Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Carol Ann Heer 2025 after a courageous 13-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother A proud graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School she completed her general studies at the University of Texas at Austin and then received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Houston a profession that perfectly reflected her heart for service and care for others Her passion for helping those in need was evident in every aspect of her life and her kindness touched the lives of everyone she met they shared a beautiful and devoted marriage of nearly 40 years building a beautiful family that she loved unconditionally.  Doug Zetterlund and his wife Debbie and Roger Zetterlund; her children; Jonathan and Whitley Heer of Cameron Brandon Heer and Skyler Strickland of Sulphur Springs and Dustin and Ashleigh Heer of Sulphur Springs She was the proud grandmother to nine grandchildren who brought her endless joy and pride.  infectious personality that could light up any room Her laughter and kind spirit left a lasting impression on everyone she met pouring her love and energy into creating a home filled with joy Carol was deeply loved and will be profoundly missed She touched the lives of everyone she met with her caring character Her legacy of love and service will live on through her family and the countless lives she impacted A celebration of her life will be held on Saturday at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home in Sulphur Springs Visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m Her family finds comfort knowing she is at peace her love and impact enduring forever in their hearts the family kindly asks that donations be made to the Alzheimer’s Association in Carol’s memory Donations can be made by visiting the following link: https://act.alz.org/goto/Carol_Heer Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors She was a cherished member of her community known for her kindness and welcoming spirit Shelley dedicated much of her life to education and the arts spanning a remarkable 22 years as a teacher primarily at Rock Mountain Junior High School she shared her musical talent by offering piano lessons for 33 years and served as the ward organist for 28 years Her contributions extended beyond the classroom; she embraced multiple church callings demonstrating her deep commitment to her faith Shelley was a proud alumna of Ricks College where she earned her bachelor’s degree in Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) and she often brought joy to those around her through her culinary skills She took pride in her work as a typist and seamstress Shelley loved the ongoing relationships she had with her students teaching them songs and telling stories.  Family was at the heart of Shelley’s life She leaves behind her beloved children: Scott (Rachel) Moser of Missouri Her brother’s and sister’s: Garth Heer of Alabama and her 25 cherished grandchildren who brought immense joy to her life Shelley is preceded in death by her father and dedication to her family and community will be fondly remembered by all who knew her Shelley Jean Heer Moser will be greatly missed but her legacy will continue to inspire all who were fortunate to know her Special thanks to her good friends: Myler’s Thank you to all the others that were there for her during her times of need.  ORDER VIDEOS Oliver Heer completed his journey from a supporting role as an IMOCA boat captain to finishing his first Vendée Globe today becoming the first Swiss-German sailor to do so. After 99 days racing he fulfilled his childhood dream, one which he harboured as a nipper who had posters of his sailing idols on his bedroom wall. He has shown great tenacity and resilience but also excellent seamanship, always taking the low risk choices, the option which gave him most chance to finish the race. How do you feel after your first non stop round the world race and this finish? You faced many obstacles even before the start of this Vendée Globe: a collision during the Route du Rhum, a rigging problem during the Transat Jacques Vabre... Do you think that these challenges made you stronger to take on this race? Yes, these events have strengthened my team and me. It really wasn’t easy to get to the Vendée Globe, but it had two positive consequences. Firstly, it forced us to improve the reliability of the boat. Secondly, it proved how determined we were to be at the start. In hindsight, I wouldn’t change anything.  What will you remember from this round the world race? That’s a difficult question to answer. What I can say is that I experienced some incredibly strong moments, but also some very complicated passages. I really can’t point to one moment that was more memorable than another,  but sailing 23,000 miles without stopping is proof that there was real harmony between my boat and me, despite the small problems encountered along the way. Considering the budget and the time we had to prepare, I think we achieved a great performance.  It was never a problem for me. The word solitude has a negative connotation in French, but in German, it is rather perceived positively and in fact there is not such a word. At sea, I was happy, I felt good. I had also worked before the race with a mental trainer, which helped me a lot to understand this aspect.  Do you think you have changed as a result of this experience? Give me a week or two, then ask my wife! (Laughs) I’ve only just arrived, so it’s a bit early to say. But one thing is for sure: I had an extremely positive experience in this Vendée Globe. I thought that finishing the race would mark the end of a long project, and in the end, I feel like it’s the start of something even bigger. I’d be very happy to be at the start in 2028! In the Vendée Globe's namesake department, the event is much more than an ocean race: it's a matter of pride, sharing and emotion. This tenth edition, unprecedented in terms of the number of participants and media coverage, has brightened the winters of the local people, who have thrilled alongside… Adélie, the mascot of the Vendée Globe since this 10th edition, is a species of penguin living in Antarctica. Recently, a lost and disorientated Adélie penguin was found on the coast of New Zealand, a long way from its natural habitat. This is not an isolated case: Antarctic birds are sometimes… The 10th edition of the Vendée Globe ends on an exceptional note, from a sporting, popular and media point of view. The level of competition has never been so high: Charlie Dalin, the great winner of this anniversary edition, smashed the event record by more than 9 days! The public, as ever,… Meet Actress: Let's go back in time and try to dig deeper into one such top actress who ruled the late 60s and 70s with her impeccable acting chops and beauty. She made her debut in 1964 release Haqeeqa, directed by Chetan Anand, elder brother of superstar Dev Anand and Vijay Anand. What followed was 'Heer Raanjha' in 1970, opposite actor Raaj Kumar. The movie was a massive hit.  