http://host69-005.meigs.lib.oh.us/files/original/4089481c062a5d1ae4f6d1e7893004a4.pdf 1f016911e1f696b361531fed7d5db71d PDF Text Text COVID-19 Survival Guide Missing spring sports INSIDE SPORTS s 1B COVID-19 cases, deaths Gallia County Total cases .......................6 Deaths ............................. 1 Updated 4/15/20 Meigs County Total cases .......................2 Deaths .............................0 Updated 4/15/20 Ohio Confirmed cases ........7,628 Deaths .........................346 Updated 2 p.m. 4/15/20 C_ZZb[fehj�š�Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 61, Volume 74 Thursday, April 16, 2020 s 50¢ Remembering Chief Blaettnar ‘Probable’ case of COVID-19 reported in Meigs Person had direct contact with previous confirmed case By Brody Davis Special to OVP Sarah Hawley | Sentinel Braden Hawley | Courtesy Sarah Hawley | Sentinel Dozens of first responders took part in a procession and firefighter service on Wednesday to pay tribute to Pomeroy Volunteer Fire Department Chief Rick Blaettnar who passed away unexpectedly on Saturday. Blaettnar was a 42-year member of the Pomeroy Fire Department, joining on Feb. 26, 1978. He served the department as a Firefighter, Lieutenant, and Captain before being named Fire Chief, a position he held for 18 years. He served on the Pomeroy Volunteer Emergency Squad, also serving as the Squad Chief. Blaettnar was also an educator and coach, having worked for Meigs Local School District for 33 years. AP students concluding two years of research By Dean Wright deanwright@aimmediadmidwest.com BIDWELL — A group of River Valley High School seniors will soon be sharing advanced placement research projects that they have been working on for the better part of two years. According to RVHS teachers Aaron Walker and Kaleigh Cox, juniors and seniors are engaging in a first-time set of classes introduced to the high school looking to teach students advanced research and analysis skills. Eleven students are in their advanced placement respective junior and senior classes to make a total of 22 students. The classes have utilized internal review boards to approve project proposals. Students have also utilized community mentors in their projects. The seniors of 2020 will be the first students to complete the pair of classes. “It’s the first year we’ve ever done it and they’ve done really well with it,” said Walker. “It’s essentially a two-year course. These students I had last year and that class was all research skills and writing skills in preparation for this year and that’s where I partnered with it. Now, they’re all seniors.” Students were allowed to pick any topic of their choosing and spend the year conducting AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC (USPS 145-966) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes every Sunday and Tuesday through Friday. Subscription rate is $131.61 per year. Prices are subject to change at any time. 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 Periodical postage paid at Pomeroy, OH POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Sentinel, 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631. original research for their subject. Students collected their own data and aim to submit a paper ranging between 20 to 30 pages. They will also be giving online presentations to teachers for their topics. “It’s a hefty academic load they’ve been carrying,” said Walker. “The topics are interesting and varied.” “They first take AP seminar with Aaron and with that they learn the basics of different rhetorical strategies and argumentation,” said Cox. “They take all of that and transfer that into their yearlong project their senior year. As an AP teacher, I’m really hands-off. Everything they’ve written and present was entirely their work. I just teach skills.” Cox continued to say that the seminar class consists of students finding articles and summarizing their arguments to provide background to strengthen a student’s argument. The senior class seeks to look at gaps in research that are missing or haven’t been addressed surrounding an issue. Students then develop their own study to fill those said gaps. Cox said that one student in the course had worked to create an esports team to study the development of soft skills in an See STUDENTS | 2A A look at coronavirusrelated developments Wednesday in Ohio: State prisons The coronavirus has killed two more prison inmates from the Pickaway Correctional Institution, just south of Columbus, DeWine said. All three deaths See COVID-19 | 4A Police search for ambulance escapee By Dean Wright deanwright@aimmediamidwest.com GALLIPOLIS — Area law enforcement is on the look out for a Gallipolis man who allegedly exited from an ambulance after Gallia EMS responded to treat him. The man reportedly also has several active arrest warrants, said law enforcement reports. See ESCAPEE | 2A Dem gets Ohio House candidacy reinstated By Tyler Buchanan Ohio Capital Journal within the state’s prison system have come there. More testing and personal protection equipment are on the way for the prisons, he said. Over the last week, the prison population has dropped by more COLUMBUS — A Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives leadership team will have a Democratic challenger this November after all. Rep. Jay Edwards will face-off against fellow Nelsonville resident Katie O’Neill in the 94th House District, thanks to an Ohio Supreme Court decision announced on Tuesday. O’Neill had seen her candidacy ruled ineligible by the Athens County See PRISONS | 3A See CANDIDACY | 4A State, federal prisons in Ohio see increase in virus deaths TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The number of deaths linked to coronavirus outbreaks at state and federal prisons in Ohio increased again. Gov. Mike DeWine said he approved the early release of 105 non-violent inmates who had 90 days or less left on their sentences. MEIGS COUNTY — The Meigs County Health Department is reporting a probable case of COVID-19 in our county in accordance with new reporting practices, which now include probable cases in addition to confirmed cases. Until now, local health departments have followed guidance from the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), which announced positive COVID-19 cases once they were confirmed by laboratory testing results. The new guidance from ODH states local health departments will now begin reporting probable cases of COVID-19, in �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2A Thursday, April 16, 2020 OBITUARIES RONALD K. NICHOLAS GALLIPOLIS – Ronald K. Nicholas, 77, of Gallipolis, passed away Tuesday, April 14, 2020, at home. He was born August 21, 1942, in Huntington, W.Va., son of the late Homer Turley Nicholas and Leon Nicholas Scarberry. Ron is survived by his loving wife of almost 59 years, Barbara K. (Belville) Nicholas, whom he married on July 15, 1961, in Waterloo; two children: Keith (Lisa) Nicholas, of Tucson, Ariz. and Kevin (Jamie) Nicholas, of Gallipolis; and four grandchildren, Rachael Nicholas, Morgantown, W.Va., Brenna Nicholas, Tucson and Lyndsey and Logan Nicholas, of Gallipolis. Ron is also survived by one brother Gary (Grace) Scarberry, of Huntington; his father-in-law Carter Belville, of Gallipolis; sister-in-law Ardella Belville, of Waterloo; very special and dear friends Alfred and Phyllis Holley; several nieces and nephews; and a host of many friends. In addition to his parents, Ron was preceded in death by his brothers Billie, Kerman, Herman, and Bob Nicholas; his stepfather Andrew Scarberry; mother-in-law Darlene Belville; and brother-inlaw Philip Belville. Ron was an ordained Baptist minister for 54 years and served as a volunteer chaplain for 15 years at Holzer Hospital. He was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church and attended First Baptist Church in Gallipolis the past several years. He retired after 31 years teaching school in Lawrence County and also served as the administrator of Project Hope in Gallipolis City Schools. He graduated from Marshall University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1967 and a Master of Arts in 1972. A private funeral service will be 11 a.m. Friday, April 17, 2020, at Willis Funeral Home, Gallipolis, with Rev. Alfred Holley and Pastor Aaron Young officiating. The service can be viewed live on the Willis Funeral Home Facebook page. Burial will be private at Woodland Cemetery, Ironton. