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Clear Light Coffee Co. to open in Castle Hills and sell wine – San Antonio Express-News

Post author By Dr Hoster
Post date January 20, 2023

Until recently, one of the only places in Castle Hills to grab a glass of wine was a restaurant or a bar. That changed last week when city leaders unanimously approved a special use permit that would allow Clear Light Coffee Co. to open a specialty coffee shop that will serve wine and small plates.

The coffee shop at 2191 NW Military Highway will be Clear Light Coffee Co.s second location. Co-owners and business partners Angelique Britt and Theodor Apolinar Jr. opened their first coffee shop just south of Wurzbach Parkway next to Two Bros. BBQ in 2021. The owners are hoping to open the Castle Hills location by next month.

Britt told the city council last week that Clear Light Coffee Co. had seen 300 percent year-over-year growth since opening in 2021 and plans to expand across San Antonio and the United States.

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The business model is also expanding, and the coffee shop plans to offer wine and cheese boards, specialty toast, and other small plated items at each of its locations.

Clear Light Coffee Co. had requested the special use permit because the companys business model straddles the line of what is permitted for a restaurant or bar, Britt said.

However, the company's main focus will continue to be specialty coffee, she said.

Clear Light Coffee Co. is a coffee shop on West Ave. near the intersection of Harry Wurzbach Drive. It is opening its second location in Castle Hills.

The menu features different types of coffees and teas paired with a variety of milk and flavor options that can be added to the drinks. The coffee beans are sourced from New Mexico-based roaster Picacho Coffee Roasters, and everything on the menu is priced under $5. The San Antonio locations menu does not include wine and small items yet, according to Clear Light Coffee Co.s website.

Britt said the Castle Hills location will likely be open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Castle Hills Mayor JR Trevio celebrated the special use approval in a Facebook post last week.

This is one of the first steps in their journey, but hopefully we can look forward to another culinary gem with excellent beverage options, Trevio wrote on social media.

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Pavona’s Pizza Joint opening in new location 3 months after massive fire – News 5 Cleveland WEWS

Post author By Dr Hoster
Post date January 20, 2023

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio More than three months have passed since Pavona's Pizza Joint and Mickey's Irish Pub were destroyed by a massive fire in Akron.

At the time, co-owner Mark Mickey fought through tears when he told News 5 his family put their "hearts and souls" into the businesses. He also said he hoped to rebuild.

"I just don't know when, don't know how," Mickey said back in October.

Next week, the restaurant/bar will have a "soft opening" as the the family starts over at the former "Craft Social" on Front Street in Cuyahoga Falls.

Employees have been cleaning equipment, putting in a new kitchen floor and remodeling the bar with black walnut wood on top of it.

"We wanted to give it that pub feel," Mickey said.

The fire on Oct. 7 at the former location on Sand Run Road tore through the building and devastated the owners. The cause has not been determined yet, Mickey said.

"It was horrible, probably the worst day of my life," he said.

His son and co-owner, Sully Mickey, is excited about the new location.

"That day was definitely tragic for us, but you know, I'm trying to look at the silver lining of everything. We've got a prime location here on Front Street," Sully Mickey said.

During the soft opening on Jan. 25, appetizers and some dishes will be served. The well-known pizza returns on St. Patrick's Day along with some new items on the menu.

"Shepherd's pie, corned beef and cabbage, all that good stuff," Sully Mickey said.

The family credits the community for helping them through such a hard time and for inspiring them to reopen.

"Our community is always great to us," Mark Mickey said. "After that fire, the outpouring of support we got, I mean, it broke my heart because it was so overwhelming."

With one week to go until the new beginning, the kegs are rolling in and finishing touches to the bar are being planned, but the owners feel they've proven triumph can come through tragedy.

"Just persevere and keep going. If we can do it, anyone can," Sully Mickey said.

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Driver rescued from heavy snow east of Prineville by Crook Co … – Central Oregon Daily

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Post date January 20, 2023

Crook County Search and Rescue helped rescue a Redmond-area man Tuesday whose vehicle was trapped in heavy snow. They say its a reminder to know the conditions and to be prepared.

Here is the release from the Crook County Sheriffs Office.

On January 17th, 2023, Crook County Search and Rescue (SAR) responded to a 911 call of a stranded motorist in the area of Big Summit Prairie.

