https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/c104652e6bf682452d55a466d134a1de.pdf 1126aa39511df93ee15affd3949a742f PDF Text Text The Meigs County Health Department encourages prevention of COVID-19 transmission by washing your hands frequently, wearing a mask when indoors in public & staying home when you are sick! OH-70257989 You may call PCG to complete contact tracing and for your work excuse at 1-216-230-4730 ATTENTION! If you have tested positive for COVID-19, please be on alert for a call from the Ohio Department of Health Case Investigation & Contact Tracing Team. The call will come from the 216 area code and caller ID will show OHIO DEP of HEALTH Meigs County Health Department | 112. E. Memorial Drive, Ste A | Pomeroy, Ohio 45769 | 740-992-6626 | www.meigs-health.com C_ZZb[fehj�š�Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 211, Volume 75 5 deaths, 180 new cases reported Latest stats for Meigs, Gallia, Mason By Beth Sergent bsergent@aimmediamidwest. com (Editor’s note: Ohio Valley Publishing’s last COVID-19 update appeared in Wednesday’s edition, reporting data collected through Oct. 19. Today’s story picks up with data collected Oct. 20-25.) OHIO VALLEY — From Wednesday, Oct. 20 - Monday, Oct. 25, there have been five new COVID-19 related deaths and 180 new cases reported in the Tuesday, October 26, 2021 s 50¢ ‘Open House’ set Ohio Valley Publishing area. According to data collected Oct. 20 - Oct. 25: The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) reported the death of an individual in the 50-59 age range, and 65 new cases on Monday, for Gallia County. In Meigs County, ODH reported the death of an individual in the 40-49 age range, and 73 new cases, on Monday. The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reported the See CASES | 5 OVP File Photo Shoppers browse through Weaving Stitches during a past Christmas Open House shopping event. This year’s event is Monday, Nov. 1. Latest from Pomeroy Village Council Ohio reports more deaths than births; experts cite pandemic COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — For the first time in state history, Ohio recorded more deaths than births last year, a development experts say was expedited by COVID-19. The Columbus Dispatch reported Monday that roughly 143,661 Ohioans died last year while 129,313 were born, according to data from the Ohio Department of Health. So far in 2021, Ohio has logged 107,462 deaths and 100,781 births. The newspaper reported that in the 112 years since statewide record keeping began in 1909, data it compiled along with the Ohio History Connection shows deaths never previously surpassed births despite countless wars, economic downturns and disease. Ohio’s birthrate has been declining for years while the number of deaths across the state has risen, meaning the two metrics were likely to swap places at some point. But data shows the pandemic rapidly hastened the switch, the newspaper reported. The virus killed an estimated 13,927 Ohioans in 2020 alone, according to the state health department. That means, the pandemic may account for 97% of the 14,348-person difference in births and deaths in 2020. In 2021, COVID-19 killed more than 9,400 Ohioans, which is more than the 6,681 difference in births and deaths so far this year. Meanwhile, a pandemic baby boom some health officials predicted never occurred. Ohio wasn’t alone in seeing more deaths than births last year. In 2020, a record 25 states had deaths exceed births, according to research from the University of New Hampshire. In 2019, just five states saw more deaths than births. 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. By Lorna Hart Special to OVP POMEROY — Front Paige Outfitters owner Paige Cleek announced plans for the Pomeroy Merchant’s Association and their annual, upcoming Christmas Open House at the most recent meeting of Pomeroy Village Council. In addition, council also discussed updates on electric vehicle charging stations in the village. Cleek said the date for the annual open house event is set for Monday, Nov. 1 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Now in it’s nineteenth year, this is the “official” kickoff to the holiday shopping season in Pomeroy and the merchant’s largest annual event. It was also announced that after receiving bids for garbage collection from Rumpkee and 1st Class Trash, council awarded a one-year contract to 1st Class Trash. An update on the See HOUSE | 8 Drop-Off sites for Operation Christmas Child Staff Report MIDDLEPORT — More than 4,000 locations will open to collect hope filled Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts for the Samaritan’s Purse project - including locations in Meigs and Gallia counties. According to a news release sent on behalf of the organization, while volunteers are preparing to collect shoebox gifts during National Collection Week, Nov. 15 – 22, individuals, families, and groups still have time to transform empty shoeboxes into fun gifts filled with school supOperation Christmas Child | Courtesy plies, hygiene items and toys. Pictured from left are Carol Belville, French City A step-by-step packing guide Baptist Church Operation Christmas Child drop- is on the How to Pack a Shoeoff team leader, and Sherrie Klingaman, Operation Christmas Child Southern Ohio team area coordinator. box webpage at samaritansDrop-off sites will open next month and are planned purse.org/occ. Operation Christmas Child for Middleport and Gallipolis. is a project that everyone can still be a part of, even with COVID-19 restrictions. “In the midst of the pandemic, children around the world need to know that God loves them and there is hope,” said Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse. “A simple shoebox gift opens the door to share about the true hope that can only be found in Jesus Christ.” These life-changing simple shoebox gifts may be dropped off at the Meigs County Drop-Off site. Signs at the location will identify the drop-off area offering a curbside option. Meigs County’s drop-off location is Hope Baptist Church, 570 Grant Street in Middleport. See CHILD | 8 Biden sued over reversal of Trump-era abortion referral ban By Julie Carr Smyth Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s top lawyer filed suit against the Biden administration on Monday seeking to restore a Trump-era ban on abortion referrals by family planning clinics that President Joe Biden reversed earlier this month. The action filed by Republican Attorney Dave Yost in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati was joined by 11 other states. At issue are new federal regulations set by the Department of Health and Human Services that take the Title X federal family planning program back to the way it ran under the Obama administration, when clinics were able to refer women seeking abortions to a provider. The two rules Yost wants reinstated were passed in 2019. One required federally funded family-planning clinics to be physically and financially independent of abortion clinics. The other required them to refrain from referring patients for abortions. He said both rules were intended as firewalls between clinics’ family planning services, which can receive taxpayer funding, and their abortion services, which cannot. “You can’t ‘follow the money’ when all the money is dumped into one pot and mixed together,” Yost said in a statement. “Federal law prohibits taxpayer funding of abortion — and that law