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Rochester Park Board President Linnea Archer and Rochester Director of Park & Recreation Paul Widman in a Park Board meeting April 6, 2021. (Video screenshot)
Rochester Park Board president s comments about American flag spark debate
Final comments during a recent Rochester Park Board meeting have sparked a social media debate and left at least one board member with safety concerns.
During the roundtable comments held at the end of the April Park Board meeting, Board President Linnea Archer pointed to the potential for conflicting messages related to plans to add a second flag to Soldiers Field Park.
Veterans returned to Richard s Coffee Shop Thursday.
It was Thursday, and the parking lot was filled, laughter could be heard in the building and the room buzzed with the excitement as those inside were seeing one another after 13 months of being separated. This was the scene at Richardâs Coffee Shop in downtown Mooresville, exactly one year and one month since the pandemic caused them to cease gathering.
Smiles were evident on the faces as veterans and family members returned. Shouts of greetings could be heard and soon each took their places at the tables and were able to catch up and fellowship with their comrades-in-arms. Free coffee was available, and food was provided by the Blue Star Mothers, who normally feed those who gather every Thursday before a holiday. This was a âwelcome back eventâ the ladies said.
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BOSSIER CITY, La. Ray Adams had a couple of older brothers in World War II. One was in the Army and the other in the Navy. Ray wanted to go to the Navy at age 17. But his Mom wouldn t sign for him.
When he came of age at 18, Ray was off but to the Air Force.
As US warplanes continued to fly over an uneasy cease-fire in Korea, Ray Adams was deployed to keep those planes flying. He was close to hostilities on the ground. We were living in tents. But we had dug bunkers for us to get into if we were that close to North Korean line. If anything happened, we d just crawl into that bunker and hope we survived it, he says.
Ray Adams
A: Yes, it is a mudpuppy and relatively rare. Chicago anglers occasionally catch mudpuppies in the colder months, especially at Navy Pier. They are rare enough that the Shedd Aquarium was involved in an extended study on Lake Michigan and Wolf Lake. Mudpuppies are amphibians, one of the largest salamanders. Click here for a column about that study at Wolf Lake. Click here for a follow-up column based on this scholarly article.
WILD OF THE WEEK
Brian Konet photographed this loon [below] in late March and emailed, “It was cool seeing a loon, not too common. It was on a pond in Frankfort.” Loons are one of my favorite birds.