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DEL MAR, Calif. — Some San Diegans were surprised to see the sticker shock of higher food, games and ride tickets at the San Diego County Fair.
"It is just too damn much. The tickets were high, I mean it was almost $100 just to get in the gate,” said fair attendee Anita Reserva.
What do your favorite fair foods cost?
The cheapest hot dog is $10 at the fair, a whole supreme pizza costs $50. The famous fair Australian Battered Potatoes range from $12.50 to $14.50.
"We've had to raise our prices because our products are so hard to purchase,” said Australian Battered Potatoes owner Carmel Dyer.
Australian Battered Potatoes
Dyer says the cost of oil and batter has doubled to make her popular battered potatoes if she can even get the products in time with supply chain delays. She says the price is also high in Australia when she ships product back to her home country.
"Also labor issues, you know they've got a hard time trying to get drivers do you know even get the products made,” Dyer said.
For many vendors trying to make a living after not having a fair in Del Mar for two years, Dyer says the record inflation couldn’t have come at a worse time.
"We are trying to keep it down, but if we have the same prices we had back in 2019, we wouldn't be able to survive. There would be no point in being here,” Dyer said.
Vendors are trying their hardest
The Fruit Caboose Concessions has also had to raise prices at the fair. They sell 48 items on their ice cream menu ranging from $8 to $16.
"We are trying our hardest, but with the price of employees going up and the challenge of not being able to find them, you have to pay competitively to get them here,” said Fruit Caboose Concession owner Ryann Newman.
She says the skyrocketing price of gasoline has increased her bottom line.
“It is all trickle down you know with gas for me. I spend thousands of dollars to bring four trucks and trailers from Northern California to down here,” Newman said.
Newman says fair goers may think vendors are making a killing off the high food prices, but for every ten dollars she makes, she takes home two dollars.
“Sales tax is 10% right off the top, and at the end of the day, what I take home from a product is very little,” Newman said.
Expensive fried foods aren't stopping some fair goers from paying the high price.
“We haven't had any pushback and people have been super positive, some buying two and three of our pricier items.
Anita Reserva is shocked her sister Burma Malkey, in town from Utah paid double digits for a funnel cake.
"Price was $13 are you serious? We are going to eat the whole thing,” Malkey said.
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BLAINE, Minn. — Saturday, hundreds gathered at the Blaine Veterans Memorial to pay their respects to the family of U.S. Army Specialist Eric Finniginam, a 26-year-old soldier who died in combat shortly after earning his U.S. citizenship, in 2010.
Finniginam was born and raised in Yap, a state in the Oceanic country of Micronesia. His mother, who attended Saturday's memorial service, said, "Since he was a little boy, he wanted to be a soldier...he could pretend he was in a war zone all by himself for hours.”
Finniginam enlisted in the military to earn his U.S. citizenship. That's where he met his brother in arms, Eric Bakken. They quickly bonded.
“Meeting Finn changed my life," Bakken said. "To be honest, I'm not too sure of very many people whose lives weren’t made better by knowing or serving with specialist Eric Finniginam.”
Bakken welcomed Finniginam into his Minnesotan family, taking him hunting and ice fishing.
"Over time, it just became very apparent to my family that he was a part of the family now, so my mom called him 'son' and he called my 'mom,'" Bakken said at the memorial service. "They had a cool little relationship and every once in awhile, I'd get a little jealous because his care packages while we were in Afghanistan might’ve seemed a little better than mine.”
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Bakken said losing Finniginam was the worst pain he'd ever experienced in his life. Bakken made it his mission to honor Finniginam, eventually raising $30,000 to fund a memorial bench in Finniginam's name, as well as airfare and accommodations for Finn's family, who came the memorial service from nearly 7,000 miles away.
"The amount of money that [Bakken] had to raise to make this happen is unbelievable," said Steve Guider, the president of the Veterans Memorial Park of Blaine. "Just to watch the looks on the family members' faces as this whole program went on was priceless."
Finniginam's mother said words could not express how grateful she was for the ceremony and opportunity to attend.
“I'm beyond blessed with the legacy my son has left behind and friends he made throughout his time in the army who I now call my family as well.” | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/us-army-specialist-eric-finniginam-family-memorial-bench-blaine-veteran/89-34dae132-686e-4889-9675-5615e592e208 | 2022-06-12T14:52:14 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/us-army-specialist-eric-finniginam-family-memorial-bench-blaine-veteran/89-34dae132-686e-4889-9675-5615e592e208 |
The Coos County OSU Master Food Preservers invite the community to join them for a pickling and fermentation workshop set for Saturday, June 11, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Participants will learn the basics of making pickled vegetables, including how to assess family recipes for safety, spice blends and solutions for crisp pickles as well.
The difference between a quick pickling vs fermented recipe will also be covered in this hands-on class where the importance of using up-to-date preserving methods, as well as why all vinegar is not created equal. They will be doing a hands on fermentation make and take item as well.
The workshop will be held at the OSU Coos County Extension Service, 631 Alder Street, in Myrtle Point. For information or to reserve a spot, call 541-572-5263, ext. 25292. The workshop fee is $10. Participants may wish to bring a snack or light lunch. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/pickling-workshop-set-june-11/article_c4d4b6c0-e75f-11ec-87a1-4bd3b78f069c.html | 2022-06-12T15:19:24 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/pickling-workshop-set-june-11/article_c4d4b6c0-e75f-11ec-87a1-4bd3b78f069c.html |
The Paint Department at The Biloxi School of Bartending selected a soft organic shade of yellow called Pine Pollen BSB425 as its Color of the Year for 2022. Reminiscent of a thick dusting of pine pollen on every surface everywhere, every June, the subtle color was chosen to represent fecundity and the penetrating resiliency of nature as we open our windows to relieve stifling heat and stuffy, post-pandemic house-itosis.
The subdued ochre, ecru, tawny hue feels familiar and grounding, and it is versatile enough to be used in as an alternative to traditional neutrals. This botanical shade mimics the sands of the Sahara in its endless sea of individual microscopic grains containing the male reproductive cells of Pinus ponderosa var. scopulorum.
“It was a no-brainer, really,” says Claude Tint, senior color marketing manager in the Paint Department of The Biloxi School of Bartending. “Every year we select the same Color of the Year: Navajo White. Navajo White. We could paint an aircraft carrier with the amount of Navajo White we use on this campus each year.
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“Anyway, the other day, my wife writes ‘dust me’ in the layer of pine pollen that has settled on my bookcase. She’s got a sense of humor, that one. Then inspiration struck me.
“I headed on down to the paint shop early and grabbed a couple of cans of paint left over from redoing the president’s office last spring: Budweiser Red and Army Green. It took a while to get the right hue. You know what I mean? I kept getting peach, or yolk, or gamboge, or mikado yellow. I was seeing so much yellow I thought I had jaundice. But, finally, I was able to gather plenty of pollen from my shop computer screen and match its hue.
“I showed it to my paint guys. ‘Looks luteous,’ ‘lemony.’ We did a little more tweaking. To be honest with you, we almost lost our way. We were swinging between saffron and icterine until Chuck remembered that Steve is colorblind, and his input wasn’t helping. It was just about quitting time when we all agreed we got it mixed right. We rescheduled a few work orders that day, I’ll tell you.”
Interior decorators suggest DIYers paint walls in Pine Pollen to encourage focus in an office, incorporate soothing color in a bathroom or promote restfulness. The color also looks gorgeous on kitchen cabinetry brightened up with polished brass accents and balanced with plenty of periwinkle. Because of its organic quality, Pine Pollen blends beautifully with semi-natural materials and textures such as faux leather upholstery, woven jute-ish rugs, Sauder furnishings and vinyl plank flooring. In the dining room, it can serve as a sophisticated backdrop that delivers color without being too bold.
And, of course, it works wonderfully well as camouflage should one’s housekeeping style rely less on Swifters, rags and polish and more on strategically placed magazines and afghans. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/carpenters-column-announcing-the-color-of-the-year/article_c21613fc-e912-11ec-9161-139165c38272.html | 2022-06-12T15:40:59 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/carpenters-column-announcing-the-color-of-the-year/article_c21613fc-e912-11ec-9161-139165c38272.html |
Out where East Butler Avenue passes under the I-40 after the truck stop, there’s a dirt road pulloff that takes you out to a hidden neighborhood shadowed by towering ponderosas. Out here, the houses are far apart, the washboard roads are bumpy and mini bulldozers are at work trying to smooth out the dirt for drivers in the neighborhood.
This is where Forestdale Farm is.
Rylan Morton-Starner and his wife, Jamie, live on the property and farm from late February through November, with their two kids, two cats, a dog, chickens, and now geese.
“The geese are for guarding the chickens,” Morton-Starner explained. “Geese can be mean, so we’re hoping they’ll scare off the hawks.”
I didn’t even know that this area existed, but it’s where Forestdale Farm has been operating since 2012.
At the time, it’s early April, when the sun finally starts to warm Flagstaff up to the high 50s and low 60s. Growing up in Texas, I would’ve said those are cold temperatures. But at 7,000 feet elevation, Flagstaff is much closer to the sun, and the high 50s can feel like mid-70-degree temperatures. While some nights still dip below freezing, April is when local growers and farmers begin readying themselves for the 103-day growing season.
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I put on sunscreen in my car before walking out to the property, where I meet Morton-Starner out by the greenhouses. We shake hands, introduce ourselves, and then get to work.
Even though the community market in Flagstaff wouldn't start until May, a lot of prepping has to be done once spring starts. For Morton-Starner, it means planting seeds in late February and early March, keeping them in the greenhouses under frost cloth, and sometimes even using heat mats under plastic plant liners to keep them warm and so that certain plants can germinate.
Tomatoes, for instance, only germinate between 65-80 degrees -- temperatures that are rare in Flagstaff before April. Forestdale, however, sells both tomatoes and tomato garden starts, which are baby tomato seedlings sold to people who want to grow them themselves, during the market season. This makes heat mats a necessity.
“You can grow yearround up here; it just takes twice as much work,” Morton-Starner said as we began transplanting vegetable starts whose stems peek out just an inch from the dirt in their tiny square liners.
In bigger plant liners, we poke our index fingers into the soil to create a little hole for the baby broccolis, tomatoes and flowers we pulled from their original plant liners.
Since Flagstaff soils are heavy in clay and alkaline, the local soil quality is poor in nutrients, so Forestdale uses raised garden beds and plastic plant liners to grow produce. It is an organic farm and does not use artificial nutrients, so to combat the shock of transplanting, the farm uses fish emulsion, which is a mixture of dead fish parts that are rich in nitrogen.
Water, however, is something they have to haul. The neighborhood out here is not hooked up to city water, and about three times a week Morton-Starner or Michael Malcolm, one of the farm managers, go out and fill their water truck at a water load station while they’re out picking up compost. Most of the water they haul they share with their neighbors. While plants need lots of water, the Morton-Starner family has learned to be more water-conscious and sparing with their use.
Additionally, Morton-Starner has built many innovative water-catching systems around the farm so that excess water and rain are caught and re-used. These include rain barrels, a man-made wash that collects water runoff and a pond that is downslope from some of the outdoor garden plots.
The outdoor plots also use drip irrigation, which is a less water-intensive method of watering plants. Drip irrigation uses tubes to deliver water directly to each individual plant in precise amounts, reducing the loss of water through evaporation and runoff.
Though combating the water scarcity of the Southwest is an obstacle for farming, Morton-Starner says the most difficult challenge is the weather. They are always keeping a close eye on the weather forecast so they can use frost cloth accordingly, along with moving plants into the greenhouse if needed. Otherwise, the plants could freeze, be pelted by hail or not be able to withstand extreme winds.
Refugia Gardens
Similarly, Heather White, co-founder of Refugia Gardens, said the weather can be both their biggest enemy and their salvation. Windy nights mean she and her business partners, Nick Schier and Caleb Eckert, take shifts to check on the outdoor plants to make sure the frost cloths and plastic coverings weighed down by sand bags haven’t blown off. But on the other hand, last year’s monsoon came just in time for their crops, though rain is not something they can always count on.
White grew up in Flagstaff and has been here for most of her life. After getting her bachelor's degree in sustainability at Arizona State University, she decided to settle back home. Since then, she has worked at The Arboretum at Flagstaff doing work in native and endemic plant research and preservation, done ecosystem restoration on the Mogollon Rim with the Grand Canyon Trust, and is currently pursuing her master's degree in sustainable communities at Northern Arizona University.
Four years ago, White started Refugia Gardens alongside Schier and Eckert with the focus of regenerative agricultural practices. Regenerative agriculture, according to Christopher J Rhodes, director of Fresh-lands Environmental Actions, is “at its core the intention to improve the health of soil or to restore highly degraded soil -- which symbiotically enhances the quality of water, vegetation and land-productivity.”
Refugia Gardens is on the east side of the San Francisco Peaks out toward Sunset Crater, so annually they get less rain than they would on the west side. This is due to an atmospheric phenomena called the “rain shadow effect.”
Because Flagstaff gets its rain and winds from the Pacific Ocean, when traveling over the San Francisco Peaks, the windward side of the mountain receives most of the moisture. The east side of the mountain will experience a drier climate since the mountains are blocking the wind carrying the moisture.
There, the soil is dry and sandy due to unsustainable grazing practices in the 1970s. To counteract the poor soil, they try to use as much organic material as possible, relying on compost from friends and family.
Refugia’s goal is to work with the land in ways that help restore its balance, so they practice low-till and no-till farming. The reason for this is that tilling the soil reduces natural nutrient levels and creates soil erosion, and additionally reduces moisture retention.
Another method of sustainable farming practices that Refugia uses is cover crops: crops that are planted during the offseason, which is usually during the winter, in areas where harvested plants are grown during the typical growing season. Using cover crops helps with preventing soil erosion and increasing soil nutrients. The cover crops that they use during the offseason are red clover, barley and oats.
“[Regenerative agriculture] is more of a call and response with the relationship with the land. It’s more responsive, which also means there is a lot of trial and error,” White says, sighing between sentences. “The land here is a lot less forgiving.”
In addition to combating poor soil quality, Refugia is trying to be more water efficient -- which has proven difficult on their arid farm. While they are already using low-flow drip irrigation, until the plants grow to be a couple of inches tall they have to rely on watering by hand, otherwise the water will evaporate.
At the same time, they dealt with frosts happening through May. After 11-degree nights, all of their outside crops died, and they had to replant everything. That set them back two to three weeks. If it had been later in the season, White said, she would’ve quit altogether.
“This is what I wrote my master's on,” she said. “We can try to be sustainable, we can try to be regenerative, but we’re not. Especially with climate change.”
With rapid aridification, the die-off of pinyon pines and junipers, and the continual growth of Flagstaff’s population, White is concerned that the shift in local climate has already begun. Having grown up here, she remembers a time when the monsoon season wasn’t so iffy.
“We’re staring down the barrel of the rest of our lives. Climate change is already here," she said. "If we want to continue farming this way, we have to leave and go somewhere else to do it.”
Aside from the environmental obstacles involved with trying to grow crops in Flagstaff, White said, Refugia has also had to learn its market. While they can try to grow tomatoes and squash -- which typically prefer warmer climates -- even after all the work put into growing them, they are competing at the local community markets with farms from Verde Valley that have a more suitable climate for those kinds of crops. This year, they are cutting their losses and sticking to hearty greens and flowers they know they can successfully grow and sell.
“It’s been full-time work for four years, but it’s not financially viable, so we all have our own side hustles,” White said.
She told me how difficult it has been tending their plot, which measures a little under a quarter acre, and having it struggle to yield crops.
“Coming out of COVID, we’re kind of experimenting with whether we can financially support three growers.”
If they can’t, the trio has plans to move elsewhere.
“We probably won’t end up staying here -- which is a huge heartbreak to me as someone who’s only known Flagstaff as my home.”
Amidst all the frustrations and failures of starting a farm, White said that in a lot of ways it’s still life-giving.
“I want to feed my community. I want to provide food and medicine, and food as medicine. Especially with the climate crisis. To create a place of refuge -- that’s what Refugia is.”
She said that if they end up leaving, they’ll plant native flower varieties all over Refugia Gardens so after they’re gone, they’ll leave behind a meadow.
Colton Community Garden
Sarah Sprague, an intern at Colton Community Garden, considers gardening her place of refuge. Colton is up the street from the Peaks Senior Living Center and across the road from the Museum of Northern Arizona, which owns the garden. There, they prioritize Indigenous gardening practices.
“It’s a continuous learning process of becoming,” she explains. “Becoming one with nature ... and there’s also a sense of reciprocity, because while you are caring for plants, they’re also caring for you.”
One of the gardening practices carried out at Colton is “lasagna gardening,” which is what they call layering compost and manure on top of soil plots, a common practice for those that do no-till farming. Another method Sprague and her team practices is “mulching,” which involves laying down hay, woodchips or leaves to keep plants warm and help retain water. It seems that most Flagstaff farmers are well aware that organic material and water efficiency are essential to growing in more dry environments in northern Arizona.
A technique that I had not come across before is “double digging.” This entails digging holes in the ground to plant seedlings and using dirt from the previous hole to fill the next one. At the end, you use the dirt from the last hole to fill the first. Another practice used at Colton that may not seem conventional is praying before gardening each day.
While Sprague does not do the prayer herself, because it is a traditional Indigenous practice, she says being present for the prayer and its incorporation with their farming gives her “more in-depth respect” for the plants that they work with.
Sprague says Colton has many different types of garden beds on the property. Their garden beds consist of five main types: ground beds that host mostly perennial plants (plants that do not need to be planted each year, but continue to resprout each season, such as raspberries and corn); a “hoop house” (which creates similar warming and wind protection as greenhouses, using thick plastic wrapped around large plastic hoops); raised garden beds (garden plots that are slightly elevated, so that different soil mixes can be used); handicap-accessible garden beds; and a greenhouse.
The property also has a garden plot that only grows native plants, such as heirloom corn and squash varieties.
Last year, Colton donated the native crop harvests to Indigenous elders on the reservation who hadn’t seen those varieties in several years due to commercial genetically modified plants that can appear more uniform, outcompeting native crops over the past few decades.
Another way Colton Community Garden tries to put community first is through its partnership with the Kinlani Dormitory, a residential facility in Flagstaff for Native American high school students. They teach students how to cultivate compost, garden in the “demo” area (which has raised beds made out of recycled materials), as well as cook meals using many of the crops that they harvest.
While Colton has been doing well for themselves and planned to start selling plant starts in late May, they still have concerns. Like the growers at Refugia Gardens and Forestdale, Sprague is well aware that water is life.
“How are we going to adapt with less water?” she asks.
She admits the wildfires in the region scare her, but at the same time, acknowledges that plants always find a way to grow.
“The resilience of plants is incredible.”
There is little doubt that northern Arizona will be hit hard by the effects of climate change, bringing in turn the pressures of raging wildfires, drought and increased average annual temperatures. But there is still hope that like plants, farmers in the Colorado Plateau can learn to be resilient and adaptable, too. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/farming-at-7-000-feet-how-flagstaff-farmers-prep-for-the-short-growing-season/article_08f120ae-e6b7-11ec-9a13-87fe807da78a.html | 2022-06-12T15:41:05 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/farming-at-7-000-feet-how-flagstaff-farmers-prep-for-the-short-growing-season/article_08f120ae-e6b7-11ec-9a13-87fe807da78a.html |
Richard Ullman, chief of visitor services for the Flagstaff Area National Monuments, was eating lunch with a retired colleague at Jitter’s Lunchbox in Flagstaff when his phone “blew up.”
Message after message flooded in to tell him that Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument needed to be evacuated. It was springtime in Arizona, there were several hundred visitors at the monument and the Tunnel Fire was spreading rapidly toward the monument's borders.
“You can imagine the complexity,” Ullman said, “of having to evacuate an entire national park site in 60 minutes or less.”
There was no way to contact directly every visitor spread out over the monument’s 3,083 acres. Each had to be found individually. Rangers ran up trails to shepherd guests to their cars. Every side road and parking lot was scoured for stragglers.
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After time visitors had been accounted for, then the monument rangers could think about themselves and their onsite residences -- cedar-shingled lodging built like livable tinderboxes beneath dense ponderosa forest.
“You can imagine the stress,” Ullman said. “If you live here, and you're busy evacuating visitors, then you have maybe 10 or 15 minutes to grab a couple things and then you have to go.”
By the time monument personnel could evacuate, the Tunnel Fire had already gotten too close. They had to go north, out the back of the monument, through the desert to Wupatki National Monument. In some ways their path mirrored the course taken by the Sinagua almost a thousand years ago when Sunset Crater Volcano first erupted in 1085. But whereas the eruption of Sunset Crater was preceded by weeks of earthquakes that impelled a gradual relocation to Wupatki and Walnut Canyon, the Tunnel Fire forced a similar relocation in a matter of hours.
“The sentiment at the time was that this fire was moving bigger, faster, than anyone had ever witnessed,” Ullman said.
Fortunately, monument staff evacuated safely and removed archaeologically valuable items from the visitor center — including a volcanic stone imprinted with corn, forged when Sunset Crater erupted, what Ullman calls a “beautiful intersection of geology and culture.”
It would be a full day before Ullman and others could return to the monument to inspect the destruction wrought by the fire.
It was “fully expected” that there would be nothing left, Ullman said, a feeling that only sunk deeper as the convoy navigated through the smoke of an “apocalyptic” road flanked by burning stumps and active fire. Miraculously, they found the visitor center and ranger residences spared.
It was “jaw-dropping,” Ullman said. “We're already understaffed and kind of keeping it together with tape and baling wire. We do the best we can to serve the public and to protect the resources. To lose massive infrastructure would have been devastating.”
Ullman and his crew “ripped out” computers and other valuable assets that had to be left during the initial evacuation and left the monument once more, this time with the modicum of reassurance that their visitor center had survived.
Subsequent returns would reveal greater losses. More than 3,500 trees were burned, and 1,814 acres — about 60% of the monument’s area — were scorched in the Tunnel Fire. A series of Conex boxes filled with maintenance equipment were destroyed in the blaze. Vehicles had the tempered glass melted out of their windows, folded over like a liquid blanket.
Months after the fire, the acrid smell of char still lingered heavy in the breeze.
“I think we’ll be smelling that for many years to come,” Ullman said.
Analysis of the damage suggests that Sunset Crater incurred over $570,000 in expenses as a result of the Tunnel Fire. Some of these damages are safety issues, such as burned-out “hazard trees” that could fall unexpectedly, or the guardrails that lay twisted on roadsides, their wooden posts reduced to ash. Until these safety issues can be resolved, the monument must remain painfully closed.
Summertime is usually one of their busiest seasons, and their best opportunity to receive income via entrance fees.
“We’re not collecting fees right now, and so we’re losing $10,000 to $12,000 a week,” Ullman said.
There is an eeriness in seeing Sunset Crater abandoned in the summer. Where should be throngs of visitors are empty roads. The sound of passing traffic is replaced by the buzz of flies and the clicking wings of grasshoppers. At the Painted Desert Lookout, where one might usually speed their gaze over the landscape to get on to the next attraction, instead the eye settles on the feathery anemones of Apache plume. It’s peaceful, if not unnatural, for a place designed to host visitors.
The staff feels it, too, Ullman said. The Tunnel Fire struck them with what he called “organizational trauma” that undercut their sense of purpose.
“We exist to serve the people,” Ullman said. “It’s antithetical for a national park ranger to actually turn someone away from their national park.”
A fiery future
There is currently no timeline for when Sunset Crater will reopen. There’s a lot to do, and all the usual obstacles — planning, funding, supply chain delays. But Ullman is certain of one thing.
“It's understood that the Tunnel Fire will be a primary interpretive theme for years to come,” Ullman said.
The fire has become part of the monument’s story. It fits right in. The blackened husks of ponderosa are well-suited to the backdrop of dark cinders and volcanic stone left by the ancient eruption.
“Fire is the story of this landscape,” Ullman said. “And it’s a story of resilience.”
Language in the official Burned Area Rehabilitation Plan says it directly: “the predominantly low-severity Tunnel Fire was generally beneficial for the fire-adapted ecosystems found at Sunset Crater.” Nowhere is this more evident than at Bonito Meadow, near the entrance to the monument.
The fire leaped through the meadow, touching down and burning some patches while leaving others untouched. Now, those burned places are bright green with the forbs of new life.
“It’s amazing isn’t it?” Ullman said.
But beyond the low-intensity bowl of the meadow one can also see a black stripe where the wind-driven flames cut like a laser through the tree canopy. Elsewhere in the monument, “moderately burned” areas don’t boast any fresh life. The ponderosas that fought for a thousand years to find a foothold in the cinder cones may never return.
“This fire came through and took it out,” Ullman said. “We’re going to have ecological change in some cases, vegetation on steeper slopes that just won't be there anymore.”
Just like the people who moved out from the path of eruption, when the rangers and interpreters of Sunset Crater reopen their gates to the public, they will speak about resilience and irrevocable loss on the same hot breath.
“We exist to connect people to their public lands,” Ullman said. “That hasn’t changed. The landscape certainly has changed, and we’ll all collectively learn from it. The landscape will tell us what’s happening next.” | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/sunset-crater-national-monument-dodged-a-bullet-in-the-tunnel-fire/article_c90ed4f6-e745-11ec-b8d7-cf1dea4a351b.html | 2022-06-12T15:41:11 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/sunset-crater-national-monument-dodged-a-bullet-in-the-tunnel-fire/article_c90ed4f6-e745-11ec-b8d7-cf1dea4a351b.html |
Jillian Raab has always sculpted her own pathway, through determination and hard work and by living every day to the fullest. This approach hasn’t been easy, but it has put her in a position to excel in school, work and triathlons.
I met Jillian when she was a student in my fourth-grade class at DeMiguel Elementary School. I’ve seen her grow and develop as a triathlete, moving up the leaderboards in just about every race she participates in these days. She is currently ranked fifth in Ironman triathlon for her age group in the United States and sixth in the world.
I recently got to catch up with her to learn about what has inspired her, where she’s going and how she needs our community’s support.
How did it all begin?
“I did my first 100-yard backstroke at age 2. Both of my parents were collegiate swimmers, so it was in my blood. My first triathlon was the day after my fifth birthday in Valdosta, Georgia. I still had training wheels on my bike, but it didn’t stop me.”
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When did you realize you were hooked on triathlons?
“Because I was a club swimmer, my coaches would always tell me that I had to choose. It was either swimming or another sport, but not both. My junior year of high school, this all changed. The cross country, track and swimming coaches worked together. I was able to do it all.
“It was amazing. I had the best of all three sports. Of course, I began to bike when I had time. That was the year I did my first half-distance triathlon (70.3 miles). It was the Mountain Man right here in Flagstaff.”
What do you want to accomplish this year?
“I could have gone to college anywhere, but I decided to stay in Flagstaff at NAU and train. I don’t think there is a better place to train in the United States.
“So far, I have managed to qualify for Age Group Nationals in Milwaukee in the Olympic distance (August), and Age Group Worlds in Abu Dhabi (November). I was also thrilled to do my first Ironman this April. Training for the others will seem small after that.
“My goal is to have fun, keep improving with each race, stay as healthy as possible and represent Team USA and NAU the best that I can. Who knows? Maybe one day, I will be able to go professional.”
Calling on the community for support
As her fourth-grade teacher, I find it hard to believe Jillian is 19 years old, much less that she is a full-time, double-major student, with multiple jobs, who has qualified for opportunities to travel the world and represent her country and her community.
Jillian has set up a page where anyone can make a donation to help her compete at nationals and worlds. Mountain Man Triathlons has started with a $500 donation, and we ask you to give if you can, and share her story.
No donation is too small. Together, we can help Jillian change the world and achieve her goals! Go to “Go Fund Me” and search for Jillian Raab.
Sean Ryan is co-director of the Mountain Man and Deuces Wild triathlons.
Julie Hammonds is the coordinating editor of High Country Running. Send your running stories and news to runner@juliehammonds.com. | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/high-country-running-inspired-to-support-a-local-triathlete/article_878e60c6-e93b-11ec-8067-5fa40fece825.html | 2022-06-12T15:41:30 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/high-country-running-inspired-to-support-a-local-triathlete/article_878e60c6-e93b-11ec-8067-5fa40fece825.html |
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“My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just to enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate,” said Thornton Wilder.
The late American novelist and playwright’s philosophical musing would’ve found few detractors in 19th century Bloomington, especially given the part about ice cream.
Evidence for the city’s earliest known ice cream shop comes from the Aug. 3, 1850, Western Whig, an early Bloomington weekly which ran a lengthy notice on Ichabod P. Conant’s newly opened ice cream saloon and confectionery. In addition to ice cream, Conant sold lemonade, candy, nuts and raisins while offering customers a 10-pin alley and a bathhouse.
Others came and went during the decade, though few early ice cream establishments remained in business for any substantial length of time. In late May 1857, Wood’s ice cream saloon opened on Main Street. For its part, The Pantagraph was suitably impressed with the effort made toward attracting women. “Wood never kept anything but an orderly house — one in which ladies (are) as free from insult as in their own homes,” noted the paper.
Horse-drawn ice cream wagons plied Twin City streets mostly in summer, operated in the early 1900s by the likes of Joel S. Thomas and James W. Moore. Thomas continued to drive an ice cream wagon for his son-in-law Charles F. Hanks. The Hanks Ice Cream Co. operated three wagons selling ice cream made in 5- and then 10-gallon hand-cranked “freezers.”
Arnold Brothers, located at 208 E. Front St., was one of the earliest ice cream wholesalers. After only four years in business, brothers Alfred S. and Oliver S. Arnold sold out to local dairy Snow & Palmer Co. around 1909.
Snow & Palmer (known as “S. & P.”) would become a local favorite for years. In the summer of 1917, S. & P. ice cream was available at its 509 W. Washington St. plant as well as a dozen other places around the city, including J.P. Bertoni’s, a downtown confectionery; the C&A Hotel, 905 W. Chestnut St.; W.F. Popendick’s grocery, 1405 S. Oak St.; and the Koko candy shop on North Street in Normal.
“S. & P. brick ice cream is just the thing these hot, sultry days,” read one advertisement at the time (ice cream was usually sold by the “brick” or half gallon). “Cooling, refreshing, nourishing, wholesome. Give the children all they want.”
In the first half of the 20th century, ice cream was synonymous with Sunday afternoon family dinners after church, though the flavors were rarely of the plain vanilla variety. In July 1920, Snow and Palmer offered on consecutive Sundays “special fruit” ice cream and then a Neapolitan brick with sherbet.
In October 1923, local mainstay H.H. Bevan Dairy advertised “tutti frutti” ice cream as an “added delight for your Sunday dinner.” In mid-January 1927, Bevan’s recommended finishing Sunday dinner with “banana salad” ice cream.
The Bloomington Ice Cream Co. offered special Sunday flavors each week for much of the 1920s. One week in October 1923, for instance, it was fig marmalade ice cream; in January 1927, caramel nut; and January 1928, something called “chop suey.” The latter, a popular ice cream flavor of the day, involved a mixture of things like fruit, dates, figs and nuts.
