http://host69-005.meigs.lib.oh.us/files/original/be5d198f00b8b7ba17e65339c3e0f1f5.pdf 4a07ce9987252fc57a53b2adb8f56095 PDF Text Text 8 AM 2 PM 8 PM 29° 31° 19° *OPSS`�[VKH`"�TVYUPUN�Å�\YYPLZ��)P[[LYS`�JVSK� [VUPNO[��High 31° / Low 12° Today’s weather forecast Eastern battles Wahama More basketball results WEATHER s 6 SPORTS s 5 SPORTS s 5 C_ZZb[fehj�š�Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 16, Volume 76 Tuesday, January 25, 2022 s 50¢ A new chapter at Sporn site 449 new COVID cases reported Latest from Meigs, Gallia, Mason Counties By Kayla (Hawthorne) Dunham khawthorne@aimmediamidwest. com Photos by Braden Hawley | Courtesy Pictured from Racine, Ohio is Boiler #5 at the retired Philip Sporn Power Plant in Mason County, W.Va. being demolished on Saturday morning. Retired power plant boiler demolished, further development planned Staff Report NEW HAVEN, W.Va. — Residents on both sides of the Ohio River gathered on a frigid Saturday morning to watch another piece of the former Philip Sporn Plant be demolished over the weekend. Also this weekend, the Frontier Group of Companies (FGC) announced via a news release that it had “safely demolished Boiler #5 at the retired Philip Sporn Power Plant in Mason County, WV, marking a significant milestone toward its goal of repurposing the former coal burning power plant for further redevelopment. FGC expects the balance of the plant will be demolished by the end of this year.” As many in the Ohio Valley Publishing readership area are aware, the Sporn Power Plant was one of three AEP power plants closed in 2015 and has been vacant since that time. Gallia County According to the 2 p.m. update from ODH on Monday, there have been 6,388 total cases (119 See CASES | 8 See SPORN | 8 After the dust settles on Boiler #5 at the retired Philip Sporn Power Plant in New Haven, W.Va. Lavender appointed to lead Meigs DJFS By Kayla (Hawthorne) Dunham due to retirement, to the administrator position. commissioners last week. At the beginning of 2021, His last day will be April Lavender took on the 8. Until then, Lavender MIDDLEPORT — The Meigs position as deputy direcwill work with Shank to County Commissioners recently tor of programs and of help with the transition. the public transit. hired Theresa Lavender as the “I want to thank DirecLavender will replace soon-to-be new director of the tor Shank for his leaderDJFS Director Chris Meigs County Department Lavender ship and his mentorShank, who has been of Jobs and Family Services ship,” Lavender said. with the department (DJFS). “I’m really appreciative of that.” Lavender started working for for 31 years and worked as the Lavender said she gradudirector for the last 13 years. DJFS in 2001 in the workforce ated from the University of Rio Shank recently turned in his development department. She letter of resignation, reportedly Grande in 1996 with a bachlater moved to the program khawthorne@aimmediamidwest.com elor’s degree in social work. She received her master’s degree in public administration from Ohio University in 2005. As the director of DJFS, Lavender said she looks to continue with the mission and vision of the agency and helping the county. In the role, Lavender will be the administrator over programs such as public assistance, See LAVENDER | 8 Primary to include state, county offices 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. OHIO VALLEY — Since Friday’s update, there were 449 new COVID-19 cases reported in the Ohio Valley Publishing area on Monday. In Gallia County, the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) reported 119 new COVID-19 cases. In Meigs County, ODH reported 85 new COVID19 cases. In Mason County, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), reported 245 new cases of COVID-19. Here is a closer look at the local COVID-19 data: By Kayla (Hawthorne) Dunham (1 seat); Justice of Supreme Court (2 seats); County Commissioner (1 seat); County Auditor (1 seat); CenMEIGS COUNTY — There are sev- tral Committee-Democrat; and Ceneral public offices set to be on the bal- tral Committee-Republican. The deadline to file for the election lot for the primary election on May 3. is Wednesday, Feb. 2. This deadline In Meigs County, voters will be includes candidates’ petitions and voting for the following offices on levies. Petitions and levies will be either the Republican or Democratic ballots: State Representative (1 seat); certified by the Board of Elections on Feb. 14. Governor and Lieutenant Governor For voters, the deadline to register (1 seat); Attorney General (1 seat); Auditor of State (1 seat); Secretary of is April 4. The Meigs County Board of Election will be open until 9 p.m. State (1 seat); Treasurer of State (1 on this day. Voters can also register seat); Judge of Court of Appeals-4th online. district (2 seats); Member of State Board of Education-8th district (1 See PRIMARY | 8 seat); Chief Justice of Supreme Court khawthorne@aimmediamidwest.com 3rd WVa corrections officer dies of COVID-19 CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An officer at a West Virginia women’s prison has became the third corrections employee to die from the coronavirus, authorities said Monday. Paula Jo Tomlin, an officer at the Lakin Correctional Center in Mason County since March 2020, died Saturday at a hospital in Gallipolis, Ohio, the state Department of Homeland Security said in a news release. Tomlin, 51, a resident of Middleport, Ohio, is survived by her husband of 27 years, Cpl. Timothy D. Tomlin, also a Lakin correctional officer. “All of us share his grief and his loss in a most personal way,” Corrections Commissioner Betsy Jividen said in a message to corrections employees. An officer at the Saint Marys Correctional Center in Pleasants County died in January 2021 while under treatment for COVID-19, and an officer See OFFICER | 8 �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Tuesday, January 25, 2022 GALLIA, MEIGS COMMUNITY BRIEFS OBITUARIES 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. BIDWELL — Charlene D. Spaulding, 83 of Bidwell, passed away Saturday January 22, 2022 at Abbyshire Place, Bidwell. She was born October 4, 1938 in Chillicothe, daughter of the late Charles and Elizabeth (Richards) Donnett. Charlene formerly attended White Oak Baptist Church and cherished her family and her Fur Babies. Charlene is survived by her children, Cindy (Lamar) Lyons, Tuppers Plains, Roger (Cheri) Spaulding and Elmer Spaulding Jr. both of Bidwell, grandchildren, Wendy Halfhill, Tommy Thompson Jr., Miranda Bennett, Ryan Spaulding, Drew Spaulding and Food distribution POMEROY — The Southeast Ohio Foodbank, a program of Hocking Athens Perry Community Action, will be hosting a mobile market at the Meigs County Fairgrounds on Friday, Jan. 28 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. “Fresh produce and other food items” will be given to families who are residents of Meigs County and under 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines, according to organizers. Photo I.D. and proof of residency no more than 60 days old is required. Pre-registration is required for this event. Visit freshtrak.com and enter your Meigs County zip code. Straw for pets MIDDLEPORT — The Meigs County Humane Society will be providing straw for pet bedding during the months of January and February. Vouchers may be picked up at the Humane Society Thrift Shop, 253 North Second Street, Middleport for a fee of $2. For more information call 740-9926064. Grief support group MIDDLEPORT — GriefShare grief recovery seminar and support group meets at Middleport Church of Christ, 437 Main St., each Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. 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, call the church at 740-992-2914. Women’s cancer screenings RUTLAND — Through its Women’s Health Clinic, the Ohio University Heritage Community Clinic, in collaboration with OhioHealth Mobile Mammography, OU’s Women’s Health Clinic will offer same-day mammography at the Rutland Civic Center, 337 Main Street, Rutland, Thursday, Feb. 10, 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. Services are available to all women, uninsured, underinsured or insured. Appointments are required and women should call 740-593-2432 or 1-800-844-2654 for an appointment. Services offered include breast health education, PAP tests, breast and pelvic exams, and navigation through the continuum of care. Same-day mammography is available provided by OhioHealth Mobile Mammography onsite. The Breast and Cervical Cancer Project (BCCP) will be available for no-cost breast and cervical cancer screenings and diagnostic testing to qualified women who meet eligibility criteria. 