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to Gideons International. Pallbearers will be Keith Nicholas, Kevin Nicholas, Logan Nicholas, Gregory Belville, Shawn Belville, and Shannon Belville. Honorary pallbearers will be Tom Provens, Richard Mahan, Eric Davidson, and Marc Sarrett. A very special thank you to Heartland Hospice for the wonderful care that was given to Ron these past few weeks. “For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain” (Philippians 1:21). Please visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send email condolences. CALVIN DAWSON SCHOOLCRAFT Calvin Dawson Schoolcraft, infant son of Aaron Don and Lexie Hope (Johnson) Schoolcraft, was born April 9, 2020 at Cabell Huntington Hospital. His body was born peacefully and his soul was already with Jesus. Calvin is survived by grandparents Kirk and Tina Johnson of Mercerville. Also surviving are Great-Grandparents Alice and Dale Sanders, GreatGrandparents Renee and Dallas Collingsworth, and honorary grandparents Pat and Doug Miller. A host of aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, and church family at Victory Baptist Church join the family in grief. Calvin was preceded in death by Grandfather Jerry Schoolcraft and Great-Grandparents Larry and Faye Johnson. Calvin was very loved and prayed for little boy. The family wishes to thank the Cabell Huntington Infant Bereavement Nurse Team, especially Nurse Emily who took care of our boy. Burial is at Centenary Cemetery under direction of Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home with voluntary help of our cousin Stephen Sanders. We ask for a continued interest in your prayers for the health of Lexie and to ease our families grief. BECK GALLIPOLIS — Lisa Beck, 51, of Gallipolis, Ohio, died at 1 a.m. on Monday, April 13, 2020 at her residence. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the recommendations from the CDC guidelines, private family graveside services will be held on Friday April 17, 2020 in the Mound Hill Cemetery and interment will follow. Cremeens-King Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements. WITHROW POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Margaret Louise Sexton Withrow, 94, of Point Pleasant, W.Va., died April 14, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, there will be no visitation at the funeral home. A private graveside service will be held at an undetermined date at Kirkland Memorial Gardens. Deal Funeral Home is assisting the family. Escapee From page 1A According to Gallipolis Police Department reports, Lawrence Lamm, 28, was being transported to Holzer Medical Center Tuesday for care. Records say that Lamm exited around 3:20 p.m. from the ambulance around Fourth Avenue and Pine Street where he was last seen near Third Avenue. CONTACT US 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 740-446-2342 REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT/ GROUP PUBLISHER Lane Moon lmoon@aimmediamidwest.com EDITOR Beth Sergent, Ext. 1992 bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com MANAGING EDITOR Sarah Hawley, Ext. 2555 shawley@aimmediamidwest.com Ohio Valley Publishing Governors grapple with relaxing restrictions COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — After a month of draconian steps to minimize deaths and prevent hospital overload from the coronavirus pandemic, governors now face a new challenge: Deciding when and how to begin easing restrictions on businesses and social gatherings. Many of the states’ chief executives say they don’t want to move too quickly and risk a public health crisis, despite pressure from Republican lawmakers, business leaders, professional sports leagues and some parents. “We all want to open up tomorrow, but people will die if we do that without having things in place,” Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Monday. Governors have consistently said that before they can loosen social restrictions, they need to know where their states are in terms of infections. To do that, they need widespread testing and tracing procedures. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert, said Tuesday that the country is “not there yet.” “Let’s not make the mistake of pulling the plug too early, as much as we all want to,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday as he announced a series of steps, including testing, needed to help the nation’s most populous state “transition from surge to suppression.” No one is questioning the devastating effects the statewide shutdowns and business closures have had on the nation’s economy. Nearly 17 million Americans filed for unemployment in three weeks’ time, a record; state and local government tax revenue is plummeting, and businesses large and small are warning of imminent ruin. “There’s not a debate here about whether we need to get the economy open again,” Walz said. “Of course we do.” California, Oregon and Washington have agreed to coordinate how the West Coast states will begin lifting their shelter-in-place restrictions. Seven states in the Northeast, including New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, have done the same — even as President Donald Trump asserted on Monday that he, not the governors, had the power to reopen the nation’s economy. Trump abruptly reversed course on Tuesday, saying he would leave it to governors to determine the right time and manner to reopen activity in their states. Most have said it will be slow going. Besides testing and tracking, several have said they will consider the need to protect the people most at risk and ensure hospitals can handle a surge. They also have said they need to be able to to reinstate stay-at-home orders if needed. A poorly planned rollback of restrictions would only deepen the economic pain, they said. “We’ve got to make sure that we avoid a second wave at all costs,” said Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat and possible vice presidential contender. “That would be devastating for our economy. So we’re going to make decisions based on science and having a real strategic phase-in of our economy when it’s appropriate and safe to do so.” Whitmer’s decision to maintain a statewide shutdown despite calls to reopen some rural areas and businesses has drawn the ire of Republicans, even those who backed her moves initially. Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey took to Facebook to accuse Whitmer of “DESTROYING OUR HEALTH BY KILLING OUR LIVELIHOODS!” The state Republican Party in New Mexico is pressuring Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to ease up on her restrictions so small businesses can reopen. In Ohio, the shouts of protesters punctuate Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s daily briefings, and lawmakers of his own party are beginning to criticize his once widely praised aggressive approach to containing the virus, decrying the effects on businesses and communities. DeWine has been unfazed by the protests so far. He calls the COVID-19 disease a “monster” that is waiting to “pick members of our society off.” On Tuesday, he gave a sobering assessment for those wanting a return to normal amid the pandemic. GALLIA, MEIGS BRIEFS National Crime Victims’ Rights Week program Editor’s Note: Gallia Meigs Briefs will only list event information that is open to the public and will planned for April 20, 2020. Despite the cancellation of the program, Meigs County homicide victims and be printed on a space-available basis. 