In the summer of 1930, one could purchase Bloomington Ice Cream Co.’s signature product in nearly 80 locations in and around Bloomington-Normal, including Woolworth’s off the courthouse square; Carl Watchinski’s grocery, 604 S. Gridley St.; Playmore billiards hall, downtown; and Louis Hildebrandt drug store in Normal. “Country dealers” included McHatton Bros. restaurant in Colfax; the Bon-Ton Cafe in LeRoy; and G.C. Walker’s store in Funks Grove.
Many readers will remember Laesch Dairy, which as late as the early 1970s boasted a fleet of 24 trucks serving some 7,000 customers on 18 home-delivery routes. In addition to milk and ice cream, Laesch sold a wide range of products from buttermilk to sour cream.
Home delivery customers received a monthly flyer that usually included an ice cream-of-the-month special (in November 1974 it was butterscotch ripple). Into the 1980s Laesch had an expansive home delivery price list, with ice cream flavors including the old standbys as well as butter pecan, chocolate ripple and many others.
Laesch closed its signature Dairy Barn convenience stores in 1994 and remained in the wholesale business for another year or two before bowing out for good. Home delivery of its locally manufactured ice cream had ended well before that time.
Which vanilla ice cream is the cream of the crop? A taste test of 12 top brands
12. Turkey Hill Original Vanilla Ice Cream
11. Haagen-Daz Vanilla Ice Cream
10. Signature Select Vanilla Flavored Ice Cream
9. Specially Selected Vanilla Super Premium Ice Cream
8. Dean's Vanilla Ice Cream
6 (tie). Edy's Vanilla Ice Cream
6 (tie). 365 Everyday Value Vanilla Ice Cream
5. Simple Truth Organic Vanilla Ice Cream
3 (tie). Breyers Natural Vanilla Ice Cream
3 (tie). Kemp's Old Fashioned Vanilla Flavored Ice Cream
2. Hudsonville Creamery Blend Vanilla Ice Cream
1. Ben & Jerry's Vanilla Ice Cream
Pieces From Our Past is a weekly column by the McLean County Museum of History. Bill Kemp is librarian at the museum.
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LITITZ, Pa. — Central Pennsylvania aviators say they are feeling the pinch as gas prices continue to go up.
From local airports to flight schools, fueling costs are eating more into flying budgets.
“Aircraft fuel is about $7.70 to $8.00 at different areas. Harrisburg International is about $8.00 for the kind of fuel that they use," says John Rathmell, owner of Sports Line USA Services, a flight school based out of the Lancaster Airport.
Despite using planes that run on traditional car fuel, Rathmell says the cost to fuel his planes has gone up 35 percent.
He says he’s worried about adding a fuel surcharge for his customers to keep up with the cost—a decision he isn’t taking lightly.
“It’s really essential because you can’t take a 35 to 40 percent increase in overhead without accounting for it," explained Rathmell.
Despite this, Rathmell says his flight students budget out for lessons, meaning that gas prices haven’t turned them away.
“We haven’t seen anyone cancel or stop flying, it’s that time of year for flight students to come on board," says Rathmell.
Mark Tomlinson with the York Airport says their fuel costs are up 40 percent from this point last year. He says increase has had a impact on the airport's operating budget.
"One thing about being a privately-owned, publicly-used airport is that we are is that we don't have access to federal or state grant bloc funding for our projects," said Tomlinson. "We rely heavily on our customers to cover our operational costs."
He says the airport has seen a slight decrease in the number of recreational aviators taking flight, however they are seeing plenty of customers flying out of York Airport.
"We are still seeing a steady flow of traffic in and out of the airport," said Tomlinson. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/central-pennsylvania-aviators-inflation-airplanes-airports-flights/521-92cfdbeb-8821-426e-a6a8-b2a7dc6896a2 | 2022-06-12T15:55:14 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/central-pennsylvania-aviators-inflation-airplanes-airports-flights/521-92cfdbeb-8821-426e-a6a8-b2a7dc6896a2 |
YORK COUNTY, Pa. — The Rainbow Rose Center welcomed a diverse range of people to Coulser Park for the first-ever in-person York County Pride on June 11.
Previously held virtually, the event seeks to celebrate "the full inclusion of all wonderfully diverse citizens in all aspects of civic life; regardless of race, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, mental or physical ability, social status, or economic status," according to the Rainbow Rose Center website.
"This is a marginalized identity," Kyle Howard, Rainbow Rose Center events committee co-chair, said. "Being a part of the LGBTQ+ community is definitely a minority, and we need to recognize that. We need to celebrate diversity, especially in York County, with everything that’s going on in the community. We want to to make sure we are open and accepting of everyone."
The family-friendly celebration featured a variety of performers, vendors and activities for all ages. Artwork, hand-crafted jewelry and custom apparel were also available for purchase.
Several vendors provided local resources for finding support in the LGBTQ+ community. One vendor, Play Catch with Dad, offered participants the opportunity to play catch with a father figure. Others included Alder Health Services and PFLAG York, organizations that promote the health and well-being of LGBTQ+ individuals and Trans Minors Rights, which seeks to empower transgender youth through education.
The Rainbow Rose Center is proud to announce that all of their events are smoke-free. The Center is a recognized 501(c)3 organization that seeks to serve York County's LGBTQIA+ community. Interested individuals can sign up for their newsletter here.
There are more Pride events yet to happen in the York area. You can see a list of upcoming celebrations here. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-county-pride-celebration/521-83bad91a-03be-4a5f-aa4c-38e59ab5e922 | 2022-06-12T15:55:20 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-county-pride-celebration/521-83bad91a-03be-4a5f-aa4c-38e59ab5e922 |
SAN ANTONIO — A man has been arrested after he set his rental car on fire near the airport, then tried to drive toward the terminals Saturday night, police say.
It all started around 11 p.m. when San Antonio Police say a man set his rental vehicle on fire at a gas station in the 9000 block of Airport Boulevard which is near the airport, then drove toward the airport terminals.
When the vehicle became fully engulfed, the suspect fled. The San Fire Department responded to the scene and put out the vehicle fire.
Police said the vehicle exploded as if it had ammunition. They used surveillance video then found and apprehended the suspect outside of Terminal B.
This is an ongoing investigation, police say. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/man-sets-rental-car-on-fire-near-san-antonio-airport-police-say-crime/273-3ae27c62-280f-41ec-a189-cc8f4beadfcd | 2022-06-12T16:04:09 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/man-sets-rental-car-on-fire-near-san-antonio-airport-police-say-crime/273-3ae27c62-280f-41ec-a189-cc8f4beadfcd |
SAN ANTONIO — A driver was sent to the hospital following a crash on the northwest side early Sunday morning, police said.
San Antonio Police responded to I-10 and Callaghan road for reports of a crash.
Police say the driver of a sedan was speeding and slammed into another white car, that caused the driver of the white car to crash into an SUV.
The driver of the sedan was taken to a hospital and their condition was not known. Police say this is being investigated as a possible DWI. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/speeding-driver-sent-to-hospital-after-car-crash-in-northwest-san-antonio/273-e7e6ef8e-aa61-4b90-bf9e-2d02b5cd3dc3 | 2022-06-12T16:04:16 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/speeding-driver-sent-to-hospital-after-car-crash-in-northwest-san-antonio/273-e7e6ef8e-aa61-4b90-bf9e-2d02b5cd3dc3 |
Kenosha County has announced it is now offering increased wages and employee referral bonuses in an effort to fill vacant positions at Brookside Care Center and Willowbrook Assisted Living.
Under a plan studied over recent months and implemented this week, certified nursing assistant wages at both facilities are being boosted to a minimum of $17.10 per hour for existing staff who have been employed for at least one year. CNAs already earning $17.10 per hour will be boosted to $19.13 per hour.
Shift differential and weekend pay premiums have also been increased.
Similarly, resident assistants already employed at Willowbrook will see their minimum wage increased to $15.22 per hour for those employed longer than one year. Those already earning $15.22 per hour will see their hourly rate increase to $17.03.
Referral bonuses of $400 to $500 are being offered to current employees who refer a new CNA who then remains on the job for six months, while the newly hired CNA will receive $200 to $250 after six months of employment. (The amount depends upon the employee’s full-time equivalent hours.)
“We know that we need to offer these incentives to remain competitive in this tight labor market,” said Kenosha County Executive Samantha Kerkman. “It is the employees who truly make the difference at these two outstanding facilities, and Kenosha County is committed to maintaining its high standard of care.”
Brookside is a 154-bed facility offering long-term skilled nursing and short-term rehabilitation care. In recent years, national publications have honored it as being among Wisconsin’s best nursing homes.
Willowbrook, which is attached to the Brookside facility, opened in 2018, offering assisted living and respite stay services, with staff on site 24 hours a day and 24/7 on-call licensed nursing services.
What happened to Rachel, Cameron, Kyle and Leslie Anderson in 2000? Their family is reaching out to the public in the hopes someone will come forward with information. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/brookside-care-center-willowbrook-assisted-living-offering-employment-incentives/article_6c8ecb82-e7f9-11ec-8607-cf9e6de17666.html | 2022-06-12T16:16:22 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/brookside-care-center-willowbrook-assisted-living-offering-employment-incentives/article_6c8ecb82-e7f9-11ec-8607-cf9e6de17666.html |
The Mary Lou and Arther F. Mahone Fund, in partnership with Adams Outdoor Advertising, has launched an impact campaign with the unveiling of the first of a series of billboards to be featured throughout the Kenosha area.
The debut billboard features a brother and sister, Marissa & Marquis Callaway, who both are University of Wisconsin-Parkside students.
The billboard, featuring the Callaway siblings, was unveiled during a Thursday morning ceremony at the intersection of Sheridan Road and 52nd Avenue. Adams Outdoors will host eight billboards throughout greater Kenosha with its collaborative partner, the Mahone Fund.
The unveiling was attended by members of the Mahone Fund board of directors, UW-Parkside Vice Chancellor for Advancement Willie Jude II, Sabrina Morgan, UW-Parkside Alumni Association President and various civic and community leaders from the Kenosha and Racine areas.
Standing against the backdrop of the rainbow-colored billboard bearing their image, the Callaway siblings expressed their gratitude to the Mahone family for helping them get on the path to a college degree.
Marissa, who is entering her junior year at UW-Parkside, is working towards a degree in business management with a minor in ethnic studies. Her brother, Marquis, is studying computer science with the goal of a Fall 2022 graduation date. He currently is working as a summer intern at Snap-on Inc.
“I’m thankful for their love, support and connection that feels like family,” said Marissa. “I would like thank the Mahone family for keeping me on the road to success,” Marquis said. “The Mahones have provided me with growth opportunities, financial support, and a bond that feels like family.”
The Mahone Fund is a volunteer organization that primarily serves residents of Racine and Kenosha. Its mission is to provide educational opportunities for economically and academically deserving youth while also supporting healthy lifestyle initiatives in communities of color. To date, more than 300 students have been awarded scholarships from the Mahone Fund.
“We are very proud to be selected as a 2022 collaborate partner with Adams Outdoor Advertising,” said Bryan Albrecht, president of the Mahone Fund Board of Directors. “It is a significant opportunity for the community to see the success of the Mahone Fund scholarship recipients and the impact of their investment. We are very excited about the future careers of our students.”
Each year, the Adams Outdoors Collaborative Public Service Program supports the community by partnering with local non-profit organizations. Adams will assist the Mahone Fund in achieving its goals and will provide a complete advertising campaign, including full design services, billboard space, and professional installation, said David Habrat sales manager for Adams Outdoor Kenosha.
“We were drawn to the tangible impacts that the Mahone Fund has on the youth in Kenosha. It will be a privilege to help raise awareness for their organization,” Habrat said.
Tim Mahone, an officer of the Mahone Fund Board, shared similar sentiments, acknowledging the collaborative team behind the impact billboard campaign.
“We put together a team to talk about the real meaning of the Mahone Fund,” said Mahone, who also is president and founder of Mahone Strategies, a public affairs firm offering government relations, civic and community engagement, corporate communications, crisis communication and public relations services.
“My mom and dad stood for community. This process made us think about who we are and what we do. Let’s remind ourselves of the importance of investing in each other and in our communities,” he said.
To learn more about the Mary Lou and Arthur F. Mahone Fund, visit www.mahonefund.org.
Breaking down the types of scholarships available to students
Breaking down the types of scholarships available to students
What happened to Rachel, Cameron, Kyle and Leslie Anderson in 2000? Their family is reaching out to the public in the hopes someone will come forward with information.
University of Wisconsin-Parkside students Marissa and Marquis Callaway are featured on one of a series of billboards unveiled this week as part of an impact campaign for the Mary Lou & Arthur F. Mahone Fund. They were joined by UW-Parkside Vice Chancellor for Advancement Willie Jude II and Sabrina Morgan, UW-Parkside Alumni Association President. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/mahone-fund-campaign-features-uw-parkside-students-on-series-of-billboards/article_687aef4e-e998-11ec-90ff-83b8a89cb0f7.html | 2022-06-12T16:16:28 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/mahone-fund-campaign-features-uw-parkside-students-on-series-of-billboards/article_687aef4e-e998-11ec-90ff-83b8a89cb0f7.html |
The interns talked about their entries in The Leadership Journal.
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Heather Lindsay, Butterfly Dreamz board chair, shows photos of the house before the renovation.
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On Saturday, Kimberly Anyce Lindsay's loved ones celebrated what would have been her 30th birthday at a place known as "Grandma's House" at 4215 West 25th Ave. in Gary, which serves as headquarters for Butterfly Dreamz.
GARY — In 2012 Griffith High School graduate Kimberly Anyce Lindsay lost her life to gun violence; however her legacy continues on through an organization that empowers girls to achieve their dreams.
On Saturday, her loved ones celebrated what would have been her 30th birthday at a place known as "Grandma's House" at 4215 West 25th Ave. in Gary, which serves as headquarters for Butterfly Dreamz. Kimberly Anyce Lindsay grew up in the house, which has seen five generations of her family, said her mother Heather Lindsay, Butterfly Dreamz board chair.
Kimberly's sister, Joy Lindsay, founded Butterfly Dreamz in 2013 after the 20-year-old Gary native was fatally shot while she attended college in Jackson, Tennessee, in July 2012.
"This would have been her 30th birthday," Joy Lindsay said. "Kim was, is, a light. She was not just my little sister but my best friend. She was still so young when she passed. We would talk about building something together, so that's been a big part of building Butterfly Dreamz. As I worked through the grief, I wanted to honor her legacy. I wanted to do something that not only would she be proud of but that she would be doing if she were here."
The event also marks the release of the annual Butterfly Dreamz Leadership Journal, a combination of writings by girls in the internship programs. The organization itself is centered on mentorship, scholarships and youth-led community action, providing a variety of paid internships to high school- and middle school-age girls.
Joy Lindsay said her sister aspired to help others and had a bright future ahead. Now, she wants to give other girls that chance to pursue their dreams, even when it feels like an uphill battle.
Jada Cross, Kimberly Lindsay's best friend, said Kimberly wanted to buy up blocks of Gary, seeing the potential in every corner of the city and in every person.
"She was a person filled with hope," Cross said. "This program reminds people to dream again in Gary. It reminds them they don't have to do it alone. If you asked Kim for help, she would take you all the way. If you say to her, 'I need help,' that's all she needed."
The organization currently supports more than 600 girls nationwide, providing paid internships and stepping stones in career-building.
"We have girls who come from all types of places, from here in Gary to New York and New Jersey," Joy Lindsay said.
Regan Bandy, of Gary, shares Kimberly Lindsay's passion for poetry. The local teen is a "Write to Lead" intern whose poetry about overcoming mental health struggles was published in The Leadership Journal. She aspires to be a writer and a lawyer.
"My favorite part of the internship has been writing my leadership journal entry piece," Bandy said. "It helped me know what I wanted to do. ... I think this can help other girls in Gary by giving them scholarships and to be able to network and really just learn about themselves."
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Anna Ortiz is the breaking news/crime reporter for The Times, covering crime, politics, courts and investigative news. She is a graduate of Ball State University with a major in journalism and minor in anthropology. 219-933-4194, anna.ortiz@nwi.com
"Service is key to being deacons,” Bishop Robert J. McClory said, citing the early history of the diaconate when people were needed to serve the needs of the marginalized.
On Saturday, Kimberly Anyce Lindsay's loved ones celebrated what would have been her 30th birthday at a place known as "Grandma's House" at 4215 West 25th Ave. in Gary, which serves as headquarters for Butterfly Dreamz. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/gary/watch-now-organization-inspired-by-gary-native-celebrates-empowers-girls-with-big-dreams/article_cd639449-ef6f-56bb-b86f-9a81ca8cd07d.html | 2022-06-12T16:26:34 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/gary/watch-now-organization-inspired-by-gary-native-celebrates-empowers-girls-with-big-dreams/article_cd639449-ef6f-56bb-b86f-9a81ca8cd07d.html |
HOBART — Construction could start later this year for a major project taking Colorado Street over the railroad tracks near 69th Avenue.
“Today we rejoice as a community that we’re moving forward on this project,” Mayor Brian Snedecor said during an informational meeting about the overpass project.
Eric Wolverton, of American Structurepoint, said there are regular delays on Colorado Street because of the large number of trains that pass through that area. There’s also a track switching yard near that location, which can cause trains to block the crossing.
To stop trains from halting traffic, a bridge will be built over the tracks. Snedecor said the project is especially important for emergency personnel because that is a main thoroughfare for ambulances and fire trucks.
“It’s imperative ... that we have accessibility getting across that, and this overpass guarantees that our fire and emergency services can get to their destinations as needed, so there’s a lot of things that are important to this,” Snedecor said.
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Wolverton said the design work for the structure could be finished in the coming months, and construction could start at the end of the year.
“We anticipate a 12- to 18-month construction period,” Wolverton said.
He said Colorado Street will be closed at the construction site throughout the initiative, but “access to all properties will be maintained during the project.”
A detour route is expected to use 69th Avenue, Mississippi Street/Marcella Boulevard and 61st Avenue to travel around the closure.
Wolverton said the bridge will include 12-foot lanes and a 10-foot multi-use path. He said the road will be shifted about 75 feet to the west to tie into the new roundabout at 69th Avenue and Colorado Street.
As construction nears, city leaders said the project provides additional benefits besides enhancing traffic flow. They said the overpass is needed as more development comes to Hobart
“We understand that there’s going to be a continued growth and a continued traffic presence in that area with (U.S.) 30 continuing to grow with our improvements of the (U.S.) 30 and Colorado intersection as well as the growth that we’re seeing on 69th and the growth that we’re seeing on 61st Avenue and that whole area,” Snedecor said.
Wolverton said the bridge will include two lanes for vehicles, but its substructure will be built to accommodate a four-lane section if needed.
Snedecor said Hobart received about $5.5 million through an Indiana Department of Transportation Trax Grant for the bridge. The city’s match is about $2 million, and Hobart will use proceeds from a 2020 bond issue to cover its portion. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/hobart/hobart-bridge-project-could-start-later-this-year/article_86bdab90-6576-5e52-85d2-fbb23d0a7008.html | 2022-06-12T16:26:41 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/hobart/hobart-bridge-project-could-start-later-this-year/article_86bdab90-6576-5e52-85d2-fbb23d0a7008.html |
A 24-year-old motorcyclist died at the scene of a Saturday-night crash on 84th Street.
Lincoln Police say the motorcyclist was traveling northbound on 84th Street at about 9:45 p.m. when they struck an SUV that was heading southbound and turning east onto Augusta Drive.
LPD closed 84th Street between Pioneers Boulevard and Old Cheney Road as officers investigated the incident. It has since reopened.
The name of the crash victim will be released Monday morning, LPD stated.
The investigation is ongoing and LPD is asking anyone who witnessed the crash to come forward with any information, including video evidence, by calling its non-emergency number at 402-441-6000 or Crime Stoppers at 402-475-3600. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/motorcyclist-dies-in-84th-street-crash-saturday-night-in-lincoln/article_14ae00fa-f59c-5a48-87c2-98f404d6cb04.html | 2022-06-12T16:35:58 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/motorcyclist-dies-in-84th-street-crash-saturday-night-in-lincoln/article_14ae00fa-f59c-5a48-87c2-98f404d6cb04.html |
The number of Lincoln students who showed up late to class — or not at all — rose significantly this past year, highlighting the difficulties some have faced readjusting to in-person learning.
According to Lincoln Public Schools attendance data through March 31, student absences at the middle and high school level — both excused and unexcused — were up 32% compared with last year.
Instances of students being tardy to any class in middle school and high school increased at an even higher rate — 39%.
In the 2020-21 school year, more than 16% of LPS students were chronically absent — defined when a student misses at least 10% of school — according to Nebraska Department of Education data. That's up from 11.7% in 2019-20 and 14.1% in 2018-19.
The surge in chronic absenteeism is attributable to the pandemic, officials say, which reached unprecedented levels in January and February. In total, more than 14,000 students were forced to stay home since Aug. 8 because of COVID-19.
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In many cases, students were asked to quarantine for up to 14 days before restrictions were loosened.
But officials also say increased mental health and behavioral issues among young people as they returned to the classroom have led to increased tardiness and absenteeism — including truancy, in which a student skips class altogether.
"We're highly concerned about absences and tardies, because they have an impact on instruction. Ultimately, that has an impact on student learning outcomes," said LPS Associate Superintendent for Instruction Matt Larson.
Through March, middle and high school students missed a combined 1.5 million class periods, according to the data. Last year, that number was just more than a million during the same time span.
The number of times students were tardy to class totaled nearly 500,000, up from 301,000 a year before. LPS policy states that a student shall be considered tardy if they are not in their assigned classroom when the tardy bell rings unless excused.
Students who are tardy to class or truant can be asked to make up lost work at another time, be restricted from extracurricular and other activities, removed from a particular class or face other disciplinary measures, like suspensions.
In general, Title I schools — in which at least 40% students are in the federal free- and-reduced-lunch program — saw more absences and tardies than non-Title I schools.
Coming back to school a year later and relearning routines — such as showing up to class on time — was a challenge for many, said Director of Student Services Russ Uhing.
Title I schools had more remote learners when LPS used a hybrid model of in-person and virtual learning in the 2020-21 school year. High schools also operated at half-capacity for three quarters that year.
"For some of them, (there were) five quarters they were out of school," Uhing said. "And when you are 14, 15, 16, that's a whole new development of habits. And so being able to come in and go into that routine of school — and not only that routine but the expectations academically and so on — that was a challenge for some kids."
Absences are broken down into three categories: parent-acknowledged, illness and truancy. If a student misses more than 20 days out of the year, that student can be referred to the Lancaster County Attorney's Office.
From August to April, LPS referred 320 students, marking a significant increase since referrals dropped following a peak in the 2016-17 school year (334). Last year, 255 students were referred and in 2019-20 — in which schools were closed for an entire quarter — just 168 students were referred.
Out of those 320 referrals, 145 students were offered a spot in the truancy diversion program, a collaboration between the Lancaster County Juvenile Court, the county attorney and LPS.
The voluntary program offered at five of LPS' six high schools is an alternative to traditional court proceedings in which students work with school social workers to improve attendance, grades and their attitude toward school, while examining the barriers at home that prevent the students from coming to school regularly.
A truancy diversion program is also offered at the middle school level.
Brady Tolle, a truancy diversion social worker at Lincoln High School, typically works with about 20 students going through the program at a time.
While he acknowledged that students in diversion have increased over the past two years, the reasons have remained the same, whether it be transportation obstacles, mental health issues or a tough family situation.
"I think that it's been very similar to the reasons that were there before, it might just be a little bit exasperated," Tolle said.
Before any intervention begins, the County Attorney's Office reviews each case to see if a violation of the state's mandatory attendance laws has occurred or if an intervention is necessary.
In many instances, referrals are turned down at that point, said Christopher Turner, chief deputy county attorney of the office's juvenile division. This year, more than 15% of total referrals were reviewed and ultimately declined at that stage.
In most cases, students who are not offered diversion either participate in an alternative program, enter the court system or were already on juvenile court probation.
This year, LPS received a $226,000 grant from the Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement for its truancy diversion program as a way to prevent children from entering the criminal justice system.
LPS employed some of its federal coronavirus relief aid to pay a staff member at each school to assist with attendance for an additional period this year. That work involved talking with students and collaborating with parents to reinforce the importance of showing up on time, Uhing said.
Each time a student is truant, a parent is notified with a robocall or text. LPS also sends letters to parents when students have accumulated five, 10 or 15 excused absences.
Jake Bogus, an eighth grade history teacher at Schoo Middle School, has raised questions to the school board about the district's response to increased behavioral issues and its effects on teachers.
In emailed comments to the Journal Star, Bogus said "this has been my most-challenging year as an educator — more challenging than the hybrid teaching year during the pandemic.
"My professional responsibilities remain the same. However, I feel like I’m playing therapist, counselor and parent for longer periods of time during my day," Bogus said.
He's noticed increased truancies and tardies at Schoo and said it's his "biggest concern," adding that he feels like the consequences don't outweigh skipping class.
"There is a blatant refusal to comply or listen to any adult direction," Bogus added. "This issue isn't necessarily new. We just have a larger number of students who are displaying apathy and insubordination."
Bogus lauded Schoo staff and administration and said LPS' behavioral support system can work, but added more needs to be done at the district level to address the behavioral crisis and retain staff.
Lincoln has not experienced the staff attrition notably plaguing districts in and around Omaha, but it is not immune to departures, either.
As of March 15, when most retirement decisions have been made, 240 certified staff and administrators (6.2% of staff) indicated they were leaving LPS. At that time last year, the number was 190.
Resignations among teachers have stayed relatively flat, however. As of May 10, 159 teachers had resigned, compared with 148 last year and 156 in the 2019-20 school year.
Lincoln Education Association President Deb Rasmussen told the Journal Star last month the staff departure data was not concerning.
"I'm not in panic mode," she said.
Statewide, chronic absenteeism has been trending upward during the pandemic.
In the 2020-21 school year, nearly 20% of students missed more than 10% of the school year, up from 14.6% the year before, according to state education data.
It's unclear how many of those absences are COVID-related, since the way districts counted absences during the pandemic — especially if a student was learning remotely — differed across the state, a Nebraska Department of Education spokesperson said.
Research has shown that as few as four days of missed school has a measurable impact on student achievement. Chronic absenteeism also tends to disproportionately affect students with disabilities, students of color and those from low-income backgrounds.
Tackling the attendance issue at LPS must be a collaborative effort, officials said, involving students, parents and schools. At the building level, attendance will be a particular focus for principals and staff as part of summer planning for next fall.
"We're going to emphasize that this has to be a focus of everybody's work at the start of the school year," Larson said. "Because, if we can get off to a very positive start at the start of the school year, it will help reestablish that norm of attendance and being to class on time."
Class Acts: Honoring top graduates from Lincoln and Nebraska parochial schools
Adelyn Eskens
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: French Club president. Regents scholarship. 33 ACT. Never gotten a demerit. Owning a very cute cat.
My future: University of Nebraska at Omaha, Journalism and Media Communication.
Parent(s): Mike and Kari Eskens.
Joe Staab
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: 4.0 GPA. Varsity football captain. NSAA all-state all-academic football team. State track qualifier. 2x HAC all-academic football team.
My future: UNL, Biochemistry.
Parent(s): Curt and Lisa Staab.
Benedict Ringer
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: 4.0 for 7 Semesters. Regent Scholar. 4 Time Cor Jesu Recipient at SHAS. Varsity Soccer Starter. Holy Week Missions in Chicago for 3 years.
My future: UNL, Engineering.
Parent(s): Wayne and Mary Ringer.
Kevin M. Pynes
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: Lead in school musicals "Crazy for You" and "Pirates of Penzance." 3rd place State Academic Decathlon 2020. Casted as Davy in "Newsies" at Pinewood. Extreme Quarteting winner two years.
My future: Hillsdale College, Experimental Physics.
Parent(s): Dominic and Mary Pynes.
Thomas Kistler
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: ACT of 33. Gold Honor Roll for 4 years. Regents Scholarship to UNL. Writing Resource Center Tutor. Volunteer at Villa Marie School.
My future: UNL, Physical Therapy.
Parent(s): Mark and Erin Kistler.
Harrison Johs
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: Rube Goldberg Winner. 34 ACT. Soccer Letter. Regents Scholarship. Academic All-State.
My future: UNL, computer science.
Parent(s): Blaine and Gail Johs.
Kenton Brass
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: 32 ACT. Regents Scholarship to UNL. National Honor Society. Student Council for all 4 years. 4.0 for 6 semesters.
My future: UNL, Business.
Parent(s): Stacy Brass and the late Matt Brass.
Jakob Robert Schmit
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: 4.0 for High School Career. National Honors Society. NCPA Academic All-State. Creighton Pre-Professional Medical Scholar Program. Creighton Honors Program.
My future: Creighton University, Psychology and Hospital Administration and Policy (pre-med track).
Parent(s): Lee and Cori Schmit.
Max Z. Ivanov
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: State Qualifier Cross Country. Varsity Track. 34 ACT. Medalist in Academic Decathlon Nationals. 4.0 GPA.
My future: South Dakota School of Mines, Computer Science.
Parent(s): Lynette Ivanov.
Alexa J. McInerney
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: Outstanding Senior in Mathematics. Knights of Columbus Honor Graduate. 4.0 for Seven Semesters. Regents Scholarship Recipient (UNO, UNL). 33 ACT.
My future: University of Nebraska at Omaha, Psychology.
Parent(s): Lisa and Allen McInerney.
Abigail Vacek
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: 35 ACT. Academic all-state cross country and soccer. National Honor Society and Student Council member. Honor Roll (4 years). Varsity soccer starter (4 years).
My future: UNL, Biology.
Parent(s): Kim and Craig Vacek.
Minh H. Vu
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: 32 ACT. 4.0 GPA all of high school. Admitted into Raikes School. National Honor Society. Regents Scholarship.
My future: UNL, economics through the Raikes School of Computer Science and Management.
Parent(s): Hai Vu and Dung Huynh.
Kyle Phi Nguyen
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: Outstanding Student in AP Physics. National Honor Society. American Math Competitions. Pius X Varsity Boys Soccer. UNL Regents Scholarship.
My future: UNL, Chemical Engineering/Pre-med.
Parent(s): Khoa and Nghia Nguyen.
Cadence Watson
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: Regents Scholarship at UNL. National Honors Society. 4.0 GPA for 7 Semesters. Regional Qualifier in IEA. Knights of Columbus Honor Graduate.
My future: UNL, Integrated Science.
Parent(s): Tobin and Lori Watson.
Jacob Bellmyer
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: Meeting and getting to know wonderful people. National Honor Society. Spanish Class film project Best Actor. Rube Goldberg Machine Contest 3rd Place. Making finals at every Show Choir competition.
My future: Nebraska Wesleyan University, Biochemistry.
Parent(s): Jaime and Adriene Bellmyer.
Elijah Gueret
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: National Honor Society. UNL Regents Scholarship. Lettered in Mock Trial. Gold Honor Roll 7 semesters. Machines Contest 3rd Place Winner.
My future: UNL, Computer Science.
