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High 61° / Low 39° Today’s weather forecast Tornadoes rip South Gallia WEATHER s 3 SPORTS s 6 C_ZZb[fehj��Fec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 83, Volume 76 Eastern Board of Education approves agenda items Thursday, April 28, 2022 s 50¢ McCarthy defends 1/6 audio House GOP backs ‘next speaker’ By Lisa Mascaro AP Congressional Correspondent Contracts, personnel dicsussed Staff Report REEDSVILLE — The Eastern Local Board of Education met last week to approve personnel and agenda items. The following pupil activity and supplemental contracts were approved for the 2021-22 school year pending proper certiﬁcation: Supplemental Contracts: Fall 2022: Katherine Ihling, Color Guard Coach; Pupil Activity Contracts: Fall 2022: Matt Simpson, 7th Grade Girls Basketball; Tim Simpson, 8th Grade Girls Basketball. The board approved the non-renewal of all supplemental contracts for the 2021-22 school year effective at the end of the school year in accordance with Article 13.03 of the Master Agreement between the Eastern Local Education Association and the Eastern Local Board of Education. Chanda Forbes was hired as a Certiﬁed Substitute Teacher for the 2021-22 school year, pending proper certiﬁcation. Alisha Flynn was hired as a Substitute Aide for the 2021-22 school year, pending proper certiﬁcation. The resignation of Dezere Martin, Sixth Grade ELA Teacher, was accepted, effective August 5. The resignation of Jacob Duty, High School Math Teacher, was accepted, effective August 1. The board approved the following as summer school teachers for the 2021-22 school year. Teachers will be used on an as needed basis determined by the building principals and will be paid per hours worked: High School: Michael Scyoc, Social Studies; Tyler Brothers, Math; Carly Hayes, English; Raymond Houska, Intervention. Elementary: Ruthie Hopkins, Angie Weeks, Debbie Barber, Shandi Sargent, Jessica Anderson, and Renee Whitley. The board adopted the 2022-23 school year calendar as voted on by the ELEA staff and recommended by the superintendent. An agreement with the Ohio Auditor of State, Local Government Services, was approved to compile the annual GAAP ﬁnancial statements for ﬁscal year ending June 30 in an amount not to exceed $17,420.00. The board approved the discussion/second reading to be held/ provided on the following Board of Education new/updated/revised/ deleted by laws/ policies/forms/administrative guidelines, as recommended by NEOLA. The board approved the tentative list of senior students for graduation on May 22, 2022, pending completion of all graduation requirements. A purchase service agreement was approved with Rea & Associates for ﬁscal years 2021, 2022, and 2023. Company will provide the district with agreed upon audit and cost report services for the Medicaid School Program at a cost of $2,700.00 per year. The board approved to participate in the Jefferson Health Plan for the period of July 1 through June 30, 2023 to provide group medical and prescription coverage. Renewal rate for existing plans reﬂect a 0% increase over existing premium cost. The next regular meeting of the Eastern Local Board of Education is set for Thursday, May 19, at 6:30 p.m. in the elementary library conference room. WASHINGTON — House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy told colleagues Wednesday he never asked then-President Donald Trump to resign over the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol as he defended private conversations around the siege that have spilled into the open and jeopar- J. Scott Applewhite | AP file House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., shown talking to reporters earlier this month at the Capitol. is downplaying secretly recorded remarks he made about Donald Trump shortly after last year’s attack on the Capitol. He also says he never told the thenpresident that he should resign — something that has not been reported. dized his leadership. It was the ﬁrst time McCarthy, who is in line to become House speaker File Photo 2022 Passport Challenge: Photo scavenger hunt RIO GRANDE — The Gallia County Convention and Visitors Bureau’s summer program will take place beginning May 2 through Aug. 5. This will be the seventh year of the bureau’s annual program, previously known as the Passport Challenge. For summer 2022, the bureau is hosting the Bob Evans Farm Photo Scavenger Hunt. The goal is to locate the ten selected farm landmarks by exploring the Bob Evans Farm and snap a photo of each landmark. Participants can also visit the bureau ofﬁce to receive a fun prize once they have found all ten landmarks. Anyone who completes the program will also be entered to win our grand prize which will be drawn after Aug. 5. The Photo Scavenger Hunt is perfect for families wanting to get out of the house to enjoy the outdoors or even aspiring photographers looking for a little practice. This year’s grand prize is an iPad sponsored by Holzer Health System. Participants will also be entered to win a Gallipolis-opoly board game. “Each year we work hard to create a fun interactive program that will highlight some of the interesting aspects of Gallia County. We wanted to focus speciﬁcally on Bob Evans Farm as it has such a rich history and is important to Gallia County tourism.”, said Kaitlynn Halley, 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. Bureau Assistant Director. Halley shared that the Photo Scavenger Hunt is free and open to all Gallia County residents and visitors. To participate, simply download the scavenger hunt at www. visigallia.com or stop by the bureau ofﬁce. For questions about the program contact the bureau at 1-800-765-6482 or info@visitgallia.com. Submitted by Gallia County Convention and Visitors Bureau. Russia cuts off natural gas to two NATO nations Associated Press (USPS 145-966) See AUDIO | 10 Pictured here is a barn at the Bob Evans Farm in Rio Grande. By Yesica Fisch, Jon Gambrell and Vanessa Gera AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC if Republicans win control in the fall midterm election, addressed his colleagues face-to-face as he works to stem the fallout from his criticisms of Trump and far-right members of their party. He received a standing ovation. One Republican in the room said the meeting was “cathartic” for lawmakers. Another voiced conﬁdence that McCarthy would be the “next speaker.” “He’s got the support of the conference and then some,” Rep. Dan Meuser, POKROVSK, Ukraine — Russia cut off natural gas to NATO members Poland and Bulgaria on Wednesday and threatened to do the same to other countries, using its most essential export in what was seen as an effort to punish and divide the West over its support for Ukraine. The move, condemned by European leaders as “blackmail,” marked a dramatic escalation in the economic war of sanctions and countersanctions that has unfolded in Max Pshybyshevsky | AP Men carry portraits of from right, Valerya Glodan, 28, and her mother Lyudmila Yavkina, 54, killed in their apartment by shelling with 3-month-old infant Kira Glodan, during a funeral ceremony at the Transfiguration Cathedral in Odessa, Ukraine, on Wednesday. According Ukrainian officials five people were killed and 18 injured in a missile attack in the Black Sea port city on Saturday. parallel to the ﬁghting on the battleﬁeld. The tactic, coming a day after the U.S. and other Western allies vowed to rush more and heavier weapons to Ukraine, could eventually force targeted nations to ration gas and could deal another blow to economies suffering from rising prices. At the same time, it could deprive Russia of badly needed income to fund its war effort. Poland has been a major gateway for the delivery of weapons to Ukraine and conﬁrmed this week that it is sending the country tanks. Just hours before Russia’s state energy giant Gazprom acted, Poland announced a new set of sanctions against the company and other See RUSSIA | 10 �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Thursday, April 28, 2022 Ohio Valley Publishing GALLIA, MEIGS COMMUNITY BRIEFS DEATH NOTICE O’CONNOR GALLIPOLIS — Shirley O’Connor, 66, of Gallipolis, died on Monday, April 25, 2022 at Holzer Medical Center. Arrangements will be announced later by Willis Funeral Home. TODAY IN HISTORY who responded with senseless violence and a society that would only “feign concern” without addressing the root Today’s highlight in history causes. On April 28, 1994, former CIA ofﬁcial Five years ago: Aldrich Ames, who had President Donald passed U.S. secrets to Trump reafﬁrmed the Soviet Union and his support for gun then Russia, pleaded rights, telling attendguilty to espionage and ees of a National Riﬂe tax evasion, and was Association convensentenced to life in pris- tion in Atlanta that on without parole. “the eight-year assault on your Second Amendment freedoms On this date has come to a crashing In 1788, Maryland end.” became the seventh state to ratify the Constitution of the One year ago: United States. In his ﬁrst address In 1945, Italian dicta- to Congress, President tor Benito Mussolini Joe Biden called for and his mistress, Clara an expansion of fedPetacci, were executed eral programs to drive by Italian partisans as the economy past the they attempted to ﬂee pandemic and broadly the country. extend the social safety In 1947, a six-man net on a scale not seen expedition set out from in decades. Federal Peru aboard a balsa agents raided the New wood raft named the York home and ofﬁce Kon-Tiki on a 101-day of Rudy Giuliani, forjourney across the mer President Donald Paciﬁc Ocean to the Trump’s personal Polynesian Islands. lawyer; they seized In 1952, war with computers and cellJapan ofﬁcially ended phones. The Justice as a treaty signed in Department brought San Francisco the year federal hate crimes before took effect. Gen. charges in the death Dwight D. Eisenhower of Ahmaud Arbery, a resigned as Supreme Black man who was Allied commander in pursued and then killed Europe; he was succeed- by white men who spoted by Gen. Matthew B. ted him running in their Ridgway. Georgia neighborhood. In 1965, President (Three white men were Lyndon B. Johnson found guilty of federal ordered U.S. Marines to hate crimes after being the Dominican Republic convicted of murder to protect American citi- and sentenced to life zens and interests in the in prison in Arbery’s face of a civil war. shooting death.) Apollo In 1980, President 11 astronaut Michael Jimmy Carter accepted Collins, who orbited the the resignation of moon alone while Neil Secretary of State Armstrong and Buzz Cyrus R. Vance, who Aldrin made their ﬁrst had opposed the failed steps on the lunar surrescue mission aimed face, died of cancer in at freeing American Florida; he was 90. hostages in Iran. (Vance was succeeded by Today’s birthdays: Edmund Muskie.) Former Secretary of In 1986, the Soviet State James A. Baker Union informed the III is 92. Actor-singer world of the nuclear Ann-Margret is 81. disaster at Chernobyl. Actor Paul Guilfoyle is In 2001, a Russian 73. Former “Tonight rocket lifted off from Show” host Jay Leno Central Asia bearing is 72. Rock musician the ﬁrst space tourist, Chuck Leavell is 70. California businessman Actor Mary McDonnell Dennis Tito, and two is 70. Rock singercosmonauts on a jourmusician Kim Gordon ney to the international (Sonic Youth) is 69. space station. Actor Nancy Lee Grahn In 2011, convicted is 66. Rapper Too Short sex offender Phillip is 56. Actor Bridget Garrido and his wife, Moynahan is 51. Actor Nancy, pleaded guilty Chris Young is 51. to kidnapping and rapRapper Big Gipp is ing a California girl, 50. Actor Jorge Garcia Jaycee Dugard, who was is 49. Actor Elisabeth abducted in 1991 at the Rohm is 49. Actor age of 11 and rescued 18 Penelope Cruz is 48. years later. Actor Nate Richert is In 2015, urging 44. TV personalities Americans to “do Drew and Jonathan some soul-searching,” Scott are 44. Actor President Barack Jessica Alba is 41. Actor Obama expressed deep Harry Shum Jr. is 40. frustration over recurActor Jenna Ushkowitz ring Black deaths at the is 36. Actor Aleisha hands of police, rioters Allen is 31. Today is Thursday, April 28, the 118th day of 2022. There are 247 days left in the year. CONTACT US 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 740-446-2342 All content © 2022 Gallipolis Daily Tribune and The Daily Sentinel edition. