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Meigs to resume school Sept. 8
Staff Report
Sarah Hawley | OVP
An empty parking lot at Meigs High School.
Full return to classroom unlikely to start school year
By Sarah Hawley
shawley@aimmediamidwest.com
ROCKSPRINGS —
Students in Meigs Local
School District will
“return to school” on
Sept. 8, although details
on exactly what that will
look like are still being
considered.
The Meigs Local
Board of Education
met with Meigs County
Health Commissioner
Marc Barr during Tuesday evening’s regular
meeting, discussing the
return to school amid the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Supt. Scot Gheen
explained that a survey
would be going out on
Wednesday night via the
district’s all-call system
and would be available
on the district website also beginning on
Wednesday night asking
parents to answer a few
questions related to the
return to school.
The survey will include
two options for return to
school — a blended inschool and virtual option
and a full virtual option.
“There is no scenario
I can see where we go
five days a week given
the current guidance and
limitations,” said Gheen.
“We can’t do it in a safe
enough way as of now.”
While a full return to
school is not feasible
for the beginning of the
school year as things
stand currently, Gheen
said things can change
quickly.
“If things change we
are always going to be
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Meigs Health board discusses fair proposal
Gallia, Meigs
counties report new
COVID-19 cases
By Sarah Hawley
and Kayla Hawthorne
shawley@aimmediamidwest.com
khawthorne@aimmediamidwest.com
OHIO VALLEY — New COVID-19 cases were
reported in Meigs and Gallia counties on Wednesday, as cases continue to rise across the area.
Syracuse Mayor Eric Cunningham released a
statement on Wednesday morning acknowledging
his own positive test result after first experiencing
symptoms over the weekend.
Cunningham stated in a Facebook post:
Because I serve as an elected official, I feel that
the public has a right to know that I started to
have symptoms consistent with COVID-19 on Sunday and that I received a positive test result for
COVID-19 today (Wednesday). I am self-isolating
at this time and will continue to do so until the
danger of communicability has passed.
I have followed the recommendations of health
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By Kayla Hawthorne
khawthorne@aimmediamidwest.com
POMEROY — The
Meigs County Board
of Health discussed
the Meigs County Fair
Board’s proposal during
its meeting on Tuesday
evening.
During the meeting,
members of the board
of health discussed the
proposal and asked
questions to members
of the fair board —
including President Wes
Karr, Tara Roberts and
Vice President Steve
Swatzel, who also works
at the health department.
Members of the board
of health discussed the
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File photo
Many local businesses and individuals traditionally gather in the Ridenour Family Livestock Arena for
the Meigs County Junior Fair Livestock Sale. Modifications will be made this year in order to ensure
social distancing requirements are met.
Hot Summer Nights series cancels July shows
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GALLIPOLIS — Performances set for the
French Art Colony’s
(FAC) Hot Summer
Nights concert series are
being canceled for the
remainder of July, due
to current COVID-19
concerns, with the hope
the music can return in
August.
On Wednesday, the
FAC announced, via
its Facebook page, “In
order to support efforts
to contain the spread of
COVID-19 and to protect
performers, visitors, staff
and volunteers, we have
decided to cancel all of
Beth Sergent | OVP
The French Art Colony’s (FAC) Hot Summer Nights concert series
began with back-to-back shows earlier this month. The wellattended performances included an audience both under the
pavilion and on the lawn, practicing social distancing.
the remaining July Hot
Summer Nights con-
certs. We hope to start
our Hot Summer Nights
series again on August
6th with musical guest,
Next Level. We also hope
to have Brent Patterson
Music and Matthew
Metheney perform at
later dates. We thank you
all for your support and
understanding during
these trying times and
sincerely can’t wait to see
you all again when things
are hopefully a bit more
“normal!”
In addition to Next
Level on Aug. 6, the
remainder of the series
schedule for August is
currently as follows: Aug.
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GALLIPOLIS — Mary Eileen Nunn, 45, Gallipolis,
Ohio, died Wednesday July 15, 2020 surrounded by
her family.
In accordance with her wishes, there will be no
visitation or funeral services. Cremation services are
under the direction of the McCoy-Moore Funeral
Home, Wetherholt Chapel, Gallipolis. Graveside
services will be conducted at the convenience of the
family.
Meeting changes
GALLIPOLIS — Ohio AFSCME Retirees, Subchapter 102, Gallia and Jackson Counties, has
cancelled its Friday, July 17 meeting, due to virus
concerns.
GRIFFITH
The Associated Press
Today is Thursday, July 16, the
198th day of 2020. There are 168
days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History
On July 16, 1945, the United
States exploded its first experimental atomic bomb in the desert
of Alamogordo (ahl-ah-mohGOHR’-doh), New Mexico; the
same day, the heavy cruiser USS
Indianapolis left Mare (mar-AY’)
Island Naval Shipyard in California on a secret mission to deliver
atomic bomb components to Tinian Island in the Marianas.
ADAMS
BIDWELL — Carole Ann Adams, 78, Bidwell,
Ohio, died Tuesday, July 14, 2020 in the Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, Ohio.
In accordance with Ann’s wishes, there will be no
visitation or funeral services. Cremation services are
under the direction of the McCoy-Moore Funeral
Home, Wetherholt Chapel, Gallipolis.
DUNCAN
On this date
In 1557, Anne of Cleves, who
was briefly the fourth wife of England’s King Henry VIII, died in
London at age 41.
In 1790, a site along the
Potomac River was designated
the permanent seat of the United
States government; the area
became Washington, D.C.
In 1862, Flag Officer David G.
Farragut became the first rear
admiral in the United States Navy.
In 1964, as he accepted the
Republican presidential nomination in San Francisco, Barry M.
Goldwater declared that “extremism in the defense of liberty is no
vice” and that “moderation in the
pursuit of justice is no virtue.”
In 1969, Apollo 11 blasted off
from Cape Kennedy on the first
manned mission to the surface of
the moon.
In 1973, during the Senate
Watergate hearings, former
White House aide Alexander P.
Butterfield publicly revealed the
existence of President Richard
Nixon’s secret taping system.
In 1980, former California Gov.
Ronald Reagan won the Republican presidential nomination at the
party’s convention in Detroit.
In 1994, the first of 21 pieces
of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
smashed into Jupiter, to the joy of
SEFFNER, Fla. — Reverend Roger L. Duncan, 73,
of Seffner, Fla., born in Apple Grove, W.Va., died July
9, 2020.
The family will receive friends on Thursday, July
16 from 6-8 p.m. at First Free Will Baptist Church of
Tampa, U.S. Hwy 92 East, Seffner, where the funeral
service will be held Friday, July 17 at 11 a.m. Committal to follow at Hopewell Memorial Gardens, Plant
City. Masks are highly recommended.
GALLIA, MEIGS
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Card Shower
Robert “Bill” White will be celebrating his 90th
Birthday on July 26, 2020. Cards may be sent to
44107 Carr Road, Coolville, Ohio 45723.
Thursday, July 16
Friday, July 17
Saturday, July 18
MIDDLEPORT — Middleport Fire Department
will be hosting a chicken BBQ with serving starting 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
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man as Kuwaiti-born Muhammad
Youssef Abdulazeez of Tennessee.
A jury in Centennial, Colorado,
convicted James Holmes of 165
counts of murder, attempted murder and other charges in the 2012
Aurora movie theater rampage
that left 12 people dead.
One year ago: Retired Supreme
Court Justice John Paul Stevens,
who had unexpectedly emerged
as the court’s leading liberal, died
in Fort Lauderdale, Florida at the
age of 99 after suffering a stroke.
The House voted to condemn
what it called “racist comments”
by President Donald Trump
aimed at four congresswomen of
color, despite Trump’s insistence
that he didn’t have “a racist bone
in my body.” After years of silence
on the case, federal prosecutors
said they would not be bringing charges against a white New
York City police officer in the
2014 chokehold death of a Black
man, Eric Garner. A federal judge
ordered singer R. Kelly to be held
without bond, after a prosecutor
warned that the singer accused
of having sex with minors would
pose an extreme danger to young
girls if he were to be set free.
HBO’s “Game of Thrones” picked
up a record-setting 32 Emmy
nominations for its eighth and
final season. South African musician Johnny Clegg, who had performed in defiance of apartheid,
died at the age of 66.
Today’s Birthdays: Former U.S.
Attorney General Dick Thornburgh is 88. Soul singer William
Bell is 81. International Tennis
Hall of Famer Margaret Court is
78. College Football Hall of Famer
and football coach Jimmy Johnson
is 77. Violinist Pinchas Zukerman is 72. Actor-singer Ruben
Blades is 72. Rock composermusician Stewart Copeland is 68.
Playwright Tony Kushner is 64.
Actress Faye Grant is 63. Dancer
Michael Flatley is 62. Actress
Phoebe Cates is 57. Actor Paul
Hipp is 57.
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astronomers awaiting the celestial
fireworks.
In 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr.,
his wife, Carolyn, and her sister,
Lauren Bessette (bih-SEHT’),
died when their single-engine
plane, piloted by Kennedy,
plunged into the Atlantic Ocean
near Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
In 2002, the Irish Republican
Army issued an unprecedented
apology for the deaths of “noncombatants” over 30 years of violence in Northern Ireland.
In 2004, Martha Stewart was
sentenced to five months in
prison and five months of home
confinement by a federal judge in
New York for lying about a stock
sale.
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Anthony, whose 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, had been missing a
month, was arrested on charges
of child neglect, making false official statements and obstructing
a criminal investigation. (Casey
Anthony was later acquitted at
trial of murdering Caylee, whose
skeletal remains were found in
December 2008; she was convicted of lying to police.)
Ten years ago: Retired intelligence analyst Kendall Myers,
the 73-year-old great grandson of
Alexander Graham Bell, was sentenced to life in prison without
parole for quietly spying for Cuba
for nearly a third of a century
from inside the State Department;
his wife, Gwendolyn, was sentenced to 5 1/2 years. American
sprinters who’d been stripped of
their 2000 Olympics relay medals
because teammate Marion Jones
was doping won an appeal to have
them restored.
Five years ago: A gunman
unleashed a barrage of fire at a
recruiting center and another U.S.
military site a few miles apart in
Chattanooga, Tennessee, killing
four Marines and a sailor before
he was shot to death by police;
authorities identified the gun-
THURSDAY EVENING
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GALLIPOLIS — The O.O. McIntyre Park District
Board meeting, 11 a.m., park district office, Gallia
County Courthouse, 18 Locust Street.
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,
lemon, Oreo cookie, pineapple, strawberry and
vanilla. For more info call 740-669-4245.
TODAY IN HISTORY
BIDWELL — Robert Allen Griffith, 62, Bidwell,
Ohio, died Wednesday, July 14, 2020 in Ohio State
University Wexner Center, Columbus, Ohio.
Graveside services will be conducted 3 p.m., Thursday, July 16, 2020 in the Fairview Cemetery, Bidwell.
Arrangements are under the direction of the McCoyMoore Funeral Home, Vinton Chapel.
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.
Salem Twp. VFD fundraiser
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Cost of ensuring school safety complicates reopening plans
By Geoff Mulvihill
equivalent to about 3.5% of districts’ normal budgets.
“If you don’t have this money,
As school districts across the how are you going to afford
PPE? How are you going to
country decide how and when
they can bring students back to have cleaning every day?”
campus safely, a major sticking asked Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federapoint is emerging: the money
tion of Teachers, a major union.
to make it happen.
“That’s why you’re going to see
Keeping public schools for
more and more districts, even
50 million students and more
when they don’t have surges,
than 7 million staff safe from
staying with remote learning.”
the coronavirus could require
School officials in Los Angemore teachers and substitutes,
les and San Diego, the two
nurses and custodians. School
districts will need to find more largest districts in California,
said this week their year will
buses to allow for more space
between children and buy more begin with online classes only.
Many others, including New
computers for distance learning. They’ll need to buy sanitiz- York City, are planning to have
er, masks and other protective each student attend class in
person only some days while
equipment. Some are putting
doing work online the rest of
up plastic dividers in offices
the time.
and classrooms.
The school district in ColumWhile public health conbus, Ohio, expects to bring
cerns are getting most of the
back younger students in shifts
attention, especially with the
while having high schoolers
nation’s infections and hospitake all their classes online. But
talizations rising, costs have
become a major consideration. district spokesman Scott WortMany districts are hoping Con- man said those plans are not
certain, and the ability to pay
gress will step in.
for measures needed to safely
The Council of Chief State
reopen will play a role in the
School Officers says safely
reopening public schools could final decision.
The district estimates its
cost between $158 billion and
reopening costs at $100 million
$245 billion, while the American Federation of Teachers put — nearly four times the previously approved federal funding
the figure at $116.5 billion.
that it expects to get.
The Association of School
Virginia Department of
Business Officials International
Education spokesman Charles
estimates that reopening will
B. Pyle said school districts
require additional spending
Associated Press
there will need more than the
$282 million the state received
in the previous congressional
relief bill to safely reopen “and
respond to the spikes that will
inevitably occur during the
year.”
In Georgia’s Bibb County
School District, based in
Macon, chief of staff Keith Simmons said cleaning materials,
temperature-taking kiosks,
masks and other materials
could cost $750,000 to $1 million. But that does not include
everything the district probably
needs to do, he said.
“We’ve calculated the cost
based on what we think we can
afford, not based on what we
need,” he said.
The district has pushed back
its opening day from Aug. 10 to
Sept. 10 to make adjustments
in a state where cases have
been rising. Up to 45% of students are choosing to start the
school year by taking classes
only remotely, according to
Simmons. That should leave
enough room for the remaining students to return to classrooms, he said.
Coronavirus aid will be the
highest-profile item on the
agenda when Congress returns
next week, including how
much money to make available
for school districts.
Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, has scoffed
at the $3 trillion overall aid
package Democrats are calling
for, but he has said funding
education will be a priority.
President Donald Trump
has said in recent weeks that
schools that don’t reopen for
full, in-person classes could
see federal money reduced.
Congress has already
approved more than $3 trillion
in aid to address the coronavirus outbreak and economic
fallout. That includes $150
billion for states, territories,
large local governments and
Native American tribes, plus
more than $13 billion directed
specifically to education.
On conference calls with
governors and in a briefing
this month, Vice President
Mike Pence has been critical
of states because only a small
portion of the $13 billion —
1.5% as of last week — had
been paid out. Chip Slaven,
the chief advocacy officer for
the National School Boards
Association, said slow spending of that money should not
keep Congress from providing
more money to make schools
safe for reopening. Districts are
still trying to figure out how
they can spend the money in
accordance with guidelines set
by U.S. Department of Education, he said.
Slaven said the federal government should send at least
$200 billion to state education departments and school
districts. That’s in line with
what the Council of Chief State
School Officers has called for.
“The whole point of the federal government is — when
there’s a national emergency
like this — is to step up to
the plate with a plan, with
resources and with help,” he
said.
For schools in many states,
high reopening costs are only
one side of the coin. State
tax collections plunged when
much of the economy was
shut in the spring. That had a
trickle-down effect on school
funding, typically the largest
part of a state budget.
The Sioux Falls School
District, the largest in South
Dakota, estimates it will need
$7.8 million for protective
equipment, cleaning supplies,
putting high-powered filters
on ventilation systems and
other items to make it safer to
reopen school buildings
The district plans on using
$4.1 million from earlier federal funding but is applying
for other grants to make up
the rest.
At the same time, the district has slashed $1.3 million
from its regular budget to
prepare for possible funding
cuts from the state. District
business manager Todd Vik
said administrators canceled
plans for building expansions and hiring 15 teachers
and reduced planned salary
increases.
