https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/d8fa5d99c5ab46bd9bb0f4df33a292ed.pdf db5ed113f1fad027ff2185c8888141c6 PDF Text Text 8 AM 2 PM 8 PM 35° 54° 53° Intervals of clouds and sun today. A brief shower tonight. High 62° / Low 45° Today’s weather forecast On this day in history RedStorm softball ralllies WEATHER s 7 NEWS s 2 SPORTS s 5 C_ZZb[fehj�š�Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 42, Volume 76 Ohio celebrates 219th birthday with Statehouse event COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio is another year older with the celebration of its 219th birthday. The Ohio History Connection planned a commemoration event Tuesday at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, including the introduction of the state commission involved with the 250th birthday of the United States in 2026. Gov. Mike DeWine was also scheduled to give remarks. The Statehouse also was providing viewings of the Ohio History Connection film “The Wednesday, March 2, 2022 s 50¢ Ready for spring Debate Over Statehood.” Congress approved the Ohio’s first constitution in early 1803 and President Thomas Jefferson signed it on Feb. 19. The newly elected General Assembly conducted business for the first time on March 1, 1803, at the then Statehouse in Chillicothe. Arthur St. Clair, the first governor of the Northwest Territory, opposed statehood, while Thomas Worthington, the sixth governor of Ohio, was a strong proponent. Ohio election officials: ‘Grave concerns’ for May 3 primary By Julie Carr Smyth successful May 3rd election, and more counties lose that ability each day.” COLUMBUS, Ohio Huffman’s spokesman — County election John Fortney noted officials in Ohio raised serious questions Mon- the Ohio Redistricting Commission is schedday about their ability uled to meet again to carry out a successTuesday and may disful primary election cuss the issue there. on May 3, citing the On Saturday, Repubalready tight timeline lican Secretary of State due to still-unresolved Frank LaRose ordered state legislative maps. county boards to begin Leaders of the Ohio Association of Election adding the names of Officials strongly urged legislative and party Republican Senate Pres- central committee candidates to ballots ident Matt Huffman to — despite maps of delay the primary, as a Ohio House and Senate once-per-decade political mapmaking process districts that underlie those elections continuthat was envisioned to ing to be opposed in be done by fall drags court. well into 2022. Huffman and Republi“This confluence of can Ohio House Speakcircumstances causes er Bob Cupp required grave concerns on the LaRose to proceed with part of election officials,” the association’s the ballots in a letter president, Brian Sleeth, sent Friday, a day after the third set of legislaand vice president, tive maps was approved Sherry Poland, wrote. “As the ultimate arbiter by the Ohio Redistricting Commission. of the time, manner He, like the election and place of elections officials, raised conin Ohio, the General cerns about the risks of Assembly should be rushing the meticulous concerned as well.” series of steps that Sleeth and Poland, the respective directors leads up to each election. LaRose also has of elections in Warren and Hamilton counties, asked for a waiver from the U.S. Department of said many of Ohio’s 88 counties “no longer See PRIMARY | 10 have the ability to run a Associated Press OVP File Photo There was a sell out crowd during the 2019 Meigs County Chamber and Tourism Spring Dinner and Auction, pictured. The event returns April 1. Meigs County Chamber of Commerce annual dinner, auction April 1 By Kayla (Hawthorne) Dunham khawthorne@aimmediamidwest. com RACINE — The Meigs County Chamber of Commerce Spring Dinner and Auction returns Friday, April 1 at the Kountry Resort Campground. Susan White, executive director of the Chamber, called the event the “largest fundraising event of the year,” for the organi- zation. “Not only does it bring in money to support the Meigs County Chamber and its daily operations, but more importantly it brings together members of the community for an evening of food, fun and fellowship,” White said. White said donations are needed for a silent and live action at the dinner. Items donated can be dropped off at the Chamber office, at 236 E. Main St. in Pomeroy, or call the office at 740-992-5005. As previously reported by The Daily Sentinel, dozens of auction items are typically available for bid. Items in the past have included advertising packages, tickets to sporting events, gift cards to restaurants and businesses, and more. Tickets for the dinner need to be purchased in advance. They are available by contacting White. Tickets are $30 for a single or $50 for a couple. To sponsor a table at the event, the cost is $100. The Spring Dinner and Auction will begin at 6:30 p.m. with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. © 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Kayla (Hawthorne) Dunham is a staff writer for Ohio Valley Publishing. Reach her at (304) 675-1333, ext. 1992. Meigs fire departments receive grants Staff Report COLUMBUS – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry recently approved grant funding for 57 projects totaling $394,274 for fire departments in rural areas of Ohio through the Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Grant program. In Gallia County, the Rio Grande Fire Department received $10,000.00 for slip-in unit, truck bed, tool boxes, and tool racks. In Meigs County, the Pomeroy Fire Department received $8,206.62 for repairs to the brush truck; Racine Fire Department received $4,324.00 for a hose, foam, and power tools; and Tuppers Plains Fire Department received $2,460.60 for MARCS communication devices. “We are pleased to be able to provide fund- with less than 10,000 people within the ODNR Forestry wildfire protection area. The grant funds may be used by fire departments to purchase UTVs, slipin wildfire pump units, wildfire and structure fire PPE, MARCS radios, tools, and other items to support fire department operations and development. VFA grants may fund up to 50% of the total project cost, not to OVP File Photo exceed $10,000 per grant. Many rural fire departIn Meigs County, the Pomeroy Fire Department received $8,206.62 ments in Ohio have tight for repairs to the brush truck. budgets, and most of their limited resources wildfire prevention and ing to local volunteer must be focused on absosuppression.” fire departments for the VFA Grant projects are lute essentials for keepacquisition of upgraded ing emergency services focused on supporting firefighting equipment,” up and running. ODNR rural fire departments said Dan Balser, chief Forestry’s VFA grant proand helping them conof the ODNR Division gram helps supplement tinue to deliver safety of Forestry. “In addition fire department budgets services to their comto the training we provide, this equipment will munities. VFA grants are and facilitates important increase the efficiency of open to fire departments See GRANTS | 10 that serve communities our frontline partners in AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC (USPS 145-966) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes every Tuesday through Saturday. Subscription rate is $208 per year. Prices are subject to change at any time. 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 Periodical postage paid at Pomeroy, OH POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Sentinel, 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631. All content © 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. Portman wants further sanctions on Russia By Andrew Welsh-Huggins of Ukraine, U.S. Sen. Rob Portman said Tuesday. The U.S. should also COLUMBUS, Ohio seize assets tied to — All Russian banks Russian oligarchs and should be blocked from the SWIFT international President Vladimir Putin rather than just freezing payment system and them, and increase presRussia should lose its sure on China to block trading status with the Russia’s access to financUnited States as part es and reserves held by of efforts to punish the China, said Portman, country for its invasion Associated Press an Ohio Republican and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The U.S. has the authority to strip Russia of its Permanent Normal Trade Relations status, Portman said, calling free trade with the U.S. a privilege, not a right. “Invading a sovereign nation, an independent democracy no less, is certainly grounds to take that privilege away,” Portman said. Portman also wants the U.S. to close airspace to Russian flights, stop buying Russian oil and gas, and increase the types of weapons being considered for Ukraine as part of a pending foreign aid measure. �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Wednesday, March 2, 2022 GALLIA, MEIGS COMMUNITY BRIEFS OBITUARY 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 — James R. Lodwick, 64, of Pomeroy, passed away Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Mt. Carmel St. Ann’s Hospital in Columbus. He was born May 18, 1957, in Pomeroy, son of the late Harry Nicholas and Juanita Bolin Lodwick. James was a Office closed GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Veterans Service Office will be closed Friday, March 4 and will reopen Monday, March 7. Flea market SYRACUSE — A Flea Market will be held at the Syracuse Community Center on Saturday, March 5 from 9 a.m. t0 3 p.m. The kitchen will be open to sell concessions. Comedy at Farmers Bank MIDDLEPORT — The Blakeslee Center’s Farmers Bank Theatre will host a Stand Up Comedy Show with Jeff Oskay, Gabe Kea and Lee Kimbrell on Saturday, March 5. Doors open 6 p.m., show starts 7 p.m. For ticket purchasing call 740-9922161, or during box office hours on Friday’s from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. 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. Beginners welcome. COVID-19 vaccine clinics POMEROY — Mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinics are being offered across Meigs County. The schedule is as follows: Friday, March 4, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m at Coolspot Country Market, 41670 Ohio Route 7, Reedsville; Friday, March 18, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at The Roadside Hot Spot, 53160 Nu Beginning Road, Portland. First and second doses as well as boosters will be available, as well as other childhood vaccines. Walk-ins are welcome. There is no charge for the vaccine. For clinic questions call 740-593-2432. GALLIA, MEIGS COMMUNITY BRIEFS 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. Ohio Valley Publishing JAMES R. LODWICK member of Meigs County Fish & Game Club. He is survived by a daughter, Kassandra Lodwick; son, James Travis Lodwick; six grandchildren, Morgan, Kalijah, Danny, Layna, Dallas and Lindsay; great-grand- daughter, Winnie; a sister, Diane and Don Roush and his girlfriend, Lorri Smith. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Richard and Greg. James wished to be cremated and there will be no visitation or funeral service. Arrangements have been entrusted to WhiteSchwarzel Funeral Home in Coolville. You are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.whiteschwarzelfh. com Biden extends virus aid for states through July 1 By Zeke Miller cy Management Agency support to help continue FEMA-backed efforts like vaccination clinics, mass WASHINGTON — testing sites and surging President Joe Biden is hospital resources to deal extending the federal government’s 100% reim- with local case spikes. “FEMA’s priority bursement of COVID-19 emergency response costs throughout the response to states, tribes and terri- to COVID-19 has been to tories through July 1, the coordinate and provide White House announced the necessary resources and personnel states, Tuesday. tribes and territories White House COVID19 coordinator Jeff Zients need to adequately informed governors on a respond to the pandemconference call that Biden ic,” FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said. is approving the extension of Federal Emergen- “Today’s extension of the Associated Press 100% cost-share through July 1, 2022, builds on our efforts to assist impacted communities across state and federal levels.” The extension through the first half of the year is a sign that the White House continues to see a need for federal resources in combating COVID19 even as Biden tries to guide the country to live with the coronavirus while case counts recede. Recent examples of FEMA funding include $1.2 million given to Ball State University in Indiana last month to cover on-campus testing and $91.8 million to Wisconsin to reimburse for COVID-19 testing costs and surge staffing in treatment centers. Biden, a Democrat, first signed an order directing FEMA to cover 100% of state emergency costs related to the coronavirus on his second day in office through September 2021. He subsequently extended it to the end of 2021 and again through April 1. Nations agree to release 60M barrels of oil By David McHugh Jennifer Granholm. She said in a statement that U.S. President Joe Biden FRANKFURT, Germa- approved a commitment of 30 million barrels and ny — The International that the U.S. is ready to Energy Agency’s 31 member countries agreed “take additional measures” if needed. Tuesday to release 60 The group’s “decision million barrels of oil from reflects our common their strategic reserves commitment to address — half of that from the United States — “to send significant market and supply disruptions related a strong message to oil to President Putin’s war markets” that supplies on Ukraine,” Granholm won’t fall short after said. the Russian invasion of Russia plays an outUkraine. sized role in global The board of the Paris-based IEA made the energy markets as the third-largest oil producer. decision at an extraordiIts exports of 5 million nary meeting of energy barrels of crude per day ministers chaired by amount to about 12% U.S. Energy Secretary AP Business Writer of the global oil trade. Some 60% goes to Europe and another 20% to China. So far, U.S. and European sanctions have not barred oil or gas exports and have included exceptions for transactions to pay for oil and gas. Western leaders are reluctant to restrict Russian oil exports at a time when global energy markets are tight and high prices are fueling inflation in developed economies. But the invasion has still shaken markets worldwide. On Tuesday, oil prices soared, with U.S. benchmark crude surpassing $106 per bar- rel — the highest price since 2014. “The situation in energy markets is very serious and demands our full attention,” IEA executive director Fatih Birol said. “Global energy security is under threat, putting the world economy at risk during a fragile stage of the recovery.” Last month, the IEA said global demand for oil was 100.2 million barrels a day in the fourth quarter of 2021. Demand is expected to grow to an average of 100.6 million barrels a day this year, as restrictions to limit the spread of COVID-19 are eased, the IEA said. killed by tornadoes that struck Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. Major League Baseball expanded its playoff format to 10 teams, adding a second wild card in each league. ment to loosen COVID-19 restrictions despite pleas from health officials not to do so. The business responsible for preserving the legacy of children’s author Dr. Seuss said six of his books would no longer be published because of racist and insensitive imagery. Bunny Wailer, the last surviving founding member of the legendary reggae group The Wailers, died in his native Jamaica at 73. Thursday, March 3 CHESTER — Chester Shade Historical Association monthly Board meeting in the Academy dining room, 6:30 p.m., weather permitting, all welcome, COVID safety guidelines observed. CHILLICOTHE — The Southern Ohio Council of Governments will hold its next board meeting at 10 a.m. at Southern Ohio Council of Governments, 167 West Main Street. For more information, call 740-775-5030. Friday, March 4 SALEM CENTER — Meigs County Pomona Grange will meet with refreshments at 6:45 p.m. followed by meeting at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 5 SALEM CENTER — Star Grange #778 and Star Junior Grange #878 will meet with potluck at 6:30 p.m. followed by meeting at 7:30 p.m. Final plans for Soup Dinner on March 6 will be made. Sunday, March 6 SALEM CENTER — Star Grange will hold their annual Soup Dinner, serving from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend. Tuesday, March 8 SYRACUSE — The Syracuse Community Center Board of Directors will meet at 7 p.m. REEDSVILLE — Monthly Board meeting of the Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer District, 7 p.m., district office. POMEROY — The Meigs County Board of Health meeting will take place at 5 p.m. in the conference room of the Meigs County Health Department, which is located at 112 E. Memorial Drive in Pomeroy. 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 Beth Sergent, Ext. 2102 bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com SPORTS EDITOR Bryan Walters, Ext. 2101 bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Matt Rodgers, Ext. 2095 mrodgers@aimmediamidwest.com CIRCULATION MANAGER Derrick Morrison, Ext. 2097 dmorrison@aimmediamidwest.com TODAY IN HISTORY were able to inflict heavy damage on an Imperial Japanese convoy. Today is Wednesday, In 1955, nine months March 2, the 61st day of 2022. There are 304 days before Rosa Parks’ famous act of defiance, left in the year. Claudette Colvin, a Black Today’s highlight in history high school student in Montgomery, Alabama, On March 2, 1962, Wilt Chamberlain scored was arrested after refusing to give up her seat on 100 points for the a public bus to a white Philadelphia Warriors in passenger. a game against the New In 1985, the governYork Knicks, an NBA ment approved a screenrecord that still stands. ing test for AIDS that (Philadelphia won, 169detected antibodies to the 147.) virus, allowing possibly contaminated blood to be On this date excluded from the blood In 1861, the state of supply. Texas, having seceded In 1989, represenfrom the Union, tatives from the 12 was admitted to the European Community Confederacy. nations agreed to ban all In 1877, Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was production of CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons), the syndeclared the winner of thetic compounds blamed the 1876 presidential for destroying the Earth’s election over Democrat ozone layer, by the end of Samuel J. Tilden, even the 20th century. though Tilden had won In 1990, more than the popular vote. In 1917, actor, produc- 6,000 drivers went on er, director and bandlead- strike against Greyhound Lines Inc. (The company, er Desi Arnaz was born later declaring an impasse in Santiago de Cuba. in negotiations, fired the In 1932, the 20th strikers.) Amendment to the In 1995, the Internet Constitution, which search engine website moved the date of the presidential inauguration Yahoo! was incorporated from March 4 to Jan. 20, by founders Jerry Yang and David Filo. was passed by Congress In 2011, the Supreme and sent to the states for Court ruled, 8-1, that ratification. a grieving father’s pain In 1939, John over mocking protests at Ford’s classic Western his Marine son’s funeral “Stagecoach,” starring had to yield to First Claire Trevor and John Amendment protecWayne, opened in New tions for free speech in York. a decision favoring the In 1943, the three-day Westboro Baptist Church Battle of the Bismarck of Topeka, Kansas. Sea began in the southwest Pacific during World War II; U.S. and Ten years ago: Australian warplanes Some 40 people were Associated Press Five years ago: Under intensifying pressure, Attorney General Jeff Sessions abruptly agreed to recuse himself from any investigation into Russian meddling in America’s 2016 presidential election, acting after revelations he twice spoke with the Russian ambassador during the campaign and failed to say so when pressed by Congress. The Senate confirmed retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to be energy secretary. Today’s Birthdays: Actor John Cullum is 92. Former Soviet President and Nobel peace laureate Mikhail S. Gorbachev is 91. Actor Barbara Luna is 83. Author John Irving is 80. Actor Cassie Yates is 71. Actor Laraine Newman is 70. Former Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., is 69. Former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is 67. Singer Jay Osmond is 67. Pop musician John Cowsill (The Cowsills) One year ago: is 66. Former tennis FBI Director Chris player Kevin Curren is Wray told senators that 64. Country singer Larry the attack on the U.S. Stewart (Restless Heart) Capitol by supporters of is 63. Rock singer Jon then-President Donald Trump was “domestic ter- Bon Jovi is 60. Blues singer-musician Alvin rorism”; Wray warned of Youngblood Hart is 59. a rapidly growing threat Actor Daniel Craig is 54. of homegrown violent extremism. Thirteen peo- Actor Richard Ruccolo is 50. Rock singer Chris ple were killed when an Martin (Coldplay) is 45. SUV carrying 25 people collided with a semitruck Actor Heather McComb is 45. Actor Rebel Wilson on a California highway near the U.S.-Mexico bor- is 42. Actor Bryce Dallas der. (A Mexican man was Howard is 41. Former NFL quarterback Ben charged with organizing a smuggling run in which Roethlisberger is 40. the SUV drove through a Actor Nathalie Emmanuel is 33. Country singer hole in a border fence.) Texas became the biggest Luke Combs is 32. Singerstate to lift its mask rule, rapper-actor Becky G is 25. joining a growing move- �Ohio Valley Publishing Wednesday, March 2, 2022 3 MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN WOMEN’S HEALTH with Minimally Invasive GYN Surgery Dr. Sam Badran is a board-certified surgical gynecologist. When a woman needs surgery, Dr. Badran believes the most important priority is managing her safety as a patient. His second priority is to perform the woman’s surgery in a minimally invasive way so that she can recover and get back to living life quickly. Dr. Badran has the expertise and Pleasant Valley Hospital has the technology to do both things well. These are among the many ways that Pleasant Valley Hospital is making a difference in women’s health. 