Parent(s): Travis and Mary Gueret.
Kat Tvrdy
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: Girls State Delegate. 4-time Cross Country Letter Winner. 4-time Athletic All-State Recipient. 7 semesters 4.0 GPA. 4 Years on Honor Roll.
My future: South Dakota School of Mines, Biomedical Engineering.
Parent(s): Doug and Melissa Tvrdy.
Parker Thomas Koos
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: Lettered in Cross Country three years. Lettered in Academic Decathlon two years. National Honors Society. Officer in Pius X Students for Life. UNO Regents Scholarship.
My future: University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Parent(s): Russell Koos and Kara Foster.
Marianne E. Cunningham
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: Academic Decathlon State Champion. Academic Decathlon Nationals Silver Medal. Pius Players Artistic Designer, House Manager. AP Environmental Science and American Government Outstanding Student.
My future: St. Olaf College, Sociology & Spanish.
Parent(s): Staci and Nathaniel Cunningham.
Alison Konz
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: Gold Honor Roll, 7 semesters. Math Club. Campus Ministry. Trap. National Honors Society.
My future: UNL, Engineering.
Parent(s): Dan and Nikki Konz.
Thomas M. Greisen
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: Honor roll. Academic Scholarships. National Honor Society. 32 ACT. Athletic performances.
My future: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Mechanical Engineering.
Parent(s): Ward and Jeanne Greisen.
Nam Q. Ninh
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: Maintaining 4.0 GPA. Captain of varsity soccer team. UNL Regents and UNO Scott Scholar. National Honor Society President. USAFA Falcon Foundation Scholarship.
My future: Air Force Academy to become a Cybersecurity officer
Parent(s): Nga Vu and Hieu Ninh.
Gage Campbell
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: National Honors Society member. 4.0 GPA. Regents Scholarship to UNL. Two-time Young Lions honors jazz band member. Pius X musicianship award.
My future: UNL, Biochemistry.
Parent(s): Carl and Lisa Campbell.
Genevieve Seeman
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: UNL Regents Scholarship. 3rd-Degree Black Belt. National Honor Society member. Presidential Service Award. 4.0 Student.
My future: UNL, Nutrition, Exercise and Health Science.
Parent(s): Merle and Donna Seeman.
Tyler Kerkman
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: All-City Football Junior and Senior Year. Academic all-conference Football. 4.0 GPA. State Track Participant. 3 Year Varsity Letter Football.
My future: UNL, Jeffery S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management
Parent(s): Jeremie and Jaime Kerkman.
Veda Stoll
Parkview Christian
My Top 5: CNA program at TCA. Academic scholarship to WSC, PSC and UNL. Varsity volleyball starter all 4 years. Student Council. HOSA.
My future: Southeast Community College, nursing (then transfer to UNMC).
Parent(s): Lance Stoll.
Sadye Joy Daniell
Lincoln Christian
My Top 5: Regents Scholarship at UNL. Nebraska Business Honors Academy at UNL. Mentoring younger students. Individual bronze medal, 2021 State Cross Country. State Cross Country Team Runner-up.
My future: UNL, Business Administration.
Parent(s): Scott and Amber Daniell.
Megan Carthel
Lincoln Christian
My Top 5: Graduating top of class. National Merit Commended Scholar. Class B All-State Wind Ensemble for alto saxophone. 2 National Spanish Exam Bronze Medals. National Honor Society.
My future: Hillsdale College, Pre-Medicine.
Parent(s): Jason and Elizabeth Carthel.
Cameron J. Herrera
Lincoln Christian
My Top 5: Qualifying and Competing at State Cross Country. Qualifying for Probe 2 at UNL. Class C State Marching Band champions. Academic All-State. Varsity Basketball Athlete.
My future: UNL, Computer Science.
Parent(s): Andres and Lori Herrera.
Sarah Cunningham
Lincoln Christian
My Top 5: Admission into the Jeffrey S. Raikes School. Co-president of Lincoln Christian NHS. 2nd in class. 31 ACT. 28 transferable credits going into college.
My future: UNL, Computer science with minor in business and math.
Parent(s): Jason Cunningham and Tammy Lamprecht.
Ethan Berrier
Lincoln Christian
My Top 5: Basketball and Football captain. 33 ACT score. All-Conference Basketball. All-Conference Academic. 4.165.
My future: Nebraska Wesleyan University, biochemistry.
Parent(s): Brian and Christi Berrier.
Timothy G. Backhus
Nebraska Lutheran
My Top 5: ACT of 35. Two-time Concordia Honor Band. Lead and major parts in Plays (9th, 10th, 12th). State Quiz Bowl Championship Team. Nebraska HS Theater Academy Showcase.
My future: Gap Year, Employment at BASF Research Facility.
Parent(s): Richard and Karyn Backhus.
Katelynn Oxley
Lincoln Lutheran
My Top 5: State volleyball champion. State basketball runner-up. 4.0 GPA. State track qualifier. National Honor Society.
My future: DePaul University, undecided and will play volleyball.
Parent(s): Laurie and Doug Oxley.
Aden Zager
Lincoln Lutheran
My Top 5: All-conference for football. Academic All-State Junior and Senior year. Math student of the year. Ranked 1st in my class. Team captain in Football, Basketball and Soccer.
My future: Marquette University, Biomedical Engineering with emphasis in Biomechanics.
Ben Vogt
Nebraska Lutheran
My Top 5: National Merit Scholarship Finalist. Alabama Academic Scholarship. National Honor Society. Quiz bowl State champs. Knight Award Basketball & Football.
My future: University of Alabama, Pre-Law Political Science.
Parent(s): Joe and Karen Vogt.
Emily Lauren Holle
Lincoln Lutheran
My Top 5: UNL Regents Scholarship. National Honor Society. High Honor Roll, 8 Semesters. 34 ACT. LL Rotary Student Leadership Award.
My future: UNL, Mechanical Engineering.
Parent(s): Doug and Tammie Holle.
Aaron Koepsell
Nebraska Lutheran
My Top 5: National Honor Society. State Quiz Bowl Championship Team. Academic All-State Basketball. High Honor Roll, four years. Menard's Family Business Research Fellow Award.
My future: Creighton University, Business.
Parent(s): Kelly and Tammy Koepsell.
Kay Nicole Prigge
Nebraska Lutheran
My Top 5: Co-Valedictorian. National Honor Society. Student Body Vice President. State Quiz Bowl Champion. Honor Roll.
My future: Martin Luther College, Elementary Education.
Parent(s): Rex and Amy Prigge.
Carson Oerman
Lincoln Lutheran
My Top 5: Regents Scholarship UNL. All-Conference Baseball. Academic All-State for Basketball and Baseball. 32 on ACT. National Honors Society.
My future: Pre-Physical Therapy at UNL.
Parent(s): Chris and Melissa Oerman.
Sophia Jennelle Helwig
Nebraska Lutheran
My Top 5: Valedictorian. Defensive basketball record holder. State Quiz Bowl Champions. High Honor Roll. Class President.
My future: University of Nebraska at Omaha, architectural engineering.
Parent(s): Steve and Carrie Helwig.
Emma Grace Bermeo
College View Academy
My Top 5: Union College Tournament Basketball Champions. Dean's List at The Career Academy. 36 College Credits. 33 ACT. Campus Ministries Praise Team Leader & member 4 yrs.
My future: Union College, Computer Science for Web Design.
Parent(s): Staci Layman.
Zoe Sorter
College View Academy
My Top 5: 4 years of basketball. Completion of College Algebra & Trigonometry.
My future: Union College, Biomedical Science, Pre-Vet.
Parent(s): Shawn and Missy Sorter.
Benjamin Lyons
Aquinas
My Top 5: Wrote and received Governor's Excellence Award. NHS and Student Council Leadership. Honor Roll all 4 years of high school. County 4-H Citizenship Award recipient. Accepted into UNL's Ecoleaders Learning Community.
My future: UNL, Environmental Studies.
Parent(s): Galen and Lisa Lyons.
Ella Maria Moravec
Aquinas
My Top 5: Valedictorian. Highest GPA in High School. National Honor Society President. Wayne State Math Competition Medalist. Pre-calculus Student of the Year.
My future: Nebraska Wesleyan University, Nursing (Nurse Anesthesia).
Parent(s): Michael and Laura Moravec.
Aubrey Novacek
Aquinas
My Top 5: Bausch and Lomb Science Award. Academic All-State Award in Volleyball. Back to Back One-Act State Champions. National Honor Society Member. All-Conference for 3 years.
My future: Benedictine College.
Parent(s): Jim and Connie Novacek.
Contact the writer at zhammack@journalstar.com or 402-473-7225.
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The driver of a Jeep Wrangler died from injuries suffered in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 94 in Mandan, according to the North Dakota Highway Patrol.
Randy Spitzer, of Mandan, whose age was not listed, was ejected from the Jeep after it struck an embankment about 2 p.m. Saturday, the Patrol said. He was pronounced dead at a Bismarck hospital.
Officials said the Jeep “was travelling in an erratic manner” as it was going northwest on the exit ramp of I-94 onto state Highway 1806. Spitzer drove through the intersection and hit the embankment after entering the west ditch. He was not wearing a seat belt, the Patrol said.
The Mandan Police Department, Morton County Sheriff’s Office and Metro Area Ambulance also responded. The Patrol’s investigation of the crash is ongoing. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/mandan-man-dies-in-saturday-crash/article_47d3e79c-ea64-11ec-aa55-97d698acc04a.html | 2022-06-12T16:45:36 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/mandan-man-dies-in-saturday-crash/article_47d3e79c-ea64-11ec-aa55-97d698acc04a.html |
The man police say was behind two knife attacks in the span of less than 24 hours on the same subway line in Queens has been arrested.
Donny Ubiera, 32, is responsible for sending two people to the hospital in separate morning attacks within the city's subway system, according to police officials. They've called both attacks unprovoked.
After the second attack Saturday morning, the NYPD released photos of Ubiera 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.
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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.
Police said the 32-year-old suspect was arrested late Saturday night near Flushing. He's facing charges of attempted murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon.
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A man was arrested in Queens early Sunday morning for fatally stabbing his nephew in the back with a machete, police said.
The 50-year-old man was booked after officers responded to a Jamaica home on 187th Place around 5 a.m. for a call of a stabbing, the NYPD said.
Neraz Roberts, the suspect's 29-year-old nephew, was found in the home with stab wounds to his back and hand, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The uncle was subsequently taken into custody and charges were still pending as of late Sunday morning.
Police didn't disclose what details led up to the deadly incident.
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COVINGTON, Ga. — A missing 1-year-old girl who authorities issued a statewide Amber Alert for after she was kidnapped by her father was shot to death Sunday morning behind a church, investigators said.
The Newton County Sheriff's Office said 38-year-old Darian Javaris Bennett shot and killed his baby's mother before taking their daughter, Jaquari Bennett, Saturday night in Covington.
They said he then killed himself after calling 911 to let officers know he was near a church in Riverdale and that he was going to kill his daughter, authorities said.
Newton County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Jack Redlinger says they received a 911 call around 11:14 p.m. Saturday to a home on Chandler Field Drive in Covington.
When they arrived, they located the mother, identified as 38-year-old, Keshawn Washington, shot dead and the grandmother with multiple gunshot wounds. The grandmother was transported to Atlanta Medical Center and is in critical condition.
The grandmother was able to tell deputies that baby Jaquari was taken by Darian Bennett after he shot them.
The mother's two older children, ages 11 and 12, were at the home when the initial shooting occurred.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, along with the Newton County Sheriff's Office, issued the Amber Alert late Saturday night. The two were believed to be traveling in a 2000 Black Honda Accord with Georgia tag RGK4146.
Riverdale Police responded to this morning's shooting and said they heard the shots as they arrived. There was heavy police presence at the location off Adams Drive near Riverdale Road in Clayton County.
If you have any information, contact 911 or call the Newton County Sheriff's Office at 706-717-9915.
This is a developing story and we will continue to update it with the latest information as it becomes available.
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LULING, Texas — A driver walked away completely unharmed after a major crash involving a minivan and a tractor-trailer in Luling on Friday morning.
Luling EMS said medics responded around 7 a.m. to the crash on Interstate 10 just west of Buc-ee’s. The Luling Volunteer Fire Department and the Luling Police Department were also on the scene.
Arriving units found a minivan had struck a tractor-trailer that was parked on the shoulder, Luling EMS said.
“To everybody’s surprise the sole occupant of the minivan was totally unharmed, up and walking around,” Luling EMS said.
Medics said the driver “was lucky to say the least.”
The cause of the crash is being investigated.
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SAN ANTONIO — A weekend volleyball tournament at Area 51 Food Park is raising money for the victim families and survivors of the Uvalde mass shooting on May 24.
Emily Romero-Ellington and her friend Raeann Cruz are hosting the 3-on-3 competition with more than 20 teams playing.
"The people here they're like, 'We are here for the kids, for their families'," said Cruz.
The two women are using their love for the sport to share their heart with the small Texas town, where a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary.
"I knew there was something I had to do," said Romero-Ellington.
The tragedy also resonates with Romero-Ellington and her own family.
“This tragic event in Uvalde truly broke my heart, I know how much of a struggle it is to go through life with this being your first tragedy because my stepdad was in the Columbine shooting."
She said it took him years to cope with the 1999 tragedy.
"It wasn't until recently he started to learn better habits and get those resources," said Romero-Ellington.
In addition to raising money, resources are also part of the 2-day tournament. She said mental health professionals will be on site.
"It's not about staying down, it's about getting up. How do you do that? With people, with support."
The tournament continues Sunday at 5:30pm. Based on team registrations, up to $1,700 has been raised so far. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/weekend-volleyball-tournament-raising-money-for-uvalde-san-antonio/273-78aaf82e-9cd3-40e8-b60a-e29881cae044 | 2022-06-12T17:03:23 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/weekend-volleyball-tournament-raising-money-for-uvalde-san-antonio/273-78aaf82e-9cd3-40e8-b60a-e29881cae044 |
Trespassing citations become constant worry for those living on the streets
As Edna Smith takes a blue marker to a cardboard sign — adding a colorful outline to a heart-dotted message that wishes readers a “very safe and blessed day” and proclaims that “God loves you” — she makes sure her feet are planted firmly on the sidewalk.
She has a right to set up here, in the public right-of-way on the corner of Dysart Road and Rancho Santa Fe Boulevard near a bustling shopping and food district in Goodyear.
But she still glances back warily at the fast food restaurant on the corner, whose property manager has called the police on her before just for standing there.
“The last time he done that, the police told him, ‘Well, we can’t do nothing to them because they’re not on your property,’” recalled Smith, 56, a diminutive woman with a hint of a Florida drawl in her voice. “The sidewalk is public.”
Advocates and people experiencing homelessness say interactions like these have become more common in recent years, as police across the Phoenix area have increasingly pivoted to trespassing citations as a tool to address the growing challenge of homelessness.
But this type of enforcement can be far from straightforward for officers, who often find themselves caught in the push and pull between business owners who want the city to do more and the constitutional rights of those who live on the streets.
Goodyear Police Department Officer David Mitterbauer, a member of the city’s Homeless Outreach Team, says some people in the city are “adamant that we need to enforce all the panhandling laws and all the laws against transients we can and we need to arrest them all and take them to other cities.”
“At the same time, I also know the legal ramifications of what we can and can't do,” he said in a recent interview. “I know the social aspect of what we should do. And you’ve got to have that balance. We can't just round them all up.”
But even as Mitterbauer contends Goodyear is striking the right balance with its enforcement — which is coupled with outreach efforts meant to get people off of the streets — some critics see the move toward trespassing citations across several Maricopa County cities as simply the latest way for officers to circumvent court rulings prohibiting the criminalization of homelessness.
“It’s sort of a proxy for just enforcing the urban camping,” said Elizabeth Venable, an organizer with the Fund for Empowerment, a Phoenix-based group that advocates for the rights of those on the streets. “And I think it’s actually a really weak one, because it’s really an obvious type of pattern and practice of discrimination.”
Trespassing cases are now among the most common offenses addressed in the handful of homeless courts across Maricopa County, according to several court administrators, though none of the courts was able to provide data on how often they’re seeing these case types.
These so-called “lifestyle crimes” can be difficult for people experiencing homelessness to avoid when there’s no space in the shelters.
Stacey Good, assistant city prosecutor with the Mesa Community Court, noted that people experiencing homelessness often have a hard time finding a place to sleep at night, “so they end up sleeping in the back of a parking lot or somewhere in the back of the building.”
“And that’s a trespass,” she said. “And they end up getting arrested and cited for that.”
Jennifer Webber, a recent graduate of Mesa’s program, came to the court late last year as a result of a trespassing ticket. She was sleeping in an area where she said she hadn’t seen any “no trespassing signs,” and she noted that she made a point to keep the area clean. But that didn’t stop officers from citing her after someone called to complain.
“Even if you’re just sleeping,” she said, “they still call it trespassing.”
‘They come back’
The move to trespassing enforcement comes as the number of people experiencing homelessness has grown across the state and in Goodyear — and as officers in Arizona have lost several of the tools they once relied upon to address the business and resident complaints that sometimes surface when people live outside.
A 2015 Supreme Court free speech ruling has limited officers’ ability to enforce bans against panhandling. And a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision in 2018 has barred police from citing people experiencing homelessness for setting up urban camps if they don’t have access to shelter beds.
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Those rulings “pretty much quashed everything” for police, Mitterbauer said.
By contrast, there are few constitutional guardrails around the use of trespass authorizations, which are generally requested by private property owners and give police the power to “arrest anyone on site during non-operational hours or not conducting legitimate business” at a particular location, as Mitterbauer explained it.
Goodyear’s city code defines trespassing broadly, stating that someone is guilty of the crime if they “knowingly” come or stay somewhere they are not “authorized, invited, or otherwise privileged” to be. Not everyone who receives a trespassing notice is living on the streets, but Mitterbauer said most of the authorizations he sees are “for businesses that have a problem with the homeless.”
The trespass authorizations that dot the city in Goodyear sometimes cover entire commercial plazas, according to a database maintained by the city’s Homeless Outreach Team. While police are not allowed to push people from public property, like parks, unless it’s after hours, Goodyear does have a trespassing authorization covering a city-owned retention basin that floods during monsoon season.
Some businesses request authorizations or increased enforcement after people experiencing homelessness leave their property in disarray, as happened recently at the AT&T on Dysart Road, which was littered with the remnants of a camp, including two shopping carts and a used syringe.
Jim Neal, a Prescott resident who owns a strip of properties on Van Buren Street in Goodyear, first requested a trespass authorization for that land in October 2014, at a time when he said the problems associated with people experiencing homelessness began to spike in the area.
The space behind his properties has a covered parking lot, which was meant as an amenity for tenants but has also served as a “magnet” for unsheltered people seeking shade on hot Arizona days, he said.
One of his tenants’ employees had the gas tank in her car punctured. He’s closed off portions of the back of his building where people would set up camps. And he caged off the water spigots after someone turned one on and never shut it off, leaving him with a surprisingly high bill one month.
But while he said the trespassing authorization has led to increased enforcement at his property, Neal said it’s not a permanent solution.
“We step up the patrol activity at my property and that drives them off for a while,” he said. “And they go to someone else’s property and then (police) start enforcing it there and then they come back to mine.”
He said he recognizes that some people on his property likely face mental health challenges but added that he doesn’t have “much sympathy” for the plight that draws them to his business strip.
“I’m driven by my tenants and I put their well-being first,” Neal said. “I mean, they’re paying money and if the homeless people are having an impact — a negative impact — on their business and their ability to be successful, my first responsibility has to (be to) provide the best environment I can for them to be successful.”
‘Places you can and can't go’
As swaths of the city have effectively been closed off to them, people experiencing homelessness in Goodyear — which does not have a shelter — have been left with fewer spaces where they can rest during the day or sleep at night without fear of facing a Class 1 misdemeanor.
But while trespassing can carry a penalty up to six months in jail, it’s rare that enforcement goes that far.
Smith and several other people experiencing homelessness said they usually receive a trespass notice — which does not require a court appearance or payment of any fines — the first time they’re found in a location where a business owner has requested police move people along.
“That’s the way I learn what places you can and can’t go,” Smith said.
Once they receive a trespass notice, people on the streets can’t come back to that property for a year. Only if they’re found in a spot where they had previously received a trespassing notice will they receive more stringent discipline.
Most people don’t come back after they receive a trespassing notice, Mitterbauer said, so he hasn’t had to issue citations to many people. But although punishments are usually “progressive,” he said officers have broad discretion in how to handle these situations.
“To be quite honest, a lot of what I do and how much enforcement I take will depend on how they are with me,” Mitterbauer said. “If I have someone that is a complete jerk, and I walk up and I just say ‘hi’ and I'm starting to get yelled at, more than likely they're going to get arrested on the spot. If I have someone that's polite and just respectful, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.”
It’s also up to the discretion of property owners to request a trespassing authorization. While some seek enforcement because of vandalism, drug use or other problems at their property, they don’t have to prove someone is causing trouble to push someone from the business.
That’s why Mitterbauer said he’s advised some people on the streets to stay out of sight in order to avoid a run-in with police.
“I've told a lot of them, ‘If you're in the front of a business where everyone can see you, people are going to call,’” he said. “That's just how it is.”
Regardless of whether they receive a citation, several people experiencing homelessness indicated that these interactions can be frustrating — underscoring the message that they’re not welcome in the community and that most people would prefer their plight was out of sight and out of mind.
In some places, Smith argues, “it’s nonsense to be called, because you’re not on their property and you bring them more business than harming their business.”
“Because people will go in, go through, buy you food from there and stuff,” she said. “So that’s helping their business, not ruining it, you know? I don’t get when they say we’re ruining it, because we’re not.”
‘They’re doing their job’
The trend of increased trespassing enforcement isn’t isolated to Goodyear. Venable, the community organizer who’s opposed to use of the policing method, said she’s heard from people on the streets about increasing use of the tactic across Maricopa County.
She knows unsheltered people who have received trespass notices just for leaning against a building, she said. And some people have received multiple citations, which has made it more difficult for them to obtain housing or secure a job.
Venable is lobbying to end the practice of trespassing enforcement in Phoenix, which is the main hotspot for homelessness in the state.
But she believes there are challenges in rallying support behind the cause.
“People are not sympathetic to, let’s say, blight, what they consider as blight,” she said. “And they wonder why people so-called ‘choose’ not to be in shelters, not realizing that there is not enough shelter capacity despite recent federal funding increases from the city of Phoenix.”
But while trespassing enforcement has its critics, policy makers in Goodyear, at least, seemed receptive to the approach during a City Council work session last fall, where the city’s Homeless Outreach Team explained the use of the tool and also described its outreach efforts to the homeless community.
Councilman Bill Stipp said then that he didn’t want to see people pushed into a “revolving” door to the courthouse. But he indicated that he does see a need for some enforcement to address the impacts that business owners face from homelessness.
“For the folks that want to make this a lifestyle, then we’ve got to keep them within their rights but not infringing on those of others,” he said. “So I really appreciate the effort you guys have done.”
As they go out on patrols each day, police will continue to be called upon to weigh the rights of people experiencing homelessness in response to requests from property owners to push the population out of sight and out of mind.
While many disagree on whether the enforcement goes too far or not far enough, Smith, at least, says she’s sympathetic to the part officers have to play.
“We’ve got to realize that they’re doing their job. If we hadn’t walked that way or stepped that way and got called on, then the policemen wouldn’t be there,” she said. “And it’s like I always tell people: ‘If you’re going to do the crime, pay the time.’ Because hey, it’s only the policemen doing what they have to do.”
Taylor Stevens, a former reporter at the Salt Lake Tribune, is currently pursuing a master’s degree in investigative journalism at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/southwest-valley/2022/06/12/trespassing-citations-constant-worry-homeless/9584786002/ | 2022-06-12T17:03:51 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/southwest-valley/2022/06/12/trespassing-citations-constant-worry-homeless/9584786002/ |
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Originally published June 9 on KTVB.COM.
A crowd came together on Thursday at Terrace Lawn Memorial Gardens to celebrate the lives of those past. The dynamic, though, was unique: those in attendance at the memorial never really knew the people being celebrated.
“Everyone is important and each of us leave something behind when we depart from this life,” Senior Deputy Investigator for the Ada County Coroner’s Office, Teresa Young said.
Words like Young’s helped inspire Ada County Coroner Dottie Owens to do something for those who seem to be forgotten. Owens said every year, there is a list of people who come through the office that have no next of kin, or investigators are unable to find next of kin. There are also cases when a person is abandoned by family for one reason or another.
“I'm pretty passionate about the memorial that we do every year. When I first took office almost eight years ago, we discovered that we had closets full of these cremains,” Owens said.
Storing unclaimed remains is a practicality of the coroner profession, but Owens believed those remains belonged in a more respectable environment.
“I had some cremains in our office from 1996 forward," Owens said. "So, any time a county and indigent – what we call an indigent case – is cremated, those cremains come back to the office and then we would retain custody and they were literally storing them everywhere."
The Ada County Coroner’s Office partnered with Cloverdale Funeral Home to create a memorial and event to pay tribute. Cloverdale donated a crypt to store unclaimed remains in a dignified manner.
“Very beautiful. Cloverdale actually designed it and we are so grateful that they did that. They did that at no cost to county. It was all donated," Owens said. "So, that's why we continue to do this. We would not be able to do this had Cloverdale not done this for us."
Members of the public and county staffers joined in on the special memorial service, but this does not mark the end of the road for unclaimed remains. The effort to connect with families continues for Owens and her staff.
"There's a lot of heart and soul that goes into finding these individuals' families. Once we get through the cremation process, we just don't stop looking. We know we've got investigators," Owens said. "If they've got down time, if I've got down time, my chief will pull out a case and start going through it and looking for, you know, 'did we miss something?' Is there some kind of relation somewhere that we just haven't identified?'"
Owens said there is no state statute on how long they need to maintain remains, but they have their own policy - always keep looking.
“Every case is entered into a system, so that anyone seeking for a family member can see that we have had that as a case and that we would have those cremains,” Owens said. “It's wonderful to know that community and our staff and clearly everyone that's been involved in this just there's still that need to find placement.”
The Ada County Coroner’s Office keeps a list of unclaimed remains update on their website. Click here for more information and the list from over the years.
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Originally published June 6 on IdahoCapitalSun.com.Timberline High School student Annie Birch Wright felt a connection to her school’s mascot because it wasn’t just another generic animal.
The mascot is the wolf, which led to a real pack of wolves living in the nearby Boise National Forest being named for, symbolically adopted by and studied at the high school.
“It is just a really cool thing to have,” said Birch Wright, who is a member of the school’s TREE Club, which stands for Teens Restoring Earth’s Environment. “It was a way for students to connect with the environment and wild species, especially because it is a wolf, which is our mascot, and because of how big of a role wolves play in our ecosystem.”
Before Birch Wright and her friends attended Timberline, some previous students even got to go on field trips with their teacher and a wolf tracker near Lowman, where they looked for wolves, listened for their calls, analyzed their scat and urine and followed their prints in the snow.
“TREE Club is something that means everything to me,” said retired teacher Dick Jordan, who sponsored the first student TREE Club in Jerome in 1990 and brought the club to Boise High School and then Timberline in recent years.
“We live in a world where kids are disconnected, and you can’t begin to protect anything that you don’t have a relationship with,” he said. “Extracurricular activities like TREE Club give you the opportunity to get involved and active when you’re not stuck in the classroom.”
Because of COVID-19 precautions and this year’s cold and snowy spring, Birch Wright hasn’t yet had the chance to go out tracking wolves from the Timberline pack in the Boise National Forest.
Now, she’s worried she will never get the chance to track her school’s pack. Based on information from a wolf tracker, Jordan told the TREE Club members that pups from the Timberline pack were killed in 2021, in the wake of the Idaho Legislature’s passage of Senate Bill 1211.
The 2021 law allows Idaho hunters to obtain an unlimited number of wolf tags, and it also allows the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to use taxpayer dollars to pay private contractors to kill wolves, including on public lands. Also in 2021, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission expanded the wolf hunting season and hunting and trapping methods.
“When our pack was killed, nobody knew about it at first, but when we were told by Mr. Jordan, it took all of our breath away. It hit hard,” Birch Wright said.
In an October 2021 letter to the International Wildlife Coexistence Network, U.S. Department of Agriculture Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffit confirmed Wildlife Services biologists killed eight young wolves (four in Idaho County and four in Boise County) as a means to protect livestock and control the wolf population.
“When possible, (Wildlife Services) prefers to use nonlethal methods,” Lester Moffit wrote in the letter. “However, in some situations — such as that in Idaho — it is necessary to use lethal control methods. While we understand your objections, it is important that our management professionals have access to all available tools to effectively respond to wildlife depredation. As such, we cannot stop using any legal, humane management options, including the lethal removal of juvenile wolves.”
Lester Moffit said Wildlife Services investigations found that, in 2021, wolves killed 108 livestock in Idaho, and Wildlife Services killed the young wolves as part of an effort to push the adult wolves to relocate.
Since learning their pack’s wolves were killed, several Timberline TREE Club leadership officers, including Birch Wright, Michel Liao, Cindy Su and Sasha Truax, have started speaking out, raising awareness of about the role wolves play in the ecosystem as apex predators and calling for additional protections for wolves, including relisting them as an endangered species.
“We need to have people realize the negative effects that come with unregulated killing of such an important species,” said Su, one of the student members of Timberline’s TREE Club.
The students testified at an Idaho Fish and Game Commission meeting last month, wrote letters to President Joe Biden, and Su started a nonprofit called System Green. Liao has testified before the White House Council on Environmental Quality and is tracking data about the location where wolves are killed in Idaho.
Their efforts have led to articles in the Washington Post, the Idaho Statesman and the New Yorker magazine.
Their teachers say a documentary filmmaker is working on a movie about them.
“I couldn’t be more proud of them. They are incredible kids,” Timberline AP environmental science and geology teacher Erin Stutzman said. “As an educator, this is what you want for kids. These are the opportunities that set them apart from their peers. These are the opportunities that are going to catapult them to greatness in the future.”
Wolves are a controversial topic in Idaho, and the debate isn’t going away
Wolves, wolf management issues and conflicts between wolves, livestock and humans are hot button issues in Idaho and across the West, and have been for decades.
“This is an extremely complicated and controversial animal, and if there were easy answers, they would have been found a long time ago,” Idaho Department of Fish and Game spokesman Roger Phillips said.
“As wildlife managers, we are trying to move toward managing the wolf population to be in balance with other wildlife and livestock,” Phillips added.
One of the Idaho legislators who co-sponsored Senate Bill 1211, the 2021 wolf bill, says the state needs to protect livestock such as sheep and cattle, and game animals such as elk, from wolves.
“It is not a matter of we are trying to wipe out all of the wolves,” Sen. Van Burtenshaw, R-Terreton, told the Idaho Capital Sun. “We are managing them and taking care of the problems. That is our design and that is the design of Senate Bill 1211.”
The students disagree with killing wolves, and say that education and awareness are important as they push for wildlife officers to use nonlethal methods of controlling wolves and intervening in conflicts between wolves and livestock or humans.
