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High 63° / Low 48° Today’s weather forecast Spring sports canceled WEATHER s 4 SPORTS s 6 COVID-19 cases, deaths Gallia County Confirmed cases ..............6 Deaths ............................. 1 Updated 2 p.m. 4/21/20 Meigs County Confirmed cases ..............2 Deaths .............................0 Updated 2 p.m. 4/21/20 Ohio Confirmed cases ..... 13,250 Deaths .........................538 Updated 2 p.m. 4/21/20 C_ZZb[fehj��Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 64, Volume 74 Wednesday, April 22, 2020 s 50¢ Honoring the Class of 2020: Southern Person arrested, drugs located in search Staff Report Photos by Sarah Hawley | Sentinel In a show of unity and support, stadium lights across Ohio were illuminated on Monday night at 8:20 p.m. (20:20 military time) for 20 minutes and 20 seconds to show support for the Class of 2020. At Southern High School, the stadium lights at Roger Lee Adams Memorial Field were turned on as fire trucks from the Racine and Syracuse Volunteer Fire Departments led the way through the parking lot and around the stadium. Several vehicles honking their horns also took place as some of the members of the Class of 2020 watched from the parking lot or grass area around the field. Editor’s note: Photos from the events at Eastern and Meigs will appear in upcoming editions of The Daily Sentinel. See SEARCH | 8 Rutland Council holds virtual meeting Staff Report Judge: Legitimate cause to limit businesses By Andrew Welsh-Huggins While another hearing on the lawsuit is set for May 11, U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley COLUMBUS, Ohio — A fed- said in his decision Monday eral judge gave Ohio ofﬁcials an that state ofﬁcials have legitimate reasons for setting the early victory in a lawsuit challenging the shuttering of nones- restrictions on businesses. The bridal shop and its attorsential employers in response to neys argue the state should give the pandemic. businesses a way to appeal indiThe judge rejected a Columvidual closings. But Marbley bus bridal shop’s bid for a said that isn’t practical. temporary restraining order Other coronavirus-related that would have allowed it to developments in Ohio: reopen. Associated Press School sports The Ohio High School Athletic Association ofﬁcially canceled spring sports after Republican Gov. Mike DeWine announced that schools statewide will stay closed for the remainder of the academic year while classes continue remotely. Health and safety remains OHSAA’s top priority as it considers how the pandemic might also impact fall sports, Executive Director Jerry Snodgrass said. Prisons A former Republican fundraiser convicted in a state investment scandal was released from prison Tuesday after the GOP governor ordered early release for him and some other inmates who are older or have health issues that make them more vulnerable to the virus, The Blade reported. Former Toledo-area coin See JUDGE | 3 OHIO VALLEY HISTORY AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC (USPS 145-966) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes every Sunday and Tuesday through Friday. Subscription rate is $131.61 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. MEIGS COUNTY — Drugs and other items were reportedly seized during a search of a residence in the Pageville area on Monday night. In a news release, Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood announced that a search warrant was obtained by the Major Crimes Task Force of Gallia-Meigs after a joint investigation with the Meigs County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce. Task Force Agents were assisted by Meigs County Prosecuting Attorney James K. Stanley in preparing the search warrant. At approximately 11:15 p.m. on Monday, Sheriff Wood, task force agents, deputies of the Meigs County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce and the ofﬁcers of the Middleport Police Showcasing relics of the past By Chris Rizer Special to OVP Before the invention of radio, television, and Facebook, there were only two ways to advertise your business. Either you placed an ad in the newspapers, or you put See RELICS | 3 This Coca-Cola ad recently discovered on the side of the former Harris Steakhouse located in downtown Courtesy Point Pleasant. RUTLAND — Rutland Village Council conducted its ﬁrst virtual meeting earlier this month, discussing the appointment of a village marshal, gravel at the park and other matters. Mayor Tyler Eblin provided the following information from the meeting: During their most recent regular session broadcasted via Facebook Live, the Council of the Village of Rutland received reports, took action on the Marshal appointment, new gravel at Jim Vennari Park and the assignment of a property address, among tabling other items. The Council convened in regular session Monday, April 6, 2020 in Council Chambers at Rutland Civic Center. Unlike routine meetings, the April regular session of the Council was broadcasted in an effort to ensure compliance with the Ohio Department of Health Stay-at-Home Order and the Ohio Open Meetings Act. In attendance with the Council assisting in the broadcast was Rusty Fields, a student from Ohio University. During their regular session, the Council See RUTLAND | 8 �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Wednesday, April 22, 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing GALLIA, MEIGS BRIEFS OHIO BRIEFS County Engineer Brett A. Boothe announces Woods Mill Road will be closed beginning Monday, April 20 - Friday, June 19, weather permitting. The road is closed from Ohio State Route 325 to Deckard Road for slip repair. Local trafﬁc will need to use other county roads. Also, White Road, Kemper Hollow, and Georges Creek will be closed during the ROCKSPRINGS — The 2020 day only beginning Monday, April Meigs Cleanup Day has been 20 through Wednesday, April 23 rescheduled for Saturday, Sept. and Little Kyger Road will be 26, 2020, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the closed during the day only beginMeigs County Fairgrounds. For ning Wednesday, April 22 through more information contact the Meigs County Health Department Monday April 27, weather permitting. The road closures are due at 740-992-6626. to multiple culvert replacements. Local trafﬁc will need to use other county roads. MEIGS COUNTY — A bridge deck repair project began on April 13 on State Route 7 in Meigs Gallipolis income tax returns County. The project is taking and payments for tax year 2019 with a due date of April 15, 2020 place between McGuire Road (Township Road 196) and State have been extended to July 15, Route 124 (near the Route 7/124 2020. Estimated payments for intersection near 124 Mart). One the ﬁrst and second quarters of lane will be closed and trafﬁc will tax year 2020 have also been extended to July 15, 2020. These be maintained with temporary signals. A 14 foot width restriction extended due dates do not apply will be in place. The estimated to employer withholding. completion date is April 24, 2020. Editor’s Note: Gallia Meigs Briefs will only list event information that is open to the public and will be printed on a spaceavailable basis. Cleanup day rescheduled City taxes announcement Announcements, cancellations GALLIPOLIS — Gallipolis Township meetings will be held the second Monday of each month, 6 p.m. at the townhouse until further notice. CHAUNCEY — The AthensMeigs Educational Service Center’s Policy Committee will meet every Tuesday evening in April 2020, 5 p.m. at 21 Birge Drive, Chauncey, Ohio. Banquet rescheduled REEDSVILLE — The annual Olive Orange High School alumni banquet has been moved from May 23 to July 25 due to the COVID-19 virus. Road construction updates GALLIA COUNTY — A culvert replacement project begins on April 20 on Thomas Road (Township Road 551) in Gallia County. The road will be closed through April 28. GALLIA COUNTY — Gallia Meigs County Council on Aging The Meigs County Council on Aging is providing delivered meals for seniors age 60 and older, as well as an errand/sopping service during this COVID19 pandemic. For more information contact 740-992-2161. Opt-out deadline extended GALLIPOLIS — Gallia County Engineer Brett A. Boothe, has announced the annual Dust Patching and Herbicidal Opt-Out forms are now being accepted at the engineer’s ofﬁce. The Dust Patching form is required for those residents who would like to apply for