https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/a45b74218fcf9cb2973dd88f76627167.pdf ea079fa0c850c40a08ba1faf00ccb90d PDF Text Text On this day in history 8 AM 2 PM 8 PM 69° 76° 77° A thunderstorm or two today. Some rain and a thunderstorm tonight. High 82° / Low 67° NEWS s 2 Today’s weather forecast Sectional champs crowned WEATHER s 4 SPORTS s 5 C_ZZb[fehj�š�Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 114, Volume 75 Two arrested on drug charges Thursday, June 10, 2021 s 50¢ Capturing a moment in time After search of Middleport residence Staff Report MIDDLEPORT — Two people were arrested on drug charges following the search of a residence in Middleport on Tuesday. In a joint news release by Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood and Middleport Police Chief Mony Wood, Agents with the GalliaMeigs Major Crimes Task Force along with deputies with the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office, Officers with the Middleport Police Department, and Officers with the Pomeroy Police Department executed a search warrant at 383 Park Street in the Village of Middleport on Tuesday, June 8. This case was part of a joint investigation conducted by the Task Force along with the Middleport Police Department and the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office. According to the news release, upon execution of the search warrant, agents reportedly located approximately 105 grams of suspected crystal methamphetamine which is equal to nearly four ounces. This amount of methamphetamine has an estimated street value of $5,000. Also reportedly seized from the residence was marijuana, drug paraphernalia, multiple firearms, as well as more than $2,000 in cash. Taken into custody were Travis L. Isenberg, 42, of Middleport and Patricia A. Toler, 45, of Hanover, West Virginia. Isenberg and Toler were both incarcerated at the Middleport Jail on charges on possession of methamphetamine while Isenberg will also face additional charges of trafficking in methamphetamine, as well as having weapons while under disability. Further charges are pending and are being reviewed by the Meigs County Prosecutor’s Office. “The great citizens of Middleport work hard for what they have and are tired of the drug activity that’s been plaguing their community”, stated Chief Mony Wood. “Thieves and drug dealers are going to be taken off the streets in Middleport! Its been long overdue to clean up this town and the Middleport Police are here to stay and we are going to come after you one by one. Our Officers take pride in their jobs as your protectors and we will not stop until we get each thief and drug dealer off the street. I’m proud to be involved with the Gallia-Meigs Major Crimes Task Force and the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office. I look forward to continuing to work with them to fight this drug epidemic and clean up not only our town, but our county,” stated Chief Wood. “I can’t begin to say how proud I am of our law enforcement officers that continue to wear the badge and stand our ground in this wonderful community,” stated Sheriff Keith Wood. “It’s a breath of fresh air for me to watch these kinds of cases develop and see how deputies, Middleport officers, Pomeroy officers, and our Major Crimes Task Force can all come together for the same common goal of protecting their community. I have a strong message for the drug dealers setting up shop in our backyard; We will not tolerate the abuse you are putting on those who are addicted and we will not tolerate the thievery you are putting on our citizens by providing this poison to addicts. When we find you, and we will continue to find you, we will make an example out of you.” The Major Crimes Task Force of GalliaMeigs is a state task See ARRESTED | 10 AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC (USPS 145-966) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes every Tuesday through Saturday. Subscription rate is $208 per year. Prices are subject to change at any time. 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 Periodical postage paid at Pomeroy, OH POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Sentinel, 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631. All content © 2021 The Daily Sentinel, an edition of the Gallipolis Daily Tribune. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. Photos by Sarah Hawley | Sentinel Sixth grade students listen to instructions before burying the time capsule. Eastern students bury time capsule By Sarah Hawley Dezere Martin, 6th grade language arts teacher, explained that the REEDSVILLE — Sixth students had read about grade students at Eastern a time capsule which inspired them to create Middle School recently their own. buried a time capsule Students could put to be opened when the Class of 2027 graduates Student volunteers carried the time capsule to the hole which was See MOMENT | 10 prepared for it. high school. shawley@aimmediamidwest.com Banner applications being accepted By Sarah Hawley Project Facebook page or at Farmers Bank. Applications and documentation must MEIGS COUNTY — A be received by Aug. 1, second round of applications are being accepted for 2021, for the new round of banners. Items may the Meigs County Armed be emailed to bannersForces Banner Project. 4meigsvets@gmail.com Earlier this year, the first of the banners, 324 of or brought to any Farmers Bank location and they them, were hung around will assist with emailing villages in Meigs County, the items. honoring veterans and A fundraising project is active duty military memcurrently taking place to bers from Meigs County. cover the costs of the new Now, the organizers are banners. accepting applications for Mini banners are availadditional banners to be able for purchase through placed around the county. June 14. Orders for the Applications can be Meigs County Armed Forces Banner Project | Courtesy photo Volunteers sort the first round of banners which are currently found on the Meigs County See BANNER | 10 Armed Forces Banner displayed around the county. shawley@aimmediamidwest.com Three in custody following search of Albany residence Staff Report from the residence. “This particular search warrant was investigated ALBANY — Three by our Task Force after people were taken into information was received custody following a through community memsearch of an Albany resibers and anonymous tips dence on Monday night. on our tip line,” stated Meigs County Sheriff Sheriff Wood. “It was said Keith Wood reported, in more than once during a news release, that in the late evening hours of the course of this investigation that vehicles were Monday, June 7, agents lined up the road on Gibwith the Gallia-Meigs son, waiting for their turn Major Crimes Task to buy drugs as if it were Force along with Meigs a fast-food drive-thru. County Sheriff’s DepuThis is one drive-thru ties, officers with the Pomeroy and Middleport that I am happy to see shut down in our county.” Police Departments and Upon execution of the the Ohio State Highway search warrant, officers Patrol executed a search warrant at 41818 Gibson were on scene for hours searching the premises. Ridge Road in Albany. Reportedly located inside The search warrant of the residence were came after a lengthy investigation into the traf- suspected methamphetamine, fentanyl, heroin, ficking of drugs coming drug paraphernalia and a firearm. Task Force Agents also seized cash from the residence which is allegedly the proceeds from drug trafficking. Taken into custody was Kevin W. Payne, 56, of Albany for possession of methamphetamine. Payne was transported to jail where he remains in custody at this time after bond was set in Meigs County Court on Tuesday afternoon. Further charges are being discussed with the Meigs County Prosecutor at this time for trafficking in drugs and possession of the other controlled substances located at the residence. Also arrested at the scene on bench warrants through the Meigs County Court of Com- mon Pleas were Matthew Older and Travis Older. Matthew and Travis were both transported to jail where they await their initial hearings on their arrest warrants. Further information will be released as it is made available. The Major Crimes Task Force of Gallia-Meigs is a state task force under the jurisdiction of the Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission and consists of the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office, the Gallia County Sheriff’s Office, The Meigs County Prosecutor’s Office, The Gallia County Prosecutor’s Office, the Gallipolis City Police Department and the Middleport Police Department. �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Thursday, June 10, 2021 OBITUARY Ohio Valley Publishing GALLIA, MEIGS BRIEFS VIRGIL PERRY PHILLIPS ATHENS — Virgil Perry Phillips, 70, of Pomeroy, passed away on Sunday, May 30, 2021, peacefully in his sleep. He was born on March 2, 1951, to the late Maxine (Wilson) Phillips and the late Austin Phillips. Virgil retired as a boilermaker. He is survived by his daughters, Tabitha (Jeff) Horner, Nicole (Josh) Jacob, Danielle (Codey) Gerlach; grand- children, Arik, Luke, Elijah, Hayden, Tate, Graham, Marshall and Vanillope Zion. He is also preceded in death by brothers, William, and Terry; first wife, Patty; and second wife, Gina. A celebration of life will be held Saturday, June 12, 2021, from 2-3 p.m. at the Beech Grove Cemetery in Pomeroy. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the family. DEATH NOTICE O’DELL GALLIPOLIS — Carla J. O’Dell, 64, of Gallipolis, Ohio, died Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at Holzer Medical Center. A memorial service for Carla will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 12, 2021 at the Gallipolis Fire Station with Chaplain Bob Hood officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the family to help with funeral expenses. Willis Funeral Home is in care of the arrangements. TODAY IN HISTORY By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, June 10, the 161st day of 2021. There are 204 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On June 10, 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed into law the Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at eliminating wage disparities based on gender. On this date: In 1692, the first execution resulting from the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts took place as Bridget Bishop was hanged. In 1922, singer-actor Judy Garland was born Frances Ethel Gumm in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. In 1935, Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron, Ohio, by Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith and William Griffith Wilson. In 1942, during World War II, German forces massacred 173 male residents of Lidice, Czechoslovakia, in retaliation for the killing of Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich. In 1944, German forces massacred 642 residents of the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane. In 1967, six days of war in the Mideast involving Israel, Syria, Egypt, Jordan and Iraq ended as Israel and Syria accepted a United Nations-mediated cease-fire. In 1971, President Richard M. Nixon lifted a two-decades-old trade embargo on China. In 1977, James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., escaped from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Tennessee with six others; he was recaptured June 13. In 1978, Affirmed, ridden by Steve Cauthen, won the 110th Belmont Stakes to claim horse racing’s 11th Triple Crown. In 1991, 11-year-old Jaycee Dugard of South Lake Tahoe, California, was abducted by Phillip and Nancy Garrido; Jaycee was held by the couple for 18 years before she was found by authorities. In 2004, singer-musician Ray Charles died in Beverly Hills, California, at age 73. In 2013, jury selection began in Sanford, Florida, in the trial of neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. (Zimmerman was acquitted.) Ten years ago: In a stern rebuke, Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned in Brussels that the future of the historic NATO military alliance was at risk because of European penny pinching and a distaste for front-line combat. Tony La Russa managed his 5,000th game as his St. Louis Cardinals lost to the Milwaukee Brewers 8-0. Five years ago: Muhammad Ali was laid to rest in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, after an all-day send-off. “Mr. Hockey” Gordie Howe, who set scoring records that stood for decades, died in Sylvania, Ohio, at 88. Singer Christina Grimmie, 22, a finalist on NBC’s “The Voice,” was shot to death during a meet-and-greet after giving a concert in Orlando, Florida, by an apparently obsessed fan who then killed himself. Actor Michael Jace was sentenced in Los Angeles to 40 years to life in prison for fatally shooting his wife, April. Editor’s Note: Gallia Meigs Briefs will only list event information that is open to the public and will be printed on a space-available basis. Free meals for Gallia kids 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 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. No identification required. Hot Summer Nights set 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. 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. Gates 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. COVID supplies giveaway CLAY TWP. — The trustees of Clay Township will be distributing COVID supplies June 19 from 9 a.m. to noon, at their site on Teens Run Road, approximately two tenths of a mile from Ohio 7, south of Gallipolis. ID required as proof of residency (driver’s license, utility bill, etc). Father’s Day concert 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. Carleton College scholarships 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. 833 south/124 east to the traffic signal in Pomeroy, where SR 833 and 124 diverge. One 12 foot lane will be maintained at all times using construction barrels on the four-lane section and flaggers on the two-lane sections. Estimated completion: July 15. GALLIA COUNTY — Gallia County Engineer Brett A. Boothe announces Scenic Drive (CR-127) will be closed between State Route 160 and Summit Road, beginning at 8 a.m., Monday, April 26 for approximately two months for slip repair, weather permitting. Local traffic will need to use other county roads as a detour. MEIGS COUNTY — A bridge replacement project began on April 12 on State Route 143, between Lee Road (Township Road 168) and Ball Run Road (Township Road 20A). One lane will be closed. Temporary traffic signals and a 10 foot width restriction will be in place. Estimated completion: Nov. 15. Ohio 7 rehab project reminder Road closures, construction CROWN CITY — The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has announced a rehabilitation project that began Monday, March 22 on State GALLIA COUNTY — A bridge deck replacement project began on Route 7 in the Crown City area of Gallia County. The project will June 1 on SR 141, between Dan Jones Road (County Road 28) and be between Westbranch Road Redbud Hill Road (Township Road (County Road 162) and Sunnyside Drive (County Road 158). 462). This section will be closed. The project is estimated to be ODOT’s detour is SR 7 to SR 588 completed in June 2022. ODOT to SR 325 to SR 141. Estimated states the road will be closed now completion: Aug. 23. through Dec. 1. The detour for MEIGS COUNTY — A tree motorists will be to take State trimming project is taking place Route 7 to State Route 218 to on SR 124, between U.S. 33 and Apple Grove Dorcas Road (County State Route 553 and back to State Road 28). The road is closed from Route 7. Trucks will be detoured from State Route 7 to U.S. 35 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday through Friday. Estimated completion: June South to U.S. 64 West into West Virginia and re-enter Ohio using 11. U.S. 52 West. ODOT said those MEIGS COUNTY — U.S. 33/ wishing to access the K.H. Butler SR 833/SR 124 resurfacing. The Fishing Access must be coming project includes U.S. 33 near the from the north. Northbound trafintersection of Rocksprings Road fic must take the detour, then (County Road 20) and continues east to the SR 7 interchange. From enter the parking area traveling southbound on State Route 7. there, paving continues onto SR 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 spaceavailable basis and in chronological order. Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@aimmediamidwest. com or GDTnews@aimmediamidwest.com. Solid Waste Management District Board of Directors will meet at 3:30 p.m. at the district office in Wellston. p.m. at 44918 Newsom Road. Friday, June 18 GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County District Library Board of Trustees will hold a special meetFriday, June 11 GALLIPOLIS — Regular Board ing at 2 p.m. at the Library, for meeting of the O. O. McIntyre Park the purpose of a community focus District, 11 a.m., Park Board office group session with architectural firm SHP. at the Gallia County Courthouse, GALLIPOLIS — Ohio AFSCME 18 Locust St. Retirees, Subchapter 102, Gallia & Jackson counties, meets 2 p.m., GalMonday, June 14 lia County Senior Resource Center, BEDFORD TWP. — Bedford 1165 State Route 160, Gallipolis, Township trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. members asked to wear a mask and follow all CDC guidelines. at the Bedford townhall. Card showers Mabel Halley will be celebrating her 91st birthday on June 10, cards may be sent to 254 Lanes Branch Tuesday, June 15 Road, Crown City, OH 45623. VINTON — The regular monthly meeting of the Gallia-Vinton Educational Service Center (GVESC) Thursday, June 10 Governing Board will be held at 5 WELLSTON — The GJMV Saturday, June 26 MIDDLEPORT — Middleport Fire Department will be hosting a fish fry at fire station. Serving starts at 11 a.m. Censored veteran will get another chance to give speech HUDSON, Ohio (AP) — A retired U.S. Army officer whose speech about freed Black slaves honoring fallen Civil War soldiers was censored by organizers of a Memorial Day ceremony will get another chance to deliver it. The American Legion Department of Ohio said it has invited retired Army Lt. Col. Barnard Kemter to speak next week at the organization’s Buckeye Boys State, an annual gathering that teaches young men about government. Kemter was speaking at a Memorial Day event hosted by a local American Legion post in northeastern Ohio when his microphone was turned off as he talked about the role Black people played in how Memorial Day began. Two of the event’s organizers later resigned under pressure after Ohio American Legion officials said the decision censoring the speech was premeditated and planned. The organizers of the ceremony in Hudson, Ohio, initially defended their decision, saying the section of the speech that was silenced was not relevant to the program’s theme of honoring the city’s veterans. The Ohio American Legion has temporarily suspended the post. A meeting is planned later this month to discuss its future. DEA: Companies had ‘systematic failure’ in monitoring pills 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 CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A retired high-ranking official with the Drug Enforcement Administration has testified that three large opioid distributors had a “systematic failure” in monitoring suspicious pill orders. Joe Rannazzisi, former head of the Office of Diversion Control for the DEA from 2006 to 2015, testified Tuesday in Charleston in a landmark civil case brought by Cabell County and the city of Huntington that accuses AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health Inc. and McKesson Corp. of fueling the U.S. opioid epidemic. The companies say poor com- munication and pill quotas set by federal agents are to blame, along with a rise in prescriptions written by doctors. Rannazzisi testified that the defendants didn’t report suspicious orders to the DEA due to a failure with their monitoring systems, The Herald-Dispatch reported. He said the DEA asked the companies in 2005 to rein in their distribution practices. A follow-up review of pill shipping data found the flow of pills was not reduced. He testified that McKesson later told the DEA that its suspicious-pill monitoring system was not picking up generic drugs in the hydrocodone class. The failures led to suspension orders being issued against McKesson in 2006, AmerisourceBergen in 2007 and Cardinal Health in 2007 and 2012, Rannazzisi testified. Rannazzisi did not personally review distributors’ monitoring systems, participate in on-site visits or speak to any distributors but McKesson in 2005, McKesson attorney Paul Schmidt said. Rannazzisi also testified that he did not know of any investigations showing the defendants had shipped orders they believed were suspicious. �NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing Thursday, June 10, 2021 3 Biden ends GOP infrastructure talks, but new group emerges By Lisa Mascaro and Josh Boak Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ended talks with a group of Republican senators on a big infrastructure package on Tuesday and started reaching out to senators from both parties in a new effort toward bipartisan compromise, setting a summer deadline for Congress to pass his top legislative priority. The president is walking away from talks with lead Republican negotiator Sen. Shelley Moore Capito after the two spoke Tuesday, but would welcome her in the new bipartisan group, according to an administrative official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the private negotiations. Shortly after the BidenCapito talks collapsed, 10 senators huddled late Tuesday over pizza — five Republicans, five Democrats — emerging after three hours with some optimism their new effort could create a viable path forward, said a person familiar with the closed-door talks and granted anonymity to discuss them. At the same time, with anxiety running high as time slips by, Democrats are laying the groundwork to pass some or all of the ambitious package on their own. Biden conferred Tuesday with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer about launching the budget resolution process for Senate votes in July, the White House said. “The President is committed to moving his economic legislation through Congress this summer, and is pursuing multiple paths to get this done,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement. The breakdown in the White House’s efforts with GOP senators comes after weeks of prolonged infrastructure talks between the president and Capito as the two sides failed to broker the divide over the scope of Biden’s sweeping infrastructure investment and how to pay for it. The Republican senators offered a $928 billion proposal, which included about $330 billion in new spending — but not as much as Biden’s $1.7 trillion investment proposal for rebuilding the nation’s roads, bridges, highways and other infrastructure, including Veterans Affairs hospitals and care centers. Biden has proposed raising the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28%, a nonstarter for Republicans, and rejected the GOP senators’ suggestion of tapping unspent COVID-19 aid money to fund the new infrastructure spending. In a statement, Capito said she was disappointed Biden ended the talks, but also expressed interest in ongoing bipartisan work. “While I appreciate President Biden’s willingness to devote so much time and effort to these negotiations, he ultimately chose not to accept the very robust and targeted infrastructure package, and instead, end our discussions,” she said. “However, this does not mean bipartisanship isn’t feasible.” As Biden aims for a compromise deal, he has begun reaching out to other senators, including Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and two key centrist Democrats, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, whose votes will be crucial in the evenly split Senate. Those senators receiving phone calls from Biden were among the group of 10 assembled with Sinema and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, late Tuesday in Portman’s office for what was described as a productive meeting, the person familiar with the session said. Portman and Sinema have been engaged for months with Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, on a sizable infrastructure proposal that is expected to include proposed ways to pay for it. The senators’ group has expanded in recent weeks to include the others from both parties. Romney has described it a “back burner” group, in case the administration’s talks with the GOP senators faltered. Psaki said the president urged the senators in his conversations to continue their work “to develop a bipartisan proposal that he hopes will be more responsive to the country’s pressing infrastructure needs.” Biden tapped Cabinet and White House aides to meet with the senators in person. Ahead of Biden’s announcement, the White House had also spoken to other lawmakers, including from the House. Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., the cochairs of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, spoke late Monday with Brian Deese, director of the White House National Economic Council, about bipartisan efforts to reach an infrastructure deal, according to an aide who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the private conversations. The Problem Solvers group has agreed to $761.8 billion in new spending over eight years as part of $1.2 trillion plan, according to a draft obtained late Tuesday by The Associated Press. The one-page draft does not include any proposed ways to pay for the package. Gottheimer is also working with Cassidy and Sinema from the senators’ group, the aide said. With the narrowly split House and the 50-50 Senate, the White House faces political challenges pushing its priorities through Congress with Democratic votes alone. Biden’s party holds a slight majority in the Senate because Vice President Kamala Harris can break a tie. The special budget rules could provide Biden with an alternative path, particularly in the Senate, because they allow legislation to be approved with a 51-vote threshold, rather than the 60 votes typically needed to advance a bill past a fili- AP source: US to buy 500M Pfizer vaccines to share globally By Zeke Miller it was in the public health and strategic interests of the U.S. As Biden embarks on his first forWASHINGTON — eign trip, he is aiming to The U.S. will buy 500 million more doses of the