GALLIA, MEIGS BRIEF
Road construction, closures
closed from Pokepatch Road to Keels Road, beginning
at 9 a.m., Friday, July 10, for gas line replacement,
weather permitting. Local traffic will need to use
GALLIA COUNTY — Gallia County Engineer,
other County roads as a detour.
Brett A. Boothe announces Little Bullskin Road will
SALISBURY TWP. — Bailey Run Road will be
be closed between Lewis Road and Hannan Trace
Road, beginning Thursday, July 9 - July 17, for culvert closed to through traffic approximately .6 of a mile
from State Route 124 going toward State Route 143
replacement, weather permitting.Local traffic will
due to a slip repair.
need to use other County roads as a detour.
GALLIPOLIS — Kriner Road (CR-26) will be
MEIGS COUNTY — Meigs County Road 19, Peach
closed .5 mile from Neighborhood Road beginning 7
Fork Road, will be closed beginning Monday, July 13
a.m., Monday, May 18 for approximately 75 days for
and will remain closed through Thursday, July 23.
County forces will be repairing a slip between T-20A, slip repair, weather permitting. Local traffic will need
to use other state and county roads as a detour.
Ball Run Road, and T-27A, Long Hollow Road.
OLIVE TWP. — Mt. Olive Road in Olive Township
GALLIA COUNTY — Gallia County Engineer,
is currently closed due to slip repair by Olive TownBrett A. Boothe announces C.H.&D. Road will be
ship 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
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Tiger Woods’ return doesn’t mean a return to normal
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — The
PGA Tour has been back for
five weeks and already has
delivered a tournament scoring
record one week, a former No.
1 winning another week, two
sudden-death playoffs and a
player who grew by two shirt
sizes to try to change the game.
And it still felt as though
something was missing.
Or someone.
That changed a few minutes
past 7 a.m. Tuesday when
Tiger Woods pulled his courtesy car into the parking lot at
Muirfield Village, changed his
shoes and began preparations
for his first PGA Tour event in
five months.
He was wearing a mask.
The return of Woods is not
the return to normal, except for
those watching on television.
Woods had an idea of what
to expect from seeing empty
golf courses at Colonial and
Harbour Town and even last
week at Muirfield Village. He
has heard from friends on tour
how eerie it is with no fans, no
cheering.
“It’s a very different world
out here not to have the distractions, the noise, the excitement, the energy that the fans
bring,” Woods said. “It’s just a
silent and different world.”
And it’s going to stay that
way.
The PGA Tour returned
June 11, and the Memorial was
supposed to be the first tournament with fans, at 20% capacity, until coronavirus cases
began to spike and the prudent
action was to play it safe. The
“Nicklaus Club” hospitality tent
is still to the right of the 16th
tee. A small grandstand over-
looks the 18th green. There
wasn’t time to dismantle them.
Four more tournaments
announced Monday they won’t
have spectators, all the way
through the Tour Championship to end the FedEx Cup
season.
They’re still playing, though.
And now, so is Woods.
“I think he was starting
to get a little sassy,” Justin
Thomas said over the weekend.
“I was telling him he’s scared to
come out and play against all
of us when he’s sitting at home,
just trying to give him a hard
time. But yeah, we’re excited to
have him out.”
Woods and Thomas played
the back nine Tuesday morning
with just over a dozen people
watching, mainly media. That’s
not entirely new for Woods.
The final round of his victory
in Japan had no spectators
because of flooding. The third
round of the AT&T National in
2012 had no fans because of a
freak wind storm that toppled
75-foot trees at Congressional.
They were back the next day.
They won’t be at Muirfield Village all week.
They will be missing as
Woods, a five-time winner of
the tournament Jack Nicklaus
built, goes after his 83rd career
victory to break the PGA Tour
record he shares with Sam
Snead.
Woods was last seen at a
PGA Tour event on Feb. 16 at
Riviera, where he shot 77 and
finished in last place. His back
felt stiff in the cold weather. He
skipped the next four weeks
to be in shape for the Masters,
and then the pandemic happened.
Woods has barely been seen
at all this year.
That much was clear when
Woods was asked about his
chances of winning after a fivemonth layoff. His intentions are
to win, just like always. Can he
do it this week? He went just
over two months without playing last fall and won in his first
tournament back at the Zozo
Championship.
“Whether that plays out
come Sunday, hopefully that
will be the case,” he said. “It
was that one particular week —
well, three tournaments ago at
Zozo. There’s no reason I can’t
do it again this week.”
Three tournaments ago for
Woods was nearly nine months
ago.
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Reds hope search
for leadoff hitter
ends with Akiyama
PHOENIX (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds hope
their long-running search for a consistent leadoff
hitter comes to an end with Shogo Akiyama.
The first Japanese-born player in franchise history signed a three-year, $21 million deal during
the offseason and is part of the team’s extensive
overhaul. Mike Moustakas, Nick Castellanos,
Wade Miley and Pedro Strop were also added to
end a streak of six straight losing seasons.
But it’s the 32-year-old Akiyama who might
be the most intriguing. He was a consistent star
in Nippon Professional Baseball over the past
five seasons, hitting over .300 four times while
flashing consistent power and providing stellar
defense.
If he can do something similar in Cincinnati, the
Reds will be thrilled.
“There’s only 60 games and obviously the goal
is to make the playoffs,” Akiyama said through an
interpreter. “My personal goal is to play in every
game so I just want to compete in every single
game I play. That’s what I want to bring.”
Here’s a look at 10 players to watch for the
upcoming season. This week’s focus is on the NL
and AL Central Divisions.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX: RHP Lucas Giolito.
The former first-round pick developed into an AllStar last season, finishing with a 14-9 record, 3.41
ERA and 228 strikeouts in 176 innings. He’s still
young — turning 26 on Tuesday — and part of
the White Sox’s young nucleus that the franchise
hopes can lead a turnaround.
CLEVELAND INDIANS: SS Francisco Lindor.
The 26-year-old shortstop is an established star
and had another great year in 2019, batting .284
with 32 homers, 22 stolen bases and winning a
Gold Glove. The problem for the Indians is they
probably can’t afford to keep him when he hits the
free agency market following the 2021 season. A
blockbuster trade could happen sooner rather than
later.
DETROIT TIGERS: RHP Michael Fulmer. The
27-year-old righty is trying to come back from
Tommy John surgery, which cost him the entire
2019 season. He was one of the game’s intriguing young pitchers just a few years ago, winning
Rookie of the Year in 2016 and making the AllStar team in 2017.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS: C Salvador Pérez.
One of the game’s best catchers was sidelined
all of last season while recovering from Tommy
John surgery. The 30-year-old is also dealing with
COVID-19, though he’s said he’s asymptomatic.
He’s a six-time All-Star and five-time Gold Glove
winner.
MINNESOTA TWINS: OF Byron Buxton. The
26-year-old has been considered a future star for
the better part of a decade, but hasn’t quite been
able to deliver on his potential. He’s had a few
good moments — especially in 2017 when he won
a Gold Glove — but the Twins hope he can avoid
injuries and provide consistent production.
CHICAGO CUBS: OF/DH Kyle Schwarber. The
National League has decided to use the DH during this abbreviated season and one of the obvious
candidates for the Cubs would be Schwarber. The
27-year-old has never been a great fielder, but
there’s no doubt he can provide punch with his
bat. He hit a career-high 38 homers last season.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS: C Omar Narváez.
He’s the clear-cut starting catcher after the Brewers lost All-Star Yasmani Grandal to the White
Sox in free agency. The 28-year-old had a breakout
season with the Mariners last season, batting .278
with 22 homers. His bat isn’t a question but his
defensive work behind the plate will be closely
watched.
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OHSAA provides update on fall sports
Golf, volleyball
approved for
competitions
By Sarah Hawley
shawley@aimmediamidwest.com
COLUMBUS — In a
statement on Tuesday,
the Ohio High School
Athletic Association
(OHSAA) noted that
three of its fall sports
may begin competitions
as scheduled, while others are still waiting for
approval.
“As previously communicated to schools, the
OHSAA is moving forward with our normal fall
sports seasons and, as
always, each school will
determine which sports
they sponsor. Three
of the OHSAA’s fall
sports have already been
declared by the Governor
as low-contact, including
boys and girls golf, girls
tennis and volleyball,
meaning those sports
can have competitions
between schools,” read
the statement released
on the OHSAA Twitter
account.
Regarding the remaining fall sports, the statement continued, “The
OHSAA’s other fall
sports, including cross
country, field hockey, soccer and football, have not
yet been approved by the
Governor to have competitions between schools.
Those four sports can
practice, but the Governor must approve competition between schools.
The OHSAA is working
with the Governor’s
Office toward safety protocols and permissions
for those sports this fall.”
The OHSAA had
stated on Sunday that
it is proceeding as if fall
sports will take place as
planned with practices to
officially begin on Aug. 1
and state tournaments to
proceed as scheduled.
“As we all have seen
during this pandemic,
those plans can be modified or cancelled quickly,”
read the statement on
Sunday.
In recent weeks,
the state launched the
#IWantASeason campaign online to promote
the use of masks, social
River Valley’s Hannah Jacks (22) hits a spike attempt during a
distancing and increased 2019 match against Meigs at Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium in
Rocksprings, Ohio.
sanitation in order to
start of official practices. over the weekend and
slow the spread of corothis morning, we are
Those workouts have
navirus with the goal of
ordering all athletic and
included temperature
having fall sports this
extra-curricular practicchecks, social distancing
year.
es/programs suspended
and smaller groups.
The hopeful return
Several school districts until further notice.
to sports comes after
This includes all
in nearby Athens County
high school athletics
activities on our campus
halted workouts earlier
were paused during the
this week following a rise involving youth through
basketball and wrestling
varsity sports.
in cases in that county.
postseason competitions
The rapid increase in
Federal Hocking Local
in March. Following the
cases in Athens County
Schools, a member of
decision from the state
makes our community
not to return to the class- the TVC Hocking which
one of the fastest growing
includes local schools
room in the spring, the
areas for COVID infecSouthern, Eastern and
OHSAA was ultimately
tion per capita in the
South Gallia, posted
forced to cancel the
country.
the following message
spring sports seasons as
While we are not
regarding athletics and
well.
aware of any cases
other extra curricular
Summer workouts
directly related to our
activities:
have been taking place
athletic programs at this
After several commulocally as permitted
nications with the High
under state guidelines
See OHSAA | 8
School Administration
as they approach the
�SPORTS/WEATHER
8 Thursday, July 16, 2020
AP sources: About 10 MLB umpires opt out
Tiger
every competitive playing round that I’ve been
involved in, I’ve had
people around me, specFrom page 7
tators yelling, a lot of
movement inside the galto have Woods in the
field, but in this environ- lery with camera crews
and media,” Woods said.
ment, does it even matThat was his world.
ter? It’s not like ticket
Not long after Nick
sales would explode
because there are no tick- Faldo helped Woods into
the green jacket at the
ets to sell.
1997 Masters, part of
So it becomes a TV
show, and that’s not bad, him wondered if that was
the only major Woods
either.
could win. Faldo’s point
The real adjustment
was that while the course
for Woods is how he
suited him, Augusta
handles the silence. He
National was the only
has fed off the gallery
major that kept the
longer than he’s been a
horde of media at a dispro. He was asked if he
would have to go back to tance. As it turned out,
his Stanford days for the Faldo later realized, that
became an asset.
last time it was just him
“Everyone joining him
and other players on the
now on the weekend at
course.
a major goes into his
“Well, even in college
world. That’s Tiger’s
I had a few people folarena,” Faldo said in a
lowing,” he said with a
2007 interview. “Other
laugh.
guys will step into that
The chip-in from
arena one week and go
behind the 16th hole
when he won the Memo- back out. He’s there all
the time. And good luck
rial in 2012? The chip
coming into his world.”
he made for par off the
It’s a different world
14th green when he won
in 1999? Any birdie he’s now, a phrase Woods
used five times Tuesday.
ever made at Muirfield
It’s everyone’s world.
Village? They all were
But just seeing him at
followed by the loudest
Muirfield Village gave
cheers.
“For most of my career, the golf world a slight
sense of normalcy.
pretty much almost
By Ben Walker
About 10 Major League Baseball umpires have opted out this
season, choosing not to work
games in the shortened schedule
because of concerns over the
coronavirus.
Two people familiar with the
OVP SPORTS BRIEFS
Meigs Chamber of
Commerce golf outing
Reds
PITTSBURGH PIRATES: OF
Gregory Polanco. The Pirates
hope that the 28-year-old’s
surgically-repaired left shoulder
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86°
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26.23
24.18
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6:17 a.m.
8:52 p.m.
2:47 a.m.
5:22 p.m.
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Moonrise
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First
Jul 27
Full
Last
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for fish and game.
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Sun.
Mon.
Tue.
Wed.
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9:32a
10:20a
11:11a
12:06p
12:35a
1:35a
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2:36a
3:19a
4:06a
4:57a
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High
Lucasville
90/73
Moderate
High
Very High
Major
9:12p
9:58p
10:47p
11:39p
12:35p
1:04p
2:03p
Minor
3:00p
3:45p
4:33p
5:25p
6:20p
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WEATHER HISTORY
Lightning struck a man in Barry’s
Landing, Wyo., on July 16, 1978. The
lightning traveled from his shoulder
to his feet, blasting off his clothes
and burning holes in his socks. The
lucky victim survived.
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. Wed.
Location
Willow Island
Marietta
Parkersburg
Belleville
Racine
Point Pleasant
Gallipolis
Huntington
Ashland
Lloyd Greenup
Portsmouth
Maysville
Meldahl Dam
Flood
Stage
37
34
36
35
41
40
50
50
52
54
50
50
51
Level
12.67
15.83
21.51
12.85
12.97
25.03
13.01
25.41
34.46
12.86
15.90
34.10
14.20
24-hr.
Chg.
-0.10
-0.36
+0.13
+0.04
-0.09
none
-0.17
-0.24
-0.09
-0.18
-0.40
-0.20
-0.70
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89°
68°
Marietta
90/70
Belpre
91/71
Athens
89/70
92°
74°
Today
St. Marys
90/70
Parkersburg
89/70
Coolville
90/71
Elizabeth
92/71
Spencer
91/72
Buffalo
93/73
Milton
93/72
St. Albans
94/73
Huntington
93/72
NATIONAL FORECAST
110s
Seattle
100s
77/60
90s
80s
70s
60s
50s
40s
30s
San Francisco
73/57
20s
10s
0s
-0s
Los Angeles
80/62
-10s
T-storms
Rain
Showers
Snow
Flurries
Ice
Cold Front
Warm Front
Stationary Front
WEDNESDAY
Some sun, a t-storm
An afternoon
An afternoon
possible; humid
thunderstorm possible thunderstorm possible
Murray City
88/70
Ironton
92/72
Ashland
92/72
Grayson
92/72
Primary pollutant: Ozone
92°
69°
Wilkesville
91/70
POMEROY
Jackson
92/71
90/71
Ravenswood
Rio Grande
93/72
93/72
Centerville
POINT PLEASANT
Ripley
88/72
GALLIPOLIS
94/72
93/73
93/71
South Shore Greenup
92/72
91/72
65
0 50 100 150 200
Portsmouth
92/73
Partly sunny
TUESDAY
NATIONAL CITIES
McArthur
89/70
Very High
Primary: other
Mold: 2113
Logan
88/71
MONDAY
94°
73°
Some sun with a
thunderstorm in spots
Adelphi
88/72
Chillicothe
89/72
SUNDAY
89°
71°
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures
are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Waverly
89/72
Pollen: 5
Low
MOON PHASES
SATURDAY
Thunderstorms
possible in the
morning
5
Primary: basidiospores, unk.
Fri.
6:17 a.m.
8:52 p.m.
