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Fifth Ward Youngstown Councilwoman Lauren McNally, holding Brigid McNally, 1, gathers with a group of children before the start of a mini St. Patrickâs Day parade Sunday that started behind Westside Bowl in Youngstown and traveled through parts of the city.
Staff photo / Bob Coupland
YOUNGSTOWN While a large St. Patrick’s Day parade had to be canceled again this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, neighborhoods in Youngstown decided to have their own mini parades.
Residents of the city’s 4th and 5th Wards teamed up to have a parade coordinated by 4th Ward Councilman Michael Ray and 5th Ward Councilwoman Lauren McNally.
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ashington Gov. Jay Inslee announced last week that most of the state would, as of Sunday, Feb. 14, move to Phase 2 of the Healthy Washington reopening plan. Among the five regions to advance for meeting at least three of the four state-tracked metrics on COVID-19 transmission and hospitalization is the nine-county East region that includes Spokane, Stevens, Pend Oreille and Whitman counties. The change means restaurants and bars serving food can now seat customers indoors at 25 percent capacity, in addition to seating guests at that rate on patios and in other approved outdoor structures. Other rules stipulate that alcohol sales end at 11 pm and tables can seat no more than six people from up to two households. Restaurants must continue to follow other elevated guidelines for sanitation, table spacing and mask wearing among staff and guests; the latter must wear masks when not actively eating or drinking.
Why Americans are numb to the staggering coronavirus death toll William Wan, Brittany Shammas Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cemetery during a surge in covid-19 cases and deaths in El Paso, Tex., on Nov. 25. (Ivan Pierre Aguirre/Reuters) When Todd Klindt buried his dad, he was stunned. Some of the mourners arrived not wearing masks for the funeral of a man killed by the coronavirus. Just days earlier, Klindt had held his father’s hand in a hospital intensive care unit. Now, watching people at the funeral acting as if the world was not on fire, as if people were not dying by the dozen every hour of every day he wanted to shout, “He’s right here!”