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University in Sunday’s wrap-up to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s (NFCA) Leadoff Classic at South Commons Park. Rio Grande improved to 6-4 with the victory. Submitted photo Ave Maria slipped to 3-4 Rio Grande’s Raelynn Hastings fires a pitch plateward during Sunday morning’s with the loss. 4-3 win over Ave Maria (Fla.) University in the NFCA Leadoff Classic in Columbus, The Gyrenes scored single Ga. markers in both the third and fifth innings to grab a 2-0 lead, but the RedStorm rallied to tie the game in the home half of the fifth thanks to a run-scoring infield single by freshman Jenna Myers (Hebron, OH) and a RBI double by senior Zoe Doll (Minford, OH). Rio Grande completed the comeback in the sixth when freshman pinch-hitter Megan Bazler (Portsmouth, OH) led off with a walk and was replaced at first by freshman pinch-runner Hannah Beers (Springfield, OH). One out later, Brisker — a sophomore from Oak Hill, Ohio — hit homered to left — her second long ball of the season — to put the RedStorm in front to stay. Ave Maria got one of the runs back with two outs in the seventh, but Rio senior starter Raelynn Hastings (Commercial Point, OH) retired Kylee Lewis on a routine grounder to third to end the game. Doll finished 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles, while Brisker and Myers finished with two hits each. Hastings improved to 5-2 with the win, scattering 11 hits in a complete game effort. She walked one and struck out six. Morgan Grimm had three hits and drove in two runs for See SOFTBALL | 6 Cardinals sweep Rio baseball By Randy Payton For Ohio Valley Publishing RIO GRANDE, Ohio — Concordia (Mich.) University got off to quick starts in both games and swept a Sunday afternoon non-conference baseball doubleheader from the University of Rio Grande at Bob Evans Field. The Cardinals scored three times in the first inning of a 6-1 opening game victory, while striking for six runs in the first and three more markers in the second inning of an 11-5 game two rout. Rio Grande finished the day with a season mark of 8-11. Concordia improved to 10-2 with the sweep. In game one, Rio Grande pushed across a third inning run to slice the deficit to 3-1, but the Cardinals added single runs over each of the next three frames to win going away. Aaron West had three hits, including a two-run double in the three-run first for Concordia, while Ryan Kotecki and Jimmy Wressel both went 2-for3 with a run batted in. Timothy Pomaville earned his third win of the season in relief for the Cardinals, allowing six hits and a run over 4-2/3 innings. Senior Trey Meade (Seaman, OH) started and lost for Rio, surrendering seven hits and five runs over five innings. Junior Clayton Surrell (Carroll, OH) had two hits and junior AJ Thomas (Pickerington, OH) drove in the lone run for the RedStorm. Game two was problematic for Rio Grande from the get-go. The Cardinals scored six times in the first despite getting just two hits. A trio of hit batsmen and two RedStorm errors helped fuel the fire. Rio got four of its five runs in the final two innings, long after the outcome had been decided. Both teams substituted liberally, with 49 players — 21 from Concordia and 28 from the RedStorm — seeing action. See BASEBALL | 6 OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Wednesday, March 2 Boys Basketball (4) Point Pleasant at (1) Winfield, 7 p.m. Thursday, March 3 Boys Basketball GCHS-WHS winner vs. HHS-HSJHS winner at TBD, 7 p.m. Wrestling WVSSAC Championships at Mountain Health Arena, 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 4 Boys Basketball PPHS-WHS winner vs. NHS-RHS winner at TBD, 7 p.m. Wrestling WVSSAC Championships at Mountain Health Arena, 11:30 a.m. D-2 Districts at Gallia Academy HS, 4 p.m. D-3 Districts at Heath HS, 4 p.m. Saturday, March 5 Wrestling D-2 Districts at Gallia Academy HS, 9 a.m. D-3 Districts at Heath HS, 9:30 a.m. WVSSAC Championships at Mountain Health Arena, 10:30 a.m. Courtesy | Justyce Stout Rio Grande’s Ella Skeens scored 30 points, including the game-winning basket as time expired, giving the RedStorm an 88-86 win over West Virginia University Tech in Saturday’s River States Conference Women’s Basketball Championship semifinal round matchup at the Newt Oliver Arena. Rio Grande will host Midway in Tuesday night’s title game at 7 p.m. Rio advances to title game By Randy Payton The 20th-ranked RedStorm, the tourney’s top seed overall and the No. 1 seed from the East RIO GRANDE, Ohio Division, improved to — More often than not this season, drama hasn’t 30-2 with the victory and advanced to Tuesday factored into the closing moments of games for the night’s title game where University of Rio Grande. they’ll host Midway University in a 7 p.m. tipoff. Saturday afternoon’s The Eagles, who are finish of the RedStorm’s the No. 1 seed from the River States Conference West Division, punched Tournament semifinal their ticket to the chammatchup with rival West pionship contest with Virginia University-Tech a 70-62 triumph over more than made up for Indiana University East that. in Saturday’s other semiElla Skeens scored off of an offensive rebound as final. For Rio Grande, the time expired, lifting Rio 30th win tied the proto an 88-86 victory over gram’s single-season high the Golden Bears before originally set by the 2017just under 900 raucous 2018 team. fans at the Newt Oliver Skeens, a junior from Arena. For Ohio Valley Publishing Chillicothe, Ohio and the RSC’s Player of the Week over each of the past two weeks, capped off a teamhigh 24-point, 11-rebound performance with her game-winning bucket on the final possession of the day. WVU-Tech, the No. 3 seed from the East Division, had tied the game at 86-all when Alanis Hill hit the first of two free throw attempts with 27.3 seconds left to play, but Hill misfired on her second try and Skeens wrestled away the rebound. The RedStorm refrained from taking a timeout to set up a potential winning play, elected instead to let things play out. With four seconds left, freshman Kaylee Darnell (Wheelersburg, OH) let go of a jumper from the left elbow of the lane which came up short, but Skeens snared the rebound in front of the goal and let go with a follow-up attempt which nestled through the net as time expired and touched off a chaotic on-court celebration. For much of the first half — and the opening moments of the third quarter — the thought of late-game heroics was the furthest thing from anyone’s mind. Rio closed the first half on a 16-3 run to take a See TITLE | 6 Rio men fall twice in road tri-match By Randy Payton of 25-22, 25-12, 25-10, while the host Blue Devils swept by scores of 25-17, 25-16, 25-13. SOUTHFIELD, Mich. The setbacks left Rio — If the road trip itself Grande with an overall wasn’t long enough for record of 1-14. the University of Rio In the opener, Trinity Grande men’s volleyball Christian had just seven team, the two matches that the RedStorm played errors in 80 attacks and posted a .450 attack perupon their arrival cercentage after accumulattainly were. ing 43 kills. Head coach Nick Alex Costa and Jake Rawls’ first-year squad suffered straight sets loss- Ostema finished with 12 es at the hands of Trinity and 10 kills, respectively, while Ryan Schmidt and Christian College and Nick Mioni had 17 assists Lawrence Tech University as part of a tri-match apiece in the winning hosted by LTU at the Don effort. Costa also had seven Ridler Field House. digs, while Arneet Garcha The loss to Trinity Christian came by scores had four of TCC’s 10 ser- For Ohio Valley Publishing vice aces and Bartomlej Maciczak had four block assists. Freshman Sam Taylor (Lewis Center, OH) had eight kills to lead Rio Grande, which finished with 24 kills and 16 errors over 78 attacks for a .103 swing percentage. Freshman Seth Mohr (Canton, OH) had 20 assists for the RedStorm, while freshman Juan Carlos Polanco (Columbus, OH) had 10 digs. Against Lawrence Tech, Rio Grande tallied more errors (25) than it had kills (22) in 85 attacks for a -.035 percentage. Kaylor and Mohr repeated their earlier numbers with eight kills and 20 assists, respectively, while Polanco had seven digs. Felix Perez had 12 kills and seven digs for the Blue Devils, while Andrew Lee had 23 assists in the winning effort. Tech finished with a .314 swing percentage. Rio Grande is scheduled to return to action on Wednesday night when Midway University visits the Newt Oliver Arena for a Mid-South Conference matchup. First serve is at 7 p.m. Randy Payton is the Sports Information Director for the University of Rio Grande. �SPORTS 6 Wednesday, March 2, 2022 Survey finds two-thirds of U.S. saw Super Bowl LOS ANGELES (AP) — Approximately twothirds of the United States watched the Super Bowl, according to a survey conducted by the National Football League and Nielsen. Nielsen reported the total audience on NBC, Telemundo, Peacock and NFL digital platforms averaged 112.3 million viewers for the Los Angeles Rams 23-20 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Feb. 13. Nielsen originally measured 167 million people watched at least one minute of the game. However, that swells to 208 million-plus when trying to take into account people watching the game in groups or out of the home. The survey of 6,600 households, conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago using the AmeriSpeak panel, examined the size of viewing groups at any location and to what extent those groups are larger than what’s currently measured. To estimate viewers who watched the game, the survey also took into account standard Nielsen measurement metrics. “We are always looking for ways to more strongly collaborate with our clients to better understand who may be watching, and how they may be watching,” said Jon Stainer, Nielsen Sports Managing Director for the Americas. “We have worked closely with the NFL for years and performed other studies similar to this to better understand who may be tuning in to the largest TV event every year.” Nielsen also found nearly 90% of all people using a television on Feb. 13 were watching the game. OVP SPORTS BRIEFS PYL baseball, softball signups underway POMEROY, Ohio — The Pomeroy Youth League will be having baseball and softball signups for boys ages 4-15 and girls ages 4-17 for the upcoming 2022 season. Signups will be held at the Pomeroy Fire Department from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on the Saturdays of March 5th and March 12th, as well as another signup from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday, March 10. For more information, contact Ken at 740-4168901. MYL baseball, softball signups underway MIDDLEPORT, Ohio — The Middleport Youth League will host signups for the upcoming 2022 season at the Middleport Village Hall from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on the Saturdays of March 5th and March 12th, as well as another signup from 5-7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 8. For more information, contact either Jackie at 740-416-1261 or Dave at 740-590-0438. Applications being accepted for Elks scholarship Gallipolis Elks Lodge #107 scholarships are now available for graduating high school seniors from Gallia and Meigs counties in Ohio, as well as Mason County, W.Va. Scholarship applications are only available at guidance counselor offices at high schools within the tri-county area. Awards will be based on the applicant’s financial need, scholastic achievements and leadership qualities. Deadline for return of the application to the Gallipolis Elks Lodge is Tuesday, July 5, 2022. Completed applications can also be sent to: Past Exalted Ruler’s Association, Gallipolis Elks Lodge #107, 408 Second Avenue, P.O. Box 303, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631. Baseball OH) started and lost for Rio, allowing one hit and six run — albeit one of which was From page 5 earned — win one-third Justin Kozlowski had of an inning. Thomas doubled and two hits and a run batted in for the Cardinals, drove in a run for the RedStorm. while Calvin Syrjala, Rio Grande is schedJordan Sherman and Jarrett Batanian all had uled to return to action on Friday when it two RBI in the win. Syrjala and Kyle Hebner opens the River States Conference portion of each had a double. Jacob Henry allowed its schedule at Midway University. four hits and an First pitch is set for unearned run over four innings to earn the vic- 2 p.m. tory. Randy Payton is the Sports Sophomore Taylor Information Director for the Vaughn (Lancaster, University of Rio Grande. Softball allowing nine hits and a walk. She struck out five. Rio Grande is schedFrom page 5 uled to return to action on Friday afternoon Ave Maria, while Magwith a doubleheader at gie Hampton finished 3-for-4 with a run batted Alice Lloyd College. First pitch for game in and Elena Dybiec one is slated for 1 p.m. added a double. Kassandra Clark Randy Payton is the Sports Inforwent the distance in the mation Director for the University circle for the Gyrenes, of Rio Grande. Ohio Valley Publishing MLB cancels opening day By Ronald Blum ous on-field issues into a self-inflicted hiatus over the