https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/8e872a505e730e9c4228a6e7a5462801.pdf c263eb990588000cefa95b6e9956d5fc PDF Text Text Winter sports magazine Lady Raiders sweep INSIDE 8 AM 2 PM 8 PM 29° 34° 29° A snow shower this morning. Partly cloudy tonight. High 37° / Low 27° SPORTS s 7 Today’s weather forecast WEATHER s 10 C_ZZb[fehj�š�Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 13, Volume 75 66 new cases reported across tri-county 2021 Meigs Guide coming soon Advertising deadline approaching By Sarah Hawley shawley@aimmediamidwest.com Staff Report OHIO VALLEY — On Tuesday, 66 total new cases were reported from across the tricounty region. Those cases break down as follows: For Mason County, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reported 22 additional cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. For Gallia County, the Ohio Department of Health reported five new COVID-19 cases since Monday in Tuesday’s update. The Meigs County Health Department reported 39 new COVID-19 cases (34 confirmed, 5 probable) since Friday as part of Tuesday’s update. Local schools In a letter posted to the Meigs Local School District COVID19 dashboard, Supt. Scot Gheen reported, “either a Meigs Local School staff member, student(s), or service provider have either tested positive for COVID-19 or have been placed in quarantine due to direct contact with someone who has tested positive for the virus.” A similar letter also acknowledged that a “Meigs Middle School staff member, student(s), or service provider” have tested positive or been placed in quarantine as a direct contact. According to the district’s dashboard, there are seven active faculty/ staff cases and eight active student cases. Here’s a closer look at coronavirus cases across our area: Gallia County ODH reported a total of 1,921 total cases of COVID-19 (since March) in Gallia County as part of Tuesday’s updates. This is an increase of five since Monday’s update. ODH has reported a total of 26 deaths, 110 hospitalizations (one new), and 1,667 presumed recovered individuals (25 new) as of Tuesday. Age ranges for the 1,921 total cases reported by ODH on Tuesday are as follows: 0-19 — 255 cases (1 hospitalization) 20-29 — 324 cases (1 new case, 6 hospitalizations) 30-39 — 261 cases (1 new case, 3 hospitalizations) 40-49 — 291 cases (4 hospitalizations) 50-59 — 277 cases (3 new cases, 1 new hospitalization, 10 total hospitalizations, 1 death) 60-69 — 232 cases (23 hospitalizations, 3 deaths) 70-79 — 159 cases (30 hospitalizations, 9 deaths) 80-plus — 122 cases (33 hospitalizations, 13 deaths) Gallia County is currently “Orange” on the Ohio Public Health Advisory System map after meeting two of the seven indicators on Thursday. Meigs County The Meigs County Health Department reported 34 additional confirmed cases and five probable cases from Saturday-Tuesday as part of Tuesday’s update. There are 84 active cases, and 1,101 total cases (1,032 confirmed, 69 probable) since April, according to the update. There have been a total of 20 deaths, 997 recovered cases (27 new), and 57 hospitalizations since April. Age ranges for the 1,101 Meigs County cases, as of Tuesday, are as follows: 0-9 — 42 cases (2 new cases) 10-19 — 102 cases (3 new cases) 20-29 — 166 cases (7 new cases, 1 hospitalization) 30-39 — 147 cases (4 new cases, 3 hospitalizations) 40-49 — 164 cases (5 new cases, 3 hospitalizations) See CASES | 4 AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC (USPS 145-966) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes every Tuesday through Saturday. Subscription rate is $208 per year. Prices are subject to change at any time. 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 Periodical postage paid at Pomeroy, OH POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Sentinel, 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631. All content © 2021 The Daily Sentinel, an edition of the Gallipolis Daily Tribune. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. Wednesday, January 20, 2021 s 50¢ MEIGS COUNTY — Each year The Daily Sentinel and the Meigs County Chamber and Tourism publish the Official Guide to Meigs County, with this year’s theme of “Experience Meigs County.” Local businesses, organizations and individuals are invited to be part of the guide through advertising opportunities and submission of events. The 2021 Official Guide to Meigs County will feature articles on community events, places to visit, a feature on the Meigs County Farmers’ Market and much more. This will be a guide for residents of the area and non-residents alike, detailing many of the unique places and hidden gems of Meigs County, while highlighting things to do and events which make Meigs County home. Events for the calendar may be submitted by visiting the Meigs County Chamber & Tourism Sarah Hawley | Sentinel Recent editions of the Official Meigs County Guide have highlighted the history of Meigs County, as well as things to do and places to visit. Facebook page and filling out the information on the post pinned to the top of the page. See GUIDE | 4 For the Record: Middleport Police Dept. Staff Report expert, said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “We need to do everything we can now … to get transmission as low as we possibly can,” said Harvard University’s Dr. Michael Mina. “The best way to prevent mutant strains from emerging is to slow transmission.” So far, vaccines seem to remain effective, but there are signs that some of the new mutations may undermine tests for the virus and reduce the effectiveness of antibody drugs as treatments. “We’re in a race against time” because the virus “may stumble MIDDLEPORT — On Jan. 15, the Middleport Police Department received a call from law enforcement in Anderson, Indiana, who advised they were actively looking for and had a felony warrant for Zackary Custer, 29, of Middleport. Officers went to his last known addressed and advised he was not home at the time. Custer later walked into the Middleport Police Department and turned himself in without incident. A fugitive of justice warrant was completed for Meigs County Court and Madison County Sheriff of Indiana was notified. Custer awaits arraignment in the Middleport Jail. On Jan. 18, Middleport Police were called and advised that William Eric Hayes, 47, of Brownell Avenue was allegedly screaming inside his apartment and may have a gun. A few minutes later the department received another call of Hayes and advised that he was allegedly live on Facebook and was allegedly threatening suicide by cop. Patrolman Scott Spiker and Deputy Aaron Dillard responded to the scene, and after detaining Hayes, reportedly located a gun. Hayes, who is a convicted felon, was arrested and charged with weapons under disability and was placed in the Middleport Jail to await arraignment in Meigs County Court. On Jan. 19, Middleport Jail corrections officers Julia Musgrove and Brendan Payne were working in the jail when problems reportedly arose in the detox cell with Hayes. Dispatch contacted Chief Mony Wood who came to the jail. All three then went into the detox cell where Hayes had allegedly tore the vent fan from the ceiling and was allegedly attempting to bust the window out. After the officers wrestled Hayes to the ground to handcuff him, he allegedly bit Musgrove in the arm and See CHALLENGE | 4 See RECORD | 10 Noah Berger | AP, Pool, File In this Jan. 12 file photo, a pharmacist draws saline while preparing a dose of Pfizer’s COVID19 vaccine in Sacramento, Calif. Mutations to the virus are rapidly popping up and the longer it takes to vaccinate people, the more likely it is that a variant that can elude current tests, treatments and vaccines could emerge. Irfan Khan | Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool In this Friday, Jan. 15 file photo, COVID-19 mass-vaccination of healthcare workers takes place at Dodger Stadium, in Los Angeles. Mutations to the virus are rapidly popping up and the longer it takes to vaccinate people, the more likely it is that a variant that can elude current tests, treatments and vaccines could emerge. A new COVID-19 challenge: Mutations rise along with cases By Marilynn Marchione AP Chief Medical Writer The race against the virus that causes COVID-19 has taken a new turn: Mutations are rapidly popping up, and the longer it takes to vaccinate people, the more likely it is that a variant that can elude current tests, treatments and vaccines could emerge. The coronavirus is becoming more genetically diverse, and health officials say the high rate of new cases is the main reason. Each new infection gives the virus a chance to mutate as it makes copies of itself, threatening to undo the progress made so far to control the pandemic. On Friday, the World Health Organization urged more effort to detect new variants. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a new version first identified in the United Kingdom may become dominant in the U.S. by March. Although it doesn’t cause more severe illness, it will lead to more hospitalizations and deaths just because it spreads much more easily, said the CDC, warning of “a new phase of exponential growth.” “We’re taking it really very seriously,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious disease �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Wednesday, January 20, 2021 OBITUARIES DIANE MARIE SMITH MASON — Diane Marie Smith, 60, of Mason, West Virginia, passed away, at 12:07 p.m. on Sunday, January 17, 2021 at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. Born July 7, 1960 in Pomeroy, Ohio she was the daughter of the late Oscar Thomas and Madgle McNickle Smith, who survives in Pomeroy. She received her Bachelor’s Degree from Marshall University in Huntington West Virginia. She was a homemaker and worked as a substitute teacher, and she was the family’s personal scheduler. In addition to her mother, she is survived by her husband, Vincent Smith, whom she married on February 6, 1982 in Pomeroy, sons, Jeremy (Laura Mullins) Smith, of Mason, Kyle Smith, of Mason, and Evan (Kayla) Smith, of Hurricane, West Virginia, a grandson who she dearly loved, Gage Smith, and baby Evalynn is on the way. Her sister, Laura Proudfoot, of Hurricane, Anita Weaver, of Rutland, Ohio, a brother, John Smith, of Middleport, Ohio, a father-in-law, Jack (Nada) Smith, of Colonial Heights, Virginia, and numerous nieces and nephews also survive. In addition to her father, she is preceded in death by her mother-inlaw, Virginia Smith. Graveside services will be held on Friday, January 22, 2021 at 1 p.m. in the Gilmore Cemetery. The Cremeens-King Funeral Home, Pomeroy, is entrusted with the arrangements. FOOCE LETART — Roy Junior Fooce, age 83, of Letart, died at his home on Saturday January 16, 2021. Roy will be laid to rest on Wednesday January 20, 2021 at Potts Chapel Cemetery services will be private. Arrangements are in care of Crow-Hussell Funeral Home. HALL JR. PROCTORVILLE — Samuel Lee Hall Jr., 87, of Proctorville, Ohio, died Sunday, January 17, 2021 at The Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House of Huntington, W.Va. There will be a private family burial at Miller Memorial Gardens, Miller, Ohio. Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville, is assisting the family with arrangements. GALLIA, MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS Card Shower Noel Massie will be celebrating his 90th birthday on Jan. 21, cards may be sent to him at 1154 SR 775, Gallipolis, OH 45631. Friday, Jan. 22 MIDDLEPORT — The monthly Free Community Dinner held at the Middleport Church of Christ Family Life Center. Take-out meals will be handed out 5-5:30 p.m. while supplies last. This month they are serving cheesy smoked sausage casserole, green beans, roll, and dessert. Everyone is welcome. Saturday, Jan. 23 MIDDLEPORT — Middleport Fire Department will be hosting a fish fry at fire station. Serving starts 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 25 MIDDLEPORT — The meeting of the Meigs County Veterans Service Commission will be held at 9 a.m. at their office located at 97 North Second Avenue, Suite 2 in Middleport. Wednesday, Feb. 3 MARIETTA — The District 18 Ohio Public Works Fiscal Year 2022 (Round 35) Executive Committee will be held by remote video conference at 10 a.m. The purpose of this meeting is to review and approve the Fiscal Year 2022 (Round 35) State Capital Improvement Program (SCIP) and the Local Transportation Improvement (LTIP) slate of projects. The public is invited to attend the meeting via Facebook Live. Visit the Buckeye Hills Regional Council Facebook page to watch the livestream: http://www. facebook.com/BuckeyeHills/live. The meeting agenda will be posted to buckeyehills.org prior to the meeting. Public comments may be submitted until Feb. 1 by emailing mhyer@buckeyehills.org. Questions regarding this program should be directed to Michelle Hyer, Development Specialist III/District 18 Liaison, via email at mhyer@buckeyehills.org or via phone at 740-376-1025. CONTACT US 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 740-446-2342 All content © 2021 Gallipolis Daily Tribune and The Daily Sentinel edition. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT/ GROUP PUBLISHER Lane Moon lmoon@aimmediamidwest.com EDITOR Beth Sergent, Ext. 1992 bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com MANAGING EDITOR Sarah Hawley, Ext. 2555 shawley@aimmediamidwest.com SPORTS EDITOR Bryan Walters, Ext. 2101 bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Matt Rodgers, Ext. 2095 mrodgers@aimmediamidwest.com CIRCULATION MANAGER Derrick Morrison, Ext. 2097 dmorrison@aimmediamidwest.com Ohio Valley Publishing Census Bureau director to resign By Mike Schneider Associated Press Facing criticism that he was acceding to President Donald Trump’s demand to produce citizenship information at the expense of data quality, U.S. Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham said Monday that he planned to resign with the change in presidential administrations. Dillingham said in a statement that he would resign on Wednesday, the day Trump leaves the White House and President-elect Joseph Biden takes office. Dillingham’s term was supposed to be finished at the end of the year. The Census Bureau director’s departure comes as the statistical agency is crunching the numbers for the 2020 census, which will be used to determine how many congressional seats and Electoral College votes each state gets, as well as the distribution of $1.5 trillion in federal spending each year. In his statement, Dillingham said he had been considering retiring earlier, but he had been persuaded at the time to stick around. “But I must do now what I think is best,” said Dillingham, 68. “Let me make it clear that under other circumstances I would be honored to serve President-Elect Biden just as I served the past five presidents.” A Census Bureau spokesman said the agency’s chief operating officer, Ron Jarmin, will assume the director’s duties. Jarmin served in the same role before Dillingham became director two years ago. Last week, Democratic lawmakers called on Dill- ingham to resign after a watchdog agency said he had set a deadline that pressured statisticians to produce a report on the number of people in the U.S. illegally. A report by the Office of Inspector General said bureau workers were under significant pressure from two Trump political appointees to figure out who is in the U.S. illegally using federal and state administrative records, and Dillingham had set a Friday deadline for bureau statisticians to provide him a technical report on the effort. One whistleblower told the Office of Inspector General that the work was “statistically indefensible” and others said they worried its release would tarnish the Census Bureau’s reputation. After the release of the inspector general’s report, Dillingham ordered a halt to the efforts to produce data showing the citizenship status of every U.S. resident through administrative records. In Monday’s statement, Dillingham said whistleblower concerns stemmed from what appeared to be misunderstandings about how the data would be reviewed and posted. “There has been no suggestion to me that the work described above posed any potential violation of laws, rules, or regulations,” Dillingham said. Leaders of several civil rights groups last week called for Dillingham’s resignation, and several Democratic lawmakers followed suit. “Rather than ensure an accurate count, Dr. Dillingham appears to have acceded repeatedly to the Trump Adminis- tration’s brazen efforts to politicize the Census,” U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, said last Friday. During Dillingham’s tenure, the Trump administration unsuccessfully tried to put a citizenship question on the 2020 census questionnaire and named a handful of political appointees that statisticians and Democratic lawmakers worried would politicize the once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident. The president also issued two directives that advocacy groups said were part of efforts to suppress the participation of minorities and immigrants in the 2020 census. Trump’s first directive, issued in 2019, instructed the Census Bureau to use administrative records to figure out who is in the country illegally after the Supreme Court blocked the citizenship question. In the second directive, Trump instructed the Census Bureau to provide data that would allow his administration to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from the numbers used for divvying up congressional seats among the states. An influential GOP adviser had advocated excluding them from the apportionment process in order to favor Republicans and non-Hispanic whites, even though the Constitution spells out that every person in each state should be counted. Trump’s unprecedented order on apportionment was challenged in more than a half-dozen lawsuits around the U.S., but the Supreme Court ruled last month that any challenge was premature. Oftentimes, Dillingham appeared cut out of the loop on these census-related decisions made by the White House and Commerce Department, which oversees the Census Bureau. At a congressional hearing in July, Dillingham said he wasn’t informed ahead of time before Trump issued his directive on the apportionment numbers. The 2020 census which Dillingham oversaw experienced unprecedented obstacles because of the coronavirus pandemic, as well as wildfires in the West and hurricanes along the Gulf Coast. The pandemic and errors found in the data have forced the Census Bureau to delay releasing the numbers used to apportion congressional seats until early March. Last week, the Department of Justice and municipalities and advocacy groups that had sued the Trump administration over concerns about the quality of the 2020 census agreed to put their lawsuit on hold for 21 days so the Biden administration can take power and decide how to proceed. “Director Dillingham’s departure will coincide with the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, providing the new administration the opportunity to appoint competent, ethical leadership committed to the scientific integrity of the Census Bureau,” Arturo Vargas, CEO of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund, said Monday. Self-described militia members jailed CINCINNATI (AP) — Two self-described militia members facing federal charges that they participated in the assault on the U.S. Capitol earlier this month were jailed Tuesday. Jessica Watkins and Donovan Crowl, both from Ohio, are being held at a county jail in Dayton, after being arrested Monday. Federal documents identify them as members of the Ohio State Regular Militia, dues-paying members of the Oath Keepers. The FBI complaints call the Oath Keepers a paramilitary group that believes in a “shadowy conspiracy” to strip Americans of their rights. It often recruits current and for- mer military, police or other first responders. Federal investigators used social media posts and news media interviews the suspects gave to help identify them. They each face three charges: entering a restricted building or grounds; violent entry or disorderly conduct, and obstruction of an official proceeding. No information was available immediately on whether they had attorneys yet. They are among more than 125 people arrested so far on charges related to the Jan. 6 violent insurrection led by supporters of President Donald Trump, where a Capitol police officer and four others were killed. U.S. authorities last week announced arrests of a Cleveland woman and a Wilmington man on related charges. The FBI stated in charging documents that Oath Keepers wearing helmets, protective vests and items with the group’s name were seen to “move in an organized and practiced fashion and force their way to the front of the crowd gathered around a door to the U.S. Capitol.” Watkins, a 38-year-old selfdescribed commanding officer of the Ohio State Regular Militia, posted video and comments Jan. 6 on the Parler social media site, investigators said. 