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U.S. Air Force Airmen and Army Soldiers assigned to the 378th Air Expeditionary Wing's Base Area Defense Crew, (BADC), pose for a photo, Sept. 10, 2022, at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. BADC was established by the 378th Air Expeditionary Wing, in partnership with Task Force Americal, as a Joint Total Force counter unmanned aerial systems team, responsible for operating several air defense command and control systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shannon Bowman)
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U.S. Army paratroopers assigned the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion conduct an ariel supply package delivery from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during an airborne operation onto Bayonet Drop Zone at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 9, 2022 as part of Exercise Saber Junction 22.
Saber Junction 22 is a multinational rotational exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade to execute unified land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with more than 4,500 participants from the U.S. and Allied and partner nations at the U.S. Army's Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas from August 29 to September 20, 2022.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance.
(U.S. Army photograph by Staff Sgt. John Yountz)
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Toledo airport sees record cargo growth
The Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport (TOL) saw the largest year-over-year reported cargo growth in the country last year, reported the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority.
"Specifically, in 2020, the airport handled approximately 33 million pounds of cargo, which increased by 438% in 2021 when more than 192 million pounds of cargo was transported through the airport. As a result, TOL now ranks 99th of all the nation’s airports in cargo tonnage handled," the port authority said.
This additional cargo activity is largely due to the launch of Amazon Air’s Toledo Gateway in March 2021.
"The Gateway currently operates two daily flights out of TOL, supporting fast, free shipping for Amazon customers in Ohio and throughout the region. The operation, which is managed and ground handled by Amazon logistics partner Worldwide Freight Services, employs more than 100 people at the airport," the port authority said.
InterJet West, a woman-owned business with over 25 years of experience, launched operations at TOL in 2014, as an on-demand air cargo service for the manufacturing industry.
"Due to the success that it has realized at TOL over the past eight years, the company recently expanded its operations by leasing a third hangar at the airport," the port authority said. "Fixed-Based Operators National Flight Services and Grand Aire also handle cargo at TOL. Grand Aire has the capability to load and unload cargo from any aircraft type. The organization operates its own loading equipment and offers temporary warehousing. Grand Aire’s cargo operation has increased 140% since 2020 in day-to-day operations." | https://www.monroenews.com/story/news/2022/09/10/toledo-airport-sees-record-cargo-growth/65469712007/ | 2022-09-10T11:36:22Z | monroenews.com | control | https://www.monroenews.com/story/news/2022/09/10/toledo-airport-sees-record-cargo-growth/65469712007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Marilyn Monroe and Hugh Hefner were born in the same year and buried in the same graveyard. But as Louise Perry points out in her book “The Case Against the Sexual Revolution,” they met completely different fates.
Marilyn died a tortured sex symbol of the burgeoning sexual revolution, while Hefner lived large as the quintessential playboy, capitalizing on the same sexual liberalism.
“The story of the sexual revolution isn’t only a story of women freed from the burdens of chastity and motherhood, although it is that,” Perry writes. “It is also a story of the triumph of the playboy — a figure who is too often both forgotten and forgiven.”
In her book, journalist and author Perry challenges the conception that all of the sexual revolution’s downstream effects have been universally positive for women. “The technology shock of the Pill led sexual liberals to the hubristic assumption that our society could be uniquely free from the oppression of sexual norms and could function just fine,” she argues in her book. “The last sixty years have proved that assumption to be wrong.”
Perry advocates for a return to three principles she thinks our culture has lost sight of: dignity, virtue, and restraint. “We need to re-erect the social guard rails that have been torn down,” she says. “And, in order to do that, we have to start by stating the obvious. Sex must be taken seriously. Men and women are different… And, above all, listen to your mother.”
The 30-year-old millennial journalist writes for a left-wing magazine in the United Kingdom and considers herself an economic progressive. But she also believes (at least some of) the good old-fashioned norms of sex, love, and dating might be worth preserving after all.
Her table of contents has gone viral — and was even tweeted out by Ben Shapiro — for her chapter names, each a countercultural piece of advice. Titles include “Loveless Sex Is Not Empowering,” “Men and Women Are Different,” and “Marriage is Good.”
Although she braced for backlash to the provocative title and countercultural content of her book, Perry says she’s received enormously positive feedback from an “unusually broad readership” — including young people looking for advice, concerned parents, and those on either side of the political divide. She said she’s heard from many liberals who share her concerns but were too afraid to say so themselves. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/10/heres-why-the-sexual-revolution-was-a-bad-deal-for-women/ | 2022-09-10T11:37:22Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/10/heres-why-the-sexual-revolution-was-a-bad-deal-for-women/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A Chieftain of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Valentine Ozigbo has stated that the party leadership is making plans to woo River State Governor, Nyesom Wike and other major People’s Democratic party PDP and All Progressive Congress APC, leaders to support the party’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi and his running-mate, Alhaji Yusuf Datti-Ahmed in the coming 2023 general election.
The former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last Anambra state governorship election emphasised that “politics is local” and said that because of that LP party would be ready to enter into an alliance with Wike, and, some other willing state governors to gain their support for Peter Obi’s presidential bid in their respective states.
Ozigbo who spoke on the sidelines during the Labour Party stakeholders meeting, held in Awka, on Friday, urged the electorate to shun the influence of money and vote for Peter Obi because he has the capability to solve the humanitarian problems facing this country, especially, youth unemployment, poverty, ethnic restiveness and insecurity.
He said “It has become clear that Peter Obi is the choice of every segment of the Nigerian populace for the presidency of this country in the coming election.
“It is now incumbent on us to let those who don’t have the influence of the social media, who are influenced with money to learn that the little money gets that will not last for two weeks is why you should sacrifice the whole of the next four years; that if you are in a position to resist the money resist it, but, if you can’t resist it, take the money and vote wisely.
“Now, let me say this: we are open to discussing with other parties
Naturally, we will like to see Labour Party in the entirety of the Senate, House of Reps and state Assemblies. That should be our first option.
But we find that in politics, you have to sit down and negotiate; if there is an APC Governor who there willing to make sure that Peter wins in his state because he has some other people to be supported for senate or whatever, we are open to it. So, politics is local, it is not how you play it in Jigawa, in Imo or in Rivers that you play it in Anambra state
“We can decide and say ‘(Governor Nyesom) Wike support us in River so we win Rivers, and we sit down with Wike, and, say who do you want us to support in Rivers for senate if you can’t go it yourself, so we will open our mind for all possibilities, the important thing is that Peter Obi must be our next president”, Ozigbo emphasised.
Nigerian Tribune gathered that candidates of the Labour Party in Anambra State, including Senator Victor Umeh, Anambra Central Senatorial District, Dr Obinna Uzor, Anambra South Senatorial District, Hon. Nkechi Ogbuefi, Anoacha 1 State Constituency and other supporters of the party attended the meeting.
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Queen Elizabeth II: Iconic leader who exhibited great sense of purpose ― FG
The Federal Government has described the late Queen Elizabeth II of England as an iconic leader who exhibited great strength of purpose throughout her reign in the United Kingdom and as Head of the Commonwealth as she fostered great stability and unity amongst nations.
In a condolence message by the Ministry of Foreign signed by its Spokesperson, Fransisca Omaluyi on Saturday titled: “Nigeria Mourns the Passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II stated that under her leadership, Nigeria and Britain enjoyed exceptionally warm relations.
“Britain is home to a large number of people of Nigerian origin thriving in different walks of life. The Queen will be greatly missed. The Government and people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria mourn her passing and extend sincere sympathies and condolences to His Majesty King Charles III, Members of the Royal Family, Government and People of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as well as the entire Commonwealth”.
“In honour of the memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Nigeria and all her Diplomatic Missions abroad will fly the Nigerian flag at half mast on Sunday 11th and Monday 12th”. The statement reads in parts.
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Survey: Homicides down midyear as overall violent crime jumps
Homicides in major U.S. cities are dropping in 2022, but total violent crime continues to rise, according to a midyear survey of large law enforcement agencies.
Why it matters: The annual midyear survey shows that violent crime rates still haven't returned to pre-pandemic levels, but homicides and rapes in some cities appear to be falling.
By the numbers: Overall violent crime spiked 4.2% from Jan. 1 to June 30, 2022, compared to the same period as last year, the survey by the Major Cities Chiefs Association found.
- Robbery skyrocketed by nearly 12% and aggravated assaults increased by around 3%, the survey of 70 agencies found.
- Homicides decreased by 2.4% and rapes fell by 5% in major cities, offering hope that some of the most violent crimes might be leveling off from significant increases in 2020, as reported to the FBI.
Yes, but: Compared to 2019 midyear figures, the same cities in total have experienced a 50% increase in homicides and a roughly 36% increase in aggravated assaults.
- And not all cities are experiencing declines in homicides. So far this year, Atlanta has seen a whopping 20% jump in homicides, while New Orleans has experienced a nearly 40% spike.
- Baltimore, Dallas, Phoenix, and Denver also have seen jumps in homicides this year, while Albuquerque, Houston, Detroit, and Miami are experiencing declines.
What they're saying: "The socio-economic issues associated with the pandemic...it's leading to a lot of incidents on the street where we're seeing these spontaneous assaults," Robert Arcos, chief of the Bureau of Investigation in the Office of the Los Angeles County District Attorney, told Axios.
- Arcos said cities that aggressively tackle homelessness, addiction, and mental health might see drops in some crime, but homicides are hard to predict.
- "We still don't have enough officers, and we have shortages everywhere," National Association of Chiefs of Police senior vice president Brian C. Smith told Axios.
Zoom out: The annual midyear Violent Crime Survey by the Major Cities Chiefs Association isn't official crime data, but it's used to gauge crime trends ahead of the release of the FBI Uniform Crime Report that comes out in October.
- The FBI's annual data set is the country's foremost way to understand how crime across the U.S. is changing, measuring things like how many murders or rapes took place last year or how many people were arrested.
Between the lines: Crime is the one issue where Republicans consistently outperform Democrats in generic polls ahead of the midterms, and rising crime may offer a lifeline to the GOP in close races where abortion is driving a shift to Democrats.
- Maryland's Republican Gov. Larry Hogan is using his final weeks in office to launch a new "tough on crime" offensive to chart a political future as a mainstream alternative to former President Trump.
- Meanwhile, Democrats in states like Ohio, Georgia, and Florida are spotlighting law enforcement to boost their credibility in fighting crime.
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Filmmakers will record a car stunt action sequence on Kingsferry Bridge and Sheppey Way next month. The filming will involve both on road and in water action on The Swale below.
The filming will close both Kingsferry Bridge and Sheppey Way from 4am on Saturday 29 October to Sunday 30 October. Sheppey Crossing will remain open at all times, and shuttle services will be provided for pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists.
The as-yet-unannounced Miramax-produced film will bring up to a 120-strong crew to the area for the weekend. Producers are remaining tight-lipped about the film's title and cast.
Read more: Movie filming to close Kingsferry Bridge & Sheppey Way for entire October weekend
Mark Birmingham, the film's line producer, said: "Sadly if I give you the title, it’s one Google search for the cast! The location was chosen specifically for the rugged isolation making it suitable for stunt work and our storyline.
"Kent Film Office have been very accommodating and made it easy for us to be there this is always a plus and part of our decision process.
"I’d rather not encourage people to come and watch, obviously stunts are inherently dangerous with multiple moving pieces. We need the channel below clear of traffic, and the banks empty of spectators for the shots to work.
"We have noted local peoples observations from the last time it was used by a production company, and hopefully inconvenience will be minimised."
The public are therefore being urged not to congregate either on the water or around the bridges. If filming cannot be completed over the scheduled weekend, it will have to be rearranged and therefore bring more disruption to access on and off the island.
Kent has provided numerous Hollywood and British-made films with on-location filming over the years, including titles as varied as the James Bond series, Formula 1 biopic Rush and comedy Johnny English Reborn. TV hits including The Darling Buds of May, Doctor Who and Dempsey and Makepeace have also filmed in the area.
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The enchanted Christmas experience 'Believe' is returning to Bluewater, alongside the Ice Rink and Winterland, with all tickets set to go on sale next week. The magical Christmas grotto launched at Bluewater for the first time in 2020 to sell-out success and is returning this year due to popular demand.
'Believe' will open from Friday November 25 up until Saturday December 24, and tickets for all of the festive attractions are set to go on sale from 10am on Friday, September 9. 'Believe' invites guests into a mystical cavern to meet McJingles one of Santa's most trusted elves, along with Norbert his magical reindeer friend.
After hearing Norbert’s story, the children will take part in a festive craft activity decorating their own bag of magical reindeer food to take home with them. Families will then be invited into Santa’s captivating grotto where little ones will meet Santa before receiving a gift, as well as having the opportunity to capture the memorable moment on camera.
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James Waugh, Centre Director at Bluewater, said: "The 'Believe' Christmas grotto was fantastically received last year and, with a few magical enhancements, we’re excited to announce that it’s back for 2022. What we love about 'Believe' is that it offers a full festive, interactive experience as well as the chance to meet Santa himself which will create Christmas memories to treasure forever."
Also making a return this Christmas is the popular undercover Ice Rink which is great fun for all the family. It is a great activity whatever the weather as it sits fully covered, under a clear roof. The Ice Rink will be running quiet sessions, as well as parent and toddler sessions for budding skaters.
Penguin and seal skating aids will be available for little ones, and there will be party nights, with live DJs playing classic party anthems to skate to. The rink will open daily from Thursday, November 17 until Sunday, January 1.
Opening on Saturday, November 12, is Winterland, a magical outdoor festive event where guests can enjoy winter-themed funfair rides, games, and attractions right up until Sunday, January 8, 2023. The luminaire promenade will light the way to the festive fun and provide a great opportunity for guests to snap some festive pics.
James added: "While guests join us for their annual Christmas grotto visits, the Ice Rink and Winterland will be right outside, providing parents with all the components they need for a fantastic family day out this Christmas. As all attractions are likely to be incredibly popular – ‘Believe’ sold out in 2021 - we’re advising guests to book early to guarantee their visit."
There will be an exciting range of white-knuckle rides on offer, along with favourites such as the bumper cars and waltzers. This year brings a new attraction in the form of a 40-metre high Observations wheel, providing guests with spectacular views over Bluewater and the surrounding Green-Flag status parkland.
The wheel will be suitable for guests of all ages, and be able to accommodate groups of up to 6 people. To help fight the chill and get into the festive spirit guests can sip a hot mulled wine or winter spiced cider, whilst children can enjoy a deluxe hot chocolate. There will be a great range of food on offer too, including festive sweet treats.
All three festive attractions will be located outside of The Village, near Zizzi’s. Tickets will go on sale from 10am on Friday 9 September, the costs each attraction are as below:
- ‘Believe’ Christmas Grotto: £14.50 per child and £5.50 per adult (plus an online booking fee)
- Ice Rink: Tickets start at £14.50 for adults, and £12.50 for children – with family tickets starting at £44 (2 adults and 2 children or 1 adult and 3 children).
- Winterland: Entry costs £3 per person, with tokens for rides and stalls available to purchase on-site or online. There will be an online offer where guests can ride the Observation Wheel for £7, with entry to Winterland included as free; or ride as a group of 4 for £22, with entry to Winterland included for free.
If tickets are bought on the day, they will cost 5 tokens per person. For more details, to check opening times and book tickets you can visit the website HERE.
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Hiring struggles could link to high utility bills in Henderson
HENDERSON, Ky. (WFIE) - Some people living in Henderson are looking for an explanation as to why their utility bills are so high. The city says it could be connected to the challenge of hiring people in the wake of COVID-19.
Some long-time residents in Henderson say they’re seeing utility bill amounts unlike any they’ve seen before. The city says a potential fix to the problem could be in the works, but it may take a bit of time.
Gina Howard has lived in the same house for about two years, and paid $250 to $400 a month in utilities during that time. However, in the past few months, she’s been paying between $600 and $700.
”It’s sad that you have to take money out of your savings to pay a bill that big,” said Howard. “It’s twice as much as your house payment, and I feel bad for the ones that are getting these bills that can’t afford to do that.”
The city of Henderson’s system for utility billing requires someone to go to each house and record their usage. Before the pandemic they had about six meter readers on staff, during the pandemic that number dropped to two. This meant meter readers couldn’t visit each house, so the city started estimating usage.
Recently Henderson started contracting meter readers to increase their numbers, since they struggled to hire people to fill the open spots.
The city says they’ve struggled to fill all kinds of positions, including with the fire department, police, public works, and sanitation.
”It’s been difficult, and I think that this is something that’s on the minds of our board of commissioners, to work hard on the recruitment and retention aspect of employment,” said Henderson Public Information Officer Donna Stinnett.
Gina says when she reached out to the city, they said any incorrect estimates would be credited back to homeowners, but that doesn’t help right away.
”’It will all work itself out’ was the answer I got,” said Gina. “‘It will all work itself out,’ but it won’t work itself out for the people that don’t have $700 to pay utility bills this month. That’s a big chunk to take out of savings to pay one bill, so it’s pretty devastating.”
If you live in Henderson, and you’re frustrated with your bill amounts, the city says to reach out to the utility collections office.
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Man killed, another severely wounded in shooting by CTA station in South Loop: police
CHICAGO - Two men were shot, one fatally, by the Cermak-Chinatown CTA Red Line stop in Chicago's South Loop early Saturday.
Police say the victims were standing on the sidewalk in the first block of West Cermak Road around 2:14 a.m. when shots were fired.
A man, 30, was pronounced dead at the scene with a gunshot wound to the chest. The other man was taken to an area hospital in critical condition with gunshot wounds to the back and face.
There is no one in custody and Area Three detectives are investigating.
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Andrus' 2-run double caps 5-run 9th, White Sox beat A's 5-3
OAKLAND, Calif. - The Chicago White Sox have done some yelling. They’ve tried out plenty of good-natured teasing. They’ve had heart-to-hearts.
After a rough start this season, things are suddenly clicking in September when it matters most for the reigning AL Central champions as Chicago tries to win consecutive division titles for the first time.
And the White Sox are winning with manager Tony La Russa sidelined by a health issue.
Elvis Andrus hit a tiebreaking double against his former team with two outs in a five-run ninth inning, and the White Sox — held hitless until the seventh — rallied past the Oakland Athletics 5-3 on Friday night.
"I think the attitude in here has been a little bit more yelling at each other, which I think is one of the things that we thrive upon," closer Liam Hendriks said. "And it's obviously paying dividends the last few games. As you see we're having fun, we're cheering each other on, it's no dead spots in the dugout. We just kind of make fun of everybody and it kind of flows into it. Those positive vibes will completely change the course of a season."
Eloy Jiménez started the comeback from a 3-0 deficit with a one-out homer against A.J. Puk (3-2), who issued a walk and plunked a batter. Andrew Vaughn added an RBI single and Romy González delivered a tying single with two outs.
Oakland challenged that pinch-runner Adam Engel was out at the plate on the throw home, but the safe call was confirmed after a replay review.
"They don’t give up," White Sox acting manager Miguel Cairo said. "And they believe that we can do it. We don’t give up. That’s the phrase that Tony used: ‘Never give up.’"
Andrus, released by the A's last month, then hit a two-run double to left field that put Chicago ahead 5-3.
"One of the good benefits of playing your old team is I know a lot of the tendencies of the pitchers, especially Puk," Andrus said. "I’ve been behind him a lot, and I know how he approaches hitters in different situations. So I had my plan, and I was really glad that he threw me the fastball there and I was able to put a good swing on it."
Hendriks, another former A's star, closed it out with a big fist pump after his 32nd save. Aaron Bummer (2-1) pitched the eighth for the win.
"These are games that earlier in the year we didn't win," Hendriks said.
Oakland's Austin Pruitt pitched five no-hit innings as a fill-in starter. Joel Payamps worked another hitless inning before Jiménez’s clean one-out single in the seventh.
Pruitt made a spot start after right-hander James Kaprielian was scratched. It was Pruitt’s first start since 2019 with the Rays.
Sean Murphy had an RBI double and Tony Kemp singled in a run for the A's, who went ahead on Ramón Laureano's RBI groundout in the first. Oakland lost its fourth in a row and eighth in nine games.
The 33-year-old Pruitt didn’t allow a baserunner until Andrus, the former A’s shortstop, reached on an error by second baseman Sheldon Neuse to begin the fourth. Vaughn then reached on third baseman Vimael Machin’s two-base throwing error past first in the fifth, but Pruitt escaped unscathed.
White Sox right-hander Lucas Giolito struck out six over six innings. Chicago won for the eighth time in 10 games.
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STEW'S CEREMONY
Right-hander Dave Stewart will finally get his No. 34 jersey retired by the A's in a pregame ceremony Sunday.
He's expecting 200 family members and friends, and additionally former teammates and fans. Mark McGwire is expected to be part of the festivities.
Stewart, now 65, found out in August 2019 the club planned to retire his number but then it didn’t happen during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season or last year.
The 1989 World Series MVP and four-time 20-game winner can't wait.
"My initial emotion that was in 2019 or 2020 I got choked up. I was emotionally choked up because I knew the standards that had been set by the organization and who the people were whose numbers were retired," he said Friday on a conference call. "It was just a dream come true for a hometown kid who grew up in the backyard of the Coliseum."
TRAINER'S ROOM
White Sox: CF Luis Robert missed his third straight game with left wrist soreness. He hit in the cage, took batting practice and received more treatment as the White Sox determined when he might return to the lineup. "He felt good over there. He looked good," Cairo said. ... C Yasmani Grandal was held out with back tightness but could play Saturday if he's better. ... La Russa missed his 10th straight game and is out indefinitely because of an unspecified health issue, with bench coach Cairo acting as manager. But Stewart certainly expects La Russa, his manager in Oakland, to return for Sunday's series finale.
Athletics: Kaprielian couldn't start after he cut the middle finger of his pitching hand Thursday night when he hit it against a wall putting on his shirt. "It's unfortunate for Kap. I know he was excited about making his start tonight," manager Mark Kotsay said. "Some things are out of your control. It's one of those freak accidents that happens."
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NJ students: Megan Corby receives scholarship
The YMCA of Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge & South Amboy has announced that the Ryan Patterson Memorial Scholarship has been awarded to Megan Corby of South Amboy.
The Ryan Patterson Memorial Scholarship was established several years ago in honor of the late 27-year-old Metuchen Branch YMCA swim coach and mentor, Ryan Marie Patterson. The recipient must strive for excellence in academics, sports or the arts. In addition, they must demonstrate that they have made an impact in their community through volunteer work, a service project or other means, live by the golden rule, have influenced others in a positive way and advocated for others who are less fortunate. The scholarship award is $2,000, which can be used to fund the recipient’s higher education cost.
Corby attended Sayreville War Memorial High School, where she was very active in several club and societies including Student Council, Students Against Destructive Decisions, International Society, Light Crew, Sound Crew, FBLA, National Honor Society and National Hispanic, Math, English, Science and Art Honor Societies. She also served as president of their SADD club for two years and vice president of the Student Council. During her time outside of school, Corby identified a lack of athletic programs for special needs children in her town. To address this, she created a program for special needs children in their local little league called the Challenger Division, where she served as president for four years.
“Watching the smiles on the athlete’s faces when they hit the ball off the tee or heard the cheers from their friends gives me an indescribable feeling of joy”, Corby said. “I feel blessed to be able to witness their accomplishments whenever they step foot on the field.” She is also a member of the Girl Scouts where she earned her Religious, Silver and Gold Awards.
Corby is attending Monmouth University, where she is studying education and speech pathology.
Kenilworth Public Schools
Longtime educator Samantha Heimple recently joined the Kenilworth Public Schools as director of Curriculum, Instruction & Innovation.
Heimple will wear a few hats in her versatile role. She will work behind the scenes to ensure that classes in Kenilworth schools align with all the New Jersey Student Learning Standards. This work will also bring her side by side with teachers to support classroom-level practices. Heimple will also be responsible for providing professional development for all the staff in the district.
Heimple is no newcomer to education; she has been in the field for more than 20 years. As a teacher, she worked with every age range, from infants to college-bound high school students who wanted to go into teaching. Heimple has held leadership roles as an instructional supervisor and a principal.
“I am really looking forward to bringing together all aspects of curriculum work and professional development so that our students can grow and learn in deep and meaningful ways.” said Heimple. “I’m really excited and honored to be a part of Kenilworth school district. I am entering the district at an exciting time where the focus is being placed on supporting future-ready teaching, learning, and innovation.”
Heimple’s positive energy and experience will be invaluable to Kenilworth as it strives to enhance the way its students learn. Her goal is to collaborate around new and exciting ideas and initiatives to continue moving the district forward.
“I'm excited to welcome Sam to the Kenilworth community. Sam's proven track record of improving student achievement and supporting teachers to develop their professional practice will help continue the momentum of Kenilworth schools,” said Superintendent Kyle Arlington.
Mount Saint Mary Academy
Renee Vozza of Westfield, a senior at Mount Saint Mary Academy in Watchung, continued her volunteering efforts at Jardine Academy in Cranford, a school of special education that helps children with multiple disabilities, this summer.
“I have been volunteering at the Jardine Academy since I was in middle school. I work both closely with the Principal administratively, helping decorate for special events, creating inspirational bulletin boards, and even helping with their prom and graduation,” said Vozza.
“Wherever the Principal needs me, I am there helping her. I also spend a lot of time in the classroom with the students, reading, playing, and supporting their educational program. Every day is a new experience, supporting the students in their daily lessons ― whether it's going to the library to pick out books, or going to the school store to learn how to exchange money. I have learned so much about physical therapy, occupational therapy, etc. while working with them as well,” she said.
“The children I have met along the way have impacted me in ways I never would have imagined. The faculty are incredible people to be working with and I have created close relationships that will last a lifetime," said Vozza.
At Mount Saint Mary Academy, Vozza is president of the student council executive board, co-president of the Spanish club, a member of the peer ministry leadership team, and captain of the varsity soccer team.
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Also: Marina Cialdella, a senior at Mount Saint Mary Academy in Watchung, attended Ithaca College’s summer Music Academy for voice from Sunday, July 10, through Saturday, July 23.
There, she participated in the select choir, where she rehearsed and performed musical theater, gospel, and other music pieces while studying with faculty to expand her musical knowledge base.
“Attending this prestigious program was the highlight of my summer. I was surround by so many talented musicians and learned a lot from them,” said Cialdella, a Branchburg resident. “I was able to sing in front of my peers and receive feedback from them that helped me grow in my vocal skills and abilities. I also made friends outside of the choir and had a great time with them. There were also several activities at the end of each day where we were able to get to know each other. And then at the end of each week, we would perform for the whole group. It was such an amazing experience and I really wish to go back next year.”
At Mount Saint Mary Academy, Cialdella is a member of the Grace Notes choral group, drama club, and swim team. She also participates in Broadway classes at Gotta Dance in Bridgewater, and she is a member of the Bridgewater Tide Swim Team. In the fall, she will be a cantor at Blessed Sacrament Church in the Martinsville section of Bridgewater.
Also: Elizabeth Roper, director of college counseling and AP Coordinator at Mount Saint Mary Academy in Watchung, said four students have been recognized by the College Board for specific achievements.
Olivia Encarnacion of Plainfield, Madelyn Sampson of Holmdel, and Brittany Santamaria of Plainfield have received the National Hispanic Recognition Award. Zoe Daly of Piscataway has earned the National African American Recognition Award.
They earned this recognition because of their academic achievements at the Academy and their outstanding performance on the PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT 10, and/or AP Exams. The College Board said, “They’ve accomplished these milestones during an immensely demanding period of their high school career.”
“Congratulations to our students who have qualified for these College Board National Recognitions. We are proud of Brittany, Madelyn, Olivia, and Zoe for receiving this honor and the many other contributions they make to the Mount Saint Mary Academy community,” said Roper.
Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School
Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School (TEECS) in the Somerset section of Franklin Township started the 2022-2023 school on Wednesday, Sept. 7 with a lot of excitement and fun.
All K-12 students were very excited to come back to school.
There were lots of surprises for kindergarten students. They had a petting zoo inside the playground, they got a chance to pet the animals and feed them as well.
Meanwhile, the other section of kindergarten students were lined up for face painting and balloon sculpting.
Westfield Public Schools
Rising Westfield High School 12th grader Ryan Williamson was accepted into the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) National Choir. Williamson first had to be accepted into the All-State ensemble (where he placed first in Bass 2 in New Jersey), before auditioning for the National Choir. The national audition consisted of learning a prescribed piece and submitting a video of a prepared solo. Williamson will be performing with other students from around the country this November in National Harbor, Maryland. "The highly regarded All National Honor program is comprised of the nation’s most accomplished high school musicians who have vied for the opportunity to rehearse and perform in a one-of-a-kind national honor program,” the NAfME writes on its website.
Also: There were smiles and hearty greetings as Westfield Public Schools staff gathered for an Opening Day ceremony on Thursday, Sept.1, and prepared for the return of students on Wednesday, Sept. 7.
Superintendent Dr. Raymond González welcomed teachers, paraprofessionals, secretaries, custodians and other staff members, including 21 new educators who have joined the school district. González expressed his appreciation for the hard work that took place over the summer to prepare for the new school year and for the important work still to come.
That work, he told the group, includes engaging the Westfield community in a strategic planning process to establish common goals and objectives that will provide a clear path to move the district forward and providing clear, timely, and factual information regarding the 2023-2024 district operating budget to ensure an informed electorate when they go to the polls next April to vote on the school budget.
González said the district also will continue its focus on student achievement with an eye toward developing and implementing consistent practices across schools, content, and grade level, as well as deepening districtwide practices and programs involving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).
Also on hand to welcome the staff on Opening Day were Board of Education President Brendan Galligan and Westfield Education Association President Kim Dickey.
On Tuesday, Sept. 6, staff members spent a full day participating in professional development sessions that included grade level and content-specific cohorts, curriculum articulation and mapping, special education training, and workshops by Imagine, a Center for Coping with Loss that focused on grief education and the many definitions of loss.
On Tuesday, Aug. 30, and Wednesday, Aug. 31, the 21 new staff members attended a two-day, in-house orientation as part of the New Staff Institute (NSI). The NSI is a two-year program designed to support first-time educators and those who are new to the district. The comprehensive program is organized by Human Resources Specialist Barbara Ball and her staff, along with a leadership team of Westfield educators.
“These are just a few of the ways in which our staff has prepared for the 2022-2023 school year,” said González. “We are eager and ready for a productive year and, as always, look forward to supporting our students in a learning environment that is safe and engaging.”
Student and School news appears on Saturdays. Email: cnmetro@mycentraljersey.com
Carolyn Sampson is Executive Office Assistant for the Courier News, The Home News Tribune and MyCentralJersey.com, and handles the weekly Student News page. | https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/education/student-of-the-week/2022/09/10/nj-students-megan-corby-receives-scholarship/65468290007/ | 2022-09-10T12:20:52Z | mycentraljersey.com | control | https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/education/student-of-the-week/2022/09/10/nj-students-megan-corby-receives-scholarship/65468290007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Historic Perth Amboy Free Public Library getting renovations, upgrades
PERTH AMBOY – Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., joined a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday with local officials to highlight efforts to restore the historic Perth Amboy Free Public Library.
Pallone secured $1.5 million in a federal spending bill to help the city renovate and upgrade the library to better serve the needs of the community. President Biden signed the bill into law earlier this year.
“The Perth Amboy Free Public Library is so important for everyone in Perth Amboy. This historic building is a place for people to come together to learn new things, stay connected to each other, and get the resources they need,” Pallone said. “During the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw just how important libraries were as students and teachers transitioned to remote learning. I’m proud that I was able to secure this funding so that the library can continue to fulfill its mission to the community.”
The library was originally built in 1903 as a Carnegie Library and requires extensive repairs and renovations to provide essential services to the community. The funding will help repair and upgrade the building’s exterior, interior rooms, and restroom facilities. The funding will also provide new and expanded workspaces for students and technological infrastructure to support digital learning programs.
“The day is finally here where all patrons, regardless of limitations, can enjoy the array of services our Perth Amboy Public library has to offer,” said Joel Rosa, interim library director. “The $1.5 million funds from Congressman Frank Pallone’s office will help renovate areas of our library that have been shut off to the public for nearly half a century by restoring our history room and creating flexible reading spaces throughout the library.” | https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/middlesex-county/2022/09/10/perth-amboy-nj-free-public-library/68114702007/ | 2022-09-10T12:20:58Z | mycentraljersey.com | control | https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/middlesex-county/2022/09/10/perth-amboy-nj-free-public-library/68114702007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Old Bridge native meritoriously promoted aboard USS Makin Island
MILLINGTON, Tenn. – An Old Bridge native serving aboard USS Makin Island, was recently meritoriously promoted in rank to petty officer second class.
The Meritorious Advancement Program allows commands to select their most qualified sailors to advance in rank to the next paygrade outside of the advancement cycles.Petty Officer 2nd Class Marie Noelle Gonzales is one of USS Makin Island’s meritoriously promoted sailors.Gonzales joined the Navy four years ago.“I joined the Navy to participate in new challenges and opportunities that are not found elsewhere,” said Gonzales. “My father, Jose-Ramon Gonzales, and grandfather, Virgilio Gonzales, had stellar careers in the Philippines Merchant Marines, so it has been an honor to join the Navy to follow in their footsteps of nautical service.”
