Nelson’s Glacier Gymnastics hosted the 2021 Virtual Kootenay Zone Championships, which due the COVID-19 restrictions, took more than a month to complete. More than 100 gymnasts from Trail, Castlegar, Cranbrook and Kimberley participated in the event vying for individual all-around and event titles. The Glacier Team won 93 medals, eight of which were first place All Around
Former Ceres postal carrier, Lions member Anderson dies Ceres Lions Club’s 2013 “Lion of the Year” Andy Anderson has passed away. - photo by JEFF BENZIGER/ Courier file photo
Andy Anderson, a former postal carrier who moved Ceres’ mail in the 1950s and 1960s, and later stayed connected to the community through service in the Ceres Lions Club, has died.
The death was announced by Lions Club secretary Duane Thompson.
“Andy was a great guy loved by all,” said Thompson. “He has been a valued member of the Ceres Lions Club since day one of his induction back in February of 2003.”
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Long lines mostly comprised of seniors and their caretakers form during the first day of the mega vaccine center at Fair Park, in Dallas, on Jan. 11, 2021.
Dr. Ana Rodriguez said people are willing to sit in her waiting rooms a long, long time hoping someone else skips a COVID-19 vaccine appointment.
“They sit there and they watch you for three, four, five hours to wait and see if you tell them there’s one vaccine left for them,” she said. “It is very sad.”
No-shows are exceedingly rare, according to Rodriguez, who is medical director at MD Medical Group, a private health care company.