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Red Wing s Youth Commission begins at last
The 11 Red Wing middle and high school students who make up the commission were sworn in on Wednesday. Written By: Rachel Fergus | ×
Mayor Sean Dowse swore in the 11 members of the Youth Commission on Wednesday, Dec. 16.
Alainn Hanson began working on a potential youth commission her freshman year. Now, during her senior year at Red Wing High School, the commission has finally come to fruition.
On Wednesday, Dec. 16, staff Liaison Helen Korbel called the meeting to order.
Like all boards and commissions, the first meeting was organization focused. Along with setting a meeting schedule and adopting rules of order, the 11 member commission voted to select a chair, vice chair and pro tem.
Would it take another Pearl Harbor to make you realize that China has declared war on the United States of America?
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WHAT WOULD CHINA HAVE TO DO BEFORE WE REALIZE WE ARE UNDER ATTACK?
I wasn’t around on December 7, 1941. I’m not quite that old. But I live in Hawaii and I have paid respects at the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor many times. President Trump and First Lady Melania have also done so. I often see Pearl Harbor as I drive on the H-1 freeway from West O`ahu toward downtown Honolulu. I have watched the old black-and-white newsreels of the attacks by the Japanese zeros on that Date That Will Live in Infamy. Today Japan is no longer our enemy in the current era. But, the Chinese Communist Party is our enemy today. Note that I did not say that nearly 4.5 billion Chinese in China and many more around the world are our enemies because they absolutely are not. My dear wife from the Philippines has some Chinese ancestry. So do many of our closest friends. But t
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Updated: Dec. 20, 2020 1:13 PM
With San Francisco (and the rest of California) locked down, the holidays may feel more blue than red and green. But even though many indoor activities are suspended, the city itself is a stocking overflowing with treasures waiting to be discovered. Here are eight fun and fascinating places to explore this holiday season all kid-friendly, outdoors and able to be enjoyed at a safe social distance.
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Coit Tower
A beloved symbol of San Francisco since it was finished in 1933, the 210-foot Italianate tower atop Telegraph Hill was funded by a bequest left by eccentric heiress Lillie Hitchcock Coit, who liked to dress in men’s clothing and was a patroness and mascot of the city’s volunteer firemen. The tower’s inside walls are adorned with superb Works Progress Administration frescoes depicting scenes of California life. Although Coit Tower is currently closed to the public because of the pandemic, you can still see some of
As health care workers locally and nationally this past week rolled up their sleeves to receive the first doses of a long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine, they reported feeling the monumental import of the moment and sensing their place in the history books.
Iowa State University professor Amy Bix, in a conversation with The Gazette, confirmed their historical hunches given her expertise in the history of science and medicine.
“Of course, the history of vaccines is a major part of the broader subject of the history of medicine, which is something that I teach at Iowa State,” Bix said.
She talked with The Gazette about that history and what lessons it might offer in the current moment.