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Art This Way, a program of Downtown Fort Wayne, announced Monday the artist team selected for the installation of a Unity Mural near the The Landing in downtown Fort Wayne.
Ivy Tech Community College art professors Jared Applegate and Erin Salyers will design and install the mural this summer.
The Unity Mural will be on the east and west sides of the railroad underpass at the 600 block of South Harrison Street.
The Unity Mural will be about 4,000 square feet, covering the four cement pillars on the east side, two on the west side, and the solid retaining wall on the west side of the street. Local Fort Wayne business owners Tim and Cathy Beere of DeBrand Fine Chocolates have provided funding for this project.
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The lobby of the Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun St. in downtown Fort Wayne, will serve as a cooling station due to high temperatures and heat indexes forecasted this week.
The cooling station will be available from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Wednesday.
Also, The Salvation Army, 2901 N. Clinton St., will serve as a cooling station from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and
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Community Harvest Food Bank has announced plans to participate in the Summer Food Service Program that provides free meals to youth up 18 years old.
The program, according to Monday's news release, also provides meals for individuals 18 and older who are enrolled in a state-approved educational program for the mentally or physically disabled.
Meals, which began June 6, are provided on a first-come, first-serve basis through July 29 with breakfast 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. and lunch 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The sites are Euell Wilson Center, 1512 Oxford St., and Euell Wilson Gym, 1607 Wabash St. For more information, call 447-3696.
– The Journal Gazette | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/metro-briefs/article_e4cdaa36-f0c4-11ec-a8a7-ffb2af043844.html | 2022-06-21T00:37:17 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/metro-briefs/article_e4cdaa36-f0c4-11ec-a8a7-ffb2af043844.html |
A Monroeville man died Monday morning in a rollover crash on State Line Road north of Carrier Road at the Indiana-Ohio border.
John J. Girard, 58, died accidentally from multiple blunt-force injuries because of the crash, and his death is the 23rd in Allen County in motor vehicle crashes during 2022, the county coroner’s office said.
County police said they were called shortly after 5:30 a.m. to a single-vehicle crash involving a GMC pickup truck.
Their initial investigation found the pickup was traveling north on State Line Road when for an unknown reason it went off the east side of the roadway, overcompensated and drove off the west side, rolling over twice and ejecting the driver.
A passerby located the crash and notified emergency responders, the coroner’s office said.
Girard died at the scene, police said. The crash remains under investigation by county police and the coroner’s office.
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Police are investigating vandalism to an Angola business.
Johann Inniss told The Journal Gazette he discovered Monday that someone had spray painted racial slurs inside the Willow Tree Shoppes, which he owns with his wife, Erlinda Inniss. The business, which was closed Monday, is described as a spiritual wellness center and metaphysical shop on its Facebook page.
Inniss said he reported the vandalism to police and hoped to be open this week. The business recently celebrated its one-year anniversary.
A Go Fund Me page has been established to help the business.
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Firefighters from several Indiana and Ohio fire companies battled a house fire in St. Joe, the DeKalb County sheriff’s department said Monday.
The home’s occupants safely escaped from the home and no one was injured, the sheriff’s department said in a statement.
Firefighters and the sheriff’s department were called to the fire in the 6900 block of County Road 62 shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday. They found the east half of the house engulfed in flames, as well as a vehicle parked in a driveway.
Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire, the sheriff’s department said. Its cause was not immediately known.
Jackson, Southeast, Butler, Northeast of Allen and Hicksville, Ohio, firefighters responded to the fire. County Road 62 was limited to emergency vehicles only between Indiana 101 and County Road 71 while the blaze was being fought. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/monroeville-man-dies-in-morning-crash/article_5ae80500-f0ce-11ec-9cb1-ff4ebcacfa25.html | 2022-06-21T00:37:23 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/monroeville-man-dies-in-morning-crash/article_5ae80500-f0ce-11ec-9cb1-ff4ebcacfa25.html |
CALAIS, Maine — The Maine State Fire Marshal's Office responded to a fatal fire at a Calais home Sunday evening, according to a news release issued by the Maine Department of Public Safety spokesperson Shannon Moss.
The fire took place at 118 Union Street in Calais. Ellen Gibson, 61, is believed to be the owner of the home and the person who died in the fire, according to the report. Gibson reportedly lived alone.
Investigators from the Maine Fire Marshal's Office returned to the scene Monday for processing, and the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta will be conducting an autopsy Tuesday, June 21, according to the release.
This investigation is ongoing. No further information has been released at this time. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/calais-fire-leaves-one-dead-maine/97-53df167b-5cb6-4445-ab1e-efb2d809e918 | 2022-06-21T00:40:08 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/calais-fire-leaves-one-dead-maine/97-53df167b-5cb6-4445-ab1e-efb2d809e918 |
PORTLAND, Maine — World Refugee Day has hundreds of Mainers learning about the diverse immigrant communities that call Maine home Monday.
Celebrations in Portland and Lewiston drew hundreds Monday evening, with Portland's hosted by the Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center for the first time at Congress Square Park.
For Executive Director Reza Jalali, who is originally from Iran but now works out of downtown Portland, it's a labor of love.
"We have a growing population of immigrant refugees. We call them new Mainers. [They] have come from all over the world to start new lives here, and at times, they are invisible to us," Jalali said. "And at the same [time], we have to be mindful to the contributions they have made to the state we love so much."
Jalali and his staff were preparing for this evening all day.
Rita Welcih, a community navigator with the Immigrant Welcome Center who originally came from Colombia two years ago, said being able to host World Refugee Day allows her to help people who have just arrived to Maine from other countries.
"I really want immigrants to be a part of Maine and Portland, the community, and that personally is very important to me... We want people who come to Maine to feel like they are part of the community. We want them to feel like a part of Maine," Welcih said.
The Immigrant Welcome Center estimates there are around 50,000 immigrants and asylum seekers living in Maine, with many coming from Somalia and Afghanistan.
Jalali said Ukrainians will soon make up a large portion of the population as well.
"We hope that many Mainers join us today to celebrate World Refugee Day and meet a refugee, an immigrant, an asylum seeker. To hug them and to welcome them, and shake their hand," Jalali said. "We do that because Maine is a fantastic state, it's what we do."
For Lewiston, the event is in its 20th year of observance.
Fatuma Hussein with the Immigrant Resource Center of Maine said 11 cultures were represented at Monday's celebration for World Refugee Day.
"What we want people to know and to be part of is embracing diversity, embracing community, and collectively saying that we are one Maine," Hussein said. "At the end of the day, the state of Maine has so many backgrounds and so many people, yet we represent the state of Maine."
Asylum seekers looking for help in the state of Maine can access it through Maine Equal Justice.
Those looking to help refugees can access the Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center's volunteer program. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/maines-refugees-shine-on-world-refugee-day-portland-immigration/97-469e1207-2183-41e3-8753-4a6650d5dd2b | 2022-06-21T00:40:15 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/maines-refugees-shine-on-world-refugee-day-portland-immigration/97-469e1207-2183-41e3-8753-4a6650d5dd2b |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers on Monday finally sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a hot potato of a bill that would bar police from making arrests on a charge of loitering for prostitution, nine months after the measure passed the Legislature.
Democratic Sen. Scott Wiener and other supporters said arrests for loitering with the intent to engage in prostitution often rely on police officers’ perceptions and disproportionately target transgender, Black and Latino women.
Critics see it as a further erosion of criminal penalties that tie the hands of police on quality-of-life issues like shoplifting and car burglaries. Greg Burt, a spokesman for the California Family Council, and other opponents fear it’s part of an eventual effort to decriminalize prostitution.
“This bill seems to be perfect if you want sex trafficking to even increase in California,” he said. “This bill is really going to affect poor neighborhoods — it’s not going to affect neighborhoods where these legislators live.”
The bill would not decriminalize soliciting or engaging in sex work. It would allow those who were previously convicted or are currently serving loitering sentences to ask a court to dismiss and seal the record of the conviction.
The measure has passed both legislative chambers, but Wiener took the unusual step of stopping the bill from going to Newsom after the Assembly approved the measure in September with no votes to spare. More than two dozen of his fellow Democrats in the Assembly and Senate either voted no or declined to vote.
He wanted time, Wiener said then, “to make the case about why this civil rights bill is good policy ... and why this discriminatory loitering crime goes against California values."
The Senate finally sent the bill to Newsom on Monday.
But in the nine months since lawmakers acted, concerns about crime, homelessness and the perception that major California cities are becoming more unsafe have become more acute, providing fodder for political campaigns heading into the November election.
Among the bill's supporters is San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, who voters just recalled from office in mid-term after critics mounted a campaign labeling him as soft on criminals.
Newsom, a Democrat running for reelection after easily beating back a recall last year, has said more needs to be done to address homelessness and shoplifting. Newsom’s spokespeople did not immediately comment on Wiener's bill.
Burt believes lawmakers waited to send it to Newsom until after the governor defeated the recall and safely made it through the June 7 primary election.
The bill is sponsored in part by groups supporting gay and transgender rights, and Wiener said he waited to send the measure to Newsom until Pride Month, which celebrates the LGTBQ community.
“It is more important than ever to get rid of a law that targets our community,” said Wiener, who is gay. “Pride isn’t just about rainbow flags and parades. It’s about protecting the most marginalized in our community.”
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the nation's largest such agency, and the 75,000-member Peace Officers Research Association of California are among the opponents. Both say repealing it will hinder the prosecution of those who commit crimes related to prostitution and human trafficking and make it harder to identify and assist those being victimized.
In a statement to lawmakers, the sheriff's department said the law is “often used to keep prostitutes from hanging around public places, business and residential communities, which can breed crime and drug use.”
While the intent is good, the unintended consequences will be to benefit sex buyers, the department said.
But Wiener said the loitering law “essentially allows law enforcement to target and arrest people if they are wearing tight clothes or a lot of makeup.” Similar legislation became law in New York last year, and Wiener cast his bill as part of a larger movement to end discrimination against and violence toward sex workers.
The debate split sex workers and advocates, with the American Civil Liberties Union of California supporting it and the nonpartisan National Center on Sexual Exploitation opposing it.
Once it formally reaches his desk, Newsom will have 12 days to sign or veto the measure.
Two other related measures already are law.
A bill passed in 2016 bars arresting minors for prostitution, with the intent that they instead be treated as victims. A 2019 bill bars arresting sex workers if they are reporting various crimes as a victim or witness. The same law bans using possession of condoms as reason for an arrest. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/lawmakers-eyes-banning-loitering-for-prostitution-arrests/103-4b499598-0b4f-4b48-bacd-e4012f438101 | 2022-06-21T00:43:27 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/lawmakers-eyes-banning-loitering-for-prostitution-arrests/103-4b499598-0b4f-4b48-bacd-e4012f438101 |
FAIRFIELD, Calif. — Police have launched an investigation after a traffic accident in Fairfield Monday.
No details about the accident and circumstances surrounding it have been released by authorities at this time. However, the Fairfield Police Department has closed Vanden Road between Cannon Road and Leisure Town Traffic Circle as the investigation continues.
Police are asking people to avoid the area.
WATCH ALSO: | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/fairfield/accident-closes-vanden-road-fairfield/103-71ec7b17-08a5-428d-a4ef-5dfc970fceec | 2022-06-21T00:43:33 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/fairfield/accident-closes-vanden-road-fairfield/103-71ec7b17-08a5-428d-a4ef-5dfc970fceec |
SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. — Sacramento County, Elk Grove and Manteca officials announced cooling centers are opening Tuesday across multiple locations throughout the week.
Locations in Sacramento County, which also allow pets on leashes or in animal carriers, along with water and snacks include:
- Department of Human Assistance (1725 28th Street, Sacramento)
Tuesday - Friday, 4 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Saturday - Sunday, 2 p.m. - 8 p.m.
June 27, 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. - Department of Human Assistance (5747 Watt Avenue, Sacramento)
Tuesday - Friday, 4 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Saturday - Sunday, 2 p.m. - 8 p.m.
June 27, 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. - Department of Human Assistance (2450 Florin Road, Sacramento)
Tuesday - Friday, 4 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Saturday - Sunday, 2 p.m. - 8 p.m.
June 27, 4 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Locations in Elk Gove and Manteca, which also provide water, include:
- Wackford Community Center (9014 Bruceville Road, Elk Grove)
Tuesday - June 27, 12 p.m. - 8 p.m. - Manteca Transit Center (220 Moffat Boulevard, Manteca)
All cooling centers require masks, and Manteca officials say those with fevers or are displaying symptoms of COVID-19 should not go to the cooling centers. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/cooling-centers-sacramento-elk-grove-manteca/103-4f8e79ce-46e3-44df-9c9c-6eaeeb04406a | 2022-06-21T00:43:39 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/cooling-centers-sacramento-elk-grove-manteca/103-4f8e79ce-46e3-44df-9c9c-6eaeeb04406a |
KANAWHA COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – Here is the latest regarding the tragic drowning of two people in Dunbar over the weekend.
Kanawha County deputies say the body of a child who has been missing since early Saturday morning has been recovered.
The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office says 31-year-old Michelle Godsey, and 6-year-old Deonco Howard were fishing off the boat ramp in Dunbar around 1:30 a.m. on June 18.
Deputies say the child allegedly knocked a large SUV into gear and it hit Godsey and went into the Kanawha River.
They say that Godsey tried to rescue Deonco, but they both were swept underwater. Godsey’s body was found along with the vehicle on Saturday.
“Witnesses have reported to us that the female was able to rescue the six-year-old from the car. However, both succumbed to the current of the river. A witness that was there attempted to do a water rescue, but he couldn’t fight the current,” said Sgt. Ana Pile spokesperson for the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office. “We just can’t quite figure out how that six-year-old was able to manipulate anything inside the vehicle to cause it to roll, and yes we do believe typically a foot would need to be on the brake so we don’t have a clear answer for what caused it.”
