By Kayla Thompson
May 25, 2021 | 5:09 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – After the Jackson Zoo’s managing partner backed out of the deal, the City of Jackson took control of the facility. While the zoo does not have someone to manage it, the city will have to hire and pay employees.
A zookeeper, veterinary technician, animal care supervisor and development director for the zoo will be managed by the city’s Parks and Rec Department. Ison Harris is the director of the department and said this is needed to secure the zoo and people who can do the job.
“We had basically contracted workers working with no insurance or anything at that point. So if we’re going to go back through the process of managing it and RFP, we want to make sure that we secure those people. The reason why that’s important is because we’ve been losing valuable people because of that situation so we want to stabilize it,” Harris explained.
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Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts announced during his last news COVID-19 news conference he signed an executive order suspending all previous executive orders issued during the pandemic.
The Governor is also ending the states participation in the $300 federal COVID-19 benefits, due to the low number of unemployed Nebraskans. The program ends on June 19th.
Nebraska is tied for the lowest unemployment rate in the state at 2.8%, along with South Dakota and a few other states.
Iowa plans to end federal benefits on June 13th and South Dakota on June 26th.
The Iowa Department of Public Health reported no new deaths due to complications of COVID-19. There were only 55 new cases with one in Woodbury County. Currently there are no patients being treated solely for the illness in Sioux City.
Annual Movies In The Park Has Begun In Odessa And Will Continue Throughout The Summer
With the end of school near, the scramble is on to find things for kids to do for the summer. As a mother of 3, I know all too well how important it is to keep them busy. You will either start to hear, mom I m bored way too soon or they will spend all summer on their tablets, computers and playing video games. Big nope in our house right there!
The City of Odessa Parks and Rec Department has released their
Movies in the Park schedule, an annual event. Families will have the opportunity to catch seven different movies for
Stephenville Community News in brief
Stephenville Empire-Tribune
The Stephenville Parks and Rec Department is offering a summer swimming league.
It is for those ages 5-18 and registration is open until June 15. Cost is $60 per participant with a $20 swimsuit add-on, if applicable.
A parents/coaches meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday, May 27, at the small pavilion. Practices will begin the week of June 1.
Meets are held each Saturday in June.
For more information or to register, visit recpro.stephenvilletx.gov
Dancers to present On Broadway
The dancers from the Stephenville Dance Center have prepared a show from all of their favorite Broadway musicals.
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I recently had the opportunity to spend one of these gorgeous sunny spring days we’ve been having lately working on stories about two of Mineral County’s iconic but very underutilized sites.
For our readers, my on-site visits turned into two good feature stories bringing them up to date on what’s been happening at these sites, and hopefully what’s about to happen.
For me personally, it was a time to celebrate a definite win for the county, in that an historic log cabin slated to be torn down six years ago may now see new life, but it was also a bittersweet time to bid farewell to a place where many of us have spent a lot of enjoyable summer evenings being entertained by some of the best in community theater productions.