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. Card shower regular board meeting at 4 p.m. at the office on Corn Hollow Road. Friday, Jan. 28 MIDDLEPORT — The monthly free community dinner at the Middleport Church of Christ Family Life Center will be at 5 p.m. while supplies last. Meals will be passed out in the parking lot and will include meatloaf, scalloped potatoes, vegetables, roll and dessert. Everyone is welcome. Saturday, Jan. 29 Ernestine Byus Hirth, formerly of Henderson, W.Va., will celebrate her 104th birthday on Jan. 29, cards may be mailed MIDDLEPORT — to her at 4112 West Middleport Fire DepartOklahoma Ave., Tampa, ment will be hosting a Florida, 33616. fish fry. Serving begins at 11 a.m. at fire station. The Jan. 22 fish fry was postponed due to weather. GALLIPOLIS — Launch party for the RUTLAND — The Leading Creek Conser- new book “Sheila’s vancy District will hold Men” by Jenna Ashlyn, their organizational and 5 p.m., Zach & Scotty’s. Tuesday, Jan. 25 CONTACT US 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 740-446-2342 All content © 2022 Gallipolis Daily Tribune and The Daily Sentinel edition. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT/ GROUP PUBLISHER Lane Moon lmoon@aimmediamidwest.com EDITOR Beth Sergent, Ext. 2102 bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com SPORTS EDITOR Bryan Walters, Ext. 2101 bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Matt Rodgers, Ext. 2095 mrodgers@aimmediamidwest.com CIRCULATION MANAGER Derrick Morrison, Ext. 2097 dmorrison@aimmediamidwest.com CHARLENE D. SPAULDING Jayden Spaulding, fifteen great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. In addition to her parents, Charlene was preceded in death by her husband Elmer Spaulding Sr., Daughter Cathy Smith, brother, Maurice Donnett, sister, Yvonne Jacobs, half-brothers, Chuck and Frank Donnett and half-sister, Loretta Hayes. Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Saturday January 29, 2022 in the McCoyMoore Funeral Home, Vinton Chapel. Burial will follow in Poplar Ridge Cemetery, Bidwell . Friends may call at the funeral home Friday 5-7 p.m. DEATH NOTICES KEARNS MASON, W.Va. — Sharon Ann (Teaford) Kearns, 71, of Mason, W.Va., died January 22, 2022, at Pleasant Valley Hospital following a brief illness. Service will be 1 p.m. Friday, January 28, 2022, at Foglesong Funeral Home, Mason, with Pastor Larry Fisher officiating. Burial will follow in Sunrise Memorial Gardens, Letart, W.Va. Visitation will be from noon until time-of-service Friday at the funeral home. SIGLER RUTLAND — Kathy Sue Sigler, 62 of Rutland, died Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at her residence. In keeping with her request, there are no calling hours or funeral service. Cremeens-King Funeral Home, Middleport-Pomeroy Chapel, is serving the family. PUGH BIDWELL — Judy Louise Pugh, 63, of Bidwell, died on Saturday, January 22, 2022 at Holzer Medical Center. In accordance with Judy’s wishes, no public service is being planned. Willis Funeral Home is in care of arrangements. TOMLIN MIDDLEPORT, Ohio — Paula Jo Tomlin, 51, of Middleport, Ohio, died on Saturday, January 22, 2022 at Holzer Medical Center in Gallipolis, Ohio. The funeral service for Paula will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at Willis Funeral Home. Friends may call on Tuesday prior to the service from noon-2 p.m. Her burial will follow in White Cemetery. KLINGER Susannia Klinger, 67 of Crown City, died Sunday January 23, 2022, at Camden Clark Hospital in Parkersburg, W.Va. At this time arrangements are incomplete. Hall Funeral Home and Crematory in Proctorville is in care of arrangements. Ohio Valley Publishing DALE KUHN LITTLE HOCKING — Dale Kuhn, 84, of Little Hocking, passed away Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, at Belpre Landing. He was born May 20, 1937, in Tunnell, son of the late William and Grace Kaylor Kuhn. He was a U.S. Army Veteran, a 1956 graduate of OliveOrange High School and he retired from GE Plastics in 1993. In 1966, he organized the Full Gospel Men’s Fellowship, Parkersburg Chapter and was presently its President. He led the Jesus Festivals in Little Hocking and Vincent from 1977 to 1990. Dale is survived by his wife, Janice Swartz Kuhn; three sons, Michael (Tonya) Kuhn of Blacklick, Stephen Kuhn of Little Hocking and David Kuhn of Columbus; daughter, Tammy Vin- cent of Columbus; nine grandchildren, Josiah, Jeremiah, Jaylen, Trent, Trevor, Atlanta, Austin, Kinnedy and Kloe; three great-grandchildren; brother, Bob Kuhn and a sister, Betty Rocci. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Clyde, William and Carl Kuhn and a sister, Mildred Kuhn. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, at White-Schwarzel Funeral Home in Coolville, with Pastor Joe Beasley officiating. Burial will follow in the Coolville Cemetery, Visitation will be held at the funeral home Wednesday, from 11 a,m. until time of service. You are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.whiteschwarzelfh. com DARRYL FAYE WARREN GALLIPOLIS — Darryl Faye Warren, 66, of Gallipolis, passed away, at 2:10 p.m. on Sunday, January 23, 2022, in the Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis. Born July 15, 1955, in Inez, Ky., she was the daughter of the late Claude and Eunice Preston Fitchpatrick. She was a homemaker. She enjoyed babysitting, looking after children, cooking, going antiquing, collecting primitives and snowmen, and being a mother hen. What brough her the most joy was watching her son Michael play baseball and then her grandchildren play various sports. She is survived by her son Michael Paul (Sonya Fisher) Warren, of Gallipolis; grandchildren, Evan and Wyatt Warren, and Tayler Fisher, the mother of Evan and Wyatt, Brittany Hill; her siblings, Barbara Sue Halfhill, Gallipolis, Lenard Fitchpatrick, Middleport, Floyd Fitchpatrick, Rutland, Russell Fitchpatrick, Middleport, Mary (Dale) Priddy, Gallipolis, Darvin (Angie) Fitchpatrick, Eustis, Thelma (Walter) Ellis, Rutland, Charles (Billie) Fitchpatrick, Middleport, Carolyn (Charles) Stewart, West Columbia, W.Va., and Tara (Richie) Blankenship, Albany, sisters-in-law, Janet (John) Gardner, and Lois June (Mark) Clark, a brotherin-law, Gary (Dena) Warren, and numerous nieces and nephews also survive. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Michael E. Warren whom preceded her on December 23, 2019, her sisters, Mary Lynn Fitchpatrick, and Rachel Franklin; her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Garland and Gracie Louise Reaves Warren. Memorial services will be held at 8 p.m. on Thursday, January 27, 2022 in the CremeensKing Funeral Home, Gallipolis. Pastor Larry Long will officiate. Friends may call 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home on Thursday. The Cremeens-King Funeral Home is honored to serve the family. TODAY IN HISTORY Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Jan. 25, the 25th day of 2022. There are 340 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 25, 1945, the World War II Battle of the Bulge ended as German forces were pushed back to their original positions. On this date: In 1533, England’s King Henry VIII secretly married his second wife, Anne Boleyn, who later gave birth to Elizabeth I. In 1863, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln accepted Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside’s resignation as commander of the Army of the Potomac and replaced him with Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker. In 1915, America’s first official transcontinental telephone call took place as Alexander Graham Bell, who was in New York, spoke to his former assistant, Thomas Watson, who was in San Francisco, over a line set up by American Telephone & Telegraph. In 1924, the first Winter Olympic Games opened in Chamonix (shah-moh-NEE’), France. In 1945, Grand Rapids, Michigan, became the first community to add fluoride to its public water supply. In 1959, American Airlines began Boeing 707 jet flights between New York and Los Angeles. In 1971, Charles Manson and three women followers were convicted in Los Angeles of murder and conspiracy in the 1969 slayings of seven people, including actor Sharon Tate. In 1993, Sears announced that it would no longer publish its famous century-old catalog. In 1994, maintaining his innocence, singer Michael Jackson settled a child molestation lawsuit against him; terms were confidential, although the monetary figure was reportedly $22 million. In 2004, NASA’s Opportunity rover zipped its first pictures of Mars to Earth, showing a surface smooth and dark red in some places, and strewn with fragmented slabs of light bedrock in others. In 2020, President Donald Trump’s defense team opened its arguments at his first Senate impeachment trial, casting the effort to remove him from office as a politically motivated attempt to subvert the 2016 election and the upcoming 2020 contest. Canada, Australia and Malaysia each reported their first cases of the new coronavirus. Ten years ago: U.S. military forces flew into Somalia in a nighttime helicopter raid, freeing an American and a Danish hostage and killing nine pirates. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona returned to Congress to officially tender her resignation a year after she was shot and severely wounded in her home district. 19 travel restrictions on non-U.S. travelers from more than two dozen countries, including European countries that allowed travel across open borders; he added South Africa to the list because of concerns about a variant of the coronavirus that had spread beyond that nation. Biden signed an order reversing a Pentagon policy that largely barred transgender individuals Five years ago: from military service. President Donald Trump moved aggressive- Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit ly to tighten the nation’s against Donald Trump’s immigration controls, signing executive actions personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who led the to jumpstart construcformer president’s efforts tion of his promised to spread baseless claims U.S.-Mexico border wall about the 2020 election. and cut federal grants for immigrant-protecting “sanctuary cities.” Mary Today’s Birthdays: Tyler Moore, who created Country singer Claude one of TV’s first careerGray is 90. Actor Leigh woman sitcom heroines Taylor-Young is 78. Actor in “The Mary Tyler Jenifer Lewis is 65. Moore Show,” died at Country musician Mike the age of 80. Actor John Burch (River Road) is Hurt died at 77. 56. R&B singer Kina is 53. Actor China Kantner is 51. Actor Ana Ortiz is One year ago: 51. Drummer Joe Sirois House Democrats (sih-ROYS’) (Mighty delivered the impeachment case against Donald Mighty Bosstones) is 50. Musician Matt Odmark Trump to the Senate for (Jars of Clay) is 48. Actor the start of his historic second impeachment trial Mia Kirshner is 47. Actor even as Republican sena- Christine Lakin is 43. tors eased off of their crit- R&B singer Alicia Keys icism of the former presi- is 42. Actor Michael Trevino is 37. Pop musident and shunned calls cian Calum Hood (5 to convict him over the Seconds to Summer) is deadly siege at the U.S. 26. Actor Olivia Edward Capitol. President Joe Biden reinstated COVID- is 15. �Ohio Valley Publishing NEWS Tuesday, January 25, 2022 3 Taxpayers face overloaded IRS as filing season opens By Fatima Hussein An IRS worker shortage, an enormous workload from administering pandemic-related WASHINGTON — programs and stalled Count 30-year-old Ethan Miller among that subset legislation that would have given the agency bilof Americans who are actually eager to file their lions of dollars for more expeditiously processing taxes once income tax returns will combine to filing season opens on cause taxpayers pain this Monday. filing season. The financial planner “The IRS right now has who lives in Silver Spring, unacceptable backlogs Maryland, is looking forward to claiming the new and the customer service deductions that will come that people are receiving is not what the American from buying a home. He public deserves,” White also wants to get a jump on a tax season that prom- House press secretary Jen Psaki acknowledged Friises to bring lots of extra day. “The agency has not headaches and delays for been equipped with the filers this year. resources to adequately “I’m trying to get a head start on my taxes as serve taxpayers in normal much as possible,” Miller times, let alone during a pandemic.” said, adding that he is She stressed that the not too nervous about problems predate the forecasts of extra delays because he will file online Biden administration and she urged understanding and will not be waiting for beleaguered workfor too big a refund. ers already saddled with Plenty of other filers, huge backlogs. “It’s going though, may be in for to take some work, it’s more heartburn. Associated Press going to take some time and I think people need to understand that they need funding,” Psaki said. Agency officials are already warning filers that “in many areas, we are unable to deliver the amount of service and enforcement that our taxpayers and tax system deserves and needs,” as IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig put it earlier in the month. Delays in processing are to be expected — especially because the IRS says it still is working through 2020 tax returns. During the 2020 budget year, the IRS processed more than 240 million tax returns and issued roughly $736 billion in refunds, including $268 billion in stimulus payments, according to the latest IRS data. In that same time frame, 59.5 million people called or visited an IRS office. Donald Williamson, an accounting and taxation professor at American University in Washington, said he expects “weeks and weeks” of IRS delays in 2022. “You can blame Congress or the IRS. I imagine they’re trying to do the right thing but it just adds to further complexity,” he said. “My advice in 2022 is file early, get started tomorrow and try to put your taxes together with a qualified professional.” Williamson said he advises his clients to file electronically, and those who expect hefty refunds in the tens of thousands should expect greater delays. Most backlogged returns were filed on paper and are amended returns. Deadlines to file have been extended in the past two years due to the pandemic. It is unclear whether this year the agency will offer similar leeway to taxpayers. There will be plenty of Dow drops 1,000 points as markets extend their slide in 2022 By Damian J. Troise Jones Industrial Average fell 712 points, or 2.1%, to 33,544 and the Nasdaq fell 3%. NEW YORK — The Investors have been Dow Jones Industrial growing increasingly worAverage has dropped ried about how aggresmore than 1,000 points sively the Federal Reserve, Monday as financial which holds a policy markets buckled in meeting this week, might anticipation of inflationact to cool rising inflation. fighting measures from Wall Street anticipates the the Federal Reserve and the possibility of conflict first increase in interest rates as early as March, between Russia and Ukraine. Stocks extended and investors have grown increasingly concerned their three-week decline the Fed will have to on Wall Street and put raise rates more quickly the benchmark S&P 500 on track to close in what and more often that the central bank originally the market considers a indicated. correction — a drop of The Fed’s benchmark 10% or more from its short-term interest rate is most recent high. Just currently in a range of 0% after noon, the Dow was to 0.25%. Investors now down 2.9% while the see a nearly 70% chance S&P 500 dropped 3.6%. that the Fed will raise the The Russell 2000 index rate by at least one perof smaller companies, whose fortunes are more centage point by the end closely tied to the domes- of the year, according to tic economy, is now down CME Group’s Fed Watch tool. more than 20% from its Federal Reserve recent high. policymakers will release The declines in the their latest statement on market extend a recent Wednesday. run of losses that have On Monday, the energy left major indexes in a January slump. The Dow and raw materials sectors AP Business Writer lead the decline. Mining concern Freeport McMoRan slipped 4.6% and General Motors fell 4%. Technology stocks were among the heaviest weights on the market as investors shift money away from pricier stocks in anticipation of rising interest rates. Higher rates make shares in high-flying tech companies and other expensive growth stocks relatively less attractive. Apple fell 1.7% and Microsoft shed 1.8%. A wide range of retailers, travel-related companies and others that rely on direct consumer spending also fell broadly and weighed down the broader market. Target fell 1.1% and Carnival fell 5%. Bond yields edged lower. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 1.72% from 1.74% late Friday. Falling yields also weighed on banks, which rely on higher yields to charge more lucrative interest on loans. Bank of America fell 3.8%. new issues to navigate this year. For example, individuals who are eligible to claim the child tax credit and have gotten advance payments throughout the year may get a smaller refund than they normally would see. People who did not get stimulus checks that they were qualified for as part of the pandemic relief package might yet be able to claim a “ recovery rebate credit ” on their taxes. On Thursday, the IRS released a list of “ Top 5 Things to Remember,” with suggestions for taxpayers on what documents to pull together and what to do if their 2020 returns still have not been processed. The IRS anticipates that most taxpayers will receive their refund within 21 days of when they file electronically, barring any issues with processing their return. But plenty of pitfalls remain, in part due to staffing troubles at the IRS. Tony Reardon, president of the National Treasury Employees Union that represents IRS workers, said the agency “has a hard time recruiting because they’re up against Burger King or McDonald’s,” which offer similar pay without requiring workers to “deal with confusing rules and regulations.” As of Thursday, the agency’s careers website listed at least 180 open jobs, including clerks and tax examiners paid as little as $11 an hour. Of those, 42 positions were open to the public; most were available only to internal applicants. A hoped-for $80 billion infusion for the agency was included in versions of President Joe Biden’s proposed package of social spending programs but that stalled on Capitol Hill. UK to lift travel test requirements for vaccinated LONDON (AP) — The British government announced Monday that it is scrapping coronavirus travel testing requirements for the vaccinated, news hailed by the travel industry as a big step back to normality. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that “to show that this country is open for business, open for travelers, you will see changes so that people arriving no longer have to take tests if they have been vaccinated, if they have been double vaccinated.” Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the change would take effect Feb. 11, coinciding with a midterm holiday break for many schoolchildren. “Border testing of vaccinated travelers has outlived its usefulness,” Shapps said. “Today we are setting Britain free.” Tourism and travel firms that have been hammered by pandemic restrictions welcomed the move, which makes the U.K. one of the most open countries in the world for international travel. Tim Alderslade, chief executive of airline industry body Airlines U.K., said it was “a landmark day.” “Nearly two years since the initial COVID restrictions were introduced, today’s announcement brings international travel towards near-normality for the fully vaccinated, and at last into line with hospitality and the domestic economy,” he said. Your Guide To MEIGS COUNTY 2022 Hanif Abdurraqib, Tom Lin receive Carnegie literary awards ference. Abdurraqib is a Columbus, Ohio native who returned there a NEW YORK (AP) few years ago, and the — Receiving a literary prize from the American library system has been a thread throughout — Library Association is a whether a quiet place kind of homecoming for for his imagination, a the essayist-poet Hanif refuge during times he Abdurraqib. was short of money or a “When I was young, I source for a favorite book. treated the library as a place to pass time, to get He currently lives near lost in books that I could the Martin Luther King have otherwise not afford- Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library and ed to own, music that I stops by often. could not have afforded “I made a conscious to have,” Abdurraqib, 38, a recipient of an Andrew decision to cut down on the amount of books in Carnegie Medal for “A my home over the past Little Devil in America: two years, which means Notes in Praise of Black I get to return to the Performance,” said in a delight of getting books recent interview, On Sunday, the library from the library — being on a waiting list and getassociation awarded ting the email that my Abdurraqib the medal time has come,” he says. for excellence in nonfic“All of that stuff. It’s like tion and gave the fiction prize to 25-year-old Tom returning to the version of myself that looked at Lin, the youngest ever the place with a sense of Carnegie winner, for endless wonder, which is his debut novel “The cool.” Thousand Crimes of Abdurraqib’s other Ming Tsu.” Each author books include the poetry receives $5,000 and will be honored in June at the collections “The Crown Ain’t Worth Much” and association’s annual con- AP National Writer “A Fortune for Your Disaster.” Last year, he was named a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation “genius grant.” Lin also has vivid library memories, notably the children’s section of the Flushing branch of the Queens Borough Public Library in New York City, “this beautiful triangular building,” and a favorite chair that was high enough so that his feet barely touched the ground. Now a PhD student in English at the University of California, Davis makes frequent use of the campus library, “walking in with a stack of books to return and walking out with an equally tall stack of new books to read.” “Nearly all of my research happens through the library, and that’s really not an exaggeration,” he says. “Since I’m beginning work on my dissertation, I’ll only be spending yet more time in the library in months and years to come — and I could not be more excited about it.” 2022 Experience Meigs County Pomeroy Daily Sentinel and Meigs Chamber of Commerce OH-70270405 By Hillel Italie Contact Brenda or Sarah at 740-416-4661 740-444-1606 �COMICS 4 Tuesday, January 25, 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing Having A Yard Sale? BLONDIE By Dean Young and John Marshall BEETLE BAILEY By Mort, Greg and Brian Walker BABY BLUES PARDON MY PLANET By Vic Lee OH-70268477 Call your classified department to schedule your ad today! 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The Wahama boys basketball team defeated the Eastern Eagles on the road 64-32 Saturday evening. These two teams met once before in the season, a 56-36 win for the Red and White in Wahama Dec. 30. The beginning of Saturday’s game was low-scoring, but competitive, with four lead changes throughout the Colton Jeffries | OVP Sports first eight minutes. The Eagles (1-13) held Eastern freshman Connor Nolan (20) prepares to let a shot fly behind the arch during a basketball game against the Wahama White Falcons Saturday evening in Tuppers Plains, a slight 6-3 lead midway Ohio. through the first. However, the White Falcons (5-5) went on a 12-0 scoring run to close out the first quarter with a 15-6 lead. The road team extended that run to 21-0 before the Eagles were able to score again. The home team struggled with turnovers throughout the first half, which the White Falcons converted into points on the board. The Red and White got a majority of their points inside the paint, utilizing quick passes to find open slots. Heading into the second half up 33-14, the White Falcons kept the Eagles at a comfortable distance throughout the first quarter. The two squads trading points in the penultimate quarter, including both teams hitting a 3-pointer with under 10 seconds to go. Down 51-23 at the start of the fourth, the Green and Gold were unable to cover the remaining distance. In shot totals, the Red and White led in all avenues, edging the home team 3-2 in 3-pointers, 23-11 in field goals and 9-4 in free throws. Leading the White Falcons in points was sophomore Sawyer VanMatre, who recorded 10 field goals and two free throws for a total of 22 points. Behind him was junior See FALCONS | 6 Blue Devils avenge South Point, 48-39 By Bryan Walters bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com SOUTH POINT, Ohio — Proving themselves as a formidable foe. Despite losing junior center Isaac Clary to injury in the first quarter, the Gallia Academy boys basketball team found a way to notch its seventh straight victory on Friday night during a 48-39 victory over host South Point in an Ohio Valley Conference contest in Lawrence County. The visiting Blue Devils (10-3, 4-3 OVC) were able to get four points apiece from both Clary and Zane Loveday en route to an 11-8 first quarter advantage, but the Pointers got seven points from Caleb Schneider as part of a 17-15 second period push that cut the halftime deficit down to 26-25. Loveday and Brody Fellure each poured in four points in the third frame, but SPHS still mustered an 11-8 run and secured a 36-34 edge headed into the finale. South Point went without a field goal and netted only 3-of-5 free throws down the stretch, and GAHS got five points from Loveday during a 14-3 charge that ultimately led to the 9-point triumph. The Blue Devils also salvaged a season split after dropping a 58-53 decision in Centenary back on Dec. 14, 2021. GAHS outrebounded the hosts by a 38-18 overall margin, including a 13-2 edge on the offensive boards. The guests also committed 18 of the 27 turnovers in the contest. Gallia Academy went 19-of-43 from the field for 44 percent, including a 2-of-7 effort from behind the arc for 29 percent. The Blue and White also made 8-of-18 free throw attempts for 44 percent. Loveday led the Blue Devils with a double-double effort of 13 points and 12 rebounds, followed by Fellure with 10 points and Carson Call with eight markers. Kenyon Franklin and Wesley Saunders were next with six points each, while Clary added four points. Carson Wamsley completed the winning tally with one point. Schneider paced SPHS with a game-high 15 points, followed by Mason Kazee with nine points and Xander Dornon with six markers. Gallia Academy returns to action Tuesday when it travels to Fairland for an OVC contest at 7 p.m. The Blue Devils will also host Ironton on Wednesday in a makeup contest at 7 p.m. © 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Tuesday, Jan. 25 Boys Basketball River Valley at Point Pleasant, 7 p.m. Eastern at South Gallia, 7 p.m. Sherman at Wahama, 7 p.m. Meigs at Vinton County, 7 p.m. Gallia Academy at Fairland, 7 p.m. OVCS at Cross Lanes Christian, 7:30 Girls Basketball Calvary Christian at Hannan, 6:30 OVCS at Cross Lanes Christian, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26 Boys Basketball Ironton at Gallia Academy, 7:30 Girls Basketball Ironton at Gallia Academy, 6 p.m. Meigs at Point Pleasant, 7 p.m. Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Meigs senior Coulter Cleland (2) is fouled while releasing a shot attempt between a trio of River Valley defenders during the second half of Friday night’s boys basketball contest in Rocksprings, Ohio. Marauders outlast River Valley, 68-62 By Bryan Walters bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — The rust showed, but the Marauders worked through the kinks and eventually found their high gear. After 24 days in between games due to COVID bouts and inclement weather, the Meigs boys basketball team used a 25-19 run down the stretch to break a 43-all tie and claim a 68-62 victory over visiting River Valley on Friday night in a Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division matchup at Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium. The Marauders (7-4, 4-1 TVC Ohio) found themselves in a dog fight from the start, as the hosts never led in the second or third frames and also trailed by as many as nine points (43-34) with 3:36 left in the third. MHS, however, made a 7-0 run to close out the quarter as a Coulter Cleland and-1 play knotted things up at 43-all with 33 seconds remaining. The Raiders (2-11, 1-4) secured their final lead of the game with 4:59 left as a Jance Lambert trifecta gave the hosts a 52-51 edge, but Cleland converted two free throws 55 seconds later — and the Maroon and Gold ultimately never trailed again. Meigs ended up netting 15-of-21 free throw attempts down the stretch and led by as the field through the first three quarters — got a Kade Alderman basket at the 3:36 mark while capping a 10-6 run that provided RVHS with its largest lead of the night at 43-35. Free throws, turnovers and rebounds played large roles in the final outcome, and the Marauders were dominant in all of those areas. The hosts outrebounded the Raiders by a 36-22 overall margin, including a 19-3 edge on the offensive glass. MHS also committed only nine of the 25 turnovers in the contest. Meigs made 20-of-59 field goal attempts for 34 percent, including a 6-of-17 effort from behind the arc for 35 percent. The Marauders also went 22-of-33 at the foul line for 67 percent. River Valley senior Mason Rhodes, left, is swarmed by Meigs Coulter Cleland led defender Brody Butcher during the second half of Friday night’s MHS with a double-douboys basketball contest in Rocksprings, Ohio. ble effort of 24 points and establishing a 19-15 cush- 12 rebounds, followed by much as 66-59 with 12 seconds left in regulation. ion through eight minutes Brayden Stanley with 21 points and Braylon Harriof play. RVHS closed the game son with nine markers. RVHS — which made with a small 3-2 run to Ethan Stewart was next 6-of-9 trifecta attempts wrap up the 6-point outwith eight points, while in the first half — built come. Brody Butcher and Grifits lead out to as much The Marauders also fin Cleland respectively as 27-19 after a Lambert claimed a season sweep chipped in three and two of River Valley after earn- basket with 4:36 to go points. Morgan Roberts until halftime. ing a 72-40 decision in completed the winning Cleland capped a 9-3 Bidwell back on Dec. 10, tally with one point. run with a basket that 2021. The Raiders netted trimmed the deficit down There were eight ties 23-of-47 shot attempts and a dozen lead changes to 30-28, but Lambert for 49 percent, including ended the half with a in the contest, with four 3-pointer and allowed the a 10-of-21 performance and seven of those comfrom 3-point territory for guests to take a 33-28 ing respectively in the 48 percent. The guests opening canto. The Raid- lead into the intermisalso sank 6-of-7 charity sion. ers were the only team The Silver and Black — to hold a lead bigger See MARAUDERS | 6 than one possession after who went 18-of-33 from �SPORTS/WEATHER 6 Tuesday, January 25, 2022 Black Knights fall to Bison, 70-58 Lady Lancers slip past Southern By Bryan Walters bwalters@aimmediamidwest. com STEWART, Ohio — A day that everyone could be happy about … somewhat. Host Federal Hocking notched its first win of the season, but senior Kayla Evans became the fifth member of the Southern girls basketball program to reach 1,000 points in a career Saturday during a 53-37 setback in a Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division matchup in Athens County. Evans — who reached quadruple digits with a field goal in the fourth quarter — joined the likes of Faith Teaford, Melanie Weese, Amy Littlefield Wolfe and Renee Turley in a rather elusive club at SHS. Evans — a 4-year starting guard — poured in a game-high 14 points and reached the historic feat with her final points of the game. Evans made three baskets — including two trifectas — and also went 6-of-9 at the free throw line by night’s end. The Lady Tornadoes (3-13, 0-9 TVC Hocking) found themselves in an early 17-4 hole after one quarter of play, with the Lady Lancers (1-8, 1-5) getting 10 points from Alexis Smith in that opening frame. Both teams traded By Colton Jeffries cjeffries@aimmediamidwest.com POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — The Point Pleasant boys basketball team suffered a 70-58 home loss to the Buffalo Bison Friday evening. The Black Knights (4-7) struggled to get their shots to land in the opening minutes, while the Bison (4-7) came out red hot. The visitors scored on all but one of their possessions in the first three minutes, eventually extending their lead to 14 points. The Black and Red started getting their shots to fall as the first quarter came to a close, but down 21-11, they had their work cut out for them heading into the second. The home team got a great deal of that done in the first two minutes of the second, scoring point after point until they cut the Buffalo lead to two points. However, the Bison took back control of the game as the first half came to an end, going on a scoring run to extend their lead back to 10 points, heading into halftime with a 40-30 advantage. The Bison kept their momentum going into 13 points apiece in the second stanza en route to a 30-17 halftime score, then FHHS went on a 13-9 run in the third frame for a 43-26 cushion headed into the finale. Evans scored four points down the stretch as Southern closed regulation with an 11-10 run to complete the 14-point outcome. The Lady Tornadoes made 10 total field goals — including two 3-pointers — and also went 15-of-23 at the free throw line for 65 percent. Timberlyn Templeton followed Evans with nine points, while Kelly Shaver and Kassidy Chaney respectively added five and four markers. Cassidy Roderus and Michelle Adkins completed the SHS scoring with three and two points. Smith led Federal Hocking with 13 points and Brennah Jarvis was next with 12 points. Reagan Jeffers and Larissa McDaniel also provided nine markers each in the triumph. The Lady Tornadoes hosted Waterford on Monday and return to action Thursday when they travel to Belpre for a TVC Hocking matchup at 7 p.m. © 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Falcons From page 5 Harrison Panko-Shields, who had five field goals and two free throws for 12 points. Rounding out the Wahama scoring were Josiah Lloyd with 10 points, Bryce Zuspan with seven points, Michael VanMatre with four points, Ethan Gray with three points, Alex Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. Marauders added 14 markers to go along with a team-high seven caroms. Ethan Schultz completed the From page 5 scoring with five points. © 2022 Ohio Valley tosses for 86 percent. Publishing, all rights Lambert paced the guests with a game-high reserved. 26 points, followed by Mason Rhodes with 17 Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. points and Alderman TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 31° 19° AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™ Temperature The AccuWeather.com Asthma Index combines the effects of current air quality, pollen counts, wind, temperature, dew point, barometric pressure, and changes from past weather conditions to provide a scale showing the overall probability and severity of an asthma attack. 