https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/88735d308541a67f6fa89b0964a7dd8b.pdf d34f714bb14dfa6837f7f529b2d0dc9f PDF Text Text 8 AM 2 PM 8 PM 65° 74° 73° Sun and some clouds today. A star-studded sky tonight. High 80° / Low 61° Today’s weather forecast Elliott wins at Daytona More from Meigs Fair WEATHER s 3 SPORTS s7 FAIR s8 C_ZZb[fehj�š�Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 143, Volume 74 Gallia reports second COVID-19 related death Staff Report GALLIA COUNTY — Gallia County’s second COVID-19 related death, is reportedly connected to an outbreak at a long term care facility. On Friday night, the Gallia County Health Department stated in a Facebook post, “Unfortunately at this time we are announcing an additional death of a Gallia County resident from COVID-19. This individual was connected to our current outbreak at a long term care facility. We offer our deepest condolences to any of those who have recently lost a loved one.” The post did not identify the facility or provide any other information about the deceased. Tyler Schweickart, spokesperson for the Gallia Health Department, stated the location was not specified due to privacy concerns. The state of Ohio reports numbers of cases and names of long-term care facilities where residents and staff have tested positive for the virus but, at this time, reportedly does not release what facility a patient was living in when a COVID death occurs, also citing privacy concerns. When contacted by Ohio Valley Publishing on Monday about how the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) reports deaths at and/or deaths associated with long-term care facilities, Melanie Amato, spokesperson for ODH, stated “due to a pending lawsuit” she wouldn’t have any further information to share until Tuesday afternoon. On Friday, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported it had filed a complaint in the Ohio Court of Claims “to obtain facility-level death information in addition to other records related to the COVID-19 response at long-term care facilities.” To be clear, it was unknown if the Enquirer filing was the one See REPORTS | 8 Meigs Local reports COVID-19 cases By Sarah Hawley shawley@aimmediamidwest.com OHIO VALLEY — Meigs Local School District released a statement on Monday morning acknowledging confirmed COVID-19 cases among members of the Meigs Local community. A statement from Supt. Scot Gheen provided to The Daily Sentinel reads as follows: “Late last week we learned that a few members of the Meigs Local School community had tested positive for COVID-19. The parties have gone through the proper protocols and procedures per the Meigs County Health Department for communication, contact tracing, and quarantine purposes. In addition, any parties that have been directly affected, were also contacted by site administrators and health department officials per CDC guidelines and directed to quarantine for 14 days. While this is obviously an unfortunate event, the district wants to be as transparent as guidelines allow, but still respect the privacy of the affected parties. As discussed in the board meeting on August 3 when making the district decision on schools reopening, we will use this as one of the many points of information in discussion of future directives before possible student return come September 8.” As previously reported Meigs Local students are scheduled to return to the classroom on Sept. 8 in a blended See CASES | 8 AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC (USPS 145-966) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes every Tuesday through Saturday. Subscription rate is $208 per year. Prices are subject to change at any time. 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 Periodical postage paid at Pomeroy, OH POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Sentinel, 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631. All content © 2020 The Daily Sentinel. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. Tuesday, August 18, 2020 s 50¢ McKay crowned 2020 Fair Queen Johnson crowned Livestock Princess By Sarah Hawley shawley@aimmediamidwest.com ROCKSPRINGS — Kristin McKay was crowned the 2020 Meigs County Fair Queen on Monday during the opening ceremony of the 2020 Meigs County Fair held in the Ridenour Family Livestock Arena. McKay and Livestock Princess Nevada Johnson were crowned by 2019 Meigs County Fair Queen Gabrielle Beeler. Before the crowning, Beeler gave her farewell speech, thanking those who helped her during her year as Queen and during her time in 4-H. Beeler said that during her first fair as a Cloverbud in 2006, she told her mom that she wanted to be the Meigs County Fair Queen. Seven years later, Beeler became the last Rabbit Princess and a year later the first Livestock Princess. In 2019, she accomplished her goal, being named the Meigs County Fair Queen. Beeler included some “fun facts” in her address, including that she traveled more than 3,200 miles as Queen to visit 30 fairs and 6 festivals, as well as being part of three parades. She is also the shortest Fair Queen Sarah Hawley | Sentinel 2020 Meigs County Fair Queen Kristin McKay and 2019 Meigs County Fair Queen Gabrielle Beeler in the state, coming in at 4 feet, 10 inches, she told the crowd. Beeler offered words of encouragement to McKay, telling her to cherish the year as Queen as it will fly by. The 2020 Meigs County Fair Queen Kristin McKay is the daughter of James McKay and Melody (Michael) Bailey from Long Bottom, Ohio. Kristin is 16 years old, will be a senior at Southern High School. She participates in the University of Rio Grande college credit plus program. She is a 12 year member of the Wooly Bully’s and More 4-H Club and three year member of Racine Southern FFA. 2020 Meigs County Fair Livestock Princess Nevada Johnson and 2019 Meigs County Fair Queen Gabrielle Beeler Kristin’s leadership activities have included every office in her 4-H club, FFA secretary 2018- 2019, FFA vice president 2019-2020, and FFA See QUEEN | 8 Junior Fair Awards presented Jackson, Parker named outstanding 4-H members By Sarah Hawley shawley@aimmediamidwest.com ROCKSPRINGS — The 2020 Meigs County Fair kicked off on Monday with the presentation of the Junior Fair Awards, including 4-H, FFA, Girl Scouts and Junior Fair Board awards. Scholarship and award recipients were as follows: Rachael Downie Scholarship — Coltin Parker. Junior Fair Scholarship — Valerie Hamm. Ohio Valley Bank 4-H Scholarship — Austin Rose. 4-H Committee Scholarships — Gabrielle Beeler and Alexis Ervin. Senior Awards — Austin Rose, Raeven Reedy, Faith Bauerbach, Valerie Hamm, Zachary Williams, Preston Ervin, Coltin Parker, Amy Griffin, Brayden Ervin, Michael Kesterson, Alexis Ervin, Gabrielle Beeler, Megan Ross and Annie McGrath. Secretary’s Book Awards — Raeann Schagel, Cowboy Boots and Country Roots; McKenzie Long, Next Generation. Community Service Award — Cowboy Boots and Country Roots; Next Generation. Cloverbud Graduates — Nick Bauerbach, Paige Smith, Taylor Varian, Cayden Stethem, Weston Smith, Gauge Clary, Allysa Wallace, Jamie Cremeans, Jackson Nottingham, Beau Durst, Colten Grubb, Jaelynn Curtis, Victoria Bailey, Nina Blackhurst, Alana Buckley, Porter Webb, Kensley Karr and Ella Bailey. Woodworking Awards — Level One: Clay Buckley, Hunter Parry, Matthew Garret Parry, Luke Enright; Level Two: Kole Gheen. 4-H Extra Effort Member Awards — McKenzie Long, Nevada Johnson, Tanner Huffman, Chloe Rizer, Annie McGrath, Michael Kesterson, Faith Bauerbach, Jeremiah Mohler, Parker Durst, Olivia Harris, Missouri Brown, Nicole Nottingham, Alexia Gilliland, Sarah LaVerne Williams, Allyson Anderson, Brenen Rowe, Dominique Butcher, Cooper Jude, Paige Blackwood, Ellie Howell, Raeann Schagel, Caelin Seth, and Coltin Parker. County Achievement Award Winners — Beef: Coltin Parker, nominee; Citizenship/Community Service: Raeann Schagel, nominee, Cooper Schagel, alternate; Dairy: Coltin Parker, nominee; Leader- Sarah Hawley | Sentinel Rachel Jackson and Coltin Parker were named the 2020 Meigs County Outstanding 4-H members. Jackson (left) and Parker (right) are pictured with 4-H Educator Nancy Sydenstricker. Austin Rose (second from left) received the 2020 Leland Parker Family Scholarship. Pictured with Rose are members of the Leland Parker Family. ship: Rachel Jackson, nominee, Cooper Schagel, alternate; Personal Development: Cooper Schagel, nominee, Rachel Jackson, alternate; Photography: Cooper Schagel, nominee; Poultry: Raeann Schagel, nominee; Rabbits: Rachel Jackson, nominee; Sheep: Coltin Parker, nominee; Swine: Coltin Parker, nominee. Ohio State Achievement Award Winner — Cooper Schagel. Meigs County 2020 Outstanding 4-H See FAIR | 8 �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Tuesday, August 18, 2020 OBITUARIES CHARLES L. BRUMFIELD CROWN CITY — Charles L. Brumfield, 78, of Crown City, passed away on Sunday, August 16, 2020 at his residence, surrounded by his family. Charles was born on August 4, 1942 in Crown City, son of the late Charles Harold and Virginia Fillinger Brumfield. Charles was a retired concrete truck driver and a farmer. He served in the National Guard. Charles was a member of Elizabeth Chapel Church, and he enjoyed playing his banjo and farming. Charles was married to Nancy Burnette Brumfield, and she survives him, along with a son, Bryan L. Brumfield of Knoxville, Tennessee; grandchildren, Alex Brumfield of Jackson, Mississippi, Brycen (Corinne) Brumfield of Vinton, Joel Brumfield of Vinton, and Daphney Norman of Chattanooga, Tennessee; two brothers, Roscoe (Kathy) Brumfield of Gallipolis and Faron Brumfield of Crown City; sisters, Mary Aldean Taylor of Lancaster, Virginia Arlene (Tim) Bickers of Winfield, Alabama, and Barbara Brumfield of Gallipolis; and several nieces and nephews. Charles was preceded in death by his parents, brother, Clyne Brumfield; sister, Brenda Brumfield; nephew, Lance Taylor; and niece, Amber Shadle. The funeral service for Charles will be 1 p.m. Thursday, August 20, 2020 at Willis Funeral Home with Pastors Alfred Holley and Randy Carnes officiating. His burial will follow in Ridgelawn Cemetery. Friends may call prior to the funeral service from noon until 1 p.m. at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be Brycen Brumfield, Joel Brumfield, Terry O’Dell, Eugene Williams, Raymond Brumfield, Roscoe Brumfield, and Faron Brumfield. Please visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send e-mail condolences. CHERYL ARLENE LEE MIDDLEPORT — Cheryl Arlene Lee, 71, passed away Tuesday, August 11, 2020. She was born October 3, 1948, in Middleport. She was the daughter of the late Curtis Chester Roush and Thelma Ferne Badgley Roush. She was the beloved wife of the late Kenneth Paul Lee. Mrs. Lee is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Robert (Bob) and Patricia (Patty) Staats of Mountain Home, Idaho, granddaughters Chelsea Staats, Mountain Home, Idaho and Alexandra Staats, Nash, Texas; her sister and brother-in-law Sylvia and Tempelton “Tiny” Grueser, Pomeroy, sister Joyce Sellers, Columbus, Georgia, brother and sister-inlaw Chester and Mary Roush, Middleport; and several nieces and nephews; close family friends Ellen Rife, Jan Jones, Courtney Bullington and her son Logan, Jacob Nitz and Jesse Nitz and many more friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Kenny, and mother and father-inlaw James and Doris Lee. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m., Thursday, August 20, 2020, at Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy. Burial service will follow at Gilmore Cemetery. Visiting hours will be 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home in Pomeroy. DANIEL JOHN HADDEN POMEROY — Daniel John Hadden, 56, of Pomeroy, passed away unexpectedly Sunday August 16, 2020 at his residence. Born July 18, 1964 in Sharon, Connecticut, he was the son of the late Clarence John and Elaine Parker Hadden. Daniel was a United States Army Veteran. He is survived by three brothers, Anthony, John and Paul Hadden; five sisters, Kimberlie Thompson, Marcia Brown, Maureen Hadden, Colleen Thomas and Jan Hadden and several nieces and nephews. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Lee Hadden and four sisters, Constance McIntire, Annina Provost, Lanele Hadden and Carol Pressnel. Daniel wishes were that there be no funeral services. Friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at ewingfuneralhome.net. Arrangements are by the Ewing-Schwarzel Funeral Home in Pomeroy. NICHOLS CROWN CITY — Robin June Nichols, 62, of Crown City, died Sunday August 16, 2020 at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House of Huntington, W.Va. A graveside service will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at Miller Memorial Gardens, Miller. Entombment will follow. Visitation will be held 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville. CONTACT US 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 740-446-2342 All content © 2020 Gallipolis Daily Tribune and The Daily Sentinel. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT/ GROUP PUBLISHER Lane Moon lmoon@aimmediamidwest.com EDITOR Beth Sergent, Ext. 1992 bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com MANAGING EDITOR Sarah Hawley, Ext. 2555 shawley@aimmediamidwest.com SPORTS EDITOR Bryan Walters, Ext. 2101 bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Matt Rodgers, Ext. 2095 mrodgers@aimmediamidwest.com CIRCULATION MANAGER Derrick Morrison, Ext. 2097 dmorrison@aimmediamidwest.com Ohio Valley Publishing Schools can’t sub face shields for masks COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio health officials say school districts will not be allowed to use face shields rather than facial coverings or masks in most cases as a means of curbing coronavirus transmission as schools get ready to start the 2020-21 academic year. The Ohio Department of Health on Saturday cited guidance from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which says there is currently not enough evidence to establish the effectiveness of face shields in preventing the spread of the coronavirus. Ohio authorities are requiring masks or facial coverings for students, faculty and staff in places providing child care or education for children from kindergarten through 12th grade. Exemptions are included for people with medical conditions or for such activities as eating and drinking or playing at recess. The health department said Saturday that face shields may be an option for those exempted from the face covering require- ment or in some circumstances, such as the need for lip reading. If used, face shields should extend from the forehead with no gap and wrap around the sides of the face and extend below the chin, the department said. Gov. Mike DeWine last week released figures indicating that nearly 600,000 Ohio schoolchildren in 325 districts will return to school this fall for in-person classes. Almost 400,000 students in 55 districts will be attending online, while about 380,000 students in 154 districts will be doing some combination of in-person and online classes, the governor said. The state didn’t have information for 78 additional districts. DeWine said he believes that schools are doing a good job of getting ready for all options, but children’s well-being and the prospects for activities such as sports, band and theater will depend on community efforts to reduce virus spread, including continued mask-wearing, social distancing and avoiding mass gatherings. GALLIA, MEIGS BRIEFS Aug. 20, and Friday, Aug. 21, for slip repair. POMEROY — A landslide repair project begins on Aug. 17 on State Route 124/833, between Rose Hill Road (Township Road 200) and Chester Road/State Route 733. One lane will be closed. Temporary traffic signals and an 11 foot width restriction will be in place. Estimated completion: Oct. 15. HARRISONVILLE — The 12th annual HarrisonMEIGS COUNTY — A tree trimming project ville Presbyterian Church School Supply Giveaway, begins on Aug. 24 on State Route 124, between the Saturday, Aug. 29 at the church on State Route 143 Vinton County line and Rutland. This section will be in Harrisonville. This year the format will be different. There will be no food or games. All pick-ups will closed from 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday through Friday. Estimated completion: Sept. 30. be drive through only. The church asks you drive to SPRINGFIELD TWP. — The Springfield Township the church and follow directions to receive supplies. Board of Trustees announces Hemlock Road will be Please bring children and remain in your car. Please closed from State Route 850 to Green Valley Drive observe all safety precautions. Backpacks are provided by First Presbyterian Church of Athens and $25 beginning at 9 a.m., Monday, Aug. 10 - Thursday, Sept. 10, for repair of a road slip. shoe coupons by Harrisonville Church. All supplies SALISBURY TWP. — Bailey Run Road is now back and certificates will be given out on a first-come, firstopen following slip repair. served basis. OLIVE TWP. — Mt. Olive Road in Olive Township is currently closed due to slip repair by Olive Township Trustees. MEIGS COUNTY — Beginning June 1, one lane of POMEROY — The Pomeroy Police Department is accepting donation of new items to be auctioned as a SR 124 will be closed between Old State Route 338 fundraiser for the Shop with a Cop program to benefit (Township Road 708) and Portland Road (County Meigs County youth. Items may be dropped of at the Road 35) for a bridge deck overlay project on the Pomeroy Police Department, Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-3 bridge crossing over Groundhog Creek. Temporary p.m. If outside those hours or for other arrangements, traffic signals and a 10 foot width restriction will be contact Patrolman Leif Babb via e-mail at lbabb@vil- in place. Estimated completion: November 20, 2020 MEIGS COUNTY — Beginning June 1, one lane lagepomeroy.us or by phone at (740)992-6411. Monof SR 7 will be closed between Storys Run Road etary donations can be made to Loyalty is Forever at (County Road 345) and Leading Creek Road Farmers Bank. (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: SCIPIO TWP. — Mt. Union Road from Mt. Union November 20, 2020 Church to State Route 143 will be closed, Thursday, Editor’s Note: Gallia Meigs Briefs will only list event information that is open to the public and will be printed on a space-available basis. School supply giveaway Shop with a Cop fundraiser Road construction, closures TODAY IN HISTORY The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Aug. 18, the 231st day of 2020. There are 135 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing all American women’s right to vote, was ratified as Tennessee became the 36th state to approve it. On this date: In 1587, Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents to be born in present-day America, on what is now Roanoke Island in North Carolina. (However, the Roanoke colony ended up mysteriously disappearing.) In 1838, the first marine expedition sponsored by the U.S. government set sail from Hampton Roads, Virginia; the crews traveled the southern Pacific Ocean, gathering scientific information. In 1846, during the Mexican-American War, U.S. forces led by Gen. Stephen W. Kearny occupied Santa Fe in presentday New Mexico. In 1894, Congress established the Bureau of Immigration. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson issued his Proclamation of Neutrality, aimed at keeping the United States out of World War I. In 1963, James Meredith became the first Black student to graduate from the University of Mississippi. In 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, New York, wound to a close after three nights with a mid-morning set by Jimi Hendrix. In 1983, Hurricane Alicia slammed into the Texas coast, leaving 21 dead and causing more than a billion dollars’ worth of damage. In 1993, a judge in Sarasota, Fla., ruled that Kimberly Mays, the 14-year-old girl who had been switched at birth with another baby, need never again see her biological parents, Ernest and Regina Twigg, in accordance with her stated wishes. (However, Kimberly later moved in with the Twiggs.) In 2009, former South Korean President and Nobel Peace laureate Kim Dae-jung (kihm dayjoong) died in Seoul. In 2014, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon ordered the National Guard to Ferguson, a suburb of St. Louis convulsed by protests over the fatal shooting of a Black teen. Don Pardo, 96, a durable radio and television announcer known for his introductions with a booming baritone on “Saturday Night Live” and other shows, died in Tucson, Arizona. In 2017, Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s top White House strategist, was forced out of his post by Trump; Bannon returned immediately as executive chairman to Breitbart News, which he led before joining Trump’s campaign. (Bannon would step down as Breitbart chair- man in January 2018 after the release of a book in which he criticized Trump and members of his family.) Ten years ago: General Motors filed the first batch of paperwork to sell stock to the public again, a significant step toward shedding U.S. government ownership a year after the automaker had filed for bankruptcy. A bull leapt into the packed grandstands of a bullring in northern Spain and ran amok, charging and trampling spectators and leaving dozens of people injured. (The bull was brought under control by handlers and was later killed.) Five years ago: The Food and Drug Administration approved Addyi (ADD’-ee), the world’s first prescription drug designed to boost sexual desire in women. Bud Yorkin, a director and producer who helped forge a new brand of topical TV comedy with the 1970s hit “All in the Family,” died in Los Angeles at age 89. One year ago: Kathleen Blanco, who became Louisiana’s first female governor only to see her political career derailed by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, died in hospice care in Lafayette, Louisiana at the age of 76; she’d struggled for years with cancer. Broadcaster Jack Whitaker, who reported on events ranging from the first Super Bowl to Secretariat’s Triple Crown, died in Devon, Pennsylvania; he was 95. Today’s Birthdays: For- mer first lady Rosalynn (ROH’-zuh-lihn) Carter is 93. Movie director Roman Polanski is 87. Olympic gold medal decathlete Rafer Johnson is 85. Actor-director Robert Redford is 84. Actor Henry G. Sanders is 78. Actor-comedian Martin Mull is 77. Rhythm-andblues singer Sarah Dash (LaBelle) is 75. Rock musician Dennis Elliott is 70. Country singer Jamie O’Hara is 70. Comedian Elayne Boosler is 68. Country singer Steve Wilkinson (The Wilkinsons) is 65. Actor Denis Leary is 63. Actor Madeleine Stowe is 62. Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (GYT’nur) is 59. ABC News reporter Bob Woodruff is 59. The former president of Mexico, Felipe Calderon, is 58. Bluegrass musician Jimmy Mattingly is 58. Actor Adam Storke is 58. Actor Craig Bierko (BEER’-koh) is 56. Rock singer-musician Zac Maloy (The Nixons) is 52. Rock singer and hip-hop artist Everlast is 51. Rapper Masta Killa (Wu-Tang Clan) is 51. Actor Christian Slater is 51. Actor Edward Norton is 51. Actor MalcolmJamal Warner is 50. Actor Kaitlin Olson is 45. Actorwriter-director Hadjii is 44. Rock musician Dirk Lance is 44. Actor-comedian Andy Samberg (TV: “Saturday Night Live”) is 42. Country musician Brad Tursi (Old Dominion) is 41. Actor Mika Boorem is 33. Actor Maia Mitchell is 27. Actor Madelaine Petsch is 26. Actor Parker McKenna Posey is 25. �NEWS/WEATHER Ohio Valley Publishing Tuesday, August 18, 2020 3 The home front: Virus stalks nurses after they leave work By Stefanie Dazio Associated Press FULLERTON, Calif. — There’s red tape running along the floor of the coronavirus unit at St. Jude’s Medical Center in Fullerton, California. It’s a clear line of demarcation. On one side, the cold zone, where only a surgical mask, scrubs and shoe coverings are necessary. On the other, the warm zone, where the gloves come on. And the N95 mask. And the gown. And the hairnet. And the face shield. Another step through glass doors and it’s into the hot zone, where coughing patients in green-patterned gowns await. It’s outside this unit, in an area not marked by red tape or glass doors, that worries the nurses of “4 North” most. It’s home: Where their kids play and their spouses sleep. Where PPE are only letters of the alphabet for toddlers learning their ABCs. As the pandemic rages on and cases climb throughout California, once again one of the nation’s hot spots, the answers remain unclear. In the meantime, the nurses forge ahead. The Associated Press spent several days in the coronavirus unit at St. Jude’s and followed four nurses and their families after their shifts were over. Here are their stories, from work and home: ___ Sarvnaz Michel feared for her family’s safety. She had just given birth to her youngest son, Arshan, prematurely and was supposed to return to her to blur and blend her sneakers out for glittery black clogs so two lives. She wondered she doesn’t have to if she should move out handle shoelaces. She of her home to keep her seals her N95 mask infant son and husband in a Tupperware-like safe. container between “The thought of patients so it’s stored infecting either of them away from germs in the or my family,” she said. air. “It’s crazy.” It’s at home where the The pandemic has forced conversations that anxiety escapes. She doesn’t hug her no young parents should mother-in-law, who is have. They talk about taking care of Vargas’ what would happen if younger kids. Through she were infected and a glass door, she visits hospitalized. her own mom and oldest “If I were to die, don’t daughter, Kaila, who has come,” Younkin told her already had the virus husband emphatically. and is staying with her Jae C. Hong | AP file “Don’t risk yourselves.” grandma. ___ Romelia Navarro, right, is comforted by nurse Michele Younkin as she weeps while sitting at the The ICU nurse who When Jackie Vargas is bedside of her dying husband, Antonio, in St. Jude Medical Center’s COVID-19 unit July 31 in Fullerton, Calif. Antonio was Younkin’s first COVID-19 patient to pass on her watch. has cared for dozens of in the hospital, she feels fevered, sick patients safe. grew four new teeth and work as a nurse on Valen- never doubted before.” could do nothing more She wears her glasses “You just want to make learned to roll over. tine’s Day. than monitor her 20-yearinstead of contacts so After a month, Cushing she doesn’t have to touch old daughter’s fever over sure they’re safe.” The coronavirus pancame home. James ___ demic was slowly making FaceTime. her eyes. She swaps her stopped sleepwalking and For the month of its way to the United began preparing for his April, the Cushing States and information fourth birthday. family lived apart. was scarce. “I’m glad you’re here, Spencer Cushing spent Michel took six weeks Dad,” he would tell his of unpaid maternity leave his days at St. Jude’s, father. “I’m really glad as a nurse caring for to buy time. She started you’re here.” “step-down” patients a new job at St. Jude’s ___ recovering from the in March, returning to a Michele Younkin most serious COVID-19 very different field. watched a man die. symptoms. When his Her older son, 2-yearThe 28-year-old nurse old Leonidas, now knows shifts were over, though, knew it was coming. he wouldn’t go home to not to hug his mother Comfort care had been when she first gets home. his wife, Eleanor, and arranged. His family, young sons, 3-year-old He’ll sit outside as she covered in PPE, was James and baby Walter. showers after her shift, The reports from New there. The medications to chattering about his day. relax him were ready. But there are things she York were frightening: It was time. can’t tell him about hers, Hospitals overwhelmed. She took her 65-yearThe death toll climbing. like the time she spent old patient off the Was California next? three hours alone with a “We weren’t sure what machine that was helping patient as she died. Like when her own uncle died was safe,” Cushing said. him breathe. She held (Must purchase at least 200 gallon) the man’s wife close. She “But we knew what in Iran, succumbing to shed tears that clung to the virus within two days. we were doing was the her face shield. safest.” Instead, she teaches “Times like these, you So he rented his own her son how to give “air will remember this,” apartment, returning hugs.” PO Box 55 Chester, Ohio Younkin’s grandmother, there after his shifts as “I love them to death Proud sponsor of the a nurse during the polio Eleanor put the boys to but did we make a misbed alone at their home. epidemic, told her. “You take, having kids and Meigs County Fair don’t forget them.” James began bringing them into this Her career has forced world?” Michel pauses. “I sleepwalking. Walter Ridenour Gas Service Announces their propane Fair Week Special!! Call during fair week for special pricing on propane!! 740-985-3307 OH-70198119 TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 65° 74° 73° Sun and some clouds today. A star-studded sky tonight. High 80° / Low 61° HEALTH TODAY Statistics through 3 p.m. Mon. AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™ Temperature The AccuWeather.com Asthma Index combines the effects of current air quality, pollen counts, wind, temperature, dew point, barometric pressure, and changes from past weather conditions to provide a scale showing the overall probability and severity of an asthma attack. 85° 65° 86° 64° 100° in 1988 50° in 1979 Precipitation (in inches) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Mon. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date 0.00 0.82 2.13 30.22 28.75 SUN & MOON Today 6:45 a.m. 8:19 p.m. 5:54 a.m. 8:30 p.m. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset New First Aug 18 Aug 25 Full Sep 2 Last Sep 10 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for fish and game. Today Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Major 11:46a 12:15a 1:11a 2:09a 3:07a 4:05a 5:01a Minor 5:32a 6:28a 7:25a 8:22a 9:20a 10:17a 11:15a Major ---12:10p 1:38p 2:35p 3:33p 4:30p 5:28p Minor 6:00p 6:55p 7:51p 8:48p 9:45p 10:43p 11:41p WEATHER HISTORY Hurricane Bob was 45 miles south of Cape Hatteras, N.C., at 9 a.m. EDT on Aug. 18, 1991. It had sustained winds of 115 mph and gusts to 130 mph. Hurricane warnings were issued from the Carolinas to New England. OH-70199153 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme POLLEN & MOLD THURSDAY Low Moderate High Lucasville 80/60 Moderate High Very High Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services AIR QUALITY 300 500 Primary pollutant: Ozone Air Quality Index: 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very unhealthy; 301-500, Hazardous. Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services OHIO RIVER Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. Mon. Flood 24-hr. Location Stage Level Chg. Willow Island 37 12.58 -0.27 Marietta 34 15.51 -0.15 Parkersburg 36 21.19 -0.56 Belleville 35 12.69 -0.37 Racine 41 13.02 -0.11 Point Pleasant 40 25.26 +0.09 Gallipolis 50 13.13 -0.18 Huntington 50 25.67 -0.14 Ashland 52 34.44 -0.08 Lloyd Greenup 54 12.89 +0.06 Portsmouth 50 16.40 -1.50 Maysville 50 33.90 -0.40 Meldahl Dam 51 15.40 -0.70 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2020 Marietta 80/58 Belpre 80/59 Athens 78/58 Partly sunny Today St. Marys 80/59 Parkersburg 79/59 Coolville 79/59 Elizabeth 80/60 Spencer 82/60 Buffalo 81/61 Milton 79/62 St. Albans 82/63 Huntington 78/61 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s Seattle 100s 78/60 90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s San Francisco 20s 78/60 10s 0s -0s -10s Los Angeles 99/73 T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front Partly sunny and humid 88° 67° NATIONAL CITIES Ironton 80/62 Ashland 78/62 Grayson 78/62 MONDAY 87° 68° Clouds and sun with a t-storm possible Wilkesville 77/58 POMEROY Jackson 78/60 78/59 Ravenswood Rio Grande 79/61 79/60 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 79/57 GALLIPOLIS 80/61 82/61 79/60 South Shore Greenup 79/62 79/59 46 0 50 100 150 200 Portsmouth 80/61 A thunderstorm around in the afternoon SUNDAY 86° 64° Murray City 78/56 McArthur 78/57 Very High Primary: ragweed, other Mold: 1197 Logan 79/55 SATURDAY 88° 67° Nice with some sun Adelphi 79/55 Chillicothe 79/55 FRIDAY 87° 66° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Waverly 79/58 Pollen: 3 Low MOON PHASES Mostly sunny and pleasant 2 Primary: basidiospores, unk. Wed. 6:46 a.m. 8:17 p.m. 7:07 a.m. 9:07 p.m. WEDNESDAY 81° 58° ALMANAC High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM Clendenin 83/62 Charleston 81/62 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Winnipeg 85/61 Montreal 72/56 Billings 96/67 Minneapolis 79/63 Chicago 78/61 Denver 98/63 Toronto 74/53 New York 84/66 Detroit 77/57 Kansas City 81/60 Washington 85/68 EXTREMES MONDAY Atlanta 89/71 National for the 48 contiguous states High Low El Paso 97/75 Chihuahua 92/65 Monterrey 94/71 Wed. City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Albuquerque 93/68/t 95/69/pc Anchorage 65/55/pc 64/55/c Atlanta 89/71/t 88/69/c Atlantic City 82/70/s 77/68/pc Baltimore 87/65/s 82/64/c Billings 96/67/pc 92/66/pc Boise 101/72/pc 100/70/pc Boston 83/65/pc 78/62/pc Charleston, WV 81/62/pc 80/59/pc Charlotte 89/65/pc 84/67/t Cheyenne 92/62/pc 87/60/pc Chicago 78/61/s 81/61/s Cincinnati 79/59/pc 79/58/s Cleveland 74/58/pc 72/55/s Columbus 80/56/pc 78/55/s Dallas 94/71/s 91/73/pc Denver 98/63/pc 94/64/pc Des Moines 81/60/s 82/61/pc Detroit 77/57/pc 77/58/pc Honolulu 88/75/sh 89/75/sh Houston 99/74/pc 98/75/pc Indianapolis 80/58/s 79/59/s Kansas City 81/60/s 81/62/pc Las Vegas 113/87/s 113/87/s Little Rock 88/66/pc 85/65/s Los Angeles 99/73/s 98/71/s Louisville 82/63/t 81/61/s Miami 92/77/t 91/79/t Minneapolis 79/63/pc 84/63/t Nashville 88/65/pc 85/65/t New Orleans 93/75/t 92/75/pc New York City 84/66/s 79/65/pc Oklahoma City 87/63/s 86/64/pc Orlando 91/75/t 90/74/t Philadelphia 85/67/s 80/65/pc Phoenix 113/87/pc 114/88/pc Pittsburgh 80/56/pc 77/55/s Portland, ME 80/58/c 79/56/pc Raleigh 88/67/pc 86/65/t Richmond 87/67/pc 81/65/t St. Louis 81/61/pc 81/60/s Salt Lake City 103/73/pc 101/74/pc San Francisco 78/60/s 78/59/s Seattle 78/60/s 79/63/pc Washington, DC 85/68/s 80/66/pc 110° in Needles, CA 33° in Gould, CO Global Houston 99/74 High Low Miami 92/77 117° in Sunaynah, Oman 3° in Summit Station, Greenland Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. �NEWS 4 Tuesday, August 18, 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing US approves oil, gas leasing plan for Alaska By Mark Thiessen Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Trump administration gave final approval Monday for a contentious oil and gas leasing plan on the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, where critics worry about the industry’s impact on polar bears, caribou and other wildlife. The next step, barring lawsuits, will be the actual sale of leases. Development — should it occur — is still years away. Environmentalists have promised to fight opening up the coastal plain, a 1.56-million acre swath of land along Alaska’s northern Beaufort Sea coast after the Department of the Interior approved an oil and gas leasing program. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt signed the Record of Decision, which will determine a program for where oil and gas leasing will take place. “The establishment of this program marks a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP An airplane flies over caribou from the Porcupine Caribou Herd on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. The Department of the Interior has approved an oil and gas leasing program within Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge is home to polar bears, caribou and other wildlife. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt signed the Record of Decision, which will determine where oil and gas leasing will take place in the refuge’s coastal plain. new chapter in American energy independence,” Bernhardt said during a conference call with reporters. “Years of inaction have given away to an informed and determined plan to responsibly tap ANWR’s energy potential for the American people for generations to come,” he said. Over the past four decades, Republicans have attempted to open the refuge to drilling. President Bill Clinton vetoed a Republican bill to allow drilling in 1995, and Democrats blocked a similar plan 10 years later. President Trump insisted Congress include a mandate providing for leasing in the refuge in a 2017 tax bill. The Interior’s Bureau of Land Management in December 2018 concluded drilling could be conducted within the coastal plain area without harming wildlife. “Today’s announcement marks a milestone in Alaska’s forty-year journey to responsibly develop our state and our nation’s new energy frontier,” Gov. Mike Dunleavy said in a statement. The Republican governor called the decision “a definitive step in the right direction to developing this area’s energy potential,” which he estimated at 4.3 and 11.8 billion barrels of recoverable oil reserves. Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said the opportunity offered by opening the coastal plain “is needed both now, as Alaskans navigate incredibly challenging times, and well into the future as we seek a lasting economic foundation for our state. “Through this program, we will build on our already-strong record of an increasingly minimal footprint for responsible resource development.” Trump in 2018 said he hadn’t felt strongly about opening the refuge, but had insisted it be included in the tax bill at the urging of others. He also said a friend told him that every Republican president since Ronald Reagan had tried and failed to open the refuge to drilling. “I really didn’t care about it, and then when I heard that everybody wanted it — for 40 years, they’ve been trying to get it approved, and I said, ‘Make sure you don’t lose ANWR,’” Trump said at the time. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has vowed to protect the refuge. “His plan released last year made clear that he will permanently protect ANWR and other areas impacted by President Trump’s attacks on federal lands and waters,” campaign spokesperson Matt Hill said. Environmental groups immediately assailed opening the refuge and promised litigation. “The Trump administration’s so-called review process for their shameless sell-off of the Arctic refuge has been a sham from the start. We’ll see them in court,” said Lena Moffitt with the Our Wild America campaign of the Sierra Club. Democrats claim ‘big tent’ for first convention in pandemic By Steve Peoples AP National Political Writer NEW YORK — Joe Biden introduced the breadth of his coalition to a divided America on Monday night, progressive Democrats joining conservative Republicans and a billionaire CEO to deliver an urgent appeal for voters to unite against President Donald Trump regardless of political ideology or party. Former first lady Michelle Obama vouched for Biden’s empathy and experience, while the extraordinary ideological range of Biden’s many messengers on the opening night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention was perhaps best demonstrated by former presidential contenders from opposing parties: Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist who championed a multi-trillion-dollar universal health care plan, and Ohio’s former Republican Gov. John Kasich, an anti-abortion conservative who spent decades fighting to cut government spending. “My friends, I say to you, and to everyone who supported other candidates in this primary and to those who may have voted for Donald Trump in the last election: The future of our democracy is at stake. The future of our economy is at stake. The future of our planet is at stake,” Sanders declared. Kasich said his status as a lifelong Republican “holds second place to my responsibility to my country.” “In normal times, something like this would probably never happen, but these are not normal times,” he said of his participation at the Democrats’ convention. He added: “We can do better than what we’ve been seeing today, for sure.” The unified message, outlined in excerpts of prerecorded speeches, came before the official start of the first presidential nominating convention of the coronavirus era. The allvirtual affair is the first without a central meeting place or cheering throngs. And there were real questions about whether the prime-time event would adequately energize the disparate factions Biden hopes to capture. Republicans face a similar challenge next week. Trump, seeking to undermine the Democrats’ big night by hosting a political rally in Wisconsin, where Biden’s party had originally planned this week’s convention, called the Democrats’ event “a snooze” before it even began. “You know when you hear a speech is taped, it’s like there is nothing very exciting about it, right?” the Republican president said. Democrats abandoned their plans for an in-person gathering in Milwaukee because of the pandemic. The unprecedented gathering is not only testing the bonds of the diverse Biden-Kamala Harris coalition but the practical challenges of running a presidential campaign in the midst of a pandemic. Among a series of national crises, speakers planned to address bipartisan concerns that Postal Service changes will make it hard for voters to be sure their mail-in ballots are received in time and counted. Ballot access is a particular concern for people of color, whose communities were disproportionately forced to wait in long lines to cast primary votes earlier in the year. At this moment, Biden sits in a stronger political position than Trump, who has struggled to expand his political coalition under the weight of his turbulent leadership and prolonged health and economic crises. Jeff Amy | AP A protester holds a sign opposing in-person classes Monday at a “die-in” at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. More of the state’s public universities are opening for the fall term, trying to balance concern about COVID-19 infections against a mandate for on-campus classes citing financial needs and student desires. Universities scramble to deal