The Daily News, Nov. 12, 2022

Michigan to offer two year license plate tabs in October 2022

LANSING, Mich (AP)

Michigan drivers will have the option to renew their vehicle registration every two years instead one under a new law that will take effect in October 2022

Gov Gretchen Whitmer signed the bill Wednesday Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said two year license plate tabs “will add yet another convenient serv ice to our catalog ”

Michigan once imple mented two year registra tions in the early 1980s, but the Department of State reported they were not pop ular with motorists, accord ing to the nonpartisan House Fiscal Agency

Drivers will still be able to renew annually Tabs expire on the owner s birthday

The governor last month signed related legislation to ensure they also will be able to buy an optional two year recreation passport for unlim ited access to state parks, recreation areas boat launch es forest campgrounds and trail parking lots

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c h o o l a n d a l l s t u dents be masked when on dis trict school buses The previ o u s p o l i c y a l s o r e q u i r e d m a s k s i n g r a d e s s e v e n through 12 if 8% or more of the students were quarantined or tested positive for the virus

But Wednesday the board lifted the mask requirement f o r a l l s t u d e n t s a s o f N o v 2 9 , t h e f i r s t d a y b a c k f r o m

the Thanksgiving Day break a n d u p d a t e d i t s q u a r a n t i n e guidelines to allow non vac c i n a t e d s t u d e n t s w h o h a d close contact with a COVID 1 9 p o s i t i v e i n d i v i d u a l t o remain in school while being tested for seven consecutive school days The number of testing days is cut to two for vaccinated students

S o l o n g a s t h e t e s t s a r e C O V I D 1 9 n e g a t i v e , t h e y m a y c o n t i n u e t o a t t e n d s c h o o l , ” N V A S S u p e r i n

t e n d e n t L o u S t e i g e r w a l d s a i d “ W i t h t h i s n e w process, it is very important t h a t s t u d e n t s w h o a r e i l l r e m a i n h o m e u n t i l t h e i r symptoms improve ”

A p p r o v i n g t h e c h a n g e s p r o v e d t o b e a c h a l l e n g e , however, as board members sought to find a compromise

Before passing the changes o n 6 0 v o t e s w i t h b o a r d member Jan VanGasse absent, two previous motions to lift the mask requirement were

defeated with the only differ ence being the date the new policy would take effect The first motion would have set the d a t e a t D e c 1 7 , t h e s e c o n d four days earlier Dec 13 W i t h v a c c i n e s j u s t recently becoming available f o r a g e s 1 2 a n d y o u n g e r , b o a r d m e m b e r s d i s c u s s e d giving parents enough time t o g e t t h e i r c h i l d r e n i n o c u lated and allow for the vac cine to be fully effective (Continued on page 3 A)

State: Iron County has two more virus deaths

By Daily News staff

S t a t e d a t a W e d n e s d a y s h o w e d t w o m o r e d e a t h s b l a m e d o n C O V I D 1 9 i n Iron County which also had 1 4 n e w v i r u s p o s i t i v e s since Monday

A c r o s s t h e b o r d e r , M a r i n e t t e C o u n t y i n W i s consin has tallied 163 new confirmed coronavirus cas e s f r o m M o n d a y t h r o u g h T h u r s d a y , a c c o r d i n g t o n u m b e r s o n t h a t s t a t e ’ s COVID 19 website

Fire guts house on Fleshiem Street

Figures on the Michigan D e p a r t m e n t o f H e a l t h a n d H u m a n S e r v i c e s c o r o n avirus website Wednesday i n d i c a t e d 2 2 4 n e w c o n f i r m e d C O V I D 1 9 p o s i tives in the Upper Peninsula s i n c e M o n d a y : 3 8 i n H o u g h t o n C o u n t y ; 3 5 i n C h i p p e w a C o u n t y ; 2 6 i n M a r q u e t t e C o u n t y ; 2 4 i n

Delta County; 19 in Baraga County; 14 in Iron County; 1 3 i n S c h o o l c r a f t C o u n t y ; 1 0 i n D i c k i n s o n C o u n t y ; n i n e i n L u c e a n d G o g e b i c counties; eight in Menomi nee County; seven in Mack inac County; and four each i n A l g e r , O n t o n a g o n a n d K e w e e n a w c o u n t i e s T h e s t a t e W e d n e s d a y a l s o r e c o r d e d f o u r m o r e v i r u s related deaths in Marquette C o u n t y , t h e t w o m o r e i n I r o n C o u n t y a n d o n e i n Ontonagon County

c a l l o f o f f d u t y firefighters was needed as w e l l a s m u t u a l a i d f r o m B r e i t u n g T o w n s h i p F i r e D e p a r t m e n t T h e f i r s t a t t e m p t t o s e c u r e a w a t e r s u p p l y w a s h a m p e r e d b y a b a d h y d r a n t a n d t h e c r e w h a d t o g e t w a t e r f r o m a h y d r a n t 3 5 0 f e e t

d o w n t h e b l o c k F r i e d e n stab said A total of 13 firefighters m a n n i n g t h r e e e n g i n e s , a l a d d e r t r u c k a n d a r e s c u e s q u a d t r u c k r e s p o n d

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A l l o r d e r s f o r m s m u s t be submitted with payment a t C i t y H a l l w i t h p a y m e n t by Dec 16

T h e t r e e b o a r d w i l l a l s o have its regular annual tree s a l e w i t h s i x v a r i e t i e s a v a i l a b l e : a u t u m n b r i l liance serviceberry Amer i c a n h o p h o r n b e a m , b l i g h t r e s i s t a n t e l m , F i r e b i r d c r a b a p p l e , t h o r n l e s s h a w t h o r n a n d K e n t u c k y e x p r e s s o c o f f e e t r e e D e a d l i n e t o o r d e r a l s o i s Dec 16 F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n , c o n t a c t I s a a c M i c h e a u c i t y c l e r k / t r e a s u r e r a t 9 0 6 7 7 4 8 5 3 0 o r c l e r k t r e a s u r e r @ c i t y o f i r o n mountain com

Using only the MDHHS numbers the Upper Peninsu la as of Wednesday has had 29,712 confirmed COVID 19 cases and 544 deaths

A c r o s s t h e U P t h e M D H H S d a t a W e d n e s d a y h a d K e w e e n a w C o u n t y a t 2 5 6 c o n f i r m e d c a s e s a n d 38 probable and four con firmed deaths and one prob a b l e d e a t h ;

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A N E A R LY M O R N I N G f i r e T h u r s d a y c a u

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e m a n a g e d t h e Q u i n nesec Ice Rink for 38 years, w h e r e s h e t h o r o u g h l y e n j o y e d a l l h e r i n t e r a c t i o n s with the children of the com m u n i t y S h e h e a d e d t h e Q u i n n e s e c S c h o o l P l a y ground Association in 1996 t o e s t a b l i s h a p a r k / p l a y ground for children when the Q u i n n e s e c S c h o o l w a s demolished She enjoyed the sight of children and families in the park which she could see from her big front porch at 694 College Street

W i t h M a r y , e v e r y c h i l d w a s s p e c i a l ; s h e a l w a y s looked beyond their faults and s a w t h e n e e d f o r l o v e a n d compassion She was known t o m a n y a s G r a n d m a a n d owned and operated Grand ma s Daycare She was also instrumental in the creation of the “Christmas in Quinnesec” program, including Christmas decorating of light poles tree l i g h t i n g i n t h e p a r k h o r s e d r a w n c a r r i a g e r i d e s , a n d most importantly, a visit from

Santa M a r y i s s u r v i v e d b y h e r h u s b a n d o f 4 0 y e a r s William; her children, Dou g l a s ( S a n d r a ) L i n s m e y e r , T r i s h G a r d i n e r J o h n L i n s m e y e r M a r y B e t h ( C a r l ) H a m m e r , L a u r a ( B r a d ) K r a u s e , P a u l ( C h a r l e n e ) L i n s m e y e r , G r e g ( W e n d y ) L i n s m e y e r a n d A n g e l a (Jason) Gustafson; siblings J e a n n e ( A l ) S w a n s o n a n d Don Roberts; 25 grandchil d r e n ; 4 9 g r e a t g r a n d c h i l d r e n ; t h r e e g r e a t g r e a t grandchildren including her great grandson, Caleb, who w a s h e r “ s u n s h i n e ” ; a n d many nieces and nephews S h e w a s p r e c e d e d i n d e a t h b y h e r s o n s , L o u i s L i n s m e y e r J r a n d T h o m a s Linsmeyer; a granddaughter, A n g e l i q u e L i n s m e y e r ; a n d s i b l i n g s B o n n i e G e i s e l M a r v i n R o b e r t s , T e d R o b e r t s , G o r d o n R o b e r t s , D a l e R o b e r t s a n d C h a r l e s Roberts

