http://host69-005.meigs.lib.oh.us/files/original/caa62ace6f3522f39a194daf48d9ff2a.pdf 9b605ace4bcac378de9483957f946f10 PDF Text Text 8 AM 2 PM 8 PM 50° 56° 51° Cloudy and mild today. Cloudy tonight. High 58° / Low 42° Today’s weather forecast On this day in history Blue Devils burn Southeastern WEATHER s 8 NEWS s 3 SPORTS s 5 C_ZZb[fehj��Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 256, Volume 75 Thursday, December 30, 2021 s 50¢ 39 new COVID cases reported Latest from Meigs, Gallia, Mason By Kayla (Hawthorne) Dunham khawthorne@aimmediamidwest. com Meigs High School | Courtesy photos Students in Jason Jackson’s advisory class at Meigs High School helped provide younger students with Christmas gifts. Students helping students Staff Report POMEROY — Industrial tech teacher, Jason Jackson, guided his advisory class at Meigs High School as they took on the goal of “making a difference” this Christmas. The students grouped together and came up with several ideas on how they could help make someone’s Christmas a little better in 2021. The class decided to contact Jody Howard, principal at the elementary school, to see if there was anyone they could help. Howard provided the students with the information they needed. The students organized in three groups and each student took on a responsibility. All together there were 24 gifts purchased and donated. The students all participated in wrapping the gifts and preparing them to give to Howard. Meigs High school principal, Travis Abbott, coordinated with Jackson for the gift giving at Meigs High School on Dec. 14. Jackson said, “We have outstanding students at Meigs High and my advisory students showed great generosity as they all made a huge difference in three young peoples’ live this Christmas. The community can be very proud.” Students in Jackson’s advisory class include Grifﬁn Cleland, Cayden Gheen, Danny Hannah, Majestic Hartford, Tavon Hawk, Wade Howard, Wyatt Howard, Chase Justus, Jacob Martin, Beau Schuler, Austin Smith, Bailey Taylor, Aaron Tobin, Xavier Wise, Gabe Writesel and Robert Writesel. Submitted by Meigs High School. Gallia County According to the 2 p.m. update from ODH on Wednesday, there have been 5,115 total cases (10 new) in Gallia County since the beginning of the pandemic, 330 hospitalizations (2 new) and 82 deaths. Of the 5,115 cases, 4,719 (24 new) are presumed recovered. Case data is as follows: 0-19 — 983 cases, 9 hospitalizations 20-29 —821 cases (4 new), 18 hospitalizations, 1 death 30-39 — 713 cases (2 new), 17 hospitalizations, 1 death 40-49 — 751 cases (3 new), 33 hospitalizations (1 new), 5 deaths 50-59 — 698 cases, 55 hospitalizations (1 new), 12 deaths 60-69 — 565 cases (1 new), 54 hospitalizations, 11 deaths 70-79 — 365 cases, 87 hospitalizations (1 new), 19 deaths 80-plus — 219 cases, 57 hospitalizations, 32 deaths Vaccination rates in Gallia County are as follows, according to ODH: Vaccines started: 13,457 (45.0 percent of the population); Vaccines completed: 12,300 (41.14 percent of the population). Students in the advisory class collected gifts for elementary students for the holiday season. Students participated in wrapping and preparing gifts for elementary students. AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC (USPS 145-966) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes every Tuesday through Saturday. Subscription rate is $208 per year. Prices are subject to change at any time. 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 Periodical postage paid at Pomeroy, OH POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Sentinel, 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631. All content © 2021 The Daily Sentinel, an edition of the Gallipolis Daily Tribune. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. During the educational report, Cheyenne Gatrell and Caleb Richmond were named as STORM Students. They will be honored at the January regular meeting. The board opened for nominations for the election of a president pro-tem for the organizational meeting of January 2022. Woods nominated Evans for president pro-tem. The board voted in approval of this motion. The board set the organizational meeting for Jan. 10, 2022 at 6:15 p.m. The regular business meeting will follow at 6:30 p.m. The board approved appropriations Meigs County According to the 2 p.m. update from ODH on Wednesday, there have been 3,273 total cases (10 new) in Meigs County since the beginning of the pandemic, 195 hospitalizations (2 new) and 67 deaths. Of the 3,263 cases, 3,035 (11 new) are presumed recovered. Case data is as follows: 0-19 — 618 cases (1 new), 6 hospitalizations 20-29 — 456 cases, 5 hospitalizations 30-39 — 413 cases (1 new), 13 hospitalizations, 1 death 40-49 — 487 cases (3 See SOUTHERN | 8 See COVID | 8 Southern BOE approves agenda items Staff Report RACINE — The Board of Education of the Southern Local School District met in regular session on Dec. 20 to approve agenda items. Board members present during the meeting were Denny Evans, Dennis Teaford, Tom Woods, Ashli Peterman. Board member Brenda Johnson was absent. The Board was advised of the notice requirements of Section 121.22 of the Revised Code and the implementing rules adopted by the Board of Education pursuant thereto were complied with the Revised Code for the meeting. OHIO VALLEY — Since yesterday’s update, there were 39 new cases reported in the Ohio Valley Publishing area on Wednesday. In Gallia County, the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) reported 10 new COVID-19 cases. In Meigs County, ODH reported 10 new COVID19 cases. In Mason County, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), reported 19 new cases of COVID-19. Here is a closer look at the local COVID-19 data: �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Thursday, December 30, 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing GLADYS D. GRANT OBITUARIES JOHN WINSTON JOHNSON NORTHUP — John Winston Johnson, 73, of the Northup community, passed away at 2:30 p.m. Monday, December 27, 2021, at the Holzer Medical Center. Born November 15, 1948 in Chillicothe, he was the son of the late Jesse and Margaret Biechler Johnson. He was a retired truck driver. He married Linda Lou Sears on February 20, 1975 in Columbus, and she preceded him in death on January 19, 2016. John is survived by two daughters, Barbara Arthur, of Gallipolis and Sue (Carl) Bing, of Gallipolis; his son, John D. Johnson, of Gallipolis; seven grandchildren, Jessica (Shane) Wycuff, Brittany (Jake) Riddle, Joseph Gallo, Cody Johnson, Sean R. Long, Shelby Long and Jayden Johnson; great-grandchildren, Jobe Wycuff, Saulomon Wycuff, Sammson Wycuff, Johana Wycuff and River Johnson. Two sisters also survive, Barbara Bosworth and Sally Leach, both of Florida. Several nieces and nephews also survive. In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Ester Darlene Johnson Long, on January 13, 2021, sisters, Bonnie Leach, Geraldine Artrip, Virginia Wise, Rose Artrip, Betty Fish and Ida Mae Artrip and a brother, Joseph R. Johnson. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, January 2, 2022, at the Cremeens-King Funeral Home. Ofﬁciating will be Pastor Jim Chapman. Interment will be in the Centenary Cemetery in Green Township. Friends may call two hours prior to the funeral service at the funeral home. DEATH NOTICES SPRINGER SPRINGFIELD — Sheila Lynn Springer, 67, of Springﬁeld, formerly of Gallipolis, died on Friday, December 24, 2021 at Springﬁeld Regional Medical Center in Springﬁeld. The family’s wishes are to continue without a service. Willis Funeral Home is assisting the family. In lieu of ﬂowers, the family requests donations be made to Willis Funeral Home, P.O. Box 806, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 to assist in family expenses. STEPHENS GALLIPOLIS — Patricia L. “Pat” Stephens, 76, of Gallipolis, died on Monday, December 27, 2021 at Holzer Medical Center. The funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, December 31, 2021 at Willis Funeral Home with Pastor Bob Wiseman ofﬁciating. Friends may call prior to the service from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. 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. at 6 p.m. at the post home on McCormick Road. All members are urged to attend. Tuesday, Jan. 4 GALLIPOLIS — VFW Post #446 will meet at the post home on 3rd Avenue at 6 p.m. All members are urged to attend. Thursday, Jan. 6 POMEROY — The Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors will hold its annual organizational meeting BEDFORD TWP. at noon at the district — Bedford Township trustees, year-end meet- ofﬁce at 113 E. Memoing, 8 a.m.; immediately rial Drive, Suite D. following the year-end meeting the re-organization meeting for year 2022 will be held at the Bedford Townhall. LANGSVILLE — Star Grange and Star Junior Grange will be meeting on with a potluck at 6:30 p.m. folGALLIPOLIS — The lowed by a meeting at American Legion Lafay- 7:30 p.m. Everyone is ette Post #27 will meet welcome to attend. Friday, Dec. 31 Saturday, Jan. 8 Monday, Jan. 3 CONTACT US 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 740-446-2342 All content © 2021 Gallipolis Daily Tribune and The Daily Sentinel edition. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT/ GROUP PUBLISHER Lane Moon lmoon@aimmediamidwest.com EDITOR Beth Sergent, Ext. 2102 bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com SPORTS EDITOR Bryan Walters, Ext. 2101 bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Matt Rodgers, Ext. 2095 mrodgers@aimmediamidwest.com CIRCULATION MANAGER Derrick Morrison, Ext. 2097 dmorrison@aimmediamidwest.com GALLIPOLIS — Gladys D. Grant, 92, Gallipolis, passed away at 12:37 p.m.. Thursday, December 16, 2021 in the Four Winds Community in Jackson. She was born Gladys Darlene Keels on February 3, 1929 in the Rendville, community of Perry County, the daughter of the late G. Dewey Keels and Huldah A. Howell Keels. She graduated from public school at Rio Grande in 1947. She completed two years of pre-med/pre-nursing at Rio Grande College from 1947-1949. She entered the East Vocation School of Practical Nursing in Cincinnati, where she received her diploma and pin as Licensed Practical Nurse in September, 1950. On Easter Sunday, April 5, 1953, she mar- ried Charles Morris (Foxy) Grant at the New Hope Baptist Church in Harrisburg, Ohio. Gladys has been associated with the Gallipolis Medical Clinic and the Holzer Health Care System since 1958 working in the healthcare industry for her professional career. Gladys received an Honor Commendation from the Ohio House of Representatives for thirty years of loyal and outstanding service to the Holzer Health Care System. Gladys was a faithful servant in her church, Paint Creek Baptist Church of Gallipolis, Ohio, a vacation Bible School teacher/helper at various community churches and instilling in young children the importance of loving the Lord and serving the community, which she did whenever called. An active member of her community, Gladys was involved in many organizations and activities at the local, state and national levels, the Gallipolis Business and Professional Woman’s Club, the French Art Colony and the Gallipolis Kiwanis Club. For her selﬂess actions she was awarded “Woman of the Year” by the Gallipolis Business and Professional Woman’s Club, the Ohio State Senate and she was recognized as one of Ohio’s Finest Citizens. Gladys was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Charles Morris (Foxy) Grant, on February 5, 2013,her parents, G. Dewey and Huldah A. Howell Keels, three brothers, James D. Keels, Lloyd E. Keels and Russell E. Keels. She is survived by a brother, Raymond K. Howell, of Las Vegas, Nev., numerous nieces and nephews and a host of family, relatives and countless friends. She will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, January 8, 2022, in the Paint Creek Baptist Church. Ofﬁciating will be Rev. Christian Scott. Interment will follow in the Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Visitation will be two hours prior to the funeral service at the church. Cremeens-King Funeral Home is entrusted with Glady’s funeral services. Holiday publishing schedule for OVP Ohio Valley Publishing’s Gallipolis Daily Tribune, The Daily Sentinel and Point Pleasant Register, will not be publishing on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022 (New Year’s Day) — publishing resumes on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. Also, the business ofﬁces will be closed Friday, Dec. 31 (New Year’s Eve) — business hours resume Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. This will allow our employees and carriers to spend the holidays with their families. We apologize for any inconvenience to our readers. Thank you for supporting our publications in 2021. We look forward to providing your local news in 2022. Have a safe and happy new year. GALLIA, MEIGS COMMUNITY BRIEFS Editor’s Note: Gallia Meigs Briefs will only list event information that is open to the public and will be printed on a space-available basis. operation will resume at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 Financial Statements set Family & Children First Council meets The Gallia County Family and Children First Council will be holding Regular Business Meetings The Gallia-Vinton ESC ﬁnancial at 10 a.m. on the second Tuesday of the following months: January, BIDWELL — Maxine Dyer will statements from July 1, 2020 to March, May, July, and September. be celebrating her 90th birthday on June 30, 2021 are available for Due to Election Day on the second Jan. 9. Cards may be sent to 33325 review in the ofﬁce of the treaTuesday of November, the business Jesse Creek Road, Bidwell, OH surer. Anyone wishing to inspect meeting will be moved to Novem45614. the ﬁnancial statements should ber 15, 2022. The Intersystem contact Treasurer Jay Carter Collaborative Meetings will be held at 740-245-0593 and make an at 10 a.m. on the second Tuesday appointment. of the following months: February, April, June, August, October and December. All Council Meetings GALLIPOLIS — The Bossard will be held at the Gallia County Memorial Library will close at 5 Health Department Conference p.m. on Friday, Dec. 31 and remain Room located at 499 Jackson Pike, closed for New Year’s Day holiday MIDDLEPORT — The Meigs Gallipolis, Ohio. For additional on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. Normal County Humane Society will be information, contact Lora Jenkins/ hours of operation will resume on providing straw for pet bedding Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022. during the months of November, Intersystem Coordinator at 740December, January, and February. 446-3022. Vouchers may be picked up at the Humane Society Thrift Shop, 253 North Second Street, Middleport for a fee of $2. For more information call 740-992-6064. RACINE — The American Legion Post 602 Monthly DinIn collaboration with OhioHealth ner at the Post in Racine will be Mobile Mammography, OU’s WomSunday, Jan. 2, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. en’s Health Clinic will offer sameThe menus is fried chicken, pulled day mammography at Gallipolis pork, homemade noodles, mashed City Park, First Avenue, Gallipolis, potatoes, corn, cole slaw, roll, desGALLIPOLIS — Memberships Ohio on Jan. 13, 2022 9:30 a.m. sert, and drink. to 3 p.m. Services are available to for 2022 for the Gallia County all women, uninsured, underinAgricultural Society are now on sale at Brown’s Insurance Agency sured or insured. Appointments are required and women should on State Rt. 160. Memberships call 740-593-2432 or 1-800-844are $2 and may be purchased 2654 for an appointment. Services during regular business hours, offered include breast health educaMonday -Friday, from 9 a.m. - 5 GALLIPOLIS — The ofﬁce of p.m. Membership into the society tion, PAP tests, breast and pelvic Noreen Saunders Clerk of Courts exams, and navigation through the entitles the member to vote at Legal Division will be closed to continuum of care. Same-day mamthe public on Thursday December the annual election held in Sepmography is available provided by tember. The membership does 30, 2021 for year end close out. not entitle the member to admis- OhioHealth Mobile Mammography We will reopen on Monday, Jan 3, sion to the fair. To be eligible for onsite. The Breast and Cervical 2022. Cancer Project (BCCP) will be membership, an individual must GALLIPOLIS — The Bossard available for no-cost breast and cerpurchase his/her own memberMemorial Library will be closed vical cancer screenings and diagship ticket in person, be at least Monday, January 17, 2022 in nostic testing to qualiﬁed women 18 years of age or older, and observance of the Martin Luther who meet eligibility criteria. reside in Gallia County. King holiday. Normal hours of Card shower Bossard holiday hours Humane Society has straw for pets American Legion monthly dinner Women’s health screenings Agricultural Society membership sale Special hours set Decades of DOD efforts fail to stamp out bias, extremism By Kat Stafford and James Laporta quent arrests of several veterans and at least one Associated Press active duty service member, who along with thousands of supporters of In February, with the former President Donald images of the violent Trump on Jan. 6, stormed insurrection in Washthe U.S. Capitol in a ington still fresh in the melee that sent lawmakminds of Americans, newly conﬁrmed Defense ers scrambling for safety, left one person fatally Secretary Lloyd Austin shot by Capitol Police took the unprecedented and caused millions of step of signing a memo dollars in damages to the directing commanding building largely seen as ofﬁcers across the military to institute a one-day the symbol of American democracy. stand-down to address Austin’s order, which extremism within the also came as America as a nation’s armed forces. whole was grappling with The stand-down came how to address systemic in response to the parracism, was the latest in ticipation and the subse- a series of decades-long efforts by the military to purge its ranks of extremists and white supremacists. Last week, in response to the order the military issued new rules to deal with extremism that included social media usage policy updates where “liking” and reposting white nationalist and extremist content could result in disciplinary action. The DOD also updated its screening of recruits and is looking at how to prepare troops who are retiring from being targeted by extremist organizations. But an AP investiga- tion found that despite the new rules, racism and extremism remain an ongoing concern in the military. The investigation shows the new guidelines do not address ongoing disparities in military justice under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the legal code that governs the U.S. armed forces. Numerous studies, including a report last year from the Government Accountability Ofﬁce, show Black and Hispanic service members were disproportionately investigated and court-martialed. �NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing Thursday, December 30, 2021 3 Ghislaine Maxwell convicted in Epstein sex abuse case By Tom Hays and Larry Neumeister Associated Press NEW YORK — The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted Wednesday of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by the American millionaire Jeffrey Epstein. The verdict capped a monthlong trial featuring sordid accounts of the sexual exploitation of girls as young as 14, told by four women who described being abused as teens in the 1990s and early 2000s at Epstein’s palatial homes in Florida, New York and New Mexico. Jurors deliberated for ﬁve full days before ﬁnding Maxwell guilty of ﬁve of six counts. As the verdict was read, Maxwell appeared to show little reaction behind a black mask. She stood with her hands folded as the jury ﬁled out, and glanced at her siblings as she herself was led from the courtroom, but was otherwise stoic. She faces the likelihood of years in prison — an outcome long sought by women who spent years ﬁghting in civil courts to hold Maxwell accountable for her role in recruiting and grooming Epstein’s teenage victims and sometimes joining in the sexual abuse. The defense had insisted Maxwell was a victim of a vindictive prosecution devised to deliver justice to women deprived of their main villain when