https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/a03cba8d2136312702a0ff6dfdde622d.pdf ead614fa4f7166f3ac9b94afd38811cb 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 56° 75° 69° A shower and thunderstorm today. A thunderstorm tonight. High 81° / Low 63° Today’s weather forecast Blue Angels bitten by Athens WEATHER s 5 SPORTS s 6 C_ZZb[fehj��Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 97, Volume 76 Wednesday, May 18, 2022 s 50¢ Southern holds academic banquet Second arrest made in homicide case Staff Report Courtesy Photo Southern Local Schools was the site of the annual academic banquet. School honors highest achieving students at annual event served by Southern Local’s Junior/Senior High Staff. Home National Bank sponRACINE — The Southern Local School District celebrat- sored the entirety of this year’s banquet; in the past, parents ed it’s top achieving academic students at the school’s annual and family purchased tickets academic banquet last week in to the banquet, but this year the bank covered the ticket the high school gymnasium. costs and provided a plaque Eighty students earned the to academic honorees. Addiopportunity to be honored at the banquet, which carried the tionally, Home National Bank eliminated the need to ask for theme, “Bee the Change,” a sponsorship from the school’s play on words that promoted three booster organizations: students to be the difference Athletic, Band, and Parent in life, while also highlighting Teacher Organization. traits of the “bee.” Carmel Sutton United MethIn association with his year’s theme“Bee the Change,” Scott odist Church, Racine United Trussell welcomed guests with Methodist Church, and Tim a display of bee and honey har- and Liz Thoren also provided support for the event. vesting items. Robert Beegle, representSouthern Local’s Academic Banquet Planning Team includ- ing the Middleport-Pomeroy ed Beth Bay, Tony Deem, Russ Rotary Club, presented monetary awards to four students, Fields, Meg Guinther, Olivia and the Southern Local EducaHawley, Christie Hendrix, Rachel Hupp, Tricia McNickle, tion Association gave out a cash award to a student at each Vicki Northup, Daniel Otto, grade level in grades 4-12. Jenni Roush, Lori Sharp, and Following are a list of honScott Wolfe. The meal was Staff Report orees: 12th Grade — Brooke Crisp, Logan Greenlee, John Tanner Lisle, Isaac McCarty, Jacelynn Northup, Ellie Powell, Bradley Reitmir, Lincoln Rose, Weston Smith; 11th Grade — Gregoria Herrera, Damien Miller, Layne Reuter, Jake Roush, Hannah Smith, Jerry Malach, Alexis Smith, Christina Smith, Lauren Smith; 10th Grade — Dana Card, Jace Hill, Kaiden Michael, Brayden Otto, Chloe Rizer, Ava Roush, Alexis Smith, Christina Smith, Lauren Smith; 9th Grade — Katie Brooker, Xander Fisher, Isabella Harmon, Audrianna Herrera, Isabella Klein, Beverly Jorja Lisle, Marlo Norris, Carson Reuter, Timberlyn Templeton, Hayden Turner,Brennan Wyatt; 8th Grade — Alyssa Cooper, Murphy Dunfee, Danae Hemsley, Jaylynn Hupp, Hannah Jackson, David Kemppel, Noah Leachman, Kiersten Rose, Cole Smith, Bryan Venegas-Mendoza; 7th Grade — Izzy Cornell, Caden Hupp, Owen McCabe, Sophie Popp, Annabella Russell, Landen Smith, Sydney Stout, Edie Templeton; 6th Grade — Ella Caldwell, Olivia Dill, Connor Fisher, Blake Hudson, Landon Jones, Emma Leachman, Isabella Morrison, Bo Smith; 5th Grade — Greyson Duvall, Marcy Evans, Kamryn Hupp, Jett Lisle, Dayton Reiber, Lyddia Smith, Wyatt Templeton; 4th Grade — Tori Bailey, Alex Hartsook, Kendall Hupp, Cadence Jeffries, Lily Koren, Remington Neutzling, Layla Nibert, Audrionna Smith, Jessica Snoke, Jovi Wolfe, Carlee Young. Logan Greenlee, John Tanner Lisle, Ellie Powell, Lincoln Rose, Brayden Otto, Alexis Smith, Kiersten Rose, Cole Smith, Olivia Dill, Emma Leachman, Kendall Hupp, and Layla Nibert will also be honored at the Meigs County Academic Banquet for being at the top of their class. POMEROY — Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood reported on May 13, the Major Crimes Task Force and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation identiﬁed a second individual involved in the homicide of Kane Roush which occurred on April 4, 2021. According to the information received, agents with the Major Crimes Task Force, The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, and detectives with the Charleston Police Department arrested Keontae K. Nelson, 20, of Charleston, W.Va. for “Conspiracy to Murder, a felony of the ﬁrst degree and Complicity to Murder, an unclassiﬁed felony,” according to a press release from the sheriff’s ofﬁce. Nelson is currently being housed in West Virginia awaiting extradition to Ohio to face the charges in Meigs County. See ARREST | 2 ‘Traveling Wall’ to be in In Buffalo, Biden mourns victims, says ‘evil will not win’ Gallipolis Hate will not prevail, white By Chris Megerian and Zeke Miller Associated Press BUFFALO — President Joe Biden mourned with Buffalo’s grieving families on Tuesday, then exhorted the nation to reject what he angrily labeled the poison of white supremacy. He said the nation must “reject the lie” of the racist “replacement theory” espoused by the shooter who killed 10 Black people in Buffalo. Speaking to victims’ families, local ofﬁcials and ﬁrst responders, Biden said America’s diversity is its strength, and warned that the nation must not be be distorted by a “hateful minority.” “The American experiment in democracy is in danger like it hasn’t been in my lifetime,” supremacy will not have the last word.” Biden’s emotional remarks came after he and ﬁrst lady Jill Biden paid their respects at a makeshift memorial of blossoms, candles and messages of condolence outside the Tops supermarket, where on Saturday a young man armed with an assault riﬂe targeted Black people in the deadliest racist attack in the U.S. since Biden took ofﬁce. “Jill and I have come to stand with you, and to the families, Andrew Harnik | AP we have come to grieve with President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visit the scene of a shooting at a supermarket Tuesday to pay respects and speak to families of the victims of you,” Biden said. He added: “Now’s the time Saturday’s shooting in Buffalo, N.Y. for people of all races, from every background, to speak up who don’t understand AmeriBiden said. “It’s in danger this as a majority ... and reject hour. Hate and fear being given ca.” He declared: “In America, too much oxygen by those who See BUFFALO | 8 evil will not win, I promise you. pretend to love America but 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. Golf scramble fundraiser set for June By Mindy Kearns Special to OVP MASON — After many years of holding catﬁsh tournaments, members of Bend Area C.A.R.E. will switch up fundraising efforts this year with a golf scramble. The Bend Area C.A.R.E. Kids for Christmas Golf Scramble will be held June 4 at Riverside Golf Course in Mason, according to organizers Jeremy and Brandy Hudnall. The shotgun start will be at 8:30 a.m. Each year, the C.A.R.E. organization provides Christmas gifts, such as clothing, coats, shoes, and toys to around 60 children. They also give gift certiﬁcates for groceries to the families. In all, the group spends about $20,000 annually. Although the organization does various smaller fundraisers throughout the year, the golf tourney will serve as this year’s major event. It has been ﬁve years since C.A.R.E.’s last golf outing. Teams for the tourney are being accepted until June 1. The cost for the four-person scramble is $240 per team. Prizes for the event will include $400 in clubhouse grill