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New COVID cases
reported in Gallia
and Meigs Counties
By Sarah Hawley
and Kayla Hawthorne
shawley@aimmediamidwest.com
khawthorne@aimmediamidwest.
com

OHIO VALLEY —
Gallia and Meigs Counties both reported additional COVID-19 cases
over the weekend.
The Gallia County
Health Department
announced two new
COVID-19 cases over
the weekend, as well as
the release of an individual from the hospital
and a recovered individual.
Both of the new
cases — one announced
Friday evening and
one Sunday afternoon
— are connected to
individuals who have
conﬁrmed cases. The
Friday evening case —
a female in her 30s — is
connected to a current
Gallia County case,
while the Sunday afternoon case — a male in
his 40s — is connected
to a conﬁrmed case
from another county.
Gallia County has a
total of 22 cases (19
conﬁrmed, 3 probable).
“We urge individuals
to practice all necessary safety guidelines,
including social distancing and the wearing of
facial coverings when
not able to social distance,” stated the health
department in announcing the new cases.
Current case age
ranges in Gallia County
are as follows:
0-19 — 3 cases
20-29 — 1 case
30-39 — 6 cases
40-49 — 4 cases
50-59 — 4 cases (2
hospitalizations)
60-69 — 2 cases
(2 hospitalizations, 1
death)
70-79 — 2 cases (2
hospitalizations)
Half of the cases are
females and half are
males. There remains
one person hospitalized as a result of
COVID-19, with 10
people having recovered.
On Saturday, the
Meigs County Health
Department reported
a conﬁrmed case of
COVID-19, the 13th
case (11 conﬁrmed, 2
probable) since April.
The patient is a female
in the 30 to 39-year-old

age range and is not
hospitalized.
“We urge residents
to continue to follow
federal, state, and local
guidance to prevent the
spread of COVID-19,”
stated the Meigs County Health Department.
Current case age
ranges in Meigs County
are as follows:
0-19 — 2 cases
20-29 — 1 case
30-39 — 2 cases
40-49 — 2 cases
50-59 — 2 cases
60-69 — 2 cases
70-79 — 2 cases
The Meigs County
Health Department
also reported a positive
antibody test of a Meigs
County resident.
“Though this case is
not active our team will
still complete an investigation to learn when
the individual may have
been ill and the circumstances surrounding
the illness to gain a
better understanding of
COVID-19. This case
could potentially be
changed to a probable
through are investigation but is currently
listed as a positive antibody test in our numbers,” stated the news
release from the health
department.
Mason County’s
COVID-19 cases have
been holding steady
since Friday. According to Mason County
Health Department
Administrator, Jennifer Thomas, there are
still 25 total conﬁrmed
cases. Of those cases,
19 are recovered,
according to statistics
from the West Virginia
Department of Health
and Human Resources
(DHHR). DHHR is
reporting one fewer
cases than the local
department.
According to the
West Virginia DHHR,
the age ranges for 24
of the Mason County
cases are as follows:
10-19 — 2 cases
20-29 — 6 cases
30-39 — 2 cases
40-49 — 3 cases
50-59 — 7 cases
60-69 — 3 cases
70+ — 1 case
In the 10 a.m. update
on Monday, DHHR
reported a total of
4,259 cases and 96
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Beth Sergent | OVP

Pictured is the sun setting on Riverfront Park in Point Pleasant where many outdoor events take place. On Monday, Gov. Jim Justice
ordered a 25-person limitation on social gatherings.

Restrictions revisited
By Beth Sergent

we’re going to go back to
a crowd size of 25.”
The governor’s ofﬁce
CHARLESTON, W.Va. later clariﬁed, the 25-person limitation applies
— As COVID-19 cases
only to purely social gathcontinue to rise in West
Virginia, on Monday, Gov. erings. It does not apply
to any activity, business,
Jim Justice announced
or entity that has been
familiar restrictions on
public gatherings, as well deemed essential, such as
as ordered bars to tempo- religious services, wedrarily close in Monongalia dings, or group meetings,
conferences, or other
County, home to West
special events held for
Virginia University.
essential businesses and
These orders were to
operations, as deﬁned by
go into effect at 12:01
Executive Order 9-20, as
a.m., Tuesday July 14.
amended. Such meetings,
“We have got to sigconferences, or other speniﬁcantly restrict the
cial events will need to
crowd size again (on
plan for social distancing
public gatherings), we
between attendees based
went to 100, we’re now
going back to 25,” Justice on CDC recommendations.
said during his press
However, the governor,
conference on Monday.
“As far as being effective who talked about his own
tomorrow (Tuesday, July Christian faith, did spe14), any fairs, festivals or ciﬁcally address church
gatherings in his remarks
outdoor concerts, we’re
not going to have them… on Monday.

bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com

Meigs County
Grand Jury
indicts 20
Staff Report

POMEROY — A
Meigs County Grand
Jury returned 20 indictments during its June
session.
Among the indictments, which were
announced by Prosecutor James K. Stanley on
Monday, was an indictment for aggravated
vehicular homicide in
connection with a June
2019 fatal crash.
Camilo Casanova, 30,
of New Philadelphia,
Ohio, was indicted for
Operating a Motor
Vehicle Under the Inﬂuence, a misdemeanor
of the ﬁrst degree, and
Aggravated Vehicular
Homicide, a felony of the
ﬁrst degree.

As previously reported
by The Daily Sentinel, on
June 25, 2019, Casanova
was driving on State
Route 833 near Pomeroy
when the vehicle went
off the right side of the
roadway, striking and
embankment.
Francisco De Leon, 20,
of Zanesville was killed
in the crash. The Ohio
State Highway Patrol
investigated this matter.
Other indicted include
the following:
Drug Offenses
Brittany Blessing, 32,
of Jackson, Ohio, was
indicted for Possession
of Drugs (Methamphetamine), a felony of the
ﬁfth degree. The Ohio
See MEIGS | 8

“As far as being effective tomorrow, any
fairs, festivals or outdoor concerts, we’re not
going to have them…we’re going to go back
to a crowd size of 25.”

— WVa Governor Jim Justice

“Please churches,
please understand my
(mask) order is mandatory for buildings outside
of your home, absolutely
it is mandatory that you
wear a mask in church,
and it is only the smart
thing to do…now come
on, we’re going the wrong
way here and we’ve got
to get this thing turned
around and get it going
the way we want it go.”
“Churches are places of
immense importance for
all of us as we go to worship…but also because of
the indoor setting and the
singing and the personto-person contact, these
are also places that we’ve

seen in West Virginia, as
well as nationally, where
there can be very large
outbreaks,” Dr. Clay
Marsh, the state’s coronavirus czar said, underscoring the use of masks
and social distancing
in being “aggressive” at
slowing the spread of the
virus in any congregate
setting.
Marsh also addressed
the issue of more younger
people becoming affected
by the virus, and how
bars have also been one
area that has been associated with outbreaks not
only in West Virginia but
See RESTRICTIONS | 4

Ohio GOP slammed
over coronavirus
enforcement
By Marty Schladen

upward over the past
few weeks. The case
count was nearly triple
the three-week average
The coronavirus is
of 531.
raging in Ohio, but the
The news comes as
state’s Republican leadsix other states — Alaers seem disinclined to
enforce rules intended to bama, Idaho, Missouri,
Montana, Oregon and
protect against it.
Texas — set new singleAttorney General
day records of their own
Dave Yost won’t say
on Thursday. It also
whether he’ll support
was the sixth day out
enforcement of new
of the past 10 in which
orders to wear masks
in the state’s hardest-hit the United States set
counties. And the ofﬁcial one-day records for new
cases of the coronavirus,
who issued them, Gov.
Mike DeWine, has made which now has killed
several statements indi- more than 3,000 in Ohio
and more than 130,000
cating that he doesn’t
nationwide.
want to see anybody
Also last week, a New
punished for not followYork Times data analysis
ing measures intended
to slow the spread of the showed that the disease
in the United States is
deadly disease.
taking on a disturbing
Ohio set a record
racial dimension, with
for new cases Friday
— 1,525 — after seeSee GOP | 4
ing them trend sharply