Epstein killed himself while awaiting trial in 2019. During the trial, prosecutors called 24 witnesses to give jurors a picture of life inside Epstein’s homes — a subject of public fascination and speculation ever since his 2006 arrest in Florida in a child sex case. A housekeeper testiﬁed he was expected to be “blind, deaf and dumb” about the private lives of Epstein, a ﬁnancier who cultivated friendships with inﬂuential politicians and business tycoons, and Maxwell, who had led a jet-setting lifestyle as the favorite child of a media mogul. Pilots took the witness stand and dropped the names of luminaries — Britain’s Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump — who ﬂew on Epstein’s private jets. Jurors saw physical evidence like a folding massage table once used by Epstein and a “black book” that listed contact information for some of Elizabeth Williams | AP In this courtroom sketch, Ghislaine Maxwell, center, sits in the courtroom during her sex trafficking trial on Wednesday in New York. Jurors deliberated for five full days before finding Maxwell guilty of five of six counts. She faces the likelihood of years in prison. the victims under the heading “massages.” There were bank records showing he had transferred $30.7 million to Maxwell, his longtime companion — one-time girlfriend, later employee. But the core of the prosecution was the testimony of four women who said they were victimized by Maxwell and Epstein at tender ages. Three testiﬁed using ﬁrst names or pseudonyms to protect their privacy: Jane, a television actress; Kate, a former model from Great Britain; and Carolyn, now a mom recovering from drug addiction. The fourth was Annie Farmer, a psychologist who chose to use her real name after being vocal about her allega- tions in recent years. They echoed one another in their descriptions of Maxwell’s behavior: She used charm and gifts to gain their trust, taking an interest in their adolescent challenges and giving them assurances that Epstein could use his wealth and connections to fulﬁll their dreams. They said the script would darken when Maxwell coaxed them into giving massages to Epstein that turned sexual, encounters she played off as normal: After one sexual massage, Kate, then 17, said Maxwell asked her if she’d had fun and told her: “You are such a good girl.” Carolyn testiﬁed that she was one of several underprivileged teens who lived near Epstein’s Florida home in the early 2000s and took up an offer to give massages in exchange for $100 bills, which prosecutors described as “a pyramid of abuse.” Maxwell made all the arrangements, Carolyn told the jury, even though she knew the girl was only 14 at the time. Jane said in 1994, when she was only 14, she was instructed to follow Epstein into a pool house at his Palm Beach estate, where he masturbated on her. The lone count on which Maxwell was acquitted, enticing a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, applied only to Jane. “I was frozen in fear,” she told the jury, adding that assault was the ﬁrst time she had ever seen a penis. She also directly accused Maxwell of participating in her abuse. Maxwell’s lawyer asked Jane why it had taken so long to come forward. “I was scared,” she said, choking back tears. “I was embarrassed, ashamed. I didn’t want anybody to know any of this about me.” The last to testify, Farmer described how Maxwell touched her breasts while giving her a massage at Epstein’s New Mexico ranch and how Epstein unexpectedly crawled into bed and pressed himself against her. Maxwell, 60, vehemently denied the charges through her lawyers. Still, she declined to take the risk of testifying, telling the judge: “The government has not proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt so there is no reason for me to testify.” “The charges against Ghislaine Maxwell are for things that Jeffrey Epstein did,” one of Maxwell’s lawyers, Bobbi Sternheim, emphasized to the jury. “But she is not Jeffrey Epstein and she is not like Jeffrey Epstein.” Maxwell’s legal team questioned whether the accusers’ memories were faulty, or had been inﬂuenced by lawyers seeking big payouts from Maxwell and from Epstein’s estate in civil court. During their two-day presentation, they called as a witness Elizabeth Loftus, a University of California Irvine professor who has testiﬁed as a memory expert for defense lawyers at about 300 trials, including the rape trial of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. New COVID-19 cases in US soar to highest levels on record By Kathleen Foody top U.S. infectious-disease expert, said Wednesday that there is no need to cancel small home gatherCHICAGO — More ings among vaccinated than a year after the vacand boosted family and cine was rolled out, new cases of COVID-19 in the friends. But “if your plans are to U.S. have soared to their go to a 40- to 50-person highest level on record at New Year’s Eve party with over 265,000 per day on all the bells and whistles average, a surge driven and everybody hugging largely by the highly conand kissing and wishing tagious omicron variant. each other a happy new New cases per day year, I would strongly rechave more than doubled ommend that this year we over the past two weeks, not do that,” he said. eclipsing the old mark The picture is grim elseof 250,000, set in midJanuary, according to data where around the world, especially in Europe, with kept by Johns Hopkins World Health OrganizaUniversity. tion chief Tedros AdhaThe fast-spreading nom Ghebreyesus saying mutant version of the he is worried about omivirus has cast a pall over Christmas and New Year’s, cron combining with the delta variant to produce a forcing communities to scale back or call off their “tsunami” of cases. That, festivities just weeks after he said, will put “immense it seemed as if Americans pressure on exhausted health workers and health were about to enjoy an almost normal holiday sea- systems on the brink of son. Thousands of ﬂights collapse.” The number of Amerihave been canceled amid stafﬁng shortages blamed cans now in the hospital with COVID-19 is running on the virus. at around 60,000, or about Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Associated Press Robert F. Bukaty | AP file Pam Hetherly fills a syringe with COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the Augusta Armory in Augusta, Maine. More than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to the highest level on record at over 265,000 per day on average, a surge driven largely by the highly contagious omicron variant. half the ﬁgure seen in January, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. While hospitalizations sometimes lag behind cases, the hospital ﬁgures may reﬂect both the protection conferred by the vaccine and the possibility that omicron is not making people as sick as previous versions. COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have climbed over the past two weeks from an average of 1,200 per day to around 1,500. Public health experts will be closely watching the numbers in the coming week for indications of the vaccines’ effectiveness in preventing serious illness, keeping people out of the hospital and relieving strain on exhausted health care workers, said Bob Bednarczyk, a professor of global health and epidemiology at Emory University. CDC data already suggests that the unvac- cinated are hospitalized at much higher rates than those who have gotten inoculated, even if the effectiveness of the shots decreases over time, he said. “If we’re able to weather this surge with hopefully minimal disruptions to the overall health care system, that is a place where vaccines are really showing their worth,” Bednarczyk said. It’s highly unlikely that hospitalization numbers will ever rise to their previous peak, said Amesh Adalja, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School Public Health. Vaccines and treatments developed since last year have made it easier to curb the spread of the virus and minimize serious effects among people with breakthrough infections. “Its going to take some time for people to get attuned to the fact that cases don’t matter the same way they did in the past,” Adalja said. “We have a lot of defense against it.” But even with fewer people hospitalized compared with past surges, the virus can wreak havoc on hospitals and health care workers, he added. “In a way, those hospitalizations are worse because they’re all preventable,” he said. Several European countries, including France, Greece, Britain and Spain, also reported record case counts this week, prompting a ban on music at New Year’s celebrations in Greece and a renewed push to encourage vaccination by French authorities. WHO reported that new COVID-19 cases worldwide increased 11% last week from the week before, with nearly 4.99 million recorded Dec. 20-26. But the U.N. health agency also noted a decline in cases in South Africa, where omicron was ﬁrst detected just over a month ago. TODAY IN HISTORY runner Malvin G. Whitﬁeld became the ﬁrst Black recipient of the James E. Sullivan Award for amateur athletes. In 1972, the United States halted its heavy bombing of Today’s highlight in history North Vietnam. On Dec. 30, 1922, Vladimir In 1994, a gunman walked Lenin proclaimed the establishinto a pair of suburban Boston ment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which lasted abortion clinics and opened ﬁre, nearly seven decades before dis- killing two employees. (John C. Salvi III was later convicted of solving in December 1991. murder; he died in prison, an apparent suicide.) On this date In 1999, former Beatle George In 1813, British troops burned Harrison fought off a knifeBuffalo, New York, during the wielding intruder who’d broken War of 1812. In 1853, the United States and into his mansion west of London and stabbed him in the chest. Mexico signed a treaty under (The attacker was later acquitted which the U.S. agreed to buy of attempted murder by reason some 45,000 square miles of land from Mexico for $10 million of insanity.) In 2004, a ﬁre broke out durin a deal known as the Gadsden ing a rock concert at a nightclub Purchase. in Buenos Aires, Argentina, In 1860, 10 days after South killing 194 