A Pickerington man who participated in a bribery scheme with former Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority member John Raphael over a multi-million-dollar food vendor contract was sentenced Tuesday to six months home confinement, community service and probation for the next four years.
Rodney L. Myers, 50, who had pleaded guilty to federal programs bribery in November 2019, was facing federal sentencing guidelines that called for up to two years in prison for his role in steering the food service contract at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.
Prosecutors were requesting a sentence of 20 months. A federal probation officer, using sentencing guidelines based on the potential $11.22 million food vendor Centerplate would have collected over seven years if the scheme had not been uncovered, had advised a sentence of nine years.
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Military museums honor service, triumphs of Black veterans
The American Legion
Feb 08, 2021
During Black History Month, the National WWII Museum in New Orleans and the National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio, are honoring the service, sacrifice, bravery and achievements of African-American military men and women.
The National WWII Museum is hosting free, virtual programs throughout the month that recognize wartime contributions from the more than 1.2 million African Americans who served during the war. The events will be broadcast live and presented by scholars, historians and educators, and available for on-demand viewing through the National WWII Museum YouTube page. The first virtual program was held Feb. 4 on Eugene Bullard: Hero of Two World Wars, that can be viewed here.
The National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio, which has been closed for two long stretches in the past year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, plans to reopen for weekend hours on Saturday.
On a normal Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Matt Lofy would eat breakfast with more than 350 Westerville community members and Black leaders, and the Triumphant Church of God’s praise choir would sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”
But with COVID-19 deaths nearing 10,000 in the state, Lofy, the executive director of Leadership Westerville and member of the Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Project, will celebrate from home. For the first time in its 16-year history, the organization’s MLK day celebration will be virtual.
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on Jan. 15, 1929. He was a Baptist minister and leader of the civil rights movement, championing justice and equality from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968. His birth is celebrated each year on the third Monday of January, a federal holiday.
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