http://66.213.69.5/files/original/089588404a26ea7d2922412f55e9e470.pdf 7390c6e74f1caf5f91576c18834da4d6 PDF Text Text 8 AM 2 PM 8 PM 62° 80° 80° Sunshine and patchy clouds today. A moonlit sky tonight. High 87° / Low 59° Today’s weather forecast Weekly church columns Lancaster beats Post 39 WEATHER s 3 CHURCH s 4 SPORTS s 5 C_ZZb[fehj��Fec[heo"�E^_e Issue 144, Volume 75 Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Suspect wanted after multiple county pursuit Friday, July 23, 2021 s 50¢ New home for memorabilia Reward offered for information on whereabouts of Anthony Davis Staff Report and assisted in the high-speed chase for a period of time however MEIGS COUNTY they were unable to — A reward is being offered for information proceed due to low fuel levels. A K-9 track was the whereabouts of a conducted by suspect who led the Ohio Departlaw enforcement ment of Natural on a multiResources, howcounty pursuit ever the suspect on Tuesday night was unable to be and Wednesday located. morning. Anthony Davis Sheriff Keith Davis is considered Wood stated in to be armed a news release and dangerous and that on Tuesday night the public should not and early Wednesday approach him. Anthony morning, the Meigs County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce, Davis is 5’10” tall and The Gallia County Sher- weighs approximately iff’s Ofﬁce, The Vinton 200 pounds. Davis has County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce, green eyes and red hair with a red beard and is The Jackson County believed to still be in Sheriff’s Ofﬁce, The the west end of Meigs Athens County SherCounty in the Salem iff’s Ofﬁce, the Ohio Center/Langsville area. Department of Natural “Anthony Davis, if Resources and the you’re out there readState Highway Patrol were involved in multi- ing this, were coming for you. Not only did county vehicle pursuit you put the public at with a male identiﬁed risk with your failure as Anthony G. “Red” to obey the law but you Davis, 33, of Salem also put the lives of Center, Ohio. law enforcement at risk “The pursuit was with your actions,” statoriginally initiated ed Sheriff Wood. “My on State Route 32 in suggestion to you would Vinton County by be to turn yourself in the Vinton County on your own free will Sheriff’s Ofﬁce. The rather than spending suspect vehicle, which the remainder of your was conﬁrmed to be freedom looking over a 2006 Cadillac CTS your shoulder every which had been spray step of the way”. painted black, turned “We have been lookoff of State Route 32 ing for Anthony Davis into Meigs County. over the past several The pursuit proceeded weeks and would apprethrough Meigs County and into Gallia County ciate any tips that the public can provide to in the Salem Center area before the suspect assist us in his capreturned to the Painter ture. Davis has also absconded from the Ridge Area inside of court system in Meigs Meigs County and bailed out of the vehicle County and has active and into a heavily wood- warrants for his arrest”, stated Sheriff Wood. ed area on foot after stop sticks were used to “I would like to thank immobilize the vehicle,” all of the agencies that stated the news release. participated and have assisted us over the The suspect reportpast several weeks in edly continued to ﬂee attempting to locate Mr. from Painter Ridge Davis. I would like to Road onto MethenyFairplay Road, a gravel give a special thank you road to which pursuing to Sheriff Champlin’s Ofﬁce in Gallia County ofﬁcers lost visual of who has been there the suspect vehicle. with us every step of The Ohio State Highway Patrol Aviation See DAVIS | 12 Unit was contacted Courtesy photos The Middleport Trophy Case Committee members are pictured with some of the trophies. Pictured, L to R, are Eddie Crooks, Judy Crooks, Mary Wise, John Blake, Don Stivers, and Margie Blake. Middleport High School trophies to be displayed at village hall Staff Report group of trophies and plaques represent victories and achievements MIDDLEPORT — When schools are closed earned in football, basand/or consolidated, what ketball, baseball, track, band, and academics. should be done with the trophies and other memo- Their old home was once Middleport High School, rabilia speciﬁc to that school? Sadly, sometimes, where they proudly stood in cases at the entrance to these precious items are the building. disposed of in various After consolidation, ways, never to be seen and construction of new again. buildings, this old school Locally, a speciﬁc building was vacated, the cases vandalized, and the trophies removed and placed in storage. Recently a concerned group of individuals, including alumni, formed a committee to ﬁnd a new home for these valuable articles. They felt that not only were these items sentimental to the school, One of the first trophies of MHS See TROPHIES | 12 was from 1930 football. Chamber hosts lunch and learn series Staff Report POMEROY — The Meigs County Chamber and Tourism is hosting a six session Summer Lunch and Learn series geared at topics which are most requested by Chamber members and local businesses. The sessions began on July 13 with a “Cyber Security” lunch and learn with Dave Hannum of New Era Broadband leading the discussion. Upcoming lunch and learn sessions are as follows: July 27 — Business Growth Strategy with Chase Jenkins of Uplift Fitness; Aug. 10 — Employee Development with an expert panel to include Erin Krawsczyn of Farmers Bank, Mark Porter of Mark Porter Auto Group and others; Aug. 24 — Access to Capital with Carleen Dotson from the Small Business Development Center; Sept. 7 — Succession Planning Sarah Hawley | Sentinel Dave Hannum of New Era Broadband led the Meigs County Chamber and Tourism lunch and learn on cyber security. with attorneys Jennifer Sheets, Doug Little and Mick Barr. All lunch and learn sessions will be held at Farmers Bank Community Room from 11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. Cost is $10 Chamber members; $15 non-Chamber members. Registration is required and can be completed through the Meigs County Chamber and Tourism Facebook page. The ﬁrst session was live streamed on the Meigs County Chamber and Tourism Facebook page. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Middleport Council discusses projects AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC Staff Report (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. MIDDLEPORT — Middleport Village Council discussed several matters during the recent meeting. Middleport Village Council met in regular session on July 12 at village hall with Mayor Fred Hoffman presiding. Present were the following: Council members Matt Lyons, Brian Conde, Shawn Arnott, Ben Reed and Larry Byer. Also present were Fiscal Ofﬁcer Susan Baker, Police Chief Mony Wood, Building Inspector Mike Hendrickson, Village attorney Richard Hedges, and visitors Ben and Brooke See, Nancy Burns, and Bill Lambert. Opening prayer was given by Mark Morrow followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Mayor Hoffman stated that, to the best of his knowledge, the ﬁreworks display did not create any problems with debris fallout. He stated the village had workers available Monday morning but there was no cleanup necessary. The mayor thanked Brian Conde for all his efforts in contacting residents and the ﬁreworks company and felt this was really the reason for not having problems. Jeff Darst had also been in contact with the ﬁreworks company and made some changes in the area from the previous year. The Mayor stated that he felt the efforts made by Conde and Darst were the reason that there were no problems as they made the ﬁreworks company aware of the problems from last year. Hoffman stated that Baker, on behalf of the village, presented the Pomeroy Council with a proposal to provide 24/7 police and dispatch services to Pomeroy at a yearly cost of $295,000. No decision was made by Pomeroy Council as of that time. Council members brieﬂy discussed the project and how it could be beneﬁcial to both Pomeroy and Middleport. Hoffman suggested that, if Pomeroy wishes to proceed See COUNCIL | 12 �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Friday, July 23, 2021 OBITUARY Ohio Valley Publishing GALLIA, MEIGS COMMUNITY BRIEFS RALPH DOUGLAS LAVENDER SYRACUSE — Ralph Douglas Lavender of Syracuse, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, July 21, 2021, at his residence. He was born on July 8, 1938, in Hartford, W.Va., to the late Estel Howard and Clara (Birchﬁeld) Lavender. Ralph served our country in the United States Army in the 101st Airborne Paratroopers, he was a member of the Syracuse Fire Department and a member of the New Hope Nazarene Church and Syracuse Mission. Ralph is survived by his wife of 61 years, Jan Lavender; children, Becki (David) Mayse, Doug (Theresa) Lavender; grandchildren, Dylan and Braden Matson and Lauren and Colton Lavender; sisters, Linda Parsons and Mary Pickens; special friend, Clifford Zent; and several nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents, brothers and sisters, Marie Rizer, Liz Rice, Tom Lavender, Jim Lavender, Larry Lavender; grandsons, Stuart Douglas Matson and Jaden Marshall Matson. Funeral service will be held on Monday, July 26, 2021, at 1 p.m. at the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy with Rev. Ray LaSalle ofﬁciating. Burial will follow in the Meigs Memory Gardens. Visitation will be held on Sunday, July 25, 2021, from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. A registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel.com. DEATH NOTICE PARKER POMEROY — Angela Lee Parker of Pomeroy, died on Thursday, July 22, 2021, at her residence. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, July 25, 2021, at 2 p.m. at the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy with Pastor John Frank ofﬁciating. Burial will follow in the Meigs Memory Gardens. Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Saturday, July 24, 2021, at the funeral home. Vaccinations rise in some states with soaring infections By Heather Hollingsworth and Richardo Alonso-Zaldivar Associated Press Vaccinations are beginning to rise in some states where COVID-19 cases are soaring, White House ofﬁcials said Thursday, and hospitals are running out of space because of the delta variant, which is "spreading with incredible efﬁciency." Coronavirus coordinator Jeff Zients told reporters that several states with the highest proportions of new infections have seen residents get vaccinated at higher rates than the nation as a whole. Ofﬁcials cited Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri, and Nevada as examples. "The fourth surge is real, and the numbers are quite frightening at the moment," Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said on a New Orleans radio show. Edwards, a Democrat, added: "There's no doubt that we are going in the wrong direction, and we're going there in a hurry." Louisiana reported 2,843 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, a day after reporting 5,388 — the third-highest level since the pandemic began. Hospitalizations are up steeply in the last month, from 242 on June 19 to 913 in the latest report. Fifteen new deaths were reported Thursday. Just 36% of Louisiana's population is fully vaccinated, state health department data shows. Nationally, 56.3% of Americans have received at least one dose of the vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Aly Neel, a spokesperson for Louisiana's health department, said the state has seen "a little bump" in vaccinations recently, adding that details would be available Friday. Warner Thomas, president and CEO of Ochsner Health, said the system had seen a 10% to 15% increase in people seeking vaccination over the past week or two. In Missouri, which is second only to Arkansas and Louisiana in the number of new cases per capita over the past 14 days, ofﬁcials have rolled out a vaccine incentive program that includes $10,000 prizes for 900 lottery winners. The state lags about 10 percentage points behind the national average for people who have received at least one shot. Hospitals in the Springﬁeld area are under strain, reaching pandemic high and near pandemic high numbers of patients. "Younger, relatively healthy and unvaccinated. If this describes you, please consider vaccination," tweeted Erik Frederick, chief administrative ofﬁcer of Mercy Hospital Springﬁeld, noting that half of the COVID-19 patients are ages 21 to 59 and just 2% of that group is vaccinated. 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Vacation Bible School LONG BOTTOM — The Fellowship Church of the Nazarene will be having Vacation Bible School on Monday, July 26th-Wednesday, July 28th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. each night. This is for kids ages 4-12. The church is located at 54120 Fellowship Drive, Long Bottom, Ohio 45743. If you have any questions, please call the church at 740-3786175. Road closures, construction Zion Road (Township Road 171). The road will be closed. ODOT’s detour is SR 143 to SR 684 to SR 681 to U.S. 33 to SR 7 to SR 143. Estimated reopening date: Aug. 11. GALLIA COUNTY — SR 141 is closed between Dan Jones Road (County Road 28) and Redbud Hill Road (Township Road 462) for a bridge deck replacement project. ODOT’s detour is SR 7 to SR 588 to SR 325 to SR 141. Estimated completion: Aug. 23. GALLIA COUNTY — A culvert replacement project starts on July 26 on SR 233, between Dry Ridge Road (County Road 70) and Pumpkintown Road (County Road 66). One lane will be closed. Temporary trafﬁc signals and a 12 foot width restriction will be in place. Estimated completion: Aug. 5. 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. MEIGS COUNTY — A landslide repair and culvert replacement project begins on August 2 on SR 681, between U.S. 33 and SR 7. The road will be closed. Estimated completion: Aug. 6. BIDWELL — SR 160/554 roundabout construction. A roundabout construction project begins on July 26 at the intersection of SR 160 and SR 554. From July 26-Sept. 6, SR 554 will be closed between SR 160 and Porter Road. ODOT’s detour is SR 7 through Cheshire to SR 735 to U.S. 35 to SR 160 to SR 554. Beginning July 26, one lane of SR 160 will be closed and temporary trafﬁc signals will be in place between Homewood Drive and Porter Road. Estimated completion: Oct.