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Man Accused of Accepting Over $13K for Home Improvement Project in Rimersburg, Failing to Complete Work
MADISON TWP., Pa. (EYT) – Police have filed felony charges against a Pittsburgh man for allegedly accepting over $13,000.00 for a home improvement project in Rimersburg over two years ago and failing to complete the work.
Court documents indicate that Clarion-based State Police filed the following criminal charges against 52-year-old Dannie Ledell Cook, of Pittsburgh, on Monday, August 15, 2022, in Magisterial District Judge Jeffrey C. Miller’s office:
– False Statement to Induce Agreement for Home Improvement Services, Felony 2
– Theft by Deception – False Impression, Felony 3
The charges stem from an investigation into an incident that occurred on May 8, 2020, at a residence on Ridgeview Drive in Rimersburg, Madison Township, Clarion County.
According to a criminal complaint, a known female was given a proposal to complete a home improvement project on her house, and paid $13,200.00 to Dannie Cook for the project, which has not been completed in over two years.
Police say Cook provided the victim with a proposal for removing a block wall and its base, rebuilding the entire wall and base, and building new steps for the basement entryway, the complaint states.
On May 8, 2020, the victim gave Cook a check for $5,000.00.
She then gave him another check for $5,000.00 on May 14, 2020.
The last check the victim gave Cook was for $3,200.00 on June 11, 2020.
All checks given to Cook were cashed, the complaint indicates.
The victim has lost all contact with Cook since he would not answer her calls, and none of the work was performed by Cook, the complaint notes.
Along with a written proposal, both individuals entered into a verbal agreement to complete the work.
On August 5, 2022, Cook told police that he has “just not been able to locate a crew to perform the job yet,” according to the complaint.
Cook is currently awaiting a preliminary hearing.
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Man Who Allegedly Exposed Himself to Bar Patrons Breaks into Apartment, Found Naked in Bed
PUNXSUTAWNEY BOROUGH, Pa. (EYT) – A local man is facing a laundry list of charges for allegedly exposing himself in a bar, then breaking into an apartment and found sleeping naked in a bed.
According to court documents, the Punxsutawney Borough Police Department on August 5 filed criminal charges against 32-year-old Mark A. Rand Jr., of Big Run, in Magisterial District Judge Jacqueline J. Mizerock’s office.
According to a criminal complaint, Punxsutawney Borough Police on August 4 received a report of a man exposing himself and trying to fight others at a bar in Punxsutawney Borough, Jefferson County.
Upon arrival, police spoke with a known man in the parking lot, who said the actor’s name was Mark Rand Jr., and he was exposing himself inside the bar. The known man also stated that Rand urinated on the main door of the bar from the outside, the complaint states.
The known man further told police he was confused with Rand’s actions because “he only had a few drinks.” He then stated that Rand had spoken about going to another local bar.
According to the complaint, police then went inside the first bar to speak with the caller who stated that Rand exposed himself to the other patrons and was trying to start fights with others, and then went outside and urinated on the door.
The caller, who was the bartender at the time of the incident, stated that Rand only had one or two drinks before all this started and that he had “run off” in an unknown direction, the complaint notes.
Police then patrolled the area to search for Rand, but could not locate him.
Around 2:45 a.m. on August 5, police received a call for a male who broke into an apartment along Greenwood Avenue. The caller told dispatch that the male was Mark Rand Jr. and he was sleeping naked in his bed, the complaint states.
Police arrived on scene around 2:58 a.m. and found Rand sleeping naked on a bed where he “urinated and defecated on the bed,” according to the complaint.
Officers attempted to wake Rand, but he was not responding. Rand was then told he was under arrest and to not resist.
According to the complaint, as Rand was removed from the bed and assisted to the ground, he became non-compliant and passively resisted. He immediately put his arms under his body while the officers struggled with him. Rand was told to stop resisting and to put his hands behind his back, but Rand continued to refuse to comply.
Two knee strikes were delivered to Rand’s back, and the knee strikes had no effect on Rand as he continued to resist, the complaint indicates.
Rand’s arms were finally able to be forced behind his back while he was still trying to resist. Once his hands were behind his back, officers were able to secure Rand in handcuffs, the complaint states.
He was placed in the back of a patrol vehicle, and a Pulmonary Breathe Test revealed a BAC of .15%, the complaint states.
Rand was then transported to Punxsutawney Area Hospital at 3:18 a.m. to be medically cleared.
While at the hospital, Rand’s demeanor was “all over the place.” One minute Rand was angry, and the next he was happy, the complaint states.
Rand was cleared for incarceration and transported to the station.
He was arraigned at 8:45 a.m. on August 5, in front of Judge Mizerock on the following charges:
– Burglary – Overnight Accommodation, No Person Present, Felony 1
– Criminal Mischief – Damage Property, Misdemeanor 3
– Criminal Trespassing – Break Into Structure, Felony 2
– Disorderly Conduct Obscene Lang/Gest, Misdemeanor 3 (two counts)
– Indecent Exposure, Misdemeanor 2
– Public Drunkenness and Similar Misconduct, Summary
– Open Lewdness, Misdemeanor 3 (two counts)
He is currently free on $2,500.00 unsecured bail.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Thursday, September 1, at 9:30 a.m. with Judge Mizerock presiding.
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Micah Rupp Likes to Make Jokes Off the Field, But His Play on It Is No Laughing Matter for Karns City’s Foes
KARNS CITY, Pa. (EYT/D9) — Micah Rupp strolls through the hallways at Karns City High School with a smirk on his face.
Nate Garing walks a few paces ahead.
“We just have the little Garing now,” Rupp says loudly, letting out a soft chuckle. He’s referring to the graduation loss of Luke Garing, the big, bruising back and linebacker.
They are on their way to get a snow cone–something of a tradition at Karns City during preseason camp.
In addition to being a dangerous receiver and shutdown defensive back, Rupp is also sometimes the comic relief for the Gremlins. He speaks softly, but his words sometimes drip with humor and wit.
“It’s the little things like that that make him unique,” said Karns City coach Joe Sherwin, grinning. “He’ll just say something on the field, it might just be a few words here or there, and it just kind of makes me chuckle a little bit. He does have a good sense of humor.”
To Rupp, it’s no big deal.
He shrugs when asked about his pithy jokes.
“I think it helps with our bond,” Rupp said. “I’m really sarcastic sometimes. It makes us all closer.”
Rupp’s play in the field, though, is a big deal.
He’s as unique as his one-liners.
He’s 6-foot-2 but plays much bigger than that because of his tremendous leaping ability. That makes him dangerous on both sides of the ball.
Rupp showed off his athleticism on the basketball court in the winter with his penchant for stepping into passing lanes and swatting away shots. His mere presence affected how teams played against Karns City offensively.
The same is true on the football field.
The senior sees a lot of similarities between his skills in both sports.
“I think about that a lot,” Rupp said. “Like when I chase someone down to get a block in basketball, it’s kind of like how I cover someone on a deep route and go up over the top to get the ball.”
Rupp had a solid season as a junior last year but was rarely at 100% because of an ankle sprain suffered in the preseason.
It nagged him all year.
Still, Rupp led the Gremlins with 21 receptions for 453 yards and six touchdowns. He also had 28 tackles, three interceptions, two forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries last season.
“It was frustrating because it happened during scrimmages and every time I got touched it was just fragile and it would set me back,” Rupp said. “I’m feeling good this year.”
Healthy, Rupp is determined to play even better in 2022.
He’ll be tasked with blanketing the opponent’s best receiving threat. It’s a challenge he gladly accepts.
“I take pride in that. I like the competition,” Rupp said. “I want to go against their best receiver. Doing that will make me better.”
Rupp also figures to get more passes thrown his way. Karns City may put the ball in the air more than usual with senior quarterback Eric Booher entering his third year as a starter and an experienced receiver group.
“The boys and I came out here to the field all summer long,” Rupp. “We’ve been working hard on it, getting timing down and stuff like that. So, hopefully, we’ll be ready.”
Sherwin is also eager to see what Rupp can do.
“Offensively, teams are gonna have to be aware of where he’s at,” the coach said. “We want to get the ball to him as much as we can. He’s going to be a big factor in the offense. Teams are gonna have to be concerned with him and that should open up our running game.
“Defensively, he should be able to shut down whatever receiver he’s on,” Sherwin added.
Rupp is still relatively new to football.
He didn’t begin playing until he was 14.
“Mom didn’t want me to play when I was little,” Rupp said, smiling.
Finally, he wore her down.
“I told her all my friends were doing it and that’s pretty much it,” Rupp said. “I kept asking her and bugging her about it until she gave in.”
Rupp said he felt way behind at first but quickly caught up.
Some of that had to do with his raw ability. Some had to do with the way he studied the game to get up to speed.
Rupp is now a leader on a relatively young Karns City team that will uncharacteristically rely on some freshmen to fill important roles this season.
Rupp has confidence in them.
“I feel like we need to be better leaders this year than we have been in the past,” he said. “We have to set examples for these freshmen and teach them what to do. But they’re good. It made me nervous at first to see how many freshmen were coming up, but they carry their own.”
Despite winning the past two District 9 Class 2A titles, the Gremlins are in some ways being overlooked.
Coaches picked them in a preseason poll to win Region 1 in the revamped district league structure, but there’s a sense in the locker room, Rupp said, that few outside those walls believe the Gremlins can actually do it.
“I mean, I’m picking us,” Rupp said. “I remember last year people were picking other teams and all that, but we went out and did it. I think we can do the same this year.”
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New Coach, New Scheme and Wealth of Talent, Especially Up Front, Has Keystone Excited for the 2022 Campaign
KNOX, Pa. (EYT/D9) — Not long after Todd Smith got the job as the head football coach at Keystone High School this spring, he went to work.
There was a new offense to install.
And some new players to run it.
(Above, from left: Kyle Nellis, Cole Henry, head coach Todd Smith, Tyler Albright, and Aidan Sell.)
Coming off a season in which the Panthers won the Small School South Division title, Ryan Smith stepped down and Todd Smith was tapped as the next coach.
Todd Smith, who is also the baseball coach at Clarion-Limestone, spent the last two years as the offensive coordinator at Butler.
He longed to be a head football coach again — he filled that role at Clarion-Limestone from 2003 to 2009, and then returned to the Lions as the offensive coordinator from 2016 to 2018.
The chance to lead the program at Keystone was something he couldn’t pass up.
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“I wouldn’t change anything about the road I’ve been on,” Smith said. “I think everything happens for a reason. When the opportunity came to coach these guys and get back to being a head coach again, I was excited about it.”
The players took to him well, too.
“It’s gone really smoothly,” said senior center/defensive end Cole Henry. “I think it’s kind of a fresh start for all of us, getting to know his play style. I think it’s going to work well for us.”
“I think it fits us really well,” added senior wide receiver/defensive back Tyler Albright. “I think this offense really gets the most out of us.”
Smith’s players wasted little time diving into the playbook.
“Generally, I would feel like we’re behind, but these guys are really committed this summer,” Smith said. “I mean, even from May, we had Saturday practices and then we got into things in June. The commitment level has been unbelievable.”
Smith’s new offense has little resemblance to the old Keystone attack.
Smith likes to use multiple formations–some spread, some power-I, and even some wing-T–to strike a balance between the pass and run.
He inherits a big physical and strong offensive line that has the potential to be dominant.
The 6-foot-4, 250-pound Henry is the anchor of that line. Josh Beal is another 250-pound people-mover at guard. Elijah Will is a junior guard who moved into the district from Texas. Haden Foster makes the switch from tight end to tackle. And, then there’s junior Brock Champluvier, a 6-3, 330-pound behemoth at the other tackle spot.
“That’s really one of the strengths of our team,” Smith said. “So, we’re going to run the football and we’re going to do that out of the I (formation) some.”
Another big move Smith made was shifting senior Aidan Sell from wide receiver to tight end/H-back.
It’s an important position in Smith’s offense.
“It takes somebody who can block and catch the ball,” Smith said. “He can do both of those things. It really takes an unselfish person, and he fits that mold perfectly.”
Nellis figures to get the bulk of the carries.
Last year, the senior was a big weapon in all phases of the game. He rushed for 756 yards and seven touchdowns, caught eight passes for 157 yards and two more scores, and also averaged an eye-popping 36.1 yards per kick return, scoring one return TD.
On defense, he also found the end zone twice on interception returns.
Nellis is more than eager to get going.
“I’m pumped. I’m ready to go out there tomorrow,” Nellis said. “I think we need to go out and go as hard as we can and stay together. If we do that, if everybody does their job, we should have a really good season.”
Albright is also itching to get on the field. He’ll get some carries out of the wing-T sets as well as be a primary receiver. He led the Panthers with 19 receptions for 439 yards and four touchdowns.
“I want to do more than I did last year,” Albright said. “Build off of that. I feel like if I get the ball in my hands, I can make things happen. I just want to do everything I can to help the team win.”
Smith will also be breaking in a new quarterback. Bret Wingard, who was a threat last year with his arm as well as his legs, graduated. Junior Rayce Weaver takes over the job. In very limited action last season, Weaver was 2 of 3 for 43 yards and a touchdown.
“Rayce is going to be a junior, and he can run and throw the ball,” Smith said. “In my offense, that really benefits us because it doesn’t limit us in what we can do. He’s been doing a good job.”
The key to another successful season may lie outside of anyone’s control.
Keystone, like most small schools, must have some luck on the injury front. If a few key players go down, it could change fortunes quickly.
“We’re going to try to practice smart and still do the things that we need to do to have our players ready on Friday nights,” Smith said. “I think the camaraderie of our team is another strength we have. They all get along. They don’t care about who gets credit for stuff. And I think, with the talent we have and that kind of attitude, we can do great things.”
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Local Man Seriously Injured, Life-flighted Following Route 308 Crash
CLAY TWP., Pa. (EYT) – Details have been released on a local man who was life-flighted to a Pittsburgh hospital after being seriously injured in a one-vehicle crash last Wednesday on State Route 308, in Clay Township, Butler County.
According to Butler-based State Police, the crash occurred around 11:10 a.m. on Wednesday, August 10, on along West Sunbury Road, in Clay Township, Butler County.
Police say 65-year-old Alfred B. Deal, of Callensburg, was operating a 2020 Chevrolet Trax heading south on West Sunbury Road when he failed to maintain a straight path before veering off the roadway.
The vehicle then drove into a grassy area and struck an embankment with its front end.
Deal suffered serious injuries and was life-flighted to Allegheny General Hospital.
He was not using a seatbelt.
The vehicle sustained heavy, disabling damage.
Butler Ambulance Service and Unionville Volunteer Fire Company assisted at the scene.
According to police, Deal was cited for careless driving.
PSP Butler released the above report on Wednesday, August 17, 2022.
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Planning Commission Gives Preliminary Approval to Solar Farm Project
CLARION, Pa. (EYT) – The Clarion County Planning Commission has given preliminary land development approval for a solar farm project in the Lake Lucy area.
The 178 acre array footprint project, nicknamed “Cobalt,” and being planned by Cypress Creek Renewables, was the primary topic of discussion of the meeting on Wednesday.
Details of the project were first reported by exploreClarion.com. on August 1.
Representatives from Kimley Horn, an engineering firm based in Green Tree, Pennsylvania, and attorney Jon Beckman of Steptoe & Johnson, both working and representing on behalf of Cypress Creek, were in attendance to answer questions and present specific details regarding the Washington Township project.
So far, stormwater management plans have been approved by the EADS Group (an engineering consultant firm in Clarion County), but erosion and sedimentation plans and an NPDES permit are currently being reviewed by the conservation district and DEP for approval.
The NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) permit program was created in 1972 by the Clean Water Act (CWA). It addresses water pollution by regulating point sources that discharge pollutants to water.
Beckman, the lawyer representing Cypress Creek for Project Cobalt, explained in further detail.
“We have applied for NPDES permitting through the county conservation district, and that is now pending,” said Beckham. “As part of our application we submitted a waiver request simply for the procedural timing of having that approval.”
Regardless of the waiver, “the substance of the permit will be unaffected and will still be approved by the conservation district before there would be any earth disturbance under our request,” according to Beckman.
This prompted some questions from the board.
Planning commission board member Eugene Metcalf, who is also on the conservation district board who stated before that the conservation district board discussed the project and that they’re “all in favor of it” responded, “the problem that I foresee is that this has to be approved by DEP because there are wetlands involved… my question is if we were to approve this, and DEP disapproves it, what happens then?”
In addition to the pending permit, the PA DEP timeframe for approval is two months.
“To be honest, with my work with DEP I could imagine that being significantly longer,” said Beckham. “We would request a preliminary approval without any earth disturbance or work being able to be performed on the site until that NPDES permit gets approved by PA DEP.”
The wait time most likely would not impact the project timeline considering that the “absolute earliest” possible start date for construction is May of 2023, said Chelsey – a project manager involved in the construction who joined the meeting via zoom.
“We are willing to forbear that risk of having the permit approved by PA DEP,” concluded Beckman.
Beckman also made it clear to the board that there are no legal ramifications if the PA DEP disapproved the permit.
“This is quite common in other districts,” he noted.
Metcalf further questioned Beckman as to “what is going on in your project that requires you or has you asking to have approval prior to DEP review? Is it something that is critical to the project?”
“Well that is an excellent question,” said Beckman. “I would say it’s actually critical because it invests our right in land development, that’s it. It de-risks the project.”
Thomas Katelhon, one of the representatives who attended the board meeting from the engineering consulting firm Kimley Horn, affirmed that, “we’re avoiding any type of stream or wetland impact… we also make sure that we hold onto a buffer that’s either established by DEP or by the county.”
When it came time to grant a motion to preliminary approve the project, Metcalf said, “I would like to do it with a caveat. I’d like to go ahead and grant preliminary approval, with the contingent that before they move any dirt, that they have the DEP’s approval.”
The motion was seconded by board member Roger Nulph.
The NPDES permit would need to be approved and a copy of that permit would be submitted to the Planning Commission before construction would be allowed to begin, regardless of the timeframe.
“That works with our needs and we appreciate that,” said Beckman.
The motion was carried and approved unanimously.
Also in attendance were Marci and Matt Steinman, landowners who owns one of two parcels that will be home to the Cobalt Project. The second parcel is owned by Nancy and Bruce Weaver.
“We wanted to make sure whatever we did protected the integrity of the land,” said Matt Steinman whose residence lies approximately 200 feet from the site.
Steinman said those involved in the Cobalt project have been accommodating in protection of the integrity and the aesthetics of the property.
“We grew up close to this area and we did not want to negatively affect our farm,” said Steinman.
Steinman included that a trout stream on the property will be protected and unaffected by the project and sheep may even graze around the panels once the solar farm is up and running.
Sheep grazing has been a growing attractive way to incorporate “dual use” of land that is being used in a solar farm. Solar operators save money on land maintenance and sheep owners get access to grazing pastures.
Other motions approved at the meeting include:
- Outlook Inn, LLC, Brady Township – Modification Application – Section 206 (B) (3) (a) (i) – Relief from Minimum 43,560 Square Foot Lot Size Requirement Minor Subdivision Application – Preliminary and Final Approval.
- Benjamin Schwartz, et. al., Licking Township – Modification Application – Section 206 (B) (3) (a) (i) – Relief from Minimum 43,560 Square Foot
Lot Size Requirement Minor Subdivision Application – Preliminary & Final Approval - Dale L. & Barbara K. Myers, Knox Borough – Modification Application – Section 206 (B) (1) (a) (i) – Relief from Minimum 7,500 Square Foot Lot Size Requirement for Combined Lot Modification Application – Section 206 (B) (1) (a) (i); Relief from Minimum 7,500 Square Foot Lot Size Requirement for Residual Lot Modification Application – Section 206 (B) (1) (c); Relief from Minimum 40 Foot Side Setback Distance Requirement Minor Subdivision Application – Preliminary & Final Approval
- Pennsylvania American Water Company, Paint Township – Riverhill Lift Station Upgrades Land Development Application – Final Approval
- Pennsylvania American Water Company, Monroe Township – Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements Land Development Application – Final Approval
- Walmart Real Estate Store No. 1/Pennsylvania American Water Company, Monroe Township – Mays Lift Station Land Development Application – Final Approval
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Police Continue Search for Missing Woman
MEADVILLE, Pa. (EYT) – Meadville-based State Police are continuing to search for a missing 35-year-old Crawford County woman.
According to police, 35-year-old Candace Caffas was last seen on July 16 on State Route 285, in Conneaut Lake, Crawford County.
She is described as 4-foot-9, approximately 95 pounds, with dirty blonde hair. She was last known to be wearing eyeglasses, a purple t-shirt, orange in color shorts with flower designs, and purple and blue sneakers.
Meadville-based State Police were informed that Caffas climbed out of a bathroom window in the residence. She is believed to be endangered due to a mental health disability, according to authorities.
Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to contact the police immediately by calling 9-1-1 or PSP Meadville at 814-332-6911.
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Police: Traffic Stop Results in DUI and Reckless Endangerment Charges for Local Man
CRANBERRY TWP., Pa. (EYT) – A local man is facing reckless endangerment and DUI-related charges for allegedly driving under the influence with three juvenile passengers in Cranberry Township.
Court documents indicate that Franklin-based State Police filed criminal charges against 19-year-old Devin Scott Bell, of Venus, on Wednesday, August 17, in Magisterial District Judge Patrick E. Lowrey’s office.
According to a criminal complaint, police initiated a traffic stop on a gray sedan operated by Devin Bell for a speeding violation in the 700 block of East State Road, in Cranberry Township, Venango County, around 8:13 p.m. on July 2.
Upon making contact with Bell, a trooper noticed that his eyes were “extremely glossy” and that there was a strong odor of marijuana emanating from the vehicle, which contained three juvenile passengers, the complaint states.
The trooper asked Bell to exit his vehicle and informed him that he smelled marijuana. The trooper asked him if there was any in the car, and Bell stated that there was no marijuana in the car, but that he had “a friend in the car earlier that had medical marijuana on him,” the complaint indicates.
Bell further related that he had smoked marijuana earlier in the day and smoked marijuana daily, the complaint notes.
Police then asked Bell to perform a series of Field Sobriety Tests (FST), to which he complied.
The FST indicated Bell was “under the influence of a controlled substance to a point that rendered him incapable of safe driving,” the complaint states.
The trooper then asked Bell if he was willing to let police search his vehicle, and he complied. Police discovered a small amount of marijuana in a plastic bag.
Bell was placed into custody and transported to UPMC while his juvenile passengers were taken to PSP Franklin. At UPMC, Bell refused to submit a legal blood draw, according to the complaint.
Troopers then obtained a search warrant for Bell’s blood through Judge Lowrey’s office, but Bell refused to comply with the search warrant, the complaint indicates.
He faces the following charges:
– Driving Under Influence of Alcohol/Controlled Substance, Misdemeanor
– Marijuana – Small Amount Personal Use, Misdemeanor
– Recklessly Endangering Another Person, Misdemeanor 2 (three counts)
– Obstructing Administration of Law or Other Governmental Function, Misdemeanor 2
– Exceed Max Speed Limit Established by 10 MPH, Summary
– Operating Vehicle without Valid Inspection, Summary
A preliminary hearing is set for Wednesday, October 19, at 10:30 a.m. with Judge Lowrey presiding.
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Deer Creek Winery to Host Friday Night Music by Master Blaster
Friday, August 19, 2022 @ 12:08 AM
SHIPPENVILLE, Pa. (EYT) – Stop at Deer Creek Winery on Friday evening to relax, sip a glass of wine with a meal, and enjoy the start of the weekend!
Master Blaster will be providing a variety of popular tunes, including karaoke from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
As always, Deer Creek offers a full wine selection, a light cafe menu, and select craft beers from North Country Brewing.
Deer Creek Winery is located at 3333 Soap Fat Road, Shippenville, PA 16254.
For more information, visit their website here.
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Beverage-Air Employee Spotlight: Halie Dennison
BROOKVILLE, Pa. – Each month Beverage-Air will be recognizing multiple employees responsible for the quality products Beverage-Air manufactures and have contributed to the family atmosphere at Beverage-Air of Brookville.
Those being recognized have been nominated by their co-workers at Beverage-Air.
This week Beverage-Air is recognizing Halie Dennison.
Halie started her time at Beverage-Air in September of 2021 as a cleaner and was phenomenal, quickly becoming an asset to her line and Beverage-Air, learning seven different jobs in six months. She moves up and down the line helping her coworkers without asking and will always step in wherever she is needed.
Currently, Halie is working as a Weekend Assembler on Line 4.
Halie’s hard work and dedication to Beverage-Air are exactly what we are looking for in an employee, and we appreciate her every day.
Halie credits Melissa Concannon for helping her learn many new jobs and Michael Dorney for helping her learn how to fix things, which led to her being able to fix things on her own.
Halie says she spends most of her time at Beverage-Air, picking up extra shifts as much as she can.
“I love the people,” she says. “I really enjoy being here.”
But, when she isn’t at Beverage-Air, she enjoys hiking and spending time with her niece and nephews.
Halie also loves to bake and often brings goodies in for her whole line to enjoy!
If you are looking for a great company to start your new career, go to www.beverage-air.com and apply today.
Beverage-Air has multiple positions and shifts available.
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‘Starting from Scratch’: Local Store Being Forced to Move to New Location, Fundraiser Set for Saturday
FRYBURG, Pa. (EYT) – Jeanie Jo’s, a local store previously operated as PJ’s Country Market and Sara Jane’s Deli, is relocating and will host a fundraiser at the Fryburg Sportsman’s Club this weekend.
