https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/232cda5f82bb5ab6a7faf54a1297491e.pdf b471bd2477f706b1b25b3d6677571dc5 PDF Text Text 8 AM 2 PM 8 PM 41° 53° 52° Mostly cloudy and mild today. Partly cloudy tonight. High 58° / Low 48° Today’s weather forecast On this day in history Vinton Co. outlasts Meigs WEATHER s 5 NEWS s 2 SPORTS s 6 C_ZZb[fehj�š�Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 246, Volume 75 54 new COVID cases reported Wednesday, December 15, 2021 s 50¢ The return of ‘Wreaths’ By Kayla (Hawthorne) Dunham khawthorne@aimmediamidwest. com OHIO VALLEY — Since yesterday’s update, there were 54 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the Ohio Valley Publishing area on Tuesday. In Gallia County, the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) reported 35 new COVID-19 cases. In Meigs County, ODH reported 13 new COVID-19 cases. In Mason County, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), reported six new cases of COVID-19. Here is a closer look at the local COVID-19 data: Gallia County According to the 2 p.m. update from ODH on Tuesday, there have been 4,898 total cases (35 new) in Gallia County since the beginning of the pandemic, 313 hospitalizations (2 new) and 79 deaths. Of the 4,898 cases, 4,474 (22 new) are presumed recovered. Case data is as follows: 0-19 — 962 cases (8 new), 9 hospitalizations 20-29 —784 cases (4 new), 17 hospitalizations, 1 death 30-39 — 693 cases (2 new), 16 hospitalizations, 1 death 40-49 — 716 cases (7 new), 32 hospitalizations (1 new), 4 deaths 50-59 — 659 cases (8 new), 53 hospitalizations (1 new), 10 deaths 60-69 — 526 cases (6 new), 50 hospitalizations, 11 deaths See CASES | 5 OVP File Photo Groups volunteering for the last year’s event in Meigs County included local Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Remembering veterans this Saturday By Lorna Hart Special to OVP Columbus Zoo and Aquarium accreditation loss appeal denied COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium says its appeal of the loss of its most important accreditation has been denied. The zoo said Monday that the board of directors of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums denied the zoo’s “strong appeal ” seeking the restoration of its accreditation or tabling of the issue until next year. As a result, the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium cannot apply for accreditation again before September. The accreditation denial in October by the association, considered the nation’s top zoo-accrediting body, was a major blow to the nation’s second-largest zoo, an institution once widely admired in its industry and by the general public and asso- ciated with celebrity director-turned-ambassador Jack Hanna. Zoo officials said earlier that the ruling would not affect operations or the experience of visitors, but the lack of accreditation would bar its participation in species survival and breeding programs, “which will impact species conservation programs.” New president and chief executive officer Tom Schmid called Monday’s decision disappointing but said the zoo was “moving forward.” “In the last nine months, the zoo team has moved mountains to make transformative changes that continue to make us a better zoo with new team members, new policies, and See ZOO | 8 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. MEIGS COUNTY — Saturday, December 18, is National Wreaths Across America Day. On that day, thousands of wreaths will be laid on veteran’s graves across the United States and its territories. The laying of wreaths to honor veterans had its beginnings in Arlington National Cemetery. Now a nationwide effort, the mission of Wreaths Across America is to Remember, Honor, and Teach, and is completely funded by donations. After organizing nine trips with people from around the Ohio Valley to lay wreaths in Washington D.C., Craig Matheny decided to develop a program locally. The result was the establishment of Wreath Adventures, LLC. Wreath Adventures allows donations that would typically be donated to the Wreaths Across American project at large to go directly to purchase wreaths for local cemeteries. “I wanted to keep the donations made by our communities local, and in order to do that, I established the nonprofit Wreath Adventures,” Matheny explained. “I See WREATHS | 8 Racine Library reopens after renovation Staff Report RACINE —The Racine Library opened to the public last week after a month-long closure to complete a renovation project. Library staff hosted a reopening celebration featuring light refreshments and a special story time led by Ms. Emily and Ms. Anna, Children’s Services staff. Peg, longtime Racine Library staff member, welcomed frequent patrons into the new space. The Racine Library opened as a branch of the Meigs County District Public Library in 1997. The unusual building is a renovated carriage house As a result, there have been many changes to the interior of the building, which still boasts the cozy atmosphere of the converted carriage house, including the exposed beams and vaulted ceiling. The circulation desk is now located closer to the entrance to the building. A new computer lab is now at the back of the building, featuring additional tables and chairs Meigs County District Public Library | Courtesy for use of laptops or other The redesigned children’s space is now at the front of the building. personal devices to utilize the library’s Wi-Fi connecreason, the Meigs County tion. A completely located on the former redesigned space for District Public Library Tyree property. children is now located Board of Trustees voted Since the opening at the front of the buildto renovate the building. 24 years ago, not many ing, where large windows improvements have been Library staff began making plans to update the made to the interior of See LIBRARY | 8 library. the building. For this Presentation offers hiking and life lessons Thru-hiker speaks at Bossard Library By Bossard Staff Special to OVP GALLIPOLIS — Outdoor enthusiasts from nine different states recently traveled to Bossard Library | Courtesy Jessica “Dixie” Mills discusses Emma “Grandma” Gatewood during Bossard Library for a her presentation at Bossard Library. Mills cites Gatewood as a presentation with Youpioneer in the thru-hiking community and a source of inspiration. Tube sensation and long- distance hiker Jessica “Dixie” Mills. A large audience filled the library’s Riverside Room as Mills spoke about life on the trail, how she was introduced to long-distance or “thruhiking,” as well as life lessons learned while hiking. Mills, who completed the “Triple Crown” of hiking in 2018 after she successfully hiked the Appalachian Trail, See HIKING | 8 �2 Wednesday, December 15, 2021 OBITUARIES/NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing OBITUARIES RICHARD STEVEN BARCUS CAROLYN ‘DIANNE’ WALKER RUTLAND — Carolyn “Dianne” Walker, 70, of Rutland, went to be with the Lord surrounded by family and love. Born October 11, 1951 in Mason, W.Va. She was the daughter of the late Gerald McDaniel and Betty Haley Swick. Dianne was a wonderful mother, wife, nana, friend, and mentor, that touched the lives of everyone she met. She had great patience and the ability to see life in a positive perspective. Her greatest joy other than her family was helping others. On May 19, 1970 in Salem Center, she married the love of her life, Rodney “Rod” Walker, who survives. Also surving are a son, Eric Walker, a daughter Candice (Justin) Jeffers, and grandchildren, Lexie and Bransen Walker. Special friends, Gloria “Darlene” Buck, Marilyn Cooper, and Barb Koken; brothers, Craig (Ann) Swick, and Michael (Cathy) Swick; a sister-in-law, Judy McDaniel; many aunts, uncles, cousins, and numerous nieces and nephews also survive. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her grandparents who raised her Phyllis and Worley Haley, a daughter-in-law, Chrissy Walker, a father-in-law, Bob Swick, brother, Gerald “Jerry” McDaniel, and a special friend, Teresa Varian. In keeping with Dianne’s wishes private family services will be held at the convenience of the family. A celebration of life memorial services will be held in the spring at her residence by planting a flower garden in memory of her at her home. In lieu of flowers, flower seeds may be given to the family for Dianne’s memorial flower garden. The Cremeens-King Funeral Home, Pomeroy, is entrusted with the arrangements. TODAY IN HISTORY Associated Press a 50-foot tall section of steel — the last standing piece of the World Trade Center’s facade — was brought down in New York. In 2010, the U.N. Today’s highlight in history Security Council gave a On Dec. 15, 1978, President Jimmy Carter unanimous vote of confidence to the governannounced he would grant diplomatic recog- ment of Iraq by lifting 19-year-old sanctions nition to Communist on weapons and civilian China on New Year’s nuclear power. Day and sever official In 2012, a day after relations with Taiwan. the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary On this date School in Newtown, In 1791, the Bill of Connecticut, President Rights, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Barack Obama declared Constitution, went into that “every parent in effect following ratifica- America has a heart heavy with hurt” and tion by Virginia. In 1890, Sioux Indian said it was time to “take meaningful action Chief Sitting Bull and 11 other tribe members to prevent more tragedies like this.” were killed in Grand River, South Dakota, during a confrontation Today’s Birthdays: with Indian police. Singer Cindy In 1939, the Civil Birdsong (The War motion picture epic Supremes) is 82. Rock “Gone with the Wind,” musician Dave Clark starring Vivien Leigh (The Dave Clark Five) and Clark Gable, had is 79. Rock musiits world premiere in cian Carmine Appice Atlanta. (Vanilla Fudge) is 75. In 1967, the Silver Actor Don Johnson Bridge between is 72. Actor Melanie Gallipolis (gal-ih-puhChartoff is 71. Movie LEES’), Ohio, and Point director Julie Taymor Pleasant, West Virginia, is 69. Movie director collapsed into the Ohio Alex Cox is 67. Rock River, killing 46 people. musician Paul Simonon In 1971, the Secret (The Clash) is 66. Service appointed its Movie director John first five female special Lee Hancock is 65. agents. Democratic Country In 1974, the horsinger Doug Phelps ror spoof “Young (Brother Phelps; Frankenstein,” starKentucky Headhunters) ring Gene Wilder and is 61. Movie producerdirected by Mel Brooks, director Reginald was released by 20th Hudlin is 60. Actor Century Fox. Helen Slater is 58. In 1989, a popular Actor Paul Kaye (TV: uprising began in “Game of Thrones”) is Romania that resulted 57. Actor Garrett Wang in the downfall of dicta- (wahng) is 53. Actor tor Nicolae Ceausescu Michael Shanks is 51. (chow-SHEHS’-koo). Actor Stuart Townsend In 2000, the long-trou- is 49. Actor Adam bled Chernobyl nuclear Brody is 42. Actor power plant in Ukraine Michelle Dockery is 40. was closed for good. Actor George O. Gore In 2001, with a crash II is 39. Actor Camilla and a large dust cloud, Luddington is 38. Today is Wednesday, Dec. 15, the 349th day of 2021. There are 16 days left in the year. 