https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/396b9795636277b2dac7335e5b1848d1.pdf 64ce491f5aa9f931b64e0d08844b16a0 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 57° 77° 79° Sunny and very warm today. Partly cloudy tonight. High 85° / Low 60° Today’s weather forecast Locals win TVC titles WEATHER s 4 SPORTS s 6 C_ZZb[fehj�š�Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 93, Volume 76 Democrats’ effort to secure Roe v. Wade falls to filibuster WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate fell far short Wednesday in a rushed effort toward enshrining Roe v. Wade abortion access as federal law, blocked by a Republican filibuster in a blunt display of the nation’s partisan divide over the landmark court decision and the limits of legislative action. The almost party-line tally promises to be the first of several efforts in Congress to preserve the nearly 50-year-old court ruling, which declares a constitutional right to abortion services but is at serious risk of being overturned this summer by a conservative Supreme Court. President Joe Biden called on the Congress controlled by Democrats to pass legislation to protect abortion services for millions of Americans. But his party’s slim majority proved unable to overcome the filibuster led by Republicans, who have been working for decades to install conservative Supreme Court justices and end Roe v. Wade. The vote was 51-49 against proceeding, with 60 votes needed to move ahead. “The American people are watching,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer ahead of the vote. “The public will not forget which side of the vote senators fall on today.” Congress has battled for years over abortion policy, but the Wednesday vote to take up a House-passed bill was given new urgency after the disclosure of a draft Supreme Court opinion to overturn the Roe decision that many had believed to be settled law. The outcome of the conservative-majority court’s actual ruling, expected this summer, is sure to reverberate around the country and on the campaign trail ahead of the fall midterm elections that will determine which party controls Congress. Security was tight at the Capitol where Vice President Kamala Harris presided, and it has been bolstered across the street at the Supreme Court after protesters turned out in force last week following the leaked draft. Scores of House Democratic lawmakers marched protest-style to the Senate and briefly watched from the visitor galleries. Harris can provide a tie-breaking vote in the 50-50 split Senate, but that was beside the point on Wednesday. One conservative Democrat, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, voted with the Republicans, saying he supported keeping Roe v. Wade but believed the current bill was too broad. Over several days, Democratic senators delivered speeches contending that undoing abortion access would mean great harm, not only for women but for all Americans planning families and futures. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., said that most American women have only See ROE | 10 J. Scott Applewhite | AP Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks to an aide as senators arrive before a procedural vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act to codify the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday. Murkowski voted against proceeding. The measure failed 51-49 with 60 votes needed to move ahead. Thursday, May 12, 2022 s 50¢ Food banks hit by inflation Tony Dejak | AP file Sgt. Kevin Fowler organizes food at a food bank distribution by the Greater Cleveland Food Bank in 2021 in Cleveland. Food banks across America say economic conditions are pushing demand for their support higher as their labor and delivery costs are climbing and donations are decreasing. The problem has grown to the point that President Joe Biden called for a Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health in September, the first since 1969. Economic conditions leave groups struggling to meet needs the Labor Department. The national average gas price reached a record Kendall Nunamaker high Wednesday of $4.40 and her family of five in Kennewick, Washington, a gallon. And global food prices are climbing after faced impossible math shortages caused by Rusthis month: How to pay for gas, groceries and the sia’s war against Ukraine and other supply chain mortgage with inflation problems. driving up prices? Food banks across Like many other workAmerica say those ecoing families, the Nunamakers are grappling with nomic conditions are intensifying demand for the 8.3% inflation in the their support at a time consumer price index in April announced Wednes- when their labor and distribution costs are day — slowing slightly climbing and donations from the March figure are slowing. The problem which was the largest has grown to the point year-over-year increase where last week Presisince 1981, according to Associated Press dent Joe Biden called for a Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health in September, the first since 1969. For many families like the Nunamakers, food insecurity became a painful surprise. “There’s no reason us as a couple and a family should be struggling so hard,” Nunamaker said. “We make decent money.” She works three days a week at a home décor store for $15.25 an hour; her husband, Nick, works a full-time union job as a paratransit driver at $27 an hour. Though they receive some money from a state nutrition program for young children that their two youngest qualify for, they still spent $360 on groceries last week. Because of inflated prices, those groceries didn’t go far enough to feed everyone. And the family still lacked money to pay other household bills, leaving Nunamaker wondering how she would stretch their next paychecks to cover those bills and their mortgage this month. See FOOD | 10 Rio Grande presented with Compass Award ensure incoming students have the right tools to navigate the financial RIO GRANDE — aspect of their education. Ohio Treasurer Robert In doing so, the instituSprague visited Rio Grande this week to pres- tions are putting them ent the University of Rio on a path toward success, and we’re proud to Grande and Rio Grande Community College with recognize these critical efforts.” the Compass Award As part of his visit, in recognition of their demonstrated excellence Treasurer Sprague participated in a roundin the field of financial table discussion with literacy education. “Understanding the ins President Ryan Smith and outs of financial aid and financial literacy stakeholders to learn and loan options can be more about their work. overwhelming for students and their families,” Additionally, Treasurer Sprague joined President said Treasurer Sprague. Smith for a tour of the “But the University of Rio Grande campus. Rio Grande and Rio The University of Rio Grande Community Grande and Rio Grande College are working to Staff Report Community College represent a unique partnership between a private university and a public community college. Through this model, students can reach their education goals by utilizing transfer credits between both schools to lower costs and earn specific certifications. This partnership has made significant strides to enhance transparency and make information regarding student loans and financial aid more understandable for families and students. Additionally, students receive counseling and financial education related to their course selections as part of the financial aid process. The monthly Compass Award commends organizations, programs, and individuals across the state who are working to guide Ohioans toward financial literacy education and empowerment. In addition to the Compass Award, the treasurer’s office maintains an online Financial Literacy Resource Guide to provide Ohioans with a series of resources to help make informed decisions around budgeting, saving, and borrowing. Information provided by Treasurer Sprague’s office. 