Today, Gonzales serves as an electronics technician.Electronics technicians use radar and other complex ship systems to detect and track threats before they detect the U.S. Navy. To throw adversaries off their ship’s scent, electronics technicians also use electronic countermeasure tricks to confuse and deflect other radars and sensors, rendering their own ship virtually invisible.“My favorite thing about my job is being a subject matter expert for all Data LINKs,” said Gonzales. “Holding responsibility for mission critical communications between Naval, Marine and allied forces gives me a great sense of pride and duty.”Growing up in Old Bridge, Gonzales attended St. John Vianney High School and graduated in 2009. According to Gonzales, the values required to succeed in the military are similar to those found in Old Bridge."My mom, Jennifer, has always lived by sacrifice, service and perseverance," said Gonzales. "Having her as a blueprint of courage and fortitude has ensured my mental toughness through every seemingly difficult evolution."
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According to Navy officials, USS Makin Island is the eighth and final wasp-class amphibious assault ship and the second ship in the Navy to bear the name. The USS Makin Island is unique because she's the only ship in her class powered by LM 2500+ gas turbine engines and electric drive. Additionally, USS Makin Island is the only LHD to feature an all-electric design - no steam is used onboard USS Makin Island.The ship is crewed by more than 1,000 sailors and can embark more than 1,600 Marines. Amphibious assault ships, such as USS Makin Island, are designed to deliver Marines and their equipment where they are needed to support a variety of missions ranging from amphibious assaults to humanitarian relief efforts. Designed to be versatile, the ship has the option of simultaneously using helicopters, Harrier jets, and Landing Craft Air Cushioned, as well as conventional landing craft and assault vehicles in various combinations.Serving in the Navy means Gonzales is part of a team that is taking on new importance in America’s focus on rebuilding military readiness, strengthening alliances and reforming business practices in support of the National Defense Strategy.“The Navy contributes to national defense through our ever-present global show of force,” said Gonzales. “We protect maritime shipping lines and maintain the safety of our allies by presence operations.”There are many opportunities for sailors to earn recognition in their command, community and careers while serving in the Navy. Gonzales has a number of achievements, including becoming qualified as an enlisted surface warfare specialist, an assistant command fitness leader, a repair parts petty officer and an external communications supervisor. Sill, Gonzales is proud of being selected for promotion."I am the proudest of earning the title of Junior Sailor of the Quarter and of advancing in rank to petty officer second class through the Meritorious Advancement Program," said Gonzales. “These accomplishments recognize the leadership and technical impact I have made on my command.”As a member of the U.S. Navy, Gonzales, as well as other sailors, know they are a part of a service tradition providing unforgettable experiences through leadership development, world affairs and humanitarian assistance. Their efforts will have a lasting effect around the globe and for generations of sailors who follow."Serving in the Navy means protecting the ones I love while bettering myself," added Gonzales. | https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/military/2022/09/10/old-bridge-nj-navy-uss-makin-island/66780528007/ | 2022-09-10T12:21:04Z | mycentraljersey.com | control | https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/military/2022/09/10/old-bridge-nj-navy-uss-makin-island/66780528007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
I’m a Democratic mayor, and I support law enforcement | Opinion
Editor's note: The following is adapted from a speech Edison Township Mayor Sam Joshi gave during a swearing-in ceremony for new police officers in the Edison Police Department on Friday, Sept. 9.
One of the greatest privileges that I have as mayor and director of public safety is hiring our police officers.
I want to take a moment to reflect on the attention that law enforcement has received over the past couple of years. From the far right that calls for dismantling the FBI, to the far left that calls for abolishing our local police departments, it has unfortunately become too common to make law enforcement a scapegoat for complex issues.
I want to be clear: I stand behind the police at every level and my administration supports Edison’s Police Department and the officers behind me today.
Twelve years ago, I worked as a 911 officer in the Edison Police Department. I would receive phone calls from residents in distress and talk to officers on their way to and from jobs. These men and women met residents in their darkest hours. They would recuse residents from an overturned car, intervene in dire domestic disputes, or navigate the difficult world of substance abuse — and although I wasn’t in the field with them, those radio calls gave me tremendous respect for this line of work.
Time and time again, I observed them step into unknown and often frightening situations, and handle them with grace, dignity, and respect. There is a lot of conversation around race relations in the U.S., and I don’t want to discount the progress that needs to be made, however, I can say with pride that here, in one of the most diverse towns in the nation, our police are culturally competent. Time and time again, they use their resources to communicate with residents who speak different languages. They understand and respect various religious customs and values. And when they encounter something new, they humbly ask questions and learn about the various communities that live in Edison.
In short, our police officers care about our residents. They care a lot.
These are the same officers who come off a long shift and immediately hop on a bicycle for eight hours to raise funds for their fallen colleagues. The officers who pack the funeral home when one of their colleagues has experienced a death in the family. The officers who know the teenagers in our town by name and attend a high school football game just to show they care.
That is the culture and legacy that the men and women behind me are joining today. I had a chance to speak with each of these new officers, and hear their stories. They come from a variety of backgrounds and experiences, but each understands the gravity and responsibility that comes with this job.
Their families understand their sacrifice, too. Edison Police Officers put on their uniform every day, willingly agreeing to step into dangerous situations, and unsure if they will return home. That is true sacrifice. That is true community service.
As director of public safety, it is my responsibility to ensure the safety of Edison Township, and that includes the safety of our police force.
The choice to become a police officer is a noble one, and I’m honored to be your public safety director. To the new officers joining our ranks today, do so knowing that I and my administration have your back. We support you every step of the way, and trust you to keep Edison safe.
Sam Joshi, a Democrat, is mayor of Edison Township, New Jersey. | https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/opinion/2022/09/10/edison-twp-nj-mayor-im-a-democrat-and-i-support-cops/68236049007/ | 2022-09-10T12:21:10Z | mycentraljersey.com | control | https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/opinion/2022/09/10/edison-twp-nj-mayor-im-a-democrat-and-i-support-cops/68236049007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
This week, children across our communities started a new school year. As we all hope for a year filled with less disruptions than most faced in 2021-2022, it’s important to review things we can control and steps we can take for a safer school year for children.
The National Safety Council recommends the following for children who walk to school:
Children should walk on the sidewalk and never walk out in front of a parked car.
Before crossing the street, children should be trained to stop and look left, right and left again to see if cars are coming
Parents should practice walking to school with children, remembering to cross streets at crosswalks when available and never walk while texting.
Children should never walk while using headphones.
Bike riders should:
Always wear a helmet that is fitted and secured properly.
Learn the rules of the road, riding single file, coming to a complete stop before crossing the street to walk the bike across.
Watch for opening car doors and other hazards.
Wear bright-colored clothing.
Children who ride a bus should:
Learn the proper way to get on and off the bus and line up 6 feet away from the curb as the bus approaches.
Wait for the bus to stop completely before standing.
Motor vehicle drivers should remember to:
Never block crosswalks.
Yield to pedestrians in crosswalks, and take extra care in school zones.
Never pass a vehicle stopped for pedestrians.
Never pass a bus loading or unloading children.
Finally, teen drivers are at greater risk. They are excited when they finally have the opportunity to drive to school, which can lead to distraction, particularly when friends are riding in the car as passengers. Parents should never hesitate to limit the number of passengers in their teen’s car and place restrictions on driving as needed. Reminders to your child each time they get behind the wheel may get tiresome, but they are important. Making the extra effort and taking the time to reiterate these tips can help prevent accidents and maybe even save lives.
Carolyn Moore, MS Ed, is the director of community relations for Eastern Niagara Hospital. Eastern Niagara Healthlines is a special feature by the Eastern Niagara Health System. For more information, call Moore at 716-514-5502. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/eastern-niagara-healthlines-back-to-school-safety/article_10b37e30-2fb0-11ed-b99d-4b96b83f261e.html | 2022-09-10T12:26:22Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/eastern-niagara-healthlines-back-to-school-safety/article_10b37e30-2fb0-11ed-b99d-4b96b83f261e.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SANTA MONICA >> Two people were killed Thursday when a small plane crashed at Santa Monica Airport.
Fire crews and paramedics were called just before 4:30 p.m. to the 3300 block of Donald Douglas Loop on reports of the crash and found the aircraft down on the tarmac, according to the Santa Monica Fire Department.
Paramedics pronounced both of the victims dead at the scene. Their names were not immediately released pending notification of relatives.
ABC7 reported the plane was a single-engine, two-seat Piper, but the fire department could not confirm details about. However, fire authorities did confirm that both of the deceased were aboard the plane, and that the aftermath of the crash posed no threat or hazard to the surrounding area.
The cause of the crash was under investigation. The SMFD reported traffic in the area may be impacted due to the investigation and advised the public to avoid the area.
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A series of photographs in the History Center collection, which at first appeared to be related, were found to be actually three separate events, one of which has now been substantiated through research; the others are still being analyzed. All of the photos were donated by John W. Jenkins and were from the Frank W. Jenkins Photography Studio, which was in business in Lockport in the 1950s and 1960s.
Starting in 1957, the Lockport Exchange Club began sponsoring a “Home-O-Rama” at the National Guard Armory on Willow Street. The Exchange Club was established in 1946 to “exchange ideas and information with like-minded individuals about how to better serve their communities.” The club sponsored events to raise money for local charities and Little League baseball teams.
The first Home-O-Rama was in March 1957. LaVern Ulrich, who was chairman for many years, oversaw the logistics of the event. Fifty-eight vendors bought space and set up displays in the armory. Admission was free and proceeds from the sale of vendor space went to the American Cancer Society.
The theme was “futuristic developments.” Among other activities, attendees were offered the chance to eat a fully-cooked hot dog made in 30 seconds in an “electronic oven.” Water and other foods were heated in the oven by “microwaves.” This new appliance could be purchased for $1,000 ($10,500 today). There was also a split screen TV called a “douoscopic television set,” which allowed two people to watch two different channels (out of maybe three at that time) at the same time using earphones. This sold for $1,400 ($14,800 today). Both appliances were donated by Spalding Hardware for the exhibit.
Local furniture stores displayed conventional, modern and transitional room settings. The Home-O-Rama also featured swimming pools, cars and boats. It was a home/car/boat show all in one. An estimated 8,000 people attended the three-day event and it was so successful that the Exchange Club announced they would be holding another one the following year.
The two photos of the Home-O-Rama in the History Center collection can be dated to 1964. By this time, it had become a much anticipated event, usually held at the end of March. Although a controversial topic today, 1964 was the year the people of Lockport were introduced to a visual concept of the urban renewal plans. The City of Lockport’s Department of Urban Renewal had one of the largest exhibits at the Home-O-Rama that year; it included maps and photographs as well as a 27-minute movie explaining the proposed projects and representatives on hand to answer questions. This was all done to generate excitement about the plans. In hindsight urban renewal ended up becoming a very divisive issue but in 1964 it was presented as a promise for a better future for the city.
Among other displays, health related topics were featured. In 1964, 42% of Americans smoked, the most of any year up to 2022 (it is now down to 18%). A special emphasis was placed on an anti-smoking promotion and an exhibit on lung cancer research. Once again, part of the proceeds that year went to the American Cancer Society. A novel approach to get more people to attend was an airdrop of tickets in eastern Niagara County. Even though the admission was free, you needed a ticket to get in and also to win a prize. It was estimated that 16,000 people came to the Home-O-Rama in 1964, the most of any year.
The Lockport Exchange Club continued to sponsor the annual Home-O-Rama at the armory until 1972. Although the attendance numbers fluctuated over the years, it averaged about 8,000 to 12,000 over three days. In 1972, the event was moved to Kenan Arena to allow vendors more space for exhibits. No information could be found for the event in 1973. The Home-O-Rama moved to its last location, the Lockport Mall, in 1974. It was held there for almost 25 years, with the last show in the late 1990s.
In 1960, the Lockport Exchange Club also began putting on an annual circus, first at the armory, and later at Kenan Arena, using both local talent (including club members) and professional acts. A future article will examine the history of that event. If anyone has any photos they would like to share of the circus, please contact the History Center at 716-434-7433 or at info@niagarahistory.org.
The Lockport Exchange Club disbanded in 2021 after 75 years of service to the community and fundraising for local charities and youth sports.
Ann Marie Linnabery is the assistant director of the History Center of Niagara. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/niagara-discoveries-home-o-rama-lockports-home-car-boat-show-all-in-one/article_c212e304-2f07-11ed-89da-732d29dec312.html | 2022-09-10T12:26:28Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/niagara-discoveries-home-o-rama-lockports-home-car-boat-show-all-in-one/article_c212e304-2f07-11ed-89da-732d29dec312.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Senior centers are amazing operations. They provide an opportunity to socialize, exercise, stimulate the brain, volunteer/work, get a meal, and more. And, I thought it appropriate to write about Senior Centers during the month of September. After all, September is National Senior Center Month.
Centers have come a long way since their start in the 1940s, but the mission remains the same: to be the local, trusted place in the community that connects people to the programs, services, and opportunities they need to age well.
As a senior center, The Dale Association gets information about what other senior centers are doing across the nation. So, what are the most common categories of activities at senior centers nationwide? Fitness and exercise, social and recreational, meals, education, health and wellness, art / music / culture, and services.
Because good nutrition is critical to health, functioning and quality of life, meals have always been an important component of community-based services for seniors. And, cards and recreation continue to be very popular among members. Playing cards is not only a great form of socialization, it’s also fantastic for keeping the brain active. Popular card games include bridge, cribbage, pinochle, Euchre and rummy.
The Dale Association started with the need to give the seniors in our community a place where they could socialize with their peers. While we have grown since then, helping people out of social isolation is still at our core. Covid showed the world how detrimental social isolation can be for individuals, proving that our work is incredibly important.
Have you been to a senior center lately? Any time during the month of September is a great time to check out what great camaraderie you might find at a senior center. They will provide you with the opportunity to socialize, exercise, stimulate the brain, volunteer/work, get a meal, or benefit from other services.
Since 1951, The Dale Association’s Lockport Senior Centre has been the heart of our community offering supportive services for seniors, assistance for people with vision and hearing impairments, the Memory Minders program, Memory Cafe, Senior Advisor, the Telephone Reassurance Program, travel opportunities, free linkages to community resources, sewing and quilting, transportation, health and wellness information and seminars, income tax preparation, recreation, fitness and entertainment, community education, the Eat Well Stay Well lunch program, a community gathering place .... and more.
Thanks to all of Senior Centre staff for providing a safe, fun place for seniors to meet new friends, try new activities and find helpful information.
Maureen A. Wendt is president and CEO of The Dale Association, a non-profit organization that provides senior, mental health, in-home care, caregiver support services and enrichment activities for adults. For more information, call 716-433-1937 or visit www.daleassociation.com. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/senior-spotlight-senior-centers-are-community-centers/article_46e1dd48-2f11-11ed-b1a8-2f037165dc53.html | 2022-09-10T12:26:35Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/senior-spotlight-senior-centers-are-community-centers/article_46e1dd48-2f11-11ed-b1a8-2f037165dc53.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Summer has ended, officially, and Mother Nature is changing things. Many male hummingbirds already headed to South America and by the time you read this most all others will have left too. They give those of us who put up feeders a lot of pleasure during the summer. They are beautiful and amazing with their flight maneuvers and allowing us close views of their activities.
As fall starts, so does the hunting season. The early goose season, which opened on Sept. 1, brings back many fine memories for me when I was an advent goose hunter in the 1970s. I was fortunate to become acquainted with a local farmer in the town of Alabama who allowed me to hunt on his land, which resulted in some great goose hunting.
Serious goose hunters put a lot of time and effort into hunting these wise birds, and if I told you what I spent on a Sean Mann goose call you would think I was nuts. It was a flute call and was so good that once I learned how to use it geese were readily fooled by it. Its tone was superior and it never wavered, even when my overactive saliva glands poured liquid into it.
Decoys are a very important part of the goose hunting adventure; a hunter often requires lots of them. I made many of mine and along with proper setup and calling they got me some great shooting. Today there are decoys that you have to look at twice to determine whether they are real, but you better have some extra pocket money for them.
My method during those early years was to get right out in the middle of a field that the birds were regularly feeding in and set up there. The farmer not only let me put in goose pits (275-gallon oil drums buried in the ground to conceal me), he helped me put them in with his backhoe. They really fooled the geese into thinking there were no hunters nearby. Years later I dug shallow trenches to lay in among the decoys and that also worked well, but wasn’t as comfortable as those old goose pits.
I continued goose hunting in this area after I moved here and even did so up north near the St. Lawrence River, where I hunted waterfowl in a small lake from a layout boat surrounded by a lot of duck and goose decoys. Eventually I got out of the waterfowl sport but I’m still thrilled by the sight of geese across the sky and when they are cupped and dropping down into a field or the water.
There are actually two types of geese in New York state now and one has really become a problem. In the early 1900s only a few geese nested in New York that were actually descendants of private, captive geese released into the wild. Then in the 1950s and 1960s geese raised on game farms were released by the Department of Environmental Conservation in Wildlife Management areas to establish local populations that could eventually be hunted. Well, the idea worked quite well and to be honest we now have too many of these “resident” geese.
Sure, they provided great hunting opportunities for local sportsmen but they have also caused a lot of problems in recent years for farmers and in public parks as their population keeps growing. They are smart birds that learn how to avoid hunters during their long life span (up to 20 years).
These resident geese remain in our area year-round and because their population and problems have increased so much, an early resident goose hunting season was established to thin out their numbers. The season is Sept. 1 through Sept. 25. This was to ensure that the normal migrating geese from Canada, which are having population problems and migrate through New York later, were not taken. I was still hunting geese when this early season started and the limit was three birds per day, but that has progressively increased as the resident population kept increasing. The limit is now 15 birds a day and some of the hunting regulations have been modified specifically for this early season.
The first few days of the season this past week I did a bit of touring to observe what was happening. As in other recent early goose seasons, I did not see a lot of hunters out, at least not in the Alabama Swamp. The resident geese have been around a long time and have learned to be very hunter-wise during this early season. They can be a difficult bird to hunt successfully and I think that has been discouraging a lot of would-be goose hunters, plus, a lot of private land is tied up in hunting leases now. I saw some successful hunters who obviously knew what they were doing — they put forth the effort and did well — but in general there didn’t seem to be many hunters out there.
Will the resident goose population, and their problems, be reduced with these early seasons? I don’t know, as I don’t have the figures, but from what I see in this area it doesn’t seem to be so. The rise of resident geese is a wildlife success story that’s been too successful.
Doug Domedion, outdoorsman and nature photographer, resides in Medina. Contact him at (585) 798-4022 or woodduck2020@yahoo.com. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/the-great-outdoors-with-late-summer-comes-the-start-of-hunting-season/article_cf62fc3e-2d71-11ed-b66b-e36da3854f94.html | 2022-09-10T12:26:41Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/the-great-outdoors-with-late-summer-comes-the-start-of-hunting-season/article_cf62fc3e-2d71-11ed-b66b-e36da3854f94.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Hello Toni,
I am new to your column. Extremely informative! I am turning 65 next March and am puzzled about Medicare’s 7-month enrollment period. I’ve heard that this period is only for Medicare Part B and that confuses me because I do not know how to enroll in Medicare’s Part A.
I do not know how the 7-month window works. How soon can I enroll? Can I enroll in Medicare Part A and B together? I work part-time and am not eligible for company benefits, so I want to enroll ASAP. Please explain what I should do. Thanks.
— Gary from Oakland, Calif.
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Gary:
Thanks for your comments about “Toni Says,” and you are not alone in your confusion. Most of America is confused about how to enroll Medicare the right way, to keep from receiving dreaded Medicare penalties.
The 7-month Medicare Initial Enrollment Period is for those who wish to enroll in Medicare Parts A and B together, not separately, when turning 65 and when not covered by employer group health insurance.
Medicare’s Initial Enrollment Period begins 3-months before the month you turn 65, includes the month you turn 65, and ends 3-months after turning 65 for a total window of 7 months. If you are covered on Medicare Parts A and B by the end of your Initial Enrollment Period, you can sleep free from worry about Medicare penalties.
When you are covered by employer group health insurance, whether through your employer or a spouse’s employer group health plan, there is protection from the Medicare Part B penalty for choosing not to enroll in Medicare Part B when turning 65.
That means you can, if you are employed full-time with employer group benefits or covered under a spouse’s employer group health plan, enroll only in Medicare Part A during Medicare’s 7-month Initial Enrollment Period when turning 65.
One caution about enrolling in Medicare Part A when you are an employee with a Health Savings Account (HSA) benefit: You must stop making HSA contributions the month prior to turning 65 if enrolling in Medicare Part A. (Visit www.tonisays.com for more information.)
Visit www.ssa.gov to create a My Social Security Account to enroll in Medicare, because everything is processed online at www.ssa.gov/benefits/medicare. For your Medicare to begin the month you are turning 65, you want to begin enrolling during the 3 months before turning 65. If you enroll the month you turn 65, your Medicare will begin the month after. If you enroll during the 3 months after your birthday, your Medicare effective date will be further delayed.
Additionally, it is important to know whether you are going to take your Social Security check when you turn 65. If you take your Social Security check, your Medicare will begin the month you turn 65. If you are not receiving a Social Security check, then it will be your responsibility to visit www.ssa.gov/benefits/medicare and enroll in Medicare. By not enrolling at the right time, you put yourself at risk of a Medicare Part B and D penalty.
When you enroll in Medicare Part B (or both A and B at once), that is the time to choose whether to go with Original Medicare with a Medicare Supplement and a stand-alone Medicare Part D for your prescriptions, or with a Medicare Advantage Plan, which includes a Medicare Part D prescription plan.
If you delay enrolling in Medicare Part B, you can claim a Special Enrollment Period whenever you lose (or your spouse loses) employer group health coverage for any reason (retirement, layoff, reduction of hours, etc.).
Toni King is an author and columnist on Medicare and health insurance issues who spent more than 27 years as a sales leader in the fields. For answers to Medicare questions, visit www.tonisays.com, email info@tonisays.com, or call 832-519-8664. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/toni-says-is-medicare-s-7-month-initial-enrollment-period-for-part-a-or-part/article_78702f46-3064-11ed-8e61-bf735bc564dc.html | 2022-09-10T12:26:47Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/toni-says-is-medicare-s-7-month-initial-enrollment-period-for-part-a-or-part/article_78702f46-3064-11ed-8e61-bf735bc564dc.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Recovery Center of Niagara is expecting to be opened by Nov. 1. The drug rehabilitation facility in Newfane was originally expected to open earlier this year, however it was set back to several clerical issues.
The organization’s president, Donna Mae DePola said that there will be a webinar held with the New York State Behavioral Health Services Advisory Council on Sept. 22 which will determine whether the facility will be able to receive its license. Assuming this goes well, DePola believes the center will be able to open by Nov. 1, or possibly even the last week of October.
A report from earlier this year said that the facility would have opened in January, but it had been set back until May due to shipping delays for the kitchen equipment. Another issue that delayed the opening was the Recovery Center not running a public notice about its meeting with the BHSAC, which led to the issue being delayed until its September meeting. Aside from the clerical needs, DePola said that the facility is otherwise ready.
“The building’s ready to go,” she said. “All we need is our license.”
The facility has also started hiring employees. It held a job fair on Aug. 30, which DePola said that 46 people attended, and some of which were even hired on the spot. The administration team will be starting work on Oct. 3, and other workers will be starting on Oct. 17. DePola said that they weren’t able to hire as many workers at the job fair as they would have preferred due to healthcare contracts not being determined at that point, however this has since been resolved.
“We couldn’t hire a few to start in October at the job fair because we weren’t sure about the healthcare contracts, but we have that now,” DePola said. “We’re all set and more people are coming around now with applications.”
DePola emphasized that all of the applicants were not from any other similar agencies, as concern had been raised that they might siphon jobs away from other agencies in the region.
The Recovery Center of Niagara will be offering detoxification and rehabilitation services, with a focus on discharge planning.
“The mission is to help Western New York with its opioid problems, and not only bring people into the center, but determine what should be done afterwards,” DePola said. “Anyone can get clean in rehab, but the aftercare and discharge planning is most important. If we just put them back out into the street then they’re only going to come back.”
It will be an in-patient facility, and will be opening with 40 beds. DePola confirmed that the facility does have capacity for more beds, which it would be willing to open if a waiting list forms, and they have enough staff to cover it.
If you are concerned with a drug addiction that you or a loved one might have, please call the Niagara County crisis help line at 716-285-3515. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/after-setbacks-recovery-center-of-niagara-nears-opening/article_6a35a016-308f-11ed-917f-1bfee7783cc6.html | 2022-09-10T12:26:53Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/after-setbacks-recovery-center-of-niagara-nears-opening/article_6a35a016-308f-11ed-917f-1bfee7783cc6.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Rich Jex was honest about his quest. He posted in Lockportians, a Facebook group, for businesses to post its “2-A” status, so he could know whether to support them in the wake of new gun reform in New York state.
The “2-A” stands for 2nd Amendment gun-rights and pertains whether or not any given business would allow gun-owners on their premises while concealing-and-carrying a pistol. The new gun reform law went into effect Sept. 1.
“You can only enter another person’s property with a firearm, rifle, or shotgun when the owner or leasee has specifically posted that it’s allowed,” reads part of the packet written by Niagara County Clerk Joe Jaztremski to help those interested in permits.
“It’s a spiteful law,” Jaztremski said over the phone and noted it was passed very quickly.
Niagara County Sheriff Mike Filicetti was also blunt.
“What New York State wants us to do is to charge anyone with a felony,” he said. “But I’m here to say if the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office receives a complaint, no action will be taken until I see it. “Arresting legal gun-owners is a low priority for me.”
Filicetti will be giving 2-A friendly stickers and registering businesses through the link at https://www.niagarasheriff.com/businessRegistry.
Businesses around Niagara County and Western New York posted on the Facebook group, “WNY gun friendly businesses,” their 2-A friendly status, including Johnson’s Country Store in Lockport.
There are approximately 9,400 members in the group.
“For me, it’s easier because I sell guns,” Carly Short, of Johnson’s Country Store, said. “Other businesses are between a rock and a hard place.”
Short said she knew people who felt they were being torn in two.
“If she posts, then she’s losing people who oppose guns there,” Short said. “And on the other hand if she doesn’t post, she’s losing those people. So it’s a bind.”
Prohibited places for conceal-and-carry include federal, state and local government buildings, including courts; schools; hospitals and doctor’s offices; churches; libraries; parks, playgrounds and zoos; child care facilities; homeless shelters; public transport; bars; theaters; stadiums; amusement parks; gaming facilities; polling places and public sidewalks restricted from general public access for a special event.
As for Jex, he feels that he’s in a losing battle. He told the US&J that he’d gotten his carry-and-conceal permit just a few weeks ago, but doesn’t carry it around. However, he knows many people who already have them and do.
“Someone asked them if I was real,” he said. “And I said, ‘I’ll do my best to go to carry and conceal friendly businesses,’ but it’s hard.
“I mean people need certain things and there won’t always be an option.” | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/signs-of-gun-reform-in-western-new-york/article_9277274c-3090-11ed-960e-ab87ecbbfe02.html | 2022-09-10T12:27:00Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/signs-of-gun-reform-in-western-new-york/article_9277274c-3090-11ed-960e-ab87ecbbfe02.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The laws our State Legislature and Governor pass have consequences for our communities. We have all seen the videos of people stealing with impunity from retail stores. What is going on?
Everybody has heard about the disastrous effects of bail reform, and that is part of the answer. When a thief knows that if caught, he will be immediately released, with nothing more than an appearance ticket, what deterrence is there?
But there is another law recently passed in New York that is also wreaking havoc on the criminal justice system and contributing to the retail theft problem. That law, which went into effect in 2020, is referred to as “discovery reform.” The law puts a huge burden on law enforcement to provide all sorts of information to defense attorneys before a case can move forward. Much of the information is completely unnecessary in many cases, and often isn’t even looked at by defense counsel. Nevertheless, if it isn’t provided, the case will be dismissed.
Take the example of a typical shoplifting case where the shoplifter is caught by a store employee, after having exited the store with the stolen property, and the whole thing is on video. Guilt is not really at issue. However, because of the new “discovery reform” law, the prosecutor, within 35 days of arraignment (20 days if the defendant is in custody) has to provide “all items and information” that relate to the case to defense counsel. This includes police reports and statements, surveillance video, recordings of 911 calls and police radio dispatch, the names and contact information of all witnesses including store employees (yes, the defendant gets your name and contact information if you witness a crime), criminal histories for all witnesses, any information that “tends to” negatively impact the credibility of witnesses including police officers, a list of all objects the defendant or any co-defendant possessed, etc. There are 21 categories of required items. If the information isn’t provided, the case can be dismissed.
The DA’s Office has to provide all of this information whether or not they actually have it in their possession, and regardless if they will use it in trial. This of course means that police, DAs, and store owners themselves (collecting and providing surveillance video) have to spend a lot of time gathering the information, getting it into a format where it can be shared, and turning it over to the defense.
In the typical shoplifting case, where the defendant’s guilt is clearly established, many defense attorneys don’t even review the actual discovery materials. They just look to see if it is provided, if not, gotcha, the case can be dismissed. The whole discovery scheme simply becomes a series of hoops that law enforcement has to jump through in order to convict an obviously guilty individual.
In cases that are headed toward trial, there has always been a mechanism for sharing information and evidence that will be used in trial with defense counsel beforehand. The “discovery reform” law changed the timing and applied it to every case, whether or not defense counsel actually asks for the information. This scheme has made the effective prosecution of high volume crimes, like retail theft, extremely difficult, to say the least.
Small police departments simply don’t have the personnel or resources to keep up with the discovery demands. Shopkeepers have become frustrated with the process, and many have stopped calling the police at all. Repeat offenders know how the system works, and exploit it.
New York State’s laws have made the prosecution of high-volume, low-level crimes, like shoplifting, so onerous that many police departments and prosecutor’s offices simply cannot effectively do it.
You have to wonder whether those who rammed this legislation through, backed by legal advocacy groups dominated by defense attorneys, and with no input from prosecutors or law enforcement, got exactly what they intended: That “low level” crimes like shoplifting, will rarely, if ever, lead to any real consequences for those who commit them.
But there certainly are consequences for small business owners, and for shoppers. As brick and mortar retailers lose increasing amounts of stock to theft, prices increase, and stores close.
We all pay the price for the legislation that is passed in Albany.
Brian D. Seaman is the Niagara County District Attorney. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/discovery-reform-fueling-retail-theft-problem/article_5a53b386-3071-11ed-a8ec-0f1f602ea9b0.html | 2022-09-10T12:27:02Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/discovery-reform-fueling-retail-theft-problem/article_5a53b386-3071-11ed-a8ec-0f1f602ea9b0.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Remember the ladies!”
Abigail Adams wrote that famous admonition to her husband John in 1776, while he was helping to draft the Declaration of Independence. It took another 144 years for women to gain the right to vote. and today, 102 years after suffrage became law, women hold the key to American elections.
For Democrats to have a realistic chance at retaining their Congressional majorities this fall — and probably the White House in 2024 — they will need the votes of Abigail Adams’ sisters: angry, energized women.
The pivotal event was June’s Supreme Court decision in the Dobbs case, which overturned almost 50 years of settled law and canceled a woman’s right to control her reproductive system. That ruling transformed abortion from an abstract question into a direct personal threat, especially for younger women of childbearing age.
“Once the actual Dobbs decision came down, everything changed,” Tom Bonier, an election analyst at the progressive firm TargetSmart, wrote in The New York Times. “For many Americans, confronting the loss of abortion rights was different from anticipating it. In my 28 years analyzing elections, I had never seen anything like what’s happened in the past two months in American politics: Women are registering to vote in numbers I never witnessed before.”
In light of the Dobbs decision — 5 of the 6 justices who joined the opinion were men, and all were appointed by male Republican presidents — it’s worth quoting Abigail Adams’ prescient prediction: “Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.”
The election/voting/political gender gap has been around since 1980, when women first voted in greater numbers than men, and started trending toward the Democrats. Today, NBC reports, “The gender gap in American politics is growing and growing and growing.” An analysis of all their polls in 2010 showed men favoring Republican Congressional candidates by 9 points while women backed Democrats by 7 points, a combined difference of 16 points. That gap expanded to 25 points in 2018, and this year it’s widened again to 33 points.
The “rebellion” Abigail warned against, when “care and attention is not paid to the ladies,” is surging everywhere, but it’s most pronounced where right-to-life forces are most active. Take Kansas, where Trumpist Republicans tried to repeal a constitutional clause guaranteeing abortion rights. They lost overwhelmingly, in part because 7 out of 10 newly registered voters were women.
A similar dynamic is occurring in Pennsylvania, where the Republican candidate for governor, Doug Mastriano, favors a total ban on abortion, and the Senate race could determine party control of that chamber. Women are registering at three times the rate of men. More than half of new voters are under 25, and 62% are registered Democrats.
The Philadelphia Inquirer quotes Kiera Coyle, an 18-year-old who had delayed registering until the Dobbs decision came down. “Not just me, but all my friends, we immediately registered to vote,” Coyle said. “If we have the voice to vote, we wanted it. ... We were really enraged. We were like, ‘How are we going backward?’”
“This is motivating women,” added Jamie Perrapato, a Democratic organizer. “This is finally the straw where people don’t want to believe horrible things are happening, but you can’t deny it anymore.”
