https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/0dc17b27620bdd377d73fec14e44d8f1.pdf 69269397623ba8dc6e77b02b84a0156d PDF Text Text 8 AM 2 PM 8 PM 61° 75° 74° Periods of sunshine today. Partly cloudy tonight. High 81° / Low 62° Today’s weather forecast New SGHS AD named Blues Bash returns WEATHER s 4 SPORTS s 7 RIVER s 10 C_ZZb[fehj��Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 150, Volume 75 Saturday, July 31, 2021 s $2 Noah and the Ark Filing deadline Wednesday for election By Sarah Hawley shawley@aimmediamidwest.com POMEROY — The deadline for candidates, tax levies and other issues to be ﬁled to appear on the November General Election ballot is Wednesday, Aug. 4 at 4 p.m. Seats on village councils and school boards, along with township trustee positions, are among those which will be up for election this year. All ofﬁces — with the exception of Middleport Village Council — fall under the Aug. 4 deadline. The deadline to ﬁle for seats in Middleport was in May. The difference in deadlines is due to the population of the village. Seats up for election for which petitions must be ﬁled by 4 p.m. on Aug. 4 are as follows: OVP file photos Noah and his family stand outside the ark during a performance in 2019. Six performances to be held beginning Sunday By Sarah Hawley shawley@aimmediamidwest.com POMEROY — The legacy of Pastor James Acree lives on move than a year after his passing, with the return of the Noah and the Ark live drama the next three weeks at Hillside Baptist Church on State Route 143. Pastor Acree, who passed away in June 2020, founded the church in the late 1980s and in 1998 began the outdoor drama at the ark behind the church. The original ark was torn down in the mid 2000s, with the current ark having opened in 2008. Each year, the church presents the live outdoor drama “Noah WdZ�j^[�7haÇ�\h[[�je�j^[�fkXb_Y"� with the church and Power in the Blood Ministry working together to put on the performances. Now, Joe Humphrey Sr. — Pastor Acree’s son-in-law — serves as pastor of the church. Humphrey explained that before he passed away, Pastor Acree had asked him and his m_\[�@Wc_[��7Yh[[Éi�ZWk]^j[h�� to make sure to continue the Noah and the Ark performanc- es. While COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the performances in 2020, Jamie and Joe both explained that they are happy to bring the performances back in 2021 and that Acree would be excited to see the tradition continue. Since the last performances, extensive renovations have taken place on the ark and the surrounding area. <beeh_d]"�j^[�ijW_hm[bb�WdZ� roof supports have undergone repairs inside the ark, the fencing area for the animals has been adjusted to allow for better crowd interaction during the performance, new lighting and poles have been put in place and a foot bridge has been replaced, among other changes. Performances tell the biblical story on Noah and his family, which is not the children’s story that many are used to hearing as they grow up. During the drama, Noah and his family are confronted by members of their own families, l_bbW][hi�WdZ�ej^[h�Æ[l_bÇ�Ò]kh[i� who do not believe in Noah’s God or that the ﬂood will come 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 © 2020 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. Villages Pomeroy Village Council — 4 seats, plus 1 unexpired term Racine Village Council — 4 seats, plus 1 unexpired term See DEADLINE | 12 Plans underway for Rutland community garden Staff Report Pastor James Arcee speaks to the crowd during a 2019 performance of Noah and the Ark at Hillside Baptist Church. and destroy the Earth. With each visitor, Noah and his family tell of their faith in God and how, if they believe, they too can live through the ﬂood inside the ark with Noah and his family. In the end, each rejects Noah’s message and perishes in the ﬂood as do all other living creatures on the Earth. With sound and lighting effects, and a video, the rains come after Noah, his family and all of the animals are secured in the ark. Each performance concludes with a message of salvation, inviting those in attendance to Wbie�ÆX[b_[l[�WdZ�b_l[Ç�Wi�DeW^� invited those who confronted him during the performance. At the end, the cross and tomb on the hill behind the crowd is illuminated and an See 7HA | 12 ‘Virtual Career Fair’ planned for job seekers, businesses Staff Report OHIO VALLEY — To aid local businesses in recovering from the effects of COVID-19, The Ohio Southeast Economic Development, OhioMeansJobs Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence County, Ironton-Lawrence County Community Action Organization, and Gallia County Economic & Community Development are hosting ÆE>Ped["�W�L_hjkWb�9Wh[[h�<W_h"Ç�ed� Aug. 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. According to a news release from event organizers, the goal is to help Ohio Workers ﬁnd employment while helping regional employers build a qualiﬁed, motivated workforce. “The virtual career fair will help to connect prospective employees and local companies to meet local work\ehY[�d[[Zi"Ç�iW_Z�AWhW�M_bb_i��E^_e� Southeast). This fully virtual, online event will feature several Ohio companies with a variety of local job opportunities in See <7?H | 3 RUTLAND — Residents in Rutland may be able to enjoy a community garden starting next year as plans for its development and construction are underway. According to a news release from Rutland Mayor Tyler Eblin, the village of Rutland is partnering with the Meigs County Health Department through the Creating Healthy Communities �9>9��Fhe]hWc�je�\kbÒbb� a grant for a community garden to serve the Rutland area. Mayor Eblin and Meigs County Health Department CHC Director Michael Davis have been discussing the project at Village Hall after the garden’s construction on a Village owned parcel was approved by the Rutland Village Council during its July 5 regular meeting. “It has been a pleasure to discuss this exciting project with Mr. Davis and the Health Departc[dj"Ç�Yecc[dj[Z� Mayor Eblin. “The residents of Rutland enjoy something to be proud of; and a community garden is another step in a positive direction for See GARDEN | 12 �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Saturday, July 31, 2021 OBITUARIES Ohio Valley Publishing GALLIA, MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS JAMES R. GRUESER JR. POMEROY — James R. Grueser Jr., 50, of Pomeroy, passed away on Thursday, July 29, 2021 at the Meigs Emergency Department. He was born on January 20, 1971 to Donna (Williams) Grueser and the late James Grueser Sr. Jim was a member of the Pomeroy-Racine Masonic Lodge and he worked at the Lakin State Correctional Facility. He is survived by his wife, Missy Grueser; son, Jed Grueser; mother, Donna Grueser; sister, Tracey (Eddie) Van- Matre; mother-in-law, Janet Hill; sister-in-law, Courtney (Matt) Ash, Marcy (Rob) Wyatt, Sonja (Scott) Frederick and several nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his father; brother Todd Anthony Grueser; father-in-law, Dennie Hill. At Jim’s request there will be no public services. A private family service will be held at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy. PATRICIA L. ‘PATTI’ SNYDER BIDWELL — Patricia L. “Patti” Snyder, 66, of Bidwell, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, July 29, 2021, at Camden Clark Medical Center in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Patti was born on April 22, 1955, in Gallia County, Ohio, daughter of the late Richard E. and Avanelle E. Miller Davis. Patti was married to James V. “Jim” Snyder; and he survives her in Bidwell, Ohio. Patti is also survived by three nieces and a nephew, Angie Curfman, Kristi Weber, Jessica Davis, and Bryan Davis and a special friend, Lisa Lee. In addi- tion to her parents, Patti was preceded in death by two brothers, Michael E. Davis and Larry “Butch” Davis. A memorial service for Patti will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, at Oak Hill Presbyterian Church, 205 East Cross Street, Oak Hill, Ohio 45656 with Pastor Christine Burns, CRE ofﬁciating. In lieu of ﬂowers, monetary gifts may be sent to Willis Funeral Home, P.O. Box 806, Gallipolis, OH 45631 to help with expenses. Please visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send e-mail condolences. SMITH RACINE — Andrea Rae Smith, 47, of Racine, passed away, unexpectedly at 2:55 a.m. on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in the Holzer Meigs Emergency Department, Pomeroy. Services will be held on Saturday, July 31, 2021 at 7 p.m. in the Cremeens-King Funeral Home, Racine with Pastor Mark A. Mitera ofﬁciating. Friends may call three hours prior to the service on Saturday. Editor’s Note: The Daily Sentinel and Gallipolis Daily Tribune appreciate your input to the community calendar. To make sure items can receive proper attention, all information should be received by the newspaper at least ﬁve business days prior to an event. All coming events print on a space-available basis and in chronological order. Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@aimmediamidwest.com or GDTnews@ aimmediamidwest.com. Monday, Aug. 2 POMEROY — The Meigs County Cancer Initiative, Inc. (MCCI) will meet at noon in the conference room of the Meigs County Health Department. New members are welcome. For more information, contact Courtney Midkiff at 740-992-6626 ext. 1028. GALLIPOLIS — The American Legion Lafayette Post #27, will not be meeting due to the Gallia County Fair. LETART TWP. — The regular meeting of the Letart Township Trustees will be held at 5 p.m. at the Letart Township Building. Tuesday, Aug. 3 GALLIPOLIS — The VFW Post #4464 will not be meeting due to Gallia County Fair. Thursday, Aug. 5 GALLIPOLIS — Sons of the American Legion Squadron #27 will meet 5 p.m., at the post home on McCormick Road, all members are urged to attend. CHESTER — The Chester Shade Historical Association will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Academy Dining Room. Friday, Aug. 6 MARIETTA — The Buckeye Hills Regional Council Executive Committee will hold its regular meeting at 10:30 a.m. If you have any questions regarding this meeting, please contact Jenny Simmons at 740-3761026 or jsimmons@buckeyehills.org. GALLIPOLIS — The monthly board meeting of the O. O. McIntyre Park District will be held at 11 a.m., in the Park Board ofﬁce at the Gallia County Courthouse, 18 Locust St., Gallipolis, Ohio. Saturday, Aug. 7 POMEROY — Tech Class: Windows Basics at the Pomeroy Library. Call to register: 740-9925813. Monday, Aug. 9 BEDFORD TWP. — Bedford Township trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the Bedford townhall. GALLIPOLIS — DAV Dovel Myers Post #141 will meet 5 p.m., at the post home on Liberty Ave., all members are urged to attend. GALLIPOLIS — AMVETS Post #23 will meet right after the DAV meeting at 6 p.m. on Liberty Ave., all members are urged to attend. Tuesday, Aug. 10 GALLIPOLIS — VFW Post #4464 will hold a family dinner at 6 p.m., at the post home on 3rd Ave., all members and public are welcome. TUPPERS PLAINS — Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer District will meet at 7 p.m. at the district ofﬁce. POMEROY — Acoustic Night at the Library. Informal jam session, bring your instruments or come to listen. 