http://66.213.69.5/files/original/4f29a0c310812e446a49bf8d48236e05.pdf 30e7fa6bb0868ec4b34b374e09978213 PDF Text Text ‘The Battle’ memorial RIVER s 10 8 AM 2 PM 8 PM 63° 73° 69° Warm today with clouds and sun. Mainly clear tonight. High 79° / Low 57° Today’s weather forecast Area volleyball scores WEATHER s 4 SPORTS s 6 C_ZZb[fehj��Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 200, Volume 75 1 death, 160 new COVID cases reported Latest stats for Meigs, Gallia, Mason Counties Saturday, October 9, 2021 s $2 Heritage and history Here is a closer look at the local COVID-19 data: By Beth Sergent Gallia County According to the 2 p.m. update from ODH on Friday, there OHIO VALLEY — have been 3,945 total Since Wednesday, one cases (77 new) in death was reported Gallia County since and a total of 160 new cases of COVID-19 were the beginning of reported on Friday from the pandemic, 245 hospitalizations (9 new) across the Ohio Valley and 62 deaths (1 new). Publishing area. Of the 3,945 cases, According to the 3,324 (65 new) are Ohio Department of presumed recovered. Health (ODH), the Case data is as COVID-19 related follows: death of an individual 0-19 — 728 cases (16 in the 70-79 age range new), 7 hospitalizations was reported in Gallia 20-29 — 636 County, along with cases (7 new), 10 77 additional cases of hospitalizations (1 new) COVID-19 in Gallia. 30-39 — 546 In Meigs County, cases (13 new), 11 ODH reported 34 new hospitalizations (1 new) cases Friday. 40-49 — 595 In Mason County, cases (15 new), 24 the West Virginia hospitalizations, 3 Department of Health deaths and Human Resources (DHHR) reported 49 See CASES | 12 new cases of COVID-19. bsergent@aimmediamidwest. com Health department offering flu shots, COVID vaccines Staff Report POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department kicked off its annual ﬂu shot season with a Flu and COVID-19 shot clinic on Oct. 2 on the Pomeroy Parking Lot in conjunction with the Meigs County Farmers Market with 52 ﬂu shots and 9 COVID-19 Vaccines given. According to a news release from the health department, this is the second year of this partnership with the Meigs County Farmers Market, a setting which has proven successful, as many people who enjoy a trip to the farmers market ﬁnd this convenient. Flu shots will be given Monday thru Fri- day 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Meigs County Health Department. Flu shots are recommended for everyone 6 months and up, with rare exception and ideally should be received by the end of October. Flu vaccines and COVID-19 vaccines can be given at the same time. Private insurance and Medicaid are accepted. Private pay ﬂu shots are $25 for regular dose and $60 for high dose (65+ years). Limited doses are available for adults with no insurance. For those who have chronic health conditions and are at higher risk of getting serious complications, ﬂu vaccination is especially See SHOTS | 12 AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC (USPS 145-966) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes every Tuesday through Saturday. Subscription rate is $208 per year. Prices are subject to change at any time. 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 Periodical postage paid at Pomeroy, OH POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Sentinel, 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631. All content © 2020 The Daily Sentinel, an edition of the Gallipolis Daily Tribune. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. Photo by Dan Will Pictured are Lucas Hunter and the Blue Grass Boys at the Meigs Heritage Festival. Celebrating the area’s past in the present By Lorna Hart Special to OVP CHESTER, Ohio – A beautiful fall day greeted visitors to the 2021 Meigs Heritage Festival in Chester last Saturday. As guests strolled through the exhibits and adjacent car show, bluegrass music wafted across the Commons with the Old Meigs County Courthouse and Academy as a backdrop The day’s activities included the crowning of Meigs Finest, an honor awarded to the oldest man and woman in attendance willing to share their age. Maxine Grifﬁth 97, and Don Mora, 94 were this year’s recipients. Treasure hunters presented their photographs Photo by Becky Grate to Meigs County Treasure Pictured are Meigs Finest Winners Maxine Griffith and Don Mora. Hunt Chairmen Greg Baily and James Smith challenged participants locate 14 pre-selected hisfor review. The contest in two age categories to torical sites in the county Carnahan, Mugrage elected to Meigs SWCD Board of Supervisors Staff Report 1, 2016. He is the son of the late Jim and Nancy RACINE — The 77th Carnahan and is a lifeannual meeting and elec- long resident of Meigs County. He spent his tion of the Meigs Soil and Water Conservation childhood on a dairy farm and during his District was held Tuesday night at the Kountry youth was active in FFA and 4H. He worked in Resort Campground in dairy until 1994 and is Racine with 54 in attennow involved in custom dance. James “Tony” Carnah- hay baling and corn an, Racine, was reelected farming. He is employed as a bus driver for Meigs to another three-year term on the board where Local Schools and is an active member of the he currently serves as Big Bend Farm Antique board chairman. Travis Mugrage, Long Bottom, Club, Athens-Meigs Farm Bureau, and River was elected as a new board member, to replace City Players. Mugrage is the son Joe Bolin whose term of Peach and Chuck will expire at the end of Mugrage of Racine. He this year. Carnahan has served See SWCD | 12 on the board since Jan. and have their picture taken with the object. Some of the locations were easy to ﬁnd, and others quite challenging, and included grave markers, historic markers, and the Elm Tree plaque in Racine. Brogan Short was awarded 1st Place in the 15 and under age group, with 2nd Place going to Stanley Viny. Treasure Hunt winners age 16 and over included 1st Place Tahnee Andrew, 2nd Place, Gina Tillis, and 3rd Place, Rose Andrew. Both Bailey and Smith said the goal of the contest is to encourage interest in local history with a hands-on approach. The sites chosen for the contest are available on the Chester Shade Historical Society’s Facebook page. “Fall is a great time to See HERITAGE | 12 ‘Fall 5K for Kane’ to benefit scholarship By Mindy Kearns Special to OVP MASON, W.Va. — Local students will beneﬁt when the Northbend Church in Mason hosts a “Fall 5K for Kane” on Nov. 6 at the StewartJohnson V.F.W./Lottie Jenks Memorial Park. The walk/race is being held in memory of the late Kane Roush, and all proceeds will be donated to the Kane Roush Scholarship Fund. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. the day of the event, with the race to begin at 10 a.m. Early registration before Oct. 14 will guarantee participants a race shirt. A limited supply of the shirts will be available on race day. Courtesy The late Kane Roush is pictured during his football days at Wahama. Northbend Church will hold a “Fall 5K for Kane” on Nov. 6, with proceeds going to the scholarship established in his name. The cost of the race registration is $30. See 5K | 12 �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Saturday, October 9, 2021 The history of epidemiology What is epidemiology and where does the study come from? According to the CDC, epidemiology can be deﬁned as the method used to ﬁnd the causes of health outcomes and diseases in populations. In epidemiology, the patient is the community and individuals are viewed collectively. By deﬁnition, epidemiology is the study (scientiﬁc, systematic, and data-driven) of the distribution (frequency, pattern) and determinants (causes, risk factors) of health-related states and events (not just diseases) in speciﬁed populations (neighborhood, school, city, state, country, global). It also is the application of this study to the control of health problems. Did you know that the study of epidemiology is over 2000 years Meigs old? We can trace the study back to Health around 400 B.C. During this time, Matters Hippocrates, a Greek physician Mikie attempted to explain the occurrences Strite of diseases from a rational viewpoint rather than that of a supernatural one. He even wrote an essay suggesting the environment and things like the person’s behavior might inﬂuence the development of diseases. Probably one of the more famous epidemiologists that you may have heard of is John Snow. He was an anesthesiologist during the mid-1800s and is commonly known as the father of epidemiology. Snow conducted studies of cholera outbreaks to discover the cause of the disease and to also prevent it from reoccurring. Snow conducted one of his now famous studies in 1854 when an epidemic of cholera occurred in the Golden Square of London. He began his investigation by determining where in this area persons with cholera lived and worked. He marked each residence on a map of the area. This type of map, showing the geographic distribution of cases, is called a spot map and is still used in today’s epidemiology. Epidemiology has since evolved from the times of John Snow, but it is still widely used in research today. Today, public health workers throughout the world accept and use epidemiology regularly to characterize the health of their communities and to solve day-to-day problems, large and small. GALLIA, MEIGS COMMUNITY BRIEFS Editor’s Note: Gallia Meigs Briefs will only list event information that is open to the public and will be printed on a space-available basis. Bossard Library closed Monday for Columbus Day GALLIPOLIS — Bossard Library will be closed on Monday, Oct. 11 in observance of Columbus Day. Blood drive scheduled at Southeastern gym RACINE — Southern Local’s National Honor Society will host a blood drive, 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 12, in the high school gym. ODOT schedules road closures, construction 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. Clinic offers women’s cancer screenings in Gallia GALLIPOLIS — Through its Women’s Health Clinic, the Ohio University Heritage Community Clinic will offer breast and cervical cancer screenings on the medical mobile unit parked at the Gallipolis City Park, First Avenue, Gallipolis, Ohio on Thursday, Oct. 21, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Services are available to all women, uninsured, underinsured or insured. Appointments are required and women should call 740-593-2432 or 1-800-844-2654 for an appointment. CONTACT US 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 740-446-2342 All content © 2021 Gallipolis Daily Tribune and The Daily Sentinel edition. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT/ GROUP PUBLISHER Lane Moon lmoon@aimmediamidwest.com EDITOR Beth Sergent, Ext. 2102 bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com SPORTS EDITOR Bryan Walters, Ext. 2101 bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Matt Rodgers, Ext. 2095 mrodgers@aimmediamidwest.com CIRCULATION MANAGER Derrick Morrison, Ext. 2097 dmorrison@aimmediamidwest.com Ohio Valley Publishing OBITUARIES VIRGINIA GAYE STROOP CIRCLEVILLE — Virginia Gaye Stroop, age 85, of Circleville, Ohio formally from Gallipolis, Ohio passed away October 7, 2021, surrounded by her family. Born May 25, 1936, in Gallia County, Ohio. She was the daughter of late Ogal Wilson Lear and Hazel Irene Wells Lear. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Sanford Clinton Stroop, her sisters Beatrice Lear Stover and Rose Lee Lear Holley, a brother Thomas Wilson Lear, brotherin-law James Fredrick “Freddie” Stover, nephew James Franklin Holley, niece Carla Louise Holley Case. Virginia retired from S &E Electronics and in later life, she provided childcare in her home until 2010. She is a member of First Church of Nazarene of Gallipolis, where she helped with Children Church and Youth Group. She is survived by her children: Carlton (Charlene) Stroop of Circleville, Cynthia Stroop Asher of Troy, Ohio, and Michael (Joy) Stroop of Oak Hill, Ohio, 17 grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren. Sisters-inlaw, Linda French Lear of Gallipolis and Barbara (George) Stroop Amory of Smithﬁeld, Virginia, and many nieces, nephews and cousins also survive. Funeral Services will be 2 p.m., Tuesday October 12, 2021, at the Cremeens-King Funeral Home with Eugene Harmon ofﬁciating. Burial will follow at Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Visitation will occur one hour prior to the services at the funeral home. RONALD L. WHITE, JR. GALLIPOLIS — Ronald L. White, Jr., 63, of Gallipolis, Ohio, died Saturday, October 2, 2021 at home with his family by his side. No services are planned at this time. RICHARD ALLEN HARRIS DEBARY, Fla. — U.S. Army Veteran Richard Allen Harris, 76, of Debary, Fla., passed away on September 19, 2021. Born September 30, 1944 in Gallipolis, Ohio, he is preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Helen Roode Harris, and brother Stanton Harris. He leaves behind his wife of 56 years, Wilda Folden Harris; a son, Richard A. Harris and a daughter, Tonja S. Harris Conner; nine grandchildren and ﬁve great grandchildren; as well as 14 brothers and sisters. He greatly impacted the lives of many and will be deeply missed. DANNY STEWART THOMPSON GALLIPOLIS — Danny Stewart Thompson, 64, Gallipolis, Ohio, passed away Monday, September 13, 2021. He was born February 2, 1957 in Youngstown, Ohio, son of Phyllis Wiseman, Gallipolis and the late Sherman Thompson. Danny is survived by his mother, Phyllis and his children, Cole Thompson and Jodie Thompson, both of Livermore, California; granddaughter, Kaylee Dionne; brother, Charles Thompson, Auburn, California and sister, Diane Thompson, Vinton, Ohio as well as sever aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews that he loved very much. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by sister, Cindy Thompson. Private memorial services will be conducted at the convenience of the family. Cremation services are under the direction of the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Wetherholt Chapel, Gallipolis, Ohio. Online condolences may be sent to the family via www.mccoymoore. com. CAROL ANN (BURNEM) RIFFLE RACINE, Ohio — Carol Ann (Burnem) Rifﬂe, 52, of Racine, Ohio passed away at the DANFORD Holzer Meigs Emergency WILLOW WOOD — Beverly Ann Danford, 67, Room, Pomeroy, Ohio, of Willow Wood, Ohio, died Friday, October 1, 2021 on October 7, 2021. at home. Funeral service will be conducted 2 p.m. Carol’s life was her Monday, October 11, 2021 at Hall Funeral Home and family. She loved her Crematory, Proctorville, Ohio. Burial will follow in Perkins Ridge Cemetery, Willow Wood. Visitation will family with all her heart. Carol had a heart of be held one hour prior to the service Monday at the gold. funeral home. Carol was a muchloved daughter of Linda Burnem, a loving sister COATES MIDDLEPORT, Ohio — Celesta Coates of Middle- of Robin L. Werry. Carol was loving and beloved port, Ohio died on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at aunt to Matthew Werry. her residence. Services will be conducted at the conCarol is survived by her venience of the family. Arrangements are under the uncle, Don Nelson, aunt, direction of the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home. DEATH NOTICES Mish Nelson, several cousins, and some special friends. Carol was preceded in death by her dad James Robert Burnem, her brother-in-law Ed (Tate) Werry, her grandparents, Denver and Oma Nelson, Bob and Addie Burnem, and several aunts and uncles. Graveside services will be held Monday, October 11, 2021 at 4 p.m. at Meigs Memory Gardens. Arrangements are under the direction of Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy. Screams in the night Halloween is almost here, and with it comes the things that go bump in the night. Mason County’s history stretches back over 250 years through disasters, wars, good times and bad, so it’s inevitable that we have our fair share of ghost stories. The following is based on a true story. *Cue X-Files theme. I’m sure most my readers know where The Strip Mines are. If not, it’s “out back” of the Bend Area where Zuspan’s strip mines were, between Hanging Rock and Gibbstown. Today, it’s all farmland and ponds (and a popular hangout spot). It also holds a dark secret… Over 150 years ago, in 1850, this area was a pocket of farmland surrounded on all four sides by thick forest, known as the Big Woods. That was changing though, as the coal mines and salt furnaces of the Bend Area sought out lumber for their mills and attracted laborers from the country farms. The mills, looking for old growth, worked their way out from Hartford, Mason, and Clifton and clear-cut enormous tracts of countryside. The lumber operations by themselves required a small army of laborers, and the clear-cutting provided an easy route broke into the from Gibbstown Somerville cabin, to Clifton, Mason, assaulted her, and or Hartford. This afterwards took little pocket of her deep into the farmland, in just Big Woods and a few years, had buried her. Alive. gone from being Though Mary pretty much the Ohio was obviously middle of nowhere Valley missing, the crime to a major crossHistory was never discovroad between the Chris Rizer ered. Her family four towns. This left Mason County is where our story not long after and resetbegins. tled in Indiana, but Mary One of the farmers remained here, some say out in this little pocket in more ways than one. of farmland was David It wasn’t long after Somerville. David, his wife Catherine, and their when farmers and woodsmen began reporting a eight children lived a woman’s screams in the fairly ordinary life. The night, coming from the two older boys, William Big Woods. They had and Weston, were laborspent their entire lives ers, possibly with one in the countryside, so of the lumber mills. The they knew that it wasn’t two younger boys, John coyotes, it wasn’t some and David, along with daughters Rebecca, Mary, other animal, and it wasn’t the wind. Some Catherine, and Martha, Irish immigrants feared helped their parents on they had brought a banthe farm. shee with them, but it One night, Mary was had started before they the only one home. Perhaps the rest of the family arrived. Not knowing had gone to town or were about Mary, they simply called her the Screaming visiting nearby relatives. Lady. Either way, Mary was For over one hundred home alone. years, the Screaming As the legend goes, a Lady haunted the Big group of men were passWoods. More often than ing the farm that night. Maybe they were lumber- not, she was heard rather than seen. Screams with jacks returning to town, what seemed like no maybe they were miners source echoing through returning home. We’ll the woods. Other times… never truly know. AnyOne night a newcomer how, to make a very sad story short, they saw that to the area heard the screams, and thinking a Mary was home alone, living woman was actually in trouble, did what any normal person would do and called the cops. Well, the cops came out and found the source of the screaming, a ghostly woman standing in the road with her face all scratched up and bloody. Again, they did what any sane person would do, turned the car around and got the heck out of there! Only problem was, her screams followed them all the way to town. Finally, in 1986, Mary Somerville’s grave was discovered while strip mining the Big Woods. Work was stopped in the area, and Foglesong Funeral Home was brought in to exhume the remains and give them a proper burial in Zuspan Cemetery. I like to think that since then, the Screaming Lady has been at rest. Of course, that doesn’t stop parents and older cousins (mine and myself included) from using the legend for a bit of fun! This time of year is always marked by drives through the Strip Mines, a car mysteriously dying and not wanting to restart, and a “did you hear that? I think I hear the Screaming Lady! Chris Rizer is the president of the Mason County Historical & Preservation Society and director of Main Street Point Pleasant, reach him at masonchps@gmail.com. JOIN THE CONVERSATION What’s your take on today’s news? Visit us on social media to share your thoughts. �NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing Saturday, October 9, 2021 3 Delta variant, worker shortage keep a lid on job growth By Christopher Rugaber Sept. 6, potentially providing incentives for more people to seek work. And at least before delta intensiﬁed, many companies had planned to return to working in ofﬁces, which would have revitalized still-dormant downtowns. Instead, as a result of the delta variant, many ofﬁce buildings remain vacant and fears of the disease rebounded. A Census Bureau survey found that the number of people not working because they had COVID or were caring for someone with the disease doubled between July and early September. COVID outbreaks have also temporarily closed some schools, making it harder for many mothers to hold down permanent jobs. At the same time, many economists say that as COVID recedes further and Americans resume traveling, eating out and seeing movies, more people will likely reenter the workforce, and hiring will strengthen. “This report is a look in the rear-view mirror,” said Daniel Zhao, senior economist at the jobs website Glassdoor, “and hopefully this means the fewer people looked for work in September, which meant they weren’t counted as unemployed. WASHINGTON — September’s sluggish U.S. employers added just 194,000 jobs in Sep- job gains fell shy of even tember, a second straight the modest 336,000 that the economy had added tepid gain and evidence in August and were the that the pandemic has fewest since December, kept its grip on the when employers actually economy, with many cut jobs. companies struggling to The economy is ﬁll millions of open jobs. showing some signs of Friday’s report from emerging from the drag the Labor Department of the delta variant of also showed that the unemployment rate sank the coronavirus, with conﬁrmed new COVIDlast month from 5.2% 19 infections declining, to 4.8%. The rate fell in part because more people restaurant trafﬁc picking up slightly and consumfound jobs but also ers willing to spend. But because about 180,000 new infections remained high as September began. And employers are still struggling to ﬁnd workers because many people who lost jobs in the pandemic have yet to start looking again. The persistence of that trend, with job openings at a record high, has confounded many economists. Most of them had expected September to produce robust job growth as schools reopened, thereby freeing parents, especially working mothers, to return to jobs. Several enhanced unemployment beneﬁt programs had expired IS bomber kills 46 inside Afghan mosque, challenges Taliban GALLIA, MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS AP Economics Writer By Samya Kullab and Tameem Akhgar was carried by the ISlinked Aamaq news Associated Press agency. The blast tore KABUL, Afghanistan through a crowded mosque in the city of — An Islamic State suicide bomber struck Kunduz during Friday noon prayers, the highat a mosque packed light of the Muslim with Shiite Muslim religious week. It was worshippers in norththe latest in a series ern Afghanistan on of IS bombings and Friday, killing at least 46 people and wound- shootings that have ing dozens in the latest targeted Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers, as security challenge to well as religious instithe Taliban as they tutions and minority transition from insurShiites since U.S. and gency to governance. NATO troops left in In its claim of August. responsibility, the The blast blew out region’s IS afﬁliate windows, charred the identiﬁed the bomber ceiling and scattered as a Uygher Muslim, debris and twisted saying the attack targeted both Shiites and metal across the ﬂoor. Rescuers carried one the Taliban for their purported willingness body out on a stretcher and another in a blanto expel Uyghers to ket. Blood stains covmeet demands from ered the front steps. China. The statement Editor’s Note: The Daily Sentinel and Gallipolis Daily Tribune appreciate your input to the community calendar. To make sure items can receive proper attention, all information should be received by the newspaper at least ﬁve business days prior to an event. All coming events print on a space-available basis and in chronological order. Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@ aimmediamidwest.com or GDTnews@aimmediamidwest.com. Card shower Thelma Wolfe will be celebrating her 74th birthday on Oct. 8, cards may be sent to 1470 Hamilton Rd., Crown City, OH 45623. Monday, Oct. 11 GALLIPOLIS — DAV Chapter #141 will have a short business meet- ing at the post home on Liberty Ave., all members urged to attend. AMVETS will not meet today. BEDFORD TWP. — Bedford Township Trustees regular monthly meeting, 7 p.m., Bedford town hall. MEIGS COUNTY — All branches of the Meigs County District Public Library will be closed. Tuesday, Oct. 12 GALLIPOLIS — Gallia County District Library Board of Trustees regular meeting, 5 p.m. at the Library. POMEROY — Meigs County Board of Health meeting, 5 p.m., conference room of the Meigs County Health Department, 112 E. Memorial Drive; in response to increasing COVID 19 cases, a call-in option is available. To dial in by phone: +1.202.602.1295; Conference ID: 310-120- 831 #. RIO GRANDE — Regular monthly meeting of the Gallia-Vinton Educational Service Center (ESC) Governing Board, 5 p.m. University of Rio Grande, Wood Hall, Room 131. GALLIPOLIS — VFW Post #4464 dinner, 6 p.m., all members welcome. POMEROY — Acoustic Night at the Library will begin at 6 p.m. for an informal jam session. Bring your instruments. All skill levels and listeners are welcome. worst is behind us, and the worst was just a slowdown in the recovery.” For now, people like Sarah Neumeier have chosen to stay on the sidelines. Neumeier, 32, of Natick, Massachusetts, who has 3-year-old twin sons, said she will wait until after the winter holidays to look for work again. She had turned down a job just as the pandemic intensiﬁed in March 2020 because, out of concern for their health, she didn’t want to place her children in daycare. Those concerns haven’t lifted. Gallia County Retired Teachers’ Association will meet at noon, Courtside Restaurant. WELLSTON — The GJMV Solid Waste Management District Board of Directors meets 3:30 p.m. at the district ofﬁce. Monday, Oct. 18 Wednesday, Oct. 13 GALLIPOLIS — American Legion Lafayette Post #27, Sons of the American Legion Squadron #27 and Legion Auxiliary hosts a joint E0Board meeting, 5 p.m., at post home, all E-Board members urged to attend. HARRISONVILLE — Scipio Township Trustees regular monthly meeting 7 p.m., Harrisonville Fire House. Tuesday, Oct. 19 Thursday, Oct. 14 GALLIPOLIS — American Legion Auxiliary meets 6 p.m., at the post home on McCormick Road, all members urged to attend. GALLIPOLIS — The JACKSON GENERAL HOSPITAL Lucy K. 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On Thursday, 1.1 milemployer mandates push lion doses were delivmore workers to take ered, including just over their ﬁrst doses. 306,000 to newly vacDemand is expected cinated people, said Dr. to spike in a few weeks Cyrus Shahpar, the White when elementary school children can begin getting House COVID-19 data director. shots, and some states Organizers of the effort are reopening mass vacto reach the roughly 67 cination clinics in anticimillion unvaccinated pation. American adults say the In Missouri, a mass rise in demand can be vaccination site at a former Toys R Us store is set traced to approval of the to open Monday. Virginia Pﬁzer booster, mandates that have forced employplans to roll out nine large vaccination centers ees to choose between the over the next few weeks, shot and their jobs and sobering statistics that including one at the show nearly all COVIDRichmond International 19 deaths are among the Raceway. unvaccinated. Colorado opened four “We’re seeing people mass vaccination sites in mid-September, largely to who need the shot to deal with employer man- keep a job,” said Dr. dates, and ofﬁcials saw a Ricardo Gonzalez-Fisher, Associated Press games and even at a corner market where 20 people were vaccinated in a day. “Those 20 vaccinations sound small, but it’s really a huge success,” McKay said. Vice President Kamala Harris stopped Friday at vaccine center in Newark, New Jersey, where she met with patients and health care workers and encouraged people to get the shot. “There will be an end to this,” she said. “We really feel we are starting to get in front of this.” Alba Lopez in Ohio Jacquelyn Martin | AP decided to get the Pﬁzer Vice President Kamala Harris talks with people who have been administering COVID-19 vaccinations vaccine Friday at the in Newark, N.J., on Friday. The total number of doses being administered in the U.S. is climbing toward Columbus Public Health an average of 1 million per day, almost double the level from mid-July — but still far below last spring. Department after tiring large vaccination centers, previous week, said Ryan of twice-weekly testing who runs a mobile vacrequired by her employer, McKay, who oversees cine clinic mostly for Lati- will allow local health COVID-19 operations for Chase Bank, and ﬁlling departments to focus on nos in Colorado. out an online form each the Blue Ridge Health Last weekend, his clinic reaching underserved day indicating whether District. delivered 30 shots to peo- communities. “This she had a fever and how The big push now, he should really help relieve ple outside the Mexican said, is in neighborhoods she felt. Consulate in Denver. “On the burden for our local The vaccine “helped where rates are low. The providers,” he said. these days, 30 is a very Last week, the number health district has set up me to avoid all that,” said good number,” he said. Virginia’s state vaccine of people getting shots at mobile clinics at weekend Lopez, who also ﬁgured her company will eventubasketball tournaments, a mall in Charlottesville, coordinator, Dr. Danny ally require it. Virginia, doubled over the high school football Avula, said opening the Trump-backed candidates face scrutiny after minimal vetting By Jill Colvin Republicans who worry that Trump is lending his powerful political backing only to those who ﬂatter WASHINGTON — One has been accused of his ego. Such candidates assaulting another White may be able to win GOP primaries in which the House aide. Another party’s Trump-supporting allegedly threatened his ex-wife’s life, exaggerated base dominates, only to claims of ﬁnancial success struggle in the general election. and alarmed business And with control of associates with his erratic Congress hinging on just behavior. A third has asked a judge to keep past a few seats, such missteps could be costly. protection-from-abuse “There is no vetting orders sealed. process — at least not on As former President policy and electability,” Donald Trump wades into contested primaries said Dan Eberhart, a GOP donor and Trump across the country, he’s supporter who said the trying to exact revenge concerns extend to many and remake the Republican Party in his image. In corners of the party. “The doing so, he has endorsed endorsement process comes down to how much a series of candidates involved in allegations of a candidate supports the former president and is wrongdoing, especially willing to have the Trump concerning their treatmachine run their camment of women. paign and fundraising. That’s contributing ... Whether they are the to anxiety among some ﬁrst lady Melania Trump, accuses her ex-boyfriend of growing abusive as their relationship deteriorated. The ex-boyfriend, Max Miller, was a fellow White House aide and is now running for Congress in Ohio with Trump’s enthusiastic blessing. Miller has adamantly denied the charges and on Wednesday ﬁled a defamation suit accusing Grisham of sullying his name. Grisham says she told the former president and ﬁrst lady before Miller announced his candidacy about the abuse but wrote in a Washington Post op-ed that they “didn’t seem to care.” Trump endorsed Miller as an act of revenge against Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach him over the Jan. 6 insurrection. Associated Press TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 63° 73° 69° 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. Fri. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date Trace 0.36 0.81 43.37 36.25 SUN & MOON Today 7:32 a.m. 6:59 p.m. 11:14 a.m. 9:13 p.m. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset First Full Last Oct 12 Oct 20 Oct 28 New Nov 4 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for ﬁsh and game. 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Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Waverly 78/60 Pollen: 2 Low MOON PHASES MONDAY Partly sunny and very warm 1 Primary: cladosporium Sun. 7:33 a.m. 6:57 p.m. 12:29 p.m. 10:00 p.m. SUNDAY Warm today with clouds and sun. Mainly clear tonight. High 79° / Low 57° HEALTH TODAY Precipitation EXTENDED FORECAST 82° 59° Statistics through 3 p.m. Fri. 75° 63° 72° 49° 93° in 2007 29° in 2000 said to have been shared with Trump personally or circulated within GOP circles well before he made his endorsements. In her new book, “I’ll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw at the Trump White House,” Stephanie Grisham, the former White House press secretary and chief of staff to most viable candidate in a given race is secondary.” The former president has little reason to be blindsided by the allegations facing some of the candidates he’s endorsed. Some details would have turned up in basic background checks similar to those required by many employers. Others were 8 PM ALMANAC High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low Tony Dejak | AP file Republican congressional candidate Max Miller speaks at a rally in June in Wellington, Ohio. Miller filed a defamation lawsuit against former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham in a court in Cleveland on Tuesday over allegations of physical abuse Grisham is leveling while promoting her new book, “I’ll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw at the Trump White House.” “A White House staffer accused of assault by a woman whom the president knew and trusted? It didn’t even seem to register on the president’s radar screen as a concern. To the contrary, knowing what he knows, Trump has endorsed my ex’s bid for Congress,” she wrote. Trump has a long history of siding with powerful men accused of hurting women, from his Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh to former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly. He defended a former White House aide who resigned after allegations that he was physically and emotionally abusive to two ex-wives became public. And in 2017, he backed GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore despite allegations that Moore had sexually assaulted teen girls decades ago when he was in his 30s. Clendenin 76/56 Charleston 76/57 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Winnipeg 62/52 Billings 63/44 Montreal 68/53 Minneapolis 78/62 Denver 74/42 Toronto 67/60 Detroit 74/63 New York 66/58 Washington 75/65 Chicago 78/68 Kansas City 90/67 Chihuahua 91/58 Sun. 