https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/0ef45e13e1dd8e5c1973a740b94513be.pdf 8fed6707f23c3078bc2927b84e27b783 PDF Text Text The end of an era All-TVC teams set Athletes sign with colleges NEWS s 6 SPORTS s 9 RIVER s 11 C_ZZb[fehj�š�Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 111, Volume 75 8 new COVID-19 cases reported throughout area Final ‘OVP COVID Update’ Staff Report Editor’s Note: This will be Ohio Valley Publishing’s final, regular COVID-19 update as cases continue to decline and restrictions are lifted. However, OVP will continue to monitor and report on any major developments regarding the pandemic as it relates to our readership area. OHIO VALLEY — Eight COVID-19 cases were reported this week in the Ohio Valley Publishing area, six in Gallia County and two in Meigs County. Here is a closer look at COVID-19 cases in the region and state: Gallia County ODH reported a total of 2,396 cases of COVID-19 (since March 2020) in Gallia County as part of Friday’s update, the six more than on Tuesday. ODH has reported a total of 50 deaths, 147 hospitalizations, and 2,293 presumed recovered individuals (five new) as of Friday. Age ranges for the 2,396 total cases reported by ODH on Saturday, June 5, 2021 s $2 New barn dedicated Friday are as follows: 0-19 — 313 cases (2 hospitalizations) 20-29 — 403 cases (1 new case, 6 hospitalizations) 30-39 — 316 cases (1 new case, 3 hospitalizations) 40-49 — 341 cases (8 hospitalizations, 1 death) 50-59 — 357 cases (2 new cases, 15 hospitalizations, 4 deaths) 60-69 — 304 cases (2 new cases, 30 hospitalizations, 8 deaths) 70-79 — 206 cases (43 hospitalizations, 12 deaths) 80-plus — 156 cases (40 hospitalizations, 25 deaths) Meigs County The Meigs County Health Department reported two new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the only active cases in the county. Meigs County has a total of 1,523 total cases (1,364 confirmed, 157 probable) since April 2020, as of Friday afternoon’s update from the Meigs County Health Department. There have been a total of 39 deaths, 1,482 recovered cases (four new), and 86 See COVID-19 | 5 Meeting a milestone: Ground broken on new Gallia County Jail By Beth Sergent bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — A major milestone in local government, law enforcement and the infrastructure of Gallia County was met on Friday when ground was officially broken on the new Gallia County Jail facility. As previously reported by the Tribune, the project is estimated to cost roughly $20 million, with funding secured via the issuance of tax-exempt bonds. Granger Construction is the construction manager-at-risk for the project. The 32,000-square foot facility is expected to take 16 months to complete, it will have a basement, first floor and partial second story. The new jail will have the capability of housing 120 incarcerated individuals, but can also be expanded to offer 160-180 beds in the future, if the need arises, due to the infrastructure already See MILESTONE | 14 The newly constructed Wondle Ray Dinguss Animal Science Building is located behind Meigs High School. Meigs alumnus donates to construct new building Staff Report ROCKSPRINGS — Students in the Meigs High School FFA program have a new barn to utilize thanks to a donation from a Meigs FFA Alumnus. The Wondle Ray Dinguss Animal Science Barn was officially dedicated during a small ceremony held at the school. FFA members presented information on the barn, the building process, and the 2020-21 school year as a whole. “The 2020-2021 school year has been unlike any other. We have learned various new technology skills and adjusted to learn in a new way. 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Even through this pandemic, we were See BARN | 14 Hurl and Friends to perform at HSN Staff Report GALLIPOLIS — Hurl and Friends, featuring long time Fur Peace Ranch manager, John Hurlbut, returns to the French Art Colony for a concert this Thursday, June 10. The group was scheduled to play last June but the show was cancelled due to the pandemic. According to Hurlbut, the group has not played in 16 months and had other shows cancelled throughout the year as well. “We are all so looking forward to playing at the French Art Colony’s Hot Summer Nights’ Concert Series,” Hurlbut said. “We’ve missed playing Courtesy FAC, photo by Scotty Hall Pictured is John Hurlbut of Hurl and Friends. Hurlbut is also manager of Fur Peace Ranch in Meigs County. with each other and for an audience…” According to a news release from FAC, Hurlbut plays guitar and handles lead vocals in the group. He is joined by Skott Brown on violin and mandolin, Mike McGannon on banjo and guitar and Scott Maruskin on upright bass. Hurlbut has had some good fortune during the pandemic shutdown. He became a regular guest at the Fur Peace Ranch Quarantine Live Stream Concerts during this past year. He has also recorded a critically acclaimed album with Rock and Roll legend and long-time friend, Jorma Kaukonen, called The River Flows. Thursday night, the gates at the pavilion on the grounds at the FAC open at 6:30 p.m. The show begins at 7 p.m. and ends at 9 p.m. There will be food available along with a cash bar. Admission is $5 per person and is free for FAC members, as a benefit. For a full schedule of the live music performances on the pavilion, each Thursday evening through August, or for any additional information, call the FAC at 740-446-3834 or visit frenchartcolony.org. Search warrant yields suspected drugs, money Staff Report AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC Courtesy photo CHESHIRE, Ohio — Gallia County Sheriff Matt Champlin reports a search warrant served on a residence in the Village of Cheshire yielded suspected drugs, money and arrests. According to news release from the Champlin, the search warning was conducted Thursday evening at a home on Watson Grove Road. “The search warrant that was conducted this evening is to the credit of the hard work of the Detectives of the Gallia Oxyer Roush County Sheriff’s Office who, over the past several weeks, have conducted controlled purchases of narcotics from this residence,” Champlin stated via the news release. “This evening, illegal narcotics along with the proceeds of the sales of those narcotics were seized during this search. Mathews Champer What our citizens do not get to see is the intricate nature of these investigations and the amount of time and resources which must be allocated to ensure the successful arrest and prosecution of the offenders in these crimes. For this hard work and dedication by our team, I am thankful.” According to the news release, arrested and booked into the Gallia County Jail as a result of the search warrant were: Robert Lee Roush, age 47 of Cheshire, Ohio arrested for Failure to Appear and Trafficking in Drugs; Amanda Mathews, age 40 of Eastman, Georgia, arrested for an outstanding theft warrant; Paula M. Champer, age 43 of Gallipolis, Ohio, arrested for (2) outstanding warrants for failure to appear; See WARRANT | 5 �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Saturday, June 5, 2021 OBITUARIES DOLORES A. (DODA HOWELL) WILL JAMES WILMER WHITE husband Jim, sister POMEROY — Nancy ZimmerDolores A. (Doda Once he made a man, and sons-inHowell) Will James Wilmer horse drawn cart law Dan Cotterill passed away on White, born July and took his nieces Thursday, June 3, and Ed Baer. 2 1923, in Amma, and nephews for Dolores was an 2021 at Ohio State Roane County, a ride in it. One active member of University HospiW.Va., to Dr. of Vetof the boys got the Enterprise and tal in Hospice care erinary Medicine his toe caught in after a brief illness. Dolo- New Beginnings United Edward and wife, the spokes of the Methodist Churches res was born to Marion Lillie Florence wheel and it just about and Edna Dill Howell on where she held many (Short) White. offices and was a longMay 10, 1934 in ColumWilmer’s family moved cut it off. Wilmer’s dad was not too happy about bus. Her childhood days time member of the Mulfrom West Virginia to berry Community Cenwere spent living in Ohio by covered wagon in that. He could handle a ter’s Comfort Club. She Pomeroy and Columbus, July of 1923 when he was was retired from Kroger. graduating from Lindenstill just a newborn baby. gun and had a keen eye, never wasting a bullet. Dolores was known McKinley High School in They crossed the river He would bring in a lot throughout the area for January 1951. on solid ice, according of wild life for the family Dolores married James her story-telling and to Aunt Marie Johnson, infectious laugh. She F. Will on September in Pomeroy. He attended meals. He was a well loved knew so many people and 18, 1953 in Pomeroy at school at Pomeroy and young man by all that I Enterprise E.U.B. Church. their relationships that Chester schools. The knew him. her family considered her Dolores is survived by family moved around to On July 2, 1944, PFC an unofficial Meigs Countheir daughters Becky several different places in ty genealogist/historian. (Mike) VanHoose, MerMeigs County. They lived James Wilmer White Funeral services will ritt Island, Fla.; Brenda on Eagle Ridge and Scout was killed in action and unidentifiable outside be held on Monday, June (Ken) Reed, Waverly; Camp Camp Road and Myitkyina, Burma (now Beverly (Jim) McManus, 7, 2021 at 1 p.m. at the later at Tuppers Plains. Anderson McDaniel Hamden; and son Brian Wilmer was the young- known as Myanmar). He was fighting with the (Suzan) Will, Pomeroy; Funeral Home in Pomeest of twelve sibling. He famed 5307thComposite grandchildren Cynthia roy with Pastor Walt had three brothers, Rev. Unit Provisional — The Goble officiating. Burial (Bryan) Enright, Cara Charles A. (Grace Gill) Merrills Marauders. His will follow in the Mount Walters, Wm. Donovan White, Robert (Hilda Herman Cemetery. Visita(Cubby) Walters, Derek Smith) White and Romey Army Infantry Unit was conferred the Congressio- (Courtney) McManus, tion for family and friends (Audrey) White; eight will be held on Sunday, Christi Will, and Darsisters, Elizabeth “Lizzie” nal Gold Medal by both June 6, 2021 from 5-8 rin Will; several great(Elber) Riebel, LuStella ( Houses of Congress this p.m. at the funeral home. C. Francis) Johnson, Lucy past fall. grandchildren, nieces, He was temporarily In lieu of flowers, dona(Roy) Newell, V. Ethel nephews, cousins and buried in U.S. Military (Myron) Wilber, Della step-grandchildren, step- tions can be made to the Mulberry Community (Willam “Jennings”) Mon- Cemeteries in Burma and great-grandchildren and Center, New Beginnings roe, Ruby (Fred) Bearhs, India. In 1949, one set a step-great-great-grandof remains, designated United Methodist Church Ollie (Lonnie) Christochild. Unknown X-52 Kalaikunor Meigs County Meals pher, and Dorothy (KenDolores was prededa, was still unable to be ceased by her parents, on Wheels. neth “Joe”) Christopher. Wilmer moved to Chilli- identified and was buried in the National Memorial cothe and stayed with his Aunt Lucy and Uncle Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, Roy. He worked for the GALLIA, MEIGS BRIEFS Baltimore and Ohio Rail- in Honolulu, Hawaii. Last year, PFC White was posroad company. He met Editor’s Note: Gallia Meigs Briefs will only list itively identified by forena beautiful young lady event information that is open to the public and will sic evidence, including a at a local shop and fell be printed on a space-available basis. head over heels for her…. DNA comparison from a close living relative. Wilmer married the love Funeral services will be of his life, Mary Frances held at noon, Saturday, Hunt, on Jan. 4, 1943. June 12, 2021, at the They resided on 5th St. Ewing-Schwarzel Funeral in Chillicothe before he GALLIPOLIS — New Life Lutheran Church is Home in Pomeroy, Ohio. headed off to war. hosting a free clothing giveaway and will also be Burial will be in the Growing up in Meigs offering for sale several donated items from 9 a.m to White Cemetery in Long County, Wilmer loved to 5 p.m., Saturday, June 5 in the church parking lot, be outdoors roaming the Bottom, Ohio, where 900 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis. Everyone is welcome. military services will be hillsides and playing in conducted by the Ohio Shade River. He would Army National Guard collect lots of treasures under the direction of on his adventures but Major Patrick Hernandez. his mother would have SYRACUSE — Village-wide yard sale in the VilVisitation will take place to scold him to get rid lage of Syracuse, Saturday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., June 5. Saturday morning from of some of his catches. POMEROY/HARRISONVILLE — The annual 10 a.m. until noon. He would have pots and State Route 143 yard sale will be held on Saturday, At approximately old dish pans, filled with June 5. The sales run along State Route 143 from creek water and his Min- 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, SR 7 (Pomeroy) to SR 32. As part of the yard sales, members of the public nie’s, tadpoles and craw the Country Pioneers 4-H Group will hold a bake are invited to assemble daddies. After a while sale at 36115 SR 143. Columbia Twp. Volunteer Fire some would die and they along Court Street and Department will be serving breakfast and lunch durMain Street in Pomeroy would start to smell. ing the sale. Scipio Twp. Volunteer Fire Department to view the procession Wilmer loved to draw will be serving food from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. as it leaves the Ewingand was a very good artist according to his niece, Schwarzel Funeral Home Marie Johnson. He drew headed to the White Cemetery. The proceslife sized pictures of the sion will be lead by the comic strip characters, ROCKSPRINGS — Meigs Trade Days, located at funeral homes horse Popeye, Olive Oil and the Meigs County Fairgrounds, will take place on drawn hearse and will Wimpy, on his bedroom June 5 and 6 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Handinclude local veterans, walls. He could sit down made items, direct sales, plants, produce, pallet local high school musiand draw your likeness items, flea markt and yard sales. Free admission and cians, a bagpiper, a dove just perfect, she said. parking. Weekend camping is available. Call Tara at