http://host69-005.meigs.lib.oh.us/files/original/3389c3a068eaddedc6a4b5c0f5ad04b6.pdf e6365a7ffb1cb0d964a246222e59446a PDF Text Text On this day in history Coca-Cola 600 fans turn out HISTORY s 2 8 AM 2 PM 8 PM 69° 82° 81° A thunderstorm in the area this afternoon. Mostly cloudy tonight. High 87° / Low 64° SPORTS s 6 Today’s weather forecast WEATHER s 7 C_ZZb[fehj�š�Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 84, Volume 74 Tuesday, May 26, 2020 s 50¢ Healthcare worker tests positive for COVID-19 Meigs case total now at six By Sarah Hawley shawley@aimmediamidwest.com POMEROY —The Meigs County Health Department is reporting a confirmed case of COVID-19 in a healthcare worker in the county. “The Meigs County Health Department (MCHD) is reporting an additional confirmed case of COVID19 in our county. The patient is a healthcare worker who had direct contact with the confirmed case at Overbrook Rehabilitation Center. This case was discovered through COVID-19 testing being performed on Overbrook patients and staff in response to the initial confirmed case,” stated Meigs County Health Department Public Information Officer Brody Davis in a news release on Friday evening. “At this time, we continue to ask residents to refrain from calling the Health Department or Overbrook Rehabilitation Center for questions regarding these cases while we complete our disease investigation and notify relevant individuals. Individuals identified as contacts of the cases will be advised to selfquarantine for 14 days. We urge residents to continue to practice good social distancing as the state continues to reopen. Remember the changes we make today can continue to save lives, thank you for your continued cooperation,” added Davis. The Friday evening confirmation was the third case in Meigs County confirmed in two days. On Thursday, the See COVID-19 | 8 Supervised visitation center coming to Meigs Custody exchanges to also take place By Sarah Hawley shawley@aimmediamidwest.com POMEROY — Meigs County will soon have a supervised visitation and custody exchange center after a contract approved by the Meigs County Commissioners on Thursday. Meigs County Department of Job and Family Services Director Chris Shank presented the commissioners with a resolution and contract to be entered into between the agency and Sojourners Care Network. Shank explained that the center will allow for court ordered supervised visits to take place, as well as providing a safe place for custody exchange between parents with a third party present at a neutral location. Sojourners will be looking for a building, likely Pomeroy, where the center can be set up, explained Shank. He said the goal is to have in person visitation at the center in possibly August or September, but that in the meantime virtual visits may be set up due to COVID-19. The contract with Sojourners follows a “request for proposals” which was put out by the Meigs County Department of Job and Family Services earlier this year to set up the center. The contract, as approved, runs through June 30, 2021. A second resolution presented by Shank, and See MEIGS | 8 Photos by Sarah Hawley | Sentinel Annie McGrath walks across the stage to receive her diploma as Class Secretary Brian Ackley Jr. looks on. Marauders receive diplomas By Sarah Hawley shawley@aimmediamidwest.com ROCKSPRINGS — “In the face of the void, or any challenge, you can choose joy and meaning,” said Meigs High School Class of 2020 Valedictorian Austin Wesley Mahr. Mahr and Salutatorian Jacob Thomas McConnell addressed the Meigs High School Class of 2020 during the graduation ceremony broadcast online Friday evening during the originally scheduled graduation time. “Today is a turning point in all of our lives. As you walked across the stage, there was to be a full crowd clapping for you and your fellow classmates were not present. Do not let that take away from your accomplishments. Do not let that stifle your Meigs Pride. Every person in this area, Ohio, and the entire nation feels for you and is proud of you,” said Mahr. Mahr spoke of the memories made with his classmates over the past four years at Meigs High School, noting that the class will share a bond unlike any other as they move on to the future. “Today is not just a day of reminiscing on the moments of the past; it Valedictorian Austin Mahr stands at the podium. is a day that will propel us forward into our adult lives. … We have come to the end of a chapter, and now, we must turn the page. Find the beauty of life and appreciate it,” said Mahr. Mahr thanked all of those at Meigs Local who have helped the Class of 2020 along the way. “You do not receive much recognition for Spanish Flu: An unseen enemy Special to OVP (USPS 145-966) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes every Tuesday through Saturday. Subscription rate is $208 per year. Prices are subject to change at any time. 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 Periodical postage paid at Pomeroy, OH POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Sentinel, 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631. See DIPLOMAS | 8 OHIO VALLEY HISTORY By Chris Rizer AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC your hard work, but you all continuously do your best to make Meigs Local a safe and positive place for kids to begin their educational careers,” said Mahr of the administration. “As we go our own ways, we will make new friends and learn new things. We will be faced with decisions that shape our future and challenges that will test our wills. The Meigs High School Class of 2020 will go on to be engineers, mechanics, doctors, nurses, scientists, politicians, veterans, and many more. I know that each member of this class will follow their dreams in order to contribute to the fabric of society and be successful. Class of 2020, find your passion and embrace it,” said the Valedictorian. Mahr concluded with the quote for his fellow classmates. “‘In the face of the void, or any challenge, you can choose joy and meaning.’ Choose joy wherever life takes you. Love one another as if there is no tomorrow. Find happiness in whatever you do because life is too short to not enjoy it. Don’t look back and regret, my friends; look forward and smile,” said Mahr. In his address, Salutatorian McConnell spoke about how graduation is a turning point in the lives of the Class of 2020. “Today marks a turning point in all of our lives. We will be leaving the old and will be given the opportunity to venture into the new and unexpected. Upon this turning point I urge all In light of the coronavirus pandemic, this week’s topic struck me as particularly relevant. As many people probably remember from their high school history classes, World War I was fought in Europe from July 28th, 1914 to 11:00 on November 11th, 1918, the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. But, the United States did not join the war until April 6th, 1917. For nineteen months, American forces joined British and French forces in the assault on the German’s Hindenburg Line. During those nineteen months that the U.S. was at war, Mason County totaled 32 deaths. 17 of these were from the usual causes, the brutal realities of trench warfare at Chateau-Thierry, St. Quentin Canal, the Somme, and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. The other 15, nearly half of Mason County’s wartime deaths, were from a silent enemy. The first wave of Spanish Flu in the spring of 1918 was nothing extraordinary. Like the standard flu that we’re all used to, the elderly and sick were most at risk. Unfortunately, after the first wave See FLU | 3 Chris Rizer | Courtesy At left is the late Jerry Dailey of Hartford along with the late Norman Lee, of New Haven and the late Earl Blain of Wyoma. �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Tuesday, May 26, 2020 OBITUARIES JOSHUA S. ‘NOODLE’ JOHNSON CROWN CITY — Joshua S. “Noodle” Johnson, 41, of Crown City, passed away on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 in Holzer Medical Center. He was born on May 14, 1979 in Pontiac, Michigan, son of Patrice “Patti” Haslip Johnson of Crown City and June A. Johnson, Jr. of Livonia, Michigan. Josh was a Master Mover and enjoyed working on cars and playing golf. In addition to his parents, Joshua is survived by a son, Daulton Unroe of Livonia, Michigan; a daughter, Aubrianna Johnson of Crown City; three brothers, Joe A. Johnson (Chrissy) of Bidwell, Jamin D. Johnson of Crown City, and Michale T. Johnson (Jaimee) of Waterford, Michigan; step brother, Aiden of Lawrence