https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/af186dd0f3e94e6a1164dc6381c1864b.pdf 056e96adcb98e82b9611043594c250b0 PDF Text Text Weekly church columns Searching for fun in the summer CHURCH s 4 8 AM 2 PM 8 PM 66° 83° 80° Partial sunshine today. Mainly cloudy and humid tonight. High 88° / Low 69° SPORTS s 8 Today’s weather forecast WEATHER s 12 C_ZZb[fehj�š�Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 107, Volume 74 Friday, June 26, 2020 s 50¢ Probable COVID-19 case is announced in Meigs By Sarah Hawley Austin Rose Addalynne Matson Raeven Reedy Gage Carleton Dristan Lamm Baylee Wolfe Alexis Ervin shawley@aimmediamidwest.com Mickenzie Ferrell Mattea Deemer Avery King RACO awards more than $17,000 in scholarships By Sarah Hawley shawley@aimmediamidwest.com RACINE — Fifteen members of the Southern High School Class of 2020 received a total of more than $17,000 in scholarships presented through the Racine Area Community Organization (RACO) and its affiliated scholarships. Started in 1993 by the late Kathryn Hart, RACO Scholarships, plus memorial and other scholarships under RACO, have given nearly $300,000 for Southern High School graduates, beginning with two, $200 scholarships in that first year. Since that time, numerous individu- als with ties to the Racine community have contributed to memorial and other types of scholarships, with a total of 12 distinct scholarships presented in 2020 (some with more than one scholarship awarded). The Class of 2020 received $17,300 in scholarships, including eight $1,000 RACO Scholarships which are funding through the organization’s semiannual yard sales. Unlike past years when the scholarships were presented at a banquet, COVID-19 restrictions made it so that scholarship recipients came individually to a RACO event to receive their scholarship awards. Class of 2020 scholarship recipients were as follows: Addalynne Matson: RACO Scholarship, $1,000; and Carl B. Weese Memorial Scholarship, $500. Coltin Parker: RACO Scholarship, $1,000. Austin Rose: RACO Scholarship, $1,000; Kathryn Hart Memorial Scholarship, Frank and Delores Cleland Memorial Scholarship, $750; Sonshine Circle Scholarship (in memory of Kathryn Hart). Phoenix Cleland: RACO Scholarship, $1,000; Jim Adams Memorial Scholarship, $500. Trey McNickle: RACO Scholarship, See RACO | 12 Trey McNickle POMEROY — A probable COVID-19 case in Meigs County was announced on Thursday afternoon, this time a person in the 10-19 age range who has been in direct contact with the case announced on Wednesday (a 30-39 year old male). This is Meigs Counties 10th case (eight confirmed, two probable). The male in the 10 to 19-year-old age range is not hospitalized. As stated on Wednesday by the Meigs County Health Department, “The patient (30-39 age male) has also reported recent travel to South Carolina; however, we are unable to confirm if the virus was contracted while on his trip at this time. Public Information Officer Brody Davis told The Daily Sentinel on Thursday that, “At this See CASE | 3 Phoenix Cleland Shelby Cleland Agencies receive grants for mosquito control Coltin Parker Staff Report Younger Ohioans comprise most COVID-19 cases By Jake Zuckerman Ohio Captial Journal COLUMBUS — More than half of the Ohioans who contracted COVID-19 in June are less than 40 years-old, a sign that new cases are skewing younger in the newly reopened economy. In May, people in the age group comprised about 41% of the month’s new cases, according to a spreadsheet analysis of state data released Wednesday. The Ohio trend mirrors similar patterns in Texas and Florida, where officials have connected the younger cases to parties and bar outings. Restaurants in Ohio opened for outdoor dining May 15 and dine-in service May 21. Personal care services like barbershops and nail salons opened May 15. Gyms, swimming pools and sports leagues re-opened May 26. Amusement parks and water parks open June 19. The likelihood of death and hospitalization from COVID-19 is low among young people and generally increases with age, according to CDC research. For instance, among about 1,500 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in March, about 25% were younger than 50. Of about 31,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations captured in CDC surveillance data accessed Wednesday, about 8,100 of the patients are between 18 and 49. Nearly 2.4 million Americans have been infected with the disease, per a count Wednesday from Johns Hopkins University. 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. In an email, ODH spokeswoman Melanie Amato offered several explanations for why cases are trending younger: - More people are going out - Younger people are going back to work, and authorities are conducting testing in workplace settings - Families and students are travelling around the U.S. for summer vacation. (The Cincinnati Enquirer reported Tuesday that more than 12 Ohio high school students tested positive for COVID-19 after a Myrtle Beach trip.) - Broader testing guidelines, enabled by increased testing capacity, are allowing young people to get tested. The shift toward younger cases comes alongside a surge in new cases in Ohio — the state’s 10-day average for new cases has jumped for nine days in a row. However, little data is available to know where people are believed to be exposed to the new coronavirus that causes the respiratory disease. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, addressed the increased prevalence of cases among young people while testifying before a congressional committee Tuesday. “If you get infected and spread the infection, even though you do not get sick, you are part of the process of the dynamics of an outbreak in what you might be propagating, inadvertently infecting See COVID-19 | 3 Leaders call for emergency aid MARIETTA, Ohio — A consortium of community leaders have worked together to develop a recovery plan for Southeast Ohio. Concerned about the negative impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the region’s health and economy, this group of local elected officials, business owners, social service providers, and medical experts began meeting in April. The result is the 8-page Community Leaders’ Action Plan for Regional Recovery, which identifies specific, action-oriented recom- mendations to provide emergency and longer-term assistance in six key areas – local governments, lowincome families, broadband access, economic development, education, and health. Over the past week, the group has shared the document with the office of Governor Mike DeWine and members of the Ohio General Assembly. Most immediately, this consortium is encouraging State leadership to See AID | 3 OHIO VALLEY — Forty-five local health departments and one sanitary district are sharing $795,070 in grant funding from Ohio EPA for mosquito control activities, including more than $139,000 to remove scrap tires, which can become breeding grounds for mosquito larvae. The funding will help mitigate the spread of mosquitoborne viruses such as Zika, West Nile and La Cross Encephalitis. “Ohio EPA is pleased to continue offering funding for mosquito control measures that will help local health districts reduce the risks of mosquito-borne viruses in their communities, including cleaning up scrap tires that can become mosquito breeding grounds,” Ohio EPA Director Laurie A. Stevenson said. Gallia County received $3,000 for approved mosquito control and $9,850 for scrap tire removal activity for a total grant award of $12,850. The grant funds are for community outreach and breeding source reduction. Meigs County received $12,967 for approved mosquito control and $8,633 for scrap tire removal activity for See GRANTS | 3 �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Friday, June 26, 2020 OBITUARIES DR. JAMES R. ACREE, SR. POMEROY — Dr. James R. Acree, Sr., 76, of Pomeroy, went home to be with his Lord Jesus Christ, on June 24, 2020. Born in Van, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Earl and Margaret Kyle Acree. He was surrounded by his family as he entered through those Pearly Gates of Heaven, and is now walking on the streets of gold without pain. James proudly served his country in the United States Army. He held many different positions throughout his life which included: a lineman for the New York Central Railroad, a fireman at Pontiac Motors for nine years, a supervisor for A.E.P. Southern Ohio Coal Company for 17 years, a Chaplain for Pleasant Valley Hospital and Holzer Health System, but his passion in life was for winning souls to the Lord. He was a member of the Pomeroy Drew Webster Post# 39 American Legion, and a graduate of Midwestern Baptist College in Pontiac, Michigan. He was the founder, and Pastor of the Hillside Baptist Church, since November 1989. He was a great Pastor, husband, counselor, coach, teacher, father, leader, and friend. He is survived by his loving wife, Betty Roach Acree; a daughter, Jamie (Joe) Humphrey, of Pomeroy; a son, James (Stacey) Acree, Jr., of Van, W.Va.; grandchildren, Kandis (David) Ford, Joe (Brittany) Humphrey, Jr., Luke Humphrey, Layne Acree, Landon Acree, Lindsey Casto, Isaiah Holley. A great-grandson, Rhett Holley, numerous, nieces, nephews, and many friends also survive. In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by his sisters, Leah Montique, and Paula Dolin; brothers, Erin, Phil, David, and Gary Acree. He loved to work and was full of energy, we have no doubt that if there is a job in Heaven, he will be doing it. He will be greatly missed. Our loss is Heaven’s gain. “We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, is to be present with the Lord.” 2 Corinthians 5:8. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 28, 2020, in the Hillside Baptist Church, 39760 State Route 143, Pomeroy. His son-in-law Rev. Joe Humphrey, Jr. will officiate and interment will follow in the Rocksprings Cemetery with Military Honors provided by the Pomeroy Drew Webster Post# 39. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. on Saturday at the Church. The Cremeens-King Funeral Home, Pomeroy is entrusted with the arrangements. SMITH POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Anna Lee Smith, 86, of Point Pleasant, W.Va. died June 24, 2020. Graveside services will be held on Monday, June 29, 2020 at 1 p.m. at Grimm Cemetery in Lesage, W.Va. Friends may visit the family from noon -1 p.m. at the cemetery. Deal Funeral Home is serving the family. GALLIA, MEIGS 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 spaceavailable basis and in chronological order. Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@aimmediamidwest. com or GDTnews@aimmediamidwest.com. Friday, June 26 Saturday, June 27 POMEROY — A low cost rabies shot clinic for cats and dogs will be held from 10 a.m. to noon at the Meigs County Health Department. The cost is $5. The clinic is sponsored by the Meigs County Health Department and Meigs Veterinary Clinic. For more information call Dawn or Steve at 740-9926626. Monday, June 29 MIDDLEPORT — The Meigs County Veterans Service Commission will meet at 9 a.m. at their office located at 97 North Second Avenue, Suite 2, Middleport. CONTACT US 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 740-446-2342 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 House Dems to approve police overhaul By Lisa Mascaro AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON — Democrats in the House are set to vote Thursday on a far-reaching policing overhaul, a moment heavy with emotion and symbolism after the collapse of a Senate GOP effort to address the global outcry over the deaths of George Floyd and other Black Americans. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gathered with members of the Congressional Black Caucus on the Capitol steps, challenging Congress not to allow the deaths to have been in vain or the outpouring of public support for law enforcement changes to go unmatched. Yet even with passage, the prospects for changes are dim, for now. “Exactly one month ago, George Floyd spoke his final words — ‘I can’t breathe’ — and changed the course of history,” Pelosi said. She said the Senate faces a choice “to honor George Floyd’s life or to do nothing.” The Thursday evening vote sends a signal with the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, perhaps the most ambitious proposed changes to police procedures and accountability in decades. Backed by the nation’s leading civil rights groups, it seeks to match the moment of streetfilled demonstrations. It has almost zero chance of becoming law. On the eve of the vote, President Donald Trump’s administration signaled he would veto the bill. And Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has also said it would not pass the Republican-held chamber. After the GOP policing bill stalled Wednesday, blocked by Democrats, Trump shrugged. “If nothing happens with it, it’s one of those things,” Trump said. “We have different philosophies.” Congress is now at a familiar impasse despite protests outside 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 Carolyn Kaster | AP House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, joined by House Democrats spaced for social distancing, speaks during a news conference on the House East Front Steps on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, ahead of the House vote on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020. their door and polling that shows Americans overwhelmingly want changes after the deaths of Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others in interactions with law enforcement. The two parties are instead appealing to voters ahead of the fall election, which will determine control of the House, Senate and White House. “We hear you. We see you. We are you,” said Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., during the afternoon debate. It has been a month since Floyd’s death sparked a global reckoning over police tactics and racial injustice. Since then, funeral services were held for Rayshard Brooks, a Black man shot and killed by police in Atlanta. Thursday is also what would have been the 18th birthday of Tamir Rice, a Black boy killed in Ohio in 2014. Lawmakers who have been working from home during the COVID-19 crisis were summoned to the Capitol for an emotional daylong debate. Dozens will vote by proxy under new pandemic rules. During the day, several Democratic lawmakers read the names of those killed at the hands of police, shared experiences of racial bias and echoed support of Black Lives Matter activists. Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said hundreds of thousands of people “in every state in the union” are marching in the streets to make sure Floyd “will not be just another Black man dead at the hands of the police.” Republican lawmakers countered the bill goes too far and failed to include GOP input. “All lives matter,” said Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Ariz. New York Rep. Pete King said it’s time to stand with law enforcement, the “men and women in blue.” Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, decried the protesters as a “Marxist crime wave.” In the stalemate over the policing overhaul, the parties are settled into their political zones, almost ensuring no legislation will become law. The House vote Thursday is expected to be on party lines. Both bills share common elements that could be grounds for a compromise. Central to both would be the creation of a national database of use-of-force incidents, which is viewed as a way to provide transparency on officers’ records if they transfer from one agency to another. The bills would restrict police chokeholds and set up new training procedures, including beefing up the use of body cameras. The Democratic bill goes much further, mandating many of those changes, while also revising federal statute for police misconduct and holding officers personally liable for damages in lawsuits. It also would halt the practice of sending military equipment to local law enforcement agencies. Neither bill goes as far as some activists want with calls to defund the police and shift resources to other community services. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the only Black Republican senator, who drafted the GOP package, said the bill is now “closer to the trash can than it’s ever been.” “I’m frustrated,” he said on Fox News Channel. Republicans and Democrats brought their bills forward as a starting point in the broader debate over how best to change policing practices, and as a legislative effort beyond Trump’s executive orders. Scott insisted he was open to many of the broader changes proposed by Democrats. But Democrats doubted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would allow a thorough debate, and instead halted a floor debate. US job market’s improvement may be stalling By Christopher Rugaber MIDDLEPORT — The monthly free community dinner at the Middleport Church of Christ Family Life Center. There will be take-out meals only. Meals will be given out in the parking lot with social distancing beginning at 5 p.m. until they are gone. This month they are serving: fresh smoked pulled pork sandwiches, baked beans, chips, and dessert. Everyone is welcome. Ohio Valley Publishing past two weeks — a much slower pace than in late April and May. “There has been no real decline in weekly claims the past two WASHINGTON — The numweeks,” said Julia Pollak, a labor ber of laid-off workers seeking economist at ZipRecruiter. “There U.S. unemployment aid barely has also been no real increase in fell last week, and the reopening job openings. What seemed like of small businesses has leveled encouraging signs of recovery in off — evidence that the job marMay largely stalled in June.” ket’s gains may have stalled just A separate government report as a surge in coronavirus cases is Thursday said orders for durable endangering an economic recovgoods unexpectedly jumped ery. nearly 16% in May, reflecting a The government also reported rebound in some business activity. Thursday that the economy contracted at a 5% annual rate in the Still, the pace of orders and shipments remains far below pre-panfirst three months of the year, a demic levels. And excluding the further sign of the damage being volatile transportation category, inflicted by the viral pandemic. so-called core orders rose only The economy is expected to modestly, reflecting still-sluggish shrink at a roughly 30% rate in business investment. the current quarter. That would The virus is once again squeezbe the worst quarterly contracing companies across the econotion, by far, since record-keeping my. began in 1948. Economists do Disney is postponing the schedexpect a snap-back in the seculed mid-July reopening of its ond half of the year, though not enough to reverse all the damage. Southern California theme parks until it receives guidelines from Last week, the number of peothe state. Macy’s is cutting nearly ple applying for jobless benefits 4,000 corporate jobs — roughly declined slightly to 1.48 million. 3% of its workforce — in response It was the 12th straight weekly to financial strain caused by the drop. An additional 700,000 people applied through a program virus. Apple announced late Wednesfor self-employed and gig workers that made them eligible for aid for day that it would re-close seven the first time. These figures aren’t of its stores in the Houston area, which is suffering a spike in cases. adjusted for seasonal variations, so the government doesn’t include Last week, it had said would re-close 11 other stores in four them in the official count. Combining those figures, over- states. And the parent company of Chuck E. Cheese restaurants all applications for jobless aid will seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy have edged down just 3% in the AP Economics Writer protection, in part because of the restaurants it has been forced to close as a result of the pandemic. Larry Kudlow, President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, asserted Thursday on Fox Business that the economy is rebounding quickly. “I think the strong ‘V’ recovery is right still there,” Kudlow said, referring to the shape of a sharp rebound on a chart. Most private economists, though, foresee a much more tepid recovery. And the latest economic figures coincide with a sudden resurgence of COVID19 cases in the United States, especially in the South and West, that is threatening to derail the nascent economic rebound. On Wednesday, the nation set a high for new confirmed coronavirus cases. Many states are establishing their own new peaks for confirmed daily infections, including Arizona, California, Mississippi, Nevada, Texas and Oklahoma. Cases of coronavirus have also jumped in Florida and Georgia. The number of infections is thought to be far higher still because many people have not been tested, and studies suggest that people can be infected with the virus without feeling sick. Should the trends continue, states may reimpose some limits on businesses that would likely trigger job cuts. And if not, consumers may choose to shop, eat out, and travel less. �NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing Case From page 1 time we are not releasing the exact location (in South Carolina) but can confirm it is not linked to the recent Myrtle Beach cases reported in our region.” All of the Meigs County residents to have tested positive (or have been a probable case), to this point, have not required hospitalization. Six of the case are listed as recovered, with four considered to be active. Meigs County cases to date are as follows: Male, age 50-59, onset date of March 11 Male, age 40-49, onset date of April 8 Male, age 40-49, onset date of April 29 Female, age 0-19, onset date of May 20 Female, age 70-79, onset date of May 20 Male, age 20-29, onset date of May 22 Male, age 60-69, onset date of June 10 Female, age 60-69, onset date of June 14 Male, age 30-39, onset date of June 19 Male, age 0-19, onset date of June 24 There has also been a Meigs County resident with a positive antibody test who is not included in the official Ohio Department of Health statistics. The health department has urged residents to continue to follow federal, state, and local guidance to prevent the spread of COVID-19. “At this time, we please ask residents to refrain from calling the Health Department for questions regarding this case while we complete our disease investigation and notify relevant individuals. The case and individuals identified as contacts of the case will be advised to selfquarantine for 14 days. We urge residents to continue COVID-19 From page 1 someone who then infects someone who then is someone who is vulnerable,” he said, per a CNBC report. “That could be your grandmother, your father, your sick uncle, who winds to follow federal, state, and local guidance to prevent the spread of COVID-19,” stated a news release from the health department. Also this week, Mason County reported an active lab-confirmed case of COVID-19 after health officials reported no active cases on/since May 27. Mason County’s COVID-19 total cases are at 16 (since March), with 15 of those considered recovered, according to health department officials. Gallia County remains at nine total COVID-19 cases (since March) with six confirmed and three probable, as confirmed by the Gallia Health Department on Wednesday. Of these cases there’s been one death, and as reported earlier this month, six cases were considered recovered. © 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Sarah Hawley is the managing editor of The Daily Sentinel. Regional Recovery was recently endorsed by the Mayors’ Partnership for Progress (MPP), which From page 1 includes mayors and city managers from 40 comutilize Ohio’s $2.7 billion Budget Stabilization munities across 18 counFund, to swiftly allocate ties in Southeast Ohio. Finally, in the wake of federal funding already recent protests throughreceived, and advocate out the country, this for more COVID-19 group also recognizes federal dollars to meet that many decades of emergency regional economic and racial needs. disadvantage have left Importantly, this many communities with broad-based group high rates of poverty and identifies broadband as chronic illness, limited an essential 21st ceneducational attainment, tury utility necessary and few good job prosfor work, education, pects. The attached telemedicine, economic document represents development, and comthe identified immediate munity vitality. This needs for Southeast Ohio issue has taken on new urgency, as many South- region, but many of these apply to all of Ohio’s loweast Ohio families lack the ability to work, learn, income neighborhoods, from rural Appalachia to or receive medical care our urban centers. from their homes. Participating SouthThe Community Leadeast Ohio Community ers’ Action Plan for Leaders: Cara Dingus Brook, CEO, Foundation for Appalachian Ohio; Glenda Bumgarner, Senior Director of External Engagement, JobsOhio; Misty Cromwell, Executive Director, Mental Health Recovery and Services Board (Noble, Coshocton, Morgan, Perry, and Muskingum); Misty Crosby, Executive Director, Buckeye Hills Regional Council; Luke Feeney, Mayor, Chillicothe; Jack Frech, Director, Athens County Job and Family Services (retired); Anne Goon, Health Commissioner, Marietta/Belpre Health Department; Orman Hall, City Council, Lancaster; Kelly Hatas, Director, Hocking, Athens, and Perry Community Action (HAPCAP); Charlie Hudson, Business Owner and Mayor, Wellston; Mike Jacoby, Grants mitigate the potential for an outbreak of mosquitoborne viruses. Over the last four years, Ohio EPA and the Ohio Department of Health have awarded $5.1 million to local health departments and communities for mosquito control programs. Independence Day closures Mulberry Community Center POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will be closed Friday, July 3 in observance of Independence Day. POMEROY — The Meigs County Courthouse and government offices will be closed Friday, July 3 in observance of Independence Day. POMEROY — The Mulberry Community Center is serving lunches from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Dine-in and carry-out options available. Salem Twp. VFD ice cream fundraiser SALEM TWP. — The Salem Twp. Volunteer Fire Department, State Route 124 in Salem Center, will host an ice cream fundraiser on Saturday, July 18 with curbside pickup from 9-11 a.m. Quarts of ice cream will be available for pick up with the flavors of banana, butter pecan, cherry nut, chocolate, lemon, Oreo cookie, pineapple, strawberry and vanilla. For more info call 740-669-4245. RACINE — Southern Local Kindergarten registration is currently taking place. To schedule an appointment and complete paperwork call the school at 740-9494222. Any child who is age 5 on or before Aug. 1, 2020, can register for kindergarten. Jake Zuckerman is a statehouse reporter for the Ohio Capital Journal. Aid GALLIA, MEIGS BRIEFS Kindergarten registration up dying.” This story shared for republication by, and with permission from, the Ohio Capital Journal, an independent, nonprofit news organization. For more information go to www.ohiocapitaljournal.com grants specifically target: mosquito surveillance; larval control; adult mosquito control, such as From page 1 spraying where mosquito presence poses a risk to a total grant award of public health; community $21,600. The grant outreach; and breeding funds are for mosquito source reduction, includsurveillance, commuing trash or tire removal. nity outreach, breeding Grants are being issued source reduction, season employees and contracted in collaboration with the Ohio Department of services. Health’s larger effort to Mosquito control Friday, June 26, 2020 3 President, Ohio Southeast Economic Development; Tom Johnson, Mayor, Somerset;Stacy Kramer, Director, Southeast Ohio Regional Wellness at Nationwide Children’s Hospital; Neill Lane, Chief Strategy Officer, Stirling Ultracold; Dan Leffingwell, Superintendent, Noble Local Schools; Amista Lipot, Executive Director, Mayors’ Partnership for Progress; Gilbert Liu, Medical Director, Part- Meetings, reunions canceled GALLIA COUNTY — The annual Jacob and Maggie Davis reunion will not be held this year due to the COVID-19 outbreak and in consideration for older family members. MEIGS COUNTY — Both the Lovett Reunion, scheduled for June 28th and the Blake/Reed Reunion scheduled for July 11th will not be held due to the coronavirus. Road construction, closures CARPENTER — Meigs County Road 10, Carpenter Hill Road, will be closed beginning Tuesday, June 23. The closure will remain in effect for approximately two weeks to allow county forces to complete a slip repair just south of County Road 11, Carpenter Dyesville Road. SALISBURY TWP. — Bailey Run Road will be closed to through traffic approximately .6 of a mile from State Route 124 going toward State Route 143 due to a slip repair. ners for Kids, Nationwide Children’s Hospital; Steve Patterson, Mayor, Athens; Debbie Phillips, CEO, Rural Action; Linda Supplee, Population Health Strategist, Genesis Healthcare; and Megan Wanczyk, Vice President of Communications and Programs, Foundation for Appalachian Ohio Buckeye Hills Regional Council is a council of governments dedicated to improving the lives of residents in southeast Ohio. By working collaboratively with elected officials across Athens, Hocking, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Perry, and Washington counties, Buckeye Hills connects local, state, and federal resources to communities with their Aging & Disability, Community Development, Mapping & Data, Population Health, and Transportation Planning divisions. Fishing with Dad Photo Contest TURN YOUR FUN INTO CASH! Submit your photo to our website. Submissions 6/12 tru 6/22 Voting begins on 6/23 Information provided by the Ohio EPA. In the response to the Pandemic Outbreak of COVID-19, Gallia County Department of Job and Family Services will make assistance available to families affected by this health crisis. The purpose of this assistance will be to offset costs incurred by families who have lost employment and/or reduced hours on or after March 9, 2020 due to the company shut-down as a result of the Stay At Home order issued by the governor or other issues related to COVID-19 that resulted in a lack of available work. Only Phone Call Applications will be taken!! Please call 740-578-3380 Monday thru Thursday 8am-4pm. NO PAPER APPLICATIONS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED so do not come to/into the agency. This program will begin on June 22, 2020 at 8am and will cease at 4pm on July 9, 2020 and no applications will be accepted after this time. Our offices will be closed on July 2, 2020. Please have all household members social security numbers and last 30 days of households gross income readily available prior to calling. www.mydailysentinel.com www.mydailyregister.com www.mydailytribune.com Eligible Services: 4���one-time payment of $500.00 per TANF eligible individual in a household who have been laid off and/or lost employment due to the COVID-19 pandemic, OR Funds are approved on a first come, first serve basis and approval is based on limited funding. Once funding is exhausted, this special program will cease. Notice of approval/denial will be sent within 30 days. OH-70192503 OH-70190958 4���one-time payment of $300.00 per TANF eligible individual in a household who have had a reduction in hours/pay due to the COVID-19 pandemic. �CHURCH 4 Friday, June 26, 2020 GOD’S KIDS KORNER Matthew 10: 40-42 from ‘The Message Bible’ “We are intimately linked in this harvest work. (All Christians are in this together and called to witness for God.) Anyone who accepts what you do, (the Disciples) accepts me, (Jesus) the One who sent you. Anyone who accepts what I do (Jesus) accepts my Father, (God) who sent me. Accepting a messenger of God is as good as being God’s messenger. Accepting someone’s help is as good as giving someone help. This is a large work I’ve called you into, but don’t be overwhelmed by it. It’s best to Ann start small. Give a cool cup of Moody Contributing water to someone who is thirsty, for instance. The smallest act of columnist giving or receiving makes you a true apprentice. (A helper and Disciple) You won’t lose out on a thing.” (God will see what you are doing and be pleased.) I read so many translations of these verses trying to find one that would not be so confusing for kids and finally chose the one above from The Message Bible. (I added the parentheses to help explain.) In these verses, Jesus is telling the Disciples that whoever welcomes them welcomes Jesus! And Jesus is God’s son, so welcoming Jesus is the same as welcoming God! Jesus was telling His Disciples it’s not going to be an easy task to witness to people. As we talked about a couple of weeks ago, it doesn’t seem possible for us to do what Jesus did, but we can do what He did just maybe on a smaller scale, starting with those around us. We discussed some ideas how to do that in that children’s sermon. Jesus wants us to be kind and accepting of all people even those different from ourselves. God said above welcoming is being God’s helper. You may have heard about what is going on lately with racial tensions and people being treated differently because of their skin color or ethnic background. Jesus said this isn’t right, and He never treated people badly because of any differences they might have. In fact, Jesus dealt with a lot of people very different from the general population back then. He welcomed everyone and helped everyone. Now, we must understand that doesn’t mean we have to accept all behaviors because honestly some of the people’s behaviors lately we hear about in