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84 new
COVID
cases
reported
Latest from Meigs,
Gallia, Mason
By Kayla (Hawthorne)
Dunham
khawthorne@aimmediamidwest.
com

Mindy Kearns | Courtesy photos

Around two dozen decorated trees flank the street through the roadside park in New Haven along S.R. 62. The trees were placed by residents in honor or memory of
loved ones. The park is full of additional decorations and lights, furnished mostly by the town.

Bend Area celebrates Christmas

OHIO VALLEY —
Since Friday’s update,
there 84 new COVID-19
cases reported in the
Ohio Valley Publishing
area on Monday.
In Gallia County, the
Ohio Department of
Health (ODH) reported
27 new COVID-19 cases.
In Meigs County, ODH
reported 22 new COVID19 cases.
In Mason County, the
West Virginia Department of Health and
Human Resources
(DHHR), reported 35
new cases of COVID-19.
Here is a closer look at
the local COVID-19 data:

By Mindy Kearns

This year, about 24 trees
line the park on the side
of the Ohio River. A town
Christmas tree was permaMASON, W.Va. — The
nently planted in the park
towns of Mason and New
Haven are quickly becoming roundabout. Also added
destinations for those want- were a nativity scene on
the stage, inﬂatables, and
ing to see Christmas light
thousands of lights. Lighted
displays within the county.
balls, similar to those disThe Mason display is
played at “Gallipolis in
located in the StewartJohnson V.F.W./Lottie Jenks Lights,” are located in a
Memorial Park. New Haven’s large tree within the park.
The town council has
display is in the roadside
already committed to purpark on the edge of town
chasing even more decoraalong S.R. 62. Both feature
tions for next year. They will
drive-through events.
also buy additional large decIn Mason, “Trees in the
orations for poles throughout
Park” began several years
the town to be added to the
ago. Residents were invited
snowﬂakes and wreaths.
to place decorated trees
in the park in honor or in
memory of a loved one.
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Special to OVP

Trees holding pictures of animals available for adoption at the Mason County Animal
Shelter are featured in both the New Haven Roadside Park and the Stewart-Johnson
V.F.W./Lottie Jenks Memorial Park in Mason.

Meigs Commissioners approve appropriations
Staff Report

POMEROY — The Meigs
County Commissioners met in
regular session last month to
approve ﬁnancial adjustments
and appropriations.
Present during the meeting
were President Jimmy Will,
Vice President Tim Ihle, Member Shannon Miller and Clerk
Tonya Edwards. Also present
was Department of Job and

Family Services Director Chris
Shank and Sara Walpole from
the Meigs County Highway
Department.
Commissioners approved the
week’s bills of $55,583.82 from
the County General Fund and a
total of $586,245.79
Commissioners voted to
approve appropriations and
adjustments for several county
ofﬁces and departments. Those
include: certify and appropri-

ate $46,257.28 into B011B01
DRETAC for the prosecutor’s
ofﬁce; certify and appropriate
$9,213.23 into O010O01 for
cruisers for the sheriff’s ofﬁce;
appropriate $20,000.00 into
the C11 ARP fund for Pickering Associates; appropriate
$50,000.00 into B091B03
salaries for Meigs 911; adjust
$6,000.00 from S001S12 to
S001S11 to help cover expenses
for Meigs EMS.

Commissioners approved
the following adjustments for
the sheriff’s ofﬁce: $10,000.00
from A006A02 salaries into
A406A14 other expenses;
$20,000.00 from A006A02 salaries into A306A14 medical and
$30,000.00 A006A02 salaries
into A106A04 housing.
Commissioners approved the
ﬁnal resolution replacing Bridge
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OSHP investigating fatal crash in Meigs
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son’s vehicle head on in the eastbound
lane, according to the news release.
Christian’s vehicle then came to rest
RACINE — The Gallipolis Post
off the westbound side of the roadof the Ohio State Highway Patrol
(OSHP) is investigating a two-vehicle way. Christian’s passenger, Brenton
C. McDonald, 19, Olin, N.C., was
crash involving one fatality.
reportedly ejected from the vehicle as
According to a news release from
OSHP, the crash occurred on Saturday a result of the crash. The news release
further states McDonald was reportedat approximately 8:10 p.m. on US 33
ly not wearing a safety belt at the time
near mile post 24 in Meigs County.
of the crash and was transported to
OSHP reports Kaila K. Christian,
Holzer Medical Center in Pomeroy for
24, Statesville, N.C., was driving a
his injuries. Christian was also trans2015 Chevrolet Cruz; and Ann D.
Johnson, 67, Dalton, Ga., was driving ported to Holzer Medical Center in
Pomeroy where she was pronounced
a 2019 Freightliner semi.
deceased, according to OSHP.
Christian was traveling westbound
on U.S. 33, reportedly attempting to
See FATAL | 10
pass another vehicle and struck John-

Gallia County
According to the 2
p.m. update from ODH
on Monday, there have
been 4,990 total cases (27
new) in Gallia County
since the beginning of
the pandemic, 319 hospitalizations (1 new) and
81 deaths. Of the 4,990
cases, 4,566 (49 new) are
presumed recovered.
Case data is as follows:
0-19 — 975 cases (5
new), 9 hospitalizations
20-29 —796 cases (1
new), 18 hospitalizations
(1 new), 1 death
30-39 — 701 cases (4
new), 16 hospitalizations,
1 death
40-49 — 737 cases (8
new), 32 hospitalizations,
4 deaths
50-59 — 674 cases (5
new), 53 hospitalizations,
12 deaths
60-69 — 541 cases,
52 hospitalizations, 11
deaths
70-79 — 352 cases (4
new), 82 hospitalizations,
19 deaths
80-plus — 214 cases,
57 hospitalizations, 32
deaths
Vaccination rates in
Gallia County are as follows, according to ODH:
Vaccines started:
13,352 (44.65 percent of
the population);
Vaccines completed:
12,212 (40.85 percent of
the population).
Meigs County
According to the 2
p.m. update from ODH
on Monday, there have
been 3,190 total cases (22
new) in Meigs County
since the beginning of
the pandemic, 191 hospitalizations (2 new) and
63 deaths. Of the 3,190
cases, 2,969 (30 new) are
presumed recovered.
Case data is as follows:
0-19 — 606 cases (4
new), 6 hospitalizations
20-29 — 448 cases (3
new), 5 hospitalizations
See COVID | 10

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2 Tuesday, December 21, 2021

EUGENE L. PLANTS

OBITUARIES
WARREN WILSON
from Asbury University, Warren
received a Masters
of Divinity from
Asbury Theological Seminary in
1947. For the next
31 years, he pastored at churches in New
York and Ohio, serving at
Grace United Methodist
Church in Gallipolis from
1956 to 1961. In 1979.
Warren retired from the
ministry and he and Ruth
settled in Virginia Beach.
Along with his ﬁve children, Warren is survived
by 12 grandchildren and
22 great- grandchildren.
He will be interred next
to Ruth at Nimmo United
Methodist Church in Virginia Beach. His family
will hold a memorial service in the spring. Online
condolences may be made
to the family at hdoliver.
com.

VIRGINIA
BEACH, Va. —
Warren Wilson,
age 100, passed
away Wednesday,
December 1, 2021
following a brief
illness.
He was born May 29,
1921 in Oswego, N.Y.,
the son of the late Amos
and Ada Wilson. While
attending Asbury University in Kentucky, he
met and married Ruth
Knipmeyer. They were
the parents of ﬁve children: Karen Machovina of
Norfolk, Va.; Jean (Craig)
Inscho, Columbus, Ohio;
Gary (Jayna) Wilson,
Chesapeake, Va.; Tim
(Laurie) Wilson, Canton, Conn. and Annette
Wilson, Suffolk, Va. After
celebrating 69 years of
marriage, Ruth passed
away in May 2014.
Following graduation

JOYCE (KREMER) THOREN
NAPLES, Fla. — Joyce
(Kremer) Thoren, formerly of Racine, died
peacefully on November
29, 2021, at her home in
Naples Fla. with her children by her side.
She was preceded in
death by her beloved
husband, Joseph (Pete)
Thoren in 2018.
Prior to retirement
to Florida, she was
employed by Southern
Local Schools as the district’s school nurse. Joyce
was a lifelong member of
St Paul’s Lutheran Church
in Pomeroy and attended
Peace Lutheran in Naples,
where she was actively
involved. She loved skiing, swimming, traveling
and was an avid reader.
Joyce is survived by
her son, Timothy (Liz)

Thoren; daughter, Julie
(Steve) Rifﬂe; son, Eric
(Tyler) Thoren; only
grandchild, Adelle (Paul)
Schauer and great-grandson Fintan.
Per her request, there
will be no public calling
hours or services. If you
wish to remember her,
please make donations
to Peace Early Learning
Center — 9850 Immokalee Road, Naples, FL
34120 — in her memory.
She and Pete loved supporting the education
of these children. The
family would also like to
thank Avow Hospice services of Naples, and their
chaplain, for the excellent
emotional and spiritual
support and care given
during her ﬁnal days.

GALLIPOLIS —
Eugene L. Plants,
82 of Gallipolis,
passed away on
Friday, December
17, 2021 at Holzer
Medical Center
Emergency Room.
He was born on September 9, 1939 in Mason
County, W.Va., son of the
late Gilbert L. and Opal I.
Neal Plants. Gene was the
owner/operator of Gene
Plants and Sons Plumbing and Heating for 35
years. He enjoyed singing
and poems.
Gene is survived by
two daughters, LaDonna
(Richard) Stephenson
of Cheshire and Tammy
(Scott) Robinson of Gallipolis; one son, James E.
“Bub” (Delsa) Plants of
Gallipolis; eight grandchildren and twelve great
grandchildren; a special
friend, Beverly Taylor of
Gallipolis; seven sisters,
Vella Day of Cambridge,
Nancy Lemley of Gallipolis, Violet (Roger)
Roberts of Etna, Carolyn
(Larry) Fellure of Gallipolis, Ruth (Gerald)

GALLIPOLIS — Harold A. Sayre, 87 of Gallipolis, passed away on
Friday, December 17,
2021 at Holzer Medical
Center.
He was born on January 8, 1934 in Kaylong,
W.Va., son of the late
Andy M. and Virginia
Berkley Sayre. Harold
was a retired truck
driver, being an owner/
operator and a member
of the Teamsters Union;
he also worked 18 years
at Walmart as a greeter.
Harold loved country
music and sports. He was
a good softball player and
played for the Cheshire
Raiders and Pilots. Harold was a U.S. Army Veteran, serving during the
Korean War.
Harold married Charlotte Walker Sayre on
December 24, 1956;
and she preceded him
in death on January 11,
2019. He is survived by a
son, Dallas Sayre (Lori)

KEMPER
GALLIPOLIS — Ronald L. Kemper, 75, of Gallipolis, died on Friday, December 17, 2021 at Adena
Medical Center in Chillicothe.
The funeral service for Ronnie will be held at 1 p.m.
on Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at Willis Funeral
Home with Brenda Adkins ofﬁciating. His burial will
follow in the Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Friends
may call on Wednesday from noon until the time of
the service.

of Rutland; one grandson,
Austin (Bobbi) Sayre;
great grandsons, Malakai
and Maxton; two brothers, Gerald “Jerry” Sayre
and Roy “Stub” Sayre
both of Gallipolis; one
sister, Janice Herbert of
Leesville, La.; and his
dog, Molly. Harold was
preceded in death by ﬁve
brothers, Samuel, Billy,
Roscoe “Coe”, Jeffrey,
and Glenn.
The funeral service
for Harold will be held
at 11 a.m. on Thursday,
December 23, 2021 at
Willis Funeral Home with
Shannon Hutchison ofﬁciating. His burial will follow in Creston Cemetery,
Mason County, W.Va. Military honors will be given
at the graveside. Friends
may call on Wednesday,
December 22, 2021 at
Willis Funeral Home from
6-8 p.m.
Please visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send
e-mail condolences.