materials to be applied at are requested site to reduce the dust generated from trafﬁc on a stone county road. The Herbicidal OptOut form is required for those residents who do not want herbicidal spraying in speciﬁc areas along county road right-of-ways and agree to maintain those areas. Due to the COVID-19 quarantine restrictions, the deadline for 2020 has been extended to May 14. Both forms may be picked up from a clear box on the front door at the engineer’s ofﬁce, 1167 State Route 160 and mailed back with postmark by the deadline or placed in the lock box at the front door as well. Pomeroy Alumni scholarships POMEROY — Although the Pomeroy High School Alumni Association is not having their annual banquet this year due to the Covid19 pandemic, they will be awarding scholarships to deserving 2020 high school graduates. Applicants must be a grandchild or a great-grandchild of a Pomeroy alumni and are based on academics. There are no application forms, but applicants need to send a transcript of grades, a current photo, name of parents, name of alumni they’re applying under, activities they have participated in and where they plan to attend college and their course of study. Applications must be in the hands of the scholarship committee by May 13th. They are to be mailed to the Pomeroy Alumni Association, Box 202, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. Veterans Service Office BROADCAST 6 PM Food Pantry Meigs Cooperative Parish food pantry is open Tuesday-Friday from 9 a.m.-noon. The kitchen and thrift store are closed at this time. 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It’s not clear why the man had ﬁred the gun before police arrived Hit-run driver kills man FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) — A man in a wheelchair who was trying to cross a roadway was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver, authorities said, An SUV was traveling southbound on the Harrisburg Pike in Franklin Township when it hit the man around 10:25 p.m. Monday, just south of Big Tree Drive, according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce. The SUV driver did not stop and continued traveling southbound as a witness called 911, authorities said. The man was taken to a hospital but was pronounced dead there a short time later. His name has not been released. The accident remains under investigation. Blaze burns at egg farm MIDDLEPORT — Due to the COVID-19 virus, the Meigs County Veterans Service Ofﬁce will be conducting all business via phone or email at this time. Veterans Service Ofﬁcers will be in the ofﬁce Monday thru Friday 8 a.m.noon. Transportation is still open. Please leave a detailed message if calling after hours. WEDNESDAY EVENING Police shoot, wound man CROTON, Ohio (AP) — A fast-moving, massive ﬁre erupted early Tuesday at a large egg farm in Ohio, but it wasn’t clear if any chickens at the site had been harmed. The ﬁre was reported shortly before 3:30 a.m. at the Trillium Farms facility in Croton, authorities said, and sent ﬂames shooting high into the sky. It apparently was burning in a front building at the site, ofﬁcials said, and not in the chicken coop buildings. No human injuries were reported in the blaze, which has continued to burn for several hours while dozens of ﬁreﬁghters work to contain it. The cause of the ﬁre was not immediately known. Dad shoots teen daughter DAYTON (AP) — A man shot and wounded his 15-year-old daughter during a dispute inside their Dayton home, authorities said. Steven Brandy, 55, faces a felonious assault charge stemming from Sunday night’s shooting. It wasn’t known if he’s retained an attorney. The teen initially called 911 around 5:30 p.m. and said her father had physically assaulted her, city police said. She also said her father had a knife and razor, but said she did not need medical attention. Another 911 call from the home was made moments later, when a man who police said was Brandy reported that he had just shot his daughter and that she needed medical help. The teen then called 911 herself to report the shooting. The girl was being treated at a hospital, but her name and further details on her condition were not released. It wasn’t clear if anyone else was in the home when the shooting occurred. Authorities have not said what the teen and her father were arguing about. GALLIA, MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS Editor’s Note: The Daily Sentinel and Gallipolis Daily Tribune appreciate your input to the community calendar. To make sure items can receive proper attention, all information should be received by the newspaper at least ﬁve business days prior to an event. All coming events print on a space-available basis and in chronological order. Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@ aimmediamidwest.com or GDTnews@aimmediamidwest.com. Friday, April 24 MIDDLEPORT — The Middleport Church of Christ will be having takeout meals for their monthly Free Community Dinner. Meals will be handed out in their Family Life Center parking lot at 5 p.m. until they run out. Meals will contain meatballs, scalloped potatoes, green beans, and a dessert. Card shower Monday, April 27 RIO GRANDE — William (Bill) McCoy will celebrate his 90th birthday on May 6. Cards may be mailed to him at P.O. Box 245, Rio Grande, OH 45674. MIDDLEPORT — The Meigs County Veterans Service Commission will meet at 9 a.m. at the ofﬁce located at 97 North Second Avenue in Middleport. CONTACT US 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 740-446-2342 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 �Ohio Valley Publishing NEWS Judge THEIR VIEW Working for Ohio during crisis From page 1 dealer Tom Noe, 65, had served nearly 12 years of an 18-year state sentence. He was freed from Marion Correctional Institution, where about 1,950 of the 2,500 inmates have tested positive for the virus. Noe has not, his attorney told the newspaper. The Marion prison and the Pickaway Correctional Facility are getting attention as hot spots for coronavirus cases while such faciliGene J. Puskar | AP ties around the country struggle to manage amid A protester stands on the step of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus on Monday to protest the stay-at-home order that is the pandemic. ic. This will help ensure health The unprecedented coronavirus care workers have the personal pandemic has changed every facet protective equipment they need of life in a short span of time. to treat coronavirus patients, The nonpartisan Congressional and these gowns are already at Budget Ofﬁce has estimated that hotspots around the country. unemployment for this quarter We also worked successfully could rise to over 10 percent. with the U.S. Trade RepresentaAccording to a recent poll by the Sen. Rob Kaiser Family Foundation, nine Portman tive to help Akron’s GoJo, which in 10 adults are now ofﬁcially Contributing makes the hand sanitizer Purell, resolve some tariff issues that socially distancing themselves. In Columnist were affecting their ability to disOhio, more people ﬁled for unemtribute bottles of Purell, a valuployment in March alone than in able resource that each of us can use in all of 2019. our daily lives to minimize the spread of Before we can get our country and coronavirus. our economy back up and running, we One of the most important steps must solve the underlying coronavirus we need to take to ﬂatten the curve of crisis, and Ohio can play a role in that COVID-19 in Ohio and nationwide to effort in two big ways. First, we can make sure we are able to test for more leverage our world-class businesses potential cases so that we know the to contribute to the national effort to address the coronavirus in the hardest- extent to which the coronavirus has hit areas. Second, we can do our part to spread and can then get people who slow the spread of the virus in our state. have been infected the treatment they need. Unfortunately, many health care Over the past few weeks, I have systems throughout Ohio have lacked worked with Ohio health care providthe equipment and resources to keep ers and businesses and the federal government to ensure our hospitals get pace with the demands of the virus. UC Health, Greater Cincinnati’s acathe resources they need to handle the demands of this virus, as well as to help demic health system and an afﬁliate of Ohio companies make important contri- the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, was poised to change this butions to our state and national effort in SW Ohio by acquiring a new cobas to slow the spread of the virus. 