http://66.213.69.5/files/original/06259f25d6fb17adeeb2a59601ed0aef.pdf be7a29402ec73787e0149ebb4a32d9a1 PDF Text Text 8 AM 2 PM 8 PM 48° 61° 58° Mostly sunny and cool today. Patchy clouds tonight. High 64° / Low 34° Today’s weather forecast On this day in history Locals compete at Invite WEATHER s 10 NEWS s 4 SPORTS s 7 C_ZZb[fehj��Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 92, Volume 75 Tuesday, May 11, 2021 s 50¢ Trolling on the river Pomeroy man convicted of sex crimes By Sarah Hawley shawley@aimmediamidwest.com Beth Sergent | OVP Catfish anglers from several states traveled to the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers at Gallipolis, Ohio on Saturday for a King Kat Tournament Trail event presented by Bass Pro Shops Cabela’s. The Gallia County Convention & Visitor’s Bureau hosted the anglers who gathered to test their catfishing skills against other anglers and Mother Nature. Pictured is a scene from Saturday with a feisty catfish creating a tricky transfer at the weigh-in at Gallipolis. More on the event in an upcoming edition, including the “Big Kat” of the tournament which weighed in at 46.60 pounds. Williams arrives on Memorial Day Medal of Honor recipient to keynote ceremony Publishing(OVP) area in less than a year. In September he led a parade to honor 100-year GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — Conold U.S. Marine Corps veteran gressional Medal of Honor Ray Stith of Point Pleasant, recipient, Hershel “Woody” W.Va. Williams will be the keynote During the parade lineup near speaker at this year’s Memorial Day ceremony at Gallipolis City Stith’s home, Williams, who is the sole surviving Marine from Park. WWII to wear the Medal of A member of “the Greatest Honor, spoke to OVP, explainGeneration” who has a U.S. Navy vessel named in his honor, ing why he felt he needed to attend the celebration. among other accolades, Wil“Not everybody reaches to be liams will also be the grand marshal of the Gallipolis Memo- 100 years old and besides, he’s rial Day Parade which precedes a Marine, and we Marines stick together,” Williams said. “So I the annual ceremony. The felt obligated to come and celparade steps off at 10:30 a.m. ebrate this day for him, not with and the program immediately him, but for him.” follows at 11 a.m. on Monday, When asked about his feelMay 31. ings regarding the importance The parade and cerof honoring veterans, particularemony agenda were recently announced by John Thomas on ly at this point in time, he said, behalf of the Gallia County Vet- “Especially right now, we need to get back to more patriotism erans Service Ofﬁce. than we’ve…, well, we’ve lost This will be the second visit for Williams to the Ohio Valley it,” Williams said. “I think the Staff Report 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 © 2021 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. POMEROY — Following a week-long trial in Meigs County Common Pleas Court, James L. Hess, 53, of Pomeroy, was convicted on six of the seven counts considered by the jury for alleged sexual crimes against four children under the age of 13. Hess was indicted in October 2018 on four counts of rape, each a ﬁrst-degree felony; three counts of gross sexual imposition, each a thirddegree felony; and one count of gross sexual imposition, a fourthdegree felony. A “nolle prosequi” entry ﬁled before the beginning of jury deliberations dismissed one count of rape, stating that evidence was not produced at trial to support the allegations. Following seven hours See CONVICTED | 10 Giving platform raises money for local projects Staff Report Beth Sergent | OVP Hershel “Woody” Williams, pictured, is the sole surviving Marine from WWII to wear the Medal of Honor. He visited Point Pleasant last September to honor a fellow Marine. He will be the special guest at this year’s Gallipolis Memorial Day Parade and ceremony, speaking at Gallipolis City Park. veterans are the individuals that if we can all come together and begin thinking together, we can have a tremendous inﬂuence on the future of this country.” From Williams’ ofﬁcial biography: Hershel “Woody” Williams was born on a dairy farm in 1923 in Quiet Dell, West Virginia. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served in the Battle of Iwo Jima with the 21st Marines, 3d Marine Division. During the battle, Mr. Williams displayed “valiant devotion to duty” and service above self as he “enabled his company to reach its objective.” Mr. Williams’ actions, commitment to his fellow service members, and heroism were recognized on October 5, 1945, when he received the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Truman at the White See WILLIAMS | 4 Meigs reaches 1,500 total cases 11 new cases reported in area Staff Report OHIO VALLEY — Meigs County became the last of the Ohio Valley Publishing area counties to reach 1,500 COVOID-19 cases, hitting the mark on Monday with the report of two additional COVID-19 cases. The 1,500 case mark was topped by Mason County on Jan. 27, the same day Gallia County topped 2,000 cases. The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reported four additional cases in Mason County over the weekend. Five additional cases of COVID-19 were reported in Gallia County over the weekend, according to the Ohio Department of Health (ODH). Here is a closer look at COVID-19 cases in the region: See CASES | 2 NELSONVILLE — Earlier this year, the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (FAO) launched a new innovation in lifting up the good work of nonproﬁts across Appalachian Ohio’s communities. According to a news release from FAO, Cause Connector was designed by the organization to give donors an opportunity to connect with and support the work of Appalachian Ohio’s nonproﬁts through projects that will launch new efforts, scale a program, or serve more people who call the region home. At the close of Cause Connector’s ﬁrst round on April 9, 2021, 88 projects across Appalachian Ohio’s 32 counties received funding to advance their efforts through a total of more than $245,000 raised. The generosity of donors giving amounts of all sizes and combining their gifts through Cause Connector is what has made these efforts possible. At CauseConnector. org, donors easily search for projects serving local communities across the See PROJECTS | 2 �NEWS 2 Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing GALLIA, MEIGS BRIEFS 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 Gallipolis City-Wide Yard Sale Cheshire Alumni Banquet GALLIPOLIS — The City of CHESHIRE — The Cheshire School. Applicant needs to list the activities they participated Gallipolis will hold its annual High School Alumni Reunion in in high school and where City-Wide Yard Sale, May will be held this year on May they plan to attend college. 14-15, 9 a.m. to dusk. On those 29. Doors open at 5 p.m. No days anyone may display goods charge this year ﬁnger food will Mail applications to Pomeroy for sale outside their residence be provided. Anyone interested Alumni Association, Box 202, or place of business, so long as call Robert Lucas 740-367-7147 Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. Applications must be received by the it’s “done in a manner not to or Martha Swisher 740-645association by May 15. impede sidewalk trafﬁc.” No 9392 or Betty Jo Clark 740permit for this sale is neces367-0172. sary. Call the city building at Bean dinner planned 740-441-6022 for more informa- Pomeroy Alumni Banquet CENTERVILLE — Centertion. and Scholarships ville’s annual Bean Dinner will POMEROY —The Pomeroy be held on May 29 with parade at 11 a.m. Parade participants High School Alumni Banquet Emancipation Scholarship are asked to call 740-245-5635. will not be held this year due The deadline for the 2021 to the coronavirus pandemic. Emancipation Scholarship applications has been extended Scholarships will be awarded Road closures, construction to May 15 for eligible students as always to graduating seniors MEIGS COUNTY — County who are either a grandchild or Road 27, Dyesville Road, will in Gallia County. Applications can be obtained by visiting the great grandchild of a Pomeroy be closed for bridge repair High School Alumni. The website www.emancipationbetween Ogdin Road (T-25) Editor’s Note: Gallia Meigs Briefs will only list event information that is open to the public and will be printed on a space-available basis. day.com or by contacting committee members Andy Gilmore, president, at 740-446-7611 or Beverly Jackson, secretary at 740-441-7900. and Harmon Road (T-405) Monday, May 10, through Thursday, May 13. GALLIA COUNTY — Gallia County Engineer Brett A. Boothe announces Scenic Drive (CR-127) will be closed between State Route 160 and Summit Road, beginning at 8 a.m., Monday, April 26 for 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 project began on April 12 on State Route 143, between Lee Road (Township Road 168) and Ball Run Road (Township Road 20A). One lane will be closed. Temporary trafﬁc signals and a 10 foot width restriction will be in place. Estimated completion: Nov. 15. 