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT/ GROUP PUBLISHER Lane Moon lmoon@aimmediamidwest.com EDITOR gdtnews@aimmediamidwest.com SPORTS EDITOR Bryan Walters, Ext. 2101 bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Matt Rodgers, Ext. 2095 mrodgers@aimmediamidwest.com CIRCULATION MANAGER Derrick Morrison, Ext. 2097 dmorrison@aimmediamidwest.com 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 Monday, May 9. VFW scholarships OHIO VALLEY — The Stewart-Johnson Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9926 will be awarding up to ﬁve tuition scholarships of $1,000 each to qualifying area NEW HAVEN, W.Va. — U.S. Navy veteran Bill college students and high school seniors who have McFarland of New Haven will turn 101 years old on been accepted into a college or university program. May 4. Those wishing to send a card can address it Members of V.F.W. Post 9926 and their immediate to: Bill McFarland, P.O. Box 455, New Haven, WV families will receive ﬁrst consideration for these schol25265. arships, but other veterans and their families might also be considered. Applications can be picked up at the V.F.W. Post in Mason. Completed forms must be received by the V.F.W. Post no later than May 11. Late GALLIA COUNTY — Coal Valley Road will be closed intermittently between Scott School Road and applications will not be considered. Scholarships must Preston Township Road, beginning Monday, April 25 be utilized by Dec. 1. For additional information, contact school guidance counselors or Robert Caruthers, through Thursday, April 28 for culvert replacement, Quartermaster Post 9926, at 304-812-5905 or 740weather permitting. Local trafﬁc will need to use 416-5262. other county roads as a detour. MEIGS COUNTY — A bridge replacement project is taking place on County Road 163, between Rocksprings Road and Hemlock Grove Road. The road is closed. The detour is Rocksprings Road to U.S. 33 POMEROY — The Pomeroy High School Alumni west to SR 681 east to Hemlock Grove Road. EstiAssociation will be awarding scholarships again this mated completion: May 6. year to graduating seniors who are either a grandchild MEIGS COUNTY — A tree trimming project or great-grandchild of a Pomeroy alumni. Applicants begins on May 3 on SR 124, between U.S. 33 and SR need to send an ofﬁcial transcript of grades, a current 833. The road will be closed where work is taking photo and list the activities they have been involved place between 8 a.m. - 3 p.m., Monday-Friday. This is in during their high school years. In addition, they a moving operation. Estimated completion: May 27. need to state where they plan to attend college, course of study, parents’ names and the names’ of the grandparents who are Pomeroy Alumni. The scholarships are based on academics. Applications are to be sent to the Pomeroy Alumni Association, Box 202, Pomeroy, MEIGS COUNTY — Meigs Cooperative Parish OH 45769 and are to be received no later than May scholarship applications for 2022-2023 year are now 13, 2022. available at the Parish ofﬁce, 260 Mulberry Ave., Pomeroy. The ofﬁce is open Tuesday-Friday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Road closures Pomeroy Alumni scholarships Co-op Parish scholarships Middleport Alumni scholarships Elks scholarships GALLIPOLIS — the Gallipolis Elks Lodge #107 scholarships are now available for graduating high school seniors from Gallia and Meigs counties and Mason County, W.Va. Applications are available in guidance counselor ofﬁces at area high schools. MIDDLEPORT — Scholarship applications are Awards will be based on the applicant’s ﬁnancial now available for six different scholarships for high need, scholastic achievements and leadership qualischool seniors who are children or grandchildren ties. Deadline to return the application to the Elks of Middleport High School Alumni. The guidance counselors at Meigs, Eastern, Southern and Wahama Lodge is July 5. Applications can be mailed to Past high schools now have the applications available. The Exalted Ruler’s Association, Gallipolis Elks Lodge deadline for applications to be returned is May 2. For #017, 408 Second Avenue, P.O. Box 303, Gallipolis, OH 45631. more information about the criteria and to obtain applications, please email or call the scholarship trustees below: mblake1967@yahoo.com; jecrooks@ suddenlink.net; clhglh@suddenlik.net; drg453@ yahoo.com; Diane Lynch - 740-992-3225. 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; POMEROY — A book sale at the Pomeroy Library Wednesdays at 1 p.m. at Pomeroy Library; and Thursdays at 1 p.m. at Middleport Library. will be on Wednesday, May 4 from 5-7 p.m.; Thursday, May 5 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.; and Friday, May 6 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Storytime at the library Library book sale Veterans Service Office closed GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Veterans Service Ofﬁce will be closed on Wednesday, May 4 through Friday, May 6. The ofﬁce will re-open on Needlework Network POMEROY — Join the Needlework Network on Wednesday mornings at 10 a.m. in the Riverview Room at the Pomeroy Library. Socialize and craft with experienced fabric artists. Bring your work in progress to share with the group. Beginners welcome. GALLIA, MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS Editor’s Note: The Daily Sentinel and Gallipolis Daily Tribune appreciate your input to the community calendar. To make sure items can receive proper attention, all information should be received by the newspaper at least ﬁve business days prior to an event. All coming events print on a space-available basis and in chronological order. Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@aimmediamidwest.com or GDTnews@aimmediamidwest.com. Thursday, April 28 POMEROY — The Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors will hold their regular monthly meeting at noon at the district ofﬁce. Station Museum will have a Grand Opening from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. At the Gallipolis Railroad Freight Station on 918 Third Ave. Public is welcome. Thursday, May 5 CHESTER — The Chester Shade Historical Association will have its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Academy Dining Room. Everyone is invited to attend. Monday, May 9 BEDFORD TWP — Bedford Township Trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the Bedford Townhall. Friday, April 29 Saturday, May 14 RIO GRANDE — The Southwest Elementary Retired Staff Dinner will be at Bob Evans, Rio Grande, at noon. GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County District Library Board of Trustees will hold its regular meeting at 9:30 a.m. to be immediately followed by a special board meeting for the purpose of conducting a planning session. These meetings will be held at the library, 7 Spruce Street, Gallipolis. Saturday, April 30 GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis Railroad Freight Lawmaker: Biden could ease student loan burden By Alan Fram Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has signaled he might forgive some student loan debt and further extend the federal moratorium on repayments, a lawmaker who discussed the issue with him said Wednesday. The White House was notably more measured about Biden’s stance, but such moves would be a boon to many of the 43 million Americans carrying student loans worth $1.6 trillion, according to federal ﬁgures. It would also be a win for Democratic and progres- sive leaders who have long pressed Biden to carry through on a 2020 campaign promise that as president he would “immediately” cancel up to $10,000 in debt per student. Biden’s remarks came during a wide-ranging Monday meeting at the White House with seven members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, according to Rep. Tony Cardenas, D-Calif., who was among them. He said in an interview Wednesday that he asked Biden to extend the moratorium on debt payments through this year, instead of letting it expire Aug. 31. “He immediately smiled and said, “I’ve extended in the past, and you’re going to like what I do next,’” Cardenas said. “So I said, ‘Okay, wonderful. Next question.’” Cardenas said he then asked about forgiving at least $10,000 in debt for each student, which he said the caucus believes Biden can do using executive powers. That would preclude the need for legislation from Congress, where there is Republican opposition. “He said, ‘Yes, I’m exploring doing something on that front,’” said Cardenas. “And he also smiled and said, ‘You’re going to like what I do on that as well.’” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., sounded a similar note of optimism Wednesday. “I think the president is moving in our direction. My talks with him and his staff have been very fruitful over the last little while,” Schumer said. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday that during the meeting, “what he reiterated is that he will make a decision before” the current repayment suspension ends Aug. 31. She said Biden “is looking at other executive authority options he has to bring relief to people who have student loans.” �NEWS/WEATHER Ohio Valley Publishing Thursday, April 28, 2022 3 Russia releases US Marine vet in surprise prisoner swap By Eric Tucker and Matthew Lee presidential envoy for hostage affairs. President Joe Biden, who met in Washington with Reed’s parents last month, hailed Reed’s release and noted without elaboration that “the negotiations that allowed us to bring Trevor home required difﬁcult decisions that I do not take lightly.” The Russian government also conﬁrmed the deal, with the foreign ministry describing the exchange as the “result of a long negotiation process.” A senior Biden administration ofﬁcial cautioned that the negotiations centered on a “discrete set of prisoner issues” and did not represent a change to the U.S. government’s condemnation of Russia’s violence against Ukraine. “Where we can have discussions on issues of mutual interest we will try to talk to the Russians and have a constructive conversation without any way changing our approach to the appalling violence in Ukraine,” the ofﬁcial told reporters, speaking on condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the administration. Yaroshenko, for his part, was arrested in Liberia in 2010 and extradited to the U.S on drug trafﬁcking charges. The Justice Department has described him as “an Associated Press WASHINGTON — Russia and the United States have carried out an unexpected prisoner exchange in a time of high tensions, trading on Wednesday a Marine veteran jailed by Moscow for a convicted Russian drug trafﬁcker serving a long prison sentence in America. The deal involving Trevor Reed, an American imprisoned for nearly three years, would have been a notable diplomatic maneuver even in times of peace but it was all the more surprising because it was done as Russia’s war with Ukraine has driven relations with the U.S. to their lowest point in decades. On the other end of the swap was Konstantin Yaroshenko, a Russian pilot who’d been serving a 20-year federal sentence for smuggling cocaine into the U.S. Even as the Biden administration trumpeted the swap, it made clear the resolution did not herald a broader breakthrough between the countries. Russian forces remain determined in their assault on Ukraine, the U.S. and Western allies continue to impose punishing sanctions and other Americans, includ- LM Otero | AP file Joey and Paula Reed pose for a photo with a portrait of their son Marine veteran and Russian prisoner Trevor Reed at their home in Fort Worth, Texas, in February. Reed, who has been imprisoned in Russia for nearly three years, has been exchanged for Konstantin Yaroshenko, a Russian pilot who’d been serving a 20-year federal sentence for smuggling cocaine into the U.S. said they felt about his physical appearance. They were struck by his unsteady gait and how thin he looked as TV footage captured him walking, ﬂanked by guards, from a van to the jet. “He just didn’t sound like himself,” said Reed’s mother, Paula, recounting their brief phone conversation while he was on the plane. “We just asked him how he was doing and he said, ‘I’m ﬁne.’ But he always says that even when he isn’t. And he just didn’t sound like his normal self.” Reed was en route back to the U.S., traveling with Roger Cartsens, the U.S. government’s special mer Marine from Texas, was arrested in the summer of 2019 after Russian authorities said he assaulted an ofﬁcer while being driven by police to a police station following a night of heavy drinking. He was later sentenced to nine years in prison, though the U.S. government has described him as unjustly detained and pressed for his release while his family has asserted his innocence and expressed concerns about his deteriorating health — which included coughing up blood and a hunger strike. Even on Wednesday, their joy was mitigated by the concern they ing WNBA star Brittney Griner and Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, still remain jailed in Russia. The swap, the culmination of longstanding requests by both countries as well as private diplomatic wrangling, took place in Turkey when “the two planes pulled up side by side, essentially, and then they got out,” said Reed’s father, Joey. “I think it’s going to really hit home for him and for us when we ﬁnally get to see him and touch him,” he said in an interview with The Associated Press. Reed, a 30-year-old for- experienced international drug trafﬁcker” who conspired to distribute thousands of kilograms of cocaine around the world. A lawyer for Yaroshenko did not immediately return an email seeking comment Wednesday. Russia had sought Yaroshenko’s return for years while also rejecting entreaties by high-level U.S. ofﬁcials to release Reed, who was approaching his 1,000th day in custody after being convicted on what one U.S. ofﬁcial, Ambassador John Sullivan, decried as “laughable” evidence. The prisoner swap was the most prominent release during the Biden administration of an American deemed wrongly detained abroad and came even as families of detainees who have met over the last year with administration ofﬁcials had described the ofﬁcials as cool to the idea of an exchange. By Michael R. Sisak TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 37° 51° 57° Cool today with clouds and sun. Some clouds tonight. High 61° / Low 39° HEALTH TODAY Statistics through 3 p.m. Wed. 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. 62° 33° 73° 49° 92° in 1915 31° in 1926 Precipitation (in inches) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Wed. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date 0.00 2.61 3.47 16.58 14.10 SUN & MOON Today 6:35 a.m. 8:18 p.m. 5:43 a.m. 6:17 p.m. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset New Apr 30 First Full Last May 8 May 16 May 22 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for ﬁsh and game. Today Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. 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Location Willow Island Marietta Parkersburg Belleville Racine Point Pleasant Gallipolis Huntington Ashland Lloyd Greenup Portsmouth Maysville Meldahl Dam Flood Stage 37 34 36 35 41 40 50 50 52 54 50 50 51 Level 12.84 18.35 21.93 12.72 13.24 25.64 12.13 26.87 34.65 12.59 20.40 34.50 21.00 Portsmouth 62/43 24-hr. Chg. +0.03 -0.19 -0.69 -0.28 +0.38 -0.24 -0.42 -0.17 -0.21 -0.14 -1.20 +0.20 -1.20 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022 Ashland 62/44 Grayson 63/45 TUESDAY 75° 57° A thunderstorm around in the afternoon WEDNESDAY 70° 52° Considerable cloudiness with showers Cloudy with a little rain 70° 55° Low clouds NATIONAL CITIES Marietta 58/35 Murray City 58/36 Belpre 59/37 Athens 59/36 St. Marys 59/34 Parkersburg 59/34 Coolville 58/37 Wilkesville 60/39 POMEROY Jackson 60/40 60/41 Ravenswood Rio Grande 60/38 61/40 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 58/43 GALLIPOLIS 61/39 60/39 61/40 South Shore Greenup 63/44 61/42 46 Logan 58/38 MONDAY 72° 55° Partly sunny and pleasant McArthur 60/39 Very High Primary: oak/mulberry/other Mold: 495 Moderate Chillicothe 58/41 SUNDAY 75° 56° Adelphi 58/40 Waverly 59/41 Pollen: 339 Low MOON PHASES SATURDAY A blend of sunshine and clouds 2 Primary: cladosporium, other Fri. 6:33 a.m. 8:19 p.m. 6:07 a.m. 7:20 p.m. FRIDAY 65° 47° ALMANAC High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM scheduled for May 11. Along with its subpoena for Trump’s testimony, James’ ofﬁce issued a subpoena for numerous documents, including paperwork and communications pertaining to his ﬁnancial statements, ﬁnancing and debt for a Chicago hotel project and development plans for his Seven Springs Estate north of New York City, and even communications with Forbes magazine, where he sought to burnish his image as a wealthy businessman. book before, and it has never stopped our investigation of Mr. Trump and his organization,” James said. “This time is no different.” In another subpoena ﬁght, Trump is challenging Engoron’s Feb. 17 ruling requiring that he answer questions under oath. James has said that the probe uncovered evidence that Trump may have misstated the value of assets like skyscrapers and golf courses for more than a decade. Oral arguments in that appeal are or prejudice” its investigation. James’ ofﬁce refused to engage in “good-faith discussions” before seeking to have Trump ﬁned, Habba argued. In a statement after the ruling Monday, Habba said: “All documents responsive to the subpoena were produced to the attorney general months ago.” In a statement Wednesday, James said Engoron’s order was clear on Trump being in contempt of court. “We’ve seen this play- of the state’s trial court — the second time in two months that Trump NEW YORK — Donald has sought to overturn Manhattan Judge Arthur Trump has appealed a New York judge’s decision Engoron’s ruling against him in a subpoena matto hold the former president in contempt of court ter. In court papers, Habba and ﬁne him $10,000 per questioned the legal basis day for failing to comply for Engoron’s contempt with a subpoena for eviruling Monday, arguing dence in the state attorthat Trump had respondney general’s civil investigation into his business ed properly to the subpoena and that Attorney dealings. 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By no means Wednesday the coronavidoes that mean the pandemic rus is under better control in the United States. is over.” AP Medical Writer but the pandemic isn’t over — and the challenge is how to keep improving the situation. “We are in a different moment of the pandemic,” said Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, in an interview with The Associated Press. After a brutal winter surge, “we’ve now decel- — Dr. Anthony Fauci, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases erated and transitioned into more of a controlled phase,” he said. “By no means does that mean the pandemic is over.” His comments came a day after he said on the PBS “NewsHour” that the U.S. was “out of the pandemic phase” and also told The Washington Post that the country was ﬁnally “out of the full-blown explosive pandemic phase.” Fauci’s remarks reﬂect how health authorities are wrestling with the next stage of the pandemic — how to keep COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations manageable and learn to live with what’s still a mutating and unpredictable virus. Fauci said the U.S. appears to be out of what he called the “fulminant phase” of the pandemic, huge variant surges that at their worst sparked hundreds of thousands of infections daily, along with tens of thousands of hospitalizations and thousands of deaths. COVID-19 cases are at a lower point than they’ve been in months and two-thirds of the U.S. population is vaccinated. Nearly half of those who need a booster dose have gotten the extra shot, and effective treatments are available. “We are much, much better off than we were a year ago,” he said. Still, there have been lulls before, and while cases are low, they are increasing in many parts of the country. Vaccination rates worldwide are far lower, especially