁve
started getting all
coaches in this year’s
kinds of national attenvoting.
tion after that LouisiThe 43-year-old
ana game and I started
Chadwell directed a
worrying that’s going
breakout season for
No. 9 Coastal Carolina to go to our head, and
(11-1) in his third year it didn’t. And after
that game when we
leading the program.
found a way to win it, I
The Chanticleers
were picked last in the thought we’re going to
be tough to beat from
Sun Belt’s East Division after ﬁnishing 5-7 here on out.”

Associated Press

By Alex Hawley
ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com

with three points and Braden
McGuire with two.
Landon Hines led the guests
with 17 points, followed by Gavin
Howell with 11, all of which came
in the fourth quarter. Aidan Hall
scored six points for the Oaks,
Braylon Howell added four, while
Brock Harden and Nathan Hall
chipped in with three each.
Tuesday’s game also gave RVHS
a chance to honor senior Jordan
Lambert, who became the third
member of the Raider 1,000-point
club in a Dec. 15 game at Vinton
County.
The Silver and Black will resume
Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division play at home on Tuesday
against Wellston.
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all rights reserved.
Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342,
ext. 2100.

Lady Rebels rout Sciotoville East, 58-17
By Bryan Walters

nine different players
add points to the board
by that point, and the
MERCERVILLE, Ohio remaining three players
joined in on the scoring
— And to all a good
down the stretch as part
night.
of a 12-10 run to wrap up
The South Gallia girls
basketball team had all 12 the 41-point triumph.
The Red and Gold got
players reach the scoring
column on Tuesday night seven points from Macie
Sanders while building an
during a 58-17 victory
18-3 ﬁrst quarter edge,
over visiting Sciotoville
East in a non-conference then Jessie Rutt scored
matchup in Gallia County. six points during a 16-2
The Lady Rebels (4-1) surge that resulted in a
34-5 halftime advantage.
held the Lady Tartans
Sanders and Tori
(0-5) to a single ﬁeld
Triplett each provided
goal in each of the ﬁrst
four points during a 12-2
three quarters, allowing
the hosts to storm out to third quarter spurt that
led to a 39-point cushion
a convincing 46-7 lead
headed into the fourth.
headed into the ﬁnale.
South Gallia netted 25
SGHS already had

bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com

total ﬁeld goals — including three trifectas — and
also went 5-of-8 at the free
throw line for 63 percent.
Sanders paced the
hosts with a game-high
15 points, followed by
Triplett with 10 points
and Rutt with eight
markers. Kennedey Lambert and Ryleigh Halley
chipped in ﬁve points
apiece, while Payton Halley and MaKayla Waugh
provided three points
each.
Isabella Cochran, Emily
Mandeville, Natalie Swain
and Emilee Bowling
scored two points apiece
in the win, while Lindsey
Wells completed the tally
with a single marker.

East made eight total
ﬁeld goals — including
a single 3-pointer — and
did not attempt a single
free throw.
Mia Caldwell paced the
guests with nine points,
followed by Grace Smith
with four points. Peyton
Johnson and Savannah
Dingess completed things
with two markers each.
South Gallia traveled to
Racine on Wednesday for
a TVC Hocking contest
against Southern at 6:30
p.m.
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Publishing, all rights
reserved.
Bryan Walters can be reached at
740-446-2342, ext. 2101.

Steelers to sit Roethlisberger for finale
locked it up last weekend.
So rather than put the
38-year-old Roethlisberger at risk, backup
Mason Rudolph will
return to the scene
of the ugly brawl that
marred the end of Pittsburgh’s previous visit to
FirstEnergy Stadium.
The Browns drilled
the Steelers 21-7 on
Nov. 14, 2019, a game
in which Rudolph threw
four interceptions. Even
worse, he and Cleveland
defensive end Myles
Garrett got into a fight

in the final minutes that
ended with Garrett ripping off Rudolph’s helmet and hitting Rudolph
with it before being
taken out by Steelers center Maurkice
Pouncey.
The aftermath
included Garrett — who
claimed he erupted after
being called a racial slur
by Rudolph, an accusation the league could
not substantiate and
one Rudolph denied —
getting suspended for
the remainder of the
2019 season.

