WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2021 Parties keep House Swampscott moving High School to oust on remote By Alex Ross Trump FOR THE ITEM SWAMPSCOTT — Swampscott High School By Lisa Mascaro, will continue in a remote learning model until Zeke Miller and Tuesday, Jan. 19 after school of cials learned Mary Clare Jalonick approximately 50 students had gathered for ASSOCIATED PRESS two New Year’s Eve parties. High School Principal Dennis Kohut sent a WASHINGTON — The letter home to families on Jan. 8, detailing his U.S. House pressed forward decision in the wake of the parties that took ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK Tuesday toward impeaching President Donald Trump for place and the lack of social distancing and Lynn Fire Lt. Scott Barnard receives his rst dose of the Moderna COVID-19 mask-wearing measures at those parties. the deadly Capitol attack, vaccine from Lynn re ghter/paramedic Rob Tamilio at Lynn Tech Tuesday taking time only to try to According to the letter, Kohut learned of the par- morning. ties through an SHS community member, whose persuade his vice president information Kohut deemed credible, despite the to push him out rst. Trump fact that the SHS member could not identify all showed no remorse, blam- of the students in attendance at the two parties. First responders in Lynn ing impeachment itself for Such information “has given me pause in the “tremendous anger” in thinking about our return to hybrid learning America. Already scheduled to leave on Monday,” Kohut wrote in his letter. He also and Saugus get their shots of ce next week, Trump is said the decision to remain in remote learning on the verge of becoming the comes “out of an abundance of caution.” only president in history to This decision comes after Swampscott Public By Guthrie Scrimgeour “I’m thrilled to be part of the solution,” be twice impeached. His in- Schools switched and Elyse Carmosino said Pauline Coulon, a retired nurse who cendiary rhetoric at a rally to the remote ITEM STAFF administered vaccines on Tuesday. ahead of the Capitol upris- model for all stu- Lynn Fire Capt. Joseph Zukas said 150 First responders in Lynn, Nahant, and ing is now in the impeach- dents in Pre-K to people were vaccinated on Tuesday, a pro- “I urge those Saugus received their rst dose of Moder- ment charge against him, grade 12 back on cess that he said went smoothly. na’s new COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday. even as the falsehoods he Monday, Dec. 21 “The shot itself is very quick,” said Zu- students who At the Lynn Tech Fieldhouse, rst re- spread about election fraud in an attempt to kas, who reported the rst responders were sponders from the Lynn and Nahant Police are still being championed combat the rising temperature-checked prior to the vaccine, attended by some Republicans. number of posi- and Fire departments, along with Atlantic and then monitored for 30 minutes after Three Republicans, how- tive cases in town Ambulance employees, received an early ever, including third-rank- parties to get and imminent round of the vaccines. FIRST, A3 ing House GOP leader Liz gatherings due to Cheney of Wyoming, an- a COVID test the holidays. nounced they would vote to Had it not been impeach Trump, cleaving to ensure for the parties, the party’s leadership. the high school “The President of the Unit- their safety was due to be ed States summoned this back in-person mob, assembled the mob, and the safety under its hybrid and lit the  ame of this at- model on Mon- tack,” said Cheney in a state- of their loved day, Jan. 11. ment. “There has never been Beginning ear- a greater betrayal by a Pres- ones, friends, ly next week, ident of the United States of Swampscott is his of ce and his oath to the and also set to change Constitution.” its hybrid model. Reps. John Katko of New community According to a let- York, a former federal pros- ter sent home to ecutor, and Adam Kinzinger families on Jan. members.” of Illinois, an Air Force vet- 5, the changes in- eran, said they, too, would clude live remote vote to impeach. — Swampscott instruction for all As lawmakers reconvened High School elementary stu- at the Capitol for the rst dents on Wednes- Principal time since the bloody siege, day mornings, they were also bracing for Dennis Kohut and live in-person more violence ahead of Dem- or remote instruc- ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK ocratic President-elect Joe tion for ELA (En- Item reporter Guthrie Scrimgeour checks in with a testing specialist before Biden’s inauguration, Jan. glish language 20. arts), math and science for all middle school stu- self-administering a COVID-19 test at the Project Beacon testing site, locat- ed at the Lynn Ferry, on Tuesday afternoon. “All of us have to do some dents, as well as one hour of live remote instruc- soul searching,” said Demo- tion each afternoon. cratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of The changes are all designed to increase the ONE MAN’S COVID TEST ON BLOSSOM STREET Maryland, imploring other time students are actively engaged with a teacher. Republicans to join. At the high school level, live in-person or remote Trump, meanwhile, warned instruction for students for all classes except phys- the lawmakers off impeach- ical education is also scheduled to start next week. Dif cult to begin with, ment and suggested it was Swampscott is not the only district in the the drive to oust him that area struggling with students who continue was dividing the country. to party — in October, Marblehead decided painless in the end “To continue on this path, to send its high school students back into a I think it’s causing tremen- full remote format for two weeks after a large dous danger to our country, house party was broken up on a Friday night. By Guthrie Scrimgeour My rst thought, like that of many who and it’s causing tremendous Major COVID-19-prevention protocols were ITEM STAFF struggled to register for a test, was that it anger,” Trump said. not followed there, either, according to Mar- was strange that a site that can apparent- Impeachment ahead, the LYNN — The rst time I tried to register blehead School Superintendent Dr. John J. ly test up to 2,000 people a day would not House was rst pressing for a COVID-19 test at the new Project Bea- Buckey’s letter to parents. have any appointments available. Vice President Mike Pence con site, I encountered the following message: In Swampscott, Kohut ended his own letter The drive-through testing site, which will and the Cabinet to remove “Due to extremely high demand, all test with a plea. remain open through at least March 31, re- Trump more quickly and sites may be fully booked. Check back here “I urge those students who attended parties placed many of the free testing sites that surely, warning he is a to get a COVID test to ensure their safety and regularly for openings.” are currently operating in the city, but will threat to democracy in the the safety of their loved ones, friends, and When I scrolled down to the Lynn site at actually expand Lynn’s testing capacity, ac- few remaining days of his community members,” he said. 398 Blossom St., I saw this message: cording to Mayor Thomas M. McGee. presidency. Alex Ross can be reached at aross@item- “No upcoming times are currently avail- live.com. able for this location.” COVID, A3 TRUMP, A5

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Katherine T. “Kay” (Papas) Arvanites, 92 Dolores A. Grady, 98 Edward Thomas “Buddy” Smithers, Jr., 87 1928 - 2021 1922 - 2021 1933 - 2021 LYNN - Katherine T “Kay” PEABODY AND FORMERLY LYNN - Edward (Buddy) (Pappas) Arvanites, 92, of OF REVERE, MA - Dolores A. Thomas Smithers, Jr, 87, Lynn, died peacefully on Sun- (McCauley) Grady, age 98, of passed away Thursday, Janu- day, January 10, 2021 sur- Peabody and formerly of Re- ary 7, 2021 at Salem Hospital rounded by her family. She vere, died on Wednesday, Jan- after a brief illness. Buddy was was the wife of the late James uary 6, 2021 at Lahey Clinic the devoted husband, for over P. Arvanites and the daughter of Hospital, Burlington following 60 years, of Dolores (Landry) the late Thomas and Andania a brief illness. She was the Smithers, who predeceased (Christofilopoulos) Pappas. loving wife of the late William him in January of 2019. She was a graduate of Lynn G. Grady. Born in Chelsea in Born in Cambridge, MA, on Classical High School and lived 1922, she was the daughter September 20, 1933, he was in Lynn her entire life. She of the late Anna D. McCauley. the son of the late Edward T. worked at Linden Shoe in the She was raised in educated and Florence (Leddy) Smithers 1940’s, Agganis Restaurant in in the Beachmont section of Sr.. Buddy was the loving father the 1970’s and Singer Sewing Revere and graduated from Re- of Ron Smithers of Lynn, Deb Co. in the 1980’s. She was a vere High School in 1941. She Brown and her husband, Kip member of St. George Greek lived in Point of Pines for many of Lee, NH, Sue Beatty and her Orthodox Church in Lynn. One years before moving to Brooks- husband, John of Lynn, Karen of Katherine’s greatest joys was by Village, Peabody. Dolores Smithers of Braintree, about his journeys. He children where she served as a Arvanites, Adam Noya, Steph- worked as a secretary at Bos- her many dear friends. and the late John and then joined the Army, PTA officer, lunch aide and as anie Parsons, her great-grand- ton Gas for many years. She Service Information: A Pri- Tom Smithers; the met the love of his life, a Girl Scout Troop Leader at children Alivia and Avery Eaton also worked part time at a local vate Graveside Service was cherished grandfather Dolores, got married Sewell Anderson School. But and her cousin, Tom Pappas, art gallery and modeled cloth- held in Holy Cross Cemetery, of Ron Smithers Jr. of and raised their family her greatest joy of all was her as well as many nieces and ing for Filene’s. She was active Malden. Arrangements en- Lynn, Erica Tanguay in Lynn. He worked as family. Katherine was a loving nephews. She was the sister of at the League of Women Voters trusted to SOLIMINE FUNER- and her husband, an accountant until and devoted wife, mother, YiaY- late Louis Pappas and Angelina and school PTA. She was tal- AL HOMES, LYNN. Donations Gregg of Pelham, NH, his retirement due to health ia and Great YiaYia. She loved “Ann” Deleon. ented at quilting, rug hooking in Dolores’ memory may be Tim Smithers of Chapel Hill, reasons. Buddy then devoted cooking and being surrounded Service Information: Pri- and participated every year at made to St. Jude Children’s NC, Justin Brown of Lee, NH, all his time to his family, which by her family for Sunday din- vate funeral and burial ser- the Topsfield Fair by entering Research Hospital at www. Eric Brown and his fiancé, Katie was his pride and joy. He was a ners, birthdays, and holiday vices will be held on Thurs- her famous brownies that ev- stjude.org Online guestbook of Peabody, Molly Narducci and proud veteran of the US Army celebrations. day, January 12, 2021. In eryone loved. for family and friends to of- her husband, Justin of Grov- and a dedicated member of Katherine is survived by her lieu of flowers, donations Dolores is survived by her fer condolences at www.soli- eland, Keri Smithers and her the American Legion. He loved children, Peter Arvanites and may be made in her mem- son Thomas W. Grady; her mine.com husband, Johnny of El Paso, telling jokes, pulling pranks, his wife Cynthia of Peabody, Di- ory to Care Dimensions, 75 granddaughters Kelsey L. and TX, Christine Smithers and her gardening, cooking, watching ane Arvanites and her husband Sylvan Street, Suite B-102, Katelyn S. Grady; several lov- fiancé, Nick of Danvers, Mi- campfires and was curious Tommy Neblett of Framingham Danvers, MA 01923. Guest- ing cousins including Chet and chele Beatty of Marblehead; about anything happening and Elaine Parsons and her book at www.solimine.com Patricia Carter of Lynnfield and the great-grandfather of Jordan husband Stephen of Peabody. and Hailey Tanguay, Shane (Ju- around him. He had a larger She also leaves her grand- nior) Smithers and Grant (Little than life, unique, fun-loving children, Kate and Alexandra Tommy) Smithers; the dear personality. Buddy cherished Jeanette M. (Girard) Doucette brother of Mary Arrington and his time, and loved visits with 1939 - 2020 her husband, Steve of Andover family and friends. and the late Marion Aspinwall Service Information: Visit- SAUGUS - Jeanette M. (Gi- and her husband, Wally; and ing hours for Buddy will be Daniel Avery, 61 rard) Doucette, of Saugus, the uncle of many nieces and held on Friday, January 15 age 81, died on Saturday, De- nephews. from 4-8 p.m. at Cuffe-Mc- 1/23/1959 - 12/31/2020 cember 12th at the Wakefield Buddy spent part of his Ginn Funeral Home, 157 Ma- Center for Nursing Care. She LYNN - Daniel Avery, son of childhood in Cambridge before ple St., Lynn. Contributions was the wife of Robert H. Dou- moving to Lynn and graduated in Buddy’s memory may be late Claire and Leroy Avery of cette with whom she shared 62 Lynn MA. A loved father of 4 from the old Lynn Trade School. made to a charity of your years of marriage. After school, he joined the choice. children, Princess Avery, Pre- Born in Lowell, she was the cious Avery, Perceptomy Avery Merchant Marines and trav- daughter of the late Raymond eled the world. In later years, and Paradise (Avery) Hogan. and Mary (Lorenzo) Girard. Daniel is also survived by 6 he would entertain his family Mrs. Doucette worked for many with many interesting stories siblings, Barbara Rivera, David years at Sears in the credit de- Avery, Deborah Avery, Theresa partment and later in human Avery, Lena Avery, Todd Avery resources at Home Depot. Jea- and Marilyn Avery (deceased). nette liked plants and enjoyed Danny, (AKA - Payday Avery) gardening. She held her family Andrea J. Donovan, 77 is a well-known resident of very close to her heart. Lynn. Danny was a profes- In addition to her husband, 1943 - 2021 sional boxer who fought world Jeanette is survived by her two and Nancy Curtis. champions and won numerous SAUGUS - Miss Andrea J. cousins. Andrea will be greatly sons, Robert R. Doucette of Service Information: The Donovan, age 77, died on Fri- missed by her cats (children) New England Golden Glove Ti- NH and Donald Doucette and family will be holding a pri- tles. Danny was a gifted boxer day, January 8th at the Mas- Tommie and Austin. his wife Linda of Saugus; one vate service at a later date. sachusetts General Hospital In lieu of flowers donations with an unusual talent of mak- grandson, Donny Doucette and For condolences www.Bis- ing people laugh when they Service Information: Fu- following a brief illness. in Andrea’s memory may be her brother, Kenneth Girard. beePorcella.com. Born in Lynn and a lifelong made to the Massachusetts needed it the most. Danny is neral Services will be held She was predeceased by one a 1977 graduate of Lynn En- at ST. Stephen’s Memorial resident of Saugus, she was General Hospital Oncology brother Raymond Girard; and the daughter of the late Andrew Dept., https://giving.massgen- glish High School. As a youth Episcopal Church on Friday two sisters, Marie Champoux he enjoyed spending his time January 15th at 11:00am. J. and Esther (Amero) Donovan. eral.org/cancer/donate. at the Lynn Boys club, where he Thereafter, he will be laid to A reservation specialist with Service Information: An began his boxing career, under rest at Pine Grove Cemetery. Delta Airline, Andrea retired hour of visitation will be held the tutelage of his trainer Tony Due to COVID restrictions Domenic Augustus Laurenza, Jr., 75 after 37 years of service. She at the Austin Square Bap- Provoney. Danny has a sports service will also be held via was a member of the Red Hat tist Church, 10 Keslar Ave., legacy that will never be forgot- Zoom. Flowers may be sent 1945 - 2021 Society and the Saugus Elks. Lynn, on Saturday, January ten! He will be deeply missed to Goodrich Funeral Home, Andrea enjoyed beading, min- 16th 10 – 11 a.m. A funer- LYNN - Domenic A. Laurenza, by family, friends, and all who 128 Washington St. Lynn MA, eral hunting and loved jewelry al service will be held in the Jr, of Lynn, left his family for knew him. May he “May he 01902 making. church at 11 a.m. Relatives eternal life on Friday, January “Rest in Peace”! She is survived by her sister and friends are invited. 8, 2021, at the age of 75. He Holly Strychalski of Maine and For directions & condo- was born on March 7, 1945, brother Scott A. Donovan of lences www.BisbeePorcella. to the late Domenic A. and Saugus. Andrea was the sis- com. the late Helen A. (Antoncheck) ter of the late Diane Leppek Robert “Bobby” Nicolo, 57 Laurenza. He grew up in Law- and James W. Donovan. She rence until the family moved SAUGUS - Mr. Robert “Bob- will fondly be remembered by to Swampscott, where Dome- by” Nicolo, age 57, passed many nieces, nephews and nic was a 1963 graduate of away surrounded by family Swampscott High School. on January 8, 2021. Born in Nick was incredibly proud of Saugus, he was the son of the his service to his country in the late Joseph and Gloria (Holt) United States Army as a Private Maureen T. (Gibbons) Bellante, 75 Nicolo. He lived in Lynn all First Class from 1964 - 1967. his life. He was a graduate of 1945 - 2021 He served as a chef in Vietnam Lynn Vocational Tech, Class of and earned the National De- SWAMPSCOTT - Maureen T. as her siblings; Shelagh Gib- 1982. He worked at Soloman fense Service Medal, (Gibbons) Bellante, age 75, bons-Ichimura and Lawrence Metal and the Lido Cafe. Bob- Vietnam Service Med- ceded him in death on longtime Swampscott resi- Gibbons. She was the sister of by enjoyed life. He would sing al, and the Vietnam May 20, 2011. dent, died on Monday, January the late Ellen Hughes. kareoke at his past hangouts. Campaign Medal. He Mr. Laurenza is sur- 11, 2021. She was the wife Her graveside service will He also enjoyed spending received an Honorable vived by his six children, of the late John T. Bellante. be held on Friday at 11AM in time with his sister Marion and Discharge in July of Dawn and her husband Born in East Boston, she was Swampscott Cemetery. Rela- his devoted niece Gina who 1967. Vincent Pendleton of the daughter of the late John tives and friends are respect- helped him through the years, Domenic “Grampy, Haverhill; Dale Smith of and Mary (Coogan) Gibbons. fully invited and may meet at going shopping, BINGO and his Gramps, Grumps”, was an avid Lawrence; Samantha Lauren- Maureen was a graduate of the main gate of the cemetery favorites were Rockingham in sports fan and was a tried and za of Roanoke, VA; Domenic Swampscott High School, and at 10:45AM. In lieu of flowers, Salem, New Hampshire, over- him at the end. Bobby will be true New York Yankees fan. His Laurenza III of Peabody; Jamie had owned a hair salon in donations may be made to St. night trips to Foxwoods and missed by everyone, including favorite football team was any Laurenza of Lynn; and Mat- Swampscott for many years. Jude Children’s Research Hos- going out to eat. He also loved his little buddy the cat Bella team that was playing and win- ty Laurenza of Provincetown. She is survived by her four pital, 501 St. Jude Place, Mem- hanging out at REM autobody and his squirrel friend Mr. Nutts ning against the New England Eight grandchildren Kerianne, children; Dawn Bellante and phis, TN 38105. Arrangements and going for lunch with his as well as his friends at Union Patriots. Nicole and Christian “Stitch” her husband Anthony Holand by the SOLIMINE FUNERAL friend Judy. Bobby was always Taxi. Bobby is survived by his Whether it was attending Pendleton of Haverhill, Amy of Martha’s Vineyard, Beth Bel- HOME, Lynn. Directions and active riding his bike and in the sisters Marion and husband dance recitals, musical per- Fox and her husband Robert lante and her husband David guestbook at www.solimine. summer was going to Salis- Wayne Miniger of Lynn, De- formances and shows, color of Seaside, CA; Stephanie Dalzell of Swampscott, Michael com bury Beach for the bands and nise and her husband Donnie guard competitions, baseball Smith of Haverhill, Kayla Smith Bellante of Danvers, and Cait- on Thursday nights, he loved McGovern of Kansas, brothers and hockey games, his grand- of Springfield; Haleigh Lauren- lyn Bellante of Vero Beach, RedRock and would dance all Anthony of Lynn, Diego, Joseph son’s rock band concerts and za of Melrose, Sarah Long of FL; her granddaughter; Ashley night. His favorite color was red Jr. of Kansas, David and his every graduation ceremony of Blairs, VA and one great-grand- Althoff of Swampscott; as well and he loved feeding the birds, fiance Tiffany Coogan of Lynn. his children and grandchildren, child Ava Marie Fox of Seaside, squirrels and cats in the back He was a loving Uncle to many Nick cherished every min- CA. and an “adopted” grand- yard, where he also listened nieces, nephews, great nieces MORE OBITUARIES, A7 ute with his family, especially son Stephen Clements. to his favorite, country music, and great nephews and recent- spending time with his grand- Mr. Laurenza also leaves his (102.5) and Willie Nelson and ly by a great-great niece. He is children. Family meant the brothers, Anthony Laurenza Alan Jackson. Everywhere you predeceased by his nephew most to him. of Lynn, Thomas Laorenza of 781-593-7700 went he knew everyone. He Nicholas McGovern. Thanks to Publishing Daily, except Sundays He led by example by living Sebring, Florida, John Lauren- had supper every night with all the Nurses and Doctors at ITEM CLASSIFIEDS USPS-142-820 ISSN-8750-8249 his values and showing his za of Derry, New Hampshire, his sister Marion, brother in law Salem Hospital ICU, and they Periodicals postage paid at Lynn, MA children in his actions every and Raymond Laurenza of and additional offices. Wayne and niece Gina. Bobby were wonderful in this difficult day. Nick’s family and friends Attleboro; his sister in law GET RESULTS! Copyright ©2020 The Daily Item loved his natural ice beer and time. will miss his humor, tireless and brother-in-law Cheryl and Subscriptions music. He was always tipping Service Information: Prepaid by mail to all parts of the United States support and unconditional Thomas Bonin of North Con- his hat to the ladies and his fa- Graveside services will be $30.00 for 4 weeks love. He made so many feel like way, NH; and many nieces and vorite saying was “I’m here for held on Thursday, 2:00 in $95.00 for 13 weeks they were part of the Laurenza nephews. His brother Michael Call Customer Service $185.00 for 26 weeks a good time, not a long time”. Riverside Cemetery, Saugus, family making for such a grand Laorenza preceded him in $340.00 for 1 year He lived up to that saying. He family and friends to gather extended family beyond what is death. to place an ad Send payment to and POSTMASTER, loved life and partied hard. at the entrance. Please stay send address changes to: shared here today. Burial will be private. A Me- Unfortunately, his lungs from mindful with masks and so- The Daily Item His wife Sharon (Norris), morial Service and Celebration COPD couldn’t keep up with cial distancing. Goodrich Fu- 781-593-7700, ext. 2 110 Munroe St. of Life will take place at a later P.O. Box 5 neral Home, Lynn. whom he truly loved, admired, and adored for 45 years, pre- date. Lynn, MA 01903 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2021 THE DAILY ITEM A3 New virus cases, deaths reported across North Shore