credit for ﬁrst place, and $300 in pro shop credit for See SCRAMBLE | 8 Staff Report GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — The West Virginia Vietnam Veterans Traveling Wall will be at The Quality Inn in Gallipolis on Friday and Saturday. The display is part of the 2022 Marine Corps League Department of West Virginia Convention. It will be open to the public during the convention. The convention is hosted by the MasonGallia-Meigs (MGM) Detachment 1180. The event is sponsored by the West Virginia State Council of Vietnam Veterans of America and coordinated by the Marine Corps League, and MGM Detachment 1180 in Point Pleasant. This mobile wall exhibits twelve panels depicting 732 West Virginians who were killed, held as prisoners of war and those listed as missing in action in the Vietnam War. This list of brave West Virginians is a list of true heroes that gave their lives in Vietnam for their country and the state. Join us at the ‘Wall’ in honoring our Vietnam Veterans and please show your respect by keeping as quiet as possible. Information provided by the MGM Detachment 1180. �NEWS 2 Wednesday, May 18, 2022 TODAY IN HISTORY Associated Press Today is Wednesday, May 18, the 138th day of 2022. There are 227 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 18, 1980, the Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington state exploded, leaving 57 people dead or missing. On this date: In 1652, Rhode Island became the ﬁrst American colony to pass a law abolishing African slavery; however, the law was apparently never enforced. In 1863, the Siege of Vicksburg began during the Civil War, ending July 4 with a Union victory. In 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Plessy v. Ferguson, endorsed “separate but equal” racial segregation, a concept renounced 58 years later by Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. In 1910, Halley’s Comet passed by earth, brushing it with its tail. In 1927, in America’s deadliest school attack, part of a schoolhouse in Bath Township, Michigan, was blown up with explosives planted by local farmer Andrew Kehoe, who then set off a bomb in his truck; the attacks killed 38 children and six adults, including Kehoe, who’d earlier killed his wife. In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure creating the Tennessee Valley Authority. In 1934, Congress approved, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed, the so-called “Lindbergh Act,” providing for the death penalty in cases of interstate kidnapping. In 1973, Harvard law professor Archibald Cox was appointed Watergate special prosecutor by U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson. In 1998, the U.S. government ﬁled an antitrust case against Microsoft, saying the powerful software company had a “choke hold” on competitors that was denying consumers important choices about how they bought and used computers. (The Justice Department and Microsoft reached a settlement in 2001.) In 2015, President Barack Obama ended long-running federal transfers of some combat-style gear to local law enforcement in an attempt to ease tensions between police and minority communities, saying equipment made for the battleﬁeld should not be a tool of American criminal justice. In 2020, President Donald Trump said he’d been taking a malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine, and a zinc supplement to protect against the coronavirus despite warnings from his own government Ohio Valley Publishing GALLIA, MEIGS COMMUNITY BRIEFS that the drug should be administered only in a hospital or research setting. Moderna announced that an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus showed encouraging results in early testing. Ten years ago: Social network Facebook made its trading debut with one of the most highly anticipated IPOs in Wall Street history; however, by day’s end, Facebook stock closed up only 23 cents from its initial pricing of $38. Five years ago: President Donald Trump denounced the appointment of a special counsel to investigate his campaign’s potential ties with Russia, repeatedly calling it an unprecedented “witch hunt” that “hurts our country terribly.” One year ago: Palestinians across Israel and the occupied territories went on strike in a rare collective protest of Israel’s policies; the action came as Israeli missiles toppled a six-story building in Gaza and militants in the Hamasruled territory ﬁred dozens of rockets that killed two people. The New York attorney general’s ofﬁce said it was conducting a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s business empire, expanding what had previously been a civil probe. Actor and writer Charles Grodin, whose ﬁlms included “Midnight Run” and “The Heartbreak Kid,” died in Connecticut of bone marrow cancer at 86. Today’s Birthdays: Actor Priscilla Pointer is 98. Baseball Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson is 84. Actor Candice Azzara is 81. Bluegrass singer-musician Rodney Dillard (The Dillards) is 80. Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson is 76. Former Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., is 74. Country singer Joe Bonsall (The Oak Ridge Boys) is 74. Rock musician Rick Wakeman (Yes) is 73. Rock singer Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo) is 72. Actor James Stephens is 71. Country singer George Strait is 70. Actor Chow YunFat is 67. International Tennis Hall of Famer Yannick Noah is 62. Rock singer-musician Page Hamilton is 62. Contemporary Christian musician Barry Graul (MercyMe) is 61. Contemporary Christian singer Michael Tait is 56. Singer-actor Martika is 53. Comedian-writer Tina Fey is 52. Rock singer Jack Johnson is 47. Country singer David Nail is 43. Actor Matt Long is 42. Actor Allen Leech is 41. Christian singer Francesca Battistelli is 37. Actor Spencer Breslin is 30. CONTACT US 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 740-446-2342 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. Card shower POMEROY — Marg Reuter will be celebrating her 98th birthday on May 29. Cards may be sent to 138 Beech St. Pomeroy, OH 45769. Road closures 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. GALLIA COUNTY — Gravel Hill Road will be closed intermittently between Little Kyger road and Turkey Run township road, beginning Monday, May 16 for culvert replacement, weather permitting. Local trafﬁc will need to use other county roads as a detour. Grief recovery seminar MIDDLEPORT — GriefShare grief recovery seminar and support group meets at the Middleport Church of Christ each Tuesday at 6 p.m. beginning May 17 - August 9. The church is located at 437 Main Street in Middleport. You may join at any time. GriefShare features nationally recognized experts on grief recovery topics. Seminar sessions include “Is This Normal?” “The Challenges of Grief,” “Grief and Your Relationships,” “Why?” and “Guilt and Anger.” For more information and to register, call Teri Hockman at 740-992-2914 or go to griefshare.org. BHCC Certificate Ceremony Hively at (740) 245-9740 for further information on attending. Kyger Creek Alumni dinner ADDISON — The Kyger Creek High School Alumni Dinner will be held on Saturday, May 28, 2022, at River of Life U.M.Church Fellowship Room. Located .3 mile from Route 7 in Addison (Addison Pike). All classes will be recognized, highlighting special classes. Registration begins at 5 p.m. and dinner served at 6 p.m. Wahama Alumni Association meeting MASON — The annual Wahama Alumni Banquet will be held Saturday, May 28, at 6 p.m. at the Bend Area Community Building in New Haven. Social