Lucas Swearingen, 6, successfully flew the kite he crafted at the Pierce City Arts Fest on Saturday at South Park. For more photos from the event, go to: https://www.monett-times.com/gallery/39373.
Panorama At Kuemper- Class 2A District 16 Final
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Logan Sibenaller tripled and scored for Kuemper in the 1st inning as Kuemper built a 2-0 lead but Panorama rallied to tie the game in the 6th and pulled out the win in the 7th. The Knights were outhit in the game 10-3 but clung to the 2-0 lead behind the pitching of Austin Tigges and the defensive effort. Kuemper stranded seven guys on base and Panorama stranded 6 guys on base as both teams pitchers were in control most of the game.
Logan Sibenaller drilled the fourth pitch he saw from Drew Taylor to left-center for a triple to leadoff the bottom 1st. Blake Pottebaum grounded out to 2nd to score Sibenaller and Kuemper got the start they needed. After giving up a leadoff single in both the 1st and 2nd inning Austin Tigges settled in well getting Panorama in order in the 3rd and 4th innings. The Kuemper defense helped shut down Panorama early as Blake Pottebaum started a 6-4-3 double play to Luke Hicks in the 2nd to help
Seventeen years.
If I gave you 17 years, 20 years or 30 years, what would you create or what would you do? How would you transform a valley? How would you improve the place we call home?
The Grand Valley is special. It is isolated yet together. A hub that simply draws you in. The Ute curse is real. Just ask anyone not blessed enough to still live there. Ideas are possible, opportunity exists, and great things happen.
So, what would you do?
Form a city so individuals would be able to pursue happiness? Expand residentsâ connectivity with the world? Bring life to a desert? Bring opportunities to develop aspiring minds?
Alameda County decides not to count homeless population this year
COVID-19 risks have prompted a year-long delay in the point-in-time homeless count, a “crucial data source.”
The “Here There” homeless encampment on the Berkeley-Oakland border: Alameda County is requesting a year-long delay to its annual count of homeless residents because of COVID-19 safety concerns.. Photo: Pete Rosos
Alameda County will request a year-long delay to its federally mandated count of homeless residents because of coronavirus safety concerns.
Counties across the U.S. are required to conduct “point-in-time” counts of unhoused residents every two years in January in order to receive federal homeless assistance funds. Groups of volunteers patrol the streets on a single night, tallying the number of homeless people they see and reporting data that are used not only to secure the federal funding, but to inform countless policy and resourcing decisions on the local and state levels as well.
ByZack Haber
During a meeting on December 15, Oakland’s City Council discussed defining what shelter options Oakland would be required to offer homeless people if the city clears their communities during the local emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
They postponed making a final decision on the matter until the new year. Given dangers posed by the pandemic, the City Council will determining whether it sees it as safe for homeless people to live in homeless shelters.
The City Council unanimously approved the Encampment Management Policy (EMP) on October 20, which set clear parameters for where the City could choose to focus clearances. The resolution stated people living within 50 feet of a residence, business, park or sports court could face eviction. But the EMP did not overturn a resolution Council also unanimously passed on March 27 that requests that the City only execute evictions if “individual housing units or alternative shelter is provided.”