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Not Feeling Well? Stay Home!Don’t Believe it? Ask the Schroer Family

The Covid-19 virus has invaded Glenn County, impacting the northern communities of Orland and Hamilton with a vengeance. The importance of following the guidelines of social distancing, washing your hands, and wear-ing masks can’t be emphasized enough.

The following is an account of one local family’s collision with this deadly virus. For the mem-bers of the Schroer family life was on course, a new baby in the house, preparing for summer’s ris-ing temperatures, life was looking pretty good. Unfortunately, their course, came to an abrupt end, when they were exposed to the Co-vid-19 Virus, and possibly in their own home. Two days after learn-ing of this unexpected exposure to the virus, would be followed two days later with Adam Schroer

waking with an innocent tickle in his throat; that soon turned into a cough and a raging fever. That same day, June 29th, Adam tested positive for the Covid-19. His first thoughts were to protect his young family, his wife Paige, son Chevy, daughter Zia and three-week old son Foxx. Adam took up resi-dence in the family travel trailer to avoid further chance of exposing his family. It was heart breaking to separate himself from his wife and three children, the youngest a newborn. It was a frustrating and complicated decision leav-ing Paige who had recently given birth to Foxx via C-section, bur-dening her with full care of a new baby and their two other children.

From everything the Schroer fam-ily could piece together, it ap-peared as though the virus had struck Adam’s father Don first.

On the last day of June, Adam and Paige’s daughter, 21-month old Zia spiked a fever, the next day she tested positive for the vi-rus. Considering what was best for the family, Adam moved back into their home to take care of Zia, while he and the rest of the fam-ily kept their distance from each other.

Paige recounted a few days af-ter her father-in-law Don helped Adam install a new floor in the bathroom, he found himself not feeling well. Don’s wife Linda took him to emergency to get checked out, he tested positive for the virus, but he was sent home to recuperate. Two days later, Linda reported she took him back to the ER, the medical staff found Don was very dehydrated, and decided he needed to be admitted into the hospital.

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Covid-19 is Real!An actual accounting of the experiences of David and Yesenia Hernandez and their battle with the Corona VirusRecently, David and Yesenia Hernandez spoke with Dr. Jared Garrison, Glenn Coun-ty Public Health doctor and Family Practitioner John Mc-Dermott about what their fam-ilies went through while they battled the Covid-19 Virus.

The interview began with Dr. Jared Garrison and Family Practitioner John McDermott interviewing David and Yes-enia Hernandez.

Garrison asked the Hernandez how did you get the Covid-19 virus? Do you know where you contracted the Covid-19 virus? Both David and Yes-enia shook their heads no, they had no idea where they might have come into contact with the virus. Yesenia said, “it was out of our hands, we don’t know where we might have gotten the virus.” She continued, “we did everything we could we sanitized all the time, we actually don’t know where we actually contracted it.”

McDermott when did you guys actually start having symptoms? David thought he noticed the symptoms on March 30th, I started having a cough and my breathing got really bad, then that evening I

had a fever, and I started feel-ing really bad. So, I went to the hospital I was barely walk-ing I made it five steps then I would have to stop to breath. That’s when I realized I had to go the hospital. Yesenia said she took him to prompt care on Bruce Road and then they said everything was fine, probably just allergies, you know. They recommended we go home and self-isolate just in case you might have the vi-rus. So, we went home, and it just got worse and worse.”

Garrison asked, “so you went to Enloe Prompt Care twice and they sent you home, but you still got worse and worse? Then you got to where you couldn’t take five steps and you went to the Emergency Room for the first time. David said, yes, then the second time I went to the ER they admit-ted me.

John McDermott asked how long were you in the hospi-tal? David replied, he went into the Intensive Care Unit for one day, and I was in the hospital for three days. Yes-enia said David was admitted on April 9th; the same day she got the call that she too had

tested positive. As soon as I got that call of my being posi-tive, I said, oh my God, I’ve got it when the ambulance came to our house to pick Da-vid up

Garrison asked was there may be a point at which you thought maybe your life was threatened? David indicat-ed there was a point when I thought I would die. Saying when I went to the hospital, I had lost 36 pounds in just seven days.

Yesenia added, I remember him telling me you know this is our plan if I die, I said no we’re not to talk about that, you’re not going to die. I said I don’t want to hear it, I said stop. This was the first time in our entire lives that I heard him actually fear for his life.” Garrison asked, were you scared? Yesenia admitted she was scared.

McDermott asked how is this different than the flu?

David said it doesn’t come close to being the flu. It’s different, way different. You can’t really compare it, the symptoms starting out are like

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Jimmie Burl Smith was the second individual taken too early from complications of con-tracting the dreaded Covid-19 virus in Glenn County. To his family and friends, he was much more than a statistic of this pandemic. He was a son, a brother, father, grandfather and great grandfather, a brother-in-law, he was a friend, he was Jimmie. He had an irresistible smile. Jim-mie would give you the shirt off his back at the drop of a hat. He would help anyone in need, in many ways he was generous to a fault. Jimmie was a mechanic by trade, working for many years at Parts ‘R Us, fixing and fiddling were his pas-sion; it was a toss-up which Jimmie preferred, a wrench in his hand or a slot handle at the casino. Although Jimmie had under-lying health issues, testing positive for the Covid-19 vi-rus on July 18th; he was sent home to isolate and recuperate. On the 23rd his sister-in-law Jeanette took him back to the hospital, 12 days later Jimmie lost the battle to survive when he passed on August 3rd.

For Jimmie’s family, it has been a struggle. His brother Tim and sister-in-law Jeanette said they saw each other every single day; if Jimmie was not at their house, they were with him on the old family homestead. Tim and Jeanette miss their little brother Jimmie. What would anyone expect, Tim recalled since they had been children, Jimmie would always tag along, no matter what he was doing, there was Jimmie. Tim recalled Jimmie conning their parents, worming his way to go along to the

drive-in movies with his big brother Tim and his date! Tim and Jeanette confessed they were so lucky to have Jimmie in their life, but he cau-tioned just how serious the Covid virus was. Tim affirmed the need for people to wear their masks. He said, “The hell of it is everyone

else can get this virus, it may not kill you, but you can still get it.” Jeanette expressed how different the symptoms were within their family. She felt terrible, admitting she prayed her way and suf-fering the entire two-week period, while her son was ill for about three days. She confessed her concern with Tim contracting the virus as he suffers from some under-lying health issues. He said those that choose not to wear a mask are not taking into consideration others who are susceptible to contracting the virus, saying “people need to

think of others, even though their symptoms may have passed.