County; nephews, Lyric, Ryker, Kyler, and Joesy; niece, Jazlyn “Jazzy”; paternal grandmother, Connie Jean Spina of Gallipolis; step grandparents, Billy Joe and Gelida Johnson of Crown City; several aunts, uncles, and cousins; and a host of family and friends. Joshua was preceded in death by his step dad, Billy Joe Johnson II; paternal grandfather, June A. Johnson, Sr.; step paternal grandfather, Donald Spina; and maternal grandparents, Jean and Donald Haslip. A Celebration of Life for Joshua was held on Monday, May 25, 2020. Willis Funeral Home is in care of arrangements. Please visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send e-mail condolences. CHARLES E. RIFE (SLIM) Charles E. Rife (Slim) went to be with the Lord May 23, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born May 4, 1941 to Alva and Hazel Rife. He married Ellen Rife (Greene) in 1963 in Hartford, West Virginia. Charlie spent his life working as a heavy equipment operator and for AEP at the Mountaineer Plant. He was farmer, a Deputy Sheriff for Meigs County. He was a longtime member of the Rutland Fire Department and Rutland township trustee. He was an ordained minister and loved singing gospel music and enjoyed having his own gospel sing “Peace in the Valley.” Most of all he loved his family. Charlie was preceded in death by his parents Alva and Hazel Rife, and brother Worley (Paula) Rife. Charlie is survived by his wife Ellen of 57 years, daughter Jandara Rife (Tim) Jones, son Sam (Stephanie) Rife. Grandchildren Courtney (Adam) Bullington, Jacob (Leslea) Nitz, Jesse (Opal) Nitz, Paige (Josh) Pfeifer, Halo, Phoebe and Olivia Rife. Great Grandchildren Logan, Reid, Braylyn, Quentin, Brionna, Nevaha, Jace, Kade, Isaiah and his special friend his dog Cricket. Visitation will be Wednesday, May 27, 2020 from 6-8 p.m. at Anderson Mcdaniel in Pomeroy. Graveside services will be held Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 11 a.m. at GravelHill Cemetery in Cheshire. A registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel.com NORTON POMEROY — Emogene Norton of Pomeroy, Ohio, died Friday May 22, 2020 at the Ravenswood Care Center. A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 1 p.m., at the Meigs Memory Gardens. Arrangements are under the direction of the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy. ADAMS Mary Esther Adams, 47, died peacefully on Saturday, May 23, 2020, in her home. Graveside services will be held at Ohio Valley Memorial Gardens on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 1 p.m. Deal Funeral Home in Point Pleasant, W.Va., is serving the family. Ohio Valley Publishing Trump honors fallen soldiers on Memorial Day By Darlene Superville in public, gave no remarks. He approached a wreath already in place, touching it and giving a salute. BALTIMORE — President Trump then traveled to BaltiDonald Trump honored Amermore, to the chagrin of the city’s ica’s fallen service members on mayor, and noted that tens of Monday as he commemorated thousands of service members Memorial Day in back-to-back and national guard personnel are appearances in the midst of the currently “on the front lines of our pandemic. “Together we will vanquish the war against this terrible virus.” The U.S. leads the world with virus and America will rise from this crisis to new and even great- more than 1.6 million confirmed er heights,” Trump said during a coronavirus cases and more than 97,000 deaths, according to a tally ceremony at Baltimore’s historic by Johns Hopkins University. Fort McHenry. “No obstacle, no Trump said brave warriors from challenge and no threat is a match for the sheer determination of the the nation’s past have shown that “in America, we are the captains American people.” Earlier, Trump silently honored of our own fate.” The Fort McHenry National the nation’s war dead at a ceremony at Arlington National Cem- Monument and Historic Shrine etery, which like Fort McHenry is is where a poem, written after a huge American flag was hoisted currently off limits to the public to celebrate an important victory because of the pandemic. Presidents on Memorial Day typically over the British during the War of lay a wreath and speak at the hal- 1812, became “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The fort is closed to the lowed burial ground in Virginia. public because of the pandemic. But the coronavirus crisis, soon Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young to claim its 100,000th life in the objected to Trump’s visit, sayU.S., made this year different. ing it sends the wrong message Many attendees arrived wearabout stay-at-home directives ing masks but removed them for the outdoor ceremony in front of and the city cannot afford the added cost of hosting him when the Tomb of the Unknown Solit is losing $20 million a month dier. Trump, maskless as always Associated Press because of the pandemic. But Trump is intent on accelerating his schedule as he portrays the country as returning to its pre-pandemic ways. This month, Trump has toured factories in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Michigan that make pandemic supplies. He plans to be in Florida on Wednesday to watch two NASA astronauts rocket into space, and he played golf at his private club in Virginia on Saturday and Sunday. Young, a Democrat, last week cited the disproportionate effect the virus has had on his city and called on Trump to “set a positive example” by not traveling during the holiday weekend. “That President Trump is deciding to pursue nonessential travel sends the wrong message to our residents,” he said. The White House sounded unmoved. “The brave men and women who have preserved our freedoms for generations did not stay home and the president will not either as he honors their sacrifice by visiting such a historic landmark in our nation’s history,” White House spokesman Judd Deere said in an emailed statement Sunday. TODAY IN HISTORY The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, May 26, the 147th day of 2020. There are 219 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History On May 26, 1981, 14 people were killed when a Marine jet crashed onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz off Florida. On this date In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed a measure creating the Montana Territory. In 1868, the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson ended with his acquittal on the remaining charges. In 1938, the House Un-American Activities Committee was established by Congress. In 1940, Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of some 338,000 Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, began during World War II. In 1971, Don McLean recorded his song “American Pie” at The Record Plant in New York City (it was released the following November by United Artists Records). In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in Moscow. (The U.S. withdrew from the treaty in 2002.) In 1978, Resorts Casino Hotel, the first legal U.S. casino outside Nevada, opened in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In 1994, Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley were married in the Dominican Republic. (The marriage, however, ended in 1996.) In 1998, the U.S. Supreme Court made it far more difficult for police to be sued by people hurt during high-speed chases. The Supreme Court also ruled that Ellis Island, historic gateway for millions of immigrants, was mainly in New Jersey, not New York. In 2004, nearly a decade after the Oklahoma City bombing, Terry Nichols was found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the attack. (Nichols later received 161 consecutive life sentences.) In 2005, President George W. Bush THOUGHT FOR TODAY “I am never afraid of what I know.” — Anna Sewell English author (1820-1878) received Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas at the White House; Bush called Abbas a courageous democratic reformer and bolstered his standing at home with $50 million in assistance. In 2009, President Barack Obama nominated federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. California’s Supreme Court upheld the Proposition 8 gay marriage ban but said the 18,000 same-sex weddings that had taken place before the prohibition passed were still valid. Ten years ago: BP launched its latest bid to plug the gushing well in the Gulf of Mexico by force-feeding it heavy drilling mud, a maneuver known as a “top kill” which proved unsuccessful. TV personality Art Linkletter died in Los Angeles at age 97. Lee DeWyze was