A spokesperson for the family posted on social media that they are working on setting up a way for people to donate to help with funeral expenses.
The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office confirms that Michelle Godsey was wanted by Ohio police at the time of her death.
They say that she had removed a GPS bracelet at some point before she drowned. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/the-latest-on-the-tragic-kanawha-river-drowning-in-dunbar/ | 2022-06-21T00:44:05 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/the-latest-on-the-tragic-kanawha-river-drowning-in-dunbar/ |
MINGO COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – Over 100,000 people were left without power in the Tri-State area after a storm hit Friday, June 17.
Some are still in the dark in areas such as Mingo County, which was hit the hardest, according to Phil Moye, Corporate Communications at Appalachian Power.
This afternoon, Gov. Jim Justice declared a state of emergency for Mingo County.
“It’s been pretty hot during the day,” said Billy Atlice, Mingo County resident. “The bad thing is losing food. A lot of food went to waste.”
As of Monday afternoon, more than 6,000 residents and businesses were in the black across West Virginia, Kentucky and Southern Ohio, according to Appalachian Power, Kentucky Power and AEP Ohio websites.
For some, it’s been a long three days.
“After one day, the hot water is gone,” Altice said. “We’ve been fortunate enough to go to family. We go there … take a shower and sometimes eat there.”
Even though the power is back for many, people are still facing other hardships, including no drinking water.
In the small town of Varney, West Virginia, the storm knocked out power to the water plant and it’s still not online, according to Mingo County resident Donnie Edwards.
“I just got my mother, she’s 87 years old, out of the hospital and she likes to drink a lot of cold water right now,” said Edwards. “And there’s a lot of seniors up through here that are doing without drinking water right now, and we’re hoping to get it to every one of them.”
Moye said they’re working to restore power in all areas, but some residents may have to wait even longer.
In the meantime, residents like Altice are stuck in a holding pattern.
“Trying to sit around and be patient and hope for the best,” Altice said.
According to a press release from Gov. Justice, the state of emergency will remain in effect for 30 days or until another proclamation is released.
Restoration and cleanup will continue until then with the assistance of the West Virginia Emergency Management Division. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/thousands-of-tri-state-residents-still-without-power/ | 2022-06-21T00:44:11 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/thousands-of-tri-state-residents-still-without-power/ |
IRONTON, OH (WOWK) — A candlelight vigil will be held for Selina Easter, 20, and Summer Algarakhuly, 18, who were both murdered in Ashland, Kentucky, on June 17.
The vigil is Monday at 8:30 p.m. at 9th St Park, Ironton, Ohio.
The suspect, John F. Tooson, 32, of Ashland, fled the scene in Easter’s vehicle. Tooson ended up in Toledo where he barricaded himself from law enforcement, according to officers.
Officers say Tooson then came outside and shot himself. He is currently in the hospital. They say no one else was injured.
Tooson has two warrants for murder, wanton endangerment in the first degree, and theft of an automobile.
The Ashland Police Department is working with the Toledo Police Department. They are still looking for a motive. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/vigil-on-monday-for-ashland-homicide-victims/ | 2022-06-21T00:44:17 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/vigil-on-monday-for-ashland-homicide-victims/ |
DES MOINES, Iowa — June 20 is Ride to Work Day, an annual event that encourages motorcycle riders to take their two wheels out for a spin. But here in the metro, there's been an uptick in serious accidents involving motorcycles.
Shortly after 8 p.m. on June 19, officers responded to reports of a crash at the intersection of E. 12th St. and University Avenue. According to investigators, an oncoming vehicle drove into the motorcyclist's path.
Later, around 10:30 p.m. the same night, officers investigated an accident at the intersection of E. 26th St. and Maple Street. Police said the motorcyclist was traveling at high speed and ran a stop sign before crashing into an SUV.
No charges have been filed in either case.
According to data from Iowa State University, about 64% of motorcycle accidents in Iowa since 2017 resulted in injuries, but 5% of them were fatal. The Iowa Department of Transportation says that there were 58 fatal motorcycle accidents in 2020; 63 people total were killed.
RELATED: Fatal crash kills 1 near Van Meter
So what can riders do to help keep themselves safe?
The first one is the timeless rule — wear a helmet. Of Iowa's 43 motorcycle fatalities in 2019, 79% of riders weren't wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.
Another tip: know your motorcycle. That might seem obvious, but over half of all motorcycle crashes involved riders with less than five months of experience with their bikes.
But if you're someone who prefers a car's interior to the seat of a bike, there are still ways to help out motorcyclists.
The Motorcycle Safety Foundation encourages all drivers to give motorcyclists some extra following distance on the road, double-check any blind spots and keep a close eye on their mirrors. Motorcycles are small, and they're often a lot closer than they appear.
In total, there have been almost 4,800 motorcycle crashes in Iowa since 2017, with 50% of them involving a single motorcycle and 47% involving a motorcycle and at least one other vehicle. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/des-moines-metro-sees-string-of-motorcycle-accidents-crash-incident-injury-fatality/524-526ce256-7a97-4f89-bf5f-11df9a41961b | 2022-06-21T00:50:44 | 0 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/des-moines-metro-sees-string-of-motorcycle-accidents-crash-incident-injury-fatality/524-526ce256-7a97-4f89-bf5f-11df9a41961b |
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MERIDIAN, Idaho —
Yes, Idaho is known for potatoes, but the Gem State is also the third largest-producing dairy state in the county, just behind California and Wisconsin.
However, as of 2020, there are only 437 dairy farms across the state, most of which are in the Magic Valley region. But back in the day, Meridian was actually the dairy center of Idaho.
This weekend, thousands will take over downtown Meridian as part of the Meridian Dairy Days.
An event that started out as a celebration in 1929, and quickly morphed into an annual gathering of not only dairy farmers, but the Meridian community.
"It's probably going to be strange for people who just moved here, and ‘why do we have dairy days? I can't find a dairy anywhere,’" said Hans Brujin, the president of Meridian Dairy Days.
But that wasn’t the case 100 years ago. In fact, it was nearly 93 years ago to this day that Meridian Creamery opened amidst growing concerns of a Great Depression.
"At one time, this was the dairy capital of Idaho. We had the creamery here right in Meridian where city hall is now and there were dairies every square mile, probably had four dairies,” Brujin said.
At one point, more than three thousand farmers sent their milk to the Meridian Creamery. In 1948, the creamery incorporated a dairy show to its yearly celebrations, and one year later, the celebrations moved to the dairy grounds, now known as the Meridian Speedway.
"You know, people brought their animals, their cows, to show their neighbors how good their cows were," Brujin said.
Today, the dairy show is reserved just for students in FFA and 4H to show off their dairy cattle and dairy goats. The show is still held in the infield of the Meridian Speedway.
But where do they keep the cattle?
"Probably a lot of people don't know that, but the North grandstand, as they call it, is the dairy barn,” Brujin said. “That's where they used to house, I think up to 200 head of dairy cows for the show.”
All the proceeds from the Dairy Days stock show go towards providing scholarships to the FFA and 4H students. This Spring, they were able to give away ten-thousand dollars.
"We still have to eat, and even though there's still not that much farmland left here, we hope that these youth will come back and help out the agriculture in Idaho," Brujin said.
Though the dairy show has remained a constant over the last few decades, Brujin said they continue to add more attractions over the years, things like live music, a carnival, pageants, and a parade. Brujin even said the dairy days parade has become a victim of its own success, every year it keeps growing.
This year they are expecting nearly 100 floats to parade downtown, followed by a fireworks show.
The creamery, by the way, closed around 1970, when the milk was shipped to Caldwell for processing. In 2008, the Meridian City Hall was built in its place.
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NEW ORLEANS — Everette Jackson grew up along the banks of Bayou Lafourche in Raceland, Louisiana.
He died on a river, 2000 miles from home near Boise, Idaho.
On June 19, searchers found the 21-year-old’s body in the Payette River, two miles downstream from where he fell off an inner tube.
He was floating the river with a group of friends a week earlier.
A witness told investigators Jackson slipped into the water and never came back up.
“I’m praying for his mom and his whole family, sweet people,” Samantha Lawson said. “Just praying for his family.”
Lawson is Jackson’s godmother.
“He was one of the little boys that you never had to holler at and tell him to stop doing something or whatever,” she said. “He just was an angel and now he’s an angel in heaven.”
Latrice Young lives across the street from the Jackson family.
“They’re relieved, but it wasn’t the outcome they wanted,” Young said. “We prayed very, very hard that he be found safe and unharmed. Nothing in this world could prepare you for what they found, yesterday, nothing.”
Jackson played on the LSU Eunice basketball team.
Central Lafourche High School basketball coach Henry Latten helped organize a prayer ceremony for the family.
“Being able to have the body definitely can bring a sigh of relief for everybody, that they’re no longer searching for him and wondering what happened to him,” Latten said. “Being able to recover the body and bring him home can definitely bring some closure and peace to the community, especially the family.”
Latten arrived at Central Lafourche a year after Jackson graduated.
But he says the young man would come back to the school and work out during the summer.
The coach said he hugged his own kids a little closer after hearing Jackson’s body was found.
“We often take for granted the moments we have with one another,” he said. “We put so much energy into things that don’t matter.”
Jackson’s loss is felt across the Raceland community. Neighbors said they will be there when the Jackson family returns from Idaho and support them in their time of need.
“He had a bright future ahead of him,” Latten said. “It hurts. It hurts to know something happened to that young man.”
“My prayers and my condolences are just with the Jackson family and we’re here for you all if you all need anything,” Young said. “God Bless you all and I’m sorry for their loss.”
Some of Jackson’s family members flew to Boise to help in the search for his body. Funeral arrangements are now being made. | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/he-just-was-an-angel-body-of-missing-raceland-man-found-in-idaho-river/289-14abcbaf-ca19-4446-8e77-476207b8db3a | 2022-06-21T00:57:00 | 0 | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/he-just-was-an-angel-body-of-missing-raceland-man-found-in-idaho-river/289-14abcbaf-ca19-4446-8e77-476207b8db3a |
SARASOTA, Fla — Jury selection has begun in the trial of a former non-denominational bishop accused of sexual abuse in Sarasota.
74-year-old Henry Lee Porter Senior was arrested in January 2020 after more than 10 people came forward with allegations.
Porter and the Westcoast Church, which he served as a pastor for, have had a long history in the Sarasota area. A portion of a street in the city is named in his honor.
Inside court documents, investigators say a man who was a member and student at Westcoast Center for Human Development accused Porter of abusing him beginning in 1989 when he was just 12-years-old.
Court documents also showed the alleged abuse continued for several years at the church, which was founded by Porter.
Another allegation of sexual abuse happened between April and November in 1990 while an accuser attended school at the church.
The alleged victims were between 12 and 19-years-old with at least one accuser under 12 at the time of the alleged offenses.
Some claimed they were groomed and accessed Porter's office through a different back door when he told them to come there. Detectives said the investigation spans at least 30 years.
"I was shocked, amazed and in a state of disbelief at all the allegations that I heard," said Charles Hill, a minister who also pastors a church in Sarasota.
Hill said he grew up with Porter and attended the same church. He also plans to come to the court every morning to follow the trial.
"All I know is this, God will not be mocked. Whatever man sows that shall he also reap," Hill said. "I just want to see the outcome of it and that whatever comes out of it is God's will. That's why I'm hoping that God's work will be done. I just want to see justice done and I'm very interested in the whole situation."
Throughout this week, the court is expected to hear testimony from victims as well as family and associates of Porter, including his son Henry Porter Junior who has taken over the church.
The trial is expected to end by Friday barring any unforeseen circumstances. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasotacounty/jury-selection-begins-sexual-abuse-case-sarasota-church-leader/67-8d3a5149-2ded-4703-b2ad-56f76ec295f4 | 2022-06-21T00:57:08 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasotacounty/jury-selection-begins-sexual-abuse-case-sarasota-church-leader/67-8d3a5149-2ded-4703-b2ad-56f76ec295f4 |
DPS begins investigation after state trooper shoots, kills man in Apache County, officials say
A state trooper shot and killed a man late Saturday night in Apache County, according to state officials.
Around 10:15 p.m., a trooper was involved in a shooting in Sanders, Arizona, near U.S. Highway 191 and East Sun Lane that left one suspect dead, according to Department of Public Safety spokesperson Bart Graves.
Graves did not provide details on what led up to the shooting.
No officers were injured and there are no other suspects, Graves said.
An investigation conducted by DPS into the incident is ongoing, Graves said. No other information was provided.
According to an analysis by The Arizona Republic, at least 18 people have been shot by a DPS state trooper since 2019.
Read the analysis:Police shootings in first half of 2021 outstrip previous two years
Police shootings overall have seen a spike statewide. In 2021, there were a total of 82 police shootings across the state, and in 2022 there have been 42 police shootings to date.
A Republic six-month analysis found that police statewide shot more people in the first half of 2021 than they did in the same timeframe in 2020 and 2019, with more of those shootings having fatal results.
Reach crime reporter Gloria Gomez at gloria.gomez@gannett.com. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/06/20/state-trooper-shoots-kills-man-apache-county/7683067001/ | 2022-06-21T00:58:56 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/06/20/state-trooper-shoots-kills-man-apache-county/7683067001/ |
Yavapai sheriff seeks help with identifying deceased man in cold case
The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Department is seeking public help to identify a deceased man in an 11-year cold case.
According to a release from YCSO, the man was found on Aug. 30, 2011, on Forest Road 618H in the Beaver Creek area near Interstate 17 and State Route 179.
He is described as being 6 feet tall, 252 pounds and bald with a brown goatee. He also had a 9-inch scar on his left abdomen.