Liao, one of the student leaders of Timberline’s TREE Club, worries hunters and wildlife services officers will use Senate Bill 1211 and taxpayer dollars to legally kill up to 90% of the wolves in Idaho.
“I used to think wolves were bad because of everything that I had been raised on, but the 90% was shocking,” Liao said.
Opponents of Senate Bill 1211 came up with the 90% figure based on the difference between a wolf population estimate of 1,500 and public statements from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game saying the state is committed to maintaining a wolf population of at least 150 animals. Senate Bill 1211 allows federal and state agencies and private contractors to dispose of wolves when wolf population exceeds recovery goals.
Liao said learning about the wolves led him to TREE Club as a way to get involved and take action. Liao learned from Stutzman and Jordan about the roles apex predators like wolves have in an ecosystem.
Burtenshaw said the SB 1211’s drafters and supporters have never said they wanted to kill 90% of wolves and the bill doesn’t include that language. Burtenshaw said they aren’t out to kill all the wolves, they just want to protect livestock and game animals.
“The effect we’re seeing, honestly, is a (wolf) population that seems to be growing regardless of what we do,” Burtenshaw said.
How Idaho’s Timberline High School ended up with its own wolf pack
Prior to reintroduction, it is believed the last wolf in Idaho was killed in the 1930s after Congress approved funding to pay for wolves to be removed from public lands across the West, according to an Idaho Department of Fish and Game timeline.
In 1994, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission adopted a policy in support of reintroducing an “experimental, nonessential” wolf population in central Idaho. In January 1995, four gray wolves from Canada were released on the edge of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho, and 11 wolves were released at Indian Creek and Thompson Creek on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. In 1996, another 20 wolves were released near the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness.
A few years later, Timberline High School opened in 1998. Jordan said he played a role in the wolf becoming the school mascot.
In 2002, Carter Niemeyer, who was then the U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s wolf recovery coordinator for Idaho, caught and collared a female wolf and her pup in the Boise National Forest near Idaho City, Niemeyer told the Idaho Capital Sun. Jordan and Niemeyer discussed the school adopting the pack.
In 2003, the Timberline pack’s adoption was recognized, Jordan said. Students decorated collars for the first wolves from the new pack and began studying them.
Niemeyer continued to study and track the pack, sometimes accompanying Jordan and students on field trips. Niemeyer learned about the pack and knew where a den was located.
Reviewing his notes from the field, Niemeyer told the Sun the pack’s numbers fluctuated over the years, from 11 in 2010 to three in 2013. Starting in 2014, he documented evidence of pack activity, saying the number grew to six wolves in 2016, and eight wolves in 2017 and 2018.
Although the wolves’ territory is large, Niemeyer said the Timberline wolves’ dens and rendezvous sites were on public lands, not private lands. He also said the pups were killed on public lands, where sheep were brought to legally graze. The public lands were also the wolves’ home.
“I don’t know how many (members of the Timberline pack) are left, or if there are any left with the hunting and trapping season and the liberal take of wolves there,” Niemeyer told the Sun.
In January, Idaho Department of Fish and Game officials estimated there were 1,543 wolves in all of Idaho during the summer of 2021. That number stayed pretty consistent over the previous two years, when the wolf population estimates were 1,556 and 1,566 wolves. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game population estimate also tallied 300 documented wolves killed between July 1 and Dec. 31, 2021, a figure that includes the Timberline wolves.
Most wolves are killed by hunters and trappers. But the number of dead wolves also includes wolves that died naturally, wolves killed while they are attacking prey or after killing prey, and wolves killed by Idaho Department of Fish Game or wildlife services agents to limit pressure on elk herds, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game says.
A closer look at the Idaho Legislature’s 2021 wolf bill
During the 2021 session, Burtenshaw carried the wolf bill in committee and on the Senate floor. In addition to legislators, Burtenshaw said four or five groups worked on writing the bill, including the Idaho Farm Bureau, the Idaho Cattlemen’s Association and hunting and trapping groups.
Burtenshaw said he got involved with wolf management and co-sponsored the bill for several reasons. He had worked on the Idaho Department of Fish and Game budget in the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee and was working closely with that agency. Burtenshaw is also a rancher, and his constituents and Idahoans living outside of his district alike had called him to ask for help after their sheep or livestock were killed by wolves. For example, Burtenshaw said he met a sheep rancher who uses Great Pyrenees dogs to guard his sheep. Over the past 10 years, Burtenshaw said wolves killed 39 of the dogs and $400,000 worth of sheep. In other examples, Burtenshaw said a rancher in the Boise valley lost 135 or more sheep after wolves got into the flock, while in the Birch Creek area last spring, wolves killed 28 of a rancher’s cattle.
“Just like with the grizzly bear, when we have bad players, there is only so much you can do with that bear in order to cause it to not be a problem bear,” Burtenshaw said. “With wolves, we have the same issue. When a pack gets too large it takes ‘x’ amount to feed that pack, and they have to move, and wolves have large hunting areas. Sheep are susceptible to coyotes, wolves, bears and cougars. All we are trying to do is gain control of the population.”
Wolves are among Idaho’s apex predators
On Thursday, the Idaho Rangeland Resources Commission issued a press release saying two wolves attacked a herd of sheep in the Shaw Mountain area of the Boise River Wildlife Management Area. According to the press release, charging wolves scared the sheep into running off a steep gully, which resulted in the sheep piling up and 143 of them dying.
Shaw Mountain is the southernmost peak in the Boise Mountains and plainly visible from many spots in the city of Boise when looking east at the Boise foothills.
The release pointed out the wolves did not eat any of the sheep, which piled up and suffocated.
Shaw Mountain is part of the Boise River Wildlife Management Area and situated on public lands, where the sheep were grazing legally. The sheep were among 2,500 sheep that crossed Idaho Highway 55 in March to spend the summer grazing throughout the Boise foothills, the press release said.
It is possible to encounter wolves and other animals, including black bears, anywhere north of the Boise River and throughout the Boise foothills, Phillips said.
The incident on Shaw Mountain occurred May 11, Phillips said, and USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services officers investigated the following day. Phillips said the investigation is complete: Wildlife Services investigators found two sets of wolf tracks in the area and met with eyewitnesses who reported seeing wolves in the area that charged at the flock.
The owner of the sheep, Wilder sheep rancher Frank Shirts, is applying for compensation for the sheep, the press release said.
Idaho Department of Fish and Game officials ordered a control action to Wildlife Services on May 13, which authorized agents to find and kill the wolves responsible, said Phillips.
Wildlife Services officers were not able to find or kill any wolves by the time the order expired at the end of May.
“Wildlife Services on several different occasions tried to locate those wolves and did not,” Phillips said.
Predators or not, TREE Club members are opposed to killing the wolves. Jordan, the retired teacher who first sponsored TREE Club, has questions and concerns about the killing of the Timberline pack in 2021 and about reports of wolf attacks on livestock.
“What we are seeing is not wildlife management, what we are seeing is extermination,” Jordan said. “People would be shocked at the millions of dollars we pay publicly to eliminate these amazing apex predators, and not just wolves, but cougars and bears too.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/boise-students-speak-out-after-wolf-pups-named-for-their-school-are-killed/article_cf4b4fec-b8fe-50e4-9ab0-32c97004d45a.html | 2022-06-12T17:38:31 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/boise-students-speak-out-after-wolf-pups-named-for-their-school-are-killed/article_cf4b4fec-b8fe-50e4-9ab0-32c97004d45a.html |
Refugee resettlement programs have been bringing the world to Idaho since the 1970s. Since that time, Boise has grown to be a bastion of refuge for displaced persons from all over the globe who are seeking to find the meaning of home again after losing so much.
Resettlement always has its challenges, both for those being resettled and those trying to help them. It’s an ever-changing process of evolving and adapting to the current situation.
According to Christina Bruce-Bennion, service coordination program manager for the Idaho Office for Refugees, the challenges for those coming to Boise have undergone a 180-degree turn in the past 15 years.
“It’s almost a complete flip from where we had plentiful housing and cheap housing and no jobs to more jobs than anyone can shake a stick at and housing is a challenge,” Bruce-Bennion said.
Housing woes aren’t a foreign concept to most residents of the Treasure Valley, but it has presented another layer of difficulty for refugees.
Slobodanka Hodzic, program director for the Agency for New Americans, said most refugees are staying in hotels for an average of two months before resettlement agencies can find housing for them. But that period of time could be longer depending on how many people are in a family and how big the group they came with was.
“Housing and building home is … kind of a building block for all other services where people feel safe. And they feel a bit at home. Everything else can kind of build up on that,” Hodzic said.
Hodzic arrived in Twin Falls as a refugee from Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1996. According to her, the one thing she and her team are hoping for is that the housing market levels off so they can find available and affordable units for their clients.
One refugee who has settled locally that’s been affected by this housing crisis is Noori, who asked to be referred to by only his nickname due to safety concerns for him and his family. He and his family arrived in Boise from Afghanistan six months ago.
He has been working with the International Rescue Committee, one of the state department-funded resettlement agencies that help refugees get back on their feet and adjust to the new society that surrounds them.
“I had everything in Afghanistan, and I left everything. I came with $100 from Afghanistan to America,” he said.
Noori, his wife and their five children had a long and arduous journey before arriving in the Treasure Valley. They escaped the Kabul airport, slept shoulder-to-shoulder with strangers in tents, and had limited food, water and bathroom facilities throughout their trek. After spending two-and-a-half months in a hotel in Boise, his family has finally been moved into an apartment. Noori said this has made all the difference.
“Everything has already changed. Now (my children) are happy, at least they have their own home,” Noori said.
Boise is currently experiencing a surge in new refugee arrivals. With limited resources left in the wake of Trump administration immigration policies and the COVID-19 pandemic, resettlement agencies are feeling the squeeze — especially in a tight housing market.
“There’s been this effort to sort of rebuild capacity, and at the same time you bump into, suddenly there’s an evacuation of a lot of Afghans, which is also what the program is here for,” Bruce-Bennion said, “but sometimes you have these moments in resettlement where all these external factors can crash into each other.”
So organizations like the Idaho Office for Refugees and the Agency for New Americans are having to get creative.
“I think we just have this long-standing commitment to, like, ‘OK, here’s what we have in front of us, how do we adapt? How do we innovate?’” Bruce-Bennion said. “We work really hard to cultivate strong communication and collaboration and resource sharing … with a big variety of community partners where resettlement happens in the state. So that when there is a challenge … there is more of an ability to really come together.”
One of the ways the Idaho Office for Refugees is collaborating with community partners is by working through an initiative called Neighbors United.
Neighbors United is made up of over 100 community leaders and groups. One of the ways it has tried to address the housing issues resettlement agencies are currently facing is by setting up houseyourneighbor.org. Members of the community can go to the website and provide help in a myriad of ways, such as offering rental units, volunteering to be cosigners and providing cash assistance.
“We know the housing challenge isn’t going to go away tomorrow,” Bruce-Bennion said. “We really remain committed to our sort of collaborative approach, trying to be innovative, but also to really address some of the big issues that we see come our way.”
Despite housing woes, Bruce-Bennion and Hodzic say that Boise is still a wonderful place for refugees. This is, in large part, thanks to the people who live here.
“Boise is actually very nice and receiving, safe community,” Hodzic said. “It’s actually a community that helps our clients succeed. Help gives them opportunity to open their own businesses. There are lots of services that actually help clients from opening their own childcare, opening businesses, restaurants.”
For Noori, living in Boise and starting to be able to stand on his own two feet again isn’t something he takes for granted.
“Now, we are living in a very peaceful society, very secure. You’re not feeling any danger … everything is now comfortable, I mean, everything is now quiet,” he said. “Boise now is my heart. It’s my home.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/in-tight-housing-market-resettlement-agencies-look-for-homes-for-refugees/article_ac42af48-6f79-51a6-9a13-5d730d14a4bb.html | 2022-06-12T17:38:37 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/in-tight-housing-market-resettlement-agencies-look-for-homes-for-refugees/article_ac42af48-6f79-51a6-9a13-5d730d14a4bb.html |
100 years ago
1922: Fire for a long time Tuesday afternoon. Fire threatened the Lowell Observatory, and it was only by the strenuous efforts of 40 men that the flames were finally brought under control. The fire started in the woods southwest of the observatory shortly after noon from an unknown cause. It was confined entirely to the section of land belonging to the Lowell estate. Fortunately, it did not get into the thicker timber, or, considering the high winds, it likely would have burned over the entire section, perhaps destroying the observatory buildings, and very likely spreading into the City Park and the timber on the John Clark place. Some of the residences far up the side of the hill would have been endangered also. U.S. Forest Service personnel and others sent by the Arizona Lumber and Timber Company, the Flagstaff Lumber Company and McGonigle Lumber stayed on the job until the wind died down. The burned area extended over about 70 acres.
75 years ago
1947: Flagstaffs own Hollywood and Vine, known on official records as North San Francisco and East Aspen Avenue, is buzzing with activity again as Republic Pictures moves in to begin work on “The Fabulous Texas,” a million-dollar picture of the horse opera variety. Work on the picture was to begin Thursday morning, with filming to take place in the vicinity of the Grand Falls of the Little Colorado, about 60 miles northeast of here, but with Flagstaff as headquarters for the unit for the next week or 10 days. Top-notch Republic stars will be on hand for work in the film. Leading roles have been assigned to John Carroll, the singer, Bill Elliott, cowboy actor, and gravel-voice Andy Devine, looked upon in Flagstaff as a local boy. Divine attended Arizona State College in the days when it was known as Northwestern Arizona Normal School.
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50 years ago
1972: Flagstaff citizens will have an opportunity to present views on a north-south one-way street system for the downtown area when the city council hosts its next regular meeting on June 27. Council, at its regular meeting today, set the date for the hearing and there were indications that the proposal would run into some strong protests, despite the fact that city planner William Kemps reported that the downtown businesses association had already given its approval. Vice Mayor Richard McDonald indicated that he had received telephone calls last night opposing the system. It was McDonald who ultimately moved that the public hearing be held before the city council could reach any decision on the matter. The Flagstaff-area transportation study known as FATS calls for making Beaver Street between Santa Fe and Columbus avenues one way in a northerly direction and San Francisco Street, between the same two east and west streets, one way in a southerly direction. In presenting the FATS proposal, it was reported that the downtown businessmen met earlier in the spring and had given approval to the system -- which would include special signalization in the area of city hall to allow for emergency movement of fire department vehicles. The last time a one-way street system was inaugurated in Flagstaff was in the middle 1960s when Aspen Avenue was made one way going West and Birch Avenue one way going east.
25 years ago
1997: Whoever named Lone Tree Road might have foreseen the future because a bunch of greenery in the area may be destined for the blade. The street itself may grow from a two-lane road to a multi-lane street connecting two other major roads. Such a boom depends on voter approval of a $25 million bond to fund a new Coconino Community College campus north of Interstate 40 and city council approval of a 741-unit housing development south of I-40. If they are both given greenlights, then there will be roughly 2,500 new homes built on the southern stretch of Lone Tree, as well as a community college and a jail on the road's northern end. At first blush, it appears a Lone Tree interchange with I-40 would be in the works. But the city was scared off in 1995 when it realized the estimate for the interchange was $22.5 million.
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SOMERS — Planning and registration for the 54th annual Somers Independence parade, titled “Celebrate the Red, White and Blue in 2022,” are nearing completion.
Additional entries will be considered until June 24.
Pre-registration is required to participate in the parade, with no exceptions, by contacting the Somers Village Hall at 7511 75th Ave. or somers.org.
The parade will be held on Monday, July 4, at 2 p.m. Staging will be at Shoreland Lutheran High School from noon to 1:30 p.m. The parade route is 1.2 miles from Shoreland to Somers Elementary and lasts about an hour depending on the number of units entered. There are usually 60 to 70 entries.
Music groups registered include: the KUSD Rambler Marching Band, the Mike Schneider Polka Band, Bagpiper Michael O’Connell, MGV Harmonia, River City Rhythm drummers, Shoreland Lutheran High School Band and a Mariachi band.
Other entertainment acts currently booked are the Milwaukee Flyers Tumbling team, Jolly Giants stilt walkers, the Lions Club Mighty Mite Jeep and juggler Arik Mendelieviz. Other local entries include Snap-on, Kenosha Kingfish baseball and UW-Parkside.
Somers Elementary students will distribute American flags to spectators along the parade route prior to the parade.
The Shoreland Lutheran High School Booster Club will be selling food and drink in the staging area and the Fireman’s Association will also be providing food and drink at the fire station before and during the parade. Portable toilets will be located along the parade route.
Parking is available at Somers Elementary, Somers Village Hall, the Post Office and the back lot at Shoreland Lutheran High School.
Road closures at 100th Avenue and highways E, EA and H at18th Street will start at noon. Highway E will remain open at Green Bay Road for the public.
Those with questions can call parade chair J. Schantek at 262-818-4448.
What happened to Rachel, Cameron, Kyle and Leslie Anderson in 2000? Their family is reaching out to the public in the hopes someone will come forward with information. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/somers-plans-for-fourth-of-july-parade-coming-together/article_e67682e4-e9a9-11ec-9a4a-ab8a0a3ec5ae.html | 2022-06-12T18:04:08 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/somers-plans-for-fourth-of-july-parade-coming-together/article_e67682e4-e9a9-11ec-9a4a-ab8a0a3ec5ae.html |
Lincoln would add firefighters and police officers, 911 dispatchers, public health nurses and a host of other new positions as part of the mayor’s biennial budget, which she will present to the City Council on Monday.
The budget — bolstered by an anticipated 18% increase in sales tax revenue in 2022-23 and a smaller 1.2% increase the following year — adds 67 new city jobs to better serve the public, Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird said.
The number of city employees per capita has decreased from 9.1 to 7.8 over the past 16 years, Gaylor-Baird said, when Lincoln’s population grew by 53,000 people.
“This budget enhances our strong commitment to customer service for both our residents and the private-sector partners with whom we collaborate to grow a more prosperous and vibrant community,” she said.
The past two budgets, each single-year budgets instead of the traditional biennial city budget because of the uncertainty of the pandemic, worked to meet the challenges of the pandemic and to recover.
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Now, low unemployment, and “record-setting building and development activity,” marked by a record 2,273 building permits issued for homes, duplexes, townhomes and apartments, is evidence of strong growth, she said.
“As we turn to the future we are looking to build on that success and use it as a springboard to propel us forward, building on the success of a growing economy,” she said.
The $243.5 million tax-funded budget for 2022-23 represents a 7.4% increase in spending — or nearly $16.7 million. The budget will increase $9.8 million, or 4%, in the second year of the budget cycle.
The two primary sources of revenue are property and sales taxes, though various fees and an occupation tax comprise about a quarter of the city’s revenue.
Last year, the city benefited from a volatile housing market that resulted in a record increase in valuations and more than $3 million more property tax revenue than it anticipated.
This year, the assessor’s office doesn’t plan a total revaluation of property — which means valuations shouldn’t go up so dramatically — and the city built its budget based on an assumption that property valuations will rise 3% in 2022-23 and 7% the following year.
That means the city anticipates getting $77.7 million in property tax revenue the first year and $83.2 million the following year. The budget also includes some unused property tax revenue from the current budget.
Robust sales tax revenue — which officials expect to level out in the coming years — is expected to bring in $99.8 million in 2022-23 and $101 million the following year.
The city plans to lower its tax rate by a half-cent, saving taxpayers $1.2 million.
The overall tax rate — for the general fund, plus smaller levies for the library, police and fire pension and bond repayment — will be 31.293 cents per $100 of valuation. The owner of a $226,342 home in Lincoln — the average price in 2021 — would pay $708.29 to fund city government, a savings of $11.31
The city’s share of property taxes collected is 16%. The lion’s share of a homeowner’s tax bill — 61% — goes to support Lincoln Public Schools.
More than half of new positions in the budget will bolster public safety and health departments.
The police department will hire five additional police officers in 2023-24, the second year of the budget cycle, spending 2022-23 trying to fill what the police chief has said is about 40 vacancies. The department also will hire three civilian employees, to free up more officer time. The city also plans to add $150,000 for mental health services crisis-response programs.
The fire department will hire six additional firefighters, and the city will add two emergency dispatchers. It will also add an additional $250,000 for fire equipment and will replace one fire station and make improvements on two others.
The health department will add eight public health nurses to expand a health visitation program to support women and infants, a program now available to low-income residents but that will be available to all new mothers.
Existing money will pay for expanding the program the first year, and it will cost $153,633 the following year. After that, the annual cost will be $737,725, a portion of which will be paid by the county.
The health department also will add two environmental health educators, a dental assistant to help provide care to low-income residents and one animal control officer to address what has been a 22% increase in pets since 2007.
Other new positions include an economic development specialist, a human resources recruitment manager, a fleet manager to coordinate the city's different vehicle fleets and a cybersecurity manager for the city's water supply.
The budget also adds other positions in building and safety, finance, purchasing, the city clerk's office, the water department and StarTran.
Sherry Wolfe Drbal, the city’s budget officer, said each officer and firefighter costs about $100,000 for salaries and benefits, as will some other positions such as the fleet manager. Others are slightly less costly.
Not all positions are paid through the tax-funded budget, she said. Some, such as the animal control officer, will be paid through pet licensing fees, and others are paid with federal funds. Some are in joint city-county offices, so the county assumes a portion of the cost.
The mayor would continue funding added in the last budget from the additional property tax revenue, including $100,000 each year for creating inclusive playgrounds, $1.57 million each year for sidewalk replacement, $244,000 for tree trimming and $710,000 to increase affordable housing — including creating a rental rehab program.
Bus riders — who have been able to ride for free because of pandemic aid — will have to begin paying again, but will pay $1.25 instead of $1.75 for regular bus fare and $2.50 instead of $3.50 for paratransit.
The mayor plans to spend $42.6 million in 2022-23 and $45.5 million the following year on street improvements and new construction. That includes about $15 million each year in revenue from the quarter-cent sales tax for streets.
Other capital outlays include:
* $5.3 million for StarTran, the bulk of which is federal money, for, among other things, new paratransit vans and to make bus stop improvements.
* $33.8 million in 2022-23 and $40.7 million the following year for seven miles of water main replacement, 3 miles of new water mains, replacement of lead service lines, and water quality measures.
* $19.4 million in 2022-23 and $23.4 million the following year for wastewater improvements, including sewer main repair and extension, increasing capacity and other improvements at the Theresa Street plant.
The City Council can propose changes to the budget and will vote on them before an Aug. 1 public hearing. First reading on the final budget will be Aug. 15, followed by adoption Aug. 22.
Reach the writer at 402-473-7226 or mreist@journalstar.com.
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Editor's note: The above video on Kent leaders working to regain community trust originally aired January 10, 2022.
The City of Kent announced this week that it has reached a settlement with a former assistant police chief who was disciplined for displaying Nazi insignia on his office door.
Derek Kammerzell initially was given a two-week unpaid suspension while the Kent Police Department investigated before public outcry led the city's mayor to ask for the assistant chief's resignation.
An independent investigation found that in September 2020, Kammerzell posted a Nazi insignia on his office door. There were additional allegations that Kammerzell made jokes about the Holocaust.
"We also took the advice of our outside legal counsel that under Washington state law, there was not enough, given no history of discipline, that he would be terminated," said Kent Mayor Dana Ralph back in January regarding why Kammerzell was not terminated by the department. "We acted in what we believed was the most legally defensible position."
The city has been actively negotiating with Kammerzell's representatives since that investigation concluded in February 2021, and the two sides reached a settlement this week in the amount of $1,520,000.
Ralph and Kent Police Chief Rafael Padilla later acknowledged they strongly underestimated the backlash that would come with not firing Kammerzell, and gave a detailed explanation through a video message as to why their hands were tied on terminating the former assistant chief.
City leadership added in the statement about the settlement that they have had active conversations with local Jewish organizations and are committed to "learn and grow from this experience." | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/kent/kent-settlement-former-assistant-police-chief-nazi-symbol/281-d3a8bef6-2303-4708-a012-0d2c46bb861e | 2022-06-12T18:08:39 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/kent/kent-settlement-former-assistant-police-chief-nazi-symbol/281-d3a8bef6-2303-4708-a012-0d2c46bb861e |
HONDO, Texas — For more than 20 years, The Bluebonnet Children’s Advocacy Center has been providing counseling services to children and families affected by abuse, trauma, and violence.
The Hondo based non-profit serves surrounding rural counties like Real and Uvalde, and now their services are needed now more than ever.
Since the tragedy at Robb Elementary School on May 24, BCAC has been offering almost round the clock support.
“We have had over 400 sessions of counseling, trauma focused counseling, which is so important that it be that trauma focused to help these families grow and heal,” said BCAC President, Julie Solis.
Solis said BCAC has only had two counselors to serve more than three counties, and now there are even more families in need to serve.
“We will be expanding our therapy services to make sure that every family that wants services is provided services at no cost to them at all,” said Solis. “We are a nonprofit organization… And so everything we do is for our community.”
BCAC is hosting their 8th Annual Golf Tournament to help raise funds.
“It's one of two events that we do that raise the most money. And this year we're really trying to put it over the top to get as much as we can for the kids,” said Fundraiser Chair, Wayne Springer.
The Bluebonnet Children’s Golf Tournament will take place on Saturday June 25 at the Golf Club of Texas located at 13600 Briggs Ranch, San Antonio, Texas 78245.
For more information on registering a team for the golf tournament, follow this link to bcactx.org.
If you’d like more information on how to help in other ways, or volunteer visit their website at bcactx.org. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/bluebonnet-childrens-center-raising-funds-support-uvalde-families-long-term/273-bf35e558-9b16-4ff6-8615-20e673b93d13 | 2022-06-12T18:15:27 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/bluebonnet-childrens-center-raising-funds-support-uvalde-families-long-term/273-bf35e558-9b16-4ff6-8615-20e673b93d13 |
BALTIMORE — Baltimore County Schools Superintendent Darryl Williams is defending his record after five members of the County Council called for a search to replace him.
The letter was in response to a call by five of the council’s seven members for the school board to conduct a superintendent search before they consider renewing Williams’ contract, which ends next year. The council members wrote in a letter last week that there is “no accountability” for the school system’s performance and the situation has “reached a crisis point.”
The council’s complaints include what they called infrequent communication and continuing problems with late school buses.
In a statement to the news media Saturday, Williams said the council’s letter “unfortunately, contained numerous inaccuracies.”
Williams wrote in his letter that while schools are now open amid the pandemic, public health and education experts have noted that “expectations for a rapid return to normal are unrealistic and belie the lived experiences of families.”
Councilman Tom Quirk told The Sun that the council is continually inundated by parent concerns, not only about buses, but about discipline issues and academics.
Council Chairman Julian Jones, who did not sign the letter calling for a search to replace the superintendent, said the bus driver shortage is a regional and national issue.
“To somehow blame everything on Dr. Williams just seemed blatantly unfair to me,” Jones said. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/baltimore-county-schools-superintendent-defends-record/2022/06/12/70d2d988-ea77-11ec-9f90-79df1fb28296_story.html | 2022-06-12T18:37:22 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/baltimore-county-schools-superintendent-defends-record/2022/06/12/70d2d988-ea77-11ec-9f90-79df1fb28296_story.html |
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A Virginia city that has been plagued by violence in recent weeks is planning to hold a gun buyback event.
“Any day we can get one gun out of a kid’s hand is a victory in my book,” said city council member Chris Woodard, who voted in support of the program.
The city has had at least a dozen shootings since June 1, including one that killed four people last week.
Police Chief Renado Prince said he was initially opposed to the program because from his experience, guns handed over are typically those left behind after someone dies, not weapons being used for crime on the street.
“Somebody said something to me, which was, ‘What if that gun buyback program gets a gun out of the house that could’ve been stolen and used in the commission of a crime,’” Prince said. “It changed my whole world.”
The program is funded by the Hampton Roads Black Caucus.
Vice Mayor De’Andre Barnes voted against the program, saying the city should address the root cause of what’s causing crime and preventing those involved in violence from “choosing that lifestyle.” | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-city-plagued-by-violence-to-hold-gun-buyback-event/2022/06/12/4a9e1786-ea73-11ec-9f90-79df1fb28296_story.html | 2022-06-12T18:37:28 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-city-plagued-by-violence-to-hold-gun-buyback-event/2022/06/12/4a9e1786-ea73-11ec-9f90-79df1fb28296_story.html |
Q. I read the prior article about estate allowances and had a question about an out-of-state estate and settling a homestead allowance claim. When an estate is based in another state, but the decedent had real property in Idaho, how is the homestead allowance claimed, determined and settled?
A. This question is unique, so the law does not provide a definitive answer, but I believe the following principles apply. Idaho, like other states, limits the application of its probate code to “the affairs and estates of decedents … domiciled in this state.” Idaho Code § 15-1-301. Thus, the person’s domicile when they die is where their estate is opened. Domicile can have some technical applications, but it is generally “(t)he place at which a person has been physically present and that the person regards as home.” BLACK’S LAW DICTIONARY 614 (11th ed. 2019). That domicile location will determine where the probate is opened and what law will be applicable to the estate.
Regardless of where an estate is opened, the decedent may have owned property in other states. This could be real property (land, houses, etc.) or personal property (vehicles, tangible property, etc.). When an out-of-state decedent owned Idaho property, the other state’s personal representative can take certain actions by virtue of being the personal representative while other actions require opening an “ancillary probate” in Idaho to have an Idaho court authorize the personal representative to act as to Idaho property. You should consult a lawyer when deciding whether to open an ancillary probate or not.
Since the law applicable to the estate is determined by where the estate is opened (the main proceeding), that state’s laws governing allowances will control whether and to how much of a homestead or other allowance a person is entitled. Any allowances or similar claims would have to be made in the main proceeding, not in any ancillary probate here in Idaho. Creditor claims can be treated differently, depending on what notice is provided, the location of any assets that may relate to those creditor claims and possibly other factors.
The personal representative in the main proceeding can use the estate’s Idaho assets to pay those claims — that decision is up to the personal representative and what is provided in the other state’s law. Conversely, an Idaho decedent may also own property in other states, in which case the claims and allowances would be governed by Idaho law, but could be satisfied using assets located in Idaho or in other states, and the actions in other states would be governed by their laws (which may require an ancillary probate).
Estates with interested parties, assets and/or claims spanning two or more states are generally administered from the main proceeding, subject to local law for local assets. | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/its-the-law-what-to-know-about-inter-state-estate-exemptions/article_45ff1484-e589-5fb6-bc3d-8bb7d58138fd.html | 2022-06-12T18:45:56 | 1 | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/its-the-law-what-to-know-about-inter-state-estate-exemptions/article_45ff1484-e589-5fb6-bc3d-8bb7d58138fd.html |
Update: According to TDOT SmartWay, the area has been cleared and traffic is flowing normally.
SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – A vehicle fire partially closed Interstate 81 South on Sunday, Tennessee transportation officials said.
According to a listing on the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s (TDOT) SmartWay traffic tracker, a fire was reported around 12:17 p.m. on June 12 near Mile Marker 67.