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Mon. Trace Month to date/normal 4.78/2.39 Year to date/normal 4.78/2.39 Snowfall (in inches) The AccuWeather.com Cold Index combines the effects of local weather with a number of demographic factors to provide a scale showing the overall probability of transmission and symptom severity of the common cold. 3 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Mon. Trace Month to date/normal 13.8/4.4 Season to date/normal 13.8/7.8 WEATHER TRIVIA™ SUN & MOON Q: Where is the snowiest region in the world? Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Wed. 7:40 a.m. 5:43 p.m. 1:52 a.m. 12:23 p.m. MOON PHASES Last Jan 25 New Feb 1 First Feb 8 Full Feb 16 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for fish and game. Today Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Major 5:19a 6:08a 6:59a 7:53a 8:50a 9:48a 10:47a Minor 11:31a 12:21p 12:45a 1:38a 2:33a 3:32a 4:32a Major 5:43p 6:35p 7:28p 8:24p 9:22p 10:20p 11:18p Minor 11:56p ---1:14p 2:09p 3:06p 4:04p 5:03p WEATHER HISTORY On Jan. 25, 1821, thousands crossed the Hudson River from New York City to Hoboken, N.J., on ice that formed when the temperature dropped to 14 degrees below zero that morning. 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme A: The mountain ranges of western North America. Today 7:40 a.m. 5:42 p.m. 12:41 a.m. 11:51 a.m. Leading the Bison was Caleb Nutter, who recorded one 3-pointer, 10 field goals and one free throw for a total of 24 points. Rebound leaders were Derenberger and Barton for the Black and Red with four each, while Nutter lead Buffalo with nine. The Black Knights will be back on the court at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday when they host the River Valley Raiders. © 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. Hardwick with two points, Hayden Lloyd with two points and Eli Rickard with two points. Leading the Eagles was junior Trey Hill, who notched one 3-pointer, one field goal and two free throws for a total of seven points. Rounding out the Eastern scoring were Bryce Newland with four points, Gavin Riggins with four points, Brady Rockhold with three points, Isaiah Reed with two points, Ethan Short with two points, Jace Bullington with two points, Brayden O’Brien with two points, Cooper Barnett with two points, Rohwan Gilmore with two points and Connor Nolan with two points. In rebounds, the Red and White had five offensive and 20 defensive for a total of 25 and were led by Gray with eight. The Green and Gold had 15 offensive boards and 15 defensive for a total of 30, led by Riggins with 11. The White Falcons will be back on the court at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday when they host the Sherman Tide. The Eagles will be back in action at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday when they travel to face the South Gallia Rebels. © 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing, all rights reserved. THURSDAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. AIR QUALITY Adelphi 26/5 0 50 100 150 200 300 Air Quality Index: 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very unhealthy; 301-500, Hazardous. Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services OHIO RIVER Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. Mon. Location Willow Island Marietta Parkersburg Belleville Racine Point Pleasant Gallipolis Huntington Ashland Lloyd Greenup Portsmouth Maysville Meldahl Dam Level 12.98 16.77 21.65 12.90 13.13 25.10 12.89 26.63 34.75 12.59 19.40 34.20 20.00 24-hr. Chg. +0.21 -0.01 +0.01 +0.12 -0.20 -0.14 -9.14 -0.27 -0.10 -0.13 -1.40 -0.30 -2.30 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022 SATURDAY 33° 14° Waverly 28/8 Lucasville 29/11 Portsmouth 30/13 41° 26° Partly sunny and not as cold Mainly cloudy NATIONAL CITIES Marietta 27/7 Belpre 28/8 St. Marys 29/8 Parkersburg 27/9 Coolville 28/7 Elizabeth 30/10 Spencer 30/12 Buffalo 31/14 Ironton 30/15 Milton 31/15 Clendenin 33/16 St. Albans 33/17 Huntington 31/14 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s 100s 90s Seattle 45/33 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s San Francisco 57/44 10s 0s -0s -10s Los Angeles 69/50 T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front MONDAY 33° 22° Low clouds may break; very cold Wilkesville 28/8 POMEROY Jackson 29/10 29/9 Ravenswood Rio Grande 30/11 30/11 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 25/5 GALLIPOLIS 31/12 31/12 30/12 Ashland 30/15 Grayson 31/14 Colton Jeffries can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. SUNDAY 23° 11° Murray City 26/6 Athens 28/7 McArthur 27/6 500 Primary pollutant: Particulates Flood Stage 37 34 36 35 41 40 50 50 52 54 50 50 51 Chillicothe 27/7 South Shore Greenup 30/15 29/12 52 FRIDAY 37° 27° Logan 26/5 Colton Jeffries can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. What’s your take on today’s news? Visit us on social media to share your thoughts. Very cold with clouds Not as cold with A little morning snow; and sun increasing cloudiness cloudy, chilly 0 AccuWeather.com Cold Index™ (in inches) WEDNESDAY Chilly today; morning flurries. Bitterly cold tonight. High 31° / Low 12° HEALTH TODAY Precipitation the Black Knights as the final buzzer rang. Leading the Black Knights in points was senior Zach McDaniel, who recorded five 3-pointers for a total of 15 points. Behind him was junior Eric Chapman, who had one 3-pointer, five field goals and one free throw for 14 points. Rounding out the Point Pleasant scoring were Zach Beckett with 11 points, Grant Barton with eight points, Peyton Murphy with eight points and Luke Derenberger with two points. 24° 8° Statistics through 3 p.m. Mon. 38°/19° 43°/26° 77° in 1943 -15° in 1963 the second half with a 6-2 run. Midway through the third quarter, the Black Knights slowly started climbing their way back up on the scoreboard, managing to cut the Blue and Gold lead to 54-47 heading into the final quarter. It was back-and-forth to start the fourth. While the home team looked like they were on the verge of a comeback on multiple occasions, the Bison always answered back with a scoring run of their own. This ultimately doomed EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM ALMANAC High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low Colton Jeffries | OVP Sports Point Pleasant junior Eric Chapman (33) shoots his shot behind the arch during a basketball game against the Buffalo Bison Friday evening in Point Pleasant, W.Va. 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Wade entirely, the decision on whether SALT LAKE CITY — to keep abortion legal would fall to the states. It didn’t take long for More than 20 states abortion to re-emerge as already have laws on the a flashpoint in state legbooks to ban or dramatiislatures. Less than a month into cally restrict abortion if Roe v. Wade is overthe 2022 legislative sesturned. As legislative sions, battles over the future of abortion already sessions begin, several are setting up around the are considering new U.S. Republican lawmak- bans. “This could be a really, ers are proposing new really dramatic year in restrictions modeled terms of people’s ability after laws in Texas and to access abortion care Mississippi that present a direct challenge to the and to decide if, when and how they become landmark Roe v. Wade a parent,” said Kristin decision, while some Democratic-led states are Ford, vice-president of communications and working to preserve or outreach at NARAL Proexpand access. Choice America, a proThe activity in state abortion rights group. legislatures was antici“At this time next year, pated after the U.S. Supreme Court, with its we could be looking at a scenario in which more conservative majority, than half of the country signaled it was ready to make seismic changes to has lost access to abortion … It will have consethe nationwide right to quences for everyone.” abortion that has stood Against that backdrop, for nearly half a century. Associated Press (740) 446-2342 or fax to (740) 446-3008 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN Legals LEGAL Public notice: The financial statement of the O. O. McIntyre Park District for the year ending December 31, 2021, has been filed with the Auditor of the State, as of January 20, 2022. The reports are available for public inspection at the office of O. O. McIntyre Park District, 18 Locust Street, County Courthouse, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 between the hours of 9:00 & 3:00 Monday through Friday. Please call 740-446-4612 Ext. 1254. 