people. Bandleader Carolina seceded from the and clarinetist Artie Shaw died Union, the state militia seized in Thousand Oaks, California, at the United States Arsenal in age 94. Charleston. In 2006, a state funeral service In 1903, about 600 people was held in the U.S. Capitol died when ﬁre broke out at Rotunda for former President the recently opened Iroquois Gerald R. Ford. Theater in Chicago. In 2009, seven CIA employees In 1954, Olympic gold medal Today is Thursday, Dec. 30, the 364th day of 2021. There is one day left in the year. and a Jordanian intelligence ofﬁcer were killed by a suicide bomber at a U.S. base in Khost (hohst), Afghanistan. In 2015, Bill Cosby was charged with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004; it was the ﬁrst criminal case brought against the comedian out of the torrent of allegations that destroyed his good-guy image as “America’s Dad.” (Cosby’s ﬁrst trial ended in a mistrial after jurors deadlocked; he was convicted on three charges at his retrial in April 2018 and was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison, but the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned the conviction in June 2021 and Cosby went free.) York and Maryland where Russian diplomats had gone for decades to play tennis, sail and swim were shut down by the Obama administration in retaliation for Moscow’s cyber-meddling in the presidential election. One year ago: Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri said he would raise objections when Congress met to afﬁrm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, forcing House and Senate votes. President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to overturn his election loss in Wisconsin; it was his second unsuccessful appeal in as many days to the high court over the result in the battleground state. Jonathan Pollard, who spent 30 years in U.S. prison for spying Ten years ago: North Korea warned the world for Israel, arrived in Israel with his wife, kissing the ground as there would be no softening of its position toward South Korea’s he disembarked from the airgovernment following Kim Jong craft. Dawn Wells, who played Il’s death as Pyongyang strength- the wholesome Mary Ann on ened his son and heir’s authority the 1960s sitcom “Gilligan’s with a new title: “Great Leader.” Island,” died in Los Angeles at age 82 from what her publicist said were causes related to Five years ago: COVID-19. 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The Gallia Academy boys in the second frame, but GAHS still mustered a basketball team shot 48 9-8 run behind four points percent from the ﬁeld, led wire-to-wire and received a from Zane Loveday for a 29-16 edge at the break. double-double effort from SEHS was never closer Isaac Clary en route to a than 10 points in the third 53-38 victory over host stanza and ultimately never Southeastern on Tuesday closed to within two posnight in a non-conference sessions the rest of the way. matchup at Larry JorThe hosts won the third dan Gymnasium in Ross canto by a 12-11 margin County. The visiting Blue Devils and whittled the deﬁcit Bryan Walters | OVP Sports down to 40-28 entering (5-3) had ﬁve different Gallia Academy sophomore Kenyon Franklin (1) dribbles past a Southeastern defender during the ﬁnale. Gallia Academy players score as part of a the second half of Tuesday night’s boys basketball contest in Londonderry, Ohio. bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com closed regulation with a 13-10 spurt for its second straight victory. The Blue Devils outrebounded SEHS by a sizable 35-19 overall margin, including an 11-6 edge on the offensive glass. The guests also committed 15 of the 25 turnovers in the contest. GAHS made 21-of-44 shot attempts overall, including a 4-of-9 effort from behind the arc for 44 percent. Gallia Academy was also 7-of-12 at the free throw line for 58 percent. Clary led the Blue Devils with game-high efforts of 16 points and 12 rebounds, See BURN | 6 Lady Rebels roll past Eastern, 70-36 By Bryan Walters bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com MERCERVILLE, Ohio — The locals say that what happens in Mercer-Vegas, stays in MercerVegas. Well, the word is getting out. These Lady Rebels are pretty good. The South Gallia girls basketball team led wireto-wire and cruised to its third straight victory on Tuesday night with a 70-36 decision over visiting Eastern in a Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division matchup in Gallia County. The host Lady Rebels (7-1, 4-1 TVC Hocking) forced 33 turnovers and had seven different players score at least ﬁve points each while also limiting the Lady Eagles (5-6, 2-3) to just 11 total points in the middle two frames. SGHS — which built a 19-12 ﬁrst quarter lead — went on a 38-13 surge over the second and third periods, allowing the Red and Gold to take leads of 34-16 into halftime and 57-25 into the ﬁnale. EHS — which went 0-for-13 from 3-point range — was outscored by a slim 13-11 margin down the stretch and trailed by as many as 38 points (7032) late in regulation. Both teams hauled in 44 rebounds apiece, with each squad also grabbing 22 offensive rebounds. SGHS also committed 25 turnovers in the contest. The Lady Rebels made 23-of-59 ﬁeld goal attempts for 39 percent, including a 9-of-23 effort from behind the arc for 39 percent. The hosts were also 15-of-28 at the free throw line for 54 percent. Jessie Rutt led South Gallia with a game-high 15 points, followed by Tori Triplett with a doubledouble effort of 14 points and 11 rebounds. Lindsey Wells and Ryleigh Halley were next with nine markers apiece, while Emma Clary added eight points. Macie Sanders and Madison Summers completed the winning tally with respective efforts of seven and ﬁve points. Eastern went 12-of-56 from the ﬁeld for 21 percent and was also 10-of-14 at the charity stripe for 71 percent. Erica Durst paced the Lady Eagles with 12 points and Sydney Reynolds followed with nine points. Hope Reed and Juli Durst were next with four markers each, while Ella Carleton added three points. See ROLL | 6 OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Thursday, Dec. 30 Boys Basketball Eastern at Wahama, 7 p.m. Trimble at Meigs, 7 p.m. Ravenswood at Southern, 7 p.m. Gallia Academy vs. Unioto at Waverly HS, 4 p.m. Girls Basketball Southern at Hannan, 6 p.m. South Gallia at Portsmouth Notre Dame, 6 p.m. Eastern at Berne Union, 6 p.m. Wrestling Point Pleasant at Powerade INV (PA), 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 31 College Football Cincinnati vs. Alabama, 3:30 Georgia vs. Michigan, 7:30 Saturday, Jan. 1 College Football Ohio State vs. Utah, 5 p.m. Photos by Colton Jeffries | OVP Sports Meigs junior Ethan Stewart (34) lets off a 3-point shot against the Tornadoes during a basketball game against Southern Tuesday evening in Rocksprings, Ohio. Meigs surges past Tornadoes, 82-65 By Colton Jeffries cjeffries@aimmediamidwest.com ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — Steph Curry would have enjoyed this one. The Meigs and Southern boys basketball teams combined for a total of 22 3-pointers in a Tri Valley Conference non-divisional matchup Tuesday evening, a 82-65 victory for the Maroon and Gold. After a slow start, the two squads traded points and leads throughout most of the ﬁrst quarter, totalling ﬁve lead changes. The Marauders (7-3) pull away off the back of their 3-point shooting, nabbing nine of their last 11 points from beyond the arch, heading into the second quarter up 22-16. The home team extended its lead with a 7-0 scoring run, eventually getting their lead into the double digits three minutes into the second. However, the Tornadoes (4-6) attempted a late comeback in the ﬁrst half. The comeback was successful, with the Purple and Gold tying the game and taking a brief lead with a minute to go in the ﬁrst half. The Tornadoes capitalized on a Marauder cold streak, which saw the Maroon and Gold score only two points in four minutes. The two squads went on to trade points, the Tornadoes scoring two free throws with two sec- Southern senior Aiden Hill (4) puts the ball up against the Marauder defense during a basketball game Tuesday evening in Rocksprings, Ohio. onds left to enter halftime tied 38-38. The visitors outscored the hosts 22-16 in the second quarter, a perfect parallel to the ﬁrst. The third quarter started out slowly for both teams, with the Marauders and Tornadoes making only one basket each in the ﬁrst three minutes. The Marauders scored 11 unanswered points to take the lead back, heading into the ﬁnal quarter with a 58-48 advantage. Other than one ﬁeld goal, the Marauders got all of their points in the third quarter from behind the arch. The Maroon and Gold proceeded to go on a 15-6 run more than midway through the fourth quarter to help cement their lead. The Marauders corrected the problems they had in the second quarter, picking their shots better and staving off any further Tornado comeback attempts. In shots, the Marauders had the advantage in 3-points and ﬁeld goals, outscoring the Purple and Gold 14-8 and 17-15, respectively. However, the Torna- does scored more free throws 11-6. Leading the Marauders in scoring was senior Coulter Cleland, who recorded one 3-pointer, six ﬁeld goals and three free throws for a total of 18 points. Next was junior Ethan Stewart, who got ﬁve 3-pointers and two free throws for 17 points. Rounding out the Meigs scoring were Chase Garcia with eight points, Conlee Burnem with eight points, Morgan Roberts with eight points, Brayden Stanley with six points, Braylon Harrison with six points, Grifﬁn Cleland with ﬁve points, Quentin Lewis with three points and Caleb Burnem with three points. The Tornadoes were led by senior Aiden Hill, who notched two 3-pointers, six ﬁeld goals and three free throws for a total of 21 points. Behind him was senior Lincoln Rose, who got eight ﬁeld goals and three free throws for 19 points. Rounding out the Southern scoring were Cade Anderson with 11 points, Derek Grifﬁth with six points, Cruz Brinager with six points and Brayden Otto with two points. Both teams had a total of 22 rebounds. The Maroon and Gold had 11 offensive and 11 defensive and were led by Coulter with nine. The