The nursery told his family it was worried about his safety and advised him to take a leave of absence. He is a friendly man and shook hands or patted people on the back or shoulder, his mother said, and so he stayed home and practiced social distancing. But when Janie Hamblin, a job coach with Chinook Enterprises, a non-profit organization that helps people with disabilities find jobs, called about his returning after the beginning at the year, she was told his position had been eliminated.
How did he feel? Sad, he said. He wanted a chance to prove that he could be safe at work.
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Friends and Neighbors: New Castle photographer s work displayed in International exhibit © Photo provided by Mark Sean Orr Birds! by New Castle photographer Mark Sean Orr
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Mark Sean Orr s photographs Straw Hill Road and Birds! are being exhibited in the Newcastles of the World International exhibition in Nove Zamky, Slovakia. The exhibition runs Dec. 17-Jan. 31.
Popular Searches It s a thrill and honor for me to represent New Castle, Indiana, in this exhibition, Orr said in an email, noting that just two artists from the United States were chosen to participate.
The Newcastles of the World association is a worldwide organization uniting cities called Newcastle, or its equivalents. Founded in 1998, the association currently brings together 17 cities from five continents, according to a release.