As of 12:40 p.m., the southbound right lane and shoulder were blocked. Traffic was reported as far back as Exit 69. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/vehicle-fire-on-i-81-s-causes-closures/ | 2022-06-12T18:49:21 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/vehicle-fire-on-i-81-s-causes-closures/ |
Las Crucen Orlando Madrid working to release his debut album, 'From This Moment Forward'
LAS CRUCES - For the past year or so, Orlando Madrid of Las Cruces has been working as a professional jazz musician in New York City — certainly not an easy feat. Between performing, studying and teaching music he has had his hands full, but now his focus has landed on producing his first album.
Madrid, 31, became interested in music at a young age. He took up playing the saxophone and played throughout middle and high school in town. He then set off for UNM in Albuquerque where he graduated with a bachelor’s in music education. This was just the beginning for him.
Madrid packed up and headed to New York where he earned his master’s in jazz and contemporary media from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester — a very highly regarded school for music.
This past month, Madrid graduated from New York University with an Artist Diploma, which is an individualized diploma for a prestigious program. This happened to be the semester artist Taylor Swift also graduated from the East Coast school with an honorary fine arts degree and spoke before the graduating class of 2022 at Yankee Stadium. He worked as an adjunct graduate instructor during his time at the school, teaching in the department’s jazz studies program.
With school done — at least for now — Madrid is shifting gears and working on his debut album, “From This Moment Forward.”
“My goal in making this album is the culmination of my personal, educational, and professional experiences,” Madrid wrote on the GoFundMe site where he is raising money to be able to produce the album.
He explained that the tracks were recorded in mid-May at the James F. Dolan Recording Studio at NYU with eight tracks, all original compositions by Madrid. Featured musicians include Robert Papacica on guitar, Arnie Sainz on piano, Marshal Herridge on bass, Jonas Esser on drums and Grammy-nominated jazz trumpeter Michael Rodriguez. Rodriguez, highly regarded in the industry, has toured with such masters as Chick Corea, Charlie Haden and Herbie Hancock.
As of June 10, $1,982 has been donated to the GoFundMe. Madrid hopes to raise a total of $6,000 for mixing, mastering, production, album art and release expenses. The fundraiser will come to an end on Aug. 12.
The album “reflects my passion for jazz and is truly a snapshot of my playing at this current moment in my career. I’ve worked my whole life to record my debut album as a leader, and the time is finally here,” Madrid said.
The musician mentioned that he previously was part of a campaign to release an album while he was at Eastman. The group “Affinity” was not successful in releasing their album, but Madrid said he plans to send a copy of his new album to everyone who donated to that first campaign free of charge.
“My music is the most personal expression of myself and my experiences in life up until this point. I have always enjoyed making music with other people while growing up as an artist,” Madrid said.
Donations toward helping Madrid produce his album can be made online at https://www.gofundme.com/f/from-this-day-forward-debut-album-2022. People can also follow Madrid on Instagram at www.instagram.com/omadrid23.
Leah Romero is the trending reporter at the Las Cruces Sun-News and can be reached at 575-418-3442, LRomero@lcsun-news.com or @rromero_leah on Twitter.
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President Biden boosts federal aid for New Mexico wildfire recovery in visit to state
SANTA FE - President Joe Biden increased federal support Saturday for federal relief addressing New Mexico's catastrophic wildfires and made his first visit to the state since taking office in 2021.
Biden committed the federal government to paying 100 percent of the cost of debris removal and emergency remediation for wildfires that have scorched the state this year, including the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fire in northern New Mexico and the Black Fire in the Gila National Forest.
That increases federal support since Biden's emergency declaration in May, which pledged 75 percent of the funding with New Mexico matching the rest.
"This additional support will help ensure that New Mexico has no financial limitations related to immediate lifesaving and life sustaining operations related to the ongoing wildfires," the Federal Emergency Management Agency stated Saturday.
Biden touched down at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque at about 1:40 p.m. Saturday afternoon, briefly greeting Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and most of New Mexico's congressional delegation as well as Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. The governor rode with Biden as the motorcade left for a briefing in Santa Fe where Biden announced the additional support.
He also acknowledged the role the U.S. Forest Service had played in the devastation before meeting with first responders and survivors of the fires.
The Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon fires began in April northwest of Las Vegas, N.M., both as a result of prescribed burns, which the Forest Service has since suspended. The fires merged and have burned more than 300,000 acres.
Biden reportedly flew over the burn scar during Air Force One's approach to Kirtland.
The Black Fire in the Gila National Forest also continued to burn, having consumed nearly 300,000 acres itself. The wildfires are the two largest in New Mexico history. More than 800,000 acres have burned so far this year.
Meanwhile, crews are doing their best to remove debris and establish channels for water anticipated from New Mexico's summer monsoon season.
A coalition of indigenous and climate action groups rallied near a Santa Fe metro station on the motorcade's route, with a gathering organizers said topped 30 before dispersing. Yang Toledo of Youth United for Climate Crisis Action (YUCCA) said the motorcade passed before the group had arranged banners on the Interstate 25 overpass.
"We really wanted to just make it known that these indigenous grassroots organizations in New Mexico are still demanding that Biden take climate action as soon as possible," she said.
The rapid spread of wildfires and expanded wildfire seasons are exacerbated by increased hot temperatures and drought conditions attributed to climate change wrought by heat-trapping greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere.
Biden has called climate change "the number one issue facing humanity" but has been criticized for encouraging increased oil production and drilling in the midst of rising gas prices and an economic blockade of Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
Lujan Grisham has set ambitious goals for reducing carbon emissions in New Mexico, despite its dependency on the oil and gas industry, but has also been an advocate for developing hydrogen energy, which critics say would likely require consumption of natural gas.
In an interview at the state capitol, Lujan Grisham said Biden had promised to press congress for funds to help rebuild homes lost to the fires and address forests and watersheds.
Meanwhile, the governor warned that more wildfires were still erupting around the state. "We're going to be pummeled by fires until September or mid-October," she warned.
She also acknowledged climate change as a factor that inevitably would change New Mexico.
"In the climate situation the world is in, and the southwest and west are in, it's going to be too hot for pine trees," she said. "I wish that wasn't true, but it is. Our soil's going to change, the landscape's going to change, and we have to start thinking about what that means."
In the meantime, she said she was urging more federal resources to help block waterways in the next seven to 20 days to head off floods from blackened lands the president likened to a "moonscape."
"It's unlikely that we'll be able to prevent flooding in every single place that we are working to achieve that result," she said. "While I hate saying that out loud, it doesn't make it any less true."
Algernon D'Ammassa can be reached at 575-541-5451, adammassa@lcsun-news.com or @AlgernonWrites on Twitter.
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Police have released the identities of the two teenage boys who drowned Friday after going under water off a beach in Queens.
Ryan Wong and Daniel Persaud, both 13 years old, were with a group of friends along Jamaica Bay when they fell into the water and were swept away around 11:40 a.m.
A candlelight vigil for Wong is set for Monday at 7 p.m. at Jamaica Bay. Other memorials and services are planned for the coming days.
The circumstances leading up to the boys' fall into the water is still under investigation.
A team of at least nine rescue swimmers was dispatched to the beach Friday along with the NYPD's harbor unit, air and sea rescue, and the FDNY in what became a lengthy search for the teens.
Divers recovered the first boy around 12:30 p.m., and rescue teams raced to get the unresponsive 13-year-old to an ambulance. It would take another 45 minutes before they could locate the second teenager as they searched the waters of Pumpkin Patch Channel. Both were rushed to Jamaica Hospital.
One of the boys was pronounced dead not long after he was discovered, while the second fought for hours before he eventually died.
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A sign posted near the water warns of strong current and sudden drop-offs, and a history of drownings at the Howard Beach coastline. Those who frequent the beach say that not many people swim there, and it's more popular with fishermen and kite surfers. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/candlelight-vigil-planned-sunday-for-teen-drowning-victim-at-nyc-beach/3730688/ | 2022-06-12T18:56:32 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/candlelight-vigil-planned-sunday-for-teen-drowning-victim-at-nyc-beach/3730688/ |
Roddy Ricch was arrested on gun charges Saturday night, hours before he was scheduled to take the stage at Governors Ball.
The NYPD said the 23-year-old was arrested after a security check of his tour bus revealed a gun under a seat and large capacity magazine.
The Los Angeles-based rapper was in town for this weekend's Governors Ball, where he was set to perform Saturday in a lineup that included Halsey, Tove Lo, Flume, Shaquille O'Neal and more.
"Unfortunately Roddy Ricch is no longer performing today," the festival's official Twitter account announced just after 7 p.m. Saturday.
"The Box" singer was slapped with multiple gun charges, along with two other men from New York.
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CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — A West Virginia State Police trooper is in the hospital and paralyzed from the chest down after falling off of a roof on Saturday.
According to the West Virginia Troopers Association, Trooper Jennings fell from a roof he was working on, breaking both arms, wrists and multiple places in his back.
They say he is in the hospital and expected to have multiple surgeries while healing. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/wv-trooper-paralyzed-from-chest-down-after-off-duty-accident/ | 2022-06-12T18:58:42 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/wv-trooper-paralyzed-from-chest-down-after-off-duty-accident/ |
ALBANY – Oxford Construction will begin its work Tuesday on Phase B of the Albany T-SPLOST Resurfacing Plan. The contract is for 180 days, but the schedule is subject to change based on weather conditions and unforeseen circumstances.
For any questions, contact Scott Tennison or Don McCook at the city of Albany Public Works Department at (229) 302-1800.
Below is a copy of the order in which the roads are to be paved.
1. Madison Street to Harvey Road
2. Nelson Avenue (Scroggins Avenue to Harvey Road)
3. Scroggins Avenue (South Madison Street to Harvey Road)
4. Medlock Ave. (South Madison Street to cul-de-sac)
5. Whitehead Drive (Radium Springs Road to Vick Street)
6. Cannon Circle (Cannon Avenue to cul-de-sac)
7. Tulsa Lane (Newton Road to Sunny Lane)
8. Moab Road (Newton Road to Gadsden Road)
9. Elm Street (West Gordon Avenue to dead end)
10. Montego Court (Mobile Avenue to Montego Court)
11. Montego Court (cul-de-sac to cul-de-sac)
12. Mercantile Drive (Moultrie Roiad to cul-de-sac)
13. Campbell St. (Nona Drive to South Central Street)
14. Blaylock Street (Clark Avenue to Evelyn Avenue)
15. East Fourth Avenue (Blaylock Street to Jordan Street)
16. Acker Avenue (Edgewood Lane to Greenwood Lane)
17. Gary Avenue (Edgewood Lane to Greenwood Lane)
18. West Highland Avenue (Davis Street to Poplar Street)
19. South McKinley Street (Highland Avenue to Lincoln Avenue)
20. Lincoln Avenue (South Jackson Street to South Slappey Boulevard)
21. Drexel Street (West Gordon Avenue to dead end)
22. St. Andrews Drive (West Gordon Ave. to dead end)
23. Phillips Drive (South Westover Boulevard to dead end)
24. Pawnee Court (Indian Creek Drive to cul-de-sac)
25. Bison Lane (cul-de sac to cul-de sac)
26. Warrior Court (Indian Creek Drive to cul-de-sac)
27. Nottingham Way (Whispering Pines to Stuart Avenue)
28. Wisteria Court (Devon Drive to cul-de-sac)
29. Ember Court (Regalwood Drive to cul-de-sac)
30. Regalwood Drive (Westgate Drive to cul-de-sac)
31. Coventry Road (Beattie Road to Trowbridge Drive)
32. Millsbee Lane (Wexford Drive to subdivision gate)
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ATLANTA -- While June typically kicks off vacation season, it’s turning out to be a busy month for local transportation officials across Georgia.
City and county transportation agencies are scrambling to put together project lists to submit ahead of a June 30 deadline for an initial round of grants through the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure spending bill President Biden signed into law last November.
“After years of promises, the Biden-Harris administration has acted,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said as he rolled out a portion of the initiative, $12.5 billion earmarked for bridge projects. “We are getting to work now fixing roads and bridges across America. … This work is vital. It is urgent.”
By far the largest portion of Georgia’s share of the funding -- $8.9 billion -- will go to repair and rebuild roads and highways. Another $1.4 billion will help finance public transit projects, with allocations of fewer than $1 billion each going toward water and sewer systems, airports, bridges, electric vehicle charging stations and broadband.
The Atlanta area is off to a faster start than the rest of the state. The 10-county Atlanta Regional Commission released a list of proposed projects last month for the first round of funding.
While the list includes some road projects, much of the $45 million would go toward transit infrastructure in Cobb and Clayton counties, electric buses and EV charging stations.
“This initial round of funding demonstrates the impact of the infrastructure law to help us build a safer, better connected, more equitable and resilient region,” Anna Roach, the ARC’s executive director, said. “The Atlanta region must work together to maximize the transformative potential of the infrastructure law.”
With public transit service not nearly as extensive outside of metro Atlanta, most of the federal funds local governments elsewhere across Georgia are likely to seek will be for highway projects, Bill Twomey, county consulting services manager for the Association County Commissioners of Georgia, said.
“We’re not talking lower-scope projects,” he said. “These would be larger projects with economies of scale.”
Twomey said Georgia’s larger counties will have an advantage over the smaller counties in applying for grants because their transportation agencies tend to have larger staffs that are familiar with federal procurement requirements.
However, the rules are different this time, Twomey said.
“In the past, the highway crew for the state [Department of Transportation] was usually the go-between on a lot of these federal programs,” he said. “That is not the case [this time]. … That’s going to be a hurdle for some counties.”
Becky Taylor, director of federal relations and research for the Georgia Municipal Association, said her organization is helping city officials navigate the complexities of seeking federal grant funding.
The GMA has created a page on its website at https://www.gacities.com/BIL.aspx to serve as a clearinghouse for information on how to apply for grants through the infrastructure spending bill.
Taylor also pointed to the build.gov website developed by the White House.
“It has a chart and matrix showing program types and what agency you need to apply to,” she said. “There are going to be about 400 programs.”
The GMA also will feature a panel session on the infrastructure law at its annual convention in Savannah late this month. The panel will include representatives of the White House, the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority.
Taylor said the various regional planning commissions around the state also will help city transportation agencies prepare and submit project lists, a role the ARC already has performed in metro Atlanta.
Twomey said the opportunity the infrastructure spending bill represents for local governments is huge, if they can clear the bureaucratic obstacles to landing grants.
“This is a considerable amount of new funding compared to what’s been out there in the past,” he said. “The net result is going to depend on whether cities and counties think they can take advantage of the program and adhere to federal guidelines.” | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/transportation-agencies-working-against-deadline-to-seek-federal-infrastructure-grants/article_7448c4f6-ea7c-11ec-a077-979e6af26428.html | 2022-06-12T18:58:54 | 1 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/transportation-agencies-working-against-deadline-to-seek-federal-infrastructure-grants/article_7448c4f6-ea7c-11ec-a077-979e6af26428.html |
LOWELL — Harvest Tyme Family Farm is about to become a Jurassic Park.
Giant, life-sized dinosaurs, including colossal T-Rexes and Brontosauruses that stand up to 14-feet tall, will soon invade Harvest Tyme at 17904 Grant St. in Lowell.
More than 20 moving and roaring animatronic dinosaurs will be displayed for the Dino Tyme exhibit later this summer. The prehistoric attraction also will include larger-than-life dinosaurs kids can ride, a fossil dig and a 14-foot-tall volcano that will erupt, emitting smoke.
"It will be a first of its kind that's never been seen in Northwest Indiana," owner Josh Sickinger said. "They've had bigger dinosaurs in Chicago, but nothing like this in this area. The dinosaurs will be a great family experience for all ages."
Sickinger's 6-year-old son Conrad helped pick out which dinosaurs would be featured. It includes his favorites, the T-Rex and Triceratops.
"He's very well-versed in dinosaurs," he said. "He had an important role."
The farm has grown into a regional attraction in recent years with a pumpkin patch, corn maze and Christmas light show.
Dino Tyme will feature live stage shows throughout the day and a dozen amusement rides, including new rides like a carousel and spin ride. It also will have more static dinosaur statute and a baby dinosaur.
For an extra charge, aspiring paleontologists will be able to comb through a sandbox for fossils they can take home.
There also will be concessions, including doughnuts, kettle corn and pizza.
Kids can get up close and marvel at the dinosaurs, posing for as many pictures as they'd like.
"It's a prehistoric exhibit with realistic dinosaurs for fans," he said. "They're animatronic, so the eyes move, the head turns and it looks like they're breathing. The tails move. They're replica dinosaurs."
Harvest Tyme has been bringing in more and more attractions as it looks to become a year-round destination. Sickinger previously worked as a certified public accountant but quit his full-time job as a controller last year to focus on bringing new events to Harvest Tyme.
"This is something I had in mind for a while," he said. "The new Jurassic Park movie was an inspiration."
It took hours of research to find a manufacturer of the type of dinosaurs he had in mind.
"It was not the easiest," he said. "I had to do a lot of due diligence to find a good quality product I could be confident in."
The hope was for the attraction to come around the time of the "Jurassic World Dominion" opening, but it's been delayed. The dinosaurs are coming in from China, and the shipments are held up due to pandemic-induced supply chain issues.
"They are halfway across the Pacific Ocean," spokesperson Diane Poulton said. "They're supposed to be in Los Angeles by June 10 and unloaded by the 17th. They have yet to be sent by train to Chicago and trucked to Lowell. It's probably going to be August by the time we get opened."
Excitement has been mounting.
"I knew there was a general love of dinosaurs," Sickinger said. "But I underestimated the appeal to kids. It's generated so much excitement from the little bit we've put it. It's been amazing."
He estimates families could spend about a half-day there between the dinosaurs and amusement park rides. It will be on display temporarily but may become an annual attraction every summer.
"Our pumpkin patch has been drawing visitors far into Illinois and the Chicagoland area," he said. "We're looking to give out a great experience to get people to visit the farm."
Harvest Tyme also plans a dinosaur-themed corn maze this year, potentially in the fall.
"We're definitely excited to bring full-sized, lifelike dinosaurs," he said.
Tickets will be $18.95 in advance and $22.95 at the door.
For more information, visit harvesttymefun.com, follow the business on Facebook or call 219-440-2386.
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The driver of a motorcycle died from injuries suffered in a head-on crash with a semitrailer on state Highway 26 in Barnes County, according to the North Dakota Highway Patrol.
Dustin Miraldi, 51, of Finley, was going east about 8 p.m. Friday when he lost control of his Harley Davidson about 2 miles southwest of Pillsbury, the Patrol said.
The bike overturned, slid into the westbound lane and struck a 1998 Peterbuilt semi pulling an empty flatbed trailer. The semi entered the south ditch with the motorcycle underneath. The Peterbuilt caught fire and burned up, the Patrol said.
Miraldi was ejected from the bike. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the semi, Brady Jorissen, 41, of Rogers, was not injured.
Barnes County and Steele County sheriff’s offices, Valley City Ambulance, and Hope Fire and Rescue also responded. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/finley-man-killed-it-2-vehicle-crash/article_9bb4051e-ea68-11ec-9e8f-27d3c4a0d522.html | 2022-06-12T19:14:26 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/finley-man-killed-it-2-vehicle-crash/article_9bb4051e-ea68-11ec-9e8f-27d3c4a0d522.html |
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GREENSBORO — Across the nation, small business startups are booming, with the highest rates among women, especially women of color, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Against that backdrop, the agency recently announced Bennett College will be the location for a new U.S. Small Business Administration Women's Business Center, the only one of its kind in Greensboro. Bennett is one of two historically black women's colleges operating in the United States.
Bennett is partnering with the National Institute of Minority Economic Development Inc., which suggested and applied for the opportunity. The institute will operate the center, Bennett will host it on its campus, and the SBA will give money to help the launch.
The center is expected to help women in Greensboro and the surrounding areas with tasks like developing business plans, marketing, managing finances and accessing loans, grants and investments. It is one of five new proposed centers from across the country that won endorsement and funding from the SBA in late May.
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Laura Colson, Bennett's vice president of academic affairs, said one of the college's hopes is that the center will help entrepreneurs in the neighborhoods around Bennett College, and they will in turn bring further economic and social benefits to the community.
"What we do on our campus impacts our village," she said.
The institute is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Durham, founded in 1986 by Bennett alumna Andrea Harris, who died in 2020. Among many other endeavors, it runs Women's Business Centers in Durham, Richmond, and Charlotte.
John Ham, the director of the institute's center for professional services in Charlotte, said that Bennett has a dynamic business department and his organization hopes to use campus instructors to provide some of the training for businesses. They also hope to have Bennett students attend trainings as well, since some are already developing their own business ideas and startups. As the businesses they help begin to grow, Ham said the center looks to ensure they connect with contracts and opportunities in the area.
Tentatively, they are looking to get staff on board by July with the potential to open in the fall. He expects they will eventually hire two or three staff members for the center. Ham said that in the past the SBA has provided something like $150,000 in startup money for a new center on a college campus, but the agency hasn't specified the total amount for this project yet.
The institute will also provide funds for the project, Ham said. He said the organization has a long track record of raising money to pay for its Women's Business Centers, in addition to what the SBA provides.
The SBA has Women's Business Centers in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, and in May, launched its 141st in Anchorage, Alaska. Ham said this will be the first on the campus of a women's college.
Until the center at Bennett opens, the closest SBA Women's Business Center is in Winston-Salem. That center, at Winston-Salem State University, opened just last summer, in August.
Joy Lough, the director and only staff member of WSSU's center, said much of her days are spent in appointments offering one-on-one advice and assistance to entrepreneurs. Most are from Winston-Salem, she said, but she's also had requests for assistance from Greensboro and some other cities.
"If you need the help, the goal is to get you the help that you need," she said.
Today, women own nearly 40% of businesses in the U.S., according to the National Association of Women Business Owners, but continue to face obstacles to growth and profitability.
"When you look at small business loans and things of that nature, women and women of color are the ones who have struggled the most to receive those types of funds for their businesses," Colson said.
Lough said there are some grants and assistance opportunities that are specifically for women, and women's business centers have expertise in connecting their clients to those opportunities. She said she also has seen women benefit from talking through their business ideas with one another in a group she set up.
Lough said that, historically, many women have faced expectations of covering household duties, and even today, women often do a lot for their homes and families.
She looks to celebrate and encourage women who start their own businesses, contribute to the economy, and even grow their own empires, while also pursuing and enjoying other roles and relationships in life, such as a partner, parent or friend.
"It’s more of helping to empower women, to let them know they can do it, and to let them know that there is support for them," she said.
Similarly, she said, the Small Business Administration women's centers provide support to one another.
"We are one happy family," she said, "and we are here to help each other and to help the businesses."
Contact Jessie Pounds at 336-373-7002 and follow @JessiePounds on Twitter. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/education/for-greensboro-women-building-businesses-a-new-center-will-offer-support/article_4f25392c-e8d1-11ec-a149-0b5a8f651acc.html | 2022-06-12T19:22:01 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/education/for-greensboro-women-building-businesses-a-new-center-will-offer-support/article_4f25392c-e8d1-11ec-a149-0b5a8f651acc.html |
WACO, Texas — Waco PD reported as of May 2022 that 13 murders and 40 deadly incidents have occurred in Waco since the start of 2022.
Kim Tatum, executive director for Epiphany Soul and a community member hoping for change, says it's important to hold events like the Community Opportunity Event because it shows kids and young adults there are other ways to make a path for yourself.
"I think it's very important and one of the reasons why I think it's important is because it gives kids an opportunity to see what else is going on in your neighborhood," Tatum said. "Who else can you partner with to, you know, find a different path forward."
Tatum is the executive director of Epiphany Soul, a STEM focused group whose mission is to strengthen community engagement for black and brown young people and provide them with a myriad of resources to explore different aspects of life.
Tatum says the police putting together events like this is crucial to bridging the divide between law enforcement and its citizens.
Waco PD Police chief Sheryl Victorian addressed the crowd today to reassure them that there is a plan and a better way forward.
"As we said before violent crime is is flat in the city. However, we've seen some increases in murders," Victorian said. "But we're trying to come up with solutions to make sure we're addressing these issues at the root causes."
Hundreds of people came out, and some big names joined in the fun as well. Baylor men's basketball head coach Scott Drew and the men's basketball team were at the Multi-Purpose Center signing autographs and hanging out with kids. Baylor women's basketball head coach Nicki Collen and the women's basketball team were also there, interacting with community members and kids.
Collen said events like this are important because the best thing we can o for our kids is provide them ways to stay off the streets and get involved in different activities, athletic or not.
"You know, not everyone likes athletics, but there's so many resources for kids, so many fields for them to get into," Collen said. "Engineering, gaming, we need kids to be involved in these things so we can help slow down this crime. Our program is committed to doing our part as well to help the community any way we can."
Some naysayers believe the cycle of crime and community events may never end. Victorian says Waco must be all in as one city, working to slow down crime and keep Waco safe.
"Get off the sideline and get into the game. Don't be a spectator and making negative comments about what can't be done. Let's get in and figure out what you can do. If each one of us do a little bit. We can we can make Waco an even better city." | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/waco-pd-hosts-community-opportunity-event-with-hopes-of-slowing-crime/500-85d78b4a-0c07-423c-88f4-5d8f247fe9af | 2022-06-12T19:34:25 | 0 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/waco-pd-hosts-community-opportunity-event-with-hopes-of-slowing-crime/500-85d78b4a-0c07-423c-88f4-5d8f247fe9af |
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Lincoln native Michael (Duling) D'Angora, who vowed he would never attend the Tony Awards until he was nominated for one, will be inside Radio City Music Hall on Sunday.
There was a time when D'Angora believed the best way to watch the Tonys was from home, with a bottle of wine and while wearing pajamas.
"Being there, everyone is very nervous and intense, worrying if their bow tie is on straight," said D'Angora, one of the producers of "Caroline, or Change," which has been nominated for best revival of a musical.
And therein lies the issue for D'Angora, the 2000 Lincoln East High School graduate who fell in love with the theater by learning to do everything — from building sets to taking tickets — at the Lincoln Community Playhouse.
What should he wear? His Tony Award debut comes with a red carpet conundrum that has required more thought than he could have ever imagined.
Conventional wisdom might dictate that he dress conventionally, i.e., black tie and a tuxedo, but those who know D'Angora are aware he's anything but conventional.
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"That is something that I need to figure out," he said recently as he talked on the phone and walked through Central Park on a warm spring day. "That is the question of the moment. I have been known to wear some pretty ridiculous things in my time. We’ll see what happens. I will probably go classic just because I’m feeling classic right now."
There's also a certain amount of reverence he believes should be paid to the event, especially given that it will be his first time there.
"Who knows if I will ever get to go again," he said. "Pictures last forever. For the first time, I should do something kind of timeless in case I never get to go again."
He could be a one-and-done, a one-hit wonder, but looking at his career arc — what he's done and what he's got on the back burner — you get the feeling this could be the start of something grand.
D'Angora and his husband Tom are also nominated for another Tony — for an off-Broadway show they produced called "Harmony," which was written by Barry Manilow and has been so well received that there is a good chance it will soon find its way to the neon lights of Broadway.
"That's what we're hoping," he said.
Before the pandemic, Michael and Tom were gaining traction with an off-Broadway satirical musical they wrote called “A Musical About Star Wars,” which Michael described as "bizarre and incredibly stupid."
Still, it was funny and quirky, the kind of show that can attract a cult following. The hope is that "Harmony," bolstered by Manilow's universal popularity, will have the same kind of interest.
Whether it gravitates to the level of "Caroline, or Change" remains to be seen. The musical made its Broadway debut in 2004 and Michael and Tom were immediately enamored with it.
Set in Louisiana in the 1960s, it gives a glimpse of a Jewish family and its Black maid during the days around President John F. Kennedy's assassination.
"It explores the topics of race and religion and politics in a very intimate, close-to-home way," Michael said. "It’s a very powerful story that is sadly still very, very relevant."
The story centers around the maid, Caroline, who has four kids and makes $30 a week, which forces her to make some tough parental decisions — Christmas gifts or dentists appointments? — every payday.
Meanwhile, the Jewish man, a doctor, is constantly reminding his own children about the privilege of having money and the responsibility that comes with that.
"It's a beautiful story that we fell in love with it and were almost obsessed with," Michael said. "We wanted to bring it back, but we had heard there was already a revival of it in London and they were considering bringing it to Broadway.
"We ended up hooking up with them because it's something we've wanted to bring to the masses for a long time."
Reach the writer at 402-473-7391 or psangimino@journalstar.com.
On Twitter @psangimino | https://journalstar.com/news/local/lincoln-producer-garners-his-first-tony-award-nomination/article_6944731b-ff8e-5dbe-8680-09e00c31d12f.html | 2022-06-12T19:38:29 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/lincoln-producer-garners-his-first-tony-award-nomination/article_6944731b-ff8e-5dbe-8680-09e00c31d12f.html |
12:30 p.m. update: Evacuations have been ordered for Arizona Snowbowl, parts of Schultz Pass Road and multiple forest roads in the area. For more information on the county's Ready, Set, Go system, see below.
Original post: Firefighting resources are responding to a wildfire located 6 miles north of Flagstaff and producing a noticeable plume of smoke.
The Pipeline Fire was reported at 10:15 a.m. by a fire lookout and is currently several acres, but active on all sides and growing. Resources on scene include one Hotshot crew, with another en route, one dozer, one water tender, three patrol units, and six engines. Four air tankers and one Type 3 helicopter have been ordered.
Smoke will be visible from Flagstaff, and the wind is sweeping the smoke through Schultz Pass toward Doney Park.
Recreationists in the area were urged to leave immediately, especially those in the area of Schultz Pass down to Ft. Valley Trailhead.
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As a reminder, most of northern Arizona is under stage 2 fire restrictions. In the City of Flagstaff, Stage 2 restrictions include the following:
• The use of open fire pits and other open flame devices (including those with a spark arrestor screen) without an on/off switch is prohibited.
• The use of charcoal and wood-fired barbecues are prohibited throughout the city, including at private residences and campgrounds. The use of propane and gas barbecues with an on-off switch are still allowed throughout the city.
• Smoking and use of electronic cigarettes are prohibited in all public places within the City of Flagstaff, including city parks, open spaces and the Flagstaff Urban Trail System (FUTS) at all times.
On the Coconino and Kaibab national forests, Stage 2 restrictions prohibit:
• Building, maintaining, or using a fire, campfire, or stove fire, including charcoal, coal and briquettes. This includes smudge pots and wood stoves. Stoves or grills solely fueled by pressurized liquid petroleum or pressurized liquid petroleum gas fuels are permitted.
• Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, a developed recreation site, or while stopped in an area at least 3 feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of any flammable material.
• Blasting, welding or operating any acetylene or other torch with an open flame.
• During the hours of 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., operating a generator, chainsaw or other equipment powered by an internal combustion engine for felling, bucking, skidding, processing, road building and woodcutting. An exception is allowed for operating generators with an approved spark arrestor in an area barren or cleared of all overhead and surrounding flammable materials within 3 feet of the generator.
• Fireworks are never allowed.
