FORT IRWIN, Calif. - When Ed and his wife, Amanda Will, took on Fort Irwin’s Center Chapel ministry nearly four years ago, one of their goals was simply to try to help people start their week off right.
“We just hope that we lead people on Sundays spiritually to lift them up because I know their weeks can get really hard with what their jobs are and the bosses that they have to serve and things that fall to them,” Ed said.
Amanda sings and Ed plays the piano and sings during the Chapel’s Sunday Protestant services. Now that the world is in the middle of a pandemic, church services look different but this couple’s focus hasn’t changed.
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Here are the public comments that were not read aloud during the Barstow City Council s Feb. 1 meeting
Victorville Daily Press
During the Feb. 1 Barstow City Council meeting, which was held via Zoom, 18 public comments went unheard by those watching online when they were not read into the record.
City Attorney Matthew Summers announced on Jan. 19 when 29 public comments went unheard that comments would not be read aloud during meetings, saying state law does not require emailed public comments to be read aloud.
“Rather, the requirement is that the emails be provided to the Council and that has been done,” said Summers, who did not cite the referenced state law.
Barstow husband and wife die 3 days apart after contracting COVID-19
Andrew and Mable Vallejos shared unshakable love for nearly 49 years
Victorville Daily Press
Inside Barstow Community Hospital, 27-year-old Destiny Alexander wore a tear-stained face mask as she hugged her dying grandmother, gently kissed her face and said her final goodbye.
Moments later, Mable Diane Vallejos, 68, took her final breath. Three days earlier, on Jan. 2, her husband, Army veteran Andres “Andrew” Manfor Vallejos Sr., 70, died.
Andrew and Mable Vallejos had been married for nearly 49 years in December when they both contracted COVID-19 and were admitted to Barstow Community Hospital.
Alexander told the Daily Press her grandparents official causes of death have not been released, but she said both suffered the virus effects.
Deacon, Barstow Fire ‘pioneer’ Don Burgett remembered for service to community [Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.]
Dec. 20 Barstow Assistant Fire Chief Sid Hultquist called former Battalion Chief Don Burgett a “sweetheart of a man,” who poured his “heart and soul” into his community for many decades.
“Don was one of the original pioneers of the Barstow Fire Protection District,” Hultquist told the Daily Press on Thursday. “He also spent much of his time serving the people at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.”
As the end of 2020 draws near, Hultquist was one of several community leaders who looked back and reflected on the passing of the 86-year-old Burgett.
Deacon, Barstow Fire pioneer Don Burgett remembered for service to community
Victorville Daily Press
Barstow Assistant Fire Chief Sid Hultquist called former Battalion Chief Don Burgett a “sweetheart of a man,” who poured his “heart and soul” into his community for many decades.
“Don was one of the original pioneers of the Barstow Fire Protection District,” Hultquist told the Daily Press on Thursday. “He also spent much of his time serving the people at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.”
As the end of 2020 draws near, Hultquist was one of several community leaders who looked back and reflected on the passing of the 86-year-old Burgett.