https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/2c577d8f4f55643efa1525c37c8e6f2e.pdf 07a18d751ca5533e420afd9db8dd7dbb PDF Text Text 8 AM 2 PM 8 PM 44° 57° 55° Rather cloudy and warm today. Showers late tonight. High 62° / Low 54° Today’s weather forecast Weekly church columns River Valley tops Southern WEATHER s 3 CHURCH s 3 SPORTS s 5 C_ZZb[fehj�š�Fec[heo"�E^_e Issue 257, Volume 75 Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Friday, December 31, 2021 s 50¢ Musical guests Bob Bence and Kendra Ward performed at the Chester Shade Historical Association Christmas Open House in December. 3 deaths, 67 new COVID cases reported Latest from Meigs, Gallia, Mason By Kayla (Hawthorne) Dunham khawthorne@aimmediamidwest. com Lorna Hart | Courtesy photos CSHA hosts open house By Lorna Hart mance. Ward began playing the hammered dulcimer when she was four, a skill she learned from her father and grandCHESTER — A concert by musimother. Bence accompanies her on cians Kendra Ward and Bob Bence guitar, while also entertaining guests delighted guests during the Chester Shade Historical Association (CSHA) with his sense of humor. Each Sunday morning, the duo post Christmas open house in early a new video on YouTube featuring December. The couple played a wide a traditional hymn or gospel tune. selection of musical numbers that included Christmas favorites, Appala- Titled “Sunday Sunrise,” Ward said so far there have been no duplicate chian staples, and requests from the songs. audience. “We are going to keep going until Ward and Bence are known for we run out of songs,” she said. “So far their “Authentic Appalachian Soul,” we haven’t had any difficulty finding a preforming in venues across the United States and Europe. The couple different one each week, there are so intermixed the history of their music many good ones out there.” The Old Meigs County Courthouse, Musical guests Bob Bence and Kendra Ward delighted guests with and instruments and some amusing anecdotes that left the audience with their selection of Christmas favorites, Appalachian staples, and See CSHA | 12 requests from the audience. a feeling of inclusion in the perfor- Special to OVP Meigs Soil and Water tree sale underway Staff Report The $12 Edibles Packet consists of 10 trees that produce POMEROY — The 2022 Tree edible fruit, which are also good for wildlife. Two each Sale is underway at the Meigs of American elderberry, butSoil and Water Conservation ternut, hazelnut, pawpaw, and District, with orders being persimmon. taken through Feb. 10. The pollinator-friendly Honey This year’s hardwood offerings include black cherry, black Bee Packet consists of four each walnut, Northern red oak, white of American plum, black locust, eastern redbud, sourwood, and oak, and evergreens like bald tulip (yellow) popular — 20 cypress, Norway spruce, eastern white pine and Virginia pine trees total for $20. Other offerings include a — packets of 25 seedlings for Bartlett pear packet — two $20. Sugar maple is also availtrees for $27; a Shiitake mushable — 25 seedlings for $25. 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. room kit, $28; wild ginger or partridge berry ground cover sets, 25 starts for $25; erosion control seed mix, two pounds for $16; wildlife grass and seed mix, Ohio pollinator seed mix, and Ohio pollinator seed mix (no grasses), and Whitetail 365 Food Plot seed mix, prices to be determined. Also available are bluebird boxes, bat boxes, tree marking flags and Plantskyydd deer and rabbit repellent (available in ready-to-spray quart bottles or in a powder concentrate) and Weed Wand Magic herbicide applicator. The deadline for ordering trees or seed packets from the Meigs SWCD is Thursday, Feb. 10 with trees being available for pickup in early April. For an order form or for more information, contact the Meigs SWCD at 740-992-4282 or stop in during regular business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at 113 E. Memorial Drive, Suite D. Order forms are also be available at www.meigsswcd.com. Dog tags available for purchase Staff Report POMEROY — Meigs County Auditor, Mary T. Byer-Hill, recently announced dog and kennel licenses for 2022 are available. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the auditor asks, if possible, that dog tags be purchased by mail. A printable application is available for both kennel license and individual dog license on the auditor’s website at www. meigscountyauditor.org. When submitting your license by mail, please include a self-addressed stamped envelope along with your application and payment, made payable to the Meigs County Auditor. The law requires that all dogs be licensed. Section 955.01 of the Ohio Revised Code states that every person who owns, keeps or harbors a dog more than three months of age, shall purchase a license for that dog before the 31st day of January of each year. You will have the option to purchase a one year, three year or permanent tag for your dog. The one year dog tag will be $12 and is valid for the calendar year in which it is issued (2022). The State of Ohio allows the County Auditor’s to provide dog See DOG | 12 OHIO VALLEY — Since yesterday’s update, there were three additional deaths associated with COVID-19, as well as 67 new cases, reported in the Ohio Valley Publishing area on Thursday. In Gallia County, the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) reported 19 new COVID-19 cases. In Meigs County, ODH reported 18 new COVID19 cases. In Mason County, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), reported three additional deaths associated with COVID-19. Two of those individuals were in the 51-60 year old age range and one was in the 71+ age range. DHHR also reported 30 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 Thursday, there have been 5,134 total cases (19 new) in Gallia County since the beginning of the pandemic, 333 hospitalizations (3 new) and 82 deaths. Of the 5,134 cases, 4,734 (15 new) are presumed recovered. Case data is as follows: 0-19 — 983 cases, 10 hospitalizations (1 new) 20-29 —822 cases (1 new), 18 hospitalizations, 1 death 30-39 — 716 cases (3 new), 17 hospitalizations, 1 death 40-49 — 757 cases (6 new), 33 hospitalizations (1 new), 5 deaths 50-59 — 700 cases (2 new), 56 hospitalizations (1 new), 12 deaths 60-69 — 568 cases (3 new), 54 hospitalizations, 11 deaths 70-79 — 367 cases (2 new), 87 hospitalizations, 19 deaths 80-plus — 221 cases (2 new), 58 hospitalizations (1 new), 32 deaths Vaccination rates in Gallia County are as follows, according to ODH: Vaccines started: 13,492 (45.13 percent of the population); Vaccines completed: 12,330 (41.24 percent of the population). Meigs County According to the 2 p.m. update from ODH on Thursday, there have been 3,291 total cases (18 new) in Meigs County since the beginning of the pandemic, 195 hospitalizations and 67 deaths. See CASES | 12 �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Friday, December 31, 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing BETTY JEAN GOODALL CANTRELL OBITUARIES PATRICIA L. ‘PAT’ STEPHENS GALLIPOLIS — Betty Jean Goodall Cantrell, West Virginia; sev- 87, of Gallipolis, CenteGALLIPOLIS — eral grandchildren; nary Community, passed Patricia L. “Pat” and sisters-in-law Stephens, 76, of away on Wednesday, and brothers-inGallipolis, passed December 29, 2021 at law, Cathy (Larry) Abbyshire Place. Betty away on Monday, Russell of Gallipo- was born on January 3, December 27, lis, Sandy Stephens 1934 in Bidwell, daugh2021 at Holzer of Patriot, Russell ter of the late Alonzo Medical Center. Stephens of Patriot, and Born on January 17, Cushing Goodall and Leonard Craig Stephens 1945 in Gallipolis, Pat Edna Ethel Smith Stewof New Port, Ky.; and sev- art Goodall. Betty was a was the daughter of the eral nieces and nephews. 1953 graduate of Bidwelllate Emory D. and PauIn addition to her parline Boster Bartels. Pat Porter High School and was married for five years ents, Pat was preceded a 1971 graduate of Rio in death by her first husto Thomas A. Stephens, Grand College where band, Chuck Snyder and who survives her in Galshe earned a Bachelors her brother, Phil Bartels. of Science degree in elelipolis. The funeral service In addition to her mentary education. She will be held at 1 p.m. on furthered her education husband Thomas, Pat is survived by her children, Friday, December 31, by receiving two Master 2021 at Willis Funeral David Snyder of Shelby, of Sciences Degrees in Ray (Susan) Stephens of Home with Pastor Bob Library Science and Patriot, Russell (Connie) Wiseman officiating. Instruction Media and Friends may call prior Stephens of Crown City, had Masters Plus Hours to the service from 11 Michael Paul Stephens of Vinton, Tom Stephens a.m. to p.m. Friday at the of Vinton, and Betty Jean funeral home. Please visit www.willis(Jim) Northup of Oak MASON, W.Va. — funeralhome.com to send Eugene Johnson, son of Hill; niece, Hollie Brume-mail condolences. field of Point Pleasant, Harry and Mabel (Bass) Johnson, was born on JERRY TANNER November 7, 1920 in Mason, W.Va., and passed spent several years on the away on December 28, COLUMBUS — Jerry Tanner, 83, of Columbus, Florida Board for Land2021 in Clinton, Tenn. scape Architecture. passed away on NovemHe was a World War Jerry was preceded in ber 23, 2021 following a II veteran and career death by his wife, Janet, long battle with demensoldier in the U.S. Army. and is survived by steptia. He married Margaret children, Sarah Campbell, Roth while serving at Jerry was born in GalStuart Campbell and lipolis, on October 11, Fulda, Germany. After Jack (Jane) Campbell as 1938. He grew up in retiring, he came home to well as numerous stepColumbus. As a young Mason, where he resided grandchildren and greatman, Jerry enjoyed his until the later years of grandchildren. Addition- life when he spent time time singing in a barally, he is survived by his with his son in Knoxville, bershop quartet and first wife Donna, children Tenn. traveling the state while Gwen (Jerry) and Scott, performing and competThroughout his life, grandchildren and greating. He attended Ohio he always put everyone grandchildren. State University where Services are schedhe was a member of the uled for January 15, varsity cheerleading BIDWELL — Lora 2022. The viewing will squad for four years. He Mae Voreh, 87, Bidwell, be 12-1:30 p.m. and a loved the Buckeyes and passed away at her home memorial service will was a lifelong fan. Jerry Tuesday, December 28, follow at 1:30 p.m. at graduated with a degree 2021. The daughter of the Rutherford-Corbin in Landscape ArchitecFuneral Home, 515 High the late Elvin and Sylvia ture and made a career (Johnson) Neal, she was St., Worthington, Ohio. working as a Landscape born March 15, 1934 in A private family internArchitect for 40 years. Yates, W.Va. He practiced and lived in ment will be held prior Lora Mae was a to the service. Ohio and Florida. Jerry member of Suncoast First Baptist Church, DEATH NOTICE Ft. Myers, Fla., and volunteered at The Hope VAUGHN Chest, Ft. Myers, in POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — George “Buck” Vaughn, 65 of Point Pleasant, W.Va., died Wednesday many capacities. Lora Mae will be December 29, 2021 while at Holzer Medical Center in deeply missed by her Gallipolis, Ohio. sons: Lawrence (Clara) Services for Buck will be Wednesday, January Folden, Bidwell, and 5, 2022 from noon-1 p.m. at Crow-Hussell Funeral Kenneth (Lucille) Home. 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, Jan. 1, 2022 (New Year’s Day) — publishing resumes on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. Also, the business offices will be closed Friday, Dec. 31 (New Year’s Eve) — business hours resume Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. 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 safe and happy new year. Mom: Daughter mistaken for intruder by father, fatally shot COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A man fatally shot his 16-year-old daughter in the family’s Columbus home after he mistook her for an intruder, according to what the girl’s mother told police. The mother called 911 after the shooting around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday and said the father had shot at someone he thought was breaking in. 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 towards a Doctorate Degree from Case Western University. Betty’s work history began by working on the book-mobile and as an accountant for the Gallia County Local Library. Betty later became a clerk for the libray. Betty also worked at Rio Grande College where she retired in 2000. During her tenure at the college she was the the assistant director of the Davis Library and the head of the Instruction Media Center. Betty had also been a fourth grade teacher at Bidwell Elementary. Betty attended a non-denominational house church. She was married to Charles Monroe Cantrell from Louisiana, on October 31, 1956 and he preceded her in death in 1979. Betty is survived by two daughters, Edna Pearl Cantrell of Gallipolis and Mary Elizabeth Cantrell Nemeth of Walterboro, S.C.; two grandchildren Tabatha Faith Nemeth (Tanner Reid Alteman) of Walterboro, S.C. and Destiny Charlene Nemeth of Round O, S.C.; two great grandchildren Breelynn Faith Bailey and Emerson Monroe Alteman both of Walterboro; several nieces and nephews also survive. In addition to her parents, and husband, Betty was preceded in death by a step-daughter, Myrtle Opal Cantrell and an infant step-son; two sisters Alma Goodall Waugh, Elsie Goodall Adkins; seven brothers, James Lester Goodall, Cushing Goodall, John Goodall, William Goodall, Lincoln Franklin, Gordon Franklin and Fred Franklin. The funeral service for Betty will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at Willis Funeral Home with Carlton Schooley and Barry Barkley officiating, Her burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery on Fairview Road Bidwell, Ohio. Friends may call at Willis Funeral Home on Tuesday from noon until 1 p.m. prior to the funeral.. Please visit www.willisfuneralhome to send email condolences. EUGENE JOHNSON before himself. After losing his home in Mason to a fire, Eugene went to live with his son in Knoxville. He was preceded in death by sisters, Ellen Gibbs Tober, Mildred “Jody” Roush Caldwell; brothers, Harry Leo, Charles Freeman, George Robert, Darrell Patrick and Denver Dale Johnson; daughter, Claudia Josephine Johnson; daughter-in-law, Jennifer Seimetz Johnson; and great-grandson, Chris Crenshaw, Jr. He is survived by son and partner, Howard Johnson and Jackie Lawhorn; sisters, Masil Cole of Sylvania, Ohio, Irene Kelly Fisher of New Haven, W.Va., and Donna Glaze of Middleport, Ohio; grandchildren, Eugene and Stephanie Hendren Johnson and children, Alexia and Averie, Shawn and Angela Branch Johnson and daughter, Chloe, Chris and Shannon Johnson Crenshaw and children, Alyssa, Zoey and Bodhi; not to forget, his two canine friends, Booboo and Molly. Eugene will be transported to Mason, where he will be buried alongside his wife, Margaret at St. Joseph Cemetery. A graveside service will be held for the family. Due to COVID-19 concerns, the family wishes those unable to attend to visit and offer your condolences at weaverfuneralservices.com. The family thanks the University of Tennessee Hospice Care Staff and Waters Nursing and Rehabilitation Care of Clinton for their loving care in his last days. In lieu of flowers, the family wishes that donations be made to the Mason Volunteer Fire Dept., P.O. Box 377; Second and Anderson St., Mason, WV. LORA MAE VOREH Folden, New Rochelle, N.Y.; grandchildren: Heather (Anthony) Sola, Gallipolis; Brad (Dawn) Belville, Albany; Jon Folden Chillicothe; Tim (Courtney) Folden, Cape Coral, Fla.; Jessica (Pete) Constantine, Yonkers, N.Y.; Tom (Massiel) Folden, Ft. Myers, and Ben (Amber) Folden, Bidwell; and step grandchildren: Terry (Heather Lynn Goody) Huffman, Anthony (Tiffany DeHass) Huffman and Amy (Bill) Holcomb. Also missing her will be her twenty-one great- grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild; sister, Donna (Steve) Williamson, Ft. Myers; brothers, Jerry (Sharon) Neal, Grove City; Jack Neal, Bidwell, and Larry (Ruby) Neal, Ft. Myers, as well as her fur baby, Chloe. In addition to her parents, Lora Mae was preceded in death by husbands Murrell Folden in 1987 and Walter Voreh Jr. in 2008; son, Gary Folden; sister and brother-in-law, Pat and Bill Caldwell; brothers, Bob Neal and Tom Neal and sisters-in-law, Clara Neal and Linda Neal. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, January 3, 2022 at 1 p.m. in the Vinton Baptist Church, Vinton, with Pastor Jerry Neal and Rev. Heath Jenkins officiating. Burial will follow in the Vinton Memorial Park. Friends and family may call at the church Monday 11 a.m. to the service time of 1 p.m. The McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton Chapel, is honored to serve the Voreh Family. Online condolences may be sent to www. mccoymoore.com TODAY IN HISTORY In 1974, private U.S. citizens were allowed to buy and own gold for the first time in more than 40 years. In 1978, Taiwanese diplomats Today’s highlight in history struck their colors for the final On Dec. 31, 2019, the health commission in the central Chinese time from the embassy flagpole in Washington, D.C., marking the end city of Wuhan announced that of diplomatic relations with the experts were investigating an outbreak of respiratory illness and United States. In 1985, singer Rick Nelson, 45, that most of the victims had visand six other people were killed ited a seafood market in the city; when fire broke out aboard a DC-3 the statement said 27 people had that was taking the group to a New become ill with a strain of viral pneumonia and that seven were in Year’s Eve performance in Dallas. In 1986, 97 people were killed serious condition. when fire broke out in the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto On this date Rico. (Three hotel workers later In 1775, during the pleaded guilty in connection with Revolutionary War, the British the blaze.) repulsed an attack by Continental In 1999, Russian President Boris Army generals Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold Yeltsin announced his resignation at Quebec; Montgomery was killed. (he was succeeded by Vladimir Putin). In 1862, President Abraham In 2010, tornadoes fueled by Lincoln signed an enabling act pavunusually warm air pummeled the ing the way for Virginia’s western South and Midwest, killing a total counties to become the state of West Virginia, which took place in of eight people in Arkansas and Missouri. June 1863. In 1879, Thomas Edison first publicly demonstrated his electric Ten years ago: incandescent light by illuminating President Barack Obama signed some 40 bulbs at his laboratory in a wide-ranging defense bill into Menlo Park, New Jersey. law despite having “serious resIn 1904, New York’s Times ervations” about provisions that Square saw its first New Year’s regulated the detention, interrogaEve celebration, with an estimated tion and prosecution of suspected 200,000 people in attendance. terrorists. A NASA probe fired In 1946, President Harry S. its engine and slipped into orbit Truman officially proclaimed the around the moon in the first of two end of hostilities in World War II. back-to-back arrivals over the New In 1972, Major League baseball Year’s weekend. player Roberto Clemente, 38, was killed when a plane he chartered Five years ago: and was traveling on to bring relief Mariah Carey ushered in 2017 supplies to earthquake-devastated with a botched performance on Nicaragua crashed shortly after “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ takeoff from Puerto Rico. Eve with Ryan Seacrest” on ABC; Associated Press Today is Friday, Dec. 31, the 365th and final day of 2021. Carey blamed the show’s producers for technical difficulties, while Dick Clark Productions called Carey’s claims “absurd.” Actor William Christopher, best known for playing Father Francis Mulcahy on the TV series “M.A.S.H.,” died in Pasadena, California, at age 84. One year ago: Around the world on New Year’s Eve, pandemic restrictions on open air gatherings saw people turning to virtual celebrations or made-for-TV fireworks displays. In New York’s Times Square, the ball dropped as always, but police fenced off the site to prevent crowds from gathering. Authorities arrested a suburban Milwaukee pharmacist suspected of deliberately ruining hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine by removing them from refrigeration. (Steven Brandenburg, an admitted conspiracy theorist who believed vaccines were the product of the devil, would be sentenced to three years in prison.) Britain completed its economic break from the European Union. Stocks ended the year at record highs, even after a breathtaking nosedive in the markets in the spring as the coronavirus took hold. Former U.S. attorney general and Pennsylvania Gov. Dick Thornburgh died at a retirement community near Pittsburgh; he was 88. Today’s birthdays: TV producer George Schlatter is 92. Actor Sir Anthony Hopkins is 84. Actor Tim Considine (TV: “My Three Sons”) is 81. Actor Sarah Miles is 80. Actor Barbara Carrera is 80. Rock musician Andy Summers is 79. Actor Sir Ben Kingsley is 78. �CHURCH/NEWS/WEATHER Ohio Valley Publishing Friday, December 31, 2021 3 What the world needs more of in the new year As time marches inexorably forward, month giving way to month, and year to new year, the needs of the world seem to remain much the same as they ever have. As Solomon observed, “What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun (Ecclesiastes 1:9; ESV).” This is perhaps why the resolutions individuals make from year to year concerning self-improvement seem to bear a striking similarity to the resolutions that were made in years prior. One thing the world can perpetually use more of, for it seems to be perpetually lacking in our civic discourse, is love, especially as expressed in kindness, patience and gentleness. Unfortunately, the practice of these virtues does not seem to be high on a list of com- New beginnings in the new year 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 57° 55° HEALTH TODAY Statistics through 3 p.m. Thu. 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. High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low Precipitation 58°/49° 44°/28° 70° in 1990 -14° in 1917 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Thu. 0.08 Month to date/normal 3.50/3.47 Year to date/normal 50.52/45.00 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. Thu. 0.0 Month to date/normal Trace/2.6 Season to date/normal Trace/3.3 WEATHER TRIVIA™ SUN & MOON Q: During a blizzard, must snow be falling from the sky? Sat. 7:47 a.m. 5:17 p.m. 6:42 a.m. 4:04 p.m. MOON PHASES New Jan 2 First Jan 9 Full Last Jan 17 Jan 25 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for fish and game. Today Sat. Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Major 8:58a 9:56a 10:59a 11:28a 12:40a 1:45a 2:46a Minor 2:43a 3:40a 4:42a 5:48a 6:55a 7:59a 8:59a Major 9:29p 10:29p 11:32p ---1:10p 2:13p 3:12p Minor 3:14p 4:12p 5:15p 6:20p 7:25p 8:27p 9:24p WEATHER HISTORY A snowstorm in El Paso, Texas, on Dec. 31, 1982, brought the monthly total there to 18 inches, which is 14 inches more than the town usually gets in an entire winter. A: No, extremely poor visibility in blowing snow is sufficient Today 7:47 a.m. 5:16 p.m. 5:25 a.m. 3:10 p.m. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme 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. Thu. 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 12.64 22.13 23.83 12.72 13.05 25.94 12.10 27.98 35.18 12.47 25.86 34.82 25.34 Chillicothe 59/55 Lucasville 62/55 Portsmouth 63/55 24-hr. Chg. -0.27 +2.40 +0.74 -0.06 -0.11 +0.37 -0.03 +0.38 +0.32 +0.12 +2.45 -0.02 +2.45 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021 GALLIPOLIS — VFW Post #446 will meet at the post home on 3rd Avenue at 6 p.m. All members are urged to attend. Thursday, Jan. 6 POMEROY — The Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors will hold its annual organizational meeting at noon at the district office at 113 E. Memorial Drive, Suite D. Saturday, Jan. 8 MONDAY WEDNESDAY TUESDAY Decreasing clouds and chilly 53° 35° THURSDAY 52° 34° Partly sunny and warmer Mild with times of clouds and sun Marietta 58/52 Murray City 57/52 Belpre 59/53 Athens 58/53 42° 19° Cooler; chance of a little p.m. rain Today St. Marys 59/52 Parkersburg 62/54 Coolville 58/52 Elizabeth 61/53 Spencer 61/53 Buffalo 62/53 Ironton 63/56 Milton 63/55 St. Albans 63/55 Huntington 66/57 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s 100s Seattle 31/20 90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s San 10s Francisco 0s 52/40 -0s -10s T-storms Los Angeles 59/44 Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front Tuesday, Jan. 4 GALLIPOLIS — The American Legion Lafayette Post #27 Wilkesville 60/54 POMEROY Jackson 61/53 61/55 Ravenswood Rio Grande 61/53 62/54 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 57/55 GALLIPOLIS 62/54 61/53 62/53 Ashland 63/57 Grayson 64/57 will meet at 6 p.m. at the post home on McCormick Road. All members are urged to attend. NATIONAL CITIES Logan 57/53 McArthur 59/53 Waverly 60/55 Jonathan McAnulty is minister of Chapel Hill Church of Christ. Viewpoints expressed in the article are the work of the author. LANGSVILLE — Star Grange and Star Junior Grange will be meeting on with a potluck at 6:30 p.m. followed by a meeting at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend. 36° 23° A couple of rain or snow showers Adelphi 58/54 500 Primary pollutant: Particulates Monday, Jan. 3 46° 20° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. South Shore Greenup 64/56 62/55 51 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. SUNDAY Warm with a soaking rain 0 AccuWeather.com Cold Index™ (in inches) SATURDAY Rather cloudy and warm today. Showers late tonight. High 62° / Low 54° ALMANAC Friday, Dec. 31 Ann Moody is a retired pastor, formerly of the Wilkesville First Presbyterian Church and the Middleport First Presbyterian Church. Viewpoints expressed in the article are the work of the author. 64° 45° 44° Editor’s Note: The Daily Sentinel and Gallipolis Daily Tribune appreciate your input to the community calendar. To make sure items can receive proper attention, all information should be received by the newspaper at least five business days prior to an event. All coming events print on a space-available basis and in chronological order. Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@ aimmediamidwest.com or GDTnews@aimmediamidwest.com. EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM the reward. Which means that if we somehow managed to solve all the problems of the world, but failed to have love, we will have solved nothing. If we defeat all our political opponents, silence all our opposition, arrange society just the way we would like, fix the economy, solve world hunger, and made sure the weather was always just perfect … but we never learn to love one another … not only would we still be miserable and unhappy, we would also be spiritually lost and bereft of a right relationship with God. As we enter the new year, what the world needs, and therefore what we need to cultivate in ourselves, is the love of Christ. GALLIA, MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS us, as well. When we are baptized, it shows the world that just as Jesus rose from the dead through the glory of God the Father, we also live a new life in Him. (Romans 6:4) God may not always be well-pleased with some of the things we do, but I know that He looks down with an approving smile when He sees us trying to walk with Jesus. New beginnings — God gives us opportunities for new beginnings every year and every day. Let us make the most of them as we live a new life in Christ through the power of His Holy Spirit in 2022. Let’s say a prayer together. Dear Father, thank You for new beginnings. Help us to make the most of them — not through our own strength — but through the power of the Holy Spirit that dwells within us. In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen. by John the Baptizer, This is an exciting whom we have talked time. Tonight is New about before, in the Year’s Eve, and it is the Jordan River. There beginning of a brand were a couple of very new year — 2022. important things that Some people like to happened when Jesus make New Year’s resolutions or promises to God’s Kids was baptized. First themselves about what Korner of all, the Bible tells us that the heavens they plan to accomplish Ann opened, and the Holy in the new year. The Moody Spirit came down in number one resolution the form of a dove and that people make is, “I landed upon Him. The second am going to lose weight.” I thing was that God spoke and don’t think too many people said, “You are My Son. I love succeed since it seems to be You, and I am well-pleased the number one resolution with You.” year after year. I know that This event marked the it usually makes my top ten beginning of Jesus’ ministry list of things I would like to here on earth. Up until that accomplish in the new year. Even if you don’t make any time, He had not performed any