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. 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 Richard Steven Barcus was born July 11, 1956 and he passed from here to Heaven on December 12, 2021. He was preceded in death by his father John William “Bill” Barcus, his mother Mary Ellen (Hill) Barcus, a precious Aunt Mickey Smith. He is survived by the love of his life, his wife Deborah Barcus, his children Laura and Richard Neal and Kate and Ryan McFann. He is also survived by his grandchildren Olivia, Helena, Adam, and Emma Neal and also Abby, Ben, and Nate McFann. He is also survived by his brother John Barcus (Donna) and his nephews Will (Sarah) and Stephen Barcus. He is also sur- vived by a loving uncle Tom Smith and many beloved cousins, and a host of friends and family at the Addison Freewill Baptist Church that he loved with all of his heart. Richard was a graduate of Gallia Academy High School class of 1974, where he loved to play sports, especially baseball. He was a graduate of the University of Rio Grande in 1978 with honors. He spent his youth and young adulthood coaching and playing sports and loved his community. When he met the Master and became a born again Christian, his life changed forever. He spent the rest of his time here on Earth on a mission to lift up the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ with every opportunity he was given. He was called by God to be the pastor at Addison Freewill Baptist Church and served there faithfully for nearly forty years. He promoted gospel music in the park and brought gospel singers from all over the country into our area. He preached revivals and sang gospel music throughout the entire region and saw many souls come to the Lord. He was a faithful and loving husband, a constant and devoted father, he was the best grandfa- ther any child could have, the best big brother, a loyal and trusted friend, a shepherd of the flock, and a dedicated servant of God. He will be so greatly missed. Calling hours will be Wednesday, December 15, 2021 from 3-7 p.m. and the funeral will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, December 16, 2021 both at the Addison FWB Church. Matthew 25:21: His Lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. Please visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send e-mail condolences. DEATH NOTICES WILLIAMS GALLIPOLIS — Audrey R. Williams, 80, of Gallipolis, died on Sunday, December 12, 2021 at Arbors of Gallipolis. Visitation for Audrey will be held from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on Friday, December 17, 2021 at Willis Funeral Home. A private burial will follow in Centenary Cemetery. LARGE GALLIPOLIS — James Edward “Jim” Large, 80 of Gallipolis, died on Sunday, December 12, 2021 at Holzer Medical Center. A graveside service for Jim will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, December 17, 2021 at Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Military services will be provided by the Gallia County Funeral Detail at the cemetery. Willis Funeral Home is in care of the arrangements. HANING POMEROY — Eugene Haning, 83 of Pomeroy, died on Saturday, December 12, 2021 at the Holzer Meigs Emergency Department. Graveside funeral services will be held on Friday, December 17, 2021 at 2 p.m. at the Wells Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Friday, December 17, 2021 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy. MORRIS RUTLAND — Aaron “Lee” Morris, 59 of Rutland, died on Monday, December 13, 2021 at his residence. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 11 a.m. at the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy. Visitation will be held on Friday, December 17, 2021 from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. 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. p.m. (or while supplies last) to all Huntington Township and Vinton Village residents only. Location is 49 Ewington Road, Vinton. One supply box per household. Silver Bridge Memorial today Road Closure The First Church of God is accepting donations to take to Mayfield, Ky., early next week. One of the church members has donated his time to transport needed items personally. The following are needed: bottled water, unwrapped toys, personal hygiene items, shampoo, soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, shaving products, feminine products or monetary donations to purPOINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — The solemn memorial observance chase items. Items can be dropped off between the two buildings at to remember the 46 victims the First Church of God, 2401 Jefof the Silver Bridge Disaster returns to downtown Point Pleas- ferson Ave., Point Pleasant, W.Va., beginning Tuesday, Dec. 14 until ant today, Wednesday, Dec. 15 Sunday, Dec. 19, from 8:30 a.m. to which is the 54th anniversary 11 a.m. of the tragedy. This year’s ceremony begins at 5 p.m. at the bridge memorial at Sixth and Main streets. It will include a welcome by Mayor Brian Billings, as well as a musical performance by members of the Point PleasMIDDLEPORT — The monthly ant High School Choir under the free community dinner at the direction of Ethan Bartlett. The Middleport Church of Christ Famnames of the victims will be read ily Life Center will be held Friday, aloud and the memorial tree will Dec. 17. Take-out meals will be be lit in their memory. A prayer handed out int he parking lot at 5 will also be delivered. p.m. while supplies last. The menu will be ham, scalloped potatoes, noodles, vegetable and dessert. Everyone is welcome. Free Community Dinner Meigs Health Department closed POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will be closed Wednesday, Dec. 15 from noon-4 p.m. for the staff Christmas party. Normal business hours will resume at 8 a.m. on Dec. 16. Tornado relief POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Blood drive POMEROY — American Red Cross Blood Drive, 1:30 p.m. - 6 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 22, Mulberry Community Center. Food giveaway VINTON — Huntington Township will be handing out food baskets on Dec. 18 between noon - 2 GALLIA COUNTY — Woods Mill (CR-59) was closed between Tycoon Road and Summit Road, beginning Monday, Dec. 13, for approximately one week for slip repair, weather permitting. Local traffic will need to use other county roads as a detour. RUTLAND — A tree trimming project is taking place on SR 124, between SR 325 and Rutland. The road is closed from 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday through Friday. Estimated completion: Dec. 17. Post 39 fruit baskets POMEROY — American Legion Post 39 in Pomeroy are once again selling fruit baskets which will be ready Dec. 18, price is $15, call Steve VanMeter 740-992-2875 or John Hood 740-416-0844 for orders. Free Christmas dinner planned MIDDLEPORT — Free Christmas Dinner, open to the public, serving from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 25 on Christmas Day, Middleport Presbyterian Church, 165 N. Fourth Ave. GALLIA, MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS Editor’s Note: The Daily Sentinel and Gallipolis Daily Tribune appreciate your input to the community calendar. To make sure items can receive proper attention, all information should be received by the newspaper at least five business days prior to an event. All coming events print on a spaceavailable basis and in chronological order. Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@aimmediamidwest. com or GDTnews@aimmediamidwest.com. Thursday, Dec. 16 WELSTON — The GalliaJackson-Meigs-Vinton Solid Waste Management District Board of Directors will meet at 3:30 p.m. at the district office in Wellston. Friday, Dec. 17 Friday, Dec. 24 GALLIPOLIS — Ohio AFSCME Retirees, Subchapter 102, Gallia & Jackson counties meet 1:30 p.m., Gallia County Senior Resource Center, 1165 State Route 160, members are asked to bring a holiday snack and to follow all CDC guidelines. GALLIPOLIS — Christmas Eve service, 6 p.m., First Church of the Nazarene, 1110 First Ave. Monday, Dec. 20 GALLIPOLIS — American Legion Lafayette Post #27, The Sons of the American Legion Squadron #27 and the Auxiliary will hold a joint E-Board meeting, 5 p.m., at the post home on McCormick Road, all E-Board members are urged to attend. Wednesday, Dec. 29 HARRISONVILLE — The Scipio Township Trustee end-ofthe-year meeting will be at 7 p.m. at the Harrisonville Fire Department. Friday, Dec. 31 BEDFORD TWP. — Bedford Township trustees, year-end meeting, 8 a.m.; immediately following the year-end meeting the re-organization meeting for year 2022 will be held at the Bedford townhall. �NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing Wednesday, December 15, 2021 3 Worker says she risked discipline if she left job amid storm By Bruce Schreiner Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. — An employee of the Kentucky candle factory where eight workers were killed by a tornado said Tuesday that a supervisor threatened her with written disciplinary action if she went home early because storms were approaching. Haley Conder, who worked at the Mayfield Consumer Products factory on and off for 10 years, also questioned why the company did not encourage workers to go home — or at least give them a better understanding of the danger — between a first tornado siren around 6 p.m. Friday and another one around 9 p.m., shortly before the tornado hit. “They (the company) had from 6 o’clock to 9 o’clock to allow us to go home, to tell us really what was going on and that we needed to prepare ourselves for the worst,” Conder told The Associated Press in a phone interview. “It was nothing like that. Not one supervisor told us what was really going on.” A spokesman for the company insisted that employees were free to leave anytime. Conder’s comments came on the same day that the state’s governor said Kentucky’s workplace safety agency would look into the eight deaths, which happened as violent weather spawned tornadoes in five states. Gov. Andy Beshear told reporters that the Kentucky Division of Occupational Safety and Health Compliance would conduct a review. That kind of investigation is routine whenever workers are killed on the job. “So it shouldn’t suggest that there was any wrongdoing. But what it should give people confidence in, is that we’ll get to the bottom of what happened,” he said. Conder, 29, said her supervisor threatened to write her up if she left early, and that accumulated write-ups can lead to firing. More than 100 people were working on holiday candle orders when the twister leveled the facility. The scale of the damage initially stoked fears that scores of workers 2nd Ohio city that voted to criminalize abortion repeals ban MASON, Ohio (AP) — One of the Ohio cities that voted recently to criminalize abortion within its limits has reversed its decision. The city of Mason’s council repealed its ordinance in a 6-1 vote Monday, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported, after two members who had supported the ban were expelled by voters in November. The measure made it illegal to procure or perform an abortion within city limits or to “aid and abet” the procedure by providing money, transportation or medical instructions. The largely symbolic measure, which had taken effect Nov. 24, drew demonstrations by abortion rights backers, who called it unconstitutional. It saw pushback on multiple fronts. More than 2,000 residents of the city of about 30,000 located 25 miles (40 kilometers) northeast of Cincinnati signed a petition that would have put the issue to a vote of the people in either May or November, drive organizer Joy Bennett said. Neither Mason nor nearby Lebanon, which became the first city in Ohio to ban abortions in May, has any abortion clinics or is planning any. The Mason ordinance forbid possession within city limits of abortion-inducing drugs, including prescription misoprostol and mifepristone, but carried no penalties for someone seeking an abortion. Misoprostol and mifepristone require a prescription and are administered in some doctor’s offices, abortion clinics and Planned Parenthood health centers. The ban included exceptions for “accidental miscarriages,” ectopic pregnancies and the life of the mother. Legislation proposed to streamline Ohio state laws, rules COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohioans could receive state tax documents electronically, hearings over driver’s license suspensions could be done remotely, and outdated phrases such as “telefax” would be removed from state laws under legislation meant to streamline regulations in the internet age. The concept for the bill, dubbed “Innovate the Code,” was in the works before the coronavirus pandemic, but that experience has proved the point that the changes are needed, said GOP Lt. Gov. Jon Husted. “We’ve flipped the switch and understand that there are many, many more ways we can use technology to create convenience,” Husted said Tuesday. He said a common complaint when he travels is why so many state government functions require people to travel to Columbus. This legislation addresses that directly, eliminating dozens of required in-person appearances, Husted said. An artificial intelligence tool costing $500,000 reviewed state laws and then agency staff members examined the findings to see what could go, Husted said. He estimated it would save $4.4 million and 5,800 hours of labor annually. The legislation is backed by GOP Rep. Thomas Hall and GOP state Sen. Steve Wilson. reported that employees said they were threatened with discipline if they left early. Mayfield, home to 10,000 residents and the candle factory, suffered some of the worst damage in the country. The tornado outbreak that killed at least 88 people — 74 of them in Kentucky — cut a path of devastation from Arkansas, where a nursing home was destroyed, to Illinois, where an Amazon distribution center was heavily damaged. Six people died in the Illinois warehouse collapse, and the federal Gerald Herbert | AP Occupational Safety and An American flag flies amidst debris of destroyed homes in Mayfield, Ky., on Tuesday in the aftermath Health Administration of tornadoes that tore through the region. has opened an investigation into what happened now “have a high level of the plant or would face could be found dead in there. The tornadoes also confidence that nobody is retribution if they left. the rubble. killed four in Tennessee, “Not true. That is The company later said left in this building.” two in Arkansas and two absolutely not true. We The factory supplies many employees who in Missouri. followed our protocols survived left the site and candles to retailers, Conder said employees exactly. Employees, if including Bath & Body went to homes with no sheltered inside the buildthey decide they want phone service, adding to Works. It is the county’s ing after the first siren, to leave, they’re free to third-largest employer. the confusion over who but were then told to go leave,” he said. Mayfield Consumer was missing. back to work about a halfDue to a tight labor Since then, all workers Products spokesman Bob have been accounted for, Ferguson, who works for market, the company had hour later “like it was a relaxed some of its proce- regular day.” an outside communicaaccording to state and “Some of us were just dures so that employees tions firm, said the comlocal officials who have were not required to give clueless,” she added. pany welcomes a review spoken to the company. “Unless family called us a reason if they had to by the state and will Louisville Emergency leave work during a shift, and let us know ... we had cooperate. Management Director no idea it was coming for Ferguson said. Ferguson denied that E.J. Meiman said late us at all.” NBC News first employees were stuck at Monday that authorities Leon man receives life sentence Staff Report “Long was convicted of 1st Degree Murder and 1st POINT PLEASANT, Degree Robbery. W.Va. — Mason County Pursuant to the Prosecuting Attorney Seth S. Gaskins announc- plea agreement es that on Friday, Dec. 10, reached in the Long Frank Montgomery Long, matter, Long was sentenced to life in 22, of Leon, was sentenced in connection with prison, with a recommendation of mercy, for his a 2020 shooting death. murder conviction and Long reportedly an additional 20 years appeared for sentencing in Mason County Circuit in prison for his robbery conviction. The sentences Court before Judge R. shall run consecutively.” Craig Tatterson. As previously reported According to a news by Ohio Valley Publishrelease posted via the ing, according to a press Prosecuting Attorney’s Facebook page this week: release from the West Virginia State Police, the victim, who was identified as Mitchell Clay Smith, 36, of Leon, was found inside an abandoned house in the 3300-block of Destiny Road in Leon in April 2020. “The victim’s family has waited a year and a half for justice to be served, and the plea agreement entered today brings the family finally one step closer to getting closure,” Gaskins stated via a news release last month. That same news release reported Long had entered a Kennedy plea. This week’s news release reporting Long’s sentencing also stated: “Prosecutor Gaskins wishes to thank Cpl. A.B. Ward of the West Virginia State Police, who was the lead investigator, as well as all law enforcement partners involved in helping to bring this Defendant to justice.” © 2021, Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. COVID toll hits 800K to close out year By Heather Hollingsworth Associated Press MISSION, Kan. — Carolyn Burnett is bracing for her first Christmas without her son Chris, a beloved high school football coach whose outdoor memorial service drew a crowd of hundreds. The unvaccinated 34-year-old father of four died in September as a result of COVID-19 after nearly two weeks on a ventilator, and his loss has left a gaping hole for his mother, widow and family as the holidays approach. How, she thought, could they take a holiday photo without Chris? What would Christmas Day football be like without him offering up commentary? How could they play trivia games on Christmas Eve without him beating everyone with his movie expertise? The U.S. on Tuesday hit another depressing pandemic milestone — 800,000 deaths. It’s a sad coda