Lindsey Fenstermaker, the owner of Jeanie Jo’s since September, previously announced that, “after the news I got today it is our official goal to move locations due to the inability to resolve the water issues with the DEP and other responsible parties.”
Fenstermaker and her store were facing multiple setbacks this summer including power outages and a lack of access to water.
“I had to throw away all of our produce and meat. I lost everything in my coolers, including my deli and dairy products,” said Fenstermaker. “It was basically like starting from scratch all over again.”
On July 9 the well went dry.
“I had water in the morning, but when I went to wash some dishes later, I had no water,” said Fenstermaker. “I checked all the things I knew to check, and none of it was the problem.”
Without water, Jeanie Jo’s has not been able to produce its bestsellers such as cookies, cakes, bologna, jerky, salads, deli meats and cheeses, pizzas, and subs. Only pre-packaged goods have been available for sale.
In response to these setbacks, Jeanie Jo’s will host a fundraiser on Saturday, August 20, to help offset the costs of relocating.
The fundraiser will be held at the Fryburg Sportsman’s Club and events include a cornhole tournament, horseshoes, auctions, raffles as well as the inclusion of food and drinks in the $10 general admission cost.
A valid ID is necessary for a wristband in order to drink alcohol on the premises.
The cornhole tournament entry fee is $20 and the first place team will take home a $100 cash prize.
If you would like to help with the auction donations or in any capacity whatsoever, contact Lindsey Fenstermaker at (814) 758-2039 or Crystal Brady at (814) 319-3872.
In addition to the in-person fundraiser, Jeanie Jo’s created a Go Fund Me in July.
Fenstermaker isn’t looking to completely leave the Fryburg area and is open to suggestions on a location for the store.
“We don’t want to leave you completely and need some help relocating.”
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Theresa Dawn Chutz
God’s angels took Theresa Dawn Chutz, 41, of Wexford, formerly of Emlenton, to her heavenly home Thursday morning, August 18, 2022 at Montefiore Hospital in Pittsburgh while surrounded by her loving parents.
Theresa was born with spina bifida in Oil City on May 21, 1981.
She was a brave and amazing child and adult.
She conquered many barriers, and lived an exemplary life.
She was the daughter of Wilda R. Serafine Chutz and Donald R. Chutz.
She had been a lifelong member of St. Michael The Archangel Roman Catholic Church in Emlenton.
She attended Keystone Elementary School and later Allegheny-Clarion Valley High School in Foxburg where she graduated in 2000.
Theresa moved to Wexford shortly after graduation and attended the Community College of Allegheny County, where she earned a degree in child and family studies.
Theresa was very caring and had a loving heart.
She had been employed for some time at a childcare center.
She loved animals, especially dogs and cats, and volunteered at the Allegheny County Humane Society for many years.
She was very sociable and enjoyed the company of family and friends and looked forward to attending concerts, most especially “The Clarks”.
Theresa is survived by her mother and stepfather, Wilda Chutz and Charles “Chuck” Lair of Emlenton and her father, Donald Chutz (Beth Yoest) of Renfrew; her uncle, David Serafine of East Brady; her aunts and uncles, Diane and Jeffrey Bell of Grove City, Robert “Bob” and Thelma Chutz of Slippery Rock, and Dave and Penny Chutz of Harrisville; her great aunts and uncle, Wilma and Ken Texter of Karns City, Virginia Morrow, of Culmerville, as well as a number of cousins, other family members and friends.
Theresa was preceded in death by her devoted grandparents who loved her dearly, Fred and Rose Serafine and Mac and Molly Chutz.
Family and close friends will be received at the Hile Funeral Home Inc., 1204 Kerr Avenue, Emlenton, from 4-7pm on Sunday.
A funeral mass will be celebrated at 12 noon on Monday at St. Michael The Archangel Roman Catholic Church, Emlenton, with the Rev. Jonathon Schmolt, church pastor, officiating.
Interment will be in St. Michael Cemetery, Emlenton.
The family respectfully requests that you wear a face covering to visitation and the funeral mass.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Spina Bifida Association of Western PA, 300 Stonewood Drive, Suite 100, Wexford, PA 15090, or to the local humane society of your choice.
Condolences may be sent by visiting www.hilefh.com.
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West Forest Elementary Students Visit Pithole, Woodmobile
Friday, August 19, 2022 @ 12:08 AM
CORNPLANTER TWP., Pa. (EYT) – West Forest students in grades 3 through 6 recently visited Pithole historic site.
The students visited the museum and walked the grounds. Pithole was originally a Boom Town when oil was first found in the nearby town of Titusville. It quickly became a ghost town, leaving nothing but rolling grassy hills.
In the 1950s, the area was then made to be what it is today, a historical region and museum.
The students also visited the Woodmobile and learned about the forest industry.
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DES MOINES, Iowa — Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that he didn’t take any classified information with him when he left office.
Pence made the comment during an interview with The Associated Press in Iowa a week and a half after the FBI seized classified and top secret information during a search at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
Asked directly if he retained any classified information upon leaving office, Pence said, “No, not to my knowledge.”
The disclosure — which would typically be unremarkable for a former vice president — is notable given that FBI agents took 11 sets of classified records from his former boss’s estate on Aug. 8 while investigating potential violations of three different federal laws. Trump has claimed that the documents seized by agents were “all declassified” and argued that he would have turned them over if the Justice Department had asked.
Despite the inclusion of material marked “top secret" in the government’s list of items recovered from Mar-a-Lago, Pence said, “I honestly don’t want to prejudge it before until we know all the facts.”
Pence on Friday also weighed in on Republican U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney's primary defeat earlier in the week to a rival backed by Trump. Cheney, who is arguably Trump's most prominent Republican critic, has called the former president “a very grave threat and risk to our republic" and further raised his ire through her role as vice chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
“My reaction was, the people of Wyoming have spoken," said Pence, who was targeted at the Capitol that day by angry rioters, including some who chanted, “Hang Mike Pence!” “And, you know, I accept their judgment about the kind of representation they want on Capitol Hill.”
Pence said he has “great respect" for Cheney's father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, who served two terms under President George W. Bush.
“And I appreciate the conservative stance Congresswoman Cheney has taken over the years,” Pence continued. “But I’ve been disappointed in the partisan taint of the Jan. 6 committee from early on.”
Speaking further about the search of Mar-a-Lago, the former vice president raised the possibility, as he has previously, that the investigation was politically motivated and called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to disclose more details on what led authorities to conduct the search.
“The concern that millions of Americans felt is only going to be resolved with daylight,” Pence said Friday. “I know that's not customary in an investigation. But this is unprecedented action by the Justice Department, and I think it merits an unprecedented transparency.”
Days ago, while speaking at a political breakfast in New Hampshire, Pence urged his fellow Republicans to stop lashing out at rank-and-file members of the FBI over the search of Mar-a-Lago. At the Wednesday event, he sought to tamp down on some of the increasing threats against the FBI by ardent Trump supporters who are angry that Trump's home was searched.
“The Republican Party is the party of law and order,” Pence said Wednesday. “Our party stands with the men and women who stand on the thin blue line at the federal and state and local level, and these attacks on the FBI must stop."
Pence was in Iowa on Friday as part of a two-day trip to the state, which is scheduled to host the 2024 leadoff Republican presidential caucuses. Pence said Friday that he would make a decision early next year about whether to run for the White House, a move that his aides have said will be independent of what Trump decides to do.
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William L. “Bill” Hutson
William L. “Bill” Hutson, 74, of Marienville, died early Wednesday morning, following a brief period of declining health.
Born in New Bethlehem on April 2nd, 1948, he was the son of the late CharlesHenry Hutson and Helen Raybuck Hutson Filetti.
After graduating from Redbank Valley High School in 1966 he continued his education at Lycoming College and obtained a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice.
He proudly and heroically served his country with the US Army from 1966-1969, serving from 1967-1968 in Vietnam aboard CH-47 “Chinook” helicopters and being awarded 22 Air Medals.
On June 12, 1971, in New Bethlehem he married the former Suzanne Regina. She survives.
He retired on June 30, 2003, having worked his entire career as a game warden for the PA Game Commission, including 15 years as Chief of the Training Division where he oversaw operation of the Ross Leffler School of Conservation.
His memberships include the Marienville Rod & Gun Club, the American Legion, the VFW and the Ruffed Grouse Society wherein he volunteered countless hours as a huntsman.
Bill was a lifelong outdoorsman as a hunter and fisherman, and enjoyed training upland bird dogs.
In addition to his wife, Suzanne, he is survived by his sons, PA Trooper (Ret.) Michael Hutson and Colonel Charles (Catherine) Hutson; his daughters, Melissa (Don) Bazley and Molly (Jimmy) Force; his seven grandchildren, Tyler (Marleigh) Hutson, Rebecca (Ian) Rupert, Charles Hutson, Grace Hutson, Betty Bazley, Brantley Force, Hunter Force, and a granddaughter due in December; his four great grandchildren, Callan Hutson, Henry Rupert, Hutson Rupert and Charlotte Rupert; his best friend, Joe Rodgers; as well as his cherished dogs Jake and Sadie.
Those preceding him in death in addition to his parents are his stepfather, Marion Filetti; and his in-laws, the beloved Regis and Dorothy Regina.
His family will receive friends on Monday, August 22nd, 2022, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm and Tuesday, August 23rd from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at Furlong Funeral Home, 140 Cherry St., Marienville.
A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, August 23rd at 1:00 pm at the funeral home with Fr. Chris Barnes, officiating.
Facemasks are encouraged.
Graveside services will follow at St. Ann Cemetery, Marienville, Forest County with a Military Honors to be held also at that time.
His family requests, in lieu of flowers, donation be made in his memory to the Marienville Rod and Gun Club.
Family and friends may leave online condolences, light a memorial candle, share a memory and obtain additional information by visiting www.furlongfuneralhome.com.
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HYATTSVILLE, Md. (AP) - A man was shot and killed in the food court of a Maryland mall on Thursday afternoon, police said.
Officers responded to a report of a shooting at the Mall at Prince George's around 4 p.m. and found a man suffering from a gunshot wound in the food court, Hyattsville police said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Officers with Hyattsville and Prince George’s County police searched for suspects, but police said they believe that those involved fled the scene. On Friday, county police identified the man who was killed as Darrion Herring, 20, of Hyattsville. A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest and indictment in this case.
In addition to the man who was fatally shot, a couple of people received minor injuries as people fled the mall, Hyattsville Police Chief Jarod Towers said at a news conference. Police don’t believe the shooting was a random act, he said.
It was the second homicide at the mall this year, Towers said. In March, a 22-year-old man was killed inside a clothing store at the mall, news outlets reported.
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St. Louis County Library and Operation Food Search are teaming up to provide after school meals to children at 8 SLCL branches starting August 22, 2022. Participating branches will serve a healthy, light meal along with activities for kids and teens Monday–Friday during the school year. Meals will be available free of charge for children ages 5–18. Learn more at www.slcl.org/after-school-meals.
The After School Meals program will be offered at the following branches starting August 22:
Florissant Valley Branch, Monday-Friday from 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Jamestown Bluffs Branch, Monday–Friday from 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Lewis & Clark Branch, Monday–Friday from 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Natural Bridge Branch, Monday–Friday from 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Parkview Branch, Monday-Friday from 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Prairie Commons Branch, Monday–Friday from 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Rock Road Branch, Monday–Friday from 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Weber Road Branch, Monday–Friday from 2:30-4:00 p.m.
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According to a report from The Sentencing Project, current jail-based voter programs that rely on absentee voting often experience various logistical challenges.
Increasingly, advocates and officials recognize that establishing a polling location will improve voter access and turnout far better than jail-based absentee voting initiatives.
Sentencing Project researchers pointed to when after the Cook County jail in Illinois was turned into a polling location, approximately 2,200 people were able to cast their ballot.
“Every year, hundreds of thousands of eligible incarcerated voters are unable to cast their ballot due to misinformation, institutional bureaucracy, and de-prioritization among government officials,” said Durrel Douglas, author of the report, and Jail-based Voting Initiative Organizer with The Sentencing Project.
“This [report] provides many case studies that can help advocates increase ballot access for incarcerated voters and help jail officials and lawmakers expand ballot access in jails,” Douglas stated.
“Our democracy works best when everyone eligible to vote can make their voice heard.”
Researchers observed that the vast majority of those incarcerated are eligible to vote because they are not currently serving a sentence for a felony conviction but are incarcerated pretrial or sentenced to a misdemeanor offense.
However, incarcerated voters often experience significant barriers to voting because of misinformation, the institutional bureaucracy that varies from one county or city to another, and de-prioritization among government officials, the researchers concluded.
They said most states have underdeveloped practices for people incarcerated in prisons and jails to register or access absentee ballots or polling locations.
Further, the report noted that many incarcerated residents could not freely communicate via phone or email with election officials to monitor their voter registration or ballot applications.
The authors insisted that voter education for justice-impacted citizens is often limited and varies across states, resulting in too many Americans being left behind each election season.
They said recent reforms and a growing civic infrastructure offer opportunities to strengthen voting access and ensure the franchise for every individual, regardless of incarceration status.
“We, as an organization, would hope that every jail would either support a polling location in their facility in partnership with the local Board of Elections and or enable and support absentee voting systems,” Kristen Powers, executive director of the Benevolence Farm.
This rural North Carolina nonprofit supports formerly incarcerated women by providing housing, employment, and wraparound services.
Benevolence Farm also co-operates a Bail Fund that serves individuals incarcerated in the local detention center on low-level bonds of up to $2,000.
“Elected officials and the policies they implement affect incarcerated people every day. Incarcerated people are most proximate to the problem and, thus, should have input on the solution,” Powers wrote in an email. “Furthermore, they are taxpayers, and we firmly believe there should be no taxation without representation for all people in our country.”
The Sentencing Project researchers said lawmakers and citizens could work with political candidates to host candidate forums at local jails.
“Yet even when the law permits certain individuals to vote while incarcerated, many remain unable to vote because of obstacles to electoral participation, including lack of polling places and an inability to register to vote,” researchers wrote.
They noted that individuals in jail are also often reluctant to exercise the franchise due to fear and lack of awareness.
“With the end of felony disenfranchisement in Washington, DC, and the introduction of similar measures to expand voting to all persons with felony convictions in other states, building the infrastructure for democratic participation in local jails not only expands voter access to strengthen our democracy, it can also help guarantee ballot access for all incarcerated citizens in the United States,” the researchers asserted. | https://www.stlamerican.com/news/national_news/unlock-the-vote-initiative-could-open-ballot-access/article_b98d0b68-1fcd-11ed-8664-8f5d27e1c189.html | 2022-08-20T02:59:58Z | stlamerican.com | control | https://www.stlamerican.com/news/national_news/unlock-the-vote-initiative-could-open-ballot-access/article_b98d0b68-1fcd-11ed-8664-8f5d27e1c189.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Will Power earned the 67th pole position of his storied INDYCAR SERIES career – tying the legendary Mario Andretti for the all-time series record – and captured the NTT P1 Award on Friday afternoon for the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 presented by Axalta and Valvoline at World Wide Technology Raceway.
NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship leader Power, from Australia, turned a two-lap average speed of 182.727 mph in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet to earn his fourth pole of the season. Power will earn an extra point for the NTT P1 Award, which could come in handy since he leads six-time series champion Scott Dixon by just six points with three races remaining.
SEE: Qualifying Results
“It’s just amazing,” Power said. “Amazing year so far. This is a big victory for me, to reach the 67 number and equal such a legend of the sport in Mario Andretti. I just can’t believe that I’m right there with Mario because there’s been no one like him.”
Saturday’s live coverage of the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 presented by Axalta and Valvoline will begin at 6 p.m. ET. (USA Network, Peacock Premium and the INDYCAR Radio Network).
Fellow championship contender Marcus Ericsson will join Power on the front row after his qualifying run of 182.070 in the No. 8 Bryant Honda. Ericsson is third in points, 12 behind Power.
Two-time series champion and 2022 title contender Josef Newgarden will start third after his run of 181.629 in the No. 3 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet. Newgarden, who has won the last two INDYCAR SERIES races at World Wide Technology Raceway, is fourth in points, 22 behind Power.
Scott McLaughlin ensured the asymmetrical, 1.25-mile oval was a Penske playground with all three cars in the first two rows of the starting grid, as he qualified fourth at 181.406 in the No. 3 Odyssey Battery Team Penske Chevrolet.
Chip Ganassi Racing also had a strong day, putting three cars in the top six. Reigning series champion Alex Palou qualified fifth at 181.289 in the No. 10 American Legion Honda, while six-time series champion Dixon will start sixth after a qualifying run of 180.954 in the No. 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda.
Power’s pole wasn’t a surprise, given he already led the series with three poles entering this event and paced practice earlier today at 180.539. Power also won the NTT P1 Award for this race last year at 180.618.
Still, there was nothing routine about his qualifying run in the shadow of the famous Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
Power tried to keep the throttle pedal to the floor in Turns 3 and 4 during his last lap on the tricky oval, and he realized midway through that he needed to downshift to complete the corner without contact. Still, Power deftly kept the car off the SAFER Barrier and delivered the coveted 67th pole.
“I’m still shaking,” Power said. “There was nothing left on the table – let’s put it that way. The second lap, I was loose in (Turns) 1-2 and then tried to go again as much as I could in (Turns) 3-4.”
There was one incident during qualifying. Felix Rosenqvist spun exiting Turn 2, skillfully avoiding the SAFER Barrier and spinning slowly into the tire barrier on the inside of the track, with very light contact to the rear of the No. 7 Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet. Rosenqvist, who will start last in the 26-car field, was unhurt.
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Former President Trump on Friday hinted at taking legal action in response to the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago property last week.
Trump said in a post on his social media platform Truth Social that a “major motion” related to the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution will soon be filed related to the search. He claimed his rights have been violated at a level “rarely seen” before.
The Fourth Amendment protects people against unreasonable searches and seizures.
Trump’s post comes after a federal judge said on Thursday that he might be willing to unseal parts of an affidavit that was used to establish probable cause for the FBI to search the Palm Beach, Fla., property.
Judge Bruce Reinhart, who approved the search warrant, said he did not believe the Justice Department (DOJ) proved why the document should remain entirely private and instructed officials to suggest redactions to the document.
Reinhart unsealed the warrant itself and some related documents following the search after Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that the DOJ supported publicizing it, given the significant public interest in the situation and that Trump had revealed the search took place.
Garland also strongly defended the DOJ and FBI in a rare public statement about an ongoing investigation, saying that their integrity has been “unfairly attacked.”
Trump and his allies have lambasted the search and accused DOJ officials of acting on political motivation against Trump, who is considering a third run for the presidency in 2024.
Garland said DOJ and FBI officials are “dedicated, patriotic public servants.”
The unsealed warrant revealed that the FBI suspected Trump violated multiple laws, including the Espionage Act. Eleven sets of classified items were seized during the search.
Trump argued that he declassified the documents at Mar-a-Lago while serving as president, but legal experts have said that Trump may still have violated the Espionage Act if he did so because classification status is not relevant to the provisions of the law. | https://www.wwlp.com/hill-politics/trump-hints-at-legal-action-in-response-to-mar-a-lago-search/ | 2022-08-20T03:32:36Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/hill-politics/trump-hints-at-legal-action-in-response-to-mar-a-lago-search/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that he didn’t take any classified information with him when he left office.
Pence made the comment during an interview with The Associated Press in Iowa a week and a half after the FBI seized classified and top secret information during a search at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
Asked directly if he retained any classified information upon leaving office, Pence said, “No, not to my knowledge.”
The disclosure — which would typically be unremarkable for a former vice president — is notable given that FBI agents took 11 sets of classified records from his former boss’s estate on Aug. 8 while investigating potential violations of three different federal laws. Trump has claimed that the documents seized by agents were “all declassified” and argued that he would have turned them over if the Justice Department had asked.
Despite the inclusion of material marked “top secret" in the government’s list of items recovered from Mar-a-Lago, Pence said, “I honestly don’t want to prejudge it before until we know all the facts.”
Pence on Friday also weighed in on Republican U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney's primary defeat earlier in the week to a rival backed by Trump. Cheney, who is arguably Trump's most prominent Republican critic, has called the former president “a very grave threat and risk to our republic" and further raised his ire through her role as vice chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
“My reaction was, the people of Wyoming have spoken," said Pence, who was targeted at the Capitol that day by angry rioters, including some who chanted, “Hang Mike Pence!” “And, you know, I accept their judgment about the kind of representation they want on Capitol Hill.”
Pence said he has “great respect" for Cheney's father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, who served two terms under President George W. Bush.
“And I appreciate the conservative stance Congresswoman Cheney has taken over the years,” Pence continued. “But I’ve been disappointed in the partisan taint of the Jan. 6 committee from early on.”
Speaking further about the search of Mar-a-Lago, the former vice president raised the possibility, as he has previously, that the investigation was politically motivated and called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to disclose more details on what led authorities to conduct the search.
“The concern that millions of Americans felt is only going to be resolved with daylight,” Pence said Friday. “I know that's not customary in an investigation. But this is unprecedented action by the Justice Department, and I think it merits an unprecedented transparency.”
Days ago, while speaking at a political breakfast in New Hampshire, Pence urged his fellow Republicans to stop lashing out at rank-and-file members of the FBI over the search of Mar-a-Lago. At the Wednesday event, he sought to tamp down on some of the increasing threats against the FBI by ardent Trump supporters who are angry that Trump's home was searched.
“The Republican Party is the party of law and order,” Pence said Wednesday. “Our party stands with the men and women who stand on the thin blue line at the federal and state and local level, and these attacks on the FBI must stop."
Pence was in Iowa on Friday as part of a two-day trip to the state, which is scheduled to host the 2024 leadoff Republican presidential caucuses. Pence said Friday that he would make a decision early next year about whether to run for the White House, a move that his aides have said will be independent of what Trump decides to do.
Having visited the Iowa State Fair on Friday afternoon, Pence also headlined a fundraiser earlier in the day for Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley and was scheduled to speak to a Christian conservative group and a northern Iowa county Republican Party fundraiser before leaving Saturday. | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/pence-classified-material/507-22851d1e-16e5-40db-a43d-0dcdd7ee1be6 | 2022-08-20T03:45:17Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/pence-classified-material/507-22851d1e-16e5-40db-a43d-0dcdd7ee1be6 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that he didn't take any classified information with him when he left office.
The disclosure — which would typically be unremarkable for a former vice president — is notable given that FBI agents seized classified and top secret information from his former boss's Florida estate on Aug. 8 while investigating potential violations of three different federal laws. Former President Donald Trump has claimed that the documents seized by agents were "all declassified."
Pence, asked directly if he had retained any classified information upon leaving office, told The Associated Press in an interview, "No, not to my knowledge."
Despite the inclusion of material marked "top secret" in the government's list of items recovered from Mar-a-Lago, Pence said, "I honestly don't want to prejudge it before until we know all the facts."
Pence was in Iowa on Friday as part of a two day-trip to the state, which hosts the leadoff Republican presidential caucuses. It comes as the former vice president has made stops in other early voting states as he takes steps toward mounting a 2024 White House campaign.
Pence also weighed in on Republican U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney's primary defeat earlier in the week to a rival backed by Trump. Cheney, who is arguably Trump's most prominent Republican critic, has called the former president "a very grave threat and risk to our republic" and further raised his ire through her role as vice chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
"My reaction was, the people of Wyoming have spoken," said Pence, who was targeted at the Capitol that day by angry rioters, including some who chanted, "Hang Mike Pence!" "And, you know, I accept their judgment about the kind of representation they want on Capitol Hill."
Pence said he has "great respect" for Cheney's father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, who served two terms under President George W. Bush.
"And I appreciate the conservative stance Congresswoman Cheney has taken over the years," Pence continued. "But I've been disappointed in the partisan taint of the Jan. 6 committee from early on."
Pence's aides said the committee contacted his legal team months ago to see if he would be willing to testify. Although Pence has said he would give "due consideration" to cooperating, he was adamant that the historic nature of such participation must be warranted and agreed upon.
"Beyond my concerns about the partisan nature of the Jan. 6 committee, there are profound constitutional issues that have to be considered," he said. "No vice president has ever been summoned to testify before the Congress of the United States."
Speaking further about the search of Mar-a-Lago, the former vice president raised the possibility, as he has previously, that the investigation was politically motivated and called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to disclose more details on what led authorities to conduct the search.
"The concern that millions of Americans felt is only going to be resolved with daylight," Pence said Friday. "I know that's not customary in an investigation. But this is unprecedented action by the Justice Department, and I think it merits an unprecedented transparency."
The Jan. 6 insurrection marked the first in a number of public breaks between Trump and his once devout No. 2. But Pence has been careful not to alienate Republicans who have supported Trump but might be looking for another candidate in the 2024 election. Despite his reluctance to criticize the former president, Pence has occasionally spoken out against Trump, criticizing the attack at the U.S. Capitol and more recently urging his fellow Republicans to stop lashing out at the FBI over the search of Mar-a-Lago.
"The Republican Party is the party of law and order," Pence said Wednesday at a political breakfast in New Hampshire. "Our party stands with the men and women who stand on the thin blue line at the federal and state and local level, and these attacks on the FBI must stop."
Pence said Friday that he would make a decision early next year about whether to run for the White House, a move that his aides have said will be independent of what Trump decides to do.