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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 FAMILY CIRCUS HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI AND LOIS By Chris Browne � � � � � � � � � � �� Today’s Solution By Bil and Jeff Keane Written By Brian & Greg Walker; Drawn By Chance Browne THE BRILLIANT MIND OF EDISON LEE 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 �S ports 6 Saturday, October 9, 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing GA soccer splits DH with Rock Hill By Colton Jeffries (11-0-2, 6-0) quickly found the back of the net, scoring their ﬁrst goal less than three minutes CENTENARY, Ohio — Some- into the game. Rock Hill added three more thing good, something not as goals to their score to head into good. The Gallia Academy girls and halftime with a comfy 4-0 lead. After the visitors added two boys soccer teams hosted their respective rivals from Rock Hill more goals to their lead as time Thursday evening for a couple of ticked away in the second, the Blue and White were unable to Ohio Valley Conference matchget any shots on goal in the ﬁnal ups. The girls team lost their game half. However, that changed when by a score of 6-1, but the boys picked things up with a 5-0 win junior Natalie Zierenberg got the ball past the Redwoman goalie of their own. The Blue Angels (4-9-2, 2-5-1 to give the Blue Angels their Colton Jeffries|OVP Sports OVC) struggled to get shots off only goal of the game with just Gallia Academy junior Keagan Daniels (10) runs the ball around a Rock Hill throughout Thursday’s game. 18 seconds left. defender during a soccer game Thursday evening in Centenary, Ohio. Leading in the Blue Angels in Meanwhile, the Redwomen cjeffries@aimmediamidwest.com Correa, Alvarez help Astros take 2-0 lead over Sox in ALDS shots was senior Preslee Reed with two, while senior goalkeeper Alivia Lear had 12 saves. The Blue Devils (15-1-1, 9-0) started their game by immediately attacking the Redmen’s (6-6-1, 4-3-1) half of the ﬁeld. The hosts peppered the visiting goal until junior Maddux Camden scored his team’s ﬁrst goal with 23 minutes left in the ﬁrst half. The Blue Devils added onto their lead with a goal by junior Keagan Daniels and a second score by Camden, giving Gallia Academy a 3-0 lead heading into the second half. See SOCCER | 7 PREP VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP By Kristie Rieken AP Sports Writer HOUSTON — Carlos Correa and the Houston Astros are relentless at the plate and in the ﬁeld. That’s why they are so tough to beat in the playoffs. Correa hit a two-run double during Houston’s ﬁve-run seventh inning, and the Astros beat the Chicago White Sox 9-4 on Friday for a 2-0 lead in their AL Division Series. Kyle Tucker homered and drove in three runs as the Astros moved within one win of their ﬁfth straight appearance in the AL Championship Series. Alex Bregman had two hits and scored twice, and Jose Altuve made a couple of big plays. Game 3 of the best-of-ﬁve series is Sunday night in Chicago. The Astros grabbed the lead for good on Yordan Alvarez’s tiebreaking RBI single off Aaron Bummer (0-1) with one out in the seventh. Craig Kimbrel then took over and retired Yuli Gurriel before Correa’s drive to right sailed just past a sprinting Leury García. Correa screamed and gestured to the crowd to yell with him as he reached second. The star shortstop is eligible for free agency after this season, and it’s going to be quite costly for the AL West champion Astros to keep him. Tucker then punctuated the inning with a tworun shot into the seats in left, lifting Houston to a 9-4 lead. The Astros rolled to a 6-1 win in Game 1 behind a splendid start by Lance McCullers Jr. Framber Valdez struggled in Game 2, allowing four runs and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings. The White Sox grabbed a 4-2 lead with three runs in the ﬁfth. Luis Robert and José Abreu each hit an RBI single, and Yasmani Grandal added a sacriﬁce ﬂy. But the Astros tied it in the bottom half on Yuli Gurriel’s two-run single. It was the ﬁrst hit of the series for the AL batting champion. The loss drops the AL Central champion White Sox to 0-6 in Houston this season. They are trying to avoid another early postseason exit after they were eliminated by Oakland in the ﬁrst round last year. Robert and Tim Anderson had three hits apiece. Abreu, who had been slowed by ﬂu-like symptoms, had two hits and drove in a run. OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Monday, Oct. 11 Volleyball Nelsonville-York at Eastern, 7:15 Marietta at Meigs, 7:15 Southern at Jackson, 6:15 River Valley at South Webster, 7 p.m. South Gallia at Wellston, 7:30 Soccer Ohio Valley Christian at Wellston, 5:30 Tuesday, Oct. 12 Volleyball Huntington, Spring Valley at Point Pleasant, 5:30 Eastern at Southern, 7:15 Federal Hocking at South Gallia, 7:30 Wahama at Wirt County, 6 p.m. Gallia Academy at Coal Grove, 6:30 River Valley at Vinton County, 7:15 Meigs at Wellston, 7:30 Soccer Gallia Academy girls at Point Pleasant girls, 7 p.m. Point Pleasant boys at Marietta, 7 p.m. Bryan Walters| OVP Sports Gallia Academy junior Jenna Harrison, middle, bumps a ball in the air during Thursday night’s OVC volleyball contest against Rock Hill in Centenary, Ohio. Blue Angels sweep Rock Hill By Bryan Walters points. Bailey Barnette and Bella Barnette added seven points apiece, while Bree Cemeni chipped in ﬁve points. Jenna Harrison and Chanee Cremeens also provided four points apiece. The Blue Angels had a 53-match straight-game sweep streak ended in league play Tuesday with a 3-1 win at Fairland. Lady Marauders (7-11, 2-7 TVC Ohio) this fall. Megan Maxon led the EHS net attack with 18 CENTENARY, Ohio — kills, followed by Sydney Still streaking. Reynolds with 10 kills. The Gallia Academy Maxon, Addi Well and volleyball team notched Brielle Newland led the its 82nd consecutive Eastern service attack match victory in league with two aces apiece, play Thursday night with while Newland made 19 a 25-9, 25-6, 25-11 decidigs and Juli Durst handsion over visiting Rock ed out 29 assists. Hill in an Ohio Valley Andrea Mahr had a Conference matchup in team-best two service Gallia County. aces and handed out 12 The Blue Angels (15-4, Lady Eagles sweep Meigs 11-0 OVC) haven’t lost a ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio assists while also came up with 16 digs to pace the league match since Oct. — Eastern volleyball 13, 2015 and are now a claimed a season sweep of hosts. E.J. Anderson led combined 94-1 all-time host Meigs on Wednesday MHS with eight kills and in OVC play as the hosts night with a 25-17, 25-23, Mallory Hawley added move closer towards a 25-15 victory at Larry R. six kills. Eastern won by a 3-0 seventh straight league Morrison Gymnasium. count back on Sept. 27 at championship. The Lady Eagles (11the Eagle’s Nest. GAHS never trailed in 7) trailed in each of the The Lady Marauders any of the three games three sets, including 4-0 and got a team-best in Game 2, but the guests also dropped a 21-25, 19 service points from ultimately rallied in each 25-10, 25-12, 25-13 decision at Vinton County on Regan Wilcoxon, followed contest to secure its secby Jalyn Short with 10 ond 3-0 decision over the Thursday night in TVC bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com Ohio play. Lady Raiders fall to NYHS BIDWELL, Ohio — Visiting Nelsonville-York earned a 25-12, 25-15, 25-10 victory over the River Valley volleyball team Thursday during a Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division matchup. The Lady Raiders (4-13, 1-9 TVC Ohio) received a team-best nine kills from Madison Hall, while Riley Bradley added ﬁve kills. Both Hall and Bradley also provided seven digs apiece. Hannah Allison and Brooklin Clonch dished out eight assists apiece as well in the setback. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. Riverside wins 2021 River Cup Championship Best Ball Carl King-Mike AnderMASON, W.Va. — The son (R) 4&3 over Nick Waddel-Ryan Hudson Riverside Golf Club has captured the 2021 River (C). Mitch Roush-Mike Cup Championship, held Chapman (R) 3&2 over on the ﬁrst weekend of Rob Bradley-Tom Moore October at Riverside (C). Golf Club in Mason Jason King-John RidCounty. enour (R) 6&5 over J.P. Here is a looks at the Davis-Dustin Caudill (C). results of the annual Ty Roush-Mike Greene 2-day event, which Riverside won by a 27-9 overall (R) 2&1 over Derrick Gilmore-Boeing Smith count. Staff report (C). Trent Roush-Justin Arnold (R) 2&1 over Doug Ison, Jr.-Gabe Bevan (C). Sterling Shields-Jeremy Tucker (R) even with Mike Haynes-Justin Myers (C). nette (R) 4&3 over Bill Haynes-John Davis (C). Scramble John Ridenour-Sterling Shields (R) 4&2 over Rob Bradley-J.P. Davis (C). Boeing Smith-Nick Waddel (C) 6&4 over Mitch Roush-Justin Arnold (R). Senior Best Ball Carl King-Jason King Jeff Arnold-Jeff Fowler (R) 4&3 over Danny Cox- (R) 1 up over Derrick Ron Hudson (C). See RIVERSIDE | 7 Curtis Roush-Tim Bur- �SPORTS Ohio Valley Publishing Saturday, October 9, 2021 7 Chargers host Browns in key AFC battle Sang 6th in Class AA By Joe Reedy AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES — Justin Herbert and Baker Mayﬁeld are at the helm of 3-1 teams as the Los Angeles Chargers host the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. The quarterbacks come into the matchup on different trajectories. Herbert is second in the league with 113 completions and continues to be the darling of the Los Angeles fan base as the Chargers are off to their best start in seven years. The Bolts have a short week to prepare after Monday night’s 28-14 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders. He isn’t looking back on an early-season stretch that has included wins at Washington and Kansas City. “It’s always about the next week. It’s always about the next opportunity. We play an incredible Browns team and it’s all about them,” Herbert said. After committing four turnovers in the ﬁrst two David Richard | AP file Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield tips his cap to fans after the Browns defeated the Chicago Bears on Sept. 26 in Cleveland. Mayfield has directed the Browns to three straight wins, but is under increasing scrutiny from Cleveland fans after having one of the worst games of his career last week. The Brown face the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday. games, including three in the red zone, Herbert has seven touchdowns and no turnovers the past two weeks, along with a 116.3 passer rating. Mayﬁeld has directed the Browns to three straight wins, but is under increasing scrutiny from Cleveland fans after having one of the worst games of his career last week. It came out on Thursday that May- ﬁeld has a partially torn labrum in his left, nonthrowing shoulder that does not require surgery. Cleveland is coming off a 14-7 victory at Minnesota, where Mayﬁeld completed 15 of 33 passes and twice missed star receiver Odell Beckham Jr. for possible touchdowns. It was an alarming performance for Mayﬁeld, who led the NFL with an 81.6% completion King-Jason King (R). Mitch Roush-Adam Krawsczyn (R) 3&1 over Dave Finney-Danny Cox From page 6 (C). Justin Arnold-Mike Gilmore-Ryan Hudson Chapman (R) 5&4 over (C). J.P. Davis-Dustin Caudill Jeremy Tucker-Adam Krawsczyn (R) 4&3 over (C). Ty Roush-John RidDave Finney-Tom Moore enour (R) 1 up over Rob (C). Bradley-Gabe Bevan (C). Ty Roush-Trent Roush Nick Waddel-Ryan Hud(R) 4&3 over Mike Haynes-Dustin Caudill (C). son (C) 1 up over Trent Roush-Jeff Arnold (R). Justin Myers-Gabe Jeremy Tucker-Sterling Bevan (C) 2&1 over Jeff Shields (R) 2&1 over Arnold-Mike Chapman Mike Haynes-Boeing (R). Smith (C). Alternate Shots Derrick Gilmore-Justin Singles Matches Myers (C) 3&2 over Carl Jeff Arnold (R) 5&3 over J.P. Davis (C). Justin Myers (C) 6&5 over Justin Arnold (R). John Ridenour (R) 2&1 over Doug Ison, Jr. (C). Mitch Roush (R) 6&5 over Gabe Bevan (C). Carl King (R) 3&1 over Nick Waddel (C). Sterling Shields (R) 5&3 over Ryan Hudson (C). Dustin Caudill (C) 1 up over Mike Chapman (R). Jason King (R) 1 up over Rob Bradley (C). Trent Roush (R) 2&1 over Derrick Gilmore (C). Jeremy Tucker (R) 2&1 over Boeing Smith (C). Adam Krawsczyn (R) 4&2 over Dave Finney Soccer From page 6 The offensive onslaught continued into the second half, with senior Seth Nelson and junior Carson Wamsley each netting a goal to give the Blue Devils their 5-0 win. Camden led his team in shots on goal with four, while senior goalie Bryson Miller had three goals on the night. Both Gallia Academy squads will be in action starting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday when they host the Portsmouth Trojans. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Colton Jeffries can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. Lanes FRUIT FARM/MARKET 16 VARIETIES OF APPLES AVAILABLE UNPASTEURIZED APPLE CIDER PUMPKINS & GOURDS 20620 ST. RT. 676 Marietta, Ohio 45750 Call 740-374-3161 after 11am (3 miles west of Marietta) Open: Monday-Saturday 11am-6pm @ Lanes Farm Market Like us on The Plumbers & Pipeﬁtters Local 168 Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee is now accepting applications for Apprenticeship. Applications may be picked up and returned to the Local 168 Union Hall on 201 Front Street in Marietta, Monday through Friday from 8am-noon and from 1pm-5pm. Applications can also be downloaded from ualocal168.org under the training tab. All applications must be returned in person to the Local 168 Union Hall at 201 Front Street Marietta. OH-70257123 Applications will not be accepted unless they are complete including all required documents. Applicants must be at least 18 years old to apply and have a high school diploma or GED. The Local 168 JATC is an equal opportunity employer. (C). Mike Haynes (C) 1 up over Ty Roush (R). Senior Singles Matches Jeff Fowler (R) even with John Davis (C). Tim Burnette (R) 1 up over Ron Hudson (C). Dave Rees (R) 4&2 over Bill Haynes (C). Danny Cox (C) 3&2 over Curtis Roush (R). Riverside now owns a 22-11 all-time advantage in the 33-year event. The event returns to Cliffside Golf Course for the 2022 match. Submitted photo Point Pleasant junior Brennen Sang was named to the alltournament team on Wednesday after finishing sixth at the 2021 WVSSAC Class AA golf championships held at Oglebay Resort in Wheeling, W.Va. Sang appeared in his second straight state tournament and joined Winfield’s Stephen McDavid in sharing sixth place honors with matching final scores of 167 — which was 25-over par for the 2-day event. The Black Knights, as a team, finished last out of eight teams in the Class AA field. Giants righty Cueto not on NLDS roster SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Johnny Cueto is not on the San Francisco Giants’ roster for the NL Division Series as manager Gabe Kapler went with his established bullpen after the right-hander missed time through the season with elbow troubles. San Francisco ﬁrst baseman Brandon Belt is sidelined by a broken left thumb that he hopes will heal in time for a return in the NLCS should the Giants advance. Cueto went 7-7 with a 4.08 ERA over 22 outings and 21 starts, making the ﬁrst relief appearance of his career Sept. 30 against Arizona. The Dodgers are carrying 12 pitchers and 14 position players for the best-of-ﬁve series beginning Friday night at Oracle Park between 107-win NL West champion San Francisco and defending World Series champion Los Angeles, which won 106 games for baseball’s second best record. C-8 Medical Monitoring Program Update to Protocols OH-70256925 Riverside rate after two weeks but has been erratic the past two. Mayﬁeld, who had his shoulder pop out while he attempted to make a tackle last month against Houston, will soldier on. He is wearing a harness on the shoulder. After addressing the media this week to discuss his struggles, Mayﬁeld posted a message on Instagram that seemed aimed at his critics. He reminded fans he has the strength to overcome adversity. Mayﬁeld was complimentary toward Herbert, and joked that he hasn’t had a chance to sit down and talk with him or get at him for breaking his rookie touchdown passes record last season. Both quarterbacks will face challenges from two of the league’s top pass rushers. Cleveland’s Myles Garrett leads the NFL with six sacks and the Chargers’ Joey Bosa has 2 1/2 while being a major threat for blockers. In February 2005, the Wood County Circuit Court in West Virginia approved a class action settlement between the Plaintiffs and E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., the defendant, in a civil action lawsuit called Jack Leach et al. v. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. The Litigation involves claims arising from alleged contamination of human drinking water supplies with a chemical called “C-8” released from DuPont’s Washington Works Plant in Wood County, West Virginia. The settlement established a Medical Monitoring Program for Class Members free of charge for each of six Human Diseases that an independent Science Panel found have a probable link to exposure to C-8. If you are a Class Member and have not completed your free initial screening appointment you should do so. If you have already registered and completed your initial screening appointment, the Medical Panel of the C-8 (PFOA) Medical Monitoring Program has determined that you should have a follow up screening three years after your first medical monitoring screening took place. If you had a follow up screening three years after your first screening, the Medical Panel now recommends that you should also have another follow up screening three years after your second screening. To schedule a screening appointment, please call 1-888-499-2553. (888) 499-2553 ClaimantServices@C-8MedicalMonitoringProgram.com www.C-8MedicalMonitoringProgram.com �NEWS/CLASSIFIEDS 8 Saturday, October 9, 2021 Biden won’t invoke executive privilege on Trump Jan. 6 docs By Eric Tucker, Mary Clare Jalonick and Zeke Miller Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will not block a tranche of documents sought by a House committee’s investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, setting up a showdown with former President Donald Trump, who has pledged to try to keep records from his time in the White House from being turned over to investigators. In a letter to the Archivist of the United States, White House counsel Dana Remus writes that Biden has determined that invoking executive privilege “is not in the best interests of the United States.” This comes days after Trump lawyers sought to block the testimony of former Trump ofﬁcials to the House committee citing executive privilege. On Friday, a lawyer for Steve Bannon said the former White House aide won’t comply with the House committee’s investigation because of Trump’s claim. In August, the House committee investigating the January insurrection at the Capitol asked for a trove of records, including communication within the White House under Trump and information about planning and funding for rallies held in Washington. Among those events was a rally near the White House featuring remarks by Trump, who egged on a crowd of thousands before loyalists stormed the Capitol. In the letter, Remus writes that the documents reviewed “shed light on events within the White House on and about January 6 and bear on the Select Committee’s need to understand the facts underlying the most serious attack on the operations of the Fed- eral Government since the Civil War.” The Associated Press obtained a copy of the letter Friday, which was ﬁrst reported by NBC News. Copies of the documents responsive to the request were turned over to the Biden White House and Trump’s lawyers for review for potential executive privilege concerns in accordance with federal law and the executive order governing presidential records. The committee’s 10-page request to the Archives seeks “All documents and communications within the White House on January 6, 2021,” related to Trump’s close advisers and family members, the rally at the nearby Ellipse and Trump’s Twitter feed. It asks for his speciﬁc movements on that day and communications, if any, from the White House Situation Room. Also sought are all documents related to claims of election fraud, as well as Supreme Court decisions on the topic. Biden’s decision affects only the initial batch of documents reviewed by the White House. Press secretary Jen Psaki said subsequent determinations would be made on a case-by-case basis. The incumbent president has the ﬁnal say unless a court orders the Archives to take a different action. Trump has not formally sought to invoke executive privilege over the documents, though that action is expected soon. Trump is expected to take legal action to block the release of the documents, which if granted, would mark a dramatic expansion of the unwritten executive power. Trump will have an uphill battle, as courts have traditionally left questions of executive privilege up to the current White House occupant . 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She said it ing a 15% minimum would end a “race to the corporate rate designed bottom” in which counto deter multinationals tries outbid each other from stashing proﬁts in with lower tax rates. low-tax countries. “Rather than competing The deal announced on our ability to offer low Friday is an attempt to address the ways global- corporate rates,” she said, “America will now comization and digitalizapete on the skills of our tion have changed the world economy. It would workers and our capacity to innovate, which is a allow countries to tax race we can win.” some of the earnings of The deal faces several companies located elsewhere that make money hurdles before it can take through online retailing, effect. U.S. approval of related tax legislation web advertising and proposed by Biden will be other activities. key, especially since the U.S. President Joe U.S. is home to many of Biden has been one of the driving forces behind the biggest multinational the agreement as govern- companies. A rejection ments around the world by Congress would cast uncertainty over the seek to boost revenue following the COVID-19 entire project. The big U.S. tech compandemic. The agreement among panies like Google and 136 countries represent- Amazon have supported the OECD negotiaing 90% of the global economy was announced tions. One reason is that by the Paris-based Orga- countries would agree nization for Cooperation to withdraw individual and Economic Develop- digital services taxes they have imposed on them in ment, which hosted return for the right to tax the talks that led to it. a part of their earnings under the global scheme. That means the companies would deal with just the one international tax regime, not a multitude of different ones depending on the country. “This accord opens the way to a true tax revolution for the 21st century,” said French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire. “Finally the digital giants will pay their just share in taxes in the countries — including France — where they produce.” On Thursday, Ireland announced that it would join the agreement, ditching a low-tax policy that has led companies like Google and Facebook to base their European operations there. Although the Irish agreement was a step forward for the deal, developing countries have raised objections and Nigeria, Kenya, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have indicated they will not sign up. Anti-poverty and tax fairness advocates have said the bulk of new revenue would go to wealthier countries and offer less to developing countries that are more dependent on corporate taxes. The G-24 group of developing countries said that without a bigger share of revenue from reallocated proﬁts, the deal would be “sub-optimal” and “not sustainable even in the short run.” The deal will be taken up by the Group of 20 ﬁnance ministers next week, and then by G-20 leaders for ﬁnal approval at a summit in Rome at the end of October. Countries would sign up to a diplomatic agreement to implement the tax on companies that have no physical presence in a country but earn proﬁts there, such as through digital services. That provision would affect around 100 global ﬁrms. The second part of the deal, the global minimum of at least 15%, would apply to companies with more than 750 billion euros ($864 billion) in revenue and be passed into domestic law by countries according to model rules developed at the OECD. A top-up provision would mean tax avoided overseas would have to be paid at home. So long as at least the major headquarters countries implement the minimum tax, the deal would have most of its desired effect. ___ Nobel Peace Prize awarded to journalists By Vladimir Isachenkov, Kiko Rosario and Vanessa Gera Associated Press MOSCOW — Journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their