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NEW MEXICO(KRQE) Friday, November 6, marks the day the New Mexico Environment Department said it would start ordering businesses to shut down for two weeks if theyve had four or more rapid responses over the last 14 days.

So far, the state Department of Health has ordered three businesses to close for two weeks. The states Rapid Response Watchlist is updated every day to show people which workplaces have had repeated issues with COVID-19.

These businesses have will all be very aware that weve been there conducting rapid responses, so I dont think it should come as too much of a surprise, Maddy Hayden, with the New Mexico Environment Department, said last week.

Hayden warned a handful of businesses were at risk of being forced to shut down for two weeks. This week, thats happening.

The New Mexico Department of Health sent Notice of Closure letters this week to at least three businesses, including the Stampede Meat facility in Doa Ana County, Chaparral Materials in Santa Fe, and Deming Manufactured Homes, LLC, in Deming.

The Stampede Meat facility shows 10 rapid responses in the last two weeks. The Chaparral and Deming establishments each show four rapid responses.

A rapid response is initiated by the state once a business reports a positive COVID-19 case in the workplace.

These crackdowns, these evidence-based strategies are only as good as the folks o practice the evidence, said Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, during a November 5 news conference. And if theyre not gonna do that, then it just, it isnt gonna work. Its true. Were demonstrating its true by the crisis that were currently in.

The governor warned there could be updates to the public health order soon if COVID-19 trends dont improve. I think New Mexicans know that Im prepared to make even the most difficult decisions that are about saving lives, said Gov. Lujan Grisham.

KRQE News 13 checked some of the businesses on the states watchlist on Friday. Trader Joes, which has four rapid responses in the last two weeks, was strictly limiting customers with a line outside the door and a sign saying masks are required.

After five rapid responses, the Il Vicino Wood Oven Pizza place on Coors now has a sign on the door, saying, We are temporarily closed for deep cleaning to provide increased protection for our guests and our staff. We apologize for the inconvenience and look forward to seeing you soon!

A handful of Walmarts in Albuquerque remain on the list and appeared to have a steady stream of customers.

KRQE News 13 also noticed some businesses appear to be taking it upon themselves to close for cleaning or restrict indoor dining. The Golden Pride on Lomas for example was recently taken off the states watchlist and is currently open for drive-thru only.

Hayden said the NMED is consulting with the DOH to determine if more businesses meet the criteria for closures. If so, the state will hand-deliver those closure notices to businesses.

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Neurology clinic medical assistant Amy Fisk now has a place to call home after sleeping in parking lots and hotels since her Phoenix townhouse apartment burned down on Sept. 8 in the Almeda fire.

A week after the fire, Providence jumped into action to start making two temporary trailer parks on empty land it owns near to the Providence Central Point Medical Plaza and Providence Medford Medical Center.

Providences charitable foundations bought new fifth-wheel trailers and S&B Construction built the temporary trailer parks. Volunteers helped stock them with supplies. The health systems displaced employees started moving into the trailers on Oct. 12.

The trailers are being served with temporary utilities for now, but Providence expects utility infrastructure will be finished in a few weeks.

Fisk, her fiance Jeff Prendergast, her daughter Mackenzie Roman and their two dogs and a cat are in their third week of living in a trailer next to the Central Point clinic.

Providence has been so amazing and supportive. The trailer has bedding, towels, pots, pans and utensils, Fisk said.

It even has high thread-count sheets. Theyre so soft, Prendergast added.

Journey Ruiz, 8, left, and Anthony Nabor, 10, who lost their home to the Almeda fire, play catch at a temporary trailer park at Providence made for fire displaced workers.

Concerned for their fire-displaced workers and worried employees might have to move away due to the Rogue Valleys housing shortage, Providence and Asante both decided the best temporary housing solution was to create trailer parks.

Providence believes 28 of its workers lost their homes and estimates 13 to 14 families needed help with temporary housing, said Providence Medford Medical Center Chief Executive Chris Pizzi.