GALLIA, MEIGS CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
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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.
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GDTnews@aimmediamidwest.com.

Friday,
Dec. 24
POMEROY — Trinity Church of Pomeroy,
2nd and Lynn streets,
presents a Christmas
Eve Cantata, “Come to
the Manger,” at 7:30
p.m., additional music
beginning at 7 p.m.
GALLIPOLIS —
Christmas Eve service,
6 p.m., First Church
of the Nazarene, 1110

In Memory of

Donald Eugene Casto
12/21/1957 - 06/15/2021
Happy Birthday
in Heaven
I sure do love and
miss you very much!
Your Girlfriend,
Carrie Neal

Wyatt of Canal
Winchester, Linda
(Alna) Hall of
Ewington, and
Joann (Howard)
Wellington of Vinton; two brothers,
Gilbert (Maggie)
Plants of Paintsville, Kentucky and Donald (Greta)
Plants of Bidwell; and
a sister-in-law, Brenda
Plants of Ashville. Gene
was preceded in death
by a son, Ronald Gene
Plants in 2019; two sisters, Hazel Irene Camden
and Lydia E. Laywell;
and two brothers, George
Robert Plants and Charles
Plants.
The funeral service
for Gene Plants will be
held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, December 21, 2021
at Willis Funeral Home
with Pastor Alfred Holley
ofﬁciating. His burial will
follow in Gravel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call
on Tuesday prior to the
funeral from noon until
1 p.m.
Please visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send
e-mail condolences.

DEATH NOTICE

HAROLD A. SAYRE

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Monday,
Dec. 27
RUTLAND — The
Rutland Township
Trustees will hold
their year end meeting
followed by the reorganizational meeting at
7:30 a.m. at the Township Garage.

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.

Tuesday,
Jan. 11
TUPPER PLAINS —
Tupper Plains Regional
Sewer District monthly
meeting at the district
ofﬁce at 7 p.m.

Holiday publishing
schedule for OVP
Ohio Valley Publishing’s Gallipolis Daily Tribune, The Daily Sentinel and Point Pleasant Register, will not be publishing on Saturday, Dec. 25
(Christmas Day) or Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022 (New
Year’s Day) — publishing resumes on Tuesday,
Dec. 28th and Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022, respectively,
during those weeks. Also, the business ofﬁces
will be closed Friday, Dec. 24 (Christmas Eve)
and Friday, Dec. 31 (New Year’s Eve) — business
hours resume Monday, Dec. 27 and Monday, Jan.
3, 2022, during those respective weeks. This will
allow our employees and carriers to spend the
holidays with their families. We apologize for any
inconvenience to our readers. Thank you for supporting our publications in 2021. We look forward
to providing your local news in 2022. Have a
merry Christmas and a safe and happy new year.

TODAY IN HISTORY
By The Associated Press

Today is Tuesday,
Dec. 21, the 355th day
of 2021. There are 10
days left in the year.
Winter arrives at 10:59
a.m. Eastern Standard
Time.
Today’s highlight in
history:
On Dec. 21, 1988,
270 people were killed
when a terrorist bomb
exploded aboard a Pam
Am Boeing 747 over
Lockerbie, Scotland,
sending wreckage
crashing to the ground.
On this date:
In 1620, Pilgrims
aboard the Mayﬂower
went ashore for the
ﬁrst time at presentday Plymouth,
Massachusetts.
In 1864, during
the Civil War, Union
forces led by Maj. Gen.
William T. Sherman
concluded their “March
to the Sea” as they
captured Savannah,
Georgia.
In 1891, the ﬁrst
basketball game,
devised by James
Naismith, is believed
to have been played
at the International
YMCA Training
School in Springﬁeld,
Massachusetts. (The
ﬁnal score of this experimental game: 1-0.)
In 1914, the U.S. government began requiring passport applicants
to provide photographs
of themselves.
In 1945, U.S. Army
Gen. George S. Patton,
60, died in Heidelberg,
Germany, 12 days after
being seriously injured
in a car accident.
In 1968, Apollo 8 was
launched on a mission
to orbit the moon.
In 1969, Vince
Lombardi coached his
last football game as his
team, the Washington
Redskins, lost to the
Dallas Cowboys, 20-10.
In 1976, the Liberianregistered tanker Argo
Merchant broke apart
near Nantucket Island
off Massachusetts
almost a week after running aground, spilling
7.5 million gallons of oil
into the North Atlantic.
In 1991, eleven of
the 12 former Soviet
republics proclaimed
the birth of the
Commonwealth of

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the death of the Union
of Soviet Socialist
Republics.
In 2012, the National
Riﬂe Association said
guns and police ofﬁcers were needed in
all American schools
to stop the next killer
“waiting in the wings,”
taking a no-retreat
stance in the face
of growing calls for
gun control after the
Newtown, Connecticut,
shootings that claimed
the lives of 26 children
and school staff.
In 2015, the nation’s
three-decade-old ban
on blood donations
from gay and bisexual
men was formally lifted,
but major restrictions
continued to limit who
could give blood in the
U.S.
Ten years ago:
The U.S. Army
announced charges
against eight soldiers
related to the death
of a fellow GI, Pvt.
Daniel Chen, who
apparently shot himself
in Afghanistan after
being hazed. (Of the
eight, ﬁve received
prison sentences and
two received demotions; four of the eight
faced dismissal from
the service.) Green Bay
Packers quarterback
Aaron Rodgers was
selected the 2011 AP
Male Athlete of the
Year. Baylor’s Robert
Grifﬁn III was selected
The Associated Press
college football player
of the year.
Five years ago:
President-elect
Donald Trump declared
that the deadly truck
attack on a Christmas
market in Germany that
killed 12 people two
days earlier was “an
attack on humanity and
it’s got to be stopped”;
he also suggested he
might go forward with
his campaign pledge to
temporarily ban Muslim
immigrants from
coming to the United
States.
One year ago:
President-elect Joe
Biden received his ﬁrst
dose of the coronavirus
vaccine on live television as part of a growing effort to convince
the American public the
inoculations were safe.
The Vatican declared
it “morally acceptable”
for Roman Catholics
to receive COVID-19
vaccines based on
research that used fetal
tissue from abortions.
Undercutting President
Donald Trump on multiple fronts, Attorney
General William Barr
said he saw no reason
to appoint a special
counsel to look into
Trump’s claims about
the 2020 election or to
name one for the tax
investigation of Joe
Biden’s son.

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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.

Red Cross
blood drive
POMEROY — American Red
Cross Blood Drive, 1:30 p.m. - 6
p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 22, Mulberry Community Center.

Health Department
closed for holidays
POMEROY — The Meigs
County Health Department will
be closed on Dec. 23 and Dec. 24.
Normal business hours will resume
at 8 a.m. on Dec. 27.

Free Christmas
dinner
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.

Bossard
holiday hours
GALLIPOLIS — The Bossard

Memorial Library will be closed on
Friday, Dec. 24 and Saturday, Dec.
25 for the Christmas holiday. Normal hours of operation will resume
on Sunday, Dec. 26. The library
will also close at 5 p.m. on Friday,
Dec. 31 and remain closed for New
Year’s Day holiday on Saturday,
Jan. 1, 2022. Normal hours of
operation will resume on Sunday,
Jan. 2, 2022.

Humane Society
has straw for pets
MIDDLEPORT — The Meigs
County Humane Society will be
providing straw for pet bedding
during the months of November,
December, January, and February.
Vouchers may be picked up at the
Humane Society Thrift Shop, 253
North Second Street, Middleport
for a fee of $2. For more information call 740-992-6064.

Collaborative Meetings will be held
at 10 a.m. on the second Tuesday
of the following months: February,
April, June, August, October and
December. All Council Meetings
will be held at the Gallia County
Health Department Conference
Room located at 499 Jackson Pike,
Gallipolis, Ohio. For additional
information, contact Lora Jenkins/
Intersystem Coordinator at 740446-3022.

Women’s health
screenings

In collaboration with OhioHealth
Mobile Mammography, OU’s Women’s Health Clinic will offer sameday mammography at Gallipolis
City Park, First Avenue, Gallipolis,
Ohio on Jan. 13, 2022 9:30 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Services are available to
all women, uninsured, underinsured or insured. Appointments
are required and women should
call 740-593-2432 or 1-800-8442654 for an appointment. Services
offered include breast health education, PAP tests, breast and pelvic
exams, and navigation through the
The Gallia County Family and
Children First Council will be hold- continuum of care. Same-day mammography is available provided by
ing Regular Business Meetings
OhioHealth Mobile Mammography
at 10 a.m. on the second Tuesday
onsite. The Breast and Cervical
of the following months: January,
Cancer Project (BCCP) will be
March, May, July, and September.
Due to Election Day on the second available for no-cost breast and cerTuesday of November, the business vical cancer screenings and diagnostic testing to qualiﬁed women
meeting will be moved to Novemwho meet eligibility criteria.
ber 15, 2022. The Intersystem

Family &amp; Children
First Council meets

Virus fears trigger more holiday
cancellations, restrictions
By Philip Marcelo
and Jill Lawless
Associated Press

Seth Wenig | AP

People wait in a long line to get tested for COVID-19 on Monday in Times Square, New York. Just a
couple of weeks ago, New York City seemed like a relative bright spot in the U.S. coronavirus struggle.
Now it’s a hot spot, confronting a dizzying spike in cases, a scramble for testing, a quandary over a
major event and an exhausting sense of déjà vu.

