Regional collaboration and partnerships helped ensure the 2025 NFL Draft was a success that shined a bright positive light on the entire Green Bay area "We were so relieved to see that because you dream about being able to do this for your community," Toll said "To have it come off the way it did was just unbelievable." Here are six takeaways from the post-draft press conference and statements Ashwaubenon Village Manager Joel Gregozeski said that for all the plaudits the Packers a lot more agencies "played a very critical role in the success of this NFL draft." "Successful partnerships and incredible teamwork" were keys to making sure everything went according to plans and Gregozeski said all village employees stepped up to take on nontraditional roles for the draft Even Village Board President Mary Kardoskee mentioned going on port-a-potty detail during the three-day event "I could not be prouder for all of our teammates here at the village for their dedication The draft was projected to inject $20 million into the local economy and $94 million state And while Toll said the overall response to the Green Bay area's job as hosts has been positive he doesn't yet have actual economic impact information Toll said Discover Green Bay hired a firm to conduct a thorough economic impact analysis of the draft The firm had staff at the draft to interview visitors to help provide more detail for the follow-up report He said the final report is expected in June where the party continued after the draft grounds closed Ashwaubenon Interim Public Safety Chief Tom Rolling said the department tripled its typical staffing for a Packers home game weekend and had six officers in the Holmgren Way area during the draft Rolling said officers arrested two people and issued several citations in the Stadium District area he said that was well below the volume of activity during a home game weekend The traffic plan workedRollins said the community "would have been in deep trouble" without the traffic management plan the community's public safety agencies collaboratively developed and implemented with a lot of help from Brown County Highway Department "There were a lot of contingency plans we didn't need," Brown County Highway Commissioner Chris Hardy said The State Patrol provided 55 troopers and inspectors to help out with directing and managing traffic said no major vehicle crashes were reported on major highways near the draft He added that they deployed 35 signal and message boards to direct vehicles into parking zones More: Only one person arrested during three-day 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay, police say Metro Transit Director Patty Kiewicz on April 28 said Metro buses provide about 8,000 trips on a typical Thursday-Friday-Saturday she said Metro Transit provided about 20,000 trips or 12,000 more than a typical three-day run That's a 150% increase over a normal three-day period Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich in an April 28 statement said he feels immense gratitude for residents Brown County and the Green Bay Packers for "making the 2025 draft something special for everyone." "I also want to recognize Packers President Mark Murphy specifically for his vision of bringing the NFL draft to Green Bay and ignoring the naysayers but we didn’t let them distract us," Genrich said in the statement "This has always been 'the little city that could' and this last week we showed the world who we are and what we are capable of Genrich said he's not sure where the community goes from here but said the draft showed hundreds of thousands of visitors and millions of viewers what many locals already know: Green Bay is an exceptional city but this much we know: This community owns the Green Bay Packers but it is brighter than we can even imagine," Genrich said Contact business reporter Jeff Bollier at (920) 431-8387 or jbollier@gannett.com. 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Read more of that coverage is teaching young people how to save lives Isaac Esene, the founder and director of nonprofit Goodworks said they teach young people how to become better bystanders by teaching them how to do CPR stop bleeding from gunshot wounds and help someone who is experiencing an opioid overdose The group targets young people from 9 years old to people in their early 20s Esene said he founded the organization after experiencing a tragedy in his own life just a few months after finishing Charles Herbert Flowers High School in Springdale Esene said a close friend was shot and killed outside of Largo Community Library A short time later he was shipped out for training with the D.C Air National Guard where he became a medic and learned how to treat gunshot wounds Esene said he realized that there had been a rise in violent crime in his community He said another close friend became the victim of deadly gun violence He also said he realized that people had “zero first aid training.” “The whole goal is to increase health literacy in our community and to help people become better bystanders,” he said who completed his enlistment from the military in June