For Ohio Capital Journal

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2 Tuesday, July 14, 2020

OBITUARIES

GALLIA, MEIGS BRIEFS

WAYNE LESLIE NIDAY
lis, Lisa (John)
GALLIPOLIS
Rumley, Gallipolis,
— Wayne Leslie
Boudi (Jimmy)
Niday, 87, of GalMerry, Rodney;
lipolis, passed
very special and
away, on Sunday,
longtime comJuly 12 at Holzer
panion, Ina Belle
Medical Center in
Sibley, Gallipolis;
Gallipolis.
grandchildren, Kaci (StuBorn October 1, 1932
art) Osborne, Cody Lane,
in Gallipolis, he was the
Katy (Ricky) Clary, Kelly
son of the late Bill and
Mabel Niday. Wayne was Bonice (Greg Russell),
a 1948 graduate of Gallia Leslie (Kevin) Lamphier,
David (Emily) Rumley,
Academy High School.
He attended Ohio Univer- Lindsey (Derek) Smith;
great-grandchildren,
sity and then enlisted in
Laney and Lilly Osborne,
the U.S. Navy; stationed
Isaac, Emma and Olivia
in Oakland, California.
Wayne served his commu- Clary, Hadley and Rhett
Lamphier, Preslie,
nity in many ways over
the years, including Clerk Weston and Emmy Lou
Smith; sister-in-law, Barof the Gallipolis Townbara V. Niday, Brookville;
ship Board of Trustees;
several nieces and a nephTreasurer and Clerk of
ew; many good friends
Gallipolis City Schools;
and Secretary of the Gal- and his Friday Breakfast
lia County Jr. Fair Board. Club buddies.
Calling hours will be
Wayne worked 41 years in
the banking industry and from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.,
retired from the Ohio Val- on Saturday, July 18,
2020 at Cremeens-King
ley Bank as a Vice PresiFuneral Home with
dent in 1996.
funeral services beginWayne attended Galning at 1 p.m. In order
lipolis Church of God.
Wayne was an avid sports to protect all quests, and
to comply with the social
fan who enjoyed golf,
distancing regulations,
Gallia Academy athletwe respectfully ask all
ics, Ohio State and his
individuals entering our
Marshall Thundering
Herd. He leaves behind a facility to wear a facial
host of family and friends covering at all times. Pastors Alvis Pollard, Paul
who will dearly miss his
Voss will ofﬁciate. Cody
warm smile, strong faith
Lane, David Rumley,
and timeless wisdom.
Although he answered to Isaac Clary, Ricky Clary,
many names, his favorite Stuart Osborne, Kevin
Lamphier, Derek Smith,
was “Paps.”
Greg Russell will serve as
Wayne is preceded
casketbearers. His Friday
in death by his parents,
Leslie L. “Bill” and Mabel Morning Breakfast Club
will serve as honorary
G. (Johnson) Niday; his
casketbearers. Military
wife, Alice (Koehler)
Niday; his brother, Glenn graveside services will
immediately follow at
J., Niday; his son-in-law,
Mound Hill Cemetery.
J. Gary Lane; and his
In lieu of ﬂowers, donaﬁrst wife and mother of
tions in Wayne’s name
his children, Juanita L.
may be sent to the GAHS
(Shaver) Niday.
Stadium Project, C/O
Wayne is survived by
his children, Robin Lane, Adam Clark, 2855 Centenary Rd., Gallipolis, OH
The Villages, Florida,
45631.
James L. Niday, Gallipo-

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ANNABEL RICHARDSON
Sunny, Damien, Lauran,
VINTON — Annabel
Richardson, 92, of Vinton, and Grant Harmon, and
Cameron and Sahara
passed away on Sunday,
Harmon; and great great
July 12, 2020 at Holzer
granddaughter, Aria Jane
Medical Center.
Carpenter.
Born on July 15, 1927
In addition to her parin Eldora, Iowa, Annaents and her husband,
bel was the daughter of
Annabel was preceded
the late Roy Glen and
in death by a daughter,
Viva Elizabeth Garrett
Shirley Shriver; longtime
Shockey. Annabel was
married to Kenneth Rich- companion, Norman
ardson, who preceded her “Pete” Martin; and son,
in death. She was a bridal Ronald Lee Martin.
Calling hours for Annaconsultant and a seambel will be held from 11
stress.
Annabel is survived by a.m.- noon on Thursday,
July 16, 2020 at Willis
her granddaughter, Jennifer Harmon (Rick Hais- Funeral Home. A graveside service will follow
lop) of Gallipolis; grandsons, Jim (Christie) Car- at 1 p.m. on Thursday at
Meigs Memory Gardens
penter of Phoenix, Arizona and Jason (Kathryn) with Pastor Aaron Young
Carpenter of Ohio; great ofﬁciating.
Please visit www.willisgrandchildren, Zachary
funeralhome.com to send
Carpenter, Spencer and
e-mail condolences.
Annabel Greathouse,
LIVINGSTON
LEON, W.Va. — Patsy Ann (Koon) Livingston, 83,
of Leon, W.Va., died Lord July 11, 2020, at Pleasant
Valley Hospital, Point Pleasant, W.Va., following an
extended illness.
Service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at
Casto Funeral Home, Evans, W.Va. Burial will follow
in the Creston Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7
p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
WEIGAND JR.
William H. “Bill” Weigand Jr., 85, passed from this life
on Sunday, July 12, 2020, at Cabell-Huntington Hospital.
There will be a graveside service for Bill at 1 p.m.,
Thursday, July 16, 2020, at Oak Grove Cemetery,
in Letart. There will be no public visitation. Social
distancing will be observed and face coverings are
required. Crow-Hussell Funeral Home has been
entrusted with Bill’s care and the care of his family.

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Meeting
changes
GALLIPOLIS — Ohio
AFSCME Retirees, Subchapter 102, Gallia and
Jackson Counties, has
cancelled its Friday, July
17 meeting, due to virus
concerns.

Ice cream
fundraiser
SALEM TWP. — The
Salem Twp. Volunteer
Fire Department, State
Route 124 in Salem
Center, will host an ice
cream fundraiser on Saturday, July 18 with curbside pickup from 9-11
a.m. Quarts of ice cream
will be available for pick
up with the ﬂavors of
banana, butter pecan,
cherry nut, chocolate,

Ohio Valley Publishing

— Gallia County Engineer, Brett A. Boothe
announces C.H.&amp;D.
Road will be closed
from Pokepatch Road to
Keels Road, beginning
at 9 a.m., Friday, July
10, for gas line replacement, weather permitting. Local trafﬁc will
GALLIA COUNTY
— Gallia County Engi- need to use other County roads as a detour.
neer, Brett A. Boothe
SALISBURY TWP. —
announces Little
Bailey Run Road will be
Bullskin Road will be
closed to through trafﬁc
closed between Lewis
Road and Hannan Trace approximately .6 of a
Road, beginning Thurs- mile from State Route
day, July 9 - July 17, for 124 going toward State
Route 143 due to a slip
culvert replacement,
repair.
weather permitting.
GALLIPOLIS —
Local trafﬁc will need
Kriner Road (CR-26)
to use other County
will be closed .5 mile
roads as a detour.
from Neighborhood
MEIGS COUNTY
— Meigs County Road Road beginning 7 a.m.,
Monday, May 18 for
19, Peach Fork Road,
approximately 75 days
will be closed beginfor slip repair, weather
ning Monday, July 13
permitting. Local trafﬁc
and will remain closed
will need to use other
through Thursday,
state and county roads
July 23. County forces
as a detour.
will be repairing a slip
OLIVE TWP. — Mt.
between T-20A, Ball
Olive Road in Olive
Run Road, and T-27A,
Township is currently
Long Hollow Road.
closed due to slip repair
GALLIA COUNTY
lemon, Oreo cookie,
pineapple, strawberry
and vanilla. For more
info call 740-669-4245.

Area road
construction

by Olive Township
Trustees.
MEIGS COUNTY
— Beginning June 1,
one lane of SR 124 will
be closed between Old
State Route 338 (Township Road 708) and
Portland Road (County
Road 35) for a bridge
deck overlay project
on the bridge crossing over Groundhog
Creek. Temporary trafﬁc signals and a 10 foot
width restriction will
be in place. Estimated
completion: November
20, 2020
MEIGS COUNTY
— Beginning June 1,
one lane of SR 7 will
be closed between Storys Run Road (County
Road 345) and Leading
Creek Road (County
Road 3) for a bridge
deck overlay project
on the bridge crossing
over Leading Creek.
Temporary trafﬁc signals and an 11 foot
width restriction will
be in place. Estimated
completion: November
20, 2020

TODAY IN HISTORY
ti were executed six years later.)
In 1933, all German political
parties, except the Nazi Party,
Today is Tuesday, July 14, the
196th day of 2020. There are 170 were outlawed.
In 1960, British researcher Jane
days left in the year.
Goodall arrived at the Gombe
Stream Reserve in the Tanganyika
Today’s Highlight in History:
On July 14, 2016, terror struck Territory (in present-day Tanzania) to begin her famous study of
Bastille Day celebrations in the
chimpanzees in the wild.
French Riviera city of Nice as a
In 1980, the Republican nationlarge truck plowed into a festive
al convention opened in Detroit,
crowd, killing 86 people in an
where nominee-apparent Ronald
attack claimed by Islamic State
Reagan told a welcoming rally he
extremists; the driver was shot
and his supporters were deterdead by police.
mined to “make America great
again.”
On this date:
In 2004, the Senate scuttled a
In 1789, in an event symbolizing the start of the French Revolu- constitutional amendment bantion, citizens of Paris stormed the ning gay marriage. (Forty-eight
senators voted to advance the
Bastille prison and released the
measure — 12 short of the 60
seven prisoners inside.
needed — and 50 voted to block
In 1798, Congress passed the
it).
Sedition Act, making it a federal
In 2009, disgraced ﬁnancier
crime to publish false, scandalous
Bernard Madoff arrived at the
or malicious writing about the
Butner Federal Correctional ComUnited States government.
In 1865, the Matterhorn, strad- plex in North Carolina to begin
serving a 150-year sentence for
dling Italy and Switzerland, was
his massive Ponzi scheme.
summited as a seven-member
In 2013, thousands of demrope party led by British climber
onstrators across the country
Edward Whymper reached the
protested a Florida jury’s decision
peak. (Four members of the
the day before to clear George
party fell to their deaths during
their descent; Whymper and two Zimmerman in the shooting death
of Trayvon Martin.
guides survived.)
In 2014, the Church of England
In 1914, scientist Robert H.
voted overwhelmingly in favor
Goddard received a U.S. patent
of allowing women to become
for a liquid-fueled rocket apparabishops.
tus.
In 1921, Italian-born anarchists
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo
Ten years ago:
Vanzetti were convicted in DedAn Iranian nuclear scientist
ham, Massachusetts, of murderwho’d disappeared a year earlier
ing a shoe company paymaster
headed back to Tehran, telling
and his guard. (Sacco and Vanzet- Iranian state media that he’d been
The Associated Press

