http://host69-005.meigs.lib.oh.us/files/original/2a6bad6562580b50d2b39f8f2f8405df.pdf 8fe6602070122bbb7086f95c8ca9f8c2 PDF Text Text STANDING WITH UKRAINE We at AIM Media stand with SUPPORT the Ukrainian people to support their freedom and UKRAINE sovereignty. www.aimmediacares.com Please visit AIMMediaCares.com/Ukraine or scan the QR code for links to organizations working to help the Ukrainian people in their time of need. 8 AM 2 PM 8 PM 59° 69° 73° Clouds and sun today. Increasing clouds tonight. High 76° / Low 56° Today’s weather forecast Valley topples Tornadoes WEATHER s 3 SPORTS s 6 C_ZZb[fehj�š�Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 101, Volume 135 Tuesday, May 24, 2022 s 50¢ Pentagon: More high-tech weapons to Ukraine By Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press Southern High School | Courtesy Fifty-six students graduated from Southern High School on Sunday. Southern graduates 56 Class of ‘22 members receive diplomas Staff Report RACINE — Southern High School graduated 56 students on Sunday. Lincoln Rose was awarded valedictorian of the class and Ellie Powell was the salutatorian. Rounding out the top ten were John Tanner Lisle, Logan Greenlee, Weston Smith, Isaac McCarty, Jacelynn Northup, Brooke Crisp, Hunter Person and Bradley Reitmire. Receiving honors diplomas were Brooke Crips, Jonah Diddle, Rachel Jackson, Brayden Kingery, John Tanner Lisle, Isaac McCarty, Jacelyn Northup, Ellie Powell, Lincoln Rose, Alexandria Shular, Garrett Smith, Weston Smith and Skylar VanMeter. The following graduates were recognized during Sunday’s ceremony: (in order of the above photo) Row 1: McKenna Kerri Elizabeth Walker, Kelly Elizabeth Shaver, Cassidy Jo Roderus, Layla Nicole McCollister; Row 2: Logan Danielle Greenlee, Ella Marie Cooper, Lillian Grace Allen, Diamond Danea Call, Isabella Marin Fisher, Molly Ann Hill, Krissi Fay-Lynn Vance, Kayla Michelle Evans; Row 3: Alexandria Nicole Shuler, Natalie Ann Porter, harley Denise Hubbard, Candice Renee Miller, Rachel Noel Jackson, Kelsey Jaden Lewis, Emma Elizabeth Grace Klein, Cassandra Nichole Durham, Tallulah Mae Dunfee, Alivia Dawn Jemerison; Row 4: Garrett Alan Clyde Smith, Florance Arvella Klein, Brook Ann Crisp, Anna Marie Titus, Ellie Mauree Powell, Amy Lynn Marr, Jacelynn Grace Northup, Skyler Ann VanMeter, Jonah Blake Diddle, Brayden Zayne Kingery; Row 5: Hunter Lee Edwin Person, Isaac Jacob McCarty, John Tannner Lisle, Garrison Cade Anderson, William James Wickline, Braxton Ray Crisp, Aiden Michael Hill, Lincoln Miquel Rose, Andy Oliver Doczi VI, Ryan Scott Casto, Blake Zander Shain; Row 6: Dalton Tyler Ervin, Nicholas Aguilar, Gage Douglas Stover, Logan Christopher Hensler, Dylan Cole Lyons, Zachary Corey Lane, Elmer Benjamin “BJ” Parsons IV, Bradley William Reitmire, Kyle Race Bailey, Mitchel Shane Evans, Weston Lee Ryder Smith, Tycen Aaron Toops, and Jacob William Rice. Editor’s note: Southern High School’s senior awards will run in upcoming editions of The Daily Sentinel. 78,000 pounds of infant formula arrives in US By Michael Conroy Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — A military plane carrying enough specialty infant formula for more than half a million baby bottles arrived Sunday in Indianapolis, the first of several flights expected from Europe aimed at relieving a shortage that has sent parents scrambling to find enough to feed their children. President Joe Biden authorized the use of Air Force planes for the effort, dubbed “Operation Fly Formula,” because no commercial flights were available. The formula weighed 78,000 pounds (35,380 kilograms), White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One as Biden flew from South Korea to Japan. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was in Indianapolis to greet the arrival of the first shipment. The flights are intended to provide “some incremental relief in the coming days” as the government works on a more lasting response to the shortage, Brian Deese, director of the White House National Economic Council, said Sunday. Michael Conroy | AP Deese told CNN’s “State of Crew members of a C-17 begins to unload a planeload of baby formula Sunday the Union” that Sunday’s flight AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC (USPS 145-966) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes every Tuesday through Saturday. Subscription rate is $208 per year. at the Indianapolis International Airport in Indianapolis. The 132 pallets of See FORMULA | 8 Nestlé Health Science Alfamino Infant and Alfamino Junior formula arrived from Ramstein Air Base in Germany Pfizer says 3 COVID shots offer strong protection for children under 5 By Lauran Neergaard AP Medical Writer 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 © 2022 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. Three doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine offer strong protection for children younger than 5, the company announced Monday, another step toward shots for the littlest kids possibly beginning in early summer. Pfizer plans to submit the findings to U.S. regulators later this week. The Food and Drug Administration already is evaluating an application by rival Moderna to offer two-dose vaccinations to tots — and set June 15 as a tentative date for its independent scientific advisers to publicly debate the data from one or both companies. The news comes after months of anxious waiting by parents desperate to vaccinate their babies, toddlers and preschoolers, especially as COVID-19 cases once again are rising. The 18 million youngsters under 5 are the only group in the U.S. not yet eligible for COVID-19 vaccination. Pfizer has had a bumpy time figuring out its approach. It aims to give tots an extra low dose — just onetenth of the amount adults receive — See PFIZER | 8 WASHINGTON — Nearly 50 defense leaders from around the world met Monday and agreed to send more advanced weapons to Ukraine, including a harpoon launcher and missiles to protect its coast, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters. And Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that “low-level” discussion is underway on how the U.S. may need to adjust its training of Ukrainian forces and on whether some U.S. troops should be based in Ukraine. The U.S. withdrew its few troops in Ukraine before the war and has no plans to send in combat forces. Milley’s comments left open the possibility troops could return for embassy security or another non-combat role. The U.S. embassy in Kyiv has partially reopened and is staffing up again, and there have been questions about whether the U.S. will send a Marine security force back in to help protect the embassy or if other options should be considered. Asked if U.S. special operations forces may go into Ukraine, which officials have insisted