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Jan. 1: Emogen âBlaknessâ Creese is crowned Crucian Christmas Festival Calypso Monarch.
Jan. 7: Dr. Luis Amaro is named interim CEO of Schneider Hospital after the recent retirement of Dr. Bernard Wheatley.
Jan. 9: Attorney Amos Carty Jr., one of the three former Schneider Hospital executives convicted of embezzling about $3 million, files a notice of appeal to the V.I. Supreme Court.
Jan. 9: The V.I. Public Services Commission increases the V.I. Water and Power Authorityâs utility base rate and offsets the increase with a corresponding drop in the fuel surcharge, also known as the LEAC.
Jan. 13: Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. characterizes the territory as âon the mendâ in his state of the territory address.
Ethan Ferba had big plans for the offseason.
The Hobart diver got a taste of competing against the best when he finished 26th at the IHSAA state swimming and diving competition last February in Indianapolis.
When Ferba returned to Northwest Indiana, he sat down with Hobart diving coach Katharine Rinas and the two put together a summer workout plan that would allow the then-sophomore to take his diving to the next level.
Then COVID-19 hit and pools around the Region shutdown, including Hobartâs sparkling new swim facility.
âWhen everything with COVID happened, it was bad,â Ferba said. âWe had a whole summer planned out for workouts. It made all those plans go away.â
VICTOR GLOVER
Compiled by Jim Nieman
Victor Glover, an astronaut now serving a six-month mission on the International Space Station, recently was chosen as one of 18 members of NASA’s Artemis team, which the space agency said “will help pave the way for the next astronaut missions on and around the moon,” the
Christian Chronicle reported. Glover is a member of a noninstrumental church of Christ in the Houston area. In an earlier article, the
Chronicle wrote that Glover sent up Communion cups and a Bible to the space station before blasting off on his mission Nov. 15.
Gallup found that those who rated their mental health as excellent or good was 76 percent this year down from the 81 to 89 percent range where people had classified themselves every other year since 2001. Just last year, 85 percent of those surveyed rated their mental health as excellent or good. The COVID-19 pandemic is believed to be a major factor in the decline.