https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/fa6410f8173d90d9f51ea4fc184b6ecd.pdf d6e8f136c2dd6427233a3521c39d36d6 PDF Text Text STANDING WITH UKRAINE We at AIM Media stand with SUPPORT the Ukrainian people to support their freedom and UKRAINE sovereignty. www.aimmediacares.com Please visit AIMMediaCares.com/Ukraine or scan the QR code for links to organizations working to help the Ukrainian people in their time of need. 8 AM 2 PM 8 PM 34° 53° 59° Clouds and sun today. A couple of showers late tonight. High 63° / Low 52° Today’s weather forecast RedStorm sweeps twinbill WEATHER s 7 SPORTS s 6 C_ZZb[fehj�š�Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 77, Volume 76 Wednesday, April 20, 2022 s 50¢ In-person programs begin at library Photos by Meigs County Public Library | Courtesy Pictured here is the Riverview Room, where book club meetings are held. Meetings, classes coming back after pandemic pause By Lorna Hart is also restarting. Their first meeting is Friday, April 29, with the book selection “Summer Tides” by Denise Hunter. POMEROY — The Meigs The group meets on the fourth County Public Library has Friday of each month in the Rivalways been known for its vast selection of books, but over the erview Room at the Pomeroy Library at 10:30 a.m., and is years, it has also become an a group for adults to read one extensive resource center for book a month and then meet to the community. discuss it. The purpose of the Gone are the days of hushed club is to gain new perspectives, libraries with rows and rows meet new people, and expand of only books. They have been replaced with brightly lit spaces reading horizons. Meetings are and interactive and educational informal and open to all; those who have not read the book are programs for children and also invited to attend. adults that take full advantage Literary Lunch is an opportuof the library’s resources, while nity to talk online with a group still providing spaces for quiet about the book you are reading. reading and research. These Zoom sessions are schedMuch emphasis is given to uled for Wednesdays at noon, the children’s programs, but and last between 30 and 40 Assistant Director Chelsea minutes. They can be joined by Poole said it is important that adults know there are many pro- following a link on the library website. grams and resources for them At Needlework Network, artas well. “We offer book clubs, comput- ists gather to share patterns, er classes and technology assis- work on communal projects, and socialize each Wednesday tance, and music and needleat 10 a.m. Experienced and novwork groups to name a few, as ice crochet and knitter enthusiwell as many other resources” asts are welcome, no registraPoole said. tion is required. The Book Club will meet Acoustic Night is a twice for the first time since 2020 monthly program for musion Monday, May 23 at 4 p.m. cians and listeners to enjoy an in the Riverview Room at the informal jam session. Musicians Pomeroy Library. The group play and sing a variety of music reads titles primarily from ficincluding bluegrass, light rock, tion collections. Meetings are country, and gospel. Listeners informal and open to all, even and singers are also welcome. for those who haven’t read the All skill levels are invited to book. Book Club meetings are attend, as beginners are encourheld on the fourth Monday of aged to learn from experienced each month at 4 p.m. Light players. Acoustic Night at the refreshments are served. To Library is held on the second pick up a copy of the current and fourth Tuesday of each read, contact the Pomeroy month at 6 p.m. at the Pomeroy Library. Library. The Inspirational Book Club Special to OVP AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC (USPS 145-966) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes every Tuesday through Saturday. Subscription rate is $208 per year. Prices are subject to change at any time. 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 Periodical postage paid at Pomeroy, OH POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Sentinel, 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631. All content © 2022 The Daily Sentinel, an edition of the Gallipolis Daily Tribune. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. The library has books available from all genres. Computer classes are available, with subjects covered from patron requests. Computer Basics was held in mid-April, and a Microsoft Excel class is scheduled for May. Assistance for personal devices such as mobile phone, laptops, and tablets is available from the Technology Trainer during oneon-one appointments This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the State Library of Ohio. Poole also wants everyone to know about Libby, the library reading app that allows library members to borrow ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and more for free. She encouraged members to stop by if they need assistance from the Technology Trainer setting up the app on their phone or tablet. “People are paying for these materials, and many don’t know they can get them free,” she said. An agent with the Central State University Extension will host two classes in Backyard Poultry April 19 and 26 at 6 p.m. In these classes, students will learn how to keep a few birds or a larger flock, breeds to consider, feed, and the economics of keeping a flock. The Extension service previously held a class on bees. Library services available to all library members include computer stations, wireless internet connections and hotspots, copy, fax, scan to email, notary service, passport photos, lamination, disc repair, die cut machines, voter and Golden Buckeye Card registration, Federal and State income tax forms, community meeting rooms, and delivery of library materials to homebound Meigs residents. The library no longer charges late fees for overdue materials. However, in the event that material is lost or damaged, borrowers are responsible for replacement costs of those items. A replacement cost of an item will be charged to the account after the item has been overdue for a year, and the cardholder will be required to pay the replacement cost of the lost material before the library privileges are reinstated. COVID-19 has been difficult for everyone, and the library staff has been doing their best to continue to serve the community during this time. Until recently, they could not begin to offer the in-person programs and assistance that patrons had See LIRBARY | 10 Meigs school board OKs personnel Staff Report POMEROY — The Meigs Local Board of Education met earlier this month to approve personnel items. Present during the meeting were board members Heather Hawley, Roger Abbott, Tony Hawk, Barbara Musser, and Ryan Mahr. The board approved the financial report for the month of March 2022 as submitted, as well as bills for payment for the month of March. The board approved re-enrollment in the Ohio School Comp Group Retrospective Rating program from Jan. 1, 2023 to Dec. 31, 2023. The following purchases and agreements were approved: The purchase of band uniforms in the amount of $47,924. The band boosters will contribute $10,000; An agreement with Auditor of State LGS to compile annual financial statements for fiscal year ending June 30. Total amount not to exceed $14,405; The purchase of Braun Lift for the handicap bus from Truck Sales and Service; The purchase of IP PBX Phone System from ValTech Communications; An agreement with Jefferson County VLA for FY 23; The purchase of a See PERSONNEL | 10 Racine marshal probes tire slashings RACINE — The Racine Marshal’s Office is currently investigating several vehicle tires being slashed during the early morning hours on Monday. According to a press release from the marshal’s office, tires have been slashed on several law enforcement vehicles belonging to various agencies in Meigs County, as well our citizens’ vehicles and side-bysides. The marshal is asking citizens to review their security cameras to see if they may have video of the suspect(s). Furthermore, with recent vehicle thefts occurring once again, citizens are asked remove the keys from their vehicle, secure vehicle doors, and remove any valuables from the vehicle. If you have any information, please message the Village of Racine Marshals office on Facebook or call the Meigs County 9-1-1 center at 740-992-6617 option 5. Ohio election officials beg to end map flap By Julie Carr Smyth Associated Press COLUMBUS (AP) — If the fight in Ohio between a defiant political mapmaking panel and an equally stubborn Ohio Supreme Court bears a resemblance to the movie “Groundhog Day,” then long-suffering election workers are the guy caught in the daily nightmare — at least according to the head of their trade organization. The Ohio Association of Election Officials drew the analogy Monday as it stood by state election officials’ insistence that a second primary for legislative races must be held on Aug. 2 — no later. Early voting in other races is already underway for the first primary, being held May 3, but Statehouse contests were omitted from ballots because those maps remain disputed. “One dissenting justice compared the redistricting process to the movie “Groundhog Day.” It is an apt description for election officials who feel like Bill Murray,” said Brian Sleeth, the association’s president, in a statement. See MAP | 10 �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Wednesday, April 20, 2022 DEATH NOTICES Ohio Valley Publishing OBITUARY STALEY CROOKSVILLE — Mary Margraret Howdyshell Staley 52, of Crooksville, died on Saturday, April 16, 2022. Graveside services will be at noon on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 in the Rutland Cemetery. The Cremeens-King Funeral Home, Pomeroy, is entrusted with the arrangements. YOUNG PORTLAND — Charles “Tom” Thomas Young, 65, of Portland, died on Thursday, April 14, 2022 in the Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus. Cremation arrangements are entrusted to the Cremeens-King Funeral Home, Racine. DILLMAN POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Maria Grace Dillman, 80, of Point Pleasant, W.Va., died Friday March 18, 2022 while at Arbors of Gallipolis, Ohio. There will be a memorial service for Maria Friday April 23, 2022 at Crow-Hussell Funeral Home from 2-4 p.m.. 