and is studying to become a physician assistant The Towson University graduate said his work with the D.C which included being on orders during the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 and the Jan really enhanced his desire to work for the community Esene said they have trained over 500 youth throughout the D.C Goodworks will be returning to Esene’s alma mater as part of their Manhood 101 Mentorship program He said they will be teaching students CPR along with their Stop the Bleeding course They will also talk about how to use Narcan and attend a roundtable on how to keep their community safer To find out more, feel free to email isaac@goodworkshealth.org Stephanie Gaines-Bryant is an Anchor and Reporter for WTOP holding positions ranging from newscaster to morning show co-host This website is not intended for users located within the European Economic Area KQED Live Events PRX Podcast Garage Events Events Around the Bay Area Member Benefits with KQED Live Videos from KQED LiveWatch recordings of recent KQED Live events Featured That's My WordAn ongoing exploration of Bay Area hip-hop history See Senior Director of TV Programming Meredith Speight’s recommendations from this month’s KQED 9 Watch recordings of recent KQED Live events Support KQED by using your donor-advised fund to make a charitable gift Listen to all six episodes of our State of Drought series on Spotify. Episode transcript The Bay Area water system is a byzantine patchwork of agencies — more than 50 in all — that provides water to customers Some are the ones you see on your water bill Others are middlemen that provide water to local agencies at the wholesale level And some of that water makes a long journey Southern California has the reputation for tapping far-flung sources for its water needs More than two-thirds of the Bay Area’s water supply comes from outside the region local water districts are competing with many others around the state for limited supplies some parts of the Bay Area are experiencing the drought more acutely because of where they get their water We’re going to break it down for you The system originates more than 100 miles from its primary customers O’Shaughnessy Dam was built on the Tuolumne River in 1923 to create Hetch Hetchy Reservoir The water travels through a series of pipelines before it reaches the Bay Area and blends with five local reservoirs The Tuolumne River joins the San Joaquin River and flows into the Delta San Francisco depends on Hetch Hetchy for its water The city’s direct access to a large amount of stored water means that even when precipitation levels are lower than average residents don’t start seeing mandatory water restrictions right away The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is also a water wholesaler selling water to places on the peninsula like Burlingame California’s two major rivers, the Sacramento and San Joaquin, fed by half a dozen others, come together in this inland delta just east of San Francisco Bay The Delta’s watershed makes up about 45 percent of the state in all Two-thirds of Californians use Delta water delivered mainly through two major canal systems the State Water Project and the Central Valley Project When we have prolonged drought, water deliveries from both these projects diminish, except for some drinking water supplies. Napa, Santa Clara, and Contra Costa counties all get some water out of the Delta. The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta has seen dramatic ecological decline due to habitat loss invasive species and highly altered water flow The 110-mile Russian River begins north of the Bay Area in Mendocino County and flows south until it reaches the Pacific Ocean west of Santa Rosa The water system consists of reservoirs at Lake Sonoma and water diverted from the Eel River into the Russian River This region is unique in that no water comes from the Sierra Nevada snowmelt The Russian River watershed sits isolated from the rest of the state communities in the region are on their own so in dry years both counties feel the pinch Marin Water officials are concerned enough about their situation to be considering two pricey options One is to lease a desalination plant for $37 million That would provide a third of the county’s drinking water needs The other option is to build a water pipeline over the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge to transport water purchased from an entity with access to Delta water That pipeline would cost between $66 – $88 million Marin built a similar pipeline back in the late 1970s when it was especially dry This river originates in the Central Sierra Nevada and flows west until it reaches the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and San Francisco Bay The East Bay Municipal Utility District built Pardee Dam on the river near Stockton in 1929 Water is delivered to the Bay Area through the 85-mile Mokelumne Aqueduct which diverts the river’s water before it reaches the Delta The 23 mile-long reservoir was created in Napa County in the 1950s Bureau of Reclamation built Monticello Dam on Putah Creek Lake Berryessa