By Gayla Cawley ple have died, and 10,609 ITEM STAFF have recovered from the virus, according to city New coronavirus cases data. were reported in Lynn, In Revere, 43 new cas- Lynnfield, Nahant, Revere es were reported to bring and Saugus on Tuesday. the city’s total numbers And additional deaths to 7,848 cases and 129 were reported in both Lyn- deaths, according to the nfield and Saugus, which city website. brings their respective With three new cases death tolls to 23 and 53, reported on Tuesday, Na- according to town data. hant now has 176 cases In Saugus, 204 new and six people have died, cases have been reported according to the town since last Friday, which website. brings the town’s total Numbers were not up- number of cases to 2,781, dated in Marblehead, ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK according to town data. Peabody or Swampscott. Twelve new cases were Item reporter Guthrie Scrimgeour receives his self-administered COVID-19 test at the Project As of Monday, Peabody reported in Lynnfield to had 7,848 cases and 129 Beacon testing site, located at the Lynn Ferry, on Tuesday afternoon. bring the town’s caseload deaths and Swampscott to 751, according to the had 730 cases and 13 town website. deaths. Marblehead (789 Lynn reported another cases, 31 deaths) has not Difficult to begin with, triple-digit spike in cas- provided updated num- es on Tuesday, with 132 bers since last Friday. new cases over a 24-hour Gayla Cawley can be period. The city now has reached at gcawley@item- painless in the end 12,891 cases, 2,116 of live.com. Follow her on which are active, 166 peo- Twitter @GaylaCawley. COVID Lynn Community Health appointment in the early Beacon had provided be- From A1 Center. evening or in the morning. fore handing me my test, City Councilor-at-Large “They release them in a self-administered nasal Revere candidate As part of the state’s Brian M. Field reported the evening, and they save swab. “Stop the Spread” cam- that many Lynn residents some for the morning in The swab was more pain- paign, Lynn was one of had experienced the sorts case people get sick over- less than the brain-scrap- four Massachusetts com- of registration problems night — they’re still able ing nasopharyngeal swabs eyes DeLeo seat munities selected to op- that I encountered — he to get an appointment,” I’ve received at other sites. erate a regional express also ran into the same said Field. Now, like the hundreds and cleanliness necessary testing center. The new REVERE difficulties when he was When I tried again the of others tested at the site to provide quality care for site is run by Project From A1 seeking a test. next morning, new time each day, I’m hoping for a victims.” Beacon, a company that “It’s certainly frustrat- slots had apparently been negative result. “I will come to the House Acquaintance and fellow specializes in high-vol- ing when you’re trying to released, and I was able to The Lynn Public Health of Representatives with Revere resident Ed De- ume, appointment-only get an appointment and schedule a test. Department has con- years of experience,” Ja- veau added, “Juan has al- testing and currently op- it keeps telling you that After booking, Project firmed the number of ac- ramillo said in a state- ways been grounded in his erates an express site in there are no appoint- Beacon sent me a text tive, confirmed positive ment. “As a statehouse pursuit to do what he can Revere. ments,” said Field. “I won- message reminding me budget director, I helped to make Revere a better The site is still ramping COVID-19 cases is 2,116, dered if I was doing some- about the time and loca- secure millions of dollars place for all its residents. up to full capacity, but is with 132 new cases re- thing wrong or if there tion. for housing, public trans- “His experience at the projected to eventually be ported on Tuesday. A total was something wrong I arrived at the site, lo- portation, and health care Statehouse … and his able to test up to 2,000 of 10,609 Lynn residents with the site.” cated in the parking lot off for the residents of Revere ability to connect with people a day, regardless of have recovered and 166 Field was eventually the Lynnway once used for and Winthrop. I am rolling and understand the needs their residence, health in- have died. able to contact a senior the former Lynn-Boston up my sleeves and run- of all people within his surance or symptoms. The total number of con- official, who explained ferry, about 10 minutes ning for state representa- district are why he is the The site hit a snag last before my appointment firmed positive COVID-19 the reasoning behind the tive to put that experience candidate I’m supporting Friday, when a diesel fuel scheduling issues. to find approximately 20 cases in Lynn since March to work for the residents in the upcoming primary.” leak from a generator shut “She explains that they cars parked in two lines, 21, 2020, including those of this district.” Since high school, Ja- down some of the testing release appointments pe- waiting to enter a large who have died and recov- Jaramillo, an immi- ramillo has served as a bays. riodically,” said Field. “So, testing tent. ered, is 12,891, according grant, came to the United youth mentor through The new Project Bea- it doesn’t all of a sudden The lines were quick and to city data. States with his parents in the “Big Brother Big Sis- con site replaced “Stop fill up, especially for peo- efficient. While at other Anyone seeking an ap- 2000 to escape violence in ter” program. He has the Spread” testing sites ple who need the appoint- sites, it took hours to get pointment can register at his family’s home country also worked as a director located at Lynn English ments. That’s what they’ve a test, here, the entire pro- the Project Beacon web- of Colombia. for “Revere Youth in Ac- High School and behind noticed from other testing cess was completed in less site: app.beacontesting. As a child, his parents tion,” a program formed the Lynn Fire Department sites, and apparently you than 10 minutes. com. worked 80-hour weeks to protect and promote headquarters on Western live and you learn.” Employees verified my Guthrie Scrimgeour as janitors to provide for educational, cultural, and Avenue, but walk-up test- The key, according to date of birth and scanned can be reached at gscrim- the family, and Jaramillo socio-political rights of Re- ing is still available at Field, was to book the a QR code that Project [email protected]. eventually joined them, vere’s young adults. cleaning intensive care “I’ve always been suc- unit (ICU) beds at Massa- cessful in what I do be- chusetts General Hospital cause my community First responders in Lynn in Boston to help pay his way through college. always has my back,” Ja- “When we came to Amer- ramillo told The Item. “My ica, Revere welcomed my community has invested and Saugus get their shots family with open arms,” so much in me and given the University of Massa- me the skills to deliver for chusetts Boston graduate Winthrop and Revere. It’s FIRST ers also received their vaccine, in that it doesn’t als deemed high risk for time for me to give back. first round of vaccina- need to be stored at ul- COVID-19 — those with said. “My parents worked From A1 countless hours, but de- “We need a proven lead- tions Tuesday morning at tra-frozen temperatures. two or more underlying er that knows how to de- receiving the shot to see the town’s Public Safety The state released a three- conditions that can com- spite that, they instilled if they had any sort of ad- in me the value of public liver for the constituency Building. phase distribution plan plicate a COVID-19 diag- to step up to the plate.” verse reaction. No one had Saugus Public Health for both the Pfizer and nosis — at the top of the service. a negative response, he “Because of their sacri- Currently, Jaramillo Director John Fralick said Moderna vaccines on Dec. list. mentors youth as a Pop said. fices, I was able to go from 145 doses of the Moderna 9, which intends to admin- It also includes all oth- Warner football coach, However, he did report cleaning ICU beds to in- vaccine were made avail- ister two million doses by er essential workers — while also working as a that some first responders terning with Speaker De- able to the town, which the end of March. teachers, transit, grocery, political coordinator at had declined to be vacci- Leo to serving as budget partnered with an emer- Massachusetts is cur- sanitation, utility, food and Service Employees In- nated. director for Senator Joe gency-preparedness coa- rently in Phase 1 of its agriculture — followed by ternational Union, which “I’m urging people to Boncore.” lition that includes Lynn- vaccination plan, which is adults 65 and older and represents frontline get the vaccine,” said Zu- Jaramillo is already re- field, Reading, and North focused on health workers, those with one complicat- union workers fighting kas. “The more people ceiving support from resi- Reading, with Andover police officers, firefighters, ing health factor. In Phase COVID-19. that (get) vaccinated, the dents of Revere and Win- serving as the coalition’s emergency medical ser- 3, set to begin in April, the “I know that togeth- quicker we can get back to throp. host community. The Mod- vices, and those in high- vaccine will be available to er, we can recover from a life without masks and the general public. Paula Restrepo, an ICU erna vaccine has been risk, close-contact settings COVID-19 and ensure with fewer closures.” such as shelters, group Guthrie Scrimgeour nurse and Winthrop res- shown to be 94 percent that we continue to have By Friday, he expects effective at preventing homes and correctional fa- can be reached at gscrim- ident who once worked the strong leadership that that vaccines will be ad- COVID-19, and is partic- cilities [email protected]. Elyse alongside the candidate at Winthrop and Revere de- ministered to all first re- ularly effective at protect- Phase 2 is scheduled Carmosino can be reached Mass General, said she is serve,” Jaramillo said. sponders who want them. ing the elderly. to begin sometime in at ecarmosino@itemlive. supporting the candidate DeLeo, the longest-serv- In Saugus, first respond- It differs from the Pfizer February, with individu- com. because she feels Jaramil- lo will work hard to deliv- ing speaker in state his- er for her as a state repre- tory, resigned late last sentative. month after a nearly 12- Peabody seeks customer input “During the Boston year tenure. A special Marathon bombing, Juan election to fill his vacated was an integral part of seat will be held on March PEABODY for residential and small 60 employees serving more cludes carbon-free genera- our healthcare team,” 30. Primaries will be held From A1 commercial customers. than 26,000 accounts, bal- tion, which consists of wind, Restrepo said. “No one on March 2. The typical residential anced between residential, nuclear, hydro and solar. worked harder to ensure Elyse Carmosino can be out online in about seven customer’s bill will de- business and commercial The survey consists of minutes. that frontline workers like reached at ecarmosino@ crease by 1.5 percent, from accounts in Peabody and 23 questions that cov- me had all the resources itemlive.com. Customers who do not $50.47 to $49.70 for a 500- South Lynnfield. er customer satisfaction, have access to a computer kWh monthly usage. “PMLP offers some of the priorities for the utility, may request a phone sur- A commercial customer lowest rates in Massachu- COVID-19 response and vey by calling the PLMP who uses 2,000 kWh per setts, and works hard to interest in new energy community relations de- call 781-593-7700 ext. 2 month will see their bill maintain a very low outage saving initiatives. PMLP to start your partment at 978-573-1150. decrease by 1.6 percent, rate. Having employees will gauge interest in “con- daily subscription. “We serve the public from $237.99 to $234.20. who live and work in the nected homes” services, with a necessary product Industrial customers will community, and are famil- as well as how customers and we don’t want people see a slight increase of 0.6 iar with the local distribu- like to receive information Get the LAW OFFICES OF to think we take them for percent. tion system, contributes to from the utility. JAMES J. CARRIGAN granted. The answers to Rates were reduced a faster restoration time,” The address to complete e-edition • Social Security Disability the survey will help us across all classes earli- PMLP said in a statement the survey is https://ti- • Workers Compensation identify and address any er in 2020, with rates for describing the utility. nyurl.com/PMLP2021. • Accidents challenges and opportuni- residential customers PMLP is committed to This address will be avail- 25 years located across ties,” said PLMP Manager decreasing by 5 percent, supporting state and re- able on the PMLP website from Lynn District Court Charles J. Orphanos. giving a ratepayer with gional public policy goals and promoted on social 15 Johnson St. PLMP is unveiling the monthly usage of 500 kWh to reduce carbon emissions media. 781-596-0100 survey in the wake of a with your JAMES J. CARRIGAN a bill that is below $50. under the Global Warming Thor Jourgensen can be ANNE GUGINO CARRIGAN slight rate decrease in 2020, Community-owned and Solutions Act. The light reached at tjourgensen@ home delivery subscription. LISA A. CARRIGAN, OF COUNSEL which resulted in savings not-for-profit PLMP has plant’s power portfolio in- itemlive.com. www.jamescarriganlaw.com [email protected] A4 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2021 OPINION