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. Thursday, April 21 MIDDLEPORT — Meigs County retired teachers will meet at noon for luncheon at Blakeslee center in Middleport. Come in from Pearl Street; parking in rear. Friday, April 22 POMEROY — Inspirational Book Club is at 10:30 a.m. at the Pomeroy Library. Read and discuss titles from the library’s Inspirational Fiction collection. MIDDLEPORT — The free community dinner at the Middleport Church of Christ Family Life Center will begin service at 5 p.m. Meals will be served inside beginning this month. The menu includes cream baked chicken, mashed potatoes, vegetable, roll and dessert. All are welcome. Saturday, April 23 POMEROY — A pancake breakfast sponsored by the Middleport-Pomeroy Rotary Club will be at the Mulberry Community Center from 8-11 a.m. The public is invited. MIDDLEPORT — The Middleport Fire Department will be hosting a fish fry. Serving begins at 11 a.m. Monday, April 25 RACINE — A Red Cross Blood Drive will be at Southern High School from 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Call 1-800-733-2767 or visit redcrossblood.org (enter SouthernLocalHS) to schedule an appointment. CHESTER — The monthly meeting of the Meigs County Ikes Club will be held at 7 p.m. at the clubhouse on Sugar Run Road. MIDDLEPORT — Veterans Service Commission will have a public meeting at 9 a.m. at 97 N. Second Ave., Suite 2, in Middleport. POMEROY — The regular meeting of the Meigs County Public Library Board will be held at 1 p.m. at the Pomeroy Library. Tuesday, April 26 ALMA K. ‘KITTY’ KAUFF DELAWARE — Alma K. “Kitty” Kauff, 96, of Delaware, formerly of Hartford, W.Va., passed away Friday April 15, 2022 at Country View of Sunbury following a long illness. She was a part of the “Greatest Generation” and sewed flight suits for Union Manufacturing Company during World War II. Kitty was a member of the Eastern Star and served as deaconess at the First Baptist Church of Middleport. Born November 24, 1925 in Rockcastle, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Londus B. Barnett and Ethel Ivy Herdman Barnett. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 71 years, Harold Eugene “Gene” Kauff; daughter, Linda Miller; sisters, Evelyn Barnett, Avalee Winters and Louise Jividen. Survivors include her son, John (Terri) Kauff of Delaware; sisters, Audrey Schoolcraft, and Viola (Joe) Dingess; brothers, Brycil (Ruth) Barnett, and Belvin Barnett; brother-in-law, Herman Jividen. Kitty is also survived by nine grandchildren and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 225 N. Michigan Ave. Floor 17, Chicago, IL 60601, or to the char- ity of your choice. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at Raynes Funeral Home, Buffalo. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Online condolences may be sent to the family and the online guestbook signed by visiting www. raynesfuneralhome.com. Raynes Funeral Home, 20072 Charleston Road, Buffalo is in charge of arrangements. GALLIA, MEIGS COMMUNITY BRIEFS a.m. - 1 p.m. 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. OHIO VALLEY — The StewartJohnson Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9926 will be awarding up to five tuition scholarships of $1,000 each to qualifying area college stuATHENS — OhioMeansJobs will host its 18th Annual Job Fair dents and high school seniors who on April 27 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. have been accepted into a college at the Athens Community Center, or university program. Members of V.F.W. Post 9926 and their 710 E. State Street. The event is free to the public and participants immediate families will receive first consideration for these scholshould bring a resume and be arships, but other veterans and ready to be interviewed. Over their families might also be consid70 local employers, education ered. Applications can be picked and training opportunities are expected at the fair. Resume and up at the V.F.W. Post in Mason. Completed forms must be received interview preparations are availby the V.F.W. Post no later than able at Athens, Meigs and Perry May 11. Late applications will not centers. be considered. Scholarships must be utilized by Dec. 1. For additional information, contact school guidance counselors or Robert Caruthers, Quartermaster Post 9926, at 304-812-5905 or 740-416RACINE — The Morning Star 5262. United Methodist Church will be holding a yard sale on April 29-30 beginning at 9 a.m. both days. VFW scholarships Job fair Morning Star UMC yard sale school seniors from Gallia and Meigs counties and Mason County, W.Va. Applications are available in guidance counselor offices at area high schools. Awards will be based on the applicant’s financial need, scholastic achievements and leadership qualities. Deadline to return the application to the Elks Lodge is July 5. Applications can be mailed to Past Exalted Ruler’s Association, Gallipolis Elks Lodge #017, 408 Second Avenue, P.O. Box 303, Gallipolis, OH 45631. 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. Needlework Pomeroy Alumni Network Middleport Alumni scholarships POMEROY — Join the Needlework Network on Wednesday POMEROY — The Pomeroy scholarships mornings at 10 a.m. in the RivHigh School Alumni Association MIDDLEPORT — Scholarship applications are now available for six different scholarships for high school seniors who are children or grandchildren of Middleport High School Alumni. The guidance counselors at Meigs, Eastern, Southern and Wahama high schools now have the applications available. The deadline for applications to be returned is May 2. For more information about the criteria and to obtain applications, please email or call the scholarship trustees below: mblake1967@ yahoo.com; jecrooks@suddenlink.net; clhglh@suddenlik.net; drg453@yahoo.com; Diane Lynch - 740-992-3225. Library book sale POMEROY — A book sale at the Pomeroy Library will be on Wednesday, May 4 from 5-7 p.m.; Thursday, May 5 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.; and Friday, May 6 from 9 will be awarding scholarships again this year to graduating seniors who are either a grandchild or great-grandchild of a Pomeroy alumni. Applicants need to send an official transcript of grades, a current photo and list the activities they have been involved in during their high school years. In addition, they need to state where they plan to attend college, course of study, parents’ names and the names’ of the grandparents who are Pomeroy Alumni. The scholarships are based on academics. Applications are to be sent to the Pomeroy Alumni Association, Box 202, Pomeroy, OH 45769 and are to be received no later than May 13, 2022. Elks Scholarships GALLIPOLIS — the Gallipolis Elks Lodge #107 scholarships are now available for graduating high erview Room at the Pomeroy Library. Socialize and craft with experienced fabric artists. Bring your work in progress to share with the group. Beginners welcome. Road closures MEIGS COUNTY — A culvert replacement project begins on April 4 on SR 681, between Devenny Road (Township Road 258) and Bentz Cemetery Road (Township Road 158). The road will be closed from 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Estimated completion: April 22. MEIGS COUNTY — A bridge replacement project is taking place on County Road 163, between Rocksprings Road and Hemlock Grove Road. The road is closed. The detour is Rocksprings Road to U.S. 33 west to SR 681 east to Hemlock Grove Road. Estimated completion: May 6. POMEROY — Backyard Poultry Class: Part 2 “Caring for Your New Flock” is at the Pomeroy Library at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 28 POMEROY — The Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors will hold their regular monthly meeting at noon at the district office. Friday, April 29 RIO GRANDE — The Southwest Elementary Retired Staff Dinner will be at Bob Evans, Rio Grande, at noon. Saturday, April 30 GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis Railroad Freight Station Museum will have a Grand Opening from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. At the Gallipolis Railroad Freight Station on 918 Third Ave. Public is welcome. CONTACT US 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 740-446-2342 All content © 2022 Gallipolis Daily Tribune and The Daily Sentinel edition. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT/ GROUP PUBLISHER Lane Moon lmoon@aimmediamidwest.com EDITOR gdtnews@aimmediamidwest.com SPORTS EDITOR Bryan Walters, Ext. 2101 bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Matt Rodgers, Ext. 2095 mrodgers@aimmediamidwest.com CIRCULATION MANAGER Derrick Morrison, Ext. 2097 dmorrison@aimmediamidwest.com TODAY IN HISTORY Young and Charles M. Duke Jr., landed on the moon. In 1986, following an absence of Today is Wednesday, April 20, six decades, Russian-born pianist the 110th day of 2022. There are Vladimir Horowitz performed 255 days left in the year. in the Soviet Union to a packed audience at the Grand Hall of the Today’s highlight in history Tchaikovsky Conservatory in MosOn April 20, 2010, an explocow. sion on the Deepwater Horizon In 1999, the Columbine High oil platform, leased by BP, killed 11 workers and caused a blow-out School massacre took place in Colorado as two students shot that began spewing an estimated and killed 12 classmates and one 200 million gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico. (The well was teacher before taking their own finally capped nearly three months lives. In 2003, U.S. Army forces later.) took control of Baghdad from the Marines in a changing of the On this date guard that thinned the military In 1812, the fourth vice president of the United States, George presence in the capital. In 2008, Pope Benedict XVI Clinton, died in Washington at age celebrated his final Mass in the 72, becoming the first vice presiUnited States before a full house dent to die while in office. in Yankee Stadium, blessing his In 1861, Col. Robert E. Lee enormous U.S. flock and telling resigned his commission in the Americans to use their freedoms United States Army. (Lee went wisely. on to command the Army of In 2016, five former New Northern Virginia, and eventually Orleans police officers pleaded became general-in-chief of the guilty to lesser charges in the Confederate forces.) deadly shootings on a bridge in In 1971, the Supreme Court the days following Hurricane unanimously upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegrega- Katrina in 2005. In 2020, the Centers for Distion in schools. In 1972, Apollo 16’s lunar mod- ease Control and Prevention said reports of accidental poisonings ule, carrying astronauts John W. Associated Press from cleaners and disinfectants were up about 20 percent in the first three months of the year; researchers believed it was related to the coronavirus epidemic. Today’s Birthdays: Actor Leslie Phillips is 98. Former Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., is 86. Actor George Takei is 85. Singer Johnny Tillotson is 84. Actor Ryan O’Neal is 81. Bluegrass singer-musician Doyle Lawson (Quicksilver) is 78. Actor Judith O’Dea is 77. Rock musician Craig Frost (Grand Funk; Bob Seger’s Silver Bullet Band) is 74. Actor Gregory Itzin is 74. Actor Jessica Lange is 73. Actor Veronica Cartwright is 73. Actor Clint Howard is 63. Actor Crispin Glover is 58. Olympic silver medal figure skater Rosalynn Sumners is 58. Actor William deVry is 54. Country singer Wade Hayes is 53. Actor Shemar Moore is 52. Actor Carmen Electra is 50. Reggae singer Stephen Marley is 50. Rock musician Marty Crandall is 47. Actor Joey Lawrence is 46. Country musician Clay Cook (Zac Brown Band) is 44. Actor Clayne Crawford is 44. Actor Tim Jo is 38. Actor Carlos Valdes (TV: “The Flash”) is 33. �NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing Wednesday, April 20, 2022 3 Moderna announces step toward updating COVID shots for