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High 86° / Low 62° Today’s weather forecast Wahama gets past Point WEATHER s 5 SPORTS s 9 C_ZZb[fehj�š�Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 80, Volume 76 3 deaths, 25 new COVID cases reported Saturday, April 23, 2022 s $2 Canter’s Cave hosting open house By Kayla (Hawthorne) Dunham khawthorne@aimmediamidwest. com Editor’s note: Due to recent changes in the frequency of data reported by the Ohio Department of Health, Ohio Valley Publishing’s COVID Update will now only appear once a week, in Saturday editions. OHIO VALLEY — Since the publication of last week’s update, there were three deaths, as well as 25 new COVID19 cases, reported in the Ohio Valley Publishing area on Friday. Statistics reported on Friday, April 22: In Gallia County, the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) reported a death associated with COVID-19 of an individual in the 80-plus age group. ODH also reported 11 new COVID-19 cases. In Meigs County, ODH reported an additional death associated with COVID-19 of an individual in the 70-79 age range. ODH also reported three new COVID-19 cases. In Mason County, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), reported the additional death associated with COVID-19 of an individual in the 71-plus age group. DHHR also reported 11 new cases of COVID19. Here is a closer look at the local COVID-19 data: tions, 2 deaths 30-39 — 1,098 cases (4 new), 20 hospitalizations, 1 death 40-49 — 1,091 cases (1 new), 37 hospitalizations, 8 deaths 50-59 — 990 cases (1 new), 65 hospitalizations, 14 deaths 60-69 — 811 cases, 72 hospitalizations, 22 deaths 70-79 — 493 cases, 103 hospitalizations, 32 deaths 80-plus — 311 cases (1 new), 72 hospitalizations, 44 deaths (1 new) Vaccination rates in Gallia County are as follows, according to ODH: Vaccines started: 14,625 (48.92 percent of the population); Vaccines completed: 13,485 (45.10 percent of the population). Meigs County According to the update from ODH on Thursday, there have been 4,625 total cases (3 new) in Meigs County since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, 235 hospitalizations and 87 deaths (1 new). Of the 4,625 cases, 4,517 (4 new) are presumed recovered. Case data is as follows: 0-19 — 901 cases, 11 hospitalizations 20-29 — 660 cases (1 new), 5 hospitalizations, 1 death 30-39 — 608 cases, 15 hospitalizations, 1 death 40-49 — 676 cases (1 new), 18 hospitalizaGallia County tions, 2 deaths According to the 50-59 — 655 cases, update from ODH on 38 hospitalizations, 10 Thursday, there have deaths been 7,499 total cases 60-69 — 554 cases (11 new) in Gallia County since the begin- (1 new), 57 hospitalizaning of the pandemic in tions, 14 deaths 70-79 — 357 cases, 2020, 404 hospitaliza53 hospitalizations, 32 tions and 126 deaths deaths (1 new) (1 new). Of the 7,499 80-plus — 214 cases, cases, 7,319 (6 new) are 38 hospitalizations, 26 presumed recovered. deaths Case data is as folVaccination rates in lows: Meigs County are as 0-19 — 1,500 cases (3 new), 13 hospitaliza- follows, according to ODH: tions 20-29 —1,205 cases See COVID | 12 (1 new), 22 hospitaliza- 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 © 2022 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. Canter’s Cave | Courtesy Pictured here is the Main Lodge at Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp. 4-H camp holding annual event for youth, parents on May 1 to provide you with a taste of what summer JACKSON — Canter’s camp has to offer. Or, you might be interested Cave 4-H Camp will be in checking out the camp holding its annual open house for youth and their facilities as a potential parents on Sunday, May 1 venue for your wedding or other special event.” from noon-4 p.m. Information will be According to a press release from OSU Exten- available regarding this summer’s 4-H camps sion, “This event will give you the opportunity and camp facility rentals. There will be several to explore the camp and traditional camp activities learn about the many summer camping oppor- scheduled throughout the day — including fishing, tunities there. Many Extension professionals, archery, hiking, crafts, and more. Hikes will camp staff, volunteers, leave for either Boone or and teen counselors will be on hand that afternoon Canter’s Caves on the half Staff Report hour, and the pond will be open for fishing from noon until 1 p.m. At 1:30 p.m., the paddle boats will take center stage on the pond. Visitors will also have the opportunity to demonstrate their skills at archery; take a walking tour of the camp’s facilities; or play basketball or miniature golf. A light lunch will be available at no charge from noon to 3:30 p.m., and the camp’s canteen will be open for the purchase of camp items. Upon arriving at camp, all guests must register in the Main Lodge before heading out on their adventures. Hikers should wear close-toed shoes and dress for the weather. The hikes will be somewhat strenuous. The Open House will include with a live auction at 3:30 p.m. with proceeds benefiting the camp. In addition to the live auction, there will also be a silent auction, which will close at 3:45 p.m., and a kids’ auction. Youth will be able to purchase See OPEN | 12 Biden order aims to protect old-growth forests By Matthew Daly and Josh Boak Associated Press SEATTLE — President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order intended to help restore national forests devastated by wildfires, drought and blight, using an Earth Day visit to Seattle to press for more action on the environment. Although Biden has struggled to make progress on his most ambitious climate goals, he drew a sharp contrast with his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, who unraveled the country’s fight against global warming. “We’ve reached the point where the crisis on the environment has become so obvious, with the notable exception of the former president, that we really have an opportunity to do things we couldn’t have done two, five, ten years ago,” Biden said. Biden said he was staking his hopes on an upand-coming generation. “Every time I get a little down ... I just turn on the television or take a look at all the young people,” he said. “This younger generation is not going to put up with all this stuff. California State Parks via AP The Pioneer Tree, one of the few remaining old-growth coastal redwoods at Samuel P. Taylor State Park, Calif., collapsed March 24 after a fire. President Joe Biden on Friday signed an order to help restore national forests. No, they’re not.” Biden detoured into his concerns about getting environmental legislation through Congress, focusing on opposition from Republicans that he described as part of “a MAGA party.” He downplayed divisions among Democrats, saying there are only “two senators who occasionally don’t vote with me,” a glancing reference to Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona. “My pen is ready,” Biden said. “Get some of these bills to my desk.” After his speech against a backdrop of flowering trees in Seward Park, Biden sat down at a table to sign his executive order. Biden’s order directs federal land managers to define and inventory mature and old-growth forests nationwide within a year. The order requires the Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service to identify threats to older trees, such as wildfire and climate change, and develop policies to safeguard them. Old-growth trees are key buffers against climate change and provide crucial carbon sinks that absorb significant amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. The order does not ban logging of mature or oldgrowth trees, the White House said. By signing the order, Biden can publicly reassert his environmentalist See FORESTS | 12 �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Saturday, April 23, 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing OBITUARIES PAUL WILLIAM CHAFIN THOMAS C. PATRICK GALLIPOLIS — Thomas C. Patrick, 51, of Gallipolis, passed away on April 7, 2022 in Hospice in Columbus. Tom was born on July 4, 1970 in Gallipolis, son of the late Kenneth R. Patrick, Sr. and Kathleen A. Heater Patrick-Marchi who survives in Gallipolis. Tom was a lawn care/ landscaper and graduated from Gallia Academy High School. Tom is survived by his mother Kathleen Patrick-Marchi (Michael Marchi) of Gallipolis; one daughter Sabrina Rose Patrick (Zach Petry); three grandchildren, Nevaeh, Vaydah and Kingston; three brothers, Ken (Libby) Patrick, Jr., of Gallipolis, Darrell (Mitzi) Patrick of Crystal River, Florida, Luke D. Patrick of Gallipolis; two sisters Tammy A. Patrick of Ocean City, Md., Leighana J. Siders of Gallipolis; several nieces and nephews also survive. He was proceeded in death by brother-in-law Kenny “Smooth” Siders. A graveside service was held on April 12, 2022 at Mound Hill Cemetery with family and friends attending. please visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send email condolences. DEATH NOTICE BEACH VINTON — Patricia Lynn Beach, 61, of Vinton, died on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at the Select Specialty Hospital Victorian Village in Columbus. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at the Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. In lieu of flowers please consider a donation to help with funeral expenses. Willis Funeral Home is in care of the arrangements. After a long battle with drug addiction, Paul William Chafin, born on July 22, 1984 passed away on Saturday April 16, 2022 from a massive overdose of fentanyl. He was preceded by his maternal grandparents Mary Jo and Paul Dean Porter, and his father Wallace Randall Chafin. Paul is survived and loved by his three sons, Shawn Chafin, Clayton Chafin, and Conner Chafin; three daughters, Porter, Parker, and Pryce; brother, Mark J. Chafin; mother, Mary Beth (Jerry) Slayton; aunt, Patricia Griffith; uncle, Jason Porter; great uncle, Wes (Judy) Shepherd, and by a great aunt, Violet Jeffers. He will be greatly missed. There are no services being planned. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to a local drug rehabilitation center. Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home is assisting the family. An online guest registry is available at www. waugh-halley-wood.com ROBERT RALEIGH ‘MORGAN CENTER BOB’ MITCHELL BIDWELL — Robert Raleigh ‘Morgan Center Bob’ Mitchell, age 78, of Bidwell, died on Tuesday October 12, 2021 at his residence. Born December 25, 1942 in Columbus, he was the son of the late Charles and Betty Mitchell. Bob was a retired United States Army Veteran. He was a member and service officer of the DAV Chapter 53, and the Vinton American Legion Post #161 where he served as a faithful member of the Honor Guard. He attended the Morgan Center Holiness Church. He is survived by his wife, Lois Anne Mitch- with Pastor Ted Russell officiating. Burial will follow in the Morgan Center Cemetery. Full Military Honors will be presented at the cemetery. Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home is assistews. Memorial services will ing the family. An online be 2 p.m. Saturday, April guest registry is available at www.waugh30, 2022 at the Morgan Center Holiness Church halley-wood.com ell; son, Mark (Tina) Whitsitt; daughter, Katrina (David) Sommers; step-brother, Jim (Anna) Mitchell, and by several nieces and neph- LINDA SUE MYERS GALLIPOLIS — Linda Sue Myers, 72, of Gallipolis, passed away on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, at Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis. She was born on March 21, 1950, in Lecta. She was preceded in death by her father Samuel Myers and brother Danny Paul Myers. Left to cherish her memory is her mom Betty Myers; sister-inlaw Barbara Myers; and cousins Tom and Bev McGraw. She worked at Ashland Oil, Ashland, Ky., and Ohio Valley Bank, Gallipolis. She fought a hard battle against cancer for the last five years. Funeral Service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, April 25, 2022, at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville, with Pastor Darrell Fowl- er officiating. Burial will follow the service at Old Baptist Cemetery, Willow Wood. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Condolences may be expressed to the family at ehallfuneralhome. com. GALLIA, MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS Editor’s Note: The Daily Sentinel and Gallipolis Daily Tribune appreciate your input to the community calendar. To make sure items can receive proper attention, all information should be received by the newspaper at least five business days prior to an event. All coming events print on a space-available basis and in chronological order. Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@aimmediamidwest.com or GDTnews@aimmediamidwest.com. Saturday, April 23 POMEROY — A pancake breakfast sponsored by the Middleport-Pomeroy Rotary Club will be at the Mulberry Community Center from 8-11 a.m. The public is invited. MIDDLEPORT — The Middleport Fire Department will be hosting a fish fry. Serving begins at 11 a.m. Monday, April 25 RACINE — A Red Cross Blood Drive will be at Southern High School from 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Call 1-800-733-2767 or visit redcrossblood.org (enter SouthernLocalHS) to schedule an appointment. CHESTER — The monthly meeting of the Meigs County Ikes Club will be held at 7 p.m. at the clubhouse on Sugar Run Road. MIDDLEPORT — Veterans Service Commission will have a public meeting at 9 a.m. at 97 N. Second Ave., Suite 2, in Middleport. POMEROY — The regular meeting of the Meigs County Public Library Board will be held at 1 p.m. at the Pomeroy Library. Tuesday, April 26 POMEROY — Backyard Poultry Class: Part 2 “Caring for Your New Flock” is at the Pomeroy Library at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 28 POMEROY — The Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors will hold their regular monthly meeting at noon at the district office. Friday, April 29 RIO GRANDE — The Southwest Elementary Retired Staff Dinner will be at Bob Evans, Rio Grande, at noon. Saturday, April 30 GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis Railroad Freight Station Museum will have a Grand Opening from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. At the Gallipolis Railroad Freight CONTACT US 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 740-446-2342 All content © 2022 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 gdtnews@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 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. Road closures MEIGS COUNTY — A bridge replacement project is taking place on County Road 163, between Rocksprings Road and Hemlock Grove Road. The road is closed. The detour is Rocksprings Road to U.S. 33 west to SR 681 east to Hemlock Grove Road. Estimated completion: May 6. MEIGS COUNTY — A tree trimming project begins on May 3 on SR 124, between U.S. 33 and SR 833. The road will be closed where work is taking place between 8 a.m. - 3 p.m., Monday-Friday. This is a moving operation. Estimated completion: May 27. applications, please email or call the scholarship trustees below: mblake1967@yahoo.com; jecrooks@suddenlink.net; clhglh@suddenlik.net; drg453@yahoo. com; Diane Lynch - 740-992-3225. Library book sale POMEROY — A book sale at the Pomeroy Library will be on Wednesday, May 4 from 5-7 p.m.; Thursday, May 5 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.; and Friday, May 6 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. VFW scholarships OHIO VALLEY — The Stewart-Johnson Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9926 will be awarding up to five tuition scholarships of $1,000 each to qualifying area college students and high school seniors who have been accepted into a college or university program. Members of V.F.W. Post 9926 and their immediate families will receive first consideration for these scholarships, but other veterans and their families might also be considered. Applications can be picked up at MIDDLEPORT — The Riverbend Arts Council the V.F.W. Post in Mason. Completed forms must be will be celebrating Earth Day on Saturday, April 23 at 290 North Second Ave. beginning at 9 a.m. There received by the V.F.W. Post no later than May 11. Late will be a coffee hour, plant exchange and guest speak- applications will not be considered. Scholarships must be utilized by Dec. 1. For additional information, coners including Jenny Ridenour of the Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District and Randy Houdashelt. tact school guidance counselors or Robert Caruthers, Quartermaster Post 9926, at 304-812-5905 or 740416-5262. Riverbend Arts Council Earth Day celebration today Candidate meet and greet Pomeroy Alumni scholarships RIO GRANDE — The newly formed Young Republicans of Gallia County is hosting a meet and greet of republican candidates on Tuesday, April 26 at 7 p.m. at Bob Evans Farms Hall-118 Auditorium at the University of Rio Grande. Representatives for governor POMEROY — The Pomeroy High School Alumni candidates are expected to appear. Association will be awarding scholarships again this year to graduating seniors who are either a grandchild or great-grandchild of a Pomeroy alumni. Applicants need to send an official transcript of grades, a current photo and list the activities they have been involved in during their high school years. In addition, they need to state where they plan to attend college, course MEIGS COUNTY — Meigs Cooperative Parish of study, parents’ names and the names’ of the grandscholarship applications for 2022-2023 year are now parents who are Pomeroy Alumni. The scholarships available at the Parish office, 260 Mulberry Ave., Pomeroy. The office is open Tuesday-Friday 8 a.m. to are based on academics. Applications are to be sent to the Pomeroy Alumni Association, Box 202, Pomeroy, 1 p.m. OH 45769 and are to be received no later than May 13, 2022. Meigs Co-op Parish scholarships available OhioMeansJobs hosting job fair April 27 in Athens ATHENS — OhioMeansJobs will host its 18th Annual Job Fair on April 27 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Athens Community Center, 710 E. State Street. The event is free to the public and participants should bring a resume and be ready to be interviewed. Over 70 local employers, education and training opportunities are expected at the fair. Resume and interview preparations are available at Athens, Meigs and Perry centers. Morning Star UMC yard sale RACINE — The Morning Star United Methodist Church will be holding a yard sale on April 29-30 beginning at 9 a.m. both days. Middleport Alumni scholarships MIDDLEPORT — Scholarship applications are now available for six different scholarships for high school seniors who are children or grandchildren of Middleport High School Alumni. The guidance counselors at Meigs, Eastern, Southern and Wahama high schools now have the applications available. The deadline for applications to be returned is May 2. For more information about the criteria and to obtain Elks Scholarships GALLIPOLIS — the Gallipolis Elks Lodge #107 scholarships are now available for graduating high school seniors from Gallia and Meigs counties and Mason County, W.Va. Applications are available in guidance counselor offices at area high schools. Awards will be based on the applicant’s financial need, scholastic achievements and leadership qualities. Deadline to return the application to the Elks Lodge is July 5. Applications can be mailed to Past Exalted Ruler’s Association, Gallipolis Elks Lodge #017, 408 Second Avenue, P.O. Box 303, Gallipolis, OH 45631. Storytime at the library MEIGS COUNTY — Story Time is held at each Meigs Library location weekly. Bring preschoolers for stories and crafts. Mondays at 1 p.m. at Racine Library; Tuesdays at 1 p.m. at Eastern Library; Wednesdays at 1 p.m. at Pomeroy Library; and Thursdays at 1 p.m. at Middleport Library. Needlework Network 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 with the group. Beginners welcome. �NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing Saturday, April 23, 2022 3 Iowa GOP open to non-Trump prospects Tobacco By Thomas Beaumont Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa — Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the 2024 nomination process. Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo quietly finished his fifth trip to Iowa last week, and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is making plans for a statewide trip this summer. Former Vice President Mike Pence, meanwhile, is expected to visit the heart of conservative western Iowa this weekend. Pence’s trip is particu- larly notable since he spent the better part of four years in lockstep with Trump. It provides Haley further evidence that Pence, whose life was threatened by Trump supporters during the violent Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, is considering his political future without regard to the former president’s plans. Pence and his wife, Karen, will make their plans based on “where they are being called to serve, not on what anyone else is doing, including Trump,” said senior Pence adviser Marc Short. From his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, Trump is closely watching the developments in Iowa and working with Pompeo operatives in the state to ensure that he would dominate the caucuses if he decided to run again. But some Republicans warn that Trump doesn’t have the state locked down. His status as a former president who remains deeply popular with the GOP base “doesn’t mean someone else with the right message couldn’t appeal to them in a way that really cuts into Trump’s support,” said David Kochel, a veteran Iowa Republican campaign strategist. Pence, in particular, seems prepared to dig in to the state, especially the sprawling swath of northern and western Iowa where Christian conservatives have lifted the past three GOP caucus winners. Making his third trip to Iowa since the 2020 election, Pence plans to campaign on Saturday with Rep. Randy Feenstra in the Republican-heavy 4th Congressional District and cap the day with a speech to the county GOP meeting in Ames. Last month, he outlined a policy agenda for 2022 candidates, noting “elections are about the future.” The comment could foreshadow a confrontation with Trump, who continues to falsely insist that widespread voter fraud cost him a second term in 2020. TODAY IN HISTORY ban on smoking during domestic airline flights Today is Saturday, April of two hours or less went 23, the 113th day of 2022. into effect. In 1992, McDonald’s There are 252 days left in opened its first fast-food the year. restaurant in the Chinese Today’s highlight in history capital of Beijing. In 1993, labor leader On April 23, 2005, the Cesar Chavez died in San recently created videosharing website YouTube Luis, Arizona, at age 66. In 1998, James Earl uploaded its first clip, Ray, who confessed to “Me at the Zoo,” which assassinating the Rev. showed YouTube coMartin Luther King