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. Financial report available CHESTER TWP. — The 2020 Annual Financial Report for Chester Township has been completed and is available for viewing at the office of the Fiscal Officer at 37094 New Hope Road, Long Bottom, The Gallia County Health Department is schedul- Ohio. Call Roger Karr for appointment at 740-4167742. ing COVID-19 vaccine appointments for residents SYRACUSE — The Syracuse Village 2020 Annual in the following age groups and categories: 80 years and older, 75-plus and those with severe congenital Financial Report is available in the Fiscal Officer’s conditions, 70-plus, 65-plus. To schedule an appoint- office at Syracuse Village Hall. ment, call 740-441-2018, 740-441-2950, or 740-4412951. The health department stresses a scheduled appointment is required to receive the vaccine. CHESTER TWP. — The Chester Twp. Trustees recently held their organizational meeting. Trustee meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each The Meigs County Health Department is compil- month at 6 p.m. at the Town Hall at 47131 S.R.248, Long Bottom, Ohio. Current trustees with phone ing a list of Meigs County residents who wish to numbers are James Hawthorne 740-416-0724; Alan receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The following age groups and categories are currently being accepted: Holter 740-856-2759; Ray Werry 740-590-3736 80 years and older, 75-plus and those with severe congenital conditions, 70-plus, 65-plus. To be placed on the list for an appointment, call 740-444-4540. Individuals are asked to utilize this number and do MIDDLEPORT — The Meigs County Humane not call the Health Department’s main line to be Society will be providing straw for pet bedding durplaced on the waiting list. Your call will be returned ing the months of November, December, January, to acknowledge receipt within 24-48 hours during and February. Vouchers may be picked up at the normal business hours (Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.- Humane Society Thrift Shop, 253 North Second 4 p.m.). Appointments will be made based on the Street, Middleport, for a fee of $2. Vouchers are to availability of vaccine and in compliance with guidbe redeemed at Dettwiller Lumber in Pomeroy. For ance issued by the state of Ohio. more information call 740-992-6064. Gallia vaccine registration Trustees hold meeting Meigs vaccine registration Straw available �Ohio Valley Publishing Wednesday, January 20, 2021 3 GALLIPOLIS AND MASON OFFICES OFFERING COVID-19 TESTING WITH VISIT If you’re not feeling well and are worried you may have COVID-19, Damia Hayman, FNP-BC in Gallipolis and Brandon DeWees, FNP-C in Mason and their staff can help you get tested and provide medical management of your symptoms. 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Younger people may be less willing to wear masks, shun crowds and take other steps to avoid infection because the current strain doesn’t seem to make them very sick, but “in one mutational change, it might,” she warned. Sabeti documented a change in the Ebola virus during the 2014 outbreak that made it much worse. Mutations on the rise It’s normal for viruses to acquire small changes or mutations in their genetic alphabet as they reproduce. Ones that help the virus flourish give it a competitive advantage and thus crowd out other versions. In March, just a couple months after the coronavirus was discovered in China, a mutation called D614G emerged that made it more likely to spread. It soon became the dominant version in the world. Now, after months of relative calm, “we’ve started to see some striking evolution” of the virus, biologist Trevor Bedford of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle wrote on Twitter last week. “The fact that we’ve observed three variants of concern emerge since September suggests that there are likely more to come.” One was first identified in the United Kingdom and quickly became dominant in parts of England. It has now been reported in at least 30 countries, including the United States. Soon afterward, South Africa and Brazil reported new variants. On Tuesday, researchers at CedarsSinai Medical Center in Los Angeles said yet another new variant has been found in one-third of COVID-19 cases in that city and may have fueled its recent surge in cases. The main mutation in the version identified in Britain also turned up on a different version “that’s been circulating in Ohio … at least as far back as September,” said Dr. Dan Jones, a molecular pathologist at Ohio State University who announced that finding last week. “The important finding here is that this is unlikely to be travel-related” and instead may reflect the virus acquiring similar mutations independently as more infections occur, Jones said. That also suggests that travel restrictions might be ineffective, Mina said. Because the United States has so many cases, “we can breed our own variants that are just as bad or worse” as those in other countries, he said. Treatment, vaccine, reinfection risks Some lab tests suggest the variants identified in South Africa and Brazil may be less susceptible to antibody drugs or convalescent plasma, antibodyrich blood from COVID-19 survivors — both of which help people fight off the virus. Government scientists are “actively looking” into that possibility, Dr. Janet Woodcock of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration told reporters Thursday. The government is encouraging development of multi-antibody treatments rather than single-antibody drugs to have more ways to target the virus in case one proves ineffective, she said. Current vaccines induce broad enough immune responses that they should remain effective, many scientists say. Enough genetic change eventually may require tweaking the vaccine formula, but “it’s probably going to be on the order of years if we use the vaccine well rather than months,” Dr. Andrew Pavia of the University of Utah said Thursday on a webcast hosted by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Health officials also worry that if the virus changes enough, people might get COVID-19 a second time. Reinfection currently is rare, but Brazil already confirmed a case in someone with a new variant who had been sickened with a previous version several months earlier. What to do “We’re seeing a lot of variants, viral diversity, because there’s a lot of virus out there,” and reducing new infections is the best way to curb it, said Dr. Adam Lauring, an infectious diseases expert at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Loyce Pace, who heads the nonprofit Global Health Council and is a member of President-elect Joe Biden’s COVID-19 advisory board, said the same precautions scientists have been advising all along “still work and they still matter.” “We still want people to be masking up,” she said Thursday on a webcast hosted by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. “We still need people to limit congregating with people outside their household. We still need people to be washing their hands and really being vigilant about those public health practices, especially as these variants emerge.” Guide From page 1 Any business or organization which is interested in being part of the guide may contact The Daily Sentinel by emailing Brenda Davis at bdavis@aimmediamidwest.com to secure their space. The deadline to advertise in this year’s official guide is Friday, Jan. 29. Anyone interested in becoming a Chamber member for 2021 may also contact the Chamber by emailing Executive Director Shelly Combs at director@meigsohio.com. Don’t miss your opportunity to be part of this annual guide, as space is limited. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Sarah Hawley is the managing editor of The Daily Sentinel. Ohio Valley Publishing McConnell said Trump ‘fed lies’ to mob WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell opened the Senate on Tuesday saying the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol was “fed lies” by the president and others in the deadly riot to overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s election. McConnell’s remarks are his most severe and public rebuke of outgoing President Donald Trump. The Republican leader vowed a “safe and successful” inauguration of Biden on Wednesday at the Capitol, which is under extremely tight security. “The mob was fed lies,” McConnell said. “They were provoked by the president and other powerful people, and they tried to use fear and violence to stop a specific proceeding of the first branch of the federal government which they did not like.” McConnell said after Biden’s inauguration on the Capitol’s West Front — what he noted former President George H.W. Bush has called “democracy’s front porch” — “We’ll move forward.” Trump’s last full day in office Tuesday is also senators’ first day back since the deadly Capitol siege, an unparalleled time of transition as the Senate presses ahead to his impeachment trial and starts confirmation hearings on President-elect Joe Biden’s Cabinet. Three new Democratic senatorselect are set to be sworn into office Wednesday shortly after Biden’s inauguration at the Capitol, which is under extreme security since the bloody pro-Trump riot. The new senators’ arrival will give the Democrats the most slim majority, a 50-50 divided Senate chamber, with the new vice president, Kamala Harris, swearing them in and serving as an eventual tiebreaking vote. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer are set to confer Tuesday about the arrangements ahead, according to a person familiar with the planning and granted anonymity to discuss it. The start of the new session of Congress will force senators to come to terms with the postTrump era, a transfer of power like almost none other in the nation’s history. Senators are returning to a Capitol shattered from the riot, but also a Senate ground to a halt by the lawmakers’ own extreme partisanship. Republican senators, in particular, face a daunting choice of whether to convict Trump of inciting the insurrection, the first impeachment trial of a president no longer in office, in a break with the defeated president who continues to hold great sway over the party but whose future is uncertain. Senators are also being asked to start confirming Biden’s Cabinet nominees and consider passage of a sweeping new $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. In opening remarks at his confirmation hearing, Biden’s nominee for secretary of the Depart- ment of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, vowed to get to the bottom of the “horrifying” attack on the Capitol. Mayorkas told the Senate Homeland Security Committee that if confirmed he would do everything possible to ensure “the desecration of the building that stands as one of the three pillars of our democracy, and the terror felt by you, your colleagues, staff, and everyone present, will not happen again.” Five of Biden’s nominees are set for hearings Tuesday as the Senate prepares for swift confirmation of some as soon as the president-elect takes office, as is often done on Inauguration Day, particularly for the White House’s national security team. Biden wants the Senate to toggle between confirming his nominees, considering COVID relief and holding Trump accountable with the impeachment trial, a tall order for an institution that typically runs more slowly and with bitter confrontations. Trump’s impeachment is forcing Republican senators to reevaluate their relationship with the outgoing president who is charged with inciting a mob of supporters to storm the Capitol as Congress was counting the Electoral College votes to confirm Biden’s election. A protester died during the riot and a police officer died later of injuries; three other people involved died of medical emergencies. OU, OhioHealth agreement expands research ATHENS, Ohio — OhioHealth and Ohio University have entered into a memorandum of understanding that encourages and streamlines their medical research collaborations. The organizations have long conducted joint medical and health research. “The agreement smooths the startup process, essentially easing the administrative burden at both institutions so we can focus on the science and the patients,” said Joe Shields, Ph.D., Ohio University vice president for research and creative activity. “Ohio University has strength in its academics, and we have a large patient population, as well as physicians and other providers who want to conduct research from a clinical or patient care perspective,” said Doug Knutson, M.D., vice president for quality and patient safety at OhioHealth and lead for the OhioHealth Research Institute. “Our staff benefit from the research expertise, infrastructure and support of Ohio University, and their staff benefit from an access to patients, patient data and the clinical environment.” The agreement builds on their longstanding relationship, especially in training medical and health sciences students. OhioHealth is the preeminent education partner for the Ohio University Heritage College of Cases Osteopathic Medicine’s Dublin campus. Many OhioHealth physicians have faculty appointments with Ohio University. “This collaboration provides a framework that allows us to join our research strengths with the resources of a large medical system,” Ohio University President M. Duane Nellis said. “Our relationship with OhioHealth has the potential to yield research results that can have regional, national and global impacts on health care.” OhioHealth researchers have worked on projects with faculty and students from the Heritage College and the College of Health Sciences and Professions. Joint endeavors have included areas of population health/health disparities, direct patient care and patient-reported outcomes. OhioHealth has also provided research mentorship for medical and graduate nursing student projects. “We’ve achieved so much with OhioHealth in training physicians and health professionals who serve our communities,” said Kenneth Johnson, D.O., Ohio University chief medical affairs officer and executive dean of the Heritage College. “This agreement furthers our ability to serve Ohio.” “The agreement also makes it easier for more researchers throughout the University to collaborate with OhioHealth,” John- 1,388 total cases (since March) for Mason County in the 10 a.m. update on Tuesday From page 1 morning, 22 more than Monday. Of those, 1,354 50-59 — 163 cases (9 new cases, 3 hospitaliza- are confirmed cases and 34 are probable cases. tions) DHHR has reported 60-69 — 147 cases (6 new cases, 16 hospitaliza- 26 deaths in Mason County. tions, 3 deaths) According to DHHR, 70-79 — 109 cases (3 new cases, 17 hospitaliza- the age ranges for the 1,388 COVID-19 cases tions, 5 deaths) DHHR is reporting in 80-89 — 43 cases Mason County are as (8 hospitalizations, 9 follows: deaths) 0-9 — 29 cases (plus 1 90-99 — 17 cases (5 hospitalizations, 3 deaths) probable case) 10-19 — 114 cases 100-109 — 1 case (1 (plus 4 probable case, 2 hospitalization) new confirmed cases) For more data and 20-29 — 242 cases information on the cases (plus 5 probable cases, 4 in Meigs County visit new confirmed cases) https://www.meigs30-39 — 183 cases health.com/covid-19/ . (plus 9 probable case, Meigs County 10 new confirmed remained “Red” on the cases) Ohio Public Health 40-49 — 194 cases Advisory System after meeting two of the seven (plus 7 probable cases, 4 new confirmed cases) indicators on Thursday. 50-59 — 217 cases (plus 2 probable cases, 3 Mason County deaths) DHHR reported son said. “Our collaborations have been important in furthering health in the populations we care for,” Knutson said. “With this agreement, we’ve removed barriers. We’ve made it so much easier for our physicians and faculty to conduct locally relevant research that gives us insight and creates solutions to the health issues faced by our patients and by our communities.” The memorandum of understanding governs issues of confidentiality; regulatory compliance; sharing of data, biological samples and facilities; intellectual property; and publication of research findings. “We now share common language. We now have agreedupon templates, so we’re not starting from scratch with our legal departments with each new project,” Shields said. “If someone is sending biological samples from OhioHealth to Ohio University, the basic agreement is there, and we fill in the details specific to that project.” Ohio University maintains a high level of research activity on a wide variety of medical and health-related areas, including clinical research and trials. The OhioHealth Research Institute participates in regional, national and international research clinical trials, networks and research studies. 60-69 — 185 cases (plus 4 probable case, 4 death, 1 new confirmed case) 70+ — 190 cases (plus 2 probable cases, 19 deaths) On Tuesday, Mason County was “orange” on the West Virginia County Alert System map. Mason County’s latest infection rate was 45.79 on Tuesday with a 5.56 percent positivity rate, which both continue to decrease. Surrounding counties are orange. according to Tuesday’s update. West Virginia As of the 10 a.m. update on Tuesday, DHHR is reporting a total of 110,820 cases with 1,815 deaths. There was an increase of 1,011 cases from Monday and 31 new deaths. DHHR reports a total of 1,774,658 lab test have been completed, with a 5.50 cumulative percent positivity rate. The daily positivity rate in the state was 6.24 percent. There are 26,675 currently Ohio The Ohio Department active cases in the state. DHHR reported on of Health reported a Friday that 132,192 first 24-hour change of 4,989 doses of the COVIDnew cases on Tuesday 19 vaccine have been (21-day average of administered to residents 7,309), the second consecutive day below 5,000 of West Virginia. So far, cases. There were 55 new 24,181 people have been deaths (21-day average of fully vaccinated. 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The Mustangs, however, ultimately won the individual CENTENARY, Ohio — tournament as GAHS had only Turnaround is fair play. six grapplers make it to the The Gallia Academy wreschampionship finals — with tling team started the day half of that group coming away on a good note, but visiting Westfall ultimately had the last with victories in those final laugh on Saturday afternoon at bouts. The Blue and White had the 2021 Saunders Insurance Duals tournament held in Gal- individual champions in Todd Elliott (120), Garytt Schwall lia County. (132) and Hudson Shamblin The Blue Devils began the (160), all of whom went a morning by claiming a 42-30 victory over Westfall in a head- perfect 5-0 in their respective to-head dual that saw the hosts See DEVILS | 8 win eight of the 14 individual bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Members of the Gallia Academy wrestling team pose for a picture after winning a dual match against Westfall on Saturday before the start of the 2021 Saunders Duals tournament held in Centenary, Ohio. Backup QBs saw plenty of action in NFL playoffs By Arnie Stapleton Associated Press Backup quarterbacks did more than just hold clipboards in the NFL’s divisional playoff round. Jameis Winston threw a 56-yard trick-play touchdown pass to Tre’Quan Smith on his first playoff action after 76 regular-season games over six seasons. Chad Henne, the Chiefs’ 35-year-old backup, also got his first taste of the playoffs Sunday when he was pressed into duty after former MVP Patrick Mahomes suffered a concussion midway through the third quarter against Cleveland. In his 72nd NFL game, Henne atoned for an end zone interception with two huge plays to allow the Chiefs to escape with a 22-17 win over the Browns. A day earlier, another ex-MVP, Lamar Jackson, was knocked out of Baltimore’s 17-3 loss at Buffalo and was replaced by Tyler Huntley, an undrafted rookie from Utah who ascended to QB2 status last month when Robert Griffin III (hamstring) and Trace McSorely (knee) ended up on IR. The only game that both quarterbacks took all the snaps was the Packers’ 32-18 win over the Rams, when MVP favorite Aaron Rodgers threw for 296 yards and two touchdowns and Jared Goff was an efficient 21 of 27 a week after he was pressed into duty just 12 days post-surgery on his broken right thumb. Rodgers and Tom Brady, making his 14th conference championship appearance in 21 seasons, square off next week at Lambeau Field. Mahomes will have to clear concussion protocol to face the Bills and Josh Allen, who has completed 68.1% of his playoff passes after completing 69.2% of his throws in