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It s all about the pearls on Jan. 20.
Well, not just pearls. The third Wednesday in January is when President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be inaugurated, and plenty of women in Fort Wayne and beyond are celebrating the historic event.
Harris will be the first female VP and first Black and Asian American to hold the nation s second-highest position. And she s known to wear pearls. Members of a sorority she s part of – Alpha Kappa Alpha – often wear the symbolic jewelry, in recognition of its 20 founders.
When Harris accepted the Democratic vice-presidential nomination in August, she said family extends beyond bloodlines and includes AKA sorority members.
Seat filled on FWCS board
Business owner picked on nearly unanimous vote
ASHLEY SLOBODA | The Journal Gazette
In a matter of weeks, Noah Smith went from voting for Bill Critell in the District 3 Fort Wayne Community Schools board race to accepting a nearly unanimous board vote for that same seat.
Smith and Critell exchanged a handshake Monday after the board selected Smith from among four other people seeking to serve the term the reelected incumbent didn t want.
Smith, 49, will be sworn in Jan. 11 with Nov. 3 election winners Steve Corona of District 5 and Jennifer Matthias of District 2.
The board Monday unanimously accepted Tom Smith s resignation from District 3, effective Jan. 1.