6 p.m. at the Pomeroy Library. Wednesday, Aug. 11 GALLIPOLIS — The GalliaVinton Educational Service Center (ESC) Governing Board will meet 5:30 p.m. for the regular monthly board meeting, Ohio Valley Bank on the Square, 360 Second Ave., Gallipolis, a joint Board training with area Boards of Education will be held from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., call the ESC ofﬁce at 740-245-0593 for further information. Thursday, Aug. 12 GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Retired Teachers will meet at noon at Courtside Restaurant in Gallipolis, all retirees are welcome. SYRACUSE — End of Summer Reading Pool Party; Meigs County London Pool, Syracuse. Free and open to all. 6-8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 16 GALLIPOLIS — American Legion Lafayette, The Sons of the American Legion Squadron #27 and Auxiliary E-Board members will have a Joint E-Board meeting, 5 p.m., at the post home on McCormick Road, all E- Board members are urged to attend. GALLIPOLIS — American Legion Lafayette Post #27 will meet right after the Joint E-Board Meeting at 6 p.m., all members are urged to attend. POMEROY — Chess Night at the Pomeroy Library at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 17 GALLIPOLIS — VFW Post #4464 will meet 6 p.m., at the post home on 3rd. Ave., all members are urged to attend. GALLIPOLIS — The American Legion Auxiliary will meet 6 p.m., at the post home on McCormick Road, all members are urged to attend. TODAY IN HISTORY IN BRIEF ian expedition, Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli, reached the Today is Saturday, summit. July 31, the 212th day In 1964, country of 2021. There are 153 singer-songwriter Jim days left in the year. Reeves, 40, and his manager, Dean Manuel, were Today’s Highlight in killed when their private History plane crashed in bad On July 31, 1991, weather near Nashville. President George H.W. In 1970, “The HuntleyBush and Soviet PresiBrinkley Report” came dent Mikhail S. Gorto an end after nearly 14 bachev signed the Strayears as co-anchor Chet tegic Arms Reduction Huntley signed off for Treaty in Moscow. the last time; the broadcast was renamed “NBC On this date Nightly News.” In 1715, a ﬂeet of In 1971, Apollo 15 Spanish ships carrying crew members David gold, silver and jewelry sank during a hurricane Scott and James Irwin became the ﬁrst astrooff the east Florida nauts to use a lunar coast; of some 2,500 rover on the surface of crew members, more the moon. than 1,000 died. In 1972, Democratic In 1777, during the vice-presidential candiRevolutionary War, the date Thomas Eagleton Marquis de Lafayette, withdrew from the ticket a 19-year-old French with George McGovern nobleman, was made following disclosures a major-general in the that Eagleton had once American Continental undergone psychiatric Army. treatment. In 1919, Germany’s In 2003, the Vatican Weimar Constitution launched a global camwas adopted by the paign against gay marrepublic’s National riages, warning Catholic Assembly. politicians that support In 1933, the radio series “Jack Armstrong, of same-sex unions was “gravely immoral” and the All-American Boy,” urging non-Catholics to made its debut on CBS join the offensive. radio station WBBM in In 2014, the death toll Chicago. In 1945, Pierre Laval, from the worst recorded Ebola outbreak in hispremier of the pro-Nazi tory surpassed 700 in Vichy government, surrendered to U.S. authori- West Africa. Ten years ago: Ending ties in Austria; he was a stalemate, President turned over to France, Barack Obama and which later tried and congressional leaders executed him. announced an agreement In 1954, Pakistan’s on emergency legislation K2 was conquered as two members of an Ital- to avert the nation’s ﬁrstThe Associated Press European economy grows 2%, ending double-dip recession FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe emerged from a double-dip recession in the second quarter with stronger-than-expected growth of 2.0% over the quarter before, according to ofﬁcial ﬁgures released Friday, as pandemic restrictions eased, consumers started spending built-up savings and major companies showed stronger results. But the economy in the 19 countries that use the shared euro currency still lagged pre-pandemic levels and trailed the faster recoveries in the U.S. and China, as the highly transmissible delta virus variant cast a shadow of uncertainty over the upturn. Hong Kong protester given 9-year term in 1st security case HONG KONG (AP) — A pro-democracy protester was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison in the closely watched ﬁrst prosecution under Hong Kong’s national security law as the ruling Communist Party tightens control over the territory. Tong Ying-kit, 24, was convicted of inciting secession and terrorism for driving his motorcycle into a group of police ofﬁcers at a July 1, 2020, rally. He carried a ﬂag bearing the banned slogan, “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times.” GALLIA COMMUNITY BRIEF 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 through Aug. 13. 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Five years ago: Pope Francis told young people who had ﬂocked by the hundreds of thousands to a Catholic jamboree near Krakow, Poland, that they needed to “believe in a new humanity” stronger than evil, and cautioned against concluding that one religion is more violent than others. One year ago: A federal appeals court overturned the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, saying the judge who oversaw the case didn’t adequately screen jurors for potential biases. (The Supreme Court has agreed to consider reinstating the death sentence.) Mexico became the country with the third most COVID19 deaths in the world, behind the United States and Brazil. Even as Florida reached a new daily high in coronavirus deaths, the imminent arrival of Hurricane Isaias forced the closure of some outdoor testing sites. With six Major League teams sidelined by the pandemic, Commissioner Rob Manfred spoke to union leader Tony Clark about the importance of players following the coronavirus protocols. British ﬁlmmaker Alan Parker, whose movies included “Bugsy Malone,” “Midnight Express” and “Evita,” died in London at the age of 76. Today’s Birthdays: Actor Don Murray is 92. Jazz composer-musician Kenny Burrell is 90. Actor France Nuyen is 82. Actor Susan Flannery is 82. Singer Lobo is 77. Actor Geraldine Chaplin is 77. Former movie studio executive Sherry Lansing is 77. Singer Gary Lewis is 76. Actor Lane Davies is 71. Actor Susan Wooldridge is 71. International Tennis Hall of Famer Evonne Goolagong Cawley is 70. Actor Barry Van Dyke is 70. Actor Alan Autry is 69. Jazz composermusician Michael Wolff is 69. Actor James Read is 68. Actor Michael Biehn is 65. Rock singermusician Daniel Ash (Love and Rockets) is 64. Actor Dirk Blocker is 64. Entrepreneur Mark Cuban is 63. Rock musician Bill Berry is 63. Actor Wally Kurth is 63. Actor Wesley Snipes is 59. Country singer Chad Brock is 58. Musician Fatboy Slim is 58. Rock musician Jim Corr is 57. Author J.K. Rowling is 56. Actor Dean Cain is 55. Actor Jim True-Frost is 55. Actor Ben Chaplin is 52. Actor Loren Dean is 52. Actor Eve Best is 50. Actor Annie Parisse is 46. Actor Robert Telfer is 44. Country singer-musician Zac Brown is 43. Actor-producer-writer B.J. Novak is 42. Actor Eric Lively is 40. Singer Shannon Curfman is 36. NHL center Evgeni Malkin is 35. Hip-hop artist Lil Uzi Vert is 27. Actor Reese Hartwig is 23. Actor Rico Rodriguez is 23. OHIO BRIEFS Shooting at bar spurs police chase that ends in fatal crash CLEVELAND (AP) — A police pursuit that began after shots were ﬁred outside a bar ended when the vehicle crashed early Friday, leaving a woman dead and a man critically injured. The shooting in Brooklyn, Ohio, occurred around 2:30 a.m. Several people who live near the bar reported hearing gunﬁre, and one caller saw a car leaving the bar’s parking lot after the shooting occurred. �NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing Saturday, July 31, 2021 3 CDC team: ‘War has changed’ as delta variant dangers emerge By Lindsey Tanner AP Medical Writer New evidence showing the delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox and may be more dangerous than other versions has prompted U.S. health ofﬁcials to consider changing advice on how the nation ﬁghts the coronavirus, internal documents show. Recommending masks for everyone and requiring vaccines for doctors and other health workers are among measures the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering, according to internal documents obtained by the Washington Post. The documents appear to be talking points for CDC staff to use in explaining the dangers of the delta variant and “breakthrough” infections that can occur after vaccination. Noted under communications: “Acknowledge the war has changed.” In recommending that vaccinated people resume wearing masks indoors in virus hot spots, the CDC this week said that new evidence shows that breakthrough infections may be as transmissible as those in unvaccinated people. They cited a large Matt Rourke | AP file New evidence showing the delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox has prompted U.S. health officials to consider changing advice on how the nation fights the coronavirus. Recommending masks for everyone and requiring vaccines for doctors and other health care providers are among measures the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering. recent outbreak among vaccinated individuals in the Cape Cod town of Provincetown, Massachu- setts, among others, for the change. As the documents note, COVID-19 vaccines are still highly effective at preventing serious illness and death. The CDC has always expected some breakthrough infections but has struggled with how to explain them to the public. The documents point out that the delta variant, ﬁrst detected in India, causes infections that are more contagious than the common cold, ﬂu, smallpox and Ebola virus, and is as infectious as highly contagious chickenpox. The internal documents also cite studies from States race to use COVID-19 vaccines before they expire By Mike Catalini is largely due to the highly Associated Press contagious delta variant of the coronavirus, which has spread rapidly, particularly Hundreds of thousands among unvaccinated people. of COVID-19 vaccine doses Inoculation rates have have been saved from the climbed only slightly after trash after U.S. regulators a steep fall from their April extended their expiration date for a second time, part peak. “It’s a critically important of a nationwide effort to salvage expiring shots to battle time — we have children the nation’s summer surge in headed back to school in just a few weeks’ time,” said infections. Juliann Van Liew, director The Food and Drug of the public health departAdministration on Wednesment in Wyandotte County, day sent a letter to shot Kansas. maker Johnson & Johnson Federal health ofﬁcials declaring that the doses have shipped an additional remain safe and effective for at least six months when 8 million doses of the J&J shot to states that have not properly stored. The FDA’s yet been used, according move gives the shots an to the Centers for Disease extra six weeks as public Control and Prevention’s ofﬁcials press more Amerivaccine-tracking website. cans to get inoculated. The company did not share Similar efforts are hapspeciﬁc expiration dates. pening in multiple states The J&J vaccine is not the as public health ofﬁcials only one facing expiration. try to ensure that soon-toStates also report that many expire shots are put into Pﬁzer and Moderna doses arms before they must be are approaching expiration, discarded. which is set at six months The surge in infections Fair a safe online environment that allows for live personal interaction,” said Elisha Orsbon (Gallia County From page 1 Economic & Community Gallia, Jackson, and Law- Development). Job seekers are encourrence Counties. Participataged to register for the ing employers will have virtual booths on Brazen. event and upload their resumes early. This allows com featuring open positions across a wide variety them to display their qualiﬁcations, explore the of industries and at varyavailable opportunities, ing experience levels. learn more about the par“Our goal through the ticipating companies, and virtual career fair is to sign up for helpful remindconnect area businesses with active jobseekers in ers prior to the event. from the manufacturing date. In Louisiana, about 100,000 Pﬁzer doses are set to expire in about a week, for example. Governors are pleading with the public to get vaccinated, and some are offering cash incentives — $100 payments in New Mexico and New York City, among other places. Some states have set up marketplaces for shot providers or dedicated staff to redistributing about-toexpire vaccines to places that need them. Such efforts are underway in New Jersey, Washington and Wisconsin. In Iowa and North Dakota, ofﬁcials say they send vaccines approaching expiration to locations where they are most likely to be used. “We have a lot of interest from the public in receiving J&J, so if we ﬁnd doses that may go unused, we will transfer them to providers in need,” said Molly Howell, North Dakota’s immunization director. On the day of the event, job seekers can login to brazen.com and safely connect with multiple participating employers from the comfort of their computers or mobile devices. Job Seekers can Reg_ij[h�\eh�j^[�E>Ped[� event at hireboom.work/ gjlvcf. JobsOhio is a private nonprofit corporation designed to drive job creation and new capital investment in Ohio through business attraction, retention and expansion efforts. Lacy Fehrenbach, deputy director for COVID-19 response for the Washington state Department of Health, said ofﬁcials want the doses used as efﬁciently as possible. “Otherwise, we’re working with our providers to move them around, or, of course, the federal government to get them to other places that need it,” she said. Dr. Clarence Lam, interim