When he was found he was wearing a blue tie-dye shirt, an extra shirt with a logo and a hat, according to the sheriff’s department. He also had a black and red backpack with him. The man had no identification on him, and several types of medication were found near him.
Officers believe the death was due to a naturally caused heart complication.
He was last known to have taken a cab from the Flagstaff Amtrak Station on Aug. 27, 2011, at around 12:30 p.m. to the Beaver Creek area, and the cab driver said the man appeared to be familiar with the Flagstaff and Verde Valley areas, according to the sheriff’s department.
The sheriff’s department is requesting anyone who may have information on this case to call Yavapai Silent Witness at 800-932-3232 or submit a tip at yavapaisw.com.
Reach breaking news reporter Sam Burdette at sburdette@gannett.com or on Twitter @SuperSafetySam
Support local journalism. Subscribe to azcentral.com today. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/06/20/yavapai-sheriff-seeks-help-identifying-man-11-year-old-cold-case/7683842001/ | 2022-06-21T00:59:02 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/06/20/yavapai-sheriff-seeks-help-identifying-man-11-year-old-cold-case/7683842001/ |
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The Dallas City Council votes Wednesday on incentives for two big additions to the skyline.
An 80-story building on North Field Street would become the city’s tallest building, taller than the Bank of America Plaza.
The other project would occupy normally vacant surface parking lots south of Dallas City Hall.
The New Park development on Canton at Akard Streets was a competitor for Amazon’s second headquarters competition four years ago. Now it is moving forward without Amazon.
It will be a 38-story mixed-use high rise with office, apartment, hotel and retail space.
“Dallas is booming right now, especially downtown. If we don’t build up downtown, especially our core, you’re not going to grow the city of Dallas. You’ve got to build downtown, the core,” said Tennell Atkins, chairman of the Dallas City Council Economic Development Committee.
Developer Hogue Global seeks approval Wednesday for $96.1 million in subsidies over future years for the $379.3 million New Park development.
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That is more than 5 times greater than the $16.632 million in public-private partnership grants and future tax abatement sought for the Field Street project by developer Hunt Realty and its lead tenant, financial services firm Goldman Sachs.
In return, the city requires a minimum capital investment of $390 million on that project. Goldman Sachs is also required to retain or create 5,000 jobs at the site.
The Field Street development will replace the North End Apartments where residents said they enjoyed living.
“It's a great place. I like the area, restaurants, and being so close to the AAC,” said resident Craig Powell. “I never thought they were going to tear down these apartments. I feel like they should have told us when we first moved in.”
That neighborhood already has a Tom Thumb grocery store across the street and other Uptown amenities nearby.
“The walkability, everything,” said resident Jill Smith. “Anything you want to eat or do, it's all right there.”
The south side location has few amenities and it needs new streets and sidewalks to support development.
Atkins said that explains the larger city investment in the project which will also help extend downtown toward the south.
“Look at City Hall. Look in the last decade. Nothing around City Hall. Vacant concrete. In order to get something, you’ve got to give something to get back. Look at the long term,” he said. “We're building for the future. We're building for your grandkids, the next generation. So, we've got to invest a little bit more in downtown.”
Resident Charles Holmes said he’s lived at the North End apartment for seven years and did not want to move.
He walks to the grocery store and to work. But he says some workers have not resumed old office attendance habits.
“Dallas is booming. Oh my God, yes it is. But, is it booming to the point of building skyscrapers for businesses? Most of the stuff you see around here is residential,” Holmes said.
Atkins points to the AT&T Discovery District, Klyde Warren Park, The Perot Museum and other recent downtown improvements to explain why other projects are moving forward now as the COVID-19 pandemic winds down.
“It goes to show you the City of Dallas is doing something right,” Atkins said. “Companies want to come to the City of Dallas.”
Resident Jill Smith said she recently persuaded her sister to move downtown from Richardson because of the improvements.
“It's definitely been a big effort and it's paying off,” Smith said.
The new skyline additions are due to meet project milestones within the next two years.
North End tenants said they have been told they must move out much sooner than that.
Also on Wednesday’s agenda is a 200-acre development by Hogue Global adjacent to the University of North Texas at Dallas. That project includes single-family homes, apartments, offices, stores and restaurants which have been sought for years in southern Dallas. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/two-big-additions-to-dallas-skyline-planned/2996544/ | 2022-06-21T01:01:17 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/two-big-additions-to-dallas-skyline-planned/2996544/ |
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — With brutal heat and humidity returning this week, Noblesville has announced the opening of a cooling station.
The cooling center at Forest Park Inn at 701 Cicero Road will be open from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. all this week.
“Heat illnesses should not be taken lightly. You have to keep an eye on yourself when your body overheats and drink plenty of water,” said Noblesville Mayor Chris Jensen. “The cooling center is intended as a safe place for individuals and families who experience heat-related illness or those that need a welcoming place to temporarily get out of the extreme heat and cool down.”
The center will have air conditioning, water, seating and restrooms. City employees will also be available to assist visitors.
“As simple as it sounds, staying hydrated and being inside with air conditioning are the top protective factors against heat-related illness and death – particularly during a heat wave,” Jensen said.
Staying safe in the heat
Ready.gov offers the following tips for staying safe during periods of extreme heat:
- Never leave people or pets in a closed car on a warm day.
- If air conditioning is not available in your home go to a cooling center.
- Take cool showers or baths.
- Wear loose, lightweight, light-colored clothing.
- Use your oven less to help reduce the temperature in your home.
- If you’re outside, find shade. Wear a hat wide enough to protect your face.
- Drink plenty of fluids to stay hydrated.
- Avoid high-energy activities or work outdoors, during midday heat, if possible.
- Check on family members, seniors and neighbors.
- Watch for heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
- Consider pet safety. If they are outside, make sure they have plenty of cool water and access to comfortable shade. Asphalt and dark pavement can be very hot to your pet’s feet.
- If using a mask, use one that is made of breathable fabric, such as cotton, instead of polyester. Don’t wear a mask if you feel yourself overheating or have trouble breathing. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/noblesville-opens-cooling-center-in-forest-park-heat-safety-caution/531-d3a984a9-782a-4bfb-b2dc-34395a756525 | 2022-06-21T01:03:36 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/noblesville-opens-cooling-center-in-forest-park-heat-safety-caution/531-d3a984a9-782a-4bfb-b2dc-34395a756525 |
Parents and caregivers of Pima County’s youngest residents will now be able to start a COVID-19 shot series here following federal approval for both Pfizer and Moderna for those 6 months to 5 years old.
Shots will be available starting Tuesday, June 21, at both county clinics and some pediatricians’ offices. The county has about 2,000 doses arriving so far, and after this week that will increase.
About 20% to 25% of parents nationwide are expected to vaccinate their babies and young children right away, the Kaiser Family Foundation reports.
Overall, the county — like many parts of the country — is seeing infections boom right now, although hospitalizations are stable and not surging.
“We are in an accelerated transmission right now,” said Dr. Theresa Cullen, the county’s health director, adding the shots for the young ones could help offset that over time. “Anything we can do to mitigate that is a considered a win for the health department.”
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COVID-19 transmission in the county is believed to be up to five times higher than what’s currently being reported, Cullen said, with an estimated 500 to 1,000 cases per 100,000 residents right now.
Being able to immunize every age group could help the current pandemic become endemic, meaning the disease will still be here but will not be as significant or as much of a disruption to daily life. However, Cullen said whether that happens depends on how well communities do with immunizing this youngest set.
“It is still a wait-and-see game,” she said. It also remains to be seen, depending on what happens with the disease going forward, whether shots for COVID-19 will become part of a child’s recommended vaccine regimen.
Cullen said the vaccine for this age group has been talked about for months but was delayed in order to ensure its safety.
“The data indicates that this is a safe vaccine and that there have been very few significant side effects associated with it,” she said.
The children who are immunized in this youngest set will either get two doses of Pfizer or three of Moderna. So far in Pima County, about 53% of those aged 5 to 9 are immunized here.
In addition to county clinics and pediatricians’ offices, some pharmacies will eventually start offering the shot to this age group. The county is still running 20 to 30 mobile clinics in the community. For more information on where to find the shot, visit webcms.pima.gov/government/health_department.
“You will need to check with your own pediatrician to see if it’s available,” she said. Pharmacies are not expected to start offering the shot to this age group right away, and some pharmacies will not offer the shot to children under 3. Anyone interested in getting the shot series for their child through a pharmacy should call to find out more details.
If there is a big rush this week, some parents and caregivers may have to wait until next week to get their little ones the first shot.
Within three to four weeks after the series is complete, Cullen said, the child should be well-protected against significant sickness. During the omicron surge, she said, the number of children admitted to the hospital, which means serious illness, doubled nationwide. | https://tucson.com/news/local/pima-county-launching-covid-vaccine-plan-for-areas-youngest-residents/article_82d9ccfe-f0d0-11ec-98a3-7bb1fc7221bb.html | 2022-06-21T01:12:32 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/pima-county-launching-covid-vaccine-plan-for-areas-youngest-residents/article_82d9ccfe-f0d0-11ec-98a3-7bb1fc7221bb.html |
SANFORD, Fla. – Sanford’s Theatre West End is set to premiere its student-led showing of “Puffs,” based on the Harry Potter series of children’s books.
According to the show’s web page, “Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic, finally gives the Hufflepuffs their due after they’ve been given short shrift in the series. Here lies the answer to ‘What is a Hufflepuff?’”
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The production’s summary reads:
“Wayne Hopkins — a boy from New Mexico who is neither brave, smart, nor a snake — finds out he’s a wizard. Upon arrival at a certain school of magic and magic, he’s placed into the Puffs: a group of well meaning, loyal rejects. Over the next seven years, he’ll try to learn magic; try not to have his life ruined by his four-eyed nemesis; and try to not to get hurt in what is actually a very dangerous place to for unsupervised children to be. Sometimes he will succeed. Partially.”
“Puffs” is part of the theatre’s West End Prep program, which is designed to support youth with a passion for performing.
Showtimes will run Friday, June 24 through Sunday, June 26, with both matinee and nightside tickets available.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit the theatre’s website here. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/20/puffs-theatre-west-end-to-premiere-harry-potter-themed-student-performance/ | 2022-06-21T01:13:44 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/20/puffs-theatre-west-end-to-premiere-harry-potter-themed-student-performance/ |
Flagler County, Fla. – Flagler County commissioners approved a half-cent sales tax to be added to the November elections ballot during their Thursday evening meeting.
The county said funding from the tax would go toward upgrading equipment and improving infrastructure in local schools.
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The county mentioned specific items that will be financed by the tax, including bus purchases, school hardening, smart classrooms, learning labs and upgrades for security systems.
The current effective sales tax in Flagler County is approximately 7 percent, which includes both state and county rates.
If approved by voters, the tax will go into effect January 1 next year and will stay in effect for the next ten years. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/21/flagler-county-to-add-half-cent-sales-tax-to-november-ballot/ | 2022-06-21T01:13:50 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/21/flagler-county-to-add-half-cent-sales-tax-to-november-ballot/ |
The Chesterfield County School Board is meeting Tuesday to vote on the adoption of an $836 million operating budget, a decision critical to ensuring funding is available on July 1 for the upcoming year.
The vote will be divided into two parts: voting on the budget the Board of Supervisors approved on April 6 and adopting the updated revenue plans finally underway after state budget delays.
With counties depending on the legislature to finalize the revenue available for potential programs, the indecision created months of disrupted planning.
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These are the major changes between the board’s approved $829 million operating budget for CCPS and the proposed revisions, which come with about a $7 million increase.
The board’s approved budget came with an $8.5 million reduction in expenses while assuring an allocation for teacher raises, with nearly half of that reduction from instruction. But according to School Board documents, the 2023 operating budget from the supervisors is a nearly $68 million increase from last year’s, or a roughly 9% change.
The revised budget taking into account additional revenue is an almost $75 million jump from 2022, or almost 10%.
“At the time of the school board’s approval, the results of a third party salary study and the results of the Virginia General Assembly session were not known, and an unbalanced budget was approved reflecting a deficit of $8.5 million,” wrote Superintendent Merv Daugherty in a memorandum to School Board members.
The 38 amendments submitted by Gov. Glenn Youngkin earlier this month do not “appear to impact CCPS,” according to a presentation uploaded to the School Board agenda.
General Assembly actions, however, reduced state funding for CCPS’ operating budget by slightly less than $1 million, and nearly $6 million was removed from the Capital Improvement Plan.
Major focal points for Chesterfield schools’ infrastructure plan is five new or rebuilt elementary schools, three new or rebuilt middle schools and one new high school. The county is planning a referendum in November for additional funding, which would give voters the power to choose whether Chesterfield raises funds through the selling of bonds.
There will also be about a $1.1 million reduction from teacher raise funding beginning Aug. 1. The county plans to absorb the cost by increasing local support to CCPS.
With the raises effective in August and not July, the teacher raises land at a 4.6% increase instead of the initial 5%. Teachers are expected to continue making 8.6% to 8.8% more this upcoming fiscal year, which would increase starting salary from $46,000 to $49,481.
The state provided $6 million for one-time $1,000 bonuses for “Standards of Quality” positions, which would include bus drivers, teaching contracts at “high needs schools,” food service associates, custodians, instructional assistants and more. This would be in addition to the already-planned bonuses for these positions, a move repeatedly deemed vital by officials to bolster the workforce.
CCPS has struggled to retain teachers during the pandemic, an issue clouding districts nationwide as they push to recover from the past 2 ½years.
In a June 7 meeting, the county’s chief of human resources, Kimberly Hough, reported the number of teacher vacancies has nearly doubled since early February.
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The more than 350 teaching positions sitting unfilled in Chesterfield County Public Schools is blowing open a nearly $17 million budget surplus for 2022.