Visitation will be held on S a t u r d a y , N o v 1 3 , f r o m n o o n t o 1 p m a t S t M a r y Catholic Church in Norway Funeral mass will follow at 1 p m a t t h e c h u r c h F r M a r t y F l y n n w i l l o f f e r t h e M a s s o f C h r i s t i a n B u r i a l Burial will be in Quinnesec Cemetery

Condolences to the family of Mary Ellen Dixon may be e x p r e s s e d o n l i n e a t www ernashfuneralhome com The family has entrusted t h e E r i c k s o n R o c h o n & Nash Funeral Home with the arrangements

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with something people can rally behind,” Heigl added “ W e f e l l s h o r t w h e n w e m o v e d f o r w a r d w i t h t h e mandate before

Wisconsin GOP OKs redistricting plans while Democrats can’t agree

time frame to lift t h e m a s k r e q u i r e m e n t i n mid December

“I think it’s really impor t a n t t o r e m e m b e r w h y w e p u t t h e m a s k m a n d a t e i n p l a c e , O B r i o n s a i d “ E v e r y o n e o n t h i s b o a r d w a n t s t o k e e p o u r k i d s healthy and in school

H o w e v e r , o t h e r b o a r d m e m b e r s d i d n ’ t w a n t t o wait that long “I would vote to remove t h e m a s k m a n d a t e r i g h t now, board member Brady Gustafson said

“ I ’ v e b e e n a n a d v o c a t e f o r s t u d e n t s a f e t y ” s a i d Cory Heigl, board president B u t I m n o t a n a d v o c a t e f o r t h e p o l i c y t h e w a y i t ’ s written

“ I ’ m a g a i n s t a m a n d a t e i n g e n e r a l , H e i g l a d d e d That’s all there is to it ”

E v e n w i t h t w o m o t i o n s d e f e a t e d b o a r d m e m b e r J e n n i f e r D e D e c k e r u r g e d h e r f e l l o w b o a r d m e m b e r s to continue to work together and reach a workable com promise

B o a r d m e m b e r s l a t e r a g r e e d t h a t , b y l i f t i n g t h e mask requirement after the u p c o m i n g h o l i d a y b r e a k p a r e n t s w a n t i n g t o h a v e t h e i r c h i l d r e n v a c c i n a t e d w o u l d a t l e a s t b e a b l e t o schedule the first shot to be administered and there be a w i n d o w f o r i t t o p r o v i d e some measure of protection against the virus

“ I t ’ s a l l r i s k m a n a g e ment O Brion said

They also agreed to drop the mechanism at which stu d e n t s c o u l d b e r e q u i r e d t o w e a r m a s k s i n t h e f u t u r e R a t h e r t h a n u s i n g t h e 8 % r u l e t o t r i g g e r a m a s k r e q u i r e m e n t , b o a r d m e m bers agreed a special meet i n g s h o u l d b e c a l l e d i f a d m i n i s t r a t o r s n o t i c e d a n increasing trend in COVID 1 9 c a s e s a n d r e l a t e d absences

T h i s i s a v e r y c o m m i t ted board, DeDecker said “We’re committed to doing e v e r y t h i n g p o s s i b l e a n d t o do what’s needed ”

M A D I S O N , W i s ( A P )

T h e R e p u b l i c a n c o n trolled Wisconsin Legisla t u r e o n T h u r s d a y g a v e f i n a l a p p r o v a l t o t h e G O P ’ s r e d i s t r i c t i n g p l a n s , a f t e r t h e m a p s p r o p o s e d b y a n o n p a r t i s a n c o m m i s s i o n w e r e l a m b a s t e d b y several Democrats

W i s c o n s i n G o v T o n y E v e r s , w h o p r o m o t e d t h e m a p s d r a w n u p b y t h e P e o p l e s M a p s C o m m i s s i o n , h a s p r o m i s e d t o v e t o t h e G O P d r a w n m a p s , t h e r e b y s e n d i n g t h e i s s u e t o t h e c o u r t s T h e A s s e m b l y p a s s e d t h e i r p l a n s Thursday on a 60 38 vote along strict party lines

T h e G O P l e g i s l a t i v e a n d c o n g r e s s i o n a l m a p s a r e l a r g e l y b a s e d o n t h e c u r r e n t d i s t r i c t s D e m o c r a t s a n d o t h e r o p p o n e n t s t o t h e G O P m a p s w a n t R e p u b l i c a n s t o c o n s i d e r a l t e r n a t e p r o p o s a l s i n c l u d i n g o n e s d r a w n b y the commission

p l a n c o u l d r e s u l t i n m o r e D e m o c r a t s i n t h e L e g i s l a t u r e t h e c a n d i d a t e s w o u l d n t b e t h e p r e f e r r e d c h o i c e s o f B l a c k a n d H i s panic voters

R e d i s t r i c t i n g i s t h e o n c e a d e c a d e p r o c e s s o f r e d r a w i n g t h e s t a t e s p o l i t i c a l b o u n d a r i e s b a s e d o n t h e l a t e s t c e n s u s s h o w i n g h o w p o p u l a t i o n s h a v e c h a n g e d i n n e i g h b o r h o o d s c i t i e s a n d c o u n t i e s s i n c e 2 0 1 0 M a p m a k e r s c a n c r e a t e a n a d v a n t a g e f o r t h e i r p o l i t i c a l p a r t y b y p a c k i n g o p p o n e n t s ’ v o t e r s i n t o a f e w d i s t r i c t s o r s p r e a d i n g t h e m a m o n g m u l t i p l e d i s t r i c t s a p r o c e s s k n o w n a s g e r r y mandering

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Gableman gives update on pr obe

M A D I S O N , W i s ( A P )

The leader of the Repub lican ordered investigation i n t o t h e 2 0 2 0 p r e s i d e n t i a l election told Wisconsin law makers on Wednesday that his probe is expanding and claimed some were trying to obstruct his work

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Michael Gableman provid e d a n u p d a t e o n h i s p r o b e during testimony before the A s s e m b l y E l e c t i o n s C o m m i t t e e I t m a r k e d t h e f i r s t t i m e t h a t G a b l e m a n h a s publicly briefed lawmakers

His testimony came hours after Senate Republicans sub

p o e n a e d M a d i s o n o f f i c i a l s for absentee ballot certificates a n d o t h e r e l e c t i o n r e c o r d s they did not turn over to the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau Republican senators launched their own investiga t i o n s e p a r a t e f r o m G a b l e m a n s , i n t h e w a k e o f t h a t audit

Gableman told lawmak e r s t h a t h i s i n v e s t i g a t i o n will now include allegations brought last month from the R a c i n e C o u n t y s h e r i f f t h a t the state elections commis sion failed to follow the law by not sending poll workers to nursing homes for absen tee voting

H o w e v e r , 1 7 o f t h e A s s e m b l y ’ s 3 8 D e m o c r a t i c l a w m a k e r s s n u b b e d t h e c o m m i s s i o n p l a n d u r i n g a v o t e o n a R e p u b l i c a n a m e n d m e n t a s k i n g i f l a w m a k e r s w e r e f o r o r a g a i n s t t h e p l a n M a n y d i s s e n t i n g D e m o c r a t s a r g u e d i t w o u l d d i m i n i s h A f r i c a n A m e r i c a n a n d L a t i n o r e p r e s e n t a t i o n i n the Legislature

“ T h e y h o o d w i n k e d u s , g a s l i g h t e d u s a n d t h e y t r i c k e d u s D e m o c r a t i c Rep Sylvia Ortiz Velez of M i l w a u k e e s a i d o f t h o s e b a c k i n g E v e r s ’ m a p s S h e s a i d t h a t w h i l e t h e E v e r s

R e p u b l i c a n s h o l d a 6 1 3 8 m a j o r i t y i n t h e A s s e m b l y a n d a 2 1 1 2 a d v a n t a g e i n t h e S e n a t e R e p u b licans also hold five of the s t a t e ’ s e i g h t c o n g r e s s i o n a l d i s t r i c t s T h e p r o p o s e d m a p s w o u l d l a r g e l y k e e p t h o s e l e g i s l a t i v e d i s t r i c t s i n s a f e R e p u b l i c a n c o n t r o l a n d m a k e a w e s t e r n W i s c o n s i n c o n g r e s s i o n a l d i s t r i c t m o r e f a v o r a b l e f o r the GOP