executive medical director of occupational health services at Johns Hopkins University, was encouraged by the extension for the J&J shots. “We hate to see this supply go to waste, especially when there are areas of the world where this is needed,” Lam said. “But now I think we’ll be able to better utilize the supply that’s already been distributed here in the U.S.” The J&J vaccine was eagerly anticipated because it involves just one shot and has easy refrigeration requirements. Canada, Singapore and Scotland showing that the delta variant may pose a greater risk for hospitalization, intensive care treatment and death than the alpha variant, ﬁrst detected in the United Kingdom. Since January, people who got infected after vaccination make up an increasing portion of hospitalizations and in-hospital deaths among COVID19 patients, according to the documents. That trend coincides with the spread of the delta variant. But the CDC emphasizes that breakthrough infections are still uncommon. OHIO BRIEF Man could face death for beating death of his son CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio man who called 911 to say he was hearing voices and had struck his 5-year-old son with a baseball bat has been indicted on a new aggravated murder charge that could lead to a death sentence if convicted. Matthew Ponomarenko, 32, of Parma, was indicted by a grand jury in Cleveland earlier this week, cleveland.com reported on Friday. Jax Ponomarenko was found dead after the beating in March. His father was indicted on an aggravated murder charge in April that didn’t include death penalty speciﬁcations. A judge ordered Ponomarenko to undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine if he was competent to stand trial. Prosecutors at the time said they would consider seeking a new indictment with harsher potential penalties. A message seeking comment was left with Ponomarenko’s attorney on Friday. We are ready to assist you! WVU Medicine Jackson General Hospital Care Clinic at Fruth Pharmacy 509 Church Street South Ripley, WV 304-786-1155 HOURS OF OPERATION ARE: Monday-Friday 9:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Saturday Closed Sunday 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. JACKSON GENERAL Care Clinic at Fruth OH-70245065 For virtual visits, download the MyWVU Chart app and call the clinic at 304-786-1155 to schedule your video visit. WVUMedicine.org/Jackson Hillside Baptist Church presents... 2021 LIVE OUTDOOR DRAMA... 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More than 3.6 million Americans are at risk of eviction, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has implored colleagues to act, calling it a “moral imperative” to protect renters and also the landlords who are owed compensation. But facing difﬁculty in quickly passing a measure through Congress, Pelosi on Friday urged the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to continue the moratorium, despite President Joe Biden’s announcement ruling out administration action. She was preparing legislation that would direct the CDC to extend the ban through Oct. 18, in line with the health emergency. An earlier proposal that would have continued the moratorium through Dec. 31 lacked support. “It is our hope that we could pass a bill extending the eviction moratorium to that date immediately,” Pelosi said in a letter to colleagues. Biden said Thursday that the administration’s hands are tied after the Supreme Court signaled the moratorium would only be extended until the end of the month. Pelosi said Friday at the Capitol that the sight of families’ belongings piled on the street is “wrenching” and must be prevented as the states struggle Michael Dwyer | AP People from a coalition of housing justice groups hold signs protesting evictions during a news conference outside the Massachusetts Statehouse on Friday in Boston. A U.S. House panel convened Friday to consider emergency legislation to extend the ban, which expires today. But no vote has been set. TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 61° 75° 74° HEALTH TODAY 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. Precipitation (in inches) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Fri. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date 0.98 9.16 4.91 33.22 28.16 SUN & MOON Today 6:29 a.m. 8:41 p.m. 12:31 a.m. 2:09 p.m. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Last Jul 31 New First Full Aug 8 Aug 15 Aug 22 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for ﬁsh and game. Today Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Major 6:15a 6:57a 7:38a 8:21a 9:05a 9:51a 10:38a Minor 12:03a 12:46a 1:27a 2:09a 2:52a 3:38a 4:25a Major 6:36p 7:18p 8:01p 8:45p 9:30p 10:17p 11:05p 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme POLLEN & MOLD Low Moderate High Lucasville 78/61 Moderate High Very High Minor 12:25p 1:08p 1:50p 2:33p 3:17p 4:04p 4:51p WEATHER HISTORY Duluth, Minn., recorded an all-time high temperature of 106 degrees on July 31, 1936. This is hotter than has ever been recorded at Miami Beach, Fla., where being near the ocean prevents extreme heat. 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Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, the chair of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, said the two were working on legislation to extend the moratorium and were asking Republicans not to block it. “The public health necessity of extended protections for renters is obvious,” said Diane Yentel, executive director of the National Low Income Housing Coalition. “If federal court cases made a broad extension impossible, the Biden administration should implement all possible alternatives, including a more limited moratorium on federally backed properties.” Gene Sperling, who is charged with overseeing implementation of Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus rescue package, said it was key that states and local authorities speed up distribution of the billions in rental assistance approved earlier by Congress. 85° 61° Murray City 78/59 McArthur 78/60 Very High Primary: other Mold: 2555 Logan 78/58 WEDNESDAY 85° 59° Nice with sun and clouds Adelphi 77/59 Chillicothe 78/59 TUESDAY 82° 57° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Waverly 78/60 Pollen: 5 Low MOON PHASES Mostly cloudy 2 Primary: cladosporium, other Sun. 6:30 a.m. 8:40 p.m. 12:57 a.m. 3:08 p.m. MONDAY Periods of sunshine today. Partly cloudy tonight. High 81° / Low 62° Statistics through 3 p.m. Fri. 84° 70° 86° 66° 101° in 1999 53° in 2014 SUNDAY 83° 60° ALMANAC High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM tion’s ability to respond to future public health crises. The administration is trying to keep renters in place through other means. It released more than $1.5 billion in rental assistance in June, which helped nearly 300,000 households. Biden on Thursday asked the departments of Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture and Veterans Affairs to extend their eviction moratoriums on households living in federally insured, singlefamily homes through the end of September. On a 5-4 vote last month, the Supreme Court allowed the broad eviction ban to continue through the end of July. One of those in the majority, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, made clear he would block any additional extensions unless there was “clear and speciﬁc congressional authorization.” Aides to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Some places are likely to see spikes in evictions starting Monday, while other jurisdictions will see an increase in court ﬁlings that will lead to evictions over several months. The ban was initially put in place to prevent further spread of COVID-19 by people put out on the streets and into shelters. “It’s incredibly important to move forward,” said deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at the White House brieﬁng. She said the administration backs the congressional effort “to extend the eviction moratorium to protect these vulnerable renters and their families.” The White House has been clear that Biden would have liked to extend the federal eviction moratorium because of the spread of the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus. But there are also concerns that challenging the court could lead to a ruling restricting the administra- ris Rodgers of Washington, the top Republican on another panel handling the issue, said the Democrats’ bill was rushed. “This is not the way to legislate,” she said. Congress pushed nearly $47 billion to the states earlier in the COVID19 crisis to shore up landlords and renters as workplaces shut down and many people were suddenly out of work. But lawmakers said state governments have been slow to distribute the money. On Friday, they said only some $3 billion has been spent. By the end of March, 6.4 million American households were behind on their rent, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development. As of July 5, roughly 3.6 million people in the U.S. said they faced eviction in the next two months, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey. to distribute some $47 billion in federal funds to renters and landlords. Congress must “meet the needs of the American people: both the families unable to make rent and those to whom the rent is to be paid,” she said earlier in a letter. Not all lawmakers are on board with an extension, and the House is preparing to leave Friday for a scheduled recess. The Senate is also considering emergency legislation, but passage in that 50-50 chamber would be even more difﬁcult. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., the Financial Services Committee chair who wrote the emergency bill, urged her colleagues to act. “Is it emergency enough that you’re going to stop families from being put on the street?” Waters said as the Rules Committee met to consider the bill. “What the hell is going to happen to these children?” But Rep. Cathy McMor- Elizabeth 81/59 Spencer 80/59 Buffalo 80/61 Ironton 78/63 Milton 79/63 St. Albans 82/62 Huntington 77/62 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s 100s Seattle 86/63 90s 80s 70s Billings 60s 93/66 50s 40s 30s 20s San Francisco 10s 70/56 Denver 0s 77/61 -0s -10s Los Angeles 84/63 T-storms Rain El Paso 92/73 Showers Snow Flurries Chihuahua Ice 87/66 Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front Clendenin 81/61 Charleston 79/61 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. 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Tearing through the Valley, and cresting at a height of 62.7 feet in Point Pleasant, it claimed nearly 400 lives and caused almost $9 billion in damages. Thanks to the Corps of Engineers and the construction of hundreds of dams and impoundments, this was the last ﬂood to crest over 60 feet, but it was by no means the ﬁrst. In recorded history, that distinction goes to the ﬂood of 1884. In February of that year, record rainfall across the entire Ohio Basin resulted in an equally recordbreaking ﬂood on the 11th. At Wheeling, this ﬂood reached a height of 53.4 feet, the second highest in the city’s history. At Mason City, the waters hit 64.6 feet, and at Point Pleasant, the river crested at 60.7 feet. At Cincinnati, it reached a staggering 71.1 feet. In 1900, it was decided that this was the highest ﬂood of the century. The Weekly Register, in its ﬁrst edition after the ﬂood, gives a full accounting of the county’s losses. Working downriver… As would later be the case with the 1913 and ’37 ﬂoods, New Haven was spared due to its elevation above the river. Only the landing and a few of the riverfront farms above town were damaged, and even those damages were light. At Hartford City, only four houses were spared the ﬂoodwaters, and many families ﬂed to Sliding Hill for safety. The Furnaces lost Pomeroy Teleeverything and graph reported were forced to that all three coal ﬁnally close. The and salt compaStandard Iron & nies in town were Nail Factory had nearly destroyed $260,000 in damby the ﬂoodwaters, with the Ohio Valley ages. At West ColumHartford Furnace History bia, which is the suffering the worst Chris lowest spot in the due to its location Rizer Bend, the entire on the riverbank. town was subThe Hartford merged. Anna Lederer was almost completely wrote that many residents destroyed and its mine “have taken refuge in the ﬂooded, the Liverpool caves under the hills.” lost its ﬂeet of barges all At Point Pleasant, fully loaded with salt, unfortunate enough to and the California Coal be at the mercy of two Company lost its tipple rivers, the majority of the and incline. The report town was underwater. also mentions that the