3:23 a.m.
6:23 p.m.
FRIDAY
A couple of showers and a thunderstorm today.
Patchy clouds tonight. High 94° / Low 72°
ALMANAC
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Low
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EXTENDED FORECAST
8 PM
came out of nowhere to become
a crucial piece for the Cardinals
during their playoff push last year.
He’s a versatile defender who can
play in the infield or outfield and
was good with the bat in 2019,
finishing with a .304 average, 11
homers and 15 stolen bases in a
little more than half of a season.
is ready to go. He was limited to
just 42 games last season because
of lingering soreness. Back in
2018, he was one of the team’s
best hitters, finishing with a .254
average, 32 doubles and 23 homers.
ST LOUIS CARDINALS: IF/OF
Tommy Edman. The 25-year-old
From page 7
88°
71°
76°
MASON, W.Va. — The Pleasant Valley Hospital
Foundation will be holding the Children and Family
Classic at 9 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, at Riverside Golf
Course in Mason County.
The 2020 Children and Family Classic golf scramble will benefit the Pleasant Valley Hospital Foundation’s Building for the Future campaign. The goal
is to fund new services by adding equipment to our
state-of-the-art diagnostic center that allows PVH to
provide advanced care within our local community.
To register or learn more about cost and sponsorship opportunities, please visit pvalley.org/childrenand-family-classic/
You may also register by contacting Georgianna
Tillis by email at gtillis@pvalley.org or by phone at
304-675-4340, ext. 1423.
JACKSON, Ohio — The Veterans Association
at the University of Rio Grande will host their 3rd
annual Jim Marshall Memorial Golf Tournament on
Saturday, Sept. 5, at Franklin Valley Golf Course in
Jackson County.
The event will begin at 9 a.m. with a shotgun
start and the format is a 4-man scramble. The cost
is $50 per player, plus mulligans are available for
$10 per individual. There is also a $20 skins fee per
team, with cash prizes available for skins.
Prizes will be awarded, plus breakfast and lunch
Sarah Hawley is the managing editor of The Daily Sentinel.
WEATHER
PVH Children &
Family Golf Classic
Rio hosting Jim Marshall
Memorial golf outing
time, we feel it is in the best interest of our community
to put in place greater restrictions for the time being
until we have a better understanding of the degree of
community spread.
This directive is in place effective immediately
through at least Monday, July 27, 2020.
Similar messages have been sent by other districts.
Additional guidelines from Governor Mike DeWine are expected soon as the beginning of falls sports
approaches.
© 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights
reserved.
2 PM
will be provided. Beer will be available for purchase
at the event as well.
Hole and tee box sponsorship is available at a cost
of $100 per hole or tee box.
All funds raised from the event helps Rio Grande
honor veterans at the 2020 Jim Marshall Veteran of
the Year Award Banquet — an annual event held
every year the last Saturday of October. This year’s
banquet is slated for Oct. 31.
For more information, to register or to set up a
sponsorship, contact Delyssa Edwards by email at
dedwards@rio.edu or by phone at 740-245-4427.
MASON, W.Va. — The Meigs County Chamber
of Commerce and Tourism will hold its annual golf
scramble at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, at Riverside
Golf Club.
The cost is $250 a team for chamber members
and $300 a team for non-members. Each team consists of four players.
Prizes will be awarded for first, second, third
and next-to-last finishers. There will also be a skins
game, cash pot, mulligan and 50/50 drawings available at the event.
For more information or to register, call 740-9925005 or email director@meigsohio.com
From page 7
8 AM
Zimmerman are among a dozen
or so players who won’t participate this year because of health
issues. The 60-game, virus-abbreviated season begins July 23.
There are 76 full-time MLB
umpires and more than 20 of
them are age 55 or over. Joe West
and Gerry Davis are the oldest
umps at 67.
situation told The Associated
Press about the decisions on
Tuesday. The people spoke on
condition of anonymity because
there was no official announcement.
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher
David Price, San Francisco Giants
catcher Buster Posey and Washington Nationals infielder Ryan
AP Baseball Writer
OHSAA
TODAY
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Clendenin
95/73
Charleston
93/73
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and
precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Winnipeg
78/58
Montr eal
82/68
Billings
92/64
Minneapolis
83/67
Toronto
80/70
Detr oit
82/69
Chicago
85/70
Denver
91/63
New Y ork
79/68
W ashington
90/75
Kansas City
86/68
Fri.
City
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Albuquerque
91/67/pc 93/68/c
Anchorage
71/57/c 67/57/sh
Atlanta
92/74/t 94/73/pc
Atlantic City
77/71/pc 82/75/pc
Baltimore
88/72/pc 90/74/pc
Billings
92/64/s 93/62/c
Boise
95/63/s 95/63/pc
Boston
72/62/pc 75/69/c
Charleston, WV
93/73/t
87/70/t
Charlotte
91/74/pc
93/72/t
Cheyenne
88/60/pc 89/62/c
Chicago
85/70/pc 92/75/pc
Cincinnati
89/73/t
88/72/t
Cleveland
85/70/t 87/65/pc
Columbus
88/72/t 90/71/pc
Dallas
99/77/s 96/76/s
Denver
91/63/pc 94/65/pc
Des Moines
85/68/s 90/76/pc
Detroit
82/69/t 89/70/pc
Honolulu
88/74/sh 88/77/sh
Houston
97/78/s 94/76/pc
Indianapolis
85/71/pc 90/73/pc
Kansas City
86/68/pc 92/75/pc
Las Vegas
108/85/s 109/84/s
Little Rock
95/78/pc
94/75/t
Los Angeles
80/62/pc 83/63/pc
Louisville
90/75/t
90/76/t
Miami
92/80/t
89/80/t
Minneapolis
83/67/s 87/75/pc
Nashville
95/76/pc
92/75/t
New Orleans
91/76/pc 92/78/pc
New York City
79/68/pc 80/72/c
Oklahoma City
94/75/pc 97/76/s
Orlando
91/76/t 89/76/pc
Philadelphia
85/70/c 89/74/c
Phoenix
110/87/pc 110/89/pc
Pittsburgh
87/69/t 86/67/pc
Portland, ME
71/60/pc 71/64/c
Raleigh
90/71/pc 92/72/pc
Richmond
90/71/pc
92/74/t
St. Louis
88/75/pc 94/76/c
Salt Lake City
96/73/pc 100/75/s
San Francisco
73/57/pc 74/56/pc
Seattle
77/60/pc 72/57/pc
Washington, DC 90/75/pc 92/77/pc
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National for the 48 contiguous states
El Paso
104/76
Chihuahua
99/70
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Low
Atlanta
92/74
Global
Houston
97/78
Monterr ey
98/74
107° in Needles, CA
28° in West Yellowstone, MT
High
120° in Basrah, Iraq
Low 5° in Gobernador Gregores, Argentina
Miami
92/80
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flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
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‘One-ofa-Kind
MRI’
installed
at PVH
Staff Report
POINT PLEASANT,
W.Va. — Patients at the
Gordon C. and Mildred
R. Jackson Family Diagnostic Center at Pleasant
Valley Hospital are the
first to have access to
enhanced comfort during Magnetic Resonance
Imaging (MRI) exams
thanks to the installation
of the Eastern United
States’ first Vantage
Orian Edition MRI Theater from Canon Medical
Systems USA, Inc.
A press release from
PVH stated, “The new
MRI theater projects
peaceful, virtual reality images onto a domeshaped screen inside
the bore and features
exclusive PianissimoTM
quiet scan technology, which helps reduce
acoustic noise during the
exam by 99 percent. The
audio-visual features of
the MRI Theater provide
a truly engaging experience to help patients
relax, enabling clinicians
to complete MRI exams
quickly and capture the
high-quality images they
need for accurate diagnosis and treatment.”
“We are proud to be the
first hospital in the Eastern United States to make
this advanced imaging
technology available to
the people and communities we serve. The Vantage Orian MRI delivers
on all of our needs and
is the perfect addition to
the Gordon C. and Mildred R. Jackson Family
Diagnostic Center here
at Pleasant Valley Hospital. We knew we needed
a new MRI system that
would significantly
improve comfort for our
patients, while also giving
our clinicians high-quality
images. Our clinicians
are impressed with the
system’s advanced quality
images and the opportunity to expand upon the
types of imaging exams
our facility performs.
Since installing the system, even our most claustrophobic patients find
the system more comfortable and extremely quiet.
The new MRI Theater
serves as another example of our commitment to
increasing access to stateof-the-art technology for
the people in the Ohio
Valley Region,” stated Jeff
Noblin, FACHE, CEO.
“Producing a better
patient experience
and sharp diagnostic
images makes for the
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Thursday, July 16, 2020 9
enerations
Making (and sewing) memories
By Lorna Hart
Special to OVP
CHESTER — After retiring
from Meigs County Recycling
and Litter Prevention in 2012,
Paula Hawk Wood was looking
for something to do with her
newly acquired free time.
“I sewed and crocheted in the
past, but it had been ages since
I had gotten out my sewing
machine, so I decided to take
up quilting.”
She said after making her
first quilt she joined a quilt
group and found a niche with
them.
“They were so supportive, I
learned so much. I made quilt
after quilt and gave them away.
I didn’t need that many quilts, I
just enjoyed making them.”
Inspiration for her quilts
came from noticing what her
friends liked. She would make
a quilt with them in mind,
and then give it to them upon
completion.
“One of my friends loved Halloween, so I made her a Halloween quilt. She was so surprised,
she loved it. That made us both
happy.”
She also donated several
quilts to non profit organizations to be used in fundraisers.
Next she took up crocheting.
“I began making hats for
chemo patients. I would donate
them to whoever needed one,
or knew someone who had
begun chemo. I would get
requests for hats, so I made
hats.”
Nowadays she is concentrating her creativity on designing
and making bears, and said
bears are her forte, “I can’t
remember why I started making Memory Bears, the idea just
came to me, My first bear was
made from a flannel shirt given
Courtesy Photo
Paula Hawk Wood and her latest Memory Bear creation. A niece of a recently
deceased woman wanted articles of her clothing to be made into two bears for
her two nephews.
to me by a woman I met at a
craft show,”
Wood recalled the woman
was wearing the shirt her father
had worn the day of his accident, an accident that later led
to his death, and she asked her
“ if I could do something with
it, something to help her keep
her father’s memory close.”
Wood took the shirt home,
and said she looked at it for a
long time before deciding what
to do with it.
“I had this shirt, and before
I began cutting it up to make
something, I needed a plan.
This was a precious thing to
this woman, I only had one
chance to make something
special from it, and this is what
came to me, to use the shirt to
make a bear.”
She carefully cut it into pieces
using her original bear pattern
and stitched it together. The
woman loved it, and Wood has
been making bears ever since.
“Someone is always bringing
me an article of clothing and
a story of their loved one, and
I make a bear. Each one is as
unique as the article of clothing
it is made from. Each one tells a
story and holds a memory.”
“I get so much satisfaction
from making the bears and seeing the response of the recipients. Each bear brings a new
challenge.”
She has made bears in
memory of departed loved ones
from housecoats, pajama pants,
t-shirts, flannel shirts, mens
shirts, womens shirts, and jackets. She made a bear from the
camo pant leg of a Marine who
wanted it for his son.
“One of the prettiest bears
I have ever made was one
from a pair of painter’s pants.
The woman’s dad had been a
painter, and she gave me a pair
with all colors of paint splatters.
It turned out so pretty, I loved
that one.”
With the arrival of two grandsons, Wood decided to make
Memory Bears for each using
their parents’ receiving blankets.
“I had saved my son and my
daughter’s receiving blanks, and
I made them into bears for my
grandsons.”
The other bears she has made
for her own family. Wood said
after her father passed away
she discovered a quilt that was
made from her mother’s clothes.
It also had some of her and her
sisters clothes in it as well.
“My mother made a lot of her
own clothes, the whole quilt
was made of polyester fabric
from leftover pieces, I could
look at it and see my mother’s
shirts and pants, or something
my sister or I wore.”
The quilt was large enough to
make one for herself, her sister,
daughter, and niece,
“I couldn’t leave my nephews
out, so I used my dad’s flannel
shirt to make Memory Pillows
for my son and nephew.”
She gave the bears and pillows as Christmas gifts, and
said “My sister couldn’t put
her bear down, she just kept
looking at it and recounting
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Celebrating 20 years of care
Holzer Cardiovascular Services
GALLIPOLIS — Holzer Cardiovascular Services recently celebrated
20 years of providing
cardiac procedures
including cardiac catheterizations (heart cath)
at the Gallipolis campus.
This service began in
March of 2000, providing
184 procedures for the
initial year. For 2019, our
cardiac/interventional
radiology team provided
3,655 total procedures
including 1,002 cardiac
catheterizations for our
communities.
Cardiac catheterizations are procedures
used to diagnose and
treat certain cardiovascular conditions. During
cardiac catheterization,
a thin tube (catheter) is
inserted in an artery in
your groin or arm and
threaded through your
blood vessels to your
heart. Catheterizations
are performed to check
for heart disease (such
as coronary artery disease, heart valve disease,
or disease of the aorta),
monitor how the heart
muscle is working, and
to decide whether further treatment such as an
interventional procedure
(Stent) or bypass surgery is needed.
“Holzer has amazing
cardiac staff, with several
team members who have
been here since the initiation of our cath lab,”
shared Kendra Riffle,
BSN, RN, cardiac cath
manager, Holzer Cardiovascular Services. “Our
staff is knowledgeable,
efficient and friendly,
providing care that is
comparable to anywhere,
including larger cities
Holzer Courtesy Photo
Pictured are Holzer Cardiovascular Service staff, front row, from left, Allison Diehl, RN; Alex Clark,
RN; Jessica Dill RT(R); Becky McFall, Unit Secretary; and Michelle William, RN; back row, from left,
Matt McComas, RT (R)(CT)(VI); Tim Casto RT(R)(CT)(CV); David Hammons, RN; and Shaun Meeks,
RN.
and metropolitan areas.”
“The majority of
Holzer cardiac catherizations are performed
radially, which is through
the wrist,” shared Tim
Casto, Rt(R)(CV)(CT),
radiology specialty
supervisor, cardiac cath
lab, Holzer Cardiovascular Services. “This allows
for quicker recovery time
and reduced risks.” This
type of catheterization
is when the cardiologist
uses the radial artery
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are some healthy
their best. When it comes
function and
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to ensure you
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grapes, watermelons,
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problems such as uri�Increases exercise percucumbers, and
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nary infections and heat
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celery.
exhaustion. Here are
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some dehydration warnBenefits of drinking water
glass of water when
ing signs to be aware of:
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you wake up, before
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you go to bed, and
�Infrequent urination
dance of health benefits
With work, school, and
with each meal.
�Dark yellow urine
includes the following:
plenty of social events, it
�Dry Skin
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can be easy to forget your �Drink water before,
during and after
exercise.
�Mistaking hunger
for thirst is common.
Drinking water
when you are feeling
hungry can help you
control meal portions
as you’ll feel fuller.
Drinks to avoid for better
hydration
Regularly consuming
drinks high in sugar can
not only lead to obesity, but some may even
reverse the effects of
hydration. Steer clear of
the following beverages:
�Energy drinks
�Sugary drinks like
sodas and bottled
teas
�Fruit and vegetable
juices
�Alcohol
To learn more about
how to lead a healthier
lifestyle through diet
and exercise, contact
the Pleasant Valley Hospital Wellness Center
at 304-675-7222. With
exclusive promotions,
fitness programs, personal training, and amenities, you’ll find your
way to optimal health
and wellness in no time!
To schedule an appointment with internal medicine physician Randall
Hawkins, MD, FACP,
please call 304-675-7700.