water feeds several big cities in Solano County Many water districts use water from the surrounding watershed fed by rainfall or is pumped from underground aquifers which is primarily used for landscape irrigation A version of this article originally published in 2014 To learn more about how we use your information, please read our privacy policy. Volunteers turned out in force for various “Come and Help” projects around the Pacific Area of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in February This was part of a South Pacific-wide monthlong initiative by the Church to encourage community service and care for others.Children Church members invited others to join them and worked side by side with their neighbors The Bora Bora Tahiti Stake covers many islands of French Polynesia Primary children in the Faanui Ward helped clean the park and sports complex of Teriimaevarua Primary President Mahealani Tetuanui said: “We explained to the children that ‘Come and Help’ is also about inviting friends of other faiths We were touched by the simple faith of the children who spontaneously invited their friends to participate.” More than 20 children joined for the morning of service and then played together in the park when they were finished “A service rendered always leads to a blessing received,” Tetuanui told Pacific Newsroom members of the Maupiti Ward helped landscape the gardens and courtyard of a new medical center being built The ward members helped add more than 100 plants to the gardens an inauguration ceremony will be held involving the entire island faith and pride to serve relentlessly unto the end,” Bishop More Firuu said all faces were brimming with joy and satisfaction having been useful servants in the vineyard of the Lord by helping others.” more than 120 people from different congregations in the Taravao Tahiti Stake served in their communities on Saturday Volunteers coordinated with city officials to find out where they were needed and invited friends to join and make their area a better place to live In Hitiaa, volunteers cleaned the wharf, while in Tautira they worked in the city cemetery, reported Pacific Newsroom Those in Taravao helped with a beautification project for a school volunteers painted fences and cleaned other areas in the neighborhood Taravao Tahiti Stake President Rupe Parker said: “Serving in the community is our way of sharing Heavenly Father’s love for all His children We want each of our neighbors to know how much Jesus Christ loves them and cares for each one of us.” Church members from the Paea Tahiti Stake took part in a project recently to help improve a primary school in the community of Papehue Entire families served together and had a lot to do that day including weeding the school vegetable garden repainting furniture and painting games on the sidewalk of the playground One participant told Pacific Newsroom “Whether parents or young people and even children everybody was of one heart and one mind to serve We found great joy in beautifying our school.” Bishop Marc Taputuarai of the Papehue Ward said “Serving the community helps us become more like the Savior through sacrifice and love.” Members of the Port Villa Vanuatu Stake worked together to clean up the local cemetery in the village of Erakor in support of “Come and Help” month women and young adults volunteered to weed trim and beautify the graves in the cemetery in a combined activity focused on family history Louisette Waiane, who participated in the cleanup, told Pacific Newsroom “We had a really uplifting experience knowing that we are not just helping and taking care of part of our village but we are serving our ancestors on the other side of the veil.” The dichotomy of feeling hopeful as restrictions ease, while also grieving from the past 24 months, can be dizzying. More than 11,000 Washington residents have died countless others are hurting from the loss of loved ones Two years ago this week, the first COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. were reported at Life Care Center of Kirkland, marking the Seattle area as the country’s initial epicenter Long gone are the goals of “flattening the curve.” There will be no COVID victory march “The end of the pandemic will not be televised,” said Kira Mauseth co-lead of the state Department of Health’s Behavioral Health Strike Team and a Seattle University senior instructor of psychology There will be relief and joy for some people but it’s not the same sense of euphoric excitement it might have been before as he announced the easing of mask mandates “No human being can tell you where the end of COVID is It appears it will be with us for some period of time and we will have to figure out how to live with this existing virus.” “I think last year we were still riding the high of ‘look what we have done our community has responded,’” said Bryson-Cahn the Seattle hospital’s associate medical director for infection control Asking people to respond for a year is one thing She’s optimistic about case counts dropping in King County the number of COVID patients has decreased tenfold from last month to now