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Local leaders meet to discuss safety strategies for community regarding COVID-1
Editor's Note: The following information was provided by Ms. Iris Sermon, E911/EMS Director
On Sunday, March 29, 2020, a group of officials of Greene County met to discuss and share strategies that could assist in protecting local citizens and first responders regarding the COVID-19 Virus. To comply with Governor Kay Ivey's mandate, the gathering was limited to the four Town Mayors, the County Commission Chairperson, the Greene County Health System CEO, Greene County Schools Superintendent, Chief of Police, Greene County Sheriff and Greene County E911/EMA Director.
Those in attendance also positioned themselves six feet apart as mandated for health security purposes.
The group noted that they did not call a public meeting because of the state and federal mandates limiting numbers that can gather and observing physical distancing because of the virus.
The officials agreed to continue to publicize, through various means, the seriousness of the COVID-19 Virus and the precautions and mandates the citizens must follow for the safety of all.
These include the following:
- Stop Social Gatherings, including house and yard parties; youth gathering in groups in any location.
- Practice Physical Distancing, stay 6ft. apart from others .
Practice Safe Hygiene, wash your hands with soap and hot water for 20 seconds or use sanitizer.
Clean Surfaces Frequently, doorknobs, counter tops, telephones, eye glasses.
- Stop Traveling, do not go in and out of infected areas. If you know of someone traveling to Greene County or in your area coming from emergency pandemic areas – ask them and inform them of the national mandate to isolate themselves for at least 14 days.
Germs Live on Surfaces – 2 to 8 hours on aluminum; 8 hours on gloves; 24 hours on cardboard; 48 hours on stainless steel (example water faucets) 2 to 3 days on plastic (example water bottles); 4 days on glass; 4 days on wood.
*If You Have Symptoms – coughs, fever, shortness of breath, contact your physician, local clinic of hospital for an appointment or call the testing line to arrange for testing (you will be screened) 1-888-264-2256. If line is busy continue to call.
Currently there are three Greene County citizens confirmed with COVID-19 virus.
Confirmed COVID-19 in our surrounding Counties: Marengo – 4, Pickens – 2, Sumter – 1; Tuscaloosa – 27. As a citizen you are not provided with the names, exact locations and/or addresses of COVID-19 infected persons, therefore it may be safe to treat each person as a possible carrier. Protect yourself and the community. Check with your local town officials for more specific plans regarding your safety.
Congresswoman Terri Sewell provides details of $2 trillion coronavirus relief package
Last week, Congress passed a sweeping $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill, which includes direct payments to individuals to help Alabama families and workers meet the economic challenges caused by this virus. Extraordinary times require an extraordinary federal response.
This third coronavirus relief bill includes:
• Direct payments of up to $1,200 for individuals that make $75,000 or less and head of households that make less than $112,500 a year.
• Joint tax-filers that make $150,000 or less will receive $2,400.
• Families and heads of household will receive an additional $500 per child.
• The Social Security Administration will share information for Social Security (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) beneficiaries with the IRS to help ensure these beneficiaries receive their direct payments,
• Up to 4 months of unemployment insurance and an additional $600 per week in federal benefits; states will be eligible to provide an additional 13 weeks of emergency unemployment benefits to workers.
• Expanded unemployment benefits, which allow access to part-time employees, the self-employed, gig workers and furloughed workers.
• $10 billion for the Small Business Association's emergency grants of up to $10,000.
Here are a few questions my office has received about the coronavirus direct payments:
- Q: Who is eligible for direct payments?
A: Americans will receive a one-time direct payment of up to $1,200 for individuals that make $75,000 or less and head of households that make less than $112,500 a year. Joint tax-filers that make $150,000 or less will receive $2,400. Families and heads of household will receive an additional $500 per child. These payments will be made to those who do not file taxes and those who receive Social Security benefits.
The payment phases out at higher income levels depending on filing status and number of children (and reaches zero, for example, for a single filer with no children and annual income of $99,000).
- Q: When will the direct payments be distributed?
A: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will work to deliver direct payments quickly. For people who filed a federal income tax return in 2018 or 2019, payment processing will be based on payment or address information already on file with the IRS. Electronic distributions will be automatic to an account the payee authorized January 1, 2018 or later. If you did not file income tax in 2018 or 2019,
You may need to contact IRS to fill out a simplified return showing that
you did not owe taxes for this period.
- Q: Do these direct payments need to be repaid?
A: No, direct payments do not need to be repaid.
- Q: How will direct payments be delivered?
A: Direct payments will be delivered automatically—by the IRS—to most Americans who file individual federal income tax returns. When available, electronic direct deposit will be used in place of mailing a physical check.
- Q: Many individuals don't need to file a tax return. Are non-filers eligible for direct payments?
A: Yes. There is no earned income requirement to be eligible for a direct payments, but non-filers may need to take additional steps to receive their direct payments. The Social Security Administration will share information for Social Security (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) beneficiaries with the IRS to help ensure these beneficiaries receive an automatic payment. The IRS will conduct a public awareness campaign to reach other non-filers and provide them with information on how they can access direct payments.
Many of you still have questions and concerns. Please continue to check in with Congresswoman Sewell's Official Website Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages for up to date information.
Newswire: African ministers foresee ' break the glass moment' without major debt relief
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Mar. 30, 2020 (GIN) – Multilateral lenders and investors are being asked to pony up a modest stimulus package that would halt the spread of the coronavirus in Africa and keep economies from crashing under the weight of debt-servicing costs.
African finance ministers, at a meeting last week, calculated that an injection of $100 billion – including $44 billion in debt-servicing wavers – would put off the likelihood of a recession and protect growth rates from falling further behind – now at 1.8% from 3.2% earlier this month.
Ken Ofori-Atta, chair of a World Bank-IMF committee called it a "break the glass moment." The package is about 5% of the agreed upon stimulus package agreed to this week by U.S. legislators and signed by the President.
"There is a big likelihood of a recession," said Bartholomew Armah of the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa (Uneca) in a press interview. "Our previous forecast should be seen as conservative because it was done at a time when the actual number of (corona) cases in Africa was low."
South African Finance Minister Tito Mboweni put a fine point on the matter. "To say we are not trembling in our boots about what might be in the coming weeks and months is an understatement."
Once a borrower from wealthy countries and institutions, Africa is now saddled with crushing debts to China ($143 billion), international debt markets ($55 billion), other banks, commodity traders and the so-called vulture funds.
An international activist group has seen it before. Inspired by universal faith traditions, Jubilee USA, a coalition of Jewish, Christian and Muslim religious groups, maintains that instead of paying debt, resources should go to reducing poverty and providing healthcare and education for those most in need.
"African finance ministers are right to call for a moratorium on all interest payments," wrote Tim Jones of Jubilee UK, a partner group. "In the face of a huge health and economic crisis, halting debt payments is the fastest way to keep money in African countries."
On news that the IMF will cancel some debt payments for poor countries, Jones wrote: "All poor countries that are being hit by the economic impacts of coronavirus need to benefit from this debt relief, regardless of the extent of the outbreak of the virus within their own country.
"Many countries are already in debt crisis and the economic impact of coronavirus is only going to make that worse. The IMF needs to ensure its loans are not used to bail out previous lenders, but instead help countries restructure debts. Otherwise, people will suffer through austerity and public spending cuts."