Other changes noted in School Board documents are “modest increases” for reading specialists and a reduction for teachers of English Language Learners in comparison to the budget introduced by former Gov. Ralph Northam.
The adoption of the revised budget would include nearly $4.7 million to Appomattox Regional Governor’s School, for which Chesterfield serves as the financial representative.
State funding will help establish the Chesterfield Recovery Academy, with $864,000 allocated for the first year and $500,000 for the second year. The high school would be a pilot program aimed at helping students recover from substance use while continuing their education. It’s set to open in late August.
Debbie Bailey, a School Board member representing the Dale District, said in the June 7 meeting that the hiring and enrollment processes could not start until the state budget is approved.
The Chesterfield School Board meets Tuesday at 9 a.m. The meeting will be broadcast at chesterfieldschoolsva.swagit.com/live. | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/chesterfield-school-board-considering-836-million-operating-budget/article_a1d58da6-de6e-5eaa-939d-c963f5866805.html | 2022-06-21T01:30:29 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/chesterfield-school-board-considering-836-million-operating-budget/article_a1d58da6-de6e-5eaa-939d-c963f5866805.html |
The Dallas City Council will vote on new rules to bring back shared scooters and possibly bikes later this year.
The conditions would limit the number of the scooters and bikes and where they can be used and stored.
"Every 90 days, staff will look at it. And where there's good behavior, we allow more units," Dallas City Council Member Omar Narvaez said.
The proposal recommends not allowing rides in public parks, public plazas, the grounds of the State Fair of Texas or on sidewalks. Riding late at night would be banned.
"It's hard to tell them to stay off the sidewalks and get on the roads when they feel like they're going to die when we're on the roads because the driving is so unsafe, " Dallas City Council member Chad West said.
Riders would be required to take an end-of-trip picture to prove the rental bike or scooter is parked correctly and in the right place, or face a fine of $20.
Vendors will be set up later this summer and service could begin in October. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/city-council-vote-could-bring-shared-scooters-and-bikes-back-to-dallas/2996508/ | 2022-06-21T01:40:39 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/city-council-vote-could-bring-shared-scooters-and-bikes-back-to-dallas/2996508/ |
Gun violence has claimed the lives of several young people in Dallas this year, according to the latest data from the Dallas Police Department.
Several incidents during the month of June alone involve teens as young as 13.
It has some city leaders concerned about what the coming months, which traditionally see a spike in crime, will bring.
So far in 2022, there have been 113 murders, up from the same time period the year before, according to data compiled by NBC 5.
Twelve victims were under the age of 18; six of the victims were 16 or younger, according to DPD.
“Summer has started, and the violence is going to begin,” said community leader Rene Martinez.
The latest homicide involves a 15-year-old victim and a 13-year-old alleged gunman.
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Isaac Manuel Rodriguez’s mother tells NBC 5 that Isaac was days from celebrating his 16th birthday.
Rodriguez died in a shooting last Wednesday afternoon in Oak Cliff.
Dallas police say a 13-year-old boy on the scene told officers Rodriguez shot himself.
During the course of the investigation, DPD says detectives believe the 13-year-old had a gun, thought it was empty, pulled the trigger and shot the victim in the head.
The 13-year-old is now charged with manslaughter, according to police.
Rodriguez’s mother says her son was kind and was always helping with his two younger siblings.
Police responded to an unrelated shooting involving youth on June 4 near an Old East Dallas park.
Police said Jordan Perez, 14, was shot in the head.
DPD’s Gang Unit later arrested a 15-year-old boy, charging the teen with murder and unlawful carrying of weapons. The suspect was found with a weapon on his person and other weapons at his location, according to DPD.
Another deadly shooting involving minors happened June 3 during a fight at a park in South Oak Cliff.
Police said Noel King, 15, showed up at a hospital where he later died.
King was very active in the mime ministry at church, according to a local pastor.
The three recent shootings are still being investigated.
The teen victims are among 113 people murdered so far this year in Dallas.
Community leader Rene Martinez is on the mayor’s task force to reduce violence.
Martinez notes that while overall violent crime has declined across the city, the number of murder are indeed up from the same time period the year before and says some of the murders involve domestic violence incidents.
“A lot of violence among people who know each other,” he said. “We’ve got to break that up. We’ve got to intervene. We’ve got to provide counseling.”
Alfonso Herrera is a former coordinator of gang prevention efforts for the city of Dallas.
Herrera is currently working with the Dallas Independent School District targeting at-risk youth through his ‘Positive Passage Program.’ It connects youth to services and positive mentors in the community with the goal of preventing gang, drug or criminal activity.
Herrera says it is important for the city to have a more-streamlined approach where city departments work with school and community groups to understand and work with each effort to maximize the impact.
Reaching teens before it’s too late, he says, must also involve parents.
Herrera has long used the ‘five, two, one’ method in his talks with parents.
“Every parent should know the name of five friends your child hangs out with. First names. Last names,” he said. “Not ‘Chuy,’ no, no, no. I want first names and last names. And the names of two teachers and what is the last book you read with your child. If you do not know five, two and one, then your child is at risk because you don’t know their world.” | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/recent-gun-violence-involves-teen-victims-suspects-as-young-as-13/2996561/ | 2022-06-21T01:40:45 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/recent-gun-violence-involves-teen-victims-suspects-as-young-as-13/2996561/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) –One local gardening program is educating the public and their children by showing them how to grow their own food.
Garden Manager at Legacy Garden Works, Lauren Scislowski says this program teaches kids about food security and healthy lifestyle choices.
The thought behind the program is If kids grow their own veggies, they are much more likely to want to eat them.
“There is a plant called wood sorrel and it’s everyone’s favorite plant because it looks like this heart-shaped clover thing and it tastes like lemon so it’s really delicious once we show the kids this, they’re like, ‘Oh yeah, I found it in my driveway. I found it in my house,’” Scislowski said.
Currently, the program has 90 kids involved. The kids are divided into 3 sessions in June and July
and can plant, grow, and pick their own fruits and veggies throughout those months.
“We are funded through a grant. It’s a USDA specialty crop grant which is about promoting specialty crops and produce. So, it is great for families because they don’t have to pay anything,” Scislowski said.
The program is currently full, but families can get on a waitlist for next season. For more information, you can visit their official website. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/legacy-garden-works-teaching-kids-about-food-security/ | 2022-06-21T01:40:53 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/legacy-garden-works-teaching-kids-about-food-security/ |
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — A teen lost his hand while reportedly playing with fireworks on Monday afternoon, according to South King Fire.
The 14-year-old boy was on the basketball court behind Saghalie Middle School when the incident happened.
Crews responded to the call around 4:30 p.m. In addition to losing his left hand, the teen also suffered multiple injuries to his right hand.
An 11-year-old was also injured.
Both were transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with non-life-threatening injuries.
With Fourth of July approaching, South King Fire had this reminder for the community: "Please leave the fireworks to the professionals and attend a public show instead."
The King County Sheriff's fire investigator will look into the incident.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — Bicyclists can now ride from Dennis Township to the Cape May-Lewes Ferry along a dedicated bike path with the completion of the final section through Middle Township, a 4.16-mile stretch running from the Cape May County Park and Zoo to the Dennis Township municipal line.
Work on the first section began in 2006, with an extension starting in 2016, much of the route running along a right-of-way held by Atlantic City Electric.
Last year, the township approved a contract for the final phase of the work, which Mayor Tim Donohue has described as the most complicated section, running between private property lines and skirting areas of protected wetlands.
The final route did not please everyone, some neighbors complaining that it ran too close to their property lines. At a recent meeting, Donohue said a privacy fence runs along the path close to the entrance to the zoo.
The Cape May County Open Space Board awarded the project $2.28 million, according to township officials. The path runs from Brooks Avenue, where it connects with the Dennis Township path, to the border with Lower Township, crossing along neighborhoods, ponds and woods. There are 13 miles of bike path in Middle Township, with long-term plans to connect to Upper Township and to the pedestrian and bike path over the Garden State Parkway at Beesleys Point, which will lead to the extensive bike path in Atlantic County.
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But the work is not completed in Middle. At a recent Township Committee meeting, members discussed plans to add signs letting riders know where they are on the path, important information for visitors in case of an emergency, and residents indicated work is needed on some of the older sections of the path.
Middle schools honor bus driver
MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — Numerous teachers attended this month’s Middle Township Board of Education meeting in support of Herman Cruse, who was singled out for special recognition at the meeting.
School staff said Cruse went “above and beyond” for the students on his bus, celebrating their achievements and supporting their efforts. According to teacher Alexandria Byron, he also comes in to the classroom to participate in a reading group, describing the driver as a role model for children.
Byron became emotional as she described one of her favorite moments as a teacher, as Cruse learned of one student learning to read and sought to follow his progress. It grew into a program called “Mr. Herman’s kids.”
She said Cruse shows the students love, kindness and patience.
“Mr. Herman has become a light in not just our students’ lives, but in ours, the teachers, as well,” she said, presenting him with a book drawn by the students.
Cruse cited his experience as a father and grandfather, and said he tries to make a positive impact on the short ride to school.
“I treat many of these kids like my own,” he said. “We have a duty to love these kids, because they deserve it.”
Byron presented Cruse with a personalized book on behalf of the students. The front illustration of the book shows Cruse with a cape like a superhero.
Neighbors complain of activity at park
OCEAN CITY — A group of neighbors took their complaints about noise and late-night parking at a bayside park to City Council at a recent meeting.
Several neighbors complained about the noise at the Waterfront Park and Marina at 2nd Street and Bay Avenue, which includes a stretch of grass and a crushed shell parking lot on the edge of the Great Egg Harbor Bay.
Resident Jim Kane read a letter on behalf of another neighbor, Bill Ricci.
“What had been a tranquil beautiful bayside community has developed into an extremely unpleasant environment during the summer season,” Kane read, blaming the actions of people using the park. He cited funding through the state Green Acres program.
He cited loud music, which includes profane language, swearing late into the night, and the consumption of alcohol and “apparent drug use” and use of the parking lot to sleep in vehicles overnight.
He added a fifth concern of “Late night rendezvous of persons in cars; purposes unknown.”
The greatest concern, he said, was the disregard of safety around the dock, saying the behavior has destroyed his family’s enjoyment of the park.
Other speakers also addressed concerns at the park. Members of City Council promised to look into the issue and called for an additional police presence.
Ritchie said the police and officials appear to be on the same page, but said the problems begin at night. He wants the area closed each night from sundown to sunup.
Fire company celebrates 75 years
UPPER TOWNSHIP — The Marmora Volunteer Fire Company recently celebrated its 75th anniversary, with a gathering outside its headquarters.
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Another hot day was expected Tuesday across the Region.
High temperatures Monday were in the low 90s and were expected to rise Tuesday into the upper 90s, said Matt Holiner, Times Media Co. chief meteorologist.
Valparaiso could see a high of 98 degrees Tuesday, which would smash the current high temperature record of 93 degrees set in 2002, he said.
Wind gusts of up to 25 mph were expected Tuesday, but breezy conditions likely will provide only minimal relief from the heat, Holiner said.
The heat index, or "feels like" temperature, could reach the low 100s in many areas by mid to late afternoon, he said.
Heat indexes could top 100 degrees in much of Lake and Newton counties and northern parts of Porter and LaPorte counties, according to the National Weather Service. Southern areas of Porter and LaPorte counties and Jasper County could see heat index values of 95 to 100 degrees.
Heat index values would have to reach 105 degrees for the weather service to issue a heat advisory, but Tuesday will still be an exceptionally hot day, Holiner said.
Those planning to spend time outside should wear lightweight, light-colored clothing, drink plenty of water and take breaks from the heat in the shade or air-conditioned environment, he said.
Residents should check on relatives and neighbors and never leave young children and pets unattended in vehicles, the weather service said.
A cold front was expected to arrive Tuesday night and could result in isolated showers and storms through Wednesday morning, Holiner said.
Wednesday's high temperatures were expected to rise into the mid-80s, which is normal for this time of year, he said.
Those in need of cooling centers Tuesday have several options.
In Hobart, cooling centers are open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Lake County Public Library, 100 Main St., and the PCC Meeting Room, 705 E. Fourth St. Residents age 55 and older can go to the Maria Reiner Center, 705 E. Fourth St.
In Merrillville, residents can visit Town Hall at 7820 Broadway and the Community Center at 6600 Broadway to cool off.
In Gary, three cooling centers open when temperatures reach 88 degrees or higher. The Ambridge Mann Pavilion at 2822 W. Fourth Ave. is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., the Calumet Township office at 1900 W. 41st Ave. is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Brother's Keeper is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
In Hammond, the Jean Shepherd Community Center, 3031 J.F. Mahoney Drive; Lost Marsh clubhouse, 1001 129th St.; and Hammond Civic Center, 5825 Sohl Ave., are open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Whiting Public Library, 1735 Oliver St., and the Whiting YMCA, 1938 Clark St., are serving as cooling centers.
In Valparaiso, the Valparaiso Family YMCA at 1201 Cumberland Crossing Drive, the Banta Senior Center at 605 Beech St. and the Porter County Public Library at 103 Jefferson St. serve as cooling centers.
Michigan City is offering cooling centers from 8 a.m to 4 p.m. at the Michigan Fire and Training Center, 2510 E. Michigan Blvd., and Michigan City Police Department, 1201 E. Michigan Blvd.
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People visit Indiana Dunes State Park on June 13. The National Weather Service is predicting another hot day Tuesday, though it's not expected to be as humid as last week. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/jasper/another-hot-day-expected-tuesday-in-region-meteorologist-says/article_78de6a95-bd41-55cf-8fa8-c0a8d96afb3e.html | 2022-06-21T02:02:25 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/jasper/another-hot-day-expected-tuesday-in-region-meteorologist-says/article_78de6a95-bd41-55cf-8fa8-c0a8d96afb3e.html |
We in the Washington area may think we are always cool, but on Monday, we were truly, memorably and meteorologically cool.