Having visited the Iowa State Fair on Friday afternoon, Pence also headlined a fundraiser earlier in the day for Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley and was scheduled to speak to a Christian conservative group and a northern Iowa county Republican Party fundraiser before leaving Saturday. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/pence-says-he-didnt-leave-office-with-classified-material | 2022-08-20T03:45:17Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/pence-says-he-didnt-leave-office-with-classified-material | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Residents of a small Iowa town were disappointed to find out that the "Target Store Coming Soon" sign they saw pop up was all just a practical joke.
"For a Target to pop up right here on 3rd Avenue would be a little 'woohoo,' Julie Johnson, a resident of Marshalltown, Iowa said. "Nah, not going to happen," she said.
Many residents believed it might be happening, their beloved Target was bringing a store to town, causing frowns when it ended up not being true.
"Oh my God, I would love for a Target to be across the street," Johnson said. "I would love it."
The sign was placed near a building that operates UnityPoint Health, and they released a statement saying, "“Earlier this week, someone covered a billboard on one of our properties in downtown Marshalltown. The billboard covering had a Target logo and the message ‘Coming Soon!’ As has been reported, this was a light-hearted prank, and the covering has been removed. We can confirm that we haven’t had any discussions with Target Corporation about a new store location, and our property remains for sale.”
Residents of the town will still have to drive about 36 miles to the town of Ames to get to their nearest Target store. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/prankster-put-target-store-coming-soon-sign-disappointing-town-as-it-never-came | 2022-08-20T03:45:24Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/prankster-put-target-store-coming-soon-sign-disappointing-town-as-it-never-came | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Wall Street capped a choppy week of trading Friday with a broad slide for stocks that left the major indexes in the red for the week.
The S&P 500 closed 1.3% lower, breaking a four-week winning streak. Shares in more than 80% of the companies in the benchmark index fell, with technology stocks driving much of the pullback.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite fell 2% and also ended four weeks of gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.9%, ending slightly in the red for the week. Small company stocks also lost ground, pulling the Russell 2000 index 2.2% lower.
Friday marked the heaviest selling for the market, including the S&P 500's biggest decline in more than seven weeks, after a solid run of weekly gains. The strong market rally in July and early August followed better-than-expected company earnings and signs that the economy is slowing, possibly setting the stage for less aggressive rate hikes, the Federal Reserve's main tool for taming surging inflation.
Minutes from the central bank's interest rate policy meeting last month and recent statements by Fed officials appeared to signal that the Fed may not be prepared to relent just yet from its pace of rate increases, said Quincy Krosby, chief equity strategist for LPL Financial.
"That put the market on notice that perhaps the market may have to contend with a Fed that continues to raise rates at a steady pace and perhaps does not pause and take its foot off the pedal," she said.
That gave traders "the perfect excuse to finally begin to burn off" some of the market's recent gains.
The S&P 500 fell 55.26 points to 4,227.48. It ended with a 1.2% loss for the week and is now down 11.3% so far this year.
The Dow dropped 292.30 points to 33,706.74, while the Nasdaq slid 260.13 points to 12,705.22. The Russell 2000 gave up 43.38 points to 1,957.35.
Technology stocks had some of the biggest losses and the sector's dip weighed heavily on the broader market. Microsoft fell 1.4%.
Retailers, banks and communications companies also fell sharply amid the broad slide.
Meme stock Bed Bath & Beyond sank 40.5% after the high-profile activist investor Ryan Cohen confirmed that he's sold his stake in the company.
Cryptocurrencies fell broadly as Bitcoin slumped 8.5% to $21,370, according to CoinDesk.
Bright spots included General Motors, which rose 2.5% after reinstating its dividend. Foot Locker soared 20% after replacing its CEO and reporting earnings that beat Wall Street's estimates.
Bond yields gained ground, reflecting expectations of further interest rate hikes. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 2.97% from 2.89% late Thursday.
Traders had no shortage of company and economic data to review this week, including the latest batch of earnings from retailers and updates on spending, home sales and the employment market.
Big retailers including Walmart and Target have warned investors that inflation is crimping consumer spending. Department store owner Macy's will report its results next week.
A report on retail sales this week showed that spending remains resilient as gasoline prices fall and help ease some pressure from inflation.
Wall Street is trying to determine how stubbornly hot inflation is affecting businesses and consumers and whether the economy can remain resilient and avoid a recession.
The data from government and corporate reports is also being closely watched as investors try to determine how the Federal Reserve will continue with its plan to fight inflation by raising interest rates. The goal is to raise rates and slow down economic growth to cool inflation. But, the central bank is threading a fine line between taming inflation in an already slowing economy and hitting the brakes too hard and veering the economy into a recession.
Minutes of the Fed's July meeting released this week said inflation is still is too high and made clear the central bank will keep raising interest rates. The central bank has raised interest rates twice this year by 0.75 percentage points, triple its usual margin. Forecasters currently expect a hike of a half-percentage point at the board's next meeting.
Wall Street will be keenly watching next week's speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at an annual conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
"The question is does he engage the market with his assessment of the direction of inflation, the progress the Fed is making and offer any suggestion of the direction of rate hikes?" Krosby said. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/tech-stocks-lead-wall-street-lower-breaking-winning-streak | 2022-08-20T03:45:30Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/tech-stocks-lead-wall-street-lower-breaking-winning-streak | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The town of Melville is being given the chance to address myriad financial problems, including a deficit of more than 400 thousand dollars.
The town's CPA hasn't been able to audit the town books for nearly three years which puts Melville on the state's non-compliance list. That prevents the town from receiving state or federal funding.
Parish President Jessie Bellard, says Melville has serious financial problems that need to be addressed - raising questions of whether the state should come in to fix it.
Bellard also says as of the end of June the town has nearly 18 thousand dollars in the bank.
“The main problem is they owe 450 thousand dollars, through vendors, IRS and everything they have a big liability on their back right now. One of the other issues is they don’t send out bills for water sewer or gas. They haven’t sent out bills since January of this year.”
According to Parish President Jessie Bellard, the town of Melville has not sent out a utility bill to its residents since January. Those utilities are a large part of the town's income, which has added more than 200 thousand dollars to the deficit.
“So people have been having the gas, water, sewer, and everything. And all the services but they haven’t been billed for it,” Bellard said.
All residents in the town are charged a flat rate of 75 dollars for utilities including water, sewer, gas, and to pay for fire trucks.
The town has also not completed an audit of the state in nearly three years.
“Without having a good audit in three years, that’s automatically one of the criteria to have the state taking over the Town,” Bellard added.
KATC spoke with Diane Allison, Director of local government services for the state legislative auditor. She said they've offered help, but the town emailed her office on August 16, stating they have their own financial consultant who is working to address the issues
“What the town wants to do is, in Melville, The town wants the opportunity to solve their own problems so we want to give them the opportunity to solve their own problems,” Allison said.
“They are going to develop their own plan. They need to put their plan in writing on how they're going to solve their problems. And then we will take a look at it and discuss it. And then we’ll make the ultimate decision. On if we think the plan is a good plan and how we should move forward,” Allison added.
We reached out to the Mayor of Melville, Velma Hendrix, regarding the town not distributing utility bills for over six months.
"Yes, I think it's fair because residents used the utilities. So it's fair for them to pay. They drank the water, they used the water for house purposes and everything else so they should be responsible for it,” Hendrix said.
And we also asked about the town creating laws…
“We are going to make laws for the town…Well right now we're in such a predicament that we're not really capable of really doing that right now but I imagine that in the next couple of months. We will be able to get this,” She added.
We’ll update you as this story develops. | https://www.katc.com/news/st-landry-parish/town-of-melville-in-debt-and-facing-possible-state-takeover | 2022-08-20T03:45:36Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/st-landry-parish/town-of-melville-in-debt-and-facing-possible-state-takeover | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
The town of Melville is being given the chance to address myriad financial problems, including a deficit of more than 400 thousand dollars.
The town's CPA hasn't been able to audit the town books for nearly three years which puts Melville on the state's non-compliance list. That prevents the town from receiving state or federal funding.
Parish President Jessie Bellard, says Melville has serious financial problems that need to be addressed - raising questions of whether the state should come in to fix it.
Bellard also says as of the end of June the town has nearly 18 thousand dollars in the bank.
“The main problem is they owe 450 thousand dollars, through vendors, IRS and everything they have a big liability on their back right now. One of the other issues is they don’t send out bills for water sewer or gas. They haven’t sent out bills since January of this year.”
According to Parish President Jessie Bellard, the town of Melville has not sent out a utility bill to its residents since January. Those utilities are a large part of the town's income, which has added more than 200 thousand dollars to the deficit.
“So people have been having the gas, water, sewer, and everything. And all the services but they haven’t been billed for it,” Bellard said.
All residents in the town are charged a flat rate of 75 dollars for utilities including water, sewer, gas, and to pay for fire trucks.
The town has also not completed an audit of the state in nearly three years.
“Without having a good audit in three years, that’s automatically one of the criteria to have the state taking over the Town,” Bellard added.
KATC spoke with Diane Allison, Director of local government services for the state legislative auditor. She said they've offered help, but the town emailed her office on August 16, stating they have their own financial consultant who is working to address the issues
“What the town wants to do is, in Melville, The town wants the opportunity to solve their own problems so we want to give them the opportunity to solve their own problems,” Allison said.
“They are going to develop their own plan. They need to put their plan in writing on how they're going to solve their problems. And then we will take a look at it and discuss it. And then we’ll make the ultimate decision. On if we think the plan is a good plan and how we should move forward,” Allison added.
We reached out to the Mayor of Melville, Velma Hendrix, regarding the town not distributing utility bills for over six months.
"Yes, I think it's fair because residents used the utilities. So it's fair for them to pay. They drank the water, they used the water for house purposes and everything else so they should be responsible for it,” Hendrix said.
And we also asked about the town creating laws…
“We are going to make laws for the town…Well right now we're in such a predicament that we're not really capable of really doing that right now but I imagine that in the next couple of months. We will be able to get this,” She added.
We’ll update you as this story develops. | https://www.katc.com/news/st-landry-parish/town-of-melville-in-debt-and-facing-possible-state-takeover | 2022-08-20T03:45:36Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/st-landry-parish/town-of-melville-in-debt-and-facing-possible-state-takeover | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Annie Leibovitz’s portraits of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson have received mixed reactions online — with some detractors accusing the legendary photographer of not knowing how to take pictures of black women.
Leibovitz, 72, on Tuesday tweeted two shots she snapped of the newest member of the high court’s liberal bloc posing at the Lincoln Memorial for a Vogue Magazine photo shoot.
Many reactions to the pictures of the first black woman on the Supreme Court were positive, but a vocal faction of repliers claimed that Leibovitz did not use proper lighting.
“You can hardly see her. Please learn to light darker complexions properly,” one user wrote.
“I’m begging you to light black women better her skin tone is not grey,” said another.
Others said it was not the first time the former Rolling Stone journalist dropped the ball while depicting people of color.
One “infuriated” detractor wrote that it appeared Leibovitz used the “same lighting set-up she used on Simone Biles” in 2020 — a photoshoot which some critics called “degrading.”
Some Twitter users took issue with the composition of a shot that featured Jackson standing below Lincoln’s likeness at sunset.
“I understand the intended message, but I think this send a *Lincoln freed the slaves and look what they achieved* message. A little too white saviorish, especially with that lighting,” someone wrote.
Others said that Vouge should have hired a black photographer for the shoot and also asked the magazine why it didn’t do a photo session with conservative Justice Amy Coney Barret in 2020.
The majority of the more than 2,200 people that had commented on the tweet by Friday heaped gushing praise on its artist and its subject.
“Ms. Leibovitz this may be one of the most historic of portraits of your career. Amazing work. You’ve captured Judge Jackson’s strength, intelligence and beauty. Just wow,” one person wrote. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/19/annie-leibovitz-bashed-over-ketanji-brown-jackson-pics/ | 2022-08-20T03:48:20Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/19/annie-leibovitz-bashed-over-ketanji-brown-jackson-pics/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A man was arrested Thursday and charged with murder in the death of an Alabama TikTok influencer’s son.
Reuben Gulley, 20, was booked on the charge in Mobile County in connection with the murder of Randon Lee, who was gunned down at a Prichard, Ala. gas station in June a day shy of his 19th birthday, according to local reports and jail records.
The teen had met Gulley and another suspect at the gas station that day to sell them marijuana, according to police and the victim’s mother, Ophelia Nichols.
Gulley had turned himself in to police after an arrest warrant had been issued, according to WALA-TV. The other suspect remains at large.
Nichols, known as “Mama Tot” to her 8.7 million followers, confirmed the arrest in a Friday post in which she denounced other TikTokers for talking about the development before she did.
“My baby child’s life isn’t some funny gossip story that happened in a funny small town that happened a month ago that we can laugh about it today or one of those nosy stories that I say,” said Nichols, who is known for dispensing folksy advice and positive messages on the platform.
“This is my child’s life, and my child was murdered,” she said. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/19/arrest-made-in-murder-of-tiktok-star-ophelia-nichols-son/ | 2022-08-20T03:48:27Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/19/arrest-made-in-murder-of-tiktok-star-ophelia-nichols-son/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
KITTITAS COUNTY, Wash.-
Three back-country hikers have been rescued in two days due to heat exhaustion in Kittitas County. One Hiker was airlifted out of the Deep Lake area after a ground team found him unable to walk or ride a horse out due to severe dehydration.
Two others were given medical care in the field, including IV fluids, before they could walk out with the help of a grounds team to get full medical care.
All three were experienced hikers in good physical condition.
August in Kittitas County calls for hundreds of hikers along the Pacific Crest Trail and other backcountry users along the Alpine Lakes Wilderness.
With extreme weather in the future forecast, all backcountry users are encouraged to have extra water and electrolytes to mitigate the heat. Being aware of the trail and passes in 90+ degree heat can deplete the toughest hikers causing heat-related illness and emergencies can happen suddenly.
It's important to understand the dangers of hiking in extreme weather conditions. The Kittitas County Sheriff's office and Kittitas County Search and Rescue have worked together with medical providers in our community for providing help during medical emergencies.
In a press release, Kittitas County says, "We appreciate the dedication and professionalism of our KCSR volunteers and our Lead Search and Rescue Coordinator, Deputy Ellis Nale, who saw this need and worked to make it a reality. Their work will save lives; but we’d rather not see them have to use it!"
During extreme heat, think about hiking during cool hours of the day like the early morning or late evening. It's best not to push your luck just to get a few more miles in.
Be sure to take your time, stay hydrated and be smart when hiking. Remember to research trail reports about water availability and always have a ‘plan B’. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/three-backcountry-hikers-rescued-in-kittitas-county-due-to-heat-exhaustion/article_adc5a0fe-2029-11ed-aa7a-fb8b90226351.html | 2022-08-20T03:49:27Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/three-backcountry-hikers-rescued-in-kittitas-county-due-to-heat-exhaustion/article_adc5a0fe-2029-11ed-aa7a-fb8b90226351.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
The U.S. Department of Education, says it would eliminate the negative effects for borrowers with defaulted federal student loans. The initiative known as "Fresh Start" will increase the long-term repayment success of borrowers with eligible loans.
It restores the eligibility for borrowers, helping them complete their credential or degree. However, borrowers who don't complete their program are at a higher risk of default.
You can find information about federal student loa borrowers through the financial aid website.
In the weeks to come, ED is said to post separate guidance for guaranty agencies that manage defaulted Federal Family Education Loan Program loans.
You can find a general fact sheet about student loans on the FAFSA website. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/us-department-of-education-announces-new-fresh-start-initiative/article_119b753a-2035-11ed-85fb-f717aa40acb3.html | 2022-08-20T03:49:33Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/us-department-of-education-announces-new-fresh-start-initiative/article_119b753a-2035-11ed-85fb-f717aa40acb3.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of people in the United States will be spared from big increases in health care costs next year after President Joe Biden signed legislation extending generous subsidies for those who buy plans through federal and state marketplaces.
The sweeping climate, tax and health care bill sets aside $70 billion over the next three years to keep out-of-pocket premium costs low for roughly 13 million people, just before the reduced prices were set to expire in a year beset by record-high inflation.
As the calendar pushed closer to the Nov. 1 open enrollment date, Sara Cariano was growing nervous about her work helping people across Virginia sign up for subsidized, private health insurance on the HealthCare.gov website.
“I expected very difficult conversation with folks to explain why their premiums were spiking,” said Cariano, a policy specialist at the Virginia Poverty Law Center.
But the passage of the “Inflation Reduction Act” erased those worries.
“Things aren’t going to change for the worst for individuals who are purchasing coverage through the market,” she said.
The bill will extend subsidies temporarily offered last year when Congress and Biden signed off on a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill that significantly lowered premiums and out-of-pocket costs for customers purchasing plans through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplace. It also continues reduced costs for more individuals and families who live well above the poverty line.
Only Democrats supported the extended health care subsidies and the other proposals in the bill that Biden signed on Tuesday. Republicans criticized the measure as big government overreach that will only worsen inflation. In reality, economists say, the bill will do little to either fan or extinguish the flames of exorbitant prices.
Health insurance premiums in the marketplace are expected to rise significantly next year — roughly 10 percent — according to an analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The extended subsidies, which determine premium payments based on income, will guard most people from those price increases, said Cynthia Cox, a vice president at the foundation.
“Generally speaking, people should not see increases in their premiums,” Cox said.
Those who bought plans on the government marketplace saved on average about $700 in premium payments from the subsidies this year, according to estimates by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
As costs dropped, more people signed up for the coverage over the last year and the number of those without health insurance dropped to an all-time low of 8% in August, the Department of Health and Human Services announced. Roughly 26 million people, 2 percent of them children, remain uninsured in the U.S.
In California, many of the 1.7 million people who purchase health insurance through Covered California, the state-operated insurance marketplace will continue to see savings ranging from $29 and $324 per month, depending on their income level.
State officials predict about 220,000 people will be saved from being priced out of coverage. Between 2 million and 3 million people in California might also turn to the state marketplace if they lose coverage through Medicaid when the federal government’s COVID-19 public health emergency expires. About 15 million people in the U.S. have been extended Medicaid coverage during the pandemic.
Cost is the biggest factor driving whether a person signs up for coverage or not, said Joseph Poindexter, the senior director of health insurance programs at HealthCare Access Maryland.
Some parents, for example, sign their children up for Medicaid but skip buying coverage for themselves, he said.
“It’s really sad to see folks who will say, I’ll forgo treatment, or won’t go visit the doctor,” Poindexter said.
Fewer people have had to make that calculation with the subsidies, Poindexter said, attributing the lowered prices to a 9% increase in new enrollees in the state last year.
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Associated Press writer Adam Beam in Sacramento, Calif., contributed to this report.
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Kamiakin is the defending MCC champion and got all the way to the state semifinals before their 2021 season came to an end.
But last year's team was very senior heavy and now the Braves are having to reload and see if they can keep their momentum from 2021.
Coach Scott Biglin says while it will be a challenging year, they aren't changing goals.
"We want to compete for a state championship. We don't change those expectations just cause we have a new group of kids in here. That's kind of our mentality and that's our philosophy, what we've been striving for for the past 14 years, since I've been here."
Biglin says they have two players battling to be the quarterback after Henry Mercado graduated from last year's team and there are also several athletes expected to excel.
Biglin pointed to two senior receivers who he thinks will step up this season.
"We lost tons of seniors last year," said now senior receiver Fabian Hernandez. "We have a few seniors this year. Leadership, I think we need leadership."
Senior receiver and cornerback Gabriel Tahir said the team is ready to roll into the season.
"Our mentality. Our team, even though we're young, we're really some dogs. That's what our strength is."
The Braves know that replacing the amount of talent they lost will be a challenge, but they are anxious to prove doubters wrong.
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OSOGBO, Nigeria (AP) — Yeyerisa Abimbola has dedicated most of her 58 years on Earth to the Osun, a waterway in deeply religious Nigeria named for the river goddess of fertility. As the deity’s chief priestess, she leads other women known as servants of Osun in daily worship and sacrificial offerings along the riverbank.
But with each passing day, she worries more and more about the river. Once sparkling and clear and home to a variety of fish, today it runs mucky and brown.
“The problem we face now are those that mine by the river,” Abimbola said. “As you can see, the water has changed color.”
The river, which flows through the dense forest of the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove — designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005 — is revered for its cultural and religious significance among the Yoruba-speaking people predominant in southwestern Nigeria, where Osun is widely worshipped.
But it’s under constant threat from pollution from waste disposal and other human activity — especially the dozens of illegal gold miners across Osun state whose runoff is filling the sacred river with toxic metals. Amid lax enforcement of environmental laws in the region, there are also some who use the river as a dumping ground, further contributing to its contamination.
The servants of Osun, made up of women mostly between the ages of 30 and 60, live in a line of one-room apartments along the side of the Osogbo palace, the royal house of the the Osogbo monarch about 1.5 kilometers (1 mile) north of the grove and river.
They leave behind everything from their secular lives, including marriages, to serve both the goddess and the king. They have little interaction with outsiders, allowing them to devote themselves fully to the goddess, whom they worship daily at a shrine tucked deep inside the grove.
Often seen in flowing white gowns symbolizing the purity the river represents, the women carry out various tasks for the goddess from dawn to dusk, from overseeing sacrificial offerings, mostly live animals and drinks, to carrying out cultural activities in the Osun’s waters. Some say the goddess heals them of afflictions when they drink or bathe in the river, and others say she can provide wealth or fertility.
One servant of Osun, who goes by the name Oluwatosin, said the river brought her a child when she was having difficulties with childbirth. Now the mother of two children, she intends to remain forever devoted to the river and the goddess.
“It is my belief, and Osun answers my prayers,” Oluwatosin said.
The river also serves as an important “pilgrimage point” for Yoruba people in Nigeria, said Ayo Adams, a Yoruba scholar — especially during the Osun-Osogbo festival, a colorful annual celebration that draws thousands of Osun worshippers and tourists “to celebrate the essence of the Yoruba race.” Some attendees say it offers the chance for a personal encounter with the goddess.
But this year, as the two-week August festival neared, palace authorities announced they had been forced to take the unusual step of telling people to stop drinking the water.
“We have written to the state government, the museum on the activities of the illegal miners and for them to take actions to stop them,” said Osunyemi Ifarinu Ifabode, the Osun chief priest.
Osun state is home to some of Nigeria’s largest gold deposits, and miners in search of gold and other minerals — many of them operating illegally — are scattered across swampy areas in remote villages where there is scant law enforcement presence. While community leaders in Osogbo have been able to keep miners out of the immediate area, they’re essentially free to operate with impunity upstream and to the north.
The miners take water from the river to use in exploration and exploitation, and the runoff flows back into it and other waterways, polluting the drinking water sources of thousands of people.
“It is more or less like 50% of the water bodies in Osun state, so the major water bodies here have been polluted,” said Anthony Adejuwon, head Urban Alert, a nonprofit leading advocacy efforts to protect the Osun River.
Urban Alert conducted a series of tests on the Osun in 2021 and found it to be “heavily contaminated.” The report, which was shared with The Associated Press, found lead and mercury levels in the water at the grove that were, respectively, 1,000% and 2,000% above what’s permissible under the Nigerian Industrial Standard. Urban Alert attributes it to many years of mining activity, some of it within 30 kilometers (19 miles) from the river.
Despite the drinking ban issued by the palace, during a recent visit AP witnessed residents trooping to the river daily to fill up gallon containers for domestic use.
Dr. Emmanuel Folami, a physician based in Osogbo, the state capital, said drinking the toxic water or otherwise using it for purposes that risk human exposure is a “big health concern” that could cause lead poisoning.
In March, the Osun state government announced the arrest of “several individuals for illicit mining, seizures and site closures,” and promised it was studying the level of pollution of the river and ways to address it.
But activists question the sincerity and commitment behind such efforts: “If we cannot see the state government taking action within its own jurisdiction as a (mining) license holder, what are we going to say about the other people?” said Adejuwon of Urban Alert, which is running a social media campaign with the hashtag #SaveOsunRiver.
Abimbola, a servant of Osun since she was just 17 years old, said the goddess is tolerant and giving. She thanks Osun for her blessings — a home, children, good health.
“Every good thing that God does for people, Osun does the same,” she said.
Yet she and others warn that even Osun has her limits.
There may be problems if the river remains contaminated and Osun “gets angry or is not properly appeased,” said Abiodun Fasoyin, a village chief in Esa-Odo, where much of the mining takes place, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) east of Osogbo.
“The riverbank will overflow and sweep people away when it is angry,” Abimbola said. “Don’t do whatever she doesn’t want.”
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A Utah judge granted a preliminary injunction Friday allowing transgender girls to compete on girls' teams, but they will not be automatically eligible to play.
The decision "will allow transgender girls to compete on girls' teams only when it is fair, as confidentially determined by a legislature-created commission," according to the decision by Judge Keith A. Kelly, from the Third Judicial District Court for Salt Lake County.
The motion comes after a lawsuit was filed by the parents of three teenage transgender girls identified under by the pseudonyms Jenny Roe, Jane Noe, and Jill Poe, against the Utah High School Activities Association, Granite School District, Jordan School District and the superintendents for those districts. The suit asked the court to declare the ban unconstitutional and block its enforcement.
In the decision, Judge Kelly said the ban singles out transgender girls and categorically bars them from competing in girls' team sports, while other girls can compete freely.
"This is plainly unfavorable treatment," the decision said.
"We are thrilled, and the girls and their families are hugely relieved," Shannon Minter, legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights and an attorney representing the girls told CNN via text message.
Mental health took a center stage in the lawsuit, as the student-athletes claimed banning them from playing on girls' teams could bring physical and mental harm to them. The student-athletes taking part in the legal action are looking to compete on volleyball, swim and cross-country and track teams.