Due to limited cell service, the stranded motorist was able to text 911 with a generalized location.

Utilizing GPS data, SAR members determined a possible location as Ochocos National Forest in the area of United Sates Forest Service Road (USFR) 42 and USFR Spur Road 4215 a rural area Northeast of Prineville.

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Due to the known snowpack in the area ten total SAR personnel responded to the call.

Utilizing specialized vehicles to include snowmobiles and a specialized tracked side by side.

The male subject was located with his vehicle uninjured. It was determined the male subject had become stuck in the heavy snow accumulation.

The male subject was provided transport back to the Prineville area and then was transported back to his residence in the Redmond area.

Crook County SAR would like to remind everyone that whenever you are traveling, especially in the mountains, to let someone know where you are going, when you will be back, and stick to your plan. Please take adequate food, water and warm clothing in case you get stuck, regardless of the road conditions.

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Hospice Advocacy Groups Call on CMS, Congress to Strengthen … – Hospice News

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Post date January 20, 2023

Four national hospice and senior care industry groups have called on Congress and the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to make regulatory and legislative changes to instill stronger program integrity safeguards.

The organizations penned a joint letter to CMS in November urging for increased oversight to help curb hospice frauds, including the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) and LeadingAge.

Now the organizations have laid the foundation of the proposed regulatory and legislative changes, submitting recommendations to CMS and Congress today. The proposed list of measures outlined in Hospice Program Integrity aimed to create more effective oversight.

A lot of eyes are looking at hospice at this point in time. The thing to watch for particularly in the hospice realm is oversight on claims, quality and performance even to the point of dealing with fraud and abuse in the hospice benefit, said NAHC President Bill Dombi during its recent 2023 Industry Outlook webinar. We have recently joined forces with other voices in hospice to present a list of program integrity measures that can be considered.

The Hospice Program Integrity plan lists 34 recommendations that center around five key areas. These areas include stronger oversight of hospice Medicare enrollment and billing practices, developing Medicare certification red flag criteria, expanded surveyors ability to confirm all four levels of hospice care, and adding education and experience qualifications in Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for hospice administrators and patient care managers.

Hospice organizations have come under increasing legal and regulatory scrutiny related to medical necessity complaints under the False Claims Act and the closely related anti-kickback statute. These cases generally involve allegations that hospices billed Medicare for services for which patients were not eligible.

There has been incredibly stepped up oversight [and] media attention where quality, fraud and abuse issues have been the centerpiece. We want to have high levels of compliance and the quality side of it is job number one, Dombi said. But the signs are out there that hospice is in for a new generation and hospices need to prepare for that. There are many good things about hospice that remain out there and theres still room for more.

Also on regulators radar is the rising number of new hospices cropping up in some states. The proliferation of new hospices in California, Texas, Arizona and Nevada has stoked concerns around potential fraud and other abuses.

These same industry organizations in November 2022 called for greater federal oversight of hospice licensing practices in response to the issue.

The issue of fraud has garnered national attention following a recent article from the NewYorker and ProPublica that dug into instances of potential illegal and unethical behavior in the industry. Hospice News published an editorial response to the piece that detailed some of the nuances of eligibility, payment and regulation around end-of-life care.

Developing regulatory benchmarks for hospice program integrity is a stab at meaningful change, NPHI CEO Tom Koutsoumpas indicated in a combined statement from the industry groups.

End-of-life care providers have an obligation to support and care for patients and their loved ones with dignity and respect at this most vulnerable time in their lives. Providers who manipulate the Medicare benefit solely to profit at the expense of their patients have no place in the hospice program, Koutsoumpas said. To curb the entry of bad actors into hospice, NPHI is pleased to put forth, in conjunction with our national partners, robust program integrity reform recommendations. We look forward to working with our partner organizations, Congress, and CMS to advance meaningful change that will better protect those receiving hospice care at the end-of-life.

The industry groups proposed that CMS exercise its authority to establish a targeted moratorium that would limit the enrollment of new hospice providers in regions with troubling rates of explosive licensure and Medicare certification growth.

California recently tightened up hospice licensure oversight by placing a moratorium on new provider licenses. The California Depart of Justice (CDOJ) issued a report in March detailing the lax hospice oversight. In the report, the CJOG indicated that the state has weak controls [that] have created the opportunity for large-scale fraud and abuse, and that it had identified numerous indicators of such fraud and abuse by hospice agencies statewide.