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E¤¥¤ M. G DIRECTORS President and Publisher Edward L. Cahill The conspiracy theory and M¦Ÿ H. SŸŸ Chief Executive O cer John M. Gilberg Edward M. Grant E C J. SŸ E. K¡ Advertising Director News Director Gordon R. Hall 110 Munroe St. W J. K TŸ  J ¡¢ Monica Connell Healey P.O. Box 5 Chief Financial O cer Editorial Page Editor J. Patrick Norton misinformation plague Lynn, MA 01903 J N. W  C  T¡£ Michael H. Shanahan Chief Operating O cer Chairman Community Relations Director Customer Service On Christmas Day, a sui- one perceives the issues. is at their disposal. A story Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. PUBLISHERS cide bomber in Nashville Misinformation, conspira- in The New York Times, for Horace N. Hastings, 1877-1904 Connecting destroyed a city block and cy theories, doctored videos, example, is infinitely more Charles H. Hastings and Wilmot R. Hastings, 1904-1922 All Departments: Charles H. Hastings, 1922-1940 injured eight people. While and outright lies are being trustworthy than a video Ernest W. Lawson, 1940-1960 781-593-7700 Charles H. Gamage and Peter Gamage, 1960-1982 his motivation is unclear, ingested every day by mil- from some guy sitting in Peter Gamage, 1982-1991 those close to the bomber lions of Americans. They are a basement and wearing Ext. 2 Peter H. Gamage, 1991-1996 say that he’d gone down the swallowing the bait whole Brian C. šayer, 1996-1999 a funny hat. That doesn’t Classified/Legal Advertising Bernard W. Frazier Jr., 1999-2005 conspiracy-theory rabbit and, as a result, they are mean that the main- [email protected] Peter H. Gamage, 2005-2014 hole, accepting as true some filled with rage toward man- stream media are always of the outrageous fabrica- ufactured enemies while Subscriptions John S. Moran, Executive Editor, 1975-1990 right or that funny-hat [email protected] tions that zip around the pledging fealty to false gods. guy is always wrong, but Internet. It began with the trickle of Circulation the so-called “legacy me- [email protected] Not even two weeks later, talk radio 30 years ago; then dia” – newspapers, maga- a mob summoned and in- Fox News opened the spigot Ext. 3 zines, TV and radio news cited by President Donald in 1996. The Internet has – have levels of editing and Newsroom J. Trump, their heads full brought the flood of toxic fact-checking, especially on [email protected] of ridiculous and danger- disinformation into each of [email protected] ous theories and misinfor- our homes, day and night, stories that deal with sen- Ext. 4 mation, stormed the U.S. and now millions of Ameri- sitive topics. None of them EDITORIAL Capitol — some of them cans are swimming in it. would risk intentionally Sports armed and looking to exe- U.S. intelligence agencies printing lies because they [email protected] cute the vice president, the have concluded that the could lose millions in libel Ext. 5 speaker of the house and Russian government and lawsuits, and when they find out that reporters or Retail and Online Get. Us. others. The presidential other bad actors are behind Advertising election had been robbed a significant amount of the columnists have played [email protected] from their candidate, they deceitful posts, theories, fast and loose with the ADVERTISING were told repeatedly, and memes and videos that are truth, there are immediate Vaccinated. it was up to them to set being shared via the Inter- consequences and public Ernie Carpenter Jr. things straight. net. Those who accept this corrections. Director of Advertising Editorial from the Chicago Tribune editorial board and Business Development, ext. 1355 Imagine, if you will, that a stuff and forward it without Third, social media has to [email protected] militant Islamic group had skepticism and fact-check- be part of the solution. Gov- The swift development of highly effective vaccines been behind both of those ing are aiding and abetting ernment censorship scares Ralph Mitchell for the novel coronavirus was a marvel of modern sci- actions? What would have America’s enemies, whose Sales Representative, ext. 1313 me, and I am not advocating [email protected] ence, holding out the prospect of an early end to a pan- happened next? The U.S. aim is to destabilize this demic that has rampaged across the country. But cre- for it, but I’d be open to some would already be dropping country. They’ve clearly type of regulation, similar to Eric Rondeau ating vaccines is one thing; getting them administered bombs on Muslim coun- been successful. Sales Representative, ext. 1280 the way that public airwaves [email protected] is another. That part of the process is not a marvel but tries, warning the rest of As we reel from scenes of a muddle. are subject to F guidelines. the world that they are ei- violence and desecration We should proceed with cau- Patricia Whalen In mid-December, Health and Human Services Sec- ther with us or against us. in Washington, D.C., we Sales Representative, ext. 1310 retary Alex Azar said that 20 million Americans would tion here, but steps clearly [email protected] What if supporters of need to address the factors need to be taken. get shots by the end of the year. By Jan. 8, 21.4 million Black Lives Matter (BLM) that have caused so many BUSINESS OFFICE doses had been distributed, according to the federal The plague that muddled had set off a bomb in the people to be misled so bad- the thinking of the Nash- Susan J. Conti Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — but middle of a city and then ly. First, we need to teach only 5.9 million had been administered. ville bomber and the Cap- Controller, ext. 1288 overrun the Capitol build- civics and citizenship more [email protected] itol insurrectionists is not This sluggish rollout coincides with continued trage- ing? Federal law enforce- comprehensively in our going to be cured anytime Ted Grant dy. Last Thursday, more than 4,000 people died in the ment would be dragging schools. There are a whole United States from COVID-19, the third straight day soon. There is no vaccine Publisher, ext. 1234 BLM leaders out of their lot of people who believe [email protected] of record fatalities. More than 360,000 deaths have oc- beds at gunpoint and that the vice president in the pipeline that will Marian Kinney curred. And a new, more contagious strain of the virus charging them with terror- could have thrown out the give us herd immunity that first appeared in Britain has been detected in at from conspiracy theories ext. 1212 ism. Electoral College votes or [email protected] least eight U.S. states. There is a poison cours- that the First Amendment and other misinformation. Will Kraft What’s holding up actual vaccinations? It’s hard to ing through the veins of applies to Twitter. A recent Still, we have to start do- escape the conclusion that the federal government and Chief Financial Officer, ext. 1296 the American body poli- study showed that almost ing something to tamp [email protected] state governments just failed to ramp up sufficiently tic, and it has brought the two-thirds of Americans down the spread — other- for a mass inoculation program, which they knew was country to where it stands would fail the citizenship wise, our democracy could Paula Villacreses coming. With months to get ready — Pfizer reported today: deeply divided — test given to immigrants. end up on life support. A/R Specialist, ext. 1205 [email protected] the success of its vaccine trial on Nov. 9 — they seem not just on political issues, Second, we need to help Jim Correale is a teacher to have been caught unprepared for the logistical chal- but on a set of basic facts people understand how to and writer who lives and Mike Shanahan lenges. Why didn’t federal and state officials create that determine how some- interpret information that works on the North Shore. Chief Executive Officer, ext. 1956 mass vaccination training programs? Call on the Na- [email protected] tional Guard, retired medical personnel, college nurs- Carolina Trujillo ing students to administer shots? Open field houses GUTHRIE SCRIMGEOUR Community Relations Director, ext. 1226 and park districts and stadiums for quicker, more effi- [email protected] cient vaccinations? Is that wishful thinking? Jim Wilson But moving from big facilities to millions of indi- Talking affordability in Lynn Chief Operating Officer, ext. 1200 viduals is a more complex endeavor. This is a major [email protected] challenge everywhere, not just in this country. France CIRCULATION has managed to inoculate only 45,000 people, and the Did you know that the to households making housing study in 2016 Netherlands didn’t even start until Jan. 6. median income for a Lynn $83,300 a year, while 120 that found affordable Lisa Mahmoud Planning was complicated in the U.S. by uncer- family of four is $119,000 percent is affordable to units “pale in comparison” Manager, ext. 1239 tainty about how many doses would be coming and per year? those making $142,800 a to need, with just one sub- [email protected] At least it is according year, you realize that this sidized unit for every 4.4 when. The rollout unfortunately coincided with the CUSTOMER SERVICE December holidays, which slow almost every human to the U.S. Department of program isn’t actually do- low- and moderate-income activity. Unlike many vaccines, these are in limited Housing and Urban De- ing anything for the mid- households in the city. La’ Mosha Ball velopment (HUD), which dle-income residents of According to the Met- Customer Service, ext. 1276 supply. That being the case, states have targeted var- [email protected] ious groups in order of priority, with medical workers determines area median our city. ropolitan Area Planning and nursing home residents and staff and “front-line income (AMI) by grouping The initiative starts to Council, more than 46 per- GRAPHICS essential workers,” including first responders. Lynn with 110 surround- seem less like an effort to cent of Lynn households Trevor Andreozzi Reaching a broader population won’t be simple. We ing cities and towns. help middle-income Lynn are cost-burdened, mean- Designer were glad to hear Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker say the Of course, anyone who residents, and more like ing they pay 30 percent [email protected] National Guard will be used to set up mass vaccina- lives in Lynn could tell you a giveaway to developers or more of their income on Sean Casey tion sites. President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team that the city’s actual medi- building housing that spe- housing. Designer said that after taking office, he would release nearly all an family income is much cifically is not affordable Roughly 21 percent of [email protected] available vaccines instead of holding back enough for lower than $119,000. to your average Lynn res- Lynn households pay NEWSROOM the required second dosages. He’s betting on producers Data provided by the ident. more than half of their in- city’s drafted housing pro- This makes the con- come toward housing. Mike Alongi being able to continually refill the pipeline. Sports Editor, ext. 1228 The fact that there are conflicting opinions about the duction plan shows that versation about housing And rents continue to [email protected] optimum rollout isn’t reassuring, but if Biden is choos- the median family in- much more confusing. rise too. According to the ing urgency over prudence, that’s the right call. People come in Lynn is actually Take the recently re- “Housing Lynn” plan, “the Elyse Carmosino less than half of the HUD leased “Housing Lynn: median asking rent in Reporter, ext. 1264 are still getting sick and dying. The country can’t fully [email protected] reopen the economy and send people back to work un- number -- $53,500. A Plan for Inclusive Lynn rose 25 percent, from til the vaccine is broadly distributed. So why does this matter? Growth,” which consis- $1,435 in the fourth quar- Gayla Cawley Because it makes the tently refers to affordable ter of 2015 to $1,790 in the Reporter, ext. 1236 As Pritzker said, “This is a race to get vaccines in [email protected] people’s arms as fast as possible.” It’s a race we can’t conversation about afford- housing as “for households fourth quarter of 2018.” afford to lose. able housing in Lynn so with low incomes at or be- This crisis, compounded Cheryl Charles much more difficult. low 80 percent of AMI.” with the economic effects News Editor, ext. 1278 [email protected] Take Gov. Charlie Bak- This seems reasonable of the COVID-19 pandem- LETTER TO THE EDITOR er’s new CommonWealth until you realize that, as ic, means evictions, fore- Olivia Falcigno Builder program, a $60 the executive summary of closures, and more people Photographer, ext.1224 million initiative that the plan states, “afford- being priced out of the city [email protected] “We the people” are watching subsidizes the production able housing based on this that they call home. Spenser Hasak and purchase of homes for regional definition is not There is a real and im- Photographer, ext. 1332 [email protected] To the editor: longs to “We, the voters.” homebuyers with incomes affordable to many Lyn- portant conversation to between 70 to 120 percent ners.” be had about development Thor Jourgensen Right now, by slim major- Editorial Page Editor, ext. 1267 I want to comment on the AMI based on the HUD What 80 percent afford- and affordability in Lynn ities, the Democrats hold and on the North Shore. [email protected] recent Georgia election. calculation. ability actually means is both houses of Congress. Baker describes the affordability for the Cam- We shouldn’t ignore the Daniel Kane Congratulations to the You have two years to initiative as an effort to bridge tech bro making potential benefits of bring- Sports Reporter, ext. 1228 two new senators-elect. I prove that you will keep combat “systemic inequi- nearly $100,000 a year. ing investment and the [email protected] would also like to quote your promises. “We, the ties” and incentivize “new Based on the census tax dollars that come with Steve Krause Sen. Sanders who stated, News Director, ext. 1229 voters” will be watching. housing development and data, housing would have development into Lynn, “Democrats had better home-buying opportuni- to be offered at 44 percent but we also shouldn’t ig- [email protected] do what is right for the Power could change ties for middle-income AMI to actually be afford- nore the desperate need Alex Ross well-being of all Ameri- hands again in 2022. Re- residents of Boston and able to the average Lynn to address what has un- Intern cans.” member the 2008-2010 our Gateway Cities – par- resident. doubtedly become a hous- [email protected] No more stall tactics, po- cycle when you had both ticularly for people of color For the 17.3 percent of ing affordability crisis. Guthrie Scrimgeour litical games, and broken houses and you lost them. – empowering more people Lynn residents who live The absurd way we clas- Reporter, ext. 1222 promises by both parties [email protected] Take due notice thereof, to become homeowners.” below the poverty line, an sify Lynn’s area median as we saw during the past and govern yourselves ac- At first glance, this char- affordable unit would cost income makes that con- Anne Marie Tobin several months. acterization might seem less than 22 percent AMI. versation much more dif- Assignment Editor, ext. 1307 The election in Georgia cordingly. fair. We all know that there ficult. [email protected] should prove one import- But when you consider is an affordability problem Guthrie Scrimgeour is TECHNOLOGY ant thing to all politicians: John Norton that a home at 70 percent in Lynn. a staff reporter with The Tim Noyes The power in America be- Lynn of AMI is only affordable Lynn commissioned a Item. 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All address information, particu- Citizens Assist House moving to oust Trump larly arrests, reflect police records. Nahant Police participated In the event of a perceived inac- in a birthday drive by at 2:37 curacy, it is the sole responsibility p.m. Saturday on Gardner HOUSE of the concerned party to contact Road. From A1 the relevant police department and The House was expect- have the department issue a no- PEABODY ed to approve a resolution tice of correction to the Daily Item. calling on Pence and the Corrections or clarifications will not Accidents Cabinet to invoke the 25th be made without express notice of Amendment to the Con- Police received a report of a change from the arresting police stitution to declare the car hitting a deer at 8:47 p.m. president unable to serve. department. Monday on Lynn Street and Pence, who had a “good Spring Street. The Department meeting” with Trump on LYNN of Public Works was dispatched Monday, their first since and determined the deer would the vice president was Arrests need to be put down. among those sheltering from the attack, was not Christen Croft, 40, of 3 Complaints expected to take any such Lewis St., was arrested on action. warrant charges of assault A caller at 12:15 a.m. Tues- After that, the House and battery, shoplifting by day reported a male party would move swiftly to im- concealing merchandise, and with a beard and green shop- peachment on Wednesday. daytime breaking and enter- ping bag attempted to open Trump faces a single ing for a felony at 7:17 a.m. car doors in the area of Proc- charge — “incitement of Tuesday. tor Circle. An officer spoke insurrection” — in the Alfredo Niz Lopez, of 37 with the party and reported impeachment resolution Robinson St., was arrested on the male stated he was on his way home while picking after the most serious and PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS warrant charges of uninsured deadly domestic incursion motor vehicle/trailer, no in- up trash. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds a news conference Police received a noise at the Capitol in the na- spection/sticker, unregistered tion’s history. on the day after violent protesters loyal to President Donald Trump motor vehicle, and number complaint on Crane Brook stormed the U.S. Congress, at the Capitol in Washington. Way at 11:34 p.m. Monday. During an emotional de- plate violation to conceal ID bate ahead of the House Police received a call at quired to pass through lives, defacing public prop- and joined by Raskin of at 4:16 a.m. Tuesday. action, Rep. Norma Torres, 9:44 p.m. Monday from a metal detectors to enter erty, caused great damage Maryland and Jerrold Na- Stephen Stewart, 56, of D-Calif., urged her Repub- party on Shore Drive who the House chamber, not — that they be held ac- dler of New York draws 181 Fayette St., was arrested lican colleagues to under- reported hearing yelling and far from where Capitol po- countable.” from Trump’s own false on warrant charges of assault stand the stakes, recount- banging coming from an up- lice, guns drawn, had bar- Fending off concerns statements about his elec- on ambulance personnel and ing a phone call from her stairs apartment. Dispatched ricaded the door against that an impeachment tri- tion defeat to Biden. assault with a dangerous son as she fled during the officers reported the argu- the rioters. al would bog down Biden’s Judges across the coun- weapon at 9:33 a.m. Tuesday. siege. ment was verbal in nature. The final days of Trump’s first days in office, the pres- try, including some nomi- “Sweetie, I’m OK,” she presidency will be like ident-elect is encouraging nated by Trump, have re- Accidents told him. “I’m running for peatedly dismissed cases Missing Persons my life.” none other as Democrats, senators to divide their A report of a motor vehicle challenging the election But Rep. Jim Jordan, and a small number of Re- time between taking up his crash at 1:22 p.m. Monday at Police received a report publicans try to expel him priorities of confirming his results, and former Attor- AL Prime Energy at 423 Bos- at 8:55 a.m. Tuesday from a R-Ohio, a top Trump ally just honored this week at after he incited the mob nominees and approving ney General William Barr, ton St.; at 1:25 p.m. Monday male caller on Washington that violently ransacked COVID relief while also a Trump ally, has said at 25 State St.; at 3:39 p.m. Street who reported his sister the White House, refused to concede that Biden won the Capitol last Wednes- conducting the trial. there was no sign of wide- Monday at Centre Street and was chasing a dog and he day. Senate Democratic spread fraud. Western Avenue; at 3:38 p.m. was unable to locate her. The the election outright. Democratic Rep. Jim A Capitol police officer leader Chuck Schumer The impeachment legis- Monday at 33 N Common St.; missing was described as a died from injuries suffered suggested in a letter to lation also details Trump’s at 3:44 p.m. Monday at 325 9-year-old white female with McGovern, D-Mass., tied such talk to the Capitol at- in the riot, and police shot colleagues Tuesday the pressure on state officials Western Ave.; at 6:17 a.m. red hair and a black shirt. Po- a woman during the vio- chamber would do both. in Georgia to “find” him lice later reported a neighbor tack, interjecting, “People Tuesday at Henry and Lawton lence. Three other people As Congress resumed, more votes, as well as his located the child and brought came here because they avenues. died in what authorities an uneasiness swept White House rally ahead of her back to the house. believed the lie.” A report of a motor vehicle said were medical emer- the halls. More lawmak- the Capitol siege, in which hit and run crash at 7:33 p.m. A handful of other House Republicans could gencies. ers tested positive for he encouraged thousands Monday at Park Street and Fire In the Senate, Republi- COVID-19 after shelter- of supporters last Wednes- Western Avenue. vote to impeach, but in the Police received a report of a narrowly divided Senate can Pat Toomey of Penn- ing during the siege. Many day to “fight like hell” and A report of a motor vehicle sylvania joined GOP Sen. lawmakers may choose to march to the building. crash with personal injury at vehicle fire at 4:36 a.m. Tues- there are not expected to day on Route 95 South. State be the two-thirds votes to Lisa Murkowski of Alaska vote by proxy rather than The mob overpowered 9:33 a.m. Tuesday at Com- over the weekend in call- come to Washington, a police, broke through se- mercial Street and Lynnway. Police reportedly handled the convict him, though some issue without incident. Republicans say it’s time ing for Trump to “go away process that was put in curity lines and windows and rampaged through Assaults for Trump to resign. as soon as possible.” place last year to limit the Overdose The unprecedented Sen. Rob Portman, health risks of travel. the Capitol, forcing law- A report of an assault at events, with just over R-Ohio, did not go that Among Trump’s closest makers to scatter as they 6:40 p.m. Monday at Walmart A woman called at 12:48 a week remaining in far, but on Tuesday called allies in Congress, House were finalizing Biden’s at 780 Lynnway. a.m. Tuesday to report her Trump’s term, are unfold- on Trump to address the Republican leader Kev- victory over Trump in the A report of an assault and boyfriend overdosed. Officers ing in a nation bracing nation and explicitly urge in McCarthy was among Electoral College. battery with a dangerous dispatched to the scene on for more unrest. The FBI his supporters to refrain those echoing the pres- While some have ques- weapon at 8:29 a.m. Tuesday Lowell Street reported two has warned ominously of from further violence. If ident, saying “impeach- tioned impeaching the at Lynn Shelter at 360 Wash- doses of narcan were admin- potential armed protests not, he said, Trump “will ment at this time would president so close to the ington St. istered and the male party in Washington and many bear responsibility.” have the opposite effect of end of his term, there is was transferred to Salem states by Trump loyalists No member of the Cabi- bringing our country to- precedent. In 1876, during Overdose Hospital. ahead of Biden’s inaugu- net has publicly called for gether.” the Ulysses Grant admin- ration and Capitol Police Trump to be removed from Democrats say they have istration, War Secretary A report of an overdose at SAUGUS warned lawmakers to be office through the 25th the votes for impeach- William Belknap was im- 2:42 a.m. Tuesday on Estes on alert. The inaugura- Amendment. ment. The impeachment peached by the House the Street. Complaints tion ceremony on the west Biden has said it’s im- bill drafted by Reps. David day he resigned, and the steps of the Capitol will be portant to ensure that the Cicilline of Rhode Island Senate convened a trial Theft Police received a call at off limits to the public. “folks who engaged in se- and Ted Lieu of California, months later. He was ac- 8:36 p.m. Monday from a Lawmakers will be re- dition and threatening the during the riot lockdown, quitted. A report of a motor vehicle woman on Morton Ave. who theft at 11:04 a.m. Monday at reported the power was shut 25 Pleasant St. off to her unit prior to get- A report of a larceny at 9:42 ting home that evening. Dis- Michigan plans to charge ex-Gov. a.m. Tuesday at 66 Lawton patched officers spoke with Ave. the woman who stated the power had been switched Snyder in Flint water probe MARBLEHEAD back on and she just wanted the incident on file. By Ed White, doesn’t seem like enough.” Complaints David Eggert and The disaster made Flint Vandalism Tammy Webber a nationwide symbol of A report of suspicious ac- ASSOCIATED PRESS A woman came into the governmental misman- tivity at 11:55 a.m. Monday agement, with residents on Lafayette Street. A caller station at 7:08 p.m. Monday FLINT, Mich. — Former to report someone had keyed lining up for bottled reported kids were making Michigan Gov. Rick Sny- water and parents fear- bike ramps and jumping off of her car while it was parked der, his health director in her driveway on the Lynn ing that their children them on the trail behind the and other ex-officials have had suffered permanent cemetery. Police were unable Fells Parkway back on Nov. been told they’re being 28. The woman was advised harm. Lead can damage to find the kids, but did locate charged after a new inves- the brain and nervous a man in a hut. to contact the Saugus Police tigation of the Flint water Department if she obtains system and cause learn- scandal, which devastated ing and behavior prob- Fire any further information. the majority Black city A man came into the station lems. The crisis was high- with lead-contaminated lighted as an example of A report of a building fire at at 6:58 p.m. Monday to report water and was blamed 12:12 a.m. Tuesday on Johns someone had keyed his car environmental injustice for a deadly outbreak of FILE PHOTO | JAKE MAY/THE FLINT JOURNAL VIA AP and racism. Road. A caller reported his from the drivers door to the Legionnaires’ disease, utility shed was on fire, but rear corner panel sometime Volunteers load cases of water into vehicles in At the same time, bac- The Associated Press has Flint, Mich. teria in the water was that it had not spread to the during the previous night while learned. house. A firefighter was trans- it was parked on the Lynn Fells blamed for an outbreak Two people with knowl- “working diligently” and ecutors have refused to of Legionnaires’. Legio- ported to the hospital with a Parkway. He further stated that edge of the planned pros- “will share more as soon “share information about hand injury. this had happened back in No- nella bacteria can emerge ecution told the AP on as we’re in a position to these charges with us.” through misting and cool- vember. The man was advised Tuesday that the attor- do so.” “Rather than following Vandalism to contact the Saugus Police ing systems, triggering a ney general’s office has Snyder, a Republican the evidence to find the severe form of pneumonia, Department if he obtains any informed defense lawyers who has been out of office truth, the Office of Special A report of vandalism at further information. especially in people with 1:54 p.m. Monday on Wash- about indictments in Flint for two years, was gover- Counsel appears to be tar- weakened immune sys- nor when state-appoint- geting former Gov. Snyder ington Street. A caller report- Accidents and told them to expect tems. Authorities counted ed her vehicle had been van- initial court appearances ed managers in Flint in a political escapade,” at least 90 cases in Gen- dalized overnight. Police received a call about soon. They spoke to the AP switched the city’s water Lennon said. esee County, including 12 a motor vehicle accident with on condition of anonymity to the Flint River in 2014 Snyder apologized for deaths. NAHANT property damage on Essex because they were not au- as a cost-saving step while the catastrophe during The outbreak was an- Street at 5:41 p.m. Monday. thorized to speak publicly. a pipeline was being built his 2016 State of the State nounced by Snyder and Animal Control Police received a report of The AP could not deter- to Lake Huron. The water, speech and said govern- Lyon in January 2016, a motor vehicle accident with mine the nature of the however, was not treated ment at all levels had although Lyon conceded A citizen called the station property damage at 5:13 charges against Snyder, to reduce corrosion — a failed Flint. that he knew that cases at 1:35 p.m. Saturday to re- p.m. Monday near Auto House former health department disastrous decision af- LeeAnne Walters, a were being reported many port a motor vehicle in the USA, Inc. on Broadway. director Nick Lyon and firmed by state regulators mother of four who is months earlier. Long Beach parking lot with Police received a report of others who were in his that caused lead to leach credited with exposing the In 2018, Lyon was or- two dogs inside. State Police a motor vehicle accident with administration, including from old pipes and spoil lead contamination, said dered to stand trial on were notified. non-fatal injuries at 11:44 Rich Baird, a friend who the distribution system she wants details about involuntary manslaugh- A woman called the sta- a.m. Monday near Out of Asia was the governor’s key used by nearly 100,000 the charges. ter charges after a special tion at 10:39 a.m. Friday to restaurant on Broadway. troubleshooter while in residents. “The very fact that peo- prosecutor accused him of inquire about bringing dogs Police received a report of office. Snyder’s attorney, Brian ple are being held ac- failing to timely inform to the beaches during the off a motor vehicle accident with Courtney Covington Lennon, released a blis- countable is an amazing the public about the out- season. The caller was ad- property damage at 3:43 a.m. Watkins, a spokeswom- tering statement Tuesday, feat,” Walters said. “But break. His attorneys ar- vised according to the ACO Monday near Wheelabrator an for the attorney gen- saying a criminal prose- when people’s lives have gued there wasn’t enough website. Saugus on Salem Turnpike. eral’s office, said only cution would be “outra- been lost and children solid information to share that investigators were geous.” He said state pros- have been severely hurt, it earlier. A6 THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2021 Massachusetts set to open NEW ENGLAND BRIEFS Priest who spoke at distribution charges, The Salem News reported. Sen. Kennedy’s funeral Jalbert was awaiting first mass vaccination site denies sex abuse trial when he tested positive for COVID-19 in BOSTON (AP) — Mas- members, Gov. Charlie more, eventually extend- sponders who are step- BARNSTABLE (AP) — April, according to au- sachusetts is preparing Baker said Tuesday at a ing to the general popula- ping up to get vaccinat- A Roman Catholic priest thorities. He was released who delivered the homily to open its first mass vac- press conference. tion. ed. by a judge in April with at U.S. Sen. Ted Kenne- cination site this week at Starting Monday, the “These vaccines are safe “Obviously getting the the condition that he stay Gillette Stadium as the site will begin giving shots and effective,” Baker said. dy’s funeral in 2009 has under home confinement vaccine protects not only state ramps up efforts to to first responders. At first On Monday, the state be- pleaded not guilty to at his mother’s Beverly child sexual abuse. get shots into arms and the site will have the ca- gan administering vaccine you, but also your family home. But prosecutors The Rev. Mark Hession help stem the spread of pacity to administer up to and all the folks you deal say Jalbert failed to com- doses to first responders was released on $2,500 with and come in contact ply with the conditions the coronavirus. 300 doses a day. — including police, fire- bail Monday after his The site will open Thurs- Baker said that capacity fighters and EMTs. with in your community of his release, and was arraignment in Barn- ordered back to jail. day by first administering will expand over time to Baker said he wanted from COVID,” Baker said. stable Superior Court in vaccinations into staff up to 5,000 doses a day or to thank those first re- When Jalbert reported Baker said that eligible Massachusetts on two to the Middleton jail, vaccine recipients will counts of rape, indecent officers found 15 Sub- assault and battery on be able to schedule ap- oxone strips, marijuana a child younger than 14 pointments on the state’s and tobacco hidden in a and witness intimida- body cavity, the district COVID-19 vaccine web- tion, the Cape Cod Times attorney’s office said. site. reported. He was convicted of the The next phase of the His passport was confis- fentanyl charges in July. cated, and he was ordered Prosecutors had asked vaccine plan will focus on to stay away from the congregate care facilities, for up to two additional accuser. years behind bars. Baker said. One of Hession’s at- Vaccines are not expect- torneys, Joseph Griffin, Rhode Island House ed to be available to the declined comment when reached by telephone on Democrats round out general public until April. Tuesday. leadership team “The big hope on the Hession was ordained horizon is the arrival of in 1984 and served at PROVIDENCE, R.I. — more vaccine,” Baker said. nearly a dozen parishes Democrats in the Rhode Island House of Repre- “In the meantime every- in southeastern Massa- chusetts and Cape Cod. sentatives have elected a body’s still got to do their He is charged with new leadership team that FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS part to stop the spread of assaulting a child on mul- includes two women in Gillette Stadium is set to open as Massachussett’s first mass vaccination the virus in the months tiple occasions between key posts. site on Thursday. ahead.” 2005 and 2008, according Rep. Katherine Kazari- to court documents. an of East Providence Hession has been sus- was elected House major- pended from ministry by ity whip, while Rep. Mia $30K reward offered in hunt for the Diocese of Fall River Ackerman of Cumberland since 2019, after he sent was named as deputy what the diocese called whip, The Providence “inappropriate communi- Journal reported Monday. man accused in 1990 slayings cations to several adult Both were recommend- parishioners.” ed by new Speaker K. BOSTON (AP) — Au- 1990. One man survived. “We will not rest until Pham, and are launching The diocese said in a Joseph Shekarchi. thorities are offering a re- Pham’s alleged accomplic- Hung Tien Pham is locat- an international publicity statement last month “The whip and depu- ward of up to $30,000 for es are serving life sentenc- ed, arrested and brought campaign in a renewed ef- that it is cooperating with ty whip are part of the leadership team. They information leading to the es after being arrested in to justice,” Bonavolonta fort to track him down. law enforcement. meet regularly with arrest of a man accused in China and returned to the said. Authorities have never the execution-style kill- U.S., but Pham has never Pham, a Vietnamese Man who made secret legislators to discuss established a motive in their priorities and they ings of five men at a so- been found. national of Chinese de- what Bonavolonta called recordings in restroom cial club in Boston’s Chi- Joseph Bonavolonta, scent, was last seen in answer questions about “one of the bloodiest mas- natown neighborhood 30 special agent in charge Bangkok, Thailand, in the pleads guilty legislation that comes to years ago, officials said of the Boston FBI office, mid-1990s. The FBI says sacres in Boston history.” the House floor,” House BOSTON (AP) — A Tuesday. urged anyone who knows he was known to be a “big Pham is also wanted by spokesman Larry Ber- Boston man who authori- Hung Tien Pham, now anything about Pham’s spender who liked flashy Boston police for anoth- man said. ties say secretly recorded 60, and two others are ac- whereabouts to come for- cars and cognac.” er killing that happened The voting took place at boys using the restrooms cused of shooting six men ward, saying no amount of The FBI has released four days before the social a virtual House Demo- at a city high school has at close-range while they information is too small or crime scene photos, an club slayings, Bonavolonta cratic caucus meeting, pleaded guilty to child played cards on Jan. 12, irrelevant. age-progressed photo of said. which also saw the pornography charges, reelection of Rep. Char- federal prosecutors say. lene Lima of Cranston Eric Tran Thai, 36, faces as deputy speaker, Brian Rhode Island’s COVID-19 up to 15 years in prison Kennedy of Hopkinton as under the terms of a plea speaker pro tempore, and agreement, according to Grace Diaz of Providence statement Tuesday from as chairwoman of the death toll approaches 2,000 the office of U.S. Attorney Democratic caucus. for Boston. Sentencing is “I am very excited scheduled for May 13. PROVIDENCE, R.I. ally, almost 378,000 people average positivity rate in average of daily new cases about our leadership Authorities started (AP) — The number of have died, according to the Rhode Island is now 6.56 team, which brings a in Rhode Island has risen investigating in Feb- people who have died of Johns Hopkins University percent. State health de- combination of new en- over the past two weeks ruary 2018 after two COVID-19 in Rhode Is- Center for Systems Sci- partments are calculating ergy and vast experience from more than 767 on Boston College students land is approaching 2,000, ence and Engineering. positivity rate different- on all matters pertaining Dec. 28 to more than 1,128 complained to campus according to state Depart- The health department ly across the country, but to the House,” Shekarchi on Monday, according to police that someone had ment of Health statistics also reported more than for Rhode Island the AP said. the project. recorded them without released Tuesday. 660 new confirmed cases calculates the rate by di- their consent using the With 23 more fatalities of the disease from the viding new cases by test There were more than Boston firefighter sex restrooms at the school. reported, the total num- previous day and a daily encounters using data 400 people in the state’s Thai was detained and discrimination case ber of virus-related deaths positivity rate of 5.7 per- from The COVID Tracking hospitals with the disease during a search of his settled for $3.2M during the pandemic has cent. Project. as of Sunday, up slightly bag police found several climbed to 1,970. Nation- The latest seven-day The seven-day rolling from the previous day. covert camera devices, BOSTON (AP) — A including fake smoke former Boston firefighter detectors, a water bottle who said she was sex- Harvard cuts ties with containing a small re- ually harassed by male cording device, and a pair colleagues while on the of sunglasses outfitted job, then denied a better Rep. Stefanik over voter fraud claims with a built-in camera, position as retaliation prosecutors said. for reporting the harass- Investigators who ment, has reached a $3.2 CAMBRIDGE (AP) — searched his home found million settlement with A Republican member numerous electronic the city, her attorneys of Congress has been devices containing elec- said Tuesday. removed from a panel tronic folders labeled BU, The agreement with at Harvard University MIT, Harvard, Northeast- Nathalie Fontanez was for making comments ern, Bunker Hill, Boston finalized last month, that perpetuated Pres- Latin High School, and said her attorneys, who ident Donald Trump’s different malls, airports include Gloria Allred. baseless claims of wide- and foreign countries, A message seeking spread voter fraud, the prosecutors said. comment was left with school announced Tues- He was charged in the city. day. connection with folders “This result was ob- U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik labeled Boston Latin — tained because of Natha- of New York was removed the nation’s oldest public lie’s courage in pursuing from a senior advisory high school — which this case and her refusal committee at Harvard’s contained about 45 to allow the city of Boston school of government af- secretly recorded videos to get away with deny- ter she declined to resign of male students using ing her legal rights to voluntarily, according to the restroom created enjoy equal employment a statement from Doug- between February and opportunity and be free las Elmendorf, dean of December 2017, prosecu- of sexual harassment the Harvard Kennedy tors said. in the workplace, and School. retaliation against her for Hundreds of students Man gets six months protesting it,” Allred said and alumni called on FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS during an online news Harvard to cut ties with more for trying to smuggle conference. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., asks questions during a public impeachment Stefanik, a 2006 Harvard drugs into jail Fontanez joined the graduate, after last week’s hearing in Washington regarding President Donald Trump’s efforts to Boston Fire Department violent insurrection at the tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. LAWRENCE,(AP) — in November 2011 be- U.S. Capitol. Stefanik was ment, Elise has made badge of honor” to be boy- certifying President-elect A man released from a cause she wanted to help one of roughly a dozen public assertions about cotted by U.S. universities. Joe Biden’s election last Massachusetts jail after people and, as a single current and former pub- voter fraud in Novem- “The decision by Har- week. She condemned the testing positive for the mother, wanted to end lic servants on a senior ber’s presidential elec- vard’s administration riot at the U.S. Capitol coronavirus has been her reliance on minimum sentenced to an extra six wage jobs and welfare, advisory committee for tion that have no basis to cower and cave to the but repeated false claims Harvard’s Institute of Pol- months behind bars after she said. in evidence, and she has woke Left will continue to about “unprecedented vot- itics, a program intended trying to smuggle drugs “I wanted to be one of to get undergraduates in- made public statements erode diversity of thought, ing irregularities” in the back inside the facility. Boston’s bravest. I want- terested in public service about court actions relat- public discourse, and ul- presidential election. A judge ruled Mon- ed my daughter to be careers. ed to the election that are timately the student ex- Stefanik, who represents day that Eric Jalbert, proud. I wanted to be the Elmendorf said the deci- incorrect,” his statement perience,” she wrote in a an upstate New York dis- of Salem, will serve the woman I never saw driv- sion was not based on po- said. statement. trict, was reelected to a extra time after complet- ing fire trucks through litical ideology. Stefanik responded that Stefanik was among 147 fourth term in the Novem- ing a two- to three-year my neighborhood,” she “Rather, in my assess- it’s a “rite of passage and Republicans who opposed ber election. sentence on fentanyl said. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2021 THE DAILY ITEM A7 OBITUARIES

