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Issue 51, Volume 75

14 new
COVID-19
cases reported

Tuesday, March 16, 2021 s 50¢

Fairs to return

Vaccine, testing
clinics planned
Staff Report

OHIO VALLEY — A
total of 14 new COVID19 cases were reported
over the weekend in the
Ohio Valley Publishing
area.
In Mason County,
the West Virginia
Department of Health
and Human Resources
reported 10 new cases
since Friday.
In Meigs County,
the health department
reported three new
cases, bringing the
county to a total of ﬁve
active cases.
In Gallia County, the
Ohio Department of
Health reported one
new case over the weekend.
COVID vaccine clinic
The Meigs County
Health Department
will be hosting a “ﬁrst
come, ﬁrst serve” ﬁrst
dose COVID-19 vaccine
clinic on Thursday for
residents who are eligible under the current
vaccine guidelines in
Ohio. The clinic is open
to any individual who
meets the qualiﬁcations
for Phase 1 or 2 which
has been announced
including those age 50
and older. The clinic
will take place from
9-11:45 a.m. and 1-4
p.m. at the Meigs County Fairgrounds. Individuals may be asked
to show proof that they
are in the current phase
groups.
Free COVID testing site
West Virginia RadXUp Project is offering
free COVID testing on
Tuesday, March 16 from
10 a.m.-4 p.m. Testing
is located at the old
Goodwill Store beside
Family Dollar and Piggly Wiggly, 303 1/3 3rd
Street in Point Pleasant.
Here is a closer look
at COVID-19 cases in
the region:
Gallia County
ODH reported a
total of 2,254 cases
of COVID-19 (since
March) in Gallia

County as part of Monday’s update. This is an
increase of one since
Friday’s update.
ODH has reported a
total of 39 deaths, 135
hospitalizations, and
2,145 presumed recovered individuals (11
new) as of Monday.
Age ranges for the
2,254 total cases reported by ODH on Monday
are as follows:
0-19 — 290 cases (1
hospitalization)
20-29 — 366 cases (6
hospitalizations)
30-39 — 303 cases (3
hospitalizations)
40-49 — 323 cases (1
new case, 7 hospitalizations)
50-59 — 336 cases
(15 hospitalizations)
60-69 — 287 cases
(26 hospitalizations)
70-79 — 195 cases
(39 total hospitalizations)
80-plus — 154 cases
(38 hospitalizations)
Editor’s note: Since
the Ohio Department of
Health adjusted the way
deaths are reported,
the demographic information for deaths by
county is no longer
available. Should this
information be made
available the information will once again be
reported in the chart
above.
Gallia County is currently “Orange” on the
Ohio Public Health
Advisory System map
after meeting two of
the seven indicators on
Thursday.
Meigs County
Three new COVID19 cases were reported
between March 11-15 in
Meigs County, according to an update on
Monday from the Meigs
County Health Department.
The Meigs County
Health Department
reported ﬁve active
cases and 1,409 total
cases (1,265 conﬁrmed,
144 probable) since
April, as part of Monday’s update.
There have been a
See COVID-19 | 3

OVP file photo

Junior Fair exhibitors show their goat projects at the 2020 Meigs County Fair.

Order allows for reopening of all fair activities
Staff Report

Ohio Department of Health issued
a revised order that allows for the
COLUMBUS — Gov. Mike DeW- reopening of all fair activities if
certain health conditions are met.
ine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted
The updated order includes comrecently provided updates on
pliance with the statewide mask
Ohio’s response to the COVID-19
order and social distancing.
pandemic, including guidance on
Additionally, there will be a
fairs.
25 percent maximum for indoor
Gov. DeWine announced the

grandstand capacity and a 30 percent maximum for outdoor grandstand capacity.
The revised order, which was
issued by the director of the Ohio
Department of Health (ODH),
Stephanie McCloud, allows fairs
See FAIRS | 2

Governments delay access to
public records during pandemic
By David A. Lieb

to make. Others have not
responded, or said they
still need more time.
Public records have
As states prepared to
become harder to get
reopen their economies
since the world was
following coronavirus
upended by the pandemic
shutdowns last spring,
a year ago. Governors,
The Associated Press
legislatures and local
asked governors across
ofﬁcials have suspended
the U.S. for records that
or ignored laws setting
could shed light on how
deadlines to respond to
businesses and health
records requests. They
ofﬁcials inﬂuenced their
cited obstacles for staffers
decisions.
Nine months later, after who are working at home
or are overwhelmed with
several more COVID-19
crisis management.
surges and shutdowns,
The result is that inforthe AP still has not
mation that once took
received records from
a few days or weeks to
about 20 states. Some
obtain now often takes
outright denied the
months — depriving the
requests or sought paypublic of timely facts
ments the AP declined

Associated Press

OVP file photo

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine speaks during a 2019 visit to Meigs
County.

about decisions their
leaders are making.
“The pandemic rages
on, but investigative journalism doesn’t halt. The
public’s right to know

doesn’t cease to exist,”
said Gunita Singh, a legal
fellow at the Reporters
Committee for Freedom
See RECORDS | 2

At-home COVID test kits available
By Sarah Hawley

“We felt that this was a good
way to serve our community,”
said Eblin on becoming a distribution site for the free tests.
POMEROY — Need a quick
Eblin noted the library is a
COVID-19 test before visiting
distribution location and cannot
family, traveling out of town or
provide medical advice.
taking part in an event? The
The tests require the use of
Meigs County District Public
a computer with a webcam in
Library can help.
order to be completed. The tests
At-home rapid COVID-19 testare completed by a nasal swab
ing kits are now available at the
which is witnessed by a testing
Pomeroy branch of the library.
proctor via the website (similar
Meigs County Library Directo a Zoom call), with the person
tor Kristi Eblin explained the
library was contacted by the Ohio providing the results in approximately 15 minutes. An account
Library Council with information that the Ohio Department of needs to be set up on the Navica
app to begin the process.
Health would distribute COVIDTesting cannot be completed
19 testing kits to libraries which
wished to participate in the proSee KITS | 8
gram.

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2 Tuesday, March 16, 2021

OBITUARIES
ADALINE SMITH
JACKSON —
Adaline Smith,
93, of Jackson,
Ohio passed on
Sunday, March
14, 2021 at Holzer
Assisted Living in
Jackson. She was
born on May 11, 1927 in
Chambersburg, Ohio, she
was the daughter of the
late Aaron and Virginia
Kinder Day. Adaline was
a self employed business
woman and attended
Elizabeth Chapel Church
in Gallipolis, Ohio.
Adaline is survived by
her daughters Judy Betz
of Jackson, Ohio, Peggy
(Morris) Ferguson of
Huntington Beach, California and Glenn S. Smith
Jr. of Austin, Texas. One
sister Arlene Smith of
Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Five grandchildren
Tad Ferguson, Adam

Ferguson, Clint
Betz and Christy
Haning. Six great
grandchildren Allie
Kuhner, Kinnison
Haning, Lauren
Betz, Logan Betz,
Tasia Ferguson and
Nicholas Ferguson.
In addition to her parents Adaline was preceded in death by husband
Glenn S. “Pete” Smith;
two brothers Wayne and
Robert Day; son in law
Steve Betz; daughter
in law Beth Smith and
one grandson Zachary
Smith.
The graveside service
will be held Wednesday,
March 17, 2021 at 1
p.m. at Maddy Cemetery
with Pastor Alfred Holley ofﬁciating. Please
visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send e-mail
condolences.

CHESTER L. BROWN, SR.
GALLIPOLIS — Chester L. Brown, Sr., 76,
Gallipolis, Ohio, passed
away Sunday, March 14,
2021 at his home. He was
born in Charleston, West
Virginia November 22,
1944 to the late Marvin
and T. Edith (nee Yates)
Brown. Chester married
Frances R. (nee Casto)
Brown January 26, 1963
at Kanawha City, West
Virginia and she survives.
He attended White Oak
Baptist Church, Bidwell,
Ohio, where he was a
member for more than 21
years.
Those left to cherish
his memory, with his wife
Frances, are their sons:
Chester L. (Vicki) Brown,
Jr., Buffalo, West Virginia;
Allen (Regina) Brown
and Dana Brown, both
of Bidwell; ten grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren; sisters,
Marceda Mollohan, Gallipolis, and Janie Godwin,
Gallipolis.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in
death by brothers Joe
Brown, Max Brown,
Johnny Brown and Gary
Brown.
Funeral services will be
held 11 a.m., Thursday,

