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Eastern time the preceding day; deadline for Sunday editions is 3 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday. For more information, contact Greg Keller at suncommercial.com. Harriet (Spitts) Sievers Harriet (Spitts) Sievers was born on Oct. 3, 1923, and died on May 7, 2024.
She lived to be over 100 years old. She was the daughter of Alvin and Gladys (Ice) Spitts. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Sievers; her parents; and her brother, Harold Spitts. She is survived by her son, Brent Sievers and his wife, Linda; and her brother, Lowell Spitts and his wife, Patricia. She is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.
A graveside, private burial was held at Mount Calvary Cemetery on May 9, 2024. Goodwin-Sievers Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the care of Harriet. Herbert Sherwood Jones Jr. BICKNELL Herbert Sherwood Jones 80, died May 6, 2024. He served in the Navy during the Vietnam War and worked at Hamilton Glass.
Survivors include his daughters, Tammy Powers and Billie Joann Neighbors; his son, Kevin Jones; seven grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday at Fredrick and Son McClure-Utt Funeral Home, Bicknell chapel, with a service immediately following at 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Edwardsport Town Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made out to the Wounded Warrior Project at www.woundedwarrior- project.org Condolences can be sent online at www. fredrickandson.com. FUNERALS Hamilton, Clarence Eugene, died May 3. Services: Noon today at Memorial Park Ceme- tery. Condolences: www.
fredrickandson.com. Memorials: Knox County Club. Anderson, Harry Earnest, died May 6. Visitation: Noon-2 p.m. CDT today at the Emmons-Macey and Steffey Funeral Home in Lawrenceville, Illinois.
Services: 2 p.m. CDT today at the funeral home. Burial: Portee Cemetery. Condolences: www.emmonsmaceystef- fey.com. Tykal, Diane, died May 6.
Visitation: 11 a.m.- 1 p.m. CDT Saturday at the Emmons-Macey and Steffey Funeral Home in Lawrenceville, Illinois. Services: 1 p.m. CDT Saturday at the funeral home. Burial: Law- renceville City Cemetery.
Memorials: The Bee Hive at the Lawrence County Health Department. Con- dolences: www.emmons- maceysteffey.com. Adams, Debra Ruth, died May 8. Visitation: 10 a.m.-noon Saturday at Goodwin-Sievers Funeral Home, 524 Broadway St. Services: Noon Saturday at the funeral home.
Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery at a date to be determined. Condolenc- es: www.goodwinsievers- fh.com. Horrall, Marlin Ray, died April 26. Ser- vices: 10:30 a.m. Monday at St.
Catholic Church. Condolences: www.fredrickandson.com. Memorials: In lieu of flow- ers to St. Church, Vincennes. Schmitt, Linda Sue, died April 30.
Visitation: 1-2 p.m. CDT Monday at the Emmons-Macey and Steffey Funeral Home in Lawrenceville, Illinois. Services: 2 p.m. CDT Monday at the funeral home. Burial: Lawrencev- ille City Cemetery.
Con- dolences: www.emmons- maceysteffey.com. Heath, Gerald Eugene, died May 2. Celebration of life: 2-4 p.m. June 8 at Indiana Presbyterian Church, 2431 S. Lower Indiana Road.
Condolenc- es: www.fredrickandson. com. Memorials: In lieu of flowers to the funeral home to help defray the funeral expenses. BY JENNIFER SHUTT INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE WASHINGTON The commis- sioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said at a congressio- nal hearing Wednesday the agency is preparing for the possibility the strain of avian influenza affecting dairy cat- tle could jump to humans, though he cautioned the probability is low.
