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Pomeroy to
fill vacant
council seat

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Area COVID stats released

By Kayla (Hawthorne)
Dunham

Burns and she accepted.
Burns is expected to be
khawthorne@aimmediamidwest. sworn into council at
com
the beginning of March.
During the meeting,
council heard from Fire
POMEROY — The
Pomeroy Village Coun- Chief Derek Miller, who
cil met Monday evening gave a 2021 year end
report and discussed
to discuss the vacant
the upcoming annivercouncil seat and hear
sary for the department.
reports from the previMiller said this year
ous year.
will be the 175th anniPresent during the
versary of the Pomeroy
meeting were council
members Phil Ohlinger, Fire Department. In
celebration, the departAaron Oliphant, Maureen Hennessy and Nick ment will be hosting a
banquet at the end of
Michael. Mayor Don
April. Council approved
Anderson and Fiscal
to allow the department
Ofﬁcer Ben See were
to spend $1,800 to have
also present.
the dinner catered.
Mayor Anderson
Miller told council
said he spoke to village
resident Maureen Burns the department had 195
calls in 2021, includabout the vacant seat
ing ﬁres, rescues and
on council, due to lack
of candidates in the last mutual aid.
election. Anderson said
See COUNCIL | 8
he offered the seat to

Super Bowl’s return
provides boost to
hard-hit LA businesses

Steven Senne | AP file

A room is empty in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., last month. Hospitalizations
fueled by the highly contagious omicron variant have begun falling after peaking at record levels in some communities. But doctors are
warning that the wave is leaving behind more deferred surgeries and an increasingly worn out health care workforce in its wake.

3 deaths, 128 new cases reported in area Wednesday
By Kayla (Hawthorne)
Dunham

ley Publishing area on
Wednesday.
khawthorne@aimmediamidwest.
In Gallia County, the
com
Ohio Department of
Health (ODH) reported
55 new COVID-19 cases.
OHIO VALLEY —
In Meigs County, ODH
Since yesterday’s update,
reported 17 new COVIDthere were three addi19 cases.
tional deaths, as well as
In Mason County, the
128 new COVID-19 cases,
reported in the Ohio Val- West Virginia Depart-

and one was in the 61-70
age range. DHHR also
reported 56 new cases of
COVID-19.
Here is a closer look at
the local COVID-19 data:

ment of Health and
Human Resources
(DHHR), reported three
additional deaths associGallia County
ated with COVID-19. Two
According to the 2 p.m.
of those individuals were
See COVID | 7
in the 71-plus age range

By Alex Veiga

inject millions of dollars
into a local economy,
beneﬁting businesses
beyond those hired to
LOS ANGELES —
The return of the Super help stage the event.
An analysis paid for
Bowl to the L.A. area
by the Los Angeles
after a nearly 30-,year
absence is already a big Sports &amp; Entertainment Commission provictory for local small
jected Sunday’s game
business owners like
will generate between
Kyndra McCrary.
Her catering company $234 million and $477
million for the region’s
got hired to provide
economy. That includes
food for performers
up to $22 million in tax
working the Super
revenue and between
Bowl, and for an NFL
2,200 to 4,700 new
business networking
jobs, according to the
event last week.
report by Micronomics,
The jobs are a ﬁnanan economic research
cial shot in the arm
and consulting ﬁrm.
for McCrary, whose
Many of the projected
business is still worknew jobs are expected
ing its way back to its
to be in the event-propre-pandemic normal.
duction and hospitality
Beyond this weekend,
McCrary says she’s hop- sectors — areas of the
ing that the Super Bowl local economy among
work will lead to bigger the hardest hit by the
pandemic. More than
and better jobs.
half are expected to be
“I think there will
positions in hotels, resbe a lasting impact
taurants and transportabecause people who
tion, among others, the
will get to try our food
will remember us,” said analysis found.
McCrary, 40.
See SUPER | 8
The Super Bowl can

AP Business Writer

Appeals court upholds abortion referrals
By Julie Carr Smyth
Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio —
Federally funded family
planning clinics can continue to make abortion
referrals for now, a federal court ruled Tuesday,
in a setback for a dozen
Republican attorneys
general who have sued to
restore a Trump-era ban
on the practice.
The 6th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals in
Cincinnati denied a
request by the 12 states
to pause rules for the federal government’s family
planning program while
their case is heard. The
states were eager to stop
implementation before
the next round of federal
grants starts rolling out
in March.

House passes bill to update smoke detector rules
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place in 2019 under former President Donald
Trump, a Republican.
One required federally
funded family planning
clinics to be physically
and ﬁnancially independent of abortion clinics.
The other required them
to refrain from referring
patients for abortions.
States joining the challenge are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida,
OVP File Photo Kansas, Kentucky, MisThen Ohio Auditor Dave Yost is pictured serving as a keynote souri, Nebraska, Oklaspeaker at a 2017 Gallia GOP Rally. Yost currently serves as Ohio homa, South Carolina
Attorney General.
and West Virginia. Not
all states participate in
administration, when
At issue are new
Title X.
clinics were able to refer
rules from Democratic
Yost argues the rules
women seeking abortions
President Joe Biden’s
were intended as ﬁrewalls
to a provider.
Department of Health
between family planning
Rules that Ohio Attorand Human Services that
clinics, which can receive
returned the federal fam- ney General Dave Yost,
taxpayer funding, and
who brought the lawily planning program,
suit, wants permanently
called Title X, to how
See ABORTION | 8
reinstated were put into
it ran under the Obama

COLUMBUS — The
Ohio House of Representatives on Wednesday passed House Bill
304, legislation which
requires, under certain
circumstances, that existing smoke detectors be
replaced with a sealed
battery smoke detector,
and that the State Fire
Marshal shall adopt rules
that include the new
requirements.
“As both a volunteer
and a professional ﬁreﬁghter/paramedic for
over 32 years, I have seen
ﬁrsthand that smoke

detectors save lives,”
said bill sponsor, State
Representative Brian Baldridge (R-Winchester).
“Unfortunately, I have
also seen ﬁrsthand the
consequences of when
a detector is improperly
maintained, tampered
with, or removed.”
According to a news
release from the Ohio
House of Representatives,
under the bill, the State
Fire Marshal and Board
of Building Standards
will be required to adopt
rules requiring installation of sealed battery
smoke alarms in residential buildings that rely

on battery operated, as
opposed to hard-wired,
smoke detectors to meet
the State Fire Code’s standards for smoke detectors.
A sealed battery smoke
detector will be required
for the following situations:
· Ten years pass from
an existing smoke alarm’s
date of manufacture;
· An existing smoke
alarm malfunctions or
fails to respond to a function test;
· Ownership of owneroccupied residential
premises changes, and
sealed battery smoke

alarms that are less than
ten years old are not
already installed;
· A new tenant is scheduled to take possession
of premises and sealed
battery smoke alarms that
are less than ten years old
are not already installed;
· Alterations or repairs
requiring plan approval
are made and smoke
alarms that are hardwired into the building’s
electrical supply are
not required as a result
of those alterations or
repairs.
The bill has the support
See SMOKE | 8

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2 Thursday, February 10, 2022

OBITUARIES
CHARLES W. WILKS
GALLIPOLIS —
Charles W. Wilks, 84, of
Gallipolis, Ohio passed
away on Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at his residence.
Charles was born on
March 20, 1937 in Huntington, West Virginia,
son of the late Alexander
and Efﬁe Hazlett Wilks.
Charles was retired from
Miami Industries/AK
Steel where he was a
hydraulic repairman. He
was a member of First
Baptist Church in Gallipolis; and he enjoyed
hunting, ﬁshing, and
carpentry work. Charles
was the youngest of six
siblings.
Charles was married to
Barbara E. Taylor Wilks
on June 2, 1959; and she
survives him, along with
two daughters, Debbie
(Larry) Shaner of Cambridge, Ohio and Diana

Mote of Wapakoneta,
Ohio; one son, Gregory
Wilks of Edgewater,
Florida; seven grandchildren; and seventeen
great-grandchildren.
Charles was preceded
in death by a great granddaughter.
The funeral service for
Charles will be held at 1
p.m. on Saturday, February 12, 2022 at Willis
Funeral Home with Pastor Aaron Young ofﬁciating. His burial will follow
in Pine Street Cemetery.
In lieu of ﬂowers,
donations can be made
in Charles’s name to
National Church Residences at www.nationalchurchresidences.org
or at 681 Third Street,
Waverly, Ohio 45690.
Please visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send
e-mail condolences.