Kelly's decision said the plaintiffs showed they faced "irreparable harm" from the ban, and it "caused each of the Plaintiffs significant distress by singling them out for unfavorable treatment as transgender girls."
In March, GOP lawmakers in Utah overrode Republican Gov. Spencer Cox's veto of House Bill 11, which bans transgender athletes from competing on women's and girls' sports teams. Advocates said the law was necessary to preserve fair competition opportunities, but Cox questioned the need for it and said it targeted a marginalized group with a high suicide rate.
During the last school year, only four of 75,000 high school athletes in Utah were transgender, and only one transgender girl played on a girls' team, Cox noted in his veto letter.
In its 2022-2023 handbook, the Utah High School Activities Association, which regulates interscholastic sports and activities in the state, allows male to female transgender student-athletes who are taking a medically prescribed hormone treatment to participate on a boys team at any time, "but must complete at least one calendar year of medically prescribed hormone treatment under a physicians care for the purpose of gender transition before competing on a girls team."
Additional information about the student, such as a complete list of all the student's medications and treatments and written verification from an appropriate health care professional of the student's consistent gender identification must also be submitted.
CNN reached out to the office of Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes and was told they had no comment to make about the judge's decision.
Jennifer Napier-Pearce, a spokesperson for Governor Cox told CNN, "The governor is reviewing the opinion including his responsibilities under current law."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Last week’s attack on author Salman Rushdie and the indictment of an Iranian national in a plot to kill former national security adviser John Bolton have given the Biden administration new headaches as it attempts to negotiate a return to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
A resolution may be tantalizingly close. But as the U.S. and Europe weigh Iran’s latest response to an EU proposal described as the West’s final offer, the administration faces new and potentially insurmountable domestic political hurdles to forging a lasting agreement.
Deal critics in Congress who have long vowed to blow up any pact have ratcheted up their opposition to negotiations with a country whose leadership has refused to rescind the death threats against Rushdie or Bolton. Iran also vows to avenge the Trump administration’s 2020 assassination of a top Iranian general by killing former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Iran envoy Brian Hook, both of whom remain under 24/7 taxpayer-paid security protection.
Although such threats are not covered by the deal, which relates solely to Iran’s nuclear program, they underscore deal opponents’ arguments that Iran cannot be trusted with the billions of dollars in sanctions relief it will receive if and when it and the U.S. return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, a signature foreign policy accomplishment of the Obama administration that President Donald Trump withdrew from in 2018.
“This is a tougher deal to sell than the 2015 deal in that this time around there are no illusions that it will serve to moderate Iranian behavior or lead to greater U.S.-Iran cooperation,” said Karim Sadjadpour, an Iran expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
“The Iranian government stands to get tens of billions in sanctions relief, and the organizing principle of the regime will continue to be opposition to the United States and violence against its critics, both at home and abroad,” he said.
Iran has denied any link with Rushdie’s alleged attacker, an American citizen who was indicted for attempted murder and has pleaded not guilty in the Aug. 12 stabbing at a literary event in Western New York. But Iranian state media have celebrated Iran’s long-standing antipathy toward Rushdie since the 1988 publication of his book “The Satanic Verses,” which some believe is insulting to Islam.
Media linked to Iran’s leadership have lauded the attacker for following through on a 1989 decree, or fatwa, calling for Rushdie to be killed that was signed by Iran’s then-Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
And the man who was charged with plotting to murder Bolton is a member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps. The Justice Department alleges the IRGC tried to pay $300,000 to people in the United States to avenge the death of Qassam Suleimani, the head of its elite Quds Force who was killed by a U.S. airstrike in Iraq in 2020.
“I think it’s delusional to believe that a regime that you’re about to enter into a significant arms control agreement with can be depended on to comply with its obligations or is even serious about the negotiation when it’s plotting the assassination of high-level former government officials and current government officials,” Bolton told reporters Wednesday.
“It certainly looks like the attack on Salman Rushdie had a Revolutionary Guard component,” Bolton said. “We’ve got to stop this artificial division when dealing with the government of Iran between its nuclear activities on the one hand and its terrorist activities on the other.”
Others agree.
“Granting terrorism sanctions relief amid ongoing terror plots on U.S. soil is somewhere between outrageous and lunacy,” said Rich Goldberg, a former Trump administration national security council staffer and longtime deal critic who is now a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, which has also lobbied against a return to the JCPOA.
While acknowledging the seriousness of the plots, administration officials contend that they are unrelated to the nuclear issue and do nothing to change their long-held belief that an Iran with a nuclear weapon would be more dangerous and less constrained than an Iran without one.
“The JCPOA is about the single, central challenge we face with Iran, the core challenge, what would be the most threatening challenge we could possibly face from Iran, and that is a nuclear weapon,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said this week. “There is no doubt that a nuclear-armed Iran would feel an even greater degree of impunity, and would pose an even greater threat, a far greater threat, to countries in the region and potentially well beyond.”
“Every challenge we face with Iran, whether it is its support for proxies, its support for terrorist groups, its ballistic missiles program, its malign cyber activities — every single one of those — would be more difficult to confront were Iran to have a nuclear weapons program,” he said.
That argument, however, will be challenged in Congress by lawmakers who opposed the 2015 deal, saying it gave Iran a path to develop nuclear weapons by time-limiting the most onerous restrictions on its nuclear activities. They say there’s now even more tangible evidence that Iran’s malign behavior make it impossible to deal with.
Two of the most outspoken critics of the deal, Republican senators Ted Cruz of Texas and Tom Cotton of Arkansas, have weighed in on what the Rushdie attack should mean for the administration.
“The ayatollahs have been trying to murder Salman Rushdie for decades,” Cruz said. “Their incitement and their contacts with this terrorist resulted in an attack. This vicious terrorist attack needs to be completely condemned. The Biden administration must finally cease appeasing the Iranian regime.”
“Iran’s leaders have been calling for the murder of Salman Rushdie for decades,” said Cotton. “We know they’re trying to assassinate American officials today. Biden needs to immediately end negotiations with this terrorist regime.”
Under the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, or INARA, the administration must submit any agreement with Iran for congressional review within five days of it being sealed. That begins a 30-day review period during which lawmakers may weigh in and no sanctions relief can be offered.
That timeline means that even if a deal is reached within the next week, the administration will not be able to start moving on sanctions relief until the end of September, just a month from crucial congressional midterm elections. And, it will take additional time for Iran to begin seeing the benefits of such relief because of logistical constraints.
While deal critics in the current Congress are unlikely to be able to kill a deal, if Republicans win back control of Congress in the midterms, they may be able to nullify any sanctions relief.
“Even if Iran accepts President Biden’s full capitulation and agrees to reenter the Iran nuclear deal, Congress will never vote to remove sanctions,” the GOP minority on the House Armed Services Committee said in a tweet on Wednesday. “In fact, Republicans in Congress will work to strengthen sanctions against Iran.”
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Former President Trump on Friday hinted at taking legal action in response to the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago property last week.
Trump said in a post on his social media platform Truth Social that a “major motion” related to the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution will soon be filed related to the search. He claimed his rights have been violated at a level “rarely seen” before.
The Fourth Amendment protects people against unreasonable searches and seizures.
Trump’s post comes after a federal judge said on Thursday that he might be willing to unseal parts of an affidavit that was used to establish probable cause for the FBI to search the Palm Beach, Fla., property.
Judge Bruce Reinhart, who approved the search warrant, said he did not believe the Justice Department (DOJ) proved why the document should remain entirely private and instructed officials to suggest redactions to the document.
Reinhart unsealed the warrant itself and some related documents following the search after Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that the DOJ supported publicizing it, given the significant public interest in the situation and that Trump had revealed the search took place.
Garland also strongly defended the DOJ and FBI in a rare public statement about an ongoing investigation, saying that their integrity has been “unfairly attacked.”
Trump and his allies have lambasted the search and accused DOJ officials of acting on political motivation against Trump, who is considering a third run for the presidency in 2024.
Garland said DOJ and FBI officials are “dedicated, patriotic public servants.”
The unsealed warrant revealed that the FBI suspected Trump violated multiple laws, including the Espionage Act. Eleven sets of classified items were seized during the search.
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GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – City of Greenville Parks and Recreation has announced sign-ups for the fall of 2022 youth flag football season.
Greenville Parks and Rec. say the league is open to both boys and girls aged 8-12-years-old, as of September 1, 2022.
The city says the 5v5 league will be separated into two divisions:
- 10U (ages 8-10)
- 12U (ages 11-12)
Greenville Parks and Rec. says the season will run for eight weeks, beginning October 10, through to December 10, 2022.
The city says the price to join for residents living within city limits is $70 and for non-city residents $85.
Games and practices for both divisions are said to be held at Holmes Park, located at 111 Holmes Drive, each division having a weekly schedule:
- 10U – Monday practices and games will be held between 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
- 12U – Thursday practices and games will be held between 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
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The US Food and Drug Administration authorized Novavax's Covid-19 vaccine on Friday for emergency use in adolescents. It is the fourth coronavirus vaccine available in the United States and, unlike the others, is uses a protein-based technology.
The vaccine was authorized for adults in July. With the latest emergency use authorization, it also will be available as a two-dose primary series for ages 12 to 17.
In this age group, "overall, the clinical efficacy of the vaccine is around 80%," said Silvia Taylor, Novavax's senior vice president global corporate affairs. The vaccine has shown 90% overall efficacy in adults.
Novavax announced in early July that its vaccine shows "broad" immune response to currently circulating variants, including the Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5.
"One of the things that we believe makes our vaccine unique is that we actually see really good immune response against variants with our prototype vaccine. And so, if you think about the vaccine that we already have authorized that we're talking about now to be authorized for adolescents, we actually see a good immune response against variants including Omicron, including BA.1 and BA.5," Taylor said.
Protein-based vaccines use a more traditional approach than mRNA vaccines, teaching the immune system to recognize little modified pieces of the virus that the vaccine is targeting. In this case, that means fragments of the coronavirus spike protein. The vaccine was created out of a genetic sequence of the original strain of the coronavirus.
This technology is also used for vaccines for conditions such as hepatitis B and pertussis.
Taylor told CNN that having a protein-based coronavirus vaccine available helps give adolescents more options.
"We believe fundamentally that people want a choice in the vaccines that they're able to have for themselves, and especially in this population that we're talking about for children," Taylor said. "So, we think that that kind of reassuring technology platform that's understood, combined with the high levels of efficacy and the well-tolerated safety profile, can help increase that vaccination number in children."
Next, Novavax plans to have trial data on using the vaccine among children younger than 12.
"We recently initiated a trial that we're calling Hummingbird, which is a Phase 2b/3 trial, and that's going to be an effectiveness and efficacy trial and also clearly be looking at safety, and that will have three age cohorts," Taylor said, referring to groups of children ages 6 to 11, ages 2 to 5, and 6 months to 23 months.
"The first cohort of kids, that trial was already initiated, and that's for kids 6 to 11," Taylor said. "We expect those results in the early part of 2023."
Novavax is working on an updated version of its vaccine that specifically targets the Omicron coronavirus variant and its subvariants -- and the company could file for authorization later this year, she said.
"Our intent is to file for authorization of a BA.5-containing bivalent form of a vaccine in the fourth quarter of this year," Taylor said.
"This is consistent with the approach that other manufacturers are following," she said. "We would submit that for formal authorization for EUA, just like we did for other indications to the US FDA." | https://www.kitv.com/news/coronavirus/fda-authorizes-novavax-covid-19-vaccine-for-emergency-use-in-ages-12-17/article_9deeb00e-2582-5619-8c49-316d827898c9.html | 2022-08-20T03:55:17Z | kitv.com | control | https://www.kitv.com/news/coronavirus/fda-authorizes-novavax-covid-19-vaccine-for-emergency-use-in-ages-12-17/article_9deeb00e-2582-5619-8c49-316d827898c9.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
This combination of undated photos provided by the United States District Court District of Hawaii shows Walter Glenn Primose, left, also known as Bobby Edward Fort, and his wife Gwynn Darle Morrison, also known as Julie Lyn Montague, purportedly in KGB, the former Russian spy agency, uniforms. Primose, a U.S. defense contractor, and Morrison, who lived for decades under the identities of two dead Texas children, have been charged with identity theft and conspiring against the government, according to federal court records unsealed in Honolulu. The couple were arrested Friday, July 22, 2022, in Kapolei on the island of Oahu. (United States District Court District of Hawaii via AP)
HONOLULU (KITV4) -- The U.S. government is retracting its allegation against a Kapolei couple accused of living under false aliases.
The couple -- Walter Primrose and his wife, named as Gwynn Morrison in the charging documents – were accused of living under the names "Bobby" Edward Fort and Julie "Lyn" Montague, since 1987.
Morrison’s attorney, Megan Kau, filed a motion as a supplement to a motion and joinder seeking to revoke the couple’s detention order.
In that motion, filed Friday, Kau included an email that she claims came from the government addressed to the defendants, retracting the allegation that they’d been using other aliases.
“Good afternoon. In an earlier argument the United States referenced the seizure of letters addressed to the defendants in their false identities in which the greetings in the letters referred to the defendants in names other than Bobby, Julie, Walter and Gwynn and thus could indicate that the defendants had other aliases. The United States retracts that argument. Two individuals have said that those references were nicknames for Walter Primrose and Gwynn Morrison and some of them were the product of inside jokes in relation to Primrose and Morrison,” the email stated.
In the motion, Kau stated that two of the three arguments the government has made to hold Primrose and Morrison without bail have since been retracted. Kau also said that the claims that the couple are Russian spies has damaged their reputations.
“For these reasons and for the reasons stated in the Motion and the Joinder, the defense respectfully asks to release Morrison under a condition or combination of conditions (also discussed in the pending Motion) that will reasonably assure her appearance,” Kau wrote.
The couple has been charged with conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S., false statement in passport application and aggravated identity theft. They face up to 17 years in prison if convicted of all charges.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- As the tenant in a two-bedroom home in Makawao, Ralph Monson claims he uses electricity in a fairly consistent manner, which is why he was surprised to receive his electric bill this month charging him $150.
Monson dug up his old bills he kept from 2020, which were $100.
"The main problem I have with it is that's a 50% increase in the past two years," Monson said.
Mimi Burke, who rents a unit in a Mo'ili'ili apartment complex, also reported her bill has gone up about $50 in the past few months.
"Rents are going up, electric is going up, food going up, not my income," Burke lamented.
Environmental advocate Henry Curtis called the price hike "a perfect storm."
"Several things are happening at the same time. Obviously the Ukrainian war, supply chain disruptions due to the pandemic," Curtis added.
Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) explained in 2020, the peak of the pandemic, oil prices were historically low because no one was buying.
Costs rose as the economy reopened, spiking early this year because of tensions in Ukraine, meaning HECO is paying more for the fuels used to generate electricity.
According to the company, many customers were using more electricity during the stay at home orders, but fuel prices were so low that there was not much impact on their bills.
"Right now, unfortunately, we are at a terrible time, where there is nothing that can be done in the immediate short term for reducing the impact to electric bills," Curtis said.
HECO estimates Oahu customers will have to pay about $15 more after the island's last-standing coal plant closes next month.
The company reported it is in the process of adding more renewable energy projects that will eventually protect the state from fluctuating oil prices because they have a set price.
Four HECO clean energy projects on Maui are either awaiting approval or expected to come on line within the next two years.
'A'ali'i is a reporter with KITV. He was born and raised on the island of Maui and graduated from the University of Southern California with a bachelor's degree in Journalism. | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/more-hawaii-residents-reporting-higher-electric-bills-amid-perfect-storm-driving-up-oil-prices/article_0d8915e2-2026-11ed-8a65-432f84b04069.html | 2022-08-20T03:55:35Z | kitv.com | control | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/more-hawaii-residents-reporting-higher-electric-bills-amid-perfect-storm-driving-up-oil-prices/article_0d8915e2-2026-11ed-8a65-432f84b04069.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Crews from around the Upper Valley battled a brush fire Friday that threatened buildings near Tieton.
Firefighters were called for a fire at 3421 Rosenkranz Road around 2 p.m., said Highland Fire Chief Rick Woodall. An air compressor had caught fire, and it spread into trees and jumped the North Fork Cowiche Creek, Woodall said.
There were several buildings on the property that were threatened by the fire, but crews were able to protect them, Woodall said. Three alarms were used to get enough people and equipment, he said, with crews coming from Yakima, Selah, West Valley, Naches Heights, Naches, East Valley Nile/Cliffdell and the Yakima Training Center.
There were 10 engines and three water tenders working the fire, Woodall said. Rosenkranz Road was blocked by Tieton police and U.S. Forest Service, with only area residents and emergency vehicles allowed in.
Woodall said Yakima Valley Emergency Management determined that there was no need for an evacuation order.
Crews were expected to be watching for hot spots through Friday night, Woodall said. He did not have an estimate of acreage. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/upper-valley-firefighters-contain-brush-fire-near-tieton/article_aab195a2-202f-11ed-9c9d-471f6f59e439.html | 2022-08-20T04:01:52Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/upper-valley-firefighters-contain-brush-fire-near-tieton/article_aab195a2-202f-11ed-9c9d-471f6f59e439.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
William Grunert
William Grunert, 72, of Pasco, formerly of Yakima, died Friday, June 10, at Coralitos Adult Family Home, Pasco.
Arrangements are by Brookside Funeral Home & Crematory, Moxee, 509-457-1232.
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The Buzz Cut: Visionary Multimillionaire Converts Poverty Into Business Opportunity
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Visionary Multimillionaire Converts Poverty Into Business Opportunity
In the marketplace of ideas, there are winners and there are winners who buy the whole marketplace. One rapper recently showed that he is a winner of the latter variety, when he came up with the idea of selling homelessness inspired high-fashion. The idea was one that occupied all the real estate in the marketplace, pushing all other ideas into homelessness. But this is a good thing, because homelessness is now chic, according to the multimillionaire currently profiting from its aesthetic. He has no apologies for selling new apparel out of trash bags; the display itself aligning with his minimalist aesthetic. This, in turn, is reportedly inspired by other things currently in a minimalist phase: healthcare, job security, employment, and overall human well-being. This season, trash bags are cool — a much needed temperature against an otherwise hot climate that threatens to swallow humanity whole.
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Comedian’s Show Is Killed by Own Kindness
A comedian who won her country’s highest civilian honor for being kind has been so kind as to be the recipient of the phrase “kill them with kindness.” When her talk show was cancelled after she herself was — following allegations of workplace toxicity, bullying, and harassment — a second show was recently cancelled after a short, kind run. Reports suggest that she did not take this kindly, in a radical departure from her usual gestures of kindness such as pranking guests with practical jokes and enabling a hostile work environment. Her kindness towards a war criminal — who has indirectly killed actual people — also remains a milestone in her kindness career, which now may sadly be coming to an end.
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Country Rapidly on the Verge of Losing Its Soul to Labor Urges Young People to Drink to Forget
A country known for its “996” work culture — that’s 9am to 9pm, six days a week — has now urged its youth to drink alcohol. The encouragement is to boost alcohol sales in the country — a figure that has reportedly gone downhill, presumably on account of the fact that its citizens are too tired or too dead from overwork to drink. The country’s bid to make more money for a few companies at the cost of public health is not unlike its own culture of work, that forces people to make money for others at the cost of their own happiness. Fortunately, the two can now go hand in hand where young people will no longer be required to remember their misery the next day, and can begin their drudgery again with a clean slate.
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Woman With Extremely Difficult Job Informed by Netizens That Having a Life Outside It Is Illegal
A woman who also happens to be the Prime Minister of a country was recently seen being a Prime Minister who knows how to have fun and relax. She was then brutally reminded that it in fact remains illegal for women in her position to have a modicum of a personal life, and to be seen dancing is against the law. The laws in question form the skeleton of an ancient rulebook — patriarchy — that has governed much of the world for time immemorial. According to these rules, women being happy is a threat to society — especially one as high-ranking as this woman. What, after all, would be the state of the economy if she sings? What of national security, that stands on shaky ground as the woman enjoys a few hours of freedom? The rulebook fortunately has answers for this predicament, and its loyal adherents have already begun to enforce it. | https://theswaddle.com/the-buzz-cut-visionary-multimillionaire-converts-poverty-into-business-opportunity/ | 2022-08-20T04:12:58Z | theswaddle.com | control | https://theswaddle.com/the-buzz-cut-visionary-multimillionaire-converts-poverty-into-business-opportunity/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The 132nd Multi-Role Bridge Company members drill at Whiskeytown Lake near Redding, California on August 19, 2022 as part of a drill. These Bridge Builder Crewmembers (12C) practice their craft almost every drill ato remain ready for when called to duty.
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The American flag on the garrison flagpole is shown Aug. 11, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin. The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services nearly every year since 1984. Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on the Defense Visual Information Distribution System at https://www.dvidshub.net/fmpao, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.” (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)
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The American flag on the garrison flagpole is shown Aug. 18, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin. The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services nearly every year since 1984. Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on the Defense Visual Information Distribution System at https://www.dvidshub.net/fmpao, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.” (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)
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MASON, Ohio -- The Western & Southern Open semifinals will be a feast of power tennis on Saturday.
The first semifinal features 2019 champion Madison Keys against two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova. The second semifinal will see World No.7 Aryna Sabalenka take on a resurgent Caroline Garcia.
Who will be able to impose their will for the win?
Matches begin at 11:00 a.m.
Garcia: "When you do bad, people forget about you pretty fast & forget what you did in the past. As soon as you get a couple of wins in a row under your belt & play better, it's like you are a top star again. Like you go from a loser to maybe one of the best players right now." pic.twitter.com/HciUF1vxbm
— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) August 20, 2022
No.6 seed Aryna Sabalenka vs. Caroline Garcia
Head-to-head: Sabalenka leads 2-1
Last meeting: Garcia d. Sabalenka, 6-4, 6-4, 2018 Zhuhai
No one has won more matches since the start of June on the Hologic WTA Tour than Caroline Garcia, who won her 25th with a 6-1, 7-6 win over No.7 seed Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals. Ranked No.35, the Frenchwoman had to come through qualifying to earn her main draw berth, but her form has proven impossible to stop in Cincinnati. Garcia is the first qualifier to make the semifinals of the event since Akgul Amanmuradova in 2007.
After coming through in three sets over Diane Parry and Andrea Petkovic in qualifying, Garcia has defeated two Top 10 opponents in Cincinnati, first over Maria Sakkari and then Pegula. She has been broken a total of three times in her four main draw matches, winning a tournament-best 93.5% of her service games.
But will that serve hold up against Sabalenka's return? The World No.7 is into her first hard-court WTA 1000 semifinal of the season, with wins over Anna Kalinskaya, Shelby Rogers, and Zhang Shuai. Sabalenka is bidding to make her biggest final since winning 2021 Madrid.
"She's in the Top 10 for quite a while now, always doing good in the big events," Garcia said. "You can always count on her. Doesn't matter how many double faults she's doing in one game, she is still here, still winning matches, not afraid to go for it.
"So it's going to be a great challenge for me. I'm really looking for it. It's a good challenge to play another aggressive player to see who can be the most aggressive and do the best they can."
Sabalenka surges past Zhang into Cincy semis
Having struggled with her serve since the WTA Finals last fall, Sabalenka has brought on a biomechanics specialist to help address her motion.
"This season was really crazy for me, a lot of challenges," Sabalenka said. "I'm super proud of myself that I was able to handle all these tough moments this year and I was able to fight. Even if something didn't work, I still kept trying my best, still fighting for it.
"I'm super happy to be in another semifinal, and I will do my best tomorrow."
Madison Keys vs. Petra Kvitova
Head-to-head: 4-4
Last meeting: Kvitova d. Keys, 7-5, 6-4, 2021 Cincinnati first round
Game recognizes game and power recognizes power. When it comes to Madison Keys and Petra Kvitova, there is nothing but admiration and respect between two of the biggest hitters in the game.
"She is a big hitter, but even from the forehand she can go a little bit different style sometimes, that she can put it a little bit upper with more topspin," Kvitova told reporters after her straight-set win over Ajla Tomljanovic in the quarterfinals. "She is moving very well. And especially the serve, she has a lot of variety of the serve. She can go for ace, she can have a kick, she has beautiful technique of the serve.
"Definitely she has more kinds of this stuff. Not like me, I don't have nothing, I'm just boom-boom."
The two-time Wimbledon champion was certainly selling herself short, especially in a week that has seen her blast her way past Jil Teichmann, Sorana Cirstea, Ons Jabeur, and Tomljanovic to make her first WTA 1000 semifinal in two years.
The challenge for Kvitova will be physical. In a season that has seen her struggle to string wins together, she admitted she went into her quarterfinal feeling the wear and tear of the week. The fatigue forced her to play with more risk. It worked out against Tomljanovic but Keys poses a different set of challenges.
Keys has played relaxed, confident tennis in what is effectively her home tournament. The Illinois native has rediscovered the attitude and game that won her the title in Adelaide and an Australian Open semifinal in January, deploying her booming groundstrokes to precise effect.
"I have obviously had some battles against Petra," Keys said after her dominant win over Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina. "Won some, lost some. It's never easy to play her, especially later in a draw, meaning that she's playing some very good tennis." | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2750499/cincy-semis-kvitova-vs-keys-sabalenka-vs-garcia-a-showcase-in-power | 2022-08-20T04:24:58Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2750499/cincy-semis-kvitova-vs-keys-sabalenka-vs-garcia-a-showcase-in-power | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
2 charged in shooting death of Zion man in parking lot of Gurnee Mills mall
GURNEE, Ill. - A second man involved in the murder of a Zion man in the parking lot of Gurnee Mills mall last year was arrested Friday in the suburbs, police said.
