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High 81° / Low 60° SPORTS s 6 Today’s weather forecast WEATHER s 8 C_ZZb[fehj�š�Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 105, Volume 74 Wednesday, June 24, 2020 s 50¢ Commissioners discuss resolution to budget situation By Sarah Hawley Commissioners Randy Smith, Jimmy Will and Tim Ihle stated that Sheriff Wood had POMEROY — The Meigs County Commis- been invited to attend sioners continued their the June 18 meeting, but was unable to be discussion regarding there due to previously the budget of the sherscheduled travel comiff’s office during last week’s regular meeting, mitments and suggested discussing action which meeting after the July 4 holiday. could be taken as early Stating that they as this week to bring did not want to wait the sheriff’s budget to another month to make the original requested a decision, or push into funding amount. the second half of the When the budget year (the second quarwas set for 2020 by ter ends June 30), comthe commissioners, missioners discussed the sheriff’s budget the current situation received an allocation of $1,376,531.50 which and how to move forward, leading to the diswas $200,000 less that cussion regarding the what was requested increased allocation. by Sheriff Keith Wood “Certain line items and his administration. The $200,000 reduction are heading in the was from the salary line wrong direction again this year and we can’t item. sustain it,” said ComThe commissioners missioner Will. voted on Thursday to The continued budget send a letter or email discussion comes after to Sheriff Keith Wood stating a proposed idea the commissioners voted in early 2020 to of giving the sheriff’s office the full requested place the sheriff’s office on a quarterly spending budget, with the stateplan in order to closely ment that there would monitor the budget be no additional fundafter the office exceeding for the remainder ed its 2019 allocation by of the year, meaning that the commissioners more than 10 percent. The commissioners would not transfer addimeet each Thursday at tional money into the 11 a.m. at the Meigs sheriff’s office budget should they exceed the County Courthouse. © 2020 Ohio Valley increased allocation. Publishing, all rights The letter was to reserved. include that the action could be voted on during the June 25 weekly Sarah Hawley is the managing editor of The Daily Sentinel. meeting. shawley@aimmediamidwest.com Mason County reports latest COVID-19 case Staff Report OHIO VALLEY — Mason County has its latest lab confirmed, active case of COVID19. The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reported the case on its late afternoon COVID-19 report on Monday, with that case confirmed by the Mason County Health Department (MCHD) Tuesday morning. Jennifer Thomas, nursing director/administrator of the MCHD, further confirmed this case is considered to be community acquired. This brings Mason County’s total COVID19 case count to 16 (since March). The 15 prior cases are considered recovered and on May 27, it was announced the county had zero active COVID-19 cases, a number that had remained steady for much of June. Last week, the Meigs See COVID-19 | 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. Hunter Jarrell jumps his frog as part of the 2019 4th of July Frog Jumping contest in Racine. File photos Frog jumping contest set for July 4 By Sarah Hawley shawley@aimmediamidwest.com RACINE — The frogs will be jumping on the 4th of July in Racine, continuing a favorite holiday tradition. The frog jumping contest had been a tradition is Racine and other parts of Meigs County for many years, and made it’s return to Racine’s 4th of July celebration in 2018. The event will be held at Star Mill Park with signups to begin at 7:30 p.m. The frogs will begin jumping at 8 p.m. There will be three age groups, 12 and under, 13-17 and 18 and older. First, second and third place will be awarded in each age group, as well as a prize for the overall longest jump. Contestants can bring their own frogs or “rental frogs” will be available to contestants. In addition to the Frog Jumping, the Kona Ice Truck will be at Star Mill Park during the event and leading up to the fireworks. The truck, which is being sponsored by Home National Bank for the evening, will be there from 6-10 p.m. Home National Bank customers utilizing the drive-through in Racine next wee will be receiving tickets for a free Kona Ice. In addition, the first 50 Kona Ice treats will be free that evening, with or without tickets, for a total of 200 free total treats that night. Racine 4th of July events will include the parade at 10 a.m., with line up at 9:30 a.m. at the Southern Local School District parking lot, followed by the chicken BBQ and homemade ice cream at the Racine Volunteer Fire Department. The day will conclude with fireworks at 10 p.m. at Star Mill Park. © 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Sarah Hawley is the managing editor of The Daily Sentinel. Gus McDaniel jumps his frog as part of the 2019 4th of July Frog Jumping contest in Racine. South Carolina beaches fill, but COVID-19 takes no vacation MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — The elevator doors opened and inside were 10 people crammed into a space no bigger than a closet, none of them wearing a mask. In bathing suits, they walked out of the hotel, across the pool deck and into the sand in what is fast becoming South Carolina’s hot spot for COVID-19 — Myrtle Beach. People in this resort city are leaving their cares — and sometimes their face coverings — at home after months of worry as hotels, restaurants and beaches reopen. Mark Johnson said he doesn’t like wearing a mask when he’s at work delivering doughnuts to grocery stores around Charlotte, North Carolina. “Just wash your hands and use common sense,” Johnson said as he sat on a chair in the sand, a can of beer in his cup holder. The coronavirus has not taken a vacation. When hotels were allowed to start taking reservations again on May 15, there had been 283 COVID-19 cases in Horry County, which includes Myrtle Beach. By June 22, that number had climbed to more than 2,000, and infections had doubled in nine days. And those numbers include only people who live in the county. The figures do not count anyone who tests positive after taking COVID-19 home along with a souvenir hermit crab or an airbrushed See BEACHES | 4 Budgets put limits on social distancing options for schools By Mike Catalini and Michael Melia Leslie Torres-Rodriguez shudders at the thought Associated Press of how to afford a scenario where each teacher had dramatically As schools consider how and when to reopen fewer students. In some grades, she said, she has their buildings during individual teachers with the pandemic, many as many as 27 students are finding themselves in their classrooms. overwhelmed by the “My budget would be potential expenses nonexistent,” she said. that would come with The vast majoroperating under social ity of American school distancing guidelines: districts have yet to protective equipment, staff for smaller classes announce when they and additional transpor- will resume in-person instruction. The trajectation to keep students spread out on bus rides. tory of the outbreak remains uncertain, and The burdens loom many are waiting on large in particular for urban, under-resourced direction from their districts that often have states. Many are developing plans for at least neither the space nor some distance learning, the budgets to accommodate new health pro- and budgets are one of the factors that could tocols. In Hartford, ConnectiSee BUDGETS | 4 cut, Superintendent �DEATH NOTICES/NEWS 2 Wednesday, June 24, 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing DEATH NOTICES GALLIA, MEIGS BRIEFS DISHMAN CHESAPEAKE — Kenneth Dishman, 86, of Chesapeake, Ohio, died Sunday, June 21, 2020 at Sanctuary of Ohio Valley, Ironton, Ohio. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, June 27, 2020 at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville, Ohio. Editor’s Note: Gallia Meigs Briefs will only list scheduled for June 28th and the Blake/Reed event information that is open to the public and will Reunion scheduled for July 11th will not be held due be printed on a space-available basis. to the coronavirus. GALLIPOLIS — Ohio AFSCME Retirees, Subchapter 102, Gallia and Jackson Counties, has canceled its June 19 meeting, due to virus concerns. SALEM TWP. — The Salem Twp. Volunteer Fire For more information, 740-245-0093. 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 CARPENTER — Meigs County Road 10, Carof banana, butter pecan, cherry nut, chocolate, penter Hill Road, will be closed beginning Tueslemon, Oreo cookie, pineapple, strawberry and day, June 23. The closure will remain in effect for vanilla. For more info call 740-669-4245. approximately two weeks to allow county forces to complete a slip repair just south of County Road 11, Carpenter Dyesville Road. SALISBURY TWP. — Bailey Run Road will be closed to through traffic approximately .6 of a mile RACINE — Southern Local Kindergarten regfrom State Route 124 going toward State Route 143 istration is currently taking place. To schedule due to a slip repair. an appointment and complete paperwork call the GALLIPOLIS — Kriner Road (CR-26) will be school at 740-949-4222. Any child who is age 5 on closed .5 mile from Neighborhood Road beginning or before Aug. 1, 2020, can register for kindergar7 a.m., Monday, May 18 for approximately 75 days ten. for slip repair, weather permitting. Local traffic will need to use other state and county roads as a detour. OLIVE TWP. — Mt. Olive Road in Olive TownGALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis Public Water ship is currently closed due to slip repair by Olive System’s 2020 annual Water Quality Report is now Township Trustees. available. Visit http://UW.ohioruralwater.org/galGALLIA COUNTY — Gallia County Engineer lipolis.html to view. If you would like a paper copy Brett A. Boothe announces Woods Mill Road will be mailed to your home, please call 740-446-0613. closed beginning Monday, April 20-Friday, June 19, weather permitting. The road is closed from Ohio State Route 325 to Deckard Road for slip repair. POMEROY — The Mulberry Community Center Local traffic will need to use other county roads. MEIGS COUNTY — Beginning June 1, one lane is serving lunches from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. of SR 124 will be closed between Old State Route on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Dine-in and carry-out 338 (Township Road 708) and Portland Road options available. (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 ROCKSPRINGS — The Meigs Local Board of 20, 2020 Education has rescheduled the next board meeting MEIGS COUNTY — Beginning June 1, one lane to Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. It was origiof SR 7 will be closed between Storys Run Road nally scheduled for Wednesday, June 24th. (County Road 345) and Leading Creek Road (CounGALLIA COUNTY — The annual Jacob and Maggie Davis reunion will not be held this year due ty Road 3) for a bridge deck overlay project on the to the COVID-19 outbreak and in consideration for bridge crossing over Leading Creek. Temporary traffic signals and an 11 foot width restriction will be in older family members. place. Estimated completion: November 20, 2020 MEIGS COUNTY — Both the Lovett Reunion, Salem Twp. VFD fundraiser GARNER JR. PROCTORVILLE — Robert A. Garner Jr. 81, of Proctorville, Ohio, died Monday, June 22, 2020 at The Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House of Huntington, Huntington, W.Va. Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, June 26, 2020 at New Hope United Methodist Church, Proctorville. Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville, is assisting the family with arrangements. Road construction, closures Kindergarten registration Governor pitches Ohio air base as Space Force headquarters Water report available COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the surrounding Dayton region would make an ideal location for the Pentagon’s new Space Force headquarters, Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday in a letter to the U.S. Air Force. The area is already home to several research centers, including the National Air and Space Intelligence Center, Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, and Air Force Material Command, DeWine said in a letter to the U.S. Air Force assistant secretary. “It’s a powerful combination and a synergy that you can’t find anywhere else,” DeWine, noting the new headquarters could bring up to 1,400 employees to the area. DeWine’s letter endorsed the nomination by the mayor of Beavercreek in suburban Dayton. Twenty-two area mayors and four county commission presidents have also submitted a letter expressing mutual support for the Dayton region to be considered for the permanent U.S. Space Command headquarters. Space Force is the first new military service since the Air Force was created in 1947. Mulberry Community Center Meetings, reunions canceled GALLIA, MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS OHIO BRIEF Editor’s Note: The Daily Sentinel and Gallipolis Daily Tribune appreciate your input to the community calendar. To make sure items can receive proper attention, all information should be received by the newspaper at least five business days prior to an event. All coming events print on a spaceavailable basis and in chronological order. Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@aimmediamidwest.com or GDTnews@ aimmediamidwest.com. Shootings in Columbus leave 2 dead, 5 wounded COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A series of shootings in Ohio’s capital city has left two men dead and five other people wounded, including a 13-year-old boy. It did not appear that any of the three shootings in Columbus on Monday night were linked, although authorities said they all remained under investigation. The first shooting occurred shortly before 7 p.m., when police responding to reports of shots fired found Jermar Watters, 32, in the city’s South Linden neighborhood. He was taken to a hospital but was pronounced dead there a short time later. The shooting occurred after Watters and Kevin Warren Johnson, 54, were involved in an altercation, authorities said. Johnson has been charged with murder but remains at large. The next shooting was reported shortly after 10 p.m., when police found Marquise Hale, 19, wounded and lying in front of an apartment building. He was taken to a hospital but was pronounced dead there a short time later. Thursday, June 25 CHESTER TWP. — The Chester Township Trustees will conduct a special meeting at 7 p.m. to discuss the awarding of a contract for the road slip repair projects that were bid on June 18. Friday, June 26 MIDDLEPORT — The monthly free community dinner at the Middleport Church of Christ Family Life Center. There will be take-out meals only. Meals will be given out in the parking lot with social distancing beginning at 5 p.m. until they are gone. This month they are serving: fresh smoked pulled pork sandwiches, baked beans, chips, and dessert. Everyone is welcome. Saturday, June 27 POMEROY — A low cost rabies shot clinic for cats and dogs will be held from 10 a.m. to noon at the Meigs County Health Department. The cost is $5. The clinic is sponsored by the Meigs County Health Department and Meigs Veterinary Clinic. For more information call Dawn or Steve at 740-992-6626. Monday, June 29 MIDDLEPORT — The Meigs County Veterans Service Commission will meet at 9 a.m. at their office located at 97 North Second Avenue, Suite 2, Middleport. TODAY IN HISTORY The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, June 24, the 176th day of 2020. There are 190 days left in the year. 