https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/311b4c6522893deb74824664e0376255.pdf b43ca7f2627845f2651ebb8cc656ccfb PDF Text Text Weekly church columns CHURCH s 2 8 AM 2 PM 8 PM 75° 87° 78° A severe thunderstorm today. A strong thunderstorm tonight. High 92° / Low 70° Today’s weather forecast Athletics defeat Indians WEATHER s 3 SPORTS s 7 C_ZZb[fehj�š�Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 159, Volume 75 Delta variant identified in Mason County 19 new cases reported in OVP area By Sarah Hawley shawley@aimmediamidwest.com OHIO VALLEY — A total of 19 new COVID19 cases were reported in the Ohio Valley Publishing area on Thursday, including the first confirmed case of the Delta variant in Mason County. The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reported one case of the Delta variant in Mason County on Thursday. In the latest DHHR update, there were also three cases of the Alpha (UK) variant and one case of the Gamma (Brazil) variant. “Over the last few weeks, we have seen an increase in COVID cases,” said Jennifer Thomas, RN and Nursing Director/Administrator and the Mason County Health Department. “We now have a confirmed case of the Delta variant in Mason County. We would like to remind citizens to continue to be proactive, wear their masks, wash their hands, stay home if they are sick and get their COVID vaccine. COVID vaccines are still available at the Mason County Health Department.” COVID-19 vaccines for ages 12 and older are also available at the Gallia and Meigs County Health Departments, as well as many local pharmacies and healthcare providers. Gallia County According to the 2 p.m. update from the Ohio Department of Health, there have been 2,605 total cases (9 new) in Gallia County since the beginning of the pandemic, 163 hospitalizations and 51 deaths. Of the 2,605 cases, 2,418 (4 new) are presumed recovered. Case data is as fol- lows: 0-19 — 347 cases, 2 hospitalizations 20-29 —439 cases (2 new), 6 hospitalizations 30-39 — 346 cases (1 new), 6 hospitalizations 40-49 — 391 cases (1 new), 14 hospitalizations, 1 death 50-59 — 383 cases (3 new), 19 hospitalizations, 4 deaths 60-69 — 324 cases (2 new), 30 hospitalizations, 8 deaths 70-79 — 215 cases, 44 hospitalizations, 12 deaths 80-plus — 160 cases, 42 hospitalizations, 25 deaths Vaccination rates in Gallia County are as follows, according to ODH: Vaccines started: 10,818 (36.18 percent of the population) Vaccines completed: 9,990 (33.41 percent of the population) Meigs County According to the 2 p.m. update from the Ohio Department of Health, there have been 1,572 total cases (4 new) in Meigs County since the beginning of the pandemic, 87 hospitalizations and 40 deaths. Of the 1,568 cases, 1,462 (3 new) are presumed recovered. Case data is as follows: 0-19 — 206 cases, 1 hospitalization 20-29 — 225 cases, 2 hospitalizations 30-39 — 190 cases (1 new), 4 hospitalizations 40-49 — 233 cases (2 new), 8 hospitalizations 50-59 — 226 cases, 9 hospitalizations, 1 death 60-69 — 222 cases, 23 hospitalizations, 6 deaths 70-79 — 164 cases (1 new), 22 hospitalizations, 12 deaths 80-plus — 106 cases, 18 hospitalizations, 20 deaths Vaccination rates in Meigs County are as follows, according to ODH: Vaccines started: 8,090 (35.32 percent of the population) See DELTA | 3 AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC (USPS 145-966) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes every Tuesday through Saturday. Subscription rate is $208 per year. Prices are subject to change at any time. 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 Periodical postage paid at Pomeroy, OH POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Sentinel, 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631. All content © 2021 The Daily Sentinel, an edition of the Gallipolis Daily Tribune. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. Friday, August 13, 2021 s 50¢ In the ‘Market’ Visitors to Raised Around Rio Farmer’s and Artisan Market pick up produce on a recent Wednesday evening. ‘Raised Around Rio’ By Brittany Hively Special to OVP RIO GRANDE — Locally grown produce and handcrafted items line the street offering shoppers quality products and food every Wednesday afternoon in downtown Rio Grande, Ohio. Raised Around Rio Farmer’s and Artisan Market started in 2016 when a local resident asked Matt Easter, mayor, when he was starting the farmer’s mar- ket he had talked about. “I said, ‘oh, by the way, what happened to that farmer’s market you were supposed to start?’ and he said, ‘um. Too many irons in the fire, do you want to start it?’ and I said yes, I do,” said Jennifer Littlejohn, organizer and vendor. It took no time for the event to grow. Brittany Hively | Courtesy “Within four weeks, I had 11 vendors. That’s when we started August 16th,” Littlejohn said. “We set up for six weeks and it went very well and the next year I had 18 and then 20 and it keeps building every year.” Easter has no regrets passing the event on. See MARKET | 3 Summer food program a success Staff Report RACINE — The Southern Local School District Summer Feeding program has been a huge success, according to food service director Scott Wolfe. In the two and a half months since school dismissed for the summer, Southern has distributed nearly 3,500 meals through a No Child Hungry grant of $20,000. Meal statistics include students served during the four weeks of summer school. Wolfe, who is the school’s Food Service Director, also served in that capacity for the Summer Feeding program. Courtesy photo Wolfe said, “This No Kid Southern students eat a meal during the summer Hungry grant through the school program. Children’s Hunger AllianceOhio has meant so much to our community. We have a great need here, and this program has certainly helped get meals to folks that need it.” “We just cannot thank the Children’s Hunger Alliance enough. The folks there have been diligent in helping us here in Southern Ohio. For the many times others have passed us over, CHA stepped up to the plate.” Wolfe praised the entire Southern staff for making the effort such a success. “Although I am the director, I am mainly the numbers and words guy, getting the grants and overseeing operations. See FOOD | 10 Ohio prisons to scan mail to thwart drug smuggling COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio prison system plans to scan virtually all incoming inmate mail and provide digital copies to inmates to thwart a new form of contraband also being seen nationwide: drugs smuggled into prison by soaking them in paper. Thwarting drug smuggling is a necessary measure to help people struggling with addiction, on top of services like medication-assisted treatment already offered by the prison system, said Annette Chambers-Smith, director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. She noted that six in 10 Ohio inmates have a history of serious substance abuse. “Having the ability to digitally scan mail will cut down on contraband entering our prisons without interfering with the important connections the incarcerated men and women have with their loved ones,” Chambers-Smith said in a statement to The Associated Press. Beginning in January, each Ohio corrections facility will have equipment that staff can use to digitally copy mail, under a contract with GTL. The contract is worth an estimated $22.7 million annually and includes renewal options through 2031. The company, based in Falls Church, Virginia, also operates the system allowing inmates to make phone and video calls. Legal mail to and from inmates and their attorneys will be exempted from being digitized. Inmates already have access to portable tablets and wall-mounted kiosks which they use to do everything from read electronic messages to conduct video calls. The digitized mail will be delivered to those same devices. Scanned mail “provides a safeguard to your facilities against illegal drugs and contraband entering your facility through physical mail,” the GTL contract says. It also notes another benefit to the prison administrators: “In addition, digital mail becomes another source of actionable intelligence for investigators.” Inmates whose mail is rejected for security reasons will receive a message explaining why they aren’t getting a scanned copy, the contract says. The digitized mail will be searchable, although results will vary depending on the quality of the original letter. In the interim, the agency is photocopying incoming mail, See PRISONS | 3 �DEATH NOTICE/NEWS 2 Friday, August 13, 2021 DEATH NOTICE WHEELER REEDSVILLE — Darrell Eugene Wheeler, of Reedsville, Tuppers Plains Community, Ohio, died on August 11, 2021. Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 6 p.m. at the Anderson McDaniel funeral home in Pomeroy, Ohio. Visitation for family and friends will be held on Saturday from 5–6 p.m. prior to the service. TODAY IN HISTORY French and Bavarian soldiers. In 1846, the American Today is Friday, Aug. 13, the 225th day of 2021. flag was raised in Los There are 140 days left in Angeles for the first time. the year. In 1860, legendary Today’s Highlight in History sharpshooter Annie Oakley was born in On August 13, 1910, Florence Nightingale, the Darke County, Ohio. In 1889, William Gray founder of modern nursof Hartford, Conn., ing, died in London at received a patent for a age 90. coin-operated telephone. In 1932, Adolf Hitler On this date rejected the post of vice In 1521, Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortez chancellor of Germany, saying he was prepared captured Tenochtitlan to hold out “for all or (teh-natch-teet-LAHN’), present-day Mexico City, nothing.” In 1942, Walt Disney’s from the Aztecs. animated feature In 1704, the Battle of “Bambi” had its U.S. Blenheim was fought premiere at Radio City during the War of the Music Hall in New York, Spanish Succession, resulting in a victory for five days after its world premiere in London. English-led forces over The Associated Press Delta Mason County. Mason County is currently yellow on the West Virginia County Alert System. From page 1 Vaccines completed: 7,404 (32.32 percent of the population) Mason County According to the 10 a.m. update on Thursday from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, there have been 2,215 cases of COVID-19, in Mason County (2,147 confirmed cases, 68 probable cases) since the beginning of the pandemic and 38 deaths. Of those, six cases (all confirmed) were newly reported on Thursday. Case data is as follows: 0-4 — 27 confirmed cases (1 new), 1 probable case 5-11 — 50 confirmed cases (1 fewer), 2 probable cases 12-15 — 75 confirmed cases, 3 probable cases 16-20 — 147 confirmed cases, 4 probable cases 21-25 — 166 confirmed cases (3 new), 7 probable cases 26-30 — 207 confirmed cases, 10 probable cases 31-40 — 346 confirmed cases (2 new), 10 probable cases 41-50 — 316 confirmed cases (1 new), 13 probable cases, 1 death 51-60 — 307 confirmed cases (1 new), 6 probable cases, 2 deaths 61-70 — 269 confirmed cases (1 new), 4 probable cases, 6 deaths 71+ — 237 confirmed cases (1 fewer), 9 probable cases, 29 deaths A total of 9,263 people in Mason County have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, which is 34.9 percent of the population, according to DHHR. There have been a total of 16,608 doses administered in Ohio According to the 2 p.m. update from the Ohio Department of Health, there have been 3,272 cases in the past 24 hours (21-day average of 1,546), 130 new hospitalizations (21-day average of 78), 13 new ICU admissions (21-day average of 8) and zero new deaths (21-day average of 6). Vaccination rates in Ohio are as follows, according to ODH: Vaccines started: 5,883,263 (50.33 percent of the population) Vaccines completed: 5,452,982 (46.65 percent of the population) West Virginia According to the 10 a.m. update on Thursday from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, there have been 171,707 total cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with 505 reported in the previous 24 hours. There have been a total of 2,975deaths due to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, with one in the past 24 hours. There are 5,076 active cases in the state, with a daily positivity rate of 5.28 and a cumulative positivity rate of 4.96 percent. Statewide, 1,079,557 West Virginia residents have received at least one dose of the COVID19 (60.2 percent of the population). A total of 49.7 percent of the population, 890,064 individuals have been fully vaccinated. Kayla (Hawthorne) Dunham contributed to this story. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. CONTACT US 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 740-446-2342 All content © 2021 Gallipolis Daily Tribune and The Daily Sentinel edition. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT/ GROUP PUBLISHER Lane Moon lmoon@aimmediamidwest.com EDITOR Beth Sergent, Ext. 1992 bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com MANAGING EDITOR Sarah Hawley, Ext. 2555 shawley@aimmediamidwest.com SPORTS EDITOR Bryan Walters, Ext. 2101 bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Matt Rodgers, Ext. 2095 mrodgers@aimmediamidwest.com CIRCULATION MANAGER Derrick Morrison, Ext. 2097 dmorrison@aimmediamidwest.com Ohio Valley Publishing How much for your soul? Jesus, taught, “For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul? (Matthew 16:25-26; ESV)” In the movie, A Man For All Seasons, which concerns the historic refusal of Sir Thomas More to countenance the marriage of King Henry VIII to Ann Boleyn, and his subsequent execution for the same, there is a scene near the end where Sir Thomas is found guilty of treason due to the testimony of a certain Sir Richard Rich. Sir Richard plainly commits perjury, but his solitary testimony is all the excuse the jury needs to find More guilty. As More is about to exit the court, he cannot help but notice that Sir Richard was wearing a new chain of office and inquires concerning it. When he is informed, “Sir Richard is appointed Attorney General for Wales,” Sir Thomas replies, “For Wales. Why Richard, it No matter the profits a man price, it is never nothing to give worth it. his soul for the We have nothing whole world so valuable, as our but for Wales?” God-given immortal It was clear to soul. Long after this More that Sir Richard had Search the body has turned to been paid off to Scriptures dust, our property has been destroyed, lie, and the payJonathan and this world ends ment had been McAnulty in fire, our soul will a position in continue, either in Wales. heaven, or in torment It is a good line, and (cf. Matthew 25:46). a reminder that each It behooves us then to sin we willfully commit make those choices that is an example of selling will permit us eternal out our soul for some life and eschew any that short-term gain. If the will cause us to lose the whole world was not a fair trade for a soul, how same. Beyond its eternal much less fair is selling nature, the value of the out for just a portion soul is also seen in the of the world? Yet, most individuals settle for far willingness of Christ to die for the salvation less than even Wales of the same. The Son when it comes to the of God did not die for price of their soul. a culture, a border, Adam and Eve sold or even a philosophy. out for a piece of fruit None of those things (cf. Genesis 3:6). were worth the blood David sold his soul for a single night with a of God. Jesus died so married Bathsheba (cf. 2 that He could redeem individual souls from Samuel 11:4). Judas Iscariot decided judgment and condemthat the price of his soul nation. It is unfortunate that was thirty pieces of silmost individuals so ver when he agreed to undervalue their souls. betray the Son of God to the Jewish leadership This lack of esteem for what should be under(cf. Matthew 26:15). stood as a priceless possession is seen in the behavior of those who settle for far less than the world as they willfully throw away their souls for a moment of sin. People sell out for a night of pleasure, a drunken party, a bit of cash, or even just a desire to avoid making others angry at them. Eternity is thrown away for a pittance. We need to give the same value to our soul as Jesus did. This means, reminding ourselves when temptation comes, that nothing is worth losing our souls for, and we are to serve God and Him alone (cf. Matthew 4:8-10). It also means that when we know we have sinned, we repent of those sins and turn to Christ for salvation and forgiveness, understanding that Jesus paid the price He did, because He loved us and valued us enough to want us to be saved. Do we value ourselves enough to accept that salvation? Jonathan McAnulty is minister of Chapel Hill Church of Christ. Viewpoints expressed in the article are the work of the author. Consider the power of His word As I have been working on writing a book of devotionals, I have looked for verses of Scripture which has a particular application to the soul and spirit. I first milk out the spiritual benefit for me personally, then I consider the edification for the reader. At one point a certain statement leaped out at me. The Word of God has a lot of impact, and, in this incident, a specific reference to the Word of God offered an uncanny insight to the Word of God. When Jesus ministered in the city of Capernaum, Luke 4:32 records, “And they were astonished at His doctrine, for His word was with power.” It must have been an awesome experience to hear the Lord speak. His oratory skills must have been captivating. He was certainly unencumbered with pages of written notes. He certainly contacted the eyes of individuals in the crowds, not being distracted from them by having to look at some sort of tele- how is it that the prompter for the Word of the Lord next sentence. becomes applicable I can image to us with power? Him as being Consider the followpoised and ing possibilities. articulate. His First, it is evident countenance that His Word has must surely have the power to bless. appealed to the Ron This is a significant common person Branch hungering for a Contributing power. The blessing of His Word has the word from God columnist power to soothe the because of His soul when it rages with innate divine and holy emotion. When anger characteristics. bubbles in the heart, the But, what He said, blessing of His Word what He taught, what says, “Just be still now. He instructed as the God will work things out living manifestation of the Word—-it incredibly in due course.” When impatience consumes the had an effect on every person in one way or the mind, the blessing of His other. As Luke recorded Word says to us, “Listen, the Lord is in control. it, “His word was with Wait on the Lord.” What power.” the power of the blessing His word is certainly of the Word does is that an astonishing power it swells the soul with in ways that are needed satisfaction to prosper by each of us on a daily us in the spiritual prinbasis. The attitudes of ciples most practical for our hearts vary from the moment. You cannot day to day. Our moods beat that with a stick! change. Sometimes we Hand in glove with are surprised with a different set of circumstanc- the power to bless is the es from the previous day. power to inspire. When Times are that the power there is inspiration in the heart, tasks for the of His Word reveals a sort of specialness to us day tackled with dedication as unto the Lord in that given moment and completed with joy But, specifically, as unto the Lord (we should remember that we should do all things within that context). Many people are looking for a source of inspiration to get them through life. But, nothing inspires like the Word of Christ. “In this life you will have tribulation. But, be of good cheer. I have overcome” is an example of a word of inspiration. His Word has power to give hope. Take away hope from a person, and they will falter. Give hope to a person, and they will revive. The Word of the Lord gives us every reason to live, knowing that He is in control of the day, that He already knows about the tomorrow, and that the extended future He has prepared for us is far better than we can imagine. “For His Word was with power” means that we can have an astonishing experience with God everyday. Pastor Ron Branch lives in Mason County and is pastor of Hope Baptist Church, Middleport, Ohio. Viewpoints expressed in the article are the work of the author. Put on God’s armor for salvation your shoes of readiness, One Sunday morning, so you are always ready Nolan and Natalie went to share the Good News to Sunday School as they of Jesus Christ to anyone, usually did. When they got anywhere.” Next, Mrs. there, they noticed their Rollins reached in the bag teacher, Mrs. Rollins, has a and pulled out a worn vest. rather large bag filled with all sorts of things. They God’s Kids “This is your breastplate wondered what she was Korner of righteousness. It will protect your heart, so you planning, and the children Ann don’t forget that Jesus is soon found out. Moody always with you.” The next Mrs. Rollins said she had objects were a play shield been reading Ephesians, chapter 6, verses 10-20 that week and sword. “The shield is your shield of faith that will protect in her Bible, and it had given her you from all your enemies because an idea for a lesson that the children needed to hear. She told the Jesus is our Savior. The sword is the sword of the spirit, and it will class that she was going to teach give you knowledge and remind them about armor - not the sort you to read the Bible,” she said. of armor that soldiers wear, but And the last thing Mrs. Rollins God’s armor. She looked in her bag, and first took out of the bag was a blue she pulled out a long belt. “This is bicycle helmet. “This is your helGod’s belt of truth,” she told them. met of salvation that protects your mind, so you can always know “It will help you remember that Jesus always told the truth, so you that Jesus saved you from your sins.” should always tell the truth too.” Nolan, Natalie, and all the chilThen she got out a pair of old, brown shoes. She said, “These are dren understood Mrs. Rollins’s bag now. But then she said, “Children, there is one more thing that I need to give you to complete your suit of God’s armor.” She handed each child a small, smooth stone. “This is your prayer stone. You can keep it in your pocket to forever remind you to pray to your Heavenly Father. Whenever you need help, use your armor and prayer to overcome temptation, fear, or anxiety.” Nolan, Natalie, and the rest of the class left that morning feeling brave and happy. They knew God had given them all they needed to live a good Christian life by remembering to wear “God’s armor.” Let’s say a prayer together. Dear Heavenly Father, thank You so much for giving us Your armor to keep us happy and safe. You have given us everything that we would ever need to be a good Christian. Let us remember to put on our armor every day, so we are ready and willing to do what we need to do. In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen. �NEWS/WEATHER Ohio Valley Publishing Prisons From page 1 a process involving hundreds to thousands of pages of mail a month, with legal mail also exempted, said JoEllen Smith, a spokesperson for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. Inmate Peter Kenney says photocopied or scanned mail is a poor substitute for reading a handwritten letter, which he calls “priceless.” “It takes all the sentiment out of it,” Kenney, serving a 36-year sentence in Trumbull Correctional Institution for kidnapping and aggravated murder, said Thursday. Kenney, 37, and his wife, Jeanna, once exchanged real letters, but communicate these days mainly through an electronic messaging system similar to email, video chats or phone calls. Jeanna Kenney also says photocopying mail has done little to address the drug issue. “It’s easier for them on the inside to get it than we would if we had to call a drug dealer,” said Jeanna Kenney, who runs a statewide prisoner advocacy program. Multiple states including Maine, Michigan, Nebraska and Pennsylvania photocopy incoming mail to prevent drugs from being delivered to inmates. The federal Bureau of Prisons started a similar measure in 2019. The Florida prisons agency has also proposed digitizing inmate mail. More than 35,000 pieces of contraband were discovered from January to April, spokesperson Molly Best said. “Extremely dangerous substances such as liquid chemicals used to lace synthetic marijuana can be soaked into paper and dried, making detection very difficult,” she said. Market In Ohio, photocopying or digitizing mail is meant to intercept paper soaked with drugs including marijuana, synthetic narcotics like K2, opioids, and surprisingly, bug spray. A common ingestion method is letting the paper dissolve on the tongue. “There was a scent of some type of Wasp/ Bug spray,” a mail screener at Dayton Correctional Institution reported Jan. 26 after intercepting a three-page letter with an “oily presence” and ink that had bled, according to an internal security report. “The card inside was wet and soggy,” a screener at Grafton Correctional noted on July 6, 2020. “The card was sent into the investigator, where it was found to be saturated in Raid bug spray.” The bug spray has toxicologists puzzled, since its effect on users is both unstudied and questionable. “The way these chemicals affect the human body, it really doesn’t make sense to me,” said Dr. Ryan Marino, a medical toxicologist and professor at Case Western University medical school. “But these reports do keep coming out.” Anecdotal reports vary on bug spray’s effect on people, from acting as a stimulant to acting as a depressant, Marino said. Pesticides are generally not toxic to humans, and their effect on users could well be an urban legend, he said. Under the new mail scanning system, any suspicious mail can be sent to a secure area for analysis, according to the GTL contract. All mail is digitally archived and staff can review it later if needed. While helping inmates beat addiction, “it is also important that we put in place practical security measures to help keep people who work and live in our prisons safe,” Chambers-Smith said. TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 87° 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. 