Carmella L. (Froio) Cormier, 90 1930-2021 NAHANT — Nahanter, Carmel- building a home on the island, who had been affected by the la Cormier passed away peace- and immersing themselves into blizzard of ‘78 to ensure that ev- fully at her family’s home in the local community. eryone had enough to eat. Even Franklin, Vermont with her loved She was a very active mem- to the end, Carmella would fret ones by her side on January ber of the Nahant community. over anyone who did not have a 8th, 2021. For the next 66 years, she was cookie and a ginger ale in their Carmella Louise Froio was actively involved in the Nahant hand. born on Remembrance Day, Democratic Committee, Nahant Well known to those close to May 30th, 1930 to parents Lou- Historical Society, Nahant Gar- her, Carmella had a passion for FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS sie (Meninno) and Thomas Froio dening Club, Friends of the Nah- traveling which she forged into A car displays Lyft and Uber stickers on its on her maternal Grandmother’s ant Library, the Nahant Arts, the a career as a world tour-guide. front windshield in downtown Los Angeles. farm in Avon, Massachusetts. Nahant Counsel for the Aging, Her work with Crimson Travels She spent her days growing and the Nahant Country Club. meant overseeing groups of up with her cousin Rita whom Serving her community was traveling senior citizens global- Some Uber, Lyft she considered a sister. Living important to Carmella. She ly from a two-day tour of Cape on the farm, she learned the served for many years on the Cod to a 4-week excursion of joys of cooking, homesteading, Town Board of Registrars where Europe. drivers sue over gardening, caring for animals, she was the Chairman. Living at In the nineties, Carmella and spent countless hours the back end of the cemetery, was blessed with two grand- sister-in-law Phyllis Froio; sister- Calif. ballot measure traveling to the South Shore, she became one of the driving daughters Ashley and Emily in-law Dorothy (Dot) Perry and and Southern New England on forces in the beauti cation and Comier. After 9/11, her world husband Donald; and sister-in- By Brian Melley under the law in California the train with her Grandmother. restoration of the Greenlawn took a shift when her son was law Lucille (Lucy) Cormier. ASSOCIATED PRESS and makes it nearly impos- She developed a close relation- Cemetery. She was instrumen- deployed to Iraq. Together, her The family would like to ex- sible for lawmakers to fix ship with her Italian-immigrant tal in preserving the chapel, the and local Nahanters began tend a heartfelt thanks to the LOS ANGELES — Driv- these problems.” Grandmother who passed on cemetery wall and gates. organizing and gathering care following organizations and ers for app-based ride-hail- Drivers bringing the law- her love of Italian culture and In 1960, Carmella and Bob packages and supplies for her individuals who lovingly sup- ing and delivery services suit have several hurdles cuisine to young Carmella. purchased a hidden, overgrown son’s unit deployed in Iraq. Her ported Carmella and Bob filed a lawsuit Tuesday to to clear, but their argu- Growing up during the Great plot of land. Though many saw love of reading also sparked the throughout their later years: all overturn a California bal- ments are compelling, said Depression and World War II, a jungle of vines and weeds, act of sending books to her son lot initiative that makes Of cers of the Nahant Police Mary-Beth Moylan, associ- she learned the values of fru- to Carmella it was her Grand- to rebuild the newly established them independent contrac- Department, all Fire ghters of ate dean of McGeorge Law gality, sacri ce, commitment, mother’s garden. The weeds and Baghdad Library. tors instead of employees the Nahant Fire Department, all School in Sacramento. and courage; traits she would vines were seen as heirloom During her retirement years, eligible for benefits and job members of the Nahant Public The first challenge is get- not only pass on to her future plants and shrubs she gladly Carmella simply enjoyed her life protections. Works, all staff of the Nahant ting the California Supreme son and grandchildren, but to took on the challenge of turning in Nahant whether it was sitting The lawsuit filed with Town Hall, the Nahant Council Court to take the case in- all she met. She used these this not only into a gardener’s the California Supreme at the beach, driving around of Aging, Home Instead Senior Court said Proposition stead of kicking it to lower strengths all throughout her life paradise but a warm home for town, having an afternoon pas- Care, Bayada Hospice and care- 22 is unconstitutional be- courts to weigh the facts. To to overcome multiple obstacles all to be welcomed into. try with a neighbor, or taking her givers Lori and Charlotte, Hat- cause it limits the power do so, the high court would and always succeeding to the In May 1965, her and her hus- granddaughters to the Wharf. eld Lawncare, Linda and Carl, of the Legislature to grant have to find the arguments very end. band welcomed their only child, In 2010, she welcomed her Fi , Susan and Dale,, Heidi and workers the right to orga- are legal, not factual, and Carmella was a very astute son Robert Charles Cormier. The new daughter-in-law Judith Mc- Lenny, Nancy, Mary Irene, Sal- nize and excludes drivers there is urgency to decide student and because of her birth of Robert made her decide Laughlin into her family whom ly, Marlene, Donna and Diane, from being eligible for the issue, Moylan said. high GPA she was allowed to to become a full-time mother, she loved and considered a John, Dottie and Dick, Willy, Lori workers’ compensation. The second challenge is work at the age of 14 to support where she rediscovered hob- daughter of her own. During this and Kevin, Mike, Richard, Dean, The measure, which that courts have generally the war effort by working as an bies such as gardening, sewing, time, Carmella also found her- Debbie and Billy, Mary, Doris, was passed in November granted broad deference administrative assistant in the pottery, and of course, spending self caring for her husband Bob. Enzo, Kim, Sally, and... with 58 percent support, to voters to pass such ini- retail industry. Discovered as time on the beach. She loved After Bob’s passing in 2012, For those who wish to make was the most expensive tiatives. a regional beauty, she was re- her son with all her heart and Carmella maintained her social a donation in Carmella’s mem- in state history with Uber, “Generally speaking, quested by the fashion industry they traveled the world togeth- calls, town involvement and qui- ory may do so to the following courts in California don’t Lyft and other services in Boston to model the latest er learning of new places and et evenings of watching a TCM organizations: the Nahant Gar- like to overturn the will of pouring $200 million fashions of the era while attend- cultures that would later have movie while enjoying a bowl of den Club, Friends of the Nah- the people,” Moylan said. in support of it. Labor ing business school at night. a positive in uence on her son ice cream. She remained in ant Public Library, the Nahant “But the petitioners’ claim unions, who joined drivers Her next phase in life began and his future chosen careers. Nahant over the next several Historical Society, the Nahant is that the people did not in the lawsuit, spent about after meeting the love of her life Carmella loved gardening but years while her family visited Preservation Trust, the Nahant $20 million to challenge it. really have the power to do Robert (Bob) Francis Cormier in adored  owers and would trav- her frequently and had gracious what they did. There are Council of Aging, and the Nah- “Prop. 22 doesn’t just fail penmanship class at Brockton el the region looking for spe- support from many Nahant res- ant Women’s Club. our state rideshare drivers, instances where the Cal- High. They married on October ci c  owers to be used in her idents, until July 2020, when Service information: Grave- it fails the basic test of fol- ifornia courts have come 8th, 1950. Getting married in award-winning  oral arrange- Carmella embarked on her last lowing our state constitu- in and said ... it’s nice that side services will be held the post-war era sparked the ments. She loved giving tours adventure. She moved to Ver- on Friday, January 15, 2021 tion,” said Bob Schoonover this is what the people desire in Bob and Carmella to of her gardens and sharing her mont to quietly live out her nal of the SEIU union. “The wanted to do, but our con- at 11:00AM in Greenlawn do something different. They expertise knowledge to anyone days surrounded by her imme- Cemetery, Nahant. Everyone law as written by Uber and stitution doesn’t permit moved to New London, Con- with a listening ear; there wasn’t diate family. Her humor, love of Lyft denies drivers rights the people to do this.” in attendance is required to necticut where she started her a plant that she didn’t know nor food, and warmth will be greatly adhere to the guidelines of profession as a business secre- loved. She was a member of missed by all who knew and the CDC, the State of Massa- tary later leading to her career the Nahant Garden Club and loved her. chusetts and the Local Board as executive assistant at Central served as the Club President. Carmella is survived by son of Health and are required Electric Company formerly of Carmella’s love of the local Robert (and his wife Judith); to wear a face covering and Swampscott, Mass. beaches was well known in Na- granddaughters Ashley and practice social distancing. A In 1954, Carmella and Bob hant. She could be found sun- Emily Cormier; brother Thomas celebration of her life will be moved to what their family bathing and spending time with Froio; brother-in-law C. Burton held at a later date when re- called “that shing village” Nah- girlfriends at Short Beach, up Cormier (and his wife Kathryn); strictions on gatherings are ant, Massachusetts, where they against the wall on Tudor Beach, sister-in-law Rita Cormier; as lifted. Arrangements are be- immediately knew they had sitting on the rocks of Canoe well as many nieces and neph- ing handled by the Solimine found their forever home. Living Beach, or sitting on a bench at ews. Funeral Homes 426 Broadway on the second  oor of the tri- Marjoram Park. She was always Carmella was predeceased Lynn, MA 01904. Directions ple decker on Nahant Road, for up for a good conversation with by her husband Robert (Bob) F. and guestbook at www.solimi- the next 10 years, they enjoyed anyone nearby. Cormier; sister Jeanine and hus- ne.com the local pleasures the island Carmella and Bob believed band William Bailey; sister Jea- had to offer including lobster- in taking care of their beloved nette O’Donnell; brother-in-law ing off Little Nahant, making community. Whether it was Harvey Cormier and wife Deilia; wine, cooking Italian delicacies, opening their home to those brother-in-law Richard Cormier;

PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Thousands party in streets after Trader Ashley Lara works on the trading floor. Stocks notch gains on Alabama win, despite virus

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. Wall Street; Treasury (AP) — Thousands of Uni- versity of Alabama foot- ball fans partied in the yields climb street near campus after the Crimson Tide defeated less than 0.1 percent af- By Stan Choe, Ohio State 52-24 for the ter flipping between small Damian J. Troise national championship, gains and losses for much and Alex Veiga ignoring pleas for safety AP BUSINESS WRITERS of the day. The Dow Jones at the height of the coro- Industrial Average was up navirus pandemic in a cel- Stocks shook off a mid- 68 points, or 0.2 percent, ebration that a top health day slide and ended broad- at 31,073, as of 3:16 p.m. official said Tuesday could ly higher on Wall Street. Eastern time, and the worsen disease. The S&P 500 edged up less Nasdaq composite was up Students and others than 0.1 percent Tuesday. 0.2 percent. poured out of jam-packed Small-company stocks con- Markets have been bars near campus as time tinued to outpace the rest charging higher recently expired in Miami late of the market by a wide amid a wave of optimism Monday, traffic cameras margin, a sign that inves- about the future. The roll- and images posted on so- tors are becoming more op- out of coronavirus vaccines cial media show, gathering timistic about an economic has Wall Street anticipat- on University Boulevard in rebound. Treasury yields ing a big rebound for the an area called “The Strip.” PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS kept marching higher as economy and corporate Many of the fans scream- investors anticipate that profits as daily life starts to Alabama fans celebrate in the street in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Monday night ing and cheering as they the economy will pull out of return toward normal lat- after Alabama defeated Ohio State 52-24 in the NCAA college football pressed against each other its slump and rebound lat- er this year. Expectations national championship game in Miami Gardens, Fla. er this year. Markets have are also rising for another in the street didn’t wear been charging higher on round of stimulus coming face masks. Dr. Scott Har- Fourteen people were ar- and asked for hazard- spreading the illness. optimism about COVID-19 for the economy because ris, the head of the Ala- rested on charges including ous-duty pay for workers in More than 5,500 peo- vaccines and more stim- Democrats are set to soon bama Department of Pub- public intoxication, disor- close contact with students; ple have died in Alabama ulus for the economy, but have control of the White lic Health, said he expected derly conduct and resist- evidence of virus testing; from the illness caused the gains have been so big House, Senate and House. more cases of COVID-19 to ing arrest, officials said at and a two-week suspension by the coronavirus, and that critics say stocks have But the gains have been result from the street party. a news conference where of in-person classes. about 408,000 have test- become too expensive. so big that critics say stocks “It’s disappointing to Mayor Walt Maddox said The university is requir- ed positive. About 20,000 see people not paying at- the crowd was “larger than ing virus screening for U.S. stocks are drifting and other investments sim- people have tested posi- tention to the guidance any celebration that we’ve all students returning for near their record heights ply look too expensive. Some tive in Tuscaloosa Coun- that we try to give to keep seen in recent memory.” the semester who plan to Tuesday, while Treasury measures of value in the ty, making it one of the yields keep marching stock market are at their them safe. I was excited In an open letter released live on campus, with test- as anybody and wanted through social media, the ing planned through next worst in the state for the higher amid expectations priciest levels since 2000, virus in overall numbers, that the economy will pull to celebrate also, but right United Campus Workers of week at the basketball when the dot-com bubble and about 175 COVID-19 out of its slump after a was popping. That includes now is not a time to be out Alabama, a labor group for arena. Students and work- patients are being treated powerful recovery sweeps how much investors are in large groups of people university employees, said ers also are required to the globe later this year. paying for each $1 in profits close together when you the gathering could become complete online training by DCH Regional Medical The S&P 500 was up that a company produces. are not masked,” he said. a “super-spreader event” about reducing the risk of Center in the city. A8 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2021 LOOK! National Rubber Ducky Day, Public Radio Broadcasting Day, Make Your Dream Come True Day

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! TO CONTRIBUTE TO LOOK!, PLEASE EMAIL [email protected] OR MAIL YOUR SUBMISSION TO THE ITEM, P.O. BOX 5, LYNN, MA 01903. Sheldon Adelson, casino mogul The Rev. Dr. Martin and GOP donor, dies at 87 Luther King Jr. speaks to By Michelle L. Price thousands ASSOCIATED PRESS during his “I LAS VEGAS — Shel- Have a Dream” don Adelson, who rose speech in front from a modest start as of the Lincoln the son of an immigrant Memorial for taxi driver to become a the March on billionaire Republican Washington powerbroker with a casi- for Jobs and no empire and influence Freedom, in on international politics, Washington. has died. He was 87. Adelson died from com- FILE PHOTO | plications related to treat- ASSOCIATED PRESS ment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Las Vegas FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Sands announced Tuesday. U.S. billionaire Sheldon Adelson speaks during ‘MLK/FBI’ explores the The company announced a news conference for the opening of Parisian last week that Adelson Macao in Macau. had stepped away from his roots of an American ill will role as CEO and chairman In politics, Adelson was a In his modest office to resume treatments for record-breaking campaign wedged among the casinos By Mark Kennedy Lee’s blistering 1997 film on David J. Garrow’s the cancer, which he first donor who had the ear of of the Las Vegas Strip, AP ENTERTAINMENT “4 Little Girls.” book “The FBI and Mar- WRITER announced in 2019. domestic and internation- Adelson hosted top Re- In “MLK/FBI,” Pollard tin Luther King Jr.: From explains how J. Edgar ‘Solo’ to Memphis.” The In business, Adelson al leaders, including Presi- publican Party strategists There’s an iconic photo- transformed a landmark dent Donald Trump. His and candidates and helped Hoover used the full most salacious stuff must graph of the Rev. Martin wait until three-quarters Las Vegas casino that was advocacy redefined U.S. re- ensure that uncritical force of his federal law Luther King Jr. that through, until the film- once a hangout of Frank lations with Israel during support of Israel became a enforcement agency to at- was taken as he trium- tack a progressive, nonvi- maker has pulled all the Sinatra’s Rat Pack into a the Trump administration pillar of the GOP platform. phantly boarded one of olent cause. That included towering Italian-inspired and bolstered ties that That was never more visi- historical threads together. the first integrated buses wiretaps, blackmail and complex, trailblazed a U.S. politicians and Amer- ble than when the Trump Then the picture is clear — in Montgomery, Alabama. informers, trying to find and frightening. trend of turning business ican Jewish teenagers had administration relocated It was 1956 and King dirt on King. “I think this King’s famous March conventions into a lucra- to the country. the U.S. Embassy from Tel looks out a window, firmly entire episode represents on Washington took place tive industry and left his Adelson, the son of Jew- Aviv to Jerusalem in 2018. at the front of the bus, the darkest part of the on Aug. 28, 1963, and two mark on some of Asia’s ish immigrants, once said The inflammatory move almost gazing toward his Bureau’s history,” notes days later, in a memo, most cosmopolitan cities. at a gambling conference had been adamantly movement’s next big social former FBI Director William C. Sullivan, “If you do things differ- that he hoped his legacy opposed by Palestinians hurdle. The image was James Comey. the head of FBI domestic ently, success will follow would not be his glitzy and was long a priority taken by Ernest Withers, There is nothing terribly intelligence, wrote, “We you like a shadow,” he casinos or hotels but his for Adelson, who sat front a key chronicler of the civil new in the telling, no huge must mark him now as the said during a 2014 talk to impact in Israel, where he and center at the ceremo- rights movement — and revelations or bombshells. most dangerous Negro in the gambling industry in had a deep and lifelong ny in Jerusalem with his an FBI informant. Most of the details — the future of this Nation,” Las Vegas. attachment. wife, Miriam. That the FBI wanted including King’s infidelity adding, “and we must use someone close and watch- and the use of Withers as every resource as our dis- ing King is at the heart of an FBI informant — have posal to destroy him.” director Sam Pollard’s been known for years. There are lessons for engrossing documentary But that’s not Pollard’s in- 2021, for sure. Having “MLK/FBI,” a film that terest. His canvas is large, Communist leanings in artfully explains how the stretching back to post-Civ- the ‘50s and ‘60s was as two sides of that slash il War Jim Crow, explor- smeared as the socialism of came to be enemies. ing how notions of Black today. “I Am a Man” plac- Pollard is a veteran pro- sexuality were turned into ards at protests echo the ducer and filmmaker who social weapons and into the “Black Lives Matter” signs co-directed two episodes way FBI agents were made of today. White America’s of “Eyes on the Prize” and mythical in popular culture. anxieties around Black earned an Oscar nomi- Pollard is patient and empowerment have not nation for editing Spike thoughtful, leaning his film changed much. Healy returns with somber

FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS and exciting ‘Tungsten’ Dr. Daniela Lamas, a writer for the medical television drama “The Resi- dent,” stands outside the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. By Mark Kennedy AP ENTERTAINMENT Amid roiling pandemic, WRITER “Don’t call it a come- back,” sings Mem- ‘The Resident’ confronts virus’ toll phis-based rapper and singer Healy on his By Hilary Fox the answer to that ques- “Grey’s Anatomy,” have second album. “I call it a ASSOCIATED PRESS tion was, we don’t know,” focused on the pandem- second wind. Good to be she said. ic’s impact on healthcare LONDON — The corona- back in my element.” “Whether they do or they workers this season. On Whatever it is, it’s wel- virus pandemic has forced don’t, we can’t in good faith, “Grey’s,” main character television hospital shows come. This eclectic artist as a medical show that Meredith Grey is in criti- to confront a key question returns with just over 30 claims to have some degree cal care fighting the virus. — could the biggest medi- minutes of new music on of medical veracity, we can’t “The goal — and pre- cal crisis in recent decades “Tungsten.” With Ethan ignore the greatest public sumably it’s one shared be ignored in favor of Healy — who goes by his escapism for viewers? health crisis of our time. by a lot of television last name when perform- Medical shows have And we can’t expect people shows — which is, what ing — you have hip-hop, reached different conclu- to see our characters and can we show people that indie rock and acoustic sions, but Fox’s “The Res- believe in them if these fic- they might not know oth- elements all colliding in FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS ident” opted to address tional health care providers erwise?” explains Lamas. unpredictable and excit- The cover image for “Tungsten” by Healy. the pandemic right away have not experienced what “The Resident,” like its ing ways. in its fourth season debut real health care providers contemporaries, includes One song might have a the superb “Nikes On,” a us the superb “Unwind.” Tuesday. have in this fictional world.” storylines which highlight skittering drum line with lament about how time is This time there’s water Dr. Daniela Lamas, The show, which stars the virus’ disproportion- drowsy vocals and another moving fast. And “Back running, planes flying and who works in critical care Matt Czuchry, Emily ate impact on communi- might just be Healy heart- on the Fence” is a dreamy, snippets of conversation. at Boston’s Brigham and VanCamp and Manish ties of color, people who fully singing 12 comput- helium-filled piano-led “Tungsten” is a more Women’s Hospital, also Dayal, takes a thriller can’t afford to isolate and er-distorted words over tune with Swedish artist somber affair, with most of writes “The Resident.” She perspective on diagnosing the importance of masks. and over in a song snippet Becky and the Birds. the songs looking back- said pretending the pan- medical mysteries and “There are issues that punctuated by his falsetto. Ambient sounds have ward and inward with un- demic never happened was healthcare corruption at that come up in terms There’s a thrilling experi- always attracted Healy. ease. “Now look inside the discussed in the summer, Chastain Memorial, a fic- of money, in terms of mental edge to his music, Birds chirping, train whis- mirror and see my neme- but ultimately dismissed. tional hospital in Atlanta. resource, in terms of PPE, like what Mac Miller tles and the jingling of car sis,” he sings on “Back in “The question was, will Other U.S. medical that that also fit well in sounded like at the end. keys appeared on his first Time.” On the outstanding people have the stomach dramas, “The Good Doc- the kind of wheelhouse of Clocking in at a trim full-length album “Sub- “Second Wind,” he repeats, for this in January? And tor,” “Chicago Med” and our show,” said Lamas. under three minutes is luxe” in 2017, which gave “Gotta get outta my mind.” WEATHER LOTTERY

SUN, MOON, TIDES National weather TODAY’S FORECAST MARINE FORECAST Forecast for Wednesday, January 13, 2021 Except for a few afternoon SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 MASS. EVENING: MASS. MID-DAY: Sunrise today 7:09 a.m. Bands separate high temperature zones for the day. clouds, mainly sunny. High foot or less. Tuesday...... 0754 Tuesday...... 0005 Sunset today 4:35 p.m. around 40F. Winds WSW at 5 Tonight: SW winds 5 to 10 Monday...... 2305 Monday...... 1612 to 10 mph. Sunrise tomorrow 7:09 a.m. kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the Sunday...... 4365 Sunday...... 4193 Tonight: A few clouds from evening. Waves 1 foot or less. Yesterday’s payoff: Yesterday’s payoff: High tide today 11:46 p.m. time to time. Low around 30F. Low tide today 5:32 p.m. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. EXACT ORDER EXACT ORDER H H All 4...... $6,119 All 4...... $2,762 High tide tomorrow 11:55 a.m. First or last 3...... $857 First or last 3...... $387 Any 2...... $73 Any 2...... $33 Any 1...... $7 Any 1...... $3 H

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©2021 AccuWeather, Inc. SPORTS B WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2021 Marblehead girls basketball falls to Masco and eight rebounds, just continue building SCHOOL ROUNDUP while junior Annika Ha- some momentum while By Mike Alongi ley had four points and also fixing the funda- ITEM SPORTS EDITOR one rebound. mentals and making Marblehead (0-1) re- things easier on our- The Marblehead girls turns to action Tuesday selves.” basketball team bat- (6:30) on the road at Maura Dorr led the tled from start to finish Gloucester. way for Winthrop with Tuesday night, but in GIRLS 18 points in the win, the end the Magicians BASKETBALL while Lily Pulsifer had came up just short in a Winthrop 47, 13 points. 42-36 loss to Northeast- Beverly 37 Winthrop (2-0) hosts ern Conference foe Mas- Winthrop went back Peabody Thursday night conomet at home. and forth with Beverly (7:15). Senior Emily Clough all night, but in the end “We’ve gone up led the way for Mar- the Vikings were able to against some tough, blehead, notching a pull away late to secure well-coached teams in double-double with 10 their second win of the Gloucester and Bever- points and 15 rebounds. season. ly, and Peabody will be Senior Leila Walton “It’s always great to no different,” Lowe said. had 10 points and two get the wins and start “We’re going to need rebounds, while senior 2-0, but at the end of to clean things up and Maddie Erskine had the day we still have to come out strong if we’re six points and eight clean up a few things,” going to keep this up.” rebounds. Senior Fehr said Winthrop coach Joe Gillett had five points Lowe. “We’re trying to ROUNDUP, B2

ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO Peabody’s Amber Kiricoples scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in a win over Gloucester Tuesday night. Peabody girls basketball opens season with big win