1/25/22 Even so, she said abortion opponents have gained the upper hand throughout the U.S. “Life is winning … and the abortion industry is losing,” Arnall said. Other Democraticleaning states are not yet copying California, though New Jersey recently became the 15th state to protect the right to abortion in state law, according to the Guttmacher Institute, an abortion rights think tank. Vermont could move toward enshrining “reproductive autonomy” in its constitution this year. In Michigan, abortion-rights groups are seeking an amendment enshrining the right to abortion in the state constitution. Meanwhile, at least seven states could follow Texas, which has already effectively banned abortions after six weeks with a law strategically written to avoid a fed- (740) 992-2155 or fax to (740) 992-2157 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN Legals LEGALS California lawmakers will consider plans this year to become a “sanctuary” for those seeking reproductive care. That could include paying for travel, lodging and procedures for people coming from other states. “We are confronting an all-out assault on reproductive freedom in America. There are powerful forces working tirelessly to drag us backwards. But here in California, we are not going back,” said Assemblywoman Cottie PetrieNorris, as state lawmakers proposed eight bills on Thursday. “We will continue to fight for reproductive freedom.” Susan Arnall, director of outreach for the antiabortion Right to Life League, said other Democratic-led states are likely to follow California’s lead. Her organization is fighting the legislation introduced in the nation’s most populous state. Sutton Township, in accordance with ORC Section 117.38, has just completed the filing of the annual financial report with the Auditor of State's Office and the report is now available for inspection at the office of the Fiscal Officer, 405 Main Street, Racine, Ohio 45771 by appointment by calling (740)949-1550. The report will also be available at the monthly meeting of Sutton Township Trustees to be held on Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. at Racine Village Hall, Council Chambers. 1/25/22 eral court challenge. The Supreme Court has allowed the law to remain in effect, even though it appears to contradict the Roe decision. Similar proposals have been introduced in Ohio, Alabama, Oklahoma, Missouri, Florida and Arizona. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a possible 2024 presidential contender, released a proposal on Friday modeled after the Texas law. She said it would “ensure that both unborn children and their mothers are protected in South Dakota.” Other states that already have six-week bans on the books also could amend those measures to look more like the Texas law so they can take effect, said Katie Glenn, government affairs counsel at Americans United for Life, an anti-abortion group. The Texas law is unusual because it allows private citizens to file civil lawsuits against anyone who helps someone else get an abortion after six weeks. It has made legal challenges difficult because the government is not involved in enforcement. More than a dozen states have passed abortion bans after six weeks but have seen those efforts blocked by the courts. That has made the Texas model more attractive to conservative lawmakers. Meanwhile, at least three Republican-led states — Arizona, Florida and West Virginia — are weighing bans on the procedure after 15 weeks, similar to the Mississippi law that the Supreme Court appeared to view favorably during arguments in December. Under Roe, abortions are legal until the point a fetus can survive outside the womb, which is usually around 24 weeks. (304) 675-1333 or fax to (304) 675-5234 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN The Area Agency on Aging District 7 announces Regular Board of Trustees meeting dates in 2022: February 16, April 20, June 15, August 26 (Friday), October 19 and December 21. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Board Meetings will not be held in person until further notice. 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Courthouse, Ste. 301, 100 East Second St., Pomeroy, OH 45769 for the purpose of vacating a portion of T-85 Lake Wood Rd. in Chester Township, as described below: Beginning at Mile 1.845 (jct.T-220 rt.); thence northwesterly approximately 0.452 mile to Mile 2.297 (jct. C-82). 1/25/22,2/1/22 Miscellaneous 0ROOHWW +DXOLQ -XQN 5HPRYDO DQG GXPS KDXOV FDOO ������������ OH-70269207 0RUJDQ 7RZQVKLS PRQWKO\ PHHWLQJV VWDUWLQJ )HEUXDU\ ��� ���� ZLOO EH KHOG DW WKH QHZ EXLOGLQJ ORFDWHG ���� 8S&UHHN 5RDG� ������� �NEWS 8 Tuesday, January 25, 2022 Daily Sentinel Opponents of Ohio legislative maps must object by today By Julie Carr Smyth that could affect voter access in the 2024 presidential election. Republicans have at COLUMBUS, Ohio points defended retain— Voting-rights and ing their strong majoriDemocratic groups displeased with Ohio’s ties based on Ohio’s evolving politics. They latest round of legislative district maps have argue that averaging until today (Jan. 25) to races from the past decade doesn’t properly object. reflect Ohio’s undoing Advocacy groups as a political bellwether and Democrats voiced and its recent strong strong opposition tack to the right. Ohioto the newly drawn ans twice supported boundaries, which the Republican Donald Ohio Redistricting Commission approved Trump — in 2016, the year he won; and 2020, along party lines Satthe year he lost — by urday in the face of a more than 8 percentage court-set deadline, as points. yet another partisan Justices invalidated gerrymander. Repubearlier legislative maps licans defended the district lines crafted by approved by the comtheir mapmakers as the mission in September only ones to fully meet as unconstitutionthe Ohio Constitution. ally gerrymandered to unduly benefit one The stakes are high for three so-far-success- party over the other. ful constitutional chal- They gave the sevenlenges before the Ohio member panel, comprised of five RepubSupreme Court. The licans and two Democourt’s ultimate decicrats, 10 days to submit sion could affect the a new plan. make-up of the Ohio But commissioners House and Ohio Senate — including the goverfor the next 10 years. nor, secretary of state, Both chambers currently hold Republican auditor and four state legislators — failed to supermajorities that come to an agreement have supported GOP on a bipartisan compropriorities such as mise. expanding access to Though some comguns, restricting abormon ground was found tions and prohibiting in private negotiations, racism instruction in ultimately Republicans schools. Voter advopeppered Democrats’ cates argue such polimap-making consultant cies are more extreme with hours of adversarithan the state’s 54% Republican-46% Demo- al questioning at Saturcratic voter mix would day’s hearing and then approved their own support, if citizens plan. They appeared to were properly repreignore a map that parsented at the Stateties in winning lawsuits house. submitted and declared A rewrite of Ohio’s election laws is also on constitutionally compliant. tap for later this year Associated Press virus Monday. The record is 1,012 set on Sept. 24. (OVP Editor’s Note: From page 1 According to the West Virginia Department at the Northern of Homeland Security Regional Jail in Marnews release, Jividen shall County died last further stated to DCR February. employees, “Our deepThere were 559 active cases of the virus est and most heartfelt among inmates and res- condolences go out to Cpl. Tomlin from idents of correctional everyone in the DCR facilities as of Friday at this most sorrowful along with 190 cases time. Please keep Paula involving corrections and Tim, their family officers, according to members, and loved state health figures. ones in your thoughts Confirmed coronaand prayers. Special virus cases in West Virginia have surpassed prayers also for the friends and co-workers 22,000 in each of the of Paula and Tim at past two weeks, the Lakin, and throughout two highest on record the DCR, as we mourn during the pandemic. There were 976 people Paula’s loss and honor her service.”) hospitalized for the Officer Primary From page 1 Early, in-person voting will begin on April 5 and continue through May 2, including one Saturday on April 30. All early voting will take place at the board of elections. The hour each day will be posted Lavender From page 1 child support, children services, adult protective services, childcare, early intervention workforce develop- on the board’s website. Voting on election day will be at specific poling locations throughout the county. More specifics on candidates and levies once they are certified by the Board. Kayla (Hawthorne) Dunham is a staff writer for Ohio Valley Publishing. Reach her at (304) 675-1333, ext. 1992. ment, and public transportation. “Good things are coming to the county and I’m glad to be a part of it,” she stated. Kayla (Hawthorne) Dunham is a staff writer