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In 1948, Communist forces cut off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin, prompting the western allies to organize the Berlin Airlift. The Republican National Convention, meeting in Philadelphia, nominated New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey for president. In 1957, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Roth v. United States, ruled 6-3 that obscene materials were not protected by the First Amendment. In 1964, AT&T inaugurated commercial “Picturephone” service between New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C. (the service, however, never caught on). In 1968, “Resurrection City,” a shantytown constructed as part of the Poor People’s March on Washington, D.C., was closed down by authorities. 1600+ Acres located in Gallia County, Ohio ONLINE ONLY AUCTION, bidding ends June 29th at 1:00 P.M. 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In 1975, 113 people were killed when Eastern Airlines Flight 66, a Boeing 727 carrying 124 people, crashed while attempting to land during a thunderstorm at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. In 1983, the space shuttle Challenger — carrying America’s first woman in space, Sally K. Ride — coasted to a safe landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California. In 1987, comedianactor Jackie Gleason died at his home in Lauderhill, Florida, at age 71. In 1992, the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, strengthened its 30-year ban on officially sponsored worship in public schools, prohibiting prayer as a part of graduation ceremonies. Ten years ago: President Barack Obama declared that he and visiting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had “succeeded in resetting” the relationship between the former Cold War adversaries. Julia Gillard was sworn in as Australia’s first woman prime minister. �OH-70190011 Ohio Valley Publishing Wednesday, June 24, 2020 3 �NEWS 4 Wednesday, June 24, 2020 Budgets From page 1 determine how much they do from afar. In Camden, New Jersey, one of the state’s poorest cities, Superintendent Katrina McCombs said costs for classroom cleanings, protective equipment and other virus-related expenses are a concern, especially because the city relies on cash infusions from a state government that is facing a $10 billion shortfall over the current and next fiscal years. New Jersey has not yet issued guidelines for reopening schools, but McCombs said she hopes the governor leaves flexibility for big urban districts like hers, where families could be at especially high risk for exposure, given the number of multi-generational households. “I think the big thing that comes to mind right away … just thinking about those logistics of our city, I would hope that as the governor is rolling out those recommendations, they can take those unique factors into consideration, especially in our large urban districts,” she said. As schools reopen, it will cost the average school district about $1.8 million to make social distancing possible, according to an estimate published by the School Superintendents Association, which goes by the name AASA, and the Association of School Business Officials International. The expense will strain budgets of districts that are bracing for cuts because of the economic downturn and hoping for additional federal aid. “You have a significant increase in costs for school districts at a time when school districts are going to have less money. Why? Because you see all of the states’ budgets are going to be decimated,” said Dan Domenech, executive director of AASA. “How is that going to play out?” In the town of Stonington, Connecticut, school board Chairwoman Alexa Garvey said it would help immensely with finances if the state eased guidance in place for the summer that there Beaches From page 1 T-shirt. Business leaders estimate 20 million people visit the area each year, 60 times Horry County’s population of about 330,000. It was unclear how many visitors could be expected in 2020. In April, just 3% of hotel rooms, condominiums and campsites in Horry County were rented, according to research from Coastal Carolina should be only one student on each seat of a bus. There are also unresolved questions about providing masks. “Does every child need a mask?” she said. “What are our obligations to supplying those masks?” The superintendent of Florida’s Miami-Dade County Public Schools district, one of the nation’s largest, said at a recent National Press Club panel that it was considering teachers’ and parents’ input on how to continue instruction in light of changes forced by the pandemic and the associated costs. “Based on the demands of social distancing and precautions, there will not be enough money to have the old system back in a fully functional way,” Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said. Schools with more resources will have more options. The affluent town of Greenwich, Connecticut, where the school system has 12.2 students for every teacher and instructor on staff, is like many others developing approaches for various scenarios. To keep up social distancing when buildings reopen, Superintendent Toni Jones has said the district could use media centers, cafeterias and other spaces for classrooms to spread out staff. In Hartford, which has 14.7 students per teacher, the district serves many high-poverty communities and also brings in thousands of students from 60 other towns through school-choice programs. The superintendent there said the challenges associated with reopening are so severe, it may be time to come up with entirely new models for instruction. “Is it that the entire ecosystem has to be examined?” Torres-Rodriguez said. “If we’re going to go to smaller class sizes, where are we going to get more teachers from?” “We know that we have experts in our community right now. We have our corporate. We have our industry. We have higher ed,” she said. “So how do we leverage our retirees, for example? How do we leverage our soon to be college upper class students? Industry? I just think it is an opportunity.” University. By mid-June, occupancy rates rebounded to 74%, only slightly less than the typical 81% at this point in the summer, the college reported. Health officials in at least five West Virginia counties determined through contact tracing that trips to Myrtle Beach likely led to infections. They recommend finding safer destinations or self-quarantining for two weeks after a trip. “Please be careful. And please think real hard about getting tested when you get home,” West Ohio Valley Publishing Fauci: Next few weeks critical By Lauran Neergaard and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Associated Press WASHINGTON — The next few weeks are critical to tamping down a disturbing coronavirus surge, Dr. Anthony Fauci told Congress on Tuesday — issuing a plea for people to avoid crowds and wear masks just hours before mask-shunning President Donald Trump was set to hold a campaign rally in one hot spot. Fauci and other top health officials also said they have not been asked to slow down virus testing, in contrast to Trump’s claim last weekend that he had ordered fewer tests be performed because they were uncovering too many