crowned the winner of “American Idol” over Crystal Bowersox. Five years ago: Challenging Hillary Rodham Clinton from the left, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders formally kicked off his Democratic presidential bid in Burlington, Vermont, with a pitch to liberals to join him in a “political revolution” to transform the nation’s economy and politics. One year ago: A tornado leveled a motel and tore through a mobile home park near Oklahoma City, killing two people and injuring more than two dozen others. Simon Pagenaud won his first Indianapolis 500 after a duel with Alexander Rossi, giving team owner Roger Penske his 18th victory in the race. Bart Starr, the Hall of Fame quarterback who led the Green Bay Packers to victories in the first two Super Bowl games, died in Birmingham, Alabama at the age of 85. GALLIA, MEIGS BRIEFS Road construction, closures June 3, 4, and 5 and can be called at 740-446-3213 while Green Elementary will register students June 1-2 an can be called at 740-446-3236. Rio Grande GALLIPOLIS — Kriner Road (CR-26) will be Elementary will register students June 8-9 and can closed .5 mile from Neighborhood Road beginning 7 be called at 740-245-5333. To be eligible, children a.m., Monday, May 18 for approximately 75 days for slip repair, weather permitting. Local traffic will need must be five years of age before Aug. 1. Parents are guardians are asked to bring a birth certificate, shot to use other state and county roads as a detour. OLIVE TWP. — Mt. Olive Road in Olive Township records, social security card, registration packet and MIDDLEPORT — First Baptist Church of Midproof of residency. Families will be asked to remain is currently closed due to slip repair by Olive Towndleport will have in-person services with a Bible in their vehicles and a staff member will collect their ship Trustees. study on May 27, 7 p.m., the following Sunday, enrollment packet and get copies of required docuGALLIA COUNTY — Gallia County Engineer May 31, Morning Worship Service is at 10:15 a.m. mentation. Families are encouraged to call the schools Brett A. Boothe announces Woods Mill Road will be at the church. The Facebook-live stream will conahead of time. closed beginning Monday, April 20-Friday, June 19, tinue for a few Sunday morning worship services GALLIPOLIS — Gallipolis City Schools Early weather permitting. The road is closed from Ohio for those who do not feel comfortable worshiping in person yet. Those who may be at risk, are feeling State Route 325 to Deckard Road for slip repair. Local Childhood programs are taking registering students between the ages of three and five. A drive-through ill, or are compromised by Covid-19 are encouraged traffic will need to use other county roads. MEIGS COUNTY — Beginning June 1, one lane of registration will be held at Washington Elementary to stay home. For those who will attend the church between 9 a.m.and 2:30 p.m. on June 15. Rio Grande SR 124 will be closed between Old State Route 338 services, masks are encouraged. Please no handElementary, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., June 17, and Greene (Township Road 708) and Portland Road (County shakes or hugs and only sit close to family as to Elementary June 16, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Famimaintain six feet of social distancing. There will be Road 35) for a bridge deck overlay project on the lies are encouraged to call the schools to schedule an bridge crossing over Groundhog Creek. Temporary no Sunday evening services at this time. traffic signals and a 10 foot width restriction will be in appointment. Families will need to bring birth certificates, social security cards, health insurance, shot place. Estimated completion: November 20, 2020 MEIGS COUNTY — Beginning June 1, one lane of records and proof of income. Enrollment packets can CONTACT US SR 7 will be closed between Storys Run Road (County also be picked up and dropped off at 61 State Street, Road 345) and Leading Creek Road (County Road 3) Gallipolis. If there are any questions, call the Gallipo825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 lis City Schools Board Office at 740-446-3211. for a bridge deck overlay project on the bridge cross740-446-2342 ROCKSPRINGS — Kindergarten registration ing over Leading Creek. Temporary traffic signals SPORTS EDITOR REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT/ packets for the 2020/2021 school year are currently and an 11 foot width restriction will be in place. EstiGROUP PUBLISHER Bryan Walters, Ext. 2101 Lane Moon available for pick-up at Meigs Primary School. Packets mated completion: November 20, 2020 bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com lmoon@aimmediamidwest.com will be in a tote, labeled “Kindergarten Registration ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Matt Rodgers, Ext. 2095 EDITOR Packets”, on the porch of the primary school. You may mrodgers@aimmediamidwest.com Beth Sergent, Ext. 1992 pick-up a packet at any time. Instructions to return bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com CIRCULATION MANAGER your child’s registration information are in the packet. Derrick Morrison, Ext. 2097 MANAGING EDITOR For questions or concerns please contact: kristin. GALLIPOLIS — Gallipolis City Schools will be dmorrison@aimmediamidwest.com Sarah Hawley, Ext. 2555 baer@meigslocal.org or chasity.martin@meigslocal. holding kindergarten registration drive-ins in early shawley@aimmediamidwest.com org. May. Washington Elementary will register students Editor’s Note: Gallia Meigs Briefs will only list event information that is open to the public and will be printed on a space-available basis. Resuming ‘in-person’ services Kindergarten registration �NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing Tuesday, May 26, 2020 3 UK leader’s aide says he won’t quit over lockdown road trip By Jill Lawless to social media and radio phone-ins to recount how the lockdown had prevented them from LONDON — British visiting elderly relatives, leader Boris Johnson’s comforting dying friends powerful chief aide or attending the funerals insisted Monday that he of loved ones. wouldn’t resign for drivIn a televised news coning the length of England ference in the garden of while the country was under strict lockdown — 10 Downing St. — all but unheard of for an unelecta trip he made without informing the prime min- ed adviser — Cummings tried to quash the controister first. versy with a detailed but The government is unrepentant account of facing a tide of anger his movements. from politicians and the Cummings insisted that public over the revelation “the rules … allowed me that Dominic Cummings to exercise my judgment” traveled more than 250 miles from London to his and that his need to ensure parents’ home in Durham, childcare for his son was northeast England at the an “exceptional situation.” The government’s stayend of March. at-home rules, introduced Cummings says he traveled so that extended March 23, said people with children should family could care for his comply ”to the best of 4-year-old son if he and your ability.” Deputy his wife, who had suspected coronavirus, both Chief Medical Officer Jenny Harries later said fell ill. He said the three that “if you have adults of them stayed in isolawho are unable to look tion in a building on his after a small child, that father’s farm. His trip came after the is an exceptional circumstance.” She said in government imposed a that case people without strict “stay home” order, child care or family supand Cummings is being port should contact their accused of flouting the rules he expected the rest local authority for help — something Cummings of the country to follow. Many Britons have taken didn’t do. Associated Press Flu From page 1 had subsided, the world went back to its normal business too fast and without appropriate protective measures. The virus mutated into a vicious killer and swept across the world. Historians estimate that deaths from the Spanish Flu number anywhere from 25 million on the low end to 100 million on the high end, the problem being a lack of records in poorer countries, and unlike in the first wave, over 99% of these deaths were young, healthy people. And nowhere escaped, not isolated villages in the Canadian Arctic, not islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and certainly not the Ohio Valley. West Virginia reported 2,818 deaths in the fall of 1918, and Ohio reported nearly that many just in the vicinity of Camp Sherman and Chillicothe. The state total numbered well