Charles Kenneth Harclerode was born in 1931, grew up in Lancaster, and graduated from McCaskey High School. He attended Millersville State Teachers College, where he played football and baseball, and
Staff Writer
BRIDGEPORT The Belmont County Health Department kept up the drive Friday to vaccinate area students before the summer months in keeping with Gov. Mike DeWine’s goal.
On Friday, health department staff were offering doses at Bridgeport High School. About 15 students were expected to receive their first dose of the Pfizer BioNTech version of the vaccine, which is cleared for recipients younger than 18. For the past two weeks, vaccination clinics have been set up in school districts and in Bellaire near Ohio 7.
“We started it at 1:30 p.m. and it’s going to go to 3:30 p.m. It is based on students who with parent permission and parent consent would like to get the vaccine,” Principal Tom Daley said. “We had a staff vaccination clinic back in February and March. About 90 of our staff members are now fully vaccinated. … It’s a good percentage of the staff.”
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Sphinx Virtuosi is a conductor-less chamber ensemble comprising 18 Black and Latinx classical musicians. The group will present a virtual concert this weekend and then launch a mentorship program for student musicians from Bridgeport.
Sphinx Virtuosi is part of the Detroit-based Sphinx Organization. Through various programs and ensembles, the organization is “dedicated to transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts.”
The chamber ensemble will perform a program called
This Is America, which features music influenced by Black and Latinx music, like the finale to Antonín Dvořák’s String Quartet in F major, Op. 96, also known as the
Dec 31, 2020
It’s likely that you lost a cultural icon who meant something to you during 2020, whether from the world of politics, art or sports.
We again were reminded the importance a single person can make on the lives of everyone through the losses of a couple of giants from the world of politics.
On July 17, for instance, we learned of the death of John Lewis. Lewis, who was 80, was an icon of the civil rights movement. His bloody beating by Alabama state troopers helped to strengthen opposition to racial segregation. He would go on to have a long and celebrated career as a member of Congress.