From Kobe to Maradona, a year of staggering losses in sports
By FRED LIEFDecember 29, 2020 GMT
There were so many this year.
Sports in 2020 was an unending state of mourning. It was as if every week, sometimes days, another luminary fell, bringing a cascade of condolence and remembrance.
It began New Year’s Day, a harbinger of what the year held, with the deaths of David Stern and Don Larsen. Not long after came a seismic jolt, the helicopter crash of Kobe Bryant in the fog-shrouded California hills that reverberated across sports and across continents.
Deep into the year, a bookend to Bryant, Diego Maradona died from a heart attack in Argentina weeks after brain surgery, the waves of grief rippling across soccer. It seemed a whole wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame was ripped away Al Kaline, Tom Seaver, Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, Whitey Ford, Joe Morgan, Phil Niekro. Football lost a big piece of its heart: Don Shula, Gale Sayers, Paul Hornung, Bobby Mitchell. Gone from colle
The departed: Heroes, celebrities and rogues, from Oregon and beyond, who died in 2020
Updated Dec 28, 2020;
Posted Dec 28, 2020
Among those we lost in 2020 (clockwise): Retired Lakers basketball star Kobe Bryant, Sisters of the Road co-founder Genny Nelson, former Trail Blazers executive Harry Glickman and sexuality expert Shere Hite.
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2020 has been a rough year, and we’ve lost far too many people along the way.
Below The Oregonian/OregonLive offers up a list, far from exhaustive, of notable Oregonians and other Americans who died in the past 12 months, from the beloved to the notorious. (We also include a few dearly departed from foreign locales who made an impact in the United States).
Thinkin’ local: Five gift ideas that support lake businesses
Vicki Wood
newsroom@lakesunonline.com
When thinking of purchasing that perfect gift for that hard-to-please person, buying from a local business not only boosts our economy, but sets your gift apart from the usual Christmas presents under the tree. Local gifts show that you went an extra step beyond ordering up something online or buying from a big box store.
Gifting the arts
The Lake Arts Council Art Show has gone virtual this year, allowing local artists to sell their creations via YouTube. Artists were allowed to submit several pieces for sale in the online show. In addition to viewing works for purchase, each artist’s biography is recorded, and many are showing their pieces while in their home studios during the 23 minute show. The virtual sale features a collection of vintage vehicles in colored pencil, close-ups of a Chevy Bel-Air, or the front view of an antique Jaguar. Animal drawings are available in abun
From staff reports
Washington State Community College has been selected as one of five rural community colleges from across the nation to form the inaugural cohort of the Building Rural Innovation, Designing Educational Strategies (BRIDGES) initiative.
They will work over the next three years to design, test, and scale post-secondary approaches that support the economic agility of rural learners and build the capacity of rural community colleges to be drivers of economic growth in their communities.
“Washington State is excited for the opportunity to lead transformational change. As a community college, our mission is rooted in providing educational pathways for learners that also support local workforce needs,” explained Dr. Vicky Wood, WSCC president. “Through the Bridges initiative, we will be able to engage as a thought leader to design new approaches that will take our work to the next level.”.
As schools go virtual, the district is doing all they can to care for its students. Author: Louis Fernandez Updated: 7:49 PM EST December 9, 2020
JACKSBORO, Tenn. In order to combat food insecurity across its district as schools go virtual, Campbell County Schools is sending meals to its students via an all-to-familiar vehicle the school bus.
Feeding America estimates nearly 1 million Tennesseans struggle with finding enough food to eat. In Campbell County, a little more than 1 in 5 children struggle with hunger.
Campbell County Schools falls under the Community Eligibility Provision, which is a universal meal plan under the National School Lunch Program. According to the Tennessee Department of Education, it allows schools to provide meal services to all students at no charge, regardless of economic status.