over 10,000. The Spanish Flu’s impact on our region has never been fully studied, but it certainly took its toll. I don’t have an exact number, but about every third entry in the county death records for October to December 1918 lists influenza as the cause of death. Testifying to the sheer number of deaths is the fact that there were three deaths just on my mother’s side of the family, and those are just the ones I’ve confirmed. Two, my 3rd great-aunt Maria Rizer-Spencer and her brother Jesse Rizer, were 32 and 29 when they were buried on Middleport Hill. The third death in my family was another 3rd great-uncle, Jerry Dailey, of Hartford, though he did not die here in Mason County. In 1918, he enlisted in the army and was assigned to the 72nd Infantry being trained at Camp Meade. He and Norman Lee, of New Haven, made the trip together, and everything was just fine until September. Then, that deadly second wave began its sweep through the base. According to the U.S. Army Center of Military History, the disease arrived on September 17th. By the time the pandemic peaked at Camp Meade on October 20th, over 10,000 cases and 700 deaths had been reported. Two of those deaths were Norman and Jerry, who died just three days apart. A third was Earl Blain of Wyoma, at Camp Meade as part of the 154th Depot Brigade. That’s them in the photo above. My 3rd great-uncle is standing left, and the other two are Norman and Earl, though I unfortunately don’t know which is which. Just three young men letting their families know that there were familiar faces in camp. Unfortunately, odds are, this was the last photo taken of them before they died in October. Before the war was finished, another twelve local soldiers would die of Spanish Flu. This Memorial Day, we remember Randall Burris, Willard Camp, Samuel H. Childs, Carl Eckard, James Flora, George Hill, Clarence Mason, Kenneth Meadows, Dwight Oliver, Guy Spencer, George Stewart, and Lynford Yonker, along with the other 17 Mason County men that were killed in the First World War. I can only hope that in honoring their service and sacrifice, we can learn something from their experience. As West Virginia and other states reopen, we must continue to follow the recommended precautions such as social distancing, wearing masks, washing our hands often, sanitizing surfaces. Otherwise, we are repeating the mistakes of our ancestors and run the risk of an even deadlier second wave of this pandemic. Information from the U.S. Army Center of Military History, the WV Encyclopedia, Ohio History Central, the WV Veterans Memorial Database, and local death records. Chris Rizer is president of the Mason County Historical and Preservation Society, reach him at masonchps@gmail.com. John Rucosky | The Tribune-Democrat via AP U.S. Army veteran Joseph Lesniak, of Colver, Pa., salutes during the playing of Taps at a Memorial Day ceremony Monday at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park in Ebensburg, Pa. Pandemic brings subdued Memorial Day By Amy Forliti and Matthew Brown Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. — Americans settled for small processions and online tributes instead of parades Monday as they observed Memorial Day in the shadow of the cornavirus pandemic, which forced communities to honor the nation’s military dead with smaller, more subdued ceremonies that also remembered those lost to the virus. On the weekend that marked the unofficial start of summer, U.S. authorities warned beach-goers to heed social-distancing rules to avoid a resurgence of the disease that has infected 5.4 million people worldwide and killed over 345,000, including nearly 100,000 Americans, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. Memorial Day commemorations were cancelled or toned down across the country. Veterans, along with nursing home residents, have made up a significant portion of those who died in the U.S. outbreak. Frank Groblebe and his wife placed lilacs on several graves at Mountview Cemetery in Billings, Montana, including the those of his mother and father, who served in the Philippines as a Navy Seabee during World War II. Groblebe said he approved of plans to curtail the ceremony, which included a motorcycle procession and moments of quiet remembrance. “This is our freedom. This is our history. It’s what they fought for,” Groblebe said, briefly choking up with tears. “Anything that shows respect for it is all right with me.” Sharon Oakland, 78, placed mums on the grave of her father, also a Navy veteran in World War II. She watched from a distance as the motorcycles rolled by. “What they’ve done is remarkable given what’s going on with the virus,” she said. Memorial Day looked different across the U.S. The 37,000 American flags traditionally placed on the Boston Common to honor Massachusetts military members who died in service were replaced with just 1,000 flags, to limit volunteers and onlookers. In Minneapolis, several bagpipers and drummers lined up outside the Minnesota Veterans Home and played as a parade of cars drove past. The city of Woodstock, Georgia, held its remembrance ceremony online. American Legion Post 316 Commander Julian Windham recognized service members who helped in the global fight against COVID-19. “Even when the enemy is an invisible virus, or a microscopic germ, the sacrifices made are just as meaningful,” Windham said. The ceremony, which included readings, vocal performances and gunshots from a ceremonial rifle team, were filmed over a series of days last week and later edited together, Windham said. In Chicago, a neighborhood group that’s been holding a parade for more than a half century also moved its event online, with video clips from previous years and messages from special guests, including veterans and Mayor Lori Lightfoot. In the suburb of Lisle, a convoy of vehicles from area fire departments and VFW posts drove silently through village streets in what officials said was a safe and unique way of observing the holiday. Fallen military members were honored in New York City with car convoys and small ceremonies rather than parades. “It’s something we’re upset about, but we understand,” said Raymond Aalbue, chairman of the United Military Veterans of Kings County, which usually puts on a parade in Brooklyn. There’s “no reason to put anybody in harm’s way,” he said, adding “it’s really cutting quick to the heart of all the veterans.” On Long Island, a small group of veterans saluted, wearing masks and spaced several feet apart, as a parade of cars passed beneath a large American flag. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo joined a private ceremony at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in Manhattan, with both the sacrifices of military members and the current challenge of coronavirus on his mind. “Over 100,000 Americans will lose their lives to this COVID virus. How do we honor them? We honor them by growing stronger together,” he said. “We want to make sure we remember them and thank our heroes today.” Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden made his first in-person appearance in more than two months by laying a wreath at a veterans park near his Delaware home. He wore a face mask as he and his wife bowed their heads in silence. He saluted and could be heard saying “Never forget.” Biden told reporters, “I feel great to be out here.” He also yelled to a group standing nearby, “Thank you for your service.” After two days of playing golf, President Donald Trump visited Arlington National Cemetery, where he laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which overlooks rolling hills dotted with white tombstones. He later spoke at Baltimore’s historic Fort McHenry, noting that tens of thousands of service members and national guard personnel are currently “on the frontlines of our war against this terrible virus.” Trump said brave warriors from the nation’s past have shown that “in America, we are the captains of our own fate.” Biden makes 1st appearance in over 2 months By Will Weissert a white bow, and bowed their heads in silence at the park. He saluted. “Never forget the sacNEW CASTLE, Del. rifices that these men — Joe Biden made his and women made,” he first in-person appearsaid after. “Never, ever, ance in more than two forget.” months on Monday as “I feel great to be he marked Memorial Day by laying a wreath out here,” Biden told at a veterans park near reporters, his words muffled through his his Delaware home. Since abruptly cancel- black cloth mask. His ing a March 10 rally in visit to the park was unannounced and