March 18, 2021 at the
McCoy-Moore Funeral
Home, Vinton Chapel
with Pastor Carl Ward
ofﬁciating. Burial will
follow at Joey Brown’s
Farm Cemetery. Family
and friends may call at
the funeral home Thursday, 10 a.m. until time of
service.
In lieu of ﬂowers the
family requests donations
in Chester’s memory
be made to: American
Parkinson’s Disease 135
Parkinson Dr., Staten
Island, NY 10305 OR
Holzer Hospice 100 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis, Ohio
45631.
PLEASE NOTE: To
respect the safety of the
family and in accordance
with CDC Regulations
and current COVID-19
Pandemic Protocol, face
coverings are required,
and social distancing is
requested in the funeral
home during visitation
hours. We respectfully
ask that visitors not linger during the visitation
hours. We and the family
thank you for this consideration.
Online registry is
available via www.mccoymoore.com

CHRISTINA ANN PREAST
ALBANY — Christina
Ann Preast, 52, of Albany,
went home to be with the
Lord on Friday, March
12, 2021. She was born in
Athens, Ohio, on Aug. 3,
1968, to Howard Sharpe
and Delia Gloeckner.
She is survived by her
father, Howard and step
mother, Nancy Sharpe of
The Plains; mother, Delia
Gloeckner of Albany;
daughter, Brittany (Joe)
Humphrey of Pomeroy;
daughter, Autumn Preast
and the light of her life,
her grandson Bowen
Preast of Albany; step
siblings, Christopher
(Brenda) Douglas,
Michele (Lloyd) Merrick,

Lisa (Greg) King, Barry
(Karen) Douglas; and
many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in
death by her grandparents, William and Viola
Gloeckner.
Calling hours will be
held 12-1 p.m., Thursday,
March 18, at Anderson
McDaniel Funeral Home
in Pomeroy, Ohio. Followed by Rev. Joe Humphrey, Sr. ofﬁciating the
service at 1 p.m. She will
be laid to rest in Rocksprings Cemetery after
the service.
An online registry is
available at www.andersonmcdaniel.com.

DEATH NOTICE
DAILEY
CROWN CITY — Thomas Alfred Dailey, 76, of
Crown City, Ohio, died Thursday, March 12, 2021
at St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington, W.Va. A
funeral service will be held at 2 p.m., on Wednesday,
March 17, 2021 at Hall Funeral Home in Proctorville,
Ohio. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow in Miller Memorial Gardens in
Miller, Ohio.

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MAURICE RAYMOND DELILLE
BIDWELL — Maurice
Raymond DeLille, 87,
of Bidwell, Ohio went
home to be with his Lord
and Savior on March 14,
2021 at his residence in
Bidwell. He was born
on October 14, 1933 in
Gallia County, Ohio, son
of the late Joseph and
Tracie Spencer DeLille.
He graduated from Gallia
Academy High School
and shortly after enlisted
in the U.S. Army.
Raymond loved to
have a good laugh. He
was always teasing others and was witty all the
way up until his last days.
Raymond was a member
of the Rodney United
Methodist Church and
the K of P Lodge. He
was employed by A&amp;P
Grocery for 25 years until
it closed, then he retired
from the Ohio Department of Transportation.
He was the co-owner and
operator of the DeLille’s
Malt Shoppe in Rodney,
Ohio for twenty plus
years.
Raymond married his
sweetheart Rosealee
Houck in 1954, they
shared sixty six blessed
years together. She
joined him while he was
stationed in Germany
for 2 years. The couple
loved to travel and visited
several countries while
overseas. They also visited Israel, Japan, Greece,
Turkey, as well as Hawaii
and several U.S. states.
Raymond is survived
by his three children,
Michael DeLille of Rod-

ney, Robin (Ed) Caudill
of Bidwell, and Kindra
(Ron) Robbins of Florence, Kentucky; seven
grandchildren and eight
great grandchildren; sister and brother in law,
Louise (Rex) Greenlee of
Bidwell.
In addition to his
parents and his wife,
Maurice was preceded in
death by sisters; Bettie
McClaskey, Ruth Boice,
Geneva Brooks and brothers; John DeLille, Charles
DeLille, Martin DeLille,
and Bruce DeLille.
The funeral service
will be 11 a.m., Thursday, March 18, 2021 at
Willis Funeral Home
with Pastor Todd Hines
ofﬁciating. Entombment
will follow in the Chapel
of Hope Mausoleum at
Ohio Valley Memory
Gardens. Friends may call
on Wednesday, March
17, 2021 at Willis Funeral
Home 6 – 8 p.m.
In lieu of ﬂowers please
consider a donation to
Alzheimer’s Association
National Capital Area
Chapter, 8180 Greensboro Drive, Suite 400,
McLean, VA 22102. Or,
the Holzer Hospice, 2881
State Route 160, Gallipolis. Ohio 45631. Those
in attendance are asked
to follow the CDC guidelines of social distancing
and are required to follow the Ohio mandate of
wearing face masks.
Please visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send
e-mail condolences.

MORRIS GLEN SHEETS
GALLIPOLIS — Morris Glen Sheets, 80, of
Gallipolis, Ohio, passed
into the arms of the Lord
on Friday, March 12th,
at his residence attended
by his family. Morris was
born in Mercerville, Ohio
on May 27th, 1940, son
of the late Webster Sheets
and Brookie (Halley)
Sheets.
A 1958 graduate of
Hannan Trace High
School, Morris spent the
majority of his career
as a dairy farmer then
as an automobile sales
specialist. He married the
former Virginia Kathryn
Barry on December 14th,
1958, who survives him.
He is also survived by a
son, Barry Glen (Ellen)
Sheets of Gallipolis, three
beloved grandchildrenWebster, Rutherford and
Grace Sheets, a brother,
Daniel Sheets of Gallipolis, and a sister, Hazel
Brumﬁeld of Crown City.

Records

He was preceded in death
by his brothers Shirley
Sheets of Columbus,
Ralph Sheets of Jackson,
and Raymond Sheets of
Florida, and a sister, Marcella (Everett) Sandell of
Gallipolis.
The funeral service for
Morris will be at 11 a.m.
on Tuesday, March 16th,
2021 at Willis Funeral
Home. Burial will follow
in Ohio Valley Memory
Gardens. Friends may call
from 10-11 a.m. on Tuesday at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be
Barry Sheets, Webster
Sheets, Rutherford
Sheets, Daniel Sheets,
Mark Fulks and Rob
Brumﬁeld.
In lieu of ﬂowers, the
family asks that donations
be made to Heartland
Hospice, 404 E. Huron
Street, Jackson, Ohio
45640, who provided outstanding care support in
the ﬁnal weeks of his life.

Powell, deputy CEO of
the Open Government
Partnership, a WashFrom page 1
ington, D.C.-based nonproﬁt that works with
governments in 78 counof the Press, which has
tries, including the U.S.,
tracked nationwide
to promote transparency
delays in responding to
public records requests. and public participation.
Even before the pan“Having these unnecessary measures in place demic, some government
agencies routinely blew
that hinder open govpast their own deadernment sets a terrible
lines for responding to
precedent,” Singh said.
public records requests.
U.S. states and local
But the number of such
governments are far
cases has grown over
from alone in their
the past year, according
deferrals and delays.
Dozens of countries sus- to AP interviews with
government watchdog
pended or altered their
groups.
right-to-information
New data indicates
policies last year while
there has been both a
citing the pandemic,
higher demand for govaccording to a joint
ernment information
tracking effort by the
during the pandemic
Centre for Law and
and longer waits to
Democracy and Access
obtain it.
Info Europe.
State, county and city
Open-government
governments experiadvocates have started
to worry about potential enced a sixfold increase
in their time spent on
long-lasting effects.
public records requests
The pandemic could
last year, rising from an
“give cover for emergency measures to come average of 346 hours
in the ﬁrst quarter to
into force that could
2,121 hours by the last
then over time become
quarter, according to an
permanent,” said Joe

Ohio Valley Publishing

Denver’s airport
closed for second day
after winter storm
DENVER (AP) —
Denver’s airport was
closed for a second day
Monday after a powerful late winter snowstorm dumped over 3
feet of heavy, wet snow
on parts of Colorado
and Wyoming, shutting
down roads, closing
state legislatures in
both states and interfering with COVID-19 vaccinations.
The 27 inches that
had fallen by the end
of Sunday at Denver
International Airport on
the plains east of downtown made it the fourth
biggest snowfall in the
city’s history, according