Jr. founder Jawed Karim and then insisted he’d standing in front of an elephant enclosure at the been framed, died at a Nashville, Tennessee, hosSan Diego Zoo. pital at age 70. In 2007, Boris Yeltsin, On this date Russia’s first freely In 1616 (Old Style elected president, died in calendar), English poet Moscow at age 76. and dramatist William In 2020, at a White Shakespeare died in House briefing, President Stratford-upon-Avon Donald Trump noted that on what has traditionally been regarded as the researchers were looking at the effects of disinfec52nd anniversary of his tants on the coronavirus, birth in 1564. In 1898, Spain declared and wondered aloud war on the United States, whether they could be which responded in kind injected into people. Ten years ago: Actortwo days later. singer Jennifer Hudson In 1940, about 200 broke down in tears while people died in the testifying at the Chicago Rhythm Night Club Fire trial of William Balfour, in Natchez, Mississippi. the man accused of killIn 1954, Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves ing her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew hit the first of his 755 in a jealous rage in 2008. major-league home runs in a game against the St. (Balfour was convicted of first-degree murder Louis Cardinals. (The and sentenced to life Braves won, 7-5.) In 1969, Sirhan Sirhan in prison.) The government reported that Social was sentenced to death Security was rushing for assassinating New even faster toward insolYork Sen. Robert F. vency, with its trust funds Kennedy. (The sentence expected to run dry in was later reduced to life 2033, three years earlier imprisonment.) than previously projected. In 1971, hundreds of Five years ago: Vietnam War veterans Centrist Emmanuel opposed to the conflict protested by tossing their Macron and far-right medals and ribbons over populist Marine Le Pen advanced to a May runoff a wire fence in front of in France’s presidential the U.S. Capitol. election (Macron ended In 1988, a federal Associated Press up defeating Le Pen). One year ago: U.S. health officials lifted an 11-day pause on COVID19 vaccinations using Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose shot, after scientific advisers decided its benefits outweighed a rare risk of blood clot. Reality TV personality and Olympic hero Caitlyn Jenner joined a growing list of Republican candidates seeking to oust Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who was facing a likely recall election. (Newsom would beat back the recall effort in a September vote.) awareness Cigarette smoking is a major cause of heart disease and stroke accounting for one out of every four deaths from these conditions. People who do not smoke, but are exposed to secondhand smoke at home or work have a 25-30% increased risk of heart disease and a 20-30% increased risk of stroke. These figures are astonishing; meanwhile, the American Lung Association is afraid that e-cigarettes and vaping will expose a new generation to tobacco-related ailments. According to the Surgeon General’s Report, E-cigarette use among kids is a significant public health concern. Parents, educators, and especially legislators must take action to prevent e-cigarette usage. E-cigarettes are used by 20% (5 million) of all kids: a 135% growth in just two years. The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine published a report in Meigs January 2018 that analyzed over 800 Health separate studies. That research said Matters unequivocally: using e-cigarettes poses health concerns. It came to the Sherry conclusion that e-cigarettes contain Hayman and release a variety of potentially harmful chemicals. According to the Academies’ assessment, there is moderate evidence indicating kids who use e-cigarettes are at increased risk of coughing and wheezing, as well as an increase in asthma exacerbations. The e-liquid contained in cartridges or tanks is the main component of e-cigarettes. To make an e-liquid, nicotine is removed from tobacco and combined with a base, typically propylene glycol, as well as flavorings and colorings. Other compounds such as formaldehyde and acrolein are often added which can cause irreversible lung damage. Acrolein is an herbicide commonly used to kill weeds. It can cause acute lung injury and COPD. It also may cause asthma and lung cancer. Secondhand emissions contain nicotine, ultrafine particles, and flavorings such as diacetyl, a chemical linked to serious lung disease. Other volatile organic compounds such as benzene, which is found in car exhaust; and heavy metals, such as nickel, tin, and lead are present in secondhand vapors. The Food and Drug Administration has not found any e-cigarette to be safe and effective in helping smokers quit. If smokers are ready to quit smoking for good, they should call 1-800-QUIT NOW; talk with their doctor about finding the best way to quit using proven methods and FDAapproved treatments and counseling or call me at the Meigs County Health Department- 740-9926626 Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. actor John Cena is 45. Actor-writer-comedian John Oliver is 45. Actor Kal Penn is 45. Retired MLB All-Star Andruw Jones is 45. Actor Jaime King is 43. Pop singer Taio Cruz is 39. Actor Aaron Hill is 39. Actor Jesse Lee Soffer is 38. Actor Rachel Skarsten is 37. Rock musician Anthony LaMarca (The War on Drugs) is 35. Singer-songwriter John Fullbright is 34. Actor Dev Patel is 32. Actor Matthew Underwood is 32. Model Gigi Hadid is 27. Rock musicians Jake and Josh Kiszka (Greta Van Fleet) are 26. Actor Charlie Rowe (TV: “Salvation”) is 26. Retired tennis player Ashleigh Today’s birthdays: Barty is 26. U.S. Olympic Actor Alan Oppenheimer is 92. Actor gold medal snowboarder Sherry Hayman, RN, TTS, is a public health nurse at the Meigs County David Birney is 83. Actor Chloe Kim is 22. Health Department. Lee Majors is 83. Irish nationalist Bernadette Devlin McAliskey is 75. Actor Blair Brown is 75. Writer-director Paul Brickman is 73. Actor Joyce DeWitt is A S r ice fo Pleasant Valley Hospital 73. Actor James Russo is 69. Filmmaker-author Michael Moore is 68. Actor Judy Davis is 67. Actor Valerie Bertinelli is 62. Actor Craig Sheffer is 62. Actor-comediantalk show host George Lopez is 61. U.S. Olympic gold medal skier Donna Weinbrecht is 57. Actor Melina Kanakaredes (kah-nah-KAH’-ree-deez) is 55. Rock musician Stan Frazier (Sugar Ray) is 54. Actor Scott Bairstow (BEHR’-stow) is 52. Actor-writer John Lutz is 49. Actor Barry Watson is 48. Rock musician Aaron Dessner (The National) is 46. 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Meanwhile, Russia reported that one serviceman was killed and 27 others were left missing after the fire on board the warship Moskva, which sank a week ago following what the Ukrainians boasted was a missile attack. Moscow previously reported everyone aboard had been rescued. The Russian Defense Ministry did not acknowledge an attack on the ship. It continued to say a fire broke out after ammunition detonated, without explaining how Emilio Morenatti | AP Residents look at their house destroyed by a Russian bomb in Chernihiv on Friday. that happened. The loss of the guided missile cruiser — the flagship of Russia’s Black Fleet — was a humiliating setback for Moscow. In Mariupol, reduced largely to smoking rubble by weeks of bombardment, Russian state TV showed the flag of the pro-Moscow Donetsk “I think it will pass and it would be my recommendation he should resign. I mean, that would be my take but I don’t think he would take it. But I don’t know.” — GOP House leader Kevin McCarthy, recorded after Jan. 6 Capitol riot McCarthy, Trump have ‘positive’ call despite Jan. 6 audio By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri and Jill Colvin Associated Press WASHINGTON — House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy had a “positive” call with Donald Trump and appeared to be suffering little political blowback Friday from the release of audio in which he suggested the president should resign shortly after the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. McCarthy worked swiftly to shore up support among Republicans, calling and texting many rank-and-file lawmakers about his conversation with Trump as he rushed to contain political fallout. In the audio, first posted Thursday by The New York Times and aired on Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC show, McCarthy is heard discussing with House Republicans the Democratic effort to remove Trump from office after the president’s supporters stormed the Capitol. In the recording of a Jan. 10, 2021, discussion, McCarthy is heard discussing the Democratic effort to remove Trump from office and saying he would tell Trump, “I think it will pass, and it would be my recommendation you should resign.” McCarthy released a statement Thursday challenging the report, calling it “totally false and wrong.” His spokesman, Mark Bednar, told the newspaper, “McCarthy never said he’d call Trump to say he should resign.” On Friday, the Times released another recording, this time of a Jan. 11, 2021, Republican conference call. In the audio, McCarthy can be heard telling his caucus that he had asked the former president if he felt responsible for the insurrection and that Trump acknowledged some responsibility. “I asked him personally today, does he hold responsibility for what happened?” McCarthy says on this recording. “Does he feel bad about what happened? He told me he does have some responsibility for what happened and he’d need to acknowledge that.” The release of the audio could threaten the Republican House leader’s hold on power. McCarthy is in line to become speaker if Republicans win control in the fall’s election, and he is heavily reliant on Trump’s support to get there. But a person familiar with McCarthy’s Thursday call with Trump described the call as “positive.” “I’m not mad at you,” Trump told McCarthy in a call Thursday afternoon, according to a second person familiar with the conversation. Both people were anonymity to discuss the call. McCarthy and his office did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the Trump call. Trump and McCarthy had a strained relationship immediately after the Capitol attack, but mended their alliance after the GOP leader flew to the former president’s resort in Florida to patch up differences. The Times report Thursday was adapted from an upcoming book, “This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for America’s Future,” by reporters Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns. separatists raised on what it said was the city’s highest point, its TV tower. It also showed what it said was the main building at Mariupol’s besieged Azovstal steel plant in flames. The Kremlin has thrown over 100,000 troops and mercenaries from Syria and Libya into the fight in Ukraine and is deploying more forces in the country every day, said Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council. “We have a difficult situation, but our army is defending our state,” he said. Numerous cities and villages came under bombardment in the Donbas — the industrial region in the east that the Kremlin has declared the new, main theater of war — as well as in the Kharkiv region just to the west, and in the south, authorities said. Russian forces pummeled an estimated 2,000 Ukrainian fighters holed up inside the sprawling Azovstal plant, the last known pocket of resistance in the strategic southern port city, the mayor’s office reported. “Every day they