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. OVB earns ‘outstanding’ CRA performance rating OHIO VALLEY — In a recent evaluation conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Ohio Valley Bank received an overall rating of “Outstanding” on its Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Performance. Outstanding is the highest rating a financial institution can receive in this evaluation. The last time OVB received an Outstanding CRA rating was in 1999. “Receiving an Outstanding rating is an achievement that we are all proud to have accomplished. It is positive proof that we are meeting the needs of all borrowers within our communities and it is certainly a reflection of the successful pursuit of our Community First mission,” OVB Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Tom Wiseman said. Daniel Roush, OVB vice president, senior compliance officer, said the rating means a lot as only 10 percent of banks in the nation have received an Outstanding in the last five years. “This Outstanding rating was a total team effort. All OVB employees from the teller line to the lenders and to the CEO played a part,” Roush said. “It is our goal to build upon this by continuing to provide our local communities with needed banking services and access to lending opportunities. While we are pleased with the recognition this Outstanding See OVB | 10 �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Thursday, May 12, 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing OBITUARIES JOSEPH LEE ELLIS GALLIPOLIS — Joseph Lee Ellis, 61, of Gallipolis, formerly of Chillicothe, passed away Thursday afternoon, May 5, 2022 at his daughter’s home, following an extended illness. He was born August 8, 1960, in Gallia County, son of the late James A. and Betty Jane (Hunt) Ellis. Surviving are two children, Carla (J’son) Gabin, and Joseph (Amanda) Ellis; grandchildren, Laci MacFarland, Kennedi MacFarland, Keagan Gabin, Marli Gabin, and Legacy Ellis; his siblings, James (Shirley) Ellis, Marie Beaver, Ray Queen, Jr., Eva (Paul) Wolfe, Betsy (Jack) Smith, and Melissa (Willie) Queen; his special K-9 companion, Oliver, who he loved very much; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, extended family members and friends. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a grandchild, Brayden Gabin; and three siblings, Walter Queen, Martha Cox, and Donna Ellis. Joe was an honorably discharged veteran of the United States Army. In accordance with his wishes, there will be no public calling hours. The family will hold a Celebration of Life service to be announced at a future date. 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. BHCC certificate ceremony RIO GRANDE — The annual Senior Certificate Ceremony of the Gallia-Jackson-Vinton Joint Vocational School District will be held on Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. at the outdoor amphitheater. Women’s health screening POMEROY — The Ohio State University mobile mammography unit will visit the Meigs County Health Department on May 26. Eligibility includes women 40 years or older, or 35 years with a physician’s order, and no current breast symptoms. Contact Courtney Midkiff at 740-9926626 for an appointment. Cheshire alumni banquet CHESHIRE — The Cheshire High School Alumni Reunion will be held May 28 at 5 p.m. There is no charge to attend. Elks scholarships GALLIPOLIS — the Gallipolis Elks Lodge #107 scholarships are now available for graduating high 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 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. Road closures 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. MEIGS COUNTY — A tree trimming project begins on May 3 on SR 124, between U.S. 33 and SR 833. The road will be closed where work is taking place between 8 a.m. - 3 p.m., Monday-Friday. This is a moving operation. Estimated completion: May 27. 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 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. 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 JOHN OLIVER ‘MONK’ KAIL CHESHIRE — John Oliver “Monk” Kail, 96, lifelong resident of Cheshire and Cheshire Township, passed away peacefully May 10, 2022. He was born Nov. 24, 1925, to Horace Alva and Marguerite Scott Kail. Monk graduated from Cheshire High School, joined the Merchant Marines during WWII, and served in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. He married Roberta Mae Allensworth on Feb. 9, 1946. After helping his father and grandfather on the family dairy farm, John began his employment at Kyger Creek Power Plant in 1955 and retired in 1988. John was a member of the First Families of Gallia County, Master Mason Siloam Lodge 456 where he was a member for 73 years, former member of Little Kyger Congregational Church, American Legion Pomeroy (post 39), and staunch supporter and long-time trustee of Gravel Hill Cemetery. Along with his parents and his wife of 71 years, Oliver was preceded in death by his daughter, Mary North, and his sonin-law, James French. Surviving him are daughter, Sandra French, of Westerville; grandchildren, Lance (Deborah) French, of Montgomery, Tara (Mike) Tallarico, of Commercial Point, John (Jill) French, of Westerville, and John Thomas (Danielle) Morgan, of Black Mt., N.C.; greatgrandchildren, Zachary, Stella, Alex French of Montgomery, Macy Tallarico, of Commercial Point, Allison and Drew Oliver French, of Westerville, Cora Mae Morgan, of Black Mt., N.C., and Janson Reese, of Columbus; greatgreat-grandchild, Peyton Reese, of Columbus; and dear cousin, Robert E. Swisher, who was like a brother for Oliver’s entire life. Monk loved and found glory in being with his family. The funeral service for Monk will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, May 13, 2022 at Willis Funeral Home with Pastor Mel Mock officiating. His burial will follow in Gravel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call on Friday at the funeral home from noon until the time of the service. Military Rites will be given at the graveside by American Legion Post 39. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in John’s name to Gravel Hill Cemetery, P.O. Box 101, Cheshire, OH 45620. Please visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send e-mail condolences. ELLEN MAE DARBY BIDWELL — Ellen Mae Darby, 78, died Jan. 25, 2022, at Holzer Senior Care in Bidwell, following a lengthy illness. She had a great sense of humor and loved being able to make others laugh. She was fiercely independent, which could sometimes be a challenge because of her health issues, but she clearly adored her family and friends. She was an animal lover and always had a dog until her illness made that impossible. She was born April 30,1943, in Radnor, to the late Rufus Hoyt and Elena Grace (Sayre) Casto. She was a graduate of Radnor High School and worked for Columbus Southern. She was predeceased by her brother, Allen Edward Casto. She married Dale Darby who also preceded her in death. She and her late partner, Denver Curtis, lived in Bidwell and were active with DAV, helping veterans access benefits and services. Ellen was a member of the DAV Auxiliary. She is survived by two nieces and their families: Joan Casto Lloyd (Ken) and Jennifer Casto-Babcock (Richard) and children Zandra (Ashley), Zoey and Luke. Few people are as lucky as Ellen in having a second loving family as devoted as Denver’s family was to her. Survivors include: son-in-law Lee Harris; son Keith (Linda) Curtis and children Haley, and DJ (Christina); grandson Toby Curtis (Katie, Riley); great grandchildren Alexis Kidd and Bentleigh Westfall; and especially close to Ellen was Michelle Smith-Crisenbery, (Kelsey, Kaleb and Tristin) who was the daughter of Denver’s late daughter, Cindy, who cared for Ellen until her recent passing. A memorial service will be held Saturday, May 14 from 2-4 p.m. at the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home, 264 S. Second Ave, Middleport, OH 45760. There will be a short tribute remembering Ellen at 2:30 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Holzer Hospice, 2881 State Route 160, Gallipolis, OH 45631. 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. at the Gallia County Courthouse. GALLIPOLIS — The Beta Alpha Chapter for Delta Kappa Gamma will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Grace Methodist Church. The agenda will be installation of officers and initiation of new members. Saturday, May 14 GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County District Library Board of Trustees will hold its regular meeting at 9:30 a.m. to be immediately followed by a special board meeting for the purpose of conducting a planning session. These meetings will be held at the library, 7 Spruce Street, Gallipolis. post home on McCormick Road at 5 p.m. All E-Board members are urged to attend. The American Legion Lafayette will meet right after the E-Board meeting. All members are urged to attend. LETART — The Letart Township Trustees will meet at 5 p.m. at the Letart Township Building. Tuesday, May 17 TUPPERS PLAINS — The Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer District will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the district office. POMEROY — Excel GALLIPOLIS — The Basics Class at the Sons of the American Pomeroy Library will be Legion Squadron #27 at 5 p.m. Registration is will meet at at 5:30 p.m. required. Call 740-992at the post home on 5813 to register. McCormick Road. Tuesday, May 17th, 6:00 pm The Legion Auxiliary GALLIPOLIS — The will meet right after the American Legion Lafayjoint E-Board meeting. ette Post #27, the Sons All members are urged to of the American Legion GALLIPOLIS — The Squadron #27, the Legion attend. monthly board meeting GALLIPOLIS — The of the O.O. McIntyre Park Auxiliary E-Board memGallia County Board of District will be at 11 a.m. bers will have a joint Developmental DisabiliE- Board meeting at the in the Park Board Office Thursday, May 12 Friday, May 13 Monday, May 16 ties will hold a regular monthly board meeting at 5 p.m. at the Administrative Offices, 77 Mill Creek Road, Gallipolis, OH 45631. Saturday, May 21 MIDDLEPORT — The Middleport Fire Dept. will be hosting