Jimmie was born on January 5, 1954 to Al-ton Jessie and Bertha Mae Smith, he was one of nine children. His family settled in Orland west of town, nearly 50 years ago, where his mother Bertha Mae lived to be 105 years old. Survived by his older brothers Charles and Tim Smith, sister-in-law Jeanette Smith and sister Pat, his three children, three grandchil-dren and three great grandchildren and many, many friends. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, brothers Jessie, Harvey, and Herb, and sisters Ruthie and Shirley. In closing this chapter, Tim and Jeanette echoed their sentiments, “Think not about yourself, think of others and how your actions will affect those around you.”

In MemoryJimmie B. Smith, 66

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Espinoza Family doing their part helping to reduce the negative numbers in Glenn County and get the children back in school. Jose Espinoza and his wife Araceli Espinoza GCOE Instructional Aide are pictured with their children Gabriela, Fabiola, Anthony, and their oldest son Jose Junior with his Barney buddies. The Espinoza family created a poster to help get the word out to members of the community the importance of following the guidelines to cut the risk of contracting the Corona Virus by wearing a mask, social distancing and washing your hands during the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Think not about yourself, think of others.” Tim Smith

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It is important to explain the virus not only impacts one’s body, but also loved ones who find themselves unable to en-ter the interior of hospitals. Linda and other members of the family encountered the same restrictions applied to north state local hospitals. Do not enter applied to everyone. Consequently, the entire time Don was under observation in the emergency room, Linda was resigned to sitting in her vehicle outside for over five hours.

Linda said she finally received news that Don was to be ad-mitted to the hospital. As she was preparing to call their chil-dren to tell them their father would be admitted, Don called her from the emergency room and said he was being released to go home. Don’s return to his home was short lived as two days later he was unable to make a complete sentence, pri-marily due to a lack of oxygen and a higher fever. This time Don went to hospital via am-bulance and right into the In-tensive Care Unit. Once again Linda waited in her vehicle, she said it was very frustrating in the lack of communication, it was like you get half of this and half of that. She explained no one calls you and asks for permission, they assume it, the staff of doctors and nurses are working round the clock to care for their patients, there is no time for a chat, no permis-sion to enter the patient’s room, and no news was not necessar-

ily good news as family mem-bers are on the outside look-ing in, waiting for some news and some piece of hope that things were go-ing well.

Linda reported on July 6th she herself was tested; the fol-lowing day Lin-da was success-ful in securing the results of her Covid test from local Family Prac-titioner John M c D e r m o t t , who confirmed her suspicions, she was sent home to self-isolate. Don was soon joined by his brother Mike in ICU; and found him-self placed on a ventilator to help him breath. Mike’s wife Juanita was not so lucky, she visited the ER about the same time and given some medica-tion and told to go home and quarantine. Only to return a few days later suffering from the effects of the Covid virus, her third trip to the ER and she was finally placed in isolation, bringing the number of elder Schroer’s to three in ICU.

On July 8th, Adam and Paige’s ten-year old son Chevy awoke

that morning nauseous, very dizzy, spiking a high fever, headache, fatigue and his little body aching all over. After testing positive for Covid that same day, he became the third member of the family to begin his own journey of recuperat-ing in quarantine.

In speaking with Paige, it was evident, hearing her story this was not an attempt of fake news, nor a political statement, it was an accurate accounting of how the Covid-19 virus has torn through their family. Hav-ing brought home a newborn

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the flu, but after that you can’t compare it to the flu. Yesenia said she thought the worst part is some of the symptoms are like the flu but that feeling of like a knot in your throat, you can’t even like swallow or eat because of that knot in your throat. Then you start coughing and coughing like you can’t catch your breath, you’re struggling for air. That’s how I saw David, and I had a little bit of that but not near as bad as David. It was like he would walk and then bend over to struggle for air, and try to get up, then try an-other five steps to try and just get to the table or the couch. Garrison asked David when he was in the hospital for three days how much time were you in the ICU? He replied just for one day in ICU. Garrison asked what was it like when you tried to get out of bed?David admitted your body is very, very weak, a lot of off balance, you know I lost 36 pounds I was almost too weak to eat. Even when I got out of the hospital, I didn’t eat much. McDermott chimed in, that was quite a battle, how did it affect you as a family?Yesenia confessed “to this day it still has an effect on us and our kids. With David being in the hospital and me being isolated in my room, it was hard on our children. Lucky my thirteen-year old is such a mom, kind of like me, she had to take over taking care of the other kids. It affected her so much, and to this day she is concerned over my husband and me. She was like cry-ing and hoping for us to come around, I was crying because she was upset, praying we could come around again. She had to make the meals, luckily for the whole family she made the lunch and breakfast ever single morning for the other children, because they were alone, and they couldn’t do much. I was in my room away from them, it was like all our family members, my family and David’s family and all of our friends, they all

came together and supported us. We were like trying not to think about what we were going through. It had a tremendous effect on our children and family members. Our neighbors helped out, they brought food and other things to help us out. They brought flowers; they all helped our family so much.

David expressed his appre-ciation for what everyone did, our families and friends we couldn’t have done it without their help, we hope we never have to go through this again. Garrison questioned David, “What would you say to peo-ple who say Covid is not a big deal, it is a political thing?”David responded that it is real and don’t let your guard down. You better be safe for all of our safety. You never know it could be your fa-ther or your sister, your best friend, and they might end up with a case worse than mine Don’t wait for that, take care of yourself and others now. Take care of yourself now, it

starts with you, don’t disbelieve me, it is true. Everyone you are associated with is affected by it, parents, friends, uncles, aunts, kid, everyone, it’s not just yourself, it is everyone around you that is affected by this. When you’re sick then everyone feels for you, don’t let that happen, be safe and help others be safe.”Yesenia cautioned the doctors, “don’t; wait for a family member to die before you pay attention. This virus is true, very true, we’ve spoke to everyone that is family and friends that they need to take care and be careful. This can be stopped, but for this pandemic to stop we all need to come together and stay home and be safe so we can all be together in the future and be healthy.”McDermott asked when other people come together at large

