On Thursday evening, Time announced President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris its pick for its famed "Person of the Year" profile.
The facts are clear. We must act now to provide emergency relief to American workers facing long-term unemployment. But we can t stop there. It s also past time we put in place practical solutions to eliminate long-term unemployment altogether. Ignoring this issue risks inflicting permanent damage on our workforce and our economy.
Our first priority must be to help these Americans make it through the pandemic. The CARES Act expanded eligibility for unemployment assistance, increased the weekly benefit by $600, and provided an extra thirteen weeks of support.
But the $600 increase expired at the end of July, and the other measures will run out at the end of December. The House-passed HEROES Act would extend all of these programs, but Senate Republicans
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âThe Heroes Next Doorâ is the latest book by Marlan and Nancy Hvinden, formerly of Garrison. On the cover is the Benson County Veterans Memorial in Maddock. The book tells the stories of World War II veterans who had ties to Benson County, including many who have additional ties to the Minot region.
Lyle Lunde, a member of the crew aboard the U.S. Navy ship, Wichita, was part of history in providing guard off the Newfoundland coast during a secret August 1941 meeting of President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minster Winston Churchill and Russia’s Joseph Stalin.
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Column: Oakwood man recalls 57 years of funeral rites Johnny Vardeman
Charles Townsend of Oakwood completed a 57-year career as a funeral director, serving most of that time with Ward’s Funeral Home on South Main Street in Gainesville.
He followed in the footsteps of his father, Sid Townsend, who was associated with Ward’s for years.
That many years in any business, one can accumulate a lot of memories and stories.
The one that stands out for Charles Townsend is the familiar “Lady of the Lake,” as was called the mystery of two Hall County women who went missing in 1958 after a night of dancing in Forsyth County. When they didn’t return to their homes, there was speculation the women had run away to Florida, met with foul play, or, as it turned out, their car had plunged into Lake Lanier.