Newswire: Jails, prisons struggle with spread of coronavirus
By Brianna Nargiso
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – As COVID-19 continues to spread globally and the U. S. has now become the first country to top 100,000 cases, prisons and jails across the country continue to house inmates and employees who have tested positive for the Coronavirus and authorities are desperately trying to abate the spread.
For example, due to the severity of the virus that had killed 32,137 around the world and 2,054 in the U. S. as of Sunday, March 29, The Board of Corrections, an agency providing oversight of New York City jails, urgently recommended that all people with a high risk of dying from the virus be released from the jail immediately. The board also asked that the jail take the necessary steps to significantly decrease the jail's population immediately since social distancing has been among the keys to preventing the spread of the virus along with thorough hand washing and decontamination of surfaces.
In response to the recommendation, New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio released 40 people from New York's Rikers Island last Friday and another 23 people on Sunday who were considered at a high risk of dying from the virus.
De Blasio took to Twitter to tell New Yorkers "…an additional 200 being evaluated right now for release who have less than 90 days left in their sentences."
However, the release of 63 people is just not enough to stop the spread of the virus, which easily moves from person to person and can also be contracted from surfaces and the environment where an infected person has coughed or sneezed. Therefore, advocates for the incarcerated are pressing authorities to do more.
Jails throughout the United States have followed similar precautions to protect inmates, staff and the general public:
As states struggle for answers and public health advocates encourage release of non-violent inmates endangered by the virus, the federal prison system on Sunday, announced its first death. Patrick Jones, 49, who was housed in a minimum security prison in Oakdale, La., has died from the virus after testing positive on March 19, according to widespread reports.
California has also begun releasing large numbers of inmates in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. According to the L.A Times, Los Angeles County reduced their jail population by 6 percent in February.
Pennsylvania, Maine, Texas, Illinois and Ohio have also begun releasing inmates amidst state outbreaks.
The Bureau of Prisons has suspended all visits for 30 days. Inmate transfers has also been with few exceptions.
Many inmates who are assumed to have had contact with the virus are being quarantined.
The New York City's union for corrections officers have demanded to be given more protective materials like masks, gloves, soap and hand sanitizer.
According to NPR, Arizona and Minnesota prisons have waived copays charged for inmates seeking medical visits and waived fees for personal hygiene supplies amidst the outbreak.
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) said in a letter to The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), "Our incarcerated population faces severe threats to their health and safety every day, and BOP must prioritize and work diligently to improve prison conditions nationwide. As the country prepares for coronavirus, it is also incumbent upon BOP—in coordination with HHS—to prevent outbreaks and to safely and humanely treat all affected individuals."
Newswire: Head of 'Alabama Counts' responds to questions on the 2020 Census
Compiled by Erica Wright, The Birmingham Times
Kenneth Boswell, director of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs, is chair of the Alabama Counts 2020 committee. He responded to these questions from The Birmingham Times.
BT: What impact does the recent coronavirus pandemic have on the Census efforts in Alabama?
Kenneth Boswell: The great thing about the 2020 Census is that it has never been easier to respond on your own, whether online, over the phone or by mail—all without having to meet a census taker. Notification letters from the Census Bureau to Alabama households began going out on March 12 and are continuing until March 20.
There are three ways to respond: online at http://www.my2020census.gov, by phone at 1-844-330-2020 or by paper form.
We are keeping in contact with the U.S. Census Bureau and know that they are monitoring the situation very closely. We anticipate any changes would likely be to the in-person follow-up by census workers to households who do not complete their census by April 30. Right now, that portion is scheduled to begin in May.
BT: How does the state plan to proceed with the Census in light of the pandemic?
Boswell: The census is something that is quick and easy to complete at home, so that is our main message right now. We have a statewide awareness campaign that includes TV, newspaper, radio, social media, billboard and digital messages. Some census-related events scheduled for the next couple weeks have been postponed, but we are adjusting accordingly and will continue to do everything we can to encourage all in Alabama to take their census.
BT: What's the significance of the April 1, 2020 deadline with the Census?
Boswell: April 1 is simply what the Census Bureau calls Census Day. It is a symbolic day designed to encourage all who live in the United States to self-respond to their Census form. Right now, we are encouraging participation as soon as the invitation letters are received and by April 30 which is the designated self-response period before the Census Bureau follows up in person with those households who have not yet responded.
BT: How much does the state stand to lose in funding if there is an under count or drop in Census numbers? What are some of the programs that will be affected if that money is lost?
Boswell: Alabama receives about $13 billion in census-derived funding per year for important programs that support Alabama's healthcare, schools, infrastructure and community services.
Here is a link to a study by George Washington University that details 55 federal programs linked to census data and their impact on Alabama: https://census.alabama.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/IPP-1819-3-CountingforDollars_AL.pdf
BT: Is there a certain percentage for example, 70-90 percent that the state has a goal to reach for the Census count?
Boswell: We are asking for maximum participation as close to 100 percent as possible. We must do better than the 72 percent participation rate that Alabama recorded in 2010.
This article originally appeared in The Birmingham Times.
Newswire: House passes and President signs $2 Trillion stimulus package deal
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent
The $2 trillion stimulus deal reached earlier by the Senate, was finally passed by the House on Friday, March 27.
President Trump is expected to immediately sign the massive legislation that promises to provide a much-needed shot in the arm for working and unemployed individuals, and small and big businesses.
The deal includes approximately $367 billion for small business loans administered through the Small Business Administration.
It also includes direct payouts to most Americans and more money and an extension of unemployment benefits.
Earlier, several civil rights organizations noted watching with vigilance as Senate negotiations and, later, voting in both chambers took place. "We know that when the economy goes into decline, people of color always bear the brunt," said Teresa Candori, communications director for the National Urban League.
"We will be fighting to make sure the most vulnerable communities are not an afterthought." The coronavirus is "an equal-opportunity pandemic," stated Melanie Campbell, president of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation.
"If you think about (Hurricane) Katrina, if you think about other catastrophes, a lot of times, bailouts ended up taking care of the top, and then it trickles down to the people," Campbell said.
"Our federal government has to be bold about responses as this is an ever-evolving pandemic that can become a real catastrophe for people's daily lives." Many said they're reminded that the household wealth of communities of color declined during the 2008 recession.
They said those losses never recovered, and it's led to fears that minorities will again suffer a severe and long-term hit as the nation battles COVID-19 and whatever the aftermath might present.
The agreed upon stimulus package includes one-time direct payments of $1,200 per adult who made $75,000 or less in 2019 and $2,400 for couples who made less than $150,000. An additional $500 will be added for each child. If individuals haven't filed 2019 taxes, the payouts will be based on their 2018 returns.
The payments will phase out at a rate of $5 per every additional $100 in income over $75,000 in adjusted gross income for single adults, $112,500 for heads of household, and $150,000 for married couples filing jointly. The checks would be directly deposited into bank accounts if you included direct deposit information on your tax form. If you did not, your check would be mailed.
Lawmakers and President Trump have said they want the checks mailed by April 6. Still, because the Internal Revenue Service has reduced staff at all of its locations because of the coronavirus, many believe the checks may not go out until May.
