http://66.213.69.5/files/original/7a5459f8ab5e911bf0a566584be02ead.pdf 170dcc772f7a9db5860c8392a223358d PDF Text Text 8 AM 2 PM 8 PM 44° 64° 62° Mostly sunny today. Rather cloudy and chilly tonight. High 69° / Low 39° Today’s weather forecast Southern, SG split H.S. baseball roundup WEATHER s 10 SPORTS s 7 SPORTS s 7 C_ZZb[fehj�š�Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 94, Volume 75 Thursday, May 13, 2021 s 50¢ Fulfilling a nation’s promise 5 new cases reported in area Latest stats from Meigs, Mason, Gallia Staff Report OHIO VALLEY — A total of five additional COVID-19 cases were reported in the Ohio Valley Publishing area on Wednesday. Four additional COVID-19 cases were reported in Gallia County on Wednesday by the Ohio Department of Health (ODH). The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reported one additional case of COVID-19 in Mason County on Wednesday. Here is a closer look at COVID-19 cases in the region: new case, 41 hospitalizations, 12 deaths) 80-plus — 157 cases (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 Meigs County currently has nine active cases and 1,500 total cases (1,342 confirmed, 158 probable) since April 2020, as of Monday afternoon’s update from the Meigs County Health Department. There have been a total of 39 deaths, 1,455 recovered cases, 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 Gallia County hospitalization) ODH reported a 20-29 — 216 cases (1 total of 2,363 cases of COVID-19 (since March hospitalization) 30-39 — 183 cases (3 2020) in Gallia County hospitalizations) as part of Wednesday’s 40-49 — 217 cases (6 update, four more than hospitalizations) on Tuesday. 50-59 — 226 cases (9 ODH has reported a hospitalizations) total of 49 deaths, 145 60-69 — 212 cases hospitalizations, and (22 hospitalizations, 6 2,263 presumed recovdeaths) ered individuals (three 70-79 — 156 cases new) as of Wednesday. (26 hospitalizations, 14 Age ranges for the 2,363 total cases report- deaths) 80-89 — 65 cases ed by ODH on Wednes(11 hospitalizations, 16 day are as follows: deaths) 0-19 — 304 cases (2 90-99 — 29 cases new cases, 2 hospital(6 hospitalizations, 3 izations) 20-29 — 392 cases (1 deaths) 100-109 — 2 cases (1 new case, 6 hospitalizahospitalization) tions) Future updates will 30-39 — 314 cases (3 be provided on Monday hospitalizations) and Friday each week. 40-49 — 337 cases Free COVID-19 vacci(8 hospitalizations, 1 nations are available by death) appointment Monday 50-59 — 355 cases through Friday at the (15 hospitalizations, 4 Meigs County Health deaths) Department. Appoint60-69 — 298 cases ment and vaccine (30 hospitalizations, 8 deaths) See CASES | 4 70-79 — 206 cases (1 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. Army Pfc. James W. White, 21, with roots in Chester, Ohio, was killed during World War II. White is pictured with his family via this family photo. Soldier accounted for from World War II Staff Report WASHINGTON — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced this week that Army Pfc. James W. White, 21, of Chester, Ohio, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Jan. 29, 2020. According to a news release from the DPAA, in the spring and summer of 1944, White, an infantryman, was a member of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), also known as Merrill’s Marauders. After taking the airfield in Myitkyina, Burma, from the Japanese on May 17, White’s battalion was tasked with holding the airfield and taking part in the siege of Myitkyina. White was reported to have been killed during fighting on July 2. The remains of servicemen killed during the battle were buried in at least eight different temporary cemeteries and numerous isolated burial locations. Eventually, all known burials were concentrated into the U.S. Military Cemetery at Myitkyina, including the remains of those who were not identified. In January and February 1946, all of Army Pfc. James W. White, 21, of Chester, Ohio, killed during World See PROMISE | 3 War II, was accounted for on Jan. 29, 2020. Canady named Fellow of College of Healthcare Executives Meigs second in wild turkey harvest through May 9 Staff Report low and earning the distinction of board certification from GALLIPOACHE, healthcare LIS — Michael leaders demonR. Canady, MD, strate a commitMBA, CPE, FACS, ment to excelFAAPL, FACHE, lence in serving chief executive their patients and officer, Holzer the community.” Health System, Canady According to a recently became news release from a Fellow of the Holzer, Fellow status American College of represents achievement Healthcare Executives, of the highest standard the nation’s leading of professional developprofessional society for ment. In fact, only 8,866 healthcare leaders. healthcare executives “The healthcare manhold this distinction. agement field plays a To obtain Fellow status, vital role in providing candidates must fulfill high-quality care to multiple requirements, the people in our comincluding meeting munities, which makes academic and experihaving a standard of excellence promoted by a ential criteria, earning professional organization continuing education hours, demonstrating critically important,” professional/community says Deborah J. Bowen, FACHE, CAE, president involvement, and passing and CEO of ACHE. “By See CANADY | 10 becoming an ACHE Fel- Staff Report Ohio’s wild turkey hunters have harvested 11,783 birds through Sunday, May 9, with Meigs County ranking second among Ohio’s counties. Ohio has two zones for 2021 spring wild turkey hunting: the south zone and the northeast zone. The total harvest represents 16 days of hunting in the south zone and nine days in the northeast zone, and includes the 1,473 wild turkeys taken during the 2021 youth season. Hunters harvested 14,215 wild turkeys over the same time period during the 2020 spring hunting season. Hunting in the south zone is open until Sunday, May 23, and the northeast zone (Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, and Trumbull counties) is open until Sunday, May 30. The top 10 counties for wild turkey harvest during 2021 season, as of May 9, are Columbiana (385), Meigs (372), Belmont (370), Monroe (359), Tuscarawas (348), Jefferson (339), Guernsey (333), Muskingum (327), Washington (325), and Adams (303). Gallia County has reported 292 turkeys harvested during the time period. Turkey season in Meigs and Gallia Counties, as well as surrounding counties in Ohio, continues through May 23. Information provided by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Thursday, May 13, 2021 OBITUARIES Ohio Valley Publishing GALLIA, MEIGS BRIEFS OTTIE VERNON LUCAS GALLIPOLIS — Ottie Vernon Lucas, age 69 of Gallipolis, died Monday May 10, 2021 at his residence. Born December 15, 1951 in Gallia County, Ohio, he was the son of the late Elvis Lucas and Jane Lucas Queen. In addition to his parents, he was preceded by two sisters, Barbara June George and Leanna Joan Biars and by two brothers, Jerry Elvis Lucas and Alan Wendell Lucas. Ottie was a Veteran of the Vietnam War, serving in the United States Army with the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team. He enjoyed spending time with his family, laughing and joking around. He loved to camp and fish, and watching wrestling and cowboy shows. He is survived by three sons, James V. Lucas, David J. Lucas and Joseph S. Lucas, eight grandchildren, Alex J. Lucas, Clayton R. Lucas, Devin S. Lucas, Jason D. Lucas, Brandon Lucas, Mason K. Lucas, Madison Lucas, and Brent Lucas, great grandchildren, Audra Lucas, Azalea Lucas, and Riley Lucas, two sisters, Ida Carlene Parsons and Connie Sue Lear, three brothers, Gary Elvis Lucas, Ora Dean Lucas and Michael Ray Lucas. Also surviving is a lifelong friend, Dirk Bartrum. Funeral services will be 1 p.m., Friday May 14, 2021 at the WaughHalley-Wood Funeral Home with Pastor Jack Parsons officiating. Burial will follow at Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Military Funeral Honors will be presented at the cemetery by the VFW #4464 Honor Guard. An online guest registry is available at waugh-halley-wood.com MARY ANN ANDREW LA RUE FORT MCCOY, Fla. — Mary Ann Andrew La Rue, 65, of Fort McCoy, Fla., passed away Sunday, May 9, 2021 in Hospice care in Ocala, Fla. She was born December 1955 in Baltimore, Md. to Joseph Palmer Sr. and Toni M. Andrew. She grew up on the Eastern Shore of Maryland leaving Centreville, Md. to move to Racine, Ohio to graduate high school. There she married Jim Older and had their daughter Jessie. After their divorce, Mary Ann went to Marietta College, graduating in 1988 with a degree in teaching. She moved to Houston, Texas where she taught for several years before moving back to Maryland for a time, eventually moving to Florida where she continued her teaching career at Fort McCoy Middle School until her passing. Mary Ann was a charter member of Benedict A. Andrew American Legion Auxiliary Unit #296 in Queenstown, Md. and served as an officer of the Unit for several years. Mary Ann had a passion and talent for singing and art. She loved her family and spent the past year enjoying time with her grandbabies. Her death leaves us with a void that can’t be measured and heartbreak only time will heal. She is preceded in death by her father Joseph Palmer Andrew Sr., sisters Theresa and Agnes Andrew, and nephew Steven Lippson. She is survived by her daughter Jessie (Kerry) Joseph, grandchildren Melanie Older, CJ Church, Nyla, Taylah, & Krissie Joseph, great grandchildren Jaeliana, Shadoe, and Wynter Older, mother Toni M. Andrew, brothers Ben, Joseph, Martin (Tahnee) Andrew; sisters Grace Andrew, Martha (Tony) Ring, Toni Lynn Andrew; sibling cousins Cathy House, Bill Wallace, Jim Evans, Gail Suggs, Sharon Beavers, Van Evans, Darla Evans, Jeff Evans, Jessica Jewell; Barkley step-family, and many nieces and nephews. A service is being held at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 16 at Carlton Church on Kingsbury Road, Pomeroy, Ohio, and/or visitation with family and celebration of life at Syracuse Community Center following the church service. DEATH NOTICE BARKER POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Peggy Ann Barker, 74, of Point Pleasant, W.Va., died Monday, May 10, 2021, at her home. A graveside service and burial will be held at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 15, 2021, at the Wyoma Cemetery in Gallipolis Ferry, W.Va., with Pastor Roger Bonecutter officiating. The family will receive friends Saturday from 11 a.m. until noon at the Wilcoxen Funeral Home in Point Pleasant. 