Asante has identified 79 employees who lost their homes, said Robert Begg, vice president of human resources for Asante, which operates Rogue Regional Medical Center.

As we were connecting with these folks, we knew housing was going to be a problem, he said. Housing is so short in the valley already. We want to give them an opportunity to stay here. Some people were saying, I might move and work in another part of the state because Im not finding adequate housing here. We looked for the quickest way to get housing.

Adroit Construction started building a trailer park near Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford with 32 gravel pads and utilities the week before last. The company expects to finish the six-week project by Dec. 1, Asante officials said.

Some employees who will live there have their own RVs or trailers. For the rest, Asante is buying slightly used RVs from a Grants Pass dealer.

Temporary trailer and RV parks will likely become a housing option for many as the community searches for ways to shelter people during the long cleanup and rebuilding process.

The local building community is eager to help create parks, and Jackson County expects to announce news this coming week about temporary housing help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency that could include FEMA trailers.

The Almeda fire wiped out 2,482 residential structures, including houses, apartment buildings and mobile and manufactured homes. Most of the losses were in Talent and Phoenix, which had served as relatively affordable towns.

The rental vacancy rate in Jackson County already was hovering near 0% before the Almeda fire and the South Obenchain fire east of Shady Cove.

The median sales price for a house for the quarter ending Sept. 30 hit $333,900 far outstripping the buying ability of most Jackson County residents. The inventory of homes on the market has plummeted 64% since last year, according to the Rogue Valley Association of Realtors.

Searching for housing

With ashes falling from the sky, flames approaching and first responders using loudspeakers and sirens to warn people to flee, Fisk and her family barely made it out of Phoenix on roads clogged by Almeda fire evacuees.

She and her fiance slept in their Jeep in a Providence parking lot and a Walmart parking lot on the first nights while she sent her daughter to stay with her mother.

They thought they were just evacuating for a few nights and then could return home. Thats when Fisk saw a photo of their burned down apartment building on Facebook.

I was getting out of my Jeep and I saw the look on her face when she saw it on her phone, Prendergast said. It was a horrible look.

Then Providence called and paid for the family to stay in a hotel for a month. The organization is one of many, including the American Red Cross, housing people in hotels.

Fisk and Prendergast spent their time at the hotel searching the valley for an apartment.

You wake up every morning and call all the rental companies and ask if there are any new listings because the other ones all have 30 applications for them, Fisk said. You try to be first in line for any new spot that opens up.

They finally got approved for a place in Ashland and went to look at it.

It was massively overpriced. It was 400 square feet for $1,000 a month and it was filthy. I actually cried when we went and saw it, Fisk said.

Prendergast said it would have been hard to get through the recovery process living in such a depressing place.

When Providence offered the use of a new trailer, the couple jumped at the chance.

I dont know where we would be right now without Providence, Fisk said.

Where are the survivors?

Fisk and her family arent alone in their ordeal to find new housing.

Almost two months after the Almeda fire, most displaced people have yet to move into a rental or find a home to buy.

There are currently 4,222 people registered with FEMA for disaster aid. Not all displaced people have registered.

Of registered people, 2,094 are staying with family and friends; 791 are in hotels and motels; 508 are in damaged homes; 145 are homeless; 132 are in RVs and campers; 62 are living in cars; 59 are in group shelters; 29 are in tents; 19 are staying at their workplace and 12 are at a house of worship, according to estimates compiled from data from government agencies, nonprofits and other organizations helping fire survivors.

So far, an estimated 255 people have found a new temporary rental, 60 found a new permanent rental, 42 are living in a secondary residence like a vacation cabin and 14 have bought a new home.

Fisk and Prendergast said they feel they are among the lucky ones.

There are a lot more people who are less fortunate, she said. They lost loved ones and animals. We lost a lot a lot, but weve got each other.

Snug in their trailer, the family has movie nights, games nights and spends time talking about what theyve been through and supporting each other. Fisks daughter is finishing out her senior year online through the Phoenix-Talent School District.