drop several bombs on Azovstal,” said Petro Andryushchenko, an adviser to Mariupol’s mayor. “Fighting, shelling, bombing do not stop.” A day earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared victory in the battle for Mariupol despite the steel-mill holdouts. He ordered his forces not to storm the plant to finish off the defenders but to seal it off instead in an apparent bid to force them to surrender. Mariupol has taken on outsize importance in the war. Capturing it would deprive the Ukrainians of a vital port and complete a land corridor between Russia and the Crimean Peninsula, which Putin seized from Ukraine in 2014. It would also enable Putin to throw more of his forces into the potentially climactic battle for the Donbas and its coal mines, factories and other industries, or what the Kremlin has now declared to be its main objective. Danilov reported that some 12 to 14 of Russia’s elite military units have, in fact, left Mariupol and begun moving to the east to take part in the fighting there. “It will now be difficult for our forces, because our guys in Mariupol were taking (those units) on themselves. It is their courage and feat,” he said. Greene hostile in testimony over eligibility By Kate Brumback Associated Press ATLANTA — U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was hostile during testimony Friday in a hearing on her eligibility to run for reelection, saying she did not remember liking and making various social media posts surrounding the attack on the U.S. Capitol last year and accusing an opposing lawyer of speculating and twisting her words. Voters in the Georgia congresswoman’s district have said Greene helped facilitate the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection that disrupted certification of President Joe Biden’s victory, making her ineligible for reelection under a rarely cited section of the 14th Amendment dealing with “insurrection or rebellion.” But Greene — who, the day before the Capitol riot, proclaimed on TV that this is “our 1776 moment” — testified that she has never endorsed violence. Greene is set to appear on the Republican ballot for Georgia’s May 24 primary and has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump. The administrative law judge overseeing the hearing is not the ultimate decider of Greene’s candidacy since he must present his findings to Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who then must determine whether Greene is qualified. Greene has repeatedly denied aiding or engaging in an insurrection and has filed a lawsuit alleging that the law the voters are using to challenge her eligibility is itself unconstitutional. But Ron Fein, a lawyer for the voters who filed the challenge, said Greene took an oath and then broke it by engaging in an insurrection. While Greene wasn’t on the steps of the Capitol, she nevertheless played an important role in stoking Republican fury ahead of the attack, Fein said. Unlike the Civil War and other insurrections that involved military uniforms and tactics, he said, “The leaders of this insurrection were among us, on Facebook, on Twitter, on corners of social media that would make your stomach hurt.” Andrew Celli, a lawyer John Bazemore | AP pool U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene sits in the courtroom Friday in Atlanta during a hearing in a challenge filed by voters who say she shouldn’t be allowed to seek reelection because she helped facilitate the attack on the Capitol that disrupted certification of Joe Biden’s presidential victory. for the voters, crossexamined Greene about posts on her social media accounts. When asked about the fact that her Facebook account had, in 2019, “liked” a post calling for Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to be shot in the head, Greene said she had no memory of doing that and said someone else could have been responsible. Whenever Celli suggested that she’d endorsed the use of violence to interrupt the certification of the electoral votes, Greene asserted she doesn’t support violence and was encouraging peaceful protest. Celli played a clip of an interview Greene did Jan. 5, 2021, in which she said this is “our 1776 moment.” When Celli asked if she was aware that some Trump supporters used that reference as a call to violence, Greene said that wasn’t her intention and that she was talking about her plans to object to the certification of electoral votes. “I was talking about the courage to object,” she said. Celli appeared to grow frustrated at times when she didn’t directly answer his questions and said he was speculating. “Ms. Greene, I’m just asking questions,” he said. “I’m just answering,” she responded. James Bopp, a lawyer for Greene, said his client “did not engage in the attack on the Capitol,” and the challengers are making a very serious charge with significant ramifications. “They want to deny the right to vote to the thousands of people living in the 14th District of Georgia by removing Greene from the ballot,” he said. Greene met with Trump about making objections to certain states’ electoral votes because of concerns about voter fraud, Bopp said. At the time of the riot, she was in a dark hallway at the Capitol urging people via social media to be safe and remain calm, he said. “Rep. Greene was a victim of this attack,” Bopp said, adding that she believed her life could be in danger. Dozens of Greene supporters attended the hearing, including U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican and staunch Greene ally. In a statement Thursday, Trump incorrectly blamed Raffensperger and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, both Republicans, for allowing the challenge against Greene, saying she is “going through hell in their attempt to unseat her.” In fact, the challenge to Greene’s eligibility to run for reelection was filed by five voters who live in her district, and the procedure for such a challenge is outlined in Georgia law. The law says any voter who’s eligible to vote for a candidate can challenge that candidate’s qualifications by filing a written complaint. The secretary of state then has to request a hearing before an administrative law judge. Raffensperger and Kemp both attracted Trump’s wrath shortly after the 2020 election when they refused to take steps to overturn Trump’s narrow loss in the state. The 14th Amendment says no one can serve in Congress “who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress ... to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same.” Ratified shortly after the Civil War, it aimed to keep representatives who had fought for the Confederacy from returning to Congress. Greene filed a federal lawsuit earlier this month asking a judge to declare the law allowing voters to challenge a candidate’s qualifications unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg in Atlanta on Monday declined a request from Greene to halt the challenge process. Greene is appealing that ruling. The Georgia complaint was filed on the voters’ behalf by Free Speech for People, a national election and campaign finance reform group. The group filed similar challenges on behalf of voters in Arizona, where a judge on Friday ruled to keep the Republicans on the ballot, and in North Carolina against Republican U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who spoke at the rally that preceded the riot. A federal judge last month blocked the challenge against Cawthorn, writing that laws approved by Congress in 1872 and 1898 mean the 14th Amendment section can’t apply to current House members. �NEWS/WEATHER Ohio Valley Publishing Saturday, April 23, 2022 5 Callery pears: An invader ‘worse than murder hornets!’ By Janet McConnaughey Bradford and other Callery ornamentals are the third most common trees of 132 species NEW ORLEANS — planted along New York Stinky but handsome and City streets -- more than widely popular landscape 58,000 out of 650,000 as trees have spawned of 2015, the most recent aggressive invaders, count, said city parks creating thickets that department spokesman overwhelm native plants Dan Kastanis. and sport nasty four-inch But the city is no spikes. longer planting them, Bradford pears and 24 Kastanis said. Neither is other ornamental trees Newport News, Virginia, were developed from Calwhich got rid of its Bradlery pears — a species ford pears in 2005. South brought to America a cenCarolina, Ohio and cities tury ago to save ravaged including South Bend, pear orchards. Now, their Indiana, have banned or invasive descendants have are banning all commerbeen reported in more cial varieties of Callery than 30 states. pears. “Worse than murSome states, including der hornets!” was the Alex Sanz | AP tongue-in-cheek title of The callery pear is a stinky but handsome and widely popular landscape tree has become an Missouri and Alabama, aggressive invader, creating dense thickets that overwhelm native plants and bear four-inch spikes are asking homeowners a U.S. Department of that can flatten tractor tires. and landowners to stop Agriculture webinar in planting them or to cut 2020 about Callery pears existing ones down and orchards, University of that can punch through When he cut or mowed including the two dozen apply herbicide to the Cincinnati researchers tractor tires, said David them, new sprouts thornless ornamental stumps. Several, such as Theresa M. Culley and popped up. Trees sprayed R. Coyle, an assistant varieties sold since the North Carolina, offer free Nicole A. Hardiman professor in Clemson with herbicide regrew 1960s. native trees to landownleaves. Cutting off bark in University’s Department wrote in a 2007 BioSci“They’re a real meners who provide photos ence article about the ace,” said Jerrod Carlisle, a circle around the trunk of Forestry and Environproving they have cut plant’s U.S. history. mental Conservation. who discovered that four kills most trees. Not down Callery pears on And, just as researchThe stench wafting these. trees in his yard and their property. from the tree’s billows of ers had hoped, grafting He and his 17-year-old one at a neighbor’s had For the USDA, which white blossoms has been edible pears onto Callery son have cut down an spawned thousands on ordered Meyer to send roots produced blightcompared to perfume 50 acres (20 hectares) he estimated 1,400 Callery Callery pear seeds from pears, applying herbicide gone wrong, rotting fish, resistant fruit trees. was turning from cropChina, the nasty spurs In 1952, USDA workto the stumps. But he fig- chlorine, and a cheese land to woods in Otwell, and marble-sized, ineders noticed a spikeless ures there are about 1,000 sandwich left in a car a community of about ible fruit were irrelevant. mutant growing among for a week. The trunks 400 in southern Indiana. more to go. What mattered was that Callery pears started branch off in deep Vs, so Without regular mainIndiana is among 12 the plant was resistant to from seed. By grafting after 15 to 20 years they midwestern and western tenance, fields near its cuttings onto roots of fire blight. states that have reported seed-producing trees can tend to break in storms. Genetically identical But Frank N. Meyer, an other Callery pears, they be covered with sprouts invasions, though most pears don’t produce seed, agricultural explorer who cloned an ornamental within a couple of years, are in the South and line they named Bradford so botanists figured the brought 2,500 species said James “J.T.” Vogt, a Northeast. cloned varieties were safe pears. That variety was of plants