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Loop 101 Pima Freeway westbound closed in Phoenix
Lillian Boyd
Arizona Republic
The westbound lanes of Loop 101 Pima Freeway are closed in Phoenix, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.
The closure was caused by a crash near the 7th street exit, where westbound traffic is being directed off the interstate.
Motorists were advised to expect delays and seek an alternate route.
There is no estimated time to reopen the westbound lanes. The eastbound lanes are unaffected.
Reach weekend editor Lillian Boyd at LMBoyd@arizonarepublic.com or on Twitter @lillianmboyd1.
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Man dies in police custody by an unknown cause, actions will be investigated
A 19-year-old man lost consciousness while he was in police custody and died Friday afternoon, according to the Phoenix Police Department.
The man was identified as Caleb Blair.
Police said officers received a call about an injured or sick person at a business near 91st Avenue and McDowell Road around 2:45 p.m.
According to Phoenix police, officers found Blair without a shirt, showing signs of impairment and rolling on the ground.
Additional officers were called and police handcuffed Blair, the police department said.
Blair was evaluated by the Phoenix Fire Department and lost consciousness while receiving treatment. His handcuffs were removed, and firefighters performed life-saving measures, police said.
Blair was then taken to a hospital where he died.
The cause of death is expected to be determined by the Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner.
The actions of the officers will be investigated, the police department said.
Reach breaking news reporter Laura Daniella Sepulveda at lsepulveda@lavozarizona.com or on Twitter @lauradNews.
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MSU Texas names Redwine Scholarship recipients
MSU Texas Staff
Midwestern State University
MSU Texas has named five students, including two from the Wichita Falls area, as recipients of the Redwine Presidential Scholarships.
Each will receive $40,000 over four years of undergraduate study.
The program recognizes the leadership abilities of superior incoming freshmen and encourages their participation as Midwestern State Univers campus leaders.
The 2022 recipients are:
- Emily Borden, Chattanooga High School, daughter of Katie Whitcomb of Faxon, Oklahoma.
- Jadyn Dangerfield, Mesquite High School, daughter of Rhonda Ray-Moore and Donald Moore of Lancaster.
- Mary Grazer, Springtown High School, daughter of Tammy and Scott Grazer of Boyd.
- Austin Groth, Rider High School, son of Sandra and Jason Groth of Wichita Falls.
- Breden Hulse, Archer City High School, son of Jessica and Troy Hulse of Archer City, Texas.
More:MSU student says university was springboard toward to med school
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FORT SMITH, Ark. — The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (June 7) approved resolutions) to install outdoor fitness courts near the Arkansas River in downtown Fort Smith and in east Fort Smith, and to apply for a grant to purchase houses in the floodplain.
The first resolution, approved by a vote of six to one with Director George Catsavis voting in dissent, allows the city to adopt a partnership to bring the Jean-Michel Basquiat Outdoor Fitness Court to Fort Smith along with a second outdoor court that will feature a local artist. The project is part of the 2022 National Fitness campaign, which provides outdoor fitness equipment to communities across the country through application and award, said Jurena Storm, government affairs liaison to the Office of the Mayor. Storm said the program chooses 10 cities a year.
“The City of Fort Smith received the invitation of application due to the impact of our public art pieces,” Storm said, noting Fort Smith’s reputation in the art world because or murals and other public art created by the Unexpected Project.
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Merrillville-based Lakeshore PBS is launching a new season of the locally produced program "Friends and Neighbors."
The award-winning half-hour-long show will premier its fourth season at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. It explores life and culture in Northwest Indiana.
The new season will feature stories about rugby, robotics, craft beer, Legos, equestrians and veterans.
“The team and I work diligently to accurately expose the vibrancy of life within our communities. None of this would be possible without the passion and dedication we find throughout the Region,” Lakeshore Public Television Vice President of Production Tony Santucci said. “These are their stories, we just do our part by sharing them.”
“Friends and Neighbors” has won multiple awards in recent years, including Communicator Awards from the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts, national Telly Awards and Indiana Broadcasters Association awards.
“At Lakeshore Public Media we share a commitment and passion for our community, which drives us to venture out to find stories that celebrate the uniqueness of our region and its people,” Lakeshore Public Media’s President and CEO James Muhammad said. “Ultimately, it’s about building and enriching our community through the work that we do.”
The program gets funding from the Legacy Foundation, the John W. Anderson Foundation, Strack & Van Til, NIPSCO, Purdue University Northwest and viewer donations.
Lakeshore Public Media has been broadcasting across Northwest Indiana and greater Chicagoland for 35 years. It can be viewed over the air on Channel 56 as well as on DirecTV, Dish Network, AT&T U-verse, LakeshorePBS.org or the free PBS Video App.
For more information, visit LakeshorePBS.org .
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Crown Point Burger King reopens this month; Buffalo Wild Wings closes, SerenDIPity Ice Cream Parlor; Lucky Hatchet and Sunset Grille opening
Reopening soon
You will soon again be able to have a flame-grilled Whopper your way.
The Burger King in Crown Point will at long last reopen its doors this month. The fast-food restaurant at 1137 N. Main St. just north of downtown closed nearly two years ago after a fire. It's now hiring as it ramps up to reopen.
Manager Denise Marie said it should finally come back in a few weeks.
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'Middle of June'
"We are optimistic middle of June," she said. "Possibly sooner."
A fire broke out in the early morning hours in October 2020. The Burger King has been shuttered since then and has been one of the most inquired about businesses in the history of this retail column. Construction work was long-delayed but Burger King has done extensive renovation work to the restaurant building, including a new exterior and signage that's both more modern and a throwback.
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Closed since fire in Oct. 2020
A grand opening ceremony is planned, Marie said.
Burger King, the perennial Pepsi to McDonald's Coke, the Avis to its Hertz, has burgers, fries... you already know this.
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Closed
Buffalo Wilds Wings closed in Michigan City.
The chain sit-down restaurant at 5000 Franklin St. by the Meijer superstore served chicken wings with a wide variety of sauces and seasonings in a sports bar environment.
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Multiple locations remain
The chain has multiple other Region locations, including Merrillville, Portage, Hammond, Schererville, LaPorte, Crown Point, Valparaiso, Lansing and Calumet City.
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Coming soon
After a long delay, SerenDIPity is going to bring something sweet to downtown Griffith.
Shari Nowatzke and Andres Hernandez have been working to open the ice cream parlor and doughnut shop at 120 N. Griffith Boulevard since signing a lease to take over a former hair salon last July. Nowatzke, a former Baskin Robbins employee whose friends own Bubbles Ice Cream Parlor in Michigan City, has always wanted to have an ice cream shop of her own.
"It's always been a dream of mine to own an ice cream store," she said. "Ice cream makes everything better. I don't even eat it that much. It's just a fun environment to work at."
SerenDIPity will serve Hershey's ice cream, both soft-serve and hard dip. It will have chocolate, vanilla and swirl soft serves and 24 varieties of hard dip like Blue Moon, Superman, Cookies and Cream, Rainbow Sherbet and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough.
SeredDIPity also will have Dole Pineapple Whip.
"My friends in Michigan City sell a ton of it," she said. "It's nostalgic because Disney has it. The state fair has it."
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Customizable doughnuts
Customers also can order cake doughnuts, which are customizable. They can pick the frosting, topping and drizzling. Eventually, SerenDIPity plans to offer concessions like burgers, dogs, Polish sausages and walking tacos. It also will have paninis, Pepsi products and ice cream floats.
The 1,400-square-foot store seats 25 people and will have an icre cream-themed bench and picnic table out back. It also has a life-sized camel statute as its mascot.
"The co-owner Andre works the Hollywood Casino Amphitheater where someone left a camel backstage," she said. "It was there for a few years and then they asked him if he wanted it. He took it as kind of a joke, driving a life-sized camel on a trailer. We knew we had to make it part of the store. We came up with a whimsical name. I've always loved the word serendipity. So we named the camel Mr. Dipity. We have a few items named after him, including a sundae that uses a cut-in-half donut instead of a banana. We call our little pup cup the Snoop Dipity Dog."
They decided to open in Griffith because they liked the town and all the growth downtown.
"We saw an empty corner spot," she said. "We love Griffith. I live three miles from Griffith. It's such a great community, one that patronizes locally owned places. That's not even mentioning all the festivals and markets."
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'Who doesn't like ice cream?'
It's a family-run business where several family members work. It will employ around 20 overall.
The owners plan to focus on a single location but plan to eventually roll out a food truck.
"Who doesn't like ice cream, right?" she said. "We designed it to have a very whimsical feel. It's a fun place to bring kids they can take pictures with Mr. Dipity."
SerenDIPity will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week.
For more information, call 219-237-2372 or find SerenDIPity on Facebook.
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Coming soon
The Lucky Hatchet in Michigan City has added a retro arcade section and expanded to a second location in Granger.
The ax-throwing and entertainment venue opened a few years ago at 2050 E. U.S. 20 in Michigan City. It recently added vintage arcade consoles like Ms. Pac Man, Donkey Kong and X-Men Vs. Street Fighter. It also added a large gaming section with board games like Settlers of Catan.
"These are our loves. We're big nerds," said Brandon Rector, one of the owners.
The business has boomed since opening about a half year before the coronavirus pandemic struck.
"It's an evening of super cheap fun and good times," he said.
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Retro arcade games
The Lucky Hatchet is now opening a second location in a 4,600-square-foot space in a shopping center where TopGolf was located. It will offer hatchet, throwing, old-school video games and classic board games.
“We wanted to bring something for everyone to Granger Our gaming section will have arcade games like Pac-Man and The Simpsons as well as some of the old school Nintendo, Sega and GameCube games," said Jonah Stromer, one of the owners.
The second location will also include a full restaurant and a bar serving craft burgers, appetizers and beer. It's bigger and more immersive.
“We will have 13 total hatchet-throwing lanes that people can come and rent where everything is provided to them and throwing instructions are given in detail. We will have leagues running throughout the year as well as tournaments and our glow throw night is a can't-miss event that we do once a month," said Michael Domkowski, one of the owners.
It's now hiring for the Granger location. A grand opening is slated for June 10.
For more information, visit TheLuckyHatchet.com or TheLuckyHatchet@Gmail.com .
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Open for the season
The Sunset Grille reopened for the season on the Washington Park beach in Michigan City.
It has a concession stand for beachgoers on the first floor and a rooftop bar overlooking Lake Michigan on the second floor. The menu includes burgers, hot dogs, Italian beef and ham and cheese sandwiches.
"It’s going to be the hottest place to be this summer," Manager Peter Djuvik said. "The sunsets are incredible."
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Open through Labor Day
The Sunset Grill invested in improvements over the summer, including decorative wind sails and more lighting. It has a full bar with local craft beers like Zorn and Burn 'Em. It has live music on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
"It's one of the few places to eat on the beach," he said. "People just come to chill and relax and enjoy the sunsets. The view is beautiful. It's stunning. It's the best in the Region."
It's open 4-11 p.m. daily through Labor Day.
If you would like your business to be included in a future column, email joseph.pete@nwi.com .
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MERRILLVILLE — The town has slowed down the process to establish financing for projects on the south side of town.
The Town Council had been contemplating a $5 million bond issue that could have been used for a new public safety facility to serve that area as well as infrastructure work associated with the Silos at Sanders Farm industrial park.
Town Council President Rick Bella, D-Ward 5, said the council is “going to scrap” a resolution associated with that bond and begin design efforts to obtain a solid cost estimate for the proposed public safety facility.
“The concern is we’re not really sure what the new building is going to cost and what the equipment might be, so we’re just guessing at this point,” Bella said.
Town officials said the public safety building is needed as more development occurs in the southern area of Merrillville. It’s expected to include space for the town’s Police, Fire and Public Works Departments.
Bella said Colorado Street is the ideal location for the facility.
“That’s been selected by the Fire Department based on a variety of criteria,” he said.
Bella said council members “felt like we’re trying to put the cart before the horse” by pursuing a bond before obtaining cost estimates.
“You’ve got to know what the cost is,” Councilman Leonard White, D-Ward 7, said.
He said he wants the town to continue to grow, but he wants to ensure it’s being done the correct way.
“I need to know a lot more details,” White said.
The Silos at Sanders Farm industrial park is planned for 196 acres of land on Mississippi Street between 93rd and 101st avenues. The development will include multiple speculative facilities, and the buildings will offer a total of more than 2 million square feet of space when the project is finished.
Crow Holdings is pursuing the development, and it is starting an extensive endeavor to prepare the site for construction and extend utilities to the area.
Matt Kurucz, of Crow Holdings, said a new electrical substation will be created there, and that will cost about $13 million.
Merrillville officials have discussed designating about $1.7 million of the bond funding for the infrastructure work associated with the Crow development.
Crow also has indicated it would contribute to the public safety facility. That could involve the purchase of a new ambulance, which could be a $300,000 to $350,000 contribution, said Sean Andrews, of Crow Holdings.
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Crown Point Burger King reopens this month; Buffalo Wild Wings closes, SerenDIPity Ice Cream Parlor; Lucky Hatchet and Sunset Grille opening
For the last three years, the Merrillville Stormwater Utility has stocked the lake with tilapia, and the fish spend their summer eating the algae in the water.
The school seeks to educate individuals 18 and older to become a certified nurse assistant (CNA) and eventually a nurse, Merrillville Planning and Building Director Sheila Shine said. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/merrillville/merrillville-waiting-on-proposed-bond-issue/article_0b0ee90d-01f3-5a02-8217-6f12319e42c2.html | 2022-06-11T20:03:50 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/merrillville/merrillville-waiting-on-proposed-bond-issue/article_0b0ee90d-01f3-5a02-8217-6f12319e42c2.html |
TEMPLE, Texas — One person is dead after a car wreck on IH-35 Friday night, according to the Temple Police Department.
Police said they were dispatched around 9:09 p.m. to a wrong-way reckless driver on the interstate. When they arrived to I-35 near exit 297, they found the driver dead.
The driver struck a vehicle traveling north carrying a mother and her three sons. They were all transported to Baylor Scott and White Children's Hospital with unknown injuries.
An autopsy has been ordered for the deceased.
This case is still under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Temple Police Department at 254-298-5500 or the Bell County Crime Stoppers at 254-526-8477, where callers can report anonymously.
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KILLEEN, Texas — The Killeen Police Department is investigating the death of 51-year-old woman after she was found unresponsive inside a hotel room Friday night, according to a news release.
Officers said they were dispatched to the 2700 block of E. Veterans Memorial Boulevard in reference to a disturbance around 11:23 p.m.
Upon the officers’ arrival, they located a man and woman inside a hotel room. The woman was unresponsive and when paramedics arrived, they advised that she had no signs of life.
The woman was pronounced dead at 12:39 a.m. Her body was sent to the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas for an autopsy.
The man was taken into custody and transported to the Killeen City Jail.
No other information has been released at this time.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Two people and one dog were rescued Saturday after being reportedly stranded along Johnson Creek, which began flooding Friday night as an atmospheric river drenched the metro area.
Portland Fire & Rescue told KOIN 6 News someone passing by the area heard people yelling for help and they called 911.
PF&R crews and the Clackamas Fire Swift Water Rescue Team entered the flooded creek and pulled the people and their furry companion to safety, officials said.
Authorities did not immediately elaborate on how they ended up there. | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/2-people-1-dog-rescued-from-flooded-johnson-creek/ | 2022-06-11T20:06:53 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/2-people-1-dog-rescued-from-flooded-johnson-creek/ |
ALBANY — AB&T Senior Vice President Gayle Woolard is one of 523 bankers from 21 states taking part in the 72nd annual two-week session of the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University.
Classes kicked off May 23 with an intensive two-week curriculum covering all aspects of banking, economics and related subjects and will be followed with a combination of virtual and in-person education across three years.
Sponsored by 15 Southern-state bankers associations, in cooperation with the Division of Continuing Education at LSU, the banking school requires attendance on campus for three years with extensive study assignments between sessions. The faculty consists of bankers, business and professional leaders, and educators from all parts of the United States.
During their three summer sessions at the Graduate School of Banking, students receive 190 hours of classroom instruction, planned evening study and final examinations at the end of each session.
“This is a very exciting step for Gayle along her banking journey,” AB&T CEO Perry Revell said. “Having already proaven herself as the premier private banker in south Georgia, the LSU graduate school experience will not only strengthen and augment her already impressive skillset, but provide incredible leadership within our organization, as we strive to be the gold standard in community banking.”
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Editor's Note: The following is the third in an ongoing series of articles looking into the proposed 13.6-mile Albany-to-Sasser recreation trail that is the subject of a $7 million breach-of-contract lawsuit filed by South Georgia Rails to Trails against the city of Albany.
LEESBURG -- To this point, involvement of Lee County officials in the South Georgia Rails to Trails vs. city of Albany lawsuit has been this: The city, represented by Commissioner Chad Warbington, offered to give the 6-plus miles of the 13.6-mile rail bed the city had purchased to Lee County to develop as part of the proposed trail. Lee County agreed and planned to use its Public Works crews to complete some of the work on the trail.
SGRT, in the person of Dougherty County Attorney Spencer Lee, said, "No way." In fact, the refusal came with a threat aimed at Lee officials: "If you do anything on the trail property not approved by SGRT, a lawsuit will follow."
To which Lee officials responded: "We'll see ya later."
"Actually, a lot of our interest in the trail property was that we were having trouble getting access to build roads," Lee County Commission Chairman Billy Mathis said Friday. "The city of Albany graciously offered to give us the part of the property in Lee County to develop, but the (SGRT) folks wouldn't go along with it. I don't know all of the details, but Spencer made it clear that they were the managers of the trail.
"They threatened litigation, so we said, 'We'll let you guys figure it out.' We had no interest in getting involved in litigation."
Mathis said when talk of building the part of the Dougherty County trail system that stretches from downtown Albany, through Lee County into Sasser was initially broached, Lee County property owners along the rail bed were opposed to a recreational trail. That property has changed ownership, and the new owners actually are in favor of completing the trail.
"There's no question that this would be a good quality-of-life thing to have in Lee County," Mathis said. "But the question that's arisen is who's going to pay for it. We offered to build out the part of the trail that runs through Lee County on our terms and our schedule, but Spencer said no.
"When chatter grew about putting in a dirt or rock trail with no bathrooms -- which our folks would not want -- we drew up an ordinance with certain restrictions so that there would be certain requirements."
That ordinance, some say, could potentially keep the trail from moving forward.
"Look, this new Albany Commission (five of the current commission's members were not on the board when the trail agreement was reached) has worked well with us," Mathis said. "We put an ordinance in place to protect our interests, but we're willing to be flexible. Like the members of the Albany Commission, we truly want to see this get resolved."
Mathis notes that it was Lee County officials who told the city of Albany about the possibility of using American Rescue Plan RAISE grant funds to help finance the trail.
"I can tell you, our folks in Lee County are ready and willing to work with all the groups involved in getting this trail project moving," the Lee Commission Chairman said. "But we have no interest in getting involved in any type of litigation. Until the city of Albany and South Georgia Rails to Trails folks get that worked out, we're spectators. That's a wise place for us to be." | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/lee-county-officials-will-remain-trail-spectators-until-litigation-solved/article_f4380b9a-e9a5-11ec-948c-bb72afaf16f5.html | 2022-06-11T20:08:25 | 1 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/lee-county-officials-will-remain-trail-spectators-until-litigation-solved/article_f4380b9a-e9a5-11ec-948c-bb72afaf16f5.html |
SAN MARCOS, Calif. — Imagine attending thirteen years of school with perfect attendance. In this Zevely Zone, I met the Ironwoman of students at San Marcos High School.
I want to run a number by you; 2,353 days of school without missing a single class. "Thirteen years in the making," said 18-year-old Lindsey Frost. She is a senior at San Marcos High School who has never missed a day of school.
As a young student, Lindsey was surprised to learn they'd give you an award just for showing up. "In kindergarten I got the perfect attendance award first and I really liked the idea of it just because all you had to do was show up to get it," said Lindsey.
First, second, third, fourth and fifth grades followed without missing a single day. "Then I thought to myself it would be a neat story to tell my kids one day that I was able to do it every year throughout high school," said Lindsey. I stopped the interview to ask. "Wait hold on, you were ten years old and thinking this was something you would tell your children someday?' I asked. "Yes!!" laughed Lindsey.
"It is very rare," said San Marcos High School Principal Adam Dawson who says who wouldn't hire ironwoman like Lindsey. "What employer doesn't want someone who is there every day?" said Mr. Dawson. Lindsey is also a stand-out student with 4.31 GPA. "She is an impressive student and having her in class was really a joy," said Tara Razi who was Lindsey's U.S. History teacher last year during virtual learning. "Throw in a pandemic on that, and online learning on that and Lindsey taking classes at the same time at the college," said Ms. Razi.
Did we mention Lindsey also completed five college courses without a single sick day? What do people say when they hear about her streak? "They are mostly kind of shocked. They are kind of like whoa!!" said Lindsey.
During our interview, Congressman Scott Peters was touring the school. He had to shake the hand of a student who never missed a day of school in 13 years.
A streak like that has upper office written all over it. "I was pretty good at school, but I can't imagine being there every day, that is pretty impressive," said Congressman Scott Peters.
"She loves learning," said Lindsey's mother Alison who is a software engineer. Lindsey's dad Tom works in employee benefits. "Would you hire your daughter?" I asked. Tom responded, "In a heartbeat." Maybe because they know their daughter's secret to success. "She is very creative about her alarms. She sets a couple in the morning," said Alison.
Lindsey will graduate in a few days from high school and then it is off to college. "I am going to Rice University," she told me. I asked her if she will miss any days of school at Rice? "Um, probably not," said Lindsey with a laugh. Something tells me, Lindsey Frost is just getting warmed up. "Well, I am not going to be absent. ha, ha, ha," she said.
Lindsey plans on double majoring at Rice University by studying math and film.
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GLAMIS, Calif. — One of the five U.S. Marines killed when their Osprey aircraft crashed during a training flight near Glamis in Imperial County was identified on Friday as, Capt. John J. Sax, 33, of Placer, California, an MV-22B Pilot. Sax is also the the son of Steve Sax, 5x All Star, former Major League Baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox and Oakland A’s.
Steve Sax said in statement,
“It is with complete devastation that I announce that my precious son, Johnny was one of the five (5) US Marines that perished on Wednesday, June 8 in the Osprey Military crash near San Diego” said Sax. “For those of you that knew Johnny, you saw his huge smile, bright light, his love for his family, the Marines, the joy of flying airplanes and defending our country! He was my hero and the best man I know, there was no better person to defend our country.” said Sax.
“Johnny Sax knew he wanted to be a pilot since his young years and would tell his Dad what types of planes were flying overhead while playing little league baseball in the outfield. “There was never any doubt from a young age that Johnny would be a pilot and his passion was to fly! I am so proud of the man he became and so proud to call him my son!” said Sax. “This loss will change my life forever and is a loss to not only the Marines but this world!”
John Sax served the Marine Corp for five years and eight months and was awarded with the National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and a Letter of Appreciation.
The U.S. Marine Corps identified the five servicemembers on Friday. The Marines died when their Osprey aircraft crashed Wednesday afternoon in the Southern California desert near Glamis in Imperial County.
All five Marines were based at Marine Corps Air Station in Camp Pendleton.
“It is with heavy hearts that we mourn the loss of five Marines from the Purple Fox family” said Lt. Col. John C. Miller, Commanding Officer of VMM-364.
“This is an extremely difficult time for VMM-364 and it is hard to express the impact that this loss has had on our squadron and its families. Our primary mission now is taking care of the family members of our fallen Marines and we respectfully request privacy for their families as they navigate this difficult time. We appreciate all the prayers and support from the strong extended Purple Fox family and want them to know that more information will be forthcoming on how to help.”
WATCH RELATED: Marine MV-22B Osprey crashes in Southern California desert. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/son-of-former-la-dodger-among-marines-killed/509-bf358167-b56c-432b-88ae-a6f27eb917e0 | 2022-06-11T20:08:47 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/son-of-former-la-dodger-among-marines-killed/509-bf358167-b56c-432b-88ae-a6f27eb917e0 |
WASHINGTON — A brief incident that occurred Saturday during the March for Our Lives rally on the National Mall caused demonstrators to scurry, but appeared to be quickly resolved despite the momentary panic.
In a startling moment that broke the silence being held for the recent Uvalde, Texas elementary school shooting, a man nearby the stage was heard shouting "I am the gun" into the crowd, while also throwing an unidentified object. Many people dashed away from the stage during the few seconds of chaos and some fell to the ground.
The man has since been identified as a pro-gun demonstrator, by Park Police who also said no weapons were found. The man was escorted away from the rally after his interruption and was detained. Park Police said that no threat to the public was found.
The speaker at the moment of disruption, Erica Ford - a Co-Architect of the New York City Crisis Management System - shouted out to the crowd from the stage, attempting to help people stay calm and urging them not to give the apparent agitator any more attention.
"Do not run! Please do not run. There is no issue here," she called into the microphone.
The occurrence seemed to underscore the fear, frustration, fury and trauma that brought the public to the event to begin with and that speakers emphasized in their speeches.
The rally for gun reform on the National Mall Saturday brought out thousands of protesters, survivors and activists. It was initially announced just days after the Ulvade shooting, in which 19 children and two teachers died when an 18-year-old gunman opened fire with an AR-15-style rifle inside Robb Elementary School. Days before that, a white 18-year-old wearing military gear and live streaming with a helmet camera opened fire with a rifle at a supermarket in Buffalo, killing 10 people and wounding three others.
Saturday's rally was the second March for Our Lives event held in D.C. following a large gathering in 2018 following a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. According to the 2022 event permit, activities were scheduled related to the march from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Organizers estimated that at least 50,000 people would participate in the event in D.C., according to the event's permit through National Park Service.
"Together, we rose up 4 years ago. 1 million of us demanded change. We built a movement. We voted for new leaders. And the gun deaths increased," the organization tweeted upon announcing the rally. "Now is the moment we march again."
RELATED: Saturday March For Our Lives: Demonstration planned in DC expected to draw tens of thousands
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As children, many of us had dreams to be an astronaut, a firefighter or maybe even a dinosaur hunter.
Growing up in Blackfoot, L.J. Krumenacker dreamed of the latter and he’s dedicated his life in pursuit of it.
Now an Idaho State University paleontologist and affiliate curator at the Idaho Museum of Natural History in Pocatello, Krumenacker has been hunting dinosaurs for 20 years — with great success. His reputation in the field is well documented, and growing. He’s documented and named several new species of prehistoric Idaho creatures.
But his latest discovery is perhaps his most exciting. Krumenacker has discovered a Tyrannosaurus-like dinosaur bone practically in his own backyard.
“I have fulfilled the dreams I had as a kid,” said Krumenacker “I never really grew up.”
Krumenacker and his co-authors shared the details of the discovery in a new paper published Wednesday in the Journal of Paleontology.
The fossil was unearthed in Bonneville County and located on land managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
“I went to a rock formation where I knew bones had been found before,” Krumenacker said. “It turns out that a formation they were going to be using for road gravel turned out to be the best spot in the state for unknown animals and fossils.”
“Located in the Caribou Mountains, the rocks are part of the Wayan Formation and consist primarily of mudstone and sandstone formed from ancient rivers,” an Idaho State University news release said.
Krumenacker said it’s the oldest Cretaceous-age Tyrannosaur fossil ever found in North America and the very first Tyrannosaurus bone ever found in Idaho.
Though the fragment of bone found was a descendant of or closely related to the Tyrannosaurus rex, it is noted that the fragment belonged to a much smaller variety of the dinosaur.
“A lot of people in the paleontology world like to joke and refer to T. rex by their weight in grand pianos,” Krumenacker said “The bone I found would have come instead from a T. rex ancestor that was about the size of 2-3 tubas.”
Krumenacker shares that paleontology has helped him and could help others to look outside themselves and truly understand the enormity of the world and those creatures that have lived within it. It helps him in some way connect to an Earth that is 4.5 billion years older than him and understand it in ways that he otherwise could not.
The final home of this fossil will be the Idaho Museum of Natural History and will be part of a brand new exhibit coming to the museum next year called “Idaho Dinosaurs.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/paleontologist-discovers-t-rex-ancestor-fossil-in-idaho/article_4ae8e9e9-f309-5335-abd4-f63db3130e3f.html | 2022-06-11T20:24:16 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/paleontologist-discovers-t-rex-ancestor-fossil-in-idaho/article_4ae8e9e9-f309-5335-abd4-f63db3130e3f.html |
Tucson police are investigating a double homicide on the city’s north side Saturday.
Just before 5 a.m., officers found two adult victims with trauma wounds in the 400 block of East Prince Road, near North Geronimo Avenue. Both victims were declared dead, police said.
Details are limited at this time.
A homicide investigation is underway in the 400 block of E. Prince Rd. Just before 5 a.m., officers from @OperationsWest responded to a unknown trouble. Two adult victims was located with obvious signs of trauma. Both victims were declared deceased. Details are limited. pic.twitter.com/FYBmk8X6ra
— Sergeant Richard Gradillas (@SgtGradillas) June 11, 2022 | https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/tucson-police-investigate-double-homicide/article_b8b616d2-e9b1-11ec-91d9-2328f6e8f22f.html | 2022-06-11T20:25:26 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/tucson-police-investigate-double-homicide/article_b8b616d2-e9b1-11ec-91d9-2328f6e8f22f.html |
DIXMONT, Maine — A local family lost their home and their pet after a fire in Dixmont Friday night.
The Fire Marshal’s office was called to help fight the fire at a house located on Loud Road around 9:00 p.m., according to an email by Maine Department of Public Safety Information Officer Shannon Moss. The family pet died in the fire but no one else was home at the time of the fire.
Moss said the home was completely destroyed and an investigation is underway to determine the cause. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/family-loses-home-and-pet-in-house-fire-in-dixmont-investigation-underway/97-8c78d5ff-16eb-4adc-97fb-f243075e3332 | 2022-06-11T20:34:11 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/family-loses-home-and-pet-in-house-fire-in-dixmont-investigation-underway/97-8c78d5ff-16eb-4adc-97fb-f243075e3332 |
PORTLAND, Maine — EDITOR'S NOTE: Video above was created on 04-18-2022
The primary runway at the Portland International Jetport (PWM) is back open Saturday, two days ahead of schedule, according to the airport's website.
The main runway closed for eight weeks back on April 18, due to construction. It was expected to open back up on June 13. All inbound and outbound flights were diverted to PWM’s secondary runway.
The project, which cost an estimated $13.7 million dollars, required 50 to 70 workers to remove and install 34,000 tons of bituminous paving and nearly 20 miles of wire for the runway lighting systems, according to airport director Paul Bradbury.
This type of renovation happens every 20 years to keep the runway in optimal condition for airplanes, Bradbury added. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/portland/portland-international-jetports-primary-runway-opens-ahead-of-schedule-portland-maine/97-59749664-e921-4372-9b52-f0f96043236e | 2022-06-11T20:34:16 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/portland/portland-international-jetports-primary-runway-opens-ahead-of-schedule-portland-maine/97-59749664-e921-4372-9b52-f0f96043236e |
Note: District 6 includes Guilford County and part of Forsyth County; District 10 includes all of Yadkin, Surry, Stokes, Rockingham, Lincoln, most of Catawba and Iredell and part of Forsyth counties; District 13 includes all of Davie, Davidson, Rowan, Randolph, Alamance, Caswell, Person and parts of Chatham and Lee and a small section of Iredell counties. These boundaries will change with the new Congress after the 2022 election.
WASHINGTON — Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted recently.
U.S. House
Injured government workers: The House has passed the Improving Access to Workers Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act. The bill would allow nurse practitioners and physician assistants to provide treatment for federal government employees under workers' compensation protocols. The vote on Tuesday, June 7, was 325-83.