there Cleveland at the onset of the coronavirus pan- was no crowd waiting demic, the presumptive for him. But Biden briefly Democratic presidential greeted a county official nominee has waged and another man, both much of his campaign from his home in Wilm- wearing face masks and standing a few ington. When Biden feet away. Biden also emerged on Monday, he wore a face mask, in yelled to another, larger group standing nearby, contrast to President “Thank you for your Donald Trump, who has refused to cover his service.” His campaign face in public as health says Biden has gone to the park for Memorial officials suggest. Day often in the past, Biden and his wife, though services were Jill, laid a wreath of white flowers tied with canceled Monday in the Associated Press pandemic. Though low-key, the appearance was a milestone in a presidential campaign that has largely been frozen by the coronavirus outbreak. While the feasibility of traditional events such as rallies and the presidential conventions are in doubt, Biden’s emergence suggests he won’t spend the nearly five months that remain until the election entirely at home. Trump, eager to project a country coming to life even as the pandemic’s death toll approached 100,000, presided over back-toback events at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia and Fort McHenry in Baltimore. After a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington, Trump mourned the fallen in remarks at the Baltimore historic site and praised the contribution of service members “on the front lines of our war against this terrible virus.” The coronavirus has upended virtually all aspects of American life and changed the terms of the election. Trump’s argument that he deserves another term in office because of the strong economy has evaporated as unemployment rises to levels not seen since the Great Depression. As a longtime senator and former vice president, Biden is trying to position himself as someone with the experience and empathy to lead the country out of a crisis. Trump counters that he is the leader who can preside over an economic rebound later this year or in 2021. �NEWS/CLASSIFIEDS 4 Tuesday, May 26, 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing ‘Bucket list’ pontoon ride to promote river tourism A prison system tops in virus deaths starts reopening anyway By Dave Thompson COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio has lost more inmates to COVID-19 than any other state, but its prisons nonetheless must begin reopening to accommodate a slow return to business — and to crime, the prisons director said. The department has begun accepting new inmates from jails again and must soon resume the normal process of transferring inmates when necessary, Annette ChambersSmith, head of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, said in an interview this week. “We need to get to what is the new normal going to look like, what is this agency going to look like, and live with COVID,” Chambers-Smith said. “The whole of the community is reopening, so when you reopen the community, you’re going to have more laws broken also,” she added. “So really when you restart the community, the entire process restarts.” That’s bad news for inmate The Paducah Sun PADUCAH, Ky. — Bob Cherry is no stranger to long boat rides, having navigated thousands of miles of inland waterways over the years. But when the retired captain puts in at Knoxville, Tennessee, next weekend with his buddies Sherman Jones and Sterling Edwards to boat the 652 miles of the Tennessee River ending in Paducah, the trip will be special. They’re doing it in a pontoon. “I’ve been doing this all my life, just been kind of a river rat,” said Cherry, the son of the late Paducah mayor of the same name. “We’ve always done lots of adventures like this, and we’ve always played on the water.” Cherry has made the trip from Knoxville to Paducah before, but on bigger vessels. This time, he said, it’s just as much an encouragement for river tourism as it is for his own enjoyment. “A lot of people think you’ve got to have a great big boat to do it,” Cherry said, calling a pontoon “the average man’s boat.” “Any man in this area could get hold of a pontoon boat and make this trip.” Cherry and company plan to boat between 50 and 100 miles each day, depending on weather conditions, stopping off in various communities along the river to eat or shop, and letting tourism crews join the party in certain stretches. Julie Graham, a project manager for various Tennessee River tourism initiatives, praised the “deep and rich” history of the river, whose largest tributary originates in Virginia. Graham said the Explore Tennessee River Valley social media pages and tennesseerivervalleygeotourism.org will feature some video and content from Cherry’s trip. “We’ll be covering things like stopping off in these little communities that dot the river,” Graham said. The Tennessee RiverLine project, which aims to promote recreation on land and water along the river, chose six “pilot communities” to be featured along the waterway. Paducah is one, considered mile zero on the river where it joins the Ohio River. McCracken County Judge-Executive Craig Clymer said the river is an integral part of the area, whether because of the locally-based river industries that impact travel and industry worldwide or for the recreational opportunities the waterways offer. Clymer said the county has been working to install facilities at various points on the Clarks River, a tributary of the Tennessee, for recreational purposes, and he hopes Tennessee River tourism can increase interest in those facilities. “The Tennessee River line is … also about the tributaries. It’s also about land that adjoins the Tennessee River,” Clymer said. “I think people really don’t realize how our economy is affected in a positive way by that river.” Cherry said he plans to kick off the trip Friday, with Memorial Day weekend being the unofficial kickoff of boating season. He recalled a trip he took to New Orleans as a Boy Scout, and said the thought of pontooning the Tennessee “makes my inner child giggle.” “It’s three old codgers filling out a bucket list,” he said. (740) 446-2342 or fax to (740) 446-3008 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN ROGERS BASEMENT WATERPROOFING 8QFRQGLWLRQDO /LIHWLPH *XDUDQWHH (VWDEOLVKHG ���� %DVHPHQW :DOOV %UDFHG +XQGUHGV 2I /RFDO 5HIHUHQFHV /LFHQVHG� %RQGHG ,QVXUHG FREE ESTIMATES 24 Hours (740) 446-0870 www.rogersbasementwaterproofing.com advocates who have been arguing for the mass release of prisoners, though legal action could force changes. Four inmates housed at three Ohio prisons — Marion, Richland and Allen — have sued to enforce social distancing, get access to cleaning supplies and raise the number of inmates being released. “If the jails are already too full, and we need somewhere else to put people in the meantime, it absolutely should not be a prison facility,” said Gary Daniels, chief lobbyist for the Ohio chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. Ohio has released about 140 inmates early, including 11 female inmates who had babies while in prison and eight inmates whose clemency requests were granted, prison records show. That’s out of a total population of more than 48,000. Official figures show cases have appeared to slow in Ohio’s 28 prisons, but a true picture is hard to get because the state has decided against mass testing of all institutions. Instead the agency will test only inmates showing signs of COVID-19. That approach follows the advice of state health officials, who say that the focus should be on treatment once there are widespread number of positive tests, Chambers-Smith said. More than 600 employees systemwide have tested positive, along with more than 4,500 inmates. Of those, 66 inmates have died of confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19, with deaths spread across eight institutions. Two guards and two nurses have died. Ohio has recorded the most deaths of prisoners from COVID-19 and ranks second only to Tennessee in cases per 100,000 inmates, according to an analysis by The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization. Ohio also has the fourth-highest prisoner death rate. 