That was 11 below average and only four degrees above the city’s all-time June 20 low of 54.
And that record low figure has stood since 1879. That was 143 years ago, in what in weather terms at least was a far cooler time.
But Baltimore did set a record Monday. The low reading was 51 degrees. That broke the record of 52 degrees set in 1954, the long-ago year when the Orioles baseball team came to Baltimore.
At Dulles International Airport the low reading of 48 degrees matched a record set in 2000. Looked at another way, Dulles fell to within 16 degrees of freezing. Not exactly what we might expect so late in June.
Overall, Monday followed the splendid pattern set by Saturday and Sunday. After two bright, temperate days, happily humidity-free, Monday was another.
As we reveled in our good fortune, we may have been tempted at least temporarily to forget any fears of the heat and harshness of summer in Washington.
In impossibly bright sunshine, while wisps of cloud drifted across blue skies, we recognized that we had been granted conditions probably intended for some other time or some other place.
That did not stop us from enjoying what was given us, including an 83-degree high that was four degrees below average.
And of all days and hours to be presented with an environmental idyll, it came only hours before the solstice at 5:13 a.m. on Tuesday made it summer. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/we-were-a-cool-capital-on-monday-the-day-before-the-solstice/2022/06/20/094b6fb8-f0f4-11ec-be67-71a1c236feb4_story.html | 2022-06-21T02:06:05 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/we-were-a-cool-capital-on-monday-the-day-before-the-solstice/2022/06/20/094b6fb8-f0f4-11ec-be67-71a1c236feb4_story.html |
ARKANSAS, USA — With turtles on the move all over Arkansas, with many found alongside roads in rural and suburban areas thanks to a wet spring, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) is giving people tips on what to do if they come across one.
According to the AGFC, the three-toed box turtle is one of the most common turtles motorists will encounter in Arkansas, which is protected and illegal to possess or collect.
Many turtles can retract into their shells, but box turtles lift their lower shell to completely seal out attackers and form a snug “box” of protection. This defense style makes attacks by many small predators useless against adult box turtles, leaving disease and automobiles as the top causes of an individual turtle’s demise.
Kelly Irwin, the Herpetological Program Coordinator for the AGFC, says three-toed box turtles often stay within the same 10- to 25-acre range for their entire life and have a strong homing instinct. She says if they are moved outside of this area, they may spend the rest of their lives wandering, trying to reorient themselves, especially if turtles are already present in the area where they are placed.
“One recent study moved a number of box turtles to a new location and tracked their movements,” Irwin said. “Only 47 percent of those moved established a home range in the new area. The rest wandered away or died.”
Dr. Jenn Ballard, the wildlife veterinarian for the AGFC, says moving or concentrating turtles can introduce diseases or parasites to new areas, which can impact populations of turtles.
Another common practice is to mark or cover a turtle’s shell in paint so it will be recognizable but the AGFC is warning against it. The AGFC says painting a turtle a bright color makes it easier for predators to locate. The paint also can be toxic to turtles, depending on the type used, and can block UV light needed by the turtle.
If someone wants to release a turtle they’ve held in captivity, they should find a local expert who knows how to handle turtles to ensure it is able to survive and does not pose a risk of spreading disease or parasites it may have picked up during its time as a pet. Ballard says there are some rehabilitators who specialize in turtles among the ones listed here.
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NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The North Little Rock Police Department have now located three missing teens.
The teenage brothers all ran away from their home on Monday morning.
The boys were last seen near the Heritage Park and McCain area.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A body has been found in a car after a grass fire in Sedgwick County Monday night.
According to Sedgwick County Dispatch, they received a report of a grass fire near the intersection of W 55th St S and S West St around 8 p.m.
As officials were working the grass fire, a car that was on fire was found. A body was then discovered inside the car.
Another person was injured.
The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office is working the scene.
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The first COVID-19 case in Idaho was reported in March of 2020. Since that time the state has had spikes and declines but even after the wave of the omicron variant, Ada County cases were falling.
However, according to the Central District Health's weekly report, as of Thursday when lab testing data was last updated, Ada, Canyon, Kootenai, Lewis, Elmore and Valley counties have seen cases rising.
The rise in cases is spurring new recommendations for precautions and in at least one instance, a cancellation of a much looked forward to event. The Idaho Shakespeare Festival sent a letter to ticket holders for its first major show of the year breaking the news.
"Due to breakthrough cases within our company, we will be cancelling the performances of 'Ain't Misbehavin'' from Friday June 17 (preview), through Friday June 24," the letter stated. "As a result, the first performance of the production’s run will be Saturday, June 25."
Ada, Elmore, Valley and Lewis counties are now listed as being in the "high community" level. In Ada County there were 798 cases reported. Most other counties in southwest Idaho, including Canyon County, are are on "medium" alert.
Most of these cases in Idaho are at the community level and "community spread." The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website states that community spread means that people in a certain area have been infected with the virus and some aren't sure where they contracted it.
What does the rising number of cases mean for the counties and the state? The CDC recommends the following for communities with "high" COVID numbers: Wear a mask indoors in public, stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines and get tested if you have symptoms. Additional precautions may be needed for people at high risk for severe illness.
Dr. David Pate, retired president and CEO of St. Luke's, said that the behavior of this virus is one where we get a surge, get a breather, and then a new variant emerges.
"The pattern of these variants is that almost each one is more transmissible — and with omicron it has the most immune evasion we have seen," Pate said. "What's happening is that people are still susceptible and getting infected. The variants we saw last year gave some immunity protection but these new variants like omicron do not generate a strong immune response. So it's more transmissible with fewer protections."
Pate also said that one of the problems is that many people aren't fully vaccinated.
"With omicron you need two shots and a booster," Pate said. "There are not enough people vaxxed, not enough people fully vaxxed and still a large amount of people that can't be vaccinated."
He recommends that, because it occurs in waves, people should alter their behavior.
"Avoid large groups, wear a high-quality mask, properly, indoors, and stay up to date on vaccines," Pate said. "The good news is the go-ahead on vaccines for young kids and that will be another step in protecting ourselves against the virus."
A spokesperson with St. Luke's replied to questions from Boise Weekly and the Idaho Press, saying that the healthcare provider continues to see positive COVID cases continue trending upward, "both with regard to people hospitalized with COVID-19 and percent positivity."
The spokesperson added, however, that operations at the hospital are not currently constrained.
Despite the continuing prevalence of COVID-19, the virus is no longer at the forefront of peoples' minds, said Bradley Bigford of Table Rock Mobile Medicine.
“They all say similar things like ‘oh, I thought it was a springtime cold or I thought it was allergies, and then I took a test,’” Bigford said. “I hear that very frequently.”
People also tend to assume young kids are unlikely to catch the virus, but patients coming in have proven otherwise, Bigford said.
“It's all over the board and COVID doesn't discriminate with age,” he said.
With current rates, Bigford is expecting to see more patients in the coming weeks.
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The bad news: It’s getting more expensive in Idaho.
Gas costs $5.17 per gallon on average in the Gem State, a 7-cent uptick from one week ago, according to AAA. It’s even more expensive in Boise and Twin Falls (both $5.21), among other towns.
The increase is less than the 20-cent and 18-cent jumps Gem State gas took in the two weeks prior. But it’s trending the opposite direction of gas prices nationwide. The U.S. average fell 3 cents this week, to $4.98.
“Every week seems to bring another gut punch to Idaho drivers and their counterparts across the country, and even a slight drop in the price of crude oil isn’t doing much to relieve the pain,” AAA Idaho public affairs director Matthew Conde said in a press release. “At this point, we expect gas prices to maintain an overall upward trajectory well into the 4th of July weekend and beyond.”
The West Texas Intermediate benchmark for crude oil is currently trading near $110 per barrel after hitting $122 just over a week ago, the release says. Ongoing market uncertainty and tight global and domestic supplies continue to put upward pressure on both crude and gas prices, and fuel demand is also expected to build with the summer driving season in full swing, the release says.
Idaho’s average gas price ranks ninth-highest in the U.S. The most-expensive gas is in California ($6.40) and is also above the national average in Gem State neighbors Nevada ($5.64), Washington ($5.54) and Oregon ($5.54).
“Everyone’s making tough choices to save money on fuel right now, and for some people, that means driving the practical car instead of the ‘fun’ one,” Conde said. “Big pickups and sports cars tend to guzzle fuel at a faster rate than other vehicles. To make this year’s vacations happen, some of the recreational driving that comes with the return of nice weather may have to be put on hold.”
Here’s a look at Idaho gas prices as of Monday, June 20: | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/gas-prices-going-down-in-u-s-but-still-rising-in-idaho/article_7e8ff181-030a-51e3-b4c5-1ab297868008.html | 2022-06-21T02:16:38 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/gas-prices-going-down-in-u-s-but-still-rising-in-idaho/article_7e8ff181-030a-51e3-b4c5-1ab297868008.html |
Originally published June 18 on IdahoCapitalSun.com.The Idaho Democratic Party approved a resolution Saturday at its statewide convention that opposes laws that restrict abortion and calls for supporting access to reproductive health care.
Protecting abortion and reproductive rights were themes during the first two days of the Idaho Democrats’ convention in downtown Boise. Several Democratic political candidates, legislators and delegates called for protecting and codifying the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision in light of a leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion published this spring that would overturn Roe v. Wade’s guarantee of a right to an abortion.
Idaho has a trigger law in place, passed by the 2021 Idaho Legislature, that would criminalize abortion as felony in the state 30 days after any U.S. Supreme Court decision is issued that overturns Roe v. Wade.
The Democrats’ resolution was adopted by a voice vote of convention delegates.
It states, in part, that “the Idaho Democratic Party supports access to reductive health care and the right of persons to bodily autonomy” and “the Idaho Democratic Party opposes laws restricting abortion and pregnancy prevention methods.”
Resolutions can be thought of as value statements that include calls to action.
Delegates also approved a slate of other resolutions, including resolutions that call for increasing voting accessibility and maximizing early voting options, protecting library collections and library personnel and supporting Reclaim Idaho’s Quality Education Act ballot initiative, which would increase funding for education by raising corporate income tax rates from 6% to 8% and crating a new tax bracket for Idahoans making more than $250,000 as individuals.
New Idaho Democratic Party platform calls for support for education and equity for all Idahoans
On Saturday, convention delegates also approved the 2022 Idaho Democratic Party platform, which calls for supporting quality and accessible health care for all and equity, justice and opportunity. The platform itself does not specifically mention Roe v. Wade, abortion rights or access to reproductive health care.
The platform is intended to reflect the beliefs, values and policies of the party, said Rep. Colin Nash, D-Boise. A platform committee worked on drafts of the party platform for about a month. Based on feedback from the convention on Friday, the platform committee shortened its drafts to focus more on concise value statements as opposed to detailed policy proposals.
“The Idaho Democratic Party does not stand for one issue or position; we have a broad set of policies that we believe in,” Nash told convention delegates.
Committee members read the platform aloud in English and in Spanish.
The party platform delegates approved Saturday is based on:
A quality education for every student.An economy that works for all.Equity, justice and opportunity for all.Quality and accessible health care for every Idahoan.Strengthening democracy, fighting extremism and ending corruption.Protecting natural resources.
“This platform is exactly what I want to go sell to Idaho,” Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Terri Pickens Manweiler told delegates. “It’s exactly what I want to talk to every single Idahoan about when I visit their communities, their counties — rural and urban — and it will give me an opportunity to inject my own personal beliefs in the platform and it doesn’t pigeon toe me to something that may or may not be something I can get elected on. This platform will get me to be your next lieutenant governor.”
About 250 people attended the convention, including 113 delegates and 40 proxy delegates, organizers said. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this was the party’s first convention since 2018. The Democrats’ convention began on Friday with speeches by Manweiler and gubernatorial candidate Stephen Heidt.
The Idaho Republican Party’s convention runs July 14 through July 16 at College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-democrats-adopt-party-platform-resolutions-during-day-2-of-convention/article_e2cfab50-e491-5b03-a16a-daae9735da49.html | 2022-06-21T02:16:44 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-democrats-adopt-party-platform-resolutions-during-day-2-of-convention/article_e2cfab50-e491-5b03-a16a-daae9735da49.html |
Idaho has risen among state rankings for COVID-19 vaccinations after previously being neck-in-neck with the current lowest-ranking state, Wyoming.
Among states, Idaho ranks 41st in percentage of vaccinated population, with just nine states below it, according to the New York Times. While this may seem unimpressive, the state has seen slow growth in its numbers.
Since the beginning of January, more than 50,000 additional Idahoans have been fully vaccinated, according to the state’s COVID-19 dashboard. Of ages 5 and up, 55.2% of Idaho’s population is fully vaccinated compared to the national average of 71%.
Nurse practitioner Bradley Bigford of Table Rock Mobile Medicine has been a voice in the community pushing for Idahoans to get vaccinated. While he hopes for more people to come out and get protected, he hasn’t seen much progress in this area.
“I'm not seeing people with new vaccinations, where they have yet to be vaccinated at all, getting vaccinated,” Bigford said. “I haven't met anyone like that in the last few months.”
Rather than people with a newfound appreciation for the vaccine, Bigford has seen vaccine appointments for high-risk individuals keeping up with their booster shots.
“They're the ones that are already vaccinated and getting their boosters,” Bigford said.
Patients who have gotten COVID-19 still seem to stick to their unvaccinated status.
“I'll ask them if they would consider getting it once they get better, and the unvaccinated always say no,” Bigford said.
The few who are vaccinated tend to be sick for a shorter amount of time, but the majority of COVID-19 patients Bigford sees are unvaccinated.