in developing countries. To keep improving, Fauci ticked off a to-do list: Get more people fully vaccinated; develop even better vaccines; ﬁgure out the best booster strategy to counter variants; and make sure people can access treatment as soon as they need it. “We can’t take our foot off the pedal,” Fauci said. “There’s a lot of viral dynamics throughout the world and we still may get another variant which could lead to another potential surge.” Police union backs officer in Patrick Lyoya killing Willie J. Allen Jr. | Orlando Sentinel via AP District Administrator John Classe, from left, Ed Milgrim, legal counsel, Leila Jammal, Board of Supervisors, Jane Adams, BOS, Larry Hames, president of the BOS and Don Greer, BOS, meet with the days agenda in the Reedy Creek District of Orange County, Fla., on Wednesday. The effect of hastily passed legislation to dissolve the district is still unclear. Disney government in dark about effect of law dissolving it By Mike Schneider and Anthony Izaguirre Associated Press LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — At the ﬁrst meeting of Walt Disney World’s private government since Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a measure to dissolve it next year, ofﬁcials said Wednesday they were still confused about what the new legislation meant, even as some ripple effects were starting to be felt. The administrator of the government, called the Reedy Creek Improvement District, said the expansion of a solar power project could be delayed because of ﬁnancing challenges linked to the legislation, and the union for the district’s ﬁreﬁghters expressed concerns about what the dissolution might mean for members’ lifetime beneﬁts. After the meeting, Donald Greer, who has been a member of Reedy Creek’s board of supervisors since 1975, said the board could not provide clear answers on those issues because “we don’t know where we are going.” “The district may have a response as soon as we know what it means, but I don’t know if anybody knows what it means. I don’t think anyone has deciphered it,” Greer said. The dissolution measure was passed quickly in the Republican-controlled statehouse without public study of its impact and was hastily signed into law by DeSantis. The move came in a GOP push to punish Disney over its opposition to another new law barring instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in early grade school, which critics call “Don’t Say Gay.” For the governor, the feud was the latest front in a culture war he has waged over policies involving race, gender and the coronavirus, battles DeSantis has harnessed to make himself one of the most popular Republicans in the country and a likely 2024 presidential candidate. A day before DeSantis signed the bill into law, the Reedy Creek Improvement District sent a statement to investors that said it would continue its ﬁnancial operations as usual. The district wrote that its agreement with the state forbids Florida from limiting or altering the district’s ability to collect taxes or fulﬁll its bond obligations. Critics of the dissolution bill have warned that taxpayers in neighboring counties could end up shouldering about $1 billion in debts from the district. DeSantis has dismissed those concerns and said additional legislation would be drafted to clarify the future of such special districts in the state. At the Reedy Creek meeting Wednesday, district administrator John Classe said a developer has experienced challenges ﬁnancing a planned expansion of a solar power program, meaning it could be delayed. Jon Shirey, the head of the union for Reedy Creek’s ﬁreﬁghters, who make up around half of the private government’s 400 employees, asked supervisors to give his members reassurances that their jobs and beneﬁts would be preserved since they have been kept in the dark about what the effect is going to be. The ﬁreﬁghters, particularly retirees, are worried about losing their guaranteed lifetime health insurance, he said. “We have been told to stay quiet, don’t talk to the media, don’t engage with current events,” Shirey told supervisors. “We have been told the leadership of the district will tell the story. They will be the ones putting out the message. I ask you, ‘What is that message?’” The supervisors did not respond, and in fact spent little time devoted to the legislation which poses an existential threat to the 55-year-old Reedy Creek Improvement District. Classe told supervisors its workers would continue to function with the same “high standards and professionalism they always have done as we learn what this legally means.” Backers of the dissolution of Reedy Creek have argued it removes an unfair advantage the entertainment giant has over other theme parks, including allowing it to issue bonds and set its own zoning standards. At an event Monday, the governor assured a cheering crowd that Disney’s bond debts won’t be dumped on taxpayers. “Under no circumstances will Disney be able to not pay its debts, we will make sure of that,” DeSantis said. Credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has put Reedy Creek on a “negative watch” list, indicating that the private government’s ratings could stay the same or potentially be downgraded. A downgrade would make borrowing more difﬁcult for Reedy Creek. Another ratings agency, S&P Global Ratings, said that among the questions left unanswered by the new law was whether Reedy Creek would reconstitute after it’s dissolved next year, how utility operations and debt would be transferred to the neighboring governments if it came to that and how the neighboring governments would raise taxes to secure Reedy Creek’s debt. Under the law, Reedy Creek would expire by June 2023. The lack of public answers from Reedy Creek leaders about the new law may come from fear “the governor will ﬁnd their statements unfriendly and that will complicate things,” said Shirey, who added he is optimistic lawmakers will look after the interests of the district’s ﬁrst responders. “We have 14 months, and a lot can change between now and then,” Shirey said. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The union representing police ofﬁcers in a Michigan city is defending the ofﬁcer who shot Patrick Lyoya in the back of the head. The Grand Rapids Police Ofﬁcers Association called Lyoya’s death “tragic” but said an “ofﬁcer has the legal right to protect themselves and community in a volatile dangerous situation such as this, in order to return to his/her family at the end of their shift.” Meanwhile, a City Commission meeting abruptly ended Tuesday night as residents used profanities and expressed anger over Lyoya’s killing. Police Chief Eric Winstrom watched from the rear of the room. “Whose city? 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Lyoya was on the Some experts believe ground when Schurr Schurr should have ordered him to take his stopped trying to subhands off the ofﬁcer’s Taser, according to video due Lyoya when he resisted. of the incident. “I guarantee that we Schurr told Lyoya that he had stopped the vehi- can do more,” said Winstrom, who has been cle because the license chief for less than two plate didn’t match the months. “Actually, that’s car. one of the things I’ve The union said on Facebook that it “stands already reached out to with Ofﬁcer Schurr and my colleagues to say, will continue to give him ‘Hey, I need some curand his family whatever riculum, because we are going to beef it up.’” support they need.” Need cash fast? Try this! Discover the Hidden Secret to Getting Fast Cash for your Old Golf Balls! Dear Friend, Have you been accumulating used golf balls for years? If you have, this is going to be the most exciting message you will ever read. 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The Rebels (2-8, 0-6) RACINE, Ohio — Apparently answered with a score in the the Tornadoes didn’t take well top of the third to close the gap to trailing. After falling behind 1-0 after a down to a dozen as Briar Wilhalf-inning of play, the Southern liams scored on a passed ball, baseball team answered with 14 but the guests were never closer the rest of the way. consecutive runs over the next SHS added a single run in inning and a half and ultimately both the third and fourth frames cruised to a 16-2 victory over to complete the mercy-rule decivisiting South Gallia in a TriValley Conference Hocking Divi- sion in ﬁve innings. Southern outhit the Rebels sion contest at Star Mill Park. The host Tornadoes (8-3, 6-1 by a 9-1 overall margin and also committed two of the six errors TVC Hocking) sent 10 batters in the contest. The hosts also to the plate in the home half stranded eight of the 11 runners of the ﬁrst and secured a 5-1 advantage, then sent another 14 left on base. bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Southern senior Lincoln Rose hauls in a toss at third base as South Gallia senior Briar Williams retreats to the bag during the third inning of Tuesday night’s baseball game in Racine, Ohio. Rio men capture championship at Concord INV Derek Grifﬁn picked up the winning decision after allowing two runs (one earned) and one hit while striking out 10. Alex Oram lasted just 1.1 innings and allowed 14 runs (nine earned), seven hits and ﬁve walks while striking out one in the setback. Will Wickline and Gryphon Thomas led SHS with two hits apiece, while Grifﬁth, Brandon Laudermilt, Brayden Otto, Tanner Lisle and Cade Anderson also had a safety each in the triumph. Otto drove in a team-high three RBIs, while Wickline, Laudermilt and Thomas each See BASEBALL | 7 SOFTBALL ROUNDUP By Randy Payton For Ohio Valley Publishing ATHENS, W.Va. — Spencer Harris posted two ﬁrst-place ﬁnishes — one of seven such outings and 30 scoring performances overall for the University of Rio Grande men’s track & ﬁeld team — to help the RedStorm capture the team title at Friday afternoon’s Concord University Spring Invitational. Rio Grande piled up 190 points to capture the top spot among the six schools which participated. Host Concord University was the runner-up with 165 points, while Blueﬁeld State University was a distant third with 69 points. Harris, a sophomore from Gallipolis, Ohio, won both the high jump (1.87m) and the long jump (6.13m). Five of Harris’ teammates also captured ﬁrstplace ﬁnishes over the course of the day. Freshman Danuel Persinger (Bidwell, OH) took ﬁrst place in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:59.93; freshman Andrew Skaggs won the 110meter hurdles by crossing the ﬁnish line in a time of 16.57; freshman Marshall Jackson (Bellefontaine, OH) grabbed top honors in the discus throw with a toss of 37.34m; sophomore Eric Weber (Bidwell, OH) took ﬁrst place in the hammer throw with an effort of 44.03m; and sophomore Mason Dishong (Reedsville, OH) won the javelin throw with a heave covering 48.88m. Weber also had a