September 2020 – Sightseers' Delight

Cobb names October as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month

September 28, 2020 Special to Express Telegraph

The Cobb County Board of Commissioners last week recognized October as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. In doing so, they encouraged all residents to help support families affected by pregnancy and infant loss honor and remember the babies that were lost too soon. “It serves to promote greater awareness, remembrance and support of the estimated one in four individuals and families whose lives are irrevocably altered by the death of their child during pregnancy,

Bill would protect Pennsylvania monuments from vandalism

September 27, 2020 Sightseers’ Delight

A proposed bill in the Pennsylvania Senate would protect monuments from vandalism. Senate Bill 1321 was recently assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

New bison center coming to South Dakota’s Custer State Park

September 27, 2020 Sightseers’ Delight

The South Dakota Parks and Wildlife Foundation plans to construct a multimillion center about the Custer State Park bison herd’s tenured history.

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Cobb recognizes October as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month

September 25, 2020 Express Telegraph

The Cobb County Board of Commissioners this week recognized October as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month.

New Zealand eases restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic

September 24, 2020 Voice of America

COVID-19 restrictions are being relaxed in New Zealand as infection rates fall. In a four-tiered alert system, all but the nation’s biggest city, Auckland, will move to the lowest disease-control level, alert level one on Tuesday. Auckland will move to alert level two on Wednesday.

Kennesaw Museum Foundation launches ‘Great Railroad Roam’

September 23, 2020 Special to Express Telegraph

The Kennesaw Museum Foundation and the Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History are hosting a socially distanced fundraiser that is fun for the whole family. The Great Locomotive Railroad Roam, a scavenger hunt that focuses on local history, runs from Oct. 9 to Oct. 19. The Roam replaces the museum’s annual gala, which was canceled this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Proceeds benefit the Kennesaw Museum Foundation in support of the Southern Museum. All