abducted by CIA agents. (The
U.S. said Shahram Amiri was a
willing defector who’d changed
his mind.)
Five years ago:
World powers and Iran struck
a deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for relief from
international sanctions. President
Barack Obama laid out an expansive vision for ﬁxing America’s
criminal justice system in a
speech to the NAACP’s annual
convention in Philadelphia.
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft
got humanity’s ﬁrst up-close
look at Pluto, sending word of its
triumphant ﬂyby across 3 billion
miles to scientists waiting breathlessly back home. Mike Trout
became the ﬁrst player in 38 years
to lead off the All-Star Game with
a home run, and the American
League beat the National League
6-3. Veteran television journalist
Marlene Sanders, 84, died in New
York.
One year ago:
Injecting race into his criticism
of liberal Democrats, President
Donald Trump tweeted that four
congresswomen of color should
go back to the “broken and crime
infested” countries they came
from; all of the women were
American citizens, and three were
born in the U.S. Novak Djokovic
won his ﬁfth Wimbledon title, and
his second in a row, beating Roger
Federer in a ﬁfth-set tiebreaker.
Former boxer Pernell Whitaker,
a four-division champion, died at
the age of 55 after being hit by a
car in Virginia.

GALLIA, MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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on a space-available basis and in
chronological order. Events can be
emailed to: TDSnews@aimmediamidwest.com or GDTnews@
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Card shower
NEW HAVEN, W.Va. — In
celebration of the 106th birthday
of Margaret Flowers there will
be a drive by celebration parade
at 178 Layne Street, New Haven,
W.Va., on July 15. The parade will
line up at the New Haven Grade
School at 6:30 p.m. If anyone
wishes to send cards, her address
is P.O. Box 482 New Haven, WV
25265.

Tuesday, July 14
GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia
County District Library Board
of Trustees will have it’s regular
monthly meeting at 5 p.m. at the
Library.

POMEROY — The Meigs
County Board of Health meeting
will take place at 5 p.m. in the
conference room of the Meigs
County Health Department,
which is located at 112 E. Memorial Drive in Pomeroy, Ohio. A
call-in option is available for this
open, public meeting in response
to the COVID 19 Pandemic and
resulting declared national, state
and local emergency. To dial in by
phone: +1.202.602.1295 Conference ID: 362-001-590 #

Thursday, July 16
RACINE — The Southern
Local Board of Education will
have a special board meeting at
6:30 p.m. to discuss reopening of
school. It will be held at the Kathryn Hart Community Center.

Friday, July 17
GALLIPOLIS — The O.O.
McIntyre Park District Board
meeting, 11 a.m., park district
ofﬁce, Gallia County Courthouse,
18 Locust Street.

Saturday, July 18
MIDDLEPORT — Middleport
Fire Department will be hosting a
chicken BBQ with serving start-

ing at 11 a.m. at the BBQ pit.
RACINE — Carmel Sutton
UMC hosting Drive thru/Pick up
Community Dinner from 4-5:30
p.m. Sloppy joe, hot dogs, pasta
salad, baked beans, dessert will
be served. Everyone in the community is welcome to come by for
a free meal. Carmel Sutton UMC
is located at 31435 Pleasant View
Road, Racine, Ohio. It will be ﬁrst
come, ﬁrst served.

Monday, July 20
GALLIPOLIS — The American Legion Lafayette Post #27,
The Sons of the American
Legion Squadron #27 and the
Ladies Auxiliary will have a
joint E-Board meeting at 5 p.m.
at the post home on McCormick
Road. All E-Board members are
urged to attend. The American
Legion Lafayette Post #27 will
meet following the E-Board
meeting. All members are urged
to attend.

Tuesday, July 21
GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia
County Board of Developmental
Disabilities, regular monthly
board meeting, 4 p.m., administrative ofﬁces, 77 Mill Creek
Road.

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Tuesday, July 14, 2020 3

‘Moving target’: Schools
deal with new plans

New dance
Like many schools,
the Forth Worth Independent School District
in Texas will give parents a choice between
in-person and remote
learning. So far, about
40% have opted for virtual school, said Clint
Bond, district spokesman.
The district is design-

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Today
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8:53 p.m.
1:48 a.m.
3:21 p.m.

Sunrise
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Moonrise
Moonset

New

Jul 20

First

Jul 27

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The solunar period indicates peak feeding times
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Thu.
Fri.
Sat.
Sun.
Mon.

Major
7:27a
8:07a
8:48a
9:32a
10:20a
11:11a
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Minor
1:17a
1:55a
2:36a
3:19a
4:06a
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POLLEN &amp; MOLD
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Moderate

High

Major
7:48p
8:29p
9:12p
9:58p
10:47p
11:39p
12:35p

Minor
1:38p
2:18p
3:00p
3:45p
4:33p
5:25p
6:20p

WEATHER HISTORY
The mid-Atlantic was in the middle of
a monsoonlike storm July 14, 1975.
Some areas in eastern Maryland had
7 inches of rain. By the end of the
storm, parts of northern New Jersey
received up to 34 inches.

Chillicothe
86/62

Lucasville
88/62

Moderate

High

Very High

Source: Hamilton County Department of
Environmental Services

AIR QUALITY
300

500

Air Quality Index: 0-50, Good; 51-100,
Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive
groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very
unhealthy; 301-500, Hazardous.

Source: Hamilton County Department of
Environmental Services

OHIO RIVER
Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. Mon.

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

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

Level
13.18
16.28
21.82
13.29
12.74
25.63
13.36
25.55
34.39
12.82
16.50
34.50
14.40

24-hr.
Chg.
-0.24
+0.10
+0.26
+0.22
-0.41
+0.51
+0.38
+0.11
+0.09
-0.06
+0.20
+0.10
-0.10

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97°
71°

A t-storm in spots in
the afternoon

More clouds than sun

Mostly cloudy, a
t-storm in spots; hot

Partly sunny and hot

Logan
85/59

Marietta
86/60

Murray City
85/59
Belpre
87/60

Athens
86/59

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94°
74°
Variable clouds, a
t-storm possible

Today

St. Marys
86/60

Parkersburg
87/60

Coolville
86/59

Elizabeth
88/60

Spencer
87/61

Buffalo
88/62
Milton
89/62

Clendenin
89/62

St. Albans
89/62

Huntington
88/62

NATIONAL FORECAST
110s
Seattle
100s
78/58
90s
80s
70s
60s
50s
40s
30s
20s
San Francisco
10s
71/56
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Los Angeles
82/63
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Rain
Showers
Snow
Flurries
Ice
Cold Front
Warm Front
Stationary Front

MONDAY

NATIONAL CITIES

Ironton
88/63

Ashland
88/63
Grayson
88/63

Primary pollutant: Ozone

SUNDAY

95°
69°

Wilkesville
87/59
POMEROY
Jackson
88/60
87/61
Ravenswood
Rio Grande
88/61
88/61
Centerville
POINT PLEASANT
Ripley
86/64
GALLIPOLIS
89/61
89/61
88/61

South Shore Greenup
88/62
88/62

45
0 50 100 150 200

Portsmouth
88/62

SATURDAY

93°
70°

McArthur
86/59

Very High

Primary: other
Mold: 4158

FRIDAY

96°
70°

Adelphi
86/60

Waverly
87/61

Pollen: 4

Low

MOON PHASES

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tonight. High 89° / Low 61°

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51° in 1945

EXTENDED FORECAST

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Two approaches
All students in Tennessee’s second-biggest
district will start the year
virtually, an announcement made Thursday
on the heels of Trump’s
threat to hold back federal money if districts don’t
open their buildings.
Metro Nashville Public
Schools Director Adrienne Battle said students
won’t return to classrooms until at least after
Labor Day.
“This will allow social
distancing, mask mandates and other measures
to take effect and reduce
the spread of COVID-19
before tens of thousands
of students and staff
return to our schools,”
she said.
Nashville has seen
some of its worst daily
totals for COVID-19 conﬁrmed cases in the past
week.
In northeastern Tennessee, schools in Sullivan
County are on schedule to
fully open as long as the
coronavirus cases don’t
rise, said David Cox, the
director of schools.
The district is working off a plan it devised
with local health ofﬁcials
and is modeled after the
Nashville district’s plan,
he said. “I don’t think any
plan is rigid,” he said.