inability of players and owners to divide a JUPITER, Fla. — $10 billion industry. By Major League Baseball losing regular-season has canceled opening games, scrutiny will fall day, with Commissioner even more intensely on Rob Manfred announcing Manfred, the commisTuesday the sport will sioner since January lose regular-season games 2015, and Tony Clark, over a labor dispute for the former All-Star first the first time in 27 years baseman who became after acrimonious lockout union leader when talks collapsed in the Lynne Sladky | AP hours before manageBaseball fan Noah McMurrain of Boynton Beach, Fla., stands Michael Weiner died in November 2013. ment’s deadline. outside Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla. on Monday. “Manfred gotta go,” Manfred said he is cantweeted Chicago Cubs The ninth work stopceling the first two series association a “best and pitcher Marcus Stroman. page in baseball history of the season that was set final offer” Tuesday on Past stoppages were will be the fourth that to begin March 31, drop- the ninth straight day of based on issues such as causes regular season negotiations. ping the schedule from a salary cap, free-agent games to be canceled, Players rejected that 162 games to likely 156 offer, setting the stage for leaving Fenway Park and compensation and pengames at most. Manfred Dodger Stadium as quiet sions. This one is pretty said the league and union MLB to follow through much solely over money. in next month as Joker on its threat to cancel have not made plans This fight was years in Marchant Stadium and opening day. for future negotiations. the making, with playCamelback Park have “Not a particularly Players won’t be paid for ers angered that payrolls been during the third productive day today,” missed games. straight disrupted spring decreased by 4% from Manfred said. “My deepest hope is 2015 through last year, training. At 5:10 p.m., Manfred we get an agreement many teams jettisoned “The concerns of our issued a statement that quickly,” Manfred said. a portion of high-priced fans are at the very top many fans had been “I’m really disappointed we didn’t make an agree- dreading: Nothing to look of our consideration list,” veteran journeymen in favor of lower-priced Manfred said. forward to on opening ment.” youth, and some clubs The lockout, in its day, normally a spring After the sides made gave up on competing in 90th day, will plunge a progress during 13 nego- standard of renewal for the short term to better sport staggered by the fans throughout the tiating sessions over 16 position themselves for nation and some in Cana- coronavirus pandemic 1/2 hours Monday, the future years. and afflicted by numerda, too. league send the players’ AP Baseball Writer Major conference races going down to the wire By John Marshall Purdue finishes the regular season Saturday at home against Indiana. Illinois (20-8, 13-5) hosts Penn State on Thursday and No. 24 Iowa Sunday. AP Basketball Writer An unprecedented day of chaos led to changes nearly everywhere in the AP Top 25, except the top two spots. It also tightened up major conference races across the country. Heading into the final week of the regular season, the first-place team in every undecided league except the Pac-12 has a lead of one game or less. The Pac-12 hasn’t been decided, either; No. 2 Arizona leads No. 16 Southern California by 1 1/2 games, but has three games this week. In the Big East, No. 9 Providence clinched the regular-season title over the weekend. To say it’s going to be a big week in the AP Top 25 is an understatement. ACC No. 4 Duke will play one of the biggest games in Cameron Indoor Stadium history on Saturday. Not only is it against North Carolina, it will be the final home game in the storied career of coach Mike Krzyzewski. It could decide the ACC regular-season title, too. The Blue Devils (25-4, 15-3, ACC) moved up three spots in this week’s poll and gave themselves a one-game lead over Notre Dame by beating Syracuse on Saturday. Duke also plays at Pittsburgh on Tuesday in its bid to win the ACC PAC-12 No. 2 Arizona cost itself a shot at securing at least a share of the Pac-12 regular-season title with its lackluster loss at ColoDavid Zalubowski | AP rado on Saturday. The Wildcats (25-3, Arizona forward Azuolas Tubelis, left, drives the lane as Colorado guard Luke O’Brien, center, and forward Jabari Walker, right, defend 15-2 Pac-12) still have a in the first half Saturday in Boulder, Colo. 1 1/2-game lead in the conference, but face a regular-season title for after beating Kansas tough makeup game at the first time since 2010. State on Monday night Southern California on The Irish play Florida and closes the season Tuesday. Arizona closes State on Wednesday, against Oklahoma State out the regular season at Pittsburgh on Saturday. on Saturday. home against Stanford on Thursday and California on Saturday. Big 12 Big Ten No. 3 Baylor took a big While seven of the top step in tightening the Big 10 teams lost on SaturSEC 12 race with its 80-70 day, No. 10 Wisconsin The SEC has a fourwin over No. 6 Kansas (23-5, 14-4 Big Ten) kept team race going down to on Saturday. The Bears, its hold on the Big Ten the wire. who climbed seven spots lead with a win against No. 13 Tennessee (21in Monday’s AP Top 25, Rutgers. 7, 12-4, SEC) tightened then took over the conferThe Badgers lead by a things up on Saturday ence lead by a half-game game over No. 8 Purdue by beating No. 5 Auburn with Monday night’s and No. 20 Illinois, but 67-62. 68-61 win over Texas. face a huge test against The Tigers (25-4, Baylor hosts Iowa State the Boilermakers on 13-3) lead the Vols, No. on Saturday. Tuesday. Wisconsin clos- 7 Kentucky and No. 14 Kansas (23-5, 12-3 Big es out the regular season Arkansas by a half-game. 12) has three games left at home against Nebraska Auburn closes out the in its bid to win at least on Sunday. regular season with road a share of its 20th Big 12 No. 8 Purdue (24-5, games against Missistitle in 26 years. The Jay- 13-5) missed out on a sippi State and South hawks play TCU, which big opportunity in SatCarolina. beat No. 12 Texas Tech urday’s chaos, losing to The Wildcats (23-6, last week, in consecutive Michigan State 68-65. 12-4) play Ole Miss and games and close out the That dropped the Boiler- Florida. The Razorbacks regular season at home makers four spots in this (23-6, 12-4) face LSU against Texas on Saturweek’s poll and potenand close out the regular day. tially off the No. 1 seed season against Tennessee, Texas Tech is 1 1/2 line in the NCAA Tourna- which also has a game games back of Baylor ment. against Georgia. 21 lead changes in the contest. The Golden Bears equaled their largest lead From page 5 of the game when a pair 12-point lead at the inter- of free throws by Alyssa Taylor with 6:07 remainmission and got the first points of the second stan- ing in the game made it za on a layup by freshman 71-66. Rio reeled off six Aleea Crites (Parkersburg, WV) to take a 48-34 straight points to regain a 72-71 lead with 4:22 advantage. remaining, but didn’t get But WVU-Tech roared to life over the next 5-1/2 the lead for good until Skeens’ game-winner. minutes with a 24-9 Three of the ties and 13 run of its own which of the lead changes over produced a 58-57 lead the span of the final fourafter a three-pointer by plus minutes. Whittney Justice with Darnell and senior 4:05 left in the period. Chyna Chambers (ColumWhat followed was a bus, OH) added 17 points game of back-and-forth over the final 14 minutes, each to the winning effort. Chambers’ total helping to produce a equaled a season-high. final tally of 12 ties and Title Skeens and Darnell also tied for team-high honors with four assists, while freshman Harlei Antritt had a game-best four blocked shots to go along with eight points and nine rebounds. Rio Grande shot 40 percent overall (32-for80), including a 6-for-17 showing from three-point range (35.3%), and connected on 18 of its 23 free throw attempts (78.3%). The RedStorm also had a 51-41 edge in rebounding. WVU-Tech was led by Hill, who fueled the second half comeback by scoring 17 of her gamehigh 26 points after the break. She also had a game-high 10 assists to go along with seven rebounds in a losing cause. Brittney Justice tossed in 22 points for the Bears, while Whittney Justice had 17 points and Brianna Ball netted 11. Ball also had a game-best 13 rebounds and a teamhigh three blocked shots before fouling out late in the game. Tech (16-16), which defeated Rio in last year’s tournament title game before also dealing the RedStorm its lone conference loss this season, shot 45.8 percent for the game (33-for-72), including a 20-for-36 performance in the second half (55.6%). �NEWS/WEATHER Ohio Valley Publishing Wednesday, March 2, 2022 7 In trans people, GOP candidates find latest ‘wedge issue’ By Jeff McMillan and Marc Levy Associated Press SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Dr. Mehmet Oz leans in to ask a little girl, “Do you remember when your parents thought you were a boy?” The question was but a few seconds of a full 2010 episode of “The Dr. Oz Show” that focused on the experience of raising transgender children. But the clip now appears in an attack ad aired by a super PAC supporting one of his Republican primary opponents in the crowded and high-stakes race for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania. Another campaign ad, from Republican U.S. Senate candidate Vicky Hartzler in Missouri, targets transgender people in sports and has her referring to an NCAA vative credentials and to come out first or forcefully enough to own the issue, Newhouse said. Or it can be used to push a rival to the left, he said. Asked for comment on the ad, which does not mention sports, Oz’s campaign — using inaccurate terminology to describe transgender women — said only that the celebrity surgeon doesn’t believe that “biological males should compete in women’s sports.” The efforts to make political hay of transgender and other LGBTQ people extend well beyond just campaign ads. At least 10 states have banned transgender athletes from participating in sports in a way that is consistent with their gender identity. Indiana is poised to be the 11th, although federal izing the fact that most everyday Americans don’t yet realize that they know someone who is transgender,” said Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality. “It is easy to fall for a myth about a group of people you don’t know, and that’s just human. … It’s just really unfortunate to now see a group of politicians try to use that to their own advantage.” Republicans use it because public opinion is on their side, said Neil Newhouse, a veteran Republican pollster. The idea of restricting transgender athletes resonates with parents of high school athletes, motivates the Republican base, and carries swing voters by 2 to 1, Newhouse said. In a primary, a Republican candidate can use it to establish their conser- athlete — Ivy League championship-winning University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas — by her deadname and saying “women’s sports are for women, not men pretending to be women.” And on Wednesday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican who is running for reelection, ordered the state’s child welfare agency to investigate reports of genderconfirming care for kids as abuse. Derision and disparagement of transgender people, and even of those perceived as their allies, are proliferating on the airwaves and in statehouses across the country as 2022 election campaigns heat up. It’s a classic strategy of finding a “wedge issue” that motivates a political base, political observers say. “They are just weapon- courts have blocked laws in Idaho and West Virginia. And then there are states that are banning or investigating genderconfirming treatment, such as Texas. The