for Ohio Valley Publishing. Reach her at (304) 675-1333, ext. 1992. Frontier Group of Companies | Courtesy Pictured is Boiler #5 prior to demolition. Braden Hawley | Courtesy Boiler #5 prior comes down during Saturday’s demolition. Sporn ture to attract companies specializing in value-added steel, energy, material handling, and transporFrom page 1 tation logistics, further stated the news release. “During its operation, Nucor Corporation Unit No. 5, the first of recently announced plans the boilers dropped this to build a state-of-themorning, generated 450,000 kilowatts of elec- art sheet mill in Mason tricity and was the largest County. The new facilof the units at the former ity is expected to cost approximately $2.7 billion Sporn Power Plant,” and have the capacity stated Saturday’s news to produce three million release. “The other four tons of steel annually. units generated 145,000 When fully operational, kilowatts each.” Frontier Group of Com- as expected in 2024, the panies purchased the site new mill is projected to employ approximately in 2019. “Since we acquired the 800 full-time workers. “The New Haven former power plant, we have invested significant Industrial Park (name of the former Sporn Power resources into reposiPlant site) is a trementioning this 280-acre dous asset to Mason brownfield site includCounty and the state,” ing preparing a plan to transform this brownfield said John Musgrave, executive director of the into a modern industrial park,” said David Franjo- Mason County Developine, CEO for the Frontier ment Authority. “We have a great relationship with Group of Companies. Franjoine added that in the Frontier Group and look forward to working addition to being ideally situated near the recently with them to bring companies to their site and announced Nucor plant, this site has the necessary the other major industrial sites in Mason County.” utilities and infrastruc- Pat Ford, director of Business Development for the Frontier Group of Companies, said there were multiple factors that made this site attractive to Frontier. “The most important factor was the potential to attract multiple industries in steel, energy, and transportation logistics to our site once it is repurposed,” Ford said. “We are confident the site’s unique attributes, including its location on the Ohio River and existing infrastructure, will attract investment from multiple types of industries.” Mason County Commissioner Rick Handley reflected on how the power plant was an economic boom for Mason County when it was operating. When the plant shut down, Mason County reportedly lost 350 family-sustaining jobs and $429,000 in annual tax revenue, stated the news release. “However, as the Frontier Group advances its demolition and site preparation work, after the recent announcement of Nucor building their new sheet mill in Mason County, we are excited about the tremendous opportunities for spinoff development and the economic benefits that will come with new development on Frontier’s site,” said Handley. About FGC Founded in 2001, the Frontier Group of Companies brings together strategically aligned businesses with expertise and capabilities in the area of large-scale industrial and commercial facility reuse, repurposing and redevelopment. The companies of the Frontier Group include industry leading operations for industrial demolition, industrial dismantling, asset recovery, equipment repurposing, industrial clean-up, site remediation, brownfield redevelopment, facility acquisition, real estate development, energy exploration, energy production, and materials recycling. Cases Additional county case data since vaccinations began Dec. 14, 2020: Total cases since start of vaccinations: 4,411 (234 new); Total cases among individuals who were not reported as fully vaccinated — 3,927 (184 new); Total breakthrough cases among fully vaccinated — 484 (50 new); Total deaths among not fully vaccinated individuals — 61; Total breakthrough deaths among fully vaccinated individuals — 4. A total of 11,848 people in Mason County have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, which is 44.7 percent of the population, according to DHHR, with 9,934 fully vaccinated or 37.5 percent of the population. Mason County is currently red on the West Virginia County Alert System. There have been 25 confirmed cases of the Delta variant in Mason County. There is one confirmed case of the Omicron variant reported in Mason County. As of Jan. 19, ODH reports the following breakthrough information: COVID-19 Deaths among individuals not reported as fully vaccinated — 16,820; COVID-19 Deaths among fully vaccinated individuals — 804; COVID-19 Hospitalizations since Jan. 1, 2021 among individuals not reported as fully vaccinated — 55,481; COVID-19 Hospitalizations since Jan. 1, 2021 among individuals reported as fully vaccinated — 3,372. 40-49 — 588 cases (16 new), 18 hospitalizations, 2 deaths 50-59 — 541 cases (13 From page 1 new), 32 hospitalizations, new) in Gallia County 9 deaths since the beginning of 60-69 — 486 cases (9 the pandemic, 361 hospi- new), 53 hospitalizations talizations (10 new) and (1 new), 11 deaths 91 deaths. Of the 6,388 70-79 — 308 cases (1 cases, 5,159 (76 new) are new), 50 hospitalizations presumed recovered. (1 new), 27 deaths Case data is as follows: 80-plus — 184 cases (3 0-19 — 1,253 cases (23 new), 29 hospitalizations new), 11 hospitalizations (1 new), 22 deaths 20-29 —1,052 cases Vaccination rates in (22 new), 20 hospitaliza- Meigs County are as foltions, 1 death lows, according to ODH: 30-39 — 941 cases (28 Vaccines started: new), 18 hospitalizations 10,397 (45.39 percent of (1 new), 1 death the population); 40-49 — 958 cases (27 Vaccines completed: new), 34 hospitalizations, 9,407 (41.07 percent of 7 deaths the population). 50-59 — 822 cases (8 new), 59 hospitalizations Mason County (1 new), 12 deaths According to the 10 60-69 — 677 cases (11 a.m. update on Friday new), 65 hospitalizations from DHHR, there have (4 new), 12 deaths been 5,275 cases (245 70-79 — 421 cases (6 new) of COVID-19, in new), 92 hospitalizations Mason County (4,877 (3 new), 21 deaths confirmed cases, 398 80-plus — 264 cases (4 probable cases) since new), 62 hospitalizations the beginning of the (1 new), 35 deaths pandemic and 76 deaths. Vaccination rates in DHHR reports there are Gallia County are as folcurrently 302 active cases lows, according to ODH: and 4,801 recovered cases Vaccines started: in Mason County. 13,736 (45.93 percent of (Editor’s note: Case the population); data includes both conVaccines completed: firmed and probable 12,541 (41.95 percent of cases.) the population). Case data is as follows: 0-4 — 105 cases (4 new) Meigs County 5-11 — 266 cases (6 According to the 2 new) p.m. update from ODH 12-15 — 294 cases (8 on Monday, there have been 4,009 total cases (85 new) 16-20 — 406 cases (43 new) in Meigs County new) since the beginning of 21-25 — 431 cases (19 the pandemic, 209 hospinew) talizations (3 new) and 26-30 — 472 cases (31 74 deaths. Of the 4,009 cases, 3,292 (39 new) are new) 31-40 — 845 cases (57 presumed recovered. Case data is as follows: new), 2 deaths 41-50 — 796 cases (48 0-19 — 791 cases (17 new), 3 deaths new), 6 hospitalizations 51-60 — 684 cases (26 20-29 — 580 cases (11 new), 5 hospitalizations, new), 11 deaths 61-70 — 524 cases (31 1 death 30-39 — 531 cases (15 new), 13 deaths 71+ — 452 cases (6 new), 15 hospitalizations, new), 47 deaths 1 death West Virginia According to the 10 a.m. update on Monday from DHHR, there have been 422,265 total cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with 3,378 reported since DHHR’s update last update. DHHR reports 58,515 “breakthrough” cases as of Monday with 503 total breakthrough deaths statewide (counts include cases after the start of COVID-19 vaccination/ Dec. 14, 2020). There have been a total of 5,645 deaths due to COVID19 since the start of the Ohio According to the 2 p.m. pandemic, with 36 since the last update. There are update on Monday from 21,417 currently active ODH, there have been 9,774 cases in the past 24 cases in the state, with hours (21-day average of a daily positivity rate of 25.42 and a cumulative 21,109), 300 new hospipositivity rate of 7.76 talizations (21-day averpercent. age of 385), 26 new ICU Statewide, 1,100,777 admissions (21-day averWest Virginia residents age of 34) and zero new deaths in the previous 24 have received at least one hours (21-day average of dose of the COVID-19 (61.4 percent of the popu121) with 31,987 total reported deaths. (Editor’s lation). A total of 52.9 Note: Deaths are reported percent of the population, 947,220 individuals have two days per week.) been fully vaccinated. Vaccination rates in © 2022 Ohio Valley Ohio are as follows, Publishing, all rights according to ODH: reserved. 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