2019 victims of crime will still be honored through the annual parking lot display April 17-24. City taxes announcement Gallipolis income tax returns and payments for tax year 2019 with a due date of April 15, 2020 have been extended to July 15, 2020. Estimated payments for the first and second quarters of tax year 2020 have also been extended to July 15, 2020. These extended due dates do not apply to employer withholding. Meeting announcements GALLIPOLIS — Gallipolis Township meetings will be held the second Monday of each month, 6 p.m. at the townhouse until further notice. CHAUNCEY — The Athens-Meigs Educational Service Center’s Policy Committee will meet every Tuesday evening in April 2020, 5 p.m. at 21 Birge Drive, Chauncey, Ohio. GALLIPOLIS — Ohio AFSCME Retirees, Subchapter 102, Gallia and Jackson Counties, has cancelled its Friday, April 17 meeting, due to virus concerns. For more information, call Floyd Wright at 740-245-0093. POMEROY — The Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter NSDAR has cancelled April 18 and May 16, 2020 meetings. Information about the June 15th meeting will be announced at a later date. Stay Home -Stay Safe- We are “Honoring, Serving, Being DAR Together” by doing our part. Opt-out deadline extended GALLIPOLIS — Gallia County Engineer Brett A. Boothe, has announced the annual Dust Patching and Herbicidal Opt-Out forms are now being accepted at the engineer’s office. The Dust Patching form is required for those residents who would like to apply for materials to be applied at are requested site to reduce the dust generated from traffic on a stone county road. The Herbicidal Opt-Out form is required for those residents who do not want herbicidal spraying in specific areas along county road right-of-ways and agree to maintain those areas. Due to the COVID-19 quarantine restrictions, the deadline for 2020 has been extended to May 14. Both forms may be picked up from a clear box on the front door at the engineer’s office, 1167 State Route 160 and mailed back with postmark by the deadline or placed in the lock box at the front door as well. Alumni scholarships POMEROY — Although the Pomeroy High School Alumni Association is not having their annual banquet this year due to the Covid19 pandemic, they will be awarding scholarships to deserving 2020 high school graduates. Applicants must be a grandchild or a great-grandchild of a Pomeroy alumni and are based on academics. There are no application forms, but applicants need to send a transcript of grades, a current photo, name of parents, name of alumni they’re applying under, activiGALLIA COUNTY — Gallia County Engineer Brett A. Boothe announces Woods Mill Road will be ties they have participated in and where they plan closed beginning Monday, April 20 - Friday, June 19, to attend college and their course of study. Applications must be in the hands of the scholarship comweather permitting. The road is closed from Ohio mittee by May 13th. They are to be mailed to the State Route 325 to Deckard Road for slip repair. Pomeroy Alumni Association, Box 202, Pomeroy, Local traffic will need to use other county roads. MEIGS COUNTY — A bridge deck repair project Ohio 45769. began on April 13 on State Route 7 in Meigs County. The project is taking place between McGuire Road (Township Road 196) and State Route 124 (near the Route 7/124 intersection near 124 Mart). MIDDLEPORT — Due to the COVID-19 virus, One lane will be closed and traffic will be mainthe Meigs County Veterans Service Office will be tained with temporary signals. A 14 foot width conducting all business via phone or email at this restriction will be in place. The estimated completime. Veterans Service Officers will be in the office tion date is April 24, 2020. Monday thru Friday 8 a.m.-noon. Transportation is still open. Please leave a detailed message if calling after hours. Road construction updates Veterans Service Office County Council on Aging The Meigs County Council on Aging is providing delivered meals for seniors age 60 and older, as well as an errand/sopping service during this COVID-19 pandemic. For more information contact 740-9922161. Crime Victim Right’s Week program cancelled Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated local, state, and federal precautions, the Meigs County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office and Victim’s Assistance Program have decided to cancel the Food Pantry Meigs Cooperative Parish food pantry is open Tuesday-Friday from 9 a.m.-noon. The kitchen and thrift store are closed at this time. Pet food assistance In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Meigs County Commissioners have partnered with the Meigs County Humane Society to provide pet food for residents who have found themselves in need of assistance. Please call 740-992-6064 and listen to the directions on the recording. 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 Students From page 1A environment differing from traditional high school athletics. Another student interviewed a man falsely convicted of a crime and the story surrounding the circumstances of his conviction. “These projects are about how our students can add to the conversations of their study,” said Cox. Dean Wright is a staff writer with Ohio Valley Publishing and can be reached at 740-4462342. © 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. �BUSINESS/NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing OHIO VALLEY BUSINESS BRIEFS Gallia Chamber news This week, the Gallia County Chamber of Commerce, in an email titled “Scam Awareness” reported a member made staff aware of a solicitation email claiming to be connected with the Chamber. “If you are contacted for sales or fundraising by anyone other than Paige or myself, always feel free to contact us to verify before participating,” Elisha Orsbon, executive director, wrote to members. “We know we have committees who occasionally reach out for donations for River Rec and etc., but never hesitate to confirm their agenda and protect your business. In other Chamber updates, it was announced the Gallia County Economic Development, Gallia County Chamber of Commerce, and the Jackson County Economic Development Partnership have partnered with OSU South Centers Business Development Network to present a Zoom seminar on COVID-19 resources available. Farmers Bank will also be participating as a local SBA resource. This takes place at 10 a.m., Friday. To register for the event email Amanda.Williams@jacksonCountyOhio.com. Christmas comes early for OVB customers Ohio Valley Bank is now waiving the early closeout fee on its Christmas Savings accounts should any account holders need that money during the current health crisis. Those interested in withdrawing these funds early should contact their nearest branch for details. 