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. 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 space-available basis and in chronological order. Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@ aimmediamidwest.com or GDTnews@aimmediamidwest.com. Tuesday, May 11 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 Service Center (GVESC) Governing Board will be held at 5 p.m. via Zoom Meeting. Join the Zoom Meeting using the link https://zoom.us/j/9811655 8317?pwd=aWE5TERma3BTa 2hmcE1EUk9MdXVrQT09 and enter with the Meeting ID: 981 1655 8317. SYRACUSE — The Syracuse Community Center Board of Directors will meet at 7 p.m. POMEROY — The Meigs County Board of Health meeting will take place at 5 p.m. in the conference room of the Meigs County Health Department, which is located at 112 E. Memorial Drive in Pomeroy, Ohio. A call-in option is available for this open, public meeting in response to the COVID 19 Pandemic and resulting declared national, state 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. Wednesday, May 12 SCIPIO TWP. — Scipio a whole new way for all of us to give what we can to make a bigger difference than we could From page 1 on our own,” said Cara Dingus Brook, FAO’s areas of arts and culpresident and CEO. ture, community and “This new platform was economic development, education, environmental only possible because of the Appalachian Ohio stewardship, and health nonproﬁts who joined and human services. us in pioneering a new Donors can also narrow way and the donors who their search with ﬁlters to sort projects by inter- came together to make more than 85 projects est area and county. across our region come “Cause Connector is to life.” Appalachian Ohio has access to fewer grant and scholarship dollars per capita than the rest of the state. This “philanthropy gap” means the region’s students, nonproﬁts, schools, and community organizations have less support to continue education, meet pressing needs, and pursue opportunities that can make a tremendous difference. Cases 1,500 total cases (1,342 conﬁrmed, 158 probable) since April 2020. There have been a total of 39 deaths, 1,455 recovered cases (ﬁve new), and 85 hospitalizations since April 2020. Age ranges for the 1,500 Meigs County cases, as of Monday, were as follows: 0-9 — 57 cases 10-19 — 140 cases (1 hospitalization) 20-29 — 216 cases (1 new case, 1 hospitalization) 30-39 — 183 cases (3 hospitalizations) 40-49 — 217 cases (6 hospitalizations) 50-59 — 226 cases (1 new case, 9 hospitalizations) 60-69 — 212 cases (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) 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 avail- Projects new case, 8 hospitalizations, 1 death) 50-59 — 354 cases (2 new cases, 15 hospitalizaFrom page 1 tions, 4 deaths) 60-69 — 298 cases Gallia County (30 hospitalizations, 8 ODH reported a total of 2,358 cases of COVID- deaths) 70-79 — 205 cases 19 (since March 2020) (41 hospitalizations, 12 in Gallia County as part deaths) of Monday’s update, ﬁve 80-plus — 157 cases more than on Friday. (40 hospitalizations, 24 ODH has reported a deaths) total of 49 deaths, 145 Gallia County is curhospitalizations, and rently “orange” on the 2,260 presumed recovOhio Public Health Adviered individuals (two sory System map after new) as of Monday. meeting two of the seven Age ranges for the 2,358 total cases reported indicators. by ODH on Monday are as follows: Meigs County 0-19 — 303 cases (2 The Meigs County hospitalizations) Health Department 20-29 — 390 cases (2 reported two addinew cases, 6 hospitaliza- tional conﬁrmed cases tions) of COVID-19 as part of 30-39 — 314 cases (3 Monday’s update. hospitalizations) Meigs County currently 40-49 — 337 cases (1 has nine active cases and 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 Township Trustees regular monthly meeting is scheduled at 7 p.m. at the Harrisonville Fire House. low 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 740-9927368 leave a message. 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 Coun- Tuesday, May 25 ty Courthouse, 18 Locust St. POMEROY — A special meeting of the Meigs County Transportation Improvement Friday, May 21 District will be held at 8 a.m. GALLIPOLIS — Ohio AFSCME Retirees, Subchapter at the Meigs County Highway 102, Gallia & Jackson counties, Dept., 34110 Fairgrounds Road, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. meets 2 p.m., Gallia County The purpose of this meeting to Senior Resource Center, 1165 State Route 160. Members are review FY22 Application Submittals for approval. asked to wear a mask and fol- Visit www.CauseConnector.org for more information. If you’d like to give a gift to support Appala— Cara Dingus Brook, chian Ohio’s communiFAO’s president and CEO ties now or sign up for FAO’s eNewsletter to know the moment the the news release. :Charter next round of Cause ConCommunications, Jeffery nector opens, please visit www.AppalachianOhio. Chaddock and Envisage org. Wealth, and AEP Ohio Information provided all supported the funding of projects by giving last- by the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio. dollar gifts.” “Cause Connector is a whole new way for all of us to give what we can to make a bigger difference than we could on our own.” “The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio wants to thank the donors and corporate partners who gave to make these projects possible through Cause Connector,” stated ability 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.meigshealth.com/covid-19/ . Meigs County is “orange” on the Ohio Public Health Advisory System after meeting two of the seven indicators. deaths) 70-plus — 235 cases (plus 7 probable cases, 27 deaths, 3 new cases) On Monday, 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 0.67 percent positivity rate. Surrounding counties are green and orange. Ohio ODH reported a 24-hour change of 713 new cases on Monday Mason County DHHR reported 1,999 (21-day average of total cases (since March 1,405), bringing Ohio’s 2020) for Mason Coun- overall case count since ty in the 10 a.m. update the beginning of the pandemic to 1,084,322 on Monday, four more cases. There were 87 than Friday. Of those, new hospitalizations 1,948 are confirmed (21-day average of 114) cases and 51 are proband 18 new ICU admisable cases. DHHR has sions (21-day average of reported 36 deaths in 13). On Monday, zero Mason County. deaths were reported Case numbers per age group reported by DHHR (since Friday), with a 21-day average of 21 are as follows: 0-9 — 44 cases (plus 3 deaths. As announced earlier this year, ODH probable cases) will only be reporting 10-19 — 186 cases deaths approximately (plus 3 probable cases) twice per week, those 20-29 — 339 cases updates have typically (plus 10 probable cases) been made on Tuesday 30-39 — 322 cases (plus 10 probable cases, 2 and Friday. Ohio’s cases per new cases) 100,000 population for 40-49 — 281 cases the past two weeks fell (plus 10 probable cases) to 140.2 on Thursday, 50-59 — 286 cases (plus 3 probable cases, 2 down from 155.6 the previous week. This deaths, 1 less case) number is updated each 60-69 — 255 cases (plus 5 probable cases, 7 Thursday. As of Monday, a total of 4,863,177 ﬁrst doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Ohio, which is 41.60 percent of the population. A total of 4,188,222 people, 35.83 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-ASK-ODH (833-427-5634). West Virginia As of the 10 a.m. update on Monday, DHHR is reporting a total of 156,617 cases with 2,729 deaths. There was an increase of 937 cases from Friday and 10 new deaths. The daily positivity rate in the state was 5.62 percent. There are 6,983 currently active cases in the state. DHHR recently reported 810,232 ﬁrst doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to residents of West Virginia. So far, 680,025 people have been fully vaccinated. Gov. Justice urges all residents to pre-register for a vaccine appointment on vaccine. wv.gov. 