http://66.213.69.5/files/original/521cfcb47b73f864081469746ce1c079.pdf 83c84a6f1eb09723fb4d67f015448b94 PDF Text Text to moms everywhere! Lady Eagles win title Celebrating the seasons SPORTS s 7 RIVER s 10 C_ZZb[fehj�š�Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 91, Volume 75 Saturday, May 8, 2021 s $2 Pomeroy to receive $75K in grant funding Plans for canoe/kayak launch, gangway, and dock Staff Report Sarah Hawley | Sentinel Kayakers approach the Pomeroy levee during the 2020 Pomeroy Sternwheel Regatta. COLUMBUS, Ohio — Seven public access improvement projects received a total of $492,920 this year through the Paddling Enhancement Grant, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). The primary goal of the Paddling Enhancement Grant is to increase access and opportunities for handpowered watercraft. The Village of Pomeroy was along the grant recipients for this round. The $75,000 award to Pomeroy will go toward a new ADA compliant canoe/ kayak launch, gangway, and dock for safe river access for non-motorized boats. “Paddle sports continue to drive the sky-high participation in water recreation,” said ODNR Director Mary Mertz. “We’re proud to support our local economies and provide Ohioans with quality opportunities for recreation on the water. Just remember to wear a life jacket!” This is the third grant phase since it was established in 2020. The grant is capped at $75,000 per project and the division budgeted $500,000. This spring, ODNR’s Division of Parks and Watercraft received 39 applications requesting $2.34 million for projects totaling $3.9 million on 31 different Ohio waterways. Individual grant awards range from $44,000 to $75,000. The Paddling Enhancement grants are funded by Ohio’s recreational See GRANT | 12 One additional COVID-19 death reported in Gallia Latest case data in Gallia, Mason, Meigs Staff Report OHIO VALLEY — The Ohio Department of Health reported one additional COVID-19 death in Gallia County on Friday, a person in the 50-59 age range. In addition, three new COVID-19 cases were reported in Gallia County. The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reported one additional case of COVID-19 in Mason County on Friday. Four additional COVID-19 cases were reported by the Meigs County Health Department on Friday. Here is a closer look at COVID-19 cases in the region: Gallia County ODH reported a See COVID-19 | 11 Photos by Sarah Hawley | Sentinel Children from Little Lamb Preschool led the Pledge to the Christian Flag and the Bible, as well as singing song as part of the 30th annual Meigs County National Day of Prayer. Meigs County observes a day of prayer Meigs County man arrested on felony warrants, new charges Staff Report HARRISONVILLE — A Meigs County man was arrested on Thursday on felony warrants and a new menacing threats charge. The suspect, Michael King, also allegedly confessed to numerous other property crimes in the area. Sheriff Keith Wood reported, in a news release, that on Thursday, May 6, deputies with his office were dispatched to 38300 State Route 684 King in Harrisonville after Meigs County 911 received a call from a man stating that his son, Michael King, was allegedly threatening to burn down his residence. According to a news release, “Deputy Campbell See CHARGES | 12 AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC (USPS 145-966) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes every Tuesday through Saturday. Subscription rate is $208 per year. Prices are subject to change at any time. 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 Periodical postage paid at Pomeroy, OH POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Sentinel, 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631. All content © 2020 The Daily Sentinel, an edition of the Gallipolis Daily Tribune. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. 30th annual event By Sarah Hawley shawley@aimmediamidwest.com POMEROY — “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty.” — 2 Corinthians 3:17 That verse accompanied the theme — Lord pour our your love, life and liberty — for the 70th annual National Day of Prayer. In Meigs County, 2021 marked the 30th annual Meigs County National Day of Prayer with the ceremony held on the steps of the Meigs County Courthouse. Organized by Brenda Barnhart-McClanahan, Meigs County’s National Day of Prayer included Bible reading on the Pomeroy parking lot throughout the week, signs along the walking path in multiple village encouraging people to walk and pray, and the circling of the courthouse in prayer, all leading up to Thursday’s ceremony. Toni Wolfe opened the ceremony with the blowing of the shofar as a call to worship. American Legion Drew Webster Post 39 presented the colors for the event followed by the Pledge to the American Flag. See PRAYER | 12 Toni Wolfe blows the shofar as a call to worship. Pastor Dennis Moore leads one of the prayers during the event. Meigs student Jacob Roblero sang Victory in Jesus during the National Day of Prayer event. Dan Arnold led the prayer for veterans and active duty service men and women. American Legion Drew Webster Post 39 presented the colors for the event. BJ Kreseen sang God Bless the USA during the National Day of Prayer event. �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Saturday, May 8, 2021 OBITUARIES Ohio Valley Publishing GALLIA, MEIGS BRIEFS WILLIAM AMOS POMEROY — William Amos, 73, of Pomeroy, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, May 5, 2021, at Camden-Clark Medical Center in Parkersburg, W.Va. He was born Oct. 27, 1947, in Parkersburg, W.Va., son of Retha Moncrief Amos and the late Leonard Amos. William was a U.S. Navy Submarine Veteran of the Vietnam War and was retired from Shell Chemical in Belpre, where he was an Asst. Engineer. He was also a 1965 graduate of Eastern High School. In addition to his mother, Retha Amos, he is survived by a brother, Blake Amos; sister, Anne Amos; and his fiancée, Linda Fitch. He was preceded in death by his father, Leonard Amos. At William’s request, he will be cremated and a memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements have been entrusted to WhiteSchwarzel Funeral Home in Coolville, Ohio. You are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.whiteschwarzelfh. com. JIMMY EUGENE DAVIS Jimmy Eugene Davis, loving brother and uncle, passed away Wednesday, May 5, 2021, at the age of 68. Jimmy was born Nov. 26, 1952, in Meigs General Hospital, Pomeroy, to Clyde and Alice (Keller) Davis. He received his teaching degree from Rio Grande College, and dedicated his life to educating elementary students within Vinton County School District. Jimmy enjoyed traveling Route 66, collecting cowboy and Old West memorabilia, decorating for the holidays, and spending time with his great nephew. Jimmy was a good man. Jimmy was preceded in death by his father, Clyde, and mother, Alice. He is survived by his sister, Janet Miller; his niece, Lisa (Robert) Froehlich; his nephew, Derek Miller; his greatnephew, Ben Froehlich; and several cousins. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, May 12, 2021, at 3 p.m. at the Birchfield Funeral Home at 212 Main Street, Rutland, with Henry Eblin officiating. Jimmie will be buried with his parents at Bradford Cemetery.Visiting hours precede services from 2-3 p.m. at the funeral home. Online condolences at birchfieldfuneralhome. com. BRANHAM RACINE — Benny Lee Branham, 72, Racine, Ohio, died May 6, 2021. Services are as follows — viewing, Monday, May 10, 2021 from 11 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. at AndersonMcDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy, Ohio with a graveside service following directly at 1 p.m. at Meigs Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Pomeroy. IN BRIEF Mars copter heard humming through thin Martian air CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — First came the amazing pictures, then the video. Now NASA is sharing sounds of its little helicopter humming through the thin Martian air. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California released this first-ever audio Friday, just before Ingenuity was set to soar on its fifth test flight. The low hum from the helicopter blades spinning at more than 2,500 revolutions per minute is barely audible. It almost sounds like a low-pitched, far-away mosquito or other flying insect. That’s because the 4-pound helicopter was more than 260 feet from the microphone on the Perseverance rover. The rumbling wind gusts also obscured the chopper’s sound. Scientists isolated the sound of the whirring blades and magnified it, making it easier to hear. NYC still storing COVID-19 victims in refrigerated trucks NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is still using refrigerated trucks to store bodies of coronavirus victims, more than a year after they were first set up as temporary morgues as deaths surged at at the height of the pandemic. The city’s medical examiner’s office said Friday that 750 bodies are being kept in long-term storage in refrigerated trailers at a Brooklyn pier while family members sort out plans for their final resting places. Dina Maniotis, a deputy commissioner with the Office of Chief Medical Examiner, told a city council committee on Wednesday that many of the bodies held at the 39th Street Pier could end up buried in the city’s potter’s field on Hart Island. In April 2020, the city shortened the amount of time it would hold unclaimed remains to 14 days before burying them on Hart Island. At the time, officials said, they were exploring the option of interring unclaimed remains on the island temporarily so they could be moved later on. CONTACT US 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 740-446-2342 All content © 2021 Gallipolis Daily Tribune and The Daily Sentinel edition. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT/ GROUP PUBLISHER Lane Moon lmoon@aimmediamidwest.com EDITOR Beth Sergent, Ext. 1992 bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com MANAGING EDITOR Sarah Hawley, Ext. 2555 shawley@aimmediamidwest.com SPORTS EDITOR Bryan Walters, Ext. 2101 bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Matt Rodgers, Ext. 2095 mrodgers@aimmediamidwest.com CIRCULATION MANAGER Derrick Morrison, Ext. 2097 dmorrison@aimmediamidwest.com Brett A. Boothe announces Scenic Drive (CR-127) Editor’s Note: Gallia Meigs Briefs will only list event information that is open to the public and will will be closed between State Route 160 and Summit Road, beginning at 8 a.m., Monday, April 26 for be printed on a space-available basis. approximately two months for slip repair, weather permitting. Local traffic will need to use other county roads as a detour. MEIGS COUNTY — A bridge replacement projThe deadline for the 2021 Emancipation Scholarect began on April 12 on State Route 143, between ship applications has been extended to May 15 for eligible students in Gallia County. Applications can Lee Road (Township Road 168) and Ball Run Road be obtained by visiting the website www.emancipa- (Township Road 20A). One lane will be closed. Temporary traffic signals and a 10 foot width restriction tion-day.com or by contacting committee members will be in place. Estimated completion: Nov. 15. Andy Gilmore, president, at 740-446-7611 or Beverly Jackson, secretary at 740-441-7900. Emancipation Scholarship Pomeroy Alumni Banquet POMEROY —The Pomeroy High School Alumni Banquet will not be held this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Scholarships will be awarded as always to graduating seniors who are either a grandchild or great grandchild of a Pomeroy High School Alumni. The scholarships are based on academics. To apply, applicants must send a transcript of grades, current photo, name of grandparent or great grandparent and the year of their graduation from Pomeroy High School. Applicant needs to list the activities they participated in in high school and where they plan to attend college. Mail applications to Pomeroy Alumni Association, Box 202, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. Applications must be received by the association by May 15. Bean dinner planned CENTERVILLE — Centerville’s annual Bean Dinner will be held on May 29 with parade at 11 a.m. Parade participants are asked to call 740-245-5635. Ohio 7 rehab project reminder CROWN CITY — The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has announced a rehabilitation project that began Monday, March 22 on State Route 7 in the Crown City area of Gallia County. The project will be between Westbranch Road (County Road 162) and Sunnyside Drive (County Road 158). The project is estimated to be completed in June 2022. ODOT states the road will be closed now through Dec. 1. The detour for motorists will be to take State Route 7 to State Route 218 to State Route 553 and back to State Route 7. Trucks will be detoured from State Route 7 to U.S. 35 South to U.S. 64 West into West Virginia and re-enter Ohio using U.S. 52 West. ODOT said those wishing to access the K.H. Butler Fishing Access must be coming from the north. Northbound traffic must take the detour, then enter the parking area traveling southbound on State Route 7. Gallipolis Yard Sale GALLIPOLIS — The City of Gallipolis will hold its annual City-Wide Yard Sale, May 14-15, 9 a.m. to dusk. On those days anyone may display goods for sale outside their residence or place of business, MEIGS COUNTY — County Road 27, Dyesville so long as it’s “done in a manner not to impede Road, will be closed for bridge repair between Ogdin Road (T-25) and Harmon Road (T-405) Mon- sidewalk traffic.” No permit for this sale is necessary. Call the city building at 740-441-6022 for more day, May 10, through Thursday, May 13. information. GALLIA COUNTY — Gallia County Engineer Road closures, construction GALLIA, MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS 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. monthly meeting of the Meigs County Veterans Service Commission will take place at 9 a.m. in the office located at 97 North Second Avenue in Middleport. and local emergency. To dial in by phone: +1.202.602.1295 Conference ID: 885-933-825 # A proposed meeting agenda is located at www.meigs-health.com. Tuesday, May 11 Wednesday, May 12 GALLIPOLIS — The Board of Trustees for the Bossard Memorial Library regular monthly meeting, 5 p.m., at the library. TUPPERS PLAINS — Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer District will meet at 7 p.m. at the district office. GALLIA COUNTY — The regular monthly meeting of the Gallia-Vinton Educational SerBEDFORD TWP. — Bedford Township trustees will hold their vice Center (GVESC) Governing regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Board will be held at 5 p.m. via Zoom Meeting. Join the Zoom at the Bedford town hall. Meeting using the link https:// GALLIPOLIS — DAV Dovel zoom.us/j/98116558317?pwd=a Myers Post #141 will meet at WE5TERma3BTa2hmcE1EUk9 the post home on Liberty Ave., MdXVrQT09 and enter with the 5 p.m., all members urged two Meeting ID: 981 1655 8317. attend. SYRACUSE — The Syracuse GALLIPOLIS — AMVETS Community Center Board of Post #23 will meet directly after Directors will meet at 7 p.m. the DAV meeting at the post POMEROY — The Meigs home on Liberty Ave., 6 p.m., all County Board of Health meeting members urged to attend. will take place at 5 p.m. in the RIO GRANDE — Cadotconference room of the Meigs Blessing Camp #126 Sons of County Health Department, Union Veterans of the Civil War which is located at 112 E. Memomeets 4 p.m., Bob Evans Homestead House at Bob Evans Farms, rial Drive in Pomeroy, Ohio. A call-in option is available for this any male that has ancestry who open, public meeting in response served during the war is invited to the COVID 19 Pandemic and to attend. resulting declared national, state MIDDLEPORT — A special Monday, May 10 SCIPIO TWP. — Scipio Township Trustees regular monthly meeting is scheduled at 7 p.m. at the Harrisonville Fire House. Friday, May 14 GALLIPOLIS — Regular monthly board meeting of the O. O. McIntyre Park District will be held 11 a.m., Park Board office at the Gallia County Courthouse, 18 Locust St. Friday, May 21 GALLIPOLIS — Ohio AFSCME Retirees, Subchapter 102, Gallia & Jackson counties, meets 2 p.m., Gallia County Senior Resource Center, 1165 State Route 160. Members are asked to wear a mask and follow all CDC guidelines. Saturday, May 22 MIDDLEPORT — Middleport Fire Department will be hosting a chicken BBQ with serving starts at 11 a.m. at bbq pit. To pre order call 740-992-7368 leave a message. TODAY IN HISTORY The Associated Press Today is Saturday, May 8, the 128th day of 2021. There are 237 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History On May 8, 1984, the Soviet Union announced it would boycott the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. On this date In 1541, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto reached the Mississippi River. In 1660, the British Parliament moved to restore the monarchy by declaring that Charles II had been the country’s lawful king since the execution of his father, Charles I, in 1649. In 1846, the first major battle of the Mexican-American War was fought at Palo Alto, Texas; U.S. forces led by Gen. Zachary Taylor were able to beat back Mexican forces. In 1886, Atlanta pharmacist John Pemberton began selling the original version of Coca-Cola, which he’d invented. In 1915, Regret became the first filly to win the Kentucky Derby. In 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced on radio that Nazi Germany’s forces had surrendered, and that “the flags of freedom fly all over Europe.” In 1958, Vice President Richard Nixon was shoved, stoned, booed and spat upon by antiAmerican protesters in Lima, Peru. In 1973, militant American Indians who had held the South Dakota hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrendered. In 1978, David R. Berkowitz pleaded guilty in a Brooklyn courtroom to murder, attempted murder and assault in connection with the “Son of Sam” shootings that claimed six lives and terrified New Yorkers. (Berkowitz was sentenced to six consecutive life prison terms.) In 1987, Gary Hart, dogged by questions about his personal life, including his relationship with Miami model Donna Rice, withdrew from the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. In 1993, the Muslimled government of Bosnia-Herzegovina and rebel Bosnian Serbs signed an agreement for a nationwide cease-fire. In 1996, South Africa took another step from apartheid to democracy by adopting a constitution that guaranteed equal rights for Blacks and whites. Ten years ago: Relations between Egypt’s Muslims and Christians reached a new low after overnight riots left 12 people dead and a church burned. Fox television announced that Paula Abdul would be one of the judges on “The X Factor,” reuniting her with former “American Idol” judge Simon Cowell (however, Abdul’s stint did not last beyond the premiere season of the new talent show). Five years ago: London’s newly elected Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan, paid respect to the millions of Jews slain in the Holocaust as his first public engagement in office, and received a hero’s welcome from London’s Jewish community at the end. William Schallert, a veteran TV performer and Hollywood union leader who played Patty Duke’s father — and uncle — on television, died in Pacific Palisades, California at age 93. �NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing How should we pray? Have you ever wondered about the right way to pray? Or whether there was a wrong way to pray? As one surveys the world, one observes that there are a multitude of ways in which people pray, and that prayer can take a variety of outward forms. Some kneel in prayer, others stand. Some prayers are offered while laying in bed, some while sitting at a table. There are those who hold hands with others when they pray, forming a chain, and then again there are many who clasp their own hands together to pray, while still others physically lift their hands in prayer. Many pray with heads bowed, while some look upwards in prayer. Some petitioners pray out loud. Some pray silently, within their hearts With prayer taking so many shapes, it is not completely unheard of for individuals or groups to claim that this way or that way is superior, even citing Scripture to show why their method is to be preferred. For instance, in 1 Timothy 2:8, we read the apostle Paul telling young Timothy, “I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling (ESV).” Thus, there are those who think that when they pray, God wants them to to look up instead. lift their hands The truth of the upward. matter is, as we In Acts 21:5, peruse the Bible, Paul and his comwe can see that panions kneeled even within the on a beach to Scriptures, prayer pray, fulfilling the command of the Search the takes many outward Psalm, “Oh come, Scriptures forms. Those forms let us worship and Jonathan frequently serve to reinforce the attibow down; let us McAnulty tude of the petitionkneel before the er, as well as to meet Lord, our Maker (Psalm 95:6; ESV)!” Paul the needs of the occasion. Kneeling shows submislikewise talked about bowing the knee in prayer sion to God. A bowed head might indicate sorto the Ephesians (cf. row or humility. While Ephesians 3:14). Thus, upstretched hands are it seems right for many that they too should kneel indicative of pleading or praise, clutched hands on when they pray. the reflect earnestness, Yet, when Solomon and the holding of hands dedicated the Temple, he stood before the Altar together shows a communal spirit as we approach and prayed (with outGod. When Solomon stretched hands) (cf. 1 Kings 8:22), and we know stood, it was because that God heard His prayer of the ceremony of the occasion, when Jesus had and answered, so maybe we too should stand when people sit to pray, it was because they were about we pray in religious serto eat, and sitting was a vices. Then again, there practical position to be was the occasion