Forest visitors are also cautioned against operating or parking vehicles over dry grasses and flammable terrain, as catalytic converters and vehicle heat could ignite vegetation fuels. Restrictions are typically lifted when the area receives substantial widespread precipitation, or by Aug. 31.
Fire restriction violations are punishable by $5,000 fine, six months in prison, or both.
For more information about Flagstaff restrictions, visit www.flagstaff.az.gov/2981/Fire-Restriction-Stages.
Restriction details and forest orders for the Coconino and Kaibab national forests can be found at www.fs.usda.gov/main/coconino and www.fs.usda.gov/main/kaibab.
Ready, Set, Go
Everyone has a part to play in responding to an emergency. Learn about what you can do to be prepared.
The greatest threats within Coconino County are wildfire and post-wildfire flooding. All residents need to be prepared in advance for both. Regardless of the type of emergency, there are some basic preparedness terms and steps that can be taken and summarized in the familiar adage: Ready, Set, Go. Here's everything you need to know about this important phrase:
READY — This means prepare now!
Be aware of hazards that can threaten your community. Coconino County residents should always be in a state of Ready, especially during the summer months when conditions can turn quickly. Take the following steps now to prepare for seasonal threats:
- Register with the County Emergency Notification system at coconino.az.gov/ready.
- Connect with the local Emergency Management office, Sheriff’s Office, and public health department on social media. Follow @coconinocounty on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
- Make a family evacuation and communication plan that includes family phone numbers, out-of-town contacts, and family meeting locations.
- Build an emergency Go-Kit with enough food, water and necessary supplies for at least 72 hours. Include supplies to help keep you and your family healthy. Start with the five P’s: Papers, Pets, Prescriptions, Pictures, and Personal computers.
- Check in with your neighbors, family, friends and elders through video chats or phone calls to ensure they are READY.
- Keep up to date on local news, weather watches, weather warnings, and public health recommendations.
SET — Be alert
Know there is significant danger in your area as soon as this warning is issued. Evacuation could happen at any time after the Set status is declared and, in some cases, with little warning.
- Residents should consider voluntarily relocating to a shelter or with family or friends outside of the affected area.
- Grab your emergency Go-Kit.
- Keep in mind unique needs for your family or special equipment for pets and livestock.
- Stay aware of the latest news and information from public safety and public health officials.
- This might be the only notice you receive. Emergency services cannot guarantee they will be able to notify everyone if conditions rapidly deteriorate. Be SET to GO.
GO — Evacuate immediately
Danger in your area is imminent and life threatening. It is imperative to leave the impacted area immediately.
- Residents should evacuate immediately to a shelter or with family or friends outside of the affected area.
- If you choose to ignore this advisement, then you must understand that emergency services may not be able to assist you further.
- Follow instructions from emergency personnel, stay on designated evacuation routes and avoid closed areas. For more information, please visit coconino.az.gov/ready-set-go guide. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/pipeline-fire-starts-in-san-francisco-peaks-area-crews-respond-to-blaze/article_8a76f8d8-ea81-11ec-8f37-878ceeab6f55.html | 2022-06-12T19:40:17 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/pipeline-fire-starts-in-san-francisco-peaks-area-crews-respond-to-blaze/article_8a76f8d8-ea81-11ec-8f37-878ceeab6f55.html |
Henrico Police responded to a call for a stabbing outside Merchants Walk Shopping Center on Saturday evening, according to Henrico Police.
Police responded to the call at 6:06 p.m. at 7508 W. Broad St. On the scene, officers located an adult male with a stab wound in the parking lot. The subject was taken to an area hospital by Henrico Fire.
Henrico Police are continuing to investigate the incident and are asking anyone with information regarding this incident to contact them at 804-501-5000 or Crime Stoppers at 804-780-1000. | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-stabbed-outside-merchants-walk-shopping-center-in-henrico/article_87639675-7bd5-5d13-9a3e-0ca3d2bec428.html | 2022-06-12T19:54:45 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-stabbed-outside-merchants-walk-shopping-center-in-henrico/article_87639675-7bd5-5d13-9a3e-0ca3d2bec428.html |
An adult male was hospitalized Sunday after a shooting in the 7100 block of West Broad Street, according to Henrico County police.
Police responded to a call about a person being shot just before 3 a.m. on Sunday. Officers on the scene located an adult man outside and provided aid until emergency medical services arrived.
The man had non-life-threatening wounds and was transported to a hospital. Police said the victim was in stable condition.
Police are asking anyone who has information about this incident or witnessed what transpired just before 3 a.m. to call Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000 or submit tips online at P3tips.com. | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/one-hospitalized-after-henrico-shooting-on-west-broad-street-early-sunday-morning/article_a28d1ac8-7db0-5645-b6b8-0f5ba3d64687.html | 2022-06-12T19:54:51 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/one-hospitalized-after-henrico-shooting-on-west-broad-street-early-sunday-morning/article_a28d1ac8-7db0-5645-b6b8-0f5ba3d64687.html |
PHOENIX — A judge will decide this week whether there will be rules in place to run this year's elections or whether there will be, as an attorney for the governor fears, "chaos'' at the polls.
Anni Foster, attorney for Gov. Doug Ducey, told a judge on Friday that Attorney General Mark Brnovich never approved a new Election Procedures Manual as the law required by Dec. 31. Instead, the attorney general waited four months before filing suit, accusing Secretary of State Katie Hobbs of failing to produce a "legally compliant'' manual.
And by "legally compliant,'' Brnovich made it clear he believes that means what he decides is legal.
In the meantime, Foster told Yavapai County Superior Court Judge John Napper, the state — and the election officials in the 15 counties — are in legal limbo. So she wants him to declare that the manual adopted in 2019 remain in effect and election officials can rely on them unless and until a new one is approved.
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The state's primary is Aug. 2. Early ballots go out in less than a month.
And it's even more immediate, with several counties already having administered local elections this year.
"These elections are ongoing right now,'' Foster said. And she told the judge, it is "inviting chaos in the 2022 election'' if he doesn't rule that counties should continue to follow the 2019 manual, which has the force of law.
"If there is no procedure manual in effect, then nobody knows what the rules are,'' Foster told Napper.
That, however, is getting a fight from Assistant Attorney General Michael Catlett. He said there have been multiple changes in state law and various court rulings since then, all of which he said make the manual "outdated.''
Napper, however, told Foster he's not sure he even has the power to issue such an order. He pointed out the only legal issue before him is Brnovich's lawsuit that does not seek to confirm the 2019 manual but to force changes he wants in the new one.
And the judge also lashed out at Brnovich for putting him in the difficult position of trying to figure out now, just ahead of this year's elections, how counties should be running the election.
He got Catlett to acknowledge that Brnovich got the draft manual from Hobbs on Oct. 1, which was the deadline. And the deadline for adoption was Dec. 31.
"That probably would have been a good trigger point to file something,'' Napper told Catlett. Yet Brnovich did not file suit until April.
The judge said there may be the basis for some of the claims by Brnovich that the items Hobbs included do not comply with the law and recent court rulings. But he was clearly not happy about being pressured to act now.
"I probably would have been more sympathetic for that argument if it was filed in November,'' he told Catlett.
Catlett, however, said this isn't all the fault of his boss. He said if Hobbs believed that Brnovich was abusing his discretion in refusing to approve her changes, she could have gone to court herself long before now.
At the heart of the fight is the Election Procedures Manual, essentially guidance and an explanation of state election laws that county recorders are supposed to follow.
Arizona law requires the secretary of state to prepared a new one prepared every two years ahead of elections. It then is given to the governor and attorney general for their approval.
Hobbs did just that, only to have Brnovich refuse to give it his legally required blessing until she made the changes he wants. And when she balked, he filed suit.
At Friday's hearing, Napper made it clear that he's not buying many of the arguments by the attorney general that all the procedures and policy Hobbs has put in the manual for future elections do not comply with the law. He said Brnovich is off base with claims ranging from how counties verify signatures on early ballots to political party registration and campaign finance requirements.
Napper also at times expressed frustration with the arguments being advanced by Catlett, saying he doesn't seem to understand the issues.
Consider the issue of the wording that has to be on the envelopes that go out with the early ballots.
Catlett objects to the fact that Hobbs is telling counties they should not use the words "return to sender'' as instructions for what to do if the voter does not live there anymore. He told the judge that is contrary to what lawmakers directed.
Napper said that's not exactly true.
He said the law says it has to be that language "or something substantially similar.''
In this case, the judge said Hobbs had information from the U.S. Postal Service that putting such language on the envelope could result in automated sorting machines might send the ballots back to the counties rather than on to voters. That, said Napper, would appear to provide sufficient reason for Hobbs to direct counties to use that "substantially similar'' language, like "return to post office," to ensure that voters would get their ballots.
But Catlett continued to argue that the law was clear — and that Hobbs could not dictate to counties what language they should use. He asked Napper to instead say the best Hobbs could do is provide a "helpful example'' of what language would be similar.
Other pending issues range from whether some votes cast in the wrong precinct can be counted to whether counties have to actually have an election worker "staff'' ballot drop boxes or they can simply be electronically monitored.
That, however, still leaves the question of what Napper actually can do about all this.
"I need someone to explain to me how this thing lands,'' the judge said.
"I don't know how this ends,'' he continued. "You've got a clock that's ticking.''
And Napper pointed out that Brnovich has not agreed to abide by any decisions he makes about what needs to be in the new Election Procedures Manual. Nor, the judge said, has Ducey whose signature also is necessary to put a new manual into effect, creating the possibility of ongoing litigation.
The lawsuit is the latest in a series of disputes between Brnovich, a Republican contender for U.S. Senate, and Hobbs, a Democrat running for governor.
That includes his efforts to have her declared criminally liable for taking down an online web site for candidates, a complaint that was handed to the Cochise County Attorney to investigate, and her complaints to the State Bar of Arizona that his office had been representing her and then took a contrary position in court, a case that resulted in a "diversion agreement'' requiring Brnovich to set some clear lines between his role as prosecutor and his role as a defender of state agencies.
Howard Fischer is a veteran journalist who has been reporting since 1970 and covering state politics and the Legislature since 1982. Follow him on Twitter at @azcapmedia or email azcapmedia@gmail.com. | https://tucson.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/judge-could-rule-this-week-on-whether-arizona-election-manual-is-legally-compliant/article_50c5691e-e8e0-11ec-a892-e3a45e4cce7f.html | 2022-06-12T19:56:14 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/judge-could-rule-this-week-on-whether-arizona-election-manual-is-legally-compliant/article_50c5691e-e8e0-11ec-a892-e3a45e4cce7f.html |
HONDO, Texas — For more than 20 years, The Bluebonnet Children’s Advocacy Center has been providing counseling services to children and families affected by abuse, trauma, and violence.
The Hondo based non-profit serves surrounding rural counties like Real and Uvalde, and now their services are needed now more than ever.
Since the tragedy at Robb Elementary School on May 24, BCAC has been offering almost round the clock support.
“We have had over 400 sessions of counseling, trauma focused counseling, which is so important that it be that trauma focused to help these families grow and heal,” said BCAC President, Julie Solis.
Solis said BCAC has only had two counselors to serve more than three counties, and now there are even more families in need to serve.
“We will be expanding our therapy services to make sure that every family that wants services is provided services at no cost to them at all,” said Solis. “We are a nonprofit organization… And so everything we do is for our community.”
BCAC is hosting their 8th Annual Golf Tournament to help raise funds.
“It's one of two events that we do that raise the most money. And this year we're really trying to put it over the top to get as much as we can for the kids,” said Fundraiser Chair, Wayne Springer.
The Bluebonnet Children’s Golf Tournament will take place on Saturday June 25 at the Golf Club of Texas located at 13600 Briggs Ranch, San Antonio, Texas 78245.
For more information on registering a team for the golf tournament, follow this link to bcactx.org.
If you’d like more information on how to help in other ways, or volunteer visit their website at bcactx.org. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/bluebonnet-childrens-center-raising-funds-support-uvalde-families-long-term/273-bf35e558-9b16-4ff6-8615-20e673b93d13 | 2022-06-12T20:07:08 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/bluebonnet-childrens-center-raising-funds-support-uvalde-families-long-term/273-bf35e558-9b16-4ff6-8615-20e673b93d13 |
AUSTIN, Texas — As the city of Austin prepares to celebrate Juneteenth, _OFCOLOR’s hosted its second Annual Black Art WKND June 10 to 12.
The event is a series of interactive art experiences at East Austin venue Distribution Hall. Throughout the three days, locals could view multiple exhibits and hear from artists.
This year’s theme is "All Kinds of Black," which honors the people, places and practices of the Black community in Austin and beyond. More than 40 emerging contemporary and urban artists were featured in exhibits throughout Distribution Hall, with live music, VIP and dining experiences.
"We want to make sure we amplify the different colors and schemes and different textures of what it means to be Black," said Steven Hatchect, founder of _OFCOLOR.
“Our first event last year was a success, giving several of the participating artists their first true gallery experience,” said RuDi Devino, the founding member of _OFCOLOR.
Seven exhibit curators handpicked the types of artwork that appeared as part of the experience.
“Black Art WKND 2021 allowed us to infuse 80% of our funding to put on the event by using Black-owned businesses and vendors, and we hope to do the same thing again this year," said Devino.
_OFCOLOR said it aims to empower diverse creatives and cultivate one-of-a-kind experiences for people of all ages and races to explore art in different ways.
"We know that the Black population is slowly declining because of gentrification and other things. This allows us to bring forth an environment where, at least they feel as though they can stay, that they can build, and that there is something here for them. We definitely wanted to make sure what we're incorporating gives the ability for them to feel as though they belong," said Hatchect.
They are the force behind Austin’s first Latino Art WKND, held in November 2021, and behind crafting numerous art, fashion and music-related experiences across the city.
Tickets for the event ranged from $35 to $100. A portion of the proceeds will benefit _OFCOLOR’s community partner Six Square Austin to continue supporting artists of color in Austin.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Police are on the scene of an officer-involved shooting in North Austin on Sunday afternoon.
Austin police said the incident happened at Koenig Lane and U.S. 290, near Airport Boulevard.
Residents have been asked to avoid the area.
APD said an update would be provided later on Sunday.
No other information is available at this time.
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SAN ANTONIO — A man has been arrested after he set his rental car on fire near the airport, then tried to drive toward the terminals Saturday night, police say.
It all started around 11 p.m. when San Antonio Police say a man set his rental vehicle on fire at a gas station in the 9000 block of Airport Boulevard which is near the airport, then drove toward the airport terminals.
When the vehicle became fully engulfed, the suspect fled. The San Fire Department responded to the scene and put out the vehicle fire.
Police said the vehicle exploded as if it had ammunition. They used surveillance video then found and apprehended the suspect outside of Terminal B.
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LULING, Texas — A driver walked away completely unharmed after a major crash involving a minivan and a tractor-trailer in Luling on Friday morning.
Luling EMS said medics responded around 7 a.m. to the crash on Interstate 10 just west of Buc-ee’s. The Luling Volunteer Fire Department and the Luling Police Department were also on the scene.
Arriving units found a minivan had struck a tractor-trailer that was parked on the shoulder, Luling EMS said.
“To everybody’s surprise the sole occupant of the minivan was totally unharmed, up and walking around,” Luling EMS said.
Medics said the driver “was lucky to say the least.”
The cause of the crash is being investigated.
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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.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/arkansas-march-for-our-lives-gun-reform-protest/91-8a498f4f-805f-4fe0-a4e1-b5cd28057661 | 2022-06-12T20:23:45 | 0 | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/arkansas-march-for-our-lives-gun-reform-protest/91-8a498f4f-805f-4fe0-a4e1-b5cd28057661 |
SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Nearly 90% of 4,000 Northwest Arkansas residents polled in a recent survey conducted by Springdale nonprofit Northwest Arkansas Council said recycling is important to the region’s future.
“It feels good to be working on something that people want us to work on,” said Dan Holtmeyer, the council’s recycling program manager.
NWA Recycles is the program’s name, and its goal is to advance recycling in Northwest Arkansas by promoting collaboration, transparency, and public awareness to increase participation. Initially, for two years, the program is a joint effort by the council and the Benton County and Boston Mountain solid waste districts that launched last year with financial support from Walmart. Since May 2021, Holtmeyer has led the council’s efforts in working with several cities and regional partners.
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BENTONVILLE, Ark — Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of slavery ending in the United States. This is the first year Northwest Arkansas Community College held a Juneteenth celebration and they are hoping each year it grows with more people and vendors.
“Once people start coming to these events then they realize they have a role too, to play in these ongoing efforts towards freedom, that freedom is a continual process,” said Caree Banton-Associate Professor & Director African American studies at the University of Arkansas.
The art displayed at this event highlighted the history of Juneteenth and the struggles African Americans faced.
“It is necessary to use events like this to kind of shine a light on the importance of not just African American history but American history,” said Banton.
Kristy Love is using this event to learn more about black history and connect with people of color in Northwest Arkansas, after moving from Louisiana.
“I think it’s amazing you know, I think we’re in a climate right now where the education is definitely needed,” said Love.
On the other hand, for Markeith Woods this is his way to showcase his resilience and passion through his artwork.
"I just feel fortunate enough to be able to keep doing what I love to do,” said Woods.
In this community Juneteenth means to them "a celebration of how far we’ve come but also how far we still have to go,” said Woods, and "Despite all the setbacks and bondage, God has still been good." said Love.
The official Juneteenth Holiday is next Sunday, June 19.
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Summer stress on the coast? Here are some ways to try and get relief: Humor
As we move into the high season on the coast, I can feel the onset of systemic summer stress, supplemented by pandemic residue and rising political temperatures.
For some reason, the recent reappointment of the current chair of the Planning & Zoning Commission for another three-year term has done little to alleviate my anxiety.
So, to relax, I tried playing disc golf on the newly refurbished course in Cape Henlopen State Park. After a few rounds, I concluded, like Mark Twain, that “golf [even with the addition of a frisbee] is a good walk, spoiled.”
I joined the Delaware Pinball Collective, but decided that manipulating those flippers caused more tension than the antics of a certain namesake dolphin that I remember from my childhood.
And finally, I engaged in little “herping,” not to be confused with "birding,” at Silver Lake in Rehoboth, but lost interest when it became abundantly clear that turtles and tortoise-like creatures were so much slower than hares that it stressed me out.
Clearly, I needed a more active approach to my issue.
When I learned that Lefty’s Alley & Eats had right-handed, as well as left-handed, axes for throwing, I was all in. What a great way to relieve stress, I thought. Following some elementary instruction, I reared back and gave my axe a heave.
Do you remember Ed Ames’ tomahawk toss on the old Johnny Carson late night show, and how it found its way to the full-body target’s nether regions? My throw was equally that far off the mark. It’s a good thing that my wife was wearing closed-toe shoes.
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Chastened, but not defeated, I headed to Salisbury’s Angry Axe & Rage Room to take advantage of the latter. Perhaps a bit far to travel if you’re really angry, but well within range, so to speak, if you’ve have had low-grade anxiety for the better part of two and a half years.
The so-called “rage rooms” are outfitted with glassware, TVs, appliances and other objects begging to be smashed. I was happy to oblige. All that was missing was an old car to which I could take a sledgehammer.
I know I am not the only Coasty who has been grappling with stress and anxiety. Just think of the girls lacrosse team at Cape Henlopen High. In each of the past dozen years, successive waves of Lady Laxers have taken the state championship. Could they do it again this year? No pressure, right?
Well, as sure as the night follows the day, or subdivisions follow farms, the Cape squad crushed the Tatnall Tatnallians, as I like to call them, by the score of 16-4, thus securing their 13th title in a row. Amazing! The Class of 2022 could now relax.
Charter fishing boat captains are another coastal group that suffers from seasonal stress, and we’re not talking about the pressure to find the most productive fishing grounds.
What truly frightens these maritime captains are bananas, yes, bananas, and the fear that one of their guests will unwittingly bring a banana or two on board.
It is a well-known belief that bananas scare away fish. This is not just another wild conspiracy theory gone mainstream, or one that has inadvertently entered the Gulf Stream.
When the fish aren’t biting, the captains will bet dollars to doughnuts (the latter apparently have no effect on fish) that there is a banana somewhere on the boat.
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Stories, if not research studies, abound relating incidents where bananas have been discovered in lunch coolers, fishing tackle boxes, or even in someone’s coat pocket. The offending fruit is then thrown overboard and, presto chango, the fish begin to bite and stress is relieved all around — except possibly among the denizens of the deep.
Recently, I was pleased to learn that social media, best known for controversy and cacophony, has discovered that there’s also a need for (and profits in) providing some serenity.
Hence, the emergence of several podcasts that offer “white noise,” intended to minimize or nullify contemporary stressors. Their programming consists entirely of such sounds as falling rain, crickets, the clickety-clack of trains on railroad tracks, and even static.
What would constitute a good white noise mix for a coastal podcast? How about the sounds of waves gently cresting on the beach, the UDel wind turbine quietly generating power, and blue crabs softly sidling across the ocean floor?
As a teenager, I fancied myself to be a crab whisperer, talking them into my submerged crab trap. With the price of crabs what it is today, I wish I had continued to develop that skill.
It might also have helped diminish my current stress level.
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ALBANY – Sowega Council on Aging will hold its Summer Regional Senior Resource Fair on Friday from 9 a.m.-noon at The Cross Church in Camilla.
The free event, serving seniors and caregivers from Baker, Mitchell, Colquitt, Grady and Thomas counties, seeks to connect seniors with resources that are designed to improve the lives of the aging community.
A main part of the event is the addition of the Georgia Seniors Farmers Market Nutrition Program, a federally funded program that offers fresh fruits and vegetables to eligible participants at approved market sites each year. Farmers Market participants also receive nutrition and health education on the benefits of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Traditionally, the Georgia Seniors Farmers Market and Regional Senior Resource Fairs have been stand-alone events, but organizers recognized the value of combining them into one, making it easier and more efficient for seniors to enjoy both.
In addition to the Farmers Market, participants will enjoy free giveaways and connecting with other Aging Network Providers to learn more about services and activities to enrich their lives.
“We love events like these because they are at the heart of our mission,” Izzie Sadler, the executive director of SCOA, said in a news release. “We coordinate a system of services for seniors. That means SCOA is a resourcing organization – we connect people with the services and providers they need.”
Prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the SCOA team was in the process of changing operations from direct services (providing services themselves) to indirect services (contracting and collaborating with community partners to coordinate services). The revised model has allowed SCOA to serve more seniors and offer a broader range of activities and classes than before.
To learn more about the Summer Regional Senior Resource Fair, visit www.sowegacoa.org or call 1-800-282-6612.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland’s Eastbank Esplanade has been closed as officials say the Willamette River has risen and affected the floating path amid a weekend of intense rains.
The closure, from north of the Morrison Bridge to south of the Steel Bridge, begins Sunday and will last until further notice on river conditions. However, officials predict the water levels will recede enough by Wednesday.
Visitors and pedestrians will be kept from traversing the path from around Southeast Ash Street to near SE Everett Street.
The Esplanade is a multiuse pathway along the Willamette River, with a 1,200-foot wooden deck over the water beneath the Burnside Bridge.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (PORTLAND TRIBUNE) — Gray skies, nothing but gray skies … but at least it didn’t rain.
The Spirit Mountain Casino Grand Floral Parade went off without a hitch Saturday morning on its shortened east side route from Veterans Memorial Coliseum to the Lloyd Center.
A few families camped out to reserve the best spots along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, but there was plenty of room for walkups to see the Rose Princesses, marching bands and flower floats.
Grant Ebright was there with his son Dax on his shoulders. “He hasn’t been out much,” said Grant of his son. Were his other kids excited?
“Oh, they’re not excited,” he said. “My wife is though.”
The family stood on Northeast Broadway where the parade hit the street.
Phoebe Ebright said, “It’s been a long time since we’ve been out as a family, and we had a COVID baby. I haven’t been to this for a decade. The attraction is the noise and chaos and colors.”
They had tickets for the show inside the coliseum but got blocked, so they walked over the Broadway Bridge and decided to stay outside.
Starla Heim was with her sons, Thunder, in her arms, and Lucca, along with daughter Markie and husband Uriah.
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Heim said she was “super excited” to bring her family, having come to the parade herself as a child.
“They’re loving the floats, and he’s loving the cheerleaders,” she said referring to Lucca. “I like the new route. It seems easier; it flows a lot better.”
Her family had recently lived on the coast, and she was glad to move back to the city.
“Everyone’s been really nice,” she said. “They seem glad to be outdoors. I think we all needed this.”
Standing in the staging area in the shadow of he Moda Center were Alec Henkins, one of three drum majors, and Kayla Baldwin, a flute player, with the Oregon City High School marching band’s Scarlet Brigade.
It was Baldwin’s first Grand Floral Parade — her family recently moved to Oregon City from New York City — but Henkins played the mellotron here in 2019. The mixture of cheerleaders, musicians, flag wavers and ROTC warriors looked nervous and keen to get moving.
Jessica Sayward was also staging and keeping her horse happy while her posse waited for MAX trains to pass and the coliseum to open.
As the Thunder Mountain Rodeo Queen, she said her job was to smile and greet people, but her real horse work is breakaway cattle roping on a ranch in Washington.
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Man found injured at burning house near Gilbert Road and Ray Road
A man was taken to the hospital after being found injured at a burning house Saturday night near Gilbert Road and Ray Road.
Police responded to the area around 9 p.m. after a caller reported they heard someone in distress at a residence, according to Gilbert police. The caller also said they could smell smoke coming from the house.
First responders heard someone in the garage and were able to get the man out, according to Mark Justus, a spokesperson with Gilbert Fire and Rescue Department. Justus said he heard reports of the man having punctures and scrapes but he is not sure about the extent of his injuries. He was taken to the hospital, according to officials.
Media outlets have reported the man had stab wounds but police haven't confirmed this to The Arizona Republic.
Fire crews initiated an "aggressive fire attack" on the residence, Justus said, and they got the active fires under control.
Gilbert police are investigating the cause of the fires and the circumstances behind the man's injuries.
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Wrong-way crash leaves 1 dead, 1 injured in SR 51 near Bethany Home Road
One person died and another one was injured after a wrong-way crash that occurred around midnight on Arizona State Route 51 near Bethany Home Road.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety said they received reports of a wrong-way driver in that area around 11:50 p.m. on Saturday. The vehicle was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of the roadway, according to DPS.
Shortly after, DPS received reports of a collision, which resulted in one fatality and one injury. The condition of the person who was injured is unclear and the victims haven't been identified.
It has not been determined if impairment was a factor in the collision, according to DPS.
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Bryce Martin, the Carthage College alum attempting a LEGO brick word world record, placed the last brick on his 23,621 piece build Saturday afternoon, completing nearly 20 hours of work.
In the end, it spelled out a single word, with plenty of meaning.
The Lego blocks spelled out the word, "Together," in reference to Carthage's school motto, as well as speaking to the past two years of struggles, whether social unrest or the COVID-19 pandemic.
"It was emotional to be done with something you've planned so long," Bryce said. "It felt great."
Through most of a day he spend building, friends and family came by to watch and support Martin. Seeing so much support was "quite moving."
"It was nice to interact with the kids," Martin said. "Lego brings people together."
Bryce's brother-in-law Andrew Warmus and niece Kenzie managed to drop by.
"It seems very Bryce; it's something he would do," Kenzie said.
Andrew talked about his initial reactions when he heard about the plan.
"It thought, where is he going to get all the Lego pieces?" Andrew said. "But I liked the concept, it was a thoughtful idea."
Although the more than 11 by two foot long word is complete, Martin said the verification process for Guinness World Records could take up to 12 weeks.
"It's tough, you finish it, but it's not complete until evidence collection is done," Martin said. "There's lots of work to be done."
By the end, Bryce's pointer finger had gone numb and his fingers were wrapped in bandages. However, Bryce will likely be taking only a short break from building.
"I already bought a new set," Bryce admitted.
According to Bryce, the Carthage College livestream of the build online had over 68,000 views by its end.
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Bryce Martin and his wife Elizabeth standing in front of Bryce's completed LEGO brick word world record attempt. Martin said it will take some time before his attempt will be verified. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/carthage-alum-completes-attempt-at-lego-brick-word-world-record/article_153bd0f0-ea7e-11ec-8e8c-cf0378b75b84.html | 2022-06-12T21:20:09 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/carthage-alum-completes-attempt-at-lego-brick-word-world-record/article_153bd0f0-ea7e-11ec-8e8c-cf0378b75b84.html |
The walls of the Kenosha County District Attorney’s Office were lit up Friday by the colors of custom art designed by high school students across the county.
The district attorney’s office partnered with Bradford, Tremper, Indian Trail, Reuther and Wilmot high schools on the project earlier this year. Each school summited artwork designed by a team of art students.
On Friday, the students and school officials unveiled the pieces to the office’s staff members and then dined on pizza and cake.
Attorney Jennifer Phan, a former prosecutor and a member of the county’s corporation counsel’s office, helped come up with the idea. She asked the students to paint their “vision of Kenosha.”
“We wanted to show off some of the local art from some of our up-and-coming artists here,” Phan said. “We are extremely impressed with all of your abilities and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your time and effort.”
The DA’s office provided the schools with paints and canvasses.
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District Attorney Michael Graveley said the paintings are very much appreciated.
“It’s our honor in this office to be in front and with so many young artists,” Graveley said. “In the last couple years Kenosha’s had a lot of rough times so we share in a lot of those rough moments. Public art has the ability to inspire when it’s at its best and uplift.”
Graveley said the students have “filled these walls as a gift to us to give us a chance to have those better moments even in our darkest moments.”
Students picked what to spotlight
Isabela Alba, Dakota Beresford, Makayla Hamilton, Chester Hester and Damyla Mack created Reuther’s installation that featured Carl the Turkey, Reuther High School and an AMC vehicle.
Elizabeth Toffel and Jaime Bremer created Wilmot Central’s installation showing a Downtown street.
Vari Pollard, Victoria Jarencio, Caleb Miller, Avi Humi and Emma Gough created Indian Trail’s piece of Downtown Kenosha’s lakefront and streetcar.
“It was a fun thing to do,” Jarencia said. She hopes to become a graphic designer one day.
Bradford students Abbi Hale, Justine Loewen, Marissa Reyes and Cinthya Quinteros Velasquez created panels highlighting the Kenosha Kingfish baseball team, the City of Kenosha logo and Mars Cheese Castle.
“We all kind of worked on it together for a few months,” Loewen said. “I did a little bit of everything.”
Tremper students Ruby Becker, Heidi Falk, MacKenzie Fraher, Tristan Kreuser, Ashley Osorio and Lucia Ricker created panels highlighting The Spot Drive-In and aerial views of the city. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-district-attorneys-office-decorated-with-artwork-designed-by-kenosha-county-students/article_ed9080a0-e8f7-11ec-b95b-9332bc8fe4ca.html | 2022-06-12T21:20:15 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-district-attorneys-office-decorated-with-artwork-designed-by-kenosha-county-students/article_ed9080a0-e8f7-11ec-b95b-9332bc8fe4ca.html |
2:10 p.m. update: Timberline south of Brandis is now at "Go" status. Doney Park is still at "Set."
