Reporter slumber and an emotional day. Family, friends, members of Law Enforcement and the community gathered to honor the life of Sergeant Damon gutzwiller. Some things are too big and beautiful to describe. The picture will never do it just is. Thats how it is with damon. I wish you all had the pleasure of knowing him. Some of us lost their best friend. Some of his lost a fellow brother. Bobby lost her soulmate. They lost a man who wanted to be the best that it. Reporter he is survived by his wife and twoyearold son and the child they are expecting this month. He was killed in and ambush on june 6. Reporter those who knew him the best spoke of his unshakable positivity and smile. They memorialized him as a committed and compassionate deputy. If you saw how he was with his family and friends, you would have seen a man that was devoted to making those around him feel special, feel love, and feel safe. A giant among men and a dear, dear friend. I will shrug and i will smile. Demon, i lo
Still no hugging. Oak park hills chapel in walnut creek is planning its first Large Service for friday. Up until then, groups of 20 were all that was allowed and before that, eight. When families call now, theyre concerned about whether they can have a funeral or not have a funeral. We are able to comfort them and say yes, you can do it. Reporter the easing of restrictions, easing as some key covid19 numbers in the county moving upward. The rate of people testing positive has risen from 2 in april to 3. 5 this week. Hospitalization and death rates have also spiked. Health Officials Say its impossible to stop all transmission of the virus. But, quote, the Health Orders are intended to prevent a sudden medical search that can overwhelm the local healthcare system. At this time, we believe the current timeline is a safe deliberative approach for our county. Insignia hair salon, opening today walnut creek, the owner says they are taking every precaution. We do want to get the disease, we d
Longsuffering panelists for bearing with me as i arrived at a workable concept and title. I did have a very clear idea of what i wanted this symposium to be, a blend of wellknown speakers who would discuss what theyve learned about the study of the civil war over decadeslong careers, blended with excellent lesserknown speakers whom you should want well, know well and will want to know well and had them speak about their Exciting New Research and their contributions to civil war scholarship. And i finally stumbled upon a title and a gimmick, using the 2020, 2020 vision, 2020 hindsight, insight, cute idea, i guess. Providing both hindsight and insight into the study of the civil war. With that concept in mind, i want to introduce our new our first speaker, an obvious choice to lead off this conference. Jack davis has been one of the most prominent and accomplished civil war scholars for several generations really. He started as a boy. If i recall correctly, you can correct me if im wrong
He talks about the lessons he has learned from past research including complex causes and responsibilities of the war. He is the author of the cause lost myths and realities of the confederacy. His talk was part of a symposium held at the library of virginia in richmond. This years symposium here did not come together as smoothly as they often do and as smtly as i would like. Thats entirely my thought. It took me a long time before i arrived at a concept and a title that worked. My working title for a long time was the civil war bucket list, what you should know before you go. A title that just didnt sing for some reason. I want to thank our longsuffering panelists for bearing with me as i arrived at a workable concept and title. I did have a clear idea what have i wanted this symposium to be, a blend of wellknown speakers who would discuss what they learned about the civil war blended with lesser known speakers who you should want to know well and will want to know well and have them
Know before you go. A title that just did not sing for some reason. [laughter] i want to thank our longsuffering panelists for bearing with me as i arrived at a workable concept and title. I didave a clear idea have a clear idea what i wanted the symposium to be. A blend of wellknown beakers. Blended with excellent lesserknown speakers who you should want to know well and will want to know well and have them speak about their Exciting New Research and their contributions to civil war scholarship. I stumbled on a title and a 2020. Sing the year way of providing hindsight and insight into the study of the civil war. With that concept in mind, i want to introduce our first speaker who was an obvious choice to lead off this conference. The davis has been one of most prominent and accomplished civil war scholars for several generations. He started as a boy, i think. If i recall correctly, his were civil war book, a biography of John C Breckenridge he rode as a college student. Of four award