to a year that held so much promise with the arrival of vaccines but is ending in heartbreak for the many grieving families trying to navigate the holiday season. For its Christmas card photo, the Burnett family ultimately opted to hold up a football presented as a memorial by the Kansas City Chiefs to represent Chris. Carolyn Burnett also set up a special shelf for the holidays, filling Charlie Riedel | AP Carolyn Burnett pauses before a photo of her son Chris Burnett in Olathe, Kan. Chris Burnett, an unvaccinated 34-year-old father who coached football at Olathe East High School, died in September as a result of COVID-19 after nearly two weeks on a ventilator. The death toll of the pandemic in the U.S. is on the verge of 800,000. it with a drawing of her son, his bronzed baby shoe, a candle, a poem and an ornament of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. But nothing feels quite right this year. “These emotions come and go so quickly,” she said. “You see something. You hear something. His favorite food. You hear the song. There’s just all these little things. And then, bam.” The year began with the COVID-19 death toll at about 350,000 in the U.S., at a time when the country was in the throes of a winter surge so bad that patients were lined up in emergency room hallways waiting for beds. But vaccines were just getting rolled out, and sports stadiums and fairgrounds were quickly transformed into mass vaccination sites. Case numbers began falling. By spring, nearly all schools had reopened and communities were shedding mask orders. TV newscasters began talking cheerfully about a post-pandemic world. President Joe Biden proclaimed the Fourth of July holiday as a celebration of the nation’s freedom from the virus. It didn’t last long. The delta variant struck just as vaccination rates were stalling amid a wave of misinformation, devastating poorly immunized portions of the Midwest and South. Hospitals brought back mobile morgues and opened up their pocket books in a desperate bid to attract enough nurses to care for the sick. “People have no idea,” said Debbie Eaves, a lab worker, who grew weary of the wave of death as she collected swabs from patients at Oakdale Community Hospital in Louisiana amid the surge. “Oh, no. They have no idea what it is to look and see, to see it.” In Kansas, Carolyn Burnett begged her son, who went by the nickname Coach Cheese because of his love of cheeseburgers, to get vaccinated. “He was a part of the group that ... just didn’t trust it,” she said, pausing and sighing. “They didn’t want to be a guinea pig. They didn’t want to be experimented on.” She thought maybe he was softening. When his dad got his first COVID19 shot in August, Chris, a diabetic, told his mother he would discuss it with his doctor. But then one of Chris’ children got infected at a family sleepover and soon everyone was sick. She texted him, “Honey, God’s got you.” His last text to her said: “Mama, I feel him.” He died Sept. 11. School administrators tweeted heartfelt condolences, praising his passion in coaching running backs at Olathe East High School. Tearful athletes paid tribute in TV interviews. The Kansas City Glory, an all-female football team that Burnett coached, asked fans to contribute to a GoFundMe fundraiser to help his children. And he was honored with an inspiration award at a ceremony that recognizes the region’s best high school athletes. �COMICS Ohio Valley Publishing OH-70262329 4 Wednesday, December 15, 2021 BLONDIE By Dean Young and John Marshall BEETLE BAILEY By Mort, Greg and Brian Walker BABY BLUES PARDON MY PLANET By Vic Lee By Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman CONCEPTIS SUDOKU by Dave Green CRANKSHAFT � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � By Tom Batiuk & Dan Davis �'LIILFXOW\�/HYHO ����� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � THE BRILLIANT MIND OF EDISON LEE � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �'LIILFXOW\�/HYHO Written By Brian & Greg Walker; Drawn By Chance Browne By Bil and Jeff Keane �����&RQFHSWLV�3X]]OHV��'LVW��E\�.LQJ�)HDWXUHV�6\QGLFDWH��,QF� HI AND LOIS By Chris Browne ����� Today’s Solution THE FAMILY CIRCUS HAGAR THE HORRIBLE By John Hambrock Today’s answer ZITS RHYMES WITH ORANGE Hank Ketcham’s DENNIS THE MENACE By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman By Hilary Price THE LOCKHORNS By Bunny Hoest & John Reiner �����&RQFHSWLV�3X]]OHV��'LVW��E\�.LQJ�)HDWXUHV�6\QGLFDWH��,QF� %\�'DYH�*UHHQ �NEWS/WEATHER Ohio Valley Publishing Wednesday, December 15, 2021 5 Far too little vote fraud to tip election to Trump, AP finds By Christina A. Cassidy actually counted, which in most cases they were not. The review also ATLANTA, Ga. — An showed no collusion Associated Press review of every potential case of intended to rig the votvoter fraud in the six bat- ing. Virtually every case tleground states disputed was based on an individual acting alone to cast by former President Donald Trump has found additional ballots. “Voter fraud is virtufewer than 475 — a number that would have made ally non-existent,” said no difference in the 2020 George Christenson, election clerk for Milwaukee presidential election. County in Wisconsin, Democrat Joe Biden where five people statewon Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Penn- wide have been charged with fraud out of nearly sylvania and Wisconsin 3.3 million ballots cast. and their 79 Electoral “I would have to venture College votes by a coma guess that’s about the bined 311,257 votes out same odds as getting hit of 25.5 million ballots by lightning.” cast for president. The The AP review, a prodisputed ballots represent cess that took months just 0.15% of his victory and encompassed more margin in those states. than 300 local election The cases could not offices, is one the most throw the outcome into question even if all those comprehensive examinations of suspected voter votes were for Biden, which they were not, and fraud in last year’s presieven if those ballots were dential election. It relies dicted the AP’s reporting. He said a soon-to-come report from a source he would not disclose would support his case, and insisted increased mail voting alone had opened the door to cheating that involved “hundreds of thousands of votes.” “I just don’t think you should make a fool out of yourself by saying 400 votes,” he said. As he weighs another run for president in 2024, Trump has waded into some Republican primary contests, bestowing endorsements on those who mimic his “Stop the steal” rhetoric and seeking to exact revenge on some who have opposed his efforts to overturn the results. False claims of a stolen election fueled the deadly Jan. 6 attempted insurrection at the Capitol and have led to death threats against election officials that persist a year later. The number of cases identified by local elections officials and forwarded to prosecutors, local law enforcement or secretaries of state for further review undercuts Trump’s claim. They also underscore that there was no coordinated attempt to rig the election. Instead, they overwhelmingly show individuals acting on their own in an attempt to cast a second ballot. Among the culprits in the “massive election fraud” Trump says deprived him of a second term are a Wisconsin man who mistakenly thought he could vote while on parole, a woman in Arizona suspected of sending in a ballot for her dead mother and a Pennsylvania man who went twice to the polls -- voting once on his own behalf and once for his son. deaths in the previous 24 hours (21-day average of 67) with 27,594 total reported deaths. (Editor’s Note: Deaths are reported two days per week) Vaccination rates in Ohio are as follows, according to ODH: Vaccines started: 6,876,081 (58.82 percent of the population); Vaccines completed: 6,334,391 (54.19 percent of the population). As of Dec. 8, ODH reports the following breakthrough information: COVID-19 Deaths among individuals not reported as fully vaccinated — 12,780; COVID-19 Deaths among fully vaccinated individuals — 610; COVID-19 Hospitalizations since Jan. 1, 2021 among individuals not reported as fully vacciOhio According to the 2 p.m. nated — 42,246; COVID-19 Hospitalizaupdate on Tuesday from tions since Jan. 1, 2021 ODH, there have been 9,922 cases in the past 24 among individuals reporthours (21-day average of ed as fully vaccinated — 2,455. 6,837), 555 new hospitalizations (21-day average of 287), 65 new ICU West Virginia admissions (21-day averAccording to the 10 age of 29) and 223 new a.m. update on Tuesday from DHHR, there have been 308,985 total cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with 781 reported since DHHR’s update last update. DHHR reports 26,137 “breakthrough” cases as of Friday with 403 total breakthrough deaths statewide (counts include cases after the start of COVID-19 vaccination/ Dec. 14, 2020). There have been a total of 5,114 deaths due to COVID19 since the start of the pandemic, with 7 since Friday. There are 8,002 currently active cases in the state, with a daily positivity rate of 10.29 and a cumulative positivity rate of 6.32 percent. Statewide, 1,083,703 West Virginia residents have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 (60.5 percent of the population). A total of 50.7 percent of the population, 908,146 individuals have been fully vaccinated. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Associated Press Ted S. Warren | AP file Flags supporting President Donald Trump and one that reads “Stop the Steal” are displayed during a protest rally, Jan. 4, 2021, at the Farm Boy Drive-In restaurant near Olympia, Wash. A review by The Associated Press in the six battleground states disputed by former President Trump has found fewer than 475 cases of potential voter fraud, a minuscule number that would have made no difference in the 2020 presidential election. Democrat Joe Biden won Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and their 79 Electoral College votes by a combined 311,257 votes out of 25.5 million ballots cast for president. Cases (1 new), 1 death 40-49 — 466 cases (2 new), 17 hospitalizations, 2 deaths From page 1 50-59 — 429 cases (1 new), 31 hospitalizations, 70-79 — 348 cases (2 new), 79 hospitalizations, 5 deaths 60-69 — 404 cases (3 19 deaths new), 45 hospitalizations 80-plus — 210 cases, (1 new), 10 deaths 57 hospitalizations, 32 70-79 — 266 cases, deaths 46 hospitalizations, 23 Vaccination rates in deaths Gallia County are as fol80-plus — 154 cases (1 lows, according to ODH: new), 26 hospitalizations, Vaccines started: 13,301 (44.49 percent of 20 deaths Vaccination rates in the population); Meigs County are as folVaccines completed: 12,157 (40.65 percent of lows, according to ODH: Vaccines started: the population). 10,066 (43.93 percent of the population); Meigs County Vaccines completed: According to the 2 9,137 (39.89 percent of p.m. update from ODH the population). on Tuesday, there have been 3,145 total cases (13 new) in Meigs County Mason County since the beginning of According to the 10 the pandemic, 189 hospi- a.m. update on Tuesday talizations (2 new) and from DHHR, there have 62 deaths. Of the 3,145 been 4,112 cases (6 new) cases, 2,928 (12 new) are of COVID-19, in Mason presumed recovered. County (3,842 confirmed Case data is as follows: cases, 270 probable 0-19 — 593 cases (2 cases) since the beginnew), 6 hospitalizations ning of the pandemic 20-29 — 442 cases (3 and 63 deaths. DHHR new), 5 hospitalizations reports there are cur30-39 — 391 cases (3 rently 97 active cases and new), 13 hospitalizations 3,933 recovered cases, in TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 41° 53° 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. (in inches) Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Thu. 7:40 a.m. 5:08 p.m. 3:29 p.m. 5:20 a.m. MOON PHASES Full Last Dec 18 Dec 26 New Jan 2 First Jan 9 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for fish and game. Today Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Tue. Major 8:26a 9:05a 9:48a 10:34a 11:23a 12:15p 12:44a Minor 2:15a 2:54a 3:36a 4:21a 5:11a 6:03a 6:57a 0 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme WEATHER TRIVIA™ Q: Are raindrops pear-shaped? SUN & MOON Today 7:40 a.m. 5:08 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 4:20 a.m. The AccuWeather.com Cold Index combines the effects of local weather with a number of demographic factors to provide a scale showing the overall probability of transmission and symptom severity of the common cold. Major 8:48p 9:28p 10:11p 10:58p 11:48p ---1:09p Minor 2:37p 3:17p 3:59p 4:46p 5:36p 6:28p 7:22p WEATHER HISTORY On Dec. 15, 1969, in Los Angeles, Calif., a chain-reaction car crash involved more than 100 vehicles on a 12-mile stretch of the fog-cloaked Santa Ana Freeway. A: No, they actually look more like a mushroom Snowfall 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Tue. 0.0 Month to date/normal Trace/0.9 Season to date/normal Trace/1.6 THURSDAY FRIDAY Cloudy and breezy; brief p.m. showers AIR QUALITY 0 50 100 150 200 300 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. Tue. Location Willow Island Marietta Parkersburg Belleville Racine Point Pleasant Gallipolis Huntington Ashland Lloyd Greenup Portsmouth Maysville Meldahl Dam Level 12.88 18.75 22.56 12.71 13.18 24.98 12.10 27.04 34.80 12.68 23.30 34.70 23.60 Lucasville 58/53 Portsmouth 60/55 500 Primary pollutant: Particulates Flood Stage 37 34 36 35 41 40 50 50 52 54 50 50 51 Waverly 57/50 24-hr. Chg. -0.13 +0.25 +0.16 -0.14 +0.47 +0.23 +0.06 -0.49 -0.25 +0.22 -1.00 -0.50 -1.00 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021 Cloudy, showers, some heavy; mild Mostly cloudy 40° 25° Clouds yielding to sun NATIONAL CITIES Marietta 53/48 Belpre 54/49 Athens 53/49 St. Marys 55/48 Parkersburg 58/49 Coolville 54/48 Elizabeth 57/48 Spencer 58/47 Buffalo 60/49 Ironton 59/54 Milton 61/51 Clendenin 60/47 St. Albans 63/49 Huntington 62/51 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s Seattle 100s 42/36 90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s San Francisco 55/51 20s 10s 0s -0s -10s T-storms Los Angeles Rain 54/40 Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front TUESDAY 47° 30° Intervals of clouds and sun Wilkesville 55/48 POMEROY Jackson 56/48 57/51 Ravenswood Rio Grande 57/47 57/51 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 58/54 GALLIPOLIS 58/48 59/47 58/49 Ashland 59/54 Grayson 60/54 Kayla (Hawthorne) Dunham is a staff writer for Ohio Valley Publishing, reach her at 304-675-1333, ext. 1992. MONDAY 44° 27° Murray City 53/50 McArthur 54/48 South Shore Greenup 59/54 58/53 64 Logan 54/51 SUNDAY 54° 32° Cloudy and cooler; afternoon rain Adelphi 56/51 Chillicothe 57/51 SATURDAY 51° 48° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 0 AccuWeather.com Cold Index™ 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Tue. 0.00 Month to date/normal 2.33/1.72 Year to date/normal 49.35/43.25 EXTENDED FORECAST 52° AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™ (in inches) reported as fully vaccinated — 3,038 (4 new); Total breakthrough cases among fully vaccinated — 244 (2 new); Total deaths among not fully vaccinated individuals — 47; Total breakthrough deaths among fully vaccinated individuals — 3. A total of 11,676 people in Mason County have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, which is 44.0 percent of the population, according to DHHR, with 9,480 fully vaccinated or 37.7 percent of the population. Mason County is currently orange on the West Virginia County Alert System. There have been 19 confirmed cases of the Delta variant in Mason County. Mostly cloudy and mild today. Partly cloudy tonight. High 58° / Low 48° HEALTH TODAY Precipitation Mason County. Case data is as follows: 0-4 — 70 confirmed cases, 3 probable cases 5-11 — 187 confirmed cases (1 new), 16 probable cases 12-15 — 219 confirmed cases, 17 probable cases 16-20 — 301 confirmed cases (1 new), 15 probable cases 21-25 — 299 confirmed cases (1 fewer), 22 probable cases 26-30 — 338 confirmed cases, 22 probable cases 31-40 — 584 confirmed cases, 43 probable cases (1 new), 1 death 41-50 — 575 confirmed cases, 35 probable cases (1 new), 2 deaths 51-60 — 511 confirmed cases, 37 probable cases, 6 deaths 61-70 — 403 confirmed cases (2 new), 30 probable cases (3 new), 13 deaths 71+ — 355 confirmed cases, 30 probable cases, 41 deaths Additional county case data since vaccinations began Dec. 14, 2020: Total cases since start of vaccinations: 3,282; Total cases among individuals who were not 64° 46° Statistics through 3 p.m. Tue. 59°/28° 47°/31° 69° in 2015 3° in 1901 state attorneys general. Contacted for comment, Trump repeated a litany of unfounded claims of fraud he had made previously, but offered no new evidence that specifically contra- 8 PM ALMANAC High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low on information collected at the local level, where officials must reconcile their ballots and account for discrepancies, and includes a handful of separate cases cited by secretaries of state and Charleston 62/47 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. 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Hi/Lo/W 48/24/pc 5/3/s 60/48/s 56/53/pc 57/45/pc 28/16/sn 36/30/pc 44/41/pc 62/47/c 60/39/pc 40/23/pc 64/49/c 61/54/c 55/52/sh 56/50/c 78/66/pc 49/25/pc 69/32/c 54/51/c 81/70/pc 81/71/pc 59/54/c 73/36/t 49/34/pc 71/64/c 54/40/pc 65/57/c 80/73/sh 54/27/sh 66/56/pc 76/65/pc 52/49/pc 74/40/pc 78/64/pc 58/50/pc 59/41/s 55/48/c 37/36/pc 60/40/pc 59/42/pc 73/54/c 31/22/c 55/51/r 42/36/sn 57/46/pc Hi/Lo/W 49/28/s 20/17/sn 69/55/pc 58/52/c 66/52/c 29/17/c 38/27/sn 60/49/c 67/49/pc 66/53/pc 44/24/pc 50/29/pc 60/37/r 60/32/r 60/32/r 74/64/t 53/25/s 45/26/s 58/32/r 82/70/s 81/68/pc 57/30/r 53/34/s 49/35/pc 70/59/t 55/43/pc 64/44/r 81/74/sh 30/14/pc 67/60/t 80/64/pc 63/52/c 60/40/pc 82/65/s 64/52/c 65/43/s 60/36/r 51/46/r 69/51/pc 67/53/pc 55/36/r 35/25/sn 55/43/pc 42/35/r 65/52/c EXTREMES TUESDAY National for the 48 contiguous states El Paso 66/38 High Low Atlanta 60/48 Global Houston 81/71 Chihuahua 77/45 Monterrey 79/57 86° in Tamiami, FL -8° in Crested Butte, CO High Low Miami 80/73 112° in Marble Bar, Australia -64° in Khabyardino, Russia Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. �S ports 6 Wednesday, December 15, 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing Lady Vikings outlast Meigs, 65-55 By Bryan Walters but the Lady Vikings (3-2, 2-1) countered with four trifectas in the second canto during an 18-13 push that gave VCHS a ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — 30-29 edge at the break. Five minutes made all the difAn Andrea Mahr basket ference. with 6:59 left in the third Visiting Vinton County stanza allowed MHS to close broke away from a 1-point to within 33-32, but the Lady lead with a pivotal 13-1 surge Vikings followed with that over a 4:58 span of the third all-important 12-point swing quarter and eventually held on for a 65-55 victory over the as Chloe Hayburn canned two Meigs girls basketball team on free throws for a 46-34 edge with 2:02 remaining. Monday night in a Tri-Valley Vinton County eventually Conference Ohio Division matchup at Larry R. Morrison closed the final two minutes with a 3-2 spurt and took Gymnasium. a 49-36 advantage into the The host Lady Marauders finale. (5-2, 1-2 TVC Ohio) went a Bryan Walters | OVP Sports The Lady Vikings secured perfect 8-for-8 at the free throw Meigs defenders Jennifer Parker, left, and Delana Wright (11) trap Vinton County’s their largest lead of the night line in the opening frame while Tegan Bartoe during the second half of Monday night’s TVC Ohio girls basketball at 56-39 with 4:36 