gatherings and they have been cautioning people to avoid, what would you say to people that wanted to have large gatherings like around where you guys live that might involve 15 or 20 people or more ? David spoke up saying, “Like I said safety beings with your-self, you gotta be safe so you can help everyone else to be safe. Everyone needs to put a little out there, it starts with you.” Yes-enia added, “this is like what I keep telling my mom, you say you’re going to deal with just this one person, no big deal, you don’t know where that person has been, yes you might think it’s okay to see just one person but you go to visit and there ends up being five other people there too.” I’ve tried to explain to my mom those five people might be positive and not know they are positive. And now in reality in this time of crisis and you don’t know who you can believe. So, you don’t need to be around other people. I remined my mom, who would have known that David and I had it, our families are always with us and you think they’re not going to have it, but they do.”Garrison thanked Yesenia and David for coming forward to help convey the message that most of cases of Dovid-19 begin in the home, that’s how most cases start out. He cautioned the viewers: There are three things I want you to do, stay six feet apart, wear a mask and stay home when we are sick. Those three things re-ally, really decrease the chances of you contracting Covid-19. Garrison also announced appreciation and thank you to John McDermott for helping with the interview and Wendy Stewart, Wm Finch Charter School CTE teacher for Digital Arts Media teacher for filming/editing.

infant, recuperate from a C-section, and care for your fam-ily even without the impact of the Covid virus is no easy job. When you throw a potentially deadly virus into your daily routine, it quickly turns into a nightmare for a young couple trying to protect their children and other family members.

Paige spent her nights pray-ing and checking on her fam-ily as they slept, making sure they were breathing. The pho-tograph she posted with her timeline on Facebook was heart breaking as she took her young daughter in her arms to hug on for the first time in nearly two weeks. It has been a nightmare, and the battle is not over, they continue to pray for the elder family mem-bers who are still in the hos-pital. Her advice don’t take a chance, if you’re not feeling well stay home; as many think “oh it’s just a cold, or my si-nuses are plugged” don’t take that chance of infecting other members of your family, the girl behind the check stand at the grocery store, or your neighbor down the street.

Her mother-in-law Linda was thankful even though she was infected by the Covid virus, she didn’t have all the wind knocked out of her sails, like her husband and in-laws. It has become a day by day situation, confessing, “One day you feel pretty good, and the next day you feel like you want to die.”

There is no greater love than a mother’s love of her child as evidenced in the photo above of Orland resident Paige Schroer hugging her 21-month old daughter Zia after over a week and a half in isolation. Half a dozen mem-bers of the Schroer family were stricken with the virus, three that ended up in ICU. Paige explained extended members of the family also had to isolate themselves in their homes, waiting out the 14-day quarantine. Paige expressed her appreciation for the support they received but cautioned everyone this was not “fake news”, it was nothing short of a nightmare for her family.

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El virus Covid-19 ha invadido el condado de Glenn, impactando a las comunidades del norte de Or-land y Hamilton con una vengan-za. No se puede enfatizar lo sufi-ciente la importancia de seguir las guías de distanciamiento social, lavarse las manos y usar máscaras.

La siguiente es una cuenta de la colisión de una familia local con este virus mortal. Para los miem-bros de la familia Schroer, la vida estaba en curso, un nuevo bebé en la casa, preparándose para las tem-peraturas en aumento del verano, la vida se veía bastante bien. De-safortunadamente, su curso llegó a un abrupto final, cuando estuvi-eron expuestos al virus Covid-19, y posiblemente en su propia casa. Dos días después de enterarse de esta exposición inesperada al vi-rus, se seguiría con Adam Schroer despertando con un cosquilleo inocente en la garganta dos días después; que pronto se convirtió en tos y fiebre furiosa. Ese mismo día, 29 de junio, Adam dio posi-tivo por el Covid-19. Sus primeros pensamientos fueron proteger a su joven familia, su esposa Paige, su hijo Chevy, su hija Zia y su hijo Foxx de tres semanas. Adam se in-staló en el tráiler de viaje familiar para evitar mayores posibilidades de exponer a su familia. Fue an-gustioso separarse de su esposa y

sus tres hijos, el más joven era un recién nacido. Fue una decisión frustrante y complicada dejar a Paige, que recientemente había dado a luz a Foxx por cesárea, cargándola con el cuidado com-pleto de un nuevo bebé y sus otros dos hijos.

De todo lo que la familia Schroer podía reconstruir, parecía que el virus había atacado primero al pa-dre de Adam, Don. El último día de junio, la hija de Adam y Paige, Zia, de 21 meses, tuvo fiebre y al día siguiente dio positivo por el vi-rus. Considerando lo que era me-jor para la familia, Adam regresó a su casa para cuidar a Zia, mientras él y el resto de la familia se man-tenían alejados el uno del otro.

Paige contó que unos días después de que su suegro Don ayudó a Adam a instalar un piso nuevo en el baño, no se sintió bien. La espo-sa de Don, Linda, lo llevó a emer-gencias para que lo revisen, dio positivo por el virus, pero fue en-viado a su casa para recuperarse. Dos días después, Linda informó que lo llevó de regreso a la sala de emergencias, el personal médico descubrió que Don estaba muy deshidratado y decidió que necesi-taba ser admitido en el hospital.

Es importante explicar que el vi-

rus no solo afecta el cuerpo de uno, sino también a los seres que-ridos que no pueden entrar al in-terior de los hospitales. Linda y otros miembros de la familia en-contraron las mismas restricciones aplicadas a los hospitales locales del norte del estado. No entrar es aplicado a todos. En consecuen-cia, todo el tiempo que Don estu-vo bajo observación en la sala de emergencias, Linda se resignó a sentarse en su vehículo afuera por más de cinco horas.

Linda dijo que finalmente recibió noticias de que Don debía ser ad-mitido en el hospital. Mientras se preparaba para llamar a sus hijos para decirles que su padre sería admitido, Don la llamó desde la sala de emergencias y dijo que lo iban a dejar en libertad para irse a casa. El regreso de Don a su casa fue de corta duración ya que dos días después no pudo hacer una oración completa, principal-mente debido a la falta de oxígeno y una fiebre más alta. Esta vez, Don fue al hospital en ambulan-cia y directamente a la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos. Una vez más, Linda esperó en su vehículo, dijo que era muy frustrante por la falta de comunicación, era como si recibiera la mitad de esto y la otra mitad. Ella explicó que na-die lo llama y le pide permiso, lo

Covid-19 es real!Una descripción real de las experien-cias de David y Yesenia Hernández y su batalla con el Virus CoronaRecientemente, David y Yese-nia Hernández hablaron con el Dr. Jared Garrison, el médico de salud pública del condado de Glenn y el médico de fa-milia John McDermott sobre lo que pasaron sus familias mien-tras luchaban contra el virus Covid-19.