time will begin at 5 p.m. Plan to come early and visit with your fellow alumni. The Classes of 1970, 1971 and 1972 will be the special guests and your dinner will be paid for by the Alumni Association. If you are an alumnus of the Class of 1970, 1971 or 1972, please submit your registration form with $10 only for your dues, which go to the Wahama Alumni Scholarship Fund. If you are unable to attend the banquet, we request that you continue to support the Wahama Scholarship Fund by paying your dues. Last year, the Alumni Association awarded scholarships totaling over $5,400 to graduating seniors. If a class or individual is interested in giving a scholarship, please contact Chloris (Machir) Gaul 740-985-4259, Beverly (Carson) Knapp 304-773-5610 or Rex Howard 304674-5347 as soon as possible. Registration has been extended through May 18. Women’s health screening RIO GRANDE — The annual Senior Certiﬁcate Ceremony of the Gallia-Jackson-Vinton Joint VocationPOMEROY — The Ohio State University mobile al School District will be held on Thursday, May 19, mammography unit will visit the Meigs County 2022 at 6:30 p.m. at the outdoor amphitheater. 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 740-992-6626 for an appointment. Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter NSDAR’s next meeting will be an outing at Tu-Endie-Wei Park, Point Pleasant, W.Va. The meeting/outing will be on Saturday, May 21, beginning at 1 p.m. A tour of the park will be conducted by park staff. This is a brown-bag CHESHIRE — The Cheshire High School Alumni lunch, in case of rain we will be indoors. If you need a Reunion will be held May 28 at 5 p.m. There is no ride, call Opal at 740-992-3301. charge to attend. NSDAR meeting Cheshire Alumni Banquet Memorial Day events Elks Scholarships GALLIA COUNTY —The 2022 Gallipolis Memorial Day Parade, organized by the Gallia County Veterans Service Commission, will be held on Monday May 30. The parade will begin at 10:30 am and end at City Park at approximately 11:00 am with a ceremony to follow. All veteran service organizations, businesses, foundations and other community support groups are invited to participate. Those interested are asked to contact the Gallia County Veterans Service Ofﬁce at 740-446-2005 no later than Friday May 20. 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 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. Sourthwestern High School Alumni banquet GALLIA COUNTY — The Southwestern High School Alumni Banquet will be held at Southwestern Elementary School on May 28. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. Cost of meals will be $20 per person. Please contact Jeanie 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. 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. Friday, May 20 will be at 4 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. Tuesday, May 24 POMEROY — Acoustic Night at the Library at the Pomeroy Library will be at 6 p.m. Informal jam session. Listeners welcome. Thursday, May 26 POMEROY — The Pomeroy High School Class of 1959 will meet at noon at Fox’s Pizza. GALLIPOLIS — Ohio AFSCME Retirees, SubchapPOMEROY — The Meigs Soil and Water Conserter 102, Gallia & Jackson Counties will meet 2:00pm vation District Board of Supervisors will hold their at the Gallia County Senior Resource Center, 1165 monthly meeting at noon at the district ofﬁce at 113 State Route 160, Gallipolis, OH. Members are asked E. Memorial Drive in Pomeroy. to follow all CDC guidelines.For more information, contact Floyd Wright at 740-245-0093. Friday, May 27 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 — Inspirational Book Club will be at 10:30 a.m. at the Pomeroy Library. Read and discuss titles from the library’s Inspirational Fiction collection. Saturday, May 28 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 PORTER - Bidwell-Porter Alumni 1902 -1957 reunion will be from 3-6 p.m. at the River Valley Middle School, State Route 160 Porter. No charge this year. Come and visit classmates and friends. More info, contact Herman Sprague, 740-446-2565 or 740446-2071 for Donna Broyles. More information will be released as it is made available. The Washington, From page 1 Morgan, Noble, Monroe, Meigs, and Athens The Task Force and Ohio BCI are currently in County Major Crimes Task Force is part of Ohio contact with the Meigs Attorney General Dave County Prosecutor regarding further charges. Yost’s Organized Crime Investigation Commission and is comprised of representatives of the Washington, Morgan, Noble, Monroe, Meigs, and Athens County Sheriff’s Ofﬁces; the Marietta, Belpre, Middleport, and McConnelsville Police Departments; the Wash- 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 Arrest ington, Morgan, Noble, Monroe, Meigs, and Athens County Prosecutor’s Ofﬁces; and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation. Information provided by Meigs County Sheriff’s ofﬁce. �NEWS Ohio Valley Publishing Wednesday, May 18, 2022 3 Fall of Mariupol appears at hand; fighters leave steel plant By Oleksandr Stashevskyi and Ciaran Mcquillan selves over to the Russian side in a deal negotiated Associated Press by the warring parties. Ukrainian authorities said they were working KYIV, Ukraine — to extract the remaining Mariupol appeared on the verge of falling to the soldiers from the sprawling steel mill. They would Russians on Tuesday as not say how many were Ukraine moved to abandon the steel plant where still there. Russia called it a surhundreds of its ﬁghters render. The Ukrainians had held out for months under relentless bombard- avoided that word and instead said that the ment in the last bastion of resistance in the devas- plant’s garrison had completed its mission and tated city. that there was no way The capture of Marito rescue its members upol would make it the militarily in the otherwise biggest city to be taken Russian-held city. by Moscow’s forces in “Ukraine needs Ukrainithe war yet and would an heroes to be alive. It’s give the Kremlin a badly our principle,” Ukrainian needed victory, though the landscape has largely President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in announcbeen reduced to rubble. ing that troops had begun More than 260 Ukraileaving the mill and its nian ﬁghters — some of labyrinth of tunnels and them seriously wounded and taken out on stretch- bunkers. Ukrainian Deputy ers — left the ruins of Defense Minister Hanna the Azovstal plant on Monday and turned them- Maliar expressed hope Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP Russian servicemen watch Ukrainian servicemen boarding a bus as they are being evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steel plant Tuesday in Mariupol, Ukraine. More than 260 fighters, some severely wounded, were pulled from a steel plant on Monday that is the last redoubt of Ukrainian fighters in the city and transported to two towns controlled by separatists, officials on both sides said. that the ﬁghters would be exchanged for Russian prisoners of war. But Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the lower house of the Russian parliament, said with- out evidence that there were “war criminals” among the defenders and that they should not be exchanged but tried. The operation to abandon the steel plant signaled the beginning of the end of a nearly three-month siege that turned Mariupol into a worldwide symbol of both deﬁance and suffering. The Russian bombard- ment killed over 20,000 civilians, according to the Ukrainian side, and left the remaining inhabitants — perhaps one-quarter of the southern port city’s