FOUNTAIN, Minn.-Nonprofit organization Friends of the Root River have been working to show the community the importance of keeping the natural environment in Southeastern Minnesota safe.
MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: May 4, 2021
Members of PCC have elected two grocery workers to the board of trustees.
Donna Rasmussen and Laurae McIntyre both members of UFCW 21, which represents PCC workers were two of five candidates vying for three open PCC board positions. Workers at the Edmonds PCC staged a protest outside the store April 14, accusing PCC of distributing one-sided election materials favoring their preferred candidates, which include Metier Brewing CEO Rodney Hines and two incumbents Brad Brown and Catherine Walker both of whom are retired REI executives.
According to this email link supplied by UFCW 21, the final election winners for the three open positions on the nine-person board were Hines, Rasmussen and McIntyre.
PCC Community Markets just announced the results of its membership vote on 3 board positions – a higher-profile vote than usual with two PCC employees running. They both were elected, according to PCC’s message to members, along with a third newcomer; all three getting more votes than the two current board members who were running for re-election. The new members are
Laurae McIntyre, who works at the Fremont PCC;
Donna Rasmussen, from the View Ridge PCC; and
Rodney Hines, CEO of Metier Brewing Company The board members who did not win re-election were
Catherine Walker, the board’s current chair, and
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As Rich reported: Gov. Inslee put a pause on the Healthy Washington coronavirus reopening plan for the next two weeks, meaning all counties will stay in their current phases. He points to data suggesting a potential plateau and shorter hospital stays as his reasoning not to shut the whole mother down, despite an increase in cases and hospitalizations.
The announcement comes as President Biden set a new goal of administering at least one vaccine dose to 70 percent of American adults by July 4. He said he aims to have 160 million Americans fully vaccinated by the same date. According to The Hill, this target acknowledges a slowdown in the pace of vaccination and is a different threshold than herd immunity, as less Americans are keen on getting the vaccine.
MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: April 29, 2021
Longtime PCC member and Ballard fisherman Pete Knutson is urging his fellow PCC members to vote for Donna Rasmussen and Laurae McIntyre for the co-op’s board.
Knutson’s family-owned business is Loki Fish, and you’ve probably seen Pete and his adult children selling salmon fillets and lox at the local farmers’ markets.
“I’m voting for Donna and Laurae for the PCC Board. I want to see worker representation, I want to help PCC return to its roots and this is a good first step,” says Pete, who has been a proud PCC member for 30 years.