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A recap of the major stories of the Jamestown area not related to the coronavirus pandemic. Written By: Keith Norman | ×
The reconstruction of the football field and outdoor track has started this fall on the University of Jamestown campus. John M. Steiner / The Sun
While the coronavirus pandemic held most of the area s attention for the past 12 months, there were other milestone events occurring in Jamestown and the surrounding area. Here are some of the other top stories of the year:
Economic development
The announcement of one project and the continuation of plans for another kept much of the region s economic development focus on the Spiritwood Energy Park Association industrial park through 2020.
Looking back over the year is a common occurrence this time of year as everyone recounts events.
The month of January 2020 saw a lot of new faces and change in the Cavalier County Republican. Frost Fire welcomed a new general manager, Natalie Gebur, in the new year. One of the feel-good stories in the new year was Tycen Restadâs Make a Wish dream trip coming true. Restad and his family went to Dallas, Texas, to visit the Dallas Cowboys. At that visit, Restad âsigned his contractâ with the Dallas Cowboys senior director of football operations, Todd Williams. He and his family attended the game against the Washington Redskins; toured AT &T Stadium and the practice field in Frisco, Texas; and met with players, coaches and owner Jerry Jones. Restad was diagnosed in October of 2017 with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. The condition is a genetic disorder characterized by progressive muscle degeneration and weakness due to the alterations of a protein called dystrophin that hel
As the coronavirus pandemic hit the U.S., restaurants and bars closed or were limited to takeout and delivery. Offices closed, keeping workers home and changing normal lunch stops. Schools closed, changing where students ate breakfast and lunch. Millions lost jobs and found themselves with less income to purchase food.
Those changes meant more people in grocery stores and fewer in restaurants. It meant reduced quantities of some items on grocery store shelves and higher prices for others. And it meant big changes for those who raise, process and serve food, as well as those who consume it.
âYou see people lining up for donations at food banks. You see empty grocery store shelves. At the same time, you see farmers who are dumping milk, plowing under fields of onions and squash, and most recently reports of having to euthanize hogsâ â the result of âmismatches in our food supply chain,â said Darci Vetter, former chief agricultural negotiator with the Office o