https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/7c03c15748d45cb1c8c144d7d0aacd7a.pdf 2133afd90eb041654281eb363f1fa805 PDF Text Text Tourism calendar released NEWS s 10 8 AM 2 PM 8 PM 41° 68° 69° Warmer today with periods of sun. A shower tonight. High 78° / Low 64° Today’s weather forecast Taking the lead WEATHER s 4 SPORTS s 6 C_ZZb[fehj��Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 45, Volume 76 High-speed chase ends in Pomeroy with a wreck Staff Report that was coming into the Town of Mason at speeds in excess of BEND AREA — A 100 miles per hour. high-speed chase that led police through four Once the vehicle was in Mason, Sgt. Tyler Doss towns in West Virginia and Patrolman Clayton and Ohio ended with Gibbs led the pursuit the suspect allegedly with the other agencies. crashing in the Village The pursuit continof Pomeroy, according ued into Ohio, where to Mason Police Chief Kinzel reportedly Colton McKinney. crashed his vehicle in Cody Kinzel, 25, of Pomeroy. Kinzel allegNew Haven, W.Va., edly left the vehicle and will be facing pending charges from the Mason Sgt. Doss and Patrolman Gibbs apprehendPolice Department of ed him after a short foot felony ﬂeeing, reckless pursuit. The Pomeroy operation, and other Police Department and charges at the Mason Meigs County Sheriff’s County Magistrate Ofﬁce, McKinney said. Department took Kinzel into custody and he was The chief stated at approximately 9:30 p.m. later reportedly treated Thursday, both the New for injuries. “Seeing all the agenHaven and Hartford, cies in the Bend W.Va. police departments were involved in the pursuit of a vehicle See CHASE | 12 Saturday, March 5, 2022 s $2 Statehouse map dispute continues By Julie Carr Smyth constitutional. The panel approved its third set of Statehouse maps on Feb. 24. The vote prompted the high court COLUMBUS, Ohio — A group to call off an in-person hearing to of Republican voters seeking use which it had called the commisof Ohio legislative maps in 2022 sion’s high-proﬁle line-up. elections that have been declared The justices’ decision is expected unconstitutional is pleading with any time on the constitutionality a federal court to expedite their of the third round of maps, which lawsuit. In a ﬁling Friday, the group told drew continuing objections from U.S. District Judge Algenon Marb- voting rights and Democratic ley that any plans to delay a status groups that have sued. The GOP voters’ reasoning for conference scheduled for Monday to March 14 would effectively deny swift action on their case in federal their right to have their case heard. court is that delaying by a week would push the proceeding past a Marbley decided last week date when a ruling in their favor to pause the federal case to see whether the Republican-dominated could be implemented in time for Ohio’s May 3 primary. Ohio Redistricting Commission, “The back-and-forth between the after two failed tries, would come Redistricting Commission and the up with legislative maps that the Ohio Supreme Court did not stop Ohio Supreme Court would deem The Associated Press Ohio election law,” the ﬁling said. “Ohio’s key election deadlines are set by statute, including key deadlines in February and March.” The plaintiffs mention 18 times in the 20-page ﬁling that Marbley needs to refer their case to the chief circuit judge so that he can appoint a three-judge panel to hear their case. That judge is Jeffrey Sutton, a conservative appointed by former Republican President George W. Bush. Marbley was appointed by Democratic President Bill Clinton. The ﬁling at no time mentions that the Republican-led General Assembly has the power to delay Ohio’s primary election to accommodate court wrangling. Legislative leaders have refused so far to See MAP | 12 Grants for Human Trafficking Prevention Programs Gallia, Meigs counties included Staff Report tional Church in Vermilion, Ohio, to a ﬁtness center — but the gym didn’t want the heavy bell, and Shanks didn’t feel good about it being scrapped. She made a $1,000 donation to the church in exchange for the bell, which earlier had adorned the belfry of the First Presbyterian Church of Cleveland. When Shanks and her husband, Robert, retired in Chino Hills, California, they hauled the bell with them. “It became the joke of the family,” said Shanks’ daughter, Amy Miller, COLUMBUS — Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday announced 11 organizations will receive over $1.3 million in grants to develop and implement human trafﬁcking prevention programs across Ohio — Gallia and Meigs counties were included. According to a news release from DeWine’s ofﬁce, the grants are from a collaboration between the Governor’s Ohio Human Trafﬁcking Task Force, the Ohio Children’s Trust Fund (OCTF), and the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services’ (ODJFS) Children’s Justice Act Task Force. The programs will assist minors who are victims or at-risk for human trafﬁcking and professionals that serve minor victims, and will expand human trafﬁcking prevention education, direct intervention services, and training to minors at risk of victimization. Receiving $80,000 is the Survivor Advocacy Outreach Program which reportedly serves Gallia, Meigs, Athens, Hocking, Perry, Vinton and Morgan counties. “Human trafﬁcking is a reprehensible crime that has devastating effects on its survivors,” said Gov. DeWine. “These grants show our continued commitment to help protect those most vulnerable to human trafﬁcking and will provide additional support to professionals on the front line.” Because of these programs, community members, professionals, families, and at-risk youth across Ohio will receive muchneeded human trafﬁcking prevention services, outreach, and advocacy, according to the news release. See BELL | 3 See GRANTS | 3 Mason Police Department | Courtesy A high-speed chase that led police through four towns in West Virginia and Ohio ended with the suspect allegedly crashing in the Village of Pomeroy, according to Mason Police Chief Colton McKinney. Pictured is the reported crash scene. Pomeroy Council talks potholes, tree planting By Kayla (Hawthorne) Dunham khawthorne@aimmediamidwest.com POMEROY — The Pomeroy Village Council met last week, discussing potholes and planting trees near the parking lot. Present during the meeting were council members Nick Michael, Phil Ohlinger, Aaron Oliphant and Maureen Hennessy. Council President Michael was the acting mayor, as Pomeroy Mayor Don Anderson was not in attendance. Ohlinger said he received a letter from the United Plant Savers, which is a non-proﬁt in Rutland, who want to purchase and plant native dogwood trees near the parking lot at no cost to the village. Council agreed, as long as the location is checked and clear of utility lines. Michael and the rest of council said the time for potholes is coming. The village will be patching holes, but is waiting for funding to be secured to obtain the materials. See COUNCIL | 12 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 © 2020 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. Amy Miller photo via AP A bronze bell cast in 1834 by Paul Revere’s son, Joseph Warren Revere, is readied for shipping in Chino Hills, Calif., for transport to the Paul Revere Heritage Site in Canton, Massachusetts. Amy Miller, the daughter of the California couple who acquired the bell in 1984, says she and her brother donated it to the museum so the public could view and appreciate it. For whom the bell rolls Paul Revere chime returning home By William J. Kole Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A bronze bell cast in 1834 in Paul Revere’s Massachusetts foundry is coming home — capping a nearly two-century, cross-country odyssey that saw it hauled by oxcart to churches in Ohio before languishing for decades in a California garage. After a weeklong journey across the U.S., the historic bell is being returned Friday to the site where it was created 188 years ago, said Kiley Nichols, a spokesperson for the Paul Revere Heritage Site in Canton, just south of Boston. The museum said the 1,000-pound (453-kilogram) bell was made by the Revolutionary War patriot’s son, Joseph Warren Revere, who took over his father’s foundry in 1804. In 1984, real estate agent Jeannene Shanks became the bell’s accidental owner. She’d helped broker the sale of what once was First Congrega- A CLOSER LOOK In 1984, real estate agent Jeannene Shanks became the bell’s accidental owner. She’d helped broker the sale of what once was First Congregational Church in Vermilion, Ohio, to a fitness center — but the gym didn’t want the heavy bell, and Shanks didn’t feel good about it being scrapped. She made a $1,000 donation to the church in exchange for the bell, which earlier had adorned the belfry of the First Presbyterian Church of Cleveland. �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Saturday, March 5, 2022 RACO plans spring yard sale, food drive The Racine Area Community Organization held its regular monthly meeting recently at the Kathryn Hart Community Center. The secretary and treasurer’s reports were presented and approved. The dates for the spring yard sale were set for Thursday, May 5, Friday May 6, and Saturday, May 7, to be held at Star Mill Park. RACO has two yard sales each year (spring and fall ) and all proceeds are used for scholarships that our awarded to Southern High School graduates. Donations are currently being accepted. RACO members to reach for making donations are: Sherry Werry 740-416-1324, Tonja Hunter 740-508-0044, and Kim Romine 740-992-2067 or 740-992-7079. Applications for scholarships this year will be handed out at Southern High School on Wednesday, March 2, at 8a.m. This application will include: RACO Scholarships, Jim Adams Memorial, Clarence & Ruth Bradford Memorial, Racine Enqinuity Scholarship, Vinas Lee Educational Scholarship, Miss Suzanne Memorial, Carl B. Weese Memorial, Jean Alkire Memorial, Jean Alkire Educational, Kathryn Hart Memorial, Frank & Deloris Cleland Memorial, Helping Hands Scholarship, Roy & Alice Adkins Educational Opportunity Scholarship, Todd Grindstaff Memorial, Roscoe Mills, Jr. Memorial, and Don & Susie Grueser Memorial Scholarship. RACO is also planning to hold a food drive at Dollar General on May 14. All proceeds made will be donated to the Meigs Cooperative Parish. The next RACO meeting was set for Tuesday, March 22, at 6:30p.m. at the Kathryn Hart Community Center at Southern High School. Dale Hart led in the Pledge to the Flag to close the meeting. New members are always welcome. Submitted by Melanie Weese. GALLIA, MEIGS COMMUNITY BRIEFS Editor’s Note: Gallia Meigs Briefs will only list event information that is open to the public and will be printed on a space-available basis. 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. 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. Kindergarten registration GALLIPOLIS — Registration will be held for children who will be ﬁve-years-old before Aug. 1, 2022. Bring birth certiﬁcate, shot records, social security, proof MIDDLEPORT — The Blakeslee residency and registration packet. Remain in vehicle for staff to colCenter’s Farmers Bank Theatre will host a Stand Up Comedy Show lect packet and documents. Washington Elementary 740-446-3213 with Jeff Oskay, Gabe Kea and — March 14-16; Green Elementary Lee Kimbrell on Saturday, March 5. Doors open 6 p.m., show starts 740-446-3236 — March 7-8; Rio 7 p.m. For ticket purchasing call Elementary 740-245-5333 — 740-992-2161, or during box ofﬁce March 21-22. Call home school to hours on Friday’s from 11 a.m. - 3 register. p.m. ‘Stand Up Comedy’ at Theatre Spring cleanup RUTLAND — Rutland Township Trustees ask all decorations be removed from cemeteries in Rutland Township by March 15 for spring cleanup. It is asked that decorations remain off until April 7 to have time to get cemeteries cleaned up for Easter and summer mowing. COVID-19 vaccine clinics POMEROY — Mobile COVID19 vaccine clinics are being offered across Meigs County. The remaining schedule is as follows: Friday, March 18, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at The Lenten fish fry returns GALLIPOLIS — The Lenten Fish Fry menu returns to St. Louis Catholic Church, 85 State Street, each Friday in March. Serving is set for 4:30 p.m. - 7 p.m., March 4 (today), as well as March 11, 18 and 25. Offering meal packages from $12 to $15, as well as a child’s menu for $6. Serving shrimp, fried and sauteed ﬁsh, side dishes, desserts, drinks. Cemetery cleanup LETART TWP — According to an announcement from Letart Township Trustees, cemetery patrons are asked to remove all decorations not secured to the foundation of gravesites in the cemetery by March 15. Per Letart Township cemetery policy, any decorations or other items remaining in the grass around the foundation of the gravesite after that date will be removed and disposed of by cemetery personnel. Storytime at the library MEIGS COUNTY — Story Time is held at each Meigs Library location weekly. Bring preschoolers for stories and crafts. Mondays at 1 p.m. at Racine Library; Tuesdays at 1 p.m. at Eastern Library; Wednesdays at 1 p.m. at Pomeroy Library; and Thursdays at 1 p.m. at Middleport Library. Kindergarten/ preschool sign-up RACINE — Registration for Kindergarten will be held on April 12-13 for children that will be 5 years old before Aug. 1, 2022. Registration for Preschool will be held on April 11-12 for children turning 4 years old by October 1, 2022. To make an appointment, call the ofﬁce at 740-949-4222. Needlework Network POMEROY — Join the Needlework Network on Wednesday mornings at 10 a.m. in the Riverview Room at the Pomeroy Library. Socialize and craft with experienced fabric artists. Bring your work in progress to share with the group. Beginners welcome. Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month viewed as they are of Crippled Chiltoday. In fact, in dren’s services to the early 1900’s the Bureau of Chilchildren with dren with Medical disabilities were Handicaps that we often described as know today. The “crippled”, “slow”, American Psychoor ‘”peculiar.” In logical Association Meigs 1912 a Children’s Health began to support Bureau was foundMatters the use of “People ed under President Angie Rosler ﬁrst language.” Taft to monitor a Basically this is wide range of childmoving from a hood statistics. It wasn’t description of a delay until 1948 that the ﬁrst ﬁrst (“Autistic child”) to Ohio laws were passed to instead recognizing the “deal with the provision child ﬁrst (“child with of services to ‘crippled’ Autism”, “child with children” in response to learning disability”). The the Polio epidemic. movement to support chilIn 1955 diagnostic dren continued through services became available the years at the congress for every Ohio child to level as well. The rehaevaluate a “handicapping” bilitation act of 1973 condition regardless of enacted a protection from income. In 1987 language discrimination of any began to change when individual based on their the coverage program disability. This paved the transitioned from Bureau way for other acts such as the Individuals with Disability and Education Act (IDEA) in 1975 that CONTACT US enabled all children equal 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 rights to an education, 740-446-2342 and the American of DisAll content © 2022 Gallipolis Daily Tribune and The Daily Sentinel abilities act of 1990 that edition. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be also protects those with reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. disabilities against disADVERTISING DIRECTOR crimination. 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ProfesBryan Walters, Ext. 2101 bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com sionals now are motivated in their careers to teach President Reagan recognized March as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month to “increase public awareness of the needs and the potential of Americans with developmental disabilities” and to provide the “encouragement and opportunities they need to lead productive lives and to achieve their full potential.” According to the Center of Disease Control (CDC), one in six (17%) of children in the United States ages 3-17 years are diagnosed with some form of disability. Developmental disabilities are a group of conditions due to an impairment in physical, learning, language, or behavior areas. These disabilities can sometimes last a lifetime. Individuals with disabilities have not always been young minds that may not think the same as many of their peers. Individual Education Plans (IEP) are more common and carry much less stigma than in previous years. Our entire society has made many shifts out of judging disabilities and instead started supporting them. A famous quote from Mahatma Gandhi says, “The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.” Many families are not aware of all the local programs to help with early detection and intervention, medical care, support and even transportation. Programs such as CMH (Children with Medical Handicaps), HMG (Help Me Grow)/ EI (Early Intervention), FCFC (Family and Children First Council), and OOD (Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities) provide a resource for those with medical or developmental disabilities. As a CMH public health nurse at the Meigs County Health Department, I am dedicated to ﬁnding local resources for families in need. Please contact me with any questions: Angie Rosler RN 740-992-6626. Angie Rosler is the Children with Medical Handicaps nurse at the Meigs County Health Department. Ohio Valley Publishing OBITUARY PHYLLIS M. PLYMALE GALLIPOLIS — Phyllis M. Plymale, 82, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Friday, March 4, 2022 at her daughter’s residence. Born on July 29, 1939 in Gallipolis, Phyllis was the daughter of the late Cecil Engil and Genevieve Elizabeth Jones Price. She was raised on a dairy farm and was the last survivor of eleven siblings. She added light to the ones around her; she was a devoted Christian and a member of Mina Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. She loved time with her grandchildren; her wonderful colorings have brightened many lives and are true pieces of art. On February 12, 1960, Phyllis married Paul Joseph Plymale, who preceded her in death on July 19, 2011. Phyllis is survived by her children, Marcia Lynn Plymale, Barry (Amy) Plymale, and Jody Marie (Roger) Hall; grandchildren, Christopher Bowman, Joseph Plymale, Carita (Steven) McDaniel, and Burgandi (Michael) Colegrove; stepgrandchildren, Benton (Brenda) Hall, Karen (Robert) Plants, and Timothy (Teresa) Hall; and great-grandchildren, Sutton Williams, Rohan Plymale, Katie Colegrove, Remington Colegrove and Blake Bowman. In addition to her parents, siblings, and husband, Phyllis was preceded in death by a great grandchild, Sophia Grace Bowman. The funeral service for Phyllis will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, March 7, 2022 at Willis Funeral Home 12 Garﬁeld Avenue Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 with Pastor Jack Northup and Pastor Ralph Workman ofﬁciating. Burial will follow in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 6, 2022 at the funeral home. Please visit www. willisfuneralhome.com to send e-mail condolences. DEATH NOTICE CONGO PORTLAND — Ruby E. Congo, 90, of Portland, Ohio, died at 8:10 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Private graveside services were held in the Stiversvilles Cemetery. Services were entrusted to the Cremeens-King Funeral Home, Racine, Ohio. GALLIA, MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS Editor’s Note: The Daily Sentinel and Gallipolis Daily Tribune appreciate your input to the community calendar. To make sure items can receive proper attention, all information should be received by the newspaper at least ﬁve business days prior to an event. All coming events print on a space-available basis and in chronological order. Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@aimmediamidwest.com or GDTnews@aimmediamidwest. com. 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 to be held 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. Monday, March 7 LETART TWP — The regular meeting of the Letart Township Trustees will be held at 5 p.m. at the Letart Township Building, 49380 SR 124. 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. Wednesday, March 9 HARRISONVILLE — Scipio Township Trustees will be holding their regular township meeting on at 7 p.m. at the Harrisonville Fire House. Friday, March 11 GALLIPOLIS — The Regular Monthly Board meeting of the O. O. McIntyre Park District will be held at 11 a.m., in the Park Board ofﬁce at the Gallia County Courthouse, 18 Locust St. Monday, March 14 BEDFORD TWP — Bedford Township trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the Bedford townhall. Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com �NEWS Saturday, March 5, 2022 3 Brooks-Grant Camp officers Jan. 6 panel sees evidence of Trump ‘criminal conspiracy’ By Farnoush Amiri, Eric Tucker and Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press WASHINGTON — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol said Wednesday for the ﬁrst time that its evidence suggests crimes may have been committed by former President Donald Trump and his associates in the failed effort to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. Trump and his associates engaged in a “criminal conspiracy” to prevent Congress from certifying Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the Electoral College, the House committee said in a court ﬁling. Trump and those working with him spread false information about the outcome of the presidential election and pressured state ofﬁcials to overturn the results, potentially violating multiple federal laws, the panel said. “The Select Committee also has a good-faith basis for concluding that the President and members of his Campaign engaged in a criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States,” the committee wrote in a ﬁling submitted in U.S. District Court in the Central District of California. The 221-page ﬁling marks the committee’s most formal effort to link the former president to a federal crime, though the actual import of the ﬁling is not clear. Lawmakers do not have the power to bring criminal charges on their own and can only make a referral to the Justice Department. The department has been investigating last year’s riot, but it has not given any indication that it is considering seeking charges against Trump. The committee made the claims in response to a lawsuit by Trump adviser John Eastman, a lawyer and law professor who was consulting with Trump as he attempted to overturn the election. Eastman is trying to withhold documents from the committee. In a statement late Wednesday, Charles Burnham, Eastman’s attorney, said his client has a responsibility “to protect client conﬁdences, even at great personal risk and expense.” Burnham added, “The Select Committee has responded to Dr. Eastman’s efforts to discharge this responsibility by accusing him of criminal activity.” The brief ﬁled Wednesday was an effort to knock down Eastman’s attorney-client privilege claims. In doing so, the committee argued there is a legal exception allowing the disclosure of communications regarding ongoing or future crimes. “The Select Committee is not conducting a criminal investigation,” Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, the committee’s Democratic chairman, said in a statement. “But, as the judge noted at a previous hearing, Dr. Eastman’s privilege claims raise the question whether the crimefraud exception to the attorney-client privilege applies in this situation.” The ﬁling also provides new details from the committee’s interviews with several top Trump aides and members of former Vice President Mike Pence’s team, including chief of staff Marc Short and chief counsel Greg Jacob. The committee said it has evidence that Trump sought to obstruct an ofﬁcial proceeding — in this case, the certiﬁcation of the election results — by trying to strong-arm Pence to delay the proceedings so there would be additional time to “manipulate” the results. “The evidence supports an inference that President Trump and members of his campaign knew he had not won enough legitimate state electoral votes to be declared the winner of the 2020 Presidential election during the January 6 Joint Session of Congress, but the President nevertheless sought to use the Vice President to manipulate the results in his favor,” the ﬁling states. In a Jan. 6, 2021, email exchange between Eastman and Jacob revealed by the committee, Eastman pushed for Pence to intervene in his ceremonial role and halt the certiﬁcation of the electoral votes, a step Pence had no power to take. Jacob replied: “I respect your heart here. I share your concerns about what Democrats will do once in power. I want election integrity ﬁxed. But I have run down every legal trail placed before me to its conclusion, and I respectfully conclude that as a legal framework, it is a results-oriented position that you would never support if attempted by the opposition, and essentially entirely made up.” He added, “And thanks to your bulls—-, we are now under siege.” The ﬁling represents the most comprehensive look yet at the ﬁndings of the Jan. 6 committee, which is investigating the violent insurrection of Trump’s supporters in an effort to ensure that nothing like it happens again. While the panel can’t pursue criminal charges, members want to provide the public a thorough account of the attack, in which hundreds of people brutally beat police, pushed through windows and doors and interrupted the certiﬁcation of Biden’s win. So far, lawmakers and investigators have interviewed hundreds of people, including members of Trump’s family and his chief of staff as well as his allies in the seven swing states where the former president tried and failed to prove he won. The panel has also sought out information from members of Congress and subpoenaed records and testimony from top social media platforms they believe had a hand in the spreading of election misinformation. The committee is expected to fully release its ﬁndings in a lengthy report or series of reports later this year, ahead of the midterm elections. The panel is also planning days or weeks of hearings starting in April with some of the witnesses who testiﬁed. Thomas Galloway | Courtesy Officers for Brooks-Grant Camp No. 7, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Middleport, Ohio are pictured. Front row, Senior Vice Commander Dale Colburn. Standing from left, Chaplain/Patriotic Instructor Greg Michael, Secretary/ Treasurer Alan Holter, Commander Tom Galloway and Junior Vice Commander Keith Whaley. IN BRIEF Russia blocks access to Twitter, Facebook After blocking Facebook, Russia’s state communications watchdog has quickly followed up by declaring a block on Twitter amid the tensions over the war in Ukraine. The agency, Roskomnadzor, said Friday it cut access to Twitter in line with the Russian Prosecutor General’s ofﬁce decision. The watchdog has previously accused Twitter of failing to delete the content banned by the Russian authorities and slowed down access to it. The government is seeking to stiﬂe independent voices about the invasion of Ukraine. Access your Hometown Newspaper anywhere, anytime with an E-edition Only Subscription 8 AM 2 PM 47° 8 PM 39° 25° clouds today. Increasing Times of sun and 54° / Low 32° clouds tonight. High Breaking news More hoops highlights Marauders for the win SPORTS s 5 SPORTS s 5 .com at mydailytribune aw? To thaw or not to th Issue 21, Volume 135 Tuesday, February 1, 2022 s 50¢ Search results in seizure of suspected drugs Staff Report Bell From page 1 66, a psychologist in Chino Hills. “They’d open the doors to the garage and ring the bell every Fourth of July. People would look at it and say, ‘What the heck is that?’” After their parents’ deaths, Miller and her 69-year-old brother, retired Ford Motor Co. executive Robert L. Shanks Jr. of Miami, moved the bell to Miller’s garage, where it’s sat since 2009. A collector in Texas offered $50,000 for the bell, which bears Revere’s imprimatur. But after he casually mentioned he’d melt it down if he decided not to keep it, the siblings spurned the offer. Miller did some online sleuthing, ﬁgured out where the bell was forged, and decided to donate it to the Massachusetts Grants From page 1 “These organizations are working to close service area gaps across the state and deliver critical multi-tiered services to support vulnerable youth and the adults who are responsible for their safety and well-being,” explained OCTF Executive Director Lindsay Williams. “I commend their tenacity and com- museum so the public could view and appreciate it. “I don’t need a bell in my garage, and this bell has a