-+ 1, 2021 MEIGS COUNTY — A bridge replacement project begins on July 12 on SR 143, between Smith Run BIDWELL — The Southeast Road (Township Road 170) and Ohio Foodbank & Regional Free meals for Gallia kids Kitchen is participating in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). Free meals are provided to all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability. Meals will be provided at the site and time as follows: Gallia Metropolitan Estates, 301 Buck Ridge Rd., Bidwell. Lunch, 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. on Thursdays through Aug. 13. No identiﬁcation required. Ohio 7 rehab project reminder CROWN CITY — The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) 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. Friday, July 23 MIDDLEPORT — The monthly Free Community Dinner at the Middleport Church of Christ Family Life Center, corner of 5th and Main Streets. Take-out meals will be handed out at 5 p.m. while supplies last. This month they are serving: pulled pork sandwiches, baked beans, cole slaw, and dessert. Everyone is welcome. Sunday, July 25 POMEROY — The Meigs County Ministerial Association will be hosting a community prayer on the Pomeroy Parking Lot to pray for families, the community, state and country at 1:30 p.m. at the main stage area. The prayer event will be held the fourth Sunday of each month during the warm weather months of the year. GALLIPOLIS — Gallipolis First Church of the Nazarene Sunday School, 9-10 a.m.; Morning Worship Service, 10:15 a.m. in the Sanctuary; Children’s Church and Nursery care available. Splash bash, block party, 5-7 p.m. Monday, July 26 SYRACUSE — The Syracuse Community Center Board of Directors is hosting a free admission pool party for Syracuse Residents at the London Pool from 6:30-8:30 p.m. All ages are welcome. Concessions will be sold by the pool during the event. MIDDLEPORT — Veterans Service Commission meeting, 9 a.m., 97 N. Second Ave. LETART TWP. — The regular meeting of the Letart Township Trustees will be held at 5 p.m. at the Letart Township Building. Thank you. TODAY IN HISTORY By The Associated Press from Montreal to Edmonton; the pilots were able to glide the jetliner to a safe emergency landing Today is Friday, July 23, the in Gimli, Manitoba. (The near204th day of 2021. There are 161 disaster occurred because the fuel days left in the year. had been erroneously measured in pounds instead of kilograms at a Today’s highlight in history: time when Canada was converting On July 23, 2003, Massachuto the metric system.) setts’ attorney general issued a In 1990, President George H.W. report saying clergy members and Bush announced his choice of others in the Boston Archdiocese probably had sexually abused more Judge David Souter of New Hampthan 1,000 people over a period of shire to succeed the retiring Justice William J. Brennan on the U.S. six decades. Supreme Court. In 1997, the search for Andrew On this date: Cunanan, the suspected killer of In 1829, William Austin Burt designer Gianni Versace and othreceived a patent for his “typogers, ended as police found his body rapher,” a forerunner of the typeon a houseboat in Miami Beach, an writer. apparent suicide. In 1945, French Marshal Henri In 1999, space shuttle Columbia Petain, who had headed the blasted off with the world’s most pro-Axis Vichy government durpowerful X-ray telescope and ing World War II, went on trial, charged with treason. (He was con- Eileen Collins, the ﬁrst woman to command a U.S. space ﬂight. victed and condemned to death, In 2003, a new audiotape purbut the sentence was commuted to life in prison. On this date in 1951, ported to be from toppled dictator Saddam Hussein called on Iraqis to Petain died in prison.) resist the U.S. occupation. In 1958, Britain’s Queen ElizaIn 2006, Tiger Woods became beth II named the ﬁrst four women the ﬁrst player since Tom Watson to peerage in the House of Lords. In 1967, ﬁve days of deadly riot- in 1982-83 to win consecutive British Open titles. ing erupted in Detroit as an early In 2017, a tractor trailer was morning police raid on an unlicensed bar resulted in a confronta- found in a Walmart parking lot in tion with local residents that esca- San Antonio, Texas, crammed with lated into violence that spread into dozens of immigrants; ten died and many more were treated at a hospiother parts of the city; 43 people, tal for dehydration and heat stroke. mostly Blacks, were killed. (The driver, James Bradley Jr., was In 1982, actor Vic Morrow and sentenced to life in prison after two child actors, 7-year-old Myca pleading guilty to transporting the Dinh Le and 6-year-old Renee immigrants resulting in death.) Shin-Yi Chen, were killed when a helicopter crashed on top of them during ﬁlming of a Vietnam War Ten years ago: scene for “Twilight Zone: The Singer Amy Winehouse, 27, was Movie.” (Director John Landis and found dead in her London home four associates were later acquitted from accidental alcohol poisoning. of manslaughter charges.) Retired Army Gen. John ShalikashIn 1983, an Air Canada Boeing vili, the ﬁrst foreign-born chairman 767 ran out of fuel while ﬂying of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, died at Madigan Army Medical Center near Tacoma, Washington, at age 75. Nguyen Cao Ky, 80, the ﬂamboyant former air force general who’d ruled South Vietnam for two years during the Vietnam war, died in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A bullet train crash in southern China claimed 40 lives. Five years ago: A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-packed clothing among a large crowd of demonstrators in the Afghan capital, killing at least 80 people; the Islamic State group claimed responsibility. One year ago: In response to an ACLU lawsuit, a federal judge blocked federal agents in Portland, Oregon from arresting or using physical force against journalists and legal observers at the ongoing protests there. In a shift from his earlier demand for a full reopening of the nation’s schools, President Donald Trump acknowledged that some schools might need to delay reopening in the fall as the coronavirus continued to surge. France reported a sharp uptick in coronavirus cases as people let down their guard heading into the country’s summer break. The virus-delayed and shortened major league baseball season began with the World Series champion Washington Nationals hosting the New York Yankees at an empty Nationals Park; Dr. Anthony Fauci threw out the ceremonial ﬁrst ball. (The Yankees won, 4-1, in a game halted by rain.) Today’s birthdays: Retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy is 85. Actor Ronny Cox is 83. Actor Larry Manetti is 78. Rock singer David Essex is 74. Singer-songwriterpolitician John Hall is 73. �NEWS/WEATHER Ohio Valley Publishing Friday, July 23, 2021 3 FirstEnergy to pay $230M in settlement in Ohio bribery case By Mark Gillispie, Julie Carr Smyth and Farnoush Amiri Associated Press CINCINNATI — The energy giant at the center of a $60 million bribery scheme in Ohio admitted Thursday to new details of its role in the conspiracy as part of a settlement with federal prosecutors, including how it used dark money groups to fund the effort and paid a soon-to-be top utility regulator to write the legislation it got in exchange. Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. is charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud under the deal, Acting U.S. Attorney Vipal J. Patel and FBI Special Agent in Charge Chris Hoffman announced at a press conference. The charge would be dropped if the company complies over three years with a list of required actions in the deal, including paying a $230 million criminal penalty and continuing to fully cooperate with investigators. The deal, signed off by FirstEnergy’s president and CEO, comes in a scandal that has affected business and politics across Ohio since the arrests a year ago of then-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and four associates. Government ofﬁcials say Householder orchestrated a plan to accept corporate money for personal and political use in exchange for passing nuclear bailout legislation and scuttling an effort to repeal the bill. “I hope that today’s announcement serves as a stern warning to other corporations and corporate executives who would sell their integrity to a public ofﬁcial, a group of public ofﬁcials,” said Hoffman, calling the probe a historic public corruption investigation that “deserves historic remedies.” Patel called the $230 million penalty probably the largest ever secured by his ofﬁce. FirstEnergy is one of the largest investorowned electric systems in the nation with an annual revenue last year of $10.8 billion. Patel rejected suggestions that the sum was too lenient. “So the principal here is try and come up with a number that stings, okay, but doesn’t annihilate,” longer road that requires state reforms to curb the utilities’ political inﬂuence that is costing Ohioans money on their utility bills,” he said. New details in Thursday’s court ﬁlings said Partners for Progress appeared to be independent while actually being controlled by FirstEnergy. FirstEnergy admitted to hand-picking the organization’s three leaders, who included Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s nowtop lobbyist Dan McCarthy, and funneling $15 million in FirstEnergy cash through the nonproﬁt to Generation Now, which has also pleaded guilty in the case. That represented a portion of the $60 million that FirstEnergy now admits it paid Generation Now, which it knew was also not independent but rather controlled by Householder, the statement of facts said. That statement of facts ﬁled Thursday also said Householder approached FirstEnergy ofﬁcials in February 2020 to fund a ballot initiative to increase term limits for public ofﬁcials. Had it passed, the measure potentially could have added up to 16 more AP Photo | Farnoush Amiri Acting U.S. Attorney Vipal J. Patel, center, accompanied by FBI Special Agent in Charge Chris Hoffman, speaks during a news conference in Cincinnati on Thursday. Federal authorities say Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. would pay a $230 million penalty and fully cooperate as part of an agreement to settle federal charges against the company in a sweeping bribery scheme in Ohio. Patel said, asserting that decimating the company’s ﬁnances would hurt employees and customers and diminish FirstEnergy’s incentive to cooperate. Half of the $230 million penalty will go to the federal government and the other half will be paid to a program that beneﬁts Ohio’s regulated utility customers, Patel said. FirstEnergy also has to forfeit about $6 million seized from the accounts of one of the dark money groups, Partners for Progress. Under the agreement, FirstEnergy also must make public any new corporate payments it’s aware of that were intended to inﬂuence a public ofﬁcial and continue an internal makeover of its ethics practices. It also must issue a public statement describing that it intentionally used dark money groups to hide the scheme. Prosecutors say the company used the groups “as a mechanism to conceal payments for the beneﬁt of public ofﬁcials and in return for ofﬁcial action.” The settlement gives the public some justice, Ohio Consumers’ Counsel Bruce Weston said. “But justice is also a years to the Perry County Republican’s House term. FirstEnergy paid Partners for Progress $2 million the next month, which the dark money group transferred to the Householder-controlled Generation Now. Patel stopped short of saying whether any of the dark money group’s activities detailed in the government’s Thursday ﬁlings was illegal, though the statement prosecutors required FirstEnergy to issue was clearly intended to shine a light on the vast political inﬂuence that such entities are able to keep secret. “They were a tool and they were used as part of a game,” Patel said. “It would be no different if you had written Partners for Progress on a kitchen brown paper bag and stuffed a bunch of cash in and slid it across the table.” FirstEnergy Nonexecutive Board Chair Donald Misheff said in a statement that the settlement builds on steps the company already had under way, including to “signiﬁcantly modify our approach to political engagement as we work to regain the trust of our stakeholders.” Small businesses lifted by return of summer tourists By Mae Anderson AP Business Writer Small businesses in the U.S. that depend on tourism and vacationers say business is bouncing back, as Americans rebook postponed trips and spend freely on food, entertainment and souvenirs. U.S. states and cities have loosened many of their restrictions on crowd size and maskwearing, a positive sign for businesses that struggled for more than a year when theme parks and other tourist attractions were shuttered. Still, the return to a TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 62° 80° 80° 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. Thu. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date 0.00 7.03 3.54 31.09 26.79 SUN & MOON Today 6:22 a.m. 8:48 p.m. 8:59 p.m. 5:26 a.m. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Full Last Jul 23 Jul 31 New First Aug 8 Aug 15 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for ﬁsh and game. Today Sat. Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Major 11:44a 12:15a 1:15a 2:14a 3:09a 4:00a 4:48a Minor 5:29a 6:29a 7:29a 8:26a 9:20a 10:11a 10:58a 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme POLLEN & MOLD Low Moderate High Lucasville 85/61 Moderate High Very High Major ---12:44p 1:42p 2:39p 3:32p 4:22p 5:08p Minor 6:00p 6:58p 7:56p 8:51p 9:43p 10:32p 11:19p WEATHER HISTORY On July 23, 1979, heavy rain pushed the Reedy River out of its banks at Greenville, S.C. Thunderstorms dumped 2.00 inches of rain on Johnstown, Pa., in just one hour. Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services AIR QUALITY 300 500 Primary pollutant: Particulates Air Quality Index: 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very unhealthy; 301-500, Hazardous. Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services OHIO RIVER Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. Thu. Location Willow Island Marietta Parkersburg Belleville Racine Point Pleasant Gallipolis Huntington Ashland Lloyd Greenup Portsmouth Maysville Meldahl Dam Flood Stage 37 34 36 35 41 40 50 50 52 54 50 50 51 Level 12.74 17.57 22.38 12.96 12.68 25.31 12.62 26.13 34.28 12.48 19.50 34.20 18.90 24-hr. Chg. +0.40 -0.59 +0.02 +0.11 -0.36 +0.18 +0.07 -0.84 -0.58 -0.29 -2.10 -0.30 -3.10 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021 Hot with partial sunshine Marietta 84/61 Belpre 84/61 Athens 84/59 St. Marys 84/61 Elizabeth 85/62 Spencer 84/60 Buffalo 84/61 Milton 85/60 St. Albans 86/61 Huntington 84/61 Clendenin 85/60 Charleston 85/60 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Winnipeg 82/59 Billings 96/61 Montreal 77/61 Minneapolis 94/75 Detroit 78/68 Toronto 79/62 New York 82/68 Chicago 87/74 Denver 91/66 Washington 86/69 Kansas City 93/75 El Paso 87/70 Sat. 