means nothing if the federal money isn’t kept separate.” The administration’s reversal of both rules came as political and legal battles over abortion are growing sharper amid burgeoning efforts by Republicans to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade at the U.S. Supreme Court. See BIDEN | 5 �NEWS/OBITUARIES 2 Tuesday, October 26, 2021 GALLIA, MEIGS COMMUNITY BRIEFS Editor’s Note: Gallia Meigs Briefs will only list event information that is open to the public and will be printed on a space-available basis. Veterans Day Parade GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis Veterans Day Parade and Ceremony will be on Nov. 11, sponsored by the Gallia County Veterans Service Commission. Participation in the parade is open to all veterans, veteran service groups, and community organizations. The parade will be Thursday, Nov. 11 at 10:30 a.m. and end at the Gallipolis City Park, with the ceremony beginning at 11 a.m. Please contact the Gallia County Veterans Service Office at 740-446-2005 no later than Friday, Nov. 5, to confirm participation in the parade. Road closures, construction MEIGS COUNTY — A bridge replacement project began on April 12 on State Route 143, between Lee Road (Township Road 168) and Ball Run Road (Township Road 20A). One lane will be closed. Temporary traffic signals and a 10 foot width restriction will be in place. Estimated completion: Nov. 15. Ohio Valley Publishing OBITUARIES VIRGINIA RUTH SKAGGS RANDOLPH NEW HAVEN, W.Va. a.m. until the time of the — Vinida Mae (Edwards) seven great-grandchilCINCINNATI — Virservice on Wednesday dren: Kayley and Taylor Randolph, 97, of New ginia Ruth Skaggs,89, at the funeral home. FolStevens; Ella Rowe; Haven, W.Va., died, Friof Cincinnati, Ohio, forlowing will be a short day, October 22, 2021, merly of Gallipolis, went Chase and Piper Reynfamily graveside send-off at home, with her lovhome to be with the Lord olds; and Andrew and Olivia Vann. Also surviv- at White Oak Baptist ing family by her side. on October 25, 2021. Church. ing are her brother, Jeff Graveside service will be She was the daughter In lieu of flowers, the Rucker, Boaz, Alabama; 2 p.m., Tuesday, October of the late Geoffrey and family suggests a dona26, 2021, at Graham Vesta Rucker and beloved and her sister, Bonnie Stevens, Gallipolis, Ohio, tion in her name to Give Baptist Church Cemwife of Arnold Skaggs, and numerous nieces and Like a Mother, a nonetery. Arrangements are who preceded her in profit, clothing assistance under the direction of nephews. She was also death. organization for children, Foglesong-Casto Funeral She is survived by two called Mamaw by lots of founded and directed Home, Mason, W.Va. children, Shirley (David) children, some of which now have children of their by her granddaughter, Tabor, Cincinnati, Ohio, Amy Vann, a venture of own. She had four great and Ed Skaggs, Procwhich her Mamaw was passions: serving God, torville, Ohio. She was QUEEN extremely proud and suploving her family, caring blessed with four grandKANAUGA — Bobby for and teaching children, portive. Donations can be Joe Queen, 34, Kanauga children: Sarah Rowe made to GLAM, PO Box community, died unex(Brad Stevens), Barbours- and sewing. 68, Batavia, Ohio 45103, pectedly at 7:45 a.m. The funeral service ville, West Virginia; Amy or via the website, give(John) Vann, Cincinnati, for Virginia Ruth Skaggs Monday, October 25, likeamother.com. will be held at noon on Ohio; Farah Reynolds, 2021, at his residence. Please visit www.willis- Cremeens-King Funeral Wednesday, October 27, Clover, South Carolina; funeralhome.com to send Home is serving the fam2021 at Willis Funeral and Elliott Skaggs, New e-mail condolences. Home, Gallipolis, Ohio. York, New York. She ily. was further blessed with Friends may call from 11 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. Card shower Former Gallipolis resident Anne Romaine will be celebrating her 90th birthday on Nov. 9, cards may be sent to her at: 4645 Carriage Dr. Virginia Beach, VA 23462. Tuesday, Oct. 26 RACINE — Board of Trustees of Sutton Township regular meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at the Racine Village Hall Council Chambers POMEROY — Acoustic Night at the Library will begin at 6 p.m. for an informal jam session. Bring your instruments. All skill levels and listeners are welcome. Thursday, Oct. 28 POMEROY — The Meigs Soil & Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors, monthly meeting, noon at the district office, 113 E. Memorial Drive, Suite D. Monday, Nov. 1 RIO GRANDE — The Gallia County Beekeepers Association monthly meeting, 6:30 p.m., Fellowship of Faith, topic will be overwintering your bees—late fall and over winter feeding, wrapping your hives and wind blocks. Meetings are open to the public. Wednesday, Nov. 3 RACINE — Southern Local Craft Show, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Southern Local Schools. Thursday, Nov. 4 Chester Shade Historical Association will be having their monthly board meeting on at the Academy Dining Hall at 6:30 p.m. Everyone will be welcome and Covid rules will be followed. Friday, Nov. 5 MARIETTA — The Buckeye Hills Regional Council (BHRC) Executive Committee will hold its regular meeting at 11 a.m., prior to the Executive Committee meeting, the Audit Budget Committee and Personnel Committee will meet at 10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 7 GALLIPOLIS – Open Rail, the bluegrass and gospel group will perform in concert at New Life Lutheran Church, 6 p.m. A fellowship meal will be provided following the concert. All are welcome. New Life is located at 900 Jackson Pike. CONTACT US Photos by Mindy Kearns | Courtesy The Town of New Haven held a Fall Festival Saturday at the community center with games, prizes, pumpkin decorating, and more. Pictured are children as they decorate pumpkins, donated by Bob’s Market and Greenhouses, with stickers. Fall Festival fun New Haven hosts event utes with music being provided by Deejay Kelsyn Spencer. Vendors encompassed the entire perimeter of the center offering their wares, such By Mindy Kearns Special to OVP as painted slates, handcrafted wood items, and more. Employees of the NEW HAVEN — Mason County Libraries Games, food, prizes and were in attendance handmore were waiting for those attending the Town ing out free Halloween crafts, lunches, prizes and of New Haven Fall Festiother items. val on Saturday. With the fall festival Believed to be the first being held, the Halloween ever such event for the party that is normally at town, it was held at the community center from 1 the fire station following trick-or-treat will not be to 4 p.m. held this year. Trick-orGames, including a treat is scheduled for bean bag toss, pumpThursday from 6:30 kin tic-tac-toe, feed the pumpkin and others were to 7:30 p.m. Residents who do not have many enjoyed by the children. children in their area are Tickets were given out for each game that could invited by the town to bring chairs and their later be cashed in for candy to pass out on prizes. One hundred Fourth Street behind City pumpkins were donated National Bank. A portion by Bob’s Market and of Fourth Street will be Greenhouses, Inc. that closed to traffic during were decorated with stickers to make mini jack trick-or-treat times. © 2021, Ohio Valley o’lanterns. An artist was also on hand to paint the Publishing, all rights faces of the children into reserved. butterflies, goblins, and Mindy Kearns is a freelance writer more. for Ohio Valley Publishing, email her Cake walks were at mindykearns1@hotmail.com. featured every 15 min- Children attending the New Haven Fall Festival on Saturday at the town community center were given a ticket for each game they played. The tickets were later turned in to office worker Kelly Gilland, left, for prizes. It was games galore at the New Haven Fall Festival on Saturday. Pictured are little ones as they try to throw the ball into the pumpkin buckets. Face painting was a popular attraction at the New Haven Fall Festival on Saturday. 