Johnson’s warning
threw into stark relief
the unpalatable choice
government leaders face:
wreck holiday plans for
millions for a second
consecutive year, or face
a potential tidal wave of
cases and disruption.
In the U.S., President Joe Biden is set to
address the nation on the
latest variant on Tuesday,
less than a year after he
suggested that the country would essentially be
back to normal by Christmas.
His top medical adviser,
Dr. Anthony Fauci, made
the rounds on television
over the weekend, promising that the Democrat
will issue “a stark warning of what the winter
will look like” for unvaccinated Americans.
Cases are surging in
parts of the U.S., particularly the Northeast
and Midwest, though it’s
not always clear which
variant is driving the
upswing.
In New York City,
where the mayor has said
the new variant is already
in “full force,” a spike is
scuttling Broadway shows
and spurring long lines at
testing centers, but so far
new hospitalizations and
deaths are averaging well
below their spring 2020
peak.
The city is also weighing what to do with its
famous New Year’s Eve
bash in Times Square.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has
said a decision will be
made this week about
whether the event will
come back “full strength”
— with attendees providing proof of vaccination
— as he promised in
November. Last year’s
bash was limited to small
groups of essential workers.
Much about the omicron coronavirus variant remains unknown,
including whether it
causes more or less
severe illness. Scientists
say omicron spreads
even easier than other
coronavirus strains,
including delta, and it
is expected to become
dominant in the U.S. by
early next year. Early
studies suggest the
vaccinated will need a
booster shot for the best
chance at preventing an
omicron infection but
even without the extra
dose, vaccination still
should offer strong protection against severe
illness and death.
Even if it is milder, the
new variant could still
overwhelm health systems because of the sheer
number of infections.
Conﬁrmed coronavirus
cases in the U.K. have
surged by 60% in a week
as omicron overtook delta
as the dominant variant.
But many political
leaders are reluctant to
impose the stiff measures
they resorted to earlier

in the pandemic — often
because they promised
their people that vaccines would offer a way
out of such restrictions,
and it may be politically
untenable to impose them
again.
France, for example,
is desperately trying to
avoid a new lockdown
that would hurt the
economy and cloud President Emmanuel Macron’s
expected re-election campaign.

Biden boosts
fuel-economy
standards to fight
climate change
By Matthew Daly
Associated Press

WASHINGTON —
In a major step to ﬁght
climate change, the
Biden administration is
raising vehicle mileage
standards to signiﬁcantly reduce emissions of
planet-warming greenhouse gases, reversing a
Trump-era rollback that
loosened fuel efﬁciency
standards.
A ﬁnal rule issued
Monday would raise
mileage standards
starting in the 2023
model year, reaching
a projected industrywide target of 40 miles
per gallon by 2026.
The new standard is
25% higher than a rule
ﬁnalized by the Trump
administration last year
and 5% higher than a
proposal by the Environmental Protection
Agency in August.
“We are setting
robust and rigorous
standards that will
aggressively reduce
the pollution that is
harming people and our
planet – and save families money at the same
time,” EPA Administrator Michael Regan said.
He called the rule “a
giant step forward” in
delivering on President
Joe Biden’s climate
agenda “while paving
the way toward an allelectric, zero-emissions
transportation future.”
The move comes a
day after Democratic
Sen. Joe Manchin delivered a potentially fatal
blow to Biden’s $2 trillion social and environmental policy bill, jeopardizing Democrats’
agenda and infuriating
the White House. The
West Virginia senator
said he could not support the sweeping bill,
which includes a host of
climate proposals, saying it was too expensive
and could spark inﬂa-

tion and expand the
growing federal debt.
The now-stalled bill
includes a $7,500 tax
credit to buyers to
lower the cost of electric vehicles.
The administration
will “continue to ﬁght
tirelessly’’ for the EV
tax credits and other
incentives in the socalled Build Back Better bill, Regan said,
but even without them,
“we believe that we
proposed a rule that is
doable, it’s affordable,
it’s achievable, and
we’re excited about it.’’
The new mileage
rules are the most ambitious tailpipe pollution
standards ever set for
passenger cars and light
trucks. The standards
raise mileage goals set
by the Trump administration that would
achieve only 32 miles
per gallon in 2026.
Biden had set a goal of
38 miles per gallon in
August.
The standards also
will help expand the
market share of zero
emissions vehicles, the
administration said,
with a goal of battery
electric and plug-in
hybrid vehicles reaching 17% of new vehicles
sold in 2026. EVs and
plug-in hybrids are
expected to have about
7% market share in
2023.
The EPA said the rule
would not only slow
climate change, but also
improve public health
by reducing air pollution and lower costs
for drivers through
improved fuel efﬁciency.
Biden has set a goal
of cutting U.S. greenhouse gas emissions
by at least half by 2030
as he pushes a historymaking shift in the U.S.
from internal combustion engines to batterypowered vehicles.

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BOSTON — The
nation’s second-largest
city called off its New
Year’s Eve celebration
Monday, and its smallest state re-imposed an
indoor mask mandate as
fears of a potentially devastating winter COVID19 surge triggered more
cancellations and restrictions ahead of the holidays.
Organizers of the New
Year’s Eve party planned
for downtown Los Angeles’ Grand Park say there
will not be an in-person
audience. The event will
be livestreamed instead,
as it was last year. In
Rhode Island, a mask
mandate took effect Monday for indoor spaces that
can hold 250 people or
more, such as larger retail
stores and churches.
And in Boston, the
city’s new Democratic
mayor announced to
howls of protests and
jeers that anyone entering
a restaurant, bar or other
indoor business will need
to show proof of vaccination starting next month.
“There is nothing more
American than coming
together to ensure that
we’re taking care of each
other,” Mayor Michelle
Wu said at City Hall as
protesters loudly blew
whistles and shouted
“Shame on Wu.”
Across the Atlantic,
British Prime Minister
Boris Johnson on Monday said ofﬁcials have
decided against imposing
further restrictions, at
least for now.
“We will have to
reserve the possibility of
taking further action to
protect the public,” Johnson said. “The arguments
either way are very, very
ﬁnely balanced.”
The conservative
government re-imposed
face masks in shops and
ordered people to show
proof of vaccination at
nightclubs and other
crowded venues earlier this month. It is also
weighing curfews and
stricter social distancing
requirements.

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Next to children holding a sign saying “less pollution
more solutions,” Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, right, ceremonially
signs the Agency’s final rule for federal greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions standards for light duty vehicles on Monday
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Spartans knock off Meigs, 67-56
By Colton Jeffries

On offense, the Marauders
have troubles getting their
own shots to land, scoring
ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — their ﬁrst ﬁeld goal points
with 90 seconds to go in the
Back to the drawing board.
ﬁrst quarter.
The Meigs boys basketHeading into the second
ball team dropped a home
game 67-56 to the Alexander quarter down 17-7, the
Spartans Friday evening in a Maroon and Gold traded
points with their opponents
Tri-Valley Conference-Ohio
to start the second.
Division matchup.
The home team took many
It was tough going to start
shots behind the arch, but
Friday’s game, with both
they didn’t hit those shots
teams combining for only
until more than two minutes
ﬁve points in the ﬁrst three
into the second quarter.
minutes.
Turnovers continued to
The Spartans (4-3, 2-1
hamper the home team,
TVC Ohio) started pullkeeping the Marauders from
ing away with the lead
closing the gap on the scoreafterward, capitalzing on
board.
Marauder (4-3, 2-1) turnThe Marauders do get into
overs.

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Colton Jeffries | OVP Sports

Meigs sophomore Brayden Stanley (4) drives the ball against the Spartan defense in a
basketball game against Alexander Friday evening in Rocksprings, Ohio.

a scoring run towards the
end of the ﬁrst half.
However, the Spartans
answer right back with a run
of their own, closing out the
half with a 33-22 lead.
The Marauders couldn’t
get into rhythm when it
came to getting points
inside, scoring only two ﬁeld
goals in the ﬁrst half.
At the start of the second
half, the home team slowly
inches their way back in contention, at one time cutting
the Spartan lead down to
four points.
However, the Spartans
once again utilize their shots
on the inside of the paint to
See SPARTANS | 6

Ragin’ Cajuns
rally past
Marshall, 36-21
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana-Lafayette
senior quarterback Levi Lewis turned in one
last memorable performance to help new Ragin’
Cajuns head coach Michael Desormeaux get off to
a winning start.
Lewis passed for 270 yards and a touchdown
and rushed for another 74 yards, and No. 16
Louisiana-Lafayette defeated Marshall 36-21 in
the New Orleans Bowl on Saturday night to end
its season on a program-record 13-game winning
streak.
“You always want to go out the right way,”
Lewis said. “It being the last game of the season,
we really wanted to win.”
The bowl game kicked off the Desormeaux era
for the Ragin’ Cajuns (13-1). Promoted from offensive coordinator, he took over after ULL won the
Sun Belt Championship game under Billy Napier,
who left after that to become the Florida Gators’
head coach.
“It’s kind of a little bit of an overwhelming feeling,” said Desormeaux, who also played quarterback for Louisiana-Lafayette. “I felt pressure to do
a good job for our players because they deserved
to win this game.”
The victory didn’t come easily against a Marshall squad that played with vigor and didn’t
fall behind for good until less than nine minutes
remained.
The Ragin’ Cajuns, who had to rally from behind
twice in the game, took the lead for good on
Emani Bailey’s ﬁrst of two TD runs he had in the
ﬁnal 8:20.
Lewis’ 54-yard pass to Michael Jefferson set up
Montrell Johnson’s 3-yard TD run to widen the
lead with 3:54 to go and Bailey scored again late
for the ﬁnal margin
“We always know that no matter what we go
through, we’ve got to keep our poise,” Lewis said.
“Teams like us that’s experienced are just prepared
for this moment.”
Rasheen Ali rushed for 160 yards and three
touchdowns for Marshall (7-6). His ﬁnal touchdown on a 9-yard run put Marshall in front 21-16
late in the third quarter.
“I’m proud of the way the guys played. I’m proud
of the way they fought,” Marshall coach Charles
See CAJUNS | 6

OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE
Tuesday, Dec. 21
Boys Basketball
Eastern at Point Pleasant, 7 p.m.
Fairﬁeld Union at Gallia Academy, 7 p.m.
Trimble at South Gallia, 7 p.m.
Hannan at OVCS, 7:30
Meigs at Nelsonville-York, 7 p.m.
River Valley at Wellston, 7 p.m.
Southern at Belpre, 7 p.m.
Wahama at Wirt County, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Wahama at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Nitro at Point Pleasant, 7 p.m.
Wrestling
Jackson at River Valley, 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 22
Boys Basketball
Southeastern at Meigs, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Meigs at Southern, 6 p.m.
Gallia Academy at Oak Hill, 6 p.m.
Wrestling
Logan at Wahama, 6 p.m.
Gallia Academy at Zane Trace, 10 a.m.

Bryan Walters | OVP Sports

Gallia Academy sophomore Connor Roe (22) leads a fast break attempt during the first half of Friday night’s boys basketball game
against Fairland in Centenary, Ohio.