Ensuring program integrity is essential to enabling good hospice care. These recommendations are the latest such effort and are especially topical given the alarming recent growth of Medicare certified hospices in California, Arizona, Nevada, and Texas which are fraudulent actors, NHPCO COO and Interim CEO Ben Marcantonio said in the statement. [We] must be proactive in our response and intolerance toward deceptive hospice care that does not live up to the standards of high-quality care we expect from members of our community.

The hospice groups proposed that regulators expel non-operational hospices from Medicare and increase site visits from surveyors. This revocation would prevent these hospices from being sold to inexperienced providers for a profit, according to the industry groups. Recommendations also advised that CMS investigate Medicare provider numbers to detect any gaps in billing.

The integrity program also included a set criteria aimed at helping CMS to identify red flags on hospice Medicare certification applications. These application triggers included the co-location of multiple hospices at single address, a single hospice administrator overseeing multiple hospices, a patient care manager or other hospice leadership staff serving multiple hospices, and a hospice company that appears to be hidden behind a shell company, according to the group statement.

The agencies recommendations included adding educational and professional qualifications to the hospice CoPs for leaders and patient care managers. Provisions include minimum years of experience or a combination of education and experience and required background checks for hospice owners and administrators.

They also recommended that CMS provide strengthened survey oversight to ensure hospices have the ability to provide all four levels of care, citing that a large number of providers currently lack routine home care and after-hours services. The groups also proposed specifications around the forthcoming Hospice Special Focus Program that would clearly identify how it will inform future rulemaking decisions and include a provision for new hospices with condition level deficiencies.

The hospice organizations called on Congress and CMS to act expeditiously to ensure that only well-qualified providers are permitted to care and support Medicare beneficiaries at the end of life.

Its time to take action. Americas population is aging, and high-quality services are needed now more than ever before, LeadingAge President and CEO Katie Smith Sloan said. Reform must promote high-quality care, including the right services in the right quantity, and eliminate opportunities for misdeeds. Our goal in collaborating with other hospice provider groups, with Congress, and with CMS, is to ensure necessary change. Yet it is only part of the solution; our work will not be complete until we address the desperate need for a system of long-term services and supports that is responsive to how older adults live and die now.

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Construction set to begin on Stanford Graduate School of … – Stanford University News

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Post date January 20, 2023

Stanfords progress toward the ambitious goal of transforming learning at the university and beyond will gain momentum this winter as construction begins on the new home for Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE) and the Stanford Accelerator for Learning, a central initiative of the Stanford Vision. Located near Stanfords Main Quad, the renovated GSE will bring the schools faculty, students, and staff together in one location for the first time.

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The new home for the Stanford Graduate School of Education will gather faculty, students, and staff into a central location. The interdisciplinary hub will serve as a prototype for learning spaces for the university and across the globe.

Philanthropic support for the new GSE facilities includes lead gifts from longtime donors Angela Nomellini, 75, and husband Ken Olivier, 74, and Tricia and Jeff Raikes, 80, as well as other generous donors.

The science of learning is an area of rapid discovery, with promising opportunities to achieve equitable, accessible, and effective learning for all, said Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne. Contemporary, centralized facilities will be vital to enabling the GSE to accelerate the creation and dissemination of solutions for urgent challenges facing learners in every community. I am deeply grateful for the extraordinary generosity of all the donors who have stepped forward to help realize this vision.

The GSE will emerge from the complete renovation of the historic Education Building at 485 Lasuen Mall and the construction of a new building at 505 Lasuen Mall that will complement the current Education Building. Completing the school is a third, historic building: the Barnum Center for Family and Community Partnerships, which over time has housed the universitys candy store, career center, and bookstore. This building will remain and retain the Barnum family name.

A courtyard connecting the new Stanford Graduate School of Education will include an outdoor classroom and the Mary Bell Floyd Memorial Garden, designed to be in bloom all year. (Image credit: Courtesy William Rawn Associates + CAW Architects)

Together, the buildings will feature more than 150,000 square feet of universally designed teaching, convening, conference, and community spaces, providing ample opportunities to experiment and leverage the latest technologies and approaches to advance learning. The three buildings will be connected by a 13,500-square-foot courtyard that is expected to become a signature space on campus with unique features, including the Mary Bell Floyd Memorial Garden, an outdoor classroom and garden designed to be in bloom all year long. Construction is expected to take about two and a half years to complete.