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. 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Individuals or groups interested in participatGallipolis City-Wide Yard Sale ing in the Memorial Day Parade GALLIPOLIS — The City of Gallipolis will hold its annual City- are asked to please contact the GalWide Yard Sale, May 14-15, 9 a.m. lia County Veterans Service Office to dusk. On those days anyone may at 740-446-2005 no later than Fridisplay goods for sale outside their day, May 21. residence or place of business, so long as it’s “done in a manner not Emancipation Scholarship to impede sidewalk traffic.” No The deadline for the 2021 Emanpermit for this sale is necessary. cipation Scholarship applications Call the city building at 740-441has been extended to May 15 for 6022 for more information. eligible students in Gallia County. Applications can be obtained by visiting the website www.emanciSouthwestern alumni banquet PATRIOT — The Southwestern pation-day.com or by contacting committee members Andy GilmHigh School Alumni Banquet will ore, president, at 740-446-7611 or be held at Southwestern ElemenBeverly Jackson, secretary at 740tary School on Saturday, May 29. Doors will open at 6 p.m., the meal 441-7900. will be served at 6:30 p.m. A cost of $15 per person will not only pay Cheshire Alumni Banquet for the meal, but will also contribCHESHIRE — The Cheshire ute to the Southwestern Alumni High School Alumni Reunion will Scholarship program. To make a be held this year on May 29. Doors reservation, please contact Jeanie open at 5 p.m. No charge this year Hively at 740-245 9740 by Monday, finger food will be provided. AnyMay 17. one interested call Robert Lucas 740-367-7147 or Martha Swisher 740-645-9392 or Betty Jo Clark Distributing COVID-related supplies 740-367-0172. CLAY TWP. — Trustees with Clay Township will be distributing COVID-19 related supplies from Bean dinner planned 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, May 22, CENTERVILLE — Centerville’s at the site on Teens Run Road, annual Bean Dinner will be held approximately two-tenths of a on May 29 with parade at 11 a.m. miles from Ohio 7, south of GalParade participants are asked to lipolis. ID, such as driver’s license, call 740-245-5635. utility bill, etc., is required to prove township residency. Road closures, construction GALLIA COUNTY — Gallia County Engineer Brett A. Boothe Memorial Day Parade sign up GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis 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 spaceavailable basis and in chronological order. Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@aimmediamidwest. com or GDTnews@aimmediamidwest.com. Middleport, Ohio. Call Donna at 740-992-5123 to register Tuesday, May 18 GALLIPOLIS — Gallia County Board of Developmental Disabilities, regular monthly meeting, 4 p.m., Administrative Offices, 77 Mill Creek Road. 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. Tuesday, May 25 POMEROY — A special meeting of the Meigs County Transportation Improvement District will be Thursday, May 20 POMEROY — The Meigs Soil & held at 8 a.m. at the Meigs County Water Conservation District Board Highway Dept., 34110 Fairgrounds of Supervisors will hold their regu- Road, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. The lar monthly meeting at noon at the purpose of this meeting to review district office. The office is located FY22 Application Submittals for Friday, May 14 at 113 E. Memorial Drive, Suite D, approval. GALLIPOLIS — Regular Pomeroy. monthly board meeting of the O. O. McIntyre Park District will be Wednesday, May 26 held 11 a.m., Park Board office at Friday, May 21 MIDDLEPORT — Feeney-Benthe Gallia County Courthouse, 18 GALLIPOLIS — Ohio AFSCME nett Post 128, Middleport AmeriLocust St. can Legion is resuming monthly Retirees, Subchapter 102, Gallia & Jackson counties, meets 2 p.m., family night meals starting on May 26, 2021 at 6 p.m. All members, Gallia County Senior Resource Monday, May 17 their families and guests are welMIDDLEPORT — Painting with Center, 1165 State Route 160. Michele Musser, 6 p.m., Riverbend Members are asked to wear a mask come to attend. and follow all CDC guidelines. Arts Council, 290 N. 2nd Ave., First Lady unveils storybook trail at Burr Oak State Park GLOUSTER — On Wednesday, Ohio First Lady Fran DeWine and Ohio Department of Natural Resources Director Mary Mertz were among the first to walk along Ohio’s newest Storybook Trail at Burr Oak State Park in Morgan County. “Burr Oak State Park is a wonderful place to explore nature and the perfect place to sit down with a good book,” said First Lady DeWine. “Developing a love for reading early in life is so very important for children, and this new Storybook Trail offers a unique experience that combines the great outdoors with early literacy.” According to a news release from Gov. Mike DeWine’s office, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, in partnership with the Ohio Governor’s Imagination Library and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, launched the Storybook Trail program in 2019 to promote the importance of literacy, a healthy lifestyle, and connecting with nature. The Courtesy On Wednesday, Ohio First Lady Fran DeWine and Ohio Department of Natural Resources Director Mary Mertz were among the first to walk along Ohio’s newest Storybook Trail at Burr Oak State Park in Morgan County. Ohio Governor’s Imagination Library provides one free book every month to children enrolled in the program from birth to age five. “Everyone loves a good story, and science supports the physical and mental health benefits of getting outside,” said ODNR Director Mary Mertz. “Storybook Trails combine the best of both by promoting child literacy and an active and healthy lifestyle — all in the beautiful settings of Ohio’s great outdoors.” Ten Storybook Trails are located at state parks throughout Ohio. Each trail is approximately a half-mile long with 15-20 child-height panels featuring pages of a children’s book and an activity to accompany the text on the page. “Squeak!” by Laura McGee Kvasnosky was selected as the featured book at Burr Oak State Park. The book describes how one mouse’s small squeak sets off a chain reaction that wakes all the animals in the forest from their slumber. There are currently 286,184 children enrolled in the Ohio Governor’s Imagination Library. To learn more about the program and how to participate, visit OhioImaginationLibrary.org. A full list of ODNR’s Storybook Trails, as well as similar trails located at parks and library districts across the state, can be found at ohiodnr.gov. �NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing Thursday, May 13, 2021 3 TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Thursday, May 13, the 133rd day of 2021. There are 232 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 13, 1607, English colonists arrived by ship at the site of what became the Jamestown settlement in Virginia (the colonists went ashore the next day). On this date: In 1568, forces loyal to Mary, Queen of Scots were defeated by troops under her half-brother and Regent of Scotland, the Earl of Moray, in the Battle of Langside, thwarting Mary’s attempt to regain power almost a year after she was forced to abdicate. In 1914, heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis was born in Lafayette, Alabama. the remains at the U.S. Military Cemetery were disinterred and transferred to the U.S. Military Cemetery at Kalaikunda, India. The exhumation of the U.S. Military Cemetery at Kalaikunda was conducted in September and October 1947. One set of remains, designated Unknown X-52 Kalaikunda, was unable to be identified and was subsequently buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu, Cases From page 1 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.meigshealth.com/covid-19/ . Meigs County is “orange” on the Ohio Public Health Advisory System after meeting two of the seven indicators. Mason County DHHR reported 2,003 total cases (since March 2020) for Mason County in the 10 a.m. update on Wednesday, one more than Tuesday. Of those, 1,950 are confirmed cases and 53 are probable cases. DHHR has reported 36 deaths in Mason County. Case numbers per age group reported by DHHR are as follows: 0-9 — 44 cases (plus 3 probable cases) 10-19 — 186 cases (plus 3 probable cases) 20-29 — 339 cases (plus 11 probable cases) 30-39 — 323 cases (plus 10 probable cases) 40-49 — 281 cases (plus 10 probable cases) 50-59 — 287 cases (plus 3 probable cases, 2 deaths) 60-69 — 255 cases (plus 5 probable cases, 7 deaths) 70-plus — 235 cases (plus 8 probable cases (1 new), 27 deaths) On Wednesday, Mason County was designated as “green” on the West Virginia County Alert System map. Mason County’s latest infection rate was 2.16 on Wednesday with a 0.45 percent positivity rate. Surrounding counties are green and orange. in March 1949. On July 16, 2018, DPAA disinterred Unknown X-52 Kalaikunda from the Punchbowl and transferred the remains to the DPAA laboratory at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. To