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Top of the SHS class
Rogers, Shaver
lead the way for ’21

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Kyler Rogers

2021 Valedictorian. He
plans to attend Ohio University to major in social
studies education, while
taking opportunities to
By Sarah Hawley
shawley@aimmediamidwest.com
pursue an acting career
while at OU.
“Graduating at the
RACINE — Kyler Rogers and David Shaver will top of my class was not
necessarily a goal of mine
address the Southern
at the start. However, I
High School Class of
2021 as Valedictorian and did have motivation to
Salutatorian, respectively, keep my grades. Whether
during Sunday evening’s it be through gaining
knowledge or striving to
graduation and combecome a better person,
mencement exercises.
I always want to try to
Rogers, the son of
Misty Fields and Richard improve and challenge
Rogers, is the Southern
High School Class of
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Ashton Guthrie was crowned the 2021 Eastern High School
Prom Queen and Matthew Blanchard the 2021 Eastern High
School Prom King during Sunday evening’s prom at Eastern
High School. The Queen’s crown was donated by Clark’s
Jewelry and the flowers were donated by Francis Florist.

8 new COVID-19
cases reported
in local area
Staff Report

Sarah Hawley | Sentinel

FREE TESTING

OHIO VALLEY —
West Virginia DHHR,
Eight new COVID-19
WVU and WVCTSI are
cases were reported
offering free COVID-19
in the area over the
testing today, May 18,
weekend.
from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at
The West Virginia
the old Goodwill Store
Department of Health
beside Piggly Wiggly,
and Human Resources
304 1/3 3rd Street, Point
(DHHR) reported
Pleasant.
ﬁve additional cases
on Monday in Mason
County.
Three additional COVID-19 cases were reported over the weekend in Gallia County, according
to the Ohio Department of Health.
Here is a closer look at COVID-19 cases in the
region and state:
Gallia County
ODH reported a total of 2,367 cases of COVID19 (since March 2020) in Gallia County as part of
Monday’s update, three more than on Friday.
ODH has reported a total of 49 deaths, 146
hospitalizations, and 2,265 presumed recovered
individuals (two new) as of Monday.
Age ranges for the 2,367 total cases reported by
ODH on Monday are as follows:
0-19 — 306 cases (2 new cases, 2 hospitalizations)
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The two stacks on the former Philip Sporn Plant can be seen falling during Monday’s demolition.

Bringing down the stacks
Demolition progresses on ‘Sporn site’
By Sarah Hawley
shawley@aimmediamidwest.com

morning.
Onlookers from both
sides of the Ohio River
NEW HAVEN — In
could see the stack
near simultaneous fashion the two smoke stacks on Unit 5 begin to fall
ﬁrst, with the stack on
which towered over the
former Philip Sporn Plant the main portion of the
plant beginning soon
in New Haven, West Virafter. In just a few secginia, came crashing to
onds both crashed to the
the ground on Monday
Braden Hawley | Courtesy photo

The former Philip Sporn Plant as it stood on Monday morning
before the demolition of the stacks.

ground with a loud bang
and a cloud of dust.
This is the second
planned explosion at
the plant for demolition purposes, with the
ﬁrst taking place last
November when the precipitator on Unit 5 (the
large outdoor unit) was
demolished.
No dates have been
announced for further
demolition at the forBraden Hawley | Courtesy photo
The stack on Unit 5 of the former Philip Sporn Plant fell away from mer plant. Ohio Valley
Publishing will provide
the unit as part of the demolition.

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What remains of the former power plant can be seen following the demolition of the stacks on Monday
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updates as they are
made available.
According to a 2015
article on the American
Electric Power website,
Philip Sporn Plant was
one of three coal-ﬁred
power plants which were
closed by Appalachian
Power Company in West
Virginia in 2015.
“Sporn Plant was
comprised of ﬁve units.
Unit 1 began operation
in 1949 with commercial
operation in 1950. Unit
2 also began operation
in 1950. The third unit
began service in 1951 and
the fourth unit came on
line one year later. Unit 5
began operating in 1960.
Each of the ﬁrst four
units generated 150,000
kilowatts of electricity, while Unit 5 generated 450,000 kilowatts,”
according to the article.
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GALLIA, MEIGS BRIEFS

Bank drive-thru update
MASON, W.Va. — The Ohio Valley Bank Bend
Area Ofﬁce drive-thru repair is complete. The
drive-thru resumed normal operations yesterday.
Hours are 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday and 8
a.m.-noon Saturday.
Southwestern alumni banquet
PATRIOT — The Southwestern High School
Alumni Banquet will be held at Southwestern
Elementary School on Saturday, May 29. Doors
will open at 6 p.m., the meal will be served at 6:30
p.m. A cost of $15 per person will not only pay
for the meal, but will also contribute to the Southwestern Alumni Scholarship program. To make a
reservation, please contact Jeanie Hively at 740245 9740 by Monday, May 17.
Distributing COVID-related supplies
CLAY TWP. — Trustees with Clay Township
will be distributing COVID-19 related supplies
from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, May 22, at the site
on Teens Run Road, approximately two-tenths of
a miles from Ohio 7, south of Gallipolis. ID, such
as driver’s license, utility bill, etc., is required to
prove township residency.
Memorial Day Parade sign up
GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis Memorial Day
Parade steps off at 10:30 a.m., May 31. All veteran
service organizations, businesses, foundations and
other community support groups are invited to
participate in the parade. Individuals or groups
interested in participating in the Memorial Day
Parade are asked to please contact the Gallia
County Veterans Service Ofﬁce at 740-446-2005
no later than Friday, May 21.
Cheshire Alumni Banquet
CHESHIRE — The Cheshire High School
Alumni Reunion will be held this year on May 29.
Doors open at 5 p.m. No charge this year ﬁnger
food will be provided. Anyone interested call Robert Lucas 740-367-7147 or Martha Swisher 740645-9392 or Betty Jo Clark 740-367-0172.
Bean dinner planned
CENTERVILLE — Centerville’s annual Bean
Dinner will be held on May 29 with parade at 11
a.m. Parade participants are asked to call 740-2455635.
Road closures, construction
GALLIA COUNTY — Gallia County Engineer
Brett A. Boothe announces Scenic Drive (CR127) will be closed between State Route 160 and
Summit Road, beginning at 8 a.m., Monday, April
26 for approximately two months for slip repair,
weather permitting. Local trafﬁc will need to use
other county roads as a detour.
MEIGS COUNTY — A bridge replacement
project began on April 12 on State Route 143,
between Lee Road (Township Road 168) and
Ball Run Road (Township Road 20A). One lane
will be closed. Temporary trafﬁc signals and a 10
foot width restriction will be in place. Estimated
completion: Nov. 15.
Ohio 7 rehab project reminder
CROWN CITY — The Ohio Department of
Transportation (ODOT) has announced a rehabilitation project that began Monday, March 22
on State Route 7 in the Crown City area of Gallia
County. The project will be between Westbranch
Road (County Road 162) and Sunnyside Drive
(County Road 158). The project is estimated to
be completed in June 2022. ODOT states the road
will be closed now through Dec. 1. The detour for
motorists will be to take State Route 7 to State
Route 218 to State Route 553 and back to State
Route 7. Trucks will be detoured from State Route
7 to U.S. 35 South to U.S. 64 West into West
Virginia and re-enter Ohio using U.S. 52 West.
ODOT said those wishing to access the K.H.
Butler Fishing Access must be coming from the
north. Northbound trafﬁc must take the detour,
then enter the parking area traveling southbound

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Cancellation
BIDWELL — Due to COVID-19, there will be
no meeting this year of the Bidwell-Porter High
School Alumni. At this time, a meeting is planned
for 2022.
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PHYLLIS MARIE GIBSON

