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101-year-old Lehman Riggs played taps during Putnam County’s wreath-laying ceremony on Monday.

Print This is a continuing series of online activities to undertake on your computer or tablet during your quarantine quandary. Lectures & learning • Congregation Beth Israel presents its next Men’s Club forum, “A Conversation with Deputy Chief of Mission Eitan Weiss,” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 19, online. Weiss, from the Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles, will discuss current issues posing challenges and opportunities for Israel and the region. Free and open to the public. Registration required. • The San Diego County Bike Coalition presents “City Cycling” at 6 p.m. ...

An achievement gap will grow larger or smaller primarily as a result of societal circumstances that have nothing to do with schools.

AUBURN — Seventy years after he served with the U.S. Army in Korea, this week an Auburn man received the full recognition he deserves. In a ceremony Wednesday at American Legion Post 97, Raymond Kelley, 89, was presented with a Silver Service Star for participating in five separate campaigns of the war. A Korean War Service Medal awarded by the Republic of Korea also was pinned on his jacket. “Perhaps there is no other mission that is more important than making sure our veterans are properly recognized for their service,” said Travis Holcomb of the DeKalb County Veterans Servic...

Starting point: 170 miles from Seattle The Route Freeways have on-ramps, but beaches have access roads. Those in Long Beach, Klipsan Beach, Ocean Park, and Surfside Estates—a 13.5-mile stretch—allow cars all year long, but sections both north and south close April 15 through Labor Day (some open during razor clam season). Closed sections may protect habitat for snowy plover birds. The best beach drives happen outside of prime kite-flying season in the summer, and with an eye on the tides. Try entering at Cranberry Road and heading north, avoiding the crowds of Long Beach proper, the...