behind the arc for 53 percent. The hosts were also
7-of-14 at the free throw
line for 50 percent.
From page 5
Brayden Hammond led
the Rebels with a gamepoints through three
high 19 points, followed
quarters of action.
by Jaxxin Mabe with a
The Tartans scored
the opening basket of the double-double effort of 16
points and 12 rebounds.
fourth and didn’t score
Hammond also hauled
again over the remainin six caroms in the triing 7:22 of regulation.
umph.
Marshall Beegle nailed
Blaik Saunders and
a trifecta from the right
Tristan Saber were next
wing at the 3:23 mark of
with seven points each,
the fourth to complete
while Combs chipped in
the game scoring.
six markers.
South Gallia outEthan Bevan and
rebounded the guests by
Andrew Small contriba sizable 38-26 overall
uted ﬁve points apiece,
margin, including a 16-4
with Beegle adding three
edge on the offensive
glass. The Rebels commit- points. Garrett Frazee
ted only nine turnovers in completed the winning
mark with a single point.
the contest, with ﬁve of
The Tartans made
those coming in the third
8-of-34 ﬁeld goal tries
frame.
for 24 percent, includSGHS connected
ing a 2-of-10 effort from
on 27-of-63 ﬁeld goal
3-point territory for 20
attempts overall, including an 8-of-15 effort from percent. The guests were

also 1-of-4 at the charity
stripe for 25 percent.
Jaylen Mayhew and
Landen Pernell paced
Sciotoville East with
four points apiece, followed by Levi Justice,
Austin Baughman and
Matt Flannery with
three markers each.
Andrew Pyles completed
the East scoring with
two points.
Baughman led the
guests with six rebounds
and Mayhew also
grabbed ﬁve boards.
South Gallia was originally scheduled to play
Waterford on Wednesday, but the Rebels will
instead host Chesapeake
on Wednesday night in a
non-conference matchup
at 7 p.m.
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Publishing, all rights
reserved.

PITTSBURGH (AP)
ers are going to let Ben
— The Pittsburgh Steel- Roethlisberger rest up
for the playoffs.
Coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday that
Roethlisberger will not
play when the AFC
North champion Steelers (12-3) visit rival
Cleveland (10-5) in the
regular-season finale on
Sunday.
Pittsburgh can finish
no worse than third in
the AFC and is out of
the running for homefield advantage after
defending Super Bowl
champion Kansas City

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RVHS tallied 21 to seal the 66-44
win.
River Valley’s 36-to-21 rebounding edge including an 8-to-4 advantage in offensive boards. The Raiders had 14 turnovers in the win,
one less than Oak Hill.
The hosts made 25 ﬁeld goals,
10 of which came from three-point
range. Meanwhile, OHHS had 15
ﬁeld goals, including nine triples.
Both teams tried nine free throws,
with the Raiders making six for
66.7 percent, and the Oaks sinking
ﬁve for 55.6 percent.
Chase Barber was responsible for
half of the Raiders’ trifectas, and
led the team with 17 points. Jordan
Lambert was next with 14 points,
followed by Jance Lambert with
12. Dylan Fulks scored eight points
in the victory, Kade Alderman
added six, while Ethan Schultz
ended with four. Rounding out the
RVHS scoring were Mason Rhodes

Gallia

Cougars

Bryan Walters can be reached at
740-446-2342, ext. 2101.

Rio Grande returns to action on
Wednesday afternoon when fellow
River States Conference member Alice
Lloyd College visits for a non-conferFrom page 5
ence matchup.
Tipoff is set for 3 p.m.
Mount Vernon ﬁnished 20-for-62 from
the ﬁeld overall (32.3%) after shooting
just 28.1 percent (9-for-32) in the open- Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext.
2101.
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Missouri senator to contest Electoral College win for Biden
By Mary Clare Jalonick

ity House have already
said they will object on
Trump’s behalf during
the Jan. 6 count of elecWASHINGTON —
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., toral votes, and they had
needed just a single senasaid Wednesday he will
tor to go along with them
raise objections next
to force votes in both
week when Congress
meets to afﬁrm President- chambers.
Without giving specifelect Joe Biden’s victory
ics or evidence, Hawley
in the election, forcing
said he would object
House and Senate votes
because “some states,
that are likely to delay
— but in no way alter — including notably Pennsylvania” did not follow
the ﬁnal certiﬁcation of
their own election laws.
Biden’s win.
Lawsuits challenging
President Donald
Biden’s victory in PennTrump has, without evidence, claimed there was sylvania have been unsuccessful.
widespread fraud in the
“At the very least, Conelection. He has pushed
gress should investigate
Republican senators to
allegations of voter fraud
pursue his unfounded
and adopt measures to
charges even though the
secure the integrity of our
Electoral College this
month cemented Biden’s elections,” Hawley said
in a statement. He also
306-232 victory and
criticized the way Facemultiple legal efforts to
challenge the results have book and Twitter handled
content related to the
failed.
A group of Republicans election, characterizing it
in the Democratic-major- as an effort to help Biden.

