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The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resource (DHHR) reported no additional cases in Mason County on Tuesday. An update from the Meigs County Health Department is expected later this week. Here is a closer look at COVID-19 cases in the region and state: (43 hospitalizations, 12 deaths) 80-plus — 156 cases (40 hospitalizations, 25 deaths) Meigs County Meigs County has a total of 1,520 total cases (1,362 confirmed, 158 probable) since April 2020, as of Friday afternoon’s update from the Meigs County Health Department. There have been a total of 39 deaths, 1,480 recovered cases, and 86 hospitalizations since April 2020. Age ranges for the 1,520 Meigs County cases, as of Friday, were as follows: 0-9 — 59 cases 10-19 — 144 cases (1 hospitalization) 20-29 — 218 cases (1 hospitalization) 30-39 — 185 cases (3 hospitalizations) 40-49 — 223 cases (6 hospitalizations) 50-59 — 228 cases (9 hospitalizations) 60-69 — 214 cases (23 hospitalizations, 6 deaths) 70-79 — 156 cases (26 hospitalizations, 14 deaths) Gallia County 80-89 — 65 cases ODH reported a (11 hospitalizations, 16 total of 2,390 cases of COVID-19 (since March deaths) 90-99 — 29 cases 2020) in Gallia County (6 hospitalizations, 3 as part of Tuesday’s deaths) update, the two more 100-109 — 2 cases (1 than on Friday. hospitalization) ODH has reported a Pfizer, Moderna and total of 50 deaths, 147 Johnson & Johnson hospitalizations, and COVID-19 vaccines 2,288 presumed recovare now available for ered individuals (nine free by appointment, new) as of Tuesday. Monday through Friday Age ranges for the 2,390 total cases report- at the Meigs County Health Department. To ed by ODH on Thursmake an appointment day are as follows: by internet go to, www. 0-19 — 313 cases (2 meigs-health.com or hospitalizations) 20-29 — 402 cases (2 call 740-992-6626 for additional cases, 6 hos- assistance. A schedule for the upcoming Covidpitalizations) 30-39 — 315 cases (1 19 vaccination clinics is less case, 3 hospitaliza- available for review. To date, the Meigs tions) County Health Depart40-49 — 341 cases ment has administered (8 hospitalizations, 1 2,557 doses of Moderna death) 50-59 — 355 cases (1 vaccine, 1,809 doses of additional case, 15 hos- Pfizer vaccine and 203 pitalizations, 4 deaths) doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine for a 60-69 — 302 cases total of 4,569 vaccines (30 hospitalizations, 8 deaths) See COVID | 4 70-79 — 206 cases AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC (USPS 145-966) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes every Tuesday through Saturday. Subscription rate is $208 per year. Lorna Hart | Courtesy photo Members of American Legion Post 602 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9053 salute the flag during Monday’s flag raising ceremony. On Memorial Day morning, the flag is raised briskly, then lowered to half-staff to honor the fallen. At noon, the flag is raised to full staff until sunset. Remembering the fallen By Lorna Hart Special to OVP RACINE — Following the flag raising ceremony Memorial Day at the Racine Veteran’s Memorial, Pastor Duke Holbert presented the keynote address. Pastor Holbert, currently serving as pastro at the Racine Baptist Church, spoke of the dis- tinctions between Memorial Day, Armed Forces Day, and Veterans Day. He emphasized understanding and remembering the true meaning of Memorial Day, and that there are two sides of the coin for many Americans. “For many, Memorial Day is all about the bar-b-que, the crack of the baseball bat, the smell of smoke from the 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. “Lots of men and women serve, and do so unselfishly,” Holbert continued. “It seems like once a family starts in the military it is generational, a legacy for many families.” He said it can be difficult for others to understand what those families experience. See FALLEN | 8 Williams delivers Memorial Day speech Medal of Honor recipient visits Gallipolis “In the air, on the sea, on land, whether at home or far away, the bill for protecting America and our way of life, has been served on our young men and woman in every generation.” By Beth Sergent bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — Those who attended the Memorial Day ceremony at Gallipolis City Park on Monday were witnessing living history, as the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient to serve in World War II, Hershel “Woody” Williams, addressed the crowd. Williams, a native of West Virginia, was introduced by director of the Hershel Woody Williams VA Medical Center in Huntington, Brian — Hershel “Woody” Williams Beth Sergent | OVP The last surviving Medal of Honor recipient to serve in World War II, Hershel “Woody” Williams, addresses the crowd at Gallipolis City the namesake of our VA Park on Monday. Medical Center, located Nimmo. “He was awarded our nation’s highest award for military valor, the Medal of Honor for heroic action in Iwo Jima and is our last living Medal of Honor recipient to serve in World War II,” Nimmo said. “He’s flipped the coin at the Super Bowl, fired the start at the Marine Corps Marathon, he’s sat with the president of the United States on Air Force One, he has a United States ship named in his honor and he is in Huntington.” Nimmo then spoke about some lesser known facts about Williams, noting he was from a small dairy farm in Quiet Dell, West Virginia. Once, on his way home from See SPEECH | 8 GOP Senators propose tax cut as part of budget By Andrew Welsh-Huggins Associated Press Prices are subject to change at any time. 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 Periodical postage paid at Pomeroy, OH camp fires; it is a day off of work for us, a paid holiday, swimming pools open, and across American, we go on with our lives,” Holbert said. But, he said, this is not the case with Veteran’s families, “They look out and see empty chairs at the table, they remember those they have lost, those not present to participate in the activities.” COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohioans would receive a 5% personal income tax cut and schools would gain more state funding under Senate Republican’s version of the upcoming state budget released Tuesday. The 5% cut over two years for a total of $874 million is deeper than the 2% proposed in the Housepassed version of the budget. The cut is a reward for people who are working, said Senate President Matt Huffman, a Lima Republican, who called it a “stimulus” in the best sense of the word. “If we want to talk about stimulus plans and what works and what doesn’t, an income tax cut will always be the best stimulus,” Huffman said. The Senate plan also eliminates sales taxes paid by Ohio job employment agencies. It makes no sense to tax companies trying to find work for people, said Senate Finance Chair Matt Dolan, a Republican representing suburban Cleveland. The Senate budget plan also boosts funding for schools over the House plan by $223 million over two years, using a base annual figure of $6,110 to educate a child. In addition, for the first time the state would fund state charter schools and schools enrolling student through the Ohio voucher program directly rather than districts having to transfer money to those schools, under the proposal. “It is a sustainable plan,” Dolan said. “Which means, we can pay for this plan and the school districts See CUT | 4 �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Wednesday, June 2, 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing OBITUARIES JOSEPH ALLEN THOMPSON BIDWELL — Joseph Allen Thompson, 60, of Bidwell, passed away, unexpectedly, on Friday, May 28, 2021, in the Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis. Born Feb. 21, 1961, in New London, Connecticut, he was the son of the late Joseph Lynn and Dorthy Theresa Matuezwicz Thompson. He was an over the road owner operator truck driver for Cardinal Transport and a 1980 graduate of Buckeye Hills Career Center. He is survived by his wife, Judy Northup; sons, Kevin (Chelsea) Thompson, of Charleston, W.Va., and J.D. (Heather) Thompson, of Point Pleasant, W.Va.; children, Jason (Destiny) Northup, of Bidwell, Shaun (Lindsey) Northup, of Gallipolis, Brian (Becky) Northup, of Ashland, Ky., Melissa (Robert) Hall, of Gallipolis, and Jessica Moore, of Milton, Ohio; he was a proud grandpa of 24 grandchildren. A brother, Al (Susan) Thompson, sisters, Theresa (Paul) Delamerance, Wendy (Todd) Hamilton, and Cassandra, and numerous nieces and nephews also survive. There will be no calling hours nor funeral services. Cremation services are entrusted to the Cremeens-King Funeral Home, Gallipolis. MILDRED L. WORKMAN RUTLAND — Mildred L. Workman, 86, Rutland, passed away at Kimes Convalescent Center, May 29, 2021. Born April 29, 1935, in Wayne County, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Arland and Ida Cline. She was a home maker and a member of Mount Union Baptist Church. Mildred is survived by children, Kenneth “Bobby” Workman, David (Sherry) Workman, Jeff (Linda) Workman, Chris (Audra) Workman, and Todd Workman, all of Pomeroy; six grandchildren; eight great-grand- children; brother, Frank Cline of Tenn.; sisters Betty Johnson and Connie Spina both of Gallipolis. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, T.K. Workman; a son, Timothy A. Workman; a daughter-inlaw, Mary Workman; and a brother, John Cline. Services will be Friday at 1 p.m. at Bigony-Jordan Funeral Home, with Pastor Jimmie Evans. Visitation is Thursday 4-7 p.m. Burial is in White Oak Cemetery. You may sign her register book at www. bigonyjordanfuneralhome.com. NATHANIEL (NATE) A. POLCYN PORTSMOUTH — Nathaniel (Nate) A. Polcyn, 40, Portsmouth (formerly of Oak Hill and Gallipolis) passed away Wednesday, May 26, 2021, at his home in Portsmouth after a long illness. He was the son of the late Daniel and Debra (Neal) Polcyn. Born July 15, 1980, in Gallipolis, Nate was a graduate of River Valley High School, Cheshire. He attended Muskingum College where he played football. He also attended Ohio University. He spent the past several years living with and caring for his nowdeceased parents in Oak Hill. In his final days, he lived with and was cared for by his younger brother, Thomas Polcyn. Nathaniel is survived by his siblings, Daniel Polcyn II, Portsmouth; Matt (Raymond Clark) Polcyn, Grove City; Paul (Erin) Polcyn, Bidwell; and Thomas Polcyn, Portsmouth; nieces and nephew, Stephanie and Madeleine Polcyn, Tanner Dennison, Hannah, Jennah, and Leah Polcyn. He was preceded in death by his parents; his sister, Rachael Blankenship; and two brothers, Timothy and Adam Polcyn. Nate’s ashes will be interred at St. Louis Catholic Cemetery, Gallipolis, with his parents. F.C. Daehler Mortuary will be caring for the family. Please visit www. fcdaehlermortuary.com to leave memories of Nate or condolences for his family. Block party shooting leaves man dead, 4 others wounded GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) — A dispute at a crowded Memorial Day block party in a Cleveland suburb ended in a shooting that left a man dead and four people wounded, including two teenagers. The shooting in Garfield Heights occurred around 10:30 p.m. Monday, authorities said. The annual party was nearly over when the dispute broke out, although authorities have not said what caused the incident. At least one shooter then began firing into the crowd that was gathered in front of a house and on a street. Ameer Dealnor Jones Edmonds, 26, was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. CONTACT US 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 740-446-2342 All content © 2021 Gallipolis Daily Tribune and The Daily Sentinel edition. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT/ GROUP PUBLISHER Lane Moon lmoon@aimmediamidwest.com EDITOR Beth Sergent, Ext. 1992 bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com MANAGING EDITOR Sarah Hawley, Ext. 2555 shawley@aimmediamidwest.com SPORTS EDITOR Bryan Walters, Ext. 2101 bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Matt Rodgers, Ext. 2095 mrodgers@aimmediamidwest.com CIRCULATION MANAGER Derrick Morrison, Ext. 2097 dmorrison@aimmediamidwest.com Courtesy | Writers’ Guild Pictured is Will Jeffers with 19 of his published books. Writers’ guild showcases authors POINT PLEASANT — For book-loving members of the Point Pleasant Writers Guild, six words say it all: So many books, so little time. And for several of these same members, perhaps more can be said: Imagine it, write it. A recent meeting recognized Will Jeffers as Most-Recent Prolific Writer of the Guild, joining fellow member, Marilyn Clarke, in their race to imagine, write, and publish their many creations. Jeffers has admitted that sleeping is a rare event in his life as words pass from his brain to the printed page late into the night. He was on hand with 19 of his 21 books, having added four more mysteries, another book of poetry, and a book of horror. As he has written on his Facebook page, there is something for everyone at BigWill’s Archive Foundry with horror/suspense novels, heavy fantasy novels based in a world he created for himself as a child, mystery novels with clean content written to be enjoyed by all ages, and collections of poetry. All of Jeffers’ books are available on Amazon.com as paperback, e-book, and Kindle editions. He can be contacted via email at williamjfr@gmail.com or www. facebook.com/jeffersarchives. Clarke has completed and published several novels, beginning with the “Frost Series” which consists of seven books. She has published another five books of various titles, one of which has the interesting title, “Ramblings of a Confused Mind” and two cookbooks. As always, Clarke has two or three stories residing in her head, but they are being slow in making their way to her fingers these days. Clarke has retreated to her House in the Big Woods and hopes to find her muse as she “gets away from it all” and enjoys her new puppy. Hopefully, at least one of those Two Guild members who are no stranger to the publishing world are Feryle Lawrence with The Point Pleasant Writers Guild her book, “Amazing Stories of holds their bi-monthly meetings Earth and Inspiration,” and Letha in the main reading room of Jones who wrote “Chained.” the Mason County Library on the first and third Wednesdays, Newest member, Phil Heck, beginning at noon. All writers has been reading excerpts from are invited to attend. Contact a book he is writing. He has the information includes email: beginning and the ending, but ppwritersguild@yahoo.com and still needs to fill in the middle. blog: ppwritersguild.blogspot. With over 15,000 words so far, he com. may have to divide his book into sections to get the whole saga in print. stories reluctant to be born will A quote by Oprah Winfrey goes find its way into the light of day like this: “The written word is soon. referred to over and over. Verbal Patrecia Gray has authored a few books, one of which contains words are heard and often forgotten. The written word is someall the words spoken by Jesus thing to hold onto.” as recorded in Scripture. The Members attending the May book is entitled “Jesus, Who Is He” and serves as inspiration for meetings included Gray, Jeffers, Clarke, Carol Newberry, her 9:00 a.m. Saturday morning Kris Moore, Underwood, Heck, WEMM-FM radio broadcast, and April Pyles. The writing “Just Thinking.” In honor of her assignment for the next meeting: mother and mothers of fellow choose a moment over the next Guild members, April Pyles, couple weeks that strikes you Carol Newberry, Feryle Lawas significant and write about rence, Joe Ingerick, and Clarke, its affect on your mood or how Gray published her book, “To it changes you in some way. For Mother with Love.” Another of example, receiving an unexpecther books, “The Thing: Mothed check in the mail may have man, devil or spirit,” has been been just the thing you needed a popular book in the local area to buy something you’ve been and can be found, along with wanting or needing. Did you lift her other books, on Amazon. your hands in praise, feel uplifted com, and also at the Mothman Museum in Point Pleasant. Patre- in spirit, dance a jig? Use your cia is now working on her autobi- words to share the experience with your reader. ography, “Diary of a Missionary The Point Pleasant Writers Nurse,” her life while in Papua Guild holds their bi-monthly New Guinea. Burletta Sue Underwood, D.D. meetings in the main reading shared the news of her latest pub- room of the Mason County Library on the first and third lication, “Country Blues: Amazing Lyrics,” a collection of songs Wednesdays, beginning at noon. All writers are invited to attend. she has written. The book was Contact information includes her way of putting all her writings together in one place rather email: ppwritersguild@yahoo. com and blog: ppwritersguild. than have a lot of loose papers lying around. Sue also has a book blogspot.com. of poetry entitled “Roses in the Snow: Powerful Words of Faith.” Submitted by April Pyles. MORE INFO 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. #27 will meet at the post home at 6 p.m. All members are urged to attend. Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer District board will meet at 7 p.m. at the district office. GALLIPOLIS — The Bossard Memorial Library trustees regular Friday, June 4 monthly meeting, 5 p.m. at the POMEROY — Meigs County library. PERI Chapter 74 will resume in POMEROY — The Meigs person meetings at 1 pm at the County Board of Health meetMulberry Avenue Community ing will take place at 5 p.m. Center in Pomeroy. District 7 Representative Greg Ervin will up in the conference room of the date members on state wide PERI Meigs County Health Department, which is located at 112 issues. All retired Meigs County E. Memorial Drive in Pomeroy, Public Employees are urged to Ohio. A proposed meeting attend. agenda is located at www.meigsCard showers health.com. Mabel Halley will be celebratMonday, June 7 ing her 91st birthday on June 10, GALLIPOLIS — The American cards may be sent to 254 Lanes Legion Lafayette Post # 27 will Monday, June 14 Branch Road, Crown City, OH meet at the post home on McCorBEDFORD TWP. — Bedford 45623. mick Road at 6 p.m. All members Township trustees will hold their are urged to attend. regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. POMEROY — The Meigs at the Bedford townhall. Thursday, June 3 County Cancer Initiative, Inc. CHESTER — Chester Shade Historical Association will be hav- (MCCI) will meet at 12 p.m. in Friday, June 18 the conference room of the Meigs ing their monthly board meeting GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia in the Dining Hall of the Academy County Health Dept. New memCounty District Library Board of bers are welcome. For more infor- Trustees will hold a special meetin Chester starting at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome and we will mation, contact Courtney Midkiff ing at 2 p.m. at the Library, for at 740-992-6626 ext. 1028. be observing social distancing the purpose of a community focus rules. Please wear your mask. group session with architectural GALLIPOLIS — The Sons of firm SHP. Tuesday, June 8 the American Legion Squadron TUPPERS PLAINS — The �NEWS/WEATHER Ohio Valley Publishing Wednesday, June 2, 2021 3 TODAY IN HISTORY GALLIA, MEIGS BRIEFS Congress a decisive victory; retiring president Nelson Today is Wednesday, June 2, Mandela was succeeded by Thabo Mbeki (TAH’-boh umthe 153rd day of 2021. There BEH’-kee). are 212 days left in the year. In 2008, Bo Diddley, 79, a founding father of rock ‘n’ roll, Today’s Highlight in History: died in Archer, Florida, at age On June 2, 1979, Pope John 79. Paul II arrived in his native In 2009, Scott Roeder Poland on the first visit by a pope to a Communist country. (ROH’-dur), an anti-abortion activist, was charged with first-degree murder in the On this date: shooting death of late-term In 1897, Mark Twain was abortion provider Dr. George quoted by the New York Tiller in Wichita, Kansas. Journal as saying from London that “the report of my (Roeder was later convicted and sentenced to life in prison death was an exaggeration.” with no possibility of parole (Twain was responding to a report in the New York Herald for 50 years.) that he was “grievously ill” and “possibly dying.”) Ten years ago: In 1924, Congress passed, Former Massachusetts Gov. and President Calvin Coolidge Mitt Romney announced his signed, a measure guarantee- bid for the Republican presiing full American citizenship dential nomination during an for all Native Americans born appearance in New Hampshire. within U.S. territorial limits. A judge in Placerville, In 1941, baseball’s “Iron California, sentenced serial Horse,” Lou Gehrig, died in sex offender Phillip Garrido to New York of a degenerative life in prison for kidnapping disease, amyotrophic lateral and raping Jaycee Dugard; sclerosis; he was 37. Garrido’s wife, Nancy, received In 1953, the coronation of a decades-long sentence. Queen Elizabeth II took place in London’s Westminster Five years ago: Abbey, 16 months after the House Speaker Paul Ryan death of her father, King endorsed Donald Trump’s George VI. bid for president, telling The In 1962, Soviet forces Associated Press his goal was opened fire on striking workto make sure the GOP was ers in the Russian city of “at full strength in the fall.” Novocherkassk; a retired gen- President Barack Obama, eral in 1989 put the death toll speaking at the U.S. Air at 22 to 24. Force Academy in Colorado, In 1966, U.S. space probe implored the next generation Surveyor 1 landed on the of U.S. military leaders not to moon and began transmitting give in to isolationism or pull detailed photographs of the back from U.S. leadership in lunar surface. the world, drawing a contrast In 1987, President Ronald with a foreign policy vision laid Reagan announced he was out by Donald Trump. Autopsy nominating economist Alan results showed superstar musiGreenspan to succeed Paul cian Prince died of an acciVolcker as chairman of the dental overdose of fentanyl, a Federal Reserve Board. powerful opioid painkiller. In 1995, a U.S. Air Force F-16C was shot down by a One year ago: Bosnian Serb surface-to-air Defying curfews, protestmissile while on a NATO air ers streamed back into the patrol in northern Bosnia; the nation’s streets, hours after pilot, Capt. Scott F. O’Grady, President Donald Trump was rescued by U.S. Marines urged governors to put down six days later. the violence set off by the In 1997, Timothy McVeigh death of George Floyd. Police was convicted of murder and said four officers were hit by conspiracy in the 1995 bomb- gunfire after protests in St. ing of the Alfred P. Murrah Louis that began peacefully Federal Building in Oklahoma became violent. The bishop City that killed 168 people. of the Episcopal Diocese of (McVeigh was executed in Washington sharply criticized June 2001.) Trump for staging a visit In 1999, South Africans to St. John’s Church across went to the polls in their secfrom the White House after ond post-apartheid election, authorities had cleared the giving the African National area of peaceful protesters. Mayors and governors from both parties rejected Trump’s threat to use the military against protesters. Outrage over George Floyd’s death spread around the world; tear gas choked Paris as riot police faced off with protesters setting fires. Six Atlanta police officers were charged after video showed police pulling two young people from a car and shooting them with stun guns. Trump said he was seeking a new state to host the Republican National Convention after North Carolina refused to guarantee that the event could be held in Charlotte without coronavirus restrictions. (Delegates would meet in Charlotte to nominate Trump for reelection, but he delivered his acceptance speech from the White House lawn.) Nine states and the District of Columbia voted in the largest slate of presidential primaries in almost three months; the vote count would confirm that Joe Biden had clinched the Democratic nomination. Basketball Hall of Famer Wes Unseld died at 74. By The Associated Press TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 60° 69° 70° HEALTH TODAY Statistics through 3 p.m. Tue. AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™ Temperature The AccuWeather.com Asthma Index combines the effects of current air quality, pollen counts, wind, temperature, dew point, barometric pressure, and changes from past weather conditions to provide a scale showing the overall probability and severity of an asthma attack. 77° 52° 79° 57° 98° in 1919 40° in 1972 Precipitation (in inches) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Tue. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date 0.00 0.00 0.16 18.17 18.24 SUN & MOON Today 6:05 a.m. 8:49 p.m. 2:25 a.m. 1:33 p.m. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Last Jun 2 New First Full Jun 10 Jun 17 Jun 24 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for fish and game. Today Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Tue. Major 6:54a 7:36a 8:14a 8:50a 9:25a 10:02a 10:42a Minor 12:43a 1:26a 2:04a 2:40a 3:15a 3:51a 4:30a 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme POLLEN & MOLD Low Moderate High Moderate High Major 7:16p 7:57p 8:34p 9:10p 9:46p 10:23p 11:04p Minor 1:05p 1:47p 2:24p 3:00p 3:35p 4:13p 4:53p WEATHER HISTORY The heavy rain from the May 31, 1889, Johnstown Flood raised the levels of other rivers. On June 2, 1889, the Potomac River reached flood stage at Washington, D.C. Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services AIR QUALITY 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. Tue. Location Willow Island Marietta Parkersburg Belleville Racine Point Pleasant Gallipolis Huntington Ashland Lloyd Greenup Portsmouth Maysville Meldahl Dam Flood Stage 37 34 36 35 41 40 50 50 52 54 50 50 51 Level 12.95 16.26 21.58 12.78 12.62 25.31 12.97 25.88 34.37 12.73 17.10 34.00 16.40 Portsmouth 70/62 500 Primary pollutant: Ozone 24-hr. Chg. +0.08 -0.48 -0.12 -0.01 -0.35 -0.41 -0.30 +0.22 +0.21 +0.37 -0.70 +0.10 -1.10 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021 Logan 70/61 GALLIPOLIS — The French Art Colony is hosting a night of painting led by local artists, Larry Bragg and Jesse Thornton at 6 p.m., this Wednesday. The class will be held outdoors. There will be enough supplies to cover up to 24 people. Cost is $40 to join and includes supplies and light refreshments and snacks. Respond to the event as “Going” on the FAC Facebook Page, or message Larry Bragg, or call FAC at 740446-3834 to reserve a spot. No painting experience required. Street parking is available on First Ave. in front of the venue and in the back of the FAC, accessed from 1st Ave. Road closures, construction GALLIA COUNTY — A bridge deck replacement project begins on June 1 on SR 141, between Dan Jones Road (County Road 28) and Redbud Hill Road (Township Road 462). This section will be closed. ODOT’s detour is SR 7 to SR 588 to SR 325 to SR 141. Estimated completion: Aug. 23. MEIGS COUNTY — A tree trimming project is taking place on SR 124, between U.S. 33 and Apple Grove Dorcas Road (County Road 28). The road is closed from 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday through Friday. Estimated completion: June 11. MEIGS COUNTY — U.S. 33/SR 833/SR 124 resurfacing. The project includes U.S. 33 near the intersection of Rocksprings Road (County Road 20) and continues east to the SR 7 interchange. From there, paving continues onto SR 833 south/124 east to the traffic signal in Pomeroy, where SR 833 and 124 diverge. One 12 foot lane will be maintained at all times using construction barrels on the four-lane section and flaggers on the two-lane sections. Estimated completion: July 15. GALLIA COUNTY — Gallia County Engineer Brett A. Boothe announces Scenic Drive (CR-127) 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. Ashland 71/62 Grayson 71/62 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 on State Route 7. SUNDAY 86° 57° MONDAY 90° 60° Mostly sunny and pleasant Hot with times of clouds and sun Hot and humid with clouds and sun 90° 67° Very warm; a p.m. t-storm possible NATIONAL CITIES Murray City 70/59 Belpre 73/61 Today St. Marys 74/60 Parkersburg 71/60 Coolville 72/60 Wilkesville 71/60 POMEROY Jackson 72/60 71/61 Ravenswood Rio Grande 73/61 72/61 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 67/62 GALLIPOLIS 73/61 71/62 72/60 Elizabeth 74/60 Spencer 71/61 Buffalo 71/61 Ironton 71/62 TUESDAY 91° 65° Marietta 73/60 Athens 70/60 McArthur 70/60 South Shore Greenup 71/62 69/61 57 0 50 100 150 200 Chillicothe 71/62 Lucasville 71/63 Very High FAC’s ‘Art Uncorked’ SATURDAY Warmer; a t-storm around in the a.m. Adelphi 71/62 Very High Primary: grasses/walnut/pine Mold: 2227 GALLIPOLIS — The community is invited join the Gallia County Commissioners for a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate construction of the new Gallia County Jail. The ceremony will occur on Friday, June 4 at 11 a.m. at 553 Second Avenue, Gallipolis. 84° 57° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Waverly 70/62 Pollen: 637 Low MOON PHASES More humid with a shower and t-storm 0 Primary: cladosporium Thu. 6:04 a.m. 8:49 p.m. 2:51 a.m. 2:34 p.m. FRIDAY 76° 56° ALMANAC High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low THURSDAY A thick cloud cover today and tonight with a shower. High 73° / Low 61° Jail groundbreaking ceremony Today’s Birthdays: Actor-singer Sally Kellerman is 84. Actor Ron Ely (EE’-lee) is 83. Filmmaker and movie historian Kevin Brownlow is 83. Actor Stacy Keach is 80. Rock musician Charlie Watts is 80. Actor Charles Haid is 78. R&B singer Chubby Tavares (Tavares) is 77. Movie director Lasse (LAH’-suh) Hallstrom is 75. Actor Jerry Mathers is 73. Actor Joanna Gleason is 71. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is 69. Actor Dennis Haysbert is 67. Comedian Dana Carvey is 66. Actor Gary Grimes is 66. Pop musician Michael Steele is 66. Rock singer Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet) is 61. Actor Liam Cunningham is 60. Actor Navid Negahban is 57. Singer Merril Bainbridge is 53. TV personality-producer Andy Cohen (“The Real Housewives” TV franchise) is 53. Rapper B-Real (Cypress Hill) is 51. Actor Paula Cale is 51. Actor Anthony Montgomery is 50. Actor-comedian Wayne Brady is 49. Actor Wentworth Miller is 49. Rock musician Tim Rice-Oxley (Keane) is 45. Actor Zachary Quinto is 44. Actor Dominic Cooper is 43. Actor Nikki Cox is 43. Actor Justin Long is 43. Actor Deon Richmond is 43. Actor Morena Baccarin is 42. EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM 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. 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The Senate and Huffman said the House must reconcile use of the money their competing verneeds to be more sions of the budget developed. “People are anxious this month ahead of the new fiscal year on to spend money on something that every- July 1. Sen. Teresa Fedor, body thinks is a good idea,” he said. “I think a Toledo Democrat, COVID From page 1 administered. For more data and information on the cases in Meigs County visit https://www.meigshealth.com/covid-19/ . Mason County DHHR reported 2,037 total cases (since March 2020) for Mason County in the 10 a.m. update on Tuesday, the same as Friday. Of those, 1,979 are confirmed cases and 58 are probable cases. DHHR has reported 37 deaths in Mason County, criticized Senate Republicans for scrapping the bipartisan school-funding plan approved earlier this year by the House as part of its budget proposal. The plan announced Tuesday was “created behind closed doors with zero input and vetting from public school stakeholders, including taxpayers, and which could have huge unintended consequences,” Fedor said. one new. Case numbers per age group reported by DHHR are as follows: 0-9 — 47 cases (plus 3 probable cases) 10-19 — 188 cases (plus 3 probable cases) 20-29 — 344 cases (plus 13 probable cases) 30-39 — 329 cases (plus 12 probable cases) 40-49 — 286 cases (plus 11 probable cases) 50-59 — 290 cases (plus 3 probable cases, 2 deaths) 60-69 — 259 cases (plus 5 probable cases, 7 deaths) 70-plus — 236 cases (plus 8 probable cases, 28 deaths) (740) 446-2342 or fax to (740) 446-3008 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN Re-indicted man faces death penalty CLEVELAND (AP) — A 19-year-old man accused of fatally shooting an undercover Cleveland detective and his informant could face the death penalty if convicted of the slayings. A grand jury in Cleveland issued a new indictment late last week against David McDaniel that added capital murder specifications. He is charged in the slayings of Detective James Skernivitz, 53, and informant Scott Dingess, 50, in September as the two men On Tuesday, Mason County was designated as “green” on the West Virginia County Alert System map. Mason County’s latest infection rate was 1.62 on Tuesday with a 0.43 percent positivity rate. Surrounding counties are green and gold. Ohio ODH reported a 24-hour change of 622 new cases on Tuesday (21-day average of 801), bringing Ohio’s overall case count since the beginning of the pandemic to 1,102,556 cases. There were 92 new hospitalizations Ohio Valley Publishing (21-day average of 81) and 14 new ICU admissions (21-day average of nine). On Tuesday, zero deaths were reported , with a 21-day average of 20 deaths. As announced earlier this year, ODH will only be reporting deaths approximately twice 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 82.3 on Thursday, down from 90.7 the previous week. This number is updated each Thursday. As of Tuesday, a total of 5,310,588 first doses (740) 992-2155 or fax to (740) 992-2157 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN AUCTIONS 7KH 6\PPHV 9DOOH\ /RFDO 6FKRRO 'LVWULFW KDV WKH IROORZLQJ YDFDQFLHV IRU WKH ��������� VFKRRO \HDU� Applicants must hold or be able to obtain Ohio Department of Education licensure or credentials for these classroom positions, as well as the appropriate Federal and State Background Checks. (2 ea.) +LJK 6FKRRO 6FLHQFH WHDFKHUV (Grades 9-12) (1 ea.) ,QWHUYHQWLRQ 6SHFLDOLVW (Elementary School) This position is for a multi-categorical unit A job description with duties and qualifications is attached to this posting, or may be requested by contacting the SVLSD Board office at 740-643-2451. Salary and benefits will be paid according to the Board/SVEA bargaining agreement. If interested, please contact Greg Bowman, Superintendent, 14778 State Route 141, Willow Wood, Ohio, 45696 or greg.bowman@sv.k12.oh.us. Applications will be taken until these positions are filled. 6\PPHV 9DOOH\ /6' LV DQ HTXDO RSSRUWXQLW\ HPSOR\HU� West Virginia As of the 10 a.m. update on Tuesday, DHHR is reporting a total of 161,858 cases with 2,797 deaths. There was an increase of 571 cases since Friday and five new deaths. The daily positivity rate in the state was 4.00 percent. There are 4,550 currently active cases in the state. DHHR recently reported 915,137 first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to residents of West Virginia. So far, 738,574 people have been fully vaccinated. Gov. Justice urges all residents to pre-register for a vaccine appointment on vaccine. wv.gov. Sarah Hawley and Kayla (Hawthorne) Dunham contributed to this story. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. (304) 675-1333 or fax to (304) 675-5234 ROGERS BASEMENT WATERPROOFING PROBATE COURT CASE 2021-047 ESTATE OF: PHILLIP FRALEY, DECEASED On March 15, 2021, OHIO VALLEY BANK produced and filed in the Probate Court of Marion County, Alabama, a written instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Phillip Fraley, deceased, also known as James Phillip Fraley, petitioning for such orders, decrees and proceedings to duly and legally effect the probate and record of said instrument as such will; And it further appearing that Justin Seth Fraley, also known as Justin Seth Polsley, is or is purported to be one of the next of kin of said deceased; It is therefore ordered that notice of the filing of said Will be given by publication once a week for two successive weeks in The Gallipolis Daily Tribune, a newspaper published in Gallipolis, Ohio. Notice is hereby given to the said Justin Seth Fraley to contest said Will if he deem it proper so to do. 8QFRQGLWLRQDO /LIHWLPH *XDUDQWHH (VWDEOLVKHG ���� %DVHPHQW :DOOV %UDFHG +XQGUHGV 2I /RFDO 5HIHUHQFHV /LFHQVHG� %RQGHG ,QVXUHG FREE ESTIMATES 24 Hours (740) 446-0870 www.rogersbasementwaterproofing.com IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO GENERAL DIVISION SUSAN M. BEMAN, -vs- Case No. 21 CV 39 Plaintiff, D.M. BEMAN, et al., Defendants. Done this the 26 day of May, 2021. Candidates are asked to submit a letter of interest, an application or resume, copy of relevant certification or proof that credentials can be obtained. of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Ohio, which is 45.43 percent of the population. A total of 4,664,328 people, 39.90 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-ASK-ODH (833-427-5634). face trial as adults. Skernivitz had been sworn in as a member of a federal violent crime task force the day before he was killed. Authorities have not said whether he was working, either for the task force or for the gang unit to which he was normally assigned, when he was shot. McDaniel’s arraignment is scheduled for Thursday. His attorney, Fernando Mack, declined comment Tuesday. XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN STATE OF ALABAMA MARION COUNTY Estate Sales )DGHOH\ (VWDWH VDOH -XQH � ���S�P�� -XQH � ���S�P� 6LPSVRQ &KDSHO 0HWKRGLVW FKXUFK� 5LR *UDQGH� +RXVHKROG� FUDIWV� GHFRUD� WLRQV� PLVFHOODQHRXV prepared for a drug operation. Authorities allege that McDaniel and two juvenile suspects approached Skernivitz’s unmarked car in an apparent robbery attempt and fired rounds that killed the two men. The male juvenile suspects, who were 15 and 17 years old at the time of the slayings, have been charged with aggravated murder in Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court. Prosecutors have indicated that they could NOTICE BY PUBLICATION PAIGE NICHOLS VICK, Judge of Probate 5/26/21,6/2/21 TO: The unknown heirs and assigns D.M. Beman. You are hereby notified that you have been named as a Defendant in the above entitled action wherein the Plaintiff is requesting that the Court quiet title certain real estate in Gallia County, Ohio, having Auditor's Parcel 025-001-302-00, 025-001-292-00 and 025-001-301-00, being more specifically described in Volume 109, Page 187, Deed Records of Gallia County, Ohio. The within case has been filed in the General Division of the Common Pleas Court of Gallia County, Ohio, located in the Gallia County Courthouse, 18 Locust Street, Gallipolis, Ohio in the case number shown above. You must file an answer in the above captioned case within twenty-eight (28) days after the last date of publication hereof. If you fail to file such an answer, judgment by default may be granted for the relief demanded. Britt T. Wiseman (0087743) Attorney for Plaintiff 431 Second Avenue, P.O. Box 734 Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 Phone: (740) 441-9740 6/2/21 �COMICS Ohio Valley Publishing Wednesday, June 2, 2021 5 Having A Yard Sale? Call your classified department to schedule your ad today! 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Hitters batted .239 in May, up from .232 in April and the lowest average for May since .237 in 1972, the Elias Sports Bureau said Tuesday. The .236 average for the season through May 31 is the lowest since Tony Dejak | AP .229 in 1968 — the last season Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Wade Miley, right, is congratulated by catcher Tucker Barnhart after pitching a no-hitter against the before the pitcher’s mound was lowered from 15 inches to 10. Cleveland Indians on May 7. May’s .315 on-base percentage was up from .309 in April but the lowest for May since .314 in 2015. The .312 through May 31 is the lowest since .309 in 1972. In an era of dominance on home runs, slugging percentage did not decline as much. The .397 percentage in May was the lowest since .395 in 2014 and the .393 percentage for the season through May 31 was the lowest since .392 in 2014. Strikeouts exceeded hits by 838 in May after topping them by 1,091 in April, Elias said. Strikeouts had never exceeded hits over a full calendar month before May 2018. Strikeouts have averaged 8.99 per team per game, on pace to set a record for the 13th consecutive full season — up from 8.81 two years ago and nearly double the 4.77 in 1979. Strikeouts already are 1,929 ahead of hits, just three years after exceeding hits for the first time over a full season. Hits have averaged 7.78 per team per game, the second-lowest behind 7.75 in 1908 during the dead-ball era. Seattle is hitting .205, on track to break the record low of .211 set by See MLB | 7 End of recruiting pause has football programs catching up By Steve Megargee AP Sports Writer Minnesota’s P.J. Fleck spoke for many coaches nationwide last December when he noted he still hadn’t shaken the hands of about half the prospects who were about to sign with his program. Those days finally are coming to an end. The NCAA has lifted the recruiting dead period that has been in place since March 13, 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The NCAA returned to its usual recruiting calendar Tuesday, allowing prospects to meet coaches in person and coaches to conduct live evaluations of recruits. That means programs across the country are going to make up for lost time. “It’s going to be crazy,” South Carolina coach Shane Beamer said. The change is a relief for high school football players such as Max Reese, a wide receiver from Fenwick High School in the Chicago suburbs. Reese has offers from Bowling Green and Northern Illinois, and he has visited both Mid-American Conference schools. But he couldn’t meet the coaching staffs at either program during his visits because of pandemic-imposed restrictions. Now he finally gets to speak face to face with the coaches who have been Zooming with him for the last year. That should give both the prospect and the staff a better idea of their interest in each other. “It’s like dating a girl online,” Reese said. “You don’t know what you’re really getting until you see them in person.” Ohio State assistant athletic director for player personnel Mark Pantoni uses a different analogy as he discussed how tough it has been for prospects to evaluate schools based on virtual campus tours. “It’s cool when you see the commercial of the nice flashy car, but you don’t really know until you test drive it how cool it really is,” Pantoni said. “That’s what we’re about to do. These kids are about to test-drive the car finally after seeing the commercial for so many months.” College staffs have been gearing up for this moment. Florida State was welcoming recruits to campus just after midnight as part of its “Midnight Madness” event to mark the end of the dead period. At Ohio State, director of campus recruiting Erin Dunston said the Buckeyes have 51 official visits scheduled for June. Pantoni said Ohio State’s yearly total of official visits normally is in the “high 40s to low 50s.” See PAUSE | 7 OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Wednesday, June 2 Softball Poca/PPHS winner at Winfield, 5 p.m. Hannan at Gilmer County/Wahama loser, 5 p.m. Baseball CCHS/WHS winner vs. Ravenswood/Wirt Co winner, TBA PPHS/WHS winner vs. Nitro/Sissonville winner, TBA Track and Field Wahama at Class A Regionals, TBA Thursday, June 3 Softball GCHS/WHS winner vs. Wirt Co/Ravenswood winner, 5 p.m. Track and Field AA Regionals at Winfield, 2 p.m. Friday, June 4 Track and Field D-2 meet at Pickerington HS North, 10 a.m. D-3 meet at Westerville North HS, 10 a.m. Saturday, June 5 Track and Field D-2 meet at Pickerington HS North, 10 a.m. D-3 meet at Westerville North HS, 10 a.m. Lynne Sladky | AP File Naomi