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In 1943, during World Today is Tuesday, May War II, U.S. forces landed 11, the 131st day of 2021. on the Aleutian island of There are 234 days left in Attu, which was held by the Japanese; the Amerithe year. cans took the island 19 Today’s Highlight in History: days later. In 1946, the ﬁrst CARE On May 11, 1935, the packages, sent by a conRural Electriﬁcation sortium of American Administration was crecharities to provide relief ated as one of President to the hungry of postwar Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Europe, arrived at Le New Deal programs. Havre, France. In 1947, the B.F. On this date: Goodrich Company of In 1858, Minnesota became the 32nd state of Akron, Ohio, announced the development of a tubeless tire. In 1953, a tornado devastated Waco, Texas, claiming 114 lives. In 1960, Israeli agents captured Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 1973, the espionage trial of Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo in the “Pentagon Papers” case came to an end as Judge William M. Byrne dismissed all charges, citing government misconduct. In 1981, legendary reggae artist Bob Marley died in a Miami hospital at age 36. In 1996, an Atlantabound ValuJet DC-9 caught ﬁre shortly after takeoff from Miami and crashed into the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 people on board. In 1997, IBM’s “Deep Blue” computer demolished an overwhelmed Garry Kasparov, winning the six-game chess re-match between man and machine in New York. In 1998, India set off three underground atomic blasts, its ﬁrst nuclear tests in 24 years. A French mint produced the ﬁrst coins of Europe’s single currency, the euro. Ten years ago: Former hedge fund titan Raj Rajaratnam was convicted by a federal jury in New York in an insider-trading case of ﬁve counts of conspiracy and nine of securities fraud. (Rajaratnam was sentenced to 11 years in prison.) Five years ago: A white former South Carolina police ofﬁcer already facing a state murder charge in the shooting death of Black motorist Walter Scott was indicted on federal charges including depriving the victim of his civil rights. (Michael Slager pleaded guilty to violating Scott’s civil rights and was sentenced to 20 years in prison; prosecutors agreed to drop the state murder charge.) Williams From page 1 OH-70235927 House. Mr. Williams is the sole surviving Marine from WWII, to wear the Medal of Honor. Mr. Williams’ devotion to duty, service members, veterans and their families began long before that battle and before he entered the Corps. As World War II began, Woody came into direct contact with families in his own community when he delivered Western Union telegrams informing the Gold Star families of the death of their loved one. Woody says that those experiences gave him a “greater appreciation for life and an understanding of a difference in death in the normal world as expected in life, and those lost serving in the military for their country.” He also noted, “Consideration and recognition of the families of those lost in military service was very inadequate.” This observation and his personal commitment to veterans and their families brought about the creation of the Hershel Woody Williams Medal of Honor Foundation. The activities of this foundation allow Mr. Williams to continue his devotion and commitment to those who have served and the Gold Star families who have lost Loved Ones to that service above self. To date, Woody and his foundation are responsible for establishing 76 Gold Star Families Memorial Monuments across the United States with more than 74 additional monuments underway in 50 states. The Foundation continues to grow its reach by being involved in multiple initiatives across the country. Mr. Williams began his military career with a commitment to country, service members, veterans and families. He continues that commitment through his active engagement with local communities in recognizing and commemorating the service and devotion to duty of our service men and women. More facts about Williams: Following the war, Williams worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for 33 years as a Veterans Service Representative, allowing him to continue serv- Hershel Woody Williams Medal of Honor Foundation | Courtesy On Oct. 5, 1945, Hershel “Woody” Williams, at right, received the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Harry S. Truman at the White House. 7048 in Fairmont and the main bridge in BarLEARN MORE boursville, are named for For more information him as well. on Williams, visit http:// Williams has also literwww.hwwmohf.org/ ally penned dozens of Resolutions to help veterans and other causes ing veterans and their in West Virginia and families. He retired after serving throughout the United States. 20 years in the Marine The agenda for the 11 Corps and Marine Corps a.m. Memorial Day cerReserves. He served as emony in Gallipolis is as the Commandant of the follows: Veterans Nursing Home Master of Ceremonies in Barboursville, W.Va. for nearly 10 years, help- and Pledge of Allegiance — John Thomas; ing veterans who were National Anthem — often in their last years GAHS Band Member; of life. Still today, he Invocation — Pastor serves on the Governor’s Military Advisory Board John Jackson; Introduction of Comin the State of West Virginia. The West Virginia manders — Thomas; Those commanders Legislature included include: Williams in the West Bill Mangus — VFW; Virginia Hall of Fame Michael Giese — and named him a DistinAmerican Legion Galguished West Virginian lipolis; in 1980 and in 2013. Robert McCarley — His name is on the American Legion Vin“Wall of Fame” in the ton; Civic Center in the city Keith Jeffers — DAV/ of Huntington, W.Va., nominated and selected AMVETS; Larry Marr — VVA; by the former recipients Jim Doss — Marine who received this honor. The U.S. military and Corps League; Jim Oiler — Sons of its highest ofﬁcers recognized his actions and the Union Veterans. There will then be recently the Secretary of a song, then a wreath the Navy named T-ESB laying by the American 4 (Expeditionary Sea Legion Ladies Auxiliary. Base Ship 4), the USS Thomas will introduce Hershel “Woody” WilWilliams who will give liams mobile base sea vessel. She entered Navy remarks. The ceremony will service in early 2018. In then include more music 2018, the Huntington VA Medical Center, near from GAHS Band; the “Fallen Veteran’s” readWoody’s home in West ing by Gary FenderVirginia, was re-named bosch, president of the in his honor. The Hershel “Woody” Veterans Service Commission; presentation Williams VA Mediof Taps by the Honor cal Center has been Guard; Benediction improving the health by Pastor Jackson and of the men and women ﬁnally, the gun salute by who have so proudly the Honor Guard. served our nation since As for the Gallipolis 1932. In his hometown Memorial Day Parade, of Fairmont, W.Va., all veteran service the $32-million dollar organizations, busiHershel “Woody” Wilnesses, foundations and liams Armed Forces other community supReserve Center is the port groups are invited only National Guard to participate in the facility in the country parade. named after a Marine. Individuals or groups The VFW (Veterans of interested in participatForeign Wars) Hershel ing in the Memorial “Woody” Williams Post Day Parade are asked to please contact the Gallia County Veterans Service Experienced Auto Body Tech Ofﬁce at 740-446-2005 no later than Friday, and Mechanic wanted. May 21. For more information See Glenn at on Williams, visit http:// www.hwwmohf.org/ Beth Sergent contributed to this article. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Michael Miller | College Station Eagle via AP Kaitlin Chambless, left, celebrates after taking her symbolic diploma during a Texas A&M University makeup graduation ceremony for spring and summer 2020 graduates March 12 at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas. Scores of campuses around the U.S. are offering last year’s graduates a chance to experience the in-person commencements they missed out on when the pandemic upended life. Some are inviting them to join in festivities for the Class of 2021, while others are hosting separate commencements for them this spring or special events later this year. ‘Last hurrah’: 2020 college grads finally get ceremonies By Kantele Franko Like Otterbein, scores of campuses around the U.S. are offering WESTERVILLE, Ohio last year’s graduates a — After she was picked chance to experience the in-person commenceas commencement speaker for fellow 2020 ments they missed out on when the pandemic graduates at Otterbein University, Katie Exline upended life. Some are considered focusing her inviting them to join in festivities for the Class speech on perspective. of 2021. Others are hostBy the time she ﬁnally got to deliver it in front ing separate commencements for them this of them this month, spring or special events they already had some later this year. of that. “We deﬁnitely wanted “I don’t need to tell you all about the incred- to honor that 2020 just ible things we are going had a heck of a senior year, and we wanted to do or the ways that we will grow during our to try to acknowledge careers, because we have that in a positive way,” already started that pro- said Sarah Fatherly, the provost and vice cess,” Exline, fresh off president for academic her ﬁrst year of optomaffairs at North Caroetry studies at another lina’s Queens University university, said during of Charlotte, which had the socially distanced its belated ceremony at ceremony at the small Ohio school. “This past a baseball stadium in year has been ﬁlled with early May. Class president Juan