According to her Wilmer release and local fire 740-416-5506 or Wendi at 740-416-4015 for more departments. Sheriff could do anything. He information. Keith Wood will provide made things from wood the escort. and repurposed items. IN BRIEF Fisher-Price recalls baby soothers after 4 infant deaths EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Fisher-Price says it is recalling a model of its baby soothers after the deaths of four infants who were placed on their backs unrestrained in the devices and later found on their stomachs. In a joint statement with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Fisher-Price said Friday it is recalling its 4-in-1 Rock ’n Glide Soothers, which are designed to mimic the motion of a baby being rocked in someone’s arms. The fatalities between April 2019 and February 2020 were a 4-month old from Missouri, a 2-month old from Nevada, a 2-month old from Michigan and an 11-week old from Colorado, according to the statement. Fisher-Price, a division of El Segundo, California-based Mattel Inc., is also recalling a similar product, the 2-in-1 Soothe ’n Play Glider, although there were no reported deaths connected to it. “Inclined products, such as gliders, soothers, rockers and swings are not safe for infant sleep, due to the risk of suffocation,” CPSC Acting Chairman Robert Adler said. Cuomo daughter shares queer identity: ‘You are not alone’ ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Michaela Kennedy-Cuomo, the daughter of New York’s governor, used a social media post Thursday to share her queer identity and call for allies to speak up against homophobia. “To those who are contending with the compulsive heterosexuality our society force feeds us and innate attraction beyond cis het folks, please know that you are not alone,” the 23-year-old wrote on Instagram. “Today, I stand in my queer identity with pride, and in memory of those who came before me. I stand indebted to the activists who fought for my right to love and happiness.” Metropolitan Estates, 301 Buck Ridge Rd., Bidwell. Lunch, 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. on Thursdays beginning June 10, and happening every Thursday through Aug. 13. Church hosts clothing giveaway and fundraiser Father’s Day concert Village/Community yard sales MASON, W.Va. — A free Father’s Day concert will be held in Mason, hosted by the Mason Circuit of the United Methodist Church featuring Zack Shelton and the band “64 to Grayson.” It will be held on June 13, 7 p.m., at the Stewart-Johnson V.F.W./Lottie Jenks Memorial Park. In addition, she said Broken Bread Catering will be on-site at 6 p.m. to offer food for purchase. Meigs Trade Days Free meals for Gallia kids SMITH POINT PLEASANT — Charles Lee Smith Jr., 48, of Point Pleasant, died Wednesday, June 2, 2021, at Pleasant Valley Hospital in Point Pleasant. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at the Wilcoxen Funeral Home in Point Pleasant, with Rev. Gig Page officiating. Ohio Valley Publishing BIDWELL — The Southeast Ohio Foodbank & Regional Kitchen is participating in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). Free meals are provided to all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability. Meals will be provided at the site and time as follows: Gallia Bend Area Gospel Jubilee COTTAGEVILLE, W.Va. — The Bend Area Gospel Jubilee is set for June 6 through 12 at the Jackson County Junior Fairgrounds. Over 30 singing groups will be featured at this year’s jubilee. Along with singing, there will be preaching, gift drawings, the auction, and a salute to veterans. The event is held rain or shine, with camping available. There are bleachers for seating, as well as concrete flooring to bring lawn chairs. The jubilee begins Sunday at 2 p.m., with preaching and singing in the dining hall. On Monday, there will be a potluck meal in the dining hall at 5 p.m., followed by preaching and singing at 7 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, singing and preaching will start at 5 p.m. each day under the shelter. The jubilee will end Saturday. The auction will begin at 10 a.m., Salute to Veterans at 4:30 p.m., and singing at 5 p.m. Mayor’s Night Out POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Mayor’s Night Out at Riverfront Park returns for the summer of 2021 on June 11 and continues through Aug. 27. During Mayor’s Night Out, local bands playing different genres will perform free concerts at the Riverfront Park Amphitheater. The performances are from 8-10 p.m. on Friday evenings throughout the summer. Opening the series on June 11 is Brent Patterson playing folk-rock, pop. 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 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 basis and in chronological order. Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@aimmediamidwest.com or GDTnews@aimmediamidwest.com. ence room of the Meigs County Health Dept. New members are welcome. For more information, contact Courtney Midkiff at 740-992-6626 ext. 1028. Card showers Tuesday, June 8 Mabel Halley will be celebrating her 91st birthday on June 10, cards may be sent to 254 Lanes Branch Road, Crown City, OH 45623. GALLIPOLIS — VFW Post #4464 will meet 6 p.m. at the post home on 3rd Ave, all members urged to attend TUPPERS PLAINS — The Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer District board will meet at 7 p.m. at the district office. GALLIPOLIS — The Bossard Memorial Library trustees regular monthly meeting, 5 p.m. at the library. POMEROY — The Meigs County Board of Health meeting will take place at 5 p.m. in the conference room of the Meigs County Health Department, which is located at 112 E. Memorial Drive in Pomeroy, Ohio. A proposed meeting agenda is located at www.meigshealth.com. SUTTON TWP. — The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees of Sutton Township will be held in the Racine Village Hall Council Chambers beginning at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 6 RACINE — Racine American Legion Dinner from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Menu will be fried chicken, fish, homemade noodles, mashed potatoes, green beans, cole slaw, roll, dessert and drink. Monday, June 7 GALLIPOLIS — The American Legion Lafayette Post # 27 will meet at the post home on McCormick Road at 6 p.m. All members are urged to attend. POMEROY — The Meigs County Cancer Initiative, Inc. (MCCI) will meet at 12 p.m. in the confer- �NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing Saturday, June 5, 2021 3 Support group for caregivers Caregivers are a vital part of the healthcare system – they provide loving and essential care to their family or loved one. As part of their role, it is important for caregivers to have a resource to reach out to if they need help and support. Through the Area Agency on Aging District 7 (AAA7), a Caregiver Telephone Support Group is available for the ten core counties the Agency serves which include Adams, Brown, Gallia, Highland, Jackson, Lawrence, Pike, Ross, Scioto and Vinton. The next call will take place on Thursday, June 17 from 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. All family caregivers are welcome and invited to participate. According to a news release from AAA7, each month, the group offers caregivers time to gain and give support with other caregivers and resources, and educational topics related to caregiving. The monthly telephone support group is facilitated by staff with the Caregiver Support Program at the AAA7. The telephone option provides caregivers with the opportunity to learn and gain support from each other without leaving their homes. Caregiving is a loving and giving act, but can bring stress and questions for the one providing care, especially during this time. The Caregiver Telephone Support Group is available for caregivers age 18 and older who are providing assistance for relatives, friends, neighbors, or others; but are unpaid for the services. This also includes grandparents or other relatives raising children. The telephone support group is offered monthly on the third Thursday of each month. If you are interested in learn- ing more about the Telephone Caregiver Support Group at the AAA7 or to register for the next call, please call Vicki Woyan at the AAA7. She can be reached by calling 1-800-582-7277, extension 215, or you can also e-mail info@aaa7.org. In order to receive the conference call information for the call, you must pre-register prior to June 17. The Caregiver Support Program at the AAA7 has been in existence since 2000 and is funded by the federal Older Americans Act. It provides caregivers with services that can help reduce stress, in addition to resources that can aid with providing better care for not only the loved one, but the individual caregiver as well. Caregivers age 18 and over are eligible for the caregiver support program services in addition to grandparents raising grandchildren. ODOT: Weekly construction updates mated road reopening date: Dec. 1. SR 850 resurfacing - One lane of SR 850 is closed between Hidden Valley Road (Township Road 445) and the U.S. 35 west entrance/exit ramps for a resurfacing project. Temporary traffic signals and an 11 foot width restriction are in Gallia County place. Estimated restricSR 7 major rehation end date: June 30. bilitation - A major SR 141 culvert rehabilitation project replacement - One is taking place on SR 7 lane of SR 141 is closed in the Crown City area. between German HolThe concrete pavement low Road (County Road is being replaced with 150) and Loucks Road asphalt, and there will (County Road 132) for be new culverts, catch a culvert replacement basins, guardrail, and project. Temporary trafsignage installed. The fic signals and an 11 foot road is closed between Westbranch Road (Coun- width restriction are in ty Road 162) and Sunny- place. Estimated restricside Drive (County Road tion end date: June 30. SR 141 bridge proj158). ODOT’s detour is SR 7 to SR 218 to SR ect - SR 141 is closed between Dan Jones 553 to SR 7. The truck detour is SR 7 to U.S. 35 Road (County Road 28) south to I-64 west (West and Redbud Hill Road Virginia) to U.S. 52 west (Township Road 462) for a bridge deck replace(re-enter Ohio). EstiThe following construction projects are anticipated to affect highways in Gallia County and Meigs County next week, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation.. All outlined work is weather permitting. ment project. ODOT’s detour is SR 7 to SR 588 to SR 325 to SR 141. Estimated completion: Aug. 23. The rabies virus The Rabies virus is one of the oldest diseases recorded in human history. Rabies is a viral disease of mammals that is most often transmitted through a bite or saliva of a rabid animal. Rabies can infect all warm-blooded mammals but is mostly found in bats, skunks, raccoons, foxes and coyotes. Once infected, the virus travels through the central nervous system eventually working its way to the brain. Unfortunately, once the disease is established, there is no effective treatment and when it reaches the brain, the disease is nearly always Meigs Health fatal. Matters According to the World Health Shauna Organization, over 55,000 people Chapman worldwide die from the Rabies virus every year. While wildlife is more likely to be rabid than domesticated pets, humans have much more contact with domesticated animals therefore prevention is the primary defense against the virus. The availability of vaccines to both animals and humans has led to a steep decline in rabies cases in the United States where there are, on average two to three rabies related human deaths per year. Luckily for most people, the risk of contracting rabies is relatively low. However, there are some situations that can pose a higher risk for the virus. This includes living in an area that is highly populated by bats, traveling to foreign countries, living in a rural area with a greater exposure to wild animals and frequent camping near areas heavily populated by wild animals. As mentioned before, even though the risk is relatively low it is important to take the proper steps if you are bitten or scratched by an animal. Immediately wash the exposed area with soap and running water for up to15 minutes. Flushing the virus particles from the wound will reduce your likelihood of infection. It is also crucial to seek medical attention promptly. Vaccinating domestic animals will help prevent them from acquiring the disease from wildlife which, in turn, greatly reduces the risk to humans. It is important to avoid contact with wild animals and sealing open spaces to prevent bats from entering your living space or other structures near your home. Report any signs of an infected animal or animal bite to your local health department or animal control. Most states require a mandatory 10-day quarantine for the animal. The Meigs County Health Department will be working with the Meigs Veterinary Clinic to hold a Rabies vaccine clinic on Saturday, June 19, 2021 from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. at its offices located at 112 E. Memorial Drive Pomeroy, OH. Vaccines will be available for dogs and cats and will cost $5 each. No appointment is required. For any questions, please contact Steve or Dawn at (740) 992-6626. section and flaggers on the two-lane sections. Estimated completion: July 15. SR 143 bridge replacement - One lane of SR 143 is closed Meigs County between Lee Road SR 124 tree trim(Township Road 168) ming - A tree trimming project is taking place on and Ball Run Road SR 124, between U.S. 33 (Township Road 20A) and Apple Grove Dorcas for a bridge replacement Road (County Road 28). project. Temporary traffic signals and a 10 The road is closed from foot width restriction 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday through Friday. Estimat- are in place. Estimated ed completion: June 11. completion: Nov. 15. SR 681 tree trimU.S. 33/SR 833/SR ming - A tree trimming 124 resurfacing - The project includes U.S. 33 project begins on June 14 on SR 681, between near the intersection U.S. 33 and SR 7. The of Rocksprings Road road will be closed from (County Road 20) and 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday continues east to the SR 7 interchange. From through Friday. Estithere, paving continues mated completion: June Shauna Chapman is a clerical specialist at the Meigs County Health onto SR 833 south/124 30. Department. east to the traffic signal in Pomeroy, where SR 833 and 124 diverge. One 12 foot lane will be maintained at all times !