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Business has rebounded during the past two months — so much so that she’s making more than she was pre-pandemic. Demand is so strong she raised prices and switched from serving breakfast and dinner to just breakfast. But her guests are now all from the U.S., usually families meeting up for a reunion or wedding parties — which now make up 60% of her business. She worries that the wedding business will evaporate after the summer and fall. WEDNESDAY 93° 64° Murray City 83/60 McArthur 84/60 Very High Primary: other Mold: 1801 Logan 84/61 TUESDAY 87° 69° Sunny intervals with a thunderstorm Adelphi 83/61 Chillicothe 83/60 MONDAY 89° 69° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Waverly 84/61 Pollen: 5 Low MOON PHASES Partly sunny 2 Primary: cladosporium, other Sat. 6:23 a.m. 8:47 p.m. 9:44 p.m. 6:37 a.m. SUNDAY Sunshine and patchy clouds today. A moonlit sky tonight. High 87° / Low 59° Statistics through 3 p.m. Thu. 79° 63° 86° 67° 101° in 1934 51° in 1944 SATURDAY 93° 67° ALMANAC High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM 100 percent stafﬁng back yet,” she says. Heather Bise owns and runs a 7-bedroom bed-andbreakfast in Cleveland, Ohio, near the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She opened The House of Bise Bespoke in 2019 and catered to international tourists, attracting guests from New Zealand, Botswana, Eastern Europe and other far-off places. The cancellations started in January 2020 and she refunded guests thousands of dollars. So, Bise retooled her business model and switched to renting out the whole house. Ohio lifted restrictions on mass pandemic: There are more families and people working remotely, and they’re staying longer, an average or four or ﬁve nights compared to two or three. “Families want to come and stay longer and really vacation and see more of the city and more of the museums,” Kimball says. Kimball’s biggest problem: A shortage of workers in the restaurant, bar and kitchen. She urged vacationers to have patience. “It’s very hard after such a horrible year to have the demand and not be able to serve them, because we don’t have spending won’t completely rebound above 2019 levels until 2024. In Santa Fe, New Mexico, Jenny Kimball, coowner of the independent hotel La Fonda on the Plaza, with 180 rooms, said her hotel is sold out through the summer and booked about 90% on average for the fall. That’s a welcome change from the two or three guests the hotel had at one point as it stayed open during the height of the pandemic. “It’s crazy busy, it’s wonderful, everyone is happy,” she said. The clientele is different than prior to the pre-pandemic “normal” is a way off for most. There are few business travelers and international tourists. Many businesses are grappling with staff shortages and other challenges. And if a surge of the more contagious delta variant or another variant of the coronavirus forces states to reenact restrictions or lockdowns, the progress might be lost. The U.S. Travel Association, a travel industry trade group, predicts domestic travel spending will total $787 billion in 2021. That’s up 22% from 2020 but still down 20% from 2019 levels. The association predicts travel High Low Miami 90/78 123° in Jahra, Kuwait -3° in Esperanza, Argentina Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow ﬂurries, sn-snow, i-ice. �4 Friday, July 23, 2021 Of Pharisees and the law Jesus was frequently critical of the Pharisees, and it was with members of the Pharisaical party that He seemingly had the most interpersonal clashes. So obvious is this fact that most followers of Christ rightly understand that they need to be careful not to fall into the same spiritual traps that the Pharisees had fallen into lest we incur the same condemnation. Yet at the same time, when asked Search the what the Pharisees were Scriptures doing wrong, there are a large Jonathan number of individuals who McAnulty seem to supply a different answer than that supplied by Jesus, which is something of a problem if we are hoping to avoid the same pitfalls. Take for instance the frequently cited claim make that Jesus condemned the Pharisees for their “legalism.” Beyond the problem that “legalism” is a nebulous sort of term which is deﬁned differently by different people, allowing the deﬁner to condemn that which he is against whist allowing that which he is practicing, there is the added difﬁculty that Jesus never used such a term, and absolutely none of the condemnations of Jesus against the Pharisees derided them for following God’s Law to the letter. To the contrary, it was Jesus who insisted that the Word of God could not be broken (cf. John 10:35), who spoke concerning keeping even the “jots and tittles” of the Law, (cf. Matthew 5:18), and who claimed of Himself that he always did those things pleasing to the Father (cf. John 8:29). However so ingrained is the idea that frequently Jesus’ actual message is lost. For instance, there are quite a few who have some sort of idea that Jesus chided the Pharisees for being so petty as to tithe of their herb plants, their “mint and dill and cumin.” The assumption of many is that God was not so small as to be pleased with such nicety of details. Yet the actual quote of Jesus conveys almost the exact opposite message. Jesus speciﬁcally said, “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others (Matthew 23:23; ESV).” Notice the phrase, “these you ought to have done,” in reference to the tithing of the herbs. Jesus was not saying such petty tithing was wrong. What He was teaching was that such exactness over herb plants was insufﬁcient in and of itself when other parts of the law were being ignored. God repeatedly told men that He desires men trying to follow the letter of His law. He told Joshua, for instance, “Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go. This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success (Joshua 1:7-8; ESV).” The primary problem with the Pharisees was not their strict adherence to God’s Laws; the problem Jesus observed was the opposite: they were not following everything God said to do. They claimed obedience, but they were hypocritical in such claims, for they had neglected the “weightier matters;” such little things as justice, mercy and faithfulness. They had an appearance of godliness, but were denying its true power (cf. 2 Timothy 3:5) by refusing to love their neighbor as themselves. Thus, Jesus oft repeated condemnation of them was not that they were legalists, rather, He pointedly called them “hypocrites,” which was and is a much worse thing. God, who judges the hearts of men, wants us to keep His laws, but He wants us to do so sincerely, loving those Laws not for the sake of Law itself, but for the sake of Love… love of Him and love of our fellow man, knowing that it is love which is the ultimate fulﬁllment of the Law (cf. Romans 13:8-10). Likewise, the Law, in all things, kept fully and properly, leads us into a fuller understanding of what Love means. God gave us His word because He loves us. If we try to keep that same Word without and apart from Love, we are doomed to follow in the steps of the Pharisees, a path that we most certainly do not want to travel, for it does not lead where we want to go (cf. Matthew 23:13-15). Jonathan McAnulty is minister of Chapel Hill Church of Christ. Viewpoints expressed in the article are the work of the author. Breaking news at mydailytribune.com CHURCH Ohio Valley Publishing Celebrate God! One of my favorite Bible verses is from Philippians, Chapter 4, Verse 4. This is a very well-known passage that says, “Rejoice in the Lord always, again I will say, Rejoice.” Do you know what rejoice means? It means be happy. Other translations of this passage said it like this: Be glad in the Lord always. Always be full of joy in the Lord. And the one I liked the most that explained it the best to me said, Celebrate God all day,every day. Do you think we can celebrate God all day, every day? What about when we’re sad or mad or wor- us. Does that mean ried or afraid? What we’re always going should we do then? to get that new toy Could we talk to we want or win the God and tell Him game or get straight what’s bothering us? A’s? No, but it does Could we remember mean that God or even read some Bible verses that God’s Kids hears us and always assure us God will Korner gives us what we need when we need always take care of Ann Moody it. He is always us, and He workworking for us and ing things out for not against us. us even though it Then ﬁnally, God tells us doesn’t seem like it at the at the end of this passage time? to think about good things God tells us further instead of bad or scary or down in these verses not worrisome things. If we to worry, but to pray, ask God for what we want, and can do that, we will have the peace of God in us and remember to give thanks for all He has already given be able to celebrate God all day, every day. I bet most of you know the song “I’ve Got That Joy, Joy, Joy Down in My Heart.” Ask your mom or dad to sing it with you and remember to be happy in the Lord all the time! Prayer: Dear God, please help me to ﬁnd joy in You every day and remember You are always with me no matter where I am or what I am doing. Thank you for loving and blessing me. In Jesus’ name, Amen. Ann Moody is a retired pastor, formerly of the Wilkesville First Presbyterian Church and the Middleport First Presbyterian Church. Viewpoints expressed in the article are the work of the author. Grace-empowered rest Last week, I wrote about grace-empowered work. But we also need to understand grace-empowered rest. Most of us realize our need for help when it comes to work. But we often assume rest comes more easily. And that’s likely true if we understand rest in the context of passages like Proverbs 24:3034. It reads, “I passed by the ﬁeld of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense, and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction. A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man” (ESV). There’s a difference between rest and laziness. We often try to merge the two. For example, we say things like, “Today is my lazy day.” And while most of us understand what people mean by those words, it’s important for us to make a biblical distinction. The apostle Paul warns against laziness in places like 1 Thessalonians 5:14 His grace to work. and 2 Thessalonians So, let’s unpack 3:6-12. But we serve this grace-empowa God who rests (see ered rest by ponderGen. 2:1-3). And we ing what Jesus has serve a God who to say in Matthew calls us to rest (see 11:28-30. Matt. 11:28-30). He says, “‘Come So, there’s clearly Cross to me, all who labor a difference between Words and are heavy laden, rest and laziness. Isaiah and I will give you But when we try Pauley rest. Take my yoke to rest apart from upon you, and learn grace, our rest easfrom me, for I am gentle ily becomes laziness. If we’re going to rest as God and lowly in heart, and you will ﬁnd rest for your desires, we must depend souls. For my yoke is easy, on His grace rather than and my burden is light’” thinking we have what it (ESV). takes to rest well. The invitation Jesus For me, binge-watching Netﬂix and eating a bag of offers is different from the one offered by this world. potato chips isn’t restful. Neither is sleeping all day. The world says, “Do this.” Jesus says, “It’s already Maybe for you it is. But done.” we need to examine our Contrary to the burdenmotives. We often try to some laws of the Pharisees, rest as if God is uninterJesus is gentle and lowly in ested and disengaged. We heart. He promises eternal don’t ask for His help like rest to those who come. we do on Monday mornIt’s the beauty of grace (see ing. Instead, we eat junk Eph. 2:8-9). The rest Jesus food, stay in our pajamas, offers is a rest we don’t and call it rest. But if we’re not careful, that rest deserve. It’s a rest we can’t earn. And it lasts forever. becomes laziness. So, what does it look like I’m not saying pajama to rest in that grace each days are bad. Neither is and every day? Once we eating a little junk food. But we need to understand realize where genuine rest how to rest as God desires. comes from, we can stop trying to ﬁnd it elsewhere. If we’re going to rest in a way that gloriﬁes God, we Grace-empowered rest is not something this world need to rely on His grace offers. It can only be found to rest just as we rely on in Christ. If we’re going to rest as God desires, we must seek Christ in the most mundane moments of life when we mistakenly think everything is under control. If true rest comes from God, then we need to come running to Him rather than things that never satisfy. Does that mean it’s wrong to lay down and watch TV? Of course not. But we do need to become more dependent on Christ in our moments of rest. We do need to recognize and cherish God’s grace in moments of rest like we do in moments of difﬁculty. And we must consider how our rest gloriﬁes God as we recognize the central place He has in our most restful moments. The author of Hebrews writes about this eternal rest found in Christ (see Heb. 3-4). The true Sabbath rest. And we experience this rest by grace. This is grace-empowered rest. A rest that depends on Christ. A sure and steady rest. And one day, when Christ returns, we’ll experience this rest in full. Isaiah Pauley is the Minister of Worship for Faith Baptist Church in Mason, W.Va. Find more at www. isaiahpauley.com. Viewpoints expressed in the article are the work of the author. Spiritual stamina is a relevant concern From a great verse of Scripture located at Jeremiah 12:5, God asked Jeremiah a pointed question, “If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with the horses?” The reason for the question was in response to Jeremiah’s concern how his prophetic stamina had waned. He had been trying very hard to serve the Lord effectively in calling the nation Israel to a position of repentance. But, he eventually realized how wearied he had become with the rigor of the ministerial task to quickly spur Israel to proper spiritual circumstances before the fast-approaching judgment of God befell them. According to God, Jeremiah’s spiritual role to that point had involved him, in comparative terms, as though he had been running with the foot soldiers of an army moving hastily to attain a certain military position before the enemy arrived. Jeremiah’s ministerial service had been during times of relative peace for Israel, the Lord pointed out. However, the pace and intensity were going well with the pace of to quicken. Worse the footmen. times were on the But, as it is so way. The national often seen, when descent to judgment the difﬁcult circumwas going to pick stances of life begin up speed. If he did to confront them, not have the needed or the spiritual stamina then, how Ron warfare becomes would he expect to Branch have any stamina to Contributing more intense and rigorous, or the keep up with matcolumnist yoke of the Christers when the horses tian calling seems to of judgment would start to run? Would he give get real heavy, the quality up the chase? Or, would