fall By Lauran Neergaard a Moderna vice president. Tuesday’s data was reported online and hasn’t been vetted by independent experts. Moderna hopes to offer updated COVID-19 vaccines still are providCOVID-19 boosters in the fall that combine its original vaccine with pro- ing strong protection against severe disease, hospitalization and death, tection against the omicron variant. On Tuesday, it reported a preliminary even against omicron. That variant is so different from the original coronahint that such an approach might virus that it more easily slips past the work. immune system’s defenses, although Today’s COVID-19 vaccines all are studies in the U.S. and elsewhere show based on the original version of the an original booster dose strengthens coronavirus. But the virus continues to mutate, with the super-contagious protection. Some countries offer paromicron variant — and its siblings — ticularly vulnerable people a second booster; in the U.S., that’s anyone 50 the latest threat. or older or those with a severely weakBefore omicron came along, Modened immune system. erna was studying a combination Health officials have made clear shot that added protection against an that giving boosters every few months earlier variant named beta. Tuesday, isn’t the answer to the mutating virus. the company said people given that They’ve begun deliberating how to beta-original vaccine combination produced more antibodies capable of decide if and when to change the vaccine recipe. fighting several variants — includJust switching to a vaccine that taring omicron — than today’s regular gets the latest variant is risky, because booster triggers. the virus could mutate again. So While the antibody increase was modest, Moderna’s goal is to produce Moderna and its rival Pfizer both are testing what scientists call “bivalent” a combination shot that specifically targets omicron. “These results really shots — a mix of each company’s give us hope” that next step will work original vaccine and an omicroneven better, said Dr. Jacqueline Miller, targeted version. AP Medical Writer Mark Gillispie | AP Oberlin High School history teacher Kurt Russell stands near a portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. as he teaches an African-American history class Thursday in Oberlin, Ohio. The Council of Chief State School Officers on Tuesday announced that Russell is the organization’s National Teacher of the Year for 2022. Strong influences help mold 2022 US Teacher of the Year By Mark Gillispie said he was impressed by Thomas’ demeanor and how he carried himself in the classroom. OBERLIN, Ohio — It “He was someone who hardly seems a stretch to say Kurt Russell was born looked like me in front of the classroom who all to be a history teacher. Raised on his mother’s the kids enjoyed,” Russell stories about segregation said. “This seemed like and the civil rights move- a profession that I could enjoy. It just changed my ment in Alabama and life.” influenced by teachers His parents, Jerry from his childhood, the and Retta Russell, who 50-year-old Russell has grew up attending segrespent the last 25 years gated schools in Alabama, teaching history and African American history moved to Oberlin in the late 1960s, his father for at Oberlin High School construction work and outside Cleveland. his mother to escape the The Council of Chief vestiges of the Jim Crow State School Officers south. announced Tuesday that His mother as a high Russell is the organizaschool student in Linden, tion’s National Teacher of the Year for 2022. The Alabama, marched with the Rev. Martin Luther group previously named him Ohio’s teacher of the King Jr., who came to Linden at the invitation of year. the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, “Kurt’s extensive King’s close friend and career shows the power of educators to shape the collaborator in the civil lives of students from the rights movement. Students left school that day classroom to extracurto join the march. ricular activities to the “That’s how I fell in basketball court,” CCSSO love with history, by hearChief Executive Officer Carissa Moffat Miller said ing those stories,” Russell said. in a statement. Russell obtained his Russell will spend the “dream job” of teaching next year representing educators and serving as in Oberlin, the city where he grew up, after graduan ambassador for students and teachers across ating from the College the country, the organiza- of Wooster in 1994. He helped develop an African tion said. American history course His classroom journey at Oberlin High School in to teaching began with his first year there. his white kindergarten In addition to teaching teacher, Francine Toss, two other general history who read a picture book classes, Russell and a about the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as he and music teacher have developed a class called Black other students sat in a Music in the African circle in her classroom. Diaspora that covers the “She had the audacity blues, jazz and R&B. to introduce literature He credited the school that was culturally reladministration for supevant,” Russell said. “I porting the creation of thought, ‘Wow, that’s a the class. “They could guy who looks like me.’” have said, ‘No. We don’t The die was further need that right now,’” cast for his future career as an eighth-grader when Russell said. Oberlin High School he walked into a math Principal Brent Betts class taught by Larry lauded Russell’s work. Thomas, the first Black Russell also is the boys male teacher he had basketball coach at Oberencountered. Russell Associated Press Ohio judge again blocks abortion law that threatened clinics lin. His team finished the season with a 16-6 record and a conference championship. Betts said Russell sees the development of young men as more important than developing basketball players. “One of the greatest things about Kurt Russell is the classroom culture he’s created,” Betts said. “He’s created a culture where everybody has a voice and students feel comfortable sharing their opinions.” Russell has high expectations and demands academic rigor, Betts said. “He does not allow them to settle for less,” Betts said. “They talk about tough subjects.” Asked about critical race theory, an academic framework about systemic racism decried by conservative politicians and commentators, Russell called it a “dog whistle.” “I always tell individuals I do not teach controversial courses,” Russell said. “I teach different courses. There’s nothing controversial about teaching about women’s rights or the gay rights movement.” Russell led a discussion during his African American history class last week tracing seminal events leading to civil rights movement. He started with the Scottsboro Boys, nine Black teens who were falsely accused of raping two white women in the 1930s in Alabama, to Emmett Till, a 14-yearold black teen brutally murdered in Mississippi by two white men in 1955 after being accused of flirting with a white woman. Students were then asked to form groups to list the four most important rights of Americans. Russell energetically guided the discussion, with all the students agreeing that access to the ballot box is a crucial right. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A judge has blocked early enforcement of an Ohio abortion law signed in December that included additional licensing requirements challenged by the ACLU and Planned Parenthood as unnecessarily onerous. Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Alison Hatheway’s ruling Friday blocked restrictions imposed on two southwest Ohio clinics by the Ohio Department of Health that came before June 21. That date ends a 90-period for compliance that followed its original effective date of March 23. Hatheway issued a temporary restraining order against the law March 2, before it could take effect. The stated goal of the bill was to impose criminal penalties on doctors who fail to give medical care in the MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN WOMEN’S HEALTH with Minimally Invasive GYN Surgery Dr. Sam Badran is a board-certified surgical gynecologist. When a woman needs surgery, Dr. Badran believes the most important priority is managing her safety as a patient. His second priority is to perform the woman’s surgery in a minimally invasive way so that she can recover and get back to living life quickly. Dr. Badran has the expertise and Pleasant Valley Hospital has the technology to do both things well. These are among the many ways that Pleasant Valley Hospital is making a difference in women’s health. Bond stays for shooting suspect’s parents A judge denied a motion Tuesday to reduce bonds for the jailed parents of a Michigan teenager who is charged in a shooting at Oxford High School that left four of his fellow students dead. Oakland County Circuit Judge Cheryl Matthews said that James and Jennifer Crumbley’s actions before their Dec. 4 arrests in a commercial building in Detroit were meant to conceal their whereabouts. “The defendants indicate they were devastated when they heard about the alleged actions of their son, felt unsafe in their home, felt hounded by the press and found it necessary to leave,” Matthews said. “The chronology of events that occurred subsequent to the defen- dants leaving their home is not consistent with cooperation with law enforcement.” The Crumbleys had disappeared the day before — after they were charged with involuntary manslaughter. The parents are accused of failing to keep a gun secure at home and failing to reasonably care for their son when he showed signs of mental distress. They have pleaded not guilty. SAM BADRAN, MD, FACOG Schedule Your Consultation Today 2520 Valley Dr. • Point Pleasant, WV • 304.857.6503 OH-70269448 Associated Press extremely rare circumstance when a baby is born alive following an abortion attempt. However, provisions were added to the legislation that prevented abortion providers from contracting with backup physicians who teach at or contract with public medical schools. Abortion rights groups said eliminating such a broad swath of physicians to serve as their back-ups could lead to two clinics in southwest Ohio being closed. The lawsuit argued the requirements would almost certainly have shuttered Women’s Med in Dayton and Planned Parenthood of Southwest Ohio in suburban Cincinnati. Both facilities operate under state variances that include partnerships with several doctors, some with known ties to Wright State University’s medical school. pvalley.org �NEWS 4 Wednesday, April 20, 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing Russia pours in more troops, presses attack in east By Adam Schreck Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine — Russia assaulted cities and towns along a boomerang-shaped front hundreds of miles long and poured more troops into Ukraine on Tuesday in a potentially pivotal battle for control of the country’s eastern industrial heartland of coal mines and factories. If successful, the Russian offensive in what is known as the Donbas would essentially slice Ukraine in two and give President Vladimir Putin a badly needed victory after the failed attempt by Moscow’s forces to storm the capital, Kyiv, and heavier-than-expected casualties nearly two months into the war. The cities of Kharkiv and Kramatorsk came under deadly attack, and Russia also said it struck areas around Zaporizhzhia and Dnipro west of the Donbas with missiles. Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said Moscow’s forces bombarded numerous Petros Giannakouris | AP A member of security forces gives first aid to an injured man following a Russian bombing of a factory in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, on Tuesday. At least one person was killed and three others injured. Russian forces attacked along a broad front in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday as part of a full-scale ground offensive to take control of the country’s eastern industrial heartland in what Ukrainian officials called a “new phase of the war.” Ukrainian military sites, including troop concentrations and missilewarhead storage depots, in or near several cities or villages. The claims could not be independently verified. In what both sides described as a new phase of the war, the Russian assault began Monday along a front stretching more than 300 miles (480 kilometers) from northeastern Ukraine to the country’s southeast. Ukraine’s military said Russian forces tried to “break through our defenses along nearly the entire front line.” Weeks ago, after the abortive Russian push to take Kyiv, the Kremlin declared that its main goal was the capture of the mostly Russianspeaking Donbas, where Moscow-backed separatists have been fighting Ukrainian forces for eight years. A Russian victory in the Donbas would deprive Ukraine of the industrial assets concentrated there, including mines, metals plants and heavy-equipment factories. A senior U.S. defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the Pentagon’s assessments of the war, said the Russians had added two more combat units, known as battalion tactical groups, in Ukraine over the preceding 24 hours. That brought the total number of units in the country to 78, all of them the south and the east, up from 65 last week, the official said. That would translate to about 55,000 to 62,000 troops, based on what the Pentagon said at the start of the war was the typical unit strength of 700 to 800 soldiers. But accurately determining Russia’s fighting capacity at this stage is difficult. A European official, likewise speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss military assessments, said Russia also has 10,000 to 20,000 foreign fighters in the Donbas. They are a mix of mercenaries from Russia’s private Wagner Group and Russian proxy fighters from Syria and Libya, accord- ing to the official. While Ukraine portrayed the attacks on Monday as the start of the long-feared offensive in the east, some observers noted that an escalation has been underway there for some time and questioned whether this was truly the start of a new offensive. The U.S. official said that the offensive in the Donbas has begun in a limited way, mainly in an area southwest of the city of Donetsk and south of Izyum. Justin Crump, a former British tank commander now with the strategic advisory company Sibylline, said the Ukrainian comments could, in part, be an attempt to persuade allies to send more weapons. “What they’re trying to do by positioning this, I think, is ... focus people’s minds and effort by saying, ‘Look, the conflict has begun in the Donbas,’” Crump said. “That partly puts pressure on NATO and EU suppliers to say, ‘Guys, we’re starting to fight now. We need this now.’” Second arrest made in South Carolina mall shooting By Michelle Liu Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. — Authorities on Monday announced the arrest of a second man in connection with Saturday’s shootout inside a busy shopping mall in South Carolina’s capital, one of two mass shootings that rocked the state over the Easter holiday weekend. Marquise Love Robinson, 20, was taken into custody overnight and authorities are also seeking a third suspect, Amari Sincere-Jamal Smith, Columbia Police Chief W.H. “Skip” Holbrook said during a news conference. Both men face charges of attempted murder and nine counts of aggravated assault and battery. Nine people were shot and another six injured in the rush to exit Columbiana Centre in Columbia, authorities said, with no fatalities reported. Holbrook said one person remained in the intensive care unit Monday. Police said they did not believe the shooting was a random attack and that the three identified suspects knew each other. Holbrook said the men brought guns into the mall, with police seizing two handguns believed to be used in the shootout. “Emotions took over, you had firearms that were introduced into the dispute, gunfire was exchanged and innocent people got injured in the crossfire,” Holbrook said. The first person arrested in the shooting, 22-year-old Jewayne M. Price, was one of three people initially detained by law enforcement as a person of interest. Price’s attor- ney, Todd Rutherford, told news outlets Sunday that his client fired a gun at the mall, but in self-defense. Rutherford said Price faces a charge of unlawfully carrying a pistol because he legally owned his gun but did not have a permit to carry a weapon. Price now also faces an attempted murder charge and nine counts of aggravated assault and battery, police said. He was in the Lexington County jail as of Monday. Columbia police previously said on Twitter that a judge agreed Sunday to let Price leave jail on a $25,000 surety bond if he remained on house arrest with an ankle monitor. Robinson is scheduled for a bond hearing Tuesday morning, according to police. Authorities have asked the public for help locating Smith, 21, of Columbia, who is also facing a charge of unlawfully carrying a pistol. “This is not an indictment on gun ownership,” Holbrook said. “This is an indictment on the availability of firearms on the street for people that have illegal intentions, nefarious intentions to use those firearms against others.” Three mass shootings in the U.S. over the Easter holiday weekend — two in South Carolina and one in Pennsylvania — capped a monthlong spate of gun violence across the nation. In South Carolina, at least nine people were shot early Sunday at Cara’s Lounge in Hampton County, according to South Carolina’s State Law Enforcement Division. No one was reported killed in the violence at the nightclub. Christian Chavez | AP file Migrants rest in a dormitory of the Good Samaritan shelter in Juarez, Mexico, in March 29. The number of migrants attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border has surged in recent weeks as the U.S. prepares for even larger numbers with the expected lifting of a pandemicera order that turned away asylum seekers. Migrant crossings spike as asylum curb set to lift By Ben Fox country to seek asylum, as well as dire economic and political conditions in much of Latin America WASHINGTON — and the Caribbean, is Migrants attempted to partially responsible for cross the U.S.-Mexico the increase in migrants. border at the highest Administration critics level in two decades as blame Biden, arguing his the U.S. prepares for even larger numbers with administration’s moves to roll back Trump-era the expected lifting of a policies has encouraged pandemic-era order that turned away asylum seek- people to come. The number of illegal ers. crossings, or those outImmigration authoriside official ports of entry, ties stopped migrants totaled 209,906 in March, 221,303 times along the surpassing the previous Southwest border in high of Biden’s presidency March, a 33% increase of 200,658 set in July, and from a month earlier, the highest level since according to U.S. CusMarch 2000, when it toms and Border Proreached 220,063. tection data released Former President DonMonday. ald Trump also faced a The new figures were sharp increase in migrant disclosed as the Biden border crossings but the administration comes under increasing pressure number plummeted with over the looming expira- the start of the pandemic. In March 2020, the tion of a public health previous administration order that enabled U.S. invoked Title 42, a littleauthorities to turn back most migrants, including used public health authority to quickly expel nearly people seeking asylum anyone encountered from persecution. The number of migrant along the Southwest border. encounters has gone up U.S. authorities have nearly every month since President Joe Biden took expelled migrants more than 1.7 million times office, becoming fodder under Title 42 authorfor political opponents who point to the increase ity, named for a 1944 public health law, using as evidence that this administration is weaker the threat of COVID19 to deny migrants a on border security than chance to seek asylum as its predecessor. required under U.S. law A backlog of people and international treaty. waiting outside the Associated Press With COVID-19 cases in decline, the Biden administration has said it intends to end the use of Title 42 at the border on May 23. Several moderate Democrats have joined Republican leaders to call for an extension of Title 42 authority. Sen. Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat up for election this year, toured the border last week and warned that the Biden administration is unprepared for asylum restrictions to be lifted. Human rights groups and other migrant advocates say the U.S. has a legal obligation to permit people to seek asylum and have called for the lifting of the public health order. “The United States can and must welcome people seeking asylum because it is the law, because it is right, and because we can,” the Catholic Legal Immigration Network said in a statement Monday to mark Holy Week. The rapid expulsions under Title 42 are a significant component of the recent increases. Migrants are turned back without any legal consequences, and many simply try to cross again and are therefore counted more than once in the total. CBP said the number of unique individuals encountered nationwide in March came to 159,900, a 37% increase from the prior month. More than half of the total 221,303 stopped were quickly turned away, without being given a chance to apply for asylum, either to Mexico or their homelands, according to data supplied to a federal court in Texas as part of that state’s challenge of Biden administration immigration policies. CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus said in a statement that the agency planned to send additional staff to the Southwest border to handle the “likely” increase expected when Title 42 is lifted. Most of the rest were processed under immigration authority, known as Title 8, and their ultimate fate varies. About 34,000 were allowed to remain in the U.S. under parole, which will allow them to pursue asylum or legal residency through other avenues. If they are unsuccessful, they could face deportation. Mexicans made up the largest group by nationality of those encountered