Month: July 2021

Rev. Patrick T. Ferry runs through finish line to retirement as Concordia University president

MEQUON, Wis. (CBS 58) — The end of the school year at Concordia University Wisconsin & Ann Arbor marked the end of an era.  After 24 years, the Reverend Dr. Patrick Ferry retired as the longest running university president in the state. But as Pauleen Le discovered on CBS 58 Sunday Morning, the finish line …

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Hawaiian activist and retired UH Hawaiian Studies professor Haunani-Kay Trask dies at 71

Haunani-Kay Trask, a Hawaiian leader and sovereignty activist with a distinguished career as an academic at the University of Hawaii, died today at age 71. The sovereignty organization Ka Lahui Hawai‘i on Facebook shared a post recalling Trask’s legacy, “We love you our great kumu, leader, and voice for our Lahui! Ue na lani.” Trask …

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Retiring City Manager Lane Bailey reflects on tenure in Salisbury – Salisbury Post

SALISBURY — When City Manager Lane Bailey on Thursday announced his retirement at the end of the year, he was already thinking about what comes next. With two kids in college, he’s planning to spend time with family and enjoy being an empty-nester with his wife. He’s also planning to take on consulting work and, …

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Rikers honchos get lavish parties — while guards work 24-hour shifts

Two New York City corrections officials were lavished with retirement parties on Rikers Island this week, with hundreds of employees enjoying extravagant onsite celebrations — complete with a water-cannon salute and a marching band — even amid a staffing crisis and surge in inmate violence inside the troubled jail. The pair of over-the-top, on-the-clock, booze-filled …

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‘It was just time.’ Planetarium manager at University of Michigan retiring after 3 decades of service

ANN ARBOR, MI – Matt Linke was a teenager in Alpena when he volunteered at the Besser Museum Planetarium. He went there every Sunday to learn, specifically about the Apollo mission, and learned how to use the dome when the manager wanted to go on vacation. Linke turned his passion into a career spanning more …

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Hamilton discussed retirement with Wolff before committing to new contract

SPIELBERG, Austria — Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has said Lewis Hamilton discussed the possibility of retiring from Formula One before committing to a new two-year contract. Hamilton, a seven-time world champion, will stay at Mercedes until the end of the 2023 season after his new contract was signed on Friday and announced on Saturday. …

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Commissioners honor Phyllis Durost on her retirement | News, Sports, Jobs

PHOTO COURTESY OF CLINTON COUNTY GOVERNMENT Phyllis Durost, far left, is pictured with Clinton County Sheriff Kerry Stover and Commissioners Angela Harding, Miles Kessinger and Jeff Snyder. Durost was honored Thursday morning for her 15 years of service to the county in the sheriff’s office. She retired on June 15 this year. …

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Racine nurse practitioner starts ‘non-retirement’ to serve others in Liberia

After a 45-year nursing career, a Racine woman decided to move to another continent to help others. Louise Omdahl has clocked 45 years in nursing, 34 of them with Ascension Wisconsin. Omdahl just wrapped up her final days as a family nurse practitioner at the Mount Pleasant clinic. “Very bittersweet, it really is. I don’t …

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