narrative of transgender people as a threat has strong parallels to bathroom-use and samesex marriage bans and can be traced to Anita Bryant’s “Save Our Children” campaign in 1977, said Andrew Proctor, an associate professor of politics at Wake Forest University who studies and teaches LGBTQ politics. The political framing is often around protecting girls, which is probably designed to broaden its appeal, Proctor and others said. “It’s good messaging. Who doesn’t want to protect children?” said Don Haider-Markel, a Univer- sity of Kansas political science professor. Although examples like Lia Thomas are few across the country, Hartzler — who cites her experience as a high school athlete and coach — said in an interview that the issue of trans athletes is ad-worthy in a Senate race because it is a “representation of the wokeness that is being inflicted upon us from all sides and has gone beyond common sense.” A spokesperson for University of Pennsylvania athletics said Thomas would not comment on the ad. The NCAA in January adopted a sport-by-sport approach for transgender athletes to document testosterone levels before championship selections. For high school sports, states have a hodgepodge of policies. Scientists take rare look under Great Lakes’ frozen surfaces By Mike Householder and John Flesher collective effort known as the “Winter Grab” — Associated Press were intended to boost knowledge of what happens in the five lakes STANDISH, Mich. — when they’re covered Bridget Wheelock knelt partially or completely onto the frozen surface of Lake Huron’s Saginaw with ice. “We got everything Bay, reached a gloved hand into the frigid water that we set out to get. The group as a whole below and pulled out a did very well,” said Don large chunk of ice. Uzarski, director of “There’s a little bit of prism effect. Right here,” Central Michigan University’s Institute for Great the Central Michigan Lakes Research, who University researcher oversaw the sampling said last week, pulling work by Wheelock and the block closer and Sand. pointing. “Can you see Lake scientists long that?” have considered winter “Oh, yeah,” said her a season when aquatic colleague, Matt Sand, activity slows. Most leaning in for a look before holding open a col- do their field studies at other times of year. lection bag as Wheelock But researchers now slid the fragment inside. They were members of think more is going on more than a dozen crews in the bitter depths than previously believed, from U.S. and Canadian including activity influuniversities and govenced by climate change. ernment agencies who “All of these differventured onto the frozen ent components of the Great Lakes to gather ecosystem ... we always samples and data. measured during the The field studies over summertime, but we the past few weeks — a TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 35° 54° 53° AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™ Temperature The AccuWeather.com Asthma Index combines the effects of current air quality, pollen counts, wind, temperature, dew point, barometric pressure, and changes from past weather conditions to provide a scale showing the overall probability and severity of an asthma attack. 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Tue. 0.00 Month to date/normal 0.00/0.14 Year to date/normal 10.72/6.61 Snowfall (in inches) POLLEN & MOLD Low Moderate High SUN & MOON Primary: basidiospores, other Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Low Thu. 6:58 a.m. 6:23 p.m. 7:48 a.m. 7:35 p.m. MOON PHASES New First Full Last Mar 2 Mar 10 Mar 18 Mar 25 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for fish and game. Today Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Tue. Major 11:20a 11:42a 12:36a 1:25a 2:14a 3:04a 3:54a Minor 5:08a 5:57a 6:47a 7:36a 8:25a 9:15a 10:05a Major 11:45p ---12:58p 1:47p 2:36p 3:27p 4:17p Minor 5:33p 6:21p 7:09p 7:58p 8:47p 9:38p 10:28p WEATHER HISTORY Record high temperatures were set across the East on March 2, 1991. Pittsburgh and Erie, Pa., rose to 74 and 70 degrees, respectively. Albany, N.Y., reached 65, and Charleston, W.Va., jumped to 81 degrees. Moderate Lucasville 63/43 High Very High Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services AIR QUALITY 0 50 100 150 200 300 Portsmouth 63/44 500 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. Tue. Flood 24-hr. Location Stage Level Chg. Willow Island 37 12.37 -0.29 Marietta 34 24.97 -2.75 Parkersburg 36 27.22 -2.46 Belleville 35 12.71 -0.33 Racine 41 12.97 -1.05 Point Pleasant 40 34.57 -5.06 Gallipolis 50 19.60 -3.62 Huntington 50 43.97 -2.35 Ashland 52 48.43 -1.83 Lloyd Greenup 54 21.01 -1.40 Portsmouth 50 47.00 -2.30 Maysville 50 47.80 -0.90 Meldahl Dam 51 48.00 -0.50 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022 Warmer with clouds and sunshine Logan 58/37 A shower in the morning; mostly cloudy 52° 34° Cloudy and mild with rain possible Cooler with rain and drizzle possible NATIONAL CITIES Belpre 58/41 Athens 59/40 St. Marys 58/41 Parkersburg 59/42 Coolville 58/42 Elizabeth 59/44 Spencer 59/45 Buffalo 61/46 Milton 62/46 Clendenin 60/47 St. Albans 62/47 Huntington 64/46 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s 100s Seattle 90s 52/44 80s 70s Billings 55/34 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s San Francisco 10s 63/49 0s -0s Los Angeles -10s 83/54 T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front TUESDAY 65° 38° Marietta 57/41 Murray City 58/38 Ironton 64/46 Ashland 64/47 Grayson 64/47 others around the lakes — will produce data on light penetration through the ice. “Light is driving photosynthesis, which is the energy for the entire ecosystem,” Uzarski said. Scientists also will analyze the samples for organic matter, particularly tiny plant and animal plankton at the base of aquatic food chains. The Winter Grab was organized with a sense of urgency: Great Lakes ice cover has been shrinking since the 1970s. Some experts say it may become increasingly rare as the climate heats up. That could have many ripple effects beyond devastating the ice fishing industry, Uzarski said. Without ice, there’s more winter evaporation. If that lost water isn’t replaced by rain or snow, lake levels drop — with potential implications for wetlands, nutrient concentrations and fish. “It is all connected,” Uzarski said. MONDAY 73° 62° Wilkesville 60/42 POMEROY Jackson 61/44 62/41 Ravenswood Rio Grande 60/44 62/44 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 60/35 GALLIPOLIS 62/45 61/45 62/45 South Shore Greenup 64/46 63/43 51 Sun and areas of high clouds McArthur 60/39 Very High Primary: other Mold: 23 SUNDAY 73° 54° Adelphi 59/37 Chillicothe 60/37 SATURDAY 56° 37° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Waverly 61/39 Pollen: 1 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Tue. 0.0 Month to date/normal 0.0/0.2 Season to date/normal 17.7/15.4 Today 7:00 a.m. 6:22 p.m. 7:20 a.m. 6:27 p.m. FRIDAY Cloudy and cooler 2 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme (in inches) THURSDAY Intervals of clouds and sun today. A brief shower tonight. High 62° / Low 45° HEALTH TODAY Precipitation EXTENDED FORECAST 47° 26° Statistics through 3 p.m. Tue. 65°/34° 51°/32° 75° in 1976 9° in 1960 marily perch and walleye. Their fortunes have risen and fallen over the past half-century amid efforts to help the Great Lakes recover from industrial pollution, habitat loss, nutrient overloading and exotic species infestations. Uzarski and fellow researchers study the bay’s coastal wetlands, really don’t know what’s taking place out there in the wintertime at all,” Uzarski said. “You can’t take half the puzzle and figure out what it looks like. You have to put the whole thing together.” Saginaw Bay, off Michigan’s eastern coast, is a favorite of anglers in pursuit of sport fish, pri- 8 PM ALMANAC High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low Mike Householder | AP Bridget Wheelock, wetland ecology lab manager in Central Michigan University’s biology department, saws into the frozen surface of Lake Huron’s Saginaw Bay last month in Standish, Mich. Field studies over the past few weeks — a collective effort known as the “Winter Grab” — are intended to boost knowledge of what happens in the five Great Lakes when they’re covered partially or completely with ice. a stopover for migrating species such as great blue herons and sandhill cranes. The area is plagued by phragmites, an invasive reed that covers thousands of shoreline acres. Toxic algae blooms have formed in the waters, likely a result of farm fertilizer runoff. For the recent excursion onto the icy bay, Wheelock and Sand affixed cleats to their boots and lugged a sled and wheeled cart loaded with tools and supplies. Temperatures hovered around freezing but a driving wind and slushy rain made it seem much colder. Stopping nearly a tenth of a mile (0.16 kilometer) offshore, they used an auger, saws and other tools to bore holes through ice nearly 15 inches (38 centimeters) thick. 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VIN: 1FMCU93709KD00732 2009 Ford Escape VIN: 1FTSW21P96EA25912 2006 Ford F-250 LEGAL NOTICE SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE In the State of Ohio, Gallia County, Court of Common Pleas No. 15CV000109 Beneficial Financial I Inc. (Plaintiff) (a) William Post, 10/6/1823; (Meigs County Probate Court Case No.: 2022 6002) (b) Mary Ann Osborn, 12/30/1850; (Meigs County Probate Court Case No.: 2022 6003) (c) Jane Osborn, 9/1852; (Meigs County Probate Court Case No.: 2022 6004) (d) Adeline Osborn, 9/25/1853; (Meigs County Probate Court Case No.: 2022 6005) (e) Ezra Osborn, 12/23/1856; (Meigs County Probate Court Case No.: 2022 6006) (f) Henry Osborn, 1/11/1862; (Meigs County Probate Court Case No.: 2022 6007) (g) Mary S. Osborn, 4/10/1891; (Meigs County Probate Court Case No.: 2022 6008) The hearing on the Applications for Case Numbers as above shall be held at 9:30 a.m. on March 28, 2022, before the honorable L. Scott Powell, Judge, Probate Court of Meigs County, Ohio, 100 East Second Street, Room 203, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. /s/ Erin E. Heater, Meigs County Probate Court Clerk Filed January 18, 2022 vs. Doyle J. Saunders, et al. (Defendants) 01/26/22, 02/2/22, 02/9/22, 02/16/ 22, 02/23/22, 03/2/22 In pursuance of an Alias Order of Sale directed to me in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction, on the front steps of the Gallia County Courthouse in the above named county, on Friday, the 11th day of March, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. the following described real estate, and if the property remains unsold after the first auction, it will be offered for sale at auction again on Friday, the 25th day of March, 2022, at 10:00 a.m.: Situated in the Township of Springfield, in the County of Gallia and the State of Ohio. NOTICE BY PUBLICATION PEOPLES BANK FKA PEOPLES BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, PLAINTIFF, VS. THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, NEXT OF KIN, SPOUSES, DEVISEES, LEGATEES, ADMINISTRATORS, EXECUTORS, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, IF ANY, OF BONNIE POOLER AKA BONNIE L. POOLER, DECEASED, AND THE UNKNOWN SPOUSES OF ANY INDIVIDUAL LISTED HEREIN, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO, CASE NO. 21-CV-072. Being town Lots Numbers Fraction Nineteen (19) and Lots numbers (20) and Twenty-One (21) and Twenty-Two (22) in Powell's Addition to Heatley (now called Bidwell) in said township, County, and State. 