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ST. LOUIS We knew professional golf was headed back to St. Louis this year. But now we know that one of golf's most legendary figures will be here to see it in person.

The Golden Bear is coming to town.

5 On Your Side sports director Frank Cusumano has learned that not only is Jack Nicklaus coming to St. Louis later this year for the Ascension Charity Classic, he's going to hit the course at Norwood Hills with some St. Louis legends.

Nicklaus will be teeing it up with Cardinals Hall of Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith, and Blues Hall of Fame forward Brett Hull ahead of the actual tournament.

The Ascension Charity Classic presented by Emerson will be an event on the PGA Tour Champions schedule this Sept. 28 through Oct. 4. It is not yet determined how the COVID-19 pandemic could alter any plans for the tournament.

The tournament will benefit local charities in the St. Louis area, and all three official rounds will be broadcast on the Golf Channel.

Nicklaus, now 80 years old, has won the most majors in golf history (18) and is widely considered the greatest golfer of all time.

Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer for Ascension Nick Ragone said that when Jack Nicklaus shows up at your tournament, you know it's a big event.

"We're really excited. The way the community has rallied and we're really, really excited that Jack Nicklaus, arguably the greatest golfer of all time, one of the great sportsmen of all time is going to be a part of the inaugural Ascension Charity Classic presented by Emerson," Ragone said.

"We're still working on the final plans, but he'll be there. He'll be at the tournament that week. And we're going to have a kind of a legends, or a celebrity,shoot out or match similar to what Tiger and Phil did with Peyton and and Tom Brady earlier this year with Jack and some of the other great legends of the game, and even some major sports celebrities from this market. So we are are thrilled that Jack would be a part of it."

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INDIANAPOLIS- Firework sales are on the rise this year, and Marion County 911 has already seen a 700% increase in fireworks-related calls, still days away from the 4th of July.

With organized shows canceled, sales for home-based fireworks are skyrocketing, as people are ready to celebrate.

We got a little stuff for the kids. Got some tanks, roosters, bottle rockets, some stuff to set off in the backyard, Joshua Garrett said as he and his family walked out of Jays Fireworks on the north side.

He says the usual set off a display every 4th of July.

We try to be good neighbors and keep the fireworks around the 4th of July, so we usually focus on that point and set off a big show in the neighborhood, Garrett said. Which is more important this year with all the events being canceled.

Fireworks stores like Phantom Fireworks say items are flying off the shelves. Marion County 911 is expecting 3,000 calls on the 4th of July alone. With those rising numbers, emergency rooms are preparing too.

With more people doing home-based fireworks displays, its not unreasonable to think there would be more injuries associated with those fireworks, said Dr. Ian Ferries, a trauma surgeon with Ascension St. Vincent.

Dr. Ferries with Ascension St Vincent sees fireworks injuries every year around the 4th of July, having serious and long-lasting effects.

Youre literally playing with fire when youre using these fireworks, Dr. Ferries said. Most of the injuries come to the hands and fingers, the arms those generally account for almost half of the injuries that are sustained.

Dr. Ferries says nearly half of those patients are under 20 years old, and a third are under 15. Its important for parents to run the show at home.

Oftentimes its kids who are most likely to injure themselves with fireworks, so have somebody whos experienced and responsible be the one whos lighting the fireworks.

While Garrets kids enjoy the show, he says they make sure someone older runs it.

No kids touching anything, we essentially create a zone where they cant go in when were lighting things off, Garrett said. Theyve got to respect them otherwise they can do some pretty bad harm.

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Ten years ago as a Portsmouth Christian Academy seventh-grader, Ryan McKenna played a key role in the Eagles run to the schools first Division IV state baseball championship.

By Mike Whaley / mwhaley@seacoastonline.com

Editors Note: This is the second in an ongoing series on significant local sporting moments and events from the past decade.

Former St. Thomas Aquinas High School and Portsmouth Christian Academy baseball star Ryan McKenna is still chasing his dream to play major league baseball.