Residents are not expected to have to fill out any forms or call the IRS because the government will automatically send payment based on information culled from a 2018 or 2019 tax return.
Meanwhile, with unemployment rates expected to approach 20 percent – and as much as 30 percent among minorities, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) emphasized the need for more available benefits and a more extended period.
Under the stimulus deal, the federal government adds $600 per week to the state benefits jobless workers currently receive. The deal adds four months to the 26-week limit that benefits are paid.
"It's unemployment insurance on steroids," Schumer proclaimed. "But, and most importantly, the federal government will pay your salary, your full salary, for now, four months."
Michele Evermore, the senior policy analyst at the National Employment Law Project, called the inclusion of the new unemployment provision, "unprecedented.Because this situation is so different, we have to break all the rules."
The new stimulus also adds a "pandemic unemployment assistance program," which provides jobless benefits to independent contractors, gig economy workers, and the self-employed, who typically don't qualify for such assistance.
For small businesses, the stimulus means they will get $367 billion to keep making payroll even while workers are required to stay at home.
Businesses can apply for COVID-19 relief through the stimulus by visiting, http://www.sba.gov/coronavirus. The website is expected to become operational soon.
Newswire: Joseph Lowery: Veteran US civil rights leader dies aged 98
ATLANTA (AP) — The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, a veteran civil rights leader who helped the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and fought against racial discrimination, died Friday, a family statement said. He was 98.
A charismatic and fiery preacher, Lowery led the SCLC for two decades — restoring the organization's financial stability and pressuring businesses not to trade with South Africa's apartheid-era regime — before retiring in 1997.
Lowery, considered the dean of civil rights veterans, lived to celebrate a November 2008 milestone that few of his movement colleagues thought they would ever witness — the election of an African American president.
At an emotional victory celebration for President-elect Barack Obama in Atlanta, Lowery said, "America tonight is in the process of being born again." An early and enthusiastic supporter of Obama over then-Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton, Lowery also gave the benediction at Obama's inauguration.
"We thank you for the empowering of thy servant, our 44th president, to inspire our nation to believe that, yes, we can work together to achieve a more perfect union," he said. "Lord, in the memory of all the saints who from their labors rest, and in the joy of a new beginning, we ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get back; when brown can stick around; when yellow will be mellow; when the red man can get ahead, man; and when white will embrace what is right," Lowery prayed. "Let all those who do justice and love mercy say Amen! Say Amen! And Amen!"
In 2009, Obama awarded Lowery the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
In another high-profile moment, Lowery drew a standing ovation at the 2006 funeral of King's widow, Coretta Scott King, when he criticized the war in Iraq, saying, "For war, billions more, but no more for the poor." The comment also drew head shakes from then-President George Bush and his father, former president George H.W. Bush, who were seated behind the pulpit.
Lowery's involvement in civil rights grew naturally out of his Christian faith. He often preached that racial discrimination in housing, employment and health care was at odds with fundamental Christian values such as human worth and the brotherhood of man.
"I've never felt your ministry should be totally devoted to making a heavenly home. I thought it should also be devoted to making your home here heavenly," he once said.
Lowery remained active in fighting issues such as war, poverty and racism long after retiring, and survived prostate cancer and throat surgery after he beat Jim Crow. His wife, Evelyn Gibson Lowery, who worked alongside her husband of nearly 70 years and served as head of SCLC/WOMEN, died in 2013.
"I'll miss you, Uncle Joe. You finally made it up to see Aunt Evelyn again," King's daughter, Bernice King, said in a tweet Friday night.
Lowery was pastor of the Warren Street Methodist Church in Mobile, Alabama, in the 1950s when he met King, who then lived in Montgomery, Alabama. Lowery's meetings with King, the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy and other civil rights activists led to the SCLC's formation in 1957. The group became a leading force in the civil rights struggle of the 1960s.
Lowery became SCLC president in 1977 following the resignation of Abernathy, who had taken the job after King was assassinated in 1968. He took over an SCLC that was deeply in debt and losing members rapidly. Lowery helped the organization survive and guided it on a new course that embraced more mainstream social and economic policies.
Coretta Scott King once said Lowery "has led more marches and been in the trenches more than anyone since Martin."
He was arrested in 1983 in North Carolina for protesting the dumping of toxic wastes in a predominantly black county and in 1984 in Washington while demonstrating against apartheid.
He recalled a 1979 confrontation in Decatur, Alabama, when he and others were protesting the case of a mentally disabled black man charged with rape. He recalled that bullets whizzed inches above their heads and a group of Klan members confronted them.
"I could hear them go 'whoosh,'" Lowery said. "I'll never forget that. I almost died 24 miles from where I was born."
In the mid-1980s, he led a boycott that persuaded the Winn-Dixie grocery chain to stop selling South African canned fruit and frozen fish when that nation was in the grip of apartheid.
He also continued to urge blacks to exercise their hard-won rights by registering to vote.
"Black people need to understand that the right to vote was not a gift of our political system but came as a result of blood, sweat and tears," he said in 1985.
Like King, Lowery juggled his civil rights work with ministry. He pastored United Methodist churches in Atlanta for decades and continued preaching long after retiring.
Born in Huntsville, Alabama, in 1921, Joseph Echols Lowery grew up in a Methodist church where his great-grandfather, the Rev. Howard Echols, was the first black pastor. Lowery's father, a grocery store owner, often protested racism in the community.
After college, Lowery edited a newspaper and taught school in Birmingham, but the idea of becoming a minister "just kept gnawing and gnawing at me," he said. After marrying Evelyn Gibson, a Methodist preacher's daughter, he began his first pastorate in Birmingham in 1948.
In a 1998 interview, Lowery said he was optimistic that true racial equality would one day be achieved.
"I believe in the final triumph of righteousness," he said. "The Bible says weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning."
A member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, Lowery is survived by his three daughters, Yvonne Kennedy, Karen Lowery and Cheryl Lowery. He died at home in Atlanta from natural causes unrelated to the coronavirus outbreak, the family.
Errin Haines, a former staffer of The Associated Press, was the principal writer of this obituary.
The Save OurSelves Movement for Justice and Democracy: Standing Six Feet Apart so Alabamians Will Not Be Lying Six Feet Under
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Montgomery, AL – We, leaders in the SaveOurSelves Movement for Justice and Democracy, are here on the steps of the Alabama Capitol standing up six feet apart so Alabamians will not have to be lying six feet under. We are profoundly concerned about the coronavirus pandemic here in Alabama.
We are deeply concerned that people who need tests cannot get tests. We are strongly concerned that rural hospitals have closed with even more on the verge of closing, and those that are there will not be able to be provide all the services that this coronavirus will require. We are deeply concerned for the health care – or profound lack of health care – for the working poor in our state. We were strongly concerned and vocal long before the coronavirus pandemic. We believe that the lack of health care for too many in Alabama will be exacerbated, not only during this pandemic but long after the pandemic.