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. Tuesday, May 26 POMEROY — The Meigs County Tea Party/912 Project meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Ewing-Schwarzel Family Center on Second Avenue, Pomeroy, across from the Courthouse. Our guest speaker will be Barry Sheets, Owner of Principled Policy Consulting, LLC. Barry is a Constitutional scholar and actively involved in working with our state legislators for principled and Constitutional policy-making. POMEROY — The regular meeting of the Meigs County District Public Library Board will be held via telephone conference at 1 p.m. Interested parties may contact the library, 740-9925813 for more details. 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Monday, June 8 GALLIPOLIS — Gallipolis Disabled American Veterans Chapter 141 and American Veterans Post 23 will have nomination and elections at 6pm at the Post. Food will not be served and members will be practicing social distancing. Tuesday, June 9 GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County District Library Board of Trustees will hold its regular monthly meeting at 5 p.m. at the Library. 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Keselowski wins 600 to extend Johnson’s losing streak CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Brad Keselowski extended Jimmie Johnson’s losing streak to 102 races, holding off the seven-time NASCAR champion in overtime early Monday in the Coca-Cola 600. Keselowski started in the back of the field, worked his way to the front at Charlotte Motor Speedway and gambled in not pitting when caution stopped Chase Elliott from winning with two laps remaining. Elliott pitted and Keselowski led a train of eight cars that stayed on the track. He lined up in front of Alex Bowman on the inside line with Johnson — retiring from Cup racing at the end of the season — on the bottom ahead of Keselowski teammate Ryan Blaney. Keselowski got the push to get into clean air and denied Johnson a victory. Keselowski celebrated as he usually does by waving a giant American flag out his window during his victory burnouts. “I feel like I have thrown this race away a handful of times and I thought we were going to lose it today,” Keselowski said. “I have lost it the way Chase lost it and it really stinks. And today we finally won it that way.” It is the first win for Keselowski this season, his first Coca-Cola 600 victory and the first win at this event for Ford since 2002. Johnson had to settle for second in a Chevrolet, while Elliott, who had the victory snatched away just two laps from the finish, rallied to third for Hendrick to take two podium positions. Elliott had a comfortable lead and was coasting to the win when Hendrick Motorsports teammate William Byron spun with a tire problem. “That’s got to be a joke,” Elliott said over his radio. Elliott was wrecked by Kyle Busch last week trying to race for the win at Darlington Raceway on Wednesday night. The Sunday before Memorial Day is a supposed to be a smorgasbord of motorsports that begins with Formula One at the Monaco Grand Prix, then IndyCar and the Indianapolis 500, followed by NASCAR and its longest race on the calendar. OVP SPORTS BRIEFS 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, June 13, 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 740-245-4427. CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Chris “Pops” Bowyer sat in a lawn chair wearing a plain white T-shirt and drinking a beer alongside wife Jana and their friends outside of their motorhome a few hundred yards from Charlotte Motor Speedway. Bowyer knew he wasn’t getting into the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday to see his Cup driver son Clint race, but decided to make the trek from Kansas to be close to the action. “Well, we’re here,” said Bowyer, while dog Hank laid on the grass near his feet. “The kid is racing, so we’re here.” Added Clint’s mother, Jana: “We don’t like it. We’d like to be in there where we could watch, but we can’t.” Jana Bowyer certainly isn’t alone in those feelings. But due to the coronavirus pandemic, NASCAR isn’t allowing spectators into its races until further notice. The only people to see the race were those working it and those who live in the turn one condominiums at the track. But the Bowyers came anyway, taking up temporary residence in Jerome Little’s Route 29 Pavilion RV campground and entertainment center located just across the street from the speedway. It was dual purpose trip for the Bowyers: they wanted to spend time with an old friend who is suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease) and also wanted to be there to support their son. Because the campground property isn’t owned by CMS, Little was allowed to host those in motorhomes while still encouraging social distancing. In a normal year he hosts approximately 175 motorhomes and two acres of cars on his property. On Sunday there were only a handful of cars in the lot, and those were owned by members of the media. But there were 33 motorhomes on his properties, with race fans traveling from as far away as New York, Texas and Maine. “These fans are dedicated and they’ve come from all over the country,” Little said. Like many around the country, Little has taken a financial See FANS | 7 Woods, Manning win TV charity match By Doug Ferguson Associated Press Tom Brady delivered the shot of the match that made it easy to forget the rest of his swings. Tiger Woods didn’t miss a fairway and earned a small measure of revenge against Phil Mickelson. The PGA Tour is set to return in just over two weeks, and it has a tough act to follow. In the second and final charity match that brought live golf to TV, this exhibition was as entertaining as the real thing. Woods lagged a long birdie putt close enough that his partner, Peyton Manning, didn’t have to putt. That secured a 1-up victory over Mickelson and Brady in “The Match: Champions for Charity.” The goal was to raise $10 million or more for COVID-19 relief funds, and online donations sent money climbing toward about twice that much. This made-for-TV exhibition would have have worth pay-per-view, the model Woods and Mickelson used for a $9 million winner-take-all match in Las Vegas over Thanksgiving weekend in 2018 that Mickelson won in a playoff under lights. It felt forced, lacked banter and turned out to free because of technical issues. Throw in two NFL greats in Brady and Manning, and this allowed viewers to ride along for 18 holes at Medalist Golf Club among four of the biggest stars in sport. Justin Thomas pitched in as an on-course reporter, bringing a mixture of humor and insight with the right amount of words. Woods and Manning took the lead on the third hole and never trailed, building a 3-up lead in fourballs on the front nine, with Manning making two birdies (one was a net par). Brady, whose six Super Bowl titles are more than any NFL quarterback in history, took a beating on social media and in the broadcast booth from Charles Barkley, who twice offered $50,000 of his own money toward charity if Brady just hit the green on a par 3. He missed so far right it would be comparable to a pass that landed three rows into the stands. New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton Ryan Kang | AP Tiger Woods watches his second shot on the 11th hole during the final round of the Genesis Invitational golf tournament at Riviera Country Club, Feb. 16, in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. Woods teamed with former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning to defeat Phil Mickelson and current Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady 1-up in a charity exhibition match for COVID19 relief funds Sunday. weighed in on Twitter, noting Brady signing as a free agent with Tampa Bay by saying he liked the “Florida” Brady much better. Brooks Koepka offered $100,000 if Brady could just make a par. One shot shut everyone up. Never mind that Brady had to take a penalty drop before getting back to the fairway on the par-5 seventh. With his fourth shot, with Barkley needling him relentlessly, Brady’s shot landed beyond the pin and spun back into the cup. “Shut your mouth, Chuck,” said Brady, whose microphone piece dangled off the back of his pants. Woods still thought he won the hole with a 25-foot eagle putt that instead spun hard off the back of the lip. All that, and they ended up halving the hole. Donations for COVID- 19 relief funds kept piling up, and the entertainment didn’t stop even as the rain returned. It caused a 45-minute delay at the start, and as Woods said on the practice range, “I don’t normally play in conditions like this.” Mickelson brought out his “Tiger Slayer” putter that he used to shoot 64 at Pebble Beach in 2012, the last time they were in the final group on the PGA Tour. Woods shot 75 that day. It didn’t help Lefty with a few