Avid campers and hikers, theyve adjusted to living in a trailer although theyve learned to keep a close eye on their water tanks and conserve their battery power until they get connected to electricity.

They offered words of encouragement to other fire survivors.

It does get better. Day by day, it does get better. Hang in there, Prendergast said.

Pizzi, the chief executive director for Providence Medford Medical Center, said local hospitals already had trouble before the fires attracting and retaining workers because of the lack of housing and high prices in the Rogue Valley.

Providence is working with city councils and builders to advocate for more high-density, multi-family housing to serve all residents, he said.

Providence moved quickly to build the temporary trailer parks, but knows they dont represent a long-term fix to the areas housing woes, said Dr. Tom Lorish, chief executive for the Providence Southern Oregon Service Area.

There was a crisis before the wildfires and its been made much more acute. Its a good opportunity for the community to come together to make sure people have a reasonably priced, affordable place to live, he said.

Right now, the immediate task is creating temporary housing for fire survivors. But the community has to look ahead as it transitions to rebuilding Talent and Phoenix while also boosting affordable housing in all communities, Lorish said.

The real target needs to be, What are we going to have in two years? he said.

Reach Mail Tribune reporter Vickie Aldous at valdous@rosebudmedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @VickieAldous.

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This Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results ofOperations should be read in conjunction with the Company's CondensedConsolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto included in Item 1 of Part 1of this Report, as well as the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the yearended December 31, 2019.LCI Industries ("LCII" and collectively with its subsidiaries, the "Company,""we," "us," or "our"), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Lippert Components,Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, "Lippert Components" or "LCI"),supplies, domestically and internationally, a broad array of engineeredcomponents for the leading original equipment manufacturers ("OEMs") in therecreation and transportation product markets, consisting primarily ofrecreational vehicles ("RVs") and adjacent industries, including buses; trailersused to haul boats, livestock, equipment, and other cargo; trucks; boats;trains; manufactured homes; and modular housing. The Company also suppliesengineered components to the related aftermarkets of these industries, primarilyby selling to retail dealers, wholesale distributors, and service centers.The Company has two reportable segments, the OEM Segment and the AftermarketSegment. Intersegment sales are insignificant. At September 30, 2020, theCompany operated over 90 manufacturing and distribution facilities locatedthroughout the United States and in Canada, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, andthe United Kingdom. See Note 12 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated FinancialStatements for further information regarding the Company's segments.The Company's OEM Segment manufactures or distributes a broad array ofengineered components for the leading OEMs of leisure and mobile transportationindustries. Approximately 61 percent of the Company's OEM Segment net sales forthe twelve months ended September 30, 2020 were of components for travel trailerand fifth-wheel RVs, including:? Steel chassis and related components ? Entry, luggage, patio, and ramp doors? Axles and suspension solutions ? Furniture and

mattresses

? Manual, electric, and hydraulic stabilizer and ? Other accessories

leveling systems

The Aftermarket Segment supplies many of these engineered components to therelated aftermarket channels of the recreation and transportation productmarkets, primarily to retail dealers, wholesale distributors, and servicecenters. The Aftermarket Segment also includes biminis, covers, buoys, fendersto the marine industry, towing products, truck accessories, and the sale ofreplacement glass and awnings to fulfill insurance claims.

IMPACT OF COVID-19

Health and Safety

The Company enacted rigorous health and safety protocols as it resumedproduction in early May. For example, the Company implemented health screeningsof team members for potential symptoms, conducts extensive and frequentdisinfecting of workspaces, implemented social distancing restrictions forproduction personnel, provided masks to team members who must be physicallypresent, and set up temporary COVID-19 testing sites for team members withsymptoms or potential exposure. These health and safety protocols remain ineffect currently.

Operations

Customers and Demand

Suppliers

Liquidity

FURRION UPDATE

North American Recreational Vehicle Industry

An RV is a vehicle designed as temporary living quarters for recreational,camping, travel or seasonal use. RVs may be motorized (motorhomes) or towable(travel trailers, fifth-wheel travel trailers, folding camping trailers andtruck campers).