In his sixth season with the Baltimore Orioles organization, McKenna, 23, was added to the Orioles 40-man roster during the offseason to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. On March 6 he was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk.

Ten years ago as a Portsmouth Christian Academy seventh-grader, McKenna played a key role in the Eagles run to the schools first Division IV state baseball championship.

Five years later, led by righty ace Wes Tobin, PCA won its second D-IV state crown. Had McKenna, a resident of Berwick, Maine, not transferred to St. Thomas after his freshman year, he would have been a senior on that PCA squad.

But in 2010, the Eagles entered the season without much to show in the way of postseason success. In fact that championship year began with three straight losses.

The kids were getting down on themselves, recalled assistant coach Marty McKenna, the father of two PCA players, Sean and Ryan. Then they were able to reel off some wins and build some confidence.

Looking back, Marty said, The mindset coming in wasnt of high expectations because of the history and being a smaller school. A lot of kids came out to have fun. Winning might have been secondary.

Head coach Chip Andrews and Marty were able to change that approach to being the best we could be and getting the best out of the kids, Marty said.

The New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association allows under Grade 9 participation, but only in Division IV can seventh graders play, and only when the roster is diminished.

Ryan McKenna, called Mini-Mac by his teammates, started the season with the junior high squad, but several injuries necessitated pulling up a player or two from the junior high team.

I talked to Chip, said Marty. I told him I think (Ryan) can help us. He can catch a fly ball. He can get us some hits. It was kind of a miracle he was able to come up and help us. So many kids across the board were part of this.

PCA ended the regular season with a 9-5 record, good for the sixth seed in the D-IV tournament. In the first round, the Eagles dispatched No. 11 Derryfield, 6-1, behind a Connor Andrews six-hitter.

In the quarters, the Eagles upset No. 3 Lisbon with a wild 10-8 win in nine innings. PCA led 7-2, but Lisbon came back to tie it up 8-8 to force extra innings.

With the Panthers rallying in the bottom of the seventh, the Eagles called in catcher Mitch Colizzi, who had not pitched all season, to put out the fire. He did that and then pitched two additional shutout innings for the win.

In the ninth, Sean McKenna walked, scoring what proved to be the game-winning run on Kris Sabas double. Ryan McKennas sac fly plated Saba with an insurance run.

PCA got a break in the semis when talented No. 2 Pittsfield had some key players suspended and was upset by No. 7 Sunapee. Pittsfield had beaten the Eagles twice during the season.

PCA fell behind early to Sunapee, 3-1, but a four-run second put it ahead for good, 5-3, and a four-run fourth put it away. Andrews did the rest. In addition to hitting a key two-run single during the fourth inning uprising, he pitched well after a rocky start. He allowed just one run over the final five innings.

A couple of junior high kids paced the offense. Mini-Mac was 2 for 3 with a double and an RBI, while eighth-grader Ryan Lemire went 2 for 2 with two walks and a run.

No. 1 and defending champion Pittsburg was the final opponent at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester.

Pittsburg was just a strong hitting team, Marty said. They could pretty much hit any fastball, and Mitch and Sean realized early in the game they were struggling with the curveball. So Sean probably threw 80% curveballs. He was dialed in. They were just swinging and missing.

It was tied 1-1 after six innings. In the top of the seventh, Ricky Gilberts second hit of the day, a bloop single, put the go-ahead run on first. Andrew Cunningham was summoned to pinch run. Sean McKenna came up and belted a triple to the left-field warning track, scoring Cunningham all the way from first base to put PCA ahead, 2-1.

Sean was able to close the deal in the bottom of the seventh. I remember Isaac Moore catching the final out and the celebration, Marty said. It was almost surreal. You didnt expect it.

He pauses for a second. When I look back at all the pieces that went into winning that championship, a movie has to be made because it was so improbable.

Improbable was not the case for the 2015 Eagles, who went 12-4 during the regular season to earn the No. 3 seed.

PCA also had a legit ace in Tobin, who ended up going 9-0 that season.