La entrevista comenzó con el Dr. Jared Garrison y el médico de familia John McDermott entrevistando a David y Yes-enia Hernández.

Garrison le preguntó a Hernán-dez cómo se contagió con el virus Covid-19. ¿Sabe dónde contrajo el virus Covid-19? Tanto David como Yesenia negaron con la cabeza, no tenían idea de dónde podrían haber estado en contacto con el virus. Yesenia dijo: “estaba fuera de nuestras manos, no sabemos dónde podríamos haber contraído el virus”. Ella continuó: “Hicimos todo lo que pudimos, desinfectamos todo el tiempo, en realidad no sabemos dónde lo contrata-mos”.

McDermott: ¿cuándo empe-zaron a tener síntomas? David pensó que notó los síntomas el 30 de marzo, comencé a toser y mi respiración empeoró, luego esa noche tuve fiebre y empecé a sentirme muy mal. Entonces,

fui al hospital, apenas camina-ba, di cinco pasos y luego tuve que parar para respirar. Fue entonces cuando me di cuenta de que tenía que ir al hospi-tal. Yesenia dijo que lo llevó a Prompt Care en Bruce Road y luego dijeron que todo estaba bien, probablemente solo aler-gias, ya sabes. Recomendaron que nos vayamos a casa y nos aíslemos por si acaso tienes el virus. Entonces, nos fuimos a casa, y empeoró cada vez más”.

Garrison preguntó: “¿Enton-ces fuiste a Enloe Prompt Care dos veces y te enviaron a casa, pero aún empeorabas? Luego llegaste a donde no podías dar cinco pasos y fuiste a la sala de emergencias por primera vez. David dijo que sí, y la segunda vez que fui a la sala de emer-gencias me admitieron.

John McDermott preguntó cuánto tiempo estuvo en el hos-pital. David respondió: ingresó en la Unidad de Cuidados In-tensivos durante un día y yo estuve en el hospital durante tres días.

Yesenia dijo que David fue ad-mitido el 9 de abril; el mismo día recibió la llamada de que ella también había dado positi-vo. Tan pronto como recibí esa

llamada de ser positivo, dije: “Dios mío, lo recibí cuando la ambulancia vino a nuestra casa a recoger a David”.

Garrison preguntó si había un punto en el que pensabas que tal vez tu vida estaba en riezgo. David indicó que hubo un mo-mento en que pensé que iba a morir. Diciendo que cuando fui al hospital, había perdido 36 li-bras en solo siete días.

Agregó Yesenia, recuerdo que me dijo, tú sabes que este es nuestro plan si muero, le dije que no, que no debemos hablar de eso, que no vas a morir. Le dije que no quería escucharlo, le dije que parara. Esta fue la primera vez en toda nuestra vida que escuché que real-mente temía por su vida”. Gar-rison preguntó, ¿tenías miedo? Yesenia admitió que estaba asustada.

McDermott preguntó en qué se diferencia esto de la gripe.

David dijo que no se acerca a la gripe. Es diferente, muy diferente. Realmente no se pu-ede comparar, los síntomas que comienzan son como la gripe, pero después de eso no se pu-ede comparar con la gripe.

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La familia Espinoza haciendo su parte ayudando a reducir el número negativo en el condado de Glenn y a que los niños regresen a la escuela. José Espinoza y su wife Araceli Espinoza GCOE Asistente In-structivo son fotografiados con sus hijos Gabriela, Fabiola, Anthony, y su hijo mayor José Junior con sus amigos Barney. La familia Espinoza creó un cartel para ayudar a hacer correr la voz a los miembros de la comunidad la importancia de seguir las pautas para reducir el riesgo de contraer el Virus Corona usando una máscara,distanciamiento social y lavarse las manos durante la pandemia de Covid-19.

En MemoriaJimmie B. Smith, 66 años

Jimmie Burl Smith fue el segundo individuo tomado demasiado pronto de las complicacio-nes de contraer el temido virus Covid-19 en el condado de Glenn. Para su familia y ami-gos, era mucho más que una estadística de esta pandemia. Era un hijo, un hermano, un padre, un abuelo y un bisabuelo, un cuñado, era un amigo, era Jimmie. Tenía una sonrisa irresistible. Jimmie te daría la camisa de su espalda en un abrir y cerrar de ojos. Ayudaría a cualquiera que lo necesitara, de muchas maneras fue generoso hasta el extremo.

Jimmie era mecánico de co-mercio, trabajando durante muchos años en Parts ‘R Us, reparando y jugando eran su pasión; era un lanzamiento de que preferiría Jimmie, una llave inglesa en su mano o una manija de ranura en el casino.

Aunque Jimmie tenía problemas de salud subyacentes, dio positivo en la prueba del vi-rus Covid-19 el 18 de julio; lo enviaron a casa para aislarse y recuperarse. El día 23 su cu-ñada Jeanette lo llevó de regreso al hospital, 12 días después Jimmie perdió la batalla por sobrevivir cuando falleció el 3 de agosto.

Para la familia de Jimmie, ha sido una lucha. Su hermano Tim y su cuñada Jeanette dijeron que se veían todos los días; si Jimmie no es-taba en su casa, estaban con él en la antigua casa familiar. Tim y Jeanette extrañan a su hermano pequeño Jimmie. ¿Qué esperaría al-guien?, Tim recordó que desde que eran niños Jimmie siempre los acompañaba, sin importar lo que estuviera haciendo, estaba Jimmie. Tim recordó a Jimmie engañando a sus padres, ¡abriéndose camino para ir al autocine con su

hermano mayor Tim y su cita!