Aftermarket Segment

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Consolidated Highlights

OEM Segment - Third Quarter

Net sales of the OEM Segment in the third quarter of 2020 increased $130.5million, compared to the same period of 2019. Net sales of components to OEMswere to the following markets for the three months ended September 30:(In thousands)

According to the RVIA, industry-wide wholesale unit shipments for the threemonths ended September 30 were:

Travel trailer and fifth-wheel RVs 110,100 80,600 37 %Motorhomes

Travel trailer and fifth-wheel RV $ 3,428$ 3,268 5 %Motorhome

According to the RVIA, industry-wide wholesale unit shipments for the ninemonths ended September 30, were:

Travel trailer and fifth-wheel RVs 264,900 266,400 (1) %Motorhomes

Aftermarket Segment - Third Quarter

Total Aftermarket Segment net sales $ 185,675$ 74,671 149 %

Aftermarket Segment - Year to Date

Change

Total Aftermarket Segment net sales $ 470,941$ 210,763 123 %

Income Taxes

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Election officials are cautiously declaring victory after no reports of major cyber incidents on Election Day.

After millions of Americans voted, we have no evidence any foreign adversary was capable of preventing Americans from voting or changing vote tallies, Christopher Krebs, the director of the Department of Homeland Securitys Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), said in a statement Wednesday.

But the long shadow of 2016, when the U.S. fell victim to extensive Russian interference, has those same officials on guard for potential attacks as key battleground states tally up remaining ballots.

Agencies that have worked to bolster election security over the past years are still on high alert during the vote-counting process, noting that the election is not over even if ballots have already been cast.

I think while its fantastic that yesterday was quiet, that tells you that the work is paying off. But we know the nature of the threats in the cybersecurity landscape dont go away, and you dont get to say, Oh, were good. You see the commitment and the effort and that has to continue, Election Assistance Commission Chairman Benjamin Hovland, who was nominated by President TrumpDonald John TrumpAides tried to get Trump to stop attacking McCain in hopes of clinching Arizona: report Officials warn delayed vote count could lead to flood of disinformation New Trump campaign lawsuit targets late-arriving Georgia mail ballots MORE, told The Hill on Wednesday.

Election officials at all levels of government have been hyper-focused on the security of the voting process since 2016, when the nation was caught off-guard by a sweeping and sophisticated Russian interference effort that included targeting election infrastructure in all 50 states, with Russian hackers gaining access to voter registration systems in Florida and Illinois.

While there was no evidence that any votes were changed or voters prevented from casting a ballot, the targeted efforts created renewed focus on the cybersecurity of voting infrastructure, along with the improving ties between the federal government and state and local election officials.

In the intervening years, former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson designated elections as critical infrastructure, and Trump signed into law legislation in 2018 creating CISA, now the main agency coordinating with state and local election officials on security issues.

Its like night and day, Edgardo Corts, who served as the Virginia commissioner of elections four years ago, told The Hill on Wednesday. In 2016 the level of coordination was almost nonexistent except in the immediate run-up to the election.

The election yesterday went very well, the lead-up to yesterday and yesterday itself went very well, and I think its a reflection of the ongoing effort that state and local election officials have put into election security, and the coordination that has developed at all levels of government, said Corts, who now works as an adviser to the election security team at New York Universitys Brennan Center for Justice.

In advance of Election Day, CISA established a 24/7 operations center to help coordinate with state and local officials, along with social media companies, election machine vendors and other stakeholders.

Hovland, who was in the operations center Tuesday, cited enhanced coordination as a key factor for securing this years election, along with cybersecurity enhancements including sensors on infrastructure in all 50 states to sense intrusions.

On Election Day, we were able to in a time where we are so conscious about misinformation and disinformation being one of the biggest threats be able to drill down and see what is happening in a place, get factual information very quickly, and be able to report that out before something snowballs, Hovland said.

Top officials were cautiously optimistic Wednesday about how things went.