But the start, like 2010, was not smooth. The Eagles went 1-2 out of the gate, including a mercy-rule loss to rival Newmarket. It was painful for Tobin who was suspended after being thrown out of the previous game. He had to spend the Newmarket game on the bench as a spectator. It was not fun to just sit and watch, he said.

We had a gut-check moment where the season could have gone one of two ways, said coach Brad Taylor. We had Connor Foley, a senior captain. His leadership ... he really stepped up. Foley got it. We missed him the following year in our repeat attempt.

Foley also elevated his game as the Eagles No. 2 pitcher behind Tobin.

It was a deep team. It was a terrific group of guys, said Tobin, currently an ace pitcher at Southern New Hampshire University. We had a lot of talent for Division IV New Hampshire baseball.

In the first round, Tobin tossed a no-hitter, whiffing 19 as the Eagles blanked No. 14 Lisbon, 9-0. He struck out the first 13 batters he faced.

Catcher Joe Towle paced the offense, going 4 for 4 with four runs batted in.

The quarterfinal against No. 6 Woodsville proved a struggle. PCA trailed 4-3 in the fourth before finally pulling ahead for good, sparked by an Ethan Foley suicide squeeze bunt. The Eagles went on to win 10-5, led by Drew McCormack who went 2 for 3 with two RBIs and two runs.

Next up was perennial tournament contender and rival Newmarket, the No. 7 seed. The Eagles almost blew them out.

Almost.

PCA scored nine runs in the first two innings to go up 9-0, led by Paul Staude, who had a monster offensive game, going 3 for 4 with six RBIs. He hit a three-run triple in the first and a two-run double in the second to ignite the PCA bats.

The Mules, however, refused to wilt. They touched Tobin for three runs in the fifth to cut the lead to 9-3. Taylor elected to pull his tiring ace after throwing 81 pitches so he could be available for the championship on Saturday.

At the time, the NHIAA pitching rule was based on innings, not pitch counts. If you pitched more than five full innings then you needed three full days of rest. Since the game was played on a Wednesday and Tobin came out after five, he was good to go for the final. Had he thrown at least one pitch in the sixth, he would have been on the shelf.

PCA just needed Connor Foley to close the door over the final two innings.

If your No. 2 pitcher is not good enough to hold a six-run lead then were not going to win a state championship anyway, was how coach Taylor put it.

Foley got the job done, allowing one run in two innings to send PCA to the championship game in Manchester with a 10-4 win.

Sunapee, PCAs championship opponent, was not as fortunate.

The Lakers pulled their ace, Ben Robinson, after the fifth with a big lead, but it dissolved and he had to return in the seventh inning to put out the fire and save the game. However, he found himself unable to pitch in the championship due to the pitching rule.

I still think we would have handled (Robinson) OK, Taylor said. That team, that year, the depth of our lineup ... we were stronger than 2016, although a lot of the guys came back.

The way Tobin pitched, it didnt matter.

PCA jumped out to a 4-0 lead and rolled from there, taking the title, 10-1. Like he had in the first playoff game, Tobin whiffed 19 batters while throwing a one-hitter. His 49 Ks in three playoff games could well be a tournament record.

He gave up his only run in the third inning, walking four batters to account for Sunapees lone run.

Towle led the offense, going 3 for 4 with three RBIs and two runs. Tobin helped his cause with a 2-for-2 effort at the plate, a double, a run and two intentional walks.

One thing was for certain, Tobin was not coming out. My competitive nature and wanting to win and wanting to win very badly that year, especially that year, he said, I just kept on going.

If nothing else, Tobin seemed to throw harder later in the game. Sunapee coach Thomas Frederick said as much.

He owned the hill today, Frederick said. You tip your cap to him. I thought hed be a little tired after throwing (81 pitches) the other day. Once he was over 120, I thought he kept getting stronger.

Tobin said, I was just on pure adrenaline and competitiveness getting to that point and not wanting to lose.