Age is only one variable driving women’s choices. Two more are education and neighborhood. “In the last two elections, white women with college degrees were critical to Democrats’ winning coalition, voting for them by double-digit margins,” reports CBS. “And then this year, amid economic pessimism, Democrats slipped with this group. Today we see Democrats rebounding: Their lead with white college-degree-holding women has increased by 7 points since July and is currently 13 points.”
“The court ruling was especially salient for white, suburban women, a group known for switching between the two parties in recent elections and who say they would back a Democratic candidate over a Republican, 52% to 40%,” adds the Wall Street Journal.
Another key: the “economic pessimism” that was turning these women away from the Democrats has abated somewhat. “Fewer Americans view the economy negatively than a month ago, though things are still seen as bad,” according to CBS.
Republicans seem intent on forgetting the ladies, not remembering them. That’s a big mistake.
Steven Roberts teaches politics and journalism at George Washington University. He can be contacted by email at stevecokie@gmail.com. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/remember-the-ladies/article_6cb7ff4c-3070-11ed-925d-0be691f9bd02.html | 2022-09-10T12:27:09Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/remember-the-ladies/article_6cb7ff4c-3070-11ed-925d-0be691f9bd02.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
I recently came across an essay my younger son wrote in fourth grade. It was all about tractors. He had analyzed the tractors on our farm and sorted them into categories: tractors with cabs and tractors without cabs, tractors that can pull equipment and tractors that push the equipment; tractors with single tires and tractors with duals. There were a few more, but you get the idea.
Often when people think about tractors, they assume they are all the same, can do all the jobs. Think of tractors like cars. You wouldn’t purchase a MINI Cooper if you want to haul a boat and trailer. A minivan is great for a family but a pickup might not have enough seats.
Sometimes the only time you think about tractors is when you’re out on the road and you end up following one. So here are some basics about tractors.
Most tractors cannot go faster than 25 mph. That’s why they have SMV (Slow Moving Vehicle) signs on the back. They are equipped with seatbelts, turning signals, headlights, four-way flashers and other safety equipment you associate with cars. One of the most important features is the ROPS (Roll Over Protection Structure) that protects the driver if the tractor rolls over.
The first question a farmer asks when determining which tractor to purchase is: Where will it be used? In our orchards, the trees are planted close together, so a very narrow tractor is needed. The tractors used by a row crop farmer who wants to cover as much ground as possible are quite a bit larger.
What will the tractor be doing? Will it pull a mower or a sprayer? Will it be using a grain drill or transplanter or be used for heavy tillage?
Perhaps you’ve seen tractors with dual tires on the back or even treads instead of tires. Those are to lessen the compaction of soil and transfer more of the horsepower to the ground for pulling equipment.
Just as cars have changed over the years, so have tractors. Many older tractors are configured in what is called a tricycle front end: two small tires in the front, very close together, and two larger tires in the back. Today, some larger tractors are designed so that two tires can be used on each side of the axle for more traction. Some tractors today come equipped with GPS systems to aid in planting or harvesting.
Many people have a favorite car brand. Some prefer to buy new cars over used or vice versa. Farmers are the same with their tractors. Depending on the size and features, tractors range in price along the same lines. Nationally, the average cost of a tractor today is $100,000. However, the larger ones can cost $500,000 or more. That is quite the investment for the farmer.
Finally, like a car, tractors need preventative maintenance. However, because they are used in fields and orchards, they are subjected to harsher conditions than a car on the road. It takes time, skill and money for parts to maintain a tractor in working condition.
Over the years, I’ve been asked many questions about tractors. One person wanted to know how long we keep a tractor. After all, she got a new car every five years or so. From what I’ve observed, farmers keep tractors as long as they can. If an operation changes, they may need different equipment. However, once a farmer has a tractor on the farm, it will be maintained as long as possible.
It is harvest time so, please, if you see a tractor on the road, slow down and give it space. The farmer driving is doing his or her best to grow a crop that could eventually feed you.
Margo Sue Bittner, a.k.a. Aggie Culture, has been involved in Niagara County agriculture for 40 years. She’s had experience in dairy farming, fruit production and, as the proprietor of the Winery at Marjim Manor, wine agri-tourism. Ask her any question about local agriculture and if she doesn’t know the answer herself, she knows who to get it from. Email margo@marjimmanor.com or call 716-778-7001. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/outstanding-in-her-field-all-about-tractors/article_535941e8-2f15-11ed-b5b6-a7d7e84485f2.html | 2022-09-10T12:27:15Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/outstanding-in-her-field-all-about-tractors/article_535941e8-2f15-11ed-b5b6-a7d7e84485f2.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Durable responses to treatment, with a median duration of response (mDoR) of 11.7 months, reported in Phase 1b/2 clinical trial of onvansertib plus FOLFIRI/bevacizumab in second-line KRAS-mutated mCRC
Observed mDoR is supported by preclinical findings that demonstrate onvansertib in combination with irinotecan can overcome intrinsic and refractory resistance to irinotecan in patient-derived xenograft models
Patients with a ≥90% decrease in KRAS mutant allele frequency (MAF), a response biomarker, in the first cycle of treatment had significantly higher ORR and longer PFS in Phase 1b/2 trial and an Expanded Access Program (EAP)
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardiff Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRDF), a clinical-stage biotechnology company leveraging PLK1 inhibition to develop novel therapies across a range of cancers, today announced new preclinical and clinical data from its program in KRAS-mutated mCRC. The data are featured in two posters being presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2022, which is taking place at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles in Paris, France, and virtually.
Poster 397P: Early Decreases in KRAS Mutant Allele Frequency (MAF) Predict Clinical Benefit to the PLK1 Inhibitor Onvansertib in Combination with FOLFIRI/bev in 2L Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Carcinoma (mCRC)
Poster 397P includes updated data (data cut-off date: July 25, 2022), as well as the results of correlative biomarker analyses from a Phase 1b/2 clinical trial of onvansertib plus FOLFIRI/bevacizumab in second-line KRAS-mutated mCRC. Measures of clinical response were compared between subsets of patients defined as KRAS responders or non-responders. KRAS responders were defined as patients with a ≥90% decrease in KRAS mutant allele frequency (MAF) in circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) after one treatment cycle.
"The data from this trial show onvansertib plus FOLFIRI and bevacizumab outperforming historical controls on multiple key endpoints and are highly encouraging," said Heinz-Josef Lenz, MD, FACP, professor of medicine at USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and the trial's principal investigator. "They suggest trial participants with various KRAS mutations experience durable clinical benefits and that the onvansertib-FOLFIRI combination is avoiding the mechanisms that typically drive rapid acquired resistance to the standard-of-care (SoC). This highlights onvansertib's potential to fill a crucial gap in mCRC's therapeutic paradigm, as there are currently limited options available for second line patients. In addition, the significant increases between response rates and progression-free survival in KRAS responders point to changes in MAF as a potential blood-based biomarker that could aid in treatment decisions."
Key data and conclusions presented in the poster include:
Overall response rate (ORR) and median progression-free survival (mPFS) reported in Phase 1b/2 trial substantially exceed those reported in historical control trials
- ORR across all evaluable patients was 35%, with 17 of 48 evaluable patients achieving an objective response and responses have been observed across multiple KRAS variants
- Median duration of response (mDoR) across all evaluable patients was 11.7 months (95% confidence interval (CI): 8.9 – not reached)
- mPFS across all evaluable patients was 9.3 months (95% CI: 7.6 – 13.5)
- Historical control trials of different drug combinations, including the standard-of-care (SOC) of FOLFIRI with bevacizumab, in similar patient populations have shown ORR and mPFS of 5 – 13% and ~4.5 – 5.7 months, respectively1-4
KRAS responders showed significantly greater ORR and mPFS compared to non-responders
- ORR in KRAS responders vs. KRAS non-responders: 63.6% (14/22) vs. 8.7% (2/23) (p = 0.00014)
- mPFS in KRAS responders vs. KRAS non-responders: 12.6 months vs. 6.0 months (p=0.019)
Poster 366P: The PLK1 Inhibitor Onvansertib Overcomes Irinotecan Resistance in RAS-mutated Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (mCRC) In Vivo and in Patients
Poster 366P includes findings (as of August 5, 2022) from Cardiff Oncology's EAP of onvansertib in KRAS-mutated mCRC, as well as data from murine studies evaluating onvansertib in combination with irinotecan in 6 PDX models of irinotecan-resistant, RAS-mutated CRC. Clinical findings reported in the Expanded Access Program (EAP) were compared between KRAS responders and non-responders. To enroll in the EAP, a patient must have been ineligible for the Phase 1b/2 clinical trial having received prior treatment with irinotecan or failed or progressed on multiple prior lines of standard-of-care therapy. EAP patients are treated with the same treatment regimen (onvansertib 15 mg/m2 plus FOLFIRI and bevacizumab) and dosing schedule as patients in the Phase 1b/2 clinical trial.
Scott Kopetz, MD, PhD, FACP, professor, Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center commented, "Currently available third-line or later treatment options for patients are severely limited, due in large part to the high prevalence of tumors that show resistance to irinotecan. Based on the findings being presented at ESMO, combining onvansertib with the current SOC appears to be an innovative strategy that can overcome irinotecan resistance and address a broad and pressing unmet need. This hypothesis is further supported by onvansertib's mechanism of action, which targets DNA damage repair pathways underlying resistance to irinotecan and other chemotherapeutic agents."
Key findings and conclusions presented in the poster include:
EAP patients with prior irinotecan treatment (43 out of a total of 51 EAP patients) showed clinical benefit following treatment with onvansertib plus FOLFIRI/bevacizumab
- mPFS was 4.04 months (95% CI: 2.96 – 8.38); 6-month PFS rate was 37.3% (95% CI: 24.9 – 55.8)
Of EAP patients with prior irinotecan treatment, KRAS responders had significantly longer PFS compared to non-responders.
- mPFS in KRAS responders vs. KRAS non-responders: 11.18 months vs. 3.25 months (p=0.0014)
The combination of onvansertib and irinotecan showed significantly greater anti-tumor activity compared to onvansertib monotherapy in 5 of 6 tested PDX models of irinotecan-resistant, RAS-mutated CRC.
The ESMO posters are currently available for viewing on the congress's virtual platform and will also be presented by Drs. Lenz and Kopetz during Poster Sessions 8 and 7, respectively, on September 11, 2022. Following the congress, the posters will be available on the "Scientific Presentations" section of the Cardiff Oncology website at https://cardiffoncology.com/scientific-presentations/.
Clinical and Corporate Update Conference Call and Webcast
Cardiff Oncology will host a webcast and conference call to provide a clinical and corporate update to the investment community on Monday, September 12, 2022 at 4:30 PM ET. The event will feature discussions on the planned development pathway for onvansertib in KRAS-mutated metastatic colorectal cancer and updates on other development programs. In addition, company management will provide data updates from ongoing clinical trials. To access the call, please dial 1-877-407-9208 (domestic) or 1-201-493-6784 (international) and refer to conference ID 13731618. The conference call will also be webcast live and a link to the webcast can be accessed here. A replay of the webcast will be available by visiting the "Events" section of the Cardiff Oncology website after its conclusion.
About the Phase 1b/2 Trial of Onvansertib in the Second-Line Treatment of KRAS-mutated mCRC
This is a multi-center, single-arm, Phase 1b/2 trial of onvansertib in combination with standard-of-care FOLFIRI and Avastin® (bevacizumab) to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of the combination regimen in the second-line treatment of patients with KRAS-mutated mCRC. The trial, A Phase 1b/2 Study of Onvansertib (PCM-075) in Combination with FOLFIRI and Bevacizumab for Second–Line Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer in Patients with a KRAS Mutation, is enrolling patients with histologically confirmed metastatic and unresectable colorectal carcinoma harboring a KRAS mutation. Patients must also have experienced disease progression or treatment intolerance to first-line treatment with fluoropyrimidine and oxaliplatin (FOLFOX or CapeOx) with or without bevacizumab to be eligible. The trial is being conducted at the following cancer centers across the U.S.: USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Mayo Clinic (Arizona, Rochester, and Jacksonville), Kansas University Medical Center (KUMC), CARTI Cancer Center and Inova Schar Cancer Institute. For more information on the trial, please visit NCT03829410.
About the EAP for Onvansertib in KRAS-mutated mCRC
Sometimes called "compassionate use", expanded access is a potential pathway for a patient with a serious or life-threatening disease to gain access to an investigational drug for treatment outside of a clinical trial, particularly when no comparable or satisfactory alternative therapy options are available. The Cardiff Oncology EAP in KRAS-mutated mCRC is using the same combination treatment regimen (onvansertib 15 mg/m2 + FOLFIRI and bevacizumab) and dosing schedule as the ongoing Phase 1b/2 clinical trial and is intended for patients that have progressed on prior therapy and do not meet the second line eligibility criteria for enrollment in the clinical trial. The program has reached capacity and is no longer open to enrollment.
References:
- Giessen et al., Acta Oncologica 2015, 54: 187-193
- Cremolini et al., Lancet Oncol 2020, 21: 497–507
- Antoniotti et al., Correspondence Lancet Oncol June 2020
- Bennouna et al., Lancet Oncol 2013; 14: 29–37
About Cardiff Oncology, Inc.
Cardiff Oncology is a clinical-stage biotechnology company leveraging PLK1 inhibition to develop novel therapies across a range of cancers. Our lead asset is onvansertib, a PLK1 inhibitor we are evaluating in combination with standard-of-care (SOC) therapeutics in clinical programs targeting indications such as KRAS-mutated metastatic colorectal cancer, metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, and metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer. These programs and our broader development strategy are designed to target tumor vulnerabilities in order to overcome treatment resistance and deliver superior clinical benefit compared to the SOC. For more information, please visit https://www.cardiffoncology.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may be identified using words such as "anticipate," "believe," "forecast," "estimated" and "intend" or other similar terms or expressions that concern Cardiff Oncology's expectations, strategy, plans or intentions. These forward-looking statements are based on Cardiff Oncology's current expectations and actual results could differ materially. There are several factors that could cause actual events to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, clinical trials involve a lengthy and expensive process with an uncertain outcome, and results of earlier studies and trials may not be predictive of future trial results; our clinical trials may be suspended or discontinued due to unexpected side effects or other safety risks that could preclude approval of our product candidates; risks related to business interruptions, including the outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus, which could seriously harm our financial condition and increase our costs and expenses; uncertainties of government or third party payer reimbursement; dependence on key personnel; limited experience in marketing and sales; substantial competition; uncertainties of patent protection and litigation; dependence upon third parties; and risks related to failure to obtain FDA clearances or approvals and noncompliance with FDA regulations. There are no guarantees that our product candidate will be utilized or prove to be commercially successful. Additionally, there are no guarantees that future clinical trials will be completed or successful or that any precision medicine therapeutics will receive regulatory approval for any indication or prove to be commercially successful. Investors should read the risk factors set forth in Cardiff Oncology's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. While the list of factors presented here is considered representative, no such list should be considered to be a complete statement of all potential risks and uncertainties. Unlisted factors may present significant additional obstacles to the realization of forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements included herein are made as of the date hereof, and Cardiff Oncology does not undertake any obligation to update publicly such statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
Cardiff Oncology Contact:
James Levine
Chief Financial Officer
858-952-7670
jlevine@cardiffoncology.com
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LifeSci Advisors
212-915-2569
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Media Contact:
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LifeSci Communications
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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and Donald Trump’s legal team each proposed candidates Friday for the role of an independent arbiter in the investigation into top-secret documents found at the former president's Florida home, but the two sides differed on the scope of duties the person would have.
Lawyers for Trump said they believe the so-called special master should review all documents seized by the FBI during its search last month of Mar-a-Lago, including records with classification markings, and filter out any that may be protected by claims of executive privilege.
The Justice Department, by contrast, said it does not believe the arbiter should be permitted to inspect classified records or resolve potential claims of executive privilege.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon had given both sides until Friday to submit potential candidates for the role of a special master, as well as proposals for the scope of the person’s duties and the schedule for his or her work.
The Justice Department submitted the names of two retired judges — Barbara Jones, who served on the federal bench in Manhattan and has performed the same role in prior high-profile investigations, and Thomas Griffith, a former federal appeals court jurist in the District of Columbia.
The Trump team proposed one retired judge, Raymond Dearie — also the former top federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of New York — and a prominent Florida lawyer, Paul Huck, Jr.
The back-and-forth over the special master is playing out amid an FBI investigation into the retention of several hundred classified documents recovered from Mar-a-Lago within the past year. Though the legal wrangling is unlikely to have major long-term effects on the investigation or knock it significantly off course, it will almost certainly delay the probe by potentially months and has already caused the intelligence community to temporarily pause a separate risk assessment.
The Justice Department proposed an Oct. 17 deadline for the special master to complete the review process, while the Trump team said the work could take as long as three months.
Though both sides met Cannon's deadline to provide potential candidates, their filings made clear that they have core disagreements about the job of special master. That's not surprising given that the Justice Department had strenuously objected to the Trump team's desire for such an arbiter, and gave notice Thursday that it would appeal the judge's decision to grant the ex-president's request.
Central to the dispute is precisely what documents the yet-to-be-named special master should be tasked with reviewing. Roughly 11,000 documents — including more than 100 with classified markings, some at the top-secret level — were recovered during the FBI’s Aug. 8 search. In granting the request for a special master, Cannon directed the department to temporarily pause its use of the seized records for investigative purposes.
The Justice Department had said a special master was unnecessary in part because it had already completed its own review of the seized documents, locating a limited subset that possibly involve attorney-client privilege. It has maintained that executive privilege does not apply in this investigation because Trump, no longer president, had no right to claim the documents as his.
Though the government does not believe the special master should inspect documents with classification markings, the Trump team maintains the arbiter should have access to the entire tranche of seized records. According to a summary of its position outlined in a filing Friday night, it disputes the idea that the Justice Department's “separation of these documents is inviolable” or that a document with classification markings should be forever regarded as classified.
And, the lawyers say, if any document is a presidential document then Trump has an “absolute right of access to it.”
"Thus, President Trump (and/or his designee) cannot be denied access to those documents, which in this matter gives legal authorization to the Special Master to engage in first-hand review," the filing states.
Executive privilege generally refers to a president’s power to shield information from the courts and public so as to ensure the confidentiality of presidential decision-making, though there are limits.
A separate dispute concerns the special master's fees and expenses. The Trump team has suggested splitting the costs evenly with the Justice Department. The government says the Trump team should bear the cost.
The two sides are also at odds over candidates, though three of the four are retired judges.
Jones, a former Manhattan federal judge and one of the government's picks, recently served as special master in two other high-profile cases related to Trump. She reviewed materials seized in FBI raids on Trump’s one-time personal lawyers Michael Cohen, in an investigation related to hush-money payments, and Rudy Giuliani, in a probe of his dealings in Ukraine.
Griffith, the other Justice Department selection, was named to the federal appeals court in Washington in 2005 by then-president George W. Bush, and previously represented the institutional interests of the Republican-led Senate during the impeachment case of former President Bill Clinton.
The Trump team recommended Dearie, who was nominated in 1986 by then-President Ronald Reagan to the federal court based in Brooklyn. He has also served on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
The other Trump pick, Huck, served as general counsel to Charlie Crist when Crist was the Republican governor of Florida. He is married to Barbara Lagoa, a judge on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which would hear any appeal in the Trump case from Florida. He is listed on the Federalist Society website as a contributor to the conservative legal group.
The Justice Department on Thursday filed a notice of appeal indicating it would contest the judge’s special master order to the Atlanta-based 11th Circuit. It asked her to lift her hold on their investigative work pending their appeal.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Sunday marks 21 years since the U.S. was the target of a coordinated terrorist attack that killed thousands, including several people from Southern New England.
The Sept. 11, 2001, tragedy marks one of the darkest days in the country’s history.
Below are the 13 local lives lost that day:
- David Lawrence Angell, a Barrington native, and his wife Lynn were passengers on American Airlines Flight 11 en route to California.
- Carol Marie Bouchard, of Warwick, was an emergency room secretary at Kent Hospital. She traveling on Flight 11 to Las Vegas with her friend, Renee Newell.
- Mark Lawrence Charette was born and raised in Warwick. He worked as an insurance broker at Marsh & McLennan in New Jersey. He was at a meeting at Marsh’s offices in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
- James Edward Hayden, 47, a native of Pawtucket, was on United Flight 175.
- Amy Nicole Jarret, 28, of North Smithfield, was a flight attendant on United Airlines Flight 175.
- Kathryn L. LaBorie, 44, of Providence, was a flight attendant on United Airlines Flight 175.
- Renee Tetreault Newell was traveling to Las Vegas with Carol Bouchard on Flight 11.
- Jessica Leigh Sachs, 23, a native of Rhode Island, was on Flight 11.
- Shawn M. Nassaney, of Pawtucket, was aboard Flight 175 with Lynn Goodchild for a getaway trip to Hawaii.
- Peter Gay, 54, a native of Taunton, was on one of his weekly commutes to California as the vice president of Raytheon.
- Lynn Goodchild, of Attleboro, was aboard Flight 175 with Shawn Nassaney for a getaway trip to Hawaii.
- Rev. Francis E Grogan, 76, was the superior of the Holy Cross residence in North Dartmouth when he was killed in the crash of United Flight 175.
- Dianne Snyder, of Westport, was a flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 11. | https://www.wpri.com/remembering-9-11/remembering-the-local-victims-of-9-11/ | 2022-09-10T12:48:13Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/remembering-9-11/remembering-the-local-victims-of-9-11/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It’s the most wonderful time of the year — and I’m not talking about Christmas. In Yakima Valley’s wine country, I’m talking about harvest, which is officially underway. For winemakers and wine connoisseurs, this translates to a labor of love and a love for the resulting wine.
Whether you have firsthand experience with the inner workings at any of the Yakima Valley wineries or a mere glimpse of the process, you know the anticipation surrounding a new vintage is always an experience to celebrate. Whether or not you taste, dine and mingle during harvest, September is one of the most spectacular months to spend time in wine country.
Here’s a small collection of activities happening during September to mark the start of the 2022 harvest:
Jazz Night with Meg Rose and the Ben Macy Trio at J. Bell Cellars
124 Purple Lane in Zillah; www.jbellcellars.com; 6-9 p.m. Sept. 17; doors open at 5 p.m., music starts at 6 p.m.; $20 cover for ages 18 and older, ages 17 and younger free.
There’s no better way to kick off autumn than an evening with Meg Rose and the Ben Macy Trio.
Taste the Grapes Month at Tanjuli Winery
209 N. Bonair Road in Zillah; tanjuli.com; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily
September is a month to experience the ripening process using the four senses of sight, smell, taste and touch.
Vineyard Tour and Wine Tasting at Paradisos del Sol Winery and Organic Vineyard
3230 Highland Drive in Zillah; paradisosdelsol.com; 9 a.m. (or by appointment) Sept. 11, 18 and 25; $20 per group
Visit four vineyards to explore different management strategies, including Vineyard del Sol, perhaps the only vineyard in the world producing high-quality wines with zero pesticide use. After walking the vineyard rows, enjoy an educational wine tasting experience in the tasting room. Email the winery for reservations.
Wit Cellars Winemaker’s Dinner
505 Cabernet Court in Prosser; witcellars.com; 5:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10; $125
Head to Wit Cellars for an evening of fun, laughter and these food and wine pairings.
Sparkling Rose: Oysters in a half shell, Red Raspberry, Shallot Mignonette, Chive
Riesling: Grilled Zucchini Salad, Lebne, Dukkah, Lemon-Barberry Vinaigrette, Pecorino Cheese
Petit verdot: Smoked Pork Belly, Shaoshing-Hoisin Glaze, Eggplant, Hokkein Noodle, Scallions & Toasted Sesame
Cabernet franc: Braised Beef Short Ribs, Butternut Puree, Black Currant Jus, Roast Kale
Late harvest riesling: White Peach Upside-down Cake, Spiked Chantilly, Toasted Walnuts
Sunday Serenade with Julie and Sally at Wilridge Winery
250 Ehler Road in Yakima; www.wilridgewinery.com; 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11
Enjoy a Sunday afternoon at Wilridge Winery listening to familiar tunes with Julie and Sally, who showcase their vocal harmony with guitars and banjo.
Open Mic at Kana Winery
10 S. Second St. in Yakima; kanawinery.com; 7-10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, and Sept. 16, 23 and 30
Grab your guitar and come to Kana Winery in downtown Yakima for an open mic every Friday in September when local and visiting musicians take turns on Kana’s open mic stage or visit every Saturday to enjoy live music.
Freehand Cellars Book Club
420 Windy Point Drive in Wapato; www.freehandcellars.com; 6 p.m. Sept. 14; $25
If you are in the mindset to slow down for fall, take in Freehand Cellars’ book club. Enjoy your choice of wine and the book “But What If We’re Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past” by Chuck Klosterman. Tickets are available at freehandcellars.com and includes a glass of wine and the book.
Regardless of what type of wine events you enjoy, autumn is hands-down the best time of the year to visit Yakima Valley wineries.
• Barbara Glover is executive director of Wine Yakima Valley, an industry group representing member wineries. Her column runs every other week in Friday’s Explore section. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/explore_yakima/wine-scene-september-sojourns-in-the-yakima-valley/article_0ddc68b8-2e3c-11ed-85eb-5f018c75a12b.html | 2022-09-10T12:49:55Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/explore_yakima/wine-scene-september-sojourns-in-the-yakima-valley/article_0ddc68b8-2e3c-11ed-85eb-5f018c75a12b.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Kizhakkambalam (Ernakulam): The Kerala Police have arrested a resident of Tamil Nadu who is the main accused in a case of abducting a Kerala-based entrepreneur and demanding ransom.
The arrested person has been identified as S Prakasan of K V R Nagar in Tirupur. Three other accused were nabbed earlier.
Prakasan had contacted the entrepreneur, who is owner of a company manufacturing Ayurveda medicines, and expressed his interest to become the distributor of the products in Tamil Nadu. To discuss this business deal, Prakasan invited the entrepreneur to Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu.
When the company owner reached Coimbatore, he was abducted by Prakasan and his gang in a vehicle. The entrepreneur was taken to a farm, where he was tortured. Prakasan also called the entrepreneur’s son over phone and demanded a ransom of Rs 42 lakh.
The son was warned that his father would be killed if the money was not paid.
The entrepreneur’s son immediately filed a police complaint and an investigation led to the arrests. “Prakasan is facing similar charges in Kollam, Attingal and Thrissur,” said a police officer.
The police team included ASP Anuj Paliwal, Inspector V P Sudheesh, ASI A K Raju, senior CPO A P Abdul Manaf and CPOs K A Subair and T A Afzal. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/10/abduction-kerala-entrepreneur-accused-nabbed-tamil-nadu.html | 2022-09-10T12:53:22Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/10/abduction-kerala-entrepreneur-accused-nabbed-tamil-nadu.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Coimbatore: A family travelling to Palani in Tamil Nadu from Kerala capital Thiruvananthapuram met with an accident at Dindigul, leading to the death of three persons. The car in which the deceased were travelling had a flat tyre, lost control and rammed into a bus.
Eight persons were injured in the mishap, which took place early on Friday.
The deceased were Shailaja (48), wife of Ashokan, a resident of Panayil House, Rottikkadamukku, Kuriayathi at Manakkad in Thiruvananthapuram; Aarav (one-and-half-years), son of Abhijith and grandson of Ashokan and Jaya (52), mother-in-law of Abhijith and an employee of Law College, Thiruvananthapuram.
A 10-member group of pilgrims had started for the Palani Temple for conducting the ritual tonsuring of Aarav. Around 6 am on Friday, one of the tyres of their car developed a puncture and the driver lost control. As a result, the vehicle jumped over the median and rammed into a Tamil Nadu state transport bus heading to Oddanchatram from Dindigul. While the two women died on the spot, the toddler succumbed to his injuries in hospital.
Those injured in the accident and are admitted to medical colleges in Madurai and Dindigul are Ashokan (62); sons Abhijith (28) and Adarsh (24); Abhijith’s wife Sangeetha (27); Sidharth (nine) son of the deceased Jaya; Devan (20), a resident of K N Mani Road, Manakkad and Kannan, the car driver. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/10/three-kerala-palani-pilgrims-dead-car-crash.amp.html | 2022-09-10T12:53:28Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/10/three-kerala-palani-pilgrims-dead-car-crash.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Coimbatore: A family travelling to Palani in Tamil Nadu from Kerala capital Thiruvananthapuram met with an accident at Dindigul, leading to the death of three persons. The car in which the deceased were travelling had a flat tyre, lost control and rammed into a bus.
Eight persons were injured in the mishap, which took place early on Friday.
The deceased were Shailaja (48), wife of Ashokan, a resident of Panayil House, Rottikkadamukku, Kuriayathi at Manakkad in Thiruvananthapuram; Aarav (one-and-half-years), son of Abhijith and grandson of Ashokan and Jaya (52), mother-in-law of Abhijith and an employee of Law College, Thiruvananthapuram.
A 10-member group of pilgrims had started for the Palani Temple for conducting the ritual tonsuring of Aarav. Around 6 am on Friday, one of the tyres of their car developed a puncture and the driver lost control. As a result, the vehicle jumped over the median and rammed into a Tamil Nadu state transport bus heading to Oddanchatram from Dindigul. While the two women died on the spot, the toddler succumbed to his injuries in hospital.
Those injured in the accident and are admitted to medical colleges in Madurai and Dindigul are Ashokan (62); sons Abhijith (28) and Adarsh (24); Abhijith’s wife Sangeetha (27); Sidharth (nine) son of the deceased Jaya; Devan (20), a resident of K N Mani Road, Manakkad and Kannan, the car driver. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/10/three-kerala-palani-pilgrims-dead-car-crash.html | 2022-09-10T12:53:35Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/10/three-kerala-palani-pilgrims-dead-car-crash.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY...
* WHAT...Visibility less than one quarter of a mile in dense fog
* WHERE...Central Laramie County.
* WHEN...Until noon MDT today.
* IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of
distance ahead of you.
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The Eppson Center provides lifelong support for independent living through programs that enhance senior’s quality of life. The ECS offers low-cost opportunities to improve social integration, creativity, nutrition, and physical well-being.
The Eppson Center is open from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday–Friday, offering lunches in the dining room, transportation services, wellness services and various online and in-person activities.
All day, every day:
Too Fit to Quit (use of gym equipment). If interested, must schedule an orientation with Emma.
Billiards in the pool room, lessons or games.
Free books and puzzles in the pool room.
MONDAY, SEPT. 12
9 a.m.-Noon: Chess
10:30-11:30 a.m.: Fall Prevention Exercise Class
11 a.m.-1 p.m.: Visit with Albany County Public Library in the Lobby
1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Melodees
TUESDAY, SEPT. 13
9-10 a.m.: Line Dancing
10:30-11:30 a.m.: BINGO-cize (Nutrition)
10:30-11:30 a.m.: Musical Exercise with Resistance
1-1:45 p.m.: Bible study with Rich Henderson on Zoom
1-4 p.m.: Laramie Duplicate Bridge
5-6 p.m.: Uechi Ryu Karate
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 14
9 a.m.-Noon: Chess
9-10 a.m.: Line Dancing
10:30-11:30 a.m.: Fall Prevention Exercise Class
12:30-2 p.m.: Writer’s Workshop
12:30-3:30 p.m.: Technology help class, contact Emma
THURSDAY, SEPT. 15
9 a.m.-Noon: Foot care by appointment only
10:30-11:30 a.m.: Musical Exercise with Resistance
10:30-11:30 a.m.: BINGO-cize (Nutrition)
12:30-3:45 p.m.: Watercolor Class (studio session)
1-3 p.m.: Biscuits and Jam
1-3:30 p.m.: Mexican Train Dominoes
FRIDAY, SEPT. 16
8:45 a.m.: Seniors on the Go
9-10 a.m.: Line Dancing
9-10 a.m.: Veterans Coffee
9 a.m.-Noon: Chess
10:30-11:30 a.m.: Fall Prevention Exercise Class
SERVICES
Monday-Friday: Meals in the dining room 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Monday-Friday: Home delivered meals. Call 307-745-5116 ext. 20. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/eppson-center-for-seniors---community-page/article_d28bd788-2faa-11ed-837c-07a4020abc3c.html | 2022-09-10T12:57:38Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/eppson-center-for-seniors---community-page/article_d28bd788-2faa-11ed-837c-07a4020abc3c.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Minnesota Star Tribune
Get ready to see some familiar faces on the podium. The 74th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, airing at 8 p.m. ET Monday on NBC, may have invited some newcomers to the party, but viewers can expect lots of repeat winners.
Host Kenan Thompson will do his best to keep audiences entertained but viewership has decreased steadily in recent years. The reason the Television Academy moved the event to Monday is so it doesn’t have to compete with Sunday football.
However, an Emmy is still TV’s most coveted award, especially now that the Golden Globes’ image has been tarnished. And wins can still provide a boost to a show like “Abbott Elementary.” one of the few network shows to get any attention. Still, the odds aren’t in the freshman’s favor.
Here’s a breakdown of the major races:
Best Comedy
Nominees: “Abbott Elementary,” “Barry,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Hacks,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Only Murders in the Building,” “Ted Lasso,” “What We Do in the Shadows.”
Will and should win: Lots of heavyweights on this list, including two former champs. When it’s close, the odds are with last year’s winner, which happens to be “Lasso.”