including his scientist at the U.S. ForUntil 2015, Carlisle commercially available by for ornamental use. namesake Meyer lemon est Service’s Southern rented his field to a In 1971, the USDA to the USDA in the early 1962, Culley and Hardifarmer. Then he enrolled Research Station in Atheven put out a brochure 1900s, called the Callery man wrote. it in a USDA crop reduc- ens, Georgia. about their care, touting Other seedlings grew pear wonderful, noting “If you mow it, it tion program that paid for into 24 more ornamental them as trees that bloom that it survived drought sprouts and you get a planting 29,000 trees as varieties. All are so pretty, several times from spring and poor soil. thicket,” he said. “If you wildlife habitat. hardy and insect-resistant through fall, thrive in At the time, a fungus burn it, it sprouts, too.” Carlisle realized the many climates and soils, that they were planted called fire blight was Seedlings only a few spiky flowering pears and don’t attract plant nationwide. devastating U.S. pear months old bear spurs were a problem in 2019. Associated Press pests. Now, the USDA describes Callery pears as near ubiquitous and has been studying the best way to kill them. Their adaptability is one reason they’re so invasive. And their bugresistant waxy leaves mean insect-eating birds don’t come near them. “They’re kind of a food desert for a bird,” said Coyle, who leads Clemson’s annual “Bradford pear bounty,” providing native saplings to landowners who have felled their Callery ornamentals. It turned out that, although trees of the same variety cannot produce seeds with each other, two different varieties within a pollinator’s range can produce fruit that squishes on sidewalks and feeds starlings and robins, which spread the seeds widely. In addition, the root stock can send up sprouts. If those aren’t regularly pruned to prevent them from blossoming, they can crosspollinate with the graftedon tree to produce fertile seed, noted University of Cincinnati’s Culley. “A wild population can potentially originate from a single landscaping tree that someone plants in their yard,” she said in an email. Carlisle, the Indiana landowner, thinks he’s finally getting ahead of his invasion because native trees planted for reforestation, especially six oak species, are casting enough shade to inhibit Callery seedlings. “I truly believe I’m in eradication mode now,” he said. Sharpton demands name of officer who killed Patrick Lyoya Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Rev. Al Sharpton demanded that authorities publicly identify the Michigan officer who killed Patrick Lyoya, a Black man and native TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 57° 77° 80° Partly sunny and very warm today. Mainly clear tonight. High 86° / Low 62° HEALTH TODAY 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 (in inches) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Fri. 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Grand Rapids police did not respond to a message seeking comment about Sharpton’s demand. FRIDAY 61° 41° Mostly sunny NATIONAL CITIES McArthur 84/61 Lucasville 85/63 Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services 0 50 100 150 200 Chillicothe 84/65 Very High Primary: oak/poplar/sycamore Mold: 94 Cloudy with a thunderstorm Logan 83/62 thing, you put our name out there,” Sharpton said. “How dare you hold the name of a man that killed this man? We want his name!” Mourners at the Renaissance Church of God in Christ, many of whom TUESDAY 80° 51° Adelphi 84/64 Waverly 84/63 Pollen: 13 Low MOON PHASES MONDAY Partly sunny and very warm 2 Primary: ascospores, other Sun. 6:40 a.m. 8:14 p.m. 3:50 a.m. 1:50 p.m. SUNDAY 86° 62° Statistics through 3 p.m. Fri. 76° 47° 71° 48° 91° in 1920 30° in 2021 officer who shot Lyoya unless he is charged with a crime. “Every time a young Black man or woman is arrested in this town, you put their name all over the news. Every time we’re suspected of some- EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM ALMANAC High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low told the roughly 1,000 people gathered at Lyoya’s funeral that authorities cannot set a precedent of withholding the names of officers who kill people. Police in Grand Rapids have said they would withhold the name of the of Congo who was fatally shot in the back of the head after a struggle, saying at Lyoya’s funeral Friday: “We want his name!” Sharpton’s comments renewed demands by Lyoya’s family members and activists. He Charleston 85/62 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Winnipeg 42/35 Montreal 50/35 Billings 40/32 Toronto 48/43 Minneapolis 73/47 Chicago 82/65 Denver 57/31 New York 60/51 Detroit 78/62 Washington 72/58 Kansas City 76/47 Today Sun. 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Authorities at the time said the woman had two young children and they Stymied in their calls did not want to bother for a renewed investigaher. Donham’s thention into the killing of Emmett Till, relatives and husband and another man were acquitted of murder. activists are advocating Make no mistake: Relaanother possible path tives of Till still prefer toward accountability in a murder prosecution. Mississippi: They want But there is no evidence authorities to launch a the kidnapping warrant kidnapping prosecution was ever dismissed, so it against the woman who could be used to arrest set off the lynching by Donham and finally get accusing the Black Chiher before a criminal cago teen of improper court, said Jaribu Hill, an advances in 1955. attorney working with the Carolyn Bryant DonTill family. ham was named nearly “This warrant is a step67 years ago in a warrant ping stone toward that,” that accused her in Till’s she said. “Because warabduction, even before rants do not expire, we his mangled body was want to see that warrant found in a river, FBI records show, yet she was served on her.” There are plenty of never arrested or brought roadblocks. Witnesses to trial in a case that shocked the world for its have died in the decades Associated Press since Till was lynched, and it’s unclear what happened to evidence collected by investigators. Even the location of the original warrant is a mystery. It could be in boxes of old courthouse records in Leflore County, Mississippi, where the abduction occurred. A relative of Till said it’s long past time for someone to arrest Donham in Till’s kidnapping, if not for the slaying itself. “Mississippi is not the Mississippi of 1955, but it seems to still carry some of that era of protecting the white woman,” said Deborah Watts, a distant cousin of Till who runs the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation. Now in her late 80s and most recently living in Raleigh, North Carolina, Donham has not commented publicly on calls for her prosecution. She did not seem to know she had been named in an arrest warrant in Till’s abduction until decades later, said Dale Killinger, a retired FBI agent who questioned her more than 15 years ago. “I think she didn’t recall it,” he said. “She acted surprised.” The Justice Department closed its most recent investigation of the killing in December, when the agency said Donham had denied an author’s claim that she had recanted her claims about Till doing something improper to her in the store where she worked in the town of Money. The writer could not produce any recordings or transcripts to back up the allegation, authorities said. Till relatives met in March with officials including District Attorney Dewayne Richardson, the lead prosecutor in Leflore County, but left unsatisfied, Watts said. “There doesn’t seem to be the determination or courage to do what needs to be done,” she said. Richardson has been in office for about 15 years and was the first Black person to serve as president of the Mississippi Prosecutors Association. He did not return phone messages or emails seeking comment about a potential kidnapping case. Keith Beauchamp, a filmmaker whose documentary “The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till” preceded a renewed Justice Department probe that ended without charges in 2007, said there’s enough evidence to prosecute Donham. “If we’re saying we are a country of truth and justice, we must get truth and justice … no matter the age or gender of the person involved,’” said Beauchamp. Stories about the events that led to Till’s killing have varied through the years, but the woman known at the time as Carolyn Bryant was always at the center of it, said author Devery Anderson, who obtained original FBI files on the case while researching his 2015 book “Emmett Till: The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled the Civil Rights Movement.” Disney government dissolution bill signed by DeSantis By Anthony Izaguirre Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a bill to dissolve Walt Disney World’s private government, after the entertainment giant opposed a new state law critics have dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.” The law would eliminate the Reedy Creek Improvement District, as the 55-year-old Disney government is known, as well as a handful of other similar districts by June 2023. 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While greenhouse growing has it’s share of unpredictability, it is no match for that of outdoor crops. Most of the climate concerns can be addressed in greenhouses with heating units and backup generators for the growing plants. Farmers can more accurately predict the yield of flowers, which are also able to be pre-ordered by wholesalers, as is not the case with vegetables. Vegetable farms can only predict an average yield. When weather conditions are ideal, there will be a bountiful harvest. Other times, storms, too much or too little rain, and fluctuating temperatures cause a drop in production, and can even destroy entire crops, making it difficult to forecast what that particular year’s harvest will bring. We can enjoy the beauty of the flowers in the greenhouses even when the weather outside is uncooperative, and can hope for a good outdoor farming season so that we can enjoy fresh vegetables this summer. © 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Lorna Hart is a freelance writer for Ohio Valley Publishing. Jenn Holt-Hill | Courtesy Kate and Jenna Hill are inside one of their father’s greenhouses in Letart Falls, J. Scott Hill Produce. Scott Hill comes from a long tradition of farmers in Letart Township that began in 1913 with his great-grandfather Albert, and continued by his grandfather Julian, and his father Roger. Along with his greenhouses, Scott also has summer offerings of corn, tomatoes, and peppers grown in the fields nearby. Lorna Hart | Courtesy Roush Brothers Farms and Greenhouse, located in East Letart, offers a variety of annual and perennial plants, and a unique assortment of succulents. Mike Roush and John and Gina Roush expanded the farming segment to include greenhouses. After the spring flower season, most of the growing efforts are turned to the family’s long tradition of vegetable farming. Behind the greenhouses are fields now being readied for planting of corn and tomatoes Lorna Hart | Courtesy Lorna Hart | Courtesy Tracy Rifle and Betty Stover are pictured restocking flowers at Norris and Sons Greenhouse in East Letart. The family owned and operated enterprise of more than 12 acres of greenhouses was started by Darrel Norris, and now includes his son Ryan, daughter Traci, and their children. Before turning his attention