We are in the biggest crisis this country has seen in a long time. Alabama is in its biggest crisis in a long time, and it is incumbent upon each of us to do what we can to deal with this crisis and the crisis that will follow. A data analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation found Alabama ranks among the top six most at-risk states for its adult population. Forty-six percent of Alabama adults are at risk. If we do not address this head on now, many more Alabamians will get the coronavirus and too many will die when we could take steps now to prevent that. Therefore, we are here, standing six feet apart so fewer Alabamians will not be lying six feet under. We know we take a risk by being here, even with all of our precautions, but the risk of not standing up and speaking out now and not expanding Medicaid now is profoundly greater. That is why we are here.
Attorney Faya Toure said: "I have a friend who had all of the symptoms of the coronavirus but could not get a test because, after being in line for hours, they told her a doctor had to refer her. People without health insurance have a hard time getting a doctor who will refer them. We must have tests for every person who needs a test in every county in the state. If we expanded Medicaid, Alabamians would have a much greater chance of getting tests and saving lives. In addition, the Black Belt has been ignored throughout the coronavirus pandemic, and that has not changed. There are no reported cases in the Black Belt because there is no testing in the Black Belt. We can and must do better."
John Zippert said: "I am Chair of the Board of the Greene County Hospital System. Rural hospitals in Alabama are struggling mightily just to exist. Too many have closed and more will be closing. Rural hospitals need to be able to provide these services while the coronavirus is raging but also be able to provide necessary services after the coronavirus pandemic has subsided. And it will only subside if we take action now. Medicaid expansion would protect rural hospitals and citizens in rural hospitals, and it cannot wait. In fact, it is long overdue in Alabama. There are 340,000 human beings in Alabama, most of them working poor, who would benefit from Medicaid expansion. We must do something immediately."
Law Professor Emerita Martha Morgan said: "There are so many Alabamians at risk because they have compromised immune systems, autoimmune disorders, are mentally ill, have dementia, are in foster care, are in prison or jail or detention and more. There are already plans to triage these Alabamians when it comes to treatment of the coronavirus, which means they very well would not receive any treatment and many will die if Governor Ivey fails to take action. We must do what we can do in Alabama. And we can expand Medicaid now."
Founder of the World Conference of Mayors and former State Representative and Mayor Johnny Ford said: "Too many people's heath is at risk. Some people are even at risk for death. The coronavirus pandemic is increasing the risks to health and the risk of death. Fifty-five years ago today, on the last day of the Selma-to-Montgomery March, leaders spoke powerfully at this Capitol demanding voting rights. We are here today demanding that health care be a right as is it in all other developed countries. We begin with Medicaid expansion. I want to also add that it is has been the mayors of our state who have stepped up and taken the lead in protecting Alabamians during this coronavirus pandemic, and we thank them for their leadership, courage and wisdom."
Attorney and former State Senator Hank Sanders said: "I was here 55 years ago today when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. asked the question, "How Long?" about voting rights and other rights. I and the rest of the massive crowd responded, "Not Long!" We are here today standing six feet apart so that Alabamians will not be lying six feet under. Dr. King asked, "How Long?" 55 years ago, and today we are asking, "How Long" will it be until Alabama expands Medicaid so that the working poor can have health insurance and health care so they can stand a chance to be tested and treated, not only during the coronavirus pandemic but afterwards? I hope and pray the answer to "How Long? is "Not Long!"
School board holds emergency meeting, confirming plans to provide for students during virus epidemic
The Greene County Board of Education held an emergency meeting, Thursday, March 19, 2020, to consider resolutions joining the state and federal government in declaring an emergency due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus epidemic. The resolutions authorized the school superintendent to take all actions, including the provision of food for schools children and instructional materials consistent with the declared emergency and the needs of the Greene County Board of Education during this emergency from March 19, 2020 until further notice.
The resolutions adopted by the board also declare that schools are closed in compliance with Governor Kay Ivey's order until further notice and the March 24, 2020 scheduled meeting of the board is also cancelled.
In his update to the board, Superintendent Dr. Corey Jones stated that during Spring break week of March 16, all school facilities were given a thorough cleaning and sanitizing stations were set up in classroom and hallways for the future return of students and personnel.
According to Dr. Jones, the school system will provide two meals per day for all students in the duration of the school shutdown. He indicated that USDA has authorized the school system to operate the food distribution comparable to the Summer Feeding Program which allows meals to be served to youth ages 1-18.
In compliance with Superintendent Jones guidance, each school has instituted plans for delivering food and instructional materials to students. In the food program, students are provided two meals each day with distributions scheduled for Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Parents may drive to the schools for meals and some meals will be delivered to various designated venues in the community. The detailed delivery schedule is listed in this newspaper as well as on the school's web site and other relevant social media.
For Greene County High School students, the majority of teachers sent enrichment activities via email or Google Classroom. A few teachers prepared instructional packets which were delivered on Monday.
Eutaw Primary School delivered instructional packets on Monday and Tuesday. Robert Brown Middle School had packets available for parents to pick up on Wednesday. Instructional packets can be delivered in any situation where parents are not able to come to the school.
Dr. Jones informed the board that the system will continue its financial obligations. Payroll and bills will be paid in a timely manner. Personnel not on direct deposit plans will have paychecks sent through postal mail. "Traditional business of the school system will be handled as efficiently as possible," Jones stated. He clarified that usual bid laws can be suspended regarding emergency purchases.
Superintendent Jones indicated that no determination can be made at this time as to meeting schedules for particular school activities such as prom and graduation. "We just don't know how long this medical emergency will last. I urged our community to take every precaution to keep safe and avoid contracting the virus."


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1. There is an adjustment in the Pattern of Papers for TGT Science and Social Science. For subtleties allude table at Para 8 above. In prior occasions, Questions of parallel subjects were excluded.
2. Question papers for recently presented subjects would not be accessible.
3. No printed copies of test papers will be sent. Just on-line instalments through Registration Portal will be acknowledged. Kindly don't send checks/drafts/postal requests/cash orders. When the applicant is ownership of CSB card on fruitful clearing of the on-line assessment, the up-and-comer would need to search for opening declarations by their preferred Army Public School/neighbourhood. For this, they may contact the school/check the site of the schools concerned or search for promotion on the papers. Stage 2 and 3 of determination will be directed by the separate schools/their controlling administration at various time for the most part between Nov – Mar. Application structure for the equivalent will be accessible on school sites as needs are
Choice Procedure
Choice Will be Based on
1. Screening Exam
2. Meeting
3. Assessment of Teaching Skills and Computer Proficiency
4. Internet Screening Test
Apply Procedure
Applicants are required to enlist ON-LINE for the screening test by signing onto the Registration Portal http://aps-csb.in. The enlistment entry will be open from 01Sep 2019 to 21Sep 2019. Up-and-comers can enrol from 10 AM on 01Sep 2019 to 5 PM on 21Sep 2019. From that point, the entryway will be shut for enlistment. The system to be pursued will be as under: -
(a) Fill up the individual data or the application structure.
(b) The framework will at that point request that the applicants pay the test expense ON-LINE. Instalment alternatives are Debit/Credit Cards/Net banking. An instalment door has been incorporated with the site for the reason and competitors will be guided through the instalment procedure.
(c) After the instalment of charge, the applicants will be asked by the framework to connected after archives:- (I) Photographs and marks (ii) Proof of date of birth (iii) Certificates of scholastic capabilities.
(d) Once enlistment is finished, the competitors will get an affirmation that enrollment is effective. Up-and-comers will likewise be educated through email and SMS concerning the equivalent.