Best Actor, Comedy
Nominees: Donald Glover (“Atlanta”), Bill Hader (“Barry”), Nicholas Hoult (“The Great”), Steve Martin (“Murders”), Martin Short (“Murders”), Jason Sudeikis (“Lasso”)
Will win: It’s the battle of the “SNL” stars. Expect Hader to win a third for his role as a conflicted assassin.
Should win: Short more than held his own trading insults with Martin, but he also shined in scenes where he comes to terms with being a personal and professional flop.
Best Actress, Comedy
Nominees: Rachel Brosnahan (“Maisel”), Quinta Brunson (“Abbott”), Kaley Cuoco (“The Flight Attendant”), Elle Fanning (“Great”), Issa Rae (“Insecure”), Jean Smart (“Hacks”)
Will win: Smart turns 71 on Tuesday; expect her to get an early birthday gift. If Brunson or Rae beat the odds, it’ll be only the second time a Black performer has won in this category.
Should win: If Julia-Louis Dreyfus can amass Emmys for delivering breathless zingers, then so should Fanning.
Best Drama
Nominees: “Better Call Saul,” “Euphoria,” “Ozark,” “Severance,” “Squid Game,” “Stranger Things,” “Succession,” “Yellowjackets”
Will win: “Succession” has only won once before; a second seems inevitable.
Should win: “Stranger” is too goofy for stodgy voters but it deserves love for its wide-range appeal and consistency.
Best Actor, Drama
Nominees: Jason Bateman (“Ozark”), Brian Cox (“Succession”), Lee Jung-jae (“Squid Game”), Bob Odenkirk (“Saul”), Adam Scott (“Severance”), Jeremy Strong (“Succession”)
Will win: After five noms for playing Saul Goodman, things could finally break Odenkirk’s way.
Should win: Jung-jae could become the first person of Asian descent to take this category, a great way to honor this international hit.
Best Actress, Drama
Nominees: Jodie Comer (“Killing Eve”), Laura Linney (“Ozark”), Melanie Lynskey (“Yellowjackets”), Sandra Oh (“Eve”), Reese Witherspoon (“The Morning Show”), Zendaya (“Euphoria”)
Will win: Zendaya is poised to repeat but don’t be shocked if Linney or Lynskey pulls an upset.
Should win: Oh has been nominated 13 times without a win; it’s time.
Limited Series
Nominees: “Dopesick,” “The Dropout,” “Inventing Anna,” “Pam & Tommy,” “The White Lotus”
Will and should win: “Dopesick” creator Danny Strong previously won in this category for “Game Change.” He’ll do it again.
Best Actor, Limited Series
Nominees: Colin Firth (“The Staircase”), Andrew Garfield (“Under the Banner of Heaven”), Oscar Isaac (“Scenes From a Marriage”), Michael Keaton (“Dopesick”), Himesh Patel (“Station Eleven”), Sebastian Stan (“Pam & Tommy”)
Will and should win: Keaton has never won an Emmy or an Oscar. That’s about to change.
Best Actress, Limited Series
Nominees: Toni Collette (“Staircase”), Julia Garner (“Anna”), Lily James (“Pam”), Sarah Paulson (“Impeachment: American Crime Story”), Margaret Qualley (“Maid”), Amanda Seyfried (“Dropout”)
Will win: Emmy loves a reigning movie star. The closest thing to it this year is Seyfried.
Should win: James went beyond doing a Pamela Anderson impression, giving us one of the most heartbreaking performances of the year.
Competition Program
Nominees: “The Amazing Race,” “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls,” “Nailed It,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” “Top Chef,” “The Voice”
Will win: Ever since this award was created in 2003, four of these nominees have won them every time with “RuPaul” taking it the past four times. Don’t feel like it’s being greedy when it triumphs again. “Race” has 10 of these.
Should win: It’s always nice to see a newcomer break through. Even though “Lizzo” taped part of her series in Minnesota, I’m partial to “Nailed.”
Variety Talk Show
Nominees: “Daily Show With Trevor Noah,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver,” “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”
Will win: This could be Oliver’s category until he decides to retire. He’s won the past six times.
Should win: Meyers’ team deserves recognition. The amount of comedy material they churn out on a nightly basis is extraordinary. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/features/todo/74th-emmy-awards-who-will-win-and-who-should-win/article_d886bd08-3084-11ed-b2b1-a3755d4c4058.html | 2022-09-10T12:57:57Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/features/todo/74th-emmy-awards-who-will-win-and-who-should-win/article_d886bd08-3084-11ed-b2b1-a3755d4c4058.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY...
* WHAT...Visibility less than one quarter of a mile in dense fog
* WHERE...Central Laramie County.
* WHEN...Until noon MDT today.
* IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of
distance ahead of you.
&&
Jon Bernthal as Julian Kaye, the role originated in the 1980 film version of “American Gigolo.” The new TV series is both somehow a prequel and sequel, if you don’t scrutinize the timeline too carefully. (Justin Lubin/Showtime/TNS)
Early in the first episode of Showtime’s “American Gigolo,” we get a montage: Tanned abs, vintage sports car, a man’s arm around a woman’s waist, his sport coat flung over one shoulder. And sex. Lots of sex. It’s all set to Debbie Harry singing “Call Me,” the song written for and made famous by the original “American Gigolo,” Paul Schrader’s skuzzy Los Angeles crime story overlaid with a glossy sheen from 1980, starring a wardrobe by Giorgio Armani and the guy wearing it: A swaggering Richard Gere.
That montage (which the opening credits mirror in subsequent episodes) is a nod to the mood and visual aesthetics of the original. And yet it all feels so very expected. Boring, even.
But perhaps you’re willing to overlook that because Jon Bernthal is here – in the Gere role – to pique your interest. I have some bad news about that as well. Bernthal isn’t your typical leading man, which has been key to his career-long appeal. His looks suggest not a movie star but a guy from the neighborhood, with a nose that has seen a few fights. There’s a sense of danger – and humor – in the way he carries himself in most roles. Not here.
The character now has a back story: Growing up poor in the California desert with a single mom, the mom eventually sells him off to a sex trafficker. That would be Madame Olga, whose elegant facade and swanky beachfront property (and insistence on keeping everything high-toned by speaking in French) cannot mask her nasty, brutal, exploitative operation. The boy, Johnny, is renamed Julian and that becomes his double identity: Johnny’s the real person inside, Julian is the role he plays when he’s out in the world among people he doesn’t entirely trust. Which is almost everyone.
In the three episodes provided to critics, the timeline moves forward and backward, over and over, between Julian’s past and his present, in a strained attempt to bring a sense of depth to what is ultimately a shallow story. Framed for the gruesome murder of a young woman, he’s been in prison for 15 years. And then one day, he’s abruptly informed by a hardened and dogged cop (Rosie O’Donnell) that whoops, it was a wrongful conviction: You’re a free man.
This premise makes the series somehow both a prequel (the flashbacks to his childhood) and a quasi-sequel (the original ended with him in prison) if you don’t scrutinize the nonsensical timeline too carefully.
Unexpectedly sprung from his prison sentence and adrift in L.A., Julian has few ideas about what to do next, except to find out who set him up – and why. There’s a woman from years back with whom he has a genuine connection, but unlike the Lauren Hutton role in the film (cool and assured – and taken off guard by this man’s allure) the character, as played by Gretchen Mol, has been flattened and re-imagined as a frantic woman trapped in an ominous marriage.
Comparisons are inevitable. I don’t care much for the original movie either, but I appreciate its memorably stylish, gorgeous-ugly cachet. And Gere embodied something elusive, or what Schrader has called a “reptile mysteriousness.” In other roles, Bernthal has displayed his own brand of magnetism and sex appeal, but that’s absent here. Who knows if this is intentional or not. Bernthal’s performance is just there – he’s not vulnerable or cocky enough to pull off either side of this enigmatic character.
“Julian was not as gay as he would be today. At the time, we thought we were being brave, promoting this androgynous male entitlement,” Schrader has said of his film. “Now I look back, and we were being cowardly. It should’ve been much more gay.” The show, however – at least what I’ve seen so far – doesn’t deviate from the movie’s approach. Misogyny, though? Plenty of it.
Behind the scenes on the series, all has not been well. Showrunner David Hollander was let go midway through filming “following an investigation into allegations of misconduct” according to reports.
In his own time, Bernthal is also the host of a podcast. He recently featured a sympathetic conversation with actor Shia LaBeouf in what some might interpret as the latter’s attempt at image rehabilitation ahead of a lawsuit set to go to court in the spring, in which LaBeouf’s ex-girlfriend alleges he inflicted emotional distress and assaulted her.
There’s a dark irony here. “American Gigolo” is largely about abuse. Depending on how you look at it, the show’s star is either earnestly trying to understand why terrible and destructive behaviors happen, or giving a friend a softball interview that centers on LaBeouf’s own pain and troubles over those who he allegedly harmed. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/features/todo/american-gigolo-review-a-nod-to-the-skuzzy-sleek-1980-original-and-yet-it-all/article_e4856320-306b-11ed-9158-f74fd51bb141.html | 2022-09-10T12:58:03Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/features/todo/american-gigolo-review-a-nod-to-the-skuzzy-sleek-1980-original-and-yet-it-all/article_e4856320-306b-11ed-9158-f74fd51bb141.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Visit Laramie is welcoming the public to see its new look after a revamp inside and out of its building at 800 S. 3rd St.
The Laramie Area Visitor Center was remodeled to make the space more accommodating for visitors with more visible signage.
Visit Laramie is welcoming the public to see its new look after a revamp inside and out of its building at 800 S. 3rd St.
The Laramie Area Visitor Center was remodeled to make the space more accommodating for visitors with more visible signage.
“We are very excited about the new visitor experience here at the visitor center,” said Visit Laramie Executive Director Scott Larson. “The new location has already led to a 67% increase in foot traffic.”
The facility features an ADA-compliant entrance, bathroom and visitor space to accommodate all types of visitors. The new lobby has space for museum displays, marketing videos and a gift shop.
Outside, a new mural on the north side of the building features images that represent Wyoming and Albany County.
An art wall inside will be available to local artists to bid on to be featured.
The Laramie Area Visitor Center is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The University of Wyoming Art Museum is hosting a series of weekly weaving and fiber creation workshops featuring artist Anne Samat.
In the first couple of sessions, participants worked collectively on a new weaving designed by Samat. The work has been left with the museum and will be finished by the community.
To accomplish this, the museum is holding open loom hours the rest of the month. All are invited to drop by the museum’s education studio at 2111 Willett Drive to contribute to the community weaving. UW teaching artists also well be on hand to facilitate the work.
Upcoming open loom hours are:
For more information, contact UWAM Education and Programs Coordinator Will Bowling at wbowling@uwyo.edu or 307-766-3496.
For more than five years, Laramie Foster Closet and Cody’s Closet has served local children in need, including 533 Albany County School District 1 students helped during the 2021-22 school year.
One of the group’s main fundraisers is Fall Fest, which raises money for the organization to provide shoes, socks, underwear, hygiene items and other necessities.
This year’s event is from noon to 5 p.m. Oct. 22 at the Albany County Fairgrounds, with a goal to raise $10,000.
Along with the festival’s fun activities like cornhole, baking and cooking contests, costume contest, games, crafts and food, Foster Closet and Cody’s Closet are accepting business sponsorships.
For more information, call 561-729-2945 or email laramiefostercloset@gmail.com.
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SHERIDAN — Each year over the Memorial Day and Labor Day holiday weekends, individuals jump off of the cliffs at Sand Turn Interpretive Site and glide slowly down to the ground with a hang glider in the Bighorn Mountains.
Instructor Johann Nield is one of those individuals participating each year. He has been hang gliding since 1978 and conducts classes to train individuals in the sport of hang gliding.
“I encourage people to try it out whether it is a bucket list thing or a lifelong hobby you want to get into,” he said.
Nield starts instructional classes at ground level. Once participants understand and demonstrate basic knowledge of hang gliding and use subtle movements to steer on solid ground, Nield will gradually take them up the mountain, eventually gliding off Sand Turn.
Before traveling to Sand Turn, where there are only five steps to launch off of the mountain successfully, students must be able to take off and land without injury.
Nield compares hang gliding to riding a bicycle, where individuals eventually obtain the muscle memory to do it without thinking. To acquire that muscle memory, Nield recommends his students take three classes before trying it on their own.
Students use equipment such as a hang glider, harness, a quality certified helmet and a parachute, according to Kyle Fedden, who has been hang gliding since 2000.
Most modern hang gliders are stronger than a lot of small aircraft, being able to withstand plus or minus six G-force, which is the loading experienced by the aircraft and the pilot in flight, Fedden said.
While modern hang gliding is a relatively safe sport, the practice has come a long way since its development, when in the late 1940s many deaths were recorded from individuals crafting their own hang glider equipment.
Still, there are factors to consider that might jeopardize one’s safety.
When in the air, there are thermal pockets that are caused by cooling air along with a relatively warm ground. Signs of these pockets include cumulus clouds, where there is high humidity and pressure. These spots create a thermal bubble that, when hit, can cause a hang glider to gain elevation quickly. People who are not used to the turbulence and quick jerks can panic.
On Sand Turn, hang gliders will generally stay in the air for eight to 10 minutes, requiring the ability to control one’s equipment when coming into contact with thermal pockets.
While thermal pockets can cause distress for many, they also allow hang gliders to stay in the air for longer. Fedden has seen people travel for 410 miles just by hitting thermal pockets to stay in the air.
To be able to stay in the air for an extended amount of time, hang gliders will use variometers to help the pilot determine if they are rising or sinking, according to Sara Bowman, who has been a hang glider for 35 years and a part of the U.S. women’s hang gliding team.
Nield said it’s a good stress reliever from everyday life. For him, hang gliding is a way to escape from stressful situations but also gain that adrenaline of jumping off of a mountain.
“No two jumps are the same,” Nield said. “I have not lost the thrill of hang gliding and I have been doing this for a while.”
Nield said he always looks forward to seeing the crowd gather when they see the hang gliders at Sand Turn, and he enjoys talking to the public about his passion.
When he is ready to take on the challenge of jumping, though, he focuses his thoughts on only three things: wind, the glider and himself. Then he proceeds to jump. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/hang-gliding-provides-thrill-stress-relief/article_98ff5de6-2f9b-11ed-926e-936d2da39fa2.html | 2022-09-10T12:58:46Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/hang-gliding-provides-thrill-stress-relief/article_98ff5de6-2f9b-11ed-926e-936d2da39fa2.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The following calls were included in the Albany County Sheriff’s Office responses:
MONDAY, SEPT. 5
• 1:42 a.m., intersection of N. 3rd St. and E. Harney St., disorderly conduct
• 3:24 a.m., 2700 block of Wyoming Highway 130, possible impaired driving
• 2:40 p.m., Wyoming Highway 230, accident
• 5:43 p.m., 1400 block of E. Sully St., possible domestic disturbance
• 7:28 p.m., Jonathan Quarry Haul Road, emergency
TUESDAY, SEPT. 6
• 10:56 a.m., 3rd Street, possible domestic disturbance
• 3:01 p.m., 1600 block of N. 4th St., possible impaired driving
• 4:40 p.m., Interstate 80, possible possession of controlled substance
• 9:03 p.m., intersection of W. Flint St. and W. Snowy Range Rd., wildlife
• 10:08 p.m., intersection of S. 3rd St. and Interstate 80, possible impaired driving
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7
• 4:15 a.m., intersection of Pahlow Lane and Wyoming Highway 230, accident
• 11:39 a.m., 4900 block of N. 3rd St., assault and battery
• 3:26 p.m., 900 block of U.S. Highway 287, theft/unauthorized use of vehicle
• 7:02 p.m., Yew Way, fire
• 11:14 p.m., 100 block of S. 2nd St., fighting
THURSDAY, SEPT. 8
• 8:32 a.m., 3400 block of Wyoming Highway 130, emergency
• 1:22 p.m., Interstate 80, accident
• 4:28 p.m., 100 block of Indian Springs Rd., vandalism
The following calls were included in the Laramie Police Department responses:
MONDAY, SEPT. 5
• 2:18 p.m., 700 block of E. Flint St., trespassing
• 5:14 p.m., 1300 block of S. 17th St., possible sexual offense
• 5:43 p.m., 1400 block of E. Sully St., possible domestic disturbance
• 7:57 p.m., 1700 block of Venture Dr., burglary
• 8:52 p.m., 2300 block of N. 9th St., possible domestic disturbance
TUESDAY, SEPT. 6
• 5:32 a.m., 600 block of E. Fremont St., criminal entry
• 8:03 a.m., 1600 block of N. 6th St., theft
• 9:12 a.m., 1200 block of Commerce Dr., theft/unauthorized use of vehicle
• 1:08 p.m., 1300 block of E. Harney St., theft/unauthorized use of vehicle
• 2:28 p.m., intersection of S. 5th St. and E. Park Ave., possible domestic disturbance
• 3:01 p.m., 1600 block of N. 4th St., possible impaired driving
• 4:32 p.m., 4300 block of E. Grand Ave., shoplifting
• 4:40 p.m., Interstate 80, possible possession of controlled substance
• 5:07 p.m., 1500 block of N. 4th St., criminal entry
• 5:35 p.m., 4300 block of E. Grand Ave., shoplifting
• 7:01 p.m., 500 block of Beaufort St., wildlife
• 7:53 p.m., 3000 block of Willett Dr., accident
• 7:56 p.m., 600 block of S. Spruce St., possible domestic disturbance
• 7:58 p.m., 300 block of W. Shield St., burglary
• 9:15 p.m., 900 block of N. McCue St., animal bite
• 9:53 p.m., 700 block of N. 4th St., emergency
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7
• 12:17 a.m., 600 block of S. Spruce St., possible domestic disturbance
• 2:36 a.m., 1800 block of S. 10th St., possible domestic disturbance
• 2:49 a.m., 200 block of N. 30th St., missing person
• 10:11 a.m., 1000 block of E. Sanders Dr., fraud
• 11:56 a.m., 600 block of S. 25th St., theft
• 2:13 p.m., intersection of N. 15th St. and Reynolds St., possible domestic disturbance
• 11:14 p.m., 100 block of S. 2nd St., fighting
THURSDAY, SEPT. 8
• 1:10 a.m., 500 block of S. 21st St., emergency
• 2:56 a.m., 1700 block of E. Rainbow Ave., emergency
• 7:04 a.m., 1900 block of N. 13th St., emergency
• 8 a.m., 1500 block of N. McCue St., accident
• 8 a.m., 1500 block of N. McCue St., hit and run
• 2:39 p.m., 3600 block of E. Grand Ave., hit and run
• 3:54 p.m., 600 block of N. 15th St., hit and run
• 4:48 p.m., 1400 block of N. 5th St., possible domestic disturbance
• 5:11 p.m., 600 block of Plaza Ct., theft/unauthorized use of vehicle
• 6:41 p.m., 1900 block of E. Grand Ave., emergency
• 11:10 p.m., 3200 block of E. Grand Ave., false ID
• 11:18 p.m., intersection of N. 21st St. and E. Hancock St., hit and run
• 11:25 p.m., 3200 block of E. Grand Ave., liquor violation
• 11:35 p.m., 3200 block of E. Grand Ave., false ID | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/local_news/arrest_record_and_police_calls/on-the-record-sept-10-2022/article_e139d30e-3057-11ed-a98f-6faf7c3fd9be.html | 2022-09-10T12:58:59Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/local_news/arrest_record_and_police_calls/on-the-record-sept-10-2022/article_e139d30e-3057-11ed-a98f-6faf7c3fd9be.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PINEDALE — The county’s July $1-million land purchase to expand the Doyle gravel pit on Pole Creek Road — unused since it was permitted more than 15 years ago — came under renewed scrutiny from locals and neighbors who oppose it.
Old Brazill homeowner Dan Jones addressed the Sublette County Board of Commissioners recently about its plan to open the gravel pit at the junction of Highway 191 and Pole Creek Road.
Years ago, the county first bought 25.44 agricultural acres directly adjoining the highway intersection from the Doyle Family and earmarked it as a gravel pit, receiving a “blanket permit” for mining from Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality.
Because a gravel pit is an accepted use of ag property, the county was not required to notify neighbors or the general public.
Nothing on the county’s official GIS map identifies the first parcel as a permitted gravel pit.
Its recent purchase for $1 million of another 40.2 agricultural acres from the Doyle Family also happened with little public disclosure, a sentiment shared by two commissioners and citizens.
The newly expanded Doyle Pit property, with irrigation ditches and working hayfields, is adjacent to neighbor Dean Boundy’s ranch and four subdivisions, 200 to 3,000 feet away.
Tuesday, Jones gave commissioners Doug Vickrey, Sam White, chair Joel Bousman, Tom Noble and Dave Stephens the petition signed by 223 residents opposing the Doyle Pit.
When the board approved the recent property purchase, 3-2, Vickrey and Stephens voted against it and Bousman, Noble and White voted in favor. The transaction was basically complete by its Aug. 9 meeting, when more than two dozen residents spoke against it, not realizing the deal was done.
It sparked the petition drive and an attempt to start a dialogue with commissioners about how they proceed.
Tuesday, Stephens reminded Jones and 20 or so citizens present that he’d requested a public hearing before the July purchase; Vickrey also sought an economic analysis and appraisal in advance but the board majority held out against them.
Jones, with Boundy, told commissioners Road & Bridge has done an excellent job throughout the county and offered a brief slideshow with citizen concerns about the Doyle Pit’s impacts on wildlife migration routes, trumpeter swans and “quality of life.”
“We’re not here today to ask you for a vote or decision, just your consideration,” Jones said.
He asked who had visited the Doyle site – three of five said they had.
Boundy encouraged them to take a closer look at the property from his perspective and ask, “If this was my ranch and someone was trying to put a gravel pit next to it? I’m appealing to your sense of fair play.”
Part of the tract extends into his reservoir, Boundy added.
“We want a good open dialogue and good common sense,” he said.
The county has to follow state regulations to mine less than 10-acre increments, Jones said. He referred to Sublette County Comprehensive Plan goals that emphasize citizen-based planning, environment, citizen health and wildlife.
“We ask you to focus on the quality of life for citizens, not just dollars” the county said it saves by mining its own gravel. “We ask the commission to focus on citizens and quality of life.”
The county is working to close its Richardson Pit near the Town of Pinedale offices on South Tyler Avenue – even that operation affects downwind neighbors and Pole Creek Road area homeowners with construction noise and dust from stored gravel piles, they said.
Boundy recommended commissioners visit the Doyle Pit acreage and then visit the Richardson Pit “when it’s running – would you like to live next to that?”
Jones thanked Vickrey and Stephens for voting against the Doyle Pit.
“It shows your consideration,” he said.
Road & Bridge supervisor Billy Pape submitted his Doyle Pit mining plan and maps. The site map shows 14 phases with only one larger than 5 acres. Phase 1 at 3.98 acres, would strip 6,421 cubic yards of topsoil directly by the highway intersection and nearby subdivisions.
Pape has said equipment could be staged now using the current access road. The access road, a quarter-mile from the highway, leads to a flat pasture on top of a deep, steep bank along the highway intersection faced all around with river rock. That would create a berm to block views from the highway and stripped topsoil would create a berm between phases 1 and 14, it shows.
Noble – who said he would rather live next to a gravel pit than a subdivision – explained his familiarity with roads, gravel and construction.
“My question to you and everybody in the room, with ‘dialogue’ do you see a change in your opinion? Are you open minded enough to consider (the gravel pit’s opening)?”
He said he would share his perspectives as long as people opposing the mine keep an open mind.
“The first time you see (county workers), they’ll be stripping the topsoil,” Noble said, and then operating for 30 to 60 days, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., depending on a project’s gravel needs.
Jones asked if commissioners had talked to people living by the “sewer plant gravel pit” – the Richardson Pit on South Tyler Avenue.
Noble said the county would prefer to use that pit up, then open the Doyle Pit; the closed pit could hold a new justice center, for example.
People don’t like change, but the Doyle Pit site plan would take a whole season to get established, he said.
Jones said the currently drawn berm “on one side doesn’t address noise and dust. I can see the (Richardson) pit in the Town of Pinedale from my porch.”
Another reason Noble approved the Doyle purchase, he said, was to own surface and mineral rights without “shared ownership” with federal agencies.
“A reason we bought this pit was to get away from those stipulations,” he said.“Dialogue is pointless unless we can come to an agreement.”
Jones stated he could not represent all of the 223 petitioners’ oppositions.
Boundy asked how long the mine would be used; Noble said “a significant project” could bring a lot of use and on a smaller scale, “noise and dust would be minimal.”
“I’m willing to continue this dialogue with each one of you as long as you’re not hard set,” he said.
Bousman was open to considering options, he said.
Noble said mining would stay “far enough away” from Boundy’s reservoir to not impact the pond.
White said he supported the purchase because it was “adding onto the existing mine … where we own mineral rights.”
Vickrey said he voted against the purchase because it “was fast-tracked, let’s get it done, and we failed to bring in the folks we have here today. Looking at the people here, these conversations need to happen before decisions are made. As a commission, we’ve sort of dropped the ball on that.”
Jones said 40 of 100 people he spoke with “said this was fast-tracked.”
Bousman turned to homeowners for comments.
Sharron Ziegler said she lives up the hill “from this beautiful hayfield” and watches the sun set every day in that field. She would also see the gravel pit every day unless the county dug deeper than planned.
Pat Jones fights dust every day from the Richardson Pit and watches “the dust come in on the wind.”
Anne McNerney asked Noble’s pros and cons, saying that wildlife migrate through that landscape and “wildlife is why we moved here.”
Bruce Kerhagen questioned Noble’s openness “to dialogue.”
“Is this conversation to appease the masses? Where are we at with it? The county’s going to go ahead and develop regardless.”
Pape said he “can’t determine when we’ll go in there. … We still have mining at the Richardson Pit. We’re not going in there tomorrow.”
He would “tread very lightly” into the Doyle Pit, which could be reclaimed later.
“The rumor is going around, the county is going to start up there soon,” Jones said. “We have no intention in 2022 of doing anything there,” Bousman replied. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/proposed-gravel-pit-expansion-gets-rocky-reception/article_7e28903e-3057-11ed-834f-6b7eebfa8df5.html | 2022-09-10T12:59:11Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/proposed-gravel-pit-expansion-gets-rocky-reception/article_7e28903e-3057-11ed-834f-6b7eebfa8df5.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
While food attainment is an ever-present pressure for those struggling to make ends meet, this month people across the financial spectrum are shifting their focus to food and how to share one of life’s basic necessities with others.
September is Hunger Action Month, a national initiative to encourage communities to donate, volunteer and learn more about food insecurity and what can be done to stop it.
The month couldn’t come at a better time for Wyoming as demand for services from food banks continues to increase and money for COVID-19 pandemic relief programs dries up.
“The need has significantly increased,” said Rachel Bailey, executive director for Food Bank of Wyoming, about an uptick in demand for services over the past few months. “Some agencies are feeding double the number of households across the state.”
Laramie Interfaith has seen an increase in clientele every month this year, said executive director Josh Watanabe. In August, the organization served people from 512 unique households.
While Laramie Soup Kitchen typically had served an average of 82 people day, over the past few months the numbers have reached triple digits. One day this week, the organization reached its record number of visitors at 173. That eclipses the previous record of about 140 seen on a day in May.
“We haven’t had numbers this high throughout the pandemic,” said Laramie Soup Kitchen Executive Director Ted Cramer.
Typically, the organization serves more people in the summer when they are traveling through the city. Only time will tell whether that will be the same this year, Cramer said.
Cramer said that while he doesn’t know much specific information about Soup Kitchen clients, he’s noticed many new faces are local families that visit regularly rather than people who are just passing through.
In Albany County, 11.1% of people have food insecurity and 70% live below the SNAP threshold of 130% poverty, according to Feeding America. The issue disproportionately affects people of color, LGBTQ people and people with a lower socioeconomic status, said University of Wyoming nutrition professor Jill Keith.
On the UW campus those numbers are even higher, with 45% of the campus community experiencing food insecurity in 2020, according to the UW Food Insecurity Taskforce.
Food and health
The definition of food insecurity expands further than merely referring to missing meals. The U.S. Department of Agriculture outlines food security levels that range from “high,” meaning no alterations to the diet are made, to “low” and “very low” food security, which refer to lack of variety or quality in the diet and disrupted food intake.
Food insecurity can create a host of challenges for the body, especially in areas of immune system function, growth, mental health and performance in school, Keith said.
“The only place we really don’t see any health consequences is where people have high food security,” she said.
While poverty and low wages play a role in food insecurity, other factors such as isolation and lack of transportation or nearby grocery stores also have an impact.
Even when people have enough money to buy food or can access it through a food bank, they may need education on how to prepare a meal, Keith said. Some people, especially college students, may not have the appropriate kitchen appliances to prepare healthy meals, so they rely on faster options.
This convenience comes at a cost, as these foods typically contain higher levels of sodium and saturated fats than a home-cooked meal.
The complexity of the issue presents an opportunity for community food groups to think carefully about how they offer services and how best they can fill gaps.
“I think the biggest thing is trying to connect people with resources,” Keith said. “The amazing resources are here, (so we should) think about how we make sure people can access resources.”
Working together
The recent uptick in demand has caused local food banks to get creative with how they seek donations and offer services.
Laramie Soup Kitchen has been working to educate professional catering companies on how to serve food in a way that allows for leftovers to be donated, Cramer said.
Catered events often see last-minute changes to guest lists that result in extra food. By avoiding a self-serve buffet format or even putting to-go boxes out at the end of events, more food from these events can end up in stomachs rather than garbage cans.
“There’s already a ton of food in this town that’s going to waste,” Cramer said. “Give me that.”
At Laramie Soup Kitchen, people can donate food from their homes. The group accepts nearly everything and distributes resources to other local nonprofits when there is a surplus.
There now is a strong need for food donations, especially meat, Cramer said. In addition to donating store-bought meat, people can donate game meat as long as it’s professionally processed.
Monetary donations are another powerful way to help local nonprofits. Laramie Interfaith uses its nonprofit status to buy food at a highly discounted rate, meaning the money stretches farther than it would if an individual bought food for the group.
Food Bank of Wyoming also accepts donations. Throughout Hunger Action Month Powder River Energy Foundation, CoBank and Basin Electric are providing a match of up to $25,000.
Some organizations provide wraparound services for their clients. Laramie Interfaith is now helping people sign up for the federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program, which helps people pay rent and utilities.
“A lot of times a food pantry is the first place someone does come to seek help,” Bailey said. “In our food pantries or in human services organizations across the state they will also offer other services to help individuals in need.”
She explained that these types of programs help address root causes of food insecurity and could help in efforts to “shorten the line” of people who need food assistance.
Keith said one of the most important things nonprofits and community members can do is foster a culture of sharing and support in these spaces.
“Trying to root it in sharing and dignity (is important).” Keith said. “That’s a lot of the reason people might not use community resources, because of stigma and that lack of dignity.”
Leaders at Food Bank of Wyoming also have talked about broadening advocacy work to address some needs that go beyond filling plates.
“I think advocacy is really important right now to help your local state and national legislatures to understand what the need is in Wyoming and how they can support those in need across the state,” Bailey said. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/sharing-and-dignity-albany-county-agencies-report-greater-need-for-food-security/article_2acde664-2fbc-11ed-a003-a364431486cf.html | 2022-09-10T12:59:24Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/sharing-and-dignity-albany-county-agencies-report-greater-need-for-food-security/article_2acde664-2fbc-11ed-a003-a364431486cf.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
GILLETTE — As summer comes to an end and kids are back in school, the end of tourism season is nearing. Traditional tourism, that is.
The season for sports tournaments is just beginning.
Just in the past five or six years, sports tourism has grown in Gillette, thanks to the support of the community and local governments. It’s brought visitors and tax revenue into the community during parts of the year that otherwise would be slower.
The summer historically has been the peak season in terms of visitors, with people driving through Campbell County on their way to Yellowstone National Park or Mount Rushmore.
But in recent years, sports tourism has helped the hospitality industry stay busy during those slower months.
Cam-plex tentatively has at least one sports tournament a month from October through March, from wrestling to soccer to basketball, not to mention the Gillette Wild or the Wyoming Mustangs, both of which play their games at Cam-plex.
“Sports tourism brings more value to our community than people realize,” said Jim West, softball coach and tournament organizer.
Kevin Couch, who’s been involved in helping put on tournaments for soccer and basketball, said that while it’s great that Gillette has the ability to host tournaments nearly year round, more work needs to be done if the community wants this to continue and last for decades.
For a community of its size, Gillette is not lacking in sports facilities, Couch said, thanks to support from the city, county and Cam-plex.
The Energy Capital Sports Complex was built in 2015 with four softball fields. In 2020, the city had three multi-use turf fields built out there. The facility’s master plan includes the possibility of additional fields when the time is right.
In 2018, Cam-plex spent $169,000 on a sports floor so that indoor tournaments could be hosted at the Wyoming Center. Three years later, the land board bought 12 basketball hoops for $12,000.
The tournaments that were made possible by these investments have brought thousands of people to Campbell County over the years.
In June, the Razor City Showcase brought 54 teams to Gillette. The Battle for the High Plains had 28 teams, and the Wyoming state tournament had 58 teams. West estimated that each team has 15 players, and each player has at least two people coming to watch them, meaning that a 54-team tournament brings in 2,430 people.
In soccer, the tournaments have grown from 40 teams to 80 to 100-plus teams, Couch said. The Pepsi Cup Indoor Soccer Tournament had 85 teams in 2021. The K2 Technologies Clash soccer tournament had 125 teams earlier this year.