Holding pattern
In suburban Cincinnati, the Lakota School
District’s reopening
framework has four different outlines, from
nearly all students
returning to their classrooms to entirely online
instruction.
While the intent now
is for classrooms to
reopen fully next month,
Superintendent Matthew Miller’s message
to parents has been this:
“What I’m telling you
now could change in an
hour.”
The district’s decisions, he said, are being
based on advice from
education and health
experts, not politicians.
A lot of what’s coming
out of Washington and
the state capital isn’t

TODAY

WEATHER

helping, he said.
“It just puts us in a
bad situation because
we know how polarizing
this can be,” Miller said.
For now, the district
is “in a holding pattern”
while it waits to see if
there is any new guidance, he said. “This
is probably going to
change two or three
times before school
starts.”

ing its plan with guidance released by the
Texas Education Agency
on Tuesday, but administrators are paying
attention to the debate
in Washington and waiting to see whether any
new rules or clarified
guidance comes from
the Centers for Disease
Control, Bond said.
“It hasn’t caused us to
do anything right now,”
he said.
Schools will adjust to
allow for social distancing depending on the
number of students who
opt to attend. Among
the considerations:
Plexiglas separators for
multi-student desks,
separating individual
desks and even using
gyms, cafeterias and
auditoriums as spaces
distancing students.
“This is a dance we’re
learning as we go,”
Bond said.

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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP)
— With little more than
a month before millions
of U.S. schoolchildren
go back to class, much is
still up in the air — and
not just because of the
surging number of coronavirus cases nationwide.
Last week, President
Donald Trump and his
administration demanded schools fully reopen
right away, calling for
new guidance from federal health ofﬁcials and
slamming schools that
want to bring students
back for only a few days
a week.
At the same time,
some states are just now
issuing their own directives, and school district
leaders say they expect
those guidelines to be
revised again before the
classroom bells ring.
While there’s no indication school administrators are changing
their plans yet because
of the latest word from
the White House, they
are working on multiple
reopening scenarios.
Those cover everything
from where students will
eat lunch to navigating
online learning.
Here is a look at what
several school districts
are planning and discussing.

Charleston
87/61

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Winnipeg
75/59

Billings
80/52

Montreal
78/60

Minneapolis
72/59

Detroit
84/67

Toronto
82/64

Chicago
89/72
Denver
82/58

New York
86/68

Washington
90/71

Kansas City
94/70

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Atlanta
94/71

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El Paso
106/78
Chihuahua
102/71

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Albuquerque
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Anchorage
69/55/pc 72/56/pc
Atlanta
94/71/s 94/74/s
Atlantic City
84/71/s 79/71/s
Baltimore
88/66/s 90/70/pc
Billings
80/52/s 88/56/s
Boise
87/57/s 91/61/s
Boston
76/62/pc 69/64/pc
Charleston, WV
87/61/s 94/70/pc
Charlotte
93/71/s 92/72/pc
Cheyenne
73/51/pc 79/54/pc
Chicago
89/72/pc
87/70/t
Cincinnati
88/63/s 92/71/pc
Cleveland
82/64/pc 90/67/pc
Columbus
87/64/pc 91/70/pc
Dallas
100/76/pc 99/77/s
Denver
82/58/pc 86/64/pc
Des Moines
84/65/t
81/61/r
Detroit
84/67/pc 87/68/pc
Honolulu
87/76/c 89/75/c
Houston
98/78/s 98/78/pc
Indianapolis
86/64/s 91/73/pc
Kansas City
94/70/pc
84/69/t
Las Vegas
107/82/s 108/84/s
Little Rock
93/78/pc 93/79/pc
Los Angeles
82/63/pc 81/62/pc
Louisville
90/68/s 95/73/pc
Miami
93/80/pc 94/80/pc
Minneapolis
72/59/r 84/63/pc
Nashville
94/67/s 96/71/pc
New Orleans
94/80/t 92/78/pc
New York City
86/68/s 83/68/s
Oklahoma City 101/73/pc 95/71/pc
Orlando
92/74/t 92/74/pc
Philadelphia
88/69/s 89/69/s
Phoenix
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Pittsburgh
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Portland, ME
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Raleigh
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Richmond
91/68/s 91/71/pc
St. Louis
94/78/s
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Salt Lake City
91/63/s 93/68/s
San Francisco
71/56/pc 74/56/pc
Seattle
78/58/pc 81/59/pc
Washington, DC
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Low 12° in Summit Station, Greenland

Houston
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Monterrey
102/71

Miami
93/80

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Ohio Valley Publishing

Churches amid pandemic: Some outbreaks, many challenges
NEW YORK (AP) —
Crowded bars and house
parties have been identiﬁed as culprits in spreading the coronavirus. Meat
packing plants, prisons
and nursing homes are
known hot spots. Then
there’s the complicated
case of America’s churches.
The vast majority of
these churches have
cooperated with health
authorities and successfully protected their
congregations. Yet from
the earliest phases of the
pandemic, and continuing
to this day, some worship
services and other religious activities have been
identiﬁed as sources of
local outbreaks.
They are by no means
at the top of the list of
problematic activities
across the U.S., but they
have posed challenges
for government leaders
and public health ofﬁcials
whose guidelines and
orders are sometimes
challenged as encroachments on religious liberty.
“If we wanted to have
zero risks, the safest
thing would be to never
open our doors,” said
prominent Dallas megachurch pastor Robert
Jeffress. “The question is
how can you balance risk
with the very real need to
worship.”

In the past two weeks
alone, there have been
two notable church-government confrontations
in California.
San Francisco’s city
attorney sent a cease-anddesist order in late June
to the Roman Catholic
archdiocese, alleging that
some of its churches had
violated a local ban on
large indoor gatherings.
The archdiocese promised to comply.
A few days later, state
ofﬁcials temporarily
banned “indoor singing
and chanting activities”
at all places of worship,
prompting some pastors
to defy the rule.
Evangelical pastor
Samuel Rodriguez said
worshipers at his Sacramento megachurch joined
in singing hymns on July
5, even as most of them
wore face masks and
obeyed social-distancing
guidelines.
“To forbid singing in a
church is morally reprehensible,” Rodriguez said.
“That is how we petition
heaven.”
The extent to which
religious gatherings
have contributed to the
pandemic’s toll may
never be known with any
precision. But there’s no
question they have played
a role throughout, internationally as well as in

IN BRIEF

‘Glee’ star Naya Rivera
found dead at lake
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The body of “Glee”
star Naya Rivera was found Monday at a Southern
California lake, authorities said.
Ventura County Sheriff’s ofﬁcials conﬁrmed at
an afternoon news conference that the body that
search crews found ﬂoating in the northeast corner of Lake Piru earlier in the day was the 33-yearold Rivera.
The discovery came ﬁve days after the 33-yearold Rivera disappeared on Lake Piru, where her
son was found July 8 asleep and alone on a rented
pontoon boat, authorities said.
Authorities said the following day that they
believed Rivera had drowned, and they had shifted
to working to ﬁnd her body rather than ﬁnd her
alive.
The body was ﬂown 40 miles to the coroner’s
ofﬁce in Ventura, where an autopsy would be conducted, Sheriff’s Capt. Eric Buschow said. Rivera’s
family has been notiﬁed of the discovery.

Actor Kelly Preston
dies of cancer at 57
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kelly Preston, who
played dramatic and comic foil to actors ranging
from Tom Cruise in “Jerry Maguire” to Arnold
Schwarzenegger in “Twins,” died Sunday, husband
John Travolta said. She was 57.
Travolta said in an Instagram post that his wife
of 28 years died after a two-year battle with breast
cancer.
“It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you
that my beautiful wife Kelly has lost her two-year
battle with breast cancer,” Travolta said. “She
fought a courageous ﬁght with the love and support of so many.”
The couple had three children together.

GOP
From page 1

Blacks and Latinos
around three times as
likely as whites to get the
new coronavirus.
The World Health
Organization and the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control both have said that
widespread mask wearing
would reduce the spread
of the disease. One study
indicated that if 80% of
people wore them, the
spread would plummet to
one twelfth what it would
be if nobody did.
Yet Yost, the state’s top
law-enforcement ofﬁcer,
last week didn’t respond
to questions about whether he supports enforcement of last week’s orders
that people in Ohio’s 12
hardest-hit counties must
wear masks inside public

buildings.
In late March, Yost
ordered that many abortions be halted in Ohio,
arguing that the move
was intended to conserve
healthcare resources in
the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
In June, he urged a
municipal court to drop
charges against a couple
accused of opening their
Cambridge-area restaurant in deﬁance of an
earlier, DeWine-issued
health order that it
remain closed.
Then earlier this week,
Yost said that the Columbus city government
doesn’t have the power
to enforce mask orders in
state buildings — places
where many Republican
lawmakers have refused
to wear them.
On Monday, a
spokeswoman for Yost
explained that the attor-

the United States, even as
myriad houses of worship
halted in-person services
for safety reasons.
Of the ﬁrst wave of
cases in South Korea in
February, several thousand were members of
the secretive Shincheonji
Church of Jesus. Hundreds of other cases were
linked to a Muslim missionary movement event
in late February in Malaysia that was attended by
about 16,000 people from
numerous East Asian
countries.
In the second week of
March, before warnings
and lockdown orders
proliferated in the U.S.,
35 of the 92 people who
attended events at a
rural Arkansas church
developed COVID-19,
and three of them died,
according to a Centers
for Disease Control and
Prevention report issued
in May.
More recently, in midJune, a small-town church
in northeastern Oregon
became the epicenter of
the state’s largest coronavirus outbreak when
236 people linked to the
Lighthouse Pentecostal
Church tested positive.
According to the
Observer newspaper in
nearby La Grande, the
church in Island City had
held religious services, a

wedding and a graduation
ceremony in the weeks
preceding the outbreak,
sometimes with more
than 100 people in attendance in deﬁance of state
restrictions on gatherings.
Union County, with
a population of 25,000
people, had recorded
fewer than 25 cases during the pandemic prior
to the church outbreak.
Within two weeks, it had
Oregon’s highest per
capita rate of coronavirus
infections.
Also in June, West Virginia’s health department
announced outbreaks
linked to ﬁve churches
in different parts of the
state. The biggest was at
Graystone Baptist Church
in Lewisburg with 51
cases, three of them fatal.
In several cases,
churches that resumed
in-person services opted
to close again after outbreaks. Among them:
— A church and an
administrative ofﬁce
afﬁliated with the Church
of God in Cleveland, Tennessee, which is the home
base for the Pentecostal
denomination. No ofﬁcial case count has been
released, but a senior
leader of the denomination, General Overseer
Tim Hill, conﬁrmed that
the number of veriﬁed