when in at that moment. When Jesus told people to sit the Bible speaks to the before He led them in a prayer. On this occasion, posture of prayer, it is trying to indicate somewe are also told Jesus looked heavenward when thing about the attitude He spoke to God (cf. Mat- of prayer, not necessarily giving a ceremonial posithew 14:19), so maybe tion necessary to make we need to be looking that prayer be heard. up when we pray, if we In the Psalms we read want to pray like Christ. this petition to God: “Let On the other hand, the words of my mouth Psalm 35:13 and numerand the meditation of my ous other passages talk about bowing the head in heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my prayer, which makes us wonder why Jesus chose rock and my redeemer (Psalm 19:14; ESV).” Whether our prayers are prayed out-loud, or are the internal thoughts of our hearts, directed towards God, the Psalm reminds us that what gives prayer power is the acceptance of that prayer by God. It is God who answers prayer and the power of prayer is not found in the posturing of men, but always in God who moves to act in the world according to His will. What God has indicated He truly cares about when we pray is our faith, our understanding of what we do and why we do it, and our relationship to Him (cf. James 5:15; 1 Corinthians 14:15; Isaiah 59:1-2). The Bible says, “The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous (Proverbs 15:29; ESV),” and “The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working (James 5:16; ESV).” If you desire God to hear your prayers, then the real question is not “what is the position the body,” but rather, “what is the condition of your heart and soul before God?” The church of Christ invites you to worship and study with us at 234 Chapel Drive, Gallipolis, Ohio. If you have any questions or comments, please share them with us at 740-446-1494. Show mom you care with your actions I am sure that all of you know that it is Mother’s Day this coming Sunday. You will probably give your mother a card or a present. Someplace on the card it usually says, “Mom, I love you!” Do you think your mother likes to hear you tell her that you love her? Of course she does! But do you know what your mother would like even more? She would like for you to show her that you love her. What are some ways you can show your mother that you love her? Well, you might help out around the house. You could clean your room or 1 John 4: 9-11 that, empty the trash. “God showed His You could show love for us by sendher that you love ing His one and her by obeying her only Son so that we when she tells you might live through to do something. Him.” It goes on You can show her you love her by God’s Kids to say that, “Since getting along with Korner God loved us so much, we ought to your brothers and Ann love one another.” sisters. It is easy to Moody One of the best tell your mom that ways to show our you love her, but if love for God is to love one you really love her, your another. Yes, God likes to actions will show it! hear us say, “I love you,” Do you think that God but He would rather SEE likes to hear us tell Him that we love Him? I know us say, “I love you.” As we celebrate MothHe does. But He likes er’s Day this Sunday, let’s it even better when our actions show Him that we tell Mom that we love her, love Him. How do we do but more important, let’s that? The Bible tells us in remember to show her that we love her. And as we worship this Sunday, let’s tell God we love Him, but more important, let’s remember to show Him we love Him by loving one another. Let’s say a prayer. Dear Lord, thank You for our moms this Mother’s Day. They love us unconditionally and only want what is best for us. You are the same. You love us unconditionally and only want what is best for us too. We want to worship You this day and always by saying, “I love You too.” Help us every day to show You that we really love You by our actions as well. Amen. Saturday, May 8, 2021 3 The importance of handwashing Keeping steps every time you wash your hands clean hands: is especially Wet hands important to under clean runhelp prevent ning water; COVID-19 and Lather hands other viruses from spreading. Meigs Health with soap, rubbing vigorously Handwashing is Matters between fingers, one of the best Sherry the backs of the ways to keep Hayman hands, and clean you and your under nails; family from Scrub for twenty getting sick. Germs can seconds. If you need a spread from other people or surfaces when you timer, hum the “Happy touch your eyes, nose, or Birthday” song from mouth with your hands. beginning to end twice; Rinse hands well; Transmissions can occur Dry with a clean towel when you prepare food or drinks with unwashed or air dry. Soap and water is hands. And also, when the best way to clean you sneeze, cough, or blow your nose and then your hands. When that touch common objects. is not possible, use an The Centers for alcohol-based hand saniDisease Control recom- tizer with at least 60% mends washing your alcohol. Hand sanitizers hands for 20 seconds cannot effectively kill with soap and water or all germs, but they will using a hand sanitizer of reduce the germs. There at least 60% alcohol to are some types of germs avoid the transmission that hand sanitizer of germs. Critical times cannot kill. Also, hand for handwashing are sanitizer will not get rid before and after: of chemicals such as pesPreparing and eating ticides and heavy metals. food; When using hand Changing diapers; sanitizer, place a small Using the restroom; amount in one palm and Caring for someone rub palms together until who is ill; completely dry. It usuBlowing your nose, ally takes about twenty coughing, or sneezing; seconds to complete this Touching animals or process. their food; Remember- germs are Handling garbage. everywhere. Make handWashing hands is washing with soap and easy and one of the water a healthy habit most effective ways to to protect yourself and prevent the spread of your family from getting germs. Follow these five sick. Parade plans announced GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis Memorial Day Parade will be held on Monday May 31, organized by the Gallia County Veterans Service Commission. According to a news release from the commission, all veteran service organizations, businesses, foundations and other community support groups are invited to participate in the parade. Individuals or groups interested in participating in the Memorial Day Parade are asked to please contact the Gallia County Veterans Service Office at 740-446-2005 no later than Friday May 21. The parade will begin at 10:30 a.m. and end at City Park at approximately 11 a.m., with a ceremony to follow. “Again we thank all the members of the community for their support of the Memorial Day program and for honoring all of the veterans who have passed away,” the news release stated. In Lovin y r o g Mem Margret Ann (Saunders) Howell was born on July 12, 1970 in Pt. Pleasant WV. To Connie (Clagg) Blain an Walt Saunders. On April 22, 2021 the Lord called her home after losing her battle with Covid-19. She leaves behind her husband Brian Howell and three daughters Beth Wallen of Blacksburg, Va. Olivia Soles and Cassie Allison, both of Gallipolis. Also, seven grandchildren, her mother Connie Blain, father Walt (Sherry) Saunders, her “Uncle” Tony Saunders and her special aunt Jean Kingery, step sister Nancy (Brad) Graham, step brother Matt (Leslie) Milstead and a special cousin Carolyn Beaver Riley. CANCER is BEATABLE I wanted to be a radiation oncologist because there was a lot of cancer in my family—so I understand cancer from the view of my patients and their families. Our specialized radiosurgery service has treated hundreds of cases of spine, liver and lung tumors over the past 12 years I have practiced at Camden Clark. With the additional support of WVU Cancer Institute and the advanced radiation technology here like the TrueBeam® by Varian, our caring, sophisticated and experienced team is able to keep even complex cancers, beatable. Right here in Parkersburg. —Gabor Altdorfer, MD Those preceding her in death are Paternal Grandparents John and Rachel Saunders, Maternal Grandparents Jim and Margret (Nanny) Rollins, step brother Tommy Milstead. Margret loved her daughters and grandchildren. She had the ability to find the best in every situation. She loved to cook, yard sales, crochet and knitting. She loved the Lord and reading her Bible. She also leaves behind a slew of friends and relatives too numerous to mention. As per her request no service will be conducted and interment is by cremation. Waugh Halley Wood Funeral Home assisted the family. OH-70235348 “Good Bye Sis, I love you and miss you so much” CamdenClark.org CancerInstitute CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER OH-70236030 �NEWS 4 Saturday, May 8, 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing Palestinians, Israeli police clash at Al-Aqsa Mosque; 53 hurt By Joseph Krauss Associated Press Gil Eliyahu | AP Israeli forces inspect the scene of a shooting attack where bodies of two Palestinian gunmen, killed by Israeli border police, lie on the ground in front of the military base of Salem near the West Bank town of Jenin on Friday. Israeli troops shot and killed the two men and wounded a third after they opened fire on a border police base. It was the latest in a series of violent confrontations amid soaring tensions in Jerusalem. APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE ONLINE at www.Gallianet.net and at all GALLIA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS APPLICATION DEADLINE – MAY 14, 2021 OH-70233430 Return applications to your local high school. If not in school, place in the Dropbox at DJFS 848 Third Avenue, Gallipolis, Ohio JERUSALEM — Palestinian worshippers clashed with Israeli police on Friday evening at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City as weeks-long tensions between Israel and the Palestinians over Jerusalem soared again. The Palestinian Red Crescent emergency service said 53 people were wounded in clashes with police there and elsewhere in Jerusalem, including 23 who were hospitalized. It says most were wounded in the face and eyes by rubber-coated bullets and shrapnel from stun grenades. The clashes were the latest in a deadly day that saw Israeli forces shoot and kill two Palestinians after three men opened fire on an Israeli base in the occupied West Bank. They erupted when Israeli police deployed heavily as Muslims were performing evening prayers at Al-Aqsa during the holy month of Ramadan. Video footage from the scene shows worshippers throwing chairs, shoes and rocks toward the police and officers responding by opening fire. Israeli police also closed gates leading to Al-Aqsa inside the walled Old City. Dozens of Palestinians in an east Jerusalem neighborhood are at risk of being evicted following a long legal battle with Israeli settlers, and Palestinian protesters have clashed with Israeli police in the city on a nightly basis since the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The unrest has drawn attention from across the region, with neighboring Jordan warning Israel against further “provocative” steps, and Iran seizing on the sensitivities around Jerusalem and encouraging the 11 č� Annual !