BRENDA LOUISE KETTELL
GROVE CITY — Brenda Louise Kettell, age 73,
of Grove City, Ohio, died
unexpectedly Saturday,
February 5, 2022 at Mt.
Carmel Hospital in Grove
City.
Brenda is survived
by her husband, Dennis
Kettell, their children,
Tracey (David) Fouch
and Andy Kettell, and
grandchildren, Baylee,
Tyler, Declan, and Drue.
Born June 3, 1948 in
Gallia County, Brenda
was the daughter of the
late Elwin “Link” and
Louise Finley and sister
of the late Gary, Larry,

and Derry Finley. She
was a graduate from Gallia High School. Brenda
was retired and loved her
garden, her dogs, and
the Browns. Brenda will
be dearly missed by her
family and friends.
Memorial services will
be on Sunday February
13, 2022 from noon until
2 p.m. at Newcomer
Funeral Home SW Chapel, 3393 Broadway
Grove City, Ohio 43123.
Memorial contributions may be made in
Brenda’s name to a charity of your choice.

GEORGE ALLEN MILLER
RUTLAND — George
Allen Miller, 79, of Rutland, went to be with
the Lord on Tuesday,
February 8, 2022 at his
home.
Born January 1, 1943,
at Charleston, W.Va., to
the late John Allen and
Letha Mae Buckland
Miller. He was of the Baptist faith, a Army veteran
having served in France,
a coal miner and security
guard.
George is survived
by two grandchildren
Kimberly Miller and Josh
Miller, great grandchildren, sister-in-law Sherry
M. Miller, which he made
his home, nieces and

nephews.
Besides his parents
preceded by his wife Sandra Miller, two sons Jack
Miller and Paul Miller,
brother John Henry
Miller and nephew Jason
Miller.
Services are Saturday,
February 12, 2022, at 1
p.m. at Birchﬁeld Funeral
Home, Rutland, with
Pastor Jimmy Keesee
ofﬁciating. Burial to follow at Standish Cemetery, Langsville. Visitation is Saturday from
noon till time of services
at the funeral home.
Online condolences can
be shared at birchﬁeldfuneralhome.com.

DEATH NOTICES
CLEVENGER
NEW HAVEN — Larry Elton Clevenger, 68, of
New Haven, W.Va. died, Sunday, February 6, 2022,
following a six-year battle with renal cancer.
A graveside service will be held Friday, February
11, 2022, at Sunrise Memorial Gardens with Pastor
Paula Napier and Pastor Donnie Dye ofﬁciating.
Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at
Foglesong-Casto Funeral, Mason, W.Va. before the
graveside service.
WOLFE
LONG BOTTOM — Clarence Thomas “Buzzard”
Wolfe, 74 of Long Bottom, Ohio, died peacefully
from this life, surrounded by his children, on January 1, 2022, at 1:37 a.m. at OSU East after a brief
illness.
Memorial services will be held for Tom and Rose
at the same time on March 12, 2022 at the Racine
American Legion Post 602. There will be a military service for CPL Clarence T. Wolfe at 1 p.m. at
the Veterans Memorial, then services will conclude
for Tom and begin for Rose. Roush Funeral Home
in Ravenswood, W.Va., is in charge of arrangements.

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Collecting Valentine’s Day cards
Can be dropped
off by Feb. 11 at
Chamber office
GALLIA COUNTY — The Gallia County Chamber of Commerce
is collecting Valentine’s Day cards
to distribute to local senior and
assisted living facilities.
Cards can be dropped off at
the Chamber ofﬁce by Feb. 11.
Last year over 1,000 cards were
distributed and the goal is to hand
out more this year.
Executive Director Joshua Wellington said they have received
cards from local businesses and
school children. The plan is to
Joshua Wellington | Courtesy
distribute the cards on Monday,
The Gallia County Chamber of Commerce passed out over 1,000 Valentine’s Day cards
Feb. 14.
to local senior and living facilities in 2021.

Father-daughter
duo achieve
Black Belts
POINT PLEASANT — The Point Pleasant
branch school of S.H. Kang’s Taekwondo Academy
recently announced the newest Black Belts, Chad
and Celena Brown — who are the Academy’s ﬁrst
father and daughter students who made it to this
rank.
According to a news release from the Academy,
“Chad works as a physical therapy assistant while
working on his Masters in Business Management,
and Celena is in the eigth grade at Point Pleasant
Junior/Senior High School. Both recently tested
in January at the main school location in South
Charleston, W.Va. and tested before several highranking eighth Dan Instructors and the Grand
Master Instructor, S.H. Kang.”

Pam Siders | Courtesy

Chad and Celena Brown are the first father/daughter duo to
receive their black belts together at the Point Pleasant branch
school of S.H. Kang’s Taekwondo Academy. Pictured from left to
right are Master Ted Siders, Celena Brown, Chad Brown and Master
Pam Siders.

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 spaceavailable basis.

Road closure

Rescheduled
MIDDLEPORT — A Valentine
Arts and Crafts Fair at the Riverbend Arts Council, has been
rescheduled for 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.,
this Saturday, Feb. 12 at 290 N.
Second Street.

GALLIPOLIS — Locust Street
between Second and Third
avenues will be closed all day on
Friday, Feb. 11 for the Tim Tebow
GALLIPOLIS — VFW Post
Foundation “Night to Shine” event. #4464 hosts a family dinner, 6

Family dinner

p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 15 at post
home, , public is welcome.

Needlework group
POMEROY — Join the Needlework Network on Wednesday
mornings at 10 a.m. in the Riverview Room at the Pomeroy
Library. Socialize and craft with
experienced fabric artists. Bring
your work in progress to share.
Beginners welcome.

GALLIA, MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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appreciate your input to the
community calendar. To make
sure items can receive proper
attention, all information should
be received by the newspaper at
least ﬁve business days prior to
an event. All coming events print
on a space-available basis and in
chronological order. Events can be
emailed to: TDSnews@aimmediamidwest.com or GDTnews@
aimmediamidwest.com.

Card shower
VINTON — Betty Twyman will
be celebrating her 82nd birthday
Feb. 13, cards may be sent to her
at 1046 Ewington Rd. Vinton, OH
45686.

WELLSTON — The GJMV
Solid Waste Management District
Board of Directors will meet at
3:30 p.m. at the district ofﬁce.

Friday, Feb. 11
GALLIPOLIS — Regular
monthly Board meeting of O. O.
McIntyre Park District, 11 a.m.,
Park Board ofﬁce at the Gallia
County Courthouse, 18 Locust St.

Saturday, Feb. 12
MIDDLEPORT — The Riverbend Arts Council Valentines Arts
and Craft Show is rescheduled for
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 14

Plains Regional Sewer District
Board will be at 7 p.m. at the district ofﬁce board room.

Wednesday, Feb. 16
PERRY TOWNSHIP — The
Perry Township Board of Trustees
are rescheduling the February
meeting at 7 p.m. at the Townhouse.