By Mike Alongi donca scored nine points eral trips to the free throw ITEM SPORTS EDITOR each. Sophomore Isabel line while Mendonca and Bettencourt (six points), Lomasney made plays on PEABODY — The Pea- freshman Abigail Betten- both ends of the  oor. Pea- body girls basketball team court (four points) and body only allowed seven opened up its 2021 season senior Aja Alimonti (four total points in the entire with a bang, notching a 57- points) also played well in rst half, and the Tanners 16 win over Northeastern the victory. took a 31-7 lead into the Conference foe Gloucester The Tanners gave up break. at home Tuesday night. the opening basket of The Tanners went on a The second half was the game and then shut much of the same, with 15-0 run to end the rst things down on the de- Peabody getting a number quarter and never looked fensive end, rolling to a of players out on the  oor back, coasting to a victory. 15-0 run through the rest Senior Amber Kiricoples of the quarter. Kiricoples while continuing to hold led the way for Peabody was the engine that ran the lead. The defensive with 13 points —11 of the Peabody drive, scor- intensity remained for the them coming in the rst ing 11 of her 13 points in entire game as the Tan- quarter alone — with 10 the opening frame. By the ners cruised to a 39-point rebounds and ve steals. time the buzzer sounded victory. Junior Emma Bloom made at the end of the rst, Pea- Peabody has a quick a splash with 10 points in body led 15-2. turnaround now, going ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO the win, while freshman The Tanners continued up against Winthrop on Logan Lomasney and to play well from there, the road Thursday night Marblehead’s Maddie Erskine had six points and eight rebounds in a sophomore Lauren Men- with Bloom earning sev- (7:15). loss to Masconomet Tuesday night. Bruins retiring jersey of NHL barrier breaker Willie O’Ree

By Kyle Hightower sional hockey in 1979. part of it. ASSOCIATED PRESS He also donned Nos. 18 Bruins general man- and 25 during his time ager Don Sweeney said BOSTON — More than with the Bruins but wore though it’s not ideal, the 60 years after he broke No. 22 in the bulk of his team didn’t want to delay the NHL’s color barrier, games with the club. honoring his contribu- Willie O’Ree will soon “I was obsessed with tions and will “pay trib- add another milestone to playing the sport,” O’Ree ute in the best fashion we his career. said. “Just that burning possibly can.” The Boston Bruins an- desire. Even when I lost “Ideally, you want him nounced Tuesday that my eye my second year of shaking people’s hands O’Ree will have his No. juniors, they said, ‘Well, in situations like this and 22 jersey retired prior to you should quit.’ I said, really paying tribute and the team’s Feb. 18 game against the New Jersey well, I can still see. I just rightfully so to Willie,” Devils. It will make O’Ree kept on playing.” Sweeney said. “It doesn’t the 12th player in team Neely said there is no diminish the overall ef- history to have a sweater question O’Ree is deserv- fect of ... Willie going into hung in TD Garden. ing of having his jersey the rafters and retiring The 85-year-old O’Ree enshrined next to team his number and what he’s said he was in his back- greats like Bobby Orr meant to the game and yard Monday when he got and Ray Bourque. the Boston Bruins.” the call from Bruins pres- “Willie’s contributions O’Ree was inducted into ident Cam Neely inform- to the game of hockey the Hockey Hall of Fame ing him about the honor. transcend on-ice accom- class of 2018 as part of the “I was at a loss for plishments and have “Builder” category, which words there for a few opened countless doors honors those who have seconds,” O’Ree said. for players who have made signi cant contri- “I’m overwhelmed and come after him,” Neely butions to the sport. thrilled about having my said in a statement. He played 45 games in Bruins jersey hung up in With Massachusetts’ his NHL career for the the rafters.” COVID-19 restrictions Bruins, notching four He became the league’s currently prohibiting goals and 10 assists. rst Black player when fans from being in atten- Since 1998, O’Ree has he suited up for Boston dance at Bruins games, worked for the NHL as a on Jan. 18, 1958, against it is likely O’Ree will be diversity ambassador. the Montreal Canadiens. honored in a mostly emp- While it’s been 40 years FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS O’Ree, who was legally ty Garden. But the team since he hung up his Willie O’Ree (left) became the league’s rst Black player when he suited blind in one eye, played said once protocols allow, cleats, O’Ree said he isn’t up for Boston on Jan. 18, 1958 against the Montreal Canadiens, despite two seasons for the Bru- it plans to recognize him dwelling on the timing of being legally blind in one eye. ins, retiring from profes- again so fans can be a this latest recognition. B2 SPORTS THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2021 HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE Peabody boys basketball opens WEDNESDAY Prep (4:45) Boys Basketball THURSDAY Newburyport at Lynnfield (5:45) Girls Basketball Girls Basketball Lynnfield at Newburyport (5:45) St. Mary’s at Arlington Catholic (5) season with win over Gloucester Arlington Catholic at St. Mary’s (6) Peabody at Winthrop (7:15) ROUNDUP the defensive end. Gloucester Tuesday eve- little tired, we were only Boys Hockey FRIDAY Austin Prep at St. Mary’s (6) From B1 Peabody (1-0) hosts Win- ning (6). running six guys and I Peabody at Winthrop (6:10) Boys Basketball throp Friday night (7). Beverly 71, think it caught up to us. Lynnfield at North Reading (7:30) Lynnfield at Rockport (5:45) BOYS BASKETBALL Masconomet 39, Winthrop 58 But Beverly is a great Girls Hockey St. John’s Prep at Xaverian (6) Peabody 49, Marblehead 37 The Vikings hung in team and they hit a bunch Marblehead at Peabody/Lynnfield Winthrop at Peabody (7) Gloucester 40 Marblehead had a there for three and a half of shots down the stretch.” (5:15) Winthrop at Gloucester (6) Girls Basketball The Tanners notched chance to tie the score late quarters Tuesday night, Cam Conway led the Swimming Rockport at Lynnfield (5:45) a statement win over a in the game, but an errant but a late run of 3-point- way for Winthrop with 16 St. John’s (Shrewsbury) at St. John’s Cardinal Spellman at St. Mary’s (6) tough Gloucester team to inbound pass helped Mas- ers from Beverly ended up points, while Zach Bogusz open up their season. conomet secure the victo- being the difference in the notched 15 points. Senior captain Drew Lu- ry. game. Winthrop (0-2) plays on TV/RADIO cas led the way for Pea- Junior guard Noah Mann “We battled hard the the road against Peabody body with 20 points, while led Marblehead with 10 whole way and it was a Friday night (7). Pro basketball 7:30 p.m. Brooklyn at New York...... ESPN sophomore Danny Barrett points, while junior for- great game,” said Win- “The time for moral vic- 10 p.m. New Orleans at LA Clippers...... ESPN scored nine points. Senior ward Lucas Mouthaan throp coach Mike Triant. tories is over, now it’s time Men’s college basketball Nick Vecchio scored eight scored seven points. “In the end I think we to go out there and get a 4:30 p.m. Notre Dame at Virginia...... ACC Network points and played well on Marblehead (0-1) hosts might’ve just gotten a win,” said Triant. 6:30 p.m. N.C. State at Florida St...... ACC Network 7 p.m. Arkansas at LSU...... ESPN2 Auburn at Georgia...... SEC Network Duquesne at Dayton...... CBSSN Northwestern at Ohio State...... Big Ten Network Rhode Island at UMass...... NESN 8:30 p.m. DePaul at Georgetown...... FS1 Louisville at Wake Forest...... ACC Network 9 p.m. Boise St. at Wyoming...... CBSSN Texas A&M at Mississippi St...... SEC Network Texas Tech at Texas...... ESPN2 Women’s college basketball 4 p.m. Ohio State at Iowa...... Big Ten Network 8 p.m. St. John’s at DePaul...... FS2 Pro hockey 5:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia...... NBCSN 8 p.m. Chicago at Tampa Bay...... NBCSN 10:30 p.m. St. Louis at Colorado...... NBCSN Men’s soccer 1 p.m. Premier : Brighton at Manchester City...... NBCSN 3:10 p.m. Premier: Tottenham at Aston Villa...... NBCSN Tennis 3 p.m. ATP: Delray Beach Open...... Tennis

NFL PLAYOFFS

Divisional Playoffs Sunday, Jan. 17 Saturday, Jan. 16 Cleveland at Kansas City, 3:05 p.m. Los Angeles Rams at Green Bay, 4:35 p.m. Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 6:40 Baltimore at Buffalo, 8:15 p.m. p.m.

NBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Southwest Division W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Boston 7 3 .700 — Dallas 5 4 .556 — Philadelphia 7 4 .636 ½ San Antonio 5 5 .500 ½ Brooklyn 5 6 .455 2½ New Orleans 4 5 .444 1 FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS New York 5 6 .455 2½ Memphis 4 6 .400 1½ Toronto 2 8 .200 5 Houston 3 5 .375 1½ Joe Cardona (left) has served as the Patriots long snapper since being drafted by the team in 2015. Southeast Division Northwest Division W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Orlando 6 5 .545 — Utah 6 4 .600 — Charlotte 6 5 .545 — Portland 6 4 .600 — Patriots long snapper Joe Cardona a Miami 4 4 .500 ½ Oklahoma City 5 4 .556 ½ Atlanta 5 5 .500 ½ Denver 5 5 .500 1 Washington 3 8 .273 3 Minnesota 3 7 .300 3 Central Division Pacific Division W L Pct GB W L Pct GB finalist for Salute to Service Award Milwaukee 7 4 .636 — L.A. Lakers 8 3 .727 — Indiana 6 4 .600 ½ L.A. Clippers 7 4 .636 1 Cleveland 5 6 .455 2 Phoenix 7 4 .636 1 NEW YORK (AP) — San Lynch, a finalist for the joining the Falcons orga- members; led free football Chicago 4 7 .364 3 Golden State 6 4 .600 1½ Francisco 49ers general Pro Football Hall of Fame nization, he challenged clinics for military chil- Detroit 2 8 .200 4½ Sacramento 5 6 .455 3 manager John Lynch, New for the eighth time, has the club to be “best in dren at bases across New Tuesday’s Games p.m. England Patriots long visited various Air Force class” and to “become the England; and replaced Miami at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Portland at Sacramento, 10 p.m. snapper Joe Cardona, and bases and military hos- benchmark franchise in military family member’s Denver at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Thursday’s Games Atlanta Falcons executive pitals for the past two all of professional sports” toys that were burned in Utah at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. Charlotte at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Boston at Chicago, ppd Miami at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. Steve Cannon are finalists decades to thank those for military outreach and a fire three years ago at L.A. Lakers at Houston, 8 p.m. Houston at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. for the NFL Salute to Ser- serving in the military. appreciation. Cannon has Joint Base Cape Cod. San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 8 Golden State at Denver, 10 p.m. vice Award. Since 2011, he has host- arranged major trips each Each year during Memo- p.m. Indiana at Portland, 10 p.m. Now in its 10th year, ed military families at an spring to mingle with mil- rial Day weekend, Cardo- Indiana at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Friday’s Games Wednesday’s Games Washington at Detroit, 7 p.m. the award recognizes ex- annual Christmas party. itary members, and the na helps plant more than Dallas at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Dallas at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m. ceptional efforts to honor In 2018 and 2019, Lynch Falcons became the first 37,000 American flags in Milwaukee at Detroit, 7 p.m. New York at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. and support members of welcomed more than 250 NFL team to conduct their the Boston Common to Utah at Washington, 7 p.m. Orlando at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Brooklyn at New York, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. the military community. active duty troops and vet- own USO Tour. honor those from Massa- Orlando at Boston, ppd Memphis at Minnesota, 8 p.m. It will be presented Feb. erans for a VIP training Cardona attended the chusetts that lost their L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Atlanta at Utah, 9 p.m. 6, the night before the camp practice experience. Naval Academy for four lives defending this coun- Memphis at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Golden State at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Super Bowl, at NFL Hon- Lynch also has welcomed years, becoming an ensign try. Atlanta at Phoenix, 9 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Sacramento, 10 p.m. New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, 10 New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, 10 p.m. ors, when The Associated a group of decorated veter- in the Navy and working Former Los Angeles Press announces its indi- ans, including five purple as a staff officer at the Na- Charger Donnie Edwards, vidual NFL awards. heart recipients, when the val Academy Preparatory the 2020 recipient, is on the TODAY IN SPORTS USAA, a provider of in- 49ers played in Washing- School in Rhode Island. judging panel along with surance and other services ton. He’s been involved In 2017, he was promoted Vice Admiral John Bird Jan. 13 ca’s Cup defender trials, beating to U.S. military mem- in delivering care kits to to lieutenant junior grade (Retired); Lenny Bandy, a 1962 — Wilt Chamberlain Team Dennis Conner by 1 min- bers, veterans and their isolated troops in partner- and served as a junior U.S. Marine Corps veteran scores an NBA regulation-game ute, 9 seconds. families, will contribute ship with USAA during commissioned officer in and NFL vice president of record 73 points to lead the 2003 — Jennifer Capriati $25,000 in the award re- the COVID-19 pandemic. the Navy, and in 2019 was security; Chad Hennings, Philadelphia Warriors to a 135- becomes the first women’s Aus- cipient’s honor to the of- Cannon, the CEO of promoted to lieutenant. an Air Force Academy 117 triumph over the Chicago tralian Open defending champi- ficial aid societies repre- AMB Sports and Enter- Cardona wears his Na- graduate and three-time Packers. on to lose in the first round in senting all five military tainment, graduated with val uniform as the team Super Bowl champion; 1971 — Lenny Wilkens of the the Open era. Capriati, seeded branches. The NFL will honors from the United boards planes for away Jim Mora, a Marine Corps match USAA’s donation States Military Academy games. He has facilitated veteran and former NFL Seattle Supersonics, at 33, third, loses 2-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4 to of $25,000, which will be at West Point in 1986. He more than a dozen re-en- head coach; and ex-NFL becomes the oldest All-Star MVP 90th-ranked Marlene Weingart- donated to the award re- was an Airborne Ranger, listment and retirement player Vincent Jackson, as he scores 21 points to give ner of Germany. the West a 108-107 victory over cipient’s military charity also spending five years as ceremonies at Gillette Sta- the 2015 Salute to Service 2006 — Larry Brown becomes of choice. an artillery officer. Upon dium for fellow military Award recipient. the East. the fourth coach in NBA history 1974 — The Miami Dolphins to win 1,000 regular-season win their second straight Super games as New York beats Atlan- Bowl in their third straight Virus protocols stiffen as Celtics, ta 105-94. Brown, 1,000-762 in appearance with a 24-7 victory 23 seasons in the NBA, joins over the Minnesota Vikings. Lenny Wilkens, Don Nelson and Larry Csonka, the game’s MVP, Pat Riley in the 1,000-win club. NBA postpone more games gains 145 yards on 33 carries 2013 — Matt Bryant kicks a and scores a touchdown. 49-yard field goal with 8 sec- 1986 — NCAA schools vote By Tim Reynolds called off, the fourth post- tivities and emergencies are life in a box,” Portland guard onds left and the Atlanta Fal- overwhelmingly in favor of adopt- ASSOCIATED PRESS ponement since Sunday the only allowable reasons Damian Lillard said Mon- cons bounce back after blowing ing the controversial Proposition and the third involving the for leaving. day night. “I go to practice, a 20-point lead in the fourth With four games called I go back home, I don’t go 48. The rule requires that Celtics. Boston currently “No one wants to see more quarter, defeating Seattle 30-28 off this week already and has eight players listed as restrictions imposed,” NBPA anywhere else.” incoming freshman maintain 2.0 in an NFC divisional playoff more teams dealing with vi- unavailable because they executive director Michele When teams started test- grade point averages and score rus-related issues, the NBA game. The Falcons lead 27-7 at are on the NBA’s health Roberts said in a message to ing in late November pri- 700 or more on the Scholastic and the National Basketball the start of the final quarter and safety protocols list — AP. “No one also wants to see or to the start of training Aptitude Test or a 15 on the Players Association enacted before rookie quarterback Rus- which means they either the infection rate increase if camps, 48 players had pos- American College Testing pro- additional rules Tuesday in sell Wilson leads the Seahawks tested positive or may have there are steps we can take itive COVID-19 tests. In the gram. the hope of keeping the sea- been exposed to someone to mitigate the risk. Our ex- last four weeks, the league to three fourth-quarter touch- 1987 — Lewis Lloyd and Mitch- son going safely. who is positive. perts have concluded that has seen a total of seven ell Wiggins of the Houston Rock- downs and a 28-27 lead with 31 Among the new policies: “We’re just going to follow these new procedures will players test positive, part ets become the third and fourth seconds left. for “at least the next two what the NBA” says, Wash- add to our arsenal of weap- of the reason why the NBA National Basketball Association 2013 — Tom Brady becomes weeks,” the league and ington coach Scott Brooks ons against the virus. and its governors have not players to be banned from the the winningest quarterback in union said, players and said. “I mean, they’re the “It would be irresponsible seen any reason to pause league for using cocaine. postseason play, throwing for team staff will have to re- experts. They have all the and unacceptable to not em- the season. 1991 — Phil Mickelson over- three touchdowns to beat Hous- main at their residence medical, they have all the ploy new measures aimed at Additional actions taken when in their home mar- comes an 8 on the 14th hole to ton 41-28 and lift the New science, they have every- better promoting and pro- Tuesday include a new rule kets and prohibited from become the second amateur England Patriots into the AFC thing, all the data. ... I’m for tecting our players’ safety,” prohibiting any pregame championship game. Brady gets leaving their hotels or hav- whatever the NBA wants us Roberts said. meetings in locker rooms since 1954 to win a PGA Tour ing outside guests when on his 17th victory, surpassing Joe to do.” The Wizards said Tuesday from lasting more than 10 event as he posts a one-shot the road. All that is permitted in that two of their players are minutes, and when those Montana, by throwing for 344 victory over Bob Tway and Tom Many of the new rules are home markets, for now, is going on the protocols list. meetings take place every- Purtzer in the Northern Telecom yards. similar to what existed in “to attend team-related ac- The Magic are also sup- one involved must wear a Open. 2017 — Kelsey Plum scores 36 the NBA’s restart bubble at tivities at the team facility posed to play the Celtics on mask. Meetings in larger 1995 — America3, the first points to become the 12th play- Walt Disney World in Cen- or arena, exercise outside, Friday in Boston; no deter- areas, such as courts, must all-women’s team in the 144- er in women’s basketball history tral Florida last year. or perform essential activi- mination about that game take place with adherence year history of America’s Cup, to top 3,000 career points and Orlando’s game in Bos- ties,” the league and union has been announced. to social distancing and wins the first race of the Ameri- Washington routs Arizona 90-73. ton on Wednesday was also said. On the road, team ac- “I feel like I’m living my with masks. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2021 THE DAILY ITEM B3 NATION Trump takes no responsibility for riot, visits Texas

