Until a year ago, the term “social distancing” wasn’t in the national lexicon and wearing masks was not the norm. But the COVID-19 pandemic changed our behaviors swiftly and often, from staying home to “flattening the curve” to donating meals to hospital workers to searching for vaccination appointments.
We learned to access work, school and entertainment via Zoom and other virtual platforms. Restaurants adapted to takeout models and, along with other businesses, have ping-ponged among various modes of operation as coronavirus cases have swelled and ebbed.
As we mark the anniversary of the first life-altering pandemic restrictions, the
La Jolla Light looks back at the past whirlwind year of COVID-19.
CARDER HENRY | APSU ATHLETICS
The APSU men’s and women’s cross-country teams wrapped up their abbreviated seasons on March 1 after hosting the OVC Championships at Weakley Park.
In a typical season, the Governors would have come into their championship races having already competing in five or six meets. Due to the pandemic and inclement weather, the Governors had only seen competitive action a single time.
APSU’s sole race came on Jan. 24 when both shorthanded cross-country teams featuring just four racers each traveled to Nashville, Tenn. to participate in the Belmont Opener.
In the season’s inaugural race, Sara Martin shattered her personal best, finishing with a time of 19:25.74 and placed a team-best 36th overall.
Council workers Michael and Lesley Taylor were under coronavirus lockdown with their son, 34-year-old Myles William Taylor, when police allege he bludgeoned them to death with a hammer in April 2020. The couple were 65 and 64 and approaching retirement when police say Taylor attacked his father before turning on his mother as she tried to escape through the front door. Michael’s sister Shelley Taylor-Smith says the couple were “devoted to each.
ROCHESTER, NY U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert Fitzgerald of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of failing to collect and pay over payroll taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, was sentenced to serve one year probation and ordered to pay $122,207.16 in restitution to the IRS by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard A. Resnick, who handled the case, stated that the defendant was the principal corporate officer of Fitzgerald Coaching Inc., a Western New York real estate listings referral company. Fitzgerald was required to collect and pay over Social Security and Medicare taxes to the Internal Revenue Service on behalf of the company. During the years 2010 through 2017, Fitzgerald Coaching Inc. failed to report wages that were subject to Social Security and Medicare taxes totaling $55,487.65. The employer portion of the Social Security and Medicare taxes not paid to the IRS was $66,720.11. The total due to the I
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