The candidates are Laura âLollyâ Lesher, an incumbent; Ryan Gebely and Thao Huynh.
We asked the candidates to respond to two questions.
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Question 2: What are you learning when you talk to voters?
Laura âLollyâ Lesher, 57.
Background: A resident of Upper Tulpehocken Township, she is a dairy farmer and farm market retailer. She graduated from Penn State University, and has four children.
Response 1: Continue to work to balance a high quality education with fiscal responsibility.
Response 2: Parents want face-to-face education. Remote learning is not effective. There can be a balance of safety and hands-on education for all students. Educating and developing smart, educated students requires a sound home life, great teachers and the basic tools to engage and inspire our students.
By Ryan Shepard
May 6, 2021
Within the last six months, there have been widespread notions about the reluctance many Black Americans have when it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine. While many are hesitant to get the vaccine, studies show that Black Americans are no more hesitant to get the vaccine than many other groups. However, many Black Americans do have more trouble accessing the vaccine than other racial groups. Recent NPR analysis found that COVID-19 vaccine sites were missing from predominantly Black and Latinx neighborhoods in Louisiana, Texas and Alabama. Furthermore, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy found that Black residents in Atlanta, New Orleans and Dallas were often asked to drive further than their white neighbors to reach COVID-19 vaccination sites. Thankfully, health officials, lawmakers and public figures,
Americans hit the road to get vaccinations, giving new meaning to the term covid long-haulers
Michele Weldon, The Washington Post
April 12, 2021
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The author gets her shot at a CVS Pharmacy in Pekin, Ill.Photo by Michele Weldon for The Washington Post.
An earlier version of this report incorrectly spelled Rachael Dziaba s last name.
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As I headed south on Interstate 55 in central Illinois recently, windshield wipers slap-tapping against a heavy rain, an overhead sign blared a warning in all-caps golden neon letters. Pay Attention, it said, You Never Know What Is Ahead.
Fitting, I thought. By driving 169 miles from my home in suburban Chicago to a downstate CVS Pharmacy for my first coronavirus vaccination, I was investing seven hours of a workday to protect myself from what may be ahead. As a 62-year-old with preexisting conditions, I had decided to take a one-day vaccication.
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