BOYS BASKETBALLS Medina falls to Mentor B1 Today’s weather Serving HIGH: 37 Medina County LOW: 27 since 1832 n n n Sunrise: 7:52 For home delivery, call (330) 725-4166 Sunset: 5:17 T HEHE G AZAZ E TTETTE SATURDAY, January 9, 2021 $1.75 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC County deaths skyrocket the month of December. On Dec. 4, The statistics bear out why Ohio be administered through a phased Residents 80 and older can sched- Dec. was deadliest the state reported a total of 61 deaths. started vaccinating nursing home approach in the coming weeks. ule an appointment by calling (330) At a now reported 121 deaths, that residents and staff first and will move “The opportunity to administer vac- 723-9688, ext. 243. At the time of month to date is 60 more reported in just over one onto to older Ohioans in the next cine to the next phase of citizens comes scheduling, they will be given infor- month’s time. phase of vaccine distribution. at a welcome time. Medina County mation on when and where their vac- The Gazette On Friday, the state said Medina The Medina County Health Depart- has experienced a recent rise in cases,” cine clinic will be held. More Medina County residents County has seen a total of 10,227 cases. ment will begin scheduling COVID-19 Medina County Health Commissioner Those 65 and older may begin to have died from COVID-19 in the past Elderly residents are succumbing vaccination appointments for seniors Krista Wasowski said in a statement. prepare for when vaccines become month than any time during the pan- to the virus, and of the 121 reported 80 and older starting Monday, signal- “The amount of vaccine we receive from available for their age group by reg- demic, according to the Ohio Depart- deaths, more than 90 percent were ing further efforts to protect a popula- week to week is limited, allowing us to istering on the county’s vaccination ment of Health. over age 65. According to the county tion that has been incredibly vulnera- start with only a modest schedule. We scheduling app/website when it The state’s COVID-19 dashboard health department, 58 percent of ble to the virus. are grateful to Medina County citizens launches next week. has the current number of reported those who died resided in a nursing In accordance with guidance issued for their patience as we work through Citizens will not be able to schedule deaths at 121, as of 2 p.m. Friday. home at the time they contracted by the state, vaccines for subsequent the process of scheduling as many peo- an appointment until their age group Most of those deaths occurred in COVID-19. age groups in the 1B category will ple as supply allows each week.” is eligible. HEARTLAND ASKS REPUBLICANS COMMUNITY CHURCH TO ACKNOWLEDGE ‘Mackenzie’s Book Nook’ FAIR ELECTION $129K Sen. Brown raised for continues recovery calls for 25th housing Amendment Laina Yost Bob Finnan The Gazette The Gazette If the U.S. House moves on impeachment hear- MEDINA — When Heartland Community Church ings, it needs to happen quickly, Sen. Sherrod gets behind a project, it really gets behind the project. Brown said. During a candlelight service Christmas Eve at In a news conference Friday morning, Brown the Medina County Fairgrounds, the church came said he supports first invoking the 25th Amend- together in a big way to help support recovery ment, which allows the vice president and a housing in Medina County. The church’s end-of- majority of the president’s Cabinet to remove the the-year offering raised $129,047 for the project, sitting president. with one anonymous family donating $50,000. That would be the Cleveland Democratic sen- Cathy’s House, a sober living home founded in ator’s preferred option, as Brown said it would be 1998 in Medina, and Hope Recovery Community, PHOTO PROVIDED better for the country because it is less partisan. a recovery community organization, have com- Mackenzie McMahan, right, 7, reads alongside her 4-yeard-old brother, Brown said he will not lobby individual mem- bined with several other community groups to see Grady, during one of her episodes of “Mackenzie’s Book Nook” on YouTube. bers of the Cabinet, but he said his Republican where the project takes them. colleagues may have some sway to get the 25th Jon Robinson, executive director of Cathy’s Amendment invoked. He said he wants to give Vice House, 515 W. Liberty St., Medina, offers 11 beds President Mike Pence and the Cabinet some time to for men and seven for women. There is a waiting Crestview student displays begin that process before going to impeachment. list of those in recovery from drugs and alcohol Either way, Brown said his main concern is not that are turned away with hope there are beds punishing President Donald Trump, but restrict- available in neighboring counties. reading skills on YouTube He said affordable housing is the goal of the ini- ing what he could do over the next 12 days with tiative. Jack Kopanski a little reading area for I thought, ‘All right. Let’s do national and domestic security. “Expanding recovery housing in Medina The Gazette Mackenzie that went on to what we can. We’ll try it out.’ “This is beyond anything we’ve ever seen,” County is something ultimately we’d like to do,” become her book nook. It’s the first YouTube channel Brown said. “There’s no telling what this president Robinson said. “We’re increasing support for the BRUNSWICK — “Grab a “What first launched it I ever created.” might do in the next 12 days.” general community. We’d like to provide options friend and listen up!” was just me recording her Between the Facebook Impeachment proceedings would have to for people to succeed in. These are the words hun- (being) goofy and making a page (123 members) and begin in the House, and Brown said things would “We’re not tied to anything. These are the very dreds of people have hear as video,” McMahan said. “We YouTube (39 subscribers) need to move quickly to get to the Senate. If the first baby steps. We’re just getting started. It could they tune into new episodes put it on Facebook and it pages, each titled “Macken- House were to impeach Trump, Brown said sena- be apartments or another house. We’d like to keep of “Mackenzie’s Book Nook,” got over 1,000 hits and she zie’s Book Nook,” there are tors would need to get to Washington and act on it in Medina County.” a YouTube show hosted was just blown away. She over 160 people who signed impeachment within a day. Heartland got several community groups together by Crestview Elementary was super excited about all up to watch her reading vid- A president can be impeached after he leaves about two months ago. Others involved in the proj- School second grader, the attention, so she shared eos over the past two weeks. office, but Brown said he doesn’t know if it is worth ect are Catholic Charities (Diocese of Cleveland), Mackenzie McMahan. that with her teacher and Mackenzie recently got a Congress’ time to do that to Trump, although he Medina Metropolitan Housing Authority, Medina Mackenzie, 7, always her classmates were having shout out from the Bruns- said it’s an interesting idea. County Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health has had a love for reading a blast on remote learning wick Library when she As for the senators who Brown said played to the Board and Medina County Habitat for Humanity. according to her dad, Adam with it. came in to borrow a col- crowd of rioters, such as Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and “We’re just starting with the funds,” Robinson McMahan. As the family “She said, let’s make a lection of books, some of Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, Brown said he doesn’t know said. “We have no specific location yet. We want quarantined for nearly two YoutTube channel. I think which she likely will use in what’s next. He did not rule out the possibility of cen- to do it right. It’s come together pretty quickly, weeks, ending last week, she told so many people new episodes. suring the senators or calling for their expulsion, but largely because of Heartland.” McMahan decided to make that I had to do it as a dad. See BOOK, A8 he said the answer to those questions are not yet clear. See HOUSING, A8 See BROWN, A8 GOOD VIBES BARBERSHOP OPENED DEC. 15 New business sees positive response Jack Kopanski just exactly what I was looking for. own shop. I didn’t really need to do a The Gazette It wasn’t some big metropolis with whole lot of leg work to get the shop all these people and you don’t get to up-and-running outside of market- CHIPPEWA LAKE — Months of know anybody. I love being able to ing, advertising and that stuff.” prayers and anticipation paid off form relationships with my clients.” In the just over three weeks the last month as Nick Fink opened the On top of the tight-knight com- shop has been open, Fink said Good Vibes Barbershop in the vil- munity that the village provides, he has been “slammed” between lage Dec. 15. Fink landed on the location for the appointments and walk-ins. Fink Fink, who had spent several years shop, 582 Lake Road, in part due said his specialties are fades and as a barber working at different to it having served as a barbershop working on beards.