$674'$:��70(� �� � �;�!$.(�",/(���� ��$/ using construction bar� �!6� 6� ����$-��,..����� � �� rels on the four-lane ��(69((0��$-��,..�$0'��(06(48,..(� Mauch Public Auction �90(4���17,5(��$7&+ Senate budget plan would end Ohio day care quality mandate COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio agencies providing publicly funded day care would no longer have to achieve a quality of care rating to be listed in the state system, under Senate Republicans’ version of the upcoming state budget. The process of meeting the state’s Step Up to Quality five star rating system is leading to a decrease in providers capable of offering day care, Senate President Matt Huffman, a Lima Republican, said earlier this week. The mandate “frankly has eliminated child care opportunities for low-income people, and people who are trying to stay at work or find jobs,” Huffman said Tuesday. Huffman’s home county of Allen has lost child care providers because of the regulations put on day cares to qualify for public funding, said Joe Patton, director of Allen County Job and Family Services. “In losing these child care providers, we’ve lost the opportunity to move our people on public assistance into work,” Patton said. He said minority residents seeking child care and day cares operated by them are being disproportionately hurt. To help increase access to day care, Huffman said the Senate plan raises the eligibility level for poor families from those making 130% of the federal poverty level to 142%. The Senate measure also increases spending on publicly funded day care by $20 million over two years. The proposal to eliminate the quality mandate stunned advocates for the public funding. They say meeting the regulations is not as burdensome as it’s being described, and reducing quality standards hurts the same minority residents who can’t afford unsubsidized day care. They also criticize a Senate proposal to bar federal pandemic aid dollars from going toward assisting child care staff or administrators, or helping centers improve their quality ratings. “This proposal fails to give families the quality child care they need to work and the enriching early experiences that children need to succeed, all while undercutting the classroom teachers who are the unsung heroes of our fragile system,” Lynanne Gutierrez, assistant director at Groundwork Ohio, an early education advocacy group, told Senate lawmakers Thursday. The full Senate expects to approve its budget proposal soon, and then must align the two-year, $75 billion measure with the House version before July 1. Also this week, mayors expressed concern that a budget proposal to address taxation of workers forced out of their offices by the pandemic could cost cities millions in the future. The proposal would extend a bill approved by lawmakers last year that treats income earned by an employee working remotely as equivalent to income earned at the employee’s principal place of employment. At the time, the goal was to create a stable tax environment for municipalities, and also to help employers by not requiring them to withhold taxes for employees working in a variety of places. The Senate version of the state’s upcoming two-year budget extends this rule through the end of the year. But it would also allow employees still working remotely to retroactively apply for income tax refunds from their employers. Workers whose home offices are in communities with lower tax rates than their regular office could benefit, especially workers who live in unincorporated areas without income taxes like townships. 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Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther named Bryant, as the new chief of the Columbus Division of Police — making good on a promise by the mayor of Ohio’s capital and largest city to choose a candidate from outside the 1,900-officer agency for the first time in department history. “I have faced many obstacles in my journey, some because of my gender and some because of my race,” Bryant said in her first time speaking as chief. “I’ve never let these obstacles stand in my way.” The announcement followed months of turmoil within the department amid a series of highprofile fatal police shootings of Black men and children. “At this time in Columbus, it’s tough to imagine a more important decision than this,” Public Safety Director Ned Pettus Jr. said. “Our next chief of police will lead a force full of exceptionally talented and dedicated professionals.” He added,” She will also take on some of the most urgent problems facing law enforcement across America.” Some of those problems Bryant already faced as deputy chief with the Detroit police department, where she held several positions since 2000, including commander over the agency’s major crimes unit. In her application, she promoted her skills in several areas, “including community relations, emergency preparedness, strong administrative background, investigative and proactive policing.” “We need a police chief who is committed to change. We need a leader with extensive experience in law enforcement, as well as sound judgment, empathy, and a com- Report: Inmate’s death at Ohio prison ruled a homicide ORIENT, Ohio (AP) — The death of an inmate who died in his cell at an Ohio prison earlier this year has been ruled a homicide. Michael McDaniel, 55, died Feb. 6 after he became combative and injured two guards who had tried to remove him from his cell at the Correctional Reception Center in Orient, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction stated at the time. McDaniel declined medical attention, according to officials, but later collapsed and was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The guards were treated for their injuries and released. The Columbus Dispatch, citing an autopsy it obtained through a public records request, reported that the Franklin County Coroner’s office said the manner of McDaniel’s death was homicide and ruled the cause of death was “stress induced sudden cardiac death.” The autopsy details blunt force injuries to his head, face, shoulders, wrists, hands, knees, feet, toes and abdomen. McDaniel, who received CPR, also had multiple rib fractures, and the coroner found evidence of heart disease. Online prison records show McDaniel was serving a six-month prison sentence for aggravated assault. He was admitted to prison on Jan. 26, about two weeks before his death, according to state prison records. His death is still under investigation by the Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. The DRC expects to conclude its inquiry in the next few weeks, the newspaper reported. Twelve weeks after McDaniel’s death, the DRC placed three employees — Lt. Bruce Brown and corrections officers Heath Causey and Kristy Judd — on paid administrative leave, the newspaper reported. A fourth employee, officer Sarah Cline, remains off work “due to the injuries she sustained during the incident,” DRC Communications Chief JoEllen Smith told the newspaper. mitment to community policing,” Ginther said during a press conference Wednesday. “We have found all of this in Elaine Bryant.” But while Bryant’s selection will make history within the force, she made it clear that addressing systemic racism within policing is not her only priority upon starting the job. “A lot of people make the assumption that because you are a minority that you’re just going to strictly address minorities,” Bryant told reporters. “No, this is about inclusion. It’s about equity for everyone. Everybody has a place at this table.” The selection had come down to Bryant and finalists Avery Moore, an assistant Dallas police chief, and Ivonne Roman, the former chief of the Newark, New Jersey, police department. Roman tweeted her congratulations Tuesday to Bryant. “Sending a BIG CONGRATS to Detroit’s Deputy Chief Elaine Bryant on being selected as the next Columbus, OH Police Chief. She was stellar during the town hall and the residents of Columbus are lucky to have her,” she tweeted. In addition, Moore told WTTE-TV and The Columbus Dispatch he was not selected. “I was disappointed,” Moore told the Dispatch. “I had hoped to have the opportunity, but I’m very busy in Dallas and I’ve got to keep working.” Ginther has been adamant that the new chief come from outside the department, saying that was the only way to enact the kind of broad, cultural changes he was seeking in the agency. As part of the selection process, Columbus also created a first-ever assistant chief post to allow the next chief to bring his or her own team. Ginther has said candidates wanted that ability to allow them to put their own plans in place. In January, Ginther forced out the man he selected for the job in 2019 — Chief Thomas Quinlan, a veteran Columbus officer — saying he’d lost confidence in Quinlan’s ability to make needed changes. The announcement comes at a time of historic reckoning for the department. Ginther and other officials invited the Justice Department in April to review the agency for deficiencies and racial disparities in several areas. The department is also under scrutiny for recent fatal shootings of Black people by white officers, including the death of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant on April 20. Earlier this month, the city agreed to pay $10 million to the family of Andre Hill, a 47-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by former Officer Adam Coy as Hill walked out of a garage holding a cell phone. It’s the largest civil settle- ment in Columbus history. Coy, who is white, was fired after the shooting and has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and reckless homicide in the Dec. 22 death of Hill. Also this month, a federal judge ordered the city to alter the way it responds to mass protests, saying officers ran “amok” during protests over racial injustice and police brutality last summer. The union representing Columbus officers has criticized what it calls politicians’ “constantly vilifying officers.” The Columbus agency — like many big-city departments — is juggling calls for internal change even as it battles a spike in gun violence. Columbus saw a record 174 homicides in 2020 and as of mid-May had recorded 74 so far this year, a figure not reached until late July of last year. troops battled hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters who tried to burst across Syria’s frontier with the Golan Heights, killing a reported 20 people. Rafael Nadal won his record-equaling sixth French Open title, beating Roger Federer 7-5, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-1. Five years ago: Hillary Clinton overwhelmed Bernie Sanders in Puerto Rico’s Democratic presidential primary, putting her within striking distance of capturing her party’s nomination. David Gilkey, a veteran news photographer and video editor for National Public Radio, and an Afghan journalist, Zabihullah Tamanna, were killed in an insurgent ambush while on assignment. Novak Djokovic (NOH’vak JOH’-kuh-vich) became the first man in nearly a half-century to win four consecutive major championships and finally earned an elusive French Open title to complete a career Grand Slam, beating Andy Murray 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4. One year ago: Minneapolis banned chokeholds by police, the first of many changes in police practices to be announced in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death; officers would also now be required to intervene any time they saw unauthorized force by another officer. An op-ed in The Washington Post, signed by 89 former defense officials, accused President Donald Trump of using the U.S. military to undermine the rights of Americans protesting police brutality. City workers and volunteers painted “Black Lives Matter” in enormous yellow letters for two blocks on the street leading to the White House in a sign of local leaders’ embrace of the protest movement. The World Health Orga- nization broadened its recommendations for the use of masks during the pandemic. With results tabulated from several primaries earlier in the week, Joe Biden formally clinched the Democratic presidential nomination. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league had been wrong for not listening to players fighting for racial equality. Today’s Birthdays: Actor-singer Bill Hayes is 96. Broadcast journalist Bill Moyers is 87. Former Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark is 82. Author Dame Margaret Drabble is 82. Country singer Don Reid (The Statler Brothers) is 76. Rock musician Freddie Stone (AKA Freddie Stewart) (Sly and the Family Stone) is 74. Rock singer Laurie Anderson is 74. Country singer Gail Davies is 73. Author Ken Follett is 72. Financial guru Suze Orman is 70. Rock musician Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden) is 69. Jazz musician Peter Erskine is 67. Jazz musician Kenny G is 65. Rock singer Richard Butler (Psychedelic Furs) is 65. Actor Beth Hall is 63. Actor Jeff Garlin is 59. Actor Karen Sillas is 58. Actor Ron Livingston is 54. Singer Brian McKnight is 52. Rock musician Claus Norreen (Aqua) is 51. Actor Mark Wahlberg is 50. Actor Chad Allen is 47. Rock musician P-Nut (311) is 47. Actor Navi Rawat (ROH’-waht) is 44. Actor Liza Weil is 44. Rock musician Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy) is 42. Rock musician Seb Lefebvre (Simple Plan) is 40. Actor Chelsey Crisp is 38. Actor Amanda Crew is 35. Electronic musician Harrison Mills (Odesza) is 32. Musician/ songwriter/producer DJ Mustard is 31. Actor Sophie Lowe is 31. Actor Hank Greenspan is 11. proposal go forward, the city could suffer “massive revenue declines,” according to the Ohio Mayors Alliance. But more than big cities would be affected, the alliance argues. Dublin in suburban Columbus— a traditionally well-off community—could see a net revenue reduction of about $25 million, the alliance said. “Considering the extremely high workfrom-home rates in 2020, and in the early months of 2021, the potential fiscal impacts of refunds for these two years could be significant,” Keary McCarthy, the alliance executive director, told the Senate Finance Committee Thursday. TODAY IN HISTORY first concert of their first U.S. tour at Swing Today is Saturday, June Auditorium in San Ber5, the 156th day of 2021. nardino, California. In 1968, Sen. Robert There are 209 days left in F. Kennedy was shot and the year. mortally wounded after Today’s Highlight in History claiming victory in California’s Democratic presiOn June 5, 1967, war dential primary at the erupted in the Middle Ambassador Hotel in Los East as Israel, anticipatAngeles; assassin Sirhan ing a possible attack Bishara Sirhan was arrestby its Arab neighbors, ed at the scene. launched a series of preIn 1981, the Centers for emptive airfield strikes that destroyed nearly the Disease Control reported entire Egyptian air force; that five homosexuals in Los Angeles had come Syria, Jordan and Iraq down with a rare kind of immediately entered the pneumonia; they were the conflict. first recognized cases of what later became known On this date as AIDS. In 1794, Congress In 1999, jazz and pop passed the Neutrality singer Mel Torme died in Act, which prohibited Los Angeles at age 73. Americans from takIn 2002, 14-year-old ing part in any military Elizabeth Smart was action against a country that was at peace with the abducted from her Salt Lake City home. (Smart United States. was found alive by police In 1912, U.S. Marines in a Salt Lake suburb in landed in Cuba at the March 2003. One kidnaporder of President Wilper, Brian David Mitchell, liam Howard Taft to ensure order and protect is serving a prison sentence; the other, Wanda U.S. interests. Barzee, was released in In 1917, about 10 September, 2018.) million American men In 2004, Ronald Wilbetween the ages of 21 and 31 began registering son Reagan, the 40th president of the United for the draft in World States, died in Los AngeWar I. les at age 93 after a long In 1950, the U.S. struggle with Alzheimer’s Supreme Court, in Hendisease. derson v. United States, In 2006, more than struck down racially seg50 National Guardsmen regated railroad dining from Utah became the cars. first unit to work along In 1964, The Rolling the U.S.-Mexico border Stones performed the as part of President George W. Bush’s crackdown on illegal immigration. In 2013, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians, many of them sleeping women and children, pleaded guilty to murder at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, to avoid the death penalty; he was sentenced to life in prison. Ten years ago: Israeli The Associated Press 304-373-1521 | WVUMedicine.org/Jackson Jackson Premier Health 146 Pinnell Street, Ripley WV, 25271 Budget From page 3 In Akron, the city collected about $142 million in employee withholdings in 2019, with two of every three of those employees working in the city but living outside. Should the Senate �NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing IN BRIEF Chess legend Kasparov speaks out against Putin BUCHAREST (AP) — Russian chess legend Garry Kasparov strongly criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday, calling him a “dictator” who heads a “false political system.” The former multiple world champion — arguably one of the all-time greats of the game — is a vocal critic of the Russian president and has been arrested in the past following activism against him. “I do not know what President Putin is doing, I know about the Russian dictator — if you call him president, you give him more credibility in the false political system used in Russia,” Kasparov said at the inauguration of a chess tournament in Bucharest. Biden taps groups to help pick asylum-seekers SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration has quietly tasked six humanitarian groups with recommending which migrants should be allowed into the United States to pursue asylum as it faces mounting pressure to lift public health rules that have barred people from seeking protection. The consortium of groups is determining who is most vulnerable out of those waiting in Mexico to get into the U.S., and the criteria they are using has not been made public. It comes as large numbers of migrants are crossing the southern border and the government has been rapidly expelling them from the country under a public health order instituted by former President Donald Trump and kept in place by President Joe Biden during the coronavirus pandemic. Matthew D. Oxyer, age 46 of Point Pleasant, W.Va., arrested for (3) outstanding warrants for failure to appear. “Though these individuals have been initially taken into custody mostly for active arrest warrants, several have been a focus of this ongoing investigation and additional charges are expected to be forthcoming on them, as well as other individuals, once we conclude this investigation and the case is presented to Prosecuting Attorney Jason Holdren’s Office,” Champlin stated. “I would like to thank our citizens who continue to provide us with tips and information which help us to identify crimes occurring and bolster ongoing investigations. If any one has any information that they would like to provide, they can do so by calling our anonymous tip line at 740-446-6555.” From page 1 hospitalizations since April 2020. Age ranges for the 1,523 Meigs County cases, as of Friday, were as follows: 0-9 — 59 cases 10-19 — 145 cases (1 new case, 1 hospitalization) 20-29 — 218 cases (1 hospitalization) 30-39 — 186 cases (1 new case, 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) 80-89 — 65 cases (11 hospitalizations, 16 deaths) 90-99 — 29 cases (6 hospitalizations, 3 deaths) 100-109 — 2 cases (1 hospitalization) Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines are now available for free by appointment, Monday through Friday at the Meigs County Health Department. To make an appointment by internet go to, www.meigs-health. com or call 740-992-6626 for assistance. A schedule for the upcoming Covid19 vaccination clinics is available for review. To date, the Meigs County Health Department has administered 2,557 doses of Moderna vaccine, 1,809 doses of Pfizer vaccine and 203 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine for a total of 4,569 vaccines administered. By Linda A. Johnson AP Medical Writer Regulators on Friday said a new version of a popular diabetes medicine could be sold as a weight-loss drug in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration approved Wegovy, a higher-dose version of Novo Nordisk’s diabetes drug semaglutide, for long-term weight management. In company-funded studies, participants taking Wegovy had average weight loss of 15%, about 34 pounds (15.3 kilograms). Participants lost weight steadily for 14 months before plateauing. In a comparison group getting dummy shots, the average weight loss was about 2.5%, or just under 6 pounds. “With existing drugs, you’re going to get maybe 5% to 10% weight reduction, sometimes not even that,” said Dr. Harold Bays, 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 Friday, the same number for a week. Of those, 1,979 are confirmed cases and 58 are probable cases. DHHR has reported 37 deaths in Mason County. 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) On Friday, Mason County was designated as “green” on the West Virginia County Alert System map. Mason County’s latest infection rate was 0.00 on Friday with a 0.00 percent positivity rate. Surrounding counties are green and gold. Ohio ODH reported a 24-hour change of 621 new cases on Friday (21-day average of 697), bringing Ohio’s overall case count since the beginning of the pandemic to 1,104,001 cases. There were 85 new hospitalizations medical director of the Louisville Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center. Bays, who is also the Obesity Medicine Association’s chief science officer, helped run studies of the drug. In the U.S., more than 100 million adults — about 1 in 3 — are obese. Dropping even 5% of one’s weight can bring health benefits, such as improved energy, blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol levels, but that amount often doesn’t satisfy patients who are focused on weight loss, Bays said. Bays said Wegovy appears far safer than earlier obesity drugs that “have gone down in flames” over safety problems. Wegovy’s most common side effects were gastrointestinal problems, including nausea, diarrhea and vomiting. Those usually subsided, but led about 5% of study participants to stop taking it. GALLIA, MEIGS BRIEFS Carleton College Scholarship applications SYRACUSE — Applications for the 2021-22 Carleton College Scholarships for higher education are available for legal residents of the Village of Syracuse. Applications can be picked up from Gordon Fisher at 1402 Dusky Street in Syracuse. Applications must be returned by July 1, 2021. Legal residents of Syracuse can qualify for the scholarship awards for a maximum of two years. GALLIA COUNTY — A bridge deck replacement project began 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 (21-day average of 75) and six new ICU admissions (21-day average of 10). On Friday, 57 deaths were reported, with a 21-day average of 22 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 54.9 on Thursday, down from 82.3 the previous week. This number is updated each Thursday. As of Tuesday, a total of 5,353,633 first doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Ohio, which is 45.80 percent of the population. A total of 4,715,821 people, 40.34 percent of the population, are fully vaccinated. Scheduling a vaccine in Ohio can be completed on the website gettheshot.coronavirus.ohio.gov or for 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. 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. assistance in scheduling call 833-4-ASK-ODH (833-427-5634). West Virginia As of the 10 a.m. update on Friday, DHHR is reporting a total of 162,232 cases with 2,813 deaths. There was an increase of 121 cases in 24 hours and six new deaths. The daily positivity rate in the state was 2.15 percent. There are 3,889 currently active cases in the state. DHHR recently report- ed 920,178 first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to residents of West Virginia. So far, 742,582 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. 75 YEARS EXPERIENCE 20,000 SURGERIES 3 AWARD WINNING DOCTORS 1 AREA TEAM FROM SHOULDERS TO HIPS TO KNEES, THE AREA’S MOST EXPERIENCED TEAM IN JOINT REPLACEMENT SURGERY IS ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS. Camden Clark’s award-winning joint replacement team—backed by West Virginia’s most trusted name in medicine. Visit camdenclark.org. OH-70239288 From page 1 COVID-19 FDA approves obesity drug Road closures, construction Warrant Saturday, June 5, 2021 5 �NEWS 6 Saturday, June 5, 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing The ‘OVP COVID Update’ — the end of an era state. Those 2 p.m. This week news conferences marks a milebecame a routine, stone in what has with the state’s been a trying last COVID-19 dash15 months for so board also updatmany, including ing each day at that those of us in the time. world of local Sarah Following those journalism. Hawley updates came the Friday, June 4 Staff task of updating is to be the final columnist our article which “regular COVIDwould appear the 19 update” from next day in our print the Meigs County Health Department and editions and online. Trytherefore will be the end ing our best to update with what was said that of something that has day and the latest numconsumed nearly the bers. past 15 months of my On July 1, 2020, we work days. published the first chart Whether it was news of cases. In those charts, conferences from Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Gallia County had 14 cases, Mason County or Dr. Amy Acton, or had 18 cases and Meigs similar news conferences from West Virginia County had 11 cases. Governor Jim Justice or Today, that chart, in even federal government Gallia County alone includes nearly 2,400 officials, it was safe cases. to say that days were That little chart of spent trying to listen to, information that you decipher and bring you — our readers — along would see each day in our three newspapers with ourselves and our as part of the COVID families the most up to date information on the update was something that myself, Kayla DunCOVID-19 pandemic. ham and Beth Sergent For me, 2 p.m. each would spend time updatafternoon was “DeWing, checking and triple ine time.” This was an hour (sometimes more) checking the numbers to make sure things were dedicated to listening correct. to the latest from the Some days that OCD state of Ohio on the would kick in when pandemic which first the cases were shuffled seemed to not really impact our corner of the from one age group to the other by ODH or WVDHHR as they worked to correct their case data. Nevertheless, we continued to update those charts to show you exactly what was going on with COVID-19 in your county and the tri-county region. Data corrections at the state level also led to some decreases in COVID-19 deaths or even recovered cases, which would lead to unexpected and briefly unexplained changes in the data. As we conclude the “daily COVID updates” know that it has been a long journey. As of June 4, 2021, Gallia County has reported 2,396 cases, Mason County 2,037 cases and Meigs County 1,523 cases. To compare on June 4, 2020, Mason County had only 15 cases, Gallia eight and Meigs six. Meigs County was even one of the final few on my COVID-19 county map to be colored in. (Yes, I had a color coded map in the beginning. Trust me it left a long time ago — after Vinton County was declared the last-man standing). As COVID cases dwindle and the updates become much fewer, we are still here to bring you the news that Sarah Hawley | OVP This map, with its handwritten notes, used by Ohio Valley Publishing from April 7, 2020, shows the final few counties without a confirmed COVID-19 case. impacts the region and your daily lives, just US intel report: No evidence of aliens, but ... By Robert Burns and Nomaan Merchant Associated Press WASHINGTON — Whatever or whoever they are, they’re still out there. U.S. intelligence is after them, but its upcoming report won’t deliver any full or final