Restrictions
From page 1

across the country.
“Students are coming back to
school and a huge threat is the
students congregating at the bars,”
Justice said via a press release.
“During that 10-day period, I am
very hopeful that what’s going to
happen is that we’re going to begin
to see a correction in the numbers.”
Monongalia County restaurants
that also include bars will have
their bars closed, but will be permitted to continue restaurant service, including the sale of alcoholic

cases is growing, and
that several church leaders were among those
seriously ill. One pastor,
Ernie Varner of Lenoir
City, Tennessee, died Friday, six days after posting
on Facebook, “I’m in the
ICU with COVID. Please
pray for me.”
— Calvary Chapel,
an evangelical church in
Universal City, Texas. It
reopened in early May
only to close anew in late
June after dozens of staff
and churchgoers tested
positive, including Pastor Ron Arbaugh and his
wife. Arbaugh says he
regrets telling worshipers last month they could
resume the tradition of
hugging each other during an interlude of midservice socializing.
— Holy Family Catholic Church in Las Vegas.
The diocese announced
Thursday that the church
would be closed indeﬁnitely after a priest who
celebrated Mass this week
tested positive.
— First Baptist Church
of Tillmans Corner in
Mobile, Alabama. It
resumed in-person services May 17 after the
governor gave a statewide green light, but
recently canceled them
at least through July 31
after more than 20 of
the congregation’s 1,500

beverages to dine-in customers.
According to the Associated
Press, Monongalia County reports
a quarter of the state’s active virus
cases, largely driven by people in
their 20s. The AP also reported,
during his remarks on Monday,
Gov. Justice said sporting events
and swimming pools can continue
to operate.
Also on Monday, the governor
addressed the CARES Act in
regards to small businesses funding
as follows:
- $150 million will be available
for West Virginia small businesses.
- Any West Virginia-based small
business, in existence on Feb. 29,
2020, with 1-35 employees will be
able to apply for up to $5,000 in

COVID

members tested positive.
Pastor Derek Allen wrote
a blog post describing the
outbreak as a “harrowing
and demoralizing journey,” and offering advice
to other pastors: “Assume
every snifﬂe is COVID19, and act quickly. We’ve
learned that the tests take
too long, and false positives are possible along
with false negatives.”
Another Baptist
church, First Baptist Dallas, was in the spotlight
June 28 when it hosted
Vice President Mike
Pence at its annual Freedom Sunday celebrations.
Most of the 2,400 attendees wore face masks, but
some criticism surfaced
after the choir sang without masks.
Jeffress, the church’s
pastor and a prominent
evangelical conservative
with close ties to President Donald Trump, said
the choir and orchestra
had been tested for
COVID-19 beforehand.
The church said a few
who tested positive did
not take part in the event.
Jeffress bristled at the
idea that choirs should be
temporarily banned.
“Choirs will always
be a part of worship for
us,” he said. “We think
it’s possible to still have
them but do it in a safe
way.”

grant funding per business.
- Guidelines and instructions
on how to apply are available at
grants.wv.gov.
According to the governor, since
he addressed the public on Friday,
206 more active virus cases were
reported as of Monday morning.
More on the local implications of
this order for residents of Mason
County, in an upcoming edition.
Some information for this article
provided by the ofﬁce of Gov. Jim
Justice; Anthony Izaguirre reported for the AP.
© 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights
reserved.
Beth Sergent is editor of Ohio Valley Publishing.

cases, with 153 of those
active. Lawrence County
currently has a total of 92
cases.
From page 1
On Sunday, the Lawrence County Health
deaths. These numbers
Department posted this
show 276 new cases and
comment via its Faceone new death since
book page: “We’re seeFriday at 5 p.m. The 5
p.m. Monday update from ing an increase in the
number of conﬁrmed
DHHR was not available by press time due to cases because of direct
contact with someone
“technical difﬁculties.”
else who is a conﬁrmed
As of 2 p.m. on Moncase. If you were in a bar
day, Ohio has a total of
or restaurant in Iron66,853 cases (conﬁrmed
ton on/around July 4,
and probable) and 3,064
deaths since the pandem- please contact the health
department, especially
ic began.
if you are symptomatic…
Around the region,
the amended dine safe
Ohio Department of
order (also on the health
Health statistics show
department’s Facebook
Athens County with 192

page) provides a list
of requirements which
includes all employees
wearing facial coverings unless a functional
or medical reason not
to, no more than 10
people in a party seated
together, a ﬂoor plan
that ensures social distancing (6 feet between
tables, or a barrier if distance can’t be met), and
customers being seated
when consuming food,
beer, wine and liquor on
the premises of the business. If you’ve been in a
place NOT practicing all
of these guidelines and
you become symptomatic, please make arrangements to be tested.”

Also in Ohio, Jackson
County has 31 cases and
Vinton County has 23
cases. Morgan County
has the state’s lowest
case total at 12, while
Franklin County has the
highest at 12,301.
DHHR reports the
following total case
numbers in neighboring or nearby counties
in West Virginia, as of
Monday morning, as follows: Jackson, 148; Putnam, 87; Kanawha, 417;
Cabell, 194; Wood, 179.

rounding ofﬁce towers.
David Pepper, the party
chairman, on Friday
slammed the attorney
general for his apparent
reluctance to support
the enforcement of mask
orders.
“As far as Dave Yost is
concerned, refusing to
enforce health orders is
just one more example
that the Ohio GOP has
become the party of
Donald Trump, Nino
Vitale and John Becker,”
Pepper said in a text
message. “Sadly Ohio
COVID cases are spiking
because of it.”
President Donald
Trump has repeatedly
downplayed the pandemic, ﬂoated unproven
cures for it and refused
to appear in public
wearing a mask. Among
his other statements,
Ohio Rep. Nino Vitale,
R-Urbana, last Tuesday

took to Facebook to
urge Ohioans to stop
even getting tested
for coronavirus. And
Ohio Rep. John Becker,
R-Union Township, has
introduced legislation
that would strip state
ofﬁcials of the power to
enforce any health order.
Meanwhile, in the
absence of much support
from his party, DeWine
has said he doesn’t plan
to use his authority
under his mask order to
arrest people for not following it.
“We’re not talking
about throwing people
in jail,” DeWine said
during a press conference Thursday. “This is
a law to advise people
what to do.”
DeWine has enjoyed
overwhelming, bipartisan support over his
handling of the coronavirus. But at least for

Ohio’s top Democrat,
patience might be wearing thin.
“Even though initially
it appeared that Mike
DeWine was being
guided by scientists and
public health experts,
it seems that politics
and the desires of the
business community
are driving more of the
governor’s decision making now,” Pepper said.
“Even with fewer cases,
even West Virginia and
Kentucky are being more
proactive in addressing
the pandemic.”

ney general can’t have
any ofﬁcial involvement
in cases relating to health
orders unless asked by
local prosecutors. “We
don’t have the authority,” the spokeswoman,
Bethany McCorkle, said
in a text message.
She added, however,
that Yost has worn a
mask since before there
was a health order and
encourages others to do
the same.
The attorney general and his staff haven’t
responded to subsequent
questions about the
order DeWine issued
on Wednesday evening
requiring masks in the
worst-hit counties.
Ohio Democrats are
already up in arms about
Republican legislative
leaders’ refusal to share
details about the spread
of coronavirus in the
Statehouse and sur-