Sliding Hill Creek bridge The Register reported was washed out, and the that every house was Methodist Church organ ﬂooded except for the residence of Judge Eng(the ﬁrst in the county) lish, still standing in the damaged beyond repair. At Adamsville, the Ger- 900-block of Main Street. Inside the courthouse, the man Furnace lost 5,000 waters reached a height barrels of salt. of 4 feet, 2 inches, forcing At Mason City, the citizens ﬁrst thought that the Circuit Court (in session at the time) to ﬂee at they were safe from the raising water. They were the last moment and destroying many of the to be proven wrong… At law ofﬁces and libraries its highest point, even Route 62 was underwater. on the ﬁrst ﬂoor. Businesses on Main Street, Every business on Front in many cases, lost all Street, which included of their wares. Most, most the ones in town, like the Weekly Register, faced heavy losses. The typically “Unlucky” Hope had wrongly assumed that the ﬂood couldn’t Furnace had a stroke of possibly be higher than good luck, only losing the previous record in about 1,000 barrels of 1832 and simply moved salt, but both lumber their goods higher up on yards had their entire inventory ﬂoat downriver their shelves rather than to the second ﬂoor. The and the Mason City FurRegister estimated the nace, Young Boatyard, damages at $18,000,000 and Lerner Bromine I today’s dollars. Factory were all forced At Leon, virtually to close. Anna Lederer, teacher and local histori- every home and business an, provides this informa- was damaged. Many people lost everything that tion as an eyewitness. they owned, and the loss At Clifton, both the to the lumber industry Quaker and Virginian was reportedly too high to estimate. The farms in the area were also heavily impacted, as the water covered the entire valley. Many of the larger farms, including those of Peter Steenbergen Lewis at Old Town and James Couch at Southside, reported losses of over $5,000 (over $100,000 in today’s dollars) in fencing, buildings, hay, and stored grains. Thankfully, despite the immense amount of damage, there wasn’t a single life lost in Mason County, and relief arrived to the region quickly in the form of money was sent by the War Department and boatloads of goods collected and donated by organizations in Charleston, Martinsburg, and Columbus. For the next few months, constant supply shipments arrived by steamboats such as the Nora Belle and Katie Stockton, two of the ﬁrst on the scene. For many in the Ohio Valley, it seemed impossible that a ﬂood could be worse, but those fears would come true in 1913 and 1937. For many of us, it is impossible to even imagine how destructive these ﬂoods were and now, only our great-grandparents and the history books remember. Information from the Weekly Register and the writings of Mildred Gibbs and Anna Lederer. Chris Rizer is the president of the Mason County Historical & Preservation Society and director of Main Street Point Pleasant, reach him at masonchps@gmail.com. Back to school vaccinations es. Vaccines are If routine evaluated to vaccinations verify that they escaped your are safe and mind during the effective when pandemic, you administered are not alone. to children at Unfortunately, regular vaccina- Meigs Health the appropriate ages. Delaying, tion numbers Matters skipping, or fell during Sherry refusing vac2020 all across Hayman cinations has no the country. known advanHowever, the tage for children. 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The notes of the Dec. 27 call, released Friday by the House Oversight Committee, underscore the lengths to which Trump went to try to overturn the results of the election and to elicit the support of law enforcement ofﬁcials and other government leaders in that effort. Emails released last month show that Trump and his allies in the last weeks of his presidency pressured the Justice Department to investigate unsubstantiated claims of widespread 2020 election fraud, and the department’s inspector general is looking into whether department ofﬁcials tried to subvert the results. “Just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the R. Congressmen,” Trump said at one point to thenActing Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, according to notes taken by Richard Donoghue, who was then Rosen’s deputy and who was also on the call. The pressure is all the more notable because just weeks earlier, Trump’s own attorney general William Barr, had revealed that the Justice Department had found no evidence of widespread fraud that could have overturned the results. The Dec. 27 call took place just days after Barr By Mark Sherman tion into whether he complied with tax law. Trump’s Justice Department defended WASHINGTON — Mnuchin’s refusal and The Justice Department, in a reversal, says Trump himself also intervened to try to the Treasury Department must provide the prevent the materials House Ways and Means from being turned over Committee former Pres- to Congress. Under a court order from Januident Donald Trump’s tax returns, apparently ary, Trump would have 72 hours to object after ending a long legal the Biden administrashowdown over the tion formally changes records. In a memo dated Fri- the government’s position in the lawsuit. day, Justice’s Ofﬁce of Manhattan District Legal Counsel said the Attorney Cyrus Vance committee chairman “has invoked sufﬁcient Jr. already has obtained copies of Trump’s perreasons for requesting sonal and business tax the former President’s records as part of an tax information” and ongoing criminal investhat under federal law, “Treasury must furnish tigation. Trump tried to prevent his accountants the information to the from handing over the Committee.” The 39-page memo is documents, taking the issue to the Supreme signed by Dawn JohnCourt. The justices sen, installed by the Biden administration as rejected Trump’s argument that he had broad the acting head of the immunity as president. legal counsel ofﬁce. House Speaker During the Trump Nancy Pelosi said the administration, thentax returns remain of Treasury Secretary interest to lawmakSteven Mnuchin said ers. “Access to former he wouldn’t turn over the tax returns because President Trump’s tax returns is a matter he concluded they of national security. were being sought by Democrats who control The American people deserve to know the the House of Reprefacts of his troubling sentatives for partisan conﬂicts of interest and reasons. undermining of our The committee sued for the records under a security and democracy federal law that says the as president,” Pelosi said in a statement. Internal Revenue SerThe issue has its roots vice “shall furnish” the returns of any taxpayer in the 2016 presidential to a handful of top law- campaign, when Trump makers. The committee claimed that he could said it needed Trump’s not release his taxes due to an IRS audit. taxes for an investiga- Associated Press Ross D. Franklin | AP file Former President Donald Trump urged senior Justice Department officials to declare the 2020 election results “corrupt” in a December phone call. That’s according to handwritten notes from one of the participants in the conversation. The notes of the Dec. 27 call were released Friday by the Democratic-led House Oversight Committee. had resigned, leaving Rosen in charge of the department during a turbulent ﬁnal weeks of the administration that also included the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in which pro-Trump loyalists stormed the building as Congress was certifying the election results. “These handwritten notes show that President Trump directly instructed our nation’s top law enforcement agency to take steps to overturn a free and fair election in the ﬁnal days of his presidency,” committee chairman Rep. Carolyn Maloney, a New York Democrat, said in a statement. She said the committee had begun scheduling interviews with witnesses. The Justice Department earlier this week authorized six witnesses, including Rosen and Donoghue, to appear before the panel and provide “unrestricted testimony,” citing the public interest in the “extraor- dinary events” of those ﬁnal weeks. During the call, according to the notes, Trump complained that people were “angry” and blaming the Justice Department for “inaction” and said that “We have an obligation to tell people that this was an illegal, corrupt election.” He claimed the department had failed to respond to legitimate complaints of crime. Unsubstantiated claims of fraud have been repeatedly rejected by judge after judge, including Trump appointees, and by election ofﬁcials across the country. The Justice Department ofﬁcials told Trump that the department had been investigating but the allegations were not supported by evidence, and they said that much of the information he was getting was “false,” according to Donoghue’s notes. At one point in the conversation, the notes show, Rosen told Trump that the Justice Department “can’t + won’t snap its ﬁngers + change the outcome of the election, doesn’t work that way.” Trump responded by saying: “Don’t expect you to do that, just say that the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me and the R. Congressmen,” according to the notes. Trump mused during the call about replacing Justice Department leadership with Jeffrey Clark, the then-assistant attorney general of the Environment and Natural Resources Division and the acting head of the Civil Division. After The New York Times reported that Trump had been contemplating a plan to replace Rosen with Clark, the inspector general announced that it would investigate whether any former or current department ofﬁcials “engaged in an improper attempt” to overturn the results of the presidential election. �COMICS 6 Saturday, July 31, 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing Having A Yard Sale? 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Not nearly enough of them. Reshufﬂing its roster with an eye toward the future with several deals before the trading deadline Friday, Cleveland traded Rosario to the Atlanta Braves, who needed another quality hitter to make a run for the NL East. The Indians got veteran inﬁelder Pablo Sandoval, and immediately released the 2012 Wold Series MVP. It was Cleveland’s second signiﬁcant trade in two days. On Thursday, the Indians essentially signaled surrender in the AL Central by dealing second baseman Cesar Hernandez to the ﬁrst-place White Sox for a minor league pitcher. The Indians made two other smaller deals on Friday. Rosario signed a one-year, $8 million free agent contract this winter with the Indians. They were hoping the outﬁelder would hit for them the way he did with the Minnesota Twins, but Rosario was injured and never got rolling. The 29-year-old Rosario has been on the injured list since July 6 with an oblique strain, and isn’t quite ready to return. He’s batting .254 with seven homers and 46 RBIs in 78 games. “Eddie got off to a tough start,” said Chris Antonetti, the Indians’ president of baseball operations. “We saw stretches prior to him getting inured where he started to heat up, but then unfortunately went on the injured list with the oblique. “We just never did get to see the best of Eddie. I do think he’s going to go over to Atlanta and be able to help them for the last month and a half for the season once he’s ready to come off the injured list.” The Braves will pay a portion of Rosario’s contract, easing the ﬁnancial burden on the Indians, who have been ravaged by injuries and are quickly fading from the playoff chase. Atlanta’s been in the market to bolster its lineup since losing its best player when All-Star outﬁelder Ronald Acuña Jr. suffered a season-ending knee injury while trying to make a leaping catch earlier this month. The Braves also acquired outﬁelder Adam Duvall from Miami on Friday. The Indians have begun looking toward next season. They trail Chicago by eight games entering a weekend series between the teams. Also, manager Terry Francona has stepped down for the rest of this season to address some serious health issues. Antonetti, the club’s president of baseball operations, expected the club to be busy and the were one of the teams which made several moves. “They all feel busy, but today was nonstop,” Antonetti said. “We went all the way down to the wire. We executed a number of trades but there were probably at least another dozen other ones that we contemplated seriously at different points in time and exchanged different ideas. Cavaliers finally get acquainted with No. 3 pick Evan Mobley By Brian Dulik Associated Press INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Evan Mobley didn’t visit Cleveland or hold a private workout for