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PAGE 2 - MADISON MESSENGER - November 28, 2021 Activities at Hurt-Battelle Memorial Library Hurt-Battelle Memorial Library in West Jefferson offers the following programs and activities. Call (614) 879-8448 for details. • It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas! Starting Dec. 1, family crafts will be available at the library. New crafts each week. • Wrapping Workshop 101. Learn how to wrap gifts, 5-6:30 p.m. Dec. 2, Dec. 6, Dec. 9, Dec. 13, Dec. 16 and Dec. 20. Prepare for unexpected power outages with a Generac home standby generator REQUEST A FREE QUOTE! 866-643-0438 FREE 7-Year Extended Warranty* A $695 Value! Limited Time Offer - Call for Details Special Financing Available Subject to Credit Approval *To qualify, consumers must request a quote, purchase, install and activate the generator with a participating dealer. Call for a full list of terms and conditions. Country Christmas Barn Crafts, Home Décor, Recyclable Treasurers, and Seasonal Produce Most items are 20% to 50% OFF with new items each week! Hours Open: Thurs. & Fri. 12 to 6pm Sat. 11am-5pm DO NOT MISS OUR LAST DAY FOR THE SEASON... SUNDAY DECEMBER 19 FROM 1 to 4 With Door Prizes, Specials, and Refreshments. Then reopens in late Spring 2022 Watch for info. 3230 State Route 187...London, Ohio e Buck stops here Mt. Sterling Friends of the Library Treasurer Angela McFarland presents a $1,500 check to Kenneth Shafer shown here in his Ohio State University marching band uniform. Shafer won the Marjorie Hanson Memorial Scholarship which is awarded each year to a Madison-Plains High School senior. For application information for the 2022 scholarship, email Melissa Reece, Friends president, at reece.melissa.b@gmail.com with “scholarship” in the subject line. RECOUNT Continued from page 1 80 votes. The Board of Elections held the official canvas of the votes on Nov. 15 at which time provisional ballots and outstanding absentee ballots were counted and included in the tallies. The final totals showed Russell with 100 books read www.madisonmessengernews.com Annalise Winner completed the “100 Books to Read Before Kindergarten Challenge” and earned a trophy and certificate for her accomplishment, courtesy of Mount Sterling Public Library. 755 votes and Eades with 756 votes. When the difference between votes is equal to or less than 0.5 percent, Ohio law stipulates that an automatic recount take place. The Board of Elections conducted that recount on Nov. 22. The recount showed Eades with 755 votes and Russell with 754 votes, thereby making Eades the winner of the third at-large council seat. Both Eades and Russell ran as Independents. Peters and Stahl are Republicans. Blazier ran as a write-in. Serving Your Community Since 1972 Malek & ATTORNEYS AT LAW Malek Proudly Announcing Adding New Attorneys To Serve You! WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PERSONAL INJURY WRONGFUL DEATH SLIP & FALL INJURY DOG BITE INJURY Douglas, Ed, Jim and Kip Malek “Hablamos Español” FREE Initial Consultation www.maleklawfirm.com 614-444-7440 1227 S. High St., Columbus, OH 43206
www.madisonmessengernews.com November 28, 2021 - MADISON MESSENGER - Page 3 ABORTION Continued from page 1 me, I am, but again, I think the responsibility that I have here is not to get into setting laws that can’t be taken care of. This would be so hard to enforce; it would be a nightmare for the city.” Hays applauded Smith for bringing forth the proposal. “I know where his heart’s at. He’s a good man; he’s a good pastor. He’s doing what he thinks is right,” Hays said. Smith said, “I can stand before my constituents. I’ve represented them well. I did what I was asked to do. I haven’t brought religion into it; I’ll bring it in now. I can stand before God and know that what I did was right,” Audience comments Prior to the business portion of the meeting and the vote, several individuals addressed council regarding the legislation. Among those who supported the proposal was Brendan Shea, a London resident and president of Madison County Right to Life. Shea noted that most of the council members are Republicans, that the Republican Party platform is pro-life, and that voters chose the council members to represent them. He also said that all things worth doing in life come with risk. “The oath that you took as an elected official—and I’ve taken the same oath as an elected member of the state board of education—was not an oath to do everything in your power to make sure a frivolous lawsuit never comes to London. The oath you took was to uphold the Constitution,” Shea said. He later stated, “If, in your heart of hearts, if in your conscience, you believe that the Constitution provides