miracles, but with God’s New Year’s resolutions, this stamp of approval and with is still an exciting time. It the spirit of God upon Him is a time that we can forget now, Jesus began to perform our past mistakes and look forward to new opportunities great miracles. From this new beginning, many people that lie ahead of us. It is a began to understand that time of new beginnings. Jesus was truly the Son of Jesus experienced times God, and they began to follow of new beginnings in his life Him. too. One of those times was Our own baptism reprewhen He was baptized. (Luke sents a new beginning for 3: 21-22) Jesus was baptized TODAY ing and the undeserving alike, regardless of the situation (cf. Matthew 5:43-48). In addition to all the other things the Bible says about love, and the importance thereof, we should add one more passage. The apostle Paul, inspired by the Spirit of God, warned the church, “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. (1 Corinthians 13:1-3)” No matter what else we accomplish, if we don’t have love, we have failed as God’s servants and have failed to gain “Love is patient to other causes and kind; love and to be pursued does not envy or only after other boast; it is not needs have been arrogant or rude. met. But this is It does not insist exactly backwards. on its own way; it When asked what the greatest Search the is not irritable or commandment Scriptures resentful (1 Corinthians 13:4-5).” was, Jesus taught Jonathan McAnulty Likewise, remindus that it was, ing us concerning “Love.” “Love the the way in which Lord your God with all your heart,” and we were taught about Christ and what it means relatedly, “Love your to follow Christ (cf. neighbor as yourself Ephesians 4:20-23), the (Matthew 22:36-40).” Bible instructs us, “Let When preparing His all bitterness and wrath disciples for His deparand anger and clamor ture, He commanded them, “love one another,” and slander be put away clarifying, “just as I have from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one loved you, you also are another, tenderhearted, to love one another. By forgiving one another, this all people will know that you are my disciples, as God in Christ forgave you (Ephesians 4:31-32; if you have love for one ESV).” another (John 13:34-35; We can’t love like ESV).” Christ without gentleThe love practiced ness, patience, and kindby Jesus, and taught by Jesus, is described in the ness: virtues which we are to show to the deservScriptures as follows: munal priorities. When the need for civility is raised, there is a certain element of the population who will defend their incivility, even going so far as to explain why patience and gentleness are wrongheaded and misguided. Some imagine other perceived needs as being so urgent as to make good manners and polite conversation undesirable and counterproductive. Or, they imagine that those with whom they are engaging are so unworthy of patience or gentleness, by reason of simply being so wrong, that an absence of love is reasonable. 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VCHS went on to win There was nothing lucky the first period by an 18-13 about this seventh. margin. Host Vinton County shot VCHS — now winners of 62 percent from the field seven straight — made its and had 10 different players biggest push in the second reach the scoring column on frame after hitting five of its Wednesday night during a first seven shot attempts as 75-42 victory over the Eastern boys basketball team in a part of a 12-1 surge, making it a 30-14 contest with 4:29 left non-conference matchup. in the half. The visiting Eagles (0-9) The Eagles went just 2-ofheld leads on two different occasions in the first quarter 12 in the second period while after hitting five of their first Vinton County netted 11-of14 shot attempts and led by seven shot attempts for an 11-9 edge with 3:09 left in the 22 points on three different occasions while establishing a opener. The Vikings (7-3), however, 44-22 halftime advantage. bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Eastern freshman Gavin Murphy releases a shot attempt over a Vinton County defender during the second half of Wednesday night’s boys basketball contest in McArthur, Ohio. The hosts twice led by 33 points in the third quarter and used a 19-10 run to increase the lead out to 63-32 entering the finale. Vinton County closed regulation with a 12-10 push and secured their largest lead of the night at 75-39 on a Xander Woodall basket with 2:28 left to play. The Vikings outrebounds EHS by a 30-21 overall margin, but the guests claimed an 8-7 edge on the offensive glass. The Eagles also committed 15 of the 27 turnovers in the contest. Eastern made 16-of-45 field goal attempts for 36 percent, See VIKINGS | 8 Non-P5 Cincy takes CFP journey to Cotton semi against Bama By Stephen Hawkins AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas — Cincinnati quarterback Desmond Ridder and the breakthrough Bearcats aren’t caught up in what their unprecedented playoff appearance could eventually mean for other non-Power Five teams. This is their journey. After a season-long debate about whether the outsider deserved a spot in the College Football Playoff, and being the only team to win every game along the way, the fourth-ranked Bearcats (13-0) get their shot in the CFP semifinal Cotton Bowl on Friday against top-ranked defending national champion Alabama. “We’ve already had so much pressure on us throughout the entire season of marking off the checklist, so why add the pressure of every other non-Power Five school that we have on our back,” Ridder said. “It’s really just been about us and will always continue to be about us.” The SEC champion Crimson Tide (12-1) is the playoff standard bearer. This is Alabama’s seventh semifinal appearance in the eight seasons of the four-team CFP. But the Tide most likely wouldn’t have made it back without Heisman Trophy winning-quarterback Bryce Young leading a late game-tying, 97-yard TD drive in the regular-season finale against Auburn that ended in an overtime win. The sophomore first-year starter then set an SEC championship game record with 421 yards passing in a 41-24 victory over Georgia, which was undefeated before then and plays Michigan at the Orange Bowl in the other CFP semifinal. “It’s always challenging when you come off of winning a championship for players to have the same hunger, to have a sense of urgency to prove something,” said Alabama coach Nick Saban, who has six national titles the past 12 seasons. “But because we were young, I think it took this team a little longer to maybe respond on a consistent basis like we wanted them to.” Ridder is among more than 30 Cincinnati seniors, many who decided to return for an extra year with coach Luke Fickell after the Bearcats went 9-1 last season with the only loss being 24-21 when Georgia kicked a last-second field goal in the New Year’s Six Peach Bowl. “I’ve had a great experience over my five years here, and I’m just hoping we can seal it off with one of the best experiences there is,” said Ridder, a potential NFL first-round pick. OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Friday, Dec. 31 College Football Cincinnati vs. Alabama, 3:30 Georgia vs. Michigan, 7:30 Saturday, Jan. 1 College Football Ohio State vs. Utah, 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 3 Girls Basketball Rock Hill at Gallia Academy, 6 p.m. Southern at Eastern, 6 p.m. Van at Hannan, 6 p.m. Nelsonville-York at River Valley, 7 p.m. South Gallia at Trimble, 6:30 Meigs at Alexander, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 4 Boys Basketball Point Pleasant at River Valley, 7 p.m. Vinton County at Meigs, 7 p.m. Trimble at Southern, 7 p.m. Belpre at Eastern, 7 p.m. Gallia Academy at Portsmouth, 7 p.m. South Gallia at Waterford, 7 p.m. OVCS at Wood County Christian, 7:30 Girls Basketball OVCS at Wood County Christian, 6 p.m. Point Pleasant at Wayne, 7 p.m. Photos by Colton Jeffries | OVP Sports River Valley sophomore Savannah White (22) prepares to launch a 3-point shot during a basketball game against the Southern Lady Tornadoes Wednesday evening in Racine, Ohio. Lady Raiders take down Southern, 71-56 By Colton Jeffries cjeffries@aimmediamidwest.com RACINE, Ohio — The Silver and Black will be having a very happy new year. The River Valley girls basketball team weathered the Southern Lady Tornadoes to the tune of a 71-56 road win Wednesday evening in a Tri Valley Conference nondivisional matchup. The Lady Tornadoes (1-8) started Wednesday’s game on a 8-2 run, but the Lady Raiders (5-5) came back with a small scoring run of their own to cut the Southern lead to a single point. The Silver and Black proceeded to go on a 13-0 run to take the lead with under five minutes to go in the first quarter. The Purple and Gold had trouble with their passing, with the Lady Raiders intercepting the ball time and time again. The hosts didn’t score again until there was under a minute left in the first, entering the second quarter down 25-11. A couple of minutes into the next quarter, it appeared the Lady Tornadoes were gearing up for a comeback run, but it was quickly stifled with the Lady Raiders scoring nine unanswered points. As the first half winded down, the two teams traded baskets. The road team finished the half on a 8-2 scoring run, giving the Lady Raiders a big 47-21 lead Southern senior Kayla Evans (12) takes the ball up against the Lady Raider defense during a basketball game against River Valley Wednesday evening in Racine, Ohio. at halftime. It was slow going for both teams at the start of the second half, with River Valley and Southern only scoring one basket each in the first three minutes of playtime. This only meant the Lady Raiders continued to hold onto their lead. One area the Lady Tornadoes excelled at are rebounds, getting 13 boards over the course of the third quarter. The home team also did a good job at drawing fouls, giving them multiple chances at the free throw line. Down 59-33, the Purple and Gold had to step up their game if they wanted a chance at a comeback. They started on the right foot, going on a 8-0 run to start the fourth quarter. However, the Raiders were able to make enough baskets to keep the score hovering around 20 points through much of the final quarter. The Lady Tornadoes scored the last six points of the contest, but it was not enough to cover the deficit. Both squads made the same amount of field goals at 18 apiece. The Lady Raiders had the advantage in both the 3-pointers and free throws at 8-3 and 12-11, respectively. In scoring, the Lady Raiders were partly led by sophomore Abbigail Browning, who recorded seven field goals for a total of 14 points. Senior Brooklin Clonch also had 14 points with four 3-pointers and one field goal. Freshman Carlee Manley and senior Lauren Twyman were tied for second, netting 12 points each. Manley had five field goals and two free throws while Twyman had one 3-pointer, two field goals and five free throws. Rounding out the River Valley scoring were Savannah White with eight points, Morrisa Barcus with four points, Emma Truance with four points and Haylee Eblin with three points. The Lady Tornadoes were led by sophomore Kass Chaney, who got three 3-pointers, four field goals and two free throws for a total of 19 points. Next was senior Kayla Evans, who netted four field goals and three free throws for 12 points. Rounding out the Southern scoring were Kelly Shaver with eight points, Lily Allen with eight points, Timberlyn Templeton with four points, Lauren Smith See RAIDERS | 8 �6 Friday, December 31, 2021 Lighthouse Assembly of God Ohio 160, Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday,Adult Bible Study 7 p.m. Sunday Evening 6:30 p.m. Liberty Assembly of God Dudding Lane, Mason, W.Va., Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday children’s church, 11 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Thursday Bible study, 7 p.m. BAPTIST CATHOLIC Saint Louis Catholic Church 85 State Street, Gallipolis. Daily mass, 8 a.m.; Saturday mass, 5:30 p.m.; Sunday mass, 8 and 10 a.m. CHURCH OF CHRIST Bidwell Church of Christ Ohio 554, Bidwell. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Church of Christ 234 Chapel Drive. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Church of Christ at Rio Grande 568 Ohio 325 North, Bidwell. Sunday Bible study, 10 a.m.; Sunday worship, 11 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m. CHRISTIAN UNION Church of Christ in Christian Union 2173 Eastern Avenue, Gallipolis. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday youth ministries and adult service, 7 p.m. Fairview Church of Christ in Christian Union Alice Road. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Ewington Church of Christ in Christian Union 176 Ewington Road. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. CHRISTIAN CHURCH First Christian Church of Rio Grande 814 Ohio 325 North, Rio Grande. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Bible study and youth meeting, 7 p.m., Wednesdays. Gallipolis Christian Church 4486 Ohio 588. Sunday worship, 8:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; youth meeting and adult Bible Study, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Little Kyger Congregational Christian Church Little Kyger Road, Cheshire. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday Bible Study, 6:30 p.m. Central Christian Church 109 Garfield Ave., Gallipolis Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; morning worship service, 10:25 a.m.; youth meeting, 5:30 p.m.; evening worship service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible Study, 6:30 p.m. CHURCH OF GOD First Church of God 1723 Ohio 141. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship 10:25 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday family night/Bible study, 6-8 p.m. Rodney Pike Church of God 440 Ohio 850 Sunday worship, 10:30 a.m., Wednesday groups, 7 p.m., with adult Bible study, Church of God of Prophecy 380 White Road, Ohio 160. Sunday school 10 a.m.; worship, 11:15 a.m.; children’s church, 11:15 a.m.; Sunday service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday night Bible study, 7 p.m.; Wednesday youth meeting, 7 p.m. Eureka Church of God Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m. New Life Church of God 576 State Route 7 North Gallipolis, Oh, Sunday Services 10:00 am; Sunday Worship 11 am and 6 pm; Wednesday Bible Study 7 pm, Bethlehem Church 1774 Rocky Fork Road, Crown City. Sunday, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Faith Community Chapel Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Nebo Church Sunday, 6 p.m. Morgan Center Christian Holiness church. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday 7 p.m. Walnut Ridge Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Morning worship, 10:30 a.m. Kings Chapel Church King Cemetery Lane, Crown City. Sunday morning worship, 10 a.m.; Sunday school, 11 a.m.; Sunday evening worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday evening prayer meeting, 7 p.m Jubilee Christian Center George’s Creek Road. Worship, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Danville Holiness Church Ohio 325. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:35 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Garden of My Hearth Holy Tabernacle 4950 State Route 850, Bidwell. Services are conducted Thursday, 6 p.m.; Saturday 6 p.m; and Sunday 10 a.m. Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church Valley View Drive, Crown City. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Rodney Church of Light 6611 Ohio 588. Fellowship, 9:15 a.m.; Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:40 a.m.; youth, 6 p.m. EPISCOPAL Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church 541 Second Ave., Gallipolis. Sunday worship with Communion, 10 a.m., Fellowship & refreshments following. FULL GOSPEL Community Christian Fellowship 290 Trails End, Thurman. Sunday worship, kid’s church and nursery, 10 a.m.; youth night, Wednesday, 7 p.m. Vinton Full Gospel Church 418 Main Street, Vinton. Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Sunday, 6 p.m. Family movie night, 3rd Friday of each month at 7 p.m. Vinton Fellowship Chapel Keystone Road. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. INDEPENDENT Bulaville Christian Church 2337 Johnson Ridge Rd., Gallipolis, OH 45631 Sunday School 10:00 AM; AM Worship Service 10:30 AM; Bible Study, Wednesday 6 PM Crown City Community Church 86 Main Street, Crown City Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; youth meeting, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.; Adult Bible Study, Wednesday, 7 p.m. Christian Community Church FOP Building, Neal Road Sunday 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. Freedom Fellowship Route 279, Oak Hill. Pastor: Sunday school, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Tuesday prayer and praise, 7 p.m. Macedonia Community Church Claylick Road, Patriot. Sunday school and worship services, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Thursday service, 7 p.m. Trinity Gospel Mission 11184 Ohio 554, Bidwell Sunday school, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Tuesday, 7 p.m. Promiseland Community Church Clay Chapel Road, Gallipolis. Sunday school, 10 a.m, Sunday evening, 4 p.m.; prayer meeting, Tuesday, 7 p.m. Bailey Chapel Church Ohio 218. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship service, 11 a.m.; Sunday night worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Debbie Drive Chapel Off of Ohio 141 Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday preaching and youth, 7 p.m. Peniel Community Church Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday worship, 11 a.m.; Thursday, 7 p.m. Pine Grover Holiness Church Off of Ohio 325 Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Dickey Chapel Hannan Trace Road. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Liberty Chapel Crown City. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Thursday, 7 p.m. Elizabeth Chapel Church Third Avenue and Locust Street. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:35 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. OH-70232141 Pathway Community Church 730 Fourth Ave., Gallipolis. Sunday worship, 11 a.m.; Mid-week children and adult programming. Countryside Baptist Chapel 2265 Harrisburg Road, Bidwell. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m First Baptist Church 1100 Fourth Ave., Gallipolis Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; AWANA Wednesday, 6:45 p.m. Gallia Baptist Church Dry Ridge Road, Gallia Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Church Services 10:30 AM & 6:30 PM, Wednesday 7 PM, AWANA Sunday 5:45. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Vinton, Ohio. Pastor: First and Third Sundays, Sunday school 10 a.m.; worship 11 a.m. Vinton Baptist Church 11818 Ohio 160, Vinton. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.;. Canaan Missionary Baptist Ohio 218, Gallipolis. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday worship, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Faith Baptist Church 3615 Jackson Pike. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Mercerville Missionary Baptist Church 117 Burlington Rd, Crown City, Ohio 45623 Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday evening worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Good Hope United Baptist Church Ohio 218. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday and Sunday 6 p.m. Rio Grande Calvary Baptist Church Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; Worship, 10:45 a.m., Bible Study 6:30 pm every Wednesday White Oak Baptist Church 1555 Nibert Road, Gallipolis. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday youth services, 7:30 p.m.; Tuesday prayer meeting and Bible study, 7:30 p.m. Mount Carmel Baptist Church Bidwell. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m. Trinity Baptist Church Rio Grande. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship; 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Mina Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Neighborhood Road. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday and Wednesday service, 6 p.m. Corinth Missionary Baptist Church Jimis Emary Road, Oak Hill. Sunday school 10 a.m.; service, 11 a.m. Every second and fourth Sunday. Harris Baptist Church Ohio 554, Rio Grande, Ohio Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday service, 11 a.m.; Wednesday Bible Study, 7 p.m. Fellowship Baptist Church 600 McCormick Rd Sunday school 9:30a.m: Wednesday Prayer meeting 6pm LATTER-DAY SAINTS The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Ohio 160. Sacrament service, 10-11:15 a.m., Sunday school, 11:20-12 p.m.; relief society/ priesthood, 12:05-1 p.m. LUTHERAN New Life Lutheran 900 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis, Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. and Sunday School: 9 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study 7pm Bible study at Poppy’s on Court Street, Wednesday, 10 am and Friday 9 am; UNITED METHODIST Grace United Methodist Church 600 Second Ave., Gallipolis. Sunday. Worship, 8:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship 10:45 a.m, Sunday Youth Ministry 6:00-8:00 pm, Wednesday-For Men Only, 8:00 a.m. Christ United Methodist Church 9688 Ohio 7 South. Adult Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship and children’s church, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday night Bible study, 6:30-8 p.m. River of Life United Methodist 35 Hillview Drive, Gallipolis.. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Fair Haven United Methodist Kanauga. Sunday school, 10:00 a.m.; worship, 11:00 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 10:30 a.m. Bidwell United Methodist Church Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Worship 9 a.m. Trinity United Methodist Church Ohio 160 at Ohio 554 in Porter. Sunday worship, 9:30 a.m.; Bible study, 9 a.m. Saturday. Bethel United Methodist Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 7:30 p.m. Bethesda United Methodist Ohio 775. Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. Veteran Care, Memory Care & Rehabilitation Simpson Chapel United Methodist Lake Drive, Rio Grande. Sunday worship, 11 a.m.; Bible study, 1 p.m. Monday. Thurman Church Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. Centenary United Methodist Church Ohio 141. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; worship, 9:30 a.m. Patriot United Methodist Church Patriot Road.. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship: 11:05 a.m.; Sunday evening Bible study, 6 p.m. Children’s church, Thursday, 6 p.m. FELLOWSHIP APOSTOLIC Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic Van Zandt and Ward Road. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; evening, 7:30 p.m. The Refuge Church 121 W 2nd St.Pomeroy, Oh 45769. Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Emmanuel Apostolic Tabernacle, Inc. Loop Road off New Lima Road, Rutland. Sunday services, 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, 7 p.m. ASSEMBLY OF GOD Liberty Assembly of God Dudding Lane, Mason, W.Va. Sunday services, 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 pm NAZARENE First Church of the Nazarene 1110 First Ave., Gallipolis. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. BAPTIST Carpenter Independent Baptist Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; preaching service, 10:30 a.m.; evening service, 7 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Cheshire Baptist Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; evening service, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m.. Hope Baptist Church (Southern) 570 Grant Street, Middleport, Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Rutland First Baptist Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. Pomeroy First Baptist East Main Street, Pomeroy. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. First Southern Baptist 41872 Pomeroy Pike. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. First Baptist Church Sixth and Palmer Street, Middleport Sunday school, 9:15 a.m.; worship, 10:15 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Racine First Baptist Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Silver Run Baptist Sunday school, 10 a.m.; evening, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6:30 p.m. Mount Union Baptist Children’s Sunday school, adult Bible study, 10 a.m.; Sunday evening, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6:30 p.m. Old Bethel Free Will Baptist Church 28601 Ohio 7, Middleport. Sunday service, 10 a.m.; Tuesday and Saturday services, 6 p.m. Hillside Baptist Church Ohio 143 just off of Ohio 7. Sunday unified service. Worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6 p.m. Victory Baptist Independent 525 North Second Street, Middleport. Worship, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Faith Baptist Church Railroad Street, Mason. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Forest Run Baptist 108 Kerr Street ,Pomeroy,Oh, Sunday school, 10a.m: worship, 11:30 a.m. Mount Moriah Baptist Fourth and Main Street, Middleport.,Oh. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. Antiquity Baptist Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m.; Sunday evening, 6 p.m. Rutland Freewill Baptist Salem Street, Rutland. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11:30 a.m.; evening service and youth meeting, 6 p.m NON-DENOMINATIONAL Oasis Christian Tabernacle 3773 George’s Creek Road. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday evening, 7 p.m. Faith Valley Community Church 4315 Bulaville Pike, Gallipolis, OH Sunday morning 10:00am, Sunday evening 6:00pm, Wednesday 7:00pm, KJV Bible preached each service Fellowship of Faith 20344 Ohio 554, Bidwell. Worship service, 10 a.m. Sunday; Gentle Worship 2 p.m. third Sunday each month; Midweek Opportunity, 7 p.m. Wednesday. Gallia Cornerstone Church U.S. 35 and Ohio 850. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday teen service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. River City Fellowship Third Ave. and Court Street Sunday celebration, 10 a.m. Contemporary music and casual. Old Garden of My Heart Church 1908 Fairview Drive, Bidwell. Sunday night service, 6:30 p.m.; Sunday school for children, 6:30 p.m. Liberty Ministries Ohio 325, Rio Grande; Sunday fellowship, 10 a.m.; Worship and work, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. New Beginnings Revival Center 845 Skidmore Road, Bidwell, Ohio. Sunday, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Bell Chapel Church 19 Bell Ave at Eastern Avenue, Sunday Morning 10 am, Sunday Evening 6 pm, Wednesday Evening 7 pm, New Life Church of God 210 Upper River Road, Gallipolis. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday night prayer, 7 p.m. Triple Cross Sunday school, 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Thursday, 7 p.m. McDaniel Crossroads Pentecostal Church Cadmus Road, Cadmus. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, and children’s church, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday Bible Study, 7 p.m. PRESBYTERIAN First Presbyterian Church 51 State Street. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Wilkesville First Presbyterian Church 107 South High Street, Wilkesville, Sunday Morning Service 9:30 am WESLEYAN Crown City Wesleyan Church 26144 Ohio 7 South. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday family night, 7 p.m. Morgan Center Wesleyan Church Intersection of Morgan Center and Clark Chapel Rd, Vinton, Ohio; Sunday School 9:45 am Church Services 10:45 a.m.; Sunday Evening Church Services, 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m Second Baptist Church Ravenswood, W.Va. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; evening, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. First Baptist Church of Mason, W.Va. W.Va. Route 652 and Anderson Street. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; morning church, 11 a.m.; evening, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Pageville Freewill Baptist Church 40964 SR #684 Pageville, OH Sunday 9:30 am, Wednesday 6:30 pm CONGREGATIONAL Trinity Church 201 E. Second St., Pomeroy. Worship, 10:25 a.m. EPISCOPAL Grace Episcopal Church 326 East Main Street, Pomeroy. Holy Eucharist, 11 a.m. HOLINESS Independent Holiness Church 626 Brick Street, Rutland. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Worship Service, 10:30 a.m.; Evening Service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Community Church Main Street, Rutland. Sunday worship, 10 a.m.; Sunday services, 7 p.m. Danville Holiness Church 31057 Ohio 325, Langsville. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday prayer service, 7 p.m. Calvary Pilgrim Chapel State Route 143. Sunday school 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Rose of Sharon Holiness Church Leading Creek Road, Rutland. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday prayer meeting 7 p.m. Wesleyan Bible Holiness Church 75 Pearl Street, Middleport. Sunday: worship service, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. CATHOLIC Sacred Heart Catholic Church 161 Mulberry Ave., Pomeroy, Ohio Saturday confessional 4:45-5:15 p.m.; mass, 5:30 p.m.; Sunday confessional, 8:45-9:15 a.m.; Sunday mass, 9:30 a.m CHURCH OF CHRIST Westside Church of Christ 33226 Children’s Home Road, Pomeroy, Oh Sunday traditional worship, 10 a.m., with Bible study following, Wednesday Bible study at 7 p.m. Hemlock Grove Christian Church Church school (all ages), 9:15 a.m.; church service, 10 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Pomeroy Church of Christ 212 West Main Street. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Middleport Church of Christ Fifth and Main Street. Sunday school, 9 a.m; Morning Worship Service 10 am, Sunday evening 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Keno Church of Christ First and Third Sunday. Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. Bearwallow Ridge Church of Christ Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6:30 p.m. Zion Church of Christ Harrisonville Road, Rutland, Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Tuppers Plains Church of Christ Worship service, 9 a.m.; communion, 10 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:15 a.m.; youth, 5:50 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Bradbury Church of Christ 39558 Bradbury Road, Middleport. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Rutland Church of Christ Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship and communion, 10:30 a.m. Bradford Church of Christ Ohio 124 and Bradbury Road. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday adult Bible study and youth meeting, 6:30 p.m. Hickory Hills Church of Christ Tuppers Plains, Bible class, 9 a.m.; Sunday worship, 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible class 7 p.m. Reedsville Church of Christ Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship service, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m. LATTER-DAY SAINTS Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ohio 160. Sunday school, 10:20-11 a.m.; relief society/priesthood, 11:05 a.m.-12 p.m.; sacrament service, 9-10-15 a.m.; homecoming meeting first Thursday, 7 p.m. LUTHERAN Saint John Lutheran Church Pine Grove. Worship, 9 a.m.; Sunday school, 10 a.m. Our Savior Lutheran Church Walnut and Henry Streets, Ravenswood, W.Va. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. Saint Paul Lutheran Church Corner of Sycamore and Second streets, Pomeroy. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. United Methodist Graham United Methodist Worship, 11 a.m. Bechtel United Methodist New Haven. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Tuesday prayer meeting and Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Mount Olive United Methodist Off of 124 behind Wilkesville. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Thursday services, 7 p.m. Alfred Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. Chester Worship, 9 a.m.; Sunday school, 10 a.m. Joppa Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. Long Bottom Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Reedsville Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; first Sunday of the month, 7 p.m. Tuppers Plains Saint Paul Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10:15 a.m.; Bible study, Tuesday 10 a.m. Asbury Syracuse. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday services, 7:30 p.m. Flatwoods Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11:15 a.m. Forest Run Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 9 a.m Heath 339 S. 3rd Ave., Middleport. 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Sunday worship, 10 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. House of Healing Ministries Ohio 124, Langsville. Pastors: Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Hysell Run Community Church 33099 Hysell Run Road, Pomeroy, Ohio; Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; morning worship 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 7 p.m.; Sunday night youth service, 7 p.m through Thursday Bible study, 7 p.m. Endtime House of Prayer Ohio 681, Snowville; Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.; Bible Study, Thursday 6 p.m. Mount Olive Community Church 51305 Mount Olive Rd, Long Bottom, OH 45743 Sunday School 9:30 am, Sunday Evening 6 pm, Grace Gospel 196 Mulberry Avenue, Pomeroy, OH 45769 Sunday School 10:00 AM, Sunday Service 11:00 AM, Sunday Evening 6:00 PM, Wednesday 6:00 PM Gallia County Council On Aging Kevin Petrie Jeff Dunlap 311 Buckridge Road Bidwell, OH 45614-9016 A New Beginning Harrisonville. Thursday, 7 p.m. Amazing Grace Community Church Ohio 681, Tuppers Plains.. Sunday worship, 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Oasis Christian Fellowship (Non-denominational fellowship). Meet in the Meigs Middle School cafeteria. Sunday, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Community of Christ Portland-Racine Road. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Bethel Worship Center 39782 Ohio 7 Sunday 10 a.m Ash Street Church 398 Ash Street, Middleport. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; morning worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 6:30 p.m.; youth service, 6:30 p.m. Agape Life Center 603 Second Ave., Mason. Sunday 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Abundant Grace 923 South Third Street, Middleport. Sunday service, 10 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Faith Full Gospel Church Long Bottom. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Friday fellowship service, 7 p.m. Harrisonville Community Church Sunday, 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Middleport Community Church 575 Pearl Street, Middleport.. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; evening, 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7:30 p.m. Faith Valley Tabernacle Church Bailey Run Road. Sunday evening, 7 p.m.; Thursday service, 7 p.m. Syracuse Mission 1141 Bridgeman Street, Syracuse. Sunday School, 10 a.m.; evening, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Dyesville Community Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Morse Chapel Church Worship, 5 p.m. Faith Gospel Church Long Bottom. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Full Gospel Lighthouse 33045 Hiland Road, Pomeroy. Sunday school, 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday evening, 7:30 p.m. South Bethel Community Church Silver Ridge. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m. Second and fourth Sundays; Bible study, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Carleton Interdenominational Church Kingsbury. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship service, 10:30 a.m.; evening service, 6 p.m. Freedom Gospel Mission Bald Knob on County Road 31. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m. Fairview Bible Church Letart, W.Va., Route 1. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Faith Fellowship Crusade for Christ Friday, 7 p.m. Calvary Bible Church Pomeroy. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7:30 p.m. Stiversville Community Church Sunday school, 11 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Rejoicing Life Church 500 North Second Ave., Middleport. Worship, 10 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Clifton Tabernacle Church Clifton, W.Va. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday Asbury Syracuse Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. New Beginnings Worship, 10 a.m.; Sunday school, 9:15 a.m.. Rocksprings Sunday school, 9 a.m.; Worship Service 10 am: 8 am worship service Rutland Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Thursday services, 7 p.m. Salem Center Sunday school, 10:15 a.m.; worship, 9:15 a.m.; Bible study, Monday 7 p.m. Bethany Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 9 a.m.; Wednesday services, 10 a.m. Carmel-Sutton Carmel and Bashan Roads, Racine.. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, noon. Morning Star Sunday school, 11 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m. East Letart Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 9:30 a.m. Racine Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Tuesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Coolville United Methodist Church Main and Fifth Street.. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 9 a.m.; Tuesday services, 7 p.m. Bethel Church Township Road 468C. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Hockingport Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Torch Church County Road 63. Sunday school, 9:30 am.; worship, 10:30 a.m. OH-70218313 ASSEMBLY OF GOD Victory Baptist Church Victory Road, Crown City Sunday morning service, 10 a.m.; Sunday evening, 6 p.m., Wednesday evening, 7 p.m. French City Southern Baptist 3554 Ohio 160. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Paint Creek Regular Baptist 833 Third Ave. Sunday school, 10:00 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m. New Hope Baptist Church Ohio 554 Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship 11 a.m. Old Kyger Freewill Baptist Sunday school, 9: 30 a.m.; Sunday night service, 7 p.m.; Wednesday prayer meeting and youth service, 7 p.m. Silver Run Freewill Baptist Church Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Worship, 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Silver Memorial Freewill Baptist Church Sunday 10 a.m.; Sunday night 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible Study 7 pm Poplar Ridge Freewill Baptist Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 6:30 p.m.; Sunday prayer meeting and Bible study, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Salem Baptist Church Gage. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, first and third Sundays, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Addison Freewill Baptist Church Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday worship, 10:50 a.m.; Sunday evening 6pm, Wednesday night prayer meeting, 7 p.m. Centerpoint Freewill Baptist Church Centerpoint and Nebo Roads. Sunday morning 10 am, Sunday evening 6 pm, Wednesday evening at 7 pm Old Emory Freewill Baptist Church Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Friday, 7 p.m. Cheshire Baptist Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Northup Baptist Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. on the first and third Sunday of each month; Sunday evening, 7 p.m.; Youth every Wednesday, 6 p.m.; Bible study at 7 p.m. Providence Missionary Baptist Church 3766 Teens Run Road, Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study and youth night, 7 p.m. Prospect Enterprise Baptist Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Sunday and Wednesday, 7 p.m. Good News Baptist Church 4045 George’s Creek Road, Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. Sunday Evening 6 pm ,Wednesday Evening 6 pm Springfield Baptist Church Vinton. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; preaching, 7 p.m.; Bible study, Wednesday, 7 p.m. Fellowship Baptist Church 600 McCormick Road, Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Prayer Meeting, 6 p.m. Deer Creek Freewill Baptist Church Koontz Sailor Road, Vinton. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Guyan Valley Missionary Baptist Church Platform. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:40 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. OH-70218405 Pyro Chapel Church 4041 CH&D Road, Oak Hill, Ohio. Services, Sunday school – children and adults, 10 a.m.; evening service 6 p.m. Wednesday night Bible study, 7 p.m. Life Line Apostolic four miles north on W.Va. Route 2. Sunday morning, 10 a.m.; Sunday evening, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic Van Zandt and Ward Road. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; worship, 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Apostolic Gospel Church 1812 Eastern Ave. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Calvary Christian Center, Inc. 553 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis. Sunday worship, 11 a.m.; Sunday school, 10 a.m.;Wednesday –Bible Study or Prayer-6:00 pm Apostolic Faith Church of Pentecostal Assemblies of the World 190 Vale Road, Bidwell. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday service, 12 p.m. Bible study and prayer service, Wednesday, 7 p.m. Friday, December 31, 2021 7 MEIGS COUNTY CHURCH DIRECTORY GALLIA COUNTY CHURCH DIRECTORY APOSTOLIC Ohio Valley Publishing Ohio Valley Publishing P.O. Box 802, 19 Locust Street Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 740-441-9941; 877-545-7242 Advisory Services are provided through Creative Financial Designs, Inc., a Registered Investment Adviser, and Securities are offered through cfd Investments, Inc., a Registered Broker/Dealer, Member FINRA & SIPC. 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Leading the Lady Cats in scorThe Hannan girls basketball team is still searching for their first win ing was senior Rachel Ellis, who recorded two field goals and one of the 2021-22 campaign after a free throw for a total of five points. 65-9 road loss against the Green Sophomores Isabelle Bryant and Lady Bobcats Wednesday evening. Chloe Spears rounded out the HanThe Lady Cats (0-4) struggled nan scoring, scoring one field goal to find the basket throughout each for two points. Wednesday’s game, trailing the The Lady Bobcats (3-4) were led Lady Bobcats 20-4 at the end of the by Kasey Kimbler, who notched 20 first quarter. cjeffries@aimmediamidwest.com Vikings From page 5 including a 3-of-12 effort from 3-point range for 25 percent. EHS was also 7-of-11 at the free throw line for 64 percent. Bryce Newland paced the Eagles with nine points and Connor Nolan followed with seven points, while Gavin Raiders From page 5 with two points and Cassidy Roderus with two points. The Silver and Black had nine offensive field goals and 10 free throws for a total of 50 points. This broke the school’s singlegame points record. Hannan was also in action Thursday when they hosted the Southern Lady Tornadoes. The Lady Cats will be back on the court at 6 p.m. Monday when they host the Van Lady Bulldogs. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Colton Jeffries can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. Murphy and Jace Bullington each chipped in six points. Trey Hill was next with five points and Brayden O’Brien added four markers, while Brady Rockhold and Cooper Barnett respectively completed the scoring with three and two points. Murphy hauled in a team-high eight rebounds and Newland also grabbed seven caroms in the setback. Vinton County netted 31-of-50 field goal attempts, including a 4-of-14 performance from behind the arc for 29 percent. The hosts also sank 9-of-14 charity tosses for 64 percent. Eli Radabaugh led the Vikings with a game-high 18 points, followed by Damron, Jack Davidson and Zayne Karr with 10 markers apiece. Luke Bledsoe also had nine points to go along with a team-high eight boards. Eastern played at Wahama on Thursday and returns to action Tuesday when it hosts Belpre in a TVC Hocking matchup at 7 p.m. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. rebounds and 17 defensive for a total of 26, led by Barcus with five. The Purple and Gold had 11 offensive and 19 defensive rebounds for a total of 30 and were led by Evans with nine. The Lady Raiders will be back in action at 7:30 p.m. Monday when they host the Nelsonville-York Lady Buckeyes. The Lady Tornadoes were also in action Thursday when they traveled to face the Hannan Lady Cats, the results of which were unavailable at press time. Southern will be back on the court at 6 p.m. Monday when they hit the road to take on the Eastern Lady Eagles. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. Colton Jeffries can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. Classifieds ROGERS BASEMENT WATERPROOFING 8QFRQGLWLRQDO /LIHWLPH *XDUDQWHH (VWDEOLVKHG ���� %DVHPHQW :DOOV %UDFHG +XQGUHGV 2I /RFDO 5HIHUHQFHV /LFHQVHG� %RQGHG ,QVXUHG FREE ESTIMATES 24 Hours (740) 446-0870 www.rogersbasementwaterproofing.com REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) TO PROVIDE ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING SERVICES For GALLIA COUNTY The Board of Gallia County Commissioners is requesting Statements of Qualifications for the provision of professional architectural/engineering (A/E) services necessary for rehabilitation/remodeling of the two buildings located on 652 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631. Qualified architects shall have until January 18, 2022 to submit their Statement of Qualifications (SoQ's) to the County Commissioners Office, marked Statement for Qualification, 18 Locust Street, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631. Submittal of statements received after this deadline will not be considered. Submittals shall comply with the standards set forth in the Request for Qualifications for Architectural Services (RFQ), available for download from the Gallia County website at www.gallianet.net The professional architectural services required are to assist with the rehabilitation/remodeling administration for existing County owned buildings, to include roof/ceiling/flooring repairs and some mold removal as well as updating/renovating office areas, meeting rooms, restrooms, and installation of workstations, and ensure follow ADA compliant rules. The property includes approximately 4,588 SF in the front building which includes a basement and 7,453 SF in the back building. A selection committee made up of County Officials will consider all submitted Statements of Qualifications to determine the most qualified firm to suit the needs of Gallia County on this project. The determination of the selection committee shall be final and not subject to appeal. The committee will negotiate an agreement with the firm determined to be most qualified. If an agreement cannot be reached, the committee will negotiate with the next most qualified firm. Should there be any questions please contact Kathy Campbell, CDJFS Business Administrator, at (740) 578-3365. NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed proposals for not to exceed three (3) new Law Enforcement Patrol Vehicle(s) including Upfit Specifications for use of the Gallia County Sheriff Department, will be received by the Gallia County Commissioners at their office, 18 Locust Street, Room 1292, Gallipolis, Ohio, until 11:00 AM Thursday, January 13, 2022, and then at 11:00 AM at said office opened and read aloud. VEHICLE SPECIFICATIONS FOR SHERIFF DEPARTMENT PATROL VEHICLES: Quantity & Model Year: Not to exceed three (3) vehicles; 2021 or newer. Configuration: Police SUV Color: Exterior, Black Engine: Minimum Requirements; 6 cylinders, 355 Horse Power, 383 Lbs. ft. of Torque Chassis: Police Rated/Heavy Duty Transmission: Automatic, 4 Wheel Drive / All-Wheel Drive Police Pursuit Rated- Minimum Top Speed: 120 MPH Interior Material: Cloth or Plastic Prisoner Transport in Rear Spot Light, Driver Side, LED Wiring for Head/Tail Light & Siren Inoperable/Removed Rear Door Handle Locks Reverse/Backup Camera with Parking/Rear Sensors Power Windows Power Locks Headlamps - LED Theft Deterrent System Tilt Wheel Tire Pressure Monitoring System Air Conditioning Remote Key Entry with two (2) extra Fobs Interior Roof Mounted White/Red Dome Light Upfit Item Description for SUV- Minimum Specifications: Patrol Cruiser #1 & #2 Multi-Color LED (Red/Blue/White) Overhead Light Bar (Take Down White Lights to front) Center Console Installed with Kenwood MARCS Radio with Antenna, Siren Controller, Emergency Light Control, cup holder and armrest Minimum of Two Side Window LED (Red/Blue) and Two Grill Mounted LED (Red/Blue) Front Push Bumper with Headlight Wraps, Siren Speaker Mounted with Red/Blue Lights Mounted Hide-a-way (Red/Blue) LED Lights in front and rear lights Prisoner Cage with Sliding Window and Rear SUV Divider Rear Passenger Windows Installed with Screens/Bars Center Rifle Rack with remote release Rear Mounted Stick Bar (Red/Blue) Rear Storage Vault with Lock Ohio BSSA Cruiser Graphics Rear Mounted LED (Red/Blue) on Lift Gate with remote switch Patrol Cruiser #3 Upfit Item Description for SUV Multi-Color LED (Red/Blue/White) Overhead Light Bar (Take Down White Lights to front) Center Console Installed with Kenwood MARCS Radio with Antenna, Siren Controller, Emergency Light Control, cup holder and armrest Minimum of Two Side Window LED (Red/Blue) and Two Grill Mounted LED (Red/Blue) Front Push Bumper with Headlight Wraps, Siren Speaker Mounted with Red/Blue Lights Mounted Hide-a-way (Red/Blue) LED Lights in front and rear lights K9 3/4 Cage with Sliding Window and Rear SUV Divider and Single Prisoner Cell Rear Passenger Windows Installed with Screens/Bars Center Rifle Rack with remote release Rear Mounted Stick Bar (Red/Blue) Rear Storage Vault with Lock Ohio BSSA Cruiser Graphics Rear Mounted LED (Red/Blue) on Lift Gate with remote switch K9 Climate Control System with Remote Door Release Delivery: Must be within 30 days of bid award date. Copies of Specifications and Bid/Contract Forms may be secured at the office of the Gallia County Commissioners, 18 Locust Street, Room 1292, Gallia County Courthouse. All bidders must furnish, as a part of their bid, a vehicle specification sheet for each vehicle submitted for bid, plus any delivery charges to the Gallia County Sheriff Department. Dealers may bid on one or more vehicles requested. Bids shall be sealed and marked as " BID FOR GALLIA COUNTY SHERIFF PATROL VEHICLES WITH UPFIT " and mailed or delivered to: Gallia County Commissioners Office, 18 Locust Street, Room 1292, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 by 11:00 AM Thursday, January 13, 2022. No bidder may withdraw his bid within thirty (30) days after the actual date of the opening thereof. Gallia County reserves the right to waive any informalities or reject any or all bids. GALLIA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 12/31/21,1/7/22 Adam Schultz | The White House via AP President Joe Biden speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone from his private residence in Wilmington, Del., on Thursday. Biden, Putin hold call as tensions mount over Ukraine crisis By Aamer Madhani and Vladimir Isachenkov Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin spoke Thursday amid growing alarm over Russia’s troop buildup near Ukraine, a simmering crisis that has become further complicated in recent days as the Kremlin has stepped up its calls for security guarantees and test fired hypersonic missiles to underscore its demands. Putin requested the call, the second between the leaders this month, ahead of scheduled talks between senior U.S. and Russian officials set for Jan. 10 in Geneva. White House officials said that the call began at 3:35 p.m. EST and concluded 50 minutes later, after midnight in Moscow. There was no immediate readout from either side. Russia has made clear it wants a written commitment that Ukraine will never be allowed to join NATO and that the alliance’s military equipment will not be positioned in former Soviet states, demands that the Biden administration has made clear are non-starters. The White House said ahead of the call that Biden would tell Putin that a diplomatic path remains open even as the Russians have moved an estimated 100,000 troops toward Ukraine and Kremlin officials have turned up the volume on its demands for new guarantees from the U.S. and NATO. Those demands are to be discussed during the talks in Geneva, but it remains unclear what, if anything, Biden would be willing to offer Putin in exchange for defusing the crisis. Draft security documents Moscow submitted demand that NATO deny membership to Ukraine and other former Soviet countries and roll back its military deployments in Central and Eastern Europe. The U.S. and its allies have refused to offer Russia the kind of guarantees on Ukraine that Putin wants, citing NATO’s principle that membership is open to any qualifying country. They agreed, however, to hold talks with Russia to discuss its concerns. The security proposal by Moscow has raised the question of whether Putin is making unrealistic demands in the expectation of a Western rejection that would give him a pretext to invade. Steven Pifer, a career foreign service officer who served as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine in the Clinton administration, said the Biden administration could engage on some elements of Russia’s draft document if Moscow is serious about talks. Key NATO members have made clear there is no appetite for expanding the alliance in the near future. The U.S. and allies could also be receptive to language in the Russians’ draft document calling for establishing new consultative mechanisms, such as the NATO-Russia Council and a hotline between NATO and Russia. “The draft treaty’s proposed bar on any NATO military activity in Ukraine, eastern Europe, the Caucasus, or Central Asia is an overreach, but some measures to limit military exercises and activities on a reciprocal basis might be possible,” Pifer, who is now a senior fellow at Brookings Institution, wrote in an analysis for the Washington think tank. Biden planned to tell Putin that for there to be “real progress” in the talks they must be conducted in “a context of de-escalation rather than escalation,” according to a senior administration official who briefed reporters before the call. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity. The call was set up on Putin’s initiative, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Thursday. “The goal of the conversation is clear — to continue discussing the issues that were on the agenda during the recent conversation via video conference,” Peskov told reporters. That Dec. 7 call focused on the Russian troop movements, which have unsettled Ukraine and other European allies, as well as Moscow’s demand for security guarantees. Peskov noted that since that call, Moscow submitted its security proposals to U.S. and European officials and now “from our point of view, from the point of view of President Putin, the need has arisen for another telephone conversation, which would preface the upcoming talks.” Biden and Putin, who met in Geneva in June to discuss an array of tensions in the U.S.Russia relationship, are not expected to take part in the January talks. In the Dec. 7 video call, the White House said, Biden put Moscow on notice that an invasion of Ukraine would bring sanctions and enormous harm to the Russian economy. Russian officials have dismissed the sanction threats. �NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing Friday, December 31, 2021 9 GALLIA, MEIGS COMMUNITY BRIEFS Editor’s Note: Gallia Meigs Briefs will only list event information that is open to the public and will be printed on a space-available basis. American Legion monthly dinner 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. 90th birthday card shower RACINE — The American Legion Post 602 Monthly Dinner at the Post in Racine will be Sunday, Jan. 2, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. The menus is fried chicken, pulled pork, homemade noodles, mashed potatoes, corn, cole slaw, roll, dessert, and drink. Agricultural Society membership sale BIDWELL — Maxine Dyer will be celebrating her 90th birthday on Jan. 9. Cards may be sent to 33325 Jesse Creek Road, Bidwell, OH 45614. Bossard holiday hours GALLIPOLIS — The Bossard Memorial Library will 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. Financial Statements available for review The Gallia-Vinton ESC financial statements from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 are available for review in the office of the treasurer. Anyone wishing to inspect the financial statements should contact Treasurer Jay Carter at 740-245-0593 and make an appointment. GALLIPOLIS — Memberships for 2022 for the Gallia County Agricultural Society are now on sale at Brown’s Insurance Agency on State Rt. 160. Memberships are $2 and may be purchased during regular business hours, Monday -Friday, from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Membership into the society entitles GALLIPOLIS — The office of Northe member to vote at the annual eleceen Saunders Clerk of Courts Legal Division will be closed to the public on tion held in September. The membership does not entitle the member to Thursday December 30, 2021 for year admission to the fair. To be eligible for end close out. We will reopen on Monmembership, an individual must purday, Jan 3, 2022. GALLIPOLIS — The Bossard Memo- chase his/her own membership ticket in person, be at least 18 years of age or rial Library will be closed Monday, older, and reside in Gallia County. January 17, 2022 in observance of the Martin Luther King holiday. Normal hours of operation will resume at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 Special upcoming hours set 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 Family & Children First Council meets The Gallia County Family and Children First Council will be holding Regular Business Meetings at 10 a.m. on the second Tuesday of the following