COLUMBUS
— Ryan Wilson
Eggleton, 31, of
Columbus, Ohio,
formerly of Gallipolis, Ohio, passed
away on May 16,
2021 at Riverside
Hospital in Columbus,
following complications
of Severe Pancreatitis.
Born on April 22,1990
in Gallipolis, Ryan was
the son of Richard and
Judy Eggleton, who survive him in Bidwell, Ohio.
Ryan attended River Valley High School where he
played football, varsity
basketball all four years,
and baseball. He was a
four-year member of the
FFA where he received
the highest degree
awarded, The American
FFA Degree. He graduated from Rio Grande
University with a degree
in Respiratory Therapy
(RRT). He was a member
of the Vinton Masonic
Lodge #131. He was
most recently employed
at Licking Memorial
Hospital but had spent
the last six years at Riverside Hospital as an ICU
RRT where his coworkers became some of his
closest friends. He was
an avid Dale Earnhardt
fan, self-proclaimed Barbeque Pit Master and all
out life of the party. He
loved every kind of sport
and spending time with
his band of brothers. He

unapologetically
lived life to the fullest and on his own
terms.
He married the
absolute love of
his life Rachel
(Moehrman) Eggleton on October 2, 2020.
Ryan is survived by his
wife, Rachel Eggleton of
Columbus; his parents,
Richard and Judy Eggleton of Bidwell; siblings
Dyanna (Matthew) Elliott
and Chad (Ashley) Kimball, along with a niece
and nephews Hailey
Kimball, Mason Kimball, Cooper Elliott, and
Graham Elliott; maternal
grandfather, Dennis Cooper of Parkersburg, West
Virginia.
The visitation for Ryan
will be held on Thursday,
May 20, 2021 at Willis Funeral Home from
5 – 7 p.m. The visitation
will conclude with Pastor Aaron Young giving
closing comments and a
prayer.
In lieu of ﬂowers the
family ask that you consider donating to Kids
with Hunter Syndrome at
www.projectalive.org
Those in attendance
are asked to follow the
CDC guidelines of social
distancing and the Ohio
mandate of wearing face
masks.
Please visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send
e-mail condolences.

and wife Sandy;
three sons, Wayne
Scott Gibson and
wife Pamela of
Ft. Lauderdale,
Florida; Robert
Todd Gibson and
wife Cyndi of Milford, Ohio; Randall Evan
Gibson and wife Jan of
Brentwood, Tennessee.
She is also survived by
one great granddaughter
Sophie Marie Gibson;
ﬁve grandchildren, W.
Scott Gibson, Jr. and wife
Elizabeth; Ryan Gibson;
Caitlyn Gibson, Elizabeth
Gibson, and Randall E.
Gibson, Jr. She is preceded in death by sister Marilyn Bender and grandson
Peyton Ryan Gibson.
The family wants to
sincerely thank all of
the many nurses, nurse
assistants and doctors
at Woodland Country
Manor for the warmth,
love and care Phyllis
received while being a
member of their family
for the past nearly eight
years.
Visitation will be held
on Saturday, May 22,
2021 at 1 p.m. until time
of her funeral service at
2 p.m. at Ogle &amp; Paul
R. Young Funeral Home
in Oxford, Ohio. In lieu
of ﬂowers, the family
requests donations be
made to the Alzheimer’s
Association, the Parkinson’s Association or a
charity of their choice.
BOBBY ‘BOB’ BAILEY
Condolences may be
lipolis, brothers-in-law,
VINTON — Bobby
offered at www.paulyRoger Pitchford, Tom
“Bob” Bailey, 85, of Vinoungfuneralhome.com
(Leslie) Pitchford, and
ton, Ohio, passed away,
on Sunday, May 16, 2021 Ron (Shawna) Pitchford,
a sister-in-law, Judy
at his residence.
CORENA THOMPSON
Miles, nieces, Barbra
Born on February 10,
Mills, Diane Keeton, Sha1936, in Cabell County,
GALLIPOLIS — Core- Lebanon, Pennsylvaron (Danny) Browning,
West Virginia, he was
nia, Hal Curtis (Jakee)
na Thompson, 83, Galand Judy (Cliff) Wolfe,
Thompson of Grove City, the son of the late Okey
lipolis, Ohio, formerly of
and Anna M. Saul Bailey. nephews, Charles Waugh,
Ohio, and Paul Elden
Columbus, Ohio, passed
James (Rose) Waugh,
He was an over the road
(Wendy) Thompson of
away on Saturday, May
Richard (Sue) Waugh,
truck driver for Foster’s
Syracuse, New York; a
15, 2021 at O.S.U. Mediand Scott Bailey, also
Trucking, a member of
daughter-in-law, Brenda
cal Center in Columbus.
the International Brother- survive.
Thompson of GallipoCorena was born on
In addition to his parhood of Teamsters Local
lis; nine grandchildren;
February 2, 1938 in
ents, he is preceded in
# 413 in Columbus, a
Crown City, Ohio, daugh- twenty-one great granddeath by a granddaughMaster Mason of the
ter of the late George and children; one sister,
ter, Emily Pace, brother,
Vinton Lodge #131 Free
Garnet Queen of Crown
Laura Walls McGuire.
Charles Bailey, sisters,
City; two brothers, Glen- and Accepted Masons
Corena was a homeMildred Stiff, and Francis
of Ohio, and also a 32nd
vil McGuire of Jackson,
maker and a member of
Ohio and Lenvil McGuire Degree Master Mason, of Wood.
First Baptist Church in
Funeral services will
of Chillicothe, Ohio; and the Valley of Columbus.
Gallipolis. She enjoyed
be held at 11 a.m. on
He is survived by his
several nieces and nephgardening and playing
Thursday, May 20, 2021
wife, Peggy Pitchford
ews.
dominoes. Corena was
Bailey, whom he married in the Cremeens-King
The funeral service
married to Robert Joseph
Funeral Home, Gallipolis,
on September 4, 1971,
for Corena will be held
Thompson; and he prewith Pastor Alfred Holin Pearisburg, Virginia,
at 1 p.m. on Wednesday,
ceded her in death on
ley ofﬁciating. Interment
a daughter, Debra CrenMay 19, 2021 at Willis
April 23, 2013. In addiwill follow in the Swan
shaw, of Ocala, Florida,
Funeral Home with Pastion to her parents and
Creek Cemetery with
husband, Corena was pre- tor Aaron Young ofﬁciat- a step-son, Jeff Sheets,
Ron Pitchford and Jeff
ing. Her burial will follow of Bidwell, Ohio, a stepceded in death by a son,
Sheets serving as honordaughter, Melissa Pace,
in Ridgelawn Cemetery.
Robert Joseph Thompary casketbearers. Friends
son, Jr.; grandson, Jeremy Friends may call prior to of Gallipolis, Ohio,
may call from 6-8 p.m.
the service on Wednesday grandchildren, Tristan
Thompson; daughter-inat the funeral home on
law, Corinne Thompson; from noon - 1 p.m. at the (Rob) Denman, Ashlee
Wednesday. Masonic serCrenshaw, Garrett (Ashfuneral home. Those in
ﬁve brothers, Thurman,
vices will be conducted
ley Ray) Sheets, Tyler
Lester, Sherman, Marvin, attendance are asked to
follow the CDC guideline Pace, and Josh Pace, two by Vinton Lodge #131 at
and Stanford McGuire;
8 pm on Wednesday. The
great-grandsons, Jaden
and three sisters, Rosalee of social distancing and
Cremeens-King Funeral
and Kasen Denman. Sisthe Ohio mandate of
Dray, Geneva Cox, and
ters, Mary Emma Waugh, Home, is honored to
wearing face masks.
Mildred Schumacker.
serve the family.
Please visit www.willis- of Crown City, Ohio and
Corena is survived by
three sons, Mark Stephen funeralhome.com to send Margaret Bailey, of Gale-mail condolences.
(Candy) Thompson of
SOMERVILLE
— Phyllis M. Gibson passed away
on May 14, 2021
at the Woodland
Country Manor,
Somerville, Ohio.
Phyllis was born to
Robert and Helen Bender
on October 27, 1929 in
Sidney, Ohio. She was
one of three siblings.
Phyllis graduated from
Sidney High School in
1947. In the early 1970s,
she used her radiology
technician degree to provide service to Miami
University’s Student
Health Center, spending
a good part of her time
with Miami athletes with
whom she and her late
husband H. Wayne Gibson devoted many years.
She met her husband of
69 years, Wayne Gibson
in Sidney, Ohio, and they
married on July 17, 1949.
Wayne passed away on
December 27, 2018.
Phyllis had a good
heart, always had a smile
on her face, had a contagious laugh and never
met a stranger she didn’t
like. She loved her grandchildren, spending time
with her family, traveling
with friends to Put-In-Bay
and the Kentucky Derby
and entertaining at her
home in Oxford. She
was a trusted Mother,
loved grandmother and
great grandmother and
devoted wife. She will be
remembered with love
and greatly missed by her
brother Samuel Bender