infections. Trump said earlier Tuesday that he wasn’t kidding when he made that remark. “We will be doing more testing,” Fauci, infectious disease chief at the National Institutes of Health, pledged to a House committee conducting oversight of the Trump administration’s response to the pandemic. The leading public health officials spent more than five hours testifying before the committee at a fraught moment, with coronavirus cases rising in about half the states and political polarization competing for attention with public health recommendations. Fauci told lawmakers he understands the pent-up desire to get back to normal as the U.S. begins emerging from months of stay-at-home orders and business shutdowns. But that has “to be a gradual stepby-step process and not throwing caution to the wind,” he said. “Plan A, don’t go in a crowd. Plan B, if you do, make sure you wear a mask,” Fauci said. Troubling surges worsened Tuesday in several states, with Arizona, Texas and Nevada setting single-day records for Dinner From page 1 Race will still be held at the Bob Evans Farms trail in Rio Virginia Gov. Jim Justice told people who visited Myrtle Beach. “If you would opt to go to one of our state parks or do something in this great place in West Virginia, we’d rather you do that.” Christy Kasler is from another state that produces many Myrtle Beach visitors — Ohio. As she sat in a chair and watched her daughter-in-law play with her 11-month-old grandson on his first trip to the beach, she said the recommendation to self-quarantine when she returns to her Nelsonville In the response to the Pandemic Outbreak of COVID-19, Gallia County Department of Job and Family Services will make assistance available to families affected by this health crisis. The purpose of this assistance will be to offset costs incurred by families who have lost employment and/or reduced hours on or after March 9, 2020 due to the company shut-down as a result of the Stay At Home order issued by the governor or other issues related to COVID-19 that resulted in a lack of available work. Only Phone Call Applications will be taken!! Please call 740-578-3380 Monday thru Thursday 8am-4pm. NO PAPER APPLICATIONS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED so do not come to/into the agency. This program will begin on June 22, 2020 at 8am and will cease at 4pm on July 9, 2020 and no applications will be accepted after this time. Our offices will be closed on July 2, 2020. Please have all household members social security numbers and last 30 days of households gross income readily available prior to calling. Eligible Services: 4���one-time payment of $500.00 per TANF eligible individual in a household who have been laid off and/or lost employment due to the COVID-19 pandemic, OR 4���one-time payment of $300.00 per TANF eligible individual in a household who have had a reduction in hours/pay due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Funds are approved on a first come, first serve basis and approval is based on limited funding. Once funding is exhausted, this special program will cease. Notice of approval/denial will be sent within 30 days. OH-70192503 Sarah Silbiger | Pool via AP Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, left, and Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci, second from left, listen during a House Committee on Energy and Commerce on the Trump administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday. Fauci expressed cautious optimism that a vaccine for COVID-19 will be ready late this year or early next year. new coronavirus cases, and some governors saying they’ll consider reinstating restrictions or delaying plans to ease up in order to help slow the spread of the virus. Arizona, where Trump was headed for a rally at a Phoenix megachurch, reported a new daily record of nearly 3,600 additional coronavirus infections Tuesday. Arizona emerged as a COVID-19 hot spot after Republican Gov. Doug Ducey lifted his stay-home orders in mid-May. Last week he allowed cities and counties to require masks in public places and many have done so. Texas surpassed 5,000 new cases for a single day for the first time — just days after it eclipsed 4,000 new cases for the first time — as America’s largest pediatric hospital began taking adult patients to free up bed space in Houston. The infection rate in Texas has doubled since late May. And Nevada surpassed a record oneday increase for the fourth time in the past eight days. Other states also were experiencing worrisome surges, including Louisiana, Utah and South Carolina. Another worrisome trend: an held safely under CDC guidelines. dred percent of our budget to the Rio Grande Memorial Association,” Easter said. Mountain biking is a socially distanced sport and can still be Beth Sergent contributed to this report in regards to COVID-19 statistics. spread, McMaster and state health officials have not spoken in front of cameras for more than a week. When they do talk, they say shutting businesses again is out of the question. “We understand that what we’re continuing to ask of everyone is not easy and that many are tired of hearing the same warnings and of taking the same daily precautions, but this virus does not take a day off,” state epidemiologist Dr. Linda Bell said in a statement. Myrtle Beach needs visitors. Instead of a shutdown, the community now fears that bad publicity could keep people away. That would be terrible news after restaurants and many hotels were closed for two months. From February to April, more than 1 in 4 workers lost their jobs, and nearly 45,000 jobs disappeared in the Myrtle Beach area, vaulting Horry County to the top of South Carolina jobless rate, according to unemployment figures. Some of those businesses remain closed. Others that reopened are struggling with the extra cost of cleaning, food and other supplies, and the reduction in revenue because they cannot accommodate as many customers under socialdistancing rules. “Man, at this point I’m just praying we get back to normal. I want to keep people healthy, but businesses are hurt- ing too,” Myrtle Beach City Councilman Michael Chestnut said outside his restaurant, Big Mike’s Soul Food. He paused and shook his head. “I’m not sure what normal is ever going to look like,” Chestnut said. The Myrtle Beach City Council initially imposed a limit of three people per elevator when adopting rules to reopen hotels. But in a place where the oceanfront skyline is dominated by tall hotels, it was impractical to make people climb all those stairs or wait for an empty elevator, Chestnut said. Jacko Morowitz has run a gift shop somewhere in Myrtle Beach for more than 25 years. He thought about putting a sign on the door requiring masks and asking customers to cover their mouth and nose when inside. But he bought $100,000 of merchandise last winter for his Good Vibes Gift Shop, and the inventory just sat there for two months. He figures he can’t risk turning a single customer away by pushing masks. Asked what might happen if suddenly people get scared of the virus and stop coming to Myrtle Beach, Morowitz blurted out “we’re” followed by an expletive. “Sorry about that,” he said. “But that’s the best word I can use whether I get sick or everybody stays home.” Grande. The race, which is usually held before the dinner, is still planned to be held and will also benefit the Rio Grande Memorial Association. “We give one hun- home was asking too much. “If I get it, I could have just as easily got it back home,” Kasler said. “You can’t live your life in fear.” Horry County isn’t South Carolina’s only hot spot. Health officials are tracking virus clusters in the Latino community around Greenville, restaurants workers in