“We’re required to be there to keep everybody fed, and we’re taking big risks that others don’t have to take. People are in their masks and gloves and they’re in and out of the store while we’re there for eight, 10 or 12 hours.”
-Dusty Gearhard, meat counter manager at an Edmond Homeland store [Journal Record]
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A fourth generation Oklahoman from Pawhuska, Dave Hamby has more than three decades of award-winning communications experience, including for Oklahoma higher education institutions and business organizations. Before joining OK Policy, he oversaw external communications for Rogers State University and The University of Tulsa. He also has worked for Oklahoma State University and the Chamber of Commerce in Fort Smith, Arkansas. A graduate of OSU's journalism program, he was a newspaper reporter at the Southwest Times Record in Fort Smith. Dave joined OK Policy in October 2019.
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