the Cavaliers before the NBA draft. The Southern California center did, however, expect to be selected by them with the No. 3 overall pick. “I’ve done a little homework on Cleveland the last couple of weeks,” Mobley said. “They’ve got a lot of really young, athletic guys — just like I am — so I thought I would ﬁt right in. “Now that I’m here, I’m excited to meet them all. We’re going to have a great dynamic duo with all my teammates.” Mobley made his initial trip to Northeast Ohio on Friday, a day after being chosen by the Cavaliers. Detroit picked Cade Cunningham ﬁrst and Houston tabbed Jalen Green second, allowing Cleveland coach J.B. Bickerstaff to grab his toprated player. OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Thursday, Aug. 5 Golf Gallia Academy boys at Circle K Inv. (Eaglesticks), 8 a.m. Gallia Academy girls at Circle K Inv. (Eaglesticks) 2 p.m. Wahama at Sissonville, 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 6 Golf Gallia Academy boys, Eastern boys, Southern at Vinton County, 8 a.m. Gallia Academy girls at Fairfield Union, 9 a.m. Courtesy Photo Matt Bess poses for a picture with son Conor during his final spring as head baseball coach, at the South Gallia baseball field in Mercerville, Ohio. MERCERVILLE, Ohio — Ready to lead the Rebels into the future. Matt Bess has spent the last seven years coaching at South Gallia High School, whether on the baseball diamond, basketball court or cross country course. Now, the Class of 2000 SGHS graduate will have a chance to impact all Rebel sports, after being approved as Athletic Director by the Gallia County Board of Education in July. “I’m excited that I got this opportunity,” Bess said. “I’m looking forward to the next several years of building our sports program up to what I think it’s capable of.” After coaching the freshman boys basketball for a season, Bess has served as an assistant coach for the varsity girls squad ever since. Bess was the varsity baseball coach for four seasons, from 2016-to-2019, and also served as varsity cross country assistant for one season.” Bess resigned both his current coaching gigs in order to focus on his new role as athletic director. “It’s not that I don’t like coaching, but now I have my hands involved in every sport that we have here,” Bess said. “I graduated from South Gallia, I came back to teach, to me, it just felt like a natural ﬁt once I discussed it with Mr. Shamblin and my wife, Amanda. It’s what I needed to do to build the See BESS | 8 Silvia Izquierdo | AP United States’ Megan Rapinoe, left, celebrates with teammates after scoring the winning goal and defeating the Netherlands in a penalty shootout during a women’s quarterfinal at the 2020 Summer Olympics on Friday in Yokohama, Japan. The 4-2 win advanced the United States following a 2-2 draw. US gets past Netherlands on penalties By Anne M. Peterson AP Sports Writer YOKOHAMA, Japan — When Megan Rapinoe stepped up to take her penalty, she was just trying to stay as calm as possible in the moment. “You can either take one and lose it, or take one and win it,” she said. “It’s going to go one of two ways.” This one was a winner. Rapinoe converted the deciding penalty in a shootout and the United States advanced to the semiﬁnals of the women’s Olympic soccer tournament 4-2 following a 2-2 draw with the Netherlands on Friday. U.S. goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher stopped Vivianne Miedema’s opening attempt in the shootout and then saved a shot from Aniek Nouwen before Rapinoe put her penalty away. After Rapinoe converted, she turned to her teammates, folded her arms and grinned in triumph. Afterward, she joked about the pressure. “I just try to stay calm. I always say to myself, `The worst that’s going to happen is you’re going to lose the whole thing,’” she smiled. Miedema scored a pair of goals in regulation time for the Netherlands, giving her 10 goals for the tournament — an Olympic record. But the Dutch are headed home. Miedema put the Netherlands ahead in the 18th minute but the Americans equalized when Sam Mewis headed in a goal off a feed from Lynn Williams in the 28th. Williams then gave the Americans the lead in the 31st. Miedema, who was playing in her 100th game for the Netherlands, made it 2-2 in the 54th. Naeher stopped Lieke Martens’ penalty in the 81st minute and the game went to overtime. “I felt amazing. I should have taken the penalty in the game,” Miedema said. “I should have just stuck with my plan and go from there. But it’s life. It’s football and I just need to move on.” Naeher was as cool following the game as she was during it, playing down her own performance while lauding her teammates. “This team just kept pushing for 90 minutes, 120 minutes, and we just kept believing that we were going to ﬁnd a way to get it done,” Naeher said. “Very proud of the four players to step up and score their four penalties to go 4 for 4. That is huge.” The United States will next face familiar foe Canada in Kashima on Monday. The Canadians advanced to the semiﬁnals 4-3 on penalties after a scoreless draw with Brazil in Rifu. The Americans went to a shootout for the ﬁfth time in a major tournament. The previous time was at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, when the U.S. was bounced by Sweden in the quarterﬁnals. “It’s such a cruel way to end a game,” Rapinoe said. “It sucks to miss one, it sucks to be on the losing end of that. But that was not us today.” Friday’s game at the International Stadium brought together the two teams that played in the World Cup ﬁnal two years ago in France. The U.S. women won that 2-0 and afterward the crowd chanted “Equal Pay!” in support of the team’s legal ﬁght for equity with the men’s national team. United States coach Vlatko Andonovski tinkered with his lineup for Friday’s match, with Rapinoe, Alex Morgan, Christen Press and Rose Lavelle on the bench at the start. The grueling game was the latest hurdle in what has been a particularly uncharacteristic tournament for the United States. The normally stalwart Americans lost to Sweden 3-0 in its opener before beating New Zealand 6-1. They then advanced to the knockout round following a 0-0 draw with Australia. The United States hadn’t been shutout since 2017. The Netherlands, meanwhile, poured on the offense in the group stage with an Olympic record 21 goals — smashing the previous record of 16 set by the United States in 2012. Miedema, who plays for English club Arsenal, is only 25 and is already the all-time scoring leader for the Netherlands with 84 goals in 100 appearances. She is also the leading scorer in the Women’s Super League in England. The United States also played the Netherlands in Breda in November, winning 2-0. The Americans were unbeaten in 44 straight matches before the loss to Sweden at the Tokyo Games. In Rifu, Canada goalkeeper Stephanie Labbe stopped Rafaelle’s attempt and was rushed by her teammates. Canada has won bronze medals at the past two Olympics. Australia earned its ﬁrst trip to the semiﬁnals by beating Britain 4-3 in extra time in Kashima. The Matildas will face Sweden, who beat host Japan 3-1 in Saitama. �SPORTS/NEWS 8 Saturday, July 31, 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing Pridemore adds to lead in Riverside senior league Staff reports MASON, W.Va. — Kenny Pridemore of Point Pleasant holds a 21.5-point lead over the ﬁeld in the 2021 Riverside Senior men’s golf league, held every Tuesday at Riverside Golf Club in Mason County. Pridemore has a current point total of 204, while Dale Miller is second in the overall standings with 182.5 points. Charlie Hargraves holds down third place with 174 points. A total of 62 players were on hand Tuesday, making up 14 foursomes and a pair of 3-man squads. There was a tie for the low score of the day, with the team of Pridemore, John Williams, Randall Thornhill and Bill Carney, and the team of Hargraves, Chuck Stanley Sr., Dave Biggs and Ralph Six both ﬁring 12-under par rounds of 58. The closest to the pin winners were Cecil Gillette Jr. on the ninth hole, and Bob Wever on No. 14. The current top-10 standings of the 2021 Riverside Senior men’s golf league are as follows: Kenny Pridemore (204.0); Dale Miller (182.5); Cecil Gillette, Jr. (174.0); Ralph Six (167.0); Jim Gress and Albert Durst (161.0); Carl Stone (156.0); Bobby Watson (146.5) and Gray Roush (145.5). © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. College bans, expels 20 students in fraternity hazing death By John Seewer Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio — A university in Ohio on Friday banned or suspended 20 students following its investigation into the death of a fraternity pledge who drank an excessive amount of alcohol during an alleged hazing ritual. Bowling Green State University in a statement said the students broke student conduct rules covering hazing, harming others and providing alcohol. Three of the students were permanently banned from the university while 17 others were suspended for periods of three to eight years. Another student received a deferred suspension. Eight current or former members of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at Bowling Green already were indicted on criminal charges ranging from involuntary manslaughter to hazing in the death of 20-yearold Stone Foltz. Foltz, who was joining the fraternity, was found unconscious by a roommate after a party in March and died three days later. Foltz died after drinking an entire bottle of bourbon and could not walk on his own afterward, according to the ﬁndings from a law ﬁrm hired by the university. The investigation said the fraternity members who organized the event were well aware of how dangerous it could be, going as far as setting up trash cans for vomiting and telling pledges to let professors know they likely would not be in class the next day. The report found no evidence that the pledges were required to drink the entire bottle. But it said there was a tradition of new members ﬁnishing or attempting to ﬁnish a bottle and Foltz was under the impression he needed to do so as part of the pledge process. Foltz’s parents have ﬁled a wrongful death lawsuit against the fraternity and several of its members. The university expelled the fraternity and said it would never again be recognized on campus. The university on Friday also released a broad plan to crack down on hazing, hire a hazing prevention coordinator and work more closely with law enforcement. Bess advantage is going to be travel-wise. The travel won’t be as much, there might be 1-or-2 long From page 7 trips, but it won’t be as bad. I think size-wise brand of South Gallia.” we’re the smallest in the Bess noted a smooth TVC right now, and when transition from Kent we get to SOC we’ll be in Wolfe, who was athletic the middle.” director at SGHS for the Bess also mentioned his last four seasons. support from current and “The transition hasn’t former athletic directors been bad,” Bess said. around the area, includ“(Wolfe) had a lot of the ing Jack James, Adam stuff already done, so I haven’t had to do a whole Clark, Richard Stephens and Rusty Webb. lot of scheduling, he had “They’ve have been most of that complete.” Along with learning the more than helpful,” Bess said. “They’ve been ﬁnancial side of running reaching out, saying ‘conan athletic department, gratulations and if you Bess will be in charge of need anything, give us a preparing the Rebels to holler, because we’ve been transition from the Trithere, we’ve been through Valley Conference to the the beginning, so if you Southern Ohio Conferneed anything, we’ll help ence following the 2022you out the best we can.’” 23 school year. © 2021 Ohio Valley Pub“That transition from lishing, all rights reserved. the TVC to the SOC is going to be a big part of Alex Hawley can be reached at 740the next couple years,” 446-2342, ext. 2100. said Bess. “I think one Phil Masturzo | Akron Beacon Journal via AP, file FirstEnergy Corp. then-President and CEO Charles “Chuck” Jones is among six top executives from the company who have been fired after the alleged $60 million bribery case involving ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and others. The dismissal of Jones, who initially denied any wrongdoing by the company, appeared to be tied to a $4.3 million payment that FirstEnergy made in January 2019, purportedly to end a longstanding consulting contract with a person soon to be appointed Ohio’s top utility regulator. CEO, Speaker worked closely to pass tainted bill By Mark Gillispie Associated Press “This is likely the largest bribery, money CLEVELAND — One laundering scheme ever perpetrated against the was a millionaire CEO of a large publicly traded people