a chicken BBQ beginning at 11 a.m. For pre-order, call 740-992-7368 and leave a message. Monday, May 23 POMEROY — The regular meeting of the Meigs County Public Library Board will be at 1 p.m. at the Pomeroy Library. POMEROY — Book Club at the Pomeroy Library will be at 6 p.m. Read and discuss “The Four Winds” by Kristin Hannah with the group. MIDDLEPORT — The May meeting for the Veterans Service Commission will be at 9 a.m. at 97 N. Second Ave. in Middleport. Ohio city sued over abortion ban COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Groups advocating for professional social workers and women’s rights challenged a small Ohio city’s ban on abortion Wednesday, arguing it is an “extraordinarily broad” infringement on the constitutional rights of due process and free speech. The lawsuit argues that the abortion restriction approved last May by the city of Lebanon, in southwest Ohio, should be declared illegal regardless of whether the U.S. Supreme Court follows through with a leaked opinion overturning Roe v. Wade. “This case concerns whether a municipal government may enact a vague, sweeping ordinance that can be interpreted to criminalize virtually all activity even tangentially connected to abortion without providing fair notice of the specific conduct it forbids,” lawyers for the ACLU of Ohio and Democracy Forward argued on behalf of the National Association of Social Workers and Women Have OptionsOhio. The litigation also asserts that, by declaring actions misdemeanors at the local level that are considered felonies by the state, the Lebanon ban violates Ohio’s home rule provisions. Lebanon’s ban was one of four that cropped up around Ohio last year, part of a national effort to ban abortion “one city at a time” by the Texasbased Sanctuary Cities of the Unborn organization. Nearby Mason passed, then repealed, its ban and two other cities — Celina in Mercer County and London in Madison County — saw their measures fizzle. According to the Texas group’s website, 49 cities across the U.S. have so far passed similar abortion bans. Right to Life East Texas director Mark Lee Dickson, a Southern Baptist minister leading the charge for local abortion restrictions, said the ACLU has already sued over laws similar to Lebanon’s in Texas and lost. “We stand behind the Lebanon ordinance as it is drafted, and we believe we will see a victory in Lebanon, Ohio,” Dickson said Wednesday. He said former Texas Solicitor General Jonathan F. Mitchell has agreed to represent Lebanon against in the Ohio case. Mitchell and Dickson worked together to craft the Texas state abortion law that could soon upend Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that legalized abortion in the U.S. �NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing Thursday, May 12, 2022 3 Ukraine to hold first war crimes trial of captured Russian By Elena Becatoros and Jon Gambrell Associated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — Ukraine’s top prosecutor disclosed plans Wednesday for the first war crimes trial of a captured Russian soldier, as fighting raged in the east and south and the Kremlin left open the possibility of annexing a corner of the country it seized early in the invasion. Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said her office charged Sgt. Vadin Shyshimarin, 21, in Andrii Marienko | AP the killing of an unarmed Volunteers exhume the bodies of civilians killed by Russian shelling in the village of Stepaky, close 62-year-old civilian who to Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday. Ukraine is preparing for its first war crimes trial of a captured was gunned down while Russian soldier accused of gunning down a civilian riding a bicycle. riding a bicycle in Februmass graves and streets and has identified over the soldier could get up ary, four days into the and yards strewn with to 15 years in prison. She 600 suspects. war. bodies in towns such as Many of the alleged did not say when the trial Shyshimarin, who Bucha. Residents told of atrocities came to light would start. served with a tank unit, killings, burnings, rape, Venediktova’s office has last month after Moswas accused of firing cow’s forces aborted their torture and dismemberthrough a car window on said it has been investiment. bid to capture Kyiv and the man in the northeast- gating more than 10,700 Volodymyr Yavorskyy of withdrew from around alleged war crimes comern village of Chupakhthe Center for Civil Libermitted by Russian forces the capital, exposing ivka. Venediktova said ties said the Ukrainian human rights group will be closely following Shyshimarin’s trial to see if it is fair. “It’s very difficult to observe all the rules, norms and neutrality of the court proceedings in wartime,” he said. On the economic front, Ukraine shut down one of the pipelines that carry Russian gas across the country to homes and industries in Western Europe, marking the first time since the start of the war that Kyiv disrupted the flow westward of one of Moscow’s most lucrative exports. But the immediate effect is likely to be limited, in part because Russia can divert the gas to another pipeline and because Europe relies on a variety of suppliers. Meanwhile, a Kremlininstalled politician in the southern Kherson region, site of the first major Ukrainian city to fall in the war, said officials there want Russian President Vladimir Putin to make Kherson a “proper region” of Russia — that is, annex it. “The city of Kherson is Russia,” Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the Kherson regional administration appointed by Moscow, told Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency, That raised the possibility that the Kremlin would seek to break off another piece of Ukraine as it tries to salvage an invasion gone awry. Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, which borders the Kherson region, after a disputed referendum in 2014, a move denounced as illegal and rejected by most of the international community. Kherson, a Black Sea port of roughly 300,000, provides Crimea with access to fresh water and is seen as gateway to wider Russian control over southern Ukraine. TODAY IN HISTORY Associated Press Today is Thursday, May 12, the 132nd day of 2022. There are 233 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history On May 12, 1949, the Soviet Union lifted the Berlin Blockade, which the Western powers had succeeded in circumventing with their Berlin Airlift. On this date In 1780, during the Revolutionary War, the besieged city of Charleston, South Carolina, surrendered to British forces. In 1932, the body of Charles Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old kidnapped son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, was found in a wooded area near Hopewell, New Jersey. In 1943, during World War II, Axis forces in North Africa surrendered. The two-week Trident Conference, headed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, opened in Washington. In 1958, the United States and Canada signed an agreement to create the North American Air Defense Command (later the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD). In 1970, the Senate voted unanimously to confirm Harry A. Blackmun as a Supreme Court justice. In 1975, the White House announced the new Cambodian government had seized an American merchant ship, the Mayaguez, in international waters. (U.S. Marines gained control of the ship three days after its seizure, not knowing the 39 civilian members of the crew had already been released by Cambodia.) In 1982, in Fatima, Portugal, security guards overpowered a Spanish priest armed with a bayonet who attacked Pope John Paul II. (In 2008, the pope’s longtime private secretary revealed that the pontiff was slightly wounded in the assault.) In 2008, a devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake in China’s Sichuan province left more than 87,000 people dead or missing. In 2009, five Miami men were convicted in a plot to blow up FBI buildings and Chicago’s Sears Tower; one man was acquitted. Suspected Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk (dem-YAHN’yuk) was deported from the United States to Germany. (On this date in 2011, Demjanjuk, who maintained his innocence, would be convicted by a German court of being an accessory to the murder of tens of thousands of Jews; he died in March 2012 at age 91.) In 2011, CEOs of the five largest oil companies went before the Senate Finance Committee, where Democrats challenged the executives to justify tax breaks at a time when people were paying $4 a gallon for gas. Today’s Birthdays: Composer Burt Bacharach is 94. Actor Millie Perkins is 86. R&B singer Jayotis Washington is 81. Country singer Billy Swan is 80. Actor Linda Dano is 79. Actor Lindsay Crouse is 74. Singermusician Steve Winwood is 74. Actor Gabriel Byrne is 72. Actor Bruce Boxleitner is 72. Singer Billy Squier is 72. Blues singer-musician Guy Davis is 70. Country singer Kix Brooks is 67. Actor Kim Greist is 64. Rock musician Eric Singer (KISS) is 64. Actor Ving Rhames is 63. Rock musician Billy Duffy is 61. Actor Emilio Estevez