Davis tours vaccine sites, notes progress
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis talks to registered nurse Heidi Carter during a visit to a vaccination site in Jerseyville.Rochelle Eiselt | Journal-Courier
JERSEYVILLE U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Taylorville, toured a Jerseyville vaccination site on Wednesday to see how the vaccination process is going in Jersey County and to encourage people to be vaccinated.
Davis toured the Susnig Center vaccination site at 401 Mound St. Wednesday morning and planned to tour a Greene County site later that day.
“This is the third vaccination clinic tour I’ve been to in less than a week, fifth in the last two weeks,” Davis said. “And it’s just a great opportunity to see what our communities like Jerseyville and Jersey County are doing to get shots in the arms of people.”
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Earl Dean Browning, age 95, of Godfrey, Illinois, passed away at home in the early morning hours of Monday, February 22, 2021.
Dean was born January 21, 1926, in Annawan, Illinois, to Earl Franklin and Velma Lucille (Moon) Browning. A star basketball player, he graduated from Annawan High School in 1944. Following high school, Dean served his country from 1944 to 1946 in the United States Army rising to the rank of Technical Sergeant (Platoon Leader) in the Anti-tank Company 35
th Infantry Regiment 25
th Division, Tropic Lightning. Dean was awarded the Bronze Star for gallantry for serving 165 consecutive days in frontline combat service including the invasion of Luzon, the taking of the Balete Pass and the capture of Santa Fe. He was also awarded the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Army of Occupation Medal, Good Conduct Medal and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon. He was among the first Occupation Troops in Japan.
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The Illinois State Board of Education said the term progressive was taken out of the rules because it was considered political, which was not the board s intent, it said.
If a panel of lawmakers doesn t block the standards, they go into effect in October.
Republicans call proposed Illinois teaching standards a political litmus test
Critics of teaching standards the Illinois State Board of Education have filed say the standards inject politics into the classroom when the state is falling behind on math and English.
The Illinois State Board of Education said the term “progressive” was taken out of the rules because it was considered political, which was not the board’s intent, it said.
If a panel of lawmakers doesn’t block the standards, they go into effect in October.
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