Beth Sergent contributed to this
report.
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NASCAR Cup rookie Cole Custer wins in upset at Kentucky
SPARTA, Ky. (AP) —
Cole Custer saw an opening and, with help from a
friend, squeezed through
for the most fulﬁlling
moment of his young racing career.
Custer became the ﬁrst
rookie regular to win in
the NASCAR Cup Series
in nearly four years, surging to the lead in a fourwide, ﬁnal-lap scramble
Sunday at Kentucky
Speedway.
Kevin Harvick and
Martin Truex Jr. were
dueling side by side
for the lead on the Lap
266 ﬁnal restart when
Custer — with a push
from Matt DiBenedetto
on the outside — made
his move from sixth in
the No. 41 Stewart-Haas
Racing Ford. As the leaders bunched in Turn 1,
Custer slid ahead and
outlasted Truex’s Toyota.
“I knew I just had
to get to the top,” said
Custer, who led twice for
ﬁve laps — the ﬁrst of

his young career. “The
top rolled pretty good
and once I got past and
I was like in third I was
like, ‘I’ve just got to take
a shot and do whatever I
can here.’
“And it ended up the
4 (Harvick) and the 19
(Truex) got together a
little bit and I was able to
take advantage of it.”
Making his 20th series
start, the 22-year-old
Custer celebrated with a
frontstretch burnout as
his crew happily ran to
greet him.
He’s the ﬁrst rookie to
win a non-rain-shortened
race since Juan Pablo
Montoya in 2007. Brad
Keselowski won a race
in 2009, Trevor Bayne
in 2011 and Justin Haley
in 2019 while not racing
full seasons. All three
would have been classiﬁed as rookies had they
been competing a full
year. Chris Buescher won
a rain-shortened race in
August 2016 while com-

to the win and I joked
with him that he owes me
$100. But he did a great
job.”
The ﬁnal hundred laps
created plenty of lead
changes but nothing like
the ﬁnal 20 where Harvick, Truex, Blaney all
had their shots.
Even seven-time Cup
champion Jimmie Johnson — back behind the
wheel after missing last
week’s race in Indianapolis following a positive
coronavirus test — was
running in the top three
late with a chance to
win. A spin into the front
stretch grass on a lap 255
restart ended his quest
Mark Humphrey | AP
and left his No. 48 Chevy
Cole Custer (41) celebrates after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race in Sparta, Ky, on Sunday.
18th in his ﬁnal Kentucky
start.
detto said about helping
victory.
peting for rookie of the
Johnson’s day wasn’t
Custer. “When he pulled
DiBenedetto was
year.
a complete bust. The
third, and Harvick fourth to the top, I was like,
Custer also won at
track named one of its
‘Yeah, that was a good
Kentucky last July in the — both in Fords. Kurt
entrances Jimmie Johnmove right there.’ And I
Busch, the winner last
Xﬁnity Series.
just decided to shove him son Boulevard, and a banyear, was ﬁfth.
Matt Kenseth’s Turn
since I couldn’t go around ner over the inﬁeld tunnel
“I got a good restart
4 spin forced the ﬁnal
entrance read, “Thank
and was curious what he to the outside.
caution and created the
You, 48.”
“It helped him to get
was going to do,” DiBeneopportunity for Custer’s

Fans welcomed to
World TeamTennis
matches in W.Va.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) —
Tennys Sandgren celebrated a game-clinching
point in pandemic-appropriate fashion, retrieving
the ball himself in the absence of ball kids, and
exchanging an awkward ﬁst-to-elbow bump with a
teammate as the World TeamTennis season started
before mask-wearing fans on Sunday.
WTT’s nine teams have come together at The
Greenbrier resort for their three-week season.
Matches normally are played at various sites
around the country but everyone was brought to
one location because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Sandgren, for one, was happy to be at The
Greenbrier, and not just for the tennis.
“You know what it’s been like the last four
months,” he said. “You’ve been sitting in your house
the whole damn time. I get to do it in a beautiful setting now. It’s fantastic. There’s lots of stuff to do.”
For Sandgren, that includes playing golf and
hanging out at the pool.
“It’s been pretty chill,” he said.
Tennis became one of the few professional
sports to welcome fans back so far during the pandemic. An indoor bull riding event was held Friday
in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as well as a weekend
IndyCar doubleheader with limited spectators at
Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.
“It was awesome to have some people out there
to get behind the tennis,” Sandgren said. “It made
hitting good shots a little more fun.”
Last month, top-ranked Novak Djokovic played
in a series of exhibition matches he organized in
Serbia and Croatia with fans in the stands and
zero social distancing amid the pandemic. He later
announced that both he and his wife had tested
positive for the virus and apologized for contributing to its spread.
The WTT season started just as conﬁrmed
coronavirus cases were soaring nationally. In West
Virginia alone, positive cases have doubled in the
past month, including dozens of cases and three
deaths linked to a church not far from the resort.
There were strict measures in place at the
matches to ensure health and safety. Anyone who
wasn’t a competing athlete wore a mask inside the
tennis stadium and fans had their temperatures
checked prior to entering. Staggered rows of seats
were covered to allow for social distancing.
Up to 500 spectators are being allowed at each
of the outdoor matches at the 2,500-seat court,
although there were far fewer than 500 in attendance at the opening match. If rain forces play
indoors, the maximum capacity will be reduced to
100 fans and 50 staffers.
On the court, the chair umpire was helped by
electronic line calling instead of line judges. There
were no ball kids. The athletes chased down loose
balls and tossed them to the serving player. When
matches ended, opponents touched tennis rackets
— no high-ﬁves or handshakes.
“If it’s safe for the people to get out and experience the tennis live, I’m all for it,” Orlando Storm
coach Jay Gooding said. “It’s exciting for us. I
think the tennis public in general has something to
look forward to.”
Lisa Pace of Raleigh, North Carolina, and her
18-year-old son, Jackson, already were on a repeat
vacation to the resort and decided to stay an extra
day to take in the WTT’s opening matches. Jackson Pace played on his high school tennis team,
and they weren’t apprehensive about being among
dozens of people at a public event, albeit outdoors.

Bryan Walters | OVP Sports

The Wahama White Falcons take to the field during the 2019 season. The 2020 season is currently scheduled to begin the week of Sept.
3 following an announcement on Friday by the WVSSAC and Governor Jim Justice.

WVSSAC updates fall sports plans
Football scheduled to begin Sept. 3
By Sarah Hawley
shawley@aimmediamidwest.com

CHARLESTON, W.Va.
— High school sports
in West Virginia now
have a start date for
the 2020-21 school year
following an announcement on Friday by Gov.
Jim Justice and West
Virginia Secondary
School Activities Commission (WVSSAC)
Executive Director Bernie Dolan.
With school to begin
on Sept. 8 in the state,
athletics were also
revised, closer to that
start date, according to
Friday’s announcement.
Football in the state
may begin on Sept. 3,
meaning high school
games would start on
what would have been
week 2 of the original
schedule.
Two of the three high
school teams in Mason
County — Point Pleasant and Hannan — had
games scheduled to be
played on the original
week 1, with Point
Pleasant having been
scheduled to play at
Greenbrier East and
Hannan scheduled to

host Trinity. Wahama’s
original schedule had
an off week for Week
1, with the team to
open on Sept. 4 against
Southern.
Speciﬁc schedule
changes for the area
schools have not been
announced.
Pushing back the start
of the season also move
the beginning of practice
to Aug. 17 in the state
for all fall sports.
Golf will be the ﬁrst
school sport to begin
competition, with ﬁrst
matches to begin as
early as Aug. 24. Dolan
explained that golf
would be the ﬁrst to
begin play because its
participants are adequately able to socially
distance from one
another during matches.
There is also less practice time required to
resume competition for
golf, noted Dolan.
Competitions for
volleyball, cheerleading, cross-country, and
soccer are currently
scheduled to begin on
Wednesday, Sept. 2.
“No one wants sports
and activities to be
going on more than

Bernie and I do,” Gov.
Justice said in the Friday
news conference. “We
absolutely want our kids
back in school. But we
want to do it in a way
that we know is as safe
as we can possibly make
it for our students, as
well as those who are
working with our students like our teachers
and service personnel.
“Bernie and I surely
recognize the importance of sports,” Gov.
Justice continued.
“They give us so much.
They teach us so many
life lessons. They’re
important to our communities, they bring
us together. But, at the
same time, we need to
be safe.”
Dolan added that competition attendees will
have to follow additional
safety guidelines, which
will vary based on the
type of sport and the
facility in which it is
being played but will
likely include social
distancing and the wearing of masks, to keep all
participants and visitors
as safe as possible.
“I tell people, it’s up
to the public to decide
whether or not we are
going to have athletics
come this fall,” Dolan

said. “Because you’re the
one who will wear the
masks.
“It sounds like it’s
an easy thing to do for
everybody to get on
board,” Dolan continued. “So, if you are the
one who’s not socially
distancing, not wearing
a mask, you very well
could be the one – you
are setting an example
for somebody not to follow and then that hurts
all of our chances of participating.”
“We all know that
we may have to change
again,” Gov. Justice
said. “We do not know
what this is going to do.
There is no playbook
here.
“But we hope and pray
that we’ll be ready to go
and we’ve got to have
a plan of what we’re
going to be able to do…
if we can,” Gov. Justice
continued. “I want to
emphasize ‘if we can.’
We’re going to do it
safely. We’re going to do
it right. We’re going to
protect our kids in every
way.”
A portion of the information
provided by the Office of Governor
Jim Justice.
Sarah Hawley is the managing
editor of The Daily Sentinel.