This is an exciting milestone in our journey to create a space worthy of the work we do preparing teachers and education leaders, conducting research, and partnering with schools and other education-focused organizations, said Dan Schwartz, dean of Stanford Graduate School of Education and the Nomellini & Olivier Professor in Educational Technology. This unprecedented goal could not have been reached without these early and generous commitments. Together, we are creating something very special for our community and learners everywhere.

A well-educated citizenry is vital for a successful democracy; therefore, everyone must have access to a high-quality education, said Angela Nomellini, who is a member and former chair of the GSE Advisory Council. We believe that the Graduate School of Education is well positioned, as part of a purposeful university, to make great strides in ensuring that everyone, regardless of background and challenges, can receive a quality education. Our investment in the new GSE buildings reflects our faith in Stanfords ability to transform learning and our belief in the importance of its mission.

Tricia Raikes, a member of the GSE Advisory Council and the Undergraduate Cabinet, said the complexity of our times requires fresh, interdisciplinary approaches to learning.

It will be critical for us to use an inclusive and equity-centered lens as we prepare leaders to solve our biggest challenges. Stanford has hubs for technology, medicine, business, and the environment, but the power of learning transcends all these fields, Raikes said. This new learning hub will house and cultivate expertise crucial to all disciplines. Because education and learning have never been more important, establishing this new home makes a bold statement that transforming learning is key to Stanford achieving its core priorities. We are thrilled to be a part of the universitys vision for the future of learning.

The GSE is the base for the Stanford Accelerator for Learning, which supports cross-disciplinary research and design aimed at creating equitable learning solutions that help all learners thrive. Led by Schwartz, who also serves as the Halper Family Stanford Accelerator for Learning Faculty Director, the accelerator plays an important role in expanding Stanfords impact by connecting communities, organizations, and institutions across the globe to knowledge and solutions around education and learning generated through the university and its partners.

The universitys investments in the Stanford Accelerator for Learning and the GSE are driven by the understanding that high-quality educational experiences are transformational and the need for new ideas is urgent.

Why are education and learning so important? said Schwartz. They are correlated with every single positive outcome lifespan, health, income, civic engagement, democracy, and happiness.

While situated in the GSE, the accelerator harnesses the strengths of each Stanford school to improve outcomes for every kind of learner at any stage of learning, including early childhood, neurodiverse, historically marginalized, workforce, and online learners.

Fueled by new advances and discoveries in brain and learning sciences, data, and technology, the Stanford Accelerator for Learning distinguishes itself in three ways: It focuses on the real challenges that learners face; it merges the science of learning with the design of learning experiences to create solutions that effectively address those challenges; and it includes dissemination and partnerships in the research strategy to ensure solutions get into the hands of practitioners and learners outside of Stanford.

For example, the new Stanford Center on Early Childhood an integral component of the accelerator will bring together researchers, pediatricians, students, educators, and others working on issues facing our youngest learners.

The renovated facilities will usher in a new era for the school, finally co-locating its faculty, students, and staff. In addition to building community, the space will provide a hub for interdisciplinary collaboration, facilitate contemporary teaching and research, and offer a model for learning spaces at the university and across the globe.

To maximize its impact, the GSEs work must reflect the challenges and systems that learners and their families navigate. For instance, when it comes to learning differences and the future of special education or early childhood learning and development, partnerships between the GSE and other Stanford schools like the School of Medicine are critical in meeting learners where they are.

A common thread in medicine and education is that we work to improve the human condition, said Lloyd Minor, the Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Professor and Dean of the School of Medicine. We are natural collaborators. The accelerator and the new GSE will facilitate meaningful partnerships and really enhance our ability to co-create solutions.

Angela Nomellini and Ken Olivier have a long history of supporting the GSE as well as many other Stanford students, faculty, and programs across campus. In addition to her service on the GSE Advisory Council, Nomellini previously served on the Stanford Athletic Board, the GSE New Building Task Force, the Stanford Challenge Leadership Council, and the advisory board of the Stanford Initiative on Improving K12 Education. She was awarded the Stanford Medal in 2016 for her decades of distinguished volunteer service to the university. Olivier, who is past chair and CEO of San Francisco asset management firm Dodge & Cox, currently serves on the Stanford Board of Trustees and the advisory boards of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) and the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR); previously, he served as a member of the Stanford Management Companys board of directors. Their philanthropy has established professorships in international studies and educational technology, and an athletics scholarship, and provided support for FSI, SIEPR, Stanford Athletics, the School of Medicine, the Hoover Institution, and the Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program.

