https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/0bbc9d3603a9b3cbbcfb1b1a6dc8c12a.pdf 118299788138dfd35d85909b5ff101ef PDF Text Text On this day in history Marshall ’21 football schedule NEWS s 7 8 AM 2 PM 8 PM 21° 34° 32° Some sun, then clouds today. Snow tonight. High 39° / Low 29° SPORTS s 12 Today’s weather forecast WEATHER s 18 C_ZZb[fehj�š�Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 21, Volume 75 Saturday, January 30, 2021 s $2 Remembering Bobbie Holzer Update on vaccines for school employees Gallia, Mason report new cases Staff Report Photos by Amy Irvin | Courtesy The late Roberta “Bobbie” Holzer, pictured, passed away at 99 years old on Dec. 23, 2020. Looking back on her legacy By Dean Wright Special to OVP GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — What does it mean to serve the community as a wife, mother, grandmother, supporter of the arts and health in a family whose name is a household word in healthcare in southeast Ohio? The descendants of Roberta “Bobbie” Holzer can tell you. “She was involved in everything with all kinds of clubs and art,” said Amy Irvin, Bobbie’s youngest daughter. “She was involved in entertaining all the doctors that Dad was interviewing who came to town to work at the hospital and their families… Her job was to make them feel welcome in Gallipolis and all its wonderful things and to maybe find out about some of their concerns.” Bobbie died Dec. 23, 2020 at Holzer Assisted Living. Her daughter says she turned 99 in The late Roberta “Bobbie” Holzer is pictured See HOLZER | 8 spending time with grandson Alex Irvin. During her liftime, the late Roberta “Bobbie” Holzer served the community as a wife, mother, grandmother, supporter of the arts and healthcare in southeast Ohio. She was born and raised in Point Pleasant, W.Va. EPA awards financing to SE Ohio communities Pomeroy to receive $3.7 million Staff Report Communities in Southeast Ohio are receiving more than $15.1 million in low-interest and principal forgiveness funding from Ohio EPA to improve wastewater and drinking water infrastructure and make other water quality improvements. According to a news release from Ohio EPA, the loans were approved between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, 2020. The lower interest rates and principal forgiveness will save these communi- ties more than $10 million. Statewide, Ohio EPA awarded approximately $303.8 million in loans during the fourth quarter of 2020, including $19.2 million in principal forgiveness. Combined, Ohio communities will save more than $61.2 million when compared to market-rate loans. The projects are improving Ohio’s surface water quality and the reliability and quality of Ohio drinking water systems. Ohio EPA provided approximately $887 million for public works projects in 2020, saving communities more than $150 million in interest when compared to market-rate loans. AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC (USPS 145-966) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes every Tuesday through Saturday. Subscription rate is $208 per year. Prices are subject to change at any time. 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 Periodical postage paid at Pomeroy, OH POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Sentinel, 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631. All content © 2020 The Daily Sentinel, an edition of the Gallipolis Daily Tribune. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. This includes $10.8 million in principal forgiveness loans to 75 local health districts to help lower income homeowners repair or replace failing home sewage systems. For the fourth quarter of 2020, the following Southeast Ohio projects are receiving funding: Pomeroy is receiving $3.7 million for two projects, to include installing a backup generator and constructing a gravity sewer to tie unsewered areas into the existing sewer. The entire loan will be issued with principal forgiveness, meaning it does not have to be repaid. Athens is receiving $3 mil- lion to design and construct a more efficient and cost-effective process for the conveyance, treatment, and handling of biosolids. Hocking County is receiving $5.2 million to install a sanitary sewer collection line, manholes, pump stations, and connection to Logan sewers to serve 182 users with failing or deficient home sewage treatment systems in Enterprise. The loan includes $4 million in principal forgiveness, meaning this amount does not have to be repaid. Washington County is receiving $2.6 million to design The news release further stated, the project will include the replacement of many deteriorated water lines, some of which are asbestos pipe which is no longer recommended for use in water systems. The project will include the replacement of the cast iron line which runs on North Second Avenue and Mill Street through the business district. This line was installed almost 90 years Local Schools On Friday, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced K-12 schools, including public, private, and career-tech entities, learned when their teachers and staff necessary for in-person learning are able to begin receiving vaccines. Eligible recipients may learn more about the locations and times of the vaccination sites from their administrators. According to the news release from DeWine, the following local districts are scheduled to begin vaccinations during the following weeks: Distribution Week 2 (beginning Feb. 8): Gallia County - Gallia County Board of DD, Gallia County Local, Gallia-Jackson-Vinton ESC, Gallipolis City, Ohio Valley Christian School. Distribution Week 3 (beginning Feb. 15): Meigs County - Eastern Local, Meigs County Board DD, Meigs Local, Southern Local. Also on Friday, Gallipolis City Schools reported on social media a student or staff member at Gallia Academy High School See WATER | 18 See VACCINES | 9 See EPA | 18 Middleport’s water system improvement project Staff Report MIDDLEPORT — Middleport Village Council recently gave final approval for the major water system improvement project which has been in the planning stages for several years. According to news release provided by Mayor Fred Hoffman, this project will provide some much needed improvements to parts of the system which need it the most. OHIO VALLEY — Additional COVID-19 cases were reported in Gallia and Mason counties, an update on vaccines for school employees in Ohio was announced and West Virginia exceeded 2,000 COVID-19 deaths on Friday. As reported by the Associated Press, the Mountain State exceeded 2,000 deaths linked to COVID-19 on Friday. The AP further reported: There were 562 new confirmed cases reported Friday, down 67% from the beginning of the year. Hospitalizations also declined 36% to 519 patients. But 23 new deaths put the state’s tally at 2,006. The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) reported seven new COVID-19 cases on Friday in Gallia County. The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reported nine additional cases in Mason County on Friday. There was no report for Meigs County released by the health department as of press time on Friday but updated information will appear in an upcoming edition. Here’s a closer look at coronavirus cases across our area: �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Saturday, January 30, 2021 OBITUARIES DENNIS P. JOHNSON REV. AMOS TILLIS POMEROY — Rev. Amos Tillis, 87, of Pomeroy went to be with his Lord on January 28, 2021. He was born in Ross County on February 17, 1933 to Rev. Roy and Mrs. Viola (Harris) Tillis. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Ruth (Awman) Tillis, brothers Sherm, Dave, Johnathan, and sisters Mary (Elwood) Rinehart, Ruth (Carl) Bower, Nellie (Chuck) Krebs, and Esther (Wayne) Kennedy. He is survived by his children Susan (Jerry) McVey, Don (Gina) Tillis, Barbara Williams, Rebecca Tillis, and Joel (Faye) Tillis. Grandchildren Brooke (Dodger) Vaughan, Brittany (Andrew) Stump, Beth (Brian) Hynes, Cody Williams, Julie (Wesley) Thoene, Ben (Holly) Tillis, Anna Tillis, and Joey Tillis. Step Grandchildren Melissa (Chad) McGuire, Angela (Chad) Loftis, Dewayne (Susie) McVey. Great Grandchildren Trey and Ella Vaughan, Blaycee, Brysol, and Boston Stump, Magdaline Tillis and Baby Thoene expected in June. Also surviving are twelve step great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and many friends. He was a graduate of God’s Bible School in Cincinnati, Ohio with a bachelor’s degree in Theology. As a faithful soldier or the cross, he served as minister for 60 years having had pastorates in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Georgia, and Texas. He also served as a missionary on the Texas / Mexico border and and to Eritrea, East Africa. Both the viewing and funeral will be held at Danville Holiness Church in Danville, Ohio. The viewing will be on Monday, February 1, 2021 from 4 to 6 p.m. and the funeral on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 2 p.m. with Rev. William Tillis and Rev. Jack Hooker officiating. Birchfield Funeral Home, Rutland, Ohio is helping the family. Online condolences @ birchfieldfuneralhome. com. GALLIPOLIS — Dennis P. Johnson, 65, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Thursday, January 28, 2021 at his residence. Born on September 28, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, Dennis was the son of the late Everett Palmar Johnson and Betty Lee Williamson Spencer. Dennis married Candy Wingett Johnson, who survives him in Gallipolis. He was the Administrative Liaison with TASC of SE Ohio and a member of First Church of God in Gallipolis. Dennis was a United States Navy veteran. Dennis is survived by his wife, Candy Johnson; daughter, Morgen (Taylor) Newill of Asheville, North Carolina; son, James Palmar (Ashley) Johnson of Gallipolis; grandchildren, Boston, Maggie, Penelope, and Oliver Newill and Declan and Lilly Johnson; and half brother, Scott (Christy) Wood of Newark, Ohio. In addition to his parents, Dennis was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Claire Newill and brother, John C. Johnson. Friends and family may call from 6-7:45 p.m. on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at Willis Funeral Home. Military honors will be given by the Gallia County Funeral Detail at 7:45 p.m. at the funeral home. Those in attendance are asked to follow the CDC guidelines of social distancing and are required to follow the Ohio mandate of wearing face masks. Burial will be in Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Please visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send e-mail condolences. G. RONALD ATKINSON United States and SPRINGFIELD many countries — G. Ronald around the world. Atkinson , 74, A couple of his of Springfield, great accomplishOhio passed away ments were riding peacefully in his his bicycle from home surrounded the East Coast by loved ones on to the West Coast and January 21, 2021 in the walking the Appalachian town of Springfield. WENDELL WARREN KAYLOR A private family service Trail. Ron and all his will be held in the spring. adventures will be sadly Arrangements are by the missed. IBEW Electrical Union On Tuesday, January Ron is survived by Littleton & Rue Funeral Local 317, Huntington, 26, 2021, Wendell Warhis wife, Peggy Marie Home. W.Va. ren Kaylor went to be Atkinson; five children Ron was born in Wendell and Zelma with the Lord. Wendell and their spouses, Jeffrey had a blessed life togeth- Columbus, Ohio on is survived by his wife and Stephanie AtkinSeptember 1, 1946 to er. For years they travZelma Cremeans Kayeled in their motor-home Dorothy May (Overland) son, Beau and Heather lor. They were a loving couple and were married and spent the winters in Rosman. He was adopted Atkinson, Kelly and Roy Mayes, Kasey Atkinson, by George and Zelda P. Arizona. They enjoyed for almost 72 years. He and Joshua and Leigh Atkinson on September antiquing, flea markets is the Father of three Atkinson; his grand4, 1946. He married and wheeling and dealchildren Rhonda Wood children, Kristen (aka. Peggy Marie Atkinson ing all year long. (Rusty), Fred Kaylor on February 14, 2015. He McGillicuddy), Michael, Wendell was a lov(Cheryl) and Greg KayTaylor, Emma, Katie, Laugraduated from Urbana ing father and a perfect lor (Connie). He has ren, Lyla, Aiden, Avery, College. He worked as “Pop-All”. He enjoyed six grandchildren, Ryan Autumn, and Piper; his a CPA for 50 years. Ron his family, he was a Wood (Tracy), Adam loved spending time with sister Denise and Joe Kaylor (Ashley), Daniel bright light to everyone Bendix; two brothers, not just his family, if you family and friends! He Kaylor (Tiffany), Garknew him, you liked him. has left behind many fond Perry Nicolopoulos and rett Kaylor (Brittni), Roger Atkinson. He will be sadly missed. memories of going to Galen Kaylor (Erica) Expressions of sympafootball games, playing Because of COVID, a and Morgan Kaylor thy may be made to the private family graveside golf, and traveling with Roush (Matt). He has family by visiting www. family and friends. He thirteen great-grandchil- service will be held. littletonandrue.com. has traveled all over the We know that everyone dren Alex, Bret, Matt, Hayden, Mason, Logan, would like to show their MARTHA P. SANDERS love and respect for Reese, Riley, Britlyn, Easton, Emma, Ella, and him, and our families Aaron (Jennifer) Jeffers. and we would love to be COLUMBUS — MarAleeah. In addition to her partha P. Sanders, 87, of Wendell was preceded with you, but we felt it ents and husband, Marwould not be safe right Columbus, Ohio passed in death by his mother tha was preceded in death now. And if you knew away on Monday, Januand father, Fred Kaylor ary 25, 2021 at Riverside by her sons, Ray Sanders and Lily Rickard Kaylor Wendell, you know that II and Michael Sanders; he would not want to Methodist Hospital in of Letart, W.Va. He was daughter, Nancy Mae put anyone at risk. Since Columbus. also preceded in death there is no visitation, Born on April 18, 1933 Sanders; seven siblings; by four sisters, Valara and daughter-in-law, the family is requestin Texas, Martha was McAllister (Fla.), PhylCarolyn Sanders. the daughter of the late lis Miller (Ohio), Peggy ing in lieu of flowers, The funeral service please make a donation Archie and Brady Mae Evans (Va.), Carolyn for Martha will be held McElroy. Martha marWoods (Ohio) and three to the New Haven Fire at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Department or New ried Ray Sanders, who brothers Elroy (W.Va.), Haven United Methodpreceded her in death on February 3, 2021 at WilQuinten (Va.), and ist Church, Fairview April 21, 1997. She was a lis Funeral Home with Robert Drexel (infant homemaker who enjoyed Pastor Richard Unroe brother). He is survived Bible Church, St. Paul officiating. Burial will baking pies, crocheting, by two sisters Mary Ann Lutheran Church or the follow in Providence Ashton Baptist Church and yard sales. McCrady (Jim) (W.Va.) Cemetery. Friends may in his honor. Martha is survived and Jane Crow (Charlie call on Wednesday prior We would also like to by her granddaughter, (deceased)) (W.Va.). He is also survived by many extend a special “Thank Abbie (Steve) Zeppetella to the service from noon - 1 p.m. at the You” to the entire staff of Pataskala, Ohio; great cousins, nieces and funeral home. Those in at the Pleasant Valley granddaughter, Olivia nephews. Nursing Rehab Center Grace Zeppetella; daugh- attendance are asked to Wendell is a member follow CDC guidelines for their dedicated and ter-in-law, Laura Sandof the New Haven Unitof social distancing and loving care for Wendell ers of Galloway, Ohio; ed Methodist Church. or “Pops” as they affecsisters-in-law, Nina Sand- are required to follow the He was a 62 year memOhio mandate of wearing tionately called him. ers Jeffers of Gallipolis, ber of the Masons, ClifCondolences may be Ohio and Donna Sanders face masks. ton Lodge #23, a 50 year Please visit www.willisshared with the family at Roberson of Mississippi; member of the Scottish funeralhome.com to send www.foglesongfuneralniece, Ellen (Rodney) Rite, a member of the e-mail condolences. VanNest; and nephew, Nemesis Shrine, and also home.com Arrangements provida Member of the Order ed by Foglesong-Casto of Eastern Stars Mason Funeral Home, Mason, Chapter #157. He was W.Va. a retired member of the Ohio Valley Publishing RICHARD ELDON ‘DICK’ GAUL CHESTER — Richard Eldon “Dick” Gaul, 84, of Chester, passed away Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at his residence following a brief illness. Born May 13, 1936 in Gallipolis, he was the son of the late Eldon and Evelyn “Gay” Ebersbach Gaul. A life long resident of Chester, he was a 1954 graduate of Chester High School. He was a stand-out athlete, notably in basketball, where he scored 67 points in one game against Rutland High School. This achievement remains recognized in the OHSAA records in the top twenty of all time scoring in one game. Dick served in the US Army, stationed in Seoul, Korea where he was a military police officer from 1959-1961. He and his wife owned and operated Gaul’s Market in Chester for many years. He was a member of the Chester Nazarene Church and the Shade River Lodge #453 where he served as a Past Master. He is survived by three sons, Rick (Patti) Gaul of Plymouth, Ind., Mark (Gwen) Hall of Long Bottom, and David (Bethany) Gaul of Amanda; grandchildren Audra (Buddy) Funk of Fort Wayne, Ind., Jared (Jamie) Gaul of Fort Wayne, Morgan (Garrett) Maner of Charleston, W.Va., Garret (Tess) Hall of Long Bottom, Meredith Gaul of Gahanna and Christian Gaul of Amanda; great-grandchildren, Krislynn Funk, Wyatt and Brooklyn Gaul and Bentley Youkers; one sister, Gayann (Ronald) Clay of Chester and several cousins, a nephew and a niece. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Betty Jane Ours Gaul in November of 2019 and an infant brother James Eldon Gaul. Dick’s wishes were to have private graveside services for the family only to help keep from putting all of his friends in harms way during the pandemic. Those services were held in the Chester Cemetery with Pastor Dwight Umbel officiating. The family would like to thank Holzer Hospice and caregivers McKenzie Carnahan and Caralyn Barton. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Richard’s honor to the Chester Volunteer Fire Department, PO Box 131, Chester, Ohio 45720 or to Holzer Hospice, 100 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Ewing-Schwarzel Funeral Home in Pomeroy. Friends are encouraged to sign the online guestbook at ewingfuneralhome.net. IN BRIEF Putin signs extension of last Russia-US nuclear treaty Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a bill extending the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between Russia and the United States a week before the pact was due to expire. Both houses of the Russian parliament voted unanimously Wednesday to extend the New START treaty for five years. Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden had discussed the nuclear accord a day earlier, and the Kremlin said they agreed to complete the necessary extension procedures in the next few days. New START expires Feb. 5. The pact’s extension doesn’t require congressional approval in the U.S., but Russian lawmakers had to ratify the move. Russian diplomats said the extension will be validated by exchanging diplomatic notes once all the procedures are completed. The treaty, signed in 2010 by President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, limits each country to no more than 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads and 700 deployed missiles and bombers, and envisages sweeping on-site inspections to verify compliance. China derecognizes British National Overseas passport BEIJING (AP) — China said Friday it will no longer recognize the British National Overseas passport as a valid travel document or form of identification amid a bitter feud with London over a plan to allow millions of Hong Kong residents a route to residency and eventual citizenship. The announcement by Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Friday throws up new uncertainty around the plan just hours after the U.K. said it would begin taking applications for what are called BNO visas beginning late Sunday. Under the plan, as many as 5.4 million Hong Kong residents could be eligible to live and work in the U.K. for five years then apply for citizenship. Demand soared after Beijing last year imposed a sweeping new national security law on the former British colony following months of prodemocracy protests. 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Gallia vaccine registration information Holzer | Courtesy Holzer Health System representatives pictured with a donation of “Puzzles for Patients” from the Dr. Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library. ‘Puzzles for Patients’ Holzer Health System recently received a donation of “Puzzles for Patients” from the Dr. Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library. The donation consisted of crossword and word seek puzzles for our patients to utilize while staying at the hospital. Shown pictured left to right : Ryan Finch, director, Organizational Experience, Holzer Health System, Dr. Mike Canady, chief executive officer, Holzer Health System, Brent Saunders, chairman, Board of Directors, Holzer Health System, Debbie Saunders, MLIS, library director, Dr. Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library, Traci Sisson-Good, board member, Dr. Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library, and Holzer Manager, Therapy Services, John Cunningham, executive vice president, Holzer Health System, Lisa Halley, chief administrative officer, Holzer Health System, Dr. Rodney Stout, chief medical officer, Holzer Health System, and Abby Greer, manager, Holzer Heritage Foundation. “Holzer is proud to receive this gracious donation to distribute to our patients,” shared Finch. “The library graciously reached out and asked if they could assist in providing materials to help our patients pass the time while they heal. We appreciate the donation and support of our local communities as we continue to provide quality, safe healthcare services for our friends and family members.” For more information on Holzer services, or how to donate to our facilities, please visit www.holzer. org. Information provided by Holzer Health System. GALLIA, MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS COVID 19. New members are welcome. To dial in by phone: +1.202.602.1295; Conference ID: 108-618157 # For more information, contact Courtney Midkiff at 740.992.6626 ext. 1028. GALLIPOLIS — The American Legion Lafayette Post #27 will meet 6 p.m., post home on McCormick Road, all members are urged to attend. LETART TWP. — The regular meeting of the Letart Township Trustees will be held at 5 p.m. at the Letart Township Building. The Annual Financial Report will be available for inspection at the Letart Township Building State Route 124, Garnet Schwarz will Racine, Ohio at the Feb. be celebrating her 100th 1, 2021 meeting. Letart birthday on Feb. 18. Cards may be sent to Gar- Township Trustee meeting will be the first and net at 7649 Ohio River third Mondays of each Rd., Point Pleasant, WV month with exceptions in 25550. January and June. Editor’s Note: The Daily Sentinel and Gallipolis Daily Tribune appreciate your input to the community calendar. To make sure items can receive proper attention, all information should be received by the newspaper at least five business days prior to an event. All coming events print on a space-available basis and in chronological order. Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@ aimmediamidwest.com or GDTnews@aimmediamidwest.com. Card shower Monday, Feb. 1 Tuesday, Feb. 2 POMEROY – The Meigs County Cancer IniGALLIPOLIS — VFW tiative, Inc. (MCCI) will Post #4464 will meet 6 meet at noon via a confer- p.m., post home on Third ence call in response to Ave., all members are urged to attend. GALLIPOLIS — Regular meeting of Gallipolis City Commission, 6 p.m., this is a virtual meeting, Zoom link will be available on the city’s webpage. Wednesday, Feb. 3 submitted until Feb. 1 by emailing mhyer@buckeyehills.org. Questions regarding this program should be directed to Michelle Hyer, Development Specialist III/ District 18 Liaison, via email at mhyer@buckeyehills.org or via phone at 740-376-1025. MARIETTA — The District 18 Ohio Public Works Fiscal Year 2022 (Round 35) Executive Committee will be held by remote video conference at 10 a.m. The purpose of this meeting is to review and approve the Fiscal Year 2022 (Round 35) State Capital Improvement Program (SCIP) and the Local Transportation Improvement (LTIP) slate of projects. The public is invited to attend the meeting via Facebook Live. Visit the Buckeye Hills Regional Council Facebook page to watch the livestream: http:// www.facebook.com/ BuckeyeHills/live. The meeting agenda will be posted to buckeyehills. org prior to the meeting. Public comments may be The Gallia County Health Department is scheduling COVID-19 vaccine appointments for residents in the following age groups and categories: 80 years and older, 75-plus and those with severe congenital conditions, 70-plus, 65-plus. To schedule an appointment, call 740-441-2018, 740-4412950, or 740-441-2951. The health department stresses a scheduled appointment is required to receive the vaccine. Meigs vaccine registration information The Meigs County Health Department is compiling a list of Meigs County residents who wish to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The following age groups and categories are currently being accepted: 80 years and older, 75-plus and those with severe congenital conditions, 70-plus, 65-plus. To be placed on the list for an appointment, call 740-444-4540. Individuals are asked to utilize this number and do not call the Health Department’s main line to be placed on the waiting list. Your call will be returned to acknowledge receipt within 24-48 hours during normal business hours (Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-4 p.m.). Appointments will be made based on the availability of vaccine and in compliance with guidance issued by the state of Ohio. Straw available for pet bedding MIDDLEPORT — The Meigs County Humane Society will be providing straw for pet bedding during the months of November, December, January, and February. Vouchers may be picked up at the Humane Society Thrift Shop, 253 North Second Street, Middleport, for a fee of $2. Vouchers are to be redeemed at Dettwiller Lumber in Pomeroy. For more information call 740-992-6064. MyWVUChart Online Patient Portal MyWVUChart.com Whether you’re at work, on the road, or at home, you can: Manage your appointments Schedule your next appointment, or view details of your past and upcoming appointments. Visit your doctor online See a healthcare provider without having to go into the clinic. Access your test results No more waiting for a phone call or letter. View your results within days. Communicate with your doctor Get answers to medical questions without phone calls or unnecessary appointments. Pay bills online Access and pay your copays and bills from home. LIVESTOCK REPORT GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — The latest livestock report as submitted by United Producers, Inc., 357 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis, Ohio, 740-4469696. 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In fact, heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States. The Creating Healthy Communities (CHC) program at the Meigs County Health Department (MCHD) is committed to providing the resources necessary to preventing chronic diseases, much like heart disease. Each year, CHC focuses on many healthy eating and active living projects throughout Meigs County. These projects were aligned with community goals and needs, making “the healthy choice the easy choice.” The best way to handle heart disease is by overall preven- location to exercise tion. Preventing for their health and heart disease is well-being. The possible by eating park updates were healthy, staying one out of six projactive, controlling ects throughout the cholesterol and County for healthiblood pressure, and er eating and active managing stress. Sara living. Taking full CHC strives to Hill provide the means Contributing advantage of the CHC projects will for active living columnist aid in prevention and healthy eator the management ing within Meigs of heart disease. County. For example, in Did you also know that 2020, CHC coordination exercise is a wonderful and funds provided an way to relieve stress? additional walking path Exercising is one of the for the Syracuse Municitop suggested activities to pal Park. Along with the manage or reduce stress. walking path, updates were provided to the bat- Conveniently, reducing stress is another way to ting cages, making the area more inclusive, safer, prevent or improve heart and friendly for activities. disease. Understanding the correlation between This way, Syracuse and exercise, healthy eatall Meigs County resiing, and chronic disease dents will have another management/prevention is why CHC was created. The program seeks opportunities to make exercising and healthy eating possible for all Meigs Countians, to prevent and manage heart disease, along with other chronic diseases. As we begin the new year, CHC will work within the community to provide many more resources for exercising and healthier eating, all to manage and reduce heart disease within our area. If you have any questions regarding CHC projects, please contact Sara Hill at the Meigs County Health Department. Sara Hill is the Creating Healthy Communities Project Director at the MCHD. Virus variant from South Africa detected in US COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A new variant of the coronavirus emerged Thursday in the United States, posing yet another public health challenge in a country already losing more than 3,000 people to COVID-19 every day. The mutated version of the virus, first identified in South Africa, was found in two cases in South Carolina. Public health officials said it’s almost certain that there are more infections that have not been identified yet. They are also concerned that this version spreads more easily and that vaccines could be less effective against it. The two cases were discovered in adults in different regions of the state and do not appear to be connected. Neither of the people infected has traveled recently, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control said Thursday. “That’s frightening,” because it means there could be more undetected cases within the state, said Dr. Krutika Kuppalli, an infectious diseases physician at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. “It’s probably more widespread.” The arrival of the variant shows that “the fight against this deadly virus is far from over,” Dr. Brannon Traxler, South Carolina’s interim public health director, said in a statement. “While more COVID-19 vaccines are on the way, supplies are still limited. Every one of us must recommit to the fight by recognizing that we are all on the front lines now. We are all in this together.” Viruses constantly mutate, and coronavirus variants are circulating around the globe, but scientists are primarily concerned with the emergence of three that researchers believe may spread more easily. Other variants first reported in the United Kingdom and Brazil were previously confirmed in the U.S. As the variants bring a potential for greater infection risks in the U.S., pandemic-weary lawmakers in several states are pushing back against mask mandates, business closures and other protective restrictions ordered by governors. States including Arizona, Michigan, Ohio, Maryland, Kentucky and Indiana are weighing proposals to limit their governors’ abilities to impose emergency restrictions. Wisconsin’s Republicancontrolled Assembly had been expected to vote to repeal Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ mask mandate, but lawmakers abruptly called off the vote Thursday in the face of broad criticism and out of concern it would jeopardize more than $49 million in federal aid. Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering a constitutional amendment to strip the governor of many of his emergency powers. Governors argue that they need authority to act swiftly in a crisis, and limitations could slow critical emergency responses. Meanwhile, Nebraska health officials said the state could be days away from lifting restrictions on indoor gatherings, citing a low percentage of COVID-19 hospitalizations. Other states seeing declining infections are also loosening limitations on restaurants and other businesses, though experts have warned the public to stay vigilant about masks and social distancing or risk further surges. In South Carolina, the state health agency said the variant was found in one person from the state’s coastal region and another in its northeastern corner. The state gave little other information, citing privacy concerns, though Traxler said neither of the people was contagious any longer. “Both were tested very early in the month, and my understanding is that both are doing well,” Traxler said. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, a Republican, loosened most of the state’s remaining pandemic restrictions in the fall. Spokesman Brian Symmes said McMaster does not plan to order new restrictions based on the discovery of the variant. “This is important information for South Carolinians to have,” McMaster said in a tweet, “but it isn’t a reason for panic.” Scientists last week reported preliminary signs that some of the recent mutations may modestly curb the effectiveness of two vaccines, although they stressed that the shots still protect against the disease. There are also signs that some of the new mutations may undermine tests for the virus and reduce the effectiveness of certain treatments. The coronavirus has already sickened millions and killed roughly 430,000 people in the United States. While the rollout of vaccines has been slow, President Joe Biden has pledged to deliver 100 million injections in his first 100 days in office — and suggested it’s possible the U.S. could reach 1.5 million shots a day. While some European countries do extensive genetic testing to detect these variants, the U.S. has done little of this detective work. But scientists have been been quickly trying to do more, which has revealed the more contagious variants. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported at least A CLOSER LOOK The mutated version of the virus, first identified in South Africa, was found in two cases in South Carolina. Public health officials said it’s almost certain that there are more infections that have not been identified yet. They are also concerned that this version spreads more easily and that vaccines could be less effective against it. 315 cases of the U.K.discovered variant in the United States. Those reports have come from at least 28 states, and health officials believe it could become the dominant strain in the U.S. by March. That variant has been reported in at least 70 countries. The first U.S. case of the variant found in Brazil was announced earlier this week by health officials in Minnesota. It was a person who recently traveled to that South American nation. That version of the virus has popped up in more than a half-dozen countries. The variant first found in South Africa was detected in October. Since then, it has been found in at least 30 other countries. Some tests suggest the South African and Brazilian variants may be less susceptible to antibody drugs or antibody-rich blood from COVID-19 survivors, both of which help people fight off the virus. Health officials also worry that if the virus changes enough, people might get COVID-19 a second time. Biden on Monday reinstated COVID-19 travel restrictions on most nonU.S. travelers from Brazil, the U.K. and South Africa. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that Americans avoid travel. Lawsuit alleges negligence in fatal helicopter crash Ohio Valley Publishing Sen. Brown, local officials want direct payments for relief By Susan Tebben Ohio Capital Journal City officials are begging for help from the federal government to cover losses in every sector brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Ohio Democratic U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown says he plans to bring legislation that would align with President Joe Biden’s comprehensive funding plan, and drive direct payments to municipalities across the state. In a press conference, Brown brought along Youngstown Mayor Tito Brown and Athens Mayor Steve Patterson to explain why trusting the local governments to distribute the funding they need should be the way the country’s government is run. Patterson said cities like Athens spent “every penny” of the CARES Act funding allocated to them, but direct funding “would untie those bound hands to be able to get money out the door, if it’s rent and mortgage relief, if it’s utilities, it’s child care.” “Those are the things that rural communities are literally jonesing for,” Patterson said. The plan, as Brown explained it, would create a fund to provide the direct federal assistance for lost revenues and increased costs due to COVID19. The fund would be split down the middle, with half going to towns, villages and cities, and the other half going to counties. Brown said his team consulted with Biden when putting together the funding legislation, and that the funding would “fit exactly” with Biden’s plan, a $1.9 trillion bill that proposes a bump to unemployment aid, $25 billion in rental assistance and $5 billion each for utility bills and help with homelessness. The Biden plan also proposes $350 billion for state and local governments for COVID-19 testing and vaccine distribution and help with reopening schools, plus a raise in the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Local officials like Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley urged the support of the Biden plan on Tuesday, saying the money won’t just fill gaps, but make it possible for essential services to continue. Losses from the pandemic caused the city to institute a period “voluntary separation,” which led to the loss of 102 government workers. “It happened faster and has gone a bit deeper than the previous recession that we had,” Whaley said. Losing that many workers created holes in services all across the city, in services like housing inspection, the water department, and police and fire. Further losses from the pandemic have only exacerbated the losses. “It means that we don’t have a police class this year in 2021, and we don’t have a fire class in 2021,” Whaley said. “Dayton was already low on police and firefighters, so this will mean slower service times.” The legislation Brown is working on would be a formula, and counties would receive emergency fiscal assistance based on population. Brown said he is of course hoping to get bipartisan support for his legislation, but will push the bill through budget reconciliation if necessary. Reconciliation is a process through which a bill only needs a simple majority to pass through, but the bill must be a policy that specifically changes spending or revenues. “(Republicans) don’t want to spend the money on unemployment, on schools, on local government,” Brown said. “My job is to get it done, not to be nice to my colleagues and beg them.” 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 Susan Tebben is an award-winning journalist with a decade of experience covering Ohio news, including courts and crime, Appalachian social issues, government, education, diversity and culture. She has worked for The Newark Advocate, The Glasgow Daily Times, The Athens Messenger, and WOUB Public Media. She has also had work featured on National Public Radio. YOUR VIEW Reader recognizes health department for vaccine effort Dear Editor, I would like to commend the Meigs County Health Department in the way they handled the coronavirus vaccination. The way it was set up and every person who worked each station was friendly, professional, and answered any question we might have had. Everyone did a fantastic job. Marlene Kuhn COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A wrongful-death lawsuit has been filed against an air ambulance company over a medical helicopter crash in snowy weather that killed the three central Ohioans on board. The suit alleges Survival Flight and operator Viking Aviation inappropriately and recklessly accepted a flight request from an emergency care facility in Pomeroy in January 2019 despite deteriorating weather conditions. The case was filed this week in Franklin County by the estate of Rachel Cunningham, a 33-year-old flight nurse from Galloway. Pilot Jennifer Topper, 34, of Sunbury, and another medical crew member, 48-year-old Bradley Haynes, of London, also died. The National Transportation Safety Board concluded that Survival Flight’s lax safety culture led the pilot to depart from Grove City without a thorough pre-flight weather evaluation. The helicopter crashed in rugged terrain near Zaleski, southeast of Columbus. Survival Flight has said it learned from the tragedy and made changes recommended by the NTSB. In a statement in response to the lawsuit, a spokesperson didn’t specifically address the legal claims but said the company prioritizes safety and continues to improve. The lawsuit also alleges negligence by the health company requesting the flight because it didn’t notify Viking that two other companies had rejected the assignment over weather concerns. Tuppers Plains, Ohio TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Actor Gene Hackman is 91. Actor Vanessa Redgrave is 84. Country singer Jeanne Pruett is 84. Chess grandmaster Boris Spassky is 84. Country singer Norma Jean is 83. Former Vice President Dick Cheney is 80. R&B musician William King (The Commodores) is 72. Singer Phil Collins is 70. Actor Charles S. Dutton is 70. World Golf Hall of Famer Curtis Strange is 66. Actor Ann Dowd is 65. �NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing Saturday, January 30, 2021 7 State lawmakers pushing to curb DeWine’s virus powers By David A. Lieb U.S. State legislatures generally took on lesser roles Irritated by the sweep- after the pandemic hit, with many suspending ing use of executive orders during the COVID- work or adjourning. It has 19 crisis, state lawmakers been governors or their around the U.S. are mov- top health officials who have set many of the poliing to curb the authorcies — imposing mask ity of governors and top health officials to impose mandates, limiting public gatherings and shutting emergency restrictions down dine-in restaurants, such as mask rules and gyms, hair salons and business shutdowns. other businesses. The push is underway Lawmakers in more in such states as Arithan half the states have zona, Michigan, Ohio, filed bills this year to Maryland, Kentucky, limit gubernatorial powIndiana and Pennsylvania, where legislators are ers during the pandemic and other emergencies, seeking a constitutional according to the National amendment to strip the Conference of State Leggovernor of many of his islatures. Most legislaemergency powers. tures began their sessions Pennsylvania Republithis month. can Sen. Wayne LangerKentucky’s Republicanholc said the amendment would “make it unequivo- led Legislature could cally clear that our Gener- consider as soon as next al Assembly is a co-equal week whether to override branch … that we are not Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s vetoes of seva monarchy and that our eral bills that would rein voices matter.” in his emergency powers. Democratic Gov. Tom Wisconsin’s GOPWolf and some of his controlled Senate voted counterparts around the country have argued that earlier this week to repeal Democratic Gov. Tony they need authority to act quickly and decisively Evers’ emergency health against the fast-changing order, which would end the state’s mask mandate. threat. The Republican-conThe coronavirus has trolled Assembly called killed an estimated off a similar vote Thurs430,000 Americans and is going through its most day in the face of criticism from health, school lethal phase yet, despite and business leaders and the rollout of vaccines, concern that it could with new and more conjeopardize more than $49 tagious variants from million in federal aid. abroad turning up in the Associated Press Wisconsin Republicans have argued that Evers exceeded his authority by issuing multiple emergency declarations during the pandemic, which enabled him to extend the mask mandate beyond the 60 days allowed under the law without getting the Legislature’s approval. Evers contends that the changing nature of the pandemic warranted new emergency declarations. The amendment Pennsylvania Republicans are seeking to place on the May ballot also would put a cap on the governor’s disaster declarations — 21 days, unless lawmakers vote to extend them. The Legislature also could halt them at any time with a two-thirds vote. Wolf has said that prematurely ending his disaster declaration would itself be “disastrous” for the state and that requiring repeated legislative approval “could slow down or halt emergency response when aid is most needed.” In Michigan, House Republicans have threatened to withhold billions of dollars for schools unless Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer cedes her administration’s power to prohibit inperson instruction and sports to local health departments. Whitmer called the move “cruel and reckless.” Whitmer was the target of an alleged kidnapping plot last fall by anti-government extremists upset over her coronavirus restrictions. Though legislative resistance to executive coronavirus orders has fallen largely along partisan lines in some states, lawmakers elsewhere are pushing back against governors of their own parties. Republicans in the Arizona Senate want to end the broad emergency powers that GOP Gov. Doug Ducey has used to limit large gatherings and business capacities. Ohio Sen. Rob McColley introduced a bill this week that could rescind emergency health orders issued by Gov. Mike DeWine, a fellow Republican. It would create a committee to retroactively review them. DeWine vetoed a similar bill last year. McColley said the Legislature needs to take action “when the relatively unfettered power of the executive branch during a time of emergency has lasted as long as it has.” In Indiana, Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb’s executive orders have also stirred opposition from his own party. GOPsponsored legislation would require lawmakers to be called into session to extend a governor’s emergency order beyond 60 days. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is supporting legislation that would give lawmakers greater opportunity to pass judgment on his emergency declarations. Under current law, McMaster can issue a declaration for just 15 days before the General Assembly has to weigh in. The Republican governor has skirted that by issuing 22 different declarations, with incremental changes, every two weeks or so. McMaster has said his goal wasn’t to avoid legislative oversight; he said he couldn’t wait for lawmakers to meet when they were trying to stay apart during the pandemic. Democrats who control the Maryland General Assembly are pressing for more transparency from Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration. One idea would require him to go through a state board or alert a legislative panel before making emergency coronavirus purchases. Hogan spent millions of dollars last year on a confidential deal to acquire COVID-19 testing supplies from South Korea that didn’t initially meet federal requirements. A separate GOP- TODAY IN HISTORY Biden taking ‘creative steps’ to push for aid plan outside of the box,” Psaki said. “Certainly, his preference would be to get on a plane and fly around the country.” Despite Biden’s calls for unity, Democrats said the stubbornly high unemployment numbers and battered U.S. economy leave them unwilling to waste time courting Republican support that might not materialize. They also don’t want to curb the size and scope of a package that they say will provide desperately needed money to distribute vaccine, reopen schools and send cash to American households and businesses. The standoff over Biden’s first legislative priority is turning the new rescue plan into a political test — of his new administration, of Democratic control of Congress and of the role of Republicans in a post-Trump political landscape. Success would give Biden a signature accomplishment in his first 100 days in office, unleashing $400 billion to expand vaccinations and to reopen schools, $1,400 direct payments to households, and other priorities, including a gradual increase in the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. Failure would be a high-profile setback early in his presidency. The Biden team has largely focused on direct outreach to lawmakers, but that has failed to generate much public pressure that could make Republicans more willing to reach a deal on the administration’s timeline. A Republican Senate aide said that lawmakers’ offices are not being bombarded with calls for an additional aid package, saying that constituents are mainly focused on the looming impeachment trial. The aide spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations. Democrats in the House and the Senate are operating as though they know they are on borrowed time. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are laying the groundwork to start the go-it-alone approach as soon as next week. They are drafting a budget reconciliation bill that would start the process to pass the relief package with a simple 51-vote Senate majority — rather than the 60-vote threshold typically needed in the Senate to advance legislation. The goal would be passage by March, when jobless benefits, housing assistance and other aid is set to expire. Schumer said he drew from Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s advice to “act big” to weather the COVID-19 economic crisis. “Everywhere you look, alarm bells are ringing,” Schumer said from the Senate floor. Senate Republicans in a bipartisan group warned their colleagues in a “frank” conversation late Wednesday that Biden and Democrats are making a mistake by loading up the aid bill with other priorities and jamming it through Congress without their support, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the private session. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, a former White House budget director under George W. Bush, wants a deeper accounting of what funds remain from the $900 billion coronavirus aid package from December. “Literally, the money has not gone out the door,” he said. “I’m not sure I understand why there’s a grave emergency right now.” Biden spoke directly with Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who is leading the bipar- tisan effort with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., that is racing to strike a compromise. Collins said she and the Democratic president had a “good conversation.” “We both expressed our shared belief that it is possible for the Senate to work in a bipartisan way to get things done for the people of this country,” she said. The emerging debate is reminiscent of the partisan divide over the 2009 financial rescue in the early months of the Obama administration, when Biden was vice president, echoing those battles over the appropriate level of government intervention. The difference is that thenPresident Barack Obama and Biden could tour the country to rally support, an option that is more difficult now. Employers shed workers in December, retail sales have slumped and COVID-19 deaths keep rising. More than 430,000 people in the U.S. have died from the coronavirus. The government reported Thursday that the economy showed dangerous signs of stalling in the final three months of last year, ultimately shrinking in size by 3.5% for the whole of 2020 — the sharpest downturn since the demobilization that followed the end of World War II. The decline was not as severe as initially feared, largely because the government has steered roughly $4 trillion in aid, an unprecedented emergency expenditure, to keep millions of Americans housed, fed, employed and able to pay down debt and build savings amid the crisis. Republicans touted the 4% annualized growth during the last quarter, with economic analyst Stephen Moore calling the gains “amazing.” The Associated Press Today is Saturday, Jan. 30, the 30th day of 2021. There are 335 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history On Jan. 30, 1948, Indian political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi, 78, was shot and killed in New Delhi by Nathuram Godse (neh-too-RAHM’ gahdSAY’), a Hindu extremist. (Godse and a coconspirator were later executed.) On this date In 1649, England’s King Charles I was executed for high treason. In 1862, the ironclad USS Monitor was launched from the Continental Iron Works in Greenpoint, New York, during the Civil War. In 1933, Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany. In 1945, during World War II, a Soviet submarine torpedoed the German ship MV Wilhelm Gustloff in the Baltic Sea with the loss of more than 9,000 lives, most of them war refugees; roughly 1,000 people survived. Adolf Hitler marked the 12th anniversary of his appointment as Germany’s chancellor with his last public speech in which he called on Germans to keep resisting until victory. In 1948, aviation pioneer Orville Wright, 76, died in Dayton, Ohio. In 1972, 13 Roman Catholic civil rights marchers were shot to death by British soldiers in Northern Ireland on what became known as “Bloody Sunday.” 9th ANNUAL GAS OIL COUNTRY STORE SODA ADVERTISING SATURDAY, FEB. 6TH, 2021 9:00A.M. 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Biden hammered the message at a Friday meeting with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. “We have learned from past crises that the risk is not doing too much,” Biden said. “The risk is not doing enough.” Yellen reversed his statement to make the same point. “The price of doing nothing is much higher than the price of doing something and doing something big,” she said. “We need to act now.” As faltering attempts to strike a deal with Republicans have led to concerns about delays in coronavirus relief and Senate Democrats prepare to pass a measure along party lines, the Biden administration said on Friday it’s taking “creative steps” to get broader public support for its plan. The Biden-Yellen meeting occurred as health officials provided a briefing about the course of the disease and vaccines, an attempt to update the public with a flood of information about efforts to contain the pandemic. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden recognizes the importance of speaking directly to the American people about his plan for vaccinations and supporting the economy, but the pandemic has limited his ability to safely travel the country to drum up support. That has left the administration relying on TV interviews with local media and outreach to governors and local officials as well as to progressive and civic groups. “We’re taking a number of creative steps, a little sponsored bill seeks to limit Hogan’s power by capping the number of times he could extend a state of emergency without legislative input. Hogan has denounced it as “about probably the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard in my life.” Lawmakers are also seeking to rein in the emergency powers of local officials, especially in states such as Missouri, where the Republican governor has deferred most decisions on shutdowns and masks to cities and counties. St. Louis County, the state’s biggest jurisdiction, has imposed a variety of restrictions, including periodic prohibitions and capacity limits on indoor dining at restaurants. Jeff Fitter, the owner of Super Smokers BBQ, said his profits were cut in half last year. He is supporting a bill that would limit local emergency health orders to 14 days unless authorized for longer by the Legislature. It also would give tax breaks to businesses affected by occupancy limits imposed by cities and counties. “One person, one pen, shouldn’t be the difference between my business surviving or its demise,” Fitter said. “That should be something that is ran through a legislative body.” AUCTIONEER HERBERT ERWIN 937-544-8252 �NEWS 8 Saturday, January 30, 2021 Fauci sees vaccination for kids by late spring or the summer By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Darlene Superville Associated Press WASHINGTON — The government’s top infectious disease expert said Friday he hopes to see children being vaccinated starting in the next few months. It’s a needed step to securing widespread immunity to the coronavirus. “Hopefully by the time we get to the late spring and early summer we will have children being able to be vaccinated,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said during the White House coronavirus briefing. Vaccines are not yet approved for children, and Fauci was looking ahead to a time they will be plentiful. Even older adults are having difficulty getting shots at the moment. As of Thursday, only about 1.3% of Americans had been fully vaccinated with the required two doses of the currently available vaccines. Children represent about one-fourth of the population, and for the U.S. to reach “herd immunity,” or widespread resistance, about 70% to 85% of the population must be vaccinated. “Children tend to not become as severely ill as adults but they can still become ill and some have tragically died,” said Dr. Leana Wen, a public health expert and emergency room physician, who supports Fauci’s goal. “Children can also be vectors of transmission, and getting children vaccinated is important as we strive for herd immunity.” Holzer “Reflecting on her life as I witnessed From page 1 it, she was always present and attentive August, the same year. with others. She The Holzer family became synonymous with took her time in southeast Ohio healthcare conversation and after Dr. Charles Holzer carried herself Sr. opened one of the both with respect, earliest private hospitals curiosity, and an in the region. Bobbie’s open heart.” husband, Dr. Charles Holzer Jr., would go one to follow his father’s path in blazing southeast Ohio healthcare trails after graduating from Cornell Medical School and his surgical residency at the University of Cincinnati before returning to Gallipolis in 1947, said Irvin. According to Holzer Health System information, the Holzer Clinic was founded in 1950, and the Holzer Hospital and Medical Center Hospital joined as well as the Gallipolis Clinic and Holzer Clinic in 1968. Then, in 1972, Holzer Medical Center and Holzer Clinic opened on Jackson Pike. The Holzer Health System today serves as one of the region’s largest employers and healthcare providers in southeast Ohio and West Virginia. Bobbie was born and raised in Point Pleasant, W.Va. She was the daughter of the late Seth Chandler Wilhelm and Susannah Dixon Heslop. Bobbie and Charles Jr. married at Christ Episcopal Church in Point Pleasant. on Sept. 4, 1940. They shared five children, Karin O’Neil, Charles Holzer III, John Holzer, Christiana Gallant and Amy. Bobbie’s father and Charles Jr.’s father were noted friends. “Mom and Dad would sit in the kitchen after (prospective doctors and families) left and talked about whether they thought they might fit into the community,” said Irvin of her parents. “So she sort of helped with the recruiting of doctors by talking about small town life.” Irvin said that her mother was a skilled conversationalist and completed a degree in psychology from Ohio University. Bobbie was noted for serving as an international student advisor for the Rio Grande College. She was a supporter of the Ariel Opera House and The Ohio Valley Symphony as well as the French Art Colony. The French Art Colony moved to the former — Erin O’Neil great-granddaughter Charles Sr.’s home at 530 First Avenue, Gallipolis in 1970. Bobbie and Charles Jr.’s home was right across the street at 525 First Avenue. Irvin said her mother was among the founding membership of the French Art Colony. “Mom could never sit still and she always had to be doing something and was sort of like a whirlwind all the time,” said Irvin. Irvin noted her mother was involved in a variety of organizations such as Friends of the Bossard Library, the local Daughters of the American Revolution chapter, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Girl Scouts and more. “Mom was very well mannered,” said Bobbie’s son, John. “She knew the social rules of the time… But Mom wasn’t snobbish and didn’t turn away from those less fortunate. She could almost always find a job around our house to help someone out.” “Granmere was one of the most poised and eloquent individuals I have known,” said Bobbie’s great-granddaughter, Erin O’Neil. “She taught me through her own actions the value of intentional selflessness, quality conversation, and deep care and respect for others. Reflecting on her life as I witnessed it, she was always present and attentive with others. She took her time in conversation and carried herself both with respect, curiosity, and an open heart.” “Mom loved to dance,” said Irvin. “She always said that when she married Dad he had promised her that they would go dancing every Saturday night, which didn’t happen of course. But when she and Dad waltzed, the whole room would stop and watch, giving them the floor.” © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Dean Wright is a freelance writer and former full-time reporter for Ohio Valley Publishing. Ohio Valley Publishing One-shot vaccine proves effective By Lauran Neergaard and Linda A. Johnson Associated Press The first one-shot COVID-19 vaccine provides good protection against the illness, Johnson & Johnson reported in a key study released Friday, offering the world a potentially important new tool as it races to stay ahead of the rapidly mutating virus. The pharmaceutical giant’s preliminary findings suggest the singledose option may not be as strong as Pfizer’s or Moderna’s two-dose formula, and was markedly weaker against a worrisome mutated version of the virus in South Africa. But amid a rocky start to vaccinations worldwide, that may be an acceptable tradeoff to get more people inoculated faster with an easier-to-handle shot that, unlike rival vaccines that must be kept frozen, can last months in the refrigerator. “Frankly, simple is beautiful,” said Dr. Matt Hepburn, the U.S. government’s COVID-19 vaccine response leader. J&J plans to seek emergency use authorization in the U.S. within a week. It expects to supply 100 million doses to the U.S. by June — and a billion doses globally by year’s end — but declined to say how much could be ready if the Food and Drug Administration gives the green light. Defeating the scourge that has killed more than 2 million people worldwide will require vaccinating billions. The shots being rolled out in different countries so far all require two doses a few weeks apart for full protection. More than 21 million Americans have received a first dose of Pfizer or Moderna shots since vaccinations began last month, but just 4 million have gotten their second dose. Johnson & Johnson via AP A clinician prepares to administer the investigational Janssen COVID-19 vaccine. Johnson & Johnson’s long-awaited vaccine appears to protect against symptomatic illness with just one shot — not as strong as some two-shot rivals but still potentially helpful for a world in dire need of more doses. Johnson & Johnson said Friday that in the U.S. and seven other countries, the first single-shot vaccine appears 66% effective overall at preventing moderate to severe COVID-19. Also Friday, regulators cleared a third option, AstraZeneca’s vaccine, for use throughout the European Union. The decision came amid criticism that the 27-nation bloc is not moving fast enough, as well as concern that there’s not enough data to tell how well the vaccine works in older people. J&J studied its onedose option in 44,000 people in the U.S., Latin America and South Africa. Interim results found the shot 66% effective overall at preventing moderate to severe COVID-19, and much more protective — 85% — against the most serious symptoms. There were no serious side effects. “Gambling on one dose was certainly worthwhile,” Dr. Mathai Mammen, global research chief for J&J’s Janssen Pharmaceutical unit, told The Associated Press. The vaccine worked better in the U.S. — 72% effective against moderate to severe COVID-19 — compared with 66% in Latin America and 57% in South Africa, where a more contagious mutant virus is spreading. The reduced protection against that mutation is “really a wake-up call,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infec- tious-disease expert. The more the virus is allowed to spread, the more opportunities it has to mutate. Vaccine makers are looking into how to alter their shots if necessary. For