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newsbreak.com COVID treatment center opens in former Anniston school Bill Wilson, Star Staff Writer, wwilson@annistonstar.com 4 minutes The former 10th Street Elementary School in Anniston is shown Wednesday. This is the site of a new clinic for COVID patients who, under a doctor's referral, can receive special treatment for the disease. Bill Wilson / The Anniston Star Regional Medical Center opened a new COVID-19 treatment center at the former 10th Street Elementary School on Wednesday. The treatment, known as monoclonal antibodies therapy, stimulates a patient’s own immune system to help fight the disease. According to Bridgett Magouirk, director of occupational health and wellness at RMC, COVID-19 patients will obtain the treatment through a referral from their physician or nurse practitioner. Magouirk made the announcement during RMC’s weekly COVID-19 update on social media. She said the protocol will be that RMC will notify a COVID patient after his or her medical professional makes the referral. The former school is located at 1525 East 10th Street across the road from First Presbyterian Church. “Pull in the front and we will assist you from there,” Magouirk said, referring to the bus entrance accessed on the playground side of the building. Magouirk said the infusion will last about an hour and a half and patients can bring their own snacks and drinks if they wish. Magouirk said that patients are not allowed to bring a companion with them. “Almost all that are in there are positive patients and they are contagious,” she said. Magouirk suggests that patients who visit the center wear loose-fitting clothes. Magouirk thanked the Anniston school board and other community partners to facilitate the center. “Without them this would not be possible,” she said. She also urged everyone to get their COVID-19 vaccine: “Do not wait, vaccinate — or we’ll see you soon.” Also during the RMC social media broadcast, Michele Ford, director of education and infection prevention at RMC, said there were a total of 57 COVID-19 patients at the hospital on Wednesday. Of those, 49 had not been vaccinated, four are fully vaccinated and four are partially vaccinated, according to Ford. There was one positive COVID-19 case waiting for treatment at Stringfellow hospital. Ford said that 15 patients are in ICU and are on ventilators. Out of those 15 in the ICU, 13 of them had been unvaccinated, one was fully vaccinated and one was partially vaccinated. Ford said there were 10 COVID-19 patients in the hospital’s emergency department and one of those patients was on a ventilator. Dr. Almena Free, vice president of medical affairs and chief medical officer, painted a grim picture of COVID counts across the state and at RMC. Free said statewide there were more than 880 COVID cases in ICUs, with more than 607 patients on ventilators. “If you look at the math to adjust, we’re COVID heavy, ICU heavy, critical care heavy, vent heavy — and if you look at the rest of the country as well as our state, every state is dealing with the same problem: very very critically ill patients,” said Free. “We had two deaths last night, one death this morning,” Free said. Free said that since April 14, 2020 — the day of the first COVID death in Calhoun County — there has been a total of 253 deaths. Free did not hold back with her plea to the public to help curb the pandemic. “So people please again, begging you, do the right things, wear your masks, vaccinate, stay healthy, can’t stress that enough, the illnesses are taxing the hospital systems everywhere,” Free said.

Looking at Auburn's top individual matchups vs Akron Zac Blackerby 3-4 minutes Auburn will have a simple task on Saturday when they host the Akron Zips this weekend. Still, it will be fun to watch a handful of one-on-one matchups in Saturday’s battle in Jordan-Hare Stadium. The Tigers have question marks along the offensive line and some of those may get answered this weekend. Auburn fans will also the new defense dominate in some phases of the game. Watching Akron, there is not a lot of things that they are good at but they do have some leaders and new faces on their roster. Let’s take a look at some of the top individual matchups that Auburn fans should look for Saturday night. Douglas DeFelice-USA TODAY Sports Akron’s Nelson had a few decent games last year for the Zips, including when he threw for over 300 against Ohio. He is important for their success. In fact, there are articles on the Akron beat have Nelson being the one chance that they have of being successful this year. He can be effective with his feet. Monday will have the opportunity to stop Nelson in his tracks. Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics Dollard is probably the most talented player on Akron’s roster but there’s a chance that he’s not eligible. He got in some legal trouble over the offseason. He was charged with having a loaded gun without a license to carry back in March. Cole Gest may be the guy after him. He has some experience but Akron was one of the worst rushing attacks in college football. Gest did however have a 23 yard TD off of a swing pass against Maryland. He ran well in space. Pappoe will be all over Akron’s running backs. John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports Akron returns all of the starters on the offensive line. Peterson is the leader of the group as well as the oldest. New Auburn defensive tackle Tony Fair will be able to introduce himself to Auburn fans in his debut with plenty of opportunities to make plays. Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics Akron’s Gray is a massive left tackle. He is listed at 6-foot-9, 315-pounds. His movement off of the ball is slow and will be a major mismatch on the edge when he needs to block Hall. Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics Kelly-Powell is a grad transfer from Michigan. It looks like they plan to put him in the middle of the field. Auburn named Johnson as their starter in the slot. In this new offense, the slot receiver should attack the middle of the field a little bit more in years past. Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports It looks like Scott played some defensive end last year and they moved him outside a bit. He weighs 242 pounds so that probably makes a more natural fit. He played in all 12 games in 2019, forced two fumbles, registered some hurries. Auburn needs their offensive tackles to look clean and get some quality reps this Saturday.