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Non-support of dependents
Charles Hensley, 32, of Portland,
Ohio, was indicted for Non-Support
of Dependents, a felony of the ﬁfth
degree. The Meigs County Department of Job &amp; Family Services,
Child Support Enforcement Agency
investigated this matter.
Ronnie Johnson, 42, of Coolville,
Ohio, was indicted for Non-Support
of Dependents, a felony of the ﬁfth
degree. The Meigs County Department of Job &amp; Family Services,
Child Support Enforcement Agency
investigated this matter.
Rachel Reeves, 39, of Pomeroy,
Ohio, was indicted for Non-Support
of Dependents, a felony of the ﬁfth
degree. The Meigs County Department of Job &amp; Family Services,
Child Support Enforcement Agency
investigated this matter.
Isaiah Rifﬂe, 35, of Bidwell, Ohio,
was indicted for Non-Support of
Dependents, a felony of the ﬁfth
degree. The Meigs County Department of Job &amp; Family Services,
Child Support Enforcement Agency
investigated this matter.
Joshua Sager, 35, of Athens, Ohio,
was indicted for Non-Support of
Dependents, a felony of the ﬁfth
degree. The Meigs County Department of Job &amp; Family Services,
Child Support Enforcement Agency
investigated this matter.
George Tolley, 36. Of Athens,
Ohio, was indicted for Non-Support
of Dependents, a felony of the ﬁfth
degree. The Meigs County Department of Job &amp; Family Services,
Child Support Enforcement Agency
investigated this matter.

State Highway Patrol investigated
this matter.
James Calvert, 37, of Bidwell,
Ohio, was indicted for Possession
of Drugs (Fentanyl), a felony of the
ﬁfth degree, Possession of Drugs
(Methamphetamine), a felony of
the second degree, Possession of
Drugs (Cocaine), a felony of the ﬁfth
degree, Possession of Drugs (Oxycodone), a felony of the ﬁfth degree,
Possession of Drugs (Hydrocodone),
a felony of the ﬁfth degree, and Tampering with Evidence, a felony of the
third degree. The Ohio State Highway Patrol investigated this matter.
Jason Leach, 35, of Glouster,
Ohio, was indicted for Possession of
Drugs (Methamphetamine), a felony
of the ﬁfth degree. The Ohio State
Highway Patrol investigated this
matter.
Michelle Leach, 34, of Glouster,
Ohio, was indicted for Possession of
Drugs (Methamphetamine), a felony
of the ﬁfth degree. The Ohio State
Highway Patrol investigated this
matter.
Steven Mills, 26, of Gallipolis
Ferry, West Virginia, was indicted
for Possession of Drugs (Methamphetamine), a felony of the ﬁfth
degree. The Ohio State Highway
Patrol investigated this matter.
William Morgan, 57, of Athens,
Ohio, was indicted for Possession of
Drugs (Methamphetamine), a felony
of the third degree, and Possession
of Drugs (Cocaine), a felony of the
ﬁfth degree. The Ohio State Highway Patrol investigated this matter.
Earl Pickens, 56, of Pomeroy, Ohio
was indicted for Possession of Drugs
(Heroin), a felony of the ﬁfth degree,
and Possession of Drugs (Fentanyl),
a felony of the ﬁfth degree. The Ohio
State Highway Patrol investigated
this matter.
Robin Wood, 60, of Langsville,
Ohio, was indicted for Possession of
Drugs (Methamphetamine), a felony
of the ﬁfth degree. The Ohio State
Highway Patrol investigated this
matter.

Other offenses
Dina Hupp, 42, of Middleport,
Ohio, was indicted for Tampering
with Evidence, a felony of the third
degree. The Meigs County Department of Job &amp; Family Services and
the Meigs County Prosecuting Attorney’s Ofﬁce investigated this matter.
Daniel Morrison, 31, of Middleport, Ohio, was indicted for Tampering with Evidence, a felony of the
third degree. The Meigs County
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Sean Braley, 48, of Middleport,
Ohio, was indicted for Improperly this matter.
Dale Taylor, 64, of Middleport,
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DAR hears ‘Soldiers of
Meigs County’ presentation
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The DAR meeting for
June 13, 2020 was held as
a picnic at the Rocksprings
Road home of Opal Grueser, with 11 members and
several guests present.
The Speaker for the program entitled “Soldiers in
Meigs County” was Jordan
Pickens, Meigs County
Historian and History
teacher, He introduced a
new book written by him
and titled, “Historic Tales
Of Meigs County Ohio”.
He noted the Revolutionary War tolled hundreds of deaths of soldiers
buried throughout Meigs
County. He was wearing
a uniform that was the
type of clothing men wore
during the Revolutionary War era. His program
held much interest to our
members.
Refreshments were of
the potluck variety and
served after the program.
The meeting was
opened by Regent Gina
Tillis who opened it with
members singing the
Star Spangled Banner
and reciting the Pledge
to the American Flag
and DAR rituals. The
Installation of next years
ofﬁcers was conducted by
Mary Rose,The following
ofﬁcers were: Gina Tillis,
Regent; Lynne Brinker
Vice Regent; Opal Grueser,
Registrar; Donna Jenkins,
Treasurer; Linda Russell, Recording Secretary,

BUTLER TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) —
A robbery suspect was shot and killed
by police after he hit an ofﬁcer with a
stolen truck at a hotel, authorities said.
Butler Township police went to
the hotel around 4:45 p.m. Sunday to

The following is a list of current or former county residents who had unclaimed funds worth $50 or more
reported to the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Unclaimed Funds within the past year. Check your
name and your friends and families’ names in the list. Names are listed under the hometown of the last known
address reported to the division.
Safe deposit box items received within the past year are listed ﬁrst.
If you see a possible match, you can start the process to claim your money:
Visit the division’s website at com.ohio.gov/unfd. Follow the directions to print your claim form. Complete the
form and mail it with a copy of the required proof of address to the address listed below.
The Ohio Department of Commerce
Division of Unclaimed Funds
77 South High Street, 20th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215-6108
877-644-6823 (OHIO-UCF)
TTY/TDD: 800-750-0750

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HEMLOCK GROVE
Clark David, 35593 Ball Run
LANGSVILLE
Bright Jarret, 34903 Salem
School Lot
Bright Lola I, 30997 SR 325
Cox Michael, 28284 Strongs Run
Knapp Doyle W, PO Box 61
Meadows Angela K,
31485 SR 124
Rife Henry, 35675 R Halliday Rd
Wooten David L, 30040 Old Dexter
Church Rd
Wooten Marshall W,
28110 SR 124
LONG BOTTOM
Carson Ethel, 50860 Mount
Olive Rd
Gardner Alex K, 35995 Oak Hill
Hayman Mishia S, 36614 Post
Ofﬁce Rd
Lawrence Julie A, 33045 Smith
Ridge
Marcum Connie J,
47239 Reibel Rd
Reece Darin O, 34250 Sugar Run
Reece Darin O, 49510 Eagle Ridge
Wilson Mary, 33704 Bashan Rd
Young Samuel A, 51922 Bigley
Ridge
MIDDLEPORT
Barker Bonnie N,
35634 Keller Rd

Tahnee Andrews, Historian; Nancy Grueser, ,
Corresponding Secretary;
and Librarian, Patricia
Cook. All received a long
stemmed yellow rose during the installation.
Our DAR plans to help
with the Genealogy Fair at
Chester Shade Historical
Association on Sept. 19,
at the Chester Courthouse
with our September meeting held there, along with
the SAR.
In October, we plan to
visit the George Washing-

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fatally shot by police

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Blevins Evelyn, 377 Lincoln St
Brown Karla, 36976 SR 124
Brys Robert C, 2 Peach Circle
Case Jacqueline K,
1368 Powell St
Christian M L, 257 Coal St
Christian Millie, 257 Coal St
Crane Christie, 210 S 4th Ave
Fisher Funeral Home,
264 S 2nd Ave
Gaul Paula, 31820 Noble
Summit Rd
Gentile Rachel,
39311 Bradbury Rd
Gheen James A, 543 N 2nd Ave
Gosney Nettie R, 183 Ash St
Hannah Meleah, 271 N 4th Ave
Hershberger Glenn,
35634 Keller Rd
Justis Catherine M,
158 S 3rd Ave
Lambert Kathryn V,
575 Broadway St
Lewis Anna, PO Box 151
Milhoan Mikel, 999 Brownell Ave
Neece Ed, 30919 Neece Rd
Owens Aaron D,
36670 Leading Creek
Powell Terry, 636 Brick St
Richmond Callie, 706 Mill St
Richmond Richard, 706 Mill St
Rupe Perry O, 227 Rutherford Rd
Schartiger Carol L Est,
900 Paulins Hill
Schartiger Elbert J,
906 Paulins Hill
Schartiger Minter J, Rr 1 Box 183
Schmoll James Dr, 443 General
Hartinge Pkwy
Slack Victoria, 449 N 3rd Ave
Smith James, 1100 Powell St

Courtesy photo

Local historian Jordan Pickens is pictured with DAR Regent Gina
Tillis.

ton Marker and we will be
doing our yearly cleaning
of this historical site.
The group is planning to
visit the grave site of our
deceased member, June
Ashley, on July 20, to place
a marker on her grave.
There were no meetings
held in March, April, or
May due to the COVID-19
Pandemic, and the next
meeting will be held in
September.
Information provided by Linda
Russell.