This piece submitted by PVH.
Safety first before mixing drugs
OH-70194759
Billions of people across the counter medications can help
people stay safe.
globe take medications each
�Antihistamines: Antihistaday. Certain medications can
mines are widely used to
help people with potentially
alleviate symptoms of the
debilitating or even deadly concommon cold or seasonal
ditions live normal lives, while
allergies, such as runny
others can help people overnose, itchy eyes and sneezcome relatively minor issues
ing. The AHA notes that,
like muscle aches or seasonal
when taken along with
allergies.
blood pressure medicaThe American Heart Association, antihistamines can
tion notes that mixing drugs
contribute to an accelerated
can produce unexpected side
heart rate and cause blood
effects. This can make it danpressure to spike. The AHA
gerous for people already on
also cautions people taking
prescription medications to
sedatives, tranquilizers or
use over-the-counter drugs for
prescriptions to treat high
issues like headache or seasonblood pressure or depresal allergies. Understanding the
sion to consult their physipotential interactions between
cians before taking antihistheir prescriptions and comtamines.
mon prescription and over-the-
�Bronchodilators: Bronchodilators relax and open the
airways in the lungs and are
used to treat various lung
conditions, such as asthma
and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD.
These drugs make it easier
to breathe and are avail-
able via prescriptions. But
patients with heart disease,
high blood pressure, thyroid
disease, and/or diabetes
should discuss the potential
interactions between bronchodilators and other medications they may be taking
with their physicians.
�Cordarone: According to
Drugs.com, Cordarone is
used to treat potentially
deadly abnormal heartbeats.
Cordarone can cause severe
problems that affect the
lungs, thyroid or liver, and
can be dangerous when
combined with other drugs.
For example, the AHA notes
that patients who take more
than 20 milligrams of Zocor,
a drug used to lower “bad”
cholesterol and potentially
to lower the risk of stroke,
heart attack and other conditions, while also taking
Cordarone are at risk of
developing rhabdomyolysis.
Rhabdomyolysis is a condition marked by the breakdown of muscle tissue that
can lead to kidney failure or
death. The AHA also says
that Cordarone can inhibit
or reduce the effects of the
blood thinner Coumadin.
Drug interactions can complicate treatment of various
conditions. People currently on
medication are urged to speak
with their physicians before
taking any new medicines,
including over-the-counter
drugs.
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Surprising benefits to regular exercise
You already know that
exercise is good for you.
From cancer prevention
to heart health, there
are so many benefits of
exercise. Here are some
surprising ways that getting and staying active
can help you lead a longlasting, healthier life!
Get In the Mood!
Working out can help
you fight the blues and
increase your happiness while reducing
stress. With exercise,
not only are you creating a healthy habit, but
releasing endorphins
which leads to a boost
in your mood. Once
you start feeling great,
your attitude also begins
to change, leaving you
wanting more of the
positive feelings that
come along with an
invigorating workout.
From serotonin, norepinephrine, endorphins,
and dopamine, exercise
can improve your psychological and emotional
well-being. So, whenever
you’re feeling down, get
moving for a natural
mood boost!
Brain Power! With the
brain taking up 20% of
your body’s oxygen, it is
important to help keep
your oxygen and blood
flowing with aerobic and
cardiovascular exercises.
This is even more vital
with age, as our brain
cell production begins to
cise. Exercise is
slow down.
known to increase
What other benthe levels of molefits can a good
ecules that preworkout have on
serve telomeres.
your brain?
Telomeres are the
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protective ends of
Alzheimer preTess
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vention
think of the plastic
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ing capabilities
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mosomes, causing cells
So why not set your
to die which results in
day up for success with
an early morning fitness aging. Short telomeres
session and feel the ben- have also been linked to
cancer, stroke and cardioefits all day long!
The Fountain of Youth vascular disease.
Scientists may have discovered the natural anti- Benefits to Your Skin
aging benefits of exerAfter suffering an
Holzer Hospice
welcomes social worker
This piece submitted by PVH.
angiography exams.
The system is located at
Pleasant Valley Hospital
in the Gordon C. and
Mildred R. Jackson
Family Diagnostic
Center at Pleasant
Valley Hospital, with
outpatient services
that include diagnostic
imaging (MRI, CT,
ultrasound, nuclear
medicine, x-ray, and
mammography)
laboratory, women’s
health services, and a
full-service breast health
center. Additionally,
Pleasant Valley Medical
Group and specialty
care physicians provide
family and pediatric
medicine, internal
medicine, surgical
services, orthopedics,
oncology, cardiology,
otolaryngology,
ophthalmology, and
podiatry.
claustrophobia and
patient anxiety. The
features enhance
From page 9
patient comfort with a
unique range of audio
best possible patient
outcome. The humming and visual features,
enabling clinicians to
sound of an MRI
complete MRI exams
in operation would
quickly while improving
sometimes unnerve
patient satisfaction.
patients. The Canon
Patients can watch
Medical Systems’
their favorite show
Pianissimo quiet scan
or project expansive
technology mitigates
virtual reality images
that humming sound.
onto a dome-shaped
Thanks to the features
screen in the bore to
of this system, we
take their attention
have calmer and
away from the actual
more relaxed patients
examination space.
(naturally, without
Patients can relax,
medication) which
watch Netflix, or feel
leads to better quality
like they are swimming
scans,” stated Suresh
with dolphins,” stated
Agrawal, radiologist.
Connie Davis, COO.
“The MRI Theater
Pleasant Valley
was designed with
Hospital clinicians use
patients and clinicians
the Canon Medical
in mind, helping
Systems’ Vantage Orian
clinicians address
MRI system for brain,
some of the biggest
spine, abdominal,
challenges they face
extremity, and MRI
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“I love my job and
my co-workers are
like family. Everyone
is willing to help
better the lives of our
patients. If I had a
family member that
needed hospice care,
I would be the first
to recommend Holzer
Hospice.”
— Nicole Crump,
Social worker
of Social Work from
Ohio University, Athens,
Ohio. She and her
husband, James, reside
in Mason, West Virginia,
with their son, James
(5), and a daughter,
Evelyn (4). In her free
time, she enjoys being a
mom and spending time
with her friends and
family.
Holzer Hospice is
a licensed, certified
program that provides
in-home along with
contracted nursing
home services to
patients with lifelimiting illnesses
and families. The
program officially
began providing care
to the southeastern
Ohio region in 1994.
Holzer Hospice provides
services to the following
counties in Ohio:
Athens, Gallia, Jackson,
Meigs, Vinton, and
portions of Lawrence.
If you are interested in
learning more about
Holzer hospice, visit
www.holzer.org or call
740-446-5074.
Burn Fat Faster!
We get our energy
source from fats and carbohydrates. By adopting
a regular aerobic exercise routine, you’re not
only helping to speed
up your metabolism, but
your body will eventu-
ally become more efficient at burning fat, thus
shrinking your fat cells.
Adopting a regular
exercise routine and
choosing healthy foods
not only helps you maintain a healthy weight,
but can also prevent
many illnesses such as
heart disease and cancer.
For more information
about improving your
fitness and health, contact the Pleasant Valley
Hospital Wellness Center at 304-675-7222. The
Wellness Center Team
offers an abundance of
services to meet all of
your health and wellness
needs.
Installed
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through a hard
GALLIPOLIS
time. In addition
— Social work
to her social
is one of the
work duties,
fastest growing
Crump serves
professions in
as the Volunteer
the United States
Coordinator for
with more than
Crump
Holzer Hospice.
700,000 social
“There’s a
workers across
wide variety of different
the country. Seeking
things I do and I love
to improve the lives of
that,” Crump said.
their patients, social
Crump observes firstworkers are available
hand the adjustment
to aid with emotional
individuals and families
support, counseling
endure when referred
and assistance with
to hospice. Through
community resources.
her social work skills,
Nicole Crump, MSW,
Crump is able to better
Holzer Hospice, is an
integral part of the staff the lives of patients
and families by paying
providing assistance
attention to emotional
for patient and family
well-being and
needs.
Crump began working connecting the patients
and their families with
at Holzer Hospice in
outside resources.
July of 2019. Prior to
If someone is
joining Holzer, Crump
was a school counselor. interested in becoming
a social worker, Crump
She wanted to become
a social worker because would encourage them
to do some research
she enjoys helping
and self-reflection on
others.
what type of population
“Social work is
they would like to
something that has
assist. “There are a lot
come natural and easy
of different options for
for me,” Crump said.
social work services,”
“I can’t imagine myself
shared Crump. “Many
doing anything else.”
Her knack for helping universities have set up
online options for social
others has made her
work degrees.”
day-to-day duties as a
Crump enjoys being
social worker for Holzer
a part of the Holzer
Hospice something
Hospice staff. “I love my
she looks forward to
job and my co-workers
doing. Every day is
are like family. Everyone
different, which allows
is willing to help better
her to continually
the lives of our patients.
learn and develop new
If I had a family member
skills and contacts.
that needed hospice
Crump connects
people with community care, I would be the first
to recommend Holzer
resources, advocate
Hospice.”
for patient’s rights,
Crump received
provide emotional
her bachelor’s degree
support, counseling
in Child and Family
and companionship to
those who may be going Studies and her Master
injury, it’s recommended
to keep moving to avoid
muscle atrophy. The
same concept can be
applied to your skin
health. Increased blood
flow and oxygen packs in
nourishment to skin cells
keeping them healthy
and robust.
Bonus: The extra
oxygen and blood flow
also help stave off skindamaging free radicals.
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Ohio Valley Publishing
Middleport Literary Club notes 125th anniversary
By Lorna Hart
of Read Outside the Box.
Books were selected from
recent fiction and non fiction best sellers, and chalPOMEROY — The
lenge members to choose
Middleport Literary
a book in a genre outside
Club celebrated its 125th
their comfort zone.
anniversary this year with
Outgoing President
books chosen from the
Jeanne Bowen wrapped
Great American Read, a
up her official duties with
PBS program challenging
the addition of two new
readers to explore and
members, and postponed
celebrate the power of
the end of the year lunreading told through the
cheon and official installaprism of 100 best loved
tion of new officers “until
novels.
such time as the club can
Meetings were origisafely meet.”
nally held in Middleport,
According to incomand members were MidCourtesy Photo
Pictured, back row, from left, Peggy Crane, Connie Gilkey , Jeanne Bowman,Vanessa Folmer, Leah Ord; ing officers Lorna Hart,
dleport residents, hence
the name Middleport Lit- front row, from left, Lorna Hart, Olita Heighton, Charlene Rutherford, Faye Wallace, Gay Perrin, Becky president, Dana Kessinger, vice president,
erary Club. Now the club Triplett. Not all club members are pictured.
Olita Heighton, secretary,
includes members from
and Becky Triplett, treathrough May, but due
members answer a roll
interest in the reader
all over Meigs County,
surer, the club will make
to COVID-19 concerns
call question that has
and meets at the Pomeroy without just retelling
decisions as more inforrelevance to the book that the 2019-2020 program
the story,” according to
Library.
ended abruptly and mem- mation about the virus
was just reviewed.
Members choose books guidelines in the club’s
becomes available. In the
The meeting ends with bers are unsure when
constitution. Reviewers
to review from those
meantime, they are in
a brief social time and tra- they will resume.
also present background
selected by the Program
agreement that no meetThe program commitditional refreshments of
Committee The reviewer on the author and some
ings will be held until the
tee has put together a
insight into why the book chocolate and water.
is challenged to “tell
safety of all members can
program for the 2020The club meets every
enough about the book to might have been written.
2021 year with the theme be ensured.
two weeks September
Following the review
explain it and to arouse
Special to OVP
Making
From page 9
These two bears, complete with vests and patches, were made
from jackets worn by a truck driver for his two grandsons at the
request of his daughter after his passing.
Wood
designed
this
bear
observing
CDC
recommendations by wearing
a mask, from pieces of her
mother’s quilt, She calls this
bear her “ugly bear” because
of the patchwork pieces from
which this bear is composed.
is common in children
under 2, and usually
manifests with symp-
respiratory infection of
the lungs. He was hospitalized and remains
Courtesy Photos
toms that mimic a cold,
but in some cases, the
virus can lead to severe
Lorna Hart is a freelance writer for
Ohio Valley Publishing.
he is such a good little
guy I get a lot of sewing
done while he is playing
or napping.”
She concluded by saying, “When someone
hands me an article of
clothing, I never know
how the bear is going
to turn out. I study the
article and then it just
speaks to me about
how to design the bear,
what pieces to use from
the garments. It is like
working a puzzle to
get everything to fit
together, and it’s worth
it just to know that the
clothing is made into
something that will be
treasured and loved.
Lorna Hart is a freelance writer for
Ohio Valley Publishing.
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memories of our mom,
that’s what the Memory
Bears do, it’s a way of
preserving and recalling
memories.”
When the COVID-19
epidemic began, Wood
gave up her dedicated
craft room so her son,
daughter-in-law, and
grandson could move
in with her in an effort
to minimize her grandson’s exposure to the
virus. The two year old
is especially vulnerable
to COVID-19 since he
became infected with
Respiratory syncytial
virus (RSV). The virus
vulnerable to respiratory
infections, so the family
is taking extreme precautions to reduce his
chance of exposure to
COVID-19.
“I’m happy I could
help,” Wood said. “This
way one of us is always
here to take care of him,
he doesn’t have to leave
the house when his mom
and dad go to work.”
Wood said she has
made around 100 bears,
and is continuing to
make them during the
COVID-19 lockdown.
“I feel like I have been
sewing for my sanity,”
she muses as her grandson Grant plays in the
adjacent room.
“The living room is
Grant’s playroom, and
Literary clubs became
popular in the United
States when some women
began to have more free
time. The clubs allowed
women to read and discuss books on a variety
of topics, and to form
friendships. The fact that
the Middleport Literary
club held their first meeting in 1894-1895 and
continues today is a testament to the women who
have given their time and
resources to promote the
group.
The majority of current
club members are retired
teachers, but also include
a nurse, a writer, a librarian, and a former Pentagon employee.
Today the group is
smaller than in the past,
but still intent on continuing the traditions of the
club: literacy, discussion,
friendship, and chocolate.
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Telephone assistance for nursing home residents
Care
From page 9
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in the wrist as the entry
point for the catheter.
The thin catheter then
works through the body’s
network of arteries in the
arm and into the chest,
reaching the heart. Catheterizations performed
this way are reported to
have improved safety,
enhanced comfort, and
shorter recovery times.
“We are blessed with a
sense of family,” shared
Casto. “We know the
patients and they know
our staff. We are providing services for our
friends and family, which
is comforting for our
patients to have a relationship with our staff.
Our patients know that
we are going to provide
the very best care possible.”
“Holzer patients don’t
feel like a number,”
shared Matt McComas,
Rt(R)(VI)(CCT), car-
Program (RLTCOP) helps
residents at nursing homes feel
less isolated and lonely. The
RLTCOP is committed to protecting the rights of long-term
care consumers and provides
this support for nursing home
residents by helping them
resolve problems and advocating for their rights with the
overall goal of enhancing the
quality of life and care for all
long-term care consumers in
nursing homes or other home
and community-based settings.
Volunteer Ombudsmen help
to lessen the isolation and
loneliness many residents
experience. Volunteers also
provide an essential voice for
diovascular technologist.
“We pride ourselves on
the fact that we treat
everyone like they are a
member of our own family.”
When a patient having
a heart attack arrives
in Holzer’s Emergency
Department, a code
“STEMI” is activated,
which immediately contacts the cardiologist, cardiology team and cath lab
personnel. The patient
is then escorted into
the cath lab to open any
blocked coronary arteries
as soon as possible.
Decreased blood flow
to the heart caused by
blockages can cause permanent damage to the
heart muscle, making the
time it takes to open the
blockage very important.