truth about UFOs. The tantalizing prospect of top government intel finally weighing in — after decades of conspiracy theories, TV shows, movies and winking jokes by presidents — will instead yield a more mundane reality that’s not likely to change many minds on any side of the issue. Investigators have found no evidence the sightings are linked to aliens — but can’t deny a link either. Two officials briefed on the report due to Congress later this month say the U.S. government cannot give a definitive explanation of aerial phenomena spotted by military pilots. The report also doesn’t rule out that what pilots have seen may be new technologies developed by other countries. One of the officials said there is no indication the unexplained phenomena are from secret U.S. programs. The officials were not authorized to discuss the information publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. Findings of the report were first published by The New York Times. The report examines multiple unexplained sightings from recent years that in some cases have been captured on video of pilots exclaiming about objects flying in front of them. Congress in December required the Director of National Intelligence to summarize and report on the U.S. government’s knowledge of unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs — better known to the public as unidentified flying objects or UFOs. hopefully not regarding a pandemic. Sarah Hawley is managing editor of The Daily Sentinel. “They shouldn’t be allowed to get away with this censoring and silencing, and ultimately, we will win. Our Country can’t take this abuse anymore!” — Ex-President Donald Trump, in a news release Facebook suspends Trump for 2 years, then will reassess By Barbara Ortutay Social platforms like Facebook and Twitter have become indispensable tools for politicians Facebook announced Friday that former Presi- to get their messages out and to raise smalldent Donald Trump’s accounts will be suspend- dollar donations. Withed for two years, freezing out the megaphone of his presence on the social Twitter and the targeted network until early 2023 fundraising appeals his campaign mastered on following a finding that Facebook, Trump could Trump stoked violence be at a serious disadahead of the deadly Jan. vantage relative to other 6 insurrection at the politicians. Capitol. Trump has teased runAt the end of the ning for president again suspension, the company will assess whether in 2024. His aides say that he has been workTrump’s “risk to public ing on launching his safety” has subsided, own social media platNick Clegg, Facebook’s form to compete with vice president of global those that have booted affairs, wrote in a blog him, but one has yet to post. He said Facebook materialize. A blog he will take into account launched on his existing “external factors” such website earlier this year as instances of violence, was shut down after less restrictions on peaceful assembly and other mark- than a month. It attracted dismal traffic. ers of civil unrest. On Facebook, Trump’s Facebook also suspension means that announced that it would his account is essentially end a contentious policy that automatically frozen. Others can read exempted politicians from and comment on past rules banning hate speech posts, but Trump and other account handlers and abuse, and that it are unable to post new would stiffen penalties material. Twitter, by for public figures during contrast, has permanenttimes of civil unrest and ly banned Trump from violence. its service and no trace The former president of his account remains. called Facebook’s deciIn a color-coded sion on the suspension chart on its blog post “an insult.” The twoyear ban replaced a pre- Friday, the company vious ruling that ordered said public figures who Trump to be suspended violate policies during times of crisis can be indefinitely. restricted from posting “They shouldn’t be for a month (yellow) allowed to get away or as long as two years with this censoring (red). Future violations, and silencing, and ultimately, we will win. Our it said, will be met with “heightened penalties, Country can’t take this abuse anymore!” Trump up to and including permanent removal.” said in a news release. AP Technology Writer Department of Defense via AP This image from video shot in 2015 shows an unexplained object at center as it soars high along the clouds, traveling against the wind. “There’s a whole fleet of them,” one naval aviator tells another, though only one indistinct object is shown. “It’s rotating.” The U.S. government has been taking a hard look at unidentified flying objects, under orders from Congress, and a report summarizing what officials know is expected this month. The effort has included a Defense Department UAP task force established last year. The expected public release of an unclassified version of the report this month will amount to a status report, not the final word, according to one official. A Pentagon spokeswoman, Sue Gough, declined Friday to comment on news stories about the intelligence report. She said the Pentagon’s UAP task force is “actively working with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on the report, and DNI will provide the findings to Congress.” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, when asked about the report, said of the question at first, “It’s always a little wacky on Fridays.” But she added, “I will say that we take reports of incursions into our airspace by any aircraft — identified or uniden- tified — very seriously and investigate each one.” The Pentagon and Central Intelligence Agency have for decades looked into reports of aircraft or other objects in the sky flying at inexplicable speeds or trajectories. The U.S. government takes unidentified aerial phenomena seriously given the potential national security risk of an adversary flying novel technology over a military base or another sensitive site, or the prospect of a Russian or Chinese development exceeding current U.S. capabilities. This also is seen by the U.S. military as a security and safety issue, given that in many cases the pilots who reported seeing unexplained aerial phenomena were conducting combat training flights. The report’s lack of firm conclusions will likely disappoint people anticipating the report, given many Americans’ long-standing fascination with UFOs and the prospect of aliens having reached humankind. A recent story on CBS’ “60 Minutes” further bolstered interest in the government report. But skeptics caution that the videos and reported sightings have plausible Earth-bound explanations. Mick West, an author, investigator, and longtime skeptic of UFO sightings, said he supported the military looking into any possible incursion of U.S. airspace, especially by an adversary. “People are conflating this issue with the idea that these UFOs demonstrate amazing physics and possibly even aliens,” West said. “The idea that this is some kind of secret warp drive or it’s defying physics as we know it, there really isn’t any good evidence for that.” �NEWS/CLASSIFIEDS Ohio Valley Publishing Saturday, June 5, 2021 7 Biden says jobs report bolsters case for government spending By Josh Boak sustain faster growth, instead of creating inflation and imbalances that could jeopardize public support for his plans President Joe Biden porto invest at least another $3 trayed the May jobs report as trillion in roads, clean energy, a jumping off point for more spending on infrastructure and children and schools. The report suggested that education to keep growth going — essentially an argument for not enough people are seeking work, a possible problem for a his agenda. But the employpresident who is hoping that ment numbers issued Friday also hinted at the possible lim- his rescue package will put the country back at full employits of how much government ment by 2022. While Biden aid can be pumped into the viewed the jobs figures as a world’s largest economy. full-speed-ahead argument for “We’re on the right track,” his agenda, several economists Biden said. “Our plan is working. And we’re not going to let were urging a degree of caution up now. We’re going to contin- to see whether more Americans will start looking for jobs ue to move on. I’m extremely after the steep losses caused by optimistic.” The May jobs report showed the coronavirus pandemic. Republicans, for their part, the complexity of restarting found ways to turn the jobs the economy after a pandemic report into an argument against shutdown and the mixed sigBiden’s plans to finance more nals that can result when an unprecedented surge of govern- government programs through tax increases on the wealthy ment spending flows through and corporations. Their conthe economy. Biden can congratulate his administration on cern is that generous unemployment benefits have pre559,000 jobs being added and a 5.8% unemployment rate, yet vented people from accepting the hiring was lower than what jobs and that the government aid — much of it still forthcommany economists expected ing — will fuel inflation. after his $1.9 trillion relief Texas Rep. Kevin Brady, the package. top Republican on the House Biden’s challenge is to Ways & Means Committee, convince Americans that his administration’s relief efforts to said Biden should divert more date have done well enough to of the COVID-19 relief money Associated Press to infrastructure. “If we want to help families build their lives and rebuild the U.S. economy for the long term, it’s time for the emergency spending and the endless government checks to end,” Brady told Fox Business. The big red flag in the jobs report was that the labor force participation rate ticked down to 61.6%. Despite the government spending, it’s essentially unchanged from where it was last summer and down from 63.3% before the coronavirus struck 14 months ago. The lower participation rate means that a healing economy is not encouraging enough people to find work. For some economists, it’s evidence that Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief package was likely excessive. The government spending has so far generated more demand for workers and goods than the economy could produce, possibly vindicating some Republican criticisms. “We have a general sense of what’s going on at this point: We are not able to create the jobs fast enough relative to the demand we’re infusing into the economy,” said Marc Goldwein, senior vice president for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Goldwein and other econo- mists said they believe that Biden’s aid package helped the economy, though the same results might have been achieved for less money. There is also the possibility that the relief package’s expanded unemployment benefits propped up consumer spending and that forthcoming state and local government aid kept workers on payrolls — all of which could have helped boost the jobs totals. Harvard University professor Jason Furman, a former chief economist in the Obama White House, said it was surprising that the participation rate fell in a month when vaccinations were advancing, COVID-19 infections were declining, job openings were up and wages were rising. Because demand for workers is greater than their current supply, the silver lining for Biden is a sharp jump in average hourly earnings. That’s a clear benefit to working Americans that can be sold on the campaign trail, but the risk of wages rising too quickly is levels of inflation that could choke off growth. Furman urged patience in a recent paper, arguing that the demand for workers will most plausibly lead to an increased supply of people seeking jobs. “In the interim there would be more price inflation, but over time it would be offset by an economy that returns to something that could even be better than its pre-pandemic path,” he wrote in a paper with Wilson Powell III for the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Biden acknowledged the difficulty of reviving the economy after the shutdowns tied to the pandemic, noting that it was not as simple as flicking a light switch. One of the major problems is supply bottlenecks for computer chips, used cars and an array of raw materials that can cause higher prices. Those supply bottlenecks in the short term are raising prices and could make it costlier to fund infrastructure projects. 