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It s all about the pearls on Jan. 20.
Well, not just pearls. The third Wednesday in January is when President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be inaugurated, and plenty of women in Fort Wayne and beyond are celebrating the historic event.
Harris will be the first female VP and first Black and Asian American to hold the nation s second-highest position. And she s known to wear pearls. Members of a sorority she s part of – Alpha Kappa Alpha – often wear the symbolic jewelry, in recognition of its 20 founders.
When Harris accepted the Democratic vice-presidential nomination in August, she said family extends beyond bloodlines and includes AKA sorority members.
City hires new public information officer
DAVE GONG | The Journal Gazette
The city of Fort Wayne s Community Development Division has hired a new public information officer, a Wednesday news release said.
Angelica Pickens, formerly an investigative reporter, fill-in anchor and multimedia journalist at WANE-TV, started Monday. We re excited to have Angelica as part of our leadership team in Community Development. Her professional experiences and expertise will assist us in our continued efforts to provide the public and media with important and timely information using several different platforms to help meet the needs of the community, Nancy Townsend, the city s community development director, said in a statement. Angelica s professionalism, commitment to community engagement and educational background are unique attributes that make her a great fit for our organization.
Quotable quotes of 2020: Part 1
ILLUSTRATION BY ANDY CASTILLO ILLUSTRATION BY ANDY CASTILLO
Published: 12/25/2020 8:17:35 PM
Modified: 12/25/2020 8:17:25 PM
Editor’s note: Here’s a collection of quotes harvested from the front pages of the Greenfield Recorder in 2020. This is the first of two installments.
■“There is a hunger I believe, not just in Greenfield but across the county, for leaders to work together with a common purpose and for the common good, each respecting each other’s roles and responsibilities toward our work and to achieving our accomplishments. This is what I pledge to do as your mayor, as the oath states, ‘faithfully and to the best of my abilities.’” Mayor Roxann Wedegartner at her Jan. 2 inauguration.