saturdaydownsouth.com Bryan Harsin highlights an important trait that Tank Bigsby carries at running back Keith Farner | 20 hours ago 1-2 minutes For a while, Auburn’s Tank Bigsby has been one of the best running backs in the SEC. Now that new coach Bryan Harsin has been around him for a while, he’s starting to see why. Harsin explained what he’s noticed about Bigsby during the SEC coaches media teleconference on Wednesday. “Since I’ve got a chance to be around Tank, I think he does a really good job in the weight room at practice and in his conditioning. That’s a very important trait you have to have at that position,” Harsin said. “… That’s carried over into our practices this fall. The biggest thing is taking that work and the consistency he’s been practicing with … and carrying that over into the game on Saturday.” According to Harsin, there’s not much that he doesn’t like about his feature back. “I expect Tank to be physical and to play that way running the ball and in pass protection,” Harsin said. “I also like how he’s become a student of the game. … We’ve seen some flashes of his ability to prepare himself each day. … That maturity and that experience and that physical experience to show up when he plays.”

Now healthy, Auburn OL Brandon Council's last season opens in familiar company By Tom Green | tgreen@al.com 5-7 minutes Auburn offensive lineman Brandon Council (71) goes through a drill during practice on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021 in Auburn, Ala. Todd Van Emst/AU AthleticsTodd Van Emst/AU Athletics When Brandon Council takes the field at Jordan-Hare Stadium on Saturday evening, it will mark a fresh start for the senior offensive lineman, as well as a reminder of the journey that led him to this point. Not only will Council be making his return from a midseason ACL tear he sustained in October and an offseason labrum tear, but he’ll be doing it against the team with which he spent the first four years of his career — Akron. “My time at Akron — I don’t take it for granted, but I definitely could say I improved by coming to Auburn as a player,” Council said. The 6-foot-4, 335-pounder was a three-year starter with the Zips — making starts at left and right tackle, left guard and center across the 2017-19 seasons — before joining the Tigers last season as a graduate transfer who felt like he had “something to prove” at the Power 5 level. He quickly established himself as a valuable piece to a retooled Auburn offensive line, earning a starting job at right guard during fall camp and proving to be the most consistent lineman for the Tigers during the first half of the season. He made four starts at right guard and one at right tackle — stepping in for an injured Brodarious Hamm at that spot against Arkansas — before sustaining a season-ending knee injury during the second half of Auburn’s win at Ole Miss on Oct. 24, 2020. Council underwent surgery to repair the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, with Dr. James Andrews performing the procedure, and Auburn was forced to shuffle its personnel along the line for the remainder of the season. “It was just really a mental game coming back from that injury,” Council said last month. “Dr. Andrews fixed me up really well. Rehab was tough in the beginning, but I got through it. I’m back probably better than ever, I just have to get back in that game shape now. My knee has been fine, really.” As Council rehabbed his knee, his spring was further complicated by an offseason shoulder injury. He sustained a tear in his right labrum, which resulted in him missing spring practices — and leaving the Tigers without a key piece of their offensive line during an offseason transition with a new coaching staff and new offensive system. Council’s health heading into the season was arguably the biggest wild card for Auburn’s offensive line, which returned eight players with starting experience, as it tried to sort out its bet five-man lineup for this season. Though Council was the starter at right guard when healthy last year, his positional versatility presents Auburn with lots of flexibility personnel-wise up front. He opened fall camp rotating between right guard, right tackle and center, but he ultimately settled in at left guard — his primary position during the 2017 and 2019 seasons while at Akron — and was listed as a co-starter there along with Alec Jackson this week. “He worked really hard this summertime and this fall camp too just trying to get back in shape just from not running as much as he would have liked to in the springtime,” starting center Nick Brahms said. “Really, he studied hard, got the offense down pretty well. He’s smart. He knows what to do. He’s an asset to the offensive line, for sure.” Council has fared well in his recovery from those two significant injuries over the last 10-plus months, and he’s eager to put them behind him and focus on the future — even as he prepares to stare down his past on Saturday night