But she and her co-workers still feel the burden of COVID cases are down and we can see family and extended family now in ways we couldn’t before,” she said “But there’s this sense of doom over me that this is probably not our last variant It’s just sort of waiting for that shoe to drop but also wanting to take advantage of the levity of the moment.” She feels mixed about mandates easing. She knows at some point restrictions have to drop, but she works in a hospital where she’s seen the “absolute devastation” of the virus. She has a toddler who is too young to get vaccinated Vince Nguyen says he hasn’t thought about his pre-pandemic world in a while “I don’t really remember normal anymore,” he said at the SouthEast Seattle Senior Center which houses the city’s Rainier Beach vaccine clinic it’s getting back to normal with everyone on board.” Nguyen is the Seattle Fire Department’s site supervisor for the clinic the clinic had 74 appointments scheduled: 17 child doses At the vaccination clinic of the same name, though it has since relocated from the Atlantic City Boat Ramp, more than 100 people used to gather outside the entrance in hopes of scoring a leftover vaccine dose was so high and supply so low that the last doses came down to who was oldest — sometimes just a few days separated who got a shot and who didn’t Eleven months and two variant surges later was surrounded by a dozen empty chairs as she waited after getting her shot Her job as an aviation mechanic required her to get vaccinated She feels like the end of the pandemic is near and she noted there were real fans at the recent Super Bowl in California — not cardboard cutouts like in 2021 Seattle scenes show how close we are: The line outside Starbucks at Pike Place Market stretches down the block Two young people who met on Tinder do the awkward introduction outside a bar zooming down slides that were once covered in caution tape But it’s not quite the same: The Starbucks workers The Tinder couple has to — for now — show their vaccination card before weaving through the crowd of bargoers Parents discuss the playground divisions among the vaccinated big kids and the unvaccinated little ones “Nobody is going back to 2019,” said Mauseth with the Department of Health’s Behavioral Health Strike Team “So the idea is not so much returning to normalcy but being willing to accept the adaptations of life and reengage it in a way that’s meaningful Right now, we’re reeling from the third large-scale impact in the past 24 months. The original impact was the start of the pandemic, the second was the surge attributed to the delta variant and the third began in December as the omicron variant caused surges higher than any previous point When communities experience more than one impact in a short term That recovery will look different in environments where the virus had disparate effects. Long-term care facilities, for example, have borne the deadliest brunt; facility residents and staff account for 31% of all the state’s COVID deaths At the nursing home where Linda Long works and she’s not sure if she’ll ever work without a mask again Washington facilities restrict visitors whenever there is a COVID case; there were more facilities with active cases in February than any previous month according to the state Department of Social and Health Services Long wants to feel good about relaxing restrictions “It only takes one thing to upset the apple cart but only after we can get the epidemic taken care of and controlled There are so many variants that keep coming feels far from a semblance of a pre-pandemic world “We will show you this is not normal yet.” you can’t do it unless you have hope,” Nguyen a tiny person who has no idea what’s going on Stay secure and make sure you have the best reading experience possible by upgrading your browser Timberlake x Nike shoe collab early access What do the rules say about an overflowed pond The Rules of Golf are tricky! Thankfully, we’ve got the guru. Our Rules Guy knows the book front to back We recently played following a significant rainfall. The water from a penalty area—a pond—had risen beyond the clear red line marking it and onto the playing area a ball came to rest in the water but outside the still-visible red line. Is the ball considered in the penalty area or in casual water The water was likely murky; the rules in this instance are not “Casual” water is officially temporary water water that has overflowed from a penalty area is indeed temporary water For more water-related guidance from our guru is it still considered to be a water hazard “A flute with no holes is not a flute A donut with no hole is a Danish.” Similarly (or perhaps dissimilarly — it’s hard to say) Decision 26/3 clarifies that if a water hazard is unmarked by the committee it does not lose its status as a water hazard and you can still take relief under the water hazard rule … or Need help unriddling the greens at your home course? Pick up a custom Green Book from Golf Logix confusions and comments to rulesguy@golf.com We promise he won’t throw the book at you All of our market picks are independently