prewar population of 430,000 — with little food, water, heat or medicine. During the siege, Russian forces launched lethal airstrikes on a maternity hospital and a theater where civilians had taken shelter. Close to 600 people may have been killed at the theater. Gaining full control of Mariupol would give Russia an unbroken land bridge to the Crimean Peninsula, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014, and deprive Ukraine of a vital port. It could also free up Russian forces to ﬁght elsewhere in the Donbas, the eastern industrial heartland that the Kremlin is bent on capturing. FDA clears COVID booster shot for healthy kids ages 5 to 11 By Lauran Neergaard shot of Pﬁzer’s vaccine to elementary-age kids, too — at least ﬁve months after their last dose. U.S. regulators on There is one more Tuesday authorized a hurdle: The Centers for COVID-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year- Disease Control and olds, hoping an extra vac- Prevention must decide whether to formally cine dose will enhance their protection as infec- recommend the booster for this age group. The tions once again creep CDC’s scientiﬁc advisers upward. Everyone 12 and older are scheduled to meet on Thursday. already was supposed Pﬁzer and its partner to get one booster dose BioNTech make the only for the best protection against the newest coro- COVID-19 vaccine available for children of any navirus variants -- and age i n the U.S. Those some people, including ages 5 to 11 receive onethose 50 and older, can choose a second booster. third of the dose given to everyone 12 and older. The Food and Drug Whether elementaryAdministration’s authorization now opens a third age children need a OH-70286361 AP Medical Writer booster has been overshadowed by parents’ outcry to vaccinate even younger tots, those under 5 -- the only group not yet eligible in the U.S. Both Pﬁzer and rival Moderna have been studying their shots in the youngest children, and the FDA is expected to evaluate data from one or both companies sometime next month. For the 5- to 11-yearolds, it’s not clear how much demand there will be for boosters. Only about 30% of that age group have had the initial two Pﬁzer doses since vaccinations opened to them in November. But Pﬁzer’s vaccine “is effective in helping to prevent the most severe consequences of COVID19 in individuals 5 years of age and older,” said FDA vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks “A booster dose can help provide continued protection against COVID-19 in this and older age groups.” In a small study, Pﬁzer found a booster revved up those kids’ levels of virus-ﬁghting antibodies -- including those able to ﬁght the super-contagious omicron variant -- the same kind of jump adults get from an extra shot. While the coronavirus is more dangerous to adults than to children, youngsters can get severely ill -- and more than 350 children ages 5 to 11 have died, according to CDC’s count. Adding to public confusion, the CDC estimates 3 out of every 4 U.S. children of all ages have been infected with the coronavirus since the pandemic’s start -- many of them during the winter omicron wave. Still, health authorities urge vaccination even in people who’ve previously had COVID-19, to strengthen their protection. With subtypes of omicron now spreading, the U.S. is averaging about 91,000 cases reported a day, compared to about 57,000 just two weeks ago. That’s a small fraction of the infections seen during the brutal winter surge — but experts also say it’s a vast undercount as testing has dropped and at-home tests often aren’t reported. Vaccination may not always prevent milder infections, especially as omicron and its siblings are better than some prior variants at slipping past those defenses. 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Replacement theory is being investigated as a motivating factor in the Buffalo supermarket shooting, which killed 10 Black people and left three other people injured. President Joe Biden condemned replacement theory directly — and those who spread it, although he did not name names — after meeting with victims’ families Tuesday in Buffalo. “Hate, that through the media, and politics, the internet, has radicalized angry, alienated, lost and isolated individuals into falsely believing that they will be replaced — that’s the word, ‘replaced’ — by the others, by people who don’t look like them,” Biden charged. “I call on all Americans to reject the lie,” the Democratic president continued. “And I condemn those who spread the lie for power, political gain and for proﬁt.” Rep. Liz Cheney, who was ousted from House Republican leadership for her outspoken criticism of Trump, blamed her own party on Monday for enabling “white nationalism, white supremacy and anti-Semitism.” “History has taught us that what begins with words ends in far worse,” Cheney tweeted. GOP “leaders must renounce and reject these views the Republicans don’t mention race directly. “Comments like these demonstrate two essential features of great replacement conspiracy theory. They predict racial doomsday, saying that it is all part of an orchestrated master plan. It’s only the language that has been softened,” said American University professor Brian Hughes, associate director of the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab. “The basic story they tell is the same one we see in white supremacist chats across the internet: An enemy is orchestrating doom for white Americans by plotting to ﬁll the country with nonwhites.” Indeed, a mainstream interpretation of replacement theory in the U.S. baselessly suggests Democrats are encouraging immigration from Latin America so more like-minded potential voters replace “traditional” Americans, says Mark Pitcavage, senior research fellow at the Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism. Such a message has become a central component of the modern-day conservative movement’s appeal to voters. Former President Donald Trump repeatedly warned of an immigrant invasion on the southern border, and he was slow to condemn white supremacy throughout his presidency. Shortly after taking ously said the organization opposed marketing deals for high school athletes. CLEVELAND While there are (AP) — High school exceptions, the amounts principals in Ohio college athletes are have overwhelmingly earning from NIL deals rejected a proposal to are small. According to allow prep athletes to sign deals cashing in on data gathered by Opendorse Deals, the average their name, image and likeness, the Ohio High payout since July for School Athletic Associa- large-school Division I athletes is $664. It’s tion said Tuesday. just $59 for Division In voting that began II athletes and $43 for May 1 and ﬁnished Division III athletes. Monday, principals Nearly 70% of deals from OHSAA member involve social media schools voted 538-254 posts, the Opendorse to not allow the mardata shows. keting deals for high David Ridpath, an school athletes. Stuassociate professor of dents would lose their athletic eligibility were sports business at Ohio they to sign such a deal. University, frames the The principals could opportunity for studentvote again on the deals athletes to beneﬁt ﬁnancially as a civil rights at a later date. issue. Athletes are “If NIL is going to not employees of the enter the Ohio interschools they attend and scholastic landscape, should not be restricted we want the schools from earning money, to be the ones to make he told the AP in April, that determination,” said OHSAA Executive adding that amounts Director Doug Ute in a won’t be