Door-to-balloon is a measurement of this time in
emergency cardiac care,
specifically when referencing ST segment elevation myocardial infarction
(heart attack) or STEMI.
The time begins with the
patient’s arrival in the
residents, providing advocacy
and assistance for those who
have concerns about their care.
AAA7 Volunteer Ombudsmen
cover the following counties in
Ohio: Adams, Brown, Gallia,
Highland, Jackson, Lawrence,
Pike, Ross, Scioto and Vinton.
At this current time, volunteering with the RLTCOP
would consist of phone calls
to a designated nursing facility and/or a resident’s family
contacts and no in-person visiting would be taking place.
Additional volunteer assistance
can also be provided over the
phone to RLTCOP staff with
other needs that may arise.
Some of the comments
emergency department
and ends when a catheter
guidewire crosses the
blockage and a balloon or
stent is deployed opening
the artery and returning
blood flow to the heart in
the cardiac cath lab.
“Holzer has a recorded
average door-to-balloon
time of 55 minutes
which is published in the
National Cardiovascular
Data Registry through
the American College of
Cardiology” stated Riffle.
“The national benchmark
is 90 minutes.”
According to a press
release from Holzer, in
addition to STEMI procedures, Holzer Cath labs
are utilized for Interventional Radiology services.
Interventional radiology is a specialized field
where providers not only
interpret medical images
but can diagnose and
treat patients using the
least invasive techniques
currently available in
order to minimize risk to
the patient and improve
health outcomes. These
volunteers have shared about
their experience volunteering
include:
- “Becoming a Volunteer
Ombudsman has been very
fulfilling for me, to be able to
help our seniors. It makes them
feel secure knowing someone is
there for them. Residents have
confidence their problems will
be resolved.”
- “I’ve always liked to solve
problems. Now to change
something, even something
small for a resident, can make
them feel cared for and respected. That also makes me feel
good to still be productive.”
Those who are interested
in this volunteer opportunity
would just need to contact the
AAA7 at 1-800-582-7277 or
e-mail info@aaa7.org. Volunteers should feel comfortable
knowing that their safety is
always a top priority and during this time, volunteering will
be taking place in the safety
of their own homes through
use of the telephone. Those
who are interested will need to
complete mandatory training,
which will take place through
an online format. The goal of
the entire process is to keep
nursing home residents and
volunteers safe while maintaining contact.
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GALLIA COUNTY — Looking for an opportunity to make
a real difference in the lives of
others? If so, the Area Agency
on Aging District 7, Inc.
(AAA7) has an opportunity for
you or someone you know who
may be interested in helping
provide a voice for residents in
long-term care nursing facilities.
At this time during the current coronavirus pandemic,
there is a special and unique
telephone only opportunity
that will allow volunteers to
continue giving back from the
safety of their own homes.
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14 Thursday, July 16, 2020
Vouchers for
the farmer’s
market now
available
By Mindy Kearns
Special to OVP
MASON COUNTY — Farmer’s market vouchers for Mason County senior
citizens, age 60 and older, are now available, according to Renae Riffle, executive
director for the Mason County Action
Group, Inc.
The vouchers are contained in a booklet with seven $4 tickets, totaling $28.
They can be used for fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs, as well as honey.
The West Virginia Department of
Agriculture website lists three places
in Mason County where the vouchers
can be used. They include the farmer’s
market under the Bartow Jones Bridge
in Point Pleasant; Johnson Produce in
Ashton; and the Durfee Farm Stand in
Gallipolis Ferry.
Vouchers will be distributed through
a “drive-up” service at the Gene Salem
Senior Center, located at 101 Second
Street in Point Pleasant. They will be
given out on Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays from 9 a.m. to noon, while supplies last. Due to COVID-19, those picking up the booklets must stay in their
vehicles, Riffle said.
There are requirements that must be
met to receive the vouchers, including
monthly income. A single person household cannot receive over $1,968 per
month; two people, $2,658; three people,
$3,349; and four people, $4,040.
Proof of residency must be shown, as
well as identification verifying age of 60
or older. A government-required form by
the U.S. Department of Agriculture must
also be completed.
For those unable to pick up the vouchers, a proxy can be assigned. The above
mentioned items must be provided, as
well as a signed note stating the person
is a proxy.
For more information, call the action
group office at 304-675-2369.
Mindy Kearns is a freelance writer for Ohio Valley
Publishing, email her at mindykearns1@hotmail.com.
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Holzer Center earns national accreditation
GALLIPOLIS — The Commission
on Cancer (CoC), a quality program
of the American College of Surgeons
(ACS), has granted Three-Year
Accreditation to the cancer program
at Holzer Center for Cancer Care.
According to a press release from
Holzer, to earn voluntary CoC
accreditation, a cancer program
must meet 34 CoC quality care
standards, be evaluated every three
years through a survey process, and
maintain levels of excellence in the
delivery of comprehensive patientcentered care.
The release further stated,
“Because it is a CoC-accredited
cancer center, Holzer Center
for Cancer Care takes a
multidisciplinary approach to
treating cancer as a complex
group of diseases that requires
consultation among surgeons,
medical and radiation oncologists,
diagnostic radiologists, pathologists,
and other cancer specialists. This
multidisciplinary partnership results
in improved patient care.”
“We have a collaborative
multidisciplinary team-based
approach to cancer care, working
closely with regional academic
cancer centers such as The Ohio
State University, Cabell Huntington
Hospital, West Virginia University,
and Edwards Cancer Center,” stated
Sarah Harrigan, MSN, MA, RN,
OCN, oncology service line director,
Holzer Center for Cancer Care.
“By building these relationships,
we provide our communities
the ability to be treated close
to home with state-of-the-art
technology, following all current
national standards of care for
radiation therapy, chemotherapy,
immunotherapy, and hematology,”
continued Ryan Ramsburg,
dosimetrist, Holzer Center for
Cancer Care.
According to the press release,
the CoC Accreditation Program
provides the framework for Holzer
Center for Cancer Care to improve
its quality of patient care through
various cancer-related programs that
focus on the full spectrum of cancer
care including prevention, early
diagnosis, cancer staging, optimal
treatment, rehabilitation, life-long
follow-up for recurrent disease,
and end-of-life care. When patients
receive care at a CoC facility, they
also have access to information on
clinical trials and new treatments,
genetic counseling, and patient
centered services including psychosocial support, a patient navigation
process, and a survivorship care plan
that documents the care each patient
receives and seeks to improve cancer
survivors’ quality of life.
In November of 2018, Holzer
began using TrueBeam Radiotherapy
Service. TrueBeam is a powerful
cancer treatment that eliminates
cancer cells with increased precision
and accuracy while sparing healthy
tissue. TrueBeam introduces new
possibilities for the treatment of
cancers in the lung, breast, prostate,
brain, head and neck and more.
With enhanced delivery of radiation,
TrueBeam can personalize each
patient’s cancer treatment.
TrueBeam offers state-of-the-art
Stereotactic Body Radiation (SBRT)
and Radiosurgery (SRS) treatments,
delivering pinpoint radiation. These
treatments are like surgery but
without cutting or hospital recovery
time. Patients can now receive the
best and fastest cancer treatment
close to home.
“At the Holzer Center for Cancer
Care we offer advanced technology
with a friendly, caring touch.
There’s no need to travel far for
your treatment, it’s offered here
at home,” said Dr. Divya Arora,
radiation oncologist, Holzer Center
for Cancer Care. “We personalize
our cancer care for each patient.
We don’t just treat cancer, we use
a holistic approach to treat the
whole patient. We make sure to
include their loved ones in the
treatment process and understand
that a cancer diagnosis is not a ‘onesize-fits-all’ diagnosis. Our team is
committed to always go the extra
mile for our patients.”
“We treat our patients like family
at Holzer Center for Cancer Care,”
shared Amity Wamsley, RN, clinical
coordinator, Holzer Center for
Cancer Care.
Like all CoC-accredited facilities,
Holzer Center for Cancer Care
maintains a cancer registry and
contributes data to the National
Cancer Data Base (NCDB), a joint
program of the CoC and American
Cancer Society. This nationwide
oncology outcomes database is
the largest clinical disease registry
in the world. Data on all types of
cancer are tracked and analyzed
through the NCDB and used to
explore trends in cancer care. CoCaccredited cancer centers, in turn,
have access to information derived
from this type of data analysis,
which is used to create national,
regional, and state benchmark
reports. These reports help
CoC facilities with their quality
improvement efforts.
According to the press release,
“When cancer patients choose to
seek care locally at a CoC-accredited
cancer center, they are gaining access
to comprehensive, state-of-the-art
cancer care close to home. Holzer
Center for Cancer Care (HCCC) provides state-of-the-art treatment for all
cancer sites with gentle, competent
and individualized care. Medical
oncology services include an infusion
area for chemotherapy with 12 bays
and two private bays for treatment.
Radiation Oncology services are provided with advance technology in a
relaxed, friendly setting.”
For more information, call
1-855-4-HOLZER or visit
www.holzer.org
Information provided by Holzer Health System.
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COVID-19
hospitalizations, 1 death)
70-79 — 2 cases (2
hospitalizations)
Cases in the county
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include 13 females and
12 males. One person is
officials for hand washing, masking, and social currently hospitalized.
There have been a total
distancing to the best of
of six hospitalizations,
my ability. However, I
and one death. Ten indiwork in jobs that put me
viduals have recovered
in close proximity to the
and 14 cases are considpublic. If you have been
ered active.
in contact with myself
Numbers were holdor anyone else who has
been exposed to the virus, ing steady in Mason
County on Wednesday,
I encourage you to be
when compared to
tested.
I urge each of you to be Mason County Health
Department statistics
vigilant about following
reported the previous
safety measures for the
health of our community day. The West Virginia
Department of Health
and each other. As your
Mayor, my wish is for all and Human Resources
of you to stay healthy and (DHHR) was reporting
26 confirmed cases of
safe.
COVID-19 as of 5 p.m.
The Meigs County
Wednesday. The county
Health Department
reported one new case on health department
Wednesday, bringing the administrator, Jennifer
county’s total to 15 cases Thomas, confirmed this
number. Of the 26 cases,
(13 confirmed, 2 prob19 are recovered.
able).
According to DHHR,
Age ranges for the 15
the age ranges for the
Meigs County cases are
26 COVID-19 cases in
as follows:
Mason County are as fol0-19 — 3 cases
lows:
20-29 — 1 case
10-19 — 2 cases
30-39 — 2 cases
20-29 — 6 cases
40-49 — 2 cases
30-39 — 2 cases
50-59 — 3 cases (one
40-49 — 4 cases
new)
50-59 — 8 cases
60-69 — 2 cases
60-69 — 3 cases
70-79 — 2 cases
70+ — 1 case
Of the cases in Meigs
In the daily 2 p.m.
County, 12 are listed as
update on Wednesday,
recovered, with 3 active.
None of the Meigs Coun- the Ohio Department of
Health reported a total
ty cases have required
hospitalization. Two posi- of 69,311 cases (65,287
confirmed, 4,024 probtive antibody tests have
able) and increase of
also been reported in
1,316 from the previous
Meigs County.
day. The 21-day average
The Gallia County
for new cas es per day is
Health Department
1,074. There were 160
reported three addinew hospitalizations,
tional confirmed cases
on Wednesday morning, nearly double the 21-day
stating that the cases are average of 84. There
not contacts of other cur- were 36 new ICU admissions reported, double
rent cases and not conthe 21-day average of 18
nected to one another.
admissions per day.
There have been a total
While other statistics
of 25 cases in Gallia
are higher than the
County (22 confirmed,
21-day average, deaths
3 probable) since the
are lower. There were
beginning of the outsix new deaths reported
break.
on Wednesday, below
Current case age
ranges in Gallia County, the 21-day average of 15
deaths per day.
according to the health
As of the 5 p.m. update
department, are as folon Wednesday, DHHR
lows:
reported a total of 4,557
0-19 — 4 cases (one
cases and 98 deaths.
new)
These numbers show 150
20-29 — 2 cases (one
new cases and one new
new)
death since Tuesday at
30-39 — 6 cases
5 p.m.
40-49 — 4 cases
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new) (2 hospitalizations) Publishing, all rights
reserved.
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Fair
renew their camping or
parking reservations for
the next year after the
fair begins. The health
From page 1
board member asking the
following topics regard- questions said she would
like to pay for her 2021
ing the fair:
Individuals at high risk, reservation when picking
including the elderly and up this year’s pass in the
days before the fair, but
sick, should stay home
would likely not go to the
and not attend the fair.
fair this year. Karr said
The board questioned
the fair board could dishow social distancing
cuss this and personally
would be enforced. Karr
didn’t see an issue with
said buildings and gates
the idea.
would be marked with
The health board
lines to stay 6 feet apart.
asked how the campers
However, there will not
would be spaced and if
be a fair board member
they would be facing the
standing at the entry to
same way. Karr said the
buildings. Occupancy
fair board discussed this
signs will be posted on
buildings. The board then and received feedback
from the public. He said
asked if there would be
limited gates to have visi- many of the people who
tors go to one area. Karr have their campers facing
each other are families or
said right now, the same
amount of gates would be friend groups who have
been together all season.
open.
Board of health memOne health board members clarified with the fair
ber asked if the camper
and parking reservations, board that masks were
which are paid for a year not required, but encouraged. The fair’s proposal
in advance, could be
transferred to 2021. Karr said that masks would be
available upon request,
said the fair board had
not discussed this option but they have a limited
quantity. Swatzel said
and he did not think
it is recommended that
this would apply to the
fair-goers bring their own
COVID response plan.
masks.
Later, the health board
A board member asked
came back to this topic
what would be done if
and asked if the 2021
camping and parking res- the governor required
everyone in the state
ervations could be made
to wear a mask. They
before the fair began. In
a typical year, individuals asked if visitors would be
Thursday, July 16, 2020 15
Walmart to require customers to wear masks
NEW YORK (AP) —
Walmart will require
customers to wear face
coverings at all of its
namesake and Sam’s
Club stores, making it
the largest retailer to
introduce such a policy
that has otherwise proven difficult to enforce
without state and federal
requirements.
The company said the
policy will go into effect
on Monday to allow
time to inform stores
and customers. The
Bentonville, Arkansasbased company said that
currently about 65% its
more than 5,000 stores
and clubs are located
in areas where there is
already some form of
government mandate on
face coverings.
The retailer also said
it will create the role of
health ambassador at its
Walmart stores and will
station them near the
entrance to remind customers without masks
of its new requirements.
These workers, who
will be wearing black
polo shirts, will receive
special training to “help
make the process as
smooth as possible for
customers.”
Walmart joins a growing list of retailers that
have instituted mask
mandates throughout
their chains. Best Buy,
the nation’s largest consumer electronics retailer, announced Tuesday
that it will have a mask
mandate for its customers at all of its stores.
Starbucks announced
last week that customers
who visit its companyowned café locations in
the U.S. will be required
to wear face coverings.
Both policies were in
effect Wednesday.
The moves come as
new COVID-19 cases
are spiking in many
states, particularly Arizona, California, Florida
and Texas. Retailers
have been challenged
with striking a balance
between keeping shoppers safe while making
them feel comfortable.
Last week, the Retail
Industry Leaders Association, which represents
Walmart, Best Buy and
other major chains,
publicized a letter it sent
to state governors to
mandate store customers
to wear face coverings. It
said the hodgepodge of
rules around the country
have created confusion
for shoppers and that has
led to conflict between
customers and workers
trying to enforce store
rules.
The National Governors Association said
last week that its members are discussing the
letter and others like
it from different retail
groups.