Chetan Anand's sons Ketan Anand and Vivek Anand along with their employees Mala Choudhary and Ashok Chinnaswamy were charged with her murder. The motive behind her killing was reported to be the rights to her inheritance of Chetan Anand's property.  The four accused were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in July 2002 but they were granted bail in November 2002.  In 2011, the Bombay High Court agreed to hear the appeals filed by the accused duo against the trial court's order. Bahia – Brasil   Em meados de abril,… Stephanie de Heer is Chief Marketing & Member Officer (CMO) and a member of the Leadership Team (LT) at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Stephanie joined WBCSD in September 2022 as Vice President Marketing and Communications and was responsible for setting the priorities and strategic positioning goals demonstrating the organization’s leading position in the field of sustainability and business Stephanie leads the Go to Market portfolio – which includes Communications and Regional Strategy & Business Development Her focus is on growing and connecting the WBCSD-community of forward-thinking companies across geographies and sectors creating a trusted network where leaders collaborate measure their performance and business thought- and action leadership is amplified to scale impactful change Stephanie began working in the area of sustainability in 2010 at UTZ Certified she was part of the core team that led the merger between UTZ and the Rainforest Alliance (RA) where she took on the role of Senior Director Communications & Marketing Stephanie worked at Maussen Communications & Public Relations an established PR agency in Amsterdam.  Stephanie holds a BA in communications and information science and a MS in communications studies specializing in intercultural communications both completed at the University of Utrecht.  Stephanie holds the following Board positions:  Leave condolences here  - Flamm Funeral Home passed away due to congestive heart failure on January 31 Valene was born the youngest of six children in South Weber 1929 to Jasper Seaman Taggart and Cecil June (Thompson) Taggart and at the age of one Her early years were spent on a family farm complete with dairy cows chickens and draft horses that were used to plow fields It was during these years that she determined that boys had more fun than girls and became a certified tomboy After a straw stack fire burned down most of the farm the family moved to the town of Aberdeen where her father worked in the potato industry It was at this time in 2nd Grade that Valene met the funnest and funniest boy in the class named Leo Heer The future would prove this friendship to be extremely fortunate for both of them her mother fell ill to tuberculosis of the spine and was sent to Salt Lake City where she was confined to a hospital bed Utah each summer and stay with relatives so that she could visit her mother in the hospital her mother developed cancer and passed away when Valene was 17 Valene lived with two of her married sisters and her Senior year with the family of the Aberdeen School Superintendent She supported herself during these years with a job at the Aberdeen Sweet Shop and working behind the lunch counter at T&K’s Grocery Her high school years were filled with basketball drill team and tumbling but her favorite activity was anything that involved her growing love for singing American Legion events and other community events all provided her with many opportunities to share and hone her beautiful voice and this became a life-long love Another life-long love began to develop with her school friend Leo Heer He was the Class President in high school and this is when they began a more serious relationship Idaho to attend the University of Idaho and Valene went to Pocatello One year apart was all it took to convince the two of them that they needed to spend the rest of their lives together and they were married in Pocatello When Leo later joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints their marriage was solemnized and their family was sealed in 1960 in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple They settled on the Heer family farm where Leo worked on the farm and Valene kept house in a tiny 10’ x 30’ hired man’s house was that the outhouse for the entire farm was just across the road from them in the orchard Illinois so that Leo could attend and graduate from Coyne Electrical School Idaho where Leo accepted a position at Idaho Potato Starch a job for Leo at Westinghouse at the new National Reactor Testing Station meant that Valene got her first real home in the small village of Ammon Idaho and the family grew to nine with their seven children The friends and relationships that she developed over the next 20+ years on Avocet Drive in the Ammon LDS 2nd Ward would last a lifetime These years provided her with countless opportunities to sing at church functions community events and even multiple years on top of the announcer’s perch at the War Bonnet Roundup dressed as the Statue of Liberty belting out The Star-Spangled Banner Her accompaniment was a 33-rpm record of the orchestral arrangement played by Leo through the announcer’s microphone A change in employment for Leo in 1969 took him to Rexburg Idaho as General Manager of Intermountain Block and Pipe After driving every day on the old two-lane highway for three years the decision was made to move the family to Rexburg to a home on West 1st South across the street from the baseball diamond in Porter Park 1974 would bring the final family move to West Main Street in Rexburg and the wonderful home that Valene loved to call her own for the remainder of her earthly journey This move happened just prior to the Teton Dam Flood in June of 1976 and after the clean-up and repairs she was able to re-decorate her home in the colors and style that she had always dreamed of complete with powder blue carpet and 3D wall treatments Valene spent a lifetime of service to others as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and as such Her favorites were any that involved her love of music and included Ward Chorister Relief Society Stake Chorister and numerous performances as a soloist and in groups Another of her favorite assignments was as a Temple Worker with her husband in both the Idaho Falls Temple and later in the Rexburg Temple for over a decade She also opened her home in later years to five of her grandchildren who came from Denmark to Idaho and attended high school at Madison High School She was happy to do this because she felt a sense of gratitude to the people who gave her a home to live in all the years her mother was in the hospital in Utah Valene is survived by six of her seven children including Garth (Eveonne Christensen) Heer Douglas (Julie England) Heer and Patrice (Knud) Mogensen Her life was also blessed with 31 grandchildren 51 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren Valene was preceded in death by her husband Leo Dorothy (Jack) Dahle and brothers