The Pinnacle Bank Shootout brought 97 basketball teams to Cam-plex in February. That tournament will be going into its third year in 2023. And the Thanksgiving Tip-Off Tournament, a youth basketball tournament which in its first year drew 27 teams in 2021. Couch said his goal is to nearly double that and get 50 teams to come this year.
“That’s a more challenging date, but it has a lot of growth potential,” he said.
And this doesn’t include the numerous state high school tournaments and championships that are hosted in Gillette.
Outside of estimates, it can be hard to quantify the impact that sports tourism has on a community. A well-run tournament with a hundred teams can mean at least half a million dollars in revenue for the community, Couch said.
Couch said it’s getting to the point that some of the tournaments are reaching capacity, where they can’t grow much bigger due to space limitations unless the tournament adds more dates to accommodate more teams.
He said the growth in the past five years has been “a little surprising,” but at the same time it makes a lot of sense. When tournaments or teams are looking to come to a community, they have a list of things they’re looking for.
Gillette has the fields, courts and other facilities in place, but some people are looking for additional things, such as hotels, restaurants and even parking, Couch said.
“Our boxes are checked almost all across the board,” he said. “With all those boxes checked, it’s pretty easy to see why they’ve grown so fast.”
The tournament organizers won’t see most of that money. West said that with a softball tournament, “our goal is to break even.”
This weekend, Gillette will host a tournament with teams from Dawson Community College and Miles City Community College, as well as travel softball teams. They’ll play each other and also put on a camp for young softball players.
Tournaments like this one aren’t in those college teams’ budgets, so West said he’s having to pay for them to come here. But it’s more about developing the younger players’ talents to help them down the road.
“Really, at this point for us, there’s no monetary gain, it’s more (about) wanting to provide a service to the kids,” West said.
While the tournaments themselves might not see the windfall, the hotels, restaurants and other businesses in town will, Couch said, adding that he’s heard reports of local businesses doing “record numbers” thanks to tournaments.
Still, Gillette has some work ahead in order to be a smooth, well-oiled machine for years to come, Couch said.
“There’s still a lot of work to be done to make sure we continue to have long-standing, sustainable, quality tournaments every single year,” he said.
Couch said he’s a “big advocate” of the formation of a sports commission, a group of people that would oversee the planning of tournaments and enhance sports tourism efforts in Campbell County.
The sports commission was one thing that came up in the tourism master plan. Gillette already has the Sports Tourism Advisory Team, but a sports commission would take things to a higher level.
As sports tourism grows and the tournaments get bigger, that puts more pressure on these sports clubs, many of which are run by parents who are volunteering their time. And those parents often leave when their kids move on, and they have to be replaced.
With a sports commission, there would be more oversight and less turnover, which should lead to a smoother operation overall.
While each sport is different, there is a blueprint that can be applied to tournaments all across the board, regardless of the sport.
“It’s about creating a model to allow these events to be sustainable,” Couch said.
And that’s where the sports commission comes in. It’s much easier for a commission to pass that information on to the sports clubs, rather than having each group learn things through trial and error.
He foresees a lineup of 10 to 15 tournaments, in a wide variety of sports, spaced out throughout the year so they’re not happening at the same time. Besides soccer, softball, basketball and wrestling, Couch said he’d like to see a large volleyball tournament, a baseball tournament and even a youth track meet.
“Let’s make each one of those the best they can be,” Couch said.
West said there’s opportunities for more unique tournaments as well, such as dodgeball and pickleball.
Most weekends, most people won’t even notice that there’s a sports tournament in town, Couch said, and that’s what makes it “a huge positive impact across the board, but it doesn’t strain our community.” | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/sports-tourism-keeps-economy-busy-outside-of-summer/article_e5e29054-3056-11ed-bb14-2f6a65db5bff.html | 2022-09-10T12:59:30Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/sports-tourism-keeps-economy-busy-outside-of-summer/article_e5e29054-3056-11ed-bb14-2f6a65db5bff.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Fifteen years ago this week I lost my son.
I never use that word — “lost”. I hate it. I have always said he passed as if passing into a new life on the other side, passing into heaven or passing through the white light explained where he went.
The term “lost” made me feel like I would forever be searching for him, that there would be a chance he would return, rejoin my life and tell stories of his adventures. When someone is lost there is always the hope that they will be found.
Death doesn’t work that way.
Grieving a child is an endless process; a roller coaster of heart-stopping drops and endless climbing. We climb to be strong enough to walk through life with the outward look of normality while covering the permanent inner change of our DNA. And we are changed. Every tiny molecule of our DNA is changed.
I remember a conversation with my older son after the funeral when he said, “Mom, what will it be like when he has been gone 10 years? What if we forget him?”
My response was, “Oh honey, 10 years is a long time away. And we will never forget him!”
Well, that marker came and went and here we are at 15 years. Sentiments like “getting over it,” “being done” or “forgetting” do not relate to my grief. If that were true, wouldn’t 15 years be long enough?
Fifteen years ago this week my son passed, but he isn’t lost. He sits with me when I write and stands with me when I speak. He giggles through the twinkle in his daughter’s eyes and belly laughs with us when we share stories of him. I can feel his baby hand wrap around my finger as I rocked him and hear his cries in the night. He comes back to me when I drive his truck and he sings along when Bob Dylan is played on the radio.
He would be 37 now, but he is not. My memories flash from his movements in my belly as I carried him to seeing him the last time when he was 22. Forever 22, as people say when talking about a loved one who has passed.
I remember my 22-year-old son with clarity as if he were sitting in front of me as I type this. His beard, his smile, his crooked baseball cap and his laugh. I remember how it felt to be hugged by him while the bristles of his beard brushed against my face.
For 15 years I have searched these memories. I have closed my eyes as I held his guitar to hear him sing as he played it. I have opened plastic bins to unfold and refold his favorite clothes, holding them tightly to my face in hopes of smelling a faint scent of him. I have driven his truck to feel his hands on mine as together we hold the steering wheel.
These memories don’t wear out and are never used up.
Fifteen years ago this week my son passed. Fifteen years is a long time, but not long enough to get over it, be done with grief or forget him. The reality is that I loved him from his first movements in my belly and I will grieve for him until the day I pass into a new life, into heaven or walk into the white light to join him.
When I do, I am sure he will say, “Mom, I never left you and now your grieving ends. It has been long enough.”
Pennie’s Life Lesson: When your loved one dies, they are never lost. They are always with you. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/opinion/contributed_columns/isn-t-15-years-long-enough/article_97f2c20e-2fa4-11ed-9d13-77ef89272feb.html | 2022-09-10T12:59:45Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/opinion/contributed_columns/isn-t-15-years-long-enough/article_97f2c20e-2fa4-11ed-9d13-77ef89272feb.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Who’s using the culture war to distract from the economy now?
Democrats have long believed — going back at least to the famous 2005 Thomas Frank book, “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” — that Republicans cynically deploy cultural issues to divert attention from kitchen-table concerns.
If only Democrats, they told themselves, could convince voters that their agenda is the true populism opposed to the GOP’s faux culture-based populism, the spell would be lifted, and the public eagerly embrace higher corporate tax rates and “Medicare for All.”
This was always a fantasy, and sure enough, Democrats are regaining their footing in the midterms with a completely opposite approach.
Over the last couple of months, the party has set about to out-culture war the Republicans, using a different set of issues. As Republicans around the country desperately try to keep the focus on the ultimate kitchen-table concern, inflation, Democrats insist on talking about one of the most contentious issues in American politics, abortion.
Back in July, I was dismissive of the idea that Dobbs would have a major impact on the midterms, but it has clearly made a difference.
Republicans outside the deepest red areas have been in full-blown retreat, trying to avoid the topic or recalibrating on the fly.
It’s not just abortion. Democrats have portrayed Dobbs as a threat to a suite of “right to privacy” issues, from contraceptives to interracial marriage and gay marriage.
Even Biden’s focus on Trump has a cultural element. The case against his predecessor is swathed in the rhetoric of the defense of democracy, when Trump is the biggest cultural lightning rod in the country. For both his supporters and opponents, what is most important about Trump is that he stands for a cluster of values. Depending on who you ask, he represents a defense of the nation or xenophobia, anti-elitism or anti-intellectualism, protean strength or a threat to the rules, authenticity or an untutored demagogy.
Cultural issues have never inherently been a vulnerability for Democrats. It has always depended.
They are at their strongest when they can portray their positions as the logical extensions of individual autonomy and choice, as they do with abortion and gay marriage.
They are at their weakest when their positions conflict with strongly held community values like patriotism and lawfulness, reflect the priorities of a small, out-of-touch elite (for example, the push for the adoption of the term “Latinx”), or take on a hectoring tone.
The last couple of months should underline the legitimacy of culture-war politics, if there was ever any doubt. Appeals to such issues are not just a Republican plot.
Cultural issues are especially powerful because they involve a clash of values and elemental questions of who we are as a people. They are inherently “divisive” — people are deeply dug in and emotionally committed on both sides, which is what makes them cultural issues in the first place. And they almost always involve identifying an internal threat from which an embattled constituency has to be defended — in this case, purportedly, a runaway Supreme Court and extremist Republicans who want to trample the rights of women.
It’s not as though Republicans don’t have cultural issues of their own in this campaign, especially the border, crime, and trans-radicalism.
It’s the economy that they overwhelmingly want to focus on, though. It still looms, as it always does, incredibly large.
But Republicans, as Democrats have proved over the years, can’t simply talk or wish their way past cultural pitfalls for their party. The need to establish a compromise position on abortion that they feel confident defending and avoid, to the extent they can, falling into the trap of litigating Trump’s myriad ongoing controversies.
It may provide some measure satisfaction to complain about the other side using cultural issues to their advantage, but it’s much better to have an effective answer. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/opinion/guest_column/democrats-have-a-culture-war-midterm-strategy/article_dde78224-306a-11ed-9a7e-47c469cf8e80.html | 2022-09-10T12:59:59Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/opinion/guest_column/democrats-have-a-culture-war-midterm-strategy/article_dde78224-306a-11ed-9a7e-47c469cf8e80.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
I have had the privilege to make many trips to Washington, D.C., to advocate on behalf of important public policy issues such as the humanities and our public lands. Among the most substantive and enjoyable of my visits have been those with Congresswoman Liz Cheney.
What always impressed me was that she took the time to study up on the issues and was always prepared. It was clear she was a serious and intelligent stateswoman who loved debating public policy issues on their merits, within the framework of our democratic institutions and traditions, and rooted in our fealty as Americans to the Constitution and to the rule of law.
Now she finds herself running for re-election to the seat she has so honorably filled against a former supporter who has decided to place her personal ambition over principle. She's chosen to cynically ride along with the tragic headwinds of irrationality, authoritarianism and violent insurrection that are threatening our republic instead of mustering the character and fortitude to stand against them as Ms. Cheney has.
If there ever has been a time to set aside the blind partisan loyalty our nation’s founders distrusted in the name of preserving the nation they pledged their “lives … fortunes and … sacred honor” to create and preserve, it is now.
The choice has never been more stark and the stakes have never been more high.
We are big enough in our small state to look beyond our differences, see when our democratic values are at stake and come together to do what’s right.
I urge all of my fellow Wyomingites, be you Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, Constitution Party members or independents to cast your vote for Liz Cheney on Aug. 16.
If you are at all hesitant because you feel you don’t have much in common with her on public policy issues, I can guarantee you that what you do have in common with her is far more important because you and she both want to continue to have these policy debates within a constitutional democratic republic, whereas Harriet Hageman does not. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/opinion/letters_to_editor/when-voting-choose-whats-right/article_4aa134e9-eee7-5047-818f-4836c0500242.html | 2022-09-10T13:00:19Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/opinion/letters_to_editor/when-voting-choose-whats-right/article_4aa134e9-eee7-5047-818f-4836c0500242.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY...
* WHAT...Visibility less than one quarter of a mile in dense fog
* WHERE...Central Laramie County.
* WHEN...Until noon MDT today.
* IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of
distance ahead of you.
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Tristan, 12, is a child one won't forget meeting! This outgoing child has been blessed with the gift of gab. Tristan loves engaging in conversations with others and happily chats about his interests, including his desire for permanency. He has an uncanny memory and believes it is one of his best skills.
Tristan loves playing video games and playing with LEGOs. A Pokémon enthusiast, he enjoys shuffling the pages of his Pokédex to learn or recall the cool facts of each different type (there are 18, you know). If able to handpick his superpowers, Tristan would want to teleport or be able to make anything out of thin air. Ice cream is a favorite treat.
A likable kiddo, he does well with peers and adults. Tristan wants others to know, "I'm a real gamer at heart. I love to give hugs and want a loving family." He is now in the fifth grade.
All family types will be considered for Tristan. He hopes to have pets in his family. Financial assistance may be available for adoption-related services. Tristan lives in Colorado. Child ID: 208473
Child profiles are provided by Raise the Future at www.raisethefuture.org. For more information about waiting children, contact Raise the Future at 800-451-5246.
An approved adoption home study is required to be considered for placement of a child. Children can be placed across state lines, so Wyoming families are encouraged to inquire, regardless of the child’s current state of residence.
For information about becoming an adoptive parent, contact Wyoming Children’s Society at 307-632-7619 or visit www.wyomingcs.org. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/a_child_waits/a-child-waits-9-10-22/article_32b7a1b6-3099-11ed-a038-73dab4199e59.html | 2022-09-10T13:00:25Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/a_child_waits/a-child-waits-9-10-22/article_32b7a1b6-3099-11ed-a038-73dab4199e59.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY...
* WHAT...Visibility less than one quarter of a mile in dense fog
* WHERE...Central Laramie County.
* WHEN...Until noon MDT today.
* IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of
distance ahead of you.
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We believe everyone can give something to those in need, and when that happens, everyone benefits. That’s why we created “Everyone gives, Everyone gains,” a way to highlight how you can help people in need. To get your item listed in “Everyone gives, Everyone gains,” email Managing Editor Brian Martin at everyonegives@wyomingnews.com or send it to Everyone gives, Everyone gains, c/o Brian Martin, Wyoming Tribune Eagle, 702 W. Lincolnway, Cheyenne, WY 82001.
To give your money
Quarter Auction to support local first responders
What: Simply Heroes, a local nonprofit organization, will hold a Quarter Auction to help support first responders.
When: Sunday, Sept. 11; doors open at 1:30 p.m., auction starts at 2.
Where: Cheyenne Shrine Club, 224 E. Iowa St.
Cost: Tickets/bidding paddles are $5 each or three for $10.
More information: There will be food and drinks available for purchase at the event, as well as a 50/50 raffle.
Simply Heroes is an organization that helps support law enforcement, firefighters, first responders and their families with grants, donations and scholarships. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/everyone_gives/everyone-gives-everyone-gains-9-10-22/article_b53c868a-3097-11ed-ae7d-bffa3cf1b283.html | 2022-09-10T13:00:32Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/everyone_gives/everyone-gives-everyone-gains-9-10-22/article_b53c868a-3097-11ed-ae7d-bffa3cf1b283.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CHEYENNE — Two local men were arrested last week for allegedly voting while ineligible because of prior felony convictions.
David L. Hakala, 45, and Brandon J. Toth, 40, both of Cheyenne, are accused of voting illegally in the November 2020 general election. Their rights to vote had not been restored following felony convictions, according to court documents.
Toth was arrested Sept. 1 by the Cheyenne Police Department after an officer pulled him over for not having a working license plate light, according to jail records. His arraignment is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Sept. 23 in Laramie County Circuit Court.
Hakala was arrested Sept. 2 by the Laramie County Sheriff’s Office. It’s unclear how Hakala came into contact with law enforcement, but his arrest location was listed in jail records as the Laramie County Governmental Complex, 309 W. 20th St. His arraignment is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Sept. 21 in circuit court.
Each had a warrant for his arrest issued on Aug. 10.
Both were charged under Wyoming statute 22-26-106(a)(i), according to Laramie County jail records. The statute describes “false voting” as “voting, or offering to vote, when not a qualified elector entitled to vote at the election.”
The charge is a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum fine of $200. If the offense is “committed with the knowledge of not being a qualified elector entitled to vote at the election or in that precinct,” a person could face up to one year in jail, a maximum fine of $5,000 or both.
A second or subsequent offense is punishable by up to five years in prison, a fine of $10,000 or both.
The charges were filed following an investigation by Detective Michael Young with the Laramie County Sheriff’s Office, according to court documents. Young was investigating “individuals who were convicted of felonies and had registered and voted” within Laramie County.
The state law says: “The county sheriff shall investigate acts of false voting at the request of a county clerk who has reasonable cause to believe that a person has committed false voting. After an investigation and a finding that the allegation has merit, the county sheriff shall refer the matter to the district attorney for prosecution in the appropriate courts of this state.”
Laramie County Clerk Debra Lee could not be reached for comment.
Hakala was convicted in 2000 for unlawful manufacture or delivery, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver, schedule I, II or III drugs. He was apparently flagged in the WyoReg system as a convicted felon.
Toth had been convicted of multiple felonies in the past two decades. In 2006, he was convicted for unlawful manufacture or delivery, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver, narcotic schedule I or II drugs. He was convicted in 2011 for unlawful possession of a controlled substance, his third offense of that nature. In 2013 and 2017, he was convicted of unlawful possession of schedule I or II narcotics. He was also, at some point, convicted of violating his probation.
Toth “did not have a violent felony and thought he could vote,” a probable cause affidavit says. He also “said he was not aware of Wyoming law and thought his rights were restored.”
Both men apparently left a section of the voter registration form blank where they should have checked that they were not a convicted felon, were a convicted felon, but had their voting rights restored, or were a convicted felon whose voting rights had not been restored.
Detective Young said in affidavits that neither Hakala nor Toth had petitioned the Wyoming Department of Corrections and Wyoming Parole Board to have their rights restored. Toth is “not eligible for restoration of voter rights due to multiple felony convictions,” Young wrote.
State statute 7-13-105 outlines the restoration process. First-time nonviolent felons will “automatically have their right to vote restored if they completed their supervision or were discharged from an institution on or after” Jan. 1, 2010, according to the state Department of Corrections website. Those who finished their sentences before Jan. 1, 2010, must apply for restoration. An application form and further instructions are also available on the DOC website. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/law-enforcement-arrest-two-for-voting-as-felons/article_2673dcca-2f8c-11ed-bb26-2f656da76582.html | 2022-09-10T13:00:45Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/law-enforcement-arrest-two-for-voting-as-felons/article_2673dcca-2f8c-11ed-bb26-2f656da76582.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Wyoming Tribune Eagle
CHEYENNE – All is well at the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens, even with the departure of its longtime director, Tina Worthman, and horticultural supervisor, Nettie Hardie.
Worthman’s departure comes as a result of her intention to spend more time with her family as she relocates to “farm life” in Nebraska, a recent press release from the Friends of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens said.
Hardy, on the other hand, will continue her career as a horticulturalist in her home state of Alabama.
Currently, Paul Smith Children’s Village Manager Aaron Sommers is serving as interim director. With a 13-year tenure at the Botanic Gardens, this is a responsibility he has assumed time and time again.
However, he has no intention of becoming the full-time director. If he did, he said that he would have done it by now.
“I’ve been at the Botanic Gardens for 13-and-a-half years, and my heart remains at the forefront of the Children’s Village,” he said. “I look forward to having a fresh perspective, under a new leadership, to continue to grow the Botanic Gardens into the future that I know is bright for it, to continue the quality of its programs and beauty to the community.”
Though the staff is experiencing vacancy in two crucial roles, there’s no concern that the Gardens is decreasing its operations. Luckily, the “dormant season” for the Botanic Gardens is coming up, meaning daily responsibility for outdoor maintenance is reduced.
In other words, things will carry on as scheduled. The majority of the focus has turned to the city, where Jason Sanchez, head of the Cheyenne Community Recreation and Events Department, is part of the team interviewing for a new director.
“We’re trying to be methodical in the selection process, be very intense with our interview questions and pick the best candidate,” Sanchez said.
Worthman’s and Hardie’s departures come free of personal disputes between them and the city. In fact, Worthman, who has yet to leave for Nebraska, is attending a private event at the Botanic Gardens today.
As for her time as director, Worthman is leaving the role optimistic that she’s established a culture that will benefit the Gardens for years to come. She is particularly proud of the arts and culture that the “Jewel of Cheyenne” was able to provide to the community.
“I’m really proud of what was accomplished in the time that I was the director,” Worthman said. “I feel like Nettie and I were a good team, and I think that we have set some ways and standards of what we wanted the direction to be.
“I’m sure that however the future goes for the Gardens, everything will go really well. We appreciate all the support of the community.”
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/news/local_news/sommers-fills-in-as-botanic-gardens-director-after-worthman-hardie-step-down/article_ecb90388-3090-11ed-9ba9-cffc006f42f1.html | 2022-09-10T13:00:51Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/sommers-fills-in-as-botanic-gardens-director-after-worthman-hardie-step-down/article_ecb90388-3090-11ed-9ba9-cffc006f42f1.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Breaking News: “Wyoming ranks first in the nation for the percentage of federal student loan borrowers whose debt will be completely eliminated by a new federal loan forgiveness initiative.”
Thirty-seven percent of Wyomingites with student debt will have a zero balance under President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive those loans. That’s a win for these families, but another reason for partisanship among others.
Do you know who is unhappy that so many of their constituents had this noose removed from their necks? Here’s a hint. Not one ever lifted a finger to do anything about college education costs, though all were in positions to do so.
The loudest critics of President Biden’s decision to finally do something are members of the Republican “see nothing, say nothing, hear nothing caucus.”
Sen. John Barrasso said, “This decision is a boon for Biden’s wealthy supporters. The Biden administration is selling out working families to appease the far-left wing of the Democrat party.”
Who is Barrasso talking about? There can’t be many of Biden’s “wealthy supporters” among Wyoming beneficiaries of loan forgiveness. None are among the “far-left wing of the Democratic Party.” It’s as though John doesn’t know much about his constituents and has no idea how their lives just got better.
Never was heard a discouraging word from Barrasso or Lummis about Donald Trump’s loan forgiveness program. It helped only one person, Donald Trump. It’s called “filing for bankruptcy,” an option available to billionaires, but not struggling Wyoming folks with burdensome student loans.
Then there’s Gov. Mark Gordon. He has no record of attempting to solve the problem, but is loaded with criticism of the one who has. Gordon calls loan forgiveness a “government handout.” I must have missed it when he criticized government handouts to several Republican officials under the Payroll Protection Program during COVID or the ag subsidies many of them pocket.
Wyoming legislators piled on. Keep in mind, these people meet annually and debate their priorities. They spend a lot of time on abortion and critical race theory, defeating new revenue proposals and ignoring education funding. Never once have they debated how to bring college education expenses under control.
When Joe Biden offers a program, these Republicans are suddenly experts on the matter. State Sen. Brian Boner thinks we should drive kids in a different direction. Instead of the academic education they seek, he wants government to encourage “more technical skills.” He says we can reduce college costs by pushing more kids into the military.
Boner wants student loans to be treated like every other loan. He’d limit help to borrowers with considerable financial resources, current income and collateral to provide repayment assurance. Boner’s idea would succeed only at widening the income gap between haves and have-nots and preventing low-income kids from going to college.
Rep. Landon Brown says debtors should just get a scholarship. A student of whose life Brown knows nothing says sarcastically, “Why didn’t I think of that?” Brown is proud Wyoming student debt is 20% below national average. Yet there’s this inconvenient fact: “Wyoming ranks first in the nation for the percentage of federal student loan borrowers whose debt will be completely eliminated” under Biden’s plan.
Other Republicans call Biden’s plan “discriminatory” and “inflationary.” These same people rely on federal COVID relief and infrastructure dollars to balance Wyoming’s budget. They are heirs of Wyoming legislators who, during the Great Depression, ignored human suffering, while eagerly accepting ag and business subsidies.
It’s the same old song. If it helps farmers, ranchers or mining companies, Wyoming politicians are all in. If it helps people, it is bad policy by definition. Ergo, the death of Medicaid expansion and criticism of student debt forgiveness.
Rid of student debt, these Wyoming families can now afford a new car or a new home or save a few dollars for the future. Who do they have to thank? According to Barrasso, it’s the left wing of the Democratic Party.
Send your “thank-you” note to “Brandon-Got-er-Done,” 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C., 20500.
Rodger McDaniel lives in Laramie and is the pastor at Highlands Presbyterian Church in Cheyenne. Email: rmc81448@gmail.com. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/opinion/guest_column/mcdaniel-true-to-form-republicans-quick-to-condemn-debt-forgiveness/article_a9724820-2f21-11ed-a88f-c3bcdd929319.html | 2022-09-10T13:01:11Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/opinion/guest_column/mcdaniel-true-to-form-republicans-quick-to-condemn-debt-forgiveness/article_a9724820-2f21-11ed-a88f-c3bcdd929319.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
On my very first day in London 25 years ago, the tragic news broke that Princess Diana died in a car crash in Paris. The enormous public outpouring that followed showed how the monarchy is so often a focal point for the conversation about what it means to be British.
The death of Queen Elizabeth II is not wholly unexpected or tragic. But a quarter-century later, I’m more alive to its significance in my adopted country. Like so many of the major events she took part in during seven decades on the throne, her succession was meticulously prepared and will no doubt be flawlessly executed. And yet, as anyone who has lost a family member knows, no one is ever really prepared.
That applies on a grand scale here. From the moment the prime minister is told “London Bridge is down,” a whole series of plans is activated. The country will talk of little else for days ahead. But neither the royal family nor the country knows what it will be like to have a different monarch at the helm, or in what ways her passing will spark a period of wider change.
You can’t visit Britain without noticing you are in a kingdom. Stamps and paper currency bear the Queen’s portrait. Countless pubs are called The Queen’s Head or The Queen’s Arms; there’s the Royal Opera House, the Royal Borough of Kensington and so many other Royal places. Some 8,000 streets have the name Queen, King, Royal, Jubilee or some synonym. A Royal Warrant bestows a special cache on favored businesses and charities.
Even so, my younger self couldn’t grasp how one person with all that inherited wealth could come to embody a nation’s view of itself. For an American, it all sits oddly apart from modern notions of democracy. The hereditary principle was always anathema to the American sense of meritocracy (though the irony now is that so much wealth and opportunity in the U.S. is indeed inherited). So was the idea of a head of state who is also head of church.
And yet by the time this summer’s Jubilee celebrations rolled around, there I was, lump in throat, snapping a video of my TV as the queen stepped onto the balcony at Buckingham Palace in that perfectly choreographed set-piece appearance with her closest family members in a neat row. I WhatsApped the clip to family in the U.S.
“Queen looks pleased. Crowd truly happy to be there,” my octogenarian mother wrote. “Hard for me as an American to understand.”
I get it. Americans have different reactions to the monarchy. It’s easy to be enchanted and entertained; harder to feel real attachment. They can get just as wrapped up in the glitz of royal weddings or escape into the drama of royal bust-ups and scandal, of course. One study even found that more Americans were excited about the Jubilee than Brits.
But they can also find the fuss bewildering or even offensive. “Why should we celebrate the fact that one person has ruled without interruption for 70 years? And is a constitutional monarchy truly compatible with our democratic ideals?” wrote Steven Porter in USA Today about the Jubilee fuss.
Becoming British has meant working toward an understanding of things that come automatically for the native-born. The other lesson I gleaned from my early days living in the U.K. was that while the queen’s role is largely ceremonial, there is no neat dividing line between palace and politics. The queen may stay out of politics, but as the former U.S. ambassador to Britain, Raymond Seitz, a keen observer of Britain, wrote, “when that little arch of reservation rises on the royal brow, a silent shudder runs through Whitehall.” (Will the rather bushier brow of Charles get the same notice, I wonder.)
After Diana’s death, a young, new prime minister made a statement that perfectly captured the public mood, crowning her “the people’s princess.” Tony Blair’s popularity hit 93%, considered a record of a democratic politician. The Queen, by many accounts following his lead, opened up, too, showing a monarchy that could adapt to a changing time.
The great British essayist Walter Bagehot warned that the light should not be allowed in on this rich tapestry of convention and ceremony. The trick of the monarchy is its mystique; its distance from ordinary people serves to bring elected government closer to them. The monarch’s role, he said, could be vaguely defined as “to warn, to encourage, to be consulted.” That kind of nuance, like the rule of law in the absence of a written constitution, may feel uncomfortable to the non-Brit.
What makes this succession so poignant, and its effect so unpredictable, is the combination of the former queen’s personal brand and the historic moment that Britain finds itself in. She may have inherited a crown, but the global admiration was earned. This arose from her relentless service (even blessing a new prime minister 48 hours earlier) but also the values she lived by – decency, duty, spiritual devotion, love of nature, loyalty to family and country.
Hers is an impossible act to follow for Charles, her heir and now king. He is happily remarried to Camilla, the woman who was at the heart of his marriage breakup with Diana. Those wounds at least have healed, but his family is still reeling from the very public falling out of his two sons, William and Harry, and the shame of his brother Andrew’s association with Jeffrey Epstein. With the queen gone, it will be on Charles to create a sense of stability and continuity, but just stopping the sense of decay would be a start. The scrutiny will be intense.
The queen’s death represents a moment of vulnerability, but also opportunity. Although support for the monarchy is strong overall in Britain, with about 62% of Britons in favor, it’s weakest among young people; only a third of 18- to 24-year-olds see the point. “If the monarchy is to thrive, it must keep telling a story that engages people,” wrote the historian Alex von Tunzelmann in April. “This does not mean it should modernize. Its appeal may lie in reiterating that sense of tradition, benevolence and duty that the Queen has channeled so well.”
The royal succession will also be a test, perhaps in some ways a defining one, of another new prime minister, Liz Truss, whose handling of the response will be broadcast around the world. Days of remembrances and outpourings will dwarf talk of the country’s energy crisis, the flailing National Health Service, the war in Ukraine and pretty much all other news. But only temporarily. The queen leaves the world at a time when Britain’s fourth straight Conservative government is redefining its role in the world after Brexit, trying to hold a fraying union together and confronting the biggest economic crunch since the financial crisis. The pound, as if asking the question, is at its lowest level since 1985.
Some 2.5 billion people around the world watched Diana’s funeral. I suspect many more will follow this changing of the guard, whether they fully understand the implications or, like me after all these years later, are still piecing it together.
Therese Raphael is a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion covering health care and British politics. Previously, she was editorial page editor of the Wall Street Journal Europe. This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/opinion/guest_column/raphael-an-elegy-for-the-queen-from-an-american-in-london/article_1b9572f8-3060-11ed-9508-af096e28a69a.html | 2022-09-10T13:01:13Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/opinion/guest_column/raphael-an-elegy-for-the-queen-from-an-american-in-london/article_1b9572f8-3060-11ed-9508-af096e28a69a.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Massillon area real estate transfers Aug. 13-19
Bethlehem Township
Bichsel Harold & Sherri from Logozzo Paul J & Fuelling Frank H, parcel 1101060 Python Path Lot 2230, $3,500.
Byer Gary L & Darlene K from Budd Norman J & Lois K, 124 South St NW, $158,000.
Hathaway Paul & Emily from Coy Billy G & Penny S, parcel 1100657 Mombasa Ave, $5,400.
Kirby Brothers LLC and Ohio Limited from Studer Enterprises LLC, 6500 Blough Ave SW, $950,000.
Taylor Mary Ann from Mcconnell Danny J, 4550 Fohl St SW, $77,900.
Canal Fulton
Baker Donald W & Snyder Paulette J from Lautzenheiser Barbara R, parcel 9502526 Cherry St W, $15,000.
Deffenbaugh Matthew Thomas from NVR Inc., A Virginia Corporation, DBA, 3025 Bonita Cir SE, $292,015.
Fulton Landings Homeowners Association from Fulton Landings Development LLC, parcel 9503401 Erie Ave NW, $33,000.
Fulton Landings Homeowners Association from Fulton Landings Development LLC, parcel 9503402 Alexis LN, $33,000.
Leach Brett & Deianira from NVR Inc D/B/A Ryan Homes, 3029 Bonita Cir SE, $273,565.
Mortier Michael & Pamela from Fulton Landings Development LLC, 353 Alexis LN, $355,000.
Tomcsik Jared A from Caruso Arthur G, 1829 Bruce St, $169,950.
Jackson Township
Annadorai Navaneetharaj & from Batdorff Dennis R &Ruth E, 9908 Strausser St NW, $240,000.
Aw Rental Properties LLC from Valles Raymond J, 8620 Colton St NW, $219,000.
Cerrato Walter & Maggi from Paladugu Mohan Chand & Gummadi Jaya Madh, 5183 Sibila Rd NW, $110,000.
Crawford Dean E & Paula J from Marsh Steven v & Debra A, 9266 Forest Trail St NW, $275,000.
Debruin Claire & Fuller Gabriel from Dayton Carol S, 6131 Fernwood St NW, $200,000.
Dipietro Bruce A & Gayle L from Dipietro Bruce A & Gayle L & Smith Patricia, 3817 Woodleigh Ave NW, $235,000.
Dipietro Bruce A & Gayle L from Smith C Richard & Patricia A Trustees, 3817 Woodleigh Ave NW, $235,000.
Elseer James R & Lisa R from Sheeler John & Michael, 6033 Old Bridge Ave NW, $610,000.
Jackson Stephen S & Mckala M from Crawford Dean E & Paula J, 9326 Paulding St NW, $305,000.