Yeas: U.S. Rep. Kathy Manning, D-Greensboro, 6th District; U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-Denver, 10th District; U.S. Rep. Ted Budd, R-Advance, 13th District
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Bankruptcy law: The House has passed the Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical Corrections Act. The bill would change bankruptcy law for small businesses and individuals, including by increasing the amount of debt covered by a bankruptcy filing and indexing future debt amounts to inflation. The vote Tuesday, June 7, was 392-21.
Yeas: Manning, McHenry, Budd
Gun regulations: The House has passed the Protecting Our Kids Act to make assorted changes to federal laws concerning guns and ammunition. Changes would include banning the purchase of some types of semiautomatic firearms by people younger than 21, outlawing some types of gun trafficking, and placing capacity limits on magazines and other ammunition feeding devices. The vote on Wednesday, June 8, was 223-204.
Nays: McHenry, Budd
Yeas: Manning
Small business contracting: The House has passed the Hubzone Price Evaluation Preference Clarification Act to change price evaluation preferences for the Small Business Administration's HUBZone program for assisting potential contractors to the federal government. The vote on Wednesday, June 8, was 359-61.
Yeas: Manning, McHenry, Budd
Small business apprenticeships: The House has passed the Small Business Workforce Pipeline Act to allow the federal government's small business development centers to issue information about apprenticeships and other job training programs. The vote on Wednesday, June 8, was 358-52.
Yeas: Manning, McHenry, Budd
Water projects: The House has passed the Water Resources Development Act to authorize an array of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water management projects over the next two years. The vote on Wednesday, June 8, was 384-37.
Yeas: Manning, McHenry, Budd
Prescription drug fees: The House has passed the Food and Drug Amendments of 2022 to reauthorize through fiscal 2027, and modify, the Food and Drug Administration's user fee programs for prescription drugs and other medical products. The vote on Wednesday, June 8, was 392-28.
Yeas: Manning, McHenry, Budd
Gun risk protection orders: The House has passed the Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act to authorize the federal courts system to issue extreme risk protection orders to preemptively bar individuals from having a gun on the basis of the potential risk of using the gun to commit a crime or commit suicide. The vote on Thursday, June 9, was 224-202.
Nays: McHenry, Budd
Yeas: Manning
U.S. Senate
Air Force official: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Alex Wagner to be Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. Wagner, a Defense Department lawyer during the Obama administration, then became an executive at the Aerospace Industries Association. The vote, on June 7, was 76 yeas to 21 nays.
Yeas: U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, both R-N.C.
Homeland Security: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Kenneth Wainstein to be the Homeland Security Department's Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis. Wainstein was, for more than 20 years, a federal law enforcement and national security official, then became a private practice lawyer in Washington, D.C. The vote, on June 7, was 63 yeas to 35 nays.
Yeas: Burr, Tillis
Energy and minorities: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Shalanda H. Baker to the Energy Department's director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact. Baker had been a law professor at Northeastern University and, most recently, an official at the Energy Department's Office of Economic Impact and Diversity. The vote on Tuesday, June 7, was 54-45.
Nays: Burr
Yeas: Tillis
Worker benefits: The Senate has rejected the nomination of Lisa M. Gomez to be the Labor Department's assistant secretary for Employee Benefits Security. Gomez has, since 1994, been an employee benefits lawyer, most recently as a partner at a New York City law firm. The vote on Wednesday, June 8, was 49 yeas to 51 nays.
Nays: Burr, Tillis
New York judge: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Nina Morrison to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Morrison has been a lawyer at the Innocence Project, representing prison inmates challenging their sentences, since 2002. The vote on Wednesday, June 8, was 53-46.
Nays: Burr, Tillis
Overseeing credit unions: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Todd M. Harper to be a member, and chairman, of the National Credit Union Administration Board for a term ending in April 2027. Harper became a Board member in April 2019, and was previously a Board staffer, and before that a House of Representatives aide. The vote on Wednesday, June 8, was 59-40.
Nays: Burr, Tillis
Adult education: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Amy Loyd to be the Education Department's assistant secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education. Loyd had been a senior adviser at the agency, and previously was an executive at Jobs for the Future. The vote on Wednesday, June 8, was 57-42.
Not voting: Burr
Nays: Tillis
California judge: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Robert Huie to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Huie has been a private practice lawyer since 2020, and for 12 years before that was an assistant U.S. attorney in San Diego. The vote on Thursday, June 9, was 51-46.
Not voting: Burr
Nays: Tillis
Health lawyer: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Samuel Bagenstos to be general counsel for the Department of Health and Human Services. Bagenstos, a civil rights assistant attorney general early in the Obama administration, then became a law professor at the University of Michigan, and most recently was general counsel at the Office of Management and Budget. The vote on Thursday, June 9, was 49-43.
Not voting: Burr
Nays: Tillis
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The heat is on! Triple-digit temperatures have arrived in North Texas.
Inside the Carr P. Collins Social Service Center in Dallas, anyone is invited to escape the dangerous heat.
“This is our lobby, but for heat relief we use it for people to come and find respite, to get out of the heat because our more vulnerable populations are people more impacted by the heat,” said Christina Cavalier, Senior Director of Communications for the Salvation Army of North Texas.
The Salvation Army of North Texas is offering cooling stations, bottled water and snacks.
The Carr P. Collins Social Service Center serves as a residential shelter and a place to cool off seven days a week.
More relief and resources are on the way.
“Later this month and into July we’ll also begin distributing box fans thanks to a special partnership with Westlake Ace Hardware,” said Cavalier.
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Another local shelter, OurCalling, is helping keep people cool by handing out beat the heat kits.
“Included are cold water, sunglasses, sunblock, chapstick. And we’re looking into buying neck cooling wraps and a lot of different things to protect our friends this summer,” said Ali Hendricksen, Development Manager for OurCalling.
OurCalling is offering extended hours, and calling for volunteers and donations.
“We’re hoping to receive as many products as we can as fast as we can so we can start creating more of these kits, and send our search and rescue teams out on the streets with them. We need hundreds,” said Hendricksen.
OurCalling has a list of items it needs for beat the heat kits here: https://www.ourcalling.org/hot/
You can find information and hours on Salvation Army’s cooling centers here: https://salvationarmynorthtexas.org/north-texas/heat-relief | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/nonprofits-hand-out-beat-the-heat-kits-open-cooling-stations-as-triple-digit-highs-arrive-in-north-texas/2990308/ | 2022-06-11T20:55:02 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/nonprofits-hand-out-beat-the-heat-kits-open-cooling-stations-as-triple-digit-highs-arrive-in-north-texas/2990308/ |
DALLAS COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — A 4-year-old Selma child is dead after falling from a utility trailer Friday that was being towed by a Dodge Ram pickup.
According to Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), the pickup was driven by Gabriel Turner, 20, of Hayneville. The child was pronounced dead at the scene.
The accident happened on Alabama 22 near the 11 mile marker, approximately five miles west of Selma around 9:15 p.m.
Nothing else is available as troopers continue to investigate the accident. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/4-year-old-selma-boy-killed-in-accident/ | 2022-06-11T21:01:23 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/4-year-old-selma-boy-killed-in-accident/ |
WASHINGTON — Editor's Note: A previous version of this article said the man was identified as a pro-gun demonstrator. Park Police said their investigation into the individual is still ongoing.
A brief incident that occurred Saturday during the March for Our Lives rally on the National Mall caused demonstrators to scurry, but appeared to be quickly resolved despite the momentary panic.
In a startling moment that broke the silence being held for the recent Uvalde, Texas elementary school shooting, a man nearby the stage was heard shouting "I am the gun" into the crowd, while also throwing an unidentified object. Many people dashed away from the stage during the few seconds of chaos and some fell to the ground.
Park Police said no weapons were found, and the man was escorted away from the rally after his interruption and was detained. Park Police said that no threat to the public was found.
The speaker at the moment of disruption, Erica Ford - a Co-Architect of the New York City Crisis Management System - shouted out to the crowd from the stage, attempting to help people stay calm and urging them not to give the apparent agitator any more attention.
"Do not run! Please do not run. There is no issue here," she called into the microphone.
The occurrence seemed to underscore the fear, frustration, fury and trauma that brought the public to the event to begin with and that speakers emphasized in their speeches.
The rally for gun reform on the National Mall Saturday brought out thousands of protesters, survivors and activists. It was initially announced just days after the Ulvade shooting, in which 19 children and two teachers died when an 18-year-old gunman opened fire with an AR-15-style rifle inside Robb Elementary School. Days before that, a white 18-year-old wearing military gear and live streaming with a helmet camera opened fire with a rifle at a supermarket in Buffalo, killing 10 people and wounding three others.
Saturday's rally was the second March for Our Lives event held in D.C. following a large gathering in 2018 following a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. According to the 2022 event permit, activities were scheduled related to the march from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Organizers estimated that at least 50,000 people would participate in the event in D.C., according to the event's permit through National Park Service.
"Together, we rose up 4 years ago. 1 million of us demanded change. We built a movement. We voted for new leaders. And the gun deaths increased," the organization tweeted upon announcing the rally. "Now is the moment we march again."
RELATED: Saturday March For Our Lives: Demonstration planned in DC expected to draw tens of thousands
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A kayaker on Lake Michigan off the Kenosha harbor had to be rescued by the Coast Guard after taking on water early Saturday afternoon.
Initial reports put the kayaker about two miles offshore. Pleasant Prairie and Somers fire departments, as well as the county dive team were among units joining Kenosha emergency responders called to assist before the Coast Guard rescued the victim.
The kayaker was towed back to safety. No injuries were reported.
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What do you do when you're drowning? 4 water safety tips from the experts
More common than you think
Dave Benjamin, co-founder and executive director of the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project, usually starts his water safety classes by talking about fire. “What do you do in case of a fire emergency?” He normally asks the crowd of children. “Stop, drop and roll,” they say.
“What do you do if you’re drowning?” More often than not, the kids stay silent.
“Now, how often do you play in fire?” He asks. Heads shake. “And how often do you play in water?” For many children and teens, the answer to this last question is: Every. Single. Summer.
Drowning, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is responsible for more deaths among children age 1 to 4 than all other causes except birth defects. For children age 1 to 14, drowning remains the second-leading cause of unintentional injury-related deaths, just behind motor vehicle crashes. Water safety, Benjamin (pictured speaking) said, “is not common sense.” Even the most advanced swimmers could be at risk.
A precautionary tale
On July 27, 2013, 15-year-old Matthew Kocher was away from home on a camp trip to New Buffalo City Beach in New Buffalo, Michigan, earning community service hours for school. While standing in the shallow Lake Michigan waters, Kocher got caught in a rip current.
“We were basically pool people, like most people,” John Kocher (pictured in orange), Matthew’s father, said.
Matthew had little experience in open water. Kocher suspects his son and several other people in his camp group, were unaware that the waving red flags on the beach signaled hazardous water condition
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After Matthew’s funeral, John and his wife, Kathy, set up a foundation in their son’s name. They have since partnered with Benjamin and the GLSRP to sponsor more than 300 water safety talks in Illinois.
The following are the water safety tips they hope will save a life.
“We would have told Matt about this. Matt would have listened,” John said. “He was that kind of kid.”
1. Know before you go
“Check the weather reports, check the wave reports and check for a rip-current warning. See if any flags are up,” Kocher said.
All of this information can be found on the National Weather Service’s website weather.gov. It is updated each day with watches, warnings and other advisories.
When at a beach, red flags signal hazardous conditions that would make swimming more dangerous. Yellow flags indicate rough but non-life threatening water conditions and green flags signal normal conditions.
2. Keep an eye on your child
Whether at the beach or pool, the National Drowning Prevention Alliance suggests parents designate a water watcher or water guardian.
“Even if you are with a group of people, have one adult whose main responsibility is to keep an eye on the kids in the water,” Adam Katchmarchi, the executive director of NDPA said.
Lifeguards should be additional, rather than sole supervisors.
3. Flip, float, follow
In a water emergency, GLSRP recommends swimmers flip, float and follow.
First flip over onto your back to float. Keep your head above the water, remain calm and conserve energy.
If in open water with a current, swim perpendicular to its flow, parallel to the shore, until you reach an area free of the current. If you see someone who appears to be drowning, toss a flotation device into the water then alert lifeguards.
4. Learn to swim
Swimming is an essential skill. However, 64% of African American children, 45% of Hispanic children and 40% of white children cannot swim.
This statistic becomes even more harrowing when it is revealed that of all nonswimming children, 87% plan to visit a beach or pool at least once during the summer. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/kayaker-towed-from-lake-michigan-off-kenosha-harbor-after-taking-on-water/article_eeb1816a-e9be-11ec-963e-47121d5ea4d1.html | 2022-06-11T21:17:39 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/kayaker-towed-from-lake-michigan-off-kenosha-harbor-after-taking-on-water/article_eeb1816a-e9be-11ec-963e-47121d5ea4d1.html |
Like a lot of people in Pennsylvania, Sharon Neumane’s husband is a hunter so they have guns in their home.
But Neumane is also the mom of a Liberty High School teacher and a grandmother to an 11-year-old boy. She was among the more than a thousand people who gathered at Bethlehem’s Payrow Plaza Saturday to send a clear message: President Joe Biden and lawmakers must take action immediately to stop gun violence.
“I am 100 percent here for the kids,” said the Wyoming County resident, who held a sign that said “Fear has no place in school.” “They need us. I worry about my 11-year-old grandson in school.”
The March for Our Lives-Lehigh Valley mirrored hundreds of other marches that took place across the country Saturday, prompted by a new surge in mass shootings. It also coincided with the sixth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, the second-worst mass shooting in U.S. history.
Just before the Bethlehem march began, a small group of counter-protesters gathered across Church Street. They parked their trucks with multiple flags near the corner and some of the roughly two dozen gathered openly carried guns, which is permitted in Pennsylvania.
“We are here to show a different point of view,,” said Brendan, one of the counter-protesters who chose not to give his last name.
The counter-protest was organized by the Northampton County Second Amendment Sanctuary. The group’s Facebook page says it exists “to create and grow a united effort to invalidate unconstitutional gun laws in our county. If our state and federal governments fail to protect our rights, then we must do it ourselves.”
Brendan said that gun control isn’t the answer. The country needs better access to mental health care.
“The system needs to change,” he said.
Chadd Horton, one of the counter-protesters, said gun violence numbers touted by groups such as the March for Our Lives organizers are inflated and include gang violence in cities.
Bethlehem police kept the two sides separate as March for Our Lives participants started to gather, waiting to listen to speakers ahead of their march through downtown Bethlehem. Many of the march participants wore bright orange, the color of the gun violence prevention movement.
Katherine Voelker of Plainfield Township attended because she wants real change.
“I’m so frustrated that all the common-sense measures keep getting blocked,” said Voelker who wore a bright orange T-shirt from Moms Demand Action, a grassroots movement of Americans fighting for public safety measures to protect people from gun violence.
Christine Sostarez of Easton attended because she’s worried about the future for children.
“I cannot understand why we need AR rifles,” Sostarez said. “It seems like our country is just saying, ‘get used to it.”
Most of the speakers spoke of their frustration with the lack of action on gun control.
“We need action and change,” said Ashley Strange, director of narrative and communications director for PA Stands Up. The crowd followed by chanting “enough is enough.”
Paul Walsh, a Liberty High school teacher, spoke of his fear that atrocities such as the massacre in Ulvade, Texas — where a gunman entered an elementary school and killed 19 students and two teachers — are becoming commonplace.
“Politicians have dehumanized the murders of children in order to stay in power,” Walsh said.
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He sees students who have lost hope.
“Why wouldn’t our young people feel cynical and indifferent,” Walsh said. “We must show our children that there are droves of people that still have hope and that they should, too.”
Those who took part in Saturday’s marches say they want lawmakers to finally take action on gun reform — or be replaced.
“Vote them out,” they chanted over and over.
The U.S. House passed the “Protecting Our Kids Act” last week, which, among other measures, would prohibit the sale of certain semi-automatic firearms to those under 21 and establish new federal offenses for gun trafficking and for selling large-capacity magazines. Among those who voted in favor of the bill was U.S. Rep. Susan Wild, D-Lehigh Valley, one of the speakers Saturday.
The act is unlikely to pass in the Senate, however.
“Children should not have to become experts in how to survive gun violence in their schools because some adults in Washington are too cowardly to grow a spine,” Wild told the crowd. | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-march-for-our-lives-protest-in-bethlehem-20220611-b26kfra44zgpfjur7c37al66vy-story.html | 2022-06-11T21:37:36 | 0 | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-march-for-our-lives-protest-in-bethlehem-20220611-b26kfra44zgpfjur7c37al66vy-story.html |
DALLAS — Dallas eclipsed the 100-degree mark for the first time in 2022 on Saturday, June 11, the earliest it has hit triple digits since 2010.
The average first 100-degree day is typically July 1. The last 100-degree day prior was Sept. 20, 2021. With such extreme temperatures and a heat advisory in effect, it's crucial to stay cool and hydrated.
Here are a list of cooling centers throughout the DFW area for people who need to escape the high temperatures:
- Martin Weiss Rec Center
- 1111 Martindell Ave; 214-670-1919
- Samuell Grand Rec Center
- 6200 E Grand Ave; 214-670-1383
- Kiest Park Rec Center
- 2324 W. Kiest Blvd; 214-670-7618
- Beckley Saner Rec Center
- 114 W Hobson Ave; 214-670-7595
- Thurgood Marshall Rec Center
- 5150 Mark Trail Way; 214-670-1928
- Anita Martinez Rec Center
- 3212 N Winnetka Ave; 214-670-4109
- MLK Rec Center
- 2922 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd; 214-670-8418
- Tommie Allen Rec Center
- 7071 Bonnie View Rd; 214-670-0986
- Harry Stone Rec Center
- 2403 Millmar Dr; 214-670-0949
- Lake Highlands North Rec Center
- 9940 White Rock Trail; 214-670-7794
- Fretz Rec Center
- 6950 Belt Line Rd; 214-670-6203
- Timberglen Rec Center
- 3810 Timberglen Rd; 214-671-0644
- Walnut Hill Rec Center
- 10011 Midway Rd; 214-670-7112
- Exall Rec Center
- 1355 Adair St; 214-670-7812
- West Dallas Multipurpose Center
- 2828 Fish Trap Road; 214-670-6340
The Salvation Army of North Texas
- Arlington Corps
- Address: 712 W. Abram Street; Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Carr P. Collins Social Service Center
- Address: 5302 Harry Hines Blvd.; Monday-Sunday from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Denton Corps
- Address: 1508 E. McKinney Street; Monday-Friday from 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.
- Irving Corps
- Address: 250 E. Grauwyler Road; Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Lewisville Service Center
- Address: 206 W. Main Street; Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
- Mabee Social Services Center
- Address: 1855 E. Lancaster Avenue; Monday-Sunday from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- McKinney Corps
- Address: 600 Wilson Creek Parkway; Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Oak Cliff Corps
- Address: 1617 W. Jefferson Boulevard; Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
- Waxahachie Corps
- Address: 620 Farley Street; Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Avoid heat-related illness
The City of Dallas is also encouraging residents to follow these tips to stay safe:
- Find ways to stay in the shade and avoid direct sunlight.
Limit outdoor activities between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. which are the hottest hours of the day. - Get in gear by wearing lightweight, light-colored clothing.
- Drink lots of water.
- Apply high-SPF sunscreen frequently.
Prevent heat stroke and heat exhaustion
MedStar in Fort Worth shared these precautions:
- Hydrate. Drink plenty of water during the day, especially if you are engaged in strenuous activity. Sports drinks are a good choice if you're exercising or working in hot conditions, but water is a good way to hydrate, as well.
- Ventilate. Stay in a place where there is plenty of air circulating to keep your body cool. If you are indoors and don't have access to air conditioning, open windows and use a fan.
- Cover up. Wear light-colored and loose-fitting clothing to avoid absorbing the sun's light and trapping heat. Wear a hat to shield yourself from the sun, but once you feel yourself getting warm, remove any items covering your head that can trap heat close to your body.
- Limit activity. Heatstroke can occur in less than an hour when you are participating in strenuous activity on a hot day. If you feel yourself getting hot or light-headed, stop your activity and rest in a cool place out of the sun. Be sure to drink water or a sports drink before, during and after strenuous activity.
- Check on loved ones. The elderly are especially vulnerable to heat-related emergencies. Many elderly residents are not aware of how hot it may get in their residence. Call on older friends and family members regularly to assure they are doing OK. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-fort-worth-texas-heat-cooling-centers/287-df382fa7-196e-43c9-8b7e-fca42aa9fb8b | 2022-06-11T21:42:41 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-fort-worth-texas-heat-cooling-centers/287-df382fa7-196e-43c9-8b7e-fca42aa9fb8b |
WASHINGTON — Editor's Note: A previous version of this article said the man was identified as a pro-gun demonstrator. Park Police said their investigation into the individual is still ongoing.
A brief incident that occurred Saturday during the March for Our Lives rally on the National Mall caused demonstrators to scurry, but appeared to be quickly resolved despite the momentary panic.
In a startling moment that broke the silence being held for the recent Uvalde, Texas elementary school shooting, a man nearby the stage was heard shouting "I am the gun" into the crowd, while also throwing an unidentified object. Many people dashed away from the stage during the few seconds of chaos and some fell to the ground.
Park Police said no weapons were found, and the man was escorted away from the rally after his interruption and was detained. Park Police said that no threat to the public was found.
The speaker at the moment of disruption, Erica Ford - a Co-Architect of the New York City Crisis Management System - shouted out to the crowd from the stage, attempting to help people stay calm and urging them not to give the apparent agitator any more attention.
"Do not run! Please do not run. There is no issue here," she called into the microphone.
The occurrence seemed to underscore the fear, frustration, fury and trauma that brought the public to the event to begin with and that speakers emphasized in their speeches.
The rally for gun reform on the National Mall Saturday brought out thousands of protesters, survivors and activists. It was initially announced just days after the Ulvade shooting, in which 19 children and two teachers died when an 18-year-old gunman opened fire with an AR-15-style rifle inside Robb Elementary School. Days before that, a white 18-year-old wearing military gear and live streaming with a helmet camera opened fire with a rifle at a supermarket in Buffalo, killing 10 people and wounding three others.
Saturday's rally was the second March for Our Lives event held in D.C. following a large gathering in 2018 following a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. According to the 2022 event permit, activities were scheduled related to the march from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Organizers estimated that at least 50,000 people would participate in the event in D.C., according to the event's permit through National Park Service.
"Together, we rose up 4 years ago. 1 million of us demanded change. We built a movement. We voted for new leaders. And the gun deaths increased," the organization tweeted upon announcing the rally. "Now is the moment we march again."
RELATED: Saturday March For Our Lives: Demonstration planned in DC expected to draw tens of thousands
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SAN ANTONIO — A man and a woman are dead after being ran over by a boat in Comal County Friday evening, officials say.
Just before 4:45 p.m., the Comal County Sheriff's Office responded to a cove just north of the Canyon Lake Marina. Officials say a 54-year-old male and a 22-year-old female got into the water while there were still people on the boat.
Somehow the boat ran over the victims. The boat's propeller fatally injuring the victims, officials say.
The victims were removed from the water and given CPR, but they were pronounced dead at the scene.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Game Wardens and CCSO is investigating.
This is a developing story and will be updated if more information is received. Please check back for updates. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/two-dead-following-after-being-hit-by-boat-comal-county/273-f23a17b6-81dd-4f37-ad4b-e367e3a84495 | 2022-06-11T21:42:53 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/two-dead-following-after-being-hit-by-boat-comal-county/273-f23a17b6-81dd-4f37-ad4b-e367e3a84495 |
BLOOMINGTON — Sometimes, it only takes a gentle smile to help someone feel welcomed, said Gaynett Hoskins.
She and other community members sought to foster a safe space of love and inclusivity by organizing Saturday the third Mobile Pride Parade at Miller Park in Bloomington. Dozens arrived early to the family-oriented event to decorate cars and posters with messages of support for LGBTQ people.
Hoskins said organizers came up with the idea during the pandemic, when people were socially and physically isolated. She said she felt like the community still needed social interaction and a way to support pride, but allow for some physical distance.
The main component is that everyone feels safe, said Hoskins.
“You can come with your rollerblades. You can come with your bicycles. You can come however you want and still feel like you do not have to interact with people due to COVID,” she said.
Lyn Southall, a sophomore at Normal West High School, said it can be hard to feel safe when trying to be out.
“Being here feels more safe and just really fun,” Southall said while drawing rainbow hearts on a poster at the event.
This year, Hoskins said, participants did not stay as distanced from each other as in previous years.
“This is amazing,” she said of the turnout. She then noted that “there’s nothing but family out here, and I’m just happy.”
Mother Nature was with them as well, she said, bringing nice weather and perfect scenery.
Now working with 988 Path Crisis Center, the former Children’s Home and Aid employee said she understands the need for creating such spaces.
“We need to be able to connect,” said Hoskins. “You need to see someone that looks like you are, someone that can validate you … Visibility is everything, and this lets us know that we are here.”
Jessica Stewart, Early Start supervisor and chair of the LGBTQ Plus Committee with Children’s Home and Aid, has organized with Hoskins for the past three years. Attendees had access to a resource table with Planned Parenthood and a “swag stand” with pride flags and stickers, she said.
Crafting stations were set up for attendees to decorate posters supporting the parade or the Pulse Memorial held downtown later that evening, or “just whatever they want to do to represent their support or their pride,” she said.
One Normal Community High School Student present was 15-year-old Mel Oliveros Perez, who identifies as non-binary.
As a young person, they said, it was really easy to come out to Saturday’s event and just be seen by other people. Oliveros Perez also appreciated the availability of flags representing different gender identities.
“It’s super inclusive,” they said, adding it was really nice being out with everyone on a great day.
Oliveros Perez also said the event was a way to get out and meet similar people or others generally involved in the LGBTQ community.
However, Oliveros Perez said they “absolutely love seeing people trying their best to become more inclusive, especially people at school and in teaching.”
One change they would like to see at school is having more gender-neutral bathrooms, which they said “are a big thing for us.”
They’re also hoping for more changing rooms, so they don’t have to walk far down the hall to get ready for swimming.
As part of the Pride Club at Normal West, Southall said acceptance and inclusivity are well established at the school, but they’d like to see the administration pay more attention to incidents of harassment.
Their mother, Catrina Parker, of Bloomington, was present as well. She said it was the first pride event they went to together and the turnout was nice.
Parker said she thinks it’s important for Southall to have a social space to de-stress and a reminder that they’re not alone.
Contact Brendan Denison at (309) 820-3238. Follow Brendan Denison on Twitter: @BrendanDenison | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/pride-parade-proceeds-saturday-through-miller-park-in-bloomington/article_aeb48fce-e9bb-11ec-99b2-33e58f0ec4e9.html | 2022-06-11T21:43:33 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/pride-parade-proceeds-saturday-through-miller-park-in-bloomington/article_aeb48fce-e9bb-11ec-99b2-33e58f0ec4e9.html |
A young family marches Saturday in downtown Bloomington as part of the national March for Our Lives calling for assault weapons to be federally banned.
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A young family marches as part of March for Our Lives, demanding a federal assault weapons ban on Saturday in downtown Bloomington.
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A mother holds her young child at March for Our Lives on Saturday in downtown Bloomington. Dozens gathered from all over Central Illinois to demand federal gun regulation to protect their children in the wake of recent mass shootings.
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LuAnn Salz of Peru speaks to a crowd gathered Saturday in downtown Bloomington as part of the national March for Our Lives. Salz said assault weapons need to be banned at the federal level.
BLOOMINGTON — Almost 100 people gathered early Saturday afternoon for a March For Our Lives in downtown Bloomington, calling for federal laws banning assault weapons.
LuAnn Salz from Peru called the event to order and started the march around the McLean County Museum of History.
"There will be an attempt to do something small, but we need big change," Salz said.
Leonard Bell of Bloomington said the answer is clear. "We have to ban assault weapons — weapons of war," he said. "I think Democrats need to be a little more forceful in arguing the point."
March for Our Lives is a national organization, and the Bloomington march was just one of many that took place all over the U.S. on Saturday. The events were prompted after recent mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York.
"It's great to see a national call for action brought people out locally," said Karla Bailey-Smith, who is running as a Democrat for state representative in District 91. "(It's) the same call to action: protect kids, not guns."
Bailey-Smith faces Sharon Chung in the Democratic primary election on June 28. Republicans vying for the seat are James Fisher and Scott Preston.
Bailey-Smith said the issue of guns coming from out of state is outside Illinois' control.
"That is absolutely our biggest problem, especially in the Chicago and East St. Louis areas," she said. "There's no way to control the flow of guns from other states."
She continued, "We have to have federal laws that cover universal background checks. We need federal laws for firearm registration."
Bailey-Smith said the first steps are banning high-capacity magazines and military weapons.
Paul Spangler drove from Monticello with his two young children. He hopes new federal regulation comes soon.
"I am optimistic," he said. "I worry it's going to take a long time. I don't want it to take as long as I fear."
Spangler said he believes there will be more bloodshed before any action.
Salz said current school safety measures are negatively affecting children.
National Gun Violence Survivor Week is coming up Feb. 1 to 7. McLean County Moms Demand Action kicked it off Sunday with a vigil outside the McLean County Museum of History that underscored the resilience of survivors and their commitment to change.
A young family marches Saturday in downtown Bloomington as part of the national March for Our Lives calling for assault weapons to be federally banned.
Karla Bailey-Smith, running for Illinois representative in District 91, marches Saturday in downtown Bloomington. Bailey-Smith said assault weapons need to be banned at the federal level and universal background checks need to be enacted as well as red-flag laws.
Karla Bailey-Smith, running for Illinois representative in District 91, speaks to the crowd at March for Our Lives on Saturday in downtown Bloomington. Bailey-Smith said assault weapons and high-capacity magazines need to be banned and universal background checks as well as red-flag laws need to be enacted immediately by the federal government.
A mother holds her young child at March for Our Lives on Saturday in downtown Bloomington. Dozens gathered from all over Central Illinois to demand federal gun regulation to protect their children in the wake of recent mass shootings.
LuAnn Salz of Peru speaks to a crowd gathered Saturday in downtown Bloomington as part of the national March for Our Lives. Salz said assault weapons need to be banned at the federal level. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/watch-now-dozens-gather-in-downtown-bloomington-to-call-for-federal-gun-regulations/article_3c00eb14-e9af-11ec-a40e-e362b32b3259.html | 2022-06-11T21:43:39 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/watch-now-dozens-gather-in-downtown-bloomington-to-call-for-federal-gun-regulations/article_3c00eb14-e9af-11ec-a40e-e362b32b3259.html |
GARY — For a self-described “blue-collar kid from Steger, Ill.,” David A. Roberts has put his college and military experience to good use. And Purdue University Northwest Chancellor Thomas L. Keon is no slouch, either.
Both men were honored Friday during PNW’s Roaring Ahead Scholarship Gala at Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana.
Roberts, a 1974 PNW alumnus, was honored as the first inductee to the new PNW Alumni Hall of Fame. Keon, having served as PNW chancellor for 10 years, received the Sagamore of the Wabash award from Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb.
“Dave Roberts epitomizes the many ways alumni carry on PNW’s mission to transform students’ lives and our metropolitan region. He achieved great success in his career, and he champions the advancement of education, technology and manufacturing jobs,” said Keon. “We are proud to recognize Dave for his accomplishments, which show current students just how far their aspirations can take them.”
PNW established the Alumni Hall of Fame to honor alumni who are high-achieving leaders in their fields, involved in their communities and who have engaged with PNW well beyond their student days.
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Roberts recently committed $3 million to establish the PNW Impact Lab, which will provide opportunities for economic development, fostering innovation and entrepreneurship.
His support led to the establishment of the David Roberts Center for Innovation and Design near the PNW campus in Hammond. This facility offers students a location to work as interdisciplinary teams within various engineering technology fields. Roberts also provided significant support for PNW’s Commercialization and Manufacturing Excellence Center and has established faculty and student internships and employment opportunities.