now, the findings are an incentive “to vaccinate as many people as we possibly can,” Fauci stressed. Data is mixed on how well other vaccines being used around the world work, but the Pfizer and Moderna shots were 95% protective in large U.S. studies. It’s not fair to compare studies done before the record surges of recent months and discovery of new mutants — they might not turn out the same today, cautioned Dr. Jesse Goodman of Georgetown University, a former FDA vaccine chief. The J&J protection is “good enough to help attack a pandemic,” Goodman said. “The advantage of having more vaccine, in a single shot, would be significant.” Researchers tracked illnesses starting 28 days after vaccination -– about the time when, if participants were getting a two-dose variety instead, they would have needed another shot. After Day 28, no one who got vaccinated needed hospitaliza- tion or died, regardless of whether they were exposed to the original virus or “these particularly nasty variants,” Mammen said. When the vaccinated did become infected, they had a milder illness. All COVID-19 vaccines train the body to recognize the new coronavirus, usually by spotting the spikey protein that coats it. But they’re made in very different ways. J&J’s shot uses a cold virus like a Trojan horse to carry the spike gene into the body, where cells make harmless copies of the protein to prime the immune system in case the real virus comes along. It’s the same technology the company used in making a successful Ebola vaccine. That’s similar to how AstraZeneca’s twodose vaccine is made, although it’s not clearly exactly how well that one works. Tests in Britain, South Africa and Brazil suggested two doses are about 70% effective. An ongoing U.S. study may provide more information. Still another vaccine is in final testing: Novavax reported this week that its vaccine appears 89% effective in a British study and that it also seems to work — though not as well — against new mutated versions of the virus circulating in Britain and South Africa. A larger study in the U.S. and Mexico is still enrolling volunteers. Wall Street appeared dissatisfied with J&J’s results, with shares dropping 4.2% in early trading, a rare big drop for the world’s biggest maker of health care products. Its stock was down $4.07, or 2.4%, at $165.09 in mid-morning trading. In contrast, tiny Novavax saw shares skyrocket, jumping 71% to $229.72 in mid-morning trading. Ex-FBI lawyer given probation for probe actions By Eric Tucker probation. Though Trump has long railed against the FBI investigation into ties between his 2016 campaign WASHINGTON — A former and Russia, and suggested that FBI lawyer was sentenced to the officials involved in it had broprobation on Friday for altering ken the law and deserved prison, an email the Justice Department Clinesmith is so far the only currelied on in its surveillance of an rent or former one to have been aide to President Donald Trump charged with any wrongdoing. during the Russia investigation. The surveillance application Kevin Clinesmith apologized process Clinesmith was part of for doctoring the email about was nonetheless riddled with Carter Page’s relationship with problems, with a Justice Departthe CIA, saying he was “truly ment inspector general report ashamed” of an action that he identifying dozens of errors and said had “forever changed the omissions in the four warrant course of his life.” applications filed with the Foreign “I pledge to Your Honor that I Intelligence Surveillance Court. will never allow myself to show such poor judgment again,” Cline- Even so, that aspect of the Russia investigation was a small piece smith told U.S. District Judge of the much broader probe into James Boasberg at a sentencing ties between Russia and the 2016 hearing held virtually because of Trump campaign. the coronavirus pandemic. The charge against Clinesmith The sentence is likely to disapwas brought by John Durham, point Trump supporters, who the U.S. attorney for Connecticut, claim the Russia probe was a who was directed in 2019 by thenwitch hunt riddled with misconAttorney General William Barr duct, particularly as it involved to investigate actions during the Page. The investigation resulted Russia probe of law enforcement in charges against six Trump and intelligence agencies. Barr associates, but did not conclude last October named Durham a that interactions between the Trump campaign and Russia con- special counsel as a way to ensure the continuity of his investigation stituted criminal misconduct. during the Biden administration. Prosecutors had sought a The current status of Durham’s prison sentence of several work was not clear, though Barr months, but the judge said he has said that the focus of the did not think such a punishment inquiry is now centered on the was necessary in part because of Clinesmith’s evident remorse and FBI and not the CIA. Clinesmith pleaded guilty in because of the way he had already September to altering a 2017 been “threatened, vilified and email that he had received from abused on a nationwide scale.” “This conduct is the only stain the CIA to say that Page was “not on the defendant’s character that a source” for the agency even though the original email indiI’ve been able to discern,” Boascated that he was. berg said in imposing a year of Associated Press As a result, when the Justice Department applied to the secretive surveillance court for the fourth and final warrant to eavesdrop on Page’s communications, it did not reveal that Page had had an existing relationship with the CIA. Page had been approved several years earlier as an “operational contact” for the CIA, meaning that he was not tasked with carrying out assignments for the agency but could provide it with information. That would have been important to disclose to the court to the extent it could have provided a legitimate and not nefarious explanation for any contact Page had had with Russian intelligence officers. The alteration of the email “completely changed the meaning of the document,” prosecutor Anthony Scarpelli said Friday. “The act of altering the email to change its meaning may seem simple and a momentary lapse of judgment on the part of the defendant,” Scarpelli said. “But the resulting harm is immeasurable.” As a result of the significant problems in the application process, the FBI and Justice Department announced dozens of corrective actions designed to improve the accuracy of requests for warrants it submits during espionage and terrorism applications. Page himself spoke at the sentencing hearing, saying he had been harassed, threatened and lost friends as a result of the publicity surrounding the surveillance and the false insinuations about him in the applications. �NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing Vaccines From page 1 has tested positive for COVID-19. The report states the individual has not been at the school since testing positive and the district is working with the health department for contact tracing. Gallia County ODH reported a total of 2,036 cases of COVID-19 (since March) in Gallia County as part of Friday’s updates. This is an increase of seven since Thursday’s update. ODH has reported a total of 31 deaths, 116 hospitalizations (1 new), and 1,800 presumed recovered individuals (10 new) as of Friday. Age ranges for the 2,036 total cases reported by ODH on Thursday are as follows: 0-19 — 266 cases (1 hospitalization) 20-29 — 339 cases (3 new cases, 6 hospitalizations) 30-39 — 273 cases (3 hospitalizations) 40-49 — 299 cases (5 hospitalizations) 50-59 — 296 cases (1 new cases, 1 new hospitalization, 11 total hospitalizations, 1 death) 60-69 — 252 cases (3 new cases, 23 hospitalizations, 3 deaths) 70-79 — 174 cases (1 new case, 31 total hospitalizations, 10 total deaths) 80-plus — 137 cases (36 total hospitalizations, 17 total deaths) Gallia County is currently “Orange” on the Ohio Public Health Advisory System map after meeting two of the seven indicators on Thursday. Meigs County The Meigs County Health Department reported eight additional confirmed cases and 37 probable cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. There are 114 active cases, and 1,209 total cases (1,096 confirmed, 113 probable) since April, according to the update. There have been a total of 23 deaths, 1,072 recovered cases, and 60 hospitalizations since April. Age ranges for the 1,209 Meigs County cases, as of Thursday, are as follows: 0-9 — 45 cases 10-19 — 111 cases (2 new cases) 20-29 — 175 cases (3 new cases, 1 hospitalization) 30-39 — 154 cases (3 hospitalizations) 40-49 — 178 cases (8 new cases, 3 hospitalizations) 50-59 — 174 cases (4 new cases, 3 hospitalizations) 60-69 — 169 cases (8 new cases, 16 hospitalizations, 3 deaths) 70-79 — 127 cases (10 new cases, 2 new hospitalizations, 20 hospitalizations, 8 deaths) 80-89 — 51 cases (6 new cases, 8 hospitalizations, 9 deaths) 90-99 — 23 cases (3 new cases, 5 hospitalizations, 3 deaths) 100-109 — 2 cases (1 new cases, 1 hospitalization) To date, the Meigs County Health Department has vaccinated 500 individuals, with 63 of those vaccinated this week. For more data and information on the cases in Meigs County visit https://www.meigs-health.com/ covid-19/ . Meigs County remained “Red” on the Ohio Public Health Advisory System after meeting two of the seven indicators on Thursday. Mason County DHHR reported 1,528 total cases (since March) for Mason County in the 10 a.m. update on Friday morning, 9 more than Thursday. Of those, 1,485 are confirmed cases and 43 are probable cases. DHHR has reported 31 deaths in Mason County. According to DHHR, the age ranges for the 1,528 COVID-19 cases DHHR is reporting in Mason County are as follows: 0-9 — 32 cases (plus 3 probable cases (2 new)) 10-19 — 128 cases (plus 3 probable case, 1 new confirmed case) 20-29 — 264 cases (plus 7 probable cases, 1 new confirmed case) 30-39 — 212 cases (plus 10 probable case, 2 new confirmed cases) 40-49 — 216 cases (plus 8 probable cases, 2 new confirmed cases) 50-59 — 229 cases (plus 2 probable cases, 3 deaths, 1 new confirmed case) 60-69 — 200 cases (plus 5 probable case, 4 deaths) 70+ — 204 cases (plus 5 probable cases (1 new), 23 deaths, 1 new confirmed case) On Friday, Mason County was “orange” on the West Virginia County Alert System map. Mason County’s latest infection rate was 34.48 on Thursday with a 6.02 percent positivity rate. Surrounding counties are orange. Ohio The Ohio Department of Health reported a 24-hour change of 4,874 new cases on Friday (21-day average of 5,999). There were 64 new deaths (21-day average of 73), 166 new hospitalizations (21-day average of 246) and 23 new ICU admissions (21-day average of 26) reported in the previous 24 hours, according to Friday’s update. West Virginia As of the 10 a.m. update on Friday, DHHR is reporting a total of 119,467 cases with 2,006 deaths. There was an increase of 905 cases from Thursday and 23 new deaths. DHHR reports a total of 1,899,155 lab test have been completed, with a 5.60 cumulative percent positivity rate. The daily positivity rate in the state was 4.66 percent. There are 22,570 currently active cases in the state. DHHR reported on Monday that 183,390 first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to residents of West Virginia. So far, 59,047 people have been fully vaccinated. Kayla (Hawthorne) Dunham and Beth Sergent contributed to this story. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Saturday, January 30, 2021 9 WHO team visits Wuhan hospital By Emily Wang Fujiyama Associated Press WUHAN, China — A World Health Organization team visited a hospital on Friday where China says the first COVID-19 patients were treated more than a year ago as part of the experts’ longawaited fact-finding mission on the origins of the coronavirus. The WHO team members and Chinese officials earlier had their first in-person meetings at a hotel ahead of field visits in and around the central city of Wuhan in the coming days. “First face to face meeting with our colleagues. Correction: facemask to facemask given the medical restrictions,” Dutch virologist Marion Koopmans tweeted in the morning. She said they were discussing their program of visits and Chinese team leader “prof. Wannian” was joking about some technical glitches, an apparent reference to top Chinese epidemiologist Liang Wannian, who has been a leader of China’s response team. “Nice to see our colleagues after lengthy Zoom meetings,” Koopman tweeted. The visiting researchers held video meetings during 14 days of quarantine after their arrival in China. They came out of quarantine on Thursday. Members of the team left the hotel by car, and a short time later entered the gates of the Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine. According to China’s official account of its response to the initial outbreak, Dr. Zhang Jixian first reported cases of what was then known as “pneumonia of Ng Han Guan | AP A car that’s part of a convoy carrying the World Health Organization team of researchers arrives at the Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, also known as the Hubei Province Xinhua Hospital, in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province on Friday. The World Health Organization team of researchers emerged from their hotel Thursday for the first time since their arrival in Wuhan to start searching for clues into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. unknown origin” at the hospital on Dec. 27, 2019. WHO said earlier on Twitter that the team requested “detailed underlying data” and planned to speak with early responders and some of the first COVID-19 patients. It also planned to visit markets such as the Huanan Seafood Market linked to many of the first cases, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and laboratories at facilities such as the Wuhan Center for Disease Control. The team’s mission has become politically charged, as China seeks to avoid blame for alleged missteps in its early response to the outbreak. “All hypotheses are on the table as the team follows the science in their work to understand the origins of the COVID19 virus,” WHO tweeted. Confirmation of the origins of the virus is likely to take years. Pinning down an outbreak’s animal source typically requires exhaustive research including taking animal samples, genetic analysis and epidemiological studies. One possibility is that a wildlife poacher might have passed the virus to traders who carried it to Wuhan. The Chinese government has promoted theories, with little evidence, that the outbreak might have started with imports of frozen seafood tainted with the virus, a notion roundly rejected by international scientists and agencies. A possible focus for investigators is the virology institute in the city. One of China’s top virus research labs, it built an archive of genetic information about bat coronaviruses after the 2003 outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS. State parties stand as firewall for Trump By Thomas Beaumont and Nicholas Riccardi Associated Press Donald Trump has mused about forming a third party. But it’s unclear why he needs one. As he faces an impeachment trial for inciting insurrection, state and county Republican Party committees have rushed to Trump’s defense — highlighting the former president’s firm control of the GOP machinery. In swing states and GOP bastions, state and local Republican committees are stocked with Trump supporters who remain loyal. Trump critics have been pushed out or marginalized. Party committees from Washington state to South Carolina have moved to punish many of the 10 House Republicans who supported Trump’s impeachment for egging on the deadly Jan. 6 raid of the U.S. Capitol. Trump’s lock on the party apparatus is the result of a yearslong takeover of an institution he only loosely affiliated with before taking office. The effect amounts to a firewall protecting him and his far-right, nationalist politics from Republicans who argue the party needs a new direction if it wants to win elections. “It’s come to the point where you have to be with him 100 percent of the time, or you’re the enemy,” said Dave Millage, a former Iowa lawmaker who was pushed out as Scott County GOP chairman after calling for Trump’s impeachment. On Saturday, the South Carolina GOP will decide whether to censure Republican