Lyle (Leila) Taggart and Lynne (Ethel) Taggart as well as a granddaughter © 2015 - 2025 EastIdahoNews.com LLC entering the trendy sporty-chic watch with an integrated bracelet market Although Oceanmaster Oliver Heer Ocean Racing is not specifically a diving watch it boasts impressive capabilities that make it a worthy contender in any seafaring adventure The Oliver Heer Ocean Racing edition is based upon the Delma Oceanmaster Automatic series and has a 500m water-resistant stainless steel cushion-shaped case with satin-brushed surfaces and polished bevels measuring 44mm in diameter and 13.8mm thick The easy-to-grip nautical unidirectional bezel is marked with a 360-degree scale the screw-down crown sits protected by the guards there’s a helium escape valve on the case side at 9 o’clock and the solid caseback is engraved with Oliver Heer Ocean Racing theme The white full lume dial makes this Oceanmaster Oliver Heer Ocean Racing stand out; it is the only watch in the Oceanmaster line that offers this dial colour the hour and minutes hands and the tip of the contrasting red seconds hand are treated with Super-LumiNova while the Super-LumiNova on the dial glows blue The red and blue rectangular and triangular marks along the dial’s perimeter are points of sail indicators used with the nautical bezel to guide a boat The minutes/seconds track in black print runs the dial’s periphery and the framed date window at 6 o’clock completes the functionality The Delma Oceanmaster Oliver Heer Ocean Racing is powered by the automatic Sellita SW200-1 movement; it has a 41-hour power reserve and operates at 28,800 vibrations/hour This calibre offers a quick date set and hacking seconds feature and a bidirectional ball-bearing winding system with the customized Delma rotor The Oceanmaster Oliver Heer Ocean Racing has a stainless-steel three-link bracelet with a brushed and polished finish, closed with a deployment clasp. It is limited to 200 pieces and costs EUR 1,500. For more, visit delmawatches.com I’m not sure how legible this is meant to be… or give indications as to where to find info WHAT THE SKIPPERS SAID (23/40) : From Zurich and so hoping to be the first Swiss-German skipper to finish the Vendée Globe non-stop round the world race since he was very young After a fledgling career in business in the Far East he chose to follow his dreams after the premature passing of his sailing mad father LISTEN TO OLIVER'S PODCAST  joined Alex Thomson Racing as a nipper and rose through the ranks to be ultimately become responsible for Hugo Boss up to and after the start of the last Vendée Globe And while he had been wrestling with the idea of setting up his own challenge it was only when he was delivering Thomson’s boat back to the UK after the British skipper had retired into Cape Town last time that Thomson advised him to take the plunge and go for it. His qualifying route to get to the start line has seen several setbacks A collision at the start of the Route du Rhum meant he had to stop into Lorient to repair his boat and set off some five days later And on this Spring’s The Transat his boat was knocked down which caused a major power failure meaning he had to limp to the finish many days after his rivals spending hours hand steering But he proved himself on the New York Vendée race and so will now complete his ‘boat captain to solo Vendée Globe skipper’ journey when he lines up on Sunday 10th November.  Your journey to get here has been touch and go at times… although only due really to late developments and we struggled to find a budget but at the end we gave ourselves the aim of taking part in the Vendee Globe with a boat which is prepared with a good team in the background and a title sponsor on the boat and this has all come to fruition so I’m actually quite happy and proud to be here.  They always say it’s harder to get to the start line That’s a bigger challenge than actually completing the race.  people only really see the romantic side of the story which is just going sailing The other two thirds it’s tough business and it’s definitely a big challenge to actually get to the start of the race And so now I can’t wait to set off on what my wife Theresa calls my ‘sailing holiday.’ Talk to us little bit about the real downtimes How many points have you thought ‘I’m not going to make it’ To the outside I was always very confident and full of energy and optimism that we’d get to the start but I think I’d definitely be lying if I said that was always the way I was thinking inside of me There were definitely times where we had big question marks about whether we would make it be it selection and qualification-wise or from a financial perspective You have had numerous problems on big races like the Route du Rhum and The Transat for example but in fact how has your actual sailing performance changed or improved over the last two years I am now very confident that I can pretty much deal with anything that a race can throw at me I would say I haven’t had a particularly easy two and a half years behind me but I always managed to a) achieve my ultimate goal and b) to get the boat and myself back to land safely This gives me a lot of confidence to tackle the Vendée Globe especially the Southern Ocean From that perspective and from learning from the experiences you’ve had what are you taking with you in terms of spares that maybe others are not or what contingencies do you have in place ‘you don’t lose a race because of an extra 10kg of spares you might as well take it.’ If I can’t with clarity say ‘no I don’t need this’ then it’s most likely a wise decision to take it And then it’s not just the decision of the spares it’s the critical equipment of the boat that tends to cause problems and then we have a bit of it’s just wise to take as many things as you can.  Getting that final piece of the budget in place what difference did that make in terms of performance being able to buy things like sails?  So on the rigging side it’s all a complete new base And then from the electronic side we have new batteries The whole power generation side has been changed completely and last winter we changed all the B & G systems and pilots etc so really all the systems on board have all been replaced in ‘24.  And the boat which was launched as Gitana originally knows its way around the race course.  After Gitana not finishing with Loick Peyron in 2008-9 (he was dismasted when leading) it was Jean Le Cam’s boat in the race 2012 Then it was Fabrice Amadeo’s finishing the race in 2016 And then it was Romain Attanasio’s finishing the race 2020 The boat has a good record.  The structural part of the boat I think is pretty much bulletproof.  