After those two championship wins, the Eagles seemed lined up for more titles, but it was not to be. Two years later, in 2012, the two McKennas led PCA to an undefeated record and the top seed in the tournament, but they were upset in the semis by yes good old Newmarket.

In 2016, the Eagles flew high again, but it all ended in the semis to Sunapee and Ben Robinson. Tobin took the loss, his first in two years after winning 19 straight.

Taylor laughs. People say you won because you had Wes Tobin, he recalled. We like to say we won it without Ryan McKenna.

Ryan McKenna did not respond to multiple requests to participate in this story.

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Coronavirus testing set for Sorrento

Ochsner has expanded its community coronavirus testing efforts across the Capital Area.

Locations are secured in cooperation with government officials and focus on testing near local hot spots. Testing across the region will continue through the remainder of 2020 based on community need.

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Testing is open to Louisiana residents, age two and older. Even if you are not experiencing symptoms, youre encouraged to get tested to learn your COVID-19 status. Doctors orders are not required. People coming for testing are required to bring a picture ID and insurance card, if applicable. There are no out-of-pocket costs for those seeking a test and no one will be turned away based on their insurance status. Testing is available at the times listed or until all test kits have been utilized.

Ochsners investment in enhanced community testing is a critical step towards a continued safe reopening, said Eric McMillen, CEO, Ochsner Baton Rouge. I encourage everyone to come for a test to know your status. Weve seen several positive cases with no symptoms.

Community members will receive their test results within 72 hours via the MyChart patient portal or by phone. Those who test positive can participate in Ochsners 14-day symptom tracker program designed for COVID-19 patients who do not require hospital care. Participants receive daily text messages to monitor symptoms and can be connected to a 24/7 nurse on-call line for additional support. In addition to offering community testing, Ochsner has the following resources available:

Free Ochsner information line at (844) 888-2772 for 24/7 advice and COVID-19 information

Schedule a video visit with an Ochsner provider and ask follow-up questions through secure messages using MyOchsner

Urgent Care by video through http://www.ochsner.org/virtualvisits or via the Ochsner Anywhere Care app

In-person appointments at one of 13 Ochsner Health Centers across Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston and Tangipahoa Parishes including Ochsner Cancer Center Baton Rouge

To make an appointment, call 225-761-5200, or visit http://www.Ochsner.org/BatonRouge. To learn more about COVID-19, visit http://www.ochsner.org/coronavirus.

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Wednesday, June 3

9 a.m. 5 p.m. Sorrento Civic Center

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River Region Art Association is opening its Summer Art Camp on June 15 at its Depot Gallery in Gonzales.

Summer Art Camp will be held June 1519, June 22-26, June 29 -July 3, July 1217, July 20 -24, July 2731 and Aug. 37.

Age groups and times are: ages 610 attend 9 a.m. to noon and ages 1215 and older attend 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Fee for summer camp is $100 per week. A camp registration form is available at rraa@riverregionartassociation.org.

A limit of 8 youths in each week of camp has been set in order to maintain the safe 6 foot distance requirement in the classroom. Masks are to be worn by all including teachers, sanitizing is done before and after class and students will have their own supplies for the week of class.

For any additional information, leave a message at (225) 644-8496.

Tanger Outlets will host the La. 621 Farmers Market near Shopper Services Suite 299 during June.

Locally-sourced products will be abailable from 7 am. to noon each Saturday in June. Products include fresh fruits and vegetables, farm fresh eggs, artisan breads, honey, jams/jellies, pickled eggs and vegetables, tamales, kettle corn, baked goods and specialty food items.

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For years, if you came into the emergency room with a pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis (blood clots in the lungs or a vein, typically in the leg), doctors would put you on a medication to try to break up the clot as well as to thin the blood.

Those medications, though, come with side effects that include bleeding in the brain or having part of the clot break off and travel somewhere you dont want them, like the heart.

Patients with the most serious cases, at immediate risk of death, would go immediately into surgery, says Dr. Peter Monteleone, interventional cardiologist at Seton Heart Institute.