Rep. Tom Rice for his vote to impeach the former president. It’s a move meant to scar the five-term congressman for what many of his constituents considered a betrayal, said GOP chairwoman Dreama Perdue in Rice’s home Horry County. In some cases, the state parties’ defense of Trump has exposed the extent to which disinformation, conspiracy theories and views once considered fringe have been normalized in the GOP. In Oregon, the state party last week released a resolution passed by its executive committee that in part falsely alleged the Capitol attack was a “false flag” designed to embarrass Trump supporters. State parties in Hawaii and Texas have recently tweeted references to the QAnon conspiracy theory, which claims Trump is waging a secret battle against the “deep state” and a sect of powerful devil-worshipping pedophiles including top Democrats. In other states, the rapid defense of Trump is notable for Republicans’ willingness to double down on Trumpism even after voters rejected it. The Arizona state party Saturday reelected its controversial Trump loyalist chairwoman, Kelli Ward and censured Trump critics Cindy McCain, former Sen. Jeff Flake and even Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican Trump supporter who offended the party leadership by certifying Trump’s loss in the state. In Washington state, several county party committees have called for the removal of the two House members who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Primary challengers have begun lining up to take on all 10 Republican House members who voted to impeach Trump. Trump’s hold on state parties reflects the expresident’s continued popularity with the base and the work his political operation has done to plant loyalists in the typically obscure local GOP apparatus. His re-election campaign focused “It’s come to the point where you have to be with him 100 percent of the time, or you’re the enemy.” — Dave Millage, Former Iowa lawmaker who was pushed out as Scott County GOP chairman after calling for Trump’s impeachment heavily on packing state and county committees with devotees to avoid the spectacle of 2016, when many in the party’s machinery fought Trump’s nomination. Chuck Coughlin, a Republican strategist in Arizona, said he is troubled by what Ward’s victory says about the party’s inability to shake Trump, the first Republican presidential candidate to lose the state since 1996. Ward pushed for Trump to “cross the Rubicon” in challenging the results election, he said, a reference to Julius Caesar’s military push toward Rome that sparked a civil war and dictatorship. “The party as it’s currently defined today, as the party of Trump, cannot win statewide elections in Arizona,” he said. “A smart party would try to figure out how to be more inclusive and not exclusive.” “Literally, this is idol worship.” But Trump brought in millions of new voters to the party with his populist approach. And Republicans should welcome those voters decision to stay involved, even when Trump is not on the ballot, argued Constantin Querard, a conservative Republican strategist in Arizona. “Without Trump, some of them will go home, but some of them will stick around forever,” he said. Republicans’ worry, however, is that the newcomers drive away other potential Republican voters. Nearly 5,000 Arizona voters dropped their GOP voter registration in nine days after the Capitol attack, state figures show. In Pennsylvania, another state Trump lost, nearly 10,000 voters registered as Republicans had dropped their GOP affiliation as of Monday, according to state data. On Wednesday, the Oregon state house Republican caucus distanced itself from the “false flag” claim in a statement and tried to shift attention to economic issues. “The election is over. It is time to govern,” said the statement, signed by 23 representatives. “That’s the challenge in this period, can the state-level people rein it in?” said Christopher Nichols, director for the Center for Humanities at Oregon State University. Trump’s hold on the party structure isn’t likely to ease soon. In many cases, supporters are elected to posts with multi-year terms and positioned to keep rising. In Michigan, an establishment Republican fundraiser Ron Weiser is favored to become the next state party chairman. But to bolster his bid for the post, he picked a No. 2 with Trump credentials. He chose Meshawn Maddock, a conservative activist who organized Michigan’s 19-bus delegation to the Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally and has posted images of Michigan’s Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer altered to resemble Adolf Hitler. 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And it was Burkholder who helped the Chiefs navigate the season with few positive tests and just one postponement — the fault of the other team — as they closed in on a Super Bowl repeat. “I think in the spring and early summer, many of us had a lot of uncertainty about how this was going to unfold,” Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt said. “I don’t think we knew for sure you could play football safely, that the virus would not be passed on the football field. Those were things we just didn’t know, and it was a process to figure out how to do this.” Ultimately, the Chiefs and Buccaneers are in the Super Bowl in part because they figured it out as well as anybody. They adhered to strict mask mandates inside the facility. They avoided large gatherings once they left. They spread out to eat meals, held meetings in small groups and paid whatever it took for cutting-edge tracking systems. They held the health of the guy next to them in the same regard as their own. “We had to take care of each other. We couldn’t go out there and do things we normally do,” Chiefs wide receiver Mecole Hardman said. “We did a real good job of protecting each other, and it did bring us together. We all had to be locked in.” According to the NFL, there were 922,220 tests administered from Aug. 1 to the end of the regular season, resulting in 256 positive tests among players and 432 among other staff members. But many of those positive tests could be traced to a few teams and a handful of outbreaks, which all but crippled some of them for large parts of the season. The Titans had an outbreak involving 24 players and personnel that caused two postponements and wiped out their bye week. The Ravens had issues heading into a Thanksgiving showdown with Pittsburgh that they ultimately played without quarterback Lamar Jackson in the following week. The Broncos had to play a game without any quarterback whatsoever, and general manager John Elway and CEO Joe Ellis also were affected by an outbreak that sent an assistant coach to the hospital. Violations of the COVID-19 protocols were costly in more literal ways. The Raiders were fined $1.2 million and docked a sixth-round pick for violations, while the Saints lost a seventh-rounder and $500,000. The Titans were fined $650,000 for three separate violations, the Patriots $350,000 for their issues, and the Ravens $250,000 for their outbreak. All of which make the problems of the Chiefs and Bucs seem downright trivial. Kansas City had eight players on the active roster land on the COVID-19 list, including Hardman and starting linebacker Anthony Hitchens, both of whom missed games. They also had a couple of staff members test positive, including strength coach Rick Rubin and Burkholder, the very same man who worked with the NFL to develop testing protocols. Tampa Bay had 11 players on the active roster land on the list, including running back Ronald Jones and linebacker Devin White, who missed the Buccaneers’ regular-season finale and wildcard win over Washington. But compared to other teams around the league, the Chiefs and Bucs had modest problems. Four of the Chiefs and four of the Bucs who landed on the COVID-19 list didn’t miss a game, and both teams are — knock on wood — expected to be at full strength when they meet in the Super Bowl on Feb. 7 in Tampa, Florida. “I think our guys have done a great, great job See CHIEFS | 12 OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Monday, Feb. 1 Girls Basketball Meigs at River Valley, 7:30 Southern at Eastern, 7:15 South Point at South Gallia, 7:30 Tuesday, Feb. 2 Boys Basketball Federal Hocking at Southern, 7:30 River Valley at Wellston, 7:30 South Gallia at Belpre, 7:30 Girls Basketball Fairland at Gallia Academy, 7:30 Wednesday, Feb. 3 Boys Basketball Gallia Academy at Coal Grove, 7:30 Eastern at Federal Hocking, 7:30 Jackson at Meigs, 7:30 Girls Basketball Meigs at Eastern, 7:15 Wrestling South Gallia at Wellston, 6 p.m. River Valley at Shenandoah, 6 p.m. Saturday, January 30, 2021 11 Lady Panthers fend off Gallia Academy By Bryan Walters bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Gallia Academy senior Maddy Petro releases a shot attempt over an Ironton defender during a Jan. 7 girls basketball contest in Centenary, Ohio. CHESAPEAKE, Ohio — The Blue Angels left it on the floor for four quarters … and ultimately had nothing left for the extra session. Host Chesapeake made an 11-1 run in overtime and ultimately spoiled a solid performance by the Gallia Academy girls basketball team on Thursday night during a 40-30 victory in an Ohio Valley Conference contest in Lawrence County. The Blue Angels (4-8, 3-7 OVC) equally produced eight points in each of the first three periods of play, but the guests gradually turned a 13-8 first quarter deficit into a 24-23 edge headed into the fourth quarter of play. The Lady Panthers (12-6, 8-5) got four points Maddie Ward down the stretch run of regulation, which triggered a 6-5 push that eventually forced overtime while knotting things up at 29-all. GAHS did not make a field goal and went only 1-of-3 at the free throw line in the extra session, with Emma Hammons providing the lone point over the additional 4-minute span. The Purple and White, on the other hand, netted 7-of-9 charity tosses in overtime and received six points from Ward while wrapping up the 10-point outcome. Hammons had half of Gallia Academy’s point total in falling behind 13-8 through one quarter of play, then Maddy Petro and Regan Wilcoxon each See PANTHERS | 12 Marshall releases 2021 football schedule By Bryan Walters bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Good news for Charles Huff as he begins his tenure as the 30th head football coach in the Marshall University record books. Historically, the 2021 gridiron schedule — which was released Wednesday — is a favorable one. The Thundering Herd will have an even slate of six home and six away games this upcoming the fall, their first under Huff — who replaces Doc Holliday after 11 seasons at the helm. Huff — who has 17 years of coaching experience at both the NFL and major college levels — inherits a program coming off of three straight losses to end a 7-3 campaign that included setbacks in both the Conference USA championship and the Camellia Bowl. Marshall opens the 2021 campaign on the road at Navy on Sept. 4, then makes its home debut on the 20th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks when it welcomes North Carolina Central. Both of those nonconference contests will be first-ever meetings between the programs. From there, the 2021 slate gets a little trickier as MU hosts East Carolina on Sept. 18 before completing the nonleague portion of the schedule on Sept. 25 when the Herd travels to Appalachian State. The Pirates own a 10-5 edge in the all-time series, while the Mountaineers have a 14-8 all-time lead against the Green and White. Only ASU had a winning record last year of the four non-conference opponents, and Marshall Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Marshall quarterback Grant Wells (8) delivers a pass during a Nov. 14, 2020, football contest against Middle Tennessee State at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, W.Va. defeated the Mountaineers last fall by a 17-7 count. Both ECU and the Midshipmen endured 3-win campaigns last fall, while N.C. Central did not have a 2020 football season. The CUSA campaign starts on Oct. 2 when MU travels to Murfreesboro for a matchup with Middle Tennessee State, then takes on Old Dominion a week later in its first league game at home. The Herd follows that up by going to North Texas on Oct. 16 before reaching the first bye week of the schedule. Marshall hosts Florida International on Oct. 30 before heading to Boca Raton a week later to take on Florida Atlantic. MU returns home on Nov. 13 to face Alabama-Birmingham in a rematch of the 2020 CUSA championship contest. Marshall makes its final regular season road trip on Nov. 20 when it heads to Charlotte, then comes home for the regu- lar season finale on Nov. 27 when it welcomes Western Kentucky. The Thundering Herd owns an all-time winning record against all eight of its scheduled conference opponents this season. The kickoff time for any of these dozen contests has yet to be released. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. RSC announces revised format for tournament By Randy Payton For Ohio Valley Publishing MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — The River States Conference Administrative Council on Tuesday (Jan. 26) approved a new format for the RSC Men’s & Women’s Basketball Championships for this year. The changes were made due to COVID19 impacting the 2020-21 basketball seasons in conference. The RSC will allow all teams that are able and desire to partici- pate in the postseason basketball championship to do so this year. The RSC championships will be seeded using a double-blind draw, meaning that the first draw will be for a spot on the bracket, and the second draw will be for a team assigned to that spot. The draws will continue until the bracket is filled with all teams that elected to participate. The championship winner and runner-up for both the men and women will receive the RSC’s automatic qualifications to the NAIA Men’s & Women’s Basketball National Championships, respectively. During the course of the RSC championships, if a team must drop out, their opponent will move forward in the bracket. Each game of the championship will be held at a campus location of a team involved in that matchup. A determination will be made at a later date about hosting See RSC | 12 �SPORTS 12 Saturday, January 30, 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing A crowded sprint to get seasons in for college runners RSC By Steve Megargee wait until 2021. The Big Ten cross country championship typically would take place in late October or early November rather than at the end of Moving traditional fall sports to later in January. Saturday’s forecast in Shelbyville the calendar due to COVID-19 includes calls for temperatures in the 30s with an some consequences unrelated to the pan80% chance of precipitation. demic itself. “We pride ourselves in running through That has been evident this week as Big pretty much everything,” Indiana senior Ten runners have prepared for Saturday’s cross country championships at Shelbyville, Ben Veatch said. “It’s going to hurt, regardIndiana, with snow blanketing much of the less.” Even after pushing the cross country Midwest. “In terms of training for it, obviously we season back to 2021, the Big Ten still must deal with the ramifications of the pancan’t get on grass,” Wisconsin coach Mick demic. Byrne said. “The Zimmer cross country Michigan put its entire athletic departcourse (on campus) is covered in snow as are most of our regular training sites. Obvi- ment on pause this week after several positive tests for a new COVID-19 variant that ously we’ve had some snow around here. Most of what we do is outside on the roads transmits at a higher rate, which means the Wolverines won’t be competing Saturday. or bike paths.” Michigan finished third in the men’s and The Division I board of directors women’s divisions in 2019 but won three announced in late September that NCAA straight women’s conference titles from championships for cross country, field hockey, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s 2016-18. “In my opinion, the Big Ten champivolleyball and men’s water polo would take onships without the Michigan men and place in the spring of 2021 rather than the women is a diluted championships,” said fall of 2020. Byrne, whose Badgers won the men’s diviSome leagues such as the Southeastern Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference and sion and finished second to Michigan State in the women’s division in 2019. Big 12 went ahead and played traditional Veatch said the biggest complication in fall sports in the fall anyway. The Big Ten having a cross country season at this time was among the conferences that chose to Associated Press of year isn’t the weather. He’s more concerned about the cross country season coinciding with the indoor track season. Many cross country runners also compete in indoor track, but the length of their races varies. For instance, men’s cross country runners generally compete in the mile, the 3-kilometer run or the 5K in indoor track. The Big Ten men’s cross country championships are an 8-kilometer event for men and 6 kilometers for women. The NCAA championships go 10 kilometers for the men and 6 for the women. That has created a training dilemma for runners. Veatch notes that “while some people think it’s the same thing – we’re just running – it’s quite different disciplines (in) cross country versus track.” “We’re just trying to walk that very thin line of what can make us the best at both currently,” said Veatch, who noted the team aspect of competition: “We don’t feel it’s right or fair to our sprinters, throwers, jumpers or vaulters in indoor track jut to say, ‘Hey, we’re going to go focus solely on cross country.’