Dragons burn Gallia Academy, 62-55
By Bryan Walters

to wrap up a hard-fought
7-point triumph.
There were three ties
CENTENARY, Ohio — and four lead changes in
the opening half alone,
If it wasn’t for bad luck,
the Blue Devils wouldn’t with FHS jumping out
to a quick 10-4 lead
have any luck at all of
before the hosts rallied to
late.
knot things up at 17-all
The Gallia Academy
through one period of
boys basketball team
play.
dominated the boards,
GAHS countered with
but dropped its second
eight straight points to
straight decision on
start the second frame
Friday night during a
62-55 setback to visiting and secured its largest
lead of the night at 25-17
Fairland in an Ohio Valley Conference contest in following a Connor Roe
basket with 5:03 left in
Gallia County.
the half.
The host Blue Devils
Will Davis capped a
(3-3, 1-3 OVC) battled
through ﬁve ties and nine 13-5 Fairland run with a
basket at the 1:04 mark
lead changes over the
for a 31-30 edge, but a
course of three periods
Zane Loveday offensive
of play, but the Dragons
rebound and putback
(5-1, 3-1) — behind 48
percent shooting from the with 11 seconds remainﬁeld — broke a 50-all tie ing allowed the Blue and
White to claim a 32-31
with a 12-5 run over the
lead headed into the
ﬁnal 2:22 of regulation

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break.
A Loveday basket with
4:42 left in the third
period gave Gallia Academy its ﬁnal lead of the
night at 39-36, but Aiden
Porter answered with
an old-fashioned 3-point
play just seven seconds
later to knot the game up
at 39-all. The Dragons
closed the third quarter
with a small 6-4 run and
held a 45-43 advantage
entering the ﬁnale.
An Isaac Clary bucket
with 2:51 left tied the
contest at 50-all, but
Porter answered with a
3-pointer 29 seconds later
— allowing FHS to take a
permanent lead at 53-50.
The Porter trifecta also
sparked an 11-1 surge
that gave the guests their
largest lead of the night of
61-51 with 34.5 seconds
left to play.
The Blue Devils — who

never led in the fourth
quarter — ultimately
ended the game with a
4-1 spurt to complete the
3-possession outcome.
GAHS outrebounded
the Dragons by a sizable
39-16 overall margin,
including an 18-3 edge on
the offensive glass. The
hosts also committed 16
of the 23 turnovers in the
affair.
The Blue Devils
made 23-of-54 ﬁeld goal
attempts for 43 percent,
including a 3-of-13 effort
from behind the arc for
23 percent. Gallia Academy also sank 4-of-12 free
throw attempts for 33
percent.
Clary led the hosts
with a double-double
effort of 19 points and
15 rebounds, followed by
Loveday with 11 points
See DRAGONS | 6

Meigs girls basketball outlasts Blue Angels, 50-46
By Colton Jeffries

3-pointers in the third quarter
to go up 32-26 heading into the
fourth.
The Blue Angels fought back,
CENTENARY, Ohio — The
Meigs girls basketball team picked outscoring the Lady Marauders
up a road win Saturday afternoon, 20-18 in the fourth quarter, but
were not able to get back into the
besting the Gallia Academy Blue
lead before the ﬁnal buzzer rang.
Angels 50-46.
Leading the Lady Marauders in
The Blue Angels (3-8) ﬁnished
scoring was junior Jennifer Parker,
the ﬁrst quarter with the lead,
who recorded one 3-pointer, four
heading into the second with a
ﬁeld goals and three free throws for
11-9 advantage.
a total of 14 points.
However, the Maroon and Gold
Behind her was senior Mallory
took the lead in the second quarter,
Hawley, who notched two ﬁeld
heading into halftime up 17-16.
goals and ﬁve free throws for nine
The Lady Marauders (6-3)
slowly pulled away with their lead points.
Rounding out the Meigs shootin the second half, scoring three

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ing were Rylee Lisle with eight
points, Andrea Mahr with seven
points, Delana Wright with ﬁve
points, Charlotte Hysell with ﬁve
points, Maggie Musser with one
point and Keaghan Wolfe with one
point.
The Blue Angels were led by
junior Chanee Cremeens, who netted one 3-pointer, four ﬁeld goals
and two free throws for a total of
13 points.
Next was senior Preslee Reed,
who got one 3-pointer, four ﬁeld
goals and one free throw for 12
points.
See MEIGS | 6

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South Gallia rolls past Lady Jeeps, 62-56
By Bryan Walters

matchup in Scioto County.
The Lady Rebels (5-1) nailed
11 trifectas and broke a 26-all
halftime score with a pivotal
SOUTH WEBSTER, Ohio
— Now that’s how you bounce 20-14 third quarter push that
included ﬁve 3-pointers, a trio
back.
of which were netted by Tori
After dropping its ﬁrst deciTriplett over that span.
sion of the 2021-22 season
Both teams scored 16 points
Thursday, the South Gallia girls
apiece down the stretch, allowbasketball team responded in
a big way Saturday following a ing SGHS to complete the
6-point triumph. The guests
62-56 victory over host South
trailed 15-14 after one quarter
Webster in a non-conference

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of play and used a 12-11 second
period push to knot things up
at 26-all at the break.
South Gallia made 22 total
ﬁeld goals — half of which
were 3-pointers — and also
went 7-of-13 at the free throw
line for 54 percent.
Emma Clary led the Lady
Rebels with 21 points, followed
by Triplett with 20 points and
Macie Sanders with nine markers. Jessie Rutt was next with

seven points, while Lindsey
Wells and Ryleigh Halley completed the winning tally with
three and two points respectively.
The Lady Jeeps netted 24
total ﬁeld goals — including
three trifectas — and sank 4-of6 charity tosses for 67 percent.
Bri Claxon paced SWHS with
20 points and Faith Maloney
chipped in 14 markers, while
Bella Claxon and Riley Raynard

respectively contributed eight
and seven points. Skylar Zimmerman and Makayla Raynard
completed things with ﬁve and
two points.
South Gallia hosts Belpre on
Monday in a TVC Hocking contest at 6:30 p.m.
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Bengals grind out a win, but Hannan
road to playoffs will be rocky washed away
By Mitch Stacy
AP Sports Writer

CINCINNATI — The
Cincinnati Bengals had to
grind and scrape and outlast the Denver Broncos
to stay in the playoff race.
They didn’t look good
doing it Sunday, but style
points aren’t important in
December.
The Bengals (8-6)
scored just one touchdown, a 56-yard catch and
run by Tyler Boyd in the
third quarter to put them
up 15-10. That would
stand as the ﬁnal, with
Cincinnati snapping a
two-game losing streak.
“We’ve had a lot of nailbiters in the past and previous games, but we have
a solid team all around,”
Boyd said.
The defense kept the
Broncos in check, holding
them without a touchdown until backup Drew
Lock threw a scoring
pass to Tim Patrick after

when it counted. The unit
shut down Denver on a
ﬁnal drive after it got the
ball back with just over
a minute remaining in
the game. Earlier in the
fourth quarter, Kareem
closed in on Lock and
snatched the ball away
with the Broncos deep
in Bengals territory and
driving for what could
have been a go-ahead TD.
“It allows us to play a
David Zalubowski | AP
pretty
dirty game,” coach
Cincinnati Bengals kicker Evan McPherson celebrates his field goal
with tight end C.J. Uzomah (87) during the first half against the Zac Taylor said of the
gritty defensive perforDenver Broncos on Sunday in Denver. Cincinnati won 15-10.
mance.
gals in terms of injuries.
Teddy Bridgewater left
on a stretcher in the third They came in already
What needs help
quarter because of a head missing their best lineThe offense behind
backer, Logan Wilson,
injury.
Joe Burrow started
The key play was Kha- and starting right guard
slow — again — and big
lid Kareem snatching the Riley Reiff. More guys
plays were scarce. Burwere banged up Sunday.
ball away from Lock on
row was just 15 for 22
second-and-goal from the
for 157 yards. Joe Mixon
Cincinnati 9 in the fourth What’s working
managed just 58 rushing
quarter that ended a
yards on 17 carries and
The defense without
potential Denver scoring Wilson and cornerback
was slowed by an ankle
drive.
injury. Three ﬁeld goals
Chidobe Awuzie applied
The game might prove pressure on the quarterby rookie Evan McPherto be costly for the Benson saved the day.
backs and didn’t break

Lady Raiders fall to Spring Valley, 62-48
By Bryan Walters

that increased the halftime lead to
31-22, then Hallie Bailey poured in
eight points during an 18-8 third
period surge for a comfortable
BIDWELL, Ohio — A tough go
49-30 cushion entering the ﬁnale.
of things in the middle rounds.
Twyman added seven points
Visiting Spring Valley used a
34-18 surge in the middle two quar- and Kallie Burger chipped in ﬁve
markers down the stretch as RVHS
ters to pull away from the River
Valley girls basketball team on Sat- closed regulation with a 17-12 run
to wrap up the 14-point outcome.
urday during a 62-48 non-conferThe Lady Raiders made 19
ence decision in Gallia County.
total ﬁeld goals — including four
The Lady Raiders (4-4) stayed
3-pointers — and also went 5-of-10
competitive in the opening frame
at the free throw line for 50 peras Lauren Twyman and Carlee
cent.
Manley combined for 10 points,
Twyman led the hosts with a
but the hosts still trailed 15-12
game-high 16 points, followed by
through eight minutes of play.
The Lady Timberwolves received Haylee Eblin with nine points and
Burger with six markers. Manley
six points from Dria Parker durwas next with four points, while
ing a 16-10 second quarter push

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Spartans
From page 5

extend their lead back up
to 10 points and beyond.
One saving grace the
Marauders employed was
their 3-point shooting,
hitting four shots from
behind the arch. So the
Maroon and Gold wasn’t
quite out of the running.
Heading into the ﬁnal
quarter up 46-38, the
Spartans scored six of
the ﬁrst eight points of
the fourth to jump ahead
52-40.
Down the home
stretch, the Marauders
were unable to hit many

of their shots, while the
Spartans put things away
with their free throws,
including scoring their
last seven points from the
charity stripe.
In shooting, the
Marauders held the edge
in 3-pointers 8-4.
On the other end, the
Spartans held the advantage in ﬁeld goals 19-8.
In free throws, the
Marauders had the lions
share up until the ﬁnal
quarter, when the Spartans hit 14 free throws to
take the 17-16 advantage.
Leading the Marauders in scoring was senior
Coulter Cleland, who
had two 3-pointers, two
ﬁeld goals and eight free

Brooklin Clonch and Savannah
White contributed three points
each.
Allie Holley and Morrisa Barcus
provided two points apiece for
River Valley. Emma Truance completed the scoring with one point.
Bailey paced SVHS with 14
points, followed by Holley Riggs
with eight points and Allie Daniels
with seven markers.
River Valley was at Meigs on
Monday and returns to action on
Wednesday, Dec. 29, when it travels to Southern for a non-conference matchup at 6:30 p.m.
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throws for a total of 18
points.
Behind him was sophomore Braylon Harrison,
who got four 3-pointers,
one ﬁeld goal and two
free throws for 16 points.
Rounding out the
Meigs score were Caleb
Burnem with ﬁve points,
Brayden Stanley with
four points, Ethan Stewart with four points,
Brody Butcher with four
points, Grifﬁn Cleland
with three points and
Morgan Roberts with
two points.
The Spartans were led
by Kyler D’Augustino,
who recorded two
3-pointers, nine ﬁeld
goals and 11 free throws

for a total of 35 points.
In rebounds, both
teams came away with 32
in total.
The Marauders had 12
offensive and 20 defensive, led by Ethan Stewart
with eight.
The Spartans had nine
offensive and 23 defensive, led by Zach Barnhose with 17.
The Marauders will be
back on the court at 7:15
p.m. Tuesday when they
travel to take on the Nelsonville-York Buckeyes.
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by Tide, 79-33
By Colton Jeffries
cjeffries@aimmediamidwest.
com

SETH, W.Va. — The
Hannan boys basketball
team picked up its ﬁrst
loss of the 2021-22 season Saturday evening
with a 79-33 road defeat
at the hands of the
Sherman Tide.
The Wildcats (1-1)
did a decent job scoring
in the ﬁrst quarter, scoring 15 but went into the
second down by way of
the Tide’s 27 points.
From there, the Navy
and White struggled to
get their shots to land,
only netting six points
in the second quarter to
go into halftime down
47-21.
The scoring issues
continued to plague the
Wildcats in the third
quarter.
Although Hannan
was able to outscore
Sherman 9-7 in the last
quarter, the damage had
already been done.

