https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/80b870bbf9295d6ddbf313636e201195.pdf 8085101659afd19a9b3d32f01192668b PDF Text Text Sudden cardiac arrest Lady Raiders sweep Meigs NEWS s 4 SPORTS s 8 8 AM 2 PM 8 PM 21° 36° 41° Rain today. Rain and snow becoming all snow tonight. High 43° / Low 37° Today’s weather forecast WEATHER s 10 C_ZZb[fehj��Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 24, Volume 75 Thursday, February 4, 2021 s 50¢ Hotline created for victims of identity theft COLUMBUS, OHIO — The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) has established a new tollfree number for individuals to notify the agency if they believe their personal information was compromised and used to ﬁle a fraudulent unemployment claim: (833) 658-0394. This number is staffed by 50 dedicated, cross-trained customer service representatives, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. One way victims have been discovering identity theft is by receiving an IRS 1099-G form for unemployment beneﬁts that were never received. The phone number complements a secure online portal ODJFS established last month to provide a direct way for victims to report identity theft. Individuals who believe their identity was stolen and used to ﬁle a fraudulent unemployment claim can visit unemployment.ohio.gov, click on the “Report Identity Theft” button and follow the guidance for individuals. This includes three steps: 1. Complete the reporting form, 2. File your taxes with IRS guidance, and 3. Protect your identity. Identity theft is a widespread national challenge. Many Ohioans have become victims, and their identities used to ﬁle fraudulent unemployment claims in both the traditional unemployment and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance programs. Last month, ODJFS issued 1.7 million 1099-G tax forms to individuals in whose names unemployment beneﬁts were paid in 2020. Many of those individuals were never paid unemployment beneﬁts and did not know their identity had been compromised until they received a 1099-G form. Single digit COVID-19 case increases reported Latest data from Gallia, Mason and Meigs Staff Report OHIO VALLEY — Single digit case increases were reported in Gallia, Mason and Meigs Counties on Wednesday. The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services (DHHR) reported seven new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday in Mason County. The Ohio Department of Health reported ﬁve new cases and two new hospitalizations in Gallia County. Four additional conﬁrmed cases of COVID19 were reported by Courtesy photo The Stewart-Johnson V.F.W. Post 9926 of Mason presented members of the Next Level band with the “Community Service Award” recently. The award was given in recognition of the efforts made by the band during the COVID-19 pandemic, including free outdoor concerts and a Halloween event for children. Pictured in back is V.F.W. Post Commander Ray Varian. Band members, from left, include Rich Rogers, Jill Nelson, B.J. Kreseen, Sound Technician Greg Smith, and Band Leader Barry Taylor. Taking recognition to ‘Next Level’ By Mindy Kearns Special to OVP OHIO VALLEY — A local band has been presented the “Community Service Award” by the Stewart-Johnson V.F.W. Post 9926 of Mason, in recognition of efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Post Commander Ray Varian made the presentation in recognition of the free events the band has hosted during the past several months, including concerts at the Mason park. “These friends hosted several community events, including monthly nights of outdoor music on the river, where they and several other local artists could perform for fans while adhering to social distancing guidelines,” Varian said. In addition, Varian said the band hosted a Halloween Trunk-or-Treat that gave children an opportunity to get candy and dress up in a safe environment. Held at the park, the event provided a place where businesses and organizations could set up booths to distribute treats to the kids. The V.F.W. post helped provide a free lunch to those attending. In accepting the award, Band Leader Barry Taylor said, “We believe that music is essential during this time in our world. We love bringing our community together with different kinds of music and friendship.” Other band members include B.J. Kreseen, Rich Rogers and Jill Nelson. Greg Smith serves as the band’s sound technician. The band members plan to start their monthly outdoor shows again in March. They can be followed on their Facebook page at “Next Level.” © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Mindy Kearns is a freelance writer for Ohio Valley Publishing, email her at mindykearns1@hotmail. com. Gallia-Meigs CAA awarded funds the Meigs County Health Department on Wednesday. Here’s a closer look at coronavirus cases across our area: Gallia County ODH reported a total of 2,069 cases of COVID-19 (since March) in Gallia County as part of Wednesday’s updates. This is an increase of ﬁve since Tuesday’s update. ODH has reported a total of 31 deaths, 121 hospitalizations (two new), and 1,845 presumed recovered individuals (nine new) as of Wednesday. Age ranges for See COVID-19 | 10 OHIO VALLEY — Gallia-Meigs Community Action Agency has been chosen to receive $12,267 in Gallia County and $10,912 in Meigs County to supplement targeted emergency programs for residents. Beginning March 1, 2021, GMCAA, will begin helping clients with this fund and will continue until funds are exhausted. The selection was made by the National Board made up of afﬁliates of national voluntary organizations and chaired by the Emergency Food & Shelter Program (EFSP). United Way of America will provide the adminis- trative staff and function as the ﬁscal agent. The Board was charged to distribute funds appropriated by Congress under Phase 38 to help expand the capacity of food and shelter in high-need around the country. “This EFSP funding will assist our most poverty stricken clients, especially the elderly, who struggle daily to pay their utilities and have enough food in their home”, said Debra Cundiff, Emergency Services Division manager, Gallia-Meigs Community Action. A local board made up of Gallia and Meigs Coun- shawley@aimmediamidwest.com AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes every Tuesday through Saturday. Subscription rate is $208 per year. Prices are subject to change at any time. 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 Periodical postage paid at Pomeroy, OH POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Sentinel, 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631. All content © 2021 The Daily Sentinel, an edition of the Gallipolis Daily Tribune. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. 3) practice non-discrimination; 4) have demonstrated the capability to deliver emergency food and/or shelter programs; and 5) if they are a private voluntary organization, they should have a voluntary board Gallia and Meigs counties have distributed Emergency Food and Shelter funds previously with the Gallia-Meigs Community Action Agency. Further information on the program may be obtained by contacting 740-367-7341. Information provided by GalliaMeigs Community Action Agency. DJFS promotions approved by commissioners By Sarah Hawley (USPS 145-966) ty citizens will determine how the funds awarded to the counties are to be distributed among the emergency food and shelter programs run by local service organization in the area. The Local Board is responsible for recommending agencies to receive these funds and any additional funds available under this phase of the program. Under the terms of the grant from the National Board, local governmental or private voluntary organizations chosen to receive funds must: 1) be non-proﬁt; 2) have an accounting system and conduct an annual audit; POMEROY — The promotion of ﬁve employees at the Meigs County Department of Job and Family Services was approved by the commissioners during last week’s regular meeting. Meigs County DJFS Director Chris Shank presented the commissioners with a resolution to approve the promotions of the following personnel: Theresa Lavender to Deputy Director of Programs and Public Transportation; Vincent Reiber to Deputy Director of Finance and Human Resources; Terri Ingels to Social Services Administrator; Julie Scherfel to Public Assistance Administrator; and Bridget Gilmore to Public Transportation Supervisor. The promotions come after amendments were made to the agency’s personnel policy manual earlier this year which created the new positions. The commissioners went into executive session regarding contracts for 16 minutes during the regular meeting, with Meigs County Community Improvement Corporation representatives Brandon Buckley and Paul Reed invited into the closed door session. Following the executive session, the commissioners approved an increase of $11,000 to the economic development contract, bringing the total annual amount to $86,000. In other business, the commissioners, Approved placing an ad for bids on abatement and demolition of the former Veterans Memorial Hospital building. Approved sending a request for extension of grant funding to Buckeye Hills regarding a generator project at the Mulberry Community Center. Named Commissioners Jimmy Will and Tim Ihle to the Gallia Meigs Community Action Agency Board, with Commissioner Shannon Miller to serve as an alternate. Approved a transfer of $463.68 from the county transfer line to the COVID-19 fund. See DJFS | 10 �2 Thursday, February 4, 2021 OBITUARIES RICHARD ‘DICK’ BROWNING OBITUARIES/NEWS BETTY DARRELLETTA BATES GALLIPOLIS — Betty Darrelletta Bates, age 29 one great-greatof Gallipolis, died tragiREEDSVILLE grandchild; and a cally Thursday, Jan. 28, — Richard “Dick” special friend, Kay 2021, along with her Browning, 86, of Barton. daughter, Abby Lynn Reedsville, Ohio, In addition to Bates. Born Aug. 30, passed Tuesday, his parents, he 1991, in Louisa, Ky., Feb. 2, 2021, at his was preceded in she was the daughter of residence. death by his wife, Darrell Jude and the late He was born Mary Browning; grandSharon Setser Jude. In Jan. 18, 1935, in Madison, Casey Browning; addition to her mother, son, W.Va., son of the great-granddaughter, she was preceded by, her late Okey and Thelma Marlie Browning; two grandparents, Warren and Dolin Browning. Dick 5, 2021, in the Family Annie Jude and a grandwas a Christian by faith, brothers; and a sister. Life Center at the First Graveside services will mother, Sally Jude. an avid hunter and ﬁshbe held at 1:30 p.m., FriChurch of the Nazarene Betty was a wondererman and he enjoyed 1110 1st. Ave., Gallipolis day, Feb. 5, 2021, at the ful mother and a kind camping. Eden Cemetery, with Rev. soul, a friend to anybody with Rev. Craig Alan He is survived by Mark Mitera ofﬁciating. Klein and Kevin Plantz she ever met. She also a daughter, Theresa Visitation will be held ofﬁciating. Friends may enjoyed raising rabbits. Church (Ben); ﬁve sons, Friday, from 12-1 p.m. at call at the Family Life She is survived by her Richard Browning, White-Schwarzel Funeral husband, Robert David Center from 11 a.m.