Madrigal Rafael M from Malloy Family Limited Partnership, parcel 10015473 Lake O Springs Ave NW, $423,500.
Mollohan Adam C from Yohn Elaine R, 1237 Leecrest St NW, $173,000.
Reinhart Paul L from Bravis Loretta S, 4813 Drumcliff Dr NW, $176,100.
Rice Megan A & Titus J Jr & Dawn from Leonard Erik M, 8976 Colton St NW, $240,000.
Rupert Steven P from Harper Philip M & Rebecca D, 5555 Everhard Rd NW, $339,000.
Schlicht Jedd & Kelsey from Thurman Douglas L & Perkins Cheryl, 3411 Dunmore Ave NW, $251,000.
Singh Homes LLC from Benitez Ashley P & Stephen Brittany P, 6211 Sorrento Ave NW, $285,000.
Utterback Vittoria L Ttee from Dipietro Bruce A & Gayle L, 2350 Larchmoor Pkwy NW, $548,900.
Utterback Vittoria L Ttee from Dipietro Bruce A & Gayle L, parcel 1700070 Lawndale St NW, $548,900.
Lawrence Township
Wiebe Michael & Joan E from Wheeler Carol D, parcel 2400812 Beaumont Ave NW, $234,900.
Massillon
Anderson Tonia from Ohm Brian P, 813 Warren St SW, $80,000.
Aw Rental Properties LLC from Hazel Dorothy & Fred, 1632 Amherst Rd NE, $211,000.
Bocol Enterprise from Smith Torrey D, 1113 Cleveland St SW, $15,000.
Craver Richard D & Yvonne M from Sedjo Randy A, 1116 3rd St NW, $10,000.
GDM Construction LLC from Long Dusty J, 39 Chester Ave SE, $28,000.
Kind Christal E from K&R Property Solutions LLC, 194 27th St SE, $129,900.
Koons Brian David & Kimberly Anne from Horner Terry L & Joanne C, 1749 Amherst Rd NE, $135,000.
Koons Brian David & Kimberly Anne from Horner Terry L & Joanne C, 1803 Amherst Rd NE, $175,000.
Kuwik Alicia from Lamonica Joe S III, 1700 Manchester Ave NW #18, $4,000.
Lab Jr Michael Scott from Hurford Ronald R & Christine A, 1820 John Carroll Dr SE, $324,900.
Ladd Dylan S & Aubrey M from Smith Norma L, 1544 Amherst Rd NE, $123,000.
Libermann’s & Beyond LLC from Liebermann Robert J, 49 1st St SE, $375,000.
MB3 Enterprises LLC from Hilbert Diana M, 730 17th St NE, $103,000.
Michaels Rentals & Renovations LLC from Hammer Richard J, 524 4th St NE, $42,000.
Simma Inc Property Solutions LLC from LSH LLC, 1232 Arapahoe St SE, $50,000.
Simma Inc Property Solutions LLC from LSH LLC, 1244 Arapahoe St SE, $50,000.
Troyer Steven A from Neider Joseph, 185 26th St SE, $145,000.
Wells Jaymes Dennis Wayne & from Johnson Jeffery, 1746 Sweetleaf Cir NW, $380,000.
Williams Brandon from K S Yoak Enertprises LLC, 864 10th St NE, $150,000.
Perry Township
Abraham Lisa A from Longo Steve, 1421 Channonbrook Dr SW, $165,000.
Albrecht Matthew J & Maureen E from Reifsnyder Donald G Linda A, 5640 Valerius St SW, $235,000.
Alderfer Nathaniel & Sarah from Angelo Nicholas M, 3014 Maytime St NW, $210,000.
Back Country Properties LLC from Williams James R, 4760 Erie Ave SW, $143,000.
Bennett Dakota M & Nicholas S from Kirkbride Karla M, 2256 Perry Dr SW, $158,500.
Brockert Kenneth L II from Anderson Randall S & Darlene M, 4941 Arbor Rd SW, $145,000.
Detter Property Holdings LLC from Walter Bruce, 4425 13th St NW, $145,000.
Finley David B from Gerber Frederick E & Steven E, 1812 Thackeray Ave NW, $205,700.
Keres Robert J & Melissa A from Mckinnon Matthew C, 252 Cayuga Ave NW, $205,000.
Nussbaum Nicole & Turner Marcus from Realty Renovations LLC, 4252 Roselawn Ave SW, $190,000.
Stetz Patrick & Jessica from Trimmer Marjory J, 4870 14th St SW, $150,000.
the Susan D Paulson Trust from Wagner John A & Lisa L, 1150 Manor Ave SW, $153,000.
Tisevich Sharon L from Fpma Inc, 4539 11th St NW, $176,500.
Sugarcreek Township
Big D Real Estate LLC from WGCS Investments LLC, 208 6th Ave NW, $105,000.
Big D Real Estate LLC from WGCS Investments LLC, 214 6th Ave NW, $105,000.
Big D Real Estate LLC from WGCS Investments LLC, 220 6th Ave NW, $105,000.
Big D Real Estate LLC from WGCS Investments LLC, 607 Pine St NW, $105,000.
Tuscarawas Township
Eckstein Guinevere from Eckstein Lawrence L Helen M, 12470 Kaywood St NW, $121,200.
Hersberger Marvin & Mary from Hooper Enterprises LLC, 2481 Upland Ave SW, $196,000.
Hoven Terri Danielle from Arney David P & Deborah D, 2480 Meadow Side Rd NW, $292,000.
Miller Arlyn J & Sara N from Willow Switch Properties Ltd, 14099 Lincoln St, $168,000.
Wiebe Michael & Joan E from Wheeler Carol D, 2658 Beaumont Ave NW, $234,900.
Yi Norman & Molly from Anian Venture Lloc, 3223 Carmont Ave SW, $150,000. | https://www.indeonline.com/story/news/2022/09/10/massillon-area-real-estate-transfers-aug-13-19/65475171007/ | 2022-09-10T13:01:22Z | eonline.com | treatment | https://www.indeonline.com/story/news/2022/09/10/massillon-area-real-estate-transfers-aug-13-19/65475171007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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It is almost incomprehensible how convincingly news channels can and do promote fake news. These channels persuade their viewers with their disinformation. S. Michael Melia’s Sept. 3 letter to the editor provides a good example of this. Mr. Melia’s letter is full of half-truths, misinformation and disinformation.
Since I am limited to 350 words, I decided to take one of his accusations and debunk it. According to Mr. Melia, “Hillary’s Benghazi disaster … resulted in Ambassador Steven’s death.” I will debunk this belief.
The Benghazi investigation included Hillary Clinton testifying for 11 hours. It ultimately produced an 800-page report. This investigation cost us taxpayers $7 million. The report was not able to place the blame on Hillary, but it did show that there were “failures in the Defense Department and in the intelligence community that led to Benghazi and led to the Americans there not being protected …” (Lisa Desjardins in a PBS interview after reviewing the 800-page document).
Trey Gowdy, a Republican from South Carolina at the time, headed the investigation. Upon the release of the document, he tried to claim that it was not politically motivated against Hillary Clinton. But two fellow representatives previously admitted otherwise.
Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., “let it slip that the committee aimed to sink Clinton's poll numbers. His gaffe reverberated across Capitol Hill and was a major factor in McCarthy's abrupt decision to drop out of the race to replace outgoing House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.” Also, Richard Hanna, R-New York, said, “This may not be politically correct, but I think that there was a big part of this investigation that was designed to go after people and an individual, Hillary Clinton.” (Both quotes from huffpost.com)
During this period, it was a known fact that Clinton wanted to run for president. The hopes were that this investigation, trying to lay blame on her, would ruin her chances of being elected. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/melias-sept-3-letter-full-of-half-truths-misinformation-and-disinformation/article_1db4b70c-3069-11ed-9a75-67b353525718.html | 2022-09-10T13:01:31Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/melias-sept-3-letter-full-of-half-truths-misinformation-and-disinformation/article_1db4b70c-3069-11ed-9a75-67b353525718.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Even as Wyoming stands on the verge of electing someone who questions the integrity of the state’s elections process to lead it, we think it’s time to shift the conversation.
After all, here in the Equality State, former President Donald Trump easily won our three electoral votes by the widest margin of victory in the country. He received more than 68% of the votes cast in 2016, and nearly 70% in 2020.
So how is it possible that state Rep. Chuck Gray, R-Casper, and others still question the integrity of Wyoming’s elections process? If stuffing the absentee ballot drop boxes was a legitimate concern here, wouldn’t Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden have made more of a dent in those numbers?
And why are some residents wasting the time of staff at the Laramie County Clerk’s Office by asking for voter rolls that contain private information and clearly aren’t public records?
Of course, those are rhetorical questions, because we already know the answer: certain media talking heads continue to stir the pot called “The Big Lie,” and many Americans – including many in Wyoming – continue to believe it, despite all evidence to the contrary.
But we have to wonder whether Mr. Gray and some of his fellow elected officials question the legitimacy of their own victories. Do they believe the process is so corrupt at this point that none of the results can be trusted?
Of course not. If they or the people they support win, the election was fair. If they lose, there must be something wrong with the process, right? It can’t be because the majority of voters had grown tired of their political posturing and were seeking someone who might actually get something done that would make their lives better.
The question we have to answer in 2022 is how much longer we want to live in the past. Are we going to continue to let the 2020 election divide us to the point of complete stagnation or, worse yet, our democracy collapses entirely?
We think it’s time to move on, and we’re pretty sure most Wyoming residents feel the same way. So, let’s turn our attention to addressing a bigger concern related to our elections, and that’s voter participation. It’s true that last month’s primary saw more than 63% of the state’s 287,014 registered voters cast ballots. The related good news is that voter registration is the highest it’s ever been.
Yet, we still have a long way to go in order to be satisfied. According to the Wyoming Election Division of the Secretary of State’s Office, the state’s voting age population this year is 446,379, which means the turnout among that group was 40.8% for this year’s primary. That’s higher than it’s been since 1994, but we don’t think anyone should be happy with significantly less than half of those eligible to vote deciding who should represent all of us.
The percentages do increase when we shift our attention to November. In 2020, 62.6% of the voting age population cast ballots. Still, just 60% of those old enough to vote were registered to do so. Only two years – 2012 and 2016 – saw a lower percentage signed up to participate.
Which is why we support some fundamental changes to our election process that – unlike the unnecessary meddling proposed by Rep. Gray – might actually encourage more people to make their voices heard at the polls.
The first is an open primary. As Wyoming residents clearly showed on Aug. 16, they are willing to cross party lines to vote for a particular candidate. With the hotly contested U.S. House race between incumbent Liz Cheney and challenger Harriet Hageman on the Republican ballot, 172,047 of the 182,232 who cast ballots – 94.4% – voted GOP. Only 8,201 cast a Democratic Party ballot (4.5%), while 1,984 (less than 1.1%) voted nonpartisan, which means many Democrats changed their party affiliation to vote for Ms. Cheney.
In an open primary, this would have been unnecessary. According to the nonpartisan group FairVote, in an open primary, “voters of any affiliation may vote in the primary of any party. ... In many open primary states, voters do not indicate partisan affiliation when they register to vote.”
This possibility was discussed briefly at an Aug. 25 meeting of the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Committee in Casper. Also on the agenda that day was ranked-choice voting.
Again, according to FairVote: “RCV ... allows voters the option to rank candidates in order of preference: one, two, three, and so forth. If your vote cannot help your top choice win, your vote counts for your next choice.
“If a candidate receives more than half of the first choices in races where voters elect one winner, that candidate wins, just like in a single-choice election. However, if there is no majority winner after counting first choices, the race is decided by an ‘instant runoff.’ The candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and voters who picked that candidate as ‘Number 1’ will have their votes count for their next choice. This process continues until there’s a majority winner or a candidate won with more than half of the vote.”
On the surface, this system seems more complex and harder to understand, but it actually means your vote counts even more than it does currently (which is quite a lot in a state as sparsely populated as Wyoming).
Other things that could be done to increase voter participation include:
Implementing automatic voter registration, either based on birthdate or when someone obtains a driver’s license;
Allowing online voter registration, along with a verification process;
Making more absentee ballot drop boxes available, not fewer;
Making Election Day a national holiday or moving it to Saturday; and
Strengthening civic education in public schools.
We all know there’s no single way to get more people to vote. But if those who say they’re concerned about election integrity are really interested in making sure qualified residents cast ballots, it’s time for them to prove it by supporting some of the recommendations above.
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Frank Eathorne, Wyoming Republican Party chairman, looks on during the Republican National Committee winter meeting Feb. 4 in Salt Lake City. Associated Press File
Wyoming Secretary of State Ed Buchanan. Image courtesy of Wyoming Secretary of State Office via its Facebook page.
Frank Eathorne, Wyoming Republican Party chairman, looks on during the Republican National Committee winter meeting Feb. 4 in Salt Lake City. Associated Press File
CHEYENNE — Key leaders of the Wyoming Republican Party have asked the outgoing secretary of state, Ed Buchanan, to stay in the job longer than he intended. Buchanan responded that he is sticking with his plan to leave the office on Sept. 15 and become a state judge on Sept. 19.
GOP Chairman Frank Eathorne and other Wyoming party leaders wrote Buchanan to ask him to remain in his current post through the Nov. 8 general election. As things have stood, Buchanan plans to leave this month. This is so that he can begin a job he was appointed to in July by Gov. Mark Gordon, in Goshen County as a district court judge in the state’s Eighth Judicial District.
Buchanan’s term, should he decide to remain for all of it, would last through the election and into early next year. In a recent interview with the Wyoming Tribune Eagle, Buchanan expressed confidence in the state’s election process, even without him running the Wyoming Secretary of State’s Office.
Wyoming Republican leaders do not appear to agree with this sentiment, however. They worry that having a new secretary of state for only a short time, before the next permanent one would take over after the general election, could affect the office.
In its letter dated Friday, the political party asked Buchanan to “remain in office until after the general election process is complete.” Rep. Chuck Gray, R-Casper, has won the GOP primary to become the next secretary of state and is generally expected to also prevail on Nov. 8.
Leaving in mid-September, as Buchanan plans, “may be setting your appointed successor up to fail,” wrote Eathorne and colleagues Nina Webber and Corey Steinmetz, who are both Wyoming Republican Party national committee people, in their letter. Any replacement “would not take office until 4 weeks before election day and does not know your team members,” the letter said. “It is difficult to imagine who would want to assume the role on such short notice.”
“I am flattered to have the Party request me to stay on through the general election,” Buchanan responded via an emailed statement. “However, it is Wyoming’s 23 county clerks and the Secretary of State staff that do the heavy lifting for elections. Upon my departure, it will be business as usual in the Secretary of State’s Office throughout the general election and through the end of the year.”
Buchanan has apparently not started the official clock for a replacement to be named. On Tuesday morning, Gov. Gordon’s spokesperson wrote in an email to the WTE that the governor “has not yet received a letter of resignation from the Secretary.”
In their letter, the Wyoming GOP leaders noted that when Gordon picked Buchanan to be a judge, the governor “knew you held one of the most important jobs in the State. That is often the case with filling any position – the best candidates have a job they must wrap up.” Eathorne and the others said that “the courts will manage if you need to remain in your current role until general election canvassing is complete.”
Once Buchanan officially declares his intent to resign, the Wyoming GOP must solicit interest in the position, then forward three names to Gordon, who will pick one to fill the position on an interim basis.
{span class=”print_trim”}The online version of the story has been corrected to reflect the accurate spelling of the last name of Nina Webber, who is a national committeewoman of the Wyoming Republican Party. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlinstimes/news/buchanan-sticks-with-plan-despite-gop-pressure/article_f88795b0-2f8e-11ed-841f-dbda3b024d51.html | 2022-09-10T13:01:45Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlinstimes/news/buchanan-sticks-with-plan-despite-gop-pressure/article_f88795b0-2f8e-11ed-841f-dbda3b024d51.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
POWELL — Two hunt areas south of Powell have been listed as special chronic wasting disease (CWD) focus areas.
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is looking for samples from deer hunters harvesting mule and white-tailed deer from areas 124 and 165 in the Greybull River Valley.
CWD is a fatal disease that affects ungulates, like deer, elk and moose, by attacking their central nervous system.
The prevalence of the disease in the two hunt areas is about 45%, according to department officials.
Wildlife biologists are in their third year of targeting the Greybull River herd and hope to have at least 200 samples volunteered by local hunters. The samples of lymph nodes will help the department better understand how it affects the health of the state’s deer and elk populations, said wildlife disease biologist Eric Maichak.
“If we can get enough samples, we’re able to focus our resources and get an estimate of prevalence within a short timeframe,” he said in a recent interview.
Hunter-submitted lymph node samples are crucial to managing the disease in wildlife herds, the department said in a press release.
“Game and Fish is requesting samples from herds we’ve not addressed in a while,” said Hank Edwards, Game and Fish wildlife health laboratory supervisor.
For the 2022 season, six deer Hunt Areas (59, 60, 64, 65, 157 and 171) are mandatory for samples. The closest mandatory sample areas to Powell are 157 and 171, which include Riverton and areas north and west of the city.
The department has tracked the distribution and prevalence of CWD since 1997. The disease has been making a slow march across the state for the past 50 years. It has been detected in 34 of 37 mule deer herds and 15 of 36 elk herds in Wyoming.
The department is constantly updating the state map to list new hunt areas where the disease has been found.
Last year, the department added Hunt Area 109 (west of Powell) to the list and has already added Hunt Area 143 (in Sublette County) this year.
There are very few hunt areas in the state where the disease hasn’t been found.
In the Shoshone River herd unit, testing has found 35% of adult mule deer bucks have been infected with the disease.
Bucks generally have higher rates of infection due to their larger ranges and higher contact rates with other deer.
White-tailed deer have a higher rate of infection than mule deer, while elk have a much lower prevalence for the disease, around 2%, Maichak said.
There is no known treatment, but testing is quickly improving, said Dr. Samantha Allen, the state’s wildlife veterinarian.
A promising new test called RT-QuIC uses nanoparticles of gold to help achieve fast results but has yet to be approved by the Federal Drug Administration.
Surveillance has also improved understanding of how deer might catch the disease environmentally. The department has taken more than a million photographs using automated scout cameras of deer at 49 separate salt licks and seven water sites. The analysis of the photos may give a clue to the disease spread by saliva, feces, close contact or prions shed in the environment as the disease takes its course and after death.
Typically, an infected deer can live between two to four years seemingly unaffected. It looks emaciated, drools and appears to be unaware of its surroundings in the short, final stage of the disease.
New testing techniques take time and cost money, Allen told commissioners in April. “Agencies need to really consider budget and staffing issues with increased testing for CWD,” she said.
Maichak hopes hunters will learn to remove lymph nodes to streamline the testing process. There’s a how-to video on the department’s CWD information website, and biologists and game wardens are happy to demonstrate the process when asked.
It is targeting bucks for the research, but the department is happy to test any sample hunters submit.
The U.S. Center for Disease Control has reported, to date, there is no strong evidence for the occurrence of CWD in people and it is not known if people can get infected with CWD prions.
“Hunters must consider many factors when determining whether to eat meat from deer and elk harvested from areas with CWD, including the level of risk they are willing to accept,” the CDC said in a recent publication.
Submitting a sample in the Powell area is easy, Maichak said.
Samples can be submitted at the convenient check stations during the any-deer season or through Northwest College’s biology department, which has been collaborating with Game and Fish in an effort to test a higher percentage of hunters’ harvests while at the same time giving students real world experience.
“We think it’s important that students get real, authentic hands-on experience,” said NWC Associate Professor of Biology Eric Atkinson when the college began the program.
“We’ve talked about this for years. Now there’s pressure to get at least 200 samples,” he said.
To submit a sample at NWC, call 307-754-6018 or the Cody Region Wyoming Game and Fish Department headquarters at 307-527-7125. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlinstimes/news/cwd-prevalence-high-in-powell-hunt-areas/article_42e82ab0-2f90-11ed-b3b2-7be7774df452.html | 2022-09-10T13:01:53Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlinstimes/news/cwd-prevalence-high-in-powell-hunt-areas/article_42e82ab0-2f90-11ed-b3b2-7be7774df452.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
London: King Charles was officially proclaimed as Britain's new monarch on Saturday at a ceremony in St James's Palace where former prime ministers, bishops and a host of politicians shouted "God Save The King".
The death of 96-year-old Queen Elizabeth on Thursday after 70 years on the throne set in train long-established and highly choreographed plans for days of national mourning and a state funeral that will be held in just over a week.
Charles, 73, succeeded his mother immediately on Thursday but an Accession Council met on Saturday to proclaim his succession, with his son and heir William, wife Camilla and Britain's new prime minister, Liz Truss, among those to sign the proclamation.
Making his personal declaration, Charles said: "In carrying out the heavy task that has been laid upon me, and to which I now dedicate what remains to me of my life, I pray for the guidance and help of Almighty God."
The proclamation was also set to be read publicly in the other capital cities of the United Kingdom - Edinburgh in Scotland, Belfast in Northern Ireland, and Cardiff in Wales - and at other locations, too.
The death of Elizabeth, Britain's longest-reigning monarch, has drawn an outpouring of tributes from at home and around the globe. Landmarks have been used to celebrate her life, with buildings in Europe, America and Africa lit up in the red, white and blue of the United Kingdom.
In Britain, people started gathering outside royal palaces in the early hours of Saturday morning, with thousands flocking to Buckingham Palace to pay respects to the queen and Charles - who was proclaimed king at the nearby St James's Palace.
"It's a poignant time in our country's history," design manager Ian Bilboe, 54, said. "(We're) here to be part of that and show respect to the late queen and also to the new king."
Charles is king and head of state of the United Kingdom and 14 other realms including Australia, Canada, Jamaica, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.
'NATION'S GRANDMOTHER'
Britain has declared a period of mourning until the state funeral for Elizabeth, once described by her grandson Harry as "the nation's grandmother".
The date for that has not been announced but it is expected in a little over a week's time.
Leaders from around the world are expected in London for the funeral, including U.S. President Joe Biden, who said on Friday he would attend.
Charles' coronation as king will take place at a later date - and the timing for that is not yet clear. There was a 16-month gap between Elizabeth becoming queen in 1952 and her coronation in 1953.
The new king vowed on Friday to serve the nation with "loyalty, respect and love" in his first address to the nation as king.
Earlier on Friday, returning to London from Scotland where his mother died, he was greeted with cheers, applause and a crowd singing "God Save The King" as he made his first public appearance outside Buckingham Palace.
Charles also said in his address that he had made his eldest son William, 40, the new Prince of Wales, the title that had been his for more than 50 years and is traditionally held by the heir to the throne.
William's wife Kate becomes Princess of Wales, a role last held by the late Princess Diana.
Thousands have gathered since Thursday at royal palaces to pay their respects to the late queen, with some shedding tears as they laid flowers and others wanting to celebrate the life of a monarch who for most Britons was the only they have ever known.
Elizabeth, who was the world's oldest and longest-serving head of state, came to the throne following the death of her father King George VI on Feb. 6, 1952, when she was just 25.
Over the decades she witnessed a seismic change in the social, political and economic structure of her nation. She won praise for guiding the monarchy into the 21st Century and modernising it in the process, despite intense media scrutiny and the often highly public travails of her family.
Charles, who opinion polls indicate is less popular than his mother, now has the task of securing the institution's future. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/world/2022/09/10/king-charles-proclaimed-british-monarch.amp.html | 2022-09-10T13:01:58Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/world/2022/09/10/king-charles-proclaimed-british-monarch.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
As she drifted away from life on September 8, Queen Elizabeth II took with her an era in British history. She also left behind a legacy of dedication to duty, grace and dignity, which is reflected in the outpouring of sentiment across the world.
It is unlikely that any other British leader would have evoked meaningful tributes from the spectrum of world leaders, including our own Prime Minister, the Presidents of China and Russia, the USA and France, and so many others.
The Queen was the Head of State for 70 long years during which the British Empire was dismantled and Britain played a smaller role in the world. Yet, she remained one of the most recognizable figures among world leaders. She took particular interest in world affairs. She was affected both officially and personally by the turbulent developments her country has been through -- including the killing of Lord Mountbatten – her cousin and close friend -- in an IRA bombing. Yet she rarely let her own political views be known.
She interacted with almost all world leaders while receiving them in the UK or travelling across the globe. She always followed the script given by the British Government with a remarkable sense of duty. Much has been written about her visits to India in 1961, 1983 and 1997. During the last trip she must have been affected by the negative feelings created by Robin Cook the Foreign Minister, but she bore it stoically.
In early 2014, when I was High Commissioner in London, my wife accompanied me to Buckingham Palace where I ‘presented my credentials’ to the Queen, i.e handed over the letter from the President of India appointing me as India’s representative to her country. I had met her years earlier during a previous assignment in London, but this was a rare occasion when a brief but substantive conversation was possible. It was clear that she was really well informed about the churn in the political, and social climate in India. She was deeply committed to friendship between the UK and India. She held no illusions about the past and wanted ties strengthened bilaterally, and through the Commonwealth. Her sense of humour always made such interactions pleasant and memorable despite the protocols in the palace.
The Queen was a great believer in tradition but also adapted to modernity. She understood the need to reach out to the young at all times and to keep dialogues going. She took her role as Defender of the Faith -- and her role in the Church of England quite seriously but did not get involved in ecclesiastical debates. During her era, Britain was changed by immigration into a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic society and she gradually adapted the monarchy and related institutions, to change.
As the Dean of Westminster Abbey once told me inter-faith dialogue was welcomed -- and was made truly inclusive -- with representatives of Hindu, Sikh, Zoroastrian, Muslim, Jewish and Buddhist traditions being added to participants in official events.
The tragedies and difficulties in the lives of her children made news worldwide. She nevertheless did much to uphold family values in her own life in front of the nation. She had a true life partner in Prince Philip with whom she shared married life for 73 years, starting out as the wife of a naval officer in Malta in 1948! After his death, the Queen, who was a generally healthy nonagenarian -- still riding horses – began to decline. While in London for a short visit this year, I was told she personally chose the music and readings for Prince Philip’s memorial service on March 29. Strikingly it included the beautiful lines of “Bist du bei mir”-- (If you are with me), put to music by Bach:
If you are with me, I will gladly go
To my death, and to my rest.
Ah, how pleasant would my end be
If your dear, fair hands shut
My faithful eyes!
(The author is a former Indian High Commissioner to the UK) | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/world/2022/09/10/tribute-queen-elizabeth-majestic-legacy.html | 2022-09-10T13:02:06Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/world/2022/09/10/tribute-queen-elizabeth-majestic-legacy.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CASPER — At least one industry group will appeal last week’s court order upholding the federal government’s right to postpone oil and gas leasing until it finishes evaluating the sales’ environmental impacts.
U.S. District Judge Scott W. Skavdahl of Wyoming ruled Friday that the Department of the Interior legally delayed the federal oil and gas lease sale scheduled for the first quarter of 2021 “over concerns that the associated Environmental Assessments” — a requirement under the National Environmental Policy Act — “did not satisfy recent court caselaw.”
In the narrow decision, Skavdahl focused on delineating the authority afforded to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) by the landmark environmental law and dismissed attempts by the oil and gas industry to contest broader agency actions.
He pointed to several cases in which judges found BLM environmental analysis inadequate and directed the agency to reconsider its offerings retroactively. That includes a trio of lawsuits, primarily over climate change, that sent the BLM back to the drawing board for almost 4 million already leased acres in Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah.
The agency said the Trump-era review of the prospective leases — which underwent another year of study before some went to auction this June — didn’t meet those heightened standards. Skavdahl found its action justified.
“The court reaffirmed that BLM has broad leeway to postpone lease sales in order to make sure that it considers the environmental impacts of leasing. And that’s a really critical recognition because BLM’s job is to protect the public interest, including protecting the environment,” said Michael Freeman, a senior attorney at Earthjustice’s Rocky Mountain office.
Earthjustice joined the lawsuit, alongside the Western Environmental Law Center, to defend the federal government’s actions on behalf of 21 environmental groups.
The Western Energy Alliance plans to appeal Friday’s decision “based on the misapplication” of the National Environmental Policy Act, said Aaron Johnson, the trade group’s vice president for public affairs, in a Monday email to the Star-Tribune.
Its president, Kathleen Sgamma, said in a written statement that the ruling “essentially gives the government a get-out-of-jail-free card when it comes to the environmental analysis required for any lease sales,” adding that if Interior Department says it’s not done, “it doesn’t have to hold sales.”
The Petroleum Association of Wyoming, the other industry challenger involved in the lawsuit, has not yet decided whether to appeal.
Nor has the State of Wyoming — the only plaintiff with complaints deemed legitimate by the judge.
Before he ruled on the two sides’ arguments, Skavdahl had to figure out what, exactly, the case was about. That part of his decision ended up disqualifying the industry groups from the lawsuit and undermining similar points made by attorneys representing Wyoming.
The day President Joe Biden took office, he signed an executive order directing the secretary of the Interior to “place a temporary moratorium” on the implementation of the federal oil and gas leasing program.
A second executive order signed a week later added that the secretary should “pause new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or in offshore waters pending completion of a comprehensive review and reconsideration of Federal oil and gas permitting and leasing practices.”
Western Energy Alliance sued over the leasing pause on the same day the second order was signed — more than a month before Interior Secretary Deb Haaland was confirmed by Congress and before she had a chance to act on Biden’s order.
“What industry actually challenged was an indefinite and program-wide pause on the entire federal oil and gas leasing program, and that’s something that never happened,” said Melissa Hornbein, an attorney at the Western Environmental Law Center.
Skavdahl determined that because there had been no agency action at the time of the filing, Western Energy Alliance and the Petroleum Association of Wyoming, which joined later, had presented him with nothing to rule on.
“Had the secretary issued such an order, would we be in a different position? Certainly,” Hornbein said. “And it’s not clear to me how that litigation would have played out. That is not the question that Judge Skavdahl answered.”
The decision came as a disappointment — and a fresh source of worry — to Wyoming’s oil and gas industry.
“If the agency never makes the decision, then we have no recourse,” said Ryan McConnaughey, vice president of the Petroleum Association of Wyoming. “In an administration that’s goal is to delay or halt production, all they have to do is just put something in this limbo, and not actually make a decision, and then we’re just stuck.”
Though Skavdahl upheld the Interior Department’s discretion, it’s too early to be sure what the BLM will do in response to the decision, Hornbein said.
But she emphasized the specificity and narrow focus of Skavdahl’s decision.
“I think that it’s inappropriate to characterize it as, like, just a carte blanche for the government to indefinitely defer all sales until the end of time,” Hornbein said. “I don’t think that would fly.”
The State of Wyoming filed a separate lawsuit in March, opposing not only the leasing pause (which still had not been enacted), but the federal government’s postponement of the first-quarter oil and gas lease sale: It is required under the Mineral Leasing Act to hold quarterly lease sales in every state “where eligible lands are available.”
Though the federal government also pushed back the second-quarter sale, Skavdahl only considered that first-quarter delay — the lone action actually taken by the Interior Department ahead of the state’s finding.
The language of the Mineral Leasing Act prmpted intense debate over the difference between eligibility and availability during a hearing before Skavdahl in May.
While Mark Barron, an attorney for Western Energy Alliance, argued that it’s the federal government’s job to complete its environmental analysis on time, Freeman, from Earthjustice, told Skavdahl that the agency was trying to comply with “a complicated set of rules … that were designed to protect the public interest.”
Skavdahl concluded, to the oil and gas industry’s dismay, that National Environmental Policy Act standards must be met before federal lands can be considered both eligible and available for leasing.
According to the Petroleum Association of Wyoming, the National Environmental Policy Act is being wielded by environmental groups to harm the industry, and Skavdahl’s decision affords the federal government even more flexibility to obstruct oil and gas development. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlinstimes/news/industry-to-appeal-federal-oil-and-gas-leasing-order/article_bb52b304-2f8f-11ed-a894-433bf08e63b4.html | 2022-09-10T13:02:11Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlinstimes/news/industry-to-appeal-federal-oil-and-gas-leasing-order/article_bb52b304-2f8f-11ed-a894-433bf08e63b4.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
State and federal authorities overseeing oil and gas operations in Wyoming anticipate millions in federal funding to clean up wells, pipelines, pads and other related facilities left “orphaned” or otherwise un-remediated by operators.
There are more than 2,307 orphaned well sites in Wyoming, according to state and federal estimates.
The Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which oversees facilities on state and private lands, lists 1,307 well sites in its orphaned well program and is set to receive $25 million from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
The Bureau of Land Management, which oversees facilities that tap federal minerals in Wyoming, estimates more than 1,000 orphaned wells in the state. The federal agency will tap into $250 million set aside for federal orphaned well remediation nationwide.
“Orphaned wells are a legacy that we must address, as they can release methane, pollute groundwater, and pose a hazard to people and wildlife alike,” BLM Director Tracy Stone-Manning said in a press release.
For its part, Wyoming BLM estimates the cleanup work on federal wells in the state will create or sustain up to 300 industry-related jobs. Meantime, the WOGCC expects the federal funds to clean up state and private facilities will support what’s already a robust orphan-well-remediation program. The state has cleaned up more than 4,713 orphaned well sites since 2014, according to the agency. Of those, 186 were converted to water wells for nearby ranchers.
The federal push to clean up more orphaned wells is long overdue and will benefit landowners and others who suffer the environmental risks, according to advocacy groups. But, they say, the cost of clean up shouldn’t fall to American taxpayers.