of the state of Ohio,” then-U.S. Attorutility looking for 11thney David DeVillers said hour help to save two when the scheme was nuclear power plants that hung like millstones revealed last year. “This was bribery, plain and around the neck of his simple. This was a quid company’s bottom line. pro quo. This was pay to The other was a forplay.” mer legislator seeking Prosecutors have to restore his political power after more than a accused Householder decade on the sidelines. of beneﬁting from the scheme, using nearly They shared similaria half million dollars ties as well, both large of secret FirstEnergy men in size and permoney on his 2018 sonality, skilled at gladHouse campaign, toward handing and cajoling, his Florida home and on and, when necessary, legal fees. dealing with those who Householder appears stood in their way. to have readily embraced Today, they share tattered careers and future a plan audacious in both size and scope that worries as prosecutors worked to near perfeccontinue to investigate tion until the FBI and former FirstEnergy Corp. CEO Chuck Jones’ federal prosecutors intervened. involvement in a $60 The two men began million bribery scheme their courtship in 2017, secretly funded by the with Householder company to win a $1 accompanying FirstEnbillion legislative bailergy executives on a out for the plants and company plane to Presipotentially hundreds of millions more in annual dent Donald Trump’s inauguration. revenue guarantees for Householder was its three Ohio electric selected speaker in companies. Former House Speaker January 2019 thanks to Larry Householder, who supportive legislators elected the previous shepherded the bailout year using millions in bill through the Legishidden FirstEnergy dollature with FirstEnergy money, is now a political lars. The campaign help was funneled through pariah facing a federal dark money groups not racketeering charge. required to disclose their Jones was ﬁred in October along with two donors. The nuclear bailout senior vice presidents. and revenue guarantee Householder lost his speakership and later his was approved by the Legislature that July and House seat. was immediately signed into law. Around $38 million in FirstEnergy money was spent to keep a referendum sought by opponents of the bill off the ballot. The Legislature has since repealed the nuclear plant portion of the legislation while FirstEnergy agreed to no longer collect the revenue guarantee in a settlement with Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. The scheme was disassembled further last week when Jones’ successor at FirstEnergy signed a “statement of facts” laying out in granular detail Jones’ and Householder’s roles as the company sought to avoid prosecution on a federal conspiracy charge. The statement of facts signed by FirstEnergy CEO and President Steven Strah was attached to an agreement that called for the company to pay $230 million in penalties and abide by a long list of provisions that, if adhered to, would make the criminal charge go away in three years. FirstEnergy ofﬁcials, including Strah, have said the company has taken numerous reform measures in the last year, including a review of its political donations, political giving and use of dark money groups. The document narrates how Jones and unidentiﬁed “Executive 2,” one of two senior vice presidents also ﬁred, interacted with Householder to get the deal done. Soon after the inauguration trip, FirstEnergy made four $250,000 payments to a dark money group Householder controlled. Absent Householder, who had not yet regained his House seat, the company tried through three pieces of legislation in 2017 to bail out the nuclear plants. The company in March 2018 announced its intention to close the two plants as soon as 2020 while the company’s wholly owned subsidiary that operated them ﬁled for bankruptcy the same month. The statement of facts shows how Jones and “Executive 2” kept tabs on Householder. On the day after the 2018 general election, Jones texted Householder asking, “How did your candidates do?” Householder responded, “I literally need 1 more vote for Speaker.” Jones said he’d make it happen. On the day Householder’s colleagues appointed him speaker, Householder texted Jones saying, “thank you for everything, it was historical.” On April 23, 2019, a day when opponents testiﬁed against the bailout bill at a House committee hearing, Executive 2 texted Jones to tell him the session was lengthy and went as expected. “Tell (Householder) to put his big boy pants on. Ha.” Families paying off rent, food, debts with tax credit By Michael Casey Associated Press NASHUA, N.H. — Christina Darling ﬁnally replaced her 2006 Chevrolet Equinox after it broke down several times while picking her children up from day care. But the 31-year-old mother of two was struggling to keep up with the car payments. Brianne Walker desperately wanted to take her three children and two siblings camping for the ﬁrst time but wasn’t sure how she could pay for it. After all, she was behind on her rent, and day care and grocery costs were adding up. Then, the two women from New Hampshire got a surprise in their bank accounts this month. They qualiﬁed for the expanded child tax credit, part of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. Families on average are getting $423 this month; the Treasury Department estimates that 35.2 million families received payments in July. “The additional money does help alleviate the pressure,” said Walker, 29, who took custody of her two siblings last year after her mother overdosed. The $800 credit will help make up for losses she incurred after quitting a kitchen design job to care for the ﬁve youngsters, ages 3 to 19. Biden increased the amounts going to families and expanded it to include those whose income is so little they don’t owe taxes. The beneﬁts begin to phase out at incomes of $75,000 for individuals, $112,500 for heads of household and $150,000 for married couples. Families with incomes up to $200,000 for individuals and $400,000 for married couples can still receive the previous $2,000 credit. In the past, eligible families got a credit after ﬁling their taxes — either as a lump sum payment or a credit against taxes owed. But now six months of payments are being advanced monthly through the end of the year. A recipient receives the second half when they ﬁle their taxes. The credit is $3,600 annually for children under age 6 and $3,000 for children ages 6 to 17. Eligible families will receive $300 monthly for each child under 6 and $250 per older child. Advocates argue the monthly payments make more sense for low-income families. “One of the problems with the big check in a year, if your car broke six months before, that is a long time to wait,” said Michael Reinke, executive director of the Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter, which serves many families making less than $26,000 a year. “When people have money over a consistent period of time, it’s easier to make sure it’s going to the expenses you really need,” he said. “Sometimes, if you get it all at once, it’s hard to budget.” Robin McKinney, co-founder and CEO of the CASH Campaign of Maryland, a Baltimore nonproﬁt organization that helps lowincome residents ﬁle taxes, said the credit is providing people money in their pockets now, when they need it most. “We know right now that peoples’ hours are down or they’re still struggling to get back to the same level of income that they had before, and this will create some stability for those families to know that over the next six months that they’re going to be getting this payment,” McKinney said. If all the money goes out, the expectation is that could signiﬁcantly reduce poverty — with one study estimating it could cut child poverty by 45%. And it comes at a time when unemployment beneﬁts are being phased out and the federal eviction moratorium is set to expire Saturday. The payments are also a test case of sorts. Biden ultimately would like to make them permanent — and the impact they have could go a long way to shaping that debate later this year. �NEWS/CLASSIFIEDS Ohio Valley Publishing Saturday, July 31, 2021 9 GALLIA, MEIGS COMMUNITY BRIEFS Editor’s Note: Gallia Meigs Briefs will only list event information that is open to the public and will be printed on a space-available basis. Road closures, construction PORTLAND — Portland Community Center 56896 State Route 124, Portland, will be having a community yard sale on August 6-8 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A 10 x 10 space is $15 for all three days. With a concession each day. Saturday will be Chicken & Noodles, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Roll, and a Dessert. Cost is $10. For information contact Fay Westfall at 740-447-1303. GALLIPOLIS — The City of Gallipolis will hold its annual Community Yard Sale Saturday, Aug. 21 in the Gallipolis City Park from 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m., according to a news release from the city. There will be no rain date. A non-refundable permit fee of $10 for each section will be charged for this event. Participants must pre-register at the Assistant City Treasurer /City Manager’s ofﬁce at the Gallipolis City Building 333 Third Avenue, Gallipolis, Ohio and pick your location. Applications will be taken starting Monday, Aug. 2. 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Reclamation was completed on September 1, 2006 in accordance with the approved reclamation plan. $255,500 bond is on deposit, of which $255,500 is sought to be released. (Mining Year 15) Written objections, comments or requests for a bond release conference may be submitted to the Chief of the Ohio Division of Mineral Resources Management, 2045 Morse Road, Building H-2 & H-3, Columbus, Ohio 43229-6693, Attn: CHIEF, in accordance with paragraph (F) (6) of Revised Code Section 1513.16. Written objections or requests for bond release conferences must be filed with the Chief within 30 days after the last date of this publication. MOTOR ROUTE 7/24/21,7/31/21,8/7/21,8/14/21 NOTICE TO BIDDERS 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 The Meigs Local Board of Education wishes to receive bids for the following: Fuel/Oil products for the 2021-2022 school year. All bids shall be received in, and bid specifications may be obtained from: TREASURER’S OFFICE, 41765 Pomeroy Pike, Pomeroy, OH 45769 on or before 11:00 A.M., Thursday, August 5, 2021. The Meigs Local Board of Education reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and the submitting of any bid shall impose no liability or obligation upon said Board. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE EMAIL DERRICK MORRISON AT dmorrison@aimmediamidwest.com or call 740-446-2342 ext: 2097 825 3rd Ave Gallipolis, Oh 45631 All envelopes must be CLEARLY MARKED according to the type of bid. Roy W. Johnson, Treasurer/CFO Meigs Local Board of Education 41765 Pomeroy Pike Pomeroy, OH 45769 Phone: (740) 992-5650 7/17/21,7/24/21,7/31/21 LEGAL NOTICE REQUEST FOR BOND RELEASE PERMIT NUMBER D-0354 MINING YEARS; 12 and 13 Date Issued November 28, 1984 CONSOL Mining Company LLC is requesting the following reclamation Phase Bond releases for acreage affected by the aforementioned coal mining and reclamation permit: A Phase 1, 2 and Phase 3 Bond Release for 16.67 acres located in Fraction 2 of Salem Township, Meigs County, Ohio. Reclamation was completed on September 1, 2006 in accordance with the approved reclamation plan. $41,675 bond is on deposit, of which $41,675 is sought to be released. (Mining Year 12) A Phase 1, 2 and Phase 3 Bond Release for 7.0 acres located in Sections 18 of Salem Township, Meigs County, Ohio. Reclamation was completed on September 1, 2006 in accordance with the approved reclamation plan. $17,500 bond is on deposit, of which $17,500 is sought to be released. (Mining Year 13) Written objections, comments or requests for a bond release conference may be submitted to the Chief of the Ohio Division of Mineral Resources Management, 2045 Morse Road, Building H-2 & H-3, Columbus, Ohio 43229-6693, Attn: CHIEF, in accordance with paragraph (F) (6) of Revised Code Section 1513.16. Written objections or requests for bond release conferences must be filed with the Chief within 30 days after the last date of this publication. 7/24/21,7/31/21,8/7/21,8/14/21 OPERATE YOUR OWN BUSINESS WITH POTENTIAL REVENUE $ , OVER 1 000 PER MONTH! OH-70240095 Community yard sales lipolis Municipal Building at 740-441-6003 ext. 522 or Road 171). The road will be closed. ODOT’s detour is go to the City’s website at cityofgallipolis.com under SR 143 to SR 684 to SR 681 to U.S. 33 to SR 7 to SR Code Enforcement. 