By CHAD GARLAND | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 27, 2021 A soldier who repeatedly ran into a burning house and helped two women and a dog was awarded the Army’s highest award for bravery off the battlefield. Sgt. 1st Class Jedidia Powell received the Soldier’s Medal in a ceremony April 10 near Portland, Ore., from Brig. Gen. Gregory Day, commander of the Oregon National Guard’s land component, and Col. Philip DeMontigny, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team commander. An audience of fellow soldiers applauded him, a video shows. Powell, a full-time Guard noncommissioned officer, was on duty in Portland one afternoon in late November 2017 when a state maintenance worker poked his head in the door and said a house was on fire down the street. There were no emergency crews on the scene, so Powell ran out to help.
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JUPITER, Fla. Former TBC President, CEO and Chairman Lawrence C. Larry Day died Feb. 9 at age 71 after a brief illness.
Mr. Day, who joined TBC in 1998 and retired as chairman in 2004, was involved in wholesale, retail and franchise operations at TBC, the company behind well-known brands such as Tire Kingdom, Midas, Big O Tires and NTB.
Mr. Day was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Nov. 21, 1949, the son of the late Terence and Sylvia Day.
He met his future wife Susan in Johannesburg in 1971 and the couple moved to Boston in 1974 after a visit to the U.S. Mr. Day became a naturalized citizen on Valentine s Day 1995.
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February 24, 2021
February 24, 2021
Opinion
Many of us have lost loved ones to distance and separation, to illness and death, including myself. As a poet, there were days when poetry felt utterly futile, but there were also days when writing was my only anchor to life.
February 9, 2021