Social media is full of
videos capturing clashes
between those who are
asked to wear masks,
and employees who are
under orders to make
sure people wear them.
Fewer than half of U.S.
states require masks in
public places, according
to the RILA. And only a
handful of major retailers
including teen clothing
chain American Eagle
Outfitters has a mask
mandate for customers
for all of its stores. Costco Wholesale Club was
one of the first major
retailers to require face
coverings for customers
at all of its stores. The
policy went into effect in
early May.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends people
cover their mouth and
nose when around other
people to help reduce the
spread of the virus that
causes COVID-19.
“We know some
people have differing
opinions on this topic,”
wrote Dacona Smith,
chief operating officer at
Walmart U.S. and Lance
de la Rosa, chief operating officer at Sam’s Club
in a blog posted Wednesday. “We also recognize
the role we can play to
help protect the health
and well-being of the
communities we serve
by following the evolving
guidance of health officials like the CDC.”
OHIO BRIEF
Police: Man shoots estranged
wife, then kills himself
GRAFTON, Ohio (AP) — A man shot his
estranged wife several times during an argument at
their home before fatally shooting himself, authorities said.
The 60-year-old man confronted his 53-year-old
wife at their Grafton home shortly before 10 a.m.
Tuesday. The couple had recently separated and,
when the woman refused to reconcile, the man tried
to trap her in their garage, authorities said.
The woman escaped but her husband ran after
her and opened fire. The woman was shot three
times in the “upper extremities” before she got in
her car and drove off as the man shot at the vehicle,
authorities said.
Virus
action to reverse the rapidly
increasing spread of the virus.”
The announcement comes on a
day that the state saw an increase
From page 1
of 1,316 cases, 160 new hospitalThe news release from the gov- izations and 36 new ICU admissions, all exceeding the 21-day
ernor’s office stated Ohio is “at
averages. The highest total came
a critical point in the COVID-19
pandemic” and DeWine “implored on July 10 with 1,525 new cases.
In the month of July, Ohio has
Ohioans to take appropriate
Nights
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Paul Doeffinger. Gates open at 6
p.m., with the music beginning
at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free to
FAC members or $5 at the gate.
turned away if they did
not have a mask. No fair
board member explicitly
answered the question.
Karr said they cannot
have volunteers who work
the gates to be the police.
Karr said the seating
at the grandstands would
be at 50 percent capacity.
There would be additional seating areas for
people to bring their own
chairs. These areas will
be marked. Karr said the
grandstand seating will
either have every other
row marked off or would
be in a checkerboard pattern. The same seating
arrangements will be at
the pull track.
Restrooms will be
cleaned and sanitized
every morning and afternoon. The portable bathrooms will be cleaned and
sanitized every 2 hours.
In addition, the fair board
will have 50 sanitizer
stations throughout the
grounds. The health
department will have
hand wash stations.
The health board
asked if there would be
additional volunteers or
workers to make sure the
social distancing guidelines were being followed.
Karr said there are 18
fair board members who
“will be constantly policing” the grounds. Karr
said if there is an issue
with people who are not
following the guidelines,
The FAC’s announcement came
during the same week the Mayor’s
Night Out concert series in Point
Pleasant, W.Va. announced it was
canceling shows for July as well,
due to Gov. Jim Justice’s restriction on social gatherings of more
than 25 people in West Virginia.
For any additional informa-
the fair board will have a
discussion with them.
During the livestock
sale, seating will be limited and the fair board
is asking that the space
inside be reserved for
buyers. Swatzel said the
wood carvings, which are
done during the fair and
sold to benefit the fair
and youth, and other nonlivestock items will be
sold in another area. Roberts said the fair board
will be shrinking the
show ring to have more
space. The board will also
be asking businesses to
not bring several people.
The hospitality tent for
buyers will have prepackaged items and no
open food.
The health board
asked if the fair board
could find out what
counties and areas the
ride operators have been
too. Swatzel said the
company, which is from
North Carolina, has not
been anywhere yet and
Meigs County would be
the first place.
Harness racing will
have to follow the racing
protocols for the state.
Social distancing will
be enforced and workers
will have their health
monitored.
The health board said
the fair board will have
to be vigilant and keep
their eyes on everything.
Karr said there will
reported 11 days with more than
1,000 new cases.
Ohio stands at 69,311 cases as
of the 2 p.m. update on Wednesday, with a total of 3,075 deaths.
Beth Sergent and Sarah Hawley contributed
to this report. Other information provided by
the office of Gov. Mike DeWine and the Ohio
Department of Health. © 2020 Ohio Valley
Publishing, all rights reserved.
tion, connect with the FAC on
Facebook, or at its website www.
Frenchartcolony.org or call 740446-3834.
Information provided by the
FAC. Beth Sergent contributed to
this article.
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all rights reserved.
not be a hard copy,
printed premium book
because the schedule
will continue to be
adjusted and modified.
The Meigs County
Fair Board will be meeting on Monday, July 20.
On Wednesday, the
Mason County Fair
Board announced that
the Jr. Market Livestock
Show and Sale is back
on as planned and will
be Aug. 12-14.
The board announced
on social media Monday
evening around 9 p.m.
the following statement:
“Due to the governor’s
executive order given
today, the Market Livestock Show and Sale
has been cancelled.
However, the fair board
is working on options
to allow exhibitors to be
able to sell their animal.
We will announce next
Monday how the fair
board plans to proceed.”
On Tuesday evening
around 9:30 p.m., the
board posted an update
on social media “the
members of Mason
County Fair Board are
still working hard to
try to hold a Livestock
Show and Sale. We have
been continuing to work
closely with the governors office to see if this
could still be a possibility. We will keep everyone updated as soon as
we get any additional
information.”
“I have been in contact with the governor’s
office working with
them all day yesterday
through this morning,”
said Mason County Fair
Board President Benny
Hoffman to the Point
Pleasant Register. “They
gave us the go ahead to
proceed with our show
and sale as we had originally planned it.”
The board announced
Wednesday afternoon
that the show and sale
will have the same
schedule as previously
planned. On Wednesday,
Aug. 12, market hogs
will show at 9 a.m.,
replacement heifers will
show at 2 p.m. and market goats will show at 7
p.m.
On Thursday, Aug. 13,
feeder calves will show
at 9 a.m., market lambs
at 2 p.m. and market
steers at 7 p.m.
The livestock sale will
begin at 11 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 14.
The board said CDC
guidelines will be followed by wearing masks
an “practicing strict
social distancing.”
Admission is $5 daily.
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Courtesy photo
Jordan Pickens (left) Worshipful Master of Middleport Lodge
#363, accepts two of three AEDs from Jesse Pullins, Secretary of
Middleport Fire Department.
Elise Amendola | AP
Naliber Tavares winces as she receives a COVID-19 test at the Whittier Street Health Center’s mobile test site Wednesday in Boston’s
Dorchester section. The health center has administered free COVID-19 tests to more than 5,000 people. The tests, administered
since April 13, have been a popular service in Boston’s low-income communities with high rates of infection.
Virus cases rise in US amid new restrictions
By Eric Tucker,
Costas Kantouris
and Cody Jackson
Associated Press
MIAMI — Arizona, Texas and Florida
together reported about
25,000 new coronavirus
cases on Wednesday as
restrictions aimed at
combating the spread of
the pandemic took hold
in the United States and
around the world in an
unsettling sign reminiscent of the dark days of
April.
The face-covering
mandates, lockdowns,
health checks and quarantine orders underscored the reality that
the number of infections
is continuing to tick
upward in parts of the
world and that a return
to normalcy may be farther off than many leaders had envisioned just
weeks ago.
Alabama will begin
requiring face masks
School
after the state reported
a pandemic-high of 40
deaths in a single day.
In Texas, which again
set a record Wednesday
for confirmed new cases
with nearly 10,800,
Republican Gov. Greg
Abbott has increasingly
emphasized face coverings as the state’s way
out of avoiding another
lockdown, which he has
not ruled out.
Among the sternest measures were in
New York, where Gov.
Andrew Cuomo added to
a list totaling 22 states
whose visitors will be
required to quarantine
for 14 days if they visit
the tri-state region. Outof-state travelers arriving
in New York airports
from those states face a
$2,000 fine and a mandatory quarantine order if
they fail to fill out a tracing form.
The broad reach of
the virus has brought
scrutiny to governors’
likely have to be a board
policy, but that would
necessitate adding a
person to the buses to
From page 1
insure distancing and
mask wearing so that the
flexible to what we can
drivers can focus on drivdo to best meet the
needs of our kids and the ing and not the masks or
community,” said Gheen. distancing.
Additionally, should
Barr stated that when
looking at the COVID-19 schools have in-person
classes, each buildnumbers to see where
ing would be required
things stand in the area
to have a “quarantine
it is best to look at the
surrounding counties as room” for a student who
well and take an average would show any symptoms which could be
as numbers in Meigs
COVID-19. Gheen stated
County are limited at
that this area would need
this time as there is
to be separate from the
limited testing in the
area where other kids
county. He stated he
who are not feeling well,
has contacted the state
but not showing COVIDabout the possibility of
pop-up testing sites. He 19 symptoms, would
go during the school
added that to gauge a
day. He also expressed
better picture of where
concern over the stigma
things stand with the
that would be placed on
trends of the state data,
look at the daily increase a student who is sent
of hospitalizations, ICU to the quarantine room,
whether or not they end
admissions and deaths
up having COVID-19.
compared to the 21-day
As of Tuesday, Gheen
average to see if things
are increasing or declin- said he has only received
a few calls from families
ing.
inquiring about the
Among the concerns
upcoming school year,
noted by Barr was the
limited medical facilities with the majority concerned about the risks of
in the area should there
returning to school and
be an outbreak.
asking if they should
“Without a vaccine,
face coverings and social homeschool their children.
distancing are really
The district has made
the only ammunition
the decision to move
you have,” said Barr as
back the start of the
to ways to combat the
school year to Sept. 8,
spread of the virus.
Gheen noted that one the Tuesday after Labor
Day, in order to allow
of the main areas of
additional time to monconcern is transporting
itor the coronavirus
students to and from
situation, given summer
school. The district
events and vacations.
transports around 63
Moving the start to
percent of its students
after Labor Day would
on buses each day.
Gheen said there has not keep the district within
the required hours set
been much guidance on
by the state. Additionhow to protect kids on
the buses where spacing ally, the time between
the original start date
is an issue. Requiring
and the new date would
masks on buses would
decisions. Oklahoma
Gov. Kevin Stitt, a firstterm Republican governor who has backed
one of the country’s
most aggressive reopening plans, became the
first U.S. governor to
announce that he had
tested positive for
COVID-19. He plans to
quarantine at home.
Stitt, who has resisted
any statewide mandate on masks and
rarely wears one himself, attended President
Donald Trump’s rally in
Tulsa last month, which
health experts have said
likely contributed to a
surge in coronavirus
cases there, though Stitt
said he’s confident he
didn’t contract the virus
at the gathering.
“As far as where he
became infected, it’s really unknown,” Oklahoma
Health Commissioner
Dr. Lance Frye said.
Florida broke the
300,000 barrier on con-
firmed cases Wednesday, reporting 10,181
new ones as its daily
average death rate continues to rise. Major
cities in Florida have
imposed mask rules, but
Gov. Ron DeSantis has
declined to issue a statewide order, arguing
those are best decided
on and enforced locally.
Still, on Tuesday the
governor wore a mask
while speaking publicly
for the first time — at a
round-table news conference with Miami-Dade
County mayors.
“We have broken
single-day records several times this week and
there’s nothing about it
that says we’re turning
the corner, or seeing
light at the end of the
tunnel. I don’t see that
in the numbers,” said
Dr. Nicholas Namias,
chief of trauma and
surgical critical care at
Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Masonic Lodge
received AEDS from
Middleport FD
MIDDLEPORT — Middleport Masonic Lodge
#363 received a donation of three Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) from the Middleport Fire
Department.
The lightweight, portable device delivers an electric
shock that can potentially stop an irregular heartbeat
and allow a normal rhythm to resume following sudden cardiac arrest.
“This building is busy with people of all ages,” said
Jordan Pickens, Middleport Lodge’s Worshipful Master. “Having access to not one but three AEDs in our
building is more important than ever and can literally
be the difference between life and death, so we are
incredibly grateful for the donation from Middleport
Fire Department.”
Not only does the blue (Masonic) lodge meet in the
building, but it is also home to the York Rite Bodies
of Pomeroy Chapter, Bosworth Council, Ohio Valley
Commandery, and the Job’s Daughter’s Bethel. The
Riverbend Arts Council utilizes the main floor to host
numerous events and workshops, and the Riverside
Cloggers practice in the dining area in the basement
of the building. An AED on each floor will help with
quicker emergency response should the need should
arise.
Submitted by the Middleport Masonic Lodge.
Trump reins in major
environmental law
By Aamer Madhani
and Kevin Freking
be used for professional development
days for staff members
to receive training and
prepare for the upcoming school year.
“The problem is there
is no right answer,”
stated board member
Heather Hawley.
While the district,
along with others in the
state, did virtual learning for the end of the
2019-20 school year,
Gheen said this year
would look different as
they have time to plan
and prepare.
The district already
utilizes the Schoology
program which allows
for course work to be
loaded on to devices to
be accessed both online
or offline by students.
Gheen explained that
the district has enough
devices between
Chromebooks and iPads
that it could provide
each student in the
district with a device
preloaded with the
material to begin the
school year. This would
help to eliminate some
of the challenges that
come with students not
having internet access
or devices available.
Additional assignments could be loaded
or provided during
meal pickup or during the days in which
the students are in
the classroom. Gheen
said that paper options
may also be provided
through the tote system
which was used in the
spring.
Should school be
virtual, meal distribution would continue
as it had at the end of
the school year and
throughout the summer.
Gheen stated that
meetings have been
taking place among the
superintendents in the
county, along with the
health department, in
order to help plan for
the upcoming school
year. District level
meetings are also taking place with administrators, as well as union
representatives in order
to receive input from
everyone involved.
Over the next two
weeks the district
will be looking at survey results, as well
as results of surveys
given to staff members
and feedback received
before hopefully making
a decision at the next
board meeting on July
29.
Although a decision
could be made at that
time, Gheen said that
given the unpredictable
situation changes could
still be made leading
up to the start of the
school year.
As for fall sports,
Gheen said that the
district will follow the
decisions made by the
OHSAA and Governor
on moving forward.
Summer workouts have
been taking place within the district and are
expected to continue,
with the official practices permitted to begin
Aug. 1.
The board approved
setting aside $100,000
for COVID-19 related
expenses, in addition to
the funding of approximately $127,000 which
was approved earlier
this week by the State
Controlling Board for
the district.
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reserved.
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editor of The Daily Sentinel.
Associated Press
ATLANTA — President Donald Trump
announced Wednesday
that he was rolling back
a foundational Nixon-era
environmental law that
he says stifles infrastructure projects, but that is
credited with ensuring
decades of scrutiny of
major projects and giving local communities
a say.
Trump was in Atlanta
to announce changes
to the National Environmental Policy Act’s
regulations for how and
when authorities must
conduct environmental reviews, making it
easier to build highways,
pipelines, chemical and
solar plants and other
projects. The 1970 law
changed environmental
oversight in the United
States by requiring federal agencies to consider
whether a project would
harm the air, land, water
or wildlife, and giving
the public the right of
review and input. The
president said the final
rule will promote the
rebuilding of America.
“Together we’re
reclaiming America’s
proud heritage as a
nation of builders and
a nation that can get
things done,” Trump
said.
Critics called the
Republican president’s
efforts a cynical attempt
to limit the public’s ability to examine and influence proposed projects
under one of the country’s bedrock environmental protection laws.