Tim y Jeanette confesaron que fueron muy afortunados de tener a Jimmie en su vida, pero él advirtió que serio era el virus Covid. Tim afirmó la necesidad de que las personas usen sus máscaras. Él dijo: “Lo peor es que todos

los demás pueden contraer este virus, puede que no te mate, pero tú puedes contraerlo”. Jeanette expresó que diferentes eran los síntomas dentro de su familia. Ella se sintió terrible, admitiendo que oró a su mane-ra y sufrió todo el período de dos semanas, mientras su hijo estuvo enfermo durante unos tres días. Ella confesó su preo-cupación de que Tim contraiga el virus ya que sufre de algunos problemas de salud subyacen-tes. Dijo que quienes optan por no usar una máscara no están tomando en consideración a

otros que son susceptibles de contraer el vi-rus, y dijo que “la gente necesita pensar en los demás, aunque sus síntomas hayan pasado.”

Jimmie nació el 5 de enero de 1954, hijo de Alton Jessie y Bertha Mae Smith, fue uno de los nueve hijos. Su familia se estableció en Orland al oeste de la ciudad, hace casi 50 años, donde su madre Bertha Mae vivió hasta los 106 años.

Sobrevivido por sus hermanos mayores Charles y Tim Smith, su cuñada Jeanette Smith y su hermana Pat, sus tres hijos, tres nietos y tres bisnietos y muchos, muchos amigos.Fue precedido en la muerte por su madre y su padre, los hermanos Jessie, Harvey y Herb, y las hermanas Ruthie y Shirley.

Al cerrar este capítulo, Tim y Jeanette se hici-eron eco de sus sentimientos: “No pienses en ti mismo, piensa en los demás y en cómo tus acciones afectarán a los que te rodean”.

“No pienses en ti mismo, piensa en los demás”. Tim Smith

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¡Quedarse en casa! Página 3asumen, el personal de médi-cos y enfermeras están tra-bajando las 24 horas para at-ender a sus pacientes, no hay tiempo para conversar, no hay permiso para entrar en la hab-itación del paciente, y ninguna noticia no era necesariamente buenas noticias, ya que los miembros de la familia están afuera mirando hacia adentro, esperando algunas noticias y alguna esperanza de que las cosas iban bien.

Linda informó el 6 de julio que ella misma fue examinada; Al día siguiente, Linda logró asegurar los resultados de su prueba de Covid del médico de familia local John McDer-mott, quien confirmó sus sos-pechas, y la enviaron a su casa para aislarse. Don pronto se unió a su hermano Mike en la UCI; y se encontró colocado en un ventilador para ayudarlo a respirar. La esposa de Mike, Juanita, no tuvo tanta suerte, visitó la sala de emergencias aproximadamente al mismo tiempo y le dieron algunos medicamentos y le dijeron que se fuera a casa y se pus-iera en cuarentena. Solo para regresar unos días más tarde sufriendo los efectos del virus Covid, su tercer viaje a la sala de emergencias y finalmente la colocaron en aislamiento,

elevando el número de los mayores Schro-er a tres en la UCI.

El 8 de julio, Chevy, el hijo de diez años de Adam y Paige, se despertó esa mañana con náuseas, mareos, fiebre alta, dolor de cabeza, fatiga y dolor en su pequeño cu-erpo. Después de dar positivo a Covid ese mismo día, se convirtió en el tercer miembro de la familia en comenzar su propio viaje de recuperación en cuarentena.

Al hablar con Paige, fue evi-dente, escuchar su historia no fue un intento de noticias fal-sas, ni una declaración políti-ca, fue un recuento exacto de cómo el virus Covid-19 ha destrozado a su familia. Llevar a casa a un bebé recién nacido, recuperarse de una cesárea y

cuidar a su familia, incluso sin el impacto del virus Covid, no es tarea fácil. Cuando agrega un virus potencialmente mor-tal a su rutina diaria, rápidam-ente se convierte en una pesa-dilla para una pareja joven que intenta proteger a sus hijos y a

Yesenia dijo que pensaba que la peor parte es que algunos de los síntomas son como la gripe, pero esa sensación de un nudo en la garganta, ni siquiera te gusta tragar o comer debido a ese nudo en la garganta. Lu-ego comienzas a toser y toser como si no pudieras recuperar el aliento, estás luchando por respirar. Así es como vi a Da-vid, y tuve un poco de eso, pero no tan malo como David. Era como si caminara y luego se inclinara para luchar por el aire, y tratara de levantarse, lu-ego intentara otros cinco pasos para tratar de llegar a la mesa o al sofá.

Garrison le preguntó a David cuando estuvo en el hospi-tal durante tres días ¿cuánto tiempo estuvo en la UCI? Él respondió solo por un día en la UCI. Garrison preguntó cómo era cuando trataste de levan-tarte de la cama.

David admitió que tu cuer-po está muy, muy débil, con mucho fuera de balance, sabes que perdí 36 libras, estaba casi demasiado débil para comer. Incluso cuando salí del hospi-tal, no comí mucho. McDer-mott intervino, eso fue una gran batalla, ¿cómo te afectó como familia?

Yesenia confesó que “hasta el día de hoy todavía tiene un efecto en nosotros y en nuestros hijos. Con David en el hospital y yo aislado en mi habitación, fue difícil para nuestros hijos. Afortunadamente, mi hija de trece años es una madre, como yo, tuvo que hacerse cargo del cuidado de los otros niños. La afectó mucho, y hasta el día de hoy está preocupada por mi esposo y por mí. Ella estaba como llorando y esperando que volviéramos, yo estaba lloran-do porque ella estaba molesta, rezando para que pudiéramos volver de nuevo. Tenía que pre-parar las comidas, por suerte para toda la familia, preparaba el almuerzo y el desayuno to-das las mañanas para los otros niños, porque estaban solos y no podían hacer mucho. Estaba en mi habitación lejos de ellos, era como si todos los miem-bros de nuestra familia, mi fa-milia y la familia de David y todos nuestros amigos, todos se unieran y nos apoyaran. Es-tábamos tratando de no pensar

otros miembros de la familia.

Paige pasaba las noches oran-do y vigilando a su familia mientras dormían, asegurán-dose de que respiraran. La fotografía que publicó con su línea de tiempo en Facebook fue triste cuando tomó a su pequeña hija en brazos para abrazarla por primera vez en casi dos semanas. Ha sido una pesadilla, y la batalla no ha terminado, continúan rezando por los miembros de la familia mayor que todavía están en el hospital.