-2 Randy and Tara BrownHome in Coolville, Ohio. Bates of Gallipolis; father p.m. ing, Steve and Carla You are invited to sign and step mother, Darrell In lieu of ﬂowers, conBrowning, Ken Browning tributions can be made to Jude and Kimberly Mar(Anne) and Scott Brown- the online guestbook at www.whiteschwarzelfh. the Betty and Abby Bates tin of Pilgrim, Ky.; son, ing; 14 grandchildren; com. Scholarship Fund. David Matthew Bates of 27 great-grandchildren; An online guest regisGallipolis; three sisters, PAUL C. ROSSITER try is available at waughAnnie and Stephanie halley-wood.com. Maynard of Pilgrim, Ky. nephew, Johnny CROWN CITY The funeral service and Kimberly Wallace of Rossiter. — Paul C. Roscan be viewed live on Prestonsburg, Ky.; two Being an active, life long friends, Nicole siter, 82, of Crown the Waugh-Halley-Wood faithful contributCity, Ohio, passed Davis of W.Va. and Donna Funeral Home Facebook ing member of his Music of Louisa, Ky.; away peacefully at page. community, he St. Mary’s Hospital All those attending are along with several nieces served as a Crown and nephews. in Huntington, to wear masks, and follow City Village CounW.Va., on Tuesday, social distancing guideFuneral services will cil Member, a member of be 2 p.m., Friday, Feb. Jan. 12, 2021. He was lines. the Crown City Volunteer born April 12, 1938, in Ironton, Ohio, to the late Fire Department, and ABBY LYNN BATES tirelessly worked as a Stanley L. and Lennie Guyan Township Trustee. Alice (Boster) Rossiter. GALLIPOLIS — Abby He was a 55-year member Lynn Bates, age 4 of GalAfter completion of high school, he enlisted in of the Ohio Valley Lodge lipolis, died tragically No. 0536 of Crown City, the United States Army Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, Ohio, in which he served along with her mother, stationed at Fort Lewis, as Trustee and Past Mas- Betty Darrelletta Bates. Washington as Private ter. In addition to this, he Born May 4, 2016, in First Class SP-4 Armor belonged to the OperatIntelligence SpecialHuntington, W.Va., she ing of Engineers, held a ist from 1961 to 1963 was preceded by her towboat license, and was grandparents, Sharon and served in the Army a member of Defender Reserve until 1967. On Setser Jude, Julie Lynn his return home, he mar- United Methodist Church Kinder Bates, and a great ried his wife and lifelong in Bradrick, Ohio. Paul grandmother, Libby Gay was employed by Crown caregiver, Carolyn “Sue” Crothers. Johnson Rossiter on July City Mining as a heavy Abby was a child with 2021, at the First Church equipment operator and 18, 1964, in Dayton, of the Nazarene Church a lot of attitude, she Ohio. Together, they had mechanic for many years was always happy and Family Life Center 1110 three children, Michael D. and served as President 1st. Ave., Gallipolis with showed it with a big (Lisa) Rossiter of Crown of the United Mine Work- smile, and she lit up a Rev. Craig Alan Klein ers. He taught one year of room when she entered. and Kevin Plantz ofﬁciatCity, Ohio, Tammy Diesel Mechanics at Law- She loved to play dress (Melvin) Clagg of Galing. Friends may call at rence County Vocational lipolis, Ohio, and Missy up and told everyone she the Family Life Center School before starting his was a princess. She loved of Friday, from 11 a.m.-2 (Michael) Stowers of own excavating business, her brother very much Huntington, W.Va.; four p.m. grandchildren, Genie Len Rossiter Brother’s ExcaIn lieu of ﬂowers, conand he was her best (Justin) Logan of Gallipo- vating, Inc. tributions can be made friend. A private family service lis Ferry, W.Va., Christian to the Betty and Abby Abby is survived by (Jami) Wilkes of Gallipo- will be conducted on her father, Robert David Bates Scholarship Fund. lis, Ohio, Kyeler Rossiter Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021, An online guest regisBates of Gallipolis; brothat Hall Funeral Home and Carson Stowers of er, David Matthew Bates try is available at waughand Crematory, ProctorHuntington, W.Va.; and halley-wood.com. of Gallipolis; grandparville, Ohio, with Pastor two great-grandchildren, The funeral service ents, Darrell (Kimberly Garland Montgomery Ana and Eli Wilkes. All Martin) Jude of Pilgrim, can be viewed live on ofﬁciating. Burial will of whom will cherish his Ky., Robert Bates of Gal- the Waugh-Halley-Wood follow in the Crown City lipolis, and Dee (John) memory forever. Funeral Home Facebook Cemetery in Crown City, Queen of Gallipolis; and page. Paul Carson Rossiter Ohio. Proctorville V.F.W. a great grandmother, is survived by his wife All those attending Post 6878 will conduct of 57 years; his sisters, Sally Wears of Gallipolis. are to wear masks, and Faye (Bobby) Unroe and military graveside rites. follow social distancing Funeral services will Private family visitation Beatrice Rossiter of Galbe 2 p.m., Friday, Feb. 5, guidelines. lipolis, Ohio; and brother, will be held prior to the Richard Rossiter of Stow, service at the funeral EVERETTE W. HOLCOMB home. Masonic rites will Ohio. He is preceded in death also be held. the Buckeye Rural ALBANY — Condolences may be by his parents; brothers, Electric CooperaEverette W. Holexpressed to the family at comb, 89, Albany, Herman, Emmett, and tive Board. www.ehallfuneralhome. Farrell Rossiter; sister, While servOhio, passed away com. Zelma Wedemeyer; and ing in the Army January 30, 2021, in Texas, he at O’Bleness HosWILLIAMSON met his wife of pital in Athens, VINTON — Mary B. Williamson, 72, Vinton, Ohio, Ohio. 64 years, Vera died unexpectedly Sunday, Feb. 1, 2021, at her home. (McWhorter) Holcomb. He was born Oct. 25, Funeral service will be held 2 p.m., Friday, Feb. 5, He is survived by four 1931, in Point Rock, 2021, at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton Ohio, to the late William children, Pamela Bentz Chapel. Burial will follow in Vinton Memorial Cemof New Vienna, Ohio, Raymond and Maude etery. Family and friends may call on the family at the Elizabeth (Cottrill) Hol- Marcia Holcomb of funeral home from noon until the time of service. comb. In addition to his Merritt Island, Florida, PALMER William H. Holcomb parents, he was precedTHURMAN — Michael Joseph Palmer, 58, Thur(Sandra) and Albany, ed in death by brother man, died at 10:48 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in the Walter Holcomb, and Ohio, and Ginger Boice Holzer Medical Center. Cremeens-King Funeral Home sisters, Laura Pickett, (Stephen) of N. Charlesis serving the family. ton, South Carolina; and Adrienne Fisher, Helen HOUCK six grandchildren, Kara Essex and Carolyn GALLIPOLIS — John Houck, 78, Gallipolis, died at MacBlane. Dutton (Andrew), Kim9:36 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in the Holzer Medibralin Holcomb, Lorene He graduated from cal Center. Cremeens-King Funeral Home is serving Bentz, William A. HolColumbia High School the family. comb, Norah Boirce and in 1949. He then went on to earn his bachelor’s Sophia Boice. Visitation will be degree in agricultural Thursday, 6-8 p.m. at engineering and his masCONTACT US ter’s degree in education Bigony-Jordan Funeral 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 from the Ohio State Uni- Home. Private family 740-446-2342 versity. He was a retired services will be ofﬁciAll content © 2021 Gallipolis Daily Tribune and The Daily Sentinel ated by Pastor Donnie Army veteran, lifelong edition. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be Quisenberry. Burial will farmer and agricultural reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. teacher in Meigs County be in Castor Cemetery SPORTS EDITOR for over 40 years. Short- with military services by REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT/ Bryan Walters, Ext. 2101 GROUP PUBLISHER ly before his retirement, Albany V.F.W. Post 9893 bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com Lane Moon and KT Crossen Post he pursued his entrelmoon@aimmediamidwest.com ADVERTISING DIRECTOR 21 American Legion. In preneurial passion and Matt Rodgers, Ext. 2095 EDITOR lieu of ﬂowers memorial established the Holcomb mrodgers@aimmediamidwest.com Beth Sergent, Ext. 1992 donations can be made Tree Farm in 1989. He bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com CIRCULATION MANAGER Derrick Morrison, Ext. 2097 to Columbia Chapel was a member of the MANAGING EDITOR dmorrison@aimmediamidwest.com Sarah Hawley, Ext. 2555 Church in Albany, Ohio Ohio State Grange for shawley@aimmediamidwest.com 76 years and served as a and Star Grange in Langsville, Ohio. trustee for 53 years on Ohio Valley Publishing GEORGE W. VAUGHAN George W. Vaughan (89) left this earthly realm Feb. 1, 2021. George is preceded by his parents Walter L. Vaughan and Tharma Byrne Vaughan; ﬁve brothers; Richard L. Vaughan, Leo L. Vaughan, Robert W. Vaughan, Louis B. Vaughan, Frank A. Vaughan and wife Mary Byrne Vaughan. George is survived by one sister Mary Kay Vaughan Spencer (Bill) and two sons, Chris Vaughan (Chillicothe) and Peter Vaughan (Columbus), and numerous nieces and nephews as well as many cousins. George graduated from Pomeroy High School in 1949. He was ﬁrst employed at the Blue and Gray Restaurant (Al Russell) then employed by David Goodwin at Goodwin Printing. George was employed by Bill Adkins at the Adkins Hatchery and Imperial Electric Company. In 1952, George began his career with Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company as a salesman then advancing to construction clerk in the Middleport Division. Then he advanced to the Right of Way Section in Chillicothe in 1955. Next George accepted the promotion to Supervisor of the Right of Way Department for Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company in the Columbus Ohio ofﬁce. He retired in 1993. George was a life-long member of the Methodist Church wherever he lived. He was a member of the Pomeroy Volunteer Fire and First Aid Department, Chillicothe City Councilman, then became President of City Council later. George served on the Church Councils and Board of Trustees of the various churches where he lived as his career had him moving to various communities throughout southern Ohio. Services and Internment will be privately held for the family. Special thanks to the caring staff at The Gardens of Scioto, The Bickford of Bexley and the Emergency Room and ICU staff at OSU East. VERNON LEE SMITH NEW HAVEN — Vernon Lee Smith went to be with the Lord Feb. 2, 2021, at Pleasant Valley Nursing and Rehab Center. He was 89 years young. Born April 27, 1931, in Jewel Ridge, Tazwell County, Va., he was the son of Isaiah Isaac and Allah Edna (Nease) Smith. He resided in New Haven, W.Va. Vernon was a 1950 graduate of Wahama High School. He served in the US Army in the 1st Calvary in the Army and was veteran of the Korean War during which he was awarded a Purple Heart. Vernon