(e) A 'Help Line' will be accessible to the contender to look for any help, till the direct of the test. The helpline tab will be accessible on the entryway http://aps-csb.in
(f) Candidates would most likely step through fake examinations ON-LINE to acquaint them with the test system. A connection for this will be accessible on the Registration Portal with impact from 04Oct 2019 to 13Oct 2019.

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I've started moving my outdoor studio into a spare room in my house, since my outdoor studio is out of commission. My husband built that studio and I've always loved it, but I think the move indoors will be a good one. I'll have everything close by for whenever I want to get creative, and everything will be temperature controlled--unlike my outdoor studio, which only had A/C when I was out there using it. So, I ended up with lots of supplies getting ruined and thrown out. I'll still keep my stained glass supplies and some other odds and ends I don't use as much outside though, so the building will still get some use. I'm looking forward to getting a new indoor creative space though!
As I've been moving stuff inside, I look in wonder at all of the supplies and projects I've amassed over the years...all the way back to my high school art days. I have a small collection of projects from my high school Ceramics class, so I thought I'd share those as a Throwback Thursday post.
First up, a simple slab pot with a 2-color glaze. It's not very impressive, I grant you. But it's functional, and I like the colors. It's the perfect size for paintbrushes or pens.


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Since Foster Care Fortnight 2018 Niki Clemo has joined The Fostering Network having previously worked as a senior
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Since Foster Care Fortnight 2018 Niki Clemo has joined The Fostering Network having previously worked as a senior
Being approved as a foster carer is just the start of your fostering journey. Once approved it's time to prepare to welcome children and young people into your home.
Children of all ages and backgrounds come into care requiring the nurture and support of a foster family. Whether it is for one night, a few weeks, or their entire childhood, it's important to have enough foster families to look after these children and to meet each child's individual needs.
Kathleen Toner, director of The Fostering Network in Northern Ireland, has written this blog for Foster Care Fortnight
Currently 65,000 children in the UK are living with foster carers. Thousands more foster families are needed this year to give every child who comes into care a stable and loving home. If you think you have what it takes to change a child's future, keep reading.
Our director in Wales, Colin Turner, shares his thoughts for our day of focus on Wales
Fostering is one of several care options that offers children a home when they are unable to live with their birth family.
Welcome to Foster Care FortnightTM 2019 – the UK's biggest annual fostering awareness campaign, developed and delivered by The Fostering Network.
I was recently asked by a woman's magazine to write a short article about some of the most harrowing situations I had faced. It's reproduced below. It was only when I'd written the article and reread it that I realized my most harrowing situations all related to fostering.
Having been adopted myself and then going on to work in foster care, I know how important good relationships are for looked after children and young people.
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Things to Keep in Mind When Searching for Emergency Dentists
Certain dental problems must be dealt with immediately, such as an infected wisdom tooth. If you're currently looking to get emergency dental work done for yourself or your kids, you should ensure that you choose a trustworthy and reliable dentist. Unfortunately, there are many emergency services that fall short of patient expectations. In order to find a service that'll treat you to the highest standard, you should keep in mind the following insights regarding emergency dentists.
Trusted Dental Service
You must be diligent in choosing a dental service that has all of the required qualifications and accreditation. There are a few untrustworthy dentists that provide services throughout the country without the proper qualifications. Make sure to look up all of your local dental clinics to see whether or not they have been certified by industry organizations. There are many websites that can instantly provide you with information about whether emergency dentists in your area have industry certifications.
Can The Dentist Handles Emergency?
Make sure to analyze past patient testimonials in relation to the emergency dentists you're thinking of visiting. Patient testimonials will give you a great insight into the quality of service you can expect from a particular clinic or dentist. These testimonials are often written by past patients that have undergone a wide variety of different procedures, ranging from small fillings to large surgical procedures. Hence, analyze a range of different testimonials to get an accurate overview of the different practices you're thinking of utilizing.
Dentists that are active on social media platforms are often better in quality than dentists that are nowhere to be found on these platforms. Dentists that take pride in their work and are proactive in reaching out to customers are often very active on social media. These professionals are confident in their abilities and aren't afraid to let the online community know of their services. Although active social media presence is not a guarantee of great service, dentists that aren't on these platforms may be trying to hide from such things as negative reviews and angry past patients.
Consider Experienced Emergency Dentist
Take into account the years of practice a particular emergency dentist has accumulated. As you may imagine, dentists that have many years of experience are much more trustworthy than dentists that are fresh out of dental school. When it comes to emergencies, you want to be in the hands of an experienced professional that has seen your situation many times before. Information regarding how long a dentist has been practicing is often displayed on their website. Thus, make sure to always lean towards older and more experienced emergency dentists rather than those that are newer and inexperienced.
Taking into account everything that has been presented, you should have an easier time differentiating between untrustworthy emergency dental clinics and those that are worth your time. Emergencies are best resolved through the care of high-quality dentists that have significant experience in the field. Looking into such things as whether a dentist has all of the required qualifications, as well as how long they have been practicing, is a very effective way of finding a reliable dentist.


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DISE, Dona Elizabeth
DISE - Dona Elizabeth Late of Williamsville, NY, passed away Monday, May 14, 2018, at Wells Nursing Home in Johnstown, NY. She was 88. Born in Buffalo to George R. and Elizabeth Bellinger Dise, she was a 1947 graduate of Bennett High School, and a 1951 graduate of Hiram College. Dona taught at Windermere Boulevard
Elementary School in Amherst, NY, for 25 years. She was known for her integrity, enthusiasm and humor, and parents clamored to have their children in Dona's classroom. Her students remember her as one of their favorite teachers. Dona's clear, rich alto voice could be heard with the choir at the Church of the Transfiguration Episcopal Church and at Central Presbyterian Church. She traveled extensively, enjoyed photography, collected dolls and antiques, and was active in civic affairs. She is survived by her niece, Kathryn Powell; nephews Karl and Chris Dise; 7 grandnieces and nephews; 4 great-grandnieces and nephew and many cousins. All were close and will miss her sparkling wit and wonderful stories. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Hiram College, Box 67, Hiram, OH 44234 or the Sisters of St. Francis, 201 Reist Street, Williamsville,
NY 14221. A Circle of Life service will be held at 1:00, Sunday August 5th, at the Historic Trinity Church in Fairfield, NY, followed by interment at the Salisbury Rural Cemetery.
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Decision Maker: Officer Decision
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
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Ipswich Borough Council requires a mini-excavator, along with a trailer and buckets (associated equipment) in order to deliver the capital play equipment programme.
Following a competitive procurement process, three quotations were returned and evaluated. The highest scoring tender was from Ben Burgess & Co at a total cost of £24,019.70.
To purchase a mini-excavator and associated equipment from Ben Burgess & Co
To enable the digging element of capital play equipment programme to be delivered in the most safe, efficient and cost effective manner.
Publication date: 15/03/2018
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Charles Richard Haddrill, 75 of Addison Township, passed away December 14, 2019.