Su consejo no se arriesgue, si no se siente bien, quédese en casa; como muchos piensan “oh, es solo un resfriado, o mis senos paranasales están tapados”, no se arriesguen a infectar a otros miembros de su familia, la joven detrás del puesto de control en la tienda de comestibles, o su vecino en la calle.

Linda, su suegra, estaba agra-decida a pesar de que estaba infectada por el virus Covid, no le quitó todo el viento, como su esposo y sus suegros. Se ha convertido en una situ-ación cotidiana, confesando: “Un día te sientes bastante bien, y al día siguiente sientes que quieres

Covid-19 es real Página 1en lo que estábamos pasando. Tuvo un tremendo efecto en nuestros hijos y familiares. Nuestros vecinos ayudaron, trajeron comida y otras co-

sas para ayudarnos. Trajeron flores; Todos ayudaron mucho a nuestra familia.

David expresó su agradeci-miento por lo que hicieron todos, nuestras familias y amigos, no podríamos haberlo hecho sin su ayuda, esperamos no tener que volver a pasar por esto.

Garrison preguntó a David: “¿Qué le dirías a la gente que dice que Covid no es un gran problema, es algo político?”David respondió que es real y no bajes la guardia. Será me-jor que esté seguro para toda nuestra seguridad. Nunca se sabe que podría ser tu padre o tu hermana, tu mejor amigo, y podrían terminar con un caso peor que el mío. No esperes eso, cuídate a ti mismo y a los demás ahora. Cuídate ahora, comienza contigo, no dudes, es verdad. Todas las personas con las que está asociado se ven afectadas por esto, padres, amigos, tíos, tías, niños, to-dos, no solo usted, sino todos los que están a su alrededor se ven afectados por esto. Cuando estás enfermo, todos sienten lo mismo por ti, no dejes que eso suceda, mantente seguro y ayuda a otros a estar seguros. “

Yesenia advirtió a los médicos, “no esperen a que muera un miembro de la familia antes de prestar atención. Este virus es verdadero, muy cierto, hemos

hablado con todos los famili-ares y amigos que deben cuidar y tener cuidado. Esto se puede detener, pero para que esta pan-demia se detenga, todos debe-

mos unirnos y quedarnos en casa y estar seguros para que todos podamos estar juntos en el futuro y estar saludables. “

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No hay amor más grande que el amor de una madre por su hijo como se evidencia en la foto de Paige Schroer, residente de Orland, abrazando a su hija Zia de 21 meses después de más de una semana y media en aislamiento. Half una docena de miembros de la familia Schroer fueron afectados por el virus, tres que terminaron en ICU. Paige explicó que los miembros de la familia también tenían que aislarse en sus hogares, esperando la cuarentena de 14 días. Paige expresó su agradecimiento por el apoyo que recibieron, pero ad-virtió a todos que esto no era “noticiasfalsas”,” fue nada menos que una pesadilla para su familia.

McDermott preguntó cuándo otras personas se juntan en grandes reuniones y han es-tado advirtiendo a las personas que eviten, ¿qué le dirías a las personas que quisieran tener grandes reuniones como en el lugar donde viven que podrían involucrar a 15 o 20 personas o más?

David habló diciendo: “Como dije, la seguridad comienza contigo mismo, debes estar seguro para poder ayudar a to-dos los demás a estar seguros. Todo el mundo necesita poner un poco por ahí, comienza con-tigo. ” Yesenia agregó, “esto es lo que le digo a mi madre, dices que vas a tratar solo con esta persona, no es gran cosa, no sabes dónde ha estado esa persona, sí, podrías pensar que está bien ver a una sola persona pero vas a visitar y allí también hay otras cinco personas “. He tratado de explicarle a mi madre que esas cinco personas pueden ser positivas y no saber que son positivas. Y ahora en realidad en este momento de

crisis y no sabes a quién puedes creer. Por lo tanto, no necesita estar cerca de otras personas. Le recordé a mi madre, que habría sabido que David y yo lo teníamos, nuestras familias siempre están con nosotros y piensas que no lo van a tener, pero lo hacen.”

Garrison agradeció a Yesenia y David por ayudar a transmitir el mensaje de que la mayoría de los casos de Covid-19 co-mienzan en el hogar, así es como comienzan la mayoría

de los casos. Advirtió a los es-pectadores: Hay tres cosas que quiero que hagas, mantente a seis pies de distancia, usa una máscara y quedarse en casa cu-ando estamos enfermos. Esas tres cosas realmente, realmente disminuyen las posibilidades de que contrates Covid-19.

Garrison también anunció agradecimiento y las gracias a John McDermott por ayudar con la entrevista y a Wendy Stewart, Servicios Humanos y Salud del Condado de Glenn por filmar / editar.

Plenty of Cool Cars and Hot CoffeeOrlandIf you find yourself near Starbucks in Orland join in Ron

Lane’s Coffee and Cars next to the coffee house from 9am to 11am also on the third Saturday of the month. Check out theirFacebook page: www.orlandcarsncoffee.com

CapayOn the first Saturday of each month venture out to Capay’s

Harvest located just east of Capay Elementary School begin-ning from 8am. They serve a breakfast buffet along with a chance to see some cool vintage autos and trucks or stay for lunch in the restaurant.

Voluneteers in partnership with the sheriffJoin oour team, become a citizen volunteerApply: countyof glenn.net/OES volunteer opportunities

Must be 18 years of age, complete an applicationApplicants will be finger printed and complete a background

check. Complete the Citizen’s Academy within one yearVolunteer a minimum of ten hours per quarter

Make a difference in out community, VIPS assist the Sher-iff’s Office with law enforcement tasks including patrol, secu-rity, parking enforcement, traffic control, hospitality services, data entry and more. Follow us on Facebook@GlennCounty Sheriff. Glenn County Sheriff’s Office 543 W. Oak Street, Wil-lows, CA 95988

How to Become a Butte College StudentJoin us on Thursday, November 21st at Success One Char-

ter School between 4 and 5pm. Success One Charter School is located at 129 E. Walker Street in Orland, If you are interested in becoming a Butte College student come view the presenta-tion. Pizza and drinks will be served; sign up at the Willows or Orland locations by November 19th to reserve a seat.