ﬁght for freedom of expression in countries where reporters have faced persistent attacks, harassment and even murder. Ressa and Muratov were honored for their “courageous” work but also were considered “representatives of all journalists who stand up for this ideal in a world in which democracy and freedom of the press face increasingly adverse conditions,” said Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Ressa in 2012 cofounded Rappler, a news website that the committee noted had focused critical attention on President Rodrigo Duterte’s “controversial, murderous anti-drug campaign” in the Philippines. She and Rappler “have also documented how social media is being used to spread fake news, harass opponents and manipulate public discourse,” it said. Muratov was one of the founders in 1993 of the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, which the Nobel committee called “the most independent newspaper in Russia today, with a AP photos Novaya Gazeta editor Dmitry Muratov, left, and Rappler CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa. On Friday, Oct. 8, 2021 the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia for their fight for freedom of expression. fundamentally critical attitude towards power.” “The newspaper’s factbased journalism and professional integrity have made it an important source of information on censurable aspects of Russian society rarely mentioned by other media,” it added, noting that six of its journalists were killed since its founding. Ressa, the ﬁrst Filipino to win the peace prize and the ﬁrst woman to be honored this year with an award by the Nobel committee, was convicted last year of libel and sentenced to jail in a decision seen as a major blow to press global freedom. Currently out on bail but facing seven active legal cases, Ressa, 58, said she hopes the award will bolster investigative journalism “that will hold power to account.” “This relentless campaign of harassment and intimidation against me and my fellow journalists in the Philippines is a NEWS REPORTER OH-70253195 Now Hiring Leaders Gallipolis Daily Tribune 825 3rd. Ave Gallipolis, Oh 45631 any questions call 740-446-2342 OH-70253533 Entry level position for full-time news reporter at Ohio Valley Publishing, which includes Gallipolis Daily Tribune, The Daily Sentinel and Point Pleasant Register. Team player wanted for our award winning, Associated Press-affiliated newsrooms. Write the stories of OVP's communities in this fast-paced, self-starting environment. Background in Journalism, English, Communications or Public Relations preferred though a degree is not required. Must have work previously published either in newspapers or other legitimate news source. Photography skills a plus. Connection to our local communities and ability to become a part of them, a must. Benefits package offered. Send resume, cover letter, relevant news clips to Editor Beth Sergent at bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. This job can be rewarding for those willing to give it a fulltime commitment. Serious inquiries only. stark example of a global trend,” she told The Associated Press. She also pointed to social media giants like Facebook as a serious threat to democracy, saying “they actually prioritized the spread of lies laced with anger and hate over facts.” “I didn’t think that what we are going through would get that attention. But the fact that it did also shows you how important the battles we face are, right?” she said. “This is going to be what our elections are going to be like next year. It is a battle for facts. When you’re in a battle for facts, journalism is activism.” Muratov, 59, said he sees the prize as an award to Novaya Gazeta journalists and contributors who were killed, including Anna Politkovskaya, who covered Russia’s bloody conﬂict in Chechnya. “It’s a recognition of the memory of our fallen col- leagues,” he said. “Since the Nobel Peace Prize isn’t awarded posthumously, they came up with this so that Anya could take it, but through other, second hands,” Muratov said, referring to Politkovskaya. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 17 media workers were killed in the Philippines in the last decade and 23 in Russia. Muratov said he would use part of his share of the 10 million Swedish kronor (over $1.14 million) prize money to help independent media as well as a Moscow hospice and children with spinal muscular problems. He said he wouldn’t keep any of the money himself. Former Soviet leader and 1990 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mikhail Gorbachev used some of his award to help fund what would become Novaya Gazeta. He congratulated Muratov, calling him “a wonderful, brave and honest journalist and my friend.” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also praised Muratov as a “talented and brave” person who “has consistently worked in accordance with his ideals.” But Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s envoy to international organizations in Vienna, tweeted that Novaya Gazeta’s editorial policy “has nothing to do with strengthening peace” and that “such controversial decisions diminish the value of the Prize.” �Opinion Ohio Valley Publishing Saturday, October 9, 2021 9 THEIR VIEW The joy of a tasty cider Working at the IGA store in Germantown was my ﬁrst real job. After about a year, I became the assistant manager of the produce section. I enjoyed it. Keeping the shelves stocked with fresh produce was a challenge. In those days, we still exchanged pop bottles and beer bottles for a few cents at the produce window. That kept us busy most of the time. We didn’t have to clean them out, but we had to keep them separated by brand and neatly stacked. It was always a challenge. Then our store manager made a deal with a local orchard owner to stock their homemade apple cider. I would keep the plastic, gallon jugs in our large walk-in cooler. In the fall, those jugs sold quickly. After Thanksgiving the demand dropped, and the plastic jugs would sit in the cooler for a few weeks. One Randy day, I noticed the jugs were starting Riley Contributing to swell a little. I opened one of them and it hissed columnist a little as I unscrewed the cap. That got my curiosity up, so I asked our store manager about it. He said, “Oh, no. It sounds like it’s going hard.” I asked what that meant, and he explained that fresh apple cider could go hard and develop an alcohol content. He told me to take the bottles out back and dump them. I was a very curious teenager. That cider had to be tasted before dumping it. It certainly didn’t taste like simple apple cider anymore. It had developed a bit of a kick – a very tasty kick. I dumped all but one jug. A few of my friends joined me at the edge of woods. We killed that jug and made our way on home. The next day wasn’t very pleasant. In fact, it took a few months before I could stomach the taste of applesauce. Eventually, I got over it. Thank goodness. In Ohio, we can thank Johnny Appleseed for the ongoing popularity of apple cider. His real name was John Chapman, but after planting apple trees and starting orchards throughout the region, he became known as Johnny Appleseed. Johnny didn’t plant the tasty variety of apples we have today – yellow delicious or red delicious. He favored a small apple. It was small and very tart. People called it a “spitter,” because that’s what people were prone to do after biting into one. Although it was almost inedible, it was great for making hard cider and another potent drink called applejack. During the early frontier days, it was unlikely that an apple would end up in a pie. It was far more likely that the apple would end up in a barrel of cider. Drinking water was usually a problem. It was common for water to be contaminated with bacteria. However, the alcohol in cider would kill the bacteria and provided a safe drink. Cider took the place of beer, wine and even water in most frontier homes. Legend has it that Johnny Appleseed liked his pant legs to become ragged and torn. It is also said that he preferred not to wear shoes. He apparently chose to live in poverty. He carried little with him as he walked the wilderness trails of the Midwest. It is said that he didn’t even carry a pot to cook in, but instead Johnny preferred to wear a pot on his head like a cap. In some places he became known as Tincap Appleseed. He was an odd-looking man as he hiked the woods and plains of the Midwest. It is said that the Native Americans left him alone and even treated him with respect as someone who had been touched by the Great Spirit. Besides spreading apple seeds, he also preached and spread the word of God. He converted many members of the American tribes to Christianity. He ended his lifetime of walking in Indiana. Johnny Appleseed lived to the ripe old age of 75 years old. He is buried near Fort Wayne, Indiana. To honor his legend, the Fort Wayne minor league baseball team recently changed their name from the Fort Wayne Wizards to the Fort Wayne Tincaps and their mascot (a large apple wearing a tincap) is named Johnny. There is a museum in Urbana dedicated to Johnny Appleseed and his work. Here in Wilmington, we have a delightful cidery on Sugartree Street that would deﬁnitely bring a smile to Johnny’s face. A local couple, Michelle and Jason, are from a family of beer, wine and cider makers. They had a dream of opening a cidery in Wilmington, and after years of planning and toil their business is now one of the landmarks of fellowship, fun and beverage on Sugartree Street. It is appropriately named “Tin Cap.” Indeed, Johnny Appleseed would be proud. Randy Riley is a former mayor of Wilmington and former Clinton County commissioner. THEIR VIEW Swamp maple morning The ﬂoating leaf was a startling burst of scarlet upon the water. I was enjoying a morning walk along the upper Stillwater, following a streamside path near Goode Prairie Preserve. Being an incorrigible ﬁsherman, I naturally paused from time to time to study the ﬂowing water, while fervently wishing I’d brought along a rod and tackle. The eye-catching red leaf swirled around a rock and spun into an eddy, turning again and again in the merry-go-round of current. Looking about I located the parent swamp maple seventy-ﬁve feet upstream. It wasn’t a huge tree, maybe thirty feet tall to the crown. But come October, swamp a swamp maple doesn’t have to be big to make an impact. A swamp maple in ﬁery autumn regalia stands out like a ﬂaming torch in a dark night. Like male cardinals at a winter feeder, the blazing red leaves simply astound the eye. Autumn swamp maples also deliver their visual pleasure regardless of weather. On sunny days they maples go, not pardazzle, ﬁlling your ticularly suited for sight like a handful furniture making— of rubies tossed though a friend has onto the kitchen a lovely bookcase counter. A single and reading table swamp maple can which he fashioned visually anchor a from home-milled hidden landscape; Natural swamp maple a stand of no more Wanders boards. More often than half a dozen Jim red maple is used mature trees can McGuire for small stuff— dominate an entire clothes hangers, hillside. Should the sky be over- clothespins, veneers and interior ﬁnishing. cast or even drizzling Swamp maples are what rain, swamp maples perform a trick, glowing like foresters call a “supergeneralists.” Trees which a beacon, their brilliant can thrive in almost any scarlet leaves magically situation—wet or dry, luminous, as if lit by an exposed to lots of sun or inner ﬁre. No day can ever be dreary if there’s a tucked into heavy shade, on soil that’s nutrient-rich swamp maple nearby! or poor. Swamp maples—also Which, incidentally, is called scarlet maples why red maples, besides or red maples—are being fast-growing and widespread, occurring attractive throughout the throughout the Atlantic seasons, are so popular and Great Lakes region, with landscapers. from Newfoundland to Their swamp maple Florida and west to East appellative came because Texas. they’re