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Thursday, July 20
The Rotary Club of Metropolis meets every Thursdays at 12P in Community Christian Church, 1150 Country Club Rd.
We’re gearing up for Massac County Sports at WMOK! We plan to be out in Metropolis next week with opportunities for businesses to sponsor Massac County Sports on WMOK – if you want to learn more about sponsoring Massac County Sports on WMOK – text sports to 618-524-9209
In perusing the Twitter feeds we see that support is needed for a young man by the name of Kaleb Jenkins and family to assist in his fight against Cancer. A basketball skills development camp will be held at Massac High on Thursday July 20th from 1-3p. Payment for the camp will be your donation and all proceeds will go to Kaleb and his family. The camp will be taught by MCHS Boys Basketball Players and Coaches and is for all children – grades 3rd thru 8th.
6P – JHS Bowling – Interested in bowling? There is a bowling meeting set up The meeting will take place in the JHS Gym.
Friday, July 21
9a – 3p – COPE Food Pantry takes place in Metropolis today and every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1013 North Avenue – please bring your photo ID and proof of Massac County residency.
Saturday, July 22
7A-12P – Massac County Farmer’s Market – Dorothy Miller Park
7:30A – Macedonia Baptist Church Annual Bar-B-Que – 338 Macedonia Rd, Golconda (old location of Church)
Sunday, July 23
After morning worship – Brookport Church Of God Barbecue Fundraiser – 4th and George Streets – Holley’s BBQ, homemade potato salad, baked beans, a cookie, and a drink all for $10.00! Tickets are now available community-wide. All proceeds go to the building fund.
5P – Eastland Life Church 3D Life Recovery Meetings are held at 716 East 3rd St. Meal and child care provided.
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Tornado damage to Pfizer plant will probably create long-term shortages of some drugs hospitals need
The fallout from a Pfizer factory being damaged by a tornado could put even more pressure on already-strained drug supplies at U.S. hospitals, experts say.
Wednesday’s tornado touched down near Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and ripped up the roof of a Pfizer factory that makes nearly 25% of Pfizer’s sterile injectable medicines used in U.S. hospitals, according to the drugmaker.
Pfizer said all employees were safely evacuated and accounted for, and no serious injuries were reported. The drugmaker is still assessing damage.
Debris is scattered around the Pfizer facility on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Rocky Mount, N.C., after damage from severe weather. (Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP)
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As in 2023, a key issue for both the Screen Actors Guild and Writers Guild then was residuals — artists wanted a bigger cut of the feature films that had been sold to TV along with health benefits and better working conditions.
In 1960, the crumbling infrastructure of the Hollywood studio system was shaken by a one-two strike launched by two essential branches of its workforce — the writers and the actors. Since neither job description was yet considered on the cusp of obsolescence, management was forced to negotiate with labor and reach an accommodation. Both sides had incentives to real a deal that shared the wealth and kept the shop floor running. In the end — and this might be the sad difference between 1960 and 2023 — they saw each other as collaborators rather than mortal enemies.
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