uncertainties and situDiego Mazuera Arias ations far beyond anything I would have even was disappointed to not dreamed of writing in a have Queens’ traditional speech for the spring of pomp and circumstance last spring. But he tried 2020.” Associated Press not to show it, he said, because his immigrant parents were so excited about watching their Colombian-born son, now a legal resident seeking U.S. citizenship, become the ﬁrst in their family to graduate college. “This in-person graduation means the absolute world to them,” said Mazuera Arias, who studied political science and has been working in Washington. “They, in a way, get to see all their hard work being paid off through me.” The potential for commencement to be a transformative moment also factored in for planners at Owens Community College in Ohio, which decided 2020 graduates could join its May ceremony. Hunter Augustyniak, of Toledo, is eager for that celebratory closure after an anti-climactic ending with virtual classes and an internship that fell apart because of the pandemic. School board official resigns after denying systemic racism DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio school board member, who disputed the existence of systemic racism in a meeting last week, has resigned as president of the Ohio School Boards Association. Scott Huddle, a Mad River school board ofﬁcial, told parents at a school board meeting that there was no evidence of systemic racism exists and that society has improved since the time of slavery, Dayton Daily News reported. Huddle’s comments were in response to a school newsletter distributed with columns, poetry and discussion questions about diversity. According to recordings, Huddle compared the newsletter to critical race theory, calling it “reverse race discrimination” and compared the articles to Nazi education. After several objections from teachers, Huddle agreed to host a dialogue regarding systemic racism. “I obviously realize that my comments touched on some extremely sensitive issues and I want to be able to have a dialogue … and I want to listen to what other people have to say,” Huddle said. “I have heard from many people who have expressed their support and those who don’t.” Huddle will be replaced by the current president-elect, Robert M. Heard Sr., a member of the Cleveland board of education. “This is a time to come together,” Heard said. “We know that one of the advantages for public school students is the opportunity to meet people who are not like them — an experience that pays dividends long after high school. I look forward to building on OSBA’s successes, including being a champion of diversity, equity and inclusion.” It is not immediately clear if Huddle resigned from his position as president or from the OSBA as a whole. �COMICS Ohio Valley Publishing Tuesday, May 11, 2021 5 Having A Yard Sale? Call your classified department to schedule your ad today! 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Wahama (8-0, 6-0) — which has outscored opponents by a combined 79-2 so far this season — had the game’s ﬁrst base runners in the second inning, but left two in scoring position. A trio of twoout errors in the ﬁfth inning allowed WHS to score ﬁve runs, capped off by a two-run double from Victoria VanMatre. The Lady Rebels (7-1, 4-1) ended the no-hit bid in the seventh inning, but left the runner stranded on ﬁrst and fell 5-0. Mikie Lieving was the winning pitcher of record, striking out 12 in a complete game one-hitter. Chloe Elliott — who had Ritchie County’s lone hit — took the pitching loss in a complete game, striking out eight. Amber Wolfe led the Red and White on offense, going 2-for-3 with a run scored. VanMatre doubled once and drove in two runs, while Lieving and Lauren Noble both singled once and scored once. Valley Conference play on a solid note Friday with a 4-3 victory over host Fairland. Gallia Academy (11-15, 7-7 OVC) trailed 2-0 after an inning of play, but the guests turned things around with three runs in the top of the third. Maddi Meadows delivered a 1-out double that plated both Bailie Young and Taylor Mathie for a tie game, then Meadows scored on a 2-out triple by Addy Burke that resulted in a permanent lead of 3-2. Hannah Ehman scored in the sixth on a groundout by Jenna Harrison that doubled the lead, which Gallia Academy 4, Fairland 3 The Blue Angels ended Ohio See FALCONS | 8 TRACK AND FIELD ROUNDUP White Falcons fall to Winfield, 17-7 From staff reports The Wahama baseball team trailed by a single run after ﬁve innings, but Winﬁeld scored nine unanswered over the last two frames for the 17-7 non-conference win on Friday at Claﬂin Stadium. The Generals (7-6) led 2-0 on a two-run Dylan Kuhl double in the top of the ﬁrst, but Wahama tied it up in the home half after a two-run single by Trey Ohlinger. Ethan Barnitz doubled home Logan Roach in the following inning, giving the hosts a 3-2 lead. Winﬁeld was back in front after a three-run fourth inning, but Wahama answered with three runs in the bottom half for a 6-5 advantage. However, a three-run home run by Jaxson Cunningham gave the guests the lead for good in the following frame. Wahama got back to within one with a run in the home half of the ﬁfth, but Winﬁeld scored once in the sixth and eight times in the seventh, capping off the 17-7 win. Bray Boggs struck out two in four innings of work and was the winning pitcher of record. Nathan Manuel took the loss in 1.1 innings of relief for Wahama, striking out one. Barnitz pitched the ﬁrst 3.1 innings for the hosts, striking out three. Ohlinger also struck out three in one inning of relief, while Bryce Zuspan struck out one in 1.1 frames. Leading the White Falcon offense, Barnitz was 3-for-4 with two doubles, two RBIs, and a run scored, while Logan Roach went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and one RBI. The General offense was led by Peyton Stover, who was 4-for-6 with four runs scored and two RBIs, and Kuhl, who doubled three times and drove in four runs. See BASEBALL | 8 OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Tuesday, May 11 Baseball South Gallia at Southern (DH), 5 p.m. Federal Hocking at Meigs, 5 p.m. Symmes Valley at Southern, 5 p.m. Ravenswood at Wahama, 6 p.m. Eastern at Alexander, 5 p.m. Hannan at Cross Lanes Christian, 5:30 Softball Eastern at Belpre, 5 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. Wednesday, May 12 Baseball Federal Hocking at River Valley, 5 p.m. Eastern at Southeastern, 5 p.m. Wellston at Meigs, 5 p.m. Ironton St. Joseph at South Gallia, 5 p.m. Southern at Alexander, 5 p.m. Wahama at Charleston Catholic, 6 p.m. Softball FU/RV winner vs. Athens/Circleville winner, 5 p.m. GA/Warren winner vs. Meigs/Unioto winner, 5 p.m. Point Pleasant at Wahama, 6 p.m. Alexander at Eastern, 5 p.m. Wellston at Meigs, 5 p.m. Track and Field Eastern at Nelsonville-York, 4:30 Bryan Walters|OVP Sports Wahama senior Abbie Lieving leaps through the air during an attempt in the long jump event Friday at the Paul Wood Invitational in Point Pleasant, W.Va. Locals compete at Wood Invite By Bryan Walters bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com The Winﬁeld girls and Cabell Midland boys came away with top honors on Friday night at the 2021 Paul Wood Invitational held at Ohio Valley Bank Track and Field on the campus of Point Pleasant High School. The Lady Generals cruised to a 21-point victory over the 11-team girls ﬁeld with a ﬁnal mark of 118 points. Parkersburg was second with 97 points, while Point Pleasant ended up third with 78 points. Wahama (16) and Hannan (1) respectively placed eighth and 11th overall. The Lady Knights came away with four individual titles out of the 18 events, with Elicia Wood and Addy Cottrill providing a pair of wins apiece. Cottrill won both the shot put (37-3) and discus (127-2) events, while Wood captured the 100m hurdles (16.48) and high jump (5-3) crowns while also placing second in the 300m hurdles (48.71). The quartet of Katelynn Smith, Brooke Warner, Skyla Hall and Kendall Connolly ﬁnished second in the 4x102.5m shuttle hurdles relay with a time of 1:19.04. Kayla Butler was third in the shot put (34-5) as well for PPHS. Abbie Lieving paced the Lady Falcons with a runner-up ﬁnish in the high jump (4-8) and third place effort in the long jump (14-11.5). The foursome of Hannah Chapple, Alexis Lowe, Yanara Gonzalez and Summer Nance accounted for the Lady Cats’ point after ﬁnishing sixth in the 4x100m relay with a time of 1:04.65. The Scarlet Knights edged out Point Pleasant by ﬁve points for the boys title as CMHS posted a winning mark of 110 points. The Black Knights were second out of nine scoring teams with 105 points, while Parkersburg was third with 104 points. The White Falcons ended up eighth in the standing with 11 points, while the Wildcats did not score a point in the boys competition. PPHS accumulated two event titles after the quartet of Jonathan Grifﬁn, Preston