the news are not Godly. But we must be careful and remember we are all human beings and need Christ in our lives. We are all the same in God’s eyes. We can show them that by our own Godly behaviors and praying for them. We don’t have to be famous, do miracles, or do huge works of volunteerism Jesus says. Do what you can to help someone and start with where you are and in small steps. I’m sure we can find one person to help every day – even if it’s in our own family. Jesus said above just giving a cup of cold water to someone makes us like Him. We can all do what we can to make this world a better place for everyone – nothing done in kindness is ever too small or not worthwhile. Amen. Let’s pray. Father God, we thank You for all You have given us and especially Your Son, Jesus. Please help us to be welcoming to all people and help them in any way that we can – even if it’s just giving them a drink of water. Please help our country to heal from all the hurt feelings and injustices that have happened. Please help those affected by Covid 19 as well. Let us all remember to help each other and pray for each other just as Jesus did and still does. In Your name we pray these things, Amen. Trying to be like Jesus can be that way. In the Bible we learn of all of the incredible things Jesus did to help others. Some of the things he did – his miracles – aren’t things we’ll ever be able to do. So when the Bible says we should lead our lives like Jesus, that can sound like a very big job, can’t it? How could we ever be like someone so great? Sometimes it makes me wonder if I can. But in today’s Gospel, Jesus teaches us an important lesson – sort of like the one my mother taught me. He tells us about how important it can be to do even things that seem very small – like giving a cup of cold water to someone who is thirsty. Hey, I can do that! I may not be able to do some things, but I can look for someone who needs a little help and lend a hand, right? And so can you! So this week, I want you to try to remember to be like Jesus in little ways. Give someone a drink of water, help to hold a door open for someone whose hands are full, tell someone how much you love them…there are lots and lots of little ways. Can you do that? Good. Will you pray with me? Dear God, Sometimes living up to your example can seem like a huge job – but we know that little things can make a very big difference. Help us to remember all of the little ways that we can show our love and kindness every day. Amen. Copyright 2008, Dan Wuori. Used by permission. Ann Moody is pastor of Wilkesville First Presbyterian Church and the Middleport First Presbyterian Church. Viewpoints expressed in the article are the work of the author. Ohio Valley Publishing CROSS WORDS Don’t starve yourself (John 6:35 ESV). They say breakfast is the Most of us aren’t content most important meal of the with skipping breakfast. We day. Without it, you’re likely cringe at the thought of going to lack energy. I don’t know about our work on an empty about you, but if I neglect to stomach. But I fear that most eat something for breakfast, Christians are starving themmy whole day is thrown off. selves by neglecting to parI struggle to concentrate. My Isaiah take of the Word each day. We stomach hurts, and I never Pauley feel like I can “catch up” on Contributing eagerly drink our coffee, but have we spent any amount of my diet until the next morncolumnist time with the only One who ing. Perhaps I’m more sensican satisfy our thirst? tive to food than others, but In His conversation with the I’m fairly confident that most have Samaritan woman at the well, Jesus experienced the hunger I’m talking says, “‘Everyone who drinks of this about. water will be thirsty again, but whoIn the same way, if I neglect to ever drinks of the water that I will read my Bible in the morning, my give him will never be thirsty again. whole day is thrown off. I feel malnourished. It’s like my tank is empty, The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water and I lack the energy to persevere. welling up to eternal life’” (John “Jesus said to them, ‘I am the 4:13-14 ESV). bread of life; whoever comes to This past weekend, my family me shall not hunger, and whoever and I spent some time in the mounbelieves in me shall never thirst’” tains. And when I’m away from home, it’s always a battle for me to do my morning devotions. Why? Because there’s no set schedule, my sleeping changes, and — well, it’s vacation! But nobody takes a break from eating on vacation. That would be insane. In the same way, why should we take a break from the Word of God? I mean, I’m careful to brew my coffee and eat my cereal bar. Oh, I can’t imagine my life without coffee. But even more so, I can’t imagine my life without the Word. None of us in our right minds would starve ourselves. We struggle to go a day without food. But how many of us go a day without spending time with God? Don’t starve yourself. Isaiah Pauley is the Minister of Worship for Faith Baptist Church in Mason, W.Va. Find more at www. isaiahpauley.com. Viewpoints expressed in the article are the work of the author. SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES The hearing ear and seeing eye “The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the LORD has made them both (Proverbs 20:12; ESV).” The proverb is a simple axiom, but one well worth remembering as it has several consequential ramifications of practical importance. It is first a reminder of the wisdom and goodness of God. Both the eye and the ear are masterpieces of engineering, and, when they are functioning properly, are tremendously useful in almost every facet of life. They allow us to observe the world around us, they enable us to more fully experience and enjoy the companionship of our fellow creatures, and they provide myriad opportunities for the sheer enjoyment of God’s creation. It is possible for an individual to make their way through life without either sight or hearing, for they are not the only senses which God has graced us, but they are of such central importance that they rightfully serve as a synecdoche (a part representing the whole) for all the myriad abilities and faculties God has blessed men with, the entirety of which must compel us to declare with the inspired Psalmist of old, “I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14).” ing Isaiah’s words, Yet it is not just said concerning the eye and the ear His own use of parwhich the Proverb ables as a teaching addresses, but most tool: “This is why specifically the I speak to them in hearing ear, and parables, because the seeing eye. The twin ideas of hearJonathan seeing they do not ing and seeing are McAnulty see, and hearing closely linked in the Contributing they do not hear, nor do they underScriptures to the Columnist stand (Matthew concepts of learning 13:13; ESV).” and understanding, Plenty of people posboth hallmarks of life and sessing eyes and ears intelligence. don’t use them to learn Idols are ridiculed because, though the artist what God has been trying to teach them. It’s not may have equipped them because their ears don’t with artistic representawork, but rather because tions of ears or eyes, they they choose to ignore the can neither hear nor see things that God has actu(cf. Deuteronomy 4:8; ally said to them, and they etc). God on the other fail to acknowledge that hand, can both hear and which God has shown see all that transpire. “No them. Which is a shame, creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked because the best thing and exposed to the eyes of that we can do with what him to whom we must give God has given us is use them in the manner God account (Hebrews 4:13; intended us to use them. ESV).” Anything else is a waste of The prophet Isaiah was God given talent and abiltold by God as part of his ity. Even worse is when we commission to preach: use what God has created “Go, and say to this people: ‘Keep on hearing, but to do those things which are contrary to the righdo not understand; keep teous will of God. on seeing, but do not perThere is a children’s ceive.’ Make the heart of this people dull, and their song which advises our ears heavy, and blind their youngsters, “be careful little eyes what you see,” eyes; lest they see with and “be careful little their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand ears what you hear.” Not with their hearts, and turn everything we fill our and be healed. (Isaiah 6:9- minds with is beneficial 10; ESV)” Jesus, referenc- or good. There are things we should not be doing with our ears and eyes for they are contrary to God’s desires for us. Thus did righteous Job declare, “I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin? What would be my portion from God above and my heritage from the Almighty on high? (Job 31:1-2; ESV)” Job knew it would be displeasing to God if he used the gifts God had given him to lust wantonly; therefore he practiced self-control so as to be the man God created him to be. To use the eyes for lust, to use the ears only to “hear” and listen to that which fills the heart with ungodly passions and desires and thoughts – such behavior shows a lack of gratitude and appreciation to the One who made us. God made the seeing eye and the hearing ear and it is only fitting that we acknowledge His gifts by using them in a way which brings glory and honor to the giver. The church of Christ invites you to worship and study with us at 234 Chapel Drive,Gallipolis, Ohio. If you have any questions or comments, please let us know. Jonathan McAnulty is minister of Chapel Hill Church of Christ. Viewpoints expressed in the article are the work of the author. TODAY IN HISTORY National Convention in Philadelphia. In 1963, President John Today is Friday, June 26, the 178th day of 2020. F. Kennedy visited West There are 188 days left in Berlin, where he delivered his famous speech expressthe year. ing solidarity with the city’s residents, declaring: Today’s Highlight in History “Ich bin ein Berliner” (I On June 26, 1948, the am a Berliner). Berlin Airlift began in In 1968, President Lynearnest after the Soviet don B. Johnson announced Union cut off land and his choice of Abe Fortas to water routes to the isosucceed the retiring Earl lated western sector of Warren as chief justice of Berlin. the United States (however, Fortas later withdrew On this date in the face of stiff Senate In 1870, the first section of Atlantic City, New opposition). In 1974, the supermarket Jersey’s Boardwalk was price scanner made its opened to the public. In 1911, John J. McDer- debut in Troy, Ohio, as a 10-pack of Wrigley’s Juicy mott became the first American-born golf player Fruit chewing gum costing 67 cents and bearing a Unito win the U.S. Open, form Product Code (UPC) played in Chicago. In 1917, the first troops was scanned by a Marsh Supermarket cashier. of the American ExpediIn 1977, 42 people tionary Force deployed to France during World War I were killed when a fire sent toxic smoke pourlanded in St. Nazaire. ing through the Maury In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was County Jail in Columbia, Tennessee. Elvis Presley nominated for a second performed his last concert term of office by delat Market Square Arena in egates to the Democratic The Associated Press Indianapolis. In 1993, President Bill Clinton announced the U.S. had launched missiles against Iraqi targets because of “compelling evidence” Iraq had plotted to assassinate former President George H.W. Bush. In 1996, the Supreme Court ordered the Virginia Military Institute to admit women or forgo state support. In 1997, the first Harry Potter novel, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” by J.K. Rowling (ROHL’-ing), was published in the United Kingdom (it was later released in the United States under the title “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”). In 2013, in deciding its first cases on the issue, the U.S. Supreme Court gave the nation’s legally married gay couples equal federal footing with all other married Americans and also cleared the way for samesex marriages to resume in California. Ten years ago: At odds over how to strengthen the global economic recovery, Group of Eight leaders meeting in Canada did find common ground on foreign policy, condemning North Korea for the alleged sinking of a South Korean warship and endorsing a five-year exit timetable for Afghanistan. Ghana sent the U.S. packing from the World Cup in South Africa, eliminating the Americans in the second round. Five years ago: President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and their wives visited Charleston, South Carolina, where nine black churchgoers had been shot to death; Obama eulogized one of the victims, the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, who was the pastor of the church and also a state senator. Richard Matt, one of two convicted murderers who’d escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York, was shot and killed by authorities in a wooded area 30 miles from the prison; David Sweat remained at large (he was arrested two days later). �Ohio Valley Publishing Friday, June 26, 2020 5 Meigs County Church Directory Fellowship Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic Van Zandt and Ward Road. Pastor: James Miller. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; evening, 7:30 p.m. The Refuge Church 121 W 2nd St.Pomeroy, Oh 45769. Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Pastor: The Rev. Jordan Bradford.,740-209-0039 info@ trclife.org W.Va. Route 652 and Anderson Street. Pastor: Robert Grady. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; morning church, 11 a.m.; evening, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Pageville Freewill Baptist Church 40964 SR #684 Pageville, OH Sunday 9:30 am, Wednesday 6:30 pm Catholic Emmanuel Apostolic Tabernacle, Inc. Sacred Heart Catholic Church Loop Road off New Lima Road, Rutland. Pastor: Marty R. Hutton. Sunday services, 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, 7 p.m. 161 Mulberry Ave., Pomeroy. Pastor: Rev.Mark Moore. (740) 992-5898. Saturday confessional 4:45-5:15 p.m.; mass, 5:30 p.m.; Sunday confessional, 8:459:15 a.m.; Sunday mass, 9:30 a.m.; For Mass schedule visit athenscatholic.org. Assembly of God Liberty Assembly of God Dudding Lane, Mason, W.Va. Pastor:Rita Darst. Sunday services, 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 pm Baptist Carpenter Independent Baptist Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; preaching service, 10:30 a.m.; evening service, 7 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Cheshire Baptist Church Pastor Dr. Jim Williams, Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; evening service, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Call: 740-367-7801. Hope Baptist Church (Southern) 570 Grant Street, Middleport, .Pastor: Ron Branch,. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Rutland First Baptist Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. Pomeroy First Baptist East Main Street, Pomeroy. Pastor: Tim Mullins. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. First Southern Baptist 41872 Pomeroy Pike. Pastor: David Brainard. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. First Baptist Church Sixth and Palmer Street, Middleport. Pastor: Billy Zuspan. Sunday school, 9:15 a.m.; worship, 10:15 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Racine First Baptist Pastor:Duke Holbert, Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Silver Run Baptist Pastor: John Swanson. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; evening, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6:30 p.m. Mount Union Baptist Children’s Sunday school and Adult Bible Study 10am Sunday evenings 6:30 pm Wednesday evening 6:30pm Pastor James Croston Old Bethel Free Will Baptist Church 28601 Ohio 7, Middleport. Pastor Everett Caldwell. Sunday service, 10 a.m.; Tuesday and Saturday services, 6 p.m. Hillside Baptist Church Ohio 143 just off of Ohio 7. Pastor: Rev. James R. Acree, Sr. Sunday unified service. Worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6 p.m. Victory Baptist Independent 525 North Second Street, Middleport. Pastor: James E. Keesee. Worship, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Faith Baptist Church Railroad Street, Mason. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Forest Run Baptist 108 Kerr Street ,Pomeroy,Oh, Pastor:Rev Randolph Edwards, Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; worship, 11:30 a.m. Mount Moriah Baptist Fourth and Main Street, Middleport.,Oh. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. Antiquity Baptist Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m.; Sunday evening, 6 p.m. Rutland Freewill Baptist Salem Street, Rutland. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11:30 a.m.; evening service and youth meeting, 6 p.m.; Pastor Ed Barney. Second Baptist Church OH-70190192 First Baptist Church of Mason, W.Va. Ravenswood, W.Va. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; evening, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Church of Christ Westside Church of Christ 33226 Children’s Home Road, Pomeroy. (740) 992-2865. Sunday traditional worship, 10 a.m., with Bible study following, Wednesday Bible study at 7 p.m. Hemlock Grove Christian Church Pastor Diana Carsey Kinder, Church school (all ages), 9:15 a.m.; church service, 10 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Congregational Forest Run Trinity Church Pastor: Wesley Thoene. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 9 a.m. 201 E. Second St., Pomeroy. Worship, 10:25 a.m. Pastor Randy Smith. Episcopal Grace Episcopal Church 326 East Main Street, Pomeroy. Holy Eucharist, 11 a.m. Holiness Independent Holiness Church 626 Brick Street, Rutland. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Worship Service, 10:30 a.m.; Evening Service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Community Church Main Street, Rutland. Pastor: Steve Tomek. Sunday worship, 10 a.m.; Sunday services, 7 p.m. Danville Holiness Church 31057 Ohio 325, Langsville. Pastor: Paul Eckert. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday prayer service, 7 p.m. Calvary Pilgrim Chapel Pastor: Jeffrey Wallace. First and Third Sunday. Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. Bearwallow Ridge Church of Christ Pastor: Bruce Terry. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6:30 p.m. Zion Church of Christ Harrisonville Road,Rutland,. Pastor: C Burns,Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Tuppers Plains Church of Christ Worship service, 9 a.m.; communion, 10 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:15 a.m.; youth, 5:50 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Bradbury Church of Christ 75 Pearl Street, Middleport. Pastor: Matt Phoenix. Sunday: worship service, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. 740691-5006. Latter-Day Saints Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ohio 160. (740) 446-6247 or (740) 446-7486. Sunday school, 10:20-11 a.m.; relief society/ priesthood, 11:05 a.m.-12 p.m.; sacrament service, 9-10-15 a.m.; homecoming meeting first Thursday, 7 p.m. Lutheran Saint John Lutheran Church Pine Grove. Worship, 9 a.m.; Sunday school, 10 a.m. Our Savior Lutheran Church Walnut and Henry Streets, Ravenswood, W.Va. Pastor: David Russell. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. Saint Paul Lutheran Church 39558 Bradbury Road, Middleport. Minister: Justin Roush. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Corner of Sycamore and Second streets, Pomeroy. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. Rutland Church of Christ Graham United Methodist Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship and communion, 10:30 a.m. Pastor: Richard Nease. Worship, 11 a.m. Bradford Church of Christ New Haven. Pastor: Richard Nease. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Tuesday prayer meeting and Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Ohio 124 and Bradbury Road. Minister: Russ Moore. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday adult Bible study and youth meeting, 6:30 p.m. Hickory Hills Church of Christ Tuppers Plains. Pastor: Mike Moore. Bible class, 9 a.m.; Sunday worship, 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible class, 7 p.m. Reedsville Church of Christ Pastor: Jack Colgrove. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship service, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Christian Union Hartford Church of Christ in Christian Union Hartford, W.Va. Pastor: Mike Puckett. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Church of God Mount Moriah Church of God Mile Hill Road, Racine. Pastor: James Satterfield. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Rutland River of Life Church of God Pastor: Sam Buckley: Sunday worship, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Church of God of Prophecy O.J. White Road off Ohio 160. Pastor: P.J. Chapman. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Amazing Grace Community Church Pastor: Wesley Thoene. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. New Beginnings Pomeroy. Pastor:Walt and Sheryl Goble. Worship, 10 a.m.; Sunday school, 9:15 a.m.. United Methodist Bechtel United Methodist Mount Olive United Methodist Off of 124 behind Wilkesville. Pastor: Rev. Ralph Spires. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Thursday services, 7 p.m. Alfred Pastor: John Frank. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. Chester Pastor:Walt and Sheryl Goble. Worship, 9 a.m.; Sunday school, 10 a.m. Joppa Pastor: Denzil Null. Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. Long Bottom Community of Christ Pastor: Mark Brookins. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Thursday services, 7 p.m. Salem Center Pastor: John Chapman. Sunday school, 10:15 a.m.; worship, 9:15 a.m.; Bible study, Monday 7 p.m. Pastor: James Marshall. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 9 a.m.; Wednesday services, 10 a.m. Pastor: James Marshall. Carmel and Bashan Roads, Racine.. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, noon. Morning Star Pastor: James Marshall. Sunday school, 11 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m. East Letart Pastor:Larry Fisher. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 9:30 a.m. Racine Pastor:Larry Fisher. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Tuesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Coolville United Methodist Church Main and Fifth Street. Pastor: Helen Kline. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 9 a.m.; Tuesday services, 7 p.m. Bethel Church Township Road 468C. Pastor: Phillip Bell. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Hockingport Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Torch Church County Road 63. Sunday school, 9:30 am.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Free Methodist Laurel Cliff Laurel Cliff Road. Pastor: Bill O’Brien. Sunday school, 9:30; morning worship, 10:30; evening worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible Study, 7 p.m. Nazarene Point Rock Church of the Nazarene Route 689 between Wilksville and Albany. Pastor: Diane Chapman Pettit. Sunday School, 10 a.m.; worship service, 11 a.m.; evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 6 p.m. New Hope Church of the Nazarene 980 General Hartinger Parkway, Middleport. Pastor Bill Justis. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; morning worship, 11 a.m.; evening worship, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday evening Bible study, 6:30 p.m.; men’s Bible study, 7 p.m. Reedsville Fellowship Pastor: Russell Carson. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Syracuse Church of the Nazarene Pastor: Daniel Fulton. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m., worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday and Sunday evenings, 7 p.m. Chester Church of the Nazarene Tuppers Plains Saint Paul Non-Denominational Pastor: Mark Brookins, Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10:15 a.m.; Bible study, Tuesday 10 a.m. Common Ground Missions Asbury Oasis Christian Fellowship Rutland Pastor: John Frank. Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; first Sunday of the month, 7 p.m. Reedsville Ohio 681, Tuppers Plains. Pastor: Wayne Dunlap. Sunday worship, 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Pastor: Walt and Sheryl Goble. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; Worship Service 10 am:; 8 am worship service with Lenora Leifheit Pastor: Will Luckeydoo. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday morning service, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6 p.m. Rutland Church of the Nazarene Pastor: Ann Forbes. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening, 6 p.m. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. (Full Gospel Church). Harrisonville. Pastors: Bob and Kay Marshall. Thursday, 7 p.m. (Non-denominational fellowship). Meeting in the Meigs Middle School cafeteria. Pastor: Christ Stewart. Sunday, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Rocksprings Carmel-Sutton Wesleyan Bible Holiness Church Keno Church of Christ Asbury Syracuse Rose of Sharon Holiness Church Middleport Church of Christ Fifth and Main Street. Pastor: David Hopkins. Sunday school, 9 a.m; Morning Worship Service 10 am, Sunday evening 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. A New Beginning Bethany 212 West Main Street. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. 2480 Second Street, Syracuse., Sunday evening, 6:30 p.m. 339 S. 3rd Ave., Middleport. Pastor: Rebecca Zurcher. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. State Route 143. Pastor: Mark Nix. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Leading Creek Road, Rutland. Pastor: Rev. Michael S King. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday prayer meeting, 7 p.m. Pomeroy Church of Christ Heath Syracuse Community Church Pastor: Dennis Moore and Rick Little. Sunday, 10 a.m. Syracuse. Pastor: Wesley Thoene. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday services, 7:30 p.m. Team Jesus Ministries Flatwoods New Hope Church Pastor:Walt and Sheryl Goble. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11:15 a.m. Old American Legion Hall, Fourth Ave., Middleport. Sunday, 5 p.m. 333 Mechanic Street, Pomeroy. Pastor: Eddie Baer. Sunday worship, 10:30 a.m. Portland-Racine Road. Pastors: Dean Holben, Janice Danner, and Denny Evans. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Bethel Worship Center 39782 Ohio 7 (two miles south of Tuppers Plains). Pastor: Rob Barber; praise and worship led by Otis and Ivy Crockron; (740) 667-6793. Sunday 10 a.m.; Affiliated with SOMA Family of Ministries, Chillicothe. Bethelwc. org. Ash Street Church Calvary Bible Church Pomeroy. Pastor: Rev. Blackwood. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7:30 p.m. Stiversville Community Church Pastor: Bryan and Missy Dailey. Sunday school, 11 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Rejoicing Life Church 500 North Second Ave., Middleport. Pastor: Mike Foreman. Pastor Emeritus: Lawrence Foreman. Worship, 10 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Clifton Tabernacle Church Clifton, W.Va. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Full Gospel Church of the Living Savior Route 338, Antiquity. Pastor: Jesse Morris. Saturday, 2 p.m. Salem Community Church Lieving Road, West Columbia, W.Va. (304) 675-2288. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday evening, 7 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Hobson Christian Fellowship Church Pastor: Herschel White. Sunday 7 p.m. Wednesday, 7 p.m. 398 Ash Street, Middleport. Pastor: Mark Morrow. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; morning worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 6:30 p.m.; youth service, 6:30 p.m. Restoration Christian Fellowship Agape Life Center House of Healing Ministries (Full Gospel church). 603 Second Ave., Mason. Pastors: John and Patty Wade. (304) 773-5017. Sunday 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Abundant Grace 923 South Third Street, Middleport. Pastor: Teresa Davis. Sunday service, 10 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Faith Full Gospel Church Long Bottom. Pastor: Steve Reed. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Friday fellowship service, 7 p.m. Harrisonville Community Church Pastor: Theron Durham. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Middleport Community Church 575 Pearl Street, Middleport. Pastor: Sam Anderson. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; evening, 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7:30 p.m. Faith Valley Tabernacle Church Bailey Run Road. Pastor: Rev. Emmett Rawson. Sunday evening, 7 p.m.; Thursday service, 7 p.m. Syracuse Mission 1141 Bridgeman Street, Syracuse. Sunday School, 10 a.m.; evening, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Dyesville Community Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. 9365 Hooper Road, Athens. Pastor: Lonnie Coats. Sunday worship, 10 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. (Full Gospel) Ohio 124, Langsville. Pastors: Robert and Roberta Musser. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Hysell Run Community Church 33099 Hysell Run Road, Pomeroy, Ohio; Pastors Larry and Cheryl Lemley. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; morning worship 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 7 p.m.; Sunday night youth service, 7 p.m. ages 10 through high school; Thursday Bible study, 7 p.m.; fourth Sunday night is singing and communion. Endtime House of Prayer Ohio 681, Snowville; Pastor Robert Vance. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.; Bible Study, Thursday 6 p.m. Mount Olive Community Church 51305 Mount Olive Rd, Long Bottom, OH 45743 Sunday School 9:30 am, Sunday Evening 6 pm, Pastor: Don Bush Cell: 740-444-1425 or Home: 740843-5131 Grace Gospel 196 Mulberry Avenue, Pomeroy, OH 45769 Sunday School 10:00 AM, Sunday Service 11:00 AM, Sunday Evening 6:00 PM, Wednesday 6:00 PM, Pastor: Thomas Wilson Pentecostal Pentecostal Assembly Worship, 5 p.m. Tornado Road, Racine. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; evening, 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Faith Gospel Church Presbyterian Long Bottom. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Harrisonville Presbyterian Church Morse Chapel Church Full Gospel Lighthouse 33045 Hiland Road, Pomeroy. Pastor: Roy Hunter. Sunday school, 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday evening, 7:30 p.m. South Bethel Community Church Silver Ridge. Pastor: Linda Damewood. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m. Second and fourth Sundays; Bible study, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Carleton Interdenominational Church Kingsbury. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship service, 10:30 a.m.; evening service, 6 p.m. Freedom Gospel Mission Bald Knob on County Road 31. Pastor: Rev. Roger Willford. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m. Fairview Bible Church Letart, W.Va., Route 1. Pastor: Brian May. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Faith Fellowship Crusade for Christ Pastor: Rev. Franklin Dickens. Friday, 7 p.m. Pastor: Rev. David Faulkner. Sunday worship 9:30 a.m. Middleport First Presbyterian Church 165 N Fourth Ave Middleport, OH 45760, Pastor:Ann Moody. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship service, 11:15 am United Brethren Eden United Brethren in Christ Ohio 124, between Reedsville and Hockingport. Pastor Aaron Martindale, Charles Martindale. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Sunday service at 7pm Mount Hermon United Brethren in Christ Church 36411 Wickham Road, Pomeroy. Pastor: Adam Will. Adult Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.; Worship and Childrens Ministry – 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday Adult Bible Study and Kingdom Seekers (grades 4-6) 6:30 p.m. www. mounthermonub.org. Wesleyan White’s Chapel Wesleyan Coolville Road. Pastor: Rev. Charles Martindale. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. �6 Friday, June 26, 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing OH-70192753 Ohio Valley Publishing Friday, June 26, 2020 7 Gallia County Church Directory 6:30 PM, Wednesday 7 PM, AWANA Pastor: Joe Woodall. Sunday school, 10 worship, 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Prayer Church of Christ at Rio Grande Youth Minister: Andrew Wolfe, Eureka Church of God 3C’s Ladies Meeting, Fourth Thursday, Pastor: Rev. Robert Persons. Sunday Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Trinity United Methodist Church Ohio 325, Rio Grande; Pastors Randy Sunday 5:45. a.m.; worship, 6:30 p.m.; Sunday prayer Meeting, 6 p.m. 568 Ohio 325 North, Bidwell. Sunday Children’s Ministeries: Kyli Bowers. Pastor: Rev. Robert Smith. Sunday 10 AM, Bob Evans, Rio Grande. www. school, 10 a.m.; Sunday worship, 11 Church Ohio 160 at Ohio 554 in Porter. Pastor: and Sally Patterson; Sunday coffee and Bible study, 10 a.m.; Sunday worship, Outreach Minister: Christian Stewart school, 10 a.m.; worship, 6 p.m.; bulavillechurch.com. a.m.; Thursday, 7 p.m. Ralph Miller Valley View Drive, Crown City. Pastor: Dan Lamphier. Sunday worship, 9:30 fellowship, 10 a.m.; Worship and work, Sunday school superintendent. Jamie Klaiber. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; a.m.; Bible study, 9 a.m. Saturday. 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. meeting and Bible study, 6:30 p.m.; 4041 CH&D Road, Oak Hill, Ohio. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Pastors, Donna and Marlin Wedemeyer; Vinton, Ohio. Pastor: Rev. Calvin assistant pastor, Vicki Moore. (740) 416- Minnis. First and Third Sundays, 9288, (740) 395-3396. Services, Sunday Sunday school 10 a.m.; worship 11 a.m. school – children and adults, 10 a.m.; Vinton Baptist Church evening service 6 p.m. Wednesday night 11818 Ohio 160, Vinton. Sunday Sunday evening service, first and third school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Sundays, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Koontz Sailor Road, Vinton. Pastor: Rev. Mickey Maynard. Sunday school, Salem Baptist Church 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Gage. Pastor: Philip Taylor. Sunday Sunday worship, 8:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m. Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.; Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; Christian Union Wednesday, 7 p.m. school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; 11 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6 p.m.; Guyan Valley Missionary Baptist 2173 Eastern Avenue, Gallipolis. Interim Church Pastor: Mike Buchanan. Office hours, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.; (740) 388-8454. Addison Freewill Baptist Church Platform. Pastor:Jason Morris. Sunday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (740) 446-7119. Sunday Pastor: Charles Birchfield, four miles Canaan Missionary Baptist 210 Addison Pike Gallipolis, Oh school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:40 a.m. school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. north on W.Va. Route 2. Sunday Ohio 218, Gallipolis. Pastor: Garland 740-367-7063 Pastor: Rick Barcus and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday youth ministries Montgomery. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 10am Sunday Worship p.m.; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday worship, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday 10:50am Sunday Evening 6pm, Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Night Prayer meeting 7pm Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic Van Zandt and Ward Road. Pastor: Faith Baptist Church James Miller. Sunday school, 10:30 3615 Jackson Pike. Pastor: Nathan All services at the Church are in person Britton, (740) 446-2607. Sunday school, 7:30 p.m. 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 6 Centerpoint and Nebo Roads. p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Pastor:Rondall Walker. Associate pastor Dale Adkins. Sunday morning 10 am, 1812 Eastern Ave., Pastor Mike Mercerville Missionary Baptist Church Chapman. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; 117 Burlington Rd, Crown City, Ohio Sunday worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 45623 740-256-8157. Pastor: Joe Noreau. p.m. (304) 593-3095. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday evening Old Emory Freewill Baptist Church worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Pastor: Jeff Simpson. Sunday school, 10 evening at 7 pm a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Friday, 7 p.m. Good Hope United Baptist Church Terry Hale, (740)979-7293 or (740)- Ohio 218. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Cheshire Baptist Church 645-1873. Sunday worship, 11 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday and Pastor Dr Jim Williams. Sunday school, Sunday school, 10 a.m.;Wednesday Sunday 6 p.m. 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday calvaryapostolicgallia.com Rio Grande Calvary Baptist Church Pastor: Vinton Rankin. Sunday evening service, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Call: 740-367- Assemblies of the World a.m., Bible Study 6:30 pm every Northup Baptist 190 Vale Road, Bidwell. Pastor: Elder Wednesday,(740)-245-5228 Pastor Jim Chapman. Sunday school, Sherman Johnson. Sunday school, 10 White Oak Baptist Church a.m.; Sunday service, 12 p.m. Bible study 1555 Nibert Road, Gallipolis. Pastor: and prayer service, Wednesday, 7 p.m. Carl Ward. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Assembly of God worship, 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. on the Sunday evening, 7 p.m.; Youth every Providence Missionary Baptist Church 3766 Teens Run Road,Crown City,OH Ohio 160, Pastor:Ray Frye. Worship 7:30 p.m. 45623, Pastor:Jacob Watson (740)256- Victory Baptist Church 6761 Youth Pastor: John Anderson Victory Road, Crown City. Pastor: ,Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 6 Troy Delaney. Sunday morning service, p.m.;Wednesday Bible study and youth Liberty Assembly of God 10 a.m.; Sunday evening, 6 p.m., night, 7 p.m. Dudding Lane, Mason, W.Va. across Wednesday evening, 7 p.m. Prospect Enterprise Baptist from Riverside Golf Course. Pastor: (740) 256-9117. Pastor: Ed Mollohan. Sunday school, Gregor A. Johnson, (304) 773-5501. evening 6:00pm, Thursdays 7:00pm, Rio Grande. Pastor: Marc A. Sarrett. KJV Bible preached each service (740) 245-9321. Sunday school, 9:30 Fairview Church of Christ in Christian 86 Main Street, Crown City. Pastor: Pine Grover Holiness Church Wednesday, 7 p.m. Pastor: Gregory Sears,576 State Route Randy Thompson. Sunday school, 10 Off of Ohio 325. Pastor: Rev. Odel Rodney Church of Light Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 7:30 New Beginnings Revival Center 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. . 7 North (across from Speedway and a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; youth Manely. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; 6611 Ohio 588. Fellowship, 9:15 a.m.; p.m. 845 Skidmore Road, (Evergreen Little Kyger Congregational Christian Quality Inn) Gallipolis, Oh, Sunday meeting, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.; Adult worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, Church School 10:00 am; Sunday Worship 11 Bible Study, Wednesday, 7 p.m. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. 10:40 a.m.; youth, 6 p.m. Little Kyger Road, Cheshire. Pastor: Rev. am and 6 pm; Wednesday Bible Study 7 Christian Community Church Mount Calvary Independent Church 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. Paul T. Imboden. Sunday School, 9:30 pm, www.newlifecog.net Lecta Church FOP Building, Neal Road. (740) W.Va. Route 2, Gallipolis Ferry, W.Va. State routes 775 and 790, Scottown. 446-6788. Sunday 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 7:30 Simpson Chapel United Methodist Pastor Todd Bowers. Sunday School, 10 Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. p.m.; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Top of Lake Drive, Rio Grande. Pastor: a.m.; Sunday service, 6 p.m. 740-256- Dan Lamphier. Sunday worship, 11 a.m.; Freedom Fellowship Dickey Chapel 1894. Bible study, 1 p.m. Monday. Route 279, Oak Hill. Pastor: Dan Neal. Hannan Trace Road. Sunday school, 10 Thurman Church (740) 682-4011. Sunday school, 10 a.m. a.m.; worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Latter-Day Saints a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday Episcopal a.m.; worship; 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Union Wednesday, 7 p.m. Alice Road. Pastor: Rev. Denver Mina Chapel Missionary Baptist McCarty. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church Central Christian Church 109 Garfield Ave., Gallipolis. Evangelist Derek Stump. (740) 446-0062. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; morning worship Church worship, 10:45 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Neighborhood Road. Pastor: Jack Wednesday, 7 p.m. Northup. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Ewington Church of Christ in First Church of God 1723 Ohio 141. Pastor: Paul E. Voss. a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday family 176 Ewington Road. Pastor: David night/Bible study, 6-8 p.m. a.m.; worship, 10:50 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; p.m. Stewart. Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Sunday, 245-9518. Sunday worship, 10:30 a.m., Lecta Church of Christ in Christian with Wired Junior Church and attended Union nursery; Wednesday groups, 7 p.m., Corinth Missionary Baptist Church Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 6 p.m.; with adult Bible study, Engage Young Jimis Emary Road, Oak Hill. Pastor: Wednesday, 7 p.m. Adults, Momentum 360 Students and a.m.; service, 11 a.m. Every second and Christian Church fourth Sunday. First Christian Church of Rio Grande Harris Baptist Church 814 Ohio 325 North, Rio Grande. Ohio 554, Rio Grande, Ohio; Pastor Bob Minister: Jeff Patrick. (740) 446-9873. ‘Scotty’ Scott (740) 388-8050; Sunday Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10 school, 10 a.m.; Sunday service, 11 a.m.; a.m. and 6 p.m. Bible study and youth Wednesday Bible Study, 7 p.m. meeting, 7 p.m., Wednesdays. night, Wednesday, 7 p.m. 6 p.m. Family movie night, 3rd Friday of each month at 7 p.m. 446-4023. Vinton Fellowship Chapel Keystone Road. Pastor: Paul Ring. Wired Juniors. www.rodneypikecog.org. (740) 388-9041. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Church of God of Prophecy 380 White Road, just off of Ohio 160. Independent Pastor: Pat Henson. (740) 446-7900. Bulaville Christian Church Sunday school (all ages), 10 a.m.; 2337 Johnson Ridge Rd., Gallipolis, OH worship, 11:15 a.m.; children’s church, 45631; Pastor Bob Hood, 740-446-7495, 11:15 a.m.; Sunday evangelistic service, Cell 740-709-6107; Coffee Klatch 9:45 6 p.m.; Wednesday night Bible study, 7 AM; Sunday School 10:00 AM; AM Fellowship Baptist Church Gallipolis Christian Church p.m.; Wednesday night youth meeting, Worship Service 10:30 AM; Bible Study, 600 McCormick Rd 4486 Ohio 588.Pastor::Joseph Bowers. 7 p.m. Wednesday 6 PM April through Oct.; Macedonia Community Church Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Claylick Road, Patriot. Pastor: Rev. Thursday, 7 p.m. Hilda Sanders. Sunday school and Elizabeth Chapel Church Third Avenue and Locust Street, Gallipolis. Pastor: Randy Carnes. Trinity Gospel Mission Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:35 New Life Lutheran Church 11184 Ohio 554, Bidwell. Pastor: Robert a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. 900 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis,Pastor: Bethlehem Church Michael Giese,740- 446-4889, 1774 Rocky Fork Road, Crown City. newlifeluth@att.net. Worship Services: Promiseland Community Church Teacher: Eugene Johnson, Sr. (740) 8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Sunday School: Clay Chapel Road, Gallipolis. Pastor; 256-6080. Sunday, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; 9:30 a.m.; Bible study at Poppy’s on Truman Johnson. (740)-441-1638.. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Court Street, Wednesday, 10:00 am p.m.; Tuesday, 7 p.m. Sunday school, 10 a.m, Sunday evening, 4 p.m.; prayer meeting, Tuesday, 7 p.m. Faith Community Chapel Teacher: Rodney Roberts. Sunday Bailey Chapel Church school, 10 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Ohio 218. Pastor: Paul Johnson. Sunday Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. school, 10 a.m.; worship service, 11 Nebo Church a.m.; Sunday night worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. 6 p.m. Debbie Drive Chapel Off of Ohio 141 (Meadow Look subdivision). Pastor: Keith Eblin. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. Sunday School 9:30am worship 10:30am a.m.; worship 10:45 a.m, Sunday Youth 7 p.m.; Wednesday 7 p.m. Ministry 6:00-8:00 pm, Wednesday- room, 3rd Thursday at noon, Friends, Food, Fellowship(FFF) bring brown www.GallipolisGrace.com Sunday morning worship, 10 a.m.; Christ United Methodist Church Sunday school, 11 a.m.; Sunday evening 9688 Ohio 7 South. Pastor: Rev. Jack worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday evening Berry. Adult Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; prayer meeting, 7 p.m.; Pastor Clyde worship and children’s church, 10:30 Ferrell. a.m.; Wednesday night Bible study, Good News Baptist Church Saint Louis Catholic Church school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 4045 George’s Creek Road. 85 State Street, Gallipolis. Father Hamm. p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Pastor:Morgan McKinniss.mckinniss. (740) 446-0669. Daily mass, 8 a.m.; Paint Creek Regular Baptist morgan@gmail.com. (740) 446-0188. Saturday mass, 5:30 p.m.; Sunday mass, Jubilee Christian Center River of Life United Methodist 833 Third Ave. Pastor: Rev. Christian 8 and 10 a.m. George’s Creek Road. Worship, 10 a.m. Pathway Community Church Sunday morning coffee: 9am, Sunday Scott. (740) 446-0954. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. Sunday and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. 35 Hillview Drive, Gallipolis. 1192 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis, Oh. Pastor: Thom Mollohan. Sunday school, 10:00 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Evening 6 pm ,Wednesday Evening 6 Church of Christ Wednesday, 6 p.m. pm,. www.goodnewsgallipolis.com Bidwell Church of Christ Ohio 325. Pastor: Ben Crawferd. Sunday Ohio 554, Bidwell. Sunday school, school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:35 a.m. Fair Haven United Methodist 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Baptist worship, 11 a.m.; Mid-week children and adult programming. www. pathwaygallipolis.com. Countryside Baptist Chapel 2265 Harrisburg Road, Bidwell. Pastor: Pat Miller. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m. (740) 645-6673. New Hope Baptist Church Ohio 554. Pastor: Rev. Arius Hurt. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship 11 a.m. Springfield Baptist Church Vinton. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; preaching, 7 p.m.; Bible study, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Garden of My Hearth Holy Tabernacle evening, 7 p.m. Presbyterian First Presbyterian Church Parsons-Justice. (740) 446-1030. Sunday 20344 Ohio 554, Bidwell. Pastor Jamie school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Sisson. (740) 245-0900. Worship Wilkesville First Presbyterian Church service, 10 a.m. Sunday; Gentle Worship 107 South High Street, Wilkesville, (designed for families and individuals Pastor Ann Moody (740) 446- with Autism Spectrum Disorder), 2 p.m. 0122./740-645-7736 Sunday Morning third Sunday each month; Midweek Service 9:30 am Gallia Cornerstone Church 165 N Fourth Ave,Middleport,Oh U.S. 35 and Ohio 850. (740) 245-0141 45760, Pastor Ann Moody (740) Pastor: Jr Preston,. Sunday school, 6457736, Sunday School 10:00 am, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 Church 11:15 am Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Nursery Seventh-Day Adventist provided every service. Point Pleasant Seventh-Day Adventist River City Fellowship Church Third Ave. and Court Street. 4751 Ripley Road. Pastor: Bill Hunt. Kanauga. Pastor: Jim Holman, Sunday Pastor: John O’Brien. (740) 446- (210) 778-6502. Sabbath school, school, 10:00 a.m.; worship, 11:00 a.m.; 2474. Sunday celebration, 10 a.m. Saturday, noon; worship service, 1:30 Wednesday Bible study, 10:30 a.m. Contemporary music and casual. www. p.m.; prayer meeting, 6 p.m. Thursday. Wesleyan Pastor: Matt McKee. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; rivercityfellowship.com. Pastor:Jack Berry, Sunday school, 10 College Hill Church Wednesday prayer meeting and youth Godwin, Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. p.m; and Sunday 10 a.m. a.m.; Worship 9 a.m. 165 Wood School Road, Gallipolis Ferry, W.Va. Pastor: Darrell Johnson. (740) Willis Funeral Home 446-9957 or (304) 675-2880. Sunday worship, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; prayer Crown City Wesleyan Church 26144 Ohio 7 South. Pastor: Rev. George Holley, Jr. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday family night, 7 p.m. meeting, Wednesday, 7 p.m. a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Morgan Center Wesleyan Church Prearrangement Center Garfield Ave. • Gallipolis, OH The Way, Truth and Life �� Pastor: Todd Bowers. Sunday 10 a.m.; Sunday night 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible Study 7 pm Poplar Ridge Freewill Baptist OH-70165318 OH-70180335 SFS TRUCK SALES Sharon Shoemaker smtax2000@gmail.com (740) 446-0852 Weatherholt Chapel 420 First Avenue Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 740 446-3045 Phone 740 446-2557 Fax Liberty Ministries OH-70165278 OH-70180328 Phone: (740) 446-0724 Rick & Charla Whobrey Owners a.m.; Sunday Evening Church Services, 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m.; Pastor: Wade Hall Jr Director 740-388-8321 Vinton Chapel 21 Main Street Vinton, Ohio 45686 Herb, Jean and Jared Moore W. 