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River Region Art Association volunteers were sitting in the Gonzales gallery Saturday waiting for young artists to pick up their art and ribbons from the March Into Art show.

During a lull, larger than life artist John Buckley popped in the door to announce that he was back. Holding a 3D art piece made of recycled Mardi Gras beads, Buckley, who stand over 6 feet tall and sports long hair, distinctive beard and a booming voice, said that while he created pieces for Mardi Gras, "we didn't really have much Mardi Gras."

One by one, Buckley marched in more than a dozen pieces. "These were made for Black History Month, but we really didn't do a show for that, either."

Volunteer Sharon Flanagan was excited to see Buckley again. It had been awhile since Buckley brought in any work for sale at the Gonzales gallery. In fact, it's been a while since the association has seen several artists and customers.

While art has been a popular pastime for many during the coronavirus, typical art shows, festivals that feature art exhibits and art competitions have been limited. And Flanagan said, so has the association's budget stream.

But as Buckley continued to pull art work from his truck, Flanagan said she is hopeful the group's summer art classes and workshops will bring people back to the gallery and more people getting vaccinations will result visits and shopping at the gallery.

As Flanagan and Buckley talked about how his work was be exhibited, in walked twins Madelyn and Isabella Muse. The twins participated in the March into Art contest and stopped by to pick up their art.

"We usually have a reception to honor the young artists, but not this year," Flanagan said. "We wanted to do something, so we set up this safe wa for them to pick up their ribbons and art."

Flanagan said the young talent they see from the entries each year in the group youth art contests give her hope that things will turn around for the gallery.

Some more of that young talent walked in when two sisters picked up their haul of ribbons and artwork. Natalie and Amelia Crawford each had entered several drawings and paintings in the contest and they picked up several first place ribbons.

Both girls said they've been drawing for a long time. Despite their young ages, Amelia is 9, the sisters said they look forward to working on art projects. They picked up a few porcelain bunnies and eggs to paint during an Easter break trip.

Flanagan reminded the girls of the association's upcoming Community Art Exhibit.

The show will be held at the main Ascension Parish Library, 120 S. Irma Blvd., in Gonzales. Categories of art include painting, drawing, mixed media and digital but are not limited to these.

Art will be accepted for exhibition from noon to 4 p.m. April 9 and from 10 a.m. to noon April 10. Arrangements can be made for alternative drop off dates by calling the gallery.

The show is available for viewing April 21-24.

While the budget is tight and visitors few, Flanagan is optimist that things can turn around. She said the gallery adheres to COVID-19 protocols and masks are mandatory.

The gallery is open from noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. For information, call (225) 644-8496.

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Impact of COVID-19 on HealthCare Sector Market 2021 | Trends, Growth Demand, Opportunities & Forecast To 2027 |Ascension, HCA Healthcare, Kaiser...

DULUTH, Minn. Sometime last spring, feeling distressed and distracted by all that was going on in the world, the Rev. Mike Schmitz turned to the Bible.

"I realized it was grounding me in a unique way," the Duluth Catholic priest said. "It helped me find a sense of peace."

That gave Schmitz, an avid podcast and audiobook consumer, an idea: If others were seeking similar refuge from the chaos of 2020, why not create a podcast walking them through the holy book?

On Jan. 1, he debuted "The Bible in a Year," a 365-day series of episodes in which he will read aloud and provide commentary on the entire text by the end of 2021.

By the following day, the podcast had soared to the No. 1 spot on Apple's podcast charts, overtaking well-known true crime shows, comedy bits, political programs and news briefings.

"The Bible in a Year" was iTunes' most popular podcast for 17 consecutive days and has remained on Apple's Top 15 list ever since. (As of Thursday it was No. 9.) It has been downloaded more than 33 million times, according to Ascension Press, the Pennsylvania-based Catholic multimedia network in charge of production.

"It was a pleasant surprise because I'm literally just reading the Bible," Schmitz said. "It's just what people are hungry for, and that was really encouraging."

He teamed up with Twin Cities-based Bible scholar Jeff Cavins, who is featured regularly on the podcast to introduce new biblical eras and explain forthcoming characters and themes. Cavins developed the popular "Great Adventure Bible Timeline," which organizes all 73 books into a reading plan centered on the narrative parts of the text.

"A lot of people want to read the Bible, but they don't know how," Cavins said. "You can't look at it as a storybook it's a library of books."

Schmitz and Cavins have years of experience recording other podcasts, which is perhaps why the instant success of "The Bible in a Year" caught them off guard.

"I think God is doing something, to be honest," Cavins said.

At the beginning of each episode, Schmitz introduces the podcast as a way to "encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of Scripture."