second place showing in the discus throw (35.68m), while four others representing the RedStorm recorded runner-up outings. Sophomore Dalton Hetzler (West Milton, OH) was second in the 200-meter dash with a time of See RIO | 7 OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Thursday, April 28 Baseball Williamstown at Wahama, 5:30 Ripley at Point Pleasant, 6 p.m. Gallia Academy at Marietta, 5 p.m. Eastern at Wellston, 5 p.m. Southern at Miller, 5 p.m. Softball Fairland at South Gallia, 5 p.m. Waterford at Southern, 5 p.m. Williamstown at Wahama, 5:30 Elk Valley Christian at Hannan, 5:30 Gallia Academy at Marietta, 5 p.m. Eastern at Wellston, 5 p.m. Track and Field Point Pleasant at Laidley Field, 2 p.m. Eastern, Southern, Meigs at Vinton County, 4:30 Friday, April 29 Baseball River Valley at Meigs, 5 p.m. Federal Hocking at Eastern, 5 p.m. Ironton St. Joe at South Gallia, 5 p.m. Poca at Point Pleasant, 7 p.m. Gallia Academy at Coal Grove, 5 p.m. Southern at Waterford, 5 p.m. Wahama at Nitro, 6 p.m. Softball River Valley at Meigs, 5 p.m. Federal Hocking at Eastern, 5 p.m. Gallia Academy at Coal Grove, 5 p.m. Southern at Waterford, 5 p.m. Wahama at LKC, 5:30 Tennis Jackson at Gallia Academy, 4:30 Sherman at Point Pleasant, 4:30 Colton Jeffries | OVP Sports Gallia Academy sophomore Grace Truance (5) swings at a Lady Tiger pitch during a softball game against Ironton Tuesday evening in Centenary, Ohio. Blue Angels tame Lady Tigers, 12-2 Brammer. Netting the win on the mound for the Blue Angels was Bella Barnette, who allowed two hits, two runs and four walks while striking out seven in ﬁve innings pitched. Chaney led the Lady Tornadoes with four hits, four RBIs and three CENTENARY, Ohio runs scored, followed by — One day late, but they Lauren Smith and Casdidn’t lose a step. sidy Roderus with three In a game originally safeties apiece. Smith scheduled for Monday, also drove in two RBIs the Gallia Academy softand scored twice for the ball team took care of the victors. Ironton Lady Tigers with Kamry Roush and a 12-2 home win in ﬁve Lady Tornadoes topple Chloe Rizer were next innings Tuesday evening South Gallia, 12-3 in an Ohio Valley ConferRACINE, Ohio — The with two hits each, while Marlo Norris, Lily ence matchup. Southern softball team Allen, Emilee Barber and The Blue Angels (9-6, overcame an early 3-run Michelle Adkins had a 6-3 OVC) struck ﬁrst in deﬁcit by scoring 12 the bottom of the second unanswered runs en route safety apiece as well. Payton Halley led inning, scoring two runs. to a 12-3 victory over visThis started a streak iting South Gallia in a Tri- South Gallia with three hits, followed by Hornwhich saw the Blue and Valley Conference Hocksby, Jessie Rutt and Leah White score at least one ing Division matchup in Skidmore with two saferun in each of the remain- Meigs County. ties apiece. Natalie Johning innings. The Lady Rebels (4-8, son also had a hit for the Things were capped off 0-7 TVC Hocking) took guests. with a 6-run inning in the a 2-0 lead on a 2-RBI Chaney was the winﬁfth. double from Sydni Hornning pitcher of record Meanwhile, the Lady sby, and Hornsby later Tigers (7-4, 6-2) scored scored on a steal of home after allowing three their only runs in the top for a quick 3-0 advantage earned runs and 10 hits over six innings while of the seventh, a half-inning into play. striking out seven. Rutt The Blue Angels outhit The Lady Tornadoes their opponents by a mar- (6-5, 3-4) countered with surrendered 12 earned runs, 18 hits and two gin of 10-2. a run in their half of the Leading the Blue and ﬁrst for a 3-1 deﬁcit, then walks over six frames White in hits was Maddi the hosts erupted for four while fanning nine. Meadows with three. runs in the third to secure Behind her with two a 5-3 advantage. Lady Falcons take down St. hits were Taylor Mathie, Kassidy Chaney blasted Marys Emma Hammons and a 2-run homer in the ST. MARYS, W.Va. — Bree Cemini. fourth for a 7-3 edge, then The Wahama softball Rounding out the GalSHS tacked on another team bested the St. lia Academy hitting was ﬁve runs in the ﬁfth to Marys Lady Devils 4-0 Jenna Harrison. secure the ﬁnal 9-run on the road Tuesday eveMathie and Abby Ham- cushion. ning. mons led in runs with Southern outhit SGHS The Lady Falcons three each, while Meadby an 18-10 overall mar(19-1) got three runs in ows led in RBI’s with gin and stranded six of the top of the third, but four. the 11 runners left on neither team scored again Getting the only hits base. Neither team comuntil the very last inning. for the Lady Tigers were mitted an error in the In the ﬁrst, the White Jada Rogers and Graycie contest. and Red scoring started From Staff Reports when Amber Wolfe singled to bring home Mikie Lieving. Wolfe herself scored after another single hit by Emma Knapp. Finally, Kalyn Christian successfully bunted to bring Lauren Noble home. While keeping the Lady Devils (13-8) from scoring themselves, the visitors also had difﬁculties getting any more of their runners in to score. The Lady Falcons got one more run in the seventh, getting 3-straight outs in the bottom of the inning to win the game. Wahama outhit their opponents 10-1. Leading the Lady Falcons in hits was Lieving with three. Behind her with two hits were Wolfe and Morgan Christian. Rounding out the White and Red hitting were Noble, Knapp and Kalyn. Getting the only hit for St. Marys was Ava Childers. Getting the win on the mound for the Lady Falcons was Lieving, who allowed one hit, no runs and no walks while striking out 11 in seven innings pitched. Belpre bests Eastern in battle of Eagles TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — The Eastern softball team were defeated at See SOFTBALL | 7 �SPORTS Ohio Valley Publishing Thursday, April 28, 2022 7 Rio Grande rugby finishes 2nd at Wabash By Randy Payton For Ohio Valley Publishing CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. — The University of Rio Grande men’s rugby team posted a 3-1 record in their second outing of the Spring and posted a runner-up ﬁnish in a 7’s tournament hosted by Wabash College. With conditions that could only be described as near perfect, the RedStorm kicked off their day against Miami (Ohio) University. Within the ﬁrst minute, a knock-on from the RedHawks led to what appeared to be an aimless kick ahead from Rio sophomore Nomaan Ahmad (Torrance, CA). However, with great pace shown by freshman Che Spiotti (Charlotte, NC), he was able to chase down and gather the ball and race away under the posts for the RedStorm’s ﬁrst score of the game. A successful conversion also by Spiotti had Rio 7-0 ahead. Some clever play off only score of the game to set the ﬁnal at 22-5. Rio’s second game of the afternoon against Loyola (Chicago) started in similar fashion to the ﬁrst. Freshman Christopher Gates (Charlotte, NC) opened the scoring for the RedStorm inside the ﬁrst minute after some great general play and quick hands saw him race through a gap in the Ramblers’ defense and race away under the posts to give Rio an early 7-0 lead. Loyola sliced the lead to 7-5 with a successful try, but Rio added to its advantage a few minutes later on a successful try by freshman Lazarus Ratuniyaravu (Everett, WA) and subsequent conversion to make it 14-5. A lapse in concentration by the Rio defense at a ruck saw the Rambler attack exploit a gap in the defense and race away for a successful try and conversion to close the gap to 14-12 at the intermission. The second half again a scrum two minutes later saw the ball in the hands of freshman Patrick McDonald (Madison, WI), who broke free of tacklers to touch down under the post and give Rio a 12-0 lead after three minutes of play. Two minutes later, McDonald was in again for his second try after some great work rate on defense forced a turnover and saw him speed away to the try zone. With Rio up 17-0, there was still time for Spiotti to grab his second score of the game. Some excellent work at the breakdown enabled him to pick up from the base of the ruck and speed away on the outside to dot down in the try zone for a 22-0 advantage. The second half was a scrappy enough affair with both sides trying to feel each other out and conserve energy in the heat of the sunshine. A mixup in attack led to a spilled ball by Rio which percipitated Miami breaking away and scoring its was a scrappy affair with both sides keen to get substitutions on the pitch and get players rested due to the warm temperatures. Great handling after a quick ball at the ruck led to Rio’s third converted try, as freshman Devon Scriber (Colorado Springs, CO) profited from the work of his teammates and raced away to touch down under the sticks. Loyola scored again immediately after the restart to leave the score at 21-17, but the Redstorm held on in the ﬁnal few minutes to ensure their second victory of the day. Rio Grande received a forfeit win over AldersonBroaddus (WV) due to excessive injuries on the part of the Battlers, setting up the tournament decider with host Wabash in a battle of unbeatens. It was the Little Giants who got out of the blocks early when they took advantage of a massive gap in the Rio defense to race away and score under the posts. playing the position and at least two QBs going in the top six in each of those seasons. This year’s NFL draft The only time in the has the chance to be unlike any other in recent past 21 drafts that a quaryears with a possible long terback didn’t go in the top three came in 2013 wait before any of the players who throw, catch when E.J. Manuel was the or run with the ball com- ﬁrst taken at No. 16 by Buffalo. That was one of ing off the board. 11 times in the common With no sure-ﬁre quardraft era that no QB went terback prospects in the draft and several good-but- in the top 10. Three of those drafts not-elite receiving prosfeatured star QBs taken pects, the offensive linemen and defensive players after round one with Hall should dominate the early of Famers Ken Stabler and Brett Favre going in picks with the top skill the second round in 1968 position player on The and 1991, and seven-time Athletic’s composite big board of 70 draft analysts Super Bowl champion being Ohio State receiver Tom Brady going in the Garrett Wilson at No. 10. sixth round in 2000. This also could be the There has never been rare year without a runa draft that didn’t have ning back going in the a quarterback, receiver, running back or tight end ﬁrst round — something taken in the top 10 picks that has happened only in the history of the NFL, once in the common draft era when Bishop Sankey with a player from those positions going in the top was the ﬁrst back taken at 54th overall by Tennessee ﬁve in all but one of the in 2014. past 24 drafts. While it remains to be The only year in that span where it didn’t hap- seen how high the top receiver goes, several are pen came in 2013 when expected to be taken in four offensive linemen led by tackles Eric Fisher round one. The record and Luke Joeckel went in for receivers in the ﬁrst the top seven and the ﬁrst round is seven in 2004 skill position player taken with seven other years having six taken, most was receiver Tavon Austin at No. 8 by the Rams. recently in 2000. The only other times in the common draft era No. 1 Breakdown starting in 1967 that The betting odds a skill position player have Georgia defensive didn’t go in the top ﬁve end Travon Walker and were 1997 (Ike Hilliard, Michigan defensive end seventh), 1991 (Herman Aidan Hutchinson as the Moore, 10th), 1988 (Tim favorites to be taken No. Brown, sixth), 1985 (Al 1 overall by Jacksonville. Toon, 10th) and 1968 That would mark the (Larry Csonka, eighth). 