large but could put “a few extra bucks statement. “Whatever we do moving forward, in their pockets.” “In my view, it’s all it will include discusbeen positive,” Ridpath sion on this issue with said. “College and, our school administraby extension, high tors, Board of Directors, staff and leaders of school athletes, are not other state high school employees and should not be restricted to any athletic associations.” market place where OHSAA spokesperthey have value.” son Tim Stried previ- Associated Press D Joe Maiorana | AP file Republican Senate candidate JD Vance speaks at a rally April 23 at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in Delaware, Ohio. Former President Donald Trump’s late-stage endorsement of JD Vance in Ohio’s GOP Senate primary catapulted the “Hillbilly Elegy” author to victory in Ohio’s May 3 primary election, reinforcing the deep loyalty the former president holds among the most loyal Republican voters. By Mark Gillispie N NEW YORK — Several mainstream Republican Senate candidates are drawing on the “great replacement” conspiracy theory once conﬁned to the far-right fringes of U.S. politics to court voters this campaign season, promoting the baseless notion that there is a plot to diminish the inﬂuence of white people in America. In some cases, the comments have gone largely overlooked given the hard-line immigration rhetoric that has become commonplace among conservatives during the Trump era. But a weekend mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, that may have been inspired by the racist theory is drawing new attention to the GOP’s growing embrace of white nationalist creed. Three weeks ago in Arizona, Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters accused Democrats of trying to ﬂood the nation with millions of immigrants “to change the demographics of our country.” A few days later in Missouri, Senate hopeful Eric Schmitt, the state attorney general, said Democrats were “fundamentally trying to change this country through illegal immigration.” And in Ohio, Republican Senate nominee JD Vance accused Democrats of trying to “transform the electorate.” Warning of an immigrant “invasion,” Vance told Fox News Channel that Democrats “have decided that they can’t win reelection in 2022 unless they bring a large number of new voters to replace the voters that are already here.” Some of the Republican campaigns denied that their statements amounted to replacement theory, but among the experts, there is little question. Five experts on hate speech who reviewed the Republican candidates’ comments conﬁrmed that they promote the baseless racist theory, even though and those who hold them.” Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell was asked three times Tuesday, in different ways, about replacement theory -- if leaders have to speak out about it or believe it themselves -- and declined to fully respond. “Well, certainly the episode of this horrible episode in Buffalo is a result of a completely deranged young man who ought to suffer severe as possible penalty under the law,” he said. Asked about Biden’s call to reject the lie, McConnell shifted responsibility more broadly: “Racism of any sort is abhorrent in America and ought to be stood up to everybody, both Republicans, Democrats, all Americans.” In a poll released last week, The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that about 1 in 3 Americans believes an effort is underway to replace U.S.-born Americans with immigrants for electoral gain. Fox News’ most popular personality, Tucker Carlson, has been one of the theory’s biggest proponents. A study of ﬁve years’ worth of Carlson’s show by The New York Times found 400 instances in which he talked about Democratic politicians and others seeking to force demographic change through immigration. But so far, at least, less attention has been focused on Republican candidates preparing to face voters in the coming weeks and months who have, in some cases, promoted the theory again and again. In interviews with conservative national television and radio over the last year, Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson has called replacement theory “the Democrat grand plan.” “I’ve got to believe they want to change the makeup of the electorate,” he told a Minneapolis-area conservative radio host last month. TH AP National Politics Writer OH-70284259 By Steve Peoples Ohio school principals reject endorsement deals for prep athletes R Ohio Valley Publishing High Low Miami 91/77 118° in Sibi, Pakistan 8° in Gjoa Haven, Canada Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow ﬂurries, sn-snow, i-ice. �S ports 6 Wednesday, May 18, 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing Blue Angels bitten by Athens, 14-3 By Bryan Walters frames as the Lady Bulldogs (18-7) built a 2-0 edge after Ashleigh James doubled home ATHENS, Ohio — The Blue Olivia Kaiser and then later scored on an error. Angels made their signature GAHS, however, answered comeback … albeit a bit too with a little 2-out lightning in soon. The Gallia Academy softball the third as Jenna Harrison, Abby Hammons and Grace team erased a 2-0 deﬁcit with three runs in the top half of the Truance delivered consecutive third, but host Athens ultimate- singles, allowing Harrison to ly answered with a dozen unan- score for a 2-1 contest. Taylor Mathie followed with swered runs en route to a 14-3 mercy-rule victory in a Division a double to center that plated both Hammons and Truance, II district semiﬁnal matchup at the Ohio University softball allowing Gallia Academy to build a 3-2 lead midway ﬁeld in Athens County. through the third. The Blue Angels (13-8) The Blue Angels didn’t have — who won road contests at Warren and at Unioto for their another hit and mustered only one baserunner — a dropped ﬁrst sectional title since 2018 third strike advancement in the — again trailed through two bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Gallia Academy freshman Grace Thomas releases throw back to the infield from her right field position during Monday night’s Division II district semifinal softball game against Athens at the Ohio University softball field in Athens, Ohio. Warriors rally late, slip past Rio Grande fourth — the rest of the way. Kateyanne Walburn doubled home Kendra Hammons in the home half of the third, tying the game at 3-all. Bailee Toadvine and Kayla Hammonds followed with backto-back 2-out doubles in the fourth, allowing Toadvine to score the eventual game-winning run for a 4-3 edge. Kayla Hammonds later came around to score on an error that made it a 5-3 contest through four complete. Gallia Academy committed four errors in the home half of the ﬁfth, allowing AHS to send 11 batters to the plate during a painful end to regulation. See ANGELS | 7 OHIO BASEBALL ROUNDUP By Randy Payton For Ohio Valley Publishing KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — William Jessup (Calif.) University got a pair of big plays late — one with the bat and the other with the glove — to post a 4-3 win over the University of Rio Grande in the 2022 NAIA Softball Championship Opening Round Klamath Falls Bracket, Monday afternoon, at Stillwell Stadium. The second-seeded Warriors improved to 37-13 with the victory and will face top-seeded and No. 4-ranked Oregon Tech in Tuesday’s winner bracket ﬁnal at 3 p.m. EDT. Rio Grande (39-14), the No. 3 seed in the fourteam, double-elimination bracket, suffered a third straight loss in the opposition’s ﬁnal at-bat, will face fourth-seeded Cottey (Mo.) College in an elimination game