“The people who drill the wells and profit from them are responsible for cleaning them up,” Powder River Basin Resource Council and the Western Organization of Resource Councils board member Bob LeResche said. The federal government is “doing something good for the environment and surface owners, but they’re doing it with taxpayer money, which is just wrong.”
When it comes to holding operators responsible for cleanup, the state has generally done a better job than the BLM, LeResche said. Of the $32 million the state has spent to remediate orphaned wells since 1997, $21 million was covered by bonds posted by operators, according to the WOGCC. The rest of the expense was covered by a conservation tax applied to all oil and gas operators in the state.
The BLM, however, still allows for a nationwide “blanket bond” of $150,000, just a fraction of actual remediation costs for many operators. The federal agency is also slow to add wells that are known to be inactive to its orphaned well list, LeResche said, sometimes waiting more than six years to pursue responsible parties.
The Powder River Basin Resource Council and others are pushing the BLM to revise its bonding rules to increase dollar amounts and speed up the timeline for remediation work, LeResche said.
Coal-bed methane gas wells, primarily in northeast Wyoming, make up most of the orphaned wells in Wyoming, according to state officials. The industry tanked beginning in 2010, mostly due to low natural gas prices and the proliferation of hydraulic fracking that redirected the industry to shale gas plays outside the state.
For a 20-year period before the coal-bed methane boom, the state had documented 500 orphaned wells. After the coal-bed methane bust, it documented 6,020 orphaned wells, according to the state. The CBM bust and the string of bankruptcies that followed added pressure on state officials to revise Wyoming’s bonding and reclamation rules.
The BLM needs to do the same, LeResche said, otherwise continuing to use federal taxpayer dollars “is bailing out the culprits who were leaving these wells unreclaimed and unplugged.” | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlinstimes/news/millions-flow-to-wyoming-to-plug-orphaned-wells/article_0c8a53a2-2f91-11ed-8843-eb8ba3e72cba.html | 2022-09-10T13:02:13Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlinstimes/news/millions-flow-to-wyoming-to-plug-orphaned-wells/article_0c8a53a2-2f91-11ed-8843-eb8ba3e72cba.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Wyoming public schools were criticized by charter school advocates at a State Loan and Investment Board meeting Tuesday.
The SLIB is considering applications from proposed charter schools in Chugwater, Mills and Cheyenne, and heard presentations and public comment for two. Applicants for Cheyenne Classical Academy can make their case at the next meeting Sept. 14 as the panel weighs which charter schools to approve before the 2023-24 school year.
Wyoming has five charter schools located in Riverton, Laramie and Cheyenne.
Legislation passed in 2021 makes it possible for the board to allow a charter school to become an independent public school within the district where it’s located. Previously, only local school boards such authority.
In trying to convince Gov. Mark Gordon, outgoing Secretary of State Ed Buchanan, State Auditor Kristi Racines, State Treasurer Curt Meier and outgoing Superintendent of Public Instruction Brian Schroeder to use their new power, many said charter schools were a necessary alternative.
Student performance
The Legislature’s Joint Education Committee co-Chairman Sen. Charles Scott, R-Casper, said he was concerned with low WY-TOPP reading test scores. He said such scores are a matter of school management and community expectations.
Scott is a supporter of Wyoming Classical Academy that would be built in Mills. It plans to incorporate the Hillsdale College K-12 classical curriculum, emphasizing financial literacy, character development and civic responsibility.
Scott said he thinks “having competition for students, which is competition for dollars, the way our funding formula works, will help persuade our districts to pay attention to this key metric and make them realize that they can do better.” For students in large, underperforming districts, parents can take them out of public schools. Scott said it will take a while for the state to turn around the public education system.
“I don’t think the problem is the teachers,” he said. “The number of teachers we’ve got, you’re going to have very good ones and a few poor ones in the nature of human institutions. But I think, by and large, it’s a local management problem.”
Legislators and parents weren’t the only critics of WY-TOPP performance. Natrona County School District 1 Trustee Clark Jensen has served on that board for eight years, and said he is disappointed with how schools are performing compared to state standards. He is a supporter of the Wyoming Classical Academy because he said the public schools aren’t making enough progress.
“I believe they’ll set the standard. They’ll set the bar in reading and math and science and many other areas,” Jensen said. “One of the things they’re going to do is teach the heritage in a way that’s needed greatly. I’m concerned that many of our students don’t have an understanding of the great nation that they live in, they apologize for where we’re at, and don’t appreciate the Constitution.”
He said this will not be the case with the charter school. He noted he will not be running again for office as a Natrona County school trustee, but he may join the Wyoming Classical Academy’s board.
Culture
Charter school advocates back parental choice, because of what many described as a desire for a different school “culture.”
In the case of the Chugwater application, proponents said they were receiving a large amount of community support, and they don’t want to convert the public school to a charter. There are only around 30 students attending the school in Chugwater, and its superintendent questioned whether this would shut down the school altogether if “95% of the students verbally committed” to attending the upstart.
Jerah Nix, founding board member for Prairie View Community School in Chugwater, said the reason such allies didn’t want to convert the small public school was because of the culture. She said it’s very hard to change it, as well as the model used in public education.
Her school would implement project-based learning and place-based education. There would be a focus on internships, community service projects, and residents educating students about their experiences. It is not associated with the Hillsdale College curriculum.
Charter school advocate Russ Donley seeks to have the environment he’s seen at a Hillsdale College charter school in Golden, Colorado. He said there is a respect for teachers and parents that starts in grade school.
“It’s a culture of virtue, a culture of goodness,” he said. “The kids are taught you don’t lie, cheat or steal. There are no locks on their lockers – none. You see happy kids.”
A parent and board member of the Wyoming Classical Academy said her son struggled with reading and writing. Sena Selby said by the end of fourth grade, he wasn’t capitalizing letters at the start of his sentences or putting periods at the end. she sees hope in the charter school model, aimed at “exceeding current performance averages, combined with the school culture to inspire children to pursue educational excellence.”
“The classical model offers a proven successful, teacher-directed curriculum in a culture that supports parents, teachers, students and staff,” she said. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlinstimes/news/public-schools-slammed-in-push-for-charters/article_dabf5af8-2f8f-11ed-afcb-67ab874fc630.html | 2022-09-10T13:02:19Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlinstimes/news/public-schools-slammed-in-push-for-charters/article_dabf5af8-2f8f-11ed-afcb-67ab874fc630.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ROCK SPRINGS – The biker community made a young man’s dream come true Sunday morning.
Motorcyclists from all over joined together to give Rock Springs resident Vincent Johnson, an 18-year-old with cerebral palsy, a ride that he will never forget.
For several years, it was Johnson’s dream to go on a motorcycle ride.
In order to make that dream happen, though, he needed to ride in a sidecar. His grandmother Susan Nay began reaching out, making calls and posting on Facebook in search of one so her grandson can fulfill his dream.
In May, she got in touch with Jay Weisgerber, a man from Alliance, Nebraska, who just so happened to have a sidecar. Weisgerber was living in Rapid City, South Dakota, at the time and was ready to make the trip.
Johnson’s health wasn’t doing well then, however, so the ride had to be postponed.
Weisgerber created a Facebook page called Vincent’s Ride and began posting on the Sweetwater Classifieds page to recruit local bikers to join him in making Johnson’s dream come true.
On Saturday, Sept. 3, Weisgerber, along with his dog and girlfriend, traveled 405 miles to give Johnson a quick ride around town.
“I didn’t even care if anybody else showed up. I was on a mission. I was dead set on giving this young man Vincent a ride,” Weisgerber said.
“People who want to donate ask, ‘Do you have a 501c3?’ and I say, ‘No. This has nothing to do with money.’ I’ve had people offer me money, pay my way, offer to pay for my motel and I had three different people who I have never met offer to let me stay at their house last night with my dog and my girlfriend. That’s how these people are coming together.”
“I’ve been a biker my whole life and it doesn’t surprise me a bit because that’s the way the biker community is.”
Nearly 60 bikers and members of the Sweetwater County community showed up to Johnson’s house Sunday morning, gifting him with an autographed helmet and t-shirt that was donated by Flaming Gorge Harley Davidson. Motorcycle clubs such as Bad Lands Bandits and Fallen Saints Red Desert, as well as the American Legion Riders, joined in on the ride.
“When people think of the bikers in our community, people have a negative thought of what being a biker is. This is the turnout you can get on a three-day weekend. All the organizational stuff goes away when it comes to this because we have a purpose and a focus,” said Grant Yaklich, vice director and chaplain of the American Legion Riders.
“The man who brought his sidecar here, Jay, he came here from Alliance, Nebraska. He’s a school bus driver and he has taken his three-day weekend to come to Rock Springs to do this for this young man because this is what his wish is. This is what his dream is.
“It doesn’t matter who you ride with, what you ride or how you ride, this is about the community and this is a great representation of what the biker community in this area stand for.”
Upon the bikers’ arrival, Nay was nearly brought to tears by the love and support her grandson had received.
“I am just overwhelmed,” said Nay after seeing the amount of people who showed up for her grandson’s wish. “I am very excited for Vincent and I think this is a fantastic thing these people are doing. He likes to try different things and he’s been talking about this one for several years now.
“I’m going to cry.”
When seeing the look on Johnson’s face when the bikers showed up to his house, Rep. Marshall Burt of House District 39, who is also a member of the Fallen Saints Red Desert Motorcycle Club, said, “This is what it’s all about.
“What a lot of people don’t realize, as bikers, we might have a bad perception because we wear a lot of leather and we may look a little standoffish, but bikers, in their nature, are very charitable individuals and as a group,” Burt said.
“There are a lot of events that happen throughout the year that bikers will show up to, donate a lot of their money. Being able to get together with fellow riders and enjoy the beautiful day to give back to the community is really what we focus on.
“That’s our goal. We always want to give back to the community.” | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlinstimes/news/vincents-ride-bikers-make-young-mans-dream-come-true/article_9b45366c-2f90-11ed-81cc-8b26f5d2cdd0.html | 2022-09-10T13:02:33Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlinstimes/news/vincents-ride-bikers-make-young-mans-dream-come-true/article_9b45366c-2f90-11ed-81cc-8b26f5d2cdd0.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
KENT ISLAND, Md. - September is Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month, which is placing renewed focus on the troubling trend of suicides on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
Kim Calvert, who lives on Kent Island says it is far too often that someone jumps off the bridge, taking their own life.
"It has been one of the biggest blessings to move to the Shore. One of the saddest things is seeing how people will use the Bay Bridge to commit suicide," she said.
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge has added a number of safety features proponents argue can help lessen the amount of suicides. Those include security cameras, emergency call boxes and signs with suicide prevention information.
Queen Anne's County Sheriff Gary Hofmann says prevention starts before a person gets to the bridge.
"It starts at home and with families and the important thing is getting people to recognize the signs and symptoms of someone going through something," he said.
There had been talks of adding suicide prevention nets underneath of of the bridge, but in a state meeting on the issue, a Kent Island paramedic who responds to suicide calls on the bridge argued that would not work.
Sheriff Hofmann says whatever the solution, it has to come soon.
"I think collectively us as a government, collectively us as a community and us as families, we need to step up," he said.
If you or a loved one are in need of help, you are urged to call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline by dialing 988. | https://www.wboc.com/news/kent-islanders-call-for-solution-to-troubling-trend-of-suicides-on-chesapeake-bay-bridge/article_03ec5594-3101-11ed-881a-d3ed242cdfd0.html | 2022-09-10T13:02:57Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/kent-islanders-call-for-solution-to-troubling-trend-of-suicides-on-chesapeake-bay-bridge/article_03ec5594-3101-11ed-881a-d3ed242cdfd0.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
In 1947, in the context of changing attitudes about race and a historic shift in federal policy on the practice of segregation in housing, punctuated by President Harry S. Truman’s spirited attack on discrimination in America, the Supreme Court delivered a landmark decision in Shelley v. Kraemer that rendered racial covenants unenforceable.
In a 6-0 opinion authored by Chief Justice Fred Vinson, the court destroyed the most efficient and systematic tool for maintaining Jim Crow traditions and denying racial minorities from accessing decent housing.
Shelley marked a dramatic turning point in American law. Racial covenants had been upheld by the Supreme Court in Corrigan v. Buckley (1926), and were, therefore, widely enforced in northern states as a means of promoting segregation in housing. The practice contributed significantly to an acute housing shortage for Black Americans in the years following World War II.
While covenants had been upheld by the court, the justices had refused to entertain a crucial question: Is judicial enforcement of racial covenants in fact a form of state action, and thus a violation of the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the 14th Amendment? In the years after Corrigan, the question had been repeatedly submitted to the court, but each time, the justices declined the opportunity to consider the question.
Shelley v. Kraemer arose out of the enforcement of a racial covenant. J.D. Shelley and his wife, Ethel, had saved money to buy a home in a tree-shaded, predominately white neighborhood in St. Louis. The Shelleys and their neighbors got along fine. Life was good. However, the Kraemers, who lived 10 blocks away, were not friendly with the Shelleys. They hired a process server, who delivered a summons informing the Shelleys that the deed to their home included a covenant, recorded in 1911, which barred ownership or occupancy on their block by “people of the Negro or Mongolian Race.”
The Shelleys sued, and prevailed, in a state Missouri trial court, but the ruling was reversed by the Missouri Supreme Court, creating grounds for an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Shelleys’ appeal became one of four cases, collectively formed as the “Restrictive Covenant Cases,” brought by the NAACP, under the leadership of Thurgood Marshall, then chief counsel for the organization and later a Supreme Court justice. Less than a week after the appeal was filed at the end of June 1947, the Truman White House announced a bold, new policy on civil rights in America.
Upon learning of a series of lynchings of Black Americans, in addition to a flood tide of hate literature and other acts of racism, President Truman created a civil rights commission and delivered a thunderbolt in an address to the 38th annual conference of the NAACP in front of the Lincoln Memorial. “The extension of civil rights today means not the protection of the people against the government, but protection of the people by the government.” Truman’s speech electrified civil rights and civil liberties groups, which successfully pressed for governmental denunciation of racial covenants.
For the first time, the Justice Department submitted an amicus brief in a case in which only private citizens were litigants. The State Department argued in a brief that the nation was being widely criticized abroad for its widespread practice of racial discrimination.
As chief justice, Vinson exercised his authority to write the court’s opinion. Three justices – Robert H. Jackson, Stanley Reed and Wiley Rutledge – recused themselves from the case, presumably because they owned or occupied homes that were the subject of a racial covenant, which would have constituted a serious conflict.
Vinson wrote a narrow, but powerful opinion. “These are not cases, as had been suggested, in which the states have merely abstained from action, leaving private individuals free to impose such discriminations as they see fit. Rather,” he wrote, “these are cases in which the states have made available to such individuals the full coercive power of government to deny on grounds of race, or color, the enjoyment of property rights in premises in which they are willing and able to acquire and which the grantors are willing to sell.”
Shelley represented a historic victory for Black Americans. As of that moment in America, Blacks enjoyed the right to buy any home they could afford. The Equal Protection Clause had been vindicated. And Ethel Shelley couldn’t have been happier as she shared news with her family that they could keep their house.
“My little soul is overjoyed,” she said. “I’ll tell the Lord of my thankfulness.”
David Adler, Ph.D., is a noted author who lectures nationally and internationally on the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and presidential power. Adler can be reached at david.adler@alturasinstitute.com.
David Adler, Ph.D., is a noted author who lectures nationally and internationally on the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and presidential power. Adler can be reached at david.adler@alturasinstitute.com. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlinstimes/opinion/guest_column/shelley-v-kraemer-my-little-soul-is-overjoyed/article_fe070c40-2f8f-11ed-bba3-130852c2ba8b.html | 2022-09-10T13:02:59Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlinstimes/opinion/guest_column/shelley-v-kraemer-my-little-soul-is-overjoyed/article_fe070c40-2f8f-11ed-bba3-130852c2ba8b.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
*Small Craft Advisories are in effect for the Atlantic Waters through Sept. 12.*
MARINE FORECAST: Sunny Saturday morning, then increasing clouds. Expect high surf and swells due to the combination of easterly winds, astronomically high tides, and swells from Hurricane "Earl." On Sunday, scattered showers and some thunder are likely.
ATLANTIC OCEAN
Saturday: Winds E 10-15 kts. Seas 5-6 feet.
Sunday: Winds SE 10-15 kts. Seas 5 feet.
DELAWARE BAY
Saturday: Winds E 5-10 kts. Seas 2-4 feet.
Sunday: Winds SE 5-10 kts. Seas 2-3 feet.
CHESAPEAKE BAY
Saturday: Winds E 5-10 kts. Seas 1-2 feet.
Sunday: Winds SE 10-15 kts. Seas 2-3 feet. | https://www.wboc.com/weather/marine-forecast-for-september-10-2022/article_dfdfa024-3101-11ed-a27b-cfabc8df543a.html | 2022-09-10T13:03:03Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/weather/marine-forecast-for-september-10-2022/article_dfdfa024-3101-11ed-a27b-cfabc8df543a.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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LARAMIE — Not a lot went right for the Laramie High football team on its first road trip of the season.
The Plainsmen traveled north Friday to take on the defending state champions Sheridan at Homer Scott Field, and the Broncs cruised to a 55-6 victory for their 18th straight win against Laramie.
The Broncs, playing their homecoming game, took advantage of optimal field position after a variety of LHS mishaps, and capped all but the first drive with a touchdown for 27 first quarter points and 21 more in the second to enact a running clock to start the second half with a 48-0 halftime lead.
“Clearly, and no doubt, they are a powerhouse and you saw that in every way, shape and form this evening,” Laramie coach Paul Ronga said during the KOWB radio postgame show. “As a result of that, it happened quick, fast and early. It began with the rain and the torrential downpour, where we lost the ball I think two or three times in our first several possessions. It just snowballed from there and we were never able to recover.”
The Plainsmen (0-3) stopped Sheridan on its first possession for a punt, but the Broncs scored touchdowns on their next seven possessions, which started in Laramie territory.
Sheridan was first sparked by a 54-yard punt return by junior Dane Steel. Senior Colson Coon capped the drive with a 3-yard touchdown run. It was the first of his three first-half rushing touchdowns. He later added touchdown runs from 23 yards and 1 yard.
During the ensuing kickoff the ball was stymied by a strong wind that accompanied the quick, passing deluge. The Plainsmen were not in position to recover the ball, and Sheridan got to it first to have the ball at the Laramie 28-yard line. Sheridan senior quarterback Cael Gilbertson cashed in with a 2-yard touchdown run and also a 2-point conversion run to make up for a missed point-after kick by Coon.
Gilbertson also had two touchdown passes in the first half, the first going to senior receiver Mathew Ketner on a wideout screen for 41 yards; the second to Steel for 25 yards.
Also scoring for Sheridan in the first half was junior Terran Grooms with a 19-yard touchdown run.
Sheridan (3-0) had 183 yards of offense in the first half, and 160 punt-return yards to enable the Broncs to have short fields to work with. Laramie had 15 yards of total offense.
The Plainsmen got on the scoreboard with 8:05 on the clock in the third quarter when senior receiver Adrien Calderon caught a pass from junior quarterback Ben Malone on a slant route. Calderon outran the defense for 55 yards into the end zone.
On Sheridan’s next possession junior defensive end Tyler Ennist earned Laramie’s first sack of the season for a loss of 10 yards to force a punt and give the Plainsmen the ball in Sheridan territory for its best field position of the game to that point. But Malone was later intercepted on third down by Karson Chase.
Chase then had a 24-yard run on offense early in the fourth quarter on a 13-play drive that ended with a 1-yard push into the end zone by junior Malachi Bandy-Schmidt.
After playing the first two games at home, the Plainsmen will go on the road for the second straight time next Friday at Cheyenne East. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyosports/high_school/laramie_high/defending-state-champion-sheridan-rolls-past-plainsmen/article_a5d3fe46-308b-11ed-8077-1bf5956c5a40.html | 2022-09-10T13:03:39Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyosports/high_school/laramie_high/defending-state-champion-sheridan-rolls-past-plainsmen/article_a5d3fe46-308b-11ed-8077-1bf5956c5a40.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CHEYENNE – Cheyenne Central and Natrona County met for the 109th time Friday, with both teams looking to pick up their second win of the season.
Natrona’s rushing attack proved too strong for Central, accounting for 367 yards on the way to a 14-10 win.
“That was a great high school football game, we just came up on the wrong end.” Central coach Mike Apodaca said. “I’m proud of my kids and thought they played hard. We are going to be all right.”
It took both teams a while to really get going. Despite two consecutive trips inside the Central 5-yard line, Natrona came away empty. They finally scored on their third drive of the game on a seven-yard run by Mason Weickum.
Central responded on its first drive after the Weickum touchdown. After two 14-yard completions, Keagan Bartlett punched the ball in from two yards out to tie the game at 7-7.
Both teams had chances with less than three minutes remaining in the first half to break the tie, but neither were able to come away with points. Central went three-and-out to give Natrona the ball back with under two minutes to go, but Natrona missed a field goal as time expired.
Central came out of the intermission and locked down the Natrona rushing attack. The Indians did not give up a rush of over 10 yards in the third quarter, and forced Natrona into three straight punts.
“We just adjusted our tackling,” Bartlett said. “They ran over us, and went for what felt like 20 more yards. We got told to go for legs and finish the tackles.”
Central took its first lead of the game at the 7:22 mark of the third quarter on the back of a 32-yard field goal by Brock Pedersen.
Natrona put together an 88-yard drive late in the fourth quarter to go up 14-10. Wyatt Powell, who had been shut down in the third quarter, capped off the drive with a 12-yard rush.
“Credit to them, they took it to us on that last drive,” Apodaca said. “We just couldn’t get off the field.”
After Central was forced to punt on the ensuing drive, Powell and the Natrona rushing attack picked up three first downs to ice the game.
Natrona dominated the line of scrimmage all night against Central. The team picked up 367 yards on the ground, while only allowing Central 71 yards on 23.
Powell led the way for the Mustangs, rushing for 234 yards on 35 carries. He also had six runs of more than 15 yards. Most of his yards came in the first half, where he rushed for 175 yards on 19 carries.
While Central’s running game couldn’t get much going, its passing attack had a solid night. Bartlett, who normally beats teams with his legs, completed 18 of 35 passes for 183 yards.
“The arm feels good,” Bartlett said. “They were running cover three, which opens more guys up.”
He also carried the ball 11 times for 47 of the team’s 71 yards on the ground and scored the team’s lone touchdown.
Both teams entered the game turning the ball over a combined 13 times. Friday night was a much cleaner game, with both teams only turning the ball over once. Powell had a pass intercepted in the end zone on the Mustangs’ second drive of the game. Late in the third quarter, Richard Prescott fumbled the ball after a 23-yard reception.
Penalties, on the other hand, were plentiful. Natrona picked up 12 penalties for 95 yards, and Central racked up eight penalties for 85 yards. The backbreaker came on third down of Natrona’s game-winning drive that would have forced the Mustangs to punt.
Central (1-2) will be on the road next week against Laramie. Natrona (2-1) will return to Casper to take on cross-town rival Kelly Walsh.
NATRONA COUNTY 14, CHEYENNE CENTRAL 10
Natrona County…… 0 7 0 7 – 14
Cheyenne Central…… 0 7 3 0 – 10
SCORING SUMMARY
Second Quarter
NC: Weickum, 7 yard run (Potter kick), 6:56
CC: Bartlett, 2 yard run (Pedersen kick), 3:01
Third Quarter
CC: Pederson, 36 yard kick, 7:22
Fourth Quarter
CC: Powell, 12 yard run (Potter kick), 6:53
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
Natrona County: Powell 35-234, Weickum 14-79, Spencer, 9-54, McClintlock 1-2. Cheyenne Central: Bartlett 11-47, Lobatos 4-32, Fernandez 1-3, King 5-24, Reisdorfer 1-2.
Passing
Natrona County: Powell 8-18-1 67. Cheyenne Central: Bartlett 18-35 183.
Receiving
Natrona County: McClintlock 3-28, Longo 2-15, Potter 1-7, Weickum 1-11. Cheyenne Central: Whitworth 5-45, Prescott 4-33, Talich 3-43, . | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyosports/high_school/powell-carries-natrona-passed-central/article_c48da4e0-30bd-11ed-a5a2-2f6dbe11d0f1.html | 2022-09-10T13:03:45Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyosports/high_school/powell-carries-natrona-passed-central/article_c48da4e0-30bd-11ed-a5a2-2f6dbe11d0f1.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LARAMIE — The University of Wyoming volleyball team split a pair of matches to open the Winthrop Tournament on Friday.
The Cowgirls were swept in the opener by Delaware, 25-15, 25-11, 25-14, but they rallied in their second match to take down Davidson in four sets, 27-25, 20-25, 25-15, 25-14.
Wyoming (2-6) won an extended first set against Davidson, scoring the final two points to take an early lead. After leading for the majority of the opening set, Davidson controlled the second set to even the score at 1-1.
The Cowgirls found their rhythm in the third set, rattling off a 11-0 run after trailing 15-14. Five attack errors from the Wildcats helped out UW, with Kayla Mazzocca delivering a pair of service aces. The Cowgirls recorded nine aces in the match, while Davidson had just three. Mazzocca finished with a career-high five aces.
Wyoming closed out the win with a dominant fourth set. After falling behind 1-0, the Cowgirls built a pair of 11-point leads.
UW hit .235, while the Wildcats hit just .135. The Cowgirls also had an 11-7 edge in team blocks. KC McMahon and Corin Carruth led the way with 12 kills each, with McMahon hitting .393 and Carruth tying for the team lead with 13 digs. This was the second double-double of the season for Carruth.
Tierney Barlow and Kasia Partyka both recorded a season-best six blocks, while Mazzocca and McMahon added four and three, respectively. Hailey Zuroske had 13 digs and two assists, with Partyka posting 34 assists.
McMahon led Wyoming in the loss against Delaware with six kills. She also tied with Mazzocca with a team-high three blocks. Carruth and Naya Shimé added five kills each. Partyka led the way with 15 assists, while Zuroske had a team-best 11 digs.
Delaware hit .383 for the match, while UW was held to a season-low .085 mark. The Blue Hens also had 11 service aces, while Skylar Erickson had the Cowgirls’ lone ace in the contest. Delaware also out-blocked the Cowgirls 8-5.
Wyoming will close out the tournament today against host Winthrop at 9 a.m. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyosports/university_of_wyoming/cowgirls-split-to-open-winthrop-tournament/article_55d8316e-308b-11ed-8267-17ae5bd9a301.html | 2022-09-10T13:03:53Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyosports/university_of_wyoming/cowgirls-split-to-open-winthrop-tournament/article_55d8316e-308b-11ed-8267-17ae5bd9a301.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LARAMIE – Unlike last season, when the University of Wyoming returned four offensive linemen with at least 20 starts with the program, the O-line was a bit of an unknown heading into 2022.
In just two games, this source of uncertainty has transformed into arguably the Cowboys’ greatest strength.
With three new starters – redshirt freshman Emmanuel Pregnon, sophomore Nofoafia Tulafono and junior Zach Watts – on the interior line complimenting a pair of returning starters in tackles Frank Crum and Eric Abojei, UW has yet to allow a sack through its first two tests of the fall. Redshirt freshman Jack Walsh has also been a key contributor, playing a combined 75 offensive snaps over the past two weeks.
“(There are) a lot of new faces, and I’ve been pleased,” Cowboys coach Craig Bohl said. “On the offensive line, we haven’t given up a sack in two games, and there haven’t been a lot of missed assignments.”
Added Crum: “No sacks through two games is a huge accomplishment. We have these young guys – (Tulafono), Zach Watts, Jack Walsh and Emmanuel – and for those guys to go in there and have 100% protection grades (is great). Obviously, technique isn’t going to be 100%, but to keep the quarterback clean is our job, and to have 100% on that is huge.”
The running game took a slight step back after a decent showing in the season opener, going from 5.9 yards per carry at Illinois to 3.9 yards per carry last Saturday against Tulsa.
Crum acknowledges that “3.9 yards per carry as an average is not the standard that we hold here at Wyoming.” However, he still sees traits from newer pieces on the offensive line that he believes translate well to the Pokes’ run-heavy attack.
Even during last week’s struggles, Crum saw positive signs in terms of their comfort within their new roles.
“These guys finish,” Crum said. “We like to ground and pound here a little bit, so you have to have guys who are willing to be a little nasty. At Illinois, I think it showed a lack of experience with those guys, but they got comfortable in the college football setting, and I think it showed last Saturday. Those guys were more comfortable in the spotlight, for sure.”
Early-down success
UW’s passing attack made significant progress last week after a forgettable showing in the season opener, with junior quarterback Andrew Peasley earning Mountain West offensive player of the week honors after throwing for 256 yards and two touchdowns with no turnovers on 66.7% passing.
The Cowboys’ willingness to throw on early downs played a significant role in this success. Peasley was 16 of 20 for 222 yards on first and second down, with his 48- and 51-yard touchdown passes both coming on first down.
Rocky start
UW’s next opponent will be looking to rebound after a rough start to 2022.
Northern Colorado lost 46-34 to perennial FCS bottom-dweller Houston Baptist in last week’s opener. There were some positive signs for the Bears, who gained 543 yards of total offense, with 425 yards through the air. However, 105 yards of penalties were too much to overcome, as HBU surpassed 300 yards passing and 200 yards rushing.
Changing odds
Betting lines have yet to be released for Saturday’s contest, but there have been some notable changes in terms of Mountain West futures odds now that each team in the conference has played at least one game.
Fresno State – which opened at +230 on DraftKings, the second-lowest odds in the MW at the time – is now the clear-cut favorite to win the league at +150. Utah State and UW have seen their odds double since this summer, going from +900 to +1800 and +4000 to +8000, respectively, following early-season losses. UNLV, meanwhile, has made the biggest jump, going from +10000 to +4000.
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HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sep. 10, 2022) – Capt. Hank Kim, mission commander of Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22), left, greets the Honorable Manasseh Maelanga, Deputy Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands, right, as he arrives at the PP22 Solomon Islands closing ceremony aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during PP22. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The year’s mission in Solomon Islands included participants from the United States, Japan and Australia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Woitzel)
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HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sep. 10, 2022) – The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) color guard parades the colors during the Pacific Partnership 2022 Solomon Islands closing ceremony aboard Mercy. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The year’s mission in Solomon Islands included participants from the United States, Japan and Australia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Woitzel)
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HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sep. 10, 2022) – Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22) leadership, Solomon Island leaders, and members of the international diplomatic corps in the Solomon Islands pose for a photo during the PP22 Solomon Islands closing ceremony aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The year’s mission in Solomon Islands included participants from the United States, Japan and Australia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Woitzel)
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BALTIMORE (Sept. 9, 2022) - 2019 Chopped Grand Champion Chef Dave Thomas, middle, and Commandant, Naval District Washington Rear Adm. Nancy Lacore, right, judge and write down scores of different contestants' crab soup during the Maryland Fleet Week Crab Soup Cook Off in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Maryland Fleet Week and Flyover is the city’s celebration of the sea services with this year marking the City of Baltimore's third time hosting Navy Fleet Week. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Petty Officer 2nd Class Griffin Kersting)
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Four persons have been killed while two others sustained various degrees of injuries by gunmen suspected to be bandits at Ofeapo, along Idrisu-Bagana Road in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State.
The attack occurred at about 9 pm at Ofeapo along Idrisu -Bagana Road in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi state.
The victims who were mainly traders were travelling in a motorbike popular known as Keke Napep when gunmen opened fire on them at a close range, killing four on the spot, while the two survivors were taken to a nearby medical facility.
Members of the community had to take cover to avoid the bullets of the bandits who were about 10 in number according to an eyewitness account.
According to the source, the bandits were fully armed as they targeted their victims returning to their various places after they had concluded business in the market.
Those who were killed are two males and two females who are natives of Bagana but had to relocate to Abejukolo in the wake of the senseless killings in the communities.
The locals lamented at the killing which they said, is one too many for a Community that has been under seizure for more than a decade.
The locals decried the barbaric actions of the assailants who shot and killed Mrs Zainabu Abdullahi in front of her six months old and shop off the head of another victim, as the lad mysteriously survived the attack.
They called on Governor Yahaya Bello to take over the security architecture in the community as efforts by his officials in the Local Government have not been able to stop the carnage.
While confirming the attack, the Kogi state Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP William Ayah, said at about 9 pm on Thursday night some armed robbers attacked marketers returning from Bagana market.
He said one person a commercial tricycle rider was killed on the spot while two other passengers sustained injuries and are receiving treatment.
He noted that the commissioner of Police had deployed a team of tactical operatives to the area to restore normalcy, While an investigation is on with a view to trail the hoodlums and bring them to book.
Meanwhile, the paramount ruler of Omala Local Government Area Traditional council, HRH Boniface Musa, the Ojogba of Ife condemned the dastardly act and pray to God to give the family of the victims fortitude to bear the loss.
He decried the incessant attacks on the Bagana people by unknown gunmen, lamenting that this killing has taken the peace process back, at a time when all hands have been on deck for the safe return of the Internally displaced persons IDP to their homes.
He appealed to the state Governor Alhaji Yahaya Bello to as a matter of urgency wade into the lingering Bagana crisis that has killed tens of people and rendered many homeless.
While urging him to implement the recommendations of the Col. Suleiman Babanawa rtd led committee, called for the deployment of the security agencies to Bagana town to forestall further bloodshed in the communities.