Purple and Gold See MEIGS | 6 �SPORTS 6 Thursday, December 30, 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing Oaks top River Valley, 65-47 By Colton Jeffries However, they were unable to overcome the deﬁcit in the ﬁnal quarter. The Silver and Black also got OAK HILL, Ohio — The River Valley boys basketball team fell on their lone 3-pointer in the fourth the road 65-47 Tuesday evening to quarter. In shots, the Oaks held the the Oak Hill Oaks in a non-conferadvantage in 3-pointers and free ence matchup. throws, outscoring the visitors 7-1 The Raiders (2-7) had trouble and 14-10, respectively. scoring in the ﬁrst quarter, putHowever, the Raiders outdid the ting up only six points while the Oaks in ﬁeld goals 17-15. Oaks (5-5) notched 21. The Raiders were led in points The Silver and Black did a much by junior Jance Lambert, who better job in the second, scoring recorded ﬁve ﬁeld goals and 14 points, but their ﬁrst quarter performance meant they went into eight free throws for a total of 18 points. halftime down 38-20. Behind him was senior Mason The road team’s performance Rhodes, who got four ﬁeld goals improved into the third quarter, outscoring the hosts 15-11, head- for eight points. Rounding out the River Valley ing into the fourth down 49-35. cjeffries@aimmediamidwest.com scoring were Ethan Schultz with six points, Kade Alderman with four points, Levi Green with three points, Caunnor Clay with two points, Kaden Thornton with two points, Braden McGuire with two points and Gary Truance with two points. The Oaks were led by Gavin Howell, who recorded three 3-pointers, four ﬁeld goals and ﬁve free throws for a total of 22 points. The Raiders will be back in action at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday when they host the Point Pleasant Big Blacks. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Colton Jeffries can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. Minnesota beats WVU 18-6 in Guaranteed Rate Bowl PHOENIX (AP) — While watching “Breaking Bad” for the ﬁrst time last year, a particular scene caught P.J. Fleck’s attention. The Minnesota coach had used television shows and movies — “Elf,” “Full House” and “Family Matters” among them — as motivation in the past and this one seemed a perfect ﬁt for his defense. In it, Walter White rises in anger during a discussion with his wife, Skyler, explaining no one was going to come knocking on their door and shoot them. “I’m the one who knocks!” he shouts. So does Minnesota’s defense. Ky Thomas ran for 144 yards and a touchdown, Mar’Kiese Irving added 129 yards rushing and Minnesota shut down West Virginia to win the Guaranteed Rate Bowl 18-6 on Tuesday night. “We wanted to be the defense that knocks and I thought we did that,” Fleck said. ”It was just kind of a theme our guys rallied around.” Thomas and Irving became the Gophers’ 1-2 punch after Mohamed Ibrahim and Trey Potts sustained season-ending injuries. The two running backs carried most of the load offensively against West Virginia (6-7), accounting for 273 of Minnesota’s 358 total yards. They were good, but Minnesota’s defense was ﬂat-out domi- nating. Controlling the line of scrimmage, the Gophers (9-4) overwhelmed the Mountaineers, holding them to 206 total yards to win their ﬁfth straight bowl game, third under Fleck. “They kind of grinded out a win and a credit to them — that’s how they did it all year,” West Virginia coach Neal Brown said. “We just weren’t good enough today.” It wasn’t much of a surprise. Minnesota ﬁnished fourth nationally in total defense, allowing 284.8 yards per game, and was ninth against the pass and run. West Virginia played without leading rusher Leddie Brown, who opted to skip the bowl game to prepare for the NFL, and struggled to ﬁnd much of an offensive rhythm early against the swarming Gophers. The Mountaineers ﬁnally clicked a little in the second quarter, moving 75 yards in 12 plays. Jarret Doege capped the drive by diving for the pylon on 4th-and-goal from the 1. They were moving the ball again later in the second quarter before Doege threw an interception at Minnesota’s 14-yard line. West Virginia couldn’t get anything going against Minnesota’s defense in the second half, crossing midﬁeld only once while being held to 79 yards. “Everything that we’ve been doing all year, we wanted to up the emphasis,” Gophers defensive back Tyler Nubin said. “We’ve been playing great defense and we wanted to do that one more time.” Minnesota’s offense did a little pounding of its own. The Gophers got in their own way after getting good ﬁeld position on their ﬁrst two drives, missing a 33-yard ﬁeld goal and losing a fumble by Thomas at West Virginia’s 6-yard line. Then they turned to someone who could move everyone out of his way: Daniel Faalele. The 6-foot-9, 380-pound offensive lineman lined up at fullback, took the handoff and bulled his way into the end zone for a 2-yard touchdown. Minnesota threw in a fake extra point for good measure, going up 8-0 after converting the 2-point conversion. “He’s 400 pounds,” Fleck said. “Once that thing gets moving forward, it’s hard to stop that thing.” Thomas put the Gophers up 15-6 at halftime, scoring on a 5-yard run two plays after bursting up the middle for a 50-yard gain. Minnesota reached West Virginia’s 3-yard line in the ﬁnal minutes, but opted to kneel out the clock instead of trying to score. “Their offense is mainly run,” said West Virginia’s Charles Woods, who had an interception in the third quarter. “They depend on the run.” And their defense. Jeff Dean | AP Cincinnati cornerback Ahmad Gardner (1) reacts after an interception against Murray State on Sept. 11 in Cincinnati. Special ‘Sauce’: Bearcats’ lockdown CB faces biggest test By Eric Olson ton Bowl in Arlington, Texas. Throwing to Williams will be Heisman Ahmad “Sauce” Gard- Trophy winner Bryce ner was considered the Young, who also must contend with the Jim ultimate project when Thorpe Award winner he joined Cincinnati’s in Bryant. 2019 signing class. “They have two very He weighed just 160 strong corners on the pounds, was the No. outside,” Young said. 163 cornerback pros“It’s something that ... pect in the 247Sports pops when you turn Composite rankings the ﬁlm on. Those guys and No. 11 overall in have been really consisthe Bearcats’ 14-man tent all year, which is recruiting class. Coach hard at a position like Luke Fickell ﬁgured it that. Those guys are ball would take a couple hogs, they always have years for him to start an eye for the football, contributing. always around the ball.” “He proved us comGardner hasn’t been pletely wrong,” Fickell around the ball as said. much as Bryant. That’s Gardner goes into because quarterbacks the College Football Playoff semiﬁnal against try to avoid throwing Gardner’s way. Alabama on Friday as In his 448 snaps in one of the most feared corners in the nation. If coverage, the receiver the junior from Detroit he’s assigned has been targeted only 36 times, decides to declare for according to Pro Footthe 2022 NFL draft, ball Focus. Gardner has analysts have him allowed just 17 receppegged to become the tions in 13 games, none ﬁrst Cincinnati player taken in the ﬁrst round having gone for more than 17 yards and none since 1971. inside the Bearcats’ Since he emerged as that scrawny freshman, 20-yard line. Most remarkable: He’s he’s packed 40 more pounds onto his 6-foot-3 never given up a touchdown in 1,090 career frame and along with snaps in coverage. Coby Bryant forms the With Gardner all but best cornerback tandem in the Bowl Subdivision. shutting down his side of the ﬁeld, he was able The matchup of Allto record three sacks in Americans in Gardner blitzing situations and and Crimson Tide Bryant was put in posireceiver Jameson Williams is one of the most tion to put up impressive numbers. anticipated in the Cot- AP College Football Writer NFL coach, broadcaster John Madden remembered The Associated Press Reaction from social media and elsewhere to the death of Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster John Madden: ___ “We worked together for seven years on ‘Monday Night Football’ and ‘Sunday Night Football.’ It was like hitting the lottery. He was so much more than just football — a keen observer of everything around him and a man who could carry on a smart conversation about hundreds and hundreds of topics. The term ‘Renaissance Man’ is tossed around a little too loosely these days, but John was as close as you can come. A dear friend, a wonderful partner in the broadcast booth and a man who brought so much joy to so many people, I’ll miss him enormously.” — Al Michaels, lead announcer for NBC’s “Sunday Night Football.” ___ “If you love football, John Madden was probably part of the reason why. If you were lucky enough to watch his Raiders, you were likely inspired watching his free-spirited team play with such heart. If you watched him as a broadcaster, you learned the game from the inside out, through the eyes of a former offensive lineman who understood every nuance of the game. But, as a broadcaster he will always be remembered Ric Feld | AP file Fox broadcasters Pat Summerall, left, and John Madden stand in the broadcast booth at the Superdome before Super Bowl 36 on Feb. 3, 2002, in New Orleans. Madden, the Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster whose exuberant calls combined with simple explanations provided a weekly soundtrack to NFL games for three decades, died Tuesday the league said. He was 85. The NFL said he died unexpectedly and did not detail a cause. as the original LOL. He could make you belly laugh for reasons you couldn’t explain, but always treasured. And if you remember him for his video game, you probably learned how to play football without ever touching a ball.” — Cris Collinsworth, Madden’s successor as analyst on “Sunday Night Football.” ___ “We lost a larger than life legend in John Madden. My career was narrated by ‘Coach,’ one of the best in the game. I’ll always remember our pre-game (meetings), when we laughed & talked about anything but football. I’ll miss my dear friend. Love & prayers to Virginia & the family.” — Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre. ___ “Few approached life with the joy