And how do you think you’ll deal with the loneliness I can’t with certainty say how I’ll react because I haven’t ever been isolated for that long I know from my time how important the mental side of the training is and performance and I have been working with the same mental performance coach for the last two and a half years and he’s great help and we try to visualise in our sessions together how it will be being alone on I’m confident that I have got enough resilience The trials and tribulations you’ve been through they say ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’ Sailing is constant problem solving and I think in every problem or every negative experience there are also so many positives you pull out of it So whenever I had one of my rather difficult moments at sea in the debrief afterwards I always tried to find the positives and say ok it might actually be a good thing because of that in these experiences we also base our decisions of what we change on the boat and where we do upgrades and stuff I’ll always pull the positives out of negatives.  When you reach the points in the race where you have to detune or destress needing to come out of the intensity of the race I don’t carry a single book with me on the boat but I do listen to a lot of audiobooks and podcasts And I’ll make sure I have occasional conversations with close family members For me it helps you to…And audio books I like autobiographies or business podcasts or these kinds of things I’m interested in.  Who’s the most inspiring autobiography you’ve read recently or you’ve listened to at sea?  it might not necessarily be an autobiography but the Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett He is holding a lot of inspiring conversations with inspiring people.  On the race course who will be your benchmarks or are you really looking to sail your own race?  Well from my past races I tend to sail a little bit too hard and to break the boat so I’m really trying to rein it back for the first two thirds of the race I can not be drawn in and base my performance or how much I push based on another boat’s performance But I will really try to just sail my own course Every now and then I tell myself that it’s just a long I think there are some boats that are very close to my boat like Seb Marsset is on my sister ship I would also be interested to see how I do against Manu Cousin on my sister ship but he’s done a lot of upgrades to it And then all the daggerboards boats I think it will be like almost a race within a race What are your very first memories of the Vendee I was fortunate enough that I grew up without the age of the internet so I remember the Vendee Globe as following the races in magazines but it was the early early 2000s the Swiss contestant and I remember always just cutting out the pictures from the magazines and I put them in my room and it was full of Vendee Globe and Whitbread pictures.  tennis players or any other sports heroes?  In the Vendée Globe's namesake department the event is much more than an ocean race: it's a matter of pride unprecedented in terms of the number of participants and media coverage has brightened the winters of the local people the mascot of the Vendée Globe since this 10th edition is a species of penguin living in Antarctica a lost and disorientated Adélie penguin was found on the coast of New Zealand This is not an isolated case: Antarctic birds are sometimes… The 10th edition of the Vendée Globe ends on an exceptional note The level of competition has never been so high: Charlie Dalin the great winner of this anniversary edition smashed the event record by more than 9 days When he crossed the finish of the Vendée Globe solo non-stop race around the world this Monday afternoon off Les Sables d’Olonne at 1729 hrs UTC to secure 29th place overall Swiss German solo racer Oliver Heer fulfilled a childhood dream one which he has harboured since growing up sailing as a youngster on Lake Zurich But although he grew up with posters of his ocean racing idols on his wall it was only four years ago that he launched his own Vendée Globe project Following the premature death of his sailing mad father Heer was inspired to give up a burgeoning business career in the Far East to start professional sailing in England He rose to become boat captain for British skipper Alex Thomson a role he held during the last Vendée Globe Indeed it was during the delivery back from Cape Town early in 2021 on Thomson’s freshly repaired IMOCA that he was actively encouraged by the two times Vendée Globe podium finisher to move on and take on the Vendée Globe in his own right That conversation lit the blue touch paper and after a decidedly tough two year qualification process which saw the Swiss racer only just make the cut to be included in the 40 boat line up at the start,  today Heer now completes an accomplished 3 days hrs after 28th placed Antoine Cornic In finishing the course he delivers on his sole primary goal completing the course and thereby creates a track record that he now hopes to step up from and take on the next edition on a more competitive footing Heer made a good start but then – in something of a foretaste of the bad timing which was to mark his race – he hit a wind hold which his competitors slip away in front of him He crossed the equator in 37th place after taking a two-hour penalty for a sail unloaded pre start after the authorized time cut off In the South Atlantic, the first major problem was a flooded engine, he damaged his mainsail before the keel ram issue appeared As he rounded the Cape of Good Hope he celebrated his first Great Cape moment with a cigar and a sip of whisky In the heart of the Pacific he saw an iceberg as he passed near Point Nemo he started to relay his feelings about the enormity of the challenge he has taken on Then comes Cape Horn an iconic landmark that he has dreamed of since his sailing trips on an Optimist on Lake Zurich and read about in all the ocean racing books and magazines he devoured as a youngster Heer long since proved his determination and resilience After a collision with another IMOCA hours after the start of the 2022 Route du Rhum he had to stop into Lorient to make a significant composite repair He restarted five days later and still went on to finish within the time limit to step up the qualification ladder And earlier this year on the Transat CIC race from Lorient to New York he was knocked flat and suffered a full electronics failure which then required him to hand steer for many hours each day to ensure he finished the race which was an essential stepping stone to Vendée Globe qualification And so Heer completes a major personal achievement today a fitting legacy to his late father and a reward for his sheer determination and will to succeed whilst bringing a new group of mainly Swiss German sponsors and fans with him on his remarkable journey from accomplished technician-boat captain to Vendée Globe finisher.  