Tricia and Jeff Raikes are also longtime Stanford supporters and active university citizens. In addition to serving on the GSE Advisory Council, Tricia Raikes is a member of the Undergraduate Cabinet and previously served as a member of the Stanford Challenge Leadership Council. Outside of Stanford, she is a member of the Seattle Advisors Group and previously led Creative Services at Microsoft. Jeff Raikes, former CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has served as a member and chair of the Stanford Board of Trustees. He is also a former member of the Hoover Institution Board of Overseers, the Stanford Challenge Leadership Council, and the Presidential Search Committee. The couple co-founded the Raikes Foundation, which focuses on empowering youth and creating a just and inclusive society. Together with their foundation, the Raikeses philanthropy has supported the Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program, established an undergraduate scholarship, invested in Stanford Athletics, and supported research into successful college transitions and equitable learning environments.

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Foxtrot food delivery service and store to open 4 locations in Austin – Axios

Post author By Dr Hoster
Post date January 20, 2023

A mural on the wall of the new Foxtrot location by Annie and South First streets. Photo: Asher Price/Axios

Workers are putting finishing touches on the South First Street location of Foxtrot, a food pick-up and delivery service.

The big picture: The Chicago chain, which sells ice cream, wine, sandwiches and breakfast tacos announced last year that it's opening at least three spots in Austin.

Of note: Company co-founder Taylor Bloom studied computer science at the University of Texas.

The bottom line: In keeping with Austin's trendiness, the proliferation of hipster convenience stores from Quickie Pickie to Tiny Grocer to Royal Blue Groceries point to the appeal of locally sourced, curated products, and the willingness to spend money for them.

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America could learn a thing or two from Germany if it wants to figure out how to solve its manufacturing labor shortage – Fortune

Post author By Dr Hoster
Post date January 20, 2023

Supply chaindisruptionsduring COVID-19 brought to light how interdependent nations are when it comes to manufacturing. The inability of the U.S. to produce such needed goods as test kits and personal protective equipment during the pandemic revealed ourvulnerabilities as a nation.Chinas rise as a global production superpowerhas further underscored the weaknesses of American manufacturing.

In addition to fixing supply chain disruptions, bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. will benefit national security.Advanced computer chips, for example, are disproportionately made by a single firm, theTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. These microchips are critical to smartphones, medical devices and self-driving cars, as well as military technology. TSMC, from aU.S. national security perspective, is located too close to China. Taiwans proximity to China makes it vulnerable because the Chinese governmentthreatens to use forceto unify Taiwan with the mainland.

My researchand thatof othersexamines how the lack of manufacturing competitiveness in the U.S. leaves the U.S. vulnerable to shortages of critical goods during times of geopolitical disruption and global competition. The strategies the U.S. employs in bringing back manufacturing, along with innovative practices, will be key to ensure national security.

President Joe Biden has signed two bills that propose to rebuild American manufacturing. TheCHIPS and Science Act of 2022will provideUS$52.7 billionfor American semiconductor research, development, manufacturing and workforce development.

TheInflation Reduction Act of 2022will invest$369 billionto promote a clean energy economy, in part by offering generous incentives for U.S.-made electric cars.

Training workers for new advanced manufacturing is another key factor in strengthening a sector that has become increasingly reliant on technology. In fact, while the number of jobs in American manufacturing fell by 25% after 2000, manufacturingoutput did not decline. Still, American manufacturing isfacing a massive shortage of labor, especially among those workers withskillsneeded to power a new generation of manufacturing.

This need to train a new group of skilled workers explains why federal funds in theCHIPS Actare set aside for workforce development. Complementing federal legislation are programs such asAmericas Cutting Edge, a national initiative that provides free online and in-person training designed to meet the growing need in the U.S. machining and machine tool industry for skilled operators, engineers and designers.