This year, though, hes been using a technique to get rid of blood clots that are serious but not the most critical or the most benign.

Its the whole group in the middle, he says.

Monteleone is using the Inari FlowTriever for pulmonary embolisms. Using ultrasound to guide him, he inserts a guide wire through a vein to go through the clot in the lung. Then he inserts the FlowTriever catheter into the vein to reach the clot.

He deploys the FlowTrievers three self-expanding nitinol (metal alloy) mesh disks. The disks attach to the clot and dislodge it. He then drags the clot back through the catheter to a syringe that is attached to the catheter outside the body.

Its a bit like a plumbers snake inside the body, gripping the clog and bringing it back through the pipe to the surface.

If the patient has a deep vein thrombosis, he uses the Inari ClotTriever, which acts similarly. A guide wire is inserted through a vein through the clot. The catheter with the ClotTriever is inserted through the clot. Then he deploys the nitinol ClotTriever, which looks like a cylindrical net, and grabs the clot. He can then drag it back through the catheter and into a collection bag outside the body. The ClotTriever also has a nitinol funnel by the catheter that keeps the clot from escaping as its being sucked into the catheter.

Both procedures can be done in about half an hour with the patient under light sedation, which means they are awake but not in pain.

Its not a big surgery, Monteleone says.

Patients are put on blood thinners to prevent new clots from forming, but they dont have to worry about the clot that was just removed migrating somewhere dangerous like the heart.

Signs of a pulmonary embolism include shortness of breath and pressure in the chest, dizziness or lightheadedness, a cough or coughing up blood. Deep vein thrombosis comes with swelling or pain in the leg, a feeling of warmth in the leg and redness in the leg.

Monteleone and his colleagues have been seeing fewer people coming into the emergency room for care like heart attacks, strokes and other serious problems like embolisms because of concerns about COVID-19.

There are processes in place to keep them safe, he says. It is heartbreaking to know there are these therapies for patients that are treatments, and were not seeing them because they are scared.

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AUSTIN (KXAN) An Austin mom held her new baby for the first time after recovering from a scary battle with COVID-19.

The woman, identified only as Brenda by Ascension Seton Medical Center, was in the hospital for more than a month and was so ill that she was placed on a ventilator.

However, this week she was finally discharged from the hospital and was able to finally meet her baby.

Ascension Seton said Brenda was 35 weeks pregnant when she was admitted to the hospital with worsening symptoms of COVID-19.

She had a C-section but was then placed on a ventilator in the ICU for 24 days as she fought for her life.

Emotional footage shows staff at Ascension Seton cheering as Brenda was pushed out of the hospital in a wheelchair.

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Dawn Rudolph, Guest columnist Published 12:00 a.m. CT June 6, 2020

Over the past few weeks, many people postponed care for almost all of their health needs from elective procedures and surgeries to vaccinations, and from routine checkups to important health screenings. These extraordinary measures were necessary to meet the critical care needs of patients and communities across the state of Florida.

Ascension Sacred Heart is fully prepared to provide all of the important health care and procedures that patients might need urgently, have put off during this time or have been considering. Balancing care with caution, we have added strict safety precautions to help protect both patients and caregivers. And we continuously monitor guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, then adjust safety precautions accordingly.

Dawn Rudolph(Photo: Courtesy of Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola)

These precautions include:

Emergency rooms across the country are reporting that fewer people who suffer heart attacks, strokes and serious injuries are coming to ERs to get the critical care they need. Avoiding care can make these conditions worse or recovery more difficult. For example, even a small delay in seeing care for a stroke can be the difference between recovery and permanent disability.

Delaying care for chronic conditions, routine appointments and screenings could also impact a persons long-term health. Whether its rescheduling a delayed visit or scheduling care for a new health concern, overall health is too important to delay.