Ƭ�=�� Cġ��@: Lƥ�I8Ă�<I violence. In the attack on Friday morning, Israeli police said three attackers fired on the base near the northern West Bank town of Jenin. The Border Police and an Israeli soldier returned fire, killing two of the men and wounding the third, who was evacuated to a hospital. Some 70,000 worshippers attended the final Friday prayers of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa, the Islamic endowment that oversees the site said. Thousands protested afterwards, waving the green flags of the Islamic militant group Hamas and chanting pro-Hamas slogans before dispersing peacefully. Israelis and Palestinians are bracing for more violence in the coming days. Sunday night is “Laylat al-Qadr” or the “Night of Destiny,” the most sacred in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Worshippers will gather for intense nighttime prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, a flashpoint site sacred to both Muslims and Jews, who refer to it as the Temple Mount. Sunday night is also the start of Jerusalem Day, a national holiday in which Israel celebrates its annexation of east Jerusalem and religious nationalists hold parades and other celebrations in the city. On Monday, an Israeli court is expected to issue a verdict on the evictions. Israel’s archenemy Iran was meanwhile marking its own Quds, or Jerusalem, Day on Friday. The national holiday typically features anti-Israel protests and fiery speeches by Iranian leaders predicting Israel’s demise. “The downward and declining movement of the Zionist regime has begun and will not stop,” Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a televised address. He called for continuing armed “resistance” in the Palestinian territories and urged Muslim nations support it. 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In recent days, protesters have scuffled with police and settlers over the threatened eviction of dozens of Palestinians in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in east Jerusalem. Several Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah have been embroiled in a longrunning legal battle with Israeli settler groups trying to acquire property in the neighborhood north of the Old City. Israel captured east Jerusalem, along with the West Bank and Gaza — territories the Palestinians want for their future state — in the 1967 Mideast war. Israel annexed east Jerusalem in a move not recognized internationally and views the entire city as its capital. The Palestinians view east Jerusalem — which includes major holy sites for Jews, Christians and Muslims — as their capital, and its fate is one of the most sensitive issues in the conflict. Neighboring Jordan, which made peace with Israel in 1994 and is the custodian of Al-Aqsa, weighed in on Friday, saying “Israel’s continuation of its illegal practices and provocative steps” in the city is a “dangerous game.” “Building and expanding settlements, confiscating lands, demolishing homes and deporting Palestinians from their homes are illegal practices that perpetuate the occupation and undermine the chances of achieving a just and comprehensive peace, which is a regional and international necessity,” Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman al-Safadi tweeted. 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The indictments were handed down about a MINNEAPOLIS — A week after federal prosfederal grand jury has ecutors brought hate indicted the four former crimes charges in the Minneapolis police offideath of 25-year-old cers involved in George Ahmaud Arbery in GeorFloyd’s arrest and death, accusing them of willfully gia and announced two violating the Black man’s sweeping probes into constitutional rights as he policing in two states. The Rev. Al Sharpton was restrained face-down said the federal charges on the pavement and against the officers show gasping for air. the Justice Department A three-count indict“does not excuse it nor ment unsealed Friday allow police to act as names Derek Chauvin, though as what they do Thomas Lane, J. Kueng is acceptable behavior in and Tou Thao. Chauvin was convicted last month the line of duty.” “What we couldn’t get on state charges of murthem to do in the case der and manslaughter of Eric Garner, Michael and is asking for a new trial. The other three are Brown in Ferguson, and set for state trial on Aug. countless others, we are 23. It’s not clear what will finally seeing them do today,” Sharpton said. happen in this case, but Floyd, 46, died after generally the state charges play out before federal Chauvin pinned him to the ground with a knee charges do. on his neck, even as The indictment sends Floyd, who was handa strong message about the Justice Department’s cuffed, repeatedly said he priorities. Floyd’s May 25 couldn’t breathe. Kueng and Lane also helped arrest and death, which restrain Floyd — state a bystander captured on cellphone video, sparked prosecutors have said mass protests nationwide Kueng knelt on Floyd’s back and Lane held down that called for an end to Floyd’s legs. State prosracial inequalities and ecutors say Thao held police mistreatment of back bystanders and kept Black people. them from intervening When President Joe during the 9 1/2-minute Biden was elected, he Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office via AP, file This combination of photos shows, from left, former Minneapolis Police officers Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao, who have been indicted. restraint. Lane, Thao and Kueng made initial court appearances Friday via videoconference in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, and remain free on bond. Chauvin is held in state custody as he awaits sentencing on the state charges and hasn’t yet appeared in federal court. While all four officers are charged broadly with depriving Floyd of his rights while acting under government authority, the indictment breaks down the counts. A count against Chauvin alleges he violated Floyd’s right to be free from unreasonable seizure and from unreasonable force by a police officer. Thao and Kueng are charged with violating Floyd’s right to be free from unreasonable seizure by not intervening to stop Chauvin as he knelt on Floyd’s neck. It’s not clear why Lane, who held down Floyd’s legs, is not mentioned in that count, but evidence in the state’s case shows that Lane had asked twice whether Floyd should be rolled on his side. All four officers are charged for their failure to provide Floyd with medical care. Chauvin was also charged in a second indictment, stemming from the use of force and neck restraint of a 14-year-old boy in 2017. Chauvin’s attorney, Eric Nelson, argued during his murder trial that Chauvin acted reasonably and Floyd died because of underlying health issues and drug use. He has filed a request for a new trial. Nelson had no comment on the federal charges. Kueng’s attorney also had no comment. A message left for Thao’s attorney wasn’t immediately returned, and Lane’s attorney was unable to talk when reached by The Associated Press, and messages left later were not returned. Ben Crump and the team of attorneys for Floyd’s family said the civil rights charges reinforce “the strength and wisdom” of the Constitution. “We are encouraged by these charges and eager to see continued justice in this historic case that will impact Black citizens and all Americans for generations to come,” the attorneys said in a statement. To bring federal charges in deaths involving police, prosecutors must believe an officer acted under the “color of law,” or government authority, and willfully deprived someone of their constitutional rights. That’s a high legal standard. An accident, bad judgment or simple negligence on the officer’s part isn’t enough to support federal charges; prosecutors have to prove the officer knew what he was doing was wrong in that moment but did it anyway. The indictment in Floyd’s death says Chauvin kept his left knee on Floyd’s neck as he was handcuffed and was not resisting. Thao and Kueng allegedly were aware Chauvin had his knee on Floyd’s neck, even after Floyd became unresponsive, and “willfully failed to intervene to stop Defendant Chauvin’s use of unreasonable force.” All four officers are charged with willfully depriving Floyd of liberty without due process, including the right to be free from “deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs.” The other indictment, against Chauvin only, alleges he deprived a 14-year-old boy of his right to be free of unreasonable force when he held the teen by the throat, hit him in the head with a flashlight and held his knee on the boy’s neck and upper back while he was prone, handcuffed and not resisting. According to a police report from that 2017 encounter, Chauvin wrote that the teen resisted arrest and after the teen, whom he described as 6-foot-2 and about 240 pounds, was handcuffed, Chauvin “used body weight to pin” him to the floor. The boy was bleeding from the ear and needed two stitches. Weak jobs report could spur, slow Biden’s huge money package still a healthy 524,000. Michael Strain, an economist at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, noted that many businesses have said they cannot find workers to hire despite increases in hourly pay. Strain said he plans to monitor upcoming reports to see if that pattern holds in what could be a troubling sign for Biden’s vision of how to generate growth through government spending. “If we continue to hear a growing chorus of businesses complaining about worker shortages and if wages continue to rise, then it will be tempting to conclude that a lot of the 8 million jobs we are currently missing aren’t coming back,” Strain said. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which represents businesses, put the blame squarely on the relatively generous unemployment benefits that Biden extended as part of his relief package. The group said the checks prevent people from accepting jobs. “One step policymakers should take now is ending the $300 weekly supplemental unemployment benefit,” said Neil Bradley, chief policy officer at the Chamber. “Based on the Chamber’s analysis, the $300 benefit results in approximately one in four recipients taking home more in unemployment than they earned working.” Jared Bernstein, a member of the White House Council of Eco- “Today, there’s more evidence our economy is moving in the right direction. But it’s clear we have a long way to go.” — President Joe Biden, speaking about a weak jobs report. nomic Advisers, said he has heard companies say they’re struggling to find workers, but he didn’t see those concerns reflected in the jobs report. For example, restaurants and bars added 187,000 jobs last month even though workers in that relatively low-wage sector would, in theory, have an incentive to just collect unemployment. 