The shooting happened around 2:10 p.m. on Nov. 27, 2021.
The victim, a 26-year-old man from Zion, died at the hospital a few hours later.
"The Lake County Major Crime Task Force was activated to assist Gurnee Police, due to the critical injuries sustained by the individual who was shot," said Lake County Major Crime Task Force spokesperson Christopher Covelli.
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On Aug. 19, 2022, Joey Gonzalez, 25, of Vernon Hills, was taken into custody in Woodridge. He's been charged with aggravated battery with a firearm, second degree murder, aggravated discharge of a firearm, and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
On July 26, 2022, Jesse Zumaya, 33, of Hainesville, was also arrested in the murder. Bond for him was set at $3,000,000.
Gonzalez and Zumaya
The investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Gurnee Police Department at 847-599-7000. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/2-charged-in-shooting-death-of-zion-man-in-parking-lot-of-gurnee-mills-mall | 2022-08-20T04:26:53Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/2-charged-in-shooting-death-of-zion-man-in-parking-lot-of-gurnee-mills-mall | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Blues Brothers fans pack Old Joliet Prison for first annual convention
JOLIET, Ill. - Thousands of Blues Brothers fans converged upon the Old Joliet Prison Friday night for the first annual Blues Brothers Con.
Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi — standing in for his late brother John — will perform as the Blues Brothers to kick off the festival.
"It's not great when you break parole and have to come back, but I gotta say, being able to walk back in is nice!" said Logan Halliburton, in-character as Jake Blues. He came all the way from Orlando, Florida to attend the event.
"I think it's beautiful that the music gets kept alive in such a way through both the movie and culture," Halliburton added.
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"I saw the movie first when I was 5 years old. I got all the collectibles. VHS, DVDs, CDs," said another superfam, Justin Applebaum, who was dressed as Ellwood and even owns a decommissioned police car, similar to the Blues Mobile.
The event continues Saturday with blues performances starting at 10:30 a.m. in the prison yard. The festival will be capped off by a public screening of the Blues Brothers film at 8:30 p.m.
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Human umbilical cords found in luggage at New Orleans airport
Human umbilical cords were recently found in passenger luggage traveling through New Orleans’ international airport, with customs and border officials calling the unusual discovery "noteworthy."
A passenger arrived on a Spirit flight from Honduras on Aug. 2 at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The person was referred for a secondary inspection, which is when the agency’s agriculture specialists — who work with specialized X-ray machines to detect organic materials at international airports — made the discovery.
"While inspecting their baggage, CBP Agriculture Specialists discovered a human umbilical cord," CBP said in a statement.
When questioned, the passenger claimed it belonged to a relative, CBP said.
Customs agents contacted the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Houston, which advised that the umbilical cord and a medical wrist band accompanying "could be abandoned or detained." The passenger chose to leave the items behind, and they were incinerated, the statement said.
After a baby is born, the umbilical cord is cut and a small amount of cord remains attached to the newborn’s belly button, known as the "cord stump." Over the next week to two, the stump eventually dries out and falls off on its own.
Generally, the stump is disposed of, but some parents say they opt to keep it, citing sentimental reasons. In Japan, a portion of the umbilical cord is commonly saved in a traditional box, according to the Japan Times.
Further details about the traveler in New Orleans who claimed it belonged to a relative were not released. But this was not the first time this summer that part of a human umbilical cord was found in luggage at the same airport.
On June 28, a passenger on the same recurring flight from Honduras was referred for a secondary inspection. An X-ray revealed "an item packed in the middle of T-shirts sealed in cellophane," CBP said in the statement. Officials found a small pouch containing "clothing, paperwork, a positive pregnancy test, and an unknown tissue sample."
The passenger was then questioned about the items "and initially was unsure what they were, before ultimately declaring them as a human umbilical cord and positive pregnancy test belonging to a relative," the statement said.
"With the vast number of daily travelers, our officers are guaranteed to encounter some unusual items," Mark Choina, CBP acting area port director of New Orleans, said in the statement. "However, two umbilical cords, a month apart, coming from the same country is noteworthy."
Choina said the seizures of human umbilical cords highlight "the importance of knowing what is in your bag, and if you can legally import it, especially if you are transporting it for someone else."
The U.S. CDC requires a permit or certification for certain biological materials to be brought into the United States. Last year, CBP discovered 264 "pests" at ports of entry, which are materials identified as being dangerous to the health of U.S. agricultural resources. Another 2,548 materials were quarantined, including plants, meat, animal byproduct, and soil, officials said.
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Man finds rare purple pearl inside clam at Delaware restaurant
A Phoenixville, PA man was on vacation, enjoying a meal with his family at Salt Air Restaurant in Rehoboth Beach, DE when he came across a surprise in an order of clams: a purple pearl!
"It was the end of the dish and I felt something hard and crunchy as I was eating, and I looked at what it was, and thought it was something purple - at first, thought it was a bead, or a piece of candy, or one of those button candies that comes on the paper, because it was a bright, lavender - almost purple, and we had not heard of clams producing purple, so didn't know this was a possibility."
Overland continued: "But then when we looked at the shell, it had a little indentation on the shell where something was growing and we put it in there and it was a perfect fit!"
The pearl is "perfectly round" with a lavender color, and fit perfectly inside the shell. Overland went on Google to learn how valuable they could be, and saw they could run anywhere from $600-$1,600 based on the size and shape. Overland plans to get it appraised soon but has no immediate plans to sell it. Natural pearls are organic gems created when a clam pearl secretes a substance to coat a foreign irritant that enters the shell during feeding. Over time, the secretion can develop into a round-shaped pearl.
His two kids are excited about it and consider it a unique souvenir from their trip to the beach. He went on to say "We went on vacation expecting to bring back a T-shirt or a mug, our kids got some hermit crabs, we didn't expect to come back with something like this." He went on to note that the pearl discovery is something they'll have the memory of for some time. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/man-finds-rare-purple-pearl-inside-order-of-clams-at-delaware-restaurant-rehoboth-beach-phoenixville-pennsylvania | 2022-08-20T04:27:29Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/man-finds-rare-purple-pearl-inside-order-of-clams-at-delaware-restaurant-rehoboth-beach-phoenixville-pennsylvania | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LOS ANGELES ― It was purely by coincidence that Major League Baseball announced its postseason schedule on the same day the Dodgers announced Walker Buehler would undergo season-ending surgery. In the playoffs, a star-studded starting rotation can be paramount to making a deep run.
In typical playoffs, that is.
The best-of-five National League Division Series could feature an unusual schedule this season. If the series goes to five games, there will be no travel day between Games 4 and 5, which are scheduled to be played in different cities on Oct. 15 and 16, respectively.
Similarly, the best-of-seven NL Championship Series features only one off-day, a travel day between Games 2 and 3. If the series goes to six or seven games, there will be no off day between Games 5 and 6, which will be played in different cities on Oct. 23-24.
The schedule was tweaked to accommodate the extra wild-card team in each league, which MLB added as part of the Collective Bargaining Agreement with the MLB Players’ Association. The corresponding best-of-three wild-card series will begin Oct. 7, immediately following a regular season delayed by a lockout that dragged into spring training.
Even with the elimination of the two off days, the World Series will begin on the relatively late date of Oct. 28. Game 7, if necessary, will be played on Nov. 5.
Who stands to benefit most from the new format?
Teams with deep starting rotations – like the Dodgers, who have gotten only 12 starts from Buehler but still lead MLB with a 2.73 rotation ERA through Thursday. Dodger starters have a .753 winning percentage, which would rank second all-time – and the best since 1906 – if they can maintain it for a full season.
“I think any time you’re going to have consecutive games in a series, you have to tap into more depth because of usage,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “If you’re talking about 14 (pitchers) on a roster, I like our 14.”
The Dodgers’ active roster features four healthy starting pitchers in Julio Urías, Tony Gonsolin, Tyler Anderson and Andrew Heaney. The quartet will be joined on Saturday by Dustin May, who will be activated from the injured list to start against the Miami Marlins.
In this postseason, having three reliable starting pitchers isn’t enough, Roberts said.
“In that (NLDS) yeah you do (have to have four), and then the way they did the (NLCS) might be five,” he said. “Having the starting depth is going to be paramount.”
KERSHAW UPDATE
Clayton Kershaw’s timetable to rejoin the rotation came into sharper focus Friday.
The left-hander threw a 30-pitch bullpen, his first since he went on the injured list on Aug. 5 with lower back pain. Kershaw’s back is now asymptomatic, allowing him and the Dodgers to dream more confidently about an early September return.
“It’s right on par with what we were hoping for initially,” Roberts said. “You’re looking at another (batting practice), a simulated game, then an activation.”
Roberts said it hasn’t been determined whether the three-time Cy Young Award winner will go on a minor league rehabilitation assignment before he returns to the Dodgers.
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Take a look at the great moments under the “Friday Night Lights” as the local high school football teams played their season-opening games.
It was an exciting night of action, and the Southern California News Group had photographers at the top games throughout the area. To see all of the SCNG coverage, go to the high school sports pages of our websites.
Idrique Carmichael #9 of Pasadena is tackled by La Serna in the first half of a prep football game at Maranatha High School in Pasadena on Friday, August 19, 2022. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Sierra Canyon wide receiver Lavon Brown, left, makes a one-hand catch in front of JSerra’s Grant Wood, right,for a touchdown with seconds left in the second quarter against JSerra in a non-league game in San Juan Capistrano on Friday, August 19, 2022. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Cameron Mitchell #10 of Pasadena catches a pass for a first down against Aj Nambo #5 of La Serna in the first half of a prep football game at Maranatha High School in Pasadena on Friday, August 19, 2022. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Chaminade players wait to take they field as play Oaks Christian August 19, 2022.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
Lakewood’s Abraham Sanchez is greeted by Lakewood’s U10 Lancers Pop Warner team before a non-league football game between Lakewood High and Orange Vista High at John Ford Stadium in Lakewood, CA on Friday August 19, 2022.
This is the first high school football at the newly renovated John Ford stadium.
(Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)
Head coach Dejuan Shamburger of Pasadena against La Serna in the first half of a prep football game at Maranatha High School in Pasadena on Friday, August 19, 2022. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Lakewood’s Zion Smith (2) battles for extra yardage during a non-league football game between Lakewood High and Orange Vista High at John Ford Stadium in Lakewood, CA on Friday August 19, 2022.
This is the first high school football at the newly renovated John Ford stadium.
(Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)
Rancho Cucamonga students cheer during a Week 0 non-league football game at Rancho Cucamonga HS stadium on Friday Aug. 19, 2022. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer)
Idrique Carmichael, second from right, of Pasadena celebrates with teammates after catching a pass for a touchdown against La Serna in the first half of a prep football game at Maranatha High School in Pasadena on Friday, August 19, 2022. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Castaic High School Head Coach Anthony Uebelhardt (r) goes over a play with quarterback Dominic Espinoza (#10) during the first half Thursday, August 18, 2022 at Valencia High School. Castaic hosted its first ever Varsity Home Football Game against Adelanto High School. Adelanto beat Castaic 26 – 7. (Photo by Kevin Karzin)
Sierra Canyon wide receiver Jaylen’dai Sumlin pulls in a pass in the end zone for a touchdown against JSerra in a non-league game in San Juan Capistrano on Friday, August 19, 2022. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Inglewood players are fired up before kickoff. St. Bonaventure vs Inglewood football game Friday August 19, 2022 at El Camino College. (Photo by Robert Casillas, Contributing Photographer)
Quarterback Indiana Wijay #2 of Pasadena scrambles against La Serna in the first half of a prep football game at Maranatha High School in Pasadena on Friday, August 19, 2022. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Inglewood receiver Jamari Johnson gets a lift from Luke Bledsoe after his TD catch. St. Bonaventure vs Inglewood football game Friday August 19, 2022 at El Camino College. (Photo by Robert Casillas, Contributing Photographer)
The Ramona Rams enter the stadium prior to their game against the JW North Huskies at Ramona Stadium in Riverside on Friday. Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer
Rancho Cucamonga students react during a Week 0 non-league football game at Rancho Cucamonga HS stadium on Friday Aug. 19, 2022. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer)
Orange Lutheran’s Khanrad Hernandez completes a pass for a first down against Serra during a nonleague game at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa on Friday, August 19, 2022. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
JSerra quarterback Zander Singh, right, celebrates his touchdown in the second quarter on a keeper against Sierra Canyon in a non-league game in San Juan Capistrano on Friday, August 19, 2022. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Members of the Castaic High School Student Body enjoy the game and festivities during the school’s first ever Varsity Home Football Game against Adelanto High School Thursday, August 18, 2022. Adelanto went onto beat Castaic 26 – 7. (Photo by Kevin Karzin)
Serra of Gardena takes the field moments before a nonleague game against Orange Lutheran at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa on Friday, August 19, 2022. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
Orange Vista’s William Matthew (55) applies pressure on Lakewood’s Brayden Downen (9) during a non-league football game between Lakewood High and Orange Vista High at John Ford Stadium in Lakewood, CA on Friday August 19, 2022.
This is the first high school football at the newly renovated John Ford stadium.
(Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)
St. Bonaventure RB Delon Thompson runs into Inglewood defenders. St. Bonaventure vs Inglewood football game Friday August 19, 2022 at El Camino College. (Photo by Robert Casillas, Contributing Photographer)
Marcus Watson Jr. of Oaks Christian is tackled by Marquis Gallegos of Chaminade August 19, 2022.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
Inglewood defender Jason Robinson chases St. Bonaventure QB to sideline. St. Bonaventure vs Inglewood football game Friday August 19, 2022 at El Camino College. (Photo by Robert Casillas, Contributing Photographer)
Lakewood’s Brayden Downen (9) loses the ball during a non-league football game between Lakewood High and Orange Vista High at John Ford Stadium in Lakewood, CA on Friday August 19, 2022.
This is the first high school football at the newly renovated John Ford stadium.
(Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)
Johnny Thompson of Oaks Christian carries the ball against under pressure from Isaiah Chisom of Chaminade August 19, 2022.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
AUGUST 18, 2022 – VALENCIA, CA – – Castaic High School’s Manny Ortiz (with ball), runs for a big gain on the teams first play from scrimmage. Castaic held its first ever Varsity Home Football Game against Adelanto High School Thursday, August 18, 2022 at Valencia High School. (Photo by Kevin Karzin)
Ramona’s Emmanuel Villa scores a touchdown on a run against the JW North Huskies at Ramona Stadium in Riverside on Friday. Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer
Emma Riley (L), a junior cheerleader for Castaic High School leads the squad after the playing of the National Anthem at Castaic’s first ever Varsity Football game at Valencia High School Thursday, August 18, 2022. Adelanto High School beast Castaic 26 – 7. (Photo by Kevin Karzin)
Cameron Mitchell #10 of Pasadena catches a pass for a first down against La Serna in the first half of a prep football game at Maranatha High School in Pasadena on Friday, August 19, 2022. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Oaks Christian’s Matt Erhart looks on against Chaminade August 19, 2022.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
The Chaminade football team takes the field as they host Oaks Christian August 19, 2022.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
Chaminade quarterback Javance Tupouata-Johnson hands the ball off to Noah Elliott as they host Oaks Christian August 19, 2022.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
The Chaminade football team takes the field as they host Oaks Christian August 19, 2022.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
Orange Vista’s Sire Gaines (11)turns the corner on the opening kick-off during a non-league football game between Lakewood High and Orange Vista High at John Ford Stadium in Lakewood, CA on Friday August 19, 2022.
This is the first high school football at the newly renovated John Ford stadium.
(Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)
Quarterback Indiana Wijay #2 of Pasadena is tackled by the La Serna defense in the first half of a prep football game at Maranatha High School in Pasadena on Friday, August 19, 2022. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Johnny Thompson of Oaks Christian carries the ball against Chaminade August 19, 2022.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
Ramona’s Nathan Johnson evades tacklers in their game against the JW North Huskies at Ramona Stadium in Riverside on Friday. Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer
Oaks Christian players celebrate a first half touchdown against Chaminade August 19, 2022.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
Rancho Cucamonga’s Nehemiah Harrison is tackled by Servite’s Quinn Rosenkranz during a Week 0 non-league football game at Rancho Cucamonga HS stadium on Friday Aug. 19, 2022. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer)
Cameron Mitchell #10 of Pasadena runs for yardage against La Serna in the first half of a prep football game at Maranatha High School in Pasadena on Friday, August 19, 2022. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Cameron Mitchell #10 of Pasadena catches a pass for first down against La Serna in the first half of a prep football game at Maranatha High School in Pasadena on Friday, August 19, 2022. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Johnny Thompson of Oaks Christian carries the ball against Chaminade August 19, 2022.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
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2 Brothers Drown After Jumping Off Iconic but Dangerous ‘Jaws’ Bridge in Massachusetts
Even as police searched for their bodies, it was reported that tourists were still lining up to jump from the bridge, which has "no jumping or diving" signs posted.
In the movie “Jaws,” Sheriff Brody leaps over a bridge to rescue his son after he was attacked by the shark.
Now, every summer, thousands of tourists line up to recreate the iconic scene, jumping off the American Legion Memorial Bridge on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. Locals call it the “Jaws Bridge,” after the legendary film.
It's become something of a rite of passage, but it's also extremely dangerous.
“No jumping or diving” signs are posted on the bridge.
The jump itself is 22-feet, and the water below is 15-feet deep. There are also strong currents, and many people are swept away — even good swimmers.
That's what recently happened to brothers Tavaughn and Tavaris Bulgin, who drowned after jumping from the bridge.
Even as police searched for their bodies, it was reported that tourists were still lining up to jump from the bridge.
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Angelina Jolie Claims Brad Pitt Pushed Her Into Wall During 2016 Flight: Lawsuit
Angelina Jolie told the FBI that Brad Pitt “pushed her into the bathroom wall” and "grabbed her by the head, shaking her" during the outburst. The FBI investigated and closed the case without taking any action against Pitt.
An anonymously-filed lawsuit alleges new details about an explosive midair fight between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt that is said to have led to the former couple’s divorce.
The alleged incident happened on a private plane, with their six children on board.
Photos published by the New York Post show Jolie’s bruised hand and elbows, which the actress claims she suffered when Pitt got physical with her on the flight.
Jolie told the FBI that Pitt “pushed her into the bathroom wall” and "grabbed her by the head, shaking her" during the outburst. She says Pitt yelled that her son Maddox looked like "a f*****g Columbine kid,” in a reference to the school shooting.
She also says Pitt also approached Maddox, then 15, "like he was going to attack" before Jolie intervened by putting her husband in a chokehold to stop him. Jolie claims Pitt had been excessively drinking on the flight and at one point “poured beer on her.”
The FBI investigated and closed the case without taking any action against Pitt.
Politico reporter Josh Gerstein discovered the bombshell documents in a lawsuit filed by Jolie using the name Jane Doe to protect her privacy.
“It just seemed to me like the FBI wouldn’t have investigated, for example, very many alleged incidents of domestic abuse that take place on a private aircraft, so I had a faint sense that maybe this was related to the Angelina Jolie-Brad Pitt episode,” Gerstein said.
In her lawsuit against the Justice Department and the FBI, Jolie seeks to obtain the FBI’s investigative files, which she says have been "withheld" from her for years.
“The persistent denial of that information to Ms. Doe…a victim of the assault herself — has hampered, and continues to hamper, her efforts to obtain for her children necessary ongoing care and medical attention,” the lawsuit states.
Pitt appeared to be in good spirits when he took to the stage Friday while promoting his new action flick “Bullet Train.”
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Children Living Near Fracking Sites Are More Likely to Be Diagnosed With Leukemia, Yale Study Finds
More than 10,000 wells are dedicated to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in Pennsylvania, the subject of the study's focus. The study found 405 out of 2,500 kids living within 1.24 miles of a fracking site in the state have been diagnosed with leukemia.
Children living near fracking sites are two to three times more likely to be diagnosed with leukemia between the ages of 2 and 7 years old, a new Yale University study has found.
“Our results indicate that exposure to UOG (unconventional oil and gas) may be an important risk factor for ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukemia), particularly for children exposed in utero,” Cassandra Clark, of the Yale Cancer Center, said in a statement.
Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health found that of 2,500 kids living within two kilometers, or 1.24 miles, of a fracking site in Pennsylvania, 405 of them were diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common form of childhood cancer.
Nicole Deziel, an author of the study and an associate professor of epidemiology, said that fracking can “both use and release chemicals that have been linked to cancer, so the potential for children living near [a fracking site] to be exposed to these chemical carcinogens is a major public health concern.”
The study focused specifically on drinking water as a source of exposure, and found that existing setback distances – the minimum required distance between a home and a fracking well – were insufficient in protecting children’s health. The current setback distance in Pennsylvania is just 500 feet, according to the study.
Hydraulic fracturing, most commonly known as fracking, is the process in which oil and gas is extracted from deep underground by blasting sedimentary rock formations with water and chemicals in order to crack them and release gas and oils to the surface.
The wastewater from that process is then stored in a well, which the Natural Resources Defense Council, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group, has previously said has the potential to contaminate drinking water.
More than 10,000 fracking wells were drilled in Pennsylvania between 2002 and 2017, The Guardian reported.
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College Student Shot Dead in Forest by Woman Living 'Off-The-Grid' With Shotgun-Wielding 5-Year-Old: Cops
When authorities returned to the scene to track down a woman who allegedly fled when gunfire erupted, they discovered a series of tents and a 5-year-old with a loaded shot gun.
The investigation of a Florida college student’s fatal shooting in Alabama’s Talladega National Forest during an attempted armed robbery led authorities to an “off-the-grid” encampment, where they were confronted by a 5-year-old with a loaded shotgun, officials said.
Adam Simjee, a 22-year-old University of Central Florida student, died of his injuries after suffering several gunshot wounds to the torso, according to a statement by the Clay County Sheriff’s Office.
His longtime girlfriend, 20-year-old Mikayla Paulus, who is also a student at the University of Central Florida, had been performing CPR on Simjee when authorities arrived.
“He had his whole life ahead of him with Mikayla,” loved one said on a GoFundMe campaign created to raise money for funeral costs.
Two women who were believed to be living in the series of tents set up in the area have been accused of his murder and the child, who is the son of one of the women, is now in the custody of social services, the Gasden Times reported.
Law enforcement's unexpected discovery of the encampment came after Simjee and Mikayla had decided to embark on a last-minute hiking trip in the Talladega National Forest Sunday, authorities said. Paulus told al.com that the pair often enjoyed travelling together, and wanted to mark the end of their summer vacation with a trip to the national forest.
They were flagged down on the side of a road by a woman who said she needed help to get her car started, authorities said.
“Adam being the person he is, stopped to help them,” a loved one wrote. “He and Mikayla tried to help the woman and even reached out to family for tips to help get the car started. When nothing else could be done, they offered to get help from the ranger station.”
That’s when the woman, who police identified as Yasmine Hider, allegedly threatened them with a gun, and asked for their banking information, according to the GoFundMe. Hider held Simjee and Paulus at gunpoint as she told told them to walk into the woods, authorities said.
Simjee had also been carrying a concealed weapon and exchanged gunfire with Hider, authorities said. Hider was struck multiple times, and Simjee was fatally wounded. He died at the scene, according to the statement.
Paulus later wrote in a Facebook post that Simjee “made sure I knew I would be safe when I was with him.”
Paulus said that when gunfire erupted, she noticed a second woman, later identified as Krystal Pinkins, 36, run off, al.com reported. Authorities returned to the scene days later to search for Pinkins and they tracked her down to a location about a half-mile from where the shootout occurred, according to al.com.
Pinkins had been standing in front of a large group of tents set up in the forest, which Sheriff Jim Studdard described to al.com as a “base camp,” when authorities ordered her to the ground.
Shortly thereafter, a 5-year-old child emerged from the woods holding a loaded shot gun and did not put it down when authorities ordered him to drop the weapon, authorities said. The child ran toward his mother, and finally put the gun on the ground after reaching her, al.com reported.
Pinkins has been charged with one count of murder, two counts of kidnapping and two counts of robbery. She is being held at the Clay County Detention Center, the Gadsen Times reported.
Hider remains in the hospital under observation of the sheriff’s department, and warrants have been obtained charging her with one count of murder, two counts of kidnapping and two counts of robbery, according to the Gadsen Times.
A gag order was issued by District Judge David Law Wednesday that prevents anyone, including lawyers and witnesses, from speaking with media about the case.
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LAPD Asks for Public's Help Identifying Dozens of People Seen Ransacking 7-Eleven
One person was seen flinging bananas at the hiding clerk. Another jumped the counter and began throwing cigarettes to the crowd.
Police in Los Angeles are asking for the public's help in identifying dozens of people seen on video ransacking a 7-Eleven.
Cops estimate more than 100 people took part in the late night incident, in which the clerk watched helplessly as the unruly mob piled into the store.
Surveillance video shows the brazen thieves grabbing everything in sight, including food and other merchandise.
The LAPD says the group had been taking part in what's being called an “illegal street takeover,” where motorists had flooded the intersection to block off traffic. But the thieves took it further and overtook the entire convenience store.
One person was seen flinging bananas at the hiding clerk. Another jumped the counter and began throwing cigarettes to the crowd.
Finally, another group tried to steal the cash register and grabbed as many lottery tickets as they could.
They all rushed out of the store with the stolen items before police got there.