months: January, March, May, July, and September. Due to Election Day on the second Tuesday of November, the business meeting will be moved to November 15, 2022. The Intersystem 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 740-446-3022. Women’s health screenings In collaboration with OhioHealth Mobile Mammography, OU’s Women’s Health Clinic will offer same-day 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 1-800-844-2654 for an appointment. Services offered include breast health education, PAP tests, breast and pelvic exams, and navigation through the continuum of care. Same-day mammography is available provided by OhioHealth Mobile Mammography onsite. The Breast and Cervical Cancer Project (BCCP) will be available for no-cost breast and cervical cancer screenings and diagnostic testing to qualified women who meet eligibility criteria. Hundreds of Afghans denied humanitarian entry into US Associated Press BOSTON — Haseena Niazi had pinned her hopes of getting her fiancé out of Afghanistan on a rarely used immigration provision. The 24-year-old Massachusetts resident was almost certain his application for humanitarian parole would get approved by the U.S. government, considering the evidence he provided on the threats from the Taliban he received while working on women’s health issues at a hospital near Kabul. But this month, the request was summarily denied, leaving the couple reeling after months of anxiety. “He had everything they wanted,” said Niazi, a green card holder originally from Afghanistan. “It doesn’t make any sense why they’d reject it. It’s like a bad dream. I still can’t believe it.” Federal immigration officials have issued denial letters to hundreds of Afghans seeking temporary entry into the country for humanitarian reasons in recent weeks, to the dismay of Afghans and their supporters. By doing so, immigrant advocates say, the Biden administration has failed to honor its promise to help Afghans who were left behind after the U.S. military withdrew from the country in August and the Taliban took control. “It was a huge disappointment,” said Caitlin Rowe, a Texas attorney who said she recently received five denials, including one for an Afghan police officer who helped train U.S. troops and was beaten by the Taliban. “These are vulnerable people who genuinely thought there was hope, and I don’t think there was.” Since the U.S. withdrawal, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received more than 35,000 applications for humanitarian parole, of which it has denied about 470 and conditionally approved more than 140, Victoria Palmer, an agency spokesperson, said this week. The little-known program, which doesn’t provide a path to lawful permanent residence in the thought it was a sign of hope. By November, however, the agency had posted a list of narrow criteria for Afghan applicants and held a webinar telling attorneys that parole is typically granted only if there’s evidence someone faces “imminent severe harm.” A few weeks later, the denial letters began arriving. Lilien has received Charles Krupa | AP Haseena Niazi, a 24-year-old from Afghanistan, holds her fiancé’s more than a dozen but no parole denial notice from the Department of Homeland Security. approvals. “Once the U.S. packed Her fiance had received threats from Taliban members for working on women’s health issues at a hospital north of Kabul. up and left, anyone who was left behind has only country, typically receives thing many can afford to one choice, and that is to fewer than 2,000 requests do. Mohammad, who asked annually from all nationthat his last name not be alities, of which USCIS used out of fear for his approves an average of family’s safety, said his about 500, she said. elder brother, who used Palmer also stressed to work for international humanitarian parole is organizations, is among generally reserved for extreme emergencies and them. He has been in hiding since the Taliban not intended to replace came looking for him folthe refugee admissions lowing the U.S. withdrawprocess, “which is the al, Mohammad said. typical pathway for On a recent visit to individuals outside of the family home, Talithe United States who ban members took his have fled their country of origin and are seeking younger brother instead and held him more than protection.” a week for ransom, he The U.S. government, said. Now, Mohammad, a meanwhile, continues to help vulnerable Afghans, former translator for U.S. evacuating more than 900 troops in Afghanistan who lives in California American citizens and with a special immigraresidents and another tion status, is seeking 2,200 Afghans since the military withdrawal. The parole for this brother, too. He hopes a condistate department said it tional approval letter can expects to help resettle as many as 95,000 people get them a spot on one of the U.S. evacuation from Afghanistan this fiscal year, a process that flights still running out of the country. includes rigorous back“I can provide him ground checks and vachousing. I can provide cinations. him everything,” he said. Many of them, how“Let them come here.” ever, had been whisked Immigrant advocates out of Afghanistan before the U.S. left. Now, USCIS began filing humanitarian parole applications is tasked with this new for Afghans in August in wave of humanitarian a last-ditch effort to get parole applications and has ramped up staffing to them on U.S. evacuation flights out of the country consider them. before the withdrawal. The agency said in a In some cases, it statement that requests worked, and word spread are reviewed on an individual basis, with consid- among immigration attorneys that parole, while eration given to immediate relatives of Americans typically used in extreme and Afghans airlifted out. emergencies, might be a way out, said Kyra Lilien, And while USCIS director of immigration stressed that parole shouldn’t replace refugee legal services at Jewish Family & Community processing, immigrant Services in California’s advocates argue that East Bay. isn’t a viable option for Soon, attorneys began Afghans stuck in their filing thousands of parole country due to a disability or hiding from the applications for Afghans. When the U.S. immiTaliban. Even those able to get out of Afghanistan, gration agency created a website specifically to they say, may be forced address these applicato wait years in refugee camps, which isn’t some- tions, Lilien said she OH-70265342 By Philip Marcelo and Amy Taxin pursue this archaic refugee channel,” she said. “It is just so angering that it took USCIS so long to be clear about that.” Wogai Mohmand, an attorney who helps lead the Afghan-focused Project ANAR, said that the group has filed thousands of applications and that since the U.S. troop withdrawal, has seen only denials. The despair has led some immigration attorneys to give up on filing parole applications altogether. In Massachusetts, the International Institute of New England is holding off filing new applications until it hears on those that are pending after receiving a flurry of denials. Chiara St. Pierre, an attorney for the refugee resettlement agency, said she feels clients like Niazi are facing an “unwinnable” battle. For Niazi’s fiancé, they had provided copies of written threats sent to the hospital where he works as a medical technician and threatening text messages he said came from Taliban members, she said. It wasn’t enough. �NEWS 10 Friday, December 31, 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing Times Square show will go on despite virus surge, mayor says By Karen Matthews and Michelle L. Price Associated Press Corey Sipkin | AP Jonathan Bennett, host of Good Riddance Day, left, and Joe Papa, director of events, Times Square Alliance burn a 2021 banner at the official Good Riddance Day celebration in Times Square on Tuesday in New York. Despite record COVID infections in the city the New Year’s eve celebration will go on as planned, the mayor announced Thursday. deaths. De Blasio said the answer is to “double down on vaccinations” and noted that 91% of New York City adults have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose. The city’s next mayor, Eric Adams, will take the oath of office in Times Square early Saturday. Adams, a Democrat like de Blasio, said at a news conference Thursday that his team is working with de Blasio’s and he plans to keep much of the outgoing mayor’s plans in place. “January 1 is a new beginning of my administration but it’s not a new beginning of our resiliency,” Adams said. Among the policies Adams plans to keep in place is a vac- cine mandate for private sector employees that is the most sweeping of any state or major city. Adams said he, like de Blasio, would impose fines on businesses that do not comply but would try to use the fines as a last resort. Even as reported cases and hospitalizations surge, Adams has committed to keeping schools open and staving off the closures that marked the early months of the pandemic. “We can’t shut down our city again,” Adams said. “We can’t allow the city to go further into economic despair.” The new mayor said he and a team of advisors are studying whether to expand on other vaccine mandates. New York City currently requires teachers and staff in public and private schools to be vaccinated but de Blasio did impose the requirement on students. Dr. Dave Chokshi, the city’s Commissioner of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, said Thursday that city officials will decide by spring whether to impose such a requirement for students. Officials are also studying whether to require that people have received a booster shot in order to be in compliance with vaccine mandates for indoor dining, working out at gyms and other activities. Adams said he plans to roll out a color-coded system alerting New Yorkers to the current threat level posed by the virus and what safety measures are in place. The incoming mayor did not offer more details about the system. The new mayor and his medical advisors said Thursday that they plan to distribute face masks that provide more protection against the coronavirus, such as N95s, at health department sites and through community groups. The city also plans to send students home with rapid tests for use at home. “We should plan and prepare for a challenging few weeks, certainly through January with respect to what we’re seeing for the winter surge due to omicron,” Chokshi said. “This is not something that we’re just going to take passively. This is something that we have agency over.” OH-70262628 NEW YORK — New York City will ring in 2022 in Times Square as planned despite record numbers of COVID-19 infections in the city, the state and around the nation, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday. “We want to show that we’re moving forward, and we want to show the world that New York City is fighting our way through this,” de Blasio, whose last day in office is Friday, said on NBC’s “Today” show. After banning revelers from Times Square a year ago due to the pandemic, city officials previously announced plans for a scaled-back New Year’s bash with smaller crowds and vaccinations required. While cities such as Atlanta have canceled New Year’s Eve celebrations, de Blasio said New York City’s high COVID19 vaccination rate makes it feasible to welcome masked, socially distanced crowds to watch the ball drop in Times Square. “We’ve got to send a message to the world. New York City is open,” he said. Thanks to the highly contagious omicron variant that was first identified as a variant of concern last month, new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. have soared to their highest levels on record at over 265,000 per day on average. New York City reported a record number of new, confirmed cases — almost 44,000 — on Wednesday, according to New York state figures. Statewide, New York on Wednesday reported more than 74,000 people tested positive for COVID-19, the second day in a row that the state set a record of new, confirmed cases. More than 1,600 people were newly hospitalized statewide, pushing the number of COVID19 hospitals around the state to more than 7,300. New York also reported 76 additional �Ohio Valley Publishing Friday, December 31, 2021 11 T he ratio of alcohol to blood in the body is called the Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC). Two people drinking the same amount of alcohol can have drastically different BACs. Body weight, drink strength, amount of food in the stomach, time between drinks and even gender can all affect a person’s BAC and level of impairment. While a BAC of .08 is typically the legal limit, impairment can occur at much lower levels. A driver can be arrested with a BAC lower than .08 if a law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe the driver is impaired. More importantly, any level of impairment significantly increases the likelihood of a traffic crash, putting your life and the lives of others in danger. The bottom line? If you plan on drinking, getting behind the wheel is always a bad idea. 3 WAYS ALCOHOL IMPACTS YOUR ABILITY TO DRIVE “If you feel different, you drive different.” Like drunk driving, drug-impaired driving is illegal. In 2017, 45 percent of drivers 1. Inhibitions are lowered, affecting judgment and coordination, even after one drink. 2. Reaction times are slowed, even after two beers. 