was a lifetime member of the American Legion Post 140 and the VFW post 9926. He was retired from Kaiser Aluminum Plant in Ravenswood, WV. In addition to his parents, Vernon was preceded in death by his loving wife and best friend of 43 years, Janet Ruth (Williams) Smith. He was also preceded by his second wife of three years, Rosalie (Wise) Smith; brothers, Arthur Smith, Lloyd Smith; and sister, Marian Gregg. Also preceding his death was his grandson, Reid Ord. Vernon’s survivors include his sister, Connie Smith of Darwin Ohio; his four children, Lora Lea (Dicky) Ord of New Haven, Mark Shayne (Teri) Smith of Kenova, Amanda Ellen Jarrell (ﬁancé John Greer) of New Haven and Bradford Lee (Cynthia) Smith of West Columbia, W.Va. He is also survived by 14 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Also special friends William and Jane Bird, and Pat Layne. Vernon will be missed by many friends and loved ones. He was a special person who had the greatest sense of humor and always a big smile. Vernon was a big supporter of the Wahama Band and Wahama Baseball when his children attended high school. His greatest hobby was gardening and his berry patch. Vernon received many blue ribbons at the Mason county fair of which he was very proud. At one time he was active with the Mason County Farm Museum and the Mason County Right to Life. Vernon was a member of Fairview Bible Church and attended Broad Run Lutheran and St Paul Lutheran churches throughout his life. Private family services will be held at Zion Lutheran Church of Broad Run. Burial will follow at Broad Run Cemetery where military honors will be presented by the American Legion Post 140 and the V.F.W. Post 9926. In lieu of ﬂowers, please consider a donation in memory of Vernon Smith, to the Broad Run Cemetery, 102 Dewhurst Road, Letart WV 25253 TODAY IN HISTORY The Associated Press Today is Thursday, Feb. 4, the 35th day of 2021. There are 330 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History On Feb. 4, 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a wartime conference at Yalta. On this date In 1783, Britain’s King George III proclaimed a formal cessation of hostilities in the American Revolutionary War. In 1789, electors chose George Washington to be the ﬁrst president of the United States. In 1861, delegates from six southern states that had recently seceded from the Union met in Montgomery, Alabama, to form the Confederate States of America. In 1913, Rosa Parks, a Black woman whose 1955 refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., city bus to a white man sparked a civil rights revolution, was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee. �Ohio Valley Publishing Thursday, February 4, 2021 3 Scoop up our best deals of the season now! 2016 Ford Edge Titanium, 3.5L, 81, 724 mi, $17,860 2017 Chevrolet Volt Premier, 1.5L, 14,782 mi, $18,000 2017 GMC Terrain SLE-1, 2.4L, 29,208 mi, $15,994 2019 Jeep Cherokeet Latitude, 2.4L, 20,056 mi, $20,056 2015 GMC Sierra 1500 SLT ,5.3L, 62,687 mi, $30,500 2017 Ford F-250SD Lariat, 6.7L, 38,665 mi, $53,068 2018 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT LT2, 5.3L, 78,376 mi, $31,821 2017 Subaru Outback 2.5i Premium, 2.5L, 43,748 mi, $18,998 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LTZ 1LZ, 5.3L, 94,016 mi, $24,389 2020 RAM 1500 Big Horn/Lone Star, 5.7L, 14,653 mi, $37,998 2017 Nissan Rogue S, 2.5L, 45,297 mi, $15,000 2017 Ford F-150, 2.7L, 16,367 mi, $28,687 2017 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport, 3.6L, 55,605 mi, $28,006 2016 Honda CR-V Touring, 2.4L, 91,962 mi, $18,379 2018 Jeep Compass Latitude, 2.4L, 33,992 mi, $17,845 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport 2.4 Base, 2.4L, 119,033 mi, $11,611 2016 Dodge Challenger SRT, 6.4L, 23,911 mi, $34,950 2011 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, 3.8L, 46,238 mi, $21,659 2019 Dodge Challenger R/T, 5.7L, 35,551 mi, $26,800 2015 GMC Sierra 1500 SLT, 5.3L, 67,442 mi, $30,000 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LTZ 1LZ, 5.3L, 94,891 mi, $28,722 2018 Subaru Forester 2.5i Premium, 2.5L, 51,621 mi, $17,831 2017 Ford Edge SEL, 2L, 59,127 mi, $19,076 2018 Buick Envision Preferred, 2.5L, 66,454 mi, $16,377 2018 Toyota Tacoma V6, 3.5L, 34,612 mi, $32,845 2020 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara, 3.6L, 2,612 mi, $44,000 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited, 3.6L, 87,660 mi, $17,220 2015 FIAT 500 Pop, 1.4L, 88,995 mi, $6,147 HOURS Mark Porter OH-70219971 OH-70221899 MONDAY Chrysler Dodge TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Jeep Ram THURSDAY 41300 Laurel Cliff Rd, FRIDAY Pomeroy, OH 45769 SATURDAY SUNDAY SALES (740) 618-8076 SERVICE (740) 618-8297 PARTS (740) 618-8298 9:00AM 6:00PM 9:00AM 6:00PM 9:00AM 6:00PM 9:00AM 6:00PM 9:00AM 6:00PM 9:00AM 5:00PM CLOSED �NEWS 4 Thursday, February 4, 2021 HEALTHY WORDS TO LIVE BY What is sudden cardiac arrest? medical services arrive, it is important that you perform CPR. Follow these steps outlined by the American Red Cross, Timothy · Place your Damron Contributing hands, one on top of the other, in columnist the middle of the What to do if chest and adminissomeone experiences ter compressions at a rate sudden cardiac arrest of at least 100 compresIn the United States, sions per minute. You’ll sudden cardiac arrest be doing 1 to 2 compresis the leading cause of sions every second. death, claiming more · With the head tilted than 475,000 lives in back and the chin lifted, a given year. Because Signs and symptoms pinch the nose and place sudden cardiac arrest While it is commonly your mouth over the believed that sudden car- can become fatal within minutes, you must know person’s mouth to deliver diac arrest has no symptwo rescue breaths. what to do if someone toms, there are warning · Return to delivering around you goes into carsigns that often go compressions and repeat diac arrest. ignored. Warning signs until visible signs of life It is critical that you and symptoms can appear such as breathing or until dial 911 immediately if up to two weeks before an EMT or trained medicardiac arrest takes place. you suspect that someSome people may experi- one is going into cardiac cal responder arrives on the scene. arrest. Until emergency ence the following: Although many people use the terms cardiac arrest and heart attack interchangeably, they aren’t actually the same. According to the American Heart Association, a heart attack is when blood ﬂow to the heart is blocked, and sudden cardiac arrest is when the heart malfunctions and suddenly stops beating unexpectedly. 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Ohio Valley Publishing GALLIA, MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS Editor’s Note: The Daily Sentinel and Gallipolis Daily Tribune appreciate your input to the community calendar. To make sure items can receive proper attention, all information should be received by the newspaper at least ﬁve business days prior to an event. All coming events print on a space-available basis and in chronological order. Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@aimmediamidwest.com or GDTnews@aimmediamidwest. com. Card shower Garnet Schwarz will be celebrating her 100th birthday on Feb. 18. Cards may be sent to Garnet at 906 27th Street, Point Pleasant, WV 25550. Thursday, Feb. 4 GALLIPOLIS — Sons of the American Legion Squadron #27 will meet 6 p.m., post home on McCormick Road, all members urged to attend. CHESTER — The Chester Shade Historical Association will be having its monthly board meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Academy Dining Area. Everyone is welcome. Social distancing will be observed. Please wear a mask. CHILLICOTHE — The Southern Ohio Council of Governments (SOCOG) will hold its next board meeting at 9 a.m. via electronic communication. Please contact the number below for an invitation to participate. Board meetings usually are held the ﬁrst Thursday of the month at 27 West Second Street, Suite 202, Chillicothe Ohio 45601. For more information, call 740-775-5030, ext. 103. Friday, Feb. 5 Open Senate seat sparks debate on gender, diversity COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An open Senate seat in Ohio has set off a round of jockeying among ambitious Democrats and a spirited debate over who is best poised to lead a party comeback in a one-time battleground that has been trending Republican. At the core of the ﬁght, triggered by the unexpected retirement of Sen. Rob Portman, is whether the party should prioritize gender or racial diversity in its nominee or again align behind a white man with the hope of winning back the white, working-class voters who have been leaving the party for years. “As the Democratic Party, we have done the same thing over and over and over again, which is to run white men, and we haven’t been successful,” said Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley, among the Democrats considering jumping in the race. “I think we have to offer something different and I think that’s important; whether that’s people of color on the ticket in a meaningful way, and women, you know we are the base of the party, and we shouldn’t be an afterthought.” The ﬁght in Ohio is a replay of the one that consumed Democrats’ presidential primary last year and suggests the ultimate victory of a white man — now President Joe Biden — did nothing to settle it. Biden lost Ohio by 8 percentage points. Now some inﬂuential Democrats are urging Dr. Amy Acton, a white, former state health director who emerged to prominence during the pandemic, to jump in for what would be her ﬁrst bid for public ofﬁce. Meanwhile, veteran Congressman Tim Ryan, a white man who represents Ohio’s blue-collar Steel Valley, also has said he’s strongly considering a bid, encouraged by Democrats who tout his appeal to working-class voters. While Acton and Ryan are believed to be the furthest along in their deliberations, several politicians who are Black are also eyeing the seat. They include Franklin County Commissioner Kevin Boyce, a former state treasurer; U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty, a ﬁve-term congresswoman from Columbus; and Ohio House Democratic Leader Emilia Sykes. Former Tony Dejak | AP, File In this Feb. 27, 2020 file photo, Ohio Department of Health Director Amy Acton speaks during a news conference at the MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. An open Senate seat in Ohio has set off a round of jockeying among ambitious Democrats and a spirited debate over who is best poised to lead a party comeback in a one-time battleground that has been trending Republican. Some influential Democrats are urging Acton to jump in for what would be her first bid for public office. Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman dropped out of the running Wednesday. “Ohio does need to shake it up and this race will dictate where we go in the future,” said state Rep. Thomas West, chairman of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus. The group is working to recruit a Black candidate for the Senate seat, he said. Democrats have traditionally won the state on the strength of their support with voters in Ohio’s many cities, including Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati, all places with large Black populations. That base was augmented with support from a stretch of counties along the Ohio River. But Republicans have been cutting into that support for years, leading to two victories for Republican Donald Trump and a shutout for Democrats in statewide executive ofﬁces since 2006. That’s left Democrats looking for a new formula — one that might boost turnout in the cities and build off recent momentum with suburban voters and women. Antoinette Wilson, a Democratic consultant and recent contender for state Democratic chair, said the party began working to recruit Acton even before Portman announced his decision last week not to run for reelection. Early in the virus outbreak, Acton was a regular on television screens across the state, spawned an Amy Acton Fan Club with its own yard signs, inspired a bobblehead and had young girls dressing like her. But she also sparked intense pushback over the restrictive health orders she was imposing on the state, at Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s request, which included anti-Semitic swipes and armed protests at her suburban home. She left the administration in June. As a political newcomer, it’s not clear how the physician and former college professor would do on the rough-and-tumble campaign trail, Wilson noted. “The key question is always about electability,” Wilson said. “Does Amy Acton have great name ID? Yeah. Do people know her name? Of course. But that versus a political candidate is a different dynamic.” Ryan, 47, is coming off a tenth win in his once-solidly Democratic district. But he received a smaller percentage of the vote — 52.5% — than in any of his previous elections, a reﬂection in part of the GOP’s steady inroads with voters in the northeast part of the state. Notably, Ryan outperformed Biden, who touts his own workingclass following, in the district that includes the General Motors plant in Lordstown. That history could help Ryan shave the Republican advantage in areas where Trump heavily outperformed Biden, especially rural eastern and southeast Ohio, while also holding Democratic gains in the suburbs, said Aaron Pickrell, a veteran Ohio Democratic strategist and longtime aide to former Gov. Ted Strickland, who has encouraged Ryan to run. “To me that would be the big element of his candidacy,” said Pickrell, who ran Biden’s Ohio campaign last year. “He should be able to tap into the sort of suburban, exurban areas where Trump didn’t do as well, but then undercut the Republican gains made in areas that had traditionally been Democratic, like the Mahoning Valley and Appalachia.” Some Democrats liken Ryan to Sen. Sherrod Brown, an outspoken economic populist who won a commanding reelection victory in 2018. But any similarity has never been tested, as Ryan has explored but never pursued a statewide race. Still, Ryan got a boost Saturday when Hillary Clinton, the party’s 2016 presidential nominee, declared on Twitter that she was “all in” for a Ryan Senate candidacy. Meanwhile, the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author Connie Schultz, who is married to Brown, has tweeted about Acton’s potential candidacy: “Imagine Dr. Amy Acton as Ohio’s next U.S. senator. I sure can.” The party’s debate comes just as a new group of younger, more diverse leaders takes over the state party, led by the party’s ﬁrst female chair and the ﬁrst Black executive director. For some Ohio Democrats the cautionary tale is 2018, when a group of female gubernatorial candidates all ceded their ambitions to former Obama administration consumer chief Richard Cordray, who lost the race. “You look at all these women who ran for the Democratic nominee against white men and the white men got the nomination and then lost the general election,” said Democratic consultant Sandy Theis. “Ohio is littered with that history. Okay, well, why don’t we learn from the past and why don’t we give the women a try?” Theis said her favorite picks for the Senate bid are Acton and Beatty, 70, whom Theis said showed grit when she was pepper sprayed during a Black Lives Matter rally this summer while protecting another much younger demonstrator from police. Another prospect is Sykes, 35, who holds a seat that’s been in her powerful Akron political family since her father won it in 1983. Vernon Sykes, now a state senator, was succeeded by his wife, Barbara, who also made an unsuccessful run for state auditor in 2006. MARIETTA — Buckeye Hills Regional Council Executive Committee will hold its regular meeting by remote videoconference at 10:30 a.m. Citizens are encouraged to attend the meeting via Facebook Live. Visit the Buckeye Hills Regional Council Facebook page to watch the livestream: www. facebook.com/BuckeyeHills. The meeting agenda will be posted to buckeyehills.org. Public comment may be submitted until February 3rd by emailing info@buckeyehills.org. Monday, Feb. 8 PERRY TWP. — The Perry Township Board of Trustees regularly scheduled meetings are on the second Monday of each month with the next meeting at 7 p.m., Feb. 8 at the townhouse. BEDFORD TWP. — Bedford Township trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the Bedford townhall. Tuesday, Feb. 9 TUPPERS PLAINS — The Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer District will hold its regular monthly board meeting at 7 p.m. at the district ofﬁce. GALLIA COUNTY — Regular monthly meeting of the Gallia-Vinton Educational Service Center (GVESC) Governing Board, 5 p.m. via Zoom, join the Zoom Meeting using the link https://zoom.us/ j/92394608313?pwd=Tk01SmdkSXhadkk2VXRv UFNzS2Q5Zz09 and enter with the Meeting ID: 923 9460 8313. SUTTON TWP. — The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees of Sutton Township will be held in the Racine Village Hall Council Chambers beginning at 6 p.m. POMEROY — The Meigs County Board of Health meeting will take place at 5 p.m. in the conference room of the Meigs County Health Department, which is located at 112 E. Memorial Drive in Pomeroy, Ohio. A call-in option is available for this open, public meeting in response to the COVID 19 Pandemic and resulting declared national, state and local emergency. To dial in by phone: +1.202.602.1295 Conference ID: 587-047368 # A proposed meeting agenda is located at www.meigs-health.com. GALLIA, MEIGS BRIEFS Editor’s Note: Gallia Meigs Briefs will only list event information that is open to the public and will be printed on a space-available basis. Gallia vaccine registration 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 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. �NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing Thursday, February 4, 2021 5 Study finds vaccine may reduce transmission By Danica Kirka and Lauran Neergaard Associated Press Sakchai Lalit | AP Myanmar nationals living in Thailand set fire to a picture of Myanmar military Commander-in-Chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing during a protest Wednesday in front of the United Nations’ building in Bangkok, Thailand. After Myanmar’s military pulled off a well-choreographed coup Monday, the country’s civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, finds herself right back where she was just over a decade ago — under house arrest. Myanmar charges Suu Kyi, giving legal basis to detain her YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar authorities charged the country’s deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, with possessing illegally imported walkie-talkies, her allies said Wednesday, a move that gives the generals who overthrew her legal grounds to detain her for two weeks. The charge came to light two days after Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest and appeared to be an effort to lend a legal veneer to her detention, though the generals have previously kept her and others locked up for years. The military announced Monday that it would take power for one year — accusing Suu Kyi’s government of not investigating allegations of voter fraud in recent elections. Suu Kyi’s party swept that vote, and the military-backed party did poorly. National League for Democracy spokesman Kyi Toe conﬁrmed the charge against Suu Kyi that carries a maximum sentence of three years in prison. He also said the country’s ousted president, Win Myint, was charged with violating the natural disaster management law. A leaked charge sheet dated Feb. 1 indicates they can be held until Feb. 15. “It was clear that the military were going to look for some legal cases against the leaders of the National League for Democracy and especially Aung San Suu Kyi to actually legitimize what they’ve tried to do,” said Larry Jagan, an independent analyst of Myanmar affairs. “And that is really a power grab.” Police and court ofﬁcials in the capital Naypyitaw could not immediately be contacted. At the same time that authorities were working to keep Suu Kyi in detention, hundreds of lawmakers who had been forced to stay at government housing after the coup were told Wednesday to leave the capital city within 24 hours and go home, said a member of Parliament from Suu Kyi’s party who is among the group. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he feared drawing the attention of the military. The coup was a dramatic backslide for Myanmar, which had been making progress toward democracy, and highlighted the extent to which the generals have ultimately maintained control in in the Southeast Asian country. In response to the coup, Suu Kyi’s party has called for nonviolent resistance, and scores of people in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, honked car horns and banged on pots and pans on Tuesday night in a protest. Supporters of the military have also staged demonstrations. Medical workers have also declared they won’t work for the new military government in protest of the coup at a time when the country is battling a steady rise in COVID-19 cases with a dangerously inadequate health system. Photos were shared on social media showing health workers with red ribbons pinned to their clothes or holding printed photos of red ribbons. There were also protests in neighboring Thailand, where Khin Maung Soo, a Myanmar national, said Wednesday that he was demonstrating to “show the world that we are not happy with what happened.” He added: “We want to the world to know, and we want the whole world to help us too.” The takeover marked a shocking fall from power for Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who had lived under house arrest for years as she tried to push her country toward democracy and then became its de facto leader after her party won elections in 2015. Suu Kyi had been a ﬁerce critic of the army during her years in detention. But after her shift from democracy icon to politician, she worked with the generals and even defended their crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, damaging her international reputation. The international community, which had enthusiastically supported Myanmar’s nascent democracy, now faces a test. The United States has threatened sanctions and has labeled the takeover a coup. The U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting Tuesday but took no action. The foreign ministers of the Group of 7 leading industrial nations on Wednesday issued a statement calling for Suu Kyi and others to be released and for power to be restored to the democratically elected government. While in power, Myanmar’s new leader said the military government plans to investigate alleged fraud in last year’s elections. Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing announced the moves Tuesday at the ﬁrst meeting of his new government in the capital, the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper said. While the military has cited the government’s failure to properly investigate allegations of electoral irregularities as one of the reasons for the coup, the state Union Election Commission has said there were no signiﬁcant problems with the vote. AstraZeneca’s COVID19 vaccine does more than prevent people from falling seriously ill — it appears to reduce transmission of the virus and offers strong protection for three months on just a single dose, researchers said Wednesday in an encouraging turn in the campaign to suppress the outbreak. The preliminary ﬁndings from Oxford University, a co-developer of the vaccine, could vindicate the British government’s controversial strategy of delaying the second shot for up to 12 weeks so that more people can be quickly given a ﬁrst dose. Up to now, the recommended time between doses has been four weeks. The research could also bring scientists closer to an answer to one of the big questions about the vaccination drive: Will the vaccines actually curb the spread of the coronavirus? It’s not clear what implications, if any, the ﬁndings might have for the two other major vaccines being used in the West, Pﬁzer’s and Moderna’s. In the United States, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, dismissed the idea of deliberately delaying second shots, saying the U.S. will “go by the science” and data from the clinical trials. The two doses of the Pifzer and Moderna vaccines are supposed to be given three and four weeks apart. Frank Augstein | AP Doctor Anil Mehta gives the AstraZeneca vaccine to a homeless person Wednesday at the homeless accommodation YMCA in Romford, east London. The British health service NHS England has started with doctor Mehta and his team to vaccinate homeless “vulnerable” people. Still, the research appears to be good news in the desperate effort to arrest the spread of the virus and also suggests a way to ease vaccine shortages and get shots into more arms more quickly. The makers of all three vaccines have said that their shots proved to be anywhere from 70% to 95% effective in clinical trials in protecting people from illness caused by the virus. But it was unclear whether the vaccines could also suppress transmission of the virus — that is, whether someone inoculated could still acquire the virus without getting sick and spread it to others. As a result, experts have been saying that even people who have been vaccinated should continue to wear masks and keep their distance from others. Oxford’s study, however, found that the vaccine not only prevented severe disease but appeared to cut transmission of the virus by two-thirds. The study has not been peerreviewed yet. Volunteers in the study underwent regular nasal swabs. The level of viruspositive swabs — from both those who had COVID-19 symptoms and those who had none – was 67% lower in the vaccinated group. “That’s got to have a really beneﬁcial effect on transmission,” Oxford lead researcher Sarah Gilbert said at a meeting of the New York Academy of Sciences. The researchers also looked at how likely people who have been vaccinated are to get a symptom-free infection. In one subset of volunteers, there were 16 asymptomatic infections among the vaccinated and 31 in an unvaccinated comparison group. Pﬁzer and Moderna also are studying the effect of their vaccines on asymptomatic infections. Only the Pﬁzer and Moderna vaccines are being used in the United States. Britain is using both AstraZeneca’s and Pﬁzer’s. AstraZeneca’s has also been authorized by the 27-nation European Union. Pﬁzer has not endorsed the British government’s decision to lengthen the time between doses. Mene Pangalos, executive vice president of biopharmaceuticals research and development at AstraZeneca, said that no patients experienced severe COVID-19 or required hospitalization three weeks after receiving a ﬁrst dose, and that effectiveness appeared to increase up to 12 weeks after the initial shot. “Our data suggest you want to be as close to the 12 weeks as you can” for the second dose, Pangalos said. Dems plan vote on ousting Greene from panels By Alan Fram, Steve Peoples and Brian Slodysko Associated Press WASHINGTON — A top Democrat said the House will vote Thursday on removing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committees, intensifying the stakes over the Georgia Republican’s online embrace of conspiracy theories and violent racist views. The announcement by No. 2 House Democrat Steny Hoyer of Maryland came Wednesday as showdowns approached over Greene and Rep. Liz Cheney, who’ve antagonized opposing wings of a Republican Party struggling to deﬁne itself without Donald Trump in the White House. House Republicans, under bipartisan pressure to punish Greene, have been hoping to take action on their own — such as removing her from one committee — and avoid a difﬁcult political vote for many in the GOP. But Hoyer released a statement saying that after speaking to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., “it is clear there is no alternative to holding a ﬂoor vote on the resolution to remove Rep. Greene from her committee assignments. “ A McCarthy aide said he would discuss the situation with his GOP colleagues. A full House vote would be a political ordeal for many Republicans, forcing them to go on record defending or punishing a social mediasavvy lawmaker who has Ben Margot | AP An LED billboard calling for the resignation of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., is seen Tuesday in Dalton, Ga. won enthusiastic support from Trump. Republicans had appointed Greene to the Education and Labor Committee, a decision that drew especially harsh criticism because of her suggestions that school shootings in Connecticut and Florida could be hoaxes. She’s also on the Budget Committee. The Democratic-run House Rules Committee was meeting Wednesday in an initial step toward removing Greene from her committees, a rare step for Congress. It is unusual for party leaders to strip lawmakers of committee assignments, which can help them address their districts’ needs and raise campaign contributions. In 2019, House GOP leaders removed Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, who had a history of racist comments, from the Agriculture and Judiciary panels after making comments to a newspaper about white supremacy. He lost the Republican primary for his seat in 2020 and is out of Congress. McCarthy met for 90 minutes late Tuesday with Greene, R-Ga., and aides said little about the outcome. The hardright freshman has burst onto the national political scene after using social media to endorse outlandish conspiracy theories and violent, racist views. “The best thing that could happen at this moment is for Kevin McCarthy to make clear that she should not be” on the education committee, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., a member of his party’s leadership, told reporters. Jeffries said if McCarthy doesn’t act, “We’ll be prepared to move forward.” Greene was showing little sign of backing down. “No matter what @GOPLeader does it would never be enough for the hate America Democrats,” she tweeted early Wednesday. Meanwhile, House Republicans planned a closed-door meeting later Wednesday in which Cheney’s political fate could be decided. The GOP’s farthest right wing was itching to oust Cheney, of Wyoming, from her post as the No. 3 House Republican after she voted last month to impeach Trump. Cheney is a leader of her party’s traditional conservatives and is a daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney. The strife underscores Republican ﬁssures as the party seeks a path forward two weeks after Trump left ofﬁce as the only twice-impeached president. House Republicans are effectively deciding whether to prioritize the former president’s norm-shattering behavior and conspiracy theories and retain the loyalty of his voters over more establishment conservative values. The handling of Greene and Cheney presented a tricky balancing act for McCarthy. The eight-term lawmaker is hoping to become speaker should Republicans capture the House majority in the 2022 elections and has little interest in antagonizing any GOP colleagues. Penalizing Cheney for what she called her “vote of conscience” on impeachment would be awkward without also punishing Greene. 