Leading the Wildcats
in scoring was junior
Dakota Watkins, who
recorded three 3-pointers and two ﬁeld goals
for a total of 13 points.
Behind him was sophomore Eli Chapman,
who got four ﬁeld goals
for eight points.
Rounding out the
Hannan scoring were
Logan Barker with
seven points, Xavier
Stone with three points
and Justin Rainey with
two points.
Leading the Tide was
AJ Skeens, who notched
three 3-pointers, ﬁve
ﬁeld goals and one free
throw for a total of 20
points.
The Wildcats will be
back on the court at 7
p.m. Tuesday when they
travel to face the Ohio
Valley Christian Defenders.
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Cajuns
From page 5

Huff said. “There’s just some things, culture-wise,
when you win championships, that you know how
to do at the right moments, at the right time,
that we’re still learning. I don’t question the guys’
effort.”
Lewis ﬁnished 19 of 31 passing without a turnover. He had three completions of 42 or more
yards and also had a 55-yard run.
Lewis is “No. 1 in my book,” said Bailey, who
ﬁnished with 94 yards rushing and two touchdowns on 17 carries. “He’s a true leader.”
Marshall QB Grant Wells was 15 of 26 for 99
yards and was intercepted once by Bralen Trahan.
Louisiana-Lafayette struck ﬁrst, driving 81
yards for a touchdown on the game’s ﬁrst series.
Lewis’ 9-yard scoring pass to Kyren Lacy made it
7-0.
The Cajuns led 10-0 after Nate Snyder’s 42-yard
ﬁeld goal.
But Marshall found its footing when Ali burst up
the middle for a 63-yard score.
Two series later, the Herd drove 58 yards in
three plays, highlighted by Ali’s 32-yard run to
start the drive and his 14-yard score two plays
later to put Marshall in front 14-10 in the second
quarter.
Lewis gained 55 yards on a read-option keeper
to set up Snyder’s 25-yard ﬁeld goal to cut it to
14-13.
Trahan’s interception and 26-yard return to the
Marshall 44 set up Snyder’s third ﬁeld goal of the
half to put the Cajuns back in front 16-14. ULL
parlayed that turnover into points after Lewis’
deep heave on a rollout was caught by Jacob Bernard on the Marshall 4.

Meigs
From page 5

Dragons
From page 5

and nine caroms. Kenyon
Franklin and Brody Fellure were next with nine
points each, while Roe
and Carson Call respectively completed the
scoring with ﬁve and two
points.

Fairland made 22-of-46
shot attempts for 48 percent, including a 5-of-15
performance from 3-point
range for 33 percent. The
guests also netted 13-of17 charity tosses for 76
percent.
Porter paced FHS with
a game-high 22 points,
followed by Davis with 14
points and Ethan Taylor
with 13 markers. J.D.

Thacker was next with
nine points, while Chase
Allen and Steeler Leep
completed the winning
tally with two points
each.
Porter hauled in a
team-best ﬁve rebounds,
with Davis and Taylor
each grabbing three
boards for the victors.
The Blue Devils —
after a 2-0 start to the

season — have now
dropped three of their last
four decisions overall.
Gallia Academy returns
to action Tuesday when
it hosts Fairﬁeld Union
in a non-conference tilt at
7 p.m.
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Rounding out the Gallia Academy scoring were
Regan Wilcoxon with eight points, Kenya Peck
with seven points and Asia Grifﬁn with six points.
The Lady Marauders will be back in action at 6
p.m. Wednesday when they hit the road to face the
Southern Lady Tornadoes.
The Blue Angels will be back on the court at 6
p.m. Wednesday when they travel to face the Oak
Hill Lady Oaks.
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Pentagon issues rules aimed at stopping rise of extremism
By Lolita C. Baldor

cal harm some of these
activities can engender
can undermine the safety
of our people.”
WASHINGTON
The risk of extremism
— Warning that
in the military can be
extremism in the ranks
more dangerous because
is increasing, Pentagon
many service members
ofﬁcials are issuing
have access to classiﬁed
detailed new rules proinformation about sensihibiting service members
tive military operations
from actively engaging
or other national security
in extremist activities.
information that could
The new guidelines
help adversaries. And
come nearly a year after
extremist groups rousome current and former
tinely recruit former and
service members parcurrent service members
ticipated in the riot at the
because of their familiarU.S. Capitol, triggering a
ity with weapons and
broad department review.
combat tactics.
Senior defense ofﬁcials
Alex Brandon | AP file photo
Ofﬁcials said that while
tell The Associated Press
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin pauses while speaking during a media briefing Nov. 17 at the the substantiated cases
that fewer than 100 milimay be small, compared
tary members are known Pentagon in Washington.
to the size of the military,
such great detail, and also among the troops. But
activities, which range
to have been involved
which includes more
Defense Secretary Lloyd
did not specify the two
from advocating terrorin substantiated cases
step process to determine Austin and other leaders than 2 million active duty
ism or supporting the
of extremist activity in
and reserve troops. The
launched a broader camoverthrow of the govern- someone accountable.
the past year, but they
What was wrong yester- paign to root out extrem- number appears to be an
ment to fundraising or
warn that the number
increase over previous
ism in the force after it
day is still wrong today,
rallying on behalf of an
may grow given recent
became clear that military years where the totals
said one senior defense
spikes in domestic violent extremist group or “likwere in the low two-digveterans and some curing” or reposting extrem- ofﬁcial. But several ofﬁextremism, particularly
its. But they also noted
rent service members
ist views on social media. cials said that as a study
among veterans.
group spoke with service were present at the Jan. 6 that data has not been
The rules also specify
Ofﬁcials said the new
consistent so it is difﬁcult
insurrection.
members this year they
that commanders must
policy doesn’t largely
to identify trends.
In a message to the
found that many wanted
determine two things in
change what is prohibThe new rules do not
clearer deﬁnitions of what force on Monday, Ausorder for someone to be
ited, but is more of an
provide a list of extremist
tin said the department
effort to make sure troops held accountable: that the was not allowed. The
organizations. Instead,
believes that only a few
ofﬁcials spoke about the
action was an extremist
are clear on what they
it is up to commanders
activity, as deﬁned in the new rules on condition of service members violate
can and can’t do, while
their oath and participate to determine if a service
still protecting their First rules, and that the service anonymity because they
member is actively conin extremist activities.
member “actively partici- have not yet been made
Amendment free speech
ducting extremist activiBut, he added, “even the
pated” in that prohibited public.
rights. And for the ﬁrst
actions of a few can have ties based on the deﬁniThe military has long
activity.
time, it is far more spetions, rather than on a
been aware of small num- an outsized impact on
Previous policies
ciﬁc about social media.
unit cohesion, morale and list of groups that may be
bers of white supremabanned extremist activiThe new policy lays
cists and other extremists readiness - and the physi- constantly changing, ofﬁties but didn’t go into
out in detail the banned

Associated Press

cials said.
Asked whether troops
can simply be members
of an extremist organization, ofﬁcials said the
rules effectively prohibit
membership in any meaningful way — such as the
payment of dues or other
actions that could be considered “active participation.”
The regulations lay
out six broad groups of
extremist activities, and
then provide 14 different
deﬁnitions that constitute
active participation.
Soon after taking
ofﬁce, Austin ordered
military leaders to schedule a so-called “standdown” day and spend
time talking to their
troops about extremism
in the ranks.
The new rules apply
to all of the military services, including the Coast
Guard, which in peacetime is part of the Department of Homeland Security. They were developed
through recommendations from the Countering Extremist Activities
Working Group. And they
make the distinction, for
example, that troops may
possess extremist materials, but they can’t attempt
to distribute them, and
while they can observe an
extremist rally, they can’t
participate, fund or support one.

Trump sues NY attorney general,
seeking to halt civil probe

Wall Street joins global
slump for stocks;
S&amp;P 500 down 1.2%

By Michael R. Sisak

By Stan Choe,
Damian J. Troise
and Alex Veiga

NEW YORK — Former President Donald
Trump sued New York
Attorney General Letitia James on Monday,
resorting to a familiar
but seldom successful
strategy as he seeks to
end a yearslong civil
investigation into his
business practices that
he alleges is purely political.
In the lawsuit, ﬁled in
federal court two weeks
after James requested
that Trump sit for a Jan.
7 deposition, Trump
contends the probe into
matters including his
company’s valuation of
assets has violated his
constitutional rights in
a “thinly-veiled effort to
publicly malign Trump
and his associates.”
The lawsuit describes
James, a Democrat, as
having “personal disdain
for Trump” and points
to numerous statements
she’s made targeting him
in recent years, including
her support of “die-in”
protests against him,
her boast that her ofﬁce
sued his administration
76 times and tweets during her 2018 campaign
that she had her “eyes on
Trump Tower” and that
Trump was “running out
of time.”
“Her mission is
guided solely by political animus and a desire
to harass, intimidate,
and retaliate against
a private citizen who
she views as a political
opponent,” the former
president’s lawyers
wrote in the lawsuit,
ﬁled on behalf of Trump
and his company, the
Trump Organization.
In a statement, James
said: “The Trump Organization has continually sought to delay our
investigation into its
business dealings and
now Donald Trump and
his namesake company
have ﬁled a lawsuit as
an attempted collateral
attack on that investigation.”

Seth Wenig | AP file photo

New York Attorney General Letitia James attends a rally in support
of living wages for home care workers on Dec. 14 in New York.
Former President Donald Trump sued New York Attorney General
Letitia James on Monday, seeking to end her civil investigation into
his business practices.