He was born March 23, 1944 in Pontiac, Michigan, the son of Dan and Marion (Baza) Haddrill. He married Mary Beal on August 3, 1966 at the Lakeville Methodist Church. He started driving trucks at the age of 12 and did so until he retired at the age of 62. He loved the freedom of the road and loved to deer hunt. Most of all he loved his family. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Mary; his son Jack (Nancy) Haddrill; his daughter Tammy Schulz, and grandchildren Dylan, Tasha, Allissa, Dan and Travis.
Private family services were held at Lakeville Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to Lynch 7 Sons Funeral Directors, Oxford.


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Photographers Without Borders
A place to share stories about good guys and to get ideas and information about being one yourself.
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I'm bumping this thread. She did get her wish and went to Botswana.
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KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - A Bangladeshi man was badly beaten by an angry mob after he was caught allegedly raping a teenage girl in a cybercafe toilet at Sri Rampai, Setapak.
He was handed to the police drenched in his own blood and with bruises on the head, face and legs.
He is being remanded for a week for a rape investigation.
Police said the 13-year-old girl had accompanied her father to the cybercafe in Rampai Business Park at about 10.30pm on Thursday (Feb 18).
Her father engrossed himself in a video game she waited next to him, said sources.
It was then that the Bangladeshi suspect, who was also in the cyber cafe, invited the teen to enter the toilet with him.
"The victim followed him there and while in the toilet, she was molested and raped by the suspect," said KL CID chief Datuk Zainuddin Ahmad.
As the 30-year-old man raped the girl, he threatened her and warned her not to make a sound.
Her father eventually noticed that she was missing and went looking for her. He knocked on the toilet door and claimed that he found his daughter being sexually assaulted.
"The suspect was beaten up by the father and customers in the cybercafe. Police were called and we arrested the man. An ambulance also had to come to provide treatment for the man," Datuk Zainuddin said.
He added that the man did not have any identification on him.
The case has been referred to the KL Sexual Crimes, Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Investigations Division.


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Disney Cruise Line: life snippets from a Main Stage Performer 😊
Disneyland Christmas 2019
Happy #WeeklyWednesday! Sharing some more scenes from a very quick trip we had to Disneyland in mid-November, plus some of my music 😊 The Happiest Place on Earth was looking particularly magical this year! The decorations, music, special events, and seasonal foods were wonderful! I hope you'll have the chance to go soon, but if not, I hope this video captures a sense of it and makes you smile! If you like this video, check out: On my end — my next phase officially begins today, with my first class at Georgetown (Linguistics)… In the words of Little Red, I'm feeling "excited and scared" 🙏 Thank you, as always, for watching! I…
Disneyland's Christmas Fantasy Parade 🎄☃🎁
Happy New Year 🥳 This first day of 2020 finds me feeling good and looking forward to some of the very big events coming later this year! I hope it finds you doing and feeling well and hopeful, too 💗 Today's #WeeklyWednesday is Disneyland's "A Christmas Fantasy" parade! We enjoyed seeing it and the beautiful decorations and festive events going on in the Parks when we were there in November! I hope you enjoy watching it here ☺ If you like this video, check out my clips from California Adventure: More from Disneyland coming soon! Thanks for watching! #AshleyWagnerArts
A Trip to Disney's California Adventure!
An unrelated-to-this-video note: I had my NYU Master's recital last night and I'm so pleased with and grateful for how it went! I feel like I was able to demonstrate some of the best of my abilities and training, and it was such a privilege and pleasure to perform with my phenomenal accompanist and the other incredible artists and friends who comprised my My Fair Lady cast 💜💜💜 Thank you very much to those of you who came or watched online last night!! In the coming weeks, I will be editing our video footage to share here ☺ For this video: This isn't exactly a vlog, but I thought I'd…
Disney Cruise Line blog
One of the highlights of my theatre career has been performing for Disney Cruise Line. In this portion of my website, I've re-shared many of my original posts about that experience. I hope you enjoy them! Not only was it incredible to portray characters I've loved since my earliest childhood memories (especially Mary Poppins), for the company who originated our modern concepts of these stories, with all that entails (the creativity, talent, and budget to stage productions in such a lavish and magical way; the ability for these performances to reach hundreds of thousands of guests) — it was a special honor to feel that through my work, I was…
Disney Cruise Line Videos
28 Jan (a year later) So much has happened since my last post! One of the biggest things is that I finished a wonderful contract on the Disney Dream, including 300 performances of our 3 main stage shows: Disney's Believe, The Golden Mickeys, and Villains Tonight! ? It dawned on me that if you're reading my blog (particularly for the Disney bits), you might like to see videos from some of our shows. I wish they were better quality, but I hope they at least give you a taste of the wonderful live Walt Disney Theatre productions on the ship. Below is a playlist to watch them all! Some highlights of…
Ship life + Performing! Is this reality?
Monday, 27 February I'm typing from a breezy cafe in Nassau. It's sunny and very hot outside, and two of my friends have joined me for some tea, a little chit chat… and much needed wifi 😉 I've been on the Disney Dream for a month and a half now and things are finally starting to feel normal! The cruise itself is such an incredible experience for the guests – there truly is something for everyone, and I'm surprised by how many adults come on a Disney cruise without children! My life here – though not all vacation – is certainly surreal – at times wonderful and at times crazy… …
Sunday, 1 January Did someone change the date on all of my calendars? Because it doesn't feel like it could possibly be the first day of a new year – and the end of my time in Toronto – already! Although… when I think of the many intense-but-fulfilling rehearsals, cast activities, and holiday trips we've squeezed into the 3 weeks since my last post, it seems that surely several months must have passed… Only 2 rehearsal days remain before our cast heads to Orlando for further training (and DISNEY WORLD!) and boarding The Dream!! A week from now we'll begin our 2 weeks of rehearsing on the ship before taking…
Ups and Downs
Wednesday, 7 December As I'm sure you've gathered from my lack of posting these last couple weeks, things have gotten BUSY here! Today is one of those wonderful days where I have a big break between rehearsals, so I'm attempting to catch up… Highlights from the last 15 days: WorkWe finished learning our first show (Villains Tonight) and have run it several times. Cleaning and polishing continue 😉 Now rehearsing our second show, The Golden Mickeys. I'm on ensemble track for that, so doing lots of vocals and some choreography. Understudying Cruella de Vil in this show as well, which is a really fun part! My friend who is the…
Niagara Falls!
Monday 21 November Holy Guacamole!Fifteen of us headed to Niagara Falls today on a chartered bus tour! It was a lovely trip, and although the day was very cold, we had glorious sunshine. We stopped at Niagara-on-the-Lake, a picturesque town with beautiful architecture and cute shops. Unfortunately, we didn't have time for it, but if I'm ever back this way, I'm going to afternoon tea at the gorgeous Prince of Wales Hotel! Next, we headed to a nearby winery for a tasting – I would've preferred my tea, but I always love the experience of being in a country winery and walking through vineyards… Ice wine is the specialty of…
Rehearsals and Holidays
Saturday, 19 NovemberUnderstudying is hard work!Company meeting, brunch with friends at Cora's (a local favorite, for obvious reasons!) and back to work! Today's rehearsals were cool, but most of it was for the roles I'm understudying – hard work since you don't get many opportunities to practice with the other scene members, in the rehearsal space, with props, while the director's there… It's especially tricky u/s'ing 2 people in the same number… Practice, practice, practice… Sunday, 20 NovemberIt's beginning to look alot like Christmas!Toronto's Christmas season officially began with today's Santa Claus Parade! I decided to watch it on tv from the comfort of my room… After some rehearsing, a…


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…Says Relationship With Uduaghan, Omo-Agege, Others Still Cordial
By Daniel Dafe
Gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Delta state, Olorogun Great Ogboru, has refuted rumours that he collected N3 billion for the governorship election in the state.