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G & W Auto Parts LLC OH-70177428 OH-70165099 OH-70180463 OH-70165095 OH-70179638 sfsparts@sfstrucksales.com service, 6:30 p.m.; Sunday school for Clark Chapel Rd, Vinton, Ohio; Sunday McCoy Moore topeslifestylefurn@hotmail.com AUTO PARTS Heavy Truck Parts & Accessories Manufacturer of Pro-Haul Bodies and Trailers Phone: 800.280.6088 Fax: 740.446.2859 ��� � �� �� 446-9295 ���� �� ��� �������� �� ��� Gary Jones, Manager Phone: 740-367-7444 After Hours: 740-446-7371 Fax: 740-367-7588 Tope’s LIFESTYLE FURNITURE Kevin Petrie Jeff Dunlap 2150 Eastern Ave. Gallipolis, OH S & M Tax and Accounting, Inc Fairview Drive, Bidwell. Sunday night Intersection of Morgan Center and Frame Work & Free Estimates 2046 Addison Pike Gallipolis, OH 45631 �� ��4#4'��4�� ���#--+10-+3��*+0�:� ����� � ��� OH-70180469 S & M Tax and Accounting, Inc � �� �� ���� � ��� � Old Garden of My Heart Church, 1908 Larry’s Body Shop OH-70180466 5885 St Rt 218 GALLIPOLIS 740-256-6456 OH-70165093 OH-70179298 a.m.; Wednesday Bible Study, 7 p.m. Fellowship of Faith Bidwell United Methodist Church 1122 Jackson Pike Gallipolis, OH 45631 Phone: 740-446-7999 Fax: 740-446-7995 worship, and children’s church, 10:30 51 State Street. Pastor: Rev Mark conducted Thursday, 6 p.m.; Saturday 6 Free Estimates OH-70180462 worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday Charles Ted Glassburn. Services are EXCAVATING OH-70165459 OH-70180460 Crawford. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Oasis Christian Tabernacle Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 CROWN 171 Pearl Street Jackson, OH 45640 Phone: 740-288-1606 Fax: 740-288-1606 Cadmus Road, Cadmus. Pastor: Mark p.m.; Wednesday teen service, 6 p.m.; OH-70165447 OH-70180435 Sunday Church Services 10:30 AM & McDaniel Crossroads Pentecostal Church 234 Chapel Drive. (740) 446-1494. Church Rawlins. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Thursday, 7 p.m. 600 McCormick Road, Pastor: Joseph Wednesday, 6:45 p.m. Dry Ridge Road, Gallia. Pastor: Cline Sunday school, 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.; school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10:15 a.m. and Fellowship Baptist Church Silver Memorial Freewill Baptist Gallia Baptist Church Pastor: Ray Perry. (740) 379-2969. 30 a.m.; Sunday night service, 7 p.m.; p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; AWANA 7:30 p.m. 1110 First Ave., Gallipolis. Sunday Pastor: Sam Carman Sunday school, 9: OH-70165518 OH-70177433 9 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m. and 6 Sunday services, 12 p.m., Wednesday, First Church of the Nazarene 4950 State Route 850, Bidwell. Pastor OH-70165094 OH-70179309 Pastor:Aaron Young. Sunday school, Steve Nibert; Sunday School, 11 a.m., Triple Cross Church of Christ Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Worship, 11 750 First Avenue, Gallipolis. Pastor: Wednesday night prayer, 7 p.m. Nazarene Wednesday, 7 p.m. Silver Run Freewill Baptist Church Potter’s Wheel Pentecostals Middleport First Presbyterian Church service, 7 p.m. 1100 Fourth Ave., Gallipolis. Pentecostal 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Old Kyger Freewill Baptist First Baptist Church Evening 7 pm, “Everyone Welcome” Opportunity, 7 p.m. Wednesday. 6:30-8 p.m. Danville Holiness Church am, Sunday Evening 6 pm, Wednesday Children’s church, Thursday, 6 p.m. 5834. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday For Men Only, 8:00 a.m.church dining Williams. (740) 446-3331. Sunday :Sammy Queen, Sunday Morning 10 Vance. (740) 245-5406 or (740) 645- Russell. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, Catholic 19 Bell Ave at Eastern Avenue, Pastor Pastor: Rick Towe. Sunday school, 3773 George’s Creek Road. Pastor: J.R. King Cemetery Lane, Crown City. Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6pm Bell Chapel Church a.m.; Sunday evening Bible study, 6 p.m. Non-denominational Worship, 8:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 9:30 Kings Chapel Church Wednesday, 7 p.m. 210 Upper River Road, Gallipolis. Grace United Methodist Church paper bag lunch & drink.Website Pastor: Joseph Godwin Marcum. Sunday, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship: 11:05 Llewellyn Gumc600@gmail.com, Sunday. Morning worship, 10:30 a.m. Rocky Jeffers. Youth pastor: Sandy New Life Church of God United Methodist Kane. (740) 446-0555. Office hours community) Bidwell, Ohio. Pastor: Patriot Road. Pastor: Jane Ann Miller. 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Pastor: Matt Holiness church. Pastor: Rev. Teddy Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Peniel Community Church Growth Tuesday, 6:30 pm Morgan Center Christian Walnut Ridge Church youth, 7 p.m. and Friday 9:00 am; 12-Step Spiritual Monday-Friday 9am-3:30pm, and 6 p.m.; Wednesday preaching and Ohio 141. Pastor:Will Luckeydoo, Patriot United Methodist Church 600 Second Ave., Gallipolis. Pastor:Ray Pastor: Rev. Kathryn Loxley. Sunday, Centenary United Methodist Church 9:30 a.m. Lutheran Hersman. Sunday school, 10 a.m. and 6 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; worship, society/priesthood, 12:05-1 p.m. Wednesday, 7 p.m. 7 p.m. or (740) 709-1745. Sunday school, 10 Sunday school, 11:20-12 p.m.; relief French City Southern Baptist a.m. and 6 p.m.; Thursday Bible study, Pastor: John Rozewicz. (740) 245-5430 7486. Sacrament service, 10-11:15 a.m., 3554 Ohio 160. Pastor: Rev. Mark children’s church, 11 a.m.; worship, 11 Ohio 775. Pastor: Jim Holman. Worship, Ohio 160. (740) 709-9262 or (740) 446- 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Sunday and Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday Bethesda United Methodist Day Saints Crown City. Pastor: Rev. Walter Wood. Thursday service, 7 p.m. 418 Main Street, Vinton. Pastor: Steven 440 Ohio 850. Pastor: Ron Bynum. 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With some restrictions loosening in the COVID-19 pandemic of late, many people are taking to the outdooors for some fun while trying to beat the heat. In doing so, however, everyone is still encouraged to participate in social distancing while venturing into these outdoor events. 5 players withdraw, 1 tests positive By Doug Ferguson Associated Press Brooks Koepka and Webb Simpson were among five players who withdrew from the Travelers Championship, four of them out of a chain-reaction abundance of caution over the coronavirus that put the PGA Tour on notice. “The snowball is getting a little bit bigger,” Graeme McDowell told The Associated Press after withdrawing Wednesday because his longtime caddie, Ken Comboy, tested positive for the virus. The tour released results that showed three positive tests at the TPC River Highlands in Connecticut — Cameron Champ and the caddies for Koepka and McDowell. There were no positive tests on the Korn Ferry Tour event in Utah. As it enters the third week in its return from the COVID-19 pandemic that shut down golf for three months, the tour has administered 2,757 tests at PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour events in five states, with seven positive results. On the PGA Tour alone, there have been 1,382 tests and four positive results. “It’s a low number on a percentage basis, but every number hurts,” PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said. Gerry Broome | AP Brooks Koepka is one of five players who have withdrawn from the Travelers Championship after the PGA tour released results that showed three positive tests at the TPC River Highlands in Connecticut — Cameron Champ and the caddies for Koepka and Graeme McDowell. “I think we all need to remind ourselves that we’re all learning to live with this virus. “It’s pretty clear that this virus isn’t going anywhere.” Nick Watney was the first player to test positive last week at the RBC Heritage in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, which was teeming with people on summer vacation. Champ tested positive on Tuesday at the Travelers and immediately withdrew. Four more players withdrew even with negative test results. Koepka said his caddie, Ricky Elliott, tested positive and then took another test that came back negative. No matter. He chose to withdraw, and was especially gutted that his younger brother, Chase Koepka, withdrew after earning a rare chance to play through a Monday qualifier. When his brother made it, Koepka arranged a house for him to stay in starting Tuesday, so he had his brother stay with him in the meantime. Then, the brothers played a practice round with McDowell and British Open champion Shane Lowry. Both Koepkas said they felt they should withdraw because they were in close contact with someone who tested positive. “I feel terrible for Chase,” Koepka said. “This course is made for him, he’s playing as good as I’ve ever seen him. And I put him in that situation. It’s one thing if I withdraw. He doesn’t get this opportunity very often.” Simpson, who won the RBC Heritage last week with a record score that moved him to No. 5 in the world, withdrew when he learned a family member had tested positive. Monahan said the tour would continue, and that there was no set number of positive tests that would lead to golf shutting down again. “We feel like we’re on a path that’s going to allow us to continue to sustain our return to golf,” Monahan said. “But rest assured, there won’t be many sleepless nights. When you’re working in a world of uncertainty, these are the things you worry about.” Monahan sent a memo to players that outlined increased measures in its health and safety protocols. Those include testing players before and after they take charter flights. Swing coaches now face mandatory testing each week and will be considered part of the bubble, and the fitness trailer will be See PLAYERS | 10 Iginla headlines 2020 Hall class as 4th Black player elected By Stephen Whyno Associated Press Like most kids growing up in Edmonton, Jarome Iginla admired Oilers legends Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier. As a young Black hockey player, he paid particular Iginla attention when he saw someone in the NHL who looked like him in Grant Fuhr. Iginla idolized Fuhr, cherishing their pictures taken together over the years, and soon will join him in the Hockey Hall of Fame. The longtime Calgary Flames captain headlined the hall’s six-person 2020 class Wednesday, making it in his first year of eligibility. Iginla will be the fourth Black player inducted after Fuhr, women’s hockey pioneer Angela James and Willie O’Ree. Iginla and Fuhr are the only Black NHL players enshrined for their on-ice accomplishments, while O’Ree was chosen in the builder category in 2018 for breaking the league’s color barrier 60 years earlier. “I didn’t view myself in minor hockey as a Black hockey player but I was also aware that I was,” Iginla said. “It really was special to me to see the Black players that were in the NHL — to see Grant Fuhr starring, to be able to say to other people: ‘Look at Grant Fuhr. He’s an All-Star.’ And to see Claude Vilgrain and Tony McKegney and to have answers for the other kids. It was very, very important for me following my dreams.” Iginla was the first Black player to lead the NHL in goals and points and was the first Black male athlete in any sport to win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics. A first-generation Canadian whose father is Nigerian and mother is American, Iginla owns one of the biggest assists in Canada’s history of international hockey. He passed the puck to Sidney Crosby for the “golden goal” at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. “The pressure in those games, in the do-or-die games especially, it’s pretty awesome,” Iginla said. “You’re playing for your teammates. It’s for your country. You feel like so many people are watching. You’re trying to carry on the tradition.” Iginla was joined in the 2020 class by winger Marian Hossa, defensemen Kevin Lowe and Doug Wilson, Canadian women’s goaltender Kim St. Pierre and longtime general manager Ken Holland. In addition to two Olympic gold medals in three appearances, Iginla won the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy twice as the NHL’s top goal-scorer and in 2002 won See HALL | 10 The NFL has canceled the Hall of Fame game that traditionally opens the preseason and is delaying the 2020 induction ceremonies for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Aug. 6 exhibition game in Canton, Ohio, between the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers is the first onfield event the league has canceled during the pandemic. It will be played on Aug. 5, 2021, with the same teams. Enshrinements for 10 men scheduled for Aug. 8 now will occur on Aug. 7, 2021, with the special centennial class that was set to be inducted in midSeptember now entering the Pro Football Hall of Fame the next day. “This is the right decision for several reasons, first and foremost the health and welfare of our See NFL | 10 OVP SPORTS BRIEFS Meigs golf outing MASON, W.Va. — The Meigs County Chamber of Commerce and Tourism will hold its annual golf scramble at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, at Riverside Golf Club. The cost is $250 a team for chamber members and $300 a team for nonmembers. Each team consists of four players. Prizes will be awarded for first, second, third and next-to-last finishers. There will also be a skins game, cash pot, mulligan and 50/50 drawings available at the event. 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Mr. Met and Tuesday. “They had said Mariner Moose, marvelwe were nonessential, but ous. Wally the Green that’s not true.” Monster, welcome back. “We’ve become part of Mascots are getting the fabric of the game, a reprieve from Major engaging and entertainLeague Baseball. A month after being tossed ing the fans,” he said. A former punter at the out of stadiums because University of Delaware, of health concerns over the coronavirus outbreak, Raymond was working as an intern with the Philthe fuzzy and funny lies when he turned the creatures will return as oversized, green Phanatic inside-the-parkers. “The fur is back on the into Philadelphia’s most popular figure. field,” exclaimed Dave Raymond delighted Raymond, the playful mischief maker who originally crowds with an array of antics, skits and mayhem portrayed the Phanatic. from 1978-93, often zipOn May 16, in its ping across the Veteran 67-page draft of the Stadium turf on his ATV. operations manual sent He’s certain mascots can to teams, MLB banned Bernie Brewer, the Pirate easily succeed even inside empty stadiums. Parrot, Dinger, Fredbird “There are all kinds and their ilk from the ballpark, trying to restrict of little blurbs that can work,” he said. “And access and limit contact imagine this: During the exposure. seventh-inning stretch, The final version of what if you had a Zoom the manual this week reversed the policy. Mas- call with fans, where you put up 3,000 tiles cots are in play, just not of their pictures on the on the field. scoreboard and had them We’ll see what that dance along?” means for the Sausage This week’s reversal Race in Milwaukee and the dashing Presidents in opened up more opportuWashington. Maybe they nities for Orbit, Lou Seal, Slider, the Swinging Friar can stay socially distant, and more. sprinting through the “I can think right now upper decks. No telling yet whether of about five routines that I’d do. There are lots Mr. Met and Mrs. Met of things mascots can need to keep their distry,” Raymond said. “You tance. Now unmuzzled, no doubt, we’ll see plenty could even have a camera of masked mascots across follow them around the park the whole game. It’d the majors. be fun for fans, seeing On television, that is. what they do.” When MLB starts the By Ben Walker Associated Press Hall From page 8 the Art Ross Trophy for the most points and Ted Lindsay Award as MVP voted by fellow players. He also won the Canadian junior Memorial Cup twice and world juniors, world championship and World Cup of Hockey once each. A power forward on the wing with a prolific scoring touch, Iginla had 625 goals and 675 assists for 1,300 points in 1,554 regular-season NHL games for the Flames, Avalanche, Penguins, Bruins and Kings. He had 68 points in 81 playoff games and most notably led Calgary to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final in 2004. Hossa was also elected in his first year of eligibility and joins 2015 inductee Chris Pronger as the only players to go into the hall while still under contract. Like Pronger, Hossa qualified because he hasn’t played in three years; he retired in 2018 because of a skin disorder. A skilled, two-way winger, Hossa won the Stanley Cup with Chicago in 2010, 2013 and 2015. He lost in the final in 2008 and 2009, had 149 points in 205 playoff games and finished with 1,134 points in 1,309 regular-season games with the Senators, Thrashers, Penguins, Red Wings and Blackhawks. “Going through the failures make you stronger,” said Hossa, who joins Slovak countrymen Stan Mikita and Peter Stastny as Hall of Famers. “Maybe for me, the third time’s the charm. Not just in the final winning the Stanley Cup but also being the third Slovak.” Lowe and Wilson had to wait more than 20 years to be inducted. Wilson, who won the Norris Trophy as the league’s top defenseman in 1982 and retired in 1993 said: “Timing never meant a thing to me. That’s an understatement: Worth the wait.” Lowe won the Cup six times — five with the Oilers and once with the New York Rangers in 1994. Hall chairman Lanny McDonald joked to Lowe, “You only won six Stanley Cups, you selfish rascal you.” “It was always my dream to win a Stanley Cup,” said Lowe, the eighth member of Edmonton’s dynasty to reach the hall. “I never dreamt of the Hall of Fame. I guess I should’ve expanded my dreams.” Holland is trying to bring the Cup back to Edmonton as GM of the Oilers, so his building work isn’t done. He qualified for the hall with his four championship: three as Detroit’s GM and one as an assistant. “I’m really cherishing this opportunity,” Holland said. “There’s a few things that you’d like to accomplish in the game, and today was one of those.” St. Pierre will be the eighth woman in the hall and the first goaltender. After wanting to be like Montreal Canadiens Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy, she traded in her figure skates for goalie equipment and backstopped Canada to three Olympic gold medals and five world championship titles. “Being the only girl, it was never easy,” said St. Pierre, who played in boys leagues until she was 18. “I had to really fight every day not to become the best but just to play amongst all the boys. But I think it made me the person I am today to never give up and just to always be ready every time I had a chance to step on the ice.” Ohio Valley Publishing Canada open to MLB in Toronto TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian government is open to Major League Baseball playing in Toronto this summer, but the league has not submitted the required plan to health authorities, Canadian officials said Tuesday. A senior federal government official said if MLB submitted an acceptable restart plan to the government, an exemption letter similar to the one provided to the National Hockey League could be provided. But the official said the government had not received a proposal from MLB. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the matter. Major League Baseball announced Tuesday night it will have a 60-game regular season that will start July 23 or 24 in empty ballparks. Each team will play 10 games against each of its four division rivals and four games vs. each of the five clubs in the corresponding division in the other league, according to details obtained by The Associated Press. But there was no announcement of the schedule. Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. David Williams, said he has read an MLB proposal but it “doesn’t mention anything about travel to Canada at this time.” “If there is some interest in that we would have to get a proposal from them, to see how they would undertake the uniqueness of bringing the team and other teams up here to play and how that would work,” Williams said. Anyone entering Canada for non-essential reasons must quarantine for 14 days, and the U.S.Canada border remains closed to non-essential travel until at least July 21. There has been talk the Blue Jays could play at their training facility in Dunedin, Florida, but the facility was shuttered after one player showed symptoms of possible coronavirus, and the virus upended plans of many clubs to resume training at their Florida facilities due to a rise in cases in the state. Most teams intend to work out in their regular-season ballparks, but where Toronto is going to play remains uncertain. “The regular-season locale is still a work in progress. That’s all we can say at this time,” Blue Jays spokesman Richard Griffin said. Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, said the federal government has talked to MLB, but any plan to play in Toronto is predicated on a mitigation plan that ensures the safety of Canadians. Steelers will support players if they opt to kneel Tomlin described as “structural committees” designed to help them organize their actions so they can “do things properly.” Tomlin’s tone was a marked departure from his sense of frustration in 2017, when a miscommunication during the national anthem before a game against the Chicago Bears left offensive tackle and Army veteran Alejandro Villaneuva standing alone on the field saluting the flag while the rest of the team remained out of sight in a tunnel. Tomlin stressed in the aftermath that his focus was on football and that figuring out what served as an appropriate form of protest was for “political beatniks to ponder.” The league’s third-longest tenured head coach said his issue three years ago was timing. The chaos in Chicago happened during the regular season. Floyd’s death, coming during a relatively quiet period for the NFL, “allowed us to really unearth some discussions and take our time,” according to Tomlin. All-Pro defensive end Cam Heyward said last week the Steelers would be united in any form of protest they may choose to adopt in 2020. Tomlin has long pointed toward his team’s work off the field — particularly on Tuesdays in the fall, when the players are typically off and doing charity work in the Pittsburgh area — as proof it is not just interested in making statements on Sunday afternoons. He doesn’t anticipate that changing. “This unrest is an opportunity to learn, to listen and to grow and to make sure you take care of yourself, your own heart and your own home first and work from there,” said Tomlin, who is one of the three active Black head coaches in the league. “That’s something I try to live by and try to encourage our guys to live by.” When he’s not trying to help his players navigate an uncertain social landscape, Tomlin is focusing on attempting to get 90 players ready for a training camp unlike any other. The national lockdown created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic forced the NFL to conduct its offseason program remotely. Lots of Zoom calls. Lots of adapting. And zero practice time together, something Tomlin admitted has caused “angst” and “anxiety.” The loss of the estimated 1,000 snaps usually associated with Organized Team Activities and minicamp will force the Steelers and the rest of the league to play catch-up when training camp starts next month. For the Steelers and the Dallas Cowboys, the time frame will be even more condensed. They are scheduled to face each other in the Hall of Fame game on Aug. 6, meaning they will have maybe two weeks to prepare themselves for their first game action in more than seven months. “I’m not comfortable, but I imagine none of my peers are comfortable either, so I’m comfortable with that,” Tomlin said. be. The tour does not publicize disciplinary actions or fines. From page 8 McDowell says his caddie flew on a commercial flight that was at tournaments to keep packed from Dallas to players from going to Orlando, Florida, after gyms. he missed the cut at He also said the tour Colonial. That Monday, will no longer pay for players or caddies to be they went to a memorial in self-isolation for posi- service — along with tive tests if they have not Elliott, who grew up with McDowell in Northfollowed the health and ern Ireland, and McDowsafety plan. ell’s trainer — and then “All of us have an they all drove six hours extraordinary responto Hilton Head. sibility to follow these “The problem is, protocols,” Monahan said, adding he has been people are out here passing tests when guilty at times as he they could still have the adjusts to a new way of living. “For any individ- virus,” McDowell said. “That’s what we’re learnual that does not, there will be serious repercus- ing. Ricky passed a test on Monday and he just sions.” failed it this morning.” He did not say what The PGA Tour’s return the punishment would to tournaments started with a perfect record — 487 tests for players arriving at Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas; 98 players on the charter flight to South Carolina; 369 tests at Hilton Head Island. All came back negative. But there now has been four positive tests in the last six days, and Monahan said no one should be surprised if there are more next week in Detroit, or the following two weeks in Ohio. “I think this is the reality of what we’re all living under,” he said. “We are doing everything we can to make that not be the case. But I don’t think anybody should be surprised. I’m certainly hopeful we won’t. But to be able to say that we’re going to not have any cases … would be disingenuous because we’re all learning as we’re going.” McDowell said he would take two weeks off and hoped to return in July for the first of two weeks in Ohio. So much depends on the virus and whether it reaches a level that it’s not prudent for golf to continue. “Do we shut down, start up in a month’s time, two months’ time? You come back and what’s changed?” McDowell said. “I think the tour is doing a pretty good job. It’s just so difficult to control everybody outside the gates. “We have to get through to the other side of this.” PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin wants his players to feel comfortable speaking out about social justice in any way they see fit, provided it’s done “thoughtfully and with class.” Kneeling included. Tomlin said Tuesday the club has engaged in “intimate discussions” with players about how to use their public platform to help effect social change amid the fallout from the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died while being taken into police custody in Minneapolis last month. “Our position is simple,” Tomlin said. “We are going to support our players and their willingness to partake in this, whether it is statements or actions. You guys know my feelings, I have stated them in the past. Statements are good, but impact is better. Particularly long-term impact.” The Steelers are going to leave it up to the players to let them determine how best to make that impact, though the team has created what Players NFL From page 8 Gold Jackets, incoming centennial class of 2020 members, hall personnel and event volunteers,” said David Baker, the hall’s CEO. “We also must consider the most appropriate way to fulfill the first tenet of our mission: To honor the heroes of the game. This decision meets that duty.” NFL owners are conducting a virtual meeting Thursday in which the preseason schedule will be discussed. It’s possible the league will reduce the number of exhibition games to two per team from the usual four. Dallas and Pittsburgh would have played five, including the game in Canton. The NFL was able to conduct free agency, the draft and several owners meetings remotely, and it recently began reopening team facilities that were shut in late March, albeit on a limited basis. Only players who are rehabilitating injuries are allowed in team complexes. Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, NFL Films cofounder Steve Sabol, former New York Giants executive George Young, former coaches Jimmy Johnson and Bill Cowher, and former players Troy Polamalu, Steve Hutchinson, Edgerrin James, Isaac Bruce and Steve Atwater were to be inducted into the hall this August. The hall’s centennial celebration in September would have included the inductions of 10 men selected by a special panel in January. That class includes Harold Carmichael, Jim Covert, Bobby Dillon, Cliff Harris, Winston Hill, Alex Karras, Donnie Shell, Duke Slater, Mac Speedie and Ed Sprinkle. �SPORTS/CLASSIFIEDS Ohio Valley Publishing Friday, June 26, 2020 11 After 60 games in 2019, Series champ Nats were in trouble WASHINGTON (AP) — Maybe this gives fans a sense of what it will mean to have a Major League Baseball season shrunk down to just 60 games this year during the pandemic: Where were the Washington Nationals that far into 2019? Last year, the Nationals played their 60th of 162 games on June 4 — and came back to beat the visiting Chicago White Sox 9-5 in an interleague matchup to “improve” their record to 27-33. Doesn’t look much like the mark of a soon-to-be World Series champion. At that point in the year, Washington’s .450 winning percentage left it much, much closer to the bottom of the standings than the top: fourth in the five-team NL East and 13th in the 15-club National League, not nearly good enough to get into the postseason, even one as expanded as the 16 total participants proposed (but not yet agreed-to) for 2020. In a sport that prides itself on weeding out pretenders and confirming contenders over the long haul, they were hardly the only ones whose season would have looked a lot different if this year’s setup were used last year. This is what emerged Tuesday in an attempt to play amid the coronavirus pandemic: 60 games starting July 23 or 24 in empty ballparks with rules changes such as using the DH everywhere and starting extra innings with a runner on second base. “In a shortened season,” Tigers general manager Al Avila said Wednesday, “anything can happen.” For better or for worse. After 60 games in 2019, the Chicago Cubs were 34-26, leading the NL Central and second overall in the league; the Philadelphia Phillies were 33-27, atop the NL East and fourth in the league. Both sank to the middle of the pack and missed the playoffs. Over in the AL, the Texas Rangers started 32-28, good enough to be in position for a wildcard berth. But they wound up under .500 and out of the postseason. For the 2019 Nation- als, Game No. 60 served as a microcosm of the season and an example of the “Stay in the fight” mindset instilled by manager Dave Martinez. More than four months before he would earn World Series MVP honors, Stephen Strasburg fell behind 4-0 in the first inning against the White Sox, 5-0 in the second. But the Nationals overcame that deficit behind five RBIs from free-agent-to-be Anthony Rendon. “I definitely got punched in the face in the first,” Strasburg said at Nationals Park that day. “There’s only one thing you can do, and I think that’s what we preach as an organization, (and) that’s: Never give up and keep battling.” By then, the Nationals were in the early stages of constructing a turnaround from the low point of 19-31 through 50 games, a rut that had some calling for Martinez to be fired and players to be traded. Through 60 games, were they better? Yes. Were things still bleak? Without a doubt. Judge denies American women’s soccer immediate appeal By Ronald Blum U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner in Los Angeles has scheduled a trial for Sept. 15 on the A federal judge has players’ remaining claim denied a request by of discriminatory work American women’s socconditions. cer players to allow an Lawyers for the women immediate appeal of his had asked him to enter decision to throw out their claim of unequal pay a final judgment on his decision to dismiss the against the U.S. Soccer pay claim, which would Federation. Associated Press have allowed them to take the case to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. “The granting of an immediate appeal will not eliminate the possibility of two trials or the possibility of successive appeals involving interlocking facts,” Klausner wrote Tuesday. “The court has declined the parties’ request to stay trial pending the resolution of any appeal. And should a jury render a verdict unfavorable to plaintiffs on their remaining claims, there is no reason to think plaintiffs will not appeal that decision.” Klauser ruled May 1 the women could not prove discrimination over pay and granted in part the USSF’s motion for a partial summary judgment. He said the union for the women’s national team rejected an offer to be paid under the same pay-to-play structure as the men’s national team’s collective bargaining agreement and the women accepted guaranteed salaries and greater benefits along with a different bonus structure. He also refused to let go to trial allegations the women were discriminated against because they played more games on artificial turf. Legal Notice To the Defendants: Unknown Heirs, Legatees and Devisees, if any, of Ron Hager, Jr. aka Ronald Hager, Jr. and Unknown Heirs, Legatees and Devisees, if any, of Dolly F. Hager, whose addresses are unknown: In the Gallia County Clerk of Courts 18 Locust Street Gallipolis, OH 45631 Gallia County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas Plaintiff: Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. Defendants: Unknown Heirs, Legatees and Devisees, if any, of Ron Hager, Jr. aka Ronald Hager, Jr. (740) 446-2342 or fax to (740) 446-3008 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN (740) 992-2155 or fax to (740) 992-2157 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN (304) 675-1333 or fax to (304) 675-5234 