1:45 p.m. update: Timberline (south of Brandis) and Doney Park have also been put into "Set" status.
1:25 p.m. update: Mount Elden Lookout Road and Mount Elden Estates have been moved to "Set" status. More about the Ready, Set, Go system is available below.
1:20 p.m. update: The National Weather Service forecast calls for warm and windy conditions the rest of Sunday and into Monday, as Red Flag Warnings are in effect both days. High temperatures are expected to rise into the upper 80s through the end of the week with winds returning to normal, while there is a 30% chance of rain Friday and a 40% chance Saturday.
1:10 p.m. update: An incident management team has been ordered for the fire and is scheduled to begin arriving in the next few days. The fire's size and cause is currently unknown, according to the announcement.
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High Country Humane is preparing for animal evacuations and is seeking volunteers to foster the 72 dogs currently housed in its shelter. Those interested should visit the shelter at 11665 N. US Hwy 89.
Information about the status and activity of the Pipeline Fire and suppression efforts can be found on Inciweb at https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8152/.
12:30 p.m. update: Evacuations have been ordered for Arizona Snowbowl, parts of Schultz Pass Road and multiple forest roads in the area.
For up-to-date county information, visit https://coconinocounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=745e7806b0444387bf32792b9c25e169
Original post: Firefighting resources are responding to a wildfire located 6 miles north of Flagstaff and producing a noticeable plume of smoke.
The Pipeline Fire was reported at 10:15 a.m. by a fire lookout and is currently several acres, but active on all sides and growing. Resources on scene include one Hotshot crew, with another en route, one dozer, one water tender, three patrol units and six engines. Four air tankers and one Type 3 helicopter have been ordered.
Smoke will be visible from Flagstaff, and the wind is sweeping the smoke through Schultz Pass toward Doney Park.
Recreationists in the area were urged to leave immediately, especially those in the area of Schultz Pass down to Fort Valley Trailhead.
As a reminder, most of northern Arizona is under Stage 2 fire restrictions. In the City of Flagstaff, Stage 2 restrictions include the following:
• The use of open fire pits and other open-flame devices (including those with a spark arrestor screen) without an on/off switch is prohibited.
• The use of charcoal and wood-fired barbecues are prohibited throughout the city, including at private residences and campgrounds. The use of propane and gas barbecues with an on-off switch are still allowed throughout the city.
• Smoking and use of electronic cigarettes are prohibited in all public places within the City of Flagstaff, including city parks, open spaces and the Flagstaff Urban Trail System (FUTS) at all times.
On the Coconino and Kaibab national forests, Stage 2 restrictions prohibit:
• Building, maintaining, or using a fire, campfire, or stove fire, including charcoal, coal and briquettes. This includes smudge pots and wood stoves. Stoves or grills solely fueled by pressurized liquid petroleum or pressurized liquid petroleum gas fuels are permitted.
• Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, a developed recreation site, or while stopped in an area at least 3 feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of any flammable material.
• Blasting, welding or operating any acetylene or other torch with an open flame.
• During the hours of 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., operating a generator, chainsaw or other equipment powered by an internal combustion engine for felling, bucking, skidding, processing, road building and woodcutting. An exception is allowed for operating generators with an approved spark arrestor in an area barren or cleared of all overhead and surrounding flammable materials within 3 feet of the generator.
• Fireworks are never allowed.
Forest visitors are also cautioned against operating or parking vehicles over dry grasses and flammable terrain, as catalytic converters and vehicle heat could ignite vegetation fuels. Restrictions are typically lifted when the area receives substantial widespread precipitation, or by Aug. 31.
Fire restriction violations are punishable by $5,000 fine, six months in prison, or both.
For more information about Flagstaff restrictions, visit www.flagstaff.az.gov/2981/Fire-Restriction-Stages.
Restriction details and forest orders for the Coconino and Kaibab national forests can be found at www.fs.usda.gov/main/coconino and www.fs.usda.gov/main/kaibab.
Ready, Set, Go
Everyone has a part to play in responding to an emergency. Learn about what you can do to be prepared.
The greatest threats within Coconino County are wildfire and post-wildfire flooding. All residents need to be prepared in advance for both. Regardless of the type of emergency, there are some basic preparedness terms and steps that can be taken and summarized in the familiar adage: Ready, Set, Go. Here's everything you need to know about this important phrase:
READY — This means prepare now
Be aware of hazards that can threaten your community. Coconino County residents should always be in a state of Ready, especially during the summer months when conditions can turn quickly. Take the following steps now to prepare for seasonal threats:
- Register with the County Emergency Notification system at coconino.az.gov/ready.
- Connect with the local Emergency Management office, Sheriff’s Office, and public health department on social media. Follow @coconinocounty on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
- Make a family evacuation and communication plan that includes family phone numbers, out-of-town contacts, and family meeting locations.
- Build an emergency Go-Kit with enough food, water and necessary supplies for at least 72 hours. Include supplies to help keep you and your family healthy. Start with the five P’s: Papers, Pets, Prescriptions, Pictures, and Personal computers.
- Check in with your neighbors, family, friends and elders through video chats or phone calls to ensure they are READY.
- Keep up to date on local news, weather watches, weather warnings, and public health recommendations.
SET — Be alert
Know there is significant danger in your area as soon as this warning is issued. Evacuation could happen at any time after the Set status is declared and, in some cases, with little warning.
- Residents should consider voluntarily relocating to a shelter or with family or friends outside of the affected area.
- Grab your emergency Go-Kit.
- Keep in mind unique needs for your family or special equipment for pets and livestock.
- Stay aware of the latest news and information from public safety and public health officials.
- This might be the only notice you receive. Emergency services cannot guarantee they will be able to notify everyone if conditions rapidly deteriorate. Be SET to GO.
GO — Evacuate immediately
Danger in your area is imminent and life threatening. It is imperative to leave the impacted area immediately.
- Residents should evacuate immediately to a shelter or with family or friends outside of the affected area.
- If you choose to ignore this advisement, then you must understand that emergency services may not be able to assist you further.
- Follow instructions from emergency personnel, stay on designated evacuation routes and avoid closed areas. For more information, please visit coconino.az.gov/ready-set-go guide. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/evacuations-ordered-as-pipeline-fire-continues-to-burn-north-of-flagstaff/article_8a76f8d8-ea81-11ec-8f37-878ceeab6f55.html | 2022-06-12T21:33:15 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/evacuations-ordered-as-pipeline-fire-continues-to-burn-north-of-flagstaff/article_8a76f8d8-ea81-11ec-8f37-878ceeab6f55.html |
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — One person is dead after a motorcycle crash in Lancaster County on Saturday night.
Police responded to a motorcycle crash on the 100 block of Penn Street in Washington Boro around 8:30 p.m. on June 11.
Police and several citizens worked together on life-saving efforts before EMS arrived, however, the rider was pronounced dead at the scene, according to officials.
The Lancaster County Crash Investigation Team is helping with the investigation, which is ongoing.
Anyone with information regarding the crash is asked to contact Manor Township Police at 717-299-5231. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-county/1-dead-motorcycle-crash-lancaster-county/521-3789481a-8802-44c6-8607-b9b5b604c5dd | 2022-06-12T21:38:38 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-county/1-dead-motorcycle-crash-lancaster-county/521-3789481a-8802-44c6-8607-b9b5b604c5dd |
GREENSBORO — People finally got to dive into summer as Guilford County Parks opened its three public pools this weekend.
The summer usually kicks off with pools opening over Memorial Day weekend. But Guilford County delayed opening its pools due to difficulties filling lifeguard jobs.
"I'm glad that the pool has finally opened back up," said Lisa McLure, a mother visiting Bur-Mil Park on Saturday. "I love coming here with my kids every weekend to have some fun."
For the past four weeks, Guilford County Parks has been working to put together a pool program while facing staff shortages and having to create a new schedule.
The county hired a total of 48 lifeguards and pool managers to have enough staff for the entire summer. However, pools will be open for limited hours until enough staff are trained to cover the shifts. Lifeguards are getting training sessions that are deemed necessary to ensure safety at the pool.
The affected pools are at Bur-Mil Park, 5834 Bur-Mil Club Road, Greensboro; Northeast Park, 3441 Northeast Park Drive, Gibsonville; and Hagan-Stone Park, 5920 Hagan-Stone Park Road. Due to staff shortages, the pools will be open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays with weekday hours starting on June 20.
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The city of Greensboro also delayed the typical Memorial Day opening of two of its public pools, but that delay was due to mechanical issues at its Windsor and Warnersville recreation center pools.
Crowds of families gathered at this weekend's opening at Bur-Mil Park. Children of all ages ran through the sprinklers as the lifeguards watched.
"I have been waiting patiently for weeks for the pool to open," Tiffine Michael said as her son played in the pool. "I'm so happy that I can finally bring my son back here to enjoy this place."
Her son Michael Camden said he was having "so much fun."
"I never want to leave."
Contact Tanasia Moss at 336-373-7371 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/summer-arrives-for-guilford-countys-public-pools/article_17e13fba-e5a7-11ec-a50c-ab9010cf04b6.html | 2022-06-12T21:39:56 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/summer-arrives-for-guilford-countys-public-pools/article_17e13fba-e5a7-11ec-a50c-ab9010cf04b6.html |
President Joe Biden soon is expected to sign into law a measure sponsored by U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, aimed at improving health care services for American military veterans.
Mrvan's "VA Electronic Health Record Transparency Act" is headed to the White House for enactment after winning unanimous Senate approval May 26 and previously passing the House without opposition in November.
The legislation seeks to hold the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs accountable to taxpayers as the VA implements a $16 billion project to modernize the electronic health records of former military service members.
In his role as chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, Mrvan said he's learned through the VA inspector general that the VA is not conducting reliable and complete estimates for infrastructure upgrades and costs under the Electronic Health Records Modernization (EHRM) program.
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His new law will require the VA provide Congress with quarterly reports assessing the full costs, performance metrics and outcomes of its EHRM project.
"I have seen the great need for Congress to conduct oversight and have accurate information to ensure that the Electronic Health Record Modernization program is able to meet the needs of our veterans," Mrvan said.
"I thank the leaders of the Senate for also seeing the value of this legislation, and as we move forward, I look forward to obtaining the requested information and continuing our work to ensure that all veterans receive the world-class health care they deserve."
This will be the second veterans-related measure sponsored by Mrvan that's signed into law by the Democratic president.
On Sept. 30, 2021, Biden signed Mrvan's plan to extend various veteran benefits, including transportation benefits and dental insurance for veterans, their dependents and other VA health care members before the programs expired at the end of the federal budget year.
Mrvan's track record of assisting veterans extends back to the 16 years he served as North Township trustee in Lake County before he was elected in 2020 to succeed retired U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-Gary, and represent Lake, Porter and northwest LaPorte counties in Congress.
"Throughout my career at the trustee's office, I have had a very positive and collaborative relationship with veterans and veteran organizations in Northwest Indiana, and they have brought to my attention many pressing issues, including those related to technology and health care," Mrvan said.
Mrvan is competing at the Nov. 8 general election for a second two-year term in the House against Republican Jennifer-Ruth Green, a U.S. Air Force veteran from Crown Point. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/mrvan-plan-to-improve-veterans-health-care-set-to-be-signed-into-law/article_8cf5caa8-11f0-51dc-8540-8866fd4245d2.html | 2022-06-12T21:44:08 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/mrvan-plan-to-improve-veterans-health-care-set-to-be-signed-into-law/article_8cf5caa8-11f0-51dc-8540-8866fd4245d2.html |
PORTAGE — It was like coming home again for Noah Simmons.
The assistant general manager and head groundskeeper for the Gary SouthShore RailCats spent a good portion of his youth playing Little League at the fields in Portage.
When he got the call asking for help to get a field ready for the June 5 opening Challenger Division game, he jumped at the chance.
“I grew up at this place. The first thing was how are we going to make this happen. We can’t not let this happen,” said Simmons, who, along with Brian Lyter, president of Salvi Sorts Enterprises, the parent company of the RailCats, and the team’s groundskeeping crew, spent the morning working on the field.
They were joined by members of USW Local 6103 from U.S. Steel’s Midwest Plant in Portage, Portage Parks Department, and other city employees.
The steelworkers volunteered to paint the concession stand and bollards around the parking lot, while city crews painted a storage building and took on other tasks.
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“This is all about people who volunteer and want to make the city a better place. I’m grateful to the RailCats and steelworkers for coming out today, bringing their equipment and getting the fields and complex ready for the Challengers to play on Sunday,” said Mayor Sue Lynch. “They volunteered to help and they really stepped up.”
Lynch also thanked Andy Maletta, a longtime Portage Park Board member and director of the Portage Economic Development Corp., for contacting the RailCats and other volunteers to organize the cleanup day.
“I really appreciate him organizing this event this morning,” Lynch said.
The Challenger League is scheduled to play at the field at 5 p.m. each Sunday in June. The league provides baseball experiences for youngsters with disabilities.
Chandra Ostrander of Real Life Church, which sponsors the Portage Challenger League, said the work on the field will mean everything to the 27 youngsters who participate in Challenger baseball.
“The RailcCts crew is always amazing, and they know what they are doing,” Ostrander said. “This is just for them. The kids are going to feel like a million bucks. I am just so humbled by the generosity and the time they spent so these kids could play.”
The city’s Redevelopment Commission purchased the nearly 8-acre complex last year from Indiana Division One Little League after the Portage Little League organization canceled its charter. The RDC purchased the property for approximately $750,000 and has plans to construct a youth sports center on the property.
In the meantime, the Redevelopment Commission has invested about $150,000 into the fields, said A.J. Monroe, director of redevelopment.
Block dugouts and bleachers were demolished because they were failing and not ADA compliant. They also replaced the roof, soffits, facia, and siding on the concession building and are constructing new dugouts on the senior league field. They will also be crack sealing, seal coating and re-striping the parking lot and completing improvements to the restrooms. The Redevelopment Commission contracted with a private firm to mow and maintain the fields. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/railcats-union-members-volunteer-to-spruce-up-baseball-field/article_63fb4fe8-af1c-5d53-a884-9b3e7b915090.html | 2022-06-12T21:44:14 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/railcats-union-members-volunteer-to-spruce-up-baseball-field/article_63fb4fe8-af1c-5d53-a884-9b3e7b915090.html |
GARY — Two were killed in a shooting at Playo's Night Club on Saturday night, police said.
Jonte Dorsey, a 34-year-old man from Joliet, Illinois, and Jah'Nice Quinn, a 26-year-old woman from Merrillville, were declared deceased at Methodist Hospital, according to the Lake County coroner's office.
Four additional people were injured.
Gary Police Department was dispatched for reports of shots fired at 1:57 a.m. Upon arrival, police observed an unresponsive 34-year-old male, Dorsey, and an unresponsive 26-year-old female, Quinn. They were both transported to the hospital by Gary medics and were later declared deceased.
Of the other gunshot victims, one remains in critical condition and the three others appear to have non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The shooting victims were transported to several area hospitals.
Due to the number of victims and the crowd outside the club, other agencies responded.
The Lake County/Gary Metro Homicide Unit is investigating.
Anyone with information on this incident is encouraged to call 219-755-3855 or the Crime Tip Line at 866-CRIME-GP.
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Alexander Wilderness III
Booking Number(s): 2204672
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Quiana Wilderness
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204673
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY; STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
David Ramirez
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Lavert Smith
Booking Number(s): 2204687
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Manuel Valente
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204688
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - ILLEGAL ALIEN W/ FIREARM
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Justin Moore
Booking Number(s): 2204679
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dayanna Majewski
Booking Number(s): 2204684
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michelle McDaniel-Burgess
Booking Number(s): 2204660
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: COMMON NUISANCE - VISITING - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tzaddi Mingo
Booking Number(s): 2204681
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Zachary Greenwood
Booking Number(s): 2204692
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Rasheedah Echols
Booking Number(s): 2204693
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brandon Elzinga
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204670
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Gonzalez
Booking Number(s): 2204655
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Orlando Derrick
Booking Number(s): 2204686
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Monique Bennett
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204662
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Guy Blessing
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204690
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tremaine Conley
Booking Number(s): 2204664
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY; BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Delores Dehler
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204695
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: HEALTH - LEGEND DRUG; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Ethan Baker
Booking Number(s): 2204691
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Angel Roman
Booking Number(s): 2204644
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Stephen Rucker
Booking Number(s): 2204648
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jesus Sanchez
Booking Number(s): 2204646
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ja Mire Wayne
Booking Number(s): 2204650
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Amber Ford
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204642
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daryl Henderson
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204639
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Perkins Jr.
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204652
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT DEF. USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jaime Carey
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204647
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ronald Fisher Jr.
Booking Number(s): 2204641
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Elijah Bonhama
Booking Number(s): 2204653
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Turner
Booking Number(s): 2204617
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brandon Mills
Booking Number(s): 2204630
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Antonio Ramon
Booking Number(s): 2204636
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Martin Salinas
Booking Number(s): 2204628
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Jones
Booking Number(s): 2204616
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Viron Lewis
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204623
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - MARIJUANA
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Stacey Martin Jr.
Booking Number(s): 2204635
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kristen Meadows
Booking Number(s): 2204624
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Vanuvito Johnson Jr.
Booking Number(s): 2204629
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - BODILY WASTE - INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Joseph Smith
Booking Number(s): 2204583
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mauro Rodriguez Salinas
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204602
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SEXUAL BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Barbara Rose
Booking Number(s): 2204588
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST A PERSON < 14 YEARS OLD - BY ADULT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Terry Wagster
Booking Number(s): 2204595
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - W/MINOR INJURY - (SIMPLE ASSAULT)
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Josephine Olvera
Booking Number(s): 2204609
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Cheyenne Hits
Booking Number(s): 2204601
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Jones
Booking Number(s): 2204616
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Donte McFarland
Booking Number(s): 2204585
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jessie Gomez
Booking Number(s): 2204579
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dane Grivicic
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204598
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marc Campos
Booking Number(s): 2204593
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: FAILURE TO APPEAR
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jennifer Donelson
Booking Number(s): 2204600
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Fischer
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204606
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shantell Alexander
Booking Number(s): 2204612
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Glennard Anglemyer
Booking Number(s): 2204591
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jamie Boyd
Booking Number(s): 2204587
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Darnell Bradley
Booking Number(s): 2204597
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Ward
Booking Number(s): 2204560
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kevin Williams
Booking Number(s): 2204551
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bryan Yepez
Booking Number(s): 2204573
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dandre Spears
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204562
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Saragossa
Booking Number(s): 2204547
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tomas Quijano
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204550
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Christopher Ownby
Residence: Lake Village, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204557
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE; RESISTING - ESCAPE; BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Timothy Montson
Booking Number(s): 2204545
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: CHILD MOLESTATION - FORCIBLE FONDLING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Yokeca Mitchell
Booking Number(s): 2204559
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Jasean McMillon
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204578
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shiquan Jones
Booking Number(s): 2204553
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Johnathan Haag
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204565
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
John Holt-Chaney
Booking Number(s): 2204554
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: FAILURE TO APPEAR
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Hillary Hutchins
Booking Number(s): 2204552
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Antonio Gutierrez
Booking Number(s): 2204575
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Lashay Funchess
Booking Number(s): 2204561
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY RESULTING IN BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Misti Franco
Booking Number(s): 2204558
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - USING A DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Featherston
Booking Number(s): 2204549
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joseph Berlanga
Booking Number(s): 2204548
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - ESCAPE; POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Christopher Blane
Booking Number(s): 2204566
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brett Burns
Booking Number(s): 2204568
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Yasiel Portes Jr.
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204483
Arrest Date: May 25, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michelle Ranta
Booking Number(s): 2204480
Arrest Date: May 25, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Xzaviar Rayford
Booking Number(s): 2204482
Arrest Date: May 25, 2022
Offense Description: WEAPON - ALTERATION - GUN SERIAL NUMBER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gabrielle Paiva
Booking Number(s): 2204472
Arrest Date: May 25, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Darren Monroe
Residence: Port Huron, MI
Booking Number(s): 2204486
Arrest Date: May 25, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/two-killed-in-shooting-outside-night-club-police-say/article_87cbdb42-975c-599a-aedf-59745ac05045.html | 2022-06-12T21:44:20 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/two-killed-in-shooting-outside-night-club-police-say/article_87cbdb42-975c-599a-aedf-59745ac05045.html |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) – Bill Lee proclaimed Sunday, June 12 as Women’s Veterans Day.
Lee took to Twitter to thank all of the women who have served their country.
The proclamation says that a significant number of women have served, with more than 350,000 serving during World War Two.
There are over 40,000 female veterans in the State of Tennessee, according to the proclamation.
From us here at News Channel 11, thank you for your service. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tennessee-governor-bill-lee-announces-womens-veterans-day/ | 2022-06-12T21:53:36 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tennessee-governor-bill-lee-announces-womens-veterans-day/ |
ABINGDON, Va. (WJHL) – Construction on exit 17 on Interstate 81 in Abingdon will continue, with new lane closures coming soon.
New lane closures will begin on Monday at 8 p.m. and continue through 6 a.m. on Friday.
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) asks drivers to find alternate routes through the area to avoid backups on the interstate. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/traffic-alert-construction-continues-on-i-81-in-abingdon/ | 2022-06-12T21:53:43 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/traffic-alert-construction-continues-on-i-81-in-abingdon/ |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — ABC10 took home 13 Emmy Awards at the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) 51st Annual Northern California Area Emmy Awards and Gala. ABC10 had received 27 total nominations in total.
Among the wins was the award for Special Achievement in Overall Excellence/News Excellence, the highest award given by the NATAS chapter. It included nominations for 11 stations.
News Content in Breaking/Spot News - Multiple Reports
“The Caldor Fire: The race to save Tahoe”
- Gonzalo Magana - Executive Producer
- Johnathon Bartell, Brandon Rittiman - Reporters
- Tyler Horst, Rory Ward - Photojournalists
Investigative - Single Report
- Gonzalo Magana - Executive Producer
- Brandon Rittiman - Director
- Rory Ward - Photojournalist
- Courtney Horst - Photojournalist/Editor
Investigative - Multiple Reports
- Gonzalo Magana - Executive Producer
- Mike Bunnell - Digital Producer
- Sabrina Sanchez - Social Producer
- Michael Duffy - Field Producer
- Brandon Rittiman - Director
- Tyler Horst, Victor Nieto, Rory Ward - Photojournalists
Education/Schools - News or Short Form Content
- Johnathon Bartell - Reporter
- Rory Ward - Photojournalist
Historical/Cultural - News or Short Form Content
- Christopher Thomas, Reporter
- Johnathon Bartell – Reporter
- Tyler Horst - Photojournalist
Human Interest - News or Short Form Content
- Rory Ward - Photojournalist
Public Affairs Program - News or Short Form Content
- Ananda Rochita - Producer
Talent - Reporter - Specialty Assignment
“If the state government took deadly crimes as seriously as Brandon Rittiman does, this entry wouldn't exist”
- Brandon Rittiman - Investigative Reporter
Talent - Program Host/Moderator/Correspondent
- Johnathon Bartell - Program Host
Writer - News
- Brandon Rittiman - Writer
Writer - Content
- John Bartell for “California Road Trip County by County Bartell's Backroads”
Editor - News
- Tyler Horst - Editor
Previously, ABC10 also won five of 15 Edward R. Murrow Region 2 Awards. ABC10 was honored in the following categories:
- Continuing Coverage for "FIRE - POWER - MONEY: Crime and Politics"
- Excellence in Writing for "FIRE - POWER - MONEY: The French Laundry Connection"
- Investigative Reporting for "FIRE - POWER - MONEY: The French Laundry Connection"
- News Series for the FIRE - POWER - MONEY reporting project
- Feature Reporting for "Women in Firefighting"
WATCH ALSO: | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/emmy-award-wins/103-b672adbf-b0e1-432e-803e-2ffb7770b9a9 | 2022-06-12T22:00:02 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/emmy-award-wins/103-b672adbf-b0e1-432e-803e-2ffb7770b9a9 |
Originally published June 8 on KTVB.COM.
HORSESHOE BEND — A lot of people live in Idaho for the quality of life, access to the outdoors, and greater freedom. For many, that freedom comes in the form of carrying and shooting guns. However, people who live near the planned shooting range near Avimor feel that freedom infringes on their quality of life and threatens people’s safety.
A month ago, KTVB reported on a different shooting range proposed in the foothills near Eagle. This one is farther north and further along — but sparking similar backlash.
Many say the wildlife, open space and ability to build a better life for their families draw them to put down roots in this region of Idaho.
“I’ve lived out here in this specific area about 24 years,” said Susan Holland, a resident of Horseshoe Bend. “I love the peace and quiet.”
“Freedom, bliss, especially on beautiful days,” said Ryan Haskins, who also lives in Horseshoe Bend. “Our whole family moved here, actually; this is gonna be a family compound.”
The Haskins moved to the Summit Ridge area in Horseshoe Bend a few years ago to escape California’s regulations and year-round fire seasons. However, Haskins is concerned about wildfires in his backyard again — but this time, from the shooting range going in less than a mile and a half from his home. It’s planned for Pearl Road in Boise County, west of Highway 55.
“This just raises nothing but red flags to me,” said Haskins.
Haskins, a former wildland firefighter, and dozens of his neighbors fear that people firing in the Crowfoot Shooting Range could create sparks in Idaho’s fire-prone high desert.
“The fuels up here and elevation when you jump up over 4,000 feet, you’re introducing low humidity and low humidity recovery at night,” Haskins said. “The prevailing winds coming off that range are coming out of South/Southeast and will push [fire] straight toward us.”
“I don’t mind a gun range. I am pro-gun,” added Horseshoe Bend’s Fire Chief Jeff Johnson. However, Johnson is opposed to the Crowfoot Shooting Range. He feels that the group, mostly people who live in Avimor, do not have a solid plan to make the range safe.
“That’s perfect for wildfire,” Johnson said. “You could take just about any round and you can shoot a rock with it and it could potentially cause a spark.”
Boise County Planning and Zoning (P & Z) approved the Crowfoot Range non-profit group’s conditional use permit (CUP). It would go in the ridge over from the Haskins’ property, on 40 acres of donated Avimor land. This area is historically a popular place for illegal shooting.
“We spent an entire summer researching Avimor’s development plans,” said Bill Godfrey, the president of Crowfoot Range and a resident of Avimor, “And this particular property is the safest. It’s the farthest away from homes and Avimor was willing to lease it to us.”
Eventually, Avimor’s managing partner Dan Richter says they plan to build homes close by — closer than the Summit Ridge neighbors.
“You look at all the cartridges, you know, they leave all this brass laying around,” Richter said. “All kinds of hypodermic needles. All the trash.”
Part of the driving force behind this plan, which is four years in the making, has been to control trespassing, trash and target shooting on their land along Pearl Road.
“The problem was not so much the shooting — although we wanted to keep shooting in safe places — it was all the garbage they left behind,” Richter told 7Investigates. “When you’ve got people all along this road shooting into rocks and stuff then there’s a real significant fire danger.”
Because Avimor is in its coverage area, Eagle Fire District laid out fire mitigation conditions that Crowfoot Range must meet. Other agencies have also placed requirements on the range: no metal targets (except for in the long range), structures above the bay, fire line dug around the property, fencing, road improvements, and mostly rock ground instead of brush.
“There will be no vegetation. It’s a rock range,” Godfrey said. “So, there’s not going to be fire within our property.”
Along with creating an organized location to shoot, Godfrey and his friends also want to develop a place for 4H kids to train.
“Eagle 4H, their president, wanted a closer area that they could train their kids for hunter safety and gun safety and that type of thing,” Godfrey said.
Godfrey said there will be 71 parking spaces and 47 shooting lanes in four bays. With a membership, the public can use the range from one hour after dawn to one hour before dusk, or 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Crowfoot will have berms along their lanes and muzzles will aim away from Horseshoe Bend. While guns point toward the hills south of town, they point toward Highway 55.
“We get somebody who’s deciding they’re gonna lay down prone and they shoot as they’re laying down,” Johnson said, “They can bump it and it’s up and over that hill, now it’s on 55.”
Crowfoot cannot build a berm tall enough to completely block Pearl Road, which is practically parallel to the long range.
“What’s the difference between that and shooting on the side of the road?” Haskins asked. “So all you’re doing is attracting more people, and more of a problem.”
Boise County P & Z is not requiring Crowfoot to have a range master to oversee any shooting.
“An organized range polices itself,” Godfrey said. “Members have a vested interest.”
Godfrey said he plans to serve as the rangemaster once he retires. Once they get more members they’ll talk about hiring one.
Disturbing their bliss, neighbors are also concerned about the increased noise the shooting range will attract.
“I’m very frustrated,” Holland said. “I can hear the shooting on Pearl Road very clearly at my house.”
Sound studies that Crowfoot had done found that people who live over the ridge from Crowfoot Range — even a couple miles away over a couple ridges — will hear gunshots.
Johnson also expects more accidents to occur in the area as more cars turn on and off high-speed Highway 55.
“There’s a lot of things that I think are lacking at this point,” Johnson added.
Neighbors have filed an appeal, which Boise County Commissioners will hear soon. Because the county’s servers have been down, the process is stalled at the moment.
“It’s more than just ‘I don’t want a shooting range’. It has a real economic impact,” Holland added.
Godfrey told 7Investigates they can’t afford to push dirt until the CUP appeal hearing.
“We’ve mitigated our hours, we’ve mitigated our days, we’ve done everything we can do. We are going to try and do everything we can to be good neighbors, number one, and, number two, we’re going to meet the requirements that Boise County puts on us,” he said.
People who live in Avimor can currently shoot in a small gravel pit, but Avimor is closing it soon because they need the land. Richter says they do not receive any complaints from Avimor residents who live nearby.
There is a clay shooting range up the road from the future Crowfoot site, from which Summit Ridge area residents can very clearly hear gun shots when the range is in use. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/nothing-but-red-flags-conflict-ensues-over-crowfoot-shooting-range-in-boise-county/article_d455161f-4d4a-5eb5-b8c2-900fb8c22e56.html | 2022-06-12T22:13:19 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/nothing-but-red-flags-conflict-ensues-over-crowfoot-shooting-range-in-boise-county/article_d455161f-4d4a-5eb5-b8c2-900fb8c22e56.html |
HEAT ADVISORY MONDAY 12PM-6PM MONDAY
TONIGHT: Warm and muggy. Lows in the low to mid 70s.
MONDAY: The temperature continues to trend up as we kick off the work-week. Highs climb into the mid 90s in the afternoon, with a heat index approaching or in some cases exceeding 105°. There remains a slim chance for a shower or storm to pop up in the afternoon, but most spots do not see any rain.
TUE/WED: The only relief from the heat Tuesday and Wednesday will be isolated showers and storms that pop up in the heat of the afternoon. These will be randomly scattered across the state, with some getting relief, while others continue to bake in the Alabama sunshine. Highs range from the low to mid 90s, with the heat index climbing in the low 100s. Some spots could see the heat index climb above 105°.