at the border, followed by Cubans. The number of Ukrainians, who are generally being allowed into the country on humanitarian parole, increased to over 200 in March from just 5 in November. �COMICS Wednesday, April 20, 2022 5 OH-70272014 Ohio Valley Publishing BLONDIE By Dean Young and John Marshall BEETLE BAILEY By Mort, Greg and Brian Walker BABY BLUES PARDON MY PLANET By Vic Lee By Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman CONCEPTIS SUDOKU by Dave Green By Tom Batiuk & Dan Davis �'LIILFXOW\�/HYHO � � � � � � � � ���� ���� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � THE BRILLIANT MIND OF EDISON LEE By John Hambrock Today’s answer ZITS RHYMES WITH ORANGE Hank Ketcham’s DENNIS THE MENACE By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman By Hilary Price THE LOCKHORNS By Bunny Hoest & John Reiner � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Written By Brian & Greg Walker; Drawn By Chance Browne By Bil and Jeff Keane �����&RQFHSWLV�3X]]OHV��'LVW��E\�.LQJ�)HDWXUHV�6\QGLFDWH��,QF� HI AND LOIS By Chris Browne � Today’s Solution THE FAMILY CIRCUS HAGAR THE HORRIBLE � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �'LIILFXOW\�/HYHO CRANKSHAFT � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �����&RQFHSWLV�3X]]OHV��'LVW��E\�.LQJ�)HDWXUHV�6\QGLFDWH��,QF� %\�'DYH�*UHHQ �S ports 6 Wednesday, April 20, 2022 Gallipolis Tribune RedStorm sweeps DH with OCU By Randy Payton For Ohio Valley Publishing RIO GRANDE, Ohio — The University of Rio Grande parlayed a game one blowout and a game two rally into a doubleheader sweep of Ohio Christian University, Saturday afternoon, in River States Conference baseball action at Bob Evans Field. The RedStorm posted a mercy rule-shortened 11-1 triumph over the Trailblazers in the opener, while recording a come-from-behind 4-3 victory in the nightcap to sweep the Courtesy | Tara Gerlach twin bill and the three-game Rio Grande’s Jakob Johnson had four hits, including two home runs, in Saturday’s weekend series. game one win over Ohio Christian at Bob Evans Field. Rio Grande improved to 21-26 overall and 8-10 in conference play with the wins. Ohio Christian fell to 8-26 overall and 2-16 in the RSC as a result of the sweep. In game one, sophomore Jakob Johnson (Pickerington, OH) stole the spotlight. Johnson finished 4-for-5 with a pair of home runs and four RBI, including a oneout, walkoff home run off the right field in the bottom of the eighth inning to invoke the 10-run mercy rule. Fellow sophomores Darius Jordan (Minford, OH) and Trey Carter (Wheelersburg, OH) both finished 2-for-4 with a double, while juniors AJ Thomas (Pickerington, OH) and Gavin Lovesky (Willowbrook, IL) and sophomore Austin Kendall (Troy, OH) all drove in one run each. Junior Clayton Surrell (Carroll, OH) earned the win on the mound, allowing five hits, three walks and a run over seven innings. Shawn Grider started and took the loss for OCU, surrendering six hits and two walks — along with five runs — over 4-1/3 innings. John Salyers went 2-for-3 with a double in the loss for the Trailblazers. In the nightcap, Rio coughed up an early 2-0 lead See REDSTORM | 7 DIAMOND ROUNDUP Raiders knock off Alexander in TVC Ohio, 5-4 By Colton Jeffries cjeffries@aimmediamidwest.com BIDWELL, Ohio — The River Valley baseball team defeated the Alexander Spartans 5-4 at home Monday evening in a Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division matchup. All nine runs of Monday’s ballgame were scored in the first two innings. It was the visiting Spartans (0-4, 0-4 TVC Ohio) who got on the board first, scoring three runs in the first inning and one in the second. The Raiders (3-1, 3-0) took the lead themselves in the bottom of the second inning, scoring all five of their runs. Things got started when John Santos hit a single to help Cole Johnson and Colton Bradley score. Santos himself and Ian Swisher both reached home after another single hit by Mason Rhodes. Finally, Rhodes scored after Reid Haynes hit a double into center field. From there, it was all on the defense on both sides, with only one runner getting past second base from the third inning on. The Raiders outhit their opponents 9-6 in Monday’s ballgame. Leading the Silver and Black in hits were Rhodes and Santos with two each. Rounding out the River Valley hitting were Haynes, Johnson, Bradley, Swisher and Caleb Owens. Rhodes and Santos also led in RBIs with two. Leading the Spartans in hits was Oberholzer with two. Getting the win on the mound for the Raiders was Owens, who allowed six hits, four runs and three walks while striking out eight in seven innings pitched. See DIAMOND | 7 OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Wednesday, April 20 Baseball South Point at Gallia Academy, 5 p.m. Alexander at Meigs, 5 p.m. Belpre at Southern, 5 p.m. River Valley at Nelsonville-York, 5 p.m. South Gallia at Waterford, 5 p.m. Eastern at Trimble, 5 p.m. Softball South Point at Gallia Academy, 5 p.m. Alexander at Meigs, 5 p.m. Belpre at Southern, 5 p.m. River Valley at Nelsonville-York, 5 p.m. South Gallia at Waterford, 5 p.m. Eastern at Trimble, 5 p.m. Point Pleasant at Scott, 5:30 Tennis Point Pleasant at Winfield, 5 p.m. Thursday, April 21 Baseball Point Pleasant at Wahama, 4:30 Oak Hill at River Valley, 5 p.m. Hannan at South Gallia, 5 p.m. Softball Oak Hill at River Valley, 5 p.m. Ashland at Gallia Academy, 5 p.m. Fairview at Hannan, 5:30 Ravenswood at Wahama, 6 p.m. Point Pleasant at St. Marys, 5:30 Tennis Gallia Academy at Ironton, 5 p.m. Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Eastern junior Erica Durst hits full stride during the 800m event held April 12 at River Valley High School in Bidwell, Ohio. Locals compete at Warrior Invite By Bryan Walters with 117 points, while River Valley (55), Eastern (23), Meigs (22) and Gallia Academy (20) VINCENT, Ohio — The track and field teams respectively placed fifth, from River Valley, Meigs ninth, 10th and 11th overall. and Eastern, as well as Lauren Twyman paced the Gallia Academy girls squad, all took part in the RVHS by winning the 2022 Warrior Invitational 1600-meter run with a time of 5:35.86. Twyman held Saturday at Warren High School in Washing- was also third in the 800m run with a mark of ton County. The host Warriors and 2:31.64. Twyman, Grace HefLady Warriors ultimately came away with top hon- fernan, Kate Nutter and ors in each division, with Carlee Manley combined to finish third in the Marietta placing second in both categories as well. 4x800m relay with a At least 11 schools scored time of 11:07.87. Becka points in each of the two Cadle was also the 300m hurdles runner-up with a meets also. mark of 50.28 seconds. Starting in the girls Erica Durst led the division, the Lady WarLady Eagles by winning riors posted a winning tally of 144 points. Mari- the 800m run (2:18.18) and was also second in etta was the runner-up the 100m dash (13.64). out of 12 scoring teams bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com Mallory Hawley won the pole vault (8-6) for the Lady Marauders, while Maggie Musser was third in the 300m hurdles with a time of 51.15 seconds. Chanee Cremeens scored a pair of victories for the Blue Angels by winning both the shot put (33-3) and discus (118-5) finals. The Warriors won the boys title with 156.5 points and the Tigers were second out of 11 scoring teams with 100 points. The Raiders (30), Marauders (24.83) and Eagles (19) respectively placed ninth, 10th and 11th overall. Ethan Schultz won the 300m hurdles (45.18) on behalf of RVHS, while Andrew Huck placed second in the pole vault (11-6). Matthew Barr won the pole vault for Meigs with cleared height of 12 feet, 6 inches. Chase Garcia tied for second in the high jump (5-6) as well for MHS. Brayden O’Brien paced Eastern after placing third in the 3200m run with a mark of 10:02.41. O’Brien, Connor Nolan, Rylee Barrett and Koen Sellers also placed third in the 4x800m relay with a time of 8:56.12. Visit baumspage.com for complete results from the 2022 Warrior Invitational held Saturday at Warren High School. © 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. RedStorm salvages split with OCU By Randy Payton twin bill — its first-ever win against Rio Grande in softball. The split left Rio at CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio 29-11 overall and 14-2 in — Taylor Webb hit a league play. three-run double to The host Trailblazers highlight a four-run third finished the day at 16-16 inning uprising and lift overall and 12-6 in the the University of Rio Grande to a 7-2 game two RSC. OCU led 1-0 after two win and a doubleheader split with Ohio Christian innings in game two before the RedStorm University, Saturday afternoon, in River States mounted their go-ahead Conference softball action rally. Webb, a junior from at Trailblazer Field. Willow Wood, Ohio, OCU posted a 5-1 triumph in the opener of the cleared the bases with For Ohio Valley Publishing a two-out double and scored on a subsequent double by senior Zoe Doll (Minford, OH) to make it 4-1. A run-scoring groundout by sophomore Christen Risner (Wheelersburg, OH) in the fourth inning and two more runs in the seventh — one on an RBI double by Doll and the other via a sacrifice fly by senior Kenzie Cremeens (Ironton, OH) — pushed the lead to 7-1 before the Trailblazers scored once in the home seventh to set the final score. Sophomore Sydney Campolo (New Lexington, OH) got the win in a route-going performance in the circle. She scattered four hits and two walks. Webb finished 3-for-4 in the win, while Doll and Cremeens had two hits each. Kristin Gardner went the distance in the loss for Ohio Christian, while See SPLIT | 7 �SPORTS/WEATHER Ohio Valley Publishing Wednesday, April 20, 2022 7 RIO GRANDE ROUNDUP RedStorm men place 5th at Golden Eagle Invitational CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Cody Booth ran to a pair of second-place finishes — two of 23 Top 10 individual showings for the University of Rio Grande men — leading the RedStorm men to a fifth-place finish in Saturday’s Golden Eagle Invitational hosted by the University of Charleston at UC Stadium/Laidley Field. Booth, a senior from New Philadelphia, Ohio, notched runner-up showings in both the 800-meter run (1:57.34) and the 1,500-meter run (3:57.35). His efforts helped Rio Grande total 69 points as a team and a fifth place outing in the 13-school field. The University of Charleston won the team title with 228 points, easily outdistancing West Virginia Wesleyan (84 pts.) and West Liberty University (80.5 pts.), who rounded out the top three. Rio Grande’s other individual showings produced a pair of runner-up finishes and a trio of thirdplace outings. Sophomore Eric Weber (Bidwell, OH) was second in the hammer throw RedStorm From page 6 before rallying with single markers in the fifth and sixth frames to regain the advantage and post the win. The circumstances surrounding the goahead run were somewhat improbable. Jordan opened the inning with a routine flyball to left-center which, unbelievably, fell untouched between a pair of OCU defenders for a double. Freshman Cole Brennan (Anderson, OH) followed with a single to break the 3-all deadlock and plate Jordan with what proved to be with a toss of 46.39m, while also placing seventh in the discus throw at 41.02m Sophomore Spencer Harris (Gallipolis, OH) was second in the high jump after an effort of 1.90m, while also finishing eighth in the 400meter dash with a time of 51.51. Freshman Skylar Gries (Williamsburg, OH) recorded a third-place showing in the pole vault (4.17m) and was seventh in the 110-meter hurdles (15.88), while sophomore Travis Hunt (New Paris, OH) placed third in the triple jump (13.22m) and 10th in the long jump (6.14m). Sophomore Dalton Hetzler (West Milton, OH) also had a third place finish in the ong jump at 6.40m. Other Top 10 outings for the RedStorm included graduate senior Daniel Everett (Fletcher, OH), who was fourth in the hammer throw with a heave of 42.90m and eighth in the discus throw with an effort of 39.72m; sophomore Haden Karshner (Circleville, OH), who was sixth in both the hammer throw (39.32m) and discus WEATHER From page 6 Lexi King had a solo home run and Hilarie Spitler doubled. In game one, Spitler tossed a two-hitter and struck out five to earn a win in the circle. The game was scoreless until the Trailblazers Diamond From page 6 Big Blacks fall to Winfield WINFIELD, W.Va. — The Point Pleasant baseball team fell 9-0 on the Randy Payton is the Sports Information Director for the University of Rio Grande. 