Charleston, rural churches that returned to services and large family gatherings. When Gov. Henry McMaster effectively closed the state at the start of April, the rate of new cases flattened out. It started climbing again after reopening began in early May, and the rate keeps rising. South Carolina now has the fourthhighest new infection rate in the nation when adjusted for population, trailing just Arizona, Arkansas and Alabama. The state sets records almost daily for the number of new cases, the percentage of positive tests and the number of people in the hospital with COVID-19. Since reopening six weeks ago, the message from both local and state governments in South Carolina shifted from shutdowns to personal responsibility, like washing hands and wearing masks, although McMaster has said he will not require face coverings. After giving televised COVID-19 briefings nearly every day when the virus first started to increase in infections among young adults. Fauci said while COVID-19 tends to be less severe in younger people, some of them do get very sick and even die. And younger people also may be more likely to show no symptoms yet still spread the virus. If people say, “’I’m young, I’m healthy, who cares’ — you should care, not only for yourself but for the impact you might have” on sickening someone more vulnerable, Fauci said. About 2.3 million Americans have been infected and some 120,000 have died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Republican Rep. David McKinley of West Virginia asked if Fauci regretted that the American public wasn’t urged sooner to wear face masks, and then interrupted before the visibly annoyed scientist finished answering. Fauci said he didn’t regret the change in recommendations. 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(AP) — Even in victory, Ryan Blaney thought about what happened to close friend Bubba Wallace over the weekend. And what happened afterward. Blaney held onto the lead after a restart with two laps to go Monday, earning his second straight win at Talladega Superspeedway on a day that began with NASCAR drivers throwing their support behind Wallace. “I think it’s great that everybody really came together,” Blaney said. “I don’t want it to be remembered as a terrible day or a bad day in NASCAR. “I want it to be remembered as there was an incident and we all overcame it together and showed that we’re not going to take it any more.” It was that kind of bittersweet day and weekend. Blaney nipped Ricky Stenhouse Jr. at the finish line by .007 seconds for his fourth win and first since Talladega in October, albeit this time before a mostly empty venue. It was a race marked by support for Wallace instead of another Big One at Talladega, though there was mayhem behind Blaney on the final lap and he also pushed Erik Jones into the wall near the finish. “Just trying to block, block the best we could,” Blaney said. “Block the top, block the bottom … just beating and banging to the line. ” Aric Almirola spun at the end and crossed the line almost backward. Ford has now won nine of the last 10 Cup races at Talladega, and all three Team Penske drivers have won this season. The racing was overshadowed by an extraordinary act of solidarity with NASCAR’s only Black driver. Dozens of drivers pushed Wallace’s car to the front of the field before Monday’s race as FBI agents tried to find out who left a noose in his garage stall over the weekend. He was emotional after spending time in the top five before running short on fuel and finishing 14th, slapping hands with a group of mostly AfricanAmerican fans. ”I’m proud to stand where I’m at. … This sport is changing,” Wallace said. “The deal that happened (Saturday) I wanted to show whoever it was, you are not going to take away my smile. I am going to keep on going.” Wallace took the lead for a lap at one point, and Stenhouse said he noticed the fan reaction, along with the chants of “Bubba” at the start. “I looked at the stands and watched all the people jump up and cheer,” he said. “That was pretty cool.” The stock car series was left reeling and angered by the racist act that came less than two weeks after it banned the Confederate flag on its properties at Wallace’s urging. It has vowed to permanently bar the person responsible, but the investigation was in its early stages. The 26-year-old Wallace was surrounded by all 39 other drivers in the moments before the race and they were joined by their crews in a march down pit road as they pushed his No. 43 to the front of the line. Wallace climbed out of his car and wept. It was a stirring move to support Wallace at a track in the heart of the South where Confederate flags have flown for decades and were seen outside the superspeedway all weekend long by fans opposed to NASCAR’s ban. Standing alongside Wallace for the national anthem was Richard Petty, the 82-year-old Hall of Fame driver known as “The King.” Wallace drives for Petty, who issued a scathing rebuke after the noose was found that called for the “sick person” to be expelled See NASCAR | 7 Marge Schott’s name removed from UC stadium CINCINNATI (AP) — The University of Cincinnati is removing Marge Schott’s name from its baseball stadium and a library archive in light of her racist comments while owner of the Cincinnati Reds. The school’s board of trustees unanimously See STADIUM | 7 OVP SPORTS BRIEFS Meigs Chamber of Commerce golf outing 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 740992-5005 or email director@meigsohio.com PVH Children & Family Golf Classic 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/ children-and-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. Rio hosting Jim Marshall Memorial golf outing 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 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. Bryan Walters | OVP Sports An upper deck view of the left field scoreboard at Progressive Field before the start of a baseball game between the host Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox on July 13, 2014, in Cleveland, Ohio. MLB plans shortened 60-game slate NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball plans to unilaterally issue a 60-game schedule for its shortest season since 1878 after the players’ association rejected a negotiated deal of the same length, putting the sport on track for a combative return to the field amid the coronavirus pandemic. Commissioner Rob Manfred and union head Tony Clark met last week and outlined plans that included expanding the playoffs from 10 teams to 16, widening use of the designated hitter to National League games and an experiment to start extra innings with a runner on second base. But the latest version of the deal proposed by MLB was rejected by the Major League Baseball Players Association’s executive board in a 33-5 vote on Monday. Those innovations now disappear. “Needless to say, we are disappointed by this development,” MLB said in a statement. “The framework provided an opportunity for MLB and its players to work together to confront the difficulties and challenges presented by the pandemic. It gave our fans the chance to see an exciting new postseason format. And, it offered players significant benefits.” MLB’s control owners approved going unilaterally with the 60-game schedule in ballparks without fans if the final arrangements can be put in place, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because no announcement had been made. MLB asked the union to respond by 5 p.m. EDT Tuesday as to whether players can report to training by July 1 and whether the players’ association will agree on the operating manual of health and safety protocols. The schedule would be the shortest since the National League’s third