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DECATUR â Decatur resident Kathy Davis, 69, knows firsthand the frustration that exists when it comes to trying to arrange for a COVID-19 vaccine appointment.
Davis and her husband were turned away after arriving too late for a mass vaccination event hosted by the Macon County Health Department at Progress City USA on the Richland Community College campus.
âBy the time we got there that morning, there was a police officer saying âSorry, full. Youâre going to have to turn around and go homeâ,â Davis remembered.
At least the rejection was quick that time around. She spent two hours on the phone before coming away with the same result during an attempt to schedule a vaccine appointment.
SPRINGFIELD â One day after President Joe Biden signed a $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package, Illinois House Republicans called for the General Assembly to oversee the appropriation of funds in order to support businesses and individuals most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a Friday news conference, state Reps. Tom Demmer, R-Dixon, Keith Wheeler, R-Oswego, and C.D. Davidsmeyer, R-Jacksonville, urged responsibility in the allocation of federal funding and warned against using the stimulus as a âmagic bailoutâ to fund new state programs.
âThese are dollars that are designated by the federal government to provide relief to the governments, businesses and individuals and families across the country who have been impacted by COVID-19 and the related closures and restrictions of everyday life that we ve all been through,â Demmer said Friday.
Wheat Futures Ease As U.S. Warms Up Wheat for May delivery fell 0.6% to $6.38 1/2 a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade on Friday in reaction to unusually warm temperatures in winter-wheat growing areas as well as forecasts for Midwest rainfall. Soybeans for May delivery fell 0.1% to $14.13 1/4 a bushel. Corn for May delivery rose 0.1% to $5.39 a bushel. Midwest weather was seen as helping winter wheat grow ahead of harvesting in the coming months. Soft export demand and weak seasonal signals were also at play, said Arlan Suderman of StoneX. Moderate-to-heavy precipitation is expected in the Midwest over the next seven days, which is supportive for soil conditions, according to DTN.
First-ever online, bilingual portal to Franco American archives launches this spring
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Franco American Programs at the University of Maine will collaborate with four other institutions in the region to launch the first-ever online, bilingual portal to Franco American archives and history collections from repositories across North America this spring.
Franco American Digital Archives/Portail franco-américain, formerly known as the Franco American Portal project, will offer access to various primary sources about the French-Canadian, Acadian and Québécois(e) diaspora communities of the Northeast. Available records will include letters and other correspondence, scrapbooks, family and business records, newspapers, photographs and other media depicting Franco-American history, culture and people.