Salcombe Gin Merlin Rocket Week - Day 1 by Tim Fells 4 Jul 21:24 BST 4-9 July 2021
Two years have passed since the Merlin fleet last descended on Salcombe for the Salcombe Gin sponsored Merlin Week, so it was with much excitement that the morning fleet set about the ritual of crossing the estuary to Mill Bay to prepare for the morning race.
Unfortunately, the weather gods were not in the same mood and delivered rain and little to no wind for the start.
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With random bits of breeze from all points of the compass and a flood tide against, the start was always going to have a high degree of difficulty about it. With quite a scrum near the Portlemouth beach, defending champions Richard Whitworth and Jemima Scroggie carried on where they had ended in 2019, timing a perfect start 10 boats out from the beach in their own bit of pressure to steel away from the pack. They navigated the vagaries of the beat/reach/run to Blacks
Mark Zura, left, will be the new principal at Boardman High School, and Mike Masucci will be the new principal at Boardman Center Intermediate School. (Contributed photos)
BOARDMAN The Boardman Local School Board voted unanimously Monday night to hire two officials who are coming from Poland Local Schools.
Mark Zura, who serves as director of Student Services in the Poland Local School District, will be the new principal at Boardman High School. Mike Masucci, principal at Poland Union Elementary School, will be the new principal at Boardman Center Intermediate School.
Zura has more than 20 years of educational experience, half of which was spent at Boardman. He will replace Principal Cindy Fernback, who is retiring effective June 30 after 32 years in Boardman Local Schools. Zura’s three-year contract begins July 1.
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With Ohio schools being awarded $4.47 billion in American Recovery Act funds, area public school leaders are now trying to figure out the best ways to use this money over the next three years to get students back on track with learning and strengthen their districts.
In this latest round of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds, there will be an estimated $6.88 billion released since the schools were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic last March.
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