selected and curated by the editorial team Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Learn More — There aren’t many professionals who get to dress up like pirates on a semi-regular basis would you let a pirate work on your chompers but I’m definitely looking at bones,” said Redd Redd is a member of Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla each focusing on specific charities and community services “It’s an investment in community,” said Redd they’ve given more than $1 million to Hillsborough County youth for education like Tampa and come back to living here," Redd said "So if you support a kid here locally chances are it make its way back here one way or the other.” he’s investing in the next generation of pirates “I hope that we continue to be inclusive,” said Redd almost 120-years-old — but Tampa’s not the same city it was 120 years ago.” Redd says they can continue to evolve as the keep their traditions alive people on the First Coast come through for each other While it’s important to read the latest news about coronavirus it’s also good for us to read about the good deeds the random acts of kindness and the stories about people helping those around them These stories are to make you smile or inspire you on ways you give back to your community Sikh community helping feed Jacksonville-area homeless: Every week since early May a house of worship for the Sikh Society of North East Florida bottled water and masks to area homeless people packs and delivers the meals to Sulzbacher center in downtown Jacksonville and St ”All across the country Sikh communities like the one in Jacksonville are working to help neighbors in need during the pandemic in accordance with the idea of seva [selfless community service] which is core to their faith,“ said Graham West a national civil rights and community empowerment organization that is promoting such Sikh projects food producer exceed egg-donation goal: The Cowford Chophouse and Cal-Maine Foods have exceeded their goal to donate 1 million eggs to help combat food insecurity in Northeast Florida during the pandemic The partnership recently made its fourth donation of 312,000 eggs to the food bank “When Cowford and Cal-Maine approached us with their goal to donate 1 million eggs to our network of over 250 hunger-relief partners it seemed impossible,” said Susan King president/CEO of Feeding Northeast Florida “Thanks to the incredible generosity of these teams we’ve been able to distribute much-needed protein to thousands of struggling families in our service area.” The food bank is on target to distribute about 30 million pounds of food in 2020 Nonprofit begins USDA produce and bread giveaways: Gleaners Dispatch Inc has launched weekly food distributions — tomatoes oranges and apples at one site; sandwich loaves pizza crusts and sweets at another — in Jacksonville is for people struggling because of coronavirus-related business shutdowns The produce distributions will be noon to 3:30 Fridays at the St until supply runs out at Oak Hill Church of the Nazarene For more information about these and other food giveaways High demand at Beaches emergency nonprofit: Since April has provided financial help to 850 households for rent and utility payments The support prevented pandemic-related job loss and workplace disruptions from leading to homelessness The BEAM food bank also has distributed nearly 246,824 meals since April The “Keep Their Homes Campaign” fundraising campaign launched in May with an initial goal of $50,000 but community need quickly surpassed the anticipated budget The number of clients assisted has increased 270 percent the same time last year 2024 at 10:33 am ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}"If a bear is seen in the area NJ — A bear was spotted at Ann Van Middlesworth Park on Monday morning "Police checked the area but were unable to locate it within the park or on any trails," said police around 10 a.m Contact police if an emergency response is necessary." 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York9 FC midfielder Emilio Estevez stunned the Canadian soccer community on Tuesday when news broke of his sale to topflight Dutch club ADO Den Haag making him the first CPLer to jump to a first-division team in a major European footballing nation While Den Haag — or De Ooievaars (The Storks) as they’re known — may not be the most recognizable name in the Eredivisie Estevez’s new home is a historic side in its own right founded in the Netherlands’ third-biggest city even Estevez wasn’t overly familiar with ADO Den Haag when they came calling because every time I play FIFA I see them,” he told CanPL.ca other than that I know very little of them aside that they play in the top league in the Netherlands I’m for sure going to do more research on them.” Indeed among the first things this writer did upon hearing the news was to open up FIFA 20 the first team to come up alphabetically in the Eredivisie: Here’s everything else you need to know about Emilio Estevez’s new digs The club’s full Dutch name is Alles Door Oefening Den Haag the three words at the beginning translating