they are not doing yet, Milley said that “any reintroduction of U.S. forces into Ukraine would require a presidential decision. So we’re a ways away from anything like that.” Speaking to Pentagon reporters, Austin declined to say if the U.S. will send Ukraine high-tech mobile rocket launchers, which it has requested. But Austin said that some 20 nations announced Monday that they will send new packages of security assistance to Ukraine, as its war with Russia reaches the three-month mark. In particular, he said that Denmark has agreed to send a harpoon launcher and missiles to Ukraine to help Ukraine defend its coast. Russia has ships in the Black Sea and has used them to launch cruise missiles into Ukraine. The Russian ships have also stopped all commercial ship traffic from entering Ukraine ports. “We’ve gained a sharper, shared sense of Ukraine’s priority requirements and the situation on the battlefield,” Austin told reporters at the close of the virtual meeting with the defense leaders. “Many countries are donating critically needed artillery ammunition, coastal defense systems and tanks and other armored vehicles. Others came forward with new commitments for training.” �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Tuesday, May 24, 2022 DEATH NOTICES HERDMAN MASON, W.Va. — Eugene Von Herdman Sr., 78, of Mason, W.Va., formerly of Delaware, Ohio, died Sunday, May 22, 2022, at his home, following an extended illness. Service will be 2 p.m., Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at Foglesong-Casto Funeral Home, Mason. Friends may visit with the family from 1 p.m. until time of service on Wednesday, at the funeral home. LEE GALLIPOLIS — Terry L. Lee, 65, of Gallipolis, died on Sunday, May 22, 2022 at her residence. The funeral service for Terry will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 26, 2022 at Willis Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Friends may call prior to the service Thursday from noon-1 p.m. at the funeral home. WISE CROWN CITY — Cecil W. Wise, 88, of Crown City, died on Sunday, May 22, 2022 at his residence. The funeral service for Cecil will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at Willis Funeral Home. There will be a Masonic Service at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Providence Cemetery with a Military Service. Friends may call prior to the service from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on Wednesday 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. Tuesday, May 24 POMEROY — Acoustic Night at the Library at the Pomeroy Library will be at 6 p.m. Informal jam session. Listeners welcome. Thursday, May 26 Buffalo shooting victim laid to rest By Carolyn Thompson Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — In the late 1980s, Katherine “Kat” Massey was tired of the perpetually overgrown lot on state property on her street, so she sent a letter on “Cherry Street Block Club” letterhead to the governor which led to it being cleaned up. Massey was the only one who knew that the letterhead — and the block club — were her own creations and that she was the only “club” member. It was the kind of stop-at-nothing advocacy Massey, 72, was always known for, those who knew her said at her funeral Monday as mourning continued for victims of the racist attack on a Buffalo supermarket. “She was the mayor in every neighborhood that she lived in,” said U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins, one of several elected officials who joined family, friends and former coworkers inside Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church for a celebration of her life. Massey was among the 10 Black people killed May 14 when a white gunman in body armor targeted shoppers and workers at a Tops Friendly Market in a predominantly Black neighborhood of Buffalo. Three others were injured in the attack, which federal authorities are investigating as a hate crime. Robert Kirkham | The Buffalo News via AP Katherine Massey walking near the corner of Elmwood and Tupper on Oc. 24, 2011 in Buffalo, N.Y. Massey was one of the victims killed in the grocery store shooting in Buffalo on Saturday. Her sister calls her “a beautiful soul.” The alleged gunman, 18-year-old Payton Gendron, of Conklin, has been charged with murder and is being held without bail. Just before the start of a funeral service filled with laughter and tears, family members approached Massey’s open casket, pulling their facemasks aside and bending down to kiss her goodbye. In reflections published in the funeral program, Massey wrote she considered herself “a single parent with 35,000 adopted children attending Buffalo’s public schools” and recounted renting a broccoli costume, which she accessorized with leopard gloves and sunglasses, to perform a rap song she wrote at one school’s health assembly. Massey worked for 40 years at the health insurance company Blue Cross POMEROY — The Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors will hold their monthly meeting at noon at the district office at 113 E. Memorial Drive in Pomeroy. GALLIA, MEIGS COMMUNITY BRIEFS Friday, May 27 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. POMEROY — Inspirational Book Club will be at 10:30 a.m. at the Pomeroy Library. Read and discuss titles from the library’s Inspirational Fiction collection. Card shower Saturday, May 28 PORTER - Bidwell-Porter Alumni 1902 -1957 reunion will be from 3-6 p.m. at the River Valley Middle School, State Route 160 Porter. No charge this year. Come and visit classmates and friends. More info, contact Herman Sprague, 740-446-2565 or 740-446-2071 for Donna Broyles. Monday, May 30 MEIGS COUNTY — All branches of the Meigs County District Public Library are closed in observance of Memorial Day. Tuesday, May 31 POMEROY — Stuffed Animal Sleepover at the Pomeroy Library, drop off by 1 p.m. Pick up stuffed animals the next morning, at 10:30 a.m. and see what they did overnight at the library. Doughnuts will be served. Friday, June 3 POMEROY — The regular meeting of Meigs County Public Employee Retirees Inc. (PERI) Chapter 74 will be at 1 p.m. at the Mulberry Community Center, 260 Mulberry Ave., Pomeroy. District 7 Representative Greg Ervin will be present to provide updates on PERI statewide issues. All Meigs County PERI members are urged to attend. Monday, June 6 POMEROY — The Meigs County Cancer Initiative (MCCI) will meet at noon in the conference room at the Meigs County Health Department. New members are welcome. CONTACT US 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 740-446-2342 All content © 2022 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 gdtnews@aimmediamidwest.com SPORTS EDITOR Bryan Walters, Ext. 2101 bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Matt Rodgers, Ext. 2095 mrodgers@aimmediamidwest.com