By Teri Knight, News Director
Concern over the coronavirus continues to fill news and social media outlets. As for travel, KYMN spoke with Troy Ros from Bursch Travel. He said his office hadn’t dealt with much in terms of flights being cancelled or rerouted until last week, which he called an avalanche, “of people needing to dismantle or change (their plans) some trips getting cancelled partly out of fear because they don’t want to go somewhere where they might get sick but others because they’re going somewhere where not as much stuff will be open or
going on when they get there”. He has people traveling to Venice, an area hit hard by the coronavirus. Ros said they can’t guarantee what will be open. It’s not affecting Spring break in terms of Mexico and the Caribbean just yet. Some tour operators won’t refund deposits but MIGHT give them a year long credit. Airlines are a different story, if they don’t cancel the flight, there’s not much recourse. Cruise lines are, Ros said, they’re practically giving things away to get people on board. As for trips to Asia, Ros said, “people going to Asia this month and April, those have been affected. Things this summer, not yet, but it’s still kind of we’ll wait and see”. Ros said it’s really a fluid situation. He added there are some good deals right now. Troy’s full interview is HERE. We have information on our website from Northfield Hospital and Clinics. They have protocols in place and the City’s Emergency Management team has been in contact with local, state and federal officials. Wash your hands with soap and don’t touch your face. Cough into your sleeve and stay home if you’re sick. A suggestion is to have essentials on hand before you might get sick. A big concern is that someone who is sick is going out in public to get what they need. If you are ill, call your healthcare provider BEFORE going into a clinic. They have protocols in place to help contain the virus as much as possible.
Unique processing facility on radar of legislators
Getting processing capacity in place for poultry is on the radar of latino farmers. Rep. Lippert is on a committee alongside Regi Haslett-Marroquin, part of the Main Street Project. Lippert said, “we were asking for some money for planning and design for a unique poultry processing facility that would include processing for other grains like kernza and some other products like hazelnuts”. He said that was well-received. Lippert is in studio every Friday morning at 8:40 through the legislative session. Sen. Draheim reports in every Monday morning at 7:20.
Arcadia Innovation Day highlights Seniors
Arcadia’s 3rd Innovation Day will be held this Wednesday, March 4th. Arcadia School Advisor and Language Arts Instructor Scott Grave said this one is extra special in that it will showcase the 2020 Senior Class and the projects they have been working so hard on all year. Seniors are given 45 minutes to display the depth and breadth of their work in front of a larger audience of students, teachers, and guests. Presentations run from 9:25 to 11:50. Projects range from government to busking to IT to music to textiles and much more. The public is invited to see all their work. Senior Day Brochure Arcadia