T h e r e a r e t w o p e n d i n g lawsuits over redistricting, o n e i n t h e W i s c o n s i n S u p r e m e C o u r t a n d a n o t h e r i n f e d e r a l c o u r t D e m o c r a t s w a n t f e d e r a l c o u r t s t o d r a w t h e m a p s , a s w a s d o n e t h e p a s t t h r e e t i m e s W i s c o n s i n w a s u n d e r d i v i d e d c o n t r o l Republicans want the con s e r v a t i v e c o n t r o l l e d W i s c o n s i n S u p r e m e C o u r t t o draw the maps

Bay College lists holiday closures

E S C A N A B A B a y C o l l e g e w i l l b e c l o s e d o n Thursday, Nov 25, and Fri d a y N o v 2 6 i n o b s e r

v a n c e o f t h e T h a n k s g i v i n g holiday Normal hours will resume on Monday Nov 29

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State this week emphasizes being ready for winter

With winter weather at hand, the Michigan State Police, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division encourages Michigan residents to prioritize winter emergency preparedness

Gov Gretchen Whitmer has proclaimed this to be Winter Hazards Awareness Week in Michigan

“Michiganders should take every opportunity to pre pare for winter weather before it’s here bringing with it the potential for frozen pipes, propane shortages and pow er outages, said Col Joe Gasper, state director of Emer gency Management and Homeland Security, and director of the Michigan State Police “Taking steps to prepare your home and vehicle in advance of the cold weather can help ensure your family stays safe all winter

The state offers these tips for getting ready for winter: To prepare the home

Weatherproof the home by installing weather stripping and caulking and insulating walls doors and windows

Insulate any water lines that run along exterior walls so pipes are less likely to freeze

Lock in a propane rate and have a backup heating plan, such as a generator, wood stove or fireplace

Have gas or oil furnaces inspected by a qualified professional and change the air filter every two to four months

Have the fireplace and chimney cleaned and inspected Contact the local fire department for a referral or look for a local inspector online

Install battery operated carbon monoxide detec tors near sleeping areas CO poisoning is more common in the winter months when furnaces are turned on and portable generators are often used for electricity during power outages

Clean gutters to prevent ice dams from forming Roof ice dams can cause water to build up leading to interior damage

Clear storm drains along the curb to enable water to drain If plugged, water has the potential to go into low lying areas and flood basements

Have an emergency preparedness kit stored safely in the house that includes water, nonperishable food, a first aid kit, extra batteries, a battery or hand crank pow ered radio, emergency lighting or flashlights, extra blan kets and warm clothing

To prepare vehicles

Have the radiator system serviced, replace wind shield wipers and refill wiper fluid

Replace any worn tires and check air pressure reg ularly

Have the brakes, brake fluid, oil, car battery, heater and exhaust checked to make sure everything is running efficiently

Keep an emergency preparedness kit in the vehi cle stocked with batteries battery powered or hand crank radio, flashlight, windshield scraper, jumper cables, mobile phone charger, shovel, blankets, first aid kit, non perishable food and bottled water in case of becoming stranded or stuck

For more tips go online to www michigan gov/miready or follow the MSP/EMHSD on Twitter at @MichEMHS

Non Sequitur

Death threats, tweets jolt GOP House infrastructure supporters

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP)

The last time Congress approved a major renewal of federal highway and other transportation programs the votes were 359 65 in the House and 83 16 in the Sen ate It was backed by nearly every Democrat and robust majorities of Republicans

This year s $1 trillion infrastructure bill easily cleared the Senate 69 13 with GOP support, but crawled through the House last week by 228 206 with just 13 Republican votes

Those defectors were sav aged afterward by former President Donald Trump hard right Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene, R Ga , called them “traitors” while tweet ing their names and office telephone numbers and one of the 13 says he received a death threat

The votes, six years apart and the harsh blow back against Republican mavericks illustrate a GOP in which conservative voic es have grown louder and more militant fanned by Trump s four years in office Growing numbers of progressives have made Democrats more liberal too with both shifts fueling a sharpening of partisanship in Washington “This madness has to stop ” said Rep Fred Upton R Mich an 18 term moder ate, who said his offices received dozens of threaten ing calls after his yes vote That included one obsceni ty laced rant that aides pro vided in which the caller repeatedly called Upton a “traitor” and expressed hope the lawmaker his family and aides would die Upton closed his two Michigan offices for a day and reopened them after increasing their security

This year s bill, triple the size of the 2015 measure, is a keystone of President Joe Biden’s push to create jobs and build out the nation s roads, water systems, broad band coverage and other projects A compromise between Senate Democrats and Republicans, it will send money into every state and is the kind of bill that politi cians have loved promoting back home for decades Biden plans to sign it Mon day

Democrats say GOP opposition to the bill is inde fensible on policy and politi cal grounds

“It’s a sad statement of how the other party has lost its way ” said Rep Sean Patrick Maloney, D N Y ,

who’s leading the House Democratic political arm into a 2022 campaign in which Republicans have solid chances of capturing con gressional control “If you want our country to fail so you can say things are bad and win power for yourself, you act like the House Republicans are ”

But for many Republi cans infrastructure projects once an issue the two parties would reflexively work together on for mutual and national benefit now offer a complex political calculation

“When it comes to policy these days we’re basically divided into two tribes And you stick with your tribe and you don t try to help the oth er tribe,” said Glen Bolger, a GOP pollster and strategist

As president Trump repeatedly promised his own massive infrastructure plan but never produced one, making the phrase “infra structure week a Washing ton synonym for pipe dream ” But he opposes the current package and his ability to rally his conserva tive supporters against those who cross him was a factor as GOP lawmakers decided how to vote

Even so hard right cries for retaliation against the 13 pro infrastructure Republi cans, largely moderates from the Northeast and Midwest have prompted their own pushback

“This notion that we’re going to have people that are on the fringe in terms of the Marjorie Taylor Greenes of the world and others, imposing some kind of a purity test on substance is lunacy ” said Rep Liz Cheney, R Wyo Cheney has been at war with Trump and the party’s far right ever since backing his impeach ment early this year

Cheney opposed the bill, saying it contained clean energy and other provisions that would hurt Wyoming She said the 13 Republicans who backed it are among some of our very best mem bers” who did it “because it was the right thing for their districts

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R Ky , an unabashed partisan war rior was among 19 Senate Republicans who voted for the bill in August McConnell, who doesn’t have to worry about being reelected until 2026 said this week he was delight ed” the measure was head ing to Biden

A day earlier McConnell had already drawn Trump s

wrath

Trump issued a statement denigrating GOP senators who d backed the bill for thinking that helping the Democrats is such a wonder ful thing to do ” Those Republicans “should be ashamed of themselves, in particular Mitch McConnell,” Trump wrote That was just the tip of the iceberg for the attacks

In an interview, the leader of the conservative House Freedom Caucus said GOP lawmakers should con sider removing from their posts the 10 of the 13 defec tors who are the senior Republican on committees and subcommittees “I respect their right to vote their districts and their con science But that doesn’t mean that they should get the privilege of leading House Republicans, said Rep Andy Biggs, R Ariz

At a private Florida din ner Monday to bolster House GOP campaign prospects Trump said he loves House Republicans but not the 13 who voted for the bill according to an attendee who described Trump s remarks on condition of anonymity

Earlier, House GOP lead ers tweeted and then delet ed that “Americans won t forget a vote for the “socialist” infrastructure bill “Time to name names and hold these fake republicans accountable tweeted Rep Lauren Boebert, R Colo

Before last week’s vote, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy R Calif said it would be very diffi cult for Republicans to pro mote backing the infrastruc ture bill during their cam paigns because it is so close ly linked to Democrats accompanying $1 85 trillion social and climate measure, which the GOP has solidly opposed

Rep Jeff Van Drew, R N J , who switched parties in 2019, said he supported the infrastructure bill because his state would receive more than $20 bil lion “we desperately need ” Van Drew who said he had heard “some cranky things” from some people, scoffed at the notion the bill would “catapult the president” politically

If Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to be mean to me, that’s fine,” he said of the colleague who labeled him and 12 others traitors I love America very much I would never ever do any thing to hurt this country ”

Associated Press writer Jill Colvin in New York con tributed to this report

Almanac

Today is Friday, Nov 12, the 316th day of 2021 There are 49 days left in the year

Today’s Highlight in History:

On Nov 12, 1942, the World War II naval Battle of Guadalcanal began (The Allies ended up winning a major victory over Japanese forces )

On this date: In 1920 baseball got its first czar as Judge Kene saw Mountain Landis was elected commissioner of the American and National Leagues