8 AM 2 PM 34° 53° 59° HEALTH TODAY AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™ Temperature The AccuWeather.com Asthma Index combines the effects of current air quality, pollen counts, wind, temperature, dew point, barometric pressure, and changes from past weather conditions to provide a scale showing the overall probability and severity of an asthma attack. 46° 35° 70° 47° 89° in 2002 27° in 1983 Precipitation (in inches) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Tue. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date 0.02 2.22 2.33 16.19 12.96 SUN & MOON Today 6:45 a.m. 8:10 p.m. 12:02 a.m. 9:25 a.m. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset New Apr 23 Apr 30 First Full May 8 May 15 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for fish and game. 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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 12.50 19.75 23.26 13.35 13.07 26.43 12.48 27.44 35.00 12.76 24.00 34.83 23.67 24-hr. Chg. -0.74 +0.95 +0.89 +0.90 +0.31 +0.57 +0.44 -0.12 -0.11 +0.09 +0.75 +0.05 -0.64 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022 The Big Blacks were outhit 10-2 by their opponents. Getting one hit each for the Black and Red were Connor Lambert and Evan Roach. Leading the Generals in hits was Brett Bumgarner with four. Getting the loss on the mound was Brylan Williamson, who allowed four hits, four runs and one walk while striking out two in three innings pitched. © 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY 61° 40° A morning shower; otherwise, cloudy Sun through high clouds and warmer Partly sunny and very warm Sunshine and warm with a thunderstorm Some sun with a t-storm; not as warm Cooler with a shower and thunderstorm Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Logan 59/50 Adelphi 59/51 Chillicothe 60/51 NATIONAL CITIES Portsmouth 63/54 Ashland 64/52 Grayson 64/54 Marietta 59/50 Murray City 60/50 Belpre 60/51 Athens 60/49 McArthur 60/50 500 Primary pollutant: Ozone road to the Winfield Generals Monday evening. The Big Blacks (4-9) struggled to get much offense out during Monday’s ballgame. On the other side, the Generals (13-4) scored in five of the six innings they batted in. Randy Payton is the Sports Information Director for the University of Rio Grande. 79° 51° Parkersburg 60/50 Coolville 60/51 Elizabeth 61/52 Spencer 61/52 Buffalo 63/53 Ironton 64/52 Milton 64/53 Clendenin 64/53 St. Albans 65/53 Huntington 64/52 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s 100s 90s Seattle 52/41 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s San Francisco 20s 66/54 10s 0s Los Angeles -0s 69/51 -10s T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front St. Marys 60/51 Wilkesville 61/51 POMEROY Jackson 62/51 62/52 Ravenswood Rio Grande 62/52 63/52 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 59/52 GALLIPOLIS 63/52 62/53 63/52 South Shore Greenup 64/53 62/53 31 cast of inclement weather. No makeup date has been announced. The next games on the RedStorm’s schedule is an RSC doubleheader at Midway University on Saturday. The opening pitch of game one is scheduled for 1 p.m. 86° 60° Lucasville 62/53 Very High Cremeens had a double to account for the RedStorm’s only other hit. Dammeyer had two hits and Emma Hastings added a double for Ohio Christian. Rio Grande was scheduled to play at NCAA Division I Morehead State University on Monday afternoon, but the games were postponed in advance due to the fore- Randy Payton is the Sports Information Director for the University of Rio Grande. 85° 58° Very High Primary: oak/hackberry/maple Mold: 163 scored five times in the fifth against Rio senior starter Raelynn Hastings (Commercial Point, OH). Kylee Bako had a tworun double, while Roxianne Herdman and Emma Dammeyer had RBI singles in the go-ahead rally. Rio’s lone run came on a leadoff home run in the sixth inning by sophomore Caitlyn Brisker (Oak Hill, OH). Rio women 7th at IU East Invitational RICHMOND, Ind. — The University of Rio Grande women’s golf team finished in seventh place at the Indiana University East Spring Invitational, which completed its two-day run on Saturday at the Forest Hills Country Club. The RedStorm carded a team total of 193-over par 777. IU East won the eightteam event at 81-over par 665, easily outdistancing Brescia University (+115, 699) and Oakland City University (+120, 704). IU-Kokomo’s Brandi Jones won the medalist title at 13-over par 159, posting a two-shot win over Oakland City’s Hallie Hinton and IU East’s Paola Delgado. The top individual for Rio Grande was senior Hunter Rockhold (Clinton, OH), who was 17th at 33-over 179. Also representing the RedStorm were senior Abby Eichmiller (Vincent, OH), who was 30th at 48-over 194; freshman Lillian Rees (Gallipolis, OH), who finished 32nd at 57-over 203; sophomore Bailey Meadows (Gallipolis, OH), who was 33rd at 58-over 204; and freshman Avery Minton (Gallipolis, OH), who placed 35th at 69-over par 215. Senior Madison Duskey (Beverly, OH) also participated as an individual only, placing 39th at 75-over 221. Rio Grande is slated to return to action in the River States Conference Championship, April 24-26, at the Belterra Resort in Florence, Ind. 75° 53° Waverly 61/52 Pollen: 27 Low MOON PHASES Last 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme Charleston won the meet with 180 points, while West Liberty University was second with 146 points and West Virginia Wesleyan was third with 123 points. The RedStorm had two other Top 10 individual performances. Roach placed fourth in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:22.37, while freshman Chianti Marks (Birmingham, England) was fifth in the triple jump with an effort of 8.94m. Rio Grande is scheduled to return to action next Friday at the Concord Spring Invitational in Athens, W.Va. 63° 51° 0 Primary: ascospores, other Thu. 6:44 a.m. 8:11 p.m. 1:13 a.m. 10:22 a.m. THURSDAY Clouds and sun today. A couple of showers late tonight. High 63° / Low 52° Statistics through 3 p.m. Tue. pair of Top 10 showings to lead the University of Rio Grande women to a sixth-place finish in the Golden Eagle Invitational hosted by the University of Charleston at UC Stadium/Laidley Field. McCarthy, a sophomore from New Franklin, Ohio, met the “A” qualifying mark for next month’s NAIA National Championships in the 3,000 Steeplechase with a time of 10:55.57. It marked the third event in which McCarthy earned a qualifying mark this season. Dingus finished ninth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.95 and was eighth in the 200-meter dash at 26.59, while Jolly took sixth in both the 100-meter hurdles (16.05) and the long jump (4.82m). Both are freshmen from Wheelersburg, Ohio. All three — along with freshman Jayden Roach (Baltimore, OH) — were part of the RedStorm’s 4x400 relay unit, which took second place in a time of 4:06.92. As a team, Rio Grande tallied 34 points to finish sixth among the 13 participating schools. Host University of EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM ALMANAC High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low Rio women 6th at Golden Eagle Invitational CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Mackenzie McCarthy recorded another “A” qualifying mark, while teammates Alyssa Dingus and Lauren Jolly posted a Split the winning run. Sophomore Lane Mettler (Bainbridge, OH) tossed four innings of three-hit, scoreless relief to get the win. He struck out four. Brennan finished 2-for-3 with two RBI, while Thomas had two hits of his own with an RBI. Andrew Daria was 2-for-3 with a double and a run batted in, while Carter Hyde added a double. Tanner Popp went the distance and took the loss for the Trailblazers. TODAY throw (43.13m) and 10th shot put (12.63m); sophomore Mason Dishong (Reedsville, OH), who finished seventh in the hammer throw at 39.05m; freshman Marshall Jackson (Bellefontaine, OH), who was eighth in the shot put with a heave of 12.98m and 10th in the discus with a throw covering 37.70m; freshman Andrew Skaggs, who was ninth in the long jump with a leap of 6.17m; freshman Chris Hill (Caldwell, OH), who was ninth in the hammer throw at 33.33m; freshman Ryan Weber (Bidwell, OH), who was 10th in the hammer with a toss of 33.23m; and senior Dean Freitag (Magnolia, OH), who placed 10th in the 10,000meter run with a time of 36:11.60. Rio Grande is scheduled to return to action next Friday at the Concord Spring Invitational in Athens, W.Va. Charleston 65/51 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. 