with virus By Susan Montoya Bryan Tar Heel, ran an editorial headlined, “UNC has a clusterf—k on its hands,” though without the North Carolina’s dashes. flagship university The paper said that canceled in-person classes the parties that took for undergraduates place over the weekend just a week into the fall were no surprise and semester Monday as college campuses around that administrators should have begun the the U.S. scramble to semester with onlinedeal with coronavirus only instruction at the clusters linked in some cases to student housing, university, which has 19,000 undergraduates. off-campus parties and “We all saw this packed bars. coming,” the editorial The University of North Carolina at Chapel said. Outbreaks earlier this Hill said it will switch summer at fraternities to remote learning in Washington state, on Wednesday and California and Mississippi make arrangements for provided a glimpse of the students who want to challenges school officials leave campus housing. face in keeping the “We have emphasized that if we were faced with virus from spreading on the need to change plans campuses where young — take an off-ramp — we people eat, live, study — and party — in close would not hesitate to do so, but we have not taken quarters. The virus has been this decision lightly,” it blamed for over 170,000 said in a statement after reporting 130 confirmed deaths and 5.4 million confirmed infections in infections among students and five among the U.S. Many schools already employees over the past have flipped from week. in-person classes to UNC said the clusters mainly online in recent were discovered in weeks, and more are dorms, a fraternity expected to do so, said house and other student David Long of Tuscany housing. Strategy Consulting, Before the decision which teamed up with the came down, the student Johns Hopkins Center newspaper, The Daily Associated Press for Health Security and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation to develop reopening recommendations for colleges and universities. “It’s because it’s so difficult to create these systems where everybody is essentially behaving appropriately, meaning social distancing, wearing PPE and not gathering in groups,” he said, referring to personal protective equipment. “It’s challenging when you’re trying to control behavior in young adults, particularly in areas that are outside the classroom and off campus.” Some schools are opting for social contracts and strict codes of conduct as a way for students to keep pressure on their classmates, he said. At Oklahoma State in Stillwater, where a widely circulated video over the weekend showed maskless students packed into a nightclub, officials confirmed 23 coronavirus cases at an off-campus sorority house. The university placed the students living there in isolation and prohibited them from leaving. “As a student, I’m frustrated as hell,” said Ryan Novozinsky, a junior from Allentown, New Jersey, and editor of the student newspaper. “These are people I have to interact with.” And, he added, “there will be professors they interact with, starting today, that won’t be able to fight this off.” OSU has a combination of in-person and online courses. Students, staff and faculty are required to wear masks indoors and outdoors where social distancing isn’t possible. The University of Notre Dame reported 58 confirmed cases since students returned to the South Bend, Indiana, campus in early August. At least two off-campus parties over a week ago have been identified as sources, school officials said. Paul J. Browne, vice president for public affairs at Notre Dame, said the university is prepared to suspend or otherwise discipline the hosts of such parties. “We believe we have a very strong chain of health protection, but these parties represent the weak link in that chain, and they can be responsible for a disproportionate spread,” he said. �NEWS/CLASSIFIEDS Ohio Valley Publishing Tuesday, August 18, 2020 5 Amid outcry, postmaster general to testify before House By Matthew Daly and Lisa Mascaro wide outcry over delays, new prices and cutbacks Associated Press just as millions of Americans will be trying to vote by mail to avoid polling WASHINGTON — Facplaces during the coronaing a public backlash over virus outbreak. mail delays, the Trump Trump on Monday administration scrambled defended DeJoy, but also to respond Monday as criticized postal operathe House prepared an tions and claimed that emergency vote to halt universal mail-in ballots delivery interruptions would be “a disaster.” and service changes that “I want to make the Democrats warned could post office great again,” imperil the November Trump said on “Fox & election. Friends.” Later at the The Postal Service said White House, he denied it has stopped removing asking for a mail-delivery mailboxes and mailslow down. sorting machines amid Trump told reporters an outcry from lawmakAlex Brandon | AP he wants “to have a post ers. President Donald President Donald Trump speaks with reporters Monday as he walks to Marine One on the South Lawn office that runs without Trump flatly denied he of the White House in Washington. Trump was en route to Minnesota and Wisconsin. losing billions and was asking for the mail billions of dollars a year.’’ losses amid declines in sis at the Postal Service, governors. to be delayed even as he The decision to recall first-class and business setting up a political Democrats and some leveled fresh criticism on the House carries a showdown amid growing mail, even as costs have universal ballots and mail- Republicans say actions political punch. Voting in concerns that the Trump increased significantly by the new postmaster in voting. the House will highlight White House is trying to because of the coronageneral, a Trump ally “Wouldn’t do that,” the issue after the virus pandemic. The undermine the agency and a major Republican Trump told reporters agency has had to pay for weeklong Democratic ahead of the election. donor, have endangered Monday at the White personal protective equip- National Convention Pelosi cut short lawmillions of Americans House. “I have encournominating Joe Biden as ment and increased sick makers’ summer recess who rely on the post aged everybody: Speed the party’s presidential up the mail, not slow the office to obtain prescrip- with a vote expected Sat- leave for workers who pick and pressure the became ill or chose to urday on legislation that tion drugs and other mail.” Republican-held Senate to stay home in fear of the would prohibit changes needs, including an Embattled Postmaster respond. Senate Majority virus. expected surge in mail-in at the agency. The packGeneral Louis DeJoy DeJoy, a former supply- Leader Mitch McConnell age will also include $25 voting this fall. will testify next Monday sent senators home for a chain CEO who took billion to shore up the Speaker Nancy Pelosi before Congress, along over the Postal Service in summer recess. with the chairman of the is calling the House back Postal Service, which “In a time of a into session over the cri- faces continued financial June, has sparked nationPostal Service board of (740) 446-2342 or fax to (740) 446-3008 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN (740) 992-2155 or fax to (740) 992-2157 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN Legals LEGALS Legals PROBATE COURT OF GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO PUBLICATION OF NOTICE Revised Code, Sec. 2109.32-.33 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE FOLLOWING ESTATE PENDING IN THE GALLIA COUNTY PROBATE COURT. The fiduciary in said estate has filed an account of his/her trust. A hearing on the account will be held at the date and time shown below. The court is located at the Gallia County Courthouse, 18 Locust Street, Gallipolis OH 45631. NAME Skylar D. Jones CASE NUMBER 072025 DATE OF HEARING SEPTEMBER 18, 2020, TIME 10:00 o'clock A.M. THOMAS S. MOULTON, JR., PROBATE JUDGE 8/18/20 PROBATE COURT OF GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO PUBLICATION OF NOTICE Revised Code, Sec. 2109.32-.33 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE FOLLOWING ESTATE PENDING IN THE GALLIA COUNTY PROBATE COURT. The fiduciary in said estate has filed an account of his/her trust. A hearing on the account will be held at the date and time shown below. The court is located at the Gallia County Courthouse, 18 Locust Street, Gallipolis OH 45631. NAME Kalyn Paige Preston CASE NUMBER 20162012 DATE OF HEARING SEPTEMBER 18, 2020, TIME 10:00 o'clock A.M. THOMAS S. MOULTON, JR., PROBATE JUDGE 8/18/20 (304) 675-1333 or fax to (304) 675-5234 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN Legals PROBATE COURT OF GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO PROBATE COURT OF GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO PUBLICATION OF NOTICE Revised Code, Sec. 2109.32-.33 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE FOLLOWING ESTATE PENDING IN THE GALLIA COUNTY PROBATE COURT. The fiduciary in said estate has filed an account of his/her trust. A hearing on the account will be held at the date and time shown below. The court is located at the Gallia County Courthouse, 18 Locust Street, Gallipolis OH 45631. NAME Jessie Paul Marr CASE NUMBER 20142001 DATE OF HEARING SEPTEMBER 18, 2020, TIME 10:00 o'clock A.M. THOMAS S. MOULTON, JR., PROBATE JUDGE 8/18/20 PUBLICATION OF NOTICE Revised Code, Sec. 2109.32-.33 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE FOLLOWING ESTATE PENDING IN THE GALLIA COUNTY PROBATE COURT. The fiduciary in said estate has filed an account of his/her trust. A hearing on the account will be held at the date and time shown below. The court is located at the Gallia County Courthouse, 18 Locust Street, Gallipolis OH 45631. NAME Vicky L. McCoy CASE NUMBER 20192008 DATE OF HEARING SEPTEMBER 18, 2020, TIME 10:00 o'clock A.M. THOMAS S. MOULTON, JR., PROBATE JUDGE 8/18/20 PROBATE COURT OF GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO PROBATE COURT OF GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO PUBLICATION OF NOTICE Revised Code, Sec. 2109.32-.33 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE FOLLOWING ESTATE PENDING IN THE GALLIA COUNTY PROBATE COURT. The fiduciary in said estate has filed an account of his/her trust. A hearing on the account will be held at the date and time shown below. The court is located at the Gallia County Courthouse, 18 Locust Street, Gallipolis OH 45631. NAME Larry R. Angles aka Larry Russell Angles CASE NUMBER 20191123 DATE OF HEARING SEPTEMBER 18, 2020, TIME 10:00 o'clock A.M. THOMAS S. MOULTON, JR., PROBATE JUDGE 8/18/20 PUBLICATION OF NOTICE Revised Code, Sec. 2109.32-.33 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE FOLLOWING ESTATE PENDING IN THE GALLIA COUNTY PROBATE COURT. The fiduciary in said estate has filed an account of his/her trust. A hearing on the PROBATE COURT OF GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO 3XEOLF 1RWLFH Troy McDaniel has filed a Complaint for Adverse Possession in the Meigs County Common Pleas Court on Second Street in Pomeroy, Ohio, Case Number 20-CV-028 against Estate of Simania Ross whose last known address was Meigs County Ohio, as well as their unknown heirs-at-law, next of kin, devisees, legatees, executors, administrators, custodians, assigns or guardians or any other person claiming right or title to the property named in the complaint described above. The purpose of the complaint described above is to vest all ownership in the subject property to Troy McDaniel. 