Oliver gets a little too close to a calm zone and Tut Gut is 36th as he approaches Cape Verde The Swiss sailor had unloaded a sail from his boat after the time limit to do so without prior authorization from Race Management Releases his weather buoy in the South Atlantic Rounding the Cape of Good Hope in 33rd position celebrated with a cigar and a sip of whisky He breaks a batten of his mainsail and has a problem with his keel ram The anticyclone sets in and pins Tut Gut in place… Tough on the nerves "I've always dreamed of rounding this Cape ever since I started sailing an Optimist on Lake Zurich.. If he manages to hoist the 300 m2 of fabric on board and he sees his rivals behind him overtaking him.. A twisted lazyjack block has damaged the mainsail and so Oliver has to climb the mast to fix it and repair the small mainsail hole Second crossing back across the equator in 30th position "Don't wait for everything to be perfect to be happy" Finish  Les Sables d’Olonne in 29th position When folks at Heer to Serve's storage facility found out that Myers gives furniture to people moving from homelessness to housing the employees offered items that get cleared out of abandoned units Myers and volunteers for their Heer to Serve mutual-aid organization set up tables for people to come get a hot meal they take the goods they have to offer out to encampments where people without shelter stay overnight and they don't want to miss the opportunity to connect with people who pulling out their phone to show the kind of connection that brings joy to all through this effort They found a text thread from a woman who recently heard from a cousin offering help and support who experienced homelessness as an 18-year-old and suffered the loss of an aunt who froze to death outside a shelter in West Virginia created Heer to Serve as an outgrowth of efforts to collect and distribute goods on their own More: Community organizers say city's revised codes may pose threat to unhoused The former park on the Far South Side is where Myers began handing out items from the trunk of their car most recently with bottles of shampoo donated by Sally Beauty Supply because of a misprint on the label Volunteers turned donated shirts from another retailer into tie-dyed designs that are sold to raise money for the group Restaurants and other business donate food Heer to Serve was a grant recipient from Comfest in 2023 "We've been operating for four years on no budget." People who wish to connect with Heer to Serve can find the organization online at Heer2Serve.org or on Facebook or Instagram under "Heer to Serve." rvitale@dispatch.com Theo makes podcasts and writes articles about politics He grew up in Seattle and is originally from Washington In Australia she played a pivotal role, leading the USA to a third-place finish. Her exceptional performance on the court saw her emerge as the team's top scorer, obtaining an impressive six goals throughout the tournament—an accomplishment that earned her the distinction of being the sole woman to achieve this feat at the 2023 World Cup. Heer also made two appearances as goalkeeper, keeping the clean sheet in a 2-0 win against Uruguay to round out the group stage. When she’s not training and competing with Team USA, Heer features for RHI Sudden Impact of the U.S. Power Soccer Association’s Premier Division. Away from the court, she works as a full-time accountant in Carmel, Indiana, after earning a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Economics degree at Ball State University in December 2019. As we celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Month, Heer's journey is a testament to the power of perseverance and passion, serving as a reminder that barriers are meant to be overcome. With unwavering dedication and a relentless pursuit of excellence, Heer has shattered stereotypes and paved the way for inclusivity. Her achievements transcend the realm of sports, embodying the resilience and triumph of the human spirit. “Growing up being female, being Asian, being in a wheelchair, the odds are stacked against me,” Heer said. “Don’t let statistics define your pathway and don’t let others say you can’t do something. Always have that drive to prove people wrong.” Join the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives—CCPA Saskatchewan—for a lively and feisty evening of cocktails and conversation with two of Canada’s brightest thinkers He is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine and a former staff writer at The New Republic Nora Loreto is a freelance writer and editor of the Canadian Association of Labour Media She co-hosts the popular political podcast Sandy and Nora Talk Politics Where: Regina Floral Conservatory (1450B 4 Avenue Regina Get your tickets now Ontario’s colleges stand at a critical crossroads the province’s college system has endured severe funding shortfalls with Ontario contributing less than 25 per… The CCPA is Canada’s leading progressive policy research institute The CCPA acknowledges that Indigenous Peoples are the traditional guardians of Turtle Island and are committed to lifting Indigenous voices We will continue to speak out against colonialism and the injustices Indigenous Peoples faced historically and in the present respect and support the custodians of this land are grateful for the opportunity to work and meet here and commit to expanding our allyship while acknowledging the space we occupy © 2024 Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Home / Somali News / World News Madaxweynaha Mareykanka Donald Trump ayaa aad u daneynaya in uu heshiiska Nukliyeerka ah la galo Tehran isaga oo ugu hanjabay dalkaas in uu qaadi doono tallaabo militari iyo canshuur dheeri ah haddii wadahadaladu fashilmaan Wakaaladaha wararka ayaa ku waramaya in wadahadaladii u dhaxeeyay Maraykanka iyo Iran ee ku saabsanaa barnaamijka Nukliyeerka ee Tehran uu dhamaaday kadib laba saacadood oo dheeraad ah Wakaalada wararka ee AP ayaa sheegtay in wariyayaasheeda ay arkeen kolonyo la rumeysan yahay in uu la socday ergayga Mareykanka Steve Witkoff oo ka sii ambabaxaya xarun ku taal caasimada Cumaan ee Muscat Wakaalada wararka ee Iran Tasnim ayaa sidoo kale sheegtay in wada hadalada la soo gaba gabeeyay Wadahadalada maanta ayaa ah wadahadaladii ugu heer sareeyay ee barnaamijka Nukliyeerka Iran tan iyo markii heshiis taariikhi ah oo caalami ah 2015 uu burburay 2018 kadib markii madaxweynaha Mareykanka Donald Trump uu ka baxay heshiiskii ugu horreeyay ee xafiiska Wadahadallada hadda socda waxay ku dhacayaan hanjabaado tillaabo millatari oo ka imanaysa Maraykanka halka saraakiisha Iran ay si isa soo taraysa uga digayaan inay u isticmaali karaan kaydkooda uranium-ka la hodmay si ay ugu adeegsadaan hubka nukliyeerka We tried in the Swiss parliament to cut the funding of UNRWA by 20 million but unfortunately we didn’t have a majority in December and we were at least able to cut it by 10 million Swiss francs of course happened before we had proof that UNRWA is really supporting the terrorists that they are teaching in school hatred against Jews and glorifying terrorism And we hope that there will be a change in Swiss parliament and that we will have in the future a majority to cut the funding and maybe to replace UNRWA – to replace it by another organization And we hope that cooperation with Israel and other Arabic speaking countries could replace this organization and I think we have also to be able to speak with people from other countries And I’m also a member of the Council of Europe We hope that