In 1927, Josef Stalin became the undisputed ruler of the Soviet Union as Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party

In 1936, the San Fran cisco Oakland Bay Bridge opened as President Franklin D Roosevelt pressed a telegraph key in Washington, D C , giving the green light to traffic

In 1948 former Japan ese premier Hideki Tojo and several other World War II Japanese leaders were sentenced to death by a war crimes tribunal

In 1975, Supreme Court Justice William O Douglas retired because of failing health ending a record 36 year term

In 1982, Yuri V Andropov was elected to succeed the late Leonid I Brezhnev as general secre tary of the Soviet Commu nist Party s Central Com mittee

In 1987 the American Medical Association issued a policy statement saying it was unethical for a doctor to refuse to treat someone solely because that person had AIDS or was HIV posi tive

In 1996, a Saudi Boeing 747 jetliner collided shortly after takeoff from New Del hi India with a Kazak Ilyushin 76 cargo plane, killing 349 people

In 2001 American Air lines Flight 587 an Airbus A300 headed to the Dominican Republic, crashed after takeoff from New York’s John F Kennedy International Air port, killing all 260 people on board and five people on the ground

One year ago: The Cybersecurity and Infra structure Security Agency, a broad coalition of top government and industry officials rejected President Donald Trump s claims of election fraud, saying that the election was “the most secure in American history” and that there was “no evi dence that any voting sys tem deleted or lost votes, changed votes or was in any way compromised ” Federal health officials reached an agreement with pharmacies across the U S to distribute free coronavirus vaccines once the vaccines were approved and available

Today’s Birthdays:

Actor playwright Wallace Shawn is 78 Sportscaster Al Michaels is 77 Singer

songwriter Neil Young is 76 Actor Megan Mullally is 63 Olympic gold medal gymnast Nadia Comaneci is 60 Retired MLB All Star Sammy Sosa is 53 Figure skater Tonya Harding is 51

Actor Radha Mitchell is 48

Actor Tamala Jones is 47

Actor Cote de Pablo is 42

Actor Ryan Gosling is 41

Actor Anne Hathaway is 39 NBA All Star Russell Westbrook is 33

Appeals court temporarily delays release of Trump’s Jan. 6 records

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP)

A federal appeals court Thursday temporarily blocked the release of White House records sought by a U S House committee inves tigating the Jan 6 insurrec tion granting for now a request from former Presi dent Donald Trump

The administrative injunc tion issued by the U S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit effectively bars until the end of this month the release of records that were to be turned over

Friday The appeals court set oral arguments in the case for Nov 30

The stay gives the court time to consider arguments in a momentous clash between the former presi dent, whose supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan 6, and President Joe Biden and Congress who have pushed for a thorough inves tigation of the riot It delays the House committee from reviewing records that law makers say could shed light on the events leading up to the insurrection and Trump’s efforts to delegit imize an election he lost

The National Archives which holds the documents says they include call logs, handwritten notes and a draft executive order on “election integrity ”

Biden waived executive privilege on the documents Trump then went to court arguing that as a former president he still had the right to exert privilege over the records and releasing them would damage the presidency in the future

U S District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Tuesday rejected those arguments, noting in part, “Presidents are not kings and plaintiff is

not president ” She again denied an emergency motion by Trump on Wednesday

In their emergency filing to the appeals court Trump’s lawyers wrote that without a stay, Trump would suffer irreparable harm through the effective denial of a constitu tional and statutory right to be fully heard on a serious disagreement between the former and incumbent presi dent ”

The Nov 30 arguments will take place before three judges nominated by Demo cratic presidents: Patricia Millett and Robert Wilkins

nominated by former Presi dent Barack Obama and Ketanji Brown Jackson, an appointee of Biden

Given the case’s magni tude whichever side loses before the circuit court is likely to eventually appeal to the U S Supreme Court

The White House on Thursday also notified a lawyer for Mark Meadows Trump s former chief of staff, that Biden would waive any executive privi lege that would prevent Meadows from cooperating with the committee, accord ing to a letter obtained by The Associated Press The

committee has subpoenaed Meadows and more than two dozen other people as part of its investigation

His lawyer, George Ter williger issued a statement in response saying Mead ows remains under the instructions of former Presi dent Trump to respect long standing principles of exec utive privilege It now appears the courts will have to resolve this con flict ” Terwilliger said

The committee late Thurs day threatened to begin con tempt proceedings against Meadows if he doesn’t change course and comply

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HOUSTON (AP) A 22 year old college student who was critically injured in the crush of fans at the Astroworld festival in Houston has died, the fami ly’s lawyer said Thursday, bringing the death toll to nine

Bharti Shahani, who was set to graduate from Texas A&M University in the spring died Wednesday night attorney James Las siter said during a news conference All of the con certgoers who died follow ing the Friday night show were between the ages of 14 and 27, underscoring how the tragedy unfolded in a mostly younger crowd

A 9 year old boy who was also injured at the sold out festival of 50,000 peo ple remained in a medically induced coma according to family

Arbery jurors watch footage

BRUNSWICK, Ga (AP) Jurors in the trial of three white men charged in Ahmaud Arbery s killing watched security camera videos Thursday that show other people entering a home under construction in the months before the 25 year old Black man was chased and gunned down after running from the site

They saw two white boys with bicycles walk into the open garage to drag away plywood They watched a clip of a white man and woman strolling into the home at night, the man carrying a small bag in one hand

And jurors saw Arbery himself wandering between the home’s exposed beams and along its backyard boat dock on five different occa sions between Oct 25, 2019, and Feb 23, 2020 the last time mere min utes before he was shot dead in the street on a Sun day afternoon

Greg McMichael, 65, and his son Travis McMichael 35 armed themselves and pursued Arbery in a pickup truck after he ran past their yard

A neighbor 52 year old William Roddie Bryan joined the chase and record ed cellphone video of Travis McMichael shooting Arbery three times at close range

Defense rests its case a t R i t t e n h o u s e t r i a l

Closing arguments may take place Monday

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The protests in Kenosha were set off by the wound ing of Jacob Blake, a Black man, by a white police offi c e r R i t t e n h o u s e t h e n 1 7 w e n t t o K e n o s h a f r o m h i s h o m e i n A n t i o c h , I l l i n o i s , w i t h a r i f l e a n d a m e d i c a l k i t i n w h a t t h e f o r m e r p o l i c e a n d f i r e y o u t h c a d e t said was an effort to protect p r o p e r t y a f t e r r i o t e r s s e t f i r e s a n d r a n s a c k e d b u s i nesses on previous nights

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R i t t e n h o u s e , i n h i s o w n t u r n o n t h e s t a n d W e d n e s day testified that he heard a gunshot directly behind him a s h e w a s b e i n g c h a s e d b y R o s e n b a u m A u t h o r i t i e s s a i d t h e s h o t w a s f i r e d b y someone else in the crowd

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A t o n e p o i n t W e d n e s d a y h i s l a w y e r s a n g r i l y demanded the judge declare mistrial and bar Rittenhouse f r o m b e i n g r e t r i e d e s s e n t i a l l y a s k i n g t h a t t h e w h o l e c a s e b e t h r o w n o u t T h e y a c c u s e d t h e c h i e f prosecutor of asking Ritten house out of bounds ques tions

The judge lambasted the p r o s e c u t o r b u t p r e s s e d o n with the case

COVID-19 hot spots offer sign of what could be ahead for US

By CARLA K JOHNSON AP Medical Writer

T h e c o n t a g i o u s d e l t a v a r i a n t i s d r i v i n g u p COVID 19 hospitalizations i n t h e M o u n t a i n W e s t a n d fueling disruptive outbreaks i n t h e N o r t h , a w o r r i s o m e sign of what could be ahead this winter in the U S

While trends are improv i n g i n F l o r i d a , T e x a s a n d o t h e r S o u t h e r n s t a t e s t h a t b o r e t h e w o r s t o f t h e s u m m e r s u r g e i t ’ s c l e a r t h a t d e l t a i s n t d o n e w i t h t h e United States COVID 19 is m o v i n g n o r t h a n d w e s t f o r t h e w i n t e r a s p e o p l e h e a d indoors close their windows and breathe stagnant air

“We’re going to see a lot of outbreaks in unvaccinat ed people that will result in serious illness, and it will be t r a g i c ” s a i d D r D o n a l d Milton of the University of Maryland School of Public Health