“ Te calendar is crowded for the track and field athletes across college sports: The Pac-12, Big East and several other leagues are holding their conference championships March 5, which is 10 days before the NCAA championships in Stillwater, Oklahoma. From page 11 responsibilities in the first round. In subsequent rounds, teams that were on the road will host and vice versa. Protocols related to fan attendance of each playoff game will be based on the protocols at that RSC member campus. With at least 11 or 12 teams currently still participating in the men’s and women’s basketball seasons, the championships this year will require an extra round than in previous years. This year’s championships will start on Monday, Feb. 22 for the first round and continue on Wednesday, Feb. 24 for the second round, Saturday, Feb. 27 for the semifinals and Tuesday, March 2 for the championship game. NFL’s revenue dip in pandemic significant, but not crippling By Schuyler Dixon Associated Press New York Giants co-owner John Mara could have been speaking for all in the tightlipped world of NFL finances by saying his club’s pandemicinduced losses in revenue have been substantial but not crippling. The biggest positive in this season of COVID-19 might not be measurable: the value of finishing on time in Tampa with the Super Bowl between Tampa Bay and Kansas City on Feb. 7. “They got all the games in,” said Marc Ganis, co-founder of Chicago-based consulting group Sportscorp and a confidant of many NFL owners. “They got ’em all in on time, within the 17-week window. That’s enormous. “We’re not taking it for granted, but the effort that was necessary by tens of thousands of people, family members, to make that happen, the sacrifices that were necessary, the union stepping up together with the league, that’s an incredible accomplishment done without bubbles.” The biggest negative, said Ganis, was revenues on the lower end of what was hoped since the majority of stadiums either didn’t have fans at all or just a few thousand at most. Panthers In keeping with a previous estimate that revenues could be down by at least $100 million for each of the 32 teams, Ganis says the league missed out on $3 billion to $4 billion while playing in the pandemic. But Mara says the losses are manageable. “It was a huge financial hit for us this year, no question about it,” Mara said. “But it’s not going to affect our ability to be active in free agency or to do what we have to do to improve the team. Hopefully this is a one-year thing and we’ll be able to have fans back in the building next season.” It remains to be seen whether a legacy of cooperation will last between owners and the union after essentially negotiating two collective bargaining agreements in a matter of months. The first was a new 10-year agreement that passed on a close vote by the players just as the pandemic was gripping the country. In retrospect, it looks like a good move given the financial uncertainty with ongoing COVID-19 concerns. The second was a plan for playing in the pandemic, including an all-virtual offseason and the players’ demands to dump preseason games and be tested daily while accepting limits to social interaction in their personal lives. Another part of the nego- tiation was assuring the salary cap would be no lower than $175 million per team, with the league holding out hope of keeping it much closer to the 2020 figure of $198.2 million. “None of us are going to be surprised that there’s going to be a significant drop-off from overall revenue,” union executive director DeMaurice Smith said. “I’m just happy that we have a floor for the cap next year. And because of that floor, teams at least have a solid number in order to figure out how to restructure contracts, if that’s what they want to do. “One effect of the 2011 CBA was to allow teams to carry over money from previous years and put that money into the salary cap this year. And if there was ever a time where I was glad that we negotiated for that carryover effect, it’s now.” With the majority of revenue tied to national TV contracts that benefit all teams equally, the NFL was well-positioned to handle the pandemic as long as games could be played. While the TV ratings were down 7% during the regular season, Ganis said the NFL actually widened the gap with other pro sports leagues and non-sports entertainment. Other experts also say the ratings don’t matter much because the league is poised for — including one trifecta — and also went 5-of-15 at the free throw line for 33 percent. Petro led the guests with 11 points, followed by Asia Griffin with seven points From page 11 and Hammons with five markers. Chanee scored three points as part of an 8-5 run that Cremeens and Wilcoxon completed the tally with respective efforts of four and three closed the halftime deficit down to 18-16. points. Petro produced six points in the third CHS netted 10 total field goals — includframe as the Blue and White made another 8-5 run that resulted in a 1-point lead enter- ing two 3-pointers — and also made 18-of25 charity tosses for 72 percent. ing the fourth. Ward led the hosts with a game-high 15 The Blue Angels made 12 total field goals OH-70221235 more huge TV contracts in the next couple of years. The next rounds of deals are likely to start at more than $10 billion annually and grow from there. “So the NFL, its position as the top broadcast property in the United States actually got stronger,” Ganis said. “But they don’t make more money off of that. That just helps going into the negotiations for the next media deal.” While the Dallas Cowboys led the NFL in attendance during the pandemic at nearly 30,000 fans per game, America’s Team also had the most to lose. Forbes magazine estimated Dallas took in by far the most stadium revenue in the league at $621 million in 2018, the most recent year analyzed. The view from outside the NFL is quite a bit different, though, Ganis said. There aren’t rich teams or poor teams, just rich players and richer owners, with millions around the U.S. dealing with their own much more dire financial pictures. “Nobody is going to cry for teams that are worth an average of $2 billion,” Ganis said. “And they’re not asking for people to feel sorry. And no one’s going to cry for players who are going to get reductions in salaries over the next two or three years. points, followed by Emily Duncan with 10 points and Brooklyn McComas with six markers. Ashlee Conley and Blake Anderson completed the winning mark with respective efforts of five and four points. Gallia Academy returns to action Tuesday when it hosts Fairland in an OVC tilt at 7 p.m. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. Chiefs From page 11 of being accountable to each other with COVID all year, and will continue to do that,” Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians said. “We’ve talked about family and friends testing before they ever enter your home; making sure everybody’s tested and being very, very smart about it.” Arians and his Chiefs counterpart, Andy Reid, point to a few reasons their teams have remained safe this season, one of the biggest being luck. The fact is even the biggest hypochondriac could catch the virus without even knowing it. The other main reason is leadership. It’s easy to follow the example of Tom Brady, with six Super Bowl rings behind him and the Hall of Fame in front of him, when he demands the Buccaneers mask up. The same with Patrick Mahomes, the reigning Super Bowl MVP, when he tells the Chiefs to skip the family gatherings around the holidays. “Like, getting a haircut before the game — I had to get my barber tested, or go to the barber shop when no one is there,” Mahomes said. “You can’t risk getting COVID or anything like that. And then, after games when I would usually hang out with the guys, hang out with different people, or even hang out with my family, I had to kind of prevent that as much as possible or keep it very minimal. I mean, it does take a toll on you.” Then again, the toll is a little easier to bear when you are part of a team capable of winning a championship. “It was a mental battle trying to go through a whole football season, trying to stay focused on the game, trying to stay focused on your team, when the whole world seemed like it was in chaos,” Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu said. “We just kind of tried to put our blinders on in a sense that we’ve got a job to do.” �SPORTS/CLASSIFIEDS Ohio Valley Publishing Saturday, January 30, 2021 13 Fans or no fans? Tokyo Olympic organizers still mum TOKYO (AP) — One of the biggest unanswered questions about the Tokyo Olympics deals with fans. Will there be any from abroad? And will fans of any sort be allowed in outdoor stadiums or smaller indoor arenas? “Naturally, we are looking into many different scenarios, so no spectators is one of the options,” organizing committee President Yoshiro Mori said Thursday after a video call with IOC President Thomas Bach. “We don’t want to hold the games without spectators, but in terms of simulations we are covering all the options.” The International Olympic Committee and Tokyo organizers will roll out their “Playbook” next week, a detailed plan about how to hold the games during a pandemic. It will set down strict rules for thousands of athletes arriving in Japan, about being isolated in bubbles, and then leaving the country as soon as they finish competing. The Nikkan Sports newspaper, without citing sources, said that organizers are expected to announce “soon” that fans from abroad will not be allowed to attend. Olympic Minister Seiko Hashimoto said earlier in the week the decision would be announced “by the spring.” The 15,400 Olympic and Paralympic athletes will be kept in a sterile bubble in Tokyo. But thousands of others will not, including judges, officials, VIPS, sponsors, and media and broadcasters. Fans are the most problematic and risky with the Olympics shaping up as primarily a television event. Television money is critical for the IOC, which gets 75% of its income from selling broadcast rights. The local organizing committee was expected to receive $800 million from ticket sales, its thirdlargest source of income. Any shortfall is likely to be made up by a Japanese government entity. Mori described his call with Bach — accompanied by Tokyo CEO Toshiro Muto — as a kind of pep talk. 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Basically that was the main topic of the conversation today.” Mori was unable to clearly answer a question from a Japanese reporter who asked what he means when he says Tokyo will “hold safe secure games.” Opinion polls in Japan show the public is against holding the Olympics with about 80% saying they should be postponed or canceled. “Everybody is hoping to be safe and secure,” Mori replied. “Nobody rides a train hoping to encounter an accident.” Mori and Muto said Bach asked about vaccine rollouts in Japan, which are expected for health care workers in February and much later for the general population. The IOC has said it will not require “participants” entering Japan to be vaccinated, but it is encouraging voluntary vaccination. Bach has also said young athletes should not be a priority ahead of health care workers and the elderly. General Mills – Making Food the World Loves and Needs. �14 Saturday, January 30, 2021 OH-70221194 Ohio Valley Publishing Glaucoma In Its Many Forms There are many forms of glaucoma, which is caused by a number of different eye diseases that produce increased pressure within the eye. This elevated pressure is caused by a backup of fluid in the eye and, over time, it causes damage to the optic nerve. Permanent visual loss may result and even blindness. You may have glaucoma and not even know it because there are no symptoms in its early stages. Since glaucoma can affect all age groups, it’s imperative to have routine eye checkups by an ophthalmologist or optometrist on a regular basis, says The American Academy of Ophthalmology. Early detection and treatment of glaucoma are the only ways to prevent vision impairment and blindness. TYPES OF GLAUCOMA Following are the most common forms of glaucoma, courtesy of The Glaucoma Foundation: Open-Angle Glaucoma This is the most common type. Normally associated with increased IOP, which can lead to visual field loss and optic nerve damage. There is no visible abnormality with the trabecular meshwork. However, the aqueous fluid is unable to flow correctly. Normal Tension Glaucoma (low tension glaucoma) Characterized by progressive optic nerve damage and visual field loss with a normal IOP. It may be related to poor blood flow to the optic nerve or other factors, which lead to death of the cells. Angle-Closure Glaucoma A form where the anterior chamber tends to be smaller than average. Occurs when the ability of aqueous fluid to pass between the iris and lens on its way to the anterior chamber becomes decreased, causing fluid pressure to build up behind the iris, further narrowing the angle between the eye’s lens and the iris. When the angle is completely blocked, an acute glaucoma attack results. This condition tends to be inherited and, often, several members of a family will be afflicted. It’s most common in people of Asian descent and those who are far- sighted. Acute Glaucoma Occurs in angle-closure glaucoma when the aqueous fluid behind the iris does not flow properly into the anterior chamber. The iris pushes forward toward the angle, and obstructs it, causing a sudden increase in the IOP. The IOP becomes very painful to the point of causing nausea and vomiting. The eye becomes red, and the cornea swells and clouds. The patient may see haloes around lights, and may experience blurred vision. Many of these sudden attacks occur in darkened rooms, such as movie theaters, because dark environments cause the pupil to dilate, further narrowing the angle between the eye’s lens and the iris, which may trigger an attack. Periods of stress, using antidepressants, cold medications, antihistamines, and some medications to treat nausea, can also cause dilation of the pupil to trigger an attack. It is interesting to note that all acute glaucoma attacks are not always full-blown. A patient may have a series of minor attacks, and may experience a slight blurring of vision and haloes, but without pain or redness of the eye. The attacks may end when the patient enters a well-lit room or goes to sleep—two situations which naturally cause the pupil to constrict. Pigmentary Glaucoma A type of inherited open-angle glaucoma where the pigment layer of the iris rubs onto the lens, causing iris pigment particles to shed and plug the pores of the trabecular meshwork, thereby increasing the IOP. This condition develops more frequently in men than women; afflicts those who are nearsighted; and most often begins in a person’s twenties and thirties. Exfoliation Syndrome Small deposits within the eye that