“To be clear, neither
Mr. Trump nor the
Trump Organization get
to dictate if and where
they will answer for their
actions. Our investigation will continue undeterred because no one is
above the law, not even
someone with the name
Trump.”
James had announced
a run for New York governor in late October, but
earlier this month, she
suspended that campaign
and cited ongoing investigations in her decision
to instead seek reelection
as state attorney general.
News of the lawsuit,
ﬁled in upstate New
York, was ﬁrst reported
by The New York Times.
The case is assigned to
Judge Brenda Sannes
in Syracuse, who was
appointed in 2014 by
Trump’s predecessor
President Barack Obama,
a Democrat, but preliminary proceedings will be
handled by a magistrate
judge in Albany, which
isn’t unusual for federal
court.
Trump, a Republican, seeks a permanent
injunction barring James
from investigating him
and preventing her from
being involved in any
“civil or criminal” investigations against him and
his company, such as a
parallel criminal probe
she’s a part of that’s
being led by Manhattan
District Attorney Cyrus
Vance Jr. Trump also
wants a judge to declare

that James violated his
free speech and due process rights.
Trump has lost multiple lawsuits aimed at
foiling investigators,
including a multiyear
U.S. Supreme Court ﬁght
that ended in February
with Vance obtaining his
tax records.
James has spent more
than two years investigating whether the Trump
Organization misled
banks or tax ofﬁcials
about the value of assets
— inﬂating them to gain
favorable loan terms or
minimizing them to reap
tax savings.
Last year, James’ investigators interviewed one
of Trump’s sons, Trump
Organization executive
Eric Trump. Her ofﬁce
went to court to enforce
a subpoena on the younger Trump, who’s listed
as president of a Trump
company that controls
one of the assets James
has been scrutinizing,
and a judge forced him
to testify after his lawyers abruptly canceled
a previously scheduled
deposition.
Trump’s lawsuit didn’t
explicitly mention James’
request for his testimony,
aside from a brief reference. But it’s clear he
won’t be showing up
Jan. 7, James’ requested
date, to answer questions
voluntarily. As with Eric
Trump, James’ ofﬁce will
now likely have to issue
a subpoena and go to a
judge to order the former

president to cooperate.
It is rare for law
enforcement agencies to
issue a civil subpoena for
testimony from a person
who is also the subject of
a related criminal probe,
in part because the person under criminal investigation could simply
invoke the Fifth Amendment right to remain
silent. It is unlikely that
Trump’s lawyers would
allow him to be deposed
unless they were sure
his testimony couldn’t
be used against him in a
criminal case.
The Manhattan district
attorney’s ofﬁce is conducting a parallel criminal investigation into
Trump’s business dealings. Although the civil
investigation is separate,
James’ ofﬁce has been
involved in both.
Vance, a Democrat
who is leaving ofﬁce
at the end of the year,
recently convened a
new grand jury to hear
evidence as he weighs
whether to seek more
indictments in the investigation, which resulted
in tax fraud charges in
July against the Trump
Organization and its
longtime CFO Allen
Weisselberg.
Weisselberg pleaded
not guilty to charges
alleging he and the company evaded taxes on
lucrative fringe beneﬁts
paid to executives.
Both investigations
are at least partly related
to allegations made in
news reports and by
Trump’s former personal
lawyer, Michael Cohen,
that Trump had a history
of misrepresenting the
value of assets.
James’ ofﬁce issued
subpoenas to local
governments as part
of the civil probe for
records pertaining to
Trump’s estate north of
Manhattan, known as
Seven Springs, and a tax
beneﬁt Trump received
for placing land into a
conservation trust. Vance
later issued subpoenas
seeking many of the
same records.

AP Business Writers

Wall Street is joining
a worldwide slump for
ﬁnancial markets on
Monday amid worries
about how badly the
omicron variant, inﬂation and other forces
will hit the economy.
The S&amp;P 500 was
1.2% lower in afternoon
trading, following up
on similar drops across
Europe and Asia. Stocks
of oil producers helped
lead the way lower after
the price of U.S. crude
fell 3.7% on concerns
the newest coronanvirus
variant could lead factories, airplanes and drivers to burn less fuel.
Omicron may be the
scariest force hitting
markets, but it’s not the
only one. A proposed
$2 trillion spending
program by the U.S. government took a potential death blow over
the weekend when an
inﬂuential senator said
he could not support
it. Markets are also still
absorbing last week’s
momentous move by
the Federal Reserve to
more quickly remove the
aid it’s throwing at the
economy, because of rising inﬂation.
They all combined
to drag the Dow Jones
Industrial Average down
496 points, or 1.4%, to
34,869, as of 3:22 p.m.
Eastern time. The Nas-

daq composite fell 1.1%,
while Germany’s DAX
lost 1.9% and Japan’s
Nikkei 225 dropped
2.1%. Roughly four
stocks fell for every one
that rose on the New
York Stock Exchange.
“Omicron threatens
to be the Grinch to rob
Christmas,” Mizuho
Bank’s Vishnu Varathan
said in a report. The
market “prefers safety to
nasty surprises.”
With COVID-19 cases
surging again, leaders
of governments around
the world are weighing
the return of restrictions
on businesses and social
interactions when many
people seem to be sick
of them.
The Dutch government began a tough
nationwide lockdown
on Sunday, while a U.K.
ofﬁcial on Monday said
he could not guarantee
new restrictions would
not be announced this
week. The Natural History Museum, one of
London’s leading attractions, said Monday it
was closing for a week
because of “front-ofhouse staff shortages.”
In the U.S., President
Joe Biden will announce
on Tuesday new steps
he is taking, “while also
issuing a stark warning
of what the winter will
look like for Americans
that choose to remain
unvaccinated,” the
White House press
secretary said over the
weekend.

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Democrats try to ‘build back’ after Manchin tanks $2T bill
By Lisa Mascaro
and Farnoush Amiri
Associated Press

WASHINGTON —
Democrats are struggling
to pick up the pieces after
Sen. Joe Manchin effectively crushed President
Joe Biden’s big domestic
policy bill. But they face
serious questions whether the $2 trillion initiative
can be refashioned to win
his crucial vote or the
party will be saddled with
a devastating defeat.
Senate Majority Leader
Chuck Schumer vowed on
Monday that the chamber would vote early in
the new year on Biden’s
“Build Back Better Act”
as it now stands, so every
senator “has the opportunity to make their position known on the Senate
ﬂoor, not just on television.” That was a biting
reference to Manchin’s
sudden TV announcement against the bill on
Sunday.
But the conservative
West Virginia Democrat
and his party are so far
apart, his relationships
so bruised after months
of failed talks, it’s unclear
how they even get back to
the negotiating table, let
alone revive the sprawling more than 2,100-page
social services and climate change bill.
“We’re going to work
like hell to get it done,”
said White House Press
Secretary Jen Psaki,
repeating the phrase several times at a brieﬁng
but never saying how.
The setback throws
Biden’s signature legislative effort into deep
doubt at a critical time,
closing out the end of the
president’s ﬁrst year and

J. Scott Applewhite | AP file photo

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a centrist Democrat vital to the fate of President Joe Biden’s $3.5
government overhaul, updates reporters about his position on the bill on Sept. 30 at the Capitol in
Washington, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021.

ahead of congressional
midterm elections when
the Democrats’ slim hold
on Congress. is at risk.
Coupled with solid
Republican opposition,
Manchin’s vote is vital in
the 50-50 split Senate on
this and other initiatives,
including the Democrats’
priority voting rights legislation that Schumer also
promised would come to
an early vote.
From the White House,
Psaki struck a more
conciliatory tone than
her weekend hardball
reaction to Manchin, saying Biden is a “longtime
friend” of the senator and
the president is focused
on moving forward.
Steeped in the politics
of a state that Biden lost
decisively to Donald
Trump, Manchin has little
to gain from aligning
too closely with fellow
Democrats, raising fresh
questions over whether
he still has a place in the
party.
In a radio interview

Monday, he reiterated his
position that the social
and environment bill has
far too much government spending — on
child care, health care
and other programs —
without enough restrictions on incomes or work
requirements.
But the lifelong Democrat was less clear when
asked if the party still has
room for him — describing himself as “ﬁscally
responsible and socially
compassionate.”
Manchin said: “Now,
if there’s no Democrats
like that then they have
to push me wherever they
want.”
After months of negotiations with the White
House and Senate staff
members as well as Biden
and fellow senators, he
lashed out at hardline tactics against him by those
he said “just beat the living crap out of people and
think they’ll be submissive.”
The next steps remain

highly uncertain for the
president and his party.
Biden returned to Washington from his Delaware
home, and lawmakers
assessed their options
with Congress on recess
for the holiday break. The
president’s reputation
as a seasoned legislator
who wants to show the
country government can
work hangs in the balance
along with his proposals.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal,
D-Wash., a leader of the
progressive caucus, spoke
with Manchin early Monday, but emerged warning
her colleagues the senator
was an untrustworthy
partner who “went back
on his word.”
Jayapal said Democrats
were working with the
White House on alternative means of reaching
the bill’s goals through
executive or administrative actions, without legislation.
“We cannot make the
same mistakes twice,”
she said on a conference

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January 4, 2022; SECOND AUCTION END DATE: February 1,
2022
19CV000106; Tax Ease Ohio, LLC V. Vincent Shawn Potts, et
al; 0 McCarley Rd., Huntington Twp., OH 45686, Huntington
Twp. Located in-between Fish Pond Rd and Woodruff Rd;
01500106800; MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE BID $14,884.81
(PLUS 10% BUYER'S PREMIUM); AUCTION END DATE:
January 4, 2022; SECOND AUCTION END DATE: February 1,
2022
19CV000118; Tax Ease Ohio, LLC v. Sandra McCabe, et al;
543 &amp; 0 Solar Dr., Gallipolis, OH 45631, Gallipolis Twp;
00601801600 &amp; 00601801700; MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE BID
$34,159.17 (PLUS 10% BUYER'S PREMIUM); AUCTION END
DATE: January 4, 2022; SECOND AUCTION END DATE:
February 1, 2022
20CV000055; Tax Ease Ohio, LLC v. Richard A. George, et al;
0 Morgan Center Rd., Bidwell, OH 45614, Morgan Twp.
Located in-between George Rd and Clark Chapel Rd;
01900121807; MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE BID $17,065.56
(PLUS 10% BUYER'S PREMIUM); AUCTION END DATE:
January 4, 2022; SECOND AUCTION END DATE: February 1,
2022
19CV000047; Tax Ease Ohio, LLC v. Kathryn Browning, et al;
2241 Sowards Ridge Rd., Crown City, OH 45623, Guyan Twp.;
011-001-172-00, 011-001-173-00 &amp; 011-001-027-00; MINIMUM
ACCEPTABLE BID $19,770.91 (PLUS 10% BUYER'S PREMIUM); AUCTION END DATE: January 4, 2022; SECOND
AUCTION END DATE: February 1, 2022
NOTE: All parcels will be auctioned online at
www.OhioForeclosures.com. All auctions will begin at least
seven (7) days prior to the auction end date. If any parcel does
not receive a sufficient bid, it shall be offered for sale, under the
same terms, on the same website, with the second auction
beginning at least seven (7) days prior to the end date of the
second auction. A ten percent (10%) Buyer's Premium will be
added to the high bid to determine the sale price. Full legal
description of parcels, and other sale details, are available at
www.OhioForeclosures.com.
TERMS OF SALE: Purchaser shall be required to pay a buyer's
premium, in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the high
bid price, which shall be added to the high bid and included in
the full purchase price. Deposit of $5,000.00, shall be wire
transferred to Standard Title Co. no later than 2:00 pm EST the
day following auction end. Balance of the FULL purchase price
shall be wire transferred to Standard Title Co. no later than
thirty (30) days following the confirmation of sale. Failure to
pay deposit, buyer premium or balance of purchase price timely
will result in private selling officer moving the court for a contempt citation against purchaser. The purchaser shall be responsible for those costs, allowances, and taxes that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to cover.
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT PARCELS TO BE
SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION MAY BE SUBJECT TO A FEDERAL TAX LIEN THAT MAY NOT BE EXTINGUISHED BY
THE SALE.
NOTE: Prospective bidders are responsible for knowing what
they are bidding on prior to the time of sale by first having reviewed the records of the City wherein the parcel is located,
and the records of the County, and further, by personally viewing the parcel at its location.
NOTE: Per Section 5721.38 of the Ohio Revised Code, an
owner of a parcel may redeem his property by payment in full of
all taxes and costs until the sale of such parcel is confirmed by
the Court.
This advertisement is prepared and published pursuant to the
provisions of Section 5721.37 and 5721.39 of the Ohio Revised
Code.
12/15/21,12/22/21,12/29/21