to “Everything Through Practice” — perhaps a fitting motto for a player who earned his first pro contract from the CPL’s open trial Den Haag has been in the Dutch topflight since 2008 having won promotion through a playoff victory in their only year in the second division since 2003 They’ll be in the first division again in 2020-21 although they were a little fortunate in that regard: the current Eredivisie season was declared void due to the COVID-19 pandemic and even though Den Haag ended up 17th (second from the bottom) and seven points from safety with eight games remaining they’ll be spared from relegation — good news for them and RKC Waalwijk missing out on UEFA Europa League qualification on goal difference having tied eighth-place Groningen on points The club hasn’t won the Dutch league championship since they did so consecutively in 1942 and 1943 RELATED READING: York9 FC’s Emilio Estevez: ‘To go from CPL open trials to Europe is just crazy’ which hurt them in the goalscoring department this year as a player familiar with the same positions All rights reserved.Terms of usePrivacy PolicyConditionsCookie PolicyBack to top STERLING - The medians and roundabouts along the Route 12 corridor were mowed last month despite signs posted at intervals along the stretch of road that state: "‘Naturalized Area DO NOT MOW." It left residents scratching their heads and asking why Sterling Town Administrator Ross Perry said the medians and roundabouts are controlled solely by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation “The town has little to no say in what happens to them,” Perry said MassDOT crews were working to address an ongoing weed in the project area that was unidentifiable by the University of Massachusetts Amherst Soil and Plant Nutrient Testing Lab “The recommendation was to mow all the areas before it could flower and then reseed,” said MassDOT Spokesperson Patrick Marvin Perry said the town worked with local entities such as the Sterling Garden Club and a turf specialist and accredited Snow Contractors Association certified landscaper to have the vegetation surveyed and get recommended plantings for the medians That information was passed along to MassDOT by Perry in an email dated June 25 “They said they were planning to come in and reseed with a mix that they deem appropriate,” Perry said “Because of the small space of the medians and them being subject to salt during the winter and heat in the summer it is hard to get anything to grow there.” According to Marvin the sites were reseeded in June self-sustaining landscape that would require low maintenance and was tolerant of roadside conditions,” Marvin said 2016 at 1:29 pm ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}WINCHESTER MA — While ice cream production doesn't immediately stop after labor day enjoying a frozen treat is always more memorable in the summer While it may not be the healthiest of foods, ice cream does have some health benefits in moderation, according to Sharecare, a health information platform it contains bone-strengthening calcium and phosphorous It can also help boost your mood and even your sex drive There are numerous ice cream options where you can get your fix in before cold weather starts creeping back into our lives here are the five best places in the Winchester area to go for ice cream Image by Moonlightway via Morguefile Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems here are the top "cheap eats" restaurants for Brandon-Valrico Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image The redevelopment of the area by community group Waimate2gether was due for completion at the beginning of next month when the final plantings should be finished A community planting would be held on April 10 Just got the last couple of seats and tables going in and then we’ve got all the planting to do .. The project included the construction of viewing platforms landscaping and new signs and information panels on the history of the South Canterbury town The White Horse itself had also been restored and was awaiting its final coat of glow-in-the-dark white paint The goal was to have a large community opening in May and it was hoped Covid restrictions would have eased so all groups involved in the project could gather six primary schools and Waimate High School had created their own decorative pou (columns) which and who will be in the place in the future," she said "And we’re going to have QR codes on each pou that take you back to the school and the meaning and what the pou are about for each individual school." There was also a pou coming from Christchurch based on the two chief wives of the district The project had received funding from the Department of Internal Affairs (more than $420,000) and the Waimate District Council ($20,000) and other community groups had contributed funds and time It had been about two years since community consultation began for the project and the pandemic had affected supplies and increased costs The project’s aim was to create a nice place for people to visit The place was already attracting extra visitors "You’ve got beautiful