Professionally, Roberts has held engineering, manufacturing, management and leadership roles across automotives, office equipment, printing and management services. He retired in 2020 as CEO and chairman of the board of Carlisle Companies in Charlotte, N.C., a supplier of innovative building products and energy-efficient solutions to create sustainable buildings.
A Marine Corps veteran, Roberts earned his bachelor’s degree in technology with distinction from the PNW Hammond campus and his master’s in business administration from Indiana University.
Originally employed at the Budd Company in Gary, Roberts began as a tool and die apprentice and then as a welder before joining the Marine Corps. Upon his military discharge, Roberts said, “I realized that I could put the leadership skills that the Marines taught me to use in industry but knew I needed a formal education.
“Purdue Northwest’s reputation for a quality education was ideal, and its location allowed me to attend school full-time while holding a full-time job,” he added. “The decision to attend Purdue Northwest was one of the best decisions of my life. It has been a fantastic ride.”
Roberts, who wants to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S., predicted more CEOs will come from PNW. “All they need,” he said, “is to be given the tools to succeed.”
The Alumni Hall of Fame will be located in the Student Union and Library Building on the PNW Hammond campus.
Later in the evening, after receiving one award from PNW, Keon was asked to remain on stage for one additional message, this one from the governor.
In a prerecorded video message, Holcomb praised Keon’s “transformational leadership,” building partnerships between the university and its surrounding communities.
Pointing to PNW’s growth, the governor noted Keon’s “impactful contributions toward these successes.”
From new buildings, a new doctorate and 17 teams in NCAA Division II, Holcomb said Keon has transformed PNW from a local hometown campus to a “global talent powerhouse.”
The governor called Keon “the very definition of an honorable and true Hoosier.”
Cited during the evening for his leadership at school and in the community, Keon said he always felt "it’s important to get things done and provide the best we can for Northwest Indiana.”
Adding that “I want to make Northwest Indiana my home,” Keon noted “this burning desire to make sure young people have the same opportunity to get an education as the people who can afford to go downstate.”
The Sagamore of the Wabash honors those who have made significant contributions to life in Indiana. The designation was created in the late 1940s during the administration of former Gov. Ralph Gates.
An Algonquian term sagamore refers to a lesser chief or someone to whom the true chief turns for wisdom and advice.
The gala was the culmination of PNW’s yearlong 5-75 Roaring Ahead anniversary celebration of the fifth year of Purdue Northwest and the 75th year of its legacy institutions, Purdue Calumet in Hammond and Purdue North Central in Westville.
The evening event also raised funds for PNW student scholarships. University officials reported that, prior to the Gala, the school had already raised $100,000, an amount that Roberts said he and his wife, Susan, will match. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/education/alum-chancellor-honored-at-pnw-gala/article_d48364c0-c960-5530-a3e4-5649063f2359.html | 2022-06-11T21:48:21 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/education/alum-chancellor-honored-at-pnw-gala/article_d48364c0-c960-5530-a3e4-5649063f2359.html |
ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL)- Almost a year after Summer Wells was reported missing, people are continuing the search for the missing Hawkins County girl.
“We’ve been at it for almost a year now so you have to look in all areas. We have to look in areas like this in case there was an animal attack or something of that nature,” said Chris Colbough of C&C Investigations. “We have to recanvas neighbors and re-interview witnesses in case we’re missing something in an abduction-type situation so we’re working on multiple fronts.”
C&C investigations, who are also known for their work in the Luc Vance and Thomas Hastings cases have focused their efforts on searching for Summer since last July.
“We have to charge something when we sign the contract with the Wells but the rest of this has all been done free, pro-bono,” Colbough explained. “We’ve been very lucky here that we’ve got a ‘go-to’ person with local law enforcement and they have treated us with respect.. as we do them and hopefully we can all work together on the same team and get an answer.”
Colbough says they have used a drone to search somewhere around 1,000 acres.
“Anything that we find, we take immediately and directly to law enforcement and we don’t discuss those things with anybody because the last thing we would want to do would be to hinder their investigation in any way,” he said. “[Law Enforcement] feel strongly that there could have been an animal attack. They have not ruled anything out… so again you have to sort of attack this from any direction.”
On Saturday, eight people, including one drone operator and the private investigators hired by the Well’s searched a property on the back side of Ben Hill road.
“There were rumors of footprints and things that were found in the woods when Summer went missing. If you sort of look at that evidence and the surrounding properties and the directions those footprints were headed, sort of gives you an idea of where to go look,” said Colbough. “If the property owner knows that there wasn’t a lot of people on his property then we probably needed to come out and do a thorough search… as thorough as possible. That’s the main reason we’re out here plus most of the searches in the past have concentrated on the area between Ben Hill and Fields Road so there’s a lot of interest in this area.”
First to Deploy, a non-profit drone operation group has also been assisting in the efforts.
“We do all this free of charge. We don’t charge the family, we don’t charge law enforcement so volunteer help is definitely good,” said Chris Starnes from First To Deploy. “We also use a Mavic 2 pro that allows us to shoot in 20 megapixels and we use that to run through a program called locate. Locate can detect the color of a shirt from 200 feet in the air even if it’s the size of a quarter.”
One of the drones used in the search is also equipped with an infrared camera that can detect non-recorded burials up to four years old.
“When you put someone in the ground, basically as they decompose and it kind of kills everything around it…. as everything grows back over time- it flourishes. It kind of creates super fertile soil and what you can detect on your infrared is the different color on the ground that you wouldn’t normally see with the naked eye,” Starnes added.
Saturday’s search also included a neighbor who says the environment is similar to how it was when Summer disappeared but he still doesn’t think she could be found in the area.
“It’s a lot of ground to cover. It’s very thick. I guess anything is possible… once you have seen two solid weeks of so many people covering an area so thoroughly… it doesn’t seem likely but anything is possible,” said Well’s neighbor Richard Gorley.
The private investigators typically do a search like the one Saturday once a month in the area surrounding the Wells’ Ben Hill road home. They plan to continue until she is found.
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A blistering state report on Baltimore’s ailing Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant made public Thursday detailed “systemic problems” plaguing the facility, including “failures at nearly every level.”
But it also dove into problems with management, safety and staffing, blasting Baltimore Department of Public Works officials for a “lack of leadership” and providing a first look at a failing culture inside the facility, where problems first became public last summer.
In addition to a litany of mechanical fixes, the report recommended the hiring of several new employees, including an on-site safety manager, a training and certification manager, and a biosolids manager with two supporting staff members, focused on processing solid waste.
A spokeswoman for the city’s Department of Public Works emphasized that the issues at the plant predate public works director Jason Mitchell, who started in 2021, adding that the department has a “renewed commitment to continuing to address these challenges, including governance, operations, and employee safety” under his leadership.
“We fully recognize the long-standing challenges impacting the treatment plant and implementation of solutions to remedy these issues are already underway,” spokeswoman Yolanda Winkler wrote in an email. “Several of them have already been addressed.”
In a statement, Maryland Secretary of the Environment Horacio Tablada wrote that the report “reflects conditions at the facility and provides useful information as we all work toward improving its performance. MDE is committed to working with MES and Baltimore City leadership to ensure that the plant comes into compliance with its permit.”
Meanwhile, recent reports from the city’s second wastewater plant — the Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant — indicate mechanical issues there are continuing to worsen, resulting in pollution overflows and calls from environmental groups for that plant to come under state control as well.
In its report about the Back River plant, the Environmental Service found that all of the various shops in the facility were understaffed by 25 percent to 50 percent, with 50 vacancies in operations staff (about half of the team) and 44 vacancies across its other departments.
Its report described a lack of succession planning and training for new managers, adding that “most managers at the facility have only been in their current positions a few years due to turnover.”
The plant has endured years of neglect, in part because of a failure to track the life cycle of equipment in a centralized way, according to the report. The facility largely scorned preventive maintenance, perhaps due to understaffing, instead repairing machinery only after it broke.
The plant’s automation also does not work, meaning that most equipment runs on manual mode and controls rigged to keep them from “tripping out.”
The Environmental Service report catalogued dangerous conditions at the plant, such as pervasive sludge spills, broken doors leading to birds and other wildlife “taking up residency” in buildings, electrical panels “left open and exposed,” insufficient lighting and rusting catwalks — even after an employee fell to her death through a deteriorating catwalk in Baltimore’s other wastewater treatment plant in 2019.
“Most of the facility’s valves, pumps, blowers, mixers, and controls are not functional. Pumps are plugged with trash, drains are clogged, and floors are covered with water or sludge,” read the report. “The lack of maintenance activities or funding for repairs has caused the staff to find many unnecessary workarounds to keep the plant operating.”
But the plant has received millions of dollars in investments in recent years, including nearly a half-billion dollars for the Headworks Project, which made improvements at the beginning of the plant’s wastewater treatment process, including addressing a sewage bottleneck at the plant entrance. But even as the project was being unveiled, mechanical problems later in the process were becoming more dire. Eventually solid waste began to overwhelm various parts of the system, leading to the state takeover.
The report described a frustrated workforce with little supervision from plant management — and inadequate training.
Staffers from the Maryland Environmental Service observed plant employees sleeping in their cars during the work day and washing each other’s personal vehicles in exchange for “payment or free lunch.” They also observed apprentices at the plant training other apprentices, which the report dubbed a “recipe for failure.”
“The Back River WWTP management team seems to have trouble disciplining employees when necessary; the thought of firing someone appears nonexistent,” the report reads.
The report also described infighting between different groups of employees, including the maintenance and operations staffs, adding that verbal and physical altercations between employees “have been observed on both the supervisory and subordinate level.”
When a team of about a dozen workers from MES arrived at the plant, following an emergency order from then-Maryland Secretary of the Environment Ben Grumbles, they encountered a persistent lack of urgency among staff, according to Thursday’s report.
“Based on what MES has seen in the roughly two months at this facility, the gravity of this issue does not seem to resonate with DPW staff as their response to the MDE order seems to have been met with a ‘business as usual’ approach,” the report read.
For example, at an initial weekly meeting on April 1, MES and city staffers discussed bringing potable water into the plant that would help with removing solid materials as needed. According to the report, the DPW director defended the city’s slow movement on the water line, stating that “it has only been seven days” since Grumbles’ order was issued.
“The MDE representative at the meeting reminded DPW that it had actually been 7 months of noncompliance,” the report stated.
When the issue came up again at a May 16 meeting, a DPW official said it “would get something started soon.” Discussions about how to streamline the city’s procurement process for Back River also appeared slow-moving, the report noted.
Meanwhile, the Department of Public Works director frequently did not attend meetings about the plant, and the head of its Bureau of Water and Wastewater employed a “defensive attitude,” which the report stated “does not bode well in expecting workers to be responsible and accountable.”
“There are many dedicated employees who want to see changes and bring the Back River facility back to being a world class facility,” the report said, “but they see no reason to jeopardize their livelihood and retirements in fighting the management team.”
Problems at the plant first came to light in August, when water-quality monitoring from local nonprofit Blue Water Baltimore flagged high bacteria levels outside Baltimore City’s second plant along the Patapsco River. After the group’s findings, state environmental regulators conducted increasingly frequent inspections at both plants and sued the city over the plants’ environmental woes in January.
The city also faces a suit from Blue Water Baltimore.
In March, after a fish kill in Back River, inspectors returned to the plant again and issued a report that Grumbles deemed evidence of the potential for “catastrophic failure” at the facility. If the city couldn’t bring Back River into compliance in 48 hours, the state would be taking charge of the effort, Grumbles said.
The city balked at Grumbles’ order, filing a court challenge that has yet to be adjudicated. The city is on the hook to pay for the MES efforts, according to state law. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/state-report-on-baltimore-wastewater-treatment-plant-details-failures-at-nearly-every-level/2022/06/11/8208f17a-e8f5-11ec-b037-e344f38e0a4f_story.html | 2022-06-11T21:56:52 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/state-report-on-baltimore-wastewater-treatment-plant-details-failures-at-nearly-every-level/2022/06/11/8208f17a-e8f5-11ec-b037-e344f38e0a4f_story.html |
March for Our Lives demonstrators demand stronger gun laws to protect people, children
FLAGLER BEACH — About 60 people gathered along State Road 100 outside Wadsworth Park Saturday morning holding signs calling for more gun regulations as part of the nationwide March for Our Lives rallies.
Demonstrators lined up along the west side of the State 100 bridge and waved at passing cars with signs that read “Books Not Bullets," “Protect People Not Guns” and “Republicans Love Guns More Than Children.”
Passing drivers honked their vehicles’ horns in support of the demonstrators. Some drivers also waved. But not everyone was agreeable. One person in a pickup yelled "People kill people." And a white sedan drove by with someone making a rude gesture out of the open sunroof.
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A group of March for Our Lives demonstrators marched across the bridge before returning to stand along State Road 100 at the entrance to Wadsworth Park.
One of the demonstrators was Nadine Witherspoon of Ormond Beach.
“We want to end gun violence so we are going to do what we can to let our legislators know that we are for gun safety laws that will protect our children and each other … wherever we are — grocery stores, walking in the mall, concerts, wherever,” Witherspoon said. “It’s important that we have appropriate gun safety laws.”
Tanya Dozier and her daughter, Nevaeh, 12, are visiting Witherspoon from Pennsylvania and accompanied her to the demonstration.
“Nobody wants to take away anyone’s guns. It’s just gun safety to protect our children,” said Dozier, who was holding a Biden 2020 flag.
Dozier motioned to Nevaeh, who will be in eighth grade next year.
“This is my daughter,” she said. “I would never want to send her to school and not come home and something as simple as gun safety laws would help.”
‘We’re tired of children being massacred in their schools
Sally Hirst, president of the Flagler Beach Democratic Club, said gun laws need to be tougher.
“We believe very strongly that we need to protect kids and we need to choose kids over, you know, what people perceive as a Second Amendment right, which I think has been way overextended beyond what it originally was intended,” Hirst said. “So, we are here to try to effectuate whatever change we can in gun laws, or ideally banning assault rifles.”
Hirst said politicians need to pay attention to constituents, because many people, even gun owners, are in favor of measures such as background checks and limiting the capacity of magazines.
The demonstration was part of the March for Our Lives rallies on Saturday, which took place in Washington, D.C., and 400 cities nationwide. Besides Flagler Beach, rallies took place in at least two dozen other Florida cities.
Doreen Leone, of Port Orange, organized a demonstration in her city at the intersection of U.S. 1 and Dunlawton Avenue Saturday.
"We’re tired of children being massacred in their schools and AR-15s do not belong in anybody’s hands unless you’re in a war," she said. "We’re passionate about it."
Leone was pleased with the turnout.
"I counted about 120 people," she said. "All four corners are covered."
She said she hopes the event will draw awareness to the need for stricter gun laws.
"We're hoping they'll pay attention to us," Leone said. "We're trying to make some noise. We're hoping that it will change something."
A similar March for Our Lives rally took place four years ago after a shooter killed 14 students and three other people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
29 dead in 2 recent shootings
The nationwide rallies on Saturday follow a massacre on May 24 when an 18-year-old man shot to death 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. On May 14, another 18-year-old gunman killed 10 Black shoppers and employees in what officials described as a hate crime at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York.
The House of Representatives last Wednesday voted to raise the minimum age from 18 to 21 to buy a semi-automatic rifle and ban the sale of high-capacity magazines, according to a USA Today story.
The bill, known as the Protecting Our Kids Act, passed the house on a largely party-line vote of 223-204. It will now go to the Senate were Republicans have enough votes to block it and it is not expected to pass, according to USA Today. A bipartisan group of senators is working on other measures focused on red-flag laws, mental health and school safety.
The rally in Flagler Beach also drew a lone-counter protester wearing a black T-shirt adorned with the outline of an AR-15. The man, who said his first name was Justin but declined to provide a last name, carried a sign that read "Ban Democrats Not Guns."
But he was greatly outnumbered by the March for Our Lives group, which included a few very young participants.
Lincoln Stallard, 7, of Washington, D.C., was visiting his cousin Addison Asay, 12, of Palm Coast. The two cousins carried a large sign that read March for Our Lives.
Lincoln said he was doing the march to stop gun violence.
Addison said she wanted to protect children from gun violence. She said she worries about active shooters in schools.
“Sometimes, yeah. When we have, like, the drills it’s kind of scary sometimes to think that that could happen in real life,” Addison said.
Kelly Rosa, a science teacher at Flagler Palm Coast High School, held up a sign that read “Books Not Bullets.”
“There’s just been too much violence happening in our country,” she said.
She said her family owns guns, but she believes that gun regulations should be tougher.
“Banning assault-style weapons – they shouldn’t be sold, they shouldn’t be available for the average consumer,” Rosa said. “They are military-grade weapons. They are not used for sport or for hunting so they are not required in the regular population.”
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HIGH POINT — When she tells her story, she's stoic, matter of fact. She looks straight into anyone’s eyes and shares the horror of what happened to her.
Years of therapy have helped her get to that point. But so have her supporters. She has an ocean of them.
Her given name is Vilayvanh Phanhvanh, or phonetically, Vi-LI-Whon PON Whon. But everyone calls her Boun Lod, as in Boon-LOUD. Or simply Boun for short. Ask her what her two-word name means in her native language from Laos, and Boun tells the story of a nurse.
“If your daughter survives,” the nurse told her parents, “please call her Boun Lod.”
Those two words mean “Miracle Survivor.”
Boun is that.
She graduated last weekend from High Point Central, and in a few months, she’ll head west to Appalachian State University and major in either psychology or political science.
She wants to choose psychology or political science because she wants to help people because so many people have helped her. Dozens of people.
People are also reading…
Moms.
Teachers.
An immigrant attorney.
Her teammates on High Point Central’s soccer team.
An 85-year-old retired paper salesman.
A 21-year-old nicknamed “Rei.”
And a portrait photographer whose talent and compassion helped her appreciate the beauty in her scars and her arms that end at her elbow. She calls them “drumsticks.”
As for her supporters, they’re as close to her as her own family. They all helped her survive.
“All the people I’ve met in school and in High Point,” Boun says, “they see me as a person, a normal human being. They’ve helped me become who I am today.”
‘Be strong, keep fighting’
The incident happened when Boun was 12 days old.
She was sleeping in her crib in her parents’ home in Laos. Her parents are Buddhists, and her mom had lit a candle above Boun’s crib as part of a traditional religious ritual, possibly Vesak, the most important day that Buddhists celebrate, a day that commemorates Buddha’s birth.
Boun’s mom went to check on Boun’s crying cousin, and she thought she had blown the candle out. She had not. The candle’s wax dripped onto the mosquito net above Boun’s crib. The net caught fire and fell onto Boun.
Boun’s grandmother, who was walking into the kitchen, saw black smoke billowing from the bedroom. She screamed for Boun’s mom. Boun’s mom came running. She pulled Boun’s bed sheet from the crib, picked her up, laid her on the concrete floor and extinguished the fire with her hands.
Boun’s mom severely burned her hands. But Boun was worse. Much worse. The flames from the net scalded her from her head down to her belly button.
Boun’s parents immediately took her to a nearby hospital. They hoped doctors could help. The doctors did not. They didn’t treat her burns. They amputated both her arms right at her elbow without her parents’ consent.
Boun’s parents were furious when they got to the hospital. Why, they asked? They never got an answer. The doctors then asked their permission to pull the oxygen mask from Boun’s face. Boun’s parents said yes.
Doctors told Boun’s parents they could take her home from the hospital because she only had a 3% chance to live. The interpretation? Boun might as well die at home.
But Boun got better.
She got better, thanks to a personal nurse her family brought in and medicine that helped her burned body heal. A Canadian couple later met Boun’s family, heard her story, and paid for Boun’s trip to Cincinnati so she could be treated at the Shriners Hospital for Children.
The couple kept in touch with Boun — they still do today — and Boun began flying back and forth to Ohio for treatment. She had countless surgeries; the hospital became her second home.
The care at the hospital helped. But the people in her homeland did not.
They’d see her outside, and they’d stare at her, point at her and hurl exclamations that cut deep. Boun still remembers what they said.
“You should kill yourself!”
“I still can’t believe you’re still alive!”
“You’re a monster!”
Her parents told her to ignore it. But Boun couldn’t. She became insecure, emotionally fragile. Her mom begged many schools to accept her. But Boun got rejected every time. School officials told her mom that a disabled child should not be in the same class as, what they called, “a normal kid.”
So, Boun didn’t go to school. She hardly left her house. By age 13, on yet another hospital stay in Ohio, she told her parents she didn’t want to go home. She wanted to stay in the United States.
At first, her parents said no. Finally, they gave in. When they did, Boun saw her mom cry for the first time.
“Be strong, keep fighting,” her mom told her. “Prove people at home that they’re wrong.”
Boun first stayed with a foster family in Ohio. She then moved to North Carolina to stay with her dad’s cousin and his wife. Her dad’s cousin worked in the insurance industry in High Point. That’s how she discovered High Point Central High — and Reilly Williams.
More than just soccer
Reilly was a senior, a veteran soccer player at High Point Central, when she watched about 40 girls try out for the team. She couldn’t take her eyes off one. It was the freshman with no arms, running up and down the field.
Reilly’s coach asked her and fellow senior Lauren Dulin what they thought of Boun. Reilly and Lauren were both team captains, and they talked about Boun’s work ethic, her love for soccer, and they felt she belonged on the team.
“I agree with you,” their coach responded.
Boun was one of four freshmen who made the cut. During a shooting drill, Reilly told Boun the good news.
“Congratulations, you made the team,” Reilly told her.
“What?!” Boun shot back.
“Yeah,” Reilly said. “You made it.”
Boun tackled Reilly to the ground because she was so excited. Their friendship began.
Reilly told her mom, Meredith Williams, about Boun. Meredith watched Boun play. But she really zeroed in on how Boun interacted with her daughter and the other players. Boun liked them, and they liked Boun. Around that time, Meredith heard about Boun’s dilemma.
She needed to get a permanent resident card, better known as a green card, to stay in the United States. If not, Boun would get deported back to Laos, a place of deep hurt.
But getting a green card is expensive, and Boun needed help. Enter the Williams family.
Nearly three years ago, Meredith talked to Reilly, her youngest daughter, the girl she calls “Rei” about fundraising options. Reilly then created a page on GoFundMe.com and began raising money to help cover Boun’s legal expenses.
Reilly wanted to raise $9,550. She raised nearly $12,000. In nine days.
Gerry Chapman, a well-known immigration attorney in Greensboro, was hired, and around that time, more people started hearing about Boun’s story. Her support network began to grow.
They all came for the same reason. They wanted to help. Ask them why, and their story gets richer, a bit biblical and reminds anyone there are no coincidences in life.
Take Jordan Washburn. He’s 85, a retired paper salesman who believes in Matthew 25:40: "Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me."
‘God’s work is in this’
Washburn sits on the board of Victory Junction, an acclaimed summer camp in Randleman. Victory Junction welcomes children ages 6 to 16 with chronic medical conditions and serious illnesses and helps them have fun and feel empowered in a safe, medically sound space.
Washburn got a call about getting Boun into Victory Junction. He got her in. But he had never met her.
Then, following that initial call, Washburn happened to be sitting in High Point’s Biscuit Factory around noon one summer day when four high school girls happened to drive up and come in to grab lunch. Three girls had arms; one didn’t.
Washburn figured that young girl with no arms had to be Boun. So, Washburn walked up to the group of girls and looked at Boun. He had a question.
“Did you just go to Victory Junction?”
Boun didn’t say a word. She simply stood up and wrapped her short arms around Washburn and hugged him.
Washburn keeps on his bedside table a sign that reads, “Whose Life Will Be Better Because I Woke Up Today.” He sees it every morning, and after that hug, he’d look at that sign and think of Boun every time.
Two weeks later, he contacted Anthony Saia, a prosthetist-orthotist in Winston-Salem.
He asked Saia to build a prosthetic arm for Boun. Saia did. The arm cost $15,000. Washburn paid for it himself.
“When I was 12 years old, I remember seeing my mom take food to families who were hungry, and that made an impression on me and the way God wants us to live,” says Washburn, a High Point native who spent 40 years working as sales representative for Morrissette Paper in Greensboro.
“Her favorite expression was from the Bible, ‘If you’ve done it to the least of these, you’ve done it to me,’” he says. “Every day of her life she lived that.”
Boun has yet to use the arm on a regular basis. Right now, Boun does everything with her feet, from writing and eating to washing her hair and navigating her iPhone.
As for Washburn, he’s still helping Boun. So is Meredith Williams. She owned Pepper Moon Catering for years, and Washburn talked to Meredith about forming a group that could help Boun. He even came up with the name: Boun’s Moms.
Meredith and four other moms make up the group — Sandy Davis, Melanie Eskew, Emily Fisher and Dr. Lee Nunn. All five know Boun through High Point Central. For the past three years, they’ve helped Boun with much. They take Boun to see her therapist, her psychiatrist, or any place she needs to go. They also helped Boun apply to college.
They meet once a month in Washburn’s office on the second floor of First Bank in High Point. There, they talk about Boun’s every need.
“It’s a village on how this thing works,” Meredith says. “She’ll throw us curveballs because she is a teenager, a high school kid. In one breath, she sounds like a 12-year-old. The next breath, she sounds amazingly wise. Knowing what she’s been through, it’s astounding. I am in awe of her.”
Washburn and Boun’s Moms set up an education fund to help Boun with college. They knew she’d need it. They also knew she needed a green card. Boun finally received it last September. But the process was slow-going, especially because of the global pandemic.
One day, Meredith called Chapman to check on the progress, and he assured her everything would be fine. Right afterward, Washburn called Meredith. The education fund they set up for Boun had just received a five-figure amount from an anonymous donor.
The couple who gave the gift told Washburn they were friends of Chapman, and he had told them about Boun. When Meredith heard that from Washburn, she called Chapman. She wanted to know how that donation came to be.
The couple told Chapman they wanted to help one of his clients in some way, and they asked who he’d recommend. Chapman hadn’t thought about Boun in weeks. But that morning, with Meredith’s call fresh on his mind, Chapman told them about Boun.
Boun now likely has enough money in her education fund to cover most of the costs for college, Meredith says.
“I’m firm believer things happen for a reason,” Meredith says. “God’s work is in this.”
‘One scar doesn’t define your beauty’
Kelli Gowdy is a portrait photographer in High Point, and three years ago, she created a campaign she calls Kelli’s Krew.
High school seniors in High Point apply, and Gowdy picks a handful of students every year. They’re not necessarily the most popular students. They’re students who Gowdy believes could benefit from a series of portraits that could build their confidence.
This past year, one of those teenagers was Boun.
Like other parents, Gowdy knew of Boun through soccer at High Point Central. Gowdy’s daughter, Paige, plays at Southwest Guilford. Gowdy started taking photos of Boun at the end of her junior year.
At first, Gowdy could see through her lens Boun’s shyness. But after a series of sessions, Gowdy saw that shyness evaporate.
Check out Boun’s portraits on her or Gowdy’s Instagram page, and there she is. Boun in a white ASU shirt. Boun in a white knee-length dress. Boun in a light-blue skirt that reached mid-thigh. Boun in a black suit with Doc Marten boots that she wore to her senior prom.
“You could see confidence, you could see her smile, you could see the light in her eyes,” Gowdy says. “She saw it, too. She’s become more comfortable in her own skin.”
Boun once hid from cameras because she hated what she looked like, and she hated looking at herself in the mirror. What she heard for years in Laos scarred her deeply. Her work with Gowdy, though, changed all that.
“The main reason I wanted to do it was because I wanted to be an example for other people,” she says. “A lot of people my age are insecure because of one little pimple, one little scar, and they struggle feeling any kind of self-love.
“But I wanted to show them that even because of one pimple, one scar or one scratch, you’re still pretty,” she says. “One scar doesn’t define your beauty. We’re all like pieces of art. That’s how I see people. The scars you have inside and out are part of the canvas of you.”
‘Just being me’
A few weeks ago, Reilly Williams came back to her alma mater.
She’s a senior criminal justice major at ASU, and she returned to attend a school tradition known as the Capping Ceremony. It’s an event in which seniors ask someone special to place on their heads their graduation cap.
Boun asked Reilly.
Like Boun’s Moms, Reilly has been there for Boun. She’s taken Boun to Super G in Greensboro to grocery shop, to Biscuit Factory or Carolina Diner to eat, and to Boone to see the campus.
She also took Boun to the Blue Ridge Parkway to see its beauty. When Reilly did, she stopped at an overlook to show Boun the mountains and the landscape of green surrounding them. Boun didn’t say a word. She cried.
They are tight, Reilly and Boun. They’re best friends. Three years ago, when Reilly left for ASU, Boun wrote her a note and later transcribed it on an Instagram post. Boun ended her note this way:
“I was hanging on the edge of a cliff, and I wanted to give up because I was tired of holding on … then you came and pulled me up, brushed off the dust for me, and ever since then, you have always been there for me showing me there’s people who would like to know me for who I am and accept me.”
“I’ll never get rid of that,” Reilly says of the note.
A few weeks ago, on the morning of the Capping Ceremony, Reilly woke up at 5:30 a.m., jumped in her car and drove straight from Boone to Boun’s house and picked her up. When they got to High Point Central, Boun began talking to everybody as Reilly held their spot in line to get into the gym for the ceremony.
“You’re talking to everybody!" Reilly said, when Boun got in line with her.
“I feel like I have to say hello to everyone,’” Boun responded.
When Reilly tells that story, she laughs.
“That’s not the Boun I first met,” she says.
At the Capping Ceremony, Boun won an award. She was one of two seniors who received a Sports Courage Award. Applause washed over her when she walked from her seat to the stage.
A week before the Capping Ceremony, she received the High Point Student Leader Award.
At a ceremony at the String & Splinter Club in High Point, she was one of six students who received the award from the High Point Schools Partnership. Ten feet away sat Shelley Nixon-Green, the principal of High Point Central.
Boun told her story of how she ended up at High Point Central to the people present. As she did, Nixon-Green teared up.
“We got to watch her grow, and that's the best thing about education,” she says. “They get to become who they want to become, and I can’t wait to see what happens with Boun.”
Boun loves her parents, misses her parents, and she appreciates what they did for her. Yet, she doesn’t see herself going back to Laos just yet to visit her extended family. She’s focusing on her future in Boone. She’ll live closer to Reilly and move closer to her goal.
She wants to major in political science because she’s become politically engaged after she saw the racism and hate crimes against Asians two years ago. She says she feels this burning need to speak up and push for human rights and equality for all.
Or she wants to major in psychology because she sees herself as a psychologist, a counselor, just someone in a professional field who will help people work through their own personal struggles. She knows how they feel because of her own struggle.
Whatever she decides to do, she knows she’ll become a motivational speaker. She feels she has something to say. Her hurt and her perseverance have given her insight into life that few have. She knows that.
“People come up to me and say they see hope in me, they see a light in me, and that makes me feel warm and welcome,” she says. “They don’t have to be kind, but they are.”
And that does what?
“I’m not afraid to tell people about what happened to me,” she says. “I can be myself. And just being me, I know that’s going to be enough.”
Jeri Rowe, a former columnist at the News & Record, is the senior writer at High Point University. He interviewed 12 graduating seniors as part of the annual Senior Spotlight project for Guilford County Schools. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/education/boun-lod-miracle-survivor-finds-success-and-support-in-her-high-point-community/article_2fa70458-e8eb-11ec-ab13-27ef4d4fa175.html | 2022-06-11T22:29:27 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/education/boun-lod-miracle-survivor-finds-success-and-support-in-her-high-point-community/article_2fa70458-e8eb-11ec-ab13-27ef4d4fa175.html |
They did it.
Over the past two weeks, seniors graduated from high schools across Guilford County and received $166 million in scholarships and grants to continue their education. They all have stories, these nearly 5,300 graduates from Guilford County Schools.
Here are 10.
Abigail Seo
A few days before her June 4 graduation, Abigail Seo received some great news.