call with other progressives. “We cannot hang
the futures of millions of
Americans on the words
of one man.”
The White House
appeared to take interest
in Manchin’s preference
for a reimagined bill that
would tackle a few top
priorities, for longer duration, rather than the multifaceted and far-reaching
House-passed version.
But it will be extraordinarily difﬁcult for
progressive and centrist
Democrats to rebuild
trust to launch a fresh
round of negotiations
having devoted much of
Biden’s ﬁrst year in ofﬁce
to what is now essentially
a collapsed effort.
For example, Manchin
wants to authorize the
social programs for the
full 10 years of a standard
budget window — rather
than just a few years as
Democrats would as a
way to keep the price tag
down. That change would
force painful cuts elsewhere in the package.
Despite Biden’s long
courtship of Manchin,
the senator has been
clear throughout that
the Democrats’ bill does
not ﬁt his vision of what
the country needs, even
though many residents in
his state are low income,
some in desperate need of
the health, education and
child care services the bill
would provide.
The sweeping package
is among the biggest of
its kind ever considered
in Congress, unleashing billions of dollars to
help American families
nationwide — nearly all
paid for with higher taxes
on corporations and the
wealthy.

For families with children, it would provide
free pre-school and child
care aid. There are subsidies for health insurance premiums, lower
prescription drug costs
and expanded Medicaid
access in states that do
not yet provide it. The
bill would start a new
hearing aid program for
seniors. And it includes
more than $500 billion to
curb carbon emissions, a
ﬁgure considered the largest federal expenditure
ever to combat climate
change.
A potential new deadline for Biden and his
party comes with the
expiration of an expanded child tax credit that
has been sending up to
$300 monthly directly to
millions of families’ bank
accounts. If Congress fails
to act, the money won’t
arrive in January.
Talks between Biden
and Manchin deteriorated
during a ﬁnal round last
week that turned heated,
according to a person
granted anonymity to discuss the private talks.
In a stunning repudiation of his party, Manchin gave the president’s
staff just a 20-minute
heads-up he was about to
announce his opposition
to the bill.
It called to mind the
famous thumbs-down
vote by Sen. John
McCain, R-Ariz., that
killed President Donald
Trump’s 2017 effort to
repeal the health care law
enacted under President
Barack Obama.
Republicans hailed
Manchin as a maverick,
but Democrats and the
White House were merciless in their criticism.

IN BRIEF

Queen Elizabeth II to skip
Christmas trip amid omicron
LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has decided
not to spend Christmas at the royal Sandringham
estate in eastern England amid concerns about the
fast-spreading omicron variant.
The palace said Monday that the 95-year-old queen
will spend the holidays at Windsor Castle, west of London, where she has stayed for most of the pandemic.
Other members of the royal family are expected
to visit over the Christmas period, with precautions
taken against spreading the virus.
Coronavirus infections are surging in Britain — up
60% in a week — as omicron replaced delta as the dominant variant, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson has
said more new restrictions may have to be introduced
to slow its spread. His health minister has refused to
rule out imposing new measures before Christmas.
For years, members of Britain’s extended royal family have spent the holidays at Sandringham, where
crowds gather to watch them attend the local church
on Christmas Day.
The queen has cut down on travel and work since
spending a night in the hospital in October and being
told to rest by her doctors. She has since undertaken
light duties including virtual audiences with diplomats
and weekly conversations with the prime minister.
This is the queen’s ﬁrst Christmas since the death of
her husband of 73 years, Prince Philip, in April at 99.
The royal couple spent their ﬁnal Christmas together
at Windsor last year.

Israel to ban travel to US,
Canada over omicron variant
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli ministers on Monday
agreed to ban travel to the United States, Canada and
eight other countries amid the rapid, global spread of
the omicron variant.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s ofﬁce announced
the decision following a Cabinet vote.
The rare move to red-list the U.S. comes amid rising
coronavirus infections in Israel and marks a change
to pandemic practices between the two nations with
close diplomatic relations. The U.S. will join a growing list of European countries and other destinations
to which Israelis are barred from traveling, and from
which returning travelers must remain in quarantine.
A parliamentary committee is expected to give the
measure ﬁnal approval. Once authorized, the travel
ban will take effect at midnight Wednesday morning.
Israel has seen a surge in new cases of the more
infectious coronavirus variant in recent weeks, and
began closing its borders and restricting travel in late
November. Foreign nationals are not allowed to enter,
and all Israelis arriving from overseas are required to
quarantine — including people who are vaccinated.
Other countries that were approved to be added to
the travel ban starting Wednesday are Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Switzerland
and Turkey.

�Ohio Valley Publishing

Tuesday, December 21, 2021 9

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“The vaults at Federated Mint are
going empty,” said Laura A. Lynne,
Director of Coin and Currency for
Federated Mint.
That’s because a decision by
Federated Mint to release rarely seen
U.S. Gov’t issued coins, some worth
up to 50 times their face value, means
unsearched Vault Bags loaded with U.
S. Gov’t issued coins dating back to the
1800’s are now being handed over to
U.S. residents who find their zip code
listed in today’s publication.
“But don’t thank the Government.
As Director of Coin and Currency
for Federated Mint, I get paid to
inform and educate the general public
regarding U.S. coins. Ever since the
decision by Federated Mint to release
rarely seen Gov’t issued coins to the
general public — I’m being asked how
much are the unsearched Vault Bags
worth? The answer is, there’s no way
to tell. Coin values always fluctuate and
there are never any guarantees, but
we do know this. Each unsearched bag
weighs nearly 3 pounds and is known
to contain rarely seen Morgan Silver
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you search through all the coins. But
you better believe at just $980 these
unsearched Vault Bags are a steal,
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“These are not ordinary coins you
find in your pocket change. These are
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back to the 1800’s so we won’t be
surprised if thousands of U.S. residents
claim as many as they can get their
hands on. That’s because after the
bags were loaded with nearly 3 pounds
of Gov’t issued coins, each verified
to meet a minimum collector grade
quality of very good or above, the dates
and mint marks were never searched
to determine collector values and the
bags were securely sealed. That means
there’s no telling what you’ll find until
you search all the coins,” said Lynne.
The only thing U.S. residents who
find their zip code printed in today’s
publication need to do is call the
National Toll-Free Hotline before the
48-hour deadline ends.
This is very important. After the

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45658
45674

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45686

Q UNSEARCHED: Pictured above are the unsearched Vault Bags being handed over to
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including all the coins pictured in today’s publication, some dating back to the 1800’s and
worth up to 50 times their face value. Each coin is verified to meet a minimum collector
grade of very good or above before the bags are securely sealed and the dates and mint
marks are never searched by Federated Mint to determine collector value.

Vault Bags were loaded with over
200 Gov’t issued coins, each verified
to meet a minimum collector grade
quality of very good or above, the dates
and mint marks were never searched
to determine collector values. The
Vault Bag fee has been set for $1,500
for residents who miss the 48-hour
deadline, but for those U.S. residents
who beat the 48-hour deadline the Vault
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the National Toll-Free Hotline before
the deadline ends.
“Remember this, we cannot
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the unsearched bags of coins they
can get in this special advertising
announcement. And you better believe
with each bag being loaded with nearly
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guessing they’re going to go quick,”
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The phone lines will be ringing off
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a.m. this morning. That’s because
each unsearched Vault Bag is loaded
with the rarely seen coins pictured
left and highly sought after collector
coins dating clear back to the 1800’s
including iconic Morgan Silver Dollars,
a historic Peace Silver Dollar, stunning

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�NEWS/WEATHER

10 Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Daily Sentinel

Bend

Meigs

From page 1

From page 1

In New Haven, residents
were invited to place decorated trees in the roadside
park for the ﬁrst time. They,
too, have approximately two
dozen on display.
The town began decorating the park last year, and
have added more for 2021.
Also included is a large
“joy” decoration with a
nativity scene within the
“o,” donated by Paul and
Carolyn Hesson. The park
has a one-way road that
enables motorists to drive
through the display.
The Town of New Haven
upgraded the electrical service at the park recently to
accommodate the lighted
decorations.
© 2021, Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved.

No. MEGCR163-00475 (SFN
5331293) located on
Midkiff Road over the
west branch of the
Shade River, including approach work,
guardrail and pavement markings lying
within Meigs County.
Commissioners
authorized the Clerk
to advertise a public
viewing will be held
December 16, 2021
at 9 a.m. at the beginning of the dead end
of T-617 (0.28 mile
north of jct. T-1)
thence northerly and
northwesterly 0.30
mile along the former
location of T-617 (previously vacated July
28, 1997 by the Meigs
County Commissioner’s Resolution
J20 P467) to a dead
end. The Public hearing was held at 11:10
a.m. on Dec 16, 2021
at the Meigs County
Commissioners
Ofﬁce, Meigs County
Courthouse Suite 301.
Commissioners
voted to transfer
out $10,000.00 from
A217A01 to B089B04
and to appropriate $21,688.65 into
A217A01 for Economic Development.
The meeting for
the week of Thanksgiving was moved to
Wednesday, Nov. 24 at
9 a.m.

Mindy Kearns is a freelance writer for
Ohio Valley Publishing, email her at
mindykearns1@hotmail.com.