identify White’s remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence. Additionally, the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis. White’s name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in Taguig City, Philippines, along with the others missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for. DPAA is grateful to the Department of Veterans Affairs for their partnership in this mission. White will be buried June 12, 2021, in Long Bottom, Ohio. For family and funeral information, call the Army Casualty Office at 800-892-2490. For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil or find us on social media at www. Ohio ODH reported a 24-hour change of 1,449 new cases on Wednesday (21-day average of 1,371), bringing Ohio’s overall case count since the beginning of the pandemic to 1,087,182 cases. There were 173 new hospitalizations (21-day average of 114) and 14 new ICU admissions (21-day average of 13). On Wednesday, zero deaths were reported (since Tuesday), with a 21-day average of 19 deaths. As announced earlier this year, ODH will only be reporting deaths approximately twice per week, those updates have typically been made on Tuesday and Friday. Ohio’s cases per 100,000 population for the past two weeks fell to 140.2 on Thursday, down from 155.6 the previous week. This number is updated each Thursday. As of Tuesday, a total of 4,880,699 first doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Ohio, which is 41.75 percent of the population. A total of 4,225,951 people, 36.15 percent of the population, are fully vaccinated. Scheduling arsenals by two-thirds. Ten years ago: Two suicide bombers attacked paramilitary police recruits heading home after months of training in northwest Pakistan, killing 87 people in what the Pakistan Taliban called revenge for the U.S. slaying of Osama bin Laden. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi taunted NATO in an audio broadcast, saying he was alive despite a series of airstrikes and “in a place where you can’t get to and kill me.” Five years ago: The Obama administration issued a directive requiring public schools to permit transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their chosen gender identity. President Barack Obama hosted a state dinner honoring the leaders of Sweden, Iceland, Finland, Denmark and Norway, following a multilateral summit that Obama used to laud the Nordic states as model global citizens on climate change, security, humanitarian efforts and economic equality. One year ago: President Donald Trump urged governors to work to reopen schools that were closed because of the coronavirus; he took issue with Dr. Anthony Fauci’s caution against moving too quickly in returning students to class. The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down Gov. Tony Evers’ coronavirus stay-at-home order, ruling that his administration had overstepped its authority by extending the order for another month. An American cargo pilot, Brian Yeargan, was sentenced to four weeks in prison in Singapore for violating coronavirus restrictions by leaving his hotel to buy masks and a thermometer. Army Pfc. James W. White. facebook.com/dodpaa or https://www.linkedin. com/company/defensepow-mia-accountingagency. White’s personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa-mil.sites. crmforce.mil/dpaaProfil e?id=a0Jt000001cQyAC 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 Wednesday, DHHR is reporting a total of 157,215 cases with 2,748 deaths. There was an increase of 340 cases from Tuesday and 14 new deaths. The daily positivity rate in the state was 4.03 percent. There are 6,716 currently active cases in the state. News clippings regarding Army Pfc. James W. White who served in World War II. EA0. DHHR recently reported 819,245 first doses of the COVID19 vaccine have been administered to residents of West Virginia. So far, 683,949 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. Experienced Auto Body Tech and Mechanic wanted. See Glenn at OHIO CRUSHING AND SCREENING is accepting Clean, Free Concrete at the recycle yard located at 15041, State Route 7, Gallipolis, Ohio. Call 740-285-4442 When You Share Your Gifts With The Community We All Benefit. Get paid job training from the safety of your home with the Senior Community Service Employment Program. APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE ONLINE at www.Gallianet.net and at all GALLIA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS 0XVW�EH����\HDUV�RU�ROGHU�DQG� PHHW�LQFRPH�JXLGHOLQHV� Call Today! (740) 353-5238 APPLICATION DEADLINE – MAY 14, 2021 ZZZ�YDQWDJHDJLQJ�RUJ�ZRUNIRUFH Return applications to your local high school. If not in school, place in the Dropbox at DJFS 848 Third Avenue, Gallipolis, Ohio OH-70224760 OH-70233430 From page 1 nichi Department Store in Osaka, Japan. In 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot and seriously wounded in St. Peter’s Square by Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali Agca. In 1985, a confrontation between Philadelphia authorities and the radical group MOVE ended as police dropped a bomb onto the group’s row house, igniting a fire that killed 11 people and destroyed 61 homes. In 1994, President Bill Clinton nominated federal appeals Judge Stephen G. Breyer to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice Harry A. Blackmun; Breyer went on to win Senate confirmation. In 2002, President George W. Bush announced that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin would sign a treaty to shrink their countries’ nuclear OH-70236746 Promise In 1917, three shepherd children reported seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary near Fatima, Portugal; it was the first of six such apparitions that the children claimed to have witnessed. In 1940, in his first speech as British prime minister, Winston Churchill told Parliament, “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.” In 1958, Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat, were spat upon and their limousine battered by rocks thrown by anti-U.S. demonstrators in Caracas, Venezuela. In 1961, actor Gary Cooper died in Los Angeles six days after turning 60. In 1967, a vault fire at MetroGoldwyn-Mayer in Culver City, California, destroyed hundreds of the studio’s early films. In 1972, 118 people died after fire broke out at the Sen- OH-70235927 By The Associated Press �NEWS 4 Thursday, May 13, 2021 NEWS BRIEFS Police: Armed person shot, wounded by detectives DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Dayton police detectives shot and wounded an armed person as they were investigating an earlier shooting in the Ohio city, but the person’s injuries aren’t considered life-threatening, police said. Dayton police said detectives were following up leads on the earlier shooting Wednesday when they encountered several people on the porch of a home, at least one of them armed. The detectives ordered the person to drop the weapon, but their commands weren’t followed and two detectives fired, hitting the person in the lower body, police said. The Montgomery County sheriff’s office will investigate. The Dayton Daily News reports that the man was shot in both legs as police were investigating a shooting nearby less than two hours earlier that injured a 17-year-old. “Witnesses informed detectives who arrived on scene that the suspects fled to an address” nearby, said Lt. Col. Matt Carper, deputy director and assistant chief of police. He said one person on the porch of that residence matched the description of the shooting suspect, and one person pulled out a handgun. “Detectives gave them multiple orders to drop the firearm at which time the subject did not comply,” Carper said. “The detectives fired multiple rounds and hit the subject in both legs. The subject is currently in non-life-threatening condition at a local hospital.” Three guns were recovered from the porch. Ellen DeGeneres to end TV talk show next year NEW YORK (AP) — Ellen DeGeneres is calling time on her long-running talk show. The daytime host, who has seen a ratings hit after allegations of running a toxic workplace, has decided that the upcoming 19th season will be the last, ending in 2022. It coincides with the end of her contract. “Although all good things must come to an end, you still have hope that the truly great things never will,” Mike Darnell, president of unscripted TV for Warner Bros., said in a statement Wednesday. “It was and is an indelible piece of the television landscape, and it will be sorely missed.” In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, which first broke the news, DeGeneres said that “as great as this show is, and as fun as it is,” it’s no longer a creative challenge. “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” which started airing in 2003 and is distributed by Warner Bros., has a mix of dancing, games and giveaways along with A-list celebrities. But the host, who built her brand on the motto “Be Kind,” opened season 18 in September with a lengthy apology. Three of the show’s producers exited over the summer amid allegations of a dysfunctional workplace that harbored misbehavior, including sexual misconduct and racially insensitive remarks. While the allegations were “very hurtful to me” they didn’t influence her decision to leave the show, DeGeneres told The Hollywood Reporter. “I wouldn’t have come back this season” if they had, she said. Kerry: US weighs sanctions on China over forced labor The Biden administration is considering sanctions over China’s alleged use of forced labor in production of solar panels and other components in renewable energy, climate envoy John Kerry told lawmakers Wednesday. Kerry’s comments at the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing sought to defuse one of the main arguments