She learned she was named valedictorian of Western Guilford High School, and she received from UNC-Chapel Hill the Aubrey Lee Brooks Scholarship. The scholarship will provide Abigail with $12,000 a year for her entire undergraduate career as well as $2,500 for technology expenses.
The scholarship will cover nearly all her college expenses. She now just has to decide what she wants to study. It could be business or computer science. Or she may decide to follow UNC’s pre-med track so she can become a physician assistant or physical therapist.
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She really doesn’t know yet. But with whatever she chooses, Abigail has learned the importance of focus. It came from her years of practicing and performing on the ice as well as teaching beginning ice skaters at the Greensboro Ice House.
“Not only am I able to do what I love,” she wrote in her college essay, “but by coaching beginner skaters, I can also live selflessly, just as the coaches who once helped me live out my dream of becoming an ice ballerina.”
Keyri Romero Fuentes
As she inched closer to the stage to receive her diploma June 4 from Northeast Guilford High School, Keyri Romero Fuentes looked out in the audience for her aunt in Greensboro’s Special Events Center.
Keyri knows her by another name.
Mom.
When she was 8, Keyri fled El Salvador with her teenage cousin. Her aunt, Martina Romero, drove from North Carolina to Texas to pick them up. She later helped Keyri receive her Permanent Green Card, which allowed Keyri to stay in the United States. The four-year process cost Romero $20,000 in legal expenses.
That’s a lot of money for anyone, especially Romero. She works first shift at a chicken processing plant in Reidsville. She’s been there 16 years and now makes $17.20 an hour.
“Maybe she did not give me life,” Keyri says of her aunt, “but she certainly has given me a different life.”
This fall, Keyri will attend UNCG. She wants to become a nurse. She wants to help people like her aunt helped her.
William Locklear
William Locklear graduated June 1 from Haynes-Inman Education Center. But it wasn’t like other graduations across Guilford County.
He was rolled down the center aisle of the school’s multi-purpose room in his wheelchair, rolled up onstage and received a certificate with two other Haynes-Inman’s graduates. That certificate commemorates his 21 years with Guilford County Schools.
William is 22. He’s been a student with Guilford County Schools since he was 15 months old. He joined the infant toddler program at Gateway Education Center to help him learn how to adapt after a traumatic brain injury left him unable to walk, talk or feed himself.
He has come a long way. His teachers see that. So does his mother, Brenda Locklear.
“I don’t know where I’d be without them,” says Locklear of Gateway and Haynes-Inman. “At Gateway, I didn’t want him away from me. But I kept talking to them and kept talking to them, and I’m glad I did it. It was helping him. Now, he’s a pretty happy young adult.”
Michael Scutari
Michael Scutari first heard about The Early College at Guilford through a couple of friends. They applied. So, he applied. He called it, as he says today, “a super nerdy thing.” But once he went through the interview process and talked to the teachers and professors, he knew he was going.
At The Early College, he became a student leader, and he also got the chance to take courses in everything from acting to Buddhism.
On May 25, Michael graduated from The Early College during an early-morning ceremony at the Swarm Fieldhouse at Greensboro Coliseum Complex. This fall, he’ll become a student at Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering and let his intellectual curiosity roam.
“The Early College helped me look at the holistic picture of my life and be a more compassionate person,” he says. “I recognize the value of education.”
Joey McGinnis IV
As a student at STEM Early College at N.C. A&T, Joey McGinnis IV sometimes studied until 3 in the morning only to get up three hours later to finish an assignment.
Ask him, and he’ll tell you it was a struggle. But he didn’t struggle alone.
His parents supported him, and they made sure he arrived on time at school or at his football practices at Southwest Guilford High School, his home school where he played quarterback. His counselors and teachers at STEM Early College supported him, and they made sure he could balance his academic workload with his football schedule.
Then there’s Joey. He also supported himself.
He graduated from STEM Early College on May 26, and he’ll soon head to Pennsylvania to study engineering and play football at one of the world’s best academic institutions, Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He received a full athletic scholarship.
“I feel like down the road that would not only save money but catapult me into whatever career I wanted to choose,” he says. “I have two years of taking college classes at A&T, and that will only prepare me for my future.”
Cristian Chacon Martinez
Cristian Chacon Martinez tried out for Smith High School’s drumline his sophomore year — and he had never picked up a pair of drumsticks in his life.
But when he heard on the school announcement about tryouts, he remembered how much he liked the bands he saw at the big carnivals while growing up in Honduras.
Cristian tried out and made it.
Last summer, Smith’s new band director, Donte Robinson, selected Cristian to be the drumline’s captain. Because of the drumline, Cristian found his English improved, and he became a better leader. He also became more disciplined and more focused on his future. He wants to go to college.
After graduating June 4 from Smith, Cristian will continue his education at GTCC. He wants to transfer later to a university, study cybersecurity and go into the military. He doesn’t know yet. But he does know why.
“Graduation from high school is cool and all, but I want to keep going,” he says. “I want to find something to study deep so I can reach another goal and then another goal. My next goal is to go to college. I don’t want to fail in life.”
Jake Rouse
Jake Rouse earned a $10,000 college scholarship from the State Employees’ Credit Union for his service work over the years as a student at GTCC Middle College Jamestown.
He has served meals in downtown Greensboro to local residents who don’t have a home, and he has crawled underneath houses in eastern North Carolina, wearing a protective suit and pulling out insulation mildewed and soaked from recent hurricanes.
Jake went with his dad, EJ, who was a minister at the time. His dad now teaches special needs students at Dudley High School. But those times pulling out insulation and serving baloney sandwiches at Greensboro’s Center City Park still resonate with Jake.
“I think those experiences taught me gratitude, and it gave me a better understanding of the world around us,” he says. “All of us, at the end of the day, are just people.”
Jake graduated with both a high school diploma and an associate degree from GTCC. Later this summer, he will enroll at UNC-Wilmington and major in computer science, minor in creative writing and begin pursuing his dream of working as a video game designer.
“I’ve made that dream a reality,” he says.
Joya Gray
Joya Gray’s graduation was emotional.
She’d been a student at Penn-Griffin School for the Arts for seven years, both in middle school and high school. But it’s bigger than that. The history of Penn-Griffin is the history of her family. And she’ll be the last generation of her family to walk the halls.
At least for now.
To hear her story is to hear about the history of High Point. That includes a moment that helped change High Point forever: the sit-in that occurred on Feb. 11, 1960, at the F.W. Woolworth on South Main Street.
Her grandfather was there. He was one of the 26 students who staged the sit-in.
To many, he’s known as Edwin Council. To Joya, he’s Granddaddy Ed.
“Even though many years separate us, what they did really changed history,” Joya says of her grandfather and her other relatives. “I now have friends who are white, and we’re able to sit together and go to school. There’s no discrimination between us.”
After her graduation June 3 from Penn-Griffin, Joya will head to GTCC to finish her associate degree in art. She’ll then pursue a second associate degree in surgical technology before transferring to UNCG or Winston-Salem State.
Paw Klay
Paw Klay will soon be a soldier.
Paw graduated a week ago from Andrews High School and will go to basic training in July to begin his career in the Army.
The military, Paw says, will help him become a U.S. citizen. It also will teach him a trade, provide him a pension and give him the money he needs to go to college. If he goes to college — and that’s Paw’s goal — he’ll become the first member of his family to do that.
Paw, a refugee from Thailand, moved to High Point with his family when he was 10. He’s now 18, and he’ll soon become one of 8,000 non-U.S. citizens who join the military every year. When he does, he will be one of about 35,000 non-U.S. citizens serving in active-duty military.
“No more underage student,” he says. “I’ll start off as a new adult, going to college in my Army years and life will carry on from there.”
To where?
“I’ll keep on going,” he says. “I want to make my parents proud. I see (the Army) as a first job, and I don’t want to fail in life.”
Lindsey Cockburn
Lindsey Cockburn got a plunge cutter for Christmas.
It’s a small saw used to cut out details in wood, and she really learned how to use it at Weaver Academy. She’s also built sets, tiny houses and a new home in east Greensboro following a destructive tornado four years ago.
After graduating June 3 from Weaver, Lindsey will become a student this fall at the American College of Building Arts in Charleston, S.C. She’s one of 25 students selected for the incoming class, and she’ll major in plaster restoration.
That’s right, plaster restoration.
Lindsey will specialize in working on homes older than her grandparents and great-grandparents. She sees these homes as artistically beautiful and distinctive monuments that can define a community and undergird the history of a nation.
Lindsey learned that at Weaver, too.
“I feel like if I had been in a different situation, I would not have felt as comfortable or grown as a person in the same way,” she says. “Weaver is really a special place.”
Jeri Rowe, a former columnist at the News & Record, is the senior writer at High Point University. He interviewed these 10 graduating seniors as part of the Senior Spotlight project for Guilford County Schools. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/education/class-of-2022-guilford-county-schools-shares-the-stories-of-10-recent-graduates/article_20af0a08-e6b7-11ec-9040-0bc7ecbb1e5c.html | 2022-06-11T22:29:33 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/education/class-of-2022-guilford-county-schools-shares-the-stories-of-10-recent-graduates/article_20af0a08-e6b7-11ec-9040-0bc7ecbb1e5c.html |
PALMETTO, Ga. — An Amber Alert has been issued for missing 2-year-old out of Coweta County.
Aubrey Elaine Pogue is believed to be in a green Ford F-150 truck with the license plate PXI5373, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
They add that she was last seen on Lorraine Dr. with the suspect, Curtis Wayne Pogue. The GBI did not specify their relation.
Those with any information are asked to call 911 or the Coweta County Sheriff's Office at 770-253-1502.
This is a developing story, we will update as more information becomes available. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/missing-in-georgia/amber-alert-2-year-old-coweta-county/85-f73d4c6a-792a-4b38-b4e0-0cd4f9e4dd91 | 2022-06-11T22:43:06 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/missing-in-georgia/amber-alert-2-year-old-coweta-county/85-f73d4c6a-792a-4b38-b4e0-0cd4f9e4dd91 |
ATLANTA — You've heard of eating vegan but did you know you can now rock sneakers that are vegan as well?
Popular Atlanta restaurant Slutty Vegan is now teaming up with shoe brand Steve Madden to make the one of a kind shoe possible.
Slutty Vegan made the announcement on its Instagram page, featuring an ad showing off the sneaker.
The restaurant said in its post that the shoes are available now to purchase in store, their webpage, or Steve Madden's web page.
The sneakers themselves are white with sprinkles of red and a black sole. It also has dashes of yellow with black lettering featuring phrases about being vegan. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/slutty-vegan-steve-madden-vegan-sneaker/85-5135d514-c09a-44d3-bc25-5633b7db00bb | 2022-06-11T22:43:12 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/slutty-vegan-steve-madden-vegan-sneaker/85-5135d514-c09a-44d3-bc25-5633b7db00bb |
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A Virginia police officer has been arrested on federal charges that he sexually exploited a child.
The Newport News Police Department said it learned about the investigation of Covey on Thursday. The department said it has placed Covey on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/police-officer-charged-with-sexually-exploiting-child/2022/06/11/9535460e-e9d6-11ec-a422-11bbb91db30b_story.html | 2022-06-11T22:49:04 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/police-officer-charged-with-sexually-exploiting-child/2022/06/11/9535460e-e9d6-11ec-a422-11bbb91db30b_story.html |
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A donation drive was held on Saturday in benefit of Women's & Children's First, an Arkansas organization that provides resources to domestic violence and sexual assault victims, along with their children.
Saturday's event was a joint effort by McCain Mall and BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse as the two worked together to provide the donation drive, which ran from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
The donation drive sought different items such as:
- laundry detergent pods
- paper towels
- toilet paper
- cleaning supplies
- oral hygiene products
- liquid hand soap
- household items
"We have asked for things that we go through the most, so that's detergent pods, liquid hand soap, toilet paper, paper towels, [and] even things like standard sized pillows, cleaning supplies-- just your basics to get through the day," said Megan McBroome, Community Outreach and Marketing Associate for Women's & Children's First.
As an organization, Women's & Children's First works to provide resources to victims and their children, helping them to work their way towards living a free and independent life away from domestic violence.
"Women's & Children's First, we are a domestic violence shelter, as well as a sexual abuse shelter. BJ's Brewhouse as well as McCain Mall reached out to us because they wanted to host a donation drive for us," McBroome said.
The organization provides services like crisis intervention, safe shelter, support services, and social and legal advocacy.
For those who were unable to come out on Saturday, McBroome said that there are still opportunities to donate.
"For the next 2 weeks, BJ's [Brewhouse] is actually going to have a [donation] box on both of their locations, so North Little Rock and Little Rock as well. If you would like to donate, then you are more than welcome to. You can also go to our website and you can do a donation there as well," she said.
If you would like to learn more about the Women's & Children's First organization or would like to donate to their cause, you can visit their website here.
You can also contact Cheryl Ringgold, who works as the Director of Marketing and Business Development, at 501-213-6580. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/arkansas-raising-money-domestic-violence-victims/91-381a609a-e1c2-450e-8f1a-d03b3f463b1e | 2022-06-11T22:52:22 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/arkansas-raising-money-domestic-violence-victims/91-381a609a-e1c2-450e-8f1a-d03b3f463b1e |
AUSTIN, Texas — Austin Humane Society (AHS) hosted a teddy bear surgery event on Saturday. The team helped kids under the age of eight diagnose and treat their stuffed animals.
This adorable event gave kids a glimpse into the world of animal care.
"It's really planting a seed when kids are young to make them into responsible pet owners when they're older," said Katie Kennedy, Austin Human Society director of communications. "To care for animals, to support the mission of the Austin Humane Society... to understand the right way to care for a pet."
Jade Brandt is a 6-year-old who was called "Doctor Brandt" for the first time today. With the help of an AHS team member, they examined her stuffed animal, Midnight.
"We had to check her heartbeat," she said.
Brandt said she dreams of becoming a veterinarian, and events like this push her to follow her dreams. Brandt learned a lot about carrying for animals.
With this triple-digit heat, one common illness to look out for is heat exhaustion.
"If you have a dog that's outside and you notice things like excessive panting, rapid heartbeat, excessive drooling, dizziness. Those might be signs of heat stroke or heat exhaustion," said Kennedy.
Kennedy said there are some ways to help them cool down.
"Get your pet indoors as soon as possible," she said. "Put a fan on them to help bring their body temperature down. You can also do things like take cool water... put it around their ears and around their paws to help bring their body temperature down, and just make sure you're monitoring them as they come indoors and make sure they're getting back to their normal body temperature."
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DAVIS, Calif. — UC Davis is making changes to its Sunday commencement plans a day after its Friday ceremony was abruptly canceled due to heat-related illnesses, university officials say.
Gates at UC Davis Health Stadium will open at 6 a.m. Sunday and students are asked to be seated on the field by the graduation's 7 a.m. start time, the university says.
During the Sunday ceremony, students will be able to have their names read and walk across the stage, according to an update issued by UC Davis.
Friday, the university abruptly canceled its commencement during the ceremony itself as graduates were crossing the stage, citing concerns over the heat.
According to Kat Kerlin with UC Davis, six people were taken to area hospitals after first responders received 35 medical calls due to the heat at the Friday event.
The University invited students who did not get to walk at Friday's graduation to the separate ceremonies on Saturday and Sunday.
"Misters, fans, shade tents and water stations are available throughout UC Davis Health Stadium," UC Davis said in a statement. "Graduates’ family members are welcome to watch a livestream of the ceremony in air conditioning at the University Credit Union Center, which will be open as a cooling center. Our public safety officials recommend that people go there before they start feeling ill."
The University added that students who did not get to walk the stage on Friday or Saturday will be contacted at a later date to get their input on a future ceremony.
During Saturday morning's ceremony, graduates walked the stage in spite of the University's previous update indicating that students would not be allowed to do so.
For Saturday morning's ceremony, speakers agreed to record their speeches to be sent to graduates at a later date, allowing the graduates to walk the stage instead.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Cal Fire crews in Yuba County are battling a vegetation fire dubbed the "Brandie Fire" near the community of Loma Rica, Cal Fire's Butte Unit Tweeted Saturday.
The fire is said to be burning north of Marysville Road and south of Loma Rica Road. While no evacuations have been ordered, the area is under an advisory by Yuba County, encouraging residents to be alert and follow future recommendations.
Loma Rica Road between Scott Grant Road and Kimberly Road remains closed as crews battle the blaze, according to Yuba County.
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According to Cal Fire, the 2021 fire season started earlier than previous years, but also ended earlier, as well. January 2021 saw just under 1,200 acres burned from nearly 300 wildfires. Fires picked up in the summer when the Dixie Fire burned in five Northern California counties — Butte, Plumas, Shasta, Lassen and Tehama. The Dixie Fire started on July 13 and wasn't contained until Oct. 25, burning nearly 1 million acres. It has since become the second-largest wildfire in state history and the largest non-complex fire.
Overall, 2.5 million acres were burned in 2021 from 8,835 wildfires. Over 3,600 structures were destroyed and 3 people killed.
If you live in a wildfire-prone zone, Cal Fire suggests creating a defensible space around your home. Defensible space is an area around a building in which vegetation and other debris are completely cleared. At least 100 feet is recommended.
The Department of Homeland Security suggests assembling an emergency kit that has important documents, N95 respirator masks, supplies to grab with you if you’re forced to leave at a moment’s notice. The agency also suggests signing up for local warning system notifications and know your community’s evacuation plans best to prepare yourself and your family in cases of wildfires.
Some counties use Nixle alerts to update residents on severe weather, wildfires, and other news. To sign up, visit www.nixle.com or text your zip code to 888777 to start receiving alerts.
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BRISTOL — The Pringle Nature Center knows there is plenty of diverse life at the Bristol site for residents to see.
This weekend, they got help counting, identifying and documenting just that.
The Milwaukee Public Museum’s annual BioBlitz, a 24 hour biodiversity survey open to experts and amateurs alike, was held at the Kenosha site at 9800 County Hwy MB on Friday and Saturday. More than 60 surveyors helped create a more complete picture of the center’s wildlife.
Julia Colby, the event’s head organizer and the collection manager at the Milwaukee Public Museum, said their goal was, in part, to produce a list of everything in the park, from hoverflies to fungi. The other goal was to connect people with their local nature centers.
“At heart this is an outreach event,” Colby said. “Having that connection to the nature in a park, showing people that biodiversity isn’t just in the rainforest.”
Registered surveyors, nature experts, amateurs and families were all invited to take part, and “anyone who can tell the difference between two things,” Colby joked.
“People can learn about the nature that is in our own backyard,” Colby said. “It’s a different way of looking at a space you might use every day.”
Colby said attendance was lower this year compared to past events, in part due to the remaining effects of COVID, but she hoped next year’s event at HavenWood Nature School would be a return to form.
Jennifer Lazewski, the executive director of the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology, joined the local BioBlitz. Although she had arrived with a bird-focused group, she said she was “flitting around,” taking photos of several bugs and whatever else caught her eye. She said she was looking forward to the final survey count.
“It’s really fun, it’s kind of a contest,” Lazewski said.
In past years, Colby said surveys usually have over 1,000 different animals, plants, fungi and more. This year’s event is expected to break a few county records for certain species spottings, mostly due to the lack of survey records in the area.
Lazewski, who has attended other nature survey events, praised the concept and what they can do for local residents.
“It’s a great place for amateurs to come out and see how the experts do it,” Lazewski said. “You get to see the bigger picture.”
This year they utilized modern survey programs, such as iNaturalist, which allows users to document their observations online. Created by the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society, Colby said the program helps amateurs verify their findings.
“It’s great for scientists too; they can pull out all these observations people have made,” Colby said.
The final count for this year’s BioBlitz was not available by print time Saturday.
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CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Free fishing day was held on Saturday and residents of Carter County took full advantage of the day.
A pond was filled with catfish designed for parents and their kids to try their hand at fishing in.
Prizes were given out for the largest fish caught and draws were held for fishing equipment such as tackle boxes and poles.
“We’ve got a great turnout today a lot of little kiddos running around here looking to catch fish and to weigh them and get the size of them. So, we’re excited to be able to offer this opportunity to our kids in Carter County,” said Carter County Mayor Patty Woodby.
Carter County host the event every year. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/carter-county-residents-enjoyed-free-fishing-day-on-saturday/ | 2022-06-11T23:07:17 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/carter-county-residents-enjoyed-free-fishing-day-on-saturday/ |
What’s it gonna be now? Is it love or is it money?
— Prince
Before we come down on the side of righteous indignation and government interference over what some groups in the county are claiming is, in essence, Dougherty County officials hijacking their Juneteenth celebration plans, it might be wise to dig a little deeper.
A group of several organizations had planned a three-day celebration before the Dougherty County Commission voted to host its own commemoration outside the Albany-Dougherty Government Center on June 18.
“There were three or four or five groups that had been doing Juneteenth over the years,” Frank Wilson, an organizer for the event told Herald reporter Alan Mauldin this week. “We thought now that it was a national holiday, in a community like Dougherty County, there was no need in doing several.
“It’s unfortunate the county chose to become competitive rather than cooperative. Two festivals on the same day are not a good reflection on Dougherty County.”
Wilson said he recently gave a report on plans for the Juneteenth weekend of events, which will include gospel music on Friday evening, a Saturday street festival and a play on Sunday, “and all of a sudden, after we did a presentation, (the county) got into the festival business. It’s a head-scratcher. It’s very disheartening, and it’s almost disrespectful to all these organizations that have been putting on this event.”
But county officials say there’s a little more to the issue than the offended groups are discussing in their condemnation of the county’s plan to host a “competing” celebration.
“What these folks aren’t saying is that they came to the county — and, it turns out, to the city as well — and asked for $60,000 in taxpayer money to put on their celebration,” one high-ranking county official with knowledge of the circumstances surrounding the issue, said. “The county offered in-kind contributions — like use of (Riverfront Park, which is owned by the county) — but they wanted that large sum of money instead.”
The official noted that the county asked for an itemized accounting of plans for use of the $60,000, but none was forthcoming.
“They said they needed $10,000 for use of the park to show a movie, but the county was offering use of the park at no cost,” the official said. “Was it going to cost $10,000 for renting the movie and the projector? I don’t think so.”
Dougherty County Commissioner Victor Edwards told Mauldin the groups could not — or would not — justify the need for the $60,000. Edwards said that Wilson requested the $10,000 for rental of the park and $5,000 for T-shirts. The county agreed to provide the park at no charge and to pay for T-shirts if the organizers would provide the number of shirts needed. No shirt count was provided; instead the county was asked for $4,800 for T-shirts.
“The answer is, you can’t justify your $60,000,” Edwards said. “To me, nobody has the right to Juneteenth. Nobody’s in competition with anybody. We shouldn’t, when we don’t get what we want, blast each other and try to throw each other under the bus.”
The County Commission’s plans for its June 18 festival, which comes with a $30,000 budget, includes a “first-class” celebration with musical performances by Rutha Harris and the Freedom Singers, family activities for all ages, food trucks and a presentation at noon highlighting the meaning of the celebration.
That there are bad feelings and recriminations swirling around what should be the celebration of a significant historical moment is not exactly a gold-star day for Dougherty County. It would seem that, with the official designation of Juneteenth as a national holiday almost a year ago, any kind of celebration could have been better planned. And, if the bottom line was for some greedy people to shake down the agency responsible for taking care of taxpayer dollars so that they could score a few of those dollars for themselves, then the shame is magnified. | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/carlton-fletcher-dougherty-county-juneteenth-celebration-or-sale-a-bration/article_3aac97a4-e9a0-11ec-aec7-cfeb2e025ba0.html | 2022-06-11T23:10:57 | 1 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/carlton-fletcher-dougherty-county-juneteenth-celebration-or-sale-a-bration/article_3aac97a4-e9a0-11ec-aec7-cfeb2e025ba0.html |
BOISE, Idaho — Women interested in a fire service career received a first-hand look into the profession Saturday as the Boise Fire Department hosted day one of its 'Ignite Bootcamp' with Ada County Paramedics.
The two Treasure Valley agencies provided educational opportunities to attendees through physical exercises and teamwork tasks. A rotation of stations also focused on key skills required for firefighters.
"The purpose of this boot camp is to inspire, empower and transform career choices by offering groups of women the tools and resources to further their pursuit and understanding of the fire service, in hopes of recruiting more women to the fire service," Boise Fire wrote in a news release.
According to the National Fire Protection Association, women make up less than 10% of the U.S. Fire Service. Boise Fire said the number of women in fire service is increasing, but there is still a need to create opportunities for women interested in the industry.
"This is an opportunity for women interested in a career in the fire service to see what the job involves and to see what they are capable of. It's important for women to know they belong in the fire service," Boise Firefighter/Ignite Founder, Kasey Hochmuht said.
The boot camp at the Boise Fire Training Center included stations of search, ladders, extrication, forcible entry, water supply and advancing hoses. The-two day training continues Sunday.
A similar event is scheduled for July 9 for girls between the ages of 14 and 17. Boise Fire's 'Treasure Valley Young Women's Fire Experience' will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. To register, click here.
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BOISE, Idaho — After the Boise Police Department found 35 Pride flags on Harrison Boulevard were stolen or damaged Thursday, an anonymous donor stepped up to support the Boise Pride Festival's annual tradition.
The donor provided enough funding to cover the total cost of replacing the flags, which were stolen or damaged less than one week after Boise Pride volunteers put them up.
On Saturday, the community came together for a 'Pride Flag Rally & Replacement' event.
The event was organized by the North End Neighborhood Association and the Boise Pride Festival. Neighbors and friends gathered to ensure each pole on Harrison Boulevard once again had a flag.
In a press release Thursday, Boise Police said officers contacted each home on Harrison Boulevard - between West Ada Street and West Bella Street - about the incident. Neighbors are reviewing footage from their surveillance cameras.
"The Boise Police department is directing a number of resources to investigate this crime and detectives are working to identify those responsible and hold them accountable," Boise Police Deputy Chief, Tammany Brooks said. "Our officers will not tolerate any crime that targets or makes someone feel targeted because of who they are or who they choose to love."
In June of 2021, 25 of the 29 Pride flags on Harrison Boulevard were also stolen or destroyed. The Liberating Spirit Metropolitan Community Church donated flags and the North End Neighborhood Association donated metal dowels to hold them in place following last year's vandalism.
For questions on reporting crimes involving the LGBTQ+ community, email BPD's LGBTQ+ Liaison Officer, Dan Lister, at dlister@cityofboise.org. For immediate assistance, call 911.
The incident is still under investigation by the Boise Police Department. Officers are asking for information or video of the incident from the public.
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TONIGHT: Warm and a bit muggy. Mostly clear to partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s and low 70s.
SUNDAY-TUESDAY: A strong upper-level ridge builds in over the Southeastern United States. This will lead to very hot and humid weather through the first half of the week. Highs will climb into the mid 90s, with perhaps a few spots reaching upper 90s. The heat index will climb well into the 100s, climbing over 105° Monday and Tuesday.
Due to the strong sinking motion associated with this upper-level ridge, showers and storms are unlikely through the first half of the week. However, enough moisture will be present, married with the extreme heat, to allow for at least a couple of isolated showers each day. Chance of seeing measurable rainfall through Tuesday will likely remain below 10%.
WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY: The upper-air high shifts east slightly through the second half of the week. That won’t bring much relief from the heat, but it may be enough to allow for a couple of isolated showers and storms to bubble up in the heat of the afternoon. Still, no day appears to have more than a 30% chance for rain through the week.
GULF COAST FORECAST: Hot and humid conditions, with daily scattered showers and storms, are likely along the Gulf Coast this week. Generally expect yellow flag conditions on most Alabama beaches through the week.
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Four additional deaths were reported as a result of COVID-19 in Lake County in the past seven-day period, according to the Indiana Department of Health.
Lake County reported two additional coronavirus-attributed deaths, Porter County recorded one more and LaPorte County recorded one more death since June 4.
Newton and Jasper counties did not report any new coronavirus-attributed deaths in the last week.
In total, the pandemic has accounted for 1,761 deaths in Lake County; 541 in Porter County; 365 in LaPorte County; 66 in Newton County; and 142 in Jasper County.
Infection numbers have had a slight increase in the last week, following a brief decrease in coronavirus cases. State health records indicate the statewide seven-day average for new COVID-19 cases totaled 1,343 per week, up from 1,068 the previous week.
Lake County leads as the Indiana county with the second-highest amount of reported COVID-19 cases since the pandemic's start, with a total of 112,071 cases. Marion County, home of the state capitol, leads with 232,056 cases.
Over the state border, 7,258 cases in total have been reported in Lansing since the pandemic's start. The number is currently at 8,316 in Calumet City.
Records show that 58.1% of Hoosiers age 5 and up, the state's eligible population, are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
A complete list of COVID-19 vaccine sites is available online at ourshot.in.gov.
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Police ordered 17-year-old Joshua J. Hughes and a 16-year-old, who were both wearing caps and gowns, to lie facedown in the stadium parking lot because they were each carrying handguns, records show.
Residents should avoid the area, Gary police Cmdr. Jack Hamady said. The Gary Community School Corp. had Lake County sheriff’s police working security during the ceremony, he said.
For the last three years, the Merrillville Stormwater Utility has stocked the lake with tilapia, and the fish spend their summer eating the algae in the water.
The U.S. Justice Department named Gary in fall 2021 as one of 10 National Public Safety Partnership sites, which gave the city access to more federal law enforcement resources. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/four-new-covid-19-deaths-reported-in-nwi-data-shows/article_6128d904-ed55-52b9-aa37-f6a6ef941fa8.html | 2022-06-11T23:28:21 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/four-new-covid-19-deaths-reported-in-nwi-data-shows/article_6128d904-ed55-52b9-aa37-f6a6ef941fa8.html |
On their final day at Hayward Field, Nico Young and George Kusche respectively finished third in the men's 5,000-meter and 11th in the men's 1500m races.
Young picked up six points for the Lumberjacks with his performance and Northern Arizona came away from the 2022 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon, with 12 total points to tie for 23rd place overall on the men's side. Young posted a season-best time of 13:28.62, landing on the All-American First Team.
Meanwhile, in the 1500m race, Kusche got boxed in early and fought for better positioning throughout the race, ultimately finishing 11th with a time of 3:47.20 to earn second-team All-American honors.
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Highlighting an impressive doubles run for the pair, Northern Arizona's Eban Straker-Meads and Facundo Tumosa earned a slot in the ITA's Mountain Region rankings at No. 7.
The duo improved from last year's end-of-season rankings, where they were ranked 10th. The two spent the majority of the 2021-22 season paired at the No. 1 position.
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The two found themselves among the top 32 doubles pairings in the country when they landed an appearance in the ITA's Fall National Championship's, marking the Lumberjacks' third time competing in the draw in program history.
The tandem finished the spring season with an overall doubles record of 12-10, going 5-4 in Big Sky Conference play. Their biggest win came against Denver's No. 32 doubles pairing of James Davis and Matt Summers.
As Straker-Meads has graduated and exhausted his eligibility, the duo's run has come to an end for the Lumberjacks.
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Having earned a third consecutive Big Sky Conference championship this spring, the Lumberjacks landed at No. 8 in the ITA Mountain Region rankings released this week.
Northern Arizona's place in the rankings is just ahead of programs such as Wyoming and Boise State, making it six consecutive seasons the program has finished among the top 10 of the Mountain Region.
In addition to the team's strong ranking, the Lumberjacks earned a spot among both the singles and doubles rankings. Sophomore Gina Dittmann, the Big Sky Conference MVP and All-Big Sky First Team singles honoree for a second consecutive year, landed at No. 2 in the Mountain Region following a 16-2 season, with all 18 matches coming at No. 1.
Dittmann nearly defeated the region's top-ranked player, Utah's Linda Huang, when the Lumberjacks faced the Utes on Feb. 27. Dittmann dropped the opening set of the match 6-4 before earning a 6-2 victory in the second. With the team match decided, Dittmann and Huang's battle at was left unfinished, with the Lumberjacks sophomore trailing 4-3 in the third set.