his breakout 2020 regular season. Winston winging it Winston’s long touchdown throw was his only pass, leaving him with a perfect passer rating of 158.3. His TD gave the Saints a 13-10 lead over the Bucs in the second quarter. But he didn’t get another snap in New Orleans’ 30-20 loss that many believe was Drew Brees’ final game after 20 NFL seasons in which he threw for 85,724 yards, including the playoffs. That’s more than 16 miles worth of completions. If this was it, Brees went out with a whimper: 134 yards passing and three interceptions in the worst playoff game of his career. Brees broke 11 ribs in 2020 and missed four games, so it’s easy to say he should have retired a year ago. “No complaints. No regrets,” said Brees, who tossed the football around with his kids and Brady See NFL | 8 OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Wednesday, Jan. 20 Boys Basketball Fairland at Gallia Academy, 7:30 Wrestling Gallia Academy at Logan, 5:30 Thursday, Jan. 21 Girls Basketball Southern at South Gallia, 6 p.m. Alexander at River Valley, 7:30 Gallia Academy at Fairland, 7:30 Meigs at Federal Hocking, 5 p.m. Eastern at Waterford, 6:30 Friday, Jan. 22 Boys Basketball South Gallia at Waterford, 7:15 River Valley at Alexander, 7:30 Gallia Academy at South Point, 7:30 Meigs at Wellston, 7:30 Eastern at Trimble, 7:30 Girls Basketball Meigs at Zanesville, 7:30 Wrestling River Valley at Jonathan Alder, 6 p.m. Photos by Bryan Walters | OVP Sports South Gallia junior Jessie Rutt hauls in a rebound and is surrounded by River Valley defenders Lauren Twyman (20), Emma Truance and Allie Holley (5) during the first half of Monday night’s girls basketball contest in Mercerville, Ohio. Lady Raiders sweep South Gallia, 69-51 By Bryan Walters bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com MERCERVILLE, Ohio — Needless to say, the Lady Raiders were a little ‘jacked’ for this rematch between county rivals. Senior Hannah Jacks poured in a career-high 32 points and the River Valley girls basketball team shot 58 percent from the field on Monday night during a 69-51 victory over host South Gallia in a non-conference matchup between Gallia County programs. The Lady Raiders (9-5) needed roughly seven minutes to secure a permanent lead, and an early barrage of 3-point bombs helped the Silver and Black storm out to a 17-14 first quarter lead. The Lady Rebels (7-8) — who led 12-9 while forcing seven first quarter turnovers — ultimately never came closer than 22-21 following a Jessie Rutt basket with 5:12 remaining in the opening half. RVHS — which went 7-of-11 from behind the arc in the first half of play — countered with a 13-4 surge over the next 2:40 and built its first doubledigit advantage at 35-25 with 2:31 left. The Red and Gold responded with a quick 4-0 run that closed the deficit down to two possessions with 1:28 remaining, but Jacks converted one last trifecta 19 seconds later while allowing the guests to take a River Valley freshman Emma Truance and South Gallia sophomore Ryleigh Halley battle for possession of a rebound during the first half of Monday night’s girls basketball contest in Mercerville, Ohio. 38-29 cushion into the break. SGHS was never closer as the Lady Raiders led by as many as 19 points in the third frame and used a 16-7 run to extend their lead out to 54-36 entering the finale. River Valley built three different 20-point advantages in the fourth quarter and traded points with the hosts down the stretch, which ultimately wrapped up the 18-point outcome. The Lady Rebels held Jacks scoreless in the first period as both teams battled through two ties and five lead changes before Lauren Twyman hit the last of three 3-pointers with 57 seconds showing for a 12-9 edge. Twyman had 11 points in the opening eight minutes and helped RVHS establish a 17-14 advantage. Jacks nailed three trifectas and poured in 11 points in the second stanza as the guests turned a 1-possession lead into a comfortable 9-point cushion at the break. Jacks also scored eight markers in the third and had 13 points down the stretch to complete her careerbest evening. River Valley had only one quarter in which it didn’t shoot 50 percent or better from the field, going 8-of-18 — including 4-of-7 from behind the arc — in the second canto. The Lady Rebels, conversely, managed to shoot better than 40 percent from the floor only in the fourth quarter. The guests claimed a season sweep in this series after posting a 47-42 win in the first contest in Bidwell back on Nov. 24, 2020. The Lady Raiders outrebounded the hosts by a 32-22 overall margin, but SGHS did manage an 11-6 edge on the offensive glass. River Valley also committed 19 of the 37 turnovers in the contest, but made only four of those mistakes in the middle two frames. RVHS netted 28-of-48 field goal attempts for 58 percent, including a 7-of-13 performance from behind the arc for 54 percent. The guests were also 6-of-13 at the free throw line for 46 percent. Along with her gamehigh 32 points, Jacks also hauled in eight rebounds and dished out six assists. Twyman was next with 16 points, followed by Emma Truance with 11 markers. Twyman also grabbed seven boards in the triumph. Sierra Somerville contributed six points and eight caroms, while Allie See RAIDERS | 8 �SPORTS 8 Wednesday, January 20, 2021 Tennessee fires Pruitt, 9 others for ‘serious’ NCAA issues By Teresa M. Walker Associated Press The Tennessee football program is starting over yet again, this time after coach Jeremy Pruitt and nine others were fired Monday for cause when an internal investigation found what the university chancellor called “serious violations of NCAA rules.” Chancellor Donde Plowman said Pruitt was responsible for overseeing the program. Tennessee has been conducting an internal investigation since a tip Nov. 13 about alleged recruiting violations. Also fired were two assistants and seven members of the recruiting and support staff. “While the investigation is continuing the information provided to us indicates serious violations of NCAA rules,” Plowman said. “They occurred. These serious infractions warrant immediate action.” Among those fired Monday were inside linebackers coach Brian Niedermeyer and outside linebackers coach Shelton Felton, four members of the on-campus football recruiting staff, the director and assistant director of football player personnel and a football analyst/quality control coach. The Volunteers went 3-7 last season. Pruitt’s firing means Tennessee will be looking for its fifth different coach since the Vols last won the Southeastern Conference Eastern Division title in 2007. Attorneys from Bond, Shoeneck & King from Kansas were retained on Nov. 19 to assist the investigation and they updated Plowman, President Randy Boyd and athletic director Phillip Fulmer about the investigation Friday. The chancellor said the potential NCAA issues involved Level I and II violations with a number of people and incidents. Plowman said she did not know how many violations or other specifics. NCAA investigators opened a case in December and became more actively involved within the past 10 days. “It was stunning, the number of people involved … and the number of incidents,” Plowman said. “And so, yes, that was shocking. That’s partly what you see in the level of the actions that were taken today.” This means Tennessee will not be paying Pruitt a $12.6 million buyout after he went 16-19 in three seasons. “His termination was for cause, which means no buyout,” Plowman said. Attorney Michael Lyons of Lyons & Simmons in Dallas issued a statement Monday night saying Pruitt was “extremely disappointed.” Lyons said Pruitt didn’t have a chance to respond and that his termination letter was leaked immediately as part of “an orchestrated effort to renege” on Pruitt’s contract. “The timing of the university’s actions and decision appear to be preordained and more about financial convenience and expediency than a fair and complete factual determination by the university. Moreover, it seems clear the recent leaks to the press are indicative of an interest to steer the narrative in a way that is desirable to the university to justify a decision likely made weeks ago,” Lyons said in the statement. Raiders From page 7 Holley and Morrisa Barcus completed the winning tally with two points each. The Lady Rebels made 19-of-54 from the field overall for 35 percent, including a 5-of-25 performance from 3-point territory for 20 percent. The hosts also went 8-of-14 at the charity stripe for 57 percent. Rutt paced the Red and Gold with 14 points, followed by Tori Triplett with 13 points and Macie Siders with 10 markers. Ryleigh Halley and Kennedey Lambert were respectively next with seven and three points. Bella Cochran and MaKayla Waugh completed the SGHS tally with two points apiece. Cochran led the hosts with six rebounds, while Halley grabbed five caroms as well. River Valley returns to action Thursday when it hosts Alexander in a TVC Ohio contest at 7 p.m. South Gallia also returns to the hardwood Thursday as it hosts Southern in a TVC Hocking matchup at 7 p.m. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. Devils From page 7 weight classes. Jayden Dunlap (145), Cole Hines (152) and Steven Davis (182) each placed second in their respective divisions. Hines and Davis both went 4-1 overall, while Dunlap ended the day with a 3-2 mark. Nate Yongue posted a 4-1 record at 106 pounds, while Jules Sedeyn (113), Dylan Queen (138), Dakota McCoy (138) and Hunter Shamblin (170) all went 3-1 overall in their respective divisions. Brayden Easton (195) went 2-2 at 195 pounds, while Gabe Raynor (220) and Dakota Siders (285) also recorded one win apiece in the individual tournament. Gallia Academy did go a perfect 4-0 in dual results after posting wins of 78-6 over Nelsonville-York, 57-23 over West Jefferson, 60-15 over McClain, and 40-30 over Westfall. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. Ohio Valley Publishing Lady Hornets sting Gallia Academy, 71-33 By Alex Hawley with a 12-to-9 third period and headed into the finale on top 56-25. The Lady Hornets sealed the 71-33 victory with a 15-to-8 CENTENARY, Ohio — So eight fourth quarter. much for second chances. For the game, GAHS shot 10-ofThe Gallia Academy girls bas57 (17.5 percent) from the field ketball team — which dropped a and 12-of-21 (57.1 percent) from 67-32 decision at Coal Grove on Dec. 3 — fell to those same Lady the foul line, making one threepointer. Meanwhile, the guests Hornets in Ohio Valley Confermade 31-of-61 (50.8 percent) field ence play on Monday in Gallia goal attempts, and 7-of-10 (70 County, this time by a 71-33 percent) free throws, hitting a count. The Blue Angels (4-5, 3-4 OVC) pair of triples. GAHS was led by Maddy Petro trailed 17-8 a quarter into play, with 13 points, 10 of which came and Coal Grove (14-1, 9-1) went in the first half. Regan Wilcoxon on a 27-to-8 run in the second, was next with seven points, folmaking the margin 44-16 at halflowed by Asia Griffin with six and time. Emma Hammons with three. ChaCGHS added three to its lead ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com nee Cremeens and Koren Truance rounded out the Blue Angel total with two points apiece. Addi Dillow led Coal Grove with 36 points, a dozen of which came after the half. Abbey Hicks scored 14 in the win, Kaleigh Murphy added nine, while Elli Holmes, Katie Deeds and Rylee Harmon came up with four each. Kelsey Fraley capped off the winning total with three markers. The Blue and White will be back on the court at Fairland on Thursday. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. Browns, Mayfield expecting to build upon 2020 he really started playing at a high level,” said Stefanski, among the leading candidates for Coach of the Year honors. “I am proud of the progress he made.” Stefanski, perhaps knowing negotiations will be upcoming, stopped short of calling Mayfield a franchise QB. “He did the things we asked him to do,” he said. “He definitely led this football team from Day 1. We have a bunch of ball games to look at with him and find out ways that he can get better, but in terms of the ‘franchise quarterback’ thing, I do not even know necessarily what that means.” It means everything for a team that went through 29 starting QBs before Mayfield arrived. Before landing Stefanski, the Browns cycled through six coaches in the past decade. But the unflappable 38-year-old Stefanski seems perfectly suited for a team with young core stars — Mayfield; defensive end Myles Garrett; running backs Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt; left tackle Jedrick Wills; and cornerback Denzel Ward are all 25 or younger — who appear primed to make a long run together. In Cleveland, there’s hope, not hopelessness. CLEVELAND (AP) — On their wild ride of an unforgettable, almost unimaginable 2020 season when Zoom calls, masks and contact tracing were daily fixtures, the Browns discovered two things that point to a bright future for an awakened franchise. They’ve got the right coach and the right quarterback. After years of being beaten and beaten down, the Browns have climbed back. While Sunday’s 22-17 loss in the divisional round to the Kansas City Chiefs — and Rashard Higgins’ costly fumble on a controversial play at the goal line — felt like so many other painful playoff moments and losses for the Browns and their fans, this one is different. Not an ending but a beginning. “We’ll be back,” quarterback Baker Mayfield claimed after the Browns, who won 11 games in the regular season and their first playoff game in 26 years, pushed the defending Super Bowl champions to the limit. “We aren’t done yet, and that is the best part.” Mayfield’s maturity in his third NFL season, and first working with rookie coach Kevin Stefanski, gives the Browns reason to believe they have entered a period when they should contend for years. Mayfield improved as much as any player in the league, ending any discussion about whether the Browns should commit to him long term. “He’s continued to grow as a player and as a person and as a leader,” Browns center JC Tretter said Monday. “That’s what you need, and Baker’s growth is not yet done. He’s not a finished product and he’d be the first one to tell you that.” The Browns are expected to exercise Mayfield’s fifth-year contract option this offseason, and the team will explore an extension over the next few months with the 25-year-old quarterback who finished with 30 touchdown passes, nine interceptions and 4,030 yards in 18 games. Stefanski’s role in Mayfield’s development while guiding the Browns (12-6) through a season shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic, can’t be overstated. One of his first objectives after coming to Cleveland was to connect with Mayfield, knowing the QB/coach dynamic is essential to success. Stefanski bonded with Mayfield right away and they grew tighter as the year progressed. Stefanski brought out the best in his young QB, who threw 20 TD passes and only three picks in his last 12 games. “Once he started getting comfortable with what we were doing and once I was using more concepts that he was comfortable with, NFL ship game at home. The 35-year-old veteran of 11 NFL seasons in Miami, Jacksonville and K.C. completed the Chiefs’ field goal drive after Mahomes was thrown down hard by Browns linebacker Mack Wilson. But with Kansas City clinging to a fivepoint lead following a TD run by former Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt, Henne was intercepted in the end zone by Karl Joseph with eight minutes remaining. The Chiefs forced a punt and Henne got the ball back with just over four minutes left. Cleveland couldn’t stop Henne from scrambling for 13 yards on third-and-14 or from completing a short pass on fourth-andinches to Tyreek Hill with 74 seconds left to seal the Chiefs’ 10th win this season by six points or less. The Browns’ biggest regret was wide receiver Henne’s heroics Henne played a major Rashard Higgins’ fumble near the goal line in the role in Kansas City closing minutes of the squeaking past Cleveland to earn a third con- first half. Higgins hauled in a secutive AFC champion- From page 7 long after the game ended. “I’ve always tried to play this game with great respect and a great reverence for it, and I appreciate all that this game has given to me. “There are obviously so many incredible memories, so many incredible relationships that have come as a result of playing in this game, and you found out so much about yourself, and you fight through so much when you play this game,” Brees said. “And I would say this season I probably had to fight through more than I’ve ever had to in any other season in my career, from injury to all the COVID stuff to just crazy circumstances, and it was worth every moment of it. Absolutely.” Practice squad jump Jackson was forced out of the game two plays after Taron Johnson tied an NFL record with a 101-yard interception return for a touchdown that gave the Bills a 17-3 lead. Facing second-and-10 at Baltimore’s 25, center Patrick Mekari snapped the ball over Jackson’s head. The quarterback turned and chased the bouncing ball down inside the 5, turned and quickly threw it away as Tremaine Edmunds had him by the legs and Trent Murphy fell on top of him. Jackson’s concussion left Huntley, who had been promoted from the practice squad, to finish the game and he completed 6 of 13 passes for 60 yards, not nearly enough for a comeback. “We’ll hold our head high walking out of here and into the offseason,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. Defensive holes The Browns’ defense needs an overhaul. Coordinator Joe Woods spent the sea- son plugging holes after injuries to rookie safety Grant Delpit (torn Achilles tendon) and cornerback Greedy Williams (shoulder) in training camp, and run stuffer Andrew Billings’ decision to opt out due to COVID-19, costing Cleveland three projected starters. The linebacking corps needs an upgrade and end Olivier Vernon probably won’t be resigned as a free agent. Cleveland, which normally picks at the top of the draft, has the No. 26 selection to find help. Beckham’s future The Browns’ emergence and playoff run happened without star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., who suffered a season-ending knee injury on Oct. 25 in Cincinnati. While Beckham’s talent isn’t debatable, there’s no denying Mayfield played his best when Beckham wasn’t around. His $12.8 million salary for next season becomes guaranteed in March, so it may be tough for Cleveland to trade Beckham while he’s rehabbing. For now, Stefanski made it sound like he wants OBJ in his offense in 2021. “I’m excited to get him back here,” Stefanski said. “I know it was not easy for him being away from his teammates, especially as these games got bigger and into the playoffs. I know he definitely wanted to be a part of it.” 25-yard pass from Baker Mayfield while stumbling near the Chiefs’ 5-yard line and launched himself toward the corner pylon. Just as Higgins extended his arms, he was blasted by Chiefs linebacker Daniels Sorenson, who dislodged the ball, which bounced out of the end zone for a touchback. Lost in the commotion was Sorenson’s helmet-to-helmet hit that should have negated the turnover. Browns coach Kevin Stefanski wasn’t blaming the officials or the rule book like so many announcers and fans did. “I will never ever doubt Rashard Higgins’ effort or our guys’ effort,” Stefanski said. “Our rule there is not to reach the ball out when it is first-and-goal, and he knows that. Again, appreciate his effort. He battled like he always does, but we have to fight that urge because it is such a big loss if it does end up being a touchback.” �CLASSIFIEDS Ohio Valley Publishing (740) 446-2342 or fax to (740) 446-3008 (740) 992-2155 or fax to (740) 992-2157 Wednesday, January 20, 2021 9 Harrison Township, Gallia County while be accept sealed envelope bid until 2-8-21 at 7:00pm for the following items. 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GILMORE, et al. Defendants. 6KHULIIV 6DOH RI 5HDO (VWDWH 5HYLVHG &RGH� 6HF ������� 6WDWH RI 2KLR� *DOOLD &RXQW\ NOTICE BY PUBLICATION &DVH 1R� ��&9�� Bruner Land Company, Inc. vs. Charles E. Turner, et. al. Said premises appraised at $21,500.