By Jill Colvin and the second time. protests and violence in Zeke Miller The rampage through Seattle and Portland this ASSOCIATED PRESS the halls of Congress sent summer, lawmakers of both par- “Everybody to the ‘t’ ALAMO, Texas — Pres- ties and Trump’s own vice ident Donald Trump on thought it was totally ap- president into hiding, as propriate,” Trump said of Tuesday took no respon- crowds called for Mike sibility for his part in his own comments. Pence’s lynching for his Trump headed to Alamo, fomenting a violent in- role overseeing the vote Texas, a city in the Rio surrection at the U.S. Cap- count. The scene also un- itol last week, despite his dermined the hallmark of Grande Valley near the comments encouraging the republic — the peace- U.S.-Mexican border — supporters to march on ful transition of power. At the site of the 450th mile the Capitol and praise for least five people died, in- of the border wall his ad- them while they were still cluding one Capitol Police ministration is building. carrying out the assault. officer. Alamo is named after “People thought that In the days leading up the San Antonio mission what I said was totally ap- to the Jan. 6 certification where a small group of propriate,” Trump said. vote, Trump encouraged Texan independence-fight- He made the comments his supporters to descend ers fended off Mexican during his first appear- on Washington, D.C., forces during a 13-day ance in public since the promising a “wild” rally siege. Most of them died, Capitol siege, which came in support of his baseless but the mission became as lawmakers were tally- PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS claims of election fraud, a symbol of resistance for ing Electoral College votes despite his own admin- President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Air Force Texans, who eventual- affirming President-elect istration’s findings to One, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. ly defeated the Mexican Joe Biden’s victory. Trump the contrary. Speaking army. arrived in Texas on Tues- for more than an hour to another term in office. He the electoral votes. As riot- the rioters: “We love you. day to trumpet his cam- a crowd on the Ellipse, also suggested he would ers were still in the build- You’re very special. Go Trump’s visit — no doubt paign against illegal im- Trump encouraged sup- join them in marching on ing and lawmakers shel- home.” a symbol of the president’s migration in an attempt porters to “fight like hell” the Capitol. tered in secure locations, Speaking Tuesday, defiance — comes as he to burnish his legacy with and suggested that Repub- As Trump wrapped up, Trump, at the urging of Trump said the “real prob- spends the final days of eight days remaining in lican lawmakers would thousands of his support- aides who were shocked lem” was not his rheto- his presidency isolated, his term, as lawmakers in need “more courage not to ers were already heading by the violence, released ric, but the rhetoric that aggrieved and staring Congress appeared set to step up” and overturn the to the Capitol, where law- a video seemingly excus- Democrats used to de- down the prospect of a sec- impeach him this week for will of voters to grant him makers convened to count ing the events, saying of scribe Black Lives Matter ond impeachment. U.S. shifts to speed COVID shots as cases and deaths rise By Zeke Miller and Ricardo Alon- so-Zaldivar ASSOCIATED PRESS A protester WASHINGTON — Bare- ly a month into a mass walks past the vaccination campaign to Russell Senate stop the COVID-19 pan- Office Building demic, the Trump admin- on Capitol Hill istration unexpectedly in Washington. shifted gears Tuesday to speed the delivery of PHOTO | shots. The move came af- ASSOCIATED PRESS ter widespread concern over a slow start even as coronavirus cases and Early warning signs emerge for deaths reach new highs. Health and Human Ser- GOP after U.S. Capitol riots vices Secretary Alex Azar PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS announced a series of ma- jor changes to increase Health and Human Services Secretary Alex By Marc Levy, kept going, I knew there’s tack. They mostly switched supply of vaccines and Azar speaks during a news conference on Op- Thomas Beaumont no way I can keep going. to no party, elections com- expand the age groups eration Warp Speed and COVID-19 vaccine dis- and Nicholas But if you’ve been a Repub- missioner Joel Miller said, eligible as well as loca- tribution in Washington. Riccardi lican all your life, it’s hard though a small number ASSOCIATED PRESS tions where people can get to jump out of a big boat took the highly unusual and into a little boat.” step of cancelling their reg- shots. are using that vaccine,” vaccines, practically dou- HARRISBURG, Pa. — One change will have Azar said at news confer- bling supply. Both those Officials are seeing simi- istrations altogether. Since last week’s deadly lar scenes unfold elsewhere. The party switching some teeth to it. Azar said ence. That won’t happen shots require two doses to insurrection at the U.S. going forward the federal overnight, not until offi- achieve optimum protec- In Cumberland County, pales in comparison to the Capitol, about 225 Re- Pennsylvania, 192 people more than 74 million peo- government will base each cials try to sort out wheth- tion. publicans logged in to the state’s allocation of vac- er lags in reporting could Additionally, Washing- have changed their party ple who voted for Trump in election office in Lancast- registration since the Jan. November. And it’s unclear cines partly on how suc- be the reason for what ap- ton is urging states to er County, Pennsylvania, cessful states have been pears to be subpar perfor- immediately start vacci- 6 riot. Only 13 switched to whether they’re united in to change their party reg- the GOP — the other 179 their motivations. Some in administering those al- mance. nating other groups lower istration. Ethan Demme ready provided. Azar also said the gov- down the priority scale, in- changed to Democrat, in- may be rejecting politics was one of them. dependent or a third par- altogether while others “If you are not using vac- ernment will stop holding cluding people age 65 and “Ever since they started back the required second older and younger people ty, according to Bethany may be leaving a Republi- cines that you have the denying the election result, right to, then we should be doses of the Pfizer-Bi- with certain health prob- Salzarulo, the director of can Party they fear will be I kind of knew it was head- rebalancing to states that oNTech and Moderna lems. the bureau of elections. less loyal to Trump. ing this way,” said Demme, In Linn County, Iowa, But they offer an early the county’s former Re- home to Cedar Rapids, sign of the volatility ahead publican Party chairman more than four dozen voters for the GOP as the party COVID fears grow in Capitol as who has opposed President dropped their Republican braces for political fallout Donald Trump and is now Party affiliations in the 48 of the riots that Trump in- three lawmakers test positive an independent. “If they hours after the Capitol at- cited.

By Kevin Freking ASSOCIATED PRESS After frosty few days, Pence, WASHINGTON — With- in a span of about 24 hours, Trump appear to reach détente three House Democrats have announced they test- By Jill Colvin ed positive for COVID-19, and Zeke Miller prompting concern that ASSOCIATED PRESS last week’s insurrection at WASHINGTON — Pres- the Capitol has also turned ident Donald Trump and into a super-spreader event Vice President Mike Pence threatening the health of appear to have come to a lawmakers and their staffs. détente after nearly a Those who have test- week of silence, anger and ed positive were among finger-pointing. the dozens of lawmakers The two met Monday eve- whisked to a secure location FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS ning in the Oval Office and when pro-Trump insurrec- had a “good conversation,” tionists stormed the Capitol Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., speaks during on Wednesday. Some mem- a House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust according to a senior ad- bers of Congress huddled on Capitol Hill in Washington. ministration official. It was PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS for hours in the large room, their first time speaking while others were there for in the secure room and de- D-Ill., said on Tuesday. since last Wednesday, when Vice President Mike Pence officiates as a joint a shorter period. clined opportunities to wear Schneider’s comments Trump incited his sup- session of the House and Senate reconvenes at While it’s not certain a mask, despite their role came a few hours after porters to storm the Cap- the Capitol. where and when lawmak- in blocking the spread of similar remarks from Rep. itol building as Pence was ers caught the illness, the COVID-19. Video surfaced Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash.. presiding over certification While his office had not immediately,” said House Capitol’s attending physi- of multiple Republican law- “Too many Republicans of November’s election re- definitively ruled out in- Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The cian notified all House law- makers refusing to wear a have refused to take this sults. Pence and his family voking the amendment, House on Wednesday is were forced into hiding. makers of possible virus face mask even when they pandemic and virus seri- Pence had signaled that expected to make Trump During their conver- exposure and urged them were offered one. ously, and in doing so, they he no intention of moving the first president in the sation, the official said, to be tested. Dr. Brian “Today, I am now in strict endanger everyone around forward with that kind nation’s history to be im- isolation, worried that them,” Jayapal said. “Only Trump and Pence pledged of challenge. The House Moynihan said that mem- peached a second time. bers who were in protective I have risked my wife’s hours after President to continue to work for “the is prepared to cast a vote “We are further calling isolation last Wednesday health and angry at the Trump incited a deadly remainder of their term” Tuesday calling on Pence “may have been exposed selfishness and arrogance assault on our Capitol, our — a seeming acknowledge- to invoke the amendment. on the vice president to re- to another occupant with of the anti-maskers who country, and our democra- ment that the vice presi- “The president rep- spond within 24 hours af- coronavirus infection.” put their own contempt and cy, many Republicans still dent will not pursue efforts resents an imminent ter passage,” Pelosi wrote. The three Democratic disregard for decency ahead refused to take the bare to try to invoke the 25th threat to our Constitution, There is no mechanism lawmakers directed their of the health and safety of minimum COVID-19 pre- Amendment to remove our Country and the Amer- that would force Pence to anger toward some House their colleagues and our caution” and simply wear Trump from office with ican people, and he must do so, making the move Republicans who were also staff,” Rep. Brad Schneider, a mask in a crowded room. nine days left in his term. be removed from office wholly symbolic. B4 THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2021 COMICS

OFF THE MARK / MARK PARISI MODERATELY CONFUSED / JEFF STAHLER DILBERT / SCOTT ADAMS

ROSE IS ROSE / PAT BRADY

GARFIELD / JIM DAVIS BIG NATE / LINCOLN PEIRCE

ARLO AND JANIS / JIMMY JOHNSON

HERMAN / JIM UNGER ZIGGY / TOM WILSON

THE BORN LOSER / ART AND CHIP SANSOM

CROSSWORD DEAR ABBY Busy mom fights to prevent frustrations from exploding DEAR ABBY: I’m a with frustration. Among 24-year-old woman who Dear Abby is written by Abigail them: leaving the room, has been married for four Van Buren, also known as Jeanne going for a walk or, better years. My husband, “Jer- Phillips, and was founded by her yet, a short run, or saying ry,” and I have two young to yourself, “Please, Lord, boys. Jerry is military. I mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact don’t let me lose my tem- stay at home with the Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. per!” before opening your kids and work part time mouth. online on an associate de- Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. gree. We struggle finan- cially, but our basic needs DEAR ABBY: My boss are met and, overall, I’m DEAR FIRED UP: angry feelings in a has been making passes happy with my life. The quarantines and healthy way. It can be or- at me for the last five My problem is I’m find- lockdowns may be part of dered by sending your months, even though I ing myself struggling to the cause of your near name and address, plus a have told him it makes control a very strong meltdowns. Many people check or money order for me uncomfortable. We temper. The kids or my are stressed and spread $8 (U.S. funds) to Dear went out to dinner once, husband may be getting thin, and the isolation Abby Anger Booklet, P.O. and he is insisting that on my nerves, or I’m late isn’t helping. Box 447, Mount Morris, we do it again. How do I turning in an assign- Because you are con- IL 61054-0447. Shipping say no to this married ment, or I’m unable to get stantly with your chil- and handling are includ- man and still keep my housework done — these dren, it’s important that ed in the price. Sometimes job? frustrations build up in- you manage your emo- when people are frustrat- side and make me want tions before venting them ed, they lose their temper UNCOMFORTABLE to throw a fit, scream or on your little ones, which with those presently IN THE SOUTH throw things, essentially can be destructive. When around them. In situa- NOT be the cool, respon- an adult yells or acts out tions like this, it’s import- DEAR UNCOMFORT- sible adult I typically am. in front of a small child, ant to evaluate the source ABLE: Ask your employer I know this is incredi- the child will often shut of what might really be if he is satisfied with your bly immature, and I real- down out of fear that vio- irritating you rather than job performance. Tell him ize I’m well off in the lence may follow. This is misdirect your anger at a a social relationship with grand scheme of things, a married man is not but this anger still brews. why it’s so important for blameless target. The what you signed on for I have never had a prob- you to find appropriate ability to control your and, if he becomes puni- lem controlling my tem- ways to express your emo- emotions is crucial so per before. Can you help? tions. My booklet “The An- your children won’t grow tive, document it and ger in All of Us and How up thinking that explod- point out that what he is FIRED UP IN To Deal With It” offers ing is normal. There are doing could be considered FLORIDA suggestions for directing healthy ways of dealing sexual harassment. BRIDGE

Much poorer trumps, but who knows? This quotation is often credited would have taken one spade, two di- to Cicero in 55 B.C.: “The national amonds and two clubs. budget must be balanced. ... People However, South does not read my must again learn to work, instead of prose, so he advanced with three living on public assistance.” It was spades, which was passed out. How actually written by Taylor Caldwell, a did declarer do after West led the di- historical novelist. amond 10? Yesterday, I gave a deal in which South won with his diamond one player had made a takeout dou- queen and played a spade to the ble at the three-level, and his part- king — a great guess. When that held, ner had to decide whether to pass, declarer played another trump. East converting it into a penalty double, or to bid. I recommended that with a won with the 10 and shifted to the balanced hand, pass; with an unbal- heart eight. The defenders took their anced hand, bid. heart winners, then East tried to give Here is another example. What his partner a diamond ruff. South should South do over his partner’s won on the board and played a third second double? trump. When they split 3-3, declar- If South had followed my advice, er claimed, having the last six tricks he would have passed and gone plus with one spade, two clubs and three 100 for down one and 14 out of 15 diamonds. matchpoints in a virtual duplicate Plus 140 was a cold top. So much at Bridge Base Online. North-South for my theories! WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2021 THE DAILY ITEM B5 TV BEST BETS DID YOU KNOW?

The Big Interview With Dan Rather: “Luke Combs” AXS TV, 8 p.m. Host Dan Rather welcomes one of country music’s fastest-rising stars as record-breaking artist Luke Inside the mind of Agatha Christie Combs chats about his whirlwind success spurred by the smash-hit single “Hurricane.” The episode By Rick Gables captures Combs looking back on the road that led Explore the fascinating him from being a bar bouncer to selling out venues world of bestselling novelist across the globe as he discusses his great love for Agatha Christie with two music, recalls the creative process behind “Hurri- PBS specials. First up is cane” and gets personal about his struggle with anx- Inside the Mind of Agatha iety, before performing a clip from “Hurricane” live. Christie on Sunday, January The Masked Dancer: “Group A Playoffs — So You 17 at 10 p.m., followed by Think You Can Mask?” Agatha Christie’s England FOX, 8 p.m. on Sunday, January 24 at The remaining Group A dancers perform and one will 10 p.m. (check your local be unmasked at the end of the new episode “Group listings). Surpassed only by A Playoffs — So You Think You Can Mask?” the Bible and Shakespeare, House in a Hurry: “Mother-in-Law to the Rescue” Agatha Christie is the most HGTV, 8 p.m. successful writer of all time. With her husband stationed in Korea, a wife and Her books have sold over a mom of two must make a monumental house pur- billion copies in English and chase decision via video chat. Luckily, her mother- a billion in translation. She in-law is along for the ride to help find the perfect wrote an astounding 66 mur- Virginia home for their family. der mysteries, several plays Chicago Med: “In Search of Forgiveness, Not Per- including The Mousetrap, the mission” longest-running play of all NBC, 8 p.m. time, and her classic works Drs. Marcel (Dominic Rains) and Manning (Torrey continue to be adapted for DeVitto) lay everything on the line to assist a sick film and television. But how woman. Dr. Halstead (Nick Gehlfuss) faces an uphill did a refined, upper-class battle in getting participants involved in his clinical British girl evolve into the trial. Dr. Choi (Brian Tee) clashes with a patient who queen of crime, poison, and demands absolute perfection of himself. murder? Inside the Mind Married at First Sight of Agatha Christieexplores Lifetime, 8 p.m. what made Agatha tick. Dr. Season Premiere! John Curran has spent years Married at First Sightheads down south to Atlanta pouring over her personal for Season 12, set to be the most romantic, diverse archive, a treasure trove con- and surprising season yet as 10 brave-but-loveless taining letters, manuscripts singles meet their new spouse at the altar and en- and 73 meticulously kept ter a legally binding marriage at first sight. With one notebooks in which she doc- groom pushing 40 and another who has been di- umented everything she saw vorced (both MAFSfirsts), new insights are brought and heard. He and others to a journey that is always full of high stakes. While explain how the author used some marriages will survive, one couple confronts a her experiences to weave to- bombshell that no one saw coming. gether formidable plots. Ag- Mystery of the Ice Age Giants Smithsonian Channel, 8 p.m. atha Christie’s England ex- In this special, world-famous mammoth expert Dick plores how the author drew Mol traces the extraordinary history of woolly mam- on her surroundings and moths from their origins in southern Africa to their the people she encountered extinction 3,700 years ago. Mammoths expanded to create her extraordinary their territory over the millennia and theirs is a story and timeless canon of work. of one of nature’s greatest adaptations from tropical Through a tour, we see that warmth to extreme cold. But as they specialized in the settings in Christie’s sto- surviving the ice ages, they limited their chances of ries were drawn from real survival in the greenhouse conditions of a changing places. climate. Professor Mol traces this path of evolution Turner Classic Movies of- and extinction, from the Namibian desert, to the Ca- fers us a night of espionage ed. Then James Stewart and Orson Wells and Joseph Cot- guy is gifted a luxury trip, he nadian permafrost, to the ancient steppe of what and mystery on Friday, Jan- Doris Day find themselves ten. The film is set in Vienna, is mistaken for a millionaire. is today the bottom of the North Sea. Did humans uary 15, beginning at 8 p.m. wrapped up in an assassina- during the Cold War period. He and the concierge who is cause a mass extinction, or did these giants fall First up is a comedy/mystery tion plot while vacationing in Hallmark Channel will pre- making this once in a lifetime victim to the rise in temperature? It appears that favorite, Charade, starring Morocco in Alfred Hitchcock’s miere its original movie, Love trip happen end up hitting it climate change and the arrival of mankind might Cary Grant and Audrey Hep- The Man Who Knew Too in the Alps, starring Nazneen off after spending time to- have been the deadly combination for the giants, burn, filmed in scenic France Much. TCM’s evening con- Contractor and Brooks Dar- gether. Will she feel the same who were not able to adapt to the changing environ- with Henry Mancini’s memo- tinues with the gripping film nell, on Saturday, January 23 way about him when she ment in time. rable score and song includ- noir, The Third Man, starring at 9 p.m. When an average learns the truth?

