7 COVID-19 cases added in Ford Co on Wednesday dodgeglobe.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dodgeglobe.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dodge City Daily Globe
The Wednesday report from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment showed Ford County added 10 cases of COVID-19 with a case rate of 165.4 per 1,000 people.
There were 49 tests conducted on Feb. 22 and 25 tests conducted on Feb. 23.
There were three deaths added to the report bringing Ford County to 67 deaths since the pandemic began in March 2020.
Under the death summary tab on the KDHE website, it states, Death counts and data are preliminary and subject to verification. A COVID-19 death is any person that died where the death certificate lists COVID-19 or SARS-COV-2 as the underlying cause of death or significant contributing factor to death.
Ford County COVID-19 death total reaches 64 since pandemic began dodgeglobe.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dodgeglobe.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Judd Weil
Who said a little friendly competition didn t benefit anyone?
Dodge City Middle School and Comanche Middle School engaged each other as they participated in a Food Drive Competition from Dec. 1-16, with all proceeds going to the Manna House in Dodge City.
DCMS students and staff collected 3,325 food items, while CMS collected 3,746 food items, collectively a grand total of 7,071.
“We have never seen a food drive like that ever, never,” said Steve Tabor, who currently operates the day-to-day operations at the Manna House. “This was just beyond my expectations with what we received.”
Tabor has been overseeing the Manna House since the death of former director Michael Hoar in late November. Tabor was the previous director of the Manna House from 2014 to 2019 before Hoar and was asked to supervise operations until a permanent director can be found.
Judd Weil
Dodge City Daily Globe
Returning after a long break following its Nov. 9 meeting, the Dodge City Unified School District 443 Board of Education was given a presentation of information by the Air Force Junior ROTC program, overseen by instructor Master Sgt. Raymond Gonzales and four of his students that make unit KS-2021.
In 2018, USD 443 made the decision to pursue an Air Force JROTC program and in late 2019 was awarded an Air Force JROTC program with the expectation of implementing this program in August 2020.
Gonzales was hired to fill one of the two instructor positions in June 2020, and from there began to develop the program.