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Thu. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date Trace 0.32 1.65 33.88 29.98 SUN & MOON Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset First Full Last Aug 15 Aug 22 Aug 30 New Sep 6 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for fish and game. Major Today 4:17a Sat. 5:10a Sun. 6:03a Mon. 6:57a Tue. 7:52a Wed. 8:47a Thu. 9:41a Minor 10:29a 11:22a 12:17p 12:43a 1:37a 2:31a 3:26a Major 4:41p 5:35p 6:30p 7:26p 8:22p 9:17p 10:12p 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme POLLEN & MOLD Minor 10:53p 11:48p ---1:11p 2:07p 3:02p 3:57p WEATHER HISTORY Hurricane Connie dumped up to 9.85 inches of rain on eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey on Aug. 13, 1955. Hurricane Diane followed six days later with 10.75 inches of rain. SUNDAY An a.m. shower or two; cloudy, humid Low Moderate High Moderate Lucasville 89/69 High Very High Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services AIR QUALITY 0 50 100 150 200 300 Portsmouth 90/72 500 Primary pollutant: Ozone Air Quality Index: 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very unhealthy; 301-500, Hazardous. Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services OHIO RIVER Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. Thu. Flood 24-hr. Location Stage Level Chg. Willow Island 37 12.83 -0.04 Marietta 34 15.92 +0.51 Parkersburg 36 21.38 +0.43 Belleville 35 12.85 +0.56 Racine 41 13.21 +0.42 Point Pleasant 40 25.06 +0.18 Gallipolis 50 12.87 -0.32 Huntington 50 24.94 -0.44 Ashland 52 33.77 -0.32 Lloyd Greenup 54 12.47 -0.18 Portsmouth 50 15.30 -0.40 Maysville 50 33.80 -0.30 Meldahl Dam 51 13.60 -1.10 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021 Cloudy and humid; a p.m. t-storm Belpre 95/70 Athens 93/69 St. Marys 95/70 Elizabeth 97/70 Spencer 92/68 Buffalo 93/70 Milton 92/71 St. Albans 94/71 Huntington 89/70 Clendenin 93/70 Charleston 90/69 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Winnipeg 71/52 Billings 88/61 Minneapolis 79/58 Toronto 80/60 Detroit 83/61 Montreal 90/68 New York 94/76 Chicago 83/63 Denver 88/62 Washington 96/76 Kansas City 85/68 El Paso 78/66 National for the 48 contiguous states High Low 102° in Russell, KS 34° in Leadville, CO Global Houston 94/77 Miami 90/79 Monterrey 90/73 Sat. City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Albuquerque 79/62/t 78/63/t Anchorage 60/52/sh 60/52/pc Atlanta 90/73/t 91/73/t Atlantic City 86/78/pc 86/72/t Baltimore 99/73/t 91/68/t Billings 88/61/s 96/65/s Boise 101/69/pc 102/70/pc Boston 95/77/pc 89/69/t Charleston, WV 90/69/t 83/63/c Charlotte 96/73/pc 92/72/t Cheyenne 79/57/pc 85/58/t Chicago 83/63/pc 83/63/s Cincinnati 85/68/t 80/62/c Cleveland 82/64/t 76/58/pc Columbus 84/67/t 80/59/pc Dallas 96/77/s 95/76/pc Denver 88/62/t 93/65/pc Des Moines 84/63/pc 84/62/s Detroit 83/61/t 80/60/s Honolulu 87/76/pc 88/75/pc Houston 94/77/t 96/77/t Indianapolis 84/64/t 80/61/pc Kansas City 85/68/t 85/66/pc Las Vegas 103/84/pc 106/85/pc Little Rock 93/74/t 87/71/t Los Angeles 87/66/s 85/68/s Louisville 90/73/t 87/66/c Miami 90/79/t 84/78/r Minneapolis 79/58/s 82/64/s Nashville 94/74/t 88/70/c New Orleans 92/79/t 92/79/pc New York City 94/76/pc 88/68/t Oklahoma City 94/72/pc 88/68/t Orlando 89/77/t 87/75/sh Philadelphia 98/76/t 88/68/t Phoenix 96/78/t 97/79/c Pittsburgh 83/66/t 77/58/c Portland, ME 89/69/pc 85/63/t Raleigh 96/74/pc 92/72/pc Richmond 95/75/pc 91/69/t St. Louis 85/71/t 86/67/pc Salt Lake City 98/71/s 99/72/s San Francisco 72/60/pc 75/61/pc Seattle 96/64/pc 89/62/pc Washington, DC 96/76/t 90/70/t EXTREMES THURSDAY Atlanta 90/73 Chihuahua 80/62 Humid with considerable clouds Today Parkersburg 90/69 Coolville 94/70 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s 100s Seattle 90s 96/64 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s San Francisco 72/60 20s 10s 0s -0s -10s Los Angeles 87/66 T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front Some sun with t-storms possible; humid 87° 66° NATIONAL CITIES Ironton 91/73 Ashland 91/73 Grayson 90/71 THURSDAY 81° 63° Marietta 94/70 Murray City 90/68 Wilkesville 89/68 POMEROY Jackson 91/70 89/68 Ravenswood Rio Grande 96/71 92/71 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 85/65 GALLIPOLIS 92/70 94/69 92/72 South Shore Greenup 90/72 89/71 48 Pleasant with times of Showers and a clouds and sun heavier thunderstorm McArthur 92/68 Very High Primary: other Mold: 2745 Brittany Hively is a freelance writer and graduate of Marshall University, with a bachelor’s degree in public relations and journalism. WEDNESDAY 86° 65° Adelphi 90/68 Chillicothe 90/68 TUESDAY 87° 70° Logan 90/68 Lobstah come. We had Mr. Softee from the fair. Greenlee’s Farm, they will come and setup. Loco Taco, he’ll come and setup. We have vendors like that as well. Not all the time but at least once a month,” Littlejohn said. Vendors from the market also gather one Saturday in November to host at Christmas Bizarre at the local fire department. They offer food, shopping and a raffle during the event. Proceeds from the raffle have been going to the local food bank. The market runs from the first Wednesday in May through the first Wednesday in October. Vendors come rain or shine but do close for severe storms – something that is always noted on the market’s Facebook page, Littlejohn said. “Shop small and shop local,” Littlejohn said. Raised Around Rio is located on North College Ave. in Rio Grande and is open from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. every Wednesday. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Department of Health and Human Resources, there have been 171,707 total cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with 505 reported in the previous Ohio According to the 2 p.m. 24 hours. There have been a total of 2,975deaths due update from the Ohio to COVID-19 since the Department of Health, start of the pandemic, there have been 3,272 cases in the past 24 hours with one in the past 24 (21-day average of 1,546), hours. There are 5,076 active cases in the state, 130 new hospitalizations with a daily positivity rate (21-day average of 78), of 5.28 and a cumulative 13 new ICU admissions (21-day average of 8) and positivity rate of 4.96 percent. zero new deaths (21-day Statewide, 1,079,557 average of 6). West Virginia residents Vaccination rates in have received at least one Ohio are as follows, dose of the COVID-19 according to ODH: (60.2 percent of the popuVaccines started: 5,883,263 (50.33 percent lation). A total of 49.7 percent of the population, of the population) 890,064 individuals have Vaccines completed: 5,452,982 (46.65 percent been fully vaccinated. Kayla (Hawthorne) of the population) Dunham contributed to this story. West Virginia © 2021 Ohio Valley According to the 10 a.m. update on Thursday Publishing, all rights reserved. from the West Virginia MONDAY 84° 67° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Waverly 86/67 Pollen: 9 Low MOON PHASES SATURDAY 5 Primary: cladosporium, other Today Sat. 6:40 a.m. 6:41 a.m. 8:26 p.m. 8:24 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 1:10 p.m. 11:29 p.m. none EXTENDED FORECAST 78° AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™ (in inches) Mason County is currently yellow on the West Virginia County Alert System. A severe thunderstorm today. A strong thunderstorm tonight. High 92° / Low 70° HEALTH TODAY Precipitation Delta 8 PM Statistics through 3 p.m. Thu. 92° 75° 86° 65° 100° in 1944 48° in 1930 why I like the farmer’s market. I do like my Etsy shop…but I like the more homey feel.” Littlejohn said there are about 30 vendors registered, many come all month, but some vary. She does a weekly lineup on Facebook each Sunday to share who will be in attendance. Vendors from all around are welcome to contact Littlejohn to register as a vendor. Littlejohn said that while she makes sure the market has a variety of products offered, she does make sure there are not several duplicates of booths, especially on the artisan side, “We do your traditional farmer’s market. Your produce, your baked goods, things of that sort. We have a few people that just do like cookies. We have a couple of people that do breads, but I am also an artisan market,” Littlejohn said. “So, we’ve got your jewelry, your sewing. I actually fall underneath the farmer’s market because it’s my goat’s milk that I use to put in it.” Along with vendors, Littlejohn said they have had special food trucks and visitors. “We’ve had Wicked 16-20 — 147 confirmed cases, 4 probable cases 21-25 — 166 confirmed cases (3 new), 7 probable From page 1 cases 26-30 — 207 confirmed Vaccines completed: cases, 10 probable cases 7,404 (32.32 percent of 31-40 — 346 confirmed the population) cases (2 new), 10 probable cases Mason County 41-50 — 316 confirmed According to the 10 a.m. update on Thursday cases (1 new), 13 probable cases, 1 death from the West Virginia 51-60 — 307 confirmed Department of Health and cases (1 new), 6 probable Human Resources, there cases, 2 deaths have been 2,215 cases 61-70 — 269 confirmed of COVID-19, in Mason County (2,147 confirmed cases (1 new), 4 probable cases, 68 probable cases) cases, 6 deaths 71+ — 237 confirmed since the beginning of the cases (1 fewer), 9 probpandemic and 38 deaths. able cases, 29 deaths Of those, six cases (all A total of 9,263 people confirmed) were newly in Mason County have reported on Thursday. Case data is as follows: received at least one dose 0-4 — 27 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 vaccine, which is 34.9 percent of (1 new), 1 probable case the population, according 5-11 — 50 confirmed to DHHR. There have cases (1 fewer), 2 probbeen a total of 16,608 able cases doses administered in 12-15 — 75 confirmed Mason County. cases, 3 probable cases ALMANAC High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low “They [shoppers] also come home from work or right before church even, we’re right here.” From page 1 Littlejohn said once they were cleared to open “It has been so fun back up in June 2020, the watching that market market saw a boom. She evolve and the crowds said she believes it is due catching on to what a to the open area, ability to great thing it is,” Easter said. “Those are commit- social distance and mask up if preferred. ted vendors that work as The market has been a a single unit to promote and help each other. I also helpful resource for local small businesses. think when I look at the “I think it’s very impormarket and its location, that I’ve never seen a pret- tant, especially for artisans because that’s how tier setup for a farmer’s you get out and meet your market.” people. You’re supporting Littlejohn said the importance of local farm- local first of all, but you’re ers and artisan markets is out meeting your customnot only supporting small ers, clients,” said Seraphia Snodgrass, vendor and businesses but giving owner Second Wave people the homegrown Creations. “As an artist, taste, they want. because I do a lot of art “A lot of people don’t kinda things and different like to go to your bigcreations- hand crafted name places and buy stuff. I like to meet people produce. They want that and see my work go with local homegrown taste, not just the looks but they other people.” Snodgrass uses social want that taste as well,” media, Etsy and other Littlejohn said. popups for her small busiOne of the unique things Littlejohn said has ness but has enjoyed the consistency and familyworked for them is the feel of Raised Around Rio. timing of the market. “We all get along; we “Your normal farmer’s markets are on Saturdays. all support each other’s booths... We know each When do you normally run out of produce, baked other. There’s a lot of famgoods? Tuesday, Wednes- ily stuff that goes on too,” Snodgrass said. “That’s days,” Littlejohn said. 84° 60° 75° Friday, August 13, 2021 3 High Low 125° in Nasiriya, Iraq 10° in Maquinchao, Argentina Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. �4 Friday, August 13, 2021 Lighthouse Assembly of God Ohio 160, Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday,Adult Bible Study 7 p.m. Sunday Evening 6:30 p.m. Liberty Assembly of God Dudding Lane, Mason, W.Va., Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday children’s church, 11 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Thursday Bible study, 7 p.m. BAPTIST CATHOLIC Saint Louis Catholic Church 85 State Street, Gallipolis. Daily mass, 8 a.m.; Saturday mass, 5:30 p.m.; Sunday mass, 8 and 10 a.m. CHURCH OF CHRIST Bidwell Church of Christ Ohio 554, Bidwell. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Church of Christ 234 Chapel Drive. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Church of Christ at Rio Grande 568 Ohio 325 North, Bidwell. Sunday Bible study, 10 a.m.; Sunday worship, 11 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m. CHRISTIAN UNION Church of Christ in Christian Union 2173 Eastern Avenue, Gallipolis. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday youth ministries and adult service, 7 p.m. Fairview Church of Christ in Christian Union Alice Road. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Ewington Church of Christ in Christian Union 176 Ewington Road. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. CHRISTIAN CHURCH First Christian Church of Rio Grande 814 Ohio 325 North, Rio Grande. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Bible study and youth meeting, 7 p.m., Wednesdays. Gallipolis Christian Church 4486 Ohio 588. Sunday worship, 8:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; youth meeting and adult Bible Study, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Little Kyger Congregational Christian Church Little Kyger Road, Cheshire. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday Bible Study, 6:30 p.m. Central Christian Church 109 Garfield Ave., Gallipolis Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; morning worship service, 10:25 a.m.; youth meeting, 5:30 p.m.; evening worship service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible Study, 6:30 p.m. CHURCH OF GOD First Church of God 1723 Ohio 141. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship 10:25 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday family night/Bible study, 6-8 p.m. Rodney Pike Church of God 440 Ohio 850 Sunday worship, 10:30 a.m., Wednesday groups, 7 p.m., with adult Bible study, Church of God of Prophecy 380 White Road, Ohio 160. Sunday school 10 a.m.; worship, 11:15 a.m.; children’s church, 11:15 a.m.; Sunday service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday night Bible study, 7 p.m.; Wednesday youth meeting, 7 p.m. Eureka Church of God Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m. New Life Church of God 576 State Route 7 North Gallipolis, Oh, Sunday Services 10:00 am; Sunday Worship 11 am and 6 pm; Wednesday Bible Study 7 pm, Bethlehem Church 1774 Rocky Fork Road, Crown City. Sunday, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Faith Community Chapel Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Nebo Church Sunday, 6 p.m. Morgan Center Christian Holiness church. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday 7 p.m. Walnut Ridge Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Morning worship, 10:30 a.m. Kings Chapel Church King Cemetery Lane, Crown City. Sunday morning worship, 10 a.m.; Sunday school, 11 a.m.; Sunday evening worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday evening prayer meeting, 7 p.m Jubilee Christian Center George’s Creek Road. Worship, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Danville Holiness Church Ohio 325. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:35 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Garden of My Hearth Holy Tabernacle 4950 State Route 850, Bidwell. Services are conducted Thursday, 6 p.m.; Saturday 6 p.m; and Sunday 10 a.m. Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church Valley View Drive, Crown City. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Rodney Church of Light 6611 Ohio 588. Fellowship, 9:15 a.m.; Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:40 a.m.; youth, 6 p.m. EPISCOPAL Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church 541 Second Ave., Gallipolis. Sunday worship with Communion, 10 a.m., Fellowship & refreshments following. FULL GOSPEL Community Christian Fellowship 290 Trails End, Thurman. Sunday worship, kid’s church and nursery, 10 a.m.; youth night, Wednesday, 7 p.m. Vinton Full Gospel Church 418 Main Street, Vinton. Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Sunday, 6 p.m. Family movie night, 3rd Friday of each month at 7 p.m. Vinton Fellowship Chapel Keystone Road. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. INDEPENDENT Bulaville Christian Church 2337 Johnson Ridge Rd., Gallipolis, OH 45631 Sunday School 10:00 AM; AM Worship Service 10:30 AM; Bible Study, Wednesday 6 PM Crown City Community Church 86 Main Street, Crown City Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; youth meeting, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.; Adult Bible Study, Wednesday, 7 p.m. Christian Community Church FOP Building, Neal Road Sunday 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. Freedom Fellowship Route 279, Oak Hill. Pastor: Sunday school, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Tuesday prayer and praise, 7 p.m. Macedonia Community Church Claylick Road, Patriot. Sunday school and worship services, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Thursday service, 7 p.m. Trinity Gospel Mission 11184 Ohio 554, Bidwell Sunday school, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Tuesday, 7 p.m. Promiseland Community Church Clay Chapel Road, Gallipolis. Sunday school, 10 a.m, Sunday evening, 4 p.m.; prayer meeting, Tuesday, 7 p.m. Bailey Chapel Church Ohio 218. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship service, 11 a.m.; Sunday night worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Debbie Drive Chapel Off of Ohio 141 Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday preaching and youth, 7 p.m. Peniel Community Church Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday worship, 11 a.m.; Thursday, 7 p.m. Pine Grover Holiness Church Off of Ohio 325 Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Dickey Chapel Hannan Trace Road. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Liberty Chapel Crown City. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Thursday, 7 p.m. Elizabeth Chapel Church Third Avenue and Locust Street. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:35 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. OH-70232141 Pathway Community Church 730 Fourth Ave., Gallipolis. Sunday worship, 11 a.m.; Mid-week children and adult programming. Countryside Baptist Chapel 2265 Harrisburg Road, Bidwell. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m First Baptist Church 1100 Fourth Ave., Gallipolis Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; AWANA Wednesday, 6:45 p.m. Gallia Baptist Church Dry Ridge Road, Gallia Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Church Services 10:30 AM & 6:30 PM, Wednesday 7 PM, AWANA Sunday 5:45. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Vinton, Ohio. Pastor: First and Third Sundays, Sunday school 10 a.m.; worship 11 a.m. Vinton Baptist Church 11818 Ohio 160, Vinton. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.;. Canaan Missionary Baptist Ohio 218, Gallipolis. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday worship, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Faith Baptist Church 3615 Jackson Pike. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Mercerville Missionary Baptist Church 117 Burlington Rd, Crown City, Ohio 45623 Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday evening worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Good Hope United Baptist Church Ohio 218. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday and Sunday 6 p.m. Rio Grande Calvary Baptist Church Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; Worship, 10:45 a.m., Bible Study 6:30 pm every Wednesday White Oak Baptist Church 1555 Nibert Road, Gallipolis. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday youth services, 7:30 p.m.; Tuesday prayer meeting and Bible study, 7:30 p.m. Mount Carmel Baptist Church Bidwell. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m. Trinity Baptist Church Rio Grande. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship; 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Mina Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Neighborhood Road. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday and Wednesday service, 6 p.m. Corinth Missionary Baptist Church Jimis Emary Road, Oak Hill. Sunday school 10 a.m.; service, 11 a.m. Every second and fourth Sunday. Harris Baptist Church Ohio 554, Rio Grande, Ohio Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday service, 11 a.m.; Wednesday Bible Study, 7 p.m. Fellowship Baptist Church 600 McCormick Rd Sunday school 9:30a.m: Wednesday Prayer meeting 6pm LATTER-DAY SAINTS The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Ohio 160. Sacrament service, 10-11:15 a.m., Sunday school, 11:20-12 p.m.; relief society/ priesthood, 12:05-1 p.m. LUTHERAN New Life Lutheran 900 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis, Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. and Sunday School: 9 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study 7pm Bible study at Poppy’s on Court Street, Wednesday, 10 am and Friday 9 am; UNITED METHODIST Grace United Methodist Church 600 Second Ave., Gallipolis. Sunday. Worship, 8:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship 10:45 a.m, Sunday Youth Ministry 6:00-8:00 pm, Wednesday-For Men Only, 8:00 a.m. Christ United Methodist Church 9688 Ohio 7 South. Adult Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship and children’s church, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday night Bible study, 6:30-8 p.m. River of Life United Methodist 35 Hillview Drive, Gallipolis.. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Fair Haven United Methodist Kanauga. Sunday school, 10:00 a.m.; worship, 11:00 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 10:30 a.m. Bidwell United Methodist Church Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Worship 9 a.m. Trinity United Methodist Church Ohio 160 at Ohio 554 in Porter. Sunday worship, 9:30 a.m.; Bible study, 9 a.m. Saturday. Bethel United Methodist Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 7:30 p.m. Bethesda United Methodist Ohio 775. Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. Veteran Care, Memory Care & Rehabilitation Simpson Chapel United Methodist Lake Drive, Rio Grande. Sunday worship, 11 a.m.; Bible study, 1 p.m. Monday. Thurman Church Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. Centenary United Methodist Church Ohio 141. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; worship, 9:30 a.m. Patriot United Methodist Church Patriot Road.. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship: 11:05 a.m.; Sunday evening Bible study, 6 p.m. Children’s church, Thursday, 6 p.m. FELLOWSHIP APOSTOLIC Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic Van Zandt and Ward Road. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; evening, 7:30 p.m. The Refuge Church 121 W 2nd St.Pomeroy, Oh 45769. Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Emmanuel Apostolic Tabernacle, Inc. Loop Road off New Lima Road, Rutland. Sunday services, 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, 7 p.m. ASSEMBLY OF GOD Liberty Assembly of God Dudding Lane, Mason, W.Va. Sunday services, 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 pm NAZARENE First Church of the Nazarene 1110 First Ave., Gallipolis. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. BAPTIST Carpenter Independent Baptist Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; preaching service, 10:30 a.m.; evening service, 7 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Cheshire Baptist Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; evening service, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m.. Hope Baptist Church (Southern) 570 Grant Street, Middleport, Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Rutland First Baptist Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. Pomeroy First Baptist East Main Street, Pomeroy. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. First Southern Baptist 41872 Pomeroy Pike. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. First Baptist Church Sixth and Palmer Street, Middleport Sunday school, 9:15 a.m.; worship, 10:15 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Racine First Baptist Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Silver Run Baptist Sunday school, 10 a.m.; evening, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6:30 p.m. Mount Union Baptist Children’s Sunday school, adult Bible study, 10 a.m.; Sunday evening, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6:30 p.m. Old Bethel Free Will Baptist Church 28601 Ohio 7, Middleport. Sunday service, 10 a.m.; Tuesday and Saturday services, 6 p.m. Hillside Baptist Church Ohio 143 just off of Ohio 7. Sunday unified service. Worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6 p.m. Victory Baptist Independent 525 North Second Street, Middleport. Worship, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Faith Baptist Church Railroad Street, Mason. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Forest Run Baptist 108 Kerr Street ,Pomeroy,Oh, Sunday school, 10a.m: worship, 11:30 a.m. Mount Moriah Baptist Fourth and Main Street, Middleport.,Oh. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. Antiquity Baptist Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m.; Sunday evening, 6 p.m. Rutland Freewill Baptist Salem Street, Rutland. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11:30 a.m.; evening service and youth meeting, 6 p.m NON-DENOMINATIONAL Oasis Christian Tabernacle 3773 George’s Creek Road. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday evening, 7 p.m. Faith Valley Community Church 4315 Bulaville Pike, Gallipolis, OH Sunday morning 10:00am, Sunday evening 6:00pm, Wednesday 7:00pm, KJV Bible preached each service Fellowship of Faith 20344 Ohio 554, Bidwell. Worship service, 10 a.m. Sunday; Gentle Worship 2 p.m. third Sunday each month; Midweek Opportunity, 7 p.m. Wednesday. Gallia Cornerstone Church U.S. 35 and Ohio 850. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday teen service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. River City Fellowship Third Ave. and Court Street Sunday celebration, 10 a.m. Contemporary music and casual. Old Garden of My Heart Church 1908 Fairview Drive, Bidwell. Sunday night service, 6:30 p.m.; Sunday school for children, 6:30 p.m. Liberty Ministries Ohio 325, Rio Grande; Sunday fellowship, 10 a.m.; Worship and work, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. New Beginnings Revival Center 845 Skidmore Road, Bidwell, Ohio. Sunday, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Bell Chapel Church 19 Bell Ave at Eastern Avenue, Sunday Morning 10 am, Sunday Evening 6 pm, Wednesday Evening 7 pm, New Life Church of God 210 Upper River Road, Gallipolis. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday night prayer, 7 p.m. Triple Cross Sunday school, 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Thursday, 7 p.m. McDaniel Crossroads Pentecostal Church Cadmus Road, Cadmus. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, and children’s church, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday Bible Study, 7 p.m. PRESBYTERIAN First Presbyterian Church 51 State Street. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Wilkesville First Presbyterian Church 107 South High Street, Wilkesville, Sunday Morning Service 9:30 am WESLEYAN Crown City Wesleyan Church 26144 Ohio 7 South. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday family night, 7 p.m. Morgan Center Wesleyan Church Intersection of Morgan Center and Clark Chapel Rd, Vinton, Ohio; Sunday School 9:45 am Church Services 10:45 a.m.; Sunday Evening Church Services, 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m Second Baptist Church Ravenswood, W.Va. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; evening, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. First Baptist Church of Mason, W.Va. W.Va. Route 652 and Anderson Street. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; morning church, 11 a.m.; evening, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Pageville Freewill Baptist Church 40964 SR #684 Pageville, OH Sunday 9:30 am, Wednesday 6:30 pm CONGREGATIONAL Trinity Church 201 E. Second St., Pomeroy. Worship, 10:25 a.m. EPISCOPAL Grace Episcopal Church 326 East Main Street, Pomeroy. Holy Eucharist, 11 a.m. HOLINESS Independent Holiness Church 626 Brick Street, Rutland. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Worship Service, 10:30 a.m.; Evening Service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Community Church Main Street, Rutland. Sunday worship, 10 a.m.; Sunday services, 7 p.m. Danville Holiness Church 31057 Ohio 325, Langsville. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday prayer service, 7 p.m. Calvary Pilgrim Chapel State Route 143. Sunday school 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Rose of Sharon Holiness Church Leading Creek Road, Rutland. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday prayer meeting 7 p.m. Wesleyan Bible Holiness Church 75 Pearl Street, Middleport. Sunday: worship service, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. CATHOLIC Sacred Heart Catholic Church 161 Mulberry Ave., Pomeroy, Ohio Saturday confessional 4:45-5:15 p.m.; mass, 5:30 p.m.; Sunday confessional, 8:45-9:15 a.m.; Sunday mass, 9:30 a.m CHURCH OF CHRIST Westside Church of Christ 33226 Children’s Home Road, Pomeroy, Oh Sunday traditional worship, 10 a.m., with Bible study following, Wednesday Bible study at 7 p.m. Hemlock Grove Christian Church Church school (all ages), 9:15 a.m.; church service, 10 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Pomeroy Church of Christ 212 West Main Street. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Middleport Church of Christ Fifth and Main Street. Sunday school, 9 a.m; Morning Worship Service 10 am, Sunday evening 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Keno Church of Christ First and Third Sunday. Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. Bearwallow Ridge Church of Christ Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6:30 p.m. Zion Church of Christ Harrisonville Road, Rutland, Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Tuppers Plains Church of Christ Worship service, 9 a.m.; communion, 10 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:15 a.m.; youth, 5:50 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Bradbury Church of Christ 39558 Bradbury Road, Middleport. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Rutland Church of Christ Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship and communion, 10:30 a.m. Bradford Church of Christ Ohio 124 and Bradbury Road. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday adult Bible study and youth meeting, 6:30 p.m. Hickory Hills Church of Christ Tuppers Plains, Bible class, 9 a.m.; Sunday worship, 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible class 7 p.m. Reedsville Church of Christ Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship service, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m. LATTER-DAY SAINTS Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ohio 160. Sunday school, 10:20-11 a.m.; relief society/priesthood, 11:05 a.m.-12 p.m.; sacrament service, 9-10-15 a.m.; homecoming meeting first Thursday, 7 p.m. LUTHERAN Saint John Lutheran Church Pine Grove. Worship, 9 a.m.; Sunday school, 10 a.m. Our Savior Lutheran Church Walnut and Henry Streets, Ravenswood, W.Va. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. Saint Paul Lutheran Church Corner of Sycamore and Second streets, Pomeroy. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. United Methodist Graham United Methodist Worship, 11 a.m. Bechtel United Methodist New Haven. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Tuesday prayer meeting and Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Mount Olive United Methodist Off of 124 behind Wilkesville. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Thursday services, 7 p.m. Alfred Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. Chester Worship, 9 a.m.; Sunday school, 10 a.m. Joppa Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. Long Bottom Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Reedsville Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; first Sunday of the month, 7 p.m. Tuppers Plains Saint Paul Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10:15 a.m.; Bible study, Tuesday 10 a.m. Asbury Syracuse. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday services, 7:30 p.m. Flatwoods Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11:15 a.m. Forest Run Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 9 a.m Heath 339 S. 3rd Ave., Middleport. 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Sunday school, 10 a.m.; morning worship, 11 a.m.; evening worship, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday evening Bible study, 6:30 p.m.; men’s Bible study, 7 p.m. Reedsville Fellowship Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Syracuse Church of the Nazarene Sunday school, 9:30 a.m., worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday and Sunday evenings, 7 p.m. Chester Church of the Nazarene Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday morning service, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6 p.m. Rutland Church of the Nazarene Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening, 6 p.m. OH-70218315 (740) 446-0852 Weatherholt Chapel 420 First Avenue Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 www.napagallipolis.com OH-70218410 Funeral Homes, Inc. OH-70218305 CROWN McCoy Moore OH-70218337 OH-70218401 216 Upper River Road, Gallipolis, OH 45631 Phone: 740/446-1813 FAX: 740/446-4056 OH-70218391 www.abbyshire.com NAZARENE Providing Seniors With: � ������ �������������� �� ������ ������ ��� ��������������� ������� � ������ � ����� ����������������� G & W Auto Parts LLC OH-70231740 OH-70218304 Vrable Healthcare Companies Laurel Cliff Laurel Cliff Road. Sunday school, 9:30; morning worship, 10:30; evening worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible Study, 7 p.m. Senior Resource Center Main 740-446-7150 x11 Fax 740-446-0785 Skilled Nursing & Rehab Center FREE METHODIST service, 7 p.m. Full Gospel Church of the Living Savior Route 338, Antiquity. Saturday, 2 p.m. Salem Community Church Lieving Road, West Columbia, W.Va. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday evening, 7 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Hobson Christian Fellowship Church Sunday 7 p.m. Wednesday, 7 p.m. Restoration Christian Fellowship 9365 Hooper Road, Athens. Sunday worship, 10 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. House of Healing Ministries Ohio 124, Langsville. Pastors: Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Hysell Run Community Church 33099 Hysell Run Road, Pomeroy, Ohio; Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; morning worship 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 7 p.m.; Sunday night youth service, 7 p.m through Thursday Bible study, 7 p.m. Endtime House of Prayer Ohio 681, Snowville; Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.; Bible Study, Thursday 6 p.m. Mount Olive Community Church 51305 Mount Olive Rd, Long Bottom, OH 45743 Sunday School 9:30 am, Sunday Evening 6 pm, Grace Gospel 196 Mulberry Avenue, Pomeroy, OH 45769 Sunday School 10:00 AM, Sunday Service 11:00 AM, Sunday Evening 6:00 PM, Wednesday 6:00 PM Gallia County Council On Aging Kevin Petrie Jeff Dunlap 311 Buckridge Road Bidwell, OH 45614-9016 A New Beginning Harrisonville. Thursday, 7 p.m. Amazing Grace Community Church Ohio 681, Tuppers Plains.. Sunday worship, 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Oasis Christian Fellowship (Non-denominational fellowship). Meet in the Meigs Middle School cafeteria. Sunday, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Community of Christ Portland-Racine Road. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Bethel Worship Center 39782 Ohio 7 Sunday 10 a.m Ash Street Church 398 Ash Street, Middleport. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; morning worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 6:30 p.m.; youth service, 6:30 p.m. Agape Life Center 603 Second Ave., Mason. Sunday 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Abundant Grace 923 South Third Street, Middleport. Sunday service, 10 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Faith Full Gospel Church Long Bottom. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Friday fellowship service, 7 p.m. Harrisonville Community Church Sunday, 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Middleport Community Church 575 Pearl Street, Middleport.. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; evening, 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7:30 p.m. Faith Valley Tabernacle Church Bailey Run Road. Sunday evening, 7 p.m.; Thursday service, 7 p.m. Syracuse Mission 1141 Bridgeman Street, Syracuse. Sunday School, 10 a.m.; evening, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Dyesville Community Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Morse Chapel Church Worship, 5 p.m. Faith Gospel Church Long Bottom. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Full Gospel Lighthouse 33045 Hiland Road, Pomeroy. Sunday school, 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday evening, 7:30 p.m. South Bethel Community Church Silver Ridge. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m. Second and fourth Sundays; Bible study, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Carleton Interdenominational Church Kingsbury. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship service, 10:30 a.m.; evening service, 6 p.m. Freedom Gospel Mission Bald Knob on County Road 31. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m. Fairview Bible Church Letart, W.Va., Route 1. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Faith Fellowship Crusade for Christ Friday, 7 p.m. Calvary Bible Church Pomeroy. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7:30 p.m. Stiversville Community Church Sunday school, 11 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Rejoicing Life Church 500 North Second Ave., Middleport. Worship, 10 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Clifton Tabernacle Church Clifton, W.Va. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday Asbury Syracuse Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. New Beginnings Worship, 10 a.m.; Sunday school, 9:15 a.m.. Rocksprings Sunday school, 9 a.m.; Worship Service 10 am: 8 am worship service Rutland Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Thursday services, 7 p.m. Salem Center Sunday school, 10:15 a.m.; worship, 9:15 a.m.; Bible study, Monday 7 p.m. Bethany Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 9 a.m.; Wednesday services, 10 a.m. Carmel-Sutton Carmel and Bashan Roads, Racine.. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, noon. Morning Star Sunday school, 11 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m. East Letart Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 9:30 a.m. Racine Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Tuesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Coolville United Methodist Church Main and Fifth Street.. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 9 a.m.; Tuesday services, 7 p.m. Bethel Church Township Road 468C. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Hockingport Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Torch Church County Road 63. Sunday school, 9:30 am.; worship, 10:30 a.m. OH-70218313 ASSEMBLY OF GOD Victory Baptist Church Victory Road, Crown City Sunday morning service, 10 a.m.; Sunday evening, 6 p.m., Wednesday evening, 7 p.m. French City Southern Baptist 3554 Ohio 160. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Paint Creek Regular Baptist 833 Third Ave. Sunday school, 10:00 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m. New Hope Baptist Church Ohio 554 Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship 11 a.m. Old Kyger Freewill Baptist Sunday school, 9: 30 a.m.; Sunday night service, 7 p.m.; Wednesday prayer meeting and youth service, 7 p.m. Silver Run Freewill Baptist Church Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Worship, 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Silver Memorial Freewill Baptist Church Sunday 10 a.m.; Sunday night 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible Study 7 pm Poplar Ridge Freewill Baptist Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 6:30 p.m.; Sunday prayer meeting and Bible study, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Salem Baptist Church Gage. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, first and third Sundays, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Addison Freewill Baptist Church Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday worship, 10:50 a.m.; Sunday evening 6pm, Wednesday night prayer meeting, 7 p.m. Centerpoint Freewill Baptist Church Centerpoint and Nebo Roads. Sunday morning 10 am, Sunday evening 6 pm, Wednesday evening at 7 pm Old Emory Freewill Baptist Church Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Friday, 7 p.m. Cheshire Baptist Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Northup Baptist Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. on the first and third Sunday of each month; Sunday evening, 7 p.m.; Youth every Wednesday, 6 p.m.; Bible study at 7 p.m. Providence Missionary Baptist Church 3766 Teens Run Road, Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study and youth night, 7 p.m. Prospect Enterprise Baptist Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Sunday and Wednesday, 7 p.m. Good News Baptist Church 4045 George’s Creek Road, Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. Sunday Evening 6 pm ,Wednesday Evening 6 pm Springfield Baptist Church Vinton. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; preaching, 7 p.m.; Bible study, Wednesday, 7 p.m. Fellowship Baptist Church 600 McCormick Road, Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Prayer Meeting, 6 p.m. Deer Creek Freewill Baptist Church Koontz Sailor Road, Vinton. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Guyan Valley Missionary Baptist Church Platform. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:40 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. OH-70218405 Pyro Chapel Church 4041 CH&D Road, Oak Hill, Ohio. Services, Sunday school – children and adults, 10 a.m.; evening service 6 p.m. Wednesday night Bible study, 7 p.m. Life Line Apostolic four miles north on W.Va. Route 2. Sunday morning, 10 a.m.; Sunday evening, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic Van Zandt and Ward Road. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; worship, 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Apostolic Gospel Church 1812 Eastern Ave. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Calvary Christian Center, Inc. 553 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis. Sunday worship, 11 a.m.; Sunday school, 10 a.m.;Wednesday –Bible Study or Prayer-6:00 pm Apostolic Faith Church of Pentecostal Assemblies of the World 190 Vale Road, Bidwell. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday service, 12 p.m. Bible study and prayer service, Wednesday, 7 p.m. Friday, August 13, 2021 5 MEIGS COUNTY CHURCH DIRECTORY GALLIA COUNTY CHURCH DIRECTORY APOSTOLIC Ohio Valley Publishing Ohio Valley Publishing P.O. Box 802, 19 Locust Street Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 740-441-9941; 877-545-7242 Advisory Services are provided through Creative Financial Designs, Inc., a Registered Investment Adviser, and Securities are offered through cfd Investments, Inc., a Registered Broker/Dealer, Member FINRA & SIPC. 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The afternoon were cheering for a right-hander has a nine-game record-tying sixth walk when road winning streak, tying Bob he batted in the ninth inning, and expressed their disappoint- Welch’s club record set in 1989ment after he struck out swing- 90. Bassitt hasn’t lost away from home since Sept. 12, 2020. ing against Blake Parker on a Bassitt, who also ranks first 1-2 pitch. in the AL with 150 innings, is a Bryce Harper, Jeff Bagwell Associated Press Tony Dejak | AP Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Eli Morgan delivers in the first inning of a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics on Thursday in Cleveland. native of Toledo and pitched at the University of Akron. Oakland scored three times in the second off Eli Morgan (1-5). The rookie allowed five runs in four innings. Five Cleveland pitchers walked 10 and hit three batters. Take a day Jed Lowrie, who drove in the deciding runs Tuesday and Wednesday, was given the day off by Oakland manager Bob Melvin. “Typically he does have these day games off especially when he played in the field the night before,” Melvin said. Lowrie’s double in the 10th inning Tuesday gave Oakland a 4-3 win and he hit a three-run homer in the eighth for a 6-3 victory Wednesday. Jets’ Hermanns living NFL dream after near-death staph scare By Dennis Waszak Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Grant Hermanns knew something was seriously wrong with his body. The rapid weight loss. The dangerously high fevers. The overwhelming fatigue. They were all ominous signs, but no one could figure out what was ailing the offensive lineman. Hermanns and his family were stumped, and so were his doctors. “Really, I was fighting for my life,” Hermanns said in an interview with The Associated Press after a recent practice with the New York Jets. 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His left hip was raised significantly higher than his right, and the therapist asked him to walk. “They were like, ‘Oh, that’s not right. You should not be walking like an old man,’” Hermanns recalled. OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Friday, Aug. 13 Soccer Circleville at Gallia Academy girls, 5:30 Circleville at Gallia Academy boys, 7 p.m. Golf Southern at Wahama, 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 16 Golf Meigs boys, River Valley boys at Athens, 11 a.m. TVC Hocking at Riverside GC, 1 p.m. Meigs boys, River Valley boys at Alexander, 4 p.m. Herbert Hoover at Point Pleasant, 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 17 Golf Meigs girls, River Valley girls at Vinton County, 4 p.m. Point Pleasant, Buffalo, Ravenswood at Wahama, 4 p.m. AP File photo The Baylor University logo is displayed on the football field at McLane Stadium in Waco, Texas, on Aug. 18, 2014. The NCAA infractions committee said Wednesday, that its years-long investigation into the Baylor sexual assault scandal would result in four years probation and other sanctions, though the “unacceptable” behavior at the heart of the case did not violate NCAA rules. Baylor infractions decision comes amid scrutiny By Stephen Hawkins exist before us.” The allegations against Baylor surfaced in 2016 The NCAA infractions and alleged that coaches and staff shielded football committee’s decision against punishing Baylor players from punishment and failed to take for its mishandling of sexual assault allegations action on allegations of sexual assault or other in a sprawling scandal involving football players violence. The infractions was jarring -- even to the committee said the question it wrestled with was committee. whether those athletes Joel Maturi, the chief were given an “extra benhearing officer and a member of the committee efit” in the form of more lenient treatment than for eight years, said the other students -- and the case was troubling for answer was no. the seven-person panel, The actual mishandling which included three of sexual assault claims women: Crimes being by the school was deemed dealt with legally and in other forums were clearly out of the NCAA’s jurisdiction. tied to athletics, but off Legal experts say this is the table for NCAA punprobably the right choice ishments. for an organization in the An association that governs athletic competi- midst of dramatic change. tion between schools has The NCAA, stung earlier nothing in its vast bylaws this year by a Supreme Court ruling against it that directly deals with in an antitrust case, is the worst transgressions looking at ways to decencommitted by Baylor. “We all agreed the con- tralize some of its governance. Just this week, the duct was egregious. In NCAA named a 23-person some ways, we’ve never panel that will suggest had discussions where changes to its constituwe’ve wanted to penaltion, setting the stage for ize an institution. We’ve a major overhaul. always gone into hearNCAA President Mark ings trying to find out Emmert alluded to the the truth and come to a right and fair conclusion,” coming changes in a statement issued after the Maturi said Wednesday Baylor decision. after the committee “This is a clear demreleased its findings in onstration of why the a highly critical 51-page association needs transreport. formational change to “Here, in many ways, many of us felt that there create alignment between should be some penalty,” authority and responsibility to address the most said Maturi, a former Minnesota athletic direc- critical issues in college sports” Emmert said. tor. “But the fact of the Gabe Feldman, director matter is, we could not of the sports law program come to that conclusion based on the bylaws that at Tulane, said what hap- AP Sports Writer pened at Baylor may have been “illegal, immoral and unethical” but that doesn’t make it an NCAA violation. “I think the underlying question that needs to be asked by the NCAA and other sports governing bodies on the collegiate and professional levels is: Do we want our sports governing bodies to be in a position where they have to enforce the law?” Feldman said. “If that’s the position we’re in, we have much bigger problems. We need law enforcement to enforce the law.” Nebraska law professor Jo Potuto, a former infractions committee chair and her school’s faculty athletic representative, said the NCAA should not be responsible for punishing every misdeed by an athlete, coach or athletic department. “It think it’s really a fundamental misconception of the NCAA’s role,” she said. Potuto pointed to the NCAA’s attempt to punish Penn State for the Jerry Sandusky scandal as setting a bad precedent with the public. The NCAA broke from its usual procedures when it handed Penn State a jaw-dropping $60 million penalty, plus postseason bans and scholarship restrictions for the football program. The fine was challenged in court and some of the penalties were rolled back. Feldman said the NCAA doesn’t have the expertise nor is it given the authority by its mem- ber schools to investigate Title IX allegations, which were prominent in the Baylor scandal. The question of jurisdiction also came up in an academic misconduct case involving North Carolina four years ago. “For a variety of reasons, the NCAA is limited in what it can do, it’s limited by what its rules say it can do,” Feldman said. “It’s not the NCAA saying we care about an improper benefit of $1,000 more than we care about sexual assault. It’s our jurisdiction covers the improper benefits. It doesn’t cover these other areas.” Linda Livingstone, Baylor’s president since 2017 and part of the new NCAA constitutional convention committee, said she understands the perception that Baylor wasn’t punished severely enough by the NCAA. The football program was placed on four years of probation for rules violations between 2011 and 2016, including secondary impermissible benefits and drug testing violations. Livingstone said Baylor has been held accountable in other ways, whether through the legal process, law enforcement and the criminal process