Fairs
From page 1

and animal exhibitions
to open with exceptions. The previous
orders, which were
issued on July 30, 2020,
are rescinded.
The order states “The
adjustment of (the previous orders) is able to
proceed based upon the
facts and the science
existing at this time in
Ohio, however if the
situation continues to
improve, then more
restrictions will be lifted, and if the situation
deteriorates additional
targeted restrictions
will need to be made.”
The new orders note
that these are the “minimum acts that must be
taken and if people do
more than the minimum
to act safely, it will beneﬁt everyone.”
The following are
included in the revised
order, with more, indepth information available on the governor’s
website:
Fairs and animal
exhibitions are permitted to reopen within
the state. Fair boards
should work closely
with local board of
health. Operations
shall continue to comply
with social distancing
requirements of a sixfeet distance.
Facial coverings are
required to be worn at
all times, by all people
on the fairgrounds
unless they are actively
eating or drinking.
In addition to social
distancing, visitors and

analysis by GovQA, a
company that provides
cloud-based software to
manage public records
requests.
That surge was driven
by both the volume and
complexity of requests.
After shutdowns led to
a dip in records requests
accepted by government
agencies from April to
June, the number of
such requests shot up by
23% over the rest of the
year, according to the
GovQA data.
Processing delays
were exacerbated by
remote work, outdated
public-records laws,
underfunded budgets
and increased oversight
from top administrators
wanting to review potentially sensitive data
before it was released,
said GovQA spokesperson Jen Snyder.
The AP last May
sought copies of communications about the coronavirus between governors’ ofﬁces, state health
directors and groups
representing businesses,
health care providers
and local governments.

to the National Weather
Service in Boulder.
The storm system,
fueled by moisture from
the Gulf of Mexico, had
moved out of the region
and into northeastern
Nebraska by Monday,
said Evan Direnzo, a
meteorologist for the
weather service in Boulder.
“It’s deﬁnitely behind
us,” he said of the
storm’s snow and wind.
There was still plenty
of digging out to do.
Denver’s airport runways were closed just
before noon on Sunday
due to blowing snow
and poor visibilities.

participants should
wash hands with soap
and water for at least
twenty seconds as frequently as possible, covering coughs or sneezes
with the sleeve or elbow,
regularly cleaning hightouch surfaces and not
shaking hands.
For exhibitions, the
following guidelines
were given in the
revised order:
Organizers and managers should conduct
the event in a manner that discourages
the large gathering of
people on the midway,
in buildings or other
parts of the grounds.
One-way trafﬁc should
be organized when possible.
Family members
of the participants
should have priority
in the viewing area
and be spaced six feet
from other families.
Microphones should be
sanitized after use by
each person. Virtual
competitions, exhibitions and auctions are
not required, but should
be considered.
Guidelines for campgrounds and food areas
are to follow the same
guidelines and standards as set in spring
2020.
Amusement rides
should be cleaned and
be contact-free when
possible.
This order is in full
effect until the director of ODH rescinds or
modiﬁes the order.
Information provided
by ODH and the Ofﬁce
of Mike DeWine, governor.

By August, the AP had
received records from
about one-third of the
states, revealing that
some governors had
allowed businesses to
help write the reopening
rules affecting their own
industries.
The AP still has
requests pending in
Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa,
Kansas, Maine, New
York and Texas. Illinois
this past week ﬁnally
provided 74 pages of
documents, heavily
redacted.
After months of
repeated AP inquiries,
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s ofﬁce on March 3
released just two documents from last spring
— one from a hospital
association proposing
criteria for resuming
elective procedures, the
other from a mayor’s
group about guidelines
for opening swimming
pools and camps. A
spokesperson for the
Republican governor
apologized for the delay,
citing “human error”
for a breakdown of staff
communication.

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will only list event information that is
open to the public and will be printed
on a space-available basis.

Drive, Suite D, Pomeroy, OH 45769.

Road closures,
construction

Cemetery cleanup
scheduled

ADDISON — Addison Township
Trustees announce Polecat Road was
closed starting Monday, March 8, for
slip repairs.
MIDDLEPORT — A landslide repair
RUTLAND TWP. — Spring cleanup
project began on March 1 on County
for Cemeteries in Rutland Township
will begin on March 20. Anyone who Road 5 (Mill Street). The road will be
closed. Estimated completion: May 1,
wants to save decorations are asked
2021
to remove them by March 20 and
MEIGS COUNTY — A bridge
leave them off until April 1.
LETART TWP. — Letart Township replacement project begins on March 8
on County Road 1 (Salem School Lot
Cemeteries’ annual cleanup will be
Road). The road will be closed between
from now until April 1, 2021.
Ogdin Road (Township Road 25) and
CHESTER TWP. — All cemeterDyesville Road (County Road 27). The
ies in Chester Township need to be
detour is County Road 1 to SR 143
cleaned of winter ﬂowers by March
30 in preparation for spring mowing. north to SR 32 west to SR 689 south
BURLINGHAM — The trustees of to SR 124 east to County Road 1. Estimated closure end date: May 6.
the Burlingham Cemetery will soon
MEIGS COUNTY — One northbegin spring cleaning. Families with
bound lane of State Route 7 is closed
grave decorations that they wish to
between Howell Hill Road (Township
keep should remove them no later
Road 207) and State Route 124 due to a
than April 1, 2021.
rockfall hazard. Estimated completion:
SALISBURY TWP. — Salisbury
Township trustees will be cleaning up December 31, 2021.
Bradford Cemetery and Rocksprings
Cemetery by April 1.

Financial report
available

Gallia vaccine
registration

The Gallia County Health Department is scheduling COVID-19 vaccine
appointments for county residents age
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the expanded medical conditions and
Annual Financial Report for the year
ending December 31, 2020 is complete occupations recently announced by
Governor Mike Dewine. Call 740-441and available for review in the Meigs
2950, 740-441-2951, or 740-441-2018
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to schedule an appointment. Other
vaccine sites in Gallia for qualifying
individuals are Holzer Health System,
740-446-5566 and Hopewell Health
Centers Gallia Clinic, 740-446-5500
with appointments required.

Meigs Trade Days
Spring Craft Bazaar
ROCKSPRINGS — The Meigs Trade
Days Spring Craft Bazaar held at the
Meigs County Fairgrounds will take
place from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday,
March 27. Vendor space is still available. Admission and parking are free.
For more information call 740-416-5506
or 740-416-4015 or visit Meigs Trade
Days on Facebook.

Register for preschool,
kindergarten
RACINE — Preschool and kindergarten registration and screening for
Southern Local School District will
be April 6 and 7. Please call 740-9494222 to make an appointment. Due
to COVID restrictions, the school is
asking that only one parent or guardian attend with the enrolling student.
Adults and children will have their
temperature taken before entering the
building and will be required to wear a
mask. A parent will ﬁll out the registration paperwork while the student meets
with a teacher. Please bring your child’s
birth certiﬁcate, social security card,
shot record, and something to show
proof of residency (a driver’s license or
something that has been mailed to your
address).

2 charged in assault of Capitol officer who died after riot
WASHINGTON (AP) —
U.S. ofﬁcials have arrested
and charged two men with
assaulting U.S. Capitol Police
ofﬁcer Brian Sicknick with
bear spray during the Jan. 6
riot, but they do not know
yet whether it caused the
ofﬁcer’s death.
George Tanios, 39, of
Morgantown, West Virginia,
and Julian Khater, 32, of

with the deaths that happened during and after the
riot. Five people died, including a woman who was shot
by a police ofﬁcer inside the
Capitol. But many rioters
are facing charges of injuring police ofﬁcers, who were
attacked with bats, sprayed
with irritants, punched and
kicked, and rammed with
metal gates meant to keep

the insurrectionists from the
Capitol.
Investigators initially
believed that Sicknick was
hit in the head with a ﬁre
extinguisher, based on statements collected early in the
investigation, according to
two people familiar with the
case. But as they’ve collected
more evidence, the theory of
the case has evolved.

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Tuesday, March 16
GALLIPOLIS — Gallia County
Board of Developmental Disabilities,
regular monthly board meeting, 4:30
p.m., administrative ofﬁces, 77 Mill
Creek Road.

Thursday, March 18
WELLSTON — The GJMV Solid
Waste Management District Board of
Directors meeting 3:30 p.m., district
ofﬁce.

Monday, March 22
GALLIPOLIS — District Advisory
Council of Gallia County General
Health District meets at 7 p.m., conference room of the Gallia County
Service Center, 499 Jackson Pike.
MIDDLEPORT — Painting with
Michele Musser 6 p.m. Call Donna to
register at 740-992-5123. Class will be
at Riverbend Arts Council, 290 N. 2nd
Ave., Middleport, Ohio.

Saturday, March 27
MIDDLEPORT — Middleport ﬁre
department will be hosting the ﬁrst
chicken BBQ of the year. Serving
starts at 11 a.m. Preorder by calling
740-992-7368 leave a message.

Monday, March 29
MIDDLEPORT — The Meigs
County Veterans Service Commission will meet at 9 a.m. at the ofﬁce
located at 97 North Second Avenue,
Suite 2 in Middleport.

Sunday, April 4
GALLIPOLIS — Easter Sunday
Service, 6:30 a.m., Faith Valley
Church, Bulaville Pike, Gallipolis.

https://www.meigshealth.com/covid-19/ .
Meigs County is currently “yellow” on the
Ohio Public Health Advisory System after meeting only one of the seven
indicators on Thursday.

