After he bought the teak company, the trucking entrepreneur turned to his wife Barbara, a prolific local interior designer and asked, “What do you think about building a teak house?”
Clergy oppose Trempealeau County’s 2nd Amendment Sanctuary resolution (5/12/2021)
From: The Rev. Valarian Ahles; the Rev. Laurie Skow-Anderson, Bishop of Northwest Synod of Wisconsin (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America); the Rev. Adam Arends; the Rev. John Ashland; the Rev. Chris Boerger, Bishop of La Crosse Area Synod (ELCA); the Rev. Mary Ann Bowman; the Rev. Lois Buchholz; the Rev. Dave Christianson; the Rev. Tom Elliot; the Rev. Mike Hibbs; the Rev. Elizabeth Howe, assistant to the Bishop of La Crosse Area Synod (ELCA); the Rev. Joe Iverson; the Rev. Kary Jonas; the Rev. Peter Jonas; the Rev. Hee-Soo Jung, Bishop of Wisconsin Conference (United Methodist Church); the Rev. Robert MacDougall, Northwest Wisconsin Association (United Church of Christ); the Rev. Cheryl Matthews; the Rev. Karen Ressel; the Rev. Paul Tobison; the Rev. Paul Sannerud; the Rev. Anna Sorenson; the Rev. Luis Paolo Vásquez; the Rev. Barb Certa-Werner, North West Distric
Ellen Ann Fentress and Richard Fausset, The New York Times
Published: 13 Mar 2021 05:15 PM BdST
Updated: 13 Mar 2021 05:15 PM BdST Lavern Avant with water she has collected to use and share with friends and family at her apartment in Jackson, Miss, Mar 11, 2021. Nearly one month after a winter storm froze pipes and water mains, more than 70 percent of the city’s water customers remained under a notice to boil water. Rory Doyle/The New York Times Lavern Avant washes her hands with a bottle of drinking water at her apartment in Jackson, Miss, March 11, 2021. Rory Doyle/The New York Times
Once again, Lavern Avant was spending her day scouring Mississippi’s capital city, hoping to get her hands on a basic necessity that she and many of her neighbours had gone without for weeks.
‘You Can’t Bathe. You Can’t Wash.’ Water Crisis Hobbles Jackson, Miss., for Weeks
Nearly one month after a winter storm froze pipes and water mains, more than 70 percent of the city’s water customers remained under a notice to boil water.
Lavern Avant in her apartment in Jackson, Miss., with water she has collected to use and share with friends and family.Credit.Rory Doyle for The New York Times
By Ellen Ann Fentress and Richard Fausset
Published March 12, 2021Updated March 22, 2021
JACKSON, Miss. Once again, Lavern Avant was spending her day scouring Mississippi’s capital city, hoping to get her hands on a basic necessity that she and many of her neighbors had gone without for weeks.