http://66.213.69.5/files/original/5b7b63f690127d908ab352982aec78cb.pdf 4a0836702ebb0fb3a74bf025633759d5 PDF Text Text Pirates rally past Marshall Area volleyball roundup SPORTS s 5 8 AM 2 PM 8 PM 67° 71° 59° Showers this morning, then heavy rain and a thunderstorm. High 73° / Low 51° SPORTS s 5 Today’s weather forecast WEATHER s 6 C_ZZb[fehj��Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 187, Volume 75 Two deaths, 75 new cases reported Wednesday, September 22, 2021 s 50¢ Moving on to ‘Districts’ Latest from Meigs, Mason, Gallia By Kayla (Hawthorne) Dunham khawthorne@aimmediamidwest. com OHIO VALLEY — Two deaths associated with COVID-19 were reported in Gallia County on Tuesday with an additional 75 new cases reported in the Ohio Valley Publishing area. In Gallia County, the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) reported two additional deaths associated with COVID19 on Tuesday. One individual was in the 60-69 year age range and one was in the 70-79 year age range. ODH also reported 32 new COVID-19 cases in Gallia County. In Meigs County, ODH reported 20 new COVID-19 cases, also on Tuesday. In Mason County, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reported an additional 23 cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. Here is a closer look at the local COVID-19 data: Gallia County According to the 2 p.m. update from ODH on Tuesday, there have been 3,447 total cases (32 new) in Gallia County since the beginning of the pandemic, 210 hospitalizations (1 new) and 56 deaths (2 new). Of the 3,447 cases, 2,899 (25 new) are presumed recovered. Case data is as follows: 0-19 — 619 cases (7 new), 5 hospitalizations 20-29 —562 cases (4 new), 9 hospitalizations 30-39 — 469 cases (3 new), 9 hospitalizations 40-49 — 506 cases (6 new), 20 hospitalizations, 2 deaths 50-59 — 475 cases (8 new), 31 hospitalizations, 5 deaths 60-69 — 388 cases (4 new), 35 hospitaliza- tions, 9 deaths (1 new) 70-79 — 256 cases, 54 hospitalizations (1 new), 14 deaths (1 new) 80-plus — 172 cases, 47 hospitalizations, 25 deaths Vaccination rates in Gallia County are as follows, according to ODH: Vaccines started: 11,972 (40.04 percent of the population); Vaccines completed: 10,900 (36.46 percent of the population). The Gallipolis City School District reported the one additional cases of COVID-19 at Gallia Academy Middle School on Tuesday. Meigs County According to the 2 p.m. update from ODH on Tuesday, there have been 2,102 total cases (20 new) in Meigs County since the beginning of the pandemic, 100 hospitalizations (1 new) and 42 deaths. Of the 2,102 cases, 1,665 (20 new) are presumed recovered. Case data is as follows: 0-19 — 350 cases (6 new), 2 hospitalization 20-29 — 313 cases (4 new), 2 hospitalizations 30-39 — 276 cases (4 new), 7 hospitalizations 40-49 — 297 cases (3 new), 9 hospitalizations 50-59 — 290 cases (3 new), 12 hospitalizations, 1 death 60-69 — 266 cases, 26 hospitalizations (1 new), 7 deaths 70-79 — 193 cases, 23 hospitalizations, 13 deaths 80-plus — 117 cases, 19 hospitalizations, 20 deaths Vaccination rates in Meigs County are as follows, according to ODH: Vaccines started: 8,947 (39.06 percent of the population); Vaccines completed: 7,992 (34.89 percent of the population). See CASES | 10 Southern FFA | Courtesy Southern’s Rural Soils Team, pictured from left, Cassidy Bailey, Corey Seth, Anthony Whobrey, Hannah Turley, and Keiran Johnson Local FFA members compete By Kylee Circle Special to the Sentinel ALBANY — The Racine Southern FFA Chapter recently competed in the Local Meigs/Athens County Soil Career Development Event at the VanNostran Farm in Albany. Soil judging is a competition to correctly identify soil features, classify soil proﬁles, and interpret soil capability. There were two categories members could compete in — the urban soil judging group and the rural group. Three schools attended, Southern, Meigs and Alexander. The top three scores for the Southern’s Urban Soils Team, pictured from left, Kylee Circle, Katie Rowe, Chloe Smith, Kodi Rife, and Theron Black. urban soils were First Place Dalton Pierce (Meigs High School), Second Place Kodi Rife (Southern High School), and Third Place Theron Black (Southern High School). Southern’s, team of ﬁve placed ﬁrst overall in the urban division. The top three for rural soils was First Place Corey Seth (Southern High School), Second Place Cassidy Bailey (Southern High School), and Third Place Ellie Day (Alexander High School). Southern’s team of ﬁve placed ﬁrst overall in the urban division. On Oct. 29, both teams will go on to compete at the District 10 contest in Lowell, where all FFA Chapters in the district are able to compete to make it to the state contest. “We would like to wish all teams competing the best of luck,” stated members of the Racine Southern FFA Chapter. Kylee Circle is the 2021-22 Racine Southern FFA Reporter. Seminar to explore area’s history By Lorna Hart SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY Special to OVP GALLIPOLIS — On Saturday, Our House Tavern, in partnership with the Bossard Memorial Library, invite guests to travel back in time to meet Dr. Antoine Saugrain, a French-born physician. Explore his experience as one of the French 500, his efforts in the establishment of Gallipolis, and learn how he outﬁt- Saugrain Waughtel ted Lewis and Clark with medical supplies during their journey down the Ohio River in a seminar presented by Char Ollinger Waughtel, his 4th great granddaughter. The day begins at 9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. — Introductions, Meet My Grandfather, The Ohio River 10:30 a.m. to noon — The French 500 and Gallipolis, Ohio Noon to 1 p.m. — Lunch Break 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. — The In-Between Years and Lexington, Kentucky 2:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. — Break 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. — Dr. Saugrain helps Lewis and Clark 9 a.m. at the Bossard Memorial Library, 7 Spruce Street, in Gallipolis, when guests will be introduced to Dr. Saugrain. His early life, settlement in Gallipolis, and marriage to Genevieve Rosalie Michau will be covered in the See SEMINAR | 10 AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC (USPS 145-966) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes every Tuesday through Saturday. Subscription rate is $208 per year. Prices are subject to change at any time. 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 Periodical postage paid at Pomeroy, OH POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Sentinel, 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631. All content © 2021 The Daily Sentinel, an edition of the Gallipolis Daily Tribune. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. Eastern BOE discusses facial coverings, personnel Staff Report REEDSVILLE — Facial covering requirements and personnel were discussed during the Eastern Local Board of Education meeting last week. During the Sept. 15 meeting, a motion was made to adopt a policy effective Monday, Sept. 20, the Eastern Local School District that would mandate masks to be worn during all indoor activities. This policy was to be reviewed at each subsequent regular board meeting. Administration would develop and distribute guidelines for indoor mask use and exceptions. The motion was denied. The board approved the following Supplemental Contracts for the 2021-22 school year pending proper certiﬁcation: Supplemental Contracts: Angie Weeks, Freshman Class Advisor; Kristen Dettwiller, HS Student Council Advisor; Carly Hayes, MS Student Council Advisor; Heather Wilcoxen, Sophomore Class Advisor; Sam Thompson, Senior Class Advisor; and Bryan Durst, Assistant Girls Basketball Coach and Head Softball Coach. The board approved the following Certiﬁed Substitutes for the 2021-22 school year, pending proper certiﬁcation, retroactive to August 24, 2021: Michael Adkins, John Bell, Eric Brown, Teresa Carr, Pam Douthitt, Christopher Ellcessor, Amanda Graham, Trace See BOE | 10 �2 Wednesday, September 22, 2021 OBITUARIES/NEWS DALE SCOTT CHAPMAN OBITUARIES OSIE MAE FOLLROD Scott’s life will be on CANAL WINFriday, October 1, 2021 CHESTER — Dale Charlie Follrod; Scott Chapman, age 55, at noon at the Madison POMEROY — step-granddaughter of Canal Winchester, Christian Church, 3565 Osie Mae Follrod, Madison Forshey; Ohio, passed away unex- Bixby Road, Groveport, 87 years old, went a niece thought of Ohio 43125. pectedly on Thursday to be with her as a sister Joyce In honor of Scott, September 16, 2021 at Lord on Friday, (Jack) Napier of please wear sports Grant Hospital. September 17, Bidwell and many attire. Scott was born July 2021 at her home. other loved nieces 17, 1966 in Columbus, In place of ﬂowers, She was born consider a donation in March 16, 1934 in Meigs and nephews, cousins and Ohio and is survived friends. Scott’s honor to either of by his devoted wife, County, daughter of the Preceded her in death Kathy Chapman, and his Scott’s passions: Madilate Raymond and Edith in 2011 was her beloved son Christian Church or mother, Jane Litchﬁeld Harper (Young) of Carhusband of 58 years Old Friends Farm Chapman. roll. Clair (Pete) Follrod; a www.madisonchristian. Graveside service is She was employed in treasured son Stephen org Saturday, September Athens, at City Loan Follrod of Athens; sisters 25, 2021 at noon in the www.oldfriendsequine. 