is 60. Actor April Grace is 60. Actor Vanessa A. Williams is 59. TV personality/chef Carla Hall is 58. Actor Stephen Baldwin is 56. Actor Scott Schwartz is 54. Actor Kim Fields is 53. Actor Samantha Mathis is 52. Actor Jamie Luner is 51. Actor Christian Campbell is 50. Actor Rhea Seehorn is 50. Actor Mackenzie Astin is 49. Country musician Matt Mangano (The Zac Brown Band) is 46. Actor Rebecca Herbst is 45. Actor Malin Akerman is 44. Actor Jason Biggs is 44. Actor Rami Malek is 41. Actorsinger Clare Bowen is 38. Actor Emily VanCamp is 36. Actor Malcolm David Kelley is 30. Actor Sullivan Sweeten is 27. Matt Rourke | AP file Students wearing masks as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus line up to receive KN95 protective masks at Camden High School in Camden, N.J., in February. U.S. COVID-19 cases are up, as the country approaches 1 million deaths in the pandemic. COVID bump results in few school mask mandates CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — U.S. COVID-19 cases are up, leading a smattering of school districts, particularly in the Northeast, to bring back mask mandates and recommendations for the first time since the omicron winter surge ended and as the country approaches 1 million deaths in the pandemic. The return of masking in schools is not nearly as widespread as earlier in the pandemic, particularly as the public’s worries over the virus have ebbed. But districts in Maine, New Jersey and Pennsylvania have brought masks back, with a few in Massachusetts also recommending them even as the school year enters its final weeks. Maine’s largest school district, in Portland, said this week masks would return, with Superintendent Xavier Botana saying that was the “safest course at this time” amid rising cases. Bangor, Maine, schools also brought back a universal mask requirement. High schools in the suburbs of Pittsburgh and in Montclair, New Jersey, a commuter suburb of New York City, also announced a return to masking, albeit temporarily through this week. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, most of the counties in the country considered to have “high” levels of COVID-19 are in the Northeast. In parts of Massachusetts that have seen high levels of COVID-19 transmission, authorities are also recommending masks in schools. Reactions have ranged from supportive to angry. On the Facebook page of Woodland Hills High School in suburban Pittsburgh, one woman called the change “#insane.” Diana Martinez and Owen Cornwall, who have a first-grader at Graham and Parks School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, have been following the recommendation to mask their daughter. “We’re very happy about it. It gives us a little peace of mind,” said Martinez, 42, a professor at Tufts University. “I think the parents generally trend toward wearing them and that gives us some comfort. It’s the same case at our pre-school. There will be a couple of parents who don’t mask their child, but we will be masking our child.” Cornwall said there seems to be a general consensus in the school community in favor of playing it safe. “We’re sort of lucky in this neighborhood, that they share our concerns with health,” said Cornwall, 37, a visiting scholar at Tufts. Reported daily cases in the U.S. are averaging 79,000, up 50% over the past two weeks, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. That’s a fraction of where daily case counts stood earlier this year, when they topped 800,000. However, current case counts are a vast undercount because of a major downturn in testing and the fact tests are being taken at home and not reported to health departments. US overdose deaths hit record 107K last year, CDC says By Mike Stobbe set the year before. The CDC reviews death certificates and then makes an estimate to account for NEW YORK — More than 107,000 Americans delayed and incomplete reporting. died of drug overdoses Dr. Nora Volkow, last year, setting another director of the National tragic record in the Institute on Drug Abuse, nation’s escalating overcalled the latest numbers dose epidemic, the Cen“truly staggering.” ters for Disease Control The White House and Prevention estimated issued a statement calling Wednesday. the accelerating pace of The provisional 2021 total translates to roughly overdose deaths “unacceptable” and promoting one U.S. overdose death its recently announced every 5 minutes. It national drug control marked a 15% increase from the previous record, strategy. It calls for mea- AP Medical Writer sures like connecting more people to treatment, disrupting drug trafficking and expanding access to the overdose-reversing medication naloxone. U.S. overdose deaths have risen most years for more than two decades. The increase began in the 1990s with overdoses involving opioid painkillers, followed by waves of deaths led by other opioids like heroin and — most recently — illicit fentanyl. Last year, overdoses involving fentanyl and other synthetic opioids surpassed 71,000, up 23% from the year before. There also was a 23% increase in deaths involving cocaine and a 34% increase in deaths involving meth and other stimulants. Overdose deaths are often attributed to more than one drug. Some people take multiple drugs and inexpensive fentanyl has been increasingly cut into other drugs, often without the buyers’ knowledge, officials say. �NEWS/WEATHER 4 Thursday, May 12, 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing For Supreme Court justices, secrecy is part of the job By Jessica Gresko Associated Press WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black was hospitalized, his health failing, when he gave his son Hugo Jr. an order: Burn the papers. Worried that the publication of certain of his private notes could harm the court or his colleagues, he insisted on their destruction. “Operation Frustratethe-Historians,” his wife called it. As for the reporters asking the hospital about his condition: “Tell them nothing,” Black told his son. Black, who served on the court from 1937 until just before his death in 1971, isn’t alone among the Supreme Court’s justices in what can seem like a sometimes extreme desire for secrecy. Supreme Court justices have long prized confidentiality. It’s one of the reasons the leak of a draft opinion in a major abortion case last week was so shocking. But it’s not just the justices’ work on opinions that they understandably like to keep under wraps. The justices are also ultimately the John Duricka | AP file Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black, shown in 1970, was so concerned that the contents of his private notes not become public that he ordered his son to burn his papers. The concern for secrecy is characteristic of the top court, which prizes confidentiality. gatekeepers to information about their travel, speaking engagements and health issues as well as the decision-makers about whether and when to make their private papers public. Even details about the Supreme Court Building itself can be hard to come by. Before the coronavirus hit, the taxpayer-funded structure was used 30 to 50 times a year for after-hours private events by groups that pay for the privilege, but the court declined to provide a comprehensive list of groups or events. A few years ago, when the iconic red drapes that frame the courtroom were replaced, the court declined to even name the company that did the work. The court is also not subject to the federal Freedom of Information Act. The justices themselves have pushed back against suggestions they are less than transparent. Responding to a question in 2018 about whether the court should allow cameras to televise their proceedings as Congress does, Chief Justice John Roberts had a simple answer: No. He went on to defend the court’s practices. “It’s not as if we’re doing this in secret. We’re the most transparent branch in government in terms of seeing us do our work and us explaining what we’re doing,” Roberts said. When the court decides something, the justices generally spell out their reasoning in lengthy opinions. A court spokesman even side the court for hours and sometimes days, or pay someone else to wait, to get one of the seats reserved for the public. But when the court began holding arguments by telephone because of the pandemic, it began making audio available live. If the court’s proceedings are more public, the justices themselves still like their privacy. While modern presidents have traditionally released the results of an annual physical, justices make their own decisions about releasing health information. Some are more forthcoming than others. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg released quite a bit of health information through several bouts with cancer. She nonetheless waited four months in 2020 to note that her cancer had returned. That year, Roberts spent a night in a hospital after falling and needing stitches. His injury wasn’t disclosed until the next month, and then only because The Washington Post learned of it. Until last week’s leak, one of the biggest court once favorably compared the court’s openness to a “goldfish bowl.” But Gabe Roth, executive director of the court transparency group Fix the Court, said calling the court the most transparent branch is just wrong. “That’s a laughable statement, and Chief Justice Roberts knows it,” Roth said in an email, calling some of the court’s practices “galling.” Even the justices’ decisions aren’t always thoroughly explained. When cases come to the court on an emergency basis and in need of a quick resolution, an answer from the justices often comes without any or much accompanying reasoning. Justice Samuel Alito last year defended what’s been called the court’s “shadow docket,” saying it is hard to see how the court might handle things any other way. The coronavirus pandemic has pushed the court to be more open in one way. Before the pandemic, a member of the public who wanted to hear an argument live had to stand in line out- mysteries of the year involved the hospitalization of Justice Clarence Thomas. The court announced in late March, days after he was admitted, that Thomas had been hospitalized after experiencing “flu-like symptoms,” and he was diagnosed with an infection. The court ruled out COVID-19 but didn’t release any more details about Thomas’ illness or why he was hospitalized nearly a week, days longer than expected. Had the justices not been about to hear arguments after Thomas was hospitalized, making his absence obvious, it’s unclear anything ever would have been released. As for when the justices agree to speak to groups, it’s typically left to the group to publicize the event. Last week, for example, as is typical, the court did not publicize the fact that Roberts and Thomas were speaking in Atlanta. Sometimes events are livestreamed or recorded, sometimes not. Sometimes the public is invited, sometimes reporters are not. Judge: Trump must pay $110K, meet conditions to end contempt By Michael R. Sisak Associated Press NEW YORK — A New York judge said Wednesday he will lift Donald Trump’s contempt of court order if the former president meets certain conditions, including paying $110,000 in fines he’s racked up for being slow to respond to a subpoena for evidence in a civil investigation into his business practices. In one of two Trump subpoena fights before courts on Wednesday, Judge Arthur Engoron said he will lift his finding of contempt if Trump submits additional paperwork by May 20 detailing efforts to search for the subpoenaed records TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 57° 77° 79° HEALTH TODAY Statistics through 3 p.m. Wed. 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South Shore Greenup 83/60 83/60 59 Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services Major 9:17a 9:58a 10:41a 11:30a 12:27p 12:59a 2:08a Partly sunny with a shower and t-storm Lucasville 84/61 May 16 May 22 May 30 Jun 7 The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for fish and game. Partly sunny and very warm Very High Primary: mulberry Mold: 2497 SUNDAY 84° 61° Waverly 83/60 Pollen: 1065 Low MOON PHASES Full 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme SATURDAY 84° 61° 1 Primary: basidiospores, other Fri. 6:18 a.m. 8:32 p.m. 5:51 p.m. 4:54 a.m. FRIDAY Sunny and very warm today. Partly cloudy tonight. High 85° / Low 60° ALMANAC High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM conditions he set forth on Wednesday are not met. He instructed Trump to pay the money directly to James’ office and for James’ office to hold the money in an escrow account while Trump’s appeal of the contempt finding plays out. “For years, Mr. Trump and the Trump Organization have tried to thwart our lawful investigation, but today’s decision makes clear that no one can evade accountability,” James said in a statement. “We will continue to enforce the law and seek answers as part of this investigation.” A message seeking comment was left with Trump’s lawyer. James asked Engoron year investigation has uncovered evidence that Trump’s company misstated the value of assets like skyscrapers and golf courses on financial statements for over a decade. Trump has denied the allegations, calling James’ investigation “racist” and a “witch hunt.” James is Black. Engoron ordered Trump to pay $110,000 because that is the total amount of fines he accrued through May 6, when Trump’s lawyers submitted 66 pages of court documents detailing the efforts by him and his lawyers to locate the subpoenaed records. Engoron said he could reinstate the fine, retroactive to May 7, if the sanctions. Also Wednesday, the appellate division of the state’s trial court was scheduled to hear oral arguments in a related subpoena matter: Trump’s appeal of the judge’s Feb. 17 ruling requiring him to answer questions under oath in James’ investigation. Trump’s lawyers contend James is using her civil investigation to gain access to information that could then be used against the Republican former president in a parallel criminal investigation being conducted by the Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, a Democrat. James, also a Democrat, has said her three- and explaining his and his company’s document retention policies. The judge also requires that a company Trump hired to aid in the search, HaystackID, finish going through 17 boxes kept at an off-site storage facility, and for that company to issue a report on its findings and turn over any relevant documents. Engoron found Trump in contempt on April 25 and fined him $10,000 per day for not complying with New York Attorney General Letitia James’ subpoena. While appealing the ruling, Trump’s lawyers repeatedly asked Engoron to reconsider, leading to his order Wednesday outlining criteria for lifting the Charleston 82/58 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. 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The scoring got started when Ethyn Barnitz hit a solo home MASON, W.Va. — Stick a run into left field. fork in this one. A few at-bats later, Trey The Wahama baseball team defeated the Calhoun Red Devils Ohlinger was hit by a pitch with 9-1 at home Tuesday evening in the bases loaded and Ethan the second round of the Region Gray got walked home next. After Aaron Henry came home IV Section 2 Tournament. After a scoreless first inning, on a wild pitch, Hayden Lloyd the White Falcons (20-4) got on singled to let Ohlinger score. Lloyd and Blake Henry scored the board with two runs in the on an error to wrap up the 7-run second. penultimate inning. The White and Red defense The Red Devils could only also started out hot, keeping the manage one run before the final Red Devils (3-9) hitless until out was called. the fourth inning. The White Falcons outhit The home team themselves didn’t find the home plate again their opponents 6-3. cjeffries@aimmediamidwest.com Colton Jeffries | OVP Sports Wahama senior Zachary Fields (27) winds up a pitch during a baseball game against the Calhoun Red Devils Tuesday evening in Mason, W.Va. Getting a hit for the White and Red were Barnitz, Gray, Henry, Lloyd, Logan Roach and Bryce Zuspan. Henry and Ohlinger led in runs with two each, while Barnitz led in RBIs with the same number. Getting the three hits for the Red Devils were Trevor Collins, Ian Persinger and Kade Swearingen. Notching the win on the mound for the White Falcons was Bryce Zuspan, who allowed no hits, no runs and one walk while striking out four in 1.2 innings pitched. See BASEBALL | 7 Lady Generals surge past Meigs, 8-2 in D-II sectional semis By Bryan Walters bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com THORNVILLE, Ohio — The Lady Marauders were where they had hoped to be at the midway point. Then came the second half. The Meigs softball team had its 2022 postseason come to an end Tuesday night with an 8-2 setback to host Sheridan in a Division II sectional semifinal contest in Perry County. The visiting Lady Marauders (7-13) built a 1-0 lead in the top of the first as Mallory Adams singled home Delana Wright with two away, but the Lady Generals answered with three straight hits and benefitted from an error to knot things up at one after one full frame. The score remained that way until the bottom of the fourth as SHS belted out four hits to go along with a walk and a fielder’s choice — resulting in four runs and a 5-1 cushion through four complete. MHS countered with a run in the top of the sixth as Adams drove in Mara Hall with a groundout, making it a 5-2 contest. Sheridan, however, got a 2-RBI triple from Conrad to start a 3-run outburst in the bottom half of the sixth, allowing the hosts to extend their lead out to 8-2. The Lady Marauders had the bases loaded with one away in the top of the seventh, but Sheridan capped the game with a double play on a pop out to left for a throw and tag out at the plate. The Lady Generals outhit the guests by a 10-6 overall margin and also committed only one of the three errors in the game. MHS also stranded six of the 11 runners left on base. Hall paced Meigs with two hits, followed by Wright, Adams, Allie Gilkey and Lily Dugan with a safety apiece. Jess Workman took the loss for the Lady Marauders after allowing four runs (three earned), six hits and one walk over 3.1 frames while fanning one. Hall surrendered two earned runs and six hits over seven innings while striking out nine for the victory. Grosse, Conrad and Mueller led Sheridan with two hits apiece, with Grosse driving a team-high three RBIs. © 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Thursday, May 12 Baseball Jackson at Gallia Academy, 5 p.m. Southern at Athens, 5 p.m. Point Pleasant vs Poca-Winfield winner, 5:30 Softball Eastern at Nelsonville-York, 5 p.m. Gallia Academy at Unioto, 5 p.m. TBA at Wahama, 5:30 Friday, May 13 Baseball Wahama vs TBA, 5:30 Point Pleasant vs TBA, 5:30 Track and Field Class A Region 4 meet at Buffalo HS, 1:45 p.m. Saturday, May 14 Baseball South Gallia at Portsmouth Clay, 5 p.m. Sciotoville East at Eastern, 5:30 Wahama vs TBA, 5:30 Point Pleasant vs TBA, 5:30 Track and Field OVC Championships at South Point HS, 10 a.m. Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Eastern junior Brayden O’Brien, left, hits full stride in passing River Valley senior Cody Wooten during the 800m run event held on April 12 in Bidwell, Ohio. Locals win 23 titles at TVC meets By Bryan Walters Becka Cadle won three individual titles for RVHS in the 100-meter hurdles (17.24 seconds), 300m The Ohio Valley Pubhurdles (50.56) and also lishing area combined to win 23 different event in the pole vault with a titles last Wednesday and cleared height of 9 feet, 3 Thursday at the 2022 Tri- inches. Lauren Twyman Valley Conference track claimed league titles and field championships respectively held at River in both the 800m run Valley High School (Ohio (2:31.54) and 1600m run (5:35.94), while Division) and Athens Grace Heffernan won the High School (Hocking 3200m run with a mark of Division). 13:03.78. Athens and Waterford Heffernan, Twyman, respectively swept top Kate Nutter and Ally honors in the final boys Denny also combined to and girls team standings, and each of the four win the 4x800m relay for RVHS with a time of divisional meets were 10:48.38. decided by 17 points or Maggie Musser was more. The Lady Bulldogs won the lone Lady Marauder the TVC Ohio crown with to win a league title after capturing the 400m dash 137 points, while River crown with a mark of Valley was second with 1:03.11. 91.5 points. NelsonvilleThe Bulldogs won the York (90), Alexander boys title with 145 points, (64) and Wellston (55) with Nelsonville-York rounded out the top (128) and Alexander five spots, while Vinton (90) completing the top County (47) and Meigs three positions. Vinton (40.5) completed the County (54), Meigs (47), 7-team field. bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com Wellston (33) and River Valley (28) completed the four through seven spots. Braylon Harrison captured the lone Marauder crown by winning the high jump with a cleared height of 6 feet, 1 inch. Justin Stump won the 800m run (2:09.99) for the Raiders, who also received a championship in the pole vault from Andrew Huck with a cleared height of 11 feet, 6 inches. The Lady Wildcats captured the TVC Hocking crown with 153 points, with Southern (95), Federal Hocking (85) and Eastern (76) rounding out the top half of the 7-team field. Trimble (58), Belpre (16) and South Gallia (4) finished in the five through seven spots. Kayla Evans brought home two league titles for the Lady Tornadoes after winning the 300m hurdles (49.70) and high jump (5-2) events. Isabella Fisher won the shot put (30-2) for SHS, and the quartet of Ally Anderson, Isabella Klein, Ava Roush and Kelly Shaver calimed the 4x200m relay title with a mark of 2:03.95. Erica Durst paced the Lady Eagles with titles in the 100m dash (13.34), 200m dash (27.81) and 400m dash (59.37). Durst also set a new TVC record with her mark in the 400m dash. Durst joined Brielle Newland, Kayla Sellers and Emma Doczi in winning the 4x400m relay with a time of 4:43.55. Emma Hayes also won the discus (104-3) for EHS. The Waterford boys posted a winning tally of 164 points, with Trimble (97), Belpre (88), Eastern (67) and Southern (33) rounding out the top five positions. Federal Hocking (28) and South Gallia (26) completed the final two spots in the field. See TVC | 7 Bob Lanier, NBA Hall of Fame center, dies at 73 of Famer had worked for the league as a global ambassador. The Athletic Bob Lanier, the lefthanded big man who mus- reported in 2019 that cled up beside the likes of Lanier was being treated for bladder cancer. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as Lanier played 14 seaone of the NBA’s top players of the 1970s, has died. sons with the Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee He was 73. Bucks and averaged 20.1 The NBA said Lanier points and 10.1 rebounds died Tuesday after a for his career. He is third short illness. The Hall Associated Press on the Pistons’ career list in both points and rebounds. Detroit drafted Lanier with the No. 1 overall pick in 1970 after he led St. Bonaventure to the Final Four. At 6-foot-10 and 250 pounds, Lanier was considered a big man during his time and used that bulk to his advantage. “Bob Lanier will always be one of the big men of basketball,” Abdul-Jabbar said in a statement posted on social media. “Not just because of the size of his body but because of the size of his heart.” Lanier went into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992. �SPORTS/CLASSIFIEDS Ohio Valley Publishing Baseball scored the first two runs of Tuesday’s ballgame, the Big Blacks (9-16) scored two runs of their From page 6 own to tie the game up. Zander Watson groundBig Blacks fall ed out to help bring Bryto Indians, 9-2 lan Williamson home, and SISSONVILLE, W.Va. a Caleb Hatfield single — The Point Pleasbrought Casey Killingant baseball team were sworth in to score. defeated on the road 9-2 However, the Indians by the Sissonville Indi(19-6) answered with five ans Tuesday evening in runs in the bottom of the the second round of the Region IV Section 1 Tour- third inning to take the lead back. nament. The Black and Red While the home team (740) 446-2342 or fax to (740) 446-3008 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN were only able to get past second base one more time over the course of the last five innings, while the home team scored a run in the fifth and sixth innings. The Big Blacks were outhit 10-5 by their opponents. Leading the Black and Red in hits were Killingsworth and Hatfield with two each. Rounding out the Point Pleasant hitting was Hunter Lilly. Thursday, May 12, 2022 7 Leading the Indians in hits was Tristen Portz with three. Getting the loss on the mound for the Big Blacks was Williamson, who allowed five hits, seven runs and six walks while striking out three in 2.2 innings pitched. © 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Colton Jeffries can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. TVC after winning the long jump with a distance of 20 feet, 4.25 inches. Visit baumspage.com From page 6 for complete results The Eagle quartet of from the TVC Ohio Brayden O’Brien, Rylee and TVC Hocking championships held Barrett, Koen Sellers Wednesday and Thursand Connor Nolan day at River Valley and combined to win the Athens, respectively. 4x400m relay with a © 2022 Ohio Valley time of 3:55.55. O’Brien also won the 800m run Publishing, all rights reserved. (2:07.37). Levi Wolford recordBryan Walters can be reached at ed the lone league 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. crown for South Gallia (740) 992-2155 or fax to (740) 992-2157 (304) 675-1333 or fax to (304) 675-5234 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN AUTOS To the Defendant Angel N. Vance: In the Gallia County Clerk of Courts 18 Locust Street Gallipolis, OH 45631 Gallia County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas Plaintiff: 21st Mortgage Corporation Defendants: 825 3rd Ave. Gallipolis, OH has a Part-Time Position Mail Clerk-Dock Worker Bradley W. Vance, Sr. Case No. 21CV000110 Judge Evans Plaintiff has brought this action naming you as the Defendants in the above-named court by filing its Complaint on 10/26/2021. The object of the Complaint is to foreclose the mortgage against Defendants. The prayer is that Plaintiff be found to have a good and valid first lien on the within described premises in the amount as set forth in the complaint and accrued interest and penalties, if any; that each of the Defendants be required to answer setting up their interest, if any, in said premises, or be forever barred from asserting same; that unless the amount found due the Plaintiff be paid within a reasonable time to be named by the Court, the equity of redemption of said Defendants shall be foreclosed and an order of sale issued to the Plaintiff for it to be directed to sell said premises as upon execution, and for such other relief as Plaintiff may be entitled. Situated in Section 20, Township of Cheshire, Gallia County, and State of Ohio: Being a part of the Northeast Quarter of Section 20, Township 5 North, Range 14 West, of the Ohio River Survey and being more particularly described as follows: beginning for description at a set iron pin on the centerline of Turkey Run Road, said point being located South 53° 50' 52" West a distance of 1908.99 feet from the Northeast corner of Section 20, and North 47° 51' 50" West, a distance of 45.70 feet from the most Westerly corner of the 22.403 acre tract of land deeded to Paul C. Hammack, et al; thence extending North 51° 50' 05" West, on the centerline of Turkey Run Road, a distance of 99.60 feet to a set iron pin; thence extending North 63° 48' 05" West, on the centerline of Turkey Run Road, a distance of 107.56 feet to a set iron pin; thence extending North 26° 11' 55" East, a distance of 205.00 feet to a set iron pin; thence extending South 63° 48' 05" East, a distance of 205.00 feet to a set iron pin; thence extending South 26° 11' 55" West, a distance of 225.65 feet to the place of beginning, containing 1.00 acre, more or less. Surveyed by Gene A. Bush, Registered Surveyor No. 5001, on April 6, 1973. Leaving in said parcel, after deducting said three (3) excepting. 