story of its own,” she said. “It represents what our history and our country are all about. I wanted it to go beyond us — to go back to where it started. We’re the keepers of our history.” Local historian George Comeau, a board member of the Revere & Son Heritage Trust Corp., which operates the museum, said few of the hundreds of bells the Reveres produced are in private hands — and most are hidden from public view. “This bell went 3,000 miles (4,800 kilometers) from Canton to California,” he said. “It just shows the long reach of history. We’re super excited it’s coming home.” Police in Canton planned early Friday to ceremonially escort the truck carrying the bell to the Paul Revere Heritage Site, a sprawling 9-acre facility that preserves Revere’s legacy. Revere, an entrepreneur and innovator, is credited with launching the U.S. copper industry after the war. Revere is best known for his famed midnight ride from Boston to Lexington on April 18, 1775, warning the Colonial militia that British forces were coming. His backup plan — lighting either one or two lanterns as signals from the steeple of Boston’s Old North Church — is immortalized in a line in “Paul Revere’s Ride,” a Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem: “One if by land, and two if by sea …” Nearly two and a half centuries later, Revere still fascinates. In 2017, archaeologists excavated what they believe was the site of an outhouse next door to his home in Boston’s North End. mitment to lead or join forces with their local human trafﬁcking coalitions while providing more coordinated, educational, and culturally relevant services to help prevent human trafﬁcking throughout Ohio.” “Human Trafﬁcking Awareness Day provides an important opportunity for Ohioans to take a collective stand against the exploitation of men, women and children,” said Maria Busch, State Anti-Trafﬁcking Coor- dinator. “The state is dedicated to empowering local leaders and advocates with the resources they need to prevent and respond to human trafﬁcking in their communities.” To learn more about Ohio’s anti-trafﬁcking efforts, visit humantrafﬁcking.ohio.gov. If you or someone you know is a victim of human trafﬁcking, help is available by calling 888-373-7888 or by texting INFO or HELP to 233733. — GalGALLIPOLIS Matt lia County Sheriff an Champlin reports led investigation which in the to a search warrant 2 PM early morn8 AM ing hours of Monday, 47° 25° Jan. 31 in resulted the seizure of a “large quantity” of George suspected drugs. According news to a release from Sheriff Champlin, in the eveSexton ning hours of Sunday, with Jan. 30, a deputy Ofﬁce the Gallia Sheriff’s stop conducted a trafﬁc allege an on a vehicle for Through trafﬁc violation. trafﬁc the course of that reportedly OVP stop, deputies Beth Sergent | of quantity” search “large in a ice seized through the water to chisel today through of suspected narcotics walking on (frozen) reach highs of 55, 40 and 46, the vehic to could be spotted and cash from when several anglers temperatures which are expected possibly on the horizon. 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To thaw or not to Issue 21, Volume 135 Tuesday, February Staff Report — GalGALLIPOLIS Matt lia County Sheriff an Champlin reports led which investigation in the to a search warrant early morning hours of Monday, Jan. 31 resulted in the seizure of a “large quantity” of George Sergent | OVP Beth of the ice in search to chisel through 46, today through on (frozen) water of 55, 40 and be spotted walkingexpected to reach highs horizon. are anglers could the when several milder temperatures which icy weather possibly on the weekend of started out with low 30’s with the threat Krodel Park over in the frozen lake at deep freeze, this week has Pictured is the to drop to a high are expected Despite the recent the big one. Friday, temperatures Thursday. However, 324 new COVID cases es are the big one. Friday, temperatur Thursday. However, s reported 324 new COVID case Latest from Meigs, Gallia, Mason ne) Dunham By Kayla (Hawthor id est com (5 new), 60-69 — 714 cases new), 12 (1 66 hospitalization deaths (6 new), 70-79 — 439 cases new), 22 it li ations (2 khawthorne@aimmediamidwe — Since OHIO VALLEY there were 324 Friday’s update, cases reported new COVID-19 Publishing in the Ohio Valley area on Monday. the Ohio In Gallia County, of Health (ODH) Department new COVID-19 reported 94 cases. ODH In Meigs County, new COVID-19 reported 44 cases. the In Mason County, of Department West Virginia Resources Health and Human 186 new (DHHR), reported cases of COVID-19. look at the Here is a closer data: local COVID-19 st bhively@aimmediamidwe Ted Jackson | AP cases (5 new), 60-69 — 714 (1 new), 12 66 hospitalization deaths cases (6 new), 70-79 — 439 (2 new), 22 94 hospitalizations deaths cases (9 new), 80-plus — 290 (1 new) , 36 63 hospitalizations deaths rates in Gallia Vaccination follows, County are as ODH: according to 13,776 Vaccines started: Primary filing deadline is Wednesday vaccine percent of the gets her COVID-19receiving (46.07 away as she population); of students bravely looks Nila Carey, 8 Carey was one of dozens Charter School in New Vaccines completed: of the Third grader Believe Castro. against the percent Jan. 25 at KIPP from LPN Sandra to get vaccinated in the 12,580 (42.07 vaccination on will be required big districts their COVID-19 population). in New Orleans becomes one of the first the city Orleans. Students to go to school. as of Feb. 1 as coronavirus a vaccine requirement County 2 p.m. new), 1 death new), Meigs country to implement Gallia County the 2 p.m. According to ODH on Monday, update from 6,762 total there have been in Gallia County cases (94 new) By Brittany Hively suspected drugs. According to a news release from Sheriff Champlin, in the eveSexton ning hours of Sunday, with Jan. 30, a deputy Ofﬁce the Gallia Sheriff’s stop trafﬁc conducted a for an alleged on a vehicle Through trafﬁc violation. trafﬁc that the course of reportedly stop, deputies quantity” seized a “large narcotics of suspected the vehicle and cash from occupants. and from the 8 See DRUGS | reported Dunham By Kayla (Hawthorne) st.com Primary filing deadline i Wednesd 1, 2022 s 50¢ Search results in seizure of suspected drugs cases (15 of the 30-39 — 989 (1 new), 1 since the beginning hospitalizations 19 hospitalizations pandemic, 368 deaths. Of the 94 are death — 1,007 cases (14 (7 new) and 5,448 (78 new) 40-49 8 6,762 cases, new), 34 hospitalizations, presumed recovered. as follows: deaths Case data is cases (13 new), cases (22 new), 50-59 — 878 0-19 — 1,322 (1 new), 12 60 hospitalizations 11 hospitalizations cases (10 deaths 20-29 —1,112 (1 new), 21 hospitalizations the According to ODH on Monday, update from 4,189 total there have been in Meigs County cases (44 new) of the since the beginning hospitalizations pandemic, 211 See COVID | 8 k ty to stay By Brittany Hively bhively@aimmediamidwest.co m $10.00 monthly EZ pay $58.00 6 months $105.00 1 year — With GALLIPOLIS on the the clock ticking election 2022 primary those ﬁling deadline, potential canconsidering out didacy are runningcertiﬁof time to submit cates of announcement. for The ﬁling deadline Gallia Councandidacy in Feb. 2 at ty is Wednesday, 4 p.m. of Filing certiﬁcate for counannouncements3:45 p.m. of ty ofﬁces as 31, accordMonday, Jan. 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Winter was an annual ordeal to be times rainy, with icy winds suffered through and survived. and even an occasional snow But March with its “doable” ﬂurry. days, became her light of hope Not a surprise. Weather this time of the year is always at the end of a bitterly harsh unstable — iffy, inconsistent, tunnel. Indeed, for all its capriciousﬂuctuating, a sort of two-step ness, March’s equinoctial stirdo-si-do dance routine. rings bring clear reassurance But as much as it may not look or feel like it, sometimes, of the vernal resurrection. Change is everywhere afoot, we are heading in the right direction —making progress. though much of it remains invisible. Yet somewhere in Winter’s sovereignty is relaxing, lessening its hold— the hidden mystery of root and seed, egg and pupa, the even though spring won’t be formally proclaimed for nearly season’s measure and progress is being daily taken. three additional weeks, on This unseen accountabilthe 20th of the month, at the ity tracks a thousand unique moment of the passing equirhythms — each living thing nox. keeping its own score, markYup — by the calendar, March remains ofﬁcially two- ing its own passage. When the time comes — as it so often thirds winter. does in March — the pace Nature writer Hal Borland suddenly quickens. Blood in liked to refer to March as an the sleeping woodchuck liv“interregnum month,” which ens. Deep in the white oak’s I’ve always thought was a good description beﬁtting this heart-roots, sap stirs. March arrives and nature’s transition period between two pulse begins to throb, whether distinctly different seasons. in hemoglobin red or chloAnd even though its weather is typically vacillating rophyll green. Stimulating High court reimposes Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence changes we can see! In the marshy corner of a long-neglected farm pond, newly-returned red-winged blackbirds will soon be balancing on desiccated weed stalks, screeching and ﬂashing their scarlet epaulets. Countless buds, long-dormant and set on last summer’s twigs, are already perceptibly beginning to swell. My neighbor’s yard has been sprinkled white with blooming snowdrops for more than a week. While just up the road, a woodsy bend is spattered with yellow winter aconites. I expect to see crocus planted near the cottage’s south wall pop up any day. And bloodroot on our driveway hillside has already poked furled leaf-heads from the duff. Before the month’s end, they will display their lovely blooms. When these ﬁrst ﬂowers of the year make their appearance, I inevitably feel compelled to mount at least one exploratory foray in search of skunk cabbage and snow trilliums. I may or may not ﬁnd these two spring harbingers a’bloom in their usual places — but I know for certain I’ll ﬁnd mud on the trails. Spring’s mud! That soft, oozy matrix from much of the burgeoning season’s brand new and glorious greenery begins to emerge. March is here — the earth is reawakening. Rejoice! WASHINGTON (AP) — The allowed Dzhokhar to introduce this evidence.” Supreme Court has reinstated Breyer has called on the court the death sentence for Boston to reconsider capital punishMarathon bomber Dzhokhar ment. “I have written elsewhere Tsarnaev. about the problems inherent The justices, by a 6-3 vote in a system that allows Friday, agreed with the for the imposition of the Biden administration’s death penalty ... This arguments that a fedcase provides just one eral appeals court was more example of some wrong to throw out the of those problems,” he sentence of death a jury wrote in a section of his imposed on Tsarnaev for dissent his liberal colhis role in the bombing Tsarnaev leagues, Justices Elena that killed three people Kagan and Sonia Sotonear the ﬁnish line of the mayor, did not join. marathon in 2013. The prospect that Tsarnaev, “Dzhokhar Tsarnaev commitnow 28, will be executed anyted heinous crimes. The Sixth time soon is remote. The JusAmendment nonetheless guartice Department halted federal anteed him a fair trial before executions last summer after an impartial jury. He received one,” Justice Clarence Thomas the Trump administration carwrote for the majority, made up ried out 13 executions in its ﬁnal six months. of the court’s six conservative President Joe Biden has said justices. he opposes the death penalty, The court reversed the 1st but his administration was U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, which ruled in 2020 put in the position of defending Tsarnaev’s sentence at the that the trial judge improperly Supreme Court. The appeal was excluded evidence that could have shown Tsarnaev was deep- initially ﬁled during the Trump ly inﬂuenced by his older broth- administration, but Biden’s er, Tamerlan, and was somehow team did not signal a change of less responsible for the carnage. position before the court agreed nearly a year ago to hear the The appeals court also faulted case. the judge for not sufﬁciently White House press secretary questioning jurors about their exposure to extensive news cov- Jen Psaki said Friday that Biden has made clear “his grave conerage of the bombing. cerns about capital punishment In dissent for the court’s as implemented, but he respects three liberal justices, Justice the process and the ongoing Stephen Breyer wrote, “In my review that is being led by the view, the Court of Appeals Department of Justice and the acted lawfully in holding that Attorney General.” the District Court should have Reach Jim McGuire at naturalwanders@ gmail.com. Viewpoints expressed in the article are the work of the author. Delivery robots with Russian ties pulled from 2 US campuses By Dee-Ann Durbin CANCELING THE ORDER University in Columbus, Ohio, and the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. Chicago-based Two U.S. university campuses are losing their Grubhub said it is working with both campuses food-delivery robots for to ﬁnd alternatives. now because of Russia’s Grubhub had been invasion of Ukraine. using the robots to delivGrubhub said Thurser food on campus at day that it is ending Ohio State since August. its partnership with The company launched Russian tech company robot delivery at the UniYandex and pulling 100 versity of Arizona last Yandex-made fooddelivery robots from the November. The company says it was doing 1,000 campuses of Ohio State AP Business Writer TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 41° 68° 69° 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. Fri. 0.00 Month to date/normal Trace/0.55 Year to date/normal 10.72/7.02 Snowfall (in inches) POLLEN & MOLD Low Moderate High Primary: maple, cedar Mold: 29 SUN & MOON Primary: alternaria, other Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Low Sun. 6:54 a.m. 6:26 p.m. 9:03 a.m. 10:48 p.m. MOON PHASES First Full Last Mar 10 Mar 18 Mar 25 New Apr 1 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for ﬁsh and game. Major Today 1:25a Sun. 2:14a Mon. 3:04a Tue. 3:54a Wed. 4:43a Thu. 5:32a Fri. 6:21a Minor 7:36a 8:25a 9:15a 10:05a 10:55a 11:44a 12:09a Major 1:47p 2:36p 3:27p 4:17p 5:07p 5:57p 6:46p Minor 7:58p 8:47p 9:38p 10:28p 11:19p ---12:33p WEATHER HISTORY At many inland locations, the three coldest months of the year normally extend from Dec. 5 to March 5. This prompted meteorologists to proclaim March 5 as the ﬁrst day of meteorological spring. Moderate Lucasville 77/64 High Very High Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services AIR QUALITY 300 500 Primary pollutant: Ozone Air Quality Index: 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very unhealthy; 301-500, Hazardous. Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services OHIO RIVER Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. Fri. Location Willow Island Marietta Parkersburg Belleville Racine Point Pleasant Gallipolis Huntington Ashland Lloyd Greenup Portsmouth Maysville Meldahl Dam Flood Stage 37 34 36 35 41 40 50 50 52 54 50 50 51 Level 12.84 22.83 25.17 12.76 13.24 27.86 12.07 31.69 37.22 12.40 32.41 37.84 35.35 24-hr. Chg. +0.52 -0.14 +0.01 -0.13 +0.28 -0.16 -0.22 -1.86 -1.46 +0.04 -3.79 -2.16 -5.65 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022 Belpre 75/64 Athens 76/61 St. Marys 75/63 Parkersburg 75/61 Coolville 74/64 Elizabeth 76/62 Spencer 75/60 Buffalo 76/63 Milton 77/65 Clendenin 77/62 St. Albans 78/65 Huntington 77/62 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s 100s Seattle 90s 50/35 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s San Francisco 10s 58/44 0s -0s Los Angeles 58/41 -10s T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front 63° 36° Cloudy with showers Mainly cloudy, chance possible of a little rain Marietta 74/64 Murray City 75/62 Ironton 77/62 Ashland 77/64 Grayson 77/65 FRIDAY 57° 37° Not as cool with clouds and sun Wilkesville 76/64 POMEROY Jackson 77/65 77/63 Ravenswood Rio Grande 76/63 77/65 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 75/61 GALLIPOLIS 78/64 77/62 77/65 South Shore Greenup 77/65 76/64 36 0 50 100 150 200 Portsmouth 77/65 THURSDAY 58° 39° Low clouds may break; cooler on Yandex.Taxi’s board have also resigned. In a regulatory ﬁling Thursday, Yandex noted that the Moscowbased company and its executives haven’t been targeted with speciﬁc sanctions because Yandex doesn’t operate in the defense, aerospace or maritime sectors. The Nasdaq stock exchange suspended trading of Yandex shares last week. NATIONAL CITIES Logan 76/62 McArthur 76/61 Very High WEDNESDAY 51° 37° Cloudy, rain and a t-storm in the p.m. Adelphi 77/62 Chillicothe 76/62 TUESDAY 69° 37° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Waverly 76/62 Pollen: 28 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Fri. 0.0 Month to date/normal 0.0/0.8 Season to date/normal 17.7/16.0 Today 6:55 a.m. 6:25 p.m. 8:38 a.m. 9:45 p.m. MONDAY Rather cloudy, showers around; breezy 0 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme (in inches) SUNDAY Warmer today with periods of sun. A shower tonight. High 78° / Low 64° HEALTH TODAY Precipitation EXTENDED FORECAST 72° 62° Statistics through 3 p.m. Fri. 57°/29° 52°/33° 83° in 1976 0° in 1943 Grubhub and said the robots will be sent to other locations outside the U.S. where Yandex has operations. “It is a real shame that we can’t continue with this great project we embarked on in the U.S. deliveries a day between the two campuses. Yandex is Russia’s largest internet search and ride-hailing company. Toby Snuggs, head of sales for the Yandex Self-Driving Group, conﬁrmed the split with 8 PM ALMANAC High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low Grubhub said Thursday that it is ending its partnership with Russian tech company Yandex and pulling 100 Yandex-made food-delivery robots from the campuses of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio… campus space with Grubhub as we all know it was having a really positive impact to the student body,” Snuggs said. Earlier this week, ridehailing giant Uber said it was trying to speed up a planned divestment of its shares in Yandex.Taxi, Yandex’s mobility business. Uber holds a 29% stake in Yandex.Taxi, worth about $800 million. Uber said three of its executives who were Charleston 78/61 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Winnipeg 26/13 Billings 29/15 Montreal 28/25 Toronto 37/35 Minneapolis 44/27 Detroit 55/50 Denver 35/18 Chicago 67/41 New York 45/42 Washington 62/53 Kansas City 72/31 Monterrey 87/60 Sun. 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A dozen girls from the Ohio Valley Publishing area were selected to the 2021-22 Ohio Prep Sports Writers Association all-Southeast district girls basketball teams, as voted on by a select panel of members of the OPSWA. All six Ohio-based programs in Gallia and Meigs counties had at least one selection, with South Gallia leading the way with four honorees. Meigs was next with three selections and Eastern came away with a pair of picks, while Southern, Gallia Academy and River Valley each oree in D-2 for MHS. The Lady Eagles — the lone Division III program in the area — were represented landed a single choice to the by juniors Sydney Reynolds and Erica Durst, who respecsquads. tively came away with secThe Lady Rebels had a ond and third team honors. pair of Division IV second Southern senior Kayla team honorees in senior Evans was a ﬁrst team selecJessie Rutt and sophomore tion in Division IV, while Tori Triplett, while freshman Emma Clary was a third River Valley senior Lauren Twyman came away with team choice. Sophomore third team accolades in Macie Sanders was also Division II. Gallia Academy named to the D-4 special sophomore Chanee Cremention squad. meens was a special mention The Lady Marauders had a ﬁrst team selection in Divi- selection as well in Division II. sion II in senior Mallory © 2022 Ohio Valley PubHawley and a second team choice in junior Rylee Lisle. lishing, all rights reserved. Senior Jennifer Parker was Bryan Walters can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2101. also a special mention honSee page 7 for the list of girls all-district teams. Eagles knock off Rio men’s volleyball in straight sets By Randy Payton For Ohio Valley Publishing RIO GRANDE, Ohio — Midway University pulled away down the stretch in sets one and three while, in between, cruising to an easy win in set two and post a 3-0 victory over the University of Rio Grande, Wednesday night, in Mid-South Conference men’s volleyball action. The Eagles evened their overall record at 7-7 and improved to 3-7 in league play with the 25-22, 25-16, 25-22 triumph. Rio Grande dropped to 1-15 overall and 0-10 in the MSC with the loss. The RedStorm trailed just 21-19 in set one after a kill by freshman Jose Perdomo (Venado Tuerto, Argentina), but Midway scored consecutive winners to push its lead to four points and eventually took the set. The Eagles opened up a 19-8 lead in the second stanza and never looked back, hitting .471 as opposed to Rio’s .095 swing percentage over the same time frame. Set three remained tied as late as 19-19, but Midway recorded six of the ﬁnal nine winners — four of which were the result of two attack errors and two service errors by the RedStorm — to ﬁnish off the match. Franzso Severre led the Eagles with 13 kills, while Daniel Cogo had 31 assists and three of his team’s eight service aces. Colton Marsh added seven digs for the Midway, while Steven Tippenhauser had two solo blocks and one block assist. The Eagles’ win came despite 16 service errors in the match. Freshman Tyler Miller-Bross (Loveland, OH) had a match-best 14 kills in the loss for Rio Grande, while freshman Seth Mohr (Canton, OH) had 29 assists, seven digs, a solo block and two block assists. The RedStorm had 14 service errors of their own in the loss. Randy Payton is the Sports Information Director for the University of Rio Grande. OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE 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. Friday, March 11 Wrestling OHSAA championships at Schottenstein Center, 3 p.m. Saturday, March 12 Wrestling OHSAA championships at Schottenstein Center, 11 a.m. Sunday, March 13 Wrestling OHSAA championships at Schottenstein Center, 11 a.m. Photos by Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Point Pleasant senior Colby Price, middle, tries to pin an opponent as coaches James Casto and John Bonecutter look on during a 220pound opening round match at the 2022 WVSSAC Wrestling Championships on Thursday night in Huntington, W.Va. Big Blacks take Day 1 lead Point goes 12-1 overall, Wahama winless in opening matches By Bryan Walters bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — In their quest for history, the Big Blacks have already started things with a bang. The Point Pleasant wrestling team notched a dozen wins and holds a 22.5-point lead over the Class AA-A ﬁeld after the opening night of competition at the 75th annual WVSSAC Championships being held at Mountain Health Arena on Thursday evening. The Big Blacks — who are shooting for the program’s ﬁrst-ever 4-peat as state champions — didn’t have a perfect opening night like the previous two postseason runs, but the 3-time reigning AA-A champions did record 11 pinfall wins en route to 46 points. Both Cameron — the current Class A leader — and Fairmont Senior are tied for second after the ﬁrst night of action with 23.5 points. A total of 37 different schools scored at least two points (one victory) on Thursday night. Wahama was not one of the programs with an the night with eight straight pinfall victories and ended the evening with three straight pinfall wins. Senior Ethan Marcum recorded an 8-6 victory at 170 pounds and served as the last of the 38 straight opening-night victories. Nathan Wood (113), Conner Blessing (120), Gunner Andrick (126), Ciah Nutter (132), Mackandle Freeman (138), Justin Bartee (145), Josh Woyan (152), Derek Raike (160), Brayden Connolly (195), Colby Price (220) and Kolton Weaver (285) all advanced in their respective championship brackets with pinfall victories. The White Falcons had a pair of grapplers — Kase Stewart Wahama junior Trey Ohlinger, right, maintains leverage on an (138) and Trey Ohlinger opponent during a 220-pound match at the 2022 WVSSAC (220) — lose by respecWrestling Championships on Thursday night in Huntington, W.Va. tive decisions of 6-1 and 5-3. Logan Roach was ous nine matches on opening-night victory in Thursday evening, Point also pinned in his openthe Class AA-A ﬁeld as ing round match at 152 Pleasant had won 38 the White Falcons had pounds. consecutive openingall three of their state Day 2 will consist of night matches at the state qualiﬁers fall in opening the second and third sestournament … a streak round bouts. Wahama is sions on Friday, while guaranteed not to have its that started with Jacob ﬁrst-ever state champion Muncy’s heavyweight vic- Day 3 will feature the fourth and ﬁfth sessions come from this weekend’s tory to end the opening on Saturday. The ﬁfth round of the 2019 Class meet. session will consist of the AA-A tournament. PPHS had one incredstate championship ﬁnals The Big Blacks also ibly impressive streak and begin at 6:30 p.m. come to an end on Thurs- lost one grappler in the © 2022 Ohio Valley competition this weekend day night when junior Publishing, all rights Luke Mofﬁtt was defeated when sophomore Tanreserved. ner Epling didn’t make in the 182-pound match by Bryce Leegan of Brax- weight for the 106-pound Bryan Walters can be reached at division. ton County. 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. Point Pleasant started Including the previ- �SPORTS Ohio Valley Publishing Saturday, March 5, 2022 7 11 local boys land on all-district teams 2 0 2 1 - 2 2 O P S WA A L L - S O U T H E A S T DISTRICT GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAMS Division 1 FIRST TEAM Brooklin Harris, Logan, 5-6, Sr., 17.3 SECOND TEAM Leigha Lauer, Marietta, 5-8, Fr., 14.3 SPECIAL MENTION Riley Medley, Marietta; Ella Guthrie, Logan Division 2 FIRST TEAM Jacey Harding, Chillicothe, 5-8, Jr., 22.0; Avery Miller, Chillicothe Unioto, 5-8, Sr., 14.0; Abbie Smith, Vincent Warren, 6-0, Sr., 16.6; T.J. Carpenter, Jackson, 5-11, So., 11.8; Cameron Zinn, Vinton County, 5-11, Sr., 13.7; Tegan Bartoe, Vinton County, 5-8, Sr., 16.8; Mallory Hawley, Pomeroy Meigs, 5-9, Sr., 17.5; Hannah Rauch, Fairfield Union, 5-5, Sr., 9.5; Kelli Stewart, Waverly, 5-10, Jr., 18.0; Faith Stinson, Sheridan, 6-1, Sr., 14.3; Jamisyn Stinson, Sheridan, 5-10, So., 17.2 Player of the Year Faith Stinson, Sheridan Co-Coaches of the Year J.D. Walters, Sheridan; Matt Walburn, Jackson SECOND TEAM Alex Frazee, Vincent Warren, 5-9, Jr., 15.7; Kenzie Davis, Jackson, 5-11, So., 11.7; Rylee Lisle, Pomeroy Meigs, 6-0, Jr., 12.0; Claire Cooperider, Fairfield Union, 5-11, Sr., 8.5; Gabby McConnell, Circleville, 5-10, So., 10.9; Hillery Jacobs, Miami Trace, 5-8, Jr., 10.5; Gracie Dean, Hillsboro, 5-7, Sr., 16.3; Bailey Vulgamore, Waverly, 5-9, Jr., 15.1; Bailey Beckstedt, Sheridan, 5-7, Sr., 10.0 THIRD TEAM Amelia Uhrig, Chillicothe Unioto, 5-10, So., 10.6; Lacie Williams, Vinton County, 5-5, Sr., 9.0; Lauren Twyman, Bidwell River Valley, 5-4, Sr., 11.5; Bailey Davis, Athens, 5-9, Sr., 10.3; Elly Lewis, Fairfield Union, 5-4, So., 8.7; Payton Pryor, Greenfield McClain, 5-7, Jr., 9.2; Ava Little, Waverly, 5-8, Sr., 9.1 SPECIAL MENTION Amaris Betts, Chillicothe Unioto; Sophie Cochran, Vincent Warren; Kelly Jackson, Vincent Warren; Katelyn Webb, Jackson; Mattie Walburn, Jackson; Chanee Cremeens, Gallipolis Gallia Academy; Jennifer Parker, Pomeroy Meigs; Haylie Mills, Athens; Nicole Terry, Fairfield Union; Logan Jones, Circleville; Jessee Stewart, Miami Trace; Aaralyne Estep, Wash. Court House; Nora Saffell, Sheridan; Halle Warner, Sheridan Division 3 FIRST TEAM Tomi Hinkle, Fairland, 5-7, Jr. 16.2; Bree Allen, Fairland, 6-0, So., 17.7; Kaleigh Murphy, Coal Grove, 5-10, Sr. 14.5; Hadyn Bailey, Rock Hill, 5-5, Jr., 11.6; Marlee Grinstead, Alexander, 5-9, Sr., 19.4; Mackenzie Hurd, Nelsonville-York, 5-10, Sr., 17.0; Allison Basye, Chillicothe Huntington, 5-11, Sr., 28.9; Emma Garrison, Adena, 5-8, So., 12.9; Chloe Chambers, Oak Hill, 6-1, Sr., 16.3; Rylee Leonard, Eastern Brown, 5-7, Jr., 16.7; Emma Fouch, Leesburg Fairfield, 5-6, Sr., 15.6; Aubri Spicer, New Lexington, 5-9, Jr., 17.6; Alaina Keeney, Wheelersburg, 5-10, Sr., 15.6 Co-Players of the Year Allison Basye, Chillicothe Huntington; Rylee Leonard, Eastern Brown Co-Coaches of the Year Dusty Spradlin, Wheelersburg; Jon Buchanan, Fairland SECOND TEAM Kylee Bruce, Fairland, 6-0, So., 9.0; Abbey Hicks, Coal Grove, 5-7, Sr., 