1951 to 1953 when she Alta Bailey of Florida, Reynolds Cemetery, 210 org married the love of her Edna Warner of CincinPlease visit www. Addison Pike, Gallipolis, life Clair (Pete) Follrod. Ohio 45631 with Pastor waugh-halley-wood.com Later she started back to nati, Bertha Niegsch of Kansas, Nola Wollett for complete notice and Paul Barnes ofﬁciating. work at Hocking Valley of Columbus, Thelma condolences. A Celebration of Bank from 1972-1980, Henderson of Marietta; then she began working JOHN WILLIAM HARPER JR. at Ohio University Physi- a brother, Ray Harper of cal Plant and retired from Columbus and several Miller, Laila Johnson, Jorbrother-in-laws, nieces, GALLIPOLIS — John OU Planning Ofﬁce as dan James, Kobe James, William Harper Jr., aka Administrative Assistant nephews and cousins. Gregory James III, PeyServices will be held “Little John,” age 64, in 2003. She also held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, passed away at his home ton Geary, TJ Geary, RJ the elected position of Deal, Brandon Johnson II September 22, 2021, at in Gallipolis, Ohio, SepOrange Township Fiscal and his two “special little White-Schwarzel Funeral tember 16, 2021 after a Ofﬁcer for 16 years. friends,” Reina Copning Home, Coolville, with brief illness. John was She enjoyed puzzles, and Johnathan Harris. John Frank ofﬁciating. born in San Antonio, shopping, traveling and He was preceded in Burial will follow at Texas August 20, 1957, her precious cat, Kitty, death by his mother and to John William Harper but most of all being with Coolville Cemetery. father as well as brothers, Visitation will be held of Gallipolis Ferry, West family and friends. Tuesday, from 5-8 p.m. at Virginia and Emilia Diaz Harry Diaz, David Munoz She is survived by a and Humberto Munoz; the funeral home. Harper of Malakoff, much loved and devoted brothers-in-law, Gregory In lieu of ﬂowers, Texas. daughter Kathy WatJames and Robert Hamdonations may be made John served in the son (Gerald Hawk) of mack and great niece, Army from 1976 - 1990 Chester; daughter-in-law in her honor to the Alexis Marissa Johnson. Karen Follrod of Athens; Alfred United Methodist and was Honorably John had a caring heart Discharged. He was staﬁve grandchildren: Stacie Church in care of Treafor all children, often (Jim) Forshey in Parkers- surer John Goodwin, 22 tioned at Fort Campbell, sponsoring Christmas Kentucky and served burg, W.Va., Alan Watson Cave Street, Pomeroy, stockings/angels for variin Germany and Korea of Chester, Katie Hixson OH 45769. ous organizations on a The family would like receiving many awards of Albany, twins Branyearly basis and was to thank Ohio Health and commendations don (Jennifer) Follrod always willing to donate Hospice of Athens and before moving to Galof Michigan and Brian or help anyone in need. lipolis, to help care for (Chloe) Follrod of Cincin- special nurses Melissa Calling hours will be and Danielle for all their his mother. He was very nati; twelve great-grandheld at The McCoychildren: Devon, Preston special care for our mom, proud of his 13 years of Moore Funeral Home, grandmother and greatservice to the United and Lincoln Forshey, Weatherholt Chapel, GalStates Army. Roman and Izzy Hixson, grandmother. lipolis, Thursday, SeptemYou are invited to sign John worked at HeinAudrianna Watson, twins ber 23, 2021 from noon the online guestbook at er’s Bakery, Woodland Alanna and Aleeah Watuntil 1 p.m. with funeral Centers, Inc., Gallipolis son, Nora Jean and Haley www.whiteschwarzelfh. services to follow at 1 com Foodland, Gallipolis Mae Follrod, Parker and p.m. with the Reverend Developmental Center NEOMIA MOSSMAN and as an “essential work- Gene Armstrong ofﬁciating. Burial will follow at er” at Holzer Hospital, LUCASVILLE — Neo- Michael (Roxanne) Bush Gallipolis. Ohio Valley Memory Garof Zenia, Roger (Connie) mia Mossman, age 84, dens, Gallipolis, with Full John is survived by of Lucasville, Ohio, died Bush of North Carolina, Military Graveside Rites his sisters, Janice James David Bush of Gallipolis, of Euclid, Ohio, Paula Sunday, September 19, conducted by the Gallia Ohio and Daniel (June) 2021 at the Edgewood (Keith) Jackson of Hous- County Veterans Funeral Wright of Gallipolis; sev- ton, Texas, Sylvia HamManor of Lucasville. Detail. eral grandchildren and Born on December In lieu of ﬂowers please mack of Richmond, Ohio several great grandchil27, 1936 in Vinton feel free to donate in his and Cecelia Munoz, San dren and by two sisters, County, Ohio, she was honor to a children’s charAntonio. He is also surBarbara (Larry) Curry of vived by nephews, Gregthe daughter of the late ity of your choice. Burl and Stella Williams Gallipolis and Kathryn The family will fellowory James II and Joey Burnheimer. In addition Bonecutter of Rutland, ship together at El Toril James, Keith Jackson II, Ohio. to her parents, she was afterward. Robert Deal, Chris Deal Funeral services will be and Derek Hammack, and preceded by two brothPallbearers will be ers, Marion Burnheimer 7 p.m., Friday, September nieces, Taylor (Brandon) Keith Jackson II, Greg and Vernon Burnheimer 24, 2021 at the WaughJames, Joey James, Derek Johnson and Melissa Halley-Wood Funeral and by three sisters, Hammack, Ron Warner, (Jake) Geary, as well as Home with Pastor Gene Evelyn Pennington, his great nieces and neph- Larry Howell Jr. Carol Leport, and Elmie Harmon ofﬁciating. Online condolences ews that he considered Friends may call at the Burnheimer. “his grandchildren,” Paige may be sent to the family funeral home from 6 p.m. Taylor, Brooklyn James, Neomia was a homevia www.mccoymoore. until time of service. maker. com. Autumn Miller, Alexis An online guest regisShe is survived by her try is available at www. sons, Vernon (Ginny) waugh-halley-wood.com. Bush of Zenia, Ohio, GALLIA, MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS WESTBROOK GALLIPOLIS — Thomas Michael “Chick” Westbrook, 70, Gallipolis, Ohio, died Thursday, September 17, 2021 in Ohio State University Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. Funeral services will be conducted 3 p.m., Friday, September 24, 2021 in the Paint Creek Baptist Church, Gallipolis, with Pastor Christian Scott ofﬁciating. Private graveside services will follow in Providence Cemetery, Bidwell, Ohio. Friends and family may call at the church Friday, 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. McCoy Moore Funeral Home is in care of arrangements. SIMPKINS BIDWELL — Linda Lou Simpkins, 78, of Bidwell, Ohio, died on Tuesday, September 21, 2021. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced when they are ﬁnalized. Crow-Hussell Funeral Home is handling arrangements. 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Thursday, Sept. 23 POMEROY — The Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors will hold its regular monthly meeting at noon at the district office, 113 E. Memorial Drive, Suite D. Friday, Sept. 24 MIDDLEPORT — The monthly free community dinner at the Middleport Church of Christ Family Life Center will be at 5 p.m. Meals will be handed out in the parking lot and will include grilled chicken breast, mashed potatoes with gravy, cheesy broccoli and dessert. Monday, Sept. 27 MIDDLEPORT — Paint with Michele Musser will be at 6 p.m. at the Riverbend Arts Council, 290 N. Second Ave. All supplies are furnished. Call Donna at 740-992-5123 to register. MIDDLEPORT — Veterans Service Commission meets 9 a.m., 97 North 2nd Ave., Suite 2. POMEROY — The regular meeting of the Meigs County Public Library Board will be at 1 p.m. at the Pomeroy Library. Ohio Valley Publishing TODAY IN HISTORY The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Sept. 22, the 265th day of 2021. There are 100 days left in the year. Autumn arrives at 3:20 p.m. EDT. Today’s Highlight in History On Sept. 22, 2014, the United States and ﬁve Arab nations launched airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria, sending waves of planes and Tomahawk cruise missiles against an array of targets. On this date In 1761, Britain’s King George III and his wife, Charlotte, were crowned in Westminster Abbey. In 1776, during the Revolutionary War, Capt. Nathan Hale, 21, was hanged as a spy by the British in New York. In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves in rebel states should be free as of January 1, 1863. In 1927, Gene Tunney successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title against Jack Dempsey in the famous “long-count” ﬁght in Chicago. In 1949, the Soviet Union exploded its ﬁrst atomic bomb. In 1950, Omar N. Bradley was promoted to the rank of ﬁve-star general, joining an elite group that included Dwight D. Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, George C. Marshall and Henry H. “Hap” Arnold. In 1961, the Interstate Commerce Commission issued rules prohibiting racial discrimination on interstate buses. In 1975, Sara Jane Moore attempted to shoot President Gerald R. Ford outside a San Francisco hotel, but missed. In 1980, the Persian Gulf conﬂict between Iran and Iraq erupted into full-scale war. In 1993, 47 people were killed when an Amtrak passenger train fell off a bridge and crashed into Big Bayou Canot near Mobile, Alabama. (A tugboat pilot lost in fog pushed a barge into the railroad bridge, knocking the tracks 38 inches out of line just minutes before the train arrived.) In 1995, an AWACS plane carrying U.S. and Canadian military personnel crashed on takeoff from Elmendorf Air Force Base near Anchorage, Alaska, killing all 24 people aboard. In 2017, Sen. John McCain declared his opposition to the GOP’s last-ditch effort to repeal and replace “Obamacare,” the second time in three months McCain had emerged as the destroyer of his party’s signature promise to voters. Ten years ago: American diplomats led a walkout at the U.N. General Assembly as Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE’-nehzhahd) ﬁercely attacked the United States and major West European nations as “arrogant powers” ruled by greed and eager for military adventurism. Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Germany on his ﬁrst state visit to his homeland. Five years ago: Prosecutors charged a white Oklahoma police ofﬁcer with ﬁrst-degree manslaughter less than a week after she killed an unarmed Black man on a city street, saying in court documents the ofﬁcer “reacted unreasonably.” (Betty Shelby was acquitted in May 2017 of manslaughter in the death of Terence Crutcher.) It was disclosed that computer hackers had swiped personal information from at least 500 million Yahoo accounts in what was believed to have been the biggest digital break-in at an email provider. One year ago: U.S. deaths from the coronavirus topped 200,000, by far the highest conﬁrmed death toll from the virus in the world at that point, according to a count by Johns Hopkins University. The U.N. General Assembly convened for its ﬁrst-ever virtual meeting, as Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged nations to tackle the coronavirus and the “economic calamity” it had unleashed, as well as the risk of a new Cold War between the United States and China. A Louisiana state trooper, Chris Hollingsworth, died after a single-vehicle crash that took place hours after he learned he would be ﬁred for his role in the 2019 in-custody death of a Black man, Ronald Greene, following a high-speed chase. Overriding the mayor’s veto, Seattle’s City Council voted to reduce the police budget and reallocate some money to community programs. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was released from a Berlin hospital after more than a month’s treatment for poisoning. (Navalny would be arrested and jailed upon his return to Russia.) Today’s Birthdays Dancer/choreographer/singer Toni Basil is 78. Actor Paul Le Mat is 76. Musician King Sunny Adé (ah-DAY’) is 75. Capt. Mark Phillips is 73. Rock singer David Coverdale (Deep Purple, Whitesnake) is 70. Actor Shari Belafonte is 67. Singer Debby Boone is 65. Country singer June Forester (The Forester Sisters) is 65. Singer Nick Cave is 64. Rock singer Johnette Napolitano is 64. Actor Lynn Herring is 64. Classical crossover singer Andrea Bocelli (an-DRAY’-ah boh-CHEL’ee) is 63. Singer-musician Joan Jett is 63. Actor Scott Baio is 61. Actor Catherine Oxenberg is 60. Actor Bonnie Hunt is 60. Actor Rob Stone is 59. Actor Dan Bucatinsky (TV: “24: Legacy”) is 56. Musician Matt Sharp is 52. Rock musician Dave Hernandez is 51. Rapper Mystikal is 51. R&B singer Big Rube (Society of Soul) is 50. Actor James Hillier (TV: “The Crown”) is 48. Actor Mireille Enos is 46. Actor Daniella Alonso is 43. Actor Michael Graziadei (GRAHT’-zee-uh-day-ee) is 42. Actor Ashley Eckstein is 40. Actor Katie Lowes is 39. Rock musician Will Farquarson (Bastille) is 38. Actor Tatiana Maslany is 36. Actor Ukweli Roach (TV: “Blindspot”) is 35. Actor Tom Felton is 34. Actor Teyonah Parris is 34. Actor Juliette Goglia is 26. Actor Dalya Knapp is 11. �Ohio Valley Publishing Wednesday, September 22, 2021 3 MAMMOGRAPHY Making a Difference in Women’s Health Pleasant Valley Hospital prides itself for making the latest technology available to women of the Ohio Valley Region at our Breast Health Center. As the ﬁrst hospital in the area to offer 3D mammography, Pleasant Valley Hospital now offers technology that delivers clearer pictures, making it easier to catch breast cancer early. Mammograms are recommended every one to two years for women over 40. Women at a higher risk for developing breast cancer may be advised to begin having mammograms at an earlier age. OH-70253458 Schedule Your Mammogram Today 304.675.6257 Learn More at pvalley.org �COMICS 4 Wednesday, September 22, 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing Having A Yard Sale? Call your classified department to schedule your ad today! BLONDIE By Dean Young and John Marshall BEETLE BAILEY By Mort, Greg and Brian Walker BABY BLUES PARDON MY PLANET By Vic Lee By Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman CONCEPTIS SUDOKU by Dave Green CRANKSHAFT � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � By Tom Batiuk & Dan Davis �'LIILFXOW\�/HYHO �� THE BRILLIANT MIND OF EDISON LEE � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �'LIILFXOW\�/HYHO Written By Brian & Greg Walker; Drawn By Chance Browne By Bil and Jeff Keane ��&RQFHSWLV�3X]]OHV��'LVW��E\�.LQJ�)HDWXUHV�6\QGLFDWH��,QF� HI AND LOIS By Chris Browne �� Today’s Solution THE FAMILY CIRCUS HAGAR THE HORRIBLE By John Hambrock Today’s answer ZITS RHYMES WITH ORANGE Hank Ketcham’s DENNIS THE MENACE By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman By Hilary Price THE LOCKHORNS By Bunny Hoest & John Reiner ��&RQFHSWLV�3X]]OHV��'LVW��E\�.LQJ�)HDWXUHV�6\QGLFDWH��,QF� %\�'DYH�*UHHQ �Sports Ohio Valley Publishing Wednesday, September 22, 2021 5 Pirates rally past Marshall, 42-38 By Colton Jeffries with ﬁve minutes to go in the ﬁrst when quarterback Grant Wells found wide receiver WilHUNTINGTON, W.Va. — It lie Johnson for 19 yards. The Purple and Gold continwas that old sinking feeling for ued the back-and-forth affair the Green and White. The Marshall University foot- with another touchdown three ball team lost 42-38 to the East minutes into the second. Running back Rasheen Ali Carolina Pirates at home Saturday evening, despite holding a scored all 14 points for the Herd in the second quarter, 17-point lead heading into the starting with a 29-yard rush ﬁnal quarter. ﬁve minutes into the quarter, The Thundering Herd (2-1) followed by punching the ball got on the board ﬁrst when kicker Andrew Sanders drilled in from the 1-yard line on Marshall’s very next drive. a 29-yard ﬁeld goal three minHowever, the Pirates utes into the ﬁrst quarter. The Pirates (1-2) responded marched down the ﬁeld as time on their very next drive with a ticked away, scoring a touchtouchdown just over three min- down with eight seconds to go. Heading into the second half utes later. with a slim 24-21 lead, Ali once Marshall took back the lead cjeffries@aimmediamidwest.com Colton Jeffries | OVP Sports Marshall running back Rasheen Ali (22) finds a hole in the ECU defense during a football game at Joan C. Edwards Stadium Saturday evening in Huntington, W.Va. Locals compete at Belpre Invitational again found the end zone for the Green and White with a 49-yard run. With a minute to go in the third quarter, Wells kept the ball for six yards to give the Thundering Herd a big 17-point lead heading into the ﬁnal quarter. With only 15 minutes to go, Marshall could have scored one more time to put the game out of reach, but they just couldn’t get it done. From fumbling the ball into the end zone, to having drives stall out, the Green and White couldn’t get that last all-important score. East Carolina started their See PIRATES | 6 PREP ROUNDUP By Colton Jeffries cjeffries@aimmediamidwest.com BELPRE, Ohio — The Gallia Academy, South Gallia, River Valley, Southern and Eastern High School cross country teams converged on Belpre to compete in the Belpre XC Invitational Saturday afternoon. Both races featured at least 150 runners. In the girls’ race, the area schools were led by River Valley’s Lauren Twyman, who ﬁnshed 7thoverall with a time of 20:22.15. She was followed by Eastern’s lone runner Erica Durst, who ﬁnished 12th with a time of 21:03.44. Grace Heffernan was the Lady Raider’s second runner to cross the ﬁnish line, ﬁnishing up 21st with a time of 21:35.10. The Blue Angels found their ﬁrst ﬁnisher in Madison Clagg, who placed 52nd with a time of 23:12.09. She was followed by teammate Krystal Davison in 77th (24:46.68). Ava Roush ﬁnished ﬁrst for the Lady Tornadoes in 89th with a time of 25:20.45. Rounding out the top-100 was River Valley’s Kate Nutter, who ﬁnished 100th with a time of 26:06.27. Krystyna Svystrovych (116th, 27:34.35) was the ﬁrst Lady Rebel to ﬁnish, followed by Ruth Rickett (118th, 27:48.24), Bryleigh McClure (123rd, 28:35.71) and Ally Denney (124th, 28:42.53) of the Lady Raiders. The other three Southern runners ﬁnished close together: Jacelynn Northup (134th, 30:57.31), Lauren Smith (137th, 31:26.86) and Adyson Fields (138th, 31:34.12). In a 1-2-3 punch for the area, River Valley’s Jordyn Barrett (144th, 34:30.69), Gallia Academy’s Peyton Seidel (145th, 34:35.33) and South Gallia’s Madison Summers (146th, 34:49.40). Rounding out the race for the Lady Rebels was Reegan Brown, who ﬁnished 150th with a time of 44:10.50. Finishing in the top-2 in the girls race was Alyssa Sauro (17:50.48) of Williamstown and Allie Martin (18:47.13) of Preson. See BELPRE | 6 OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Wednesday, Sept. 22 Volleyball Southern at Meigs, 7:15 Cross Country Eastern, Meigs, South Gallia, Southern at Federal Hocking, 4 p.m. Golf Vinton County at Gallia Academy, 4:30 Thursday, Sept. 23 Volleyball South Gallia at Southern, 7:15 Waterford at Eastern, 7:15 Athens at Meigs, 7:15 River Valley at Alexander, 7 p.m. Point Pleasant, Parkersburg at Cabell Midland, 5:30 Gallia Academy at Ironton, 6:30 Soccer Point Pleasant girls at Gallia Academy girls, 5:30 Point Pleasant boys at Gallia Academy boys, 7 p.m. Golf Wahama, Point Pleasant at Vinton County, 4 p.m. College Football Marshall at Appalachian State, 7:30 Friday, Sept. 24 Football Waterford at Eastern, 7 p.m. Nelsonville-York at Meigs, 7 p.m. Trinity at Southern, 7 p.m. Tolsia at Wahama, 7:30 Gallia Academy at Fairland, 7 p.m. River Valley at Wellston, 7 p.m. South Gallia at Belpre, 7 p.m. Point Pleasant at Lincoln County, 7:30 Golf Point Pleasant at Buffalo, 4 p.m. Colton Jeffries | OVP Sports Gallia Academy junior Chanee Cremeens leaps to spike the ball against the Jackson Ironladies in a volleyball game Monday evening in Centenary, Ohio. Blue Angels sweep Ironladies, 3-0 The two teams traded points back and forth to start, but the Blue Angels CENTENARY, Ohio — Despite their blue uni- established their lead by scoring three consecutive forms, these Angels put together a red hot perfor- points to take a 7-4 lead. Gallia Academy held mance. onto this lead throughout The Gallia Academy the rest of the set. volleyball team defeated Although the Ironladies the Jackson Ironladies attempted a late come3-0 (25-3, 25-18, 25-18) back, the Blue and White at home Monday evening in a non-conference held them off to go up 2-0. matchup. Wilcoxen racked up While the Ironladies eight more assists, while (1-7) scored the ﬁrst senior Bailey Barnette led point of the ﬁrst set, the the way in kills with ﬁve. Blue Angels (9-2) broke In set points, Wilcoxen serve and went on to score the next nine points also led her team with ﬁve. to take a 10-1 lead. The third set was the The hosts didn’t let up most competitive game of on the pressure, scoring the night, with eight ties 12 of the next 13 serves, keeping Jackson on their and three lead changes. Much like the second heels. game, the third started In the end, the Ironwith the teams trading ladies were only able to points. score one more point After a 5-5 tie, Jackson before the Blue and scored two straight to White put the set away. take the lead. The Blue Angels However, they couldn’t racked up eight assists hold off the Blue Angels (all but one scored by for long. junior Regan Wilcoxon) The home team powand were lead in kills by junior Chanee Cremeens, ered back, taking back control and holding off who had six. the visitors for the rest of In set points, game one was headed by junior the night. Wilcoxen put up 11 libero Jenna Harrison more assists in game with 11. three while Barnette The second game was again led with ﬁve kills. more competitive, with In set points, Barnett four ties, but one lead led the Blue and White change. Staff report with four. The Blue Angels will be back on the court at 6:30 p.m. Thursday when they travel to face the Ironton Fighting Tigers. Black Knights top Hurricane, 2-1 POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — There probably isn’t a better version of a perfect 10. The Point Pleasant boys soccer team notched its 10th consecutive win in an all-impressive fashion Saturday with a 2-1 decision over visiting Hurricane in a nonconference matchup at Ohio Valley Bank Track and Field. The host Black Knights (10-0-0) were well-challenged by the Redskins (9-2-0), who entered the game as the second ranked team in Class AAA. Both teams managed just seven shots apiece in the 80-minute affair, which PPHS led 1-0 at the intermission. Tyson Richards collected a rebound off of a Jaden Reed header from 12 yards out and buried a goal inside the right post in the 26th minute. Joe Acevedo tied the game at 1-all in the 54th minute on a break away goal, but Point answered in the 65th minute when Brooks Gilley netted a Colton Young pass inside the right post for a permanent 2-1 advantage. It was the ﬁrst win for the Black Knights’ boys soccer program over Hurricane in 17 years. Blue Angels blank Waverly, 5-0 CENTENARY, Ohio — Taking out some built-up frustration. After being eliminated from the postseason and dropping two outcomes by a 17-2 overall margin last season, the Gallia Academy girls soccer team exacted a little revenge Saturday with a 5-0 win over visiting Waverly in a non-conference friendly at Lester Field. The Blue Angels (3-51) snapped a 2-game winless skid and also earned their third shutout of the season. The hosts received a pair of goals from senior Preslee Reed and sophomore Mary Howell, as well as freshman Brittyn Snedaker adding her ﬁrst career goal on a penalty kick. Gabby McConnell chipped in two assists to the winning cause, while Howell also added an assist. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. �SPORTS/NEWS/WEATHER 6 Wednesday, September 22, 2021 Belpre From page 5 River Valley was the only area school who had enough runners to get up on the team board, ﬁnishing 11th with a team score of 273. Williamstown ﬁnished ﬁrst with a score of 66. In the boys’ race, the Eagles led the area schools, having a pair of runners ﬁnish in the top15: Connor Nolan (14th, 16:50.34) and Brayden O’Brien (15th, 16:52.51). River Valley and South Gallia had their ﬁrst runners ﬁnish side-byside, with Cody Wooten (18:14.16) ﬁnishing 36th and Gabe Frazee (18:17.85) placing 37th. The Blue Devils had their ﬁrst ﬁnisher in Logan Nicholas (59th, 19:16.06). Ethan Schultz (65th, 19:48.12) was the second to ﬁnish for River Valley, followed by teammate John Siciliano (72nd, 20:02.07). Rounding out the race for the area schools was: Koen Sellers (Eastern, 91st, 21:18.65), Gabe Russell (Gallia Academy, 93rd, 21:20.45), Kaden Cochrane (Gallia Acade- Blue Angels repeat as OVC golf champs my, 98th, 21:30.97), Tanner Boothe (South Gallia, 100th, 21:33.57), Adam Green (River Valley, 104th, 21:48.59), Kaden Alderman (River Valley, 108th, 21:54.56), Silas Patterson (Gallia Academy, 136th, 23:46.83), Grant Martin (Eastern, 142nd, 23:56.57), John E. Santos (River Valley, 146th, 24:11.20), Rhys Davis (Gallia Academy, 156th, 26:12.87), Luke Santos (River Valley, 157th, 26:40.81), Braydon Kingery (Southern, 158th, 27:17.13) and Seth Collins (Eastern, 159th, 27:40.62). Finishing in the top-2 in the boys race was Larry Josh Edwards (15:24.42) and Rocco DeVincent (15:49.03) of University. As teams, River Valley ﬁnished 12th (301), Eastern ﬁnished 13th (301) and Gallia Academy ﬁnished 16th (397). South Gallia and Southern did not have enough runners to qualify. University ﬁnished ﬁrst overall with a team score of 21. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. By Bryan Walters SR 160 and Porter Road. ODOT’s detour is SR 7 Editor’s Note: Gallia Meigs Briefs will only list event information that is open to the public and will 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 printed on a space-available basis. be closed and temporary trafﬁc signals will be in place between Homewood Drive and Porter Road. Estimated completion: Oct. 1. MEIGS COUNTY — A bridge replacement projIn Tuesday’s story about Eastern High School’s ect began on April 12 on State Route 143, between Homecoming Court, the name of the sophomore Lee Road (Township Road 168) and Ball Run Road escort was incorrectly reported. The escort is Pey(Township Road 20A). One lane will be closed. ton Buckley, not Wes Buckley. Temporary trafﬁc signals and a 10 foot width restriction will be in place. Estimated completion: Nov. 15. POMEROY — Trinity Congregational Church, located on the corner of 2nd and Lynn streets, will be serving carry out only lunches during the Sternwheel Regatta on this Friday, Sept. 24, from 11 a.m. GALLIPOLIS — Gallipolis Christian Church until 2 p.m. Menu: Homemade chicken and noodles, will be collecting winter clothing, including coats, sloppy joes, hot dogs, selection of sides and homesweaters, socks, gloves, hats, scarves, etc., to made desserts. later be distributed to the homeless and those in need. Drop off these items 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. each Wednesday through Halloween weekend. Church is located on Ohio 588. Tarps, sleeping bags, also MEIGS COUNTY — Meigs County Road 2 (Briar needed. Ridge Road) in Salem Township will be closed to trafﬁc from Monday, Sept. 13 to Friday, Oct. 1. County crews will be working on the second of two large culvert replacements between State Route 325 CHESHIRE — Gallia-Meigs Community Action and Goff Road (Township Road 45). will be closed to the public on Sept. 20-24 in order BIDWELL — SR 160/554 roundabout constructo move their ofﬁces. The new ofﬁce will be located tion. A roundabout construction project begins on at 8317 SR 7 N, Cheshire, (old Gallco building) July 26 at the intersection of SR 160 and SR 554. beginning Monday, Sept. 27. New phone numbers From July 26-Sept. 6, SR 554 will be closed between will be announced in the coming days. Correction Carry out lunches Colton Jeffries can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. Collecting clothing Road closures, construction comeback with seven minutes to go, followed by another touchdown exactly ﬁve minutes after to put them down by three points. After recovering an onside kick, the Pirates punched the ball in one last time to give them the lead. While Marshall made an attempt at a last-minute score, Wells was intercepted at ECU’s 1-yard line to seal the win. Marshall head coach Charles Huff said Saturday’s game is one his team cannot afford to think about moving forward. “It hurts, but we have to move on,” he said. “We can’t hang onto this one too long.” Ball protection will be on the agenda for the Herd. “We have to ﬁnd a way to protect the football,” Huff said. “It’s becoming a habit and we have to get it ﬁxed.” Wells, despite the loss, had a career day in the air, putting up a stat line of 24-39-2 for a total of 433 yards. Leading the Herd in rushing was Ali, who racked up 189 yards on 24 carries. The Thundering Herd have a short turnaround before their next game, traveling to face the Appalachian State Mountaineers at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Moving offices IN BRIEF Court: Russia responsible for Litvinenko killing TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 71° 59° HEALTH TODAY Statistics through 3 p.m. Tue. 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. (in inches) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Tue. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date 0.51 2.40 2.26 42.62 34.54 SUN & MOON Today 7:16 a.m. 7:25 p.m. 8:33 p.m. 8:43 a.m. Last Sep 28 New Oct 6 First Full Oct 12 Oct 20 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for ﬁsh and game. Today Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Tue. Major 12:56a 1:42a 2:29a 3:18a 4:08a 4:59a 5:50a Minor 7:06a 7:52a 8:40a 9:29a 10:20a 11:11a 12:03p 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme POLLEN & MOLD Low Moderate High Moderate High Lucasville 67/49 Very High Major 1:17p 2:03p 2:51p 3:41p 4:32p 5:23p 6:15p Minor 7:27p 8:13p 9:02p 9:52p 10:43p 11:36p ---- WEATHER HISTORY On Sept. 22, 1890, a severe hailstorm hit Strawberry, Ariz. Five days later, hail still lay in drifts 12- to 18-inches deep. Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services AIR QUALITY 0 50 100 150 200 300 500 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. Tue. 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 12.97 15.85 21.87 12.83 12.74 25.26 13.22 25.53 34.35 12.70 16.20 34.00 14.60 Portsmouth 68/51 24-hr. Chg. +0.09 -0.39 +0.17 none -0.24 +0.11 -0.05 +0.20 +0.25 +0.06 +0.20 -0.20 +0.90 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021 SUNDAY 71° 48° Clouds and sun with a shower in places 75° 53° Beautiful with plenty of sun Partly sunny NATIONAL CITIES Marietta 75/53 Belpre 75/54 Athens 71/52 St. Marys 76/54 Parkersburg 72/51 Coolville 73/53 Elizabeth 76/54 Spencer 75/52 Buffalo 74/52 Milton 72/52 St. Albans 76/52 Huntington 68/50 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s 100s Seattle 65/54 90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s San Francisco 10s 74/54 0s -0s -10s Los Angeles T-storms 90/66 Rain Showers Snow Flurries Chihuahua Ice 78/49 Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front TUESDAY 77° 56° Mostly sunny and pleasant Murray City 71/49 Ironton 70/52 Ashland 70/52 Grayson 69/51 MONDAY 72° 51° Wilkesville 69/50 POMEROY Jackson 72/51 69/49 Ravenswood Rio Grande 76/54 71/52 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 61/50 GALLIPOLIS 73/51 77/53 72/52 South Shore Greenup 70/52 66/50 41 Logan 71/50 McArthur 70/49 Very High Primary: ragweed/elm/other Mold: 2874 Pleasant; plenty of sunshine Adelphi 69/50 Chillicothe 68/50 SATURDAY 71° 46° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Waverly 67/49 Pollen: 13 Low MOON PHASES FRIDAY A.M. shower; partly sunny 7 Primary: cladosporium, other Thu. 7:17 a.m. 7:24 p.m. 8:58 p.m. 9:44 a.m. THURSDAY Showers this morning, then heavy rain and a thunderstorm. High 73° / Low 51° ALMANAC 70° 67° 78° 56° 96° in 1940 36° in 1962 EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM 66° 43° 67° A former agent for the KGB spy agency and its post-Soviet successor agency FSB, Litvinenko defected from Russia in 2000 and ﬂed to London. While in Britain, Litvinenko became involved in exposing corruption and links to organized crime in the Russian intelligence service. He fell violently ill on Nov. 1, 2006, after drinking tea with two Russian men at a London hotel, and spent three weeks in the hospital before he died. His tea was found to have been laced with radioactive polonium-210. LONDON (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday backed the conclusion of a British inquiry that Russia was responsible for the killing of Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian spy who died in London in 2006 after drinking tea laced with a radioactive material. Colton Jeffries can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-4462342, ext. 2101. GALLIA, MEIGS COMMUNITY BRIEFS From page 5 Precipitation Sidnea Belville of South Point was the lone non-Gallia Academy performer in the top-5 with a 44-43 effort of 87. Jordan Blaine of GAHS completed the All-OVC top-6 with a 46-46 split of 92. Kylee Cook of Gallia Academy (48-52 — 100) and Elli Holmes of Coal Grove (53-51 — 104) both came away with honorable mention selections within the league. The Blue Angels won the 2020 OVC championship by 30 shots at Elks Country Club in Scioto County. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. of 338, with Ironton coming in second with a 474. Coal Grove was third with a 482, while Fairland and South Point did not have BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. — More of the same … just this time enough competitors for a team score. Chesapeake, Portsmouth with a full squad. and Rock Hill did not have a comGallia Academy posted six of petitor at the event. the top seven individual scores Maddi Meadows of Gallia and secured the program’s second Academy won medalist honors straight league title on Friday at the 2021 Ohio Valley Conference with a 39-41 split of 80, which was eight shots over par. Teamgirls golf championships held at mate Abby Hammons was the Esquire Golf Course. The Blue Angels — who posted overall runner-up with a 41-44 effort of 85. four of the top six scores in last The Blue Angels completed year’s title run with three starters their team tally with third and out — secured six of the eight fourth place efforts from Emma all-league honors and cruised to a 136-stroke victory over the ﬁeld. Hammons (44-42 — 86) and Addy Burke (41-46 — 87). GAHS posted a winning tally bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com Pirates High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low Ohio Valley Publishing Clendenin 76/52 Charleston 74/51 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Winnipeg 74/53 Montreal 78/67 Billings 81/54 Minneapolis 69/48 Toronto 66/59 Detroit 58/48 Chicago 65/50 Denver 81/52 New York 78/71 Washington 79/66 Kansas City 70/47 Thu. Hi/Lo/W 83/60/pc 43/35/sn 72/54/s 75/64/r 70/52/r 71/45/c 76/50/s 79/68/c 64/46/pc 75/52/s 78/42/s 64/51/r 63/48/pc 60/51/c 62/47/pc 83/60/s 83/49/s 76/57/s 56/50/sh 87/75/sh 82/57/s 65/48/pc 75/57/s 95/73/pc 79/51/s 84/63/pc 68/51/pc 90/76/t 72/53/s 71/49/s 79/63/s 75/62/r 82/57/s 89/73/t 73/56/r 96/78/pc 62/46/c 71/63/c 75/54/pc 75/55/t 73/54/s 79/53/s 74/58/s 69/51/s 72/55/t National for the 48 contiguous states High Low 102° in Fallbrook, CA 19° in Bodie State Park, CA Global Houston 84/58 Monterrey 77/61 Today Hi/Lo/W 82/57/s 46/39/s 76/55/t 79/73/pc 79/67/c 81/54/s 80/50/pc 77/67/c 74/51/t 80/54/t 78/49/s 65/50/c 59/47/r 68/52/t 65/49/t 83/57/s 81/52/s 70/46/s 58/48/r 87/75/s 84/58/pc 59/47/r 70/47/s 97/73/s 77/51/s 90/66/s 65/50/r 88/76/t 69/48/s 71/51/sh 81/64/c 78/71/c 79/50/s 89/75/t 82/69/c 102/79/s 74/52/t 70/60/c 78/62/t 80/65/t 71/52/s 82/56/s 74/54/pc 65/54/pc 79/66/sh EXTREMES TUESDAY Atlanta 76/55 El Paso 84/60 City Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Billings Boise Boston Charleston, WV Charlotte Cheyenne Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dallas Denver Des Moines Detroit Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Miami Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York City Oklahoma City Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland, ME Raleigh Richmond St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC High Low Miami 88/76 117° in Kaiber, Saudi Arabia 8° in Ilirney, Russia Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow ﬂurries, sn-snow, i-ice. �NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing Wednesday, September 22, 2021 7 Biden promises ‘relentless diplomacy’ to skeptical allies By Josh Boak and Aamer Madhani years of President Donald Trump’s “America ﬁrst” Associated Press foreign policy. “We’re opening a new era of relentless diploUNITED NATIONS macy, of using the power — President Joe Biden of our development aid to summoned the world’s invest in new ways of liftnations to forcefully ing people up around the address the festering world,” Biden said. global issues of the The president offered COVID-19 pandemic, clian impassioned plea for mate change and human cooperation, to friends rights abuses in his ﬁrst and adversaries, arguing address before the U.N. that overcoming a dauntGeneral Assembly on Tuesday. He decried mili- ing list of crises “will tary conﬂict and insisted hinge on our ability to recognize our common the U.S. is not seeking humanity.” “a new Cold War” with Biden said the U.S., China. under his watch, had But while stressing reached a turning point to fellow world leaders with the end of military the urgency of working operations in Afghanistan together, Biden avoided last month, closing out addressing criticism America’s longest war. from allies about the That set the table, he chaotic U.S. withdrawal said, for his administrafrom Afghanistan and a tion to shift its attention diplomatic tempest with to intensive diplomacy at France. Instead, Biden used his a moment with no shortaddress before the annual age of crises facing the gathering of world leaders globe. “Today, many of our to make his case that the greatest concerns canUnited States remains not be solved or even a reliable international addressed by the force of partner following four Evan Vucci | AP President Joe Biden delivers remarks to the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday in New York. Biden told the assembly that the United States remains a reliable international partner after four years of President Donald Trump’s “America first” foreign policy. arms,” he said. “Bombs and bullets cannot defend against COVID-19 or its future variants.” Biden offered a robust endorsement of the U.N.’s relevance and ambition at a difﬁcult time in history, and sought to reassure wary allies of U.S. cooperation. He pledged to double U.S. ﬁnancial aid to poorer countries to help them switch to cleaner energy and cope with the “merciless” effects of climate change. That would mean increasing assistance to about $11.4 billion a year. This after ﬁve months ago doubling the amount to $5.7 billion a year. As part of the ﬁght against climate change, rich nations for many years have promised to spend $100 billion a year in climate help, but a new study shows that they’re $20 billion a year short. Biden said his new commitment would help rich nations reach their goal. In climate negotiations there’s a dramatic rich-poor nation gap. Developing nations and others are reluctant to curb emissions further of heat-trapping gases without help from developed nations, which in the words of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, are “the guys that created the problem.” Biden seemed to look past the mounting skepticism he’s faced from world leaders in the early going of his presidency, including criticism that Biden has given too little weight to allies’ concerns on issues that have ramiﬁcations for America’s friends on the world stage. Eight months into his presidency, Biden has been out of sync with allies on the ending to the U.S. war in Afghanistan. He has faced differences over how to go about sharing coronavirus vaccines with the developing world and over pandemic travel restrictions. And there are questions about the best way to respond to military and economic moves by China. His recent blow-up with France was born out of a three-way agreement between the U.S., Britain and Australia that undercut a more than $60 billion French submarine deal in favor of a plan to equip Australia with nuclear-powered submarines. The move is expected to give Australia improved capabilities to patrol the Paciﬁc amid growing concern about the Chinese military’s increasingly aggressive tactics. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Monday there was a “crisis of trust” with the U.S. as a result of the episode. Biden wasn’t so concerned. Asked by a reporter as he arrived at the U.N. on Tuesday how he planned to repair relations with the French, Biden responded with two words: “They’re great.” Trudeau’s election bet fails, but Tory rival might lose job By Rob Gillies Associated Press Felix Marquez | AP U.S. Customs and Border Protection mounted officers attempt to contain migrants as they cross the Rio Grande from Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, into Del Rio, Texas, on Sunday. DHS head says images from border ‘horrified’ him By Alexandra Jaffe and Ben Fox Associated Press WASHINGTON — Photos and video of a Border Patrol agent on horseback using his long leather reins to lash at Haitian migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border prompted expressions of outrage Tuesday from Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who sought to explain away the action a day earlier during a visit to South Texas. Mayorkas said he was “horriﬁed” by the images that have spread widely on social media and drawn outrage from members of Congress, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Some of the mounted agents use their horses to forcibly move and block the migrants, seeming to herd them like animals, and taunt them in at least one instance. “Any mistreatment or abuse of a migrant is unacceptable,” Mayorkas said in an interview with CNN. “The pictures that I’ve observed troubled me profoundly.” Customs and Border Protection’s Ofﬁce of Professional Responsibility is investigating the incident, DHS said in a statement issued late Monday. The announcement came hours after the secretary appeared alongside Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz to discuss U.S. efforts to clear an encampment of thou- sands of Haitian migrants in and around the small city of Del Rio that has emerged suddenly in recent days. Vice President Kamala Harris told reporters Tuesday that she would be discussing the situation with the DHS secretary. “What I saw depicted about those individuals on horseback treating human beings the way they were was horrible,” she said. “And I fully support what is happening right now, which is a thorough investigation into exactly what is going on there. But human beings should never be treated that way. And I’m deeply troubled about it.” The controversy added an additional complication to an already difﬁcult situation for the Biden administration, which is facing criticism from many allies for quickly sending Haitians back to their troubled homeland under a public health order without giving them an opportunity to seek asylum in the United States. The disturbing videos and photos were taken in recent days in and around Del Rio and show Border Patrol agents confronting Haitians along the Rio Grande near a border bridge where thousands of migrants have gathered in recent days in hopes of entering the country. Videos by The Associated Press and other news organizations show one agent twirling his reins in a menacing way but not actually striking anyone. Ortiz, asked about what some saw as the use of whips