Community’s Loss of Hospital Stirs Fresh Debate Over Indian Health Service - The New York Times

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The hospital is federally run by the Indian Health Service, based in Rockville, Md. The agency was created to carry out the government’s treaty obligations to provide health care services to eligible American Indians and Alaskan Natives.

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Jan. 3, 2021, 1:42 a.m. ET

Situated 60 miles west of Albuquerque, the Acoma-Cañoncito-Laguna Service Unit serves about 126,000 patients a year. Before scaling back its services, it had 25 inpatient beds and served around 9,100 tribal citizens from the surrounding tribes. The hospital has been in operation since the mid-1970s and provided inpatient and outpatient care, along with dental, optometry, pharmaceutical and medical emergency services.

Coronavirus cases for the Acoma Pueblo, which has about 3,000 citizens, have spiked recently, including 100 in early November after zero reported cases in September.

The office in the Albuquerque area is one of I.H.S.’s 12 service regions and serves 20 Pueblos, two Apache bands, three Navajo chapters and two Ute tribes across four southwest states. There are five hospitals, 11 health centers and 12 field clinics serving the residents of the area.

Wendy Sarracino, 57, a community health representative for the Acoma people, said that when her son broke his leg, she had to stop at two hospital before he could receive the care he needed. At the time of his injury, the Acoma-Cañoncito-Laguna service unit hospital had already closed for the day so Ms. Sarracino drove her son 45 minutes to Grants.

But after the hospital failed to diagnosed the multiple fractures in her son’s legs, Ms. Sarracino drove him another hour to Albuquerque. The hospital in Grants found only a single fracture in her son’s leg, but at the hospital in Albuquerque, an X-ray found multiple fractures in both legs.

“That was kind of our lifeline,” Ms. Sarracino said of the hospital. “We didn’t have to go very far for health care. An awareness needs to be made that people do live in rural New Mexico and we need health care.”

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New Year’s showers in the Bay Area a fresh start after historically dry 2020 - Pacifica Tribune

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Sprinkles of rain in parts of the Bay Area overnight Saturday marked a fresh change of pace for the parched region amid a concerning season of very low rainfall.

The showers weren’t much, but they were something. In Oakland, the 24-hour precipitation total reached 0.08 inches Saturday morning, while San Francisco saw 0.16 inches in the same period. San Jose and Monterey recorded 0 inches of rain. Mount Tamalpais in Marin experienced the most rainfall in the region, receiving over a third of an inch.

“It’s beneficial rain, and we need the rain, don’t get me wrong,” Cindy Palmer, a National Weather Service meteorologist, said Saturday. “But it’s not enough with how far behind we are climate-wise to make a real dent on precipitation totals for the area. We’ll take what rain we can get, but it wasn’t at a significant amount.”

Light drizzles are expected through the rest of Saturday in the East Bay before another period of dryness that will persist until at least Sunday evening, when a storm system is expected to bring showers to much of the Bay Area into the start of next week.

For those of you that were lucky enough to get some rain last night, here are the storm totals. We did have some drizzle here in Monterey, but that isn't as exciting as an earthquake. #cawx pic.twitter.com/07VqvjJgI3

— NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) January 2, 2021

Still, it has been uncharacteristically dry during this “wet” season in the Bay Area. Since Oct. 1, Oakland has seen 24% of its usual rainfall, San Jose 20%, San Francisco 29%, Livermore 25%, Concord 22% and Monterey 23%.

For San Francisco, 2020 was the second-driest calendar year dating back to at least the 1850s, Palmer said.

“To me there’s always hope for us to turn it around,” she said. “We’ve got January and February still to go, and those are two of our wettest months. That said, the low rainfall is concerning.”

Next week’s storm will be another step in the right direction — Palmer advised Bay Area residents to take an umbrella on their Monday morning commute.

Then, another light rain system is expected to approach the region on Wednesday, before the possibility of renewed stormy conditions late in the week.

“It depends on whether the system ends up going north or coming south,” Palmer said.

These won’t be especially cold rains. Temperatures across the Bay are expected to remain in the high-50-degree range and peak in the low 60s through next week, with regular fluctuations.

Overnight weather will be warmer next week as well, with cloud cover keeping temperatures from dipping below the 50s.

Meanwhile, up to 2 feet of snowfall is expected in the mountains east of Stanislaus National Forest next week amid cold, windy conditions.