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Carleton and Juli Durst. Eastern — co-champion of Southern and South Galthe TVC Hocking at 10-2 —had seven players chosen, with EHS lia tied for fourth in the TVC Hocking with 4-8 records, earnhead coach Bryan Durst winning Coach of the Year honors ing three and two all-league and Lady Eagles senior pitcher choices respectively. All-3 Lady Tornadoes, and shortstop Tessa Rockhold picking up the Defensive Most freshmen Lexi Smith and Kassidy Chaney, and junior Kayla Valuable Player award. Evans, are first-time choices. Rockhold, who was also an Representing the Lady Reball-league selection as a fresh- ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Eastern senior Tessa Rockhold pitches, during the Lady Eagles’ April 23 game against Trimble in Tuppers Plains, Ohio. els for a second time on the all-league list is junior Lalla Hurlow. Joining Hurlow is a first-time choice, junior Jessie Rutt. Waterford — which shared the league crown with the Lady Eagles — picked up the other special award in the TVC Hocking, with junior Cara Taylor as Offensive Player of the Year. River Valley was third in the TVC Ohio and claimed four spots, with juniors Brooklyn Sizemore and Grace Hash representing the Lady Raiders for a second season in a row. Firsttime all-league choices for the Silver and Black were senior Malerie Stanley and sophomore See TEAMS | 10 Wahama, Hannan both headed to state meet By Bryan Walters bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Mason County will have 14 athletes competing in a combined 13 state events next weekend following the conclusion of the 2021 Class A Region IV track and field championships held Wednesday night at Parkersburg South High School. Both Wahama and Hannan will be represented at the state tournament next weekend at Laidley Field, a first for the two programs simultaneously since the 2009 campaign. Wahama had nine boys qualify in eight separate events, while the girls landed four individuals in four different events. Hannan also secured its first state qualifier in a single event since Travis Bowman accomplished the feat in both the long jump and the high jump back in 2009. Freshman Miranda Smith earned the honors for the Lady Wildcats after placing third in the 400m dash with a time of 1:15.99. Smith accounted for half of the HHS points scored as the Lady Cats were ninth out of nine teams with 12 points. Buffalo won the Region IV girls title with 140 points, with Sherman placing second with 115 points. Wahama ended up seventh overall with 34 points. Abbie Lieving captured a pair of Region IV crowns in the high jump (4-10) and long jump (15-10.75) events, while Lacey Neal scored a third place finish in the 100m dash (13.73) to secure a spot at state. The quartet of Lieving, Neal, Olivia Brooks and Michaela Hieronymous also advanced in the 4x100m relay with a runner-up finish of 56.35 seconds. Buffalo (183) and Sherman (98) again finished 1-2 in the boys meet, with Wahama placing fourth out of eight scoring teams with 76 points. Hannan did not score a point in the boys competition. Rowen Gerlach claimed a pair of Region IV titles in the shot put (42-3) and discus (121-9) events, while Josiah Lloyd won the 1600m run with a mark of 4:59.56. Lloyd also secured his crown by four one-hundreths of a second over the runner-up placer. Ryker Humphreys was second in the 110m hurdles (19.37) and Josh Frye was the 400m dash runner-up with a time of 55.68 seconds. The 4x110m shuttle hurdles relay squad of Humphreys, Lloyd, Rocky Kearns and Josh Roque posted a winning time of 1:11.70. Lloyd, Humphreys, Frye and Jackson Young were second in the 4x400m relay (4:02.06), while Kearns, Young, Owen Richardson and William Jackson earned an at-large bid in the 4x800m relay with a fourth place time of 10:00.41. The 2021 WVSSAC Class A track and field championships will be held Wednesday through Saturday at Laidley Field on the campus of the University of Charleston. Visit runwv.com for complete results of the Class A Region IV championships held Wednesday at Parkersburg South High School. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Monday, June 7 1 final, TBA Baseball Class A Region IV, Section 2 final at Wahama, TBA Point Pleasant Class AA Region IV, Section Softball Class A Region IV, Section 2 final at Wahama, TBA Class A Region IV, Section 1 final, TBA Photos by Alex Hawley | OVP Sports River Valley head coach Bobby Jeffers (left) congratulates Isiah Harkins (right) on a game-tying RBI single, during the Raiders’ 2-1 win over Vinton County on May 5 in Bidwell, Ohio. All-TVC baseball teams released By Alex Hawley ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com A total of 20 players and one coach from the Ohio Valley Publishing area received all-league honors on the 2021 TriValley Conference baseball team, as selected by the coaches within the Ohio and Hocking Divisions. Meigs — TVC Ohio champion at 11-1 in the league — had four selections including Defensive Most Valuable Player Ethan Stewart, a sophomore pitcher and catcher. Also on the list for the Marauders are senior Alex Pierce and Wyatt Hoover, as well as junior Andrew Dodson. All-4 Marauders are first time all-league choices. River Valley — third in the TVC Ohio at 7-5 — had five players selected, with Raiders skipper Bobby Jeffers also receiving Coach of the Year honors. Senior pitcher and infielder Chase Barber earned his second career all-league spot for the Silver and Black, and is joined by four first time choices, seniors Alex Euton, Isiah Harkins, Dalton Jones and Blaine Cline. Offensive MVP in the TVC Ohio was Athens senior Peyton Gail, who was also on the 2019 all-league list. Joining Barber and Gail as repeat selections are Zach Bartoe and River Hayes of Vinton County, and Chase Ingalls of Wellston. Eastern senior Matthew Blanchard delivers a pitch, during the Eagles’ May 18 win over Waterford in Tuppers Plains, Ohio. In the Hocking Division, Eastern and Southern tied for second at 8-4, picking up six and four spots respectively. EHS senior Matthew Blanchard repeated as the league’s Defensive MVP, with senior Conner Ridenour and junior Brayden Smith also returning from the 2019 list. First-time all-league choices for the Eagles include seniors Preston Thorla, Bruce Hawley and Will Oldaker. For the Tornadoes, junior Will Wickline is a repeat selection from the 2019 list. Meanwhile, seniors Arrow Drummer, Lance Stewart and Ryan Laudermilt earned their first all-league spot. LF, Alex Pierce (Sr) RF. 2. ATHENS (9-3): Peyton Gail* (Sr) CF-P, Derrick Welsh (Jr) OF, Will Matters (Jr) SS-P, Will Ginder (Sr) 3B-P, Cam Niese (Sr) P. 3. RIVER VALLEY (7-5): Chase Barber* (Sr) P-IF, Alex Euton (Sr) C, Isiah Harkins (Sr) 1B, Dalton Jones (Sr) 2B, Blaine Cline (Sr) LF-CF. 4. VINTON COUNTY (6-6): Zach Bartoe* (Sr) P-SS, River Hayes* (Jr) C-SS, Quentin Campbell (Sr) C, Zach Radabaugh (Sr) C-LF. 5. WELLSTON (5-7): Chase Ingalls* (Sr) SS, Jeremiah Frisby (Jr) C, Logan Martin (Fr) P-COF, Brock Eggers (Sr) P-3B. 6. ALEXANDER (3-9): Jace Ervin (Jr) SS, Cam Bayha (Sr) 3B-P, Jacob Phillips (Sr) CF-P. 7. NELSONVILLEYORK (1-11): Christian Wiseman (Sr) C-P, Trey Lewis (Sr) SS-P. * — Indicates repeat selection. Offensive Most Valuable Player: Peyton Gail, Athens. Defensive Most Valuable Player: Ethan Stewart, Meigs. Coach of the Year: Bobby Jeffers, River Valley. South Gallia — which finished 0-12 in the seventeam league — had one choice on the list, senior Andrew Small, a first time selection. TVC Hocking champion Waterford (10-2) won two special awards, with Doug Huffman as Coach of the Year and Jude Huffman as Offensive MVP. Federal Hocking’s Wes Carpenter and Hunter Smith were the only other returnees from the 2019 list. 2021 TVC Hocking Baseball team 2021 All-TVC Ohio 1. WATERFORD (10baseball team 2): Jude Huffman (Sr) 1B-3B, Cole Miller (Sr) 1. MEIGS (11-1): C-P, Dylan Taylor (Fr) Ethan Stewart (So) P-C, Andrew Dodson (Jr) See BASEBALL | 10 1B-P, Wyatt Hoover (Sr) �SPORTS 10 Saturday, June 5, 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing Baseball Pridemore takes lead in Riverside senior league From page 9 Staff Report RF-3B, Braden Miller (Sr) 2B-SS-P, Kolton Zimmer (Jr) CF-P, Jacob Huffman (Jr) SS-2B-P. T2. EASTERN (8-4): Matthew Blanchard* (Sr.) P-SS, Conner Ridenour* (Sr) 3B-LF-P, Brayden Smith* (Jr) SS-P, Preston Thorla (Sr) CF-P, Bruce Hawley (Sr) RF, Will Oldaker (Sr) 1B-P. T2. SOUTHERN (8-4): Will Wickline* (Jr) 2B-P-DH, Ryan Laudermilt (Sr) SS-P, Lance Stewart (Sr) RF-P, Arrow Drummer (Sr) 1B. T4. BELPRE (6-6): Jacob Smeeks (Jr) SS-2B-P, Matthew Bayne (Sr) C, Evan Wells (Sr) 3B, Dylan Cox (Sr) P-OF. T4. FEDERAL HOCKING (6-6): Hunter Smith* (Sr) OF-C, Wes Carpenter* (Sr) P-IF, Ethan McCune (Jr) OF-IF. 6. TRIMBLE (4-8): Austin Wisor (Jr) SS-P, Bryce Downs (Jr) SS-P, Tabor Lackey (Jr) C. 7. SOUTH GALLIA (0-12): Andrew Small (Sr) SS-P. Offensive Most Valuable Player: Jude Huffman, Waterford. Defensive Most Valuable Player: Matthew Blanchard*, Eastern. Coach of the Year: Doug Huffman, Waterford. * — indicates repeat selection. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. MASON, W.Va. — Kenny Pridemore, of Point Pleasant, has taken the lead in the 2021 Riverside senior men’s golf league. Pridemore — in second place a week ago — has a total of 103.5 to lead Cecil Gillette Jr. by one full point. A total of 66 players made up Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. Teams From page 9 Riley Bradley. Meigs finished in a three-way tie for fourth at 5-7, and was represented by a pair of first-time all-league choices, senior Jerrica Smith and freshman Delana Wright. League champion Wellston (11-1) claimed both MVP awards, with Makenna Kilgour on offense, and Jenna Johnston on defense. Roger Bissell was TVC Ohio Coach of the Year for league runner-up Athens (10-2). Kilgour, along with Jadyn Mace, Brooke Casto and Erin Scurlock of Alexander are all on threetime selections in the TVC Ohio. Joining Sizemore, Hash and Johnston as repeat selections are Abby Faught, Kerrigan Ward and Breanna Sexton from Vinton County. Joining Roberts, Rockhold, Maxon and Hurlow as repeat selections from previous TVC Hocking lists were Taylor and Alayna Jones from Waterford, Alyssa Hutchinson and Dekotah Lemon from Belpre, Briana Orsborne from Trimble, and Alexis Wilkes from Federal Hocking. 2021 TVC Ohio Softball team 1. WELLSTON (11-1): Makenna Kilgour** (Sr) 2B, Kamryn Karr (Jr) P-CF, Nevaeh Ousley (Jr) 3B-C, Sadie Henry (Jr) 1B, Jenna Johnston* (Jr) SS, Maddie Potts (Fr) P. 2. ATHENS (10-2): Olivia Banks (So) SS-P, Olivia Kaiser (Jr) CF, Kateyanne Walburn (So) 1B, Abbi Ervin (So) RF, Ashleigh James (So) P. 3. RIVER VALLEY (6-6): Brooklyn Sizemore* (Jr) C-1B, Grace Hash* (Jr) SS-CF, Malerie Stanley (Sr) 2B, Riley Bradley (So) 3B-1B. T4. MEIGS (5-7): Jerrica Smith (Sr) SS, Delana Wright (Fr) 3B-C. T4. ALEXANDER (5-7): Jadyn Mace** (Sr) 2B, Brooke Casto** (Sr) P-CF, Erin Scurlock** (Sr) C. T4. VINTON COUNTY (5-7): Abby Faught* (Sr) P-1B, Kerrigan Ward* (Jr) 1B-P, Taylor Houdasheldt (Jr) OF, Sydeny Smith (Jr) SS, Breanna Sexton* (Jr) C. 7. NELSONVILLE-YORK (0-12): Kylie Christa (Sr) P-SS, Ryleigh Giffin (Jr) P-3B. Offensive Most Valuable Player: Makenna Kilgour, Wellston. Defensive Most Valuable Player: Jenna Johnston, Wellston. Coach of the Year: Roger Bissell, Athens. 2021 TVC Hocking Softball team T1. EASTERN (10-2): Tessa Rockhold* (Sr) P-SS, Kelsey Roberts** (Sr) C, Ella Carleton (So) 3B-P, Juli Durst (So) 2B-P, Whitney Durst (Sr) OF, Megan Maxon* (Jr) SS-3B, Cydnie Gillilan (Jr) OF. T1. WATERFORD (10-2): Riley Schweikert (Sr) 1B, Josie Elliot (Jr) C, Alayna Jones* (Sr) 3B-SS, Brier Offenberger (Sr) 2B, Mackenzie Suprano (Jr) LF, Cara Taylor* (Jr) CF. 3. BELPRE (7-5): Alyssa Hutchinson* (Sr) P, Dekotah Lemon* (Sr) 3B, Taylor Parker (Jr) C, Kaitlen Bush (So) SS. T4. SOUTHERN (4-8): Kayla Evans (Jr) CF, Lexi Smith (Fr) P-3B-SS, Kassidy Chaney (Fr) P-SS. T4. SOUTH GALLIA (4-8): Jessie Rutt (Jr) SS-P, Lalla Hurlow* (Jr) C. T4. TRIMBLE (4-8): Briana Orsborne* (Jr) 3B, Adelynn Stevens (Jr) CF, Cheyenne Williams (Sr) DP. 7. FEDERAL HOCKING (3-9): Samantha Brown (Jr) 2B-P, Alexis Wilkes* (Jr) P-1B. Offensive Most Valuable Player: Cara Taylor, Waterford. Defensive Most Valuable Player: Tessa Rockhold, Eastern. Coach of the Year: Bryan Durst, Eastern. * — indicates repeat selection. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. 15 four-player teams and two three-man teams on Tuesday. There was a tie for first at 10-under par, between the team of Gillette Jr., Jim Gress, Glenn Long and Dave Bodkin, and the team of Richard Gilkey, Mitch Mace, Todd Pethtel and Carl Cline. The closest to the pin winners were Buford Brown on the ninth hole, and Albert Durst on No. 14. The top-10 standings from the 2021 Riverside Senior men’s golf league are as follows: Kenny Pridemore (103.5), Cecil Gillette Jr. (102.5), Dale Miller (96.0), Gary Roush (93.5), Carl Stone (91.0), Jim Gress, Ralph Six and Buford Brown (84.5), Jay Rees (79.0) and Charlie Hargraves (78.5). Carmouche riding at ‘new level’ into Belmont NEW YORK (AP) — Five months after breaking his right leg, Kendrick Carmouche needed to get back on a horse. “I start watching those horses go around the track,” he said, mimicking goosebumps popping up on his arms and tingling in his fingers. “That itch came back.” Carmouche came back with a vengeance from his fall and serious injury in 2018 and this May became the first Black jockey in eight years to ride in the Kentucky Derby. He’ll get his first career Belmont Stakes mount Saturday at one of his home tracks in New York, his second Triple Crown race of the season and another testament to Carmouche’s growth as a rider. “Opportunity was the key,” Carmouche said Thursday. “That’s all I pretty much needed. It’s up to me to keep it going from here.” Carmouche has won 10 graded stakes races since returning from his injury, most recently the Wood Memorial on April 3 aboard Bourbonic. That’s the same horse he rode in the Derby and will be back on in the Belmont. Recently elected Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher wouldn’t have chosen Carmouche to ride Bourbonic if not for his success at Aqueduct in New York last fall that showed his potential. “It just increased his opportunities and given him a chance to ride better and better horses, and he’s delivered in those cases,” Pletcher said. “Kendrick has been riding really, really well. He’s a very accomplished rider. But over the past seven or eight months, he’s taking his game to a new level.” Carmouche believes getting better horses allowed him to show different abilities than earlier in his career. Analysts have noticed, too. “Any time a rider can have success on the New York circuit, you know he’s got a lot going for him,” Randy Moss said. NBC Sports colleague and retired jockey Jerry Bailey added Carmouche is “very confident in himself and his ability, and he’s a very aggressive rider.” Bailey thinks Carmouche can be intimidating to other jockeys because of that self-confidence and aggressiveness. But Carmouche, now 37, also wants to pass it along, and would, in a team sport, be considered a glue guy who’s good in the locker room. Whether it’s checking on a rival rider who falls off a horse or imparting some advice on younger counterparts, Carmouche takes that leadership role seriously. He remembers what it was like trying to break in professionally two decades ago and wants to ease others’ concerns now. “When you got a lot of young guys, you try to lead them the right direction every chance you get,” Carmouche said. “That’s just me. I’m trying to make them understand the game a little bit better than them being frustrated or whatever about it.” Carmouche could’ve been frustrated by six months on the shelf injured, but insists there was “never was a negative thought” in his mind while sidelined. Dreaming of riding in Triple Crown races while slumming it at unsanctioned “bush” tracks in his home state of Louisiana growing up helped motivate him to keep trying. Now, the New York circuit is home, and Carmouche wants to celebrate this milestone with his wife, children and fans at the Belmont. “It means a lot,” he said. “You dream it, but