CIRCULATION MANAGER Derrick Morrison, Ext. 2097 dmorrison@aimmediamidwest.com Ohio Valley Publishing Blue Shield, retiring in 2011. She wrote to her family in January 2020 that she felt like her death was near. Two people had told her she looked like her mother, she said, just as her sister Patti and brother Robert Jr. had before they died. “I take that as a sign my time here is ending,” she wrote. “I told Patti don’t let me be a wimp when it’s my time and I believe she will do so,” she wrote. “And don’t none of you be wimps either!!” Last May, Massey, who wrote for the Buffalo Challenger and Buffalo Criterion newspapers, wrote a letter to The Buffalo News, addressing “escalating gun violence in Buffalo and many major U.S. cities” and calling for “extensive” federal action and legislation. “Current pursued rem- edies mainly inspired by mass killings — namely, universal background checks and banning assault weapons — essentially exclude the sources of our city’s gun problems,” the letter read. “Illegal handguns, via out of state gun trafficking, are the primary culprits.” Additional funerals for the victims are planned throughout the week. On Saturday, 32-yearold Roberta Drury, the youngest of those killed, was remembered as friendly and kind with a bright smile. She had moved to Buffalo a decade ago to tend to her brother in his fight against leukemia. “There are no words to fully express the depth and breadth of this tragedy,” Friar Nicholas Spano, parochial vicar of Assumption Church, said during the funeral service in Syracuse. Kyger Creek Alumni dinner POMEROY — Marg Reuter will be celebrating her 98th birthday on May 29. Cards may be sent to 138 Beech St. Pomeroy, OH 45769. ADDISON — The Kyger Creek High School Alumni Dinner will be held on Saturday, May 28, 2022, at River of Life U.M.Church Fellowship Room. Located .3 mile from Route 7 in Addison (Addison Pike). All classes will be recognized, highlighting special classes. Registration begins at 5 p.m. and dinner served at 6 p.m. Memorial Day events Women’s health screening GALLIPOLIS—The 2022 Gallipolis Memorial Day Parade, organized by the Gallia County Veterans Service Commission, will be held on Monday May 30. The parade will begin at 10:30 am and end at City Park at approximately 11:00 a.m. with a ceremony to follow. All veteran service organizations, businesses, foundations and other community support groups are invited to participate. Those interested are asked to contact the Gallia County Veterans Service Office at 740-446-2005 no later than Friday May 20. SHADE — Post 128 of the American Legion of Middleport will provide the honor ceremony at Burlingham Church and Cemetery at 1 p.m. on May 30. There will be a gathering after the ceremony for a program, displays, music and refreshments. POMEROY — The Meigs County Memorial Day Run events will be Friday-Sunday, May 27-29 at the Eagles. Sign-up is from 10 a.m.-noon. on Saturday for the Dice Run. Music will be in Pomeroy on Friday from 6-9 p.m., Saturday from 7-11 p.m. The Memorial Run will begin at 1 p.m. on Sunday. GALLIPOLIS - The First Baptist Church, 1100 4th Ave, Gallipolis, will hold a Memorial Day Service on Sunday, May 29, at 10 a.m. RACINE - Post 602 of the American Legion of Racine will hold a Memorial service May 30, 10 a.m., at the adjacent Veterans Memorial Park. John Westover, pastor of the Antiquity Baptist Church will be the speaker, and the Southern Local Marching Band will preform, refreshments to follow. POMEROY — Post 39 of the Pomeroy American Legion and Auxiliary will hold a Memorial Day ceremony at 11:30 a.m. on the Pomeroy Levy, with a guest speaker and the Southern Local Marching Band will preforming. POMEROY — The Ohio State University mobile mammography unit will visit the Meigs County Health Department on May 26. Eligibility includes women 40 years or older, or 35 years with a physician’s order, and no current breast symptoms. Contact Courtney Midkiff at 740-992-6626 for an appointment. Holiday hours Cheshire Alumni Banquet CHESHIRE — The Cheshire High School Alumni Reunion will be held May 28 at 5 p.m. There is no charge to attend. Elks Scholarships GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis Elks Lodge #107 scholarships are now available for graduating high school seniors from Gallia and Meigs counties and Mason County, W.Va. Applications are available in guidance counselor offices at area high schools. Awards will be based on the applicant’s financial need, scholastic achievements and leadership qualities. Deadline to return the application to the Elks Lodge is July 5. Applications can be mailed to Past Exalted Ruler’s Association, Gallipolis Elks Lodge #017, 408 Second Avenue, P.O. Box 303, Gallipolis, OH 45631. Road closures MEIGS COUNTY — A tree trimming project begins on May 3 on SR 124, between U.S. 33 and SR 833. The road will be closed where work is taking place between 8 a.m. - 3 p.m., Monday-Friday. This is a moving operation. Estimated completion: May 27. Storytime at the library POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will be closed on Monday, May 30 in observance of Memorial Day. Normal Business Hours will resume MEIGS COUNTY — Story Time is held at each at 8 a.m. Tuesday. Meigs Library location weekly. Bring preschoolers for stories and crafts. Mondays at 1 p.m. at Racine Library; Tuesdays at 1 p.m. at Eastern Library; Wednesdays at 1 p.m. at Pomeroy Library; and Thursdays at 1 p.m. at Middleport Library. Southwestern High School Alumni banquet GALLIA COUNTY — The Southwestern High School Alumni Banquet will be held at Southwestern Elementary School on May 28. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. Cost of meals will be $20 per person. Please contact Jeanie Hively at (740) 245-9740 for further information on attending. Needlework Network POMEROY — Join the Needlework Network on Wednesday mornings at 10 a.m. in the Riverview Room at the Pomeroy Library. Socialize and craft with experienced fabric artists. Bring your work in progress to share with the group. Beginners welcome. �NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing Tuesday, May 24, 2022 3 Report: Top Southern Baptists stonewalled abuse victims By Deepa Bharath, Holly Meyer and David Crary Associated Press The Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee — and thousands of its rank-and-file members — now have opportunities to address a scathing investigative report that says top SBC leaders stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over two decades while seeking to protect their own reputations. The report, issued Sunday, says these survivors, and other concerned Southern Baptists, repeatedly shared allegations with the Executive Committee, “only to be met, time and time again, with resistance, stonewalling, and even outright hostility from some within