Moderate to heavy mountain snow is expected on Monday. Avoid mountain travel if possible! Up to 2 feet of snow is forecast for higher elevations. #cawx pic.twitter.com/rK0t0qE3Mr

— NWS Sacramento (@NWSSacramento) January 2, 2021

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Results of the Fresh Start 5K - The Ledger

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MEN

Top 5 Overall

1. Isaac Morrison, Lakeland, 17:14. 2. Kyle Sweeney, Rockford, Mich., 17:39. 3. Corey Joyner, Lakeland, 17:46. 4. Tri Thornhill, Winter Haven, 17:59. 5. Michael Mann, Lakeland, 18:17.

Top 3 Masters (40 and over)

1. Thornhill. 2. Mann. 3. Scott Yoder, Sarasota, 19:01.

Top 3 Grand Masters (50 and over)

1. Thornhill. 2. Eddie Nesmith, Winter Haven, 21:42. 3. Scott Merklinger, Eustis, 21:44.

9 and under

Logan Brown, Lakeland, 30:33; Robert Hughes, Lakeland, 30:54; Kendon Fulford, Plant City, 33:12.

10-14

Van Petty, Valrico, 21:37; Zachary Wilson, Dover, 22:41; Thatcher Emberton, Winter Haven, 26:52.

15-19

Sweeney; Elijah Fulford, Plant City, 20:30; Connor Cook, Lakeland, 20:42.

20-24

Jeff Yoder, Sarasota, 19:02; Nicholas Starling, Mulberry, 28:28; Dallas Rice, Kissimmee, 28:38.

25-29

Taylor Cornelius, Bartow, 21:28; Zack Barker, Lakeland, 29:02.

30-34

Joyner; Christopher Graham, Auburndale, 26:49; Mark Sutton, Lakeland, 28:27.

35-39

Jeffrey Bowman, Lakeland, 19:34; Michael Denning, Winter Haven, 22:42; Mike Oszust, Wesley Chapel, 24:32.

40-44

Mann; Scott Hoover, Babson Park, 19:32; David Ferguson, Auburndale, 20:08.

45-49

Sweeney; Neil Clements, Zephyrhills, 20:24; James Hurst, Lakeland, 20:50.

50-54

Merklinger; Scott Leland, Bradenton, 22:05; Kyle Anderson, Brandon, 22:51.

55-59

Nesmith; Guoxin Wang, Lakeland, 22:32; Steve Karpacs, Tampa, 23:19.

60-64

Walter Lysinger, Parrish, 22:38; Thomas Lunsford, Lakeland, 23:33; Roy Wilshire, Lakeland, 27:18.

65-69

Steve Monti, Lakeland, 24:01; Steve Conley, Indian Lakes Estates, 27:24; Tom West, Lakeland, 27:45.

70-74

Brent Cook, Mulberry, 26:37; Tony Stevens, Lakeland, 27:55; Kenneth Greenwell, Winter Haven, 28:19.

75-79

Roger Anderson, Tampa, 25:43; Will Strouse, Lakeland, 28:37; Silky Sullivan, Seminole, 32:20.

WOMEN

Top 5 Overall

1. Mara Sweeney, Rockford, Mich., 20:59. 2. Caren Garcia, Lakeland, 21:55. 3. Nicole Parisi, Lakeland, 22:55. 4. Abigail Hammond, Land O Lakes, 23:11. 5. Caitlin Berry, Lakeland, 23:24. 

Top 3 Masters

1. Garcia. 2. Parisi. 3. Tammy Geake, Lakeland, 23:42.

Top 3 Grand Masters

1. Mary Anderson, Brandon, 24:26. 2. Traci Weston, Tampa, 24:30. 3. Cindy Lunsford, Lakeland, 25:30.

9 and under

Skylar Sievert, Auburndale, 26:45.

10-14

Alayna Fulford, Plant City, 33:38; Bella Tattersall, Plant City, 48:21.

15-19

Hammond; Berry; Caitlin Witherow, Brandon, 26:23.

20-24

Katy Ferguson, Lakeland, 28:26; Brianne Southwell, Palm Bay, 29:28. Lane McClelland, Winter Haven, 29:33.

25-29

Taylor Whittenton, Baltimore, Md., 35:42; Caitlin Whittenton, Lakeland, 35:43; Sonya Sanders, Winter Haven, 36:38.

30-34

Stephanie Saintvil, Plant City, 24:11; Natalie Stesen, Valrico, 27:54; Laura Zambetti, Lakeland, 29:01.

35-39

Nicole Sieg, Miamisburg, Ohio, 29:39; Ana Hughes, Lakeland, 30:58; Alba Marin, Lakeland, 34:08.

40-44

Parisi; Melanie Cookson, Lakeland, 24:27; Janelle Pruitt, Auburndale, 25:25.