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There were 91 new hospiFrom page 1
talizations (21-day average of 102) and 9 new
ICU admissions (21-day
total of 35 deaths, 1,369
average of 11). On Monrecovered cases (nine
day, zero new COVID-19
new), and 71 hospitalizadeaths were reported. As
tions since April. Updates
announced earlier this
from the Meigs County
Mason County
month, ODH will only be
Health Department are
DHHR reported 1,815
typically reported on
total cases (since March) reporting deaths approximately twice per week.
Monday, Wednesday and for Mason County in
As of Monday, a total
Friday.
the 10 a.m. update on
of 2,390,412 ﬁrst doses
Age ranges for the
Monday, 10 more than
1,409 Meigs County
Friday. Of those, 1,767 are of COVID-19 vaccine
have been given in Ohio,
cases, as of Monday, are
conﬁrmed cases and 48
as follows:
are probable cases. DHHR which is 20.45 percent of
0-9 — 52 cases
has reported 40 deaths in the population. A total of
1,396,736 people, 11.95
10-19 — 130 cases (1
Mason County.
percent of the population,
new case, 1 hospitalizaAccording to DHHR,
are fully vaccinated.
tion)
the age ranges for the
20-29 — 201 cases (1
1,815 COVID-19 cases
new case, 1 hospitalizareported in Mason County West Virginia
tion)
are as follows:
As of the 10 a.m.
30-39 — 177 cases (3
0-9 — 40 cases (plus 2
update on Monday,
hospitalizations)
probable cases)
DHHR is reporting a
40-49 — 203 cases (4
10-19 — 151 cases (plus total of 135,678 cases
hospitalizations)
2 probable case, 2 new
with 2,531 deaths. There
50-59 — 202 cases (1
conﬁrmed cases)
was an increase of 836
new case, 4 hospitaliza20-29 — 303 cases
cases from Friday (210
tions)
(plus 11 probable cases
in the last 24 hours)
60-69 — 202 cases
(1 new), 1 new conﬁrmed and 20 new deaths.
(19 hospitalizations, 4
case)
DHHR reports a total of
deaths)
30-39 — 298 cases (plus 2,301,692 lab tests have
70-79 — 149 cases
10 probable cases, 1 new
been completed, with a
(23 hospitalizations, 12
conﬁrmed case)
5.33 cumulative percent
deaths)
40-49 — 261 cases (plus positivity rate. The daily
80-89 — 63 cases
9 probable case, 1 new
positivity rate in the state
(10 hospitalizations, 16
conﬁrmed case)
was 5.48 percent. There
deaths )
50-59 — 265 cases (plus are 5,214 currently active
90-99 — 28 cases
2 probable cases, 3 deaths, cases in the state.
(5 hospitalizations, 3
1 new conﬁrmed case)
DHHR recently reportdeaths)
60-69 — 232 cases (plus ed 390,605 ﬁrst doses of
100-109 — 2 cases (1
5 probable case, 7 deaths, the COVID-19 vaccine
hospitalization)
1 new conﬁrmed case)
have been administered
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70+ — 217 cases (plus 7 to residents of West
County Health Departprobable cases, 29 deaths, Virginia. So far, 245,196
ment has administered
2 new conﬁrmed cases)
people have been fully
1,627 ﬁrst doses of
On Monday, Mason
vaccinated. Gov. Justice
COVID-19 vaccinations
County was designated
urges all residents to
(221 new) and 810 secas “green” on the West
pre-register for a vaccine
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latest infection rate was
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Fitzgerald ends career at state
Eastern senior notches 1st win in program’s 1st state appearance
By Bryan Walters

capped his stellar career by
earning the program’s ﬁrstever win at the state level on
Saturday evening during the
MARION, Ohio — Every
2021 Ohio High School Athlegendary wrestler ends up
letic Association Division III
earning a nickname. Nature
wrestling championships held
Boy, Macho Man, Hollywood
and The Game all quickly come at Marion Harding High School
in Marion County.
to mind.
Fitzgerald ended up going
In high school, however, very
1-2 overall in the heavyweight
rarely does a catchy moniker
division, which included the
stick — unless you do somehistoric pinfall win over Otsego
thing truly legendary.
junior Micah May at the 2:07
If that’s the case, then Eastmark of the ﬁrst consolation
ern senior Steven Fitzgerald
round.
might simply be known from
Fitzgerald — who ﬁnishes
now on as The Bar.
the year with a 26-6 overall
Fitzgerald — the ﬁrst-ever
mark — dropped a 5-3 decision
state qualiﬁer for EHS —

bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com

Bryan Walters|OVP Sports

Eastern senior Steven Fitzgerald, left, maintains his balance while trying to
execute a hip toss against Pymatuning Valley senior Victor Verba during the
opening round of the Division III heavyweight championships held Saturday at
Marion Franklin High School in Marion, Ohio.

to Pymatuning Valley senior
Victor Verba in the opener,
then was pinned by Black River
junior Travis Owen in the second consolation round.
In all, Fitzgerald accounted
for Eastern’s ﬁrst three points
at the state tournament. The
Eagles ended up tied with
Columbus Academy, Madeira,
Mapleton and Sherwood Fairview for 68th place overall.
Fitzgerald — a 2-time allstate running back on back-toback playoff qualiﬁers the past
two seasons — noted that he
couldn’t really ask for much
See FITZGERALD | 5

Second quarter
drought dooms
Rio women
By Randy Payton
For Ohio Valley Publishing

CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky. — The University of
Rio Grande got off to a good start against Indiana
Tech in Friday afternoon’s opening round of the
NAIA Women’s Basketball National Championship.
But a nightmarish second stanza killed any
hopes the RedStorm had of pulling an upset of the
13th-ranked Warriors and, in the process, denied
head coach David Smalley’s program of its ﬁrstever national tournament victory.
The RedStorm never recovered after scoring
just two points in the second quarter and watching a ﬁrst quarter tie become a 14-point halftime
deﬁcit in an eventual 66-50 loss as part of the
Crestview Hills “B” Bracket at Thomas More University’s Connor Convocation Center.
Indiana Tech, the No. 2 seed in the three-team
pod, upped its record to 27-2 with the win and
advances to Saturday’s bracket title game against
top-seeded Indiana Wesleyan University.
Rio Grande, which fell to 0-8 all-time in national
tourney play, ﬁnished its season at 18-9 with the
loss — its second straight setback on the heels of
an 11-game winning streak.
The 50 points scored represented a season-low
for the RedStorm, who entered the game ranked
sixth nationally in scoring average at just under 87
points per game.
The 50 points were also the fewest scored by a
Rio team since a 74-50 loss at Point Park University on Feb. 5, 2019.
A bucket by sophomore Hailey Jordan (Columbus, OH) with 2:56 left in the ﬁrst quarter capped
an 11-2 run and gave Rio Grande a 17-12 lead,
but the RedStorm managed just two points for
the remainder of the half by going 0-for-6 from
the ﬂoor to close out the opening period and connecting on just one of their 14 shots in the second
stanza — with ﬁve turnovers thrown in for good
measure.
By the time the two teams headed to their
respective locker rooms for halftime, the Warriors
were sporting a 33-19 advantage.
“I’ve been doing this a lot of years and I’ve never
had a quarter — or a 10-minute period — where
we only scored two points,” Smalley said.
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OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE
Tuesday, March 16
Boys Basketball
Tyler Consolidated at Wahama, 7:30
Cross Lanes Christian at Hannan, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Hannan at Cross Lanes Christian, 7 p.m.
Wrestling
Ripley, Wheeling Park at Point Pleasant, 5:30
Wednesday, March 17
Boys Basketball
Winﬁeld at Point Pleasant, 7:30
Girls Basketball
Ritchie County at Wahama, 6 p.m.
Point Pleasant at Buffalo, 6 p.m.
Wrestling
Wahama at Ritchie, Roane, South Harrison, 6
p.m.
Thursday, March 18
Boys Basketball
St. Marys at Wahama, 7:30
Point Pleasant at Buffalo, 7:30

Bryan Walters|OVP Sports

Members of the River Valley wrestling team pose for a picture atop the bleachers at Marion High School on Saturday at the 2021 OHSAA
Division III championships held in Marion, Ohio. Standing, from left, are RVHS coach Matthew Huck, Andrew Huck, Justin Stump, Will
Hash, Nathan Cadle and RVHS assistant coach Mark Allen.

