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Gamael Nassar has been selected by the Lebanon City Council to fill out the remainder of the term vacated by Karin Stauder.
He was the unanimous choice of the cityâs six councilors following public interviews with him and fellow candidate David McClain on Wednesday night.
Nassar will be sworn in during the council session on April 14 and will represent Ward II through the end of 2022. That seat is one of the positions which will be contested in the November 2022 general election.
Nassar â who operates an insurance agency with his wife, Jenny Sheldon-Nassar, and is well known locally by the nickname âMr. Gâ â impressed the councilors with his qualifications and the thoroughness of his application.
The Lebanon Strawberry Festival court has been announced for 2021.
The princesses who will serve as festival ambassadors and compete for the honor of Strawberry Festival queen are Alyssa Berg, Annie Latimer, Kimberly O Hara, Emma Squires and Emma Williams.
While the court is in place, the plans for this yearâs festival are still very uncertain. Festival chair Cindy Kerby said the association is working on three separate plans for the festival. Which plan goes into effect will be determined by the public health situation in Oregon this spring.
In typically a raucous time for New Orleans, the party spirit is dulled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.Parades have been canceled and bars shuttered as New Orleans works to prevent crowds from gathering during the holiday weekend.Last year s Mardi Gras festival was attributed to an early surge of coronavirus in the South.However, celebrations have adapted to the pandemic. To make up for parade cancellations, many New Orleans r