AUNDA K. KLEIN
Jr.; brother and sister-inMIDDLEPORT
—
DEATH NOTICES
law, George and Mary
Aunda K. Klein, 74, of
Ann Hicks; sister, Vickie;
Middleport, Ohio, went
HARDEN
grandchildren, Jacqueline,
to see the Lord on May
RACINE — Robert R. Harden, 80, Racine, Ohio,
Cory, Zachary, Gregory,
died at 4:30 a.m., Monday, May 17, 2021, in the WVU 16, 2021.
Katie and Conner; and
She
was
born
on
March
Medical - Camden Clark Memorial Hospital in Park4, 1947 in Marietta, Ohio great grandson, Tyler.
ersburg, West Virginia. Funeral arrangements will
Funeral services will be
daughter of the late Harry
be announced by the Cremeens-King Funeral Home,
held on Thursday, May
and Loraine Walburn.
Racine.
She was a member of the 20, 2021 at 1 p.m., with
Pastor Dennis Weaver
Syracuse Community
LIEVING
ofﬁciating at Anderson
Church.
GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — Vikki (Errett) Lieving, 69,
McDaniel Funeral Home
She is survived by her
of Gallipolis, Ohio, died Monday, May 17, 2021, at
in Pomeroy, Ohio. Burial
husband
of
57
years,
RayHolzer Medical Center.
will follow at Beechgrove
mond “Gene” Klein Sr.;
There will be a funeral service at 11 a.m., Friday,
her furry yorkie daughter, Cemetery. Visiting hours
May 21, 2021, at Crow-Hussell Funeral Home with
will be on Thursday from
Pastors Bob Patterson and Carl “Boxer” Swisher ofﬁ- Bella; her daughter and
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the
ciating. Burial will follow in Leon Cemetery. Visitation son-in-law, Michelle and
funeral home.
will be held at the funeral home on Thursday, May 20, Mark South; her son,
Raymond Eugene Klein
2021, from 6-8 p.m. A full obituary will follow.

DeWine signs bill on grant program to expand broadband
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP)
— Gov. Mike DeWine signed legislation Monday creating a grant
program meant to help expand
broadband access in underserved
and rural areas around Ohio.

The Republican visited an
elementary school in Middletown
to sign the measure, which provides $20 million this year for the
new Ohio Residential Broadband
Expansion Grant Program. DeW-

ine proposed providing additional
funding for broadband expansion
in the state budget, and lawmakers
are considering that. Supporters of
the effort say high-speed internet
access is not a luxury.

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West Virginia trial puts spotlight on opioid cases
By Geoff Mulvihill

by the crisis.
The trajectory of the lawsuits is unlikely to mirror the
one of the lawsuits that states
A corner of West Virginia
brought against the tobacco
wrenched by opioid addiction
industry during the 1990s.
is getting the chance to argue
The landmark litigation over
in a courtroom that some of
what cigarette companies knew
the corporate giants it blames
about the health risks of smokfor a public health crisis that
ing resulted in a few sweeping
left hundreds of people dead
deserve to be held accountable. settlements that distributed
money to nearly every state,
The city of Huntington and
while the opioid cases involve
surrounding Cabell County
a variety of plaintiffs suing
sued the nation’s three largest
companies up and down the
opioid distributors No matpharmaceutical chain in state
ter the outcome of the federal
and federal courts.
court trial that opened this
Instead, the lawsuits arismonth, the verdict is expected
ing from the use of powerful
to resonate well beyond the
prescription painkillers could
industrial region.
evolve more like the litigation
The trial in West Virginia,
over the cancer risk linked to
as well as legal proceedings
asbestos, which also involved
underway in California, could
many corporate players and
set the stage for resolutions
ended up stretching on for
to similar lawsuits brought
decades.
by thousands of local governThe Huntington and Cabell
ments across the United States.
County case could lead the disOpioid overdoses have been
tributors that ﬁlled orders for
linked to the deaths of nearly
500,000 Americans since 2000 OxyContin, generic oxycodone
pills and other painkillers to
and reached a record of nearly
agree to settlements elsewhere
50,000 in 2019.
in the U.S. Other lawsuits tarYet the sprawling nature of
get opioid manufacturers, pharlitigation over the addiction
macies, and even the marketepidemic around the country
ing and consulting ﬁrms that
means it could take years to
wrap up, years to get money to helped drugmakers promote
the addictive medications.
communities to expand treatUniversity of Georgia law
ment and to make up for some
professor Elizabeth Burch
of the economic losses caused

Associated Press

expects many companies
named in the various lawsuits
will have to pay up eventually,
regardless of the results of individual trials. But rulings for the
plaintiffs could speed things
up, she said.
“A win really helps the plaintiffs and creates momentum,”
Burch said.
State attorneys general, local
governments and other entities
have ﬁled thousands of lawsuits
over the last ﬁve years aimed
at making segments of the
drug industry pay for the lives
lost or derailed by addiction.
Before April, only one opioid
case brought by a government
had reached trial; in 2019, on
Oklahoma judge ordered Johnson &amp; Johnson to pay the state
$465 million. The company is
appealing.
Other cases were settled
before reaching trial.
For activists, settlements do
not equal accountability. They
want payments for victims or
their families and a detailed
accounting of what companies
did to spark the crisis. Some
also want to see individual
company ofﬁcials charged with
crimes.
“You can murder one person
and go to jail for life. You murder hundreds of thousands?
You just put up some money
and you don’t go to jail,” said

Cynthia Munger, a Wayne,
Pennsylvania, resident whose
son is in recovery from opioid
addiction. “Where’s the justice
in that?”
Most of the pending civil
lawsuits focused on drugmakers and distribution companies,
but some also target pharmacy
chains and more peripheral
players.
This year, the consulting
ﬁrm McKinsey &amp; Company
settled with most states for
nearly $600 million for its role
in advising OxyContin maker
Purdue Pharma and others on
selling opioids. Massachusetts
sued the marketing ﬁrm Publicis Health earlier this month,
accusing it of designing deceptive marketing schemes to help
Purdue sell more OxyContin.
Two major opioid manufacturers — Purdue Pharma
and the generic drugmaker
Mallinckrodt — are using
bankruptcy court to pursue
universal settlements. In the
Purdue case, state attorneys
general are split over whether
the proposed deal is sufﬁcient
to hold responsible members of
the wealthy Sackler family who
own the company. Under the
proposal, they would give up
Purdue Pharma and pay nearly
$4.3 billion in cash.
Close to 3,000 lawsuits ﬁled
in federal courts have been con-

solidated under the supervision
of U.S. District Court Judge
Dan Polster of the Northern
District of Ohio. Polster has
scheduled a trial for later this
year in Cleveland over claims
against pharmacy chains. He
also pushed for broad settlements while agreeing to hold
federal trials across the country.
The West Virginia case
against the national distribution companies - — AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health
and McKesson - is the ﬁrst of
those cases to go to trial. From
2015 to 2020, more than 700
people died of opioid overdoses
in Cabell County, which has a
population of under 100,000.
An expert witness for the
county and Huntington city
used data compiled by the
federal government to show
that pharmaceutical distributors shipped nearly 128 million
doses of prescription opioids
to the county from 2006 to
2014 — or more than 140 per
resident a year.
The companies say the shipments increased along with
quotas set by the U.S. Drug
Enforcement Agency and came
from orders from pharmacies
to ﬁll prescriptions. The distributors are expected to call
witnesses on their behalf in the
coming weeks.