that congressional Republicans have cited against President Joe Biden’s push for a climate-friendly makeover of the U.S. economy: China’s manufacturing dominance risks implicating buyers of Chinese-made solar panels, batteries and other green-energy tech in that country’s human rights abuses. Much of the world’s polysilicon, used in photovoltaic cells for solar panels, comes through China’s Xinjiang province, where China is waging a sustained campaign against Chinese Muslims and ethnic minorities. That includes detention of more than 1 million people, who rights groups, news organizations and governments say are forced into labor in factories and other workplaces. China’s foreign ministry last month called the accusations “lies and false information concocted by anti-China forces.” Red Cross warns cases are exploding in Asia KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Coronavirus cases are exploding in Asia and the Pacific with over 5.9 million new confirmed infections in the past two weeks, more than in all other regions combined, the International Federation of the Red Cross said Wednesday. It warned that the surge is pushing hospitals and health systems to the brink of collapse. Seven out of 10 countries globally that are doubling their infection numbers the fastest are in Asia and the Pacific, it said. Laos took just 12 days to see its cases double, and the number of confirmed infections in India has doubled in under two months to more than 23 million, the Red Cross said in a statement. Ohio Valley Publishing Governor announces end date for ‘most’ health orders Vaccine incentives offered Staff Report COLUMBUS — Removing “most” COVID-19 health orders next month and vaccine incentives were announced by Gov. Mike DeWine on Wednesday during a statewide address. The governor announced a series of statewide drawings to provide incentives to Ohioans to get a COVID19 vaccination. With wide access to the lifesaving vaccine to help Ohioans safe, Governor DeWine also announced that “most COVID-19 health orders would be removed on June 2.” “For a year, Ohioans have made sacrifices to save lives and keep our state moving forward. What you have done has really worked! And now, we have a powerful weapon that is almost 100 percent effective in beating the virus,” Governor DeWine said in his remarks. “Simply put, the vaccine is stronger and better than medical experts ever imagined. OVP File Photo Then Ohio Attorney General and candidate for governor Mike DeWine is pictured meeting with Gallia residents at the Bob Evans Farm in Rio Grande in 2018. And now, everyone 12 and over can use it to protect themselves — to put an invisible shield of protection around themselves. Everyone can now control their own health—their own destiny.” According to a news release from the governor’s office, Governor DeWine also announced that he has asked the Ohio Department of Health to remove most pandemic health orders on June 2. The timeline will allow any Ohioan who has not yet received a COVID-19 vaccine to obtain one to protect themselves and others before the lifting of mitigation protocols. “It is time to end the health orders. It’s been a year. You’ve followed the protocols. You’ve done what we’ve asked. You’ve bravely fought this virus,” said Governor DeWine. “And now, our cases are down, and we have a tested and proven weapon with the vaccine that all Ohioans 12 and over can utilize.” Measures being removed will include facial covering protocols, social distancing guidelines, and capacity restrictions for indoor and outdoor events. Governor DeWine announced that any pandemic health orders that would remain solely relate to either 1.) nursing homes and assisted living facilities, which will also to have federal safety protocols, and 2.) data collection related to the pandemic. In an effort to increase the number of Ohioans who have not taken a COVID-19 vaccine to get vaccinated, DeWine announced a series of statewide drawings to help incentivize vaccinations. Ohioans under the age of 18 who are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine will be entered into a drawing for a four-year full scholarship to any of Ohio’s state colleges and universities, including full tuition, room, and board. Ohioans aged 18 and older will be entered into a weekly drawing with a prize of up to $1 million. A total of five weekly drawings for each prize will take place, with the first winners being announced on May 26. Winners must have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by the date of the respective drawing. The drawings will be administered by the Ohio Department of Health, with technical assistance from the Ohio Lottery Commission, and will be funded through existing allocations to the Ohio Department of Health of unexpended coronavirus relief funds. Further details will be announced by the Ohio Department of Health and the Ohio Lottery Commission next week during a briefing to news media. Information provided by the office of Gov. Mike DeWine. Ohio urges judges to enforce data deadline By Mike Schneider But an attorney representing the Commerce Department, which Ohio’s solicitor general oversees the Census Bureau, said an order on Wednesday urged a panel of appellate judges wasn’t necessary. A better idea would be to send to hold the U.S. Census the case back to a lower Bureau’s feet to the fire by issuing an order that court where the Census would require the statis- Bureau could provide regular status updates on tical agency to release data used for redrawing its progress toward meetcongressional and legis- ing the Aug. 16 goal of releasing the redistrictlative districts by miding data, Department of August. Solicitor General Ben- Justice attorney Mark jamin Flowers told three Stern said. “The Census Bureau federal judges on an obviously understands appellate court in Cincinnati that an order was the importance of getting needed, given past dead- this to the states, and lines the Census Bureau it’s working to do that,” Stern said. has blown in releasing Referring to Ohio, data from the 2020 Stern said, “Our views census. The bureau has are starting to look very cited the pandemic and similar in that we both anomalies that needed want to get that gold fixing as reasons for its standard to Ohio and deadline delays. other states.” “It’s good they are Ohio sued the Complanning to get it by merce Secretary earlier August 16, but as we this year after the Census have seen over the past Bureau said it would be year, sometimes their unable to meet a legal plans don’t come to deadline to release the fruition, and so a court order requiring that it be redistricting data to done by then is what we the states by March 31 because of delays are ultimately looking for,” Flowers said during caused by the pandemic. The bureau said the a virtual court hearing. Associated Press data would be available in an older format in August and in a more user-friendly format by the end of September. A federal judge dismissed Ohio’s case and the state appealed, saying the delay threatened its ability to meet redistricting deadlines approved by voters and set in its state constitution. Ohio’s constitution requires, for the first time, an independent commission to finish redrawing legislative districts by Sept. 1. It sets a Sept. 30 deadline for the state’s General Assembly to complete a new map of congressional districts. “We didn’t bring this lawsuit to try to bully the Census. We brought this lawsuit because we really need the data for the redistricting process to go smoothly,” Flowers told the judges Wednesday. The redistricting data includes counts of population by race, Hispanic origin, voting age and housing occupancy status at geographic levels as small as neighborhoods. The data are used for drawing voting districts for Congress and state legislatures. Unlike past decades when the data were released to states on a flow basis, the 2020 redistricting data will be made available to the states all at once, according to the Census Bureau. A similar lawsuit was filed by the state of Alabama, with the added twist that the Cotton State’s case also challenges the Census Bureau’s use of a statistical method to protect people’s privacy, claiming it will result in inaccurate numbers. Oral arguments were made last week in Alabama, and a panel of three federal judges could rule at any time. The Ohio appellate judges did not say when they would rule. Last month, the Census Bureau released the first data from the 2020 census — state population counts used to determine how any congressional seats and Electoral College votes each state gets. The once-a-decade count of every U.S. resident also helps determine $1.5 trillion in federal spending each year. List of candidates for next Columbus chief down to 9 By Andrew Welsh-Huggins Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s capital city has narrowed the list of candidates for the job of police chief to nine, all of them from outside the agency as promised by the Columbus mayor. City officials, including Public Safety Director Ned Pettus Jr., were interviewing candidates this week with the goal of a selection by month’s end. A public forum introducing three to four finalists is scheduled for May 19. Mayor Andrew Ginther, a Democrat, has repeatedly said an outside candidate is needed to enact broad cultural changes within the agency. The city has also created a first-ever assistant chief post to allow the next chief to bring his or her own team. Among the finalists is Perry Tarrant, the former assistant Seattle police chief and the 2019 runner-up during the last search. In January, Gin- ther forced out the man he chose over Tarrant, Chief Thomas Quinlan, saying he’d lost confidence in Quinlan’s ability to make needed changes. The search is underway at a time of historic reckoning for the department of about 1,900 sworn officers. Ginther and other officials invited the Justice Department last month to review the agency for deficiencies and racial disparities in several areas. The department is under scrutiny for recent fatal shootings of Black people by white officers, including the death of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant on April 20. And earlier this month, a federal judge ordered the city to alter the way it responds to mass protests, saying officers ran “amok” during protests over racial injustice and police brutality last summer. The union representing Columbus officers has criticized what it calls politicians’ “constantly vilifying officers.” �COMICS Ohio Valley Publishing Thursday, May 13, 2021 5 Having A Yard Sale? 