at Jordan-Hare Stadium. He’s still pretty close with some of the guys on the Zips’ roster, including quarterback Kato Nelson — and while he has been able to provide Auburn with some insight into its opening opponent, Council is more excited about the what of his return than he is about who it’s coming against. The full-circle nature of Council’s journey, starting his final season against the program he started his career with, cannot be ignored, but Council has bigger things on his mind as he heads into his sixth and final college season. “My expectations this season for me, I plan to dominate and finish the season healthy,” Council said. “That would be the biggest thing for me is finishing the season healthy, but also don’t have that injury in the back of my mind when I’m playing this year and don’t worry about my knee. Just focus on the game.” Clearing any mental hurdles remaining after the knee injury could take some time, with Auburn coach Bryan Harsin acknowledging that it could take a few games for Council to fully settle back into the swing of things. The more game reps he gets, the more Council will feel like his old self. And it begins Saturday where it all started for the former Zip. “He’s a good player,” Harsin said. “He’s smart, he’s got experience. Always have liked just his approach and mentality…. but I’m looking forward to watching him get out there and have a chance to go live and play again. He’s worked very hard at overcoming his injuries, so I’ve appreciated that. I think it’s time for him to go out there and have a really good week leading into the game and have a chance to go play and see where he’s at.” Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.

247sports.com First-year backs, including 'great surprise,' could play in opener ByMark Murphy 4 minutes AUBURN, Alabama–It is a given that last year’s SEC Freshman of the Year, Tank Bigsby, and senior Shaun Shivers will be a major part of the opening night game plan for the Auburn Tigers. On Wednesday Auburn head coach Bryan Harsin said a trio of newcomers at the running back position could see game action on Saturday night vs. Akron and noted that the walk-on in the group has been a “great surprise.” The trio includes freshman Jarquez Hunter, a 5-10, 202-pounder. who put up big rushing and scoring numbers the past three seasons at Neshoba Central High in Philadelphia, Miss. The Tigers also brought in Jordon Ingram, a 6-1, 199 redshirt freshman from Mobile, who transferred to Auburn this summer from Central Michigan. Also in the newcomer group is 5-9, 236-pound Sean Jackson, a walk-on from Hewitt-Trussville High who earned Class 7A All-State honors as a senior after finishing with 1,425 all-purpose yards and 14 touchdowns. “Sean Jackson has been a great surprise,” Harsin said on the SEC weekly coaches' teleconference on Wednesday. “You say that because you don’t know what some of these young guys coming in what they are going to do. He has been very good in scrimmages, one of our most productive guys. Sean Jackson is hoping to make his mark as a walk-on for the Tigers. (Photo: Jason Caldwell/Inside The Auburn Tigers, 247Sports) “He runs very hard, very physical, very consistent,” the coach pointed out. “You know what you are going to get from him and he shows up every single day and brings it. I have been very happy with him and pleased with the effort of what he has been able to do.” Asked if Auburn fans could see any of the newcomer running backs in action on Saturday vs. the Zips, Harsin said, “There is definitely a possibility. “I think Jarquez has had a really good camp,” the coach said. “He is young, he is learning, but he is physical. He has improved on just his overall understanding of the offense.” Hunter won a Mississippi Mr. Football Award as a senior after rushing for 1,687 yards and 22 touchdowns while finishing the year with 2,069 all-purpose yards.” Ingram played his high school football at St. Paul’s where he was a second team Class 6A All-State pick after rushing for 1,394 yards and 18 touchdowns as a senior in 2019. “I think Jordon, he transferred in here, and had a little bit of experience when he got here,” Harsin said. “It is the same as Jarquez, just learning and developing. I think he has done a good job on special teams and getting himself in the mix and being a guy we feel can contribute in a role there.” None of the new running backs are on the initial depth chart for the Tigers. 29COMMENTS “All three of those guys are going to be good players,” Harsin declared. “They are all just young and they are learning so it is not for a lack of ability or want-to, it’s just experience and letting these guys go through a normal game week and prepare themselves and get into just a game and see how the whole thing operates. Once they do that they are going to get better and better, and it just going to be a matter of time before those guys are on the field contributing.” *** Subscribe: Receive the latest Auburn intel and sc