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by Eugenia Last Dream on, make each day count, find purpose in what brings you joy and move to the beat of your own drum. Change begins with you, and patience and tolerance will give you the balance required to achieve your objectives. Be passionate about your life and everything in it.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — You’ll find joy in what you create. Look deep inside to discover what satisfies you the most. Stop procrastinating and head in a direction that makes a difference. Change begins with you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — You’ll take one step forward and three steps back if you let others interfere. Take control, set and maintain a budget and develop a plan that won’t work against the goal you want to achieve.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19) — Envision what you want, then make it hap pen. It’s up to you to develop a plan that suits your needs and then follow it. A dream is just a dream until you turn it into reality.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — Live within your means, offer only what’s possible and don’t give in when something goes against your beliefs, aspirations or capabilities. You’ll gain the most if you do your own thing.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Dreamland can get you into trouble. Before you put time and money into something, check the stats and make sure it’s doable. The best results will happen when you micromanage every detail.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Know what you are up against; rethink the best way to move forward. Time is on your side, and observation is in your best interest. Protect against health hazards while maintaining discipline.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Refuse to let change cause worry and uncertainty. Go with the flow, and you’ll find a way to benefit from whatever situation you en counter. Trust your instincts and use your charm.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Emotional mayhem is likely if you believe every thing you hear. Don’t step out of your comfort zone to impress someone. Focus on what’s important to you and get your facts straight.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Plan to have some fun. Organize activities with someone you love to be around. Gravitate toward people who make you think and pique your imagination. Share your aspirations. Ro mance is favored.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

— Slow down, rethink your strategy and avoid getting into disputes. Look for opportunities that will en courage better relationships. Consistency will help you maintain the status quo.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Focus on making positive changes and spending time with people who share your likes and dislikes. Take a unique approach to rela tionships, and it will open a passage to an exciting future.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)

— Learn from experience, and you’ll overcome any obstacle you face. Set your sights on what’s important to you and get along with others. Navigate your way through deep discussions with a posi tive attitude.

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Books available from the Mary Khoury Memorial Fund

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L i b r a r y i n I r o n M o u n t a i n has announced a collection to honor and remember the life of Mary Khoury is now on display

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on display Monday through S u n d a y N o v 2 1 a t t h e library in Iron Mountain

A n y o n e w h o w o u l d l i k e to reserve one of these books f o r ch eck o u t can in q u ir e in p e r s o n a t t h e c i r c u l a t i o n desk; call the library at 906 7 7 4 1 2 1 8 ; o r p l a c e a h o l d through the online card cata log by going to the library’s website at www dcl lib org clicking the About Us tab, and clicking the “Memorial Funds” page

Crystal Falls library event Saturday

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T h e C r y s t a l F a l l s D i s t r i c t C o m m u n i t y L i b r a r y w i l l f e a t u r e I t a l y d u r i n g i t s G l o b a l E x p l o r e r s S t o r y Hour at 11 a m Saturday C h i l d r e n c a n l e a r n a b o u t t h e s i g h t s a n d

s o u n d s o f t h e c o u n t r y a s t h e y r e a d b o o k s a b o u t Italy and books that are set t h e r e a s w e l l E a c h c h i l d will get a book on Italy to k e e p a n d a d d t o t h e i r home library F o r t h e f i n a l a c t i v i t y ,

c h i l d r e n w i l l b e m a k i n g individual pizzas that they will get to eat and enjoy T h e l i b r a r y i s a t 2 3 7 S u p e r i o r A v e F o r m o r e information, call Director Evelyn Gathu at 906 875 3344

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This beauty is Eli, a 1 year old, calico female, who was surrendered by her owner. She is quite curious, and enjoys exploring out of her cage. Her past owner said that she can be a little nervous when you first meet her, but once she gets to know you she is super friendly, and a cuddler. She is good with children, other cats, and dogs. We had her spayed.

This precious girl is Lucy, a 3 and 1/2 year old, black and white, spayed female, who was surrendered by her owner. When you first meet her, she may seem a little bit shy, but once she comes out of her shell, she’s a whole different cat! She enjoys gentle pets, and her past owner said that she always snuggles. Set up an appointment to meet her!

RANDY

Meet Randy, a 4-5 year old, orange and white, neutered male, who came in as a stray who was already partially shaved. He is extremely curious of everything new here, as you can tell by his wide eyes, and has wanted to explore to check everything out. He enjoys gentle pets, and is a really sweet guy. Set up an appointment to come and meet him!

CHASE

This sweet guy is Chase, a 1 year old, gray and white male, who was surrendered by his owner. He is extremely mellow, and is definitely a lover. He enjoys playing with all kinds of toys, as well as getting lots of attention. He is good with children and other cats. We had him neutered.

BROTHER GUINEA PIGS

We are 2 five month old brother guinea pigs looking for our forever home. We are great pets! Adoption fee is $40. You will need to get a cage.

Meet Stanley, a 2-3 year old, gray male, who came in as a stray. He is a pretty big guy, but he is totally a lover. He is super affectionate, and will be all over you for attention when you spend time with him. He tends to just go with the flow, and is laid back in general. He would probably do okay with respectful children. We had him neutered.

all the attention she can get. She is good with children and other cats.

MINNIE Meet beautiful Minnie, a 2-3 year old, black and white female, who came in as a stray with four newborn kittens. She did a great job raising her babies in foster, two of which have already been adopted, and now it is her turn to find a forever home. She is very mellow, and enjoys gentle pets. She is good with respectful children. We had her spayed.

TITAN

This curious guy is Titan, a 2-3 year old, orange tiger, neutered male, who came in as a stray. When he’s out of his cage, he loves just running around and wandering. He is quite the friendly guy, and enjoys all the attention he can get from you. He would probably do okay with respectful children. Come meet this handsome boy!

NALA

Such pretty coloring! This beauty is Nala, a 1 year old, tortie female, who was surrendered by her owner. Since she has gotten here, she has shown us how sweet she really is. She enjoys all kinds of attention - especially butt scratches. She is good with respectful children. We had her spayed.

CHLOE Meet beautiful Chloe, a 1 year old, silver tiger, spayed female, who was surrendered due to no fault of her owner. She loves all kinds of pets and attention, and is super sweet. Overall, she has pretty gentle personality. She would likely be okay with respectful children. Set up an appointment to meet her!

BUBBLES

Meet Bubbles, a 1 year old, black male, who was surrendered by his owner. When you first get to know him, he is a little bit shy, but once you spend some time with him you’ll see his true colors. He enjoys gentle pets when he is comfortable with you, and is quite friendly. We had him neutered.

AARON

This sweet boy is Aaron, a 2-3 year old, white and black male, who came in as a stray. When you first take him out, he may seem a little bit shy, but he completely warms up once he gets to know you. He likes gentle pets, and would make a great companion to cuddle with. He would probably do best in a calm atmosphere. We had him neutered.

SCARLET

This stunning gal is Scarlet, a 2 year old, orange tiger female, who came in as a stray with her two kittens. She is extremely affectionate, and has a constant purr when you give her attention. She enjoys all the pets she can get, and will rub all over you. She would likely do good with respectful children. We had her spayed.

CALVIN & HOBBES

These two boys are Calvin (right) and Hobbes (left), two 7month old, orange and white males, who came in together as strays. They are both super sweet and friendly, and are typically found snuggled up in their cage together. They seem to be bonded, and would probably do best in a home together. Come meet these two cuties! We had them neutered.

BEN & JERRY

Meet Ben and Jerry, two 3-4 month old males, who came in as strays. They are playful and affectionate, and ready to find their forever homes! Set up an appointment to come meet these precious boys. We had them neutered.

STANLEY

SASSY Meet Sassy, a 9 month old, dark tiger female, who was surrendered by her owner. This stunning girl is very sweet, and loves the attention when you give it to her. She can be a little shy at first, but it definitely doesn’t take her long to warm up to you. She is good with other cats, and would probably be okay with respectful children. We had her spayed.