left in regubuilding a 16-12 advantage, contest in Rocksprings, Ohio. bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com lation, but the hosts retaliated with a 16-3 charge over the next three minutes. Jennifer Parker converted a rare 4-point play with 1:36 remaining to close the gap down to 59-55. Meigs, however, went scoreless the rest of the way as VCHS closed regulation with six straight made free throws to complete the 10-point outcome. The Lady Marauders mustered only 10 total field goals in the contest, including four of those from behind the arc. MHS was also 31-of-37 at the free throw line for 84 percent. Mallory Hawley paced the hosts with 20 points, followed See MEIGS | 7 IU East Red Wolves hold off RedStorm men By Randy Payton For Ohio Valley Publishing RICHMOND, Ind. — When all was said and done, Indiana University East did manage to keep its perfect all-time record against the University of Rio Grande intact. But the Red Wolves’ latest victory over the RedStorm was one they certainly had to earn. A 10-0 second half run snapped a 55-all tie and a game-closing 5-0 run secured a 77-69 triumph for the home team, Saturday afternoon, in River States Conference men’s basketball action at the Student Activity Center. IU East improved to 7-6 overall and 3-0 in league play with the win, its 14th in as many tries against the RedStorm. Rio Grande fell to 5-5 overall and 3-2 in the RSC with the loss. The RedStorm forged the last of the 13 ties in the contest when freshman Exauce Manissa (Point Noire, The Congo) hit one of two free throws with 8:21 remaining to make it 55-55, but the Red Wolves responded with a jumper by Jehu Lafeuillee on their ensuing possession and never trailed again. The bucket actually started a run which gave IUE its largest lead of the day, 65-55, following a jumper by Dionte Raines with 5:21 left. Rio Grande refused to go away quietly, though, and twice closed the gap to three points inside the game’s final three minutes. The second of those two instances came with 1:36 left to play when a three-pointer by freshman Khamani Smith (Fort Wayne, IN) got the RedStorm within 72-69, but Rio missed a threepointer and the front end of two one-and-bonus free throw opportunities over its final three possessions allowing the Red Wolves to hold on. Rio Grande twice led by as many as five points inside the first 5-1/2 minutes of the game, but IUE closed the first half on a 4-0 run to take a 34-31 lead at the intermission. The RedStorm’s biggest advantage in the second half was four points after a three-pointer by Smith with 14:03 remaining made it 45-41 and their final See STORM | 7 Colton Jeffries | OVP Sports River Valley senior Lauren Twyman (20) heads up to the basket after getting by the Lady Bulldog defense during a basketball game against Athens Monday evening in Bidwell, Ohio. Lady Bulldogs bite River Valley, 49-38 By Colton Jeffries cjeffries@aimmediamidwest.com BIDWELL, Ohio — You have to hold onto the rock. The River Valley girls basketball team learned that the hard way in a 49-38 home loss to the Athens Lady Bulldogs in a Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division matchup Monday evening. The Lady Bulldogs (1-7, 1-2 TVC Ohio) started Monday’s game on a 5-0 run. Towards the middle of the first quarter, both teams run into trouble turning the ball over. The Lady Raiders (4-3, 1-3) took advantage of a nearly 4-minute long Athens scoring drought by tying the game up 9-9 towards the end of the first quarter. However, the Lady Bulldogs scored the last two points of the quarter, going into the second with a slim 11-9 lead. Turnovers continued to be a problem for both squads in the second quarter, with both teams intercepting passes and stealing the ball. The Silver and Black tie the game up on a couple occasions, but cannot get into the lead themselves. The Lady Raiders take many shots from behind the 3-point line, but apart from their very first try, those shots aren’t landing. After holding onto a 18-13 lead with a couple minutes left until halftime, the visitors tack on three more points before the Lady Raiders ended the second by finally connecting once more from 3-point land, heading into the locker rooms down 21-16. River Valley started the second half by slowly making their way up the scoreboard, tying the score twice before getting the lead themselves. However, the Lady Bulldogs powered back, resulting in the two teams trading points and leads. Athens’ first 3-pointer came at a crucial time, helping them extend the lead they ended up holding onto for the rest of the game. Another thing working against the home team were fouls, with the Lady Bulldogs getting into the bonus late in the third quarter. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Lady Bulldogs had a 36-31 lead. The Lady Raiders attempted a comeback, but run into trouble See BULLDOGS | 7 OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Wednesday, Dec. 15 Boys Basketball Wahama at Parkersburg Catholic, 7:30 Girls Basketball Eastern at Miller, 7 p.m. Wrestling River Valley at Athens, 6 p.m. Wahama at Doddridge County, 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 16 Girls Basketball Chesapeake at Gallia Academy, 6 p.m. Waterford at South Gallia, 6 p.m. Belpre at Southern, 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 17 Boys Basketball Fairland at Gallia Academy, 7 p.m. Alexander at Meigs, 7 p.m. Federal Hocking at South Gallia, 7 p.m. Vinton County at River Valley, 7 p.m. Southern at Waterford, 7 p.m. Eastern at Trimble, 7 p.m. Wrestling River Valley at Barnesville, 4 p.m. Lady Rebels double up Federal Hocking, 60-30 By Colton Jeffries cjeffries@aimmediamidwest.com STEWART, Ohio — These Lady Rebels are still running. The South Gallia girls basketball team remains unbeaten after a 60-30 road win against the Federal-Hocking Lady Lancers in a Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division matchup Monday evening. The Lady Rebels (4-0, 2-0 TVC Hocking) took control right away in Monday’s game, outscoring the Lady Lancers (0-4, 0-2) 19-2 in the first quarter. This started a streak which saw the Red and Gold outscore the hosts in every quarter. The Lady Rebels got the vast majority of their points from inside the paint, only accounting for one made shot outside of the 3-point arch. South Gallia also shot above 50 percent in free throws, making 13 shots out of 21 attempts. After heading into the second half up 37-13, the Lady Rebels didn’t look back. The Red and Gold defense kept the Lady Lancers to only seven points in the third quarter, while the offense racked up 12 of their own to head into the last quarter up 49-20. The road team went on to cruise to a 30-point victory. Leading the Lady Rebels in scoring was freshman Emma Clary, who recorded 10 field goals and one free throw for a total of 21 points. Behind her was sophomore Tori Triplett, who got four field goals and two free throws for 10 points. Sophomore Macie Sanders and senior Jessie Rutt were next in line, getting eight points each. Rounding out the South Gallia scoring were Lindsey Wallace with seven points, Ryleigh Halley with four points and Madison Summers with two points. Leading the Lady Lancer scoring was Brennah Jarvis, who got four 3-pointers, one field goal and four free throws for a total of 18 points. The Lady Rebels will be back in action at 6:30 p.m. Thursday when they host the Waterford Lady Wildcats. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Colton Jeffries can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. �SPORTS/CLASSIFIEDS Ohio Valley Publishing 3 Browns on COVID list Bulldogs CLEVELAND (AP) — For the second straight season, the Cleveland Browns are dealing with a major COVID-19 outbreak during their playoff push. Cleveland’s postseason hopes were rocked Tuesday when the team placed eight players, including top wide receiver Jarvis Landry, tight end Austin Hooper and starting offensive linemen Wyatt Teller and Jedrick Wills Jr. on the reserve/COVID19 list. Those players will all likely miss Saturday’s crucial game against the Las Vegas Raiders (6-7). Meigs From page 6 by Rylie Lisle with 14 points and Mahr with eight markers. Parker was next with six points and Maggie Musser chipped in five points. Delana Wright completed the scoring with two points. The Lady Vikings netted 20 total field goals — including six 3-pointers — and also sank 19-of-30 charity tosses for 64 percent. Tegan Bartoe led From page 6 getting around the Athens defense. Luckily, the River Valley defense also hung tough, limiting the Lady Bulldog offense. The Lady Bulldogs hit some clutch shots toward the end of the game, getting a 9-point lead with under four minutes to go. Ultimately, the Silver Vinton County with a game-high 23 points, followed by Rylee Ousley with 10 points and Cameron Zinn with nine markers. Hayburn and Ashley Bentley also contributed seven points each. Meigs returns to action Thursday when it travels to The Plains for a TVC Ohio contest against Athens at 6:30 p.m. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Storm From page 6 cushion of the contest came when a three-pointer by freshman Caleb Wallis (Jackson, OH) with 9:06 left produced a 54-53 lead. Jamisen Smith scored a (740) 446-2342 or fax to (740) 446-3008 Legals PROATE COURT OF GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO PUBLICATION OF NOTICE Revised Code, Sec. 2109.32-.33 "TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE FOLLOWING TRUST PENDING IN THE GALLIA COUNTY PROBATE COURT. The fiduciary in said trust has filed an account of his/her trust. A hearing on the account will be held at the date and time shown below. The court is located at the Gallia County Courthouse, 18 Locust Street, Gallipolis OH 45631. NAME MINNIE S. KERR CASE NUMBER 7617 DATE OF HEARING JANUARY 18, 2022, TIME 10:00 o'clock A.M. THOMAS S. MOULTON, JR., PROBATE JUDGE" 12/15/21 PROBATE COURT OF GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO PUBLICATION OF NOTICE Revised Code, Sec. 2109.32-.33 "TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE FOLLOWING GUARDIANSHIP PENDING IN THE GALLIA COUNTY PROBATE COURT. The fiduciary in said guardianship has filed an account of his/her trust. A hearing on the account will be held at the date and time shown below. The court is located at the Gallia County Courthouse, 18 Locust Street, Gallipolis OH 45631. NAME BETTY JANE FINNEY CASE NUMBER 20192011 DATE OF HEARING JANUARY 18, 2022, TIME 10:00 o'clock A.M. THOMAS S. MOULTON, JR., PROBATE JUDGE" 12/15/21 PROBATE COURT OF GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO PUBLICATION OF NOTICE There was a 3-way tie for second, with seniors Brooklin Clonch and Morrisa Barcus and freshman Carlee Manley each getting six points. Rounding out the River Valley scoring were Haylee Eblin with two points, Emma Truance with one point and Kallie Burger with one point. Haylie Mills led the Lady Bulldogs in scoring, netting four field goals and three free throws for 11 points. In rebounds, the Lady Raiders had 30, led by Twyman with seven. The Lady Bulldogs had 45 boards, led by Mills with 10. The Lady Raiders will be back in action at 5:15 p.m. Saturday when they host Spring Valley. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. game-high 21 points and handed out a team-high three assists in the winning effort, while Bryce Long finished with 12 points and the duo of Lafeuillee and Garrett Silcott netted 11 points each. Nate Soltis had a gamehigh eight rebounds to lead the Wolves, who shot 55.6 percent from the floor (30-for-54) and enjoyed a 15-6 scoring advantage at the free throw line. Sophomore Miki Tadic (Hilversum, The Netherlands) had 17 points and a game-high three blocked shots to lead Rio Grande, while Smith had 16 points and Wallis fin- ished with 15 points and a game-best five assists. Sophomore Taylor Mack (Akron, OH) and freshman Cody Lantz (Shelby, OH) led the RedStorm with six rebounds. 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The court is located at the Gallia County Courthouse, 18 Locust Street, Gallipolis OH 45631. NAME PAULINE B. BARTELS CASE NUMBER 20153006 DATE OF HEARING JANUARY 18, 2022, TIME 10:00 o'clock A.M. THOMAS S. MOULTON, JR., PROBATE JUDGE" 12/15/21 PROBATE COURT OF GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO PUBLICATION OF NOTICE Revised Code, Sec. 2109.32-.33 "TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE FOLLOWING TRUST PENDING IN THE GALLIA COUNTY PROBATE COURT. The fiduciary in said trust has filed an account of his/her trust. A hearing on the account will be held at the date Legals (304) 675-1333 or fax to (304) 675-5234 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN Legals and time shown below. The court is located at the Gallia County Courthouse, 18 Locust Street, Gallipolis OH 45631. NAME PAULINE B. BARTELS CASE NUMBER 20153007 DATE OF HEARING JANUARY 18, 2022, TIME 10:00 o'clock A.M. THOMAS S. MOULTON, JR., PROBATE JUDGE" 12/15/21 PROBATE COURT OF GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO PUBLICATION OF NOTICE Revised Code, Sec. 2109.32-.33 "TO ALL PERSONS INTER- ESTED IN THE FOLLOWING ESTATE PENDING IN THE GALLIA COUNTY PROBATE COURT. The fiduciary in said estate has filed an account of his/her trust. A hearing on the account will be held at the date and time shown below. The court is located at the Gallia County Courthouse, 18 Locust Street, Gallipolis OH 45631. NAME LINDA BLAZER CASE NUMBER 20111020 DATE OF HEARING JANUARY 18, 2022, TIME 10:00 o'clock A.M. THOMAS S. MOULTON, JR., PROBATE JUDGE" 12/15/21 ROGERS BASEMENT WATERPROOFING UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION RACINE HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT (FERC No. 2570) PUBLIC NOTICE AEP Generation Resources Inc. (AEPGR), a unit of American Electric Power, is the Licensee, owner, and operator of the 47.5-megawatt Racine Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 2570) (Project or Racine Project), located along the Ohio River in Meigs County, Ohio. AEPGR operates and maintains the Project pursuant to a license from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC of Commission). The FERC-licensed portion of the Project includes the water-retaining integral powerhouse/intake structure, a cellular cofferdam non-overflow section connecting the powerhouse to the right abutment (looking downstream), and a stand-alone Functional Replacement Dam (FRD) located upstream of the distressed cellular steel cells. The remainder of the development, including the short gravity section between the powerhouse and spillway, a 1,717-foot-long spillway, two lock structures at the left end of the spillway (looking downstream), and the left abutment are owned, operated, and maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Project's existing FERC license expires on November 30, 2023. AEPGR is pursuing a new license for the Project in accordance with the Commission's Integrated Licensing Process (ILP) described at 18 CFR Part 5. Pursuant to the ILP, AEPGR filed a Final License Application (FLA) for the Project with the Commission on November 30, 3021. 8QFRQGLWLRQDO /LIHWLPH *XDUDQWHH (VWDEOLVKHG ���� %DVHPHQW :DOOV %UDFHG +XQGUHGV 2I /RFDO 5HIHUHQFHV /LFHQVHG� %RQGHG ,QVXUHG FREE ESTIMATES 24 Hours (740) 446-0870 www.rogersbasementwaterproofing.com The following matters are the subject of this public notice by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The complete public notice, including any additional instructions for submitting comments, requesting information, a public hearing, or filing an appeal may be obtained at: http://www.epa.ohio.gov/actions.aspx or Hearing Clerk, Ohio EPA, 50 W. Town St. P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, Ohio 43216. Ph: 614-644-3037 email: HClerk@epa.ohio.gov Draft NPDES Permit Renewal - Subject to Revision Gallia County Landfill 497 Roush Hollow Rd, Bidwell, OH Facility Description: Wastewater-Miscellaneous Receiving Water: UNT White Oak Creek ID #: 0IN00121*FD Date of Action: 12/15/2021 Draft NPDES Permit Renewal - Subject to Revision World Kinect Energy Services - Gallipolis Bulk Plt 143 Pine St, Gallipolis, OH Facility Description: Wastewater-Miscellaneous Receiving Water: No immed. receiving water ID #: 0IN00221*ED Date of Action: 12/15/2021 12/15/21 The FLA describes Project facilities and operations, summarizes the results of resource studies, and assesses the potential effects of the proposed action on environmental, cultural, recreational, and socioeconomic resources. AEPGR proposes to continue the Project's run-of-river operation. The FLA does not propose the development of any new hydroelectric facilities or increased generation capacity but provides for protection, mitigation, and enhancement (PM&E) measures related to recreation resources associated with the Project. Proposals presented in the FLA reflect careful consideration of available information, the results of studies conducted, and issues specific to the Project. AEPGR believes that the proposed PM&E measures as described in the FLA adequately take into consideration the important power and non-power values of the Project, the diverse interests of stakeholders, and the context of the Project within the overall flow regime of the Ohio River. AEPGR is making public portions of the FLA available to resource agencies, Indian tribes, local governments, non-governmental organizations, and members of the public on the Project's distribution list. A digital copy of the application will be available on the Project's public relicensing website at www.aephydro.com/HydroPlant/Racine, or via FERC's online e-Library at https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search, by searching FERC Project No. P-2570. The FLA can also be reviewed during normal business hours at the Racine Public Library, located at 210 Tyree Blvd., Racine, Ohio 45771. In addition, paper copies of the applications can be reproduced at a cost of $0.10/page, plus postage (both prepaid) by contacting Mr. Jonathan Magalski with AEPGR, at 1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215, or at (614) 716-2240 (except as provided at 18 CFR § 5.2(b)(4)). Upon acceptance of the FLA for filing, the Commission will publish subsequent notices soliciting public participation. Any questions regarding this notice or the application should be directed to Mr. Jonathan Magalski at the contact information provided above. �NEWS 8 Wednesday, December 15, 2021 Daily Sentinel Christmas spirit on display in Point Pleasant Supporting community charities By Brittany Hively bhively@aimmediamidwest.com POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — What started out as a way for the McKinney family to give back to the community has became a tradition with hundreds of inflatables on display at their home on Maxwell Avenue along with a donation box for those who’d like to support local charitable organizations. “Last year when COVID was happening, we knew people were struggling and they needed help,” said Heather McKinney. “We figured, with our display, we might as well help the community and do what we can for them.” McKinney said both her and her husband, Nick, both worked during the pandemic. “We were okay because we were working, but we know other people weren’t working, so we wanted to do as much as we could for the community,” Heather said. The McKinneys have been collecting inflatables to display in their yard for close to 10 years. “Eight or nine years ago, we started collecting and we just kind of had a couple, when every year, like, ‘oh, these are Beth Sergent | OVP The McKinney home lights up the 2000 block of Maxwell Avenue in Point Pleasant with its immense Christmas