Raiders cap historic season in style
RVHS has 3 grapplers post wins in D-3
meet, earns 1st-ever podium finish
By Bryan Walters
bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com

MARION, Ohio — It
wasn’t at The Schott
… but it didn’t stop the
Raiders from giving it
their best shot.
The River Valley wrestling team rewrote all of
its history books over
the weekend at the 2021
Ohio High School Athletic Association Division
III championships held
at Marion Harding High
School in Marion County.
The Raiders entered
the tournament with an
alltime mark of 0-8 in
state tournament matches, and the Silver and
Black ultimately added
another eight losses to
that total by the end of
this 2-day event.
RVHS, however, also
picked up a combined ﬁve
victories from three of its
four state competitors —
allowing the Raiders to
turn half of their six alltime state qualiﬁers into
grapplers with at least
one win at the state level.
More importantly,
besides the ﬁrst state
tournament wins, the
Raiders also managed to
land their ﬁrst podium
placer in junior Will
Hash. Hash — who technically became the ﬁrst
RVHS grappler to win a
state match with an opening round pinfall — ultimately went 3-2 overall
and placed seventh at 182

pounds.
Hash, classmate Nathan
Cadle and sophomore
Andrew Huck were all
state qualiﬁers a year ago,
although none of them
were able to compete due
to the 2020 tournament
being cancelled due to the
ﬁrst wave of coronavirus
outbreaks.
The trio did manage to
salvage some of what they
lost out on a year ago as
each grappler picked up
at least one victory. Both
Huck (126) and Cadle
(145) lost their opening
round bouts in the morning session, but each
went on to win their next
matches in the ﬁrst round
of consolation competition.
Hash, on the other
hand, had to wait until
the afternoon session
started before he could
compete. Hash landed
a pinfall win over Triad
senior Isiah Leasure
at the 2:58 mark of his
opening match, technically making him the ﬁrst
RVHS grappler to win
a state level match even
though he was actually
the last of the three on
Saturday.
Under traditional and
otherwise normal tournament conditions, all
opening round matches
between the 14 weight
classes would be conducted before starting
any type of consolation
rounds.

Hash — who became
River Valley’s ﬁrst-ever
district champion the
week before — dropped
a 7-3 decision Edison
junior Logan Lloyd in
the championship quarterﬁnals, but secured a
podium spot just about an
hour later with a 6-5 win
Kirtland junior Brennon
Braud in the second consolation round.
Hash dropped a 5-3
decision to Mount Gilead
senior Andy Williamson
in the third round consolation, but picked up an
18-4 major decision win
over Crestview junior
Brier Godsey in the
seventh place match —
allowing the 2-time state
qualiﬁer to secure another ﬁrst for the RVHS program on Sunday.
Hash, like his teammates, was disappointed
in not being able to compete at the Schottenstein
Center in Columbus this
year, but he was very
thrilled to at least be able
to compete in a state
tournament for the ﬁrst
time in two years.
Given how Hash’s
weekend went, it was
even more impressive to
hear his thoughts on how
things turned out.
“I think this is the
beginning of something
great. To be part of what
we’ve done this weekend
is pretty remarkable in
itself, especially when
you look at how many
ﬁrsts and and how many
barriers we’ve knocked
down. A lot of hard work
has gone into making
this weekend what it

was,” Hash said. “I’m
not going to lie, I really
hope to have the chance
to compete at the Schott
next year for the state
tournament. At the same
time, if it’s held in some
random parking lot … the
same top 16 wrestlers
in the state will be there
competing. It’s a cool
experience either way,
and it’s not easy to get
there. I’m just glad we
got to have this experience this year.”
Cadle — the program’s
only 3-time state qualiﬁer — dropped a 12-0
major decision to Garﬁeld sophomore Hunter
Andel in the opener, but
rebounded nicely with a
9-7 decision over Edison
sophomore Duke Hermes
in the ﬁrst round consolation.
Cadle followed his ﬁrstever state win with an
11-8 setback to Mechanicsburg junior Westyn
Moyer.
Cadle spoke about the
difference between competing at the Schott and
at Marion Harding High
School afterwards, but he
also noted that the top 16
wrestlers would still be
competing wherever the
event was held. So, in a
certain regard, nothing
really changes except the
scenery.
“The Schottenstein
Center is just immaculate.
Everybody is there watching all of the divisions, literally thousands of people
watching wrestling on
10 different mats at the
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021 5

Additional scenes from D-3 state wrestling

Photos by Bryan Walters|OVP Sports

River Valley junior Will Hash pushes the head of Triad senior Isiah Leasure to the mat during a 182-pound opening round match on Saturday at the 2021 OHSAA Division
III wrestling championships held at Marion Harding High School in Marion, Ohio.
River Valley sophomore
Justin Stump locks in
a hold on Crestview
sophomore A.J.
Coppersmith during a
138-pound opening round
match on Saturday at the
2021 OHSAA Division III
wrestling championships
held at Marion Harding
High School in Marion,
Ohio.
River Valley sophomore Andrew
Huck locks in a hold on Fairview
senior Jack Elmore during
a 126-pound opening round
match on Saturday at the 2021
OHSAA Division III wrestling
championships held at Marion
Harding High School in Marion,
Ohio.

River Valley junior Nathan Cadle, left, puts Garfield sophomore
Hunter Andel in a headlock during a 145-pound opening round
match on Saturday at the 2021 OHSAA Division III wrestling
championships held at Marion Harding High School in Marion,
Ohio.

Fitzgerald

book year for me. Here I am at
the state wrestling tournament
competing after being part of
the school’s ﬁrst playoff win in
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football a couple of months ago.
more than what he’s be given … Given everything that’s going
both this weekend and through- on in the world, it’s turned into
a pretty good senior year for
out his senior campaign.
me.”
“I’ve been doing this since I
EHS coach Tyler Brothers
was six years old, so to be ﬁnishing up my wrestling career at — who is completing his second season in charge — didn’t
the state tournament is pretty
awesome,” Fitzgerald said. “It’s really mince words on just what
crazy to think that I’m the only Fitzgerald has meant to the
person in school history to be at Eastern program. As he noted,
state so far, but I have faith that it’s not just the past and now,
but it’s also moving forward.
there will be others after me.
“Steven is the only kid at
It’s been a pretty memorable
Eastern that has over 100 wins,
weekend.
“It’s been somewhat of a story and he’ll ﬁnish up with over

opening round, but followed with a pinfall win
over Otsego sophomore
Joseph Manley in the ﬁrst
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round consolation. Huck
followed his ﬁrst-ever
same time. It is somestate win with a 7-2 setthing special to be part
back to Crestview sophoof,” Cadle said. “Even
more Hayden Kuhn.
here, we only had four
Regardless of the locamats going … but it still
tion, the sophomore was
had that feel because it
was still the top 16 in the just thankful to get to
fulﬁll a lifelong dream of
state competing. I hope
competing at the highest
we can compete again at
the Schott next year, but level.
“Ever since I was a
there was no change in
the mind set as far as not kid, I’ve always dreamed
competing there this year. of this moment … to
wrestle at state. I’d love
This was still the best of
the best. That part never to one day wrestle in the
Schott, but this counts
changes at this level,
just as much as anything
regardless of where it is
to me. I’m just thankful
held.
to ﬁnally have the chance
“Not getting to comto get to compete at the
pete at state last year
state tournament,” Huck
was tough, but I think
said. “Getting that ﬁrst
we all made the most of
the opportunity this time win was important to me,
and seeing us win several
around. We won some
matches was important
matches and made some
as well. It feels good to be
history, and hopefully
we’ll all have a chance to part of a historic weekend
for River Valley wresdo this again next year.”
tling. We’ve also set the
Huck dropped a 6-3
standards for what future
decision to Fairview
senior Jack Elmore in the groups in this program

Raiders

130 of them. He has every
school record … wins, pins, all
of them. He’s got our only two
podium ﬁnishes at districts,
he’s our only sectional champion and he’s our only state
qualiﬁer, plus he has a win
at the state level. He’s pretty
much the entire measuring
stick now at Eastern,” Brothers said. “When kids come in
the wrestling room for practice
10 and 15 years from now, all
they are going to see is Steven
Fitzgerald all over the banners
and plaques that we have to
acknowledge our accomplishments. He’s meant a world to
our program the last four years
and he’s worked very hard for

will be aiming for.”
The actual newcomer
to the state tournament
for RVHS, qualifying
wise, was sophomore
Justin Stump. Stump fell
7-0 to Crestview sophomore A.J. Coppersmith
in the opening round
and was pinned by Delta
senior Gabe Meyer in the
ﬁrst round consolation
bout.
Stump hopes to join
the rest of his teammates
in the state win column
in the near future. As he
noted, the bar has been
raised … and now is the
time to start preparing
for the next set of goals.
“Ohio is one of the best
states in the country for
wrestling, so to get to be
part of the ‘cream of the
crop’ this weekend was
something truly meaningful for me. I wasn’t
one of the top 16 ranked
wrestlers headed into districts, so just getting here
was a big accomplishment in my book,” Stump
said. “I think we’ve all
enjoyed the weekend,
but I also think we are all

this moment. He deserved
every bit of doing what he did
here this weekend.”
A total of 87 different teams
scored at least one point at the
D-3 championships. Legacy
Christian won the Division
III title with 128 points, while
Milan Edison was the overall
runner-up with 117.5 points.
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complete results of the 2021
OHSAA Division III championships held Saturday and Sunday at Marion Harding High
School.
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Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-4462342, ext. 2101.