on Haitians, said the agents were working in a difﬁcult and chaotic environment and trying to control their horses. “We do not know who are the smugglers or who are the migrants,” he told reporters, insisting that the agency was looking into what happened. Mayorkas then stepped in to explain that the agents weren’t using whips. “To ensure control of the horse, long reins are used, but we are going to investigate the facts to ensure that the situation is as we understand it to be, and if it’s anything different we will respond accordingly.” Video and photos viewed by The Associated Press appear to conﬁrm that the agents were not using whips when they were encountering migrants along the banks of the Rio Grande. The outrage built quickly, including at the White House, where press secretary Jen Psaki said the images were “horriﬁc,” though she acknowledged not having all the information. Now Hiring Leaders Gallipolis Daily Tribune 825 3rd. Ave Gallipolis, Oh 45631 any questions call 740-446-2342 OH-70253533 TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau secured victory in parliamentary elections but failed to get the majority he wanted, an outcome that threatened his Conservative rival with loss of his job after moving his party to the center and alienating its base. Trudeau bet Canadians didn’t want a Conservative government during a pandemic and voiced the concerns of Canadians who are increasingly upset with those who refuse to get vaccinated. That argument helped propel Trudeau to victory in the election Monday, and while the gamble to win a majority of seats in Parliament didn’t pay off, Trudeau leads a strong minority government that won’t be toppled by the opposition anytime soon. The results nearly mirrored those of two years ago. The Liberal Party secured or was leading in158 seats — one more than it won in 2019, and 12 short of the 170 needed for a majority in the House of Commons. The Conservatives were leading or elected in 119 seats, two less than in 2019. The leftist New Democrats were leading or elected in 25, while the Bloc Québécois were poised to win 34 and the Greens were down to two. Hours after the results came in, Trudeau greeted commuters and posed for photos Tuesday morning at a subway stop in his district in Montreal — a post-election tradition for the prime minister. “I hear you when you say you just want to get back to the things you love and not worry about this pandemic or an election,” Trudeau said in his post-victory speech hours earlier. Conservative leader Erin O’Toole was scheduled to give a news conference later Tuesday, where he was expected to face questions about whether he will be able to keep his job. “The results are disappointing for the Conservatives and O’Toole’s move towards the center is a source of contention within the party,” said Daniel Béland, a political science professor at McGill University in Montreal. Conservative campaign co-chair Walied Soliman said before the votes were counted Monday that holding Trudeau to a minority government would be a win. But Jenni Byrne, campaign manager and deputy chief of staff to former Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, told The Associated Press she was “stunned” by Soliman’s comments and later said O’Toole gave a tone-deaf concession speech in which he acted as if he’d won. O’Toole said he was more determined than ever to continue, but his party might dump him as it did his predecessor who failed to beat Trudeau in 2019. Whether he remains Conservative leader has big implications for the conservative movement in Canada. If he’s removed the party could swing back right. A politician who narrowly lost the leadership of the Conservative Party in 2017 and who now leads a far-right party that opposes vaccines and lockdowns bled support from O’Toole’s Conservatives and helped the Liberals retain power. Maxime Bernier and the People’s Party of Canada didn’t win any seats in Parliament but support for his party led to some Conservative party losses. Nelson Wiseman, a political science professor at the University of Toronto, said the far-right People’s Party of Canada cost the Conservative Party about 10 seats in the election. �NEWS/CLASSIFIEDS 8 Wednesday, September 22, 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing J&J: Booster dose of its COVID shot prompts strong response LONDON (AP) — Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday that a booster of its one-shot coronavirus vaccine provides a stronger immune response months after people receive a ﬁrst dose. J&J said in statement that an extra dose — given either two months or six months after the initial shot — revved up protection. The results haven’t yet been published or vetted by other scientists. The J&J vaccine was considered an important tool in ﬁghting the pandemic because it requires only one shot. But even as rollout began in the U.S. and elsewhere, the company already was running a global test of whether a two-dose course might be more effective — the second dose given 56 days after the ﬁrst. That two-dose approach was 75% effective globally at preventing moderate to severe COVID-19, and 95% effective in the U.S. alone, the company reported — a difference likely due to which variants were circulating in different countries during the monthslong study. Examined a different way, the company said when people got a second J&J shot two months after the ﬁrst, levels of virus-ﬁghting antibodies rose four to six times higher. But giving a booster dose six months after the ﬁrst J&J shot yielded a 12-fold increase. While the singledose vaccine remains strongly effective, “a booster shot further increases protection against COVID-19 and is expected to extend the duration of protection signiﬁcantly,” Dr. Paul Stoffels, J&J’s chief scientiﬁc ofﬁcer, said in a statement. The company previously published data showing its one-shot dose provided protection for up to eight months after immunization. It also pointed to recent real-world data showing 79% protection against coronavirus infection and 81% protection against COVID-19 hospitaliza- tion in the U.S. even as the extra-contagious delta variant began spreading. J&J said it has provided the data to regulators including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the European Medicines Agency and others to inform decisions about boosters. J&J’s one-dose vaccine is approved for use in the U.S. and across Europe, and there are plans for at least 200 million doses to be shared with the U.N.-backed COVAX effort aimed at distributing vaccines to poor countries. But the company has been plagued by production problems and millions of doses made at a troubled factory in Baltimore had to be thrown out. As the delta variant spread worldwide, numerous governments have considered the use of booster shots for many of the COVID-19 vaccine options. Last week, advisers to the FDA recommended people 65 and older get a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pﬁzer and German partner BioNTech. A ﬁnal decision is pending. Britain previously authorized booster shots for people 50 and over and to priority groups like health workers and those with other health conditions. Countries including Israel, France and Germany have also begun offering third vaccine doses to some people. The World Health Organization has urged rich countries to stop giving booster doses until at least the end of the year, saying vaccines should immediately be redirected to Africa, where fewer than 4% of the population is fully vaccinated. Last week in the journal Lancet, top scientists from the WHO and FDA argued that the average person doesn’t need a booster shot and that the authorized vaccines to date provide strong protection against severe COVID-19, hospitalization and death. Markus Schreiber | AP file In this combo from file photos taken between 2009 and 2016 German Chancellor Angela Merkel is shown wearing her iconic blazers in different colors, as she leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin. Merkel, Germany’s first female chancellor, has rarely missed opportunities to promote women’s issues. She is stepping down after 16 years in office. As Merkel exits, German women want more equality By Kirsten Grieshaber Associated Press BERLIN — Angela Merkel, Germany’s ﬁrst female chancellor, has been praised by many for her pragmatic leadership in a turbulent world and celebrated by some as a feminist icon. But a look at her track record over her 16 years at Germany’s helm reveals missed opportunities for ﬁghting gender inequality at home. Named “The World’s Most Powerful Woman” by Forbes magazine for the last 10 years in a row, Merkel has been cast as a powerful defender of liberal values in the West. She has easily stood her ground at male-dominated summits with leaders such as former U.S. President Donald Trump or Russian President Vladimir Putin. Millions of women admire the 67-year-old for breaking through the glass ceiling of male dominance in politics, and she’s been lauded as an impressive role model for girls. On trips to Africa, the Middle East and Asia, Merkel has often made a point of visiting women’s rights projects. She has always stressed that giving women in poor countries better access to education and work is key to those nations’ development. But when it comes to the situation of women in Germany, Merkel — who said in 2018 that she wouldn’t seek reelection in this Sunday’s general election — has been criticized for not using her position enough to push for more gender equality. “One thing is clear: a woman has demonstrated that women can do it,” said Alice Schwarzer, Germany’s most famous feminist. “However, one female chancellor alone doesn’t make for emancipation.” Schwarzer, the 78-yearold women’s rights activist, is the most prominent founding member of the German women’s liberation movement, both loved and loathed in the country. “She’s the ﬁrst one who made it all the way to the top,” added Schwarzer, who has met Merkel for several one-on-one dinners over the years. “But has she done anything for women’s policy aside from her sheer presence? Honestly, not a lot.” German women have even seen some setbacks during Merkel’s reign. Before Merkel took ofﬁce in 2005, 23% of federal lawmakers for her center-right Union bloc were women. Today, the ﬁgure is 19.9%. Only the far-right Alternative for Germany party, with 10.9%, has fewer female lawmakers. Germany also lags behind other European countries when it comes to equal political representation. In 2020, the proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments and governments was 31.4% in Germany, well below Sweden’s 49.6%, Belgium’s 43.3% or Spain’s 42.2%, according to the European Union statistics agency Eurostat. Women also remain second-class citizens in Germany’s working world. Last year, only 14.6% of top-level managers in big listed German companies were women. Germany also has one of the biggest gender pay gaps in the EU, with women earning 18% less than men in 2020, according to the Federal Statistical Ofﬁce. Some experts say Merkel has pressed for more power for women in indirect ways. “Angela Merkel did not take up her job with the claim to use her role as chancellor for the support of women or making gender equality her vested interest,” said Julia Reuschenbach, a political analyst at the University of Bonn. “However, she did very much engage in promoting other women in politics.” Ursula von der Leyen, a Merkel Cabinet stalwart, became the European Commission’s ﬁrst female president in 2019. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer succeeded Merkel as leader of her CDU in 2018, though she failed to impose her authority on the party and stepped down earlier this year. In 2007, von der Leyen, who was then family minister in Merkel’s Cabinet, pushed through a progressive reform of the country’s child-raising allowance which encouraged fathers to take some parental leave after the birth of a child. However, it was one of few legal changes during the chancellor’s tenure that actively sought to improve the situation of women. One reason for Merkel’s reluctance to ﬁght more openly for feminist issues in Germany may be her own struggle to get to the top of German politics, Schwarzer said. “Merkel got a lot of pushback as a woman,” especially early in her political career, she said. “She didn’t expect that, so that may be a reason she didn’t pick out the fact that she is a woman as her central topic.” Inﬂuential men in her conservative, traditionally West German and Catholic-dominated party didn’t exactly welcome the Protestant former East German physicist with open arms, and male politicians from other parties initially did not treat her respectfully, Schwarzer said. German journalists’ comments on Merkel’s appearance were often openly sexist, particularly in the beginning. German media ﬁrst dubbed her “Kohl’s girl,” because Merkel was initially promoted by then-Chancellor Helmut Kohl, and later called her “Mutti,” or “mommy,” even though Merkel has no children. Leonie Pouw, a 24-yearold election campaign manager in Berlin, was eight years old when Merkel came to power, so she says it was the most normal thing for her to have a female chancellor. “It was only in school, when I started to have political awareness, that I realized how much it meant, especially for the older generation, that a woman is leading Germany,” said Pouw, who grew up in southwestern Germany. “When I understood that, it made me proud, too.” Classifieds LEGAL NOTICE Mid-State Trust, VIl whose last place of business is but whose present place of business is 49270 Manual Rd., Racine, OH 45771 unknown will take notice that on July 30, 2021 U.S. Bank, N.A., as Trustee, successor in interest to Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Trustee, successor by merger to First Union National Bank as Trustee, for Mid-State Trust VII filed its Complaint in Case No. 21CV048 in the Court of Common Pleas Meigs County, Ohio alleging that the Defendant(s) Mid-State Trust, VIl have or claim to have an interest in the real estate described below: Permanent Parcel Number: ; Property Address: 49270 Manual Road, Racine, OH 45771. The legal description may be obtained from the Meigs County Auditor at 100 East Second Street #201, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769, 740-992-2698. The Petitioner further alleges that by reason of default of the Defendant(s) in the payment of a promissory note, according to its tenor, the conditions of a concurrent mortgage deed given to secure the payment of said note and conveying the premises described, have been broken, and the same has become absolute. The following matters are the subject of this public notice by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The complete public notice, including any additional instructions for submitting comments, requesting information, a public hearing, or filing an appeal may be obtained at: http://www.epa.ohio.gov/actions.aspx or Hearing Clerk, Ohio EPA, 50 W. Town St. P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, Ohio 43216. Ph: 614-644-3037 email: HClerk@epa.ohio.gov Application Received for Air Permit General James M. Gavin Power Plant 7397 N. St Rt #7, Cheshire, OH 45620-0271 ID #: A0069791 Date of Action: 09/16/2021 This application proposes the modification of existing Roadways and Parking Areas emissions unit (F003) by increasing truck traffic mileage due to changes in Units U1 and U2 bottom ash handling operations. 9/22/21 The Petitioner prays that the Defendant(s) named above be required to answer and set up their interest in said real estate or be forever barred from asserting the same, for foreclosure of said mortgage, the marshalling of any liens, and the sale of said real estate, and the proceeds of said sale applied to the payment of Petitioner's Claim in the proper order of its priority, and for such other and further relief as is just and equitable. THE DEFENDANT(S) NAMED ABOVE ARE REQUIRED TO ANSWER ON OR BEFORE THE 3 DAY OF November, 2021. BY: REIMER LAW CO. Douglas A. Haessig, Attorney at Law Attorney for Plaintiff-Petitioner P.O. Box 39696 Solon, Ohio 44139 (440)600-5500 9/22/21,9/29/21,10/6/21 OHIO BRIEFS Anthony Pilla, longtime Cleveland bishop, dies at 88 CLEVELAND (AP) — A former bishop who led the Diocese of Cleveland for 25 years has died. Anthony Pilla, a Cleveland native, died Tuesday at his home, the diocese announced. A cause of death was not disclosed, and church ofﬁcials said funeral plans would be announced at a later date. He was 88. Pilla was ordained to the priesthood in May 1959 and served as a teacher at a Catholic high school in Wickliffe and later became its rector-president. He then held various positions within the diocese before he was named auxiliary bishop in 1979. Pilla was installed as the ninth bishop of Cleveland in January 1981 and served until his retirement in May 2006. He also served as president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops from 1995 to 1998. Among his accomplishments as bishop was a Church in the City initiative that became a national model for challenging communities to recognize the human costs of suburban sprawl. He also did not order widespread closings of urban parishes as Catholics moved from those areas, stating that active worshiping communities were a vital part of city neighborhoods. The Cleveland Diocese is home to nearly 700,000 Catholics in eight counties of northeast Ohio. �Ohio Valley Publishing Wednesday, September 22, 2021 9 HOT SUMMER SALE DAYS Stop in this weekend to take your pick from the best selection! 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Matt Dolan jumps into US Senate race in Ohio COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican state Sen. Matt Dolan formally entered the race for Ohio’s open U.S. Senate seat on Monday, adding a centrist voice more akin to exiting Republican Rob Portman’s than to the crowded, Trump-aligned ﬁeld of GOP hopefuls. In a telephone interview, Dolan said Portman’s work building a bipartisan coalition to pass a $1 trillion infrastructure package — a bill he supported and other Senate candidates opposed — as an example of the results-driven effort Ohioans want from a senator. “I am the only one with experience,” he said. “I have a record of results, and what Republicans want is somebody to go and engage and get things done.” The 56-year-old, whose family owns the Cleveland Indians, spent weeks on his listening tour ahead of Monday’s announcement. He began it by casting himself as a tough but pragmatic politician in the tradition of Portman and the late astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn — the latter a bold reference to a Democrat in a state where politics are increasingly polarized. “After meeting with Republicans, conservative activists and community leaders across Ohio in recent weeks, it’s clear that the focus of the race for U.S. Senate has yet to be about our people, our interests, and our beloved state,” Dolan said in his announcement, promising to change that. He joins a ﬁeld that includes former state Republican chair Jane Timken, former state Treasurer Josh Mandel, author and venture capitalist JD Vance and Cleveland businesspeople Mike Gibbons and Bernie Moreno. Most are openly vying for former President Donald Trump’s attention and endorsement. In particular, Mandel has adopted Trump’s style in his campaign, criticizing immigrants, ethnic groups and Democrats on Twitter, blasting the media as the enemy and condemning COVID-19 vaccine and masking requirements. Dolan, meanwhile, has said someone once called him the “nicest meanest person” they had met and that he tries not to resort to name-calling. Democrats predicted Dolan’s entry into the race will do little to tone down the rhetoric, however. “Add Matt Dolan to the long list of out-of-touch millionaires vying for the GOP Senate nomination,” spokesperson Michael Beyer said in a statement. “With this latest addition to the GOP clown show, this primary is sure to get nastier, more divisive and more expensive all while Ohio voters and their interests get left behind.” Dolan is a partner in a Cleveland law ﬁrm, vice president of a business and real estate management ﬁrm, adjunct law professor and former assistant county prosecutor and assistant Ohio attorney general. He served three terms in the Ohio House from 2005 to 2010, more recently returning to the Statehouse as a senator in 2017. On social issues, Dolan has supported restrictions on abortion, but he voted against a bill restricting the procedure at the ﬁrst detectable fetal heartbeat because he believed it would draw an expensive federal court challenge that seemed at the time unwinnable. “I vote on common-sense, conservative matters that make a difference in people’s lives,” he has said. Dolan also sponsored a package of ﬁrearm reforms proposed by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine after the deadly 2019 mass shooting in Dayton, challenging those who saw it as assailing Second Amendment rights. Despite initial bipartisan support, the bill stalled. As chair of the Senate Finance Committee, Dolan just ﬁnished helping to negotiate the two-year, $75 billion state budget that included a 3% personal income tax cut for Ohioans