Events

Census takers relied more on neighbors

From page 2

By Mike Schneider

Thursday, May 20
POMEROY —
The Meigs Soil &amp;
Water Conservation
District Board of
Supervisors will hold
their regular monthly
meeting at noon at
the district ofﬁce.
The ofﬁce is located
at 113 E. Memorial Drive, Suite D,
Pomeroy.
Friday, May 21
GALLIPOLIS
— Ohio AFSCME
Retirees, Subchapter
102, Gallia &amp; Jackson counties, meets
2 p.m., Gallia County
Senior Resource Center, 1165 State Route
160. Members are
asked to wear a mask
and follow all CDC
guidelines.
Saturday, May 22
MIDDLEPORT
— Middleport Fire
Department will be
hosting a chicken
BBQ with serving
starts at 11 a.m. at
bbq pit. To pre order
call 740-992-7368
leave a message.
Monday, May 24
POMEROY — The
regular meeting of
the Meigs County
Public Library Board
will be held at 1
p.m. at the Pomeroy
Library.
Tuesday, May 25
POMEROY — A
special meeting of
the Meigs County
Transportation
Improvement District will be held at
8 a.m. at the Meigs
County Highway
Dept., 34110 Fairgrounds Road, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. The
purpose of this meeting to review FY22
Application Submittals for approval.

mont and New Mexico. In these
states, census takers relied on
information from proxies for
between almost a quarter and
a third of households. Puerto
Rico’s rate was 37.3%.
Nationally, the rate was 18.2%,
a little less than the 2010 rate
of 19.5%, but the bureau for the
ﬁrst time used administrative
records in 2020, which helped
ﬁll in some of those information
gaps.
These same states and Puerto
Rico are also places where large
numbers of households got
counted from a bureau operation
geared towards rural and remote
communities that often lack mail
delivery at their homes. Known
as “Update/Leave,” it involved
census takers dropping off paper
questionnaires at homes. The
operation’s launch coincided
with the coronavirus outbreak in
the U.S. in March 2020, and was
suspended for two months as the
pandemic spread.

TODAY IN HISTORY
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Attorney General Elliot
Kehoe, who then set off
Richardson.
a bomb in his truck; the
In 1980, the Mount St.
attacks killed 38 children
Helens volcano in Washand six adults, includington state exploded,
ing Kehoe, who’d earlier
leaving 57 people dead or
killed his wife. (AuthoriToday’s Highlight in History: ties said Kehoe, who suf- missing.
In 1981, the New York
fered ﬁnancial difﬁculties,
On May 18, 1896, the
Native, a gay newspaper,
was seeking revenge for
U.S. Supreme Court,
carried a story concernlosing a township clerk
in Plessy v. Ferguson,
ing rumors of “an exotic
election.)
endorsed “separate but
new disease” among
In 1933, President
equal” racial segregation,
homosexuals; it was the
Franklin D. Roosevelt
a concept renounced 58
ﬁrst published report
signed a measure creatyears later by Brown v.
about what came to be
ing the Tennessee Valley
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known as AIDS.
Authority.
Topeka.
In 2015, President
In 1944, during World
War II, Allied forces occu- Barack Obama ended
On this date:
long-running federal
pied Monte Cassino in
In 1642, the Canatransfers of some comItaly after a four-month
dian city of Montreal
struggle with Axis troops. bat-style gear to local
was founded by French
law enforcement in an
In 1953, Jacqueline
colonists. (On this date
attempt to ease tensions
Cochran, 47, became
in 1765, one-quarter of
the ﬁrst woman to break between police and
Montreal was destroyed
minority communities,
the sound barrier as she
by a ﬁre.)
saying equipment made
piloted a Canadair F-86
In 1652, Rhode Island
Sabre jet over Rogers Dry for the battleﬁeld should
became the ﬁrst Amerinot be a tool of American
Lake, California.
can colony to pass a
criminal justice.
In 1973, Harvard law
law abolishing African
Ten years ago: Domislavery; however, the law professor Archibald Cox
was appointed Watergate nique Strauss-Kahn, the
was apparently never
special prosecutor by U.S. managing director of the
enforced.
In 1863, the Siege of
Vicksburg began during
the Civil War, ending July
4 with a Union victory.
In 1910, Halley’s
Comet passed by earth,
brushing it with its tail.
In 1927, in America’s
deadliest school attack,
part of a schoolhouse in
Bath Township, Michigan, was blown up with
explosives planted by
No Early's, Cash only
local farmer Andrew
Today is Tuesday, May
18, the 138th day of
2021. There are 227 days
left in the year.

International Monetary
Fund, resigned, saying
he wanted to devote all
his energy to battling the
sexual assault charges
he faced in New York.
(The charges were later
dropped.) The United
States slapped sanctions
on Syrian President
Bashar Assad and six
others for human rights
abuses over their brutal
crackdown on antigovernment protests.
Five years ago: In an
unusual move, Republican
Donald Trump released
a list of 11 potential
Supreme Court justices
he would consider if
elected president (not
included was Trump’s
eventual ﬁrst pick for the
nation’s highest bench,
Neil Gorsuch).
One year ago: President Donald Trump said
he’d been taking a malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine, and a zinc supplement to protect against

the coronavirus despite
warnings from his own
government that the
drug should be administered only in a hospital
or research setting.
Moderna announced
that an experimental
vaccine against the
coronavirus showed
encouraging results
in early testing. The
World Health Organization agreed to launch
an independent probe
into how it managed the
international response
to the coronavirus. A
federal judge in Virginia
ruled that a salvage ﬁrm
could retrieve from the
wreckage of the Titanic
the Marconi wireless
telegraph machine that
broadcast distress calls.
Ken Osmond, the actor
best known for playing
teenage scoundrel Eddie
Haskell on TV’s “Leave
it to Beaver,” died in Los
Angeles at 76.

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Disabilities, regular
monthly meeting,
4 p.m., Administrative Ofﬁces, 77 Mill
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checks.
The measurements include
state-by-state breakdowns
of rates of households that
answered the census questionnaire on their own, the percentage of households where a member answered a census taker’s
questions and the rate of households where information was
gathered from administrative
records from agencies like the
IRS or Social Security Administration. Answers gathered from
these methods are considered
higher quality than proxies and
population-only counts.
“We will learn more when
smaller geography data is
released,” said Jan Vink, a
demographer at Cornell University.
Besides Alaska and West Virginia, other rural states that had
the highest rates of household
answers coming from proxies
such as neighbors and landlords
included Maine, Montana, Ver-

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the once-a-decade head count,
these types of responses — a
reliance on proxies for answers
and just a head count with no
In Alaska, West Virginia and
other mostly rural states, census basic demographic information
— result in poorer quality data
takers relied more on the word
compared to other methods.
of neighbors, landlords and
Poor quality data can diminish
others for information about a
the political power and resources
home’s residents. In New Jeravailable to communities across
sey, New York and other more
the U.S.: Children who are
densely populated states in the
missed in the census deprive
Mid-Atlantic region, they were
communities of money for buildmore likely to come away from
ing schools, and undercounting
a household lacking basic inforracial or ethnic minorities premation on race, sex and ethnic
vents them from forming minoribackground.
ty-majority political districts.
An Associated Press review
The bureau released data qualof the ﬁrst data-quality meaity measurements last month as
surements released by the U.S.
Census Bureau last month shows part of an effort to engender conﬁdence in the numbers following
some early patterns that may
a head count challenged by the
point to red ﬂags in the data
spread of the new coronavirus,
that could emerge when more
detailed numbers from the 2020 concerns about politicization by
the Trump administration and
census are released in August.
natural disasters. The bureau
While it’s too early to reach
any conclusions about the accu- also is allowing a team of outside
racy of the data gathered during statisticians to perform quality

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Blue Angels 2nd at OVC meet
Watts, Wilson combine for 3 new league marks; Blue Devils 4th overall
By Bryan Walters

and top-3 ﬁnishes (8) overall —
which also included a trio of new
OVC records.
Sarah Watts set a pair of new
PERDO, Ohio — The Gallia
marks in the OVC with her wins in
Academy girls were second and
the Blue Devils were fourth overall both the 1600m run (5:24.50) and
the 800m run (2:22.17). Calin the boys meet, but Coal
lie Wilson also set the new
Grove ultimately came away Track
in the pole vault with a
with both team championand field bar
winning height of 10 feet, 7
ships on Saturday at the
inches.
2021 Ohio Valley Conference roundup
Watts was joined by
Championships held at Rock
Courtney Corvin, Kennedy Smith
Hill High School.
and Brooke Hamilton in winning
GAHS claimed eight event
championships and 14 top-3 efforts the 4x800m relay with a time
Bryan Walters|OVP Sports
of 10:42.88. Chanee Cremeens
between both the boys and the
Gallia Academy senior Tristin Crisenbery clears an obstacle in the
claimed the ﬁnal individual title
girls,
but
the
Blue
Angels
did
come
300m hurdles event held Saturday during the OVC Championships
for the Blue Angels in the shot put
away with more event titles (5)
at Rock Hill High School in Pedro, Ohio.
bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com