for a right to snuff out the child in the womb, then... you should vote against this ordinance. But if, as I believe many of you do, you believe in the right to life, but also that the Constitution provides no such right, then I would urge you to support whole-heartedly this ordinance.” London residents Rebecca and Todd Rickenberg spoke in favor of the legislation. Rebecca said she grew up in Lebanon, one of two cities in Ohio that has recently passed similar legislation. The other is Mason. Rebecca said she was proud that Lebanon and Mason passed the legislation. “A child inside the womb is no less of a child because they are on the inside instead of the out. They are people, too, and people have the right to life,” she said. Addressing council, Todd Rickenberg added, “You guys have a hard decision, but at least you guys can make a decision. The unborn children cannot make a decision for themselves when someone decides to end their life in abortion.” London resident George Schwartz supported the legislation, as well. “They say this is about a choice, their choice. They say, ‘It’s my body, my choice.’ Well, that baby is a human being, too, and that baby has its own DNA and its own blood, and under the Constitution, I believe it’s entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Schwartz commended city council for allowing citizens on both side of the issue to express their opinions. London resident Steven Miller was among those who spoke in opposition to the legislation. “That opposition is not because I support abortion. It’s because I support the rule of law,” he said, after which he pointed to several sections of the proposed legislation that he said violated the U.S. and Ohio constitutions. “This is a bad law that our (city) law director said is unconstitutional, and I say is blatantly unconstitutional.” London resident Moriah Miller commented, “To be free to make personal choices about my health care and the health care of my children is something that I didn’t expect to be at risk here.” Sierra Dobbs-Brown, a Columbus resident and regional field manager for Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio, said she has seen “costly litigation, the boycotts, and the public ridicule” that other cities in Ohio and elsewhere have experienced as a result of similar legislation. “This ordinance is harmful. When abortion is not an option, people and their children suffer,” Dobbs-Brown said. Ariana Ybarra, a Columbus resident and a field manager for NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio, questioned the impetus for introducing the legislation in London, referring to abortion ban legislation originating in Texas. She viewed it as a way to “further stigmatize abortion or attempt to limit or completely remove London residents’ ability to access abortions.” London resident Michael Norman opposed the legislation because he said it could not be enforced. He pointed to a lack of city zoning restrictions for abortion clinics, the ease of obtaining abortion-inducing medications in cities where similar legislation has passed, and state rulings that allow abortions up to 20 weeks. London resident Jane Batdorf submitted a letter in which she said pro-life advocates and those who support legislation that bans abortion are “trying to send these young women back to the dark ages before birth control pills and the time of coat hanger abortions and back-store quacks.” London resident Tiffany Flax said the reasons why and circumstances under which women seek abortions vary. “We can’t know what these women are going through,” she said, then added, “Whatever the case is, I can’t tell her what to do. I don’t think anyone has the right to tell her what to do. She has to be able to make that decision for herself.” London resident Martin Kimbler did not speak for or against the legislation but instead said the city’s time and resources would be better spent on other issues, such as hunger, homelessness and drug addiction. Truck Workshop London Art Center 121 E. First St., London, Ohio Dec. 12, 2021 - 2pm - 4pm $30 Fee Must be pre-registered by Dec. 6 Contact Deb Harbage 937-215-8276 This adorable truck is made of wood It measures approx. 20 x 10 and is 3 dimensional You will be able to choose from serveral colors to paint your truck. I will guide you thru how to distress and glaze. All supplies are included You will be able to use your truck in your décor all year. Breakfast with Santa Dec. 11th 9:00 - 12:00 Pancakes, Sausage, Scrambled Eggs, Milk and Juice Adults: $6.00 Children: $3.00 Kids under 12: Free PICTURE WITH SANTA INCLUDED WITH BREAKFAST St. John’s Lutheran Church 380 Keny Blvd, London, OH 43140
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