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Q&A w/ YouTuber Brooke Didas

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Michigan based YouTube personality shares insight into life as a full time content creator. Spartan Newsroom reporter Lilly Swanson spoke with Youtube personality Brooke Didas for Career Conversations. Brooke Didas, the 21-year-old full-time Youtube personality talks about the trials and tribulations that come with putting your life out for the world to see as your day-to-day job. “I feel lucky that I don’t get too much hate,” said Didas. “It’s a win-lose kind of thing.

Outside of OSI Industries building in Aurora, Illinois.
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OSI Industries continues to mitigate labor shortages

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Audrey RichardsonThe outside of the OSI Group office in Aurora, Illinois on March 12, 2022. Recent turnaround

President at OSI Group, a global supplier of food products to the world’s leading foodservice brands, David McDonald said that in the last six months, “food service has largely come back.”

OSI Industries, one of the largest privately held companies in the U.S., provides food services worldwide to Chipotle, Starbucks, McDonald’s as well as many other well-known brands. To ensure that customers around the globe are satisfied with their eating experiences, OSI has over 20,000 employees, who design manufacturing and supply chain solutions for big-name food brands. With the numbers of people eating out increasing again, OSI has had to continuously adjust.  Worker shortages have impacted all sectors of the company’s responsibilities. McDonald said it “has been difficult to keep up with demand.”

McDonald said that worker shortages have created a lot more uncertainty in day-to-day operations. 

“Many times I’m spending time firefighting as opposed to really some longer term strategic things.”

OSI implications

Pat Peterson, OSI Industries Senior Vice President of Finances in North America, describes the issue with hiring new people with less experience as tedious.

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Williamston City Council impressed by plans for digital message board

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Williamston residents may see a digital message board behind the McCormick Park sign. The plans for the board, which were discussed on Monday at the City Council meeting, were met with enthusiastic responses from council members. 

Earl Wolf, Dr. Adam SpinaProposed location of the digital message board outside of McCormick Park from the informational packet at the meeting. The digital message board committee was represented at the meeting by superintendent Dr. Adam Spina and chair of the Parks and Recreation Commission Earl Wolf, who presented the motion to the council. The sign would allow for public service messages, community events and school district announcements to be better communicated, said Spina. “One of the many things I love about Williamston is that for a community of our size, there are always things going on.

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New Trier adjusts to mask-optional environment

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Noticeable downside

While the change to a mask-optional environment celebrates the community’s hard work to mitigate the impact of COVID-19, new problems emerge. 

New Trier English Teacher Daniel Kim said he now has to think about more mundane things like group work and seating arrangements. 

“If you have students in your class who still want to wear their masks you know you don’t want to alienate them,” Kim said. 

Along with classroom implications, New Trier senior Mary Huber said there has been “judgment from both sides.” 

Kim said this judgment was expected. 

“You give someone the option to do something, it’s going to say something about who they are.” Kim said. 

Kim said the timing of the decision could play into issues surrounding the lifting of the mask-mandate. 

“I wish they would have waited for the end of the year,” Kim said. “It just seems like just in the middle of the semester it’s a little awkward, and I don’t think everyone was ready for it.” New Trier Director of Communications Nicole Dizon said students were prepared for the change in their adviser rooms. 

“All students discussed the change in their adviser rooms (like a home room) the day before the change to mask optional, with an emphasis on respecting each other’s choices,” Dizon said. 

Audrey RichardsonA New Trier student sits outside of campus on March 2, 2022. This student has chosen to continue to wear a mask despite the school moving to a mask-optional environment. Kim said he is hopeful that the issues that arise with the freshness of the decision will subside in the future. 

“Hopefully it kind of blows over and becomes another normal thing,” Kim said. 

Audio from interview with New Trier English Teacher Daniel Kim 

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The decision 

On Tuesday Feb. 27, the New Trier Township Board of Education voted to make masks optional on campus and on Wednesday, students were able to make the choice whether to wear masks or not.

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MT salon moves, sees uptick in business

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Roughly a month after moving to a new location, the staff at one of Meridian Township’s most popular salons is officially acclimated to their fresh space and seeing an unexpected increase in new clients.

Fluid Salon, a staple of the community since it opened in January of 2015, made the move from 2755 E. Grand River Ave. to 5030 Northwind Dr. over the course of nine days, from January 30 to February 7.

Since its reopening on February 8, owner Kimmi Chubb has already noticed a change in business, despite the new location only being a few blocks from the previous one.