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Shares of media kingpin and video-streamer Disney (DIS) have been on quite a tear of late, soaring off their June lows. Undoubtedly, the stock was oversold and was long overdue for a relief bounce on the back of numerous catalysts I pointed out in prior pieces. Theme parks are flexing their muscles again, and recent Disney+ numbers were far better than feared. Indeed, there’s hope that the company’s third quarter is just a hint of what’s to come for the House of Mouse going into year’s end.
Disney has been through a lot of pain over the past two years. With a solid recovery quarter in the books and a new big-league investor aboard, it seems like the firm is ready to move on from pandemic-era lockdowns, restrictions, and other headwinds while its video-streaming service looks to take considerable share from rivals in a market that many may be too quick to give up on. It’s about time!
I am incredibly bullish on Disney stock, even after the recent bounce.
Disney Stock: Streaming Strength Could Continue
Disney’s latest round of results helped investors breathe a sigh of relief. The video-streaming market has been weighed down by Netflix (NFLX) in the first half. That said, Disney+ shows that there are still plenty of opportunities to be had in the space. With such a massive content library, a commitment to spend billions, and a pipeline continuously yielding intriguing new releases, it seems like Disney+ has the formula to bring the pressure to its top foe Netflix.
In prior pieces, I noted that Disney+ was likely to become the new king of video streaming, thanks to CEO Bob Chapek’s aggressive push, which is not about to slow down just because the economy is open (and likely to remain open).
With a recession on the horizon, viewers will be more selective. They don’t just want the Netflix of old anymore. They want great content, and they want it flowing out of the pipeline on a regular basis. If one series finishes, they want another and a couple of flicks to enjoy on the side.
Though all streamers are prone to content “droughts,” it seems like Disney has found a way to trickle in the great content over time such that consumers never find themselves searching endlessly, wondering what they’re going to watch next. This steady pipeline is a source of strength for Disney+. However, such a full pipeline does not come cheap. Disney is only starting to reap the rewards of its multi-billion-dollar content-spending spree.
As we fall into a recession, I think Disney+ has an opportunity to take some serious share away from Netflix and other rivals. Its strategy is too solid, and the bundling of Hulu and ESPN+ holds tremendous promise.
For the third quarter, Disney+ added 14.4 million subscribers globally, while Netflix shed just south of 1 million. Undoubtedly, Netflix needs to pivot, or further share losses seem unavoidable.
It’s not just Disney that’s to blame for Netflix’s pain. New media firms are investing heavily in streaming, and various tech companies like Amazon (AMZN) have its streaming platform, Prime Video, as just one of many services in its Prime subscription bundle.
It’s hard to compete against bundlers and content behemoths like Disney. With Hulu and ESPN+, Disney has more subscribers than Netflix (221.1 million versus 220.7 million).
Looking ahead, I expect the gap to widen unless Netflix can really take a lateral step to offer more value to viewers. Whether that’s in the form of an acquisition or the inclusion of another service to stop subscribers from leaving, Netflix seems up against it as it plays defense.
Expect Disney Theme Parks to Do More Heavy Lifting
Parks, Experiences, and Products saw 70% in sales growth for its latest quarter, helping the firm clock in 26% revenue growth year-over-year. Undoubtedly, a lot of pent-up demand looks to have been met for the quarter.
Further, the effects of the lifting of Shanghai lockdowns have yet to make a full impact. Shanghai Disneyland was not even open for most of the quarter. As the world continues to reopen its doors, I expect Disney’s Parks and Cruises businesses to go from drag to boon.
Disney is raising prices on parks again, but don’t expect traffic to taper anytime soon. There’s still too much pent-up demand out there, and it may help Disney overcome the next recession. I think pent-up demand tailwinds will overpower headwinds from a mild economic downturn. Further, consumers may be getting used to inflation and much higher prices on discretionary goods and experiences.
Is Disney Stock a Buy, Sell, or Hold?
Turning to Wall Street, DIS stock comes in as a Strong Buy. Out of 20 analyst ratings, there are 17 Buys and three Holds.
The average Disney price target is $139.58, implying upside potential of 16.2%. Analyst price targets range from a low of $120.00 per share to a high of $160.00 per share.
Conclusion: Things are Looking Up for Disney
It took quite a while, but things are finally starting to look up for Disney. Parks and Disney+ look incredibly strong and likely to power shares of DIS toward its seemingly distant highs just above $203 per share.
Over the next year, I expect Disney+ to continue gaining ground over rivals. As Shanghai stays open, I’d look for strong Parks numbers to continue, all while Disney raises prices in response to inflation. With such a unique and magical brand, few firms have better pricing power than Disney. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/disney-stock-more-upside-potential-ahead-after-magical-q3 | 2022-08-20T04:46:30Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/disney-stock-more-upside-potential-ahead-after-magical-q3 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(The Hill) – A Colorado judge has ordered attorney Jenna Ellis to travel to testify before the Georgia special grand jury investigating whether former President Trump attempted to overturn the 2020 election results in the state.
Judge Gregory Lammons of Colorado’s eighth judicial district approved a request to compel Ellis to travel from her Colorado home to Georgia to testify, CNN reported Tuesday.
Ellis was subpoenaed in July along with several other Trump allies and legal advisers, including Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman and Cleta Mitchell.
In the July subpoena, shared by Georgia Public Broadcasting, Ellis is identified as “an attorney for the Trump Campaign’s legal efforts seeking to influence the results of the November 2020 election in Georgia and elsewhere.”
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) noted actions by Ellis that appear to be “part of a multi-state, coordinated plan by the Trump Campaign to influence the results of the November 2020 election in Georgia and elsewhere.”
Ellis reportedly authored memos advising that then-Vice President Mike Pence disregard the electoral college votes certified by Congress for “contested” states like Georgia, according to the subpoena.
Willis also noted a December 2020 appearance by Ellis before the Georgia State Senate, during which she shared a video “that purported to show election workers producing ‘suitcases’ of unlawful ballots from unknown sources, outside the view of election poll watchers.”
The video was shortly thereafter discredited and the fraud claims were dismissed, but the subpoena alleges Ellis continued to make election fraud claims.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga.), Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) have also been subpoenaed to appear before the Georgia special grand jury.
Former New York City mayor Giuliani was informed Monday that he’s a main focus of the probe, and his testimony is expected later this week.
The Hill has reached out to Willis in Georgia as well as Colorado’s eighth judicial district for more. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/colorado-judge-orders-trump-legal-adviser-to-appear-in-georgia-probe/ | 2022-08-20T04:53:50Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/colorado-judge-orders-trump-legal-adviser-to-appear-in-georgia-probe/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It doesn’t always pay to fit in.
Sometimes, even though the going gets rough, setting yourself apart just might garner the recognition that a musician needs to build a cult following. Take Lost Dog Street Band, a neo-folk and “dark country” group that the general public has most likely never heard of.
They’re not quite country music in their atmosphere, but quite folk in their lyrical style due to the writing of frontman Benjamin Tod, who leads the band on guitar with his wife, Ashley Mae, on fiddle. They’re accompanied by bassist Jeff Loops.
Earlier this year, they released their eighth full-length album, titled “Glory,” which deals in heavy themes and complex bluegrass instrumentals, addressing Tod’s road to recovery after a living period of his life plagued by substance abuse.
No, you probably haven’t heard of them, but that’s what Tod expects at this point.
Growing up as a street busker – a street musician playing for cash tips – he had to learn how to play something that earned him enough money to afford a drink or what might be his sole meal that day.
His perseverance and skills for captivating a crowd seem to be paying off. Lost Dog Street Band has suddenly begun playing sold-out shows on their most recent tour.
On Sunday, they land at the Gryphon Theatre in Laramie.
Prior to their show in Portland, Oregon, on Tuesday night, Tod stepped away from a sound check to speak with the Wyoming Tribune Eagle about the band’s tour, their most recent album and his mindset as a musician.
“I’m much more optimistic person than I used to be,” Tod said. “OK, I’m not really optimistic, but I’m a more grateful person. People will be like, ‘Oh, you’re smiling. You look happy.’ I’m like, ‘Well, I’m not happy, but I’m grateful.’ I think it’s really the attitude shift.”
There is a difference between the two emotions, Tod said.
Passing the age of 30 presented Tod with a turning point. He became more aspirational and stopped allowing the desire for notoriety to fuel his creative process. The fans have always been there for him, but, historically, the press sure hasn’t.
From his perspective, it took gaining such a following of listeners that media outlets couldn’t ignore Lost Dog any longer. But by the time the media had its revelation, his personal conquest was over, and his focus had turned to serving the fans.
The revelation came when Tod, 26 years old at the time, nearly quit the music business to find a more viable career, possibly through military enlistment. But at a gig in Denver, he and Mae unexpectedly sold 150 tickets, filling a small venue.
“(The band) had actually split up for a while. We were kind of touring, and then when we got back together and started touring again, it was just a big surprise,” Tod said. “That was insane to us, and it just happened out of nowhere.”
At this point in his career, it isn’t an issue if the band fails to sell out that night’s venue. If Lost Dog fills just half of the room, then they will play to the smaller crowd, and Tod will be grateful for those who showed, regardless of the size of the market.
And the crowds do vary; that’s just how it goes when you’re labeled as a “dark country” band.
“I don’t know what to tell people. I just don’t know,” Tod said, laughing. “I’m a songwriter, mainly (influenced by) the big three Texas songwriters – Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark and Steve Earle. I don’t really know how to define it.
“We don’t fit in in the country community. None of the country community wants anything to do with us.”
“Country music” is categorized by a different set of characteristics, depending on the person, Tod emphasized. To some it’s honky-tonk, to others it might be red-dirt rock/country. Some think Nashville’s Music Row of Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean and their contemporaries exemplify the modern country genre as a whole.
For the record, Tod admits to hating the general consensus as to what represents the country genre today – so much so that he essentially plans to use the latter half of the year to satirize it in an upcoming honky-tonk album.
The idea is reminiscent of the habits maintained by country musician Sturgil Simpson, whom Tod respects. Simpson transitions between genres and manipulates the record industry to meet his terms, when typically the inverse holds true in many country musicians’ careers.
After releasing two of the most critically acclaimed country albums in the past several decades, Simpson then went on to find success with a rhythm and blues/jazz infused album, “A Sailors Guide to Earth,” as well as a hard rock album, “Sound and Fury.” He has since returned to his country roots, at least for now.
“I’m about to really branch out and push myself in different directions artistically,” Tod said. “I want to do it as kind of a middle finger to people who do that (style of music), because I’m going to do it, and it’s going to be better writing than 95% of everything else that’s coming out of that modern genre, and I’m not going to (expletive) try.”
Not only is this attitude in line with Tod’s humor, but having a chip on your shoulder is expected when, at the age of 13, you’re developing a vocal and musical style on Nashville’s Broadway. While music blared from the open bar windows, of which there were many, he had to sing and play over the noise.
“So, in order to compete where I grew up, if I wanted to eat, if I wanted to drink that day, I had to be extremely loud,” he said. “I learned from a very young age how to project my voice. So, my vocal style really comes from there.”
On their most recent album, he lyrically addresses the struggles that arose from such a difficult upbringing. The result is something raw and personal, and understandably earns Lost Dog the odd genre identification of “dark country.”
“My writing style comes directly from just mixing experiences that I had in my youth with solitude, addiction and hard choices, then redeeming myself from that.”
They might not fit in, but at least they’re not sellouts.
Will Carpenter is the Wyoming Tribune Eagle’s Arts and Entertainment/Features Reporter. He can be reached by email at wcarpenter@wyomingnews.com or by phone at 307-633-3135. Follow him on Twitter @will_carp_. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/features/todo/busking-recovery-and-giving-country-music-the-middle-finger-lost-dog-street-band-to-perform/article_6381e0bc-1e89-11ed-861f-23a261215404.html | 2022-08-20T05:01:13Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/features/todo/busking-recovery-and-giving-country-music-the-middle-finger-lost-dog-street-band-to-perform/article_6381e0bc-1e89-11ed-861f-23a261215404.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CHEYENNE – First lady Jennie Gordon’s Wyoming Hunger Initiative recently partnered with Frank’s Butcher Shop in Hudson and Casper to distribute $50,000 worth of protein to anti-hunger organizations across the state.
This statewide effort was made possible by a grant from the Hughes Charitable Foundation to provide grocery replenishment, according to a news release.
Wyoming Hunger Initiative partnered with Frank’s to purchase protein at a reduced “pantry” rate and distribute it through their already established delivery route system to reach anti-hunger organizations across the state. Organizations located outside the boundaries of Frank’s regular delivery routes received grocery replenishment dollars in the form of a check to ensure it would benefit each of Wyoming’s 23 counties and the Wind River Indian Reservation.
“Fresh food and sources of high-quality protein are notoriously expensive and difficult to procure for the food bank system,” Gordon said in the release. “The mission of Wyoming Hunger Initiative is to support the existing work of anti-hunger organizations across the state, and it is important to us that we meet the needs head on during this challenging time.”
Pantries are experiencing higher numbers of visits than normal, and are struggling to keep fresh items available for distribution. Wyoming Hunger Initiative seeks to address Wyoming challenges with Wyoming solutions, and Frank’s Butcher Shop’s commitment to serve the people of Wyoming resulted in an excellent partnership, the release said. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/hunger-initiative-partners-with-butcher-shop-to-distribute-50k-worth-of-protein/article_d9b1d28a-2035-11ed-bbf0-6baa641585d7.html | 2022-08-20T05:01:31Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/hunger-initiative-partners-with-butcher-shop-to-distribute-50k-worth-of-protein/article_d9b1d28a-2035-11ed-bbf0-6baa641585d7.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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CHEYENNE – The Wyoming Department of Education shared a school choice survey on its social media last weekend, which an official said was the result of a hack.
WDE spokeswoman Linda Finnerty said a link to the survey was posted on the department’s Twitter account by someone with malicious intent, and it has since been removed. She told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle their passwords have since been changed, and recommends no one click on the survey, as it could lead to a virus or damage to electronics.
“We’ve tried to investigate, and we’re still looking into it,” she said. “But at this point, we don’t have that identification.”
Observers of the school choice survey have said it wasn’t just shared on the department’s Twitter account. There were reports it was seen on Facebook, which also came Wednesday from the Jackson Hole News&Guide.
“The survey was promoted on the department’s Twitter and Facebook pages,” wrote reporter Evan Robinson-Johnson. “It was retweeted by the state of Wyoming and @WyoSUP, a collaborative group of school districts, colleges and education organizations.”
Wyoming School Boards Association President Brian Farmer told the WTE he saw the survey on multiple social media platforms. It was brought to his attention last week by another member of the WSBA, who shared a link to the Twitter post and was concerned. He said he saw what he believes to be the same survey on the WDE’s Facebook, but didn’t compare them closely.
In a follow-up text chain with Finnerty, she told the WTE the survey was never posted to the department’s Facebook account.
“I was very surprised,” Farmer said in response. “This sort of posting by a state agency generally gives some sort of legitimacy to the material that they’re sharing or reposting, or that they’re putting out there through their official channels. Yet, the survey itself certainly seems to be very much a promotion of a specific perspective.”
He said it was unusual for a department that doesn’t engage in any partisan promotion.
“I was also very disappointed in the agency that they would post something that was ... I don’t have a better term for it than propaganda,” he said.
About the survey
The “Wyoming School Choice Survey,” which was still online Friday at https://wyomingschoolchoicesurvey.com/, has no connection listed to an official agency, nor does it provide any information about who created it.
It provides those who would participate with 12 questions about schools in the state. It asks them to grade public schools in Wyoming and their communities on a scale from A to F, or undecided, and how much background knowledge they have on charter schools.
It moves into education-related statements, and asks the participant to indicate if they favor or oppose each statement. Some of those include whether they agree with “reducing regulations as long as accountability for student performance remains high,” and “allowing schools to make quick, effective changes to improve student achievement.”
Once the survey is submitted, it thanks the participant and gives no indication what the survey is for or who will receive the information provided.
“I think it encouraged the respondent to present an unfavorable impression of Wyoming public schools, and suggested that charter schools or charter options are somehow always a superior option to public schools,” Farmer said. “It seemed it was a promotion for charter schools, as opposed to taking an unbiased or neutral position – or even one that was just informative.”
Farmer was not the only education advocate concerned with the survey being shared by the state agency.
Charter school critics
“I was disappointed to see a school choice survey being sent out from the Wyoming Department of Education,” said Wyoming Education Association President Grady Hutcherson in a statement. “WDE is our government agency charged with responsibly leading and stewarding our public schools; that is where the agency’s focus should be.”
The Wyoming Legislature voted in 1995 to allow charter schools, according to the National School Choice Week website. The state currently has five, located in Cheyenne, Laramie and Riverton; Poder Academy is the one here.
Despite both organization presidents criticizing the sharing of the survey, they held different perspectives on charter schools in the state.
Farmer said the school boards association doesn’t believe charter schools are either inherently good or bad. He said every application must be judged on whether it meets the requirements under Wyoming law, and there are clearly times when they benefit communities in the state. He said he stands by the belief that charters should be approved by school districts and a neutral party, and held to the same standards as public schools.
“It’s highly important for Wyoming to demand that public dollars have public accountability and public transparency,” he said. “It’s critically important that the governance of any school has local control, and so I think all of our charter schools need to be held to the same standards as our public schools.”
He said if this is not the case, it shouldn’t be a charter school. It should be a private school and operate by different rules.
The WEA also takes the position that programs such as charter schools should not negatively impact the regular public school program, and must include adequate safeguards covering contract and employment provisions for all employees. They also must fully comply with statutory regulations.
However, Hutcherson said charter schools come with unintended consequences that pose a threat to Wyoming students. He said allowing dollars to follow students out of the public education system into charter schools will only siphon money out of already underfunded public schools.
“I find it ironic that this is called the ‘school choice’ movement because, for so many of our students, our traditional, existing public schools are the choice. Because of location, socioeconomic status or circumstance, public school is their one and only choice. And it is a choice that matters: For too many students, their public school is their main – or even their only – source of education, nutrition, counseling, health services, socialization and even safety,” he said. “How can anyone be willing to consider policy options that erode and jeopardize our public schools when they are the heart of our communities and the lifeline for our children?”
School choice advocates
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Brian Schroeder has been in charge of the Wyoming Department of Education since being appointed to fill a vacancy in February, and has taken an opposing public stance. He has been an advocate for school choice, and hosted a public information night in Cheyenne in May for a proposed charter school. He was joined by national advocates for the charter school movement.
“A healthy school has zero tolerance for toxic behaviors, toxic attitudes or toxic ideologies. Healthy schools, where the adults are still in charge, students are respectful, common sense prevails, and where our nation’s longstanding traditions are honored, not deleted,” he said at the event. “Which is why the charter school movement is such a critical piece in this whole thing. It breaks the stronghold of centralization, moves things back to the parents and local control, and brings competition back into the picture.”
His support for the charter school movement earned him former President Donald Trump’s endorsement in his campaign during the Republican primary.
“Brian Schroeder is doing an incredible job as Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction,” the Save America PAC said in a statement. “The proud father of seven children, Brian is a Champion for Wyoming Families. He is working hard to Advance School Choice, Deliver Education Solutions for our Children, and Defend Parental Rights.”
Schroeder lost Tuesday to Megan Degenfelder in the Republican primary, and will serve as state superintendent until January. He could not be reached for comment on the survey or the department’s social media pointing to it.
Jasmine Hall is the Wyoming Tribune Eagle’s state government reporter. She can be reached by email at jhall@wyomingnews.com or by phone at 307-633-3167. Follow her on Twitter @jasminerhphotos and on Instagram @jhrose25. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/wde-social-media-hacked-shares-school-choice-survey/article_1644c484-1ffd-11ed-b018-9f073c970c3c.html | 2022-08-20T05:01:44Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/wde-social-media-hacked-shares-school-choice-survey/article_1644c484-1ffd-11ed-b018-9f073c970c3c.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A former Gurkha soldier from Canterbury who served with the British armed forces and lost both legs in Afghanistan hopes to be the world’s first double above-the-knee amputee to climb Everest. Hari Budha Magar is calling on the community to help him prove that disability is not a barrier as he tries to raise £300,000 before taking on the world’s tallest mountain in May 2023.
Having served in the British Army’s Gurkha regiment for 15 years, Hari moved to Kent in 2009, a year before losing both legs in Afghanistan after an improvised Explosive Device exploded while on patrol. The 43-year-old remembers struggling to adapt to his new lifestyle. For more stories about and for our minority communities, subscribe to Untold Stories here.
“It was around three, four o’clock in the afternoon. It was very warm in Afghanistan. We were on patrol, and then this happened and it changed my life,” he said.
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“When I got injured my right leg wasn’t there. I remember going to the helicopter, they gave me a mask and then I woke up the next morning, lying in the hospital bed. I thought I’d spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair, I wasn’t aware of disabilities or of how they were living their lives. So it was a big shock for me.”
On his return to the UK, Hari, who was 31 at the time, stayed in the military ward with other injured soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan for 22 days. He was discharged and sent to rehabilitation at Headley Court in Surrey. “I was comfortable there because there were a lot of doctors, nurses and physiotherapists and occupational therapists and everyone kind of stepped in to help you out.
“But when you go home, you feel very lonely, you can’t go out, you can’t go to your friends, because their houses are not adapted. You can’t go to town, you can’t drive, initially I couldn’t go to the toilets myself. It took me a long time for me to kind of realise that this is my life.”
'I thought my life was finished'
Hari first thought his life was “finished” but regained hope in rehabilitation as he started to get used to his new condition. He started learning how to ride his wheelchair as well as getting around with it.
He said: “Because I was in the army, I’m very adaptable in the physical sense. But I had to adapt not only physically but mentally too. People in the community were saying “poor him, he lost his legs”, it was just too sympathetic and it was very hard.
“But I’m the same person, with the same experience, and the same family. So that was quite hard. I needed to do something, so I could be valuable for my family but before I gained the confidence, it was very hard, there was one point I was drinking so much.”
The dad-of-three started taking sports at the rehabilitation centre, including basketball and swimming. Hari went out of his comfort zone by skydiving and trying out new things he originally thought would be impossible for disabled people.
He said: “I never did skydiving so I wanted to experience that. You can do these things even if you don’t have legs. So slowly I started getting confident and then I started doing more and more sports. I think that you can do anything. It’s a different way of doing it.”
Inspire disabled people
Born in Nepal, he set himself the challenge of climbing Mount Everest to inspire people and change the narrative around disability. To attempt the Everest summit, Hari needs to raise more than £300,000 to fund his trip including buying specialist equipment.
He has launched a crowdfunder campaign and is calling on the people of Canterbury to support his expedition. “Everest is my ultimate challenge," he said. “The human body is just not designed to operate at that altitude. But add to that my challenges with mobility and speed, and there is a whole new layer of difficulty.
“It’ll take me longer than able bodied climbers, so I’m resigned to the fact that I’ll be starting earlier and finishing later. We’ve also planned two extra camps if they are needed.”
Hari is being trained by, and climbing with, Krishna Thapa, former Chief Mountain Instructor at the SAS and world-renowned climber, with nine months left to prepare for the ultimate summit. With reduced mobility, he uses three times more energy than the average climber, with Everest expecting to take him three times longer than an able-bodied mountaineer.
He will climb to the 8,848.86m (29,029ft) summit of Everest across the South Col route from Nepal, negotiating some of the world’s toughest mountaineering conditions. Cutting-edge equipment and technology will be important, but this is a true test of Hari’s human limits, both physical and mental.
Hari added: “From specially designed crampons to the heated sockets around my stumps and the short prosthetic legs I’ll be using for the climb – we are developing new technologies that will allow me to climb Everest. But it’s much more than that, everything needs to be adapted to get me onto the mountain right down to be made to measure clothing.”
In 2018, Hari joined forces with other climbers and disability charities to successfully overturn a ban on double amputees and the visually impaired from climbing Everest at the Supreme Court in Nepal. “It’s already been an adventure getting to this point, but through the climb I hope we can positively transform the way people with a disability are perceived, and how they perceive themselves,” Hari added.
Krishna Thapa said: “I’ve worked with some tough guys in my time, but Hari is up there with the toughest. If he puts his mind to a task, you are damn sure that he’s going to give it every fibre of his being to get the job done. There are no words to describe the monumental challenge that he’s undertaking, but we’ll be there every step of the way – and this time next year I can’t wait to share that special moment with Hari on top of the world.”
To support Hari’s Everest expedition, visit https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/harieverest
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Several major UK retailers are issuing product recalls after fears they are contaminated. Some of the stores include supermarkets such as Tesco, Sainsbury's and Lidl.
But they also include places such as Primark who have recalled a children's dinner plat. Affected products are listed on the Food Standards Agency website.
A product recall is issued when items can cause potential harm. For example, a product that has an unlisted ingredient that may cause an allergy to an unsuspecting buyer.
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Other times there may be things such as broken glass or metal in the packets. Or sometimes a cooked item may be found to be undercooked.
Affected customers are warned not to eat these products. Here is a breakdown of all the different recalls.
Primark
Primark shoppers have been warned about a 'dangerous' baby product they may have at home. A Disney character baby plate has been found to contain unsafe amounts of lead.
The Winnie the Pooh plate contains amounts of lead and and formaldehyde that exceed the EU safety regulations. Despite only being found in trace amounts, this could pose a safety risk if ingested.
Primark have issued a voluntary recall of the product and shoppers are urged to return it. The baby plate is distinctively shaped like cartoon character Winnie the Pooh's head.
