CALGARY Calgarians woke up to a thick blanket of smoke Sunday morning as wildfires from B.C. as well as the U.S. continue to waft in and descend throughout the city. Environment Canada’s special air quality statement for Calgary rated the risk at a level 10, which is just shy of the ‘very high-risk’ category or 10+. Health officials like Alberta Health Services public education officer Helene Hamilton are urging caution, especially for those with respiratory conditions, the very young or very elderly, and for pregnant women. “If you do have an underlying health condition like asthma, chronic bronchitis or COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), avoid the outdoors, at all costs, making sure that you re in an area that has good air filtering and using your regular medications as directed,” Hamilton said.
HIGHLAND Thousands of miles away from home, Martin Leon s run in the 123rd Utah State Amateur championship nearly ended when it had scarcely began.
The University of Utah redshirt freshman from Santiago, Chile, was one of the last golfers to advance to the 64-man match-play bracket of the tournament, and he even had to battle a 16-man playoff for the final 11 spots just to earn a spot opposite second-seeded Elijah Turner.
But a funny thing happened to Martin since that moment. First, he beat Turner, the BYU sophomore who prepped at Lone Peak, 5 and 3 in his first match.
Then he kept winning through playoffs and comeback bids, all the way up to the final, where he ll face Utah teammate Blake Tomlinson in a 36-hole, winner-take-all championship Saturday at 8 a.m. MT at Alpine Country Club.
HIGHLAND Early Thursday morning, Brock Goyen looked to have very little chance of playing in the Utah state amateur quarterfinals Friday.
The BYU sophomore was down five with five holes to play after Utah State golfer Cameron Tucker dropped a birdie on the par-4 13th hole.
But match play golf does weird things.
Goyen rallied in short order, dropping five-straight birdies capped by his short putt on No. 18, then secured the Round of 32 win with a birdie on the 19th green Thursday at Alpine Country Club. It s one thing coming back from 1 or 2 up. But 5 down with five holes to play was pretty tough, Goyen said. But I m glad I got it done. It was a hard match, and huge respect to Cameron; he was a great competitor all day long. I m glad I could pull through in the end.
The county s coronavirus trends have been moving âslightly upwardâ since the end of June, according to a spokesperson for the local health department.
âMoore Countyâs weekly COVID-19 case counts have been on a slight rise over the past three consecutive weeks,â Matt Garner, public information officer for the department, said during Monday s meeting of the Moore County Board of Health. âWeâre seeing a bit of an upturn.â
The countyâs rolling, weekly average of new cases dropped to a low of 1.1 infections on June 28, according to Garner. That number has since increased, with the health department reporting a daily average of 4.3 new infections for the seven days ending Tuesday.
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