Dittmann also earned a regional ranking in doubles, landing at No. 6 with sophomore Ava Neyestani after the duo went 12-1 during the spring.
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Featuring 12 home matches in the Rolle Activity Center, including three during the opening weekend of the 2022 season, the Northern Arizona volleyball team revealed their upcoming fall schedule in an announcement by coach Ken Murphy on Monday.
Fans will get a look at this fall's squad on Friday, Aug. 2,6 with the first day of the the annual Lumberjack Classic. With a pair of matches against Utah Tech -- formerly Dixie State -- and national powerhouse Michigan, Northern Arizona will officially open the season with its home tournament for the first time since 2008. The only other time in the last 14 years that the Lumberjacks opened the season at home was during the COVID-19 abbreviated conference-only slate in the spring of 2021.
The Lumberjack Classic, which will also include Northern Arizona's tournament finale against Old Dominion on Aug. 27, will be part of the university's Move-in Weekend.
"We're excited to be part of the first weekend of events at NAU and to get the season going in front of our fans," Murphy said. "Usually we'll have to wait a few weeks to play in front of them, so we'll be ready to show them where we're at."
Michigan is the headline opponent coming to Flagstaff and will Northern Arizona's evening match on Aug. 26. The Wolverines, one of two nonconference opponents to play in the NCAA Tournament last fall, will be making their first trip to the Rolle Activity Center. The two teams have met just once before back in 2019 with Michigan, ranked No. 15 nationally at the time, holding off Northern Arizona's upset bid in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in five sets.
The Lumberjacks' second weekend will take them to the state of Utah where they will play California and Utah Valley at Utah Valley's tournament in Orem on Sept. 2 and 3. Utah Valley, which knocked off Northern Arizona in Rolle last season in four sets, is the two-time defending WAC Tournament Champions with a pair of NCAA Tournament bids the last two seasons.
On its way back to Flagstaff, Northern Arizona will make a quick stop in Cedar City to face Southern Utah on Sept. 5. The matchup between the Lumberjacks and Thunderbirds will be a nonconference one, with Southern Utah officially exiting the Big Sky and joining the WAC effective July 1.
Northern Arizona will then make its farthest road trip of the season to North Dakota State's tournament during the third weekend with matches lined up against Central Michigan, Chicago State and the host North Dakota State in Fargo, North Dakota, on Sept. 9 and 10. It will be the Lumberjacks' first all-time meetings with all three teams. Chicago State is the third postseason team on Northern Arizona's nonconference schedule having tied for third in the WAC in 2021 and earning a bid to the NIVC.
Before heading into conference play, the Lumberjacks will once again play a home-and-home with New Mexico, which is coming off a 20-win season. The two teams will meet in Albuquerque on Sept. 14 and then in Rolle on Sept. 16. Last season, the two teams split their home-and-home as each won in their own stadium.
"We feel that the strength of our nonconference presents us with good challenges, but challenges our team are ready for," Murphy said. "Last year, our nonconference was really tough given the age of our team and where we were as a program. This schedule is perfect for us. It is strong, presents some NCAA teams and is RPI-boosting. Our team matured during the offseason and this feels like a schedule our team will be challenged by."
Northern Arizona will play the first of 16 conference matches at home versus Montana on Thursday, Sept. 22. It will then play at the defending Big Sky regular-season champion, Weber State, on Sept. 24 to wrap up the initial weekend of conference play.
"I don't remember a year where the Big Sky is so balanced," Murphy said. "There are a lot of teams who can compete for the championship this year and there are going to be a lot of matches that will be very close in the conference. In terms of balance, this may be the most exciting year in recent memory in the Big Sky."
The Lumberjacks return 10 players from last season's 12-14 team, headlined by senior Taylor Jacobsen, who was voted to the All-Big Sky First Team for the second time in her career in 2021. Northern Arizona tied for fourth in the Big Sky with a 10-6 record, marking the 10th consecutive season that the Lumberjacks posted a winning conference record. | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/nau-roundup-young-kusche-earn-all-american-honors-at-outdoor-championships/article_9a29c4de-e934-11ec-b8ef-2ff363d43527.html | 2022-06-11T23:31:16 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/nau-roundup-young-kusche-earn-all-american-honors-at-outdoor-championships/article_9a29c4de-e934-11ec-b8ef-2ff363d43527.html |
The National Weather Service urged residents in Gage County and elsewhere in Southeast Nebraska to take cover as threats of a tornado, hail and other severe weather enveloped the area Saturday evening.
At 5:25 p.m. a confirmed tornado was located over Wymore — 12 miles southeast of Beatrice — moving southeast at 20 mph, according to law enforcement.
South of Lincoln, the weather service issued a tornado warning for more than 19,000 residents across an impact area that includes northwestern Gage County, including Beatrice, and parts of Lancaster, Saline and Jefferson Counties. The warning, first issued at 4:30 p.m., expired at 6 p.m Saturday.
A separate tornado warning in Gage County affected about 5,300 residents Saturday, including those in Wymore, Blue Springs and Barneston, the weather service said on Twitter.
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The service also warned of severe thunderstorms in communities across Southeast Nebraska, including the Omaha metro area, north of Omaha in Washington County and west of the city near Gretna.
A tornado watch remains in effect for much of Southeast Nebraska, including Lincoln, until 10 p.m. Saturday, the Lancaster County Emergency Management Agency said. The watch area includes more than a dozen Nebraska counties and parts of Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.
"Any storms that develop will likely turn severe very quickly," the agency said on Twitter. "Make sure you have a plan in place when severe weather strikes."
Tornado Watch in effect until 10pm. Any storms that develop will likely turn severe very quickly. Make sure you have a plan in place when severe weather strikes. https://t.co/bN3zD6akFx
— Lincoln-Lancaster Emergency Mngmt. (@LancasterCoEMA) June 11, 2022
In Beatrice, about 45 minutes south of Lincoln, Twitter users shared photos of hail as large as 3 inches wide, and the weather service shared one report of hail as large as 5 inches in the Gage County city.
Beatrice, Blue Springs and Pickrell are under a flash flood warning until 10:30 pm. A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued in Nebraska City, Syracuse and Louisville until 6:30 p.m.
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WAHOO — Sweaty and exhausted, but also smiling, cyclists put their kickstands down here after an eventful week of riding through Nebraska.
After a few years’ delay because of COVID-19 concerns, participants in the annual Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska (BRAN) celebrated the end of its 40th ride Saturday morning at the Saunders County Fairgrounds.
The ride gives cyclists a chance to discover the hidden wonders of the state.
To account for its two canceled years, the organization is calling this ride number “40.2.” Fluorescent jerseys worn by cyclists have the number displayed on the front.
The ride began in Alliance and made pit stops in Hyannis, Thedford, Callaway, Ord, St. Edward and Shelby. In all, cyclists trekked more than 500 miles through farmland, the Sandhills and welcoming communities.
Towns where riders stayed overnight provided a place to rest and often a meal for the cyclists, BRAN President Doug Scherlie said. In return, funds raised by the organization were allocated to a scholarship fund for students in the host towns.
Scherlie gets excited each year to hear how participants have experienced Nebraska terrain in a new way.
“It helps the riders to go out and see the beauty in Nebraska. … It isn't the flyover state that everybody likes to tag,” Scherlie said. “They see firsthand some of the areas that they never would probably go into otherwise.”
Riders slept in tents or inside an RV provided by BRAN. A shower trailer followed the group, so cyclists could keep clean after a long day on the road. A coffee truck was present to ensure riders were fully caffeinated.
While the event mostly attracts riders from the Cornhusker State, Julie Faulkner and Melanie Chicoine from Marion, Arkansas, were glad to take part. Faulkner grew up in Cairo, Nebraska, and had always wanted to participate. She convinced Chicoine to tag along.
Chicoine said her first trip to Nebraska did not disappoint.
“I really love going to the western side because it's like you're in cowboy country,” she said. “It just seems so peaceful. The experience helps you get away from everything.”
But the biggest highlight, more than the scenery, Faulkner said, was the connections they made along the way.
“People are so very nice here, too,” Faulkner said. "We really love coming to visit. The people are the most important thing.”
Beokleigh Gildersleeve, bottom right, and Meredith Jenkins look at work from their school day during the bike rodeo Thursday at Fredstrom Elementary School.
Check out photos from Fredstrom Elementary School's annual bike rodeo, which gives kids a chance to showcase their biking ability through various drills while learning about safety.
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Madi Vancura waits for her turn on the obstacle course during a bike rodeo at Fredstrom Elementary School on Thursday.
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Link Colley navigates his way through an obstacle course during a bike rodeo at Fredstrom Elementary School on Thursday.
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Students cruise around the parking lot of Fredstrom Elementary School during the bike rodeo Thursday.
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Connor Wittrock (second from left) waits alongside other students during a bike rodeo at Fredstrom Elementary School on Thursday.
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Adrian Saure rides his scooter through an obstacle course during a bike safety event at Fredstrom Elementary School on Thursday.
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Henry Bredehoft, wears a dinosaur helmet during a bike rodeo at Fredstrom Elementary School on Thursday.
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Anakin King peddles to the finish line of an obstacle course during a bike rodeo at Fredstrom Elementary School on Thursday.
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Students ride around the parking lot during a bike rodeo at Fredstrom Elementary School on Thursday.
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Lily Madsen circles around a traffic cone during a bike rodeo Thursday at Fredstrom Elementary School.
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Students line up to take on an obstacle course during a bike rodeo Thursday at Fredstrom Elementary School.
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Students line up to check in to the bike rodeo Thursday at Fredstrom Elementary School.
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Students line up to take on an obstacle course during the bike rodeo, a safety event at Fredstrom Elementary School on Thursday.
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Beokleigh Gildersleeve, bottom right, and Meredith Jenkins look at work from their school day during the bike rodeo Thursday at Fredstrom Elementary School.
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Residents along the O Street corridor said the constant noise of racing and burnouts is not just the soundtrack to Memorial Day but persists year-round. And despite decades of police enforcement efforts, that hasn't changed.
The man's first accuser told Bryan West staff that Delbert Taylor had sexually abused her as a child, and later told Lincoln Police the abuse began when she was around 6 years old, the investigator said in the arrest affidavit.
Adventure Golf Center co-owner Dylan Bohlke will appear on the fourth season of the extreme putt-putt show "Holey Moley." The program will air on ABC Tuesday at 7 p.m. and play for the public on the Railyard's big screens.
The so-called black box inside the Ford Taurus — more accurately known as an airbag control module — could tell investigators exactly what happened in the lead-up to a crash that killed two and injured 20.
Kyvell Stark turned himself into police Tuesday morning, and Police Chief Teresa Ewins said he would be charged with two counts of manslaughter and two counts of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
The stretch of Nebraska 2 that runs through the city will be called Nebraska Parkway when the South Beltway opens; and the old Muny Pool bath house is getting a mini-facelift.
Investigators alleged Terran McKethan, 43, posed as a 17-year-old on Snapchat while meeting young girls and offering them marijuana in exchange for sex acts. He won't be parole eligible until 2072. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/watch-now-cyclists-finish-40th-bicycle-ride-across-nebraska/article_9900dcf9-c02a-5073-ba37-c96a17bc85db.html | 2022-06-11T23:32:21 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/watch-now-cyclists-finish-40th-bicycle-ride-across-nebraska/article_9900dcf9-c02a-5073-ba37-c96a17bc85db.html |
One person has died in a crash on Interstate 10 Saturday afternoon.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety said the vehicle involved was a pick-up truck that was carrying a horse trailer on eastbound I-10 at South Kino Parkway.
Information on the total number of vehicles involved in the crash is not available at this time, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said.
The eastbound I-10 lanes in Tucson are closed due to the crash. Motorists should expect delays and seek alternate routes. The westbound lanes are unaffected.
*CLOSURE*I-10 eastbound is closed in Tucson.The closure is due to a crash near milepost 263.Motorists should expect delays and seek an alternate route. Westbound lanes are unaffected.#aztraffic #I10 pic.twitter.com/91vvDrSIHZ
— Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) June 11, 2022 | https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/fatal-crash-closes-eastbound-lanes-of-interstate-10/article_eb3049ee-e9ce-11ec-b1d2-3f222f977ce2.html | 2022-06-11T23:37:23 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/fatal-crash-closes-eastbound-lanes-of-interstate-10/article_eb3049ee-e9ce-11ec-b1d2-3f222f977ce2.html |
A chemical banned decades ago in Arizona nail salons is still turning up in some Pima County beauty shops, public records show.
Ten local nail salons were cited in the first nine months of 2021 for having methyl methacrylate on the premises — a substance described by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as “a poisonous and deleterious substance that should not be used in fingernail preparations.”
Arizona is one of 30 states that banned the chemical compound, commonly called MMA, since the FDA raised an alarm in the early 1970s after receiving "a number of complaints of personal injury" related to its use in nail products.
Experts say MMA can cause severe allergic reactions such as blistering, peeling and cracking and rashes on the hands, nails or on the face if someone touches their face after getting a set of acrylic nails made with MMA. The Arizona Daily Star obtained salon inspection data through a public records request to the Arizona Barbering and Cosmetology Board.
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In the 1970s, the FDA cracked down on MMA at 100% strength but did not impose an outright ban, prompting many states to pass their own laws against using the substance in nail salons.
MMA still turns up quite regularly in nail salons around the state, said Isabella Neal, spokeswoman for the board that regulates the industry. "MMA citations are extremely common and have always been since the FDA prohibited the use," she said.
MMA products typically cost far less than legally-approved alternatives, a financial incentive to operate outside the law. For example, directnail.com, a Florida-based wholesaler, charges $70 for a gallon of MMA nail solution and $126 — 80% more — for a similar product without MMA.
In Pima County, all of last year's MMA violations came to light during board inspections, Neal said. None were due to complaints of injury, which isn't unusual, she said, because consumers generally are not aware of a potential link between acrylic nails and medical symptoms.
"The public doesn’t typically know about MMA or the signs relating to the use of MMA, so it is not that common to receive complaints about injuries as a direct result from using MMA," Neal said in an email.
Doctors at the Banner-University Medicine Dermatology Clinic in Tucson, many of whom also teach at the University of Arizona's medical school, say it's not unusual to see local patients who developed severe skin conditions after acrylic nails were applied.
"We see it commonly in the fingers and the face or anywhere the nails touch. Hand dermatitis, itching, scaling and rashes," said Dr. Rebecca Thiede, an assistant professor. Sometimes there's permanent damage to a patient's natural nails, she said.
The fine for having MMA in a licensed Arizona salon is typically $250 if there are no other violations at the time of inspection and no previous violations in the last three years. Neal wouldn't comment on whether a fine of that level is sufficient to deter the use of MMA.
To file an online complaint about a licensed nail salon, go to https://boc.az.gov/complaint-form-0 and scroll down to Page 3.
The following Pima County salons were cited and fined for MMA violations:
Bella Nails & Spa
1070 E. Tucson Marketplace Blvd. #120, Tucson.
An inspector found a gallon of nail solution with MMA on site on May 18, 2021. The inspection also found towels and wet disinfectant were improperly stored and a container of paraffin wax was “contaminated with debris.” The operator had no previous violations in three years and paid a $750 fine. Management did not respond by deadline to a voicemail seeking comment.
Diva Nail Spa
2404 S. Harrison Road, Tucson.
A board inspector found two gallons of MMA nail liquid on the premises on Jan. 14, 2021. The operator also was cited for dirty conditions (dust, nail clippings, trash) at seven of eight stations and for reusing items such as nail files and pumice stones that are supposed to be thrown away after each client. The salon, which had no violations in the previous three years, paid a $500 fine to settle the allegations. Manager Simon Tran said the salon no longer uses MMA.
Elegant Nails
11165 N. La Cañada Dr., Suite 125, Oro Valley.
An inspection on March 29, 2021 found a gallon of nail liquid with a “very strong smell of MMA” and no ingredients label. The inspector also found two employees illegally performing manicures and pedicures on clients without a required state license. The salon, which had no other violations in the previous three years, paid a $750 fine to settle the case. Manager Lien Trinh told the Star the MMA solution was left behind by a previous salon owner.
Expert Nails
18690 S. Nogales Hwy., #112, Green Valley.
A state inspector found a gallon of MMA nail solution on site on Feb. 9, 2021. No other violations were found and the salon had no history of violations in the previous three years. The operator paid a $250 fine. Management could not be reached for comment because there was no answer and no voicemail at the phone number listed on state licensing records.
Hollywood Nail Spa
4016 N. 1st Ave., Tucson.
An inspector found two gallons of nail liquid with MMA on the premises on March 29,2021. No other violations were found, and the salon has no previous violations in the last three years. The operator paid a $250 fine. A man who answered the phone number listed in state records but would not identify himself declined to comment.
Latrice Nail Salon & Spa
202 W. Calle De Las Tiendas, Suite C, Green Valley.
The operator paid a $250 fine after gallon of nail solution with MMA was discovered on site during an Aug. 12, 2021 inspection. It was the second fine since 2019, when the operator was fined $250 for not properly disinfecting salon tools and for having a “soiled work area.” Management did not respond by deadline to a voicemail seeking comment.
MS Nails
8250 E. Broadway, Tucson.
A gallon jug of MMA nail solution “was the only nail liquid in the salon,” when an inspector visited on Oct. 12, 2021, state records show. The inspector “educated the owner” about the ban on MMA products, the report said. The salon, which has not had any other violations in the past three years, paid a $250 fine. Management could not be reached for comment. There was no answer and no voicemail at the phone number listed in state licensing records.
Nails 2001 By Sam
515 E Grant Road, #161, Tucson
A board inspector found a gallon of MMA nail liquid on site on Jan. 19, 2021. The salon also was cited for having no manager on duty, for having contaminated jets in three of four pedicure basins due to lack of proper disinfection; and for reusing nail files and other single-use tools that are supposed to be disposed of after each customer. The operator paid $850 to settle the allegations. Management did not respond by deadline to a voicemail seeking comment.
Tip Top Nails by Tony
3958 N. Oracle Road.
A gallon of nail liquid with “a strong MMA odor” was “the only nail liquid they had in the salon,” said an March 8, 2021 inspection report which did not find any other violations. The salon, which has not been previously cited in the last three years, paid a $250 fine. Management could not be reached for comment. There was no answer and no voicemail at the phone number listed on state licensing records.
TN Nails
6811 N. Thornydale Road #155, Tucson.
An April 26 inspection found a gallon of nail liquid with MMA on site. The operator had no violations in the previous three years and paid a $250 fine. Management did not respond by deadline to a voicemail seeking comment.
Contact reporter Carol Ann Alaimo at 573-4138 or calaimo@tucson.com. On Twitter: @AZStarConsumer | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/10-pima-county-nail-salons-fined-over-chemical-banned-in-1970s/article_5c3059d8-e5c2-11ec-b00a-d37b14cb7ec9.html | 2022-06-11T23:37:29 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/10-pima-county-nail-salons-fined-over-chemical-banned-in-1970s/article_5c3059d8-e5c2-11ec-b00a-d37b14cb7ec9.html |
Hudbay Minerals Inc. has unveiled an ambitious new plan for mining in the Santa Rita Mountains that for the first time scraps plans to export copper to China and other foreign buyers.
But while the company notes that move will save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Hudbay is delaying or reversing earlier plans for its operations that were instituted at least in part to achieve environmental benefits in reducing water use and pollution risks. Those changes will delay its introduction of low-water-use mine tailings and revive a long-discarded plan to leach copper oxides from ore on the mine site.
In announcing a new preliminary economic analysis for its Santa Ritas’ copper operation Wednesday, Hudbay disclosed these and other significant changes in the scope, orientation, operations and mining life from what it and its predecessor at the site had been planning since the mid-2000s.
The company even has eliminated the name Rosemont, which has been attached to the copper deposit and entire site on the east slope of the Santa Ritas over which various mining companies and environmentalists have tangled for many decades. Instead, the entire project, covering the mountains’ east and west slopes, has been dubbed the Copper World complex and its mining operations will stretch 44 years.
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Like past economic analyses done for the Santa Ritas mining operation, Hudbay’s new analysis promises major economic benefits. The company said Copper World will create more than 500 direct jobs and up to 3,000 indirect jobs in Arizona.
Over 44 years, Hudbay expects Copper World to generate more than $3.3 billion in total tax revenue nationally and locally. That would include approximately $660 million in taxes to the state of Arizona and $590 million in local property taxes, the company said.
U.S. customers
Here are details of the biggest changes:
Hudbay will process all of its mined copper on site and ship it entirely to U.S. customers. The Rosemont Mine’s original plan was to ship copper concentrate off the site for smelting and refining in other countries and delivery to them because of a lack of U.S. smelting capacity. Hudbay said it will now process the copper without smelting, into copper cathodes, which are sheets consisting of virtually pure copper, as high as 99.99% pure.
The use of copper oxide leaching and solvent extraction, which Hudbay’s Rosemont predecessor Augusta Resource Corp. eliminated in 2012 partly out of environmental considerations, is being revived by Hudbay. That’s partly due to the nature of the copper found on the west slope and partly to what Hudbay says are different environmental considerations than those of a decade ago.
The use of dry stack tailings, which use far less water and could be less polluting than conventional tailings, will likely be pushed back into Copper World’s second phase of mining that will start after a 16-year first phase. But the company hasn’t totally ruled out using them during the first phase.
Hudbay says its plan to deliver all its copper to U.S. customers will reduce the company’s energy use, overall carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions, and that its use of leaching is also consistent with reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The economic analysis pegs the value of the entire Copper World complex at nearly $1.3 billion, and says developing the project will cost about $2.8 billion.
Using a news release to describe the economic analysis, Hudbay outlined plans to mine copper in four separate open pits in the entire area. It says the copper will be mined in separate phases of 16 and 28 years.
The company also said it may acquire additional private land on top of 4,500 acres it owns on both sides of the mountain range southeast of Tucson. That would extend its Phase 1 mine life beyond 16 years.
Hopes to begin mining in 2027
It said it hopes to start construction of mining facilities in 2024 and begin mining in 2027. Those timetables depend on the pace of government approvals of needed permits and the outcome of possible litigation by opponents.
Phase 1 would be used to mine copper from only private land on both sides of the mountain range, and would require only state and local permits to operate, the company says. Phase 2 would extend operations onto federal land and would require additional permission from the U.S. Forest Service — permission that has been held up by two unfavorable federal court rulings since 2019, including a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision just last month.
The plan appears to be a departure to at least some extent from earlier plans to build a Rosemont Mine on the Santa Ritas’ east slope, which faces the Sonoita area, separate from the Copper World operation on the west slope, which faces Sahuarita and Green Valley south of Tucson.
Instead, the operations, lying east and west of the major ridgeline straddling the Santa Ritas, would have some elements in common. Also, the mining operation on the east slope will now be called the East Unit operation of the East Deposit rather than Rosemont.
Company sees a path
The economic analysis and Hudbay’s new mining blueprint come at a time when the project’s future is at one of many crossroads it has experienced over the years. The original Rosemont Mine has been blocked since July 2019, just as construction was about to start, by the court rulings.
The company says in its news release that it sees a path — which it doesn’t specify in detail — to getting federal permitting untracked in time to start the east slope operation on its schedule.
On the west slope, Hudbay has been clearing and grading land at Copper World since April, carrying out what it says are ground preparation activities for future mine tailings and waste rock disposal areas.
U.S. District Judge James Soto in Tucson — who stopped the east slope mining plan in 2019 — last month turned down lawsuits from tribes and environmentalists aimed at halting the west slope grading.
But U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, has written to the assistant U.S. secretary of the Army for civil works, Michael Connor, asking him to consider halting that activity, on the grounds the grading violates the Clean Water Act. Hudbay has denied that and maintains it doesn’t need permission under the act for west slope construction.
44 years of mining planned
Another new twist in Copper World’s plan is that wastes from the west slope operation, which will be entirely on private land, will be deposited in the project’s later years on the east slope.
Also, Copper World would be mined at first in four open pits only on private land on the west slope. But eventually two of the pits would expand onto federally owned land on the east slope, including the previously planned Rosemont Mine (now called East Unit) pit.
At 44 years, Hudbay’s planned tenure for the entire Copper World complex would be close to or more than twice as long as the original Rosemont Mine proposal, which would have extracted copper for 20 to 25 years.
The company’s plan is to process about 100,000 tons a year of copper cathodes during Phase 1 of the operation and about 125,000 tons yearly during Phase II. The amount of copper mined at the site would be less — 86,000 tons annually during Phase 1 and 101,000 tons during Phase II.
Hudbay said it expects to get copper from outside sources to process because it will have processing facilities on site.
Economic rate of return
The company said it expects to earn a 17% rate of return during the project’s first phase and an 18% rate of return over the project’s life.
Those figures assume a copper price of $3.50 per pound. At a $4 per pound price, the entire project’s total value rises to $1.903 million, Hudbay said. The project’s internal rate of return rises to 21% for Phase 1 and 22% over the project’s entire life, the company said. As of Friday, the London Metal Exchange’s copper price was $4.28 per pound, purchased for a 3-month contract.
The company did not release its full preliminary analysis, just the description in its news release.
Why mining plans changed
Hudbay explained some of its major changes in mining plans as follows:
It said it’s switching from shipping its copper overseas to shipping it to U.S. customers because first, “the types, grades, and amounts of ore are very different” from the original Rosemont Mine project.
Second, “local sourcing and reducing greenhouse gas emissions have become significantly more important in the 16 years since the Rosemont project was proposed,” the company said in response to a question from the Star.
“Producing products close to where they will be used is a core strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Producing copper on-site will reduce our overall carbon footprint by eliminating the need to ship copper concentrate overseas to be processed,” Hudbay said.
This change comes after Hudbay and its Rosemont Mine predecessor, Augusta Resource Corp., sustained criticism from opponents who raised concerns that the Santa Ritas would be seriously damaged to mine copper for export to China, an authoritarian state that consumes around half the world’s copper supplies.
The use of leaching and solvent extraction is also tied to the company’s goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, it said. That’s because those processes will allow it to process the copper entirely on site rather than having to ship it overseas.
It also said the entire Copper World Complex, compared to Rosemont, contains far more copper oxide ore. Leaching and solvent extraction are standard processes, the company said.
When Augusta Resource abandoned plans for leaching a decade ago, it said, for one, that leaching plans were not viable based on the configuration of the mining alternative for Rosemont that the Forest Service preferred at the time and ultimately approved in 2017.
It also said that eliminating leaching and solvent extraction would minimize a number of potential environmental impacts. For example, it said eliminating leaching would reduce the amount of water it used to process minerals extracted on site.
It also said this action would eliminate the use of four facilities that could potentially discharge pollutants into groundwater and eliminate the possibility of discharges of pollutants from separate leach pads and ponds containing mineral processing solutions.
Tailings issue
The company said it will be “unable to utilize dry stack tailings” for Phase 1 of the project “due to the limitations of available land and topography.” But Hudbay anticipates being able to secure “a land configuration that will allow for dry stack tailings for Phase II.”
For Augusta Resource, dry stack tailings were a major selling point in its efforts to demonstrate that Rosemont would be an environmentally sustainable mine. Dry stack tailings are dewatered tailings that can be stacked in self-supporting structures because they are unsaturated, a Rosemont contractor wrote in a paper in 2009.
Augusta said the dry stack tailings would use less water and reduce risks that mine tailings would pollute groundwater compared to a conventional mine tailings operation, in which tailings are stored in slurry form in a pond-like area. Because the tailings are unsaturated, their seepage is quite low. They’re also not subject to breaching in a potentially major accident and they occupy less space, the Augusta contractor’s report said.
But the new Hudbay preliminary economic analysis contemplates construction of three conventional tailings storage facilities during Copper World’s first phase, covering 16 years.
Hudbay added, however, “A traditional tailings facility permitted under modern regulations will have an impermeable liner and monitoring wells to ensure that groundwater quality is protected.”
Overall, Copper World’s processing facilities and mineral products are “fundamentally different” from what was contemplated in the company’s most recent feasibility study for Rosemont alone, prepared in 2017, Hudbay said.
Besides leaching, Copper World’ processing facilities will include a solvent extraction and electro-winning facility, a sulfide concentrator, a concentrate leach facility and an acid plant. The leach solution from a copper concentrate leach facility will be combined with solution from a separate oxide leaching circuit and treated in the solvent extraction/electrowinning facility to produce copper cathode.
The concentrate leach facility will also produce sulfur which will be processed into sulfuric acid at the acid plant and then used on the oxide leach pads to leach copper from oxide ore.
These changes will reduce Copper World’s energy use by more than 10%, resulting in an approximate 10% to 15% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, Hudbay said.
Schedule and outlook
Hudbay says Phase 1 of Hudbay’s Copper World project will operate exclusively on the west slope for the first two years. Production will begin on the east slope at a very low level in year 3 and ramp up gradually, to the point where the east slope produces the majority to vast majority of the site’s copper by year 6.
That pattern continues in Phase II, to the point where in the final 15 years of mining, all copper will be produced at the project’s east unit and none on the west, Hudbay’s news release said.
Over the planned 44-year mine life, the east slope will account for nearly 75% of all copper mined on the project — about 1.008 billion tons.
Looking at the west slope operations, Hudbay said it expects to submit proposals for a state Aquifer Protection Permit and a state Air Quality permit to operate there in the second half of 2022. Those permits must be approved by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.
Hudbay said, “We anticipate the balance of the permitting process to take up to two years,” meaning it expects approvals by 2024.
It also said it expects its board of directors to approve the start of construction for Phase 1 the same year. Construction of Phase 1 is supposed to last three years, according to the company’s schedule, meaning mining could start in 2027.
That schedule assumes Hudbay will prevail in its view that it doesn’t need a Clean Water Act permit to discharge dredge and fill material in washes on the west slope. That position could be challenged by environmentalists and tribes. They have filed notices of intent to sue to stop the company’s ongoing grading.
Hudbay’s news release said the Army Corps of Engineers has never determined that washes meriting federal regulation exist at the Copper World complex and that the company “has independently concluded through its own scientific analysis that there are no such waters in the area.” Environmentalists have challenged that conclusion, as did Grijalva in his letter to Assistant Army Secretary Connor.
As for the east slope, Hudbay’s news release said, “The company expects it will be able to pursue and obtain federal permits within the constraints imposed by the (9th Circuit) Court’s decision.” The company has not said how it intends to do that.
Contact Tony Davis at 520-349-0350 or tdavis@tucson.com. Follow Davis on Twitter@tonydavis987. | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/hudbay-vastly-overhauls-mining-plans-for-santa-ritas-near-tucson/article_7fedd682-e83a-11ec-b704-f7bbcffaaadc.html | 2022-06-11T23:37:35 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/hudbay-vastly-overhauls-mining-plans-for-santa-ritas-near-tucson/article_7fedd682-e83a-11ec-b704-f7bbcffaaadc.html |
QUESTION: I’m hiring for my small business. Some of the candidates I see are unemployed. Should they receive less consideration than a candidate who currently has a job?
ANSWER: Employers should hire the person who will create the most value for their organization. We believe that most employers attempt to do this. To do anything else would be to destroy shareholder value. Theoretically, a candidate’s current employment status shouldn’t impact their ability to create value for a new employer. With that said, hiring is an inexact science. Therefore, hiring managers will look for any clue as to a prospective employee’s future performance.
One line of thinking is that a prospective employee who is employed is desirable, at least to their current employer. A prospective employee who was laid off is not a desirable employee, at least to their former employer. Based on this thinking, some hiring managers tend to favor prospective employees who are currently employed.
We believe that such thinking is overly simplistic. Certainly, in the current hiring environment, where good candidates are scarce, we suggest not dismissing candidates simply because they are not currently employed. Dig deeper. When considering a prospective employee who is not currently employed, we believe that three questions should be asked.