7/21/20,7/28/20,8/4/20,8/11/20,8/18/20,8/25/20 Legals g account will be held at the date and time shown below. The court is located at the Gallia County Courthouse, 18 Locust Street, Gallipolis OH 45631. NAME Caden W. Pennington CASE NUMBER 072001 DATE OF HEARING SEPTEMBER 18, 2020, TIME 10:00 o'clock A.M. THOMAS S. MOULTON, JR., PROBATE JUDGE 8/18/20 PROBATE COURT OF GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO PUBLICATION OF NOTICE Revised Code, Sec. 2109.32-.33 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE FOLLOWING ESTATE PENDING IN THE GALLIA COUNTY PROBATE COURT. The fiduciary in said estate has filed an account of his/her trust. A hearing on the account will be held at the date and time shown below. The court is located at the Gallia County Courthouse, 18 Locust Street, Gallipolis OH 45631. NAME Robert Rees CASE NUMBER 15,785 DATE OF HEARING SEPTEMBER 18, 2020, TIME 10:00 o'clock A.M. THOMAS S. MOULTON, JR., PROBATE JUDGE 8/18/20 NOTICE OFANNUAL ELECTION, SALE OFMEMBERSHIP, AND PETITION FOR ELECTION TO THE GALLIA COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY The Gallia County Agricultural Society will hold its annual meeting and election for members of its Board of Directors on Thursday, September 17, 2020. The election will be held at the Gallia County Junior Fairgrounds between the hours of 4:00 P.M. and 8:00 P.M. Only current 2020 members of the Society may vote or become a candidate for election. In order to become a current member of the Gallia County Agricultural Society you must: 1 - be a resident of Gallia County 2 - be at least 18 years old 3 - purchase your $2.00 membership on or before 4:00 p.m. September 2, 2020, in person. Memberships may be purchased during business hours at the following locations: The Brown Insurance Agency The Wiseman Insurance Agency In order to become a candidate for election to the board of directors you must: 1 - be a current member of the Gallia County Agricultural Society. 2 - submit a petition containing at least 10 signatures of current members of the Agricultural Society to Board Secretary Tim Massie, on or before 4:00 p.m. Sept. 10, 2020. Petitions must be obtained from Secretary Tim Massie. 8/18/20,8/25/20,9/1/20 pandemic, the Postal Service is Election Central,” Pelosi wrote Sunday in a letter to colleagues, who had been expected to be out of session until September. “Lives, livelihoods and the life of our American Democracy are under threat from the president.” At an event in his home state of Kentucky on Monday, McConnell distanced himself from Trump’s complaints about mail operations. But the Republican leader also declined to recall senators to Washington, vowing the Postal Service “is going to be just fine.” “We’re going to make sure that the ability to function going into the election is not adversely affected,” McConnell said in Horse Cave, Ky. “And I don’t share the president’s concerns.” On Monday, two Democratic lawmakers called on the FBI to investigate whether DeJoy or members of the independent Postal Board of Governors may have committed a crime in slowing the mail. NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids will received by the Board of Trustees Cheshire Township of Gallia County, 2KLR��DW�WKHLU�RI¿FH� 100 Kyger Cemetery Road, Cheshire Ohio or mailed to PO Box 146, Cheshire, Ohio 45620 until 4:00 p.m., Prevailing Local Time on the 8th day of September 2020and will be opened and read immediately thereafter for: The furnishing of all services, labor, equipment, and materials required for the slip repair on Grover Road, Cheshire Township in Gallia County. The required contract provisions for federal-aid construction contracts(contained in ODOT’s 2019 LPA Template) are hereby incorporated by reference and are attached as Section II. The following rules and regulations shall apply to all work to be done under this contract. If any provisions of WKHVH�UXOHV�DQG�UHJXODWLRQV�FRQÀLFW�ZLWK�DQ\�RWKHU�FODXVH� of this contract, the ODOT 2019 LPA Template shall govern. 2QO\�2'27�SUHTXDOL¿HG�FRQWUDFWRUV�ZLOO�EH�HOLJLEOH� to submit bids. Bidders are to read the ODOT 2019 Template included as Section II of this document to insure WKDW�DOO�SURYLVLRQV�DQG�FHUWL¿FDWLRQV�DUH�FRPSOHWHG��)RU� example, paragraph 2 of the Template requires the bidder to circle that it has or has not participated in a project subject to EEO. All proposed work shall be in accordance with the VSHFL¿FDWLRQV�DQG�SODQV�RQ�¿OH�LQ�WKH�2I¿FH�RI�&KHVKLUH� Township. Completion Date: November 1 2020 Copies of the Construction Plans, %LGGLQJ�)RUPV DQG�6SHFL¿FDWLRQV�RQ�WKH�8QLW�3ULFH�&RQWUDFW�PD\�EH� REWDLQHG�E\�FDOOLQJ�)LVFDO�2I¿FHU�$P\�Edwards for appointment at (home) 740-367-0907 or (cell) 740-645�����RU� RI¿FH �DW����-367-0313. The minimum wage to be paid to all labor employed on this contract shall be in accordance with the schedule of the “Davis-Bacon Wage Decision” as ascertained and determined by the 86�+RXVLQJ�DQG�8UEDQ�'HYHORSPHQW� Department, 2I¿FH�RI�/DERU�5HODWLRQV�DV�DSSOLFDEOH� Each bid VKDOO�KDYH�¿OHG�ZLWK�LW�D�ELG�JXDUDQW\�LQ� WKH�IRUP�RI�D�FHUWL¿HG�FKHFN, cashiers check, or letter of credit revocable only at the option of Gallia County in an amount equal to 10% of the bid or a bond in accordance with division (B) of Section 153.54 of the Revised Code. Each bidder is also directed to pages 9-15 of Section I, which contains best bid criteria. ,I�WKH�VXFFHVVIXO�ELGGHU�KDV�¿OHG�D�ELG�JXDUDQW\�LQ�WKH� IRUP�RI�D�FHUWL¿HG�FKHFN, cashier’s check, or letter of credit, then at the time of entering the contract, the bidder VKDOO�¿OH�D�SHUIRUPDQFH�ERQG�LQ�DFFRUGDQFH�ZLWK�GLYLVLRQ� (C) of Section 153.54 of the Revised Code and insubstantially the form provided in Section 153.57 of the Revised Code. Performance Bonds shall be made with Gallia County, Ohio and the State of Ohio Department of Transportation as obligees. All proposal guaranties will be returned immediately following the opening of proposals except those of the lowest three (3) bidders. These guaranties will be returned within ten (10) days following award of the contract, except that of the successful bidder that will be returned after satisfactory contract bond has been furnished and the contract has been executed. The bidder shall sign the Proposal correctly. Proposals made by an individual shall show his name and mailing DGGUHVV��3URSRVDOV�PDGH�E\�D�¿UP�RU�D�SDUWQHUVKLS�VKDOO� show the name and mailing address of each member RI�WKH�¿UP�RU�SDUWQHUVKLS��,I�PDGH�E\�D�FRUSRUDWLRQ�WKH� Proposal must show the name of the state under the laws of which the corporation was chartered and the name DQG�WLWOH�RI�RI¿FHU�RU�RI¿FHUV�KDYLQJ�DXWKRULW\�XQGHU�WKH� by-laws to sign contracts. Anyone signing the proposal DV�DJHQW�PXVW�¿OH�ZLWK�LW, legal authority to do so. The proposal submitted by the Bidder will be considered by the Board of County Commissioners as being his lowest responsive and responsible bid, in accordance with Revised Code Section 9.312, and shall not be subject to change or alteration after submission. Bidders shall submit all pages in Section 1 in a sealed envelope with name, address, and bid time marked outside along with the following:”GROVER ROAD SLIP REPAIR CHESHIRE TOWNSHIP”. Cheshire Township reserve the right to increase or decrease any quantities, waive any informalities or technicalities,and may reject any/or all bids as may be deemed to be in the best interest of Cheshire Township. Michael R Conkle Board President Cheshire Township OH-70199469 �COMICS 6 Tuesday, August 18, 2020 BLONDIE Ohio Valley Publishing By Dean Young and John Marshall BEETLE BAILEY By Mort, Greg and Brian Walker Today’s answer CRANKSHAFT By Tom Batiuk HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI AND LOIS By Chris Browne Written By Brian & Greg Walker; Drawn By Chance Browne THE BRILLIANT MIND OF EDISON LEE By John Hambrock BABY BLUES ZITS By Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman PARDON MY PLANET By Vic Lee CONCEPTIS SUDOKU by Dave Green %\�'DYH�*UHHQ � By Hilary Price � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �'LIILFXOW\�/HYHO Today’s Solution THE FAMILY CIRCUS By Bil and Jeff Keane ���� 7-Year Extended Warranty* A $695 Value! 