clog the trabecular meshwork, leading to IOP elevation, which can cause open-angle or angle-closure glaucoma. Found everywhere in the world, but is most common among people of European descent. Not all persons with exfoliation syndrome develop glaucoma. However, if you have it, your chances of developing glaucoma are about six times as high than if you don’t have it, according to The Glaucoma Foundation. For unknown reasons, it often appears in one eye long before the other. If you have glaucoma in one eye, this is the most likely cause. Trauma-Related Glaucoma A blow to the eye, chemical burn, or penetrating injury may all lead to the development of glaucoma, either acute or chronic forms. This can be due to a mechanism disruption or physical change within the eye’s drainage system. It is therefore crucial for anyone who has suffered eye trauma to have eye check-ups at regular intervals. TREATING GLAUCOMA Glaucoma can be treated with eyedrops, pills, laser surgery, eye operations, or a combination of methods, depending on the type and severity. Early detection and keeping the IOP under control are the keys to preventing loss of vision from glaucoma. Understanding Pediatric Glaucoma Childhood glaucoma is a rare condition, one that, according to the Glaucoma Research Foundation, may be inherited, caused before birth by incorrect development of the eye’s drainage system. The increasing intraocular pressure that results damages the optic nerve, which is responsible for transmitting visual information from the retina to the brain. Approximately 1 out of every 10,000 babies born in the United States are born with glaucoma. While it’s suspected millions of people unknowingly have glaucoma, parents can look for certain indicators to determine if their child has childhood glaucoma. Enlarged eyes, cloudiness of the cornea and a sensitivity to light are all symptoms of child-hood glaucoma. While those symptoms don’t guarantee a child has glaucoma, their presence should lead parents to consult a physician. So what’s the outlook for childhood glaucoma patients? In an uncomplicated case, surgery is often successful at correcting structural defects. Some cases may call for medication as well as surgery. Even after successful surgery for pediatric glaucoma, parents should know that lost vision cannot be restored. However, it’s entirely possible and common for pediatric glaucoma patients to live full lives, and thousands of children do just that each and every year. When it comes time for kids to head off to the classroom, consider the following tips to help kids. 7� �!��$� '% /� 0+� /%0� 3%0$� 0$!%.� 7� �1.�$�/!� ,.+0!�0%2!� #+##(!/� backs to the windows or other for kids to wear during certain bright light. 7��+.'�3%0$�0$!��$%( �/�0!��$!.�� activities, including sports. informing them of your child’s 7��1.�$�/!�/1*#(�//!/��* �$�0/ history with pediatric glaucoma for kids to wear during playtime and request that your child’s outdoors. 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All Prices include available incentives and may include Trade Assist Rebates and Down Payment Assistance Rebates that you are required to finance with GM Financial to Obtain OH-70220951 42411 CHARLES CHANCEY DRIVE POMEROY OH 45769 SALES (740) 444-4219 SERVICE (740) 444-4136 SALES MONDAY 9:00 AM 7:00 PM TUESDAY 9:00 AM 7:00 PM WEDNESDAY 9:00 AM 7:00 PM THURSDAY 9:00 AM 7:00 PM FRIDAY 9:00 AM 6:00 PM SATURDAY 9:00 AM 5:00 PM SUNDAY CLOSED SERVICE MONDAY 7:30 AM 5:30 PM TUESDAY 7:30 AM 5:30 PM WEDNESDAY 7:30 AM 5:30 PM THURSDAY 7:30 AM 5:30 PM FRIDAY 7:30 AM 5:30 PM SATURDAY 8:00 AM 5:00 PM SUNDAY CLOSED PARTS MONDAY 8:00 AM 5:00 PM TUESDAY 8:00 AM 5:00 PM WEDNESDAY 8:00 AM 5:00 PM THURSDAY 8:00 AM 5:00 PM FRIDAY 8:00 AM 5:00 PM SATURDAY 8:00 AM 5:00 PM SUNDAY CLOSED �Ohio Valley Publishing Saturday, January 30, 2021 17 Affordable Pre-owned Luxury. Dependable Pre-owned Quality. Peace of mind comes standard with every pre-owned vehicle we sell. 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All Prices include available incentives and may include Trade Assist Rebates and Down Payment Assistance Rebates that you are required to finance with GM Financial to Obtain OH-70221902 42411 CHARLES CHANCEY DRIVE POMEROY OH 45769 SALES (740) 444-4219 SERVICE (740) 444-4136 SALES MONDAY 9:00 AM 7:00 PM TUESDAY 9:00 AM 7:00 PM WEDNESDAY 9:00 AM 7:00 PM THURSDAY 9:00 AM 7:00 PM FRIDAY 9:00 AM 6:00 PM SATURDAY 9:00 AM 5:00 PM SUNDAY CLOSED SERVICE MONDAY 7:30 AM 5:30 PM TUESDAY 7:30 AM 5:30 PM WEDNESDAY 7:30 AM 5:30 PM THURSDAY 7:30 AM 5:30 PM FRIDAY 7:30 AM 5:30 PM SATURDAY 8:00 AM 5:00 PM SUNDAY CLOSED PARTS MONDAY 8:00 AM 5:00 PM TUESDAY 8:00 AM 5:00 PM WEDNESDAY 8:00 AM 5:00 PM THURSDAY 8:00 AM 5:00 PM FRIDAY 8:00 AM 5:00 PM SATURDAY 8:00 AM 5:00 PM SUNDAY CLOSED �NEWS/WEATHER 18 Saturday, January 30, 2021 Pandemic help wanted EPA From page 1 Devola sanitary sewer improvements. New Boston is receiving $258,000 to line manholes and sewers as part of the combined sewer overflow improvement project. The entire loan will be issued with principal forgiveness, meaning it does not have to be repaid. Hopedale is receiving $124,000 to extend the waterline along the south side of Rabbit Road between Mill Street and West Main Street. Piketon is receiving $47,963 to assess its water treatment and distribution system to assist in modernizing the facility. Created in 1989, the Water Pollution Control Loan Fund (WPCLF) helps communities improve their wastewater treatment systems. The Water Supply Revolving Loan Account (WSRLA), started in 1998, provides loans for improvements to community drinking water systems and nonprofit, noncommunity public water systems. Both programs offer belowmarket interest rate loans, which can save communities a substantial amount of money compared to a market-rate loan. Ohio EPA’s state revolving fund (SRF) loans are provided to communities to build and upgrade wastewater and drinking water infrastructure, upgrade home sewage treatment systems, better manage storm water, address combined sewer overflows, and implement other water quality-related projects. Financial assistance helps support planning, design, and construction activities and enhances the technical, managerial, and financial capacity of these systems. WPCLF loans also make possible the restoration and protection of some of Ohio’s highest quality water bodies through the fund’s Water Resource Restoration Sponsor Program. Ohio’s SRF loan programs are partially supported by annual federal capitalization grants and have grown substantially over time because of the revolving nature of the loan issuance and payments back into the fund. The SRF programs are managed by Ohio EPA’s Division of Environmental and Financial Assistance, with assistance from the Ohio Water Development Authority. Ohio EPA is responsible for program development and implementation, individual project coordination, and environmental and other technical reviews/approvals of projects seeking funds. The Ohio Water Development Authority provides financial management of the SRF funds. More information about the SRF loan program is available at: epa.ohio.gov/defa/EnvironmentalandFinancialAssistance.aspx. Race manager runs shot centers By William J. Kole Associated Press A year into the coronavirus pandemic, Americans are painfully aware that overcoming the scourge is a marathon, not a sprint. Enter Dave McGillivray, who knows a thing or two about endurance events — and logistics. The race director of the Boston Marathon, which is on hold until fall, has been tapped by the state of Massachusetts to run mass vaccination operations at Gillette Stadium and Fenway Park. Idled at his day job by Water From page 1 ago and, due to its age, is prone to numerous line breaks which are difficult to repair on this old line. Numerous lead service lines will also be replaced during this project. These are no longer recommended for water systems. Replacement of lines on South Third Avenue will also be a part of this project. This area has had water pressure problems for years which is a problem in case of fires and makes it difficult for our fire department to control fires in that area. New six inch lines will also be installed on Page Street in order to provide adequate pressure for firefighting in that area, along with improvements in residential and commercial services. Information provided by Ohio EPA. TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 34° 32° 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. AccuWeather.com Cold Index™ (in inches) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Fri. Trace Month to date/normal 2.25/2.76 Year to date/normal 2.25/2.76 Snowfall (in inches) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Fri. Trace Month to date/normal 2.8/6.4 Season to date/normal 11.8/11.0 Today 7:36 a.m. 5:48 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 9:06 a.m. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Sun. 7:35 a.m. 5:49 p.m. 9:10 p.m. 9:38 a.m. MOON PHASES Last Feb 4 New First Full Feb 11 Feb 19 Feb 27 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for fish and game. Today Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Major 12:37a 1:33a 2:29a 3:23a 4:17a 5:10a 6:02a Minor 6:49a 7:45a 8:41a 9:36a 10:29a 11:23a 12:16p Major 1:02p 1:58p 2:53p 3:48p 4:42p 5:36p 6:29p Minor 7:15p 8:10p 9:05p 10:00p 10:54p 11:49p ---- WEATHER HISTORY The temperature at La Junta, Colo., rose from 5 degrees on the morning of Jan. 30, 1991, to a high of 50 degrees in the afternoon. Pueblo, Colo., began the day at 2 degrees but rose to 58 degrees. OH-70219587 The AccuWeather.com Cold Index combines the effects of local weather with a number of demographic factors to provide a scale showing the overall probability of transmission and symptom severity of the common cold. 1 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme WEATHER TRIVIA™ Q: What is a snow cap? SUN & MOON for all of our residents and for the future of our community,” Hoffman said via the news release. “These improvements are not cheap and come with a price tag of approximately $3,797,429. This project was originally designed at a cost of $4.8 million. About a million dollars was cut from the project to make it more affordable. Parts of the project were dropped that we felt were not necessary right now and only areas that were considered the most important were included in the project,” explained Hoffman. Hoffman added, “We were fortunate in being able to obtain financing through EPA for the total project which will be a grant of $1,898,715 and a 0 percent loan of $1,898,714 over a 30 year period which will result in a yearly debt payment of about $63,000. No one likes to increase charges for anything but the only way, at this time, to make necessary improvements is to borrow money. Of course if you borrow even at no interest cost, the funds still have to be repaid. Rather than raise water rates which would result in sewer rate increases also, we thought the best method of repayment would be to create a fund specifically for repayment of this loan and provide funds for loan repayment by a $5 surcharge on each resident’s water bill, which was enacted at the Jan. 25 council meeting. “Increased charges are not popular but sometimes are necessary if we wish to maintain our services for our residents and future generations in our community,” concluded Hoffman. MONDAY Periods of rain AIR QUALITY 0 50 100 150 200 300 Air Quality Index: 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very unhealthy; 301-500, Hazardous. Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services OHIO RIVER Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. Fri. Location Willow Island Marietta Parkersburg Belleville Racine Point Pleasant Gallipolis Huntington Ashland Lloyd Greenup Portsmouth Maysville Meldahl Dam Flood Stage 37 34 36 35 41 40 50 50 52 54 50 50 51 Level 12.39 16.53 21.59 12.92 13.20 24.68 12.36 28.85 35.96 12.69 25.20 35.50 27.10 Lucasville 40/32 Portsmouth 40/31 500 Primary pollutant: Particulates 24-hr. Chg. -0.44 +0.28 -0.16 -0.04 +0.24 -1.04 -0.36 -0.82 -0.49 +0.01 -3.10 -0.30 -0.70 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021 Cold with low clouds Ashland 41/31 Grayson 41/32 Not as cold with clouds and sun FRIDAY 48° 42° 50° 28° A chance of afternoon rain; milder Rain possible in the morning NATIONAL CITIES Logan 35/27 Marietta 34/28 Murray City 35/26 Belpre 35/29 Athens 36/27 St. Marys 35/29 Parkersburg 37/29 Coolville 36/28 Elizabeth 36/30 Spencer 38/29 Buffalo 40/30 Ironton 41/31 Milton 41/31 St. Albans 42/32 Huntington 41/33 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s 100s Seattle 90s 48/44 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s San Francisco 55/49 20s 10s 0s -0s Los Angeles 60/46 -10s T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front Information provided by Middleport Mayor Fred Hoffman. THURSDAY 38° 23° Wilkesville 37/28 POMEROY Jackson 38/28 37/29 Ravenswood Rio Grande 38/30 39/29 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 34/29 GALLIPOLIS 39/29 40/30 39/29 South Shore Greenup 41/31 39/30 55 Cloudy and cold with snow showers McArthur 36/27 Waverly 38/30 WEDNESDAY 32° 15° Adelphi 36/29 Chillicothe 36/28 TUESDAY 35° 25° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 0 A: Snow cover on mountain peaks when no snow is present lower Precipitation New vaults will be installed at all three wells to provide better access and treatment of the water from these wells. The Mill Street water tank will also be painted and any necessary maintenance will be performed. This tank was installed in the 60s and is a vital part of the water system along with the tank on Vine Street. A new meter and vault will also be installed at the emergency connection with Pomeroy at the corporation line. This connection provides an emergency source of water for the village in the event that something would happen within the Middleport system. “Major improvements have not been made in our water system for many years and the time has come when we need to invest money into the system in order to provide adequate and safe water SUNDAY Some sun, then clouds today. Snow tonight. High 39° / Low 29° Statistics through 3 p.m. Fri. 31°/23° 43°/26° 72° in 1903 -8° in 1963 and commercial workers is helping to staff the effort. In California, Disneyland — hit hard by the global health crisis — is hosting a mass vaccination effort, as is Six Flags Magic Mountain, about 60 miles north. After a computer glitch at a COVID-19 testing site in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, caused a traffic jam, the mayor called a local Chick-fil-A fast food restaurant manager for help, hoping his experience in managing drive-thru situations might help. It did: Manager Jerry Walkowiak sorted it out and got the wait time down from an hour to 15 minutes. EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM ALMANAC High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low the pandemic, he’s part of an emerging group of event organizers and other unconventional logistics experts who are using their skills to help the nation vaccinate as many people against COVID-19 as possible. “It’s amazing how our event management skill set can be applied to running a massive vaccination site,” said McGillivray, who has been directing the marathon — with its many moving parts — for more than three decades. The push for creative workarounds comes as virus cases surge nation- wide, lines grow at testing and vaccination sites and tempers flare as government websites crash beneath the digital weight of millions desperately seeking appointments. Likening it to a “wartime effort,” President Joe Biden announced this week that the U.S. is ramping up deliveries to hardpressed states and expects to provide enough doses to vaccinate 300 million Americans by the end of the summer or early fall. In Washington state, Starbucks and Amazon are being pressed into service for vaccination operations and logistics support, and a union representing food 43° 34° 21° Daily Sentinel Clendenin 41/31 Charleston 41/33 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Winnipeg 25/11 Montreal 11/-5 Billings 41/25 Minneapolis 32/27 Chicago 34/31 Denver 48/23 Kansas City 48/33 Detroit 29/25 New York 29/17 Washington 40/29 Today Sun. 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