12th time a defensive Quarterbacks have end was taken ﬁrst in the dominated the top of the common draft era startdraft in recent years with ing in 1967, second only the past four No. 1 picks to the 26 quarterbacks. There have been four defensive ends to go ﬁrst since 2000 with Cleveland taking Courtney Brown in 2000 and Myles Garrett in 2017, and Houston taking Mario Williams in 2006 and Jadeveon Clowney in 2014. After QBs and defensive ends, the most popular positions for No. 1 picks are running backs (seven), tackles (four), defensive tackles (three), linebackers (two) and receivers (two). No secondary players or tight ends have been picked ﬁrst. AP Pro Football Writer College rankings Since the start of the common draft era, Ohio State and Southern California have produced the most top 10 picks with 72 apiece. That tie could be broken if one of the three star receivers from the two schools goes in the top 10 with the Buckeyes’ Wilson and Chris Olave, and the Trojans’ Drake London possibilities. Georgia has a shot at some other records when it comes to colleges and the draft with seven players mentioned as possibilities in the ﬁrst round. The contenders for the Bulldogs are defensive linemen Walker, Jordan Davis and Devonte Wyatt; linebackers Nakobe Dean and Quay Walker; receiver George Pickens; and safety Lewis Cine. If LSU cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. cracks the top 10, the Tigers will join Texas and Ohio State as the only colleges with ﬁve top 10 defensive backs in the common draft era. Child Protective Services Case Manager 2 BACKED BY A Hourly Rate: $17.30 CLOG-FREE GUARANTEE Employment Services Case Manager NATIO Hourly Rate: $14.00 ER G All applicants: Submit, by email only, a completed application, resume and letter of interest. 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From page 6 Randy Payton is the Sports Information Director for the University of Rio Grande. time of 4:32.91; Everett, who placed sixth in the shot put with a toss of 11.76m; freshman Chris Hill (Caldwell, OH), who was seventh in the shot put (10.94m) and eighth in the hammer throw (26.58m); freshman Ryan Weber (Bidwell, OH), who was seventh in the hammer (30.89m) and ninth in the shot put (10.08m); sophomore Austin Setty (Fairﬁeld, OH), who was seventh in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:39.10; and freshman Jason Springer (Circleville, OH), who was eighth in the 1,500 after crossing in 4:39.43. Rio Grande is slated to be back in action next weekend when it hosts the River States Conference Championships, Friday and Saturday, at the Stockmeister Track and Field Complex. 9-1 TVC Hocking) who took the lead with two more runs in the third. They scored three From page 6 more runs before the home 10-3 by the Belpre Lady Eagles of Eastern (8-5, 5-4) scored another Lady Eagles Tuesday evening in an Tri-Valley run of their own in the bottom of the fourth. Conference Hocking However, this was the Division matchup. last run the home team Tuesday’s ballgame were able to bring home. was tied 2-2 heading The Green and Gold into the second inning, were outhit 12-3 by their but it was the Lady oppnents. Eagles of Belpre (11-4, YEAR-ROUND Baseball to convert his fourth try of the tournament. That’s as close as Rio would get, though. With two more tries, the Little Giants denied Rio a tournament win with a 30-12 ﬁnal. “I can’t fault the effort of the entire squad over the last few weeks, and to ﬁnish second today just shows how far we have come as a group in the short space of time we have had to prepare,” said Rio interim head coach Adrian Pilkington. “I’m proud of the effort they’ve put in and their neversay-die attitude. While we were not perfect and still have things to work on, we can take this result as a massive conﬁdence booster going forward into next week as we get ourselves primed and ready for next Saturday at Clarion.” The RedStorm will be part of the Allegheny Rugby Union 7’s Championship at Clarion University in Clarion, Pa. in the 100-meter dash (11.62), fourth in the javelin throw (38.76m) and ﬁfth in the high From page 6 jump (1.57m). Williams had Rio’s 24.10; sophomore Kyle Lightner (Peebles, OH) only other third place ﬁnish after crossing the was the runner-up in the 800-meter run with line in 1:04.41 as part of a time of 2:02.49; soph- the 400-meter hurdles. Other notable peromore Haden Karshner (Circleville, OH) placed formances for the RedStorm belonged to second in the shot Dishong, who was fourth put with an effort of in the discus (34.04m) 13.59m; and graduate and ﬁfth in the hammer senior Daniel Everett (Fletcher, OH) was run- (34.65m); Karshner, who took fourth in the hamner-up in the hammer mer (36.14m) and ﬁfth throw at 39.56m. in the discus (33.68m); Rio also received a Skaggs, who was fourth runner-up ﬁnish from its 4x100 relay team — in the high jump after clearing 1.72m; sophocomprised of Hetzler, sophomore Jorden Wil- more Antoine Sullivan, liams (Springﬁeld, OH), Jr. (Shaker Heights, sophomore Travis Hunt OH), who was fourth in the 800-meter run with a (New Paris, OH) and time of 2:03.68; Jackson, freshman Skylar Gries (Williamsburg, OH) — who took ﬁfth in the which ﬁnished in a time shot put with an effort of 13.22m; senior Dean of 44.46. Gries had three other Freitag (Magnolia, OH), top ﬁve showings as an who was ﬁfth in the individual, placing third 1,500-meter run with a Rio Top of NFL draft could lack skill position players By Josh Dubow Rio tied the game at 5-5 in the fourth minute when brilliant work by Scriber saw him ofﬂoad to Spiotti who, in turn, raced away to dot the ball down in the try zone. Again, a mistake in defense was to prove costly for the RedStorm from the kickoff with Wabash getting in to score again under the posts. With a 10-5 deﬁcit, Rio tried to level things up, but a mislaid pass led to an intercept and a race away try for the Little Giants and a 15-5 advantage. The deﬁcit reached 20-5 before the RedStorm made their way back on the scoreboard. A brilliant ofﬂoad found its way into the hands of McDonald, who raced away from the Wabash defense only to be to brought down 10 meters out from the tryline. As he hit the ground, a solid running line from Spiotti enabled McDonald to ofﬂoad from the ground to him and see him race under the post gallia_ﬁscal_matters@jfs.ohio.gov �CLASSIFIEDS 8 Thursday, April 28, 2022 (740) 446-2342 or fax to (740) 446-3008 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN (740) 992-2155 or fax to (740) 992-2157 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN Ohio Valley Publishing (304) 675-1333 or fax to (304) 675-5234 XXX�NZEBJMZTFOUJOFM�DPN�t�HEUDMBTTJöFET!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN HEUMFHBMT!BJNNFEJBNJEXFTU�DPN The following is a summarized version of legislation adopted at the April 18, 2022, meeting of the Gallipolis City Commission: 825 3rd Ave. Gallipolis, OH has a Part-Time Position Mail Clerk-Dock Worker Call or email Derrick Morrison 304-674-9208 or dmorrison@aimmediamidwest.com " ORDINANCE O2022-10: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES NATUREWORKS GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF GALLIPOLIS, OHIO (Grant application for a parks grant). " ORDINANCE O2022-11: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING ALL ACTIONS NECESSARY TO FORMALLY ACCEPT A SOUTHEAST OHIO PUBLIC ENERGY COUNCIL (SOPEC) GRANT ISSUED TO THE CITY OF GALLIPOLIS, OHIO (Community investment grant). The full text of this legislation is available at the Office of the City Auditor, on the City's website (www.cityofgallipolis.com), and at the Bossard Library. 4/28/22 OH-70272850 To the Defendant Angel N. Vance: AUTOS EMPLOYMENT Autos For Sale The following vehicle(s) will be available for public sale on Friday, April 29, 2022 at Dave's Supreme Auto Sales LLC, 1393 Jackson Pike Gallipolis, OH 45631, at 1:00 pm. VIN: 5NPEB4AC5CH441050 2012 Hyundai Sonata Help Wanted General The City of Point Pleasant is seeking a Fulltime CDL Driver, Class A or Class B, with benefits included. Those interested please submit an application to City Hall, 400 Viand Street, Point Pleasant, WV 25550. 8am-4pm M-F before April 29, 2022. The following matters are the subject of this public notice by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The complete public notice, including any additional instructions for submitting comments, requesting information, a public hearing, filing an appeal, or ADA accommodations may be obtained at: https://epa.ohio.gov/actions or Hearing Clerk, Ohio EPA, 50 W. Town St. P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, Ohio 43216. Ph: 614-644-3037 email: HClerk@epa.ohio.gov Draft NPDES Permit Renewal - Subject to Revision Bidwell Porter WWTP State Rte 850, Bidwell, OH Facility Description: Wastewater-County Commission Receiving Water: Barren Creek ID #: 0PG00068*ED Date of Action: 04/22/2022 In the Gallia County Clerk of Courts 18 Locust Street Gallipolis, OH 45631 Gallia County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas Plaintiff: 4/28/22 21st Mortgage Corporation Defendants: 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 Bradley W. Vance, Sr. Case No. 21CV000110 Judge Evans Plaintiff has brought this action naming you as the Defendants in the above-named court by filing its Complaint on 10/26/2021. The object of the Complaint is to foreclose the mortgage against Defendants. The prayer is that Plaintiff be found to have a good and valid first lien on the within described premises in the amount as set forth in the complaint and accrued interest and penalties, if any; that each of the Defendants be required to answer setting up their interest, if any, in said premises, or be forever barred from asserting same; that unless the amount found due the Plaintiff be paid within a reasonable time to be named by the Court, the equity of redemption of said Defendants shall be foreclosed and an order of sale issued to the Plaintiff for it to be directed to sell said premises as upon execution, and for such other relief as Plaintiff may be entitled. Situated in Section 20, Township of Cheshire, Gallia County, and State of Ohio: FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE EMAIL DERRICK MORRISON AT dmorrison@aimmediamidwest.com 740-578-4835 or call 304-674-9208 825 3rd Ave Gallipolis, OH 45631 Being a part of the Northeast Quarter of Section 20, Township 5 North, Range 14 West, of the Ohio River Survey and being more particularly described as follows: beginning for description at a set iron pin on the centerline of Turkey Run Road, said point being located South 53° 50' 52" West a distance of 1908.99 feet from the Northeast corner of Section 20, and North 47° 51' 50" West, a distance of 45.70 feet from the most Westerly corner of the 22.403 acre tract of land deeded to Paul C. Hammack, et al; thence extending North 51° 50' 05" West, on the centerline of Turkey Run Road, a distance of 99.60 feet to a set iron pin; thence extending North 63° 48' 05" West, on the centerline of Turkey Run Road, a distance of 107.56 feet to a set iron pin; thence extending North 26° 11' 55" East, a distance of 205.00 feet to a set iron pin; thence extending South 63° 48' 05" East, a distance of 205.00 feet to a set iron pin; thence extending South 26° 11' 55" West, a distance of 225.65 feet to the place of beginning, containing 1.00 acre, more or less. Leaving in said parcel, after deducting said three (3) excepting. 