he of their initial spiritual stamina, once exciting just quit his calling? Such a question from the and expectant, gives out, Lord echoes from the days and they eventually fall of Jeremiah to our days of out of the church ranks. the contemporary church. The spiritual “race,” as How many will forsake the described by the writer of Hebrews, becomes an rigor of living the Chrisendeavor stopped by the tian life (and, honestly, lack of necessary stamina. living the Christian life is Many Christian quitters rigorous) and faithfully are named on church roles serving the Lord? everywhere. One thing that holds That is why Christ’s true for the Christian personal path to the Cross life is that it is difﬁcult is so compelling. For, he to maintain a consistent maintained the necesgrowing faithfulness. For example, when people ﬁrst sary spiritual stamina to receive Christ as the Lord complete His redemptive mission. It is reasonable to and Savior of their lives, state that He carried the they often run very fast Cross from the moment and sometimes long on the strength of the joy that of His Incarnation to the ﬁnal moment of His Crucicomes from the wonderﬁxion. ful experience. As long as His spiritual stamina there is spiritual ease of never waned despite any results, many are glad to of the rigorous moments of see themselves running His ministry. Despite the spite of people or satanic hindrance, He stayed the course maintaining at all times the necessary spiritual staminal. When it comes to living the Christian life with stamina, Christ is certainly the Man by whom we may be inspired. He once stated, “Be of good cheer. I have overcome.” Because He overcame, we can, too. Personally, there have been times that I needed to catch my spiritual breath. We all do at times. But, when we do, it should be done purposely. It should be done in ways that refreshes the quality of spiritual stamina. After all, the Christian life is truly not a sprint — it is a marathon that continually requires us to be able to “run with the horses” while enduring the most difﬁcult of circumstances. That is why spiritual stamina is a relevant concern. “And let us not be weary in well doing. For, in due season, we shall reap if we faint not.” Pastor Ron Branch lives in Mason County and is pastor of Hope Baptist Church, Middleport, Ohio. Viewpoints expressed in the article are the work of the author. �S ports Ohio Valley Publishing Friday, July 23, 2021 5 Lancaster pulls away from Post 39, 14-4 By Alex Hawley ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com Alex Hawley | OVG Post 39 relief pitcher Chase Barber tags a Post 11 runner at the plate, during Wednesday’s Region 6 game at Beavers Field in Lancaster, Ohio. LANCASTER, Ohio — The streak is over, but the series is still alive. The Meigs Post 39 baseball team had its ﬁve-game winning streak come to an end Wednesday at Beavers Field, with Lancaster Post 11 returning from the losers bracket for a 14-4 victory in the Region 6 American Legion tournament. Lancaster — the away team in the game — led 2-0 after three singles in the opening inning, and added a third run after an error in the second. Post 39 got on the board in the third inning, when Mat- thew Blanchard scored on an Andrew Dodson sac-ﬂy. In the top of the fourth inning, however, Post 11 pushed across ﬁve runs on four hits, including one which ricocheted off of Blanchard on the mound, forcing him to leave the game. Meigs got three runs back in the bottom of the fourth, with Ethan Stewart scoring on an RBI double by Conner Ridenour, Matt Gilkey scoring on a wild pitch, and Ridenour scoring on a Coltin Parker single. Post 39 left the bases loaded in the ﬁfth inning, before leaving runners at ﬁrst and second in the sixth, and going away in order in the seventh. B OX S C O R E Lancaster (Post 11) 14, Meigs (Post 39) 4 L 210 530 3 — 14-15-3 M 001 300 0 — 4-11-4 WP: Winkler (4IP, 5H, 2K) LP: Matthew Blanchard (3.2IP, 7R, 8H, 7K, BB) Lancaster: Rowland 3-4 (RBI), Amnal 3-5 (2RS, 3RBI), Stadwick 2-4 (2RS, 2RBI), Hyme 2-4 (3RS), Goetz 2-4 (3RS), Poston 1-2 (2RS, RBI), Locke 1-4 (RS), Hurst 1-4 (RS). Meigs (13-10): Conner Ridenour 3-4 (RS, RBI), Colton Reynolds 2-4, Blanchard 1-2 (RS), Andrew Dodson 1-3 (RBI), Alex Pierce 1-3, Ethan Stewart 1-4 (RS), Matt Gilkey 1-4 (RS), Coltin Parker 1-4 (RBI). 2B: Rowland, Amnal; Ridenour 2, Stewart. Lancaster pulled away with three runs in the ﬁfth inning, and three more in the top of the sixth. Winkler earned the pitching victory in four innings for Post 11, striking out two batters. See LANCASTER | 9 Dirty Games? Testing slowdown during COVID raises questions By Eddie Pells AP National Writer TOKYO — The low numbers came in from across the globe and covered most every distance, from 100 meters through the marathon. The reasons behind all the improving times throughout the sport of track and ﬁeld were every bit as diverse: better shoe technology, better running surfaces, less wear and tear on bodies during the COVID-19 pandemic and just a good old-fashioned itch to start running for real again. Another possibility: For the better part of three months during the pandemic, testing for performance-enhancing drugs came to a virtual standstill worldwide. Only in recent months has it begun to ramp back to normal. It’s one of the uncomfortable realities of the Tokyo Olympics. Not a single one of the approximately 11,000 athletes competing over the next 17 days has been held to the highest standards of the world anti-doping code over the critical 16-month period leading into the Games. Statistics provided by the World Anti-Doping Agency pointed to a steadily improving situation as the Olympics approached, but they do not mask the reality that over the entirety of 2020, there was a 45% reduction in testing around the world compared with 2019 — a non-Olympic year in which the numbers wouldn’t normally be as high anyway. In the ﬁrst quarter of 2021, there was roughly a 20% reduction in overall testing compared with the same three months of 2019. “Unless you’re a fool, you’d have to be concerned,” said Travis Tygart, the CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. The thought of simply abandoning testing for any period of time runs counter to one of the central tenets of the anti-doping system — the prospect that any athlete can be tested anywhere and at any time. The uncertainties and danger presented by the coronavirus, especially during the opening months of the pandemic, resulted not only in the suspensions of leagues across the world and eventually the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics themselves but to the virtual halt of the drug-testing programs that are designed to reinforce the competitive balance in sports. In April and May 2020, while business as usual was shut down in nearly every aspect around the globe, WADA reported a total of 3,203 tests. There were 52,365 during those months in 2019. USADA, along with anti-doping agencies in Norway and Denmark, were among the agencies that tried to bridge the gap. They started pilot programs in which they sent in-home drug tests to athletes, asking them to give urine samples and small dried blood samples while collection agents looked on via Zoom. But those programs, while notable for their ingenuity, covered only a small fraction of athletes in a small segment of the globe. “We would be naïve to think that there were no people who sought to take advantage of this lull to break the anti-doping rules,” WADA director general Oliver Niggli told The Associated Press. “However, there are a number of factors that mitigate that risk.” Among them, according to Niggli: — The requirement that athletes submit their whereabouts remained fully in force during the entirety of the pandemic, which at least raised the possibility of a test even in times when they weren’t being conducted frequently. — Most effective doping programs work in conjunction with intensive training and a target competition in site; many training centers were closed and sporting events were canceled during large portions of the pandemic. — The anti-doping system has other deterrents, including long-term sample storage, investigations and athlete biological passports, all of which can lead to positive ﬁndings over time. AP File photo NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, wearing a COVID-19 vaccinated sticker, speaks during the first round of the NFL football draft in Cleveland on April 29. The NFL has informed teams they could potentially forfeit a game due to a COVID-19 outbreak among nonvaccinated players and players on both teams wouldn’t get paid that week. Commissioner Goodell said Thursday, July 22, 2021, in a memo sent to clubs that was obtained by The Associated Press that the league doesn’t anticipate adding a 19th week to accommodate games that can’t be rescheduled within the 18-week regular season. NFL teams face potential forfeits for outbreaks By Rob Maaddi and Barry Wilner of the competing teams, the team with the outAP Pro Football Writers break will forfeit and will be deemed to have played 16 games for purposes NFL teams that expeof draft, waiver priority, rience a COVID-19 outbreak among nonvac- etc,” Goodell added. For purposes of playoff cinated players could seeding, the forfeiting forfeit regular-season team would be assessed games, with players on a loss and the other team both teams not getting a win. paid. If there is a virus outNFL Commissioner break because of a “spike Roger Goodell warned the 32 teams Thursday in in vaccinated individuals, a memo obtained by The we will attempt to miniAssociated Press that no mize the competitive and games would be resched- economic burden on both participating teams,” the uled under such circumstances. Instead, forfeits memo said. The NFL has not made could happen. vaccinations mandatory. “As we learned last The league and the NFL year, we can play a full Players Association, howseason if we maintain ever, are strongly urging a ﬁrm commitment to team employees and playadhering to our health ers to do so. and safety protocols Last year, in the height and to making needed adjustments in response of the pandemic, the NFL to changing conditions,” completed its season, the playoffs and Super Goodell said. Bowl on time. But it He added that the had contingency plans league does not anticipate adding a 19th week for an 18th week to play makeup games if needed. to accommodate games There were several postthat need to be moved ponements but no cancelbecause of coronavirus lations. issues. For the 2021, the “If a game can’t be regular season has been rescheduled and is canexpanded to 17 games. celed due to a COVID The league says more outbreak among nonvaccinated players on one than half its teams cur- rently have COVID-19 vaccination rates greater than 80% of their players, and more than 75% of players are in the process of being vaccinated. All training camps will be open by the end of next week. Nearly all clubs have vaccinated 100% of their Tier 1 and 2 staffs — essentially players, coaches and other club members who have direct contact with the players. Teams have appropriate protocols set up for staffers who have not been vaccinated, consistent with the guidance given last April. The players’ union, in response to Goodell’s memo, reminded its players that “the same basic rules applied last year.” “The only difference this year is the NFL’s decision to impose additional penalties on clubs which are responsible for the outbreak and the availability of proven vaccines,” the NFLPA memo said Thursday. “The protocols we jointly agreed to helped get us through a full season last year without missing game checks and are effective, when followed.” Other key points in the league’s memo: — If a vaccinated person tests positive and is not symptomatic, he or she will be isolated and contact tracing will promptly occur. The positive individual will be permitted to return to duty after two negative tests at least 24 hours apart, and will thereafter be tested every two weeks or as directed by the medical staffs. Vaccinated individuals will not be subject to quarantine as a result of close contact with an infected person. — If an unvaccinated person tests positive, the protocols from 2020 will remain in effect. The person will be isolated for a period of 10 days and will then be permitted to return to duty if not symptomatic. Unvaccinated individuals will continue to be subject to a ﬁve-day quarantine period if they have close contact with an infected individual. — Those who had a previous COVID-19 infection will be considered fully vaccinated 14 days after they have had at least one dose of an approved vaccine. �6 Friday, July 23, 2021 Lighthouse Assembly of God Ohio 160, Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday,Adult Bible Study 7 p.m. Sunday Evening 6:30 p.m. Liberty Assembly of God Dudding Lane, Mason, W.Va., Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday children’s church, 11 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Thursday Bible study, 7 p.m. BAPTIST CATHOLIC Saint Louis Catholic Church 85 State Street, Gallipolis. Daily mass, 8 a.m.; Saturday mass, 5:30 p.m.; Sunday mass, 8 and 10 a.m. CHURCH OF CHRIST Bidwell Church of Christ Ohio 554, Bidwell. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Church of Christ 234 Chapel Drive. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Church of Christ at Rio Grande 568 Ohio 325 North, Bidwell. Sunday Bible study, 10 a.m.; Sunday worship, 11 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m. CHRISTIAN UNION Church of Christ in Christian Union 2173 Eastern Avenue, Gallipolis. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday youth ministries and adult service, 7 p.m. Fairview Church of Christ in Christian Union Alice Road. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Ewington Church of Christ in Christian Union 176 Ewington Road. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. CHRISTIAN CHURCH First Christian Church of Rio Grande 814 Ohio 325 North, Rio Grande. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Bible study and youth meeting, 7 p.m., Wednesdays. Gallipolis Christian Church 4486 Ohio 588. Sunday worship, 8:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; youth meeting and adult Bible Study, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Little Kyger Congregational Christian Church Little Kyger Road, Cheshire. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday Bible Study, 6:30 p.m. Central Christian Church 109 Garﬁeld Ave., Gallipolis Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; morning worship service, 10:25 a.m.; youth meeting, 5:30 p.m.; evening worship service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible Study, 6:30 p.m. CHURCH OF GOD First Church of God 1723 Ohio 141. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship 10:25 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday family night/Bible study, 6-8 p.m. Rodney Pike Church of God 440 Ohio 850 Sunday worship, 10:30 a.m., Wednesday groups, 7 p.m., with adult Bible study, Church of God of Prophecy 380 White Road, Ohio 160. Sunday school 10 a.m.; worship, 11:15 a.m.; children’s church, 11:15 a.m.; Sunday service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday night Bible study, 7 p.m.; Wednesday youth meeting, 7 p.m. Eureka Church of God Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m. New Life Church of God 576 State Route 7 North Gallipolis, Oh, Sunday Services 10:00 am; Sunday Worship 11 am and 6 pm; Wednesday Bible Study 7 pm, Bethlehem Church 1774 Rocky Fork Road, Crown City. Sunday, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Faith Community Chapel Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Nebo Church Sunday, 6 p.m. Morgan Center Christian Holiness church. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday 7 p.m. Walnut Ridge Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Morning worship, 10:30 a.m. Kings Chapel Church King Cemetery Lane, Crown City. Sunday morning worship, 10 a.m.; Sunday school, 11 a.m.; Sunday evening worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday evening prayer meeting, 7 p.m Jubilee Christian Center George’s Creek Road. Worship, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Danville Holiness Church Ohio 325. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:35 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Garden of My Hearth Holy Tabernacle 4950 State Route 850, Bidwell. Services are conducted Thursday, 6 p.m.; Saturday 6 p.m; and Sunday 10 a.m. Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church Valley View Drive, Crown City. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Rodney Church of Light 6611 Ohio 588. Fellowship, 9:15 a.m.; Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:40 a.m.; youth, 6 p.m. EPISCOPAL Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church 541 Second Ave., Gallipolis. Sunday worship with Communion, 10 a.m., Fellowship & refreshments following. FULL GOSPEL Community Christian Fellowship 290 Trails End, Thurman. Sunday worship, kid’s church and nursery, 10 a.m.; youth night, Wednesday, 7 p.m. Vinton Full Gospel Church 418 Main Street, Vinton. Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Sunday, 6 p.m. Family movie night, 3rd Friday of each month at 7 p.m. Vinton Fellowship Chapel Keystone Road. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. INDEPENDENT Bulaville Christian Church 2337 Johnson Ridge Rd., Gallipolis, OH 45631 Sunday School 10:00 AM; AM Worship Service 10:30 AM; Bible Study, Wednesday 6 PM Crown City Community Church 86 Main Street, Crown City Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; youth meeting, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.; Adult Bible Study, Wednesday, 7 p.m. Christian Community Church FOP Building, Neal Road Sunday 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. Freedom Fellowship Route 279, Oak Hill. Pastor: Sunday school, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Tuesday prayer and praise, 7 p.m. Macedonia Community Church Claylick Road, Patriot. Sunday school and worship services, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Thursday service, 7 p.m. Trinity Gospel Mission 11184 Ohio 554, Bidwell Sunday school, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Tuesday, 7 p.m. Promiseland Community Church Clay Chapel Road, Gallipolis. Sunday school, 10 a.m, Sunday evening, 4 p.m.; prayer meeting, Tuesday, 7 p.m. Bailey Chapel Church Ohio 218. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship service, 11 a.m.; Sunday night worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Debbie Drive Chapel Off of Ohio 141 Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday preaching and youth, 7 p.m. Peniel Community Church Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday worship, 11 a.m.; Thursday, 7 p.m. Pine Grover Holiness Church Off of Ohio 325 Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Dickey Chapel Hannan Trace Road. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Liberty Chapel Crown City. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Thursday, 7 p.m. Elizabeth Chapel Church Third Avenue and Locust Street. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:35 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. OH-70232141 Pathway Community Church 730 Fourth Ave., Gallipolis. Sunday worship, 11 a.m.; Mid-week children and adult programming. Countryside Baptist Chapel 2265 Harrisburg Road, Bidwell. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m First Baptist Church 1100 Fourth Ave., Gallipolis Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; AWANA Wednesday, 6:45 p.m. Gallia Baptist Church Dry Ridge Road, Gallia Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Church Services 10:30 AM & 6:30 PM, Wednesday 7 PM, AWANA Sunday 5:45. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Vinton, Ohio. Pastor: First and Third Sundays, Sunday school 10 a.m.; worship 11 a.m. Vinton Baptist Church 11818 Ohio 160, Vinton. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.;. Canaan Missionary Baptist Ohio 218, Gallipolis. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday worship, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Faith Baptist Church 3615 Jackson Pike. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Mercerville Missionary Baptist Church 117 Burlington Rd, Crown City, Ohio 45623 Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday evening worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Good Hope United Baptist Church Ohio 218. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday and Sunday 6 p.m. Rio Grande Calvary Baptist Church Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; Worship, 10:45 a.m., Bible Study 6:30 pm every Wednesday White Oak Baptist Church 1555 Nibert Road, Gallipolis. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday youth services, 7:30 p.m.; Tuesday prayer meeting and Bible study, 7:30 p.m. Mount Carmel Baptist Church Bidwell. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m. Trinity Baptist Church Rio Grande. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship; 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Mina Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Neighborhood Road. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday and Wednesday service, 6 p.m. Corinth Missionary Baptist Church Jimis Emary Road, Oak Hill. Sunday school 10 a.m.; service, 11 a.m. Every second and fourth Sunday. Harris Baptist Church Ohio 554, Rio Grande, Ohio Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday service, 11 a.m.; Wednesday Bible Study, 7 p.m. Fellowship Baptist Church 600 McCormick Rd Sunday school 9:30a.m: Wednesday Prayer meeting 6pm LATTER-DAY SAINTS The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Ohio 160. Sacrament service, 10-11:15 a.m., Sunday school, 11:20-12 p.m.; relief society/ priesthood, 12:05-1 p.m. LUTHERAN New Life Lutheran 900 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis, Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. and Sunday School: 9 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study 7pm Bible study at Poppy’s on Court Street, Wednesday, 10 am and Friday 9 am; UNITED METHODIST Grace United Methodist Church 600 Second Ave., Gallipolis. Sunday. Worship, 8:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship 10:45 a.m, Sunday Youth Ministry 6:00-8:00 pm, Wednesday-For Men Only, 8:00 a.m. Christ United Methodist Church 9688 Ohio 7 South. Adult Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship and children’s church, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday night Bible study, 6:30-8 p.m. River of Life United Methodist 35 Hillview Drive, Gallipolis.. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Fair Haven United Methodist Kanauga. Sunday school, 10:00 a.m.; worship, 11:00 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 10:30 a.m. Bidwell United Methodist Church Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Worship 9 a.m. Trinity United Methodist Church Ohio 160 at Ohio 554 in Porter. Sunday worship, 9:30 a.m.; Bible study, 9 a.m. Saturday. Bethel United Methodist Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 7:30 p.m. Bethesda United Methodist Ohio 775. Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. Veteran Care, Memory Care & Rehabilitation Simpson Chapel United Methodist Lake Drive, Rio Grande. Sunday worship, 11 a.m.; Bible study, 1 p.m. Monday. Thurman Church Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. Centenary United Methodist Church Ohio 141. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; worship, 9:30 a.m. Patriot United Methodist Church Patriot Road.. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship: 11:05 a.m.; Sunday evening Bible study, 6 p.m. Children’s church, Thursday, 6 p.m. FELLOWSHIP APOSTOLIC Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic Van Zandt and Ward Road. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; evening, 7:30 p.m. The Refuge Church 121 W 2nd St.Pomeroy, Oh 45769. Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Emmanuel Apostolic Tabernacle, Inc. Loop Road off New Lima Road, Rutland. Sunday services, 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, 7 p.m. ASSEMBLY OF GOD Liberty Assembly of God Dudding Lane, Mason, W.Va. Sunday services, 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 pm NAZARENE First Church of the Nazarene 1110 First Ave., Gallipolis. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. BAPTIST Carpenter Independent Baptist Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; preaching service, 10:30 a.m.; evening service, 7 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Cheshire Baptist Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; evening service, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m.. Hope Baptist Church (Southern) 570 Grant Street, Middleport, Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Rutland First Baptist Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. Pomeroy First Baptist East Main Street, Pomeroy. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. First Southern Baptist 41872 Pomeroy Pike. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. First Baptist Church Sixth and Palmer Street, Middleport Sunday school, 9:15 a.m.; worship, 10:15 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Racine First Baptist Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Silver Run Baptist Sunday school, 10 a.m.; evening, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6:30 p.m. Mount Union Baptist Children’s Sunday school, adult Bible study, 10 a.m.; Sunday evening, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6:30 p.m. Old Bethel Free Will Baptist Church 28601 Ohio 7, Middleport. Sunday service, 10 a.m.; Tuesday and Saturday services, 6 p.m. Hillside Baptist Church Ohio 143 just off of Ohio 7. Sunday uniﬁed service. Worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6 p.m. Victory Baptist Independent 525 North Second Street, Middleport. Worship, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Faith Baptist Church Railroad Street, Mason. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Forest Run Baptist 108 Kerr Street ,Pomeroy,Oh, Sunday school, 10a.m: worship, 11:30 a.m. Mount Moriah Baptist Fourth and Main Street, Middleport.,Oh. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. Antiquity Baptist Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m.; Sunday evening, 6 p.m. Rutland Freewill Baptist Salem Street, Rutland. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11:30 a.m.; evening service and youth meeting, 6 p.m NON-DENOMINATIONAL Oasis Christian Tabernacle 3773 George’s Creek Road. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday evening, 7 p.m. Faith Valley Community Church 4315 Bulaville Pike, Gallipolis, OH Sunday morning 10:00am, Sunday evening 6:00pm, Wednesday 7:00pm, KJV Bible preached each service Fellowship of Faith 20344 Ohio 554, Bidwell. Worship service, 10 a.m. Sunday; Gentle Worship 2 p.m. third Sunday each month; Midweek Opportunity, 7 p.m. Wednesday. Gallia Cornerstone Church U.S. 35 and Ohio 850. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday teen service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. River City Fellowship Third Ave. and Court Street Sunday celebration, 10 a.m. Contemporary music and casual. Old Garden of My Heart Church 1908 Fairview Drive, Bidwell. Sunday night service, 6:30 p.m.; Sunday school for children, 6:30 p.m. Liberty Ministries Ohio 325, Rio Grande; Sunday fellowship, 10 a.m.; Worship and work, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. New Beginnings Revival Center 845 Skidmore Road, Bidwell, Ohio. Sunday, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Bell Chapel Church 19 Bell Ave at Eastern Avenue, Sunday Morning 10 am, Sunday Evening 6 pm, Wednesday Evening 7 pm, New Life Church of God 210 Upper River Road, Gallipolis. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday night prayer, 7 p.m. Triple Cross Sunday school, 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Thursday, 7 p.m. McDaniel Crossroads Pentecostal Church Cadmus Road, Cadmus. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, and children’s church, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday Bible Study, 7 p.m. PRESBYTERIAN First Presbyterian Church 51 State Street. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Wilkesville First Presbyterian Church 107 South High Street, Wilkesville, Sunday Morning Service 9:30 am WESLEYAN Crown City Wesleyan Church 26144 Ohio 7 South. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday family night, 7 p.m. Morgan Center Wesleyan Church Intersection of Morgan Center and Clark Chapel Rd, Vinton, Ohio; Sunday School 9:45 am Church Services 10:45 a.m.; Sunday Evening Church Services, 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m Second Baptist Church Ravenswood, W.Va. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; evening, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. First Baptist Church of Mason, W.Va. W.Va. Route 652 and Anderson Street. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; morning church, 11 a.m.; evening, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Pageville Freewill Baptist Church 40964 SR #684 Pageville, OH Sunday 9:30 am, Wednesday 6:30 pm CONGREGATIONAL Trinity Church 201 E. Second St., Pomeroy. Worship, 10:25 a.m. EPISCOPAL Grace Episcopal Church 326 East Main Street, Pomeroy. Holy Eucharist, 11 a.m. HOLINESS Independent Holiness Church 626 Brick Street, Rutland. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Worship Service, 10:30 a.m.; Evening Service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Community Church Main Street, Rutland. Sunday worship, 10 a.m.; Sunday services, 7 p.m. Danville Holiness Church 31057 Ohio 325, Langsville. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday prayer service, 7 p.m. Calvary Pilgrim Chapel State Route 143. Sunday school 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Rose of Sharon Holiness Church Leading Creek Road, Rutland. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday prayer meeting 7 p.m. Wesleyan Bible Holiness Church 75 Pearl Street, Middleport. Sunday: worship service, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. CATHOLIC Sacred Heart Catholic Church 161 Mulberry Ave., Pomeroy, Ohio Saturday confessional 4:45-5:15 p.m.; mass, 5:30 p.m.; Sunday confessional, 8:45-9:15 a.m.; Sunday mass, 9:30 a.m CHURCH OF CHRIST Westside Church of Christ 33226 Children’s Home Road, Pomeroy, Oh Sunday traditional worship, 10 a.m., with Bible study following, Wednesday Bible study at 7 p.m. Hemlock Grove Christian Church Church school (all ages), 9:15 a.m.; church service, 10 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Pomeroy Church of Christ 212 West Main Street. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Middleport Church of Christ Fifth and Main Street. Sunday school, 9 a.m; Morning Worship Service 10 am, Sunday evening 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Keno Church of Christ First and Third Sunday. Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. Bearwallow Ridge Church of Christ Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6:30 p.m. Zion Church of Christ Harrisonville Road, Rutland, Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Tuppers Plains Church of Christ Worship service, 9 a.m.; communion, 10 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:15 a.m.; youth, 5:50 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Bradbury Church of Christ 39558 Bradbury Road, Middleport. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Rutland Church of Christ Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship and communion, 10:30 a.m. Bradford Church of Christ Ohio 124 and Bradbury Road. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday adult Bible study and youth meeting, 6:30 p.m. Hickory Hills Church of Christ Tuppers Plains, Bible class, 9 a.m.; Sunday worship, 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible class 7 p.m. Reedsville Church of Christ Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship service, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m. LATTER-DAY SAINTS Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ohio 160. Sunday school, 10:20-11 a.m.; relief society/priesthood, 11:05 a.m.-12 p.m.; sacrament service, 9-10-15 a.m.; homecoming meeting ﬁrst Thursday, 7 p.m. LUTHERAN Saint John Lutheran Church Pine Grove. Worship, 9 a.m.; Sunday school, 10 a.m. Our Savior Lutheran Church Walnut and Henry Streets, Ravenswood, W.Va. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. Saint Paul Lutheran Church Corner of Sycamore and Second streets, Pomeroy. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. United Methodist Graham United Methodist Worship, 11 a.m. Bechtel United Methodist New Haven. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Tuesday prayer meeting and Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Mount Olive United Methodist Off of 124 behind Wilkesville. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Thursday services, 7 p.m. Alfred Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. Chester Worship, 9 a.m.; Sunday school, 10 a.m. Joppa Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. Long Bottom Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Reedsville Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; ﬁrst Sunday of the month, 7 p.m. Tuppers Plains Saint Paul Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10:15 a.m.; Bible study, Tuesday 10 a.m. Asbury Syracuse. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday services, 7:30 p.m. Flatwoods Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11:15 a.m. Forest Run Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 9 a.m Heath 339 S. 3rd Ave., Middleport. 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Sunday school, 10 a.m.; morning worship, 11 a.m.; evening worship, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday evening Bible study, 6:30 p.m.; men’s Bible study, 7 p.m. Reedsville Fellowship Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Syracuse Church of the Nazarene Sunday school, 9:30 a.m., worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday and Sunday evenings, 7 p.m. Chester Church of the Nazarene Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday morning service, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6 p.m. Rutland Church of the Nazarene Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening, 6 p.m. OH-70218315 (740) 446-0852 Weatherholt Chapel 420 First Avenue Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 www.napagallipolis.com OH-70218410 Funeral Homes, Inc. OH-70218305 CROWN McCoy Moore OH-70218337 OH-70218401 216 Upper River Road, Gallipolis, OH 45631 Phone: 740/446-1813 FAX: 740/446-4056 OH-70218391 www.abbyshire.com NAZARENE Providing Seniors With: � �� G & W Auto Parts LLC OH-70231740 OH-70218304 Vrable Healthcare Companies Laurel Cliff Laurel Cliff Road. Sunday school, 9:30; morning worship, 10:30; evening worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible Study, 7 p.m. Senior Resource Center Main 740-446-7150 x11 Fax 740-446-0785 Skilled Nursing & Rehab Center FREE METHODIST service, 7 p.m. Full Gospel Church of the Living Savior Route 338, Antiquity. Saturday, 2 p.m. Salem Community Church Lieving Road, West Columbia, W.Va. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday evening, 7 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Hobson Christian Fellowship Church Sunday 7 p.m. Wednesday, 7 p.m. Restoration Christian Fellowship 9365 Hooper Road, Athens. Sunday worship, 10 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. House of Healing Ministries Ohio 124, Langsville. Pastors: Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Hysell Run Community Church 33099 Hysell Run Road, Pomeroy, Ohio; Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; morning worship 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 7 p.m.; Sunday night youth service, 7 p.m through Thursday Bible study, 7 p.m. Endtime House of Prayer Ohio 681, Snowville; Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.; Bible Study, Thursday 6 p.m. Mount Olive Community Church 51305 Mount Olive Rd, Long Bottom, OH 45743 Sunday School 9:30 am, Sunday Evening 6 pm, Grace Gospel 196 Mulberry Avenue, Pomeroy, OH 45769 Sunday School 10:00 AM, Sunday Service 11:00 AM, Sunday Evening 6:00 PM, Wednesday 6:00 PM Gallia County Council On Aging Kevin Petrie Jeff Dunlap 311 Buckridge Road Bidwell, OH 45614-9016 A New Beginning Harrisonville. Thursday, 7 p.m. Amazing Grace Community Church Ohio 681, Tuppers Plains.. Sunday worship, 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Oasis Christian Fellowship (Non-denominational fellowship). Meet in the Meigs Middle School cafeteria. Sunday, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Community of Christ Portland-Racine Road. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Bethel Worship Center 39782 Ohio 7 Sunday 10 a.m Ash Street Church 398 Ash Street, Middleport. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; morning worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 6:30 p.m.; youth service, 6:30 p.m. Agape Life Center 603 Second Ave., Mason. Sunday 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Abundant Grace 923 South Third Street, Middleport. Sunday service, 10 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Faith Full Gospel Church Long Bottom. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Friday fellowship service, 7 p.m. Harrisonville Community Church Sunday, 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Middleport Community Church 575 Pearl Street, Middleport.. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; evening, 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7:30 p.m. Faith Valley Tabernacle Church Bailey Run Road. Sunday evening, 7 p.m.; Thursday service, 7 p.m. Syracuse Mission 1141 Bridgeman Street, Syracuse. Sunday School, 10 a.m.; evening, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Dyesville Community Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Morse Chapel Church Worship, 5 p.m. Faith Gospel Church Long Bottom. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Full Gospel Lighthouse 33045 Hiland Road, Pomeroy. Sunday school, 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday evening, 7:30 p.m. South Bethel Community Church Silver Ridge. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m. Second and fourth Sundays; Bible study, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Carleton Interdenominational Church Kingsbury. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship service, 10:30 a.m.; evening service, 6 p.m. Freedom Gospel Mission Bald Knob on County Road 31. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m. Fairview Bible Church Letart, W.Va., Route 1. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Faith Fellowship Crusade for Christ Friday, 7 p.m. Calvary Bible Church Pomeroy. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7:30 p.m. Stiversville Community Church Sunday school, 11 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Rejoicing Life Church 500 North Second Ave., Middleport. Worship, 10 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Clifton Tabernacle Church Clifton, W.Va. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday Asbury Syracuse Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. New Beginnings Worship, 10 a.m.; Sunday school, 9:15 a.m.. Rocksprings Sunday school, 9 a.m.; Worship Service 10 am: 8 am worship service Rutland Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Thursday services, 7 p.m. Salem Center Sunday school, 10:15 a.m.; worship, 9:15 a.m.; Bible study, Monday 7 p.m. Bethany Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 9 a.m.; Wednesday services, 10 a.m. Carmel-Sutton Carmel and Bashan Roads, Racine.. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, noon. Morning Star Sunday school, 11 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m. East Letart Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 9:30 a.m. Racine Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Tuesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Coolville United Methodist Church Main and Fifth Street.. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 9 a.m.; Tuesday services, 7 p.m. Bethel Church Township Road 468C. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Hockingport Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Torch Church County Road 63. Sunday school, 9:30 am.; worship, 10:30 a.m. OH-70218313 ASSEMBLY OF GOD Victory Baptist Church Victory Road, Crown City Sunday morning service, 10 a.m.; Sunday evening, 6 p.m., Wednesday evening, 7 p.m. French City Southern Baptist 3554 Ohio 160. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Paint Creek Regular Baptist 833 Third Ave. Sunday school, 10:00 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m. New Hope Baptist Church Ohio 554 Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship 11 a.m. Old Kyger Freewill Baptist Sunday school, 9: 30 a.m.; Sunday night service, 7 p.m.; Wednesday prayer meeting and youth service, 7 p.m. Silver Run Freewill Baptist Church Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Worship, 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Silver Memorial Freewill Baptist Church Sunday 10 a.m.; Sunday night 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible Study 7 pm Poplar Ridge Freewill Baptist Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 6:30 p.m.; Sunday prayer meeting and Bible study, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Salem Baptist Church Gage. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, ﬁrst and third Sundays, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Addison Freewill Baptist Church Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday worship, 10:50 a.m.; Sunday evening 6pm, Wednesday night prayer meeting, 7 p.m. Centerpoint Freewill Baptist Church Centerpoint and Nebo Roads. Sunday morning 10 am, Sunday evening 6 pm, Wednesday evening at 7 pm Old Emory Freewill Baptist Church Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Friday, 7 p.m. Cheshire Baptist Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Northup Baptist Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. on the ﬁrst and third Sunday of each month; Sunday evening, 7 p.m.; Youth every Wednesday, 6 p.m.; Bible study at 7 p.m. Providence Missionary Baptist Church 3766 Teens Run Road, Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study and youth night, 7 p.m. Prospect Enterprise Baptist Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Sunday and Wednesday, 7 p.m. Good News Baptist Church 4045 George’s Creek Road, Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. Sunday Evening 6 pm ,Wednesday Evening 6 pm Springﬁeld Baptist Church Vinton. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; preaching, 7 p.m.; Bible study, Wednesday, 7 p.m. Fellowship Baptist Church 600 McCormick Road, Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Prayer Meeting, 6 p.m. Deer Creek Freewill Baptist Church Koontz Sailor Road, Vinton. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Guyan Valley Missionary Baptist Church Platform. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:40 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. OH-70218405 Pyro Chapel Church 4041 CH&D Road, Oak Hill, Ohio. Services, Sunday school – children and adults, 10 a.m.; evening service 6 p.m. Wednesday night Bible study, 7 p.m. Life Line Apostolic four miles north on W.Va. Route 2. Sunday morning, 10 a.m.; Sunday evening, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic Van Zandt and Ward Road. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; worship, 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Apostolic Gospel Church 1812 Eastern Ave. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Calvary Christian Center, Inc. 553 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis. Sunday worship, 11 a.m.; Sunday school, 10 a.m.;Wednesday –Bible Study or Prayer-6:00 pm Apostolic Faith Church of Pentecostal Assemblies of the World 190 Vale Road, Bidwell. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday service, 12 p.m. Bible study and prayer service, Wednesday, 7 p.m. Friday, July 23, 2021 7 MEIGS COUNTY CHURCH DIRECTORY GALLIA COUNTY CHURCH DIRECTORY APOSTOLIC Ohio Valley Publishing Ohio Valley Publishing P.O. Box 802, 19 Locust Street Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 740-441-9941; 877-545-7242 Advisory Services are provided through Creative Financial Designs, Inc., a Registered Investment Adviser, and Securities are offered through cfd Investments, Inc., a Registered Broker/Dealer, Member FINRA & SIPC. 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Blanchard, Dodson, Pierce, Gilkey and Parker Publishing, all rights reserved. each singled once, with Blanchard and Gilkey Alex Hawley can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2100. scoring runs, while Dod- (740) 446-2342 or fax to (740) 446-3008 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN LEGALS Legals Help Wanted General 127,&( 2) 38%/,& %,' �� *0& '803 758&. Bedford Township is accepting sealed bids on a 1989 GMC Dump Truck. Submit sealed bids to: Bedford Township, % Kathy Romine, 37507 Hemlock Grove Road, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. Bids will be opened on August 9, at 7PM at the Bedford Town Hall going to highest bidder. Bids must show: Name of Bidder, Price offered. 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AUTOS By Barry Wilner Autos For Sale The following vehicle(s) will be available for public sale on Friday, July 23, 2021 at Dave's Supreme Auto Sales LLC, 1393 Jackson Pike Gallipolis, OH 45631, at 1:00 pm /DQG SDUFHO �� DFUHV ZDQWHG ZLWK DFFHVV WR UXUDO FRXQW\ ZDWHU FDOO &KULV �� 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 contended the number of concussions “is relatively small; the problem is the journalist issue.” “Bottom line, it sounded like I was shooting the messenger, which was the concussion issue,” he said on Talk of Fame Network. “My intention at the time was to make a point which could have been made fairly simply: that there was a need for better data. There was a need for more reliable information about concussions and uniformity in terms of how they were being deﬁned in terms of severity.” ing in 2006. Huh? The issue was concussions, which have During Paul Tagliabue’s 17-year stint plagued the NFL for decades, though team as commissioner, the owners had a major role NFL experienced labor in the lack of progress peace, saw skyrocketin dealing with head ing television deals, construction of new sta- trauma while Tagliabue diums across the nation, was commissioner. And in 2017, and expansion to the current 32-team makeup. Tagliabue apologized Despite those creden- for remarks he made decades ago about tials that continued pro concussions in football, football’s surge to the top of American sports, acknowledging he didn’t have the proper data at it took until a special centennial class in 2020 the time in 1994 when for Tagliabue to be voted he called concussions “one of those packinto the Pro Football journalism issues” and Hall of Fame after retir- AP Pro Football Writer (740) 992-2155 or fax to (740) 992-2157 Fifteen years after Tagliabue was replaced by Roger Goodell, head trauma remains and probably always will be the major safety topic in the NFL. Just as there were few solutions and more research required in that area under Tagliabue, the same is true today. Overall, though, Tagliabue’s impact on the sport was massive — comparable to virtually any league leader. And after a year’s delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Tagliabue will enter the Canton, Ohio shrine. (304) 675-1333 or fax to (304) 675-5234 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS MEIGS COUNTY, OH The State of Ohio, Meigs County U.S. Bank National Association, as indenture trustee, for CIM Trust 2016-4, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2016-4 Plaintiff VS. Joni L. Daniels a/k/a Joni Daniels Defendant (Case No. 18-CV-025) In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction, at https://meigs.sheriffsaleauction.ohio.gov/, on Friday, the 6th Day of August, 2021, at 10:00AM, and will open a minimum of 7 calendar days prior to the date of sale, the following described real estate: SEE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION VIN:1GYEE63AX50175887 2005 Cadillac SRX Wanted After lengthy wait, Paul Tagliabue heads to HOF XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN EMPLOYMENT Friday, July 23, 2021 9 Said Premises Located at 37655 Chase Run Road, Albany, OH 45710 Said Premises Appraised at $65,000.00 And cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. In the event that the property remains unsold after the above scheduled sale, this property shall be offered again at a second sale without regard to the minimum bid requirement in §2329.20 on August 13, 2021 at the same place and time and will remain open for bidding for a minimum of 7 calendar days prior to the date of sale. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY MOTOR ROUTE Would you like to deliver newspapers as an independent contractor under an agreement with the Point Pleasant Register? Gallipolis Daily Tribune? The Daily Sentinel? � � � � � Be your own boss 5 Day Delivery Delivery times is approx. 3 hours daily Must be 18 years of age Must have a valid driver’s license, dependable vehicle & provide proof of insurance � Must provide your own substitute TERMS OF SALE: Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code §2329.211, if the appraised value is less than or equal to $10,000.00 the deposit shall be $2,000.00. If the appraised value of the property is greater than $10,000.00 and less than or equal to $200,000.00, the deposit shall be $5,000.00. If the appraised value is greater than $200,000.00, the deposit shall be $10,000.00 and shall be due the day of sale. The purchaser shall be responsible for all costs, allowances and taxes that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to cover. Ohio Revised Code §2327.02 (c) requires successful bidders pay recording and conveyance fees to the sheriff at the time of sale. The balance of the purchase price is due within 30 days of the confirmation of sale. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE EMAIL DERRICK MORRISON AT dmorrison@aimmediamidwest.com or call 740-446-2342 ext: 2097 825 3rd Ave Gallipolis, Oh 45631 DISCLAIMER: The Meigs County Sheriff's Office is not responsible for the condition of the buildings or property and therefore there are no guarantees. Neither the Sheriff's Office nor any affiliates have access to the inside of said property. There was not an inside inspection of the property and Sheriff is not liable for the condition of the property upon confirmation of the sale. Property is sold as is/where is. OPERATE YOUR OWN BUSINESS WITH POTENTIAL REVENUE $ , Sheriff of Meigs County Stacey M. Piepmeier LOGS Legal Group LLP Attorney 7/16/21,7/23/21,7/30/21 OVER 1 000 PER MONTH! OH-70240095 Ohio Valley Publishing CALL TODAY! �NEWS 10 Friday, July 23, 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing Biden says getting COVID-19 vaccine ‘gigantically important’ By Alexandra Jaffe and Aamer Madhani Associated Press CINCINNATI — President Joe Biden expressed pointed frustration over the slowing COVID-19 vaccination rate in the U.S. and pleaded that it’s “gigantically important” for Americans to step up and get inoculated against the virus as it surges once again. Biden, speaking Wednesday night at a televised town hall in Cincinnati, said the public health crisis has turned largely into a plight of the unvaccinated as the spread of the delta variant has led to a surge in infections around the country. “We have a pandemic for those who haven’t gotten the vaccination — it’s that basic, that simple,” he said on the CNN town hall. The president also expressed optimism that children under 12 will be approved for vaccination in the coming months. But he displayed exasperation that so many eligible Americans are still reluctant to get a shot. “If you’re vaccinated, you’re not going to be hospitalized, you’re not going to be in the IC unit, and you’re not going to die,” Biden said at the forum at Mount St. Joseph University. “So it’s gigantically important that … we all act like Americans who care about our fellow Americans.” Over 80 minutes, Biden ﬁelded questions on many of the pressing issues of the day, including his infrastructure package, voting rights and the makeup of the congressional commission that will investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. He also reﬂected on what it’s like to be president, saying he’s sometimes taken aback by the pomp that comes with the job and the weight of being “the last guy in the room” left to make the call on daunting decisions. Six months into his presidency, taming the coronavirus remains his most pressing problem. U.S. hospitalizations and deaths are nearly all among the unvaccinated. But COVID-19 cases nearly tripled in the U.S. over two weeks amid an onslaught of vaccine misinformation that is straining hospitals, exhausting doctors and pushing the pandemic but said it was “highly unlikely longterm inﬂation will get out of hand.” Biden, who traveled to Ohio as he’s trying to rev up support for his economic agenda, visited a union training center ahead of the town hall. The trip comes as the fate of his infrastructure proposal remains unclear after Senate Republicans Andrew Harnik | AP President Joe Biden interacts with members of the audience rejected a $1 trillion blueduring a commercial break for a CNN town hall Wednesday at print in a key test vote Wednesday. A bipartisan Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati. group of 22 senators said in a joint statement after who have “had an altar clergy into the fray. the vote that they were call” and are now more Across the U.S., the close to coming to terms seven-day rolling average openly speaking to their on a deal and requested a skeptical guests about for daily new cases rose delay until Monday. the beneﬁts of getting over the past two weeks Biden expressed convaccinated. Sean Hannity to more than 37,000 on ﬁdence in the outcome, recently told viewers, ”I Tuesday, up from less saying, “It’s a good thing believe in the science of than 13,700 on July 6, and I think we’re going to vaccination” and urged according to data from them to take the disease get it done.” Johns Hopkins UniverWhile lawmakers wransity. Just 56.2% of Ameri- seriously. Steve Doocy, gle over the details of cans have gotten at least who cohosts “Fox & that proposal on Capitol Friends,” this week told one dose of the vaccine, Hill, Biden made the case according to the Centers viewers the vaccination that his nearly $4 trillion “will save your life.” for Disease Control and package is needed to Before boarding Air Prevention. rebuild the middle class The Democratic presi- Force One to return to and sustain the economic Washington, Biden told dent noted that the rise growth the country has reporters he was “glad has become so concernseen during the ﬁrst six they had the courage to ing that even his critics months of his presidency. are pushing back against say what they’ve said.” The president’s visit Asked about rising vaccine disinformation. took him near the danBiden made an indirect prices, Biden acknowledged “there will be near- gerously outdated Brent reference to high-proﬁle Spence Bridge — a term inﬂation” as the conservative personalichokepoint for trucks ties at Fox News Channel economy rebounds from and emergency vehicles between Ohio and Kentucky that the past two presidents promised without success to replace. Biden made a passing reference to the structure, telling town hall attendees it’s time to “ﬁx that damn bridge of yours.” He delved into the personal when he faced a question about the scourge of drug addiction, noting he’s “so damn proud” of his son Hunter Biden, who has published a memoir about his struggles with substance abuse. The president also noted he feels a bit self-conscious about some of the fringe beneﬁts that come with the ofﬁce. He elicited laughter when he said he told some of the White House staff not to come in to serve breakfast. The real reason: The president likes to eat breakfast in his robe. Biden defended the ﬁlibuster against repeated questions from CNN moderator Don Lemon about why he feels the need to protect what some critics argue is a legislative tactic once used to protect racist policies. Pelosi says Jan. 6 panel to move ahead without GOP’s choices By Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection “will do the job it set out to do” despite Republicans’ vow to boycott the probe. House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy said on Wednesday that Republicans won’t participate after Pelosi rejected two of the Republicans he chose to sit on the panel, Reps. Jim Banks of Indiana and Jim Jordan of Ohio. Pelosi made clear on Thursday that she won’t relent, telling reporters that the two men “took actions that made it ridiculous to put them on such a committee seeking the truth.” “It is my responsibility as the speaker of the House to make sure we get to the truth of this, and we will not let their antics stand in the way of that,” Pelosi said. Banks and Jordan are outspoken allies of former President Donald Trump, whose supporters laid siege to the Capitol on Jan. 6 and interrupted the certiﬁcation of President Joe Biden’s electiwin. AP Photo | J. Scott Applewhite Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives to meet with reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday. Pelosi discussed her reasons for rejecting two Republicans chosen by House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy to be on the committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. Both men voted to overturn the election results in the hours after the siege. It is unclear, for now, whether Pelosi will try and appoint other members to the panel, as she has the authority to do under committee rules. She left open the possibility, saying that there are other members who would like to participate. “We’ll see.” One possibility is Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who was one of only two Republicans to vote in favor of setting up the committee. The other, Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, has already been appointed by Pelosi to sit on the panel along with seven Democrats — ensuring they have a quorum to proceed, whether other Republicans participate or not. The back and forth over the panel is emblematic of the raw political tensions in Congress that have only escalated since the insurrection and raises the possibility that the investigation — the only comprehensive probe currently being conducted of the attack — will be done almost entirely by Democrats. The House voted in May to create an independent investigation that would have been evenly split between the parties, but Senate Republicans blocked that approach in a vote last month. McCarthy called Pelosi’s move an “an egregious abuse of power” and said it will damage the institution of Congress. “Unless Speaker Pelosi reverses course and seats all ﬁve Republican nominees, Republicans will not be party to their sham process and will instead pursue our own investigation of the facts,” McCarthy said. It is unclear how McCarthy would lead a separate investigation, as the minority does not have the power to set up committees. He said the panel has lost “all legitimacy” because Pelosi wouldn’t allow the Republicans to name their own members. Most in the GOP have remained loyal to Trump despite the violent insurrection of his supporters that sent many lawmakers running for their lives. McCarthy wouldn’t say for weeks whether Republicans would even participate in the probe, but he sent the ﬁve names to Pelosi on Monday. Pelosi accepted McCarthy’s three other picks — Illinois Rep. Rodney Davis, North Dakota Rep. Kelly Armstrong and Texas Rep. Troy Nehls. But McCarthy said that all ﬁve or none would participate. Like Jordan and Banks, Nehls voted to overturn Biden’s victory. Armstrong and Davis voted to certify the election. Banks recently trav- eled with Trump to the U.S.