3. Vision, balance, speech and movement are adversely affected. killed in fatal crashes who were tested for drugs, tested positive. Whether obtained legally or illegally, drugimpaired driving can be deadly for drivers, passengers and others on the road. - NHTSA Source: AAA Here are some precautions holiday hosts and revelers can follow to avert drunk driving disasters, provided by the American Safety Council: • Between Christmas and New Year’s Day, 40 percent of deadly crashes involve alcohol-impaired drivers. • New Year’s Day consistently ranks among the year’s deadliest days for alcohol-related traffic fatalities. • The most dangerous hours during the New Year’s holiday are between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m. HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2022 Sources: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Cannon & Dunphy S.C./Safer America study HOST THOUGHTFULLY • Offer a mocktail, alcohol-free beer or other nonalcoholic beverage for guests choosing not to drink. • Ask guests who are drinking if they have a designated driver or transportations plans. • If someone has been drinking and might drive, offer your couch as a place to sleep. • Help guests who have been drinking arrange transportation through a ride-share app or taxi service. CELEBRATE RESPONSIBLY • Agree on a designated driver before you go out for the evening. • Save the number for several local cab companies in your phone if you plan to drink, or make sure you have a ride-share app downloaded to your phone. • Ask a friend if you can crash on his or her couch for the night if you’ve had too much to drink. • If you’re attending a party and are concerned you may drink too much, give your keys to the host at the start of the evening, so he or she can hold on to them unless you are sober. Suggested Advertiser: Community New Year’s Eve Event Suggested Advertiser: Catering Service Suggested Advertiser: Car Service Auto-Owners Insurance and your local independent agency have been a winning combination since 1916. We’ll work with your home, auto, business and life and keep everything you value Safe. Sound. Secure. OH-70267451 OH-70267452 ������������������� �� ������ �� �NEWS 12 Friday, December 31, 2021 Daily Sentinel Iran launches rocket into space amid Vienna nuclear talks By Nasser Karimi and Isabel Debre Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran — Iran launched a rocket with a satellite carrier bearing three devices into space, authorities announced Thursday, without saying whether any of the objects had entered Earth’s orbit. It was not clear when the launch happened or what devices the carrier brought with it. Iran aired footage of the blastoff against the backdrop of negotiations in Vienna to restore Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers. An eight round had been underway this week and is to resume after New Year’s holidays. Previous launches have drawn rebukes from the United States. The U.S. State Department, Space Force and the Pentagon did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Thursday’s announcement from Iran. Ahmad Hosseini, a Defense Ministry spokesman, identified the rocket as a Simorgh, or “Phoenix,” rocket that sent up Iranian Defense Ministry via AP Iran launches its Simorgh, or “Phoenix,” rocket in an undisclosed location in Iran on Thursday. The satellite carrier rocket sent three devices into space, though it’s unclear whether any of the objects entered orbit. the three devices 470 kilometers (290 miles). “The performance of the space center and the performance of the satellite carrier was done properly,” Hosseini was quoted as saying. But hours later, Hosseini and other officials remained silent on the the status of the objects, suggesting the rocket had fallen short of placing its payload into the correct orbit. Hosseini offered a speed for the satellite carrier that state-associated journalists reporting on the event indicated wouldn’t be enough to reach orbit. Iran’s civilian space program has suffered a series of setbacks in recent years, including fatal fires and a launchpad rocket explosion that drew the attention of former President Donald Trump. Iranian state media recently offered a list of upcoming planned satellite launches for the Islamic Republic’s civilian space program. Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard runs its own parallel program that successfully put a satellite into orbit last year. Hosseini described the launch announced Thursday as “initial,” indicating more are on the way. Juror: Kim Potter made mistake but was still responsible MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A member of the jury that convicted Minnesota police officer Kim Potter of manslaughter in the killing of Daunte Wright says jurors felt she made an honest mistake when she drew her firearm instead of her stun gun, but that she was still responsible for his death. The juror spoke with KARE-TV reporter Lou Raguse on the condition of anonymity due to what the station described as the “public animosity” surrounding Potter the case. It published the story Wednesday. The juror said no one felt Potter was a racist or meant to kill Wright, but that doesn’t mean she was above the law. “I don’t want to speak for all the jurors, but I think we believed she was a good person and even believed she was a good cop,” the juror said. “No one felt she was intentional in this. It’s ludicrous that some people are assuming we thought she was a racist. That never came up or anything like that. We felt like she was a good person, we felt she made a mistake, and that a mistake does not absolve Cases From page 1 Of the 3,291 cases, 3,047 (12 new) are presumed recovered. Case data is as follows: 0-19 — 620 cases (2 new), 6 hospitalizations 20-29 — 460 cases (4 new), 5 hospitalizations 30-39 — 416 cases (3 new), 13 hospitalizations, 1 death 40-49 — 491 cases (4 new), 17 hospitalizations, 2 deaths 50-59 — 449 cases (2 new), 31 hospitalizations, 7 deaths 60-69 — 418 cases (2 new), 51 hospitalizations, 10 deaths 70-79 — 279 cases (1 new), 46 hospitalizations, 24 deaths 80-plus — 158 cases (1 new), 26 hospitalizations, 22 deaths Vaccination rates in Meigs County are as follows, according to ODH: Vaccines started: 10,179 (44.43 percent of the population); you from the fact she did commit a crime. “Being a good person doesn’t mean you’re above the law. I don’t think anyone felt she wanted to kill anybody that day. ... This was just a tragedy all the way around.” Potter shot and killed the 20-year-old Wright in April as he tried to drive away from a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, a Minneapolis suburb. Potter, a 26-year veteran on the city’s police department, said she meant to use her stun gun on Wright but didn’t realize she had actually drawn and fired her pistol. Wright was Black and the shooting happened as another white officer, Derek Chauvin, was standing trial in nearby Minneapolis for the killing of George Floyd. It set off waves of angry protests in Brooklyn Center. Potter, 49, resigned from the police department two days after the shooting. Prosecutors charged her with first- and second-degree manslaughter. Wright took the stand at her trial, saying she was sorry the incident happened and the traffic stop Vaccines completed: 9,254 (40.39 percent of the population). Mason County According to the 10 a.m. update on Wednesday from DHHR, there have been 4,331 cases (30 new) of COVID-19, in Mason County (4,066 confirmed cases, 265 probable cases) since the beginning of the pandemic and 69 deaths (3 new). DHHR reports there are currently 96 active cases and 4,166 recovered cases, in Mason County. Case data is as follows: 0-4 — 76 confirmed cases (1 new), 2 probable cases 5-11 — 204 confirmed cases (1 new), 16 probable cases 12-15 — 234 confirmed cases (3 new), 17 probable cases 16-20 — 313 confirmed cases (3 new), 16 probable cases (1 new) 21-25 — 307 confirmed cases (1 new), 22 probable cases 26-30 — 356 confirmed cases (1 new), 21 prob- “just went chaotic.” The jury deliberated for 27 hours over four days before convicting her of both counts on Dec. 23. She faces close to seven years in prison under Minnesota’s sentencing guidelines, though prosecutors have said they would seek a longer term. The juror told KARE-TV’s Raguse that jurors didn’t feel Potter lied on the stand and instead felt she was fighting for her life. But the jury generally thought that Potter should have known she was holding a pistol and not a stun gun given her years of police experience. The juror said a turning point in deliberations came when jurors handled Potter’s stun gun and pistol and felt the differences. “The gun was about twice as heavy, and the two weapons had several differences in how they are un-holstered and fired,” the juror said. “The Taser kind of feels like a mouse click whereas the (pistol’s) trigger has some trigger draw weight.” The juror said Potter’s attorneys seemed disorganized. The juror rejected their argument that Wright caused his own death by resisting. able cases 31-40 — 622 confirmed cases (9 new), 45 probable cases, 1 death 41-50 — 602 confirmed cases (5 new), 35 probable cases (1 fewer), 2 deaths 51-60 — 544 confirmed cases (2 new), 38 probable cases, 9 deaths (2 new) 61-70 — 432 confirmed cases (1 new), 26 probable cases, 13 deaths 71+ — 376 confirmed cases (4 new), 27 probable cases, 44 deaths (1 new) Additional county case data since vaccinations began Dec. 14, 2020: Total cases since start of vaccinations: 3,498; Total cases among individuals who were not reported as fully vaccinated — 3,219 (36 new); Total breakthrough cases among fully vaccinated — 279 (3 new); Total deaths among not fully vaccinated individuals — 55 (3 new); Total breakthrough deaths among fully vaccinated individuals — 3. Television aired footage of the white rocket emblazoned with the words, “Simorgh satellite carrier” and the slogan “We can” shooting into the morning sky from Iran’s Imam Khomeini Spaceport. A state TV reporter at a nearby desert site hailed the launch as “another achievement by Iranian scientists.” The blast-offs have raised concerns in Washington about whether the technology used to launch satellites could advance Iran’s ballistic missile development. The United States says that such satellite launches defy a United Nations Security Council resolution calling on Iran to steer clear of any activity related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons. Iran, which long has said it does not seek nuclear weapons, maintains its satellite launches and rocket tests do not have a military component. Announcing a rocket launch as diplomats struggle to restore Tehran’s atomic accord keeps with Tehran’s hard-line posture under President Ebrahim Raisi, a recently elected conservative cleric. New Iranian demands in the nuclear talks have exasperated Western nations and heightened regional tensions as Tehran presses ahead with atomic advancements. Diplomats have repeatedly raised the alarm that time is running out to restore the accord, which collapsed three years ago when Trump unilaterally withdrew the U.S. from the deal. From Vienna, Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani told Iranian state TV that he hopes diplomats pursue “more serious work to lift sanctions” when nuclear talks resume next week. He described negotiations over the past week as “positive.” Washington, however, has thrown cold water on Tehran’s upbeat assessments. State Department spokesperson Ned Price told reporters earlier this week that “it’s really too soon to tell whether Iran has returned with a more constructive approach to this round.” CSHA been difficult, with many of the association’s plans put on hold due to COVID-19, but that he and the members are From page 1 looking ahead not only to next year, but to 2023, which also known as the Chester will be the bicentennial of the Courthouse, is now a Musecourthouse founding. um, and was decorated with The museum is open MonNutcrackers. After the concert day, Wednesday, Friday and guests enjoyed searching for Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 them scattered among the historic artifacts and received p.m., subject to change due to weather or COVID-19 a Nutcracker of their own concerns. Visitors should call for participating. Guests also mingled over a buffet of fresh ahead to verify, and can also baked goods as children wrote arrange a time to visit other than regular hours by calling letters to Santa. 740-985-9822. Also visit them “This was our last event of on Facebook: Chester Shade the year,” CSHA President Historical Association, for the Dan Will said. “We were happy with the turnout. Hope- latest updates and events. © 2021 Ohio Valley Pubfully we will be able to have our annual events in 2022, as lishing, all rights reserved. well as some others we hope Lorna Hart is a freelance writer for Ohio to add to our schedule.” Valley Publishing. He said the past year has Dog From page 1 owners the option of purchasing a dog tag that will be valid for three years as well as the option to purchase a permanent tag for your dog. The cost of the 3 year tag will be $36 and the permanent tag will be $120. Kennel licenses will also be A total of 11,884 people in Mason County have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, which is 44.8 percent of the population, according to DHHR, with 9,621 fully vaccinated or 36.3 percent of the population. Mason County is currently gold on the West Virginia County Alert System. There have been 22 confirmed cases of the Delta variant in Mason County. available for a person, partnership, firm, company, or corporation professionally engaged in the business of breeding dogs for sale. The cost of a kennel license will be $60 and that will include five tags. Additional kennel tags can be purchased for $1 each. Please contact the Meigs County Auditor’s Office at 992-2698 if you have any questions regarding the purchase of your 2022 Dog License. according to ODH: Vaccines started: 6,985,672 (59.76 percent of the population); Vaccines completed: 6,429,949 (55.01 percent of the population). As of Dec. 29, ODH reports the following breakthrough information: COVID-19 Deaths among individuals not reported as fully vaccinated — 14,458; COVID-19 Deaths among fully vaccinated individuals — 701; COVID-19 HospitalizaOhio According to the 2 p.m. tions since Jan. 1, 2021 update on Thursday from among individuals not reported as fully vacciODH, there have been nated — 48,399; 19,774 cases in the past COVID-19 Hospitaliza24 hours (21-day average of 11,166), 484 new hos- tions since Jan. 1, 2021 pitalizations (21-day aver- among individuals reported as fully vaccinated — age of 328), 43 new ICU admissions (21-day aver- 2,853. age of 32) and zero new deaths in the previous 24 West Virginia hours (21-day average According to the 10 of 84) with 28,780 total a.m. update on Thursday reported deaths. (Editor’s from DHHR, there have Note: Deaths are reported been 328,162 total cases two days per week) since the beginning of Vaccination rates in the pandemic, with 2,648 Ohio are as follows, reported since DHHR’s update last update. DHHR reports 29,818 “breakthrough” cases as of Thursday with 440 total breakthrough deaths statewide (counts include cases after the start of COVID-19 vaccination/ Dec. 14, 2020). There have been a total of 5,336 deaths due to COVID19 since the start of the pandemic, with 31 since Wednesday. There are 11,017 currently active cases in the state, with a daily positivity rate of 13.77 and a cumulative positivity rate of 6.48 percent. Statewide, 1,103,314 West Virginia residents have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 (61.6 percent of the population). A total of 51.3 percent of the population, 919,042 individuals have been fully vaccinated. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. 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