<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif">we have moved down from extremely high risk to very high risk.  </div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Stephen L. Finner, Ph.D.</div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:finnerstephen@gmail.com" target="_blank">finnerstephen@gmail.com</a><br><div>(802) 598-4317 (cell)    (802) 461-2528 (home-wifi)</div><div>27 Highland Avenue,  Apartment 3</div><div>Barre, Vermont 05641</div><div><br></div><div>Minister of Music Emeritus, St. Johnsbury Vermont UU Congregation</div><div>(he, him, his)</div><div>"There must always remain in everyone's life some room for the singing of angels"   Rev. Dr. Howard Thurman</div><div>"May you know the joy of living sometimes comes with pain lived through"  </div><div>Steve Finner (1998)</div><div>"Nothing stays the same after we find the God within"  Sr. Joan Chittister O.S.B.</div><div>And just in case you were wondering <font color="#1c1e21" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">"Faith without works is dead" James 2:26<br></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Covid Act Now Alerts</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:noreply@covidactnow.org">noreply@covidactnow.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 1:22 PM<br>Subject: Washington County, Vermont's Risk Level Has Changed<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:finnerstephen@gmail.com">finnerstephen@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br>
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