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Buffington Island Memorial Ceremony held By Lorna Hart Special to OVP PORTLAND — While commemorating the only significant Civil War battle fought in Ohio, the Battle of Buffington Island, the contribution of the Ohio River to the defeat and capture of Morgan’s Raiders is often overlooked. As members of the Ohio Department Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, the Ohio History Connection, and the Buffington Island Battlefield Preservation Foundation gathered for the annual memorial service on Saturday, 157 years had passed since the battle that led to the defeat of Confederate Brigadier General John H. Morgan. What has become his famous Raid began in Tennessee, on June 11, 1863, with approximately 2,500 troops. The raiders continued through Kentucky and Indiana before entering Ohio at Harrison. As the confederate troops moved through Ohio, Union troops were called to intercept. Many things have changed in the Portland area, but it is still mostly rural. In this predominantly agricultural region of Ohio, the 1,200 plus acres where the battle was fought are mostly corn and vegetable fields. The river that provided a natural barrier preventing Morgan’s escape, still flows, although significantly wider and deeper than in 1863. Before the installation of dams on the Ohio, river crossings COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced Wednesday that a mandatory mask order will be expanded statewide to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The mask mandate will go into effect Thursday evening for everyone age 10 and older, DeWine said. The Republican governor in recent weeks had resisted calls for a statewide mask order and instead required masks just in counties that were considered “hotspots.” But he said Wednesday that more counties are seeing increasing numbers. There are signs, DeWine said, that the rate of increase has slowed in those counties where masks were already required. “It looks like wearing the masks is starting to have an effect,” he said. Residents in all counties must wear a mask when out in public or in a place where they are See OHIO | 4 Dave McMel, Cabot Blessing Camp #126 | Courtesy photo The recommendation for manning a Civil War cannon was around nine men, but it is said that “only two were needed in a pinch.” were common in summer when water levels were at their lowest, and revealed sand bars and fords. Morgan had sent scouts ahead to locate the best spots for escape across the river, and Buffington Island was at the top of the See ISLAND | 4 Farmers’ Market vouchers available for veterans By Sarah Hawley shawley@aimmediamidwest.com Gallia has highest single-day increase of cases Church outbreak in Mason Co. Staff Report OHIO VALLEY — Following a day when seven new COVID19 cases were added on Tuesday, two additional cases were confirmed in Gallia County on Wednesday, with Meigs County reporting its first hospitalization of a resident and a church outbreak reported in Mason County. In a Facebook post on Wednesday afternoon, the Gallia County Health Department stated, “We’ve stated from the beginning of the outbreak that if a situation would arise to where we would need to notify the public of a location where active exposure has occurred impacting residents we would alert you to this. For this reason, we are asking anybody who visited Bridgeport Equipment and Tool on July 18th or 21st to monitor yourself for symptoms of COVID-19. If you are symptomatic, please contact your primary care provider for testing and if you do not have one you can contact the Health Department to arrange for testing. 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As always, we urge all residents to practice social distancing and wear a facial covering when in public.” Then, Wednesday evening, the Gallia Health Department reported an additional case via a Facebook post that stated, “At this time, we are reporting 1 additional case of COVID-19 for Gallia County. This case is currently active and not the result of an antibody test. This individual is not connected to our current cases.” On Tuesday, the Gallia Coun- ty Health Department reported the county’s highest single-day increase of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began, with those seven new confirmed cases. Seven cases reported on Tuesday equals the entire count for the Month of June (7 cases), which was the previous high for a monthly case total, according to the data provided by the Gallia County Health Department. Four of Tuesday’s seven cases were reported not to be connected with previous cases. On Wednesday evening, the county’s total was 38 cases (35 See GALLIA | 5 Bill on arming teachers could include ‘school marshal program’ By Susan Tebben Ohio Capital Journal An Ohio Senate bill meant to reduce the amount of training needed for school personnel to be armed could be amended to create a “school marshal program” in those schools. The state Senate committee on Government Oversight and Reform met Tuesday to discuss Senate Bill 317, a bill that was written to exempt school personnel from needing See PROGRAM | 5 OVP file photo State Senator Frank Hoagland speaks during the 2019 Meigs County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner at Meigs High School. POMEROY — Meigs County veterans are eligible to receive a $10 voucher to be used at the Meigs County Farmers’ Market in Pomeroy this weekend. Market Manager Stephanie Rife explained that the market has received a grant from the Disciple Making Church Committee which was put toward 20 of the $10 vouchers for the veterans. The idea to do something at the market for veterans was first brought up a few months ago by board member Bill Brothers, who is a veteran, stated Rife, with the idea leading to these vouchers. Rife explained that once it was announced about the vouchers several others in the community contacted her about making donations to sponsor veterans. By Tuesday evening, donations had come in to provide a total of 49 vouchers to veterans. “I am just blown away… Every time we decide to do good this community steps in and out does us,” said Rife, noting the amazing response from the community for this and other activities of the market. Rife stated that the veteran will need to See MARKET | 10 �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Thursday, July 23, 2020 HAROLD E. GILMORE OBITUARIES KORENA KAY JENKINSON WILLIAMS BURLINGHAM — Korena Kay Jenkinson Williams, age 76, of Burlingham, Ohio, died July 20, 2020, after a short illness from returning cancer. She was born Aug. 1, 1943, in Providence, Rhode Island, and was the daughter of Curtis Jenkinson and Dortha Satterfield Jenkinson. A graduate of Middleport High School and Bliss Business College, Kay was a former employee of the State of Ohio and Royal Crown Bottling in Middleport. She was an avid swimmer and as a teenager she and a friend swam across the Ohio River and back just for the fun of it. She also spent a great deal of time on family genealogy and county history. She was a member of the Meigs County Historical Society, the Chester Shade Historical Association, the Bedford-Lodi Historical Society, the Shade-Lodi History and Genealogy Association, and the Shade Community Center Association. She often posted historical pictures on various Facebook groups, was very well known to post in the Middleport Interesting Pictures group, and was active in her Middleport High School reunions. She loved her cats, planting flowers, teaching her grandchildren and great-grandchildren how to swim, and cheering them on in any sports they played! In her spare time, she loved to use her sharp wit to joke with anyone she met and ask them about their family history. Kay attended the Middleport Church of Christ and was a member of the Carleton Church of Kingsbury Road, Pomeroy. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Charles Williams of Burlingham, Ohio. She is survived by her sister, Mary Jane Jenkinson of Racine Ohio; children, James Hoyt (Becky) of Pomeroy and Sandra Hoyt of Shade Ohio; her grandchildren, Amanda Hoyt Sisson (Pete), Angie Williams Rossler (Jason), Josh Williams (Charity); great-grandchildren Rylie, Cash, Cason, Corbin, Brendon, Alex, Logan, and Connor; and many friends. Calling hours will be at Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy on Monday, July 27, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. with a short service and graveside services directly after with Jordan Pickens officiating. Burial will be at the Burlingham Cemetary, Burlingham, Ohio. Please sign the registry at Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home website at AndersonMcDaniel.com. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Chester Shade Historical Association, 46454 SR 248, P.O. Box 44, Chester, OH 45720. POMEROY — Harold E. Gilmore, 86, of Pomeroy, passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2020, at his residence. Born Jan. 30, 1934, in Pomeroy, Ohio, he was the son of the late Walter and Edna Oiler Gilmore. Harold was retired from Midwest Steel after 27 years of service and attended Calvary Pilgrim. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Lucille Bradshaw Gilmore; one son, Jason Gilmore; one daughter, Jeannie (Rob) Richmond; four grandchildren, Matthew, Calab, Collin and Alex; and one sister Joanne (Roland) Wise. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by five brothers, Jim, Clarence, Deke, Wendell and Barney; four sisters, Maxine, Marge, Leona and Vivian; and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. on Friday, July 24, at the EwingSchwarzel Funeral Home in Pomeroy with Mark Nix officiating. Burial will follow in Meigs Memory Gardens. Visitation will take place on Thursday evening from 6-8 p.m. at the Ewing-Schwarzel Funeral Home. Friends are encouraged to sign the online guestbook at ewingfuneralhome.net. FONNIE MARIE THOMAN CROWN CITY — Fonnie Marie Thoman, 76, of Crown City, passed away Tuesday July 21, 2020 at home. She was born June 22, 1944 in Mt. Victory, to the late Pearl Edward and Lola Marie Barnett Taylor. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter Martha Kay Thoman; two sisters Judy Taylor and Helen Barnett; and four brothers Charles, Delmar, Leroy, and Gerald Taylor. Fonnie is survived by her husband Robert A. Thoman; son Glenn Allen Thoman of South Point; sisters Marlene Rhodes of Proctorville and Darlene Whitted of Proctorville; seven brothers Robert, Harold, Herman, Tony, Sam, Gerald, and Mike Taylor; two grandchildren Katie Collins and Bobby Collins; and two greatgrandchildren Carson and Brycen. Funeral service will be held at noon, Saturday July 25, 2020 at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville. Burial will follow in Thoman Family Cemetery, Crown City. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.ehallfuneralhome. com. THOMPSON RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. — Joshua William Thompson, 32, of Ravenswood, W.Va., died July 19, 2020 in Cottageville, W.Va. There will be no public services at this time. Arrangements provided by Casto Family Funeral Homes, Ravenswood, Evans, Mason and New Haven, W.Va. HEALTHY WORDS TO LIVE BY Lunch hour and heart health really hungry When it comes from not eating to your lunch hour breakfast, you are at work, it can be likely to eat more tricky sticking to at lunch as well healthy choices. as crave fast food. Whether you find According to Mayo it challenging to Clinic, the basics get a head start Tim of a healthy breakon preparing Damron fast should include your lunch in the MD, FACC, these good-formorning, or your cardiologist your-heart foods: office often caters - Whole grains decadent, fatty, lunches — making better such as whole oats, whole grain toast, or quinoa. choices doesn’t have to - Lean proteins such be so hard. 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Having homemade, healthy grab-and-go meals can also save you a boatload of time, and you’ll be more likely to skip the fast-food drive-thru on lunch hour. Add these top heart-healthy items to your grocery list and whip up some healthy meals: - Lean cuts of beef, chicken, and salmon. - Assorted fruits and vegetables such as apples, bananas, broccoli, and asparagus. -Low-fat cheese and other low-fat dairy products. -Beans and legumes. - Leafy greens. Once your meals are prepared, you can freeze them as needed to keep them from spoiling. Drink more water Staying hydrated is a crucial component of heart health. Not only does adequate hydration keep your heart from strain, but it can also help your heart pump blood through your blood vessels to your muscles easier. If you struggle with remembering to drink more water, here are some tips to remind you to take a water break: - Leave a water bottle at your desk and keep it full throughout the day. - Snack on fruits and vegetables packed with H2O, such as watermelon, grapes, and cucumbers. -Replace energy drinks and sugary sodas with water instead. - Set reminders to drink water on your smartphone or computer at work. Pleasant Valley Hospital offers the latest in screening and advanced treatment of heart disease. For more information about heart disease prevention and treatments, contact the office of Cardiologist Timothy Damron, MD, FACC, at 304-6751484. Dr. Damron and his team are happy to help you with all your cardiovascular concerns and needs. Piece submitted by PVH. Ohio Valley Publishing OVBC announces cash dividend GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — On July 21, 2020, Ohio Valley Banc Corp. [Nasdaq: OVBC] Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.21 per common share payable on August 10, 2020, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on July 31, 2020. For almost 11 years, OVBC has maintained a consistent, regular quarterly dividend of $0.21 per common share. A statement from OVBC read, “We are humbled to continue OVBC’s tradition of offering a steady quarterly cash dividend even in these trying times. Thank you to the hundreds of loyal shareholders who continue to see the value in this hometown success story and its dedication to not only help our community survive but thrive.” Ohio Valley Banc Corp. is based in Gallipolis, Ohio. The primary subsidiaries of the company are: Ohio Valley Bank and Loan Central. Ohio Valley Bank is an FDIC-insured, state member bank of the Federal Reserve operating 15 offices in Ohio and West Virginia. Loan Central, specializing in tax preparation and loans, is a finance company with six offices in southern Ohio. Ohio Valley Banc Corp. stock is traded on The NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol OVBC. For more information, visit www.ovbc.com or www.myloancentral.com. GALLIA, MEIGS BRIEFS Shop with a Cop fundraiser POMEROY — The Pomeroy Police Department is accepting donation of new items to be auctioned as a fundraiser for the Shop with a Cop program to benefit Meigs County youth. Items may be dropped of at the Pomeroy Police Department, Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-3 p.m. If outside those hours or for other arrangements, contact Patrolman Leif Babb via e-mail at lbabb@villagepomeroy.us or by phone at (740)992-6411. Monetary donations can be made to Loyalty is Forever at Farmers Bank. Road construction, closures CHESTER — Meigs County Road 36, Sumner Road, will be closed beginning Tuesday, July 21, and will remain closed for approximately two weeks. County forces will be repairing a slip between State Route 7 and State Route 248. GALLIA COUNTY — Gallia County Engineer Brett A. Boothe, announces Little Bullskin Road will be closed between Lewis Road and Hannan Trace Road, beginning Thursday, July 9 - July 24, for culvert replacement, weather permitting.Local traffic will need to use other County roads as a detour. MEIGS COUNTY — Meigs County Road 19, Peach Fork Road, slip repair project, is now complete. GALLIA COUNTY — Gallia County Engineer, Brett A. Boothe announces C.H.&D. Road will be closed from Pokepatch Road to Keels Road, beginning at 9 a.m., Friday, July 10, for gas line replacement, weather permitting. Local traffic will need to use other County roads as a detour. SALISBURY TWP. — Bailey Run Road will be closed to through traffic approximately .6 of a mile from State Route 124 going toward State Route 143 due to a slip repair. GALLIPOLIS — Kriner Road (CR-26) will be closed .5 mile from Neighborhood Road beginning 7 a.m., Monday, May 18 for approximately 75 days for slip repair, weather permitting. Local traffic will need to use other state and county roads as a detour. OLIVE TWP. — Mt. Olive Road in Olive Township is currently closed due to slip repair by Olive Township Trustees. MEIGS COUNTY — Beginning June 1, one lane of SR 124 will be closed between Old State Route 338 (Township Road 708) and Portland Road (County Road 35) for a bridge deck overlay project on the bridge crossing over Groundhog Creek. Temporary traffic signals and a 10 foot width restriction will be in place. Estimated completion: November 20, 2020 MEIGS COUNTY — Beginning June 1, one lane of SR 7 will be closed between Storys Run Road (County Road 345) and Leading Creek Road (County Road 3) for a bridge deck overlay project on the bridge crossing over Leading Creek. Temporary traffic signals and an 11 foot width restriction will be in place. Estimated completion: November 20, 2020 GALLIA, MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS Editor’s Note: The Daily Sentinel and Gallipolis Daily Tribune appreciate your input to CONTACT US 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 740-446-2342 All content © 2020 Gallipolis Daily Tribune and The Daily Sentinel. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT/ GROUP PUBLISHER Lane Moon lmoon@aimmediamidwest.com EDITOR Beth Sergent, Ext. 1992 bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com MANAGING EDITOR Sarah Hawley, Ext. 2555 shawley@aimmediamidwest.com SPORTS EDITOR Bryan Walters, Ext. 2101 bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Matt Rodgers, Ext. 2095 mrodgers@aimmediamidwest.com CIRCULATION MANAGER Derrick Morrison, Ext. 2097 dmorrison@aimmediamidwest.com 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 Robert “Bob” White will be celebrating his 90th Birthday on July 26, 2020. Cards may be sent to 44107 Carr Road, Coolville, Ohio 45723. Thursday, July 23 POMEROY — The Meigs Soil & Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors will hold their regular monthly meeting at noon at the district office. The office is located at 113 E. Memorial Drive, Suite D, Pomeroy. Friday, July 24 MIDDLEPORT — The monthly Free Community Dinner at the Middleport Church of Christ Family Life Center. They will pass out take-out meals on the parking lot beginning at 5 p.m., while supplies last. This month they are serving chicken bacon ranch pasta, green beans, garlic bread, and dessert. Everyone is welcome. Tuesday, Aug. 11 TUPPERS PLAINS — The monthly board meeting for the Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer District will be held in the conference room at the office at 7 p.m. �Ohio Valley Publishing Thursday, July 23, 2020 3 sign-on bonus for CMAs and RNs Pleasant Valley Hospital is now offering a $7,500 sign-on bonus for full-time RNs and a $3,000 signon bonus for full-time, CMAs with a two-year commitment. Limited time offer. $7,500 SIGN-ON BONUS with a two-year commitment Registered Nurses experience preferred $3,000 SIGN-ON BONUS with a two-year commitment Certified Medical Assistants experience preferred OH-70194410 Apply online at pvalley.org! �����9DOOH\�'ULYH�‡�3RLQW�3OHDVDQW��:9�������‡��������������‡�SYDOOH\�RUJ �NEWS 4 Thursday, July 23, 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing Push to remove statues stalls in rural America By Rebecca Santana and Jonathan Drew Associated Press CLINTON, La. — The statue of the anonymous Confederate soldier has stood in front of the white-columned East Feliciana Parish courthouse for more than a century, leaning on his rifle as he looks down on trucks hauling timber and residents visiting the bank across the street. It withstood an attempt to remove it in 2016. The local doctor who asked the southeast Louisiana parish to move it lost two friends in the controversy, but the statue stayed. In 2018, a Black man who was a defendant in a trial petitioned to have his case moved, saying the statue was a symbol of racism. He lost that fight, and the statue stood. Now, as protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis focus attention on the hundreds of Confederate statues still standing across the Southern landscape, officials in the rural parish of roughly 20,000 people have voted 5-3 to leave the statue where it is. In recent weeks, dozens of Confederate statues have fallen across the country — often in more liberal-leaning urban centers. But in many smaller places like Clinton, the effort to remove markers that many view as racist relics has stalled or has yet to arrive. John Sanders, a Black businessman and minister in Clinton, wants the statue removed and thought the national spotlight on the issue presented a slight chance that parish officials would vote to move it. But if not now, he thinks it will happen — some day. “I think that it has to come up again. It’s not a matter of ‘if.’ It has to come up again, and the reason I say that is that there is no way that we can sit around and be on the wrong side of history,” he said. At least 63 Confederate statues, monuments or markers have been removed from public land across the country since Floyd’s death on May 25, making 2020 one of the busiest years yet for removals, according to an Associated Press tally. Most were removed by government officials, though protesters have toppled some. All but eight have come down in cities or metropolitan areas larger than 50,000 people. Most of the areas lean politically left, with 41 of the monuments removed in counties or equivalent areas that voted Democratic in the 2016 presidential election. AP’s exclusive tally verified removals through government announcements, AP news coverage and other sources, then analyzed them based on census data and voting patterns. Still, in a sign that the removal movement might be spreading, local governments in several less populous areas of Mississippi, Louisiana and South Carolina have recently approved removals but not yet taken down the monuments. Gerald Herbert | AP file A statue commemorating fallen confederate soldiers stands in front of the East Feliciana Parish Courthouse in Clinton, La. As protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis focus attention on the hundreds of Confederate statues still standing across the Southern landscape, officials in the rural parish of roughly 20,000 people recently voted to leave the statue where it is. The sheer number of Confederate monuments still standing shows the enormous task for those seeking removals: More than 700 remain on public land, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Laws that protect the monuments in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee are slowing efforts. Virginia this year amended a similar law to let local governments take statues down. “It’s unclear how long this will continue, whether this is going to be a full movement that really leads to a cascade effect where more and more are removed,” said Adam Domby, a College removed monuments in several cities; at least 17 have come down statewide since Floyd’s death. Yet in Republican-leaning Alamance County, the county manager’s public safety argument for removing a statue near the courthouse was rebuffed when most members of the county commission said publicly they were legally unable — or simply unwilling — to take it down. North Carolina still has at least 69 monuments on public land. Of those, 56 are in counties that voted for President Donald Trump in 2016; 52 are in towns of fewer than 20,000, the AP tally shows. In Virginia, Richmond’s mayor removed massive statues in the Confederacy’s former capital, headlining a tally of at least a dozen monuments removed from public land statewide since Floyd’s death. But a different scenario is unfolding in Virginia’s rural Franklin County. Most residents who spoke Tuesday at a Board of Supervisors meeting urged the swift removal of a Confederate statue from the county courthouse. Instead, the board voted to delay the decision by putting a non-binding referendum on relocating the statue to voters in the Republican-leaning, majoritywhite county. The final decision will still lie with the board after the November election. best estimates are that “approximately 3,000 Union cavalrymen, artillerymen, infantryFrom page 1 men, and sailors and 1,800 Confederate cavlist. What Morgan had alrymen and artillerynot accounted for were men were engaged at unusually heavy rains Buffington Island. Morupriver, and the arrival gan, along with about of Union gunboats. 1,100 men, escaped On July 19, 1963, while the rest of his with Union forces closforce surrendered. He ing in, Morgan and his men were trapped. They again tried to cross the Ohio River near Reedshad only to cross the ville and Hockingport, river to reach friendly across from Belleville, soil, but their path was blocked and after several West Virginia, but was hours of fighting casual- again turned away by the Union gunboats and ties included 6 killed ground forces. While and 20 wounded Union 330 of his men did troops and 57 killed, reach the West Virginia 63 wounded, and 71 captured Confederates. shore, others drowned, A day later another 570 and Morgan was forced of Morgan’s men who to turn west and then had scattered to areas in north. Union troops coneastern Meigs County, tinued to pursue Mornortheast Gallia County, gan until finally on July the Virginia shore of the 26, 1863, he and 364 of Ohio River surrendered. his men were captured With the assistance of just west of West Point the mighty Ohio, and of in Columbiana County.” course some Union reinWanda Langdon, presforcements, Morgan and ident of the Auxiliary of company were finally the Ohio Department of defeated. the Sons of Union VetAccording to the erans of the Civil War, Buffinton Island Presalong with her husband ervation Foundation, Kerry Langdon, Depart- ment Council member of the State of Ohio Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, said Buffington Island is an important piece of Ohio, and United States history. The Langdons live in Cincinnati and have traveled to Buffington Island the past several years for the service. “The memorial services help to recognize those who took part,” Langdon said. “For those of us who are ancestors of Civil War soldiers, we take all those battles to heart.. including Buffington Island.” She stressed that it is always important to learn and understand our history, and said the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War was organized to take care of the returning veterans, and continues to remember and honor those through their efforts. © 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. of Charleston historian who wrote “The False Cause: Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory.” Domby said it would take far more removals in politically conservative areas to convince him there’s been a national shift in support of removing Confederate monuments. Despite North Carolina’s state law that all but prohibits permanent removals, its Democratic governor cited a publicsafety exemption to remove several Confederate monuments at the state Capitol in Raleigh after protesters ripped two statues down. Some local officials also invoked safety as they Island 6:15 p.m. 6:15 p.m. Ohio OH-70193467 From page 1 unable to follow social distancing rules. It will not be required for children under the age of 10 or anyone who has a medical condition that keeps them from wearing a mask. The mandate is to be enforced by state and local authorities, not by businesses. Last week, the governor ordered Ohio residents in 19 counties, which include almost 60% of the state’s population, to wear a mask in public. DeWine also issued a travel advisory that states anyone coming into Ohio from a state that has a positive Lorna Hart is a freelance writer for Ohio Valley Publishing. virus testing rate of 15% or higher is recommended to self-quarantine for at least 14 days. He also said health officials are concerned about safety guidelines not being followed at county fairs across the state. An outbreak of 19 cases has been traced back to a county fair, DeWine said Wednesday. “We want fairs to continue, but I spoke with county fair managers today and expressed that they must follow the rules,” he added. When the pandemic started, DeWine won praise with aggressive steps to ban spectators from a sports expo and shut down all schools before any other state. But he then backtracked from a statewide mask mandate in April. �NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing Gallia From page 1 confirmed, 3 probable). Current case age ranges in Gallia County, according to the health department, are as follows: 0-19 — 9 cases (1 new) 20-29 — 3 cases (1 new, 1 new hospitalization) 30-39 — 7 cases 40-49 — 6 cases (1 new) 50-59 — 7 cases (1 new, 2 past hospitalizations) 60-69 — 4 cases (2 past hospitalizations, 1 death) 70-79 — 2 cases (2 past hospitalizations) One of the cases in Gallia County is currently hospitalized, with 14 people having recovered and 23 cases considered active. The Meigs County Health Department is reporting the first hospitalization of a Meigs County resident with COVID-19. The person was hospitalized beginning on Wednesday and is a male in the 50-59 age range, with the case having been initially reported on July 15. There were no additional cases reported in Meigs County on Wednesday, with the case count remaining at 22 (16 confirmed, 6 probable) with 10 of