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN Case No. 20CV000042 Judge Evans Plaintiff has brought this action naming you as the Defendants in the above-named court by filing its Complaint on 5/14/2020. The object of the Complaint is to foreclose the mortgage against Defendants. The prayer is that Plaintiff be found to have a good and valid first lien on the within described premises in the amount as set forth in the complaint and accrued interest and penalties, if any; that each of the Defendants be required to answer setting up their interest, if any, in said premises, or be forever barred from asserting same; that unless the amount found due the Plaintiff be paid within a reasonable time to be named by the Court, the equity of redemption of said Defendants shall be foreclosed and an order of sale issued to the Plaintiff for it to be directed to sell said premises as upon execution, and for such other relief as Plaintiff may be entitled. Survey for Oakwoodhomes as performed on 05-16-2005 by Philip M. Roberts, Ohio Registered Surveyor No. 6196. Situated in 100 Acre Lot Number 542, Range 14, Township 2, Section 21, Clay Township, Gallia County, State of Ohio: Beginning for reference at a point being the point of intersection of the South line of 100 Acre Lot Number 542 and the centerline of State Route 7; Thence continuing to follow the said centerline of State Route 7, North 16 degrees 16' 45" West, 553.37 feet to a point being the true point of beginning. Thence continuing to follow the said centerline of State Route 7, North 16 degrees 15' 06" West, 20.71 feet to a point; Thence leaving the said centerline of State Route 7 and following the common property line of now or formerly Ruth Butler Trust Volume 328, Page 677 and now or formerly Ronald Hager Volume 309, Page 89, South 88 degrees 50' 00" West, 368.02 feet to an iron pin set and passing an iron pin set at 40 feet; Thence following the common property line of now or formerly Rebecca McCarty Volume 315, Page 643 and now or formerly Ronald Hager Volume 309, Page 89, South 00 degrees 55' 23" East, 134.92 feet to an iron pin set; Thence following the common property line of now or formerly Jeanne Jindra Volume 328, Page 171 and now or formerly Ronald Hager Volume 309, Page 89, North 89 degrees 37' 44" East, 122.00 feet to an iron pin set; Thence following the common property line of now or formerly Ronald Hager Volume 262, Page 247 and now or formerly Ronald Hager Volume 309, Page 89, North 10 degrees 19' 00" West, 118.13 feet to an iron pin set; Thence following the common property line of now or formerly Ronald Hager Volume 262, Page 247 and now or formerly Ronald Hager Volume 309, Page 89, North 88 degrees 50' 00" East, 270.81 feet to the true beginning and passing an iron pin set at 230.81 feet; Containing 0.469 Acres more or less. Being the real estate described in Ronald Hager Volume 309, Page 89 Gallia County Deed Records. Subject to all legal easements, leases, and rights of way of record. Iron pin set are 1/2" x 30" rebar with plastic I.D. caps labeled PMR 6196, all other monuments are noted. Also saving and excepting a 20 foot wide strip for ingress and egress purposes being described in Volume 315, Page 643, Gallia County Deed Records. You are required to answer the Complaint within twenty-eight days after the last publication of this notice, which will be published once each week for three successive weeks, and the last publication will be made on June 26, 2020. In case of your failure to answer or otherwise respond as permitted by the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure within the time stated, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. David J. Demers, Esq. (0055423) Brenda J. Graf (0066507) Cooke Demers, LLC 260 Market Street, Suite F New Albany, Ohio 43054 614-939-0930 614-939-0987 (fax) Attorney for Plaintiff 6/12/20,6/19/20,6/26/20 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO, PROBATE DIVISION In the Matter of the Adoptions of: Kyra Arianna' Kasee & Riley Sha' Kasee ANNOUNCEMENTS Notices No. 20204005 & 20204006 NOTICE OF HEARING AND EXAMINATION To: Jamie Allen Higham aka Jamie Allan Higham, address unknown. You are hereby notified that on the 2nd day of June, 2020, John Anthony Kasee, 238 Carman Dr., Gallipolis OH 45631, Gallia County, filed Petitions in the Court of Common Pleas, Probate Division, Gallia County, Ohio, requesting leave to adopt Kyra Arianna' Higham, a minor child, born September 11, 2006, with a change of name to Kyra Arianna' Kasee and requesting leave to adopt Riley Sha' Higham, a minor child, born June 26, 2008, with a change of name to Riley Sha' Kasee,and that hearing on said Petitions and the examination, under oath, of all the parties in interest who may be present and to whom lawful notice has been given, will be had before said Court at Gallipolis, Ohio, on the 27th day of August, 2020, at 9:00 o'clock A.M. You are further notified that said Petitions allege the father of said children to be Jamie Allen Higham aka Jamie Allan Higham and further allege that you have failed without justifiable cause to provide more than de minimis contact with the minors for a period of at least one year immediately preceding the filing of the adoption petitions or the placement of the minors in the home of the petitioner and further allege that you have failed Without justifiable cause to provide for the maintenance and support of the minors as required by law or judicial decree for a period of at least one year immediately preceding the filing of the adoption petitions or the placement of the minors in the home of the petitioner. "FINAL DECREES OF ADOPTION, IF GRANTED, Will RELIEVE YOU OF ALL PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITI ES, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO CONTACT THE MINORS, AND, EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO A SPOUSE OF THE ADOPTION PETITIONER AND RELATIVES OF THAT SPOUSE, TERMINATE ALL LEGAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE MINORS AND YOU AND THE MINORS' OTHER RELATIVES, SO THAT THE MINORS THEREAFTER IS A STRANGER TO YOU AND THE MINORS' FORMER RELATIVES FOR ALL PURPPOSES. IF YOU WISH TO CONTEST THE ADOPTIONS, YOU MUST FILE AN OBJECTION TO THE PETITIONS WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS AFTER PROOF OF SERVICE OF NOTICE OF THE FILING OF THE PETITIONS AND OF THE TIME AND PLACE OF HEARING IS GIVEN TO YOU. IF YOU WISH TO CONTEST THE ADOPTiONS, YOU MUST ALSO APPEAR AT THE HEARING. FINAL DECREES OF ADOPTION MAY BE ENTERED IF YOU FAIL TO FILE AN OBJECTION TOTHE ADOPTION PETITIONS OR APPEAR AT THE HEARING." WITNESS my signature and the seal of said Court, this 4th day of June, 2020. L. SCOTT POWELL, PROBATE JUDGE BY ASSIGNMENT By Mary Beth Coleman. Deputy Clerk 6/19/2020;6/26/2020; 7/3/2020; 7/10/2020; 7/17/2020& 7/24/2020 AUTOS Autos For Sale Gallia Metropolitan Housing Authority will have the 2019 Annual Financial Report available for public viewing beginning July 6, 2020. It will be available for review Mondays thru Friday from 8 AM until 4:30 PM. GMHA 381 Buckridge road, Bidwell, Ohio. Apt 14 EMPLOYMENT The following vehicle(s) will be available for public sale on Friday, June 26, 2020 at Dave's Supreme Auto Sales LLC, 1393 Jackson Pike Gallipolis, OH 45631, at 1:00 pm. 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Dristan Lamm: Racine Enginuity Scholarship, $500. Mickenzie Ferrell: Vinas Lee Educational Scholarship, $500. Gage Carleton: Vinas Lee Educational Scholarship, $500. Alexis Ervin: Jean Alkire Memorial Scholarship, $300; Kathryn Hart Memorial Scholarship, $500; Miss Suzanne Memorial Scholarship, $300. Avery King: Jean Alkire Memorial Scholarship (Rodney and Jean Littlefield), $300. Mattea Deemer: Carl B. Weese Memorial Scholarship, $500. Silas Nero: Frank and Delores Cleland Memorial Scholarship, $750. RACO s currently accepting donations for the Fall Yard Sale to benefit the Class of 2021 Scholarships. To donate items contact Tonja Salser-Hunter 740508-0044, Sherry Werry 740-416-1324, or Kim Romine 740992-7079. Photos and information submitted by RACO. Not pictured: Silas Nero. © 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Staff Report GALLIPOLIS — Fan favorites, the James Rainey Trio, have returned to the area for a concert tour which will include Gospel in the Park on July 3 at Gallipolis City Park. The free concert, slated for 5-8 p.m. will also feature The Neal Family and Sincere Revival. Lawn chairs and social distancing are recommended. The James Rainey Trio, originally from Gallia County, is currently in the midst of a local tour with several area dates booked. A press release about the nationally-known trio which was formed in 2009, stated, “With their humble beginnings, from the small town of Gallipolis, Ohio, the trio started out on a journey that would just continue to grow. Original members were James, his wife Laura, and Randy Shafer. Their very first CD together was ‘A Country Christmas, Swan Creek Valley Style.’ The trio began to see God move in a mighty way in their services and knew this is where and what God would have them do. “They would use a wonderful pastor and man of God to sing bass when he was available to do so, Pastor Rick Towe, from New Life Church of God. Towe sang on their first national release with the the Raineys entitled, ‘Gettin’ Ready Today.’ The group has since relocated to Swansea, WEATHER 2 PM 66° 83° 80° Partial sunshine today. Mainly cloudy and humid tonight. High 88° / Low 69° HEALTH TODAY AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™ Temperature The AccuWeather.com Asthma Index combines the effects of current air quality, pollen counts, wind, temperature, dew point, barometric pressure, and changes from past weather conditions to provide a scale showing the overall probability and severity of an asthma attack. (in inches) 0.00 1.93 3.31 24.94 21.50 SUN & MOON Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Jun 28 Full Jul 5 Last Jul 12 New Jul 20 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for fish and game. Major Today 4:55a Sat. 5:50a Sun. 6:40a Mon. 7:28a Tue. 8:14a Wed. 9:01a Thu. 9:49a Minor 11:08a 12:02p 12:27a 1:16a 2:01a 2:47a 3:35a Major 5:21p 6:15p 7:05p 7:53p 8:40p 9:28p 10:17p 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme POLLEN & MOLD Information provided by Cheryl Enyart. probation term was ended in May 2016. Minor 11:33p ---12:29a 1:41p 2:27p 3:14p 4:03p WEATHER HISTORY New York City was hit by a blizzard in March 1888. By June 26, however, a different type of weather had set in, and the city had its 14th consecutive day with average temperatures above 80 degrees. SUNDAY Low Moderate High Moderate High Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services AIR QUALITY 0 50 100 150 200 300 Air Quality Index: 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very unhealthy; 301-500, Hazardous. Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services OHIO RIVER Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. Thu. Location Willow Island Marietta Parkersburg Belleville Racine Point Pleasant Gallipolis Huntington Ashland Lloyd Greenup Portsmouth Maysville Meldahl Dam Flood Stage 37 34 36 35 41 40 50 50 52 54 50 50 51 Level 12.22 16.02 21.49 12.88 13.19 24.80 12.48 25.80 34.48 12.70 17.60 34.20 17.30 24-hr. Chg. -0.30 -0.27 -0.34 -0.23 +0.34 -0.21 +0.23 -0.57 -0.32 -0.33 -1.70 -0.10 -1.00 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2020 THURSDAY A t-storm in spots late A couple of showers in the p.m. and a thunderstorm Mostly cloudy and humid with a t-storm Some sun, a t-storm possible; humid Periods of sun with a t-storm; humid Sunshine and patchy clouds Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Logan 85/70 Adelphi 85/71 Chillicothe 85/71 NATIONAL CITIES Portsmouth 86/71 Marietta 85/69 Murray City 84/69 Belpre 85/70 Athens 84/68 McArthur 84/68 500 Primary pollutant: Ozone WEDNESDAY 90° 69° St. Marys 85/70 Parkersburg 85/69 Coolville 84/69 Wilkesville 85/68 POMEROY Jackson 87/68 85/69 Ravenswood Rio Grande 87/69 87/70 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 85/73 GALLIPOLIS 88/69 87/69 87/69 South Shore Greenup 86/70 85/70 62 TUESDAY 87° 66° Lucasville 85/72 Very High A Toledo man was fatally shot in a parking lot two days after his father was killed in another shooting in the city, but authorities said it’s not yet known if the slayings are connected. Police responding to reports of shots fired around 4:20 p.m. Wednesday found James Smith Jr., 19, wounded in the parking lot. He was taken to a hospital but was pronounced dead there a short time later. 89° 65° Very High Primary: walnut/willow/cedar Mold: 11 MONDAY Father, adult son killed in separate shootings 85° 68° Waverly 84/71 Pollen: 0 Low MOON PHASES First July 5, 10 a.m. service, First Church of the Nazarene, First Avenue, Gallipolis, with the Rev. Matt Llewellyn; July 5, 6 p.m., with Pastor Jamie Fortner and the congregation of the Puritan Freewill Baptist Church, Hamdon, Ohio at 6 p.m. Find Gospel in the Park on Facebook for information on free upcoming concerts on Friday evenings in Gallipolis City Park. 83° 68° 1 Primary: rust urediniospores Sat. 6:05 a.m. 8:58 p.m. 12:47 p.m. 1:07 a.m. SATURDAY 87° 68° Statistics through 3 p.m. Thu. 83° 59° 85° 64° 101° in 1921 49° in 1979 EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM ALMANAC Today 6:05 a.m. 8:58 p.m. 11:37 a.m. 12:35 a.m. College Hill Church, Mason County, W.Va., with Rev. Josh Searls; June 28, 10:45 a.m. in concert at the Nitro Church of the Nazarene, Charleston, W.Va.; June 28, 6 p.m., performing at Addison Freewill Baptist Church, Addison, with Pastor Rick Barcus; July 2, Grace United Methodist Church, Gallipolis in concert at 7 p.m., with Rev. Ray Kane; July 3, Gospel in the Park, Gallipolis City Park, from 5 - 8 p.m.; Bobby Mims was found dead in a parked car on June 16 after a man told Dayton police his mother had admitted killing his father and was trying to harm herself, A woman accused of stabbing her 82-year- authorities said. Responding officers said old husband 192 times earlier this month has Vivian Mims was trying to ingest bleach. It wasn’t known Thursday if Vivian Mims been indicted on murder charges, authorities has retained an attorney. A possible motive said. for the fatal stabbing has not been disclosed. Vivian Lanette Mims, 63, of Dayton, was She was previously accused of stabbing also charged with felonious assault with her husband with a knife in Englewood repeat violent offender specifications in the indictment handed up Wednesday. The latter in January 2013, The Dayton Daily News count apparently stemmed from an incident reported. She initially pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in that case but eventually seven years ago in which she also stabbed pleaded guilty to felonious assault, and her and seriously injured Bobby Mims. 8 AM 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Thu. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date time recording studio, Declaration 212 Productions, and produces many gospel artists, as well as, The Rainey’s projects. James also keeps a busy schedule playing for the nationally known solo artist, Jonathan Wilburn. He appears at NQC, Dollywood, Silver Dollar City, The Branson Belle, and many more events across the country.” Gallipolis is one stop on a tour which will includes the following dates: Now - June 27, revival every evening at 7 p.m., Illinois, where James and Laura serve as worship ministers at Christ United Church of Christ in Belleville, Illinois. “The multi-talented Berdella McGrew of Flora, Illinois, with her beautiful alto voice joins James and Laura to complete this Trio. The group keeps a very busy schedule doing church services, revivals, recreational festivals, and more. They have recorded over 8 CD projects, their newest being, ‘Higher Ground.’ “James owns a full- Woman stabbed husband nearly 200 times TODAY Precipitation Courtesy photo The James Rainey Trio, pictured, will return to their roots to perform at Gospel in the Park July 3. OHIO BRIEFS Sarah Hawley is the managing editor of The Daily Sentinel. High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low Daily Sentinel Milton 86/69 St. Albans 87/69 Huntington 86/68 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s 100s Seattle 90s 80/57 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s San Francisco 10s 74/57 0s -0s Los Angeles 79/63 -10s T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front Spencer 85/68 Buffalo 87/69 Ironton 86/70 Ashland 85/70 Grayson 85/71 Elizabeth 86/69 Clendenin 87/67 Charleston 86/68 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Winnipeg 82/62 Montreal 82/63 Billings 90/65 Minneapolis 84/64 Toronto 84/68 Detroit 86/70 New York 88/72 Chicago 91/70 Denver 82/55 Washington 89/74 Kansas City 92/70 Chihuahua 98/70 Today Sat. 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