leaving here hungrier for
even more next year. It’s
been a good run this year,
something to remember
for sure. We don’t plan on
stopping here though.”
Stump joins his current trio of teammates,
2-time qualiﬁer Zach
Davis (2003-04) and Eric
Weber (2019) as the only
River Valley grapplers to
compete at the state tournament.
For RVHS coach Matthew Huck, the weekend
served as a reminder that
hard work truly does pay
off in the end. In completing his 22nd season as
the Raiders’ frontman, he
couldn’t help but realize
just how far the program
has come during his tenure — particularly in the
past few years.
With momentum building and primarily everyone expected to be back
next winter, the venerable
mentor believes even better things are coming.
“I deﬁnitely have a
lot of emotions about
how this weekend has
gone for us. We set a

lot of school records at
the district tournament
last weekend and we’ve
had four underclassmen
come up here to Marion
Harding High School
and accomplish some
really signiﬁcant stuff,”
the elder Huck said.
“Anytime you start talking about school history,
it’s just an awesome
thing to discuss. We’ve
got some hard-working
kids who all had goals of
getting here and doing
well here.
“As a coach and as a
dad, this is an extra special moment for me this
weekend because all four
of these guys are like my
children. I couldn’t be any
prouder for any of them
than I am right now. And,
in all fairness, some of
the kids that just missed
the cut at districts will be
back next year too. This
could very well be the
start of something even
bigger for our program at
River Valley. Our future
does seem to look very
bright right now as we
move forward.”

Rio
From page 4

“(Indiana Tech) did a
nice job of switching
defensively on our post
players. We weren’t
able to catch and square
up and attack like we
wanted to. The physicality was a little more
than we’re used to in our
conference and we didn’t
do a very good job of
adjusting.”
But Rio Grande didn’t
fold its tent and, in fact,
sliced the deﬁcit to six
points, 38-32, after a
jumper by senior Chyna
Chambers (Columbus,
OH) with 4:42 remaining
in the third quarter.
Unfortunately, the RedStorm failed to get any
closer.
The Warriors pushed
the lead back to 11
points heading into the
ﬁnal period and maintained a double-digit
advantage throughout
the game’s ﬁnal 10 minutes.
Tech’s biggest lead of
the game was 18 points,
65-47, following a threepointer by Kyra Whitaker
with 2:12 left to play.
Whitaker was part of a
balanced scoring attack
for the Warriors which
featured ﬁve players in
double ﬁgures, none of
whom had more than 12
points.
Whitaker, Taya
Andrews and Alexis Hill
all had 12 points, while
Erika Foy and Emma
Tuominen netted 11
points each. Tuominen
pulled down a game-high
10 rebounds, while Foy
and Eileen Salisbury had
three blocked shots each.
Tech shot 40.4 percent
from the ﬂoor (21-for-52)
and 76 percent from the
foul line (19-for-25).
Rio Grande shot just
31 percent from the ﬂoor
overall (19-for-61), including a 1-for-14 showing
from three-point range.
The RedStorm, who
also committed 19
turnovers, had just one
double-digit scorer —
Jordan, who ﬁnished
with 14 points.
“I’m proud of our
ladies,” said Smalley.
“Three or four months
ago, we didn’t even know
if we were going to be
able to play this season.
To muster up an 18-9
record through everything we went through,
we have to be happy.
We’re building for the
future and just about all
of this team will be back.
We’re excited to see what
the future holds for us.”
Randy Payton is the Sports
Information Director at the
University of Rio Grande.

The Raiders ended up
joining Benjamin Logan,
Chalker and Elmwood in
a 4-way tie for 45th place
as each program produced 12 points.
Hash ended the year
with a 40-5 overall mark,
while Cadle and Huck
respectively posted
records of 38-6 and 40-10.
Stump ended the 2021
campaign with a 36-10
mark.
A total of 87 different
teams scored at least one
point at the D-3 championships. Legacy Christian
won the Division III title
with 128 points, while
Milan Edison was the
overall runner-up with
117.5 points.
Visit baumspage.com
for complete results of
the 2021 OHSAA Division III championships
held Saturday and Sunday
at Marion Harding High
School.
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reserved.
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TODAY IN HISTORY
The Associated Press

Today is Tuesday,
March 16, the 75th day
of 2021. There are 290
days left in the year.
Today’s Highlights:
On March 16, 1945,
during World War
II, American forces
declared they had
secured Iwo Jima,
although pockets of
Japanese resistance
remained.
On this date:
In 1802, President
Thomas Jefferson signed
a measure authorizing
the establishment of the
U.S. Military Academy
at West Point, New York.
In 1926, rocket science pioneer Robert H.
Goddard successfully
tested the ﬁrst liquidfueled rocket at his Aunt
Efﬁe’s farm in Auburn,
Massachusetts.
In 1935, Adolf Hitler
decided to break the
military terms set by the
Treaty of Versailles by
ordering the rearming of
Germany.
In 1968, the My Lai
massacre took place during the Vietnam War as
U.S. Army soldiers hunting for Viet Cong ﬁghters and sympathizers

killed unarmed villagers
in two hamlets of Son
My village; estimates
of the death toll vary
from 347 to 504. Senator Robert F. Kennedy
of New York announced
his candidacy for the
Democratic presidential
nomination.
In 1972, in a nationally broadcast address,
President Richard Nixon
called for a moratorium
on court-ordered school
busing to achieve racial
desegregation.
In 1984, William
Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, was
kidnapped by Hezbollah
militants (he was tortured by his captors and
killed in 1985).
In 1991, a plane carrying seven members
of country singer Reba
McEntire’s band and her
tour manager crashed
into Otay Mountain in
southern California,
killing all on board. U.S.
skaters Kristi Yamaguchi, Tonya Harding and
Nancy Kerrigan swept
the World Figure Skating Championships in
Munich, Germany.
In 1994, ﬁgure skater
Tonya Harding pleaded
guilty in Portland,
Oregon, to conspiracy to
hinder prosecution for

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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.

One year ago:
The White House
released a set of guidelines for the next 15
days; Americans were
urged not to gather in
groups of more than 10
people and older Americans were told to stay
home. President Donald
Trump acknowledged
that the pandemic could
send the economy into a
recession; he suggested
that the nation could be
dealing with the virus
until “July or August.”
Ohio called off its
presidential primary just
hours before polls were
to open.

ODOT helping fund transit rides
to COVID-19 vaccination clinics
decision to provide additional funding targeted
to support transportation
to vaccination sites will
help public transit agencies address the chalfunding will be given to
COLUMBUS – As
the county health depart- lenges of identifying and
COVID-19 vaccination
reaching those communiment and can used for
efforts ramp up across
purchased transportation ties disproportionately
Ohio, the Ohio Departimpacted by COVID-19,”
services.
ment of Transportation
“Transportation should said Claudia Amrhein,
is providing extra fundnot be a hurdle to any eli- General Manager/CEO
ing to help local transit
gible Ohioan who wants of Portage Area RTA
agencies and health
and President of the
to be vaccinated. We’re
departments to ensure
doing everything we can Ohio Public Transportaall eligible Ohioans can
to make sure that access tion Association. “As
get to vaccination sites.
public transit providers
“We want to make sure is available to all Ohioall Ohioans who want the ans, not just those with a continue serving our
communities through
vehicle or that live near
vaccine have equal abilthis pandemic, we are
a vaccination site,” said
ity to get the vaccine,”
well positioned to coorsaid Gov. Mike DeWine. ODOT Director Jack
dinate with public health
Marchbanks.
“Equity includes having
departments and county
All public transit
access to transportation
recipients will work with EMAs to facilitate access
services.”
The Rides for Commu- their local county health to vaccination sites.”
Funding will be disdepartment and local
nity Immunity program
EMA to identify the best tributed based on the
will provide $7 million
most recent U.S. Census
way to use these funds.
distributed across all
data and will not require
Local ofﬁcials could
88 counties to help get
any type of local match.
leverage existing investOhio’s most vulnerable
Ohioans who have
ments, such as offering
populations transportation to vaccine locations. vouchers for transit pass- transportation needs are
es, or use these funds in encouraged to reach out
For the 70 counties
to either their local public
conjunction with other
that have public transit
transportation resources transit agency or health
programs, ODOT will
department for details
to help cover any addibe awarding the funds
speciﬁc to their area.
tional cost that may be
directly to public tranassociated with keeping
sit agencies. In the 18
our communities healthy. Information provided by the Ohio
counties that do not
Department of Transportation.
“Governor DeWine’s
have transit service the

Rides for Community Immunity
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covering up an attack on
rival Nancy Kerrigan,
avoiding jail but drawing
a $100,000 ﬁne.
In 2003, American
activist Rachel Corrie,
23, was crushed to death
by an Israeli military
bulldozer while trying
to block demolition of a
Palestinian home in the
Gaza Strip.
In 2006, Iraq’s new
parliament met brieﬂy
for the ﬁrst time; lawmakers took the oath
but did no business and
adjourned after just 40
minutes, unable to agree
on a speaker, let alone a
prime minister.