in some cases or civil litigation in other cases. There was also a review by the school’s accrediting body, and the school still has open cases with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights. �NEWS/CLASSIFIEDS 8 Friday, August 13, 2021 Too hard not to pray I’ve often said how hard it is for me to pray. And I still struggle to pray as God desires. But I’m learning that I can only go so long without prayer before it becomes too hard for me not to pray. For example, if I neglect to pray in the morning, I struggle to make it past the afternoon without spending some extended time in prayer. It’s almost like skipping breakfast. By 1 or 2 o’clock in the afternoon, my stomach begins to growl. In the same way, if I skip praying in the morning, my soul starts longing for prayer. While my prayer life remains far from where it should be, I’m encouraged by this sense of dependency I’m discovering when it comes to my communion with the Lord. Reading the Bible comes much more easily to me. But 8 years ago, when I started reading dren, how much God’s Word on my more will your own, I struggled a Father who is in whole lot more. I heaven give good would skip a day or things to those two until I couldn’t who ask him!’” stand it any longer. (Mt. 7:7-11 ESV). It’s the beauty of We should pray Christian growth. Cross Our ongoing sancWords persistently and expectantly. tification. Isaiah James 5:16 says, We highly underPauley “Therefore, confess estimate the power your sins to one of prayer. For another and pray for one some reason, we often another, that you may pray with a dutiful spirit rather than an expectant be healed. The prayer of spirit. All the while, Jesus a righteous person has says, “‘Ask, and it will be great power as it is working” (ESV). given to you; seek, and Do these verses imply you will find; knock, and that God will answer it will be opened to you. every prayer the way we For everyone who asks receives, and the one who desire? Of course not. But they do push us to recogseeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be nize how our prayers can opened. Or which one of make a difference. And they also show us just you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a how expectant we should stone? Or if he asks for a be for God to move through prayers that glofish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are rify Him. Charles Spurgeon once evil, know how to give said, “Expectancy is the good gifts to your chil- very reason for prayer. Some prefer to pray because it is their duty and their custom, but real prayer usually springs from the expectancy that God will hear.” Let this column encourage you to pray for a renewed sense of expectancy in your prayer life. I don’t know about you, but I desire to pray more often. I desire to pray with more passion and purpose. So, I’m asking God to create in me an even deeper desire for prayer. I want to be able to say, “It’s too hard for me not to pray regularly.” Rather than saying how hard it is to pray, I want to grow ever dependent on Christ through prayer. And I hope you can say the same. Isaiah Pauley is the Minister of Worship for Faith Baptist Church in Mason, W.Va. Find more at www. isaiahpauley.com. Viewpoints expressed in the article are the work of the author. TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders is 88. Actor Kevin Tighe is 77. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is 75. Opera singer Kathleen Battle is 73. High wire aerialist Philippe Petit is 72. Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Clarke is 72. Golf Hall of Famer Betsy King is 66. Movie director Paul Greengrass is 66. Actor Danny Bonaduce (bahn-uh-DOO’-chee) is 62. TV weatherman Sam Champion is 60. Actor Dawnn (correct) Lewis is 60. Actor John Slattery is 59. Actor Debi Mazar is 57. Actor Quinn Cummings is 54. Actor Seana Kofoed is 51. Country singer Andy Griggs is 48. Actor Gregory Fitoussi is 45. Country musician Mike Melancon (Emerson Drive) is 43. Actor Kathryn Fiore is 42. Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is 39. Actor Sebastian Stan is 39. Actor Eme Ikwuakor (IK’-wahker) is 37. Pop-rock singer James Morrison is 37. Actor Lennon Stella is 22. Classifieds Legals LEGALS Legals PROBATE COURT OF GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO PUBLICATION OF NOTICE Revised Code, Sec. 2109.32-.33 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE FOLLOWING ESTATE PENDING IN THE GALLIA COUNTY PROBATE COURT. 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Appropriates $3,925.79 in the FEMA Fund for pandemic disaster reimbursements, $49,182.11 in Alcohol Treatment for IDAT Surplus and ADAMAS Peer Recovery expenses, $8,000 in Court Capital Improvement for capital equipment, and $8,700 in WPC Administration for legal professional services. (Adopted on second reading.) " ORDINANCE NO. O2021-24: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. O2021-05, AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. O2021-12 AUTHORIZING THE CITY AUDITOR TO TRANSFER AND ADVANCE FUNDS. Authorizes the transfer of $3,925.79 from the FEMA Fund to the funds receiving reimbursements for pandemic-related expenses. (Adopted on second reading.) The full text of this legislation is available at the Office of the City Auditor, on the City's website (www.cityofgallipolis.com), and at the Bossard Library. 8/13/21 OH-70240095 The following is a summarized version of legislation adopted at the August 3, 2021, meeting of the Gallipolis City Commission: CALL TODAY! Ohio Valley Publishing GALLIA, MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS Editor’s Note: The Daily Sentinel and Gallipolis Daily Tribune appreciate your input to the community calendar. To make sure items can receive proper attention, all information should be received by the newspaper at least five business days prior to an event. All coming events print on a space-available basis and in chronological order. Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@aimmediamidwest.com or GDTnews@aimmediamidwest. com. Sunday, Aug. 15 RACINE — The 111th annual Curtis family reunion of Meigs County will take place at 12:30 p.m. at Star Mill Park in Racine. All family and friends are welcome. Bring a covered dish for the picnic. For questions call 740-992-7874. 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. LETART TWP. — The regular meeting of the Letart Township Trustees will be held at 5 p.m. at the Letart Township Building. Tuesday, Aug. 17 GALLIPOLIS — Gallia County Board of Developmental Disabilities, regular monthly board meeting, 4 p.m., Administrative Offices, 77 Mill Creek Road. 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. Thursday, Aug. 19 POMEROY — The regular meeting of the Meigs County Commissioners will not be held. The meeting will be rescheduled for Monday, Aug. 23 at 9 a.m. POMEROY — The Meigs County Courthouse and related offices will close at noon as is tradition on the Thursday of the Meigs County Fair. Friday. Aug. 20 MARIETTA — Buckeye Hills - Regional Advisory Council will meet at 10 a.m. in the Buckeye Hills office at 1400 Pike Street in Marietta, Ohio. GALLIPOLIS — Ohio AFSCME Retirees, Subchapter 102, Gallia & Jackson Counties, will meet at 2 p.m. at the Gallia County Senior Resource Center, 1165 State Route 160, Gallipolis. Members are asked to follow all CDC guidelines. Saturday, Aug. 21 MIDDLEPORT — Middleport Fire Department will be hosting a fish fry with serving starting at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 23 MIDDLEPORT — Painting with Michele Musser, 6 p.m., Riverbend Arts Council, 290 N. 2nd Ave., project is “Pumpkins for Fall”, call Donna at 740-992-5123 for more information. POMEROY — Tech Class: Smartphone 101 at the Pomeroy Library. Call to register: 740-9925813. RUTLAND — The Meigs County Commissioners will hold a town hall meeting at 6 p.m. at the Rutland Civic Center regarding the upcoming sewer project in the village. Tuesday, Aug. 24 POMEROY — Acoustic Night at the Library. Informal jam session, bring your instruments or come to listen. 6 p.m. at the Pomeroy Library. Government withdraws approval for Ohio Medicaid work mandate COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The federal government has withdrawn its approval for an Ohio plan to enact work requirements for new Medicaid recipients, spurring anger among GOP officeholders who backed the measure. Under the mandate, known as a “community engagement requirement,” new adult beneficiaries under 50 would need to complete 80 hours per month of either employment, education or job skills training. The requirement was approved under the administration of former Republican President Donald Trump but put on hold when the pandemic hit. Under Democratic President Joe Biden, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services pulled its support. “In light of the ongoing disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Ohio’s community engagement requirement risks significant coverage losses and harm to beneficiaries,” the agency said in a letter earlier this month to the Ohio Medicaid director, The Columbus Dispatch reported Wednesday. �Ohio Valley Publishing Friday, August 13, 2021 9 2021 READER’S CHOICE BEST OF THE BEST TRI-COUNTY VOTES MUST BE SUBMITTED BY AUGUST 20TH. ALL WINNERS ANNOUNCED ON SEPTEMBER 17TH. *No scanned copies will be accepted* Mail or Drop off ballots to: Point Pleasant Register C/O Reader’s Choice 510 Main St. Point Pleasant, WV 25550 Gallipolis Daily Tribune & Pomoery Daily Sentinel C/O Reader’s Choice 825 Third Avenue Gallipolis, OH 45631 SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES IN THE TRI-COUNTY!! 1. Best Furniture/Home Decor: 2. Best Grocery Store: 3. Best Hardware Store: 4. Best Jewelry Store: 27. Best Funeral Home in Gallia County: in Meigs County: in Mason County: 28. Best Gas/Propane Service: 5. Best New Car/Truck Dealer: 29. Best Golf Course: 6. Best Used Truck/Car Dealer: 30. Best Hair Salon: 7. Best Pharmacy: 31. Best Health/Fitness Center: 8. Best Shoe Store: 32. Best Home Care: 9. Best Tire Store: 33. Best Nursing Home/Rehab: 10. Best Thrift/Consignment Shop: 11. Best Garden Center: 34. Best Insurance Agency in Gallia County: in Meigs County: 12. Best Nail Salon: in Mason County: 13. Best Motorcycle/ATV Center: 35. Best Manufactured Home Dealer: 14. Best Swimming Pool/Spa Provider: 36. Best Auto Repair/Collision Repair: 15. Best Tattoo Parlor: 37. Best Towing Service: 16. Best Catering: 38. Best Heating & Cooling: 17. Best Florist: 18. Best Accountant: 39. Best Chiropractic Office: 40. Best Chinese Restaurant: 41. Best Mexican Restaurant: 19. Best Dentist: 42. Best Restaurant Overall: 20. Best Lawyer: 43. Best Wings: 21. Best Medical Doctor: 44. Best Burger: 22. Best Pediatric Doctor: 45. Best Pizza: 23. Best Medical Clinic: 46. Best Steak: 24. Best CNP Clinic: 25. Best Realtor 47. Best Ice Cream: 48. Best Auctioneer: 49. Best Bank in Gallia County: 50. Best Hospital in Meigs County: in Mason County: 26. Best Veterinarian: 51. Best Occupational/Physical Therapy 52. Best Massage Therapy 53. Best Winery/Brewery No photo copies, Please Print legibly Name: Address: Email: Are you a current subscriber: YES NO OH-70247977 �NEWS 10 Friday, August 13, 2021 Daily Sentinel GALLIA, MEIGS COMMUNITY BRIEFS Census data kicks off effort to reshape districts 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. By David A. Lieb and Nicholas Riccardi Rio Bean Dinner set RIO GRANDE — Saturday, Aug. 14 from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., the Village of Rio Grande and its Memorial Association will host its 150th Bean Dinner at the University of Rio Grande Bob Evans Shelter House. Food, musical entertainment, Civil War displays and lectures, etc. All veterans and all who “serve and sacrifice” are admitted free of charge. Admission prices for the general public are: 10 years of age and older, $4; 9 years of age and under are admitted free. Attendees may take beans home for an additional fee of $5 per bucket. Road closures, construction GALLIA COUNTY — Gallia County Engineer Brett A. Boothe announces Swan Creek RD (CR 152) will be closed between Horse Creek RD (TR-862) and Peters Branch (TR-846), beginning Monday, Aug. 16 - Tuesday, Aug. 17 for culvert replacement, weather permitting. Local traffic will need to use other County roads as a detour. GALLIA COUNTY — Gallia County Engineer Brett A. Boothe announces Lewis Road will be closed between State Route 218 and Little Bullskin Road from Tuesday, Aug. 10 to Aug. 17, weather permitting, for slip repair. Local traffic will need to use other County roads as a detour. MEIGS COUNTY — Meigs County Road 2, Briar Ridge Road, in Salem Township will be closed to traffic for approximately two weeks beginning Monday, Aug. 2. County crews will be working on a culvert replacement between State Route 325 and Goff Road, T-45. GALLIA COUNTY — Gallia County Engineer Brett A. Boothe announces the following road closures due to emergency bridge replacement: Carter Road will be closed between Little Bullskin Road and Lincoln Pike Road starting Aug. 9 and ending Aug. 24, weather permitting. Local traffic will need to use other county roads as detours. BIDWELL — SR 160/554 roundabout construction. A roundabout construction project begins on July 26 at the intersection of SR 160 and SR 554. From July 26-Sept. 6, SR 554 will be closed between SR 160 and Porter Road. ODOT’s detour is SR 7 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 closed and temporary traffic signals will be in place between Homewood Drive and Porter Road. Estimated completion: Oct. 1. MEIGS COUNTY — A bridge replacement project begins on July 12 on SR 143, between Smith Run Road (Township Road 170) and Zion Road (Township Road 171). The road will be closed. ODOT’s detour is SR 143 to SR 684 to SR 681 to U.S. 33 to SR 7 to SR 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 325 to SR 141. Estimated completion: Aug. 23. MEIGS COUNTY — A bridge replacement project began on April 12 on State Route 143, between Lee Road (Township Road 168) and Ball Run Road (Township Road 20A). One lane will be closed. Temporary traffic signals and a 10 foot width restriction will be in place. Estimated completion: Nov. 15. IN BRIEF Jobless claims near pandemic low WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell for a third straight time last week, the latest sign that employers are laying off fewer people as they struggle to fill a record number of open jobs and meet a surge in consumer demand. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that jobless claims fell to 375,000 from 387,000 the previous week. The number of applications has fallen steadily since topping 900,000 in early January as the economy has increasingly reopened in the aftermath of the pandemic recession. SPORTS Associated Press Redistricting season officially kicked off Thursday with the release of detailed population data from the U.S. Census Bureau that will be used to redraw voting districts nationwide — potentially helping determine control of the U.S. House in the 2022 elections and providing an electoral edge for the next decade. The new data shows that much of the fastest growth occurred in the nation’s largest cities and their suburbs, while populations in many rural areas declined in the 2020 census. That data will serve as the building block to redraw 429 U.S. House districts in 44 states and 7,383 state legislative districts across the U.S. The official goal is to ensure each district has roughly the same number of people. But many Republicans and Democrats will be operating with another goal — to ensure the new lines divide and combine voters in ways that make it more likely for their party’s candidates to win future elections, a process called gerrymandering. The parties’ successes in that effort could determine whether taxes and spending grow, climate-change polices are approved or access to abortion is expanded or curtailed. Republicans need to gain just five seats to take control of the U.S. House in the 2022 elections — a margin that could potentially be covered through artful redistricting. “Redistricting really is the ballgame this cycle in the House,” said David Wasserman, an analyst for congressional races at The Cook Political Report. “Even tiny changes to district lines could have huge implications that tip the balance of power in the House.” As they did after the 2010 census, Republicans will hold greater sway in the redistricting process. The GOP will control redistricting in 20 states accounting for 187 U.S. House seats, including the growing states of Texas, Florida, Georgia and North Carolina, where the governor is a Democrat, but the legislature has complete control of drawing new electoral lines. By contrast, Democrats will control redistricting in just eight states accounting for 75 seats, including New Food From page 1 The heroes here are the REPORTER ✔ Are you passionate about high school sports in Meigs, Mason and Gallia counties? ✔ Do you have a love of writing and/or background in Journalism, English, Communications or Public Relations? Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Serious inquiries only. OH-70248903 Ohio Valley Publishing has an immediate opening for an entry level sports reporter. Join our team and help tell the stories of varsity programs in three counties across 10 schools. Degree not required though experience in writing preferred. Benefits package offered. Send resume, cover letter and published clips to Sports Editor Bryan Walters at bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com. York and Illinois, where the loss of a seat in each gives them a chance to squeeze out Republican incumbents. In 16 other states accounting for 167 U.S. House seats, districts will be drawn either by independent commissions or by politically split politicians with legislative chambers led by one party and governors of another. Six states have just one U.S. House seat, so there are no district lines to be drawn. States with significant population shifts provide some of the best opportunities for parties to gain an advantage through redistricting. They can add a favorable district, eliminate one held by their opponent or redraw a competitive district to contain a more comfortable majority of supporters. Texas will be a major focal point in redistricting. The Census Bureau said five of the 14 cities that grew by at least 100,000 people are located in Texas — Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio. Four of the nation’s 10 fastest growing cities also were Texas suburbs — Frisco and McKinney near Dallas; Conroe near Houston, and New Braunfels near San Antonio. All are prime battle grounds for redistricting. By contrast, many Texas counties outside of its metropolitan areas saw populations decline, the Census Bureau said. Republicans, who currently hold 23 of the 36 U.S. House seats in Texas, will have full control over the redistricting process, allowing them to decide where to draw the two new seats the state is gaining. But that could be complicated because Democrats generally have fared better in Texas suburbs in recent elections. Suburban growth has been driven by the migration of young, Latino, Black and college-educated residents — all core Democratic constituencies, said Kelly Ward Burton, president of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. But Republicans in charge of redistricting could draw maps that split up those Democratic-leaning voters, adding some to predominantly Republican districts to give the GOP a shot at winning even more seats in Texas. “As the process of redistricting begins, the Legislature should be guided by the principle of fair representation for every Texan,” said state Rep. Rafael Anchia, a Democratic member of the House redistricting committee and chair of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus. He called upon colleagues “to embrace diversity as a strength and commit to drawing electoral maps that are representative of our great state.” Texas had been among several states that needed advance approval from the U.S. Justice Department for its redistricting plans because of a history of racial discrimination. But the U.S. Supreme Court overturned that requirement in 2013 and, in a separate ruling several years later, said it would not get involved in disputes over alleged political gerrymandering, leaving that to state courts to decide. Lawsuits are expected to challenge redistricting maps in many states. Outside of Texas, some of the largest growth occurred in Arizona’s chief city of Phoenix, including a nearly 80% population increase in its suburb of Buckeye. But Arizona’s voting districts are drawn by an independent commission, making it more difficult for Republican or Democratic officials to gain an edge in redistricting. Census data also showed large growth in Seattle and Los Angeles and some of their suburbs. Other cities gaining at least 100,000 people included Charlotte, North Carolina; Columbus, Ohio; Denver; Jacksonville, Florida; New York; and Oklahoma City. The suburbs of Salt Lake City and Boise, Idaho, also ranked high in growth rates. The fastest-growing U.S. metropolitan area was The Villages a GOPleaning retirement community in central Florida, which grew 39% from about 93,000 people to about 130,000. Florida is gaining a U.S. House seat, and Republicans who are in charge of redistricting could use it as an opportunity to add GOP voters to Democratic-held districts in central Florida have more GOP voters. After the 2010 census, Republicans who controlled redistricting in far more states than Democrats drew maps that gave them a greater political advantage in more states than either party had in the past 50 years, according to a new Associated Press analysis. But Republicans won’t hold as much power as they did last time in some key states. Republican-led legislatures will be paired with Democratic governors in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, which both had full GOP control after the 2010 census. In Michigan, a voter-approved citizens commission will handle redistricting instead of lawmakers and the governor. And in Ohio, voter-approved redistricting reforms will require majority Republicans to gain the support of minority Democrats for the new districts to last a full decade. Ultimately, no matter how lines are drawn, elections are won based on the quality of candidates and their stance on issues, said Adam Kincaid, executive director of the National Republican Redistricting Trust, the GOP’s redistricting hub. The redistricting process will be conducted on a compressed timeline. States are getting the data more than four months later than originally scheduled because of difficulties in conducting the 2020 census during the coronavirus pandemic. That means mapdrawers will have to work quickly to meet constitutional deadlines in some states or seek judicial approval to take longer. Ohio’s constitution, for example, sets a Sept. 15 deadline for a board to approve new state legislative maps. “We’re in a bit of a fix over how quickly we can get this done,” said Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman, a Republican who is a member of the redistricting board. In many states, the new districts are likely to face lawsuits as political parties continue jockeying for the best possible maps. After the 2010 census, redistricting lawsuits lasted for much of the following decade and led to significant changes in some states. Democrats gained a total of 11 seats in the U.S. House after courts struck down Republican-drawn districts in four states and ordered new ones between the 2016 and 2020 elections. “If it hadn’t been for Democratic lawsuits that overturned Republicandrawn maps in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida and Virginia, Democrats would not be sitting in the majority in the House right now,” Wasserman said. ones preparing, bagging and delivering the food.” The Southern Summer Feeding program began Tuesday, June 1 then served every Monday 4-6 p.m. through this coming Monday, Aug. 16. Families have a little more than one more week before kids get back in school, however, Southern will continue Monday pick-ups for food at least through mid-November. Southern distributes food from the back of Southern High School at the kitchen entrance. Meal bags include five breakfast meals and five lunches for the whole week. Parents can follow the lane around the football field past the bus garage to the back of the building. Other Meigs County students are welcome as well. Becky Bradford and Rachel Parsons were cooks for the program, while Parsons also served in a capacity to distribute meals. Tricia McNickle, served as delivery coordinator with Garret Hall as site coordinator. Wolfe noted that both cooks and Southern staff and other volunteers dedicated much time to the program. Sheila Theiss also served as cook during the summer school. This summer, three feeding programs were available during the summer months for Meigs County students. Two of the programs were not run by Southern, but ran by COAD/RSVP of the Ohio Valley and The Children’s Hunger Alliance. Also Meigs Local ran a summer feeding program. In addition to funding the Southern program, The Children’s Hunger Alliance ran a Food Truck route to sites in Rutland, Syracuse, Reedsville, and Portland. Southern Families could also get food on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to noon at Meigs Local Primary School on State Route 124 toward Rutland. Southern and Meigs have worked together to make this happen through collaboration between food directors Wolfe and Chrissy Musser. “I appreciate the efforts of Chrissy Musser very much. In past years, when we didn’t have means to run a summer program, she did a great job in serving our kids. I thank her for being such an advocate for our kids.” Both the Southern and Meigs sites will provide food for five days of each week for children ages 3-18. Changes in pick-up times may change due to the start of school, but details will be announced when that time comes. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 08. August Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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