COVID
From page 1

30-39 — 398 cases (3
new), 13 hospitalizations,
1 death
40-49 — 471 cases (3
new), 17 hospitalizations,
2 deaths
50-59 — 432 cases (1
new), 31 hospitalizations,
6 deaths
60-69 — 408 cases (2
new), 47 hospitalizations
(2 new), 10 deaths
70-79 — 271 cases (4
new), 46 hospitalizations,
23 deaths
80-plus — 156 cases (2
new), 26 hospitalizations,
20 deaths
Vaccination rates in
Meigs County are as follows, according to ODH:
Vaccines started:
10,095 (44.07 percent of
the population);
Vaccines completed:
9,183 (40.09 percent of
the population).
Mason County
According to the 10
a.m. update on Monday
from DHHR, there have
been 4,198 cases (35
new) of COVID-19, in
Mason County (3,936
conﬁrmed cases, 262
probable cases) since the

Mindy Kearns | Courtesy

A nativity scene on the stage is one of many displays at the Stewart-Johnson V.F.W./Lottie Jenks Memorial Park in Mason. Among
others are 24 lighted trees decorated by residents in honor or memory of loved ones, the town Christmas tree, inflatables, and
thousands of lights.

TODAY
8 AM

WEATHER

2 PM

26°

41°

32°

AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™

Temperature

The AccuWeather.com Asthma
Index combines the effects of current air quality, pollen counts, wind,
temperature, dew point, barometric
pressure, and changes from past weather
conditions to provide a scale showing the overall
probability and severity of an asthma attack.

24 hours ending 3 p.m. Mon. Trace
Month to date/normal
3.05/2.39
Year to date/normal
50.07/43.92

Snowfall

(in inches)

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.

1

24 hours ending 3 p.m. Mon.
0.0
Month to date/normal
Trace/1.4
Season to date/normal
Trace/2.1

WEATHER TRIVIA™

SUN &amp; MOON

Q: Santa asked Rudolph to guide his
sleigh because of what weather?

Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset

Wed.
7:44 a.m.
5:10 p.m.
8:20 p.m.
10:32 a.m.

MOON PHASES
Last

Dec 26

New

Jan 2

First

Jan 9

Full

Jan 17

SOLUNAR TABLE
The solunar period indicates peak feeding times
for ﬁsh and game.

Today
Wed.
Thu.
Fri.
Sat.
Sun.
Mon.

Major
12:44a
1:39a
2:33a
3:25a
4:16a
5:03a
5:48a

Minor
6:57a
7:51a
8:45a
9:37a
10:27a
11:14a
12:00p

Major
1:09p
2:03p
2:57p
3:48p
4:38p
5:25p
6:11p

Minor
7:22p
8:16p
9:09p
10:00p
10:49p
11:37p
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WEATHER HISTORY
On this date in 1989, a temperature
of 4 degrees at Dulles Airport, Va.,
broke the record low. This was the
eighth straight day on which the
record low was broken.

THURSDAY

Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures
are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme

Partly sunny and
milder

Lucasville
45/29
Portsmouth
45/29

AIR QUALITY

SATURDAY

57°
46°

0 50 100 150 200

300

500

Primary pollutant: Particulates

Cloudy and mild with
showers around

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. Mon.

Location
Willow Island
Marietta
Parkersburg
Belleville
Racine
Point Pleasant
Gallipolis
Huntington
Ashland
Lloyd Greenup
Portsmouth
Maysville
Meldahl Dam

Flood
Stage
37
34
36
35
41
40
50
50
52
54
50
50
51

Level
13.05
17.07
21.75
12.68
12.88
25.69
13.09
25.89
34.40
12.71
18.70
34.20
17.50

24-hr.
Chg.
+0.57
+0.23
-0.15
-0.43
-0.11
+1.22
+1.02
+0.30
+0.60
+0.54
+1.40
+0.60
-0.40

Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021

Some sun, then
turning cloudy

Marietta
43/27
Belpre
44/27

Athens
44/28

St. Marys
44/28

Parkersburg
45/28

Coolville
44/27

Elizabeth
44/28

Spencer
45/27

Buffalo
45/28
Milton
46/28

St. Albans
47/29

Huntington
48/30

NATIONAL FORECAST
110s
Seattle
44/41
100s
90s
80s
70s
60s
50s
40s
30s
San Francisco
55/52
20s
10s
0s
-0s
-10s
Los Angeles
67/48
T-storms
Rain
Showers
Snow
Flurries
Ice
Cold Front
Warm Front
Stationary Front

MONDAY

49°
36°

Mild with partial
sunshine

Murray City
43/27

Ironton
45/29

Ashland
45/29
Grayson
46/29

The Patrol was
assisted by Meigs
EMS, Meigs Sheriff’s Ofﬁce, Racine
Fire Department, 33
Auto Towing an First
Response Towing.
The crash remains
under investigation,
stated the news
release. The roadway was closed as a
result of the crash for
approximately four
hours.
Information provided by OSHP.

SUNDAY

54°
33°

Wilkesville
44/27
POMEROY
Jackson
45/27
45/28
Ravenswood
Rio Grande
45/28
45/28
Centerville
POINT PLEASANT
Ripley
43/26
GALLIPOLIS
46/27
45/28
45/27

South Shore Greenup
45/29
44/28

63

From page 1

54°
38°
Cloudy with a shower
possible

NATIONAL CITIES

Logan
43/27

McArthur
44/27

Waverly
44/28

Fatal

Kayla (Hawthorne) Dunham
is a staff writer for Ohio Valley
Publishing, reach her at 304-6751333, ext. 1992.

FRIDAY

49°
39°

Adelphi
43/27
Chillicothe
44/27

According to the 10
a.m. update on Monday
from DHHR, there have
been 315,571 total cases
since the beginning of
the pandemic, with 780
reported since DHHR’s
update last update.
DHHR reports 27,291
“breakthrough” cases
as of Monday with 419
total breakthrough deaths
statewide (counts include
cases after the start of
COVID-19 vaccination/
Dec. 14, 2020). There
have been a total of 5,191
deaths due to COVID19 since the start of the
pandemic, with 27 since
Friday. There are 8,943
currently active cases in
the state, with a daily
positivity rate of 11.71
and a cumulative positivity rate of 6.36 percent.
Statewide, 1,091,402
West Virginia residents
have received at least one
dose of the COVID-19
(60.9 percent of the population). A total of 50.9
percent of the population,
912,902 individuals have
been fully vaccinated.
© 2021 Ohio Valley
Publishing, all rights
reserved.

A: Fog

Today
7:43 a.m.
5:10 p.m.
7:19 p.m.
9:52 a.m.

Mostly sunny and
colder

2

AccuWeather.com Cold Index™

(in inches)

WEDNESDAY

Partly sunny today. Clear tonight. High 46° /
Low 27°

HEALTH TODAY

Precipitation

EXTENDED FORECAST

38°
21°

Statistics through 3 p.m. Mon.

44°/25°
46°/30°
67° in 1949
-2° in 1963

talizations (21-day average of 320), 15 new ICU
admissions (21-day average of 32) and zero new
deaths in the previous 24
hours (21-day average
of 74) with 28,028 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:
6,919,369 (59.20 percent
of the population);
Vaccines completed:
6,376,869 (54.55 percent
of the population).
As of Dec. 15, ODH
reports the following
breakthrough information:
COVID-19 Deaths
among individuals not
reported as fully vaccinated — 13,327;
COVID-19 Deaths
among fully vaccinated
individuals — 646;
COVID-19 Hospitalizations since Jan. 1, 2021
among individuals not
reported as fully vaccinated — 44,406;
COVID-19 HospitalizaOhio
According to the 2 p.m. tions since Jan. 1, 2021
among individuals reportupdate on Monday from
ed as fully vaccinated —
ODH, there have been
8,082 cases in the past 24 2,652.
hours (21-day average of
8,179), 199 new hospiWest Virginia

8 PM

ALMANAC
High/low
Normal high/low
Record high
Record low

data since vaccinations
began Dec. 14, 2020:
Total cases since start
of vaccinations: 3,367;
Total cases among
individuals who were not
reported as fully vaccinated — 3,111 (31 new);
Total breakthrough
cases among fully vaccinated — 256 (4 new);
Total deaths among not
fully vaccinated individuals — 50;
Total breakthrough
deaths among fully vaccinated individuals — 3.
A total of 11,734 people
in Mason County have
received at least one dose
of the COVID-19 vaccine,
which is 44.3 percent of
the population, according to DHHR, with 9,538
fully vaccinated or 36 percent of the population.
Mason County is currently orange on the West
Virginia County Alert
System.
There have been 22
conﬁrmed cases of the
Delta variant in Mason
County.

beginning of the pandemic and 64 deaths. DHHR
reports there are currently 112 active cases and
4,022 recovered cases, in
Mason County.
Case data is as follows:
0-4 — 73 conﬁrmed
cases (2 fewer), 2 probable cases
5-11 — 197 conﬁrmed
cases (3 new), 16 probable cases
12-15 — 225 conﬁrmed
cases (3 new), 18 probable cases (1 new)
16-20 — 306 conﬁrmed
cases (1 new), 15 probable cases (1 new)
21-25 — 301 conﬁrmed
cases, 22 probable cases
26-30 — 347 conﬁrmed
cases (4 new), 22 probable cases (1 new)
31-40 — 598 conﬁrmed
cases (2 new), 43 probable cases (1 new), 1
death
41-50 — 582 conﬁrmed
cases (3 new), 34 probable cases, 2 deaths
51-60 — 531 conﬁrmed
cases (7 new), 36 probable cases, 7 deaths
61-70 — 413 conﬁrmed
cases (4 new), 27 probable cases (1 new), 13
deaths
71+ — 363 conﬁrmed
cases (5 new), 27 probable cases, 41 deaths
Additional county case

Clendenin
46/28
Charleston
49/29

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precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Winnipeg
8/1

Billings
38/31

Montreal
26/18
Minneapolis
22/7

Toronto
33/29
Detroit
37/24

Chicago
40/20
Denver
61/33

El Paso
62/37

Chihuahua
67/36

New York
45/39

Washington
48/36

Kansas City
47/21

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Wed.

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47/32/c
59/37/pc
67/47/pc
48/30/pc
71/54/c
35/21/pc
35/21/sn
54/27/c
54/27/pc
42/31/s
41/34/sh
58/51/r
49/38/sh
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EXTREMES MONDAY
National for the 48 contiguous states

Atlanta
46/37

High
Low

84° in Vero Beach, FL
-11° in Gunnison, CO

Global

Houston
63/43

Monterrey
72/46

City
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Anchorage
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Billings
Boise
Boston
Charleston, WV
Charlotte
Cheyenne
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dallas
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
Miami
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Oklahoma City
Orlando
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland, ME
Raleigh
Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Seattle
Washington, DC

High
Low
Miami
79/62

118° in Mardie, Australia
-66° in Delyankir, Russia

Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy,
sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow
ﬂurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

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