of legendary football coach & broadcaster John Madden. A colleague at CBS, he was a gentleman with a boisterous sense of humor. On the sidelines & in the booth, this voluble mountain of energy was a trailblazer. A golden era ends with his passing.” — Former “CBS Evening News” anchor Dan Rather. ___ “John was arguably the most impressive man I’ve ever met. He was a hero, as well as a dear friend. ‘Sunday Night Football’ is what it is today in part because he came over to NBC. He set the tone for what has become prime time’s No. 1 show for the past decade.” — Dick Ebersol, NBC Sports chairman from 1989-2011. ___ “When Madden and (Pat) Summerall did our games, every player & every coach was excited. It felt big. I told John Madden everything. I trusted him & he never betrayed it. I admired John’s passion for the game most and his truth. He was and will he remembered as a GIANT for football.” — Super Bowl-winning quarterback and CBS broadcaster Phil Simms. ___ “John’s impact on the Raiders organization was tremendous. One can’t discuss Raiders history without including John in that discussion. He loved the Raiders. He loved the league. He loved the game and that love for the game was evident throughout his career as a coach as a broadcaster and otherwise. My heart is with Raiders fans and all who loved John.” — former Raiders CEO Amy Trask. ___ “Rest In Peace, Coach Madden. There was no one like you. A true legend.” — Sam Ponder, host of ESPN’s “Sunday NFL Countdown”. ___ “My heart goes out to the Madden family, Virginia, Joseph and Michael, during this difﬁcult time. John was legendary and always will be. #johnmadden” — ESPN anchor Linda Cohn. Burn just 32 percent from the ﬁeld and went 7-of-15 from the charity stripe From page 5 for 47 percent. Ethan Carroll paced followed by Fellure with the Panthers with 16 14 points and Loveday points and Connor Smith followed with 11 with eight markers. Conner Roe was next points. Gallia Academy with six points and Carson Call added ﬁve returns to action Thursday when it travels to points, while Kenyon Franklin completed the Waverly to face Unioto winning mark with four in the Hawhee Classic at 4 p.m. points. © 2021 Ohio Valley Call and Loveday Publishing, all rights each recorded three reserved. assists and Call also had a team-best three Bryan Walters can be reached at steals. 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. Southeastern shot Roll to Portsmouth Notre Dame for a non-conference matchup at 6:30 From page 5 p.m. Eastern is back in action Thursday when Emma Putman and Audry Clingenpeel com- it travels to Berne pleted the EHS scoring Union for a non-league with two points apiece. tilt at 7 p.m. © 2021 Ohio Valley Erica Durst also had a double-double effort by Publishing, all rights reserved. grabbing 10 rebounds. South Gallia returns to the hardwood Thurs- Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. day when it travels Meigs From page 5 had 10 offensive boards and 12 defensive, Rose leading the way with seven. The Marauders will be back on the court at 7:15 p.m. Thursday when they host the Trimble Tomcats. The Tornadoes will be back in action at 6 p.m. Thursday when they host the Ravenswood Red Devils. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Colton Jeffries can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. �NEWS/CLASSIFIEDS Ohio Valley Publishing Thursday, December 30, 2021 7 Biden, Putin to hold call over stepped up security demands By Aamer Madhani Associated Press REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. — President Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin will speak Thursday as the Russian leader has stepped up his demands for security guarantees in Eastern Europe while maintaining an unsettling buildup of troops near Russia’s border with Ukraine. The two leaders will discuss “a range of topics, including upcoming diplomatic engagements,” National Security Council spokeswoman Emily Horne said in a statement announcing the call. The talks come as the U.S. and Western allies have watched the massing of Russian forces along the border, growing to an estimated 100,000 and fueling fears that Moscow is preparing to further invade Ukraine. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke on Wednesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. State Department spokesman Ned Price said Blinken “reiterated the United States’ unwavering support for Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty, and territo- Patrick Semansky | AP file President Joe Biden meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in June in Geneva, Switzerland. Biden and Putin are scheduled to speak today as the Russian leader has stepped up his demands for security guarantees in Eastern Europe. rial integrity in the face of Russia’s military buildup on Ukraine’s borders.” Price said the two discussed efforts to peacefully resolve the conﬂict in eastern Ukraine and upcoming diplomatic engagements with Russia. Putin said earlier this week he would ponder a slew of options if the West fails to meet his push for security guarantees precluding NATO’s expansion to Ukraine. Earlier this month, Moscow submitted draft security documents demanding that NATO deny membership to Ukraine and other former Soviet countries and roll back its military deployments in Central and Eastern Europe. The U.S. and its allies have refused to offer Russia the kind of guarantees on Ukraine that Putin wants, citing NATO’s principle that membership is open to any qualifying country. They agreed. however, to hold talks with Russia next month to discuss its concerns. The U.S. and Russia are to hold high-level talks on Jan. 10. Moscow and NATO representatives are expected to meet that same week as well as Russia and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, which includes the United States. In Thursday’s call, which was requested by the Russians, Biden is expected to stress to Putin that the U.S. is united with its allies but will demonstrate a willingness to engage in “principled diplomacy” with Russia, according to a senior administration ofﬁcial who briefed reporters on the upcoming call. The ofﬁcial spoke on the condition of anonymity. The two leaders held a video call earlier this month. The ofﬁcial added that the White House sees the leader- to-leader engagement as important as the administration looks to ﬁnd a way beyond this “moment of crisis” over growing worries of a further Russian invasion of Ukraine. In 2014, Russian troops marched into the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea and seized the territory from Ukraine. Russia’s annexation of Crimea — one of the darker moments for former President Barack Obama on the international stage — looms large as Biden looks to contain the current smoldering crisis. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan has made clear in public comments that the administration is ready to discuss Moscow’s concerns about NATO in talks with Russian ofﬁcials, but emphasized that Washington is committed to the “principle of nothing about you without you” in shaping policy that affects European allies. “We’re approaching the broader question of diplomacy with Russia from the point of view that ... meaningful progress at the negotiating table, of course, will have to take place in a context of deescalation rather than escalation,” Sullivan said at an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations earlier this month. He added “that it’s very difﬁcult to see agreements getting consummated if we’re continuing to see an escalatory cycle.” The two leaders are also expected during Thursday’s call to discuss efforts to persuade Iran to return to the 2015 nuclear accord, which was effectively scrapped by the Trump administration. Despite differences on Ukraine and other issues, White House ofﬁcials have said the Iran nuclear issue is one where they believe the U.S. and Russia can work cooperatively. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov conﬁrmed that Putin would speak with Biden on Thursday but provided no details. Another round of snow before thaw comes to frigid Northwest SEATTLE (AP) — A thaw-out is coming for frozen Seattle and Portland, Oregon, but not before another round of snow that could compound problems for a region more accustomed to winter rain than arctic blasts. More snow and rain fell on California on Wednesday, causing travel disruptions on mountain routes and raising the risk of debris ﬂows from wildﬁre burn scars. And in Nevada the governor plans to declare a state of emergency due to snow and storm conditions affecting travel in the Lake Tahoe area of northern Nevada. Forecasters say parts of western Washington could see up to 3 inches (7.6 centimeters) of snow Thursday and northwestern Oregon could see a similar amount. The normally temperate part of the Paciﬁc Northwest has shivered with temperatures hitting the single digits in some areas this week after extreme cold air from Canada’s Fraser River Valley blew in on Sunday. Snow and ice has made travel treacherous in some parts, forced closures and travel delays and prompted people to take shelter in emergency warming centers. Temperatures could rise above freezing in Seattle Thursday and be even warmer in Portland, before airﬂow from the Paciﬁc blows in on the weekend and causes the mercury to rise to more seasonable highs in the 40s Fahrenheit (4.4 Celsius). State ofﬁcials in Oregon have declared an emergency. In Multnomah County — home to Portland — about a half dozen weather shelters were open this week. A similar number of shelters were opened in Seattle’s King County, which also declared an emergency. Seattle leaders said city shelters will remain open through the new year. Winter weather and a return to pre-pandemic levels of trafﬁc have resulted in hundreds of accidents on Oregon roads this holiday season. Oregon Public Broadcasting reported that between Dec. 23 and Dec. 28 there were 915 trafﬁc accidents in the state. During that same period last year there were 365 accidents and 237 in 2019, according to Oregon State Police. The number of deaths has not been calculated yet. David House, a spokesperson for the Oregon Department of Transportation, said the high number of accidents over the last week is a reminder to travelers to use caution and prepare for slick conditions. “If you can sit tight for a couple more days, just avoid getting out there, that’s going to be the safest thing you can possibly do,” House said. In Nevada, a statement released by Gov. Steve Sisolak’s ofﬁce said the emergency declaration will allow state ofﬁcials to order vehicles traveling in on mountain highways to turn around and return to lower elevations until weather conditions subside and the roadways are safe to use. “This will help prevent motorists from becoming stranded overnight on the roadways, potentially running out of gas in subfreezing temperatures without access to emergency services,” the statement said. It said U.S. 50 and State Routes 207 and 28 were experiencing Randall Benton | AP urged people to avoid all but essential travel in the Sierra. 