1) The Unknown Heirs, Next of Kin, Spouses, Devisees, Legatees, Administrators, Executors, Successors and Assigns, if any, of Bonnie Pooler aka Bonnie L.Pooler, Deceased, and The Unknown Spouses of Any Individual Listed Herein; Names and Addresses Unknown; and Property Address: 178 Church Street, Bidwell, OH 45614 Parcel Number: 028-007-020-00; 028-007-021-00; 028-007-022-00; 028-007-023-00 Prior Instrument Reference: Gallia County, Ohio records Said Premises Appraised At: $85,000.00. The appraisal was completed based on an exterior view of the property only. Neither the Sheriff's Office nor any affiliates have access to the inside of the property. 2) John Doe, the Unknown Spouse, if any, of Amanda Honaker, last known address 36380 New Hope Road, Long Bottom, OH 45743; name and current address: unknown Terms of Sale: First Sale - to be sold for not less than two-thirds of the appraised value. Second Sale - if the property does not sell at the first auction, a second sale of the property will be held on March 25, 2022. The second sale shall be made without regard to the minimum bid requirements in ORC § 2329.20. A deposit in the amount of $5,000.00 is due by the close of bids on the property. The balance is due within thirty days after confirmation of sale. The purchaser shall be responsible for those costs, allowances, and taxes that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to cover. ORC § 2327.02(C) requires successful bidders to pay recording and conveyance fees at the time of sale. Matt Champlin Sheriff Gallia County, Ohio Manley Deas Kochalski LLC Attorney 2/23/22,3/2/22,3/9/22 You are hereby notified that you have been named Defendants in the action entitled Peoples Bank fka Peoples Bank, National Association, Plaintiff, vs. The Unknown Heirs, Next of Kin, Spouses, Devisees, Legatees, Administrators, Executors, Successors and Assigns, if any, of Bonnie Pooler aka Bonnie L. Pooler, Deceased, and The Unknown Spouses of Any Individual Listed Herein, et al., Defendants. This action has been assigned Case No. 21-CV-072, and is pending in the Court of Common Pleas of Meigs County, Ohio. The object of the Complaint demands judgment against the Defendants, for purposes of foreclosing on security, in the sum of $17,894.57, plus interest at a rate of $1.53 per day from November 4, 2021, until fully paid, plus any costs advanced or fees accrued, in order to foreclose upon a mortgage upon real estate located at 69240 State Route 124, Reedsville, OH 45772, (Auditor's Parcel No.: 09-00102.000), which is more fully described in deed recorded in Volume 391, Page 2655, Meigs County Official Records, and costs of this action, that the Plaintiff's mortgage be adjudged the first and best lien upon the real property, except for real estate taxes; that all of the Defendants be required to set up their respective claims to the real property, if any, or be forever barred therefrom; that the equity of redemption of all Defendants be foreclosed; that the liens on the real property be marshalled; that the real property be sold and that the proceeds of such sale be applied first in payment of the judgment of the Plaintiff; that the purchaser at such foreclosure sale be awarded a writ of possession and all other persons in possession of the real property be evicted; that a receiver be appointed to take charge of the real property and collect rents therefrom; and such other relief as the Court deems appropriate. You are required to answer the Complaint within twenty-eight (28) days after the last publication of this Notice, which will be published once each week for three (3) successive weeks. The last publication will be made on the 16th day of March, 2022, and the twenty-eight (28) days for answer will commence on that date. In the case of your failure to answer or otherwise respond as requested by the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure, judgment by default will be rendered against you and for the relief demanded in the Complaint. ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF: Michael L. Barr, LITTLE, SHEETS & BARR, LLP, P.O. Box 686, Pomeroy, OH 45769, Telephone: (740) 992-6689 3/2/22,3/9/22,3/16/22 %DVHPHQW :DOOV %UDFHG +XQGUHGV 2I /RFDO 5HIHUHQFHV /LFHQVHG� %RQGHG ,QVXUHG FREE ESTIMATES 24 Hours (740) 446-0870 www.rogersbasementwaterproofing.com SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE Case No. 21CV000072 State of Ohio Gallia County Freedom Mortgage Corporation Plaintiff, vs. Sierra L Johnson, Sierra L Johnson, et al. Defendant(s). In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction to be held on the second floor meeting room of the Courthouse in Gallipolis, Ohio, on the 11th day of March, 2022 at 10:00 AM the following described real estate, to wit: Situate in the Northeast Quarter of Section 8, Township 5 North, Range 16 West, Perry Township, Gallia County, Ohio, located on Centerpoint Road, and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point in the intersection of the center line of Centerpoint Road with the common line of Sections 5 & 8 of Perry Township, Gallia County, Ohio, said point also being in the common line of Stephen Harder as recorded in Deed Volume 258, Page 765 and John & Irene Hansen as recorded in Deed Volume 168, Page 411, both recorded in the Deed Records of Gallia County, Ohio; Thence from said beginning, leaving said center line and with said common section line, S. 82 deg. 02` 18" E. 36.35 feet to a 5/8" x 30" reinforcing bar with survey cap stamped "S.6482", set by this survey in the northerly line of Centerpoint Road; Thence leaving said road and continuing with said common section line, S. 82 deg. 02` 18" E. 295.06 feet 10 a 5/8" x 30" reinforcing bar with survey cap stamped "S.6482", set by this survey in the westerly line of Raymond D. Hutchins as recorded in Deed Volume 244, Page 055; Thence leaving Harder and said common section line and with said line of Hutchins, S. 07 deg. 10` 37" W. 168.40 feet to a fence post found by this survey; Thence continuing with Hutchins, S. 07 deg. 10` 37" W. 39.66 feet to a point in the aforementioned center line of Centerpoint Road; Thence leaving Hutchins and with said center line the following seven (7) courses and distances: (1) N. 56 deg. 15` 18" W. 39.91 feet; (2) N. 52 deg. 11` 0 1" W. 59.26 feet; (3) N. 49 deg. 36` 38" W. 60.23 feet; (4) N. 48 deg. 18` 50" W. 60.39 feet; (5) N. 48 deg. 57` 18" W. 61.08 feet; (6) N. 48 deg. 57` 47" W. 60.57 feet; (7) N. 48 deg, 39` 10" W. 52.62 feet to the place of beginning. Containing 0.824 acre. Subject, however, to all valid outstanding easements, rights of way, mineral leases, mineral reservations and mineral conveyances of record. All monuments are as described above and the bearings shown herein are derived from an assumed meridian and are 10 be used to denote angles only. This description is the result of an actual survey made by Walter B. Lambert, Ohio Professional Surveyor No. 6482 in March of 2000. Said premises appraised at $47,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of this amount. TERMS OF SALE: The successful purchaser, as soon as his bid is accepted, shall be required deposit on the day of the sale, in cash of by check payable to the sheriff, 10% of the amount of such accepted bid but in no event less than $1,000.00. The balance of the purchase price shall be due and payable to the sheriff within thirty (30) days from the date of confirmation of the sale. The purchaser shall be required to pay interest on said unpaid balance at 10% per annum from the date of confirmation of the sale to the date of payment of the balance unless the balance is made within eight (8) days from the date of sale. "2327.02 (C) requires successful bidders pay recording and conveyance fees to the sheriff at the time of sale." Matt Champlin Sheriff of Gallia, Ohio 2/23/22,3/2/22,3/9/22 �NEWS/CLASSIFIEDS Ohio Valley Publishing Wednesday, March 2, 2022 9 Russian forces escalate attacks on Ukraine’s civilian areas By Yuras Karmanau, Jim Heintz, Vladimir Isachenkov and Dasha Litvinova memorial said a Jewish cemetery at the site, where Nazi occupiers killed more than 33,000 Associated Press Jews over two days in 1941, was damaged, but KYIV, Ukraine — Rus- the extent would not be sian forces escalated their clear until daylight. At the same time, a attacks on crowded urban areas Tuesday, bombard- 40-mile (64-kilometer) convoy of hundreds of ing the central square in Ukraine’s second-biggest Russian tanks and other vehicles advanced slowly city and Kyiv’s main TV on Kyiv, the capital city of tower in what the counnearly 3 million people, try’s president called a in what the West feared blatant campaign of terwas a bid by Russian ror. President Vladimir Putin “Nobody will forgive. to topple the government Nobody will forget,” President Volodymyr Zel- and install a Kremlinfriendly regime. enskyy vowed after the The invading forces bloodshed on the square also pressed their assault in Kharkiv. on other towns and cities, Ukrainian authorities including the strategic said five people were ports of Odesa and Marikilled in the attack on upol in the south. the TV tower, which is a Day 6 of the biggest couple of miles from central Kyiv and a short walk ground war in Europe since World War II found from numerous apartRussia increasingly ment buildings. A TV isolated, beset by tough control room and power sanctions that have substation were hit, and thrown its economy into at least some Ukrainian turmoil and left the counchannels briefly stopped try practically friendless, broadcasting, officials apart from a few nations said. like China, Belarus and Zelenskyy’s office also reported a powerful mis- North Korea. Overall death tolls from sile attack on the site of the fighting remained the Babi Yar Holocaust memorial, near the tower. unclear, but a senior Western intelligence offiA spokesman for the blew out windows and walls of buildings that ring the massive square, which was piled high with debris and dust. Inside one building, chunks of plaster were scattered, and doors, ripped from their hinges, lay across hallways. “People are under the ruins. We have pulled out bodies,” said Yevhen Vasylenko, an emergency official. Zelenskyy pronounced the attack on the square “frank, undisguised terror” and a war crime. “This is state terrorism of the Russian Federation,” Pavel Dorogoy | AP he said. Ukrainian emergency service personnel carry a body of a victim out of the damaged City Hall building In an emotional appeal following shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday. to the European Parliament later, Zelenskyy said: “We are fighting shifting tactics. Moscow’s were killed when the cial estimated that more strategy in Chechnya and region’s Soviet-era admin- also to be equal members than 5,000 Russian solSyria was to use artillery istrative building on Free- of Europe. I believe that diers had been captured or killed. Ukraine gave no and air bombardments to dom Square was hit with today we are showing pulverize cities and crush what was believed to be a everybody that is what we overall estimate of troop are.” missile. fighters’ resolve. losses. He said 16 children The attack on Freedom The bombing of the Britain’s Defense MinTV tower came after Rus- Square — Ukraine’s larg- had been killed around istry said it had seen an est plaza, and the nucleus Ukraine on Monday, and sia announced it would increase in Russian air he mocked Russia’s claim target transmission facili- of public life in the city and artillery strikes on that it is going after only — was seen by many ties in the capital used populated urban areas military targets. Ukrainians as brazen by Ukraine’s intelligence over the past two days. “Where are the chilevidence that the Russian agency. It urged people It also said three cities — Kharkiv, Kherson and living near such places to invasion wasn’t just about dren? What kind of military factories do they hitting military targets leave their homes. Mariupol — were encirwork at? What tanks are but also about breaking In Kharkiv, with a cled by Russian forces. they going at?” Zelenskyy their spirit. population of about 1.5 Many military experts