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Baker weather. Mayfield was nowhere in Watson lost the one sight. game he played in CleveWatson reported to land with the Texans Cleveland’s offseason as howling winds made program Tuesday to it almost impossible to restart his career with the Ron Schwane | AP throw. Browns, who mortgaged Cleveland Browns new quarterback Deshaun Watson holds his He’ll have months to their short-term future by jersey during a news conference at the Browns’ training facility acclimate. acquiring the controverMarch 25 in Berea, Ohio. The Browns convinced sial quarterback accused Watson to join him and a photo on Twitter of of sexual misconduct in a snow falling, the former then traded three firstHouston QB arrived at the Watson, wearing a heavy trade last month. round draft picks and winter jacket, before he team’s facility in Berea, With temperatures in six selections overall in Ohio. The Browns posted entered the building. the 30s and late-spring AP Sports Writer March to Houston for the 26-year-old, who faces 22 civil lawsuits from women accusing him of sexual misconduct during massage therapy sessions. Browns coach Kevin Stefanski is scheduled to meet with reporters Wednesday. Watson is not expected to take any reporter’s questions. Watson also faces discipline from the NFL, which is investigating whether he violated the league’s personal-conduct policy. It’s possible he’ll be suspended for part of the 2022 season. The three-time Pro Bowl QB has professed his innocence. Two grand juries in Texas have declined to indict him on any criminal charges. However, Watson is still dealing with the civil lawsuits and has been giving depositions in recent weeks. The Browns did their own background check on Watson, and owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam felt so confident in the research — and after personally meeting with Watson — that they signed him to a fully guaranteed $230 million contract after he waived his no-trade clause to come to Cleveland. Browns speak to NFL on ‘tanking’ claims made by ex-coach CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Browns have spoken to an NFL investigator looking into claims by former coach Hue Jackson, who said the team intentionally lost games — tanked — in the 2016 and 2017 seasons. Jackson, now coach- media that the ing at Grambling team paid him State, was fired by bonuses incentivBrowns owners izing him to lose Dee and Jimmy and that he was Haslam eight set up to fail. Jackgames into the son later softened 2018 season with a Jackson those claims. 3-36-1 record. The Browns In February, went 1-15 in 2016 and Jackson indicated in a 0-16 in 2017. series of posts on social Spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed the league engaged former Securities and Exchange Commission chair Mary Jo White to look into Jackson’s allegations. “The review is ongoing and is expected to conclude soon,” McCarthy said in an email to The Associated Press. The team released a statement Monday night, saying it has worked with the league on its inquiry. “Even though Hue recanted his allegations a short time after they were made, it was important to us and to the integrity of the game to have an independent review of the allegations,” team spokesman Peter Jean-Baptiste said. “We welcomed an investigation and we are confident the results will show, as we’ve previously stated, that these allegations are categorically false.” The following matters are the subject of this public notice by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The complete public notice, including any additional instructions for submitting comments, requesting information, a public hearing, filing an appeal, or ADA accommodations may be obtained at: https://epa.ohio.gov/actions or Hearing Clerk, Ohio EPA, 50 W. Town St. P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, Ohio 43216. Ph: 614-644-3037 email: HClerk@epa.ohio.gov Draft NPDES Permit Renewal - Subject to Revision Syracuse-Racine Regional SD WWTP 45739 Yellow Bush Rd, Racine, OH Facility Description: Wastewater-Regional Authority Receiving Water: Ohio River ID #: 0PQ00003*JD Date of Action: 04/15/2022 Final Issuance of Permit-To-Install and Operate Aspire Energy of Ohio LLC-AEO-C09 30890 Trouble Creek Rd, Portland, OH 45770 ID #: P0131734 Date of Action: 04/13/2022 Renewal PTIO for a portable natural gas compressor engine. 4/20/22 FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE EMAIL DERRICK MORRISON AT dmorrison@aimmediamidwest.com 740-578-4835 or call 304-674-9208 825 3rd Ave Gallipolis, OH 45631 (740) 446-2342 or fax to (740) 446-3008 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN (740) 992-2155 or fax to (740) 992-2157 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN LEGAL NOTICE The Unknown Heirs at Law, Devisees, Legatees, Administrators, and Executors of the Estate of Harold Buxton, whose place of residence is unknown, The Unknown Heirs at Law, Devisees, Legatees, Administrators, and Executors of the Estate of Katrina Buxton, whose place of residence is unknown, and Unknown Spouse, if any, of Harold Buxton, whose last place of residence is known as 474 Wolf Run Road, Patriot, OH 45658 but whose present place of residence is unknown, will take notice that on March 2, 2022, Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee of CSMC 2017-RPL3 Trust, filed its Complaint in Foreclosure in Case No. 22CV000019 in the Court of Common Pleas Gallia County, Ohio alleging that the Defendants, The Unknown Heirs at Law, Devisees, Legatees, Administrators, and Executors of the Estate of Harold Buxton, The Unknown Heirs at Law, Devisees, Legatees, Administrators, and Executors of the Estate of Katrina Buxton, and Unknown Spouse, if any, of Harold Buxton, have or claim to have an interest in the real estate located at 474 Wolf Run Road,Patriot, OH 45658, PPN #02100136110 and 02100136111. A complete legal description may be obtained with the Gallia County Auditor's Office located at 18 Locust Street, Rm. 1264, Gallipolis, OH 45631-1264. The Petitioner further alleges that by reason of default of the Defendant(s) in the payment of a promissory note, according to its tenor, the conditions of a concurrent mortgage deed given to secure the payment of said note and conveying the premises described, have been broken, and the same has become absolute. The Petitioner prays that the Defendant(s) named above be required to answer and set up their interest in said real estate or be forever barred from asserting the same, for foreclosure of said mortgage, the marshalling of any liens, and the sale of said real estate, and the proceeds of said sale applied to the payment of Petitioner's claim in the property order of its priority, and for such other and further relief as is just and equitable. THE DEFENDANT(S) NAMED ABOVE ARE REQUIRED TO ANSWER ON OR BEFORE THE 1st DAY OFJune, 2022. (304) 675-1333 or fax to (304) 675-5234 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN Legals LEGALS Notice of Intent to Auction ���� &KHYUROHW GXPS WUXFN ZLWK UROOJDWH� � ZKHHO GU� :LOO EH DXFWLRQHG RII RQ 0D\ �� ���� DW ��DP ����������������������� BY: CLUNK, HOOSE CO., LPA Ethan 1. Clunk #0095546 Attorneys for Plaintiff-Petitioner 495 Wolf Ledges Pkwy Akron, OH 44311 (330) 436-0300 - telephone (330) 436-0301 - facsimile notice@clunkhoose.com 4/20/22,4/27/22,5/4/22 OH-70276695 The Meigs County Family and Children First Council is soliciting proposals from qualified individuals with extensive experience in providing service coordination for Family and Children First Council (FCFC) programs. This solicitation is for the position of FCFC Coordinator. This is a grant funded, personal services contract position. Interested individuals must submit an application which meets the requirements of the Request for Proposal (RFP). The RFP which details the scope of services requested, the desired minimum qualifications of proposers, submission guidelines, the evaluation criteria, and other related items may be obtained by contacting Vince Reiber, Deputy Director of Finance and Human Resources, at (740)444-7602, or by visiting the agency’s offices at 175 Race Street, Middleport, OH 45760. The deadline for submitting proposals is 1:00 P.M. April 29, 2022. Proposals received after this date will be rejected. OH-70282071 Legal Advertisement Legals A1 Rentals and Services, operating Pine Street Storage at 123 Pine Street Gallipolis OH 45631, will be auctioning the contents of 2 delinquent units. Contents of Units C3 (5' x 10') and Unit C7 (10' x 10') will be auctioned at the facility on May 9th, 2022 at 10:00 AM. Interested parties in the auction can reach the contact details listed below for further information. The renter, Josh Saunders, last known address as 1003 3rd Ave, Gallipolis OH 45631, may claim the contents by payment in full of a balance due of $958.46. Unless balance paid in full, the auction will proceed. Any interested or relevant parties should contact as follows: A1 Rentals And Services 101 Brentwood Drive Parkersburg WV 26104 Or A1rentalsandservices2610 4@gmail.com EMPLOYMENT Help Wanted General +HDWLQJ�&RROLQJ &RPSDQ\ KLULQJ IXOO�WLPH � SDUW�WLPH KHOSHUV DQG LQVWDOOHUV� ([SH� ULHQFH KHOSIXO JRRG SD\� FDOO ������������ LI QR DQVZHU OHDYH PHVVDJH� The City of Point Pleasant is seeking a Fulltime CDL Driver, Class A or Class B, with benefits included. Those interested please submit an application to City Hall, 400 Viand Street, Point Pleasant, WV 25550. 8am-4pm M-F before April 29, 2022. MERCHANDISE Miscellaneous Antique poster bed, dresser and bureau $250.00 upright vacuum cleaner $50.00 call 740-446-2881 �Ohio Valley Publishing Wednesday, April 20, 2022 9 Pleasant Valley Hospital SPORTS PHYSICALS Physicals provided by: Charlotte Reed, FNP-BC School-Based Medicine Jay Akin, MD Family Medicine Lou Potter, FNP-BC Family Medicine Wes Lieving, DO Internal Medicine Kylen Whipp, MD Family Medicine May 13: Point Pleasant Intermediate School 8:00 AM May 16: Hannan Junior/Senior High School 8:00 AM May 17: Point Pleasant Junior/Senior High School 8:00 AM May 18: New Haven Elementary 8:00 AM May 18: Wahama Junior/Senior High School 9:00 AM OH-70280575 Sports physicals are only $10. �NEWS 10 Wednesday, April 20, 2022 Daily Sentinel Fliers, subway riders shed masks: ‘Feel free to burn them’ By Curt Anderson and Heather Hollingsworth booked trips in the belief that their unvaccinated children would be travelAssociated Press ing in a masked environment. A federal judge’s deciST. PETERSBURG, sion Monday to throw Fla. — A pilot declared out a mask requirement over the loudspeaker on on public transportation a cross-country Delta Air Lines flight that pas- did away with the last major vestige of federal sengers were no longer pandemic rules and led required to wear masks, to a mishmash of new eliciting cheers from locally created rules that the cabin and promptreflected the nation’s ing some on board to ongoing division over immediately toss their face coverings onto their how to battle the virus. Major airlines and seats. “Feel free to burn them airports in places like Dallas, Atlanta, Los at will,” a train conductor told New Jersey com- Angeles and Salt Lake muters. Other passengers City quickly switched to a mask-optional policy. were confused, startled New York City, Chicago, and angered by the abrupt change, however, Los Angeles and Connecticut continued to especially those who require them on mass transit. But a host of other cities ditched their mandates, even though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continued to recommend masking on transportation. Brooke Tansley, a television producer and former Broadway performer, boarded a flight with her 4-year-old and 8-monthold baby— neither old enough to be vaccinated — only to learn that the mask mandate had ended mid-flight. “Here we are, trapped in the sky with our 8-month-old unmasked baby (you can’t actually mask a baby that young) under the supposition that everyone who can be masked would be masked, and the flight 325 crew has taken our choices away from us,” she said in a tweet. “Very very angry about this.” For many, though, the news was welcome. A video showed some passengers on a Delta Air Lines flight cheering and applauding