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SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A large explosion struck the
airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Wednesday, shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed
Cabinet landed there, security ofﬁcials said. At least 22
people were killed and 50 were wounded in the blast.
The source of the explosion was not immediately
clear and no group claimed responsibility for attacking
the airport. No one on the government plane was hurt.
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a palace in the city where the Cabinet members were
transferred following the airport attack. And the Saudiled coalition later shot down a bomb-laden drone that
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TODAY
8 AM

WEATHER

2 PM

40°

38°

36°

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.

24 hours ending 3 p.m. Wed.
0.00
Month to date/normal
3.08/3.21
Year to date/normal
47.31/42.60
(in inches)

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.

2

24 hours ending 3 p.m. Wed.
0.0
Month to date/normal
7.0/3.6
Season to date/normal
9.0/4.4

WEATHER TRIVIA™

SUN &amp; MOON

Q: What is the purpose of a snow
fence?
Fri.
7:47 a.m.
5:17 p.m.
7:54 p.m.
9:54 a.m.

MOON PHASES
Last

Jan 6

New

First

Full

Jan 12 Jan 20 Jan 28

SOLUNAR TABLE
The solunar period indicates peak feeding times
for ﬁsh and game.

Today
Fri.
Sat.
Sun.
Mon.
Tue.
Wed.

Major
12:00a
1:00a
1:59a
2:56a
3:51a
4:43a
5:33a

Minor
6:16a
7:13a
8:11a
9:08a
10:03a
10:55a
11:45a

Major
12:29p
1:27p
2:24p
3:21p
4:15p
5:07p
5:57p

Minor
6:43p
7:40p
8:37p
9:34p
10:28p
11:19p
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WEATHER HISTORY
A snowstorm in El Paso, Texas, on
Dec. 31, 1982, brought the monthly
total there to 18 inches, which is 14
inches more than the town usually
gets in an entire winter.

0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme

A: To disrupt strong winds and thus
reduce blowing and drifting snow

Today
7:47 a.m.
5:17 p.m.
6:49 p.m.
9:10 a.m.

AIR QUALITY

Adelphi
38/28

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. Wed.

Location
Willow Island
Marietta
Parkersburg
Belleville
Racine
Point Pleasant
Gallipolis
Huntington
Ashland
Lloyd Greenup
Portsmouth
Maysville
Meldahl Dam

Level
12.51
27.75
22.86
12.57
13.16
25.89
12.27
28.71
35.77
12.54
25.00
34.70
26.30

Waverly
39/31
Lucasville
39/34
Portsmouth
39/35

24-hr.
Chg.
+0.37
+8.99
+0.03
-0.29
+0.01
+0.21
+0.13
-0.80
-0.35
-0.04
-1.10
-0.70
-1.50

Rain and drizzle

45°
31°

52°
41°

Partial sunshine

Marietta
41/33

Murray City
38/28
Belpre
42/34

Athens
40/31

St. Marys
41/33

Parkersburg
39/32

Coolville
41/32

Elizabeth
42/36

Spencer
43/37

Buffalo
44/38

Ironton
44/42

Milton
44/38

Clendenin
43/36

St. Albans
45/39

Huntington
40/37

NATIONAL FORECAST
110s
100s
Seattle
51/45
90s
80s
70s
60s
50s
40s
30s
20s
San Francisco
10s
59/44
0s
-0s
-10s
Los Angeles
67/48
T-storms
Rain
Showers
Snow
Flurries
Chihuahua
43/23
Ice
Cold Front
Warm Front
Stationary Front

WEDNESDAY

47°
33°

Cloudy most of the
time

Wilkesville
39/33
POMEROY
Jackson
42/36
39/33
Ravenswood
Rio Grande
42/37
39/34
Centerville
POINT PLEASANT
Ripley
37/30
GALLIPOLIS
41/36
43/37
41/36