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The child playing the Las Ventas is one of the elegant swivel as his fel- Spanish identity. barely come back since the tant are mandatory inside bull holds two bull horns most prized venues in low pupil slowly sweeps The school was closed lockdown, with the public the school’s indoor work- mounted on a plastic bullfighting, and a privi- past with a pair of bull from March to August still not allowed into large out room. When training frame they can easily ma- leged place for its pupils to horns held in front. when Spain went into outdoor events includ- outdoors in the sand-cov- neuver to mimic the runs learn. It is the biggest ring They are students of the one of the world’s strict- ing professional sporting ered ring, masks are op- the animal takes at the in Spain with a capacity Bullfighting School at the est lockdowns to stem the events. tional but social distanc- bullfighter. They move as for more than 23,000 spec- ing is respected. if in slow motion, focusing tators and the third larg- “Considering that this on learning the smooth est in the world. world was already be- movements of a bull pass That helps draw stu- ing hard-hit before (the through a cape. dents from all over Spain pandemic), the excite- For Rodríguez, the mis- and from as far abroad as ment that the boys have sion of the school goes France and South Amer- brought back after the beyond the ring. He said ica. The school currently lockdown is incredible,” it requires pupils to main- has around 70 students, Rodríguez said. tain good grades in school including four girls. When students arrive and their teachers want At the age of 14, aspiring for afternoon classes after them to take away “a se- matadores can face bulls their regular school, they ries of values: respect, a of up to 2 years old in a all address Rodríguez and work ethic, and sacrifice.” bullring without specta- the other teachers with a Yet bullfighting has fall- tors. At age 16, they can deferential “Good after- en out of favor with a large turn professional — if noon, maestro.” section of Spanish society, they have the right stuff. They exercise in a small particularly the urban “It is very difficult to gym, running outside for young. Northeastern Cat- become a professional,” long stretches with and alonia banned bullfight- Rodríguez said. “You have without the cape to build ing in 2010, even though to be very gifted and work endurance and agility with a court later overturned very hard. Of 100 boys, the equipment. They train the regional law. Other re- maybe 5 or 6 will become FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS in the techniques of fac- gions have followed suit. bullfighters. A true great Pupil Nicolas Sanz Luna, 10, holds a pair of plastic bull horns at the ing down the bull with the But that has not stopped only comes once in a de- Bullfighting School at Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, Spain. poise sought by aficionados schools from operating cade.” CLASSIFIED

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Item: January 13, 2021 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2021 THE DAILY ITEM B7 INTERNATIONAL Mexico sees holiday bump in tourism amid pandemic surge By Emilio Espejel and Christopher Sherman ASSOCIATED PRESS TULUM, Mexico — The friends from Jackson, Mis- sissippi, relaxed on lounge chairs dug into a white PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS sand beach and romped in Caskets labelled with the word ‘Covid’ are the turquoise Caribbean stacked with others coffins in the memorial waters, grateful for a break hall of the crematorium in Meissen, Germany. from the pandemic winter in the United States. They were among tens of thousands of American Bodies pile up tourists who descended on Mexico’s glittering Ca- ribbean beaches at the close of 2020 and start of in Germany’s this year. Quintana Roo state, the country’s tour- ism crown jewel, home to Cancun, the Riviera virus hot spot Maya and Tulum, received PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS 961,000 tourists during Roving musicians “Los Compas” approach a group of tourists on the shore By Frank Jordans porcelain and impressive that stretch — nearly half of Mamitas beach, in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo state, Mexico. ASSOCIATED PRESS Gothic castle. from the U.S. — down only On Monday, Meissen MEISSEN, Germany — 25 percent from the previ- source of the foreign tour- Pérez. The state lost some 500, Vanegas said. county once again took ous year. ists, were reaching new 90,000 tourism jobs — The increase in Ameri- The caskets are stacked the unwanted lead in Ger- three high in the Meissen “You come here and it’s a heights — and as a new, only 10,000 of which have can tourists helped com- many’s COVID-19 tables, sigh of relief from all the more easily spread variant come back — and count- pensate for the Europeans, crematorium’s somber with an infection rate three memorial hall, piled up in turmoil of the COVID,” was beginning to emerge less others that depend on whose numbers remain times the national average. empty offices and stored said Latron Evans, a in the U.S. If a sharp rise tourism. sharply down. More U.S. The state of Saxony, where in hallways. Many are 40-year-old Jackson fire- in infections forces a new Flights from the U.S. tourists came to Quintana Meissen is located, includes sealed with plastic wrap- fighter. shutdown of the tourism dried up last spring as the Roo during this pandem- six of the 10 worst-hit coun- ping, others are labeled But concern is spread- sector, the effects would be pandemic took hold but ic-stricken holiday season ties in Germany. “infection risk,” “urgent” ing that the winter hol- devastating. have risen steadily since than a year earlier, when Schaldach says the cre- or simply “COVID.” iday success could be Tourism accounts for 87 then. In December, Quin- the world was just begin- matorium is doing its best A surge of coronavirus fleeting, because it came percent of Quintana Roo’s tana Roo was averaging ning to learn of the coro- deaths in this corner of to keep up with demand, as COVID-19 infections gross domestic product, 460 air arrivals and depar- navirus. They accounted eastern Germany has firing up the twin furnaces in both Mexico and the said state Tourism Sec- tures per day compared to for 9 out of 10 foreign tour- boosted business for cre- every 45 minutes and man- United States, the main retary Marisol Vanegas a pre-pandemic average of ists, Vanegas said. matorium manager Joerg aging 60 cremations a day. Schaldach and his staff, “The ashes still end up but nobody is celebrating. in the right urn,” he said. But whereas staff would Emergency imposed in Malaysia “The situation is a little bit tense for us at the mo- normally try to ensure ment,” Schaldach said as the deceased look good for another undertaker’s van relatives to bid their final over virus is reprieve for PM pulled up outside. farewells, infection rules The crematorium would now mean the caskets of By Eileen Ng typically have 70 to 100 COVID victims have to ASSOCIATED PRESS caskets on site at this time remain shut throughout, of year, when the flu season making the entire process KUALA LUMPUR, Ma- takes its toll on the elderly. even harder for those in- laysia — Malaysia has de- “It’s normal for more volved. clared a coronavirus emer- people to die in winter “It’s our business, we’ve gency that will suspend A man wearing than in summer,” said seen death many, many Parliament at least until a face mask Schaldach. “That’s always times,” said Schaldach. August and halt any bids listens to live been the case.” “The problem we see is to seek a general election, broadcast in Now he has 300 bod- that the grieving relatives but critics charged it was a front of Twin ies waiting to be cremat- need our help. And at the political move by embattled Towers in ed and each day dozens moment, there’s a greater Prime Minister Muhyiddin downtown more are delivered to the need for words of consola- Yassin to stay in power. Kuala Lumpur, modernist building on a tion because they’ve given The palace said in a Malaysia. hill overlooking Meissen, their deceased loved one statement Tuesday that an ancient town better to the ambulance and then King Sultan Abdullah Sul- PHOTO | known for its delicate they never see them again.” tan Ahmad Shah consent- ASSOCIATED PRESS ed Monday to Muhyiddin’s proposal for an emergency tion came just a day before ernment amid threats by according to a joint state- EU regulator is until Aug. 1 to curb the millions of people in Ma- the United Malays Na- ment by activist groups virus spread, which has laysia’s biggest city, Kua- tional Organization, the and nongovernmental or- reached a critical level. la Lumpur, the adminis- largest party in his rul- ganizations. considering Oxford- In a televised speech, trative capita, Putrajaya, ing coalition, to withdraw Muhyiddin took power Muhyiddin assured citi- support to force an early in March after instigating and five high-risk states AstraZeneca vaccine zens that the emergency general election. the collapse of the reform- was “not a military coup return to a near-lockdown “If this is the true un- ist alliance that won 2018 LONDON (AP) — The Valneva previously and a curfew will not be en- for two weeks. derlying reason, the dec- elections and joined with European Medicines signed a deal with Britain forced.” He said his civilian Opposition lawmakers, laration of a national the opposition to form Agency said Tuesday that to provide tens of millions government will remain in analysts and critics said emergency is not only an a Malay-centric govern- AstraZeneca and Oxford of doses of its shot, which charge and that Malaysia the emergency appeared overkill but an abuse of ex- ment. But his government University have submit- is developed using similar is still “open for business.” aimed at halting the col- ecutive power that places is shaky with a razor-thin ted an application for technology to that used to The emergency declara- lapse of Muhyiddin’s gov- the country at great peril,” majority in Parliament. their COVID-19 vaccine make flu vaccines. The EU to be licensed across the has sealed six vaccine con- European Union. tracts for up to 2 billion The EU regulator said it doses, many more than In Greek city, segregated graves received a request for the are necessary to cover vaccine to be greenlight- its population of approxi- ed under an expedited mately 450 million. extend COVID-19 isolation process and that it could The Oxford-AstraZene- be approved by Jan. 29 ca vaccine is expected to By Costas Kantouris “provided that the data be a key vaccine for many ASSOCIATED PRESS submitted on the quality, countries because of its safety and efficacy of the low cost, availability and THESSALONIKI, vaccine are sufficiently ro- ease of use. It can be kept Greece — Even after bust and complete.” in refrigerators rather death, COVID-19 victims The EMA, the drugs than the ultra-cold stor- endure harrowing isola- agency for the 27-nation age that the Pfizer vaccine tion in Thessaloniki, the EU, has already approved requires. The company city in Greece most acute- two other coronavirus vac- has said it will sell it for ly affected by the corona- cines, one made by Amer- $2.50 a dose and plans to virus pandemic. ican drugmaker Pfizer make up to 3 billion doses Efcharis Gunseer, 84, and Germany’s BioNTech by the end of 2021. couldn’t see her daughter and another made by U.S. Researchers claim the during any part of a losing biotechnology company Oxford-AstraZeneca vac- battle with the virus, not Moderna. Switzerland cine protected against dis- at the nursing home where approved the Moderna ease in 62 percent of those she first became ill or at the vaccine on Tuesday and given two full doses and hospital where she spent plans to immunize about in 90 percent of those ini- several weeks. The staff of the overwhelmed inten- 4 percent of its population tially given a half dose be- PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS using that and the Pfiz- cause of a manufacturing sive care ward also was too er-BioNTech shot. error. However, the second busy to set up phone calls, 69 year-old Chrisanthi Botsari cleans the grave of her husband in a cem- Britain gave its approval group included only 2,741 the daughter said. etery set up for victims of COVID-19, at the northern city of Thessalon- to the Oxford-AstraZene- people — too few to be When Gunseer died iki, Greece. ca vaccine last month and conclusive. in late August, her body has been using it. India Questions also remain was wrapped in two plas- “I think to die alone that More than 300 people were pushed to capacity. approved it this month. about how well the vac- tic bags and placed in a way is the worst thing that have been buried so far Thessaloniki, Greece’s sec- As part of its strategy cine protects older people. shrink-wrapped casket. can happen,” daughter Mi- in the segregated plots, ond-largest city, and neigh- to obtain as many differ- Only 12 percent of study Under rules set by city kaela Triandafyllidou, 45, according to Thessaloniki boring areas in the north of ent COVID-19 vaccines participants were over 55 authorities, she wasn’t told The Associated Press. officials. the country bore the brunt as possible for Europeans, and they were enrolled buried next to her late “I only saw my mother for Greece suffered an of the surge. For weeks, the EU said it had con- later, so there hasn’t been husband but in a section a moment, from a distance alarming setback in late the city reported a higher cluded early talks with enough time to see wheth- of a cemetery reserved for at the morgue for identi- October when the coun- daily number of new cases French biotech company er they develop infections people infected with the fication....People are dy- try’s eight-month run of than Athens, despite hav- Valneva to secure up to 60 at a lower rate than those virus. Her grave remains ing with no one there for low infections abruptly ing a population roughly million doses of vaccine. not given the vaccine. off-limits to visitors. them, like dogs.” ended and hospital wards one-quarter the size. B8 THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2021 FOOD Miss that movie-theater popcorn?

Bethany Jean Clement THE SEATTLE TIMES Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, I went to the movies a lot, often alone, and I’d see pretty much anything, because the golden-salty greatness that is movie theater pop- corn makes seeing almost anything worthwhile. I’d order the large size (only a dollar more — they’re practically paying you to get it!), eat until my mouth hurt, then put the rest in a plastic bag to take home. Yes, I brought PHOTO | TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE a plastic bag to the theater If you want to taste SHUTTERSTOCK IMAGE expressly for this purpose. that old-fashioned And over the course of a movie-theater pop- The COVID pandemic has left the author a chance to look through some of his 200 cookbooks. But dozen pre-COVID-19 Din- corn, keep reading. they haven’t really given him much comfort. ner at a Movie reviews, it was my total pleasure to proper popcorn poppers learn more about the nu- (92 percent made in the ances of movie popcorn USA!), including home-use Stuck inside the kitchen from Seattle Times film ones, which start at $494 (and book, and popcorn) and take up a fair amount critic Moira Macdonald. of space. Gold Medal’s I miss the movies and I Gims thought it was funny with those COVID blues again miss Moira — but I can that I had come up with still see both of them, if a stovetop popcorn meth- only on a home screen. od using Flavacol, but my I’ve probably missed mov- film critic friend Moira Daniel Neman ie popcorn an inordinate ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH called it something else: amount over the last 17 genius. All I know is that The COVID-19 blues are getting years, I mean, 10 months. if this helps make anyone me down. When I’m down, I want But enough about me — else’s COVID-19 pandemic to eat something. When I want to it is a special irritant of a little more bearable, that eat something during this time of articles such as this, prom- makes me very happy. pandemic, I nearly always have to ising The Best-Ever Pan- HOW TO MAKE demic-Times Life Hack, cook it. But cooking is part of my MOVIE POPCORN AT HOME that a lengthy first-person job, so I essentially have to do my A note on procuring sup- preamble usually must be plies: Gold Medal Prod- job whenever I want to take a break endured. Let’s also trun- ucts Co. does sell Flavacol from my job. cate the parts that explain direct-to-popcorn-consum- The COVID-19 blues are getting the genesis of the idea er, but their scale of op- me down. (pathological jealousy of eration is distributor-ori- I have about 200 cookbooks in friends’ new in-home the- ented, so you may find my kitchen at home. I have maybe ater-grade popcorn maker, it cheaper on Amazon, two or three times that number at unwillingness to purchase where you’ll also find At my office, as far as I remember. I one), the science of pop- The Movies Popcorn But- haven’t been to the office, except corn (hey, there’s water in ter Flavored Popcorn Top- for occasional forays into straight there!), and all the permu- ping. A note on salt-level: news writing, for nine months. I tations/hardships of the The method here approxi- could have had a baby in the time it development of the recipe has been since I last cooked in the SHUTTERSTOCK IMAGE (so many different kinds mates average movie the- office kitchen, if it weren’t for a few of oil! So many batches!! ater popcorn, maybe a tiny Having a lot of reference material around doesn’t always help bit on the yellower/saltier obvious physical limitations. when you’re in a cooking rut. I’ve been so thirsty late- When I started this whole stay- ly!!!). side; feel free, obviously, to adjust the amount of at-home thing, I thought I was Really, all credit here is though the recipe itself is not very would rather have a recipe devel- Flavacol to taste (though set. I could cook to my heart’s due to the miracle of mod- different from the cornbread I do oped by Jacques Pepin than one I if you increase it, you may content. Two hundred cookbooks ern(ish) food science, spe- make. Neither am I going to make invented myself. want to consult a physi- is a lot of cookbooks. And on top cifically the proprietary a dish from the same book called cian). And on corn: Jolly of them (technically, on the shelf I’m even getting tired of my lovely process that brings us all Surprise Carrot Loaf. It is made kitchen. It is a stylish and fashion- Flavacol. This violently or- Time has the best name below them), I have every St. Louis and now also offers organ- Post-Dispatch Let’s Eat section from by combining one cup of ground able kitchen, or it would have been ange powder — it is the ex- carrots, one cup of peanut butter, in 2003. But I have set up a make- act color of Kraft Macaroni ic/non-GMO kernels. — the past seven years. That’s thou- Bethany Jean Clement sands of additional recipes. one cup of breadcrumbs and one shift office in it, and now I spend & Cheese dust — is made cup of tomatoes with a tablespoon hours there every day. Hours of of salt, artificial flavor, two Ingredients But owning 200 cookbooks is not 1 teaspoon Flavacol the same thing as cooking out of of butter and four eggs, all cooked writing and, often, hours of cooking. shades of FD&C Yellow in a loaf pan. Did you know that a shiny black and magic. It comes in a 3 tablespoons At The Movies 200 cookbooks. We all have our fa- Popcorn Butter Flavored Pop- vorites, and in my case those do not Instead, I tend to go back to the floor shows every speck of dust or charmingly vintage-design quart-sized milk carton corn Topping include “Modern Meals” published same books over and over again. dirt, and you can see it from the (unless you want to order, 1/3 cup popcorn kernels in 1936 by the Milk Foundation, And I have my favorite recipes from other side of the house, around say, a 45-pound pail) from Optional: Additional A.T.M.P.B.F.P.T., “How to Get the Most Out of Your within those books, too. the corner and down the street? It warmed (if you like “butter” on your Is it possible to be in a cooking doesn’t matter how small it is. If Gold Medal Products Co., Sunbeam Mixmaster,” “The New out of Cincinnati (slogan: movie popcorn), or melted butter (if Banana,” which I’m pretty sure I rut when you have 200 cookbooks? an amoeba is walking across the you like actual butter) Apparently, it is easier to be in one floor eating amoeba-sized Cheetos, “Snacks, Smiles & Suc- picked up as a joke (it has a recipe cess!”). Heather Gims, Steps: than when you have 500 cookbooks and it drops a subatomic particle of for bananas wrapped in bacon) and senior communication 1. Measure the Flavacol “Kitchen Fun,” a 1932 cookbook for at the office. orange dust on the floor, you can see specialist there, says Fla- and the lengthily named children that I just now saw for the For the sake of this column, I am it from the living room. With the vacol’s been around since Popcorn Topping into a first time. It belonged to my wife’s going to just pretend that the Inter- lights out. the 1960s (hence the pack- heavier-bottomed, 3-quart cousin. net does not exist. Besides, internet And the same goes for shiny black aging aesthetic). The com- or larger pot that has a “Kitchen Fun” includes a recipe recipes taste too … digital, I guess. countertops. pany assures that nearly lid. Stir them together called Mammy’s Corn Bread. And yes, I do frequently create I’ve got those Stuck-In-the-Kitch- all the major movie chains thoroughly to make an I am not going to make a recipe my own recipes. But not every day. en-with-Shiny-Black-Countertops use it, furthermore claim- alarmingly artificial-or- called Mammy’s Corn Bread, even And in almost every circumstance, I COVID-19 Blues. ing that more popcorn is ange-colored slurry. popped with Flavacol than 2. Add the popcorn and any other seasoning salt place over medium-high worldwide — that is, the heat. As the pan heats entire known popcorn-pop- up and sizzling begins, ping universe. Flavacol is shake and whirl it occa- as bad for you as regular sionally to coat kernels in salt but worse, as it doesn’t flavor-country glory and even contain iodine, regular spread them in one layer. salt’s redeeming nutrition- Watch for the first pop, al feature; it is, however, feel the excitement, then vegan and gluten-free (as slam on the lid. salt tends to be), as well as 3. Shake your pan back kosher and halal certified. and forth gently, still on Gims, laughing a bit, politely heat, while popping hap- declined to give any details pens, then remove from about Flavacol’s proprietary heat immediately just as process and artificial flavor. it stops — usually less However, she was very nice, than a minute. and Gold Medal is third-gen- 4. Pour it into a large bowl eration family-owned, so right away and toss with there’s that. your eager hands to mix, The popping medium drizzling on optional “but- here is a soybean oil con- ter” or butter as you wish. coction that, like Fla- 5. Eat as soon as possi- vacol, is recommended by ble in a darkened room in the manufacturer of my front of a good (or good- friends’ fancy new pop- bad) movie (maybe “Con- corn machine, and it is tagion”?). Be sure to have better than the numerous a beverage, for this is the oils I tested that were ar- beautifully yellow, very tificial-butter-flavor-free. salty popcorn you remem- Movie-theater-style pop- ber from before the glob- corn is science. Science al pandemic when going also gives us vaccines. to the movies was still a Thank you, science. thing (maybe make that Gold Medal also sells beverage wine?).