the cases considered to be active. Twelve people have recovered. Age ranges for the 22 Meigs County cases are as follows: 0-19 — 4 cases 20-29 — 5 cases 30-39 — 3 cases 40-49 — 3 cases 50-59 — 3 cases (one new hospitalization) 60-69 — 2 cases 70-79 — 2 cases On Wednesday afternoon, the Mason County Health Department confirmed there were 30 cases in the county. The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reported 32 cases in Mason County in the 5 p.m. update on Wednesday. Due to press deadlines, these late afternoon numbers from DHHR had not yet been confirmed with the Mason County Health Department, the latter of which also reported there are Program seven active cases and 21 recovered cases. During his press conference on Wednesday, Gov. Jim Justice stated there were now “active outbreaks” reported in churches in eight counties. Justice said one of those counties is Mason County, along with outbreaks in Wood, Boone, Grant, Logan, Kanawha, Raleigh and Taylor counties, with a total of 85 combined cases derived from those eight counties. The Mason County Health Department confirmed there is a church outbreak in the county. According to DHHR, the age ranges for the 32 COVID-19 cases in Mason County are as follows: 0-9 — 2 cases 10-19 — 2 cases 20-29 — 6 cases 30-39 — 3 cases 40-49 — 4 cases 50-59 — 7 cases 60-69 — 5 cases 70+ — 3 case As of the 2 p.m. update on Wednesday, the Ohio Department of Health reported a total of 78,742 cases, an increase of 1,527 from Tuesday, the second highest daily total to date. The daily increase is higher than the 21-day average of 1,232 new cases. Hospitalizations and ICU admissions were both above the 21-day average, while deaths were near the average. A total of 16 new deaths (21-day average of 17) were reported, bringing the total to 3,235. There were 128 new hospital admissions (21-day average of 93) and 19 new ICU admissions (21-day average of 18). In West Virginia, as of the 5 p.m. update on Wednesday, DHHR reported a total of 5,461 cases and 102 deaths. These numbers show 262 new cases and one new death since Tuesday at 5 p.m. Sarah Hawley, Kayla Hawthorne and Beth Sergent contributed to this story. (Editor’s Note: Statistics reported in this article are tentative and subject to change. This was the information available at press time with more to be added as it becomes available.) © 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. to see this implemented to avoid taking away teachers’ focus from students. From page 1 “I’d much rather educapolice-level training to be tors be educators,” Hoaarmed in school facilities gland said. He said the standards and at school functions. for the “school marshals” The bill was up for a would meet those given possible vote on Tuesto police officers through day, but an amendment the Ohio Peace Offipresented by state Sen. Frank Hoagland, R-Mingo cers Training Academy (OPOTA), and recertifiJunction, brought up questions that postponed cation of those standards would be required quarthe vote. The amendment, Hoa- terly. He did not specify any programs or organigland said, would create zations from which the a program of trained specific training would professionals that would come. be housed in schools to The original bill sought implement safety plans to allow teachers and and eliminate threats. “(In the program) we’re other school personnel to be armed without the bringing on people who more than 152 hours of have a depth of experitraining that is regulated ence, whether through in existing law. law enforcement or miliBecause the amendtary,” Hoagland said. ment was presented after In arguing for the those attending the meetamendment, the senator said 16 people would act ing had submitted their testimony, most stateas trainers for those in ments surrounded the schools, to teach them original intent of the bill, how to professionally but recognized the new keep a school safe. Hoagland also said he wanted changes. Thursday, July 23, 2020 5 DeWine supports bailout law despite scandal the scandal Tuesday and no one in his administration has been contacted by investigators. His office has no involvement in the scandal, the governor said. Householder was one of the driving forces behind the nuclear plants’ financial rescue. Previous attempts to bail out the nuclear plants had stalled in the Legislature before Householder became speaker. Months after taking over, he rolled out a new plan to subsidize the plants and eliminate renewable energy incentives. “When corruption is revealed, it is important we act quickly to fix what has been broken,” Rep. Michael Skindell, a suburban Cleveland Democrat, said Wednesday. Senate Democrat Cecil Thomas of Cincinnati also called for its repeal. The 2019 law added a new fee to every electricity bill in the state and directed over $150 million a year through 2026 to the plants near Cleveland and Toledo. The bill faced fierce opposition from both clean energy groups and manufacturers. Repealing the law quickly won’t be easy, and is complicated by support the law received in the House, both from Householder-backed Republicans and Democrats persuaded to support the measure. Meanwhile, even before the scandal erupted, the Householder-led House was on summer recess, and the speaker had declined to bring lawmakers back before fall. The Senate has been conducting sessions. Republican officials from DeWine on down have called on Householder to resign, including at least five GOP House lawmakers as of Wednesday afternoon. The speaker, who could continue to hold office unless he were convicted, has remained silent regarding those demands. A vote by two-thirds of the House could result in the expulsion of a member for disorderly conduct under the Ohio Constitution, Republican Attorney General Dave Yost, who also called on Householder to resign, tweeted Wednesday morning. In addition, the Constitution allows the governor to call the General Assembly together “on extraordinary occasions,” Yost said, noting: “This is that.” DeWine said he would consider calling the Legislature back in session if necessary. The investigation is the second major case brought against a utility within the past few days. Last week, federal prosecutors in Illinois said electric utility ComEd had agreed to pay $200 million to resolve a criminal investigation into a long-running bribery scheme that also implicated longtime state House Speaker Michael Madigan. four associates were later acquitted of manslaughter charges.) In 1983, an Air Canada Boeing Today is Thursday, July 23, the 767 ran out of fuel while flying 205th day of 2020. There are 161 from Montreal to Edmonton; the days left in the year. pilots were able to glide the jetliner to a safe emergency landing Today’s Highlight in History in Gimli, Manitoba. (The nearOn July 23, 1829, William Ausdisaster occurred because the fuel tin Burt received a patent for his had been erroneously measured in “typographer,” a forerunner of the pounds instead of kilograms at a typewriter. time when Canada was converting to the metric system.) On this date In 1997, the search for Andrew In 1885, Ulysses S. Grant, the Cunanan (koo-NAN’-an), the sus18th president of the United pected killer of designer Gianni States, died in Mount McGregor, Versace (JAH’-nee vur-SAH’-chee) New York, at age 63. and others, ended as police found In 1914, Austria-Hungary presented a list of demands to Serbia his body on a houseboat in Miami Beach, an apparent suicide. following the killing of Archduke In 1999, space shuttle Columbia Franz Ferdinand by a Serb assassin; Serbia’s refusal to agree to the blasted off with the world’s most powerful X-ray telescope and entire ultimatum led to the outEileen Collins, the first woman to break of World War I. In 1948, American pioneer film- command a U.S. space flight. In 2003, a new audiotape purmaker D.W. Griffith died in Los ported to be from toppled dictator Angeles at age 73. In 1967, five days of deadly riot- Saddam Hussein called on Iraqis to resist the U.S. occupation. Masing erupted in Detroit as an early sachusetts’ attorney general issued morning police raid on an unlicensed bar resulted in a confronta- a report saying clergy members tion with local residents that esca- and others in the Boston Archdiolated into violence that spread into cese probably had sexually abused more than 1,000 people over a other parts of the city; 43 people, period of six decades. mostly Blacks, were killed. In 2006, Tiger Woods became In 1982, actor Vic Morrow and the first player since Tom Watson two child actors, 7-year-old Myca in 1982-83 to win consecutive Dinh Le and 6-year-old Renee British Open titles. Shin-Yi Chen, were killed when a In 2011, singer Amy Winehouse, helicopter crashed on top of them 27, was found dead in her London during filming of a Vietnam War home from accidental alcohol poiscene for “Twilight Zone: The Movie.” (Director John Landis and soning. In 2017, a tractor trailer was found in a Walmart parking lot in San Antonio, Texas, crammed with dozens of immigrants; ten died and many more were treated at a hospital for dehydration and heat stroke. (The driver, James Bradley Jr., was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to transporting the immigrants resulting in death.) Ten years ago: The Office of Management and Budget predicted the budget deficit would reach a record $1.47 trillion in the current fiscal year. (The actual figure for fiscal 2010 turned out to be $1.29 trillion.) Ford Motor Co. said it had made $2.6 billion from April through June 2010, its fifth straight quarterly profit. Daniel Schorr, longtime journalist with stints at CBS, CNN and NPR, died in Washington at age 93. Five years ago: Secretary of State John Kerry told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee it was “fantasy plain and simple” to claim that President Barack Obama had failed to insist on enough restraints on Iran’s nuclear program before agreeing to lift economic sanctions. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump paid a visit to the Mexico border, where he predicted Hispanics would love him, adding, “They already do.” A gunman opened fire in a Lafayette, Louisiana, theater during a screening of the film “Trainwreck,” killing two people and wounding nine before fatally shooting himself. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A nuclear plant bailout law should remain in place, Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday, even as a bribery scandal involving one of the state’s most powerful lawmakers unfolded over the law’s passage and both Democratic and GOP lawmakers called for its repeal. DeWine’s comments came a day after Larry Householder, the Republican speaker of the Ohio House, and four associates were arrested in a $60 million federal bribery case connected to the taxpayer-funded bailout. U.S. Attorney David DeVillers described the ploy as likely the largest bribery and money-laundering scheme that had “ever been perpetrated against the people of the state of Ohio.” “For a long time I’ve advocated a balanced energy policy for the state of Ohio,” DeWine said. “We think having nuclear plants is part of that policy.” He said he was also concerned about the jobs that would be lost if the plants were closed. DeWine, who signed the original bill, said it had been obvious that a lot of money was being spent on supporting the bailout and then stopping an attempt to repeal it at the ballot. “There was no indication that anything illegal was going on,” the governor said. DeWine said he first learned of TODAY IN HISTORY The Associated Press “I do applaud the fact that you see this bill is terribly flawed,” said Suzanne Lane, a member of Moms Demand Action. Sponsor Sen. Bill Coley, R-Liberty Twp, who is also the chair of the Oversight and Reform Committee, mentioned Tuesday the 12th District Court of Appeals decision that ruled Butler County’s Madison Local School District could not create a resolution allowing the arming of school personnel in “school safety zones.” He called the decision “erroneous,” and said other courts have given differing opinions on the issue. Several other opponents came to testify against the overall bill on Tuesday, many from the gun violence prevention organization Moms Demand Action, a branch of the national Everytown for Gun Safety. They maintained arguments that the bill would be dangerous for school personnel and students, particu- lar people of color. “At a time when Ohio lawmakers can and should be focused on how we will send teachers and students back to school safely in the midst of a worldwide pandemic, or how we can create a more equitable society for our black and brown citizens, it is a shame that we are here today instead, discussing legislation that would undoubtedly push us closer to a more dangerous Ohio,” said Usjid Hameed, of the Ohio Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio). Hameed also brought up a private training program by the Buckeye Firearm Association, FASTER Saves Lives, which is promoted specifically to school districts for defense plans in their facilities. In the program, Hameed said the program teaches school personnel how to deal with potential attackers, including students, while using “religious and ethnic stereotyping” when talking about terrorist attacks and mass shootings. Coley jumped in after Hameed’s testimony to say he’d reached out to BFA to ask about references to minorities in their training, and the gun lobby denied the existence of any stereotypes. Coley offered to meet with Hameed and BFA to discuss the issue. “If it’s something they’re blind to, we’ll help open their eyes, if it’s something we’re reading too much into or something, let’s just sit down and talk,” Coley said. Hameed agreed to the meeting, and said he planned to bring examples of the problematic training materials. While the school marshal program would be a part of state law if passed, Hoagland said the school districts would be allowed to opt out of the program, but that marshals should be involved in the “planning phase” of any school safety program. “If they don’t want (the marshal program in their district), then that’s their prerogative,” Hoagland said. The issue was tabled after questions of estimated cost could not be answered during the committee hearing. “To be frank, when it comes to the cost, I don’t give a sh__ how much it’s going to cost, I just care about the safety of the kids,” Hoagland said. Coley said the bill would be brought up during the next committee meeting. This story shared for republication by, and with permission from, the Ohio Capital Journal, an independent, nonprofit news organization. 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Manager Terry Francona said the group had an “honest” conversation and he came away proud of how it was handled by all involved. “The way the players expressed themselves in a mature manner and in a respectful manner, and the way Paul listened and spoke back to the players,” said Francona, who attended the meeting along with team president Chris Antonetti and general manager Mike Chernoff. “I was really, really happy and content to just sit there and let them talk back and forth.” Francona stressed that nothing has been resolved over the controversial anything was actually resolved and I don’t know if it needed to be,” Francona said. “I just thought it was really good for the players to share their opinions, and let Paul be in the room and hear them and also to share his opinions as an owner. “I think sometimes perspectives can be different and it’s good for everybody to hear that. But I think everybody was so genuinely honest and also respectful in the way they gave their opinions,” he Tony Dejak | AP said. Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Mike Clevinger delivers in the first inning during a preseason Indians pitcher Carlos baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday in Cleveland. Players met Tuesday with Carrasco said he and his owner Paul Dolan to discuss a potential name change for the team. teammates welcomed the chance to speak directly coincided with the recent however, can still buy topic. decision by Washington’s merchandise bearing the to Dolan. The franchise recently “It was great,” said red-faced, toothy mascot NFL team to drop the announced it was in the Carrasco, who has been that became a symbol of name Redskins, which early stages of meeting with the club since 2009. with the community and had been decried as being hatred to some and civic “It was great to see him pride to others. appropriate stakeholders racist for decades. Francona said the meet- in there and to share Cleveland removed its “to determine the best everything. For him to path forward with regard contentious Chief Wahoo ing with Dolan was a positive, significant step. come in there and meet logo from its game jerto our team name.” us was great.” “I don’t know that seys and caps. Fans, The Indians’ move Francona, who has been Cleveland’s manager since 2013, was outspoken on the possible name change several weeks ago, saying it was “time to move forward.” He said he didn’t want his stance to have any influence on his players. “I don’t feel like it’s my business to sway our players to feel one way or another about that,” he said. “I just don’t feel right about that.” The possible name change wasn’t the only topic discussed and the team touched on “a little bit of everything” with Dolan, Francona said. During the playing of the national anthem before exhibition games, Cleveland’s players have been standing next to each other in front of their dugout with one hand over their hearts See INDIANS | 9 Koenning out as WVU coordinator after player accusations MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia has parted ways with defensive coordinator Vic Koenning a month after a player alleged the assistant coach made a series of insensitive remarks, including against Hispanics. The school announced Koenning’s departure by mutual agreement, which athletic director Shane Lyons said in a statement Wednesday was “in the best interest of our football program.” Coach Neal Brown, who was hired a year ago and brought Koenning with him from Troy, said the decision “was not made lightly and both parties agree that it places us in the best position to positively move forward.” Brown added that both he and Koenning reached the conclusion that the allegations made it “challenging” for Koenning to continue in his role. “At the end of the day, we all — Vic included — want what is best for our program,” Brown said. Sophomore safety Kerry Martin posted the allegations on his Twitter account about Koenning, who was then placed on administrative leave. The assistant coach issued a public apology the next day, saying his words and actions were not meant to be offensive or insensitive. Koenning apologized again Wednesday. He said he was “relieved the process is over but will be forever changed by the experience.” Martin said the latest incident happened June 23, when Koenning shared a conversation he had with his son about protests over racial injustice. Martin, who is Black, said Koenning’s “exact words were, ‘If people did not want to get tear gassed, or push back by the police then they shouldn’t be outside protesting.’” Martin said he spoke up right away and asked what Koenning meant but said Koenning “couldn’t give a straight answer.” A graduate assistant stepped in to try to defuse the situation. During a June 2019 workout in Morgantown, Martin said Koenning “called me retarded for doing the wrong technique.” Martin said he has family members who are mentally ill, “and for him to say that hurt me because it was an action we could fix.” During 2019 spring football practices, Martin said Koenning antagonized defensive back Derek Pitts “for believing in something that (Koenning) didn’t believe,” Martin said. Martin said Koenning then would discuss religion and the Bible in front of