20.377 acres, more or less. THERE IS EXCEPTED from the above premises, all the coal and mining and other rights conveyed to Franklin Real Estate by the Ohio Company, by Warranty Deed dated November 28, 1972, recorded in Volume 198, page 309, of the aforesaid deed records of Gallia County, Ohio, to which deed reference is herein made. SUBJECT to all legal easements and leases. Being the same property conveyed to Bradley W. Vance, Sr., a married man in deed dated 8/27/2014 recorded 11/20/2014 in Book 560, Page 840, in the County of Gallia, State of Ohio. Known As: 2384 Turkey Run Rd, Cheshire, OH 45620 Parcel No. 00300225200 Prior Deed Reference: Book 560, Page 840, Recorder's Office, Gallia County, Ohio. You are required to answer the Complaint within twenty-eight days after the last publication of this notice, which will be published once each week for three successive weeks, and the last publication will be made onJune 9, 2022. In case of your failure to answer or otherwise respond as permitted by the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure within the time stated, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. David J. Demers, Esq. (0055423) Cooke Demers, LLC 260 Market Street, Suite F New Albany, Ohio 43054 614-939-0930 614-939-0987 (fax) Attorney for Plaintiff 4/28/22,5/5/22,5/12/22 Call or email Derrick Morrison 304-674-9208 or dmorrison@aimmediamidwest.com EMPLOYMENT Autos For Sale The following vehicle(s) will be available for public sale on Friday, May 13, 2022 at Dave's Supreme Auto Sales LLC, 1393 Jackson Pike Gallipolis, OH 45631, at 1:00 pm. 9,1� �*1.9*('�%-������ ���� &KHY\ 7UDYHUVH Law Enforcement 7KH 7RZQ RI +DUWIRUG ZLOO EH WDNLQJ UHVXPHV IRU D SDUW�WLPH FHUWLILHG SROLFH RIILFHU� 3OHDVH VHQG UHVXPHV WR� 7RZQ RI +DUWIRUG� 32 %R[ ��� +DUWIRUG� :9 ������ 5HVXPHV PXVW EH UHFHLYHG E\ 0D\ ��� ����� ROGERS BASEMENT WATERPROOFING 8QFRQGLWLRQDO /LIHWLPH *XDUDQWHH (VWDEOLVKHG ���� OH-70272850 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO Case No. 22 CV 17 The Ohio Valley Bank Company, Plaintiff, vs. Anthony L. McQuaid, et.al, Defendants. NOTICE OF SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION To The Defendants, Anthony L. McQuaid, COMMON PLEAS COURT OF GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO, GALLIPOLIS, OHIO The Ohio Valley Bank Company vs. Anthony L. McQuaid, et. al. Case No. 22 CV 17 NOTICE Plaintiff has brought this action naming you as the Defendants in the above named Court by filing their Complaint on March 1, 2022. The object of the complaint a foreclosure action against Anthony L. McQuaid. You are required to answer the Complaint within twenty-eight days after the last publication of this notice, which will be published once each week for six successive weeks, and the last publication will be made on May 12, 2022. In the case of your failure to answer or otherwise respond as permitted by the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedures within the time stated, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. Andrew J. Noe, Attorney for Plaintiff, 19 Locust Street, P.O. Box 301, Gallipolis, OH 45631. (NOTE: This notice is issued and published pursuant to Rule 4.4 of the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure) 4/7/22,4/14/22,4/21/22,4/28/22,5/5/22,5/12/22 %DVHPHQW :DOOV %UDFHG +XQGUHGV 2I /RFDO 5HIHUHQFHV /LFHQVHG� %RQGHG ,QVXUHG FREE ESTIMATES 24 Hours (740) 446-0870 www.rogersbasementwaterproofing.com The following is a summarized version of legislation adopted at the May 2, 2022, meeting of the Gallipolis City Commission: " ORDINANCE O2022-12: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH BURGESS & NIPLE FOR A LANDSLIDE ON OAKWOOD DRIVE (Engineering services for slip repair on Oakwood Drive). " ORDINANCE O2022-13: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER NO. 921.05 WATER RATES OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GALLIPOLIS OHIO (Freezing the water rate increase for the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022). " ORDINANCE O2022-14: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SELECTION OF ABM FACILITY SUPPORT SERVICES, LLC THROUGH FAR 552.238-79 USE OF FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE CONTRACTS BY NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES (JUL 2016) TO CONDUCT AN INVESTMENT GRADE AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH OHIO HOUSE BILL 420 - 127TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY, SECTION 717.02 OF OHIO REVISED CODE OR OTHER LEGISLATION (Energy savings contract). The full text of this legislation is available at the Office of the City Auditor, on the City's website (www.cityofgallipolis.com), and at the Bossard Library. 5/12/22 �8 Thursday, May 12, 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing Bring your friends and enjoy a night out to celebrate YOU! Join us at Ladies Spa Night on Thursday, May 12 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at North Bend Church in Mason to celebrate the importance of a healthy you. We believe when you take the time to care for yourself, you can better care for the people you love. At Ladies Spa Night, women will receive free breast exams and skin cancer screenings, educational information about some of our therapy services, massages, and more. Features Include: Free Breast Exams Provided by Kylie Scott, WHNP-BC and Tasha Gaskins, FNP-BC. Free Skin Cancer Screenings Provided by Dr. Nisar Amin. Pelvic Floor Presentation Do you have problems controlling your bladder when you sneeze or laugh? Surgical Gynecologist Dr. Sam Badran will discuss surgical options, while Physical Therapist Christa Grady will explain how Pelvic Floor Rehab can help! Botox for Lines, Wrinkles, & Migraines We can’t turn back time, but you can look younger! Pleasant Valley Hospital physician and owner of Rural Radiance, Dr. Jessia Wilson will be answering questions about botox injections. Don’t miss her presentation on how botox can help migraine sufferers. 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The 228-carat pear-shaped G-Color stone, with its platinum pendant mounting, has a gross weight of 61.3 grams (2.2 ounces) and dimensions of 5.4 centimeters by 3.1 centimeters (2.1 inches by 1.2 inches) — making it about the size of a medium hen’s egg. G-Color is not the highest grade, but fourth on the letter rung below the top-grade D-Color diamonds. An unspecified private buyer acquired The Rock, for which the pre-auction estimate was between 19 million and 30 million francs. Max Fawcett, head of jewelry at Christie’s Geneva, hailed a successful sale in “uncharted territory” for a stone of its kind. US casinos had best month ever in March at $5.3B ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Inflation may be soaring, supply chains remain snarled and the coronavirus just won’t go away, but America’s casinos are humming right along, recording the best month in their history in March. The American Gaming Association, the gambling industry’s national trade group, said Wednesday that U.S. commercial casinos won more than $5.3 billion from gamblers in March, the best single-month total ever. The previous record month was July 2021 at $4.92 billion. The casinos collectively also had their best first quarter ever, falling just short of the $14.35 billion they won from gamblers in the fourth quarter of last year, which was the highest three-month period in history. Three states set quarterly revenue records to start this year: Arkansas ($147.4 million); Florida ($182 million), and New York ($996.6 million). Associated Press ing wildfire could be seen hundreds of miles away, but for the well-known The largest wildfire tourist enclave of Taos, it burning in the United was more unnerving. States was heading “I think everyone is a toward mountain resort little on edge,” Karina towns in northern New Armijo, a town spokesMexico on Wednesday, woman, said Wednesday, prompting officials adding that she’s been to issue another set busy fielding calls from of warnings for more people who are wonderpeople to prepare to ing whether it’s still safe