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The Belpre golf team posted a doubledigit victory over the field during the first of six league matches on Friday during the Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division opener hosted by Southern High School at Riverside Golf Club in Mason County. The Golden Eagles recorded five of the top 12 individual rounds and eventually cruised to a winning tally of 172. Federal Hocking was the overall runner-up with a 182, finishing one shot ahead of the host Tornadoes (183). Waterford (192), Eastern (227) and Trimble (242) completed the 6-team final standings. South Gallia was not represented at the event. Both Wahama and Miller are no longer members of the TVC Hocking. Southern’s Jacob Milliron won medalist honors with a 5-over par round of 40. Jacob Smeeks of Belpre was the overall runner-up with a 41. Tanner Lisle and Lance Stewart followed Milliron for SHS with matching rounds of 45. David Shaver completed the Southern score with a 53, while Ryan Laudermilt and Jesse Caldwell respectively added efforts of 55 and 70. Ethan Short paced the fifth-place Eagles with a 48. Colton McDaniel was next with a 50, with Jacob Spencer and Cooper Schagle completing the tally with respective rounds of 62 and 67. Mason Jackson, Collin Jarvis and Mitchell Roush all paced Federal Hocking with identical efforts of 42. Braxton Leister led Waterford with a 45, while Zach North led Trimble with a 51. Below is the list of individual scores from each participating team. BELPRE (172): Jacob Smeeks 41, Blake Church 42, Matt Deems 44, Tyler Church 45, Connor Copeland 45, Jacob Ferrier 48. FEDERAL HOCKING (182): Mason Jackson 42, Collin Jarvis 42, Mitchell Roush 42, Wes Carpenter 56, Lane Smith 69. SOUTHERN (183): Jacob Milliron 40, Tanner Lisle 45, Lance Stewart 45, David Shaver 53, Ryan Laudermilt 55, Jesse Caldwell 70. WATERFORD (192): Braxton Leister 45, Brett Colyer 47, Ryan Hendershot 49, Mason Thomas 51, Gavin Brooker 51, Peyton Powers 55. EASTERN (227): Ethan Short 48, Colton McDaniel 50, Jacob Spencer 62, Cooper Schagle 67. TRIMBLE (242): Zach North 51, Matt Reed 62, Gage Schoonover 65, Siles Andrews 64, Cheyenne Williams 67. © 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. Virus reset: Marshall to host Appalachian State on Sept. 19 HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Marshall and Appalachian State will meet on Sept. 19 after three of their other nonconference contests were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The schools announced Monday that the Thundering Herd and Mountaineers will play in Huntington as part of a home-and-home series. Marshall will travel to Boone, North Carolina, in September 2029. The schools also have a previously announced series in which Appalachian State will host in September 2021 and Marshall will host in September 2022. Marshall home games against Pittsburgh and Boise State and a road game at Old Dominion were previously canceled due to the pandemic, while Appalachian State had games called off at Wisconsin and at home against Morgan State and Massachusetts. Appalachian State went 13-1 last season and finished No. 19 in The Associated Press poll. The Mountaineers have won at least a share of the Sun Belt Conference crown in each of the past four seasons. Tuesday, August 18, 2020 7 NCAA doc sees narrow path to play By Ralph D. Russo of the fall college sports season has been canceled, with conferences hoping to make up competitions, The NCAA’s chief medical officer says there including football, in the spring. is a narrow path to playBut not everyone has ing college sports during the coronavirus pandemic accepted those decisions. On Sunday morning, and if testing nationwide does not improve, it can- Big Ten football players continued to push the not be done. Meanwhile, one of col- conference to overturn its cancellation of the fall lege football’s biggest season. Ohio State quarstars sent out a petition Sunday, calling on the Big terback Justin Fields, a Heisman Trophy finalist Ten to play football this last season, Penn State fall. tight end Pat Freiermuth Dr. Brian Hainline and other players posted told CNN late Saturday on Twitter an online that “everything would have to line up perfectly” petition requesting the Big Ten reinstate the for college sports to be schedule the conference played this fall. Much Associated Press released six days before it pulled the plug. Player parent groups from Iowa, Ohio State, Penn State and Nebraska have sent letters to Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren asking for the conference to reverse course and seeking more transparency into the decision. The letters also call for players to be allowed to sign liability waivers with their schools in order have a season. It was just two weeks ago Pac-12 players with the We Are United movement called for its conference to ban such waivers. Big Ten United, another group of players pushing for more oversight and uniformity in COVID-19 protocols, also demanded liability waivers be banned. The NCAA did just that a few days later, saying member schools could not require athletes to sign a liability waiver related to COVID-19 to participate. Michigan defensive back Hunter Reynolds, one of the leaders of College Athletes United, a group that helped organize Big Ten United, said he wasn’t familiar enough with the parents’ letters to comment on them. Terry Renna | AP Chase Elliott (9) leads Kevin Harvick (4), Kurt Busch (1) and Ryan Blaney through Turn 3 during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Sunday. Elliott wins at Daytona for 3rd straight roadie DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Chase Elliott was already NASCAR royalty. Now he’s also the sport’s road king. Elliott won the Cup Series’ first road course race at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, holding off hard-charging Denny Hamlin following a late restart and notching his third consecutive victory away from ovals. “I had a phenomenal car. I don’t think I did anything special today,” Elliott said. NASCAR’s most popular driver, the son of Hall of Famer Bill Elliott, also won on road courses at Charlotte and at Watkins Glen last year. He got a tougher challenge than many expected down the stretch in his latest roadie. The 24-year-old driver had a 10-second lead with 10 laps to go and was pulling away when Kyle Busch blew a tire and brought out a caution that gave his Joe Gibbs Racing teammates, Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr., a chance. But Elliott stayed out front on the final restart. Hamlin got to his rear bumper on the last lap, but couldn’t do enough to mount any significant pressure. “I kept him honest there,” Hamlin said. “He had such good drive off (the corners) I couldn’t do anything with him.” Hamlin finished second, followed by Truex and seven-time series champion Jimmie Johnson. Elliott, Hamlin and Truex had the cars to beat all afternoon. Truex’s chances took a huge hit near the end of the second segment. He was caught speeding on pit road and forced to start the last stanza at the back of the pack. Hamlin also got stuck behind slower cars early in the final stage. Making up that kind of ground on a 14-turn, 3.61-mile road course was a nearly impossible task, especially considering Elliott was turning mistake-free laps at the front of the field. But that late caution gave both a shot, albeit an unlikely one given Elliott’s road repertoire. Another top contender, points leader Kevin Harvick, got turned around while braking into the “international horseshoe” and never recovered. Harvick finished 17th. Kaz Grala was seventh in his Cup debut. Grala stepped into the No. 3 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing after Austin Dillon tested positive for COVID19. Dillon needs two negative tests 24 hours apart before being cleared to return. “This is far beyond my wildest dreams for this event,” Grala said. Ryan Newman was 19th in his return to the scene of his most harrowing crash. Newman delivered a special message to safety workers minutes before the race started. Newman spoke over his radio to the control tower, a clip that was later played during the NBC broadcast. “Hey everyone, just want to say a big thank you,” Newman said. “This is a special day for me. I owe a lot of it because of all the things that you guys did back in February. It’s enabled me to … come back into this racetrack and do what I love. “Thank you for your support, not only for me personally but all the things you do for all us drivers. It goes a long way, and I want to say thank you from the deepest of my heart. Thank you.” Newman had to be cut from his No. 6 Ford after wrecking while leading the final lap of the Daytona 500 on Feb. 17. Newman was one of the few Cup drivers with experience on Daytona’s road course. He won an IROC race on the layout in 2004. Matt Kenseth, Kurt Busch, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Clint Bowyer and Michael McDowell also had limited experience here. None of them, though, had driven this exact course since NASCAR added a chicane coming off the oval’s Turn 4, a twister designed to slow speeds heading toward the start-finish line and create another potential passing zone. The Cup drivers, as expected, handled the chicane better than those in any other series. They covered the 65-lape race with few cautions. “These drivers are really, really good,” Hamlin said. “They are pros.” Heat and humidity proved to be bigger issues. Drivers called for ice bags and bottles of water under caution. And when the race was red flagged for nearby lightning, drivers welcomed the nearly 45-minute break. Johnson climbed out of his car and immediately unzipped his fire suit, exposing an elaborate cooling system over his T-shirt. Michael McDowell started chugging water. Elliott grabbed a towel and wiped away sweat. All of them headed toward their haulers to cool down. J.J. Yeley climbed out of his No. 27 a few laps before the red flag and collapsed on the pavement. He was helped onto a golf cart and taken to the medical center for evaluation and treatment. Daniel Suarez had two crew members also leave the pits to get treatment. “When we get out of the car, that feels like air conditioning,” said Truex, adding that NASCAR should allow teams to create more air flow by removing rightside windows at road courses. �NEWS 8 Tuesday, August 18, 2020 Fair From page 1 Members — Rachel Jackson and Coltin Parker. 4-H Advisor years of service recognition — 1 year: Teresa Calaway, Summer Folmer, Angel Mohler, Ashley Clary, Rebecca Howell, Matthew Werry, Ashley Fitch, Rachel Kesterson, and Robin Werry; 2 years: Olivia Davis, Meghan Parry, and Samantha Smith; 3 years: Daniel Gheen, Randi Gheen, Jessica Grubb, Jacob Parker, Tara Roberts, and Alyssa Webb; 4 years: Cynthia Enright, Riki Nutter, Shannon Williams, Stacey Cleland, and Brandi Durst; 5 years: Erin Lisle and Carrie Schagel; 7 years: Anita Morrissey; 8 years: Amber Bauerbach, Edward Werry and Tricia Congo; 9 years: Debbi Barringer; 11 years: Kimberly Bolin, Reports From page 1 noted by Amato. On Friday, the health department also provided a breakdown of what it called “our current active cases as it relates to our current outbreak at a long term care facility in Gallia County.” The breakdown is as follows: As of 7 p.m. on Aug. 14 - 26 total (25 confirmed, 1 probable) (23 Gallia, 3 Meigs); - 16 residents (all confirmed, all Gallia); Brooke Card, Tammy Fry, Lori Hatfield, Terrie Houser, Jason Pierce, Marlene Pierce and Amanda Eblin; 12 years: Krisit Finlaw and Carolyn Kesterson; 13 years: Rachael Hawley and Alice Ritchie; 14 years: John Collins, Melissa Collins, Wendi Miller and Amy Ritchie; 16 years: Rodney Beegle; 17 years: Thomas Pullins; 19 years: Jennifer Doczi; 30 years: Bob Calaway; 33 years: Sally Ervin. Pauline Atkins Outstanding Volunteer Award — Amy Ritchie. Leland Parker Family Scholarship — Austin Rose. Junior Fair Board Outstanding Members — Raeann Schagel and Cooper Schagel. Junior Fair Board Regognition (attend more than 