often found in Their tannins were damp hollows, boggy once extracted and used by both Indians and early corners, and along mucky settlers to make a dye for river corridors—soggy, clothing and ink. Swamp fairly inaccessible landmaple sap can also be col- scapes. Like many trees with a lected and boiled down to swamp-rooted heritage, syrup and sugar. The wood of the swamp red maples are programmed to drop their maple is rather soft as seeds in the spring, after annual ﬂoodwaters have receded. By contrast, upland trees typically drop seeds in the fall. That, coupled with the tree’s environmentally broad growing conditions, means the swamp maple is both a great early-successional species, as well as a key late-successional species—one with a built-in three or four month jump on the growing season due to its early seeding. No wonder swamp maples are capable of invading the woodlands like gangbusters! As I stared at the tree, another swamp maple leaf loosened its hold high in the scarlet canopy and ﬂuttered earthwards, glowing in the morning light like a translucent red shard from a cathedral’s stained-glass window. Well, I told myself, you may have messed up leaving the ﬁshing gear back at the house…but thanks to that little red swamp maple, the day has already yielded an unforgettable treasure. Reach Jim McGuire at naturalwanders@gmail.com. TODAY IN HISTORY 1975, his son, Sean, was born in New York.) In 1985, the hijackToday is Saturday, Oct. 9, the 282nd day of 2021. ers of the Achille Lauro cruise liner surrendered There are 83 days left in two days after seizing the year. the vessel in the MediterToday’s Highlight in History: ranean. (Passenger Leon On Oct. 9, 1967, Marx- Klinghoffer was killed by ist revolutionary guerrilla the hijackers during the standoff.) leader Che Guevara, 39, In 2001, in the ﬁrst was summarily executed daylight raids since the by the Bolivian army a start of U.S.-led attacks day after his capture. on Afghanistan, jets bombed the Taliban On this date: stronghold of Kandahar. In 1888, the public was ﬁrst admitted to the Letters postmarked in Trenton, N.J., were sent Washington Monument. to Sens. Tom Daschle and In 1910, a coal dust explosion at the Starkville Patrick Leahy; the letters Mine in Colorado left 56 later tested positive for anthrax. miners dead. In 2004, a tour bus In 1936, the ﬁrst genfrom the Chicago area erator at Boulder (later ﬂipped in Arkansas, killHoover) Dam began transmitting electricity to ing 15 people headed to a Mississippi casino. Los Angeles. In 2009, President In 1940, rock-and-roll Barack Obama won the legend John Lennon Nobel Peace Prize for was born in Liverpool, England. (On this date in what the Norwegian The Associated Press Nobel Committee called “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” In 2012, former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison following his conviction on 45 counts of sexual abuse of boys. In 2014, six U.S. military planes arrived in the Ebola hot zone with more Marines as West African leaders pleaded for the world’s help in dealing with what Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma described as “a tragedy unforeseen in modern times.” Today’s Birthdays: Retired MLB All-Star Joe Pepitone is 81. Former Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., is 80. C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb is 80. R&B singer Nona Hendryx is 77. Singer Jackson Browne is 73. Nobel Peace laureate Jody Williams is 71. Actor Gary Frank is 71. Actor Richard Chaves is 70. Actor Robert Wuhl is 70. Actor-TV personality Sharon Osbourne is 69. Actor Tony Shalhoub is 68. Actor Scott Bakula is 67. Actor John O’Hurley is 67. Writer-producerdirector-actor Linwood Boomer is 66. Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Mike Singletary is 63.. Jazz musician Kenny Garrett is 61. Former British Prime Minister David Cameron is 55. Singer P.J. Harvey is 52. Movie director Steve McQueen (Film: “12 Years a Slave”) is 52. World Golf Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam is 51. Rock singer Sean Lennon is 46. Actor Brandon Routh is 42. Actor Zachery Ty Bryan is 40. �Along the River 10 Saturday, October 9, 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing A ‘Revolutionary’ endeavor Remembering the Battle of Point Pleasant By Beth Sergent bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — A memorial service observing the 247th anniversary of the Battle of Point Pleasant recently took place at Tu-Endie-Wei State Park, with cannon and gun salutes, memorial addresses and the laying of wreaths at “The Magazine” in the park. Ed Cromley, president of the Point Pleasant Chapter Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) was the master of ceremonies, with Randy McGill, treasurer of the Point Pleasant Chapter SAR commanding the cannon ﬁre salute. Chaplain Lynn Halstead of the West Virginia Society SAR delivered the invocation. The Presentation of Colors was provided by the Ohio State Color Guard under the Command of Bob Hill. Diana Johnson, regent Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) led the Pledge of Allegiance while Brooke Price, also a member of the Lewis DAR chapter, performed the National Anthem. Cheryl Brown, regent for the West Virginia State Society of the DAR delivered the DAR Memorial Address followed by John A. Turley, MD, president of the West Virginia SAR, delivering the SAR Memorial Address. Turley also delivered the eulogy given by Col. Andrew Lewis on Oct. 13, 1774 on the death of his brother, Col. Charles Lewis. Richard L. Hartinger, president Camp Charlotte Chapter Ohio Society SAR, delivered the memorial address, speaking on Camp Charlotte, Chief Logan and the Battle of Point Pleasant as well as the latter’s signiﬁcance amid Revolutionary War history. Presenting wreaths at the memorial service were: For the City of Point Pleasant, First Ward Council Person Corrie Fetty; for the West Virginia Society SAR, State President John Turley; for the Ohio State Society SAR, Color Guard Commander Bob Hill; for the Indiana Society Indiana State Chapter, President Jeffrey W. Jones; for the New Hampshire State SAR, Joe Supple; for the West Virginia Society DAR, State Regent Cheryl Brown; for the West Virginia Society SAR Point Pleasant Chapter, Secretary David Siders; for the West Virginia Society SAR George Rogers Clark Chapter, Rudy Vincent; for the West Virginia Society SAR Greenbrier Valley Chapter, State Second Photos by Beth Sergent | OVP SAR Fort Randolph CAR member Rylan Price presents a wreath at the memorial service for the Battle of Point Pleasant. For the Ohio Society DAR Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter, Regent Gina Tillis presents a wreath. The Presentation of Colors was provided by the Ohio State Color Guard under the Command of Bob Hill. Vice President Rhendal Butler; for the West Virginia Society SAR General Andrew Lewis Chapter, President Tom Galloway; for the West Virginia Society SAR General Adam Stevens, Chapter President Martin Keesecker; for the Virginia Society SAR George Mason Chapter, Past President Peter M. Davenport, Historian; for the Virginia Society SAR Fort Harrison Chapter, Scott Fielding; for the Virginia Society SAR Col. James Wood II Chapter, Allan Phillips; for the Ohio Society SAR Cincinnati, Chapter President Jack H. Bredenfoerder; for the Ohio Society SAR Hocking Valley Chapter, Allan Gummere; for the Kentucky Society SAR Blue Licks Chapter, Patrick Wesolosky. For the State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania Memorial Observance, Committee Chair Dr Bruce I Bennett, I; for the Indiana Society SAR John Martin Chapter, President William Behnke, Sr.; for the New Jersey Society Colonel Richard Sommers Chapter, SAR Fort Randolph CAR member Rylan Price; for the United States Daughters of the war of 1812 Monongahelia, Chapter Vice President Vickie Baker; for the West Virginia Society DAR Colonel Charles Laying a wreath for their 6th Great Grand Father Thomas Price combatant in the Battle of Point Pleasant, West Virginia Society CAR Fort Randolph Chapter members Remington and Romey Price and David Price For the West Virginia Society CAR Fort Randolph Chapter, Raegan Price presents a wreath. Lewis Chapter, Regent Diana Johnson; for the West Virginia Society DAR Colonel Morgan Morgan Chapter, Pattie Norman; for the West Virginia Society DAR Pack Horse Ford Chapter, 1st Vice President Marlyn Kessecker; for WV Dames of Court of Honor, State President Rebecca Davis; for the West Virginia Society DAR Tanner’s Cross Roads Chapter, Chapter Regent Vickey Baker; for the West Virginia Society DAR Old Hickory Chapter, Selma Lee Humphreys; for the West Virginia Society DAR Anne Bailey Chapter, Regent Mary Johnson; for the North Carolina Society DAR Colonel Fredrick Hambright Chapter, Joyce Plonk Forrest. For the Ohio Society DAR Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter, Regent Gina Tillis; for the Kentucky Society DAR Boone County Chapter, Registrar Robin L. Bennett; for the WV Society, United States Daughters of 1812, State President Cindy Nicewarner; for the West Virginia Society CAR Fort Randolph Chapter, Raegan Price; for WV Society Daughters of Colonial Wars, State President Rebecca Davis; for the West Virginia State Society of Mayﬂower Descendants, West Virginia Deputy Governor General Vickie Baker; for their 6th Great Grand Father Thomas Price combatant in the Battle of Point Pleasant, West Virginia Society CAR Fort Randolph Chapter members Remington and Romey Price and David Price; for her 5th Great Grand Father James Simpkins and 5th Great Uncle Daniel Simpkins combatants in the Battle of Point Pleasant, Selma Lee Humphreys; for the Society of New England Women ,Vickie Baker; Central District WV DAR, Central District Members of the Point Pleasant Chapter SAR prepare for the cannon fire salute. Director Jane Larke; Ohio Society DAR Elizabeth Sherman Reese Chapter Janet Gummere; Virginia Society SAR Past President Peter Davenport; Ohio Society SARMarietta Chapter Bob Hatﬁeld; for the Mason County Commission, Commission President Sam Nibert; for the President General National Society SAR, Central District Vice President General Jesse G. Moore. In addition there were virtual wreath presentations via Zoom from presenters located in Maryland, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. Commanders Hill and McGill, commanded the gun salute and cannon ﬁre, respectively, to close the service. Chaplain Halstead delivered the benediction. The service was sponsored by the Point Pleasant Chapter West Virginia Society Sons of the American Revolution. Additional information provided by Ed Cromley, president Point Pleasant SAR. © 2021, Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Beth Sergent is editor of Ohio Valley Publishing. �Ohio Valley Publishing Saturday, October 9, 2021 11 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-70253451 Schedule Your Mammogram Today 304.675.6257 Learn More at pvalley.org �NEWS 12 Saturday, October 9, 2021 SWCD Photos by Becky Grate Meigs County Treasure Hunt Meigs County Treasure Hunt Winners 15 and under age group are pictured, from left, CSHA Hunt organizer Greg Bailey, 1st Place, Broghan Short, 2nd Place, Stanley Viny, and CSHA Hunt organizer Jim Smith. Winners, age 16 and over are pictured, from left, CSHA Hunt organizer Greg Bailey, 2nd Place, Gina Tillis, 1st Place, Tahnee Andrew, 3rd Place, Rose Andrew, and CSHA Hunt organizer Jim Smith. during the morning’s activities. 