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SOUTHERN OCEAN Times Vol. 9 - No. 12
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Lacey 5K Run Turns 21
September 11, 2021
A 9/11 Survivor Recalls Our National Nightmare
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Community News Pages 10-13
Dear Pharmacist Page 17
Inside The Law Page 19
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–Photos By Bob Vosseller (A b o v e) R u n n e r s line up raising their hands prior to the start to show they were ready to run in this year’s Lacey 5 Kilometer Run held in Gille Park. ( R i g h t) C h i l d r e n participating in the kiddie dash portion of the Lacey 5 Kilometer Run do a few exercises prior to their activity. By Bob Vosseller L AC E Y – T h e y walked, they ran, they dashed, and they did it for a good cause during the 21st annual Lacey 5 Kilometer Run held
recently at Gille Park. Longtime Lacey Municipal Alliance Director Heather Scanlon was very pleased with the record turnout of over 300 participants.
She thanked her many Alliance volunteers for their hard work, as well as Jim Wioland, who heads the Lacey Recreation Department, and Skip Peters who used
his golf cart to serve as the “turtle” in monitoring those coming up at the end of the run/walk. Along with the 5 K race there was a one-mile
–Photo courtesy Susan Gennarelli Gennarelli photographed the remnants of the Twin Towers two weeks after the attacks. By Stephanie Faughnan MANAHAWKIN – Many of the survivors of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 suffered physical injuries or eventually became (Survivor - See Page 5)
Veteran Survived 9/11, Helped At Ground Zero
(Run - See Page 4)
New COVID Mutation On The Rise
By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK – “Mu” is the most recent variant to emerge from COVID-19, and according to the World Health Organization (WHO), the mutation may have the ability to evade the immunity from vaccines and antibodies from a previous infection. The Mu variant was added to the WHO’s watchlist at the end of August. It was first detected in Columbia in January of this year, and by September 4, it has been reported in 47 states
and 39 countries. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), viruses constantly change through mutation, and new variants of a virus are expected to occur. Sometimes new variants emerge and disappear. Other times they persist. Most variants cause similar COVID-19 symptoms, but some variants may cause more people to get sicker and die - for example, the Alpha and Delta variants, which cause more infections and
spreads faster than earlier forms of the COVID-19 virus. Infections from the Delta variant, which is the dominant and most concerning variant, was fi rst identified in India, and only happens to a small proportion of people who are fully vaccinated. The vaccination protects people from severe illness, hospitalization and death. With the Delta variant, health experts are starting to see reduced protection (Mutation - See Page 9)
–Photo courtesy Fred Rubenstein Fred Rubenstein, a Barnegat resident and survivor. By Stephanie Faughnan BARNEGAT – More than thirty years before September 11, 2001, Barnegat resident Fred Rubenstein served with the fifth Air Rescue (Veteran - See Page 8)
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