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NAME BILLIE H. ALLEN
CASE NUMBER 20141119
DATE OF HEARING
APRIL 16, 2021,
TIME 10:00 o'clock A.M.
THOMAS S. MOULTON, JR.,
PROBATE JUDGE
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(LPN) effective April 1,, 2021-July 31, 2022. The maximum
contract hours = 2,380 at $17 per hour. Contractors will
conduct case investigation and contact tracing for COVID 19,
administer COVID 19 vaccinations and may conduct other
infection prevention and control activities as assigned by the
Director Nursing. Must present a valid Ohio LPN license,
state-issued Driver’s License, proof of personal liability insurance and results of a recent BCI background check.
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AGCO Finance LLC will offer the following repossessed equipment for sale to the highest bidder for Certified Funds, plus applicable sales tax. Equipment: MF 1736L TRACTOR/LOADER
S/N M17360GJJ42111. Date of sale: 03/30/2021.
Time of Sale: 10:00 A.M. Place of sale: JIM’S FARM EQUIPMENT 2150 EASTERN AVE. GALLIPOLIS, OH 45631.
Equipment can be inspected at place of sale. The equipment
will be sold AS IS, without warranty. Final sale of equipment
will be contingent upon winning bidder meeting all applicable
federal and state regulatory requirements.
We reserve the right to bid. For further information please
contact Jim Ashby (515) 499-4692,
Reference Number: 1775518.
The Meigs Soil &amp; Water Conservation District is
accepting applications for the position of Education
Coordinator/Office Assistant.
Applicant must be a high school graduate and have a valid
driver’s license. It is also suggested that applicants have an
associate’s or higher degree in education, natural resources,
or some related field. Applicants may have a minimum of two
years’ experience in a related field. Computer skills, including
Microsoft Word and Excel is preferred. Experience with and
understanding of agriculture is desirable. Ability to work with
general public and co-workers is essential. Applicant should
have strong verbal skills to work with the general public and
students.
A background check is a requirement for this position.
Resumes and letters of interest will be accepted until 4:30 p.m.,
Friday March 19, 2021, at the Meigs SWCD, 113 East Memorial Dr. Suite D, Pomeroy, OH 45769. For more information
visit www.meigsswcd.com or call 740-992-4282.
Meigs SWCD is a drug-free workplace and an equal opportunity
employer.

SCENIC AND JOHNSON SLIP REPAIRS
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Sealed bids will be received by the Board of County Commissioners of Gallia County, Ohio, at their office 18 Locust Street,
Room 1292, Gallipolis, Ohio until 11:45 a.m. &amp; 11:55 a.m.,
Prevailing Local Time on the 25th day of March 2021 and will
be opened and read immediately thereafter for:
The furnishing of all services, labor, equipment, and materials
required for two slip repairs on Johnson Road County Road
114 (near mile post 2.0 from Little Bullskin) Harrison Township,
Gallia County and on Scenic Road County Road 127 (near mile
post 1.1 from State Route 160) Morgan Township, Gallia
County
Only ODOT Prequalified contractors will be eligible to submit
bids. The following rules and regulations shall apply to all
work to be done under this contract. Where there is a conflict
between the FHWA language and any other federal or state
agency language or the County's General Conditions in Section
III, the FHWA language shall govern, followed by the state
requirements.
All proposed work shall be in accordance with the specifications
and plans on file in the Office of the Gallia County Engineer.
Completion Date: 9-1-2021
Copies of the Construction Plans, Bidding Forms, and Specifications on the Unit Price Contract may be viewed in the Office
of the Gallia County Engineer, 1167 State Route 160, Gallipolis,
Ohio 45631 during regular business hours (7:00 a.m. to 3:00
p.m. Monday through Friday). A non-refundable fee of $10.00
will be charged for copies mailed or picked up by prospective
bidders. A copy of the ODOT specifications is available in the
County Engineer's Office for review.
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 US Housing and Urban Development Department,
Office of Labor Relations as applicable.
Each bid shall have filed with it a bid guaranty in the form of a
certified check, cashier's 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.
If the successful bidder has filed a bid guaranty in the form of
a certified check, cashier's check, or letter of credit, then at the
time of entering the contract, the bidder shall file a performance
bond in accordance with division (C) of Section 153.54 of the
Revised Code and in substantially the form provided in Section
153.57 of the Revised Code.
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VP Harris, Jill
Biden hit the road to
promote relief plan

FOR THE RECORD: MEIGS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
March 8
0214 hours — Deputies were
dispatched to assist the Ohio Highway Patrol on a trafﬁc stop at State
Route 124/State Route 7.
0227 hours — Deputies were
dispatched on a domestic violence complaint on College Road,
Syracuse. It was determined no
domestic had occurred; the parties
separated for the night.
0611 hours — Deputies were
dispatched to the Middleport Jail
due to one of the county inmates
being ill.
0815 hours — Deputies arrested
Brandon Grover who turned himself in on a grand jury indictment;
He was booked in, ﬁngerprinted
and his arraignment was completed by Zoom. He was released on an
OR bond.
0900 hours — Deputies traveled
to the Noble County Jail for zoom
hearing for an inmate incarcerated
there.
1100 hours — Deputies were
dispatched to the Middleport Jail
for two arraignments for county
prisoners.
1133 hours — Deputies transported a county inmate from the
Noble County Jail to the Monroe
County Jail. Deputies then transported another male back to Meigs
County that was being released

from custody.
2000 hours — Deputies initiated a trafﬁc stop on State Route
7/Union Avenue. A warning was
issued.
2313 hours — Deputies initiated
a trafﬁc stop on US 33/Morning
Star Road. A warning was given.

1414 hours — Deputies were
dispatched to Meigs Intermediate
School to speak with an administrator involving an incident with a
student.
1749 hours — Deputies were
dispatched on a suspicious person
complaint on Bashan Road, Racine.
Negative contact with anyone
matching the description.
March 9
1813 hours — Deputies were
0023 hours — Deputies were
dispatched to the dog pound at
dispatched on a prowler call on
the request of a male who found a
Bashan Road, Racine. Negative
dog at his residence and wanted to
contact with prowlers.
speak with a deputy.
0054 hours — Deputies were
1844 hours — Deputies were disdispatched to a complaint of a
patched to Lovett Road, Portland.
male being chased by someone
There was a complaint of a poswith a gun on Lincoln Heights,
sible body being burnt in a trash
Pomeroy. Upon a investigation it
can. Upon investigation it was
was determined the male comdetermined to be clothing in the
plainant was causing problems
trash can.
at the home. The male had left
2058 hours — Deputies were
the residence upon the ofﬁcers’
dispatched to a theft complaint on
arrival.
0426 hours — Deputies respond- Dewitts Run Road, Long Bottom.
2126 hours — Deputies were
ed to an overdose complaint on
Mile Hill Road, Racine. The patient dispatched to Dewitts Run Road,
Long Bottom. It was determined to
refused treatment and advised he
be a civil issue.
was having a diabetic incident.
2312 hours — Deputies initi1045 hours — Deputies took a
ated a trafﬁc stop on State Route
report of a protection order viola124/124 Mart. A warning was
tion on station.
given.
1351 hours — Deputies were
dispatched to a well-being check on
Laurel Woods Road, Pomeroy. The Information from the Meigs County Sheriff’s
Office.
person was found to be ﬁne.

Extent of COVID-19 vaccine waste remains largely unknown
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
(AP) — As millions
continue to wait their
turn for the COVID-19
vaccine, small but steady
amounts of the precious
doses have gone to waste
across the country.
It’s a heartbreaking
reality that experts
acknowledged was
always likely to occur.
Thousands of shots have
been wasted in Tennessee, Florida, Ohio
and many other states.
The reasons vary from
shoddy record-keeping
to accidentally trashing hundreds of shots.
However, pinning down

TODAY
8 AM

WEATHER

2 PM

46°

8 PM

59°

HEALTH TODAY
AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™

Temperature

The AccuWeather.com Asthma
Index combines the effects of current air quality, pollen counts, wind,
temperature, dew point, barometric
pressure, and changes from past weather
conditions to provide a scale showing the overall
probability and severity of an asthma attack.