show “that democracies are the countries that can Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to share through the best deliver solutions for people everywhere,” Sulglobal COVAX alliance for donation to 92 lower livan said. “As he said in his income countries and the joint session (address), African Union over the next year, a person famil- we were the ‘arsenal of democracy’ in World War iar with the matter said II,” Sullivan said. “We’re Wednesday. going to be the ‘arsenal President Joe Biden of vaccines’ over this was set to make the next period to help end announcement Thursthe pandemic.” day in a speech before The news of the Pfizer the start of the Group sharing plan was conof Seven summit. Two firmed to The Associhundred million doses ated Press by a person — enough to fully profamiliar with the matter, tect 100 million people who spoke on condition — would be shared this year, with the balance to of anonymity ahead of the president’s formal be donated in the first announcement. The news half of 2022, the person was first reported by The said. Washington Post. National security The U.S. has faced adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters Wednesday that mounting pressure to Biden was committed to outline its global vaccine sharing vaccines because sharing plan. Inequities Associated Press in supply around the world have become more pronounced, and the demand for shots in the U.S. — where nearly 64% of adults have received at least one dose — has dropped precipitously. The announcement comes a week after the White House unveiled its plans to donate an initial allotment of 25 million doses of surplus vaccine overseas, mostly through the United Nationsbacked COVAX program, promising infusions for South and Central America, Asia, Africa and others at a time of glaring shortages abroad. Overall, the White House has announced plans to share 80 million doses globally by the end of June, most through COVAX. Officials say a quarter of the nation’s excess will be kept in reserve for emergencies and for the U.S. to share directly with allies and partners. buster — in this case, led by Republicans against the Biden package. Democrats are watching warily as time passes and anxiety builds toward an agreement, with many lawmakers worried they are not fulfilling their campaign promises to voters who put the party in control of Congress and the White House. During a private discussion of Democratic senators at lunch Tuesday, there were differing views over whether they should keep talking with Republicans or pursue an approach that would allow them to pass a bill on their own, through the budget reconciliation process. Schumer told reporters afterward that Democrats are pursuing “a two-path approach.” The bipartisan talks led by Sinema with the other senators are underway, Schumer said, while the budget committee is preparing the legislation that would allow passage through the reconciliation process. “It may well be that part of the bill that is passed will be bipartisan, and part of it will be in reconciliation,” he said. “But we’re not going to sacrifice bigness and boldness.” The president is expected to engage with lawmakers while he sets out this week on his first foreign trip for an economic summit of the Group of Seven industrialized nations in Europe. ‘We all want to return to normal’ you don’t have Kids fear some Robin the scar caused crazy things. I Kinney by the Smallpox remember as Contributing vaccination. a child being columnist Smallpox was afraid of the eradicated by green giant on vaccination in the side of a box in my bedroom closet. the U.S. in 1972. I’m proud of my scar. That fear vanished as We’re now in the I got a little older. I remember another fear process of relaxing restrictions that preof something more vent the spread of the sinister. I was afraid Covid 19 virus and life I’d contract polio and have to live in an iron looks to be starting a return to normal. This lung, permanently on my back, and having to process is made possible by the development view the TV through and administration a mirror positioned of safe and effective above my eyes while vaccines. As more and the device did the more people are vacbreathing I could no cinated restrictions longer do. About the time I was can be lifted without born, polio cases were increasing the risk to surging in the U.S. but public health. This means, however, that vaccines were develif we delay receiving oped and I remember our vaccination we in early grade school delay further relaxall the kids lining up ing of restrictions. and drinking a little cup of what tasted like Life won’t fully return to normal without a sugar water. Over the large percentage of the next few years immupopulation carrying an nization programs in the U.S. were success- immunity to the Covid 19 virus and delaying ful and my fear of the that immunity increasiron lung joined the fear of the green giant es the chance the virus will mutate to a although, to this day, seeing my friends that form more dangerous or a form our current need braces on their legs to walk because of vaccines can’t fight. the lingering paralysis Please don’t delay. We all want to return to reminds me of that normal. fear. I also have a scar on my right shoulder. 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Everything must be removed from premises the day of sale, unless approved by our staff. OH-70240396 �NEWS/WEATHER 4 Thursday, June 10, 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing Biden opens overseas trip declaring ‘United States is back’ By Jonathan Lemire and Aamer Madhani Associated Press MILDENHALL, England — President Joe Biden opened the first overseas trip of his term Wednesday with a declaration that “the United States is back” as he seeks to reassert the nation on the world stage and steady European allies deeply shaken by his predecessor. Biden has set the stakes for his eight-day trip in sweeping terms, believing the West must publicly demonstrate it can compete economically with China as the world emerges from the coronavirus pandemic. It is an open repudiation of his predecessor, Donald Trump, who scorned alliances and withdrew from a global climate change agreement that Biden has since rejoined. The president’s first stop was a visit with U.S. troops and their families at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, where he laid out his mission for the trip. “We’re going to make it clear that the United States is back and democracies are standing mir Putin, Biden will aim to reassure European capitals that the United States can once again be counted on as a dependable partner to thwart Moscow’s aggression both on their eastern front and their internet battlefields. The trip will be far more about messaging than specific actions or deals. And the paramount priority for Biden is to convince the world that his Democratic administration is not just a fleeting deviation in the trajectory of an American Patrick Semansky | AP foreign policy that many President Joe Biden speaks to American service members Wednesday at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, allies fear irrevocably England. drifted toward a more transactional outlook home -- which we’re doing in the public health and together to tackle the under Trump. -- but everywhere,” Biden strategic interests of the toughest challenges and “The trip, at its core, U.S. He added that Biden said. issues that matter the will advance the funis aiming to show “that Shortly before the most to our future,” he democracies are the coun- damental thrust of Joe president spoke, people said. “That we’re comtries that can best deliver Biden’s foreign policy,” briefed on the matter mitted to leading with Sullivan said, “to rally solutions for people said the Biden adminisstrength, defending our the world’s democracies everywhere.” values, and delivering for tration had brokered an to tackle the great chal“As he said in his agreement with Pfizer our people.” lenges of our time.” joint session (address), to purchase 500 million The challenges awaitBiden’s to-do list is COVID-19 vaccine doses we were the ‘arsenal of ing Biden overseas were clear as the president and to be donated to 92 lower- democracy’ in World War ambitious. In their face-to-face sitthe audience wore masks income countries and the II,” Sullivan said. “We’re going to be the ‘arsenal of down in Geneva, Biden — a reminder of the pan- African Union over the wants to privately presvaccines’ over this next next year. demic that is still raging sure Putin to end myriad period to help end the National security around much of the world provocations, including even as its threat recedes adviser Jake Sullivan told pandemic.” cybersecurity attacks on Building toward his within the United States. reporters that Biden was trip-ending summit with American businesses by committed to sharing “We have to end Russian-based hackers, Russian President Vladivaccines because it was COVID-19 not just at the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and repeated overt and covert efforts by the Kremlin to interfere in U.S. elections. Biden is also looking to rally allies on their COVID-19 response and to urge them to coalesce around a strategy to check emerging economic and national security competitor China even as the U.S. expresses concern about Europe’s economic links to Moscow. Biden also wants to nudge outlying allies, including Australia, to make more aggressive commitments to the worldwide effort to curb global warming. The week-plus journey is a big moment for Biden, who traveled the world for decades as vice president and as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and has now stepped off Air Force One onto international soil as commander in chief. He will face world leaders still grappling with the virus and rattled by four years of Trump’s inward-looking foreign policy and moves that strained longtime alliances as the Republican former president made overtures to strongmen. US hopes for more Abraham deals in embrace of a Trump policy By Ellen Knickmeyer, Aya Batrawy and Laurie Kellman tant rulers last month has complicated U.S.