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Text or call Jeff for an appointment OH-70233405 WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s promised economic comeback hit a speed bump Friday with the April jobs report, which found modest job gains of 266,000 that complicated his $4 trillion push on infrastructure, education and children. The employment report failed to show that the U.S. economy was accelerating forward, so much as it appeared to be stutter-stepping along as the unemployment rate ticked up to 6.1%. Economists had projected roughly one million added jobs last month, and the modest hiring indicated that the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package has provided an uneven boost so far. The figures present Biden with a fresh challenge at a critical moment in his presidency. He is betting that an open embrace of massive government spending will help resolve the nation’s public health and financial turmoil — and lift the political prospects for Democrats heading into next year’s elections. But the disappointing jobs numbers could also embolden his critics and stiffen the Republican resistance to the infrastructure package Biden is trying to push through Congress. Addressing the report, Biden sought to ease concerns. “We knew this wouldn’t be a sprint—it’d be a marathon,” he said. The pandemic relief package “was designed to help us over the course of a year, not 60 days. A year. We never thought that after the first 50 or 60 days everything would be fine. Today, there’s more evidence our economy is moving in the right direction. But it’s clear we have a long way to go.” Biden’s opponents say the legislation actually worsened problems in at least one way, with expanded unemployment benefits that gave the jobless a reason to stay at home instead of seeking work. The president said the jobs data don’t show that. And advocates for his plans can argue that the report shows that more spending is needed to sustain the economy. There are also issues of supply shortages for computer chips and lumber that are holding back growth, a reminder that the world’s largest economy seldom bends perfectly to the wishes of lawmakers. The fate of the president’s agenda may depend on how the public processes and understands the April jobs report in the coming weeks, said Jon Lieber, a managing director at the Eurasia Group, a political risk advisory and consulting firm. “Are the Republicans able to seize on this as, ‘This is what happens when the government gets involved in the economy and screws things up?’ Or, does the public see this as the need for more government support?” Lieber said. “That’s the argument for the next month.” One clear takeaway across partisan lines was a need for caution in interpretation. A single monthly report can be volatile. 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The Wahama baseball team allowed just one hit on Thursday at Claflin Stadium, defeating Little Kanawha Conference guest St. Mary’s 10-0 in five innings. The White Falcons (4-4, 3-2 LKC) broke the scoreless tie in the second inning, manufacturing three runs on two hits, a walk and an error. Wahama broke the game open with a six-run fourth inning, highlighted by a three-run home run from Logan Roach. St. Mary’s (4-4, 0-3) made it to scoring position for the only time in the top of the fifth, but stranded the runner on third. WHS capped off the 10-0 mercy rule win in the home fifth, with Bryce Zuspan drawing a walk, making it to second on a passed ball, advancing to third on a wild pitch, and then scoring on a passed ball. Zachary Fields was the winning pitcher of record in three hitless innings, striking out three. Aaron Henry went the rest of the way for Wahama, striking out a pair. Brayden Willson took the pitching loss after striking out two in four innings for the Blue Devils. Roach led the WHS offense, going 2-for-4 with a run scored and five RBIs, while Jason Clayton had St. Mary’s lone hit. SOFTBALL Wahama 18, Williamstown 0 The Wahama softball team scored a season-high and claimed its fifth shut out of the season, defeating Little Kanawha Conference host Williamstown 18-0 in four innings on Thursday. After leaving the bases loaded in the first inning, and going 1-2-3 in the second, the Lady Falcons (7-0, 5-0 LKC) broke the scoreless tie in with a three-run home run by Amber Wolfe in the top of the third. Wahama plated four more runs in the inning, with three hits, a hit batter and an error. The Red and White sent See WAHAMA | 8 Eagles rally past Rio in RSC Baseball opener By Randy Payton For Ohio Valley Publishing CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — Second-seeded Asbury University scored three times in the bottom of the eighth inning to rally past No. 5 seed University of Rio Grande, 5-4, in the opening round of the 2021 River States Conference Baseball Championship, Thursday afternoon, at VA Memorial Stadium. The Eagles improved to 37-10 with the victory and will face third-seeded Point Park University — a 3-1 victor over Indiana University Kokomo — in winner’s bracket action on Friday at 7 p.m. Rio Grande (19-33) will battle No. 6 seed Midway University (12-29) in an elimination game on Friday at 11 a.m. The Eagles lost to top-seeded Indiana University Southeast, 14-5, in Thursday’s first game. Rio jumped to 4-0 lead on Thursday, scoring twice in both the third and fifth innings. Senior Kent Reeser (Miamisburg, OH) had a run-scoring double and sophomore Clayton Surrell (Carroll, OH) had a sacrifice fly in the two-run third, while Reeser had an RBI single and senior Jesse Watson (Las Cruces, NM) plated another run with a two-out single in the fifth. Asbury started the road back in the home sixth with a two-out, two-run double by Colton Back and finished the come-from-behind effort with the three eighth inning markers. Garrett McIntire began the rally with an infield single to third and moved to second when CJ Compton reached on a fielder’s choice grounder to third. Another fielder’s choice grounder to shortstop off the bat of Trevor Campbell left runners at the corner, before consecutive RBI singles by Walker Paris and Back tied the game. The go-ahead run also scored as part of Back’s hit, thanks to a pair of errors by the RedStorm — their only miscues of the contest. Junior Billy Cooper (Jackson, OH) led off the Rio ninth with a single and was replaced by freshman courtesy runner Darius Jordan (Minford, OH), who was promptly thrown out trying to steal second base. Freshman pinch-hitter Trey Carter (Wheelersburg, OH) lined out to first and senior Caden Cluxton (Washington Court House, OH) flied to center to end the game. See RSC | 8 OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Monday, May 10 Baseball Eastern at Wahama, 5 p.m. South Gallia at Belpre, 5 p.m. Winfield at Point Pleasant, 7 p.m. Philo at Meigs, 5 p.m. Gallia Academy at Jackson, 5 p.m. Softball (10) Fairfield Union at (7) River Valley, 5 p.m. (12) Gallia Academy at (5) Warren, 5 p.m. (13) Meigs at (4) Unioto, 5 p.m. Charleston Catholic at Hannan, 5 p.m. Wahama at Tug Valley, 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 11 Baseball Gallia Academy at Point Pleasant, 5:30 South Gallia at River Valley, 5 p.m. Federal Hocking at Meigs, 5 p.m. Symmes Valley at Southern, 5 p.m. Ravenswood at Wahama, 6 p.m. Alexander at Eastern, 5 p.m. Hannan at Cross Lanes Christian, 5:30 Softball Wirt County at Wahama, 6 p.m. Point Pleasant at Robert C. Byrd, 5:30 Track and Field EHS, GAHS, RVHS, SGHS, SHS, WHS at Meigs, 5 p.m. Point Pleasant at Williamstown, 4 p.m. Submitted photo Members of the Eastern girls track and field team pose for a picture after winning the 2021 TVC Hocking title on Wednesday night at South Gallia High School in Mercerville, Ohio. Lady Eagles win 11th straight title OVP area produces 13 individual champions at TVC meets By Bryan Walters bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com Out of fingers, the Lady Eagles simply started on toes. Or maybe it’s the other way around. The Eastern girls track and field team captured its 11th straight Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division championship on Wednesday at the annual league meet held at South Gallia High School. The Lady Eagles won six individual event titles and cruised to a 39-point victory over the 7-team field with 150 points. Waterford was the overall runner-up with 111 points, while Southern (29) and South Gallia (13) closed the final two spots in the standings. Erica Durst won toppoint honors at the TVC Hocking meet after claiming four individual titles en route to a perfect 40-point night. Durst was first in the 200m dash (27.68), 400m dash (1:03.80), 800m run (2:45.28) and 1600m run (6:01.89). Layna Catlett also claimed a pair of titles for EHS after winning the shot put (35-8.75) and discus (114-1) competitions. Emma Hayes was second in the shot put (301.25) and third in the dis- cus (98-7) events, while Sydney Sanders was the long jump runner-up (14-7.5) and third in the 100m dash (14.44). Brielle Newland picked up a pair of third place finishes in the 200m (29.67) and 400m (1:06.71) dashes. Alisa Ord was also third in both the 100m hurdles (17.34) and 300m hurdles (52.91) events. The quartet of Sanders, Newland, Ord and Emma Doczi placed second in the 4x200m relay with a mark of 1:59.46. Doczi, Karey Schreckengost, Abby Guthrie and Jonna Epple placed third in both the 4x400m relay (5:24.60) and 4x800m relay (12:31.12). Kayla Evans led the Lady Tornadoes with 24 total points after winning the 300m hurdles title with a time of 52.50 seconds. Evans was also second in the high jump (4-8) and third in the long jump (13-11.25). Ryleigh Halley paced the Lady Rebels with 10 total points after placing third in the shot put (2910.75) and fourth in the discus (91-1). Belpre won its fourth straight TVC Hocking boys title with 171 points, with Waterford coming in second with 142 points. Eastern was third in the 7-team field with 67 Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Meigs’ Brennan Gheen anchors the 4x100m relay during a quadmeet on April 13 in Bidwell, Ohio. points, while South Gallia (50) and Southern (9) completed the final two spots in the standings. Steven Fitzgerald claimed both individual league titles for the Eagles after winning the shot put (47-6.25) and discus (133-4) events. Rylee Barrett was second in the long jump (17-3.5), while Ethan Short was third in the discus (1142). The foursome of Barrett, Brayden O’Brien, Bryce Newland and Koen Sellers placed second in the 4x800m relay (9:19.75) and was also third in the 4x400m relay (4:07.12). Barrett, Newland, Sellers and Seth Collins also finished third in the 4x100m relay (54.05). The Rebels had a quartet of third place efforts, with Garrett Frazee claiming half of those in the 1600m run (4:47.96) and the 3200m run (10:22.82). Levi Wolford was also third in the high jump (5-6). Garrett Frazee, Gabe