the EC.” The seven-month investigation was conducted by Guidepost Solutions, an independent firm contracted by the Executive Committee after delegates to last year’s national meeting pressed for a probe by outsiders. Since then, several top Executive Committee Mark Humphrey | AP file The headquarters of the Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, Tenn is shown here. Leaders of the SBC, America’s largest Protestant denomination, stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades while seeking to protect their own reputations, according to a scathing 288-page investigative report issued Sunday. TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 59° 69° 73° Clouds and sun today. Increasing clouds tonight. High 76° / Low 56° HEALTH TODAY AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™ Temperature The AccuWeather.com Asthma Index combines the effects of current air quality, pollen counts, wind, temperature, dew point, barometric pressure, and changes from past weather conditions to provide a scale showing the overall probability and severity of an asthma attack. Precipitation (in inches) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Mon. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date 0.03 3.49 3.43 20.67 17.97 SUN & MOON Today 6:09 a.m. 8:42 p.m. 3:24 a.m. 3:06 p.m. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset First May 30 Jun 7 Full Last Jun 14 Jun 20 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for fish and game. Today Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Major 8:06a 8:45a 9:22a 9:59a 10:39a 11:22a 12:08p Minor 1:55a 2:34a 3:11a 3:48a 4:27a 5:10a 5:56a Major 8:28p 9:06p 9:43p 10:21p 11:01p 11:45p 12:33p Minor 2:17p 2:56p 3:33p 4:10p 4:50p 5:33p 6:20p WEATHER HISTORY A 91-degree high on May 24, 1982, turned the previous record high of 79 to ashes in San Francisco. If high pressure north of San Francisco forces the wind to come from the east, temperatures can bake the city. THURSDAY POLLEN & MOLD Low Moderate High Lucasville 76/59 Moderate High Very High Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services AIR QUALITY 300 500 Primary pollutant: Ozone Air Quality Index: 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very unhealthy; 301-500, Hazardous. Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services OHIO RIVER Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. Mon. Flood 24-hr. Location Stage Level Chg. Willow Island 37 12.50 -0.21 Marietta 34 17.03 none Parkersburg 36 21.74 +0.11 Belleville 35 12.73 -0.25 Racine 41 13.04 -0.08 Point Pleasant 40 26.13 +0.27 Gallipolis 50 12.87 +0.11 Huntington 50 25.96 +0.71 Ashland 52 34.25 +0.49 Lloyd Greenup 54 12.42 +0.21 Portsmouth 50 19.90 +2.30 Maysville 50 34.40 none Meldahl Dam 51 19.50 +2.10 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022 76° 58° Belpre 74/55 Athens 75/56 91° 65° Mostly sunny and hot Today St. Marys 75/55 Parkersburg 74/56 Coolville 74/56 Elizabeth 75/55 Spencer 74/55 Buffalo 74/56 Milton 74/56 St. Albans 75/56 Huntington 74/58 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s 100s Seattle 61/51 90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s San Francisco 10s 75/55 0s Los Angeles -0s 78/59 -10s T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front Partly sunny and warmer Marietta 74/55 Murray City 74/56 Ironton 75/58 Ashland 74/59 Grayson 75/58 MONDAY 85° 64° Partly sunny and beautiful Wilkesville 75/56 POMEROY Jackson 75/56 76/57 Ravenswood Rio Grande 75/56 76/57 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 74/60 GALLIPOLIS 76/56 75/56 75/56 South Shore Greenup 75/58 75/58 29 0 50 100 150 200 Portsmouth 76/59 75° 56° SUNDAY NATIONAL CITIES Logan 74/57 McArthur 75/57 Very High Primary: walnut, pine, others Mold: 2124 SATURDAY Cloudy with a shower Mostly cloudy, a and thunderstorm shower or two; breezy Adelphi 74/59 Waverly 75/58 Pollen: 472 81° 63° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Chillicothe 75/59 FRIDAY munity to known offenders. — Provide a comprehensive Resource Toolbox including protocols, training, education, and practical information. —Restrict the use of nondisclosure agreements and civil settlements which bind survivors to confidentiality in sexual abuse matters, unless requested by the survivor. The interim leaders of the Executive Committee, Willie McLaurin and Rolland Slade, welcomed the recommendations, and pledged an all-out effort to eliminate sex abuse within the SBC. “We recognize there are no shortcuts,” they said. “We must all meet this challenge through prudent and prayerful application, and we must do so with Christ-like compassion.” The sex abuse scandal was thrust into the spotlight in 2019 by a landmark report from the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio ExpressNews documenting hundreds of cases in Southern Baptist churches, including several in which alleged perpetrators remained in ministry. Clendenin 73/55 Charleston 73/56 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. 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The report asserts that an Executive Committee staffer maintained a list of Baptist ministers accused of abuse, but there is no indication anyone “took any action to ensure that the accused ministers were no longer in positions of power at SBC churches.” trolled the EC’s response to these reports of abuse ... and were singularly focused on avoiding liability for the SBC,” the report said. “In service of this goal, survivors and others who reported abuse were ignored, disbelieved, or met with the constant refrain that the SBC could take no action due to its polity regarding church autonomy – even if it meant that convicted leaders have resigned, and the body — under interim leadership — will meet Tuesday to discuss the report. Three weeks later, the SBC will convene its 2022 national meeting in Anaheim, California, and the report will be discussed there as well. “Our investigation revealed that, for many years, a few senior EC leaders, along with outside counsel, largely con- The most recent list includes the names of hundreds of abusers thought to be affiliated at some point with the SBC. Survivors and advocates have long called for a public database of abusers. SBC President Ed Litton, in a statement Sunday, said he is “grieved to my core” for the victims and thanked God for their work propelling the SBC to this moment. He called on Southern Baptists to lament and prepare to change the denomination’s culture and implement reforms. “I pray Southern Baptists will begin preparing today to take deliberate action to address these failures and chart a new course when we meet together in Anaheim,” Litton said. 