on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. EDT. Cottey suffered a 4-3 loss in eight innings to host Oregon Tech in Monday’s second opening round game. The Rio Grande-Cottey winner will advance to another elimination contest on Tuesday, at 8 p.m. EDT, against the William Jessup-Oregon Tech loser. Rio Grande rallied from a 3-1 second inning deﬁcit on Monday, scoring single runs in both the third and ﬁfth innings to knot the score at 3-all. Jessup regained the lead, though, on a one-out solo home run to left-center off the bat of Sam Lorge — her team-best 11th homer of the season. The RedStorm tried to mount a rally of their own in the top of the seventh when sophomore Caitlyn Brisker (Oak Hill, OH) moved into scoring position on a one-out double to center, but senior Shelby Schmitt (Fairﬁeld, OH) followed with a ﬂyout to center and junior Taylor Webb (Willow Wood, OH) was robbed of a would-be, game-tying single to left-center thanks to a diving catch by Jessup shortstop Natalie Nash to end the game. Rio Grande grabbed a 1-0 ﬁrst inning lead on a two-out, run-scoring single by senior Kenzie Cremeens (Ironton, OH), but the Warriors went in front in the bottom of the second with a trio of unearned runs. Shay Trent had an RBI double and Maddy Ybarra drove in another marker with a single. The RedStorm cut the deﬁcit in half in the top of the third thanks to consecutive two-out hits by Schmitt and Webb and an error on senior Zoe Doll’s (Minford, OH) popup to second base. The tying run crossed in the top of the ﬁfth See RIO | 7 OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Wednesday, May 18 Softball Man at Wahama, 6 p.m. Track and Field Class AA meet at Laidley Field, 5 p.m. Thursday, May 19 Baseball Adena at Meigs, 5 p.m. Softball Wahama at Man (if needed), 6 p.m. Track and Field Class AA meet at Laidley Field, 10 a.m. Friday, May 20 Track and Field Class A meet at Laidley Field, 5 p.m. Photos by Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Gallia Academy sophomore Cole Hines, right, dives head-first back into first base during a pickoff attempt Monday night in a Division II sectional semifinal baseball game against Hillsboro in Centenary, Ohio. Blue Devils fall in extras, 2-1 Marauders win, host Adena in sectional final By Bryan Walters bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com CENTENARY, Ohio — Things were about as even as they could be through nine innings … and then came the 10th. Bryce Parsons delivered a 1-out double in the top of the 10th that allowed Cannan Grifﬁth to score, which ultimately allowed visiting Hillsboro to sneak away from Bob Eastman Ball Field Monday night with a 2-1 extra-innings triumph in a Division II sectional semiﬁnal contest in Gallia County. The 11th seeded Indians (7-14) found themselves entrenched in a pitcher’s duel for the better part of regulation and beyond, as the host Blue Devils (15-9) had matching totals of one run and four hits as both squads entered the ﬁnal frame. Grifﬁth started the top half of the 10th with a single and advanced to second base on a sacriﬁce bunt from Spencer Wyckoff, then Parsons followed with a double to right center that allowed Grifﬁth to score for the second time in the contest while giving HHS a 2-1 edge. GAHS — the six seed HHS also stranded nine of the 16 runners left on base. Grifﬁth, Wyckoff, Parsons, Corbin Willey, Quintin Captain and Brayden Cochran had a hit each for the victors. Burris, Dalton Mershon, Cole Hines and Mason Smith had a safety apiece in the setback for GAHS. Smith took the toughluck loss for the hosts after surrendering one earned run, three hits and one walk over 2.1 innings of relief while striking out one. Zane Loveday allowed one earned run, three hits and six walks over 7.2 frames while fanning 17. Quintin Captain picked up the win after allowing one unearned run, four hits and three walks over nine innings while Gallia Academy junior Brayden Burris crosses home plate Monday night in a Division II sectional semifinal baseball game against striking out 11. Gavin Thompson picked up the Hillsboro in Centenary, Ohio. save with one strikeout in one inning of perfect sacriﬁce and eventually in the bracket — went relief. scored on an error for down in order in the a 1-all contest through home half of the 10th, three complete. allowing the Indians to Meigs rolls past The Blue Devils left move on to the sectional Spartans, 16-1 runners stranded at ﬁrst ﬁnal and face Unioto on ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio and second in both the Wednesday. — Apparently the rally ﬁfth and sixth innings, Grifﬁth’s ﬁrst run caps were really working. while the guests stranded scored gave HHS a 1-0 Visiting Alexander built runners on the corners in a 1-0 through an inning advantage in the top of the third as he received a the ﬁrst and third frames of play, but the Meigs … as well as runners at 1-out walk, stole second baseball team countered ﬁrst and second at the and third, then came with 16 unanswered runs end of the fourth and around on a single from and ultimately cruised to sixth innings. Wyckoff. a 16-1 mercy-rule victory The Indians outhit Gallia Academy quickly on Monday night in a GAHS by a 6-4 overall countered in the bottom Division III sectional margin and also of the third as Brayden semiﬁnal contest in Burris singled, advanced committed three of the See BASEBALL | 7 four errors in the contest. to second a Conner Roe �SPORTS/CLASSIFIEDS Ohio Valley Publishing Wednesday, May 18, 2022 7 Wahama wins sectional baseball title over Ravenswood By Colton Jeffries consecutive section championship. The Red Devils won the ﬁrst meeting in the MASON, W.Va. — tournament May 11 at From the brink of elimination, these Falcons Wahama 11-10 and the White Falcons won the soared. ﬁrst game of the section The Wahama baseball team completed a 2-game ﬁnal at Ravenswood 9-2 Saturday. comeback against the After the Red Devils Ravenswood Red Devils Monday evening, besting stranded one on ﬁrst in the Red and Black 3-0 for the top of the opening inning, the White and the Region IV Section 2 Red struck ﬁrst in Montitle. day’s ballgame, when This is the White Aaron Henry hit a sac-ﬂy Falcons’ (23-5) third cjeffries@aimmediamidwest.com Baseball Stewart, Burnem, Joey Young, Conner Imboden and Jake Martin with two safeties apiece. Stanley and Lucas Finlaw also had a hit each for the hosts. Stewart and Young drove in matching teamhighs of four RBIs, while Burnem paced the Marauders with three runs scored. Dodson worked four innings for the win, allowing one earned run and four hits while striking out seven. Phillips took the loss for the Spartans after surrendering 10 earned runs, 12 hits and three walks over 3.2 frames while fanning one. Oberhausser, Ervin, Shultz, Viny and Ross had a hit apiece in the setback for Alexander. © 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Eberts doubled home Burnem in the third for a 4-1 cushion, then the From page 6 hosts sent 15 batters to the plate in the home half of the fourth — which Meigs County. yielded a dozen runs on The 26th seeded seven hits and ﬁve walks. Spartans established The ﬁnal blow was a their lone advantage as grand slam home run off Viny doubled in Ervin the bat of Ethan Stewart with two away in the with two away in the opening frame, but the guests managed only two fourth, making it a 16-1 contest through four full baserunners over their frames. next four innings at the Oberhausser provided plate. a 2-out single for AHS in The seventh seeded the top of the ﬁfth, but a Marauders (15-5), on the other hand, followed 3-pitch strikeout followed to end the game. their