Ogboru who spoke through the Director of the Delta APC Campaign Organization, Mr. Zik Zulu Okafor, warned those spreading speculations that he was given the sum for the election to desist from such acts.
Zulu said since the party's State Publicity Secretary, Barr Sylvester Imonima, has given a robust response to the peddlers of the allegations against his principal, "it would not have been necessary to further dignify the quislings behind this piece, but because of their attempt to mortify the person of Ogboru's integrity, it became necessary to react so as to expose their diabolic intentions."
Zulu said: "The author of the fictive press statement, Mr. Daniel Ekiugbo is a mock character and his so called Coalition of Delta APC Support Groups, a pseudo organization that exists nowhere in Delta, except in his bedroom and our investigation has revealed he is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party.
"He also worked for a leader of a factional Delta APC who unabashedly grovels to PDP government's top hierarchy in Asaba with the treacherous agendum to defeat his own party at the governorship polls to stop Ogboru from becoming the governor of Delta State. And also alleges hostilities between Ogboru and some prominent APC leaders, including Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege and former governor, Dr, Emmanuel Uduaghan when their relationship is intact
"The inviolable truth is that these names he dropped were part and parcel of all APC Campaign Council meetings. Indeed Uduaghan was at Ogboru's house several times to attend some meetings and for consultations. In the same manner, the governorship candidate had visited Uduaghan on many occasions at his residence in Warri and had met at several campaign venues.
"In the same spirit, Omo-Agege and Ogboru were united for APC political cause in Delta state before, during and after the elections. They campaigned jointly on many occasions and engaged in delightful, insightful and awe-inspiring dialogues on the promises and possibilities of Delta State under an APC government.
"They both agree that the disgraceful and felonious acts of PDP during the just concluded elections must be redressed and together they are working to retrieve the unalloyed mandate given to Ogboru by the good people of Delta state.
"The cynical quasi-coalition in their jaundiced views claimed that while PDP campaigned in all the nook and crannies of Delta, Ogboru refused to embark on intensive campaign. This is not only ludicrous but the height of absurdity in their fractured quest to deceive Deltans and indeed APC top hierarchy.
"The truth is that Ogboru's campaign train touched every part of Delta state like never before and the turn-out at the campaign grounds were record shattering. Indeed the success of his campaign is unprecedented, as captured in his television promos for both the presidential and governorship elections on both Channels Television and local TV stations.
"The height of Ekiugbo and his coalition's degeneracy and depravity is the assertion that Ogboru presented a budget of over N3 billion which was funded by his party, but Ogboru is not going to give any account to this apparition called coalition. Worse still, those that gave the Urhobo born business magnate money know his history and are almost certain that he would not spend the money given to him outside the purpose it was meant for.
"However, to put the records straight, Ogboru was not given N3 billion by the APC leadership for the elections. And we will not yield to the shenanigan of blackmailers by revealing the amount received here. Suffice to say that there was a template attached to the fund released for the elections and the man fondly called the Peoples General adhered strictly to this template.
"Every Local Government Area, LGA, was funded without exception. And to impishly suggest that commissioner positions were sold for N50 million in advance is to descend to the abyss of outrageous infamy. It simply underscores the small-mindedness of Ekiugbo and his ilk, and their intense ignorance of the nobility of character of the man they set out desperately to malign.
"This is a man who had almost single-handedly financed his elections since 2003 and had expended well over N5 Billion in the process. Yet his net worth today still stands in excess of N10.4 Billion. How could such a man descend to seek some paltry N50 million in advance from some imaginary Commissioners at a time that a good chunk of his campaign fund, for the very first time, was being provided by his party.
"Ekiugbo and his faceless coalition plus their sponsors finally betrayed the spur of their campaign of calumny when they urged the APC National Chairman and leaders not to give any federal political appointments to Ogboru and his supporters.
"This indeed is the crux of the matter, the object of their toxic press statement. The voodoo venture sponsored by these APC torn-coats and their PDP collaborators is to sustain a smear- campaign against Ogboru so that the APC top team would dump him like some hot potatoes.
"But Abuja understands this factory of tinkers and traitors. They will ignore and resist them, knowing they are totems of eerie culture and therefore focus their gaze on one critical and more profitable assignment- to retrieve the mandate of Delta people stolen by the PDP with the brazen aid of Ekiugbo's Masters."


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Martha Raye (August 27, 1916 – October 19, 1994) was an American comic actress and standards singer who performed in movies, and later on television. She was honored in 1969 with an Academy Award as the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award recipient for her volunteer efforts and services to the troops.[2]
Raye's life as a singer and comedic performer began in very early childhood. She was born at St. James Hospital in Butte, Montana, as Margy Reed.[3][4] Her father was an immigrant of Irish descent, and her mother was raised in Milwaukee and Montana.[5]
Her parents, Peter F. Reed, Jr. and Maybelle Hazel Hooper, were performing in a local vaudeville theatre as "Reed and Hooper."[6] Two days after Martha was born, her mother was back onstage, and the little girl first appeared in their act when only three years old. She performed with her brother Bud, and soon the two children became such a highlight that the act was renamed "Margie and Bud." Some show business insiders speculated that the lyrics of a Judy Garland song from A Star Is Born, "I was born in a trunk in the Princess Theater in Pocatello, Idaho", was inspired by the circumstances of Raye's birth.[7] She continued performing from that point on and even attended the Professional Children's School in New York City, but received so little formal schooling (getting only as far as the fifth grade) that she often had to have scripts and other documents read to her by others.[8]
In the early 1930s, Raye was a band vocalist with the Paul Ash and Boris Morros orchestras. She made her first film appearance in 1934 in a band short titled A Nite in the Nite Club. In 1936 she was signed for comic roles by Paramount Pictures, and made her first picture for Paramount. Her first feature film was Rhythm on the Range with crooner Bing Crosby.