to flowers and plants, Norris grew tomatoes and other vegetables on some of the land that now houses the greenhouses. Katie Cummins Hubbard grew up farming vegetables with her father Todd Cummins in Letart Falls. Wanting to keep the growing tradition at her family’s farm, she turned her attention to her favorite flower, the rose. Katie’s Roses now grows over 130 varieties of roses. She and her husband Chad Hubbard also have a produce stand in Racine that features local vegetables from July through October. �S ports Ohio Valley Publishing Saturday, April 23, 2022 9 Bengals seek cornerbacks, line depth Super Bowl runners-up have 31st pick in NFL draft Associated Press momentum all the way to the Super Bowl, prevailing Picks 31 and 63: CINCINNATI in some exciting playoff nailBENGALS (13-8) biters. The team’s glaring LAST SEASON: Bengals need was an upgrade to an coach Zac Taylor entered his offensive line that couldn’t protect Burrow and consisthird year under considerable pressure to show results tently establish lanes for workhorse running back Joe — and he did. With a (genMixon. Burrow was sacked erally) healthy quarterback a league-high 70 times in 20 Joe Burrow returning from games. a devastating knee injury FREE AGENCY/ that prematurely ended his TRADES: Bengals rookie season in 2021, and addressed O-line problems eventual Offensive Rookie quickly via free agency, addof the Year Ja’Marr Chase, Steve Luciano | AP file ing G Alex Cappa, C Ted Cincinnati wasn’t quite a Washington defensive back Kyler Gordon participates in a drill at the NFL football scouting Karras and T La’el Collins. juggernaut. But it got hot combine March 6 in Indianapolis. Gordon is a potential pick for the Cincinnati Bengals in Also signed TE Hayden in December and rode the next week’s NFL draft as the team seeks depth at the cornerback position. SOFTBALL ROUNDUP Hurst and TE Nick Eubanks. Placed franchise tag on S Jessie Bates III. Lost T Riley Reiff, DB Michael Thomas, DT Larry Ogunjobi, DE Zach Kerr, T Quinton Spain, TE C.J. Uzomah, WR Auden Tate, CB Darius Phillips, LB Jordan Evans, CB Vernon Hargreaves III. Released C Trey Hopkins, T Fred Johnson, CB Trae Waynes. Resigned WR Stanley Morgan, WR Trenton Irwin, CB Eli Apple, CB Tre Flowers, WR Mike Thomas, QB Brandon Allen, DT Josh Tupou, See BENGALS | 11 BASEBALL ROUNDUP Lady Falcons blank Ravenswood, 13-0 in five innings From Staff Reports HARTFORD, W.Va. — The Wahama softball team took out the Ravenswood Devilettes at home 13-0 Thursday evening in five innings. The Lady Falcons (15-1) started things off in the first inning with two runs, then proceeded to get four more in the second. After getting two more runs in the third, the White and Red had their highest-scoring inning in the fourth. First, Bailee Bumgarner grounded into a fielder’s choice to bring in Kate Reynolds. After Tori Sigman scored on a passed ball, Mikie Lieving hit a home run into right field to bring in herself, Bumgarner and Payton Staats for a total of five runs. On the other side, the Devilettes (9-5) couldn’t do much against the Wahama defense. The Lady Falcons outhit their opponents 9-4. Leading the White and Red in hits were Lieving, Amber Wolfe and Lauren Noble with two each. Rounding out the Wahama hitting were Bumgarner, Morgan Christian and Kalyn Christian. Lieving led in runs with four while herself and Wolfe led in RBIs with three each. Getting the win on the mound for the Lady Falcons was Elissa Hoffman, who allowed four hits, no runs and one walk while striking out five in five innings pitched. Athens tops Lady Marauders, 12-2 ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — The hole was just too deep. Visiting Athens scored five runs in the top of the first inning and ultimately cruised to a 12-2 victory over the Meigs softball team Thursday night in a Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division matchup. See SOFTBALL | 11 OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Saturday, April 23 Baseball Buffalo at Wahama (DH), 1 p.m. Gallia Academy at Zane Trace, 11 a.m. Meigs at Philo, 11 a.m. South Gallia at Belpre (DH), noon Softball Logan Elm at Gallia Academy, 9 a.m. Wahama at Point Pleasant, 11 a.m. South Charleston at Meigs, noon Van at Hannan, 2 p.m. South Gallia at Belpre (DH), noon Tennis Chapmanville at Point Pleasant, 10 a.m. Monday, April 25 Baseball River Valley at South Gallia, 5 p.m. Ironton at Gallia Academy, 5 p.m. Trimble at Southern, 5 p.m. Meigs at Vinton County, 5 p.m. Eastern at Waterford, 5 p.m. Hannan at Wirt County, 5 p.m. Point Pleasant at Buffalo, 6 p.m. Softball Ironton at Gallia Academy, 5 p.m. Trimble at Southern, 5 p.m. Meigs at Vinton County, 5 p.m. Eastern at Waterford, 5 p.m. Hannan at Wirt County, 5 p.m. Point Pleasant at Spring Valley, 5:30 Tennis Athens at Gallia Academy, 4:30 Photos by Colton Jeffries | OVP Sports Wahama senior Ethyn Barnitz (4) winds up a pitch during a baseball game against the Point Pleasant Big Blacks Thursday evening in Mason, W.Va. Wahama gets past Point, 11-6 From Staff Reports MASON, W.Va. — Six in the sixth. The Wahama baseball team defeated the Point Pleasant Big Blacks 11-6 at home Thursday evening. The White Falcons (122) struck first in Thursday’s ballgame, scoring a run in the opening inning. After two scoreless innings, the Big Blacks (4-10) found the home base four times in the fourth. First, Hunter Lilly singled to left field to bring home Zander Watson and Caleb Hatfield. The Black and Red got another 2-fer when Haydn Scott doubled to get Lilly and Evan Roach to score. Down 4-1, the White and Red took the lead back in the fifth, getting four runs to make the score 5-4. Then, the sixth inning occured and the home team broke the game open. Things got started when Logan Roach tripled to bring home Ethyn Barnitz and Nathan Manuel. Roach when on to steal home for the third run of the inning. Ethan Gray scored after Eli Rickard hit a grounder. Hayden Lloyd singled to bring home Seth cons was Logan Roach, who allowed one hit, no runs and no walks while striking out two in one inning pitched. Stewart leads Meigs past Bulldogs, 9-0 ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — A little more than a one-man wrecking crew. Meigs junior Ethan Stewart became the ninth pitcher in Ohio high school history to strike out 21 batters in a game and also went 4-for-4 with six RBIs on Thursday night during a 9-0 victory over visiting Athens in a Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division baseball contest in Meigs County. Stewart struck out the side in each of his first six innings on the mound and retired 20 batters in a row via strikeout, until Welsh singled with two Point Pleasant junior Evan Roach (5) watches his hit sail into the air during a baseball game against the Wahama White Falcons away in the seventh to spoil the perfect game Thursday evening in Mason, W.Va. and no-hit bids. Ohlinger and Barnitz hit in RBIs with the same Stewart followed by a sac-fly to score Rickard number. getting Wheatley on a Leading the Big Blacks called third strike to end for the final runs of the in hits was Evan Roach inning. the game, completing the Point Pleasant got one with three. 21-strikeout performance. Behind him with two more run in the seventh, Stewart threw 92 pitches hits were Scott and Casey and did not allow a walk but it wasn’t enough to Killingsworth. catch the hosts. after 68 of those went for Rounding out the Point strikes. The White Falcons were outhit 11-5 by their Pleasant hitting were The Marauders (7-2, Lilly, Watson, Brylan Wil- 6-0 TVC Ohio) outhit opponents. liamson and Zach Jordan. AHS by an 11-1 overall Getting a hit each for Roach led in runs with margin and neither squad Wahama were Manuel, two while Lilly and Scott committed an error in the Roach, Lloyd, Trey led in RBIs with two Ohlinger and Nathan game. MHS also stranded each. Fields. six of the seven runners Getting the win on the Barnitz led in runs with See BASEBALL | | 11 mound for the White Falthree while Roach led �SPORTS 10 Saturday, April 23, 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing Watson trade pushes Browns out of draft spotlight FREE AGENCY/ TRADES: Acquired Pick 44: CLEVELAND Watson from Houston BROWNS (8-9) for three first-round draft picks and more. Acquired LAST SEASON: PerWR Amari Cooper from haps the NFL’s most Dallas. Acquired DE disappointing team, the Chase Winovich from Browns fell way short of New England for LB expectations after makMack Wilson. Released ing the playoffs in coach Kevin Stefanski’s first sea- WR Jarvis Landry, C JC Tretter and TE Austin son. Quarterback Baker Cooper. Traded QB Case Mayfield suffered a left shoulder injury in Week 2 Keenum. Placed franand never got untracked. chise tag on TE David He’s on the trading block Njoku. Re-signed LB Anthony Walker Jr., T following the team’s Chris Hubbard, K Chase stunning acquisition of McLaughlin, S Ronnie Deshaun Watson from Harrison. Signed QBs Houston. Cleveland’s Jacoby Brissett and Josh offense lacked firepower Ron Schwane | AP — running back Kareem Dobbs, C Ethan Pocic, Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry speaks during a news conference where new WR/KR Jakeem Grant, Hunt’s injury and wide quarterback Deshaun Watson was introduced March 25 at the NFL football team’s training facility in DT Taven Bryan, P Corey Berea, Ohio.browns receiver Odell Beckham Bojorquez. Lost WR Jr’.s messy release made lens, S Jovante Moffatt, Rashard Higgins, FB things worse — and the Enagbare. rusher, WR, DT, K, TE. Andy Janovich, DT Malik WR/KR Jojo Natson, LB unit didn’t score enough OUTLOOK: WatTHEY DON’T NEED: Malcolm Smith, P Dustin QB, RB, S, LB. to complement a defense Jackson, S M.J. Stewart, son’s arrival has altered Colquitt. LB Elijah Lee, DE Takk that played well despite everything: the draft, the POSSIBLE FIRST THEY NEED: Edge McKinley, QB Nick Mulnew faces. PICK: Alabama WR John upcoming season, the Metchie III; Georgia WR long-term plan, Mayfield’s future. GM Andrew Berry George Pickens; South unloaded three first-round Carolina DE Kingsley Associated Press picks, a third-rounder in 2023, and 2022 and 2024 fourth-round selections for Watson, a three-time Pro Bowler accused by nearly two dozen women in Texas of sexual assault. Mayfield is on the market, but the Browns are struggling to find a partner due to his $18.8 million salary next season. Cooper drops into the No. 1 receiver spot, but the Browns still need depth at that position. Landry remains unsigned as a free agent and could return. Defensive end is another priority, but there’s still a chance the team could re-sign Clowney, who was healthy and productive in 2021. 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Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer and current Ohio State coach Ryan Day were among several hundred mourners that attended a 90-minute service at Allegheny Alliance Church in Pittsburgh’s North Side neighborhood, not far from Heinz Field, where the Steelers play their home games. Tomlin, Haskins’ wife, Kalabrya, former NFL teammate Steven Sims, Haskins’ agent, Cedric Saunders, and longtime friends Mohamed Jabbie and Mykel TraylorBennett spoke during the service, which was closed to media outlets. Attendees were handed yellow roses after walking out the front of the church and three doves were released in tribute to Haskins. The service is the first of three to honor the former Ohio State star and 2019 first-round pick of the Washington Commanders. Haskins joined the Steelers in January 2021 after being let go by Washington and signed a one-year contract to stay in Pittsburgh in March. 