20.377 acres, more or less. THERE IS EXCEPTED from the above premises, all the coal and mining and other rights conveyed to Franklin Real Estate by the Ohio Company, by Warranty Deed dated November 28, 1972, recorded in Volume 198, page 309, of the aforesaid deed records of Gallia County, Ohio, to which deed reference is herein made. SUBJECT to all legal easements and leases. In case of your failure to answer or otherwise respond as permitted by the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure within the time stated, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. David J. Demers, Esq. (0055423) Cooke Demers, LLC 260 Market Street, Suite F New Albany, Ohio 43054 614-939-0930 614-939-0987 (fax) Attorney for Plaintiff 4/28/22,5/5/22,5/12/22 OH-70276695 Being the same property conveyed to Bradley W. Vance, Sr., a married man in deed dated 8/27/2014 recorded 11/20/2014 in Book 560, Page 840, in the County of Gallia, State of Ohio. You are required to answer the Complaint within twenty-eight days after the last publication of this notice, which will be published once each week for three successive weeks, and the last publication will be made onJune 9, 2022. Draft NPDES Permit Renewal - Subject to Revision Eastern Local School Dist 38900 State Rte 7, Reedsville, OH Facility Description: Wastewater-School or Hospital Receiving Water: East Bank Shade River ID #: 0PT00046*ED Date of Action: 04/26/2022 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO Case No. 22 CV 17 The Ohio Valley Bank Company, Plaintiff, vs. Anthony L. McQuaid, et.al, Defendants. Surveyed by Gene A. Bush, Registered Surveyor No. 5001, on April 6, 1973. Known As: 2384 Turkey Run Rd, Cheshire, OH 45620 Parcel No. 00300225200 Prior Deed Reference: Book 560, Page 840, Recorder's Office, Gallia County, Ohio. Annual Health District Survey Meigs County Health Department 112 E Memorial Drive Suite A, Pomeroy, OH 45769 ID #: HD5300 Date of Action: 04/20/2022 On April 20, 2022, the director of Ohio EPA determined that Meigs County General Health District is in substantial compliance and hereby places�Meigs County General Health District 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�December 9, 2021.This authorization is subject to all rules, regulations, and specified conditions and can be viewed here: https://tinyurl.com/epaIA CLASSIFIEDS NOTICE OF SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION To The Defendants, Anthony L. McQuaid, COMMON PLEAS COURT OF GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO, GALLIPOLIS, OHIO The Ohio Valley Bank Company vs. Anthony L. McQuaid, et. al. Case No. 22 CV 17 NOTICE Plaintiff has brought this action naming you as the Defendants in the above named Court by filing their Complaint on March 1, 2022. The object of the complaint a foreclosure action against Anthony L. McQuaid. You are required to answer the Complaint within twenty-eight days after the last publication of this notice, which will be published once each week for six successive weeks, and the last publication will be made on May 12, 2022. In the case of your failure to answer or otherwise respond as permitted by the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedures within the time stated, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. Andrew J. Noe, Attorney for Plaintiff, 19 Locust Street, P.O. Box 301, Gallipolis, OH 45631. (NOTE: This notice is issued and published pursuant to Rule 4.4 of the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure) 4/7/22,4/14/22,4/21/22,4/28/22,5/5/22,5/12/22 �Ohio Valley Publishing Thursday, April 28, 2022 9 Pleasant Valley Hospital SPORTS PHYSICALS Physicals provided by: Charlotte Reed, FNP-BC School-Based Medicine Jay Akin, MD Family Medicine Lou Potter, FNP-BC Family Medicine Wes Lieving, DO Internal Medicine Kylen Whipp, MD Family Medicine May 13: Point Pleasant Intermediate School 8:00 AM May 16: Hannan Junior/Senior High School 8:00 AM May 17: Point Pleasant Junior/Senior High School 8:00 AM May 18: New Haven Elementary 8:00 AM May 18: Wahama Junior/Senior High School 9:00 AM OH-70280575 Sports physicals are only $10. �NEWS 10 Thursday, April 28, 2022 Trump drawn to celebrity in weighing midterm endorsements By Jill Colvin Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republicans hoping to emerge from crowded primaries this year stacked up on operatives with ties to former President Donald Trump, betting those connections would give them a leg up on landing critical endorsements that would help them win. But as Trump wades into some of the most competitive primaries, the strategy is proving a bust. Vance In Ohio and Pennsylvania, two states that will kick off a more frenzied phase of the midterm campaign next month, the former president Oz passed over candidates who hired some of his most prominent aides and allies. He instead endorsed contenders including Mehmet Oz and JD Vance, who were relatively new to politics but boasted highwattage proﬁles tied to television and books. As Trump seeks to assert himself this election year as the GOP’s undisputed kingmaker, the endorsements are a reminder of the traits that are often most important to him. While he demands loyalty of those around him, he rarely returns it in equal measure. And the former reality television star-turnedpresident remains dazzled by the power of celebrity in politics. “Obviously Donald Trump is very mercurial about how he does things, right? So we might know now, with 20/20 hindsight, that that was not the best bet to make,” said longtime GOP strategist Doug Heye of the campaigns’ Trump hires. “But at the time,” he said, the hiring “made the most sense.” The dynamic is especially clear in Pennsylvania, where Trump endorsed Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon best known as the host of daytime TV’s “The Dr. Oz Show,” over former hedge fund manager David McCormick. McCormick hired two of Trump’s most trusted aides: domestic policy adviser and speechwriter Stephen Miller and longtime communications aide and counselor Hope Hicks. (Miller dropped McCormick as soon as Trump announced his support for Oz.) McCormick is also married to Trump’s former deputy national security adviser, Dina Powell, and had the backing of other allies, including former Trump campaign adviser David Urban and press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who is running for governor in Arkansas. Kellyanne Conway, who managed Trump’s 2016 campaign and served as White House counselor, also works for McCormick’s super PAC, Honor Pennsylvania, which paid her ﬁrm $15,000 last month. Trump’s alliance with Oz sparked deep frustration among some on his team who signed on with McCormick and believed the former president would, at worst, stay neutral in the primary. But Oz shared a longstanding relationship with Trump, having known him for years and having similarly risen to fame with a television show. In announcing his endorsement, Trump noted Oz “has lived with us through the screen.” “He’s somebody that had great success on television, which is like the ultimate poll,” Trump told supporters at a teletownhall last week. He noted Oz had the support of Fox News host Sean Hannity, and made the case that Oz, who also had the backing of former ﬁrst lady Melania Trump, was simply best positioned to win the general election this fall. Trump gave a similar rationale in Ohio, where he ultimately chose to back Vance, the “Hillbilly Elegy” author and venture capitalist who became a ﬁxture on Fox News and conservative podcasts. He impressed Trump with his performance in a recent GOP debate. At a rally Saturday night, Trump said he studied the race “very closely” and “liked a lot of other candidates.” But, he said, “we have to pick the one that’s going to win.” For now, the power of Trump’s endorsement is unclear. His backing opens his chosen candidates to a ﬂood of money, attention and, sometimes, an appearance with the former president at one of his signature rallies. In Ohio, it might have helped lift Vance ahead of the May 3 primary. A Fox News poll released Tuesday found Vance slightly ahead of rivals Josh Mandel and Mike Gibbons after trailing them in March. Polls in Pennsylvania conducted in late March and early April suggested Oz was locked in a tight race, though there’s been little recent polling to detect if Trump’s endorsement has made a difference. But in Georgia, another state where Trump has invested heavily, his chosen candidate for governor, David Perdue, is lagging in polls and fundraising. An Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll released Tuesday found incumbent Republican Gov. Brian Kemp leading Perdue 53% to 27% among likely voters. That just barely puts Kemp above the 50% threshold he would need to avoid a runoff. Daily Sentinel Audio attack, when the defeated president rallied his supporters to head to Congress and object to DemoFrom page 1 crat Joe Biden’s election victory. R-Pa., said as he left the In the recordings, private session at GOP McCarthy is heard tellheadquarters across the ing Republicans privately street from the Capitol. that he was considering Yet amid the show of asking Trump to resign. support, McCarthy was In another recording challenged by two of the released late Tuesday, party’s most hard-right lawmakers — Matt Gaetz McCarthy warns that dangerous public comof Florida and Marjorie mentary from Gaetz and Taylor Greene of Georothers is “putting people gia — who said they felt in jeopardy” of potential particularly singled