season. Given the need for three days of virus testing and 21 days of workouts, opening day likely would be during the final week of July. MLB already has started to investigate charter flights that could bring players back from Latin America, another person told the AP, also on condition of anonymity because no announcements were made. The union announced its rejection, and the vote total was confirmed by a person familiar with that meeting who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the balloting was not made public. The decision likely will provoke what figures to be lengthy and costly litigation over the impact of the coronavirus on the sport, similar to the collusion cases that sent baseball spiraling to a spring training lockout in 1990 and a 7 1/2month strike in 1994-95 that wiped out the World Series for the first time in nine decades. It also eliminates a $25 million postseason players’ pool, meaning players will not get paid anything above meal money during the playoffs and World Series, and the clubs’ offer to forgive $33 million in salary advanced to 769 players at the bottom of the salary scale with lower rates of pay while in the minors: $16,500, $30,000 or $60,000 for each of them. “It’s absolute death for this industry to keep acting as it has been. Both sides,” Cincinnati pitcher Trevor Bauer tweeted in a rare instance of a player criticizing the union. “We’re driving the bus straight off a cliff. How is this good for anyone involved? Covid 19 already presented a lose lose lose situation and we’ve somehow found a way to make it worse. Incredible.” Teams lose what would have been a new right to sell advertising patches on uniforms, broadcast enhancements such as having players wear microphones during games and a 2020 suspension of the luxury tax that for a 60-game season projected to save the New York Yankees $8.5 million, Houston $3 million, the Los Angeles Dodgers $434,000 and the Chicago Cubs $116,000. Manfred loses what would have been an additional $60 million to the commissioner’s discretionary fund. The union said in a statement that the “board reaffirmed the players’ eagerness to return to work as soon and as safely as possible.” “To that end we anticipate finalizing a comprehensive set of health and safety protocols with Major League Baseball in the coming days, and we await word from the league on the resumption of spring training camps and a proposed 2020 schedule,” the union said. While the framework had included the expanded playoffs for both 2020 and 2021, and Manfred offered to drop it from the second season if players feared it would decrease their future bargaining leverage. Spring training was suspended on March 12, two weeks ahead of scheduled openers, and the sides have reverted to the familiar financial infighting that fractured the sport in the past. An initial deal March 26 called for players to receive prorated salaries and gave Manfred power to set the schedule, but that agreement did not require MLB to play in ballparks without fans. Teams sought additional salary concessions, claiming they would lose $640,000 for each additional regular-season game. The union was skeptical, requested additional documents and said it did not receive enough to evaluate the true financial picture. Players refused to budge from their See MLB | 7 �SPORTS/CLASSIFIEDS Ohio Valley Publishing Stadium justice sparked by George Floyd’s death has prompted local institutions to revisit Schott’s history. From page 6 After her death in 2004, approved the move Tuesday, most of her estate went to a a dozen days after a Catholic foundation that funds a wide range of philanthropic venhigh school also decided to tures. Her name is featured remove references to Schott on many facilities in the city. from its facilities. Over the As Reds owner, Schott was years, UC students, faculty repeatedly suspended and at alumni have objected to ultimately ousted by Major Schott’s name on school League Baseball for her slurs facilities, but no changes and praise of Adolf Hitler. were made. Team employees said Schott “Marge Schott’s record of used slurs for Black players racism and bigotry stands at and made derogatory remarks stark odds with our univerabout Jews and Japanese. She sity’s core commitment to dignity, equity and inclusion,” said Hitler was “good at the said school President Neville beginning” but then “went G. Pinto, who recommended too far.” Major League Baseball the change. The national push for racial banned her from the team’s day-to-day operations for the 1993 season and levied another suspension after she returned and continued to make offensive remarks. Ultimately, she was forced to sell controlling interest in the team in 1999. The university built Marge Schott Stadium with a $2 million donation from the Marge & Charles J. Schott Foundation in 2006. In addition to removing Schott’s name from the stadium, trustees agreed also to remove it from a space in its archives library. “I hope this action serves as an enduring reminder that we cannot remain silent or indifferent when it comes to prejudice, hate or inequity,” Pinto said. “More than ever, our world needs us to convert MLB postseason players’ pool. The union wanted 70 games and $1.73 billion plus a $50 million pool. Players are expected to file a grievFrom page 6 ance, claiming MLB violated a provision in the March agreement requiring insistence on prorated salaries, and both sides to “work in good faith to as MLB finally agreed to that last week soon as is practicable commence play, during the one-on-one meeting and complete the fullest 2020 champibetween Manfred and Clark. While onship season and postseason that is Manfred called it a framework for an economically feasible” consistent with agreement, Clark said it was merely a several provisions. MLB is expected to proposal and further angered MLB. file a grievance accusing the union of At that point, the sides remained about $275 million apart after weeks of negotiating in bad faith. Arbitrator Mark Irvings would hear talks. MLB offered 60 games and $1.48 the case. If the union proves a longer billion from salaries that originally schedule had been feasible, each game totaled $4 billion, plus a $25 million (740) 446-2342 or fax to (740) 446-3008 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN PROBATE COURT OF MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO L. SCOTT POWELL, JUDGE IN RE: CHANGE OF NAME OF ALICE LOUISE HAWTHORNE TO ALICE LOUISE RITCHIE CASE NO. 20206005 APPLICANT HEREBY GIVES NOTICE THAT SHE HAS FILED AN APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN THE PROBATE COURT OF MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO, REQUESTING THE CHANGE OF NAME FROM ALICE LOUISE HAWTHORNE TO ALICE LOUISE RITCHIE. A HEARING ON THIS APPLICATION WILL BE HELD ON JULY 24, 2020 AT 9:00 AM. IN THE MEIGS COUNTY PROBATE COURT, LOCATED AT 100 EAST SECOND STREET POMEROY, OH 45769 6/24/20 PROBATE COURT OF MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO L. SCOTT POWELL, JUDGE IN RE: CHANGE OF NAME OF NIESEL E. GERARD TO NIESEL E. DUVALL CASE NO. 20206006 APPLICANT HEREBY GIVES NOTICE THAT SHE HAS FILED AN APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN THE PROBATE COURT OF MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO, REQUESTING THE CHANGE OF NAME FROM NIESEL E. GERARD TO NIESEL E. DUVALL. A HEARING ON THIS APPLICATION WILL BE HELD ON JULY 24th, 2020 at 9:15 AM. IN THE MEIGS COUNTY PROBATE COURT, LOCATED AT 100 EAST SECOND STREET on the schedule would be worth $25 million in salary across the 30 teams. Reduced revenue for clubs this year is expected to cause a drop in the freeagent market, which next offseason is slated to include Mookie Betts, George