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He equaled his career top-five finishes with three last season, led a career-high 62 laps and finished a career-best 21st in the standings. 23XI has since expanded to two cars and added former Cup champion Kurt Busch to its lineup, and, in the new Next Gen racecar, Wallace has been racy. He opened the season with a runner-up finish to Austin Cindric in the Daytona 500 and was in contention to win at Atlanta Motor Speedway until a late crash dropped him to 13th. Wallace said his crash at Atlanta was the hardest hit of his life. It retriggered soreness in the shoulder he had surgically repaired during the offseason, and it took about four days of rehabilitation until his entire body felt ready to race again. But when he got back in his No. 23 Toyota, Wallace was ready to go. It’s part of an intention- al shift in attitude Wallace has made this year and applied every time he shows up at the track. Be it a tire test earlier this week at Charlotte Motor Speedway, or a track where he’s typically struggled, Wallace’s intent is to be fully engaged with his race team. “Since 2015, that’s when my career path shifted,” Wallace said of his move from two seasons driving winning trucks for Kyle Busch Motorsports to slugging along in the Xfinity Series for Jack Roush’s slumping team. “It was just showing up and the work that you put in was good enough for 15th,” he added. “So it was like ‘Well, what’s the point of trying any harder?’ I feel like I’ve now broken that mold and now I’m like ‘Hey man, if you put in that extra work, it’s definitely going to pay off.’ I’ve seen it and I’ve lived it now and that’s the confidencebooster you need.” His journey has been aided by his fiancé, Amanda, who by nature takes a more positive approach than Wallace generally does to the speedbumps in his path. She’s with him at nearly every race, was part of sponsor McDonald’s launch of a new line of racing-related streetwear alongside Wallace, and has been busy planning their New Year’s Eve wedding. Marauders by a 16-9 overall margin and committed only one of the three errors in the conFrom page 9 test. MHS stranded eight The host Lady Maraud- runners on base, while Athens left seven on the ers (5-6, 3-3 TVC Ohio) trailed 6-0 before plating bags. Payne, Roberts and a run in the bottom of the Mara Hall led Meigs with second for a 6-1 deficit as Hailey Roberts singled two hits apiece, followed by Dugan, Delana Wright home Lily Dugan with and Jess Workman with a two away. safety apiece. The Lady Bulldogs Banks paced AHS with countered with two runs five hits and three runs in the fourth, one in the scored, while Hammonds sixth and three more in added three hits and the seventh to build a three RBIs. Walburn also 12-1 cushion. Malia Payne scored on had two safeties and a an error in the bottom of team-high four RBIs. the seventh as the hosts closed to within 10 runs, Fairland edges but they ultimately ran Blue Angels, 5-4 out of luck from there. PROCTORVILLE, Athens outhit the Lady Ohio — The Gallia Academy softball team scored a 5-4 loss to the Fairland Lady Dragons Thursday evening in an Ohio Valley Conference matchup. The Blue Angels (5-5, 3-3 OVC) got the first runs of the game, netting two in the first inning. However, the Lady Dragons (5-4, 3-1) got a run of their own in the bottom of the inning to halve the Blue and White lead. After the visitors got two more runs in the next inning, the home team permanently took the lead in the bottom of the second with four runs of their own. Neither team were able to find home base throughout the rest of Thursday’s ballgame. The Blue Angels were outhit 9-8 by their opponents. Leading the Blue and White in hits was Jenna Harrison with three. Behind her with two hits was Abby Hammons. Rounding out the Gallia Academy hitting were Grace Truance, Emma Hammons and Colbie Nida. Truance led in RBIs with two. Getting the loss on the mound for the Blue Angels was Taylor Mathie, who allowed six hits, two runs and one walk while striking out four in three innings pitched. © 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. AP Auto Racing Writer TALLADEGA, Ala. — Bubba Wallace still has the voice message Michael Jordan left him after Wallace’s first Cup Series victory. His winning Toyota is currently housed at the NASCAR Hall of Fame but will eventually be his to display. Wallace’s rain-shortened win at Talladega Superspeedway last October was a career breakthrough and now Wallace wants more. He returns to Talladega for Sunday’s race as a legitimate threat, but the task facing 23XI Racing is contending at every track on the NASCAR schedule. “The opportunity is so high to go out and win any race. There’s a lot more races than just Talladega and Daytona that we can look forward to,” Wallace said in an interview with The Associated Press. “We have races that we look forward to throughout the year, and that’s different than years past. ... Just showing up and knowing you have an opportunity automatically makes your mind shift tenfold.” It’s been the kick in the firesuit that Wallace has needed in his fifth full season at NASCAR’s premier level. In three seasons driving for Richard Petty Motorsports, Wallace accumulated a meager three top-five fin- Phelan M. Ebenhack | AP file Driver Bubba Wallace, right, stands next to his vehicle with his fiancé Amanda Carter on pit road before a NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedwa on Aug. 28, 2021, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Wallace’s rain-shortened win at Talladega Superspeedway last October was a career breakthrough, but now Wallace wants more. He returns to Talladega for Sunday’s race as a legitimate threat, and Wallace does believe he can win. Softball Stanley scored a teamhigh three runs, with Stewart and Martin also crossing home plate twice apiece. Stewart also hit a 3-run homer in the bottom of the fourth. home. The Blue Devils (8-3, 6-1 OVC) broke that coldstreak in the fifth, getting From page 9 two runners home. The Blue and White left on base. went on to get an addiMeigs broke a scoretional runner to score in less tie with four runs the sixth, all the while in the bottom of the Fairland rallies late keeping the home team second, then tacked on to beat Blue Devils, 3-0 three more in the fourth PROCTORVILLE, Ohio off the board. The Blue Devils outhit before adding a pair in — The Gallia Academy the sixth. baseball team recorded a their opponents 6-3. Getting one hit each for Layne Stanley followed 3-0 win against the Fairthe Blue and White were Stewart with two hits and land Dragons Thursday two RBIs, while Drew evening in an Ohio Valley Maddux Camden, Cole Hines, Beau Johnson, Dodson, Lucas Finlaw, Conference matchup. Zane Loveday, Mason Theron Eberts, Jake MarThursday’s ballgame Smith and Dalton Mertin and Conner Imboden was deadlocked for four shon. also had a safety each in innings, with neither Getting the win on the triumph. team able to get runners Baseball the mound for the Blue Devils was Loveday, who allowed three hits, no runs and three walks while striking out 14 in seven innings pitched. © 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Paul Chiasson | The Canadian Press via AP Former hockey star Guy Lafleur poses next to one of 10 paintings of moments from his career by artist Mario Beaudoin in 18, 2004, in Montreal. Montreal Canadiens legend Lafleur has died at 70. Hockey Hall of Famer Guy Lafleur dies at 70 MONTREAL (AP) — Hockey Hall of Famer Guy Lafleur, who helped the Montreal Canadiens win five Stanley Cup titles in the 1970s, has died at age 70. The No. 1 pick in the 1971 NHL draft, Lafleur registered 518 goals and 728 assists in 14 seasons with Montreal. With the flashy forward leading the way, the Canadiens won it all in 1973, and then four more times from 1976 to 1979. Canadiens President Geoff Molson said the organization was devastated. “Guy Lafleur had an exceptional career and always remained simple, accessible, and close to the Habs and hockey fans in Quebec, Canada and around the world,” Molson said in a statement. “Throughout his career, he allowed us to experience great moments of collective pride. He was one of the greatest players in our organization while becoming an extraordinary ambassador for our sport.” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a noted Canadiens fan, said Lafleur was “unlike anyone else on the ice.” “His speed, skill, and scoring were hard to believe,” Trudeau posted on Twitter. “A record-setter and a five-time Stanley Cup champion, he inspired countless Quebecers, Canadians, and hockey fans around the world. “We’ll miss you, Number 10.” Nicknamed “The Flower,” LaFleur was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2019 when tumors were discovered by doctors performing emergency quadruple bypass heart surgery. Two months later, he went under the knife again to remove both the upper lobe of his lung and lymph nodes. Lafleur, however, received bad news in October 2020 that the cancer was back, forcing him to resume his treatment. “I get the immunotherapy the first three weeks, and then the fourth week I have the big chemo,” Lafleur said in an interview with The Canadian Press in November. “It’s the chemotherapy that really hurts you badly.” Lafleur’s family released a statement earlier this month thanking fans for their empathy and “the outpouring of love” shown the Canadiens’ great, adding he was being monitored closely by doctors and had occasional hospital checkups, but was at home. Lafleur, who retired from the NHL in 1985 after Montreal denied his request for a trade, was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988. But he made a comeback later that year with the New York Rangers and then played two more seasons with the Quebec Nordiques before hanging up his skates for good in 1991. “You didn’t need to see Guy Lafleur’s name and number on his sweater when ‘The Flower’ had the puck on his stick,” NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement. “As distinctively stylish as he was remarkably talented, Lafleur cut a dashing and unmistakable figure whenever he blazed down the ice of the Montreal Forum, his long blond locks flowing in his wake as he prepared to rifle another puck past a helpless goaltender — or set up a linemate for a goal.” Named one of the NHL’s 100 greatest players of all-time in 2017, Lafleur finished with 560 goals and 793 assists in 1,126 games in his 17 seasons. Gailla County Job and Family Services JOB POSTINGS Child Protective Services Case Manager 2 Hourly Rate: $17.30 From page 9 LS Clark Harris, DE B.J. Hill, LB Joe Bachie, CB Jalen Davis, WR Trent Taylor, TE Mitchell Wilcox, S Ricardo Allen retired. THEY NEED: CB, DL, OL. THEY DON’T NEED: QB, RB, S. POSSIBLE FIRST PICK: Clemson CB Andrew Booth; Washington CB Kyler Gordon; Florida CB Kaiir Elam; Iowa C Tyler Linderbaum. OUTLOOK: The Bengals have a retooled offensive line but wouldn’t be adverse to adding more guys to that unit, especially if Linderbaum is still available. What they need is cornerbacks after cutting the oft-injured Waynes and losing some depth to free agency. Apple was re-signed but he had consistency problems last season. Cincinnati added franchise building blocks Burrow and Chase with its initial picks the last two years. With the 31st pick this time the Bengals are hoping to get a cornerback who will compete for a starting role with Apple and make a difference right away. The