Sen. Mark WarnerMark Robert WarnerOfficials warn delayed vote count could lead to flood of disinformation Warner wins reelection in Virginia Live updates: Democrats fight to take control of the Senate MORE (D-Va.), the ranking member on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said it was clear agencies including Homeland Security, the FBI and the intelligence community had learned a ton of lessons from 2016.

That has included lots of coordination and sharing, including with private industry and social media companies, helping states and localities harden their systems, and focused intel collection to detect threats so they could be countered, Warner, who was elected to a third term Tuesday, said in an emailed statement.

He cautioned that were almost certain to discover something we missed in the coming weeks, but at the moment it looks like these preparations were fairly effective in defending our infrastructure.

A major election security issue on Capitol Hill over the past four years has focused on how to address election security threats, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, when election officials were presented with new challenges and funding woes.

Congress has appropriated more than $800 million for states to enhance election security since 2018, along with an additional $400 million in March to address pandemic-related obstacles.

But Democrats and election experts have argued the $800 million was just a fraction of whats required to fully address security threats, such as funding permanent cybersecurity professionals in every voting jurisdiction, and updating vulnerable and outdated election equipment.

Election officials get a tremendous amount of credit on what they did with the limited amount of resources they had, said David Levine, a former Idaho election official whos now an elections integrity fellow at the Alliance for Securing Democracy.

Having regular, consistent funding that election officials can rely on could be really critical to helping ensure the integrity and security of our elections going forward, he added.

Threats from foreign interference have not disappeared, and threats to elections will almost certainly continue as votes are tallied, and into future elections.

A senior CISA official told reporters late Tuesday night that the agency was watching for threats including disinformation, the defacement of election websites, distributed denial of service attacks on election systems and increased demand on vote reporting sites taking systems offline.

The attack surface for disinformation and other foreign interference efforts extends well into the next month or two, the official said. There is no spiking the football here. We are acutely focused on the mission at hand. We are aggressively looking for any activity that could interfere with the election, and that is going to be our mission for the foreseeable future.

With Election Day coming only weeks after Director of National Intelligence John RatcliffeJohn Lee RatcliffeFederal official says voting security remains strong as polls begin to close Hillicon Valley: Officials express confidence in voting security amid early technical glitches | Unidentified robocall told millions to 'stay home' ahead of Election Day: report | QAnon's danger rises with divisive election Unidentified robocall told millions to 'stay home' ahead of Election Day: report MORE and other federal officials announced that Russia and Iran had obtained U.S. voter data and were attempting to interfere in the election process, the threats were only underlined.

When you look at what weve seen, I dont anticipate any of those threats going away any time soon, but weve seen what were doing is working, and we need to keep doing that and keep improving, Hovland said.

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The climate crisis is growing. The pandemic is causing dramatic and sustained changes in electricity transmission. And communities everywhere are learning the hard way about their vulnerabilities to disasters. Nonetheless, the past does not tell us everything we need to know to ensure grid resilience in the face of climate change.

We already know a lot about vulnerabilities. The months-long power outages in the wake of Hurricane Maria almost certainly contributed to unnecessary deaths due to delayed or interrupted healthcare, illustrating the complex intersection of disasters, social vulnerability, medical fragility and infrastructure collapse. The fatal wildfires in California requiring public safety power shutoffs illustrate all too well the problem of aging infrastructure, which contributes to the threat and the underlying vulnerability to disasters. These events are harbingers of the future. They provide clues as to what we may face and the role of our electric infrastructure in meeting these challenges, but we cannot build the grid of the future exclusively based on the needs and vulnerabilities of the past.

Assessing the durability of the electric grid, as well as other elements of essential infrastructure against disasters, requires an understanding of historical risk, as well as simulations for a range of uncertainties that the future holds. Compelling examples include climate change projections that show excess deaths in the tens of thousands in some urban areas over the next several decades due to increasing heat and humidity, creating additional strain on electrical systems and exacerbating the consequences of outages.

