ELLEFONTAINE XAMINER B E Vol. 129 Friday, August 7, 2020 No. 197 AVAILABLE DAILY ONLINE @ examiner.org DeWine tests positive for COVID-19 BY THE EXAMINER STAFF COLUMBUS — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine took a test for COVID-19 Thursday as part of the standard protocol to greet President Donald Trump on the tarmac at Burke RELATED Lakefront Airport in Cleveland. STORY ON Governor DeWine tested positive, according to a release from his office. He NEXT PAGE has no symptoms at the present time. The governor is returning to Columbus, where he and First Lady Fran DeWine, who also has no symptoms, will both be tested. Governor DeWine plans to follow protocol for COVID- 19 and quarantine at his home in Cedarville for the next 14 days. Lt. Governor Jon Husted also took the COVID-19 test today as part of the protocol to greet the president. The Lt. Second Harvest Food Bank hosts drive-thru distributions Downtown road work begins Monday BY THE EXAMINER STAFF The Second Harvest Food Bank hosts the following The intersection of Main Street and Sandusky Avenue is among the list of downtown-area roads scheduled for road upcoming drive-thru food distributions: work beginning Monday, August 10 thought Thursday, Aug. 13, Bellefontaine city officials report. The city of • Thursdays, Aug. 6,13, and 20 — Noon to 1 p.m., Bellefontaine and the Shelly Company will be conducting paving operations in the downtown Bellefontaine next week Benjamin Logan bus garage. of Aug. 10-14. Milling of the roadway begins Monday on west Columbus Avenue at the railroad tracks and proceeds • Mondays, Aug. 10, 17, 24 and 31 — 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., eastbound to Madriver Street. Milling of Main Street begins Tuesday at the intersection of Sandusky Avenue and pro- Logan County Fairgrounds. ceeds southbound to Auburn Avenue. Paving of Columbus Avenue begins Wednesday. Main Street will be paved • Tuesday, Aug. 25 — 11 a.m. to noon, St. Vincent de Paul, Thursday. Work crews will work one block at a time, only closing that block, and then move on to the next. No Parking 483 Madison Ave., Russells Point. signs will be placed in the downtown area Friday Aug. 7, prior to the work beginning designating the dates and hours • Thursday, Aug. 27 — Noon to 1 p.m., Rushsylvania that the no parking rules will be enforced. The Bellefontaine Municipal Court will remain open for business and all Church of Christ, 170 E. Mill St., Russells Point. court appearances the week of Aug. 10 during the city’s scheduled downtown paving project. Parking is available on For more information, contact Tyra Jackson, Executive Director, Second Harvest Food Bank, (937) 325-8715 ext. 112. side streets and in city lots. (EXAMINER PHOTO | NATE SMITH) Felon arrested after scuffle with law enforcement BY THE EXAMINER STAFF near Township Road 95 for driving with a suspended control and placed in handcuffs and in the back of the A repeat felon was arrested and charged with multiple license. patrol car. drug-related charges Wednesday following a scuffle with While speaking with the driver, Henry, officers noticed While conducting a search of the vehicle officers recov- officers of the Washington Township Police Department. a glass meth pipe sitting on the passenger seat as well as a ered a large amount of a white crystal substance all over David Lee Henry, 36, of Lakeview, was lodged in Logan white crystal substance all over his lap. Henry was asked the driver seat and the floorboard. Also located was a bro- County Jail on charges including driving under suspen- to exit the vehicle and he refused. ken meth pipe, a digital scale, a bottle of brandy, a mari- sion, two counts of tampering with evidence, open con- He then reportedly grabbed an item off the passenger juana Vape, and three orange pills believed to be tainer, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a seat and threw it out the passenger window into the ditch. Buprenorphine Hydrochloride 8mg, a schedule three con- schedule two controlled substance and possession of a Officers had to forcibly remove Henry from the vehicle. trolled substance. schedule three controlled substance. During the struggle, Henry reached back into the vehi- A criminal history check on Henry revealed he has sev- An officer initiated a traffic stop of Henry’s vehicle cle trying to wipe off a white crystal substance that was all eral prior felony drug convictions. Other charges may be around 6:15 p.m. Wednesday in the area of U.S. Route 33 over the driver seat. Officers were able to get Henry under pending, officers report. eMail: [email protected] BELLEFONTAINE EXAMINER ONLINE @ examiner.org HUBBARD PUBLISHING CO. Local & State PO Box 40 • Bellefontaine, OH 43311 An independent daily newspa- n LOCAL NOTES per Founded in 1891 by E.O. & H.K. Hubbard Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tests Chronic pain call-in class begins Aug. 17 Issued daily except Sunday at 127 E. Chillicothe Ave. The Area Agency on Aging, PSA 2, is conducting a remote Chronic Pain Self-Management program for older MEMBER OF THE: positive ahead of Trump visit Ohio Newspaper Association adults meeting at 4 p.m. Mondays, starting Aug. 17. COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike eral and lieutenant governor. Each weekly session lasts approximately 30-45 min- and the Inland Daily Press DeWine, an early advocate among Trump offered DeWine his best wishes Association • The Associated utes. To register, contact Ann Finnicum by Aug. 10 by Republicans of wearing masks and other and said “he'll be fine” in remarks after leaving a message at (937) 341-3020 or e-mail Press • Ohio League of Home pandemic precautions, tested positive arriving at the airport, where he was greet- Dailies [email protected] Thursday for the coronavirus just ahead of ed by Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, who tested neg- Workshop materials will be mailed to participant’s PUBLISHER: JON HUBBARD a planned meeting with President Donald ative. GENERAL MANAGER: homes before the first call-in session. For additional infor- T.J. HUBBARD Trump. “A very good friend of mine just tested ADVERTISING DIRECTOR: mation or to see other remote wellness programming BOB CHAPMAN The Republican governor said he took a positive," Trump said. He added that CIRCULATION MANAGER: JILL THOMAS options, visit https://info4seniors.org/news/wellness-pro- test arranged by the White House in DeWine “has done a fantastic job." grams/. 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By mail outside of Logan and positive, called his wife, Fran DeWine, and Trump's visit to Ohio comes amid signs PERI meets Aug. 11 for lunch surrounding counties..............$147.40 returned to central Ohio. that he faces a tight race with former Vice “A big surprise to me and certainly a big The local Public Employee Retirement group meets ONLINE Edition President Joe Biden in a state he carried by surprise to our family,” DeWine said at a Tuesday, Aug. 11, at the American Legion, with lunch at Five weeks .................................$9.50 8 percentage points in 2016. Thirteen weeks.........................$24.70 late afternoon news conference broadcast 11:30 a.m. and a business meeting at noon. If you have Twenty six weeks .....................$49.40 from his porch on his farm in Cedarville in DeWine becomes the second U.S. gov- any questions, call Beth Christian at (937) 935-2706. 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No paper sent by had decreased after the first surge, hitting their 5:30 p.m. meetings this month, Aug. 10 and Aug. 24, at a mail unless paid for in advance, a members and staff. a low in late May. But numbers again different venue — the Lions Park shelter one (main shelter). postal regulation. Subscriptions are DeWine said he feels fine with no began to rise in mid-June as Ohio began to non-refundable. Online subscriptions symptoms. His only health concern is must be paid in advance.