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. No employees of the Sheriff's Office or any of its affiliates have access to the inside of said property. The purchaser shall be responsible for costs, allowances, and taxes that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to cover. If the property is not sold at the above sale date, it will be offered for sale again on February 19, 2021 at the same time and location above. TERMS OF SALE: Cash, money order, certified check or cashier's check. If the appraisal is less than or equal to $10,000 deposit $2,000; greater than $10,000 but less than or equal to $200,000 deposit $5,000; greater than $200,000 deposit is $10,000. Deposits due at the time of sale and made payable to the Sheriff. Balance due within 30 days of confirmation of sale. 0� '� &KDPSOLQ *DOOLD &RXQW\ 6KHULII Attorney: Bryan C. Conaway, Knowlton Bennett & Conaway 1/13/21, 1/20/21, 1/27/21 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO TAX EASE OHIO LLC Plaintiff, vs. ELSIE B. CRAIGO, et al. Defendants. CASE NO.: 19 CV 108 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION Defendants, Elsie B. Craigo and any unknown spouse, next of kin, heirs, executors, administrators and assigns of Elsie B. Craigo, are hereby notified that they have been named Defendants in the above entitled action wherein the Plaintiff is requesting the Court that it be granted the following relief: A. On all Tax Certificates and accrued interest as stated in paragraph 8 of the amended complaint filed herein; B. Costs and attorney's fees in accordance with RC §5721.30 through §5721.43, or otherwise; C. Judgment be rendered in favor of the Plaintiff and/or Gallia County Treasurer for any delinquent taxes, assessments, penalties, interest and charges on the parcel not covered by the above-mentioned Tax Certificates which accrues prior to the entry of Confirmation of Sale; D. The Tax Certificates be deemed a valid first statutory lien on the Property pursuant to ORC §5721.10 and §5721.35, and otherwise, for the amount owing, together with Plaintiff's advances for demolition and other costs, the amount owing on subsequent tax certificates acquired by Plaintiff concerning the Property, taxes, assessments, and other charges, costs and attorney's fees; E. Such lien(s) be foreclosed, that the Court make findings in accordance with ORC §5721.39 (A) and (B), and that unless the amount found due, including Plaintiff's attorney's fees and costs relating directly or indirectly to the Tax Certificates, be tendered to the Plaintiff prior to the filing of an Entry of Confirmation of Sale in this matter, the equity of redemption of all Defendants be foreclosed; F. All Defendants in this action be required to answer as to any claim they may have in or to the Property or be forever barred from any such claim; G. An order be issued to the Sheriff to sell the Property, as provided by ORC §5721.19 and §5721.37 or otherwise according to any applicable procedures provided in ORC §323.65 to §323.79; or in the alternative, if the County Auditor or Fiscal Officer determines that the true value of the Property is less than the redemption price on the Tax Certificates, a decree transferring and vesting fee simple title to Plaintiff free and clear of all liens, pursuant to ORC §5721.37 (F), and that the right of redemption of any part hereto be forever barred; H. The Property be ordered advertised and sold by the Sheriff according to law; I. The Plaintiff be paid from the proceeds of the sale, the amount due it and in accordance with ORC §5721.37 (F) and §5721.39 (D); J. The costs of this action, including the cost of the Preliminary Judicial Report and the Final Judicial Report, as provided in ORC §5721.37 and 5721.39 be taxed as costs and paid from the proceeds of such sale; K. The fees and costs of the private attorney representing the Plaintiff in this action, as provided in ORC §5721.37 and 5721.39 be taxed as costs and paid from the proceeds of such sale; L. Upon the fulfillment of all conditions for forfeiture of the Property as provided in ORC §5721.40, the Court issue an order forfeiting the Property to the Plaintiff, and directing the County Auditor, Treasurer, and/or Fiscal Officer, to remove and cancel all property tax and other liability imposed upon the Parcel prior to the date of recording the deed as specified in ORC §5721.40; and M. That the Court grant such additional relief as Plaintiff may be entitled to at law and/or in equity. The within case has been filed in the Common Pleas Court, Gallia County, Ohio, located in the Gallia County Courthouse, 18 Locust Street, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 in the case number shown above. Defendants, Elsie B. Craigo and any unknown spouse, next of kin, heirs, executors, administrators and assigns of Elsie B. Craigo, must file a response in the above captioned case within twenty-eight (28) days after the last publication hereof. If said Defendants fail to file such response, judgment by default may or will be granted for the relief demanded. Jenny M. Evans (#0089201) Attorney for Plaintiff 463 Second Avenue, P.O. Box 1231 Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 Ph: (740) 446-4344 / F: (740) 446-1738 jmevanslaw@gmail.com 1/6/21,1/13/21,1/20/21,1/27/21,2/3/21,2/10/21 THEY READ forLife. What else can amaze and surprise like the newspaper? It will make you laugh and cry sometimes it will make you angry but no matter what emotion it causes, it will keep you informed on what is happening around your community and nation. It’s what people turn to for stories and features they won’t find anywhere else. It’s also your best source for the news and information you need for every day. Check out our &ODVVLÀ�HGV online! Jenny M. Evans (#0089201) Attorney for Plaintiff 463 Second Avenue, P.O. Box 1231 Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 Ph: (740) 446-4344 / F: (740) 446-1738 jmevanslaw@gmail.com 12/23/20,12/30/20,1/6/21,1/13/21,1/20/21,1/27/21 Hungry for a new opportunity? General Mills, located in Wellston, Ohio is hiring Production Operators for their 2nd and 3rd shift teams. Pay rates start out between $16.70 and $18.30 per hour, with excellent benefits. Apply online today at http://careers.generalmills.com OH-70211928 In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above titled action, I will offer for sale at public auction to be held on the second floor meeting room of the Courthouse in Gallipolis, Ohio, on the 5th day of February 2021 at 10:00 a.m. the following described real estate, to wit: THE FOLLOWING REAL PROPERTY, SITUATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF HARRISON, COUNTY OF GALLIA AND THE STATE OF OHIO. A MORE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION ON THE ABOVE NAMED REAL ESTATE MAY BE FOUND IN THE GALLIA COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE PARCEL #: 01300100201 PROPERTY ADDRESS: V/L ROCK LICK ROAD, CROWN CITY, OH 45623 Defendants, Larry L. Gilmore, Amanda M. Gilmore, and the Gallia County Treasurer, are hereby notified that they have been named Defendants in the above entitled action wherein the Plaintiff is requesting the Court that it be granted the following relief: A. In Rem Judgment in favor of Plaintiff as to the following: B. On all Tax Certificates and accrued interest as stated in paragraph 8 of the Complaint filed herein; C. Costs and attorney's fees in accordance with RC §5721.30 through §5721.43, or otherwise; D. Judgment be rendered in favor of the Plaintiff and/or Gallia County Treasurer for any delinquent taxes, assessments, penalties, interest and charges on the parcel not covered by the above-mentioned Tax Certificates which accrues prior to the entry of Confirmation of Sale; E. The Tax Certificates be deemed a valid first statutory lien on the Property pursuant to ORC §5721.10 and §5721.35, and otherwise, for the amount owing, together with Plaintiff's advances for demolition and other costs, the amount owing on subsequent tax certificates acquired by Plaintiff concerning the Property, taxes, assessments, and other charges, costs and attorney's fees; F. Such lien(s) be foreclosed, that the Court make findings in accordance with ORC §5721.39 (A) and (B), and that unless the amount found due, including Plaintiff's attorney's fees and costs relating directly or indirectly to the Tax Certificates, be tendered to the Plaintiff prior to the filing of an Entry of Confirmation of Sale in this matter, the equity of redemption of all Defendants be foreclosed; G. All Defendants in this action be required to answer as to any claim they may have in or to the Property or be forever barred from any such claim; H. An order be issued to the Sheriff to sell the Property, as provided by ORC §5721.19 and §5721.37 or otherwise according to any applicable procedures provided in ORC §323.65 to §323.79; or in the alternative, if the County Auditor or Fiscal Officer determines that the true value of the Property is less than the redemption price on the Tax Certificates, a decree transferring and vesting fee simple title to Plaintiff free and clear of all liens, pursuant to ORC §5721.37 (F), and that the right of redemption of any part hereto be forever barred; I. The Property be ordered advertised and sold by the Sheriff according to law; J. The Plaintiff be paid from the proceeds of the sale, the amount due it and in accordance with ORC §5721.37 (F) and §5721.39 (D); K. The costs of this action, including the cost of the Preliminary Judicial Report and the Final Judicial Report, as provided in ORC §5721.37 and 5721.39 be taxed as costs and paid from the proceeds of such sale; L. The fees and costs of the private attorney representing the Plaintiff in this action, as provided in ORC §5721.37 and 5721.39 be taxed as costs and paid from the proceeds of such sale; M. Upon the fulfillment of all conditions for forfeiture of the Property as provided in ORC §5721.40, the Court issue an order forfeiting the Property to the Plaintiff, and directing the County Auditor, Treasurer, and/or Fiscal Officer, to remove and cancel all property tax and other liability imposed upon the Parcel prior to the date of recording the deed as specified in ORC §5721.40; and N. That the Court grant such additional relief as Plaintiff may be entitled to at law and/or in equity. The within case has been filed in the Common Pleas Court, Gallia County, Ohio, located in the Gallia County Courthouse, 18 Locust Street, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 in the case number shown above. Defendants, Larry L. Gilmore and Amanda M. Gilmore, must file a response in the above captioned case within twenty-eight (28) days after the last publication hereof. If said Defendants fail to file such response, judgment by default may or will be granted for the relief demanded. General Mills – Making Food the World Loves and Needs. �NEWS/WEATHER 10 Wednesday, January 20, 2021 TODAY IN HISTORY Police officer, suspect killed after armed standoff in Ohio TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio city on Tuesday was mourning a police officer who died after an hourslong armed standoff ended in gunfire and also claimed the life of a suspect, police said. Toledo Police Officer Brandon Stalker, 24, was shot and killed Monday when Christopher Harris, 27, emerged from a home with “a firearm in both hands and fired shots in multiple directions,” police said. According to police, multiple officers returned fire and shot Harris. Both men were pronounced dead at a hospital. “The entire Toledo Police family is in shock. Another hero has paid the ultimate sacrifice protecting the residents of Toledo,” said Police Chief George Kral. Record From page 1 Payne in the stomach. Hayes is currently awaiting to be arraigned and transported to a behavioral health unit. Officers Musgrove and Payne received medical treatment and returned to work. Hayes is charged with two counts of felonious assault and one count of felony vandalism after consultation with Meigs County Prosecutor James K. Stanley. Middleport would like to thank Meigs County EMS, Pomeroy Police Chief Chris Pitchford, and the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office Aaron Dillard, Lt. Bill Gilkey and Deputy Rick Smith for all their help this morning. IN BRIEF Jazmine Sullivan, Church, H.E.R. to sing at Super Bowl The performances will take place Feb. 7 at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa before the big game and halftime show starring The Weeknd. It will air on CBS. Deaf rapper and recording artist Warren “WAWA” Snipe will perform “The Star-Spangled Banner” and NEW YORK (AP) — R&B star Jazmine Sullivan and country singer Eric Church will join forces to sing “America the Beautiful” in American Sign Language. Emmy-nominated musical director Adam Blackstone the national anthem at the next month’s Super Bowl, will arrange and produce Church and Sullivan’s rendiwhere Grammy-winning singer H.E.R. will perform tion of the national anthem. “America the Beautiful.” Information provided by Middleport Chief Mony Wood. 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 34° 29° HEALTH TODAY Statistics through 3 p.m. Tue. 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. Precipitation 44°/33° 42°/25° 74° in 1929 -21° in 1994 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Tue. 0.03 Month to date/normal 0.72/1.81 Year to date/normal 0.72/1.81 Snowfall (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. Tue. Trace Month to date/normal 0.6/4.0 Season to date/normal 9.6/8.6 WEATHER TRIVIA™ SUN & MOON Q: Is it true that January has the fewest thunderstorms in the U.S.? Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Thu. 7:43 a.m. 5:38 p.m. 12:23 p.m. 1:16 a.m. MOON PHASES First Full Jan 20 Jan 28 Last Feb 4 New Feb 11 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for fish and game. Major Today 5:11a Thu. 5:52a Fri. 6:32a Sat. 7:13a Sun. 7:56a Mon. 8:41a Tue. 9:29a Minor 11:21a 12:02p 12:43p 1:02a 1:44a 2:28a 3:15a Major 5:32p 6:13p 6:54p 7:36p 8:21p 9:07p 9:56p Minor 11:42p ------1:25p 2:08p 2:54p 3:42p WEATHER HISTORY Extreme cold froze the Midwest and the East in January 1994. In Detroit, the temperature stayed below zero for 57 straight hours, the second longest period on record. 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme AIR QUALITY 39° 23° Partial sunshine Chillicothe 30/27 Lucasville 37/28 Portsmouth 37/30 0 50 100 150 200 300 500 Primary pollutant: Particulates 40° 31° Sunshine, but chilly A bit of snow and rain in the p.m. 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 Belpre 34/25 Athens 33/25 Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. Tue. 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Chg. +0.11 -0.16 -0.19 -0.17 -0.48 +0.45 +0.66 -0.33 -0.30 -0.23 -0.10 +0.10 +0.20 42° 29° Cloudy with rain possible St. Marys 33/25 Parkersburg 32/24 Coolville 33/25 Elizabeth 35/25 Spencer 35/26 Buffalo 37/28 Ironton 38/29 Milton 38/28 St. Albans 38/28 Huntington 36/27 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s 100s Seattle 90s 46/39 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s San Francisco 20s 64/44 10s 0s -0s -10s Los Angeles 74/54 T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front TUESDAY 47° 27° Marietta 33/25 Wilkesville 36/26 POMEROY Jackson 36/26 36/26 Ravenswood Rio Grande 36/26 37/27 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 31/29 GALLIPOLIS 37/27 35/26 37/27 Ashland 39/30 Grayson 39/31 MONDAY 39° 26° Murray City 33/24 McArthur 34/24 Waverly 34/27 SUNDAY Low clouds NATIONAL CITIES Logan 32/24 Adelphi 32/24 South Shore Greenup 38/29 35/29 55 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021 OH-70219587 Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. SATURDAY A: No, December has the fewest Today 7:43 a.m. 5:36 p.m. 11:57 a.m. 12:18 a.m. FRIDAY Breezy and milder with some sun 0 AccuWeather.com Cold Index™ (in inches) THURSDAY A snow shower this morning. Partly cloudy tonight. High 37° / Low 27° ALMANAC High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM 48° 30° 29° was promoted by the Buffalo Bills to take over as special teams quality control coach, making her the NFL’s first full-time female coach. One year ago: Chinese government experts confirmed humanto-human transmission of the new coronavirus, saying two people caught the virus from family members and that some health workers had tested positive. Tens of thousands of gun-rights activists rallied at the Virginia Capitol to protest plans by the state’s Democratic leadership to pass gun-control legislation. (Lawmakers eventually approved seven of the eight measures in Gov. Ralph Northam’s guncontrol package.) Fifteen-year-old Coco Gauff moved into the second round at the Australian Open by beating Venus Williams in straight sets. Today’s Birthdays: Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin is 91. Olympic gold medal figure skater Carol Heiss is 81. Singer Eric Stewart is 76. Movie director David Lynch is 75. Country-rock musician George Grantham (Poco) is 74. Israeli activist Natan Sharansky is 73. Actor Daniel Benzali is 71. Rock musician Paul Stanley (KISS) is 69. Rock musician Ian Hill (Judas Priest) is 69. Comedian Bill Maher is 65. Actor Lorenzo Lamas is 63. Actor James Denton is 58. Rock musician Greg K. (The Offspring) is 56. Country singer John Michael Montgomery is 56. Sophie, Countess of Wessex, is 56. Actor Rainn Wilson is 55. Actor Stacey Dash is 54. TV personality Melissa Rivers is 53. Actor Reno Wilson is 52. Singer Edwin McCain is 51. Actor Skeet Ulrich is 51. Rap musician ?uestlove (questlove) (The Roots) is 50. Carolina. (Faulkner joined the cadet corps in Aug. 1995 under Today is Wednesday, Jan. 20, the court order but soon dropped out, citing isolation and stress from the 20th day of 2021. There are 345 legal battle.) days left in the year. In 2007, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., launched her first Today’s Highlight in History campaign for the White House, On Jan. 20, 1986, the United saying in a videotaped message on States observed the first federal holiday in honor of slain civil rights her website: “I’m in, and I’m in to win.” leader Martin Luther King Jr. In 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in as the nation’s 44th, as On this date In 1265, England’s first represen- well as first African-American, president. tative Parliament met for the first In 2017, Donald Trump was time. sworn in as the 45th president In 1801, Secretary of State of the United States, pledging John Marshall was nominated by emphatically to empower AmeriPresident John Adams to be chief justice of the United States. (Mar- ca’s “forgotten men and women.” shall would be sworn in on Feb. 4, Protesters registered their rage against the new president in a cha1801.) otic confrontation with police just In 1887, the U.S. Senate blocks from the inaugural parade. approved an agreement to lease Ten years ago: In a luncheon Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as a naval speech to American business base. executives in Washington, ChiIn 1937, President Franklin D. nese President Hu Jintao denied Roosevelt became the first chief executive to be inaugurated on Jan. his country was a military threat despite its arms buildup and 20 instead of March 4. pressed the U.S. for closer cooperaIn 1942, Nazi officials held the tion between the global powers. notorious Wannsee conference, Federal authorities orchestrated during which they arrived at their one of the biggest Mafia takedowns “final solution” that called for in FBI history, charging 127 susexterminating Europe’s Jews. pected mobsters and associates in In 1961, John F. Kennedy was the Northeast with murders, extorinaugurated as the 35th President tion and other crimes spanning of the United States. decades. In 1964, Capitol Records Five years ago: President Barack released the album “Meet the Obama hailed the revival of the Beatles!” In 1981, Iran released 52 Ameri- nation’s auto industry during a visit to Detroit while acknowledgcans it had held hostage for 444 days, minutes after the presidency ing the water crisis in nearby Flint, Michigan. The National Oceanic had passed from Jimmy Carter to Atmospheric Administration and Ronald Reagan. NASA announced that 2015 was In 1994, Shannon Faulkner by far the hottest year in 136 years became the first woman to attend of record keeping. Kathryn Smith classes at The Citadel in South The Associated Press Stalker leaves behind a fiancée and a child. He had joined the police department in July 2018. Kral said the standoff started about 4 p.m., when officers noticed a man with warrants out for his arrest in connection to cathedral vandalism smoking outside a home in a residential neighborhood. Officers approached the man, who fled brandishing a firearm and entered a nearby home. Police set up a barrier and a SWAT team was called in. Negotiators had tried for hours to get the suspect to surrender peacefully. Police then used tear gas to force him out. He exited holding two guns, firing. Police shot back, striking Harris. One of the suspect’s shots hit Stalker in the head, Kral said. TODAY Daily Sentinel Clendenin 35/19 Charleston 35/25 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Winnipeg 33/5 Montreal 19/5 Billings 47/25 Minneapolis 36/26 Denver 55/31 Toronto 27/24 Detroit 28/25 Chicago 32/30 New York 38/27 Washington 43/27 Kansas City 54/29 Monterrey 67/50 Thu. 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