Frazee, Tanner Boothe and Trey Johnson ended up third in the 4x800m relay (9:31.09) as well for SGHS. Jacoby Hall paced the Tornadoes with a fourth place finish in the 110m hurdles (21.69). Isaac See EAGLES | 8 �SPORTS 8 Saturday, May 8, 2021 T H U R S D AY B OX S C O R S Eagles up with a mark of 1:05.93. The Athens boys captured their second From page 7 straight TVC Ohio title — and sixth in McCarty was also fifth seven years — with 226 in both the 100m dash (13.00) and 200m dash points, while Nelsonville-York was second (25.85) events. out of seven teams River Valley was with 106 points. The third on both sides, Raiders were third with while the Meigs girls were sixth and the boys 55 points, while the Marauders were seventh seventh on Thursday with 15 points. night at the TVC Ohio Andrew Huck capchampionships held at tured the lone RVHS Nelsonville-York High title by winning the School. The Athens girls won pole vault with a cleared height of 11 feet, 3 their seventh straight inches. Cody Wooten TVC Ohio crown with 181 points, with Vinton was second in the 800m run (2:13.05) and County coming in second with 90 points. The third in the 1600m run Lady Raiders were third (5:06.49). The foursome of out of seven teams with Wooten, Ryan Lol70 points, while the lathin, John Siciliano Lady Marauders were and Ethan Schultz also sixth with 35 points. finished third in the Lauren Twyman 4x800m relay with a led RVHS with a pair mark of 9:04.14. of league titles after Matthew Barr earned winning the 800m run a third place finish for (2:28.90) and 1600m MHS in the pole vault run (5:28.68), while (11-0), while Logan Becka Cadle claimed Eskew, Dillon Howard, first in the pole vault Conlee Burnem and (8-0) and third in the Brennan Gheen placed 300m hurdles (52.58). Brooklin Clonch was third in the 4x100m relay (47.16). also third for RVHS in Visit baumspage.com the high jump with a cleared height of 4 feet, for complete results of the TVC Hocking 2 inches. The Lady Marauders and TVC Ohio track and field championhad three runner-up ships respectively held efforts, including the Wednesday and Thursquartet of Charlotte day at South Gallia High Hysell, E.J. Anderson, School and NelsonvilleMaggie Musser and York High School. Andrea Mahr placing © 2021 Ohio Valley second in the 4x400m Publishing, all rights relay (4:32.80). reserved. Musser was second in the 300m hurdles (50.96) and Hysell was Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. the 400m dash runner- Wahama From page 7 16 batters to the plate in the fourth inning, scoring 11 runs on seven hits, five free passes and an error. Mikie Lieving earned the pitching victory in a complete game, striking out nine of the 14 batters she faced. Lindsey Keller Ohio Valley Publishing SOFTBALL Wahama 18, Williamstown 0 WA 007 (11) — 18-13-0 WI 000 0 — 0-2-2 WP: Mikie Lieving (4IP, 2H, 9K) LP: Lindsey Keller (3.2IP, 13R, 9H, 4K, 3BB) Wahama (7-0, 5-0): Amber Wolfe 3-3 (3RS, 3RBI), Victoria VanMatre 2-3 (2RS, 4RBI), Lauren Noble 2-3 (3RS, RBI) Emma Gibbs 2-4 (2RS, 2RBI), Kloe Sigman 1-1 (RS, RBI), Bailey Moore 1-1 (RBI), Lieving 1-3 (2RS, RBI), Emma Knapp 1-3 (RS, 3RBI). Williamstown (3-7, 3-5): Nat Swain 1-1, Kameron Beck 1-2. 2B: Noble 2, Lieving, Wolfe. HR: Wolfe. Coal Grove 8, Gallia Academy 7 GAHS 000 200 5 — 7-10-1 CGHS 022 400 x — 8-9-0 WP: Kaleigh Murphy (7IP, 7R, 10H, 6K) LP: Bella Barnette (4.1IP, 4R, 4H, 4K, 2BB) Gallia Academy (10-15, 6-7): Bailee Young 3-4 (2RS, 2RBI), Maddi Meadows 2-4 (RS, RBI), Hannah Ehman 1-1 (RS), Grace Truance 1-1 (RS), Emma Hammons 1-3 (RS), Jenna Harrison 1-4 (RS, RBI), Abby Hammons 1-4 (RBI). Coal Grove (16-7, 10-3): Katie Deech 2-3 (2RS), Addi Dillow 2-4 (RS, 5RBI), Jaden Griffith 1-2 (RS, RBI), Jordan Dale 1-2 (RS), Ellie Delander 1-3 (RS, RBI), Murphy 1-3 (2RS), Rylee Harmon 1-3. HR: Dillow. Scott 5, Point Pleasant 3 SHS 010 020 2 — 5-2-1 PPHS 000 210 0 — 3-4-4 WP: Tatum Halley (7IP, 3R, 4H, 5K, 5BB) LP: Rylee Cochran (7IP, 5R, 2H, 4K, 6BB) Scott (8-4): Hannah Price 1-3, (2RBI), Halley 1-4 (RS). Point Pleasant (7-4): Tayah Fetty 2-4 (RS), Cochran 1-3 (RS, RBI), Kaylee Byus 1-3. 2B: Cochran, Fetty. BASEBALL Wahama 10, St. Mary’s 0 SMHS 000 00 — 0-1-4 WHS 030 61 — 10-7-0 WP: Zachary Fields (3IP, 3K, 2BB) LP: Brayden Willson (4IP, 9R, 7H, 2K, 5BB) St. Mary’s (4-4, 0-3): Jason Clayton 1-2. Wahama (4-4, 3-2): Logan Roach 2-4 (RS, 5RBI), Bryce Zuspan 1-1 (2RS, RBI), Aaron Henry 1-2 (RS, RBI), Drew Fowler 1-2 (RS), Trey Ohlinger 1-3 (2RS), Ethan Gray 1-3 (RS). HR: Roach. Roush leads Riverside senior league MASON, W.Va. — Gary Roush continues to widen his lead in the 2021 Riverside senior men’s golf league. Roush has total of 69.5 through four weeks, leading runner-up Jay Rees by 11.5 points. A total of 43 players made up 10 four-player teams and one trio on Tuesday, with a winning 14-under par 56 fired by the team of Roush, Phil Burgess and Tom Scarberry. Four shots back, the second place team was Charlie Hargraves, Rick Northup, Doug Henderson and Bob Humphrey. In third place at eight-under was the team of Rees, Dewey Smith, Dale Miller and Randall Thornhill. The closest to the pin winners were Cliff Gordon on the ninth hole, and Jim Collins on No. 14. Gordon’s closest to the pin was Riverside’s first hole-in-one of the season, and he used a seven iron from 115 yards out. The shot — Gordon’s second career ace — was witnessed by Jim Lawrence, Cliff Wyatt and Cecil Gillette Sr. The top-10 standings from the 2021 Riverside Senior men’s golf league are as follows: Gary Roush (69.5), Jay Rees (58.0), Cliff Gordon (55.5) Cecil Gillette Jr. (54.5), Kenny Pridemore (53.5), Rick Northup (51.5), Carl Stone and Ed Coon (50.5), Phil Burgess (49.0) and Kenny Greene (48.0). took the pitching loss for Williamstown (3-7, 3-5), striking out four in 3.2 innings. Wolfe led the Lady Falcon offense, going 3-for-3 with a home run, a double, three runs Holzer is proud to announce that Joseph Esmaeili, DO, Internal Medicine, has joined our team in Gallipolis! Huntington team wins Riverside 2-man scramble Staff Report MASON, W.Va. — Steve Ross and Steve Thacker of Huntington shot a 10-under par 60 to win the 2021 Riverside two-man scramble by one shot over Shay and Shawn Armstrong from Ashland. The one-day event, held May 1, featured 30 teams in the championship flight, with 20 in the lower flight. There was a four-way tie for third place in the championship flight, with the teams of Mitch Roush and Trent Roush, Cory Hoher and Jeremy Vallet, Carl King and Jason King, as well as Tad Tomblin and Jim Grimmett each shooting 62. Winning the lower flight with a six-under par 64 was the team of Jesse Jordan and Craig Roush. One shot behind Jordan and Roush, Tim Burnette and David Herdman claimed second. Slumping slugger Pujols cut by Angels, still wants to play ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Albert Pujols was cut by the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday, abruptly ending the 41-year-old superstar slugger’s decade with his second major league team. The Angels surprisingly announced the move to designate Pujols for assignment one day after he wasn’t in the lineup for the slumping club’s fourth consecutive loss. The decision was made after Pujols, dissatisfied with irregular playing time, had a late-night meeting with general manager Perry Minasian and team president John Carpino. Pujols, who is batting .198 this season, is determined to play first base regularly for another team after he clears waivers, Angels manager Joe Maddon said. Pujols is fifth in major league history with 667 career homers and 13th with 3,253 hits. “He wants to play, and he wants to be in the field,” Maddon said. “Hopefully he’s going to get that opportunity somewhere else, and believe me, we’re all going to be rooting for him.” 8-2 in the home half. Gallia Academy scored five runs on five hits in the seventh, but a groundout and strikeout ended the game. Kaleigh Murphy was the winning pitcher of record with six strikeouts in a complete game. Bella Barnette struck out four in 4.1 innings, taking the pitching loss for Gallia Academy. Leading the Blue Angel offense, Bailee Young was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two runs batted in, while Maddi Meadows went 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI. Dillow and Katie Deech had two hits apiece for Coal Grove, with Dillow driving in a game-best five runs. Knights (7-4) tied the game on a one-out error in the fourth, and then took the lead on a Haley Bryant sac-fly later in the inning. Scott by a run after a two-out, two-run single by Hannah Price in the top of the fifth, but PPHS pulled even after Rylee Cochran drove in Tayah Fetty in the home half. A bases loaded hit batter and a sac-fly gave SHS a 5-3 lead in the final inning, with Lady Coal Grove 8, Gallia Knights being stranded Academy 7 on first and second in The Gallia Academy bottom of the seventh. softball team plated five Tatum Halley was the runs in the final inning winning pitcher of record on Thursday in Lawrence in a complete game for County, but fell one shy, Scott, striking out five. falling to Ohio Valley Cochran took the loss Conference host Coal in a complete game for Grove 8-7. The Lady HorPoint Pleasant, striking nets (16-7, 10-3 OVC) — Scott 5, Point Pleasant 3 out four. Fetty singled which won 16-6 at Gallia The Point Pleasant once, doubled once and Academy (10-15, 6-7) just softball team brought scored once for the Lady six days prior — were up the go-ahead run to the Knights, Cochran added 4-0 after two runs on a hit plate in the final inning a double, a run scored and a walk in the second on Thursday in Mason and two more on two County, but visiting Scott and an RBI, while Kaylee Byus picked up a basehit. hits, a walk and an error got the flyout it needed Price and Halley had a hit in the third. GAHS got to seal the 5-3 victory. two runs back after three The Lady Skyhawks (8-4) each for Scott. © 2021 Ohio Valley hits in the fourth inning, took a 1-0 lead following Publishing, all rights but an Addi Dillow grand a two-out error in the slam made the hosts’ lead second inning. The Lady reserved. scored and three RBIs. Victoria VanMatre was 2-for-3 with two runs and a game-best four RBIs, Lauren Noble was 2-for-3 with two doubles, three runs scored and one RBI, while Emma Gibbs singled twice, scored twice and drove in two runs. Nat Swain and Kameron Beck had a single apiece for the Lady YellowJackets. OPEN HOUSE RSC MAY 11, 2021 4:30-6:30 PM From page 7 399 Wilder Rd., Vinton, OH $259,900.00 Joseph Esmaeili, DO, Internal Medicine, provides routine wellness checks, physical exams, chronic medical management, and preventive care measures. Schedule an appointment with Dr. Esmaeili! Call 1.855.446.5937 to schedule an appointment. OH-70235491 Holzer Gallipolis: 100 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis, Ohio 5HTXHVW�DQ�DSSRLQWPHQW��UHÀOO�D�SUHVFULSWLRQ� �PXFK�PRUH�ZLWK�0\+RO]HU�3DWLHQW�3RUWDO�� OH-70235928 Dr. Esmaeili received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, West Virginia. 