A large deterring factor he hears from patients is their fear of the vaccine.
“They get caught up with unknowns or rumors that they've heard and they’re frozen with inaction,” Bigford said.
Those who are still unvaccinated are most likely set in their ways, Bigford said.
So why has Idaho risen from the bottom of the pack in terms of vaccinations? Potentially, because other states are simply doing worse.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Idaho currently averages 1,191 administered per day. In Alabama, the state second to last in vaccination rates, the average is 2,336 doses a day for a population almost three times larger.
This despite the fact that COVID-19 appears to be reemerging in Idaho.
According to the CDC, Ada County is considered to be at a "high" community level for COVID-19. Over the past week the county sits at a case rate of over 225 positive cases per 100,000 residents, with an average of over 10 individuals per 100,000 residents being admitted to the hospital. The CDC recommends that people wear masks indoors, stay up to date with their vaccines and get tested if exhibiting symptoms. Those at high risk for severe illness should consider taking additional precautions, the CDC says.
Canyon County sits at a "medium" community level, according to the CDC website. Case rate per 100,000 Canyon County residents is over 87, with over 10 individuals per 100,000 residents being admitted to the hospital with the virus.
According to a report last week from the Idaho Capital Sun, Ada and Canyon counties were among the areas where coronavirus is spreading most aggressively. They were classified as “rapid riser counties” by the CDC last Thursday.
Last week, Idaho hospitals reported more than 100 people hospitalized with COVID-19, with more than 20 people newly admitted to the hospital on some days, the Capital Sun reported.
With that said, the report pointed out that the health care situation is far less tenuous than it was last fall, when the delta variant burned through Idaho’s under-vaccinated population and pushed hospitals beyond their limits.
These days, Bigford said around a quarter of his patients come in because they have COVID-19, with numbers comparable to last summer before the delta variant emerged.
Laura McGeorge, St. Luke’s Health System medical director, has seen both the peak and fall of interest in vaccine rollout.
“There are some people who will likely never get vaccinated,” McGeorge said. “Those that were considering it have already. The majority of those on the fence have gotten vaccinated.”
In January, St. Luke’s saw weeks with over 1,000 doses being administered, according to their COVID-19 statistics. Since February, the hospital has seen a decrease to less than 100 doses a week. The week of June 5 saw just 25 vaccines administered.
According to McGeorge, the gap between age demographics is a notable one, with nearly 88% of the elderly population being fully vaccinated.
“That has made a huge difference in survival for that population,” McGeorge said. “Younger patients are overall less likely to have been vaccinated.”
Still, McGeorge believes there are Idahoans who may come out and get vaccinated.
“I have seen patients who are hesitant, but with education, discussion and thoughtful conversation, they do go ahead and get the vaccine,” McGeorge said. “Some of them feel so much pressure from family and peer groups that they are afraid their family will find out they were vaccinated.”
McGeorge noted that, with the protection of privacy laws, receiving a vaccine is a health care matter private from family and friends. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-no-longer-last-in-vaccination-rates-case-counts-on-the-uptick/article_0d29ea42-36d6-5832-99e7-2537758ee6fe.html | 2022-06-21T02:16:51 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-no-longer-last-in-vaccination-rates-case-counts-on-the-uptick/article_0d29ea42-36d6-5832-99e7-2537758ee6fe.html |
Originally published June 17 on IdahoCapitalSun.com.Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Terri Pickens Manweiler sounded the alarm during the opening day of the Idaho Democratic Party’s convention on Friday about the U.S. Supreme Court being poised to potentially overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
“In no uncertain terms, our fundamental freedom to be a human being with a uterus is going away,” Pickens Manweiler told convention delegates. “How do I explain that to my 18-year-old daughter? How do I explain that to all of the kids that come to my house for dinner, that we go camping with? How do we explain that to our children who were born into these rights?”
Pickens Manweiler and gubernatorial candidate Stephen Heidt used the opening day of their party’s political convention in downtown Boise to deliver speeches, mingle with delegates, and begin their general election campaigns. The convention attracted several hundred delegates and attendees and is geared toward getting the party organized and motivated heading into the Nov. 8 general election. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this week’s convention is the Democrats’ first since 2018.
Idaho Democrat Terri Pickens Manweiler says she’s running to protect rights, support public lands
Pickens Manweiler, who has been campaigning for lieutenant governor since August, delivered a speech to a sold-out luncheon of delegates and joined Idaho House of Representatives Minority Leader Ilana Rubel, D-Boise, for a question-and-answer session.
Highlighting a leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion published this spring by Politico, Pickens Manweiler called on Idahoans to speak out, support Democratic candidates and vote Republicans out of office.
“What we need to do in these next several weeks and then in the weeks to come is we need to let them know, in no uncertain terms, we will not go back,” Pickens Manweiler said.
A trial attorney, Pickens Manweiler is a founding partner of the Boise firm Pickens Law. She has been a board member for Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana and Kentucky for the past 5-and-a-half years. She and her husband, Mark, have two children who attend Idaho public schools. She enjoys skiing, rafting, camping and hunting birds, pheasants and ducks.
Pickens Manweiler told the Idaho Capital Sun she has a few top priorities guiding her candidacy: support for education, protection of Idaho’s public lands, investment in infrastructure and the economy, and protecting civil rights.
Pickens Manweiler said she would fight and be an advocate for the LQBTQ+ community.
“My daughter is gay. I want my daughter to have the same fundamental rights I have had,” Pickens Manweiler said.
Another priority for Pickens Manweiler is rejecting and driving out hate and extremism. Pointing out that the lieutenant governor serves as president of the Idaho Senate, Pickens Manweiler said would use that role to oppose hate.
“It will be my distinct pleasure to hold the gavel in the Senate to make sure every legislator knows the importance of standing up and protecting marginalized communities,” Pickens Manweiler said. “I stand arm-in-arm with marginalized communities and with allies. If we all use our one voice together, it will be loud and it will be really hard not to hear it.”
Responding to a question from the audience, Pickens Manweiler pledged to deliver the same message she shared in Boise at the Democrats’ convention in every corner of the state, no matter how conservative the county. She said she looks forward to the chance to debate her Republican opponent, Speaker of the House Scott Bedke, R-Oakley, and would welcome the chance to appear on conservative radio shows.
“I am unabashedly proud to be a pro-choice woman,” Pickens Manweiler said.
In Idaho lieutenant governor is a part-time position that has a four-year term. The governor and lieutenant governor do not run as part of the same ticket in Idaho, in the way that presidential and vice presidential candidates do at the national level.
Gubernatorial hopeful Stephen Heidt teaches at Idaho prison
Meanwhile Heidt, who had little name recognition heading into the race, focused on introducing himself to many Democrats for the first time and telling his story.
During a breakfast speech at the convention, Heidt spoke in English and in Spanish and described himself as a fighter who would work to unite Idahoans.
“Idaho Democrats — we are going to put our losses behind us,” Heidt told delegates. “This campaign shouts loudly that the basic principles of our state government need not be meanness, racism, sexism or ignorance.”
Heidt is an English as a second language teacher who worked for more than a decade with the Idaho Department of Correction before resigning to run for governor. Heidt also served in the U.S. Army National Guard and later joined the Reserve 385th Combat Support Hospital. Heidt and his wife, Alexandra, live in Marsing and have five adult children. Everyone in Heidt’s family is bilingual or multilingual and developed fluency by serving foreign missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he said.
Heidt said he decided to run for governor after meeting an inmate who he said was serving time for a crime he didn’t commit. Heidt chose to run for governor, as opposed to running for the Idaho Legislature, because he said becoming governor would be a more efficient way to push for the policy changes he wants.
Heidt’s top priorities include reducing property taxes, reducing the prison population by 1,000 residents, decriminalizing cannabis, increasing funding for and supporting education and teachers.
“As a lifelong educator I will not sit back while Idaho teachers are the lowest paid in the nation,” Heidt said.
Heidt previously ran unsuccessful campaigns for the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate as a Republican out of Utah and then Washington in 1986, 1990 and 1994.
“I ran three different times and the meanness and vitriol in the Republican Party was such that it turned me off of political parties,” Heidt told the Sun.
Heidt always considered himself a moderate and became politically independent for a little more than 20 years, he said. He moved to Marsing in 2000 and said he became more and more progressive and concerned about issues like prison reform and education. He became a registered Democrat a couple of years ago after his father urged him “to come home” politically.
Heidt became the Idaho Democrats’ nominee for governor after winning a quiet, unusual primary election that featured an unsuccessful write-in campaign by Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad. Heidt was the only candidate to appear on Democrats’ primary ballots because Rognstad was still registered as a Republican at the candidate filing deadline, the Idaho Secretary of State’s Office said. Official primary election results show that Heidt had 25,088 votes, compared to 6,736 write-in votes for Rognstad.
Heidt told the Sun he will run an active campaign for governor that embarks for Twin Falls, central Idaho and eastern Idaho, beginning next week. He said the campaign takes up 12 to 14 hours of his day. Heidt and senior campaign advisor Michelle Vincent said the way for him to win the race is by inspiring more than 1,000 volunteers and by having conversations with Idahoans one-on-one through knocking on doors and attending meetings where people are at.
“Which is what we are going to be doing all summer,” Heidt said.
Heidt will face off against incumbent Republican Gov. Brad Little, independent Ammon Bundy, Libertarian Paul Sand and Constitution Party candidate Chantyrose Davison in the Nov. 8 general election.
The Democratic convention was held throughout the weekend in downtown Boise.
The Idaho Republican Party’s convention runs July 14 through July 16 at College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/meet-two-of-the-idaho-democratic-party-s-statewide-candidates-for-the-november-election/article_d2b4138e-90cd-55a6-a1f6-47fa24c61324.html | 2022-06-21T02:16:57 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/meet-two-of-the-idaho-democratic-party-s-statewide-candidates-for-the-november-election/article_d2b4138e-90cd-55a6-a1f6-47fa24c61324.html |
MODESTO, Calif. — A pilot project aiming to give people living in their car a stable place to stay overnight could reach a vote in July, where it could be put into action.
The proposal passed Modesto's Safety and Communities Committee last week.
It is described by officials as a real-time effort to address homelessness in the city. The latest Point-In-Time count shows 1,433 homeless people in Modesto, about 1,857 live in Stanislaus County. Three out of four became homeless for the first time, and about one out of five were "unable to pay rent."
The "Safe Parking" site could offer some stability to people like Jose Ortega, a 26-year-old living in his 1994 Toyota Corolla. He's been living in his car for a year and a half.
"It's rough, paranoia. You have to be really, really aware when you sleep in your car too," Ortega said.
Ortega is employed full-time as a golf course landscaper in Tracy. He lives in his car near where his mother is staying, who suffers from Stage Four cancer. He can't afford his own place.
"People think, 'Oh, he's homeless. He might be a drug addict or this and that.' No, I'm a regular dude. I work six days out of the week," he said.
If passed, the proposal would accommodate up to 25 cars and run for 12 hours a day for six months. The site would include security, water, restrooms and dumpsters along with services to help people find permanent housing.
“We’re going to be able to talk to these people, see what their problems are, see if we can find solutions, maybe get them a hot meal, maybe get them a shower - all these kinds of things we take for granted," Councilmember Chris Ricci.
Planned for the parking lot at 9th and B Streets, the nearby Salvation Army would operate the site.
While Ortega likes the "Safe Parking" idea, he still prefers to have his car at the park.
"It's quiet, and everybody knows everybody over here," Ortega said.
Mayor Sue Zwahlan lives near Pike Park where Ortega parks his car.
"It's the street that I often travel, and I've noticed more and more cars every night when I come home parked there. And, it's clearly a need that we have in our community," Zwahlan said.
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HAWKINS COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Starting on June 21 the Hawkins County Rescue Squad will begin selling fireworks to raise funds.
According to a Facebook post by the rescue squad, the sale will begin at 4 p.m. and last until 10 on June 21 and hours for the remaining days will be posted the squad’s Facebook page and website no later than 9 p.m. on the 21.
Customers can come purchase fireworks at the lower lot at 955 East McKinney Avenue in Rogersville. All major cards and cash will be accepted, according to the post.
Retired of active duty military members will be able to enjoy a 10 percent discount with a valid ID. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/hawkins-county-rescue-squad-set-to-hold-firework-fundraiser/ | 2022-06-21T02:18:13 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/hawkins-county-rescue-squad-set-to-hold-firework-fundraiser/ |
CARROLLTON, Texas — In another sign that esports are continuing to grow in North Texas, the City of Carrollton is now getting involved in the gaming sphere.
The city announced on Monday it is adding esports to its Parks and Recreation program and is even creating a dedicated space where residents can come together to play.
The city said the Parks and Rec department is working with esports organization BearClaw in opening a gaming facility at the Crosby Recreation Center, where residents can play, socialize and participate in leagues and tournaments.
"We have to provide something that people can’t get at their own home. So that’s where the concept of an esports center started," Carrollton recreation manager Heather Smith told WFAA.
According to the city, residents will be able to compete in some of the most popular video games from Call of Duty to Fortnite to Minecraft. The new esports center will have 20 stations set up with PCs for open play and tournaments.
Smith said the idea for the esports program began years ago.
"Hearing more and more people interested in esports, gaming," Smith said. "... A couple of years ago we requested some additional funds from city council to start a program. Do a couple of a leagues, that sort of stuff."
"As we started calling around to some other municipalities, we realized this isn’t really being done in the municipal parks and rec world right now," Smith added.
Smith told WFAA the esports facility will be staffed by BearClaw and that residents will be able to sign up for one-on-one coaching with professionals from that organization once the program is up and running.
Although no date has been announced for the facility's opening, Smith said they are targeting the summer.