we also can make pressure from the side of the Council of Europe that this organization will be abolished UN Watch is a non-profit organization dedicated to holding the United Nations accountable to its founding principles UN Watch is funded entirely by charitable donations we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information may adversely affect certain features and functions Linda was born in Evergreen Park to the late Samuel and Frances (nee Cain) Heer Beloved wife of the late Raul; devoted mother of Tawnie (Bill Lindich) Cisneros and Armando (Allison) Cisneros; cherished grandmother of Hudson Lindich; dear sister of the late Samuel Heer and Diana (Mark) Goins; dear sister-in law of Emilia (Ricky) Kilpatrick and Silvia (late Eric) Gale; and deeply loved by many nieces and nephews Linda retired from a 38-year career in medical office management where she provided for her family and demonstrated her unique ability to care for the sick and suffering among us She worked for a prominent Joliet surgeon for many years before establishing her own medical coding business quietly observant of the nature and needs of those she loved She served her family with a brimming love that bonded them together in safety and tenderness With the wisdom gained from her storied life she offered a haven for her loved ones to share their joys and sorrows where she – frequently covered in a fine dusting of confectioners sugar – baked incredible treats with a gift for timing and taste always delivering the favorites of her family and friends from live concerts to garage jam sessions to her favorite tunes on the radio As a frequent passenger on Raul’s Harley-Davidson charming the tough and burly motorcycle crowd with her soft and sweet presence Her favorite place was anywhere her family was though she held the Mississippi River in Bellevue She enjoyed many peaceful camping trips there and more recently with Raul and their grandson calling themselves "The Three River Rats." Linda’s heart and soul always lay with her family as a teenager and shared an incredible love story with her “Mr she led her family as the caregiver for her parents She made her children the cornerstone of her life selflessly loving and cherishing Tawnie and Armando with patience and pride C" and "Mama Cisneros," and she welcomed one and all into her home and her heart The greatest joy of her later life was Hudson she instilled in him her unshakeable sense of wonder This incomparable woman defined grace and indomitable spirit in a world that needs both Please join our family in honoring her legacy during a visitation at Kurtz Memorial Chapel, New Lenox, on Saturday, November 4, from 1-4 p.m. All are welcome to stay for a memorial service at 4 p.m., which will also be live streamed at https://www.asimplestreaming.com/lccisneros Add to Calendar Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home & Crematory A discussion of Garry Wills’s 1982 book on the Kennedy family In this episode, Matt and Sam welcome the Nation’s Jeet Heer to the podcast to continue their journey into the work of Garry Wills—in particular The Kennedy Imprisonment: A Meditation on Power The book might be thought of as a sequel to his earlier Nixon Agonistes (1970) As Wills puts it in his introduction to the most recent edition of The Kennedy Imprisonment but an attempt to see what could be learned about America from the way Nixon attracted or repelled his fellow countrymen Why not do the same thing for the Kennedys?” The result of Wills’s efforts is a devastating portrait of an Irish-Catholic family who strove to be accepted at the most rarified heights of American society—and then used his money and influence to create a series of myths surrounding his sons most of all the son who would become president It is these myths at which Wills takes aim showing how Joseph Kennedy bought his second son good press And it was Joseph Kennedy who taught his sons what was expected of them as men: to use and dominate women (many and to understand power as enlightened leadership by the best and brightest (most of all not as harnessing the popular energy of mass movements What begins as a book exposing the Kennedy men as wannabe aristocrats bent on conquest ends as an indictment of the liberalism they came to represent Garry Wills, The Kennedy Imprisonment: A Meditation on Power (1982) Garry Wills, Nixon Agonistes: The Crisis of the Self-Made Man (1970) Garry Wills, Bare Ruined Choirs: Doubt, Prophecy, and Radical Religion (1972) Joan Didion, Wayne at the Alamo Hugh Kenner, The Mechanic Muse (1988) Hugh Kenner, The Pound Era (1971) Richard E. Neustadt, Presidential Power and the Modern Presidents: The Politics of Leadership from Roosevelt to Reagan (1960) John Leonard, Camelot’s Failure Norman Mailer, Superman Comes to the Supermarket …and don’t forget to subscribe to Know Your Enemy on Patreon for access to all of our bonus episodes Subscribe or login to read the rest A podcast about the turbulent relationship between the world's two superpowers 2018 at the Huntsman Cancer Institute after a three-year valiant battle with cancer.  Judy was born October 27 CO.  She married Garth Heer on May 26 Throughout her life and to the end she showed concern and love for others and was loved by all those around her She was preceded in death by her parents Sherman and Dorothy Wagner and is survived by her husband Garth; sisters Frances (Carl) Dennis Susan (Steve) Alexander; and by her four children: Jennifer (Daryl) Christiansen Kjersti (Andrew) Drott.  Additionally Judy is survived by 13 grandchildren and many nieces and nephews A viewing will be held from 6 to 8 p.m on Tuesday with an additional viewing before the funeral service from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page It was with a huge measure of relief that the Swiss German solo skipper Oliver Heer brought his Transat CIC solo race across the North Atlantic from Lorient to New York to a satisfactory conclusion today at 22:19:32hrs UTC (18:19:32hrs local time NYC) finishing in 25th place and keeping alive his hopes of qualifying for this year’s Vendée Globe There were times when I was not sure we would make it there is always a way to get the boat to the finish line some of them about redundancy but we will debrief in a couple of days.” Smiled a delighted Heer who now faces a 100 miles upwind sail to Newport Heer’s IMOCA Oliver Heer Ocean Racing was knocked down when his autopilot failed and his boat made a massive Hit by a big wave he was all but rolled in 40kt winds and big seas Unable to power his autopilots with 1300 miles to the finish of the 3500 miles course he spent six days glued to the helm taking only cat naps trying to fight his way towards New York At one point he was so tired he fell asleep for five hours straight After a rig failure early in last year’s Transat Jacques Vabre forced him out of that two-handed race to Martinique meaning he also missed the solo IMOCA race back to Lorient Heer needed to finish this historic race across the North Atlantic to keep his hopes of