Friday, Feb. 18
GALLIPOLIS — Ohio AFSCME Retirees, Subchapter 102,
Gallia &amp; Jackson counties, will
meet, weather permitting, 2
p.m., at the Gallia County Senior
Resource Center, 1165 State
Route 160, members are asked to
follow all CDC guidelines.

GALLIPOLIS — DAV Dovel
Myers Post #141 meets 5 p.m. at
post home on Liberty Street, all
members urged to attend.
BEDFORD TWP. — Bedford
CHESTER — The Return JonaGALLIPOLIS — AMVETS Post than Meigs Chapter NSDAR will
Township trustees regular monthly meeting 7 p.m., Bedford Town- #23 meets 6 p.m., after the DAV
meet at 1 p.m. in the dining hall
meeting.
hall, there will be no meeting on
of the Chester Academy, weather
Feb. 14.
permitting. Program by Donna
GALLIPOLIS — Gallia County
Jenkins. Exciting things are
Retired Teachers organization
planned. All members are encourwill meet at noon at the Courtside
aged to attend. Social distancing/
TUPPERS PLAINS — The
Restaurant.
masks rules apply.
monthly meeting of the Tuppers

Thursday, Feb. 10

Saturday, Feb. 19

Tuesday, Feb. 15

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Plow driver who caused havoc on Ohio Turnpike fired
The Ohio Turnpike Commission snowplow driver who injured
people and damaged dozens
of vehicles when he recklessly
sprayed ice, snow and slush on
vehicles traveling in the opposite
direction has been ﬁred and could
face criminal charges, ofﬁcials
said Wednesday.
Eighteen people were injured
and 55 vehicles were damaged
during the incident in Erie County on Jan. 23, according to Ohio

State Highway Patrol ofﬁcials.
The driver was ﬁred on Tuesday after being placed on administrative leave the day after the
incident, according to a Turnpike
Commission statement. Ohio
Turnpike Executive Director
Ferzan Ahmed in the driver’s termination letter said he engaged
in “grossly negligent behavior”
that endangered people’s lives and
property.
An Ohio State Highway Patrol

investigation has been turned
over to the Erie County prosecutor to determine whether
the driver should face criminal
charges, patrol spokesperson
Sgt. Ray Santiago said on
Wednesday.
Cellphone videos recorded by
travelers showed ice and slush ﬂying over the median divider and
striking oncoming trafﬁc headed
east on the turnpike in Erie
County.

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Position: Wide Receiver
Height: 6’ 0”
Weight: 201 lbs
College: LSU
Stats: 81 receptions
1,455 yards
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Wahama sweeps Wildcats, 51-33
By Bryan Walters

with six points from Sawyer
VanMatre as part of a 19-12
second period push that gave
WHS a 30-24 edge at the interMASON, W.Va. — There
was deﬁnitely a difference the mission.
The Wildcats (1-5) were
second time around … even
never closer as the Red and
though there really wasn’t.
Visiting Hannan kept things White got ﬁve points from
Alex Hardwick during a 10-3
much more respectable than
the 77-23 outcome eight days surge that extended the lead
out to 40-27 headed into the
earlier, but the Wahama boys
ﬁnale.
basketball team ultimately
Dakota Watkins and Brady
claimed a season sweep on
Edmunds each hit a trifecta
Tuesday night with a 51-33
as part of a quick 6-5 spurt
victory in a non-conference
that allowed HHS to close to
matchup of Mason County
programs at Gary Clark Court. within 45-33 with just over six
The White Falcons (10-7) — minutes left in regulation, but
Wahama made a 6-0 run the
who
were celebrating Senior
Bryan Walters | OVP Sports
rest of the way to complete the
Night
—
found
themselves
in
Wahama freshman Eli Rickard, left, and Hannan junior Dakota Watkins hustle after
18-point outcome.
a loose ball during the second half of Tuesday night’s boys basketball contest in a 12-11 hole after one quarter
Mason, W.Va.
The White Falcons made 15
of play, but the hosts rallied
bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com

total ﬁeld goals — including
three 3-pointers — and also
went 18-of-22 at the free throw
line for 82 percent.
Sawyer VanMatre led the
hosts with a game-high 19
points, followed by Bryce
Zuspan with eight points and
Ethan Gray with six markers.
Hardwick was next with ﬁve
points, while Josiah Lloyd and
Harrison Panko-Shields each
added four points.
Eli Rickard and Michael
VanMatre completed the winning tally with three and two
points, respectively. Sawyer
VanMatre led WHS with six
rebounds and Gray came away
with six steals.

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Lady Marauders
avenge Athens
loss, 48-34
By Bryan Walters
bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com

ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — In a company all her
own.
Senior Mallory Hawley became the all-time
leading scorer in Meigs girls basketball history on
Tuesday night during a 48-34 victory over visiting
Athens in a Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division
matchup at Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium.
Hawley — a 4-year starter who eclipsed 1,000
career points as a junior — poured in 17 of her
team-high 19 points in the middle two frames,
which ultimately propelled the hosts out to a 44-24
cushion headed into the ﬁnale.
Hawley surpassed the mark of 1,400 career
points set by 2001 graduate Amber Vining with a
basket at the 4:48 mark of the third quarter, giving
MHS a 32-22 edge at the time. Weston Baer — a
2020 graduate on the boys side — is the all-time
leading scorer in Meigs basketball history.
The Lady Marauders (16-4, 6-4 TVC Ohio)
found themselves deadlocked at 12-all with the
Lady Bulldogs after one period of play, but Hawley scored nine points as the hosts made a 13-8
second quarter push to build a 25-20 intermission
advantage.
Jennifer Parker nailed three trifectas and Hawley added eight markers as MHS went on a pivotal
19-4 charge in the third frame, extending the lead
out to 20 points entering the ﬁnale. AHS closed
regulation with 10-4 run to complete the 14-point
outcome.
Meigs also salvaged a season split after dropping a 56-52 decision in The Plains back on Dec.
16, 2021.
The Lady Marauders made 18 total ﬁeld goals
— including six 3-pointers — and also went 6-of-9
at the free throw line for 67 percent.
Parker followed Hawley for MHS with 16
points, while Rylee Lisle added ﬁve markers. Maggie Musser and Delana Wright completed the winning mark with four points apiece.
The Lady Bulldogs made 11 total ﬁeld goals —
including a half-dozen trifectas — and also sank
6-of-8 charity tosses for 75 percent.
Bailey Davis led AHS with a game-high 20
points, followed by Asa Halcombe with six markers. Harper Bennett, Emily Zuber, Haylie Mills
and Kesi Federspiel completed things with two
points each.
Meigs returns to action Thursday when it travels to River Valley for a TVC Ohio contest at 7 p.m.
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OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE
Thursday, Feb. 10
Boys Basketball
Hannan at Rose Hill
Christian, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball
(17) Washington
Court House at (16)
Gallia Academy, 7 p.m.
Meigs at River Valley,
7 p.m.
Point Pleasant at
Charleston Cath., 7 p.m.
Wahama at LKC
Tournament, TBA
Wrestling
Point Pleasant at Ripley, 5 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 11
Boys Basketball
Heritage Christian at
OVCS, 6 p.m.
Eastern at Southern,
7 p.m.
Nelsonville-York at
River Valley, 7 p.m.
Wirt County at Wahama, 7 p.m.
Point Pleasant at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
South Gallia at Belpre, 7 p.m.
Gallia Academy at
Rock Hill, 7 p.m.

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Southern senior Issac McCarty (0) passes the ball to a teammate during a basketball game against the South Gallia Rebels Tuesday
evening in Mercerville, Ohio.