Ashland
44/42
Grayson
42/39

TUESDAY

Mostly cloudy

NATIONAL CITIES

McArthur
39/29

500

Primary pollutant: Particulates

Flood
Stage
37
34
36
35
41
40
50
50
52
54
50
50
51

Chillicothe
38/29

MONDAY

49°
36°

Times of clouds and
sun

Logan
39/28

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s House of Commons
voted resoundingly on Wednesday to approve a trade
deal with the European Union, paving the way for an
orderly break with the bloc that will ﬁnally complete the
U.K.’s long and divisive Brexit journey.
With just a day to spare, lawmakers voted 521-73 in
favor of the agreement sealed between the U.K. government and the EU last week.
Brexit enthusiasts in Parliament praised it as a reclamation of independence from the bloc. Pro-Europeans
lamented its failure to preserve seamless trade with
Britain’s biggest economic partner. But the vast majority in the divided Commons agreed that it was better
than the alternative of a chaotic rupture with the EU.
The deal will become British law once is passes
through the unelected House of Lords later in the day
and gets formal royal assent from Queen Elizabeth II.
The U.K. left the EU almost a year ago, but remained
within the bloc’s economic embrace during a transition
period that ends at midnight Brussels time —- 11 p.m.
in London — today.

SUNDAY

54°
39°

Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures
are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

South Shore Greenup
44/42
38/35

55

Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2020

OH-70215316

Warmer with rain

0

AccuWeather.com Cold Index™

(in inches)

SATURDAY

Cloudy today. A bit of ice late tonight. High 41°
/ Low 36°

HEALTH TODAY
58°/28°
43°/26°
70° in 1990
-14° in 1917

FRIDAY

58°
51°

Statistics through 3 p.m. Wed.

High/low
Normal high/low
Record high
Record low

EXTENDED FORECAST

8 PM

ALMANAC

Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset

McConnell told them on a
private call Dec. 15 that it
would be a “terrible vote”
to have to take. That’s
according to two people
who were not authorized
to publicly discuss the
private call and spoke on
condition of anonymity.
While some Republicans have echoed Trump’s
unsubstantiated claims,
or at least refused to
counter them, McConnell
and an increasing number
of GOP senators have
acknowledged that Biden
won and will be inaugurated Jan. 20.
The Senate’s No. 2
Republican, South Dakota
Sen. John Thune, said
earlier this month that if
the Senate were forced
to vote on a challenge
“it would go down like a
shot dog.” Thune said it
didn’t make sense to put
senators through a vote
when “you know what
the ultimate outcome is
gonna be.”

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the Jan. 6 session and
declare the winner.
Asked about Hawley’s
announcement, House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi,
D-Calif., said, “I have
no doubt that on next
Wednesday, a week from
today, that Joe Biden
will be conﬁrmed by the
acceptance of the vote of
the electoral college as
the 46th president of the
United States.”
Hawley is a ﬁrst-term
senator and potential
contender in the 2024
presidential primary,
and his decision to join
the House objectors is a
rebuff to Senate Majority
Leader Mitch McConnell,
who had asked his caucus
not to participate in a
futile quest to overturn
the results.
Aware that the Democratic-led House would
not support such a challenge and that it would
put most of his fellow
GOP senators in a bind,

a request, then
the joint session
suspends and the
House and Senate
go into separate
sessions to consider it. For the
objection to be sustained, both chambers must agree
to it by a simple majority
vote. If they disagree, the
original electoral votes
are counted.
The last time such an
objection was considered
was 2005, when Rep.
Stephanie Tubbs Jones
of Ohio and Sen. Barbara
Boxer of California, both
Democrats, objected to
Ohio’s electoral votes by
claiming there were voting irregularities. Both
chambers debated the
objection and rejected it.
It was only the second
time such a vote had
occurred.
As president of the Senate, Vice President Mike
Pence will preside over

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Precipitation

Biden transition
spokeswoman Jen
Psaki dismissed
Hawley’s move as
“antics” that will
have no bearing on
Biden being sworn
Hawley
in on Jan. 20.
“The American
people spoke
resoundingly in this
election and 81 million
people have voted for
Joe Biden and Kamala
Harris,” Psaki said in a
call with reporters. She
added: “Congress will
certify the results of the
election as they do every
four years.”
When Congress convenes to certify the
Electoral College results,
any lawmaker can object
to a state’s votes on any
grounds. But the objection is not taken up
unless it is in writing and
signed by both a member
of the House and a member of the Senate.
When there is such

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