12.3; Hazley Matthews, Rock Hill, 5-8, Jr., 16.4; Evan Williams, Ironton, 5-6, Jr., 11.0; Karmen Bruton, South Point, 5-6, Jr., 12.3; Kate Ball, Chesapeake, 5-6, Fr., 12.5; Sydney Reynolds, Reedsville Eastern, 5-10, Jr., 17.2; Kara Meeks, Alexander, 5-10, Sr., 15.1; Jadyn Smith, Adena, 5-9, Sr., 7.5; Torie Utter, Eastern Brown, 5-8, Sr., 12.9; Mya Hamilton, Eastern Brown, 5-6, Fr., 11.7; Keetyn Hupp, North Adams, 5-10, Jr., 13.0; Laney Ruckel, North Adams, 5-8, Jr., 11.0; Peyton Magee, Leesburg Fairfield, 5-6, Jr., 8.5; Jade Massey, Lynchburg-Clay, 5-7, So., 15.8; Macy Etienne, LynchburgClay, 5-7, So., 15.7; Kim Kellogg, New Lexington, 5-10, Jr., 10.0; Grace Frame, Crooksville, 5-10, Sr., 14.6; Maelynn By Bryan Walters bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com Eleven boys from the Ohio Valley Publishing area were selected to the 2021-22 Ohio Prep Sports Writers Association all-Southeast district boys basketball teams, as voted on by a select panel of members of the OPSWA. All six Ohio-based programs in Gallia and Meigs counties had at least one selection, with Gallia Academy leading the way with three honorees. Meigs, South GalBryan Walters|OVP Sports lia and Southern were next with two selections River Valley junior Jance Lambert (1) releases a shot attempts over a handful of Meigs defenders during a Jan. 21 boys basketball contest in Rocksprings, Ohio. apiece, while Eastern and River Valley each 2 0 2 1 - 2 2 O P S WA A L L - S O U T H E A S T D I S T R I C T landed a single choice on B OY S B A S K E T B A L L T E A M S the boys squads. The Blue Devils had Aiden Porter, Fairland, 6-1, Sr., 22.1; Levi So., 14.5; Holden Dailey, Waterford, 6-0, Division 1 Blankenship, Chesapeake, 5-11, Sr., 21.7; Sr., 15.4; Brayden Hammond, South GalFIRST TEAM a ﬁrst team selection in Mason Kazee, South Point, 6-1, Sr., 14.1; lia, 6-6, Sr., 21.6; Blake Guffey, Glouster Tegan Myers, Logan, 6-2, Sr., 15.4 Kyler D’Augustino, Alexander, 6-0, Jr., 27.0; Trimble, 6-1, Sr., 23.0; Lane Smith, Federal THIRD TEAM junior Isaac Clary and Cameron Hall, Chillicothe, 6-1, Sr., 14.9; Coulter Cleland, Pomeroy Meigs, 6-2, Sr., Hocking, 6-2, Sr., 10.4; Isaiah Scott, Mana third team honoree in 17.0; Xzander Ream, Zane Trace, 6-4, Jr., chester, 6-1, Sr., 18.5; Bradley Ashbaugh, Ashton Mahaffey, Logan, 5-10, Sr., 11.4 15.0; Cyan Ervin, Wellston, 6-3, Jr., 21.0; Whiteoak, 6-0, Sr., 22.6; Reese Teeters, SPECIAL MENTION senior Zane Loveday, Mike Miller, Chillicothe; Xavier Frasure, Trent Hundley, Eastern Brown, 6-5, Sr., Leesburg Fairfield, 6-1, Sr., 13.6; Kolten while sophomore Kenyon Logan 18.0; Bransyn Copas, North Adams, 5-10, Miller, Latham Western, 6-2, Sr., 14.7; Levi So., 17.2; Trenton Zimmerman, Minford, Sampson, Franklin Furnace Green, 6-4, Jr., Division 2 Franklin was a special 6-4, Sr., 22.1; Myles Montgomery, Minford, 26.4; Grady Jackson, New Boston, 6-0, Sr., FIRST TEAM mention choice as well in 23.7; Johnathan Strickland, Ports. Notre Isaac Clary, Gallipolis Gallia Academy, 5-10, Fr., 20.3 Dame, 6-1, Sr., 15.8; Trae Zimmerman, 6-8, Jr., 16.4; DeSean Branson, Chillicothe Co-Players of the Year Division II. Aiden Porter, Fairland; Kyler South Webster, 6-0, Sr., 17.0; George ArUnioto, 6-2, Sr., 18.3; Brayden Sallee, VinSenior Coulter Cleland cent Warren, 6-4, Sr., 21.0; Eli Radabaugh, D’Augustino, Alexander nett, Lucasville Valley, 6-1, Jr., 16.0 Player of the Year Vinton County, 5-9, Sr., 13.0; Tanner Hol- Coach of the Year was a ﬁrst team choice Blake Guffey, Glouster Trimble Josh Shoemaker, Minford bert, Logan Elm, 6-0, Jr., 20.3; Reico Colter, on behalf of the Maraud- Wash. Court House, 5-10, Sr., 21.4; Bryson SECOND TEAM Tri-Coaches of the Year Alvin Carpenter, Symmes Valley; Doug Braden Schreck, Ironton, 6-2, Fr., 16.0; Badgley, Greenfield McClain, 6-3, Sr., 18.1; ers in Division II, shile Ty Perkins, Ironton, 6-3, Jr., 12.3; Caleb Williams, Latham Western; Craig Tackett, Trey Robertson, Waverly, 5-11, Sr., 25.0 sophomore teammate Schneider, South Point, 6-0, So., 16.8; Lucasville Valley Player of the Year Ben Bragg, Chesapeake, 6-0, Sr., 13.6; SECOND TEAM Trey Robertson, Waverly Braylon Harrison was Levi Best, Symmes Valley, 6-1, Sr., 10.0; J.D. Thacker, Fairland, 6-3, Jr., 12.6; Owen Co-Coaches of the Year named to the special Joe B. Stewart, Greenfield McClain; Tra- Johnson, Coal Grove, 6-2, Fr., 16.0; Owen Jarrett Armstrong, Waterford, 6-0, So., Hankins, Rock Hill, 6-1, Sr., 15.3; Jance 17.8; Lincoln Rose, Racine Southern, 6-1, vis Robertson, Waverly mention list. Lambert, Bidwell River Valley, 6-4, Jr., Sr., 14.0; Tyler Weber, Glouster Trimble, Honorary OPSWA All-District 17.0; Levi Gullion, Piketon, 6-3, Sr., 12.3; 5-9, Sr., 11.5; Austin Wisor, Glouster Jude Little, Chillicothe Unioto The Rebels were repTra Swayne, Piketon, 6-3, Sr., 12.6; Ethan Trimble, 5-8, Sr., 11.1; Tariq Cottrill, Federal SECOND TEAM resented in Division IV Derrick Welsh, Athens, 6-5, Sr. 13.5; Carroll, Chillicothe Southeastern, 5-11, Hocking, 5-7, So., 13.0; Dax Estep, BainTrent Taylor, Vincent Warren, 6-5, So., Sr., 12.6; Casey Cline, Westfall, 6-1, Jr., bridge Paint Valley, 6-5, Jr., 15.4; Cordell with a ﬁrst team selec15.4; Tyler Kytta, Marietta, 6-2, Sr., 15.2; 14.1; Nalin Robinson, Zane Trace, 6-4, Jr., Grubb, Bainbridge Paint Valley, 6-1, Sr., tion in Brayden HamTristan Prater, Jackson, 6-1, Sr., 10.0; Bray- 10.0; Luke Garrett, Eastern Brown, 6-1, Sr., 14.6; Alan McCoy, Peebles, 6-5, Sr., 16.1; lon Damron, Vinton County, 6-3, Sr., 13.0; 17.8; Dariyonne Bryant, Portsmouth, 6-2, Tytis Cannon, Leesburg Fairfield, 6-1, Jr., mond, as well as senior Braylen Baker, Logan Elm, 6-1, Jr., 11.6; Ted Sr., 17.1; Kenny Sanderlin, Portsmouth, 14.7; Noah Whitt, Latham Western, 6-0, Sr., Tristan Saber being Harrah, Fairfield Union, 6-5, Jr., 10.3; Tan- 6-1, Jr., 16. 2; Connor Lintz, McDermott 13.4; Jermaine Powell, Ports. Notre Dame, ner Lemaster, Wash. Court House, 6-6, Jr., Northwest, 6-2, So., 17.0; Jesse Dixon, 6-0, Sr., 11.9; Eli Roberts, South Webster, named to the special 15.0; Andrew Guthrie, Miami Trace, 6-8, Jr., Portsmouth West, 6-3, Sr., 16.5; Eli Swords, 6-5, Fr., 13.0; Jace Copley, Lucasville Valley, mention squad. 6-1, So., 15.0 19.5; Hunter Price, Hillsboro, 6-3, Sr., 15.1; Wheelersburg, 6-1, Sr., 16.3 THIRD TEAM Kendyll Toney, Greenfield McClain, 6-4, THIRD TEAM The Tornadoes had Elijah Rowe, Ironton St. Joseph, 6-0, Sr., Chase Allen, Fairland, 5-10, So., 10.0; Sr., 13.9; Reed Coconis, Sheridan, 5-11, Jr., a second team choice 11.8; Kaelan Pulliam, Sheridan, 6-4, Sr., Drew Carter, Nelsonville-York, 6-0, Sr., 8.0; Aiden Hill, Racine Southern, 6-0, Sr., 11.8; Jace Bullington, Reedsville Eastern, 16.8; Kyle Stonerock, Zane Trace, 6-4, Jr., 13.4; Lukas Ratliff, New Lexington, 6-0, Jr., in Lincoln Rose within 10.0; Aidan Hall, Oak Hill, 6-5, Jr., 14.1; Gar- 6-3, Jr., 11.2; Andrew Airhart, Federal Hock13.5; Will Futhey, Waverly, 6-5, Sr., 15.5 Division IV, with senior rett Brown, Wellston, 6-3, So., 14.8; Brady ing, 5-11, So., 13.0; Kylan McClain, Corning THIRD TEAM Zane Loveday, Gallipolis Gallia Academy, Chisman, Lynchburg-Clay, 5-9, Jr., 13.6; Miller, 5-11, Sr., 15.7; Zane Porter, Peebles, Aiden Hill also being 6-6, Sr., 13.6; Evan Park, Chillicothe Unioto, Tanner Bolin, McDermott Northwest, 6-3, 5-9, Jr., 14.6; Landon Barnett, Whiteoak, named to the third team. 6-6, Sr., 10.5; Boston Campbell, Jackson, So., 14.0; Ryan Sissel, Portsmouth West, 5-11, Jr., 14.5; Reed Brewster, Latham 6-0, So., 9.0; Zayne Karr, Vinton County, 6-2, Jr., 10.0; Cooper McKenzie, Wheelers- Western, 5-10, Sr., 7.1; Dominic Sparks, Junior Jance Lambert Ports. Notre Dame, 6-7, Jr., 11.2; Cam Car5-11, Sr., 12.0; Caleb Schmelzer, Fairfield burg, 6-4, Sr., 10.9 penter, South Webster, 6-2, Sr., 11.0; Bryce was a second team selec- Union, 6-6, So., 10.3; Ethan Parry, Hills- SPECIAL MENTION Matt Sheridan, Ironton; Dannie May- Stuart, Lucasville Valley, 6-2, Sr., 14.0 boro, 5-6, Sr., 12.6; Mark Stulley, Waverly, tion in D-2 for the Raidnard, Chesapeake; Trevor Hankins, Coal SPECIAL MENTION 5-10, Sr., 5.0 Caden Brammer, Symmes Valley; Grove; Brayden Adams, Rock Hill; Braydin SPECIAL MENTION ers, while junior Jace Landon Wheatley, Athens; Kenyon McKee, Alexander; Tucker Liston, Belpre; Grayson Walsh, Symmes Valley; Kai ColeBullington was a third Franklin, Gallipolis Gallia Academy; Blake Matt Deems, Belpre; Braylon Harrison, man, Ironton St. Joseph; Jacob Huffman, team honoree in Division Hoops, Chillicothe Unioto; Dennis Pettey, Pomeroy Meigs; Keagan Swope, Nelson- Waterford; Tristan Saber, South Gallia; Vincent Warren; Julian Stadelman, Vincent ville-York; Joedy Ater, Adena; Seth McClos- Bryce Downs, Glouster Trimble; Sam RutIV for the Eagles. 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New Lexington Division 3 FIRST TEAM Division 4 FIRST TEAM Brayden Webb, Symmes Valley, 6-3, Howell, Portsmouth West, 5-9, Jr., 11.7; Makenna Walker, Wheelersburg, 5-6, Jr., 13.0 THIRD TEAM Hope Easterling, Rock Hill, 5-11, So., 9.0; Erica Durst, Reedsville Eastern, 5-10, Jr., 15.2; Airah Lavy, NelsonvilleYork, 5-10, So., 14.0; Gabby Pernell, Chillicothe Southeastern, 5-4, So., 9.6; Baylee Howell, Oak Hill, 5-9, Sr., 11.1; Madison Bronner, Leesburg Fairfield, 5-10, Sr., 10.1; Alexa Rowe, West Union, 5-7, Sr., 15.0; McKenna Headley, Crooksville, 5-11, Sr., 13.5; Jazzlyn Lamerson, Piketon, 5-7, Jr., 15.5; Emma Sayre, Portsmouth West, 5-2, So., 7.8; Daysha Reid, Portsmouth, 5-6, Fr., 15.7; Lexie Morrow, Lucasville Valley, 5-8, So., 9.0; Lindsee Williams, Minford, 6-3, Fr., 11.5; Ava Jenkins, McDermott Northwest, 5-8, Sr., 12.0; Lexie Rucker, Wheelersburg, 5-9, Jr., 9.0 SPECIAL MENTION Kamryn Barnitz, Fairland; Elli Holmes, Coal Grove; Kirsten Williams, Ironton; Isabel Morgan, Ironton; Camille Hall, South Point; Reagan Jeffers, Federal Hocking; Gabby Patete, Westfall; Kandace Pauley, Chesapeake; Emily Allen, Zane Trace; Sydney Fogelsong, Adena; Jenna Johnston, Wellston; Brooke Howard, Oak Hill; Mackenzie Gloff, Eastern Brown; Sierra Kendall, North Adams; Kenlie Jones, North Adams; Molly Purcell, West Union; Lydia Stephens, New Lexington; Emma Abrams, New Lexington; Kennedy Jenkins, Piketon; Lexi Deaver, Portsmouth West; Eden Cline, Portsmouth West; Nia Trinidad, Portsmouth; Savannah Easter, Lucasville Valley; Kynedi Davis, Minford; Kloe Montgomery, McDermott Northwest; Madison Whittaker, Wheelersburg; Macee Eaton, Wheelersburg Division 4 FIRST TEAM Bella Whaley, Ironton St. Joseph, 5-9, Sr., 15.5; Desiree Simpson, Symmes Valley, 5-9, So., 12.3; Briana Orsborne, Glouster Trimble, 5-9, Sr., 15.0; Cara Taylor, Waterford, 5-3, Sr., 11.6; Mackenzie Suprano, Waterford, 5-5, Sr., 13.8; Kayla Evans, Racine Southern, 5-7, Sr., 16.7; Olivia Smith, Bainbridge Paint Valley, 5-7, Sr., 13.1; Payton Johnson, Peebles, 5-9, So., 21.1; Abby Cochenour, Beaver Eastern, 5-7, Sr., 23.2; Kasey Kimbler, Franklin Furnace Green, 5-6, Sr., 22.1; Annie Dettwiller, Ports. Notre Dame, 6-1, Jr., 12.2; Bri Claxon, South Webster, 5-9, Sr., 26.3 Player of the Year Bri Claxon, South Webster Co-Coaches of the Year Joe Richards, Glouster Trimble; Jerry Close, Waterford SECOND TEAM Emily Young, Glouster Trimble, 5-6, Sr., 13.0; Jessie Rutt, South Gallia, 5-9, Sr., 12.5; Tori Triplett, South Gallia, 5-4, So., 12.1; Hanna Uhrig, Bainbridge Paint Valley, 5-6, Sr., 11.8; Jaylie Parr, Whiteoak, 5-7, So., 13.2; Kenzie Morrison, Peebles, 5-7, Sr., 14.0; Kenzi Ferneau, Latham Western, 5-6, Jr., 12.8; Jordyn Rittenhouse, Latham Western, 5-6, Jr., 12.2; MacKenzie Whitley, New Boston, 5-7, Sr., 13.0; Gracie Ashley, Ports. Notre Dame, 5-11, So., 9.1; Faith Maloney, South Webster, 6-0, Sr., 9.2 THIRD TEAM Jenna Malone, Symmes Valley, 5-8, Sr., 9.5; Laikyn Imler, Glouster Trimble, 5-6, Sr., 9.0; Emma Clary, South Gallia, 5-10, Fr., 11.7; Avery Wagner, Waterford, 6-4, Fr., 6.8; Halee Williams, Belpre, 6-2, Sr., 14.9; Abbi Stanforth, Bainbridge Paint Valley, 5-6, Sr., 11.0; Morgan McCoy, Portsmouth Clay, 6-1, Jr., 10.0; Anna Knapp, Franklin Furnace Green, 5-9, Jr., 10.0 SPECIAL MENTION Kylee Thompson, Symmes Valley; Jayne Six, Glouster Trimble; Jace Agriesti, Corning Miller; Macie Sanders, South Gallia; Laykyn Jones, Waterford; Kaitlen Bush, Belpre; Kileigh Mitchell, Manchester; Darby Yeager, Whiteoak: Marisa Moore, Peebles; Addison Cochenour, Beaver Eastern; Felicia Smith, Sciotoville East; Dylan O’Rourke, New Boston; Ella Kirby, Ports. Notre Dame; Katie Strickland, Ports. 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If Rodgers seeks a trade, that adds another domino among teams seeking TH Jeffrey Phelps | AP file Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is one of the big name quarterbacks who may switch teams during the off season. Other big names who could be on the market include Russell Wilson in Seattle and Jameis Winston in New Orleans. N An underwhelming free agent class for quarterbacks is overshadowed by the possibility of multiple big names changing teams, most notably Aaron Rodgers. From the potential move of Rodgers out of Green Bay to the likely departure of San Francisco’s Jimmy Garoppolo despite the 49ers reaching another NFC championship game with him, trades, not courtships, are the talk of the QB market. The constant chatter about Rodgers drowns out a change that would be equally seismic — Russell Wilson leaving Seattle. Tension between Wilson and the Seahawks surfaced last offseason. Now the issue is what’s best for the club’s future, although the Seahawks keep saying they’re not shopping the Super Bowl 48 winner. “I love the East Coast, but I think the West Coast is better for me right now,” Wilson said this week on NBC’s “Today” show, responding to a question from a Washington Commanders fan. “I’ve got people hitting me up every day, all my friends and all that from the East Coast. But Seattle’s the place where I’m at right now and I love it and it’s as the No. 2 pick in that draft, and the other QB who also didn’t get a second contract. Tennessee moved on, so Mariota was Derek Carr’s backup in Las Vegas the past two seasons. Could Mariota get another chance to start? Mitchell Trubisky is perhaps the most intriguing option after a tumultuous stint in Chicago was followed by a year as Josh Allen’s backup in Buffalo. The Bears declined his ﬁfth-year option. Cam Newton didn’t show he has anything left in a reprise with Carolina, while Denver’s Teddy Bridgewater appears headed for his fourth team in four seasons. Jacoby Brissett and Tyrod Taylor are backups at best. Andy Dalton never gained traction in Chicago even though he signed expecting to be the starter after a year as Dak Prescott’s backup (and injury replacement) in Dallas. Everything changed when the Bears moved up nine spots in last year’s draft to get Justin Fields at No. 11. Dalton, 34, and Ryan Fitzpatrick, 39, are the elder statesmen. Fitzpatrick is coming off a hip injury that limited him to one start in Washington. OH-70268885 AP Pro Football Writer Subject to credit approval. Call for details. 