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Submittals shall comply with the standards set forth in the Request for Qualifications for Architectural Services (RFQ), available for download from the Gallia County website at www.gallianet.net The professional architectural services required are to assist with the rehabilitation/remodeling administration for existing County owned buildings, to include roof/ceiling/flooring repairs and some mold removal as well as updating/renovating office areas, meeting rooms, restrooms, and installation of workstations, and ensure follow ADA compliant rules. The property includes approximately 4,588 SF in the front building which includes a basement and 7,453 SF in the back building. Jasmine DeGuzman 12, left, and her sisters Rachael 12, and Camille 7 shiver in the snow as their father Raymond DeGuzman of Hayward, Calif., removes snow chains from his tires in Camino, Calif., on Tuesday. The DeGuzmans turned back short of their destination as heavy snow caused eastbound traffic along US 50 to a crawl. long delays and dangerous conditions and that authorities need to be able to clear the roadways to make room for emergency vehicles and snow plows. Caltrans said snowplows were working around the clock and A selection committee made up of County Officials will consider all submitted Statements of Qualifications to determine the most qualified firm to suit the needs of Gallia County on this project. The determination of the selection committee shall be final and not subject to appeal. The committee will negotiate an agreement with the firm determined to be most qualified. If an agreement cannot be reached, the committee will negotiate with the next most qualified firm. Should there be any questions please contact Kathy Campbell, CDJFS Business Administrator, at (740) 578-3365. NOTICE OF PRIVATE SELLING OFFICER SALE UNDER JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE OF LIENS FOR DELINQUENT LAND TAXES, PURSUANT TO SECTION 5721.39 OF THE OHIO REVISED CODE In the Common Pleas Court of Gallia County, Ohio. Whereas, judgment has been rendered against certain parcels of real property for taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, interest, and costs as follows: The Common Pleas Court Case No.; the case caption; the street address (for guidance only); the permanent parcel number; minimum acceptable bid; auction end date and second auction end date for each parcel, as defined by the Statutes of Ohio are set forth below as follows: 19CV000137; Tax Ease Ohio, LLC with U.S. Bank as Custodian V. Lindsey Wiseman, et al; 8 Allen Dr., Gallipolis, OH 45631, Gallipolis Twp; 00705700600; MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE BID $20,360.00 (PLUS 10% BUYER'S PREMIUM); AUCTION END DATE: January 11, 2022; SECOND AUCTION END February 8, 2022 NOTE: All parcels will be auctioned online at www.OhioForeclosures.com. All auctions will begin at least seven (7) days prior to the auction end date. If any parcel does not receive a sufficient bid, it shall be offered for sale, under the same terms, on the same website, with the second auction beginning at least seven (7) days prior to the end date of the second auction. A ten percent (10%) Buyer's Premium will be added to the high bid to determine the sale price. Full legal description of parcels, and other sale details, are available at www.OhioForeclosures.com. TERMS OF SALE: Purchaser shall be required to pay a buyer's premium, in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the high bid price, which shall be added to the high bid and included in the full purchase price. Deposit of $5,000.00, shall be wire transferred to Standard Title Co. no later than 2:00 pm EST the day following auction end. Balance of the FULL purchase price shall be wire transferred to Standard Title Co. no later than thirty (30) days following the confirmation of sale. Failure to pay deposit, buyer premium or balance of purchase price timely will result in private selling officer moving the court for a contempt citation against purchaser. The purchaser shall be responsible for those costs, allowances, and taxes that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to cover. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT PARCELS TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION MAY BE SUBJECT TO A FEDERAL TAX LIEN THAT MAY NOT BE EXTINGUISHED BY THE SALE. NOTE: Prospective bidders are responsible for knowing what they are bidding on prior to the time of sale by first having reviewed the records of the City wherein the parcel is located, and the records of the County, and further, by personally viewing the parcel at its location. NOTE: Per Section 5721.38 of the Ohio Revised Code, an owner of a parcel may redeem his property by payment in full of all taxes and costs until the sale of such parcel is confirmed by the Court. This advertisement is prepared and published pursuant to the provisions of Section 5721.37 and 5721.39 of the Ohio Revised Code. 12/16/21,12/23/21,12/30/21 �NEWS/WEATHER 8 Thursday, December 30, 2021 4 shot in Denver rampage attacked at tattoo shops By Colleen Slevin say what McLeod was investigated for but said charges were not ﬁled against him. The shootings started around 5:30 p.m. in central Denver along Broadway, a busy street lined with shops, bars and restaurants, where two people were killed at Sol Tribe Tattoo & Piercing. Authorities identiﬁed them Wednesday as the tattoo shop’s owner, Alicia Cardenas, 44, and another woman, Alyssa Gunn, 35. A man was also wounded but expected to survive, police said. He was identiﬁed by friends and customers as Gunn’s husband, James Maldonado, a piercer at the shop. Soon after, McLeod forced his way into a nearby home that also housed a business. He pursued the occupants through the building and ﬁred shots, but no one was injured, Clark said. A man who answered the phone at World Tattoo Studio hung up after he was asked about DENVER — Four McLeod on Tuesday of the people shot in evening. a deadly rampage in The ﬁrst shooting Denver were attacked took place at another tatat tattoo shops, raising too shop less than a mile questions about why (1.6 kilometers) from they were targeted. that address. Police say Lyndon Matt Clark, comJames McLeod, 47, knew most of the people mander of the Denver Police Department’s he shot Monday in sevMajor Crimes Division, eral locations around the metro area, through said Tuesday the gunman did not know the business or personal relationships. They were last person he shot — a clerk in a hotel in Lakestill investigating his motive. Five people were wood’s Belmar shopping area. Sarah Steck, 28, fatally shot in less than who died of her injuan hour and two others ries Tuesday. However, were wounded, including a police ofﬁcer who McLeod had had some shot and killed McLeod dealings with the hotel, Clark said. after being hit. Denver Police Chief McLeod once owned Paul Pazen said during a business in Denver a news conference that called Flat Black Ink Corp. at an address that McLeod was on the is now World Tattoo Stu- radar of law enforcement dio, according to records and had been investigated in both 2020 and from the Colorado Sec2021. He declined to retary of State’s Ofﬁce. Associated Press COVID 51-60 — 542 conﬁrmed cases (4 new), 38 probable cases (1 fewer), 7 deaths 61-70 — 431 conﬁrmed cases (2 new), 26 probable cases (1 fewer), 13 deaths 71+ — 372 conﬁrmed cases (5 new), 27 probable cases, 43 deaths Additional county case data since vaccinations began Dec. 14, 2020: Total cases since start of vaccinations: 3,469; Total cases among individuals who were not reported as fully vaccinated — 3,183 (13 new); Total breakthrough cases among fully vaccinated — 276 (6 new); Total deaths among not fully vaccinated individuals — 52; Total breakthrough deaths among fully vaccinated individuals — 3. A total of 11,872 people in Mason County have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, which is 44.8 percent of the population, accord- in Mason County (4,035 conﬁrmed cases, 266 probable cases) since the beginning of the pandemFrom page 1 ic and 66 deaths. DHHR new), 17 hospitalizations, reports there are currently 96 active cases and 2 deaths 4,139 recovered cases, in 50-59 — 447 cases (4 new), 31 hospitalizations, Mason County. Case data is as follows: 7 deaths 0-4 — 75 conﬁrmed 60-69 — 416 cases, 51 hospitalizations (2 new), cases (3 fewer), 2 probable cases 10 deaths 5-11 — 203 conﬁrmed 70-79 — 278 cases, cases (1 new), 16 prob46 hospitalizations, 24 able cases (1 fewer) deaths 12-15 — 231 conﬁrmed 80-plus — 157 cases (1 new), 26 hospitalizations, cases (1 new), 17 probable cases 22 deaths 16-20 — 310 conﬁrmed Vaccination rates in cases (1 new), 16 probMeigs County are as follows, according to ODH: able cases (1 new) 21-25 — 306 conﬁrmed Vaccines started: 10,167 (44.38 percent of cases (1 new), 22 probable cases the population); 26-30 — 355 conﬁrmed Vaccines completed: 9,242 (40.235 percent of cases (2 new), 21 probable cases the population). 31-40 — 613 conﬁrmed cases (2 new), 45 probMason County able cases, 1 death According to the 10 41-50 — 597 conﬁrmed a.m. update on Wednescases (3 new), 36 probday from DHHR, there able cases (2 new), 2 have been 4,301 cases deaths (19 new) of COVID-19, TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 56° 51° 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. 