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Prisons From page 1A hospitalizations in Ohio, with about 680 people needing treatment in intensive care units. Health care workers account for 20% of the overall number of cases in the state. than 300 statewide through efforts by courts to reduce the numbers and the state will continue to look at releasing non-violent Amusement parks offenders who are near Two popular Ohio the end of their sentenc- theme parks have es, DeWine said. announced that 2020 season passes will be honored through the Federal prisons Six inmates have now 2021 season, in addidied from the coronavi- tion to whatever time rus at a federal prison in the parks would be open eastern Ohio, according this year after coronato the Federal Bureau of virus restrictions are Prisons and local health lifted. Cedar Point in Sanofficials. Two of the three men dusky and Kings Island in Mason are both from the Federal Corowned by Sanduskyrectional Institution in based Cedar Fair. Elkton who died this week had been in the hospital for more than Stay home order a week, the prisons A judge dropped a bureau said. charge that a man who Both inmates and recorded a large gathstaff have tested posiering in a Cincinnati tive for the virus at the neighborhood violated state’s only federal Ohio’s coronavirus quarprison, which houses antining orders. about 2,400 low-level Hamilton County offenders. Judge Alan Triggs on The American Civil Wednesday dropped Liberties Union of Ohio the charge at the proswent to court this week ecutor’s request, and trying to force the pris- allowed 26-year-old ons bureau to release Rashaan Davis’ release all inmates who are from jail to house arrest in grave danger of the pending grand jury virus. action on a felony count Last week, members of inciting violence, The of the Ohio National Cincinnati Enquirer Guard began arriving at reported. the prison to assist with He was jailed April 5. medical needs. Grand jury proceedings have been suspended for safety during the Cases pandemic. To date, Ohio has confirmed nearly 7,800 cases and 361 deaths — Donations an increase of 37 deaths A Kroger Co. worker over the previous day, used bonus money according to new fedthe grocery chain paid eral guidelines that employees to reward allow cases and deaths them for their efforts considered “probable” to supply customers COVID-19 infections during the virus outwithout a positive test. break to help out first The pandemic has responders in his homecaused more than 2,200 town near Cincinnati. Thursday, April 16, 2020 3A US relief checks begin arriving WASHINGTON (AP) — Government relief checks began arriving in Americans’ bank accounts as the economic damage to the U.S. from the coronavirus piled up Wednesday and sluggish sales at reopened stores in Europe and China made it clear that business won’t necessarily bounce right back when the crisis eases. With many factories shut down, American industrial output shriveled in March, registering its biggest decline since the U.S. demobilized in 1946 at the end of World War II. And retail sales fell by an unprecedented 8.7%, with April expected to be far worse. The world’s biggest economy began issuing one-time payments this week to tens of millions of people as part of its $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief package, with adults receiving up to $1,200 each and $500 per child to help them pay the rent or cover other bills. The checks will be directly deposited into bank accounts or mailed to households in the coming weeks, depending on how they filed their tax returns. Among those receiving a check was Jacqueline Gonzalez, a 32-year-old single mother who was laid off from her job as a bartender and lives with her mother, a teacher, in Miami Lakes, Florida. Gonzalez paid her car insurance and gave her mother $500 for rent. She has signed up for food stamps. “There is no other form of income for us right now. We have no other choice. We can’t work from home,” she said. “We’re just sitting here. Bills are racking up.” In an unprecedented move, President Donald Trump’s name will be printed on the paper checks. Meanwhile, the first steps in lifting the economically crippling restrictions in other parts of the world are running into resistance, with shoppers and other customers staying away from the reopened businesses and workers afraid the newly restored freedoms could put their health at risk. In China, millions are still wary of spending much or even going out. Some cities have resorted to handing out shopping vouchers and trying to reassure consumers by showing officials in state media eating in restaurants. “I put off plans to change cars and spend almost nothing on eating out or entertainment,” said Zhang Hu, a truck salesman in Zhengzhou who has gone back to work but has seen his income plummet because few people buying 20-ton rigs. “I have no idea when the situation will turn better.” In Austria, Marie Froehlich, who owns a clothing store in Vienna, said her staff was happy to get back to work after weeks of being cooped up at home. But with her business dependent largely on tourism, which has dried up amid the travel restrictions, she expects it will take months to return to normal. “Until then, we are in crisis mode,” she said. The scene was similar in hard-hit Italy, where the streets of Rome were largely deserted despite an easing of restrictions this week that allowed some stores to reopen. Worldwide, deaths have topped 130,000 and confirmed infections 2 million, according to the tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. The figures understate the true size of the crisis, in part because of limited testing, different ways of counting the dead, and concealment by some governments The U.S. has recorded approximately 27,000 deaths — the highest in the world — and over 600,000 confirmed infections, by Johns Hopkins’ count. Still, the nightmare scenarios projecting a far greater number of deaths and hospitalizations have not come to pass, raising hopes from coast to coast. In other developments: — An investigation by The Associated Press found that six days of delays by China in alerting the public to the growing dangers of the virus in mid-January set the stage for the global disaster. — Millions of South Korean voters wore masks and maintained social distancing as they voted in parliamentary elections, with turnout surprisingly high. The government resisted calls to postpone the balloting, seen as a midterm referendum on President Moon Jae-in. — The death toll in Iran is probably almost twice the official figure of almost 4,800 as a result of undercounting and because some patients were not tested for the virus, a parliamentary report said. The explosive allegation was buried in a footnote in the 46-page document. — With deaths and hospitalizations stabilizing or dropping on the Continent, Germany announced plans to let smaller shops reopen next week and school to resume in early May. France reported a decrease in the number of COVID-19 patients in the hospital for the time since the outbreak began in the country. — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said residents will be required to wear face coverings when they are near others, such as on the street or a subway platform. He said there will initially be no penalties for violating the measure. “It can be a mask. It can be a cloth. It can be a bandanna. Make it colorful. Make it advertising,” he said. “What’s the big deal?” Around the world, the economic damage from the effort to “flatten the curve” of infections has mounted alarmingly. While grocery store sales in the U.S. jumped nearly 26% in March as Americans stocked up on food and other goods to ride out the crisis, auto sales plummeted by one-quarter and clothing store sales slid by more than half, the government reported. The category that mostly includes online shopping rose more than 3%. “With clear signs of panic buying of necessities and the fact that lockdowns were introduced only around the middle of the month means that far worse is to come in April and the second quarter more generally,” said Michael Pearce, an economist at the consulting firm Capi- tal Economics. U.S. manufacturing output dropped 6.3% last month, led by plunging production at auto factories, which have shut down entirely. As of last week, some 17 million people in the U.S. had been thrown onto the unemployment rolls because of the crisis. Frustration over the shutdowns boiled over in Michigan as hundreds of honking, flag-waving protesters drove past the state Capitol in Lansing in a snowstorm, bringing traffic to a near-standstill. “Gov. Whitmer We Are Not Prisoners,” one sign read, while another declared, “Michigander Against Gretchen’s Abuses.” “This arbitrary blanket spread of shutting down businesses, about putting all of these workers out of business, is just a disaster,” said Meshawn Maddock, a member of the Michigan Conservative Coalition, which organized the rally. “And people are sick and tired of it.” Trump has been anxious to see the stayat-home orders and business shutdowns lifted in the U.S. But those aspirations continue to meet stiff resistance on the state and local levels. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, a liberal Democrat, told Fox News he intends to move cautiously. “In this case, I’ll call myself a conservative,” said de Blasio, whose city’s death toll now tops 10,000. “Look, I want to see people back to work as much as anyone. I feel it urgently. But we’ve got to secure the health and safety first of all New Yorkers and, obviously, all Americans. … We get one chance to get it right.” Foreign leaders, meanwhile, rushed to the defense of the World Health Organization after Trump vowed to cut off payments to the U.N. agency for not sounding the alarm over the virus sooner. European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the WHO is needed now more than ever: “Only by joining forces can we overcome this crisis that knows no borders.” Suicide Prevention Walk goes digital Staff Report RIO GRANDE — The University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College’s fourth annual Out of the Darkness Campus Walk, held for suicide prevention and awareness, will be hosted as a virtual event this year in light of the COVID-19 outbreak. What follows is an electronic statement received from Rio’s Assistant Professor of Social Work Dr. Courtney Ruggles: …I want to inform you the University of Rio Grande’s fourth annual Darkness Campus Walk scheduled for April 18th has changed to a VIRTUAL event! We are hosting the event on Facebook (link here: https:// www.facebook.com/ events/4557141817860 64/). In such uncertain times, it is necessary for us to continue spreading the message of suicide higher than the national average for ages 15 through 44 (United Health Foundation, 2020). An Ohio State University study found higher rates of suicide in rural areas, areas prone to higher rates of underemployment, poverty, and less resources (Crane, 2019). Areas that resemble locations the University of Rio Grande serves. Hence the importance of continuing this walk, even File photo in virtual spirit. The Out of Darkness Walk has become an annual event on the I and the URG Out of campus of the University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community the Darkness Campus College. This year’s event will be held digitally. Walk Committee invite you to join us on April 18th for the virtual I want to tell you 50% prevention and awareness. Though we cannot of the funds raised stay walk! We will be going live and have different in the Ohio chapter to be together physically guests, share coping provide education and like the years before, resources to schools and skills, and stories of this year we hope to survival and support. remain connected while communities in Ohio If you’d like to parand the other half of practicing social disticipate in any capacity, tancing and supporting donations goes to the national AFSP organiza- please contact me at an amazing cause. tion to further research cruggles@rio.edu. If As one of the newest you can donate, there is and create evidenceboard members of the based programs to com- a link on the Facebook American Foundation event page to allow you bat suicide. for Suicide Prevention to do so. Ohio’s suicide rate is (AFSP) Ohio Chapter, �NEWS/WEATHER 4A Thursday, April 16, 2020 Daily Sentinel GALLIA, MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS Thursday, April 16 Let Your GRADUATES’ Accomplishments SHINE! 1283, then pound (#) sign. 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In January, Board of Elections, but the county board of elecshe filed a lawsuit with the Ohio Supreme Court tions reversed itself and deemed her ineligible. to reverse the county The law requires a decision. In a 6-1 decision, the justices ruled in candidate be a resident of O’Neill’s favor. The board the district for one year of elections is ordered to prior to an election — in declare O’Neill an eligible this case, a year before the Nov. 3, 2020 election. candidate headed into According to the Ohio the 2020 General ElecSupreme Court decision, tion. O’Neill had moved into The 94th House District covers all or parts of temporary housing in Nelsonville in October four counties in South2019 before settling into east Ohio. her own apartment a O’Neill had been the lone Democrat to run for month later. the Democratic nominaThe justices noted that tion in the 94th House temporary housing is District. 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Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date 0.01 1.82 1.67 14.35 11.72 SUN & MOON Today 6:50 a.m. 8:07 p.m. 4:03 a.m. 2:08 p.m. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset New First Apr 22 Apr 30 Full Last May 7 May 14 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for fish and game. Today Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Major 7:59a 8:42a 9:22a 9:59a 10:35a 11:12a 11:51a Minor 1:47a 2:31a 3:11a 3:49a 4:25a 5:02a 5:40a 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme POLLEN & MOLD Low Moderate High Lucasville 53/35 Moderate High Very High Major 8:23p 9:05p 9:44p 10:20p 10:56p 11:32p ---- Minor 2:11p 2:54p 3:33p 4:10p 4:45p 5:22p 6:01p WEATHER HISTORY A late-season snowstorm and cold wave hit the Southeast on April 16, 1849. A 32-degree reading was the latest freezing temperature ever in Wilmington, N.C. 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Chg. -0.03 -0.35 +0.83 -0.09 none +2.21 +0.43 +5.28 +3.68 -0.01 +5.50 +2.80 +5.00 OH-70182705 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2020 Clouds and sun with a shower; cool Marietta 50/33 Belpre 51/32 Athens 50/32 St. Marys 50/34 Parkersburg 50/33 Coolville 51/32 Elizabeth 52/33 Spencer 52/33 Buffalo 54/34 Milton 55/34 St. Albans 55/36 Huntington 54/36 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s Seattle 100s 68/43 90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s San Francisco 20s 64/51 10s 0s -0s -10s T-storms Los Angeles 73/54 Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front Intervals of clouds and sunshine Clendenin 54/34 Charleston 54/33 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. 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Waverly 51/32 Pollen: 268 Low MOON PHASES SATURDAY A touch of rain in the afternoon 2 Primary: ascospores Fri. 6:49 a.m. 8:08 p.m. 4:38 a.m. 3:08 p.m. FRIDAY 59° 37° ALMANAC High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM Brody Davis is the Emergency Response Coordinator and Public Information Officer at the Meigs County Health Department. 95° in West Palm Beach, FL -6° in Dillon, CO Global High 110° in Jalgaon, India Low -28° in Summit Station, Greenland Houston 76/61 Monterrey 73/62 Miami 89/76 Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. �Sports Gallipolis Tribune $2?<=.