views of South Canterbury and you can walk but there was nothing telling them about the horse or about the area — you know we’ve built in all the history of it." ashley.smyth@odt.co.nz SINGAPORE — Local planning officers tasked with identifying the social services needs and the community assets of an area do more than sit in the office and make calls to residents and voluntary welfare organisations Kreta Ayer Social Service Office staff with a shopkeeper during a walkabout in Jalan Kukoh in order to “paint a picture” of what an area is like they are dressed in casual clothes like jeans and T-shirts said Kreta Ayer Social Service Office (SSO) General Manager Jai Prakash The facility is one of the first two offices set up by the Ministry of Social and Family Development that is aimed at providing coordinated help to the needy within the community When the officers started work at Kreta Ayer in June they were told to focus on the elderly — the dominant demographic living in the area “But we realised that there were already a lot of agencies in the area serving them we observed that there could be a lack of engagement programmes for the youth,” said Mr Prakash The Kreta Ayer SSO oversees 10 rental housing clusters who is part of a team of Social Assistance Officers based at the Kreta Ayer SSO said she keeps a lookout for other possible issues health or family issues that may be affecting the client If residents are experiencing such issues the officers refer them to a Family Service Centre for counselling or write a referral for them to visit the polyclinics visited a pair of elderly brothers in their 70s who were living in the rental flats just above the SSO to verify some financial statements Ms Yeung noticed a wound on the younger brother’s hand from a fall a few days earlier which did not seem to be healing well It later emerged that his medical fee exemption card had expired While her job as a Social Assistance Officer goes beyond only handling administrative duties and can be tiring at times Ms Yeung said she finds meaning in her job “When I chose to be a Social Assistance Officer I hoped to contribute to making our society a better place by helping the less privileged members in our midst “It is heartening to see the difference I make in the lives of clients; when I see their circumstances improve and their anxieties reduce Todayonline.com and Today Online domains and apps are now part of 'Channelnewsasia.com' domain We know it's a hassle to switch browsers but we want your experience with TODAY to be fast Upgraded but still having issues? Contact us The Texas Education Agency has released the grades of Texas school districts throughout the state Let's see what they think of our local schools Normally, every year the Texas Education Agency does a grade for every school district to see what they're doing right they have just released the results from 2022-2023 but a judge has ruled to release the grades from that school year and here are the most recent grades for the Wichita Falls area schools Gallery Credit: Stryker Gallery Credit: Johnny Thrash The Texas Education Agency has released the grades of Texas school districts throughout the state. Let's see what they think of our local schools.\nRead More Normally, every year the Texas Education Agency does a grade for every school district to see what they're doing right we can share the favorite flavors ranking order of the iconic Tootsie Pop Do you remember the old television commercial Owl” takes on the assignment of how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop Tootsie Pop was highly identifiable by the popular cartoon owl who helped a little boy learn that it only takes 3 licks to get to the center of the lollypop Owl” bit into the Tootsie Pop after just three licks It’s a classic television commercial and it was a great marketing and advertising campaign Tootsie Pop really knows how to formulate the wonderful The combination of the chocolate tootsie roll with the cherry is also over the top wonderful STRAWBERRY WATERMELON TOOTSIE POP - I have never had this flavor Tootsie Pop does not make a plain strawberry flavored lollypop People who have tried the strawberry watermelon variety say that the two flavors blend very well together RASPBERRY TOOTSIE POP - this overall third place ranking is well earned it is delicious as a Tootsie Pop and nearly as good as the cherry variety The experts say that the orange flavor with the tootsie roll center is the most balanced of them all LEMON TOOTSIE POP - it’s citrusy and light GRAPE TOOTSIE POP - this is a shocking finish Grape deserved a much better fate in this poll It’s delicious and this ranking is too low CARAMEL TOOTSIE POP - these are two flavors that individually I absolutely love pictured above and directly below contains the following flavors I hope that you enjoyed our very sweet walk down Tootsie Pop memory lane [carbongallery id="62c96789e45430ae8662377"] [carbongallery id="63105471e0a366165e68b5c"] Atlantic City Area: Do You Agree With Tootsie Pop Flavor Rankings?\nRead More Tootsie Pop was highly identifiable by the popular cartoon owl