qualifying for his first Vendée Globe alive more than six days and seven hours after 24th placed Belgian Denis Van Weynbergh Heer is determined to have his boat and damaged sails repaired on time to compete on the return race to the Vendée which starts 29th May “I went through a nightmare.” Said Heer as he finished “For six days I just had to be glued to the helm At some 1300 miles from the finish I was in a very He was knocked down on the night of May 5th whilst racing in winds of 35-40kts and big seas it took him several days to be able to rig up a rudimentary power system his solar panels feeding his engine battery to allow him to use his autopilot But it was only after a discussion with his mental preparation coach who advised him to literally ‘embrace the shit’ and devote his energy only to solving his many problems rather than waste his mental energy on emotions such as anger “When I was knocked down here I still had 1300 miles to go with no power at all and some very serious weather to contend with I was at the nav station when suddenly the pilot went into a Chinese gybe full ballast it puts you over quite quickly And then a big wave hit me and put me over even more I looked on my log files (later) and I was at 128 degrees heel Worst of it was that after 10 seconds I had a complete blackout I flew across the inside of the boat and have a badly bruised elbow and sore neck  The first 24 hours then were full crisis mode I had no power and somehow had to get the sails down safely so I really struggled getting it furled and there is a lot of damage.”  “I was then licking my wounds for a day or two Then I managed to set up this basic electrical system the most basic important things to run with my solar panels feeding the engine battery And so when I had sun I could run the most important things on the boat But up there on the Grand Banks it is grey The first couple of days I could do nothing much I had no AIS and I was in the shipping lane and I saw ships around me and so that was not vey nice either but the boat has some sail damage specifically.” It was the first time on a sailing boat I just did know what to do or how to do it His core message was ‘Ollie there is no other option you have to …embrace the shit embrace it.’ And also I had a couple of thousand litres of water in the boat And he said ‘look Ollie you just have to embrace this any other way you are wasting your mental energy and you need all of it I wrote in on the wall inside the boat and got on with it I had to prioritize all the work I had to do on the boat.”  Heer says he reached rock bottom and struggled to emerge from a dark place “It was such chaos after the incident it was just overwhelming to consider all the jobs He said ‘embrace it’ and then prioritise the most important things make a list such as make water – I was almost out of drinking water I started to try and wire up the autopilot and so I slowly started to work through the jobs It took me a couple of days with every job I ticked off it became more and more realistic I can finish the race Once I had these jobs I said ‘Look Ollie you have a boat that works but it is safe enough to get these 1200 miles done and get finished…” With sunshine he had a working autopilot and regained most of his good humour although an extra 12 hours fighting light winds to the finish line But as soon as he reaches Newport RI tomorrow his shore team will be ready to swing into action to get the boat ready for the return race Heer meantime was looking forwards to a delayed birthday beer and a good cup of coffee before returning to boat preparation “The boat has many issues and problems to fix in Newport We have quite a big team out here and I have a good friend from England who basically offered to come out and help so the shore team already know all the jobs I have electricians lined up and sail loft is standing by I am very confident I’ll be on the start line for the return race but having said that I will not be in a competitive position with the Vendée Globe selection going on it is still about making the miles and getting to the finish So fingers crossed I will be off on my merry way to Europe again in two weeks time……” Oliver Heer’s elapsed time for the course is 18d 10h 49m 32s and he finished 10d 3h 56m after winner Yoann Richomme (Paprec Arkéa) his average on the great circle 6.66kts his real average 8.12kts 2025-05-06T08:37:00+12:00May 6th Switzerland’s Eric Monnin and his Capvis Swiss Match Racing Team of Ute Monnin Wagner and Maxime Mesnil today clinched a long awaited win of the 60th Anniversary Long Beach Yacht Club Congressional Cup stage three of the 2025 World Match Racing Tour season 2025-05-05T11:35:57+12:00May 5th The eyes of the sailing world will turn to Qingdao as the city prepares to host the 2025 ILCA 6 Women’s and ILCA 7 Men’s World Championships 2025-05-04T20:29:35+12:00May 4th Light airs and overcast conditions brought high-stakes racing to the penultimate day of the 60th Congressional Cup in Long Beach as the final four teams advanced to the semi-finals 2025-05-04T20:23:07+12:00May 4th and claimed Antigua Sailing Week’s most coveted prize 3 or 4 class winner with the fastest overall corrected times calculated on a time-on-distance basis 2025-05-03T17:34:46+12:00May 3rd The final day of racing at Antigua Sailing Week saw a return to steady winds of 10-12 knots that gradually built to 13-14 knots The big boats in CSA Racing Class 1 had a 20-mile course in conditions that had Roy Disney’s Volvo 70 Pyewacket hitting speeds of 15-17 knots 2025-05-03T17:28:09+12:00May 3rd The race to the semi-finals at the 60th Long Beach Yacht Club Congressional Cup is going down to the wire With just two flights remaining in the double round robin stage four teams are locked in a high-stakes battle for the final semi-final slots with crucial races to count Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription Sign up to receive awesome content in your inbox We don’t spam!Read our privacy policy for more info We keep your data private and don't spam. Read our full Privacy Policy © Copyright © 2005-document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) Live Sail Die Limited The views and opinions expressed on this web site are soley those of the original authors and other contributors These views and opinions do not necessarily represent those of official sailing agencies Live Sail Die is a recognised member of the NZ Marine Industry Association.Live Sail Die drone pilots are CAA Part 102 Certificated model Heer Achhra recently opened up about her earliest childhood memory recounting the special connection she has with the music of popular Punjabi artist Diljit Dosanjh her friends would tease her by singing Diljit’s hit song “Proper Patola.” Heer Achhra recently appeared in Diljit’s latest track “Tension,” directed by the acclaimed duo Mahir Sandhu and Joban Sandhu Speaking about her experience of working with the singer “Being part of this BANGER with Diljit was an experience I’ll never forget there was this electrifying vibe—every take Diljit has this incredible way of making everyone around him feel comfortable and inspired and I feel incredibly lucky to have shared the screen with him.” my friends used to tease me with Diljit’s song ‘Proper Patola’—that’s my first memory of being associated with his music To finally feature alongside him in ‘Tension’ feels like a blissful blessing This may just be a strong stepping stone into the Punjabi industry and I couldn’t be more grateful for the journey ahead I truly believe we’ve created something special something that will live rent-free in people’s hearts for a long time I can’t wait for everyone to experience the magic we created together.” Heer had previously worked with actors like Kartik Aaryan and Shahid Kapoor “Tension” marks her first collaboration with Diljit Dosanjh The ‘Udta Punjab ‘actor has released his new music video “Tension,” from his new album “Advisory.” The song humorously addresses the advisories issued to Diljit highlighting how the singer remains unfazed by such matters and refuses to let them cause him stress.