said. The bombardment worry that Russia may be million, at least six people Thousands evacuate Australian floods By Rod McGuirk and John Pye river in the town of Lismore in the state’s Associated Press north. The body of a woman BRISBANE, Australia in her 80s was found by — Tens of thousands of a neighbor in her Lismore home on Tuesday, people were ordered to evacuate their homes by a police statement said. There were no details of Tuesday and hundreds of thousands more were how she died. Dozens of cars were told to prepare to flee trapped on a bridge as parts of Australia’s in the nearby town of southeast coast were Woodburn over Moninundated by the worst day night with both the flooding in more than bridge’s approaches suba decade. At least 10 merged. Up to 50 people people have died. were rescued from the New South Wales bridge early Tuesday, Premier Dominic Perofficials said. rottet said there had “We had no capabeen 1,000 rescues in the state by Tuesday and bilities to get them off in the dark so we just had more than 6,000 calls to make sure that they for authorities to help. bunkered down and we Scores of residents, went in this morning some with pets, spent and got them all out,” hours trapped on their Woodburn State Emerroofs by a fast-rising gency Services Commander Ashley Slapp said. The floodwaters were moving south into New South Wales from Queensland state in the worst disaster in the region since what was described as a once-in-acentury event in 2011. Perrottet said 40,000 people had been ordered to evacuate, while 300,000 others had been placed under evacuation warnings. Government meteorologist Jonathan Howe described the recent rainfall in northern New South Wales and southern Queensland as “astronomical.” Nine of the 10 deaths reported so far were in Queensland. A 76-yearold man who disap- peared with his vehicle in floodwaters northwest of Brisbane on Sunday has since been confirmed dead. Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll said another man in his 70s remained missing after falling from his moored yacht in the state capital Brisbane into a swollen river on Saturday. The cleanup was underway in Brisbane, Australia’s third most populous city, despite more storms forecast for later in the week. Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner urged people to register for the “Mud Army,” as the thousands of volunteers who mobilized to help out after the 2011 floods were dubbed. Classifieds NOTICE OF PRIVATE SELLING OFFICER SALE UNDER JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE OF LIENS FOR DELINQUENT LAND TAXES, PURSUANT TO SECTION 5721.39 OF THE OHIO REVISED CODE In the Common Pleas Court of Gallia County, Ohio. Whereas, judgment has been rendered against certain parcels of real property for taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, interest, and costs as follows: The Common Pleas Court Case No.; the case caption; the street address (for guidance only); the permanent parcel number; minimum acceptable bid; auction end date and second auction end date for each parcel, as defined by the Statutes of Ohio are set forth below as follows: 21CV000023; Tax Ease Ohio IV LLC v. 5th Street, Inc., Trustee of My Land Trust, et al; 331 Massie Rd., Oak Hill, OH 45656, Greenfield Twp.; 010-001-019-02; MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE BID $8,613.81 (PLUS 10% BUYER'S PREMIUM); AUCTION END DATE: March 24, 2022; SECOND AUCTION END DATE: April 21, 2022 NOTE: All parcels will be auctioned online at www.OhioForeclosures.com. All auctions will begin at least seven (7) days prior to the auction end date. If any parcel does not receive a sufficient bid, it shall be offered for sale, under the same terms, on the same website, with the second auction beginning at least seven (7) days prior to the end date of the second auction. A ten percent (10%) Buyer's Premium will be added to the high bid to determine the sale price. Full legal description of parcels, and other sale details, are available at www.OhioForeclosures.com. TERMS OF SALE: Purchaser shall be required to pay a buyer's premium, in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the high bid price, which shall be added to the high bid and included in the full purchase price. Deposit of $5,000.00, shall be wire transferred to Standard Title Co. no later than 2:00 pm EST the day following auction end. Balance of the FULL purchase price shall be wire transferred to Standard Title Co. no later than thirty (30) days following the confirmation of sale. Failure to pay deposit, buyer premium or balance of purchase price timely will result in private selling officer moving the court for a contempt citation against purchaser. The purchaser shall be responsible for those costs, allowances, and taxes that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to cover. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT PARCELS TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION MAY BE SUBJECT TO A FEDERAL TAX LIEN THAT MAY NOT BE EXTINGUISHED BY THE SALE. NOTE: Prospective bidders are responsible for knowing what they are bidding on prior to the time of sale by first having reviewed the records of the City wherein the parcel is located, and the records of the County, and further, by personally viewing the parcel at its location. NOTE: Per Section 5721.38 of the Ohio Revised Code, an owner of a parcel may redeem his property by payment in full of all taxes and costs until the sale of such parcel is confirmed by the Court. This advertisement is prepared and published pursuant to the provisions of Section 5721.37 and 5721.39 of the Ohio Revised Code. 3/2/22,3/9/22,3/16/22 SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE Case No. 19CV000148 State of Ohio Gallia County OneMain Financial Services, Inc. Plaintiff, vs. James E. Burdette, et al. Defendant(s). In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction to be held on the second floor meeting room of the Courthouse in Gallipolis, Ohio, on the 11th day of March, 2022 at 10:00 AM the following described real estate, to wit: SITUATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF GALLIPOLIS, IN THE COUNTY OF GALLIA AND STATE OF OHIO: BEING IN SECTION 34, AND BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION, SAID POINT BEING 134.4 FEET WEST OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 35; THENCE WEST ON THE SECTION LINE 99 FEET AND 8 INCHES TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH 28° WEST 327 FEET TO TEXAS ROAD; THENCE EAST ALONG TEXAS ROAD 99 FEET AND 8 INCHES TO A POINT, SAID POINT ALSO BEING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MARIN M. MOSS AND NORMA GEAN MOSS`S (NOW OR FORMERLY) .14 OF AN ACRE TRACT; THENCE NORTH 28° EAST 327 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING .75 OF AN ACRE, MORE OR LESS. Said premises appraised at $8,500.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of this amount. TERMS OF SALE: The successful purchaser, as soon as his bid is accepted, shall be required deposit on the day of the sale, in cash of by check payable to the sheriff, 10% of the amount of such accepted bid but in no event less than $1,000.00. The balance of the purchase price shall be due and payable to the sheriff within thirty (30) days from the date of confirmation of the sale. The purchaser shall be required to pay interest on said unpaid balance at 10% per annum from the date of confirmation of the sale to the date of payment of the balance unless the balance is made within eight (8) days from the date of sale. "2327.02 (C) requires successful bidders pay recording and conveyance fees to the sheriff at the time of sale." Matt Champlin Sheriff of Gallia, Ohio 2/23/22,3/2/22,3/9/22 IN BRIEF Indiana lawmakers send trans girls sports ban to governor INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to a Republican-backed bill that would ban transgender women and girls from participating in school sports that match their gender identity, sending it to the governor to decide whether it will become law. The state Senate voted 32-18 largely along party lines in favor of the proposal that opponents argue is unconstitutional, sexist and bigoted. If Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb signs the bill into law, Indiana would join at least 10 other GOP-led states that have adopted such bans. The governor’s office declined to comment after the bill passed Tuesday. Holcomb told reporters last week that he would wait to see the final version before making a decision. He said he “adamantly” agrees that “boys should be playing boys sports and girls should be playing girls sports, and mixed sports should be just that,” referring to a person’s sex at birth. Hungary’s Orban faces pressure to cut ties with Putin BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s rightwing nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orban, has for more than a decade nurtured close political and economic ties with Russia, giving him the reputation as the Kremlin’s closest European Union ally. For weeks, as Russian President Vladimir Putin amassed tens of thousands of troops along the borders of Ukraine, Hungary’s neighbor to the east, Orban avoided condemning the buildup and spoke emphatically against applying sanctions. As tensions escalated, Orban even traveled to Moscow, where he met with Putin in the Kremlin, their 12th official visit in as many years, and lobbied for larger shipments of Russian gas. But when Russia’s large-scale invasion commenced last week, Orban for the first time laid responsibility for the tensions and violence on Moscow in what could be a turning point in his more than decadelong, pro-Russia approach. “Russia attacked Ukraine this morning with military force,” Orban said hours after the invasion began Thursday. “Together with our European Union and NATO allies, we condemn Russia’s military action.” NBC News, known for TV, makes push into podcasting NEW YORK (AP) — NBC News is making an ambitious push into the podcast market, with audio series on conspiracy theories, the British royalty and legacy of Title IX in scholastic athletics planned in the next few months. Bonus episodes of two popular recent podcasts, “Southlake” and the “Dateline” spinoff “The Thing About Pam,” are also being released in early March. NBC News was tied for 11th in Edison Research’s list of top podcast networks by reach, the only company that is known primarily as a television news broadcaster in the company’s top 18. NBC News said the audience for its podcasts in 2021 grew by 19% over the year before. “One of our biggest priorities continues to be generating original, distinctive reporting and pushing out across a variety of platforms,” said NBC News President Noah Oppenheim. “Podcasts are a new format for us to play in, but it’s rooted in the same fundamentals that drive all of our work.” �NEWS 10 Wednesday, March 2, 2022 Biden in State of the Union: Dictators must ‘pay a price’ By Zeke Miller and Colleen Long CNN and Reuters, Zelenskyy said he Associated Press urged Biden to deliver a strong and “useful” message about RusWASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will sia’s invasion. Ahead of the speech, the White vow to make Vladimir House announced that Putin “pay a price” for Ukrainian Ambassador Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in his first State to the U.S. Oksana Markarova would join of the Union address, first lady Jill Biden in rallying allies abroad while also outlining his the galleries to watch Biden’s address. plans at home to fight Biden will address a inflation and the fading but still dangerous coro- mask-optional crowd in the House chamber, one navirus. sign of the easing coroBiden planned in his navirus threat. But he’ll Tuesday night remarks to highlight the bravery also speak from within a newly fenced