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The 49th Military Police Brigade welcomes incoming brigade commander Lt. Col. Eric Sharyer, left, and honors outgoing brigade commander Col. Marlena DeCelle, right, at the Sgt. 1st Class Lawson Memorial Armory
in Fairfield, Saturday. With command and control of nearly 2,500 citizen-soldiers, the 49th Military Police Brigade is the largest brigade-sized unit in the California National Guard.
49th Military Police Brigade holds change-of-command ceremony K aty St. Clair
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FAIRFIELD — When Col. Marlena A. DeCelle took command of the California Army National Guard 49th Military Brigade in March 2020, little did she know she would be overseeing response teams on the front lines of some of America’s most tumultuous times – the Covid-19 pandemic and the George Floyd protests. Unfazed, she jumped in, referring to it as a part of her job, which was to “deal with challenges in our society.” DeCelle passed the baton Saturday at the National Guard headquarters in Fairfield to Lt. Col. Eric W. C. Sharyer at a change-ofcommand ceremony in front of colleagues, family and friends. The 49th Military Police Brigade is the largest brigadesize unit in the California Army National Guard, with command and control of nearly 2,500 citizen-soldiers throughout the state. It has served in operations such as
Desert Storm, Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. It also supports California’s first responders during wildfires, landslides and civil disturbances. Saturday, after the formation of troops, an invocation, presentation of the colors, and, of course, the national anthem, Gen. Timothy Rieger served as master of cereLT. COL. SHARYER monies, beginning with praise for DeCelle’s tenure as commander. He praised her “soldiers-first” mentality, which he said produced extraordinary results and achievements. DeCelle said a few words as well in her own down-to-earth style, referring to her “bad ass” welcome when she began her two-year tour of service and how blessed and honored she was to have served. “This is one of the best experiences of my career,” she said.
“These are the most professional, committed individuals that I have ever had the pleasure to serve with,” adding they all “rolled deep.” Then Sharyer took the microphone. Prior to becoming commander of the 49th Military Brigade, he served as deputy commander, with multiple tours around the world and several awards and decorations for his service. “They say success has many fathers, but I have many fathers . . . and mothers,” he told the crowd. He also joked about a promotion he got in the past: He said, “There’s your desk, there’s your phone. You’re a smart guy, you’ll figure it out.” Sharyer thanked many of the colleagues and soldiers he said he had the honor to serve with and whose mentorship got him where he is today. He also had kind words for DeCelle, calling her the “best of the bunch” and saying her See Brigade, Page A9
Vacaville school job fair seeks to match people to positions Susan Hiland
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VACAVILLE — The Vacaville School District has more than 30 job openings that need to be filled – positions that do not require either a teaching or administrative credential. Don’t want to work full time? That’s fine because the district has positions that are part-time with benefits, according to Manolo Garcia, director of Human Resources. “If you work four hours or more you get benefits,” he said. K.C. Alves of Vacaville retired last year from her job and found herself with a lot of spare time. “I’m bored,” she said. “I subbed here years ago for the district and I loved it. I would really
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Potential employees came out to the Vacaville School District’s Classified Job Fair at Markham Elementary School in Vacaville, Saturday. worked for the school like to do it again.” Alves said she is district for five years as interested in substi- the director of Student tute teaching because it Nutrition and on Satgives her a more flexi- urday volunteered to come in and make tacos ble schedule. “I can go do things and cookies so potenif I need to, which I tial employees could couldn’t do working full see what great food they would be making to feed time,” she said. Juan Cordon has the children.
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“I think of my work as a type of therapy,” Cordon said. “It’s a place where if you do a good job you bring smiles to people’s faces. You add happiness to their life with new foods that they may never have tried.” The kitchen at Markham Elementary School is spotless, shiny and smelled of seasoned meat that was cooking See Jobs, Page A9
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LONDON — Ireland’s foreign affairs minister says that Russia is to move its planned military drills outside the country’s exclusive economic zone. Simon Coveney said on Saturday he has received assurances from his Russian counterpart that the drills will not take place off the southwest coast of Ireland. The artillery drills were to take place at the start of February in international waters, but within Irish-controlled airspace and the country’s exclusive economic zone. The planned drills had caused considerable upset and controversy in Ireland. Coveney tweeted: “This week I wrote to my counterpart, the Minister of Defence of Russia, to request a reconsideration of naval exercises off the
Irish coast. “This evening I received a letter confirming the Russian exercises will be relocated outside of Ireland’s EEZ. “I welcome this response.” In a statement, the Russian ambassador to Ireland Yury Filatov said: “In response to the requests from the Irish government as well as from the Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation, the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu has made a decision, as a gesture of goodwill, to relocate the exercises by the Russian Navy, planned for February 3 to 8, outside the Irish exclusive economic zone (EEZ), with the aim not to hinder fishing activities by the Irish vessels in the traditional fishing areas.” Irish fishermen had planned to travel to the See Russia, Page A9
Powerful storm snarls traffic on East Coast Tribune Content Agency Snow will come to an end across New York City after sunset from the powerful nor’easter that snarled travel up and down the East Coast, dropped snow by the foot, and lashed Massachusetts with hurricane-force wind gusts that knocked out power to thousands. New York got between 7.5 inches in Central Park to 10.3 inches at John F. Kennedy International Airport through the day, but across a large part of central and eastern Long Island totals reached above 20 inches, said Zack Taylor, a senior branch forecaster at the U.S. Weather Prediction Center. Across New Jersey there were reports of up to 18 inches, and some parts of eastern Massachusetts got 2 feet, the National Weather Service said. Boston has about 14.5 inches and snow should continue through midnight.
“The worst is probably over for the New York City metro area,” Taylor said. “The wind will still be an issue through tonight into the first part of tomorrow with blow and drifting snow.” Temperatures will drop to 12 degrees Fahrenheit in Manhattan and 4 degrees in Boston, and together with the wind will feel closer to minus 5 to minus 10 overnight. “There are going to be pretty dangerous wind chills across much of the Northeast,” Taylor said. The storm played havoc with ground, rail and air transportation across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. The powerful nor’easter dragged heavy snow and winds up Interstate 95 and the parallel Northeast Corridor rail route, passing over several major airports along the way. More than 6,000 flights have been canceled since Friday, including 1,057 on Sunday, See Storm, Page A9
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