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When you therapy or radiation get vaccinated, you reduce your risk of get- treatment for cancer, or persons with chronic ting sick with ﬂu and possibly being hospital- conditions requiring chronic corticosteroids ized or dying. or other drugs that Following is a list of suppress the immune all the health and age system) factors that are known · People who have had to increase a person’s a stroke risk of getting serious Other people at highcomplications from ﬂu: · Adults 65 years and er risk from ﬂu: · Pregnant people and older people up to 2 weeks · Children younger after the end of pregthan 2 years old1 nancy · Asthma · People who live · Neurologic and neuin nursing homes and rodevelopment condiother long-term care tions facilities · Blood disorders · People from cer(such as sickle cell distain racial and ethnic ease) minority groups are · Chronic lung disat increased risk for ease (such as chronic hospitalization with ﬂu, obstructive pulmonary including non-Hispanic disease [COPD] and Black persons, Hispanic cystic ﬁbrosis) · Endocrine disorders or Latino persons, and American Indian or (such as diabetes melAlaska Native persons litus) Although all children · Heart disease (such as congenital heart dis- younger than 5 years old are considered at ease, congestive heart higher risk of serious failure and coronary ﬂu complications, the artery disease) highest risk is for those · Kidney diseases younger than 2 years · Liver disorders · Metabolic disorders old, with the highest hospitalization and (such as inherited metabolic disorders and death rates among infants younger than 6 mitochondrial disormonths old. ders) Call the Meigs Coun· People who are obese with a body mass ty Health Department at 740-992-6626 with index [BMI] of 40 or questions. Contact your higher doctor if you are still · People younger unsure about being vacthan 19 years old on cinated. long-term aspirin- or This article submitsalicylate-containing ted by the Meigs County medications. · People with a weak- Health Department. ened immune system support conservation and enforcement of wildlife laws. The division currently has ﬁve K9 ofﬁcers From page 1 and Gilkey pointed out has been married to his numerous occasions wife, Sammi Mugrage, where his dog, Mattis, for 24 years and share has assisted in solving two children: Avary, who cases by ﬁnding evidence is enrolled in the nursing such as spent shell casprogram at Washington ings and guns, not just for State Community Colthe Division of Wildlife, lege, and Bella, who is a but also for other state Junior at Eastern High and local law enforcement School. Travis was a loco- agencies. motive engineer for NorThe program receives folk Southern Railroad much support through for 23 years. He enjoys the Karr-Aanestead K9 the outdoors, hunting, Foundation Fund, named ﬁshing, and helping his in memory of the late daughters with their 4-H Horace Karr, a longtime market goats. member of the State The election results Wildlife Council, and Dr. were counted and Erik Aanestead, DVM, announced by Cody through several other Hacker, Area 5 Program sportsman’s groups, and Specialist with the Ohio with dog food from PetDepartment of Agriculland and veterinary supture-Division of Soil and port from Dr. Josh Ervin, Water Conservation. The DVM. third candidate was Joe Gilkey is a 2002 graduBlackston, Reedsville, ate from Hocking College who along with his wife, and graduated from the Holly, and son, Ranger, State Wildlife Ofﬁcer owns and operates a cow/ Academy in 2005. Gilkey calf farm on 450 acres in was assigned to NorthChester Township. west Ohio “at large” out of the academy and later served six years as the Guest speaker Adams county ofﬁcer in Chris Gilkey, Meigs County wildlife ofﬁcer for Southwest Ohio before transferring to Meigs the Ohio Department of County, his home county, Natural Resources-Ohio Division of Wildlife, was in 2012. Besides his regular duties as a county the guest speaker of the evening and spoke about ofﬁcer Gilkey serves as a ﬁtness instructor, ﬁeld the division’s K9 protraining ofﬁcer, K-9 hangram. His presentation, dler, and state K-9 evaluentitled “Protecting and ator for the Division of Connecting,” discussed Wildlife. Additionally, he the history of working dogs in wildlife, the Ohio serves as the vice president of Fraternal Order of Division of Wildlife K9 program, the specialized Police Lodge 143. training and ﬁeld use of the dogs, and program Bolin recognized for service funding. Meigs SWCD Board Although dogs have of Supervisors member been domesticated for Joe Bolin was singled thousands of years and out for recognition of his have served mankind in 29 years and 10 months a multitude of capaciof service to the Meigs ties, their use as police SWCD. He declined rundogs only began around ning for reelection this the late 1800s, Gilkey year, and at the compleexplained. The Ohio tion of his term on Dec. DOW program ofﬁcially 31 will have 30 years of began in 2017, and today service to the district; he 31 states use dogs to is already the district’s Daily Sentinel longest serving supervisor. Bolin has also held area and state ofﬁces as a member of the Ohio Federation of Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Directors and has traveled around the country representing Ohio at meetings of the National Association of Conservation District. He spearheaded the creation of the 174-acre Meigs SWCD Conservation Area in 2002 and in 2015 he was named Supervisor of the Year for District 5 of the Ohio Federation of Soil and Water Conservation Districts, an area comprising 17 counties in central and southeastern Ohio. In 2018 he was named a Lifetime Cooperator of the Meigs SWCD, an honor shared by only three other individuals. Cases Volunteer of the Year Mary Freeman, Racine, was recognized as the district’s 2021 Volunteer of the Year for over 20 years of service to the Meigs SWCD Auxiliary. During that time, she has participated in numerous litter cleanups including Leading Creek Stream Sweeps and Ohio River Sweeps, Meigs County Cleanup Days, as well as workdays at the Meigs SWCD Conservation Area, clearing trails and planting trees, and assisting with annual banquets and other events. Land Judging and Hay Show Meigs SWCD education coordinator Jessie Donahue announced this year’s Land Judging contest winners. The contest was held in Athens County at the Van Nostrum Farm Cooperator of the Year near Albany. Each year, the Meigs Students from SouthSWCD, and the USDAern and Meigs Local Natural Resources Conservation Service partner Vocational Agricultural to recognize a Cooperator Departments participated of the Year for Meigs in the contest. Southern County. This year’s outhad 14 students parstanding cooperator, John ticipate with Meigs Local Collins, manages a beef having seven students. cattle operation, which High scoring indiis comprised of approxividuals in the Agricultural mately 129 acres of pasLand Judging contest ture, hay, and woodland. were, in order from ﬁrst Collins and his family to third: Corey Seth have completed multiple (Southern), Cassidy agreements with NRCS. Bailey (Southern) and Beginning in 2010 he Shelbe Cochran (Meigs). and his father, the late The top scoring team George Collins, began was from Southern and work through the Enviincluded Seth, Bailey, ronmental Quality Incen- Anthony Whobrey and tives Program, initially Hannah Turley. completing the installaHigh scoring indition of a watering facility. viduals in the Urban He has also taken advan- Land Judging contest tage of the opportunity were, in order: Dalton to rent equipment from Pierce (Meigs), Kodi Rife the SWCD throughout (Southern) and Theron the years. Black (Southern). The In 2016, Collins comtop scoring team was pleted additional conser- from Southern and Rife, vation practices on his Black, Chloe Smith and land addressing multiple Katie Rowe. resource concerns including livestock water quanThis story submitted on tity, soil compaction and behalf of the Meigs Soil erosion, water quality, and Water Conservation and degraded plant condi- District. 51-60 — 433 conﬁrmed cases (4 new), 33 probable cases, 3 deaths 61-70 — 329 conﬁrmed From page 1 cases (5 new), 21 probable cases (1 new), 50-59 — 534 cases (12 10 deaths new), 38 hospitalizations 71+ — 293 conﬁrmed (1 new), 5 deaths cases (1 less), 21 60-69 — 428 cases (8 probable cases (1 less), new), 40 hospitalizations 35 deaths (1 new), 10 deaths Additional county case 70-79 — 291 cases (3 data since vaccinations new), 64 hospitalizations began Dec. 14, 2020: (4 new), 15 deaths (1 Total cases since start new) of vaccinations: 2,598; 80-plus — 187 cases (3 Total cases among new), 51 hospitalizations individuals who were (1 new), 28 deaths Mason County not reported as fully Vaccination rates in According to the 10 vaccinated — 2,461; Gallia County are as a.m. update on Friday Total breakthrough follows, according to from DHHR, there cases among fully ODH: have been 3,420 cases vaccinated — 137; Vaccines started: (49 new) of COVIDTotal deaths among 12,271 (41.04 percent of 19, in Mason County not fully vaccinated the population); (3,196 conﬁrmed cases, individuals — 34; Vaccines completed: 224 probable cases) Total breakthrough 11,288 (37.76 percent of since the beginning of deaths among fully the population). the pandemic and 49 vaccinated individuals deaths. DHHR reports — 2. there are currently 179 Meigs County A total of 10,646 people According to the 2 p.m. active cases and 3,192 in Mason County have recovered cases, in update from ODH on received at least one dose Mason County. Friday, there have been Case data is as follows: of the COVID-19 vaccine, 2,456 total cases (34 which is 40.1 percent of 0-4 — 55 conﬁrmed new) in Meigs County cases (2 new), 2 probable the population, according since the beginning to DHHR, with 8,885 case of the pandemic, 128 5-11 — 144 conﬁrmed fully vaccinated or 33.5 hospitalizations and 45 percent of the population. cases (1 new), 14 deaths. Of the 2,456 Mason County is cases, 2,002 (43 new) are probable cases 12-15 — 187 conﬁrmed currently orange, presumed recovered. downgraded from red, on Case data is as follows: cases (1 new), 16 the West Virginia County probable cases 0-19 — 448 cases (9 16-20 — 249 conﬁrmed Alert System. new), 5 hospitalizations cases (9 new), 13 20-29 — 351 cases (1 probable cases new), 3 hospitalizations Ohio 21-25 — 249 conﬁrmed (1 new) According to the 2 cases (5 new), 20 30-39 — 313 cases (2 p.m. update on Friday new), 10 hospitalizations probable cases from ODH, there have 26-30 — 287 conﬁrmed been 6,651 cases in the (2 new) cases ( new), 17 probable past 24 hours (21-day 40-49 — 352 cases (8 new), 12 hospitalizations cases (1 new) average of 5,842), 245 31-40 — 494 conﬁrmed new hospitalizations (21(2 new), 1 death cases (6 new), 38 50-59 — 343 cases (6 day average of 260), 10 new), 18 hospitalizations probable cases (1 new) new ICU admissions (2141-50 — 476 conﬁrmed day average of 22) and (5 new), 2 death cases (10 new), 29 60-69 — 305 cases (4 329 new deaths in the new), 29 hospitalizations probable cases (1 new), previous 24 hours (211 death (1 new), 8 deaths day average of 64) with 70-79 — 218 cases (3 new), 29 hospitalizations (3 new), 13 deaths 80-plus — 126 cases (1 new), 22 hospitalizations (1 new), 20 deaths Vaccination rates in Meigs County are as follows, according to ODH: Vaccines started: 9,294 (40.57 percent of the population); Vaccines completed: 8,367 (36.53 percent of the population). tion. 22,819 total reported deaths. (Editor’s Note: Deaths are reported two days per week) Vaccination rates in Ohio are as follows, according to ODH: Vaccines started: 6,358,596 (54.4 percent of the population); Vaccines completed: 5,919,779 (50.64 percent of the population). West Virginia According to the 10 a.m. update on Friday from DHHR, there have been 250,000 total cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with 2,9948 reported since Wednesday. DHHR reports 13,721 “breakthrough” cases as of Friday with 188 total breakthrough deaths statewide (counts include cases after the start of COVID-19 vaccination/ Dec. 14, 2020). There have been a total of 3,935 deaths due to COVID19 since the start of the pandemic, with 161 since Wednesday. There are 11,926 currently active cases in the state, with a daily positivity rate of 9.69 percent and a cumulative positivity rate of 5.99 percent. Statewide, 1,019,992 West Virginia residents have received at least one dose of the COVID19 (56.9 percent of the population). 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