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Dr. David Heymann, who formerly headed WHO’s emergencies department, told The Associated Press that the leading theory to explain the spread of the disease was sexual transmission at raves held in Spain and Belgium. Monkeypox has not previously triggered widespread outbreaks beyond Africa, where it is endemic in animals. “We know monkeypox can spread when there is close contact with the lesions of someone who is infected, and it looks like sexual contact has now amplified that transmission,” said Heymann. That marks a significant departure from the disease’s typical pattern of spread in central and western Africa, where people are mainly infected by animals like wild rodents and primates and outbreaks have not spilled across borders. Health officials say most of the known cases in Europe have been among men who have sex with men, but anyone can be infected through close contact with a sick person, their clothing or bedsheets. Scientists say it will be difficult to disentangle whether the spread is being driven by sex or merely close contact. “By nature, sexual activity involves intimate contact, which one would expect to increase the likelihood of transmis- In 1980, Iran rejected a call by the World Court in The Hague to release the American hostages. In 1994, four Islamic fundamentalists convicted of bombing New York’s World Trade Center in 1993 were each sentenced to 240 years in prison. In 1995, former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson died in London at age 79. In 2006, “An Inconvenient Truth,” a documentary about former Vice President Al Gore’s campaign against global warming, went into limited release. In 2011, Oprah Winfrey taped the final episode of her long-running talk show. Romney’s background as a venture capitalist, telling a rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds there might be value in such experience but “not in the White House.” Brian Banks, a former high school football star whose dreams of a pro career were shattered by what turned out to be a false rape accusation, burst into tears as a judge in Long Beach, California, threw out the charge that had sent Banks to prison for more than five years. sion, whatever a person’s sexual orientation and irrespective of the mode of transmission,” said Mike Skinner, a virologist at Imperial College London. On Monday, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Director Andrea Ammon said “the likelihood of further spread of the virus through close contact, for example during sexual activities among persons with multiple sexual part- ners, is considered to be high.” To date, WHO has recorded more than 90 cases of monkeypox in a dozen countries including Canada, Spain, Israel, France, Switzerland, the U.S. and Australia. On Monday, Denmark announced its first case, Portugal revised its total upwards to 37, Italy reported one further infection and Britain added 37 more cases. TODAY IN HISTORY In 1941, the German battleship Bismarck sank Today is Tuesday, May the British battle cruiser 24, the 144th day of 2022. HMS Hood in the North There are 221 days left in Atlantic, killing all but three of the 1,418 men on the year. board. In 1961, a group of Today’s Highlight in History: Freedom Riders was On May 24, 1844, arrested after arriving at Samuel F.B. 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To arrange to pick up a bid packet please contact the Fiscal Officer, Rachel Fellure, at 740-336-9092. All sealed bids are due by Monday, June 13th at 5:00 PM and will be opened at the June monthly meeting at that time 5/24/22 Guyan Township's July monthly meeting will be rescheduled from Monday, July 11th, to Thursday, July 8th at 5:00 PM at the Township Garage. Monthly meetings will resume to the 2nd Monday of the month at 5:00 PM at the Township Garage in August 5/24/22 7KH *DOOLSROLV 3RVW RI WKH 2KLR 6WDWH +LJKZD\ 3DWURO is accepting résumé's for an independent contract worker to provide services at the Gallipolis facility. The Independent Contractor must use his or her own tools, equipment and supplies to complete the work described. The Independent Contractor must maintain a valid driver license and vehicle insurance at all times during the contract. Work is to be performed at intervals determined by the Independent Contractor, but during regular business hours determined by the Ohio Department of Public Safety. A full scope of work will be provided at the interview or upon request. The Contractor Worker position would be compensated at $17.50 per hour, $22,750 per year maximum, which averages 25 hours per week. Résumés may be dropped off at the Gallipolis facility or mailed to: Gallipolis Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol 396 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis Ohio 45631 C. O. Lieutenant Roe. Résumés must be received by May 31, 2022. �S ports 6 Tuesday, May 24, 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing Valley topples Tornadoes, 6-2 By Bryan Walters bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — Contact wasn’t the problem. The problem revealed itself after contact occurred. The Southern baseball team committed four costly errors and ultimately had a stellar 2022 campaign come to a close Saturday night during a 6-2 loss to top-seeded Lucasville Valley in a Division IV district semifinal contest at VA Memorial Stadium in Ohio’s First Capital City. Bryan Walters | OVP Sports The ninth-seeded Tornadoes Southern sophomore shortstop Kaiden Michael releases a throw to first base during Saturday night’s Division IV district semifinal baseball contest against (12-7) — outright champions of the Tri-Valley Conference Lucasville Valley at the VA Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio. Hocking Division — surrendered two unearned runs off of those quartet of miscues, which allowed the Indians (162) to storm out to a quick 4-0 cushion through three innings of work. SHS answered with a run in top of the fourth as a basesloaded balk allowed Lincoln Rose to come plateward for a 4-1 deficit, but Valley countered with a 2-run fifth that gave the hosts their largest lead of the night at 6-1. Josiah Smith scored on a Kaiden Michael ground out in the seventh to whittle things back down to four with two away, but a ground out followed in the next at-bat to complete the 6-2 outcome. Southern made contact throughout the course of the night, with the exception of a down-in-order on consecutive strikeouts during the top of the third. Conversely, the guests did not have 3-up, 3-down frame defensively. The Tornadoes and Indians both produced six hits apiece in the contest, with VHS also committing one error in the game. SHS stranded six of the nine runners left on base. Afterwards, SHS coach Kyle Wickline was distraught with See TORNADOES | 7 Locals land 18 on TVC Hocking teams By Colton Jeffries cjeffries@aimmediamidwest.com The Ohio Valley Publishing area landed 