Osaka, of Japan, withdrew from the French Open on Monday and wrote on Twitter that she would be taking a break from competition, a dramatic turn of events for a four-time Grand Slam champion who said she experiences “huge waves of anxiety” before speaking to the media and revealed she has “suffered long bouts of depression.” Leaders pledge to address Osaka’s concerns By Howard Fendrich AP Tennis Writer The leaders of the four Grand Slam tournaments reacted Tuesday to tennis star Naomi Osaka’s stunning withdrawal from the French Open by promising to address players’ concerns about mental health. The pledge came in a statement signed by the same four tennis administrators who threatened the possibility of disqualification or suspension for Osaka on Sunday if she continued to skip news conferences. The four-time major champion and No. 2-ranked player was fined $15,000 when she didn’t speak to reporters after her first-round victory at Roland Garros on Sunday. The next day, Osaka pulled out of the tournament entirely, saying she experiences “huge waves of anxiety” before meeting with the media and revealing she has “suffered long bouts of depression.” Osaka, a 23-year-old who was born in Japan and moved with her family to the U.S. at age 3, said she would “take some time away from the court now, but when the time is right I really want to work with the Tour to discuss ways we can make things better for the players, press and fans.” Tennis players are required to attend news conferences if requested to do so; Grand Slam rules allow for fines up to $20,000 if they don’t show up. “On behalf of the Grand Slams, we wish to offer Naomi Osaka our support and assistance in any way possible as she takes time away from the court. She is an exceptional athlete and we look forward to her return as soon as she deems appropriate,” Tuesday’s statement from those in charge of the French Open, Wimbledon, U.S. Open and Australian Open said. “Mental health is a very challenging issue, which deserves our utmost attention. It is both complex and personal, as what affects one individual does not necessarily affect another. We commend Naomi for sharing in her own words the pressures and anxieties she is feeling and we empathize with the unique pressures tennis players may face.” French tennis federation President Gilles Moretton, All England Club Chairman Ian Hewitt, U.S. Tennis Association President Mike McNulty and Tennis Australia President Jayne Hrdlicka pledged to work with players, the tours and media “to improve the player experience at our tournaments” while making sure the athletes all are on a “fair playing field, regardless of ranking or status.” In a separate statement issued Tuesday to the AP via email, International Tennis Federation official Heather Bowler said the sport will “review what needs to evolve” after Osaka “shone a light on mental health issues.” “It’s in all our interests to ensure that we continue to provide a respectful and qualitative environment that enables all stakeholders to do their job to their best ability, without impacting their health, and for the good of the sport,” Bowler wrote. Various tennis players, including sisters Serena and Venus Williams, offered support for Osaka. Venus Williams, a 40-year-old who has won seven Grand Slam singles titles and another 14 in doubles with her younger sibling, said at a news conference after her first-round loss Tuesday at Roland Garros that she finds it “definitely not easy to do press, I think, for any person.” Asked how she handled that over her professional career, Williams responded: “For me, personally, how I deal with it was that I know every single person asking me a question can’t play as well as I can and never will, so no matter what you say or what you write, you’ll never light a candle to me. So that’s how I deal with it. But each person deals with it differently.” Others praised Osaka for being forthcoming about her personal story in her statement Monday on See PLEDGE | 7 STATEMENT ABOUT WITHDRAWING FROM FRENCH OPEN “Hey everyone, this isn’t a situation I ever imagined or intended when I posted a few days ago. I think now the best thing for the tournament, the other players and my well-being is that I withdraw so that everyone can get back to focusing on the tennis going on in Paris. I never wanted to be a distraction and I accept that my timing was not ideal and my message could have been clearer. More importantly I would never trivialize mental health or use the term lightly. The truth is that I have suffered long bouts of depression since the US Open in 2018 and I have had a really hard time coping with that. Anyone that knows me knows I’m introverted, and anyone that has seen me at the tournaments will notice that I’m often wearing headphones as that helps dull my social anxiety. Though the tennis press has always been kind to me (and I wanna apologize especially to all the cool journalists who I may have hurt), I am not a natural public speaker and get huge waves of anxiety before I speak to the world’s media. I get rally nervous and find it stressful to always try to engage and give you the best answers I can. So here in Paris I was already feeling vulnerable and anxious so I thought it was better to exercise self-care and skip the press conferences. I announced it preemptively because I do feel like the rules are quite outdated in parts and I wanted to highlight that. I wrote privately to the tournament apologizing and saying that I would be more than happy to speak with them after the tournament as the Slams are intense. I’m gonna take some time away from the court now, but when the time is right I really want to work with the Tour to discuss ways we can make things better for the players, press and fans. Anyways hope you are all doing well and staying safe, love you guys I’ll see you when i see you (heart emoji)” — Associated Press �SPORTS Ohio Valley Publishing Wednesday, June 2, 2021 7 MLB Bumgarner had a seveninning hitless game in a doubleheader on April 25 that is not recognized From page 6 as a no-hitter by Major league Baseball. the 1910 Chicago White One more no-hitter Sox. would match 1990, 1991, There have been six no-hitters, by San Diego’s 2012 and 2015 for the most since 1900, one Joe Musgrove (April 9), Carlos Rodón of the Chi- shy of the record eight in cago White Sox (April 9), 1884 — the first season overhand pitching was Baltimore’s John Means allowed. (May 5), Cincinnati’s Home runs have averWade Miley (May 7), aged 1.13 per team per Detroit’s Spencer Turngame, down from 1.28 bull (May 18) and the New York Yankees’ Corey last year and the lowest Kluber (May 19). In addi- since 2015’s 1.01. tion, Arizona’s Madison Pause From page 6 “So this is pretty extraordinary, but not unexpected either,” Pantoni said. This month is particularly important for players in states such as California and Illinois, which didn’t have traditional fall seasons and instead played abbreviated schedules in the spring. Prospects in states without fall seasons generally didn’t get as many opportunities to show what they can do on tape. “The advice I’m giving my people is to go to as many camps as they can and get as much exposure in front of as many people as they can,” said Jon Ellinghouse, the coach at Sierra Canyon School in Carlsbad, California. Ellinghouse said the pandemic-imposed restrictions haven’t been particularly costly for players such as Sierra Canyon safety Kamari Ramsey, who is rated as the nation’s No. 107 overall 2022 prospect, according to composite rankings of recruiting sites compiled by 247Sports. The players who’ve been hurt the most, according to Ellinghouse, are the potential late bloomers or lower-tier prospects who needed the exposure they could have received from camps or spring evaluations. Yet even the top recruits are welcoming the long-awaited opportunity to visit the schools they’re considering, though the virtual tours offered by schools have proved beneficial. College coaches have said they would like to continue offering Zoom tours of campuses to prospects even in a postpandemic world. As it became apparent the dead period would last longer than just a few months, football staffs got creative and made these tours increasingly sophisticated. “It’s hard to know how long a person could stay on Zoom, particularly in the front end of the (pandemic),” Missouri recruiting coordinator Casey Woods said. “Nobody knew what your attention span was, so we were building visits kind of in two or three parts. (We’d say), ‘Hey, we’ll talk from 1 to 2 on this, take a lunch break and come back and meet from 3-4 on this or whatever.’ Once we realized all of our tolerance for being on those things, we realized what we could get done.” But no virtual presentation could compare with the real thing. Washington State recruiting coordinator John Richardson acknowledged how difficult it was this past year to see prospects sign with schools they’d never gotten a chance to visit in person. “It’s just like you’re taking a job somewhere and you have no idea what it looks like, what’s around, anything like that,” Richardson said. Now they will have a better idea of exactly what to expect. Pledge be a good thing and also a bad thing sometimes. I hope she’s doing OK.” Gael Monfils, a 34-yearFrom page 6 old from France who also won Tuesday, offered a social media. “It’s hard. Nobody real- sentiment surely shared by many around tennis, ly knows what anyone is going through, no matter from tournament and tour officials to athletes how much they choose to the sport’s fans. to show on the outside. “We need Naomi. We I had no idea about her. need her definitely to But I respect her openness,” 20-year-old Ameri- be 100%,” Monfils said. can pro Ann Li said after “We need her back on the court, back (at) the press her victory. “Our generation is becoming more conference — and back open and open, which can happy.” Kent State extends coach Senderoff ’s contract thru ’26 KENT, Ohio (AP) — Kent State signed men’s basketball coach Rob Senderoff to a contract extension through the 2025-26 season. The 47-year-old Senderoff is the winningest coach in Golden Flashes history. He’s gone 196-129 in 10 seasons, including 99-77 in the Mid-American Conference. Kent State has finished .500 or better in each of Senderoff’s seasons. The Golden Flashes made the NCAA Tournament in 2017. Senderoff took over the program in 2011 after serving the three previous seasons as associate head coach. He’s also been an assistant at Indiana, Towson, Yale and Fordham. “We are thrilled to extend the contract of Coach Senderoff,” new athletic director Randale Richmond said Tuesday. “The impact he has had on our studentathletes both on and off the floor has been tremendous. His consistency is a testament to the passion he brings to the program.” Kent State went 15-8 last season, including 12-6 in the MAC. Charlie Riedel | AP File Essential Quality was set Tuesday as a 2-1 favorite for the Belmont Stakes, which will be run Saturday without a horse from trainer Bob Baffert pending an investigation into Medina Spirit’s failed drug test after winning the Kentucky Derby. Essential Quality is 2-1 favorite for Belmont By Stephen Whyno AP Sports Writer NEW YORK — Essential Quality was set Tuesday as a 2-1 favorite for the Belmont Stakes, which will be run Saturday without a horse from trainer Bob Baffert pending an investigation into Medina Spirit’s failed drug test after winning the Kentucky Derby. Preakness winner Rombauer and Essential Quality headline a field of eight horses for the third jewel of the Triple Crown. Baffert has no horses running at Belmont Park because the New York Racing Association suspended him in light of Medina Spirit’s positive drug test for a corticosteroid at the Derby. Essential Quality, who drew the No. 2 post position, went off as the Derby favorite and finished fourth. Brad Cox’s other Derby horse, Mandaloun, would be named the winner of that race if Medina Spirit is disqualified, but Cox opted to run only Essential Quality in the Belmont. “He’s a valid favorite for sure,” Hot Rod Charlie’s trainer, Doug O’Neill, said of Essential Quality. “He didn’t have the greatest of trips in the Derby and ran a dynamite fourth. You’ve got to get through him. The win goes through him, for sure.” Rombauer is the 3-1 second choice on the morning line. Jockey Flavien Prat left Rombauer despite winning the Preakness to honor a commitment to ride Hot Rod Charlie, who is the 7-2 third choice from the No. 4 position. “It’s a lot of respect that they’re giving Charlie,” O’Neill said. Hall of Famer John Velazquez will ride Rombauer, who drew the third post position just outside Essential Quality and No. 1 Bourbonic, who is back after skipping the Preakness. Bourbonic is 15-1, No. 5 France Go de Ina is 30-1, No. 6 Known Agenda is 6-1, No. 7 Rock Your World is 9-2 and No. 8 Overtook 20-1. “I think the key to the race is how much pace with Essential Quality, Hot Rod Charlie and Rock Your World,” said trainer Todd Pletcher, who has three of the eight horses in the race: Bourbonic, Known Agenda and Overtook. Pletcher’s longtime assistant, Michael McCarthy, won the Preakness with Rombauer in first Triple Crown race as a trainer. Pletcher joked, “The pressure’s all on him,” going into the Belmont. It might actually be on Cox given the lofty expectations on Essential Quality. Retired jockey Jerry Bailey said that considering the rough trip Essential Quality got in the Derby, the gray colt was the best horse in the race. “He is just a grinder,” said Bailey, who is now an NBC Sports analyst. “He’s built perfectly for this kind of race. His running style is exactly the style that you want for the Belmont Stakes. He just keeps coming. That he definitely has in his favor.” The 1 1/2-mile distance is the unknown. The Belmont is back to its traditional “test of the champion” distance on the giant Belmont Park oval known as “Big Sandy” after the race was shortened in 2020 because it led off the Triple Crown. “We’re kind of in the same boat as everybody here,” France Go de Ina exercise rider Masaki Tanako said through interpreter Kate Hunter. “No one’s run a mile and a half before, so we’re all on the same page.” If anyone but Rombauer wins the Belmont, it’ll mark the third consecutive year and fifth in the past eight with a different horse winning each of the Triple Crown races. “It should be an interesting race,” said Pletcher, who is looking for his fourth Belmont victory. Rebel’s Romance was a late defection from the field Tuesday morning because of a hind leg infection. Even more questions for Osaka when she returns has suffered from them or Unfortunately for Naomi Tim dealt with a family member Osaka, the questions will Dahlberg who has them knows so keep coming. There’s AP Sports well. nowhere to run and cerColumnist Nobody should begrudge tainly no place to hide Osaka’s decision to withwhen you’re a superstar traveling the world and playing on draw from a major championship because she’s having trouble copthe biggest stages in tennis. ing with those issues. Indeed, we Some of the questions may be should all support her efforts to repetitive. Some may even be a bit negative, though for the most improve her mental health while dealing with everything else that part those in the tennis media tend to treat top players with kid comes with being a global star at the tender age of 23. But let’s gloves. make this clear: This isn’t a media Regardless, it’s part of her job to answer them. That’s not going problem. It isn’t a news conference problem. Frankly, until Osaka said to change, even with Osaka’s withdrawal from the French Open she would not show up for her news conference and then blew after refusing to appear at the news conferences every other top off tournament organizers who wondered why, no one even knew player accepts as part of the job. Only now she’ll have even more there was a problem. There’s nothing inherently questions to answer. That’s not entirely Osaka’s fault, wrong with a system that requires athletes who are paid millions of though she did herself no favors dollars to perform to be asked by the clumsy way she handled about their play afterward. There’s her mini media revolt in Paris. also nothing wrong with reporters She blew off her first post-match asking an occasional question that news conference, after declaring may not fit the positive narrative earlier in a posting online that Osaka wants when writing about she didn’t want to hear the same questions over and over and say- the newest star in tennis. It’s part of the reason why touring that reporters tend to kick naments like the French Open sell players while they are down. In other words, she didn’t want out expensive seats every year. It’s a lot of the reason Forbes said to answer questions about why Osaka made $37 million in 2019, she didn’t play better on clay. most of it in endorsements from Osaka rebounded a bit in a second statement announcing her companies that expect Osaka to generate lots of press for their withdrawal, and that’s where it products. gets tricky. She revealed she had Her compelling story of winning suffered long periods of depression after winning the U.S. Open back-to-back major championships in 2018 and that she suffers great beginning at the age of 20 combined with her Japanese-Haitian anxiety when faced with having to answer questions from journal- heritage made her a star. But, as the stars who came before her ists at news conferences. We all can — and should — be understood well, part of the deal every player accepts is that they sympathetic to that. Depression answer a few post-match questions and anxiety can be