May 29, 2019
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Natural Grocers Apology for Noose
members of the MLK communi-
ty for the offensive symbol that
appeared in the car of one of our
employees. As soon as this issue
was brought to our attention, we
appearance of the offending item”
and was “keenly aware of the sym-
food chain issued a statement Fri- bol’s offensive and hurtful nature.”
day saying it was “deeply offend-
“Natural Grocers wishes to
ed by and utterly condemns the express its sincere apology to the
C ontinueD From p age 2
launched an immediate investiga-
tion, which resulted in the remov-
al of the offending item. Further
appropriate action is being taken
to address this issue, including
conducting enhanced diversi-
ty training company-wide,” the
statement said.
C alendar
May 2019
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
1
Mother Goose Day
Hawaiian Lei Day
Dr. Benjamin Spock
Born in 1903
Worthy Wage
Day (child care
providers)
7
Ramadan Begins
Eiffel Tower opens to
the public in 1889
National Teacher Day
1st Stamp Collection
Started
Pulitzer Prize Estab-
lished (1917)
13
14
Tulip Day
Beginning of Lewis
and Clark Expedi-
tion In 1804.
National Dance Like
a Chicken Day
20
Victoria Day (Can-
ada)
Lindbergh Flight
Day in 1927
27
Memorial Day
Golden Gate Bridge
Opens in 1937
Masking Tape Pat-
ented in 1930
21
American Red Cross
Founded Founded
by Clara Barton in
1881
28
Jim Thorpe Born in
1888
8
National School
Nurse Day
No Socks Day
Frank L. Baum Au-
thor of The Wizard
of Oz - born 1856
National Chocolate
Chip Day
22
Arnold Lobel born,
1933
Buy-A-Musical
Instrument Day
29
John F. Kennedy
Born in 1917
9
First Newspaper
Cartoon In the USA
in 1754
15
FRIDAY
2
May Day
6
Reed said she didn’t want the
employee’s life destroyed or the
adjacent businesses to suffer, but
insisted there should be concrete
steps to show the store has im-
proved, like sensitivity training
for employees and other measures
of accountability.
16
First US Nickel
Minted In 1866,
called the ‘Shield
Nickel’
23
Lucky Penny Day
30
Ice Cream Freezer
Patented In 1848 by
William Young
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
4
5
3
Space Day
National Sun Day
Constitution Memo-
rial Day in Japan
10
Clean Up Your
Room Day
Christopher Paul
Curtis born, 1953
17
First Kentucky Der-
by In 1875
Gary Paulson born,
1939
24
Mary Had A Little
Lamb Published in
1830
First Morse Code
Message Sent, 1844
31
Jay Williams born,
1981
World No Tobacco
Day
Kentucky Derby
takes place today
National Weather
Observers’ Day
11
Twilight Zone Day
Peter Sis born, 1949
Mark Lupica (BDay)
18
Cinco de Mayo
Children’s Day In
Japan
12
Mother’s Day
International Nurses
Day
Kite Day
Limerick Day
19
Miniature Golf Day
Armed Forces Day
International Muse-
um Day
Visit Relatives Day
25
Martha Alexander
born, 1920
National Missing
Children’s Day
National Tap Dance
Day
26
Blueberry Cheese-
cake Day