you don’t know if it’s ever going to come true. I always put myself in the right situation where it could’ve come true. That’s the most important thing. Each step I took to get to New York, it was a winning step for me and my family.” Along the way, Carmouche only gained confidence and had enough stored up to handle a lengthy absence and come back better than before. “Nothing can stop me,” he said. “It’s all about having the right mind and not thinking you have to start over because you put enough in the industry where people respect you and going to give you a shot again.” Coach K’s legacy built on ability to reach players DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — What makes Mike Krzyzewski unquestionably one of the greatest coaches in the history of American sports goes beyond his resume of impressive milestones. As he prepares for a final season at Duke, the success of the Hall of Famer and winningest coach in Division I history is as much about intangibles as the numbers of wins and championships. It starts with Krzyzewski’s ability to connect with players, whether they be touted college recruits or NBA all-stars competing on a global stage. Every coach strives for that bond, not many achieve it. “Let’s just put it this way: He has set a very, very high standard,” said Jerry Colangelo, the USA Basketball’s managing director who hired Krzyzewski as the men’s national team coach in 2005. “The bar is very high as Coach K steps down at the end of this season. So it’s going to take an incredible effort, an incredible individual with the ability to have the longevity that Coach K has had through thick and thin. “That’s not so easy in this game today. So you may not see anyone repeat what he’s accomplished for quite some time.” His legacy is intact, the numbers speak for themselves: 1,170 victories in 46 seasons going back to his time at Army, five NCAA championships, a record-tying 12 Final Fours, a record 126 weeks with his teams ranked at No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll. Krzyzewski’s title count is second only to John Wooden’s 10 at UCLA; no other active Division I men’s coach even has three following the April retirement of Roy Williams at rival North Carolina. That’s enough to put the 74-year-old Krzyzewski alongside Wooden as the top choices on any “Mount Rushmore” discussion of all-time great college coaches. A case can be made that Coach K has sur- passed the Wizard of Westwood because of how he has done it. Krzyzewski’s wins have kept coming in a more wide-open recruiting landscape than what Wooden faced. Arguably the best parallel to Krzyzewski is Alabama football coach Nick Saban, who has won six titles in 12 years with the Crimson Tide. Like Krzyzewski, Saban has managed to successfully navigate challenges Paul “Bear” Bryant never encountered. Krzyzewski’s career began in the days when top NBA prospects stayed in school — think Virginia’s Ralph Sampson and Georgetown’s Patrick Ewing becoming No. 1 overall picks after four-year college careers. That has long since given way to players making one-year campus stops before entering the draft or quickly transferring. His 1991 and 1992 Duke championship teams were led by program mainstays Christian Laettner, Bobby Hurley and Grant Hill. Krzyzewski’s 2010 team won with a senior-led roster, featuring his successor in coach-inwaiting Jon Scheyer. By 2015, the Blue Devils had won their recent crown by pivoting to more “one-and-done” talent headed to the NBA after a single season. “His biggest adjustment was the one-anddone,” retired LSU coach Dale Brown said. “He was critical of it but was intellectual enough to understand that is the system now. He was able to adjust. Some people can’t adjust to a system and he did, and did extremely well.” Colangelo has seen that up close. Colangelo began restructuring the men’s national team program in 2005 after it had failed to win a major international competition since 2000. He partnered with Krzyzewski while securing commitments from the NBA’s top players, including names like the late Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade and Chris Paul. OVP SPORTS BRIEFS Fourth ace at Riverside recorded MASON, W.Va — Dewey Smith of Bidwell, Ohio, has recorded the fourth hole-in-one of the 2021 season at Riverside Golf Club. Smith made the ace during senior league play on Tuesday, May 25, on the 155-yard 12th hole. It was Smith’s seventh career hole-in-one and was witnessed by Dale Miller, Harry Griffin, and Johnny Bumgarner. Scholarship applications are only available at guidance counselor offices at high schools within the tricounty area. Awards will be based on the applicant’s financial need, scholastic achievements and leadership qualities. Deadline for return of the application to the Gallipolis Elks Lodge is Tuesday, July 6, 2021. Completed applications can also be sent to: Past Exalted Ruler’s Association, Gallipolis Elks Lodge #107, 408 Second Avenue, P.O. Box 303, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631. Riverside records Elks scholarship applications third ace of 2021 now being accepted MASON, W.Va. — Alex Hawley of Racine, Ohio, Gallipolis Elks Lodge #107 scholarships are still available for graduating high school seniors from Gallia and Meigs counties in Ohio, as well as in Mason County, W.Va. has made Riverside Golf Club’s third hole-in-one of the 2021 season. Hawley made his second career ace using a nine iron on the 121-yard ninth hole on May 14. The shot was witnessed by Chuck Hannahs. �Along the River Ohio Valley Publishing Saturday, June 5, 2021 11 The next chapter for more local athletes Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Alex Hawley | OVP Sports On May 13 at Eastern High School, senior Blake Newland signed his letter of intent to join the Otterbein University football team. Newland graduated EHS with a grade-point average of 3.65. Sitting in the front row, from left, are Brielle Newland, Eagles head coach Pat Newland, Blake Newland, Penny Newland and Bryce Newland. Standing in the back row are Eastern assistant football coach Jason Smith, EHS athletic director Josh Fogle, and Eagles assistant football coach Sam Thompson. On May 25 at Eastern High School, senior Conner Ridenour signed his letter of intent to join the Alderson Broaddus University baseball team. Ridenour, who will major in Natural Resource Management, held a 3.0 grade-point-average at EHS. Sitting in the front row, from left, are Katie Ridenour, Jennie Ridenour, Conner Ridenour, Floyd Ridenour, Casey Ridenour and Dianne Ridenour. Standing in the back row are Eastern assistant coach Andrew Benedum, Eagles head coach Chris Stewart, and EHS assistant coach Dustin Huffman. Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Gallia Academy senior Maddy Petro, seated middle, will be continuing her basketball career after signing with the University of Rio Grande. Petro, a 4-year letterwinner, 3-time All-OVC and 3-time alldistrict recipient and a 1,000-point career scorer, plans to major in Nursing and currently possesses a 3.9 grade-point average. Maddy is joined by family members Holly Petro (mother) and Chris Petro (father) at the table. Standing in middle are sisters Mallory and Morgan Petro. Standing in back are GAHS Athletic Director Adam Clark, GAHS assistant Ian Lewis and Rio Grande assistant coach Brooke Marcum. Alex Hawley | OVP Sports On May 25 at Eastern High School, senior Matthew Blanchard signed his letter of intent to join the Bryant and Statton College baseball team. Blanchard, who will major in Business, held a 3.9 gradepoint-average, ranking him 14th in the EHS Class of 2021. Sitting in the front row, from left, are Caleb Abner, Blake Blanchard, Matthrew Blanchard, Elizabeth Blanchard and Hannah Blanchard. Standing in the back row are Eastern assistant coach Andrew Benedum, Eagles head coach Chris Stewart, and EHS assistant coach Dustin Huffman. Submitted photo Submitted photo Point Pleasant senior Nicholas Ball, seated middle, will be continuing his wrestling career at the University of Rio Grande. Joining Ball at the table are Rio Grande coach Jason Schweer and assistant James Casto. Standing in back are assistant Dave Bonecutter, videographer Andrew Lambert, head coach John Bonecutter, statistician Chloe Lambert, Mackandle Freeman, Derek Raike, Chris Smith, Parker Henderson, Mitchell Freeman, Ethan Marcum, Justin Bartee, statistician Kira Henderson, assistant George Smith, Bryce Holcomb and assistant Jed Ott. Point Pleasant senior Mitchell Freeman, seated middle, will be continuing his wrestling career at the University of Rio Grande. Joining Freeman at the table are Rio Grande coach Jason Schweer and PPHS statistician Kira Henderson. Standing in back are assistant Dave Bonecutter, videographer Andrew Lambert, head coach John Bonecutter, statistician Chloe Lambert, Mackandle Freeman, Nick Ball, Derek Raike, Chris Smith, Parker Henderson, Ethan Marcum, Justin Bartee, James Casto, George Smith, Bryce Holcomb and assistant Jed Ott. State’s birthday celebration launches Road trip photos and prizes of the New River Gorge Bridge, off-roading adventures at Hatfield-McCoy Trails, a cabin stay from CHARLESTON — The us tell our story by sharHideaway Lost River, a ing your travel photos, West Virginia Depart$500 American Airlines and show the world why ment of Tourism today gift card from Yeager John Denver called us announced the launch of ‘Almost Heaven.’ To mark Airport, zip-lining passes the official celebration from Pipestem Peaks, a for the state’s birthday on this anniversary, we’re weekend getaway package June 20, 2021. This year giving away amazing from Mountaineer Counprizes to 50 lucky road offers something extra ty CVB, tubing passes trippers.” to celebrate, as the state from River Riders, scenic According to a news marks the 50th annivertrain rides with Potomac release from the Departsary of John Denver’s Eagle Scenic Railroad and “Take Me Home, Country ment, Mountain State accommodations at The fans who post their best Roads.” Greenbrier Resort. West Virginia travel “There’s never been a The contest runs from photos on Facebook, Insbetter time to visit the now until noon on West tagram & Twitter using iconic country roads of Virginia Day, June 20. #AlmostHeaven will be West Virginia. After a All posts must be set to entered automatically long and difficult year, public and contain the we’re encouraging folks to in a drawing to win one hashtag #AlmostHeaven plan their perfect summer of 50 donated prizes, road trip in the Mountain including overnight stays to be entered. Randomly selected winners will be State,” Tourism Secretary at Cacapon Resort State announced each Tuesday Chelsea Ruby said. “Help Park, Bridge Walk tours on the Department of Tourism’s Facebook page. According to the news release, “The contest is an easy way to share West Virginia’s beauty and celebrate our state. The Department of Tourism will be adding featured road trip itineraries daily on social media for those looking for new routes. Best of all, the contest will allow West Virginia fans to build their own trips based on photos they find on social media. “Research tells us that Americans now make their travel plans based in large part on what they see on social media. So this year, let’s celebrate this extra special birthday by flooding the internet with photos that will Beth Sergent | OVP A view of the Dolly Sods Wilderness in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia. “Dolly Sods” is part of the Monongahela National Forest. leave folks longing for a trip to this spectacular place we call home.” On June 20, the Department of Tourism will unveil a special Country Roads tribute sharing some of the best road trip spots around the Mountain State, using social media posts to help write and tell the story. Be sure to follow @wvtourism on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. To find your country roads trip or to learn more about the contest, visit WVtourism.com. Information provided by the West Virginia Department of Tourism. �NEWS 12 Saturday, June 5, 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing US businesses struggle to fill jobs even as hiring picks up By Christopher Rugaber AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON — Hiring in the United States picked up in May yet was slowed again by the struggles of many companies to find enough workers to keep up with the economy’s swift recovery from the pandemic recession. U.S. employers added 559,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday, an improvement from April’s sluggish increase of 278,000. Yet the gain fell well short of employers’ need for labor. The unemployment rate fell to 5.8% from 6.1%. The speed of the rebound, fueled by substantial federal aid and rising vaccinations, has created a disconnect between businesses and the unemployed: While companies are rushing to add workers immediately, many of the unemployed are still holding back. Some of the jobless are likely seeking better positions than they had before the pandemic triggered widespread layoffs. Or they still lack affordable child care. Others still worry about contracting COVID-19 or have decided to retire early. And a temporary $300-a-week federal unemployment benefit, on top of regular state jobless aid, has likely led many unemployed Americans to take time to consider their options. That mismatch between employers and job seekers resulted in the sharp slowdown in hiring in April, when businesses added far fewer jobs than economists had forecast and many fewer than had been hired in March. The disconnect eased somewhat in May. But economists say it will likely persist until early fall, when schools reopen, COVID-19 fades further and federal unemployment benefits end. “There is a gap between the economy and labor market,” said Nela Richardson, chief economist at the payroll processing firm ADP. May’s job gains, she said, are “more lackluster than one would expect given the strong state of economic growth.” The May jobs report offered a number of signs that companies are trying harder to find workers. They’re offering more money, for one thing. Average hourly pay jumped for a second straight month, especially in the leisure and hospitality industry, which includes restaurants, bars, hotels and amusement parks. Hourly wages for all workers in that industry, except managers, were 6.4% higher in May compared with pre-pandemic levels — a substantial gain. And the number of unemployed who say their jobs are permanently lost declined in May by the most in five months. That’s an encouraging sign that companies are going beyond just recalling workers they had laid off in the pandemic. Yet many of those jobs are still low-paying and not appealing to many Americans — people like Marcellus Rowe, who has been unemployed since he lost his $16-an-hour job at the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Agency in November 2019. Rowe, 29, says the only jobs he sees being advertised for someone like him pay scarcely more than $9 or $10 for work Tony Dejak | AP A man walks into 5th Avenue Deli and Grill on Friday in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. Hiring in the United States picked up in May yet was slowed again by the struggles of many companies to find enough workers to keep up with the economy’s swift recovery from the pandemic recession. U.S. employers added 559,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday, an improvement from April’s sluggish increase of 278,000. in restaurants and small shops. That isn’t enough to cover his $1,000 monthly rent. “I’m going to continue to look for suitable work,’’ Rowe said. “I know it’s going to come eventually. What I cannot do is settle for an unsuitable job that pays low wages.’’ He’s been getting by on unemployment benefits, boosted by the $300-a-week federal supplement. But Georgia is eliminating the federal benefit on June 26. Nearly half the states — all led by Republican governors — will cut off the extra aid starting this month. Many businesses have blamed the federal benefit for discouraging some of the jobless from taking work. “It’s really going to be a hardship,’’ Rowe said, noting that he’s already dropped cable television service to save money. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said Friday that the complaints from businesses about the federal jobless aid is “a distraction” and noted that the number of people applying for unemployment aid is falling steadily. Eric Winograd, an economist at AllianceBernstein, an investment management firm, said there are still about 7 million people not searching for work — and so aren’t counted as unemployed — but who say in government surveys that they want a job. That’s about 50% higher than before the pandemic. “That is compelling evidence that there is a large pool of workers who will return to work when they feel that it is safe or when they are able to sort out child care,” Winograd said. For now, many large chains, including Amazon, Walmart, Costco, and Chipotle, have raised starting pay to try to attract more applicants. And the average work week remained elevated last week, which suggests that businesses, struggling to hire, are working their current staffs for longer hours. Some smaller compa- nies have also boosted pay and taken other steps to fill jobs, but are still looking for more workers. National Church Residences, a provider of senior living centers based in Columbus, Ohio, with 340 locations around the country, steadily raised its minimum wage to $14.50 an hour over several years before the pandemic. Danielle Willis, senior vice president of human resources at the company, said those increases have helped attract staff. The company also provides health care and a 5% matching payment into a retirement plan for its full-time employees, including nurse aides, property managers and maintenance workers. Yet the 2,700-person company still has 300 positions open nationwide. Nationally last month, the bulk of the job growth was at hotels, restaurant and bars, which gained 220,000 positions. Retailers lost jobs for a second straight month. And despite a hot housing market, the construction industry shed 20,000 jobs, its second straight month of cuts, likely reflecting supply shortages and soaring costs for building materials. The economy expanded last quarter at a robust 6.4% annual rate, and economists envision growth in the current quarter reaching a sizzling pace of 9% or more. All that growth, driven by higher spending, has raised inflation fears. But for now, it has mainly propelled demand for labor. Though the economy still has 7.6 million fewer jobs than it did before the pandemic struck, job postings in late May were nearly 26% above pre-pandemic levels, according to the employment website Indeed. Government data shows that posted jobs have reached their highest level on record dating back to 2000. Consumers are opening their wallets. In April, they increased their spending after a huge gain in March that was fueled by the distribution of $1,400 stimulus checks. With more Americans feeling comfortable about staying in hotels and visiting entertainment venues, spending on services jumped. Becky Frankiewicz, president of the temporary staffing firm Manpower Group’s North American division, said many of the firm’s clients are raising pay and benefits to try to attract more applicants. Some of these companies, particularly in manufacturing and warehousing, are also trying other tactics, like paying their workers weekly or even daily, rather than every two weeks. Manpower is also encouraging its clients to make job offers the same day as an interview rather than waiting. Heart reaction probed as possible vaccine link in teens By Lindsey Tanner and Lauran Neergaard of heart inflammation discovered after COVID-19 AP Medical Writers vaccination, though a link to the vaccine has not been proven. Health authorities The boys, aged 14 to are trying to determine whether heart inflamma- 19, received Pfizer shots tion that can occur along in April or May and with many types of infec- developed chest pain tions could also be a rare within a few days. Heart imaging tests showed side effect in teens and a type of heart muscle young adults after the second dose of COVID-19 inflammation called myocarditis. vaccine. None were critically ill. An article on seven All were healthy enough U.S. teen boys in several to be sent home after two states, published online to six days in the hospital Friday in Pediatrics, is and are doing “doing among the latest reports pretty well,” said Dr. Preeti Jaggi, an Emory University infectious disease specialist who coauthored the report. She said more follow-up is needed to determine how the seven fare but that it’s likely the heart changes were temporary. 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When You Need It Most. OH-70238610 Well Checks, Sick Visits, Walk-In Care and Telehealth Appointments Schedule an Appointment Today at 304.675.4500 �NEWS/WEATHER 14 Saturday, June 5, 2021 Barn 1971 Meigs FFA alumnus reached out and provided the FFA chapter with a $10,000 donation to build From page 1 a new animal barn. “This was extremely still able to complete our hands-on projects. School excited because this individual now resides in may have looked a little the state of Washington,” different this year howexplained the students. ever, we were still able to have a lambing season “Mr. Wondle Dinguss is a 1971 graduate of Meigs and were able to raise High School. Wondle baby lambs. We were still able to plant various attended Salem Center Elementary School and plants and learn to take cuttings to grow a variety Junior High in Rutland, Ohio. He lived on a flowers and vegetables. This spring we also were farm nearby Rutland. After graduation Wondle able to shear our school attended Ohio Univerlambs. So even though the classroom aspect and sity where he pursued a degree in Philosophy. learning has been different this year, our advisors Wondle lived in Chicago for a year before he joined Ms. Jennifer Dunn and Miss Hannah Thompson the Army. After his time in the service, Wondle still made sure we were able to keep a little bit of travelled to places like San Diego and Philadelnormalcy in our agriculphia. Wondle became partural classes,” added the alyzed in 2017 and moved students. out to the Washington In the fall of 2020, a Veterans Home where he currently resides. Wondle has chosen to donate to Meigs High School to further their purpose – particularly for the FFA program.” The presentation continued, “Meigs FFA is extremely thankful to Mr. Wondle Dinguss and we are planning on breeding four ewe lambs this coming fall. We are also hopeful to expand our little animal farm by adding chickens in hopes to hatch our own baby chicks and also breed rabbits. We hope to be able to have future lamb, chicks, and bunny sales.” The students also expressed appreciation for those who helped and supported the project including John Thomas and Valley Lumber, Tom Demko and Demko Construction, Pullins Excavating, Les Frank, H&R Milestone spoke about the many who contributed since that first meeting when relaying the timeline of financing and design. “It’s really built up momentum and you’ll see it continue,” he said. Commissioner Montgomery noted earlier in his remarks that the sheriff’s office and staff had been “tremendously stressed” over the years in regards to transporting inmates which also stresses the budget - situations Montgomery said the county hopes to alleviate in the near future with the new facility. Sheriff Champlin told those gathered, “Today is a monumental day in the progression of the Gallia County Sheriff’s Office. Today is a benchmark for the continued success of Gallia County. Today is not just the breaking of ground on a correctional facility, but today is a day that we’ll look back on in history…” The sheriff said there was no way to begin to tell those gathered the amount of hours which had been put into the project and like those speakers who preceded him, stressed many had a hand in bringing it forward. After giving thanks to those who worked on Smith and Saunders were in office with Montgomery when the project went from a concept to immiFrom page 1 nent reality. Additional collaborators on the being put in place. The project who were sharing new facility will replace the stage included Gallia the current one which is Sheriff Matt Champlin, housed in the basement Greg Galieti, director of of the Gallia County Courthouse and was orig- architecture for DLZ and Jamie Brundrett, senior inally built in the early project manager for 1960’s with an initial Granger. capacity of 38 incarcerFollowing the welated people. come, Saunders led the Friday’s groundbreaking was held on what will invocation, speaking on the work of many on the be the jail’s new home, located behind the Gallia new facility, including the “leadership” of Smith County Courthouse and behind the scenes, as across from the Gallipowell as Montgomery, the lis Municipal Court and office staff at the comPolice offices. Residents missioners office, Sheriff may have noticed the Champlin and his staff, fencing along Second and maintenance workAvenue in recent weeks ers. During his opening which encloses the conprayer, he asked God also struction site. Gallia County Board of be with Montgomery, Commissioners President Greene and Stapleton “as they see this project Harold Montgomery through.” Saunders said gave opening remarks he hoped this would be at Friday’s ceremony, “an institution known for noting many people rehabilitation.” had moved this project When speaking on the forward, a project which project details, Montgomwas years in the makery recalled a meeting in ing. Sharing the podium October 2018 with perwith Montgomery and sonnel from the judicial current Commissioners branch, law enforcement M. Eugene Greene and and more about their Q. Jay Stapleton, were former commissioners Dr. needs regarding a posDavid K. Smith and Brent sible new jail. Montgomery then “Coach” Saunders. 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The thing that we’ve got to keep in mind is, this jail (the old one) was built to meet the standards that Low Moderate High Lucasville 89/64 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. Fri. Location Willow Island Marietta Parkersburg Belleville Racine Point Pleasant Gallipolis Huntington Ashland Lloyd Greenup Portsmouth Maysville Meldahl Dam Flood Stage 37 34 36 35 41 40 50 50 52 54 50 50 51 Level 12.97 16.18 21.65 12.92 13.12 25.28 13.56 25.83 34.52 12.84 17.20 34.20 16.00 24-hr. 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We’re going to do something that you’re all going to be proud of.” © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. THURSDAY Some sun, humid; a stray p.m. t-storm Wilkesville 87/58 POMEROY Jackson 88/58 88/58 Ravenswood Rio Grande 88/61 88/59 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 84/62 GALLIPOLIS 89/60 88/61 88/59 South Shore Greenup 87/62 86/60 49 0 50 100 150 200 Portsmouth 87/61 TUESDAY 86° 61° McArthur 87/57 Very High Primary: hickory/hackberry Mold: 1166 existed back then. Our standards have changed. Our society has changed and our needs have changed.” Champlin said once he came into office, “I quickly realized how much of a drain inmate housing is on the general fund, so the money we’re sending out of county, anywhere from $700,000 to close to $1 million a year, just to house, not to get them there, not to pay for their medical, those are all Gallia County tax dollars we’re giving away to other counties. With the building of this new jail, it will relieve the strain on the general fund and open up more tax dollars to be 84° 64° Adelphi 86/60 Waverly 87/62 Pollen: 5 Low MOON PHASES Beth Sergent | OVP 82° 63° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Chillicothe 86/61 Janey McKinney are pictured at the dedication ceremony held Friday for the Wondle Ray Dinguss Animal Science Building. Pictured turning dirt at Friday’s groundbreaking for the new Gallia County Jail, from left, Greg Galieti, director of architecture for DLZ, Jamie Brundrett, senior project manager for Granger, Sheriff Matt Champlin, Commissioners Q. Jay Stapleton, Harold Montgomery, former commissioners Dr. David K. Smith, Brent “Coach” Saunders, Commissioner M. Eugene Greene. MONDAY Sunny to partly cloudy 2 Primary: cladosporium Sun. 6:04 a.m. 8:51 p.m. 4:02 a.m. 5:29 p.m. Information provided by Meigs FFA. SUNDAY Mostly sunny and humid today. Clear tonight. 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