1 CALL US TODAY FOR A FREE ESTIMATE 1-844-980-4667 Mon-Thurs: 8am-11pm, Fri-Sat: 8am-5pm, Sun: 2pm-8pm EST OH-70275839 By Schuyler Dixon NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Aliyah Boston is doing her best to set the tone for top-ranked South Carolina now that the postseason has arrived. Boston notched her 22nd consecutive doubledouble with 17 points and 14 rebounds as the Gamecocks beat Arkansas 76-54 Friday in the Southeastern Conference women’s tournament quarterﬁnals. “I’m just trying to be dominant,” Boston said. “And that’s scoring the baskets and rebounding, so I’m just trying to make sure I do that. The Gamecocks (28-1) received their SEC regular season championship before tipoff, then took their ﬁrst step toward a seventh tournament title in eight years against the last team to beat them in this event. 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The family, safe and warm inside, enjoy the serenity that comes with such an event as they sit before the hearth while winds howl and snow piles up during the two-day snowstorm that New EnglandJohn ers like my Boston born-and-bred father Grindrod would call a nor’easter. Contributing Well, last month we had our own columnist two-day Buckeye version of a nor’easter, which truncated my typical ﬁve-day work week, leaving me snowbound on Thursday and Friday. With Level 3 road conditions, only the very essential workers ventured out. Of course, taking the occasional snow day isn’t new for me if you consider the 50 years I was expected to report to schools either as a student or the teacher. As a child of the 1960s, I remember a time when weather-related school closings were rare and, therefore, more exciting. On such days, I was thrilled by the opportunity to head out to earn some spending jingle shoveling some driveways, something far more enjoyable than trying, often unsuccessfully, to uncover the mysteries of fractions. By the time I began my teaching career, my attitude certainly changed about snow days. Truth be told, I hated them. For my guys and gals, there were simply too many papers to be written, literature to be studied and grammar and vocabulary to be learned to lose time any of the 180 days I was allotted to instruct them. Now, however, since I haven’t stood before a class since late May of 2005, I must admit, Landon, the name given the storm by The Weather Channel, wasn’t all that bad. So, how did I spend the extra time at home since I couldn’t get to my work accounts? On Thursday, when the storm was in full force, to ensure the shovelfuls of white stuff I was relocating wouldn’t tax this septuagenarian, I shoveled the driveway ﬁve times throughout the day. In between, I sat before my own hearth, this one different than the one Whittier remembered, since it was gas-fueled. While I think it provided the same warmth, of course the hiss and crackle and the aroma Whittier recollects were lost to me. That last shoveling, close to 8 p.m., was when the winds were picking up. I knew with the overnight drifting, there’d be a ﬁnal shoveling needed Friday morning before the storm’s predicted end. The porch and street lights were on, reassuring signs that the grid was holding up, and the artiﬁcial light illuminated several inches of snow, making a nocturnal shoveling seem diurnal. The next morning while completing my ﬁnal shoveling, I took note of the beauty of what had fallen for the past 36 hours, accentuated by the backdrop of a deep blue sky and shafts of sunbeams that belied the brisk temperatures. After the last shovelful, I looked back up the driveway, feeling the same sense of satisfaction I get in the summer when I ﬁnish mowing. The small ridges of snow that showed my shoveling passes were the winter equivalent of mower wheels on freshly mowed greensward. Despite the cessation of falling snow, the drifts on the yet-to-be-plowed Tall Oaks Avenue told me it would be a while before I’d be going anywhere. So, my second day was the perfect time to do what I think many of you did, cook and eat comfort food. For me, a decent cook although surely not Emeril Lagasse, I constructed a huge pot of chili, a pot of shredded chicken, a big frying pan of hash browns and also made homemade salsa. All of my creations required a lot of dicing. For reasons I can’t fully explain, I love chopping as much as any sous-chef you’re likely to ﬁnd. While dicing away, I looked out the window where squirrels were doing some highly entertaining polar plunges through drifts, foraging acorns before scurrying up onto tree branches to devour their ﬁnds. After my kitchen efforts, there was time for dusting, the kind where I actually take items off the shelves, time for vacuuming, time for reading and time for writing this column. And, there was even time by day’s end to ﬁnish an entire bag of Bugles, thereby proving snow days should include some frivolous indulgences. There was also time to watch some Olympics coverage, the curling event. After one competitor deftly slid one of those polished granite stones down the ice towards the bull’seye, a teammate swept, sometimes furiously, to try to affect how far the stone slid. For some reason, I found the event fascinating, I think because, unlike so many other winter sports that require preternatural athletic ability, this I think I could do. I was so inspired, I actually leapt to my feet and began sweeping the kitchen ﬂoor! At any rate, while I was happy to rejoin the working world, feeling so very fortunate at my age I can still work full time, I did have fond memories of my own winter idyl, one that occurred over a century and a half after John Greenleaf Whittier wrote of his. John Grindrod is a regular columnist for The Lima News, a freelance writer and editor and the author of two books. Reach him at grinder@wcoil.com. Viewpoints expressed in the article are the work of the author. THEIR VIEW Time to abandon ‘giving up’ in life The family gathered around the table for dinner last week, chitchatting about the day and the future, when the topic of giving something up for Lent came up. Aspiring to be good Catholics, we alter our behaviors each year, starting on Ash Wednesday. The idea is to make a change in your life and be penitent. It’s a form of fasting, and we try to challenge ourselves through Easter, when we celebrate the risen Jesus Christ. As the discussion moved around the table, one of my daughters looked at me and asked what I was giving up. “I’m giving up,” I wisecracked, “giving up.” My play on words and attempt at a joke took an unexpected turn. Instead of receiving the anticipated guffaws, it received careful consideration. At least with the six people around that all hope might table, we found be lost. It means ourselves giving taking personal up a little too easresponsibility for ily. Sometimes we everything you just quit because touch, to be sure something’s it’s completed to harder than we David the best of your expected. ability. Sometimes it’s Trinko As Lenten giving up on con- Contributing sacriﬁces go, ﬂict. There are too columnist this might be many times we one of the hardencountered someest I’ve accepted. It was thing we knew wasn’t much easier to give up right, yet we scooted past the problem for fear caffeine, chocolate or swearing over the 40 of causing a scene or days of Lent (46 if you making it worse. count the Sundays). Doing the right thing It means speaking up will never make a situamore clearly when you tion worse. think things have gone We’ve all been going astray. It means followalong to get along for ing back up with people a long time now, and when you have that it doesn’t seem to be making the world a bet- nagging feeling that a situation wasn’t resolved ter place. We’re more divided than ever. People more clearly. My wife urged me accepting their own truths has only made us to explore not giving up during Lent more doubt what’s true at all. deeply. I warned her Not giving up anymore means addressing that might mean longer discussions between us, those wrongs when since she’s my primary you see them. It means continuing to work hard conversation most of on things when it seems the time and the person most likely to want to do something that might counter my own wishes. That might be a good thing, though. It will teach me how to resolve these conﬂicts without resorting to yelling, stomping my feet or cutting off contact. That seems to be the way of the world lately. No, when you’re dealing with someone you love, you ﬁnd better ways to solve your differences. You spend more time trying to understand their point of view. You adjust your point of view if you realize you didn’t have enough information to have solid ground. You consider all the possibilities and arrive at the right one. That’s not giving up; that’s getting better. David Trinko is editor of The Lima News, an AIM Media Midwest publication. Reach him at 567-242-0467, by email at dtrinko@limanews.com or on Twitter @Lima_Trinko. Viewpoints expressed in the article are the work of the author. TODAY IN HISTORY Associated Press delivered his “Iron Curtain” Today is Saturday, March 5, the speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, in which he 64th day of 2022. There are 301 said: “From Stettin in the Baltic, days left in the year. to Trieste in the Adriatic, an ‘iron curtain’ has descended across the Today’s highlight in history On March 5, 1770, the Boston continent, allowing police governments to rule Eastern Europe.” Massacre took place as British In 1953, Soviet dictator Josef soldiers who’d been taunted by a crowd of colonists opened ﬁre, Stalin died after three decades in power. killing ﬁve people. In 1963, country music performers Patsy Cline, Cowboy On this date Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins In 1849, Zachary Taylor was died in the crash of their plane, a inaugurated as the 12th presiPiper Comanche, near Camden, dent of the United States. (The Tennessee, along with pilot swearing-in was delayed by a Randy Hughes (Cline’s manager). day because March 4 fell on a In 1970, the Treaty on the NonSunday.) In 1868, the impeachment trial Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons went into effect after 43 nations of President Andrew Johnson ratiﬁed it. began in the U.S. Senate, with In 1979, NASA’s Voyager 1 Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase presiding. Johnson, the ﬁrst U.S. space probe ﬂew past Jupiter, sending back photographs of the president to be impeached, was planet and its moons. accused of “high crimes and In 1982, comedian John misdemeanors” stemming from Belushi was found dead of a drug his attempt to ﬁre Secretary of overdose in a rented bungalow in War Edwin M. Stanton; the trial ended on May 26 with Johnson’s Hollywood; he was 33. In 1998, NASA scientists said acquittal. In 1933, in German parliamen- enough water was frozen in the loose soil of the moon to support tary elections, the Nazi Party a lunar base and perhaps, one day, won 44 percent of the vote; the Nazis joined with a conservative a human colony. In 2004, Martha Stewart nationalist party to gain a slender was convicted in New York of majority in the Reichstag. obstructing justice and lying In 1946, Winston Churchill to the government about why she’d unloaded her Imclone stock just before the price plummeted; her ex-stockbroker, Peter Bacanovic, also was found guilty in the stock scandal. (Each later received a ﬁve-month prison sentence.) In 2020, Palestinian ofﬁcials closed the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem over fears of the coronavirus. Ofﬁcials ordered a cruise ship with 3,500 people aboard to stay back from the California coast until passengers and crew could be tested; a traveler from its previous voyage died of the coronavirus. Ten years ago: President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (neh-ten-YAH’-hoo) met at the White House, where Obama urged pressure and diplomacy to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear bomb while Netanyahu emphasized his nation’s right to a pre-emptive attack. Five years ago: Throngs of people converged in the city of Selma, Alabama, for the annual re-enactment of a key event in the civil rights movement: the 1965 march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge by demonstrators seeking voting rights. �NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing Saturday, March 5, 2022 9 Big cities drop more COVID-19 measures in push for normalcy By Michelle L. Price maintain their own mask requirements. Business owners also can choose to require masks for customNEW YORK — New ers and employees. York City and Los AngeAt Coffee Fix in the les are lifting some of Studio City neighborhood their strictest COVID-19 of Los Angeles, owner prevention measures Tae Kim said the change as ofﬁcials in big cities in masking rules has been around the U.S. push for a bit confusing for cusa return to normalcy after tomers. two grueling years of the One customer Taylor pandemic. Lewis, who was wearNew York City, which ing her mask, said it was has long prided itself “so nice seeing people’s as having the nation’s faces” but she would contoughest COVID-19 tinue to wear her mask safety protocols, will do out of habit in indoor away with several of its places. mandates next week, New York City Mayor’s Office via AP “With the ever-changincluding required masking in public schools and New York City mayor Eric Adams speaks during a news conference in which he announced the scaling ing facts that are given to us I see the good in wearvaccination requirements back of COVID-19 mask and vaccine mandates within the city on Friday in New York. said he was conﬁdent that ing it,” she said. Eric Adams, declaring it at restaurants, entertain- ing COVID-19 guideIn New York City, the was time to “celebrate” as it would be safe, starting ment and cultural venues, lines and signaling that he stood in Times Square Monday, to send children elimination of the school the risk of virus spread the mayor announced mask requirement