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Why was the candidate’s prior employment terminated? — A bookkeeper who was fired because they were found to have embezzled is likely not a good candidate for a job in accounting. A bookkeeper losing a job because the company made a decision to consolidate the function in another state is a very different thing. A candidate who was dismissed for poor performance may not be as strong a candidate as one whose previous employer closed its doors due to lack of sales.
Ask unemployed candidates why their last job ended. If the candidate becomes your top choice for the job, verify their response by speaking to their former supervisor.
How long has the candidate been unemployed? — A candidate who was laid off two weeks ago is very different from one who has been unemployed for three years. For the long-term unemployed, why has it been so long between jobs? The economy matters. Higher unemployment rates may justify longer periods of unemployment. Obviously, that is not the case in the current environment.
Long-term unemployment can be, but isn’t necessarily, a sign of lack of ambition. For example, perhaps the candidate was unemployed because they were devoting large amounts of time to care for an aging parent. If the prospect now has time because this parent has recently passed away, the prospect may well be an attractive hire. If a prospective employee has been unemployed for a lengthy period, prospective employers should make sure to understand why.
What has the prospective employee been doing since losing their job? — A prospective employee who has used their period of unemployment to accomplish something meaningful is a stronger candidate than one who has spent most of their time “just hanging out.” Has the prospective employee upgraded their skills? Have they accepted temporary work to bring in some cash while continuing to look for work? The more industrious a prospective employee has been during their period of unemployment, the more likely they are to be industrious in their next job.
If you are a hiring manager, rather than dismissing unemployed candidates out of hand, particularly in this environment, consider these three questions. If you are unemployed and looking for work, make sure that you are prepared to give truthful and impressive answers to these questions.
Doug and Polly White have a large ownership stake in Gather, a company that designs, builds and operates collaborative workspaces. Polly’s focus is on human resources, people management and human systems. Doug’s areas of expertise are business strategy, operations and finance. | https://richmond.com/business/local/ask-doug-polly-should-unemployed-candidates-receive-less-consideration/article_496fc49d-1768-51be-9581-3631d4ca8972.html | 2022-06-11T23:44:48 | 1 | https://richmond.com/business/local/ask-doug-polly-should-unemployed-candidates-receive-less-consideration/article_496fc49d-1768-51be-9581-3631d4ca8972.html |
Police arrested a 68-year-old man they say fatally stabbed his common-law wife found dead inside the couple's Manhattan apartment Friday night.
The 79-year-old woman, Lanilda Nuez, was discovered by officers responding to an aid call after 10 p.m. on West 144th Street in Harlem, the NYPD said.
She was found unconscious and unresponsive in her bedroom, with multiple stab wounds to her torso. Police said she was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai St. Luke's Hospital.
Officers arrested Geraldo Balbuena on charges of murder and criminal possession of a weapon in connection to her murder. They also recovered two knives from the apartment.
A motive behind the killing remains unclear as police continue their investigation.
Contact information for Balbuena's attorney was not immediately known. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/common-law-marriage-ends-in-stabbing-of-79-year-old-wife-found-in-nyc-apartment-cops/3730399/ | 2022-06-11T23:45:52 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/common-law-marriage-ends-in-stabbing-of-79-year-old-wife-found-in-nyc-apartment-cops/3730399/ |
A New Jersey man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for shooting a woman in the chest who told him "no," refusing his sexual advances in a Bronx apartment more than three years ago.
A jury found Kevin Hawse, 47, guilty of attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon in connection to the shooting on March 4, 2019.
The Union man had been accused of grabbing the woman's hair and dragging her from the apartment where he hit her over the head with a gun and shot her in the chest, District Attorney Darcel Clark said Friday.
Hawse fled the state, making it all the way to Los Angeles were he was arrested almost two months later, according to the district attorney's office.
“The defendant was told by the victim that she wasn’t interested in his advances. For saying no, she was grabbed, hit in the face with a gun, and shot in the chest. For the defendant’s violent and reprehensible actions, he will be heading to prison," Clark said.
The 47-year-old's victim was transported from the apartment off Hutchinson River Parkway to Lincoln Hospital where she was treated for her gunshot wound. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/nj-man-gets-14-years-for-shooting-woman-who-refused-his-advances/3730400/ | 2022-06-11T23:45:58 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/nj-man-gets-14-years-for-shooting-woman-who-refused-his-advances/3730400/ |
Authorities say they know who is behind two knife attacks within the span of 24 hours onboard the same subway line in Queens that sent two people to the hospital.
After the second attack Saturday morning, the NYPD released photos of Danny Ubiera, 32, in hopes of getting help from the public in tracking down the alleged knife assailant.
The Queens man is accused of first stabbing a 62-year-old man onboard a southbound 7 train around 8:30 a.m. Friday, during the morning commuter rush. Police said the victim was slashed in the face and hand, requiring several stitches at the hospital.
Ubiera allegedly fled the train at Queensboro Plaza and was seen wearing a black and gold button shirt with black shorts.
A second attack occurred the next morning around 7:15 a.m., this time on a 7 train platform at the 74 Street-Broadway train station in Jackson Heights, police said.
This time Ubiera is accused of stabbing a 55-year-old man in the neck with a large knife. The platform victim was rushed to Elmhurst Hospital where he was last listed in critical condition.
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Both attacks, police said, were unprovoked. Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/nypd-names-man-wanted-in-back-to-back-random-7-train-stabbings/3730390/ | 2022-06-11T23:46:05 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/nypd-names-man-wanted-in-back-to-back-random-7-train-stabbings/3730390/ |
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Police stopped a U-haul in downtown Coeur d'Alene on Saturday afternoon and arrested 31 people who were found inside. Police said they believe the people arrested have ties to a hate group.
"They came to riot downtown," Coeur d'Alene Police Chief Lee White said at a news conference.
Police were alerted to the group when a concerned person called police around 1:38. That person reported seeing the group loading into a U-haul with masks and shields. Police said the caller told them it "looked like a little army."
Police spotted the U-haul about 10 minutes later and stopped it on Northwest Boulevard near Paul Bunyan, not far from the area where a Coeur d'Alene Pride event was taking place. Police had stepped up their presence in the area during the event.
Photos and video from the scene show the group all dressed the same in khakis, with navy blue shirts, beige hats, and a white cloth covering their faces.
Chief White said all 31 people were arrested on charges of conspiracy to riot. Those arrested came from at least 11 states, including Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Colorado, South Dakota, Illinois, Wyoming, Virginia, and Arkansas.
Chief White said that based on evidence collected at the scene and documents they found that the group was planning to riot in several areas of downtown, not just the park.
"It appears they did not come here to engage in peaceful events," Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris told our partner the Coeur d'Alene Press.
The back of the U-haul was filled with evidence bags from police. Still visible were what appeared to be a homemade riot shield and some protective equipment.
Police said it will take several days for them to book all the evidence.
A tow truck was called in to take away the U-haul.
31 people with ties to hate group arrested in back of U-haul in Coeur d'Alene | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/police-detain-group-found-inside-uhaul-coeur-dalene/293-aa1593a5-5fd2-4ce4-b0c1-bf8edaedcfe6 | 2022-06-11T23:59:16 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/police-detain-group-found-inside-uhaul-coeur-dalene/293-aa1593a5-5fd2-4ce4-b0c1-bf8edaedcfe6 |
Halima Hamud was born in a refugee camp in Kenya. She arrived in Boise with her family as a child, experiencing both kindness and bullying as a Black Muslim Somali refugee in Idaho. She attended Boise State University and won prestigious honors for her academic and community work.
Photo by Priscilla Grover, courtesy of Boise State University
Members of Idaho’s refugee community will gather in Boise and Twin Falls this month to mark World Refugee Day with music, food, dance and a citizenship ceremony.
World Refugee Day recognizes people who fled their home countries to escape war or persecution.
“It’s a day to remember the hardships that folks went through, but also to celebrate their resilience and contributions and friendships that make us who we are as a community and as a nation,” Tara Wolfson, director of the Idaho Office for Refugees, said in a news release about the celebrations.
The Idaho Office for Refugees, Agency for New Americans, International Rescue Committee and College of Southern Idaho Refugee Programs worked with community partners to plan and host the events.
World Refugee Day in Boise
This event runs alongside the Capital City Public Market’s weekly farmers market. There will be performances, artisan goods and food from Amina’s Sambusas, Darjeeling Momo and Tarbush Kitchen.
When: 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, June 18. Citizenship ceremony is at 11 a.m.
Where: The Grove Plaza, 827 W. Main St. in downtown Boise
Partners and sponsors: City of Boise, Krazy Coupon Lady Foundation, Tidwell Social Work Services, Islamic Center of Boise, Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Idaho Museum of International Diaspora and Neighbors United
World Refugee Day in Twin Falls
The Magic Valley celebration will include free food representing several countries.
When: 6 p.m. Friday, June 24. Cultural performances begin at 7 p.m.
Where: Twin Falls City Park, 400 Shoshone St. East, Twin Falls
Sponsors: Tidwell Social Work Services, Chobani and the Idaho Office for Refugees
Idaho’s tradition of helping refugees find a new home
Idaho’s refugee resettlement program began in 1975 and has aided the resettlement of about 250 to 1,300 people each year. Their countries and regions of origin include Southeast Asia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Ukraine and many others. Idaho now has resettlement programs in Boise, Twin Falls and Pocatello.
More than 700 refugees have been resettled by Idaho’s programs since Oct. 1, 2021, according to the news release. The nonprofit Idaho Alliance for Ukrainian Immigrants and Refugees estimates that 200 Ukrainian refugees have arrived since March 1, it said. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-agencies-will-host-world-refugee-day-celebration-with-food-dance-music-citizenship-ceremony/article_edf8c76f-396a-5c61-a01c-c76928f6e08c.html | 2022-06-12T00:14:51 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-agencies-will-host-world-refugee-day-celebration-with-food-dance-music-citizenship-ceremony/article_edf8c76f-396a-5c61-a01c-c76928f6e08c.html |
BOISE — Speakers at the March For Our Lives rally Saturday called for unity, not only with the hundreds gathered before them at the Capitol steps — but also with the armed counter demonstrators across the street.
“When we judge and condemn our neighbors who think differently than we do, we are just as guilty as they are,” said Tara Marie, who is an Idaho resident and a survivor of the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting. “We need to understand. We need to listen. ... Let’s leave politics and agendas at the door. Let’s go into the family dining room and make this a human-life issue.”
Around 500 people attended the event Saturday afternoon, which was one of many nationwide organized by the youth-led organization March For Our Lives — an organization formed after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, in 2018. The advocacy group is focused on ending gun violence through promoting “civic engagement, education, and direct action by youth,” according to the organization's website.
This weekend's rally and march around the Capitol was held after the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24 in which 22 people died — 19 elementary school students and two teachers.
In Cecil Andrus Park, around 60 counter-demonstrators also gathered on Saturday. The Idaho Liberty Dogs called the event on Facebook Keep Your Hands Off Our 2A Rights. Many of those gathered were armed and wearing military-like clothing and gear. One person carried a Gadsden Flag and another a sign that read “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.”
March For Our Lives Idaho Co-Directors, Simon Richardson and Amaia Clayton, are both high school seniors in the Treasure Valley and the organizers of the event on the Capitol steps.
“Every day, when I go to school, I wonder in the back of my mind if Boise High will be the next school on the news,” Richardson said. “I wonder if I will go home to see my family and go on to live another day … but the sad reality is, I am not alone in these fears.”
According to Education Week, which has been tracking school shootings since 2018, there have been 27 shootings at schools this year. The list includes incidents in which a firearm was discharged on a K-12 school property and someone other than the shooter received a bullet wound.
Most of Saturday’s speakers advocated for more restrictions on gun ownership, such as licensing requirements and safe storage standards.
Clayton, one of the organizers, said that as a life-long Idahoan, she respects gun ownership and her family members are avid duck hunters. She said the group is not calling for a repeal of the Second Amendment.
“I understand the importance of owning a gun, and I agree that people should have the right to own guns, but that does not mean that they should have the right to own guns irresponsibly,” Clayton said. “An end to gun violence means safe, responsible gun ownership.”
The organizers of the counter demonstration, according to a description of the gathering, are supporters of the Second Amendment and gathered to stand for their right to bear arms.
“We demand the State and Country to keep their hands off our rights,” the event description says.
At times, the demonstrators across the street began shouting over the speakers, and cars and motorcyclists driving past would honk and wave to the counter-demonstrators.
One speaker, retired teacher Marsha Bravo, said she liked to call them “reluctant learners” as her speech was briefly drowned out by a passing vehicle horn.
Bravo talked about seeing the changes in schools over her 45 years of teaching, and the impact active shooter drills had on her students and herself. She said she was profoundly changed after the shootings at Columbine High School and Sandy Hook Elementary.
After speaking, Bravo said she’s hopeful.
“That’s the best word I can think of, hopeful, when people show they care,” she said in an interview, “and they certainly have a vested interest when it’s their children, all of our children.”
All of the speakers encouraged attendees to vote for candidates who support gun reform and to pressure the officials currently in office to do something now. With the phone numbers of the Idaho Congressional delegation written on large posters for everyone to see, Clayton told the crowd to pull out their phones and call one of the elected officials and demand action.
As she herself took out her phone and dialed, all around the steps people could be heard leaving voicemails, introducing themselves, saying how long they have lived in Idaho for, and urging action.
One person called for courage in defying party politics. One woman said that as a teacher, she deserves to feel safe going to school and so do her students. Another man’s voice broke as he described the fear he’s tired of living with.
The event included a table from Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a place to register to vote from the group Babe Vote, a place to write letters that the organizers would send to elected officials, and chalk to create art and messages on the sidewalk.
“When you leave the Capitol today, the responsibility of action is left up to you,” Richardson, an organizer, said before the group began its march around the Statehouse.
The speakers emphasized that to create meaningful change, it will take a large effort from a lot of people.
“We too can create a peaceful country where we have the right to live, to live safely,” said Marie, the mass shooting survivor. “But we need everyone … from this side of the street to that side of the street.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/march-for-our-lives-rally-calls-for-unity-in-fight-for-gun-reform/article_c9413d93-22b2-59c2-9a3a-399217ae2ae6.html | 2022-06-12T00:14:57 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/march-for-our-lives-rally-calls-for-unity-in-fight-for-gun-reform/article_c9413d93-22b2-59c2-9a3a-399217ae2ae6.html |
SAN ANTONIO — "End gun violence" and "Protect kids, not guns" echoed through downtown San Antonio Saturday morning. Hundreds joined a march and rally to demand stricter gun laws, many with the recent mass shooting in Uvalde on their minds.
This was one of several nationwide March for Our Lives rally's happening across the country. Survivors of the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting led a march in Washington, D.C.
San Antonio's rally was attended by a mix of parents, grandparents, children, teachers, activists, and elected officials, including Democratic Congressman Joaquin Castro and Senator Roland Gutierrez.
March for Our Lives organizer, Frank Ruiz addressed the crowd before and after the march from Milam Park to City Hall. On the steps of city hall, Ruiz said "I’m a dad and I’m pissed off and I’m sad and I’m scared and I’m tired of feeling this way."
Ruiz went on to share that his 8 year old had questions about the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School last month : "Dad, how did this happen? Why did this happen? and has this happened before."
"Surely, she expected that the answer would be no," Ruiz said.
Organizers called for universal background checks, red flag laws, designed to keep firearms away from individuals considered dangerous to themselves or others, and assault weapon reform.
Maria Vergara, a San Antonio woman who attended Saturday's rally held a sign that paid tribute to 10 year old Maite Rodriguez, one of the children killed at Robb Elementary School.
"I want gun violence to stop, I want the politicians to listen to us, I want the politicians to make sacrifices just like the parents of Uvalde had to do," Vergara said.
Another attendee, George Nash said he was at the rally because he believes assault weapons should be banned.
"I’m a fourth generation Texan, born in Dallas, I’m 80 years old, I’m an Air Force veteran and conservative, but come on we have to do something to stop these semi-automatic weapons being used," Nash said.
This week, the house passed a gun reform package that includes raising the minimum age to purchase a semi-automatic rifle to 21, and a red flag law. Right now, those bills are not expected to pass the Senate, where a bipartisan group of lawmakers are negotiating. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/march-for-our-lives-rally-draws-hundreds-to-downtown-san-antonio/273-493e4a32-eb7e-4556-af96-d4f5aa0bf5e6 | 2022-06-12T00:23:55 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/march-for-our-lives-rally-draws-hundreds-to-downtown-san-antonio/273-493e4a32-eb7e-4556-af96-d4f5aa0bf5e6 |
SONOMA, Calif. — Kyle Larson can't be beaten lately in qualifying at Sonoma Raceway, and he hopes his recent superiority leads to a similar stretch of dominance in the race.
Larson will start on the pole for the fifth straight time in the NASCAR Cup Series race at his home track after edging Hendrick Motorsports teammate Chase Elliott on Saturday in qualifying on the hilly road course in wine country.
Larson, who turned a lap at 92.11 mph in his Chevrolet, has won four consecutive poles for the race at Sonoma since 2017. There was no race in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, and NASCAR didn't hold qualifying in 2021, but the Sacramento-area native still started up front alongside Elliott through the alternative formula used last year.
Larson capitalized last year by winning the race in overtime. The defending Cup Series champion even surprised himself this year with his surge to the front of the field on the difficult course that challenges drivers to quickly figure out its twists and quirks.
“I feel like I could have run quite a bit faster,” Larson said. “On my good lap, I made a pretty big mistake in Turn 4. I was surprised I ran the lap that I did, because it was such a big mistake.”
Elliott was a fraction of a second behind Larson, and Chris Buescher qualified an impressive third after missing last week's race at Gateway because of a positive COVID-19 test. Michael McDowell finished fourth ahead of Tyler Reddick, while Cole Custer came home sixth.
The leaders were no surprise, given the circuit and circumstances: Larson won on three road courses last season, while Elliott has collected seven of his 14 career victories on road courses.
The Sonoma course has returned to the 1.99-mile Chute layout after racing with the longer Carousel turn in the previous two editions of the Cup Series race.
While certain drivers expressed clear preferences for both setups during the day, Larson said he didn't particularly care which layout was used, feeling confident on both. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/kyle-larson-sonoma-raceway-nascar-cup-series-race/103-9b5bcfc4-48dc-4d3b-9323-b642482b1f7c | 2022-06-12T00:35:05 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/kyle-larson-sonoma-raceway-nascar-cup-series-race/103-9b5bcfc4-48dc-4d3b-9323-b642482b1f7c |
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Police stopped a U-haul in downtown Coeur d'Alene on Saturday afternoon and arrested 31 people who were found inside. Police said they believe the people arrested have ties to a hate group.
"They came to riot downtown," Coeur d'Alene Police Chief Lee White said at a news conference.
Police were alerted to the group when a concerned person called police around 1:38. That person reported seeing the group loading into a U-haul with masks and shields. Police said the caller told them it "looked like a little army."
Police spotted the U-haul about 10 minutes later and stopped it on Northwest Boulevard near Paul Bunyan, not far from the area where a Coeur d'Alene Pride event was taking place. Police had stepped up their presence in the area during the event.
Photos and video from the scene show the group all dressed the same in khakis, with navy blue shirts, beige hats, and a white cloth covering their faces.
Chief White said all 31 people were arrested on charges of conspiracy to riot. Those arrested came from at least 11 states, including Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Colorado, South Dakota, Illinois, Wyoming, Virginia, and Arkansas.
Chief White said that based on evidence collected at the scene and documents they found that the group was planning to riot in several areas of downtown, not just the park.
"It appears they did not come here to engage in peaceful events," Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris told our partner the Coeur d'Alene Press.
The back of the U-haul was filled with evidence bags from police. Still visible were what appeared to be a homemade riot shield and some protective equipment.
Police said it will take several days for them to book all the evidence.
A tow truck was called in to take away the U-haul.
31 people with ties to hate group arrested in back of U-haul in Coeur d'Alene | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/police-detain-group-found-inside-uhaul-coeur-dalene/293-aa1593a5-5fd2-4ce4-b0c1-bf8edaedcfe6 | 2022-06-12T00:35:11 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/police-detain-group-found-inside-uhaul-coeur-dalene/293-aa1593a5-5fd2-4ce4-b0c1-bf8edaedcfe6 |
ATLANTA — You've heard of eating vegan but did you know you can now rock sneakers that are vegan as well?
Popular Atlanta restaurant Slutty Vegan is now teaming up with shoe brand Steve Madden to make the one of a kind shoe possible.
Slutty Vegan made the announcement on its Instagram page, featuring an ad showing off the sneaker.
The restaurant said in its post that the shoes are available now to purchase in store, their webpage, or Steve Madden's web page.
The sneakers themselves are white with sprinkles of red and a black sole. It also has dashes of yellow with black lettering featuring phrases about being vegan. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/slutty-vegan-steve-madden-vegan-sneaker/85-5135d514-c09a-44d3-bc25-5633b7db00bb | 2022-06-12T00:35:17 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/slutty-vegan-steve-madden-vegan-sneaker/85-5135d514-c09a-44d3-bc25-5633b7db00bb |
PORTLAND, Ore. — Part of the popular Eastbank Esplanade in Portland will be closed starting Sunday until further notice due to rising river levels, Portland Parks & Recreation announced Saturday afternoon.
Parks officials said that they have been monitoring data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which indicates that the Willamette River will rise to 15.5 feet by mid-morning on Sunday.
For Parks & Recreation, 15.5 feet is the threshold for a temporary closure for part of the Esplanade, before it becomes to steep to be safely traversed.
The closure only applies to the floating portion of the path from north of the Morrison Bridge to south of the Steel Bridge. With the river water level rising, the floating path is rising above the concrete sidewalk where the path connects, "approaching unsuitable angles."
"Portland Parks & Recreation’s primary concern is for the public’s safety and appreciates people adhering to the temporary closure," the agency said in a statement. "PP&R urges all visitors to respect the protective fencing and signage now being installed. People who had planned to use this portion of the Esplanade will have to find alternate routes to their destinations."
The closure becomes effective Sunday, but PP&R said it does not know how long it will last. Officials theorized that it could reopen on Wednesday or perhaps later in the week.
The Eastbank Esplanade is a 1 1/2 mile path along the east side of the Willamette River waterfront that usually accommodates people walking, cycling or using mobility devices.
The same problem brought on by a substantial amount of rain prompted the Oregon Department of Transportation to warn of bridge lifts on the Interstate Bridge in the days ahead. With the water level on the Columbia River also unusually high, ships need more clearance and more time to navigate the crossing. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/eastbank-esplanade-closure-high-water-river-level/283-1db26850-559c-4c6b-998d-91accada9c6e | 2022-06-12T00:36:04 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/eastbank-esplanade-closure-high-water-river-level/283-1db26850-559c-4c6b-998d-91accada9c6e |
17-year-old boy in critical condition after pool submersion
Haleigh Kochanski
Arizona Republic
Phoenix Fire Department said a 17-year-old boy is in critical condition after he was submerged under water in a pool in the area of Peoria Avenue and 28th Drive on Saturday.
Crews were dispatched to the scene where they learned a boy was submerged in a pool for approximately 20 seconds before being pulled from the water by family members, according to Phoenix Fire Department.
The boy was taken to a local hospital in "seriously critical condition."
Reach breaking news reporter Haleigh Kochanski at hkochanski@arizonarepublic.com or on Twitter @HaleighKochans.
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All three of Iowa’s Republican congressional representatives announced their support this week for alternative legislation to address school violence after voting against a gun-control package passed by the U.S. House.
Rep. Randy Feenstra, a Republican, helped introduce the Secure Every School and Protect our Nation’s Children Act or STOP II Act.
“As a father of four, my heart breaks for the families who have lost loved ones to senseless acts of violence. No child should feel unsafe at school and no parent should fear for their child’s safety when they drop them off at school,” Feenstra said in a press release.
The original STOP Act was signed into law in 2018 and the new proposal would fund $1 billion for mental health guidance counselors and $1 billion for school resource officers. The addition also allocates $5 billion for the “hardening” of schools by implementing active shooter training and training for student intervention to prevent school violence from occurring. Funding for the projects would come from Bryne Justice and Assistance Grant and the Hiring Community Oriented Police Services programs.
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“We have to enforce the laws on the books and stop guns from getting into the wrong hands without infringing on the rights of law-abiding citizens,” Rep. Ashley Hinson said in a press release. “That’s why I am a co-sponsor of the STOP II Act, and why I will continue working on efforts to bolster school safety, better train law enforcement, and help deliver critical mental health resources to our communities.”
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, a co-sponsor on the STOP II Act, also proposed legislation to allow states to use dollars from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds toward school security measures. According to Miller-Meeks’ Communication Director Will Kiley, “both bills are fundamentally the same and aimed to achieve the same goal.”
The Securing Our Schools Act defines school safety measures as evidence-based strategies or programs to prevent violence. This includes heightening camera surveillance as well as training for law enforcement, school personnel and students. Salaries for former veterans and law enforcement officers to serve as school resource officers would be covered by the legislation.
Funds can also be directed to construct fences or walls to create single-point entries on school property. The legislation would allow schools to fund the development of a threat assessment team and an anonymous reporting system for potential threats.
“We need to give schools more resources to keep our students safe. There are currently billions of dollars sitting unused in states around the country,” Miller-Meeks said in a press release. “Clarifying states have the flexibility to use relief money to increase security is a common-sense step that would see immediate results.”
In a 224-202 vote, the House passed legislation Wednesday to ban anyone under the age of 21 from purchasing semiautomatic rifles and limiting magazine gun sales to hold no more than 15 rounds of ammunition. It also heightens requirements for storing guns in homes. Rep. Cindy Axne, a Democrat, was the only representative from Iowa to support the legislation.
“We’ve seen too many horrors unfold in recent weeks – from children and teachers shot and killed at an elementary school in Texas to two young women tragically gunned down in a church parking lot here in Iowa,” Axne said in a press release. “These types of shootings have been unaddressed for far too long and it is past time for Congress to act on common-sense gun legislation.”
Biden nominates district judge backed by Iowa’s senators: President Joe Biden nominated Judge Stephen Locher as a district judge for the Southern District of Iowa.
Iowa Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst had recommended Locher, who currently serves as a magistrate judge in the district. His nomination unanimously passed a vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee and now awaits a confirmation vote before the full Senate.
“With such a glowing record to stand on, there’s no doubt why Judge Locher received support from both of his home-state senators,” Grassley said during the committee meeting Thursday. “Judge Locher is an exceptional nominee who is well-qualified to serve as a federal district court judge. It’s my pleasure to support his nomination.”
Ernst talks fertilizer prices: Ernst joined farmers, industry professionals and lawmakers Friday in Vinton to discuss the impacts of record-high fertilizer prices due to conflicts between Ukraine and Russia.
Raw materials that make up the fertilizer market are up 30% since the start of 2022. This increase also follows an 80% increase in 2021, according to the World Bank Blogs. Ernst also joined Grassley on sending a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai requesting affordable and accessible fertilizer inputs for farmers and produces on May 31.
“As fertilizer costs skyrocket to record levels, topping 14-year highs in some cases, Iowa farmers are facing a crisis,” Ernst said according to a press release. “Today’s roundtable — bringing together farmers, the heads of some of Iowa’s top agriculture groups, industry professionals, and federal and state policymakers — was an engaging discussion to better understand the causes of these historic costs and to ultimately work toward solutions.”
Iowa Capital Dispatch is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Iowa Capital Dispatch maintains editorial independence. Contact Editor Kathie Obradovich for questions: info@iowacapitaldispatch.com. Follow Iowa Capital Dispatch on Facebook and Twitter. | https://globegazette.com/business/local/d-c-dispatch-iowa-republicans-propose-alternatives-to-gun-control/article_72c0016e-2a33-5569-b671-823597a6b35d.html | 2022-06-12T00:37:19 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/business/local/d-c-dispatch-iowa-republicans-propose-alternatives-to-gun-control/article_72c0016e-2a33-5569-b671-823597a6b35d.html |
The jury trial of the man who allegedly shot and seriously injured a Kenosha Police officer in August 2020 is set to begin Monday.
Jonathan T. Massey, 31, is charged in Kenosha County Circuit Court with attempted first-degree intentional homicide in the Aug. 8, 2020 shooting of Kenosha Police Officer Justin Pruett.
Massey, a convicted felon with a long criminal history, is also facing felony charges for possessing a firearm and bail jumping. He is being held in the Racine County Jail on a $1 million bond.
Judge Jason Rossell will preside over the trial.
Massey is alleged to have shot Pruett in the early morning hours of Aug. 8, 2020, after the officer stopped to speak to him because he matched the description of a suspect in a vehicle entry complaint in the 4600 block of Sheridan Road.
According to the criminal complaint, in an encounter partially captured on squad video, Massey is alleged to have shot Pruett in the abdomen after the officer deployed a Taser. Pruett then returned fire, striking Massey as he fled.
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According to court documents, several people who were with Massey when the shooting occurred helped him flee to Indiana. Those individuals are also facing criminal charges.
Massey was arrested by U.S. Marshals on Aug. 12, 2020, in Gary, Ind.
District Attorney Michael Graveley is helping prosecute the case.
“We’re ready to go to trial and believe that it’s time the community hear what the details were of this case,” Graveley said.
Graveley said Massey is facing 80 years in prison if convicted.
Long criminal history
Massey’s criminal history includes numerous felony convictions, beginning with a 2006 armed robbery case that landed Massey in state prison for five years. That case involved a victim and her three children being robbed at gunpoint.
Other convictions, according to records, include:
In 2012, he was convicted of misdemeanor counts of battery and disorderly conduct and received 10 months in the Kenosha County Jail.
In 2014, a conviction for felony substantial battery, which ended with an 18-month state prison sentence that ran concurrently to the 2006 case.
In 2019, Massey was convicted of misdemeanor marijuana possession, which landed him with a six-month county jail term.
Also in 2019, he was convicted of felony bail jumping and misdemeanor obstructing and was given one year in the county jail.
Mugshots: Racine County criminal complaints, June 7, 2022
Today's mugshots: June 7
These are images of people charged with a crime in Racine County. Booking photos are provided by Racine County law enforcement officials. A defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty and convicted.
Antonio Wilder-Lackey Jr.
Antonio Wilder-Lackey Jr., 2300 block of Monroe Avenue, Racine, misdemeanor theft, misdemeanor bail jumping, disorderly conduct, criminal damage to property, possession of cocaine, stalking.
Ariel D. Graves
Ariel D. Graves, 900 block of Center Street, Racine, contributing to the delinquency of a child, disorderly conduct, obstructing an officer, misdemeanor bail jumping.
Paris L. Schreiber
Paris L. Schreiber, Saukville, Wisconsin, resisting an officer, disorderly conduct, possession of drug paraphernalia.
Jesus Alvarez
Jesus Alvarez, 2000 block of Quincy Avenue, Racine, possession of THC, felony bail jumping.
Paul J. Burdick
Paul J. Burdick, 2000 block of Green Street, Racine, substantial battery, disorderly conduct.
Keith Griffin Jr.
Keith Griffin Jr., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, possession of cocaine, possession of THC, operate motor vehicle while revoked, failure to install ignition interlock device.
Daniel E. Haumersen
Daniel E. Haumersen, 7200 block of Mariner Drive, Mount Pleasant, possession of narcotic drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia.
Ashley L. Hawley
Ashley (aka Amber Cutsforth) L. Hawley, 1800 block of Marquette Street, Racine, possession of drug paraphernalia, felony bail jumping.
Evan M. Leimbach
Evan M. Leimbach, 4700 block of Indian Hills Drive, Mount Pleasant, theft (movable property between $10,000-$100,000).
Alberto A. Martinez
Alberto A. Martinez, Homeless, Racine, burglary of a building or dwelling, theft (movable property, special facts).