LUCY

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Sports Today

In Brief Fucale posts shutout, helps blank Wings

By MATT SCHOCH Associated Press

DETROIT (AP)

Zach Fucale became the first goaltender in Capitals history to post a shutout in his NHL debut stopping 21 shots as Washington beat the Detroit Red Wings 2 0 Thursday night

Dmitry Orlov and Lars Eller scored 10 seconds apart in the first period as the Capitals ended Detroit’s three game win streak

The 26 year old Fucale was picked by Montreal in the second round of the 2013 draft He was 3 0 2 this season for Hershey before the Capitals called him up this week from the American Hockey League

Fucale was the first goal tender to shut out the Red Wings in his NHL debut in Detroit s 95 seasons

Alex Ovechkin had an assist on the first goal for the Capitals who opened a stretch of seven games in 11 days

Orlov’s second goal of the season came off a pass from Evgeny Kuznetsov at 12:43

Eller scored his first goal after a takeaway from Nick Jensen Thomas Greiss made 27 saves for the Red Wings, who killed four penalties but could not convert on their four power play chances (Continued on page 6B)

Brewers’ Hader selected as top reliever in NL

CARLSBAD, Calif (AP) Chicago’s Liam Hendriks earned his second straight Mariano Rivera Award as the American League Reliever of the Year on Wednesday and Mil waukee s Josh Hader won his third Trevor Hoffman Award as the National League Reliever of the Year

Hendriks had an 8 3 record and 38 saves in 44 chances with a 2 54 ERA and 113 strikeouts in 71 innings during his first sea son with the White Sox Hader was 4 2 with a career best 1 23 ERA and 34 saves in 35 chances He also won in 2018 and 19 He struck out 102 in 58 2/3 innings

Voting was based on regular season performance and was conducted among seven former relievers: Rivera, Hoffman, Dennis Eckersley Rollie Fingers Lee Smith John Franco and Billy Wagner

Grant leads Pistons to 2nd win of season

HOUSTON (AP)

Jerami Grant scored a sea son high 35 points to help the Detroit Pistons beat the Houston Rockets 112 104 on Wednesday night in a matchup of two of the worst teams in the NBA

Grant shot 12 of 23 from the field, including 4 of 9 from 3 point range It was a stark contrast to his last game when he went 0 for 9 from the field, missing four 3s, in a 96 90 loss to Brooklyn on Friday night

Detroit improved to 2 8 and Houston dropped to 1 10

The meeting was the first between the top two picks in the July draft Cade Cunningham, Detroit s choice as the No 1 pick, had 20 points on 8 of 18 shooting Houston’s Jalen Green the No 2 pick had 23 points on 8 of 20 shooting

Jets, Eagles set for playoff rematch

By TODD ROSE For The Daily News

The teams last faced each other in last season s semifinal Jan

at the Superior Dome, after a lengthy delay from COVID 19

the Eagles taking the win

k e n d s matchup, Jets coach Leo Gorzinski feels the experience the North Cen tral boys have under their belts will be an advantage

O n e o f t h e b e s t t h i n g s i s w e h a v e a n e x p e r i e n c e d g r o u p S o , they’ve been here before,” Gorzins k i s a i d “ T h e y u n d e r s t a n d w h a t i t takes to keep it going We ve had a couple of really good days of prac tice So, we’re just going to pre pare like every other week ”

H o w e v e r j u s t a s t h e J e t s h a v e grown and gained experience since January, the Eagles have too, noted Gorzinski

“They have an outstanding quar terback and a couple of other good a t h l e t e s m i x e d i n t h e r e , h e s a i d “They’re in the state semifinal for a r e a s o n T h e y ’ r e a g o o d t e a m T h e y ’ r e a l i t t l e m o r e m a t u r e i t s e e m s l i k e t h i s y e a r a n d t h e y r e going to try some different sets and formations we haven’t seen So, we e x p e c t t h e m t o c o m e o u t a n d g i v e us a battle ”

O n e o f t h e o n g o i n g s t o r i e s f o r the 2021 Jets has been injuries Key players notably Luke Gorzinski a n d A l e x N a s e r h a v e b e e n plagued by injuries throughout the year

That story looks to change some w h a t S a t u r d a y a s N a s e r r e t u r n s t o a c t i o n f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e i n s e v e r a l w e e k s w h i l e L u k e G o r z i n s k i

who has seen limited playing time

t o l d c o a c h e s h e w a s a t 1 0 0 % and ready to play

W h i l e t h e J e t s g a i n t w o m a j o r parts of their team they lose others

I t s a m i x e d b a g s a i d c o a c h Gorzinski We gained Alex back, a n d w e g a i n e d L u k e b a c k , w h i c h are two huge parts of what makes us g o B u t w e ’ v e g o t S e b a s t i a n Deneau Dylan Plunger and Mason K r u m i n ; I k n o w D y l a n s d o n e b u t Sea bass and Mason are game time d e c i s i o n s r i g h t n o w w h i c h i s s a d because they are both seniors ”

As far as the North Central game plan, fans should expect to see more of what has become trademark Jets football on Saturday W e r e g o i n g t o k e e p d o i n g

what we do ” said coach Gorzinski W e w a n t t o c o n t r o l t h e l i n e o f s c r i m m a g e a s a l w a y s l i k e e v e r y f o o t b a l l t e a m d o e s G e t t h a t , t h e n j u s t g e t o u r a t h l e t e s o u t i n s p a c e and play fast

The Jets are coming off of a 65 8 win over the Forest Park Trojans l a s t w e e k w h i c h s c o r e d t h e m t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o h o s t M a r i o n t h i s weekend

On the season, the Jets have shut out six teams to date and have only a l l o w e d a t o t a l o f 3 5 p o i n t s f r o m o p p o n e n t s I n t o t a l t h e y h a v e outscored their opponents 637 35

M a r i o n , o n t h e o t h e r h a n d , p u n c h e d t h e i r t i c k e t t o t h e s e m i f i nals with a 54 0 win over Hillman

Unlike North Central the Eagles

do have one loss to their name this season, a 45 0 loss against Division 1 Suttons Bay

A s i d e f r o m t h a t , t h e y h a v e m a r c h e d t h r o u g h t h e i r o p p o n e n t s w i t h t h e i r c l o s e s t c o n t e s t b e i n g a 44 29 win over Mesick They have, in total, outscored opponents 438 168

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Mercier earns rare D1 scholarship with

By MATT “SWEETS” McCARTHY Sports Writer

POWERS Becoming a g o o d e n o u g h g o l f e r t o obtain an NCAA Division I s c h o l a r s h i p i s a g o a l f o r m a n y a s p i r i n g h i g h s c h o o l golfers

It s been a goal of North C e n t r a l s e n i o r B r y s o n M e r c i e r f o r a n u m b e r o f y e a r s a n d t h i s w e e k t h a t goal became a reality for the young Powers resident

M e r c i e r s i g n e d h i s n a t i o n a l l e t t e r o f i n t e n t t o g o l f c o l l e g i a t e l y a t S o u t h D a k o t a S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y i n Brookings, South Dakota

S o u t h D a k o t a S t a t e , w h o s e m a s c o t i s t h e J a c k r a b b i t s i s i n t h e N C A A s S u m m i t L e a g u e c o n f e r e n c e w i t h D e n v e r University, the University of M i s s o u r i K a n s a s C i t y t h e University of North Dakota North Dakota State Univer s i t y , t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f N e b r a s k a O m a h a O r a l Roberts University the Uni v e r s i t y o f S t T h o m a s , t h e University of South Dakota and Western Illinois Univer sity

M e r c i e r b e g a n l e a r n i n g h o w t o g o l f a r o u n d t h e a g e o f 2 W h e n h e w a s 1 0 o r 11, he said he could tell that h e w a s a g o o d g o l f e r i n comparison to kids his age

A s I b e g a n t o p r o g r e s s through the years as a golfer and started winning tourna m e n t s I e v e n t u a l l y g o t t o t h e p o i n t w h e r e I t h o u g h t I could make a run at becom i n g a D 1 r e c r u i t , ” M e r c i e r said

M e r c i e r c h o s e t o a t t e n d S D S U o v e r s c h o l a r s h i p o f f e r s a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f D e t r o i t M e r c y , O a k l a n d U n i v e r s i t y i n t h e L o w e r Peninsula and the University of Wisconsin Green Bay

“ I h a d m y s i g h t s s e t o n g o i n g t h e r e ( S D S U ) f o r a w h i l e n o w b e c a u s e C a s e y V a n D a m m e f r o m P e r k i n s w a s t h e h e a d c o a c h t h e r e , said Mercier

A l t h o u g h V a n D a m m e m o v e d o n f r o m S D S U Mercier wasn t deterred

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going and playing for coach ( M i k e ) N a g y H e s a g r e a t person and I have been able t o g o l f w i t h h i m b e f o r e being that he’s from Manis tique

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o c o l l e g e a n d I f e e l l i k e h e s (Nagy) going to make me a better golfer but also a better person,” said Mercier, who will major in business eco nomics at SDSU Mercier and Nagy, along with the Ellis twins, Dan and