out violence. by the leadership team McCarthy has denied for their ﬁery comments around Jan. 6. Trump ally The New York Times account of events, leading Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., who helped organize chal- Democrats and others to call him a liar, as audio of lenges to the 2020 electhe secretly recorded calls tion results, also voiced concerns, another Repub- was released. The House committee investigating lican said. Jan. 6 is seeking an interBut the detractors view with him. appeared to be in a On Wednesday, McCardwindling minority as thy stood at party headrank-and-ﬁle lawmakquarters and defended ers rallied around McCarthy, the man who his actions, suggesting he was merely running recruited many of them through possible scenarto Congress and is now ios as Democrats moved raising untold millions to impeach Trump in the to help them win back aftermath of the violent the House majority. siege. “You guys obsess over In the GOP meeting, January 6. Nobody cares,” McCarthy clearly stated Rep. Glenn Grothman, that he never asked the R-Wis., told a gaggle of president to resign, the reporters outside House Republicans said. He has GOP headquarters. “It’s also publicly said he did history.” A California Republican not do so. The Times long eyeing the speaker’s did not report that he asked Trump to resign, gavel, McCarthy is at a only that he told Rep. critical juncture as he Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., works to ascend to the and other members he top leadership position. would. It will be his second As president, Trump try after a failed 2015 had affectionately bid — but one now fully dependent on his volatile referred to McCarthy as relationship with Trump, “My Kevin,” one of his earliest endorsers, but who still holds great their relationship has inﬂuence over the party frayed over time. McCarand can make and break thy momentarily turned careers. on Trump as his supportNew audio recordings ers stormed the Capitol released in recent days on Jan. 6 to disrupt cerby The New York Times tiﬁcation of Biden’s 2020 portray McCarthy as fed presidential win. up with Trump in the In the days after the aftermath of the Capitol riot, it seemed Republicans in Washington might part ways with Trump. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell gave blistering speeches against Trump, and McCarthy’s public and private conversations at that time show ﬂashes of anger and the depth of angst over the shocking, devastating riot by Trump supporters. But once Biden took ofﬁce McCarthy quickly went to Trump’s Mar-aLago club in Florida to patch things up with the defeated president. Trump and McCarthy spoke last week, and the former president told the leader he was “not mad” about the disclosures. To become speaker if Republicans win back the House, McCarthy would need to win at least 218 votes. “President Trump said their relationship has never been stronger. That’s good enough for me,” said Roger Williams, R-Texas. “We’re totally supportive of Kevin McCarthy.” “He’s got my support. He’s got everybody else’s support, too,” he said. Still, Gaetz and other detractors remain a force McCarthy must contend with, much like the lawmakers six years ago who denied him backing to become speaker. He abruptly dropped out of the race. Gaetz tweeted late Tuesday that the private comments from McCarthy and Rep. Steve Scalise, the No. 2 Republican leader, to Cheney and others are “the behavior of weak men, not leaders.” He brushed off interviews Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Among past rivals for the speaker’s gavels, Scalise of Louisiana is no longer outwardly chasing McCarthy for the job, and has in fact become wrapped in the Jan. 6 fallout. Scalise also faced questions Wednesday in the private meeting after the Times had reported that he joined McCarthy in raising concerns about Gaetz’s public comments at the time, Republicans said. Scalise said the call had been a private conversation, and no one had been accused of anything. In a statement, Scalise said “it’s pathetic” that this is what the media chooses to cover. He said with inﬂation, crime and other issues, it’s obvious that Democrats and the media “continue to double down on their obsession with January 6th” to distract public attention from “the absolutely dismal state of the country.” Yet other Republicans remained noncommittal about McCarthy. Asked if he still has the votes to be the party leader, Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., said, “Time will tell.” From the Democratic side, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the caucus chairman who is also seen as a potential speaker candidate if Democrats retain control, dismissed the Republican strategy for winning back the House as nothing but lies. “Every day it’s a ﬁvepoint playbook: Number one, lie. Number two, lie. Number three, lie. Number four, lie. Number ﬁve, lie again,” he said. Jeffries said it would be nice if, “instead of the inﬁghting, the chaos, the shots ﬁred against each other, the knife ﬁghts in a phone booth that is the modern day House Republican Conference, that they would actually decide to work with us on issues of importance to the American people.” ﬁnance professor, portrayed the move as a warning from the Kremlin. From page 1 “There are probably fewer consequences to Russian businesses and turning off natural gas oligarchs. supplies to Poland and Bulgaria, under a new Bulgaria than larger counliberal government that tries in Europe. Russia is took ofﬁce last fall, has cut many of its old ties to deﬁnitely sending a mesMoscow and likewise sup- sage,” she said. Gazprom said it was ported punitive measures shutting off the two counagainst the Kremlin. It tries because they refused has also hosted Western to pay in rubles, as Presiﬁghter jets at a new dent Vladimir Putin has NATO outpost on Buldemanded of “unfriendly” garia’s Black Sea coast. nations. The Kremlin said The gas cuts do not other countries may be immediately put the two cut off if they don’t agree countries in any dire to the payment arrangetrouble. Poland, espement. cially, has been working Most European counfor many years to line up tries have publicly balked other suppliers, and the continent is heading into at Russia’s demand for summer, making gas less rubles, but it is not clear essential for households. how many have actually Also, Russian gas deliv- faced the moment of decision so far. Greece’s next eries to both Poland and scheduled payment to Bulgaria were expected Gazprom is due on May to end later this year 25, for example, and the anyway. Still, the cutoff and the government must decide then whether to comply. Kremlin warning that Polish Prime Minister other countries could be next sent shivers of worry Mateusz Morawiecki told through the 27-nation the Polish parliament European Union. Germa- that he believes Poland’s ny, the largest economy support for Ukraine — on the continent, and and the new sanctions Italy are among Europe’s imposed by Warsaw on biggest consumers of Rus- Tuesday — were the real sian natural gas, though reasons behind the gas they, too, have been takcutoff. ing steps to reduce their Bulgarian Prime Mindependence on Moscow. ister Kiril Petkov called “It comes as no surthe suspension blackmail, prise that the Kremlin adding: “We will not sucuses fossil fuels to try to cumb to such a racket.” blackmail us,” said EU On the battleﬁeld, Commission President ﬁghting continued in Ursula von der Leyen. the country’s east along “Today, the Kremlin a largely static front line failed once again in his some 300 miles (480 kiloattempt to sow division meters) long. amongst member states. Russia claimed its The era of Russian fossil missiles hit a batch of fuel in Europe is coming weapons that the U.S. and to an end.” European nations had Gianna Bern, a Unidelivered to Ukraine. One versity of Notre Dame person was killed and at least two were injured when rockets hit a residential neighborhood in Kharkiv. Western ofﬁcials, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence ﬁndings, said Russia has made slow progress in the Donbas region in the east, with “minor gains,” including the capture of villages and small towns south of Izyum and on the outskirts of Rubizhne. They said some Russian troops have been shifted from the gutted southern port city of Mariupol to other parts of the Donbas. But some remain in Mariupol to ﬁght Ukrainian forces holed up at the Azovstal steel plant, the last stronghold in the city. About 1,000 civilians were said to be taking shelter there with an estimated 2,000 Ukrainian defenders. “The situation is very difﬁcult. There are huge problems with water, food,” Serhii Volynskyi, commander of the marine unit inside the plant, said in a Facebook video message. He said hundreds of ﬁghters and civilians were wounded and in need of medical help, and those inside included children, older people and disabled people. Just across the border in Russia, an ammunition depot in the Belgorod region burned after several explosions were heard, the governor said. Blasts were also reported in Russia’s Kursk region near the border, and authorities in Russia’s Voronezh region said an air defense system shot down a drone. Earlier this week, an oil storage facility in the Russian city of Bryansk was engulfed by ﬁre. Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak hinted at the country’s involvement in the ﬁres, saying in a Telegram post that “karma (is) a harsh thing.” In other developments: — The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, said the safety level at Europe’s largest nuclear plant, now under Russian occupation in Ukraine, is like a “red light blinking” as his organization tries in vain to get access to the Zaporizhzhia power station for repairs. — Amid rising tensions over gas, Moscow and Washington carried out a dramatic prisoner exchange, trading a Marine veteran jailed in Moscow for a convicted Russian drug trafﬁcker serving a long prison sentence in the U.S. With the help of Western arms, Ukrainian forces managed to thwart Russian forces’ attempt to storm Kyiv. Moscow now says its focus is the capture of the Donbas, Ukraine’s mostly Russianspeaking industrial heartland. A deﬁant Putin vowed Russia will achieve its military goals, telling parliament, “All the tasks of the special military operation we are conducting in the Donbas and Ukraine, launched on Feb. 24, will be unconditionally fulﬁlled.” Simone Tagliapietra, senior fellow at the Bruegel think tank in Brussels, said Russia’s goal in cutting off the ﬂow of gas is to “divide and rule” — pit European countries against one another as they cast about for energy. Russia � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 04. April Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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