as they took off their masks upon hearing the announcement they were now optional. One man could be seen happily twirling his mask on his finger. On a Southwest Airlines flight Monday from Detroit to Nashville, the change to optional status was incorporated into the safety announcements, prompting murmurs and fist pumps from some passengers and no audible complaints. In Portland, Oregon, transit employees were immediately working on taking down “mask required” announcements and signs, but said it would likely take several days to remove everything. The city joined Atlanta, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Kansas City, Missouri, in making masking optional on mass transit. “We know our riders have mixed feelings about the mandate ending,” Portland’s public transit agency, TriMet, posted on social media. “We ask everyone to be respectful of others as we all adjust to this change.” Some passengers at Chicago’s Union Station said the rules were confusing. Both Amtrak and Metra, the regional commuter rail service, said masks still are required, but some passengers walking through the station didn’t wear them. “It’s like this patchwork of different rules and enforcement of it,” said Erik Abderhalden, who wore a mask as he waited for a Metra train to his home in suburban Naperville. “I mean, it’s like Swiss cheese ... there’s no uniformity and it seems pretty laissez faire.” The Chicago Transit Authority also said it still will require masks on city trains and buses, for now. Finance heads urged to boost fight against food insecurity WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged world finance leaders Tuesday to “get concrete” as they look for ways to combat a looming crisis over food insecurity around the globe that Russia’s war in Ukraine has made even worse. “This threat touches the most vulnerable people the hardest — families that are already spending disproportionate amounts of their income on food,” Yellen told fellow finance leaders during a food security meeting convened with members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. “Moreover, the interconnectedness of Map the global food system means that people on every continent are impacted.” Among the proposed solutions under discussion: reducing export restrictions, relieving price controls across countries and subsidizing small farmers globally. Failure to feed the world’s population risks not only starvation, but also social unrest and cross-border political upheaval. Russia and Ukraine produce a third of the world’s wheat supply and the loss of commodities due to the war has resulted in soaring food prices and uncertainty about the future of food security globally, especially in impoverished countries. the last available date for a primary election in Ohio,” they wrote, pointing to several From page 1 other states that hold “Indeed, we are trapped primaries on Aug. 16 and some that even in an endless cycle of push their primary elecfits and starts, unable tions into September. to begin or conclude Justices acknowlthe important work our voters expect us to com- edged that April 20 — this Wednesday — plete.” In the 1993 film, Mur- has been identified in ray plays a weatherman federal court as the last possible date for new doomed to relive the same day over and over legislative maps to be put in place in order for again. an Aug. 2 primary to Sleeth and association first vice president go forward smoothly. The U.S. District Court Sherry Poland — who has signaled it will take are the directors of action by that date if elections in Warren and Hamilton counties, the state doesn’t resolve the issue on its own by respectively — also said Ohio “simply must then. The election officials’ hold” its second priorganization said there mary on Aug. 2. are good reasons why “The suggestion Ohio’s ramp-up to a that a date other than primary election takes August 2nd will work more time than in some has only served to redouble confusion and other states. Those include a “generous consternation, just as early voting period” of we were beginning to 28 days, a requirement see a path out of this that overseas and milimess,” said Sleeth, tary ballots be mailed whose association 46 days ahead of time represents election and complex requireofficials in all 88 Ohio ments for testing voting counties. systems and proofing In invalidating a fourth set of legislative ballots. “The federal court or maps last week that had the Legislature must been sent to them by put their foot down,” the Ohio Redistricting Commission, the court’s Poland said. “We need to move beyond majority questioned Groundhog Day. We what’s so sacred about need to draw this priAug. 2. mary process to a con“It is unclear as to why August 2, 2022, is clusion on August 2nd.” Meigs County Public Library | Courtesy The library is located at 216 W. Main St. in Pomeroy. community,” Poole said. “Most of our adult programs are held at the Pomeroy Library, and we From page 1 encourage everyone to stop by or go online for come to expect. Poole said she and the staff are more information. We are always adding classes and very glad to be moving toward offering these pro- special events.” Reminder: The Friends grams again in person. of the Library will hold “We are here as a the Spring Book Sale resource to the entire during the first week of May at the Pomeroy Library. Browse the available books and support the community — take as many books as you would like and donate as much as you would like. Contributions provide support for children’s programs all year long at the library. The following are the hours of the book sale: Wednesday, May 4: 5- 7 p.m. Thursday, May 5: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Friday, May 6: 9 a.m.- 1 a.m. © 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. McCann, Randy Page, Jonathan Sargent, and Samuel Young; Middle School: Dava Noel Jeffers and Calee Pickens; Intermediate: Hayley Reed, Julie Abbott, Rebecca Brumfield, Jaymee Cremeens, Jenna Cundiff, and Lindsay Patterson; Primary: Mattie Carroll, Janae Cundiff, and Jesse McKendree. Approved to re-hire the following certified personnel on five-year contracts commencing the 2022-2023 school year, pending completion of all administrative requirements: Meigs High: Danielle Polk; Middle School: Justine Dowler, Lena Sisson, and Pamela White; Intermediate: Denise Lemponen, Abby Rodriguez, and Joey Waters; Primary: Penny Newland, Lisa Ord, and Carin Taylor. Approved to rehire David Deem as Assistant Principal at Meigs Middle School on a five-year contract commencing the 2022-2023 school year, pending completion of all administrative requirements. Approved to rehire Matt Simpson as Technology Coordinator on a five-year contract commencing the 2022-2023 school year, pending completion of all administrative requirements. Approved to re-hire the following non-certified personnel on one-year contracts commencing the 2022-2023 school year, pending completion of all administrative requirements: Stephen Tomek, Jessica Bellue, Jarrett Otworth and Debbie Gerard. Approved to re-hire the following non-certified personnel on two-year contracts commencing the 2022-2023 school year, pending completion of all administrative requirements: Randy Bing, Ruth Marcum, Shirley Miller, Michelle Shuler, Bill Johnson, Breanna Willis, Richard Owen and David Tucker Approved to rehire Brenda Phalin as a social worker at Meigs Primary School on a three-year contract commencing the 2022-2023 school year, pending completion of all administrative requirements. Approved to rehire Lisa Brooke Pauley as a Community & Family Liaison at Meigs Intermediate School on a three-year contract commencing the 2022-2023 school year, pending completion of all administrative requirements. Approved to non-renew all 2021-2022 supplemental contracts effective the conclusion of the 20212022 school year. Approved to non-renew the following contracts expiring effective the conclusion of the 20212022 school year, due to the funding of the School Quality Improvement Grant and 21st Century expiring: Amy Perrin, Chelsea Barnes, Emily Hill and Amy Cremeans. Approved FMLA for BettyAnn Wolfe retroactive to February 2. Approved to pay the following an administrative fee from the OSHAA for the hosting high school boy’s and girl’s sectional tournament: Kevin Musser and Aaron Oliphant. Approved to hire Morgan Michael as a substitute teacher for the remainder of the 2021-2022 school year, as approved by the AthensMeigs Educational Service Center and pending completion of all administrative requirements. Approved to provide extended time of approximately 80-100 hours of work that will occur outside of normal work hours for Chrissy Musser, Food Service Coordinator, intended for the re-certification process for Meigs Local School District to receive another 4-year cycle of free meals through the USDA’s Community Eligibility Provision Program. Accurate recertification will ensure the best opportunity for Meigs Local students to receive free meals as provide by the USDA guidelines. The following board items were approved: The overnight field trip request from Jennifer Dunn and Hannah Thompson, Meigs High School Vo-Ag Instructors, for 10 students to attend the Ohio FFA Convention in Columbus, Ohio departing, May 5-6. The overnight field trip request from Tom Cremeans, Meigs High School Health Technology Instructor, for four students to attend the CTSO-SkillsUSA State Championship in Columbus, Ohio departing, May 2-4. Grant temporary easement agreement with Columbia Gas for work space and staging. The next meeting for the Meigs Local Board of Education is scheduled for Wednesday, April 27 at 6:30 p.m. at the central office. Library Personnel From page 1 scrubber for the high school from Hillyard. Funding will come from reimbursement from Veregy; An agreement with CBSI to replace hot water system pumps at the High School. Funding will come half mill maintenance fund 034. The following donations were approved: in Memory of Judy McCarthy Memorial Scholarship Fund; in Memory of Philip Harrison Scoreboard Fund; and for Meigs Middle School Track and Meigs High School Track. The board approved the Food Service Report for March 2022 as presented by Chrissy Musser, Food Service Director. In the superintendent’s report, the board: Approved to re-hire the following certified personnel on one-year contracts for the 20222023 school year, pending completion of all administrative requirements: Meigs High: Dylan Haynes; Middle School: Brent Bissell, Trystan Peyton and McKenzie Siders; Intermediate: Christina Eddy, Kelsie Keesee, Laura Pullins, Kari Putman, Benjamin Stairs, Linzie Causey and Heidi Mullins; Primary: Megan McAllister and Jessica Sokkarie. Approved to re-hire the following certified personnel on three-year contracts commencing the 2022-2023 school year, pending completion of all administrative requirements: Meigs High: Howard Dave Barr, Jacob Dunn, Justin May, Sarah Lorna Hart is a freelance writer for Ohio Valley Publishing. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 04. 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