Bengals also may also have their eye on some defensive linemen. Employment Services Case Manager Hourly Rate: $14.00 All applicants: Submit, by email only, a completed application, resume and letter of interest. Letter of interest must clearly state applicant has an Ohio Means Jobs account (register at OhioMeansJobs.com). Must receive all requested information by email. Applications and Job Descriptions available online at and httpp://www.gallianet.net/index.php/popular-links/job-openings Email all information to: OH-70282536 Bengals gallia_fiscal_matters@jfs.ohio.gov �NEWS 12 Saturday, April 23, 2022 Daily Sentinel Mask mandates return to college campuses as cases rise By Heather Hollingsworth and Ashraf Khalil that has been upended by COVID-19, meaning Associated Press soon-to-be seniors have yet to experience a normal college year. The final weeks of “I feel like last summer the college school year it was everyone was like, have been disrupted yet ‘Oh, this is it. We’re nearagain by COVID-19 as ing the tail end,’” recalled universities bring back mask mandates, switch to Nina Heller, a junior at American University in online classes and scale Washington D.C., where back large gatherings in administrators brought response to upticks in back a mask mandate coronavirus infections. about a month after liftColleges in Washinging it. “And then that ton, D.C., New York, Pennsylvania, Massachu- didn’t quite happen, and now we’re here at sumsetts, Connecticut and mer again, and there’s Texas have reimposed a kind of no end.” range of virus measures, Mandates were shed with Howard University widely in the wake of moving to remote learning amid a surge in cases spring break as case numbers dropped following in the nation’s capital. a winter surge fueled by This is the third the omicron variant. But straight academic year several Northeast cities have seen a rise in cases and hospitalizations in recent weeks, as the BA.2 subvariant of the omicron variant continues to rapidly spread throughout the U.S. “As much as we would like to move on and think that the pandemic is over, and I think we all would like that to happen at this point, it’s wishful thinking,” said Anita Barkin, co-chair of a COVID-19 task force for the American College Health Association. “The pandemic is still with us.” COVID-19 had eased so much at Williams College that the private liberal arts school in Massachusetts allowed professors to decide whether to require masks in their classes early last week. But just days later, with cases rising, it reinstated an indoor mask mandate, which was even stricter than what had been in place before. “I think students are really feeling like people they know are dropping like flies,” said junior Kitt Urdang, who’s had a half-dozen friends test positive in recent days. “There’s definitely been a lot more uncertainty than there’s been on campus since COVID hit.” Philadelphia recently brought back its mask mandate, leading the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University to again require them starting Monday. Although the city ended the mandate Thursday, the colleges haven’t made any changes. In Washington, D.C., Howard University’s main campus, affectionately dubbed “The Hilltop” by students and alums, was largely quiet this week, with many students taking classes and exams from home. The academic year is coming to a muted end as rising virus numbers prompted administrators to abruptly shift back to online education. The city’s COVID infection rate has more than doubled in April. Besides American, Georgetown and George Washington University also reinstated their indoor mask mandates. But Howard is the only one that has moved away from in-person instruction. The spring semester ends Friday, with final exams for most students starting next week. Administrators have promised an update on what this means for the May 7 commencement ceremony. “I don’t think people are super unhappy about wearing masks,” said Lia DeGroot, a George Washington senior who never shed her mask during the single week the mandate was lifted at her school. “Of all of the things that the pandemic has disrupted, I think wearing masks is, you know, a relatively small thing to do. I think that’s kind of the mindset that a lot of students have.” Forests 61-70 — 649 cases, 16 deaths 71+ — 591 cases (3 new), 60 deaths (1 new) From page 1 Additional county case Vaccines started: data since vaccinations 11,403 (49.78 percent of began Dec. 14, 2020: the population); Total cases since start Vaccines completed: of vaccinations: 5,753 (10 10,478 (45.74 percent of new); the population). Total cases among individuals who were not reported as fully vacciMason County nated — 4,820 (7 new); According to the 10 Total breakthrough a.m. update on Friday cases among fully vaccifrom DHHR, there have been 6,658 cases (11 new) nated — 933 (3 new); Total deaths among not of COVID-19, in Mason County (6,173 confirmed fully vaccinated individucases, 485 probable cases) als — 75 (1 new); Total breakthrough since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, and 93 deaths among fully vaccinated individuals — 7. deaths (1 new). DHHR A total of 12,202 people reports there are currently in Mason County have eight active cases and received at least one dose 6,557 recovered cases in of the COVID-19 vaccine, Mason County. which is 46.0 percent of (Editor’s note: Case the population, according data includes both conto DHHR, with 10,328 firmed and probable fully vaccinated or 39.0 cases.) Case data is as follows: percent of the population. Mason County is cur0-4 — 146 cases rently green on the West 5-11 — 319 cases Virginia County Alert 12-15 — 334 cases System. 16-20 — 471 cases There have been 34 21-25 — 541 cases (1 confirmed cases of the new) Delta variant in Mason 26-30 — 610 cases (1 County. There are 15 new) 31-40 — 1,109 cases (3 confirmed cases of the Omicron variant reported new), 2 deaths 41-50 — 1,028 cases (2 in Mason County. new), 3 deaths 51-60 — 860 cases (1 Ohio new), 12 deaths According to the update on Thursday from ODH, there have been 6,890 cases in the past seven days (21-day average of 5,175), 428 new hospitalizations (21-day average of 334), 19 new ICU admissions (21-day average of 20) and 94 new deaths in the previous 24 hours (21-day average of 106) with 38,360 total reported deaths. (Editor’s Note: ODH now updates COVID-19 data once per week.) Vaccination rates in Ohio are as follows, according to ODH: Vaccines started: 7,301,501 (62.46 percent of the population); Vaccines completed: 6,771,305 (57.93 percent of the population). As of April 21, ODH reports the following breakthrough information: COVID-19 Deaths among individuals not reported as fully vaccinated — 23,397; COVID-19 Deaths among fully vaccinated individuals — 1,251; COVID-19 Hospitalizations since Jan. 1, 2021 among individuals not reported as fully vaccinated — 66,413; COVID-19 Hospitalizations since Jan. 1, 2021 among individuals reported as fully vaccinated — 4,498. Open Scioto, and Vinton. The camp is also home to the Ohio 4-H Shooting Sports Program and the State 4-H Special Needs Camp. Membership in 4-H is not required for youth to attend 4-H summer camps. For more information about the upcoming Open House or about summer camping opportunities, contact the Meigs County OSU Extension office at 740-992-6696 or stumbo.5@osu.edu. Canter’s Cave 4-H camp is located just north of Jackson, Ohio at 1362 Caves Rd. Information provided by OSU Extension. has fueled flames that extinguished trees dating to ancient civilizations. From page 1 A senior administration official noted credentials at a time that forests absorb when his administramore than 10% of U.S. tion has been preocannual greenhouse cupied by high oil and gasoline prices follow- gases, while also providing flood control, ing Russia’s invasion clean water, clear air of Ukraine. Gas costs and a home to wildlife. have been a drag on Biden’s popularity and The official insisted on anonymity to discuss created short-term details of Biden’s order political pressures before it was made going into this year’s midterm elections, yet public. Biden’s ambitious the Democratic presiclimate agenda has dent has been focused been marred by seton wildfires that are intensifying because of backs, a year after he took office amid climate change. a flurry of climateThe measure is related promises. The intended to safeguard president hosted a virnational forests that tual summit on global been severely damwarming at the White aged by wildfires, House last Earth Day. drought and blight, He used the moment including recent fires to nearly double the that killed thousands United States’ goal for of giant sequoias in reducing greenhouse California. Redwood gas emissions, vaultforests are among the ing the country to the world’s most efficient front lines in the fight at removing and storagainst climate change. ing carbon dioxide in A year later, his the atmosphere and provide critical habitat most sweeping proposals remain stalled on for native wildlife and watersheds that supply Capitol Hill despite farms and communities renewed warnings from scientists that in the West. the world is hurtling Blazes so intense toward a dangerous to kill trees once future marked by considered virtually fire-proof have alarmed extreme heat, drought and weather. land managers, enviIn addition, Russia’s ronmentalists and tree war in Ukraine has lovers the world over reshuffled the politics — and demonstrated of climate change, leadthe grave impacts of ing Biden to release climate change. A oil from the nation’s warming planet that has created longer and strategic reserve and encourage more domeshotter droughts, comtic drilling in hopes of bined with a century of fire suppression that lowering sky-high gas prices that are emptychoked forests with ing American wallets. thick undergrowth, COVID From page 1 a strip of tickets to drop into cups for the items they want a chance to win. Winners will be drawn at 4 p.m. Auction items are donated by Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp friends and alumni, members of the camp’s Board of Directors, and 4-H members and advisors from the 10 county 4-H programs that own and operate the camp, including Adams, Brown, Gallia, Highland, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Pike, West Virginia According to the 10 a.m. update on Friday from DHHR, there have been 499,796 total cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with 177 reported since DHHR’s update last update. DHHR reports 84,467 “breakthrough” cases as of Friday with 834 total breakthrough deaths statewide (counts include cases after the start of COVID-19 vaccination/ Dec. 14, 2020). There have been a total of 6,823 deaths due to COVID19 since the start of the pandemic, with one since the last update. There are 544 currently active cases in the state, with a daily positivity rate of 2.81 and a cumulative positivity rate of 8.12 percent. Statewide, 1,125,666 West Virginia residents have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 (62.8 percent of the population). A total of 54.3 percent of the population, 972,953 individuals have been fully vaccinated. © 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Kayla (Hawthorne) Dunham is a staff writer for Ohio Valley Publishing, reach her at 304-675-1333, ext. 1992. WVUMedicine.org/Jackson COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR Thursday, May 5th, 2022 Discounted Lab Work Offered... 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