Pitts, who transferred last summer to Marshall. Martin said Koenning found out last fall that Martin had converted his religious beliefs “and pulled me into his office on multiple occasions and talked about religion.” Martin said Koenning also has made him read passages from the coach’s Bible. Koenning also would discuss his views on politics during position meetings during the 2019 season, according to Martin. In one particular meeting, Koenning talked about President Donald Trump “and how he should ‘build the wall and keep Hispanics out (of) the country,’” said Martin, who said someone of Hispanic descent was in the meeting. The separation agreement calls for Koenning, who had two seasons remaining on his contract, to be paid a total of about $590,000. Chris Urso | Tampa Bay Times via AP, file Tampa Bay Buccaneers center Ryan Jensen, far left, with safety Mike Edwards, second from left, quarterback Tom Brady, center in orange, cornerback Jamel Dean, second from right, and quarterback Blaine Gabbert have a private workout at Berkeley Preparatory School in Tampa, Fla. In a normal year, Brady’s switch from the Patriots to the Buccaneers would have overridden every NFL story, from early winter through the spring and summer and into his debut against fellow 40-something QB Drew Brees and the Saints in September. Perhaps the biggest headlines Brady drew recently came when he defied players’ union recommendations to cease informal practices with teammates as a coronavirus precaution. NFL facing unending series of questions By Barry Wilner Associated Press In seven weeks, the NFL expects to kick off its 101st season with the Super Bowl champion Chiefs hosting Houston. Emphasis on expects. Still set on conducting a somewhat normal training camp, though without any preseason games, and then opening the regular season on time, the NFL pushes onward. Rookies are reporting to team facilities this week, nearly all of them for the first time. Veterans are set to come in next week, and after testing for COVID-19 and a lengthy acclimation period, practices should begin sometimes next month. Of course, there are more questions than ever for America’s most profitable sports league, most notably how to keep people safe in a contact sport during a pandemic. “Everything that we’re doing is centered around the concept of risk mitigation,” says Dr. Allen Sills, the league’s chief medical officer. “We know that we can’t eliminate risk, but we’re trying to mitigate it as much as possible for everyone. We know that this is going to be a shared responsibility.” Already this year the NFL has had to switch to remote, well, everything: free agency, the draft, offseason workouts, owners meetings. Now come the biggest and most critical tests as 80-man rosters attempt to stay healthy while preparing to play a game that requires close contact nearly all the time. Roster sizes were reduced from 90 under an agreement Tuesday between the league and the players’ association, according to people familiar with the change who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because it has not been announced. “We could have a ton of social distance, more than we have with our football team,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid says. “It’s all set up with monitors and everything else. Then the testing, these guys are going to be tested often. It’ll be good that way. There’s a responsibility for coaches and players to make sure we handle ourselves right when we’re away from it. We are still keeping as much social distance as we can. It’s a contact sport, but when there’s no contact we’re going to keep our distance.” The NFL has been studying the approaches of other sports, seeing the success NASCAR and the PGA Tour have experienced with their traveling shows, and the many issues Major League Baseball has dealt with. But auto racing, golf and baseball don’t involve close-quarters action from beginning to end. Thus, the elimination of exhibition games, which went from four to an owners’ proposal of two and then to none. The players’ association, which also proposed no preseason contests, approved the league’s offer on Tuesday, a person familiar with the decision told The AP. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the offer had not been made public. Getting rid of the exhibitions is one of many steps that will cost owners millions, but a necessary one. The business of pro football will take a major hit, with ramifications extending into next year and beyond, affecting salary caps and contract negotiations and, of course, bottom lines in a league that has $15 billion in revenues. Or did. Still, plenty of NFL business has taken place since mid-March, when the coronavirus led to nationwide shutdowns. Tampa Bay Tom In a normal year, Tom Brady’s switch from the Patriots to the Buccaneers would have overridden every NFL story, from early winter through the spring and summer and into his debut against fellow 40-something QB Drew Brees and the Saints in September. Perhaps the biggest headlines Brady drew recently came when he defied players’ union recommendations to cease informal practices with teammates as a coronavirus precaution. Mahomes money The Chiefs vowed they See NFL | 9 �SPORTS/CLASSIFIEDS 8 Thursday, July 23, 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing AP SPORTS BRIEFS NFLPA agrees with league on no preseason games Also on Monday, the league said players will be tested daily for the coronavirus for at least the first two weeks of training camp, per the league’s new testing protocols. Rookies have started reporting this week and all players are expected to report next week. The league and the NFLPA already finalized protocols regarding team travel, media, and treatment response, and updated the facilities protocol to specifically address training camp based on recommendations from a joint committee of doctors, trainers and strength coaches formed by the league and players’ union. son begins this week. Canada already denied the Blue Jays’ request to play in Toronto because the regular-season schedule would require frequent travel back and forth from the United States, where COVID-19 cases are surging. NEW YORK — The NFL Players Association has The Blue Jays and Pirates had been waiting to see agreed to the league’s plan to drop all preseason if they got permission from Pennsylvania officials to games for the 2020 season, a person familiar with the proceed with the plan to have PNC Park fill in for the decision told The Associated Press. Rogers Centre. The person spoke on condition of anonymity “In recent weeks, we have seen a significant because the offer had not been made public. increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in southThe union also agreed to a 80-player roster limit for western Pennsylvania,” Dr. Rachel Levine, the state’s training camp, instead of the usual 90. According to secretary of health, said in a statement. “To add travreports, union leadership told players about the preelers to this region for any reason, including for proseason agreement during a conference call on Tuesday. fessional sports events, risks residents, visitors and The agreement between the union and the league members of both teams. We know that this virus does came a day after league proposed scrapping the prenot discriminate, and can even make professional season because of the coronavirus pandemic. athletes very sick. We are committed to protecting the The players’ association originally had sought no health and well-being of all Pennsylvanians.” preseason games and the league had reduced the TORONTO (AP) — The state of Pennsylvania Canada has flattened the epidemic curve. But the exhibition schedule to two games. 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Tillis recorded his seventh career ace on the seventh hole while using a 5-wood on the 125yard, par-3 hole. The shot was witnessed by Richard Gilkey, Jimmy Snyder and Marvin McKelvey. Williams records ace at Riverside GC MASON, W.Va. — John Williams of Leon recorded a hole-in-1 on Tuesday, July 14, at Riverside Golf Club. Williams, who is 89 years old, recorded his ace on the sixth hole while using a pitching wedge from 90 yards out. The shot was witnessed by Kenny Pridemore, John Bumgarner and Russ Wood. Meigs Chamber of Commerce golf outing MASON, W.Va. — The Meigs County Chamber of Commerce and Tourism will hold its annual golf scramble at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, at Riverside Golf Club. The cost is $250 a team for chamber members and $300 a team for non-members. Each team consists of four players. Prizes will be awarded for first, second, third and next-to-last finishers. There will also be a skins game, cash pot, mulligan and 50/50 drawings available at the event. For more information or to register, call 740992-5005 or email director@meigsohio.com Rio hosting Jim Marshall Memorial golf outing JACKSON, Ohio — The Veterans Association at the University of Rio Grande will host their 3rd annual Jim Marshall Memorial Golf Tournament on Saturday, Sept. 5, at Franklin Valley Golf Course in Jackson County. The event will begin at 9 a.m. with a shotgun start and the format is a 4-man scramble. The cost is $50 per player, plus mulligans are available for $10 per individual. There is also a $20 skins fee per team, with cash prizes available for skins. Prizes will be awarded, plus breakfast and lunch will be provided. Beer will be available for purchase at the event as well. Hole and tee box sponsorship is available at a cost of $100 per hole or tee box. All funds raised from the event helps Rio Grande honor veterans at the 2020 Jim Marshall Veteran of the Year Award Banquet — an annual event held every year the last Saturday of October. This year’s banquet is slated for Oct. 31. For more information, to register or to set up a sponsorship, contact Delyssa Edwards by email at dedwards@rio.edu or by phone at 740-2454427. A whole new NBA game experience LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — There’s no bench. The courtside broadcasters will not be courtside. And the stat crew will be doing their work inside what loosely can be described as an oversized hockey penalty box. The NBA comes back Wednesday with a very different look. The league’s marketing motto for the restart of the season at Walt Disney World is “Whole New Game,” and in many respects, that’s very true. The arenas that will be used for the exhibitions, the seeding games that start July 30 and then the playoffs that are scheduled for mid-August through mid-October set up much differently than usual — all with safety during a pandemic very much in mind. Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers said league officials have been great, “they really have been. They’ve done everything right as far as I’m concerned. “I mean, when you think that we’re running a village for the first time, the league is doing pretty well in city management.” The court dimensions, of course, are unchanged. Everything else about an NBA game setup is new. Seating in the bench areas will be assigned, with folding chairs set up on three rows instead of the customary two and spaced out several feet from one another — instead of players sitting shoulder-to-shoulder as they have in the past. And across the center stripe, the words “Black Lives Matter” are painted onto the surface. Tim Reynolds | AP A basketball court is shown at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex in Kissimmee, Fla., on Tuesday. The NBA’s marketing motto for the restart of the season at Walt Disney World is “Whole New Game,” and in many respects, that’s very true. The area where the official scorers, timers and statisticians sit is enclosed by plexiglass, with social distancing in that makeshift room as well. Broadcasters, who are courtside in normal circumstances, will be higher up and several feet further back from the playing surface. Even the setup for replay reviews will be different — that monitor is in the corner of the arena, instead of being kept at the scorer’s table and utilized when needed. League officials hope they thought of every way to keep people apart and promote social distancing. Some teams have gotten tours already; Denver center Nikola Jokic didn’t get to see the arenas yet, but said Nuggets President Tim Connelly gave them good reviews. “I didn’t see it in person,” Jokic said. “Tim told me it looks really For Ohio Valley Publishing From page 7 would pay star quarterback Patrick Mahomes, locking him up long term. Does 10 years for potentially $500 million work? Yes, half a billion dollars. Not that he is in Mahomes’ class, but Dallas QB Dak Prescott wound up with the one-year franchise tag salary of $31.4 million, hardly a pittance. The Cowboys could wind up the losers here, though, with quarterback pay now stretching beyond the stratosphere thanks to Mahomes setting the bar so high. New faces The pandemic could lead to teams that remained relatively intact (Chiefs, Saints, Bills, Titans, Ravens, 49ers) having a major advantage over those experiencing upheaval. That’s particularly true where coaching changes were made: Mike McCarthy in Dallas, Ron Rivera in Washington, Matt Rhule in Carolina, Kevin Stefanski in Cleveland and Joe Judge with the Giants. The last three have never been head coaches in the NFL. Stars making big adjustments could include Brady and another longtime standout quarterback, Philip Rivers, now in Indianapolis; running back Todd Gurley in Atlanta; receiver DeAndre Hopkins in Arizona; tight end Jason Witten in Seattle; safety Malcolm Jenkins in New Orleans; defensive end Calais Campbell in Baltimore; and linebacker Robert Quinn in Chicago. Indians From page 7 and the other on a teammate’s shoulder. They decided to stand and not kneel during the anthem to show unity and as a way of expressing their support for social justice and reforms. Francona credited Dolan for his willingness to engage with the players. “These things don’t happen everywhere,” he said. “It’s not going to mean that everybody is going to exactly agree or be on the same page. I don’t know that you’re supposed to be all the time. That’s the way our world is. But when everybody listens with respect and talks with respect, I think we have a chance of moving forward with respect. “That’s what we’re trying to do.” nice. But to be honest, I’ve played in every possible arena. Nice, bad. Cold, hot. Whatever.” The exhibitions that start on Wednesday will be glorified scrimmages, designed to help the teams, the referees and even the game-night workers figure out how everything works. Teams have even collaborated on their game plans, asking one another what they want to work on in these matchups that won’t count for anything. They won’t even have a game feel: No national anthems will be played, no starter introductions will take place, warmups might not even happen like usual and some realgame elements might get tested out to see what works. The first scrimmages for each team will also have 10-minute quarters, as opposed to the usual 12. “I’ve just got to take it one game at a time, see what it’s like during these scrimmages,” Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard said. Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said he reached out to Utah’s Quin Snyder and Sacramento’s Luke Walton on how they wanted to make things work in their upcoming scrimmages, and other coaches have had similar conversations. The Clippers play Orlando on Wednesday. Rivers said he knows exactly what Magic coach Steve Clifford will do in that scrimmage, and Orlando knows the Clippers’ plans as well. “We’re looking at this as an opportunity to get better for both teams,” Rivers said. “So, coaches are absolutely sharing things. We’re asking them in this quarter can you do this, on-side, out-ofbounds, can you do this defense, then what do you want me to do? I think it’s been great in that way.” Rio Grande eSports secures pair of sponsors By Randy Payton NFL Thursday, July 23, 2020 9 RIO GRANDE, Ohio — The University of Rio Grande’s first-year eSports program has announced a pair of sponsorships to help get its inaugural season underway. MSI, who is a leading developer of computer hardware for the esports industry, will provide discounted gaming computers to Rio student-athletes for the upcoming campaign. “We are very happy - and fortunate - to have a great partnership with MSI gaming,” said Rio Grande head coach Alex Gagucas. “Their computers and moni- tors are top of the line, which will allow us to compete at the highest level possible.” The 12 new gaming computers will include RTX 2080 Super graphics cards and the brandnew Intel i9 processors. Corsair Components, a computer peripherals and hardware company headquartered in Fremont, California, will be providing keyboards, mice, headsets and chairs. “Corsair gaming provides top of the line peripherals that cater to the great feel and performance when it comes to gaming,” Gagucas added. A large TV screen will also be incorporated to review gameplay and discuss strategies among the team. “Coach Gagucas has worked behind the scenes to receive this major sponsorship for our new eSport program,” said Rio athletic director Jeff Lanham. “These sponsorships offer an amazing opportunity for our Rio community to experience this innovative craze around the world. Rio is totally committed to the eSports program and all of its sponsors.” Rio Grande will use the eSports Arena inside Bob Evans Farms Hall as its home base. Randy Payton is the Sports Information Director at the University of Rio Grande. MLB doubles camera angles for video reviews NEW YORK (AP) — Taking a chance to review instant replay, Major League Baseball doubled the isolated cameras available for video reviews to 24 this year. MLB also arranged for highframe rate cameras to stream directly to the new replay operations center and ballpark video rooms, and for MLB-controlled 4K cameras with zoom lenses to be installed at high locations behind home plate. A new replay hub about twice the size of the old one was constructed as part of the move of Major League Baseball and MLB Advanced Media to a combined office space in Manhattan, across the street from Radio City Music Hall. “We think that the product of all these items is going to result in a much more rapid review process, so that we’ll be getting video available much more quickly to the umpires, who will be making decision more quickly,” Chris Marinak, MLB executive vice president of strategy, technology and innovation, said Monday. “The same will be true of the replay personnel in the ballpark, who are helping their manager make a decision on whether to challenge.” Each manager will have 20 seconds to decide whether to ask for a video review of a call subject to a challenge, down from 30. MLB’s pandemic-delayed season starts Thursday with the New York Yankees at the World Series champion Washington Nationals. MLB started widespread video review in 2014 after years of embarrassing calls, such as the blown call by first base umpire Jim Joyce that denied Detroit’s Armando Galarraga what should have been the final of out a perfect game. There were 1,275 reviews during the 2019 regular season, including 1,051 requested by managers that averaged 1 minute, 46 seconds. Among those calls, 603 (47.3%) were overturned, 310 (24.3%) were confirmed, 352 (27.6%) were allowed to stand and 10 (0.8%) were for record keeping. Clear plastic barriers have been installed, and additional conference rooms will be used to enable social distancing. If the Toronto Blue Jays play home games at a non-regular season MLB facility, cameras for video review would be installed. Also debuting this week is a second-generation Statcast system that shifts from TrackMan and Doppler radar to Hawk-Eye and an array of 12 cameras whose data will be stored on Google Cloud to create graphics for scoreboards and broadcasts. Five of the cameras