Tornadoes shock South Gallia, 61-32
By Colton Jeffries

Aiden Hill with nine
points, Brayden Otto with
six points, Cruz Brinager
with ﬁve points, Damien
MERCERVILLE, Ohio
Miller with ﬁve points,
— The only ones not surDerek Grifﬁth with three
prised where the boys in
points and Issac McCarty
purple.
with two points.
The Southern boys
Leading the Rebels
basketball team upset the
was sophomore Tanner
South Gallia Rebels on
Boothe, who got three
the road 61-32 Tuesday
ﬁeld goals and two free
evening in a Tri-Valley
throws for eight points.
Conference Hocking DiviSecond for the Red
sion matchup.
and Gold was tied, with
Tuesday’s ballgame got
seniors Blaike Saunders
off to a slow start, with
and Brayden Hammond
only the Rebels (7-9, 4-6
both having six points.
TVC Hocking) scoring a
Saunders had two
basket in the ﬁrst couple
3-pointers and Hammond
of minutes.
had three ﬁeld goals.
The Tornadoes (7-14,
Rounding out the South
2-8) took control of the
Gallia scoring were Ean
ﬁrst quarter with a 9-2
Combs with four points,
scoring run through the
Noah Cremeens with
ﬁrst ﬁve minutes of the
three points, Brycen Stangame.
ley with three points and
The Red and Gold
Kyeler Rossitter with two
found the basket once
South Gallia senior Devin Siders (3) gets ready to make a points.
more with under a min3-point shot against the Southern Tornadoes Tuesday evening in
In rebounds, the Purple
ute to go in the ﬁrst, but Mercerville, Ohio.
and Gold had 14 offensive
went into the second
and 17 defensive for a
they still put up points on to complete the upset.
quarter under a 11-4
In shot totals, Southern total of 31 and were led
the board to outscore the
deﬁcit.
led in both 3-pointers and by Anderson with eight.
home team 24-8, giving
The Purple and Gold
The Red and Gold had
ﬁeld goals with tallies
them a lot to celebrate
kept their high-pressure
nine offensive boards and
of 9-2 and 15-11, respecabout as they went into
defense going into the
12 defensive for a total of
tively.
halftime with a 35-12
second quarter and the
21 and were led by HamThe two squads were
lead.
Rebels couldn’t ﬁnd an
mond with six.
The offensive woes con- tied in free throws with
answer for it.
The Tornadoes will
tinued for the Rebels into four each.
On the other end of
Leading the Tornadoes be back on the court at
the second half.
the court, the offensive
6 p.m. Friday when they
Through the third quar- in scoring was senior
momentum continued
host the Eastern Eagles.
Cade Anderson, who
to mount for the visiting ter, the Purple and Gold
The Rebels will be back
slowly built up their lead, recorded three 3-pointers
team.
in action at 7 p.m. Friday
and four ﬁeld goals for a
capping out at 31 points
The Tornadoes were
when they hit the road to
total of 17 points.
lights-out with 3-pointers heading into the ﬁnal
Behind him was fellow take on the Belpre Golden
quarter.
in the second quarter,
senior Lincoln Rose, who Eagles.
Down 54-23 at the
scoring four in the ﬁrst
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had six ﬁeld goals and
fourth quarter, time was
four minutes.
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not on South Gallia’s side. two free throws for 14
Although Southern
reserved.
points.
Ultimately, the Tornadidn’t score anymore
Rounding out the
does scored the ﬁnal six
from the arch for the
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points of Tuesday’s game Southern scoring were
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Panthers outlast Gallia Academy, 60-47
By Bryan Walters

bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com

CHESAPEAKE, Ohio
— A rather unfortunate
turn of events.
One week after posting an 83-61 victory
in the ﬁrst meeting in
Centenary, the Gallia
Academy boys basketball team dropped a
60-47 decision to host
Chesapeake on Tuesday
night in an Ohio Valley

Conference contest in
Lawrence County.
The Blue Devils (13-7,
6-7 OVC) — who produced 68 points in the
paint during the ﬁrst
matchup — used much
of the same approach,
but the guests were ultimately left facing a 43-41
deﬁcit headed into the
ﬁnale.
The Panthers held
GAHS to only one ﬁeld
goal and kept both Isaac

Raiders fall at
Athens, 58-36
By Colton Jeffries

points was senior Mason
Rhodes, who recorded
one 3-pointer, four ﬁeld
goals and four free
THE PLAINS, Ohio
— The River Valley boys throws for a total of 15
points.
basketball team suffered
Behind him was junior
a 58-36 road loss to the
Athens Bulldogs in a Tri- Jance Lambert, who
had one 3-pointer and
Valley Conference Ohio
three ﬁeld goals for nine
Division matchup.
The Raiders (3-16, 2-7 points.
Rounding out the River
TVC Ohio) could only
put up nine points in the Valley scoring were Kade
Alderman with eight
ﬁrst quarter, trailing the
Bulldogs (6-12, 5-5) by a points, Ethan Schultz
with two points and
score of 21-9.
Things didn’t get much Caunnor Clay with two
points.
better for the Silver and
Leading the Bulldogs
Black in the second quarter, putting up six points was Landon Wheatley,
who got three 3-pointers,
to the home team’s 12
seven ﬁeld goals and four
to go into halftime at a
free throws for a total of
33-15 disadvantage.
27 points.
The Raiders had their
The Raiders will be
best offensive quarter
back in action at 7:30
in the third, putting up
p.m. when they host the
15 points, outscoring
Nelsonville-York Buckthe Bulldogs to go into
eyes in another TVC
the fourth quarter down
Ohio contest.
43-30.
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were unable to cover the Publishing, all rights
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Leading the Raiders in 740-446-2342, ext. 2100.

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Clary and Zane Loveday scoreless down the
stretch, allowing the
hosts to make a 17-6
charge to complete the
13-point outcome.
The Blue Devils
received eight points
from Kenyon Franklin
while building a 15-13
ﬁrst quarter lead, but
CHS countered with
seven points from Levi
Blankenship as part of
a 19-10 second period

push that resulted in
a 32-25 intermission
advantage.
Loveday netted 10
points as part of a 16-11
third quarter surge that
closed the deﬁcit down
to 43-41. Chesapeake
made 11-of-17 free
throws in the fourth
quarter while ﬁnishing
off the 35-point turnaround.
Gallia Academy made
18 total ﬁeld goals —

By Colton Jeffries

points to go into halftime
down 36-15.
Things started to click
better for the Black and
POINT PLEASANT,
W.Va. — The Point Pleas- Red in the third quarter,
ant boys basketball team with the home team putting up 15 points.
fell at home 72-48 TuesHowever, the visitors
day evening to the Calput up 25 points of their
vary Baptist Patriots.
own to go into the fourth
The Patriots (18-1)
outscored the home team quarter with a 61-30
advantage.
15-8 in the ﬁrst quarter.
Although the home
The Black Knights
(5-12) continued to strug- team outscored the
gle in the second quarter, Patriots 18-11 in the ﬁnal
quarter, it wasn’t enough
putting up only seven
for the victory.
Leading the Black
Knights in points was
junior Peyton Murphy,
who recorded two
3-pointers, two ﬁeld goals
and one free throw for a
total of 11 points.
Next was fellow junior
Eric Chapman, who got
four ﬁeld goals for eight
points.
Rounding out the Point
Pleasant scoring were
Grant Barton with six
points, Josh Chapman
with six points, Wesley
Lee with ﬁve points,
Grayson Tucker with
ﬁve points, Zach Beckett
with four points and Connor Lambert with three
points.
Leading the Patriots
was Isaiah Bosley, who
notched four 3-pointers,
three ﬁeld goals and two
free throws for a total of
20 points.
The Black Knights will
be back on the court at
7:30 p.m. Friday when
they travel to face the
Buffalo Bison.
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21 points, followed by
Ben Bragg with 20 points
and Donnie Maynard
with 12 markers.
Gallia Academy
returns to action Friday
when it travels to Rock
Hill for an OVC contest
at 7 p.m.
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reserved.
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Blevins hits career milestone as Rio men roll
By Randy Payton