Taylor, Gavin Jeffers and Trey Peck won both the 4x100m relay (46.43) and 4x200m relay (1:35.99) competitions. The 4x110m shuttle hurdles relay team of Cael McCutcheon, Brayden Wise, Ian Wood and Luke Derenberger placed second with a time of 1:05.89. Wood, Trenton Murphy, Hector Castillo and Brayden Randolph also placed third in the 4x800m relay with a mark of 9:10.85. Taylor was the 100m dash runner-up with a time of 11.57 seconds, while McCutcheon was second in the pole vault with a height of 11 feet even. Cody Schultz was also second in the discus with a throw of 147 feet even. Grifﬁn was third in the 400m dash (52.05) and Derenberger was third in the high jump (5-8) as well for PPHS. Ryker Humphreys recorded the lone top-3 ﬁnish for the White Falcons after placing third in the long jump with a distance of 17 feet, 2.25 inches. GAHS at Rock Hill Invite The Blue Angels ﬁnished second in an 11-team girls ﬁeld and the Blue Devils ended up seventh in an 11-team boys ﬁeld on Friday at the 2021 Rock Hill Invitational held at Rock Hill High School. Coal Grove won the girls title with 142 points, while the Blue Angels were just over 40 points back with a ﬁnal tally of 101.5 points. GAHS record four event championships at the meet, including the 4x800m relay title as the quartet of Sarah Watts, Courtney Corvin, Kennedy Smith and Ava Hamilton posted a winning mark of 10:40.99. Watts won the 3200m run (11:39.16) event and Callie Wilson claimed the pole vault (10-6) crown, while Chanee Cremeens captured the shot put title with a throw of 30 feet, 8.25 inches. The foursome of Wilson, Gabby McConnell, Makayla Bryant and Alivia Lear ended up second in the 4x100m relay (54.55). Corvin, Smith, Brooke Hamilton and Jayln Short was also third in the 4x400m relay (4:47.89). Corvin placed second in the 800m run (2:41.45) and Carolina Sola was the high jump runner-up with a height of 4 feet, 6 inches. Smith was also third in the 800m run (2:45.53). Rock Hill won the boys title with 141 points, with Portsmouth coming in as the runner-up with 101.5 points. The Blue Devils See WOOD | 8 �SPORTS/CLASSIFIEDS 8 Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing Wood L O C A L R E S U LT S SOFTBALL Wahama 5, Ritchie County 0 (Friday) RCHS 000 000 0 — 0-1-4 WHS 000 050 x — 5-5-1 WP: Mikie Lieving (7IP, 1H, 12K) LP: Chloe Elliott (6IP, 5R, 5H, 8K, 1BB) Ritchie County (7-1): Elliott 1-3. Wahama (8-0): Amber Wolfe 2-3 (RS), Victoria VanMatre 1-3 (2RBI), Lauren Noble 1-3 (RS), Lieving 1-3 (RS). 2B: VanMatre. Gallia Academy 4, Fairland 3 (Friday) GAHS 003 001 0 — 4-7-2 FHS 200 000 1 — 3-6-3 WP: Bella Barnette (7IP, R, 4H, 5K, BB) LP: Kaylee Salyer (7IP, 3K, BB) Gallia Academy (11-15, 7-7 OVC): Taylor Mathie 2-4 (RBI, RS), Addy Burke 2-3 (RBI), Jenna Harrison 1-4 (RBI), Maddi Meadows 1-4 (RBI), Emma Hammons 1-4, Bailie Young (RS), Hannah Ehman (2RS). Fairland: Vonville 2-3, Pruitt 1-3 (RS), Bowen 1-2 (RBI), Reedy 1-3, Judge 1-3, Kristy (RS), Clark (RS). 2B: Mathie 2, Meadows; Pruitt, Reedy. 3B: Burke. River Valley 10, East Carter 0 (Friday) RVHS 200 206 — 10-14-1 ECHS 000 000 — 0-3-3 WP: Sierra Somerville (6IP, 6K, BB) LP: Tussey (6IP, K) River Valley: Grace Hash 3-4 (2RS), Abbigail Hollanbaugh 3-4 (RBI, RS), Malerie Stanley 2-4 (2RBI, 2RS), Brooklyn Sizemore 2-4 (2RBI, RS), Riley Bradley 1-4 (RBI, RS), Sierra Somerville 1-4 (RBI), Brooklyn Jones 1-3 (RS), Chloe Litchfield 1-3 (2RBI, 2RS). East Carter: Prichard 2-3, Cordle 1-2. 2B: Stanley 2, Somerville. HR: Litchfield. BASEBALL Winfield 17, Wahama 7 (Friday) WI 200 331 8 — 17-18-2 WA 210 310 0 — 7-9-2 WP: Bray Boggs (4IP, 7R, 9H, 2K, 3BB) LP: Nathan Manuel (1.1IP 3R, 2H, 1K) Winfield (7-6): Peyton Stover 4-6 (4RS, 2RBI), Dylan Kuhl 3-5 (4RBI), Boggs 3-5 (3RS), Rece Amburgy 2-4 (2RS, 2RBI), Jaxson Cunningham 2-5 (2RS, 4RBI), Brycen Brown 2-5 (RS, 2RBI), Carter Perry 1-3 (RS, RBI), Karson Frye 1-3 (RS). Wahama (4-5): Ethyn Barnitz 3-4 (RS, 2RBI), Logan Roach 2-4 Baseball complete game for Eastern, striking out six. Logan Martin pitched the ﬁnal 1.1 innings for Wellston, strikFrom page 7 ing out two and taking the loss. Leading the Eagles Eastern 6, Wellston 5 at the plate, Ridenour was The Eastern baseball 3-for-5 with a double, a run team forced extra innings, trailed by three in the ninth, scored and two RBIs, while Smith went 2-for-3 with but pulled off a 6-5 victory two runs scored. Jeremiah over non-conference guest Frisby, Brock Eggers and Wellston after a walk-off Jace McKenzie had two hits single by Jace Bullington. apiece for Wellston, with The Golden Rockets (10Frisby scoring a team-best 12) took a 1-0 lead in the two runs. top of the third inning, but the Eagles (11-5-1) tied it at one on a Matthew Point Pleasant 13, Blanchard RBI double in Spring Valley 10 the bottom half. WHS was Point Pleasant notched its back up by one after an RBI ninth straight victory after single by Zach Wilbur in the rallying back from a 4-0 top of the seventh, but EHS deﬁcit after three innings forced extra-innings with Friday during a 13-10 an RBI single from Conner decision over host Spring Ridenour with two outs in Valley in a non-conference the bottom of the inning. matchup. The Big Blacks Wellston stranded a run(11-2) erupted for ﬁve runs ner on third in the eighth in the top of the fourth for inning, but broke through their ﬁrst lead, but the Timfor three runs on four hits in berwolves answered with the ninth. EHS was back to a score in their half of the within one after an RBI dou- fourth for a 5-all contest. A ble by Ridenour and an RBI Riley Oliver 2-RBI double single from Preston Thorla. in the top of the ﬁfth gave Bullington then singled to PPHS a permanent lead and center ﬁeld, bringing home sparked a 3-run outburst both Ridenour and Thorla for an 8-5 cushion, but the for the 6-5 walk-off victory. hosts responded with two Brayden Smith was the win- runs in their half of the ning pitcher of record in a sixth to close to within (2RS, RBI), Ethan Gray 1-2 (RS, RBI), Bryce Zuspan 1-2 (RS, RBI), Trey Ohlinger 1-4 (2RBI), Aaron Henry 1-4. 2B: Kuhl 3, Perry, Boggs; Barnitz 2. HR: Cunningham. Eastern 6, Wellston 5 (Friday) WHS 001 000 103 — 5-9-0 EHS 001 000 104 — 6-9-2 WP: Brayden Smith (9IP, 5R, 9H, 6K, 1BB) LP: Logan Martin (1.1IP, 4R, 4H, 2K, 1BB) Wellston (10-12): Jeremiah Frisby 2-4 (2RS), Brock Eggers 2-4 (RS, RBI), Jace McKenzie 2-4 (RS, RBI), Austen Fetherolf 1-3 (RS), Zach Wilbur 1-4 (RBI), Chase Ingalls 1-4. Eastern (11-5-1): Conner Ridenour 3-5 (RS, 2RBI), Smith 2-3 (2RS), Matthew Blanchard 1-3 (RS, RBI), Preston Thorla 1-4 (RS, RBI), Brad Hawk 1-4, Jace Bullington 1-5 (2RBI). 2B: McKenzie; Ridenour, Blanchard. Point Pleasant 13, Spring Valley 10 (Friday) PPHS 000 530 5 — 13-10-4 SVHS 202 102 3 — 10-12-1 WP: Joel Beattie (5IP, 5R, 8H, 5K) LP: Tyree (3.2IP, 5R, 5H, 4K, BB) Point Pleasant (11-2): Joel Beattie 2-4 (2RS), Tanner Mitchell 2-3 (2RBI, 2RS), Isaac Craddock 2-5 (2RBI, RS), Hunter Lilly 1-3 (4RBI), Wyatt Wilson 1-3 (2RBI, RS), Kyelar Morrow 1-3 (RBI, RS), Evan Roach 1-4 (RBI, 3RS), Hunter Bush (2RS), Riley Oliver (RBI, RS). Spring Valley: Shumaker 3-4 (2RS), Stratton 2-5 (RBI, 2RS), McKinney 2-3 (RBI, RS), Hinchman 1-5 (2RBI), Hayton 1-3 (RS), Stollings 1-3 (2RBI), Cole 1-4 (RS), Lemon 1-2 (2RS), Dixon (RS). 2B: Lilly, Morrow, Roach. 3B: Stollings. From page 7 ended up seventh overall with 56 points. Riley Starnes captured two event titles for GAHS in the shot put (43-9) and discus (143-0) events, while Tristin Crisenbery won the 300m hurdles with a mark of 43.20 seconds. Daunevyn Woodson claimed the 100m dash title with a time of 11.61 seconds and was also third in the 200m dash with a mark of 23.52 seconds. Visit runwv.com for results from the Paul Wood Invitational and also visit baumspage.com for results from the Rock Hill Invitational. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Eastern 12, Nelsonville-York 8 (Saturday) EHS 010 180 2 — 12-8-1 NYHS 310 202 0 — 8-10-1 WP: William Oldaker (4IP, 6R, 6H, 6K, 4BB) LP: Lewis (4.1IP, 8R, 4H, 7K, 5BB) Eastern (12-5-1): Oldaker 2-2 (2RS, RBI), Matthew Blanchard 2-5 (2RS, RBI), Preston Thorla 1-3 (RS), Conner Ridenour 1-3 (RS, 2RBI), Brayden Smith 1-5 (RBI). Nelsonville-York: Loge 2-2 (3RS), Williams 2-4 (2RBI), Bennington 2-5 (RS, 4RBI), Douglas 1-3 (RBI), Douglas 1-3 (2RS), Lewis 1-4 (RS, RBI), Richards 1-4 (RS). 2B: Blanchard, Oldaker, Ridenour. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. Falcons From page 7 proved important as the Lady Dragons produced a seventh inning run when Halie Clark scored on a wild pitch to complete the 1-run outcome. Bella Barnette worked seven inning of relief in picking up the win, allowing only one run, four hits and a walk while striking out ﬁve. GAHS outhit Fairland by a 7-6 edge and also committed only two of the ﬁve errors in the game. Mathie and Burke led the Blue Angels with two hits apiece, while Vonville paced FHS with two safeties. 