Teen Car Control ClinicThunderhill Raceway is offering a life-saving, real life,

hands on experience behind the wheel for students of all ages.Teen Car Control Clinic on November 29th and December 21st. This life-saving training includes skid control, emergen-cy stops, hazard avoidance, and freeway merging. There will also be classroom instruction. The entry fee is $129. These will be the last two classes before the end of the year. To register ormore information call 530/934-5588, ext. 105.

Willows Food Bank to MoveBeginning December 1st, the Willows Food Bank will be

moving to their new location at 545 First Avenue. They will beopen on Mondays from 9am to 11am. For the past eight years the Willows Food Bank has served an average of 450 people each month. Since the Camp Fire, there are an additional 150 homeless and 36 displaced families in need of help. There are also many seniors and disabled persons, and those living onfixed incomes dependent on help.

Willows Craft FaireThe Willows Craft Fair will be held on Saturday, December

7th at St. Monica’s Parish Hall from 9am to 2pm. There will bean assortment of hand-crafted items, candies, jams and jellies, nuts and other fine gifts and goodies.

Art w/Anj, Open Paint NightsArt w/Anj will be held every Wednesday from now until

December 25th. Join the Open Paint Nights from 5 to 9pm. Fora fee of $20 you get five hours of painting time, supplies will be included, and you can choose from various theme paintings. It can be fun for the entire family, make some gifts for the up-coming holiday season.

Toy ShootThe Stony Creek Muzzle Loaders present their 26th annual

Toy Shoot on Saturday, December 14th from 8am to 2pm, rain or shine. Entry fee one new unwrapped toy of a value of $10 or more. All toys will be donated to the Corning Fire Depart-ment, with proceeds going towards the Corning Fire Depart-ment. Events for the day include Trail Walk (included with en-try fee) Paper Throws, and Hawk Throw. There will be coffee,hot chocolate, hot teas, soda and water; food will be served by the Corning Fire Department.

Take Corning Road to Paskenta, turn left onto Round Val-ley Road for approximately seven miles, look for signs to Liz-ard Camp. Camping will be available contact Tom Carter at 530/824-0633 or Doug Hatley 530/953-7663 for more infor-mation, or if you would like to make a donation or donate a toy or give a raffle gift. $5 raffle tickets available for a Henry .22 rifle survival pack, item # H002BSGB.

Wreaths Across AmericaThe annual Wreaths Across America will be held on Satur-

day, December 14th beginning at 9am in both the Orland and Willows Cemeteries; a ceremony for placing the wreaths atthe Artois Cemetery will be announced at a later date. Across the country the second Saturday in December is reserved for observances for the Wreaths Across America program, all be-ginning at 9am.

The goal is to place live wreaths on the graves of Veter-ans who served our country. This year Willows Wreaths proj-ect will see all Veterans’ graves with a wreath placed by theirnames with Willows having collected enough to cover all 1,300 graves in Willows and Artois. In Orland to date thereare over 1340 wreaths reserved so far; wreaths are placed in the Masonic, Graves, Catholic and Oddfellows Cemeteries in honor of Veterans who served from the Civil War to conflicts around the world today. You may also purchase wreaths at theOrland Craft Fair, November 30th and December 1st in theFlaherty Hall Building at the Glenn County Fairgrounds.

In Orland contact Dottie Tefelski to place your order or volunteer to place to wreaths on Friday or Saturday 530/514-4912. Or in Willows/Artois Tammy Phifer 530/517-9449.

Mar Val Supports VIPSMarVal Market’s monthly fundraiser is set for Thursday,

December 19th from 5pm to 6:30 pm. Come on down and sup-port the Volunteers in Partnership with the Glenn County Sher-

iff. Lasagna dinner includes lasagna, salad, garlic bread, bottleof water and a cookie for a suggested donation of $5. Enjoy a great dinner, and support a great program in helping the com-munity of Willows.

Elk Creek Community Thanksgiving DinnerCome enjoy good food and good fellowship at the Elk

Creek Community Thanksgiving Dinner on Saturday, Novem-ber 22 at the Elk Cr. The Grange Hall is located eek Grange Hall at 152 Church Street, near the Elk Creek Post Office. JoinElk Creek 4H and our community to celebrate this day n the true spirit of Thanksgiving from 2 to 4pm. there will be a silentauctions items and door prizes.

Elk Creek Lighted ParadeThe annual Elk Creek Community Lighted Christmas Pa-

rade will be held on the third Saturday in December, December21st. The parade begins at 6pm, line-up at the park beginning at 5:30 pm.

Avenue of LightsThe annual Glenn County Fair Avenue of Lights is set to

begin on Wednesday, December 18 through Sunday, December 22nd at the fairgrounds from 5:30 pm to 9pm. Tickets are $15 at the gate , or $12 beginning November 7th if purchased in advance from Oscar’s Signs and Sportswear or at the OrlandCraft Fair or call Jo Tibessart Collins at 530/520-6819. Photos with Santa $5 in the North Pole Lodge, plus an assortment of refreshments.

St. Dominic’s Centennial CelebrationSt. Dominic’s Catholic Church will celebrating their 100th

anniversary beginning with a Mass at 5:30 pm by Bishop Jai-me Soto with a banquet to follow on Friday, November 22nd.Come join the us again on Saturday, November 23rd for a pot-luck and auction at 12 noon. In the evening there will be a Bilingual Mass at 5pm to be followed by hors D’oeuvres to celebrate the centennial of St. Dominic’s Parish.

Grange Craft FairThe Orland Grange 432 has scheduled a Holiday Craft

Fair for Saturday, December 14th from 10am to 4pm at thegrange hall. Vendors are welcome, space fee $25. Admission and parking are FREE. There will be lots of hand-crafted itemsfrom local vendors, baked goods, jewelry, refreshments and more. The Grange Hall is located at 210 East Walker Streetin Orland. For more information or to reserve a space, contact Jeanette Smith at 530/966-3506.

Dinner at Glenn GolfThe Glenn Golf and Country Club have set Saturday, De-

cember 14th for a Prime Rib dinner in the Clubhouse from 5 to 8 pm. Cost is $25 per person, in addition to dinner there will be a wine sample. Call 530/934-9918 or email glenngolfcc@gmail.com to reserve your tickets today. The golf course is lo-cated at 6229 County Road 39, west of I-5 and the public is welcome to attend.