connected on his milestone bucket with 52.1
seconds left to give Rio
Grande its largest lead of
RIO GRANDE, Ohio
— The number “32” will the night.
Blevins also had six
forever be associated
rebounds and handed
with the University of
out a team-high three
Rio Grande men’s basassists in the victory.
ketball program thanks
The RedStorm bolted
to the exploits of the legendary Clarence “Bevo” to a 14-0 lead to begin
the game and extended
Francis.
their advantage to as
The same ﬁgure repmany as 20 points late in
resented the number of
the ﬁrst half before setpoints that sophomore
tling on a 49-33 edge at
Shiloah Blevins needed
to reach the 1,000-point the intermission.
Carlow did manage
mark for his career
entering Tuesday night’s to make things a bit
home game against Car- interesting when AJ
Sharp capped a 9-0 run
low University.
to pull the Celtics within
And when the dust
58-48 with 10:41 left to
settled on the Redplay, but Rio responded
Storm’s 80-61 victory
over the Celtics in River with an 11-1 run of its
own over the next 4-1/2
States Conference play
minutes to re-establish
at the Newt Oliver
a 20-point cushion with
Arena, the South Webjust over six minutes
ster, Ohio native was
the center of celebratory remaining.
The RedStorm’s lead
attention.
never dipped below 16
Blevins ﬁnished with
points the rest of the
exactly 32 points — a
way and reached its apex
new career-high — and

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with Blevins’ ﬁnal points
of the evening.
Sophomore Miki Tadic
(Hilversum, The Netherlands) also reached
double ﬁgures for Rio
Grande, ﬁnishing with
21 points — 18 of which
came via six three-point
goals. He also tied a season- and career-high with
10 rebounds.
Sophomore Taylor
Mack (Akron, OH) had
a game-high 12 rebounds
and tied Blevins with
three assists, while
freshman Exauce
Manissa (Point Noire,
The Congo) snared 10
rebounds of his own to
help the RedStorm tally
a 54-36 advantage on the
boards.
Rio shot just over 43
percent from the ﬁeld
overall (31-for-72),
including a 9-for-19
showing from threepoint range (47.4%),
and committed just eight
turnovers.
The only sore spot in
the winning effort was

a paltry 9-for-20 performance at the free throw
line (45%).
Marcus Millien provided the bulk of Carlow’s
offensive punch, scoring
26 points and equaling
a season-high with 11
rebounds.
Riley Comforti had a
game- and career-high 12
rebounds for the Celtics,
while Nehemiah Brazil
handed out ﬁve assists in
a losing cause.
Carlow shot just under
40 percent overall (25for-63), while going
4-for-15 from distance
(26.7%) and 7-for-14
at the free throw line
(50%).
Rio Grande is scheduled to return to action
on Saturday when it
travels to Pittsburgh, Pa.
to face Point Park University.
Tipoff is slated for 1
p.m.
Randy Payton is the Sports Information Director for the University
of Rio Grande.

RedStorm women overwhelm Carlow University
By Randy Payton

the ﬂoor — 15 in the
ﬁrst quarter and two in
the second period —
and trailed 33-0 by the
RIO GRANDE, Ohio
— For all of the 600-plus time Angelica Orozco
canned a three-point
wins in his career as a
goal with 8:48 left
collegiate head coach,
University of Rio Grande before halftime.
Rio Grande led by as
head coach David
many as 37 points before
Smalley admitted that
settling on a 36-point
Tuesday night’s victory
advantage at halftime.
over Carlow University
The lead reached 47
produced something he’d
points late in the third
never seen.
quarter and the 69-point
Smalley’s RedStorm
ﬁnal margin of victory
scored the game’s ﬁrst
was the RedStorm’s big33 points and never
gest cushion of the
looked back, cruising
night.
to a 109-40 rout of the
The win was Rio’s
Celtics in River States
largest in terms of point
Conference women’s
spread since a 111-43
basketball action at the
win over Ohio UniverNewt Oliver Arena.
sity-Chillicothe on Nov.
Rio Grande, which
11, 2019.
was tied for 18th in
Six players reached
the most recent NAIA
double ﬁgures in the
coaches’ Top 25 poll,
improved to 24-2 overall victory, with junior Ella
Skeens (Chillicothe, OH)
and 12-1 in league play
— the reigning RSC
with the victory.
Player of the Week —
Carlow dropped to
leading the way with 17
8-18 overall and 0-13 in
points, 10 rebounds and
the RSC with the loss.
six steals.
The Celtics missed
Fellow junior Hailey
their ﬁrst 17 shots from

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Black Knights fall to
Calvary Baptist, 72-48

including one trifecta —
and also went 10-of-20 at
the free throw line for 50
percent.
Franklin led the guests
with 15 points, followed
by Clary with 14 points
and Loveday with a
dozen markers. Carson
Call and Wesley Saunders completed the scoring with four and two
points, respectively.
Blankenship paced
CHS with a game-high

Jordan (Columbus, OH)
tallied 16 points, eight
rebounds and three
blocked shots, while
freshman Kaylee Darnell
(Wheelersburg, OH) had
her second triple-double
of the season — and
just the seventh in program history — with 13
points, 12 rebounds and
10 assists. She also had
ﬁve assists.
Senior Avery Harper
(Seaman, OH), junior
Reagan Willingham
(Ashville, OH) and
freshman Harlei Antritt
(Newark, OH) all ﬁnished with 10 points in
the winning effort.
Amazingly, the RedStorm posted the lopsided win despite tying
their single-game seasonhigh for turnovers with
26.
Rio Grande shot 45.3
percent (39-for-86) from
the ﬂoor overall and 81.3
percent from the free
throw line (26-for-32),
while also collecting 78
rebounds — the third
time this season that the

RedStorm have tallied
70 or more rebounds in
a game.
Carlow ﬁnished 14-for68 from the ﬂoor overall
(20.6%), 5-for-20 from
three-point range (25%)
and 7-for-12 (58.3%) at
the foul line.
In addition to their
shooting woes and
rebounding deﬁcit, the
Celtics committed 32
turnovers of their own.
Orozco had 16 points,
four rebounds and three
steals in a losing cause,
while Megan Ost and
Shaelyn Clark also had
four rebounds each.
Megan Lydon added
ﬁve assists for Carlow.
Rio Grande is scheduled to return to action
on Thursday night
when it hosts Brescia
University in a rescheduled game from an earlier COVID postponement.
Tipoff is set for 5:30
p.m.
Randy Payton is the Sports Information Director for the University
of Rio Grande.

Texans’ Smith becomes 1 of 5 minority NFL coaches
By Kristie Rieken

of ﬁve minority head
coaches in the NFL.
“It’s not often you get
HOUSTON — Lovie a chance to lead three
professional football
Smith reﬂected on his
teams,” he said. “I don’t
past in the NFL on
Tuesday as he was intro- know if there’s a guy
duced as the new coach who looks like me that’s
had the opportunity to
of the Houston Texans,
a hire that made him one do that. So that’s pretty

AP Sports Writer

Wahama
From page 5

The Wildcats netted 13 total
ﬁeld goals — including six trifectas — and also went 1-of-2 at the
charity stripe for 50 percent.
Watkins led HHS with 13
points, followed by Edmunds and

special.”
Smith, who is Black,
joins Pittsburgh’s Mike
Tomlin, New York Jets
coach Robert Saleh,
Washington’s Ron Rivera, and Mike McDaniel,
who was hired Sunday
to coach Miami, as the
league’s only minority

Justin Rainey with seven points
apiece. Xavier Stone was next
with four points, while Logan
Barker wrapped things up with
two points.
Ethan Mitchell, the lone WHS
senior, was honored before the
game.
Wahama was at Ravenswood
on Wednesday and returns to
the hardwood Friday night when

head coaches.
The 63-year-old Smith,
who spent last season as
Houston’s associate head
coach and defensive
coordinator, previously
coached the Chicago
Bears for nine seasons
and Tampa Bay for two
seasons ending in 2015.

it hosts Wirt County in a Little
Kanawha Conference contest at
7 p.m.
Hannan is back in action Thursday night when it travels to Kentucky to face Rose Hill Christian
at 7 p.m.
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COVID

12,636 (42.25 percent of
the population).

