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Community leaders share the importance of educating yourself on rip currents Educating yourself and your loved ones is a crucial step before you decide to enter South Texas beach waters. and last updated 2021-05-26 19:42:45-04 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Educating yourself and your loved ones is a crucial step before you decide to enter any South Texas beach waters. Meteorologist in Charge John Metz with the Corpus Christi National Weather Service says rip currents are a phenomenon that occurs on most beaches but knowing what to do can help save a life. “It’s like a river it’s...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The CA Smith International Educational and Community Development Foundation proudly presents its second year of scholarship offerings for young, bright Bahamians who seek to make a difference in their country by pursuing degrees that would lead to positive national development. Aspiring students who are pursuing environmental engineering, oceanography, atmospheric science and computer technology are invited to visit the website www.casmithfoundation.org to apply. Governor General CA Smith, the foundation’s patron, expressed his elation at having another opportunity to he...

Sumter deputies: Body cameras just as important as guns Sumter County Sheriff Deputies said their new body cameras will be able to categorize serious and minor crimes on their own. (Source: WALB) By Keshawn Ward | May 4, 2021 at 7:55 AM EDT - Updated May 4 at 7:55 AM AMERICUS, Ga. (WALB) - Sumter County Sheriff’s deputies said with everyone being recorded now, the extra set of eyes from a body camera will tell the true story, so body cameras are as vital guns. Americus police Officer Nicholas Smarr and Georgia Southwestern State University Officer Jody Smith were killed while respond...

Dorothy M. Booth, 85, passed away at her Lancaster home on Thursday, April 15, 2021. She was born in Strasburg Township to the late Harry L. and Fannie Viola (Peters) Westfall. She enjoyed 50 years of marriage with her husband Glenn E. Booth before his death in 2004. A graduate of West Lampeter High School, Dottie first worked in retail. She then served as office manager for Ladder Towers, and in 1984 started Structural Fabrications and served as vice president. Next, Dottie worked in corporate sales at Eden Resort until retiring in 2015. Dottie was very accepting of people, and she empowered...

Three new, fast-spreading variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 can evade antibodies that work against the original form that sparked the pandemic, new research shows. With few exceptions, whether the antibodies were produced in response to vaccination or natural infection, or were purified antibodies intended for use as drugs, researchers found they needed more antibody to neutralize the new variants. The findings, from laboratory-based experiments, suggest that COVID-19 drugs and vaccines developed thus far may become less effective as the new variants become dominant, as experts say t...