We have added more options for receiving care, including the ability to see your Ascension Medical Group doctor virtually, when it makes sense. While insurance coverage limited virtual care we were able to provide before the pandemic, we launched virtual visits with our local providersin March. For the past six weeks, they have averaged 2,500 virtual visits a week. We will be advocating that this openness to virtual visits remain in effect from now on for the convenience of our patients.

Our doors have remained open to patients who have needed us for urgent or emergency care, and we are now scheduling for all types of care. Regular follow-up visits, surgeries whatever the need, were here for you. From the routine, to important care and emergency care, patients can get the care they need, when they need it, even now:

Dawn Rudolph is the president of Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola.

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By the time the next softball season begins, it will be a new decade. Here is a look back at some of the best Ascension softball players of this decade, years 2010-2020.

Unfortunately, the Coronavirus pandemic cancelled the second half of the high-school softball season, not allowing the parishs best players to finish what they started

With no games being played, it prompts us to look to the past and reflect on all of the great parish players that had memorable careers.

By the time the next softball season begins, it will be a new decade. Here is a look back at some of the best Ascension softball players of this decade, years 2010-2020.

Its no surprise that St. Amant had so many special players over the years. In this decade, they made five state semifinal appearances and won a state title in 2019.

Kara Gremillion was so good at St. Amant that they retired her jersey soon after she graduated.

Gremillion was an All-American with the Lady Gators and helped lead St. Amant to the semifinals in two or her final three years there. In her senior season, he hit .548 with 38 RBIs.

She went on to be a four-year starter and three-time All-Sun Belt player at UL-Lafayette.

Her younger sister Kourtney was a starter on the 2015 St. Amant team that reached the semifinals.

She had a monster year in 2016 as a seniorhitting .602 with 13 home runs and 62 RBIs. That was enough to earn her All-American honors.

Kourtney went on to start at UL-Lafayette, where she made All-Sun Belt two years in a row.

Another starter on that 2015 semifinal team was Taylor Tidwell. Tidwell started all four years at St. Amant.

As a senior, she broke the schools season-season home run record with 17. She also hit .598 with 53 RBIs. It led to her being named an All-American.

Tidwell went on to sign with LSU. As a sophomore this past season, Tidwell started 17 games and was hitting .351 with 14 RBIs and three home runs. Unfortunately, the season was cut short due to the virus.

Madison Edmonston was an all-district player that hit nearly .600 her senior season at St. Amant. She helped lead the Lady Gators to the semifinals in both 2012 and 2013.

She went on to have two huge seasons at LSU-Eunice. She then transferred to Southeastern, where she was an all-conference player.

Another player in the parish to have her jersey retired was Bailey Landry.

Landry helped lead East Ascension to the state semifinals in 2011. As a senior in 2013, she was named an All-American.

Landry went on to play at LSU, where she now holds school records for longest hitting streak (21 games), most hits in a season (92) and all-time hits (291).

She also played professionally.

Jessie Watts was her teammate at East Ascension. She was a four-year starter that helped lead the Lady Spartans to the semifinals in 2015.

As a senior in 2016, she was named the districts Co-MVP.

Watts went on to play at UL-Monroe. Before the season was cancelled, she had started all 24 games and was hitting .355 with 19 RBIs as a senior.

Claire Weinberger was also a four-year starter at East Ascension, and she was also on the 2015 semifinal squad.

Weinberger was first-team All-State as a senior, hitting .582.

She went on to play at LSU for four years. This past season as a senior, she had started four games.

Aleah Creighton was a first-team All-State performer for Dutchtown in 2013. She was the teams best hitter and best pitcher.

Creighton went on to play at UL-Lafayette, where she was a two-time All-Sun Belt performer.

Ali McCoy was a four-year starter at Dutchtown. She helped lead the Lady Griffins to the state title game in 2015.

As a senior in 2016, McCoy was named the Co-MVP of the district.

She went on to play at Southeastern. Before the rest of 2020 was cancelled, she had started 21 games and was hitting .321.

Alayna Falcon was a big-time player for Ascension Catholic. As a senior in 2011, she was first-team All-State and the districts MVP.