"We felt that by creating this center it gets [residents] into a social atmosphere where people are together. They can do some more socializing and try to improve mental health when it comes to gaming, as well," Smith said. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/carrollton-esports-facility-parks-and-rec-program/287-3d184c6b-ddac-44a9-ab31-c6b7ece05b33 | 2022-06-21T02:28:09 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/carrollton-esports-facility-parks-and-rec-program/287-3d184c6b-ddac-44a9-ab31-c6b7ece05b33 |
INDIANAPOLIS — Police in Indianapolis are searching for a stolen vehicle that may have a 6-month-old child inside.
IMPD tweeted Monday night that officers are searching for a white Ford Fusion with a temporary license plate number R229474. It is possible, police said, that a 6-month-old baby may have been inside the car when it was stolen.
The vehicle was stolen in the area of East Michigan Street and Woodruff Place Middle Drive on the near east side of Indianapolis.
No further details have been shared by police at this time. If you spot the vehicle, call 911 immediately.
This story is still developing and will be updated as more information is confirmed. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/impd-searching-for-stolen-car-may-have-6-month-old-child-inside/531-604c2e37-f286-4dcb-ba5b-f8cbc4862c00 | 2022-06-21T02:32:27 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/impd-searching-for-stolen-car-may-have-6-month-old-child-inside/531-604c2e37-f286-4dcb-ba5b-f8cbc4862c00 |
ATLANTA — The Highlander, a dive bar in Midtown Atlanta beloved for its punk rock atmosphere that had been open for 30 years, is closing abruptly Monday night "due to unforeseen circumstances and hardships."
The bar's social media pages announced the closure. The posts said that owners Darby Yale and Darlene Copeland-Yale had "decided to put this place to rest."
"Tonight is the last night the doors will be open," the posts said. "It's been kicka** and we've made so many memories to cherish together. We love and appreciate all of you who have supported us. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE LAST THIRTY YEARS AMAZING."
Many comments came from longtime patrons who recalled going to the bar after it opened in the early 90s.
"Best dive bar ever. Oh the late nights/early morning fun that was had there," one Facebook commenter wrote. "The Highlander is a true Midtown staple, nothing can replace it."
The bar had just celebrated its 30th anniversary in March. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/the-highlander-bar-atlanta-closing-30-years/85-a93a597e-97d2-430f-919f-a50a78500490 | 2022-06-21T02:34:54 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/the-highlander-bar-atlanta-closing-30-years/85-a93a597e-97d2-430f-919f-a50a78500490 |
WICKENBURG, Ariz. — The Arizona Department of Transportation is planning to widen a heavily traveled highway that is the most direct route from Phoenix to Las Vegas.
US Route 93 is plagued by severe crashes, including one last year that nearly killed a DPS trooper. Passing motorists rescued Trooper Casey Rhinehart from his burning patrol car after he was hit by an oncoming car. Rhinehart had stopped to help a motorist who had run out of gas.
US 93 runs from Wickenburg to Interstate 40 near Kingman. Motorists often use the road as the best route to drive between Phoenix and Las Vegas.
But for most of the 200-mile stretch of the highway, it's a two-lane, undivided road.
“We've been working for the past good decade or more to turn that into a four-lane divided highway," ADOT spokesman Ryan Harding said.
Last week, the Arizona State Transportation Board approved the five-year plan for the state road construction, which includes three widening projects at various sections of US 93.
Starting in 2024 and going through 2027, crews will widen those sections of the highway and add a median between them.
ADOT says the widening projects will increase safety, but is also a step toward creating Interstate 11, a planned freeway that would connect the West Valley with Las Vegas by using the existing US 93 infrastructure.
RELATED: 'We just don’t think it's a good investment': Why some are not sold on Arizona's I-11 freeway
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PHOENIX — A 2-year-old boy is in critical condition after being pulled from a backyard pool in south Phoenix Monday night.
When the Phoenix Fire Department arrived at the home near 27th Avenue and Baseline Road, the family told fire crews the boy was underwater for about two minutes.
Firefighters said the boy was breathing on his own when he was transported to the hospital.
This is the fourth drowning call in the Valley in the past week.
A 3-year-old child is in critical condition after he nearly drowned at a home in Chandler on Saturday.
On Friday, a 16-month-old boy died after being pulled from a backyard pool in Phoenix.
A babysitter has been charged with child endangerment after an infant nearly drowned while under her care on Thursday, according to the El Mirage Police Department.
Drowning Prevention Tips:
Drowning is the leading cause of death for children between ages 1-4 aside from birth defects, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Three children die every day as a result of drowning. Here are some tips from the CDC on how to protect children around water:
Learn life-saving skills.
Everyone should know the basics of swimming (floating, moving through the water) and CPR.
Fence it off.
Install a four–sided isolation fence, with self–closing and self–latching gates, around backyard swimming pools. This can help keep children away from the area when they aren’t supposed to be swimming. Pool fences should be completely separate the house and play area from the pool.
Life jackets are a must.
Make sure kids wear life jackets in and around natural bodies of water, such as lakes or the ocean, even if they know how to swim. Life jackets can be used in and around pools for weaker swimmers too.
Keep a close watch
When kids are in or near water (including bathtubs), closely supervise them at all times. Because drowning happens quickly and quietly, adults watching kids in or near water should avoid distracting activities like reading books, talking on the phone, or using alcohol and drugs.
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LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — While doctors hope the Coronavirus pandemic is winding down, non-Covid respiratory viruses such as the flu and rhinovirus have been making a comeback.
Dr. Jennifer Janco, chair of Pediatrics at St. Luke's said many of those cases are happening in children.
"I think most parents and their children are going to be living their lives, you know," Janco said. "People are going to be going to their jobs or places of worship or their schools or their sporting activities and so there's going to be opportunities for these viruses to circulate."
"We changed. The host changed," said Dr. Pragya Dhaubhadel, infectious disease specialist at Geisinger. "That's why the virus got the opportunity to attack us, infect us and cause a different trend."
Dhaubhadel said the measures used to limit the spread of Covid-19, kept common seasonal illnesses away, too.
"There was like very low exposure of any kind of viruses to these children and they did not have much immunity compare to those children who where there before the pandemic," Dhaubhadel said. "Our society is opening up, the general public is opening up and now the viruses have new hosts to multiply and spread."
Unlike in previous years, this flu season has extended into the summer.
"At this time, the influenza was usually gone in the last five season, but here we are seeing the trend slowly coming down," Dhaubhadel said.
"Influenza, there are some things we can do for some children to prevent it through vaccination. Something like rhinovirus or some of the other illnesses that we're seeing, yes, children are going to get sick with that," Janco said. "You prevent what you can and you treat what you can't."
Doctors said many people, including parents, have become more mindful of their health during the pandemic.
"I think a lot of us came to work when we were sick and we sent our kids places when we were sick," Janco said. "I think if maybe parents could pause for a second now and sort of ask and wonder, 'if my child is sick, maybe I shouldn't be sending them to school."
Dr. Janco said the basics still work. Washing hands and covering coughs can help prevent the spread of any illness, Covid-19 or not.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/non-covid-viruses-infecting-kids-parents-dr-jennifer-janco-dr-pragya-dhaubhadel-pediatrics-st-lukes-covid/523-685a6a9f-3ad8-4486-b312-c752b0489b96 | 2022-06-21T02:45:15 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/non-covid-viruses-infecting-kids-parents-dr-jennifer-janco-dr-pragya-dhaubhadel-pediatrics-st-lukes-covid/523-685a6a9f-3ad8-4486-b312-c752b0489b96 |
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, Pa. — Jennifer Hower has owned Shearlogix in Schuylkill Haven for almost four years. She says this is the most expensive it's ever been to operate a salon.
The everyday products her salon uses are not only pricier, they're harder to find.
"Now, it's difficult to order things. Like, I spend time on the phone, I call one supplier, the next supplier, and try to find everything I need for these girls to stay busy, make a living, and pay their bills," said Hower.
Shearlogix isn't the only salon struggling. Two West hair salon in Shenandoah says it's resorted to going to the dollar store for hair foils since the typical supplier is either too expensive or sold out.
In response to inflated prices, Shearlogix increased prices by 10 percent, something Hower has pushed off for two and a half years despite the pandemic.
"I hate to put the prices up. It's not my favorite thing to do, but I want the girls to be able to afford the gas in their cars to come to work. So it's something we've just had to go with," she added.
Hower says she also increased prices to look out for her employees, helping them make ends meet with the increased cost of living.
"The girls are so talented and put so much into their work that I don't want to see them discount their work, but we want to be good to people as well," Hower said.
While she feels guilty about increasing prices, Hower hopes her loyal customers will continue to come to her salon.
"I hope people understand why we have to do it and respect us for doing it and holding off for a really long time. It's been two and a half years," she said.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/schuylkill-county/inflation-affecting-salons-jennifer-hower-shearlogix-two-west-hair-salon-shenandoah-schuylkill-haven-county/523-34a5380a-fe23-4c4a-8efd-2d1066fe34ec | 2022-06-21T02:45:21 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/schuylkill-county/inflation-affecting-salons-jennifer-hower-shearlogix-two-west-hair-salon-shenandoah-schuylkill-haven-county/523-34a5380a-fe23-4c4a-8efd-2d1066fe34ec |
Being a dad can make an individual more attractive to potential mates, a phenomenon observed in many species, from fishes to primates to birds. The principle has even been documented in insects.
In field studies, male carrion beetles who had the opportunity to care for their offspring attracted three times as many females as males who hadn’t had that opportunity. The males who had previously raised a brood of young produced much more of the sex pheromone that attracts females than males who had no experience taking care of young beetles.
Pheromones are widespread as sex attractants in insects. Many studies have shown the quantity and quality of the pheromones released by males influence their attractiveness to females.
From an evolutionary perspective, this makes sense. Females seek to mate with the best males and pheromones provide clues about male quality. The amount and ratios of various chemicals within the pheromones released are honest signals that give information about nutritional state, parasite load, body size, age, and other traits that indicate overall health and good genetics.
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The finding that male beetles who had taken care of young produced more sex pheromone and were therefore more attractive to females is surprising because both parental care and producing sex pheromones have high energetic costs. The expectation was that males who had previously invested in offspring would have fewer resources to put towards pheromone production, not more.
There are multiple possible explanations for the increase in pheromones produced by males who are experienced dads, and all require understanding a bit about how carrion beetles raise their young. After finding a carcass of a small animal such as a bird or rodent, a pair of beetles bury it and cover it with various secretions.
The female lays eggs in the surrounding soil, and when the larvae hatch, they head to the carcass where they develop, eating from the flesh all around them. The parents feed their young additional food — a regurgitated liquid they produce after digesting the flesh themselves. The parent beetles also care for their young by protecting them from predators and parasites.
One possible explanation for the observation that dads attract more females is that males benefit from access to the buried body meant to feed the developing beetles. This high-quality nutrient source offers males extra energy they can use for all sorts of activities, including pheromone production.
Another possibility is that while males are caring for their young, they don’t release any sex pheromone, so they accumulate large quantities of it for later use. Still another factor at play might be the secretions beetles put on the carcass. Chemical alterations make the food easier for their young to digest and may also make it easier for males to uptake or produce precursors to the pheromones that attract females.
Usually, there is conflict between spending energy and effort on paternal care versus on future mating opportunities. However, in species in which brood care enhances sexual attractiveness, the unusual circumstances favor the evolution of male parental care.
Karen B. London, Ph.D. is a Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist, Certified Professional Dog Trainer, and an author of six books on canine training and behavior, including her most recent, Treat Everyone Like a Dog: How a Dog Trainer’s World View Can Improve Your Life. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/london-zoo-carrion-beetle-dads-know-where-the-bodies-are-buried/article_e444fc7a-f0e9-11ec-8dcc-ffa648fbfbd4.html | 2022-06-21T02:46:39 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/london-zoo-carrion-beetle-dads-know-where-the-bodies-are-buried/article_e444fc7a-f0e9-11ec-8dcc-ffa648fbfbd4.html |
Scattered showers on Saturday did “increase fuel moisture,” around the Pipeline and Haywire Fires, but increased temperatures and gusty winds on Sunday saw a return to Red Flag conditions.
Coming out of the weekend, precipitation and firefighting operations increased containment. The Pipeline Fire was reported to be 50% contained at 26,528 acres, and the Haywire Fire was 40% contained at 5,575 acres.
Saturday’s rain helped to cool soil surface layers within the fire perimeter, said fire information officer Mike Reichling, but there’s still “so much heat underground.”
“Once those winds blow over the top, that moisture evaporates,” Reichling said. “It's going to take a number of days of rain to get down into the soil.”
The high temperatures and wind Monday were enough to anticipate increased activity in both fires, Reichling said, with potential for “rekindling” within the fires’ perimeters.
“We still have some unburned fuel inside the fire that could erupt again,” he said. “Then it can spot outside the containment.”
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According to Reichling, Monday’s fire crews were poised to “jump on” any spots that might pop up. Other crews were still engaged in the defense of the Inner Basin near Fremont Peak, assisted by new lines providing city water to the scene.
“They're fighting the fire from the lower portion because of how steep it is in there,” Reichling said. The line is “being held very well.”
“It’s kind of a ray of sunshine,” Reichling said.
The forecast from the National Weather Service calls for similar conditions Tuesday, though it also marks the start of another storm system in the area. That storm has a 20% chance of rain Tuesday and Tuesday evening, then a 40-50% chance of precipitation each day through Monday, with high temperatures hovering around 80 degrees.
Burned Area Emergency Response teams, which produce the data necessary to analyze post-fire flood risks, are expected to begin their surveying on Tuesday. As of Monday, there were about 953 personnel active on the fires, including 11 Hotshot crews, 12 hand crews, 57 engines, four water tenders, 10 dozers and five helicopters.