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. 2102 bsergent@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 Employees of the Mason County Libraries attended the New Haven Fall Festival and handed out free Halloween crafts, lunches, dental A game of pumpkin tic-tac-toe entertained many at the New Haven care packets and more. Fall Festival. �NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing Tuesday, October 26, 2021 3 Professor: Dragonflies thrive at mine drainage cleanup sites – an insect that can resist cold temperatures much better than others. “That’s just a puzzle of LILLY, Pa. (AP) — nature we haven’t figured With a swoosh of a net, out,” he said. a flick of the wrist and ‘Swing and hope’ a little bit of luck, St. Loya also netted a male Francis University biology professor Lane Loya damselfly species that he snagged another dragon- said was never reported before in Cambria County fly from a reed during a – either a southern recent trip into the field spreadwing or a sweetfor his research. flag spreadwing. More For the past decade, research needs to be done he’s been studying wetto determine which one it lands in the region to was because the two are track dragonflies and nearly identical. damselflies in the area. Loya plans to return to One site just outside the field to catch another of Lilly Borough off Reservoir Road, contain- male of the species, as well as a female, to help ing acid mine drainage in identifying the insect. remediation ponds, has “You sit and wait someprovided great results. times and close your eyes “When we study this and swing and hope you site, we get tremendous get lucky,” he said. diversity,” Loya said. The professor’s findings He believes that’s because the ponds, which from the study he did with students at the Lilly clean up drainage from an abandoned clay mine, AMD ponds were published in the 2014 article don’t have any fish, are “Odonate Diversity at surrounded by trees an Acid Mine Drainage for shelter and provide Remediation Site in Cama variety of microhabibria County, Pennsylvatats that “may provide nia.” a good match for more The research showed specialist odonate species.” “Odonate” refers to that AMD remediation sites can have a positive the scientific order that effect on biological diverincludes dragonflies and sity. While investigating damselflies. this spot, the group docuLoya usually visits mented 45 species – 11 of the site a few times per which were new to Camsemester, with several bria and 12 that had not nets, identification book and sampling gear in tow, been observed anywhere and brings students along else in the county. Addito try their hand at catch- tionally, 10 of the species located there were listed ing the flying insects. One recent day, he was as “of note” because they able to snag several speci- were reported as “less mens in just a few hours, than secure” at that time. One of those was the including a shadow darncomet darner, which is er, a Canada darner and an autumn meadowhawk one of the most imperiled The (Johnstown) Tribune-Democrat species in the state and Loya’s favorite because of its size and its green and orange coloration. The only other place where that species was recorded in the county was at another AMD passive treatment site. Growing species list There are now nearly 100 known odonate species in the region. Cambria County has 74; Somerset, 80; Bedford, 70; and Blair, 46. Before Loya began his research, there were about 50 species recorded in Cambria. Across Pennsylvania, there are roughly 180 types of dragonflies and 6,000 around the world, Loya said. He said the insects located in ponds and lakes aren’t the same as the insects in streams and rivers. Loya said the main difference between dragonflies and damselflies is the body shape. Dragonflies are usually larger, broader and have nearly 360-degree vision because of the large eyes that connect on their heads. They also spread their wings out when they are idle. Damselflies are much smaller, fold their wings together when they are perched and have smaller, separated eyes on the sides of their heads. ‘A lot of samples’ Loya’s interest in the creatures began when he was an undergraduate student at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. A professor he had there, Dennis McNair, impacted Loya’s fascination with the species, and the two performed research together. Loya pursued a career in ecology and zoology. The Bedford County native went on to get his master’s degree from Penn State. He started teaching biology courses at St. Francis 20 years ago and introduced the studies on damselflies and dragonflies 10 years later. He has studied waterways across the region, including in Ashville and the Conemaugh River, Central City in Somerset County, and the stream on the Loretto campus where he and his students found a nymph of one of the rarest species in the state – a tiger spiketail. That discovery led one of his students, Kate Zeller, to study the waterway to understand the presence of the insect. “We took a lot of samples,” she said. “I think River. In 1861, the legendary Today is Tuesday, Oct. Pony Express officially 26, the 299th day of 2021. ceased operations, giving way to the transcontinenThere are 66 days left in tal telegraph. (The last the year. run of the Pony Express Today’s Highlight in History was completed the following month.) On October 26th, In 1881, the “Gunfight 2001, President George at the O.K. Corral” took W. Bush signed the place in Tombstone, USA Patriot Act, giving Arizona, as Wyatt Earp, authorities unprecedented ability to search, seize, his two brothers and “Doc” Holliday condetain or eavesdrop in fronted Ike Clanton’s their pursuit of possible gang. Three members terrorists. of Clanton’s gang were killed; Earp’s brothers and On this date Holliday were wounded. In 1774, the In 1944, the World War First Continental II Battle of Leyte (LAY’Congress adjourned in tay) Gulf ended in a Philadelphia. In 1825, the Erie Canal major Allied victory over Japanese forces, whose opened in upstate New naval capabilities were York, connecting Lake badly crippled. Erie and the Hudson It Will NOT Raise Property Taxes! * 2 mill, 5 year RENEWAL Levy * Ensure services for children & adults with developmental disabilities for another 5 years Get the plan that fits your goals and your life It’s time to choose a new Medicare plan, and I can to help you understand your options. A Humana Medicare Advantage plan includes all you get with Original Medicare, plus additional benefits and services to meet your needs. Let’s work together to find the right Humana plan for you and your budget. Call a licensed Humana sales agent Kimberly "Kim" Thompson 740-612-7521 (TTY: 711) Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. kthompson17@humana.com OH-70254200 A more human way to healthcare™ OH-70257999 Meigs County Board of Developmental Disabilities