critical birdie putts to square the match, though he rolled in a 15-foot par putt to stay 1 down with two to play. The back nine was modified alternate shot — all players hit tee shots, and it was alternate shot from there. It was key for the quarterbacks to find the fairway for the pros to hit shots into the green, and Brady came through until the 18th. Woods was playing for the first time since Feb. 16 when he finished last at Riviera in Los Angeles. He chose not to play the next four weeks with his back not feeling just right, and then the pandemic shut down golf and sports worldwide. Woods looked sharp for the most part, with his game and his words. Mickelson on the fifth hole asked Woods to mark his ball from some 80 yards away. “You want me to mark with a U.S. Open medal,” said Woods, a three-time champion of the only major Mickelson hasn’t won. “Do you have one? I have some silver ones,” Mickelson said, referring to his record six runnerup finishes. Mickelson boasted about taking Woods down on his home course at Medalist, and now their TV matches are tied at 1, See MATCH | 7 �SPORTS/WEATHER Ohio Valley Publishing Fans navirus recovery plan, allowing them to open at 50 percent capacity with plenty of restrictions. From page 6 “Usually we would be hit due to fans being shut packed out with NASCAR fans,” said Mindy Segoout of sports, but the via, the general manager third-generation owner of Iron Thunder Saloon, of the campground said, about a mile from the “honestly, I feel just tertrack. ”I figured that fans rible for the race fans.” If you didn’t know bet- would go the racetrack ter, you’d never know one and hang out outside of of NASCAR’s most popu- the track, but they are not allowing that either. lar races was in town. So we’re losing a lot of Considered the series’ “crown jewel race,” CMS money.” Mike Dishong wasn’t has attracted more than 100,000 fans to the event planning on making the which began in 1960. But trip to Solomons Island, Maryland, after learning on Sunday it was eerily quiet, resembling a ghost fans wouldn’t be allowed town rather than the epi- to attend the race. But when his 7-yearcenter of the NASCAR old grandson Carson, world. who lives a few miles Bruton Smith Boulefrom the track, pleaded vard, which is normally bustling with cars on race with his grandparents on FaceTime last week to day, was virtually empty come down to Charlotte except for an occasional anyway and watch the passing car or truck. race on TV and listen to Absent were the hunthe roar of the engines dreds of North Carolina from Little’s campground, State Troopers who line he and his wife Peggy the entrance ways to the couldn’t refuse. track and the vendors “That’s what racing is selling NASCAR t-shirts, about — family, friends hats and flags. There and being together,” were no pedestrians Dishong said. “It brought crossing the walkways, us together even though no bands blasting music outside the track, contrib- we’re not going to be inside the track. We’re uting to an eerily quiet atmosphere. All Charlotte having fun.” Jana Bowyer underMotor Speedway-owned campgrounds were closed stands. She’s sad that son Clint and vacant. won’t have the support of The Coca-Cola 600 his family inside the track. promotional signs that “He hates that his famnormally adorn from ily can’t come, his wife the front of restaurants and kids,” Jana Bowyer during race week were non-existent. Restaurants said. “And that goes like Hooters, Twin Peaks for all of the fans, too. and Iron Thunder Saloon, That’s part of his racing day is meeting with the which are typically packed on race day, were fans, shaking hands and signing autographs. 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(:40) Horn (N) eSports "NBA 2K League" (L) 3 Low MOON PHASES (WSAZ) 7 PM NBC Nightly News (N) NBC Nightly News (N) ABC World News (N) Expeditions With Patrick McMillan Eyewitness ABC World News (N) News (N) 10TV News CBS Evening (N) News (N) America Eyewitness Says News (N) BBC Outside BBC World Source News: America 13 News at CBS Evening 6:00 p.m. (N) News (N) 67 (HIST) 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme sense to round out our roster,” Miller said. Teams usually have to cut their rosters to get under the salary cap before the regular season begins, which would have been on May 14. The WNBA postponed the start of the season in early April because of the coronavirus pandemic and is still focusing on a handful of scenarios that would allow it to play this year. TUESDAY, MAY 26 6:30 WSAZ News 3 (N) WTAP News (N) ABC 6 News at 6pm (N) Arthur 64 (NBCSN) 65 (FS1) Primary: ascospores, unk. Wed. 6:07 a.m. 8:44 p.m. 10:21 a.m. 12:34 a.m. 3 81° AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™ Precipitation 6 PM BROADCAST A thunderstorm in the area this afternoon. Mostly cloudy tonight. High 87° / Low 64° HEALTH TODAY human beings, not just basketball players.” Connecticut Sun coach and general manager Curt Miller had set up his training camp roster so a few position battles would determine the final spots on the team. Now he’ll have to make choices a different way. “Ultimately we have to decide, because we can’t do it all together, what skill set strength of theirs makes most TUESDAY EVENING 82° 65° Statistics through 3 p.m. Mon. 86° 62° 77° 55° 96° in 1939 37° in 1956 get their rosters under the salary cap by Tuesday so that players could start getting paid on June 1. It’s left many teams with tough decisions on who they will cut and little time to figure it out. “It is the worst part of this job,” Kolb said in a phone interview. “These are dreams that are suddenly altered and you’re a large part of that. These are NEW YORK (AP) — New York Liberty general manager Jonathan Kolb knew that he and first-year coach Walt Hopkins would have to make some tough decisions on the team’s roster this year. He just didn’t think they’d have to do it so quickly and without seeing players compete in training camp. The WNBA and the players’ union decided that teams would have to 8 PM ALMANAC High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low WNBA teams set to make tough decisions 62 (NGEO) vous. I know Tom and I were comparing notes,” Manning said. “To be behind the ropes in these From page 6 guys’ worlds, to be in the arena with them, it was even with each getting really a special experia little help. Mickelson ence. I was not comfortsays he was a little able the entire time. nervous on the front Knowing $20 million nine until he found his groove, driving the green was raised and helping people going through on the par-4 11th with Brady making a 20-footer tough times, it was an for eagle that began their honor to be invited. rally. “It’s something I’ll “Phil said he was neralways remember.” Tuesday, May 26, 2020 7 100° in Thermal, CA 21° in Leadville, CO Global High 122° in Jacobabad, Pakistan Low -8° in Summit Station, Greenland Houston 81/64 Monterrey 85/67 Miami 87/75 Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. �NEWS 8 Tuesday, May 26, 2020 Meigs the Rutland Volunteer Fire Department and the Village of Middleport. A final public hearing on the From page 1 awards will be held during the June 4, Meigs County approved by the commissioners, dealt with the hir- Commissioner meeting. The commissioners ing of a part-time student monitor at Southern Local announced that applications for the vacant clerk Schools. Shank explained that the position were ending that afternoon, with the comagency received funding through an opioid grant to missioners to review the work with the local schools applications and conduct in hiring a student monitor any additional interviews which will help to monitor before making a decision. The commissioners attendance. The contract approved reappointments with Southern is the first approved under the grant. to the county Transportation Improvement District. Shank said they will be Those reappointed were working with the other Commissioner Tim Ihle, school districts over the Engineer Eugene Triplett, summer to implement the Economic Development program there as well. Director Perry Varnadoe, In other business, the Trustees Association Presicommissioners addressed dent Bill Spaun and comthe 2020 Community munity representative Don Development Block Grant Tillis. projects which are to be More on Thursday’s awarded. Every two years the com- meeting will appear in an missioners receive funding upcoming edition of The for the grants, with a total Daily Sentinel. © 2020 Ohio Valley Pubof $120,000 to be awarded lishing, all rights reserved. on local projects this year. The