(33-5).
Wilson, Gabby McConnell,
Makayla Bryant and Alivia Lear
were the 4x100m relay runnersup with a time of 54.38 seconds.
Watts, Corvin, Smith and Hamilton
also ﬁnished second in the 4x400m
relay with a mark of 4:33.26.
Carolina Sola completed the
top-3 efforts for the GAHS girls
after ending up third in the high
jump with a height of 4 feet, 6
inches.
The Lady Hornets won the girls
title with 178 points, ﬁnishing well
ahead of the rest of the 8-team
See ANGELS | 6

Lady Eagles beat
ZT, win sectional
By Alex Hawley

Softball
roundup

ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com

The 15th-seeded Eastern softball
team claimed picked up the program’s 24th sectional title with a 5-1 victory over 10th-seeded
host Zane Trace on Friday in Ross County. The
Lady Eagles (14-5) — headed to districts
See EAGLES | 6

WEEKEND BOX SCORES
SOFTBALL

Eastern 5, Zane Trace 1 (Friday)
EHS
200 120 0 —5-6-2
ZTHS
000 100 0 —1-4-3
WP: Tessa Rockhold (7IP, R, 4H, 10K,
3BB)
LP: Morgan Webb (4IP, R, 4H, K, BB)
Eastern (14-5): Sydney Reynolds 2-3
(RS, RBI), Faith Smeeks 1-3 (RS, RBI),
Kennadi Rockhold 1-3 (RBI), Tessa
Rockhold 1-4 (2RS), Megan Maxon 1-4
(RS).
Zane Trace: Lexi Scott 2-3 (RS), Abby
Guffey 1-2, Webb 1-3.
2B: Reynolds.
3B: Guffey.

BASEBALL

Meigs 12, River Valley 2 (Friday)
RVHS
100 010 2-6-4
MHS
141042 —12-15-2
WP: Andrew Dodson (6IP, 2R, 6H, 4K)
LP: Isiah Harkins (4.2IP, 9R, 12H, 3K)
River Valley (15-9, 7-5): Dalton Jones
2-3 (2RS), Harkins 2-3, Alex Euton 1-3
Chase Barber 1-2.
Meigs (12-8, 10-1): Dodson 3-3 (RS),
Alex Pierce 3-5 (4RS), Tyler Tillis 2-4
(3RS), Ethan Stewart 2-4 (RS), Wyatt
Hoover 2-4, Jones 1-4 (RS), Lucas Finlaw 1-4, Hunter Wood 1-4.
2B: Euton; Wood, Finlaw, Stewart.
Athens 11, Southern 1 (Friday)
AHS
420 41 —11-12-2
SHS
100 00 —1-4-4
WP: Will Matters (3IP, R, 3H, 2K, BB)
LP: Jacob Milliron (4IP, 10R, 11H, K)
Athens (14-11): Matters 3-3 (4RS),
Derrick Welsh 3-4 (RS, RBI), Cameron
Niese 1-2 (RS, 3RBI), Peyton Gail 1-3
(3RS, 2RBI), Tanner McCune 1-3 (2RBI),
Shane McDade 1-3 (RS), Landon
Wheatley 1-3 (RS), Will Ginder 1-3 RBI).
Southern (11-8): Arrow Drummer 1-2
(RBI), Lance Stewart 1-2, Josiah Smith
1-2, Will Wickline 1-3.
2B: Gail, Welsh, Niese; Stewart, Wickline.
Wahama 9, Ravenswood 4 (Friday)
WHS
340 100 1 —9-10-2
RHS
000400 0 —4-6-3
WP: Zachary Fields (3.1IP, 4R, 5H, 7K,
2BB)
LP: Ashton Miller (2IP, 7R, 6H, K, 3BB)
S: Bryce Zuspan (3.2IP, H, 5K)
Wahama (6-7, 4-3): Ethyn Barnitz 3-4
(RS, RBI), Fields 2-2 (RBI), Aaron Henry
2-3 (3RS, 3RBI), Trey Ohlinger 2-4 (RS,
3RBI), Zuspan 1-3 (2RBI), Logan Roach
1-4 (RS).
Ravenswood (1-11, 1-5): Beau Bennett
2-3 (RS, RBI), Cameron Taylor 2-4,
Miller 1-2, Anthony Anglin 1-3.
2B: Barnitz 2, Ohlinger 2; Bennett.
3B: Bennett.

Point Pleasant 10, Chapmanville 6
(Friday)
PPHS
000 513 1 —10-13-3
CHS
000006 0 —6-5-3
WP: Joel Beattie (6IP, 6R, 4H, 12K, 2BB)
LP: Thompson (3.2IP, 5R, 5H, 2K, 3BB)
Point Pleasant (13-4): Wyatt Wilson 3-4
(2RS), Joel Beattie 2-3 (2RBI), Hunter
Bush (2-4 (RBI, RS), Riley Oliver 2-4
(2RBI, RS), Isaac Craddock 2-4 (2RS),
Hunter Lilly 1-5 (3RBI), Kyelar Morrow
1-4 (RBI, RS), Tanner Mitchell 1-2 (RBI,
RS), Evan Roach (2RS).
Chapmanville: Kirkendall 1-4 (2RBI,
RS), Dalton 1-4 (RS), Thompson 1-3
(RS), Butcher 1-3 (RBI, RS), Turner 1-3
(RBI, RS), Justice (RBI), Little (RBI, RS).
2B: Lilly; Kirkendall.
3B: Beattie, Wilson.
Chapmanville 7, Point Pleasant 4
(Saturday)
PPHS
301000 0 —4-4-5
CHS
013003 x —7-6-1
WP: Topping (7IP, 2K, 5BB)
LP: Kyelar Morrow (5.2IP, 7R, 6H, 9K,
2BB)
Point Pleasant (13-5): Joel Beattie 2-3
(RS), Wyatt Wilson 1-4 (RS), Hunter
Bush 1-2 (2RBI), Hunter Lilly (RS), Tanner Mitchell (RBI), Evan Roach (RS).
Chapmanville: Plumley 2-3 (RBI, RS),
Kirkendall 1-4, Thompson 1-3 (RS),
Farley 1-3 (2RBI), Justice 1-2 (RBI, 2RS),
Dalton (RS), Surgoine (RS), Turner
(RBI, RS).
2B: Wilson; Farley.
3B: Beattie.
Southern 18, Western 0 (Saturday)
WHS
000 00 —0-1-8
SHS
41(10) 3x —18-14-1
WP: Lance Stewart (5IP, H, 4K, 2BB)
Southern (12-8): Jacob Milliron 3-3 (RS,
3RBI), Lincoln Rose 2-2 (3RS, 2RBI),
Arrow Drummer 2-3 (3RS, RBI), Tanner
Lisle 1-1 (RS, RBI) Jace Hill 1-1 (RBI), Damian Miller 1-1 (RBI), Derek Griffith 1-3
(3RS, RBI), Ryan Laudermilt 1-3 (3RS,
RBI), Stewart 1-3 (RS, RBI), Cade Anderson 1-3 (RS, RBI).
2B: Rose 2, Drummer 2, Lisle, Miller.
Lincoln County 15, Wahama 14
(Saturday)
WHS
704030 0 —14-17-4
LCHS
310 110 9 —15-10-3
WP: Andrew McCloud (2IP, 2H, K, 2BB)
LP: Ethyn Barnitz (.1IP, 5R, 2H, 2BB)
Wahama (6-8): Aaron Henry 4-5 (3RS,
2RBI), Logan Roach 4-5 (3RS, RBI),
Ethan Gray 2-3 (RS, 3RBI), Drew Fowler
2-3 (RS, RBI), Trey Ohlinger 2-5 (2RS,
RBI), Zachary Fields 2-5, Barnitz 1-4
(2RS, RBI).
Lincoln County (12-2): Gabe Bates 3-3
(3RS, 2RBI), Braden Harless 2-4 (2RS,
2RBI), Starcher 2-5 (RS, 4RBI), Johnson 1-3 (RS), Eli Brogan 1-4 (3RS), Trace
Adkins 1-5 (2RS, 2RBI).
2B: Fowler, Gray, Henry; Brogan.
3B: Roach 2, Henry; Bates.
HR: Bates, Adkins.

OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE
Tuesday, May 18
Baseball
(10) Waterford at (7)
Eastern, 5 p.m.
(12) Southern at (5)
Huntington, 5 p.m.
Ripley at Point Pleasant, 7 p.m.
Tolsia at Hannan, 6
p.m.
Wahama at Williamstown, 6 p.m.
Softball
Point Pleasant at Winﬁeld, 5:30
Wahama at Ritchie
County, 5:30
Track and Field

D-2 Districts at Meigs,
4 p.m.
Wednesday, May 19
Baseball
(21) Lynchburg-Clay at
(12) River Valley, 5
p.m.
(20) Belpre at (13)
Meigs, 5 p.m.
Parkersburg South at
Point Pleasant, 5 p.m.
Softball
(15) Eastern at (3)
Westfall, 5 p.m.
St. Marys at Wahama,
5:30

Alex Hawley | OVP Sports

Members of the 2021 Meigs baseball team pose for a photo after clinching the outright TVC Ohio championship on Friday in Rocksprings,
Ohio.

Marauders win TVC Ohio outright
scoring once and doubling once. Harkins and
Dalton Jones were both
2-for-3 for the Raiders,
with Jones scoring both
of the team’s runs.

4-3 LKC) took a 3-0 lead
after three hits and two
free passes in the opening
The Meigs baseball
inning, and then plated
team — which had
four runs on three hits,
already clinched a share
two walks and an error in
of its ﬁrst Tri-Valley
the next frame. The WHS
Conference Ohio Divilead was 8-0 after an RBI
sion championship since Athens 11, Southern 1
2016 — wrapped up the
The Southern baseball double by Trey Ohlinger
in the top of the fourth,
program’s ﬁrst outright
team was outhit 12-to-4
but Ravenswood (1-11,
title since 2011, defeating and fell to non-league
guest River Valley 12-2
guest Athens 11-1 in ﬁve 1-5) cut its deﬁcit in
in six innings on Friday.
innings on Friday at Star half in the bottom of the
inning. RHS didn’t score
The Raiders (15-9, 7-5
Mill Park. The Bulldogs
again, however, with
TVC Ohio) — who fell
(14-11) were ahead 4-0
Wahama capping off the
to Meigs (12-8, 10-1) on
after three hits in the
9-4 victory on an Aaron
May 1 by a 4-0 count —
top of the ﬁrst inning,
Henry sac-ﬂy in the sevwere up 1-0 after three
with Southern (11-8)
enth. Zachary Fields was
hits in the opening inning getting a run back on an
the winning pitcher of
on Friday. The Marauders Arrow Drummer single
record in 3.1 innings for
pulled even after back-to- in the home half. The
back hits to lead off the
guests were up 6-1 in the WHS, striking out seven.
Bryce Zuspan earned the
bottom of the ﬁrst, and
second frame, and the
save, pitching the rest of
then took a 5-1 lead with added four runs on four
the way and striking out
ﬁve hits and an error in
hits in the fourth inning.
ﬁve. Ashton Miller took
the second inning. MHS
AHS capped off the 11-1
the loss after striking out
was ahead 6-1 after two
victory with a Derrick
one in two innings for
straight two-out hits in
Welsh RBI double in the
Ravenswood. Ethyn Barthe third, but RVHS got
ﬁfth. Will Matters was
a run back after an error
the winning pitcher, with nitz led the White Falcon
offense, going 3-for-4 with
in the top of the ﬁfth.
two strikeouts in three
The Maroon and Gold
innings for Athens. Jacob two doubles, a run scored
and an RBI. Fields, Henry
plated four runs after two Milliron struck out one
errors and three straight
over four frames and took and Ohlinger had two
hits each, with the RBIs
two-out hits in the ﬁfth
the loss for SHS. Lance
apiece by Henry and
inning, and then capped
Stewart and Will WickOhlinger, and a gameoff the 12-2 mercy rule
line both doubled once
best three runs scored
win after back-to-back
for SHS, with Drummer
bases-loaded hit batters
and Josiah Smith adding by Henry. Beau Bennett
and Cameron Taylor had
in the sixth. Andrew
a single apiece. Matters
two hits each for RavenDodson was the winning and Welsh led Athens
pitcher in a complete
with three hits each, with swood, with Bennett
claiming a triple, a run
game for MHS, striking
Matters scoring a gamescored and an RBI.
out four. Isiah Harkins
best four runs.
took the pitching loss in
4.2 innings for the Silver Wahama 9, Ravenswood 4
Point Pleasant 10,
and Black, striking out a
Chapmanville 6 and
The Wahama baseball
trio. Leading the Maraud- team — which dropped
Chapmanville 7,
er offense, Dodson and
Point Pleasant 4
a 7-2 decision to Little
Alex Pierce had three hits Kanawha Conference
A weekend split. Point
to lead the Marauders,
guest Ravenswood on
Pleasant led wire-to-wire
with Pierce scoring four
Tuesday — earned its
during a 10-6 win over
runs and Dodson scoring revenge on Friday in
host Chapmanville on
once. Ethan Stewart and Jackson County, defeatFriday night, then let a
Wyatt Hoover had two
ing the Red Devils 9-4.
pair of 3-run leads slip
hits each, with Stewart
The White Falcons (6-7,
away on Saturday in a

Staff reports

7-4 setback. The Big
Blacks (13-5) belted out
13 hits in the opener
and broke a scoreless tie
with a 5-run fourth that
ultimately resulted in a
9-0 advantage midway
through the sixth. The
Tigers rallied with a
6-run bottom half of the
sixth, but PPHS tacked
on an insurance run in
the seventh to wrap up
the 4-run triumph. Joel
Beattie allowed six runs,
four hits and two walks
over six innings and
fanned 12 for the winning
decision. Wyatt Wilson
paced the guests with
three hits, while Beattie,
Hunter Bush, Riley Oliver
and Isaac Craddock each
added two safeties. Hunter Lilly added a team-best
three RBIs as well. Five
different players had one
hit apiece for CHS in the
setback. The Big Blacks
built a 3-0 lead in the
ﬁrst inning of Game 2
and also led 4-1 midway
through the third, but
the hosts countered with
three runs in their half of
the third to knot things
up at 4-all. A 1-out single
by Justice plated Surgoine
in the sixth, sparking a
3-run outburst that gave
the Tigers their ﬁrst lead
of the series at 7-4 headed
into the last frame. Chapmanville outhit PPHS by
a 6-4 overall margin and
committed only one of
the six errors in the ﬁnale. Beattie led the guests
with two hits and Bush
knocked in a team-best
two RBIs. Plumley paced
CHS with two hits and
Farley knocked in a pair
of runs for the victors.
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Southern 18, Western 0
The 12th-seeded Southern baseball team
breezed to an 18-0 victory over 21st-seeded
guest Western in the sectional semiﬁnal on
Saturday at Star Mill Park. The Tornadoes (128) — who visit ﬁfth-seeded Huntington in the
sectional ﬁnal on Tuesday — combined three
hits and two errors for a four-run ﬁrst inning on
Saturday. After scoring once in the second, SHS
broke the game open with 10 runs on eight hits
in the third inning. SHS capped off the 18-0 victory with three runs on four hits in the fourth
inning. Lance Stewart pitched a complete game
one-hit shut out, and struck out four for Southern. Jacob Milliron led the Purple and Gold at
the plate, going 3-for-3 with a run scored and
three runs batted in. Lincoln Rose and Arrow
Drummer both had two doubles and three runs
scored, with two RBIs from Rose and one from
Drummer.