It is impractical to bring all manufacturing back to the U.S. Offshoring is often less expensive. But research shows that certain types of in-country manufacturing can not only help secure national security but also spark innovation.

When research and development are conducted close to where the goods are physically made, this proximitycan increase the likelihoodof collaboration between these two activities. Collaboration can lead togreater efficiencies.

Product development can benefit as well.New researchdemonstrates that U.S. firms that located their manufacturing and R&D physically close to each other generated morepatentsthan firms that did not.

Even so, the contribution of U.S. manufacturing firms to innovationdeclined greatlybetween 1977 and 2016. Thats because the benefits of locating manufacturing and R&D close to each other depends on the nature of the manufacturing itself,researchers have found.

For instance, the design of new drugs often requires manufacturing facilities to be located nearby. In that respect,co-locating manufacturing and research and developmentmakes sense. This can be true for semiconductors as well. World-class chip manufacturers in Taiwan, such as TSMC, are located alongside agrowing chip design industry, which permits designers to prototype and test new ideas quickly.

The U.S. and other countries are betting on the same potential benefits from co-location. For instance, to minimize the dependence on TSMC and, more generally, on foreign sources for chips, the European Union is spending43 billion euros, while Japan is encouraging chip manufacturing at home with a$6.8 billioninvestment.

In a2011 op-ed, I argued that while federal legislation to promote U.S. manufacturing could succeed in bringing more manufacturing back to the U.S., there was no guarantee that large numbers of jobs would be created a key point made by those seeking to promote manufacturing.

Governments are generally poor at pickingwinning technologies and industries.Governmental mistakesin picking supposedly winning industries or sectors have, generally, led to a great deal ofwasteof taxpayer dollars.

In fact, market forces and informed company decisions should, I believe, play alarger role picking winnersthan federal investment. Where that investment comes from, what it supports and how much money is needed are critical questions.

If firms choose to relocate their companies to benefit from the synergy of R&D, then they must be able to attract the best human resource talent available. This is where U.S. investment can help build amore skilled workforce.

As pointed out by the economistGary Pisano, many policymakers in the U.S. have long believed that manufacturing is an attractive sector for people with less education and training. Therefore, as a nation, we have not devotedmany resourcesto train people with specialized skills in manufacturing.

This approach stands in stark contrast to theapproach followed in Germany. There, practical work is valued by employers and employees and hence apprenticeship programs areroutinely usedto train workers who are well qualified to work in the manufacturing sector. While the U.S. approach is changing with recently announced investment by the White House through the CHIPS and the Inflation Reduction acts, more is needed.

It is my belief that if the U.S. is to remain an economic powerhouse, then corporations should not separate their workforce, sending cost-saving manufacturing offshore while retaining the innovators. Corporations likeApplehave sent nearly all of their production offshore, retaining only the most skilled parts of the supply chain involving activities like R&D.

Instead, the U.S. needs to financially support firms wishing to bring manufacturing back by making it easier for such firms to find qualified manufacturing workers at home and close to innovators when practical. This effort will bolster the U.S.s ability to be self-sufficient, innovative and secure in times of geopolitical conflicts.

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Two months after tragedy, Club Q owner says club will re-open this year – KOAA News 5

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Post date January 20, 2023

COLORADO SPRINGS Today marks two months since the shooting at Club Q, which took the lives of five victims.

Today, the founder and co-owner of Club Q told News5, that within weeks of the tragedy, they knew the club would re-open one day at the same location. The only surviving bartender from that night also said its community will be back stronger than before.

Michael Anderson, 25 years old, was at Club Q on the night of the shooting. Now hes turning his experience into helping the club rebuild.

I want to take this experience that wasn't positive in any way, and turn it into something that is positive and important, said Anderson.

Anderson is now on the administrative team at Club Q, which formed last month to help the club rebuild. The team includes survivors, victims, employees and the co-owner and founder, Matthew Haynes.

It became very apparent about two weeks after the incident that we were getting so much mail, so many calls, so many people personally coming up, saying, please, please, please make sure that the Club Q comes back, said Haynes.

Haynes said itll be a new space, with new layouts and new designs. They'll also strengthen security measures.

We do have security concerns, none of us can ever go through, or want to go through this again, said Haynes. So there are some certain design elements that that are being brought in for additional security for the club for years to come.

There will also be a memorial to remember and honor the five victims who lost their lives. Anderson added he doesnt want the victims names and legacies to be forgotten.