"The main goal was: How do we allow God's word to speak to us in a small way every single day in such a way that it shapes the way that we see the world?" he said.

Schmitz was raised in Brainerd, Minn., and went to college at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minn., before attending the St. Paul Seminary. The busy priest now juggles the new podcast with his duties as chaplain for the University of Minnesota Duluth's Newman Catholic Campus Ministries and director of youth ministry for the Duluth diocese, so he often records a few episodes at a time, usually early in the morning or late at night.

Each recording is about 20-25 minutes long and avoids mentioning specific dates so listeners can start the series at any time. Ascension also has a Facebook group with about 40,000 members where those listening to "The Bible in a Year" can connect and reflect on the day's readings.

Schmitz doesn't know what will happen once he reads the final verses of Revelations at the end of the year, but he's already mulling ideas for next steps possibly a podcast diving deeper into specific parts of the Bible, like the Gospels, or one exploring the Catholic catechism, which explains the beliefs of the church.

He receives a handful of emails and letters each day from listeners around the world sharing feedback and personal experiences linked to the daily passages. Cavins added that the responses aren't coming from a single demographic he's heard from families who listen to the podcast during breakfast, first-time podcast listeners, educators incorporating the podcast into their curriculum and people of other faiths curious about the Bible.

Like millions of others, each is familiar with the steady voice of the Duluth priest, who tells them at the end of his daily recordings: "I cannot wait to see you tomorrow. God bless."

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Soccer is a sport that always has great success in Ascension Parish. That trend continued this past season.

In girl's soccer, two Ascension Parish teams reached the second round of the playoffs.

Of the three parish schools in the district, Dutchtown had the most productive season. The Lady Griffins went 16-4-1 during the regular season. This included an undefeated run in district competition, earning them an outright district championship.

Dutchtown earned the No. 8 seeding in the Division-I playoffs and hosted a first-round game against No. 25 West Jefferson. The Lady Griffins dominated, taking the game, 8-0.

They advanced to the next round, where they again hosted a game--this time against No. 9 St. Scholastica. Unfortunately for the Lady Griffins, this is where their season ended. They were defeated, 2-1.

St. Amant had another impressive year. The Lady Gators finished the regular season with a 13-5-1 record. This included a runner-up finish in the district.

The Lady Gators entered the playoffs as the No. 10 seed. They hosted Barbe in the first round and cruised to a 5-0 victory.

St. Amant then advanced to the second round, where it traveled to play seventh-seeded Northshore. The Lady Gators' season ended there with a 2-1 defeat.

The only team that didn't make the postseason was East Ascension. The Lady Spartans had their share of struggles in 2021. They finished with an overall record of 3-11, and they missed out on the playoffs for the second straight season.

But there were multiple East Ascension players that made the All-Parish team.

Here is the Weekly Citizen's All-Parish girl's soccer squad:

First Team

Rachel Cretini (St. Amant, SR)

Riley Hicock (Dutchtown, FR)

Nya Bridgewater (St. Amant, SOPH)

Hannah May (East Ascension, SOPH)

Carrigan Hookfin (Dutchtown, FR)

Camille Sheets (St. Amant, SR)

Tristan Gulczynski (Dutchtown, SOPH)

Abbie Delaune (East Ascension, SR)

Sadie Bourgeois (St. Amant, JR)

Maya Tilley (Dutchtown, JR)

Alexi Odland (Dutchtown, SR)

Second Team

Elizabeth Kennison (Dutchtown, SR)

Kelsey Bourgeois (St. Amant, SR)

Colette Smith (Dutchtown, JR)

Caylee Sheets (St. Amant, SOPH)

Riley Cangelosi (Dutchtown, SOPH)

Ava Lambert (East Ascension, FR)

Sarah Arceneaux (St. Amant, JR)

Lilian Moss (Dutchtown, SOPH)

Londyn Naden (Dutchtown, JR)

Amber Merchant (St. Amant, SR)

Rylie Gueho (Dutchtown, JR)

Overall MVP - Rachel Cretini (St. Amant, SR)

Coach of the Year - Anant Vyas (Dutchtown)

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Strive Health aims to slow the progression of kidney diseasewith an approach that combines advanced technology with high-touch patient care.

The startup landed $140 million backed byAlphabets independent growth fund CapitalG to scale up its model.

Redpoint also joinedcurrent investors NEA, Town Hall Ventures, Ascension Ventures and Echo Ventures to complete the round. The financing will support the growing demand for Strives innovative whole-patient solution for kidney disease populations, the company said.

Strive Health was founded in 2018 and is among a crop of tech-enabled companies looking to disrupt kidney care. Based in Denver, Strive Health hasraised $223.5 million in capital since its founding.