devastating at tournaments, win or lose. and debilitating, as anyone who “I understand her,” Rafael Nadal said. “(But) without the press, without the people who normally is traveling who are writing the news and achievements that we are having around the world probably we will not be the athletes that we are today.” Just why Osaka picked the opening of the French Open to make her ill-advised stand isn’t quite clear. She may not have wanted to be asked about her struggles on clay, but the question is a legitimate one she easily could have given a noncommittal answer to and moved on. She picked a media boycott instead, then followed it with a withdrawal when it became obvious her position was untenable among both tournament officials and her fellow players. Frankly, the people around Osaka should have stepped in long before it got this far. They should have let her know that if she was willing to answer questions about her new Nike apparel line she should have been able to figure out a way to answer questions about her tennis. Instead, she painted herself into a corner, then was forced to walk away. No one was a winner, including a major championship that badly needed her star power on the women’s side. Hopefully, the time off serves Osaka well. Assuming her issues are as deep as she says — and there’s no reason to assume otherwise — a long break may be just what she needs. Just understand that there will be even more questions when she returns. Tim Dahlberg is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at tdahlberg@ap.org or http://twitter.com/ timdahlberg �NEWS 8 Wednesday, June 2, 2021 Speech From page 1 serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, a train ride which began in Chicago ended in Southern Pennsylvania when Williams was forced to jump from a moving train because that was as close as it was going to come to West Virginia — he eventually made it to his girlfriend’s house the next morning. Nimmo noted he also spent time in Vietnam, working for the VA, counseling soldiers about their service and benefits. However, Nimmo said the most important thing those gathered in the park needed to know concerning Williams was: “He has spent his entire adult life serving his country, either in uniform or serving veterans and their families. There is no better person to speak to you on Memorial Day because for this man, everyday is Memorial Day. He spends his life working hard to recognize the sacrifices of our Gold Star families. His lifetime for me and many others, is a lesson in leadership…” The crowd then gave 97-year old Williams a standing ovation as he arrived at the podium. “Thank you for inviting me to be a part of this great day,” Williams said. “You are here, I believe, for two reasons. One — you’re here because you care. And, the second reason is, that you believe in the greatest country on Daily Sentinel have a sacred obligation to remember…as Lincoln said, ‘it is for us, the living, to be dedicated to the unfinished work which they have thus far so nobly advanced…’” After reciting a poem written by his grandson about lost loved ones and being welcomed “home,” Williams ended his remarks with, “May God continue to bless this great country that we all call America but we more seriously call, our home.” Williams once again received a standing ovation upon the completion of his keynote speech. Also participating in the program: Master of Ceremony was John Thomas who Beth Sergent | OVP also led the Pledge of Allegiance; The VFW 4464 Honor Guard offers a gun salute for the fallen. Members of the Gallia Academy Madrigals they died through accithose words, but they Williams then spoke Earth, the United States provided patriotic musident while serving in more about what Memo- have great meaning…” of America.” cal performances and some remote outpost, Williams supposed rial Day means — both After that statement GAHS Band Members their contribution is the during a time of peace now and then. was met with much same, they gave their last performed “Taps” during spreading around the “It seems like we are, applause, Williams then the ceremony; said Memorial Day was a or have maybe, lost some globe, “…We have focused full measure and their Pastor John Jackson families still grieve. But on the good times of of the value of life in time to remember those delivered both the invothis day, this Memorial the present and may be in the U.S. Armed Forces America,” he said. “And guilty of overlooking the Day, is a time to remem- cation and benediction; Memorial Day is a day who have scarified their Thomas introduced ber those who did not lessons of the past. At we recognize the value lives “for America, for of those lives. As impor- the moment, in our coun- return from serving their the following Comfreedom and for us,” manders — Bill Mangus tant as the day is, maybe try, we are at peace from country. adding, “I walked in the from the VFW, Michael “Some families mark war but do we see peace, it has lost some of its footsteps of giants.” He Giese from the Amerithis day by pulling out also reminded there were meaning from the days of everywhere?” old envelopes, filled with can Legion, Gallipolis, Williams also remindyesterday. Maybe there others across America ed those gathered to also photographs and bundles Robert McCarley from who put their lives on the has been a change over of yellowed letters. With the American Legion, line too, “to protect us in the years… I can remem- remember service perVinton, Keith Jeffers sonnel who may not have these reminders, they our communities, to keep ber as just a very small, from the DAV/AMVETS, perished on a battlefield, will look back through us safe and to protect the young boy, my mother Larry Marr from VVA, memory’s eye, momentaking me to a cemetery but still had their lives freedom that we all love tous times in our nation’s Jim Doss from the cut short while serving and I didn’t understand so very much. Many of Marine Corps League of them also have sacrificed why I would have to go… — mentioning tragic sce- past…the images they see will not be of people Mason, Meigs and Gallia narios like an Air Force but now I do.” their lives for the same counties, Jim Oiler from who are old or frail but jet malfunction, muniWilliams then quoted causes of those loved tions exploding on a ship, of people who are forever the Sons of the Union ones who gave their lives Audie Murphy, “the young, forever full of life, Veterans; a training accident on a most decorated veteran in the Armed Forces of The American Legion forever frozen in time.” runway. this country has ever the United States.” Ladies Auxiliary placed Williams then “In the air, on the sea, known” and recited the a memorial wreath at the entire poem “In Flanders on land, whether at home described photos of Spirit of the American service men and women Fields” by John McCrae. or far away, the bill for Doughboy statue; from World War I to protecting America and “I can remember in Gary Fenderbosch read our way of life, has been present, full of life before my younger years of the names of this year’s served on our young men they met an untimely the words of ‘Flanders fallen veterans; Fields,’ it was something and woman in every gen- end, explaining these VFW Honor Guard images, both past and eration,” he said. “Each said, I think, at every provided the gun salute. present “remind us that year we pause to honor gathering on Memoour nation was founded rial Day,” Williams said. those heroes who died © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all on the belief that our “Most of our youth have in our nation’s uniforms rights reserved. democratic ideals are over the years…whether no idea the meaning worth fighting for and if they lost their lives in a of, or have never heard Beth Sergent is editor of Ohio Valley necessary, dying for. 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Following the Civil War, with so many fallen soldiers on both sides of the conflict, people in both Northern and Southern states began setting aside a special day to honor them by placing flowers on their graves. John A. Logan, a former general in the Union Army and the second Commander-inChief of the fraternal Lorna Hart | Courtesy photos Members of American Legion Post 602 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9053 salute the flag during Monday’s flag raising ceremony. On Memorial Day morning, the flag is raised briskly, then lowered to half-staff to honor the fallen. At noon, the flag is raised to full staff until sunset. ration Day, a day to honor fallen Civil War soldiers, evolved into Memorial Day, a federal holiday observed the last Monday of May. This day is now set aside to honor and mourn all military personnel who have died in the performance of their military duties. 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