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Zumbro Valley Medical Society honoring Rochester library staff
Efforts for community service during the COVD-19 pandemic will be recognized with annual award from group of doctors and medical students.
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Post Bulletin staff reports | 12:46 pm, Jan. 12, 2021 ×
The Zumbro Valley Medical Society will award the Rochester Public Library staff with its Community Service Award 2020 during its annual meeting Thursday.
Held virtually, the presentation will honor the library staff’s commitment to serving the community during COVID-19, according to a statement released by the group Tuesday.
Zumbro Valley Medical Society, founded in 1934, is a non-profit professional membership organization representing southeast Minnesota physicians and medical students.
Resolution supports ban on attempts to convert gay people to straight people.
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Post Bulletin staff reports | 1:30 pm, Dec. 15, 2020 ×
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Olmsted County commissioners agreed Tuesday that so-called conversion therapy is a discredited practice that is unethical and harmful.
A resolution passed by the board without comment also cited support of a statewide ban on the controversial practice that attempts to “convert” a gay person to a straight person.
“The Rochester-Olmsted County Youth Commission along with the Olmsted County Board of Commissioners believe that conversion therapy is a harmful practice that has no place in our community,” Rochester-Olmsted County Youth Commission member Arhan Mehta said in a statement following the board’s decision. “Conversion therapy has been shown to cause serious and dangerous harms such as depression, increased suicidal behaviors, lowered self-esteem, anxiety, internalized homophobia, and