Paid for by the Carleton School/Meigs Industries Committee for the levy, Karl Kebler III, Treasurer In 1965, the Beatles received MBE medals as Members of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. In 1975, Anwar Sadat became the first Egyptian president to pay an official visit to the United States. In 1979, South Korean President Park Chunghee was shot to death by the head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, Kim Jae-kyu. In 1984, “Baby Fae,” a newborn with a severe heart defect, was given the heart of a baboon in an experimental transplant in Loma Linda, California. (Baby Fae lived 21 days with the animal heart.) When you need to choose a Medicare plan, Humana can help Y0040_GHHHXDDEN_22_AD_M I had no idea what I was doing,” she said, “but when I was brought on to the project, he was very helpful (and) very welcoming. He just wanted to make sure I knew every detail about the project and why we were doing it.” The native of Cincinnati, Ohio, is taking the professor’s invertebrate zoology class this semester and will be visiting the Lilly site soon. Loya said his favorite part of studying the waterways is passing the interest on to his students, just as his professor did for him. He also enjoys the continued education. “I’m never disappointed because I always learn something when I’m out in the field,” Loya said. ___ Online: https://bit.ly/3AaWzLO Vote “YES” Carleton School/ Meigs Industries RENEWAL Levy TODAY IN HISTORY The Associated Press I identified hundreds of macro-invertebrates.” That work began in spring of 2019 and ended last year, with Zeller unable to determine, for now, if the presence of the tiger spiketail increases diversity in headwaters where it’s found, despite several diversity index calculations and significance tests. ‘Always learn something’ She has been performing research with Loya since she was a freshman and has enjoyed every part of it. “He’s an amazing professor,” Zeller said. “He makes it so fun because he’s so passionate.” She described Loya as a “super-helpful” and “very kind” person whose “thorough nature makes projects so much more exciting.” “When I first started, OH-70256391 By Joshua Byers �COMICS 4 Tuesday, October 26, 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing Having A Yard Sale? 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Here is a closer look at the local COVID-19 data: Gallia County According to the 2 p.m. update from ODH on Monday, there have been 4,193 total cases (65 new) in Gallia County since the beginning of the pandemic, 269 hospitalizations (7 new) and 67 deaths (1 new). Of the 4,193 cases, 3,757 (174 new) are presumed recovered. Case data is as follows: 0-19 — 792 cases (16 new), 7 hospitalizations 20-29 — 675 cases (12 new), 12 hospitalizations (1 new) 30-39 — 582 cases (9 new), 12 hospitalizations 40-49 — 631 cases (5 new), 27 hospitalizations, 4 deaths (1 new) 50-59 — 563 cases (9 new), 45 hospitalizations (3 new), 7 deaths (1 new) 60-69 — 453 cases (6 new), 44 hospitalizations (2 new), 10 deaths 70-79 — 306 cases (5 new), 68 hospitalizations, 16 deaths 80-plus — 191 cases (3 new), 54 hospitalizations (1 new), 29 deaths Vaccination rates in Gallia County are as follows, according to ODH: Vaccines started: 12,516 (41.86 percent of the population); Vaccines completed: 11,572 (38.70 percent of the population). Meigs County According to the 2 p.m. update from ODH on Monday, there have been 2,672 total cases (73 new) in Meigs County since the beginning of the pandemic, 148 hospitalizations (4 new) and 51 deaths (1 new). Of the 2,672 cases, 2,350 (102 new) are presumed recovered. Case data is as follows: 0-19 — 508 cases (17 new), 6 hospitalizations 20-29 —378 cases (12 new), 5 hospitalizations 30-39 — 341 cases (7 new), 11 hospitalizations (1 new), 1 new death 40-49 — 390 cases (1 new), 15 hospitalizations (1 new), 2 deaths (1 new) 50-59 — 371 cases (12 new), 20 hospitaliza- tions, 4 deaths 60-69 — 324 cases (3 new), 35 hospitalizations (1 new), 8 deaths 70-79 — 227 cases (4 new), 33 hospitalizations (1 new), 15 deaths 80-plus — 133 cases (1 new), 23 hospitalizations, 20 deaths Vaccination rates in Meigs County are as follows, according to ODH: Vaccines started: 9,454 (41.27 percent of the population); Vaccines completed: 8,636 (37.70 percent of the population). 16-20 — 263 confirmed cases (4 new), 12 probable cases (1 less) 21-25 — 256 confirmed cases (5 new), 21 probable cases (2 less) 26-30 — 299 confirmed cases (4 new), 18 probable cases 31-40 — 516 confirmed cases (9 new), 36 probable cases (3 less) 41-50 — 512 confirmed cases (9 new), 30 probable cases (3 less), 2 deaths (1 new) 51-60 — 456 confirmed cases (8 new), 37 probable cases (1 less), 6 deaths (2 new) 61-70 — 351 conMason County firmed cases (7 new), 22 According to the 10 probable cases (1 less), a.m. update on Monday 10 deaths from DHHR, there have 71+ — 302 confirmed been 3,590 cases (42 cases (4 new), 24 probnew) of COVID-19, in able cases, 36 deaths Mason County (3,358 Additional county case confirmed cases, 232 probable cases) since the data since vaccinations beginning of the pandem- began Dec. 14, 2020: Total cases since start ic and 54 deaths (3 new). DHHR reports there are of vaccinations: 2,765; Total cases among currently 70 active cases individuals who were and 3,466 recovered cases, in Mason County. not reported as fully Case data is as follows: vaccinated — 2,605 (31 new); 0-4 — 54 confirmed Total breakthrough cases (2 less), 2 probable cases among fully vaccicase 5-11 — 155 confirmed nated — 160 (10 new); Total deaths among cases (4 new), 14 probnot fully vaccinated able cases (1 less) individuals — 39 (3 12-15 — 194 confirmed cases (2 new), 16 new); Total breakthrough probable cases this state of affairs rests with CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who holds what Facebook the company one former employee described as dictatorial is losing control of Facepower over a corporation book the product — not to mention the last shreds that collects data on and provides free services to of its carefully crafted, roughly 3 billion people decade-old image as a benevolent company just around the world. “Ultimately, it rests wanting to connect the with Mark and whatever world. his prerogative is — and Thousands of pages it has always been to of internal documents grow, to increase his provided to Congress by a former employee depict power and his reach,” said Jennifer Grygiel, a an internally conflicted Syracuse University comcompany where data on munications professor the harms it causes is who’s followed Facebook abundant, but solutions, closely for years. much less the will to act Zuckerberg has an on them, are halting at ironclad hold on Facebest. book Inc. He holds the The crisis exposed by majority of the company’s the documents shows voting shares, controls its how Facebook, despite its regularly avowed good board of directors and has increasingly surrounded intentions, appears to have slow-walked or side- himself with executives who don’t appear to queslined efforts to address tion his vision. real harms the social But he has so far been network has magnified unable to address stagand sometimes created. nating user growth and They reveal numerous instances where research- shrinking engagement for Facebook the proders and rank-and-file workers uncovered deep- uct in key areas such as seated problems that the the United States and company then overlooked Europe. Worse, the