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Southern Lexi Smith took the loss for the hosts, striking out five in (8-14, 4-8 TVC Hocking) led a complete game. Hurlow and 3-0 an inning into Game 1, Shawna Waugh both had RBI with the a two-out RBI single hits for SGHS, while Melissa from Lexi Smith followed by Spurlock singled once and a two-run double from Kylee Rife. South Gallia got two runs scored once. Kassidy Chaney back after two hits and an error led the Lady Tornadoes, going 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles and a run scored. The Purple and Gold also got out to a 3-0 lead in Game 2, with Chaney doubling home two runs and then scoring on an error. South Gallia tied it at three after a one-out error in the bottom of the first, but a two-run single by Smith gave Southern the lead for good in the following frame. SHS scored a run in each the third and fourth innings, and then capped off the 12-3 victory with a fiverun fifth, featuring two hits, See SOFTBALL | 8 BASEBALL ROUNDUP By Randy Payton For Ohio Valley Publishing VIENNA, W.Va. — University of Rio Grande freshman Caitlyn Brisker has been named the 2021 River States Conference Softball Player of the Year, as well as the league’s Newcomer of the Year. The announcement came during an awards ceremony on the opening night of the RSC Softball Championship at Jackson Memorial Park. The all-conference first and second teams, as well as individual award winners, were selected through balloting of the league’s 10 head coaches. The All-RSC First Team included 20 selections and the All-RSC Second Team has 16 members. Each of the first and second teams included three starting pitchers, two catchers, five infielders, four outfielders, one designated player and one utility player. The first team also had four at-large selections added, regardless of position. Brisker, who hails from Oak Hill, Ohio, is hitting .474 with eight home runs and 33 RBIs. She has tallied 64 hits altogether, with 27 of them going for extra bases for a staggering .844 slugging percentage. Brisker, who didn’t join the RedStorm squad until the conclusion of the basketball season, also has seven triples — a figure which ranks eighth in the NAIA. She’s also tied for 13th nationally with 56 runs scored. Four other standouts from Rio Grande — which won both the conference regular season and tournament championships — were named to the first team. Senior Raelynn Hastings (Commercial Point, OH) and freshman Sydney Campolo (New Lexington, OH), both pitchers, were among the honorees, as was junior infielder Kenzie Cremeens (Ironton, OH) and junior outfielder Taylor Webb (Willow Wood, OH). Junior infielder Shelby Schmitt (Fairfield, OH) was a second team honoree. Hastings has a 19-4 record with a pair of saves See BRISKER | 8 OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Thursday, May 13 Baseball Wirt County at Wahama, 6 p.m. Marietta at Eastern, 5 p.m. Gallia Academy at Minford, 6 p.m. Softball (10) Southern at (7) Peebles, 5 p.m. (11) South Gallia at (6) Waterford, 5 p.m. Parkersburg South at Point Pleasant, 5:30 Cross Lanes Christian at Hannan, 5:30 Meigs at River Valley, 5 p.m. Wahama at Ravenswood, 6 p.m. Friday, May 14 Baseball River Valley at Meigs, 5 p.m. Athens at Southern, 5 p.m. Teays Valley Christian at Hannan, 5:30 Point Pleasant at Scott, 5 p.m. Wahama at Ravenswood, 6 p.m. Softball (15) Eastern at (10) Zane Trace, 5 p.m. Point Pleasant at John Marshall, 5:30 Hannan at Charleston Catholic, 5:30 Track and Field Wahama at Laidley Field, 4 p.m. Photos by Bryan Walters|OVP Sports Point Pleasant sophomore Evan Roach (5) leaps for a throw at second base as Gallia Academy’s Trent Johnson slides in safely during the first inning of Tuesday night’s baseball contest in Point Pleasant, W.Va. Blue Devils sweep Point, 8-5 From staff reports Early and often … and then the Blue Devils just held on. Gallia Academy stormed out to a 4-3 lead after one inning and tacked on two more runs over each of the next two frames, then eventually cruised to an 8-5 victory over host Point Pleasant on Tuesday in a nonconference matchup of cross-river rivals. GAHS (13-10) outhit the Big Blacks (11-4) by a 9-6 overall margin and the guests benefited from three PPHS errors in the first inning while establishing a 4-run advantage. The hosts answered with a 3-run outburst in the first, capped off by a 2-run homer from Joel Beattie for a 4-3 contest. Trent Johnson had an RBI single in the second and Grant Bryan followed with a sacrifice fly that plated Maddux Camden for a 6-3 cushion, then Bode Wamsley singled in both Cole Hines and Dalton Mershon for an 8-3 advantage through three complete. The Big Blacks got an RBI single from Beattie in the fifth, then Tanner Mitchell received a bases-loaded walk as Wyatt Wilson came home for a 3-run deficit. PPHS left runners stranded at second and third in the sixth and the bases were Centenary, Ohio. Southern 12, South Gallia 0 Southern 8, South Gallia 3 The Southern baseball team claimed a double-header sweep of Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division guest South Gallia on Tuesday at Star Mill Park, winning 12-0 in the opener and 8-3 in the second game. In Game 1, Southern (11-6, 8-4) scored the go-ahead run on a Josiah Smith single in the bottom of the second inning. SHS plated nine runs on five walks and four hits in the following frame, and then capped off the 12-0 victory with two runs on two hits and two hit batters in the fourth. The Rebels made it to scoring position for the only time in the fifth frame, but left the runner stranded Gallia Academy senior Colton Roe (26) delivers a pitch during the fourth inning of Tuesday night’s baseball contest against Point on third. Lance Stewart was the winning pitcher Pleasant in Point Pleasant, W.Va. in a complete game for RBIs, while Wilson also also loaded with one Southern, striking out had two safeties in the away in the bottom of nine. Andrew Small took setback. Seven different the seventh. Colton Roe the pitching loss, strikbatters — five from Point ing out one in a complete picked up the win after Pleasant and two from allowing five runs, five game for the Red and Gallia Academy — were hits and two walks over Gold. Smith, Stewart, 4.2 innings while striking hit by pitches in the Will Wickline and Jacob contest, including each out six. Johnson, Hines Milliron each had two starting pitcher in their and Wamsley led GAHS hits for the Tornadoes, with two hits apiece, with first plate appearance. with Smith and Wickline PPHS stranded 10 of the each driving in a gameJohnson and Wamsley 16 runners left on base. also accounting for a best three runs. Small, Gallia Academy won the pair of RBIs each. BeatAlex Oram and Dalton first matchup by a 5-0 tie paced the Big Blacks See BASEBALL | 8 with three hits and three count back on April 20 in �SPORTS 8 Thursday, May 13, 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing L O C A L R E S U LT S SOFTBALL South Gallia 5, Southern 3 SGHS 021 02 — 5-4-1 SHS 300 00 — 3-6-3 WP: Jessie Rutt (5IP, 3R, 6H, 3K, 2BB) LP: Lexi Smith (5IP, 5R, 4H, 5K, BB) South Gallia: Leah Skidmore 1-2, Shawna Waugh 1-2 (RBI), Melissa Spurlock 1-3 (RS), Lalla Hurlow 1-3 (RBI). Southern (8-14, 4-8): Kassidy Chaney 2-3 (RS), Lily Allen 1-1 (RS), Kylee Rife 1-2 (2RBI), Smith 1-3 (RS, RBI), Michelle Camp 1-3. 2B: Hurlow; Chaney 2, Rife. Southern 12, South Gallia 3 SHS 321 15 — 12-7-1 SGHS 300 00 — 3-3-2 WP: Kassidy Chaney (5IP, 3R, 3H, 7K, 2BB) LP: Makayla Waugh (5IP, 12R, 7H, 5K, 11BB) Southern (8-14, 4-8): Cassidy Roderus 2-3 (RS, 3RBI), Chaney 1-1 (2RS, 2RBI), Michelle Camp 1-2 (2RS, RBI), Brooke Crisp 1-2 (3RS), Lexi Smith 1-3 (2RBI), Kylee Rife 1-3 (RBI). South Gallia: Leah Skidmore 1-2, Makayla Waugh 1-3 (RS), Jessie Rutt 1-3 (RS). 2B: Rife, Chaney. 3B: Roderus. Independence 6, Point Pleasant 4 IHS 000 004 02 — PPHS 000 102 10 — 6-9-1 4-10-3 WP: Blankenship (8IP, 10K, 2BB) LP: Madilyn Keefer (8IP, 4K, 2BB) Independence: Hypes 2-4 (RS), Martin 2-4 (RBI, RS), Blankenship 1-5, Parks 1-4 (RS), Bragg 1-4 (RS), Hart 1-4 (3RBI), Daniels 1-4, Davis (2RS). Point Pleasant (8-5): Havin Roush 3-4 (RBI, 2RS), Tayah Fetty 2-4 (RBI, RS), Kylie Price 2-4 (RBI), Madilyn Keefer 2-4, Hayley Keefer 1-3 (RS), Emma Harbour (RS). 2B: Parks, Bragg; Price 2, Roush, Fetty. HR: Fetty. BASEBALL Gallia Academy 8, Point Pleasant 5 GAHS 422 000 0 — 8-9-0 PPHS 300 020 0 — 5-6-3 WP: Colton Roe (4.2IP, 5R, 5H, 6K, 2BB) LP: Isaac Craddock (6IP, 8R, 9H, 7K, BB) Gallia Academy (14-10): Trent Johnson 2-3 (2RBI, RS), Cole Hines 2-4 (2RS), Bode Wamsley 2-5 (2RBI), Maddux Camden 1-4 (2RS), Dalton Mershon 1-3 (RBI, RS), Dakota Young 1-4 (RBI), Colton Roe (RS). Point Pleasant (11-4): Joel Beattie 3-4 (3RBI, RS), Wyatt Wilson 2-4 (2RS), Kyelar Morrow 1-4 (RS), Tanner Mitchell (RBI), Hunter Blain (RS). 2B: Wilson. HR: Beattie. Southern 12, South Gallia 0 SGHS 000 00 — 0-3-0 SHS 019 2x — 12-10-1 WP: Lance Stewart (5IP, 3H, 9K) LP: Andrew Small (4IP, 12R, 10H, K, 6BB) South Gallia: Dalton McCloud 1-1, Alex Oram 1-2, Small 1-2. Southern (11-6, 8-4): Will Wickline 2-2 (RS, 3RBI), Josiah Smith 2-2 (RS, 3RBI), Stewart 2-2 (2RS, RBI), Jacob Milliron 2-3 (2RS, RBI), Derek Griffith 1-2 (2RS), Arrow Drummer 1-3. 