Threats from increasingly extreme weather events such as severe flooding, prolonged heat and drought, and coastal storms are coinciding with increasing reliance on electricity for daily life and for managing the growth of chronic diseases across the population. The shifting landscape of cybersecurity and the potential for attacks by state and non-state actors continue to evolve as well.

In addition to the changing threat and vulnerability landscape, we are learning more about how physical infrastructure and social vulnerabilities can exacerbate the uneven impact of a natural disaster at the community level, including the speed and degree of recovery. We also see this unevenness deepened by disaster recovery assistance programs, some of which have been shown to have less favorable outcomes for the socioeconomically disadvantaged and communities of color. Building the grid of the future requires attention to high impact, low probability events that may not actually be mere aberrations but may foretell greater catastrophes looming.

As with any infrastructure that is built to last for decades or longer, we have the choice of viewing an uncertain future as a threat or as a key contingency in our design of the grid of the future.

A good portion of the current U.S. energy infrastructure was built in the 1950s and 1960s. While there may have been some attempts at future-proofing the infrastructure at that time, the complexity of the threats we face today could not have been wholly understood nearly three-quarters of a century ago. Inevitably, the further out we try to predict, the more uncertain our predictions become, so how do we challenge ourselves to consider a fuller spectrum of scenarios in which threats may evolve over the coming decades?

The development of simulations playing out numerous scenarios at the outer boundaries of our uncertainty is necessary to ensure that our grid development is adaptable to the fullest possible range of potential disasters. Additionally, engaging all stakeholders is essential to ensure that the cascading social impacts of preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery efforts have the intended effects across the whole community. The need for input from community partners and advisory boards in the design and conduct of exercises and simulations cannot be overstated.

Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), the utility that serves Chicago and northern Illinois, has partnered with the National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP) at Columbia Universitys Earth Institute, to conduct just such a simulation within the utilitys Bronzeville Community Microgrid to better understand the benefits of investments in grid resiliency for social vulnerability during disaster recovery. This upcoming exercise will provide important insights into what the grid of the future might look like.

Nationally, FEMA has already identified the power grid as a lifeline for communities that is essential for health, safety and economic security. The critical role of electricity in recent major disasters reaffirms its importance in sustaining civil society, as well as illuminates the consequences that loom when the sustainment of this lifeline falls short. We cannot afford to wait for future disasters to reveal themselves to begin preparing for them. Coupling a thorough understanding of the past with a rigorous exploration of potential future scenarios will ensure we build a more adaptable and sustainable grid of the future.

Jeff Schlegelmilch is director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia Universitys Earth Institute, and the author of the book Rethinking Readiness: A Brief Guide to Twenty-First-Century Megadisasters from Columbia University Press.

Aleksi Paaso is director of distribution planning, smart grid, and innovation at Commonwealth Edison Co.

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B. June Hutchinson has been honored with the second annual Rose Standish Nichols Award by Beacon Hills Nichols House Museum for for her dedicationto landscape design, her research and writings about 55 Mt Vernon Street and the Nichols family, and her service to the Museum and community at large.

The RSN award was created to recognize individuals of outstanding achievement who embody the spirit of Rose Nichols. A noted landscape designer and author, Nichols lived in the four-story Bulfinch Federal Period brick townhouse at 55 Mount Vernon Street from 1885 until her death in 1960. As specified in her will, her home has been open to the public as a museum since 1961.

Like Nichols, Hutchinson was a writer and landscape designer before her recent retirement. Every morning when I woke up, I had a bevy of things to do to move forward a project that would better an institution or advance my writing, said Hutchinson recently. And those projects were many, all executed with thorough research into the past and a clear vision of the future.

Unlike Rose Nichols, who was only 23 years old when she became a landscape designer, Hutchinson began at midlife. She enrolled in Radcliffs program in landscape architecture and, with Ann Steinberg, founded Private Gardens in Weston, a landscape design firm that specialized in creating period gardens, most often of the early Federal and Queen Anne Victorian styles.