is a and teachers to school on Friday, said the city is retreating — at least Friday. striking turnaround from unmasked and no longer needed to recover and for now. On the other side of just a few months ago, Illinois lifted face mask that “we are not going to require some businesses the country, residents in when some parents and to check guests’ vaccine allow COVID to deﬁne Los Angeles County were requirements for many teachers were agitating cards. us.” indoor spaces on Monno longer required as of for a return to remote The decision to ease “We’re far from out of day, and Boston will lift Friday to wear masks at learning as the omicron similar rules on Saturday. the woods. COVID is still rules in Los Angeles restaurants, bars, gyms, wave swept through County aligns with new here. But we are beating Chicago stopped requirshops and other busischools and attendance California guidelines it back,” Adams said. ing proof of vaccination nesses, though the city plummeted. The teachers He invited “people from unveiled allowing vacto dine in restaurants. of Los Angeles is still union said Friday it supcinated or unvaccinated The U.S. Centers for Dis- Canada, from Arkansas, requiring many indoor ports the move to lift the people to choose to go ease Control and Preven- from New Zealand, from businesses to verify that without face coverings in rule. anywhere else,” to visit their patrons are fully vac- tion said last week that Children under age 5 most places. most Americans can now and spend money and cinated. Masks are still required would still have to wear implored New Yorkers to The moves to ease the safely take a break from masks because they are mandates comes as gov- wearing masks, including “go out this weekend and in all K-12 school disnot eligible for the vactricts until March 12. go dine.” ernment ofﬁcials around students. cine. The Democratic mayor After that, districts may New York City Mayor the U.S. have been eas- Associated Press The city’s vaccine mandate, imposed last year in a program called Key2NYC, required New Yorkers and tourists to show proof of vaccination to enter restaurants and bars, work out in gyms, catch a movie, attend a Broadway show, go to a convention or visit a museum. Not all of those places are ready to drop the restrictions. The Broadway League has said it will maintain mask and vaccination requirements in all its theaters at least through April 30. Andrew Rigie, the executive director of the New York City Hospitality Alliance representing restaurants, bars and nightclubs, said Friday that he thinks few venues will continue to impose vaccine rules on their own because their staff had to enforce the rules with customers and, at times, weather their frustrations. “Regardless of what someone’s opinion is of the vaccination requirement, it’s put restaurant workers in an extraordinarily difﬁcult position,” he said. “We hoped that people would respect workers but it’s been really tough.” For families, $6B deal with OxyContin maker is just a start By John Seewer and Dave Collins over opioids. The deal, which must Associated Press be approved by a federal bankruptcy judge, requires the Sacklers to For those who lost pay as much as $6 billion, loved ones in the opioid with $750 million for viccrisis, making sure the family behind OxyContin tims and their survivors. Most of the rest will go maker Purdue Pharma to state and local governpaid a price was never ments to ﬁght the crisis. just about money. What They also must give up many wanted was a ownership of their comchance to confront the pany, with the new entiSackler family face to ty’s proﬁts going toward face, to make them feel ﬁghting opioid addiction their pain. through treatment and While some may get that chance — at least by education programs. Some of the survivors video — under a tentaof the opioid crisis and tive settlement reached Thursday that also would relatives of those who force the Sacklers to pay died will receive payments. But most will get out billions, the families just a few thousand dolstill are coming away feeling empty, conﬂicted lars — not even enough to reimburse the cost of and angry yet again. a funeral — and many There’s a bit of hope more who have not ﬁled mixed in, too. claims already will be Nothing, though, will shut out altogether. bring back any of the “These families do lives lost or hold the need to get something,” Sacklers fully accountsaid Beth Schmidt, who able, in their eyes. started a support group “I’d like to see the in Sykesville, Maryland, Sacklers bleed all they after her son Sean died can, but the bigger in 2013, one of 13 lost in picture for me is what their town in little over they’re doing to clean a year. “We have families up the mess,” said Vicki that can’t afford to bury Meyer Bishop of Clarkstheir children. They’re burg, Maryland, who choosing cremation lost her 45-year-old son, because it’s less expenBrian Meyer, in 2017. sive. They shouldn’t have “We’re all so very worto do that.” ried about the next genThe agreement also eration and the next child recommends that the who will be lost.” victims be allowed to The Sacklers, whose directly share their heartwealth has been estiache with Sackler family mated in court ﬁlings at over $10 billion, will get members by videoconferto hang on to a chunk of ence at a hearing schedtheir vast fortune and be uled for Wednesday. Meyer Bishop would protected from current love to face the Sacklers and future civil lawsuits and show them a picture of her son that’s “so big they couldn’t look away.” “It’s what I see before I fall asleep every night,” she said. “I don’t even know if that would touch them. I don’t think it would.” The Sacklers have been cast as the leading villains in the country’s opioid crisis by activ- OH-70273516 Steven Senne | AP Lynn Wencus of Wrentham, Mass., holds a poster with a likeness of her son Jeff at her home, in Wrentham. Jeff died of a heroin overdose in 2017. OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and virtually all U.S. states have agreed to a new settlement of opioid lawsuits that would require members of the Sackler family who own the drugmaker to pay $5.5 billion to $6 billion in cash. They also apologized. ists who point to their lack of remorse and long-running efforts to shield their wealth while maintaining a lavish lifestyle. Their role in the epidemic was spotlighted in Hulu’s miniseries “Dopesick.” A half-million Americans have died from opioids over the past two decades, a toll that includes victims of prescription painkillers like OxyContin and Vicodin and illicit drugs such as heroin and fentanyl. “Everyday this goes on, we lose all of these people,” said Lynn Wencus, of Wrentham, Massachusetts, whose son Jeff died of an overdose in 2017. “If states use the money the way it’s supposed to be, then we will be saving lives.” It bothers her that more money won’t end up in the hands of the families, but she also knows nothing would make up for what she and so many others have lost. “Even if I got a billion dollars, it’s not going to bring back my son,” she said. �Along the River 10 Saturday, March 5, 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing ‘Save the date’ Mason County ’22 Tourism, events calendar Staff Report POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — After two years of pandemic-related delays, postponements and cancellations in some cases, Mason County’s 2022 tourism calendar has been announced with a full slate of activities. In addition to the ofﬁcial 2022 calendar being released by the Mason County Convention & Visitors Bureau, the City of Point Pleasant and Town of Mason have announced upcoming events as well. For the purpose of “saving the date,” here are the events in the ofﬁcial calendar as well as those made available to Ohio Valley Publishing as of press time on Friday: April April 9 — Town of Mason Easter Egg Hunt at the park April 30 — Mason Main Street (Second Street from Anderson to Center; crafters, food trucks entertainment) May May 7 Community Block Sale in Mason May 7 - 8 Spring Engine Show (West Virginia State Farm Museum, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) May 14 Main Street Food Truck Festival (Main Street, Point Pleasant) May 21 Fort Randolph History Walk (Fort Randolph, noon - 5 p.m.) May 21 Music in the Park in Mason begins (Series continues through September) May 28 AMVETS Memorial Day Parade (Main Street Point Pleasant, 1 p.m.) June June 4 Docking of The American Countess (Point Pleasant Riverfront Park) MUNICIPAL MAESTROS This year, both the City of Point Pleasant and the Town of Mason are planning a series of free concerts at their respective outdoor venues — Riverfront Park and StewartJohnson V.F.W./Lottie Jenks Memorial Park — both along the banks of the Ohio River. The popular Mayor’s Night Out concert series will be returning to Point Pleasant on Friday nights starting June 10 and continuing through the summer. While, Mason’s Music in the Park will begin May 21 and continue through September. More on these concerts in upcoming editions. OVP File Photo Battle Days returns Oct. 7-9 to Tu-Endie-Wei State Park and Main Street Point Pleasant. June 4 Antique Tractor Pull (West Virginia State Farm Museum, 5 p.m.) June 4 Car show at the park in Mason June 10 Mayor’s Night Out concert series begins (8-10 p.m., Fridays at Riverfront Park) June 11 Bridge to Bridge Bike Ride (Main Street Point Pleasant) July July 2 Mason/New Haven Fourth of July Parade (New Haven, 11 a.m.) July 2 Liberty Day (Fort Randolph (11 a.m. to 5 p.m.) July 2 Antique Tractor Pull (West Virginia State Farm Museum, 5 p.m.) July 3 - 4 Point Pleasant Liberty Fest (Main Street and Riverfront Park) July 4 Point Pleasant Liberty Fest Parade (Main Street Point Pleasant, 6 p.m., lineup at 5 p.m.) July 23 Tractor Parade and Show (West Virginia State Farm Museum, 9 a.m.) July 23 Main Street Car OVP File Photo OVP File Photo The inaugural Bridge to Bridge Bike Ride is June 11 on Main Street in downtown Point Pleasant. Show (Main Street Point Pleasant, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) August Aug. 5 Docking of The American Queen (Point Pleasant Riverfront Park) Aug. 6 Mason County Fair Parade (Main Street Point Pleasant, noon) Aug. 8 - 13 Mason County Fair (Mason County Fairgrounds, 9 a.m. - 11 p.m.) September Sept. 3 Docking of The American Countess OVP File Photo The Mason County Fair parade returns Aug. 6 with the fair following Aug. 8-13. (Point Pleasant Riverfront Park) Sept. 3 Tribute to the River (Riverfront Park) Sept. 3 Main Street Summer Soiree (903 Main Street, 2 p.m.) Sept. 3 Antique Tractor Pull (West Virginia State Farm Museum, 1 p.m.) Sept. 16 - 18 Mothman Festival (Downtown Point Pleasant) Sept. 17 Mothman Festival Hayride (West Virginia State Farm Museum, 7 p.m.) Sept. 17 Fort Randolph Open for Mothman Festival (Fort Randolph, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.) October Oct. 1 - 2 Country Fall Festival (West Virginia State Farm Museum) Oct. 7 Battle Days Parade (Main Street Point Pleasant, 11 a.m.) Oct. 7 - 9 Battle Days Festival (Tu-Endie-Wei State Park and Main Street Point Pleasant) Oct. 8 Mason Harvest Festival (Mason City Park) Oct. 22 Folklore and Fest Storytelling (Fort Randolph at Krodel Park, 1-5 p.m.) The Country Fall Festival returns to the West Virginia State Farm Museum Oct. 1 - 2. The museum also hosts antique tractor pulls and the tractor parade through the year. Hayrides also take place through TNT during the Mothman Festival. Oct. 22 Car show, chili cookoff, local music showcase in Mason Oct. 27 Docking of The American Duchess (Point Pleasant Riverfront Park) Oct. 29 Afternoon trick-or-treat, “Halloween in the Park,” outdoor movie, “Zombie 5K” in Mason November Nov. 5 Antique Tractor Pull (West Virginia State Farm Museum, 1 p.m.) Nov. 5 Main Street Harvest Festival (Main Street Point Pleasant) Nov. 5 AMVETS Veterans Day Parade (Main Street Point Pleasant, 1 p.m.) Nov. 19 - Dec. 31 Christmas Fantasy Light Show (Krodel Park, 6-9 p.m. nightly) Nov. 26 Shop Small Saturday (Main Street Point Pleasant) December Dec. 1 - 31 Christmas Fantasy Light Show (Krodel Park, 6-9 p.m. nightly) Dec. 2 Point Pleasant Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting (Main Street and Gunn Park, 6 p.m.) Mindy Kearns | Courtesy The Mason Harvest Festival returns Oct. 8 to Mason City Park. Dec. 3 Main Street Sugar Plum Stroll (Main Street Point Pleasant) Dec. 3 Christmas on the Frontier (Fort Randolph, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) Dec. 3 Christmas in the Park, Parade and Tree Lighting (Mason City Park 3-5 p.m.) Dec. 5 - 20 Christmas Light Show and Drive Thru (West Virginia State Farm Museum, 6-9 p.m. nightly) More on many of these events will appear in upcoming editions of Ohio Valley Publications as additional details are released and more activities are added. All events are subject to change. For more information, visit http://www. masoncountytourism. org/; phone 304-6756788, or e-mail tourism@ masoncounty.org. Or, ﬁnd the City of Point Pleasant and/or Town of Mason on Facebook for updates on events as they are ﬁnalized. Beth Sergent contributed to this story. © 2022. Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Mindy Kearns | Courtesy The Mason/New Haven Fourth of July Parade returns July 2. �NEWS/CLASSIFIEDS Ohio Valley Publishing Saturday, March 5, 2022 11 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine leaves global trade in tatters By Joshua Goodman leave the politics aside. It’s hard, but these are very stoic people, and I’ve been impressed by their MIAMI — Sanctions dedication.” on Russia are starting to So far, the war’s impact wreak havoc on global on global trade has been trade, with potentially most severe in the Black devastating consequences Sea, where Russian and for energy and grain Ukrainian ports are major importers while also hubs for wheat and corn. generating ripple effects Trafﬁc has ground to a across a world still strughalt, effectively shutting gling with pandemicdown the world’s secondinduced supply chain largest grain exporting disruptions. region. Since Russia’s invasion Unlike oil production, of Ukraine, hundreds of which can be ramped up tankers and bulk carriers quickly elsewhere, boosthave been diverted away ing grain supplies takes from the Black Sea, while time and the sheer volume dozens more have been Keith Srakocic | AP file stranded at ports and at A sign in the vodka area of a Pennsylvania Fine Wine and Good Spirits store reflects the state’s that could be diverted as a result of war and sancsea unable to unload their decision to withdraw Russian-made products for sale, in Harmony, Pa. tions — Ukraine accounts valuable cargoes. Russia for 16% of global corn ization, so far has shown return to. whose extensive trade is a leading exporter of exports and together One Ukrainian senior little appetite to fully ties with the West have grains and a major supwith Russia 30% of wheat ofﬁcer stranded on a back President Vladimir plier of crude oil, metals, been all but severed. exports — means poorer tanker in the Gulf of Putin despite abstaining “This is an earthwood and plastics — all Mexico was so distraught countries that depend on from a U.N. vote conquake like we’ve never used worldwide in a imports could face major that he demanded to be demning the land grab. range of products and by seen before,” said Ami supply shocks. The strains are already allowed to disembark a multitude of industries Daniel, a co-founder of “The question is not months before his conbeing felt at Interunity Windward, a maritime from steelmakers to car whether there will be seriGroup, a family-run Greek tract ended, said George intelligence ﬁrm that manufacturers. ous economic effects and Only a small handful of advises governments. He shipping company whose Mangos, one of Intercritical food shortages in unity’s directors. 60 oil tankers and bulk added, “Companies are Russia’s 2,000 cargo and “He told me he wanted already fragile countries, going well beyond what’s carriers are operated by tanker ships have been to get off at the next port the question is what Rusdozens of Russian and legally required and taksanctioned by Western sia will do with that and so he could ﬁght for his ing actions based on their Ukrainian sea captains powers, but freezing the homeland,” said Mangos, how the West will react,” and ofﬁcers. own values before their assets of the country’s said Rohini Ralby, a direcwho expressed admiraAfter the invasion, the customers even demand biggest banks means the tor at I.R. Consilium, a tion for his patriotism. Russian part of Interuniit.” business of importing U.S.-based maritime con“Operating a highly ty’s workforce wondered One potential escape and exporting from Russulting ﬁrm. sophisticated tanker valve for Russian exports how they’d get home sia will take a major hit. Among the countries is China, whose fast-grow- after the European Union with a dangerous cargo Intensifying the squeeze most at risk are Egypt, is stressful even under imposed a ﬂight ban on ing economy is thirsty are companies from India and Turkey, all of Apple and Nike to major for natural resources. But their country. 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The White House said it would be “a roadmap that will enable WASHINGTON — President us to move forward safely, and sustain and build on the progJoe Biden declared Tuesday ress we’ve made over the past that “it’s time for Americans 13 months.” to get back to work” as he In his remarks Tuesday, announced new efforts to allow Biden said that in addition people to return to normal activities safely after two years to starting the new antiviral initiative, his administration of pandemic disruptions. would allow people in the U.S. Biden used his State of the to order another round of free Union address to announce tests from the government. that his administration was An antiviral pill from Pﬁzer launching a “test-to-treat” initiative to provide free antiviral has been shown to reduce the risk of hospitalization from pills at pharmacies to those who test positive for the virus. COVID-19 by 90%. By the end He also highlighted the prog- of the month, the administration says, 1 million pills will ress made on the pandemic since last year, with a dramatic be available, with double that ready for use in April. reduction in cases, readilyA White House ofﬁcial said available vaccines and tests, the “test-to-treat” plan will and new therapeutics soon initially roll out in hundreds of becoming more accessible. pharmacies across the country, “Tonight, I can say we are moving forward safely, back to including CVS, Walgreens, and Kroger locations. Those who more normal routines,” Biden test positive at the sites will be said. “It’s time for Americans to get back to work and ﬁll our able to obtain the antiviral pills on the spot for immediate use. great downtowns again.” Biden said that starting His comments come ahead of the White House release of a next week, the administration would make available four new “National COVID-19 Pre- The Associated Press A CLOSER LOOK A White House official said the “test-to-treat” plan will initially roll out in hundreds of pharmacies across the country, including CVS, Walgreens, and Kroger locations. Those who test positive at the sites will be able to obtain the antiviral pills on the spot for immediate use. The administration will make available four more free tests to U.S. households through COVIDTests.gov, which has sent more than 270 million free tests to nearly 70 million households since it launched in mid-January. more free tests to U.S. households through COVIDTests. gov, which has sent more than 270 million free tests to nearly 70 million households since it launched in mid-January. COVID-19 cases have fallen to their lowest level since last summer in recent weeks, after a winter spike from the highly-transmissible omicron variant. Deaths, though, which lag cases by weeks, are still elevated, with an average of nearly 1,700 people dying in the U.S. each day. U.S. ofﬁcials emphasize that most instances of serious illnesses and death in the U.S. occur among those who are unvaccinated or who have not received a booster dose of the vaccines. Earlier Tuesday, Biden extended the federal government’s 100% reimbursement of COVID-19 emergency response costs to states, tribes and territories through July 1, the White House announced Tuesday. White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients informed governors on a conference call that Biden is approving the extension of Federal Emergency Management Agency support to help continue FEMA-backed efforts like vaccination clinics, mass testing sites and surging hospital resources to deal with local case spikes. “FEMA’s priority throughout the response to COVID-19 has been to coordinate and provide the necessary resources and personnel states, tribes and territories need to adequately respond to the pandemic,” FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said. “Today’s extension of the 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. Russia blocks access to Twitter, Facebook Associated Press After blocking Facebook, Russia’s state communications watchdog has quickly followed up by declaring a block on Twitter amid the tensions over the war in Ukraine. The agency, Roskomnadzor, said Friday it cut access to Twitter in line with the Russian Prosecutor General’s ofﬁce decision. The watchdog has previously accused Twitter of failing to delete the content banned by the Russian authorities. The government is seeking to stiﬂe independent voices about the invasion of Ukraine. The moves against Facebook and Twitter came shortly after ofﬁcials blocked reporting from the BBC, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle, Latvia-based website Meduza and the U.S. government-funded Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Council From page 1 Rick Dostal, a guest at the meeting from Southeastern Ohio Building Department (SEOBD) spoke to council after a request from Mayor Anderson. Dostal contracts with local municipalities for commercial building inspections. The village has a choice of working with the state, or contracting with SEOBD. Council said they would have an ordinance drafter for a ﬁrst reading at the next meeting. Council voted to move forward with researching parcel numbers and utility lines at the end of Peacock Avenue. Oliphant told council the prop- erty on both sides of the road are owned by the same person, who is the last resident on the road. There is approximately 150 feet of road beyond the resident’s home. Council approved to purchase new software at $200 per year to make ID badges for departments and the ﬁre department. These badges will let employees unlock the electronic locks on doors on village properly. The next meeting for the Pomeroy Village Council is set for Monday, March 7 at 7 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. Map ﬁrst set, while still creating heavy GOP majorities in both the Ohio From page 1 House and Ohio Senate. Speciﬁcally, it created do so, despite an appeal 57 Republican and 42 Democratic seats in the by county election ofﬁOhio House, and 20 cials and recommendaRepublican and 13 Demtions by both the state ocratic seats in the Ohio attorney general and Senate. Many districts secretary of state, who were so closely divided oversees elections. that they could have The second set of been election toss-ups — maps championed by the group of Republican primarily in Republicans’ favor, contributing to the voters got closer to the Ohio Supreme Court’s state’s 54% Republican to 46% Democratic parti- decision that they were san breakdown than the gerrymandered. Chase From page 1 Area coming together and containing the situation is astonishing,” said McKinney. “Teamwork and communication in the Bend Area are what helped stop this from becoming a bigger situation. Every ofﬁcer involved did a fantastic job.” Agencies involved included the Mason, New Haven, Hartford and Pomeroy police departments, Meigs County Sheriff’s Department, Pomeroy Fire Department, and Meigs EMS. Emilio Morenatti | AP Oksana weeps next to a coffin containing the body of her husband Volodymyr Nezhenets, 54, during his funeral in the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday. A small group of reservists are burying their comrade Nezhenets, who was one of three killed on Feb. 26 in an ambush Ukrainian authorities say was caused by Russian ‘saboteurs’. Russians take Ukraine nuclear plant No radiation detected after shelling started fire By Andrew Drake, Francesca Ebel, Yuras Karmanau and Mstyslav Chernov Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine — Russian troops Friday seized the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe after a middle-of-the-night attack that set it on ﬁre and brieﬂy raised worldwide fears of a catastrophe in the most chilling turn yet in Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Fireﬁghters put out the blaze, and no radiation was released, U.N. and Ukrainian ofﬁcials said, as Russian forces pressed on with their week-old offensive on multiple fronts and the number of refugees ﬂeeing the country eclipsed 1.2 million. With world condemnation mounting, the Kremlin cracked down on the ﬂow of information at home, blocking Facebook, Twitter, the BBC and the U.S. government-funded Voice of America. And President Vladimir Putin signed a law making it a crime punishable by up to 15 years in prison to spread so-called fake news, including anything that goes against the ofﬁcial government line on the war. While the vast Russian armored column threatening Kyiv remained stalled outside the capital, Putin’s military has launched hundreds of missiles and artillery attacks on cities and other sites around the country, and made signiﬁcant gains on the ground in the south in an apparent bid to cut off Ukraine’s access to the sea. In the atttack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in the southeastern city of Enerhodar, the chief of the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi, said a Russian “projectile” hit a training center, not any of the six reactors. The attack triggered global alarm and fear of a catastrophe that could dwarf the world’s worst nuclear disaster, at Ukraine’s Chernobyl in 1986. In an emotional nighttime speech, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he feared an explosion that would be “the end for everyone. The end for Europe. The evacuation of Europe.” But nuclear ofﬁcials from Sweden to China said no radiation spikes had been reported, as did Grossi. Authorities said that Russian troops had taken control of the overall site but that the plant staff continued to run it. Only one reactor was operating, running at 60% of capacity, Grossi said in the aftermath of the attack. Two people were injured in the ﬁre, Grossi said. Ukraine’s state nuclear plant operator Enerhoatom said three Ukrainian soldiers were killed and two wounded. In the U.S., Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the episode “underscores the recklessness with which the Russians have been perpetrating this unprovoked invasion.” At an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council, Ukraine’s U.N. ambassador, Sergiy Kyslytsya, said the ﬁre broke out as a result of Russian shelling of the plant and accused Moscow of committing “an act of nuclear terrorism.” Without producing evidence, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov claimed that a Ukrainian “sabotage group” had set the ﬁre at Zaporozhizhia. Bill seeks removal of Russian assets COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohioan’s ﬁve public employee pension funds would have to divest themselves of all Russian-connected assets and state and local governments would be banned from contracting with Russian companies under emergency GOP legislation introduced Thursday. The measure spon- sored by state Sen. Niraj Antani, a suburban Dayton Republican, also prohibits state or local governments from providing tax incentives, loans, or grants to Russian companies. Antani’s bill, meant to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, contains an emergency clause meaning it would take effect immediately if signed into law. The bill came the same day as an executive order from Republican Gov. Mike DeWine that immediately lays out such requirements for state entities, and one day after Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost also asked the pension funds to divest their Russian assets. “By requiring the state to cut all ties with Russia, we are doing our part to increase the ﬁnancial strain on Russia,” Antani said. Governors and lawmakers in numerous U.S. states took actions this week to pull state investments from Russian companies while encouraging private entities to do the same. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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