I think what really has pushed me to this direction of action and advocacy and working on these big projects is the fact that I know it's in their honor, and it's in their legacy, that these these projects will be successful, said Anderson.

The building remains quiet, with a memorial of messages, cards, flowers and photos of the victims still on display. Its a reminder of what happened, but for Anderson, an opportunity to heal and reflect whenever he visits.

It was really healing for me to go back into somewhere that the last time I went, I was running out for my the safety of my own life, said Anderson.

Club Q is not letting five minutes of violence overshadow the 21 years of being a safe space for the community. But now, moving forward, the team is looking forward to rewriting the next chapter.

We have been knocked down, but we are resilient and we are strong, said Anderson. What's really important is for the community to have our space back, and our our club, and our home back.

Its a very important place for the last 20 years, and more importantly than that, we feel so strongly that hate cannot win, it just cannot win, said Haynes.

Haynes said he hopes Club Q will reopen by the end of the year.

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Q&A: Emmy Fink, co-host of ‘John McGivern’s Main Streets’ – PBS Wisconsin

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Post date January 20, 2023

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PBS Wisconsin celebrates the return to public television of two beloved Wisconsin television hosts John McGivern and Emmy Fink with this months premiere of John McGiverns Main Streets.

In the series, actor, comedian and television host John McGivern travels the Upper Midwest to celebrate the people who live there and the unique attractions, history and businesses of each community. New this season is the addition of co-hostEmmy Fink, former host ofDiscover Wisconsin and a contributor to Outdoor Wisconsin.

Ahead of the season premiere, PBS Wisconsin spoke with Fink about joining as co-host for the series second season, her favorite memories and what its like to work with John McGivern.

John McGiverns Main Streetspremieres 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19 on PBS Wisconsin and on the free PBS Video App.

John McGivern and Emmy Fink, with special guest Clarence Fink.

PBS Wisconsin: How did you get involved with the new season?

Emmy Fink:Lois (Maurer, producer) had called me out of the blue she explained to me what they had been up to since stopping Around the Corner with John McGivern and since starting this new endeavor. I had seen a couple of the shows. This was January or February, a year ago. She asked, What do you have going on this summer? Do you some availability because this is going to be kind of a big deal. At the time I was two months pregnant with our third baby, and Im like, Oh, yeah. Theres this one thing that is going to have to be figured out. She was like, You know, if youre game, well work with you and well just do what we can. I was like, Hey, if you guys are going to be flexible with me, well make this work. Whatever we need to do. It all started from there. I went in for the first couple meetings and like you kind of feel with John, even as a viewer, everybody is like, I would be friends with John McGivern. Its how it feels sitting in a conference room across the table from him. In the first few minutes, I was like, I love this guy. I loved this guy watching him on TV, but now I really love this guy.

I had never met John, but I loved their show and knew what they did, and I felt like I knew all about them just from watching them. It was really a call out of nowhere, of, we know similar people and we know of you. Is this something that youd be interested in? I had spent four years with Discover Wisconsin, so they knew that I had been involved in Wisconsin tourism, much like Around the Corner.

PBS Wisconsin: Did you have a specific role to play as the new co-host?

Fink:One thing that I didnt realize from watching these shows was how much memorization John had to do. Hes shooting these episodes back to back. He goes somewhere, hes there for three or four days, then hell have a few days off, then hes back on the road again. So, you only have a two- or three-day window to get really confident with all the lines for your next show. He had said that he definitely felt that from season one, and that that was really the whole hope behind adding someone is that somebody could take some of this memorization and content, especially historical facts, which is something that I really talk about in season two.

A lot of what John does, hes so good at taking an idea and having the basis, I need to say A, B and C, and putting that into his own words and ad libbing it. Its a true talent, thats one of his strengths. Historical facts are a little bit different. You have to have a lot of this has to be included and it goes in this order, but we still want to make it fun. So by me taking that over, and theres about four history pieces in every episode, so I took those over for him, which kind of allowed him to just be John McGivern and just go and do the fun stuff. Then we tag team the trivia because we do about two or three trivia teases in and out of the breaks. So hell ask the trivia question, and I come in with the trivia answer. Its really fun, and we do a lot of the open and the closes together if were there at the same time.

PBS Wisconsin: How did your experience filming change through the season?