+CM��:<36�� M� � �s�#/->398�� 30 draft hopefuls show off skills at a virtual pro day By Rob Maaddi Albany. “We were very close to getting our opportunity eliminated because of COVID-19.” But Kevin Dunn, founder and Hours before New Jersey CEO of TEST Sports Clubs, closed all gyms indefinitely and Geir Gudmundsen, the last month because of the director of football operations, COVID-19 pandemic, 30 NFL weren’t going to let that hapdraft hopefuls had a chance to showcase their talents in a vir- pen. They quickly organized the event in anticipation of tual pro day at TEST Football a nationwide lockdown that Academy in Martinsville. forced sports to shut down. It was the culmination of “We just huddled up on Fricountless hours the players had day the 13th to figure it out,” spent training and preparing, Dunn said. “We had to do both physically and mentally, something for these guys.” for actual pro days that ended Dunn and Gudmundsen up being canceled. None of the decided to turn their typiplayers at TEST’s virtual pro day attended the NFL combine, cal, mock pro days into a live event streamed on Facebook. so this was their best shot to Players gathered at the facility show what they can do. on March 16 and performed “I spent 12 weeks at TEST various drills — 40-yard dash, with 5-6 hours of work a day,” said Griffin Clancy, an offensive shuttle, three-cone — for four hours. The video has more than lineman from University at Associated Press TEAM TEST via AP TEAM TEST Football Academy’s director of football operations Geir Gudmundsen, from left, performance coach Skip Fuller and CEO Kevin Dunn prepare to watch Pace University offensive lineman Matt Snow run the 40-yard dash while performance coach Vance Matthews and NFL Draft Bible creator Ric Serritella look on at the university in Martinsville, N.J. last month. Snow was one of 30 NFL draft hopefuls who participated in TEST’s virtual pro day hours before New Jersey closed all gyms indefinitely because of the COVID-19 pandemic. 8,500 views. “We just tried to make it as authentic and as real as possible and give scouts the opportunity to view the whole thing from where their perspective would be and bring a virtual experience right to their living room,” Dunn said. “That was the only way that these kids would have the opportunity. We’ve sent multiple scouts to our Facebook page because we saved the feed. They’ve watched it and reached out to us about the times.” TEST uses a laser timing system and Ric Serritella, creator of NFL Draft Bible, registered handheld times. Serritella posted the results on his website. Serritella says he expects 15-20 “non-combine” players See DRAFT | 4B Rescheduled Tour de France hoping to make nation smile PARIS (AP) — With the Tour de France pushed back to a late August start, race director Christian Prudhomme is hoping cycling’s showcase event can help bring back a sense of normality to a nation reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers on Wednesday announced new dates of Aug. 29-Sept. 20 for the race, a day after it was postponed. And Prudhomme is still optimistic that the three-week event will be able to feature its usual scenes of thousands of fans packed along the route each day. “Lots of people smiling, getting back to the lives we love,” Prudhomme told The Associated Press in a phone interview. “Usually we like to complain and moan about things. Then, when they’re gone we realize what we’re missing. The Tour de France will likely be the first big sporting event of 2020. So there will be fervor and enthusiasm.” Prudhomme said organizers opted against having the start in early August, saying it was wiser to push back “as far away as possible from the pandemic” in the hope that social distancing restrictions will have eased. While there is a big gaping hole in the global sporting calendar for the coming months, the schedule in France is suddenly looking very busy. The start of the Tour in Nice overlaps with the end of the European Athletics Championships, which are still set to be held in Paris from Aug. 25-30. The Tour then ends on Paris’ famed Champs-Élysées avenue on the same day the rescheduled French Open tennis tournament starts a few miles away at Roland Garros. “A magnificent Indian Summer,” Prudhomme said. A cooler one than Tour riders are used to, as well. The temperatures in September aren’t likely to be as hot as in July, meaning riders may have a bit more energy on those tough mountain climbs. “Of course that’s totally possible, because in mid-September there won’t be a heatwave up in the Alps,” Prudhomme said. The Tour was set to start on June 27, but those plans were scrapped on Tuesday because of coronavirus restrictions. The International Cycling Union announced the Tour’s new dates on Wednesday. It also said the Giro d’Italia and the Spanish Vuelta, cycling’s two other Grand Tours, will take place after the French race. “The Tour has never started later than July 13 since (it began) in 1903,” Prudhomme said. British rider Geraint Thomas, the 2018 champion, said it’s crucial for cycling that its flagship event is able to take place. “A big reason why a lot of the teams are in the sport is because of the Tour, because of the coverage you get from it, it’s so big,” Thomas told the AP. “The fact that it’s got a good chance of going ahead is great news.” The UCI also announced that the dates for the world championships will still take place Sept. 20-27. That will be followed by the Giro, initially scheduled for May, and the Spanish Vuelta, which is also owned by ASO and had been set to run from Aug. 14-Sept. 6. No official new dates have been given for those two races. All the prestigious one-day road classics, including the Paris-Roubaix over the cobblestones, the Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Milan–San Remo, will go ahead but dates are yet to be decided. “I’m really happy to finally have a calendar,” said French cyclist Julian Alaphilippe, who led last year’s Tour for long spells before finishing fifth. “It’s a light at the end of the tunnel, which is something good for the morale in times like these … It gives you an extra boost to work harder in order to be fit for when the moment will come.” See TOUR | 4B 29>9=�,C��<C+8�'+6>/<=�n��& �#:9<>= Wahama senior Hannah Rose hammers out a home run during an April 2, 2019, softball contest against Eastern at Don Jackson Field in Tuppers Plains, Ohio. Still a ways to go By Bryan Walters bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com Hard to believe, but today marks the 5-week passing of the high school sports world shutting down in both Ohio and West Virginia. It was Thursday, March 12, the morning after the National Basketball Association announced that it was shutting down the remainder of its regular season just the night before. We all know why. West Virginia had successfully started its state girls basketball tournament the day before and was actually nine games into the annual event, then COVID-19 stopped things early that Thursday afternoon. In Ohio, the first of four state semifinal matchups managed to get completed before the plug was pulled on the girls basketball tournament. The Thursday decision to postpone tournaments also came the day before the OHSAA Individual Wrestling Tournament was to start. Boys basketball was working its way up to regional championships on both sides of the Ohio River as well. Both states made the proper call the day these infamous decisions were Gallia Academy senior Alex Barnes leaps through the air during an attempt in the long jump held May 6, 2019, at the Battle for the Anchor meet held against Point Pleasant in Centenary, Ohio. made, but it has been a difficult decision for many people to come to grips with. At least at first. To have athletic endeavors lost — rather it be kids competing in state level winter tournaments or starting one last sport before the summer arrived — has been tough on everyone … particularly current