commissioners announced plans to award Sarah Hawley is the managing editor of The Daily Sentinel. the 2020 grant funds to Daily Sentinel TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Sportscaster Brent Musberger is 81. Rock musician Garry Peterson (Guess Who) is 75. Singer Stevie Nicks is 72. Actress Pam Grier is 71. Actor Philip Michael Thomas is 71. Country singer Hank Wil- liams Jr. is 71. Former British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is 71. Actress Margaret Colin is 62. Country singersongwriter Dave Robbins is 61. Actor Doug Hutchison is 60. Actress Genie Francis is COVID-19 facility. This patient had been in quarantine at the facility and has had From page 1 no contact with other patients. The health departhealth department ment has been working announced two conwith Overbrook and the firmed cases, one a Ohio Department of female age 10-19 and Health to perform testthe other a female in her 70s who was recent- ing at the facility. The new case bring ly transferred to Overbrook from a Columbus Meigs County to a total area hospital. Both had of five confirmed cases and one probable case. a symptom onset date None of the six of May 20. Meigs County cases At the time of the have been hospitalized announcement, Davis at anytime during their stated that Overbrook illness. had been placing all The three cases new and returning announced prior to patients in quarantine Thursday were men in for 14 days, in accordance with federal stan- their 40s or 50s and have all now recovered. dards, when coming The definition of from home or another 58. Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait is 58. Singer-actor Lenny Kravitz is 56. Actress Helena Bonham Carter is 54. Distance runner Zola Budd is 54. Rock musician Phillip Rhodes is 52. Actor Joseph Fiennes is 50. recovered being used by the Meigs County Health Department is “showing no signs or symptoms of COVID19 and completing the entire quarantine period.” Meigs County’s first confirmed case was reported on April 7, followed by the probable case (a person who had been in direct contact with the first case) reported on April 15. The third case (second confirmed case) was confirmed on May 3. According to information provided by the health department, a confirmed case is defined as an individual with a positive laboratory result for COVID- 19. A probable case is defined as an individual who has not been tested for COVID-19, but is likely to have the illness based on close contact with a confirmed or probable case, symptoms, and/or exposure to an area with ongoing community spread. A probable case must also have no alternative diagnosis, such as influenza or strep throat. For Ohio data and other information visit https://coronavirus. ohio.gov © 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Sarah Hawley is the managing editor of The Daily Sentinel. Photos by Sarah Hawley | Sentinel Saelym Larsen receives her diploma from Board of Education President Ryan Mahr. Diplomas From page 1 of you to try something new and push yourselves to accomplish more and be better,” said McConnell. “Regardless of if we are going to college, joining the work force, or joining the military, we all have the potential for greatness. Push yourself to the limit and strive for greatness. Everyone has the ability to do this. You choose who you want to be and who you will be. Unlocking your full potential depends on the choices you make.” McConnell said that when looking for a senior quote his father assisted with coming up with one. “He said, ‘Don’t let the fear of failure prevent you from getting in the ring,’” said McConnell. “I believe in this and I hope that each and every one of you live by this. Everyone here has potential to be great, to forever be remembered as an outstanding person,” said McConnell. When faced with a choice or decision, McConnell said he often asks himself “what is the worst that will happen if I try?” “No one likes failing, but failure is the only way that we learn. When Thomas Edison made the light bulb, it took him over 10,000 attempts, and when asked about those 10,000 attempts, he merely said, ‘I have not failed. I have found 10,000 ways that won’t work’,” said McConnell. McConnell’s final piece of advice to his fellow graduates was that they do not have to go into the future alone. “While I hope that each and every one of you go on to live out your dreams and achieve greatness, you don’t have to go it alone. It will be hard to unlock and utilize your full potential and that’s where others come in and help. Don’t be afraid to seek help from your friends and family. Most everyone will be very willing to help you and will be glad to see you trying to be better,” said McConnell. The video, filmed and put together by Bartee Photography, included the addresses by Mahr and McConnell; Pledge of Allegiance by Augustus Kennedy; Invocation by Cory Cox; a welcome by Mahr; and Benediction by Kassandra Coleman. The video began with a walk through the halls of Meigs High School following Mahr and McConnell as they made one final walk through as MHS students. Members of the Board of Education then gave a brief introduction explaining the reason for the virtual ceremony to honor the class of 2020. Augustus Kennedy, class treasurer, introduced the members of the board of education, administrators and the Class of 2020 honorarians. The honorarians for the Meigs High School Class of 2020 are Valedictorian Austin Mahr, Salutatorian Jacob McConnell, Robert Musser, Augustus Kennedy, Easter Swain, Adam Cole Arnott, Cameron Burnem, Cory Cox, Dawson McClure and Breanna Zirkle. Supt. Scot Gheen and Principal Travis Abbott also addressed the gradu- ating class before diplomas were presented. Class Secretary Brian Ray Ackley Jr. read the names of the graduates as each walked across the stage to receive his or her diploma. Meigs High School Class of 2020 graduates include: Brian Ray Ackley Jr., Landon Kristopher Acree, Adam Cole Arnott, Kyle Allen Ashburn, Weston Christopher Baer, Halley Kay Barnette, Taylor Christine Bass, Dakota Lee Bender, Justice Nathaniel Bennett, Bethany Rachelle Bickford, Adam Lee Billingsley, Ashley Lynn Billingsley, Karington Kay Brinker, Katilyn Kay Brinker, Corbyn Depaul Broderick, Lauren Nicole Buckley, Cameron Leevi Burnem, Cody Byron Burns, Charles Scott Burton Jr., Roseanna Lesley Butcher, Kassandra Luann Coleman, Tyler Alan Collins, Warren Mark Hannah Combs, Bradley Lowens Corriveau, Rebecca Lynn Council, Cory Lee Cox, Zachary Earl Dailey, Landon Andrew Davis, Melody Sue Dixon, Shayne Anthony Worren Dixon, Alex Leland Douglas, Matthew Walter Keith Dowell, Brayden Riley Ervin, Matthew Douglas Fisher, Jeffrey Loran Fitzwater Jr., Christopher Scott Gilkey II, Matthew Earl Gilkey, Brittany Danielle Gilmore, Sky Marie Green, James Edison Grueser, Drake Jarrett Hall, John Robert Hamilton Jr., Valerie Marie Hamm, Daniel Walker Harris, Maci Nichole Hood, Aleya Nicole Huffman, Damion Scott Hysell, Deven Lee James, Graduate Bobby Musser receives his diploma from his mom, Board of Education member Barbara Musser. Valerie Hamm receives her diploma from Board of Education President Ryan Mahr. Autumn Alexa Jones, Dawson Matthew Justice, Augustus Wyatt Kennedy, Michael Allen Kesterson, Christian Andrew Klein, Madison Rose Klein, Bryson Lee Lane, Saelym Isalena Klaire Larsen, Justin Ray Laudermilt, Teddy Lee Laudermilt, Trinity Nichole Laudermilt, Dalton Timothy Lawrence, Hunter Bryce Lawrence, Morgan Dawn Lee, Elijah James Tyler Leigh, Austin Wesley Mahr, Madison Paige Mankin, Brenna Elise McClintock, Dawson Wesley McClure, Jacob Thomas McConnell, Jason Magnus McDaniel, Annie Florence McGrath, Kristi Nicole McKnight, Stuart James McMunn III, Robert Patrick Musser, Emily Jo Myers, Nickmkey Marie June Nye, Andrew Michael Kenneth Ogle, Gracie Lynn Parker, Alyssa Anne Parsons, Alexandria Nichole Pierce, Joseph Michael Pullins, Kalyn Lashae Qualls, Sophie Olivia Quillen, Mikayla Jo Radcliffe, Josephine Lee Ryder, Kira Breanna-Nicole Schuler, Zachary James Shiflet, Amy Michelle Simpson, Haley-Beth Noel Smith, Tucker Ryan Smith, Chonslyn Raye Spaun, David Anthony Staats, Easter Ruth Swain, Bailey June Swatzel, Tierra Daune Tillis, Matthew Edward Timmons, Steven Vance II, Christopher Scott Ward, Ethan Tyler Wat- son, Zachary Lee Williams, Tamara Astar Willis, Danielle Nicole Wilson, Jacob Briar Wolfe, Michael Todd Wolfe, Rochell Renee Wolfe, Tyler Lee Wolfe, Caleb Riley Workman, Olivia Paige Wyatt, James Taylor Barton Young, Breanna Loree Zirkle. 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