75% of events and meetings) — Austin Rose, Caelin Seth, Olivia Harris, Dana Card, Raeann Schagel and Cooper Schagel. Girl Scouts — Daisy: Madelyn Jones, Natalie Taylor (outstanding award) and Lillian Roush (outstanding award); Brownies: Taylor Nelson, Courtlynn Krauetter and Khloee Sellers; Juniors: Mindy Taylor, Gracie Barton, MacKenzie Smith, Haylee Stout (outstanding award); Cadettes: Faith Roush, Claire Howard (outstanding award) and Auna Parker; Seniors: Erin McKibben (outstanding) and Sammy Eblin; Ambassador: Missouri Brown (outstanding). Girl Scouts top scorers — Sammy Eblin, Claire Howard, Haylee Stout and Erin McKibben. FFA Racine Southern Outstanding Exhibitor Award — Kristin McKay. © 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. - 10 Staff (9 confirmed (7 Gallia 2 Meigs)), (1 Probable Meigs); - 20/26 active (17 Gallia, 3 Meigs), (6 not active- 2 deceased Gallia residents, 4 recovered Gallia residents); - 14 hospitalizations (13 residents (Gallia), 1 staff (Meigs)), of those 14, 11 are still hospitalized (10 Gallia, 1 Meigs); - 3 deaths- 1 Unrelated to COVID, 1 listed as COVID, 1 Pending (pending death will still be listed as active until health department receives the death certificate). “We’ve also updated the recovered section title to reflect those that were COVID positive but passed away from alternative reasons,” the post stated. “They will be listed as Not Active. We’ll continue to update numbers on a weekly basis as it relates to our current outbreak.” According to the Ohio Department of Health, the second death reported in Gallia County related to COVID-19 was a person in the 80-plus age range. Gallia’s first COVID-19 related death, a person in the 60-69 age range, was reported in March. Beth Sergent contributed to this report. Sarah Hawley is the managing editor of The Daily Sentinel. Holzer is proud to welcome Steven Zehring, DO, Physical Medicine & Rehabilition, to the Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit at Holzer Gallipolis! Steven Zehring, DO, specializes in Inpatient Rehabilitation care including: 1 Post-Stroke Care 1 Neurological Disease 1 Traumatic Brain Injury 1 General Rehabilitation 1 Spinal Cord Injury 1 Cancer Rehabilitation Dr. Zehring completed his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in Athens, Ohio, and completed his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. 5HTXHVW�DQ�DSSRLQWPHQW��UHÀOO�D�SUHVFULSWLRQ� �PXFK�PRUH�ZLWK�0\+RO]HU�3DWLHQW�3RUWDO�� Daily Sentinel Queen with the planning of the Meigs County Jr. Fair. Kristin was chosen as the Outstanding Junior Fair From page 1 Board member. Kristin enjoys reading, president currently, secretary of the Meigs County spending time with family and friends, and makJr. Fair Board, and the ing goat milk soap from 2020 Southern Student Council treasurer. Kristin the milk from her herd is a member of the Meigs of dairy goats. Kristin is thrilled to be able to repCounty Teen Leaders, resent all the groups that Southern Local National make up the youth organiHonor Society, Southern zations of Meigs County. Local Student Council, The 2020 Meigs County and the Meigs County Fair Royalty is the LiveJunior Fair Board. stock Princess Nevada Kristin has been very Johnson. active in Jr. Fair parNevada is the 11-yearticipation by taking sevold daughter of Richard eral animal, science and and Collette Johnson from miscellaneous projects through both 4-H and FFA Reedsville, Ohio. She is a two year member of and she enjoys assisting Cases From page 1 learning model and an online-only option. A special Board of Education meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 19 at the Meigs Local Administrative Office. Five confirmed COVID19 cases were reported over the weekend in Meigs County — two people in their 20s and three in the 10-19 age range. Two of the cases had previously been listed as probable and are now confirmed cases. On Friday, in addition to the county’s second COVID-19 related death, the Gallia Health Department also reported an additional three cases of COVID-19 for Gallia County which it called currently active and not the result of an antibody test. Two of those individuals are reportedly connected to current cases. One additional case was reported on Monday afternoon, with the individual connected the the current cases. This brings Gallia County’s total case total to 89 cases (86 confirmed, 3 probable). In addition on Friday night, the health department added to the recovered numbers and decreased the hospitalizations. The Mason County Health Department reported an increase of five cases over the weekend, bringing the total to 73 cases. Here is a look at coronavirus cases around our area: Gallia County As of Monday afternoon, the following are updated age ranges in the 89 cases reported by the health department: 0-19 — 11 cases 20-29 — 9 cases (1 hospitalization) 30-39 — 9 cases 40-49 — 15 cases 50-59 — 14 cases (3 hospitalizations) 60-69 — 8 cases (4 hospitalizations, 1 death) 70-79 — 13 cases (7 hospitalizations) 80-89 — 6 cases (1 new case, 1 new hospitalization, 5 hospitalizations) 90-99 — 4 cases (4 hospitalizations) Of the 89 cases, 58 of the individuals are listed as recovered/not active, with 29 of the cases active and two total deaths. Twelve of the active cases remain hospitalized, with 12 previous hospitalizations. Gallia County reported its first COVID19 death in March. According to information provided by the Ohio Department of Health, the second death reported in Gallia County related to COVID-19 was a person in the 80-plus age range. Meigs County The Meigs County Health Department reported five additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Meigs County over the weekend. One of the cases, which changed from probable to confirmed, is an employee of Overbrook Rehabilitation Center. The cases reported include: 1. Confirmed case, female in the 20 to 29-year-old age range, who is not hospitalized. This case was previously reported as probable and now has been confirmed through lab testing. 2. Confirmed case, female in the 10 to 19-year-old age range, who is not hospitalized. This case was previously reported as probable and now has been confirmed through lab testing. 3. Confirmed case, male in the 20 to 29-year-old age range, who is not hospitalized. 4. Confirmed case, female in the 10 to 19-year-old age range, who is not hospitalized. 5. Confirmed case, female in the 10 to 19-year-old age range, who is not hospitalized. There were no additional cases or changes to cases reported on Monday, according to the health department. Age ranges for the 71 Meigs County cases are as follows: 0-19 — 11 cases (2 new) 20-29 — 11 cases (1 new) 30-39 — 7 cases (1 hospitalization) 40-49 — 9 cases 50-59 — 10 cases (1 hospitalization) 60-69 — 8 cases (2 hospitalizations) 70-79 — 6 cases (1 death) 80-89 — 8 cases (1 death, 2 hospitalizations) 90-99 — 1 case These cases of COVID19 bring Meigs County to 40 active cases, and 71 total cases (58 Confirmed, 13 Probable) since April. Twenty-nine individuals in Meigs County have recovered from COVID19, with two deaths reported. There have been six hospitalizations. There have been three positive antibody tests in Meigs County. Antibody tests check your blood by looking for antibodies, which may tell you if you had a past infection with the virus that causes COVID-19. Mason County The Mason County Health Department reported, on Monday morning, that there is a total of 73 cases of COVID-19 for the county — five more than Friday. The department said that 27 of those are active, 45 are recovered, there has been one death and three patients are currently in the hospital. There will be free COVID-19 testing on Friday, Aug. 28 and Saturday, Aug. 29 at the Point Pleasant Jr./Sr. High School. The testing will be 9 a.m. The Next Generation 4-H Club. She has served as the community service officer for the last two years and received the Extra Effort award in 4-H in 2019. Nevada attends Eastern Local Middle School, where she will be in the 6th grade. Nevada raises market lambs and has rabbits and enjoys participating in community service projects for her local community and fire department. She is a member of the Eastern Eagles Archery Club. © 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Sarah Hawley is the managing editor of The Daily Sentinel. - 4 p.m. both days. Testing will be done on a first-come, first-served basis. Proof of insurance is not required. The testing is available to all individuals in Mason County. Attendees are asked to bring identification, such as a driver’s license or proof of address to aid in returning test results. The testing is provided by the Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs, WV Department of Health and Human Resources, WV National Guard and the Mason County Health Department. Information for the testing was released to the Point Pleasant Register by the Mason County Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reported 74 cases in Mason County in the 10 a.m. update on Monday. According to DHHR, the age ranges for the 74 COVID-19 cases DHHR is reporting in Mason County are as follows: 0-9 — 2 cases 10-19 — 4 cases (1 new) 20-29 — 14 cases (1 new) 30-39 — 7 cases 40-49 — 9 cases 50-59 — 12 cases 60-69 — 11 cases 70+ — 15 cases (2 new) Ohio As of the 2 p.m. update on Monday, the Ohio Department of Health reported a total of 775 new cases, below the 21-day average of 1,137. Also below the 21-day average were new hospitalizations and deaths, while ICU admissions were at the 21-day average. Six new deaths were reported (21-day average of 23), with 83 new hospitalizations (21-day average of 97) and 15 new ICU admissions (21-day average of 15). West Virginia As of the 10 a.m. update on Monday, DHHR is reporting a total of 8,632 cases with 160 deaths. There was an increase of 358 cases from Thursday, and three new deaths since Friday morning. The West Virginia DHHR reports a total of 360,669 lab test have been completed, with a 2.39 cumulative percent positivity rate. The daily positivity rate in the state was 1.18 percent. Kayla (Hawthorne) Dunham and Beth Sergent contributed to this report. (Editor’s Note: Statistics reported in this article are tentative and subject to change. This was the information available at press time with more to be added as it becomes available.) © 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Sarah Hawley is managing editor of The Daily Sentinel. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 08. August Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. 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