Mar 11, 2021
The Blessings in the Basement program operated by the Womanâs Club of Fairmont helps provide basic necessities to families who are moving out of homelessness and into a new housing being on the street. Marcella Yaremchuk, president of the Womanâs Club of Fairmont, coordinates the program. TWV FILE PHOTO
FAIRMONT â Springtime means budget prep time for local governments.
Three outside agencies asked the Marion County Commission on Wednesday if they can be included in the countyâs upcoming budget cycle.
Marcella Yaremchuk spoke on behalf of the Three Rivers Festival as well as the Womanâs Club of Fairmont. The festival will take place at Palatine Park May 27-29.
11 March 2021 By Christian Smith
A restaurant chain that asked furloughed staff to loan back part of their wages to the company to cover National Insurance and pension contributions or face the sack has repaid the money.
Tomahawk Steakhouse came under fire after allegedly asking furloughed members of staff to loan back 10% of their wages to the business or face the sack.
Now, though, the business has paid back some 500 workers, who all apparently agreed to the loan, the BBC reports.
In a letter cited by the BBC, the restaurant, which has locations in the North of England and London, told staff it had a “short-term cash flow issue and it requires your help and support”.
LOSTINE CANYON â Despite past controversy, hard work and uncertain weather, the Lostine Corridor Public Safety Project is well underway, just past the halfway point in efforts to remove hazard and diseased trees, improve public safety, and improve forest resources in the area.
âItâll be completely dependent on what the weather does for us,â said David Schmidt, owner of Integrated Biomass Resources in Wallowa, which successfully bid on the timber harvest portion of the stewardship contract in September 2018.
The harvest is slated to conclude Feb. 28, 2023, he said, though it could qualify for an extension.
But the logging must be done under âwinter conditions,â said Jim Zacharias, a member of the Wallowa Resources Board of Directors.
The Drinks Business
11 March 2021 By Lucy Shaw
Vivino is one of the success stories of lockdown, having grown its global sales by over 100% in the last year. We catch up with the app’s co-founder, Heini Zachariassen, to find out where the future of online wine retail is headed.
Vivino’s co-founder Heini Zachariassen is shaking up wine retail
While the pandemic has been challenging for many wine businesses, one company has benefitted hugely from shifting consumer trends. Early to the online wine party, Vivino was founded in 2010 by Heini Zachariassen and Theis Søndergaard and has grown to become the world’s largest wine e-commerce platform. With a network of 50 million users, according to Zachariassen, Vivino is “50 times larger than our nearest app competitor”.