Meigs County
According to the 2
p.m. update from ODH
update from ODH on
on Wednesday, there
Wednesday, there have
have been 4,347 total
been 7,077 total cases
cases (17 new) in Meigs
(55 new) in Gallia
County since the beginCounty since the beginning of the pandemic,
ning of the pandemic,
378 hospitalizations and 215 hospitalizations
105 deaths. Of the 7,077 and 76 deaths. Of the
cases, 6,044 (99 new) are 4,330cases, 3,822 (91
new) are presumed
presumed recovered.
Case data is as follows: recovered.
Case data is as follows:
0-19 — 1,406 cases (16
0-19 — 851 cases (1
new), 11 hospitalizations
new), 7 hospitalizations
20-29 —1,149 cases
20-29 — 631 cases (1
(5 new), 21 hospitalizanew), 5 hospitalizations,
tions, 1 death
1 death
30-39 — 1,032 cases
30-39 — 579 cases
(6 new), 19 hospitalizations, 1 death
(3 new), 15 hospitaliza40-49 — 1,048 cases
tions, 1 death
(7 new), 34 hospitaliza40-49 — 640 cases
tions, 8 deaths
(2 new), 18 hospitaliza50-59 — 932 cases
tions, 2 deaths
(7 new), 62 hospitaliza50-59 — 607 cases
tions, 13 deaths
(5 new), 34 hospitaliza60-69 — 749 cases
tions, 10 deaths
(10 new), 68 hospitaliza60-69 — 518 cases
tions, 17 deaths
(2 new), 55 hospitaliza70-79 — 460 cases
tions, 12 deaths
(3 new), 97 hospitaliza70-79 — 324 cases
tions, 25 deaths
(3 new), 50 hospitaliza80-plus — 301 cases
tions, 27 deaths
(1 new) , 66 hospitaliza80-plus — 197 cases
tions, 38 deaths
(2 new), 31 hospitalizaVaccination rates in
tions, 22 deaths
Gallia County are as folVaccination rates in
lows, according to ODH: Meigs County are as
Vaccines started:
follows, according to
13,806 (46.18 percent of ODH:
the population);
Vaccines started:
Vaccines completed:
10,455 (45.64 percent of
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the population);
Vaccines completed:
9,494 (41.45 percent of
the population).

Additional county case
data since vaccinations
began Dec. 14, 2020:
Total cases since start
of vaccinations: 5,266
(77 new);
Mason County
Total cases among
According to the 10
individuals who were
a.m. update on Wednesnot reported as fully
day from DHHR, there
vaccinated — 4,523 (15
have been 6,153 cases
new);
(56 new) of COVID-19,
Total breakthrough
in Mason County (5,655
cases among fully vacciconﬁrmed cases, 498
nated — 743;
probable cases) since
Total deaths among
the beginning of the
pandemic and 85 deaths not fully vaccinated individuals — 68 (2 new);
(3 new). DHHR reports
Total breakthrough
there are currently 168
deaths among fully vacactive cases and 5,900
recovered cases in Mason cinated individuals — 6
(1 new).
County.
A total of 11,899
(Editor’s note: Case
people in Mason County
data includes both conhave received at least
ﬁrmed and probable
one dose of the COVIDcases.)
Case data is as follows: 19 vaccine, which is
44.9 percent of the
0-4 — 124 cases (3
population, according to
new)
DHHR, with 10,005 fully
5-11 — 301 cases (2
vaccinated or 37.7 pernew)
cent of the population.
12-15 — 318 cases
Mason County is cur16-20 — 439 cases
rently gold on the West
21-25 — 511 cases (5
Virginia County Alert
new)
System.
26-30 — 568 cases (5
There have been 27
new)
31-40 — 1,033 cases (4 conﬁrmed cases of the
Delta variant in Mason
new), 2 deaths
County. There are two
41-50 — 945 cases (7
conﬁrmed case of the
new), 3 deaths
51-60 — 794 cases (11 Omicron variant reported in Mason County.
new), 12 deaths
61-70 — 599 cases (5
new), 16 deaths (1 new) Ohio
71+ — 521 cases (8
According to the 2
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TO THE MOTHER MARIE BUSH, WHOSE RESIDENCE IS
UNKNOWN.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO
PROBATE/JUVENILE DIVISION
GALLIA COUNTY COURTHOUSE
18 LOCUST STREET ROOM 1293
GALLIPOLIS, OHIO 45631

Thursday, February 10, 2022 7

THOMAS S. MOULTON JR., JUDGE
CLERK OF COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO
GALLIA COUNTY COURTHOUSE
GALLIPOLIS, OHIO 45631
A COPY OF THE COMPLAINT MAY BE OBTAINED IN THE
JUVENILE COURT OFFICE AT THE COURTHOUSE.
2/3/22,2/10/22,2/17/22,2/24/22,3/3/22,3/10/22

West Virginia
According to the 10
a.m. update on Wednesday from DHHR, there
have been 468,391 total
cases since the beginning of the pandemic,
with 2,266 reported
since DHHR’s update last
update. DHHR reports
72,435 “breakthrough”
cases as of Wednesday
with 558 total breakthrough deaths statewide
(counts include cases
after the start of COVID19 vaccination/Dec. 14,
2020). There have been a
total of 5,939 deaths due
to COVID-19 since the
start of the pandemic,
with 39 since the last
update. There are 8,339
currently active cases in
the state, with a daily
positivity rate of 14.43
and a cumulative positivity rate of 8.29 percent.
Statewide, 1,108,034
West Virginia residents
have received at least
one dose of the COVID19 (61.8 percent of the
population). A total
of 53.3 percent of the
population, 955,153 individuals have been fully
vaccinated.
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the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The complete
public notice, including any additional instructions for submitting
comments, requesting information, a public hearing, or filing an
appeal may be obtained at: https://epa.ohio.gov/actions or
Hearing Clerk, Ohio EPA, 50 W. Town St. P.O. Box 1049,
Columbus, Ohio 43216. Ph: 614-644-3037 email:
HClerk@epa.ohio.gov

The following matters are the subject of this public notice by
the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The complete
public notice, including any additional instructions for submitting
comments, requesting information, a public hearing, or filing an
appeal may be obtained at: https://epa.ohio.gov/actions or
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Final Approval of Plans and Specifications
Tupper Plains/Chester Water District
39561 Bar 30 Rd, Reedsville, OH 45772
Facility Description: Community Water System
ID #: 1471842
Date of Action: 02/01/2022
This final action not preceded by proposed action and is
appealable to ERAC.
Detail Plans for PWSID:OH5300612 Plan No:1471842 Regarding Success Rd, St Rte 248, &amp; Bashan Rd Waterline Improvements.
2/10/22

Final Issuance of Permit to Install
Ohio Valley Elec Corp, Kyger Creek
Facility Description: Wastewater
ID #: 1439236
Date of Action: 01/28/2022
This final action not preceded by proposed action and is appealable to ERAC.
Project: OVEC Kyger Creek WW Redirect
Project Location: 5758 SR 7 North, Cheshire