18 total selections on the All-Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division baseball and softball teams for the 2022 season, as voted on by the coaches within the division. Eastern led the local teams with a total of nine honorees, five of which come from the softball team. The Lady Eagles were represented by Juli Durst, Megan Maxon, Ella Carleton, Emma Putman and Sydney Reynolds. The ladies of Southern had three softball players named, including Kassidy Chaney, Lauren Smith and Marlo Norris. In South Gallia, Jessie Rutt was named codefensive player of the year, alongside Waterford’s Kari Carney. Rutt was joined by teammate Lalla Hurlow in gaining all-division honors. Waterford’s Cara Taylor was named offensive player of the year and Belpre’s Stephanie Evans was given coach of the year honors. In baseball, the Green and Gold also led the way in honorees, with four athletes named. Jace Bullington, Ryan Ross, Sean Stobaugh and Brayden Smith were named to the all-divison team for the Eagles. The division champion Southern Tornadoes had three named to the list in Will Wickline, Lincoln Rose and Derek Griffith. Will Wickline was also given defensive player of the year honors , while Southern head coach Kyle Wickline was named coach of the year. In South Gallia, Briar Williams was the lone member of the Rebels named to the all-division list. Trimble’s Tabor Lackey was named offensive player of the year. 2022 All-TVC Hocking softball teams Belpre (10-2): Kaitlen Bush, Makayla Carmichael, Taylor Parker, Carrissa Sprigg, Maggie Johnson, Madison Sprigg. See TEAMS | 7 OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Tuesday, May 24 Baseball Wheelersburg vs. Meigs at VA Stadium, 4 p.m. Wahama at Man, 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 25 Baseball Man at Wahama (if needed), 6 p.m. Softball Wahama vs. Midland Trail, 11:15 a.m. Track and Field D-3 Regionals at Southeastern HS, 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 26 Baseball MHS-Burg winner vs. Portsmouth-Fairland winner at VA Stadium, 4 p.m. Softball Wahama at Class A championships, TBA Track and Field Division II Regionals at Chillicothe Herrnstein Field, 5 p.m. Photos by Colton Jeffries | OVP Sports Wahama senior Michaela Hieronymus sails over the rail during the girls pole vault Saturday at the Class A state meet at Charleston, W.Va. Wahama’s Gerlach wins 2 titles By Colton Jeffries cjeffries@aimmediamidwest.com CHARLESTON, W.Va. — One competitor. Two medals. Wahama junior Rowen Gerlach became the first member of the boys track and field team to win an individual state title at the 2022 WVSSAC Class A state championships, along with being the first boy to win two events in the same state competition. This was also Wahama’s first state win period since 2012, when Kelsey Zuspan won the girls 100-meter dash and the boys 4x100 relay team took home that state title. Gerlach’s first win came Friday, during day one of the state meet, when he won the discus throw with a top throw of 144 feet, 5 inches, besting Richwood’s Joshua Landreth and the rest of the field by almost two feet. Gerlach finished sixth in the event at the 2021 state meet. “It hasn’t really sunk in yet,” Gerlach said. “It feels really good. I’ve worked really hard this season and in the offseason. Lifting weights and working off an injury, which did set me back a bit, but my hopes were up after the first meet this season.” After his first win, Gerlach predicted that he would get the win in the White Falcons had six individuals and five relay teams competing over the two days of the state meet. Other than Gerlach, Wahama had two more top-3 finishes, both on the boys team. Friday, Gavin Hieronymus finished third in the 400-meter dash with a time of 52.80 seconds. This was followed up Saturday by the 4x400 relay team of Hieronymus, Wyatt Harris, Josiah Lloyd and Sawyer VanMatre finished third with a time of 3:39.90. Harris, Lloyd and VanMatre also competed in individual events for the White Falcons. Lloyd competed in the 800 and 1600-meter runs, finishing 16th (2:40.56) and 12th (4:57.78), respectively. VanMatre finished 13th in the long jump with a length of 17 feet and 11.75 inches. Harris qualified for the Wahama junior Rowen Gerlach gets ready to launch a shot during high jump, but did not the Class A state meet Saturday afternoon in Charleston, W.Va. record a height during week, so it’s incredible to the state meet. shot put the next day. In other relay events, win both.” This prediction came the White Falcons took His road to the shot true, as he won with a put title wasn’t a smooth 15th in the 4x100 with put of 47 feet and nine a time of 48.60 seconds, one, however, as he inches, edging out sec16th in the 4x800 with found himself trailing ond place Dalton KasKasekamp with two puts a time of 11:27.31 and ekamp of Paw Paw and 16th in the shuttle to go in the finals. the rest of the field by “I knew I had to throw hurdles with a time of just under a foot. 1:14.55. “It feels really great to a bomb to get back in Overall, the White this,” Gerlach said. get this and the discus On his next throw, Ger- Falcons finished sixth in yesterday,” he said. “I the Class A meet with a lach put up his winning was feeling really confiscore of 32. measurement of 47 feet dent coming to the shot and nine inches. put because I’ve had See WAHAMA | 7 In other events, the really good practices this �SPORTS Ohio Valley Publishing Lady Wildcats compete at state meet Autopsy: Haskins was drunk when fatally struck By Colton Jeffries cjeffries@aimmediamidwest.com CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Not very often you get to compete for a state title. The Hannan girls track and field team had one individual and one relay team qualify for the Class A state meet at Laidley Field Saturday morning. Sophomore Miranda Smith finished 15th overall in the 300-meter hurdles, recording a time of 57.28 seconds. It was the second straight postseason that Smith appeared at the Class A state meet in at least one event. The 4x200m relay team, consisting of Smith, Yanara Gonzales, Brooke Ashworth and Summer Nance finished 16th with a time of 2:08.93. The Lady Wildcats didn’t get any points to By Terry Spencer had the strong painkiller ketamine and its metabolite norketamine in his system. The drug FORT LAUDERcan be prescribed by a DALE, Fla. (AP) — doctor, but can also be Pittsburgh Steelers abused recreationally. quarterback Dwayne The report does not say Haskins was legally why the former Ohio drunk and had taken State University star drugs before he was fatally struck by a dump had it in his system. The report said investruck while walking tigators found Haskins’ on a Florida interstate highway last month, an car out of gas near autopsy report released where he was hit. A woman he was with told