6800 machine, which can process more One key contribution from Ohio has been Battelle, a global research institu- than 1000 diagnostic tests per day. However, vague federal guidance led the tion in Columbus. We have been working with the Trump administration and machine’s manufacturer to withhold the machine from UC Health, potentially Governor Mike DeWine to help get critical mask decontamination technol- endangering the lives of thousands of individuals in southwest Ohio who ogy approved for Battelle so that it could not otherwise be tested for corocan provide more frontline health care workers with the protection they need. navirus. When we learned about this, we This technology will allow health care worked with the Department of Health workers to safely reuse the incredibly and Human Services and the Trump important N-95 masks that help keep them safe as they treat the ill. After that administration to end this unnecessary approval was secured, I was able to help holdup and get UC Health the support it needed. Within 48 hours, the machine Battelle receive two federal contracts arrived. UC Health will now be able to to rapidly produce 60 new Critical Care Decontamination Systems, which perform 10 times as many tests, and SW Ohio will be able to better address will allow approximately 4.8 million masks per day to be decontaminated at the coronavirus spread. hotspots around the country at no cost These are all measures that will make to hospitals. a difference in how effectively Ohio and We have also been working to make the entire United States respond to this sure Ohio businesses can make needed unprecedented challenge, but our work contributions to the national effort is not yet done. I will continue to do to ﬁght the coronavirus. Last week, anything I can to make sure that our we were able to help Cardinal Health, health care system is equipped to handle based in Dublin, Ohio, break through the coronavirus and that Ohio remains federal red tape and bureaucracy to be a leader in our nation’s response to the able to donate 2.2 million protective greatest health crisis of our time. gowns to the Strategic National Stockpile, the federal government’s central Rob Portman (R) represents Ohio in the United States collection of medical equipment to Senate. Viewpoints expressed in the article are the deploy to the frontlines of the pandem- work of the author. reads, “Drink Coca-Cola, Delicious and Refreshing” and was painted by the R.C. Maxwell Company out of Trenton, NJ. That last line, “delicious and refreshing,” is almost illegible today. After speaking with Coca-Cola company archivist Caitlin Bowron, it was discovered that this advertisement was put up between 1931 and 1935, based on the style of the script that was patented by Coca-Cola and the construction of the neighboring building in 1935. Based on records at the company archives, it was likely put up by the CocaCola Bottling Company of Point Pleasant, which was incorporated in 1917 and was an expanding business in the 1930s. This sign, along with the Mail Pouch Tobacco ad just a block up the street, are real treasures. It helps that these signs were covered for nearly a century and protected from the weather, a factor that also kept them from being destroyed or painted over. Perhaps in the near future, before the elements begin to eat away at them, these ads can be freshened up or given a nice clear coat to ensure that tourists and future generations can appreciate these beautiful relics of the past. It’s certainly a project worth looking into. Information from the Weekly Register and Coca-Cola Archives. Chris Rizer is president of the Mason County Historical and Preservation Society, reach him at masonchps@gmail.com. Cases More than 13,700 cases of the virus have been reported statewide, including 557 deaths and 2,800 hospitalizations, Ohio ofﬁcials said Tuesday. DeWine announced the death of a resident of Northwest Ohio Developmental Center in Toledo, the ﬁrst death in a a state developmental center. DeWine said Tuesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new version of the testing reagent, a development that will signiﬁcantly expand Ohio’s ability to test for the coronavirus. DeWine also announced he had appointed former governors Bob Taft, a Republican, and Dick Celeste, a Democrat, to lead a statewide task force focused on obtaining supplies to ramp up testing further. Health Director Dr. Amy Acton said the state can expect cases to rise as the state gradually reopens May 1. DeWine called this part of the “high-wire” balancing act Ohio must undergo. For most people, the virus causes mild or moderate symptoms that clear up within weeks. Older adults and people with existing health problems are at higher risk of more severe illness, including pneumonia, or death. Celebrities help charity TV talk show host Jerry Springer, the bands OneRepublic and Train, singer-songwriter Jewel and former Cincinnati Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo are among the planned participants in a Wednesday night livestream telethon to beneﬁt United Way of Greater Cincinnati’s COVID-19 relief efforts. Donations will fund help for people in 10 counties in southwest Ohio, southeast Indiana and northern Kentucky. Meanwhile, Cincinnati-based UC Health said Monday that veteran Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton and his wife JJ Dalton have donated $150,000 to the UC Health Crisis Response Fund as clinicians work to understand, treat and prevent the spread of COVID-19. 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The newspaOn a solid black backper ads are interesting ground with yellow trim, in their own right, like it originally advertised, Captain Joseph Hein’s proclamation that he was “Bloch Bros. Mail Pouch Tobacco” with a com“Commander-in-Chief pany seal to the top left of the best liquors!” My that said, “West Virginia stock and trade, though, is buildings and the physi- Mail Pouch Tobacco, for Chewing and Smoking.” cal remnants of our rich After a while, however, history. At one time, advertise- the advertisement was updated to read, “R.W. ments covered the sides Selbe’s Place, Fine Wines of half the buildings on and Liquors, Cigars & Point Pleasant’s Main Tobacco. Standard for 25 Street. On the side of Years, Mail Pouch Tobacwhat is now Boardman’s co” with an illustration of Furniture were ads for a Mail Pouch Tobacco tin Hooff’s Drug & Hardbeside it. There’s also eviware Store and Eastman dence of a few other ads Kodak. 514 Main Street, beneath the several layers the ﬁrst building you see of paint, including one for on the east side of Main Street, changed every few shoes. I’m sure you’re wonderyears with various ads for ing when it was painted Coca-Cola, Thompson’s and who R.W. Selbe was. Drug Store, a clothing Well, the Selbe family is company, gunsmith, and an old one in Point Pleassaloon. 510 Main had ant, and they opened a a massive ad for Hein’s saloon in Point Pleasant saloon, and 314 Main (recently demolished) had sometime before 1871. an ad for another saloon. Around 1890, their Perhaps the most iconic saloon moved into the building that now houses of these building adverCounterPoint Co-op, and tisements were the Mail Pouch Tobacco advertise- it just so happens that the business advertising ments of West Virginia’s own Bloch Bros. Tobacco shoes was next door. As for the sign, it was put up Company. Most people between 1913 and 1930, are familiar with their during the heyday of Mail barn advertisements Pouch Tobacco’s barn that are scattered across advertising. several states, but the Speaking of advertising Bloch Bros. frequently from the 1930s, another used commercial buildof Main Street’s gems is ings as well. In fact, by the Coca-Cola advertisethe 1920s, there were ment recently discovered no less than three Mail on the side of the former Pouch Tobacco ads on Main Street! The two on Harris Steakhouse. It in effect until May 1. OH-70183586 Relics Wednesday, April 22, 2020 3 �NEWS/WEATHER 4 Wednesday, April 22, 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing Young hunters make memories during turkey season COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio’s young hunters checked 1,843 wild turkeys during the 2020 two-day spring youth season, April 18 and 19, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Young