It's the only baby plate being recalled and it went on sale in Primark on January 13, 2022. The product number is 6041901. If you have this product at home you should stop using it immediately and take it back to Primark. It doesn't matter how long you've had the plate, how many times you've used it or if you no longer have the receipt, you'll still receive a full refund.
Tesco
Tesco Mixed Fruit and Nut
Pack size: 25g
Batch code: L2196H221
Best before: 13 January 2023
A do not eat warning has been given out due to undeclared milk which could cause a possible health risk to customers. The supermarket's Mixed Fruit and Nut contains milk which is not mentioned on the label.
This means it is a potential risk to anyone with lactose intolerance. The notice reads: “We have been made aware that one batch code of Tesco Mixed Fruit and Nut 25g may contain milk which means that milk will not be declared on the packaging. The product could pose a safety risk to those people with an allergy to or intolerance to milk.
“Please do not consume this product if you have an allergy to milk, return the affected product to store where a full refund will be given. No receipt is required.”
Lidl
Eridanous Greek Style Smoked Mackerel Fillet with Olives and Oregano with Soy Oil
Pack size: 150g
Lot number: u000901063402062022
Best before: January 2023
The presence of Listeria monocytogenes has been found. This organism can cause symptoms similar to flu and include high temperature, muscle ache or pain, chills, feeling or being sick and diarrhoea.
In some cases the infection can be more severe and cause complications such as meningitis. Some people are more vulnerable to listeria infections, including those over 65 years of age, pregnant women and their unborn babies, babies less than one month old and people with weakened immune systems.
Linda McCartney 2 vegetarian 1/4lb burgers
Linda McCartney is issuing alerts for their pack of 2 vegetarian 1/4lb burgers. Retailers including Tesco and Ocado are recalling the product because it contains milk that is not mentioned on the label.
This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents. The product details:
Linda McCartney 2 vegetarian 1/4lb burgers
Pack size: 227g
Best before: January 2024
The FSA said: "If you have bought the above product and have an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents do not eat it. Instead, return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund. Consumers can also contact Linda McCartney Consumer Care on 0800 0014409."
Asda
Italian Inspired Chicken and Bacon Pasta Bake
Asda is recalling it's own-brand Italian Inspired chicken and bacon pasta bake due to undeclared mustard. The supermarket is removing the product as mustard was not mentioned on the label and this may pose a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to mustard.
The product details are:
Asda Italian Inspired Chicken and Bacon Pasta Bake
Pack size: 400g and 800g
Best before: 29 July 2022 and 30 July 2022
The FSA said: " If you have bought the above product and have an allergy to mustard, do not eat it. Instead return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund."
Sainsbury's
Sainsbury’s Cooked and Peeled Frozen Large King Prawns
Pack size: 180g
Best before: May 2023, June 2023, July 2023, August 2023, September 2023, and October 2023
by Sainsbury’s Cooked and Peeled Frozen Large King Prawns
Pack size: 400g
Best before: May 2023, June 2023, July 2023, August 2023, September 2023, and October 2023
The FSA said: "If you have bought any of the above products do not eat them. Instead, return them to the store from where they were bought for a full refund. If you have any questions or concerns, please visit Sainsbury’s website at Sainsburys.co.uk/help or contact their careline on 0800636262."
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Searching for the best Caribbean restaurant in Kent? Whether you’re craving jerk chicken or traditional bajan fishcakes, there are a few places for you to go across the county, serving a wide range of dishes to satisfy every palate.
They might not be Michelin star restaurants, but the quality of food in some of them has been widely praised on Tripadvisor. And to help plan your lunch or dinner, we searched for the top Caribbean restaurant according to Tripadvisor reviews.
Fairweather’s in Sheerness
The restaurant is ranked number one on Tripadvisor in Sheerness and has a five star rating. The meals were described as ‘well presented, authentic and tasty’ by one review.
Customers can choose from a range of options including the traditional Jerk Chicken with rice, peas and coleslaw for £9,50, the boneless curried goat with boiled rice, mango and avocado salad for £14.50, Ackee with saltfish, spinach and fried dumplings and many more.
Out of 81 reviews, 78 said it was “excellent” while only three said it was ”average”. One customer said: “The best takeaway we’ve had in a long time! We picked this order up and it was still hot when we got home. Honestly if you do one thing today, try this place.”
Another said: “Excellent customer service. Very friendly yet professional and great value for money with the best quality of food. 12/10 will definitely be returning.”
Mullins Brasserie in Margate
Recognised as Travellers’ Choice 2022 on Tripadvisor, the restaurant describes itself as ‘unique and vibrant’, serving Modern European Cuisine with a hint of the Caribbean. Owner and chef Antonio Forde hails from Barbados and has looked to “incorporate elements of Caribbean flavours and techniques into his menu”
It is housed in a converted butchers shop and aims to offer “a warm and inviting ambiance, combining many original features with contemporary furnishings”.
The restaurant received more than 800 reviews, with one saying that she had “ridiculously tasty food’, adding: “We stumbled across this lovely little restaurant as we were walking through the old town looking for somewhere to have lunch. And how lucky we were! We were welcomed in very warmly and given a very tasty looking menu with many options all priced very reasonably.”
Another review reads: “The food was fantastic and great value with generous portion sizes. Nice selection of drinks and cocktails. The food did take a while to arrive considering there were only a couple of tables occupied.”
The menu includes jerk chicken and mango salad, creole fish stew, curried goat and many more.
The Jerk Cafe in Strood
“Absolutely amazing food” one customer said on Tripadvisor where The Jerk Cafe is ranked number one restaurant in Strood. It has a five star ranking and has been recognised as Travellers' Choice 2021.
Customers can order on JustEat or Uber Eat food, from Beef Patty to Curry Mutton. The restaurant located in the High Street received 78 reviews, including 75 “excellent” reviews.
One customer said: “The food is by far the best you will get. We eat from here at least once a week, as do all of our families. We use them to cater for all our special events too. We love JC (The Jerk Cafe).”
Another said they drove an hour to get some take away, adding “it was so worth every minute! Delicious food, great looking store, central location. Looks like a place that’d be nice to eat in after lockdown and the pandemic with friends on a Friday night. Would eat again! Highly recommend.”
Dre’s Caribbean Kitchen in Herne Bay
If you’re visiting Herne Bay Pier, Dre’s Caribbean Kitchen is worth a stop according to its reviews. It is open for takeaway only and offers vegan options. Its menu includes Jerk Chicken, Beef Curry, Vegan curry, Jerk sweet potato and a few more dishes.
One review reads “I visited Dre’s with my folks during a visit to the pier with my daughter. The food was phenomenal (as usual) and I can’t wait to go again soon as Dre’s is open throughout the summer holidays, if you haven’t been before, I implore you to do yourself a favour and get down there.”
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'We are no longer a best-kept secret': MTSU a top-rated college in Princeton Review
Middle Tennessee State University has once again ranked as one of the best colleges in the nation.
For the fourth year in a row, MTSU has been named to The Princeton Review’s annual list of the nation’s best colleges, university President Sidney McPhee announced Thursday during his annual State of the University address.
“We are no longer a best-kept secret, as your hard work and considerable results now routinely attract headlines and attention from across Tennessee, the nation and, often, the world,” McPhee told the hundreds in attendance at the traditional fall faculty meeting inside Tucker Theatre.
MTSU also remains the only locally governed institution in Tennessee recognized by the publication, first achieving its spot in 2019. Only five higher education entities in the state — two public and three private — were included in the recently released 31st edition of “The Best 388 Colleges.”
MTSU received other nods. Newsweek recognized MTSU among its 2022 list of America’s Top Online Colleges and as a “Best Maker School in Higher Education” and U.S. News & World Report ranked MTSU in the top 75 nationally for uplifting students’ social mobility.
"We begin this year stronger"
In kicking off the 2022-23 academic year that officially begins Monday with the start of classes, McPhee highlighted the university’s elevation to the R2 “high research activity” doctoral university designation by Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
“We begin this year stronger … and are now back in full swing," said McPhee, the university’s 10th president beginning his 22nd year as its leader.
He also noted the launch of new academic programs, such as a bachelor’s degree in Public Writing and Rhetoric; master’s degrees in data science and supply chain management; and a bachelor’s in cybersecurity that is under consideration.
Outstanding faculty were recognized with special awards, including the Career Achievement Award, the highest honor given to a faculty member.
University Provost Mark Byrnes and MTSU Foundation President Ronald Roberts joined McPhee in presenting this year’s award to Thomas Brinthaupt, psychology professor and director of faculty development for MTSU’s Learning, Teaching, and Innovative Technologies Center.
Other noteworthy updates:
- A new 54,000-square-foot, $40.1 million School of Concrete and Construction Management building will open with a ribbon-cutting set for mid-October.
- Construction will begin on an 89,000-square-foot, $54.9 million Applied Engineering Building that will house Engineering Technology and Mechatronics Engineering programs. The project should take roughly three years to complete.
- A $62.2 million state-funded project — which includes more than $4.5 million in university matching funds — will relocate the Aerospace program from Murfreesboro Airport to Shelbyville. The project, which will take an estimated three to five years, includes construction of an 83,000-square-foot academic building and three hangar structures for laboratory and support spaces.
- MTSU received a record-breaking $17.2 million in contributions, a 50% increase from the previous year.
- Renovations were made to Murphy Center, known as the "Glass House," which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
- Progress of MTSU Athletics’ three-phase $100 million “Build Blue” campaign to upgrade athletic facilities continues.
- A groundbreaking later in the semester will kick off expansion of outdoor tennis facilities on campus.
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MTSU kicks off 14-city True Blue Tour on home turf
Middle Tennessee State University will head out on another True Blue Tour, crisscrossing Tennessee and bordering states Alabama, Kentucky and Georgia to recruit prospective students.
The tour kicked off Wednesday on home turf, where MTSU President Sidney McPhee awarded more than $65,000 in scholarships to unsuspecting recipients in attendance.
True Blue Tour will then travel to more than a dozen cities and features nighttime receptions to meet students and their parents and noontime luncheons to engage counselors and community college staff.
All True Blue Tour and other special recruiting events are free, but admissions officials request prospective students and their families preregister. Walk-ups are welcome. Masks are optional, but not required.
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President Sidney A. McPhee and Deb Sells, vice president of Students Affairs and vice provost for Enrollment and Academic Services, lead the team that includes staff, deans and other administrators, plus representatives from more than 20 departments prepared to answer questions and provide information for guests.
McPhee said he is “looking forward to meeting outstanding students and their parents on the tour this fall.”
“By going on the road each year to personally meet with these prospective students and their families, MTSU hopes to reinforce how much we want them to become members of our ever-growing Blue Raider family,” he said.
Any high school student starting the college search or finalizing choices is encouraged to attend the tour.
"The True Blue Tour is the very best opportunity to meet locally with academic advisors, admissions and financial aid reps, and other departments
“Come see for yourself why the Princeton Review has named MTSU one of the best universities in America for three years in a row," Sells said.
College Night/True Blue Preview
MTSU annually hosts Rutherford County College Night, where about 50 colleges and universities gather to recruit prospective students. The free event will be held starting at 6 p.m. Sept. 7, in the Student Union Ballroom.
This fall, MTSU will hold True Blue Preview events Oct. 1 and Nov. 5. Hundreds of prospective students attend to receive a hands-on view of all the campus has to offer. Go here to register for the free events.
True Blue Tour
- Sept. 14 — Counselors/community college staff luncheon, SUB, Murfreesboro
- Sept. 28 — Wilma Rudolph Event Center, 8 Champions Way, Clarksville
- Oct. 5 — Millennium Maxwell House, 2025 Rosa L. Parks Blvd., Nashville
- Oct. 11 — Marriott Birmingham, 3590 Grandview Parkway, Birmingham, Alabama
- Oct. 12 — The Westin Huntsville, 6800 Governors West NW, Huntsville, Alabama
- Oct. 19 — Carnegie Hotel, 1216 W. State of Franklin Road, Johnson City
- Oct. 20 — The Foundry at the Fair Site, 747 World’s Fair Park Drive, Knoxville
- Nov. 1 — Origin Hotel Lexington, 4174 Rowan, Lexington, Kentucky
- Nov. 2 — Louisville Marriott East, 1903 Embassy Square Blvd., Louisville, Kentucky
- Nov. 8 — Esplande Memphis, 901 Cordova Station Ave., Cordova
- Nov. 9 — Jackson Country Club, 31 Jackson Country Club Lane, Jackson
- Nov. 14 — Franklin Marriott Cool Springs, 700 Cool Springs Blvd., Franklin
- Nov. 16 — The Westin Atlanta Perimeter North, 7 Concourse Parkway NE, Atlanta
- Nov. 17 — Chattanooga Convention Center, 1 Carter Plaza, Chattanooga
Note: Counselor/community college staff luncheons begin at 12:30 p.m. local time; student receptions start at 6 p.m. local time.
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Nearly two dozen qualify to run Nov. 8 in Eagleville, Smyrna and La Vergne
There are 20 candidates who qualified with the Rutherford County Election Commission to run in the Nov. 8 election local races in Smyrna, Eagleville and La Vergne. Voters will decide leaders for mayors, council and board seats.
Deadline to qualify with the Rutherford County Election Commission was Aug. 18.
To qualify, a candidate must obtain at least 25 signatures of voters who reside in the area the office represents.
The Nov. 8 ballots will also include candidates for Congress, governor and the Tennessee General Assembly.
The August election included electing candidates for county and Murfreesboro offices, judicial offices for county, state and Smyrna, and choosing party nominees in primaries for state and federal offices.
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The elections for city or town governments are nonpartisan, so all qualified candidates for local seats are listed as independents.
Incumbent Smyrna Mayor Mary Esther Reed was the only qualifying candidate and does not face opposition in the November election. There are five who qualified for the Smyrna Town Council race. The top three candidates earning at-large votes will win four-year terms.
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Five candidates qualified to run for La Vergne Board of Aldermen. The top two candidates to garner the most at-large votes win four-year terms. Three candidates, including the incumbent, qualified to run for mayor, also a four-year term.
Eagleville residents will choose a mayor and council members at the election. Incumbent Mayor Chad Leeman faces no opposition. There are four candidates who qualified for the three council seats with four-year terms, and one is running unopposed for a seat with a two-year term.
Smyrna seats
Mayor race
- Mary Esther Reed, incumbent
Council race
- Marc Adkins, incumbent vice mayor
- H.G. Cole Jr., incumbent
- Gerry Short, incumbent
- Marquinta "Mutt" Richardson
- Celest Davis
La Vergne seats
Mayor race
- Jason Cole, incumbent
- Matthew B. Mednick
- John Mack Rutledge
Aldermen race
- Graeme Coates, incumbent
- Carol V. Hass
- Kara Hobbs
- Charlie Jones
- Kathy Tyson
Eagleville seats
Mayor race
- Chad Leeman, incumbent
Council race: 2-year term
- Jason Blair, incumbent
Council race: 4-year term
- Brandon Emamalie, incumbent
- Bill Tollett, incumbent
- Heath Garner, incumbent
- Craig Campbell
Election dates and facts
Next election: Nov. 8
Last day to register to vote to participate in Nov. 8 election: Oct. 11
Dates for absentee ballot by mail voting for Nov. 8 election: Aug. 10 through Nov. 1
Early voting period at polling locations for Nov. 8 election: Oct. 19 through Nov. 3
What races are on ballots in Rutherford County: seats for U.S. House of Representatives, Tennessee General Assembly, governor, and mayor and other local government offices for Smyrna, La Vergne and Eagleville
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Why four-year starter Landon Miller rarely comes off the field for Smyrna football now
SMYRNA - Smyrna senior Landon Miller rarely comes off the field these days, and he's loving every minute of it.
Already a four-year starter at quarterback and punter for the Bulldogs, Miller is now starting for the Bulldogs at free safety, something that he's been itching to do for a few years.
"We want to have the best athletes on the field at all times," said Miller, who rushed for 114 yards and two touchdowns while playing a majority of the contest on the defensive side as well in a 35-14 win over rival Stewarts Creek Friday at SRM Field.
"Even with a lot of us playing both ways, we're some dogs and we're going to keep fighting."
It's the first time in Miller's high school career that he's played defense, but he played linebacker throughout youth leagues and middle school before coming to Smyrna.
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"I'm faster now, so I'm able to play safety," Miller said. "I'll do whatever I can to help the team."
Against Stewarts Creek he had five tackles and a pass break-up in the end zone.
A lack of numbers and depth has prompted the move to play the team's most versatile player both ways.
"He's a great defensive player," Smyrna coach Matt Williams said. "Coming out of middle school, he was our quarterback, so we couldn't afford to play him on defense, not that we can now. We're trying to play old-school football."
One thing that helped Miller prepare for his new role is bulking up and hitting the weight room. The now 6-foot-2, 225-pounder has put on 25-30 pounds since last season. It hasn't affected his speed, however, as shown by his big night running the ball.
"I'm just as mobile," Miller said. "Putting on weight and lifting more has a lot to do with it."
"He has worked out and killed the weight room this offseason," Williams said. "He bought into that. It's paid dividends, as far as injury prevention."
As if his big night on both offense and defense weren't impressive enough, Miller, who was a second-team all-area punter last season, averaged more than 40 yards on five punts.
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"Landon is extremely valuable to us," Williams said. "Tonight he played about as hard as I've seen anybody play. Hat's off to him for that. He does so much for us. He's become a leader for us.
"He did a lot of good things tonight. He would tell you he would like to have thrown it better, but he did a good job running the ball and an extremely good job punting."
With more defensive reps, Miller should get even better as the season progresses. He's already impressed his teammates.
"He's great right now," said Smyrna senior running back/linebacker Arion Carter, who is a Memphis commitment. "Everyone has their ways of improvement, and he does too. But he can be really great."
Carter had 15 carries for 96 yards and a touchdown in Friday's win. Javarian Otey had 19 carries for 100 yards to lead Stewarts Creek (0-1).
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A pregnant woman in Louisiana alleges that she was denied an abortion despite the fetus being diagnosed with a fatal condition.
At about 10 weeks, Nancy Davis' baby was diagnosed with acrania, a rare congenital disorder in which a fetus' skull does not form inside of the womb, according to a statement from civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who represents Davis.
Acrania is a lethal condition with death within the first week of life, according to the Fetal Medicine Foundation.
However, after Davis decided to get an abortion, the hospital allegedly chose not to perform it, the statement said.
"Ms. Nancy Davis was put in a horrifically cruel position by the State of Louisiana, left with only two choices: To carry the fetus until its inevitable death or to travel to another state to end the pregnancy weeks after she made the incredibly painful decision to do so," Crump said in a statement Thursday.
Earlier this month, Davis spoke to CNN affiliate WAFB about her situation, saying doctors told her she would "be carrying the baby to bury the baby."
In a statement to CNN on Friday, a spokesperson for Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge, Caroline Isemann, said the hospital cannot comment on a specific patient but said navigating an unviable pregnancy is extremely complex.
"We look at each patient's individual circumstances and how to remain in compliance with all current state laws to the best of our ability," Isemann told CNN. "Even if a specific diagnosis falls under medically futile exceptions provided by (the Louisiana Department of Health), the laws addressing treatment methods are much more complex and seemingly contradictory."
Isemann told the New York Times that Louisiana's multiple abortion bans, which use different terminology, complicate matters. "There is currently no guidance on which law controls" the situation, she said, adding that the hospital was struggling to ensure that a doctor who terminates a pregnancy after a diagnosis of acrania was safe from prosecution.
Meanwhile, the lawmaker who wrote the state's abortion law, state Sen. Katrina Jackson, told WAFB that Davis should have been allowed an abortion based on a list of 25 exclusive exceptions from the Louisiana Department of Health.
"This woman is seeking a medical procedure for a pregnancy that is not viable outside of the womb," Jackson told WAFB.
Crump's office said the law is clearly having a negative impact.
"Regardless of what Louisiana lawmakers claim, the law is having its intended effect, causing doctors to refuse to perform abortions even when they are medically necessary out of fear of losing their medical licenses or facing criminal charges," Crump said in a statement.
As for Davis, Crump says she will be traveling out of state for the procedure, according to the statement.
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Forbes features Macon as “South’s Best Kept Secret!”
The article mentions some of the best food spots in town, like Macon bagels, and Nu-Way Weiners.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— The secret is out about Macon, thanks to Forbes magazine.
Writer Katie Chang wrote an article titled “A Weekend Guide to Macon, One of the South’s Best Kept Secrets.”
The article mentions some of the best food spots in town, like Macon bagels, and Nu-Way Weiners. The new Hotel Forty-Five gets an honorable mention. She also wrote about attractions like the Tubman Museum and the Big House.
Visit Macon President and CEO, Gary Wheat, says they work with travel writers to help tell Macon’s story.
“Forbes is read all over the world and a well-known publication so we were excited to see Forbes represent us and kind of present that 30,000-foot view of our destination,” Wheat said. “I think that allows the visitor to see that and see all that we have to offer here.”
You can read the Forbes Magazine article for yourself on their website. | https://www.41nbc.com/forbes-features-macon-as-souths-best-kept-secret/ | 2022-08-20T05:21:11Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/forbes-features-macon-as-souths-best-kept-secret/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Forbes features Macon as “South’s Best Kept Secret!”
The article mentions some of the best food spots in town, like Macon bagels, and Nu-Way Weiners.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— The secret is out about Macon, thanks to Forbes magazine.
Writer Katie Chang wrote an article titled “A Weekend Guide to Macon, One of the South’s Best Kept Secrets.”
The article mentions some of the best food spots in town, like Macon bagels, and Nu-Way Weiners. The new Hotel Forty-Five gets an honorable mention. She also wrote about attractions like the Tubman Museum and the Big House.
Visit Macon President and CEO, Gary Wheat, says they work with travel writers to help tell Macon’s story.
“Forbes is read all over the world and a well-known publication so we were excited to see Forbes represent us and kind of present that 30,000-foot view of our destination,” Wheat said. “I think that allows the visitor to see that and see all that we have to offer here.”
You can read the Forbes Magazine article for yourself on their website. | https://www.41nbc.com/forbes-features-macon-as-souths-best-kept-secret/ | 2022-08-20T05:21:11Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/forbes-features-macon-as-souths-best-kept-secret/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Herschel Walker campaigns in hometown of Wrightsville
"Having the opportunity for a hometown small town guy represent our community is very exciting for me and so many people in our town."
WRIGHTSVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— When politicians visit voters, small towns like Wrightsville get overlooked most of the time. When the politician is from Wrightsville though, it makes a difference.
Republican Senate candidate and former football star, Herschel Walker, visited his hometown to meet with supporters.
Wrightsville Mayor, Janibeth Outlaw, shared what it’s like to see him run for office.
“Having the opportunity for a hometown small town guy represent our community is very exciting for me and so many people in our town,” Mayor Outlaw said.
Walker talked about how he felt God called on him to run for office. His wife, Julie, and Mayor Outlaw also participated in a panel discussion with him. They talked about crime and inflation.
“Crime is very, very important, and this economy is tough because they’ve got to buy groceries,” Walker said. “I think all the inflation, the gas prices, the grocery prices, and you know the schools in certain areas it’s gotten really out of hand.”
Mayor Outlaw says the discussion from Walker on inflation and gas prices stood out to her, as well as other issues.
“I’m a mom of four and that’s very near and dear to my heart,” she said. “Then talking about faith and traditional values. What my children are being taught at a really early age is very important to me.”
Walker shared a message for voters and Senator Raphael Warnock, on the debate he invited him to in October.
“I’ve always went out and worked. I’m always going to be transparent with them because I always have been,” Walker said. “I’m not going to hide I’m not going to hide like Senator Warnock and what I would say to Senator Warnock is where you at scaredy cat? Debate me October the 14th Savannah Georgia in front of an audience and lets let the people see.”
Walker faces current Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock, and Libertarian Chase Oliver in the Senate race. Election Day is November 8. | https://www.41nbc.com/herschel-walker-campaigns-in-hometown-of-wrightsville/ | 2022-08-20T05:21:17Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/herschel-walker-campaigns-in-hometown-of-wrightsville/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Herschel Walker campaigns in hometown of Wrightsville
"Having the opportunity for a hometown small town guy represent our community is very exciting for me and so many people in our town."
WRIGHTSVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— When politicians visit voters, small towns like Wrightsville get overlooked most of the time. When the politician is from Wrightsville though, it makes a difference.
Republican Senate candidate and former football star, Herschel Walker, visited his hometown to meet with supporters.
Wrightsville Mayor, Janibeth Outlaw, shared what it’s like to see him run for office.
“Having the opportunity for a hometown small town guy represent our community is very exciting for me and so many people in our town,” Mayor Outlaw said.
Walker talked about how he felt God called on him to run for office. His wife, Julie, and Mayor Outlaw also participated in a panel discussion with him. They talked about crime and inflation.
“Crime is very, very important, and this economy is tough because they’ve got to buy groceries,” Walker said. “I think all the inflation, the gas prices, the grocery prices, and you know the schools in certain areas it’s gotten really out of hand.”
Mayor Outlaw says the discussion from Walker on inflation and gas prices stood out to her, as well as other issues.
“I’m a mom of four and that’s very near and dear to my heart,” she said. “Then talking about faith and traditional values. What my children are being taught at a really early age is very important to me.”
Walker shared a message for voters and Senator Raphael Warnock, on the debate he invited him to in October.