down in order With the win, the bottom half of the ﬁrst Marauders will now by sending eight hitters to the plate in the second host 10th seeded Adena frame — which resulted on Thursday in the D-3 in three runs on ﬁve hits sectional ﬁnal at 5 p.m. Meigs outhit the and one walk. Theron Eberts singled guests by a 15-5 overall margin and both teams in both Drew Dodson played an error-free and Caleb Burnem for contest. AHS also a permanent lead of stranded four of the 2-1, then Eberts came around on a 2-out double seven runners left on base. from Layne Stanley for Eberts led MHS with a 3-1 edge through two three hits, followed by complete. (740) 446-2342 or fax to (740) 446-3008 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN to bring home Logan Roach in the bottom of the ﬁrst. The Wahama defense held tough in the second, making the visitors strand a runner once again. Ravenswood had their best chance at scoring in the top of the third inning, loading the bases. However, the White Falcons were able to turn the double play, denying the visitors a run. In the bottom of the Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. third, another sac-ﬂy, this time hit by Ethan Gray, brought in Ethyn Barnitz to score. Henry followed that up with a single to bring Roach home to give the home team a 3-0 lead. From there, Monday’s ballgame was quite defense-heavy. Neither offense were able to get any runners home, though Wahama did manage to load the bases in the ﬁfth inning. On the other side, the Angels From page 6 The Lady Bulldogs managed only three hits during a 9-run outburst, but the ﬁnal blow came from Kaiser as she blasted a 2-out, 2-run walkoff homer over the left ﬁeld wall — completing the 5-inning contest. Athens outhit the guests by a 10-5 overall margin and committed none of the six errors Rio From page 6 when freshman pinchhitter Megan Bazler (Portsmouth, OH) led off with a walk and Brisker reached on a ﬁelder’s choice as her sacriﬁce bunt attempt advanced freshman Holly Alvoid (North Lewisburg, OH), (740) 992-2155 or fax to (740) 992-2157 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN -2% 3267,1* The Gallia County Engineer, Brett A. Boothe, would like to announce that the Gallia County Highway Department is now seeking one qualified individual to fill an open job position. The position available is County Superintendent. Applications and job description are available at the Gallia County Engineer's Office, 1167 State Route 160, Gallipolis, Ohio. 7KRVH LQWHUHVWHG VKRXOG GURS RII WKH FRPSOHWHG DSSOLFDWLRQ ZLWK UHVXPH DQG UHIHUHQFHV WR WKH (QJLQHHU V 2IILFH E\ 0RQGD\� -XQH ��WK �� 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 Annual Health District Survey Gallia County General Health District 499 Jackson Pike Suite D, Gallipolis, OH 45631 ID #: HD2700 Date of Action: 05/10/2022 On�May 10, 2022, the director of Ohio EPA determined that�Gallia County Health Department is in substantial compliance and hereby places�Gallia County�Health Department on Ohio EPA's approved list of health districts authorized to administer and enforce the solid and infectious waste and construction and demolition debris laws and rules in accordance with Ohio Revised Code Chapters 3734., 3714. and applicable Ohio Administrative Code rules. The survey was completed on�March 23, 2022. This authorization is subject to all rules, regulations, and specified conditions and can be viewed here: https://tinyurl.com/epaIA 5/18/22 White Falcon defense made the Red Devils go 3-and-out in the ﬁfth, sixth and seventh innings to seal the win and the section championship. Getting the win on the mound was senior Zachary Fields, who allowed four hits, no runs and one walk while striking out 10 in seven innings pitched. Fields was completely honest when it came to nerves before the game. “I was absolutely nervous,” he said. This was Fields’ ﬁrst complete pitching performance since coming back from injury, and he was over the moon that it came during the section ﬁnal. “It was great to come back and help the boys,” he said. “We deﬁnitely deserve this one. We worked our butts off all season long for this.” The White Falcons outhit their opponents 6-4 while committing two errors. in the game. AHS also stranded ﬁve of the eight runners left on base. The Lady Bulldogs — winners of eight straight decisions — advance to face Sheridan in the D-2 district ﬁnal on Wednesday at Ohio University. Harrison led GAHS with two hits, followed by Hammons, Truance and Mathie with a safety apiece. Toadvine, Walburn and Kendra Hammonds paced Athens with two hits each. Mathie took the loss after surrendering eight runs (ﬁve earned), six hits and four walks over three innings while striking out two. James picked up the win after allowing three earned runs and ﬁve hits over ﬁve frames while fanning four. © 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. who re-entered after the walk to Bazler, to second. Schmitt hit into a ﬁelder’s choice to leave runners at the corner and set the stage for an RBI single to left by Webb. Webb and Schmidt both ﬁnished 2-for-4 in the loss for Rio Grande. Senior Raelynn Hastings (Commercial Point, OH) went the distance in the circle for the Red- Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. Storm and suffered the loss, allowing just ﬁve hits and the one earned run while striking out ﬁve. Katie Blankenheim went the distance to get the win for William Jessup, allowing seven hits and a walk while striking out three. Randy Payton is the Sports Information Director for the University of Rio Grande. 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The sharp turnaround by the world’s richest man makes little sense except as a method to scuttle or renegotiate a deal that’s becoming increasingly costly for Musk, experts said. And while such hardball tactics aren’t uncommon in corporate mergers, the way it’s happening — in a highly public, seemingly erratic conversation on the very platform Musk wants to buy — has little precedent. In effect, Musk is negotiating the future of Twitter ... on Twitter. “That’s the hook he’s trying to grab onto as the reason for him to potentially walk away or negotiate the price down lower,” said Brian Quinn, an associate law professor at Boston College. “He is torpedoing the deal, trying to talk down the deal.” Musk took to Twitter early Tuesday to say his Tanner Laws | Tulsa World via AP, File A damaged car rests at the scene of a fatal car crash on June 2, 2021, in Tulsa, Okla. Nearly 43,000 people were killed on U.S. roads last year, the highest number in 16 years as Americans returned to the highways after the pandemic forced many to stay at home. The 10.5% jump over 2020 numbers was the largest percentage increase since the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began its fatality data collection system in 1975. Nearly 43,000 died on US roads last year, agency says By Tom Krisher and Hope Yen driving. “More families and more communities Associated Press are feeling the crushing magnitude of this crisis DETROIT — Nearly on our roads.” Preliminary ﬁgures 43,000 people were released Tuesday by killed on U.S. roads the agency show that last year, the highest 42,915 people died in number in 16 years as trafﬁc crashes last year, Americans returned up from 38,824 in 2020. to the roads after the Final ﬁgures will be coronavirus pandemic released in the fall. forced many to stay at Forty-four states as home. The 10.5% jump over well as the District of Columbia and Puerto 2020 numbers was Rico had increases in the largest percenttrafﬁc deaths in 2021 age increase