143. Estimated reopening date: Aug. 11. GALLIA COUNTY — SR 141 is closed between Dan Jones Road (County Road 28) and Redbud Hill Road (Township Road 462) for a bridge deck replacement project. ODOT’s detour is SR 7 to SR 588 to SR MEIGS COUNTY — Meigs County Road 2, Briar Ridge Road, in Salem Township will be closed to traf- 325 to SR 141. Estimated completion: Aug. 23. GALLIA COUNTY — A culvert replacement projﬁc for approximately 2 weeks beginning Monday, Aug. 2. County crews will be working on a culvert replace- ect starts on July 26 on SR 233, between Dry Ridge Road (County Road 70) and Pumpkintown Road ment between State Route 325 and Goff Road, T-45. (County Road 66). One lane will be closed. TempoBIDWELL — SR 160/554 roundabout construcrary trafﬁc signals and a 12 foot width restriction tion. A roundabout construction project begins on will be in place. Estimated completion: Aug. 5. July 26 at the intersection of SR 160 and SR 554. MEIGS COUNTY — A bridge replacement projFrom July 26-Sept. 6, SR 554 will be closed between ect began on April 12 on State Route 143, between SR 160 and Porter Road. ODOT’s detour is SR 7 Lee Road (Township Road 168) and Ball Run Road through Cheshire to SR 735 to U.S. 35 to SR 160 to SR 554. Beginning July 26, one lane of SR 160 will be (Township Road 20A). One lane will be closed. Temporary trafﬁc signals and a 10 foot width restriction closed and temporary trafﬁc signals will be in place between Homewood Drive and Porter Road. Estimat- will be in place. Estimated completion: Nov. 15. MEIGS COUNTY — A landslide repair and culvert ed completion: Oct. 1, 2021 MEIGS COUNTY — A bridge replacement project replacement project begins on August 2 on SR 681, between U.S. 33 and SR 7. The road will be closed. begins on July 12 on SR 143, between Smith Run Road (Township Road 170) and Zion Road (Township Estimated completion: Aug. 6. CALL TODAY! �Along the River 10 Saturday, July 31, 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing Big Bend Blues Bash returns Aug. 6 - 7 Staff Report POMEROY — The Big Bend Blues bash is a two-day Blues, Roots and Rock concert hosted by the Pomeroy Blues & Jazz Society that’s held at the Riverside Amphitheater in downtown Pomeroy, Ohio, and features regional and national acts, amazing food, and an incredible view of the Ohio River. Founded in 2000, the PB&J’s are a group of local music enthusiasts dedicated to promoting live arts in downtown Pomeroy, Ohio. The group is an all volunteer, not for proﬁt, society focused on presenting musical events as cultural art forms that may otherwise not be available in our area. The 20th Big Bend Blues Bash will be held on Aug. 6 and 7 in downtown Pomeroy. The musical lineup includes: Friday, Aug. 6 6 p.m. — Terra Soul A Group from Southern OVP File Photos Ohio and WV that play The Big Bend Blues Bash is a two-day Blues, Roots and Rock concert hosted by the Pomeroy Blues & Jazz Society that’s held at the Riverside Amphitheater in downtown the soulful side of Ameri- Pomeroy, Ohio, and features regional and national acts, amazing food, and an incredible view of the Ohio River. cana music. and going back and watch ers Ian Kirwan’s vintage it and playing over and “Dirty” guitar work and 7 p.m. — Brent Patterson over for hours until it was road-seasoned vocals with Brent Patterson is a right . The knowledge of dynamic riffs and lyrical singer/guitarist from Dwayne’s musical ability stories to create a genre southeastern Ohio who along with zydeco Helldeﬁning sound chocked performs classic folk raisers band members are full of rock for a new genrock, pop, and acoustic Combined, to have over eration of fans. The band roots music. Featuring a 100 years of experience also features, Beau Felix diverse repertoire, he’s performed at many events playing Zydeco music and on guitar, Kevin Bernard on bass and Travis and venues in Ohio, NYC, it shows in every performance. The energy, true Erickson shotgun style and beyond. talent, and exuberance on drums. This potent that Dwayne Dopsie and combination cranks out, 8 p.m. — Gizzae the Zydeco Hellraisers blistering micro-anthems Gizzae is truly a band of the world – With musi- emit from stage makes it embodying that basic obvious that there is no Rock N’ Roll steamroller cians hailing from the four corners of the Earth, competition for this band. aesthetic. Rocket and Gizzae have been playing for crowds Saturday, Aug. 7 4 p.m. — Funky Mojo Daddy across the country for The Chicagoland blues over 35 years! Their Noon — Real Deal rock supergroup, Funky musical experiences have Blues Band Mojo Daddy, plots a Enjoying a previous Big Bend Blues Bash along the Ohio River in the Pomeroy parking lot. collectively earned them diverse, high-energy perKicking things off on Grammy awards, Chicago Saturday will be the Real formance, outﬁtted with Music Awards and they world-travelled musiDeal Blues Band. have opened for some cians successful in their of the biggest names in own endeavors. The 1 p.m. — Generation Reggae.They have also seasoned blues veterGap Blues Band recorded and played ans now seek to spread The Generation Gap professionally with such a passionate, creative Blues Band has been acts as:Ziggy Marley, The playing together for sound. The group conRolling Stones, Bruce sists of a trio of guitar roughly six years. They Springsteen, Third World, play a variety of Blues players, a top rhythm Toots and Maytals, Burn- and Jazzy style covers section and four vering Spear, Carly Simon, satile vocalists. Kenny as well as a number of The Talking Heads, Rita Kinsey leads on bass and originals. The band met Marley, Judy Mowatt, vocals, with Jerry Porter at a jam session and the Chachi, Michael Black, on drums, Jeff Massey rest is history. Some of Moja Nya, Dallol, Rude their inﬂuences for songs on slide guitar and Ryan Beat Society, The Mighty come from artists such Frahm on guitar. Baron of Trinidad, Bell as BB King, Stevie Ray Combo and many others. Vaughan, Eric Clapton, 6 p.m. — The Albert King and many Steepwater Band 10 p.m. — Headliner Dwayne more Blues greats. Something primal lurks Dopsie & the Zydeco in their music, but always Hellraisers wrestling with emotions 2 p.m. — Jake Dunn The 20th Big Bend Blues Bash will be held on Aug. 6 and 7 in downtown Pomeroy. and stories that are every& the Blackbirds Dwayne (Dopsie) 10 p.m. — Headliner felt oddly comfortable, day-ready ~ music at once always come easy Rubin hails from one Jake Dunn & the ﬁnding a direct connec- Davy Knowles strut-inducing sexy and of the most inﬂuential for vocalist/lyricist/ Blackbirds newest tion between the energy brass knuckles honest, Zydeco families in the release, Sad Songs, is bandleader Nikki Hill, Knowles ﬁrst burst she saw at local shows world. Although inspired an ambitious new effort a sound evolved smartly raised by a single onto the scene in 2007 in Chapel Hill, and the & patiently through by tradition, Dwayne has from the group that mother and two older with his band ‘Back developed his own high sisters in close quarters intense praise dancing, sends them further into countless gigs, running Door Slam’, garnering gospel shouting church the bulls whenever and energy style that deﬁes the realm of cosmic throughout Durham, rave reviews, national services she attended wherever they’ve been existing stereotypes and American music. It is a North Carolina. This US television appearand sang with up until welcomed since 1998. blazes a refreshingly new representation of inspired not only her ances (Jimmy Kimmel she was a teen. Seeing distinct path for 21st the groups collaborative AC/DC once said, “If you conﬁdence at a young Live, Good Morning everything from Dexter America), extensive got the dollar, we got the age, but a self-reliance century Zydeco music. song crafting skills that Romweber to Carolina This singer/songwriter embraces their inﬂuenc- song / Just wanna boogie and strong curiosity, triple-A radio airplay, Chocolate Drops, Bo woogie all night long,” and accordionist has per- es, both new and old. which informed Hill’s and two top 5 Billboard Diddley to Motorhead, and The Steepwater formed all over the world interest in art, readBlues charting albums. her new sermons came Band surely embodies since debuting his band, ing and writing. The Since then, Knowles has 3 p.m. — Red Stone Souls from rockers and barthis lip-smacking urge Dwayne Dopsie and the moment she could independently released Red Stone Souls is a to get some in this mean break free from the long tenders, cowpunks Zydeco Hellraisers, at two more studio albums, 70’s inﬂuenced Heavy and starving artists. age 19. Dwayne Dopsie, Sunday sermons and 2014’s ‘The Outsider’ and Rock, Hard Blues, Garage old world, beﬁtting the group’s Chicago roots grew up in Lafayette, weekday choir practices, Everyone had a story, 2016’s ‘Three Miles From and Psychedelic Rock and very soon, Nikki and their earthy underLouisiana,teaching his Nikki traded the pews Avalon’, which also hit N’ Roll tossed into a was in the mix herself, standing of crackling city for barstools, sneakself how to play accordion blender and turned on the top 5 on the Billboard immersed in music, get- Blues chart. blues. watching videos of his ing into venues when high band. They have father and Clifton Chenecessary, and was soon ting into trouble, and Tickets for both days busted down the doors nier and recording his immersed in North Car- making stories of her are available at bigbendof the “New Generation” 8 p.m. — Nikki Hill own. self with a video camera olina’s roots scene. She bluesbash.com. rock scene. The band layIndependence has �NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing Saturday, July 31, 2021 11 Senate advances nearly $1 trillion infrastructure plan By Kevin Freking and Lisa Mascaro Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Senate advanced a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure plan on Friday with a bipartisan group of senators helping it clear one more hurdle and bracing to see if support can hold during the next few days of debate and efforts to amend it. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said that the chamber should be able to process the legislation quickly given the bipartisan support. “We may need the weekend, we may vote on several amendments, but with the cooperation of our Republican colleagues I believe we can ﬁnish the bipartisan infrastructure bill in a matter of days,” Schumer said. But Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, predicted, “It’s going to be a grind.” The effort got off to a haphazard start on Friday. Shortly after the Senate began the procedural vote, it was stopped. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., indicated Republicans would need to see the full text of the bill before agreeing to go forward. Moments later, the vote resumed and the effort to proceed to consideration of the bill passed by a vote of 66-28. Earlier this week, 17 GOP senators joined all Democrats in voting to start the debate, launching what will be a dayslong process to consider the bill. That support largely held Friday with Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky again voting yes to nudge the process along. But whether the number of Republican senators willing to pass a key part of President Joe Biden’s agenda grows or shrinks in the days ahead will determine if the president’s signature issue can make it across the ﬁnish line. Cornyn said that he expects Schumer to allow all senators to have a chance to shape the bill and allow for amendments from members of both political parties. “I’ve been disappointed that Senator Schumer has seen to ﬁt to try to force us to vote on a bill that does not exist in its entirety, but I hope we can now pump the brakes a little bit and take the time and care to evaluate the beneﬁts and the package, a strictly partisan pursuit of far-reaching programs and services including child care, tax breaks and health care that touch almost every corner of American life. Republicans strongly oppose that bill, which would require a simple majority, and may try to stop both. On the other side of the Capitol, a bipartisan group of senators and representative gathered to voice their support for the narrower, bipartisan infrastructure effort and to encourage House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to J. Scott Applewhite | AP allow a quick vote on it Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, center, speaks with Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., left, while Sen. John after it passes the SenKennedy, R-La., walks by at right, as the Senate votes to formally begin debate on a roughly $1 trillion ate. However, Pelosi has