display. Beth Sergent | OVP The McKinney family has decorated their house — 2012 Maxwell Avenue, Point Pleasant — with over 200 inflatables and 15,000 lights for the second year to give back to the community. cute. Let’s get this one,’” Heather said. “Then after Christmas, of course, you know they went on clearance. So, that’s when we just stocked up. That’s normally when we get them, after Christmas, especially the bigger ones.” The McKinney home currently dons more than 200 inflatable displays and over 15,000 Christmas lights. “[It took] eights days Heather McKinney | Courtesy this year [to set up],” More from the McKinney home on Maxwell Avenue in Point Heather said. Pleasant. Heather said donations a little after Christmas, McKinneys collect will for charity were more possible New Year’s, be split between the than expected in 2020, Heather said. The light Point Pleasant Fire (estimated at just over display is on around 5 Department’s Christmas $7,000) leading them p.m. — when the family food boxes and the to move from donating Mason County Shop with gets home — each to one organization night, until around 10 a Cop program. to two organizations The McKinneys plan to p.m. as long as the wind for 2021. This year cooperates, Heather said. keep the lights up until all of the proceeds the Bossard Library | Courtesy utilized only the gear Gatewood would have used during her hikes along the Appalachian From page 1 Trail. According to Bossard Pacific Crest Trail, and the Continental Divide Library Director Debbie Saunders, the Library Trail, is the host of had to request that the popular YouTube attendees register in channel Homemade advance for the event Wanderlust. The chandue to the interest the nel has over 383,000 program garnered. subscribers where Mills posts weekly vid- Audience members hailed from states as eos documenting her far away as Arkansas, various hikes, as well Wisconsin, and South as thru-hiking tips and gear reviews for her fel- Carolina. For more information low adventurers. In addition to discuss- about Jessica “Dixie” Mills, view her videos ing her own experiences hiking the Appa- on the Homemade lachian Trail, Mills also Wanderlust YouTube expressed her apprecia- channel. For more infortion and admiration for mation on Grandma Gatewood, stop by Gallia County native Bossard Library to borEmma “Grandma” Gatewood, well-known row a copy of “Grandma Gatewood’s Walk: The as the first solo female thru-hiker of the Appa- Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the lachian Trail who first Appalachian Trail” by took to the trail in the Ben Montgomery or to 1950s. Mills discussed Gatewood as a pioneer view Grandma Gatewood’s scrapbook. in long-distance hikFor additional inforing, as well as her own mation about Bossard recent hikes along the Library, including inforGrandma Gatewood Trail and Buckeye Trail mation about upcoming programs, visit at Hocking Hills. Durbossardlibrary.org. ing this hike, which is This piece submitdocumented in a Youted by staff of Bossard Tube video published Library. in September, Mills Hiking Heather said a number of people ask if they keep the donations to use towards the electric bill increase related to the display and they do not. She encourages everyone to donate since it goes back to the community. “Any help would be greatly appreciated,” Heather said. “It goes all to the community. We don’t keep any of it. Because we’ve had people ask us. We do not. Every Brittany Hively is a staff writer for Ohio Valley Publishing. Follow her on Twitter @britthively; reach her at (740) 446-2342 ext 2555. donations. Wreaths for next year can be ordered at a buy one get one free The mission of Wreaths Across America, in promotion until Jan. 10, association with the Wounded Warrior Project, is From page 1 2022. While donations to “Remember, Honor, and Teach.” Veterans are are accepted all year, began the project in Athremembered during several holidays throughout the Matheny encouraged ens County in 2019, and year, but the wreaths hold a special significance at ordering by the Jan. 10 expanded to Meigs in Christmas, often marking the graves of veterans who deadline, as donations served early in United States history and may have 2020.” otherwise gone unremembered. would go twice as far In 2020, the group toward the project. placed 1,000 wreaths in Donations can be made Athens and Meigs cemOnce a cemetery is des- by mailing a donation eteries. Matheny said the businesses, churches, and to Wreath Adventures goal set for 2021 to place veterans groups members ignated, every veteran’s LLC, 504 Four Mile over 2,000 has been met. all reached out to Wreath grave in that location Creek Road Coolville, receives a wreath. In “Each year we want to Adventures with their 2020, the Wreath Adven- Ohio 45723, or by using time and donations. continue to expand the PayPal. tures program placed “When I decided to program,” he said. “MorFor more on Wreath bring the program to our wreaths in Meigs County gan County has joined, Adventures find them on local communities, doors at Reedsville Cemetery, and other counties are Facebook, visit their webjust opened,” he said. “It Eden/Randolph Ceminvited to join as well.” site: wreathadventures. etery, Tuppers Plains not only takes money to Matheny said he org, or contact Craig Cemetery, and Meigs purchase the wreaths, it felt called to bring the Matheny at 740-667-3513. Memory Gardens. This requires volunteers to program to Athens and © 2021, Ohio Valley year wreaths will also be place them. People and Meigs, and said that Publishing, all rights organizations immediate- placed in Letart, Miles, God works in mysterireserved. ous ways. As soon as the ly began coming forward Gilmore, Heiney, and program was announced, when they learned of the Chester cemeteries. Each wreath costs $15 Lorna Hart is a freelance writer for program, the response individuals, youth and Ohio Valley Publishing. and are funded through community organizations, was amazing.” Wreaths Adventurer and YouTube sensation Jessica “Dixie” Mills takes questions from audience members following her recent presentation at Bossard Library. Mills also met with and had her photograph taken with many fans following the event. Heather McKinney | Courtesy The McKinneys are also collecting donations to give back to the Point Pleasant Fire Department’s Christmas food boxes and the Mason County Shop with a Cop program. little penny goes to the programs.” For those who’d like to drop in a donation, the locked box is clearly marked in front of the display. Heather said the traffic has not been as heavy this year compared to 2020, but she believes that is due to them not advertising as much. “Oh my gosh, so much traffic,” Heather said. “It hasn’t been as much traffic [this year]. But I don’t know, just because we haven’t advertised as much as we did last year, but on the weekends, the road does get gridlocked.” Heather said she plans to continue collecting inflatable displays. “My husband tells me no more, but,” Heather laughed. © 2021, Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Library From page 1 brighten the area. Book bins for easy browsing at child-height and other children’s furnishings are features of the lightfilled space. There is also a dedicated space for adults in the new Reading Room, located on the opposite end of the build- A WORTHY MISSION ing. This space houses the library’s nonfiction collection and is intended to be used for quiet study, featuring comfortable seating. Basic improvements such as new flooring, paint and fixtures were a necessity and gives the building a more welcoming feel. Kristi Eblin, the library director, was at the open house on Monday. “We hope that the practices by its former leaders. Investigations and reviews by the Ohio attorney general’s office From page 1 and the Ohio auditor are more oversights that were pending. The accrediting body in place at the time of the also voiced concerns AZA inspection in July,” about the zoo’s acquisisaid Schmid, who took over a week ago and par- tion of ambassador animals. A recent documenticipated in the appeal. tary, “The Conservation The accrediting group had cited concerns about Game,” raised questions about how celebrity conthe zoo’s animal proservationists, including grams department and Hanna, acquired exotic inappropriate business Zoo Racine community will embrace the updates to the library,” Eblin said. “Parents and grandparents now have a space for their children, whether it be during weekly Storytime visits, or just to pop in for a stack of books to read at home. There’s also a dedicated space for adults in the updated library, where users may conduct online meetings, work remotely, or complete assignments. In addition to the new space, the Racine Library provides free at-home COVID tests as well as Wi-Fi hotspots, available to borrow. These have been some of our most requested items this year.” For additional information, visit Meigs County District Public Library’s website at www.meigslibrary.org. animals. The zoo has since cut ties with animal vendors who don’t meet certain standards of animal care. Former president and CEO Dan Ashe told The Associated Press in an interview last month that assuming the zoo had to reapply for accreditation in September 2022, the facility would be inspected in the fall or winter of next year with a decision tied to a hearing in March 2023. Schmid said Monday that accreditation by a third-party professional association was important, “so we are exploring all options to continue fulfilling our mission and to continue our work with endangered and threatened species that need our help.” “Without question, the care and welfare of the animals remains our top priority,” he said. � 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 12. 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