-backed diplomacy for new Abraham accords. The fighting “has strengthened the conviction of opponents of normalization” with Israel, activist Doura Gambo said in Sudan. Sudanese were already divided over their government’s agreement last year to become one of the four Arab states signing accords. In Sudan’s case, the Trump administration offered financial relief from U.S. sanctions. Last month’s bloodshed, which killed 254 Palestinians — including 66 children and at least 22 members of one family — resonated deeply with the Arab public, including in the other countries that had signed accords with Israel: the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco. Thirteen people died and isolation for the Jewish state in the Middle East that had dated back to Israel’s Associated Press 1948 founding. The Biden administration saw significant prospects of several other Arab The Biden administration governments signing accords is laying the groundwork for soothing and normalizing relaa renewed push to encourage tions with Israel. U.S. officials more Arab countries to sign have declined to publicly idenaccords with Israel and working to strengthen existing deals tify the countries they regard as promising prospects. after last month’s devastating Sudan, which signed a generwar in the Gaza Strip interruptal declaration of peaceful intent ed those diplomatic efforts. but has not yet signed on to The embrace of the sodiplomatic relations with Israel, called Abraham Accords is a had been a prospect. Oman, rare carryover of a signature Trump administration policy by which has a policy of nonPresident Joe Biden and other interference that allows it to be a broker across the Middle Democrats. East’s fault lines, long has been The Trump administration seen by Westerners as a likely put U.S. clout and incentives contender. into landing the country-byBut the 11-day war between country pacts by four Arab Israel and Gaza’s Hamas milistates last year, easing enmity TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 69° 76° 77° A thunderstorm or two today. Some rain and a thunderstorm tonight. High 82° / Low 67° HEALTH TODAY Statistics through 3 p.m. Wed. AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™ Temperature The AccuWeather.com Asthma Index combines the effects of current air quality, pollen counts, wind, temperature, dew point, barometric pressure, and changes from past weather conditions to provide a scale showing the overall probability and severity of an asthma attack. 72° 68° 81° 60° 97° in 1933 45° in 1932 Precipitation (in inches) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Wed. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date 1.46 2.31 1.31 20.48 19.39 SUN & MOON Today 6:03 a.m. 8:53 p.m. 6:04 a.m. 9:25 p.m. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset New First Full Jun 10 Jun 17 Jun 24 Last Jul 1 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for fish and game. Today Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Major 12:13p 12:39a 1:33a 2:29a 3:26a 4:21a 5:15a Minor 6:01a 6:52a 7:46a 8:42a 9:38a 10:34a 11:27a Major 12:38p 1:04p 1:59p 2:55p 3:51p 4:46p 5:39p 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme POLLEN & MOLD Low Moderate High Moderate High Lucasville 81/69 Very High Minor 6:25p 7:17p 8:12p 9:08p 10:04p 10:58p 11:51p WEATHER HISTORY A woman was sucked through a window in her home in El Dorado, Kan., by a powerful tornado on June 10, 1958, and carried 60 feet. A broken record found next to her was entitled “Stormy Weather.” Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services AIR QUALITY 0 50 100 150 200 300 500 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. Wed. Location Willow Island Marietta Parkersburg Belleville Racine Point Pleasant Gallipolis Huntington Ashland Lloyd Greenup Portsmouth Maysville Meldahl Dam Flood Stage 37 34 36 35 41 40 50 50 52 54 50 50 51 Level 13.06 16.37 21.66 12.98 13.00 25.42 13.01 25.69 34.40 12.86 16.50 34.30 14.40 Portsmouth 81/70 24-hr. 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Hi/Lo/W 94/65/s 61/50/s 80/71/t 69/63/c 70/62/t 77/52/s 76/55/c 73/57/pc 78/63/t 87/70/t 77/52/s 90/70/s 84/68/t 81/63/pc 84/67/t 92/75/pc 83/56/s 89/69/t 87/66/pc 87/73/sh 94/76/pc 88/69/t 92/72/t 97/74/s 90/74/pc 81/62/s 86/70/t 89/78/pc 90/69/t 85/70/t 92/75/t 74/62/pc 93/73/s 94/74/t 72/62/c 105/76/s 76/62/c 65/52/pc 84/67/t 78/64/t 93/76/pc 83/56/s 71/59/pc 62/51/sh 71/64/t EXTREMES WEDNESDAY National for the 48 contiguous states Atlanta 84/72 El Paso 104/74 Chihuahua 101/71 WEDNESDAY Today Parkersburg 80/67 Coolville 82/67 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s Seattle 100s 65/51 90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s 10s San Francisco 0s 67/54 -0s Los Angeles -10s 78/62 T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front TUESDAY NATIONAL CITIES Ironton 81/70 Ashland 80/70 Grayson 80/69 same time the U.S. works to advance resolution of the IsraelPalestinian conflict. Last year, the United Arab Emirates became the first Arab country in over two decades to establish ties with Israel, after Egypt and Jordan in 1979 and 1994, respectively. It was a move that bypassed the Palestinians. The Abraham Accords include a general declaration of support for peaceful relations in the Middle East among Jews, Muslims and Christians, all followers of religions linked to the patriarch Abraham. The Trump administration saw the accords partly as paving a path toward full ties with Israel, including in security and intelligence cooperation to counter common rivals, such as Iran. 86° 63° Wilkesville 80/65 POMEROY Jackson 82/67 80/67 Ravenswood Rio Grande 82/67 81/68 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 81/69 GALLIPOLIS 82/67 82/69 81/67 South Shore Greenup 81/70 80/69 31 Logan 80/66 McArthur 80/66 Very High Primary: grass/hickory/walnut Mold: 4030 Humid with clouds and sun Adelphi 81/68 Chillicothe 82/69 SUNDAY 88° 66° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Waverly 81/69 Pollen: 41 Low MOON PHASES SATURDAY Humid with a shower and thunderstorm 4 Primary: cladosporium Fri. 6:03 a.m. 8:54 p.m. 6:47 a.m. 10:19 p.m. FRIDAY 81° 63° ALMANAC High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM in Israel, including two children and one soldier. The Biden administration is considering appointing a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro, to a Mideast role that would marshal and potentially expand the country-bycountry accords between Israel and Mideast governments. Two people familiar with the matter confirmed Shapiro was being considered for the job, as first reported by The Washington Post. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly. U.S. officials also are working to encourage more business, education and other ties among the four Arab states and Israel. They hope visible success there will also promote the bilateral accords in the region, at the High Low 102° in Pecos, TX 27° in Bodie State Park, CA Global High Low Houston 92/76 Monterrey 94/71 Miami 89/78 118° in Al-Nwaiseeb, Kuwait 17° in Pingualuit NP, Canada Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. �S ports Ohio Valley Publishing Thursday, June 10, 2021 5 Big Blacks take down Sissonville, 1-0 By Alex Hawley Joel Beattie single in the second. Point Pleasant’s next hit was a Tanner Mitchell single to leadoff the seventh. Back-to-back fielder’s SISSONVILLE, W.Va. — They choice grounders made two outs got their revenge, and they’re in the inning, but after the second moving on to the regional. The second-seeded Point Pleas- one, Riley Oliver advanced to second base on a throwing error. ant baseball team — which fell From there, PPHS nine-hole hit1-0 at Sissonville on Monday — ter Evan Roach singled past the flipped the script and defeated second baseman, bringing Oliver the top-seeded Indians 1-0 in the home to score. All-3 SHS batters Class AA Region IV, Section 1 in the finale grounded out to championship game on Tuesday shortstop Hunter Bush, as the Big in Kanawha County. Blacks sealed the 1-0 victory. Sissonville (20-6) had its lone Point Pleasant senior Kyelar hit of the game in the opening inning, and made it to base again Morrow was the winning pitcher after errors in the third and fourth of record with eight strikeouts innings, but never got past second and no walks in a complete game one-hit shut out. base. The Big Blacks (20-8) had just one hit in the first six frames, a See DOWN | 6 ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Members of the Point Pleasant baseball team pose for a photo after winning the Class AA Region IV, Section 1 championship 1-0 on Tuesday in Sissonville, W.Va. Rio Grande pair named 2nd Team All-America By Randy Payton For Ohio Valley Publishing KANSAS CITY, Mo. – University of Rio Grande freshman shortstop Caitlyn Brisker and junior outfielder Taylor Webb have been named to the 2021 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Softball All-America Second Team. The teams, which included First Team, Second Team and Honorable Mention list, were selected by the NAIA All-America committee and announced on Tuesday afternoon. Brisker hit a team-best .446 with a team-high eight triples, 59 runs scored, 15 stolen bases and a .797 slugging percentage despite missing the team’s first 17 games while still a member of the Rio women’s basketball team. The Oak Hill, Ohio native was second on the RedStorm with eight home runs and third with 12 doubles and 36 RBI. Brisker, who also earned River States Conference Player of the Year honors and an All-Region VI selection from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA), ranked sixth nationally in triples. Webb, who also received Second Team AllAmerican honors on Monday from the NFCA after earning All-Region kudos last week, batted .436 with a team-high 11 home runs and 70 runs batted in. She also led the RedStorm in hits (95), doubles (25) and total bases (161), while ranking second in runs scored (54). A native of Willow Wood, Ohio, Webb went 15-for-26 (.577) with six doubles, three homers and eight RBI in Rio’s eight post-season contests, ranked second nationally in hits, RBI and total bases and was third nationally in doubles. The duo helped Rio Grande equal the school’s single-season record for wins (47) en route to a River States Conference regular season and tournament championship. The RedStorm got to within two wins of the NAIA World Series, but lost to Milligan (Tenn.) University in the championship game of the Lawrenceville (Ga.) Bracket of the NAIA National Tournament Opening Round. Southern Oregon senior infielder/pitcher Lauren Quirke was named the NAIA Player of the Year, while senior Emily Cerny of Science & Arts of Oklahoma was honored as the NAIA Pitcher of the Year. Quirke had an amazing final year at Southern Oregon, finishing the season ranked top five in different statistical categories, including No. 1 in total hits with 101. She is a two-time national champion, earning NAIA All-American second team in 2019 and 2020. Cerny graduates Science & Arts (Okla.) decorated with honors. The pitcher went the distance See PAIR | 6 OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Thursday, June 10 Track and Field WVSSAC Class A meet, 11 a.m. WVSSAC Class AA meet, 7 p.m. Legion Baseball Beverly-Lowell Post 389-750 vs. Meigs Post 39 at Meigs HS, 6 p.m. Friday, June 11 Track and Field WVSSAC Class AA meet, 11 a.m. Sunday, June 13 Legion Baseball Glouster Post 414 vs. Meigs Post 39 at Meigs HS (DH), 1 p.m. Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Point Pleasant junior Elicia Wood, middle, clears an obstacle while pulling away from the field during the 100-meter hurdles race at the Paul Wood Memorial Invitational held on May 7 at Ohio Valley Bank Track and Field in Point Pleasant, W.Va. Point has high hopes at AA meet By Bryan Walters bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The possibility of a record-setting weekend for Point Pleasant is very real. Now it just comes down to the performances. The Black Knights and the Lady Knights are sending a combined 27 athletes into 32 events this Thursday and Friday at the 2021 WVSSAC Class AA track and field championships being held at Laidley Field on the campus of the University of Charleston. Based on regional qualifying marks alone, PPHS enters the 2-day affair with six event leaders — four girls and two boys — and the potential for another eight top-3 placers over the course of the double-A tournament. That is on paper, based off of regional results held in four different locations with as many different sets of conditions. This will be simultaneous at Laidley Field, and a first for several of the athletes involved this week. The Lady Knights — who were second to Winfield in the Region IV standings — have 10 girls competing in 13 events, including a pair of relays. Addy Cottrill is the lone defending champion returning to the state meet on behalf of Point Pleasant after winning the girls shot put title as a freshman in 2019. Cot- well. The quartet of Hall, Smith, Ella Hunt and Brooke Warner enter the 4x100m relay with the 10th fastest time of 54.98 seconds. Kady Hughes is also 14th headed into the 800m final with a mark of 2:36.93. The Black Knights — who were second to Winfield in the Region IV standings — enter the boys meet with 17 athletes taking part in 19 events, including all five of the relay finals. Jonathan Griffin starts Point’s double-A weekend on Thursday night as he owns the second best time of 51.45 seconds in the 400m dash. Griffin is the only PPHS athlete competing in an event on Thursday evening. The foursome of Ian Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Wood, Trey Peck, Luke Point Pleasant’s Jonathan Griffin, right, sprints ahead of Wahama’s Derenberger and Brayden Joshua Frye in the 100m dash at a quad meet on May 25 at Ohio Wise own the fastest Valley Bank Track and Field in Point Pleasant, W.Va. qualifying time in the trill enters the week with and 100m hurdles (16.01) 4x110m shuttle hurdles with a mark of 1:03.05. the top throws in both the with the top qualifying Cody Schultz enters the shot put (39-6.5) and dis- marks. Wood also sits discus final with the top cus (136-7) out of the 16 second in qualifying for the 300m hurdles (18.59) throw of 159 feet, 1 inch, finalists in each event. and Brayden Connolly is event. Kianna Smith is comalso ninth headed into Wood also joins Skyla peting in both of those that final at 119 feet, 11 events as well and enters Hall, Kendall Connolly the discus (88-2) in 13th and Katelynn Smith with inches. The 4x400m relay team overall and is 14th in the the third fastest time in of Griffin, Gavin Jefthe 4x102.5m shuttle shot put (29-10). Kayla fers, Hector Castillo and hurdles relay (1:03.05). Butler is also competing Hall is making a repeat Brayden Randolph are in the shot put final and second with a qualifying is third overall at 35 feet, state appearance in the pole vault and enters the time of 3:37.32. Jeffers, 6 inches. Griffin, Peck and Preston week eighth out of 12 Elicia Wood is within striking distance of three qualifiers with a height of Taylor also have the second best time in the individual state titles this 8 feet. Smith is 13th out of 16 competitors in the weekend as she enters See POINT | 6 both the high jump (5-4) long jump (14-1) final as �SPORTS 6 Thursday, June 10, 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing Webb named to NFCA All-America 2nd team Rio Grande junior outfielder one of 37 total selections By Randy Payton ation announced Monday afternoon. Webb, a native of Willow Wood, Ohio, batted LOUISVILLE, Ky. – .436 with a team-high 11 University of Rio Grande home runs and 70 runs junior outfielder Taybatted in. She also led the lor Webb is among 37 RedStorm in hits (95), student-athletes from 26 different institutions to be doubles (25) and total named 2021 National Fast- bases (161), while rankpitch Coaches Association ing second in runs scored (54). NAIA All-Americans. Webb, who went 15-forThe selections were announced by the Associ- 26 (.577) with six dou- For Ohio Valley Publishing bles, three homers and eight RBI in Rio’s eight post-season contests, also ranked second nationally in hits, RBI and total bases and was third nationally in doubles. Rio Grande finished 47-16 following a loss to Milligan (Tenn.) University in the championship game of the Lawrenceville (Ga.) Bracket in the opening round of the L O C A L R E S U LT S 11 a.m.: Elicia Wood girls high jump. 11 a.m.: Luke Derenberger boys long jump. 11 a.m.: Cael McCutcheon, Gavin Jeffers both in boys pole vault. 