Capitol of Ukrainian defenddue to renewed security ers and the resolve of concerns after last year’s a newly reinvigorated insurrection. Western alliance that Rising energy prices has worked to rearm the as a result of Russia’s Ukrainian military and war in Ukraine risk cripple Russia’s econoexacerbating inflation my through sanctions. He was set to deliver an in the U.S., which is already at the highest ominous warning that level in 40 years, eating without consequences, into people’s earnings Russian President and threatening the ecoPutin’s aggression wouldn’t be contained to nomic recovery from the pandemic. And while Ukraine. “Throughout our his- the geopolitical crisis in Eastern Europe may tory we’ve learned this lesson – when dictators have helped to cool partisan tensions in Washdo not pay a price for ington, it can’t erase the their aggression, they political and cultural cause more chaos,” discord that is casting Biden was to say, doubt on Biden’s ability according to advance excerpts released by the to deliver on his pledge to promote national White House. “They unity. keep moving. And, the Biden is speaking costs and threats to to an American public America and the world that is frustrated with keep rising.” his performance. A Even before the February AP-NORC Russian invasion sent poll found that more energy costs skyrocketing, prices for American people disapproved than families had been rising, approved of how Biden and the COVID-19 pan- is handling his job, 55% demic continues to hurt to 44%. That’s down from a 60% favorable families and the counrating last July. try’s economy. White House officials Biden planned to outline plans to address acknowledge the mood of the country is “sour,” inflation by reinvesting citing the lingering in American manufacpandemic and inflation. turing capacity, speedBiden, in his speech, ing supply chains and will highlight progress reducing the burden of from a year ago — with childcare and eldercare the majority of the U.S. on workers. population now vacci“We have a choice,” nated and millions more Biden was to say. “One people at work — but way to fight inflation also acknowledge that is to drive down wages the job is not yet done, a and make Americans recognition of American poorer. I have a better discontent. plan to fight inflation. Biden aides say they Lower your costs, not believe the national your wages.” psyche is a “trailing indiSet against disquiet cator” that will improve at home and danger with time. But time is abroad, the White running short for the House had conceived president, who needs Tuesday night’s speech to salvage his first-term as an opportunity to highlight the improving agenda to revive the political fortunes of his coronavirus outlook, rebrand Biden’s domes- party before November’s tic policy priorities and midterm elections. House Republicans show a path to lower say the word “crisis” costs for families grappling with soaring infla- describes the state of the union under Biden tion. But it has taken and Democrats -- from on new significance with last week’s Russian an energy policy that invasion of Ukraine and lets Russia sell oil nuclear saber-rattling by abroad to challenges at home over jobs and Putin. immigration. In an interview with Grants From page 1 purchases like firefighter personal protective equipment and basic Primary From page 1 Defense seeking more time to prepare and deliver military ballots. Democratic Secretary of State candidate Chelsea Clark accused LaRose of caving to the fire suppression equipment. VFA grant funding is provided to ODNR Forestry from the U.S. Forest Service. Information provided by ODNR. wishes of Republican leaders over the best interests of Ohio voters. “As a result, the person charged with ensuring trust in our state’s election processes is once again putting his future ambition ahead of his solemn duties,” she said in a statement. Daily Sentinel Grant to support hands-on learning By Mindy Kearns He added in an attempt to advance student understanding of science, the school’s science and MASON — Students in science and agriculture agriculture department has committed to student classes at Wahama High application of understandSchool will see more ing through reasoning, hands-on opportunities design, analysis, and comfor learning, thanks to munication. a recent grant from the The grant will not Robert and Louise Claflin only be used by Roush, Foundation. but also teachers Scott The $2,200 in grant Johnson, Mason Hicks, funds will elevate stuand Russell Kidwell. dents’ understanding Examples of some of the through increased depth hands-on activities will of knowledge in science, according to Jodie Roush, be robot construction and programming, analysis Wahama science teacher of trace evidence from a who wrote the grant crime scene, and air qualapplication. Special to OVP ity analysis. “Designing curriculum to meet the rigorous demands of twenty-first century understanding increases the necessity for acquiring funds,” Roush said in the application. “Although funds are provided to each school, the needs in science often warrant requests for materials and equipment that exceed the yearly allotment. This project will allow students the opportunity to work with equipment and technology used by universities, healthcare, and industry.” The grant was pre- sented by Foundation Secretary Gary Fields. He, along with Foundation President Stephen Littlepage, also presented recent grants to the Town of New Haven for both a welcome sign and park upgrade, the Mason Volunteer Fire Department, the New Haven and Community Volunteer Fire Department, and the New Haven Youth League. © 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Mindy Kearns is a freelance writer for Ohio Valley Publishing, email her at mindykearns1@hotmail.com. Gerald Herbert | AP A person makes faces during the march with the Societe de Sainte Anne parade during Mardi Gras on Tuesday in New Orleans. Mardi Gras spirit takes over New Orleans By Rebecca Santana and Janet McConnaughey Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Revelers decked out in traditional purple, green and gold came out to party on Fat Tuesday in New Orleans’ first fulldress Mardi Gras since 2020. The fun includes back-to-back parades across the city and marches through the French Quarter and beyond, with masks against COVID-19 required only in indoor public spaces. Parade routes are shorter than usual, because there aren’t enough police for the standard ones, even with officers working 12-hour shifts as they always do on Mardi Gras and the days leading up to the end of the Carnival season. But with COVID-19 hospitalizations and case numbers falling worldwide and 92% of the city’s adults at least partly vaccinated, parades and other festivities are back on after a season without them. “I love Mardi Gras,” said Todd Hebert, who was dressed in a purple jacket with sequined lapels, a pale blue tutu with pink stripes, and a black hat with small horns on the top and a fringe of pink feathers as he rode the ferry across the Mississippi River on Tuesday to take part in the festivities. “It’s the best time of the year. Last year was sad,” he said. Costumed partiers gathered before dawn to see the North Side Skull & Bone Gang, dressed as skeletons, wake up the city’s Treme neighborhood, reminding everyone of their mortality. From then on it was “Let the good times roll,” with celebrations in just about every corner of the city, leading up to a ceremonial clearing of Bourbon Street at midnight. Along Jackson Avenue in the city’s Central City neighborhood, crowds were bundled in blankets as they waited for the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club’s parade, which started decades ago as a mockery of white festivities, with Black float riders in blackface and grass skirts. People wore sequined jackets, kids played football with throws they’d caught at previous parades and speakers on the back of a truck boomed with the sound of “Mardi Gras Mambo.” “This is Christmas to me. I’d rather miss Christmas than Mardi Gras,” a man calling himself Bo Ski Love said as he waited for the parade with his son. Last year was “disappointing,” he said. He still cooked a turkey at home and drove around to see houses decorated like floats, but it wasn’t the same. He said he loves just about everything about Mardi Gras: the crowds, the atmosphere, the people, the happiness. “It’s the biggest party in the world,” he said. Further down the street, Nikia Dillard was putting on gold, purple and green false eyelashes and taking photos with the group of girlfriends and family she has gathered with to watch Zulu at the same spot for years. After spending last year celebrating at home and “in spirit,” it was good to be back to something closer to normal. “It’s a wonderful feeling. We have been cooped up, quarantined, trying to be responsible for so long, and we’re still being responsible,” she said, noting that her group has been vaccinated and received their booster shots and has masks. Mobile, Alabama, which calls itself the birthplace of Mardi Gras, also missed throwing a full-blown Carnival last year because of COVID19, and some restaurant managers say they are still having a hard time filling jobs, leading to the odd sight of empty tables while people line up out the door in places. But music already was blaring downtown hours before the first Fat Tuesday parade as families used lawn chairs to stake out spots behind police barricades on Government Street, a main drag through the city. The return of Carnival season has been a muchneeded boon for business in New Orleans, where the famed restaurants and music venues were restricted or closed for months. Man in church shooting prohibited from having gun By Kathleen Ronayne and Stefanie Dazio nia state law, he was not supposed to have a gun Associated Press because of the restraining order. On Tuesday morning, SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A man who was under a small memorial with flowers, balloons, stuffed a restraining order and animals, a candle and a not supposed to have a gun fatally shot his three piece of paper that read “Prayers for peace, may daughters, a chaperone your souls rest” was set and himself during a up outside the church in supervised visit with the Arden-Arcade neighthe girls at a California borhood of Sacramento. church, officials said The girls — ages 9, Tuesday. 10 and 13 — attended Investigators were schools in the Natomas trying to piece together Unified School District the father’s motive and in northwestern Sacrahow he got the weapon used in the shooting that mento. Counselors and chaplains were at the occurred at about 5 p.m. schools Tuesday to proMonday. Under Califor- vide support. “There are very few words that can give comfort right now for this unspeakable tragedy,” the school district said in a statement. Yadira Ortega lives across the street from the church and said she heard the gunfire while sitting in her car after returning home from picking up takeout dinner for her family. She was with her 9-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son. Ortega said there were multiple shots, then a pause before a final shot. Minutes later the area was swarming with police, she said. Ortega said she knew little about the non-demoninational church named The Church in Sacramento and said it’s busy on Sundays but mostly quiet during the week. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office has offered few details about the shooting inside the church, which sits on a mostly residential block near a commercial area east of downtown Sacramento. Authorities have not disclosed the names of the 39-year-old gunman or the victims and have not said what type of weapon used. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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