Auburn's Nick Brahms named the best center in the SEC Zac Blackerby September 2, 2021 7:00 am CT The preseason love for Nick Brahms isn’t going away. Earlier this week, SEC Network analysts and WJOX radio host Cole Cubelic posted a graphic of his top five centers in the SEC. Auburn’s Brahms was on top of the list. Cubelic is a former offensive lineman and is an expert on all things that happen in the trenches. His endorsement is a big deal and something that Auburn fans should be excited about. He has Brahms ranked ahead of Missouri’s Michael Maietti, LSU’s Liam Shanahan, Alabama’s Chris Owens, and Ricky Stromberg from Arkansas. Brahms and the Tigers start their season this Saturday against the Akron Zips at 6:00 pm CST. The game can be streamed on ESPN+.

it should be fun tho.................

i would love to see what the original nip watch girl looks like now. she has been tearing me up for many years now.

i imagine the new coach means it when he says it. but i am sure all coaches do some coach speak.

do you think we get an insight into harsins type of coaching/ team tonight or has the new coach already but his brand all over it? i cannot remember who replaced harsin for the record.

a must watch. we get to see harsins old team with a lot of his brand stamped all over it and we get to see gus. gus claimed when he was fired he needed that time off and he is fresh, rejuvenated, and ready to start the next coaching chapter of his life. i wish gus no ill will. and i am making an aubie prediction. i bet you if he has any success in a couple or three years he will be head coach at arkansas. now i like arkies current coach for the record but i am not sure he is up for the job.

i was told akron has a zip watch. they stand around and look at your zipper when you come out of the bathroom to make sure nothing extra is showing. i think i prefer our nip watch to their zip watch. and who names their team after a zipper anyway?

It has been a good week of practice so far, Harsin says. lol and no one says a thing...............

i guess i will watch a replay i just hope it is not cut for time constraints. also thursday night is ucf and boise. that is almost a must watch.