hunters harvested 1,331 wild turkeys during the same weekend in 2019. Youth hunters were required to be accompanied by a non-hunting adult during the two-day season. Learning from an experienced hunter is key to developing the skills to successfully harvest a wild turkey. Top 11 counties for wild turkey harvest during the 2020 youth season include: Monroe (71), Tuscarawas (68), Muskingum (63), Meigs (57), Washington (55), Noble (51), Guernsey (48), Belmont (47), Coshocton (45), Columbiana (44) and Harrison (44). In Gallia County, 36 were harvested. Erich Long | Courtesy photo Top 11 counties for wild turkey harvest during the 2020 youth season include: Monroe (71), Tuscarawas (68), Muskingum (63), Meigs (57), Washington (55), Noble (51), Guernsey (48), Belmont (47), Coshocton (45), Columbiana (44) and Harrison (44). In Gallia County, 36 were harvested. maries of past turkey seasons, visit wildohio.gov/ turkeyharvest. Hunting hours from April 20-26 in the south zone and May 4-10 in the northeast zone are 30 minutes before sunrise until noon. Hunting hours from April 27 to May 17 in the south zone and May 11-31 in the northeast zone are 30 minutes before sunrise to sunset. The spring turkey season bag limit is two bearded wild turkeys. Hunters may harvest one bearded Ohio offers more opportunities for hunters of all ages to pursue wild turkeys. The state has two zones for spring turkey hunting: the south zone and the northeast zone. For 2020, the south zone hunting dates are from Monday, April 20, to Sunday, May 17. The northeast zone dates are from Monday, May 4, to Sunday, May 31. Find complete details in the 2019-2020 Hunting and Trapping Regulations or at wildohio.gov. For sum- turkey per day, and a second spring turkey permit may be purchased at any time throughout the spring turkey season. Turkeys are required to be checked no later than 11:30 p.m. the day of harvest. All hunters are required to report their turkey harvest using the automated game-check system, which is available online, by phone or at a participating license agent. Hunters may hunt wild turkeys with shotguns or archery equipment. It is unlawful to hunt turkeys using bait, live decoys or electronic calling devices, or to shoot a wild turkey while it is in a tree. The Division of Wildlife advises turkey hunters to wear hunter orange clothing when entering, leaving or moving through hunting areas in order to remain visible to others. Editor’s Note: A county list of all wild turkeys checked by youth hunters during the 2020 youth turkey season is shown below. The ﬁrst number following the county’s name shows the harvest numbers for 2020, and the 2019 numbers are in parentheses. Adams: 41 (26); Allen: 10 (5); Ashland: 19 (23); Ashtabula: 36 (33); Athens: 34 (22); Auglaize: 4 (5); Belmont: 47 (38); Brown: 40 (36); Butler: 24 (10); Carroll: 32 (25); Champaign: 9 (2); Clark: 4 (1); Clermont: 31 (25); Clinton: 15 (6); Columbiana: 44 (30); Coshocton: 45 (42); Crawford: 3 (2); Darke: 8 (17); Deﬁance: 40 (17); Delaware: 11 (6); Erie: 2 (5); Fairﬁeld: 11 (3); Fayette: 5 (1); Franklin: 2 (0); Fulton: 23 (7); Gallia: 36 (26); Geauga: 13 (18); Greene: 1 (2); Guernsey: 48 (44); Hamilton: 5 (4); Hancock: 7 (1); Hardin: 9 (8); Harrison: 44 (38); Henry: 13 (10); Highland: 41 (23); Hocking: 26 (10); Holmes: 37 (28); Huron: 7 (8); Jackson: 30 (21); Jefferson: 36 (31); Knox: 33 (30); Lake: 6 (6); Lawrence: 19 (17); Licking: 30 (22); Logan: 12 (7); Lorain: 11 (10); Lucas: 8 (3); Madison: 0 (1); Mahoning: 16 (18); Marion: 5 (2); Medina: 18 (6); Meigs: 57 (38); Mercer: 4 (1); Miami: 7 (2); Monroe: 71 (66); Montgomery: 3 (2); Morgan: 36 (25); Morrow: 21 (13); Muskingum: 63 (30); Noble: 51 (50); Paulding: 9 (3); Perry: 33 (19); Pickaway: 6 (1); Pike: 13 (16); Portage: 19 (18); Preble: 8 (6); Putnam: 11 (6); Richland: 16 (21); Ross: 31 (17); Sandusky: 3 (0); Scioto: 28 (11); Seneca: 8 (13); Shelby: 4 (2); Stark: 19 (11); Summit: 3 (5); Trumbull: 43 (22); Tuscarawas: 68 (47); Union: 5 (4); Van Wert: 4 (2); Vinton: 35 (29); Warren: 15 (5); Washington: 55 (39); Wayne: 11 (11); Williams: 20 (7); Wood: 4 (0); Wyandot: 8 (8). 2020 total: 1,843 2019 total: (1,331) Information provided by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Fran’s favorites: Whole wheat bread and sidewalk chalk paint Life has changed so much for all of us during these past several weeks. Mike is extremely busy as you might expect, but he has been able to do most of his work while staying home. He starts every day with radio shows, then staff meetings with all the people on his team by videoconferencing, right from the kitchen. He has meetings with mayors, with other governors, even calls with the president and vice president from home. Then he goes into the statehouse every afternoon for a press conference. While he is totally consumed with keeping Ohio safe, and at the same time opening our economy back up, I have enjoyed having that little extra time not just to take care of him, but also do some of the cooking that I haven’t done for a while, and that I really love to do. Last week I made my grandmother Anna Struewing’s whole wheat TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 35° 54° 58° Clouds and sun today. A shower early tonight; otherwise, cloudy. High 63° / Low 48° 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. Tue. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date 0.01 2.23 2.34 14.76 12.39 SUN & MOON Today 6:42 a.m. 8:13 p.m. 6:49 a.m. 7:55 p.m. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset New First Apr 22 Apr 30 Full Last May 7 May 14 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for ﬁsh and game. Today Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Tue. Major 11:51a 12:11a 12:56a 1:44a 2:36a 3:32a 4:30a Minor 5:40a 6:22a 7:07a 7:56a 8:49a 9:45a 10:43a 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme POLLEN & MOLD Major ---12:07p 1:18p 2:08p 3:01p 3:58p 4:57p Minor 6:01p 6:43p 7:29p 8:19p 9:14p 10:11p 11:10p WEATHER HISTORY April 22 marks the latest ever that the temperature dropped to freezing in Baltimore, Md. Freezing temperatures have been noted in the outlying suburbs well into May. Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Low Moderate High Moderate High Very High AIR QUALITY 300 500 Primary pollutant: Ozone Air Quality Index: 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very unhealthy; 301-500, Hazardous. Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services OHIO RIVER Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. Tue. Location Willow Island Marietta Parkersburg Belleville Racine Point Pleasant Gallipolis Huntington Ashland Lloyd Greenup Portsmouth Maysville Meldahl Dam Flood Stage 37 34 36 35 41 40 50 50 52 54 50 50 51 Level 12.94 21.48 24.19 12.88 12.90 26.42 12.16 31.42 37.18 12.37 30.50 36.70 31.40 Portsmouth 64/50 24-hr. Chg. -0.05 -0.94 -0.73 +0.48 -0.06 -0.80 -0.11 -0.84 -0.49 +0.12 -1.50 -0.20 -0.80 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2020 Grandma Struewing’s whole wheat bread In a large bowl mix: 1 quart warm water 2 packages dry yeast 4 tablespoons brown sugar or honey 1 tablespoon salt 4 tablespoons vegetable oil or bacon grease Let stand 15 to 20 minutes until foamy. Add: 4 cups whole wheat ﬂour Mix well with large spoon. Let stand covered for 30 minutes until ﬂuffy. Add: 4 cups whole wheat ﬂour Scrape bowl. Knead dough on board or table until you can roll in a ball, using 2 cups white ﬂour SUNDAY 65° 45° Cloudy, a shower and t-storm around Ohio First Lady Fran DeWine is a Cedarville resident, Yellow Springs native and guest columnist. Viewpoints expressed in the article are the work of the author. TUESDAY 56° 36° Cloudy and cooler with rain possible 66° 45° A couple of showers possible Marietta 56/45 Murray City 58/45 Belpre 58/47 Athens 59/44 St. Marys 57/46 Parkersburg 57/45 Coolville 58/46 Elizabeth 59/47 Spencer 59/47 Buffalo 62/49 Milton 64/50 Clendenin 61/48 St. Albans 63/50 Huntington 65/49 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s Seattle 100s 58/49 90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s San Francisco 10s 69/56 0s -0s -10s Los Angeles 85/66 T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front Sidewalk chalk paint 1 cup cornstarch 1 cup cold water Food coloring or washable kids paints Mix cornstarch and water. Divide into mufﬁn cups or small plastic containers. Add a few drops food coloring to each one to get desired colors. Use cheap 1-inch brushes or foam brush to paint sidewalk. This will settle so stir occasionally. Mostly cloudy NATIONAL CITIES Ironton 66/49 Ashland 66/50 Grayson 66/50 to knead your dough. Grease bowl. Put dough in bowl to rise until twice the size, then work down. Let rise about an hour again. Then divide dough into 4 loaves and put in greased (7-1/2 inch by 3-1/2 inch) pans. Cover with plastic and set to rise. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Bake 55 minutes. Brush with butter. MONDAY 57° 36° Wilkesville 61/46 POMEROY Jackson 61/47 62/47 Ravenswood Rio Grande 61/48 63/48 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 63/50 GALLIPOLIS 63/48 61/48 62/48 South Shore Greenup 66/50 64/50 39 Logan 57/46 McArthur 60/45 Lucasville 64/50 Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services 0 50 100 150 200 Chillicothe 60/49 Very High Primary: mulberry, sycamore Mold: 37 Mostly cloudy So, stay home. Read to your children. Call your friends. Write a letter. Make some bread to drop off to a neighbor. And paint a rainbow on your sidewalk. We’re all in this together. The sun will shine again! SATURDAY 64° 49° Adelphi 59/48 Waverly 62/49 Pollen: 48 Low MOON PHASES FRIDAY Cool with periods of rain 0 Primary: ascospores Thu. 6:41 a.m. 8:14 p.m. 7:15 a.m. 8:54 p.m. THURSDAY 62° 51° Statistics through 3 p.m. Tue. 64° 51° 70° 46° 92° in 1985 26° in 1956 EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM ALMANAC High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low mally use — which time for the kids to is very important be outside doing now because yeast crafts. Over Easter is hard to ﬁnd in weekend I made some stores. Don’t some sidewalk be afraid to make chalk paint for my substitutions and grandchildren to additions to this enjoy. It’s made Fran recipe. I actually with simple ingreDeWine like to use honey Contributing dients — water, instead of brown cornstarch and food Columnist sugar in it, and last coloring or kids week I added some washable paints. cooked oatmeal to it to It gives them hours of make it moister. Raisins creativity and enjoyment are a great addition also. — but it all washes away This recipe makes a lot, as the rains come. which is good if you want Today I am sewing to share, or if you put it in some more masks as the refrigerator or freezer well. I have given many to keep longer. Or just cut away. I even made some the recipe in half. It makes in exchange for people great toast which Mike giving donations to local says he looks forward to food banks. We have to in the morning! It makes support our food banks an excellent grilled cheese because so many people sandwich as well. Be sure are hurting right now — to adjust the baking time the need has never been to the size pans you are higher. Our frontline using. health care workers need our prayers every day for I’ve also been working the incredible job they are on recipes for children. doing and the sacriﬁce As this spring weather they are making. gets warmer, it’s a great bread recipe. Even though I always loved her bread, I haven’t made it for years because it has a long rising time — actually several risings — so it’s not quick. But since I am staying home anyway, why not!? My grandmother made this bread to feed to her nine children during the depression years, and in her later years she would make 100 loaves to sell at the Yellow Springs Senior Center’s annual bazaar. I went to her house years ago to learn how to make it from her. She didn’t have a huge bowl, so she used a dishpan to mix it up. As she put each ingredient in, I measured it, because her tablespoons might be giant tablespoons. She made her bread with the “sponge” method. She would put half the ﬂour in, let that rise until spongy, then put the rest of the ﬂour in and knead it. This way with the slow rise, you could make it with about half the yeast you would nor- Charleston 62/47 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Winnipeg 52/34 Montreal 38/23 Minneapolis 68/39 Billings 69/45 Detroit 45/37 Chicago 64/48 Toronto 43/27 New York 52/40 Washington 60/46 Denver 68/43 Kansas City 67/50 Chihuahua 89/55 Thu. 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The Paycheck Protection Program was supposed to infuse small businesses, which typically have less access to quick cash and credit, with $349 billion in emergency loans that could help keep workers on the Martha Mendoza | AP Zachary Davis poses for a photo at The Penny Ice Creamery in Santa Cruz, Calif. An investigation by The Associated Press found that the federal Paycheck Protection Program, which was supposed to provide small businesses like Davis’ with access to cash to support their employees, also provided hundreds of millions of dollars to large publicly traded companies. job and bills paid on time. But at least 75 companies that received the aid were publicly traded, the AP found, and some had market values well over $100 million. And 25% of the companies had warned investors months ago — while the economy was humming along — that their ability to remain viable was in question. By combing through thousands of regulatory ﬁlings, the AP identiﬁed the 75 companies as recipients of a combined $300 million in lowinterest, taxpayer-backed loans. Eight companies, or their subsidiaries, received the maximum $10 million possible, including a California software company that settled a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation late last year into accounting errors that overstated its revenue. The eight ﬁrms getting maximum loans are likely just a tip of the iceberg: Statistics released last week by the U.S. Small Business Administration showed that 4,400 of the approved loans exceeded $5 million. Overall, the size of the typical loan nationally was $206,000, according to the statistics. The SBA will forgive the loans if companies meet certain benchmarks, such as keeping employees on payroll for eight weeks. The list of recipients identiﬁed by the AP is a fraction of the 1.6 million loans that lenders approved before the program was depleted last week, but it is the most complete public accounting to date. Neither the Trump administration nor the lending industry has disclosed a list of Paycheck Protection Program beneﬁciaries. Representatives of the SBA, which is overseeing the program, did not respond to a request for comment late Monday. But last Friday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a written statement that most of the loans, 74%, were for less than $150,000 and that demonstrated “the accessibility of this program to even the smallest of small businesses.” President Donald Trump, asked Monday whether the criteria for who can receive loans should change, said that “we’ll look at individual things and some people will have to return it if we think it’s inappropriate.” He added that the loans are supposed to be awarded, in part, by “what we think is right.” On Tuesday, the White House referred questions to the SBA and Treasury Department. Trump vows to ‘suspend immigration’ to US because of virus Associated Press WASHINGTON — Returning to a divisive issue at a time of national crisis, President Donald Trump says he will sign an executive order “to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States” because of the coronavirus. “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!” Trump tweeted late Monday. He offered no details about which immigration programs might be affected by the order, and by Tuesday afternoon, the White House had yet to release any details on its contents or timing. 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Bids shall be sealed and marked as Bid for: 2020 Round 33 County Paving Project - Parts 1 & 2 and mailed or delivered to: Meigs County Commissioners The Meigs County Courthouse 100 E. Second Street, Suite 301 Pomeroy, Ohio 45769 4-15-20,4-22-20 �S ports 6 Wednesday, April 22, 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing Families sue helicopter company in deadly Bryant crash Damian Dovarganes | AP file Flowers and photos honor members of the Altobelli family outside Angel Stadium in Anaheim, Calif., on Feb. 10. Coach John Altobelli, 56, far right, his wife, Keri, 43, second from left, and his daughter Alyssa, 13, left, died in a helicopter crash on Jan. 26 in Calabasas. Family members of four of the people killed in a helicopter crash with Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna are suing the companies that owned and operated the aircraft. The wrongful death lawsuits were filed electronically Sunday in Los Angeles Superior Court on behalf of three members of one family and a woman who helped coach Bryant’s daughter in basketball. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Family members of four passengers killed in a helicopter crash with Kobe Bryant and his daughter have joined the NBA star’s widow in ﬁling wrongful death lawsuits against the companies that owned and operated the aircraft. The suits on behalf of three members of one family, and a woman who helped coach Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter in basketball, were ﬁled electronically Sunday in Los Angeles Superior Court. The pair of lawsuits comes about two months after Bryant’s widow, Vanessa, the mother of Gianna, also sued Island Express Helicopters Inc., which operated the Sikorsky, and its owner, Island Express Holding Corp. A person who answered the phone at Island Express Helicopters declined to comment and an email from The Associated Press requesting comment was not immediately returned. Unlike Vanessa Bryant’s lengthy lawsuit, the new identical 7-page cases do not name the dead pilot, Ara Zobayan, or his representative, as a defendant. All the suits allege that the two companies were careless and negligent. One suit was ﬁled by two surviving children of Orange Coast College baseball coach John Altobelli and his wife Keri. Their daughter Alyssa played basketball with Gianna. Another suit was ﬁled by the husband and three children of Christina Mauser, who helped Bryant coach the girls’ basketball team The group was heading to a basketball tournament Jan. 26 when the chopper crashed in thick fog northwest of Los Angeles. An initial National Transportation Safety Board report said there were no signs of engine failure from the wreckage recovered. Zobayan had nearly navigated the helicopter out of blinding clouds when the aircraft suddenly turned and plunged into the mountainside. Vanessa Bryant, who ﬁled the suit the same day as her husband’s large public memorial service in February, alleged that Zobayan was careless and negligent to ﬂy in the fog and should have aborted the ﬂight. Also killed in the crash were Sarah Chester and her daughter Payton, who was another of Gianna’s teammates. Texas, Florida eager for NASCAR to rev engines again FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The race is on among states willing to be the ﬁrst to host NASCAR races without fans. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted Monday that NASCAR was working with Texas Motor Speedway on a plan to race there. “I hope to announce the exciting details in the near future,” Abbott said. “To prevent spread of #COVID19 it will be without fans. But they will put on a great show for TV.” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had already spoken to Daytona Beach-based NASCAR executive Lesa France Kennedy, potentially putting both NASCAR-controlled Homestead-Miami Speedway and Daytona International Speedway in play at some point. After Abbott’s announcement, Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage said his track was working on the rescheduling of its Cup Series event, one of eight races NASCAR has postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. NASCAR has said it plans to run all of its remaining 32 races. The Texas race, the ﬁrst of two this year at the 1 1/2-mile Fort Worth track, was scheduled for March 29. “Texas Motor Speedway will work aggressively with the sanctioning bodies and TV networks to give American society, as well as people around the world, a positive distraction during this crisis,” Gossage said. “A non-spectator event is not perfect because in our sport, the fans come ﬁrst. But circumstances are such that this is a novel answer for the return of the sport for now. We are now working on a hard date.” Marcus Smith, the CEO of Speedway Motorsports — which owns Charlotte Motor Speedway and the Texas track — said he is eager to work with North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper to ensure the Coca-Cola 600 runs as scheduled May 24. Republican state lawmakers have asked Cooper, a Democrat, to allow the showcase race. “For 60 years. this race has been a Memorial Day weekend tradition,” Smith said. “We want to do everything possible to support NASCAR, the dozens of race teams in North Carolina and the fans to get back on track.” Most NASCAR race teams are based in North Carolina, which is under a stay-at-home order through April. A Cooper spokesman, Ford Porter, said Sunday the governor “knows the importance of NASCAR to our state and he’s already been talking with track and team owners about how we could potentially restart racing. It’s too soon to predict speciﬁc decisions about future sporting events but any plan would prioritize public health and safety and preventing spread of the virus.” NASCAR teams have cars built for the tracks at Atlanta and Homestead, so the ﬁrst track back has to be suitable to their design. That doesn’t take Daytona out of the equation; it just means the teams have to be allowed to go back to work in their shops to build superspeedway cars. As states begin to relax restrictions intended to prevent the spread of the virus, there will be more opportunities for NASCAR to go racing. The series could eventually get to Darlington Raceway in South Carolina, Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee or Atlanta Motor Speedway, where teams were preparing to race when a national state of emergency was issued in midMarch and the season was indeﬁnitely suspended. In Texas, state parks reopened Monday as the state began what its Republican governor said will be a gradual unraveling of restrictions. The state also this week will also allow doctors to resume nonessential surgeries and let retailers sell items for curbside pickup, with more restrictions to be lifted before the end of the month. Sarah Hawley | OVP Sports This is a first base side view of a vacated Star Mill Park in Racine, Ohio, the baseball home of the Southern High School Tornadoes. The 2020 spring sports season officially came to an end on Monday, when Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced that the remainder of the 2019-20 school year was canceled. OHSAA cancels spring sports season No-contact period remains in effect at least until May 3 der of the 2019-20 school year also will now result in the cancellation of OHSAA-sponsored spring sports seasons including tournaments,” Snodgrass wrote MonBy Tim Stried For Ohio Valley Publishing day. The OHSAA’s mandatory no-contact period COLUMBUS, Ohio – for all interscholastic The Ohio High School sports remained in effect Athletic Association until at least May 3, informed member which could be extendschools Monday, April ed. Coaches and school 20, that spring sports administrators are are now cancelled, as encouraged to have nonOhio Governor Mike mandatory electronic DeWine announced and online communicaearlier in the day that tions with their studentschool facilities will athletes. The closure of remain closed for the school facilities includes remainder of the acaall athletic facilities for demic year due to the coronavirus COVID-19. any interscholastic training, practice or competiOHSAA Executive tion. Director Jerry SnodIn an interview Mongrass sent the memo to day afternoon, Snodschool administrators grass reﬂected on the following Governor unprecedented times DeWine’s press conferthat the pandemic has ence. brought to the nation For weeks, the and the impact it has OHSAA has communihad on schools and cated with schools that interscholastic athletics. spring sports would be “I’ve heard from so canceled if school facilimany people who have ties were closed. said, ‘You really need In addition to facilito understand what this ties not being opened, means to our kids,’” it would be impossible to ensure the health and Snodgrass said during the interview. “I’m a safety of all individuals parent. I was a coach. I and support personnel involved in practices and grew up every day as a player and a coach wantcontests at all member ing to play high school schools. sports and get to the “As we have stated state tournament. So I in our previous comdo think I understand munications, today’s that. I also have to go announcement by Govwith the fact that my ernor DeWine to close number one concern schools for the remain- “I’ve heard from so many people who have said, ‘You really need to understand what this means to our kids.’ I’m a parent. I was a coach. I grew up every day as a player and a coach wanting to play high school sports and get to the state tournament. So I do think I understand that. I also have to go with the fact that my number one concern that I have, over everything, is the health and safety of everyone involved.” — Jerry Snodgrass, OHSAA executive director that I have, over everything, is the health and safety of everyone involved. It’s not just our student-athletes. It’s the parents, coaches, umpires, ofﬁcials, the scorekeepers. All those things enter into this. It’s a tough decision and it’s one that I and all the other Executive Directors of the other states never thought we would have to do. Never did I think this would be the case, but I’ve tried to be as prepared as I could every step of the way.” Snodgrass also addressed the summer and start of fall sports in the interview. “July is a very physical month for our studentathletes entering fall sports, so we have already started looking at, if this continues through the summer, we’ll have the potential of having a lot of kids who haven’t had the physical activity that they would normally have going into a fall season. So for the health and safety of everyone, we have to look at the acclimation periods going into the fall, if that happens. We have to be prepared for that. We’re also talking about that, if this does go through the summer, what is the likelihood that a student can get in to get a physical (annual medical exam). We have a sport medicine advisory group that is looking at that. They are looking at all aspects such as whether artiﬁcial surfaces need to be treated. We are relying on the advice of experts in our decision making. The OHSAA will continue to communicate throughout the spring and summer regarding any adjustments to OHSAA off-season regulations, academic eligibility standards, sports medicine updates and more. 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EURZVH�MREV��SRVW�\RXU�UHVXPH��JHW�DGYLFH jobmatchohio.com �NEWS/OPINION 8 Wednesday, April 22, 2020 2 COVID-19 recoveries in Gallia Staff Report GALLIA COUNTY — The Gallia Health Department Tuesday announced on social media that two more individuals who had contracted COVID-19 are considered to have recovered. Statistics displayed on the health department’s Facebook page said that while Gallia’s COVID-19 case count has remained at ﬁve conﬁrmed cases and one probable, there has been one death, two current hospitalizations and ﬁnally three individuals who have recovered from the virus since the department ﬁrst started tracking the disease. Three COVID-19 patients have had underlying health conditions and three have not. The age range of Gallia patients has been between 30 and 70 years of age with a median of 47 years of age. THEIR VIEW Unintended consequences It seems to me that sometimes actions by governments result in unintended and unwanted consequences. That thought has likely bubbled up in my mind as a result of complaints of some effects of the partial shutdown of the country brought about by the coronavirus crisis. We hope to see these drastic responses to the threat eased in the foreseeable future, but I got to thinking about other instances of government actions that have had repercussions. Probably one of the most notable was the ratiﬁcation in January 1919, of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. constitution that resulted in a nationwide ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. By the terms of the amendment, the country went dry one year later, on Jan. 17, 1920, just over 100 years ago. “Prohibition,” as it was known, gave rise to a wide variety of illegal activities such as “bootlegging,” “rum running,” smuggling, and operation of “speakeasies,” which were illegal bars serving alcoholic drinks. According to Wikipedia, “By 1925, there were anywhere from 30,000 to 100,000 speakeasy clubs in New York City alone. How about them apples? There were other rami- cry of how “singleﬁcations as well. use” plastic bags Before the 1920 are one of the implementation greatest hazards of Prohibition, to the planet and about 14 percent of must be abanfederal, state, and doned. Several local tax revenues came from the It Seems states and companies, including alcohol business. to Me a major grocery But when the Great Bill store chain servDepression hit, and Taylor ing this area, have other tax revenues decided to elimidropped, governments desperately needed nate these bags in the interest of public welfare. this income source — The preferred replacemillions could be generated by taxing beer alone. ments are bags of cloth Note: on March 22, 1933, or other durable material. Well, some interesting Pres. Franklin Roosevelt reports have begun sursigned an authorization allowing the manufacture facing about the results of this movement. and sale of beer with 3.2 For one thing, singlepercent alcohol by weight use bags are often used to — approximately 4 perdiscard kitchen rubbish, cent alcohol by volume. to line waste baskets and Hmm. similar purposes. Studies There were other show that where singlefactors at play — such use bags are banned, as the notorious and the sale of other plastic violent gangster mobs trash bags has increased. that were involved with Apparently elimination illegal alcohol activities. of one type of plastic Anyway, the great social bag has resulted in their experiment of Prohibireplacement by other tion ended when the types. Other studies show 18th Amendment was repealed on Dec. 5, 1933, that durable bags must be used a number of times with ratiﬁcation of the 21st Amendment. But the to compensate for the legacy of Prohibition still greater environmental costs in making the bags. lingers today including For example, a cotton bag strict regulation of the must be used 50 to 150 production, transportation, and sale of alcoholic times — and a paper bag eight times. Oops. beverages. Think of that But there’s more. the next time you go to Researchers have the state liquor store. found that reusable bags OK, moving on from very often harbor mul“then” to “now.” Most everybody knows tiple bacteria, including e coli. You see, these about the great hue and grocery bags frequently come into contact with poultry, meats, and produce that have bacteria on them and cross contamination can occur. Unless the bags are sanitized after each use, which is rarely the case, these bacteria can easily multiply while the bag is awaiting its next trip to the grocery — and some stores have banned reusable bags because of health-hazard concerns. Whoda thunk we would be putting bag washing right up there with hand washing to protect ourselves from lurking germs and such. Well, there isn’t enough space today to go into how the recently passed legislation authorizing hundreds of billions of dollars to assist small businesses weather the crisis caused by the country’s “shutdown” in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Unfortunately, the rules, regulations, and restrictions governing this program are very likely to result in, not the rescue of small businesses, but their failure. But that story of unintended consequences will have to wait for another time. At least that’s how it seems to me. Bill Taylor may be contacted at solie1@juno.com. Viewpoints expressed in the article are the work of the author. This column shared through the AIM Media Midwest group of newspapers. THEIR VIEW When a friendly girl goes on lockdown It’s hard to keep a social butterﬂy under the net of a coronavirus stay-athome order too long. One day, our 11-yearold daughter walked into the room, playing a few chords on her ukulele and belting out these lyrics: “Quarantine, I hate quarantine. I’m stuck inside a house. I just wanna be out. I go on walks, but it’s not enough. Quarantine, I hate you.” I stopped her for a moment. I reminded her that she’s not under quarantine. That’s when you can’t leave a particular room until you’re proven not to have the disease. She’s under a stay-athome order, where she’s supposed to social distance herself from people to keep the virus from spreading. She stared at me a second and began belting out a revised version: “Social distancing, I hate social distancing …” �Ed[�ZWo"�i^[� All this time put on a sweatshirt cooped up in a with her legs stuck house is hard for through the armeveryone, but I holes but her head know it’s harder