By Editor | February 16, 2021
By MARK EVANS
mevans@stegenherald.com
Libraries are no longer just about books, Shawn Long reminded Ste. Genevieve County commissioners last Thursday morning.
Long, executive director of the Ste. Genevieve County Library, was reporting on the eight internet “hot spots” being set up throughout the county and was also there to request funding for a special addition at the library.
Long reported that he is working with Big River Communications in getting the eight sites installed. This will allow citizens without reliable internet at home to access it. It is primarily intended for students, who rely more and more on virtual instruction since the coming of COVID-19.
Former UL Star Shawn Long Has Monster Game
A former Louisiana Ragin Cajun basketball star recently had a career night at the professional level.
Shawn Long, who played for Louisiana from 2013-2016, scored 43 points to help his Korean Basketball League team, Hyundai Mobis Phoebus, to a 92-88 win over the Sonic Boom on Wednesday.
The 43-point performance by Long is the highest individual scoring output by a single player in the Korean Basketball League this season and ranks as the most points in a single game in Long s professional career.
Long went 14-of-24 from the field, including 2-of-3 from beyond the three-point arc, and 13-of-16 from the free-throw line, while also pulling down 14 rebounds.
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Ste. Genevieve County Library is launching a new Homebound Program beginning this month.
“We are excited to kick this program off in 2021,” said Shawn Long, library director. The program is made possible by a grant from the Senior Services Fund of Ste. Genevieve County.
“Originally when we wrote the grant our focus was going to be in-person technology classes. However, after the pandemic wiped away our in-person programming we started looking at other ways to utilize that grant,” Long said. “We were then able focus our efforts on this program and purchased 50 courier bags, magnifying cards, and some miscellaneous items needed to get the program off the ground.”
The salon joins a growing number of business owners in Stockton refusing to comply with a state stay-at-home directive. Lodi and Stockton’s chambers of commerce joined a coalition of businesses organizations across California pushing back against the state s most recent round of sweeping COVID-19 stay-at-home orders even as California hit and quickly passed a staggering 2 million virus cases. Local cases are skyrocketing, too: Just as soon as it started back up again, University of the Pacific’s men’s basketball program had to suspend activities for the second time this season after another positive COVID-19 test.
Slaying deaths continue to mount
LODI The house on Tienda Drive near Mills Avenue may have more Christmas lights on display that any other in Lodi. Shawn Long said that this year he put up more than 34,000 lights over nearly every exterior square foot of his home, yard, and even driveway.
Long and his wife, Shauna Rosenthal, along with their daughter and son lived in a small apartment in the Fremont area where they couldn’t put up many lights. About four years ago they decided to pull up stakes because of rising rent.
Long transferred his sales job for a plumbing contracting company to Stockton and his family purchased a home in Lodi, where it is more affordable than the Bay Area.