-Mexico border and visited him at his New Jersey golf course. In a statement after McCarthy tapped him for the panel, he sharply criticized the Democrats who had set it up. “Make no mistake, Nancy Pelosi created this committee solely to malign conservatives and to justify the Left’s authoritarian agenda,” Banks said. Democrats whom Pelosi appointed to the committee earlier this month were angry over that statement, according to a senior Democratic aide familiar with the private deliberations and who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss them. They were also concerned over Banks’ two recent visits with Trump, the person said. Jordan, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, was one of Trump’s most vocal defenders during his two impeachments and last month likened the new investigation to “impeachment three.” Trump was impeached by the House and acquitted by the Senate both times. Belle of Cincinnati Summer Cruise Tour Journey aboard the flagship of BB Riverboats, the Belle of Cincinnati, on its summer tour of river cities. 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The number of unhealthy air non is becoming more common as human-caused global warm- quality days recorded in 2021 by pollution monitors nationing stokes bigger and more wide is more than double the intense blazes. number to date in each of the Pollution from smoke last two years, according to ﬁgreached unhealthy levels this ures provided to the Associated week in communities from Press by the Environmental Washington state to WashingProtection Agency. Wildﬁres ton D.C. likely are driving much of the Get used to it, researchers increase, ofﬁcials said. say. The amount of smoke “These ﬁres are going to wildﬁres spew stems directly be burning all summer,” said University of Washington wild- from how much land burns — more than 4,100 square miles ﬁre smoke expert Dan Jaffe. (10,600 square kilometers) in “In terms of bad air quality, everywhere in the country is to the U.S. and 4,800 square miles going to be worse than average (12,500 square kilometers) in Canada so far in 2021. That’s this year.” behind the 10-year average Growing scientiﬁc research for this time of year for both points to potential long-term nations, but forecasters warn health damage from breathconditions could worsen as a ing in microscopic particles severe drought afﬂicting 85% of smoke. Authorities have of the West intensiﬁes. scrambled to better protect Wildﬁre smoke contains hunpeople from the harmful effects dreds of chemical compounds, but face challenges in comand many can be harmful in municating risk to vulnerable large doses. Health ofﬁcials communities and people who live very far away from burning use the concentration of smoke particles in the air to gauge the forests. By Matthew Brown Associated Press severity of danger to the public. In bad ﬁre years over the past decade, infernos across the West emitted more than a million tons of the particles annually, according to U.S. Forest Service research. 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That’s half the size of Rhode Island, yet fewer than 200 houses and other structures have been conﬁrmed as lost because the ﬁre is burning in a sparsely populated area. More than 200 ﬁres are burning in Manitoba and Ontario, according to Canadian ofﬁcials. Weather patterns and ﬁre intensity determine who gets hit by smoke. Huge ﬁres generate so much heat that they can produce their own clouds that funnel smoke high into the atmosphere. “It just carries across the country and slowly spreads out, forming sort of this haze layer in the sky,” said meteorologist Miles Bliss with the National Weather Service in Medford, Oregon. The combined plume from Canada and the U.S. largely passed over parts of the Midwest this week before settling to ground level across an area that stretches from Ohio northeast to New England and south to the Carolinas, air pollution data shows. Health effects can occur thousands of miles from the ﬂames. The smoke loses its tell-tale odor but remains a potential hazard even when it drifts that far, said Jeff Pierce, an atmospheric scientist at Colorado State University. “It’s certainly unhealthy,” Pierce said of the air along the Ohio doctor convicted of overprescribing painkillers From page 1 Council From page 1 with a contract, that key personnel from each community form a committee to work out details of the proposal. Hoffman noted that “we are not talking about a merger of the two departments but about Pomeroy contracting with Middleport for police protection.” Hoffman stated that last year the village had plans drawn up and approved by the state for the construction of a service building at the lagoons to house the refuse trucks and possibly other uses. He stated that the village garage area on Park Street was becoming very overcrowded with various equipment. He said that he and Vil- How do i protect myself? Listen for warnings about smoke and, if advised, avoid outdoor activities to reduce exposure. Keep doors and windows closed, and run an air ﬁlter to clean inside air. Face masks can protect against breathing in smoke. As with COVID-19, most effective are N95 masks because they are designed to block the smallest particles. An online, interactive smoke map launched by the EPA and the U.S. Forest Service last year on a pilot basis has drawn millions of viewers. To reach people more quickly, ofﬁcials are considering using mobile phone push notiﬁcations that would alert users when heavy smoke could inundate their communities, according to agency spokeswoman Enesta Jones. OHIO BRIEF Trophies they are an important part of Middleport history and needed preserved with a permanent home, where they could be displayed for public viewing. The MHS Trophy Case Committee began by meeting with Middleport Mayor Fred Hoffman, and the Village Council, who gave their permission and support of the idea of placing a new trophy case in the lobby of the Middleport Village Hall. The trophy committee then worked on ﬁnding a builder and estimates to complete this project. Funding was the next hurdle for this group, and in June, letters were sent to MHS alumni and other individuals, explaining the project and asking for ﬁnancial support. The total estimate would be around $11,000. This price will cover the cost of complete cleaning and repair of the trophies, replacement of broken and lost trophy parts, replacement of illegible name plates, plus the construction of the trophy case itself. The plans are for a 4-section, 16 feet long, wooden and glass case, complete with light- East Coast in recent days. “If you have asthma or any sort of respiratory condition, you want to be thinking about changing your plans if you’re going to be outside.” People who live close to ﬁres are more likely to be prepared and take precautions, while those who live farther away unwittingly remain exposed, according to a recent study by Colorado State University epidemiologist Sheryl Magzamen and Pierce. TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A doctor who portrayed himself as an advocate for patients who need legitimate pain treatment has been convicted of overprescribing painkillers. A federal jury on Wednesday convicted Dr. William Bauer of Port Clinton on charges of distributing controlled substances to 14 patients and healthcare fraud. Federal prosecutors said Bauer prescribed dangerous drug combinations and high doses of addictive narcotics that weren’t medically necessary between 2015 and 2019 at his ofﬁce in Bellevue. Bauer’s attorney said he’ll appeal the verdict. Bauer testiﬁed that the medication allowed patients to resume some normal activities and that he closely monitored his patients to watch for any signs of drug abuse. Courtesy photo The trophy presented to 1957 MHS State baseball champions. ing, back mirrors, glass shelves, and locked glass doors. The oak case will house the approximate 60 trophies and other MHS memorabilia dating from 1929 to 1968, will be visible to all those who enter the lobby of the Middleport Village Hall and will also contain names of all donors. Financial support has been enthusiastic over the past month with the goal currently just over the halfway point, and cleaning and repairs of the trophies now underway. Recently, the committee met with the builder, who plans to have one section of the case partially completed and displayed in the Middleport Village Hall by Labor Day weekend, in time for the Middleport Alumni Banquet attendees to view. Members of the MHS Trophy Case Committee include John and Margie Blake, Eddie and Judy Crooks, Diane Lynch, Dick Owen, Don Stivers, and Mary Wise. All donations go into a special account at Middleport Village entitled “Middleport Trophy Project” and will be overseen by this committee. If you are interested in making a donation, checks should be made payable to Middleport Trophy Project and mailed to Middleport Trophy Project, c/o Susan Baker, Fiscal Ofﬁcer, Middleport Village, 659 Pearl Street, Middleport, OH 45760. Information and photos provided by Jennifer Harrison. lage Administrator Joe Woodall both would like to proceed with construction of such a building. The mayor said that the refuse fund was healthy and suggested that some money be used from that fund and the balance borrowed and repaid from that fund. Council members held a lengthy discussion on the project and it was decided to table the idea and discuss at a later date. The mayor presented recommendations to council on uses for the $126,100 which will be received soon from the American Rescue Act. He suggested the following: $35,000 to be used at the village parks, possibly for some additional playground equipment; $8,000 to replace an aging generator at the ﬁre house; $20,800 for need- ed equipment at the ﬁre department to include 15 personal thermal imaging devices to be used by each individual ﬁreman and several other needed pieces of equipment to make their job safer; $2,500 for additional surveillance cameras to be tied into the system which was installed with COVID funds; $20,000 to be reserved for extra Christmas pay for all employees; $2,000 as a grant to the Arts Council to assist them with income loss during the pandemic; and possibly $37,280 to be used on the parking lot project. Council members discussed the recommendation but made no ﬁnal decision on these allocations. Hoffman stated that the parking lot is still in need of much work to make it acceptable for village hall. He stated that he did have an estimate for paving at $26,500 but it would not be a good idea to pave with all the drainage problems. He stated he had an estimated cost to install a drainage system at $58,604 for a total project cost of $85,104. He suggested that the project be advertised for bids with funding being divided among various departments that use the building and possibly some funds from the American Rescue plan. Several other ideas were suggested by council members including borrowing some funds and repay from various funds rather than using local funds all at one time. After a lengthy discussion, it was decided to table the idea and consider at a later date. Baker stated that the Davis ber so you can be contacted to receive reward money if your tip is successful in apprehending From page 1 Davis. “The reward being the way and the Washington County Sheriff’s offered in this case is Ofﬁce Special Response being provided by an outside source that is Team for their prompt response and assistance not associated with the Meigs County Sherover the past several iff’s Ofﬁce. My ofﬁce weeks.” was contacted by an A $1,000 reward is individual that wished being offered for information that leads to the to put up a reward for the capture of Anthony successful apprehension of Anthony Davis. Davis and wished to remain anonymous,” Anonymous tips can stated Sheriff Wood. be left on the Meigs Information from the County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce tip line at 740-992-4682. Meigs County Sheriff’s Oﬁce. Leave a call back num- fund for the new trophy case to be built in the lobby had reached slightly over $6,000. Police Chief Mony Wood stated that he was invited by the sheriff’s department to a meeting where a discussion was held on the possibility of creating a task force comprised of the sheriff’s department and Middleport and connected with various other entities from surrounding counties. At present, both are working with the Gallia-Meigs task force. Wood stated he thought this would be a much better working arrangement and more agencies involved. In response to a question from Conde, Wood stated that he was working on some rules for the canine ofﬁcer and dog. Building Inspec- tor Mike Hendrickson informed council that the CDBG house demolition grant was moving along and that Buckeye Hills had hired someone to do the asbestos survey as required. After this is completed, the demolition project can be advertised for bids, with the results of the asbestos survey determining the number of demos which can take place. Conde stated that he had a request from the Veterans Service Ofﬁce on Race Street for a sign reserving a parking place for veterans in front of their ofﬁce. The Mayor stated he thought this was needed and he would take care of it. Next regular council meeting is July 29 at 7 p.m. Information provided by Mayor Fred Hoffman. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 07. July Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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