45-49

Geake; Michelle Tucker, Lakeland, 28:12; Ellen Vargo, Lakeland, 28:24.

50-54

Weston; Lunsford; Petra Beemer, Lakeland, 25:55.

55-59

Stacy McCoy, Auburndale, 25:05; Shari Noe, Lakeland, 27:03; Tamara Brunnock, Lakeland, 28:50.

60-64

Sandra Jacobs, Plant City, 27:42; Linda Lysinger, Parrish, 30:50; Cyndy Cross, Lake Alfred, 35:57.

65-69

Robin Deblake, Mulberry, 31:56; Claire Keneally, Tampa, 34:10; Roxanne Youngs, Auburndale, 34:10.

70-74

Jan Mohler, Lakeland, 36:51; Beverly Lampp, Lakeland, 40:03; Brenda DaBolt, Lakeland, 52:51.

80 and over

Nanette Rodgers, Winter Haven, 49:40.

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Fresh Air Weekend: Nina Totenberg; 'Watchmen' Writer Cord Jefferson - NPR

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Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:

Nina Totenberg On Amy Coney Barrett, Anita Hill And Saying Goodbye To RBG: NPR's legal correspondent has spent decades covering major shifts in the Supreme Court. "Often, in the beginning, I was the only woman in the newsroom," Totenberg says.

Emmy-Winning 'Watchmen' Writer Explores Generational Trauma And Racism: The HBO show uses sci-fi and superheroes to examine American racism. Cord Jefferson wrote the episode in which the main character goes back in time and to relive the trauma of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.

You can listen to the original interviews and review here:

Nina Totenberg On Amy Coney Barrett, Anita Hill And Saying Goodbye To RBG

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Salem’s Main Street small businesses looking for fresh start in 2021 - WSLS 10

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SALEM, Va. – Local businesses dealt with extremely challenging circumstances in 2020, including on Salem’s Main Street.

Main Street is the undisputed center of Salem’s small business scene.

Jose and Maria Frausto’s restaurant, Muchacho Alegre, has called Main Street home for two years.

“It kind of feels a little bit competitive, but over time, we’re all a big family sticking by each other,” the Frausto’s said.

The row of restaurants keeps Roanoke College grads, Meredith Dickerson and Amber Gregory, coming back for more.

“It’s just nice to be back. It’s homey, it feels a lot like home, and I’ve missed that a lot,” they said.

However, COVID-19 made 2020 a year to forget for some of these shops.

The Fraustro’s say business often slowed down to a snail’s pace.

“2020 has been really tough, as is coronavirus in general. Hopefully, 2021 will be a new chapter for the restaurant,” said the Fraustro’s.

The new chapter begins with another c-word: construction.

Salem and VDOT have been revitalizing Main Street with new sidewalks and street signs, and there’s still work to do on the project.

“It does look nice. It was very much a pain trying to get places,” said Dickerson and Gregory.

Main Street will look a little different at the end of 2021, but the Fraustro’s hope the renewed small-town charm means the eventual return of the pre-pandemic crowd.

“Meeting new, wonderful people every single day. Having support from nearly everybody in this whole town. It’s very amazing,” said the Fraustro’s.

The City of Salem estimates construction will finish by April.

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GrowNYC's Fresh Food Box program marks 1 million meals distributed - RADIO.COM

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NEW YORK (WCBS 880) – GrowNYC's Fresh Food Box program donated its 1 millionth meal to a family on Saturday, less than a year after the program began.

The milestone was reached at Flatlands Reformed Church in Brooklyn.

“It's a lifeline for many people who are out of work to get these families food. And food that came directly from farmers just a few days before is really exciting, and we're happy to play this part,” said Marcel Van Ooyen, president and CEO of GrowNYC.

The organization has been around for 50 years, but its Fresh Food Box program started last April with the expectation that it would last a few months.

“We certainly never expected to be going this long with the program. We’re thankful we’ve been able to with the support of the city. When we originally started out, we thought it might last a few months but certainly the economic impacts of COVID are long lasting, as well as the health effects,” Van Ooyen said.

The program is slated to continue for families through at least June.

“The most amazing thing about this is the ability to give them fresh produce, and often rice and beans and milk and some shelf-stable stuff, but not processed food,” Van Ooyen said. “They can cook with their families and feed them a really nutritious meal.”

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Give yourself, home a fresh start for 2021 - The Virginian-Pilot - Virginian-Pilot

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The key is to start early, start small and start with the easy. Of course, that’s not always an option with an unexpected move. However, when time allows, it makes for a much less stressful process. For instance, like with losing weight, you lose those first five pounds, you’re feeling good and inspired to keep going.

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