(Agency) a headline in the Chicago Tribune breathlessly announced Makes Principals Gasp.” Ella Flagg Young Superintendent of Chicago’s public schools told the Tribune she thought up what she called the “duo-personal” pronouns he’er and him’er as she walked to a meeting with school principals I have simply solved a need that has been long impending The English language is in need of a personal pronoun of the third person Superintendent Young used her pronouns throughout her remarks and after the principals recovered from their shock and confusion and himer and encourage their teachers to teach them to students Young’s gender-neutral pronouns made headlines as newspapers all over the country trumpeted her words telling the Post-Dispatch that he favored generic he “generically we are all men.”  Even stronger opposition came from George Harvey who warned that any assault on masculine grammatical dominance signaled the end times for language:  When ‘man’ ceases to include women we shall cease to need a language and won’t care any more about pronouns It turns out that all the attention focused on the pronoun revolution attributed to the first woman to lead Chicago’s schools was misplaced who had just finished a term as president of the National Education Association and later earned her doctorate studying with John Dewey at the University of Chicago almost ten months before Young claimed the words as her own Pond reasoned that even though the masculine pronoun was supposed to be generic it was often awkward to use he for a woman Pond acknowledged that his words have neither beauty nor euphony which he also labeled “strange” and even “ludicrous,” offered an escape from the troubling absence of a third-person singular pronoun that does not refer to gender Three days after the Tribune’s announcement drew national attention is the inventor of the new pronoun.” According to stories in the Chicago Examiner (Jan Young admitted that Pond had written to her about his coinage several months earlier and that she used the pronouns at the principals meeting to lighten the tone her speech Perhaps fearing a charge of plagiarism along with criticism for tampering with English “I want to be set right in this matter I don’t want to be accused of stealing anybody’s thunder.” Edit embedded media in the Files Tab and re-insert as needed Smoking gun: Young tells the Chicago Examiner (above) and the Live Stock World (below) that she did not invent the pronouns after all Superintendent Young changed her story yet again to claim some of the credit for the new pronouns Young told the New York Sun that she and Pond had co-authored the words:  Pond of Chicago and myself had talked over the duo pronoun before I ever mentioned it Pond and myself agreed there was need for a terse form of mentioning the third person without identifying that person by gender It’s true that Pond’s initial announcement went largely unnoticed until Young publicized the words as her own But we are now left with four versions of the birth of heer Two of these explanations are true: Pond did indeed coin the pronouns One is a lie: Young did not think up the pronouns “in an instant” on the way to a meeting one cold Chicago day And one bends the truth: Young may have been a pronoun publicist many people proposed a gender-neutral pronoun that blended he with she who called herself “a progressive teacher,” came up with hesh long before the compound occurred to either Pond or Young But Young never explained the multiple positions she took on pronoun authorship and she ended her Sun interview by suggesting that anyway it’s not really important who came up with heer since neither she nor Pond could single-handedly reform the pronoun system But instead of showcasing the new pronouns in her latest explanation no matter how exalted his or her station may be is qualified to make a part of the language without the aid of others Since none of us is custom or law unto himself what right has one to foist upon us some word The lexicographer Isaac Funk told the New York Times on January 12 that he didn’t like these new pronouns he just preferred the gender-neutral pronoun thon But Funk grudgingly acknowledged that Young’s pronouns had some merit:  New words as a rule are very grudgingly admitted to good society Funk quickly admitted these untested new words to good society by putting them in the 1913 edition of Funk and Wagnalls Standard Dictionary Rather than crediting either Pond or Young as the coiner of the new pronouns and himer with authorship claims from both There’s this citation from a letter that Fred Pond sent to Funk dated February 8 As illustrative of the elimination of our present awkwardness and often incorrect use of the English language has a style of diction peculiarly hiser own (or hisern) which distinguishes himer from all others.” And this one from the January 7 Chicago Tribune story that attributes the pronouns to Ella Flagg Young: A principal should so conduct his’er school that all pupils are engaged in something that is profitable to him’er Dictionaries record words both new and old and himer in your Funk and Wagnalls until the dictionary ceased publication in the 1950s Once in a while someone tried to revive Converse’s thon and today gender-free coinages such as E (created in 1841) zie (1891) and hir (1920) are gaining some traction or nonbinary pronoun remains singular they which has been the go-to pronoun for English speakers and writers in both formal and informal contexts since the fourteenth century.  —If you'd like to learn more about the history of gender pronouns, pick up a copy of my new book, What's your pronoun? Beyond he and she, available from Liveright/W.W. Norton here, or wherever you buy or borrow books As a non-binary person in the 21st century it's incredible to see the use of neo-pronouns and using pronouns to challenge a set gender hierarchy in the early 20th century People have been challenging gender for as long as its existed For more information visit my website