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Call 304.674.2417 �����9DOOH\�'ULYH�‡�3RLQW�3OHDVDQW��:9�������‡��������������‡�SYDOOH\�RUJ �Along the River 10 Saturday, May 8, 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing Celebrating the return of baseball, softball OHIO VALLEY — Baseball and softball teams from high schools in Meigs and Gallia counties are doing what was unthinkable at this time last year - completing their seasons and heading into tournament play. Pictured are photos representing each high school in the Ohio Valley Publishing readership area to celebrate the return of this rite of spring and significant accomplishment by local athletes. Photos by Alex Hawley | OVP Sports GAHS head coach Justin Bailey holds a meeting at the mound with his infield. Eastern freshman Hope Reed fires a ball in from centerfield. Gallia Academy shortstop Jenna Harrison throws the ball to first base. Meigs rightfielder Alex Pierce (left) comes up with the ball after a diving grab in front of teammate Zach Searles (right). Southern's Cassidy Roderus sends a ball sailing to right-centerfield. Southern shortstop Josiah Smith (16) throws to first base in front of teammate Will Wickline (9). River Valley shortstop Grace Hash (24) grabs a flyball in front of second baseman Abbi Hollanbaugh (right). Meigs senior Hannah Durst settles under a flyball in centerfield. Eastern senior Owen Johnson (23) hauls in the ball for a force out at first base. River Valley's Chase Barber slides in home for the game-tying run South Gallia's Leah Skidmore (2) thorws the ball in from right field. behind Vinton County's Zach Radabaugh (right). SGHS senior shortstop Andrew Small throws the ball to first base. �NEWS/CLASSIFIEDS Ohio Valley Publishing COVID-19 From page 1 total of 2,353 cases of COVID19 (since March 2020) in Gallia County as part of Friday’s update, three more than on Thursday. ODH has reported a total of 49 deaths (one new), 145 hospitalizations, and 2,258 presumed recovered individuals as of Thursday. Age ranges for the 2,350 total cases reported by ODH on Thursday are as follows: 0-19 — 303 cases (2 hospitalizations) 20-29 — 388 cases (3 additional cases, 6 hospitalizations) 30-39 — 314 cases (1 additional case, 3 hospitalizations) 40-49 — 336 cases (8 hospitalizations, 1 death) 50-59 — 352 cases (15 hospitalizations, 1 new death, 4 total deaths) 60-69 — 298 cases (30 hospitalizations, 8 deaths) 70-79 — 205 cases (41 hospitalizations, 12 deaths) 80-plus — 157 cases (1 less case, 40 hospitalizations, 24 deaths) Gallia County is currently “orange” on the Ohio Public Health Advisory System map after meeting two of the seven indicators. Meigs County The Meigs County Health Department reported four additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 and one additional hospitalization as part of Friday’s update. Meigs County currently has 12 active cases and 1,498 total cases (1,340 confirmed, 158 probable) since April 2020. There have been a total of 39 deaths, 1,450 recovered cases (five new), and 85 hospitalizations (one new) since April 2020. Age ranges for the 1,498 Meigs County cases, as of Friday, were as follows: 0-9 — 57 cases (1 new case) 10-19 — 140 cases (1 hospitalization) 20-29 — 215 cases (1 hospitalization) 30-39 — 183 cases (3 hospitalizations) 40-49 — 217 cases (6 hospitalizations) 50-59 — 225 cases (2 new cases, 1 new hospitalization, 9 total hospitalizations) 60-69 — 212 cases (1 new case, 22 hospitalizations, 6 deaths) 70-79 — 156 cases (26 hospitalizations, 14 deaths) 80-89 — 65 cases (11 hospitalizations, 16 deaths) 90-99 — 29 cases (6 hospitalizations, 3 deaths) 100-109 — 2 cases (1 hospitalization) (740) 446-2342 or fax to (740) 446-3008 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN REAL ESTATE For Sale By Owner Future updates will be provided on Monday and Friday each week. Free COVID-19 vaccinations are available by appointment Monday through Friday at the Meigs County Health Department. Appointment and vaccine availability can be made at www.meigs-health.com or for those who do not have internet access may contact the health department for assistance at 740-992-6626. For more data and information on the cases in Meigs County visit https://www. meigs-health.com/covid-19/ . Meigs County is “orange” on the Ohio Public Health Advisory System after meeting two of the seven indicators. 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Bids shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope addressed to Gallia-Jackson-Vinton Joint Vocational School District, ATTN: Stephanie Rife, Treasurer, 351 Buckeye Hills Road, Rio Grande, Ohio 45674 and plainly marked on the outside "BUCKEYE HILLS CAREER CENTER GREEN BUILDING PLAYGROUND, SIDEWALKS, AND LIGHTING RENOVATION PROJECT BID." Bids will be received until 2:00 p.m., local time, on May 24, 2021. Questions regarding plans and specifications should be addressed in writing to JCKL Architects, Attn: Eric Karhoff, at eric@marsharchitects.com. All bids must include a Bid Guaranty, as described in the Instructions to Bidders. No bidder may withdraw its bid within 60 days after the opening; the District reserves the right to waive irregularities, reject any or all bids, and conduct necessary investigations to determine bidder responsibility. 5/8/21 CLASSIFIEDS 40-49 — 281 cases (plus 10 probable cases) 50-59 — 287 cases (plus 3 probable cases, 2 deaths, 1 new case) 60-69 — 255 cases (plus 5 probable cases, 7 deaths) 70-plus — 232 cases (plus 7 probable cases, 27 deaths, 1 new case) On Friday, Mason County was designated as “green” on the West Virginia County Alert System map. Mason County’s latest infection rate was 3.77 on Thursday with a 0.62 percent positivity rate. Surrounding counties are green and orange. Ohio ODH reported a 24-hour change of 1,397 new cases on Friday (21-day average Mason County DHHR reported 1,995 total of 1,496), bringing Ohio’s cases (since March 2020) for overall case count since the Mason County in the 10 a.m. beginning of the pandemic to 1,081,518 cases. There were update on Friday, one more 83 new hospitalizations (21than Thursday. Of those, 1,944 are confirmed cases and day average of 115) and 7 51 are probable cases. DHHR new ICU admissions (21-day average of 13). On Friday, 84 has reported 36 deaths in deaths were reported (since Mason County. Tuesday), with a 21-day Case numbers per age group reported by DHHR are average of 21 deaths. As announced earlier this year, as follows: ODH will only be reporting 0-9 — 44 cases (plus 3 deaths approximately twice probable cases) per week, those updates have 10-19 — 186 cases (plus 3 typically been made on Tuesprobable cases) 20-29 — 339 cases (plus 10 day and Friday. Ohio’s cases per 100,000 probable cases, 1 less case) 30-39 — 320 cases (plus 10 population for the past two weeks fell to 140.2 on Thursprobable cases) XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN MERCHANDISE Saturday, May 8, 2021 11 www.markporterauto.com day, down from 155.6 last week. This number is updated each Thursday. As of Friday, a total of 4,804,893 first doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Ohio, which is 41.11 percent of the population. A total of 4,059,347 people, 34.73 percent of the population, are fully vaccinated. Scheduling a vaccine in Ohio can be completed on the website gettheshot.coronavirus. ohio.gov or for assistance in scheduling call 833-4-ASKODH (833-427-5634). West Virginia As of the 10 a.m. update on Friday, DHHR is reporting a total of 155,680 cases with 2,719 deaths. There was an increase of 339 cases from Thursday and six new deaths. The daily positivity rate in the state was 4.16 percent. There are 7,075 currently active cases in the state. DHHR recently reported 796,765 first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to residents of West Virginia. So far, 663,080 people have been fully vaccinated. Gov. Justice urges all residents to pre-register for a vaccine appointment on vaccine.wv.gov. Sarah Hawley and Kayla (Hawthorne) Dunham contributed to this story. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. 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Year 31 Phase II Resoiling and revegetation was completed on 5.6 acres on July 1, 2015, in accordance with approved reclamation plan $7,000 bond is on deposit of which $4,900 is sought to be released. Year 31 Phase III Successful reclamation was completed on 5.6 acres on July 1, 2015, in accordance with the approved reclamation plan $2,100 bond is on deposit of which $2,100 is sought to be released. Written objections, comments or requests for a bond release conference may be submitted to the Chief of the Division of Mineral Resources Management, 2045 Morse Road, Building H-2, Columbus, Ohio 43229-6605, Attn: Lee Workman, in accordance with paragraph (F)(6) of the Revised Code Section 1513.16. 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The CDBG program can fund a broad range of activities, including: economic development projects, street improvements, water and sewer projects, park acquisition and improvements, and rehabilitation of neighborhood structures. The activities must be designed to primarily benefit low and moderate-income individuals, aid in the prevention of slums and blight, or meet an urgent need of the community. Some additional programs provided by ODSA includes: CDBG Residential Public Infrastructure Program (RPIG) $750,000, CDBG Neighborhood Revitalization Grant Program (NRG) $750,000, CDBG Downtown Revitalization Target of Opportunity Grant Program $250,000, Critical Infrastructure Grant Program (CIG) $500,000, Economic Development Loan Program $500,000 and the Economic Development Public Infrastructure Grant Program $500,000. Citizens are encouraged to attend this meeting on May 20, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. to provide their input on the County's CDBG program 5/8/21 �NEWS/WEATHER 12 Saturday, May 8, 2021 Charges Sex offender compliance check conducted From page 1 Two allegedly non-compliant responded to the scene and upon his arrival was informed that the subject had taken off running toward State Route 143 prior to his arrival. Lt. Gilkey, Sgt. King and Sgt. Stewart arrived on the scene also at this time. After a search of the area, Sgt. Stewart located the male bedded down in a large section of brush near an abandoned residence. The subject was advised that he was under arrest and multiple commands were given to the male to show law enforcement his hands and the subject refused. The male’s failure to cooperate resulted in a taser being deployed which ensured cooperation from the subject while deputies took him into custody.” The male was removed from the brush by Deputy Campbell and was identified as Michael E. King, of Harrisonville. Deputies ran the subject’s information and found that he was also being sought after by the Athens County Sheriff’s Office and the Vinton County Sheriff’s Office for charges of failure to comply and receiving stolen property. Deputies also knew prior to going to the residence that King had felony warrants out of Meigs County for similar offenses, stated the news release. King was transported to the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office where he was interrogated and allegedly confessed his involvement in multiple open cases in Meigs County including failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer and theft of a motor vehicle. In regard to the incident that deputies originally responded for, King was charged with menacing threats and resisting arrest through Meigs County Court. “Michael King has been a household name at our office for quite some time,” stated Sheriff Wood. “My deputies have had him as a suspect in multiple offenses and his time is now coming to an abrupt end. No one likes having their hard-earned belongings stolen from them and in the open investigations that Mr. King was questioned about, DNA evidence left him no option except to confess his involvement in the matters.” Staff Report MEIGS COUNTY — Local and federal officials took part in a sex offender compliance check on Friday afternoon. Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood reported, in a news release, that on Friday, May 7, 2021, his office along MEIGS COUNTY — The following construction projects are anticipated to affect highways in Meigs County next week. All outlined work is weather permitting. SR 124 tree trimming — A tree trimming project begins on May 10 on SR 124, between U.S. 33 and Apple Grove Dorcas Road (County Road 28). The road will be closed from 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday through Friday. Estimated completion: May 21. U.S. 33/SR 833/SR 124 resurfacing — A resurfacing project begins on May 19. The project includes U.S. 33 near the Grant From page 1 boaters through the Waterways Safety Fund, which is comprised of a share of the state motor fuel tax, watercraft registration and titling fees, and funding from the U.S. Coast Guard. The following is a list of this year’s grants by Ohio county: Ashtabula County, Ashtabula County Metroparks, $75,000 — New 2 PM 40° 51° 56° Cool today with clouds and sun. A few showers late tonight. High 62° / Low 43° 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. 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Fri. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date 0.04 1.11 1.00 16.28 14.38 SUN & MOON Today 6:23 a.m. 8:28 p.m. 5:10 a.m. 5:39 p.m. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset New First 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme POLLEN & MOLD Full Last Low Moderate High Moderate High Very High AIR QUALITY 300 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 SOLUNAR TABLE OHIO RIVER Today Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Major 10:02a 10:37a 11:15a 11:56a 12:18a 1:06a 1:58a Minor 3:51a 4:27a 5:05a 5:45a 6:30a 7:18a 8:11a Major 10:22p 10:57p 11:36p ---12:14p 1:30p 2:23p Minor 4:12p 4:47p 5:25p 6:07p 6:53p 7:42p 8:35p WEATHER HISTORY A rare late-season snowstorm on this date in 1803 ruined many of Philadelphia’s shade trees. Snow accumulated from Indiana to New England during the storm’s two-day trek. Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. Fri. Location Willow Island Marietta Parkersburg Belleville Racine Point Pleasant Gallipolis Huntington Ashland Lloyd Greenup Portsmouth Maysville Meldahl Dam Flood Stage 37 34 36 35 41 40 50 50 52 54 50 50 51 Level 12.17 22.55 25.92 12.54 13.03 27.74 12.35 32.34 37.63 12.28 33.20 37.30 32.90 Portsmouth 60/45 500 Primary pollutant: Ozone 24-hr. Chg. -0.68 -1.73 +0.27 -0.49 +0.13 +0.10 +0.28 +2.33 +1.48 -0.25 +1.70 +1.30 +2.50 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021 Logan 58/43 Sarah Hawley is the managing editor of The Daily Sentinel. WEDNESDAY 64° 34° Mostly sunny and cool 68° 48° A couple of showers possible Partial sunshine NATIONAL CITIES Belpre 59/40 Athens 59/41 St. Marys 58/40 Parkersburg 57/41 Coolville 59/41 Elizabeth 59/40 Spencer 57/40 Buffalo 59/41 Milton 60/44 Clendenin 58/41 St. Albans 60/42 Huntington 60/45 Charleston 59/41 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Winnipeg 52/29 Billings 53/36 Montreal 60/44 Minneapolis 56/40 Toronto 56/37 Detroit 57/40 Chicago 55/42 Denver 69/39 New York 55/46 Washington 60/46 Kansas City 71/51 El Paso 89/63 Today Sun. Hi/Lo/W 78/52/s 55/41/pc 75/57/pc 58/50/sh 59/44/pc 53/36/pc 60/39/pc 54/48/c 59/41/c 72/51/pc 61/33/pc 55/42/pc 59/46/c 52/40/pc 57/43/c 87/73/c 69/39/t 55/41/r 57/40/s 85/74/c 86/74/pc 58/46/pc 71/51/t 87/65/s 83/67/pc 74/59/pc 61/52/c 84/74/t 56/40/c 66/56/sh 84/72/s 55/46/sh 83/61/s 85/63/s 59/45/sh 93/69/s 51/39/pc 56/46/c 70/46/s 67/43/pc 59/56/t 59/42/pc 74/52/s 56/48/c 60/46/pc Hi/Lo/W 76/51/c 54/41/pc 82/65/pc 61/54/sh 61/57/sh 53/36/t 63/39/c 65/50/pc 72/48/t 81/66/pc 48/30/t 51/41/r 62/42/t 50/40/r 55/42/r 82/60/t 52/38/t 53/40/r 50/36/r 85/73/r 86/75/t 58/40/r 56/41/sh 89/64/s 77/52/t 72/60/pc 70/47/t 85/78/t 58/37/pc 78/54/t 86/75/pc 63/49/r 72/48/c 89/70/s 61/50/r 94/67/s 52/40/r 63/46/pc 80/65/pc 75/65/pc 63/46/r 60/44/c 72/53/s 62/45/c 66/58/sh National for the 48 contiguous states High Low 94° in Zapata, TX 18° in Minot, ND Global Houston 86/74 Miami 84/74 Monterrey 91/71 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 EXTREMES FRIDAY Atlanta 75/57 Chihuahua 92/55 FRIDAY 65° 48° Marietta 58/40 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s 100s Seattle 56/48 90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s San Francisco 74/52 20s 10s 0s -0s -10s Los Angeles 74/59 T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front Information provided by ODNR. THURSDAY Cool with some sunshine Murray City 58/41 Ironton 60/45 Ashland 60/46 Grayson 60/46 of Newton Falls, $73,920 — New ADA compliant canoe/ kayak launch ramp, driveway, and parking lot improvements at the Commerce Park Launch Site located along the Mahoning River Water Trail. The Division of Parks and Watercraft provides exceptional outdoor recreation and boating opportunities by balancing outstanding customer service, education, protection and conservation of Ohio’s state parks and waterways. 65° 43° Wilkesville 60/41 POMEROY Jackson 61/42 61/43 Ravenswood Rio Grande 61/42 62/43 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 57/43 GALLIPOLIS 62/43 59/41 62/43 South Shore Greenup 60/46 59/44 49 Low clouds and cooler McArthur 59/41 Lucasville 61/45 Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services 0 50 100 150 200 Chillicothe 58/44 TUESDAY 61° 35° Adelphi 58/43 Very High Primary: oak, other Mold: 940 May 11 May 19 May 26 Jun 2 The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for fish and game. Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Waverly 59/45 Pollen: 370 Low MOON PHASES MONDAY Cloudy with a shower and thunderstorm 0 Primary: cladosporium Sun. 6:22 a.m. 8:29 p.m. 5:33 a.m. 6:37 p.m. SUNDAY 71° 40° Statistics through 3 p.m. Fri. (in inches) Music during the ceremony included the singing of God Bless the USA by BJ Kreseen and Victory in Jesus by Jacob Roblero. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. launch, gangway, and dock for safe river access for nonmotorized boats. Morgan County, Village of Malta, $75,000 — New ADA compliant canoe/kayak dock, lighting, and parking lot improvements at the Malta Boat Ramp along the Muskingum River Water Trail. Ottawa County, Village of Elmore, $75,000 — New ADA accessible canoe/kayak launch and improved loading/unloading area at Harry Witty Park along the Portage River. Trumbull County, Village hand-powered watercraft boat launch at Upper Grand River Metropark along the Grand State Wild and Scenic River. Athens County, Hocking College, $75,000 — New canoe/kayak launch, lighting, and parking lot improvements at Lake Snowden. Butler County, MetroParks of Butler County, $44,000 — Improve existing small watercraft launch along the Great Miami River at Rentschler Forest MetroPark. Meigs County, Village of Pomeroy, $75,000 — New ADA compliant canoe/kayak EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM ALMANAC Precipitation Information provided by the Ohio Department of Transportation. Commissioner Vice President Tim Ihle read the National Day of Prayer proclamation which was previously approved by the Commissioners. From page 1 Several local pastors and individuals offered prayers for local and national leadChildren from Little Lamb Preschool ers, law enforcement, first responders, led the Pledge to the Christian Flag and the Bible, followed by songs and the recit- the military and veterans, schools, the elderly, the pandemic and many more. ing of the Apostles Creed. 8 AM 59° 49° 73° 50° 92° in 1940 30° in 1970 Information provided by the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office. 321). One lane will be closed. Temporary traffic signals and a 12 foot width restriction will be in place. Estimated completion: May 28. SR 143 bridge replacement — One lane of SR 143 is closed between Lee Road (Township Road 168) and Ball Run Road (Township Road 20A) for a bridge replacement project. Temporary traffic signals and a 10 foot width restriction are in place. Estimated completion: Nov. 15. intersection of Rocksprings Road (County Road 20) and continues east to the SR 7 interchange. From there, paving continues onto SR 833 south/124 east to the traffic signal in Pomeroy, where SR 833 and 124 diverge. One 12 foot lane will be maintained at all times using construction barrels on the four-lane section and flaggers on the two-lane sections. Estimated completion: July 15. SR 124 bridge repairs — A bridge rail and wingwall repair project begins on May 24 on SR 124, between Salem School Lot Road (County Road 1) and Hampton Hollow Road (Township Road Prayer TODAY WEATHER edly non-compliant will have their case presented before a Meigs County Grand Jury in the Meigs County Court of Common Pleas to obtain warrants for their arrest. Sheriff Wood thanked the United States Marshal’s Service “SOFAST” for their dedication and support in helping to keep Meigs County a safe community for all of its citizens. in compliance with correct reporting and proper regulations being followed. Deputies were unable to make contact with the subjects at four of the residences. Sheriff’s deputies will follow up in the coming days on the subjects. Two sex offenders were allegedly found to be noncompliant with regulations and reporting their correct residential address to the sheriff’s office. The two individuals who were alleg- with the United States Marshal Service, conducted a sex offender compliance check operation in Meigs County. Sheriff’s deputies and deputies with the United States Marshal Service Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) went to 50 addresses within Meigs County where sex offenders currently reside to verify their residential status. Out of the 50 addresses that were checked, 44 sex offenders were found to be ODOT: Meigs construction schedule Information provided by the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office. 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