Another objective of the Memorial Day observances is to “give some education to younger generations so they know what it’s all about, said Chief William Carl, president of the Collier County Veterans Council. There is a lot of blood, sweat and tears spent on behalf of all Americans, said Carl, a retired Coast Guard officer.
Here are some of the Memorial Day events that will be held in Southwest Florida on May 31.
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Annual Memorial Day commemoration: Begins at 10 a.m. May 31 at Hodges Funeral Home’s Naples Memorial Gardens, 525 111th Ave. N.
A musical prelude begins at 9:30 a.m. The Pine Ridge Middle School Symphonic Band will perform, and the Pledge of Allegiance will be led by Boy Scouts as a way to involve the younger generation in a holiday devoted to honoring veterans.
Pine Ridge Middle moving to virtual learning for two weeks due to COVID-19 cases
Feb 12, 2021 12:43 PM EST
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Officials with Lexington School District Two say Pine Ridge Middle School will temporarily shift to a 100% virtual learning model for two weeks. The district says the decision comes as the school met the 5% district metric for positive COVID-19 cases among students.
The virtual learning period will begin on Tuesday, February 16, the day after Presidents Day, and students are tentatively scheduled to return to campus on Monday, March 1.
The district says no sports, clubs and activities will be held on school grounds during the virtual learning period.
Pine Ridge Middle School switches to virtual learning due to COVID-19 cases among students
COVID-19: Stop the spread of germs By Laurel Mallory | February 12, 2021 at 12:57 PM EST - Updated February 12 at 10:38 PM
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - One middle school in Lexington School District Two will go virtual for two weeks after more than 5% of its student population tested positive for COVID-19, officials said Friday.
Pine Ridge Middle School Principal Dr. David Basile says around 90 students have been placed in quarantine.
“We had probably collected the largest number of positives and close contacts that we had all school year,” said Basile.
Hospitals after an amtrak train with nearly 150 people on board crashed into a csx freight train in south carolina. it s a suburb of columbia, south carolina. the amtrak engine derailed with several passenger cars and right now we don t know how many passenger cars but we did speak with one of the passengers who was on the rear of the train in a sleeper car saying his with juan of them. we know a lot of people who were not injured have been taken to a middle school, pine ridge middle school there. the red cross is supporting them to keep them warm and fed until they figure out what happens from this point on. the lexington county sheriff says all of the passengers are off of that train. that is important to note. and that three area hospitals were treating those 70 some victims. their injuries ranging from some bumps and bruises to some serious broken bones perhaps. peter golds is the former managing director the national transportation safety board and he is on the phone bus now. wh
Pictures we received as you can see it there with at least one or two of those cars that are off the tracks. this happened about a little more than four hours ago at 2:30 this morning in cayce, south carolina, or pine ridge is what they are saying locally there. the train was running between new york and miami and those folks who are not injured have been transported to pine ridge middle school. red cross is assisting them there as they try now to determine where they go from here. this is a long route. we just talked to one of the passengers who was in one of the train cars in the back of the train and one of the sleeper cars there. he said he was going to orlando from philadelphia. so they are in the middle of their route and now trying to figure out what to do. we have got paul middle school. we also have more than a dozen volunteers and staff that are either on their way here or here right now. those staff members and volunteers are coming from across the state to ass