11:45 a.m.: Elicia Wood 100m hurdles semis. 11:55 a.m.: Brayden Wise, Ian Wood both in 110m hurdles semis. 12:15: Preston Taylor boys 100m dash semis. 12:45: Preston Taylor boys 200m dash semis. 1:10: Elicia Wood girls 300m hurdles. 1:20: Ian Wood boys 300m hurdles. 1:30: West Baker boys shot put. 1:30: Addy Cottrill, Kianna Smith both in girls discus. 1:30: Luke Derenberger boys high jump. 1:30: Katelynn Smith girls long jump. 1:30: Skyla Hall girls pole vault. 2:30: Boys 4x800m relay. 2:45: Girls 100m hurdles finals. 2:50: Boys 110m hurdles finals. 3:00: Boys 100m dash finals. 3:30: Boys 4x200m relay. 3:55: Girls 4x100m relay. 4:05: Boys 4x100m relay. 4:15: Kady Hughes girls 800m run. 4:25: Hector Castillo boys 800m run. 4:40: Boys 200m dash finals. 4:55: Girls 4x102.5m shuttle hurdles relay. 5:05: Boys 4x110m shuttle hurdles relay. 5:30: Boys 4x400m relay. All times listed are p.m., unless otherwise noted, for the Point Pleasant state qualifiers. Jeffers is fifth in that same event at 10 feet even. Taylor owns the From page 5 fourth best time in the 200m dash (23.20) and is fifth entering the 100m 4x100m relay with a dash (11.52) semifinal. mark of 45.22 seconds. Brayden Wise enters Jeffers, Griffin, Peck and Tyson Richards own the 110m hurdles with the fourth fastest time the third fastest time of 17.02 seconds, while in the 4x200m relay Ian Wood is ninth in (1:34.93) final, while that same event at 17.67 the 4x800m squad of seconds. Wood also comCastillo, Sean Wilson, Braxton Watkins-Lovejoy petes in the 300m hurdles with a sixth fastest and Trenton Murphy have the slowest qualify- time of 44.51 seconds. Derenberger is eighth ing time of 9:51.55. headed into the high Cael McCutcheon enters the pole vault final jump (5-6) final and is also 12th entering the with the second best long jump (18-2) final. height of 13 feet, while West Baker comes into the shot put final seventh with a distance of 43 feet, 2 inches. Castillo is also 16th out of 16 qualifiers with a time of 2:14.70 in the 800m final. The Class AA track and field championships begin just after 7 p.m. Thursday night with the running of the 400m dash and 3200m run events, then the remainder of the tournament will be held on Friday starting at 11 a.m. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. BASEBALL Point Pleasant 1, Sissonville 0 PPHS 000 000 1 — 1-3-2 SHS 000 000 0 — 0-1-3 WP: Kyelar Morrow (7IP, H, 8K) LP: Colton Carpenter (7IP, R, 3H, 3K, 2BB) Point Pleasant (20-8): Tanner Mitchell 1-2, Evan Roach 1-3 (RBI), Joel Beattie 1-3. Sissonville (20-6): Levi Tinsley 1-3. TRACK AND FIELD WVSSAC Class AA Championships Thursday, June 10 7:20: Jonathan Griffin (PP) 400m dash. Friday, June 11 11 a.m.: Addy Cottrill, Kayla Butler, Kianna Smith all in girls shot put. Point Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. Come On Over To Bob’s Annual Customer Appreciation Sale Bob’s 10 inch Hanging Baskets 10 inch Deco Pots and Annual bedding flats Up To 30% off Regular $ 16 99 NOW JUST $ 12 99 Each (Excludes Boston ferns) Deluxe Large Ready to plant in the ground or your favorite pot! 12 inch Hanging Baskets 22 $ 99 Regular $ 1099 ON SALE NOW NOW JUST 16 99 $ 99 $ 7 Premium Vegetative All 10 inch Florida Annuals Tropicals Fruit Trees Bob’s Better Blooms Regular 4 29 $ 29 OR $ 99 a flat NOW JUST 2 2199 $ 99 OR $ a flat Nazarene University. Joining SOU with multiple first teamers was Olivet Nazarene, garnering two accolades. Southern Oregon’s Allie Stines was named the Diamond Sports/NFCA Catcher of the Year, while Ave Maria University’s Kalie Romig was the recipient of the New Balance / NFCA Golden Shoe Award. Randy Payton is the Sports Information Director at the University of Rio Grande. Comeback corner: Browns’ Williams progressing from injury By Tom Withers AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio — Browns cornerback Greedy Williams has passed every major medical checkpoint in his comeback from a seasonending injury. He’s still got a big one to tackle — literally. After missing all last season with a nerve injury in his right shoulder, Williams is again practicing at full speed with the Browns, who are continuing their voluntary offseason program in preparation for next week’s mandatory minicamp. It’s been a long, difficult road back for Williams, a second-round pick in 2019. He never could have imagined that making a routine tackle during training camp in July would result in him having to spend the entirety of 2020 rehabbing. On Wednesday, Williams, whose participation was limited last week, ran around the practice field unencumbered. “It’s a great feeling,” he said on Zoom afterwards. “Just being reunited with the team, going through the drills with them and things like that, it gives you the happiest moments.” For Browns coach Kevin Stefanski, seeing Williams back at close to 100% was a testament to hard work, dedication and perseverance. Williams came close to returning several times last year but suffered setbacks and never made it. Ron Schwane | AP Cleveland Browns cornerback Greedy Williams (26) defends against Emmanuel Rugamba (37) during practice Wednesday at the team’s training facility in Berea, Ohio. “Like anybody going through an injury, he had some tough moments there, but when he was in this building he had a smile on his face and he worked really hard in that training room,” Stefanski said. “I can tell you, we are all really excited to see him out on the field going through drills. “To watch somebody rehab like he did, we are excited about where he is going. He has some more work to do, but to see him back on the field and see No. 26 working is great.” The NFL isn’t a twohand touch league, so at some point soon Williams will have to test his shoulder by lowering it and making a tackle. Only then will he know what the future holds. He needs to build back strength and trust in his shoulder. “It is a process,” the 23-year-old said. “Go out to rehab, trusting my people and trusting the guys here just to keep rehabbing and working up to the part where I trust it again. Just having a strong team behind me, and we are pushing it every day to get better and get back out there.” Williams likened the rehab process to a fight, rounds and rounds of absorbing punches and swinging back. He finally feels as if he’s got the upper hand. His bout isn’t over, but he’s closer to the end than ever. “I am just pushing it to the limit of being able to get back out there,” he said. Williams’ injury and the uncertainty about his return may have pushed the Browns toward drafting Northwestern cornerback Greg Newsome II in the first round this year. He’ll compete with Williams for a starting spot opposite Denzel Ward, one of Cleveland’s best players and one of the few holdovers from a defense overhauled this offseason. Not long after Newsome was selected, Williams welcomed his new teammate to Cleveland with a posting on Twitter. To some, the gesture may have been strange considering Williams could lose his job to Newsome. teams that legitimately expected to go to a regional, so this year From page 5 probably means a little bit more. Beating a qualColton Carpenter took ity team that had every expectation to go to the the loss in a complete game for the hosts, strik- regional, just like we did, that’s what you get, ing out a trio. you get two games like Roach, Beattie and Mitchell each had a single last night and tonight. for the Big Blacks offense, The team that wins this with Levi Tinsley record- section and region has a good chance to maybe ing the hosts’ lone hit. Following the sectional make some noise at Power Park.” championship victory, Blain also explained eighth-year PPHS head how his hitters stayed coach Andrew Blain locked in after just one noted the added excitement from beating a top- hit through the first six frames against Carpenter. tier opponent. “We really talk heavily “This section is just about controlling what stupid-tough, and the you can control, worryregion is tough,” Blain ing about your process, said. “With us and with and letting the results Sissonville, that’s two take care of themselves,” Blain said. “We hit some hard balls, and we hit some dinkies, the pitcher threw a great game, but it’s about staying in the at-bat. Every at-bat is a new at-bat, every pitch is a new pitch. We get a guy on, and Evan Roach pieces a ball up. He pieced one up early in the game, and the second baseman made a good play on it. He hit about three feet farther to the right and that did it.” PPHS was also the Class AA Region IV, Section 1 champion in 2019. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Pair honorable mention selection. She was the only other player from an RSC institution — outside of Brisker and Webb — to be recognized. OR 2 FOR $24 One Gallon Combination Pots Regular NAIA National Tournament. NFCA All-Region and All-American athletes must be nominated by their NFCA-member head coach, are voted for by the coaches in their region or division, and ultimately selected by elected All-American committee members to receive this prestigious accolade. These honorees are in the top 1% of student-athletes competing during the 2021 season. Back-to-back national champion Southern Oregon University led the way with five AllAmericans. Oregon Institute of Technology, the 2021 national runner-up followed with three honorees. 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Bidders may also examine bid documents at the following locations: Gallia Metropolitan Housing Authority 381 Buck Ridge Road Bidwell, Ohio 45614 Browne Group Architects 3400 Mason Road Canal Winchester, Ohio 43110 Would you like to deliver newspapers as an independent contractor under an agreement with the Point Pleasant Register? Gallipolis Daily Tribune? The Daily Sentinel? � � � � � Be your own boss 5 Day Delivery Delivery times is approx. 3 hours daily Must be 18 years of age Must have a valid driver’s license, dependable vehicle & provide proof of insurance � Must provide your own substitute Dodge Reports http://dodge.construction.com A Prebid Conference will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 10, 2021, at the Housing Authority Administrative Offices at 381 Buck Ridge Road, Bidwell, Ohio 45614. The scope and details of the proposed project work will be discussed. Attendance is recommended. 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Special prosecutor Kathleen Gerber and independent investigator Rick Wozniak announced the first charges against two officers and a sergeant with the Columbus Division of Police in an ongoing investigation into the division’s handling of days of intense protests that engulfed the city last May and June. The misdemeanor charges follow a federal judge’s ruling in April that the division mishandled the protests and used force against protesters without provocation. The special prosecutors were hired by the city to conduct the investigation. “I was asked by the City of Columbus to independently evaluate the allegations of police Kyle Robertson | The Columbus Dispatch via AP, file Congresswomen Joyce Beatty and Columbus City Council President Shannon Hardin try to intervene as Columbus police use pepper spray on demonstrators during a protest May 30, 2020, on the death of George Floyd on South High Street near the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. Special prosecutor Kathleen Gerber and independent investigator Rick Wozniak announced Wednesday they have charged three Columbus police officers for alleged misconduct in their handling of demonstrators during the protests last summer following the killing of Floyd. misconduct from last summer’s protests so that both citizens and police officers are held to the same standard of accountability,” Garber said in a statement. “We appreciate the community’s patience over the past year while we have made continued attempts to interview witnessing officers and identify officers committing the alleged misconduct during the protests.” Two of the officers were charged with assault, dereliction of duty and interfering with protesters’ civil rights. The sergeant was charged with falsifying information about a protester’s actions against another officer as well as dereliction of duty. Columbus Public Safety Director Ned Pettus wel- comed the investigation and its results, saying “this is important, necessary work.” He added: “Answers and accountability are what the people of Columbus demand, and deserve.” All three officers have been placed on administrative duties pending the outcome of the criminal investigation, Columbus Deaths from heart disease, diabetes climbed amid COVID By Mike Stobbe AP Medical Writer NEW YORK — The U.S. saw remarkable increases in the death rates for heart disease, diabetes and some other common killers in 2020, and experts believe a big reason may be that many people with dangerous symptoms made the lethal mistake of staying away from the hospital for fear of catching the coronavirus. The death rates — posted online this week by federal health authori- ties — add to the growing body of evidence that the number of lives lost directly or indirectly to the coronavirus in the U.S. is far greater than the officially reported COVID19 death toll of nearly 600,000 in 2020-21. For months now, researchers have known that 2020 was the deadliest year in U.S. history, primarily because of COVID-19. But the data released this week showed the biggest increases in the death rates for heart disease and diabetes in at least 20 years. “I would probably use the word `alarming,’” said Dr. Tannaz Moin, a diabetes expert at UCLA, said of the trends. Earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that nearly 3.4 million Americans died in 2020, an all-time record. Of those deaths, more than 345,000 were directly attributed to COVID-19. The CDC also provided the numbers of deaths for some of the leading causes of mortality, including the nation’s top two killers, heart disease and cancer. But the data released this week contains the death rates — that is, fatalities relative to the population — which is considered a better way to see the impact from year to year, since the population fluctuates. Of the causes of death for which the CDC had full-year provisional data, nine registered increases. Those included Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s, chronic liver disease, stroke and high blood pressure. police said in a statement. Once the criminal investigation is concluded, the statement continued, the division will conduct their own investigation into the officers’ alleged wrongdoing. District Court Judge Algenon Marbley granted a preliminary injunction April 30 against the city’s police force, barring officers from using tear gas, pepper spray, wooden bullets and other “nonlethal force,” against nonviolent protests. Marbley said most participants of last summer’s protests were peacefully protesting or observing when some officers used such nonlethal responses. There is “a mountain of evidence” that protesters were targeted while trying to follow police orders to leave the demonstrations, he wrote. “This case is the sad tale of police officers, clothed with the awesome power of the state, run amok,” Marbley wrote in his decision. The ruling was in favor of 26 protesters who filed a class-action lawsuit in July against the division, claiming they were brutalized by officers during Banner From page 1 banners can be placed at www.skylinebowl. com/store.html or by calling 740-416-1872. Arrested From page 1 force under the jurisdiction of the Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission and consists of the Meigs the demonstrations last year. The investigation by the special prosecutors into other allegations of Columbus police misconduct during the protests remains open. The city attorney’s office said it has also prosecuted nearly 100 civilians for “violent, aggressive behavior” during the protests, including for threatening behavior toward police. Also in April, a $250,000 review commissioned by the Columbus City Council found that the city was unprepared for the size and energy of the protests and that most police officers felt abandoned by city leadership during that time. The report found the city had no advance plan for handling such protests, and suffered from a lack of coordination and even regular communication among city leaders once the protests began. The division has been under immense pressure not only for its handling of last year’s protests but for a number of highprofile, fatal shootings of Black men and children since December. For more information visit the Meigs County Armed Forces Banner Project on Facebook. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Sarah Hawley is the managing editor of The Daily Sentinel. County Sheriff’s Office, the Gallia County Sheriff’s Office, The Meigs County Prosecutor’s Office, The Gallia County Prosecutor’s Office, the Gallipolis City Police Department and the Middleport Police Department. Photos by Sarah Hawley | Sentinel Principal Bill Francis seals the time capsule. Students helped to shovel the dirt back onto the time capsule. Moment From page 1 there own writings, news articles, or other items of their choosing in the capsule. With the assistance of Middle School Principal Bill Francis, students sealed and bagged the time capsule to prevent moisture inside and then buried it near the playground. Students who wanted to help we able to shovel the dirt back on to capsule to bury it. A marker will be placed at the site where the capsule is buried to help Students shovel dirt to cover the time capsule. locate it when it is time to open it. 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