14-year-old wants to lower organ donation registration age in Nebraska
Part of her Girl Scout Gold Award project Share Updated: 7:47 PM CST Feb 6, 2021 John Oakey
Part of her Girl Scout Gold Award project Share Updated: 7:47 PM CST Feb 6, 2021 John Oakey Anchor To register to be an organ donor, the state of Nebraska says you must be 16. But a Westside High freshman wants to lower the age and bring more conversations to families.Marigold Helvey is working on her Girl Scout Gold Award project. Her goal is to get 14-year-olds, like herself, the ability to indicate on a school or learner s permit, the option to be an organ donor. Helvey took her case to the Health and Human Services committee in Lincoln. LB 251 will start important conversations with teens and their families and make a difference so children who need a transplant don t have to wait as long and they can find a better match, said Helvey.Helvey brought the bi
A violent weekend saw six people wounded late Saturday to early Monday in five separate shootings, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff s Office.
The shootings also were followed by the 10 a.m. report of a death discovered within walking distance of the Sheriff s Office s Zone 3 substation. A man s body was found outside a Knights Inn room at 8285 Dix Ellis Trail by a passerby, police said. No cause was released, but police said there are indications of foul play.
• The latest shooting was reported about 10:40 a.m. Monday at The Forest apartment complex in the 5400 block of West Norde Drive, Lt. Beau Bottin said. A man in his early 20s was found with at least one gunshot wound and is hospitalized, but not life threatening, Bottin said. Parts of this scene took place inside one of the apartments, but it is unknown where the victim was shot, he said. It is also possible that the suspect and victim knew each other.
Thirteen under 19 coastal Cricket players are in Windhoek to participate in phase 1 of the U19 National Trials hosted by Cricket Namibia (CN) today (Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday) in Windhoek.
Cricket Namibia CEO, Johan Muller said the vision of CN is to implement a structure that allows equal opportunity, which is fair to all players and transparent to all stakeholders.
Muller said, “Considering the amount and quality of exposure of our school players, our trial structure aims to create more opportunities to participate while not neglecting any player irrespective of geography.”
Muller said, “With that in mind, our main purpose of the upcoming trials is to select the best players for the Namibia U19 team which is going to take part in World Cup qualifiers to be held in Nigeria in September 2021.”
Duval School Board approves outdoor graduation ceremonies
Duval County Public Schools will host outdoor commencement ceremonies for the second consecutive year. The ceremonies will take place on school football fields for class of 2021 graduates. The move provides some certainty during a largely uncertain school year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
School officials say making the call now gives the district time to prepare for safe, social-distanced ceremonies compared to last school year, when the pandemic prompted mass rescheduling.
When the COVID-19 pandemic originally struck, Duval Schools was forced to close schools in March it would be the last time the class of 2020 would all be on campus together, with events like prom and graduation hanging in the balance for seniors.