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After three lockdowns and weeks of not being able to have a customer cross the threshold of a restaurant, this past weekend was the first glimmer of positivity for many operators in a long time.
For Chris Graves, owner of the iconic King’s Head Pub in Winnipeg’s downtown, this past lockdown was the first time where he had serious concerns about actually making it out the other side to this point. In the second lockdown he sold his house to keep the pub afloat and people employed, but with $35,000 in fixed costs and building maintenance on top of it, he needed this past weekend.
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May 20, 2021
On Tuesday, the Florida Gators handed out two new offers to 2022 prospects in the state of Florida.
Cornerback Chris Graves (6-1, 175, Fort Myers, FL. Bishop Verot) was one of those guys to pick up an offer after he talked to the Gators’ defensive coordinator.
“Coach [Todd] Grantham did,” Graves said on who offered him on Tuesday. “He said he likes my film, size, speed, length, and my ability to press and be a lockdown defender.”
Graves already has several big offers but he still excited and he has been waiting for the Gators to offer him.
“I was shocked, my coach knew but he didn’t tell me [that he knew],” he said in his reaction to the offer. “I’ve been looking forward to them offering me, kind of bummed how they were so late.”
Winnipeg Free Press
RUTH BONNEVILLE
Coun. Scott Gillingham, council’s finance chairman, is lobbying his council colleagues to devote $3 million to provide a second round of $1,500 city grants could help cover pandemic losses for Winnipeg businesses and non-profit organizations. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press files)
A second round of $1,500 city grants could help cover pandemic losses for Winnipeg businesses and non-profit organizations, though some fear that alone won’t be enough to save them.
A second round of $1,500 city grants could help cover pandemic losses for Winnipeg businesses and non-profit organizations, though some fear that alone won’t be enough to save them.