members of senior classes. Instead of practic- ing things like baton exchanges for relays or double-steal opportunities over the past 35 days, we’ve all been left to practice social distancing and quarantining. Hopefully, and that is the key word here, there is a light at this end of this very dark tunnel. Ohio announced a contingency plan a week ago that provided a possibility of spring sports returning, as long as school was back in session by the beginning of May. Ohio is prepared to adjust its school schedule — both academically and athletically — into June to compensate for the time lost to COVID-19. In talking with a handful of coaches and school officials in Mason County, West Virginia appears to be eyeing a similar approach to its spring schedule — pending on where things stand as of May 1. So basically, after five weeks of waiting, we still have at least two more weeks of hanging out before any kind of decision is made by either state. That doesn’t make things any easier either, but we are within a reasonable striking distance. Maybe. More than anything right now, we need to keep doing the things that have allowed us to reach a point where the possibility of re-opening schools is within reach. If that happens, then the possibility of getting back out on the diamond, or out on the track, or out on the court become a bit more realistic. As a sports reporter, I find myself missing the daily grind of telling about the wins and See WAYS | 4B �SPORTS 2B Thursday, April 16, 2020 Ohio Valley Publishing Arizona willing to host MLB, which cuts senior staff pay NEW YORK (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says his state is willing to host all 30 major league teams at the time public health concerns allow, which eventually could lead to the start of the baseball season primarily in empty spring training ballparks. MLB and the players’ association have had preliminary discussion of potential ways for the season to start if given the go-ahead by federal, state and local governments and health officials. Having all teams based in the Phoenix area is among the contingency plans being examined. There are 10 spring training parks plus the Diamondbacks’ Chase Field, which has a retractable roof, and several college facilities. “Arizona, at the right time, is very open minded to hosting whatever Major League Baseball would like from the state,” Ducey, a Republican, said Tuesday. “At the time that it would be appropriate for public health, if Arizona were in a position to reopen, we have the facilities that are here.” “We have the hotel space that is here,” he said. “We all want to make certain that the metrics and the data are proper before we’re able to go forward, but I think two words that would allow the country and the state of Arizona to know that things were headed back to normal would be: Play ball!” MLB also said Tuesday it is cutting the salary of senior staff by an average of 35% for this year due to the new coronavirus’ impact on the season. MLB is guaranteeing paychecks to its full-time employees of its central office through May. With no clarity on when the shutdown will end, players and staff intently follow the daily developments. “I think we’re all concerned that there’s not going to be a season,” Texas Rangers manager Chris Woodward said. “I don’t know when it’s going to be safe, I think the virus will let us know. If that means that we start in June, July, August or not at all, we definitely are all kind of concerned that we may not be able to play this year, and that’s a reality.” Ducey said he had spoken with Commissioner Rob Manfred about the all-Arizona option. “There’s a number of different scenarios,” the governor said. “I think the first scenario that was talked about was the idea of these clubs coming, being in hotels and in a way, having their own stay-at-home orders whether it either be at the hotel, or inside the stadium, without fans. … It’s something that Arizona is open minded to, and I’m open minded to.” Many players and staff are concerned about the potential of a long absence from family while sequestered. Minnesota catcher Mitch Garver wondered how the plan would work. “Where do we live? Who’s allowed to come with us? Are we only allowed to go to the field and back to the hotel? What kind of hotel? What kind of accommodations are we working with? Is there going to be meal money?” he said. “Then you get into player health, and we’re talking about playing in 120 degree weather on spring training fields potentially living out of a visiting locker room.” Manfred announced the salary cut Tuesday in a memorandum to staff, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press. Manfred also said the commissioner’s office will make all planned distributions to teams through May. “As part of our effort to protect the organization, my senior staff and I have decided to reduce our compensation by an average of 35% for 2020 to help the organization weather this terrible storm,” Manfred wrote in the memo, which described cost-cutting efforts. “As a result of these developments, I am pleased to be in a position to ensure that all employees that received regular pay checks in April will continue to be Conferences ask NCAA for relief By Ralph D. Russo rium be placed on schools moving into Division I for the length of the waiver. The email dated April 10 was Five major football conference first reported by Yahoo! Sports commissioners have asked the and obtained Tuesday by The NCAA to relax some requireAssociated Press. ments to compete in Division I “As you are aware, the COVIDfor four years, including the mini19 pandemic and resultant ecomum number of sports a school nomic turmoil has resulted in the must sponsor. direst financial crisis for higher A letter from the commissioneducation since at least the Great ers of the American Athletic Conference, Mountain West, Mid- Depression,” the commissioners wrote. American Conference, Sun Belt MAC Commissioner Jon Steinand Conference USA to NCAA President Mark Emmert asked for brecher told the AP the request temporary relief from financial aid was to “build flexibility into the requirements, along with average decision-making process” schools will be facing. football attendance. The request The letter came to light the was made on behalf of all 350 same day as the University of Division I schools. The commisCincinnati in the AAC announced sioners also asked that a morato- The Associated Press it was dropping its men’s soccer program to cut costs. Earlier this month, Old Dominion of C-USA cut its wrestling program. NCAA rules require Division I schools to sponsor at least 16 varsity sports. The commissioners also requested lifting rules that required schools: — Offer a minimum of 200 athletic grants-in-aid per year or spend at least $4 million in grants-in-aid on athletes, and provide 90% of the permissible maximum grants-in-aid in football over a rolling two-year period. — Once every two years on a rolling basis, average at least 15,000 in actual or paid attendance for all home football games. This requirement applies only to FBS schools. 