Recall, that the Attah Igala HRM Matthew Alaji Opaluwa had given directives to the belligerents to lay down their arms and embrace peace or be ready to face the wrath of the law.
However, with the assurances of his Royal Majesty of the workable peace process, submission of the committee reports in the past weeks, and the assurance by the Chairman of the Council, Ibrahim Aboh to guarantee security for the people, the market was opened before the ugly incident.
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King Charles III has praised the Queen’s “unequalled reign” after being proclaimed king at a ceremony at St James’s Palace on Saturday, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported.
King Charles became the monarch after the death of his mother, but a meeting formally confirmed it on Saturday.
He also approved the day of the Queen’s funeral being a bank holiday, though it is not known what date this will be.
Speaking before the Accession Council, the King said his mother’s death had been an “irreparable loss.”
Making his address in the State Apartments of St James’s Palace in London, King Charles said: “It is the greatest consolation to me to know of the sympathy expressed by so many to my sister and brothers and that such overwhelming affection and support should be extended to our whole family in our loss.”
He later spoke of the Queen’s “selfless service”, saying: “My mother’s reign was unequalled in its duration, its dedication and its devotion.
“Even as we grieve, we give thanks for this most faithful life.”
The King added he would “strive to follow the inspiring example” he was set by his mother in taking on the “heavy responsibilities of sovereignty”.
It is the first time the historic ceremony, which dates back centuries, has been televised.
The King himself was not present for the first part of the meeting when he was proclaimed monarch by the Accession Council, made up of senior politicians, judges, and officials.
Clerk of the Privy Council Richard Tilbrook proclaimed Charles “King, head of the Commonwealth, defender of the faith,” before declaring “God Save the King.”
The packed room, including all of the six living former British prime ministers, repeated the phrase. The proclamation was then read out on a balcony above Friary Court in St James’s Palace. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/charles-iii-praises-queens-reign-as-he-is-formally-proclaimed-as-king-of-england/ | 2022-09-10T13:20:52Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/charles-iii-praises-queens-reign-as-he-is-formally-proclaimed-as-king-of-england/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Queen Elizabeth II: FG orders all flags fly at half-mast Sunday, Monday
The Federal Government has ordered that all flags in Nigeria and Nigerian missions abroad be flown at half-mast on Sunday, September 11, 2022, and Monday, September 12, 2022, to mourn the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
Minister of Interior, Ogeni Rauf Aregbesola, gave the directive on behalf of the government in a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen on Saturday in Abuja.
He said the order was in honour of the Queen who was the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, and Chairman of the Commonwealth.
Queen Elizabeth II died Thursday in Balmoral aged 96.
Her 73-year-old son, Charles III was formally proclaimed Britain’s new king by the Accession Council on Saturday in a history-laden ceremony.
The statement read: “In honour of Queen Elizabeth II, The Sovereign of the United Kingdom, Chairman of the Commonwealth and an eminent global personality: whose passage to eternity was announced on Thursday, the Ministry of Interior of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, declares that all flags in Nigeria and our missions abroad be flown at half-mast on Sunday, September 11, 2022, and Monday, September 12, 2022.
“We commiserate with the government and people of the United Kingdom and all the affected people of the Commonwealth and the world.
“The Queen is dead, long live the King,” Aregbesola said”.
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Stakeholders in Kogi State have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), to continuously improve the electoral management process to further engender credibility in the electoral process.
This was part of the communique issued at the end of a 1-day multi-stakeholders dialogue meeting for Kogi West Senatorial district, on prioritizing anti-corruption and accountability issues towards 2023 elections at the state level held at Ayetoro Gbede, Ijumu local government area organized by the Conscience for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution, (CHRCR)
The communique which was signed by Idris Miliki Abdul, Executive Director of Conscience for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution, (CHRCR), urged political parties, their candidates and supporters to play by the rules and guidelines during the campaigns for the elections to ensure a safe and credible outcome for the 2023 General elections.
According to the communique, there is a need for political parties to put in place deliberate strategies for the inclusion of women in key Elective and appointive positions in the Party activities and programmes.
“There is a need for increased levels of awareness creation for women and other stakeholders on inclusive political party participation.
The meeting also emphasized the need for Political parties to incorporate anti-corruption and accountability in their manifesto, to serve as a guide to prospective candidates that will win elections on their behalf, which will in-turned lead to good governance.
They also called on political parties to make publicly available their party manifestos and constitution to enable the electorates to make informed choices during elections
“Political parties need to continuously build the capacity and monitor the activities and performances of the candidates and elected representatives.”
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Anaheim(US): A new series adaptation of the epic 'Mahabharata' is in development at Disney + Hotstar, the streaming platform revealed on Friday. The project was announced by Gaurav Banerjee, Head - Content, Disney+ Hotstar & HSM Entertainment Network, Disney Star, during a session at the D23 expo here. D23 expo is one of the most anticipated events for Disney fans.
The show is based on one of the greatest epics of India, 'Mahabharata', and speaks of the ultimate conflict between 'dharma and adharma'. "There are over a billion people who know the story in some form, or the other. Most of them in my country have heard them as children from their grandparents, there are billions more who remain unaware of what they have been missing.
"It would indeed be a privilege to be able to bring this incredible story to a wider global audience next year," Banerjee said at the International Content & Operations session at the Disney fan event.
The show will be produced by Madhu Mantena, Mythoversestudios and Allu Entertainment. In a statement issued to the media, Mantena said he is delighted to have this opportunity to bring "Mahabharata" on Disney + Hotstar.
"It is said that every known emotional conflict experienced by mankind finds form in Mahabharat through its complex characters and storylines. We at Mythoverse are absolutely delighted to have this opportunity provided by Disney+ Hotstar to bring out a rendition of this great Indian epic 'Mahabharata' and to announce this news on a prestigious global platform at the D23 Expo," the producer said .
During the session, a new Mumbai-set series starring Emraan Hashmi was also announced. Titled 'Showtime"' the drama series brings forward all the off-screen fights for the power that runs the show.
The series, backed by Dharmatic Entertainment Production, has Karan Johar, Apporva Mehta and Somen Mishra attached as producers.
Disney+ Hotstar is also working on the eighth season of Johar's celebrity talk show "Koffee with Karan". Produced by Johar, Apporva Mehta and Aneesha Baig, the show is currently in its seventh season.
"I am excited to associate with Disney+ Hotstar for our new collaboration, announced at the prestigious D23 Expo. In addition to yet another exciting season of my beloved show, 'Koffee With Karan' (Season 8), I am happy to announce an all-new Dharma Production series, 'Showtime', which will lift the curtain on India's entertainment industry's biggest trade secrets," Johar said in a statement. | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/09/10/disney-hotstar-grand-scale-adaptation-mahabharata-series.amp.html | 2022-09-10T13:23:55Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/09/10/disney-hotstar-grand-scale-adaptation-mahabharata-series.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Anaheim(US): A new series adaptation of the epic 'Mahabharata' is in development at Disney + Hotstar, the streaming platform revealed on Friday. The project was announced by Gaurav Banerjee, Head - Content, Disney+ Hotstar & HSM Entertainment Network, Disney Star, during a session at the D23 expo here. D23 expo is one of the most anticipated events for Disney fans.
The show is based on one of the greatest epics of India, 'Mahabharata', and speaks of the ultimate conflict between 'dharma and adharma'. "There are over a billion people who know the story in some form, or the other. Most of them in my country have heard them as children from their grandparents, there are billions more who remain unaware of what they have been missing.
"It would indeed be a privilege to be able to bring this incredible story to a wider global audience next year," Banerjee said at the International Content & Operations session at the Disney fan event.
The show will be produced by Madhu Mantena, Mythoversestudios and Allu Entertainment. In a statement issued to the media, Mantena said he is delighted to have this opportunity to bring "Mahabharata" on Disney + Hotstar.
"It is said that every known emotional conflict experienced by mankind finds form in Mahabharat through its complex characters and storylines. We at Mythoverse are absolutely delighted to have this opportunity provided by Disney+ Hotstar to bring out a rendition of this great Indian epic 'Mahabharata' and to announce this news on a prestigious global platform at the D23 Expo," the producer said .
During the session, a new Mumbai-set series starring Emraan Hashmi was also announced. Titled 'Showtime"' the drama series brings forward all the off-screen fights for the power that runs the show.
The series, backed by Dharmatic Entertainment Production, has Karan Johar, Apporva Mehta and Somen Mishra attached as producers.
Disney+ Hotstar is also working on the eighth season of Johar's celebrity talk show "Koffee with Karan". Produced by Johar, Apporva Mehta and Aneesha Baig, the show is currently in its seventh season.
"I am excited to associate with Disney+ Hotstar for our new collaboration, announced at the prestigious D23 Expo. In addition to yet another exciting season of my beloved show, 'Koffee With Karan' (Season 8), I am happy to announce an all-new Dharma Production series, 'Showtime', which will lift the curtain on India's entertainment industry's biggest trade secrets," Johar said in a statement. | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/09/10/disney-hotstar-grand-scale-adaptation-mahabharata-series.html | 2022-09-10T13:24:01Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/09/10/disney-hotstar-grand-scale-adaptation-mahabharata-series.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Chennai: Director Lokesh Kanakaraj's 'Vikram', featuring actors Kamal Haasan, Vijay Sethupathi and Fahadh Faasil in the lead, has now completed a magnificent 100-day run in theatres.
The film, which continues to draw crowds to theatres despite having been released on OTT from July 8, has already grossed over Rs 400 crore from its box office collections worldwide.
Written and directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, the explosive action thriller had its worldwide theatrical release on June 3, 2022.
A delighted Kamal Haasan took to social media to thank fans for the film's success. Posting an audio clip on Twitter, Kamal Haasan said: "With the support accorded by fans, 'Vikram' has now touched the 100-day mark in theatres. I am very happy. In my heart, I hug each and every one of you who have been admiring me beyond generations. My heartfelt thanks to each and every person who was responsible for 'Vikram''s victory. My wishes and love to younger brother Lokesh."
'Vikram', which has been showered with praises from people, continues to hog the spotlight. The movie hasn't just impressed Indian trade circles, but has left International markets awestruck as well.
'Vikram' has broken several box office records and has officially become the number one grosser in Tamil Nadu. | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/09/10/kamal-haasan-vijay-sethupathi-vikram-movie-fahadh-faasil-100-days-run.html | 2022-09-10T13:24:51Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/09/10/kamal-haasan-vijay-sethupathi-vikram-movie-fahadh-faasil-100-days-run.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Actress Kangana Ranaut is someone who is never shy of speaking her mind. Her cold war with bollywood producer Karan Johar is no secret, especially after the actress accused Karan of nepotism in Bollywood. Now Kangana, who is busy directing her film 'Emergency' based on the life of India's first woman Prime Minister, has taken a dig at 'Brahmastra' filmmaker Ayan Mukerji and film producer Karan Johar, calling the film a 'disaster'.
According to her, those who called Ayan Mukerji a genius 'should be jailed immediately', claiming the director burnt '600 crores to ashes'
"He took 12 years to make this film, he replaced 14 DOP's (director of photography), he shot for 400 days for this film and changed 85 ADs (assistant directors) and burnt 600 crores to ashes," she claimed.
The 'Manikarnika' actress further went on to say that the 'Brahmastra' makers tried to exploit religious sentiments by changing the film's name from Jalaluddin Rumi to Shiva in the last minute, because of Baahubali's success.
“If such opportunists, such creativity deprived people, success starved greedy people are called geniuses, then it's not manipulation but a well thought of strategy," she wrote on her Instagram story.
She further accused Karan Johar of selling a lie. "This is what happens when you try to sell a lie. Karan Johar, in every show forces people to call Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor best actors and Ayan Mukerji a genius...slowly he started to believe this lie. What else explains the Rs 600 crore budget of this film to a director who never made a good enough film in his life. Fox studio in India had to sell itself to fund this film. How many more studios will be closed because of these clowns," she wrote.
She claimed that south actors and directors were begged to promote their film and further added that people like Karan should be questioned for their conduct.
"He is interested in everyone's sex life than in his film scripts. He self admittedly buys reviews, stars and fake collection numbers and tickets. This time around, he tried to ride Hinduism and south wave. All turned pujaris suddenly and begged south actors, writers and directors to promote their film...they will do everything but not hire competent writer, director, actors and other talent. Why not in the first place hire those they went begging to fix this disastser called Brahmastra (sic)," she stated. | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/09/10/kangana-ranaut-brahmastra-ayan-mukerji-karan-johar-film-alia-bhatt-ranbir-kapoor-review.html | 2022-09-10T13:25:04Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/09/10/kangana-ranaut-brahmastra-ayan-mukerji-karan-johar-film-alia-bhatt-ranbir-kapoor-review.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Suraj Venjaramoodu's remarks about a sacred thread worn by his co-anchor Ashwathy Sreekanth during a comedy show has not gone down well with a section of netizens. The actor was accused of hurting religious sentiments as the thread is seen by Hindus as a symbol of protection and devotion.
While many came out in support of the actor stating it was just a humorous remark and needs to be taken in the right spirit, others trolled the actor and have called for a boycott of the actor's films and comedy shows.
The controversy broke out after an old clip from Comedy Super Nite, a show hosted by Suraj Venjaramoodu and Ashwathy, surfaced recently on social media. In the clip, which has been circulated several times, Suraj can be heard commenting about the sacred thread tied on Ashwathy's hand. “She is well-dressed in a sari, and has a dash of glamour nonetheless. All fine, except for certain knotted cords on the arm like what you see on certain banyan trees. It reminds one of the banyan tree at Sharamkuthi which has similar knotted adornments. Aren't they an eyesore?,” he said.
Though he had said it in jest, many people accused him of harbouring anti-Hindu sentiments. They have also launched cyber attacks on him, asking him whether he acted in cinemas promoting Hinduism in the past just for money. “If you don't want to wear the thread, fine, but don't make fun of others who do,” one social media user said. Many of them also posted negative comments on his social media pages.
Anju Parvathy Prabeesh, accused Suraj of being a blind pro-Left supporter who believes in trashing the Hindu faith to sound and look intellectual. Another user said Suraj should be ready to apologize for his comments or else there will be many to boycott his shows and movies.
Though Onmanorama tried to contact the actor, he was unavailable for comments. | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/09/10/suraj-venjaramoodu-ashwathy-shreekanth-sacred-thread-remarks-boycott-netizens.html | 2022-09-10T13:25:17Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/09/10/suraj-venjaramoodu-ashwathy-shreekanth-sacred-thread-remarks-boycott-netizens.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
DOJ and Trump's legal team submit special master proposals
The Department of Justice and former President Trump's legal team on Friday each filed a list of proposed special master candidates to review the evidence seized from Mar-a-Lago last month.
Why it matters: The joint filing lays out a playbook for how long the process of reviewing materials may take, who may be involved and whether the criminal investigation into Trump's handling of documents will be separate from the intelligence community's review.
Driving the news: The joint filing "exhibited sharply divergent visions for what the arbiter, known as a special master, would do, and put forth different candidates," the New York Times wrote.
- The DOJ picked Barbara S. Jones, a Clinton appointee to the Southern District of New York, and Thomas B. Griffith, a George W. Bush appointee who retired from the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 2020.
- Trump's legal team suggested Raymond Dearie, a Reagan appointee who was once the top federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of New York, and Paul Huck Jr., a former deputy attorney general in Florida who also served as general counsel to former Governor Charlie Crist.
The big picture: The filing comes a day after the DOJ appealed Judge Aileen Cannon's ruling that a special master should be appointed "to review the seized property."
- The DOJ is asking that its review of classified documents be allowed to continue, saying in a motion filed Thursday that "the government and the public are irreparably injured when a criminal investigation of matters involving risks to national security is enjoined."
- Cannon's order earlier this week temporarily blocked prosecutors "from reviewing and using the seized materials for investigative purposes pending completion of the special master’s review or further Court order."
- The special master will ultimately determine which documents will be kept from prosecutors due to attorney-client privilege or executive privilege, Reuters notes.
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One of the most exhilarating aspects of a new piece of jewelry is how it gleans in the light. That sparkle you see every time you see the light catch on it just right is pretty thrilling.
Yet, over time, rings, necklaces, bracelets and earrings naturally start to become scratched and tarnished. They can even become discolored from the buildup of daily dirt and grime. Lotions, body oil and smudges can all affect luster.
Jewelry and other prized pieces tarnish because of a chemical reaction between metal and oxygen. You see this a lot with silver. Any jewelry, despite the type of metal used to make it, should be cleaned consistently when worn regularly. Typically this entails gently doing some weekly or bi-weekly cleaning to keep it looking shiny.
Though you could just get the best jewelry cleaner you can find, you can actually do this at home with ingredients you probably already have on hand. We’ve researched the best ways to clean silver, gold and precious stones — and they’re incredibly simple!
How to Clean Silver at Home
The best jewelry cleaner for silver might surprise you: liquid dish soap. Mix a few drops with warm water and gently rub the silver to remove the tarnish. Then rinse with cold water and buff with a soft cloth.
If your piece is heavily tarnished, try mixing three parts baking soda to one part water to make a paste. Using a lint-free cloth, rub the paste into the jewelry, then rinse and buff.
Dedicated polishes, which come in liquids or pastes, can be messy to use, especially if you’re trying to sneak in a quick clean while you’re walking out the door. If you are in a hurry, disposable silver cleaning wipes or reusable treated cloths can remove tarnish (and restore shine!) quickly and neatly. Those might be worth the investment if you need them often.
If you’re looking for a quick DIY fix to bring a piece of silver back to life, reach for the toothpaste. This will shine it up in no time but isn’t recommended for long-term use because it won’t stop the tarnish from returning.
How to Clean Gold at Home
The best jewelry cleaner for gold is actually the same as silver: liquid dish soap. Soak pieces in warm soapy water for 5 to 15 minutes and then rinse and buff. Gold is soft and can scratch easily, so it’s best to avoid other regular household cleaners.
How to Clean Gemstones at Home
If you have diamonds, precious or semi-precious stones, such as rubies or emeralds, that need to be shined up and are set in gold, grab an old, soft toothbrush. You’ll want to grab your dish soap again, but this time reach for seltzer water, as the carbonation will loosen trapped soil and debris. Then, dip items in a bowl with cold water or run under the faucet. Just be sure to close or cover the drain as your jewelry will be slippery when wet.
How to Store Jewelry
The best way to prevent jewelry from tarnishing is to store it in felt away from other metals. Felt helps impede tarnish and moisture build-up. This is why you see it used so often in jewelry boxes.
Are you ready to bring back your jewelry’s sparkle?
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — It may not feel like it just yet but fall is approaching which means great food, music, art and fun. If you're looking for some fun, the West Michigan Tourist Association may have what you're looking for.
Lots of art fairs happen in the summer but fall is still the perfect time to immerse yourself in some cool art. If you'd like to do just that, head to Lowell for the 54th Annual Fallasburg Arts Festival on September 17 & 18. The fair will feature more than 100 fine art and craft booths as well as live music and great food. Hours are 10am-5pm each day and admission is free.
Looking to celebrate all things Irish? The Michigan Irish Music Festival returns to Muskegon's Heritage Landing September 15-18. The festival features live Irish and folk music as well as Celtic rock and storytelling. Irish food and drinks will also be available for people to purchase.
If you're looking to ring in fall with the whole family, consider heading to Southwest Michigan on September 17 for a bike tour. You'll be able to visit wineries, cider mills, orchards and more. Individual routes are available for every rider and they range from 15-62 miles in length. Proceeds from the bike rides go toward the construction of the Blue Star Trail. You'll need to register to take a bike ride, you can do that by heading to their website. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/fall-events-from-the-west-michigan-tourist-association | 2022-09-10T13:30:08Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/fall-events-from-the-west-michigan-tourist-association | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Andrew Dalton to receive Eagle Scout award
ZANESVILLE – Andrew James Dalton 16, of Zanesville, will be awarded the Eagle Scout Award 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, at a special court of honor at Dillon Dam shelter.
The son of Sekia Dalton, Andrew is a member of Boy Scout Troop 128, chartered by Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. He joined Scouting in 2012 as a Tiger Scout in Cub Scout Pack 166. He earned the Arrow of Light, Cub Scouting’s highest award, in 2017 and joined Troop 128 that same year.
Dalton is the 22nd Scout in Troop 128’s 26-year history to earn the Eagle Scout Award. Fewer than four percent of those who join the Boy Scouts achieve this goal. Highlights of Dalton’s involvement in Scouting include 79 nights of camping and 54 miles of hiking.
To achieve the rank of Eagle, Dalton earned 42 merit badges (only 21 are required), served his troop as senior patrol leader, assistant senior patrol leader, quartermaster, and chaplain’s aide.
For his community service project, Dalton installed a walking trail and park benches for the residents of Abbot Senior Living.
Dalton is a junior at Zanesville High School where he performs in the marching, jazz and concert bands. He plans to go into the engineering program at The Ohio State University after graduation.
Boy Scout Troop 128 serves boys ages 11 through 17 and meets 7 p.m. Mondays at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. For more information, contact Kevin Pinson at 740-454-3908
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Highway Patrol focused on teen driver safety
ZANESVILLE − Nationally, around 11% of drivers are age 24 and younger. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, teen drivers have a higher rate of fatal crashes, mainly because of their immaturity, lack of skills and lack of experience.
"Any fatal crash is a tragedy, but even more so when a young person is involved," said Gov. Mike DeWine. "Every time our Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers interact with a young driver, they use it as an opportunity to stress the importance of safe driving habits and they will put extra emphasis on this messaging throughout the month of September."
In Ohio, teen drivers were involved in 162,267 traffic crashes from 2020 to 2021. An action on the part of the teen driver contributed to 67% of these crashes. Crashes where teen drivers were at fault resulted in 406 fatalities and 47,792 injuries during the same timeframe.
To support young drivers, the Ohio State Highway Patrol and Ohio Traffic Safety Office launched the Drive to Live education program for youth last year. The program positively engages young drivers in conversations about good decision making. The Ohio Department of Public Safety's Teach your Teen to Drive website also offers parents and caregivers helpful tips and a framework for having discussions with their teen drivers about risky driving behaviors that can lead to fatal consequences.
"Poor decisions while driving can impact young drivers for the rest of their lives," said Sgt. Jeff Jirles of the Zanesville post. "That is why responsibility, awareness and safety are so important for our youngest drivers."
The leading causes of teen driver crashes were following too close and failure to yield. Leading causes of fatal at fault youthful driver crashes included unsafe speed, failure to yield, driving off the roadway and driving left of center.
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Leading the Pack: Sheridan senior ices emotional win at Morgan
McCONNELSVILLE — Morgan had answers for almost everything that Sheridan presented in an early season slugfest on Friday night.
Except for Reid Packer.
Packer's leaping interception from deep in his own territory was among a handful of big plays that the 6-2 senior safety amassed on the real grass at the fabled Athletic Field.
It was no doubt the biggest, however. It came with the host Raiders driving for the go-ahead touchdown in the final minute and secured a thrilling 18-13 win in a Muskingum Valley League crossover game.
Sheridan (3-1) looked primed to run out the clock after it forced a punt and saw Caden Sheridan run 12 yards for a first down with less than three minutes showing. But Alex Poirier, fighting for extra yards, took a jarring hit and fumbled, and Morgan's Coleman Welsh jumped on the loose ball to give his team new life with 2:19 still showing.
Like it did throughout the fourth quarter, however, the Red Rage defense stood tall.
Right place, right time for Packer
Facing third-and-5 from its own 31, defensive end Jacob Ramey sacked Logan Niceswanger for a 5-yard loss and set up the pivotal moment. Niceswanger stood in the pocket and fired a pass down the middle intended for senior Carson Copeland, who leapt to catch the ball.
But Packer, one of the best safeties in the MVL, beat him to the spot.
"They went with five wide (receivers) and I knew they were sending (Copeland) down the seam," Packer explained. "I just made the play. When they went five wide (on film), that's really the only thing they ran, so I was ready for it. I tried to bait the right side to get him to throw left and stay away from him."
Sheridan coach Paul Culver III said it was emblematic of the type of plays that Packer has made all season in the secondary. He also knocked down a fourth-down pass in the end zone to turn away Raider points in the first half.
"He has to be the field general, and he's got complete command of what we want to do defensively," Culver said. "He makes big plays for us offensively. I've even talked to him about taking ownership of the front calls because he sees them."
Packer's defensive prowess came in addition to his work at quarterback, where he started and ran six times for 95 yards — three came on keepers of 30, 17 and 34 yards.
He also had a 7-yard TD run in the first quarter, then led the go-ahead scoring drive to start the half — Poirier capped it with a 3-yard run — before Caden Sheridan finished the game.
He's doing it despite an injury to his throwing hand and wrist suffered earlier in the season, which requires tape before each game. He aggravated it in the first quarter but continued to thrive.
"I'm out here ready to compete, no matter where I am at," Packer said. "I'm going to help the team win in any way."
Morgan refuses to break
It was the culmination of a gut-churning fourth quarter for the Generals, who saw untimely penalties and special teams miscues nearly derail them.
Sheridan had leads of 6-0 and 12-6 but never built a two-score lead, as the resilient Raiders answered with touchdowns each time they trailed. That included Mason Burnside's 16-yard TD grab from Niceswanger in the back of the end zone, which gave Morgan a 13-12 lead after Copeland's PAT with 3:14 left in the third quarter.
Two plays later, Welsh then stepped in front of a short pass for an interception at the Generals' 15, and the Raiders had a chance to extend their lead. They got as close as the 11 after a Reece Hale sack and holding penalty, but two incompletions ended the threat.
It proved a critical missed opportunity.
One play later, Justin Munyan ripped off a 48-yard run on a stretch play to flip field position. That set up Caden Sheridan's 30-yard completion to Andrew Holden on third-and-8 and, three running plays later, Poirier blasted into the end zone from the 1 with 8:30 left. The two-point conversion pass failed, but Sheridan had the lead back at 18-13.
This time, the defense didn't let it slip away.
A third-down sack from Hunter Zizek thwarted Morgan's ensuing drive. After the fumble, Ramey followed suit on another third down. All told, the Raiders managed only 15 yards on their final 12 plays.
"The pass rush really started to get home," Culver said. "We did a better job of re-routing (receivers) in the secondary. We are a zone team, so we have to get hands on those crossers and things like that. We finally started to settle in and identify their kids."
Specifically, that meant finding Kole Searl.
The Raiders' 6-2, 180-pound junior receiver was a one-man wrecking crew on offense in a game where their Copeland-led running game never got tracked. Searl caught seven passes in the first three quarters, with four netting first downs.
He had no catches in the fourth.
"Backs against the wall, we came out and did our job," Packer said. "I think we're really learning about the personality and who we are. Down 13-12 and they're in the red zone, that's all of that heart. We're ready to compete with anybody."
Raiders 'not satisfied' with competing
Morgan coach Chase Bowman felt it could be a game where his top target could do some damage. He has been productive in each game to date.
"He had a hell of a year last year as a sophomore," Bowman said. "He works his butt off to get better at his craft. But we're also at the point where defenses know about him, too."
That's why the running game continues to be critical. Copeland's ability as a tough inside runner with soft hands as a receiving threat coincide with a physical line, led by 6-3, 230-pound senior Wade Pauley and 6-4, 240-pound classmate Seth Miller.
Copeland said they lost the numbers game in the box against the Generals, but Niceswanger's ability to keep defenses honest with Searl and Burnside catching passes will only help quell that in future games.
"I had to tell him to keep his head up a couple of times because he was getting down on himself, but he threw the ball pretty well tonight," Copeland said. "He's still one of our younger guys as a first-year starter. He tries to be perfect and no one is perfect."
Copeland said that while the team continues to prove it belongs with the MVL's best, the team was anything but satisfied with its play on Friday — or the outcome. The teary-eyed faces more suited for season-ending playoff losses were proof of the emotional investment the team has made.
"Everyone cares enough to show up every day and do their best," Copeland said. "No one is happy. Morgan three or four years ago, they'd be surprised and happy it was even this close. But we're mad we couldn't keep them at 12 and pull off the win."
That wasn't lost on their coach.
"Their expectations have changed," Bowman said. "It's no longer enough to just come in here and compete. The kids expect to win. (Sheridan) has a good team and a good coach, and they made more plays than we did."
Morgan held a 51-43 edge in total plays but Sheridan a 351-181 edge in total yards, as Caden Sheridan was 3-of-7 passing for 80 yards and ran for 30 yards on six carries.
Holden caught five passes for 76 yards; Poirier and Munyan combined for 97 yards on 16 carries as Sheridan had 32 carries for 253 yards.
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UNITY REED 27, WOODBRIDGE 7: Dashaun Gibson caught two touchdown passes from Blake Moore and Jai’von Haney returned two interceptions for touchdowns in the Lions’ non-district victory Friday at Woodbridge.
Unity Reed (2-0) went up 7-0 in the first quarter on Gibson’s first touchdown reception before Woodbridge (1-2) tied the game on Amaan Lewis’ run on 7-yard run on third down at 6:25 in the second quarter.
The Lions took the lead for good on Haney’s first interception touchdown 2:11 before halftime.
BATTLEFIELD 35, GAINESVILLE 6: Jelon Johnson ran for two touchdowns and Braden Boggs ran for one and threw for another in the Bobcats’ Cedar Run District win Friday.
Visiting Battlefield (1-0, 2-0) led 14-0 at the end of the first quarter on a 35-yard touchdown pass from Boggs to Branden Binkowski. Boggs added a 9-yard touchdown run.
Johnson had 12-yard run in the second quarter as the Bobcats went up 21-0 at halftime.
Johnson scored from 15 yards out in the third quarter and Bryce Banning ran for 10 yards in the fourth quarter before Gainesville got on the board.
Johnson finished the game with 61 rushing yards on 11 carries and Boggs 44 yards on six carries.
Boggs was 7 of 13 passing for 101 yards and one interception. Binkowski caught three passes for 61 yards and one touchdown.
Defensively, Caleb Woodson had a fumble recovery and Abraham Al-Khalili recorded an interception.
FREEDOM-SOUTH RIDING 28, COLGAN 7: Colgan’s lone touchdown came off a touchdown pass from Ryan Westhoff to Maichus Langley.
Langley finished with three catches for 100 yards. Westhoff was 4 of 20 passing for 115 yards and one interception and Thomas Pullen ran 11 times for 46 yards for Colgan (2-1).
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Chief Justice John Roberts defends legitimacy of court
DENVER (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts defended the authority of the Supreme Court to interpret the Constitution, saying its role should not be called into question just because people disagree with its decisions.
When asked to reflect on the last year at the court in his first public appearance since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Roberts said Friday he was concerned that lately some critics of the court’s controversial decisions have questioned the legitimacy of the court, which he said was a mistake. He did not mention any specific cases or critics by name.
“If the court doesn’t retain its legitimate function of interpreting the constitution, I’m not sure who would take up that mantle. You don’t want the political branches telling you what the law is, and you don’t want public opinion to be the guide about what the appropriate decision is,” Roberts said while being interviewed by two judges from the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at its conference in Colorado Springs.
Roberts described the last year as an unusual and difficult one, pointing to the public not be allowed inside the court, closed in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, as one hardship. He also said it was “gut wrenching” to drive into the Supreme Court that was surrounded by barricades every day.
The barriers were installed in May when protests erupted outside the court and outside the homes of some Supreme Court justices after there was an unprecedented leak of a draft opinion indicating the justices were planning to overturn Roe v. Wade, which provided women constitutional protections for abortion for nearly 50 years. The barriers are gone and the public will be allowed back inside when the court’s new session begins in October but an investigation ordered by Roberts into the leak continues.
Speaking at the same conference Thursday, Justice Neil Gorsuch said it is “terribly important” to identify the leaker and said he is expecting a report on the progress of the investigation, “I hope soon.”
Gorsuch condemned the leak, as have other justices who have addressed it publicly.
“Improper efforts to influence judicial decision-making, from whatever side, from whomever, are a threat to the judicial decision-making process,” Gorsuch said. Reporters from The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg attended the talk.
The leaked draft was largely incorporated into Justice Samuel Alito’s final opinion in June that overturned Roe v. Wade in a case upholding Mississippi’s law banning abortion after 15 weeks. The ruling paved the way for severe abortion restrictions or bans in nearly half of U.S. states.
In June’s ruling, Roberts, appointed to the court in 2005 by former President George W. Bush, voted to uphold Mississippi’s law but he did not join the conservative justices in also overturning Roe v. Wade, as well as Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the 1992 decision that reaffirmed the right to end a pregnancy. He wrote that there was no need to overturn the broad precedents to uphold the state law, saying he would take “a more measured course.”
Roberts has spoken out repeatedly about the importance of the judiciary’s independence and to rebut perceptions of the court as a political institution not much different than Congress or the presidency.
Opinion polls since the leak and the release of the final abortion decision, though, have shown a sharp drop in approval of the court and confidence in the institution.
When asked what the public might not know about how the court work, Roberts emphasized the collegiality among the justices and the court’s tradition of shaking hands before starting conferences or taking the bench. After the justices might disagree about a decision, everyone eats together in the court’s dining room where they talk about everything but work, he said. He said it’s not borne out of “fake affection” but a respect that comes from the push and pull of explaining ideas and listening to the responses to them.
“We have a common calling and we act like it,” he said.
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Associated Press writer Mark Sherman contributed to this report from Washington.
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