THU/FRI: Rain chances trend a little higher for the end of the work-week. Still, the heat doesn’t look to break. We could see some drier air begin to encroach by the end of Friday though, which would help decrease the heat index some even if actual temperatures don’t drop much.
WEEKEND OUTLOOK: The weekend is looking dry and hot, with highs in the 90s and the heat index approaching or exceeding 100°.
GULF COAST FORECAST: Hot and very humid conditions continue this week. Highs in the upper 80s and perhaps a few low 90s, with the heat index well into the triple digits through the week. Scattered showers and storms are possible each day, with rain chances hovering between 20-40% through much of the week. Yellow flag conditions are likely in the Gulf for most of this week. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/heat-advisory-in-place-monday/ | 2022-06-12T22:14:09 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/heat-advisory-in-place-monday/ |
ALBANY — Phoebe Putney Health System will hold its annual Men’s Health Fair on Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon on Albany State University’s East Campus in the Billy C. Black Auditorium.
For the second year in a row, the theme of the event will be “Shop Talk.” The intent of the theme is to mirror that of a barber shop — giving attendees the chance to interact with health care experts and discuss common health conditions in a comfortable setting. The barber shop theme began in 2021 and was designed to help break communication barriers men sometimes have when it comes to talking about their health.
“A lot gets talked about at the barber shop,” Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital Community Benefits Director Darrell Sabbs said. “Men aren’t afraid to talk in that environment. With the help of local barber shop owners, we are able to bring the barber shop to our men’s health fair and open that line of communication with health experts.”
Health care experts will discuss not only common health conditions affecting men but also prostate cancer, lung cancer and sickle cell disease. This year’s “Shop Talk” panel includes:
♦ Phoebe Primary Care Physician Dr. Derek Heard
♦ Phoebe Emergency Medicine Medical Director Dr. James Black
♦ Radiation Oncologist Dr. Adam Jones
♦ Dr. Brian Rivers of the Morehouse School of Medicine
♦ Peach State Health Plan Chief Medical Director Dr. James Richardson
In addition to “Shop Talk,” attendees will be offered free COVID-19 vaccines, as well as free health screenings for blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol and prostate from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Flint River Fresh also will be at the event passing out free watermelons.
This year’s Men’s Health Fair is being held in partnership with Albany State University, Morehouse School of Medicine and Peach State Health Plan.
“Peach State Health Plan is honored to partner with Phoebe Putney Memorial Health in this beneficial effort to educate, support and engage with our communities,” Richardson said. “The comfortable and welcoming environment of the event provides participants an opportunity to freely ask questions about their health and why it’s important to have screening exams. I’m looking forward to participating again this year.”
Peach State Health Plan is a Care Management Organization that serves the needs of Georgians through a range of health insurance solutions. Peach State Health Plan serves the Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids population in partnership with Georgia Families. The organization also focuses on underinsured and uninsured individuals through its federal insurance marketplace plan, Ambetter, and its Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plan. Peach State Health Plan is a wholly owned subsidiary of Centene Corporation, a leading multiline health care enterprise. For more information visit www.pshp.com. | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/phoebe-to-hold-annual-men-s-health-fair-saturday/article_9d3ceb82-ea93-11ec-8a7e-5ff9e0c8d73f.html | 2022-06-12T22:14:41 | 0 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/phoebe-to-hold-annual-men-s-health-fair-saturday/article_9d3ceb82-ea93-11ec-8a7e-5ff9e0c8d73f.html |
BLOOMINGTON — Wet Sunday morning weather didn’t keep handfuls of shoppers from zooming to the Vrooman Mansion in Bloomington for an outdoor craft fair.
Titled “Sunday Funday,” the market kicked off at noon at the historically registered landmark in the East Grove Street District of Bloomington.
Vendors and shoppers alike were awed by the 1869 structure and the surrounding landscaping. It was once occupied by Julia Scott, one of the first Daughters of the American Revolution.
Property owners Pam and Dana Kowalewski are looking to a successful summer at the mansion, which hosts weddings, corporate events, anniversaries, and celebrations of life. The married couple purchased the building in July 2000, and also offer bed-and-breakfast lodgings.
After 22 years, Mr. Kowalewski said: “We’re still at it.”
Mrs. Kowalewski said bookings are up this summer, and her husband noted business has picked up tremendously when compared to pre-COVID.
She also said they get to “meet a gamut of people” with their operations. Kowalewski said they’ve had a lot of travelers following U.S. Route 66, and others from Europe, but the pandemic did put a damper on their European travelers.
They also had some fancy cars show up over the weekend from the Bloomington Gold Corvettes show, she said.
The next market there will be the “Handmade Vrooman” fair on July 16.
“Sunday Funday” organizer Laurie Harpenau said they had 50 vendors register for the event, with some cancellations. This event was her first market established somewhere “other than my house,” she said.
She tables a booth of her own with her husband Joe Harpeanau, who creates woodworking crafts like plant benches and hanging planter baskets. The Farmer City woman said it was a challenge getting stalls set up around the greenery outside the mansion, but they got it done.
Vendors ranged from small craft artists, like art by “Baker” Joe Falcinelli, to Alexander’s Primetime Seasonings & Rubs. Terry Alexander, of Mahomet, invited passersby into his stall for free sniffs of his spices, and said he heard a few react with “oohs,” “wahs” and a “holy cow.”
Mark Stevens’ nose was drawn to Alexander's wares. The Bloomington man said he planned to buy one or two, once his wife tested them, too, and gave the OK.
Alexander said it was a great day at the market, except for the rain in the morning.
Vandana Bajikar tabled her photography prints and resin arts. She noted she also plans to be at the Sugar Creeks Arts Festival later this year.
There were crystals and jewelry available from Jenny’s Divine Treasures, and wellness products by J.B. Johnson.
Johnson, who tabled hair oils and natural soaps for all skin types, said the venue’s location was beautiful.
She added the landscaping was lovely, and she planned to return for other pop-up markets in the coming weeks.
“I love Bloomington,” said the Springfield woman.
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Contact Brendan Denison at (309) 820-3238. Follow Brendan Denison on Twitter: @BrendanDenison | https://pantagraph.com/business/local/watch-now-sunday-funday-craft-market-comes-to-vrooman-mansion-in-bloomington/article_2f67a678-ea8a-11ec-95fd-9f46c2738dbd.html | 2022-06-12T22:21:59 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/business/local/watch-now-sunday-funday-craft-market-comes-to-vrooman-mansion-in-bloomington/article_2f67a678-ea8a-11ec-95fd-9f46c2738dbd.html |
Days after taking to Instagram to tell fans he'd recently been diagnosed with Ramsay Hunts syndrome, Justin Bieber is postponing two upcoming shows at Madison Square Garden.
The Grammy winner was set to perform back-to-back shows on June 13 and 14 after rescheduling his 2021 tour stops in New York City.
"Due to Justin's ongoing medical situation, this week's Justice Tour shows at Madison Square Garden in New York City will be postponed," a statement said Sunday.
The 28-year-old shocked fans when he delivered the news Friday with only a handful of dates left in his Justice World Tour.
"It is from this virus that attacks the nerve in my ear and my facial nerves and has caused my face to have paralysis," he said. "As you can see, this eye is not blinking. I can't smile on this side of my face. This nostril will not move."
Ramsay Hunt syndrome occurs when shingles impact the nerves in the face, specifically near the ears. The Mayo Clinic says the syndrome can cause facial paralysis and hearing loss.
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"Justin is receiving the best medical care possible and is determined to resume the tour as soon as he and the doctors feel he is able to continue," the statement continued.
Ticket holders will be notified of new tour dates shortly. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/justin-bieber-nyc-concerts-postponed-after-singer-reveals-facial-paralysis/3730815/ | 2022-06-12T22:28:07 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/justin-bieber-nyc-concerts-postponed-after-singer-reveals-facial-paralysis/3730815/ |
A New York man didn’t wait around to hear if a jury was going to convict him on an attempted murder charge.
Instead, authorities in Albany said, Michael Green fled the courthouse before the verdict was read Friday.
Green was found guilty after a weeklong trial. He had been charged with firing a gun in the direction of a house in Colonie in 2020 where several people, including children, were living.
Green had been out on bail during the trial. He faces up to 25 years in prison at sentencing, the Albany Times-Union reported.
Authorities warned the public that the 36-year-old Green, who also goes by the name Michael Edwards, should be considered dangerous.
Copyright AP - Associated Press | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/ny-man-flees-court-before-jury-convicts-him-of-attempted-murder/3730850/ | 2022-06-12T22:28:13 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/ny-man-flees-court-before-jury-convicts-him-of-attempted-murder/3730850/ |
After two years of a pandemic pause, the 65th annual Puerto Rican Parade returned to its Manhattan stage with a huge comeback, filled with traditional music and dance.
Sea of Puerto Rican Flags Takeover Manhattan Mark Parade Comeback
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 12: New York State Governor Kathy Hochul (C) and Letitia James (R) attends the 2022 Puerto Rican Day Parade in Midtown on June 12, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Gotham/GC Images)
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 12: Participants march during the 2022 Puerto Rican Day Parade on June 12, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images) | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/photos-national-puerto-rican-day-parade-in-nyc/3730836/ | 2022-06-12T22:28:19 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/photos-national-puerto-rican-day-parade-in-nyc/3730836/ |
Legendary Philadelphia car collector and retired neurosurgeon Dr. Frederick Simeone has died at the age of 86, a spokesperson for the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum confirmed.
“Late last evening, as the first rays of light began to appear on the Mulsanne Straight, we lost our hero and champion, Dr. Frederick Simeone,” the spokesperson wrote Sunday. “Mere words cannot convey our overwhelming grief and sadness, nor can they express what this great man meant to so many people.”
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Simeone was the chief of neurosurgery at Pennsylvania Hospital for 25 years until he retired in 2008. He was also the author and editor of several papers and medical books.
After his retirement, Simeone launched the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in 2008. Simeone’s father, who was also a doctor, left him with a collection of four cars stored in a garage on Clearfield Street in Philadelphia after his death in 1972. Simeone then expanded his father’s classic car collection over the next few decades and then donated the entire collection to the museum’s foundation.
Simeone’s collection drew major recognition and was considered by many experts to be the best in the world. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/legendary-philly-car-collector-dr-frederick-simeone-dies/3268642/ | 2022-06-12T22:49:43 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/legendary-philly-car-collector-dr-frederick-simeone-dies/3268642/ |
A Delaware man died during a triathlon event in Cape May County, New Jersey.
The man, who officials say was over 70-years-old and from Wilmington, was participating in the Open Water Classic competition of the Escape the Cape Triathlon in Lower Township Sunday around 8:30 a.m. when lifeguards spotted him in the water in distress and in need of medical attention.
The man was taken from the water to the beach in Lower Township near David Douglass Sr. Memorial Park. Medics then performed CPR on him. He was then taken to the Cape Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. Officials have not yet revealed his identity.
“I’m heartbroken,” Stephen DelMonte, CEO of DelMoSports LLC, which runs the triathlon, wrote. “DelMoSports and USA Triathlon lost a member of its beloved community, and we extend our heartfelt condolences to his family and friends.”
The medical examiner is expected to perform an autopsy on the man. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/man-dies-during-nj-triathlon-event/3268631/ | 2022-06-12T22:49:49 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/man-dies-during-nj-triathlon-event/3268631/ |
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — Charleston residents came together to help the Food Shack celebrate their “100-k Day.”
Sunday, the Food Shack served their 100,000th meal while celebrating its 2-year anniversary.
The organization hosted the event at the Orchard Manor Apartment in Charleston – which is the location where they also served their very first meal.
The founder, Tommy Vance says he’s overwhelmed with how much of a difference they’ve made already.
“I know what it’s like to grow up and to be hungry sometimes. Fortunate enough now that’s not the case, but we’re in a position where we can give back,” explained Vance.
Parents in the community say this organization has been a tremendous help – especially throughout the pandemic.
“Unfortunately, it took a job away from me, so I was down for a while. To me this is awesome, especially on days where I don’t have the money to take them out begging for McDonald’s, or I don’t have to worry about heating up my kitchen, it’s a huge, huge help,” said mother, Ashley Moore.
Those working with the Food Shack say this is tacking a need prominently known across West Virginia.
“You don’t have to look far in our region to see the need when it comes to food security. So the food shack, has been meeting that need where it exists,” said Tommy Bailey, the executive director for the Underprivileged Children Foundation.
The Food Shack says they plan to keep meeting that need as they look to expand to more communities across the Mountain State. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/the-food-shack-celebrates-serving-their-100000th-meal/ | 2022-06-12T22:54:06 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/the-food-shack-celebrates-serving-their-100000th-meal/ |
Mohave County is known as the second-highest gold producing county in Arizona, behind Yavapai County.
Mohave was also a producer of tungsten along with other notable minerals such as copper, zinc and lead.
Founded in 1864, Mohave County has a history influenced by the Colorado River, the railroad and the mining industry.
It was the Colorado River that the Mohave people settled upon, communicating with the Yuman dialect. The term Mohave in their language represents “three mountains,” having been derived from the words hamol, meaning “three,” and avi meaning “mountains”.
During the 1860s, the area saw increased population after the U.S. acquired the land from Mexico with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848.
Soldiers from the recently established Fort Mohave prospected the area, discovering gold east in the Cerbat Mountains.
One of the early trading centers along the Colorado River was established by William H. Hardy, which included a ferry crossing along with a town christened Hardyville, a prominent point of overland shipping for mining operations east of the Colorado.
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By 1883 the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad had arrived with a railroad bridge erected across the Colorado River at Needles negating the once prominent Hardyville.
Kingman, founded as a railroad town in the 1880s and named for Lewis Kingman, the locating engineer for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, became the county seat for Mohave County in 1887.
Yucca, a railroad town 24 miles south of Kingman, served as an order office and water fill station for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, known later as the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway that merged with the Burlington Railroad in 1995 and became the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway.
Located on the western foothills of the Hualapai Mountains in the Cedar Valley Mining district in Mohave County, 12 miles east of Yucca off the Boriana Canyon Road, the Antler Mine was first discovered in the 1870s and patented prior to 1900. It produced zinc, copper and lead.
Early production records are scarce. However, the mine was once owned by Phelps-Dodge, which during World War I reported a shipment of 27 cars of oxidized copper ore assaying at up to 12% copper.
The property was worked by F.F. Hintze of Salt Lake City during World War II. Hintze is credited with having formed the Arizona Antlers Mining Co., which sunk a 243-foot shaft on the property. The geology of the mine site is primarily granite, part of a massive sulfide orebody of volcanic origin. By 1948, the Yucca Mining & Milling Co. acquired the property, constructing a mill with a capacity of processing 135 tons of ore per day.
Water was pumped in from a variety of sources including the Boriana Well, which held an open hole storage of 260,000 gallons. This water source also supplies the Boriana Mine located 4 miles from the Antler deposit. The mine operated a 300 ton per day mill.
By 1970 the mine had produced 80,000 tons of ore with a grade of 3% copper and 7% zinc, with 33,000 tons of ore milled that year by the Standard Metal Corp.
Interest in the mineral resources found at the Antler Mine continues at present with the exploration and redevelopment investment by New World Resources Limited.
Considered to be one of the highest grade copper deposits in the world, the Antler Mine comprises more than 6,600 feet of drifts on eight underground levels with access by a 650 foot deep shaft.
The mine is the source for a rare secondary mineral known as “antlerite” that forms in the oxidized zone of copper deposits. Frequently confused with the brochantite it resembles, this Arizona type mineral is sometimes called “green vitriol” and was noted by W. F. Hillebrand in 1889 as a new species appearing as tabular, acicular or fibrous crystals.
The nearby Boriana Mine, a tungsten producer since 1908, became the largest producer of tungsten in Arizona and the second largest in the United States. Economic minerals at the mine include wolframite, scheelite and molybdenite in narrow quartz veins following the foliation of an elongate roof pendant of phyllite in granite. Copper, gold, silver, fluorite and beryl were other minerals found at the mine. Processing included a 200-ton combination gravity and flotation mill which produced tungsten concentrate.
Challenges in production history included finding sufficient skilled labor and upfront capital to fund the mining operations, which was a major issue during World War II. Water was supplied from underground workings including thousands of feet of underground drifts, winzes and raises.
Key production years for the Boriana ran from 1915-1943 and again from 1951 to 1956 wherein 149,000 tons of tungsten trioxide (WO3) were produced. Most of the accessible ore had been mined, however; the mine dumps were reworked in 1978 yielding an additional tonnage of ore.
The unstable character of the rock and flooding of the lower levels impeded further development and production.
William Ascarza is an archivist, historian and author of seven books available for purchase online and at select bookstores. These include his latest, “In Search of Fortunes: A Look at the History of Arizona Mining,” available through M.T. Publishing Co. His other books are “Chiricahua Mountains: History and Nature,” “Southeastern Arizona Mining Towns,” “Zenith on the Horizon: An Encyclopedic Look at the Tucson Mountains from A to Z,” “Tucson Mountains,” “Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum” with Peggy Larson and “Sentinel to the North: Exploring the Tortolita Mountains.” Email William Ascarza for a signed copy of his publications at AZMiningHistory@gmail.com | https://tucson.com/news/local/history/mine-tales-mohave-county-arizonas-no-2-producer-of-gold/article_faf13320-e5d2-11ec-9f83-8b3dbb0103d0.html | 2022-06-12T23:10:24 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/history/mine-tales-mohave-county-arizonas-no-2-producer-of-gold/article_faf13320-e5d2-11ec-9f83-8b3dbb0103d0.html |
HENRICO, Va. — Three men have been arrested and charged with murder in the death of a man who was stabbed in the parking lot of a Henrico shopping center.
In a separate emergency call, three men were reported for a related dispute. Police responded to the local hospital where the call was made from and conducted an investigation. Following the preliminary investigation, all three men were arrested and charged with second-degree murder.
Police identified the three men charged as: Norzaad Nassery, Hamauoun Naseri and Jahadullah Naseri. They were being held without bond Sunday at the Henrico County Sheriff’s Office. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/man-stabbed-outside-shopping-center-3-charged-with-murder/2022/06/12/c65fc1e8-ea97-11ec-9f90-79df1fb28296_story.html | 2022-06-12T23:11:22 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/man-stabbed-outside-shopping-center-3-charged-with-murder/2022/06/12/c65fc1e8-ea97-11ec-9f90-79df1fb28296_story.html |
Central and southern Wisconsin could see severe storms Monday with a potential for tornadoes near the warm front
Central and southern Wisconsin could experience severe storms Monday with a potential for tornadoes near the warm front ahead of a very hot and humid Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
"We're going to be looking at a gradually northward push of a warm front, and that combined with some mid-level energy rotating through will result in the potential for some severe thunderstorms," said Paul Collar, meteorologist for the NWS in Sullivan.
Where the storms could occur depends on how far the front gets to the north, he said. As of Sunday afternoon, the "window of concern" was between central Wisconsin and northern Illinois. That's roughly from about Wausau to Rockford, he added.
While "there's still quite a bit of uncertainty on that," he said, there is some indication that our area could end up in the bullseye.
The primary threat looks to be damaging winds, according to a Sunday tweet from the NWS Milwaukee. Areas near the warm front and just south would be "more unstable with a higher potential of tornadoes."
If the warm front reaches into the southern part of the state, Collar said, super cells or storms that could produce tornadoes are possible.
The potential storms would move along at a "pretty good clip," Collar said. They would likely arrive between late morning and late afternoon Monday. In the east or southeast, they could linger into the early evening.
"We'll be monitoring that and updating the forecast as we get closer," he said.
To prepare for the potential threat, Collar recommends having multiple ways to receive weather information, such as, a smart phone, weather apps, the internet, a weather radio or a TV.
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Tuesday could also be a "highly impactful day" ... but in a different way.
Hot — and we mean very hot — temperatures and increasingly humid conditions are expected.
Collar said heat index values — which combine relative humidity with air temperature — are forecasted to be between 100 and 105 in the southern part of the state. Temperatures could reach the 90s there.
The next chance for storms is Wednesday evening.
"We'll be watching that for the possibility for severe weather as well," Collar said.
Contact Hannah Kirby at hannah.kirby@jrn.com. Follow her on Twitter at @HannahHopeKirby. | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2022/06/12/central-southern-wisconsin-could-see-severe-storms-tornadoes-monday/7604631001/ | 2022-06-12T23:13:16 | 0 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2022/06/12/central-southern-wisconsin-could-see-severe-storms-tornadoes-monday/7604631001/ |
4:10 p.m. update: Those under evacuation orders can take household animals to Coconino Humane Association at 3501 E. Butler Ave. To do so, check in with staff on arrival.
Livestock, including horses, goats, sheep, pigs and chickens can be taken to Fort Tuthill County Stables. On arrival, leave animals in the vehicle and complete the animal intake process with staff.
The stables are self-service, meaning that owners are responsible for all of their livestock services, including feeding and watering. If possible, bring water troughs, feed and cages for smaller livestock.
3:55 p.m. update: The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has activated a smoke forecast for the fire.
The smoke plume trajectory is to the east and northeast, with smoke forecast to the north and northeast of Flagstaff through Monday.
Moderate to heavy smoke impacts are likely in the Doney Park, Sunset Crater and Timberline areas tonight. If possible, ADEQ suggests closing windows and using alternative cooling devices, turning off swamp coolers, using filtered HVAC systems and avoiding outdoor activities when in areas with heavy smoke impacts.
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Strong southeast winds are forecast for Monday, "likely resulting in active fire behavior and significant smoke production once again."
The full forecast is available at azdeq.gov/WildfireSmokeForecast?fire=pipelinefire. More about the health effects of smoke can be found here.
3:40 p.m. update: Coconino County Health and Human Services has announced a call center for the Pipeline Fire is now open at 928-679-8525.
3:30 p.m. update: The Red Cross will be opening a shelter for people evacuated by the fire tonight at Sinagua Middle School (3950 E. Butler Ave). It will open by 4 p.m. today.
High Country Humane's shelter has been evacuated. It is still in need of foster homes for adult dogs and is asking those interested to come to Fort Tuthill County Park.
3:05 p.m. update: Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort is offering emergency shelter for families displaced by the fire (address must be in the evacuation zone). To find out more, call 928-856-7200 and select option 2.
2:55 p.m. update: U.S. 89 is closed due to the fire (southbound from mile post 430 and northbound from mile post 427). ADOT does not currently have an estimated time for reopening.
2:25 p.m. update: As of 2:04 p.m, InciWeb now lists the fire’s size at 1,000 acres, with 80 total personnel working to contain it. The cause is listed as "unknown and under investigation." Several reports have said that a suspect connected to a white vehicle near the scene was apprehended, but that is not confirmed yet.
2:10 p.m. update: Timberline south of Brandis is now at "Go" status. An emergency alert from CCSO lists areas north of Elden Springs Road are at "Go," which also includes Wupatki Trails, Girls Ranch and Fernwood. Doney Park is still at "Set."
1:45 p.m. update: Timberline (south of Brandis) and Doney Park have also been put into "Set" status.
1:25 p.m. update: Mount Elden Lookout Road and Mount Elden Estates have been moved to "Set" status. More about the Ready, Set, Go system is available below.
1:20 p.m. update: The National Weather Service forecast calls for warm and windy conditions the rest of Sunday and into Monday, as Red Flag Warnings are in effect both days. High temperatures are expected to rise into the upper 80s through the end of the week with winds returning to normal, while there is a 30% chance of rain Friday and a 40% chance Saturday.
1:10 p.m. update: An incident management team has been ordered for the fire and is scheduled to begin arriving in the next few days. The fire's size and cause is currently unknown, according to the announcement.
High Country Humane is preparing for animal evacuations and is seeking volunteers to foster the 72 dogs currently housed in its shelter. Those interested should visit the shelter at 11665 N. US Hwy 89.
Information about the status and activity of the Pipeline Fire and suppression efforts can be found on Inciweb at https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8152/.
12:30 p.m. update: Evacuations have been ordered for Arizona Snowbowl, parts of Schultz Pass Road and multiple forest roads in the area.
For up-to-date county information, visit https://coconinocounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=745e7806b0444387bf32792b9c25e169
Original post: Firefighting resources are responding to a wildfire located 6 miles north of Flagstaff and producing a noticeable plume of smoke.
The Pipeline Fire was reported at 10:15 a.m. by a fire lookout and is currently several acres, but active on all sides and growing. Resources on scene include one Hotshot crew, with another en route, one dozer, one water tender, three patrol units and six engines. Four air tankers and one Type 3 helicopter have been ordered.
Smoke will be visible from Flagstaff, and the wind is sweeping the smoke through Schultz Pass toward Doney Park.
Recreationists in the area were urged to leave immediately, especially those in the area of Schultz Pass down to Fort Valley Trailhead.
As a reminder, most of northern Arizona is under Stage 2 fire restrictions. In the City of Flagstaff, Stage 2 restrictions include the following:
• The use of open fire pits and other open-flame devices (including those with a spark arrestor screen) without an on/off switch is prohibited.
• The use of charcoal and wood-fired barbecues are prohibited throughout the city, including at private residences and campgrounds. The use of propane and gas barbecues with an on-off switch are still allowed throughout the city.
• Smoking and use of electronic cigarettes are prohibited in all public places within the City of Flagstaff, including city parks, open spaces and the Flagstaff Urban Trail System (FUTS) at all times.
On the Coconino and Kaibab national forests, Stage 2 restrictions prohibit:
• Building, maintaining, or using a fire, campfire, or stove fire, including charcoal, coal and briquettes. This includes smudge pots and wood stoves. Stoves or grills solely fueled by pressurized liquid petroleum or pressurized liquid petroleum gas fuels are permitted.
• Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, a developed recreation site, or while stopped in an area at least 3 feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of any flammable material.
• Blasting, welding or operating any acetylene or other torch with an open flame.
• During the hours of 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., operating a generator, chainsaw or other equipment powered by an internal combustion engine for felling, bucking, skidding, processing, road building and woodcutting. An exception is allowed for operating generators with an approved spark arrestor in an area barren or cleared of all overhead and surrounding flammable materials within 3 feet of the generator.
• Fireworks are never allowed.
Forest visitors are also cautioned against operating or parking vehicles over dry grasses and flammable terrain, as catalytic converters and vehicle heat could ignite vegetation fuels. Restrictions are typically lifted when the area receives substantial widespread precipitation, or by Aug. 31.
Fire restriction violations are punishable by $5,000 fine, six months in prison, or both.
For more information about Flagstaff restrictions, visit www.flagstaff.az.gov/2981/Fire-Restriction-Stages.
Restriction details and forest orders for the Coconino and Kaibab national forests can be found at www.fs.usda.gov/main/coconino and www.fs.usda.gov/main/kaibab.
Ready, Set, Go
Everyone has a part to play in responding to an emergency. Learn about what you can do to be prepared.
The greatest threats within Coconino County are wildfire and post-wildfire flooding. All residents need to be prepared in advance for both. Regardless of the type of emergency, there are some basic preparedness terms and steps that can be taken and summarized in the familiar adage: Ready, Set, Go. Here's everything you need to know about this important phrase:
READY — This means prepare now
Be aware of hazards that can threaten your community. Coconino County residents should always be in a state of Ready, especially during the summer months when conditions can turn quickly. Take the following steps now to prepare for seasonal threats:
- Register with the County Emergency Notification system at coconino.az.gov/ready.
- Connect with the local Emergency Management office, Sheriff’s Office, and public health department on social media. Follow @coconinocounty on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
- Make a family evacuation and communication plan that includes family phone numbers, out-of-town contacts, and family meeting locations.
- Build an emergency Go-Kit with enough food, water and necessary supplies for at least 72 hours. Include supplies to help keep you and your family healthy. Start with the five P’s: Papers, Pets, Prescriptions, Pictures, and Personal computers.
- Check in with your neighbors, family, friends and elders through video chats or phone calls to ensure they are READY.
- Keep up to date on local news, weather watches, weather warnings, and public health recommendations.
SET — Be alert
Know there is significant danger in your area as soon as this warning is issued. Evacuation could happen at any time after the Set status is declared and, in some cases, with little warning.
- Residents should consider voluntarily relocating to a shelter or with family or friends outside of the affected area.
- Grab your emergency Go-Kit.
- Keep in mind unique needs for your family or special equipment for pets and livestock.
- Stay aware of the latest news and information from public safety and public health officials.
- This might be the only notice you receive. Emergency services cannot guarantee they will be able to notify everyone if conditions rapidly deteriorate. Be SET to GO.
GO — Evacuate immediately
Danger in your area is imminent and life threatening. It is imperative to leave the impacted area immediately.
- Residents should evacuate immediately to a shelter or with family or friends outside of the affected area.
- If you choose to ignore this advisement, then you must understand that emergency services may not be able to assist you further.
- Follow instructions from emergency personnel, stay on designated evacuation routes and avoid closed areas. For more information, please visit coconino.az.gov/ready-set-go guide. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/updating-post-more-communities-on-go-status-for-evacuation-as-pipeline-fire-burns-north-of/article_8a76f8d8-ea81-11ec-8f37-878ceeab6f55.html | 2022-06-12T23:17:57 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/updating-post-more-communities-on-go-status-for-evacuation-as-pipeline-fire-burns-north-of/article_8a76f8d8-ea81-11ec-8f37-878ceeab6f55.html |
BOISE, Idaho —
Ada County Highway District (ACHD) has a few reminders for the public during Sunday’s weather event.
ACHD encourages residents to check if their nearest storm drains are clear of any debris to prevent localized flooding. A clear storm drain allows water to easily run into the county’s storm drain system. If the storm drain is not clear, people can use a rake to clear any leaves and debris from the storm drain and dispose of the debris to prevent it from travel back to another drain. However, ACHD asks people not to try removing the grates from the storm drain.
Residents can view a map of their nearest storm drains HERE.
ACHD also stated that inclement weather and flooding can lead to downed trees and signs throughout the county.
Heavy localized flooding, downed trees and signs should be reported to ACHD as soon as possible.
Urgent weekend reports can be submitted by calling the Ada County Sherriff's Office non-emergency dispatch at (208)377-6790. During regular business hours, residents should call ACHD’s main line at (208)387-6100 or by using the TellUs system on ACHD’s website.
Additionally, ACHD wanted to remind drivers to: watch out for all commuters, keep additional space from the vehicle in front, and to use your vehicle’s headlights and windshield wipers.
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IDAHO FALLS, Idaho —
Idaho State Police (ISP) are investigating a crash on I-15 south of Idaho Falls early Sunday morning.
The incident involved a 27-year-old Canadian man who was driving a Volvo semi and trailer full of fertilizer.
According to ISP the man was driving southbound near milepost 117 and failed to properly make a turn.
The semi drove off the left shoulder and struck the guardrail, proceeded into the median, and ultimately crossed into both northbound lanes underneath the Pancheri overpass.
There is no observed damage to the bridge, according to ISP. Traffic has been reduced to one lane with both northbound lanes closed for recovery of the vehicle and the left southbound lane is closed due to debris. The closure is between milepost 116 and 118.
ISP was assisted by Idaho Falls Police Department, Bonneville County Sherriff's Office, and the Idaho Transportation Department.
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