ﬁeld. The Blue Angels were second
with 99 points, while Rock Hill
ended up third with 94 points.
On the boys side of things, Coal
Grove claimed the boys crown with
160.5 points. Rock Hill was second
out of eight teams with 142 points,
while Portsmouth (98) and Gallia
Academy (79) completed the top
half of the standings.

The Blue Devils had three ﬁrsts,
two runner-up efforts and a single
third place ﬁnish on the day, with
Riley Starnes helping lead the way
with a victory in the discus (15610) and a second place ending in
the shot put (49-11).
Daunevyn Woodson captured the
100m dash (11.23) title and was
second in the long jump (20-4.25),
while Tristin Crisenbery was ﬁrst
in the 300m hurdles (43.11) and
third in the long jump (19-1.25).
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Championships held Saturday at
Rock Hill High School.
Wahama at Laidley Field Meet
The Wahama girls ﬁnished ﬁfth
and the White Falcons were seventh in the boys meet, but Winﬁeld
managed to get the best of both
10-team ﬁelds on Friday at the
2021 Laidley Field High School
Meet #3 held on the campus of the
University of Charleston.
The Lady Generals cruised to a
commanding 147-point victory in
the girls competition.

Eagles

in a complete game for
Eastern, striking out
10. Morgan Webb took
the pitching loss in four
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innings for the hosts,
striking out one. Reynfor the 11th time in 12
olds led the Lady Eagle
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2-0 lead on back-to-back
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Rockhold and Megan
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myself. On top of that, I
made another personal
goal to not let people
down, especially my family,” said Rogers of being
at the top of his class.
Rogers is an eight year
member of the Southern
Local band program,
participating in marching band, concert band
and pep band. He has
also participated in three
years of Quiz Bowl, one
year of drama and served
one year as a Student
Council homeroom representative.
“Outside of school and
within my community, I
like to spend time hang-

ing out with my friends
and family, playing music,
acting for ﬁlm projects,
and performing with
local theatre groups, such
as the River City Players and Wolfe Mountain
Entertainment,” said Rogers, who is also employed
part-time at Wendy’s in
Pomeroy.
Asked what he will
remember most about his
high school years, Rogers
stated, “One of my favorite memories from high
school took place towards
the end of my freshman year. There was an
Olympiad Day at school,
which consisted of various activities and competitions, such as subject
trivia tournaments and
art contests. One of
these events was the tal-

ent show, and I decided
to participate. The gym
had a wall of students
blocking the view of the
homeside bleachers. I was
set up underneath the
basketball hoop adjacent
to the stage. After plugging my guitar into the
band amp-cart, I began to
perform an acoustic rendition of House Of The
Rising Sun. Before the
song was even over, the
audience roared. It felt
great to be able to deliver
the performance to such
a supportive group. I was
even more grateful to talk
to some of those students
years later, who told me
that my performance was
one of their best high
school experiences.”
As for the advice he
would leave for under-

Cases

talizations)
50-59 — 226 cases (9 hospitalizations)
From page 1
60-69 — 212 cases (22 hospitalizations, 6 deaths)
70-79 — 156 cases (26 hos20-29 — 395 cases (1 new
pitalizations, 14 deaths)
case, 6 hospitalizations)
80-89 — 65 cases (11 hospi30-39 — 314 cases (3 hospitalizations, 16 deaths)
talizations)
90-99 — 29 cases (6 hospi40-49 — 337 cases (8 hospitalizations, 3 deaths)
talizations, 1 death)
100-109 — 2 cases (1 hospi50-59 — 354 cases (15 hostalization)
pitalizations, 4 deaths)
Free COVID-19 vaccina60-69 — 298 cases (30 hostions are available by appointpitalizations, 8 deaths)
70-79 — 206 cases (42 hos- ment Monday through Friday
at the Meigs County Health
pitalizations, 12 deaths)
Department. Appointment
80-plus — 157 cases (40
and vaccine availability can be
hospitalizations, 24 deaths)
made at www.meigs-health.
Gallia County is currently
com or for those who do not
“orange” on the Ohio Public
Health Advisory System map have internet access may conafter meeting two of the seven tact the health department for
assistance at 740-992-6626.
indicators.
For more data and information on the cases in Meigs
Meigs County
County visit https://www.
Meigs County currently
has six active cases and 1,503 meigs-health.com/covid-19/ .
Meigs County is “orange”
total cases (1,345 conﬁrmed,
on the Ohio Public Health
158 probable) since April
2020, as of Friday afternoon’s Advisory System after meetupdate from the Meigs Coun- ing two of the seven indicators.
ty Health Department.
There have been a total of
39 deaths, 1,461 recovered
Mason County
cases, and 85 hospitalizations
DHHR reported 2,011 total
since April 2020.
cases (since March 2020) for
Age ranges for the 1,503
Mason County in the 10 a.m.
Meigs County cases, as of Fri- update on Monday, ﬁve more
day, were as follows:
than Friday. Of those, 1,956
0-9 — 57 cases
are conﬁrmed cases (three
10-19 — 141 cases (1 hospi- additional) and 55 are probable
talization)
cases (two additional). DHHR
20-29 — 217 cases (1 hospi- has reported 37 deaths in
talization)
Mason County, one new.
30-39 — 183 cases (3 hospiCase numbers per age
talizations)
group reported by DHHR are
40-49 — 218 cases (6 hospi- as follows:

TODAY
8 AM

WEATHER

2 PM

59°

74°

HEALTH TODAY

Statistics through 3 p.m. Mon.

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.

High
Low
Normal high
Normal low
Record high
Record low

61°
54°
75°
53°
95° in 1908
35° in 1984

Precipitation

(in inches)

24 hours ending 3 p.m. Mon.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date

0.43
1.93
2.51
17.10
15.89

SUN &amp; MOON
Today
6:13 a.m.
8:37 p.m.
11:43 a.m.
1:51 a.m.

Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset

Full

Low

Wed.
6:13 a.m.
8:38 p.m.
12:48 p.m.
2:28 a.m.

Last

May 19 May 26 Jun 2

New

Jun 10

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

Today
Wed.
Thu.
Fri.
Sat.
Sun.
Mon.

Major
5:40a
6:32a
7:22a
8:08a
8:52a
9:35a
10:22a

Minor
11:53a
12:18a
1:09a
1:56a
2:39a
3:23a
4:08a

Low

Moderate

High

Major
6:05p
6:57p
7:46p
8:32p
9:16p
10:01p
10:49p

Minor
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1:34p
2:20p
3:04p
3:48p
4:35p

WEATHER HISTORY
Mount Saint Helens erupted on May
18, 1980. The smoke plume climbed
16 miles into the atmosphere. The
resulting clouds were tracked to the
Atlantic coast three days later, then
around the world in 19 days.

92°
61°

Warm with times of
clouds and sun

Mostly cloudy and hot

Hot with sun and
areas of high clouds

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

Moderate

High

Very High

Source: Hamilton County Department of
Environmental Services

AIR QUALITY
300

500

Primary pollutant: Ozone
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. Mon.

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
13.10
18.28
22.50
12.86
12.79
25.11
12.56
26.76
34.85
12.72
21.30
34.60
22.10

24-hr.
Chg.
+0.62
+0.10
-0.17
+0.17
+0.17
+0.01
+0.27
-1.03
-0.55
-0.29
-2.70
-0.40
-2.10

Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021

Hot; partly sunny,
then mostly cloudy

Belpre
79/57

Athens
79/57

Hot with clouds and
sun

Partly sunny and very
warm

St. Marys
79/56

Elizabeth
79/58

Spencer
78/57

Buffalo
79/58
Milton
79/60

St. Albans
79/59

Huntington
77/60

NATIONAL FORECAST
110s
100s
Seattle
90s
59/44
80s
70s
60s
50s
40s
30s
20s
San Francisco
10s
64/50
0s
-0s
Los Angeles
74/60
-10s
T-storms
Rain
Showers
Snow
Flurries
Ice
Cold Front
Warm Front
Stationary Front

88°
64°

Parkersburg
78/57

Coolville
79/57

Ironton
80/61

Ashland
79/61
Grayson
78/60

MONDAY

90°
67°

Marietta
78/56

Wilkesville
79/57
POMEROY
Jackson
80/57
79/58
Ravenswood
Rio Grande
79/58
80/58
Centerville
POINT PLEASANT
Ripley
76/62
GALLIPOLIS
81/58
79/58
80/58