and enacted a bipartisan schoolfunding solution that was years in the making. The baseball franchise Dolan’s family owns BOE Kenneth Tolliver was approved as a Substitute Bus Driver for the 202122 school year, pending From page 1 proper certiﬁcation. The board approved Huddy, Cheryl Huebner, the discussion/ﬁrst Taylor Jones, Jenn Lehr, reading to be held/proDavid Moore, Autumn vided on the Board of Porter, Alicia Rhodes, Education new/updated/ Amanda Schwarzel, revised/deleted bylaws/ Michael Scyoc, Jack Sigman Sr., Hallie Simpson, policies/forms/adminisLadonna Stephens, Larry trative guidelines, as recommended by NEOLA. Wilcoxen, Rick Wilson, The board approved and Erin Johnson. hiring Tim Simpson The board approved through grant monies hiring Jennifer Huffman provided by the Meigs as a Substitute Aide for County Department of the 2021-22 school year, pending proper certiﬁca- Job and Family Services to the equivalent of four tion. The following individu- hours/day at a rate of als were approved for hire $15 per hour not to on an as-needed, rotating exceed 180 days per year for the 2021-22 school basis for the position of year. After School Detention The purchase service and Saturday School Monitor, for the 2021-22 agreement was approved with the Athens-Meigs school year: Jacob Duty Educational Service and Carly Hayes. The board approved the Center for the 2021-22 school year to provide maternity leave request supervisory and educafor Emma Roberts from tional support services. approximately Dec. 23 The board approved through March 11, 2022. the Blended Learning Planning to return on Plan for the 2021-22 March 14, 2022. This is school year. 10 weeks of non-holiday The next regular board leave. The board accepted the meeting of the Eastern resignation of Kirk Reed, Local Board of EducaHigh School Social Stud- tion was scheduled for ies Teacher, effective the Wednesday, Oct. 20 at 6:30 p.m. in the elemenend of the day on Septary. tember 10, 2021. Daily Sentinel Giant Forest unscathed by wildfire THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — The ancient massive trees of Sequoia National Park’s famed Giant Forest were unscathed Tuesday even though a wildﬁre has been burning near them on the western side of California’s Sierra Nevada for nearly two weeks. “As of right now we don’t have any damage to any of our trees,” said ﬁre information ofﬁcer Mark Garrett. The KNP Complex, two lightning-sparked ﬁres that merged, has spread over more than 39 square miles, feeding on other types of trees that also live on the high-elevation slopes of the mountain range. Giant Forest is home to about 2,000 sequoias, including the General Sherman Tree, which is considered the world’s largest by volume and is a must-see for visitors to the national park. The ﬁre recently entered the perimeter of Giant Forest near a cluster of huge trees called the Four Guardsmen but their bases had been wrapped in ﬁre-resistant material and crews had raked and cleared vegetation that could help spread the ﬁre, Garrett said. Fireﬁghting crews monitored as what was described as a “lowintensity ﬁre” passed through and made sure it did not affect the sequoias, he said. Noah Berger | AP Line safety director Joe Labak marks a falling branch hazard in the Trail of 100 Giants of Sequoia National Forest, Calif., as the Windy Fire burns on Monday. Fire officials said the grove of giant trees had escaped damage from wildfires sweeping through the western side of California’s Sierra Nevada. For decades, Giant Forest has been subjected to prescribed ﬁres that are carefully set and controlled to burn away vegetation that could otherwise become fuel for a ﬁre like the KNP Complex and allow it to become established. The next-closest sequoia grove is Redwood Canyon, but it is at least 6 miles (9.6 kilometers) away and the ﬁre would have to travel up and down terrain to get there, Garrett said. “But like Giant Forest, that one has also seen prescribed burn treatments for several decades since the late ‘60s so that grove is also well-equipped to transform a high-intensity ﬁre into low-intensity ﬁre,” he said. To the south, another forest ﬁre in sequoia country was showing minimal movement. The Windy Fire in the Giant Sequoia National Monument area of Sequoia National Forest and on the Tule River Indian Reservation covered more than 42 square miles (108 square kilometers) and was 5% contained. “The ﬁre behavior is not as extreme as it was a couple of days ago,” said Thanh Nguyen, a ﬁre information ofﬁcer. On the Trail of 100 Giants, one tree known as the “natural bench” sequoia because of the shape of its base was conﬁrmed to have sustained some burning. Several sequoia groves have been impacted by the Windy Fire but it’s not clear whether any other sequoia trees have been burned. Nguyen said ﬁre can move through a grove by burning other types of trees and vegetation rather than sequoias and assessments will come later. The largest trees on the Trail of 100 Giants are on average 220 feet (67 meters) tall, 20 feet (6.1 meters) in diameter and 1,500 years old, Nguyen said. “Those trees are beloved,” he said. Fireﬁghters have been hand-digging control lines and spraying water to protect the trees and have worked to protect several evacuated communities. The only structure lost so far was the Mule Peak ﬁre lookout structure, which burned in the early stages of the ﬁre even though it was wrapped in ﬁre-resistant material. Dr. Saugrain was also a chemist, and part of a scientiﬁc expedition to explore the Ohio River. From page 1 An early proponent of vaccines, he was the ﬁrst morning sessions. physician west of the Following a lunch Mississippi River to use break, Waughtel will the Jenner cowpox vacpresent information cine to prevent smallpox, about his later life that includes his experimenta- offering it to anyone, regardless of their ability tion with early versions to pay. of phosphorus matches His genealogy and and his manufacturing associated articles, of thermometers and barometers in Gallipolis, including pictures and as well as his involvement books documenting his with the Lewis and Clark “Extraordinary Life”, will be presented during Expedition. the program. Waughtel shared her thoughts on history in an earlier presentation in Gallipolis: “Our ancestors are woven into the fabric of history. Your family explains who and why you are the person you are. If you can understand where you come from, you have a better idea about where you’re going.” The event is free and open to the public. Saugrain and Michau descendants are encouraged to attend, as well as descendants of French 500 families, and anyone interested in the rich history of Gallipolis. For a full schedule or more information of the day’s events, visit bossardlibrary.com., or contact the Our House Tavern at 740-446-0586, or Lynn at Bossard Library, 740-446-7323 extension 229. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Cases Ashton — 5 active cases; Beale — 1 active case, 5 quarantines; Hannan Jr/Sr High — 5 active cases, 11 quarantines; Leon Elementary — 1 quarantine; New Haven — 1 active cases; 18 quarantines; Point Pleasant Intermediate — 7 active cases; 13 quarantines; PPJ/SHS — 16 active cases, 10 quarantines; Point Pleasant Primary — 3 quarantines; Roosevelt — 5 quarantines; Mason County School for Success — 2 active cases, 1 quarantine; Wahama — 2 active cases; 11 quarantines; Total — 39 active cases, 78 quarantines. according to ODH: Vaccines started: 6,247,373 (53.45 percent of the population); Vaccines completed: 5,788,917 (49.52 percent of the population). Seminar probable cases (1 fewer) 21-25 — 219 conﬁrmed cases (3 new), 13 probable cases From page 1 26-30 — 262 conOn Tuesday, schools in ﬁrmed cases (3 new), 18 probable cases Meigs County reported 31-40 — 447 conthe following cases (totals include staff and ﬁrmed cases (5 new), 31 probable cases (3 fewer) students): 41-50 — 409 conMeigs Local: 15 active ﬁrmed cases (4 new), 29 cases; probable cases, 1 death Eastern Local: 19 51-60 — 393 conactive cases; 20 recovﬁrmed cases (5 new), 35 ered cases; probable cases (2 new), Southern Local: 9 3 deaths active cases; 24 recov61-70 — 307 conered cases. ﬁrmed cases (1 fewer), 16 probable cases, 9 Mason County deaths According to the 71+ — 269 conﬁrmed 10 a.m. update on cases (1 new), 21 probTuesday from DHHR, able cases (1 fewer), 32 there have been 3,033 deaths cases of COVID-19, in A total of 10,271 Mason County (2,825 people in Mason County conﬁrmed cases, 208 have received at least probable cases) since one dose of the COVIDthe beginning of the pandemic and 45 deaths. 19 vaccine, which is 38.7 percent of the Of those, 23 cases were newly reported on Tues- population, according to day. DHHR reports there DHHR. There have been are currently 215 active a total of 18,272 doses administered in Mason cases in Mason County. Case data is as follows: County. Mason County is cur0-4 — 45 conﬁrmed rently red on the West cases (1 fewer), 2 probVirginia County Alert able case 5-11 — 104 conﬁrmed System. On Tuesday, the cases (1 new), 14 probMason County Schools’ able cases COVID-19 Dashboard 12-15 — 156 conﬁrmed cases (5 new), 16 reported the following probable cases (2 fewer) active cases and quarantines (includes both staff 16-20 — 214 conﬁrmed cases (3 new), 14 and students in totals): Ohio According to the 2 p.m. update on Tuesday from ODH, there have been 6,814 cases in the past 24 hours (21-day average of 6,572), 459 new hospitalizations (21-day average of 233), 47 new ICU admissions (21-day average of 21) and 125 new deaths (21day average of 35) with 21,596 total reported deaths. (Editor’s Note: Deaths are reported two days per week) Vaccination rates in Ohio are as follows, Lorna Hart is a freelance writer for Ohio Valley Publishing. West Virginia According to the 10 a.m. update on Tuesday from DHHR, there have been 225,772 total cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with 1,337 reported since Monday. There have been a total of 3,441 deaths due to COVID19 since the start of the pandemic, with 17 since Monday. There are 17,435 currently active cases in the state, down from 21,490 on Monday, with a daily positivity rate of 10.99 percent and a cumulative positivity rate of 5.70 percent. Statewide, 1,157,896 West Virginia residents have received at least one dose of the COVID19 (64.6 percent of the population). A total of 52.2 percent of the population, 935,803 individuals have been fully vaccinated. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Kayla (Hawthorne) Dunham is a staff writer for Ohio Valley Publishing. 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