FAIRFIELD Solano County supervisors on Tuesday appointed Michelle Heppner as the interim director of Veteran Services.
The announcement followed a closed session.
Heppner, the legislative, inter-governmental and public affairs officer in the County Administrator’s Office, will hold the post
More than 4000 athletes are competing in this year’s Paralympics, which kicks off today in Tokyo. Their families aren’t allowed to travel with them because of COVID restrictions, but some rely on their parents as caregivers.
Maryland gold-medal paralympian had no choice but to drop out of Tokyo Olympics
Meyers denied mom as personal care assistant
Paralympian withdraws from Olympics
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LUTHERVILLE-TIMMONIUM, Md. â Becca Meyers, the Maryland native and three-time gold medal Paralympian swimmer from Lutherville-Timmonium said she was left with no choice but to give up her dreams of competing in the Tokyo Olympics.
It was a decision that didnât come easy for Meyers.
Covid restrictions prevented her mother from being allowed to serve as her personal care assistant, and without being allowed to bring her mother, the hearing and visually-impaired swimmer would have to get around Tokyo on her own.
Updated: 10:55 PM CDT Jul 22, 2021 Pete Gilbert Sports Anchor/Reporter One of the United State s best Paralympians is calling for change.Marylander Becca Meyers, 26, is not going to Tokyo to compete due to a decision she said would put her safety in jeopardy.Becca Meyers and her mother, Maria Meyers, spoke to sister station WBAL-TV Wednesday about the devastating decision and what they hope comes next.Meyers is one of the most decorated American swimmers in history. She s won six Paralympic medals, three of them gold. She put in countless hours at the pool training for the 2021 games. But she will not represent team USA this year – she withdrew – and she did so because of safety concerns, but none that has anything to do with the coronavirus. They took away a part of me. A part of who I am. I’ve always been Rebecca, the swimmer, and now I feel less than that, Becca Meyers said.The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee denied the Meyers