“This may be the single biggest giveaway to
polluters in the past 40
years,” said Brett Hartl,
government affairs
director at the Center
for Biological Diversity, an environmental
group that works to save
endangered species.
Trump has made
slashing government
regulation a hallmark of
his presidency and held
it out as a way to boost
jobs. Environmental
groups say the regulatory rollbacks threaten
public health and make
it harder to curb global
warming. With Congress
and the administration
divided over how to
increase infrastructure
investment, the president is relying on his
deregulation push to
demonstrate progress.
Among the major
changes: limiting when
federal environmental
reviews of projects are
mandated, and capping
how long federal agencies and the public have
to evaluate and comment
on any environmental
impact of a project.
“We won’t get certain
projects through for
environmental reasons.
They have to be environmentally sound. But
you know what? We’re
going to know in a year.
We’re going to know in
a year and a half. We’re
not going to know in 20
years,” Trump said.
Opponents say the
changes will have an
inordinate impact on
predominantly minority communities. More
than 1 million African
Americans live within
a half-mile of natural
gas facilities and face
a cancer risk above the
Environmental Protection Agency’s level of
concern from toxins
emitted by those facilities, according to a 2017
study by the Clean Air
Task Force and the
National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People
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POINT PLEASANT,
W.Va. — Patients at the
Gordon C. and Mildred
R. Jackson Family Diagnostic Center at Pleasant
Valley Hospital are the
first to have access to
enhanced comfort during Magnetic Resonance
Imaging (MRI) exams
thanks to the installation
of the Eastern United
States’ first Vantage
Orian Edition MRI Theater from Canon Medical
Systems USA, Inc.
A press release from
PVH stated, “The new
MRI theater projects
peaceful, virtual reality images onto a domeshaped screen inside
the bore and features
exclusive PianissimoTM
quiet scan technology, which helps reduce
acoustic noise during the
exam by 99 percent. The
audio-visual features of
the MRI Theater provide
a truly engaging experience to help patients
relax, enabling clinicians
to complete MRI exams
quickly and capture the
high-quality images they
need for accurate diagnosis and treatment.”
“We are proud to be the
first hospital in the Eastern United States to make
this advanced imaging
technology available to
the people and communities we serve. The Vantage Orian MRI delivers
on all of our needs and
is the perfect addition to
the Gordon C. and Mildred R. Jackson Family
Diagnostic Center here
at Pleasant Valley Hospital. We knew we needed
a new MRI system that
would significantly
improve comfort for our
patients, while also giving
our clinicians high-quality
images. Our clinicians
are impressed with the
system’s advanced quality
images and the opportunity to expand upon the
types of imaging exams
our facility performs.
Since installing the system, even our most claustrophobic patients find
the system more comfortable and extremely quiet.
The new MRI Theater
serves as another example of our commitment to
increasing access to stateof-the-art technology for
the people in the Ohio
Valley Region,” stated Jeff
Noblin, FACHE, CEO.
“Producing a better
patient experience
and sharp diagnostic
images makes for the
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Thursday, July 16, 2020 9
enerations
Making (and sewing) memories
By Lorna Hart
Special to OVP
CHESTER — After retiring
from Meigs County Recycling
and Litter Prevention in 2012,
Paula Hawk Wood was looking
for something to do with her
newly acquired free time.
“I sewed and crocheted in the
past, but it had been ages since
I had gotten out my sewing
machine, so I decided to take
up quilting.”
She said after making her
first quilt she joined a quilt
group and found a niche with
them.
“They were so supportive, I
learned so much. I made quilt
after quilt and gave them away.
I didn’t need that many quilts, I
just enjoyed making them.”
Inspiration for her quilts
came from noticing what her
friends liked. She would make
a quilt with them in mind,
and then give it to them upon
completion.
“One of my friends loved Halloween, so I made her a Halloween quilt. She was so surprised,
she loved it. That made us both
happy.”
She also donated several
quilts to non profit organizations to be used in fundraisers.
Next she took up crocheting.
“I began making hats for
chemo patients. I would donate
them to whoever needed one,
or knew someone who had
begun chemo. I would get
requests for hats, so I made
hats.”
Nowadays she is concentrating her creativity on designing
and making bears, and said
bears are her forte, “I can’t
remember why I started making Memory Bears, the idea just
came to me, My first bear was
made from a flannel shirt given
Courtesy Photo
Paula Hawk Wood and her latest Memory Bear creation. A niece of a recently
deceased woman wanted articles of her clothing to be made into two bears for
her two nephews.
to me by a woman I met at a
craft show,”
Wood recalled the woman
was wearing the shirt her father
had worn the day of his accident, an accident that later led
to his death, and she asked her
“ if I could do something with
it, something to help her keep
her father’s memory close.”
Wood took the shirt home,
and said she looked at it for a
long time before deciding what
to do with it.
“I had this shirt, and before
I began cutting it up to make
something, I needed a plan.
This was a precious thing to
this woman, I only had one
chance to make something
special from it, and this is what
came to me, to use the shirt to
make a bear.”
She carefully cut it into pieces
using her original bear pattern
and stitched it together. The
woman loved it, and Wood has
been making bears ever since.
“Someone is always bringing
me an article of clothing and
a story of their loved one, and
I make a bear. Each one is as
unique as the article of clothing
it is made from. Each one tells a
story and holds a memory.”
“I get so much satisfaction
from making the bears and seeing the response of the recipients. Each bear brings a new
challenge.”
She has made bears in
memory of departed loved ones
from housecoats, pajama pants,
t-shirts, flannel shirts, mens
shirts, womens shirts, and jackets. She made a bear from the
camo pant leg of a Marine who
wanted it for his son.
“One of the prettiest bears
I have ever made was one
from a pair of painter’s pants.
The woman’s dad had been a
painter, and she gave me a pair
with all colors of paint splatters.
It turned out so pretty, I loved
that one.”
With the arrival of two grandsons, Wood decided to make
Memory Bears for each using
their parents’ receiving blankets.
“I had saved my son and my
daughter’s receiving blanks, and
I made them into bears for my
grandsons.”
The other bears she has made
for her own family. Wood said
after her father passed away
she discovered a quilt that was
made from her mother’s clothes.
It also had some of her and her
sisters clothes in it as well.
“My mother made a lot of her
own clothes, the whole quilt
was made of polyester fabric
from leftover pieces, I could
look at it and see my mother’s
shirts and pants, or something
my sister or I wore.”
The quilt was large enough to
make one for herself, her sister,
daughter, and niece,
“I couldn’t leave my nephews
out, so I used my dad’s flannel
shirt to make Memory Pillows
for my son and nephew.”
She gave the bears and pillows as Christmas gifts, and
said “My sister couldn’t put
her bear down, she just kept
looking at it and recounting
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Celebrating 20 years of care
Holzer Cardiovascular Services
GALLIPOLIS — Holzer Cardiovascular Services recently celebrated
20 years of providing
cardiac procedures
including cardiac catheterizations (heart cath)
at the Gallipolis campus.
This service began in
March of 2000, providing
184 procedures for the
initial year. For 2019, our
cardiac/interventional
radiology team provided
3,655 total procedures
including 1,002 cardiac
catheterizations for our
communities.
Cardiac catheterizations are procedures
used to diagnose and
treat certain cardiovascular conditions. During
cardiac catheterization,
a thin tube (catheter) is
inserted in an artery in
your groin or arm and
threaded through your
blood vessels to your
heart. Catheterizations
are performed to check
for heart disease (such
as coronary artery disease, heart valve disease,
or disease of the aorta),
monitor how the heart
muscle is working, and
to decide whether further treatment such as an
interventional procedure
(Stent) or bypass surgery is needed.
“Holzer has amazing
cardiac staff, with several
team members who have
been here since the initiation of our cath lab,”
shared Kendra Riffle,
BSN, RN, cardiac cath
manager, Holzer Cardiovascular Services. “Our
staff is knowledgeable,
efficient and friendly,
providing care that is
comparable to anywhere,
including larger cities
Holzer Courtesy Photo
Pictured are Holzer Cardiovascular Service staff, front row, from left, Allison Diehl, RN; Alex Clark,
RN; Jessica Dill RT(R); Becky McFall, Unit Secretary; and Michelle William, RN; back row, from left,
Matt McComas, RT (R)(CT)(VI); Tim Casto RT(R)(CT)(CV); David Hammons, RN; and Shaun Meeks,
RN.
and metropolitan areas.”
“The majority of
Holzer cardiac catherizations are performed
radially, which is through
the wrist,” shared Tim
Casto, Rt(R)(CV)(CT),
radiology specialty
supervisor, cardiac cath
lab, Holzer Cardiovascular Services. “This allows
for quicker recovery time
and reduced risks.” This
type of catheterization
is when the cardiologist
uses the radial artery
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how to lead a healthier
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Surprising benefits to regular exercise
You already know that
exercise is good for you.
From cancer prevention
to heart health, there
are so many benefits of
exercise. Here are some
surprising ways that getting and staying active
can help you lead a longlasting, healthier life!
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Working out can help
you fight the blues and
increase your happiness while reducing
stress. With exercise,
not only are you creating a healthy habit, but
releasing endorphins
which leads to a boost
in your mood. Once
you start feeling great,
your attitude also begins
to change, leaving you
wanting more of the
positive feelings that
come along with an
invigorating workout.
From serotonin, norepinephrine, endorphins,
and dopamine, exercise
can improve your psychological and emotional
well-being. So, whenever
you’re feeling down, get
moving for a natural
mood boost!
Brain Power! With the
brain taking up 20% of
your body’s oxygen, it is
important to help keep
your oxygen and blood
flowing with aerobic and
cardiovascular exercises.
This is even more vital
with age, as our brain
cell production begins to
cise. Exercise is
slow down.
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Holzer Hospice
welcomes social worker
This piece submitted by PVH.
angiography exams.
The system is located at
Pleasant Valley Hospital
in the Gordon C. and
Mildred R. Jackson
Family Diagnostic
Center at Pleasant
Valley Hospital, with
outpatient services
that include diagnostic
imaging (MRI, CT,
ultrasound, nuclear
medicine, x-ray, and
mammography)
laboratory, women’s
health services, and a
full-service breast health
center. Additionally,
Pleasant Valley Medical
Group and specialty
care physicians provide
family and pediatric
medicine, internal
medicine, surgical
services, orthopedics,
oncology, cardiology,
otolaryngology,
ophthalmology, and
podiatry.
claustrophobia and
patient anxiety. The
features enhance
From page 9
patient comfort with a
unique range of audio
best possible patient
outcome. The humming and visual features,
enabling clinicians to
sound of an MRI
complete MRI exams
in operation would
quickly while improving
sometimes unnerve
patient satisfaction.
patients. The Canon
Patients can watch
Medical Systems’
their favorite show
Pianissimo quiet scan
or project expansive
technology mitigates
virtual reality images
that humming sound.
onto a dome-shaped
Thanks to the features
screen in the bore to
of this system, we
take their attention
have calmer and
away from the actual
more relaxed patients
examination space.
(naturally, without
Patients can relax,
medication) which
watch Netflix, or feel
leads to better quality
like they are swimming
scans,” stated Suresh
with dolphins,” stated
Agrawal, radiologist.
Connie Davis, COO.
“The MRI Theater
Pleasant Valley
was designed with
Hospital clinicians use
patients and clinicians
the Canon Medical
in mind, helping
Systems’ Vantage Orian
clinicians address
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some of the biggest
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“I love my job and
my co-workers are
like family. Everyone
is willing to help
better the lives of our
patients. If I had a
family member that
needed hospice care,
I would be the first
to recommend Holzer
Hospice.”
— Nicole Crump,
Social worker
of Social Work from
Ohio University, Athens,
Ohio. She and her
husband, James, reside
in Mason, West Virginia,
with their son, James
(5), and a daughter,
Evelyn (4). In her free
time, she enjoys being a
mom and spending time
with her friends and
family.
Holzer Hospice is
a licensed, certified
program that provides
in-home along with
contracted nursing
home services to
patients with lifelimiting illnesses
and families. The
program officially
began providing care
to the southeastern
Ohio region in 1994.
Holzer Hospice provides
services to the following
counties in Ohio:
Athens, Gallia, Jackson,
Meigs, Vinton, and
portions of Lawrence.
If you are interested in
learning more about
Holzer hospice, visit
www.holzer.org or call
740-446-5074.
Burn Fat Faster!
We get our energy
source from fats and carbohydrates. By adopting
a regular aerobic exercise routine, you’re not
only helping to speed
up your metabolism, but
your body will eventu-
ally become more efficient at burning fat, thus
shrinking your fat cells.
Adopting a regular
exercise routine and
choosing healthy foods
not only helps you maintain a healthy weight,
but can also prevent
many illnesses such as
heart disease and cancer.
For more information
about improving your
fitness and health, contact the Pleasant Valley
Hospital Wellness Center at 304-675-7222. The
Wellness Center Team
offers an abundance of
services to meet all of
your health and wellness
needs.
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through a hard
GALLIPOLIS
time. In addition
— Social work
to her social
is one of the
work duties,
fastest growing
Crump serves
professions in
as the Volunteer
the United States
Coordinator for
with more than
Crump
Holzer Hospice.
700,000 social
“There’s a
workers across
wide variety of different
the country. Seeking
things I do and I love
to improve the lives of
that,” Crump said.
their patients, social
Crump observes firstworkers are available
hand the adjustment
to aid with emotional
individuals and families
support, counseling
endure when referred
and assistance with
to hospice. Through
community resources.
her social work skills,
Nicole Crump, MSW,
Crump is able to better
Holzer Hospice, is an
integral part of the staff the lives of patients
and families by paying
providing assistance
attention to emotional
for patient and family
well-being and
needs.
Crump began working connecting the patients
and their families with
at Holzer Hospice in
outside resources.
July of 2019. Prior to
If someone is
joining Holzer, Crump
was a school counselor. interested in becoming
a social worker, Crump
She wanted to become
a social worker because would encourage them
to do some research
she enjoys helping
and self-reflection on
others.
what type of population
“Social work is
they would like to
something that has
assist. “There are a lot
come natural and easy
of different options for
for me,” Crump said.
social work services,”
“I can’t imagine myself
shared Crump. “Many
doing anything else.”
Her knack for helping universities have set up
online options for social
others has made her
work degrees.”
day-to-day duties as a
Crump enjoys being
social worker for Holzer
a part of the Holzer
Hospice something
Hospice staff. “I love my
she looks forward to
job and my co-workers
doing. Every day is
are like family. Everyone
different, which allows
is willing to help better
her to continually
the lives of our patients.
learn and develop new
If I had a family member
skills and contacts.
that needed hospice
Crump connects
people with community care, I would be the first
to recommend Holzer
resources, advocate
Hospice.”
for patient’s rights,
Crump received
provide emotional
her bachelor’s degree
support, counseling
in Child and Family
and companionship to
those who may be going Studies and her Master
injury, it’s recommended
to keep moving to avoid
muscle atrophy. The
same concept can be
applied to your skin
health. Increased blood
flow and oxygen packs in
nourishment to skin cells
keeping them healthy
and robust.
Bonus: The extra
oxygen and blood flow
also help stave off skindamaging free radicals.
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Ohio Valley Publishing
Middleport Literary Club notes 125th anniversary
By Lorna Hart
of Read Outside the Box.