still in the approon her than it is on priate opening. me. �I^[�Xk_bj�W� Most of the ele- David funky hat with an ments of social Trinko intricate pattern of distancing don’t The Lima plastic straws. sound so bad to News �I^[Éi�cWime. I’d rather have tered those videoall conversations at a distance of at least 6 chatting services, doing everything from chatting feet. I don’t particularly to playing games to helplike hugging, kissing or ing each other through shaking hands with anyminor haircuts. one outside my family. I know it’s frustrating Seclusion sounds like a dream, not a nightmare to her for what she’s missing too. She hasn’t been an introvert like me. She is not an introvert. able to practice or play on a travel basketball Somehow, the spawn of team that selected her two introverts is a giant just before the virus hit. extrovert who loves to live life out loud. The girl She missed out on going to a week-long camp with who never stays in one her sixth-grade class too. place too long now isn’t They should be putting supposed to walk down the ﬁnishing touches on the street to visit her dances for her recital. friend’s house. This is all while she’s It’s not like she hasn’t still learning to be a big tried to make the most sister. She was the baby of her time stuck in our of our family for years, house with her sisters: which comes with a certain amount of built-in attention. A few years ago, we became foster parents, with a long-term placement in our home now that will permanently shift her mindset about who’s the youngest. She’s still her same spunky self, though. She pushes for us to have family game nights, whether playing video games, board games or card games. And she wouldn’t be herself if she didn’t share a joke. “‘Have you heard of the guy who had his left arm cut off? He’s all right,’” she told me. “I just thought that was a brilliant joke.” If we all have a little bit of her spark, we’re all going to be all right. David Trinko is managing editor of The Lima News. Reach him at 567-242-0467, by email at dtrinko@ limanews.com or on Twitter @ Lima_Trinko. Viewpoints expressed in the article are the work of the author. This column shared through the AIM Media Midwest group of newspapers. Fans invited to compete for ‘Friends’ reunion special spot NEW YORK — The big upcoming “Friends” reunion special is inviting a few extra friends — maybe even you. Castmembers of the popular show have announced that ﬁve fans will get a chance to watch the reunion taping live and rub shoulders with stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer. “Be our personal guests in the audience for the taping where you’ll get to see us all together again for the ﬁrst time in ages, as we reminisce about the show and celebrate all of the fun we had,” the cast announced Tuesday. “Plus, sip a cup of coffee with us in Central Perk, and get the ‘Friends’ VIP experience on the Warner Bros. Studio Tour.” The sweepstakes offer is being presented by The All In Challenge and all proceeds will go to No Kid Hungry, Meals on Wheels and America’s Food Fund. Daily Sentinel Search From page 1 Department served the warrant at 41054 Township Road 1010, Albany, Ohio. Wood stated as ofﬁcers breached a door, they were met by a male subject pointing a ﬁrearm at the ofﬁcers. The male was taken into custody after being ordered to drop the ﬁrearm and eight other subjects were detained until the search warrant was completed. Task Force agents seized suspected methamphetamines, a ﬁrearm, and digital scales from the residence during the search of the premises. Arrested was Adrian Wade Jr., age, 36, of 41054 Township Road 1010, Albany, Ohio, on Aggravated Menacing charges, a felony of the Rutland From page 1 conducted an interview of Marshal/Chief of Police Candidate Kyle Calendine. Members questioned Calendine regarding achievements attained during his law enforcement career, prior related work experience and history as well as letters of recommendation. Following the interview, members convened in executive session to consider the approval of Calendine’s appointment, after which members reconvened in regular session and yielded no motion to approve the appointment of Calendine as Rutland’s next Marshal/Chief of Police. Given no motion was received, Mayor Eblin deemed the appointment denied. Following the interview and executive session, Councilman Weber thanked Calendine for his time and interest and Mayor Eblin expressed appreciation to Calendine, stating, “Mr. Calendine, the Council and I both extend our appreciation of your interest in serving our community as the Marshal/Chief of Police. We additionally thank you for devoting your time in the attendance of this meeting and extend our best of luck to you in all of your future endeavors associated with your law enforcement career.” The position of Marshal/Chief of Police has since been reposted and more interviews will be conducted until a replacement is appointed. (Editor’s note: Since the meeting, Mayor Eblin has stated that a new candidate has been selected and will be presented to council at the next meeting.) In matters related to facilities, parks and recreation, the Council approved an appropriation of $100 for new gravel at Jim Vennari Park following a request from Mayor Eblin, who informed the Council of a number of potholes found in the parking area of the Park and provided a quote from Hutton Excavating at $26.50 per ton, who was the recommended contractor to provide the new gravel. In matters related to property and land usage, the Council approved the assignment of a house number to Shane Collins, who is planning to con- ﬁfth degree, for pointing a loaded ﬁrearm at ofﬁcers as the warrant was being served. Wood stated that once the investigation is completed task force agents will consult with Prosecuting Attorney Stanley for additional charges on Adrian Wade Jr. and several other subjects that were at the residence during the search warrant. The Major Crimes Task Force of GalliaMeigs is a state task force under the jurisdiction the Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission which is part of the Ohio Attorney General’s Ofﬁce, the task force was formed in September 2013 and consists of the Meigs and Gallia County Sheriff’s Ofﬁces, the Gallipolis City Police Department, the Middleport Police Department and both the Meigs and Gallia County Prosecutor’s Ofﬁces. struct a new home on property in the process of being purchased. The Council was also advised by Mayor Eblin of issues surrounding the property at 58 Depot Street. Speciﬁcally, Mayor Eblin informed the Council that the property has undergone foreclosure and is currently under the ownership of Wells Fargo & Company, who is actively attempting to sell the property. The Council was advised that the property has open violations, speciﬁcally, structures previously built on land mitigated and restricted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Mayor Eblin informed the Council that he will be in contact with the responsible agents and direct that the violations be corrected. “Residents of the Village of Rutland are reminded to check with their municipal government before building any structure within the corporation limits,” expressed Mayor Eblin. “Property owners and builders need to be aware and cautious of properties that pose a high ﬂood risk and the consequences of building on mitigated or restricted areas.” Mayor Eblin plans to review all mitigated and restricted properties in the Village and take action to ensure violations are corrected as well as ensure future violations are prevented. In legislative matters, the Council reviewed Ordinance 2020-005, an Ordinance establishing internal controls for the receiving, depositing and spending of public funds; and declaring an emergency; and tabled the Ordinance, along with Ordinance 2020-009, an Ordinance establishing the Committee on Ways and Means as a standing committee of the Council, and Ordinance 2020-010, an Ordinance authorizing the use of an employee dishonesty and faithful performance of duty policy in lieu of a surety bond, to the next regular session. The Council will reconvene in regular session Monday, May 4, at 6 p.m. in Council Chambers at Rutland Civic Center. It is not yet known if the meeting will have an alternate procedure similar to that of the regular session held in April. Information submitted by Mayor Tyler M. Eblin. 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