Robert Califf told senators on the panel in charge of his fund- ing that top officials from the FDA, Agriculture Department and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are speaking daily to keep a handle on the situation. He also stressed that pasteurized milk is safe. virus, like all viruses, is Califf said. need to continue to prepare for the possibility that it might jump to Califf told senators that the worr is that it will jump to the human lungs where, when that has happened in other parts of the world for brief outbreaks, the mortality rate has been That would be about 10 times worse than the death rate from COVID-19, he said. Califf stressed the possibility is low and the CDC continues to maintain its assessment that current pub- lic health risk is The H5N1 bird flu strain has had an impact on 36 dairy herds in Colo- rado, Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, South Dakota and Texas, according to the CDC.
Two cases have been reported in people one who had exposure to dair cows in Texas that were to be and one in Colorado in the culling (depopulating) of poultry with pre- sumptive H5N1 bird Both cases were reported in April, according to the CDC. The Texas case eye red- ness (consistent with conjunctivitis), as their only while the Col- orado case reported for a few days as their only symptom and has since according to the CDC. MULTIPLE FEDERAL AGENCIES INVOLVED Califf told the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee during the hearing the Agriculture Depart- ment holds jurisdiction over the dairy cows, the FDA is in charge of making sure milk and other foods are safe and the CDC has the responsibility to ensure the safety of farmworkers. The FDA has repeatedly tested milk on store shelves throughout the country and found no live virus, due to pasteurization, he said. The agency is interested in test- ing milk before the pasteurization process begins, though Califf said had some difficulties getting access to dairy farms.
to the farms, for example, is really something that has to be negotiated through the he said. farmers and the owners of dairy farms are more comfortable with people that they know that are in their state. So all this has to be coor- Califf explained that when cows are milked, that into bulk tanks, which is a mixture of a number of a ver sensitive area because it does point, if there are infected cows, as to where the infec- tions Califf testified. tech- nically no problem, but we want to make sure we have trust. And so negotiation that needs to go on to make sure a safe way to handle the data and that people are not going to be castigated if they happen to have an infected herd.
So working through all that state by isconsin Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin urged the FDA to coordinate and communicate fre- quently with farmers and the public. Her home state, she noted, has more than 5,000 dairy herds, mak- ing up of the total herd count. this is a big deal for FDA chief says feds preparing for low probability of bird flu moving to humans BY SCOTT MCFETRIDGE ASSOCIATED PRESS DES MOINES, Iowa As Cary Fowler and Geof- frey Hawtin began think- ing about ways to prevent starvation and protect the food supply, they came up with what Fowler called craziest idea any- body ever a global seed vault built into the side of an Arctic mountain. About 20 years ago, Fowler, now the U.S.
spe- cial envoy for Global Food Security, and Hawtin, an agricultural scientist from the United Kingdom, envisioned the so-called as a backup spot for seeds that could be used to breed new crops if existing seed banks were threatened by wars, climate change or other upheaval. On Thursday, of ficials in Washington announced that Fowler and Hawtin would be named 2024 World Food Prize laure- ates for their work. years ago, shipping a lot of seeds to the closest place to the North Pole that you can fly into, putting them inside a mountain the craziest idea anybody ever Fowler said. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault on the Nor- wegian island of Svalbard opened in 2008 and now holds 1.25 million seed samples from nearly every country. The largely con- crete structure, built into the side of a mountain, pro- vides genetic protection for over 6,000 varieties of crops and culturally important plants.
Fowler and Hawtin were named the winners of the annual prize at the State Department, where Secretary of State Antony Blinken lauded the men for their role in pre- serving crop They will be awarded the annual prize this fall in Des Moines, Iowa, where the food prize foundation is based, and will split a $500,000 award. Fowler and Hawtin said they hope their selection as World Food Prize laureates will enable them push for hundreds of millions of dol- lars in additional funding of seed bank endowments around the world. Main- taining those operations is relatively cheap, especial- ly when considering how essential they are to ensur- ing a plentiful food supply, but the funding needs con- tinue forever. The World Food Prize was founded by Norman Borlaug, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for his part in the Green Revolution, which dramati- cally increased crop yields and reduced the threat of star vation in many coun- tries. The food prize will be awarded at the annual Norman E.
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