8-7. Point Pleasant added ﬁve runs in the top of the seventh, and SVHS scored three times in the seventh before running out of atbats in the 3-run outcome. Spring Valley outhit the guests by a 12-10 overall margin, with PPHS also committing four of the ﬁve errors in the game. Joel Beattie allowed ﬁve runs and eight hits over ﬁve innings while striking out ﬁve in the winning decision. Beattie, Tanner Mitchell and Isaac Craddock each had two hits and combined for four RBIs and ﬁve runs scored. Lilly also produced a team-best four RBIs in the triumph. Shumaker paced the Timberwolves with three hits, while both Cole and Hinchman drove in a pair of runs. ker. The Buckeyes were up 4-1 after the home second, but back-to-back doubles by Matthew Blanchard and Conner Ridenour in the top of the fourth got Eastern back on the board. NYHS led 6-2 after the home fourth, but the Eagles scored eight runs on two hits, two hit batters and six walks in the top of the ﬁfth. Nelsonville-York trimmed the deﬁcit back to two in the home sixth, but the Green and White capped off the 12-8 win with a two-run seventh. Oldaker was the winning pitcher of record in a four innings of work, striking out six batters. Owen Johnson tossed two innings in relief and struck out one, while Ridenour closed the game for EHS, striking out three. Lewis pitched 4.1 innings for NYHS, taking the loss and striking out Eastern 12, Nelsonville-York 8 seven. Leading EHS at the The Eastern baseball plate, Oldaker was 2-for-2 team went from down and Blanchard was 2-for-5, four to up four in a single both doubling once, scoring inning on Saturday, as the Eagles soared to a 12-8 vic- twice and driving in a run. Loge, Williams and Bentory over non-league host Nelsonville-York. The Buck- nington had two hits each for the Buckeyes, with a eyes were up 3-0 an inning inning, with four hits in the game-best three runs scored by Loge and a game-high frame. EHS (12-5-1) got a four RBIs from Bennington. run back in the top of the © 2021 Ohio Valley Pubsecond, with Jace Bullington driving in William Olda- lishing, all rights reserved. River Valley 10, East Carter 0 The Lady Raiders pounded out 14 of the 17 hits on Friday night and cruised to a 10-0 victory over host East Carter during a 6-inning non-conference matchup in the Bluegrass State. River Valley took a permanent lead in the top of the ﬁrst as a Brooklyn Sizemore sacriﬁce ﬂy allowed Grace Hash to score for a 1-0 edge. Malerie Stanley also scored on an error in that frame as RVHS built a 2-0 cushion. The guests doubled that lead in the fourth on a 2-out, 2-run homer by Chloe Litchﬁeld, then River Valley sent 10 batters to the plate in the top of the sixth — resulting in six runs that were all scored with two outs in the inning. ECHS mustered the only walk of the game with two away in the bottom of the sixth, but that baserunner was thrown out at second on a steal attempt while also ending the mercy-rule outcome. Sierra Somerville allowed a walk and struck out six in six innings for the win. Hash and Abbigail Hollanbaugh paced the Lady Raiders with three hits each, while Stanley and Sizemore added two safeties apiece. Prichard led East Carter with two hits. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO Freedom Mortgage Corporation Plaintiff, vs. John Doe(s) Name(s) Unknown, the Unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, beneficiaries of John H. Brewer and their unknown spouses and creditors; and the unknown spouse of John H. 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(740) 446-2342 or fax to (740) 446-3008 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN LEGALS (740) 992-2155 or fax to (740) 992-2157 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN REAL ESTATE Legals 7KH 9LOODJH RI 3RPHUR\ LV RIIHULQJ IRU VDOH D �� &KHYUROHW ILUH WUXFN�6HDOHG ELGV PXVW EH GHOLYHUHG WR WKH 3RPHUR\ 0D\RU V 2IILFH DQG WKH GHDGOLQH IRU ELGV LV 0D\ ��WK DW � SP� 7KH 9LOODJH KDV WKH ULJKW WR DFFHSW RU UHMHFW DQ\ RU DOO ELGV� 3KRQH �� IRU PRUH GHWDLOV �� Best Deal New & Used MARK PORTER FORD Home of the Car Fairy OH-70004516 OH-70232175 www.markporterauto.com For Sale By Owner �� DFUHV 3 BR 1 BA MH Reedsville. $17,140. �� (304) 675-1333 or fax to (304) 675-5234 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN ROGERS BASEMENT WATERPROOFING 8QFRQGLWLRQDO /LIHWLPH *XDUDQWHH (VWDEOLVKHG �� %DVHPHQW :DOOV %UDFHG +XQGUHGV 2I /RFDO 5HIHUHQFHV /LFHQVHG� %RQGHG ,QVXUHG FREE ESTIMATES 24 Hours (740) 446-0870 www.rogersbasementwaterproofing.com Amy Carter Product Specialist �� !�� !� �� amycarter@markporterauto.com Case No.21CV000025 Judge Margaret Evans LEGAL NOTICE John Doe(s) Name(s) Unknown, the Unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, beneficiaries of John H. Brewer and their unknown spouses and creditors; and the unknown spouse of John H. Brewer, whose last known address is 1378 Mccormick Road, Gallipolis, OH 45631, John Doe(s) Name(s) Unknown, the Unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, beneficiaries of Donna Brewer and their unknown spouses and creditors; and the unknown spouse of Donna Brewer, whose last known address is 1378 McCormick Road, Gallipolis, OH 45631, will take notice that on April 12, 2021, Freedom Mortgage Corporation filed its Complaint in the Gallia County Court of Common Pleas at 18 Locust Street, Room 1290, Gallipolis, OH 45631, assigned Case No. 21CV000025 and styled Freedom Mortgage Corporation vs. John Doe(s) Name(s) Unknown, the Unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, beneficiaries of John H. Brewer and their unknown spouses and creditors; and the unknown spouse of John H. Brewer, et al. The object of, and demand for relief in, the Complaint is to foreclose the lien of Plaintiff's mortgage recorded upon the real estate described below and in which Plaintiff alleges that the foregoing defendants have or claim to have an interest: Parcel number(s): 00800130502 Property address: 1378 Mccormick Road, Gallipolis, OH 45631 The defendants named above are required to answer the Complaint within twenty-eight (28) days after the last publication of this legal notice. This legal notice will be published once a week for three successive weeks. Angela D. Kirk Manley Deas Kochalski LLC P. O. Box 165028 Columbus, OH 43216-5028 614-220-5611 adk@manleydeas.com 4/27/21,5/4/21,5/11/21 �SPORTS Ohio Valley Publishing Tuesday, May 11, 2021 9 Truex Jr. dominates at Darlington for 3rd win of year DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Martin Truex Jr. got nervous in a hurry near the end of his dominating drive at Darlington Raceway. Barely pushed much of the race, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver suddenly saw Kyle Larson catching up in the closing laps. Truex, though, called on his steady demeanor and track focus to pull away for his third NASCAR Cup Series victory this season. Not that it was easy. When Truex noticed Larson right behind him inside of 30 laps left, he thought, “Oh, man, he’s right behind me. “You’re heart rate goes up,” he continued, “You’re anxiety goes up.” Very quickly, Truex was back to his steady, powerhouse driving at the track “Too Tough To Tame.” “Hopefully, we can keep this rolling,” Truex said. Truex’s owner, Joe Gibbs, told him after that Larson gave the threetime Super Bowl winning coach a scare. “Yeah, he scared me, too,” Truex told him. The victory gave Truex some payback at Darlington from the last time here last September, when he led 196 laps, yet ﬁnished 22nd after tangling for the lead late with Chase Elliott. This time, Truex made sure he had no issues by running out front — often holding a 10-second lead on the ﬁeld — to win for the second time at the track “Too Tough To Tame.” Truex led 248 of the 293 laps for his 30th career victory in NASCAR’s top series. He’s the only driver with multiple wins over the year’s ﬁrst 12 races. “It’s fun when you’re out front,” Truex said. “You’re always just mindful on staying focused on what you’re doing.” No one was more focused at Darlington than Truex. He took control midway through the ﬁrst of three stages, moving in front on a restart and settling in for a long ride up front. Truex led the ﬁnal 21 laps to take the ﬁrst stage, then the last 36 as he collected the second stage win by some 14 seconds over his JGR teammate Kyle Busch. Truex broke out when racing resumed for the ﬁnal stage and easily managed a couple of rounds of green-ﬂag pits stops to stay ahead. Larson was second with Truex’s teammate, Kyle Busch, third. William Byron was fourth and Denny Hamlin, who came in as the NASCAR points’ leader, was ﬁfth. Larson charged hard to catch up, even using a dramatic sliding pass between Ryan Newman and Tyler Reddick to keep chasing the lead. Hey, isn’t that …? There were a handful of NASCAR guests and fans allowed to roam the garage area, the ﬁrst time that’s been allowed in the sport since the coronavirus shut down stock-car racing in March 2020. Kevin Harvick won at Darlington