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golf scholarship H a i l i n g f r o m t h e s a m e c o u n t y , E i c h h o r n a n d Mercier have become good f r i e n d s a n d f r e q u e n t g o l f

p a r t n e r s i n t h e s u m m e r months

“ I g r e w u p g o l f i n g w i t h H u n t e r a n d I g o t t o w a t c h him go through the process of winning big tournaments, a n d g e t t i n g n o t i c e d A n d I also got to watch his recruit i n g p r o c e s s p i c k i n g a s c h o o l a n d g e t t i n g t h e n a t i o n a l a t t e n t i o n h e g e t s now,” Mercier said “To be a b l e t o p u t m y n a m e w i t h h i s a s b e i n g a D i v i s i o n I golf recruit is something that I have always dreamt of He was a huge influence on me a n d i s s o m e o n e I a m g r a t e ful for Another person who has m a d e a p o s i t i v e i m p a c t o n M e r c i e r i s a l s o a P o w e r s n a t i v e c u r r e n t M i c h i g a n State men s basketball play er Jason Whitens

“ T o d a y i s s o m e t h i n g I have been striving for after w a t c h i n g J a s o n b e c o m e a D1 athlete He s been such a g r e a t r o l e m o d e l f o r m e , I h a v e b e e n b l e s s e d t o h a v e someone like him to look up t o , M e r c i e r s a i d w i t h a smile I am able to ask him as many questions about not only this process but about c o l l e g e i n g e n e r a l H e s b e e n s u c h a g r e a t f r i e n d over the years, and I’d have never thought I’d be catego rized with him and now that I signed today I am M e r c i e r , t h e s o n o f Melissa and Adam Mercier, t h e f o r m e r N o r t h C e n t r a l b o y s b a s k e t b a l l c o a c h i s a grateful young man but also humble He realizes he did n’t get to where he is in life w i t h o u t a g o o d f a m i l y around him

I want to thank my par e n t s a n d m y b r o t h e r (Brody), first and foremost M y m o m p u t t i n g u p w i t h t h e t h r e e o f u s m y d a d m y b r o t h e r a n d I n o t c o m i n g h o m e f o

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s could rejoin his teammates is Saturday, which has creat e d a n u n u s u a l s c e n a r i o f o r t h e P a c k e r s a s t h e y g e t ready for this game Jordan L o v e c o n t i n u e s t o g e t t h e f i r s t t e a m r e p s i n p r a c t i c e w h i l e R o d g e r s p a r t i c i p a t e s in team meetings via Zoom

“ H e ’ s b e e n i n e v e r y meeting (virtually), Pack ers coach Matt LaFleur said o f R o d g e r s “ H e ’ s b e e n e n g a g e d S o i t ’ s j u s t h e ’ s not with his guys out on the f i e l d T h a t s t h e d y n a m i c t h a t y o u n e v e r k n o w B u t w e ’ r e f o r t u n a t e t o h a v e a g u y t h a t h a s g o t a t o n o f r e p s u n d e r h i s b e l t h a s p l a y e d a t o n o f b a l l , s o w e ’ r e p r e t t y c o n f i d e n t t h a t provided he checks out well, he can go out there and play at a high level

One concern for Rodgers is a potential rust factor after b e i n g a w a y f r o m t h e t e a m s i n c e t h e N o v 3 r e p o r t s o f h i s p o s i t i v e t e s t R o d g e r s s a i d T u e s d a y o n T h e P a t McAfee Show” on YouTube a n d S i r i u s X M t h a t h e h a d b e e n d o i n g y o g a f r o m h i s Green Bay home and would

s t e p u p t h e l e v e l o f h i s w o r k o u t s a s t h e w e e k p r o gressed P a c k e r s w i d e r e c e i v e r D a v a n t e A d a m s p l a y e d against Kansas City and had s i x c a t c h e s f o r 4 2 y a r d s after missing a game due to C O V I D 1 9 H e a c k n o w l e d g e d f e e l i n g t h e e f f e c t s from his time away I d o n t k n o w h o w i t l l impact Aaron or the quarter back position ” Adams said I t s m u c h d i f f e r e n t m o v e ments But I definitely was a l i t t l e b i t m o r e t a x e d i n t h e g a m e t h a n I u s u a l l y w o u l d be It kind of felt like Week 1 all over again Wasn t any thing crazy, and I don’t think it was the COVID that did it I t w a s m o r e s o m e s t a t i o n ary, not moving around for 10 days which doesn t seem crazy, but when you’re mov ing every day and getting the c o n d i t i o n i n g t h a t w e g e t a s w i d e o u t s , y o u d e f i n i t e l y notice a difference ”

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p r a c t i c e t h i s w e e k a n d i s hoping to play Sunday The S e a h a w k s ( 3 5 ) c e r t a i n l y n e e d h i m a s t h e y t r y t o g e t back into playoff contention after going 1 2 in the three games Wilson missed I m n o t 1 0 0 % y e t b u t I’m pretty dang close,” Wil son said

S e a h a w k s c o a c h P e t e Carroll said he didn’t know y e t w h e t h e r W i l s o n w o u l d b e w e a r i n g a n y p r o t e c t i o n on his throwing hand He doesn t have to wear anything unless he chooses t o ” C a r r o l l s a i d “ H e h a s b e e n e x p e r i m e n t i n g w i t h some stuff to see what’s out there for him ”

T h e S e a h a w k s h a v e n t beaten the Packers in Green Bay since a 27 7 triumph in 1 9 9 9 T h e S e a h a w k s h a v e lost six regular season game and three playoff contests at Lambeau Field since They’re looking forward t o t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o e n d that streak

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time going there ” Seahawks cornerback Quandre Diggs said “It’s probably the only stadium I’ve ever taken pic tures in and was like, Dang I g e t t o p l a y h e r e ’ Y o u a l w a y s s e e S u n d a y a n d M o n d a y N i g h t F o o t b a l l a t Lambeau Dang That’s one of those places I can tell my k i d s I a c t u a l l y p l a y e d i n w h e n t h e y g e t o l d e r a n d understand about the game CENTURY CLUB Seattle linebacker Bobby W a g n e r n e e d s j u s t s e v e n tackles to reach 100 for the 10th straight season Wagn er’s longevity and consisten c y h a v e b e e n h a l l m a r k s o f his career and partly why he has been an All Pro selection each of the past five seasons Wagner’s career high of 167 tackles came in 2016 P A C K E R S S P E C I A L TEAMS WOES

Green Bay is looking to bounce back from a dreadful

s p e c i a l t e a m s p e r f o r m a n c e at Kansas City T h e C h i e f s g o t a f i e l d goal in that game after start i n g a p o s s e s s i o n o n t h e P a c k e r s 1 0 b e c a u s e a p u n t b o u n c e d o f f t h e f o o t o f f Green Bay s Malik Taylor Mason Crosby missed a 40 y a r d f i e l d g o a l a n d h a d a 37 yarder blocked Crosby has gone 4 of 10 on field goal attempts after m a k i n g a f r a n c h i s e r e c o r d 27 straight BACKFIELD CREW

How Seattle manages its running game will be close ly watched Alex Collins has taken the bulk of the respon s i b i l i t y s i n c e C h r i s C a r s o n w a s s i d e l i n e d b y a n e c k i s s u e R a s h a a d P e n n y h a s s t r u g g l e d i n h i s l i m i t e d opportunities since coming off injured reserve Seattle may have Carson b a c k t h i s w e e k a f t e r h e r e t u r n e d t o p r a c t i c e f r o m injured reserve But even if Carson is added to the roster and plays, it would likely be in a limited role to start out BAKHTIARI’S STATUS G r e e n B a y ’ s D a v i d Bakhtiari was activated from the physically unable to per form list Wednesday but the P a c k e r s w e r e n t y e t s a y i n g w h e t h e r t h e 2 0 2 0 A l l P r o left tackle will make his sea

o r e t u r n t o a c t i o n S u n d a y a f t e r m i s s i n g t h r e e g a m e s b e c a u s e o f a n injury to the middle finger on his throwing hand that required sur g e r y W i l s o n h a d s t a r t e d 1 6 5 c o n s e c u t i v e c o m b i n e d r e g u l a r s e a s o n a n d p l a y o f f g a m e s before this injury

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W A T C H : O L B R a s h a n G a r y The Seahawks will have to make sure this guy stays far away from W i l s o n G a r y s e m e r g e n c e h a s h e l p e d t h e P a c k e r s w i t h s t a n d t h e a b s e n c e o f 2 0 2 0 P r o B o w l p a s s r u s h e r Z a ’ D a r i u s S m i t h , who hasn t played since the sea son opener due to back trouble Gary had a sack and three quar terback hits against the Chiefs He has 18 quarterback hits this s e a s o n , p u t t i n g h i m i n a t i e f o r fifth place in the league