Strive works with patients' primary care physicians and nephrologists to manage their care while providing access to predictive analytics, telehealth services and education on home dialysis options. The company leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning technology to offer patients direct and virtual clinical services, home dialysis education and training, and advanced care planning.

RELATED:Independence Blue Cross collaborates with Strive Health on late-stage kidney disease program

The company is focused on creating a new standard of kidney care to slow kidney disease progression, cut inpatient utilization, increase the adoption of home dialysis and significantly improve patient outcomes and experience.

The growing national spotlight on kidney care and the demand for value-based healthcare solutions has helped Strive more than double its presence in regional markets and grow its employee base by more than 600% in the last year, according to the company.

Currently, there is $410 billion of unmanaged kidney disease spend as the diseaseaffects 37 million adults and is the nations ninth leading cause of death. Kidney disease also disproportionately impacts people of color and significantly elevates the risk of developing serious complications from COVID-19. Despite dismal outcomes, only 10% of people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are aware they have the disease, over half of late-stage CKD patients have not seen a nephrologist and roughly 60% of people who experience kidney failure do so in an unplanned way, demonstrating the need to reform treatment approaches.

The new partnership with CapitalG is expected to amplify Strives position as the leader in value-based kidney care through growth capital and unique access to Google and Alphabet expertise to support product and go-to-market innovation, the company said.

Chronic and end-stage kidney disease patients continue to be underserved by the current healthcare system. Strive has built an industry-leading kidney care solution that has the potential to transform patients lives, said Sumi Das, partner at CapitalG, in a statement.

After extensively studying the landscape, we determined that Strives technology, care delivery model, and team were best-in-class in the rapidly emerging kidney care segment. We are excited to partner with the Strive team to improve patient outcomes and significantly drive down healthcare costs," Das said.

RELATED:Humana unveils latest partnership on coordinated kidney care

According to Strive, the company'sartificial-intelligence-powered data science models predict disease progression with greater than 95% accuracy. Specially trained clinicians use these data to help patients slow disease progression and manage other avoidable health risks. If patients progress to kidney failure, Strive is equipped to coordinate transplants or flexible home dialysis. Strives programs have dramatically improved care quality and shown up to 29% reduction in total healthcare spend, the company reported.

Our focus is on providing great patient care. Technology is a critical aspect of doing this well, and our unique partnership with CapitalG will help us profoundly elevate our growth and technology vision by leveraging the insights and expertise of the best and brightest minds at Google and Alphabet, said Chris Riopelle, CEO of Strive Health, in a statement.

The company has scored partnerships with large payers and health systems. It joined forces with Humana to offer coordinated kidney care in Kentucky and Indiana. It also struck a partnership with SSM Health, a 23-hospital health system serving the Midwest.

Strive also works withBlue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina as part of itsBlue Premier Advanced Kidney Care program, which aims toimprove care coordination as well as member engagement and education around their conditions. Independence Blue Cross also works with the company to improve care for members living with late-stage CKD and end-stage renal disease.

The startup also has partnerships with hundreds of nephrology providers through new Medicare payment models and aggressive growth plans for the coming year.

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GONZALES The new Ascension Parish Registrar of Voters is taking a pay cut, or receiving a raise, depending on the perspective.

Shanie Bourg will receive 7.2 percent less than what she received as an elections administrator at the Secretary of State's office. At $91,500, though, she will also receive 16.5 percent above the standard starting pay of $78,526 for parish registrars. The parish is kicking in an extra $12,974.

Bourg is replacing the longtime Registrar of Voters Robert Poche', who retired in late January after nearly 40 years on the job and with a salary of around $114,570 per year.

The lifetime appointee maintains the list of eligible, registered voters in the parish and helps ensure local elections run smoothly.

GONZALES Murphy Painter, a former top law enforcement official in Louisiana who is suing Ascension Parish's president and others over allege

Council Chair Teri Casso said the salary level was negotiated among Bourg and other parish officials.

"We came up with something that was not quite what she wanted and in keeping with her experience and ability to get the job done," Casso said. The salary can be reviewed later.

At the Secretary of State's Office, she earned $98,571.

GONZALES Shanie Bourg,an elections administrator for the Louisiana Secretary of State's Office, beat out a field of 13 people, including fo

The council adopted Bourg's pay rate Thursday with no discussion and no opposition.

Bourg said the office has a $30,000 surplus that could have been used to boost her pay further, but she said the office could use an extra position to improve the diversity of the office and to meet her goals to increase voter registration levels.

"I would rather take that money and try and diversify this office and get it where it needs to be," she said.