read it and weep creed. and get yout facts straight before you jump in someones s*** ok? Fact check: Biden honored service members killed in Kabul, checked watch only after ceremony Daniel Funke, USA TODAY Wed, September 1, 2021, 1:12 PM In this article: The claim: Donald Trump saluted the caskets of fallen U.S. service members, while Joe Biden checked his watch On Aug. 29, President Joe Biden paid his respects to U.S. service members who were killed in a terrorist attack at the Kabul airport. The president and first lady Jill Biden bowed and placed their hands over their hearts as 11 caskets were presented at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. But on social media, some doubted Biden's sincerity. One popular post features two photos: one of Biden and one of now-former President Donald Trump. The picture shows Biden appearing to check his watch, Trump salutes as men in fatigues carry a casket draped in the American flag. "A picture is worth a thousand words," reads text over the post, published Aug. 30 on Facebook. Similar posts have racked up hundreds of thousands of interactions on Facebook and Instagram, according to CrowdTangle, a social media insights tool. An Aug. 29 Facebook Live video from Benny Johnson, a conservative commentator, accumulated more than 446,000 views within two days. "BIDEN LOOKS AT HIS WATCH (!!!) AS CASKETS OF 13 SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN ARE DELIVERED TO THEIR FAMILIES," reads the caption of the video, which shows a still of Biden purportedly checking his watch during the dignified transfer, a process that honors slain service members returning to the U.S. Fact check: President Joe Biden did not sleep through meeting with new Israeli prime minister Biden has taken heat from all sides for the chaotic evacuation of U.S. troops, citizens and allies from Afghanistan. But the claim that he checked his watch instead of honoring the fallen service members is wrong. USA TODAY reached out to social media users who shared the claim for comment. Biden honored fallen troops The full video of the dignified transfer ceremony shows Biden honored each of the fallen U.S. service members. He appeared to check his watch after the ceremony ended. On Aug. 26, 11 Marines, one Navy hospital corpsman and an Army soldier were killed in bombings and gunfire at Hamid Karzai International Airport. ISIS-K, an Islamic State affiliate group in Afghanistan and Pakistan, claimed responsibility for the attack, which also killed at least 169 Afghans. "These American service members who gave their lives ... they were heroes," Biden said during remarks after the terrorist attack. "Heroes who have been engaged in a dangerous, selfless mission to save the lives of others." President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, and other officials, attend the dignified transfer of the remains of fallen service members at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, August, 29, 2021, after 13 members of the US military were killed in Afghanistan. On Sunday, Biden met with service members' families and attended his first dignified transfer as president. Footage from the 45-minute ceremony shows Biden bowing his head and placing his hand over his heart as 11 caskets are carried off a plane and into gray vans. Two other transfers were conducted in private. The way Biden paid his respects to the fallen service members is similar to what Trump did during his presidency. The image of Trump in the Facebook posts appears to stem from a New York Times article published Nov. 21, 2019, when Trump attended a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force base to honor two Army soldiers killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. During the brief ceremony, Trump saluted as two caskets were carried into a waiting van. Embed from Getty Images For Biden, he did appear to check his watch during his visit to Dover Air Force Base. But he did so after the dignified transfer ceremony was over. Footage leading up to the moment shows Biden with his hand over his heart for about 30 seconds as vans carry the service members' remains off the tarmac. After the vans had left, Biden closes his eyes briefly before dropping his arms and glancing down at his watch. Fact check: Posts misrepresent Biden kneeling for photo with Seattle Storm at the White House At that point, everyone else in the video also stands at ease, indicating that the ceremony was over. About 35 seconds later, Biden and the first lady walk off the tarmac toward a black SUV. USA TODAY reached out to the White House for comment. Our rating: Partly false Based on our research, we rate PARTLY FALSE the claim that Trump saluted the caskets of fallen U.S. service members, while Biden checked his watch. The pictures are real, but they don't accurately summarize the two events. The way Biden honored the 11 caskets presented at Dover Air Force Base, with a hand over his heart, was similar to how Trump paid respects to fallen service members during his presidency. Biden checked his watch, but he did so after the ceremony had ended.

history is still history period. thats all you got? you do not get a pass on all the crap trump did just because he lost the election. he did way worse to vets . he stole from their charity for gods sake. you let this one go. i am being nice here.

i am gonna need a link on harris letting the rioters go.

i know the schedule has been posted but i thought i would give folks a meme to keep. when folks get through with this maybe i can delete it so the other list gets its just do since it was posted first.

also there was always something going on about trump disrespecting folks and kissing ass to putin and the north korean guy among others.

well creed at least he showed up and did not bitch about it when he had to. i remember when raygun could not even talk. he had to get nancy to explain things to him and that is fact. and i have no idea on ms harris whom your side calls the whore on facebook. i do try to be fair. but after four years of trump telling folks he likes his heroes to be winners throwing off on john mccain. and i am pretty sure trump did not do what was right when john passed so lets try not to go over board here. at least biden will not try all that insurrection bullcrap. nice try tho.

1/2 Finally got around to putting this together for the 2021 schedule. WDE!!

it was a bad look but we know he meant nothing by it. i imagine as the most powerful man of the free world he probably had pressing situations he has to handle in a timely manner. but please trumpers biden will never be the pic trump was so lets not stretch things here.............

i hate to break it to jj and aubaseball but arrests were made with the looters from black lives matter.. .... .....

you claimed your lil pea shooter was a hoax as well david emerrascalus...............