K E Y M A T C H U P : P a c k e r s RBs Aaron Jones and A J Dil l o n v s S e a h a w k s L B B o b b y W a g n e r D i l l o n s e m e r g e n c e i n h i s s e c o n d s e a s o n h a s h e l p e d h i m f o r m a q u a l i t y t a n d e m w i t h J o n e s a 2 0 2 0 P r o B o w l p i c k Jones has rushed for 516 yards and Dillon has run for 355 yards Wagner is one of the NFL s top run stopping linebackers

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“ S o m e t i m e s i n c o l l e g e y o u r e u p b y 2 1 ( a n d ) i t s h a r d t o c a t c h u p a l o t , Roethlisberger said “In this league, that’s not always the c a s e A n y t i m e y o u w i n a g a m e i t s g r e a t a n d i f y o u c a n p u l l l i t t l e l e s s o n s f r o m it, that’s even better ”

T h e l e s s o n s h a v e b e e n p i l i n g f o r D e t r o i t C l o s e games Blowouts The Lions have found a variety of ways t o l o s e d u r i n g t h e f i r s t t w o months of rookie head coach Dan Campbell s tenure Fol lowing a week off, the Lions h a v e t o t r a v e l t o a p l a c e w h e r e t h e f r a n c h i s e h a s n ’ t won since 1955

W h i l e t h e g a m e l o o k s like a breather compara t i v e l y s p e a k i n g t o t h e m i n e f i e l d t h a t a w a i t s t h e Steelers over the second half o f t h e s e a s o n t h e y ’ r e w e l l a w a r e t h e y h a v e n t p l a y e d w e l l e n o u g h t o o v e r l o o k anyone “ W e d o u n d e r s t a n d t h a t they re an 0 8 football team that s faced a lot of adversi t y , b u t t h i s i s t h e N a t i o n a l F o o t b a l l L e a g u e ” P i t t s b u r g h c o a c h M i k e T o m l i n s a i d T h e r e a r e n o F C S g a m e s , t h e r e a r e n o G r o u p of Five games there are no h o m e c o m i n g s E a c h a n d e v e r y w e e k , y o u r e u p against it ”

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T H I N K Y O U K N O W F O O T B A L L ?

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer

S c o r i n g i s d o w n h o m e f i e l d a d v a n t a g e h a s n ’ t returned even if the fans have and the AFC could be in a wild race for playoff spots

As the NFL gets set to start the second half of its 18 week s e a s o n , t h e r e a r e a f e w n o t a b l e s t a t i s t i c a l t r e n d s t o p a y a t t e n t i o n t o , w i t h t h e t w o most notable being the reduc tion of scoring and home team struggles

P o i n t s p e r g a m e h a v e dropped by nearly two points p e r c o n t e s t p e r t e a m s o f a r t h i s s e a s o n a s a m a r k e d increase in offensive penalties and a small decrease in pass ing efficiency has taken a toll

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Atlanta (4 4) at Dallas (6 2) Noon Sunday (FOX) Line: Cowboys by 9 5

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The average team is scor i n g 1 9 5 f e w e r p o i n t s p e r game through nine weeks this season than in 2020, the third b i g g e s t o n e w e e k d r o p through nine weeks since the merger The only bigger ones came in 1991 (2 58 per game) and 1977 (1 97 per game)

O n e f a c t o r c o u l d b e a b i g increase in offensive penalties w i t h h o l d i n g f a l s e s t a r t s a n d delay of games all increasing from last year’s pace That has contributed to a 35% increase i n o f f e n s i v e p e n a l t i e s w h i l e d e f e n s i v e p e n a l t i e s h a v e remained flat

W h i l e s o m e o f t h o s e p r e s n a p p e n a l t i e s c o u l d b e because of the return of fans the sold out stadiums have not made life more difficult overall f o r r o a d t e a m s a n d r e v e r s e d t h e t r e n d f r o m l a s t s e a s o n when home teams had a los ing record (127 128 1) for the first time since the merger

I n s t e a d , r o a d t e a m s h a v e gotten even better in 2021 fin ishing the first half of the sea son with a 70 64 record ( 522) n o t c o u n t i n g t w o g a m e s p l a y e d i n L o n d o n w h e n t h e designated home team won

This trend started in 2019 w h e n h o m e t e a m s p o s t e d a 5 1 8 w i n n i n g p e r c e n t a g e f o r t h e l o w e s t m a r k i n t h e N F L since 1972

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T h a t s e a s o n e n d e d w i t h s i x A F C t e a m s g e t t i n g d o u b l e d i g i t w i n s a n d f o u r m i s s ing the playoffs despite post ing winning records

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T h e V i k i n g s c o m e i n t o S u n d a y ’ s g a m e w i t h a 3 5 mark Their five losses have been by a total of 18 points, including two in overtime

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L o s A n g e l e s i s 5 3 a n d t i e d a t o p t h e A F C W e s t a f t e r a 2 7 2 4 w i n a t P h i l a d e l p h i a b u t E k e l e r said it could be the opposite after the Chargers got favor able fourth down penalties to keep drives alive in wins o v e r K a n s a s C i t y a n d Cleveland M i n n e s o t a h a s n o t b e e n as fortunate It has dropped two straight, including a 34 3 1 o v e r t i m e l o s s t o t h e

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r e w e r s will go with multiple hitting c o a c h e s n e x t s e a s o n a f t e r hiring Ozzie Timmons and C o n n o r D a w s o n t o r e p l a c e the fired Andy Haines

B r e w e r s p r e s i d e n t o f b a s e b a l l o p e r a t i o n s D a v i d S t e a r n s a n n o u n c e d T h u r s d a y t h a t t h e N L C e n t r a l c h a m p i o n s h a d s e l e c t e d T i m m o n s a n d D a w s o n a s p a r t o f t h e i r “ h i t t i n g c o a c h t e a m a t t h e m a j o r l e a g u e l e v e l ” S t e a r n s s a i d t h e Brewers also plan to hire an a s s i s t a n t h i t t i n g c o a c h t o join that duo

“ W h a t w e a r e d o i n g i s r e a l l y a r e c o g n i t i o n t h a t t h i s h a s t r a n s f o r m e d i n t o a very big job,” Stearns said “ O v e r t h e l a s t t h r e e t o f i v e y e a r s , a s i n f o r m a t i o n c o n t i n u e s t o p r o l i f e r a t e o u r g a m e w e ’ r e a s k i n g m o r e and more of our coaches in general and that’s certainly true of our hitting coaches A l l o w i n g C o n n o r a n d O z z i e t o s p l i t u p r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s o f t h e h e a d h i t t i n g coach and collectively lead our group, then supporting them with a yet to be hired a s s i s t a n t w e t h i n k t h a t ’ s t h e r i g h t s t r u c t u r e f o r u s now “ I t h i n k w e ’ r e g o i n g t o s e e o t h e r t e a m s i n t h e i n d u s t r y f o l l o w s i m i l a r s t r u c t u r e s i n t h e n o t t o o d i s t a n t f u t u r e , s o w e t h i n k this is the right way to go,” he said

The Brewers announced O c t 2 0 t h a t t h e y w o u l d n t be renewing the contract of Haines who had been Mil w a u k e e s h i t t i n g c o a c h f o r

three seasons Milwaukee scored a total o f s i x r u n s i n a f o u r g a m e N L D i v i s i o n S e r i e s l o s s t o t h e e v e n t u a l W o r l d S e r i e s c h a m p i o n A t l a n t a B r a v e s

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b e l i e v e s h e f o u n d t w o c o a c h e s w h o s e d i v e r g e n t b a c k g r o u n d s w i l l m a k e them an ideal duo

“Connor’s coming from the new school Timmons said I m a little bit of old s c h o o l W e c a n c o m b i n e t h a t t o g e t h e r m a n w e c a n m a k e t h e B r e w e r s r o l l That’s the plan ”

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2000 Dawson, 28, had worked i n t h e S e a t t l e M a r i n e r s o r g a n i z a t i o n s i n c e 2 0 1 9 and was their minor league hitting coordinator this sea son

H a v i n g a g u y l i k e O z z i e , a n d h i s e x p e r i e n c e a s a p l a y e r a s a c o a c h i t ’ s i n v a l u a b l e D a w s o n s a i d His wisdom complement ed with what I have to bring to the table I think it makes a great pairing

Red Wings fall to Washington

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NOTES: Fucale was the fifth Capitals player to make his NHL debut this season Ö Washington was without T J Oshie (left foot) for the sixth straight game, Antho n y M a n t h a ( s h o u l d e r ) f o r the third straight game and

Nic Dowd for the first game since Monday s lower body i n j u r y a g a i n s t B u f f a l o Nicklas Backstrom (hip) has not played this season

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