company is losing the attenor ignored. Final responsibility for tion of its most important AP Technology Writer demographic — teenagers and young people — with no clear path to gaining it back, its own documents reveal. Young adults engage with Facebook far less than their older cohorts, seeing it as an “outdated network” with “irrelevant content” that provides limited value for them, according to a November 2020 internal document. It is “boring, misleading and negative,” they say. In other words, the young see Facebook as a place for old people. Facebook’s user base has been aging faster, on average, than the general population, the company’s researchers found. Unless Facebook can find a way to turn this around, its population will continue to get older and young people will find even fewer reasons to sign on, threatening the monthly user figures that are essential to selling ads. Facebook says its products are still widely used by teens, although it acknowledges there’s “tough competition” from TikTok, Snapchat and the like. West Virginia According to the 10 a.m. update on Monday from DHHR, there have been 267,398 total cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with 877 reported since Friday’s DHHR update. DHHR reports 16,329 “breakthrough” cases as of Monday with 236 total breakthrough deaths statewide (counts include cases after the start of COVID-19 vaccination/Dec. 14, 2020). There have been a total Ohio of 4,292 deaths due to According to the 2 COVID-19 since the start p.m. update on Monday of the pandemic, with 29 from ODH, there have since Friday. There are been 2,325 cases in the 7,867 currently active past 24 hours (21-day cases in the state, with average of 4,296), 142 a daily positivity rate of new hospitalizations (21-day average of 235), 7.51 percent and a cumulative positivity rate of 21 new ICU admissions 6.09 percent. (21-day average of 22) Statewide, 1,035, 651 and zero new deaths in West Virginia residents the previous 24 hours have received at least (21-day average of one dose of the COVID80) with 23,955 total 19 (57.8 percent of the reported deaths. (Edipopulation). A total tor’s Note: Deaths are of 50.9 percent of the reported two days per population, 911,335 indiweek) viduals have been fully Vaccination rates in vaccinated. Ohio are as follows, © 2021 Ohio Valley according to ODH: Publishing, all rights Vaccines started: 6,440,701 (55.10 percent reserved. of the population); Beth Sergent is editor of Ohio Vaccines completed: Valley Publishing, reach her at 6,016,969 (51.47 percent 740-446-2342, ext. 2102. of the population). deaths among fully vaccinated individuals — 2. A total of 10,826 people in Mason County have received at least one dose of the COVID19 vaccine, which is 40.8 percent of the population, according to DHHR, with 9,161 fully vaccinated or 34.5 percent of the population. 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From page 1 Groups representing the clinics said they hoped this month’s Yost emphasized that reversal would lead his lawsuit does not challenge the right to an some 1,300 local facilities that left in protest abortion as guaranteed to return. under Roe. The litigaThe program makes tion follows a letter he and 20 other states sent available more than $250 million a year to to Health and Human Services in May warning clinics to provide birth the Biden administration control and basic health care services, mainly against reversing the to low-income women, rules. many of them from The prohibition minority communities. against family planning The rules established clinics funded under under former President Title X using public funds for abortions was Donald Trump, a Repubcontained in the Family lican, prompted a mass exit by service providers Planning Services and Population Research Act affiliated with Planned Parenthood, as well as of 1970, Yost said. States joining the chal- several states and other lenge are: Alabama, Ari- independent organizazona, Arkansas, Florida, tions. Women’s groups Kansas, Kentucky, Mislabeled the Trump souri, Nebraska, Okla- 304-773-5447 OR 304-593-5118 www.auctionzip.com for pics For Continued Progress HARRY DEAN BROWNELL Gallipolis Twp. Trustee Paid by Cand. �S ports 6 Tuesday, October 26, 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing Newland leads Eagles past Southern, 41-14 By Colton Jeffries on the drive’s second play for his second touchdown. With just under three minutes to go in the first RACINE, Ohio — He quarter, Newland ran the ran like he had wings on ball an additional two his shoes. yards to put his team up Eagle running back 21-0. Bryce Newland ran for The Tornadoes were 386 yards as the Eastern able to answer back on football team finished their next drive, with its regular season with a quarterback Josiah Smith 41-14 road Tri-Valley Conkeeping the ball on a ference, Hocking Division 67-yard run with 1:48 to victory over the Southern go in the first. Tornadoes Friday evening. Colton Jeffries|OVP Sports However, on the very With the win, the Eastern running back Bryce Newland (6) gets some blocking from Eagles (4-4, 3-1 TVC teammate Jayden Evans (22) during a game against the Southern next offensive play, the Eagles responded with a Hocking) have likely Tornadoes Saturday evening in Racine, Ohio. 63-yard run by Newland, cemented their place in drive, running the ball 36 capping off the only quarthe playoffs, while the Tor- during Saturday’s game, ter in Saturday’s game accounting for five of the yards into the endzone. nadoes’ (3-5, 2-3) season to feature more than one On the Green and Eagles’ six touchdowns. is over. touchdown. White’s next drive, NewHis first touchdown Newland emerged as a land took the ball 60 yards came on the Eagles’ first clear leader for Eastern The Southern Defense cjeffries@aimmediamidwest.com was able to contain the Eagles better in the second, with the only score coming from Tornado running back Lincoln Rose with 1:18 to go in the half. Newland’s last touchdown of the even came five minutes into the third quarter, a 1-yard punch in to put Eastern up 35-14. The last touchdown came early in the final quarter when Eastern’s Jayden Evans ran the ball a yard into the endzone. Newland had 386 yards on 25 carries for the Eagles, while Smith led the Tornado ground attack with 119 yards on 20. Through the air, both teams only had one passer: Smith for Southern, who had eight completions on 16 attempts and two interceptions for 68 yards and Brady Yonker for Eastern, who had two completions on seven attempts and one interception for 81 yards. Receiving leader for the Eagles was Ryan Ross, who had 79 yards on one reception, while Brayden Otto led the Tornadoes, making two receptions good for 33 yards. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Colton Jeffries can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP GA tops Pointers in conference finale, 35-13 Staff reports SOUTH POINT, Ohio — The Gallia Academy football team ended its regular season on a solid note with a 35-13 victory over host South Point on Friday in an Ohio Valley Conference contest. The Blue Devils (4-3, 2-2 OVC) got a pair of rushing touchdowns from both Hudson Shamblin and Brody Fellure as the guests churned out 195 rushing yards en route to 317 yards of total offense. The Pointers (1-8, 1-6) mustered 263 yards of total offense, including 117 rushing yards, and led briefly in the second canto by a 7-6 count. GAHS, however, used Shamblin’s second TD run of 12 yards to build a permanent lead at 12-7, then Caleb Stout tacked on a 39-yard field goal late in the half for a 15-7 advantage. Shamblin also gave GAHS a 6-0 lead with a 4-yard scamper early in the second canto. Fellure had a 15-yard run in the third, then found Kenyon Franklin with a 27-yard scoring pass. Fellure added an 8-yard scamper in the fourth for a 35-7 cushion. SPHS added a late score to wrap up the 22-point outcome. Both Stout and Preslee Reed also successfully converted an extra-point attempt. Wahama whips Calhoun County, 48-14 MASON, W.Va. — Wahama stormed out to a 28-0 halftime advantage and churned out 555 yards of total offense on Saturday during 48-14 victory over visiting Calhoun County in a Little Kanawha Conference matchup at Bachtel Stadium. The White Falcons (4-4, 2-3 LKC) amassed 392 rushing yards on 45 carries, an average of 8.7 yards per attempt. The hosts were outgained through the air by a 261-163 margin, but limited the Red Devils (2-6, 0-6) to just 400 yards overall. WHS claimed a 19-14 edge in first downs and both squads recovered one fumble apiece. Neither team threw an interception as well. Wahama travels to Magnolia on Friday for a 7 p.m. kickoff. Rebels knock off River Valley, 26-7 MERCERVILLE, Ohio — The South Gallia football team snapped a 22-game losing skid on Friday with a 26-7 victory over visiting River Valley in a Week 10 rematch between Gallia County programs. The Rebels (1-7) trailed 7-6 after one quarter of play, but the hosts reeled off 14 second quarter points en route to a 20-7 halftime cushion. SGHS added another score in the third to complete the 19-point triumph, its first since a 44-0 win over visiting Federal Hocking back on Sept. 13, 2019. It was also the first win over RVHS for the Rebels. The Raiders (2-6) — who won 31-0 in Week 2 — still lead the all-time series by a 4-1 overall count. River Valley travels to South Point next Friday for an additional regular season contest at 7 p.m. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Colton Jeffries | OVP Sports Point Pleasant defenders West Baker, left, and Ethan Jordan, right, bring down a Man ball carrier during Friday night’s football contest at OVB Field in Point Pleasant, W.Va. Point Pleasant pounds Hillbillies, 41-14 By Bryan Walters bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — It was definitely Homecoming. After four straight scheduled road contests and a bye week, the Point Pleasant football team seemed all too familiar with Ohio Valley Bank Track and Field on Friday night during a 41-14 victory over visiting Man in a Week 9 non-conference matchup. The Big Blacks (7-1) — who last played at OVB Field on Sept. 10 — was participating in just its second game in four weeks, mainly because of a regularly scheduled bye week on Oct. 1 and a forfeit win last weekend with Wyoming East due to COVID. The hosts were more than sharp in their triumphant return home as PPHS never trailed and churned out 406 rushing yards on 46 attempts, an average of 8.8 yards per try. More impressively, the Hillbillies (3-6) were limited to just 39 rushing yards and were outgained by a sizable 434-220 overall margin. Point Pleasant — winners of seven straight — also finished the night plus-1 in turnover differential. The Big Blacks marched 61 yards in 10 plays on their opening drive, with Evan Roach capping things off with a 6-yard run at the 6:40 mark for a 7-0 first quarter lead. Man received a punt on the opening play of the second quarter, then went 57 yards in eight plays as a Israel Canterbury 27-yard pass found Justin Grimmett at the 7:45 mark for a 7-all contest. Point Pleasant needed only 63 seconds and three plays to answer as Roach capped a 65-yard drive with a 16-yard scamper for a 14-7 edge with 6:42 left in the half. MHS turned the ball over on downs at its own 39 on the ensuing possession, and Point Pleasant capitalized with a 5-play drive that ended with a Gavin Jeffers 11-yard run for a 21-7 cushion with 1:04 remaining. Both teams traded turnovers on the ensuing drives, which ultimately ran out the first half clock. Nathan Bentz recovered a fumble for PPHS at the Man 28 with four seconds left, then Jordan Adams picked off the desperation heave at the end of the half. The Hillbillies put together a most-impressive 15-play, 76-yard drive to start the second half, which ended with an Israel 34-yard touchdown pass to Grimmett for a 21-14 deficit. The drive, however, ate up over half of the third quarter clock as the TD came with 4:35 remaining. Man was also never closer the rest of the way. PPHS countered with a 4-play, 65-yard drive that ended with a 43-yard Jeffers scamper. Elicia Wood — who converted five successful PAT kicks — had this point-after try blocked for a 27-14 edge with 2:42 showing in the third. Trey Peck hauled in an 18-yard scoring pass from Roach with 10:26 left in regulation for a 34-14 lead, then Zander Watson added a 6-yard TD run with 5:24 left to complete the 27-point outcome. Roach also picked off a pass on Man’s next drive, which gave Point the ball back at its own 26 with 3:47 remaining. The hosts ran six plays, picked up three first downs and watched the clock hit zeroes as they hap- pily headed into another Homecoming weekend. Both teams combined for 206 yards lost on 19 penalties, with MHS drawing a dozen flags for 131 yards. PPHS was penalized seven times for 75 yards. Roach led the Point ground attack with 160 yards on 16 attempts and was also 4-of-6 passing for 28 yards that included one touchdown pass and one pick. Jeffers was next with 103 rushing yards on 13 totes, while Brooks Pearson added 69 yards on four tries. Cody Schultz led the wideouts with two catches for 11 yards. Grimmett paced Man with 22 rushing yards on five attempts and also led the receivers with seven catches for 97 yards. Canterbury was 15-of-22 passing for 181 yards, including two TD tosses and an interception. Point Pleasant makes its regular season home appearance on Friday when it welcomes Ripley for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Wednesday, Oct. 27 Volleyball (13) Eastern at (1) Adena, 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29 Football (13) Gallia Academy at (4) Heath, 7 p.m. River Valley at South Point, 7 p.m. Wahama at Magnolia, 7 p.m. Ripley at Point Pleasant, 7:30 Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Tuesday, Oct. 26 Volleyball Poca at Point Pleasant, 5:30 Calhoun County at Wahama, 6 p.m. Boys Soccer (10) Miami Trace at (2) Gallia Academy, 5 p.m. Scott at Point Pleasant, 5 p.m. Girls Soccer Winfield at Point Pleasant, 7 p.m. �SPORTS/CLASSIFIEDS Ohio Valley Publishing Tuesday, October 26, 2021 7 Marauders march past Alexander, 36-3 By Dave Harris for 37, McElroy two for 31, Coulter Cleland one for 18 and Braylon Harrison and Logan Eskew each had a reception, ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — Harrison for eight yards and Meigs limited the Alexander Eskew for two. Spartans to four first downs, Isaac Waller led the Spartans nine rushing yards and only with eight yards in two carries; 66 total yards as the MaraudSchultz was nine of 21 passing ers defeated the Spartans 36-3 with the five interceptions for in Tri-Valley Conference Ohio 57 yards. Michael Lash had a Division football action Friday reception for 16 yards for the night. Spartans. The Marauder defense also At press time, there was a intercepted Jordan Schultz for possibility the Meigs would what is