Masks will not be mandated at Crestview Monday, July 19, 2021 8:08 PM Crestview Superintendent Kathy Mollenkopf addresses the Board during the regular July meeting held Monday. (DHI Media/Sherry Missler)
By Sherry Missler
smissler@timesbulletin.com
CONVOY Crestview Superintendent Kathy Mollenkopf
provided the Board with updates on several matters during the regular
July meeting held Monday evening. One issue she touched upon concerned
staff for the upcoming school year. She told the Board hiring was nearly
complete but requested that Board members set aside time for a special
Board meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 3 beginning at 5 p.m. solely to approve
the new hires. We really can t wait until the August Board meeting
The new strain carries a mutation identical to the fast-spreading U.K. variant, but scientists with Ohio State University believe it “arose in a virus already present” in this country.
Researchers in Ohio have discovered a new coronavirus strain and confirmed the evolution of another variant, both of which likely originated in the U.S., they announced Wednesday. The new strain carries a mutation identical to the fast-spreading U.K. variant, but scientists with Ohio State University believe it “arose in a virus already present” in this country.
Parkview gets A on safety from watchdog
SHERRY SLATER | The Journal Gazette
Northeast Indiana hospitals rated excellent or average – nothing in between – on safety report cards compiled by an independent, national watchdog group.
The Leapfrog Group issued just one local A – to Parkview Regional Medical Center. The grade measures safety performance at two hospital buildings – the newer one north of Dupont Road and the older one at Randallia Drive and State Boulevard.
Parkview Health-owned Parkview DeKalb Hospital in Auburn also earned an A. Bluffton Regional Medical Center, which is owned by Lutheran Health Network, received the region s third A.
Lutheran and Dupont hospitals both earned C s. St. Joseph Hospital received a D. All three local hospitals are part of Lutheran s network.