South Shore Greenup
79/61
78/59

50
0 50 100 150 200

Portsmouth
79/60

91°
60°

Murray City
78/57

McArthur
78/57

Lucasville
78/58

SUNDAY

NATIONAL CITIES

Logan
78/58

Adelphi
78/60
Chillicothe
77/60

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rights reserved.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A
Medical Board of Ohio panel has
added three existing conditions
for Ohioans to buy medical marijuana.
The panel earlier this year
determined that arthritis, chronic
migraines and complex regional
pain syndrome fall into the existing category of chronic or intractable pain.
State residents must obtain a
physician recommendation under
22 qualifying conditions and
register with the state to become
eligible to buy marijuana ﬂower
and other products at the state’s
52 dispensaries.
The Ohio Board of Pharmacy
voted last month to make 73 more
dispensary licenses available in
a process that is expected to be
announced later this year to deal
with patient complaints about
lack of access and high prices.
Three of the state’s 31 medical
marijuana districts, all in western
Ohio, have no dispensaries.
The number of people who
have registered to purchase
medical marijuana is far higher
than anticipated since dispensaries opened in January 2019,
pharmacy board ofﬁcials said last
month.
Just over 155,000 unique
patients have made purchases
since then, according to Ohio
Medical Marijuana Control Program data.

SATURDAY

90°
59°

Very High

Primary: walnut/oak/pine
Mold: 437

FRIDAY

86°
57°

Waverly
77/58

Pollen: 160

Primary: cladosporium

MOON PHASES
First

POLLEN &amp; MOLD

THURSDAY

one,” said Shaver of holding a job while in high
school.
As for his favorite high
school memory, Shaver
stated, “My favorite high
school memories are
doing dissections, like
on a sheep’s brain. It was
such a cool experience
and one I will never forget.”
“Stay focused and
strive for greatness, this
is your only shot at high
school,” said Shaver of
the advice he would give
younger students.
Rogers, Shaver and
their classmates will graduate during a ceremony
to be held on Sunday,
May 23.

3 existing
conditions
approved for Ohio
medical marijuana

West Virginia
As of the 10 a.m. update on
Monday, DHHR is reporting
a total of 158,643 cases with
2,762 deaths. There was an
increase of 175 cases from
Sunday and one new death.
Ohio
The daily positivity rate in the
ODH reported a 24-hour
state was 5.44 percent. There
change of 729 new cases on
are 6,296 currently active
Monday (21-day average
cases in the state.
of 1,234), bringing Ohio’s
DHHR recently reported
overall case count since the
beginning of the pandemic to 843,598 ﬁrst doses of the
COVID-19 vaccine have been
1,091,623 cases. There were
administered to residents of
72 new hospitalizations (21day average of 106) and seven West Virginia. So far, 702,043
new ICU admissions (21-day people have been fully vaccinated. Gov. Justice urges all
average of 12). On Monday,
residents to pre-register for a
zero deaths were reported
vaccine appointment on vac(since Friday), with a 21-day
cine.wv.gov.
average of 19 deaths. As
announced earlier this year,
Sarah Hawley and Kayla (Hawthrone)
ODH will only be reporting
Dunham contributed to this story. © 2021
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administration degree
from the Honors Tutorial
College at Ohio University.
Being at the top of
his class was a goal for
Shaver during his high
school years. “My motivation was potentially getting into a good college,”
added Shaver.
While in high school
he has been involved in
National Honor Society,
Spanish Club, Quiz Bowl
and Student Council.
Outside of school,
Shaver’s activities and
hobbies include golﬁng,
hunting and working at
McDonald’s.
“McDonald’s has been
an excellent experience
for me, and I have learned
a lot of great lessons. I
recommend it to every-

per week, those updates have
typically been made on Tuesday and Friday.
Ohio’s cases per 100,000
population for the past two
weeks fell to 119.9 on Thursday, down from 140.2 the
previous week. This number
is updated each Thursday.
As of Monday, a total
of 4,995,375 ﬁrst doses of
COVID-19 vaccine have been
given in Ohio, which is 42.74
percent of the population.
A total of 4,387,656 people,
37.54 percent of the population, are fully vaccinated.
Scheduling a vaccine in Ohio
can be completed on the website gettheshot.coronavirus.
ohio.gov or for assistance in
scheduling call 833-4-ASKODH (833-427-5634).

0-9 — 44 cases (plus 3
probable cases)
10-19 — 187 cases (plus 3
probable cases)
20-29 — 339 cases (plus 11
probable cases)
30-39 — 325 cases (plus 11
probable cases (1 new), 1 new
case)
40-49 — 282 cases (plus 10
probable cases)
50-59 — 287 cases (plus
4 probable cases (1 new), 2
deaths)
60-69 — 256 cases (plus
5 probable cases, 7 deaths, 1
new case)
70-plus — 236 cases (plus
8 probable cases, 28 deaths, 1
new case)
On Monday, Mason County
was designated as “green”
on the West Virginia County
Alert System map. Mason
County’s latest infection rate
was 4.31 on Monday with a
0.82 percent positivity rate.
Surrounding counties are yellow and orange.

WEDNESDAY

Mostly cloudy today. Partly cloudy tonight. High
81° / Low 58°

ALMANAC

classmen and younger
students, Rogers stated,
“Don’t stress over the
little things.”
“Throughout my school
years, I have spent so
much time overthinking and worrying over
various things, such as
assignments, deadlines,
exams, etc. While your
academic career is very
important, don’t forget
to have fun while you’re
in high school. You will
only have the high school
experience once, and it
goes by in a ﬂash. Make
the most of it,” concluded
the valedictorian.
Shaver, the son of Beth
and Barry Shaver of
Portland, is the Southern
High School Class of
2021 Salutatorian. He
plans to pursue a business

EXTENDED FORECAST

8 PM

73°

Daily Sentinel

Clendenin
78/58
Charleston
78/57

Shown are noon positions of weather systems and
precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Winnipeg
85/61

Billings
84/48

Montreal
76/55
Minneapolis
72/62
Chicago
67/62

Denver
65/48

Toronto
78/55
Detroit
76/59

Kansas City
77/65

New York
82/64
Washington
80/60

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

Today

Wed.

Hi/Lo/W
70/53/pc
56/43/s
78/62/pc
72/60/s
80/56/pc
84/48/s
73/44/s
78/63/pc
78/57/c
78/59/pc
61/47/t
67/62/sh
76/62/sh
76/59/pc
76/61/c
76/67/t
65/48/t
71/62/c
76/59/pc
85/73/s
85/73/t
71/62/sh
77/65/t
95/72/s
79/66/t
74/60/pc
80/65/sh
84/76/pc
72/62/sh
80/66/t
80/73/t
82/64/s
70/61/t
83/69/pc
80/60/s
94/74/s
78/56/pc
76/54/pc
76/55/pc
79/54/pc
73/65/t
81/59/s
64/50/pc
59/44/sh
80/60/pc

Hi/Lo/W
81/57/pc
54/48/pc
80/62/pc
79/62/s
86/60/s
69/47/pc
59/42/pc
77/63/pc
81/58/pc
82/59/pc
64/46/t
81/68/t
81/62/t
78/61/c
79/61/t
76/67/r
70/52/t
74/63/sh
78/62/t
85/72/s
78/70/r
79/62/t
75/65/t
94/68/pc
79/66/t
74/61/pc
85/66/t
84/76/t
76/64/sh
85/65/t
84/75/t
85/66/s
75/63/t
84/70/pc
86/64/s
98/73/s
80/59/pc
74/51/pc
82/57/s
85/58/s
81/68/t
80/56/s
62/50/pc
59/44/c
85/63/s

EXTREMES MONDAY
National for the 48 contiguous states

Atlanta
78/62

High
Low

El Paso
85/64
Chihuahua
84/58

98° in Laredo, TX
25° in Sunset Crater, AZ

Global
High
Low

Houston
85/73
Monterrey
94/69

Miami
84/76

118° in Matam, Senegal
-31° in Aputiteeq, Greenland

Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy,
sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow
ﬂurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

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