Falcon went on to play four years at LSU. As a senior, she made eight starts.

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Ascension Day is the 40th day of Easter. It occurs 39 days after Easter Sunday. It is a Christian holiday that commemorates Jesus Christ's ascension into heaven, according to Christian belief.

Ascension Day marks the 40th day after Jesus Christ's resurrection, according to Christian belief.

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Ascension Day is officially celebrated on a Thursday on the 40th day of Easter (or 39 days after Easter Sunday). In countries where it is a public holiday, Ascension Day is a free day for many workers. Many people take a long weekend off because the day falls on a Thursday. The Friday in between is usually quiet, particularly in shops and offices. Despite Christianity being a minority religion in Indonesia, Ascension Day is a public holiday and special services take place at churches throughout the country.

Ascension Day is sometimes called Fathers Day in Germany because many Protestant men have herrenpartien outings on this day. In Sweden, many people go out to the woods at 3 am or 4 am to hear the birds at sunrise. It is good luck if a cuckoo is heard from the east or west. These jaunts are called gkotta, or early cuckoo morning.

In England, Ascension Day is associated with various water festivals ranging from Well Dressing in Derbyshire to the Planting of the Penny Hedge at Whitby, a small town in Yorkshire. Other customs may include beating the bounds. In the old days, it involved beating boys with willow branches as they were driven along parish boundaries, not only to purify them of evil but to teach them the limits of their parish. In modern times, it involves people in the locality walking around their farm, manorial, church or civil boundaries pausing as they pass certain trees, walls and hedges that denote the extent of the boundary to exclaim, pray and ritually 'beat' particular landmarks with sticks.

Ascension Day is not a federal public holiday in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, or the United States. It is a public holiday in some countries, including:

Government offices, schools, banks, and many businesses are usually closed in countries where Ascension Day is a public holiday. Public transport services may run on weekend schedules in some countries that observe Ascension Day as a public holiday.

Ascension Day is one of the earliest Christian festivals, dating back to the year 68. According to the New Testament in the Bible, Jesus Christ met several times with his disciples during the 40 days after his resurrection to instruct them on how to carry out his teachings. It is believed that on the 40th day he took them to the Mount of Olives, where they watched as he ascended to heaven.

Ascension Day marks the end of the Easter season and occurs ten days before Pentecost. Depending upon the phases of the Moon in a particular year, Ascension Day is celebrated on a Thursday. However, some churches, particularly in the United States, celebrate it on the following Sunday.

Many Eastern Orthodox churches calculate the date of Pascha (Easter) according to the Julian calendar, rather than the Gregorian calendar used by many western churches, so their Ascension Day usually occurs after the western observance.

Ascension Day celebrations include processions symbolizing Christs entry into heaven and, in some countries, chasing a devil through the streets and dunking it in a pond or burning it in effigy symbolic of the Messiahs triumph over the devil when he opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers.

In England, eggs laid on Ascension Day are said to never go bad and will guarantee good luck for a household if placed in the roof. In Devon, it was an ancient belief that the clouds always formed into the familiar Christian image of a lamb on Ascension Day. If the weather is sunny on Ascension Day, the summer will be long and hot. If it rains on the day, crops will do badly and livestock will suffer from disease. According to Welsh superstition, it is unlucky to do any work on Ascension Day.

In Portugal, Ascension Day is associated with wishes for peace and prosperity. Traditionally, in rural communities, people make bouquets from olive branches and sheaves of wheat with poppies and daisies. The olive and wheat are symbolic of abundant harvest; the poppy stands for peace and the daisy for money. Wheat is kept in the house throughout the coming year as a symbol of prosperity.

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This rendering included in planning materials filed with the city of Waukesha shows a northeast perspective of the micro-hospital that will be operated by Ascension Wisconsin at Sunset Drive and St. Paul Avenue. The hospital building, which was approved by the city's plan commission on May 27, is part of the redevelopment of the old Fox Run Shopping Center and will be built atop the land with the Sentry Food Store stood.(Photo: Philo Wilke Partnership)

WAUKESHA - The old Sentry store is gone, and in its place will stand a "micro-hospital," operated by a health care provider with an expanding footprint in Waukesha County.

