Monday, November 15, 2021

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Regional briefing

IM VA Medical Center expands

offering of COVID-19 booster shots

IRON MOUNTAIN — Oscar G Johnson VA Medical

Center will offer veterans and employees Moderna

and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine booster

shots.

A statement from the VA says: “The safety and care of

veterans and our workforce are top priorities for the De-

partment of Veterans of Affairs.”

This decision follows the Food and Drug Administra-

tion’s authorization and Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention’s recommendation for a booster dose of the

Moderna or J&J vaccine.

While the initial series of vaccines remain highly ef-

fective in reducing the likelihood of infection and pre-

venting severe illness, hospitalization, or death among

those infected, the purpose of this booster shot is to

“boost” antibody protection when it has decreased

over time.

Those who completed a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

series are eligible for a booster shot at least six months

after their second dose. For those who had a J&J

COVID-19 vaccine, booster shots are recommended for

those who are 18 and older and who were vaccinated at

least two months ago.

Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center and its Com-

munity-based Outpatient Clinics will have scheduled

vaccine clinics on the following dates and local

times:

! Iron Mountain (main facility) – Nov. 20, 7:30 a.m.-

noon

! Menominee – Nov. 19, 8 a.m. – noon

! Hancock – Nov. 20, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.

! Manistique – Nov. 23, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

! Ironwood – Nov. 26, 8 a.m. – noon

! Gladstone – Nov. 26, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Veterans can be scheduled for a vaccine booster by

calling 906-774-3300 ext. 33115 weekdays between

the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. CDT.

Everyone is asked to bring the record of their complet-

ed round of initial doses.

U.P. may have wet winter ahead

Ken McKay of the Marine Corps League, Omega House Executive Director Mike Lutz and Omega house board member

Ginny Hemmer raise a new American flag and unhook the old one during a dedication ceremony Thursday. (Houghton Daily

Mining Gazette photo by Garrett Neese)

IRON MOUNTAIN — There is a moderate drought in

northeastern Wisconsin and neighboring Upper Peninsula

counties as fall precipitation has been lacking, though a

long-range forecast from the National Weather Service

suggests wetter weather may be ahead.

The U.S. Drought Monitor shows moderate drought or

at least abnormally dry conditions across most of the

U.P., except for a few areas near Lake Superior.

The dry period comes after four straight years of very

wet weather. There was 36.97 inches of precipitation in

2020.

The NWS’s Climate Prediction Center is calling for an

end to the current dry trend, with a 45% chance of above-

normal precipitation locally through January and a 21%

chance of below-normal.

La Nina conditions are expected this winter, which is

generally tied to cooler and wetter weather in the north-

ern U.S., although the trends aren’t yet clear. La Nina,

the flip side of El Nino, is the periodic cooling of the cen-

tral Pacific Ocean that affects weather patterns around the

globe.

Newflagdedicated

at Omega House

HOUGHTON — The

high winds battering the

American flag flying above nerals.

Omega House were only a

sliver of the conditions it’s

flown through since going

up in December.

performed 69 services

this year, including fu-

branch of the military, both ans’ posts such as South

donated by the Marine

Corps League Keweenaw

Detachment.

Range or Lake Linden.

Cloth flags are burned in

a ceremony. The Depart-

ment of Defense bars the

burning of polyester flags;

those are instead buried in

a secure location.

Raising the flag Thurs-

day, he thought of the 13

COVID-19 NUMBERS

The Marine Corps

Confirmed cases

Location

Deaths

761,818

American service members League typically performs

killed during the

a ceremony when a new

flag goes up, Lutz said.

“It’s important that we

honor those veterans who

put their lives in harm’s

way and this is just one

47,011,340

The flag marked the end

of its service as a new flag

was dedicated at a ceremo-

ny on Veterans Day.

Ken McKay of the Ma-

rine Corps League Ke-

weenaw Detachment No.

1016 led the way.

Afghanistan withdrawal.

He showed photos of them,

which he keeps on his

dashboard, after Thurs-

day’s ceremony.

Looking at the old flag,

McKay thinks about all the

time the flag flew and the

life that happened under its

Michigan

U.P.

Marquette Co.

Alger Co.

1,188,678

30,134

6,262

22,767

546

“They served a cause

greater than themselves

and gave everything,” he

said.

way of doing it,” Lutz said. watch.

“I just think it’s just what

we need to do. Making a

formal celebration or dedi-

“Like this facility — the

people work so hard to

care for our local commu-

584

McKay served in the

Baraga Co.

Chippewa Co.

Delta Co.

1,110

1,699

5,017

Marines from 1967 to

1968, in duties such as the

motor pool and inspecting

training sites.

As the military honors

representative of the

Since Omega House

opened, about 250 veterans Day just makes so much

have spent their last days

there, said Executive Di-

rector Michael Lutz. Upon

arriving at Omega House,

cation of a flag on Veterans nity, and the veterans,” he

said. “That flag has expe-

rienced a lot of moments.

There was a lot of life led

during the flying of that

sense.”

After flags are retired,

McKay will fold them and

then drop them off at veter- flag.”

Dickinson Co.

Gogebic Co.

Houghton Co.

Iron Co.

Keweenaw Co.

Luce Co.

3,176

1,495

Copper Country Veterans all of them get a miniature

Association, McKay has

U.S. flag and one for their

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