infrastructure plan, a process that could take several days, at the Capitol in Washington on Friday. stated there won’t be an future economic growth. infrastructure bill vote we will make it public cost of this legislation,” unless the Senate also Among the major together consistent with Cornyn said. passes the more ambithe bipartisan way we’ve investments are $110 Schumer planned to tious package, too. billion for roads and worked for the last four introduce the text of the “I’m not asking bridges, $39 billion for months,” the senators bill later in the day with Speaker Pelosi today public transit and $66 said. supporters hoping to to support the bill. I’m billion for rail. There’s The bipartisan plan is complete action before asking for something a also $55 billion for big, with $550 billion leaving for the August lot more basic than that. water and wastewater in new spending over recess. Sens. Rob PortI’m asking to give us a infrastructure as well man, R-Ohio and Kyrsten ﬁve years beyond the vote,” said Rep. Dusty as billions for airports, Sinema, D-Ariz., released typical highway and Johnson, R-S.D. “Let us ports, broadband and public works accounts. a statement saying they electric vehicle charging vote.” It’s being ﬁnanced from were close to ﬁnalizing Democratic Rep. Josh funding sources that may stations. the legislative text and Gottheimer, D-N.J. also The outcome will set not pass muster with hope to make it public appealed for a standdeﬁcit hawks, including the stage for the next later in the day. alone vote on the bipartidebate over Biden’s repurposing untapped “When legislative text san plan because “that’s COVID-19 relief aid and much more ambitious is ﬁnalized that reﬂects what the country wants.” $3.5 trillion spending the product of our group, relying on projected Court dismisses lawsuit seeking higher foster care payments By Andrew Welsh-Huggins Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — The difference in foster care payments between licensed caregivers and relatives stepping in to help “is neither ideal nor even satisfactory,” a federal judge said as he dismissed a lawsuit seeking to close that gap. Federal Judge Michael Barrett acknowledged that children cared for by relatives deserve more money but said advocates suing over the payment discrepancies didn’t have a claim under federal law. At issue are relatives who aren’t licensed caregivers but are approved to care for chil- dren taken from their parents. The arrangement is often referred to as kinship care. Child advocates argue the state must follow a 2017 federal appeals court decision ordering equality in payments to kinship caregivers, and in November sued to force adherence to that ruling. Republican Gov. Mike DeW- ine signed a bill into law late last year providing a partial ﬁx. The plan authorizes a $10.20 per child per day payment for kinship caregivers for up to nine months. Advocates say that money falls far short of what licensed foster care parents receive, citing as an example the $1,500 to $9,667 monthly payments per foster child in Hamilton County. 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Once built, Mayor Eblin hopes to create a community garden committee consisting of members dedicated to the ongoing maintenance of the garden. “The success of the community garden, of course, is dependent upon community members pitching in and contributing to its ongoing upkeep,” commented Mayor Eblin. “I’m strongly encouraging those interested in being involved in a community garden committee to step forward.” The proposed community garden would consist of a landscaping timber parameter ﬁlled with limestone, a number of raised garden beds, a water tank and open storage. Mayor Eblin explains that, depending on the number, garden beds could be reserved for individual families and or organizations for a fee, which would be deposited into a public fund and utilized for ongoing maintenance expenses. Otherwise, garden beds would be for collective community use. The ﬁnal conﬁguration of the proposed community garden will be approved by November of this year. Information provided by Rutland Mayor Tyler Eblin. Daily Sentinel Middleport Yard of the Week MIDDLEPORT — Each week throughout the summer property owners in the village of Middleport are recognized for the care they take of their yards. Week 5 — Carrie Kennedy 366 S. 6th Ave. Carrie is originally from New Haven, W.Va., and moved to Middleport in 1999 with her family. She has completely remodeled her home with new siding, roof and shelters. Carrie has great taste in her plantings and well she should because she worked at Bob’s Market for 32 years. She has great ideas for containers using ﬁre rings and water troughs along with the standard pots. In her landscaping and all around her yard are various plants which include mandevilla, spiked speedwell, lavender, butterﬂy bush, lantanas, cone ﬂowers, zebra grass, geraniums, to name a few. She likes mostly perennials but does scatter in some annuals here and there. Courtesy photos Week 5 — Carrie Kennedy Week 7 — Mike and Elaine Ralston plantings which include petunias, hollyhock, stargazer, morning glory, all colors of roses, tiger lilies, hosta, day lilies, cone ﬂowers, burning bush, Week 6 — Imelda California poppies, and and Jerry Westfall smoke bush just touch on 504 S. 3rd Ave. Imelda and Jerry West- a few. You can really see fall moved to Middleport the care that Imelda and Jerry put into their yard. in 2014 from Addison. Jerry is retired from manufacturing and Week 7 — Mike Imelda works at Incluand Elaine Ralston sions. Their yard is “bee409 Broadway St. utiful” with the gladiolus Mike and Elaine have in full bloom. The rest lived at 409 Broadway of the yard is a showcase for 35 years. Mike has with all the different lived in Middleport since Week 6 — Imelda and Jerry Westfall Week 8 — Greg and Sherrie Taylor he was 18 and Elaine is from Pomeroy and moved here when they purchased the house. Elaine works at Community Action and Mike is retired but worked for the Village of Syracuse for 11 years and Middleport as the water and street superintendent for 16 years. Their yard holds great memories of their daughter getting married to her Airforce ﬁancé who now lives in Panama City, Florida. This beautiful yard displays numerous plantings which include marigolds, petunias, clematis, ruellia, canna lily, butterﬂy bush, bleeding heart, lavender, a grape arbor and a small garden. win. They both work very hard on the yard and keep it very well groomed. Sherrie picked up old bicycles at an auction and has creatively used them as decorations in the yard. Their Week 8 — Greg landscaping is inventive and Sherrie Taylor and contains many vinca 149 Seventh Ave. Sherrie and Greg have plants and canna lilies. lived at 149 Seventh Ave. They have put a lot of time and money in their since 1995. Greg works at Energy Transport just home and aren’t ﬁnished yet. outside of Parkersburg and Sherrie is selfInformation provided by employed. Originally, Middleport Village Yard of the Week Sherrie is from Racine committee. and Greg is from Dar- Deadline From page 1 Rutland Village Council — 4 seats, plus 2 unexpired terms Syracuse Village Council — 4 seats, plus 1 unexpired term Townships Bedford Township Trustee — 2 seats Chester Township Trustee — 2 seats Columbia Township Trustee — 2 seats Lebanon Township Trustee — 2 seats Letart Township Fiscal Ofﬁcer — 1 unexpired term Letart Township Trustee — 2 seats Olive Township Trustee — 2 seats Orange Township Trustee — 2 seats Rutland Township Trustee — 2 seats Salem Township Trustee — 2 seats Salisbury Township Trustee — 2 seats Scipio Township Trustee — 2 seats Sutton Township Trustee — 2 seats Schools Alexander Local Board of Education — 3 seats (ﬁle in Athens) Eastern Local Board of Education — 2 seats Meigs Local Board of Education — 2 seats Southern Local Board of Education — 3 seats Athens-Meigs ESC — Meigs District, 1 unexpired term; Southern District, 1 seat; At-large, 1 seat; (ﬁle in Athens) Petitions are available at the Board of Elections on East Memorial Drive in Pomeroy from 8 a.m.noon and 1-4 p.m. Anyone with questions you may call the ofﬁce at 740-992-2697. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Sarah Hawley is the managing editor of The Daily Sentinel. Gallia fair opens Monday Jenna Price. She is a senior at River Valley High School. Sydnee Runyon, of Vinton, GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Junior Fair opens Mon- who is the daughter of Steve day and runs through Saturday, and Kim Runyon. She is a graduate of River Valley High Aug. 7. The ﬁrst night of the fair will School. Gracie Thomas, of Patriot, see the popular Miss Gallia County Queen contest take the who is the daughter of Richard and Shannon Thomas. She is Holzer Main Stage. There are a graduate of Gallia Academy nine fair princesses competing High School. to wear the crown. They are: Ellen Weaver, of Crown Helen Clonch, of Gallipolis, City, who is the daughter of who is the daughter of Roland and Angie Jones. She is a senior Susan and Jason Weaver. She at Gallia Academy High School. is a senior at South Gallia High School. Sophia Gee, of Gallipolis, Season passes for the 2021 who is the daughter of Eric and Gallia County Junior Fair are Cindy Gee. She is a senior at now on sale throughout the River Valley High School. county. Jerah Sharee Justice, of According to Tim Massie, Bidwell who is the daughter of Joe and Crystal Justice. She is a secretary of the fair board, passes can be purchased from Gallia senior at Gallia Academy High County 4-H clubs, advisors and School. Ariel Jade McGuire, of Crown members, or at businesses in the county. Those businesses City, who is the daughter of Kayla McGuire. She is a gradu- include all county ofﬁces and ate of South Gallia High School. branch locations of the Ohio Valley Bank, Wesbanco and Erin Michelle Pope, of GalFarmer’s Bank. lipolis, who is the daughter of The cost of the season pass, Chad and Deanna Pope. She is which admits one person to the a graduate of Gallia Academy fairgrounds each day, is $28. High School. With a season pass, visitors Kelsey Price, of Vinton, who would have to pay an additional is the daughter of Bret and Staff Report cost to ride the amusement rides. Massie said season passes will only be available to purchase at the gate on Monday. Without the season pass, the daily admission price is $10 and includes amusement rides, entertainment and shows. Daily admission tickets cannot be purchases before arriving at the fairgrounds, but instead will be paid at the entrance gates. Children under 2 years old are admitted free, but must purchase a ride pass to be admitted onto amusement rides. Massie said Tuesday, Aug. 3 is “Senior Citizen Day” at the fair. Senior citizens who show their Golden Buckeye Card will be admitted for free. Listed below is the schedule for opening day at the Gallia County Junior Fair: 72nd Annual Opening Day Monday, Aug. 2 “Gallia County Night” 8 a.m. Rabbit Judging & Pet Rabbit (Dairy Barn) 9 a.m. Horse Show (Horse Arena) 9 a.m. Tobacco Judging (Show Arena) 11 a.m. Poultry (Following Rabbit Show) (Dairy Barn) 11 a.m. Field Crops (Activities Building) 12:30-3:30 p.m. Free Conservation Activities (Pond Area) 1:30 p.m. Miniature Goat Show (Show Arena) 3 p.m. Market Goat Show (Show Arena) 4 p.m. Gallia Academy High School Band (Holzer Main Stage) 5 p.m. South Gallia High School Band (Holzer Main Stage) 6 p.m. Ofﬁcial Opening (Holzer Main Stage) VFW Post 4464, National Anthem - South Gallia High School Band. Invocation - Todd Hines, Pastor, Rodney Church of Light. Introduction of Dignitaries: Tim Massie. Welcome Address: Fred Deel, president. 6:30 p.m. Little Miss Gallia County Contest (Holzer Main Stage) 7 p.m. Pre-Rodeo Kids Show (Pulling Track) 7 p.m. Championship Rodeo (Pulling Track) 7:30 p.m. Little Mister Gallia County Contest (Holzer Main Stage) 9:30 p.m. 2021 Gallia County Queen Pageant (Holzer Main Stage). Ark From page 1 actor portraying Jesus at the resurrection emerges from the tomb. This year performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 1, 7, 8, 13, 14 and 15 at the ark, located at 39760 State Route 143, Pomeroy. As in past years, admission to the performances are free. Concessions will be available and a love offering will be taken during the event. Those attending are encouraged to bring lawn chairs. Handicap parking is available. Large groups are welcome. Videos and performances from past years may be seen on the church Facebook page and website. For more information visit hillsidebaptistchurch.net, Hillside Baptist Church on Facebook or call 740-742-5007. 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