West Elementary students had something extra special in their stockings on Tuesday when they returned to school for the first time in 33 days to find a new library and new computer lab.
The Times-Reporter
NEWCOMERSTOWN The COVID-19 pandemic didn’t spell defeat for the annual Rachel B. Stoffer Spelling Bee at the Newcomerstown Middle School on Jan. 9.
Thirty-six students in grades 6-8 entered the Spellnig Bee, and after 13 rounds of competition, a winner emerged. Sixth grader Jaxson Mayo, son of Jamie and Jay Lambes, and Michael Mayo, became the champion after correctly spelling the word perfume.”
All three grade levels at the Middle School were represented among the trophy winners, with first runner-up being Gunner Mitchell, grade 7, and Samuel McKnight, grade 8, capturing the second runner-up spot.
School officials thanked staff members for their help with the Spelling Bee: Pronouncer Tyler Kiner, Stage Directors Ashley Brooks and Don Stevens, Judges Jennifer Baker, Shelley Cline, and Michelle Golder, and audio recorder, Jason Peoples.
Taken directly from The Vindicator:
“Youthful Thief’s Career Cut Short by Detective Geo. Moyer This Morning. For over two months the lad had been operating in the coat room at the Tod House.”
“For some weeks past articles of wearing apparel have been missing from the coat room of the Tod House, and Mr. Baker has been at a loss to know just what became of them, for despite the strictest vigilance the thefts have continued must to the annoyance of Mr. Baker and his guests.”
“That ‘murder will out’ is however, a long accepted proverb, and this morning the thief was apprehended. Early this morning a muffler was found to be missing from the coat pocket of a guest and a little investigation resulted in its being located in the overcoat pocket of J. Mercer, one of the elevator boys. Detective Moyer was called in and acquainted with the facts in the case and he at once set to work. When it comes to throwing a trick of this kind ‘Doc’ knows how, and he got a hold of the
The week of Jan. 11 marked the first time since early November that all area schools were set to offer in-person learning.Since Nov. 2, at least one area school building had been conducting remote learning only due to either contact tracing, high quarantine numbers, state mandated closure or as a precaution returning from holiday break.Several area schools provided updates to their current COVID-19 case numbers throughout the week.Holland Public Schools reported eight active student cases in a
Taylor County now has recorded 232 COVID-related deaths.
The county also reported that the number of people who have recovered from COVID-19 surpassed 10,000 to 10,070 (4,605 polymerase chain reaction cases and 5,465 antigen cases).
The deceased are:
Woman in her 50s with preexisting conditions
Man in his 60s with unknown medical predisposition
Woman in her 40s with unknown medical predisposition
Woman in her 70s with preexisting conditions
Woman in her 60s with unknown medical predisposition
The average age of the deceased since the first reported death is 75.
Of the 184 new cases, 66 are based on PCR tests and 118 on antigen tests.
Active cases total 2,530 (1108 PCR cases and 1,422 antigen cases). A week ago on Jan. 7, the number of active cases was 2,066.