This past weekend Eastern Kentuckians lost a prominent Appalachian activist and healthcare pioneer as Pike County native and Floyd County mainstay Eula Hall passed away.
On Saturday, May 8, Eastern Kentucky said goodbye to Eula Hall, as she passed away at her residence. Hall, age 93, of Craynor, widow of McKinley Hall, was born Oct. 29, 1927 in Greasy Creek, Pike County and since, has often been referred to as a âhero,â âlegendâ and many other celebratory adjectives for the trailblazing role she played throughout Eastern Kentucky.
Hall, who founded the Mud Creek Clinic, dedicated her life to helping others, a mission that took her from the picket line on strip mining jobs back in the 1960s to picket lines in Floyd County, when she was working to ensure all students had the right to free and reduced-priced lunches at school. Along the winding back roads of Floyd County, she transported people to and from medical appointments and other places they needed to go. Sh
VISTA Fellowship program will employ 11 Americorps
VISTAs across the
UH system to support sustainability-focused initiatives geared towards addressing basic needs to uplift low-income and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander student populations.
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UH has been a great partner over the years and Johnson Controls is very happy to support the Americorps
VISTA Fellowship program,” said Grady Crosby, vice president public affairs and chief diversity officer at Johnson Controls. “We know that as these students learn together while addressing identified sustainability challenges, their work will greatly contribute to the building, exchanging and facilitating the use of knowledge in support of a faster and broader transition towards sustainable communities.”
I was at Pappas Seafood on the Gulf Freeway, eating lunch with Jim Henley, when I said something I’ll always regret.
Some in the Houston community will recall Jim as one of the Democrats who tried and failed to unseat Republican congressman John Culberson, before Lizzie Fletcher finally succeeded in 2018. At different times, he was also a Baptist preacher, a community organizer, a coffee farmer, and an elected trustee of the Harris County Board of Education. In between, he spent 20 years teaching at Lanier Middle School, first as a history teacher and then as the speech and debate coach.
Bruce LaMarche Brings Pet Wants to Whittier, South Whittier, Santa Fe Springs & Norwalk
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Pet Wants Whittier is a mobile business that offers free, personal delivery to Whittier, South Whittier, Santa Fe Springs, Norwalk and the surrounding communities.
Bruce LaMarche and his family
Pet Wants is about more than selling high-quality products – it’s about helping people understand the pet food industry and, if they decide to choose Pet Wants, making that decision as convenient as possible with free, personal delivery. - Bruce LaMarche WHITTIER, Calif. (PRWEB) May 11, 2021 After a lifetime of having pets and a long career owning his own business, Bruce LaMarche is pleased to announce he’s combining his passions to launch a new pet food and supplies company – Pet Wants Whittier.