Monday concluded. The Broward County investigators Haskins, 24, had gone to get fuel. Medical Examiner’s Witnesses said he was Office said Haskins’ trying to wave down blood alcohol content cars and standing in was 0.20 when he was the center lane when fatally struck on Interhe was hit by the truck state 595 near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood and then an SUV. The report said he died of International Airport blunt force trauma. No just before dawn on April 9. That’s 2.5 times charges have been filed. The Steelers told the 0.08 legal limit for investigators that driving in the state. Haskins had no mental According to the health issues and had University of Californever made any suicidal nia, Davis, and other threats. They said he universities, someone sometimes drank heavof Haskins’ weight, ily and sometimes used 230 pounds (104 kilomarijuana, but was not grams), would have known to use any other needed at least 10 recreational drugs. The drinks in the hours medical examiner ruled before his death to reach that level. He also the death an accident. Associated Press Eastern (8-4): Juli Durst, Megan Maxon, Ella Carleton, Emma Putman, Sydney Reynolds. Trimble (6-6): Adelynn Stevens, Briana Orsborne, Joelle Richards. Southern (5-7): Kassidy Chaney, Lauren Smith, Marlo Norris. AUCTION 2022 All-TVC Hocking baseball teams Southern (10-2): Will Wickline, Lincoln Rose, Derek Griffith. Ross, Sean Stobaugh, Brayden Smith. Federal Hocking (4-8): Iden Miller, Ethan McCune, Mason Jackson, Drew Airhart. Trimble (8-4): Tabor Lackey, Austin Wisor, Bryce Downs, Cole Wright, Brandon Burdette. South Gallia (0-12): Briar Williams. Offensive player of the year: Tabor Lackey, Trimble. 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Smith paced the Torget Morrow. Jaekyn Ridout started nadoes with three hits, However, a throw was the third by reaching on followed by Wickline with made back down to secan error, then a 1-out From page 6 two hits. Rose also had a single by Tate Queen and ond base for a force out safety in the setback. on Arnett for the second the way the game played another error allowed Tate Queen led Valley out. And yes, the miscues Ridout to come home for out of the inning. Tate Queen took advantage of with two hits and two a 2-0 edge. did play a major role in the situation and headed runs scored. George Arnett folthose emotions. Valley faces fourth-seedplateward on the relay lowed with a triple that “The four errors were ed Leesburg Fairfield in throw down to second, plated Tate Queen, then big. We knew coming in and the relay back to the the D-4 district final Monagainst a very good team Arnett came platewcatcher wasn’t in time — day night at VA Memorial ard on a Christopher like Valley, we could not Stadium. giving VHS a 6-1 edge give them any extra outs. Queen ground out that It was the final baseball after five complete. We gave them extra outs, increased the cushion It was a tough-luck out- game for SHS seniors out to 4-0 through three and they showed why ing for senior starter Will Will Wickline, Cade frames. they are the top team in Wickline, who allowed six Anderson, Lincoln Rose, A pair of singles from our district draw and in Tanner Lisle and BJ Parthe state,” Wickline said. Morrow and Tate Queen runs (four earned), six sons in the Purple and hits and two walks over started the bottom of “We made some great six innings while striking Gold. the fifth, then Arnett plays, made plenty of © 2022 Ohio Valley out eight. received a walk to load contact throughout the Publishing, all rights Nickel picked up the night and left everything the bases. Christopher reserved. Queen hit an infield pop- win after surrendering we had on the field, but two earned runs, six hits up that resulted in the there were some things Bryan Walters can be reached at and two walks over 6.1 ball being dropped, and that we did that we just 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. frames while fanning a the relay throw to the couldn’t afford to do. “It’s a tough way to watch the season end like this, but we have plenty of reason to hold our heads high. We were outright league champs, THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2022 @ 5:00 P.M. sectional champs and we LOCATED AT THE AUCTION CENTER, 786 ADAMSVILLE RD., were within striking disMASON, WV 25260. tance of the top-ranked SELLING VAROUS COMBINED ESTATES. team in the state. I’m proud of these guys for what we’ve been able to COLLECTIBLES & MISC. do this season.” Jace Copley singled Mother's Day, Halloween, Christmas, Presidential, Breast home Christopher Queen with two away in the botCancer, Ohio & West Virginia Deco; Lg Collection of tom of the second, allowLongaberger Baskets (143 Total); Longaberger Pottery; ing Valley to establish a Wahama From page 6 Colton Jeffries | OVP Sports Hannan sophomore Summer Nance is handed the baton by teammate Miranda Smith during the 4x200 relay Saturday morning during the Class A state meet in Charleston, W.Va. Tornadoes Lacey Neal was the Lady Falcons’ only other individual competitor, competing in From page 6 the 100-meter dash. After qualifying for The Doddridge Coun- finals with a prelim time of 13.75, Neal finished ty Bulldogs defended seventh overall with a their state title with a time of 13.84. team score of 86, edgIn relays, the Lady ing out second place Falcons finished eighth Ritchie County by six in the 4x100 with a points. time of 55.67 seconds. While the girls track Overall, the White and field team didn’t and Red didn’t gather notch any victories, each qualifer came away any points over the course of the meet, with with a top-10 finish. Michaela Hieronymus the Williamstown Lady competed in three indi- Yellowjackets taking the state championship vidual events. with a score of 148 She finished seventh points. in the 400-meter dash © 2022 Ohio Valley with a time of 1:03.10, Publishing, all rights seventh in the 800reserved. meter run with a time of 2:34.04 and ninth in Colton Jeffries can be reached at the pole vault with a 740-446-2342, ext. 2100 height of eight feet. Teams Tuesday, May 24, 2022 7 �NEWS 8 Tuesday, May 24, 2022 Daily Sentinel Pfizer update as soon as more data is available. While the vaccine effectiveness likely could change somewhat, “all of this is very positive for those parents who are looking forward to having a vaccine for their younger children in the coming months,” said Dr. William Moss of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, who was not part of the study. If FDA confirms the data, the vaccine could “be an important tool to help parents protect their children,” agreed Dr. Jesse Goodman of Georgetown University, a former FDA vaccine chief. But he cautioned that it’s essential to track how long protection lasts, especially against serious disease. What’s next? FDA vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks has pledged the agency will “move quickly without sacrificing our standards” in evaluating tot-sized doses from both Pfizer and Moderna. Comparing the two companies’ approaches to vaccinating the littlest kids promises to be challenging. Moderna asked FDA to authorize two shots, each containing a quarter of the dose given to adults. While that spurred good levels of virus-fighting antibodies, Moderna’s study found effectiveness against symptomatic COVID-19 was just 40% to 50% during the omicron surge, much like for adults who’ve only had two vaccine doses. “We’ve learned in older children and adults that ... we really need three doses to get protection” against newer variants like omicron, Moss said. That’s something Moderna plans to study, and Moss said he didn’t expect the question would hold up FDA authorization of the first two doses. Complicating Moderna’s progress, the FDA so far has allowed its vaccine to be used only in adults. Other countries allow it to be given as young as age 6, and the company also is seeking FDA authorization for teens and elementary-age kids. The FDA has tentatively planned for its expert panel to consider Moderna’s vaccine for older both coming from the Department of Health and Human Services. From page 1 The manufacturer Abbott Nutrition can now brought 15% of the spereceive priority orders of cialty medical grade forraw materials like sugar mula needed in the U.S., and corn syrup for infant and because of various formula, which the White actions by the governHouse said will allow the ment, people should see manufacturer to increase “more formula in stores production quickly by starting as early as this one-third. Reckitt, owner week.” of Mead-Johnson, can now Longer term, he said, receive priority orders of the U.S. needs more forconsumables like filters mula providers “so that and other single-use prodno individual company ucts necessary to generate has this much control certain oils needed to proover supply chains.” duce infant formula, the Later Sunday, the White House announced White House said, which will allow Reckitt facilities the first two Defense Production Act authoriza- to operate at maximum capacity. tions for infant formula, The Biden administration has struggled to address the nationwide shortage of formula, particularly hypoallergenic varieties. The crisis follows the closure of the nation’s largest domestic manufacturing plant in Michigan in February due to safety issues. The White House has said 132 pallets of Nestle Health Science Alfamino Infant and Alfamino Junior formula was to leave Ramstein Air Base in Germany for the U.S. Another 114 pallets of Gerber Good Start Extensive HA formula were expected to arrive in the coming days. Altogether, about 1.5 million 8-ounce bottles of the three formulas, which are hypoallergenic for children with cow’s milk protein allergies, are expected to arrive this week. Indianapolis was chosen because it is a Nestle distribution hub. The formula will be offloaded into FedEx semitractortrailers and taken to a distribution center about a mile away where the company will do a standard quality check before distributing the supplies to hospitals, pharmacies and doctor’s offices, according to an administration official on site. In a statement Sunday, the White House said a Pentagon-sourced FedEx Express flight of Nestlé S.A. formula from Ramstein Air Base would be bound for a Nestle facility in Pennsylvania. Nestle said that over the past few months it has worked “around the clock” to address the formula shortage and help meet demand. “We have significantly increased the amount of our formulas available to consumers by ramping up production and accelerating general product availability to retailers and online, as well as through hospitals and home health care for those most vulnerable,” the company said in a release. “At Nestle we are abso- From page 1 but discovered during its trial that two shots didn’t seem quite strong enough for preschoolers. So researchers gave a third shot to more than 1,600 youngsters — from age 6 months to 4 years — during the winter surge of the omicron variant. In a press release, Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said the extra shot did the trick, revving up the children’s levels of virus-fighting antibodies enough to meet FDA criteria for emergency use of the vaccine with no safety problems. Preliminary data suggested the three-dose series is 80% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19, the companies said, but they cautioned the calculation is based on just 10 cases diagnosed among study participants by the end of April. The study rules state that at least 21 cases are needed to formally determine effectiveness, and Pfizer promised an OH-70286361 Formula Mary Altaffer | AP A woman pushes a baby in a stroller past a sign hanging outside Pfizer headquarters Monday in New York.Three doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine offer strong protection for children younger than 5, the company announced Monday. Pfizer plans to give the data to U.S. regulators later this week in a step toward letting the littlest kids get the shots. kids a day before taking up the question of shots for the littlest. If FDA clears either vaccine or both, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would have to recommend whether all kids under 5 should receive the shots or only those at high risk. While COVID-19 generally isn’t as dangerous to youngsters as to adults, some children do become severely ill or even die. And the omicron variant hit children especially hard, with those under 5 hospitalized at higher rates than at the peak of the previous delta surge. It’s not clear how much demand there will be to vaccinate the youngest kids. Pfizer shots for 5- to 11-year-olds opened in November, but only about 30% of that age group have gotten the recommended initial two doses. Last week, U.S. health authorities said elementary-age children should get a booster shot just like everyone 12 and older is supposed to get, for the best protection against the latest coronavirus variants. lutely committed to doing everything we can to get parents and caregivers the formula they need so their children can thrive,” it added. “We prioritized these products because they serve a critical medical purpose as they are for children with cow’s milk protein allergies.” Under “Operation Fly Formula,” the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services are authorized to request Department of Defense support to pick up overseas infant formula that meets U.S. health and safety standards, so it can get to store shelves faster, according to the USDA. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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