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Here’s a look at some of the game’s most prominent names slated to hit the open market (in alphabetical order): —Bucs pass rusher Shaq Barrett, who led the NFL with 19½ sacks in 2019, played under a oneyear, $15.9 million franchise tag in 2020. He has 11 sacks this season, including three in the NFC championship game against Green Bay. Tampa is close to $30 million under the estimated salary cap and might spend a good chunk of it on the 28-year-old linebacker. “I’m not expecting that I would be going anywhere else,” said Barrett, who rented a home the last two years and wants to “start laying roots” in Tampa. —Chiefs running back LeVeon Bell made nearly $14 million in 2020, with most of that being paid by the New York Jets. He considered signing with Buffalo and Miami before landing in Kansas City, which is unlikely to bring him back. The Chiefs are an estimated $20 million over the projected cap. —Bucs receiver Antonio Brown might be out of the league if not for Brady. Brown signed a one-year, $1.6 million contract with Tampa in late October and has been a model citizen since. Although he might want to test free agency, it’s unclear if anyone would take a chance on him. —Bucs linebacker Lavonte David has been a mainstay in Tampa’s lineup for nine years. He’s wrapping up a ﬁve-year, $50.25 million deal, but no one would be surprised to see the 31-year-old defensive leader remain in his home state (maybe even at a discounted rate) for the rest of his pro career. —Tampa Bay running back Leonard Fournette was cut by Jacksonville days before the regular season and landed in Tampa on a one-year, $2.5 million deal. He has provided a nice 1-2 punch with Ronald Jones, but likely will head elsewhere in hopes of becoming a featured back again. “When I’m healthy, the sky’s the limit,” Fournette said. —Bucs receiver Chris Godwin missed several games early this season, but the 2017 third-round draft pick from Penn State has proven his worth with ﬁve touchdown catches in the last six games. General manager Jason Licht insists Godwin is in the team’s long-term plans. “I’m very much aware off all those different possibilities, but what I’ve done this whole season is to not focus on it,” Godwin said. “At this point, all of those things are out of my control.” —Veteran tight end Rob Gronkowski came out of retirement to join Brady in Tampa and be close to his mom in Fort Myers. He started every game for the ﬁrst time since 2011. He has 45 receptions for 623 yards and seven touchdowns after signing a one-year, $9 million deal. If he wants to play another season, the Bucs will ﬁnd a way to make it work. —Bucs running back LeSean McCoy has a chance to become the ninth player in NFL history to collect consecutive Super Bowl rings with different teams, joining an exclusive club that includes Deion Sanders and LeGarrette Blount. He’s already weighing his future: whether to stick around a little longer as a backup or retire at age 32. See BOWL | 9 OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Thursday, Feb. 4 Girls Basketball Eastern at South Gallia, 7:30 Athens at Meigs, 7:30 Federal Hocking at Southern, 7:15 Gallia Academy at Rock Hill, 6:30 River Valley at Wellston, 7:30 Wrestling South Gallia, Meigs, Marietta at Eastern, 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5 Boys Basketball Vinton County at Meigs, 7:30 Gallia Academy at Chesapeake, 7:30 Girls Basketball Portsmouth at Gallia Academy, 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6 Boys Basketball Nelsonville-York at River Valley, 3:15 Westfall at South Gallia, 6:30 Coal Grove at Gallia Academy, 7:30 Wellston at Meigs, 1:30 Girls Basketball Meigs at Southern, 1:15 Chesapeake at River Valley, 6:30 Wrestling Warren at Gallia Academy, 9 a.m. Bryan Walters | OVP Sports River Valley senior Hannah Jacks releases a shot attempt over a pair of South Gallia defenders during a Jan. 18 girls basketball contest in Mercerville, Ohio. BIDWELL, Ohio — A night to remember. Senior Hannah Jacks became the ﬁfth player in River Valley girls basketball history to eclipse the 1,000-point plateau in a career Monday night during a 58-27 victory over visiting Meigs in a Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division matchup in Gallia County. Jacks became the school’s eighth all-time quadruple-digit scorer — including boys basketball as well — early in the third quarter after converting a short runner on the right side of the hoop. The game was stopped to acknowledge the accomplishment, and the host Lady Raid- ers (10-7, 5-4 TVC Ohio) ultimately never let up from there. RVHS stormed out to a 14-1 ﬁrst quarter advantage and used a 12-7 push in the second frame to build a comfortable 26-8 cushion at the break. Jacks — who ended the night with a game-high 29 points — helped spark a 25-10 third quarter surge with her historic basket and ultimately allowed the Silver and Black to establish a 51-18 edge entering the ﬁnale. The Lady Marauders (6-8) did close out regulation with a 9-7 spurt to complete the 31-point outcome. RVHS also claimed a season sweep of the Maroon and Gold after posting a 75-54 win back See RAIDERS | 9 Courtesy | Justyce Stout Rio Grande’s Chyna Chambers puts up a jumper for two of her game- and career-high 29 points in Tuesday night’s 93-79 win over West Virginia University-Tech at the Newt Oliver Arena. RedStorm women topple WVU-Tech By Randy Payton For Ohio Valley Publishing RIO GRANDE, Ohio — So how does a team go about surviving 30 turnovers against a rival who hasn’t lost a regular season game to a fellow River States Conference member in its last 29 such outings? A season-best shooting percentage as a team and a career-high scoring performance from a senior who’s made her bones this season as one of the nation’s top assist leaders proved to be the perfect recipe for the University of Rio Grande. Chyna Chambers poured in a game-high and career-best 29 points and the RedStorm shot 61.8 percent from the ﬂoor in a 93-79 triumph over West Virginia University-Tech, Tuesday night, in women’s basketball action at the Newt Oliver Arena. Rio Grande improved to 13-7 with the victory. Head coach David Smalley’s club has now won each of its last six contests, 10 of its last 11 outings and 12 of its past 14 games since a 1-5 start. WVU-Tech slipped to 5-7 with the loss. The Golden Bears suffered their ﬁrst regular season setback to a River States Conference team since a 61-59 loss at Point Park University on Dec. 8, 2018 — a stretch of 29 straight games. Oddly enough, the streak remains intact after the RSC’s decision to scrap designated conference games this season due to COVIDrelated restrictions and cancellations. Rio Grande led Tuesday night’s get-together from start to ﬁnish, but had trouble pulling away thanks to a season-high 30 turnovers — the most in a game by a RedStorm team since committing 36 miscues in an 89-88 loss at Salem (WV) International University on Dec. 11, 2015. The RedStorm managed to maintain their wire-to-wire advantage, though, by connecting on 34 of their 55 overall shots. Chambers led the sizzling shooting touch, going 10-for-14 from the ﬂoor overall, 3-of-5 from three-point range and a perfect 6-for-6 at the free throw line. The Columbus, Ohio native, who entered the game leading the country in total assists with 124 and ranking fourth nationally at 6.5 assists per game, augmented her scoring total with a game-high ﬁve assists and a teambest ﬁve steals in the winning effort. For a brief moment, it appeared as if Rio would need every bit of Chambers’ offensive prowess. After trailing by as many as 15 points in the ﬁrst half and by 10 points at the intermission, WVU-Tech pulled as close as 63-61 following a conventional threepoint play by Brittney Justice with 3:50 remaining in the third quarter. The deﬁcit stood at just three, 68-65, after a steal and a layup by Justice with 2:27 left in the period, but the RedStorm snuffed out the Golden Bears’ hopes of a completed comeback by responding with a 15-5 run over the next eight minutes to open up a 13-point advantage, 83-70, after a pair of free throws by Chambers — who had 19 of her points in the second half — with 5:31 remaining in the game. WVU-Tech got no closer than 11 points the rest of the way and Rio enjoyed its largest cushion of 16 points, 91-75, after a bucket by freshman Caitlyn Brisker (Oak Hill, OH) with just over a minute to play. Sophomore Lexi Woods (Waverly, OH) added 23 points and a game-high six rebounds for the RedStorm in the win, while Brisker tossed in 13 points and sophomore Regan Willingham (Ashville, OH) netted 11 points. WVU-Tech shot just over 50 percent from the ﬂoor overall (31for-61), but committed 26 turnovers of its own which led directly to 33 Rio Grande points. Justice had a teamhigh 22 points and a game-best six steals for the Golden Bears, while her twin sister, Whittney, had 13 points. Both tied for team honors with four rebounds. ShanEttine Butler and Brianna Ball added 13 and 10 points, respectively, in a losing cause for Tech, which had won each of its previous four meetings with Rio Grande. Kathylee Pinnock-Branford had a team-best three assists. Rio Grande is scheduled to return to action on Saturday afternoon when Carlow University visits for a 1 p.m. tipoff. Randy Payton is the Sports Information Director at the University of Rio Grande. �SPORTS/CLASSIFIEDS Ohio Valley Publishing Raiders From page 8 on Dec. 21, 2020, in Rocksprings. Meigs outrebounded the hosts by a 32-28 overall margin, including a 13-12 edge on the offensive glass. MHS also committed 33 of the 47 turnovers in the contest. River Valley made 23-of-55 ﬁeld goal attempts for 42 percent, including an 8-of-17 effort from behind the arc for 47 percent. The hosts were also 4-of-9 at the free throw line for 44 percent. Jacks — who joins Amber Staton, Sarah Ward, Brooke Marcum and Cady Gilmore on the 1K list for Lady Raiders — posted a well-rounded evening of 13 steals, six assists and ﬁve rebounds to go along with her 29-point performance. Sierra Somerville was next with 12 points, followed by Lauren Twyman with 10 points and Brooklin Clonch with three markers. Morrisa Barcus and Zoe Milliron completed the winning tally with two points apiece. Meigs netted 9-of-45 shot attempts for 20 percent, including a 1-of15 performance from 3-point range for seven percent. The guests also went 8-of-13 at the charity stripe for 62 percent. Mallory Hawley paced MHS with 11 points and eight rebounds. Delana Wright was next with eight points, while Charlotte Hysell, Rylee Lisle and Jerrica Smith wrapped things up with two points each. It’s the ﬁrst time in RVHS history that both a girl and a boy reached the 1,000-point plateau in the same winter season. Senior Jordan Lambert became the third boy in school history to accomplish the feat earlier this season at Vinton County. River Valley travels to Wellston on Thursday for a TVC Ohio contest at 7 p.m. Meigs will host Athens on Thursday in a TVC Ohio matchup at 7 p.m. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. Thursday, February 4, 2021 9 Mahomes the rare quarterback with no weakness By Josh Dubow peer, with the ability to scramble or make plays on the run, with the accuracy and decision When it comes to judging the making that limit crippling misbest quarterbacks, they all seem takes, with the poise under pressure and leadership that have to have at least one deﬁciency. helped lead the Kansas City Whether it’s pocket passers Chiefs to their second straight like Tom Brady and Peyton Manning who may not be adept Super Bowl appearance. In his short time as a startat scrambling, or deadeye accuing quarterback, Mahomes has rate ones like Drew Brees and put together perhaps the best Joe Montana who might lack three-year stretch of play the elite arm strength, or strongarmed throwers like John Elway game has ever seen. Including the playoffs, he has thrown for or Brett Favre who weren’t 15,922 yards since the start of always the most accurate. For others, the missing ingre- 2018 with 131 TD passes, while dient might have been decision- winning the 2018 AP MVP making, poise, leadership or any award, the Super Bowl MVP last season and is in position for of the more than a dozen traits that make the top quarterbacks another title on Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. as successful as they are. That would make the 25-yearThat’s what makes Patrick old Mahomes the youngest Mahomes so special. There’s just about nothing he isn’t elite quarterback ever with two Super Bowl wins, reaching the at. mark a year before Brady and “Mahomes checks so many Ben Roethlisberger both did. boxes. It’s really hard to “I don’t think there’s a play describe to people how special that he doesn’t think he can this guy is,” CBS game analyst make,” Brady said. “He thinks Tony Romo said. “I can’t think he can make every play, which of somebody in history that tells you the kind of conﬁdence you just go through and keep he has in his own game.” going because everyone has a Mahomes has gotten to this weakness and you’re trying to stage by thriving at almost ﬁnd everyone’s weakness as an analyst or every team’s scheme every aspect of the game whether it be under pressure, against weakness and ﬁgure it out. I the blitz, from a clean pocket, really feel like he’s just the rare on the run or on almost any patguy.” tern thrown nearly any distance. Mahomes combines arm But there are a few areas strength that rivals almost any Associated Press where Mahomes stands out more than others, according to data tracked in the regular season and playoffs this season by SportRadar. The ﬁrst question for defenses when facing the Chiefs is whether to send extra rushers to try to disrupt Mahomes or sit back in coverage and hope to get pressure with four rushes. The Bucs are one of the most blitz-happy teams, sending extra rushers on more than 40% of pass plays for the ﬁfth highest rate in the league. That’s a strategy that doesn’t typically work well against Mahomes, who has a league-best 126.7 passer rating with 14 TD passes and no interceptions against the blitz in the regular season and playoffs. Tampa Bay cut its blitz by more than half in the ﬁrst meeting when Mahomes gashed the Bucs for 462 yards and three TDs. Two of those TDs came on the nine pass attempts against the blitz but Mahomes also went 31 for 40 for 373 yards and a score against conventional rushes. Mahomes threw all six of his interceptions this season when he wasn’t rushed by more than four defenders but still posted an impressive 104.3 rating in those situations. Mahomes was the only qualifying QB in the league who didn’t throw an interception this season when he was under pressure as he handles that bet- ter than most of his peers. He’s particularly dangerous when he’s able to escape the pocket to his right, throwing 11 TDs on 89 passes with a 120 rating. He also makes plays with his legs, leading the league with seven ﬁrst-down runs when needing at least seven yards to go on third down. “They’re the best at what they do as far as that goes,” Bucs cornerbacks coach Kevin Ross said. “The only comparison I would have with that with Mahomes is probably John Elway. John Elway could sprint to his right or sprint to his left and throw the ball back across the ﬁeld, 70 yards on a rope. Patrick has that ability. You can’t go to sleep on it. You really don’t know what it feels like until you actually go against it.” Mahomes and the Chiefs can pick apart defenses with any pass route. SportRadar tracks 12 different routes in its database, and Mahomes has a rating higher than 100 on 10 of those routes, led by his 141.8 rating on crossing routes that allow his speedy receivers to get loose in the secondary. Mahomes also thrives on corner and go routes as his strong arm helps him make some of the more difﬁcult throws. The only ones where he struggled at all this season came on comebackers and in-routes, where his rating was in the 70s. QB whisperers Christensen, Moore see different side to Brady By Rob Maaddi cap stellar careers, though none of the coaches are ready for retirement. Christensen and Moore were on the opposite sideline against Brady during Clyde Christensen mentored Andrew the Colts-Patriots rivalry. Both have a Luck and Peyton Manning before he different view of the six-time Super Bowl became Tom Brady’s quarterbacks coach champion after getting to know him durthis season. Tom Moore worked with Manning, Terry Bradshaw and many oth- ing his ﬁrst season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. ers before the 82-year-old assistant got a “I think we got to see another side of chance to coach Brady. Christensen and Moore are quarterback him that it was a little more open,” said Christensen, who added that he never whisperers on a staff led by Bruce Ariactually met Brady despite all the times ans, who once wrote a book called: “The their teams faced each other. “I think Quarterback Whisperer.” people got to know him a little bit. I cerHaving an opportunity to win a Super tainly did. And we had our perception in Bowl with Brady is an excellent way to Associated Press Bowl hasn’t missed a game in ﬁve seasons, but the Chiefs wouldn’t miss him much if he walked. —Chiefs safety Daniel From page 8 Sorensen is having a career year. He led the team with 91 “If I get a second champitackles in the regular season to onship, with everything I’ve accomplished, it might be over,” go along with three interceptions. He’s on the wrong side of he said. “You never know. I’ll 30, but he would be a bargain at revisit that later.” $4 million a year. —Chiefs receiver Demarcus —Bucs defensive lineman Robinson is third on the team Ndamukong Suh made six sacks with a career-high 45 catches while starting every game for after signing a one-year deal the ninth consecutive season. to remain in Kansas City. He Indy that was a little bit jaded, certainly in a fun way. “I think everything surprised me about him. You kind of have this preconceived notion. As you start to get to know him and you met his family and just see what a wonderful human being is. He’s a good man. I knew he was a good football player. We all knew that,” Christensen added. “But, as a man, as you get to know these guys and you see them interact with their kids and you see them interact with their parents and you see them interact with their spouses and you see them interact with teammates and how they treat people, that’s all been new for me.” He turned 34 last month and might be willing to sign another one-year deal to stay in Tampa. —Chiefs receiver Sammy Watkins has missed 14 games in three years with Kansas City, raising questions about his durability. He took a pay cut to remain with the Chiefs in 2020, but at $9 million, he was far from a bargain. Would be take less to ﬁt around Mahomes’ ballooning contract? “I want to win,” Watkins said. “Early in my career, I was not like that. I always wanted the ball. I still want the ball, but I understand now it is team goals. The three years I have been here, we have had the opportunities to play in the Super Bowl, and that is what it is about. “I could have been on any other team and getting 1,000 yards and losing. Here, I am on a great team and winning. I might not have the stats and 10,000 yards and Hall of Fame, but, man, I could have two rings or three rings or four rings.” The following matters are the subject of this public notice by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The complete public notice, including any additional instructions for submitting comments, requesting information, a public hearing, or filing an appeal may be obtained at: http://www.epa.ohio.gov/actions.aspx or Hearing Clerk, Ohio EPA, 50 W. Town St. P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, Ohio 43216. 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Draft NPDES Permit Renewal - Subject to Revision General James M Gavin Power Plt 7397 N State Rte 7, Cheshire, OH Facility Description: Wastewater-Power Plants Receiving Water: Stingy Run, Ohio River, Kyger Run, ID #: 0IB00006*PD Date of Action: 01/29/2021 Legals LEGALS Legals Morgan Township is taking bids to Mow the Cemeteries in Morgan Township. Anyone interested in putting a bid in should contact the Morgan Township Trustees. Jeff Ferrell (740)645-4144 or John Manley (740)645-2650. Please call between 8am-4pm. All bids must be in by February 19, 2021. 1/14/21,1/21/21,1/28/21, 2/4/21 The Ohio Township's 2020 Annual Financial Report is complete and available to view at the office of the Fiscal Officer. Ohio Township will hold their 2021 regular monthly meeting on the second Friday of each month at the Fire Station on Waugh Road at 7:00 PM. (Raymond S. Gibson Fiscal Officer Ohio Township 740-256-1667) 2/4/21,2/5/21,2/9/21 EMPLOYMENT Help Wanted General 3DUW WLPH JHQHUDO IDUP ZRUNHU FDOO �� Check out our &ODVVLÀ�HGV� for bargains! Olive Township (Meigs County) is currently taking sealed bids for the mowing and trimming of our 10 cemeteries within the township for 2021. These cemeteries include: Heiney, Mt Olive, Success, Pleasant Grove, Joppa, Reedsville, Stewart, Eden, Randolph and White's Chapel. Please send sealed bids to: Olive Township, ATTN: Kelly Epling, Fiscal Officer, P.O. Box 242, Tuppers Plains, OH 45783. Bids will be reviewed at the March meeting of the Olive Township Trustees, scheduled for 3/2/2021. If you require additional information, please email: olivetownshiptrustees@gmail.com. 2/4/21 Final Issuance of Permit-To-Install and Operate SFS Truck Sales 2150 Eastern Ave, Gallipolis, OH 45631 ID #: P0129687 Date of Action: 01/28/2021 Initial installation PTIO for two dip tank coating operations (General Permit 3.10). Application for Title V Minor Permit Modification Received General James M. Gavin Power Plant 7397 N. St Rt #7, Cheshire, OH 45620-0271 ID #: A0068161 Date of Action: 01/28/2021 Application for minor Title V permit modification following issuance of PTI P0128729 to revise and update the Title V permit terms and conditions for emissions units F003 and P902. Proposed Revocation of NPDES Permit Custom Fuel Services Inc 2676 State Route 7-N, Gallipolis, OH Facility Description: Wastewater-Groundwater Remediation Receiving Water: Ohio River ID #: 0IN00268*BD Date of Action: 01/27/2021 2/4/21 �NEWS/WEATHER 10 Thursday, February 4, 2021 EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL OHIO BRIEF Judge: Man who drove into hospital competent for trial REEDSVILLE — Eastern High School recently announced the second nine weeks honor roll for the 2020-21 school year. All “A” Honor Roll — 9th grade: Rylee Barrett, Hannah Bearhs, Laikyn Davis, Emma Edwards, Zachary Nelson, Kacey Rankin, Hope Reed, Karey Schreckengost, Olivia Wood; 10th grade: Savannah Barnes, Maylee Barringer, Ella Carleton, Juli Durst, Treyton Hill, Jensen Litchﬁeld, Mya McCray, Bella Mugrage, Koen Sellers, Paige Smith, Kyra Zuspan; 11th grade: Austin Bable, Emma Doczi, Jayden Evans, Megan Maxon, Brielle Newland, Colin Parsons, Jaylin Stevens; 12th grade: Olivia Barber, Hannah Blanchard, Layna Catlett, Hunter Cline-Corwin, Jonna Epple, Skylar Honaker, Alysa Howard, Brianna Nutter, Peyton Rigsby, Sydney Sanders, Haley Shaffer. All “A and B” Honor Roll — 9th grade: Haylie Brewer, Peyton Buckley, Jaykob Eplion, Sandra Groves, Abigail Guthrie, Emmalyn Hayes, Garrett Thompson, Ashton Warth; 10th grade: Cameron Barber, Chloe Bissell, Madalynn Blain, Erica Durst, Hayden Fick, Mandalynn Johnson, Grant Martin, Darbi Mugrage, Jennifer Parker, Sydney Reynolds, Hayley Sanders, Abby Smeeks, Kylie Smith, Sierra Smith, Jacob Spencer, Brady Yonker; 11th grade: Abigail Bauerbach, Hayes Causey, Harley Champion, Emma Davis, Olivia Harris, Kendyl Householder, Cami Jones, Colton McDaniel, Breanna Nelson, Mackenzie Newell, Marie Schuler, Ethan Short; 12th grade: Tia Arix, Matthew Blanchard, Derissa Brewer-Johnson, Natalie Browning, Jenna Chadwell, Whitney Durst, Bruce Hawley, Jacey Martin, Blake Newland, Alisa Ord, Karlee Roberts, Kelsey Roberts, Kennadi Rockhold, Tessa Rockhold. From page 1 Approved to certify and appropriate $1,368.58 into the sheriff’s ofﬁce salary line item. Approved the ﬁrst half transfer to Meigs County Soil and Water in the amount of $33,500. Approved appropriation and revenue increases as presented by the Meigs County Board of Developmental Disabilities. Approved payment of the bills in the amount of $52,925.12 from county general and an overall total of $157,403.83. The commissioners meet each Thursday at 11 a.m. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Sarah Hawley is the managing editor of The Daily Sentinel. TODAY 8 AM 2 PM 21° 36° 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. Snowfall (in inches) The AccuWeather.com Cold Index combines the effects of local weather with a number of demographic factors to provide a scale showing the overall probability of transmission and symptom severity of the common cold. 2 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Wed. 0.3 Month to date/normal 2.4/0.9 Season to date/normal 12.0/12.4 WEATHER TRIVIA™ SUN & MOON Q: What is the record low temperature for the lower 48 states in February? Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Fri. 7:31 a.m. 5:55 p.m. 1:51 a.m. 12:13 p.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 Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Major 5:10a 6:02a 6:54a 7:47a 8:40a 9:33a 10:26a Minor 11:23a 12:16p 12:40a 1:32a 2:25a 3:19a 4:12a Major 5:36p 6:29p 7:23p 8:17p 9:10p 10:02p 10:53p Minor 11:49p ---1:09p 2:02p 2:55p 3:48p 4:39p WEATHER HISTORY Paciﬁc winds usually regulate San Francisco’s climate. On Feb. 4, 1887, however, 4 inches of snow accumulated. Excited residents staged a massive snowball ﬁght. 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme A: -66(F) at West Yellowstone, Mont., on Feb. 9, 1933. Today 7:32 a.m. 5:54 p.m. 12:40 a.m. 11:38 a.m. 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. Wed. Location Willow Island Marietta Parkersburg Belleville Racine Point Pleasant Gallipolis Huntington Ashland Lloyd Greenup Portsmouth Maysville Meldahl Dam Level 12.47 17.10 22.20 12.81 12.94 25.23 12.10 29.81 36.39 12.86 27.10 35.80 28.70 Portsmouth 42/31 500 Primary pollutant: Particulates Flood Stage 37 34 36 35 41 40 50 50 52 54 50 50 51 Lucasville 43/30 24-hr. Chg. -0.70 -1.45 -0.60 -0.27 -0.32 -0.60 +0.20 +0.28 +0.26 +0.26 -1.20 none +0.20 West Virginia As of the 10 a.m. update on Wednesday, DHHR is reporting a total of 122,470 cases with 2,058 deaths. There was an increase of 535 cases from Tuesday, and 27 new deaths. DHHR reports a total of 1,943,848 lab tests have been completed, with a 5.62 cumulative percent positivity rate. The daily positivity rate in the state was 5.91 percent. There are 19,212 currently active cases in the state. DHHR reported on Tuesday 195,825 ﬁrst doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to residents of West Virginia. So far, 70,948 people have been fully vaccinated. Kayla (Hawthorne) Dunham and Sarah Hawley contributed to this story. WEDNESDAY 38° 22° Rather cloudy, snow Cold with more clouds showers; chilly than sun 40° 19° Cold with considerable cloudiness Marietta 37/37 Murray City 38/32 Belpre 38/37 Athens 39/34 St. Marys 39/38 Parkersburg 41/36 Coolville 39/36 Elizabeth 40/39 Spencer 43/38 Buffalo 44/37 Ironton 43/33 Milton 44/34 St. Albans 45/40 Huntington 45/33 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s 100s Seattle 90s 47/45 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s San Francisco 20s 58/43 10s 0s -0s Los Angeles 69/48 -10s T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front Ohio The Ohio Department of Health reported a 24-hour change of 3,991 new cases on Wednesday (21-day average of 5,099). There were 94 new deaths (21-day average of 74), 214 new hospitalizations (21-day average of 225) and 36 new ICU admissions (21-day average of 24) reported in the previous 24 hours, according to Wednesday’s update. TUESDAY 36° 31° Wilkesville 40/35 POMEROY Jackson 42/37 40/34 Ravenswood Rio Grande 42/39 42/36 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 37/24 GALLIPOLIS 43/37 44/38 42/37 Ashland 43/33 Grayson 43/32 Wednesday with a 5.51 percent positivity rate. Surrounding counties are orange. Rather cloudy NATIONAL CITIES Logan 38/31 McArthur 38/33 Waverly 42/28 MONDAY 41° 19° Chilly with times of clouds and sun Adelphi 37/29 Chillicothe 37/28 Mason County DHHR reported 1,678 total cases (since March) for Mason County in the 10 a.m. update on Wednesday morning, seven more than Tuesday. Of those, 1,631 are conﬁrmed cases and 47 are probable cases. DHHR has reported 31 deaths in Mason County. According to DHHR, the age ranges for the 1,678 COVID-19 cases DHHR is reporting in Mason County are as follows: 0-9 — 33 cases (plus 3 probable cases) 10-19 — 129 cases (plus 3 probable case) 20-29 — 291 cases (plus 8 probable cases) 30-39 — 276 cases (plus 12 probable case (2 new)) 40-49 — 240 cases (plus 9 probable cases, 1 new conﬁrmed case) 50-59 — 242 cases (plus 2 probable cases, 3 deaths, 1 new conﬁrmed case) 60-69 — 208 cases (plus 5 probable case, 4 deaths, 1 new conﬁrmed case) 70+ — 212 cases (plus 5 probable cases, 24 deaths, 3 new conﬁrmed cases) On Wednesday, Mason County was “orange” on the West Virginia County Alert System map. Mason County’s latest infection rate was 30.71 on SUNDAY 40° 25° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. South Shore Greenup 43/32 41/30 43 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021 OH-70219587 SATURDAY Low clouds, then perhaps some sun 0 AccuWeather.com Cold Index™ 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Wed. Trace Month to date/normal 0.33/0.33 Year to date/normal 3.15/3.30 FRIDAY 41° AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™ (in inches) EXTENDED FORECAST Rain today. Rain and snow becoming all snow tonight. High 43° / Low 37° HEALTH TODAY Precipitation meeting two of the seven indicators on Thursday. 38° 25° Statistics through 3 p.m. Wed. 36°/21° 44°/26° 68° in 2020 -4° in 1951 COVID-19 8 PM ALMANAC High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low CANAL WINCHESTER, Ohio (AP) — A man who authorities say deliberately drove into an Ohio hospital entrance, killing two people, has been found competent to stand trial on aggravated mur- der charges. A judge issued the hearing Tuesday after reviewing the results of a second psychiatric evaluation for Raymond Leiendecker, 46, of Baltimore, Ohio. The second evaluation was ordered after defense lawyers cited what they said were inconsistencies with the ﬁrst evaluation, which had also found Leiendecker competent. update. There have been a total of 24 deaths, 1,110 recovered cases (10 new), and 61 hospiFrom page 1 talizations since April. Age ranges for the the 2,069 total cases 1,251 Meigs County reported by ODH on Wednesday are as follows: cases, as of Wednesday, are as follows: 0-19 — 268 cases (1 0-9 — 45 cases new case, 1 hospitaliza10-19 — 116 cases (1 tion) new case, 1 hospitaliza20-29 — 343 cases (6 tion) hospitalizations) 20-29 — 176 cases (1 30-39 — 276 cases (1 hospitalization) new case, 3 hospitaliza30-39 — 158 cases (2 tions) new cases, 3 hospitaliza40-49 — 301 cases (6 tions) hospitalizations) 40-49 — 183 cases (1 50-59 — 303 cases (2 new cases, 12 hospitaliza- new case, 3 hospitalizations) tions, 1 death) 50-59 — 180 cases (3 60-69 — 260 cases (1 new case, 1 new hospital- hospitalizations) 60-69 — 180 cases ization, 24 total hospital(16 hospitalizations, 3 izations, 3 deaths) deaths) 70-79 — 178 cases (1 70-79 — 133 cases new hospitalization, 33 total hospitalizations, 10 (20 hospitalizations, 8 deaths) total deaths) 80-89 — 52 cases (8 80-plus — 140 cases hospitalizations, 10 total (36 hospitalizations, 17 deaths) total deaths) 90-99 — 26 cases Gallia County is cur(5 hospitalizations, 3 rently “Orange” on the Ohio Public Health Advi- deaths) 100-109 — 2 cases (1 sory System map after meeting two of the seven hospitalization) To date, the Meigs indicators on Thursday. County Health Department has administered Meigs County 555 COVID-19 vaccinaThe Meigs County tions since Dec. 29. Health Department For more data and reported four additional conﬁrmed cases of information on the cases in Meigs County visit COVID-19 on Wedneshttps://www.meigsday. health.com/covid-19/ . There are 117 active Meigs County cases, and 1,251 total remained “Red” on the cases (1,127 conﬁrmed, Ohio Public Health 124 probable) since Advisory System after April, according to the DJFS WEATHER Daily Sentinel Clendenin 46/38 Charleston 45/38 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Winnipeg 8/-5 Billings 40/28 Montreal 31/19 Toronto 37/30 Minneapolis 31/6 Detroit 34/25 Denver 39/22 New York 40/32 Washington 45/36 Chicago 37/14 Kansas City 41/24 Today Fri. Hi/Lo/W 49/27/pc 17/7/s 54/48/c 41/31/s 43/30/pc 40/28/c 44/32/c 37/23/s 45/38/c 52/41/c 32/22/pc 37/14/r 41/24/r 37/30/pc 38/27/c 68/39/c 39/22/pc 35/11/sn 34/25/c 74/61/pc 79/50/c 39/19/r 41/24/r 59/40/s 60/32/sh 69/48/s 46/27/r 72/61/s 31/6/sn 54/33/sh 73/56/pc 40/32/s 51/28/pc 67/45/pc 40/29/pc 71/47/pc 37/33/pc 38/19/pc 52/41/pc 51/37/pc 46/24/r 38/29/pc 58/43/s 47/45/r 45/36/pc Hi/Lo/W 52/30/s 18/7/pc 51/31/c 45/29/r 49/26/r 34/5/sn 48/33/sh 42/31/c 41/26/c 56/28/r 35/21/c 15/2/pc 30/21/c 33/12/sn 30/15/pc 60/40/s 42/23/pc 22/3/pc 26/11/sf 77/65/pc 63/45/pc 29/12/pc 43/22/s 62/42/s 54/34/s 70/48/s 36/26/c 79/64/s 13/-2/pc 45/33/pc 56/49/r 42/30/r 55/35/s 76/56/s 44/27/r 69/46/s 38/18/sn 38/29/c 53/30/r 50/27/r 40/22/s 39/31/sn 59/45/s 49/44/pc 51/30/r EXTREMES WEDNESDAY National for the 48 contiguous states Atlanta 54/48 High Low El Paso 69/38 Chihuahua 76/46 City Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Billings Boise Boston Charleston, WV Charlotte Cheyenne Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dallas Denver Des Moines Detroit Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Miami Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York City Oklahoma City Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland, ME Raleigh Richmond St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC 84° in Pecos, TX -8° in Land O’ Lakes, WI Global High Low Houston 79/50 Monterrey 97/63 Miami 72/61 107° in Vioolsdrif, South Africa -65° in Ekyuchchyu, Russia Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow ﬂurries, sn-snow, i-ice. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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