believed to be a school add an opponent for next week. record five times in posting If the win over Alexander was the win. Jake McElroy and the final game of the 2021 Wes Metzger each had two campaign, it marks the last interceptions and Dillon Howgame for Coulter Cleland, Wes ard added another one to pace Metzger, Jake Musser, Jake the Maroon and Gold. McElroy, Morgan Roberts, Meigs (3-6, 2-3 TVC Ohio) Damion Dailey, Caleb Burnem, scored its first touchdowns Charles Gilkey and Andrew with 5:39 left in the opening Dodson. period when McElroy scored Cleland will leave holding from two yards out, Morgan Dave Harris|OVP Sports Meigs senior offensive lineman Caleb Burnem (57) got to carry the ball and score on Friday night during a 36-3 win over most of the passing records Roberts caught the extra Alexander in Rocksprings, Ohio. for Meigs, for his career he point pass from Coulter Clecompleted 415 passes in 752 land. ries; Morgan Roberts added 33 attempts for 5,959 yards and 52 for two on extra point kicks Griffin Cleland (10 yards) Senior offensive lineman in four tries and Griffin Cleland touchdowns, completing 55.2 added the extra points. Andrew Dodson got a turn in each added second period three for 29 yards. Coulter Cle- percent. The yards and touchThe Spartans scored on the the backfield and scored from scores to give Meigs a 29-0 land was 13 of 19 in the air for downs are Meigs High School last play of the game avoiding lead at the half. a yard out with 11:56 left 169 yards, Griffin was a perfect records. a shutout when Parker Bolin A second Marauder linein the half, Griffin Cleland’s © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishtwo for two for 21. kicked a 31 yard field goal as man closed out the scoring reception of a pass from big ing, all rights reserved. Dillon Howard, had three brother Coulter made it 16-0 for Meigs with Caleb Burnem time expired. receptions for 61 yards, GrifMcElroy led Meigs on the scored from five yard out. Marauders. Dave Harris is a sports correspondent for ground with 45 yards in 13 car- fin Cleland 4-38, Roberts three Ohio Valley Publishing. 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Boothe, would like to announce the Gallia County Engineer's Office is now seeking a qualified individual to fill an open job position. The position available is Assistant Superintendent for the Engineer's Department. Wage rate will be between $20.00 and $23.00 / hr, determined by experience. Applications and job descriptions are available at the Gallia County Engineer's Office, 1167 State Route 160, Gallipolis, Ohio. Those interested should drop off the completed application with resume and references to the Engineer's Office by Friday, December 3rd, 2021. LEGAL NOTICE Sale of Real Estate Gallia County Media Sales Representative Wanted! Do you crave a fast-paced and exciting work environment? JOIN OUR DYNAMIC ADVERTISING TEAM Responsible for print and digital sales for Gallipolis Daily Tribune & the Point Pleasant Register. We are looking for people with a passion for sales success and customer service to join our dynamic team; �������������� � �� �������� �� ������������ � ����������������� ������� Send resume and cover letter to: mrodgers@aimmediamidwest.com Matt Rodgers, Advertising Director Gallipolis Daily Tribune 825 Third Ave Gallipolis, OH 45631 OH-70258543 Equal Opportunity Employer No phone calls please Foreclosure Auction. Case# 20CV000071. NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING vs CAROL H. CANTRELL, et al. The description of the property to be sold is as follows: Property Address: 662 4TH ST, Gallipolis, Gallia, Ohio, 45631; Legal Description: Full Legal Listed on Public Website; Parcel Number: 007-019-015-00 Bidding will be available only on www.Auction.com opening on 11/16/2021 at 10:00 AM for a minimum of 7 days. Property may be sold on a provisional sale date should the third party purchaser fail to provide their deposit within the allotted time. Provisional Sale date: 11/30/2021 at 10:00 AM. Sales subject to cancellation. The deposit required is $5000.00 to be paid by wire transfer within 2 hours of the sale ending. No cash is permitted. Purchaser shall be responsible for those costs, allowances, and taxes that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to cover. To view all sale details and terms for this property visit www.Auction.com and enter the Search Code 20CV000071 into the search bar. 10/26/21,11/2/21,11/9/21 �NEWS 8 Tuesday, October 26, 2021 Daily Sentinel Apple once threatened Facebook ban over Mideast maid abuse By Jon Gambrell and Jim Gomez accounts featuring posed photographs of Africans Associated Press and South Asians with ages and prices listed next to their images. DUBAI, United Arab That’s even as the PhilipEmirates — Two years ago, Apple threatened to pines government has a team of workers that do pull Facebook and Instanothing but scour Facegram from its app store book posts each day to over concerns about the try and protect desperate platform being used as job seekers from criminal a tool to trade and sell gangs and unscrupulous maids in the Mideast. recruiters using the site. After publicly promWhile the Mideast ising to crack down, remains a crucial source Facebook acknowledged of work for women in in internal documents Asia and Africa hopobtained by The Associing to provide for their ated Press that it was families back home, “under-enforcing on Facebook acknowledged confirmed abusive activsome countries across the ity” that saw Filipina maids complaining on the region have “especially social media site of being egregious” human rights issues when it comes to abused. Apple relented laborers’ protection. and Facebook and Insta“In our investigation, gram remained in the app domestic workers frestore. quently complained to But Facebook’s cracktheir recruitment agendown seems to have had cies of being locked in a limited effect. Even their homes, starved, today, a quick search for forced to extend their “khadima,” or “maids” contracts indefinitely, in Arabic, will bring up many years and our goal remains to prevent anyone who seeks to exploit others from having a home on our platform.” This story, along with others published Monday, is based on disclosures made to the Securities and Exchange Commission and provided to Congress in redacted form by former Facebook employee-turned-whistleblower Frances Haugen’s legal counsel. The redacted versions were obtained by a consortium of news organizations, including the AP. Taken as a whole, the AP Photo | Andy Wong, File trove of documents show In this Jan. 3, 2019, file photo, a man leaves an Apple store in Beijing. Two years ago, Apple threatened that Facebook’s daunting to pull Facebook and Instagram from its app store over concerns about the platform being used as a size and user base around tool to trade and sell maids in the Mideast. the world — a key factor in its rapid ascent and agencies dismissing more spread of ads exploiting unpaid, and repeatedly near trillion-dollar valuforeign workers in the serious crimes, such as sold to other employers ation — also proves to physical or sexual assault, Mideast. without their consent,” be its greatest weakness “We prohibit human rather than helping one Facebook document in trying to police illicit exploitation in no uncerread. “In response, agen- domestic workers.” activity, such as the sale tain terms,” Facebook In a statement to the cies commonly told them of drugs, and