Columns & Opinions

Etiquette in the age of COVID-19

Wed, 05/27/2020 - 5:00am

Last week I received a phone call from a kind, yet frustrated, gentleman who proceeded to tell me about an experience he had at a local chain store. He explained that a few of the employees were not wearing a mask. Since he and his wife are elderly and concerned about their health because of their vulnerability to COVID-19, they approached the manager to complain. The manager told them that he would talk to the employee and have it fixed. The next time the man and his wife visited the same store, they saw that some of the employees were not wearing masks, including the manager.

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LEDC Update

Wed, 05/27/2020 - 5:00am

The “Great Reopening” is going swimmingly for Linden. As of last Friday, our restaurants were allowed to expand from 25% interior capacity to 50% and this past weekend was certainly a busy one for them. I’m happy to see everyone still carefully observing health and distancing guidelines as well. We are extremely fortunate in Cass county to have had no deaths from COVID-19 thus far, but this virus has still affected many of us and our neighbors in significant and impactful ways. Only by striking a careful balance between restarting commerce and maintaining public health can we navigate these reopening efforts successfully. I’m happy to say I believe we’re progressing along this here-to-fore unknown path of reenergizing a shutdown economy in the right way.

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State of Texas enters second phase of reopening plan

Wed, 05/27/2020 - 5:00am

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott on May 18 allowed restaurants to increase occupancy to 50% and relaxed his earlier executive orders that limited certain other public activities over the last two months to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

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Call to prayer

Wed, 05/20/2020 - 5:00am

Standing in the gap… 1 Timothy 2:1-2, ‘I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and for all that are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.”