Month: August 2021

Former Bullitt County superintendent Keith Davis returns to the classroom after retirement

Keith Davis sits at his desk at Frost Sixth-Grade Academy, reading “The First Days of School,” a book about how to be an effective teacher and the most effective ways to begin a school year. Davis, who has taught educators at the University of Louisville since 2018, was about to retire when he felt drawn …

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Columbia Pulp CEO Begley announces retirement | Business

DAYTON — John Begley, who has been the CEO of Columbia Pulp LLC throughout the local private company’s eight-year existence here, announced his retirement effective Sept. 3. Columbia Pulp mills process agricultural waste, converting it into pulp and biopolymers used in the sustainable manufacturing of tree-free paper and packing products. Begley led the company through …

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Retiring regional DNR wildlife manager John Williams says challenges lie ahead

Northwest Minnesota escaped the worst of the storm, records show, but parts of the state got pummeled with more than 3 feet of snow. That was their introduction to Minnesota, recalls John Williams, who retired this week as Northwest Region 1 wildlife manager for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in Bemidji. RELATED STORIES: “I …

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Residents at Napa Valley retirement community use virtual reality to take vacations during the COVID-19 pandemic

NAPA, Calif. (KGO) — When Frank Diaz was hired as at the Watermark in Napa, he expected a typical job doing tech support at a retirement community. “I mainly thought it was going to be phone problems, connecting printers, setting up their TVs,” recalled Diaz, who was hired during the pandemic. The shutdown in the …

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Retired Brigadier General to lead Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – A retired Brigadier General will serve at the head of the Sunflower State’s Commission on Veterans Affairs. Kansas Governor Laura Kelly says retired Brigadier General William Turner, of Manhattan, will be the new Director of the Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs Office. “Through his distinguished military service here in Kansas and …

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