Obituary: Betty A. Fizell
SOUTH PORTLAND - Betty A. Fizell, 96, passed away on Feb. 19, 2021, at Coastal Manor after a brief illness with .
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Betty A. Fizell
SOUTH PORTLAND – Betty A. Fizell, 96, passed away on Feb. 19, 2021, at Coastal Manor after a brief illness with declining health. She lived, independently, at home with the help from her son Robert through 2017. She was celebrated by all for her fun loving, adventurous, and happy free spirit while she traveled, traveled and traveled some more.
Betty was born in Sault Ste Marie (SOO), Michigan on Oct. 12, 1924, being next to the youngest daughter, of 12 siblings, of James Babcock and Mary May (Sawasky) Lewis. She attended the Sault Ste Marie (SOO) Elementary School through the elementary grades when she quit school to go to work to help the family.
A few days after the Super Bowl, Tai Leclaire, a Mohawk-Mi’kmaq Native American, tweeted about the irony of the NFL’s slogan “End Racism” stenciled on the field’s end zone just above the word “Chiefs.” The Kansas City Chiefs’ logo and tomahawk-chop chant have long been criticized as racist and derogatory. “As a full-time writer and comedian, I’m so upset knowing I’ll never make something as funny as this,” Leclaire posted, along with a photo. His Tweet received more than 200,000 likes.
As a full-time writer and comedian, I m so upset knowing I ll never make something as funny as this pic.twitter.com/IILekL82zn
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The Pitkin County Library launched its new Read Wider program this month, aiming to build empathy through curated books, movies and music that might help local readers walk some miles in other peoples’ shoes.
Building from the “own voices” movement, the monthly program will focus on stories told about the experiences of diverse communities by their members. February’s Read Wider is inspired by Black History Month. The library recently released voluminous resource lists online for reading, listening and viewing as well as interactive tools and virtual discussions on Zoom.
The library has Read Wider programs planned through November, which will honor Native American Heritage Month. In between, the series will highlight women’s history, Arab Americans, Jewish Americans, Asian American and Pacific Islanders, LGBTQ stories, immigrants and refugees, Hispanic heritage and people with disabilities.
Rantz: King County erased Christmas, Easter and Hanukkah from woke, taxpayer-funded calendar
King County s 2021 calendar. (Jason Rantz/KTTH)
The King County Office of Equity and Social Justice (OESJ) spent taxpayer dollars on a calendar that erases the names Christmas, Easter, and Hanukkah. Actually, it erases most holidays, replacing them with heritage celebration months to better reflect the office’s commitment to diversity so long as it doesn’t represent Christians or Jews.
Their reason? They cited themes of equity around traditional holidays. It’s a giant virtue signal.
Despite ample time, and a protracted back and forth over email, the county won’t even offer basic details about the decision. They merely admit this isn’t the first time they omitted holidays in a calendar. But behind the scenes, the Jason Rantz Show on KTTH has learned they may make changes moving forward, now that concerns have been raised.