In documents accompanying the agenda for the May 27 meeting of the Waukesha Plan Commission, Ascension Wisconsin is proposing tofill the 32,000-square-foot building in what was until recently the original Fox Run Shopping Center at St. Paul Avenue and Sunset Drive.

If approved, thefacility will become another provider of emergency care for Waukesha patients who, until now, had relied on ProHealth Care's Waukesha Memorial Hospital or urgent care facilities such as those offered by Advocate Aurora.

It's all part of a 13.4-acre redevelopment of the former shopping center, announced in October, into a 72-unit apartment complex and all-new commercial space. The plan is tied to a redevelopment district in which new taxes generated by the improvements would help pay for some of the upfront debt in the project.

At the May 27meeting, the plan commission, which ultimately approved final site plan and architectural review,considered the details of the medical office building itself, in which the main floor would feature the micro-hospital and a second floor filled with medical offices.

As presented in a letter to the city's planning department in April, the medical facility will be positioned on land that was previously home to Bob and Kurt's Sentry store, which was the last in remaining Sentry store in the city of Waukesha. The store closed in January and has since been demolished.

In the new building, afirst-floor hospital will include eight emergency beds and eight in-patient beds, plus X-ray and CT scan rooms. The second floor was listed as "future" medical offices that would be accessed through a separate entrance.

Ascension, which regionally grew to encompass both the Columbia-St. Mary's Hospital and Wheaton Franciscan health care facilities, has recently tried to gain a greater foothold in the suburban areas outside Milwaukee, including in Waukesha County.Among locations proposed or approved in the past year include small hospitals in Menomonee Falls, Greenfield and Mequon.

Technically, the health care provider had already entered the city of Waukesha, where it opened an Ascension Medical Group office on Moreland Boulevard on the city's east side several years ago.

Ascension Wisconsin officials were not immediately available to discuss their expansion efforts and why Waukesha was added to the list of hospital sites.

From the city's standpoint, from a planning perspective, the focus isn't so much about the addition of a hospital and another medical office, but the design of the building itself and the property value increases resulting from redevelopment.

"I've always looked at from the standpoint about what the building would look like," Mayor Shawn Reilly said in a brief phone interview Thursday. "Not so much another hospital, but as another business coming to town. I'll leave it to others the number of hospitals (in the city) and stuff like that. That's always been contentious."

Of course, Ascension's neighbors will be unlike those whichpreviously occupied the former commercial parcel.

The mixed-use development proposed by partner firmsVJS Development Group LLC of Pewaukee, Bedford Development of Waukesha and Somerstone LLC of Brookfield will be greatly defined not by commercial tenants, but residential ones.

The plan is for 72 apartment unitswith rents ranging from roughly $1,000 to $1,500 monthly.

The apartment complex would be built close towhere the former 67,000-square-foot vacant strip mall sat deeper into the Fox Run property relative to Sunset Drive. The strip mall had been completely vacant for years, but once housed a liquor store, a craft shop and other retail businesses in its heyday.

The new development also calls for commercial space, but there areno firm plans onwhat and where those leased elements would be, at this point. In all, the property consists of five developable lots.

It all adds up to a projected $32.3 million increase in taxable property, based on a term sheet that's part of the tax increment financing district which was recently approved to enable redevelopment. For the mayor, that's an important bottom line.

"Very happy about that," Reilly said. "And that's one thing about the hospital itself. That building will be a draw for other businesses to locate next to it. I think we are going to end up with a very successful, major corner in the city of Waukesha."

Though the redevelopment abuts a newer section of the shopping center, most notably anchored by a Kohl's department store, it will have no impact on that commercial center, which is under separate ownership.

Contact Jim Riccioli at (262) 446-6635 or james.riccioli@jrn.com. Follow him on Twitter at @jariccioli.

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