Springer, J.T. Realmuto, James Paxton, Marcus Stroman and Bauer. All the while, the coronavirus upended plans of many clubs to resume training at their Florida facilities due to a rise in virus cases in the state. Twenty-nine teams intend to work out in their regular-season ballparks, with Toronto awaiting additional talks with the Canadian federal and Ontario provincial governments. NASCAR From page 6 from NASCAR forever — a move NASCAR President Steve Phelps insisted would happen should they be caught. The race began with Martin Truex Jr. on the pole, and Tyler Reddick won the first stage, which ended in a weather caution that lasted 58-plus minutes. The crowd had dwindled significantly from Sunday, when up to 5,000 fans were allowed into Talladega — only the second race with fans since NASCAR returned from the pandemic-forced shutdown. Workers painted “#IStandWithBubbaWallace” on the infield grass before the race and Confederate flags were nowhere to be seen inside the sprawling facility that can hold 80,000-plus and usually sees dozens of RVs lined up across the infield. In the stands, fan Luke Johnson said he is against the flag ban, saying: “All the NASCAR tracks need to keep on flying them.” As for the noose left for Wallace, he said: “I thought it was funny myself.” Another fan, Robert Chaisson, said he didn’t have a strong opinion on the ban. He certainly did on what happened to Wallace. “That was messed up. I hope they charge that guy with a hate crime,” Chaisson, who lives in Alabaster, Alabama, said. “It doesn’t matter what your opinion is, it’s when you cross that line, then your opinion no longer matters. That’s trying to inflict harm on someone else.” (740) 992-2155 or fax to (740) 992-2157 (304) 675-1333 or fax to (304) 675-5234 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN POMEROY, OH 45769 6/24/20 PROBATE COURT OF MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO L. SCOTT POWELL, JUDGE IN RE: CHANGE OF NAME OF LYDIA ELISE EDWARDS TO LYDIA ELISE FRY CASE NO. 20206007 APPLICANT HEREBY GIVES NOTICE THAT SHE HAS FILED AN APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN THE PROBATE COURT OF MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO, REQUESTING THE CHANGE OF NAME FROM LYDIA ELISE EDWARDS TO LYDIA ELISE FRY. A HEARING ON THIS APPLICATION WILL BE HELD ON JULY 24TH, 2020 AT 9:30 AM. IN THE MEIGS COUNTY PROBATE COURT, LOCATED AT 100 EAST SECOND STREET POMEROY, OH 45769 6/24/20 AUTOS Autos For Sale The following vehicle(s) will be available for public sale on Friday, June 26, 2020 at Dave's Supreme Auto Sales LLC, 1393 Jackson Pike Gallipolis, OH 45631, at 1:00 pm. VIN: 2A4RR5DX5AR334057 2010 Chrysler Town & Country ROGERS BASEMENT WATERPROOFING 8QFRQGLWLRQDO /LIHWLPH *XDUDQWHH (VWDEOLVKHG ���� EMPLOYMENT Help Wanted General 7RZQ RI +DUWIRUG Accepting resumes only for position of Water and Sewer Billing Clerk. Resumes must be received by July 3, 2020 by mail only Send to: 7RZQ RI +DUWIRUG 32 %R[ �� +DUWIRUG� :9 ����� VIN: 3FAFP07Z76R206893 2006 Ford Fusion LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received in the Office of the City Manager, 333 Third Avenue, Gallipolis, Ohio for the paving of various City streets. Bid specifications can be picked up at the above location or by emailing asstauditor@gallipoliscity.com Bids will be received at the above named office until 12:00 noon, local time, on Wednesday, July 8, 2020 and publicly opened at that hour and place. 6/24/20,7/1/20 GENERAL NEWS ASSIGNMENT REPORTER WANTED for the Gallipolis Daily Tribune. Must have writing skills and a passion for telling stories while being fair and accurate. Degree in journalism or English preferred but not required. Previous employment in print journalism preferred but not required. Photography skills a bonus. This is a full-time position with benefits package. Send resume, along with three writing samples, to Ohio Valley Publishing Editor Beth Sergent at bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com. OH-70190400 Legals our values into real and lasting action.” Earlier this month, Saint Ursula Academy in Cincinnati decided to remove Schott’s name from a science, language and arts building that was constructed with the help of her donation. It’s also renaming its athletic facility, which was called “Schottzie Stadium” in honor of Schott’s dog. Schott’s foundation has encouraged discussions about naming rights. “While we cannot make excuses for the rhetoric made by Mrs. Schott decades ago, we can ask you to learn from Mrs. Schott’s mistakes as well as her great love for Cincinnati,” the foundation said in a statement this month. 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Ct. of Common Pleas, with eligibility for the A.C.E. program, which would constitute grounds for disciplinary action pursuant to RC 4723.28(B)(4). Ms. Perroud is entitled to a hearing in this matter if it is requested within 30 days of the last date of publication of this notice. Ms. Perroud may appear at the hearing in person, by her attorney or by another representative permitted to practice before OBN, or she may present her position, arguments or contentions in writing. At the hearing, she may present evidence and examine witnesses appearing for or against her. Any questions or correspondence should be addressed to: /LVD )HUJXVRQ 5DPRV &RPSOLDQFH 8QLW 0DQDJHU �� 6� +LJK 6WUHHW� 6XLWH ��� &ROXPEXV� 2+ ���������� 6/24/20,7/1/20,7/8/20 �NEWS/WEATHER 8 Wednesday, June 24, 2020 COVID-19 From page 1 County Health Department reported two new active cases in as many days, bringing the county’s total to nine COVID19 cases (seven confirmed, two probable) since April. These latest two patients are reportedly one male and one female, both in the 60 to 69-yearold age range and are not hospitalized. As reported last week, the first seven COVID-19 cases reported in Meigs County have since recovered from the virus, according to local health officials. Gallia County remains at nine total COVID-19 cases (since March) with six confirmed and three probable, as reported by the Gallia Health Department. Of these cases there’s been one death, and as reported earlier this month, six cases were considered recovered. The latest Gallia case statistics available include: Affected ages 30 to 70 years of age with a median age of 45; four males and four females; four had underlying conditions and four did not. For Ohio data and other information visit https://coronavirus.ohio.gov For West Virginia data and other information visit www. coronavirus.wv.gov Beth Sergent and Sarah Hawley contributed to this report. © 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Mourners bid farewell to Rayshard Brooks By Kate Brumback Associated Press ATLANTA — Scores of mourners Tuesday paid their final respects to Rayshard Brooks at the Atlanta church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. used to preach, taking part in a funeral rich with historical echoes and filled with a tragic sense that Black America has been through this all too many times before. “Rayshard Brooks is the latest high-profile casualty in the struggle for justice and a battle for the soul of America. This is about him, but it is so much bigger than him,” the Rev. Raphael Warnock, senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church, told the crowd, less than two weeks after the Black man was shot twice in the back by a white Atlanta police officer following a struggle in a fast-food parking lot. Warnock recited a long list of names of Black people who died at the hands of police in recent years, including Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Philando Castile and George Floyd, lamenting: “Sadly we’ve gotten too much practice at this.” Brooks’ widow, Tomika Miller, dressed in white, sat surrounded by family and friends. Former state lawmaker Stacey Abrams and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, both of whom have been mentioned as potential running mates for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, were among the mourners. Most people dressed all in white, while some wore T-shirts with Brooks’ picture. Nearly everyone had masks on TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 63° 76° 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. (in inches) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Tue. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date 0.05 1.51 3.08 24.52 21.27 SUN & MOON Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset First Jun 28 Full Jul 5 Last Jul 12 New Jul 20 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for fish and game. Major Today 2:56a Thu. 3:57a Fri. 4:55a Sat. 5:50a Sun. 6:40a Mon. 7:28a Tue. 8:14a Minor 9:10a 10:10a 11:08a 12:02p 12:27a 1:16a 2:01a Major 3:23p 4:23p 5:21p 6:15p 7:05p 7:53p 8:40p 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme POLLEN & MOLD Minor 9:37p 10:37p 11:33p ---12:29a 1:41p 2:27p WEATHER HISTORY A microburst was blamed for the crash of a Boeing 727 on June 24, 1975, at New York’s Kennedy International Airport. The catastrophe took 112 lives. A microburst is a burst of wind from a thunderstorm. Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 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Chg. +0.29 +0.90 +0.06 +0.08 +0.05 -0.18 -0.22 -1.03 -0.34 -0.07 -1.70 -0.40 -2.10 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2020 91° 69° Intervals of clouds and sunshine OH-70189005 MONDAY 84° 67° TUESDAY 86° 66° A couple of showers and a thunderstorm Cloudy, a thunderstorm possible; humid Marietta 78/57 Murray City 76/56 Belpre 78/57 Athens 77/56 89° 71° Some sun with a thunderstorm possible Today St. Marys 78/57 Parkersburg 78/58 Coolville 78/57 Elizabeth 79/57 Spencer 78/59 Buffalo 80/60 Milton 80/60 Clendenin 80/59 St. Albans 80/60 Huntington 80/61 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s Seattle 100s 74/58 90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s San Francisco 73/56 10s 0s -0s Los Angeles 81/63 -10s T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front families are entitled to be heard at such proceedings. Outside the churuch, a large screen broadcast the service. Tyrone Harvey was among the few dozen who listened. “First of all we have to vote. We have to vote. We can’t just rest on our laurels and say, ‘OK, we got Obama in there.’ And Obama’s gone. We’ve got to do better than that,” he said. “We’ve got to make some drastic changes.” He added: “It’s vital. It’s important now.” Warnock, a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate, urged people to keep marching and raising their voices to challenge racism and fight for change. “I came here today to announce another march. I don’t want you to miss it. Make sure you show up for this march. It is happening on Nov. 3, 2020, at a voting booth near you,” he said to applause. “It’s a contradiction to march in the streets and not march on the voting booth.” Meanwhile, a new poll that finds nearly all Americans favor at least some change to the nation’s criminal justice system, and they overwhelmingly want to see clear standards on when police officers may use force and consequences for those who cross the line. The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research said 29% think the criminal justice system needs “a complete overhaul,” 40% say it needs “major changes,” and 25% say it needs “minor changes.” Just 5% believe no changes are necessary. NATIONAL CITIES Ironton 80/60 Ashland 80/61 Grayson 80/61 Primary pollutant: Ozone SUNDAY Wilkesville 78/57 POMEROY Jackson 80/59 79/57 Ravenswood Rio Grande 80/59 81/59 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 77/60 GALLIPOLIS 81/60 80/59 81/60 South Shore Greenup 80/60 79/59 36 Logan 77/56 McArthur 77/57 Lucasville 79/59 Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services 0 50 100 150 200 Chillicothe 78/58 Very High Primary: walnut/willow/cedar Mold: 2162 SATURDAY 87° 69° Adelphi 77/57 Waverly 77/58 Pollen: 12 Low MOON PHASES FRIDAY Partly sunny and nice Pleasant with times of clouds and sun 2 Primary: ascospores, unk. Today Thu. 6:04 a.m. 6:05 a.m. 8:58 p.m. 8:58 p.m. 9:19 a.m. 10:28 a.m. 11:59 p.m. none THURSDAY 75° HEALTH TODAY Precipitation EXTENDED FORECAST A shower or thunderstorm today. Mainly clear tonight. High 81° / Low 60° ning away. Rolfe, 27, was charged with murder and jailed without bail. A second officer, Devin Brosnan, 26, was charged with aggravated assault, accused of stepping on Brooks’ shoulder as he lay dying on the pavement. Lawyers for both men said their clients’ actions were justified. Atlanta’s police chief stepped down less than 24 hours after Brooks’ death, and the Wendy’s was burned by protesters. While Brooks was not a member of Ebenezer Baptist, the church is a “sanctuary for those who suffer,” Warnock said in a statement announcing the funeral plans. Actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry offered financial help for the service, Warnock said. An afternoon bail hearing for Rolfe that would have conflicted with the funeral was canceled by a judge. Under the law, crime victims and their King, who was a child when her father was assassinated in 1968, told the mourners she was at the church for “what feels like an all-too-familiar moment.” She noted that Brooks’ death took place on the same date that NAACP leader Medgar Evers was assassinated in Mississippi in 1963 and Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison in South Africa in 1964. But in a powerful echo of her father’s “I Have a Dream” speech, she declared: “Rayshard Brooks’ death will not be in vain because justice will roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.” Brooks, 27, was shot by Officer Garrett Rolfe after a struggle that erupted when police tried to handcuff him for being intoxicated behind the wheel of his car at a Wendy’s drive-thru. Video showed Brooks snatching a police Taser and firing it at the officer while run- against the coronavirus. Brooks’ killing June 12 came amid weeks of turbulent and sometimes violent protests across the U.S. over Floyd’s death under a white Minneapolis officer’s knee on May 25. Protesters have demanded changes in how officers are trained and disciplined and have called for the dismantling of police departments or the shifting of funding away from law enforcement toward social services. “We are here because individuals continue to hide behind badges and trainings and policies and procedures rather than regarding the humanity of others in general and Black lives specifically,” the Rev. Bernice King, the civil rights leader’s daughter, told the crowd. She noted ruefully that the killing took place in Atlanta, the “Black mecca” and “the city that is supposed to be `too busy to hate.’” 83° 62° Statistics through 3 p.m. Tue. 79° 68° 85° 63° 100° in 1930 47° in 1918 Curtis Compton | Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, pool Tomika Miller, wife of Rayshard Brooks, holds their 2-year-old daughter Memory while pausing with her children during the family processional at his funeral in Ebenezer Baptist Church on Tuesday in Atlanta. Brooks, 27, died June 12 after being shot by an officer in a Wendy’s parking lot. Brooks’ death sparked protests in Atlanta and around the country. 8 PM ALMANAC High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low Daily Sentinel Charleston 79/60 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. 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