since the National Highway Traf- compared to the previous year, led by Texas, ﬁc Safety AdministraCalifornia and Florida. tion began its fatality Posting declines were data collection system Wyoming, Nebraska, in 1975. ExacerbatWisconsin, Maryland ing the problem was and Maine. Rhode a persistence of risky Island’s ﬁgures were driving behaviors during the pandemic, such unchanged. Americans drove as speeding and less about 325 billion more frequent use of seat miles last year, 11.2% belts, as people began higher than in 2020, to venture out more in which contributed to 2021 for out-of-state the increase. and other road trips, Nearly 118 people analysts said. Transportation Secre- died in U.S. trafﬁc tary Pete Buttigieg said crashes every day last year, according to the America faces a crisis on its roads. The safety agency’s ﬁgures. The Governors Highway administration urged Safety Association, a state and local governgroup of state trafﬁc ments, drivers and safety advocates to join safety ofﬁcials, blamed the increase on dangerin an effort to reverse ous behavior such as the rising death trend. “Our nation has taken speeding, driving while a dangerous and deadly impaired by alcohol and drugs, and disstep backwards in trafﬁc safety and impaired tracted driving, as well as “roads designed for driving,” said MADD speed instead of safety.” National President The combination, the Alex Otte, who urged group said, “has wiped strong public-private out a decade and a half efforts akin to the seat of progress in reducing belt and air bag public safety campaigns of the trafﬁc crashes, injuries and deaths.” 1990s to stem reckless Scramble From page 1 second place. The ﬁnal prize will be a random drawing for the return of one team’s entry fee. Businesses, organiza- �� deal to buy the company can’t “move forward” unless the company shows public proof that fewer than 5% of the accounts on the social media platform are fake or spam. That followed a Friday tweet that said the deal was on hold pending more bot details — causing Twitter stock to plunge by nearly 10% — and Monday comments at a Miami conference suggesting he wanted a lower price for the company. Experts say Musk can’t unilaterally place the deal on hold, although that hasn’t stopped him from acting as though he can. If he walks away, he could be on the hook for a $1 billion breakup fee. Musk also spent much of Monday in a backand-forth with Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, who posted a series of tweets explaining his company’s effort to ﬁght bots and how it has consistently estimated that less than 5% of Twitter accounts are fake. It’s a message that Twitter has been disclosing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for years, while also cautioning that its estimate might be too low. In his tweet Tuesday, Musk said that “20% fake/ spam accounts, while 4 times what Twitter claims, could be much higher. My offer was based on Twitter’s SEC ﬁlings being accurate.” He added: “Yesterday, Twitter’s CEO publicly refused to show proof of 5%. This deal cannot move forward until he does.” That kind of language makes no sense, Quinn said. “The disclosures he’s complaining about are the same disclosures the company has ﬁled at the SEC for quite a bit of time. There’s nothing new here,” Quinn said. “In the run-up to the transaction, the company gave him the opportunity to engage in due diligence and kick the tires and look around. He waived due diligence and said, ‘No, I don’t want to see any more.’” only grown louder. Asked about gun legislation, Biden said at the airport, “It’s going to be From page 1 very difﬁcult. ... I’m not going to give up trying.” white supremacy.” Biden’s condemnation Replacement theory is of white supremacy is a a racist ideology, which message he has delivered has moved from white several times since he nationalist circles to became the ﬁrst president mainstream, that alleges to speciﬁcally address it white people and their inﬂuence are being inten- in an inaugural speech, calling it “domestic tertionally “replaced” by rorism that we must people of color through confront.” However, immigration and higher such beliefs remain an birth rates. entrenched threat at a In Buffalo, the presitime when his administradent was confronting anew the forces of hatred tion has been focused on addressing the pandemic, he frequently says called inﬂation and the war in him back to seek the Ukraine. White House. In his remarks Tuesday, “It’s important for Biden paid tribute to each him to show up for the of the 10 people who lost families and the comtheir lives, describing munity and express his condolences,” said Der- them as model citizens, beacons of their commurick Johnson, the president of the NAACP. “But nity and deeply committed to family. we’re more concerned Three more people with preventing this were wounded. Nearly all from happening in the the victims were Black, future.” including all of those who It’s unclear how Biden died. will try to do that. The shooter’s hateful Proposals for new gun restrictions have routine- writings echoed those of ly been blocked by Repub- the white supremacists licans, and racist rhetoric who marched with torches in 2017 in Charlotespoused on the fringes of the nation’s politics has tesville, Virginia, a scene that Biden said inspired his decision to run against President Donald Trump in 2020 and that drove him to join what he calls the “battle for the soul of America.” In Buffalo, Payton Gendron, 18, was arrested at the supermarket and charged with murder. He has pleaded not guilty. His lawyers declined to comment Tuesday. Before the shooting, Gendron is reported to have posted online a screed overﬂowing with racism and antisemitism. The writer of the document described himself as a supporter of Dylann Roof, who killed nine Black parishioners at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015, and Brenton Tarrant, who targeted mosques in New Zealand in 2019. Investigators are looking at Gendron’s connection to what’s known as the “great replacement” theory.” “I condemn those who spread the lie for power, political gain and for profit,” Biden said, stopping short of naming those he believes responsible for perpetuating it. The claims are often interwoven with antisemitism, with Jews identiﬁed as the culprits. During the 2017 “Unite the Right” march in Charlottesville, the white supremacists chanted “Jews will not replace us.” “These actions we’ve seen, these hate-ﬁlled attacks, represent the views of a hateful minority,” Biden said. “We have to refuse to live in a country where Black people going about weekly grocery shopping can be gunned down by weapons of war deployed in a racist cause,” he declared. “We have to refuse live in a country where fear and lies are packaged for power and for proﬁt.” In the years since Charlottesville, replacement theory has moved from the online fringe to mainstream right-wing politics. A third of U.S. adults believe there is “a group of people in this country who are trying to replace native-born Americans with immigrants who agree with their political views,” according to a poll conducted in December by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Buffalo tions, and individuals can also sponsor a hole for a $100 donation. To be a sponsor, or for more information, contact Brandy Hudnall at 304-857-2208. © 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Eric Risberg | AP File Part of the Twitter page of Elon Musk is seen on the screen of a computer April 25 in Sausalito, Calif. 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