Hutchinson designed these gardens only after thoughtful research into the historical and cultural periods they represent. It is the same approach she executed during her many years on the Museums Board of Governors, including her stint as president from 2004-2007.

As she began her tenure, she recognized that the Museums future success depended on the use of professional management tools. Therefore, she set out to learn as much as she could about the field of museum management in part by attending workshops sponsored by the New England Museum Association and other groups.

Consequently she was able to initiate many significant projects such as laying groundwork for the successful pursuit of grants for furniture treatment, collection cataloguing and interpretation. Under her guidance, the Museum received its first major preservation grant from the Massachusetts Historical Commission.

It was Hutchinson who from the very beginning recognized the importance of the museum being accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. She took the lead with executive director Flavia Cigliano to accomplish this and officially received the accreditation in February 2017.

Early on she also saw the importance of transcribing the Nichols family letters, which she did herself by spending hours over a period of several years. Her work enabled the Museums staff to bring many aspects of the Nichols lives into their exhibitions and interpretations.

For example Hutchinson learned that Rose and her sisters Marian and Margaret Nichols were suffragettes. Each had her own unique way of furthering the movement and subsequently the three devoted their lives to three distinct causes: pacifism, anti-corruption, and the defense of civil liberties.

So Hutchinson decided to stage a dinner party with a suffragette theme. The dining table was set with linens and the meal began with champagne and oysters, just as the family would have done. But this time Vote for Women signs appeared throughout the Museum, even on the Christmas tree in the courtyard.

In the family letters Hutchinson also discovered detailed descriptions of the familys holiday traditions, prompting her to bring them back to the Nichols House. Each year she, Jim Borden and Anne Conner would spend months in preparation to assure the festive decorations and stories they told were authentic. It is a festive time still enjoyed by the Museums many patrons and friends.

Roses father, Dr. Arthur H. Nichols, was known for his dining enjoyment. In his day ladies would leave for the living room when the meal was complete while the gentlemen remained at the table enjoying their cigars and brandy. Following their lead, Hutchinson would stage similar dinner parties at the museum.

The information Hutchinson discovered through her years of research ultimately led her to author At Home on Beacon Hill: Rose Standish Nichols and her family, which was published by the Museum in 2011.

Last years award went to Elizabeth Biddy Owens at a formal celebratory event. This year due to the pandemic, the Museum has elected not to hold such an event to present Hutchinson the Rose Standish Nichols Award.

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Politicians across the United States nowadays have consistently failed to demonstrate that they are normal people. While this is due in part to the polarity of the current political landscape, politicians have neglected to deviate from their personas on Capitol Hill.

Their political rhetoric and beliefs have taken precedence over creating a human connection to voters.

The success of Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezs and Ilhan Omars livestream of themselves playing Among Us in late October, however, goes beyond two congresswomen playing a popular mobile game with well-known streamers to appeal to young voters. The congresswomen showed they were human.

Ocasio-Cortez and Omar broke the internet playing the hit mobile game on Twitch. The congresswomen played with several other popular streamers and encouraged viewers to vote early for the presidential election.

Ocasio-Cortez instantly shattered records as her stream drew in 439,000 viewers, the third-highest number of viewers for an individual stream in Twitch history. This all started the day before the stream, with an innocuous tweet in which Ocasio-Cortez asked if anyone wanted to see her play Among Us live on Twitch.

The tweet quickly gained massive support and some fans even began to prepare graphics for Ocasio-Cortez to use on her stream. Twenty-four hours later, the congresswoman from New York was playing in front of almost half a million viewers.

Ocasio-Cortezs and Omars Twitch event is part of a larger trend in which politicians have turned to the world of e-sports and video games to attract voters.

The Joseph Biden campaign opened an island named Biden HQ in the popular Nintendo game Animal Crossing: New Horizons in which players can roam and even take photos with an avatar of Joe Biden.

With the incredibly polarized landscape of politics, its no surprise Ocasio-Cortezs and Omars choice to livestream has drawn criticism from right-wing opponents.