Diversity was one of the consistent questions of council members during interviews earlier this month of candidates that included a handful of Black candidates, though none became a finalist. Under Poche' in recent years, the office had been made up entirely of White women, except for him. Bourg is a White woman.

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The Windblume Ode Bow is an event reward weapon during Genshin Impacts Invitation to Windblume event. It can be obtained using Collab Coupons that are earned from completing challenges in the Peculiar Wonderland special domain.

This domain will give players random challenges culminating in a boss fight. They can complete specific challenges to earn the Coupon and cash them in at the event shop. The Windblume Ode Bow will cost 700 Collab Coupons to get.

While many players dont seem to be excited about the bow, it is actually a pretty good option. You can get it with just a small investment into the event, and you can refine it quite easily, which is a major plus. Any character that is going to spam Elemental Skills and needs ATK (hello, Fischl) will work just fine with this bow.

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Ascension Parish government officials will begin Tuesday to roll out their proposal to sell the parish's sewer assets to a local company owned by a Jim Bernhard-founded private equity firm.

Voter approval is needed for the sale of public assets, and the measure will be on the parishwide ballot April 24.

Ascension would sell its package plants, force mains, trunk lines, land and other assets to the company, National Water Infrastructure, for $9.26 million and, in doing so, also save the parish $3 million a year spent subsidizing a collection of localized neighborhood systems.

National Water, which is owned by Bernhard Capital Partners Management, would ink a 20-year, non-exclusive franchise agreement with the parish and pay an annual franchise fee that will escalate as new customers are added, but start at $500,000, parish officials said.

Parish officials plan the first of a four public meetings 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Lowery Middle School gym on La. 1 South in Donaldsonville.

Subsequent meetings are planned at the following locations at 6 p.m.:

National Water, which is the successor to and partly owned by longtime local sewer provider Ascension Wastewater Treatment, will spend $200 million on a new regional treatment plant. The new plant would consolidate now-scattered neighborhood sewage treatment systems and reroute the treated wastewater to the Mississippi River.

The initial joining of the parish and National Water systems would total 19,000 customers in unincorporated eastern Ascension.

The agreement would not affect western Ascension Parish, but only apply to parts of the unincorporated east bank outside the municipalities of Gonzales and Sorrento.

The deal also would not affect people with individual home treatment system, parish and National Water officials have said.

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MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) --- Ascension Wisconsin is celebrating a big milestone!

On Monday, March 15, 71-year-old Mary Walker became the 100,000th person to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at Ascension St. Joseph in Milwaukee.

On Dec. 16, exactly three months ago, Ascension Wisconsin launched its first vaccine clinic.

The health system has since administered 100,000 first and second doses to phase 1a and Phase 1b eligible individuals.

Officials say Walker was thrilled to receive her second dose on Monday.

Im looking forward to seeing more people I love and getting back to a more normal life. Ive been so careful, for so long and its such a relief to know Im now protected, she said.

Vice President of Government and Community Services and Chief Advocacy Officer of Ascension Wisconsin, Reggie Newson, said the health system is grateful for its associates and vaccinators.

Were also grateful to our patients and community members who trusted us with their care as we work together to build community immunity," Newson said.

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If youre getting ready for the glorious return of the Anemo Archon Venti when Genshin Impact 1.4 releases, youll want to get all of his Ascension materials soon. One of them is a flower, the Cecilia. Heres where to find Cecilia in Genshin Impact.

There are only two characters in the game currently who need Cecilia as Ascension material: Venti and Albedo. You also need them to Craft Anemo Resonance Stones, which come in handy for when youre down to the last few Anemoculus.

Cecilia is a Mondstadt Local Speciality, so you can only find them in Mondstadt. Theres really only one place they tend to grow, so you wont need to do much scouring. You can find them all over Starsnatch Cliff and Thousand Winds Temple, where it looks like a big triangle on the map.

They grow in clusters of three or four, so be sure to grab them all. You can find them all over the mountain, with many of them at the edge of the cliff. Be sure to talk to the NPC who stands up there, as youll get some for free the first time you do.

If you have Klee, she can display the locations of Mondstadt Specialties. Your mini-map will display a hand icon when shes in your party.

These also count towards the Battle Pass objective where you can find 100 Mondstadt Specialties each week. They respawn two server resets (about 48 hours) after you pick them, so be sure to mark their locations on your map for easy harvesting.

Besides foraging, you can also buy them from Flora at the flower shop in Mondstadt. She has five Cecilia for sale every day for 1,000 Mora each.

If youre using Cecilia to Ascend Venti or Albedo, youll need a total of 168 to get them to their final Ascension.

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