Fink: We shot some of the episodes here at my house, we shot locally around the area, and they just made it work. I still am in every show, and Im just not on location for every show. Im on location at the beginning of the season, and then Im back on location at the end of the season so pre-baby, post-baby and then our son is in a few of the episodes with us because about three weeks after we had him, the crew came and we shot some episodes here at my house. And then he was three weeks old and we shot in Iowa City, and my husband and I and our three kids packed up and thought, well, were going to see how he does in the car for four hours. Being a third-time mom, there were a lot of new things to figure out on the fly that I tell my husband now, I am stronger because of this. I can do almost anything now after going back to work after three weeks and feeling like Im somewhat myself. It was a really good growth opportunity.

PBS Wisconsin: What is the most interesting historical fact you learned from the season?

Fink: I would probably say De Pere. I had done some filming in Green Bay during my time with both Outdoor Wisconsin and Discover Wisconsin, but this time we really focused on De Pere. Theres a lot of history behind St. Norbert College, and its the only school district in the state that has two school districts in one city. We were able to play up the historical side of the rivalry between these two high schools going all the way back to the 1920s.

The producer and I sat down, and we had a pretty long phone conversation with one of the De Pere historians, and when you give somebody an outlet to talk about something that they love, it was so cool. This historian was at least 70 years old, and he was so excited to share these memories that he had of these two teams playing each other. It ended up, they got into such a fight that they lit the bridge going over the Fox River, they lit the bridge on fire! There was a huge rivalry between these two high schools, and they wouldnt allow them to play each other anymore. Decades later it changed, but its just funny. The fans stormed the field, so we actually got to film that right on one of the football fields at one of the De Pere high schools. Its neat, all those stories go so far back. Its still a big rivalry, but to think of starting a bridge on fire because of a high school game. Wow.

PBS Wisconsin: What is your most memorable moment from filming the season?

Fink: Our very first show at Lincoln Square was obviously memorable because it was the first one. We were planning on filming the open to the show in this old German restaurant called Himmels. So I had called the owner to the restaurant, and part of my job was to figure out in each episode where I could bring a prop or two into the show and have it be funny or relatable. Theres huge German roots in the Lincoln Square neighborhood. So I was like, lets do something like, should I show up in a European type outfit? Then I went back to, everybody who goes to a beer garden has had the great, big, huge German pretzel. I was like, lets do something with that. I call and we get this all lined up, theyre going to have a German pretzel for us. So we walk in and John and I look up in this restaurant and this woman had probably 15 to 18 huge German pretzels sitting on the counter that had just been pulled out of her open fire. And Im like, Oh my gosh, hopefully I made it clear to her that we only needed one pretzel. She was like, Oh no, of course. I didnt know if you would do one take and then break off a piece, and then you would need another pretzel that didnt look like you had eaten it. I thought, that was really, really smart. We got done and I was like, Well, hopefully youll be able to serve these or somebody will be able to eat them. And she goes, These arent even on our menu! Theyre not on your menu?! We had called and said, Do you think you could make us a couple German pretzels? just assuming this was on their menu. It was so sweet the lengths people will go when we come into town just to have everything work out so well for us, and the kindness that people show and that was my very first episode. I looked at John and Im like, You really are a celebrity because people just want to make sure this is absolutely perfect for you. It was so much fun. Ill never forget this lady at Himmels.

PBS Wisconsin: What do you think it is that makes you and John work so well together?

Fink: I have admired him for so many years watching him, so I have a slight infatuation with him. I just think hes so funny, and I feel like the best gift a host can show is when you watch them, you think, Oh my gosh, I want to be their friend, or I feel like Im their friend. When I showed up in Lincoln Square and we were going to film together for the first time, I just felt like I was meeting my friend John for a fun stroll around Chicago. Thats the true gift that he brings to me. He really puts me at ease, and I didnt know that he would make me feel that way. Hes so good at this and hes so relaxed, but that really resonated when I was trying to come up with my lines. When we do our opens together and hes got his part and Ive got my part and youre walking and youre trying to get your cadence of your walk down, all these things have to flow and there has to be chemistry, and several people have asked me that. Im like, gosh, its kind of like youre dating. You get home and youre like, I hope he liked me as much as I liked him! Because I loved him and he was great, and this is going to be wonderful.

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