suspected AP, Facebook said it took said. “We’ve been comto be more agreeable.” human rights and labor bating human traffickThe report added: “We the problem seriously, abuses on its site. ing on our platform for despite the continued also found recruitment Whistleblower Haugen says Facebook makes online hate worse By Kelvin Chan interest from a British parliamentary committee that is much further LONDON — Facebook along in drawing up legislation to rein in the whistleblower Frances Haugen told British law- power of social media makers Monday that the companies. It comes the same day social media giant stokes that Facebook is set to online hate and extremism, fails to protect chil- release its latest earnings and that The Associated dren from harmful content and lacks any incen- Press and other news tive to fix the problems, organizations started publishing stories based providing momentum on thousands of pages of for efforts by European internal company docugovernments working on stricter regulation of ments she obtained. Haugen told the comtech companies. mittee of United KingWhile her testimony echoed much of what she dom lawmakers that told the U.S. Senate this Facebook Groups amplifies online hate, saying month, her in-person appearance drew intense algorithms that pri- AP Business Writer oritize engagement take people with mainstream interests and push them to the extremes. The former Facebook data scientist said the company could add moderators to prevent groups over a certain size from being used to spread extremist views. “Unquestionably, it’s making hate worse,” she said. Haugen said she was “shocked to hear recently that Facebook wants to double down on the metaverse and that they’re gonna hire 10,000 engineers in Europe to work on the metaverse,” Haugen said, referring to the company’s plans for an immersive online world it believes will be the next big internet trend. “I was like, ‘Wow, do you know what we could have done with safety if we had 10,000 more engineers?’” she said. Facebook says it wants regulation for tech companies and was glad the U.K. was leading the way. “While we have rules against harmful content and publish regular transparency reports, we agree we need regulation for the whole industry so that businesses like ours aren’t making these decisions on our own,” Facebook said Monday. It pointed to investing $13 billion (9.4 billion pounds) on safety and security since 2016 and asserted that it’s “almost halved” the amount of hate speech over the last three quarters. Haugen accused Facebook-owned Instagram of failing to keep children under 13 — the minimum user age — from opening accounts, saying it wasn’t doing enough to protect kids from content that, for example, makes them feel bad about their bodies. “Facebook’s own research describes it as an addict’s narrative. Kids say, ‘This makes me unhappy, I feel like I don’t have the ability to control my usage of it, and I feel like if I left, I’d be ostracized,’” she said. The company last month delayed plans for a kids’ version of Instagram, geared toward those under 13, to address concerns about the vulnerability of younger users. Haugen said she worried it may not be possible to make Instagram safe for a 14-year-old and that “I sincerely doubt it’s possible to make it safe for a 10-year-old.” House Street. Preapproval submission will be submitted on Oct. 29 for two quick charge stations with three ways to pay for the service. Council had discussed electric vehicle charging stations during the a previous meeting. As reported in The Daily Sentinel, Mayor Don Anderson previously said AEP currently has a program to reimburse the village for installing charging stations. There are three options the village could choose for the program: a single station that takes four hours to charge a vehicle would be reimbursable for $10,000; two stations that take four hours to charge a vehicle would be reimbursable for $20,000; or a single station that takes 20 min- utes to charge a vehicle would be reimbursable for $100,000. The village would be required to pay for the charging station to be installed, and would receive reimbursement later. Council announced payment would be made with funding from Farmers Bank. In other business, approval was given to the Oct. 4 meeting minutes, a motion for payment of bills, the September Finance Report, and a raise for the village administrator. The next meeting for the Pomeroy Village Council is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. © 2021, Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. From page 1 The Regional Health Center at Pleasant Valley Hospital is pleased to welcome Jay D. Akin, M.D., to its medical staff as a family medicine and pediatric physician. Dr. Akin is a highly WUDLQHG��ERDUG�FHUWLÀHG�IDPLO\�PHGLFLQH�SK\VLFLDQ�ZKR�KDV� managed all aspects of family medicine and pediatrics from minor illness to chronic medical conditions. 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The Pomeroy Fire department garage was demolished on Oct. 18, and council announced that SCBA-FEMA grant will cover all but five percent of the cost. An update on the electric vehicle charging stations was presented by Chuck Blake, code enforcement officer for the village. Blake met with American Electric Power (AEP) and ABM on location to identify possible sites to place the stations. One purposed site was 2nd Child From page 1 Operating hours are: Monday, Nov. 15, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.; Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1 p.m.- 4 p.m.; Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.; Thursday, Nov. 18, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.; Friday, Nov. 19, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 20, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 21 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.; Monday, Nov. 22, 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. Those outside Meigs County can find their nearest drop-off location, and hours of operation, at the online locator tool at samaritanspurse.org/ occ. The drop-off location in Gallia Count is at French City Baptist Church, 3554 State Route 160, Gallipolis. Participants can donate $9 per shoebox gift online through “Follow Your Box” and receive a tracking label to discover its destination. Those who prefer the convenience of online shopping can browse samaritanspurse.org/ buildonline to select gifts matched to a child’s specific age and gender, then finish packing the virtual shoebox by adding a photo and personal note of encouragement. This project partners with local churches across the globe to deliver these tangible Lorna Hart is a freelance writer for Ohio Valley Publishing. expressions of God’s love to children in need to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has collected and delivered more than 188 million gift-filled shoeboxes to children in more than 160 countries and territories. Those interested in more information on how Operation Christmas Child is making adjustments during its National Collection Week can visit the organization’s Important COVID-19 Updates webpage for the latest information and answers to Frequently Asked Questions. Submitted on behalf of local organizers of Operation Christmas Child. � 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 10. October Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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