From 1936-39, she was a featured cast member in 39 episodes of USO soon after the US entered World War II.[7]
She was known for the size of her mouth, which was large in proportion to the rest of her face, thus earning her the nickname The Big Mouth. She later referred to this in a series of commercials for Polident denture cleaner in the 1980s: "So take it from The Big Mouth: new Polident Green gets tough stains clean!" Her large mouth would come to relegate her motion picture work to largely supporting comic parts, and was often made up in such a way that it appeared even larger than it was to begin with. In the Disney cartoon Mother Goose Goes Hollywood, she is caricatured dancing alongside Joe E. Brown, another actor known for having a big mouth. In the Warner Bros. cartoon The Woods Are Full Of Cuckoos (1937), she was caricatured as a jazzy scat-singing donkey named Moutha Bray.[9] In 1968, she was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in the form of an Oscar.[8]
"A talented performer whose career spans the better part of a century, Martha Raye has delighted audiences and uplifted spirits around the globe. She brought her tremendous comedic and musical skills to her work in film, stage and television, helping to shape American entertainment. The great courage, kindness, and patriotism she showed in her many tours during World War II, the Korean conflict and the Vietnam conflict earned her the nickname 'Colonel Maggie.' The American people honor Martha Raye, a woman who has tirelessly used her gifts to benefit the lives of her fellow Americans."[10]
She was a television star very early in its history, and even had her own program for a while, The Martha Raye Show (1954–1956), with an awkward boyfriend portrayed by retired middleweight boxer Rocky Graziano (whom she called "goombah," Sicilian slang for the Italian "compadre" [companion]). (The writer and producer was future The Phil Silvers Show creator Nat Hiken.) Some of the guest stars on the show were Zsa Zsa Gabor, Cesar Romero and Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb. She also appeared on other TV shows in the 1950s, such as What's My Line?. Following the demise of her TV variety show, the breakup of her fifth marriage and a series of other personal and health problems, she attempted suicide overdosing on sleeping pills on August 14, 1956. Well-wishers gave her a St. Christopher's medal, a St. Genesius medal and a Star of David. After her recovery, she wore these amulets faithfully, although she was neither Roman Catholic nor Jewish. At the conclusion of each episode of her TV shows, she would thank the nuns at The Sisters of St. Francis Hospital in Miami, Florida, where she had recovered. She would always say "Goodnight, Sisters" as a sign of appreciation and gratitude.
Later in her career, she made television commercials for Polident denture cleanser, principally during the 1970s and 1980s.
In 1970 she portrayed Boss Witch, the "Queen of all Witchdom", in the feature film Pufnstuf for Sid and Marty Krofft. This led to her being cast as villainess Benita Bizarre in The Bugaloos (1970), which the Kroffts produced the same year.
She often appeared as a guest on other programs, particularly ones that often had older performers as guest stars such as ABC's The Love Boat, and on variety programs including the short-lived The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show. She appeared from the third to the ninth season as Carrie Sharples on Alice, making two or three appearances a season. She made guest appearances or did cameo roles in such series as Murder, She Wrote on CBS and The Andy Williams Show and McMillan & Wife, both on NBC. She appeared again as Agatha for the six episode run of the retooled McMillan, taking over for Nancy Walker, who had left the series.
Raye's personal life was complex and emotionally tumultuous.[11] She was married seven times.
Raye was a devout Methodist who regularly attended church, read the Bible daily and even taught Sunday school classes.[12]
She was married to Hamilton "Buddy" Westmore from May 30, 1937 until September 1937, filing for divorce on the basis of extreme cruelty; to composer-conductor David Rose from October 8, 1938 to May 19, 1941; to Neal Lang from May 25, 1941 to February 3, 1944; to Nick Condos from February 22, 1944 to June 17, 1953; to Edward T. Begley from April 21, 1954 to October 6, 1956; to Robert O'Shea from November 7, 1956 to December 1, 1960; and to Mark Harris from September 25, 1991 until her death in 1994. She had one child, a daughter, Melodye Condos (born July 26, 1944), with fourth husband Condos.
Politically, Raye was conservative affirming her political views by informing an interviewer, "I am a Republican because I believe in the constitution, strength in national defense, limited government, individual freedom, and personal responsibility as the concrete foundation for American government. They reinforce the resolve that the United States is the greatest country in the world and we can all be eternally grateful to our founding fathers for the beautiful legacy they left us today."[13]
Her final years were plagued by ill health. She suffered from Alzheimer's disease and had lost both legs in 1993 from poor circulation. While in poor health and resting in the hospital bed, that had to be placed in her home, Martha and husband Mark Harris moved into a hotel after their home was completely destroyed by the 1994 earthquake. Raye died in Los Angeles at 78 of pneumonia on October 19, 1994 after a long history of cardiovascular disease.[14]
In appreciation of her work with the USO during World War II and subsequent wars, special consideration was given to bury her in Arlington National Cemetery on her death, but on her request she was buried with full military honors in the Fort Bragg, North Carolina post cemetery as an honorary colonel in the U.S. Marines and an honorary lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army.[7] She is the only civilian buried at this location who receives military honors each Veterans' Day.
Raye has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for motion pictures at 6251 Hollywood Boulevard and the other for television at 6547 Hollywood Blvd.
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AMES, Iowa — Iowa Cattlemen's Association board member, Bob Noble, and ICA's Government and Regulatory Affairs Manager, JanLee Rowlett recently gave comments during a two-day public meeting on lab-grown fake meat. The first day of the joint USDA/FDA meeting in Washington, DC focused on regulations related to alternative proteins, while the second day was aimed at discussing labeling of such products.
"We want to ensure that reasonable, science-based standards are the basis for the regulatory system of all meat food products, regardless of how they are produced," said Noble in his comments. "The Iowa Cattlemen's Association stands behind the National Cattlemen's Beef Association's call for USDA oversight of cell-cultured alternative protein products."
Noble, a cattle producer from Mitchell County, has a master's degree in meat science from Oklahoma State University, and experience in the processing sector.
The regulation of "fake meat" has emerged as a priority for the Iowa Cattlemen's Association over the past few months, as technological advances have decreased the cost to produce lab-grown products, and major meat processing companies such as Tyson and Cargill have invested in the development of these products.
The Iowa Cattlemen's Association helped bring this issue to the forefront by introducing policy at NCBA related to alternative proteins. The association's main goals are are two-fold:
1) protect consumers from misleading and confusing labels
2) maintain consumer confidence and protect the beef industry from disparaging claims by alternative protein companies such as "clean meat" which imply that beef raised by Iowa farm families is unsafe or dirty.
ICA supports the oversight of these products by the USDA rather than FDA due to FDA's failure to enforce labeling rules for plant-based products claiming to be milk.
Noble serves as the District 5 director for the Iowa Cattlemen's Association and is a voting delegate for ICA at NCBA conventions. "Cattle producers in Iowa and across the country take their role in producing safe and nutritious beef for consumers very seriously. From the pasture, to the processor, to the plate, our industry has made investments, and advancements, at every stage of production to ensure the highest level of integrity of the beef we produce," he said during his comments.
On the second day, Rowlett provided her comments, saying, "Fair and accurate labeling of meat food products, no matter how they are produced, means the same labeling standards across the board. 'Beef' and other terms consumers associate with meat products made from livestock raised by farmers and ranchers should be used to describe only those products, not those produced through cell-cultured technology."
"These objectives can be achieved only under the primary jurisdiction of USDA's FSIS, which will ensure a sound scientific basis of labeling and approval of these labels before products are offered on the market. We believe the pre-approval of these labels is absolutely critical to preserving the integrity of all meat offered for sale to American families," she concluded.
Other speakers during the two-day meeting included livestock and meat industry representatives as well as animal rights activists and companies who produce alternative proteins. "ICA is really proud to have a leader like Bob sharing the perspective of Iowa's cattle producers at this national meeting," said Rowlett. "There are still a lot of unanswered questions about alternative protein products, but we will continue to make sure that ICA members are represented in discussions surrounding the regulation and labeling of these products."
ICA's other policy priorities, including international trade, the Electronic Logging Device mandate, and environmental regulations can be found at www.iacattlemen.org.
— Iowa Cattlemen's Association
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