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At six foot eight and 277 pounds during his playing career, Schultz was hard to miss on and off the field. The former offensive tackle was a big man with a grip to match. "He was a genuine personality. He was himself," said TSN broadcaster Rod Smith, a longtime friend and colleague. "There was no pretence to him. "He could be gentle with people. He always asked about my family. But at the same time, he was strong, he was imposing. And oh that handshake. It was the most crushing handshake — an...

Massachusetts has trained community volunteers on how to dispense vaccines since 2001; So why aren’t they being used? Updated Mar 02, 2021; Almost two decades before the COVID-19 pandemic, communities in Massachusetts began training locals to help during an emergency health situation, including how to dispense vaccines. Since 2001, the state helped fund local communities to identify more than 603 primary and back-up Emergency Dispensing Sites (EDS), formed 45 Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) unit...

COVID vaccine: Massachusetts announces 11 regional collaboratives to boost vaccination efforts, offering 750 doses, 5 days a week Updated Feb 24, 2021; Nearly a dozen regional collaboratives to help streamline COVID-19 vaccination efforts were announced by the Baker administration on Wednesday. The collaboratives, which include locations in Berkshire County, Northampton, Worcester and more, will have the capacity to vaccinate a minimum of 750 individuals per day, 5 days a week, the state said...

Tuesday is primary election day in Wisconsin. |  Photo: WDIO-TV file WDIO-TV Created: February 15, 2021 05:58 PM Its already time for another election: Tuesday, Feb. 16 is primary election day in Wisconsin. All ballots in the state will contain the State Superintendent of Public Instruction race, which will be narrowed from seven candidates to two in Tuesdays primary election. The candidates are Sheila ...

Early-stage African VC firm Microtraction reports portfolio boom despite the weight of COVID-19 In a year marred by the coronavirus pandemic, it seems that early-stage startups on the African continent are continuing to see some notable growth, both in terms of their business and from investors looking to back them.  Microtraction, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Lagos, Nigeria, saw funding nearly quadruple for its portfolio. In a review of the year published last week, the firm n...

Ballots set for Wisconsins spring elections Many races are uncontested but voters in Superiors North End and those in the Maple School District will decide on new representation. 8:59 am, Jan. 8, 2021 × Getty Images Ballots are set for the spring election for state and local races. Locally, voters will decide representation for few seats. Only one of five city council races in Superior is facing a challenge this year after long-time Councilor Esther Dalbec decided not to ...

Posted on 312 Leading engineering consulting and program management firm Raba Kistner, Inc. announced high-profile leadership transitions, including that Chris Schultz, PE, PMP, assumed the role of president from Gary W. Raba, D.Eng, PE, on January 1, 2021. Schultz will be only the firm’s third leader since the company’s inception in 1968. The transition serves as the result of years of intentional strategic planning and aims to ...

Guitarist Joey Burns once heard somebody say there are two kinds of holiday albums: ones that cover all the classic Christmas standards and others that are a little more experimental and creative. Seasonal Shift, the first holiday record by Burns band Calexico (drummer John Convertino is the other primary member of the band), combines the two varieties. The album, which came out on December 4 on ANTI- Records, features Southwest-flavored renditions of "Christmas All Over Again by Tom Petty and...

A suit on her behalf and they claim that she was held illegally against her will. and just a few hours lincoln chafee says hell address the future of his campaign at the dnc womens forum. its unknown if he will withdraw from the 2016 race. bond has been set for the suspect in a road rage shooting that killed a 4-year-old girl. tony torrez appeared via video from jail yesterday. but did not enter a plea. the judge agreed to the $650,000 cash-only bond due to the violent nature of the charges....

thanks for joining us today, im betty nguyen. we do have some breaking news. shots fired at a college campus. this time in tennessee state university. that is in nashville. authorities say the shooting happened in an outdoor courtyard. it was apparently prompted by a dispute over a dice game. one man was killed. two others were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. police are still investigating but right now theres no indication of an active shooter. this does come just a w...