IN THE MATTER OF:
J.C.B.
ALLEGED DEPENDENT CHILD
COMPLAINANT HAS BROUGHT THIS ACTION NAMING
YOU THE MOTHER IN THE GALLIA COUNTY COURT OF
COMMON PLEAS PROBATE/JUVENILE DIVISION BY FILING
A COMPLAINT OF DEPENDENCY FOR SAID CHILD.
YOU ARE REQUIRED TO ANSWER THE COMPLAINT
WITHIN TWENTY EIGHT DAYS AFTER THE LAST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE, WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED
ONCE EACH WEEK FOR SIX SUCCESSIVE WEEKS, AND
THE LAST PUBLICATION WILL BE MADE ON THURSDAY,
MARCH 10, 2022.
IN CASE OF YOUR FAILURE TO ANSWER OR OTHERWISE
RESPOND AS PERMITTED BY THE OHIO RULES OF CIVIL
PROCEDURE WITHIN THE TIME STATED, JUDGMENT IN
THE ABOVE MATTER WILL BE MADE BY THE COURT.

dayfrom ODH, there
have been 4,271 cases in
the past 24 hours (21day average of 8,675),
318 new hospitalizations
(21-day average of 312),
46 new ICU admissions
(21-day average of 27)
and zero new deaths in
the previous 24 hours
(21-day average of
159) with 34,592 total
reported deaths. (Editor’s Note: Deaths are
reported two days per
week.)
Vaccination rates in
Ohio are as follows,
according to ODH:
Vaccines started:
7,186,078 (61.48 percent
of the population);
Vaccines completed:
6,624,702 (56.67 percent
of the population).
As of Feb. 2, ODH
reports the following
breakthrough information:
COVID-19 Deaths
among individuals not
reported as fully vaccinated — 18,992;
COVID-19 Deaths
among fully vaccinated
individuals — 924;
COVID-19 Hospitalizations since Jan. 1, 2021
among individuals not
reported as fully vaccinated — 60,616;
COVID-19 Hospitalizations since Jan. 1,
2021 among individuals
reported as fully vaccinated — 3,812.

825 3rd Ave. Gallipolis, OH
has a Part-Time Position

Mail Clerk-Dock Worker
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Final Issuance of Renewal of NPDES Permit
Gallia County Landfill
497 Roush Hollow Rd, Bidwell, OH
Facility Description: Wastewater-Miscellaneous
Receiving Water: UNNAMED TO WHITE OAK CRK
ID #: 0IN00121*FD
Date of Action: 01/28/2022
This final action not preceded by proposed action and is
appealable to ERAC.
Final Issuance of Renewal of NPDES Permit
World Kinect Energy Services - Gallipolis Bulk Plt
143 Pine St, Gallipolis, OH
Facility Description: Wastewater-Miscellaneous
Receiving Water: No immed. receiving water
ID #: 0IN00221*ED
Date of Action: 01/28/2022
This final action not preceded by proposed action and is appealable to ERAC.
Final Issuance of Administrative Modification to
Permit-To-Install
General James M. Gavin Power Plant
7397 N St Rt #7, Cheshire, OH 45620-0271
ID #: P0131432
Date of Action: 02/03/2022
Administrative modification to P902, to allow lime to be handled
by the E-crane clamshell unloader with the use of chemical
dust suppressant.
2/10/22

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Abortion

Super

Supreme Court.
Yost emphasized that
his lawsuit does not
challenge the right to
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an abortion as guarantheir abortion services, teed under Roe.
The prohibition
which cannot.
against family planning
U.S. District Judge
Timothy Black rejected clinics funded under
Title X using public
that argument in a ruling last month, denying funds for abortions was
a preliminary injunction contained in the Family
that would have tempo- Planning Services and
rarily paused the rules. Population Research
The 12 states appealed Act of 1970, Yost said.
Black pointed out that
his decision to the 6th
Circuit, which said they the Trump-era rules
were in place for less
failed to prove they’d
than two years, during
be irreparably harmed
which time 1.5 million
by the rules going into
fewer patients particieffect.
Black said opponents pated in Title X-funded
services.
centered their case on
The program makes
a policy disagreement,
available more than
not a legal one.
$250 million a year to
“The principle that
money is fungible must clinics to provide birth
control and basic health
have theoretical limits
care services, mainly
or else no government
to low-income women,
appropriations for spemany of them from
ciﬁc purposes could
minority communities.
ever be feasible,” Black
The rules established
wrote Dec. 29. “Title
under Trump prompted
X no more subsidizes
abortions than funding a a mass exit by service
providers afﬁliated with
homeless shelter subsidizes substance abuse.” Planned Parenthood,
as well as several states
The Biden adminand other independent
istration’s reversal of
organizations.
the Trump-era rules in
Groups representing
October came as political and legal battles over the clinics said they
hoped the Biden adminabortion grow sharper
amid burgeoning efforts istration’s reversal
would lead some 1,300
by Republicans to
local facilities that left
overturn the landmark
in protest to return.
Roe v. Wade at the U.S.

From page 1

“A lot of the recovery
that’s yet to take place is
still in service and tourism-related industries,”
said Shannon Sedgwick,
director of research at the
nonproﬁt Los Angeles
County Economic Development. “Having an event
like the Super Bowl come
to the region and bringing back individuals, with
their visitor spending is
only going to have a positive economic beneﬁt for
the region.”
Los Angeles County,
home to roughly 10 million people, lost almost
773,000 jobs between
March and April 2020,
the early weeks of the
pandemic. The region’s
unemployment rate
surged from a pre-pandemic 4.5% to 18.8% by
May 2020.
Hiring has picked up in
the months since, as pandemic lockdowns eased.
As of December 2021, the
county’s unemployment
rate was 6.2%.
“We’re moving closer to
what we were, but we’re
not there yet,” Sedgwick
said.
The L.A. area has hosted the Super Bowl seven
times, beginning with
Super Bowl I in 1967
between the Green Bay

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Packers and Kansas City
Chiefs. Most of the games
have been held at the
Rose Bowl in Pasadena,
including the most recent
one, the Dallas Cowboys’
52-17 rout of the Buffalo Bills in 1993’s Super
Bowl XXVII. This week’s
game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los
Angeles Rams is taking
place in SoFi Stadium,
which opened in September 2020 in Inglewood.
Much of the L.A.
region’s economy has
changed in the decades
since it last played Super
Bowl host. The area has
shifted gradually from a
manufacturing-oriented
economy to one geared
toward providing services, including those that
cater to tourism.
Service industries,
including health care,
retail, transportation
and ﬁnancial activities,
account for 89% of L.A.
County’s economy, Sedgwick said. Out of that,
roughly 11% is made up
of leisure and hospitality,
the category that includes
restaurants and bars.
In the early days of
the pandemic, McCrary
saw jobs catering on
TV and ﬁlm sets all but
disappear as productions
shut down. Jobs catering
weddings and other big
events also vanished, as
did the need for many
companies to provide

“We’re moving closer
to what we were, but
we’re not there yet.”
— Shannon Sedgwick,
L.A. County Economic
Development

meals for their oncepacked corporate ofﬁces.
“Once the pandemic
started, (business) didn’t
just slow down, it became
nonexistent,” McCrary
said. “Every single event
canceled.”
Over time, things started to pick up slowly. She
estimates her business,
in terms of revenue and
jobs, is about 40% back to
normal.
She has about ﬁve
employees now, about
half as many as she had
before the pandemic. But
she will have about 14
people working for her
during her game-day gig
providing meals all day
for the “talent” at an NFL
tailgate party.
McCrary landed the
Super Bowl job through
an NFL program called
Business Connect.
It invites companies
with certiﬁed minority,
woman, veteran, lesbian,
gay, bisexual or transgender ownership to apply
and potentially get hired
to provide their services
for the many events surrounding the game.
Some 225 businesses,

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2 PM

36°

41°

35°

Cloudy and breezy today. Partly cloudy tonight.
High 44° / Low 26°

HEALTH TODAY

Statistics through 3 p.m. Wed.

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.