are targeted for pitch tracking, four behind the plate and one in center field, and seven are used to track players. Each camera is 4K resolution and typically tracks at a rate of 100 frames per second, though they can be sped to as fast as 500 frames per second. “We’re trying to set a foundation here with this new deployment that is a foundation that we can innovate on for the next five years as technology continues to progress,” said Jason Gaedtke, MLB’s chief technology officer. MLB said the error margin, which had averaged mostly 1-2 inches in 2016, is expected to drop to 0.1 inches this season. The system is designed to eliminate previous blind spots on high popups and in outfield corners. Error margins on fielder movements are expected to drop from 3 feet to less than one foot. �NEWS/WEATHER 10 Thursday, July 23, 2020 Trump deploys more federal agents Householder’s arrest muddies 2020 election COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The arrest of Ohio’s House speaker on federal bribery charges has suddenly thrown a shadow over not just his political future, but that of his party, in a state where Republicans have been preparing to solidify control. Federal prosecutors say Republican Speaker Larry Householder and four others — including a former state GOP chairman — perpetrated a $60 million federal bribery scheme connected to a taxpayerfunded bailout of Ohio’s two nuclear power plants. How many others got caught up in the sweeping probe is yet to be known. The scope of the accusations threatens to unfurl the GOP’s tight hold on Ohio’s govern- By Colleen Long and Jill Colvin Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will send federal agents into Chicago and Albuquerque, New Mexico, to help combat rising crime, expanding the administration’s intervention in local enforcement as he runs for reelection under a “law-and-order” mantle. Using the same alarmist language he has employed to describe illegal immigration, Trump painted Democrat-led cities as out of control and lashed out at the “radical left,” even though criminal justice experts say a spike in violence in some cities defies easy explanation. “In recent weeks there has been a radical movement to defund, dismantle and dissolve our police department,” Trump said at a White House event, blaming the movement for “a shocking explosion of shootings, killings, murders and heinous crimes of violence.” “This bloodshed must end,” he said. “This bloodshed will end.” The decision to dispatch federal agents to American cities is playing out at a hyperpoliticized moment when Trump is grasping for a reelection strategy now that the coronavirus has upended the economy and immigration is largely at a standstill. With less than four months until Election Day, Trump has been warning that violence will worsen if his Democratic rival Joe Biden is elected in November and Demo- ing body, which is set to draw new congressional maps in 2021 in one of the country’s most gerrymandered states. The chance to control Ohio’s representation in Washington for the next decade has put flipping at least some legislative seats on Democrats’ national radar. The scandal’s potential political fallout for Republicans was evidenced by the swift rebukes of Householder by politicians and party leaders alike. Practically before he’d left the federal courthouse Tuesday, a who’s who of top Republican brass was calling for Householder’s resignation. They included Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, Lt. Gov. Jon Husted and Attorney General Dave Yost. 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Sarah Hawley is the managing Any vouchers not editor of The Daily Sentinel. used this Saturday will TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 8 PM HEALTH TODAY AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™ Temperature The AccuWeather.com Asthma Index combines the effects of current air quality, pollen counts, wind, temperature, dew point, barometric pressure, and changes from past weather conditions to provide a scale showing the overall probability and severity of an asthma attack. Precipitation (in inches) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Wed. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date 0.01 1.07 3.19 26.54 25.26 SUN & MOON Today 6:22 a.m. 8:47 p.m. 9:27 a.m. 11:09 p.m. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset First Jul 27 Full Last New Aug 3 Aug 11 Aug 18 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for fish and game. Major Today 2:36a Fri. 3:35a Sat. 4:31a Sun. 5:25a Mon. 6:17a Tue. 7:07a Wed. 7:56a Minor 8:49a 9:47a 10:44a 11:38a 12:03a 12:54a 1:43a Major 3:02p 4:00p 4:56p 5:50p 6:42p 7:33p 8:24p 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme POLLEN & MOLD Minor 9:15p 10:13p 11:09p ---12:30p 1:20p 2:10p WEATHER HISTORY On July 23, 1979, heavy rain pushed the Reedy River out of its banks at Greenville, S.C. Thunderstorms dumped 2.00 inches of rain on Johnstown, Pa., in just one hour. SATURDAY Low Moderate High Chillicothe 84/68 Lucasville 84/70 Primary: other Mold: 1623 Moderate High Very High Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services AIR QUALITY 0 50 100 150 200 Portsmouth 83/70 300 500 Air Quality Index: 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very unhealthy; 301-500, Hazardous. Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services OHIO RIVER Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. Wed. Location Willow Island Marietta Parkersburg Belleville Racine Point Pleasant Gallipolis Huntington Ashland Lloyd Greenup Portsmouth Maysville Meldahl Dam Flood Stage 37 34 36 35 41 40 50 50 52 54 50 50 51 Level 12.42 15.78 21.45 12.71 12.73 24.93 12.97 26.11 34.98 13.44 15.90 34.10 14.40 24-hr. Chg. -0.88 -0.18 +0.14 -0.01 -0.10 -0.52 none +0.83 +0.63 +0.69 +0.10 -0.10 +0.90 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2020 OH-70195078 A couple of showers and a thunderstorm Chance for a strong thunderstorm Murray City 83/67 Belpre 84/69 Athens 83/67 St. Marys 83/68 Parkersburg 83/68 Coolville 83/68 Elizabeth 84/69 Spencer 82/68 Buffalo 83/69 Milton 83/70 Clendenin 83/67 St. Albans 84/69 Huntington 82/70 Charleston 82/67 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. 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Lightfoot later said she and other local officials had spoken with federal authorities and come to an understanding. Chicago has seen 414 homicides this year, compared with 275 during the same period in 2019. A barrage of gunfire left 15 people dead on Tuesday near a funeral home on the South Side. “I’ve been very clear that we welcome actual partnership,” the Democratic mayor said Tuesday after speaking with federal officials. “But we do not welcome dictatorship. We do not welcome authoritarianism, and we do not welcome unconstitutional arrest and detainment of our residents. That is something I will not tolerate.” In New Mexico, meanwhile, Democratic elected officials were cautioning Trump against sending in federal agents, with U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich calling on Bernalillo County Sheriff Manny Gonzales, who was at the White House on Wednesday, to resign. “Instead of collaborating with the Albuquerque Police Department, the Sheriff is inviting the President’s stormtroopers into Albuquerque,” the Democratic senator said in a statement. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf drew a distinction between the mission in Portland — to protect federal property — and the surges in Kansas City, Chicago and Albuquerque to aid in stopping violence. 93° 70° Wilkesville 84/68 POMEROY Jackson 85/69 84/68 Ravenswood Rio Grande 84/70 85/69 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 85/68 GALLIPOLIS 86/70 83/69 85/69 South Shore Greenup 82/70 82/69 28 Logan 83/67 MONDAY 94° 72° Partly sunny McArthur 84/67 Very High SUNDAY 92° 67° Adelphi 83/67 Waverly 84/69 Pollen: 3 Low MOON PHASES FRIDAY 3 Primary: cladosporium Fri. 6:23 a.m. 8:47 p.m. 10:38 a.m. 11:41 p.m. EXTENDED FORECAST Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. to help quell a record rise in violence after a 4-year-old boy’s shooting death. Sending federal agents to help localities is not uncommon. Barr announced a similar surge effort in December for seven cities that had seen spiking violence. Usually, the Justice Department sends agents under its own umbrella, like agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives or the Drug Enforcement Agency. But this surge effort will include at least 100 Department of Homeland Security Investigations officers working in the region who generally conduct drug trafficking and child exploitation investigations. DHS officers have already been dispatched to Portland and other localities to protect federal property and monuments as Trump has lambasted efforts by protesters to knock down Confederate statutes. The spike in crime has hit some cities hard at a time when their resources were already stretched thin from the pandemic. But local leaders, includ- crats have a chance to make the police reforms they seek. Crime has surged in some cities like Chicago, New York and Philadelphia before any major policing overhauls could be made. In trying to explain violence in some cities, experts point to the unprecedented moment in the country — a pandemic that has killed more than 140,000 Americans, historic unemployment, stayat-home orders, a mass reckoning over race and police brutality, intense stress and even the weather. And compared with other years, crime in 2020 is down overall. Local authorities have complained that deploying federal agents to their cities has exacerbated tensions on the streets, while residents have accused the government of violating their constitutional rights. Civil unrest in Portland, Oregon, only escalated after federal agents were accused of whisking people away in unmarked cars without probable case. 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