OHIO BRIEFS

X County
Meigs
County

CHESTER
Reeves Robert L, Box 31
Smith Crystal, PO Box 11

Daily Sentinel

Smith Rick, 626 High St
Storms Kenneth, 6 1/2 Cole Rd
Superior Auto Body,
105 Hudson St
Test Michael B, PO Box 433
Vanmatre Harvey, 31814 Jividen
Hollow
Walker Jessica,
840 S Second Ave
Wamsley Samuel V, 35737 Titus Rd
Whan Donald, 646 Art Lewis St
Whittington Charles, 654 Martin
Ave
Williams Matthew J,
36351 Paulins Hill
Wilson Randy Allen, 3 Peach Circle
Withrow Tiffany R, 225 Pearl St
POMEROY
Aanestad Erik,
35400 Rocksprings Rd
Alkire Mildred, 36943 SR 143
Ayers Phyllis B, 41474 Bentz
Cemetery Rd
Bailey Harry, 1126 E Main St
Boring Jamie, 40425 Gold Ridge Dr
Brewer Genevieve, 101 Fisher St
Brooks Julie, 36372 Wolf Pen Rd
Brown H Dds, 200 1/2 W Main St
Brown Harold D, 210 W Main St
Burton Dessie, 38400 SR 684
Bush James, 42916 SR 124
Casteel Della I, 40425 Gold
Ridge Dr
Chapman Paul Naaman, 119
Butternut Ave
Clark Beth, 260 West Main St
Clay Warren, 32896 Bailey Run
Cox Brian, 5 Fisher St Properly
Cox Howard, 42326 SR 681

Crawford Glenn, 257 N Jackson St
Davis Jenetta, 42994 SR 124
Dead Shooter Trainer, 100 Wolfe Dr
Dean Betty L, 38940 Sumner Rd
Dingess James, PO Box 268
Dixson Nina, 580 W Main St
Dts Holdings Llc, 186 Mulberry Ave
Eason Hubert A, 43451 Morgan Rd
Ervin Josh, 39350 Union Ave
Facemyer William, 37712 Rock
Springs
Fish James, 32479 Bailey Run
Fisher Jr John Jr, PO Box 16
H D Brown Dds Inc, 200 1/2 W
Main St
Halar McHael, 42089 Cook Rd
Halar Wendy J, 42089 Cook Rd
Hall Joshua, 507 Mill St
Hamill Wendy, 10 Fisher St
Harmon John, 100 Lasley St
Humphreys Heather M, 36760
Rocksprings Rd
Jones David A, 269 Lincoln Hill
Karr Horace, 34671 TR 382
King Charles F, 37840 SR 124
King Charles R, 37840 SR 124
Krawsczyn Jennifer,
38479 Spencer Rd
Laudermilt Ashley R, 39515
Keebaugh Follrod
Mark Porter Chevrolet Cadillac, 308
E Main St
McCale Stephanie J,
32485 Wagner Ln
McClellan Avis, 100 E Memorial Dr
Meadows Kathryn A, 39815 Gold
Ridge
Meigs County Recorder, 100 E
2nd St
Miller Myron R,
434431 Dutchtown Rd
Newell Betty, 46220 Erwin Dr
Ohio Valley Animal Cli,
39350 Union Ave
Ohlinger Jennie, 131 Peacock Ave
Pickens Heather, 38570 SR 124
Porter Nancy, 39520 Union Ave
Powell John, 104 Spring Ave
Ratliff Juanita E, 234 Union Ave
Ray Ellin, PO Box 281
Reed Elizabeth Est,
141 Mulberry Ave
Rifﬂe Kristina G, 39373 SR 143
Rifﬂe Matthew E, 39373 SR 143
Rosler Jaon, 38676 Staneart Rd
Roush Whitney, 32652 Bailey Run
Sadie Carr, 35382 SR 143
Sharp Lee, 37712 Rock Springs Rd
Simmons Musser Warner,
PO Box 311
Smith Jennifer, 101 High St
Smith Kasi, 245 Union Ave
Stethem Melaine M,
38940 Sumner Rd
Story Rosalie,
39436 Rocksprings Rd
Taylor Warren B, 37444 Holley Rd

investigate the robbery report and soon
encountered the suspect, who ran off
and then attacked a person before stealing their pickup truck, authorities said.
As ofﬁcers tried to take the man
into custody, he hit an ofﬁcer with
the truck, knocking them down and
injuring them, authorities said. An
ofﬁcer then shot the man, who crashed
the truck into a sign near the hotel
entrance.

Tomek Chantal, 32810 Collins Rd
Vaughan James M,
32945 McGrath Rd
Wilson Dawn, 40011 Carpenter Hill
Wood Charlene Chambers, 32551
Hysell Run
Wyatt Jerod L, 32345 Bailey Run
PORTLAND
Brinagar Caneron,
53640 Portland Rd
Powell Roger, 52350 Portland Rd
Smith Karla, 59422 Sharon Rd
RACINE
Adams Nicholas, PO Box 185
Akers Connie S, 33629 Pine Grove
Bearhs Betty J, 47429 SR 338
Bentz Keith, 31940 Lee Rd
Brown Mike, 31435 -A Falfer
Card Aaron B, 43735 SR 124
Davidson David W,
49081 Tornado Rd
Deem Carrie, 47510 Carmel Rd
Dudley Tracie,
48052 Yellowbush Rd
Engevold Tamara, 495 St Route
124
First United Methodist Church,
PO Box 457
Flint Trevor, 45848 SR 124
Geistwhite Debra G, c/o Judith
Clark
Goode Todd N, 25139 Cr 28
Hemsley Ralston, 43472 SR 124
Hysell Jennifer S, 32097 TR 704
Johnson Ronnie, 407 Walker Alley
Johnson Teresa, 29985 Bashan Rd
Large Jennifer, 204 Front St
Lawson Bethany, 47180 Eagle
Ridge
Marsh Betty, 309 Dudding Lane
Martin Megan, 32140 Court St Rd
Martin Thomas, 32140 Court St Rd
McCloud Dalton W,
49510 Tornado Rd
Morris Robert,
49435 Lighthouse Rd
Phillips Grant C, PO Box 124
Randolph Brenda, 30965 Pine
Grove
Rees Terrie A, 45635 Eagle Ridge
Richards Dennis, 47920 Twp 631
Rizer Trish D, PO Box 353
Roush Christopher, 23979 Hill
Roush Deana, 23890 Hill
Sands Douglas C, 29165 Oak
Grove
Shain Laren M, PO Box 283 Main
St
Tuttle Eric D, 47735 Eagle Ridge
Vaughan Tom, 3151 Neal Rd
REEDSVILLE
Barber William R Jr, 54747 SR 681
Chevalier Ricky L, 54623 TR 318

Collins John D, 51253 Rice Run
Collins Kyle J, 50322 Pine Tree Dr
Collins Natalie B, 50322 Pine
Tree Dr
Gillilan Aaron, 39137 Success Rd
Grueser Mandie, 39595 State Rt 7
Hayman Joshua, 39490 Success
Rd
Keebaugh Marjorie, 68545 SR 124
Keebaugh Marvin, 68545 SR 124
Knotts Daniel, 39331 Bridle Rd
McGuire Mary L, 55361 Barr
Hollow
Murphy Shawna, 54254 SR 681
Oconner Elizabeth, 38961 Little
Forest
Osborne Teddy, 66361 Sr124
Simmons Tyler, 51567 SR 681
Smith Harold, PO Box 25
Smith Jason, 40725 Limberger
Ridge
Smith Kathy J, 41976 Hickory Rd
Spears Seth, 54455 SR 681
Winebrenner Derik, 41765 SR 7
RUTLAND
Anderson Joan B, 33934 Beech
Grove
Anderson William G, 34000 SR 143
Bentz Shawn, 37993 Carpenter Hill
Bissell Lorena F, 34019 Beech
Grove
Coppick Lindsay, 36105 Loop Rd
English Sarah, 134 Long St
Forbes Mark, PO Box 83
Hutton Jessi N, PO Box 119
Kruzel Richard, 34484 SR 143
Moore John, 34135 Side Hill
Seelig Marty, 34940 SR 124
Sizemore Robbin, 39480 Mt Union
Vance Tiffany, 76 Locust St
Walker Danny, 31861 Lasher Rd
Williamson Charles, 3679 Dye Rd
Yost John, 35446 Loop Rd
Yost Leveda J, 35446 Loop Rd
SYRACUSE
Arnott Shawn, 1222 College St
Bullington Adam, 1208 College St
Bullington Cara, 1208 College St
Bush Roger A, PO Box 848
Coe Shawn, 2191 3rd St
Collins Bradley, 2064 W College Rd
Cundiff Todd S, 1422 College Rd
Hayman Jacob T, 1387 College Rd
Hayman Jerry L, PO Box 253
Hendrix Franklin, 2382 3rd St
TUPPERS PLAINS
Chapman Maxine, PO Box 21
Collins Sasha, 42245 E Main St
Shuler Richard, 41519 SR 7
Smith James, PO Box 164
Tuppers Plains Athletic Assoc,
PO Box 266

OH-70194302

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