Glenn Chorale ConcertThe Glenn Chorale will be presenting their annual Christ-

mas Concert on Sunday, December 1st beginning at 3pm inMemorial Hall in Orland. Tickets are $10 for adults and chil-dren under 12 are free. Tickets are available from Chorale members or at the door on the day of the concert.

Glenn County 4H Coats for Kids DriveIt’s getting chilly outside and Glenn County 4-H needs your

help! Children in Glenn County are in need of some winter coats. The annual Coats for Kids Drive begins on November11th through December 9th. New or lightly used coats in goodcondition can be dropped off in the barrels at various locationsincluding

Glenn County Cooperative Extension Office, now through December 9h. The focus is coats for kids, but we will accept adult sizes as well. For additional information contact the Glenn County Cooperative Extension Office at 865-1107.

The Free Thanksgiving DinnersThe annual Free Community Thanksgiving dinners will be

hosted by Jimmie’s and the Willows Elks Lodge on Thursday, November 28th from 12 noon to 3pm. Come and enjoy a tur-key dinner and all the trimmings at the Elks Lodge, located at 150 S. Shasta Street in Willows.

The Orland Moose Family Center will also host a free Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday, November 28th beginning at 11am at the Lodge at 605 5th Street in Orland.

Willows Craft FaireThe Willows Craft Fair will be held on Saturday, December7th at St. Monica’s Parish Hall from 9am to 2pm. There will be

an assortment of hand-crafted items, candies, jams and jellies, nuts and other fine gifts and goodies.

Willows Lighted Parade and Tree Lighting CeremonyThe annual Willows Tree Lighting and Light parade will be

held on Saturday, December 7th beginning at 6pm. The Light Parade theme this year is “Winter Nights, Magical Lights”.Applications for the parade are available at the Willows Cham-ber Office after the 1st of November. The annual tree light-ing ceremony and Santa Wishes begin after the parade in the downtown area. Judging for the annual Home and Business Lighting Contest will be held on Saturday, December 14th.

Orland Craft FairFREE ADMISSION

The Orland Historical Society proudly presents the 44th annual Orland Craft Fair Saturday, November 30th from 10am to 5 pm and Sunday, December 1st from 10 am to 3 pmat the Glenn County Fairgrounds, 221 E. Yolo Street, Orland.Over two hundred sellers will offer quality hand crafts and ex-ceptional buys for all ages on wood workings, pottery, fashionitems, holiday decor, jewelry, mandarins, baby items, nuts, candy and much more. Admission is free. Fill your Christmaslist with great buys at the Orland Craft Fair.

Orland Craft Fair Benefits Local GroupsThe 44th annual Orland Craft Fair will be held on Saturday,

November 30th from 10am to 5pm and Sunday. December 1stfrom 10am to 3pm at the Glenn County Fairgrounds. Free ad-mission and $2 parking. Three full buildings with over 200 exhibitors, refreshments in each building, and something for everyone in the family.

Over 15 local non-profit groups and organizations will enhance their treasuries this year from the Orland Craft Fair according to Olga Peterson, event coordinator.Peterson explained it takes a tremendous amount of labor and help to put on an event the size of the annual craft fair. Al-though it culminates into three buildings filled with vendors atthe opening, there is much work behind the scenes that requires attention. Vendors have to be notified, floor plans drawn and executed, advertising, flyers, banners, banking, help during thescurry of set-up, clean-up, getting insurance, bills paid, open-ing and closing event chores, trash collected and more. In the past volunteers were sought to help with the back-ground activities, but as the event grew, the volunteers faded out. Like many clubs and organizations, there were fewer vol-unteers as the event required more assistance, and impacted volunteers’ time to spend with their families and friends onThanksgiving. Peterson said the answer to that dilemma was to involve local community groups to each take a part of helping producethe event. In return they would choose to receive a trade-out to be in the event to advertise their cause, participate as sellers or accept a cash donation for their efforts. The cash donations would come from a portion of vendor entry fees, with these are outside dollars benefiting local groups and keep the proceeds locally.

The following organizations, under the guidance of the Or-land Historical & Cultural Society’s fair crew, are helping the society to present this year’s craft fair:Orland Rotary, (parking lot), Orland VIPs (Volunteers in Po-lice Service, traffic assistance), Orland Knights of Columbus (on site security), Orland High School FFA (mandarin sales),Lake 4-H Club (crafts), OHS Community Connection (floor-plan help), Orland Moose Family Center (food booth), Lake School (parents food booth), Capay School (food booth), Ham-ilton City Lion’s Club, (preparation of applications), LambdaIota Beta Sigma Phi Sorority (distribution of advance flyers), GCOE Success Printing, (flyer printing), Safe and Sober Grad Committee (fresh holiday wreaths), Avenue of Lights, (info space), and Wreaths Across America (informational space).

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Greetings! As you are aware, we are engulfed in in-formation around COVID-19. This Special Edition of the Glenn Gazette will hopefully cut through the noise with sound advice.

Schools throughout Glenn County are not allowed to have persons other than essential workers to be present as a result of Glenn County being on the Governor’s ‘watch list.’ To be removed from this list, we need to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases in Glenn County.

One of the most specific numbers to be reduced is the number of new cases per week. The most effec-tive and easiest means of reducing new cases is for everyone to wear a mask – especially during social gatherings in backyards! In so doing, we will have reduced the spread, sending us on our way to reopen-ing our schools!

Thank you in advance! Tracey Quarne, Glenn County Superintendent of Schools

¡Saludos! Como saben, estamos envueltos en in-formación sobre COVID-19. Es de esperar que esta edición especial de Glenn Gazette elimine el ruido con buenos consejos.Las escuelas de todo el condado de Glenn no pu-eden tener personas que no sean trabajadores esen-ciales para estar presentes como resultado de que el condado de Glenn esté en la ‘lista de vigilancia’ del gobernador. Para ser eliminados de esta lista, debe-mos reducir el número de casos de COVID-19 en el condado de Glenn.

Uno de los números más específicos que se reducirá es el número de casos nuevos por semana. La forma más eficaz y sencilla de reducir los casos nuevos es que todos usen una máscarilla, ¡especialmente du-rante las reuniones sociales en los patios traseros! Al hacerlo, habremos reducido la propagación, ¡envián-donos en camino de reabrir nuestras escuelas!¡Gracias por adelantado!Tracey Quarne, Superintendent of Schools