Precipitation

55°/35°
46°/28°
74° in 1937
-24° in 1899

24 hours ending 3 p.m. Wed.
0.00
Month to date/normal
2.56/0.99
Year to date/normal
7.53/4.09

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24 hours ending 3 p.m. Wed.
0.0
Month to date/normal
1.6/2.1
Season to date/normal
17.4/11.5

WEATHER TRIVIA™

SUN &amp; MOON

Q: What is solar winter in the Northern
Hemisphere?

Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset

Fri.
7:25 a.m.
6:01 p.m.
1:19 p.m.
4:01 a.m.

MOON PHASES
Full

Last

Feb 16 Feb 23

New

First

Mar 2 Mar 10

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

Today
Fri.
Sat.
Sun.
Mon.
Tue.
Wed.

Major
6:48a
7:32a
8:17a
9:03a
9:49a
10:36a
11:23a

Minor
12:36a
1:20a
2:04a
2:50a
3:37a
4:24a
5:11a

Major
7:12p
7:57p
8:43p
9:28p
10:15p
11:01p
11:47p

Minor
1:00p
1:44p
2:30p
3:16p
4:02p
4:48p
5:35p

WEATHER HISTORY
On Feb. 10, 1980, snow closed
interstate highways in Alabama and
Dallas. Exactly one year later, springstyle tornadoes damaged schools
and shopping centers from Texas to
Alabama.

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

A: The 1/4 year with the least sunlight.
It ends in early February.

Today
7:26 a.m.
6:00 p.m.
12:37 p.m.
3:03 a.m.

SATURDAY

Breezy and not as
cool

Adelphi
36/23

AIR QUALITY
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. Wed.

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

Level
12.86
19.34
23.16
12.83
12.81
26.15
12.07
30.93
37.01
12.69
30.50
37.20
35.00

Lucasville
43/28
Portsmouth
44/29

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Primary pollutant: Particulates

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

Waverly
40/24

24-hr.
Chg.
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+0.08
+0.08
-0.04
-0.42
-0.37
-0.64
-5.70
-4.78
-2.23
-7.94
-5.28
-8.47

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Ashland
44/30
Grayson
45/30

pus Fire Safety, and was
unanimously supported
by the House Commerce
and Labor Committee.
“This bill will not only
save multi-family home
owners money, but it will
also, and more importantly, save lives,” added

Baldridge.
H.B. 304 passed in
the House with a vote of
78-14, and will now head
to the Ohio Senate for
further consideration.
News release provided
by the Ohio House of Representatives.

MONDAY

Mostly cloudy and
cold

Kayla (Hawthorne) Dunham is a
staff writer for Ohio Valley Publishing. Reach her at (304) 675-1333,
ext. 1992.

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

35°
18°

46°
27°

46°
36°

Cold; a bit of snow in
the morning

Milder with plenty of
sunshine

Increasing cloudiness

NATIONAL CITIES
Marietta
40/25

Murray City
37/23
Belpre
41/26

Athens
40/24

McArthur
39/23

St. Marys
41/26

Parkersburg
42/27

Coolville
40/25

Wilkesville
42/25
POMEROY
Jackson
42/26
42/25
Ravenswood
Rio Grande
43/27
44/27
Centerville
POINT PLEASANT
Ripley
35/25
GALLIPOLIS
44/26
44/28
43/27

South Shore Greenup
45/30
43/28

28
0 50 100 150 200

Chillicothe
38/23

spoke to council about
community service projects they have completed.
The next meeting of
the Pomeroy Village
Council is set for Tuesday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. The
meeting is rescheduled
from Presidents Day on
Feb. 21.
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reserved.

34°
17°

Cloudy, a rain or snow
shower; colder

Logan
36/23

had approximately 1,300
calls in 2021. Pitchford
said the department is
still “looking for manpower.”
Council approved to
purchase a new vehicle
for the code enforcement
ofﬁcer. The cost of the
vehicle and detailing is
approximately $27,500.
Council approved to
reappoint Adam Salisbury as the village solicitor.
During the meeting,
the Big Bend Beardsmen

SUNDAY

40°
25°

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

0

AccuWeather.com Cold Index™

(in inches)

FRIDAY

55°
39°

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

EXTENDED FORECAST

8 PM

including 26 in Inglewood, have participated
in this year’s program,
which offers 18 months of
professional development
workshops aimed at preparing business owners
to apply for Super Bowl
jobs, including catering,
janitorial services, lighting and security.
The program tries to
cap the number of businesses that participate so
that a majority of them
have a good chance of
getting a contract, said
B.J. Waymer, an NFL consultant.
Allan DallaTorre’s production event and design
ﬁrm was one of the local
businesses that participated in the program.
Before the pandemic,
the 44-year old’s business
regularly worked small
movie premieres, fundraisers and other events.
But much of that dried
up after the pandemic hit
and, until recently, has
been slow to return.
Last week, he provided
lighting for a Business
Connect networking gathering, and he’s waiting to
hear back about possibly
working two Super Bowl
parties.
“Just the networking
that I’ve had with other
vendors, we’ve been able
to network and refer each
other business,” DallaTorre said. “Every little
bit helps us.”

Elizabeth
43/27

Spencer
42/28

Buffalo
44/29

Ironton
45/30

Milton
45/30

St. Albans
45/31

Huntington
47/32

NATIONAL FORECAST
110s
100s
90s
Seattle
51/40
80s
70s
Billings
60s
61/35
50s
40s
30s
20s
San Francisco
10s
73/50
Denver
0s
55/34
-0s
-10s
Los Angeles
89/58
T-storms
Rain
Showers
El Paso
Snow
64/36
Flurries
Chihuahua
Ice
63/34
Cold Front
Warm Front
Stationary Front

Clendenin
43/31
Charleston
47/32

Shown are noon positions of weather systems and
precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Winnipeg
31/-5
Montreal
36/27
Minneapolis
32/29
Toronto
35/27
Chicago
30/27

Detroit
34/24

New York
53/35

Washington
56/35

Kansas City
54/45

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Fri.

Hi/Lo/W
53/31/s
26/16/c
63/41/s
50/35/pc
56/30/pc
61/35/pc
44/27/pc
48/33/pc
47/32/c
64/35/s
50/33/pc
30/27/pc
42/29/c
35/26/sn
36/26/sf
71/42/s
55/34/pc
43/38/s
34/24/sf
80/66/pc
71/43/s
35/24/pc
54/45/s
73/49/s
63/42/s
89/58/s
49/35/pc
77/65/pc
32/29/sn
57/38/s
66/43/s
53/35/c
62/40/s
70/47/s
55/34/pc
80/53/s
36/25/sf
42/28/sn
64/35/s
61/33/s
47/37/pc
47/31/pc
73/50/s
51/40/pc
56/35/pc

Hi/Lo/W
57/32/s
23/22/sn
66/43/s
47/46/s
55/46/s
39/23/pc
43/27/pc
45/38/s
59/43/pc
65/43/s
34/15/sf
44/14/c
50/31/pc
43/26/sn
46/31/c
76/45/s
41/17/sn
43/5/pc
39/19/sn
81/67/s
71/49/s
42/22/c
58/18/pc
75/48/s
71/42/s
87/56/s
58/33/pc
78/68/pc
31/-4/sf
68/39/s
67/50/pc
50/45/s
69/33/s
74/54/pc
54/46/s
79/53/s
47/33/pc
40/35/s
65/46/s
63/48/s
57/23/pc
46/27/pc
69/50/s
53/37/s
57/49/s

EXTREMES WEDNESDAY
National for the 48 contiguous states

Atlanta
63/41

High
Low

89° in Santa Ana, CA
-10° in Angel Fire, NM

Global

Houston
71/43

Monterrey
67/52

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

High
Low
Miami
77/65

107° in Vioolsdrif, South Africa
-59° in Delyankir, Russia

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

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