Maquan D. McAllister
Maquan D. McAllister, 3500 block of Spring Street, Racine, possession of narcotic drugs, felony bail jumping. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/jury-trial-of-man-who-allegedly-shot-kenosha-police-officer-in-2020-set-for-monday/article_7c6870ea-e8d4-11ec-93d0-a3b56fb20ca9.html | 2022-06-12T00:41:43 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/jury-trial-of-man-who-allegedly-shot-kenosha-police-officer-in-2020-set-for-monday/article_7c6870ea-e8d4-11ec-93d0-a3b56fb20ca9.html |
Brianne McPhee, former assistant principal at KTEC’s K-8 school, will assume the role of principal at the new KTEC High School opening this fall, the school has announced.
McPhee, who has served as KTEC’s assistant principal since 2019, said she is thankful for the new opportunity and excited to work in high school.
“I’ve always wanted that opportunity to really help shape the older adolescent students and get them prepared for life outside of school,” McPhee said.
A Michigan native, McPhee earned her bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Michigan. She went on to teach middle school history and social studies in Rhode Island and Nevada, and later received her master’s degree in education, educational leadership and policy studies from the University of Texas at Arlington.
McPhee returned to the Midwest in 2014 as an instructional coach at Jerstad-Agerholm school in Racine, where she then became assistant principal. She transitioned from teaching to school administration, she said, in order to create change on a larger scale in her schools.
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“As a teacher, it’s hard to affect change outside of your classroom,” McPhee said. “You can control what’s happening in your classroom, you can help your students in your classroom, you can work with them to make changes in that regard. But I wanted to affect a bigger change.”
McPhee also said she is excited to help serve the Kenosha community by preparing her students for jobs in the trade industry.
“(We are trying to) fill a void that is here and prepare our students to be productive members of society, to help with the economy to start building Kenosha back up,” McPhee said.
She recognizes the importance of trade work; her grandfather worked in refrigeration and, with McPhee’s father, built the home she grew up in, she said. However, trade skills are missing in many schools, McPhee said.
“There’s always been a stigma around the trades,” McPhee said. “We’re working to change the image, to change the ideas of what it is to be in the trades, because it is such a great and wide profession to be in.
During students’ first two years at KTEC High School, they will earn their “universal certificates,” which includes skills such as precision measurement and electricity, according to McPhee.
At the end of sophomore year, students can pick a specific pathway to follow, including automation and robotics, building trades, transportation or information systems. Students can also take classes in other pathways, McPhee said.
“Not only are we helping our students to be successful as adults, we’re giving them the tools that they need to walk out of our building as graduates and go into a trade,” McPhee said.
KTEC High School will open this fall for ninth-graders and will eventually serve students in grades 9-12, according to McPhee. The high school will enroll around 150 students for the 2022-23 school year.
Applications are still open via lottery and all Wisconsin residents can apply.
More information is available at www.ktecschools.org.
3 easy ice cream recipes from TikTok
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2. Easy 3-Ingreident Ice Cream
TikTok creator @petitecakery shows off a super simple homemade vanilla ice cream that only requires sweetened condensed milk, heavy whipping cream, and vanilla extract. She adds some freeze-dried and fresh strawberries. We bet this would also be amazing with blueberries or peaches.
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Police are investigating a fatal double shooting that occurred Saturday evening in the Germantown section of Philadelphia.
According to police, the shooting happened shortly after 5:40 p.m. on the 5500 block of Devon Street.
When officers arrived on the scene, they located an 18-year-old man who was fatally shot once in the head and once in the left shoulder.
A 25-year-old man was also shot twice in the back and once in one arm.
Both victims were transported to the hospital where the 18-year-old later died. The 25-year-old was placed in stable condition.
No weapons have been recovered. An investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact police at 215-686-TIPS.
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There are additional resources for people or communities that have endured gun violence in Philadelphia. Further information can be found here. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/teen-18-shot-in-head-in-philly-double-shooting/3268322/ | 2022-06-12T00:42:13 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/teen-18-shot-in-head-in-philly-double-shooting/3268322/ |
Woman driving was fatally shot on Milwaukee's west side by a gunman in another vehicle
Isaac Yu
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee police are investigating a shooting Saturday morning on the city's west side that left a motorist dead.
A 51-year-old Milwaukee woman was killed by a gunman in another vehicle as she was driving through the 3900 block of West Hadley Street in the Sherman Park neighborhood. Several shots were fired, according to a police alert.
The incident was reported at 7:50 a.m.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Milwaukee Police at (414) 935-7360. To make an anonymous report, contact Crime Stoppers at (414) 224-Tips or P3 Tips App. | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2022/06/11/milwaukee-police-investigating-homicide-woman-hadley-street/7598147001/ | 2022-06-12T00:44:38 | 1 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2022/06/11/milwaukee-police-investigating-homicide-woman-hadley-street/7598147001/ |
For the second time in four days, a woman was found murdered near Coos Bay.
District Attorney R. Paul Frasier reported at 8:33 a.m., a 9-1-1 caller reported a woman was "down" outside a residence in the 92600 block of Cape Arago Highway, just outside the Coos Bay city limits.
Law enforcement and medical personnel responded to the scene, and found 34-year-old Amber Townsend of Coos Bay lying adjacent to the highway.
According to Frasier, Townsend had been shot multiple times with what appears to be a shotgun. She was transported to Bay Area Hospital, where she was declared dead.
Frasier said law enforcement believe Townsend was walking on Cape Arago Highway, heading toward Charleston, when she was shot.
Frasier said law enforcement has little information about the person or persons who killed Townsend. Frasier said officers do not know how the assailant(s) were getting around and which way they may have been traveling.
Frasier said law enforcement need the help of the public to help determine who may have shot Townsend.
"We are requesting that anyone who was traveling on Cape Arago Highway between the Sunset Market and the American Market (formerly known as the Lighthouse Market) between the hours of 8:15 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. today to contact the Coos County Sheriff’s Office," Frasier said. "We are especially interested in speaking with persons driving in the area at the above times who have video camera footage showing their drive through the area. Even if you do not think you saw anything, we still would like to speak with you."
Frasier said after Townsend was located, the Coos County Major Crime Team was activated with the Coos County Sheriff’s Office as the lead agency. Officers from the sheriff’s office, Coos Bay Police, Oregon State Police, Confederated Trible Police, Oregon State Police, SCINT, Bandon Police Department, the Medical Examiner’s Office and the District Attorney’s Office are actively working the case at this time.
Anyone with information about the shooting is encouraged to contact the Coos County Sheriff’s Office at 541-396-7800. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/woman-found-murdered-on-cape-arago-highway/article_8c86186e-e9d4-11ec-a9ab-db1f7f0538ac.html | 2022-06-12T00:44:50 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/woman-found-murdered-on-cape-arago-highway/article_8c86186e-e9d4-11ec-a9ab-db1f7f0538ac.html |
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Police stopped a U-haul in downtown Coeur d'Alene on Saturday afternoon and arrested 31 people who were found inside. Police said they believe the people arrested have ties to a white nationalist hate group.
"They came to riot downtown," Coeur d'Alene Police Chief Lee White said at a news conference.
Police were alerted to the group when a concerned person called police around 1:38 p.m. That person reported seeing the group loading into a U-haul that was parked at the Springhill Suites. The group had masks and shields and police said the caller told them it "looked like a little army."
Police spotted the U-haul about 10 minutes later and stopped it on Northwest Boulevard near the skate park and Paul Bunyan, not far from the area where a Coeur d'Alene Pride event was taking place. Police had stepped up their presence in the area during the event.
Police and deputies surrounded the truck and when they opened it up they found dozens of men in the back, all wearing the same clothes, including khakis, with navy blue shirts, beige hats, and a white cloth covering their faces.
Based on evidence collected at the scene and documents police found in the U-haul, Chief White said that they believe the group was planning to riot in several areas of downtown Coeur d'Alene, not just the park.
"It appears they did not come here to engage in peaceful events," Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris told our partner the Coeur d'Alene Press.
Chief White said all 31 people were arrested on charges of conspiracy to riot. Those arrested came from at least 11 states, including Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Colorado, South Dakota, Illinois, Wyoming, Virginia, and Arkansas.
The men are being booked into the Kootenai County Jail. They are expected to appear in court on Monday.
Before it was towed away, the back of the U-haul was filled with evidence bags from police. Still visible were what appeared to be a homemade riot shield and some protective equipment. Police said they also found at least one smoke grenade.
Police said it will take several days for them to book all the evidence.
31 people with ties to hate group arrested in back of U-haul in Coeur d'Alene | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/police-detain-group-found-inside-uhaul-coeur-dalene/293-aa1593a5-5fd2-4ce4-b0c1-bf8edaedcfe6 | 2022-06-12T01:00:51 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/police-detain-group-found-inside-uhaul-coeur-dalene/293-aa1593a5-5fd2-4ce4-b0c1-bf8edaedcfe6 |
AUSTIN, Texas — Austin-Travis County EMS (ATCEMS) responded to a rollover crash near Lake Travis.
According to ATCEMS, three people were injured in the multi-vehicle collision near the 2400 block of N. FM 620.
STAR Flight transported a teenager to Dell Seton with serious injuries, likely from being ejected from the rolled vehicle, ATCEMS said. A second teenager was taken to St. David's Round Rock with potentially serious injuries. A third patient refused transport to the hospital, ATCEMS said.
ATCEMS said three others reportedly "fled the scene."
Officials recommend drivers avoid the area as traffic delays are expected.
This story is developing. Check back for updates.
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EVERETT, Wash. — More than 100 people from across Snohomish County marched in Everett Saturday in conjunction with a number of "March for Our Lives" rallies nationwide.
"It's something that has been prevalent my entire life," participant, speaker and advocate Sam Locke said. "By the time I was in school we were already doing active shooter drills regularly."
Locke said personal experiences drove her to get involved with gun violence prevention advocacy efforts years ago. Saturday, she called for universal background checks, extreme risk protection orders and raising the age to buy assault weapons, what she called common-sense changes. She said even after seeing mass shooting events continue over the years, she remains confident change can happen.
"I don't know if I'd call it hope; I'd call it anger," Locke said. "I haven't stopped being angry since I was fourteen."
Megan Marlo-Nash adds that as an educator, she too feels angry.
"When I have to lock my door as an educator and open the peephole to see who's knocking, that's when there's a problem," Marlo-Nash said. "My children don't feel safe."
Marlo-Nash believes thoughts and prayers are no longer enough; she also wants to see legislation passed raising standards for gun ownership.
Washington residents also gathered at "March for Our Lives" rallies in Olympia, Redmond and other cities across the state. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/everett/western-washington-march-for-our-lives/281-ba56a459-3a24-46a1-b9f9-178d17f26988 | 2022-06-12T01:08:11 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/everett/western-washington-march-for-our-lives/281-ba56a459-3a24-46a1-b9f9-178d17f26988 |
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Police stopped a U-haul in downtown Coeur d'Alene on Saturday afternoon and arrested 31 people who were found inside. Police said they believe the people arrested have ties to a white nationalist hate group.
"They came to riot downtown," Coeur d'Alene Police Chief Lee White said at a news conference.
Police were alerted to the group when a concerned person called police around 1:38 p.m. That person reported seeing the group loading into a U-haul that was parked at the Springhill Suites. The group had masks and shields and police said the caller told them it "looked like a little army."
Police spotted the U-haul about 10 minutes later and stopped it on Northwest Boulevard near the skate park and Paul Bunyan, not far from the area where a Coeur d'Alene Pride event was taking place. Police had stepped up their presence in the area during the event.
Police and deputies surrounded the truck and when they opened it up they found dozens of men in the back, all wearing the same clothes, including khakis, with navy blue shirts, beige hats, and a white cloth covering their faces.
Based on evidence collected at the scene and documents police found in the U-haul, Chief White said that they believe the group was planning to riot in several areas of downtown Coeur d'Alene, not just the park.
"It appears they did not come here to engage in peaceful events," Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris told our partner the Coeur d'Alene Press.
Chief White said all 31 people were arrested on charges of conspiracy to riot. Those arrested came from at least 11 states, including Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Colorado, South Dakota, Illinois, Wyoming, Virginia, and Arkansas.
The men are being booked into the Kootenai County Jail. They are expected to appear in court on Monday.
Before it was towed away, the back of the U-haul was filled with evidence bags from police. Still visible were what appeared to be a homemade riot shield and some protective equipment. Police said they also found at least one smoke grenade.
Police said it will take several days for them to book all the evidence.
31 people with ties to hate group arrested in back of U-haul in Coeur d'Alene | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/police-detain-group-found-inside-uhaul-coeur-dalene/293-aa1593a5-5fd2-4ce4-b0c1-bf8edaedcfe6 | 2022-06-12T01:08:17 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/police-detain-group-found-inside-uhaul-coeur-dalene/293-aa1593a5-5fd2-4ce4-b0c1-bf8edaedcfe6 |
WAHOO — It was 1984, and Dave Berreckman was on a weeklong bike trip across Nebraska. Cycling next to him was the love of his life.
He and Jean Sobieszczyk, a girl with light-blond hair and a bright smile, had been dating for several months. Dave was sure he wanted to be with her forever — but how to tell her?
He wanted to propose somewhere along the Bike Ride Across Nebraska (BRAN) route, but he wasn’t sure exactly where. Everything had to be just right.
Then, he heard the ride was finishing near Grand Island, the location of a fun run where the two had first spoken to each other.
The ring was hidden in an empty aspirin bottle tucked in his front pack and out of Jean’s sight. Toward the end of the ride, Dave asked Jean if she wanted to pull off to get something to eat nearby. Instead, they ended up taking a detour to a familiar spot.
“As we were pulling into this place where we actually met, my heart started pounding,” she said.
Dave’s father pulled up to deliver flowers — daisies — Jean’s favorite. Then, Dave got down on one knee.
“This is where we first met, so this is where I’d like to ask you to stay in my life forever,” he said. “Will you marry me?”
With a resounding “Yes!” from Jean, the two began the rest of their lives next to that bike trail.
Jean and Dave were married less than a year later. Thirty-eight years, two kids and two grandkids later, the pair is still together and happily in love.
“After the 500-mile bike ride, she was worn down enough to say yes,” Dave joked.
Today, the Berreckmans live in Holdrege, and Jean is a former middle school counselor. In celebration of her recent retirement, Dave and Jean wanted to take a trip together.
Dave said he wanted to go to Hawaii, but Jean suggested BRAN.
Jean won.
So, the two set off on a ride to retrace the route where their love first began. The week of their engagement was BRAN’s fifth ride, and this year was the 40th.
“It's romantic, very reminiscent and reflective,” Dave said. “It's been a joy.”
Pedaling along with them was their dear friend, Barb Bohaty, who played an integral part in their relationship. Bohaty was there when Dave and Jean first met, and she was also along on the pair’s engagement ride.
“She’s the reason we’re together,” Dave said.
After the two met at the Grand Island run, Bohaty helped arrange a place for Dave and his friends to stay so he and Jean would have a chance to connect. She’s been walking alongside the couple ever since.
She even hand-sewed the matching cheetah print bike shorts Dave and Jean wore on their engagement ride.
Saturday, the couple posed for a picture in those same shorts, re-creating the picture from the most important bike ride of their lives.
Bohaty is a 30-time BRAN rider who has continued to faithfully participate in the event since her friends’ engagement, but she was thrilled to accompany them for their first BRAN ride since ‘84.
“It's like coming and having a family reunion with people who like to ride bikes,” she said.
Saturday, the trio finished their week of biking in Wahoo. Bohaty and the Berreckmans rode alongside 375 cyclists, trekking through towns such as Alliance, Callaway, Ord and Shelby.
Dave said he enjoyed the scenery and the chance to get to know the group. He didn’t get to do that last time — he was a little distracted.
“I was infatuated with her and wanted to marry her,” Dave said. “So all my thoughts were about her and I.”
Today, he’s just as in love with Jean, but this year's ride was about nostalgia.
As the pair rolled across the prairie, past churches and farm towns, they were reminded of their love for each other. With all the children, grandchildren and careers come plenty of happy memories.
“Her and I have established what we wanted to do, and we've lived a great life,” Dave said.
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Residents along the O Street corridor said the constant noise of racing and burnouts is not just the soundtrack to Memorial Day but persists year-round. And despite decades of police enforcement efforts, that hasn't changed.
The man's first accuser told Bryan West staff that Delbert Taylor had sexually abused her as a child, and later told Lincoln Police the abuse began when she was around 6 years old, the investigator said in the arrest affidavit.
Adventure Golf Center co-owner Dylan Bohlke will appear on the fourth season of the extreme putt-putt show "Holey Moley." The program will air on ABC Tuesday at 7 p.m. and play for the public on the Railyard's big screens.
The so-called black box inside the Ford Taurus — more accurately known as an airbag control module — could tell investigators exactly what happened in the lead-up to a crash that killed two and injured 20.
Kyvell Stark turned himself into police Tuesday morning, and Police Chief Teresa Ewins said he would be charged with two counts of manslaughter and two counts of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
The stretch of Nebraska 2 that runs through the city will be called Nebraska Parkway when the South Beltway opens; and the old Muny Pool bath house is getting a mini-facelift.
Investigators alleged Terran McKethan, 43, posed as a 17-year-old on Snapchat while meeting young girls and offering them marijuana in exchange for sex acts. He won't be parole eligible until 2072.
Back in 1984, Dave and Jean Berreckman got engaged on the BRAN route (left). They decided to take a reunion trip for the first time this year (right) wearing the same cheetah print shorts from the '80s. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/love-on-the-trails-38-years-later-couple-takes-anniversary-ride-that-started-it-all/article_a4a109c5-4b6f-56b0-bf41-c28b326f83c6.html | 2022-06-12T01:12:38 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/love-on-the-trails-38-years-later-couple-takes-anniversary-ride-that-started-it-all/article_a4a109c5-4b6f-56b0-bf41-c28b326f83c6.html |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – A new restaurant is opening its doors in Johnson City this June. “Burg’r & Barrel” will be housed in the former train depot on Cherry Street.
The restaurant is owned and operated by the Kalogeros family, known for The Peerless Restaurant, a Johnson City staple.
“My great grandfather started downtown Johnson City about a block away in 1938, and now I’m the fourth generation along with my brothers. I’m working with my dad as well,” Athan Kalogeros said.
While The Peerless is under renovation, the family said they’re excited to get back to the industry they’ve missed.
“We’re finally back in the restaurant and excited to continue the revitalization of downtown Johnson City and West Walnut Street,” Athan Kalogeros said.
Burgers, loaded fries, barbecue and Nashville hot chicken are on the menu for the new restaurant hoping to become a Tri-Cities staple.
“A lot of our food is also going to be from Tennessee and the Asheville area,” Demetri Kalogeros said. “We’re really focusing on trying to do as much local as we can.”
The building most recently housed “Tupelo Honey” but has a rich history as a train depot.
“With it being a train depot we got to really highlight a lot of the historical features that was here,” Constantine Kalogeros said. “It’s been around since 1908.”
When construction is finished, the restaurant will have an outdoor patio and bar that they hope will attract people for food, fun and more.
“I think we have a great recipe for success,” Constantine Kalogeros said. “We put a lot of man hours, lot of people have been very dedicated. We’ve had a great team to make something so special for Johnson City, and we just can’t wait to bring something back to this side of town.”
The grand opening is slated for the end of June, with a soft opening launching next week. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/burgr-barrel-restaurant-set-for-grand-opening-at-end-of-the-month/ | 2022-06-12T01:19:21 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/burgr-barrel-restaurant-set-for-grand-opening-at-end-of-the-month/ |
NORTON, Va. (WJHL) – The City of Norton Police Department Chief of Police James Lance has been selected to receive a $10,000 grant.
The Injured First Responder Grant was awarded by the ‘Running 4 Heroes’ organization which raises money and awareness for law enforcement.
According to a Facebook post by the organization Chief Lane, a 25-year veteran of law enforcement, was shot multiple times after responding to a call of a shoplifter. Lane and another officer returned fire and the suspect was apprehended with non-life-threatening injuries.
Lane remains in a wheelchair, has had multiple surgeries and attends therapy daily, according to the post.
The post also states the Running 4 Heroes organization has awarded $287,000 to 33 heroes since January 2020 that have been injured.
The post concludes by saying that they are working with the Norton Police Department and the Coeburn Police Department to find a location where Zechariah, the 13-year-old boy who played a central part in the foundation of the organization, can run a mile in support of Virginia heroes. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/norton-police-chief-james-lane-awarded-10000-injured-first-responder-grant/ | 2022-06-12T01:19:27 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/norton-police-chief-james-lane-awarded-10000-injured-first-responder-grant/ |
BOISE, Idaho — This article originally appeared in the Idaho Press.
Speakers at the March For Our Lives rally Saturday called for unity, not only with the hundreds gathered before them at the Capitol steps — but also with the armed counter demonstrators across the street.
“When we judge and condemn our neighbors who think differently than we do, we are just as guilty as they are,” said Tara Marie, who is an Idaho resident and a survivor of the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting. “We need to understand. We need to listen. ... Let’s leave politics and agendas at the door. Let’s go into the family dining room and make this a human-life issue.”
Around 500 people attended the event Saturday afternoon, which was one of many nationwide organized by the youth-led organization March For Our Lives — an organization formed after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, in 2018. The advocacy group is focused on ending gun violence through promoting “civic engagement, education, and direct action by youth,” according to the organization's website.
This weekend's rally and march around the Capitol was held after the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24 in which 22 people died — 19 elementary school students and two teachers.
In Cecil Andrus Park, around 60 counter-demonstrators also gathered on Saturday. The Idaho Liberty Dogs called the event on Facebook Keep Your Hands Off Our 2A Rights. Many of those gathered were armed and wearing military-like clothing and gear. One person carried a Gadsden Flag and another a sign that read “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.”
March For Our Lives Idaho Co-Directors, Simon Richardson and Amaia Clayton, are both high school seniors in the Treasure Valley and the organizers of the event on the Capitol steps.
“Every day, when I go to school, I wonder in the back of my mind if Boise High will be the next school on the news,” Richardson said. “I wonder if I will go home to see my family and go on to live another day … but the sad reality is, I am not alone in these fears.”
According to Education Week, which has been tracking school shootings since 2018, there have been 27 shootings at schools this year. The list includes incidents in which a firearm was discharged on a K-12 school property and someone other than the shooter received a bullet wound.
Most of Saturday’s speakers advocated for more restrictions on gun ownership, such as licensing requirements and safe storage standards.
Clayton, one of the organizers, said that as a life-long Idahoan, she respects gun ownership and her family members are avid duck hunters. She said the group is not calling for a repeal of the Second Amendment.
“I understand the importance of owning a gun, and I agree that people should have the right to own guns, but that does not mean that they should have the right to own guns irresponsibly,” Clayton said. “An end to gun violence means safe, responsible gun ownership.”
The organizers of the counter demonstration, according to a description of the gathering, are supporters of the Second Amendment and gathered to stand for their right to bear arms.
“We demand the State and Country to keep their hands off our rights,” the event description says.
At times, the demonstrators across the street began shouting over the speakers, and cars and motorcyclists driving past would honk and wave to the counter-demonstrators.
One speaker, retired teacher Marsha Bravo, said she liked to call them “reluctant learners” as her speech was briefly drowned out by a passing vehicle horn.
Bravo talked about seeing the changes in schools over her 45 years of teaching, and the impact active shooter drills had on her students and herself. She said she was profoundly changed after the shootings at Columbine High School and Sandy Hook Elementary.
After speaking, Bravo said she’s hopeful.
“That’s the best word I can think of, hopeful, when people show they care,” she said in an interview, “and they certainly have a vested interest when it’s their children, all of our children.”
All of the speakers encouraged attendees to vote for candidates who support gun reform and to pressure the officials currently in office to do something now. With the phone numbers of the Idaho Congressional delegation written on large posters for everyone to see, Clayton told the crowd to pull out their phones and call one of the elected officials and demand action.
As she herself took out her phone and dialed, all around the steps people could be heard leaving voicemails, introducing themselves, saying how long they have lived in Idaho for, and urging action.
One person called for courage in defying party politics. One woman said that as a teacher, she deserves to feel safe going to school and so do her students. Another man’s voice broke as he described the fear he’s tired of living with.
The event included a table from Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a place to register to vote from the group Babe Vote, a place to write letters that the organizers would send to elected officials, and chalk to create art and messages on the sidewalk.
“When you leave the Capitol today, the responsibility of action is left up to you,” Richardson, an organizer, said before the group began its march around the Statehouse.
The speakers emphasized that to create meaningful change, it will take a large effort from a lot of people.
“We too can create a peaceful country where we have the right to live, to live safely,” said Marie, the mass shooting survivor. “But we need everyone … from this side of the street to that side of the street.”
This article originally appeared in the Idaho Press, read more on IdahoPress.com.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas demonstrators marched down Capitol Ave. Saturday morning as part of the March For Our Lives protests that took place nationwide.
Those in Arkansas joined the thousands across the country who were rallying for gun reform as firearm violence continues to plague countless many communities across the country.
Their message was clear-- enough is enough.
"We've had enough of the gun violence. We've had too many funerals," said Linda Whitworth-Reed, a retired minister.
Many like Linda marched and gathered on the steps of the Arkansas State Capitol as they called for 'common sense' gun laws.
"I would love for Congress to come together in a bipartisan way to take steps to raise gun ownership, especially for rifles and assault guns, to 21," Whitworth-Reed said.
During the march, groups like Moms Demand Action chanted reform for concepts such as a waiting period, full background checks, and regulation on ghost guns.
The protests brought people with several different thoughts on how we should respond to the recent mass shootings.
One of those people were Greg Giuffria, who is a supporter of the Second Amendment. He said there is not a gun violence problem, but a criminal problem.
"If we could snap our fingers and all the guns were to disappear overnight, there would still be murderers [and] there would still be violence," Giuffria said.
In response to the recent massacres in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas, the House passed a bill reinforcing gun laws.
It's a bill that's likely to fail in the Senate.
According to Giuffria, a gun is a tool and he believes that new gun reform could be risky.
"If they had personal experience at the hands of somebody that shows no mercy, they would not be so quick to give up their ability to fight back," Giuffria said.
Organizers said Saturday's march was bipartisan, and that they invited people like Gov. Asa Hutchinson who was not present.
Each person who spoke wanted their frustration to be heard.
"Unifying the voices of the crowd [and] stating what was probably on everyone's minds and hearts," said Jackie Wohlschlaeger, a co-organizer.
Now, she adds, it's time for people to turn their anger into action.
"We want people to be there at the polls, but we want for people to leave here today and immediately get plugged in," Wohlschlaeger said.
There were more than 450 rallies across the country with Washington D.C. reportedly being one of the largest.
Marchers Saturday said gun reform action is long overdue. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/little-rock/arkansas-march-for-our-lives-gun-reform-protest/91-8a498f4f-805f-4fe0-a4e1-b5cd28057661 | 2022-06-12T01:21:48 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/little-rock/arkansas-march-for-our-lives-gun-reform-protest/91-8a498f4f-805f-4fe0-a4e1-b5cd28057661 |
An Amber Alert has been issued for four-year-old Jaiceon Robertson, who Groves Police said was abducted and is in immediate danger.
Robertson has black hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing a gray Timberland shirt, black shorts and has scars on his arms, stomach and legs.
The suspect, Blake Robertson, 34, is believed to have several tattoos on his upper body and has black hair and brown eyes.
Blake Robertson was last heard from in Groves Texas on June 4 at 4:50 p.m. If you have any information, please call the Groves Police Department at 409-722-4965 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/groves-police-four-year-old-graves-boy-abducted-in-grave-danger/2990367/ | 2022-06-12T01:29:32 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/groves-police-four-year-old-graves-boy-abducted-in-grave-danger/2990367/ |
Salem rally against gun violence to be held Sunday afternoon
Salem area activists are planning to rally for "legislative action" to fight gun violence at 4 p.m. Sunday on the Oregon Capitol Mall.
The rally is part of a nationwide series of events. Most are being held across the country Saturday, but Salem's will be Sunday.
The youth-led rally, organized by March For Our Lives Salem, is to "demand legislative action to protect us from gun violence and restore our safety in schools and in our communities once again," according to a news release from the group.
The group says they are marching to "demand a reinstatement of the assault weapons ban, a national mandate for universal background checks and licensing of all gun owners."
Thousands of gun control advocates were expected to rally across the country Saturday in nationwide March for Our Lives proteststo demand action on gun laws after a spate of deadly mass shootings.
Up to 50,000 protesters were expected in Washington, D.C., according to a permit from the National Park Service. Several hundred marches were planned across the country, including in New York City, Las Vegas and Chicago.
Saturday events were also scheduled in Albany, Florence, Corvallis, Eugene, Bend and the Portland area.
It marks the latest widespread move by March for Our Lives, which was founded by teens after 17 people were killed in a shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, in 2018. That year, the group rallied more than one million people in the nation's capital and hosted sister rallies around the country and world, ramping up public pressure to change gun laws that – four years later – have largely still not been addressed.
Claire Withycombe is a state government reporter for the Statesman Journal. You can reach her at 503-910-3821 or at cwithycombe@statesmanjournal.com.
Jordan D. Brown of USA Today contributed to this report. | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/06/11/salem-march-for-our-lives-rally-against-gun-violence-on-sunday/65360176007/ | 2022-06-12T01:32:47 | 0 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/06/11/salem-march-for-our-lives-rally-against-gun-violence-on-sunday/65360176007/ |
Not even a day in mid-June need be perfect. Saturday might have seemed perfectly cloudy, with an overcast that seemed impregnable. But that was not the whole story.
Yet scrutiny of our overhead environment revealed moments of sunshine. Occasionally, the June sun beamed through.
For brief intervals the movie of our day seemed transformed into a full color production.
Few as they were, those brief instants seemed to demonstrate the meaning of June and its ability to infuse brightness, glitter and dazzle into lives and landscapes.
In the meantime, the almost constant clouds helped create a day of uncommon coolness.
As of 5 p.m., the high temperature amounted to 73 degrees. But that could deceive. In a reversal of the normal order of things, the high reading came at 12:44 a.m.
Rather than at such a dark early morning hour, it is normally late afternoon when we reach the day’s thermal pinnacle.
But on Saturday, we spent many daytime hours in the upper 60s. Those readings fell well below the average June 11 high of 84.
It gave a surprising feel to Saturday. Cloudy or clear, days with highs of 73 come seldom at this time of year.
In fact, unless exceeded in the late hours, Saturday’s 73-degree high would stamp the day as our coolest in more than two weeks.
Not since May 26 have we had a high so low as 73.
Notably, we flouted the averages at a time when the temperature trend is in the opposite direction: up and up, toward the searing heights of sweltering summer. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/coolest-day-since-may-also-seemed-perfectly-cloudy/2022/06/11/6544327c-e9d9-11ec-a079-71f26b28893d_story.html | 2022-06-12T01:47:30 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/coolest-day-since-may-also-seemed-perfectly-cloudy/2022/06/11/6544327c-e9d9-11ec-a079-71f26b28893d_story.html |
1 dead in Oxnard crash involving plane headed to Phoenix Deer Valley Airport
A small plane crashed into a strawberry field in north Oxnard on Friday morning, killing the pilot.
The craft then caught fire, sending up a plume of black smoke near Highway 101.
The crash was reported around 8 a.m. in a field on the north side of the 101, east of Del Norte Boulevard, according to the Ventura County Fire Department. The site is west of the Camarillo Airport, where the plane took off shortly before the crash.
No other victims were found during a search on the ground and by helicopter, fire officials said. Two urban search-and-rescue dogs also searched the field.
Firefighters reported a widely scattered debris field and said the plane was engulfed in flames when they arrived.
Andy VanSciver, a Ventura County firefighter and spokesman, confirmed one person was aboard and had died in the crash. VanSciver said he could not release more details on the death.
The plane clipped a building on the south side of Highway 101 before going down in the field, he said. Crews later found debris from the plane on the roof.
Capt. Brian McGrath, another agency spokesman, said the Oxnard Fire Department was the lead agency and county fire had been called in to assist. The Federal Aviation Administration was also contacted to investigate.