2B: Wickline. Southern 8, South Gallia 3 SGHS 102 00 — 3-3-2 SHS 310 4x — 8-5-2 WP: Josiah Smith (3IP, 3H, 3R, 3K, 3BB) LP: Dalton McCloud (3.1IP, 8R, 5H, 6K, 5BB) South Gallia: Alex Oram 1-2 (2RS), Andrew Small 1-3 (RS, RBI), Jaxxin Mabe 1-2 (RBI) Southern (11-6, 8-4): Braydon Otto 2-2 (2RS, 2RBI), Ryan Laudermilt 1-1 (3RS), Isiah Barton 1-2 (2RBI), Jacob Milliron 1-3 (RS, 3RBI). 2B: Barton, Laudermilt. Meigs 12, Federal Hocking 1 FHHS 000 10 — 1-3-4 MHS 093 0x — 12-8-0 WP: Andrew Dodson (2IP, K, BB) LP: Collin Jarvis (2IP, 9R, 4H) Federal Hocking (11-11): Wes Carpenter 1-2 (RS), Collin Jarvis 1-2, Hunter Smith 1-2. Meigs (10-8): Andrew Dodson 2-3 (2RS), Joey Porter 2-3 (RS), Alex Pierce 1-4 (RS), Wyatt Hoover 1-2 (2RS), Hunter Wood 1-3 (2RS), Bailey Jones 1-3. 2B: Wood. Eastern 12, Alexander 4 EHS 002 101 8 — 12-11-3 AHS 000 220 0 — 4-5-2 WP: Matthew Blanchard (7IP, 4R, 5H, 15K, 3BB) LP: John Hobbs (6.1IP, 10R, 10H, 7K, 3BB) Eastern (14-5-1): Brad Hawk 2-3 (2RS, RBI), Conner Ridenour 2-3 (2RS, RBI), Ryan Parker 2-4 (RS, RBI), Ryan Ross 1-2 (2RS), Matthew Blanchard 1-3 (RS, 2RBI), Bruce Hawley 1-4 (2RS, RBI), William Oldaker 1-4 (RS, 2RBI), Brayden Smith 1-5. Alexander (4-12): Preston Truax 2-4 (RS, RBI), Cam Bayha 1-2 (RS), Jeremiah Clark 1-2,Stanley Viny 1-3. 2B: Oldaker, Ridenour. Ravenswood 7, Wahama 2 RHS 002 500 0 — 7-3-1 WHS 000 000 2 — 2-3-2 WP: Drew Hunt (6IP, 2H, 6K, 7BB) LP: Ethyn Barnitz (3.2IP, 7R, 2H, 2K, 8BB) Ravenswood (1-8, 1-3): Hunt 1-3 (RBI), Anthony Anglin 1-4 (2RBI), Beau Bennett 1-4 (RS). Wahama (4-7, 3-3): Aaron Henry 1-1, Zachary Fields 1-2, Ethan Gray 1-4 (RBI). Reeser leads Rio on All-RSC baseball teams By Randy Payton For Ohio Valley Publishing CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — Senior center fielder Kent Reeser leads a quintet of University of Rio Grande players named to the 2021 All-River States Conference Baseball Team. The all-league first and second teams, as well as the RSC Gold Glove Team and individual award winners — all of which were determined through voting of the 10 head coaches in the conference — were announced as part of the RSC Baseball Championship at VA Memorial Stadium. Reeser, a native of Miamisburg, Ohio, was the RedStorm’s lone honoree on both the first team and the Gold Glove squad. Defensively, Reeser recorded 150 putouts in 154 chances with one assist and only three errors for a .981 fielding percentage. Offensively, he batted a teamhigh .391 with six home runs, 12 doubles, two triples, 50 runs scored and 26 stolen bases. He led the team in home runs, runs scored and stolen bases and tied for the team lead in triples. The RedStorm was represented on the second team by graduate senior starting pitcher Zach Kendall (Troy, OH), sophomore second baseman Clayton Surrell (Carroll, OH), senior third baseman Caden Cluxton Brisker (Washington Court House, OH) and senior designated hitter Jesse Watson (Las Cruces, NM). Kendall finished with 8-5 record and a 3.26 earned run average, with two of his losses coming in the RSC Tournament. The right-hander allowed 90 hits and 38 earned runs over 105 innings, while walking 26 and striking out 104. Surrell batted .318 with four home runs and 44 runs batted in. He also doubled six times, tripled twice and stole 14 bases. Cluxton hit. 317 with nine doubles and 13 RBI. He also ranked second on the club with 47 runs scored. Watson’s one and only season with Rio was a memorable one. He batted .353 with five home runs and a team-best 52 runs batted in, while also recording a team-high 23 doubles — one off the program’s single-season record. Regular season and tournament champion Indiana University Southeast headlined the list of individual award winners, pulling in RSC Player of the Year Matt Monahan, RSC Freshman of the Year Cade Reynolds and RSC Coach of the Year Ben Reel. Point Park (Pa.) University’s Ruben Ramirez was named the RSC Pitcher of the Year. The All-RSC Baseball First & Second Teams featured 17 players each — four starting pitchers, one relief pitcher, two catchers, first base, second base, third base, shortstop, four outfielders, one designated hitter and one utility player. The RSC Gold Glove Team was also chosen with one player at each of the nine positions on the field. Monahan, a senior first baseman from New Lenox, Illinois, began the post-season hitting .428 with 14 homers and 55 RBIs in 51 games. He ranked second in the NAIA in hits with 83, which led the RSC. He also stood out defensively as the RSC Gold Glove selection at first base. Reynolds, a true freshman from Greensburg, Ind., started 10 games as a right-handed pitcher, eight of which were in conference play, and posted a 4-2 record with a 3.42 ERA. Reel, in his 13th year as head coach at his alma mater, led the Grenadiers to a 41-13 overall record and a 26-1 mark in the RSC during regular season play. IU Southeast is ranked No. 18 in the NAIA Top 25 and secured an NAIA National Championship bid prior to tournament play as the league’s regular-season champion. Ramirez, a relief pitcher from Juncos, Puerto Rico, led the NAIA in earned run average (0.49 ERA), total runs allowed (3) and earned runs allowed (4). He was fourth in the nation with nine saves, and he worked in 25 games and 54.2 innings, all in relief. Joining Reeser, Monahan and Ramirez on the first team were starting pitchers Tyler Morrison of Asbury, Nick Beardsley from Point Park, IU Southeast’s Hunter Kloke and Renton Poole of Indiana University Kokomo; catchers Brody Tanksley of IU Southeast and Dylan Janke from IU Kokomo; IU Southeast second baseman Clay Woeste; shortstop Trevor Campbell of Asbury; WVU Tech third baseman Andrew Sharp; outfielders Marco Romero of IU Southeast, Jouseph Renovales from Point Park and Colton Back of Asbury; Ohio Christian designated hitter Ian Rycenga; and utility selection Walker Paris from Asbury. Also named was the RSC Baseball Champions of Character Team. One member from each team was nominated by their head coach for best displaying the NAIA’s five character values of respect, responsibility, integrity, servant leadership and sportsmanship. Rio Grande’s representative on the list was freshman pitcher Josh Faro (Gallipolis, OH). Randy Payton is the Sports Information Director at the University of Rio Grande. Independence 6, Point Pleasant 4 The Lady Knights rallied with a run in the bottom of the seventh to force extra innings, but Chloe Hart delivered a 2-RBI single in the top of the eighth and ultimately pushed visiting Independence on to a 6-4 victory Tuesday night in non-conference play. Point Pleasant (8-5) took a 1-0 lead in the fourth as Havin Roush scored from third on a dropped third strike, but the Lady Patriots countered with a 4-run sixth that led to a 4-1 edge. Tayah Fetty started the home half of the sixth with a solo homer, then Kylie Price banged out a double that plated Roush for a 4-3 deficit. Roush knotted the game up at four in the bottom of the seventh with a 1-out single that brought Hayley Keefer around for a 4-all contest. PPHS outhit the guests by a 10-9 margin and also committed three of the four errors in the contest. Roush led Point Pleasant with three hits, with Fetty, Price and Madilyn Keefer also adding two safeties each. Hypes and Martin paced IHS with two hits apiece. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Hobbs took the pitching loss in 6.1 innings for Alexander, striking out Eastern 12, Alexander 4 seven. Leading the Eagle Tied heading into the offense, Ridenour and final inning, the Eastern baseball team plated eight Brad Hawk were both runs in the seventh to take 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI, while a 12-4 victory over nonconference host Alexander Parker singled twice, scored once and drove in on Tuesday in Athens County. The Eagles (14-5- one run. Preston Truax 1) took the lead with RBIs paced the Spartans with two hits, a run scored and from Matthew Blanchard an RBI. and Conner Ridenour in the third inning, and added another run on a Ravenswood 7, Wahama 2 Ryan Parker single in the The Wahama baseball third. Alexander (4-12), team scored both its runs however, was in the lead in the final inning, but left at 4-3 after two runs in the bases loaded and fell each the fourth and fifth to Little Kanawha Conferframes. Ridenour scored ence guest Ravenswood on a wild pitch to tie the 7-2 on Tuesday at Claflin game at four in the top of Stadium. The Red Devils the sixth, and then com(1-8, 1-3 LKC) took a bined five hits, two walks, 2-0 lead on an Anthony two errors and a hit batter Anglin single in the top of for the eight-run finale. the third, and then plated Blanchard was the winfive runs on six walks and ning pitcher of record in two errors in the followa complete game for East- ing frame. WHS (4-7, 3-3) ern, striking out 15. John left four runners in scor- ing position in the first five innings, and then had two runners thrown out in scoring position in the sixth. An RBI single from Ethan Gray and a bases loaded walk brought two White Falcons home in the seventh inning, but Wahama couldn’t complete the comeback and fell 7-2. Drew Hunt claimed the pitching victory in six innings for RHS, striking out six. Ethyn Barnitz struck out two in 3.2 innings on the mound and took the pitching loss for Wahama. Bryce Zuspan and Aaron Henry had two strikeouts each in 2.1 innings and one inning of relief respectively. Henry, Gray and Zachary Fields each singled once for Wahama, with Hunt, Anglin and Beau Bennett claiming hits for the guests. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. the first team included pitcher Ally Moore of Asbury; catchers Erin Templeman of IU Southeast and Rileigh Bobo from Brescia; infielders Kelsey Warman and Ellie Jackman from IU Southeast, Madison Lampe of Carlow, Taylor Enlow of Asbury and Brescia University’s Cassie Moss; outfielders Taylor Goldstrohm of Point Park, Carson Flynn from Midway, Emma Dammeyer of Ohio Christian and Maddie Probus from IU Southeast; designated hosts, striking out two. McCloud took the loss in 3.1 frames for the guests, From page 7 striking out six. Otto led Southern at the plate with two hits, two runs scored McCloud had a single and two RBIs. Milliron apiece for the guests. In singled once and drove in the second game, SGHS a game-best three runs, led 1-0 with Oram scorwhile Ryan Laudermilt ing on a error in the top of the first. An RBI single doubled once and scored a team-best three times. from Braydon Otto tied the game in the bottom of Oram singled once and the first, and then Milliron scored twice for the Rebels, while Small and Mabe gave the hosts the lead each singled home a run, for good with a two-run with Small also scoring single. The Purple and one. Gold added another run in the second frame, but the Rebels were within Meigs 12, Federal Hocking 1 one after a two-run single The Meigs baseball by Jaxxin Mabe in the top team hit the double-digit of the third. Southern, mark in the win column however, sealed the 8-3 with a 12-1 victory over win with a four-run fourth, non-conference guest capped off by a two-run Federal Hocking on Tuesdouble from Isiah Barton. day in Rocksprings. The Smith was the winning Marauders (10-8) — who pitcher, striking out three can clinch a share of the in three innings for SHS. the Tri-Valley Conference Milliron finished the game Ohio Division champion the mound for the onship with their next league win — were held scoreless in the opening frame, but posted nine runs on five hits, four errors, a walk and a hit batter in the second. MHS tallied three more runs in the third inning, capped off by a Hunter Wood double. Federal Hocking (11-11) ended the shut out bid with a run after three straight singles in the top of the fourth, but didn’t reach base again and fell 12-1. Andrew Dodson struck out one batter in two hitless innings for the Marauders, while Alex Pierce pitcher the rest of the way and struck out three. Collin Jarvis took the loss in two innings on the mound for the Lancers. Dodson and Joey Porter led Meigs at the plate, each going 2-for-3 with Dodson scoring twice and Porter scoring once. Wes Carpenter singled once and scored once for the guests. Baseball two walks and an error. Chaney earned the pitching victory in a complete game, striking out seven. Makayla Waugh struck out five and took the loss in a complete game for the Lady Rebels. Roderus led the Lady Tornado offense, going 2-for-3 with a triple, a run scored and a game-best three RBIs. Brooke Crisp scored a game-best three runs and singled one time for Southern. Rutt and Makayla Waugh had both singled once and scored once for SGHS. sion title. Also named was the RSC Softball Championship of Character Team. One representative from each school was nominated by their head coach for best exhibiting the NAIA’s five character values of respect, responsibility, integrity, servant leadership and sportsmanship. Rio’s representative on the list was sophomore Cierra Roberts (Bidwell, OH). the first team was RSC Pitcher of the Year, Hannah Ogg of Indiana University Southeast. Entering tournament play, Ogg was 28-10 with a 1.42 ERA in 207.1 innings pitched. She ranked second in the NAIA in wins and innings pitched and was fifth nationally with four saves. Ogg, who struck out 216 batters in regular season play, suffered a pair of losses to Rio Grande in the conference tournament. The remainder of and a 2.06 earned run average in 31 appearances. In 163-1/3 innings of work, the right-hander has allowed 162 hits and 48 earned runs while walking just 17 and striking out 107. Campolo is 20-6 with two saves and a 2.12 ERA in 32 outings. Over 178-1/3 innings, she’s surrendered 158 hits and 54 earned runs with 28 From page 7 player Jada Simon of Point Park; and utility selection Taylor Dickerson of WVU Tech. Moore, Jackman, Moss and Probus were the four at-large first team picks. The other individual award winner was IU Southeast head coach Joe Witten, who was named RSC Coach of the Year by his peers. Witten led the Grenadiers to a 42-14 record overall and 22-4 mark in the RSC during the regular season. IU Southeast won the RSC West Divi- walks and 173 strikeouts. Cremeens is batting .378 with six home runs and 45 runs batted in. She also has 18 doubles, three triples and a .601 slugging percentage. Webb is hitting .422 with a team-high 11 home runs, 20 doubles and 69 runs batted in. She also has four triples and a .721 slugging percentage, with her RBI total ranking second nationally. Schmitt is hitting .376 with five doubles, a triple, a home run and 19 RBI. Joining Rio’s quintet on From page 7 Softball Randy Payton is the Sports Information Director at the University of Rio Grande. �NEWS/CLASSIFIEDS Ohio Valley Publishing Pet boom has veterinarians backlogged House GOP ousts Trump critic Liz Cheney from top post WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans ousted Rep. Liz Cheney from her post as the chamber’s No. 3 GOP leader on Wednesday, punishing her after she repeatedly rebuked former President Donald Trump for his false claims of election fraud and his role in inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. Meeting behind closed doors for less than 20 minutes, GOP lawmakers used a voice vote to remove the Wyoming congresswoman from her leadership post, the latest evidence that challenging Trump can be career-threatening for a Republican, even one from party royalty. A daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, the congresswoman is an old-school Republican establishment pillar, and her demotion stands as a striking, perhaps defining moment for the GOP. Both inside the private meeting and later to reporters, a defiant Cheney made clear that she would own her banishment from leadership’s ranks as a badge of honor and try to steer the party away Thursday, May 13, 2021 9 By Kelli Kennedy Associated Press from a former president she considers a threat to democracy. “If you want leaders who will enable and spread his destructive lies, I’m not your person,” she told her colleagues before the vote, according to a person who provided her remarks only on condition of anonymity. “You have plenty of others to choose from. That will be their legacy.” One of the nation’s two major parties was in effect declaring an extraordinary requirement for admission to its highest ranks: fealty to, or at least silence about, Trump’s lie that he lost his November reelection bid due to widespread fraud. In states around the country, officials and judges of both parties found no evidence to support Trump’s claims that extensive illegalities caused his defeat. Participants said Cheney received a polite standing ovation after her remarks inside Wednesday’s meeting. Leaders opted against recorded individual votes, but she had to endure what Rep. Byron Donalds of Florid said was a “deafening” voice vote to topple her. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — During the gloomiest stretches of the pandemic, Dr. Diona Krahn’s veterinary clinic has been a puppy fest, overrun with new fourlegged patients. Typically, she’d get three or four new puppies a week, but between shelter adoptions and private purchases, the 2020 COVID-19 pet boom brought five to seven new clients a day to her practice in Raleigh, North Carolina. Many are firsttime pet owners. Like many veterinarians across the country, she’s also been seeing more sick animals. To meet the demand, vets interviewed by The Associated Press have extended hours, hired additional staff and refused to take new patients, and they still can’t keep up. Burnout and fatigue are such a concern that some practices are hiring counselors to support their weary staffs. “Everyone is working beyond capacity at this point,” said Krahn, who added evening hours last year. Approximately 12.6 million U.S. households got a new pet last year after the pandemic was declared in March 2020, according to a COVID19 Pulse Study by the Wilfredo Lee | AP Dr. Katarzyna Ferry, left, looks over at a dog named Wendy who is being treated for a flare-up of Addison’s disease on April 12 at the Veterinary Specialty Hospital of Palm Beach Gardens in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Forced to stay at home due to the pandemic, Americans adopted nearly 12 million pets last year, meaning the average vet clinic saw nearly 400 new patients last year. Veterinarian offices across the country are experiencing unprecedented demand. American Pet Products Association. Meanwhile, fewer people relinquished their pets in 2020, so they needed ongoing care, experts said. And as people worked from home and spent more time with their pets, they’ve had more opportunities to notice bumps, limps and other ailments that could typically go untreated. Vets were already struggling to meet the prepandemic demand, with veterinary schools unable to churn out enough doctors and techs to fill the void. Krahn left her North Carolina practice three months ago and now oversees nine veterinary and animal hospital clinics across Utah and Idaho under Pathway Vet Alliance. “All of my practices are booking out several weeks in advance. Clients are actually calling around and scheduling appointments at multiple locations,” and even resorting to emergency care facilities, she said. Banfield Pet Hospital, one of the largest national providers of preventive veterinary medicine, had approximately half a million more pet visits in 2020 than in 2019. And its telehealth service more than doubled in volume from March through the end of last year. Thrive, another veterinary hospital primary care group, with 110 facilities across the U.S., reported a 20% increase in demand during the pandemic. Both repeated a common refrain — as humans spent more time with their pets, they were more in tune with their ailments — big and small. “With COVID, a lot of people became powerless to the ones closest to them,” said Claire Pickens, a senior director at Thrive, “but the one thing they still had the ability to control was caring for their pet.” Ruling paves way for longer sentence in George Floyd’s death MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge has ruled that there were aggravating factors in the death of George Floyd, paving the way for the possibility of a longer sentence for Derek Chauvin, according to an order made public Wednesday. In his ruling dated Tuesday, Judge Peter Manuel Balce Ceneta | AP Rep. 