Books were selected from
recent fiction and non fiction best sellers, and chalPOMEROY — The
lenge members to choose
Middleport Literary
a book in a genre outside
Club celebrated its 125th
their comfort zone.
anniversary this year with
Outgoing President
books chosen from the
Jeanne Bowen wrapped
Great American Read, a
up her official duties with
PBS program challenging
the addition of two new
readers to explore and
members, and postponed
celebrate the power of
the end of the year lunreading told through the
cheon and official installaprism of 100 best loved
tion of new officers “until
novels.
such time as the club can
Meetings were origisafely meet.”
nally held in Middleport,
According to incomand members were MidCourtesy Photo
Pictured, back row, from left, Peggy Crane, Connie Gilkey , Jeanne Bowman,Vanessa Folmer, Leah Ord; ing officers Lorna Hart,
dleport residents, hence
the name Middleport Lit- front row, from left, Lorna Hart, Olita Heighton, Charlene Rutherford, Faye Wallace, Gay Perrin, Becky president, Dana Kessinger, vice president,
erary Club. Now the club Triplett. Not all club members are pictured.
Olita Heighton, secretary,
includes members from
and Becky Triplett, treathrough May, but due
members answer a roll
interest in the reader
all over Meigs County,
surer, the club will make
to COVID-19 concerns
call question that has
and meets at the Pomeroy without just retelling
decisions as more inforrelevance to the book that the 2019-2020 program
the story,” according to
Library.
ended abruptly and mem- mation about the virus
was just reviewed.
Members choose books guidelines in the club’s
becomes available. In the
The meeting ends with bers are unsure when
constitution. Reviewers
to review from those
meantime, they are in
a brief social time and tra- they will resume.
also present background
selected by the Program
agreement that no meetThe program commitditional refreshments of
Committee The reviewer on the author and some
ings will be held until the
tee has put together a
insight into why the book chocolate and water.
is challenged to “tell
safety of all members can
program for the 2020The club meets every
enough about the book to might have been written.
2021 year with the theme be ensured.
two weeks September
Following the review
explain it and to arouse
Special to OVP
Making
From page 9
Courtesy Photos
These two bears, complete with vests and patches, were made
from jackets worn by a truck driver for his two grandsons at the
request of his daughter after his passing.
is common in children
under 2, and usually
manifests with symp-
toms that mimic a cold,
but in some cases, the
virus can lead to severe
Wood
designed
this
bear
observing
CDC
recommendations by wearing
a mask, from pieces of her
mother’s quilt, She calls this
bear her “ugly bear” because
of the patchwork pieces from
which this bear is composed.
respiratory infection of
the lungs. He was hospitalized and remains
Lorna Hart is a freelance writer for
Ohio Valley Publishing.
he is such a good little
guy I get a lot of sewing
done while he is playing
or napping.”
She concluded by saying, “When someone
hands me an article of
clothing, I never know
how the bear is going
to turn out. I study the
article and then it just
speaks to me about
how to design the bear,
what pieces to use from
the garments. It is like
working a puzzle to
get everything to fit
together, and it’s worth
it just to know that the
clothing is made into
something that will be
treasured and loved.
Lorna Hart is a freelance writer for
Ohio Valley Publishing.
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memories of our mom,
that’s what the Memory
Bears do, it’s a way of
preserving and recalling
memories.”
When the COVID-19
epidemic began, Wood
gave up her dedicated
craft room so her son,
daughter-in-law, and
grandson could move
in with her in an effort
to minimize her grandson’s exposure to the
virus. The two year old
is especially vulnerable
to COVID-19 since he
became infected with
Respiratory syncytial
virus (RSV). The virus
vulnerable to respiratory
infections, so the family
is taking extreme precautions to reduce his
chance of exposure to
COVID-19.
“I’m happy I could
help,” Wood said. “This
way one of us is always
here to take care of him,
he doesn’t have to leave
the house when his mom
and dad go to work.”
Wood said she has
made around 100 bears,
and is continuing to
make them during the
COVID-19 lockdown.
“I feel like I have been
sewing for my sanity,”
she muses as her grandson Grant plays in the
adjacent room.
“The living room is
Grant’s playroom, and
Literary clubs became
popular in the United
States when some women
began to have more free
time. The clubs allowed
women to read and discuss books on a variety
of topics, and to form
friendships. The fact that
the Middleport Literary
club held their first meeting in 1894-1895 and
continues today is a testament to the women who
have given their time and
resources to promote the
group.
The majority of current
club members are retired
teachers, but also include
a nurse, a writer, a librarian, and a former Pentagon employee.
Today the group is
smaller than in the past,
but still intent on continuing the traditions of the
club: literacy, discussion,
friendship, and chocolate.
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Telephone assistance for nursing home residents
Care
From page 9
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in the wrist as the entry
point for the catheter.
The thin catheter then
works through the body’s
network of arteries in the
arm and into the chest,
reaching the heart. Catheterizations performed
this way are reported to
have improved safety,
enhanced comfort, and
shorter recovery times.
“We are blessed with a
sense of family,” shared
Casto. “We know the
patients and they know
our staff. We are providing services for our
friends and family, which
is comforting for our
patients to have a relationship with our staff.
Our patients know that
we are going to provide
the very best care possible.”
“Holzer patients don’t
feel like a number,”
shared Matt McComas,
Rt(R)(VI)(CCT), car-
Program (RLTCOP) helps
residents at nursing homes feel
less isolated and lonely. The
RLTCOP is committed to protecting the rights of long-term
care consumers and provides
this support for nursing home
residents by helping them
resolve problems and advocating for their rights with the
overall goal of enhancing the
quality of life and care for all
long-term care consumers in
nursing homes or other home
and community-based settings.
Volunteer Ombudsmen help
to lessen the isolation and
loneliness many residents
experience. Volunteers also
provide an essential voice for
diovascular technologist.
“We pride ourselves on
the fact that we treat
everyone like they are a
member of our own family.”
When a patient having
a heart attack arrives
in Holzer’s Emergency
Department, a code
“STEMI” is activated,
which immediately contacts the cardiologist, cardiology team and cath lab
personnel. The patient
is then escorted into
the cath lab to open any
blocked coronary arteries
as soon as possible.
Decreased blood flow
to the heart caused by
blockages can cause permanent damage to the
heart muscle, making the
time it takes to open the
blockage very important.
Door-to-balloon is a measurement of this time in
emergency cardiac care,
specifically when referencing ST segment elevation myocardial infarction
(heart attack) or STEMI.
The time begins with the
patient’s arrival in the
residents, providing advocacy
and assistance for those who
have concerns about their care.
AAA7 Volunteer Ombudsmen
cover the following counties in
Ohio: Adams, Brown, Gallia,
Highland, Jackson, Lawrence,
Pike, Ross, Scioto and Vinton.
At this current time, volunteering with the RLTCOP
would consist of phone calls
to a designated nursing facility and/or a resident’s family
contacts and no in-person visiting would be taking place.
Additional volunteer assistance
can also be provided over the
phone to RLTCOP staff with
other needs that may arise.
Some of the comments
emergency department
and ends when a catheter
guidewire crosses the
blockage and a balloon or
stent is deployed opening
the artery and returning
blood flow to the heart in
the cardiac cath lab.
“Holzer has a recorded
average door-to-balloon
time of 55 minutes
which is published in the
National Cardiovascular
Data Registry through
the American College of
Cardiology” stated Riffle.
“The national benchmark
is 90 minutes.”
According to a press
release from Holzer, in
addition to STEMI procedures, Holzer Cath labs
are utilized for Interventional Radiology services.
Interventional radiology is a specialized field
where providers not only
interpret medical images
but can diagnose and
treat patients using the
least invasive techniques
currently available in
order to minimize risk to
the patient and improve
health outcomes. These
volunteers have shared about
their experience volunteering
include:
- “Becoming a Volunteer
Ombudsman has been very
fulfilling for me, to be able to
help our seniors. It makes them
feel secure knowing someone is
there for them. Residents have
confidence their problems will
be resolved.”
- “I’ve always liked to solve
problems. Now to change
something, even something
small for a resident, can make
them feel cared for and respected. That also makes me feel
good to still be productive.”
Those who are interested
in this volunteer opportunity
would just need to contact the
AAA7 at 1-800-582-7277 or
e-mail info@aaa7.org. Volunteers should feel comfortable
knowing that their safety is
always a top priority and during this time, volunteering will
be taking place in the safety
of their own homes through
use of the telephone. Those
who are interested will need to
complete mandatory training,
which will take place through
an online format. The goal of
the entire process is to keep
nursing home residents and
volunteers safe while maintaining contact.
Submitted by AAA7.
visit www.holzer.org.
procedures have less risk, in cardiac care.”
For more information,
less pain and less recovInformation provided by Holzer
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Health System.
to surgery. Procedures
performed by an Interventional Radiologist
include: angioplasty and
stent insertion, carotid
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GALLIA COUNTY — Looking for an opportunity to make
a real difference in the lives of
others? If so, the Area Agency
on Aging District 7, Inc.
(AAA7) has an opportunity for
you or someone you know who
may be interested in helping
provide a voice for residents in
long-term care nursing facilities.
At this time during the current coronavirus pandemic,
there is a special and unique
telephone only opportunity
that will allow volunteers to
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safety of their own homes.
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14 Thursday, July 16, 2020
Vouchers for
the farmer’s
market now
available
By Mindy Kearns
Special to OVP
MASON COUNTY — Farmer’s market vouchers for Mason County senior
citizens, age 60 and older, are now available, according to Renae Riffle, executive
director for the Mason County Action
Group, Inc.
The vouchers are contained in a booklet with seven $4 tickets, totaling $28.
They can be used for fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs, as well as honey.
The West Virginia Department of
Agriculture website lists three places
in Mason County where the vouchers
can be used. They include the farmer’s
market under the Bartow Jones Bridge
in Point Pleasant; Johnson Produce in
Ashton; and the Durfee Farm Stand in
Gallipolis Ferry.
Vouchers will be distributed through
a “drive-up” service at the Gene Salem
Senior Center, located at 101 Second
Street in Point Pleasant. They will be
given out on Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays from 9 a.m. to noon, while supplies last. Due to COVID-19, those picking up the booklets must stay in their
vehicles, Riffle said.
There are requirements that must be
met to receive the vouchers, including
monthly income. A single person household cannot receive over $1,968 per
month; two people, $2,658; three people,
$3,349; and four people, $4,040.
Proof of residency must be shown, as
well as identification verifying age of 60
or older. A government-required form by
the U.S. Department of Agriculture must
also be completed.
For those unable to pick up the vouchers, a proxy can be assigned. The above
mentioned items must be provided, as
well as a signed note stating the person
is a proxy.
For more information, call the action
group office at 304-675-2369.
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Holzer Center earns national accreditation
GALLIPOLIS — The Commission
on Cancer (CoC), a quality program
of the American College of Surgeons
(ACS), has granted Three-Year
Accreditation to the cancer program
at Holzer Center for Cancer Care.
According to a press release from
Holzer, to earn voluntary CoC
accreditation, a cancer program
must meet 34 CoC quality care
standards, be evaluated every three
years through a survey process, and
maintain levels of excellence in the
delivery of comprehensive patientcentered care.
The release further stated,
“Because it is a CoC-accredited
cancer center, Holzer Center
for Cancer Care takes a
multidisciplinary approach to
treating cancer as a complex
group of diseases that requires
consultation among surgeons,
medical and radiation oncologists,
diagnostic radiologists, pathologists,
and other cancer specialists. This
multidisciplinary partnership results
in improved patient care.”
“We have a collaborative
multidisciplinary team-based
approach to cancer care, working
closely with regional academic
cancer centers such as The Ohio
State University, Cabell Huntington
Hospital, West Virginia University,
and Edwards Cancer Center,” stated
Sarah Harrigan, MSN, MA, RN,
OCN, oncology service line director,
Holzer Center for Cancer Care.
“By building these relationships,
we provide our communities
the ability to be treated close
to home with state-of-the-art
technology, following all current
national standards of care for
radiation therapy, chemotherapy,
immunotherapy, and hematology,”
continued Ryan Ramsburg,
dosimetrist, Holzer Center for
Cancer Care.
According to the press release,
the CoC Accreditation Program
provides the framework for Holzer
Center for Cancer Care to improve
its quality of patient care through
various cancer-related programs that
focus on the full spectrum of cancer
care including prevention, early
diagnosis, cancer staging, optimal
treatment, rehabilitation, life-long
follow-up for recurrent disease,
and end-of-life care. When patients
receive care at a CoC facility, they
also have access to information on
clinical trials and new treatments,
genetic counseling, and patient
centered services including psychosocial support, a patient navigation
process, and a survivorship care plan
that documents the care each patient
receives and seeks to improve cancer
survivors’ quality of life.
In November of 2018, Holzer
began using TrueBeam Radiotherapy
Service. TrueBeam is a powerful
cancer treatment that eliminates
cancer cells with increased precision
and accuracy while sparing healthy
tissue. TrueBeam introduces new
possibilities for the treatment of
cancers in the lung, breast, prostate,
brain, head and neck and more.
With enhanced delivery of radiation,
TrueBeam can personalize each
patient’s cancer treatment.
TrueBeam offers state-of-the-art
Stereotactic Body Radiation (SBRT)
and Radiosurgery (SRS) treatments,
delivering pinpoint radiation. These
treatments are like surgery but
without cutting or hospital recovery
time. Patients can now receive the
best and fastest cancer treatment
close to home.
“At the Holzer Center for Cancer
Care we offer advanced technology
with a friendly, caring touch.
There’s no need to travel far for
your treatment, it’s offered here
at home,” said Dr. Divya Arora,
radiation oncologist, Holzer Center
for Cancer Care. “We personalize
our cancer care for each patient.
We don’t just treat cancer, we use
a holistic approach to treat the
whole patient. We make sure to
include their loved ones in the
treatment process and understand
that a cancer diagnosis is not a ‘onesize-fits-all’ diagnosis. Our team is
committed to always go the extra
mile for our patients.”
“We treat our patients like family
at Holzer Center for Cancer Care,”
shared Amity Wamsley, RN, clinical
coordinator, Holzer Center for
Cancer Care.
Like all CoC-accredited facilities,
Holzer Center for Cancer Care
maintains a cancer registry and
contributes data to the National
Cancer Data Base (NCDB), a joint
program of the CoC and American
Cancer Society. This nationwide
oncology outcomes database is
the largest clinical disease registry
in the world. Data on all types of
cancer are tracked and analyzed
through the NCDB and used to
explore trends in cancer care. CoCaccredited cancer centers, in turn,
have access to information derived
from this type of data analysis,
which is used to create national,
regional, and state benchmark
reports. These reports help
CoC facilities with their quality
improvement efforts.
According to the press release,
“When cancer patients choose to
seek care locally at a CoC-accredited
cancer center, they are gaining access
to comprehensive, state-of-the-art
cancer care close to home. Holzer
Center for Cancer Care (HCCC) provides state-of-the-art treatment for all
cancer sites with gentle, competent
and individualized care. Medical
oncology services include an infusion
area for chemotherapy with 12 bays
and two private bays for treatment.
Radiation Oncology services are provided with advance technology in a
relaxed, friendly setting.”
For more information, call
1-855-4-HOLZER or visit
www.holzer.org
Information provided by Holzer Health System.
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AN MRI EXPERIENCE LIKE NO OTHER
DESIGNED TO EASE CLAUSTROPHOBIA & PATIENT ANXIETY
Introducing the in-bore innovative virtual experience for enhanced patient comfort. The MR Theater, available only at the Gordon C. &
Mildred R. Jackson Family Diagnostic Center at Pleasant Valley Hospital, gives patients a visual focal point to distract them from their
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with a unique range of audio and visual features, enabling clinicians to complete MRI exams quickly while improving
patient satisfaction. Patients can watch their favorite show or project expansive virtual reality images onto a domeshaped screen in the extra-wide bore to take their attention away from the actual examination space. Patients can
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Connie Davis
Chief Operating Officer
Pleasant Valley Hospital
OH-70194411
Recognized as one of the Safest Hospitals in America by the Leapfrog Group
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