Although their stream was associated with the upcoming election, both representatives found a way to accomplish something ordinary politicians have failed to do for decades appeal to young voters.

Since 1980, citizens 65 years and older and 45 to 64-years old have had much greater voter turnouts than citizens in the 18 to 29-year-old age range. Voters 65 years and older specifically have almost consistently had a turnout 20% greater than that of the 18 to 29-year old demographic, according to Census data.

While Sen. Bernie Sanders garnered substantial support from young citizens in both of his attempts for the Democratic National Partys nomination, there was a lower turnout for him at the polls during primaries.

It is evident there is a disconnect between politicians and the young voters they are trying to gain the support of.

This is incredibly problematic because several of the most pressing issues America faces climate change, racial injustice, the growing wealth gap are ones that will have the greatest impact on the future of young voters.

The hundreds of thousands of viewers that watched Ocasio-Cortez and Omars stream were undoubtedly composed of a considerable number of voters in the 18 to 29-year-old demographic. Over 73% of Twitch users fall in the 16 to 34-year-old age range, according to GlobalWebIndex stats from the second quarter of 2019.

Ocasio-Cortezs and Omars wholesome livestream was a breath of fresh air in a considerably vitriolic election season.

Political advertisements have resorted to unprecedented levels of mudslinging, with many constantly tagging each other and their views as radical. Watching two congresswomen peacefully coexist and have fun for a few hours is exactly what the public needed.

Going forward, politicians should engage in similar activities that appeal to young voters and prioritize the human aspect of politics.

Ocasio-Cortez and Omar are a few of the politicians that have done this effectively through social media, and it is part of the reason they are heavily favored in their respective congressional races.

If more politicians follow in their footsteps, the U.S. system of democracy will become much more inclusive for voters of all ages and have more dignity than it currently retains.

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Strategy and communications consultancies Gonring, Lin, Spahn (GLS) and Walnut Hill Advisors have entered a strategic partnership.

The partnership will allow the firms to pursue new business opportunities and provide existing and potential clients with additional relationships, reach, and expertise, stated a release from the companies.

GLS has offices in Los Angeles and Washington, DC and provides consulting services in government relations, issue advocacy, public relations and crisis management, strategic philanthropy, and creative development. The company works with corporations, non-profits, and high-net-worth individuals to lobby the three levels of government, shape and raise visibility for non-profit and other campaigns, tell client stories via every channel, manage charitable giving efforts, and shape creative communications.

GLS was founded by Andy Spahn, who has more than 30 years of experience in the entertainment, political, and non-profit arenas. He was previously the head of corporate affairs and communications at Dreamworks, overseeing all work related to government and community relations, media, new business development, internal affairs, real estate, and all charitable and political matters. Before that, he was an EVP at the David Geffen Company and president of the David Geffen Foundation.

Walnut Hill Advisors is based in New York, and provides a similar range of services as GLS. The firm delivers consulting on political and civic engagement, executive and personal branding, talent assessment and executive search, crisis communications and management, public affairs, fundraising, and strategic grant making, among other areas.

Founder Jeffrey Stewart has more than 25 years of experience working at the intersection of business, politics, media, and civic engagement working with CEOs, entrepreneurs, and non-profits. Stewart spent the bulk of his career at Loews Hotels & Co, holding numerous senior roles, including director of development, SVP for communications and public affairs, and chief of staff to the chairman & CEO. He started his career as an attorney, serving as an assistant attorney general in the State of New York and as a finance director for Chuck Schumers 1998 senatorial campaign.

The two allied firms now have a presence across the power centers of Washington, New York, and Los Angeles, and a wider base of experience and relationships.

The pandemic has affected society in so many ways and has made clear the importance of leadership. Weve seen the critical role that individuals and the private sector can and must play in confronting the complex challenges before us, said Stewart. We are excited to partner with best-in-class GLS as we assist and guide high net-worth individuals and organizations through the ever-shifting business, political, and philanthropic landscape.

Spahn added, We welcome the opportunity to lock arms with Walnut Hill during these challenging, but exciting, times.

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