last May without fans in the facility last May. There were about 8,000 or so fans in the stands. There were about double that amount here Sunday and Darlington ofﬁcials said they’ll open the grandstands to all who want to come for the Southern 500 on Sept. 5. Up next NASCAR heads to Dover International Speedway for another triple-header weekend where the Camping World Truck Series and Xﬁnity Series will take place before the Cup Series race at the Monster Mile. Kevin Harvick won the Cup Series event there in 2020, part of his season best nine victories. Tortorella out after 6 years as Blue Jackets coach COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — John Tortorella is out as coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets after six seasons. General manager Jarmo Kekalainen said in a statement Sunday that parting ways with the winningest coach in franchise history was a mutual decision. The 62-year-old Tortorella was in the last year of his contract, and the separation wasn’t a surprise after a tumultuous season that saw the Blue Jackets plunge to last place in their division amid the coach’s admitted failure to inﬂuence the team culture. “Torts and I have had numerous conversations throughout the season, and we have agreed that the time is right for both he and the club to go our separate ways,” Keka- lainen said a day after the Blue Jackets concluded the season with a 5-4 overtime win against Detroit. “He is a great coach and his accomplishments with our club over the past six seasons speak for themselves.” The Blue Jackets went 227-166-54 under Tortorella, including a franchise-best 50-24-8 ﬁnish in 2016-17. But the wheels fell off during a terrible 2020-21 season (18-26-12). The late-starting 56-game season began with the refusal of PierreLuc Dubois, one of the team’s brightest stars who often clashed with Tortorella, to sign a longterm contract. He was promptly traded to Winnipeg for forward Patrik Laine, who didn’t perform to expectations. The Blue Jackets were unable to win consistently but managed to stay within striking distance of a playoff spot in the Central Division until late March when the losses began piling up. Stars Zach Werenski and Boone Jenner were lost to season-ending injuries. The trade deadline brought the sell-off of beloved captain Nick Foligno and defenseman David Savard, two of the foundations of the team during Tortorella’s tenure, as well as stalwart center Riley Nash. There was a nine-game winless streak. Tortorella, known for his ﬁery temper and demanding, no-nonsense coaching style, acknowledged at times that he didn’t like the effort and culture of the team and was trying to reshape it during the season. “We’ve gone through this a lot in the past few years and we were able to get the room straightened out,” Tortorella said after Saturday night’s game. “I did not do a good enough job in getting that to happen with the new personnel coming in, some distractions early on. We just never felt comfortable with the room as far as being cohesive. That’s my responsibility. Great learning experience.” Tortorella clashed with his share of players. He says he treated all of them the same and wasn’t afraid to bench his stars if they deserved it. But players by and large respect him, especially the ones who gave the maximum effort and work ethic he demanded. “He holds everybody accountable,” said forward Oliver Bjorkstrand, who developed into the team’s top scorer during Tortorella’s tenure. “It’s a process for a lot of guys, and it takes some time to learn. There’s times when he yells at you and puts pressure on you to play better and so on, but when you look back on it, it deﬁnitely helps you.” “He’s deﬁnitely been one of the most — if not the most — important person in this organization,” forward Cam Atkinson said. Kekalainen brought Tortorella aboard seven games into the 2015-16 season after Todd Richards was ﬁred. Tortorella, known for his difﬁcult training camps, made the most of the rosters he was given in Columbus, winning the Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s best coach in 2016-17 and ﬁnishing as a ﬁnalist after the 2019-20 season. After reaching the postseason just twice in the ﬁrst 15 years of the franchise, the Blue Jackets under Tortorella strung together four consecutive playoff appearances. In 2019, they stunned the NHL’s best team, the Tampa Bay Lightning, in a ﬁrst-round playoff sweep. NOW LEASING: JACOB’S CROSSING 800 St. Rt. 325 S Thurman, OH 45685 AUCTION Jacob’s Crossing is a friendly community that offers something for everyone to live an active and social life with a clubhouse, picnic area, and more. Each of our 1 and 2-bedroom apartments feature energy efficient electric appliances. We are conveniently located 1 minute from Giovanni’s, Kalis, and Twinkleberries Coffee & Bake Shop, 3 minutes from Rio Grande Elementary and Stanley L Evans Athletic and Recreation Field, 13 minutes from Save-A-Lot, and 19 minutes from Ohio River Plaza and Walmart. SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2021 @ 10:00 A.M. OH-70236395 LOCATED AT 46065 ST. RT. 124, RACINE OH 45771. 6.7 MILES EAST OF POMEROY ON ST. RT. 124. 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If not in school, place in the Dropbox at DJFS 848 Third Avenue, Gallipolis, Ohio TERMS: CASH OR CHECK W/VALID PICTURE ID FOOD BY K & B EATS & TREATS 304-773-5447 OR 304-593-5118 Go to www.auctionzip.com for pics OH-70236437 OH-70233430 RICK PEARSON AUCTION CO #66 �NEWS/WEATHER 10 Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Daily Sentinel States push jobless to return to work By Wilson Ring Associated Press STOWE, Vt. — Eduardo Rovetto is hoping the state of Vermont’s reinstated requirement that people who are collecting unemployment beneﬁts must seek work to qualify will help him hire enough staff for his restaurant in the resort town of Stowe. After more than a year of coronavirus restrictions on his business, Piecasso Pizzeria & Lounge, he’s expecting a breakout summer tourism season, but like employers across the country he’s worried he won’t have enough workers. “We’ve been getting many excuses as to why not to return,” said Rovetto, who is offering a signing bonus of up to $600 to try to add 15 to 20 employees who agree to stay through the middle of October. “Obviously, it was a legitimate one with COVID, but, you know, I think that’s getting used less and less now. The vaccines are free, they are out there for anyone.” Many employers are telling similar stories. Fourteen months after COVID-19 put hundreds of thousands of people out of work, the U.S. economy is rebounding and employers are desperate for workers. The challenge was highlighted Friday when employers nationwide added 266,000 jobs, far fewer than expected, Wilson Ring | AP Eduardo Rovetto poses outside his restaurant, Piecasso Pizzeria & Lounge, on Saturday in Stowe, Vt. Rovetto says he would like to hire between 15 and 20 workers before what is expected to be a busy summer tourist season, but he’s not getting enough interest. Similar complaints are heard across the country and many states, including Vermont, are beginning to push those who lost jobs during the pandemic back into the workforce. TODAY 8 AM 2 PM 48° 61° 58° Mostly sunny and cool today. Patchy clouds tonight. High 64° / Low 34° 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 (in inches) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Mon. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date 0.04 1.49 1.44 16.66 14.82 SUN & MOON Today 6:20 a.m. 8:31 p.m. 6:23 a.m. 8:35 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 Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services 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 Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Major 11:56a 12:18a 1:06a 1:58a 2:53a 3:49a 4:45a Minor 5:45a 6:30a 7:18a 8:11a 9:06a 10:02a 10:58a Major ---12:14p 1:30p 2:23p 3:18p 4:15p 5:11p Minor 6:07p 6:53p 7:42p 8:35p 9:31p 10:27p 11:24p WEATHER HISTORY A deadly tornado swept through Waco, Texas, on May 11, 1953. The twister killed 114 people and caused $200 million in damage. May 11, 1951, marks the latest springtime snowfall in Baltimore. Portsmouth 61/36 500 Primary pollutant: Ozone Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. Mon. Flood 24-hr. Location Stage Level Chg. Willow Island 37 12.72 +0.68 Marietta 34 21.26 +1.76 Parkersburg 36 23.08 -0.37 Belleville 35 12.91 +0.08 Racine 41 12.79 -0.11 Point Pleasant 40 25.25 -0.33 Gallipolis 50 12.22 -0.08 Huntington 50 27.89 -1.07 Ashland 52 34.94 -0.71 Lloyd Greenup 54 12.20 -0.49 Portsmouth 50 25.20 -1.20 Maysville 50 34.70 -0.60 Meldahl Dam 51 26.40 -1.80 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021 Logan 59/33 Ashland 62/39 Grayson 62/39 SATURDAY 70° 38° 71° 47° MONDAY 78° 57° Variable cloudiness; showers at night Sun and areas of low clouds NATIONAL CITIES Belpre 60/35 St. Marys 59/35 Parkersburg 59/35 Wilkesville 61/33 POMEROY Jackson 63/33 61/34 Ravenswood Rio Grande 63/34 63/34 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 57/35 GALLIPOLIS 64/34 62/33 63/33 Elizabeth 61/36 Spencer 61/33 Buffalo 62/34 Milton 62/37 Huntington 62/39 NATIONAL FORECAST © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. 