“I’ve always went out and worked. I’m always going to be transparent with them because I always have been,” Walker said. “I’m not going to hide I’m not going to hide like Senator Warnock and what I would say to Senator Warnock is where you at scaredy cat? Debate me October the 14th Savannah Georgia in front of an audience and lets let the people see.”
Walker faces current Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock, and Libertarian Chase Oliver in the Senate race. Election Day is November 8. | https://www.41nbc.com/herschel-walker-campaigns-in-hometown-of-wrightsville/ | 2022-08-20T05:21:17Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/herschel-walker-campaigns-in-hometown-of-wrightsville/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
ICYMI: Stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News
Top stories from August 19, 2022
***Don’t forget to tune into Week 1 of The End Zone during 41NBC News at 11.****
- For other stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News, click here.
***Don’t forget to tune into Week 1 of The End Zone during 41NBC News at 11.**** | https://www.41nbc.com/icymi-stories-you-may-have-missed-today-on-41nbc-news-127/ | 2022-08-20T05:21:23Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/icymi-stories-you-may-have-missed-today-on-41nbc-news-127/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ICYMI: Stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News
Top stories from August 19, 2022
***Don’t forget to tune into Week 1 of The End Zone during 41NBC News at 11.****
- For other stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News, click here.
***Don’t forget to tune into Week 1 of The End Zone during 41NBC News at 11.**** | https://www.41nbc.com/icymi-stories-you-may-have-missed-today-on-41nbc-news-127/ | 2022-08-20T05:21:23Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/icymi-stories-you-may-have-missed-today-on-41nbc-news-127/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Monroe County millage rate decreases
County Commissioners voted due to lower the millage rate by three quarters of a mill.
FORSYTH, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— Monroe County could see a decrease in property taxes.
County Commissioners voted due to lower the millage rate by three quarters of a mill.
Chairman of the Board, Greg Tapley, says several factors helped in the decision to lower the rate, including new businesses expanding into the county and property improvements.
“Even with any increases in payroll or cost for equipment or maybe the projects that we’re doing in Monroe county, we’re still able to keep taxes the same or lower them and so thankfully its been a trend downward for the last few years.”
Tapley says the county’s goal is to keep the same millage rate the same or decrease it. | https://www.41nbc.com/monroe-county-millage-rate-decreases/ | 2022-08-20T05:21:29Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/monroe-county-millage-rate-decreases/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Monroe County millage rate decreases
County Commissioners voted due to lower the millage rate by three quarters of a mill.
FORSYTH, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— Monroe County could see a decrease in property taxes.
County Commissioners voted due to lower the millage rate by three quarters of a mill.
Chairman of the Board, Greg Tapley, says several factors helped in the decision to lower the rate, including new businesses expanding into the county and property improvements.
“Even with any increases in payroll or cost for equipment or maybe the projects that we’re doing in Monroe county, we’re still able to keep taxes the same or lower them and so thankfully its been a trend downward for the last few years.”
Tapley says the county’s goal is to keep the same millage rate the same or decrease it. | https://www.41nbc.com/monroe-county-millage-rate-decreases/ | 2022-08-20T05:21:29Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/monroe-county-millage-rate-decreases/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Baldwin County hosts Peach County for our GOTW
This is the first time since 2013, the Braves and Trojans have played each other.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — The Peach County Trojans traveled to Milledgeville to take on the Baldwin Braves.
This is the first time since 2013, the Braves and Trojans have played each other.
Here are the highlights from Braves Field: | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-baldwin-county-hosts-peach-county-for-our-gotw/ | 2022-08-20T05:21:35Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-baldwin-county-hosts-peach-county-for-our-gotw/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Baldwin County hosts Peach County for our GOTW
This is the first time since 2013, the Braves and Trojans have played each other.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — The Peach County Trojans traveled to Milledgeville to take on the Baldwin Braves.
This is the first time since 2013, the Braves and Trojans have played each other.
Here are the highlights from Braves Field: | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-baldwin-county-hosts-peach-county-for-our-gotw/ | 2022-08-20T05:21:35Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-baldwin-county-hosts-peach-county-for-our-gotw/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Howard welcomes Southwest
The Huskies and Patriots looking to start off undefeated this year, after both had losing seasons last year.
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) —The Howard Huskies hosted the Southwest Patriots at Ed Defore Sports Complex.
The Huskies and Patriots looking to start off undefeated this year, after both had losing seasons last year.
Check out the highlights below: | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-howard-welcomes-southwest/ | 2022-08-20T05:21:41Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-howard-welcomes-southwest/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Howard welcomes Southwest
The Huskies and Patriots looking to start off undefeated this year, after both had losing seasons last year.
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) —The Howard Huskies hosted the Southwest Patriots at Ed Defore Sports Complex.
The Huskies and Patriots looking to start off undefeated this year, after both had losing seasons last year.
Check out the highlights below: | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-howard-welcomes-southwest/ | 2022-08-20T05:21:41Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-howard-welcomes-southwest/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Tattnall faces Schley County
The Trojans coming off a 9-2 season last year, taking on the Wildcats who are ranked #1 in A-Division II.
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — The Tattnall Trojans welcomed the Schley County Wildcats to Jack Baynes Field.
The Trojans coming off a 9-2 season last year, taking on the Wildcats who are ranked #1 in A-Division II.
Here are the highlights: | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-tattnall-faces-schley-county/ | 2022-08-20T05:21:47Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-tattnall-faces-schley-county/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Tattnall faces Schley County
The Trojans coming off a 9-2 season last year, taking on the Wildcats who are ranked #1 in A-Division II.
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — The Tattnall Trojans welcomed the Schley County Wildcats to Jack Baynes Field.
The Trojans coming off a 9-2 season last year, taking on the Wildcats who are ranked #1 in A-Division II.
Here are the highlights: | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-tattnall-faces-schley-county/ | 2022-08-20T05:21:47Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-tattnall-faces-schley-county/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Veterans hosts Richmond Academy
The Warhawks have a new head coach, Josh Ingram, who was the Offensive Coordinator the last four seasons at Veterans.
KATHLEEN, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — The Veterans Warhawks welcomed the Richmond Academy Musketeers to Freedom Field.
The Warhawks have a new head coach, Josh Ingram, who was the Offensive Coordinator the last four seasons at Veterans.
Check out the highlights below: | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-veterans-hosts-richmond-academy/ | 2022-08-20T05:21:53Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-veterans-hosts-richmond-academy/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Veterans hosts Richmond Academy
The Warhawks have a new head coach, Josh Ingram, who was the Offensive Coordinator the last four seasons at Veterans.
KATHLEEN, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — The Veterans Warhawks welcomed the Richmond Academy Musketeers to Freedom Field.
The Warhawks have a new head coach, Josh Ingram, who was the Offensive Coordinator the last four seasons at Veterans.
Check out the highlights below: | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-veterans-hosts-richmond-academy/ | 2022-08-20T05:21:53Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-veterans-hosts-richmond-academy/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Westside Seminoles visit Central Chargers
The Chargers are coming off a 1-9 season. The Seminoles also had a losing season last year. It was the first one in school history.
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — The Westside Seminoles went on the road to take on the Central Chargers.
The Chargers are coming off a 1-9 season. The Seminoles also had a losing season last year. It was the first one in school history.
Let’s take a look at the highlights from Henderson Stadium: | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-westside-seminoles-visit-central-chargers/ | 2022-08-20T05:21:59Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-westside-seminoles-visit-central-chargers/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Westside Seminoles visit Central Chargers
The Chargers are coming off a 1-9 season. The Seminoles also had a losing season last year. It was the first one in school history.
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — The Westside Seminoles went on the road to take on the Central Chargers.
The Chargers are coming off a 1-9 season. The Seminoles also had a losing season last year. It was the first one in school history.
Let’s take a look at the highlights from Henderson Stadium: | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-westside-seminoles-visit-central-chargers/ | 2022-08-20T05:21:59Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-westside-seminoles-visit-central-chargers/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Warner Robins welcomes Lee County
The Demons start the season ranked #2 in 6-A. The Trojans are ranked #1 in 5-A.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) —The Waner Robins Demons hosted the Lee County Trojans from southwest Georgia.
The Demons start the season ranked #2 in 6-A. The Trojans are ranked #1 in 5-A.
Here are the highlights from the MAC: | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-warner-robins-welcomes-lee-county/ | 2022-08-20T05:22:05Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-warner-robins-welcomes-lee-county/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Warner Robins welcomes Lee County
The Demons start the season ranked #2 in 6-A. The Trojans are ranked #1 in 5-A.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) —The Waner Robins Demons hosted the Lee County Trojans from southwest Georgia.
The Demons start the season ranked #2 in 6-A. The Trojans are ranked #1 in 5-A.
Here are the highlights from the MAC: | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-warner-robins-welcomes-lee-county/ | 2022-08-20T05:22:05Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-warner-robins-welcomes-lee-county/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Macon Film Festival is back
The schedule includes films screenings and other events at multiple venues throughout Macon.
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)– It’s lights, cameras, and action for the 17th Annual Macon Film Festival.
The schedule includes films screenings and other events at multiple venues throughout Macon. More then 80 films from around the world will be showcased.
On Friday, students from Jones and Jasper counties attended a screening of student-made films at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. There was also a Q&A session with film makers.
“This is our third year coming to the Macon Film Festival and we’ve got to interact with some of the filmmakers over the years and be inspired by some of their films and students learned today as well,” said Film Instructor of Jasper County High School, Tyson Harty.
To check out film screenings and times, or to purchase tickets, head to maconfilmfestival.com | https://www.41nbc.com/the-macon-film-festival-is-back/ | 2022-08-20T05:22:12Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-macon-film-festival-is-back/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Macon Film Festival is back
The schedule includes films screenings and other events at multiple venues throughout Macon.
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)– It’s lights, cameras, and action for the 17th Annual Macon Film Festival.
The schedule includes films screenings and other events at multiple venues throughout Macon. More then 80 films from around the world will be showcased.
On Friday, students from Jones and Jasper counties attended a screening of student-made films at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. There was also a Q&A session with film makers.
“This is our third year coming to the Macon Film Festival and we’ve got to interact with some of the filmmakers over the years and be inspired by some of their films and students learned today as well,” said Film Instructor of Jasper County High School, Tyson Harty.
To check out film screenings and times, or to purchase tickets, head to maconfilmfestival.com | https://www.41nbc.com/the-macon-film-festival-is-back/ | 2022-08-20T05:22:12Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-macon-film-festival-is-back/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
HONOLULU (KITV)- People are heading to restaurants and bars to watch the Hawaii team play in the Little League World Series. It’s clear this is more about seeing the fighting spirit of Hawaii, than anything else. Our boys move on and so does the spirit of Ohana that goes with them, even if it's not your kid who is on the team.
The cheering, emotion, and smiles. Hawaii having a team in the Little League World series is a big deal for local residents. "Hawaii is family. No matter where you grew up in Hawaii, it’s always about family. And we're all one Ohana," said Shaun Kitamura who came out to watch the game at Tj's Sports Bar and Grill.
Ohana means family in Hawaiian. The word epitomizes the experience of watching the games. Shaun Kitamura and his father Glenn Kitamura are watching the game together at TJ's Sports Bar and Grill in Honolulu. "You're cheering with everyone in the restaurant. So I think it’s the greatest thing," said Glenn Kitamura. "I'm spending the greatest time in the world with my family and uncles watching baseball," said Glenn Kitamura.
But it's about more than just hanging out with each other. It's also about the kids they're watching. "They're proud kids I think. They just want to do well for Hawaii. When I saw their uniforms saying "we are greater than me" on their Honolulu jerseys. I thought that was an excellent saying on their shirts," said Glenn Kitamura.
The younger Kitamura coaches little league players himself. None of his players are on the team in the Little League World Series right now, but that doesn't matter. "Hopefully one of these days, one of the kids that we're coaching will be in the Little League World Series or college," said Shaun Kitamura.
For others, it's the six degrees of separation fueling the spirit of comradery. You know someone who knows or is related to someone playing. It gives that Ohana feeling. "I guess I know a couple of the kids personally and one of the moms Gina. She plays mahjong with my sister. She's there. You'll see her on tv," said Ben Suiso who came out to Dave and Busters to watch the game.
With this win...the feeling of Ohana continues to build. It will be interesting to see if the crowds at the restaurants continue to build as well...building the economy, along with the comradery.
Jefferson Tyler joined KITV after a lengthy stint in Reno, Nev. where he covered a variety of subjects. From wildfires to presidential elections, Jefferson takes pride in creating balanced stories that keep viewers’ attentions. | https://www.kitv.com/news/business/watching-hawaiis-team-play-in-the-little-league-world-series-its-all-about-ohana/article_f0904b96-2042-11ed-a1ae-7ba9ae27ca61.html | 2022-08-20T05:33:54Z | kitv.com | control | https://www.kitv.com/news/business/watching-hawaiis-team-play-in-the-little-league-world-series-its-all-about-ohana/article_f0904b96-2042-11ed-a1ae-7ba9ae27ca61.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It hasn't even been a week since Netflix dropped a new documentary about the catfishing scandal involving local boy and Heisman trophy finalist Manti Te'o.
But it's already taking the world by storm.
The two-part documentary, "Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist, " covers everything, from the Punahou-grad's upbringing in Laie and his rise to fame at Notre Dame to the high-profile catfishing scandal that rocked the country nearly a decade ago.
It features interviews with Te'o, his parents, even the person behind the fake-online profile he believed to be his girlfriend.
Robby Toma, Te'o's friend and former teammate at both Punahou and Notre Dame, is also featured in the film.
He says he and Te'o had a conversation about their concerns: the day before the documentary came out.
"I knew Manti didn't want people to feel bad for him," explains Toma. "He just wanted to share his story. And I think the producers and everyone involved in the film did a great job of him telling his story."
"Because he has been, for lack of a better term, the butt of America's jokes for the last ten years, so to see the compassion people are showing him, it's making me very proud of him and all he's been through and how he's really showing the faith and compassion he has."
Toma says he didn't even think twice when Te'o asked him to be a part of the film. He says he believes Te'o will play a big role in helping athletes battling mental health issues.
"Even with all the mental health issues he was going through, he had a good NFL career, you know obviously not exactly what he wanted, he had some injuries, but to go through all of that, to have the type of season and career he had, that just speaks volumes of his mental strength, and that's something that I think the Netflix documentary did a great job of."
Do you have a story idea? Email news tips to news@kitv.com
Mika is the co-anchor for KITV4 Island News at 5, 6, and 10 p.m.
Since joining KITV4 in 2016, Mika has also served as a multimedia journalist, weather, and traffic anchor. | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/new-catfish-documentary-untold-featuring-manti-teo-brings-mental-health-to-the-forefront/article_c1667618-203f-11ed-ba59-e763e45ab153.html | 2022-08-20T05:34:00Z | kitv.com | control | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/new-catfish-documentary-untold-featuring-manti-teo-brings-mental-health-to-the-forefront/article_c1667618-203f-11ed-ba59-e763e45ab153.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
HONOLULU (KITV4) - The White House said 1 in 4 Americans struggle to afford prescription drugs and the high prices contribute to racial disparities.
The Inflation Reduction Act lowers the costs of medication and improves coverage.
"This act will help close the gap and lower costs so that our disadvantaged communities have greater access to medical support as well as drug care," said Kuhio Lewis, CEO of Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement.
Officials predict that 120,000 more native Hawaiian, Asian American and Pacific Islanders will have health insurance next year under IRA. Local organizations that provide support to these populations said measures to lower health insurance are long overdue.
"The biggest issue is just people being sick and needing to get that service. Accessing the service is one of our biggest issues because it is hard to understand the language and the cultural differences," said Josie Howard, chief executive officer at “We are Oceania.”
The CEO of Helping Hands Hawaii said the organization will work with the Department of Hawaiian Homelands and other organizations to spread the word about this new law. Helping Hands Hawaii said in a statement:
"Many of the families and individuals we help struggle to afford basic necessities, so any decrease in their bills, like lower health care and energy costs, will reduce some of the strain they feel from monthly financial burdens. The savings created by the inflation reduction act can give families a bit more flexibility to address other priorities that may have been overlooked because of their limited funds."
the Inflation Reduction Act also covers other elements such as climate change and energy costs.
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TV reviews: Marriage (BBC1), The Secrets She Keeps (BBC1), High Heat (Netflix)
The comedy W1A, which sent up the inner workings of TV, was at its funniest when ideas were being pitched for new shows. Invariably these would be mad, desperate or insulting to us viewers, inferring we’d watch just about anything.
If W1A was around now I can imagine one of these creative confabs going like this: “How about Nicola Walker doing normal, everyday, boring things. Could we get away with that? Maybe Nicola Walker stacking the dishwasher. Nicola Walker on a trip to B&Q. Nicola Walker having slightly-longer-than-necessary conversations about holey underwear, sticky toffee pudding and whether it’s going to rain. Let’s face it: these idiots don’t care what the programmes are about, just as long as Nicola Walker’s in them.”
Actually we do care and while Marriage (BBC1) features Walker doing all of this in the company of her on-screen husband Sean Bean, the drama isn’t taking us for fools. It’s instigated a slew of think-pieces on the state of modern matrimony, and little wonder.
Do we, the betrothed, behave like Ian and Emma? Is marriage really just a series of rituals, wind-ups and irritations, replayed over and over? Do we finish each other’s sentences, fail to listen to our dearly beloveds, bicker over the most mundane things – and, at other times, not speak at all?
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Have we been married for so long – in Ian and Emma’s case, 27 years – that we now don’t care the food bin has managed to inveigle itself into position as the kitchen centrepiece? (Maybe in your kitchen it is. Pride of place in ours goes to the Nigella Lawson Life-sized Model Limited Edition Toaster. If you don’t have one – only ten produced – then you’ll have to guess where the bread pops out).
Writer-director Stefan Golaszewski trains a microscope on small, still, samey domesticity and out of these tiny gestures makes towering shows. He did this first in Him & Her, the (bed)sitcom about a slacker couple who never ventured outdoors until a wedding right at the end.
There were fewer laughs and more poignancy in Mum, which featured one of the great will-they-won’t-they? Romances involving a widow besieged by her thunderingly insensitive relatives.
So far Marriage – two parts to come – has been all poignancy and zero laughs, but Walker and Bean are terrific. Walker is more prolific on TV so we know how good she is. Maybe you still think of Bean in virile, masterful roles such as Sharpe – and a recent tweet marking Yorkshire Day totted up all those foes in the Napoleonic Wars saga who he addressed as “bastard”, finally stopping at 42 – but last year’s prison drama Time showed him as a denuded man. In that he’d lost his liberty.
Here he’s just been made redundant and, with too much time on his hands, worries that his wife may be about to embark on an affair with her boss. Maybe Marriage is too close to home, maybe you prefer your TV to be escapist, but I think it’s exceptional.
There’s been a lot of Australia on TV recently, including The Newsreader and the last-ever Neighbours. Now for the second season of the Sydney-set psychological thriller The Secrets She Keeps, a high-grade soap about a glamorous media couple who’re the victims of a baby-napping.
Two years on, little Ben has been returned to sportscaster Jack (Todd Lasance) and yummy-mummy influencer Meghan (Jessica De Gouw), but the trauma remains for the lad who doesn’t speak and for his mother who’s reluctant to return to work. Meanwhile Jack is on the box, breaking a story about a football player’s cocaine-related heart attack.
Downton Abbey’s Laura Carmichael is Aggie, the troubled soul who took Ben and is now due for sentencing. Prison has been hellish for her and both inside and outside she’s been cast as a witch, but a true-crime podcaster reckons she’s just as much of a victim. “Door-stepping” is the journalistic practice of attempting to gain an interview without prior arrangement or agreement. An old news editor of mine, unimpressed if you returned without the golden quotes, would bark: “What did you use to knock – a bloody sponge?”
Lorelei (Miranda Frangou), though, is determined, won’t take no for an answer, and when the opener’s final scene shows Meghan behind bars charged with murder we’re left pondering a selection of potential victims. The podcaster? Aggie? Or hypocritical Jack, who’s just been sent footage on his phone of him snorting coke off another woman’s boob?
Netflix’s High Heat takes us from Sydney to Mexico City. Always wanted to visit, but glad I’m not a journalist there. So far in 2022, this drama tells us, 19 have been murdered, the latest being Dani who was investigating the goings-on at a fire station for an anniversary feature about a notorious serial killer.
And what odd goings-on they are. Between blazes, the firefighters are often glimpsed bare-chested lifting barbells. They are, we’re told, waiting for the horn. Across the street there’s a women’s hostel and the girls have a telescope trained on the gymnasium.
To nail his story, Dani was planning to infiltrate the station and become a firefighter. So, to investigate his death, what does distraught twin brother Poncho do? Enlist, of course. Any relevant previous experience? Well, five minutes ago he was a male stripper and I’m sorry, a joke here about firemen’s hoses is unavoidable. There is lots of potential for humour in High Heat, all of it shunned.
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Can Scotland's high streets withstand the tightening grip of cost-of-living pressures?
On so many streets in the centre of Scottish towns and cities, the gleaming panes of shop, cafe and restaurant windows have been replaced with boarded-up facades, and gone from hives of activity to permanent hibernation.
Now, with an already-beleaguered but hugely important part of the economy facing the caustic combination of increased costs, including energy bills and wages, and consumers tightly reining in spend due to the cost-of-living crisis, how many more businesses will also close their doors for good in the coming six months, including the festive season and traditionally muted January?
This week saw the news of inflation heating up to 10.1 per cent, which exceeded expectations and “wiped out” a modest rise in the value of Scottish retail sales in August, which consequently “flatlined” in real terms, according to data unveiled the same day by the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) and KPMG.
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We are living through a “hugely” challenging time for retail, SRC director David Lonsdale now says, adding that it follows two “incredibly” difficult years. “Once again, the industry is in the eye of the storm, facing into significant spikes in its own cost base, whilst customers’ disposable incomes are being eroded by inflation, most notably due to the spike in energy prices,” he said.
Some energy experts have warned the average annual household bill could top £5,000 by next spring. A separate report published late last month found the proportion of Scots that said they were struggling financially had more than doubled.
Mr Lonsdale said: “It seems somewhat perverse that retail and other consumer-facing sectors, which were amongst the most impacted by Covid, are once again and so quickly set to bear the consequences of this cost-of-living crunch. It may well be a third consecutive tough Christmas trading period for the sector.
“The costs crunch comes as retail destinations and city centres continue to struggle in terms of shopper footfall with fewer commuters and business travellers. The number of visits to stores has improved, but remains well shy of pre-pandemic levels, with Scotland rooted to the bottom of the UK footfall league table.”
The SRC and Sensormatic Solutions earlier this month announced Scottish retail footfall fell by 16.5 per cent in July, marking the third month in a row of suffering the weakest such figures in the UK. Mr Lonsdale warns: “If retail spending in city centres fails to fully recover, that could have implications for already gap-toothed high streets."
In terms of the pace of those gaps appearing, more than four shops a day on average disappeared from Scotland’s main retail locations in 2021, according to a report unveiled earlier this year by PwC and the Local Data Company. They found 1,424 chain shops were closed, with 673 opening, giving a net loss of 751, up from a net loss of 652 in 2020.
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The study also noted the rate of closures hit the accelerator as pandemic-related state support was wound down, while a separate report flagged a near-50 per cent year-on-year jump in corporate insolvencies in Scotland in the second quarter of this year.
“With footfall low and costs rising, for those businesses already operating in survival mode following the pandemic, particularly in sectors like retail and hospitality, these are troubling times,” Richard Bathgate, chair of insolvency and restructuring trade body R3 in Scotland and restructuring partner at accounting firm Johnston Carmichael, said at the time.
And now, Charandeep Singh, deputy chief executive of the Scottish Chambers of Commerce, says many businesses in town and city centres north of the Border, such as pubs, restaurants, music venues, nightclubs, hotels and wider hospitality, “have again reached a tipping point [while] others are staring down the barrel of potential jobs losses – and even permanent closure”.
In terms of the circumstances causing this, he states: “With chronic challenges in the supply chain, labour shortages, interest rates and inflation, rocketing energy prices have become an existential emergency right across the economy.
“Businesses are also facing increased pressure to increase wages to support workers through the cost-of-living crisis as well as having to pay more just to keep staff ... this is especially challenging for businesses that are already running on tight cost-to-profit margins.
“Businesses need immediate support from government now or many will not see out the end of this year, especially with energy costs increasing over the winter. This winter will be make or break for many firms that are already teetering on the edge.
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“The call from business is clear – the emergency UK Budget by the next prime minister must focus on bringing the cost of energy down for firms by lowering VAT on energy bills and introducing an energy price cap for SMEs, providing a similar level of support as that offered during the Covid-19 pandemic.”
Also issuing a loud and further call for state support is Scottish Hospitality Group spokesman Stephen Montgomery, who says stratospheric energy bills are the biggest issue, with some firms facing 400 per cent jumps.
“Until somebody in government gets a grip of that and does something about it ... we are going to see some major small to medium-sized businesses take the option of closing before it’s too late for them,” he says.
He adds that hospitality is embedded in the heart of every single community… any footfall decline is going to have a major impact on every single bar and restaurant.
Mr Lonsdale said “fresh action is needed to bring footfall and energy back into our city centres”, via initiatives such as Glasgow City Council this week starting to post out to 85,000 less-well-off households a £105 pre-paid shopping card. He said the SRC supported such a move that “will provide a very timely £9 million fillip for shops in the city centre”.
However, any potential support is too late for McTaggarts cafe in Aberdour, Fife, which will shut for good on August 28 due to a staff shortage. “The shock of the decision has probably not hit us yet, it’ll only really be when we close the doors for the last time,” said John McTaggart.
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