evacuate as the fastto visit. “It’s hard to say moving fire picked up what’s going to happen momentum. a week from now versus Fire officials said the three weeks from now — blaze was racing up slopes and along exposed or even tomorrow.” In winter, the challengridge lines while tossing ing ski slopes just north embers into the air that of town draw people were carried ahead of from around the world. the fire by gusts. After Just last month, the growing more than 50 square miles (130 square Taos ski valley hosted the World Pro Ski Tour’s kilometers) in a single championship races. Art day, the fire has now galleries, adobe churches charred more than 370 square miles (958 square and a rich history of kilometers) of tinder-dry Hispanic and Native forest since it started last American culture are the attractions in warmer month. The towering plume of months along with the smoke created by the rag- aspen-covered biking and hiking trails that traverse the region. Authorities stressed there was no immediate threat to communities near Taos, but new alerts for evacuations were issued for some locations as officials said Wednesday that modeling indicated flames would continue marching north and east amid two more days of windy and dangerously bone-dry conditions. The fire already has burned through a forested landscape held sacred by its rural residents, many losing homes that have been in their families for generations. Some residents allowed to return Tuesday found only charred rubble. Others were more fortunate as the flames skirted their homes. Firefighters were working to protect buildings around the towns of Mora and Holman and in smaller villages to the north, while authorities closed many roads in the area due to firefighting activity, smoke and fire danger. “This is tough firefighting business right here,” fire Incident Commander Dave Bales said in a briefing. “This is not easy, especially in the fuel types we’re in, in the Ponderosa pine, mixed conifer, even down into the grass. When we can’t fly aircraft, when we can’t get people on the direct edge of the fire, when it’s spotting over us, that’s a huge concern for us.” Crews have been trying to direct flames around homes on the northern and southern ends of the fire — bulldozing firebreaks, putting up sprinklers, clearing trees and raking pine needles. More than 1,800 firefighters and support personnel are assigned to the blaze. ing food aid at a church pantry jumped 40% between December and March, according to Eric From page 1 Williams, director of community partnerships In the past, to bridge at Second Harvest, an the gap, the family sold organization that works off possessions like VR to supply local pantries headsets and firearms. “At some point,” Nuna- with food. He said his organizamaker said, “we’re not tion must make more going to have anything happen with less because because we would have its suppliers are subject sold everything.” So Nunamaker and her to the same cost increashusband visited two local es. The price that Second Harvest pays for obtainfood banks for the first ing donated produce time last week. has risen from about 6 The pandemic forced roughly 60 million Amer- cents a pound a year ago to about 10 or 11 cents icans to seek help for a pound now, Williams food insecurity, according to Feeding America. said. Some of Feeding AmerAt the end of 2021, as ica’s food pantry partners hiring boomed, demand have closed because of for food banks returned to regular levels. But the dwindling donations and higher costs for receiving relief was short-lived. and delivering food. Oth“In the last few ers have less food on their months, with this shelves even though they increase in inflationary have higher demand. pressures, we’re seeing “Our network empha95% of our 200 member sizes access and equity,” food banks saying that Babineaux-Fontenot said. they have seen either leveling or an increase in “So we are working extra hard to reach people who need,” said Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of have the deepest food insecurity rates. Well, Feeding America. how far out can we go In the area along the when gas prices are high? Columbia River where We have data that shows Nunamaker lives, the that race and place are number of clients seek- significant indicators of whether or not you will be food insecure and how deeply you will be food insecure.” Because of inflation and a reduction in aid, a food bank that serves three counties in Ohio — also called Second Harvest — is facing a drop in the amount of food it’s able to provide. “Compared to last year at this time, we’re about 50% down in what we have received in the past in federal food donations and then about 20% down from food drives in our collection of food at the grocery stores,” Executive Director Tyra Jackson said. “All of that combined is truly having an impact on our budget because we’re needing to purchase more food outright.” The struggles of families are heightened by the fact that government benefits that were increased during the pandemic like food stamps or unemployment insurance have stopped or will end shortly. “Our work is always important,” BabineauxFontenot said. “It’s increasingly important when we have all of these headwinds.” Williams, of Spokane, extended gratitude to the donors and volunteers that keep his organization running, some of whom worked more than 100 shifts last year. He said it can be difficult to witness first hand the scale of the food insecurity in his community when helping with distributions at a mobile food bank. “You see the need and you just go, ‘Oh God, oh my God,’ “ Williams said. “But then as you hand somebody a box of food and they drive off: ‘Yeah, we were able to help,’ which is heart-wrenching on one hand and heartwarming on the other.” Because it upsets her so much, Nunamaker said, she hasn’t discussed her family’s struggles with her three children, age 2, 4 and 7, or her network of friends and relatives. She said the food banks helped her family last week. “People should know that just because you have to go to a food bank or you have to seek assistance, that doesn’t make you any less of a parent or a person,” she said. “Because everybody needs help sometimes.” leaving it to the states to decide. Whatever the Supreme Court says this summer, it will almost guarantee a new phase of political fighting in Congress over abortion policy, filibuster rules and the most basic rights to health care, privacy and protecting the unborn. Before Wednesday’s vote, White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the administration’s position has been clear: “We will defend women’s constitutional rights recognized in Roe v. Wade.” In recent years, abortion debates have come to a political draw in Congress. Bills would come up for votes — to expand or limit services — only to fail along party lines or be stripped out of broader legislative packages. In the House, where Democrats have the majority, lawmakers approved the abortionrights Women’s Health Protection Act last year on a largely party line vote after the Supreme Court first signaled it was considering the issue by allowing a Texas law’s ban to take effect. But the bill has languished in the Senate, evenly split with bare Democratic control because of Harris’ ability to cast a tie-braking vote. Wednesday’s failure renewed calls to change Senate rules to do away with the high-bar filibuster threshold, at least on this issue. The two Republican senators who support abortion access — Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who faces her own reelection in November, and Susan Collins of Maine — were also no votes, having proposed their own more tailored approach to counter the Supreme Court’s potential action. Both of the Republican senators, who voted to confirm most of former President Donald Trump’s justices, are in talks over alternatives. But Democrats have largely panned the Collins-Murkowski effort as insufficient’ “I plan to continue working with my colleagues on legislation to maintain – not expand or restrict – the current legal framework for abortion rights in this country,” Collins said in a statement. Pressure is building on those two senators to join most Democrats in changing the filibuster rules, but that appears unlikely. Food Nobel laureate, physicist Wilczek wins Templeton Prize Frank Wilczek, the Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist and author renowned for his boundarypushing investigations into the fundamental laws of nature, was honored Wednesday with this year’s prestigious Templeton Prize, awarded to individuals whose life’s work embodies a fusion of science and spirituality. In a statement, the John Templeton Foundation praised the 70-year-old Wilczek for transforming “our understanding of the forces that govern our universe,” while also applying “the insights of his field to the great questions of meaning and purpose pondered by generations of religious thinkers.” OVB with a review of the community development investments From page 1 within the bank’s assessment area. 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