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Wed. 0.08 Month to date/normal 3.42/3.36 Year to date/normal 50.44/44.89 Snowfall (in inches) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Wed. 0.0 Month to date/normal Trace/2.4 Season to date/normal Trace/3.1 Today 7:47 a.m. 5:16 p.m. 4:08 a.m. 2:26 p.m. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Fri. 7:47 a.m. 5:16 p.m. 5:25 a.m. 3:10 p.m. MOON PHASES New Jan 2 First Jan 9 Full Last Jan 17 Jan 25 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for ﬁsh and game. Today Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Major 8:06a 8:58a 9:56a 10:59a 11:28a 12:40a 1:45a Minor 1:51a 2:43a 3:40a 4:42a 5:48a 6:55a 7:59a The AccuWeather.com Cold Index combines the effects of local weather with a number of demographic factors to provide a scale showing the overall probability of transmission and symptom severity of the common cold. 0 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme WEATHER TRIVIA™ Q: What is diamond dust? SUN & MOON Major 8:34p 9:29p 10:29p 11:32p ---1:10p 2:13p Minor 2:20p 3:14p 4:12p 5:15p 6:20p 7:25p 8:27p WEATHER HISTORY A storm ushered record-breaking cold into the East by Dec. 30, 1880. The low was 7 degrees below zero in Washington, D.C., which was the coldest ever so early in the winter. ing to DHHR, with 9,607 fully vaccinated or 36.2 percent of the population. Mason County is currently yellow on the West Virginia County Alert System. There have been 22 conﬁrmed cases of the Delta variant in Mason County. update. DHHR reports 29,615 “breakthrough” cases as of Wednesday with 436 total breakthrough deaths statewide (counts include cases after the start of COVID19 vaccination/Dec. 14, 2020). There have been a total of 5,305 deaths due to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, with 18 since Tuesday. There are 9,478 currently active cases in the state, with a daily positivity rate of 12.45 and a cumulative positivity rate of 6.45 percent. Statewide, 1,101,676 West Virginia residents have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 (61.5 percent of the population). A total of 51.2 percent of the population, 918,136 individuals have been fully vaccinated. © 2021 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. of the population); Vaccines completed: 6,416,639 (54.89 percent of the population). As of Dec. 22, ODH reports the following breakthrough information: COVID-19 Deaths among individuals not reported as fully vaccinated — 13,992; COVID-19 Deaths Ohio According to the 2 p.m. among fully vaccinated individuals — 664; update on Wednesday COVID-19 Hospitalizafrom ODH, there have tions since Jan. 1, 2021 been 20,320 cases in the among individuals not past 24 hours (21-day reported as fully vacciaverage of 10,629), 592 new hospitalizations (21- nated — 46,651; COVID-19 Hospitalizaday average of 321), 64 new ICU admissions (21- tions since Jan. 1, 2021 among individuals reportday average of 31) and ed as fully vaccinated — zero new deaths in the 2,786. previous 24 hours (21day average of 84) with 28,780 total reported West Virginia deaths. (Editor’s Note: According to the 10 Deaths are reported two a.m. update on Wednesdays per week) day from DHHR, there Vaccination rates in have been 325,514 total Ohio are as follows, cases since the beginaccording to ODH: ning of the pandemic, Vaccines started: with 1,976 reported 6,972,058 (59.65 percent since DHHR’s update last SATURDAY Rather cloudy and warm Logan 54/44 Lucasville 57/45 Portsmouth 57/44 AIR QUALITY 0 50 100 150 200 300 500 Primary pollutant: Particulates Air Quality Index: 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very unhealthy; 301-500, Hazardous. Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services OHIO RIVER Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. Wed. Location Willow Island Marietta Parkersburg Belleville Racine Point Pleasant Gallipolis Huntington Ashland Lloyd Greenup Portsmouth Maysville Meldahl Dam Flood Stage 37 34 36 35 41 40 50 50 52 54 50 50 51 Level 12.91 19.73 23.09 12.78 13.16 25.57 12.13 27.60 34.86 12.35 23.41 34.84 22.89 24-hr. Chg. -0.20 +0.22 +0.34 +0.07 none -0.02 -0.34 +0.83 +0.17 -0.24 +1.63 +0.60 +1.72 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021 Partly sunny NATIONAL CITIES Belpre 55/44 St. Marys 56/44 Parkersburg 57/44 Coolville 55/43 Elizabeth 58/44 Spencer 59/42 Buffalo 59/42 Milton 60/44 St. Albans 61/43 Huntington 61/46 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s 100s 90s Seattle 80s 34/26 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s San Francisco 10s 51/42 0s -0s Los Angeles -10s 57/47 T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front 50° 33° Abundant sunshine Marietta 54/44 Murray City 54/44 Ironton 59/45 Ashland 59/45 Grayson 59/45 WEDNESDAY 48° 30° Brilliant sunshine Wilkesville 56/42 POMEROY Jackson 57/43 57/44 Ravenswood Rio Grande 58/43 57/43 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 54/44 GALLIPOLIS 58/42 59/43 58/42 South Shore Greenup 58/44 56/44 42 Kayla (Hawthorne) Dunham is a staff writer for Ohio Valley Publishing, reach her at 304-6751333, ext. 1992. TUESDAY 41° 22° Breezy and cooler with low clouds Athens 55/44 McArthur 56/44 Waverly 56/45 MONDAY 44° 20° Warm with a soaking rain Adelphi 55/45 Chillicothe 56/45 SUNDAY 66° 43° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 2 AccuWeather.com Cold Index™ (in inches) Chad Dodson- PEP Band, and Meg Guinther- Lead Mentor. The board approved hiring Tony Carnahan on a 1-year contract as a bus driver. Hiring is contingent upon completion of all the administrative requirements for the position. The board approved Russ Fields as a volunteer JH assistant boys’ basketball coach for the 2021-22 school year. Hiring is contingent upon completion of all the administrative requirements for the position. During the superintendent’s report, the following was discussed: Future of Athletic Trainer Program; Beegle Property; Storm Students-Honored at January Meeting; Hall of Fame; CORAS-Outstanding Elementary Teacher-Mrs. Zielinski; Administrative Assistant(Federal Programs); and COVID Update. The next meeting of the Southern Board of Education is set for Jan. 10, 2022 at 6:15 p.m. at the Kathryn Hart Community Center. A: Another term for ice crystals Precipitation FRIDAY Cloudy and mild today. Cloudy tonight. High 58° / Low 42° Statistics through 3 p.m. Wed. 61°/53° 44°/28° 74° in 1984 2° in 1899 to transfer $252.11 from Class of 2027 to General Fund. The board approved From page 1 the MOU with SLEA concerning the implemenin the amount of tation of OTES 2.0 as in $16,520,976.36 as preAppendix B. sented by the treasurer. The board approved The board approved accepting the property the following purchases: Ivan Scarberry (55) Black donated to the district 30 tablet and laptop com- from the late Shirley Beegle. puter charging carts for The board approved $70,730.00; Quality Sales the following certiﬁed and Service (300) Samand classiﬁed substitute sung Chromebooks for rates effective Jan. 1, $75,245.00; RCN Communications Mobile Wiﬁ 2022: Substitute Teacher $100.00/day; Substitute Renewal for $2,959.00. Aide $10.00/hr; SubstiARP ESSER funds are tute Cook $10.00/hr; Subbeing used for the purstitute Custodian $10.00/ chases. hr; and Substitute Bus The board approved Driver $65.00/day/whole the ZONAR 4GC/V4E and $35.00/day/half. Hardware Upgrade The board approved Agreement with ZONAR Systems, Inc. This agree- hiring the following individuals on a supplement will supplement the three-year agreement mental contract for the 2021-22 school year. Hiralready approved. ing is contingent upon The board approved the Administrative Assis- completion of all the administrative requiretant (Federal Programs ments for the position Director) and pay scale and pay is in accordance as presented in Appenwith the SLEA Negotidix A. This will be for ated Agreement: Haley the new position that Musser- JV Softball, will replace the current Missy Hoback- LPDC, assistant. Jenny Manuel- LPDC, The board approved EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM ALMANAC High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low Southern 62° 57° 50° Daily Sentinel Clendenin 61/42 Charleston 62/45 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Winnipeg -5/-18 Montreal 31/25 Billings 20/-2 Minneapolis 23/11 Detroit 37/35 Toronto 37/30 New York 48/44 Chicago 38/32 Denver 51/28 Kansas City 44/33 Washington 55/49 Monterrey 87/61 Fri. Hi/Lo/W 47/32/sh 23/9/sn 72/67/sh 51/47/pc 60/49/pc 4/-6/c 25/0/sn 45/41/c 67/56/c 74/64/sh 26/1/sn 43/33/pc 62/55/r 53/48/c 59/53/c 77/59/c 36/6/sn 36/7/pc 45/37/c 79/70/r 84/74/c 59/47/pc 50/18/pc 52/36/c 70/61/sh 58/44/pc 69/60/sh 83/71/s 13/-9/sn 74/63/sh 79/71/t 55/47/pc 65/32/c 83/65/pc 58/50/pc 58/45/sh 54/48/c 36/32/i 73/61/c 67/55/c 63/41/r 33/16/sf 53/39/pc 32/24/c 62/54/c EXTREMES WEDNESDAY High Low 88° in Immokalee, FL -33° in Hallock, MN Global Houston 80/71 Chihuahua 68/50 Today Hi/Lo/W 46/33/pc 20/14/pc 73/62/r 51/48/c 54/46/c 20/-2/sn 28/20/sn 45/40/r 62/45/c 74/57/c 39/22/pc 38/32/pc 56/46/c 44/40/r 52/44/c 74/57/pc 51/28/pc 34/22/pc 37/35/c 79/70/sh 80/71/pc 50/42/c 44/33/s 50/42/r 66/55/pc 57/47/r 61/50/c 84/69/s 23/11/c 68/55/c 80/70/t 48/44/c 65/45/pc 84/64/s 55/48/c 59/52/sh 50/43/r 37/31/c 72/57/t 61/50/c 53/41/pc 40/29/sn 51/42/pc 34/26/sn 55/49/c National for the 48 contiguous states Atlanta 73/62 El Paso 58/45 City Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Billings Boise Boston Charleston, WV Charlotte Cheyenne Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dallas Denver Des Moines Detroit Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Miami Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York City Oklahoma City Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland, ME Raleigh Richmond St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC High Low Miami 84/69 114° in Marble Bar, Australia -61° in Nera, Russia Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow ﬂurries, sn-snow, i-ice. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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