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Shuttle buses full of people stopped Monday at Mount Olivet Baptist Church on Adams Street as part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan for “fairness and equity” in vaccine distribution. The church’s congregation is predominantly black. The church’s pastor, the Rev. Rickey Harvey, said the appointment-only pop-up event came together with just three days notice. “We got this call Friday, today is Monday; we had no idea that the outpour would be the way it is,” Harvey said. “The energy, the enthusiasm, the people have just responded wonderfully.” click to enlarge PHOTO BY MAX SCHULTE Harvey said they planned to give out between 250 and 300 doses to essential workers and people over 65.
You could call Paula Yeats, owner of Hair on Fifth, a Walkerite, through and through.
She grew up on a farm outside of Walker and still lives just a quarter mile from where she grew up. Â
Her dad was a hard-working logger who also ran a sawmill, so there was no need for Paula to find an outside job.
âYou were born with one!â she jokes.
After attending Walker-Hackensack School and graduating in 1980, her decision on a career was influenced by several relatives on her momâs side who are cosmetologists.
âIt just seemed like the thing to do,â she says, âso off I went to attend Wadena AVTI for cosmetology, with my best friend, Linda Rosenberry, who was taking a secretarial course.â