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Manfred wrote in his memo “we are considering and analyzing a number of possibilities.” “Only one decision, however, has been made with respect to the 2020 season: Major League Baseball will return to the field only when public health officials agree that it is appropriate to play and when we are convinced that our return to the field is safe for players, employees and fans,” he wrote. “Moreover, we will never, in an effort to begin play, divert resources that are more appropriately devoted to public health initiatives and health care.” Manfred said his finance leaders have worked with department heads and have “cut programs, canceled events, delayed capital expenditures and renegotiated contracts with vendors.” “The savings realized have been crucial to our ability to maintain normal operations in other areas,” he added. Manfred called the distributions to teams “a vital part of our economic system.” “Clubs rely on these distributions to meet local obligations and to support the financing vehicles that provide much needed liquidity,” he wrote. “We have informed the clubs that we will be making all of the scheduled distributions for April and May. These distributions will assist the Clubs in paying the salary advances that are being made to players under our recent agreement with the MLBPA.” Stadium work mostly ongoing, though altered by pandemic SEATTLE (AP) — Workers are still showing up in Inglewood, California, Las Vegas, Seattle and Columbus, Ohio, and making progress on stadium and arena projects. At Belmont Park on Long Island, and in Austin, Texas, the work has mostly come to a halt. New stadiums and arenas mean revenue for pro teams and construction often falls under suffocating timelines so the doors open on time and the buildings can start making a return on investments that run into the millions or billions of dollars. But there aren’t any blueprints for dealing with a pandemic. So, work has stopped in some locations, while construction has continued in others under strict guidelines. “Safety and health are the priority, but that’s always been there,” said Ken Johnson, the construction executive overseeing the NHL arena project in Seattle. “The real thing was to get to really smart people who have built a lot of big projects to say, we’ve got to do it differently.” Eight stadiums or arenas are under construction or about to break ground in the five major professional sports in North America. NHL projects are underway in Seattle and New York with expected opening dates in 2021. MLS has four stadiums in the works, three of them for expansion teams in Austin, Sacramento, California, and St. Louis. The most pressing are the NFL stadiums being built in Los Angeles for the Rams and Chargers and in Las Vegas for the relocating Raiders. SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles is scheduled to host its first event on July 25 before the Rams and Chargers move in sometime in August. Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas doesn’t have an event scheduled until an Aug. 22 concert, but deadlines are still looming. Both projects have been given the OK to continue while California and Nevada are under stay-at-home orders because of COVID-19. But the coronavirus has infiltrated the LA project with two workers testing positive and Turner AECOM Hunt, the company overseeing SoFi Stadium, has reportedly begun daily temperature checks for workers on site along with social distancing measures. Rams COO Kevin Demoff recently raised the possibility of the stadium being delayed in an interview with the Los Angeles Times. “This is not the time you want to be finishing a stadium, in this environment as you prepare,” Demoff told the Times. “Because it’s when you need to be all hands on deck, walking through the building every day, meeting with your staff, working out the kinks and planning for it. So when you’ve been building something for a few years, you would love an optimal environment to finish it.” Two workers have also tested positive at the Las Vegas site, but construction has continued with the hopes of completion in late July. Seattle is also under a stringent deadline. The city’s expansion NHL team should have time to get the building open for it to begin play there during the 2021-22 season, but the team also wants to host the expansion draft and potentially the 2021 league draft next summer. An issue is the complex nature of the construction and the lack of a fallback option if there are major delays. 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Looking forward to next week and this process.” His agent, JR Rickert, said he’s heard from scouts who watched Clancy’s performance. “For a guy like Griffin from a smaller school, you want to get as many opportunities for scouts to see him as possible,” Rickert said. “Losing the pro day workout can be a big challenge. For a credible facility like TEST to organize the virtual pro day and make the content available was a huge help to us. Many scouts have commented to me that they were able to get a sense of how well Griffin moves based on the film.” du Dauphiné could move to early August and be shortened from eight days to five or six, he said, with extra climbs to prepare riders From page 1B for the Tour. Racing without fans lining the Prudhomme said riders will need two months to prepare for the Tour, roads and mountain passes of France is an option which has including one or two races warmup races. The postponed Criterium prompted debate, and will continue to do so while distancing requirements are still in place. “Of course we’ll respect the guidelines from the health minister,” Prudhomme said. “Logic states that there will be less people on the roads during that period, less tourists, less children on school holidays.” Ways accomplishments of our area’s youth somewhere around May. And, if not, then hopefully we can discuss some sports news in June, July or August. It’s the thought of still not talking about high school sports into September that really worries me. And it should concern you too. Keep washing those hands, practice social distancing and avoid unnecessary trips while quarantining with your families. A lot of people are really counting on that over the next couple of weeks. 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TO TIMOTHY JAMES DONOHUE: The State of Tennessee, Department of Children's Services, has filed a petition against you seeking to terminate forever your parental rights to Breanna Paige Donohue on the grounds that you have willfully abandoned this child and for other reasons. It appears that ordinary process of law cannot be served upon you because your whereabouts are unknown. You are, therefore, ordered to respond by appearing in Court or filing an Answer to the Petition filed against you. A copy of the Petition may be obtained at the office of the Juvenile Court of McNairy County, 300 Industrial Park Drive, Selmer, Tennessee. This notice will be published for four consecutive weeks. The last date of publication will be 4/30/2020. You must appear in Court on 6/16/2020 at 9:00 a.m. to appear and defend, or file an Answer within 30 days, or a Default Judgment or judgment on the facts will be taken against you and a hearing to terminate your parental rights will be set. 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Call (304) 373-1514 To schedule your video urgent care visit Video Urgent Care Hours Are: Monday-Saturday 8am to 8pm & Sundays 11am to 6pm wvumedicine.org/jackson-general-hospital �4 ������‡��2+,2�9$//(<�38%/,6+,1* &RURQDYLUXV�VSDUNV�ZRUOGZLGH�FRQFHUQ What is COVID-19? T he dawn of 2020 ushered in many newsworthy headlines, but few have turned the heads of the masses as sharply as the arrival of a QRYHO�FRURQDYLUXV�WKDW�ZDV�ÀUVW�LGHQWLÀHG�LQ�:XKDQ��+XEHL�3URYLQFH��&KLQD�� In late 2019, Chinese authorities identiÀHG�WKH�QHZ�YLUXV��ZKLFK�KDV�UHVXOWHG LQ�VFRUHV�RI�FRQÀUPHG�FDVHV�LQ�&KLQD�� DQG�DGGLWLRQDO�FDVHV�LGHQWLÀHG�LQ�D� growing number of international locations. Both the World Health Organization and The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have closely monitored the coronavirus, which was named COVID-19 in mid-February 2020. The public is understandably concerned, but educating oneself about COVID-19 and coronaviruses in general can assuage some fears. What is a coronavirus? 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