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Now Mathis has taken a new job, in Michigan’s newly legalized cannabis industry. The pay is better, the hours more regular, the stress less, he says. No longer does he worry that he’ll catch COVID-19. “What about us and our families?” he asked his school board in Romeo, Michigan, last August after it unveiled a plan to offer in-person classes. Ultimately, the 29-year-old teacher felt few in the rural suburb north of Detroit understood. “Good riddance,” one resident said. His is but one story of the plight of the American public servant. Historically, jobs like teaching, firefighting, policing, government and social work have offered opportunities to give back to communities while earning solid benefits, maybe even a pension. Surveys still show public admiration for nurses and teachers and, after the terror attacks of 9/11, firefighters. But many public servants no longer feel the love. They’re battered and burnt out. They’re stretched by systems where shortages are common – for teachers in Michigan and several other states, for instance, and for police in many cities, from New York and Cincinnati to Seattle. Colleagues are retiring early or resigning, as Mathis did. There are mental breakdowns, substance abuse and even suicide, especially among first responders. Even before the coronavi- Canady From page 1 a comprehensive examination. Fellows also are committed to ongoing professional development and undergo recertification every three years. “A couple of years ago, Paul Sancya | AP Bill Mathis packages THC products April 29 in Hazel Park, Mich. A former teacher, Mathis has taken a new job in Michigan’s newly legalized cannabis industry. The pay is better, the hours more regular and the stress less, he says. No longer does he worry that he’ll catch COVID-19. 8 AM 2 PM 44° 64° 62° Mostly sunny today. Rather cloudy and chilly tonight. High 69° / Low 39° HEALTH TODAY Statistics through 3 p.m. Wed. 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Fri. 6:17 a.m. 8:33 p.m. 8:04 a.m. 11:30 p.m. FRIDAY 68° 40° ALMANAC High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM another school district because he felt the online teaching was so poor. Some teachers, he said, have “phoned it in” for years, with few repercussions. Bill Mathis, not one to shy from speaking his mind, jumped into the discussion. He posted about leaving teaching because of the health risks to himself and his girlfriend, Annie, who has lupus, and how his salary made it hard to pay his bills. “So you weren’t in it for the kids?” another commenter asked, drawing dozens of emoticon reactions, from anger to laughter. Derek Lies, a dad of two boys in Romeo, said he felt for teachers -- at first. But as the union pushed back on returning to the classroom, “my sympathy went away,” he said. Years ago, Lies was a firefighter. If there’s one group of public servants who have reason to gripe, he added, it’s police, who’ve faced heightened scrutiny over the killings of George Floyd and others. “I can’t imagine anyone want- see; and completed a residency in General Surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Canady earned an MBA from the Ohio University College of Business in Dr. Canady joined Holzer in 1995 following four years of service in the United States Navy. He is a graduate of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; completed his Bachelor’s in Science from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennes- we started a study group at Holzer to work toward Fellowship in ACHE. There are currently 8-10 of our Senior Executives in that group,” shared Dr. Canady. “This is one of the things we are doing that shows our commitment to managing Holzer at the highest level possible.” TODAY WEATHER mistrust of the government and its workers was building. By the time the 2008 Great Recession arrived, anti-union sentiment also was more prevalent -- a big deal in the Detroit area, known as a union stronghold because of the auto industry. That bashing has grown to include unions that represent public servants, teachers included. “They protect bad behavior, and they punish good behavior,” said Tim Deegan, a dad from Waterford, Michigan, who manages a pizza parlor. He notes that he has no such protections for a job that often finds him working 60 hours a week. Earlier this year, Deegan took part in a rambunctious social media discussion about the large numbers of Michigan teachers who are retiring early, even more during the pandemic. Educators certainly had their supporters in the online thread. But others, including Deegan, were angry. He told the story of his girlfriend’s son – how they’d switched him to rus arrived, researchers have found in 2018 that about half of American public servants said they were burnt out, compared with 20% over workers overall. Some wonder who will pick up the slack, as more young people avoid public service careers. In the federal government, just 6% of the workforce is younger than age 30, while about 45% is older than 50, according to the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service. The pandemic has only made matters worse. In addition to the risk COVID-19 poses for those on the front lines, “The workload is up. Financial security is down,” said Elizabeth Linos, a behavioral scientist and public management scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, who studies public workers. Linos, whose research has included 911 operators, physician moms and others, says surveys during the pandemic have found that anxiety rates for frontline workers are 20 times higher than usual. Long before the pandemic, ing that job right now,” Lies said. Increasingly, first responders across the country are acknowledging the difficulties of the job and addressing mental health, addiction and the occasional suicide. In Sterling Heights, where Mathis lives, fire chief Kevin Edmond gives time off to crews who’ve responded to fatal fires and other trauma. Attracting young people to public service fields can be a challenge. But Linos, the UCBerkeley researcher, says it’s not necessarily the difficulty that scares them off. In fact, in the case of policing, her research has found that more people apply when told the job is challenging. Her research has found that a sense of belonging and feeling supported by a supervisor also helps soothe burnout. In Romeo, sixth-grade geography teacher and union leader Sue Ziel recalls starting to feel more resentment from the public when the recession began in 2008. A Gallup poll then found that public approval of unions dropped to a low of 48 percent, compared with 72 percent when the poll began in 1936, though it has been creeping up. Ziel, who left a job in advertising 24 years ago to teach, said the demands of the job had increased. There are more required certifications, more focus on standardized testing, while pay freezes diminished teacher wages across the state of Michigan. As the pandemic hit, she initially felt “paralyzed” at the thought of having to teach kids online and in person at the same time. She also got the virus. “I remember sitting in tears and telling my husband ‘I don’t know if I can do this,’” she said, “and those words have never come out of my mouth.” Elizabeth 67/43 Spencer 66/41 Buffalo 66/41 Ironton 67/41 Milton 67/43 St. Albans 67/40 Huntington 66/41 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s Seattle 100s 70/50 90s 80s Billings 70s 66/46 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s San Francisco 10s 65/51 Denver 0s 73/47 -0s -10s Los Angeles 75/59 T-storms Rain Showers El Paso Snow 85/64 Flurries Chihuahua Ice 79/57 Cold Front Warm Front Monterrey Stationary Front 71/65 Clendenin 66/39 Charleston 66/39 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. 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Hi/Lo/W 82/58/s 54/40/pc 67/52/pc 63/51/s 70/47/s 66/46/t 81/52/s 69/54/s 66/39/s 69/48/pc 65/41/pc 67/46/s 66/42/s 62/41/s 65/42/s 73/55/pc 73/47/pc 67/48/pc 69/44/s 85/73/sh 79/59/pc 65/45/s 67/50/pc 97/72/s 70/47/s 75/59/pc 68/47/s 90/75/t 69/50/pc 68/45/s 77/65/pc 70/52/s 70/52/pc 83/67/t 70/52/s 101/72/s 64/41/s 66/48/s 69/45/pc 71/43/s 68/46/s 82/60/s 65/51/pc 70/50/pc 70/51/s Hi/Lo/W 81/59/s 56/43/pc 71/53/pc 63/53/pc 72/50/pc 66/49/c 76/49/c 71/54/pc 69/40/pc 71/48/pc 62/44/pc 70/50/s 68/45/pc 63/43/pc 66/46/pc 77/63/pc 70/49/pc 61/50/t 69/46/pc 85/71/sh 82/62/s 67/49/pc 66/57/t 97/71/s 75/53/s 71/60/pc 70/48/pc 87/73/t 63/49/pc 72/49/pc 78/63/s 72/54/pc 74/59/pc 82/65/pc 72/54/pc 101/71/s 65/44/pc 69/46/pc 71/45/pc 72/46/pc 68/54/pc 84/57/pc 64/52/pc 72/49/pc 70/50/pc EXTREMES WEDNESDAY National for the 48 contiguous states Atlanta 67/52 High Low 95° in Immokalee, FL 15° in Gould, CO Global Houston 79/59 High Low Miami 90/75 114° in Bilma, Niger -22° in Aputiteeq, Greenland 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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