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CORRECTIONS

• Annie Dear’s column in Wednesday's paper, “A modest proposal or two for the bleak days,” was mislabeled and had the wrong columnist’s photo. • In regard to an article in Tuesday’s Examiner, “One wounded in shooting close to Independence school,” a spokesperson for the Independence School District said parents were not notified about the shooting in a neighboring residential area as it was about 30 minutes before the school day started and the school did not go on lockdown..

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Items for the Community Calendar may be emailed to nmelton@examiner.net or mailed to: The Examiner, 300 N. Osage St., Independence, MO 64050, attention Nancy Melton. Also, check the calendar online at examiner.net.

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IPD adds Blue River partnership for police recruits

To expand its recruiting and training efforts, the Independence Police Department will partner with Metropolitan Community College-Blue River in addition to the Kansas City Regional Police Academy. While the City Council and voters have recently approved measures to steer some additional funds toward police personnel and equipment – including recruiting incentives, retention bonuses and pay raises – acting Chief of Police Ken Jarnagin said this is a move made almost independent of that support.

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Pfizer: Boosters strongly protect against omicron

Pfizer said Wednesday that a booster of its COVID-19 vaccine may offer important protection against the new omicron variant even though the initial two doses appear significantly less effective. Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said that while two doses may not be strong enough to prevent infection, lab tests showed a booster increased by 25-fold people’s levels of antibodies capable of fighting off omicron.

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