Information from FlightAware indicated the single-engine, four-seat fixed wing craft had taken off from Camarillo Airport at 7:59 a.m., headed to Phoenix Deer Valley Airport. The plane was listed as a Mooney M-20 Turbo registered in Arizona.
Sean Herder, operations supervisor for Ventura County's Department of Airports, confirmed the pilot's departure information. He had flown into Camarillo on Thursday morning from Big Bear, Herder said, adding he was not aware of any distress calls before Friday's crash.
The plane clipped a commercial building in the 3500 block of Camino Avenue near Trabajo Drive, said Oxnard Fire Battalion Chief Steve McNaughten. The city of Oxnard yellow-tagged the building, he said. The extent of damage wasn't immediately known. The building was occupied at the time, but no injuries were reported, McNaughten said.
The crash site was on private property and cordoned off by emergency personnel Friday morning. Small plumes of smoke from the plane could be seen a quarter mile away.
The incident caused Highway 101 traffic to backup during the morning rush hour with the closure of a northbound lane.
This story may be updated.
— Staff writers Cheri Carlson and Jeremy Childs contributed to this story.
Brian J. Varela covers Oxnard, Port Hueneme and Camarillo. He can be reached at brian.varela@vcstar.com or 805-477-8014. You can also find him on Twitter @BrianVarela805. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2022/06/11/plane-headed-phoenix-crashes-oxnard-california-killing-pilot/7598720001/ | 2022-06-12T01:50:06 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2022/06/11/plane-headed-phoenix-crashes-oxnard-california-killing-pilot/7598720001/ |
Fond du Lac City Council gives first look at proposed ordinance on development in parks
FOND DU LAC – The city council has taken the first steps in a "deliberately slow process" to create a city ordinance on Lakeside Park, council president Patrick Mullen presented Wednesday.
The council discussed — but took no action on — two draft ordinance options at Wednesday's meeting. One option, available on the meeting agenda, would require public notice and input for any proposal involving a private entity creating or entering into a new long-term lease agreement of five or more years to construct a building in a city park.
The alternate option would prohibit the city from creating or entering into such an agreement.
At the meeting, Mullen offered a compromise between the options: if the council wants to approve a proposal for a long-term lease in the construction of a new building, then the proposal would "automatically go to referendum."
The public would have time to get informed on the proposal and make the ultimate decision on the project, he said.
With that option well-received by council, a future draft may specify that "automatically going to referendum" would mean in the next scheduled election, while adhering to ballot deadlines, and not result in a special election.
All versions of the ordinance were designed to not affect current leases and activities in the parks, Mullen said.
The proposed ordinance was created to address a council initiative to prevent long-term lease agreements with private entities in city parks without a referendum.
Last year, city council voted to terminate an agreement with a group of local business leaders collectively called Lakeside Forward, who aimed to build a multipurpose building with an eatery on the lighthouse peninsula in Lakeside Park.
The plan, which was called the "alternative master plan," also included adding an amphitheater and ice rink elsewhere in the park, but met with opposition from a collective of citizens.
"The alternative master plan was the most controversial topic in 40 years," Mullen said. "(The ordinance) would not have prevented Lakeside Forward from making their proposal, but it would have required that proposal to be approved by the voters before it could move forward."
Heisler added that with the division the alternative master plan caused, the only way to "heal" was to give everyone a vote and a voice.
Before a charter ordinance can pass, the council will need to agree on the wording of the ordinance, then provide notice of and hold a public hearing. Someone can file a written objection to the city clerk's office on or before the hearing, and the council would then have to hold the charter ordinance for 60 days before acting.
With no objections, the council could then vote on the ordinance at the next council meeting after the hearing, and would need a two-thirds vote before the ordinance could publish.
It would then have 60 days to go into effect, unless city electors file a valid petition with the requisite signatures forcing it to referendum.
City Attorney Deb Hoffman will use council input to adjust the wording of the proposed ordinance before it comes back to council. It will likely be another input item before council takes the next step, she said at the meeting.
Councilmembers Thomas Schuessler and Ken Cassaday were absent from the meeting, but will be able to provide input in the next meeting.
Contact Daphne Lemke at dlemke@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter at @daphlemke. | https://www.fdlreporter.com/story/news/local/2022/06/10/fond-du-lac-city-council-discusses-proposed-park-development-ordinance/7553146001/ | 2022-06-12T01:59:48 | 1 | https://www.fdlreporter.com/story/news/local/2022/06/10/fond-du-lac-city-council-discusses-proposed-park-development-ordinance/7553146001/ |
BOISE — Idaho long has been known for its gun-friendly laws and minimal restrictions on firearms, but one aspect of that — allowing visiting crowds to carry open or concealed firearms in the state Capitol during the legislative session — is sparking new debate among lawmakers.
In the wake of multiple deadly mass shootings across the nation, Idaho’s Legislative Council sat recently for a Capitol security briefing, and Sen. Melissa Wintrow, D-Boise, brought up the subject.
“I would respectfully request that we explore that again … please!” Wintrow told her fellow legislative leaders on the council, as first reported by Boise State Public Radio.
“I wish I would have made a motion, frankly,” Wintrow later told the Idaho Press. “We continue to struggle with civility and diplomacy here in our state, and with folks so well-armed, and after watching, right after the pandemic, people crashing through a door upset and violent, it would behoove us to have a discussion about time, place and manner in a Statehouse where different discussions are happening that tend to upset folks one way or another.”
Wintrow was referring to the Aug. 24, 2020 incident in which an unruly, armed, overflow crowd led by anti-government activist Ammon Bundy pushed into the Idaho House gallery during a special legislative session, shattering a glass window in the gallery door in the process and then packing the gallery in defiance of social distancing rules during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wintrow noted that Idaho has restrictions on carrying firearms in places like courthouses and airports, and said the Statehouse is similar. “There’s just no room for firearms in that setting,” she said. “Everyone needs to feel safe to come to their government. And quite frankly, I know some of my constituents don’t feel safe to come there when all of those people are armed, and I think they kind of capitalize on that and influence people to stay out of their government, which is unfortunate. And it’s bullying.”
Senate President Pro Tem Chuck Winder, R-Boise, said there clearly were issues in 2020 and 2021 during legislative sessions. “What we have done to basically reduce those fears for the public is we have just basically tripled our law enforcement presence … with beefed-up security,” he said. “So we have done some things to make people feel safe and be safe. And we didn’t have any of that in this last 2022 session. I don’t think anyone who was there ever said anything about feeling unsafe during this session.”
“Based upon what happened during 2022, I’m very comfortable,” Winder said. “I think the state police did a wonderful job. They had cooperation with the Boise Police. … I think overall, we’ve improved the safety immensely for the public that feel free to come and testify and not be challenged by anybody.”
House Minority Leader Ilana Rubel, D-Boise, disagreed. “I was very glad she raised that,” she said of Wintrow. “I always wonder if there isn’t some intentionality to that – whenever there’s a gun bill, we always have armed people staring us down from the gallery. It’s a little disconcerting, and we know that some of these people snap. And we know that the person who shot people at the mall was one of the frequenters of our Statehouse, and it could just as easily happen at the Statehouse as at the mall.”
“In recent years, we’ve seen tempers running hotter than ever in there,” Rubel said. “For the members of the public, it’s absolutely crucial that they feel comfortable and safe coming down and testifying to their government, and I know that people are starting to feel more intimidated in that regard.”
Rep. Judy Boyle, R-Midvale, often a lead sponsor of gun-rights legislation, said she sees no need for change. “Citizens carry firearms for self-protection which is their right,” she said by email. “They can also stop others from doing harm to another person. Criminals know if firearms are allowed, they are taking a much larger risk compared to a ‘gun free zone.’ In those types of areas, only the criminals have guns, and then everyone but them are a potential victim.”
In February of 2021, an AP survey showed that 21 states allow guns in their state capitols in some form; eight allowed only concealed guns, while two allowed only open carry. Idaho allows either. The AP also reported that several states have been moving to bar guns from their statehouses; Michigan banned open carry in the state Capitol after the Jan. 6 riot, and Washington passed legislation in May 2021 barring open carrying of firearms within 250 feet of its state Capitol grounds and permitted demonstrations.
Winder said, “I think Idaho’s always been very protective of 2nd Amendment rights, people’s ability to carry either open or concealed. I think the discussion that’s going on at the national level now really focuses on control of the individual and not control of the gun, because it’s people, it’s mental illness, it’s drugs, it’s racism, it’s all the evils that are out there that come from people.”
“And so, does it deserve to have a discussion?” he said. “It probably deserves a discussion. Will it go anywhere? Based on our current Legislature, I don’t think you’ll see any changes.”
Fallout compensation program extended
Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo announced late last week that legislation he pushed to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act program for two more years was signed into law by President Joe Biden, though the program still hasn’t been extended to cover Idaho downwinders. But without the extension, the entire program would have expired in July, making efforts to expand it much more difficult.
RECA provides $50,000 payments to compensate people who lived downwind from the Nevada nuclear tests from 1945 to 1962 and developed multiple cancers as a result, but the only downwinders eligible for the payments are those who lived in certain counties in Utah, Nevada and Arizona. The program also compensates uranium workers in multiple states who were exposed to the fallout, along with workers who were present at the test site. Among those who suffered in Idaho were numerous residents in the Emmett area, as well as other Idaho hot spots, where radioactive fallout settled on local crops, contaminating the fresh milk and produce local farm kids were fed. Many have now died.
“Many Idahoans have suffered the health consequences of exposure to fallout from nuclear weapons testing,” Crapo said in a statement, “and I will continue to work for the passage of important legislation that ensures their reparation.” He said he’ll continue to push his bipartisan bill to expand the downwinder payment eligibility to then-residents of Idaho, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico and Guam, who all were impacted.
Idaho’s Gem County received the third-highest amount of fallout in the nation, according to a 1997 National Cancer Institute study. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/eye-on-boise-guns-in-the-statehouse/article_d49d05c4-8e97-5579-9fe1-2d75e3a1ded1.html | 2022-06-12T02:03:34 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/eye-on-boise-guns-in-the-statehouse/article_d49d05c4-8e97-5579-9fe1-2d75e3a1ded1.html |
'Providence is reborn': PVDFest hiatus ends with dancing in the streets
Artists painting murals in real-time, lines snaking up to food trucks and trumpet sounds blaring from the City Hall stage as crowds dance and sway to tunes straight from New Orleans – this is PVDFest.
The three-day fête returned to downtown after a quiet two years during which the pandemic kept the party away. From Friday to Sunday, nothing could rain on the revelry.
Rows of merchants and outposts filling plastic drink cups to the brim took over Providence’s streets where visitors roamed between musical acts.
For some, it was a step back into the way things used to be.
“It’s nice because this is the first time I think we’ve been out in a crowd like this and not felt a lot of anxiety about it,” said Mike Ferguson, who traveled from the city’s West End with partner Jennifer Leslie.
“I have a lot of social anxiety that was made worse by being in quarantine,” Leslie said, reflecting. “But at the same time it is really refreshing to get out and be a part of the community which we haven’t been able to do obviously.”
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Among the crowd was Mayor Jorge Elorza, who began the festival in 2015. On Saturday, he meandered through the festival with son Omar, who had taken a dip in a massive bubble pit stationed outside The Dark Lady.
“It’s great to be out here again,” Elorza said. “It’s especially nice to be out here with Omar. He’s about to be 4 years old, so it’s the first time he can enjoy the festival.”
Both were headed in the direction of a performance by instrumental group Squonk, whose performances feature massive art installations – this time a pair of larger-than-life purple hands.
Bandmates remarked on their love of Providence, drummer Jeremy Papay in particular.
“This is always a town where the crowd energy is just so infectious,” he said. “We get so much from everybody here, and that turns us all up to 11, and we give it back.”
Among the audience, listeners from young to old crowded together to watch artists move the inflated hands to the eclectic sounds of an electric guitar, bagpipes and a keyboard.
“That’s the beauty of the show,” Papay said. “You can be into metal, you can be into pop, you can be 5 years old, you can be 50 years old, you’re going to find something in the show to latch onto – the big props, the interaction – it kind of spans all generations when you get to pull on giant purple fingers.”
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Nearby, members of Greater Boston’s Natyamani School of Dance huddled as they awaited their performance slot on another stage where they would showcase Bharathanatyam, a classical dance from South India.
For dancers emerging from a pandemic, this was a rare chance.
“I feel like a lot of us haven’t got a lot of opportunities to perform the past few years,” said Shanthni Ravindrababu. “So it’s really exciting to be able to sort of get back to performing in front of people.”
Among the sprawling tents of merchants on Washington Street, Alex Maddalena, owner of ice cream and sorbet company Big Feeling, was relieved to find some sense of normalcy after the pandemic’s toll.
“Honestly, it’s like overwhelming positivity,” Maddalena said. “It’s great to just see people out and about again and to interact with customers after interacting with them digitally, basically, for two years.”
Under a tent up the street, local organizer Liza Burkin was spotted volunteering for Real Access Motivates Progress, a nonprofit loaning out wheelchairs and ensuring the festivities were accessible not just to those on foot. With a big grin, she suggested that the city should make this a weekly event.
“It’s like Providence is reborn and coming back into itself and everything is correct.” | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/06/11/providence-pvdfest-hiatus-ends-dancing-streets/7595925001/ | 2022-06-12T02:13:31 | 0 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/06/11/providence-pvdfest-hiatus-ends-dancing-streets/7595925001/ |
AUBURN, Calif. — More than 100 people gathered outside of the Auburn Courthouse Saturday morning for a March for Our Lives rally — one of several marches taking place across the U.S. It's a part of a nationwide movement to push for gun control in the wake of recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas.
Some who attended have been personally affected by gun violence including Mary Duplat with the organization Mom's Demand Action who lost her daughter to gun violence.
"As I'm standing here in Auburn and I look up at the courthouse, I have a memory of her at age 12 doing a fashion shoot (here) for back to school. Little did I know I would not have her in my life again when she was 19. I don't want that for anyone else which is why I'm here today," said Duplat.
March organizer Pat Ferguson with Indivisible Auburn emphasizes that the message is not to get rid of guns, but says semi-automatic rifles shouldn't fall into the hands of anyone.
"Get rid of the ones like in Uvalde decapitated poor little kids. I mean, when you have to use a DNA test or green Converse shoes to tell who was killed, that gun has no reason to be on the streets," said Ferguson.
For those who attended the march, their demands include background checks for all gun sales, the implementation of red flag laws, and calling on lawmakers to vote in favor of common-sense gun laws.
"I have a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to violence and we need to put a stop to the age limit for assault rifles and keep them out of the hands of irresponsible people," said John Hammer who attended the rally.
33 mass shootings have occurred in the U.S. since the massacre at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas on May 24, that's according to ABC News.
"I want to be safe when I go to my school. I don't want to have to choose between protecting my students and possibly leaving my children without a mother," said Sabrina Hammer, a Kindergarten teacher from Lodi who attended Saturday's rally. "I want the parents of my students to know that when they send them to me for the day, that they're gonna be safe, and unfortunately, I can't guarantee that at this time."
Hammer spent her birthday at the rally making her voice heard loud and clear and hopes to be part of the solution to create change.
"I think that we as United States citizens all need to stand up and make a change. This nonsense has to stop. Enough is enough," said Hammer.
March for Our Lives was created by students who survived the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/auburn-grass-valley/march-for-our-lives-rally-auburn/103-d19bc739-fec0-4ef5-ac24-a4bf66181404 | 2022-06-12T02:17:35 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/auburn-grass-valley/march-for-our-lives-rally-auburn/103-d19bc739-fec0-4ef5-ac24-a4bf66181404 |
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Police stopped a U-haul in downtown Coeur d'Alene on Saturday afternoon and arrested 31 people who were found inside. Police said they believe the people arrested have ties to a white nationalist hate group.
"They came to riot downtown," Coeur d'Alene Police Chief Lee White said at a news conference.
Police were alerted to the group when a concerned person called police around 1:38 p.m. That person reported seeing the group loading into a U-haul that was parked at the Springhill Suites. The group had masks and shields and police said the caller told them it "looked like a little army."
Police spotted the U-haul about 10 minutes later and stopped it on Northwest Boulevard near the skate park and Paul Bunyan, not far from the area where a Coeur d'Alene Pride event was taking place. Police had stepped up their presence in the area during the event.
Police and deputies surrounded the truck and when they opened it up they found dozens of men in the back, all wearing the same clothes, including khakis, with navy blue shirts, beige hats, and a white cloth covering their faces.
Based on evidence collected at the scene and documents police found in the U-haul, Chief White said that they believe the group was planning to riot in several areas of downtown Coeur d'Alene, not just the park.
"It appears they did not come here to engage in peaceful events," Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris told our partner the Coeur d'Alene Press.
Chief White said all 31 people were arrested on charges of conspiracy to riot. Those arrested came from at least 11 states, including Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Colorado, South Dakota, Illinois, Wyoming, Virginia, and Arkansas.
The men are being booked into the Kootenai County Jail. They are expected to appear in court on Monday.
Before it was towed away, the back of the U-haul was filled with evidence bags from police. Still visible were what appeared to be a homemade riot shield and some protective equipment. Police said they also found at least one smoke grenade.
Police said it will take several days for them to book all the evidence.
31 people with ties to hate group arrested in back of U-haul in Coeur d'Alene | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/police-detain-group-found-inside-uhaul-coeur-dalene/293-aa1593a5-5fd2-4ce4-b0c1-bf8edaedcfe6 | 2022-06-12T02:37:38 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/police-detain-group-found-inside-uhaul-coeur-dalene/293-aa1593a5-5fd2-4ce4-b0c1-bf8edaedcfe6 |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — In a study conducted by Magnify Money analyzing US Census Bureau data, it found that older adults are making their return to the workforce.
In May 2020, 19.5% of Americans 65 and older had jobs.
However, in May of this year, that number increased to 22%.
"We've seen inflation go through the roof and a lot of Americans may simply need to work longer to make ends meet," said Ismat Mangla, Executive Editor for Magnify Money.
Mangla says Pennsylvania ranks third in the highest jump of older adults coming back to the workforce.
"It could be also the jobs that are available in Pennsylvania," she said. "In some rural states there may not be as much availability as a big state like Pennsylvania."
Mangla says the stock market plummeting could also play a role. Americans may see that their retirement accounts aren't doing as well as they expected.
Despite the current economy, the job market is booming.
"In April 2020 the unemployment was around 14.7% so it really spiked up by April 2022 that number was down to 3.6%," Mangla said.
While older adults are coming back to the workforce, she says some also have an entrepreneurial spirit.
"26% of Americans 65 or up are actually self-employed so older Americans like to or have the ability to work for themselves," she explained. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/older-adults-in-pennsylvania-returning-back-to-workforce-inflation/521-eaeefc57-f259-48c9-a4e4-e70f9d4cc493 | 2022-06-12T02:37:38 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/older-adults-in-pennsylvania-returning-back-to-workforce-inflation/521-eaeefc57-f259-48c9-a4e4-e70f9d4cc493 |
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Engineering professors and their students at Washington State University Vancouver have helped create a high-tech pacifier that can monitor the health of babies in real time and in a less invasive way.
They call it a "smart pacifier," and other than some lightweight electronics, it's not any different than the ones babies put in their mouths all the time.
“So the smart pacifier was developed to automatically collect a saliva sample from babies and continuously monitors their ion level in real time,” said Dr. Jong-Hoon Kim, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at WSU Vancouver and a co-corresponding author on the study.
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Kim explained that the smart pacifier monitors sodium and potassium ion levels of babies with health problems such as dehydration due to premature birth. It would be used in hospital newborn intensive care units (NICU), replacing invasive blood draws from babies.
Unlike with blood draws, most babies are actually soothed by pacifiers. And information collected in saliva on the pacifier can be transmitted by a wireless connection to medical professionals.
“So we believe our device has the ability to provide real-time health information for immediate feedback and treatment,” said Kim.
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The professor and a handful of colleagues and students at WSUV have been working on this high-tech pacifier for a year and a half, teaming up with a few other universities in the U.S. and South Korea.
Clinical trials are still to come, but the academic group hopes the small medical device eventually replaces blood draws and a lot of the wires and electrodes typically required on NICU babies. Then it could be developed for use at home, so parents can do a variety of different health checks on their babies.
“Our next plan is we want to make this pacifier more recyclable and affordable so anybody can get it from the shelf of the market,” said Kim.
At this point it's not clear how long it will take to get the smart pacifier approved for use in hospitals, Kim acknowledged. But the professor said they'll keep working to make that happen as they continue their learning experience. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/vancouver/smart-pacifier-baby-health-monitor-less-invasive-wsu-vancouver/283-5bb0b79c-d620-4e65-a1b4-ea0b4a65c3c3 | 2022-06-12T02:37:52 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/vancouver/smart-pacifier-baby-health-monitor-less-invasive-wsu-vancouver/283-5bb0b79c-d620-4e65-a1b4-ea0b4a65c3c3 |
KENT, Wash. — The Northwest Progressive Institute (NPI) unveiled a new poll Friday indicating a majority of Washingtonians support a ban on military-style assault weapons as a means to curb gun violence in the state.
NPI's poll, conducted a week after the mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas killed 21 people, revealed 56% of 1,039 likely mid-term voters in Washington state support a ban on assault weapons. An assault rifle ban was opposed by 38% of respondents in the poll.
Andrew Villeneuve, the founder of the Redmond-based advocacy group, said the poll's results indicated support from the entire state, irrespective of geographic regions.
The poll said 73% of King County voters support an assault weapons ban along with 50% of eastern and central Washington voters in favor of new legislation. That mark is higher than the 43% of eastern and central Washington respondents that oppose any measure to limit the purchase of assault weapons.
Across party lines, almost 90% of Democrats support a ban on military-style assault weapons, compared to 21% of Republicans in NPI's poll.
Villeneuve believed the poll's statewide support indicates a "rock-solid foundation" to introduce an assault weapons ban in Washington's next legislative session, which begins annually on the second Monday of January.
Attorney General Bob Ferguson said this is the seventh consecutive year he's pushed politicians to ban assault weapon sales in the state.
In 2021, Washington's Legislature banned the purchase of high-capacity magazines, which the shooter in Uvalde, Texas used to gun down 19 children and two teachers in a classroom.
Ferguson pointed to the seven states in the country that already have an assault weapons ban in place: California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York.
A federal judge upheld each of the states' bans as constitutional, Ferguson said.
"I support the second amendment," Ferguson said. "You can support the second amendment and still support common-sense gun reform that is constitutional and lawful. Other states have done it and those bans have been upheld. Now it's time for the Washington Legislature to take that next step."
The state House and state Senate have not held a floor vote to ban assault-style weapons in over a decade, according to the NPI.
"I understand the fact that we will get exactly 0% from Republican legislators," Ferguson said. "They are AWOL on the issue of common-sense gun reform in this state. And they gotta go to sleep at night with that."
State Sen. Manka Dhingra, D-45th District, said she worried about her school-aged daughter every day because of the rise in mass shootings.
"So many times, after all these years, when I'd drop [my daughter] off at school I would take a look at her clothing to memorize it to make sure I knew what she was wearing -- so that I may be able to identify her," Dhingra said. "No parent should have to have that thought."
Several laws are in place to try to prevent gun violence in Washington. The state requires universal background checks during gun sales, a ban on high-capacity magazines and people younger than 21 are not allowed to buy semi-automatic weapons.
Washington voters passed an initiative in 2016 on "extreme risk protection orders," known as ERPOs, which allow family members and law enforcement to request a court order that prevents someone from accessing guns if they are worried the person might be at risk of harming themselves or others. There must be demonstrated evidence the person poses a significant danger.
Dhingra said the elimination of "weapons of war" needs to be Washington state's next step in curbing gun violence.
She said she is optimistic her colleagues can get legislation passed in the state Senate, but it needs joint approval in the state House to become a reality.
A Republican state representative was not in attendance for Friday's press conference, which detailed the NPI poll's findings. Several Democratic lawmakers claimed there was no Republican support for banning military-style weapons.
"Gun violence is preventable," Dhingra said. "We know how to do it and we now simply must."
Seattle resident Emily Cantrell, a board member for the Alliance for Gun Responsibility, said she survived the deadliest mass shooting in United States history.
On Oct. 1, 2017, Cantrell said she was in a Las Vegas crowd when a lone gunman used an arsenal of automatic weapons to spray over 1,000 bullets in a concert crowd.
In 10 minutes the gunman injured over 500 people and killed 60 victims.
"The chaos that night was more than anything you could ever imagine," Cantrell said. "We were sitting ducks. We ran every time the bullets stopped raining down on us and when they started back up again we dove. And, for some reason I will never understand, I made it out that horrific night when so many others standing just next to me died."
As Cantrell described the moments during the shooting, she said the gun violence has not stopped following the rampage. An average of 123 people per day are killed across the United States due to gun violence, she said.
"We live in a country where gun violence does not discriminate and no one is safe from it," Cantrell said. "Shootings happen at schools, grocery stores, malls, movie theaters, coffee shops, concert venues, the streets we walk in." | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/washington-assault-rifle-ban-poll/281-abdb27f4-c2fd-41e8-a0c7-eb0d8a599536 | 2022-06-12T02:37:58 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/washington-assault-rifle-ban-poll/281-abdb27f4-c2fd-41e8-a0c7-eb0d8a599536 |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A father and his 2 daughters were rescued from the Lewis River after their boat hit some underwater trees and capsized on Saturday afternoon.
The rescue, which took nearly 2 hours from beginning to end, began around 1:10 p.m. when crews from Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue were sent to a spot in Ridgefield, officials said.
One crew made it through heavy brush to get to the riverfront and found the man with his 8-year-old daughter. But he told rescuers his 12-year-old daughter was floating downstream and drifting toward the bank.
A technical rescue and a raft crew were dispatched to look for the girl along with rescue swimmers from multiple departments. Some of the rescue swimmers found the girl about 100 yards away from the initial incident, officials said.
All 3 were taken to the hospital by ambulance and all were said to be in stable condition considering their exposure to the cold water.
The father was not wearing a life jacket but both girls were.
“Given the air and water temperatures, along with the increased flow rates of the river, the proper wearing of life jackets most likely saved two lives today,” authorities said in a statement.
Five departments responded and worked together on this rescue. | https://www.koin.com/local/clark-county/boat-hits-trees-in-lewis-river-dad-2-girls-rescued/ | 2022-06-12T02:42:36 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/clark-county/boat-hits-trees-in-lewis-river-dad-2-girls-rescued/ |
HOUSTON — Family, friends and a community said goodbye to four boys and their grandfather who investigators said were killed by an escaped inmate in Centerville earlier this month.
Mark Collins, 66, along with 18-year-old Waylon Collins, 16-year-old Carson Collins, 11-year-old Hudson Collins and 11-year-old Bryson Collins were remembered during a funeral service at Champion Forest Baptist Church on Saturday morning.
Hundreds of people attended the public funeral, which was more than a two-hour-long celebration of the five lives, as well as an invitation to practice the faith the victims’ family members say is supporting them.
“This is devastation,” said Chris Collins, the father of Waylon, Carson and Hudson. “While we are hurting more than we could possibly imagine, we will be OK.”
Collins and other family members called the murder an act of evil.
“Even that night before, we had all the information ... I looked up in my backyard, and I said, ‘God, tell me my babies are OK,’” Collins said. “Almost audibly, I could hear, ‘They’re OK. I’ve got them. They’re OK.’ No, it was not the ‘OK’ that a flesh-and-blood father wanted, but in that moment, I had the most supernatural peace that I’d ever had in my entire life.”
Family members said they’ve been overwhelmed by the love shown to them from around the nation during their time of overwhelming loss.
“We could literally open up three restaurants with all the food that you guys have donated,” Michael Collins said.
Michael Collins is the oldest brother of Mark Collins.
“He’s a man of faith,” Michael Collins said. “Integrity, honesty, trustworthy, charitable, fair. A man of his word.”
Pastor Robert Stokes, of Magnolia Cowboy Church, said the grandchildren enjoyed sports, loved their family and led by example.
“There’s a trend happening here,” Stokes said. “A great heart for people. They loved people well.”
And, Chris Collins said, they had faith.
“Each and every one of them did, in fact, have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ,” he said. “That’s where we get our peace. We will see them again.”
The family held a private burial following the funeral.
Last night, the Collins family was honored at a visitation at Houston Northwest Church. Mourners wore blue ribbons to show their support.
Family of faith
The Collins family is known for their strong ties to the church and their "unrelenting faith."
The brother of Mark Collins said family members remain strong and unwavering during this time.
"My short message is: God is still God and we're not -- and there's a purpose in this, no doubt," Glenn Collins said.
A GoFundMe has been set up for the family. If you want to help, here is the link. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/collins-family-funeral/285-7adf7569-5fe4-4ac7-bdd3-014923ad51d1 | 2022-06-12T03:03:27 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/collins-family-funeral/285-7adf7569-5fe4-4ac7-bdd3-014923ad51d1 |
AUSTIN, Texas — During the pandemic, a lot of people turned to online shopping, but sometimes that can be predictable and expected.
As consumers feel the pinch of inflation, the biggest shopping mall owner in the country, Simon Property Group, has devised a new annual sales event dubbed National Outlet Shopping Day (NOSD), which kicked off on Saturday, June 11.
This campaign aims to raise efforts to increase in-person shopping – like an Amazon Prime Day but for retail outlets. It will run at the real estate owner's 90 premium outlets and Mills-branded outlet properties in the United States.
"Our sales have actually exceeded pre-COVID numbers for several of our brands last year and that's we've seen that consistently throughout this year as well," said Monica Esparza, director of marketing at Round Rock Premium Outlets.
San Marcos Premium Outlets and Round Rock Premium Outlets are celebrating the launch of NOSD this weekend with on-site activities and an opportunity for shoppers to win a shopping giveaway with up to a $20,000 value.
For shoppers interested in participating, here are steps to follow:
- Visit San Marcos Premium Outlets or Round Rock Premium Outlets
- Snap a pic of yourself or your shopping haul at an interactive selfie station on the property
Post and tag your local Premium Outlet or Mill and #NOSDGiveaway #Sweepstakes
"Traffic has been fantastic and I think shoppers are just ready to be out of the house, grabbing their friends and their family and coming and coming out to shop in-person," said Esparza.
Retail outlets like Target have seen their inventory swell as backlogged stock arrives, while cash-strapped consumers shift away from pandemic-era spending such as sweatpants and office gear.
PEOPLE ARE ALSO READING: | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/national-outlet-shopping-day-inflation-surges-mall-owner-creates-sales-holiday/269-669adcca-241f-4b4a-b51f-807d81acd4ac | 2022-06-12T03:03:33 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/national-outlet-shopping-day-inflation-surges-mall-owner-creates-sales-holiday/269-669adcca-241f-4b4a-b51f-807d81acd4ac |
TROUP COUNTY, Ga. — A 13-year-old girl drowned in West Point Lake on Saturday, according to the Troup County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies said they were sent to the lake, near Lower Glass Bridge Road, just before 2 p.m. along with Troup County Fire Department and Troup County AMR in regard to a possible drowning involving two people.
Once there, they said they found a 40-year-old woman who was unresponsive and not breathing. After deputies performed life saving measures, she was taken to Well Star West Georgia Medical Center and is currently in critical condition.
Deputies said they searched for the 13-year-old victim by boat, along with the Department of Natural Resources. Eventually, a dive-team from Columbus Fire and Rescue was brought in around 5 p.m. to assist.
Two and a half hours later, the girl's body was recovered by the dive teams, according to deputies.
They add that both the name of the girl and the woman still in critical condition are not being released at this time. However, deputies did describe the circumstances as "a tragic accident." | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/drowning-west-point-lake/85-7957a6e2-2dbb-4970-9363-ef88d6fcfe17 | 2022-06-12T03:25:54 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/drowning-west-point-lake/85-7957a6e2-2dbb-4970-9363-ef88d6fcfe17 |
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