77° 53° Marietta 59/35 Murray City 59/33 Coolville 60/35 Ironton 62/39 jury listened to them, believed them, and gave them justice,” Stanley said. “Each child was incredibly brave this week, and I hope their healing process continues and that these guilty verdicts can aid them along that journey by providing a sense of positive closure on the criminal justice aspect of their trauma.” Warner scheduled a sexually violent predator hearing in the case for 2 p.m. on May 28. Sentencing will take place following the hearing. SUNDAY Pleasant with clouds Nice with times of sun and sun and clouds Athens 60/33 McArthur 60/33 South Shore Greenup 62/38 59/35 34 0 50 100 150 200 Chillicothe 59/33 Lucasville 62/35 Very High Partly sunny Gov. Doug Ducey said when announcing the resumption of the work-search requirement. “This statement rings true today. Unemployment beneﬁts are still available to Arizonans who need them, but now that plenty of jobs are available, those receiving the beneﬁts should be actively looking for work.” Arkansas, Mississippi, Montana and South Carolina are planning to stop accepting the $300 beneﬁt. In announcing last week that beginning June 27 unemployed workers will no longer receive the $300 beneﬁt, Montana Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte said it was “doing more harm than good.” Rachel Mata, an area manager for a Fayetteville, North Carolina-based stafﬁng company, said it’s been increasingly difﬁcult to ﬁnd people for positions since the passage of the latest federal COVID-19 relief bill. “We get candidates who will mention, ‘Hey, you know, why would I go to work when I get paid more on unemployment to sit at home?’” said Mata. At a recent job fair, only one candidate showed up, said Mata, whose company, Mega Force Stafﬁng Group Inc., mainly focuses on manufacturing jobs. In other cases, candidates have gone through the stafﬁng company’s onboarding process, only to not show up on their start date. attorney, and support staff for pursuing justice in this case for almost three years;… the Meigs County Victim Assistance Program victim advocates, past and present, who were there for these victims through the entire criminal justice process;… the Meigs County Department of Job & Family Services caseworkers and the forensic interviewers at the Child Protection Center of Chillicothe for investigating this matter and assisting the victims.” “These children suffered so much, and I am so thankful that the FRIDAY 69° 38° Adelphi 58/33 Very High Primary: oak/mulberry/walnut Mold: 959 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 60/34 Pollen: 66 Low MOON PHASES THURSDAY Partly sunny and remaining cool 0 Primary: ascospores,unk. Wed. 6:19 a.m. 8:31 p.m. 6:52 a.m. 9:34 p.m. WEDNESDAY 64° 33° Statistics through 3 p.m. Mon. 60° 43° 74° 51° 95° in 1936 27° in 1966 EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM ALMANAC High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low tor James K. Stanley and defense attorney Jenny Evans before the jury was given instructions and began deliberations. Judge Linda Warner remanded Hess to the custody of the Meigs County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce after the reading of the verdict. Hess’ brother, John Hess, was convicted of Gross Sexual Imposition in 2019 for sexual assaults he committed in 2015 against the rape victim in this case. In the news release, Stanley thanked “the staff in his ofﬁce, including the investigator, assistant prosecuting Hess was found not guilty of a fourth count of Gross Sexual Imposition related to alleged sexual contact he had with a seven-year-old girl in 2017.” Jury selection in the case took place last Monday morning, with opening statements and the ﬁrst witnesses called that afternoon. Witnesses at the trial included the four alleged victims, children services and child protection center case workers, the mother of the defendant and Hess, who testiﬁed in his own defense. On Friday, closing arguments were made by Prosecu- counts of Gross Sexual Imposition are third degree felonies and relate to Hess touchFrom page 1 ing an eight-year-old of deliberation, the jury boy on his buttocks and returned the verdict late penis for purposes of Friday night, convicting sexual arousal or gratiﬁcation in 2017. One Hess of three counts of rape and three counts of count of Gross Sexual gross sexual imposition, Imposition is a felony of the fourth degree and while ﬁnding him not relates to Hess touching guilty of the ﬁnal count a thirteen-year-old boy of gross sexual imposition. The jury also found on his buttocks for purHess guilty of the speci- poses of sexual arousal ﬁcations that the victim or gratiﬁcation in 2017. was under the age of 10 All three counts of Rape on each of the three rape are felonies of the ﬁrst degree and relate to charges. Hess engaging in sexual In a news release, conduct with an eightProsecutor James K. Stanley explained, “Two year-old girl in 2015. Convicted WEATHER show they are actively searching for work, and a few will stop providing the additional federal supplement. It’s not just the hospitality sector that is scrambling to ﬁll positions. Alene Candles, based in Milford, New Hampshire, is looking to ﬁll 1,500 positions for its facility there and another in New Albany, Ohio, to meet demand for the holiday season. Company representatives will be participating in a number of virtual job fairs this month. “We have had more than 100 positions open since the start of the year, and just recently we increased sign-on bonuses to $1,200 for hourly positions and businesses reported they couldn’t ﬁnd people to ﬁll the openings they have to keep up with the rapidly strengthening economic rebound. To encourage people to return to work, more states are making it harder for people to stay on unemployment. Many blame the easy beneﬁts that followed the pandemic, including what is now a $300 a week supplemental federal payment on top of state beneﬁts. The argument is that people make more money staying home than going back to work. Several states have begun requiring those receiving unemployment beneﬁts to -– in-part because we are competing with an entity that can print its own money -– the federal government -– and its $300 per week additional unemployment beneﬁt,” said CEO Rod Harl. “I would love to welcome those searching for work to join our team.” On Monday, the state of New Hampshire reopened its job centers for the ﬁrst time since the pandemic hit to help people looking for work, but only a handful showed up in the ﬁrst few hours at the largest one in Manchester. Labor experts say the shortage is not just about the $300 payment. Some unemployed people also have been reluctant to look for work because they fear catching the virus. Others have found new occupations rather than return to their old jobs. And many women, especially working mothers, have had to leave the workforce to care for children. The details and the timing of the state-led efforts to get people back to work differ, but they are coming from states led by both Republicans and Democrats. In addition to Vermont, states reinstating the worksearch requirement include Arizona, Maine, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and South Carolina. “As President Reagan said, the best social program is a job,” Arizona Republican St. Albans 64/37 Clendenin 62/35 Charleston 63/37 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. 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Hi/Lo/W 77/49/s 52/40/r 74/58/c 63/48/pc 67/43/pc 59/40/pc 71/46/s 65/47/pc 63/37/pc 68/50/c 36/30/sn 55/39/s 60/39/s 52/39/pc 57/36/s 64/55/r 43/33/r 61/41/c 53/37/pc 85/73/pc 83/69/t 58/37/s 60/45/c 87/66/s 62/52/r 76/60/pc 64/44/s 88/79/pc 62/42/s 69/49/pc 84/74/t 64/45/pc 55/48/r 92/74/c 66/46/pc 95/71/s 54/35/pc 61/43/pc 66/49/c 70/47/s 63/43/pc 64/45/s 76/51/s 69/51/s 68/46/pc Hi/Lo/W 74/50/s 52/42/c 60/50/r 65/51/s 66/46/pc 67/46/pc 82/51/pc 63/48/pc 61/38/s 59/45/r 51/34/pc 63/41/s 62/40/s 57/39/s 62/38/s 65/54/c 59/41/pc 63/43/pc 63/39/s 85/72/pc 73/61/r 61/41/s 62/42/c 95/71/s 67/48/pc 76/61/pc 64/45/s 89/76/pc 67/46/pc 66/47/c 79/68/t 64/48/pc 63/45/pc 92/72/t 68/48/pc 99/72/s 57/36/pc 61/43/pc 60/43/r 65/44/s 65/45/pc 75/54/s 71/51/pc 71/50/pc 66/48/s EXTREMES MONDAY National for the 48 contiguous states High Low 99° in Laredo, TX 13° in Atlantic City, WY Global High Low 114° in Matam, Senegal -8° in Stefansson Island, Canada Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow ﬂurries, sn-snow, i-ice. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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