Precipitation

43°/34°
56°/35°
82° in 1944
2° in 1993

24 hours ending 3 p.m. Mon. Trace
Month to date/normal
0.76/1.87
Year to date/normal
8.43/7.91

Snowfall

(in inches)

POLLEN &amp; MOLD
Low

Moderate

High

24 hours ending 3 p.m. Mon.
0.0
Month to date/normal
0.0/2.2
Season to date/normal
18.9/21.1

Primary: elm, cedar, maple
Mold: 73

SUN &amp; MOON

Primary: cladosporium

Today
7:38 a.m.
7:37 p.m.
9:25 a.m.
10:52 p.m.

Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset

Low

Wed.
7:37 a.m.
7:38 p.m.
9:50 a.m.
11:51 p.m.

MOON PHASES
First

Full

Mar 21 Mar 28

Last

Apr 4

New

Apr 11

SOLUNAR TABLE
The solunar period indicates peak feeding times
for ﬁsh and game.

Major
Today 2:24a
Wed. 3:11a
Thu. 3:59a
Fri.
4:48a
Sat.
5:38a
Sun. 6:29a
Mon. 7:19a

Minor
8:35a
9:21a
10:10a
11:00a
11:50a
12:15a
1:06a

Major
2:45p
3:32p
4:21p
5:11p
6:02p
6:54p
7:46p

Minor
8:55p
9:43p
10:32p
11:23p
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1:32p

WEATHER HISTORY
A storm on March 16, 1843, dumped
heavy snow from the Mississippi Valley to New England. Little Rock, Ark.,
had 10 inches. Washington, D.C., and
Philadelphia each had 10-12 inches.

68°
43°

Mild with some sun,
then clouds

Breezy with periods
of rain

Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures
are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

Moderate

High

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.

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

Level
12.83
17.36
22.46
13.05
13.04
25.08
12.58
27.29
34.95
12.26
23.20
34.80
23.50

24-hr.
Chg.
-0.25
-0.73
+0.50
+0.35
+0.11
+0.14
+0.32
-0.63
-0.35
-0.21
-0.60
-0.50
-0.90

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FRIDAY

SATURDAY

55°
29°
Cooler; a bit of
morning rain

67°
39°

Partial sunshine

Marietta
65/38
Belpre
66/39

Athens
65/37

St. Marys
65/41

Parkersburg
65/40

Coolville
66/39

Elizabeth
69/41

Spencer
65/40

Buffalo
67/42
Milton
68/43

Clendenin
66/41

St. Albans
69/42

Huntington
68/43

NATIONAL FORECAST
110s
100s
Seattle
51/34
90s
80s
70s
60s
50s
40s
30s
20s
San Francisco
10s
58/43
0s
-0s
-10s
Los Angeles
61/46
T-storms
Rain
Showers
Snow
Flurries
Ice
Cold Front
Warm Front
Stationary Front

MONDAY

62°
32°

Partial sunshine

Murray City
64/36

Ironton
69/42

Ashland
69/43
Grayson
69/43

SUNDAY

55°
31°

Wilkesville
68/39
POMEROY
Jackson
69/42
69/39
Ravenswood
Rio Grande
70/42
71/40
Centerville
POINT PLEASANT
Ripley
62/40
GALLIPOLIS
71/43
66/40
70/41

South Shore Greenup
69/43
67/40

35

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

Portsmouth
67/41

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with Harris on Friday
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White House on Monday to declare that the
bill will help put “shots
in arms and money in
pockets. That’s important.”
Hours earlier, Air
Force Two lifted off from
Joint Base Andrews
and headed west to
Nevada, and Harris
will also make a stop
the following day in
Denver to meet with
small-business owners.
Wednesday sees Jill
Biden in Concord, New
Hampshire, and Harris’
husband, Doug Emhoff,
in Albuquerque, New
Mexico.
The stops at vaccination sites, businesses,
schools and more are
meant to educate the
public about different
aspects of the giant
American Rescue Plan
and how the administration says it will help
people get to the other
side of the coronavirus
pandemic.

Plenty of sunshine

NATIONAL CITIES

McArthur
66/37

Lucasville
65/43

Source: Hamilton County Department of
Environmental Services

0 50 100 150 200

Chillicothe
63/40

Very High

Very High

Logan
62/37

Adelphi
62/39

Waverly
63/40

Pollen: 365

THURSDAY

68°
56°

0

0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme

(in inches)

WEDNESDAY

63°

Statistics through 3 p.m. Mon.

High/low
Normal high/low
Record high
Record low

EXTENDED FORECAST

A couple of showers today. Partly cloudy
tonight. High 71° / Low 43°

ALMANAC

asked by The Associated
Press for a total number
of tossed doses. Instead
a spokesperson for the
agency said that the state
tracks “unusable” vaccines reported by state
providers.
“With 3.2 million doses
administered as of March
9, 2021, the 3,396 unusable doses reported by
state providers make up
about 0.1% of the doses
administered — less than
the CDC expectation of
5% of unusable doses,”
Alicia Shoults, an Ohio
Department of Health
spokesperson, said in an
email.

of the COVID-19 vaccine
appears to be quite small,
though the U.S. government has yet to release
numbers shedding insight
on its extent. Ofﬁcials
have promised that may
change soon as more
data is collected from the
states.
In the interim, state
health agencies are much
more inclined to tout how
fast they’ve administered
the shots while keeping
mum on the number of
doses that end up in the
trash.
Ohio’s Department of
Health resisted the use of
the term “wasted” when

just how many of the lifesaving vials have been
tossed remains largely
unknown despite assurance from many local
ofﬁcials the number
remains low.
To be sure, waste is
common in global inoculation campaigns, with
millions of doses of ﬂu
shots trashed each year.
By one World Health
Organization estimate, as
many as half of vaccines
in previous campaigns
worldwide have been
thrown away because
they were mishandled,
unclaimed or expired.
By comparison, waste

WASHINGTON (AP)
— President Joe Biden
kicked off the White
House’s effort to highlight the beneﬁts of his
huge COVID relief plan
Monday, declaring that
“hope is here in real and
tangible ways” as his
administration began
fanning out across the
country to promote the
new spending.
Biden, Vice President
Kamala Harris and their
spouses have begun an
ambitious, cross-country
tour this week to promote the $1.9 trillion
plan as a way to battle
the coronavirus and
boost the economy. The
road show — dubbed
the “Help is here” tour
by the White House
— began Monday with
Harris heading to a
COVID-19 vaccination site and a culinary
academy in Las Vegas
and ﬁrst lady Jill Biden
touring a New Jersey
elementary school.
The president will
hit the road later in the
week — Pennsylvania

Charleston
68/43

Shown are noon positions of weather systems and
precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.

Winnipeg
43/27
Billings
43/26

Montreal
35/22
Toronto
37/32

Minneapolis
39/29
Chicago
45/33

Denver
34/23

Detroit
49/34

New York
40/36
Washington
44/42

Kansas City
56/45

City
Albuquerque
Anchorage
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Billings
Boise
Boston
Charleston, WV
Charlotte
Cheyenne
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dallas
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
Miami
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Oklahoma City
Orlando
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland, ME
Raleigh
Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Seattle
Washington, DC

Today

Wed.

Hi/Lo/W
50/34/pc
25/4/s
64/57/r
43/41/c
43/39/r
43/26/sn
57/35/pc
39/31/pc
68/43/sh
52/45/r
32/21/c
45/33/pc
65/42/c
51/37/c
59/40/sh
79/60/pc
34/23/c
46/33/c
49/34/c
79/68/pc
80/69/c
57/40/pc
56/45/pc
60/45/s
76/60/c
61/46/s
69/47/c
82/72/s
39/29/c
74/52/c
80/70/r
40/36/c
77/46/pc
87/63/pc
43/37/c
62/45/s
53/40/sh
34/26/s
47/41/r
44/38/r
59/45/pc
55/38/c
58/43/s
51/34/pc
44/42/r

Hi/Lo/W
60/34/s
18/5/s
69/62/r
49/40/pc
57/44/pc
53/29/pc
63/45/c
48/36/pc
68/54/pc
68/59/r
34/17/sn
48/39/c
66/54/c
53/42/c
59/49/pc
71/45/s
35/20/c
42/34/r
55/39/pc
79/67/c
80/51/t
63/51/c
53/37/r
65/51/s
70/47/t
66/49/pc
66/57/c
84/73/pc
45/34/pc
65/58/r
81/59/t
47/44/c
60/37/s
88/66/s
52/42/pc
72/51/s
59/46/pc
46/33/pc
69/53/c
61/46/pc
60/51/r
58/41/c
59/50/c
58/40/c
60/46/pc

EXTREMES MONDAY

Atlanta
64/57

National for the 48 contiguous states
High
Low

El Paso
70/42

88° in Jacksonville, FL
-5° in Antero Reservoir, CO

Global
Chihuahua
77/44

High
Low

Houston
80/69
Monterrey
89/65

Miami
82/72

109° in Ndjamena, Chad
-52° in Delyankir, Russia

Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy,
sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow
ﬂurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

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