Highway 89 is open. An area closure is in place on the Coconino National Forest for the Pipeline Fire and encompasses a majority of the forest north of Flagstaff.
Previously evacuated neighborhoods have returned to “SET” or "READY" statuses. Only areas around Haywire Crater and O'Leary Peak remain in "GO" status. Evacuation information can be found at bit.ly/Pipeline-Haywire-Evacs. For current fire restrictions, visit fs.usda.gov/coconino/. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/weekend-rain-helps-but-pipeline-and-haywire-fires-still-see-activity-monday/article_91690bec-f0c9-11ec-af3f-6f423f9bbd41.html | 2022-06-21T02:46:45 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/weekend-rain-helps-but-pipeline-and-haywire-fires-still-see-activity-monday/article_91690bec-f0c9-11ec-af3f-6f423f9bbd41.html |
OVIEDO, Fla. – The Oviedo City Council voted 4 - 0 against the final rate for the city’s fire assessment program during its Monday meeting.
The program would introduce a mandatory fee for homeowners in Oviedo to put more funding into the city’s fire department.
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Oviedo Mayor Megan Sladek told News 6 earlier this year that the city hasn’t been able to meet its public safety costs for the past 14 years.
“The last time we collected enough in property taxes to cover our first responders was 2008. Since then, we have not done it again,” Sladek said.
The program would have charged the average homeowner approximately $212 during its first year, with a 10 percent increase per year for the next four years. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/21/oviedo-council-votes-against-rate-increase-for-fire-services-fee/ | 2022-06-21T02:46:50 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/21/oviedo-council-votes-against-rate-increase-for-fire-services-fee/ |
A memorial service will be held for Dorothy M. Miller, 89, of Coos Bay, on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 1290 Thompson Road in Coos Bay. Arrangements are under the care of North Bend Chapel, www.coosbayareafunerals.com, 541-756-0440.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland man is back home after spending more than two months in Poland helping send medical supplies to Ukraine.
In the four months since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, the disaster-recovery nonprofit Americares has sent more than 130 tons of medical supplies to the war-torn country, and those shipments aren’t expected to slow down.
Ever since Portland resident Adam Keehn landed in Poland in early March, he’s been playing a pivotal role in making sure those medical supplies get through to Ukraine.
Keehn is the Director of Complex Emergencies for Americares, leading a team that works to make sure hospitals and medical facilities are able to stay stocked up on supplies like needles, bandages and over-the-counter medicine for patients.
“We provide pain medication, chronic disease medicines for heart disease and also your standard over-the-counter drugs like aspirin,” he said.
Keehn was staying just two hours from the Ukrainian border while in Poland, and he said the hardest part wasn't getting the supplies into Ukraine, but navigating global supply chain disruptions for medicine and medical supplies.
He said he was able to solve the problem by getting creating and working with other countries nearby.
“We were also procuring medicines in Poland and Romania because that can sometimes be more cost-effective when you can get those supplies locally,” he said.
He’s back in Portland at the moment, but Keehn said he’s expecting to return to Poland sometime this year because the need is so high for medicine and medical supplies.
“It was very chaotic, a lot of stress because everyone was doing what they could to try to get supplies into the country,” he said, reflecting on his time in Poland so far. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-man-back-after-two-months-ukraine-medical/283-90c8aac3-1245-44f4-bd08-378cc230223d | 2022-06-21T02:51:13 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-man-back-after-two-months-ukraine-medical/283-90c8aac3-1245-44f4-bd08-378cc230223d |
PROSSER, Wash. — Drones are finding their way into more and more industries and use cases, and one of the latest ideas to emerge is crop protection. Washington State University (WSU) has a team working on a way to utilize drones to safeguard vineyards from birds.
Washington State boasts a bevy of beautiful vineyards, producing grapes for a sizeable and still-growing local wine industry. But a growing crop also makes it increasingly challenging to make sure harvests arrive intact.
Birds are a big obstacle, especially flocks of Starlings or Blackbirds that tend to fly in for dinner just when the grapes are about ready to pick. Birds will take whole grapes, and they also pick away at the bunches, which allows insects in to do more damage.
"Close to harvest or when the berry ripeness is high, they are more attracted to the fruit," said WSU graduate student Santosh Bhusal, who helped develop the university’s agricultural drone system.
The idea is that by scaring away the birds with drones, growers can avoid the type of damage that they normally expect to see every season.
Some grape growers currently employ netting to try to protect their crops, but it's expensive and labor intensive to set up and maintain. Others have turned to falconry to ward off smaller birds.
But now after four years of development, WSU’s agricultural drone system is getting some attention. The research team said it's still not perfected, but the technology has come a long way.
"What we saw is when we're flying drones, less and less birds were moving in and out of the vineyards compared to when we were not using the drone," Bhusal said.
In early manual drone flights at vineyards, researchers found a roughly 50% reduction in damaged fruit.
Further research helped the team develop an automated system using artificial intelligence that can detect birds in the area and launch and fly drones in response without a single human around.
Deterrence features may include shiny propellers and audio of birds of prey coming from the drone.
Commercial use for grapes or other crops is likely several years away, but the team said the early results show the concept has promise.
"Everyone seems to be excited, so it's something we have to explore more," Bhusal said. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/technology/wsu-developing-drones-protect-grapes-crops/283-ba65698e-79d8-4c72-8308-c8aa03cf6237 | 2022-06-21T02:51:19 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/technology/wsu-developing-drones-protect-grapes-crops/283-ba65698e-79d8-4c72-8308-c8aa03cf6237 |
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The Tucson area will see a chance of monsoon storms all this week, according to the National Weather Service. There is a 30% to 40% chance of rain in the forecast each day through Friday, with the greatest chance of rain to the east of Tucson.
The highs this week will range from the upper 90s to low 100s in the metro region.
The monsoon in Tucson began June 15, and the area has already experienced some rain.
On Saturday, the Tucson International Airport recorded .05 of an inch of rain, the first recorded rain at the official weather gauge since March 29, according to the NWS.
The weather service said that little bit of rain ended a streak of 80 days with no measurable rain, which is the ninth-longest streak on record since 1895. The record in Tucson is 100 days without rain, which was set in 2002 from March 30 to July 7.
The wettest monsoon in Tucson was in 1964 when 13.84 inches fell; the driest season was in 1924 when 1.59 inches of rain was recorded, according to the NWS. | https://tucson.com/news/local/prepping-for-the-monsoon/article_af350f34-ef27-11ec-88c2-e365fee60fd9.html | 2022-06-21T02:51:57 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/prepping-for-the-monsoon/article_af350f34-ef27-11ec-88c2-e365fee60fd9.html |
When White Settlement police pulled over a stolen car on Saturday, the driver took off running, only to be chased down blocks later by a rookie officer with one arm while a neighbor gave a ride to the officer’s partner who had fallen behind.
Officer Samuel Brown, who doesn’t have a left forearm and hand, became an officer in February.
"I live for this kind of stuff,” Brown said. “This is why young people decide to go and become police officers. Because they want to get into foot pursuits and chase the bad guys."
Brown wanted to be a cop in his home state of California but physical requirements prevented him from even applying, he said.
Texas has no such restriction.
"I started applying to jobs in this area,” Brown said. “White Settlement was the first to pick me up."
White Settlement Police Chief Christopher Cook said the incident shows Brown is fully capable.
"He can do the same job as any other police officer,” Cook said.
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Cook also thanked a citizen who offered a ride to a second officer who fell behind in the foot chase.
Jimmy Davis, a retired security officer, was visiting his daughter’s house when they noticed commotion out front.
"And I thought it was a jogger,” Davis said. “But then I saw an officer right behind."
Davis jumped in his car and offered to help.
"You need a ride?" Davis asked.
The officer quickly accepted the offer and hopped in the back seat.
Seconds later, they caught up with Officer Brown, who already had the man on the ground and was handcuffing him.
"I'm glad I was there to help out,” Davis said. “That was my main purpose." | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/one-armed-police-rookie-arrests-suspected-car-thief-after-chase-in-white-settlement/2996555/ | 2022-06-21T02:54:21 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/one-armed-police-rookie-arrests-suspected-car-thief-after-chase-in-white-settlement/2996555/ |
A Plano teenager is proof that while overcoming adversity is difficult, it’s not impossible.
When 17-year-old Mario Frias hopped behind the driver's seat of an ATV while vacationing in Mexico last Christmas.
Never did he expect what happened next.
"I took a hard turn and I felt it flipping. My first thing was it taking my hand," said Frias.
"I knew right away that it was gone."
Doctors had no choice but to eventually amputate his left hand.
His mom said in Spanish how devastated she was over what it meant for her son, while the weight of his new reality hit Frias the hardest on the soccer field, where he was once the high school goalie.
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"I got emotional because I'll never be a goalkeeper like I was. So yeah, a little sad emotional, like I cried for like the whole night," said Frias.
The pain quickly transformed into determination.
One of his first hurdles was overcoming phantom pains.
"Phantom pain is something very common that happens to patients who have had a loss of an extremity," Children’s Health occupational therapist Sarah Garza said. "What had happened in Mario's particular case is he felt that his hand was still in a fisted type position after his injury. That sensation did not go away."
Garza used mirror therapy to trick Frias' brain into releasing the tension he felt where his left hand used to be.
And after a few sessions, it worked.
Now, Frias is working towards the next major milestone, which is getting a prosthetic hand.
"We're working on trying to get his muscles strong so that they can eventually operate the prostheses," said Garza.
"I'm just excited for anything, to be honest, Just to have another hand," said Frias.
He’s confident he’ll get his new hand soon and he hopes he can continue to inspire anyone who may need even just a glimmer of hope.
"This the speed bump, like it's an accident, but things happen for a reason. So I just hope for the best," said Frias. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/plano-teen-overcomes-loss-of-hand/2996590/ | 2022-06-21T02:54:27 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/plano-teen-overcomes-loss-of-hand/2996590/ |
Salima Mazari recruited men to fight the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.
Today, she considers herself just a refugee, but fears for her life as she shares her story, as she did Monday in Fort Wayne.
“I do understand that death is very near, and is by my side,” Mazari said. “But I decided to fight terrorism, and I am not afraid of death. But yes, the shadow of death is following me.”
The woman addressed the weekly meeting of the downtown Fort Wayne Rotary Club, as the group, through its Peace Committee, hosted her on World Refugee Day. A former governor in the northwestern province of Balkh in Afghanistan, Mazari spoke Persian and communicated through an interpreter.
Mazari said she fled Afghanistan in August 2021 with the sudden Taliban takeover of the government. Hedayeh Samavati, a retired Purdue Fort Wayne economics professor, translated.
Mazari is in the United States with humanitarian parole status because she has a reasonable history or fear of persecution in Afghanistan, said Terry Dougherty of Fort Wayne, a former Peace Corps volunteer in Afghanistan who introduced her.
Mazari said the first time she became a refugee was in the late 1970s, when her parents fled to Afghanistan from Iran.
Her recent struggles have come partly because she is Hazara, a member of an ethnic and religious minority targeted by the Taliban. Harzara are Shia Muslims, not Sunni like the Taliban. Hazara also are not from the Pashtun ethnic group, unlike the Taliban leadership.
And Hazara hold more egalitarian views, including on the education of girls and women, she said.
As a result, the Taliban, Mazari said, are engaging in ethnic cleansing, religious repression and acts of terrorism among her people – and also other minorities – as they seek societal control.
“Today, my country is witness to the most horrific conditions of war and human rights violations,” Mazari said, adding the Taliban may control the government, but it “does not represent the majority of Afghans.”
The Afghanistan she remembers, she said, had “beautiful people,” rich culture and heritage, diversity and music and freedoms – not schools and mosques destroyed by suicide bombers and families fleeing homes deliberately set ablaze.
Masari said Americans can help her people by understanding the religious and ethnic situation in Afghanistan and contacting their representatives to say the Taliban and the Pashtun, despite their strong U.S. lobbying, don’t represent all Afghans.
“I want you to be my partners and stand up to fight terrorism,” she said. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/afghan-woman-decries-horrors-of-taliban-takeover/article_a7eaad9c-f0c6-11ec-9c73-6b429b97687d.html | 2022-06-21T03:31:29 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/afghan-woman-decries-horrors-of-taliban-takeover/article_a7eaad9c-f0c6-11ec-9c73-6b429b97687d.html |
Allen County’s program to curb harmful lead exposures in children has received a state grant of up to $439,000.
The money will go to the Allen County Health Department, department officials said Monday in a news release. The health department has received other grants previously aimed at lead programs.
Officials pointed out there is no safe level of lead exposure.
High levels can lead to brain damage, learning disabilities, slowed growth, behavior problems and difficulty with hearing and speech, they said.
“Even at very low levels lead exposure can lead to very serious health problems, which means testing and early intervention are extremely important” said Josh Blauvelt, coordinator of the health department’s vector control and Healthy Homes program.
The money will go to education, screening, case management and enforcement of healthy housing practices, such as removal or encapsulation of lead paint.
Lead paint was not banned for use in homes until 1978. Children can be exposed to lead from paint dust or ingesting paint chips, according to the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
“Funding is key to fighting any public health problem, and this grant allows us to continue the necessary and important fight against lead and its effects,” said Mindy Waldron, department administrator.
Typically, more than 4,000 lead screenings are conducted annually, with dozens of children referred to the health department for follow-up.
Department officials work with families, health care providers and other agencies to prevent childhood lead poisoning.
The grant will aid in identifying sources of lead for children under 7 and their families, Blauvelt said.
The exact amount the health department will receive will be based on several factors, including number of screenings and case management services provided over the next two years, department officials said.
The health department is among 150 entities granted more than $35 million through the Health Issues and Challenges program.
The Indiana Department of Health initiative was approved in 2021 by the Indiana General Assembly with funding from the federal American Rescue Plan Act.
Besides lead, the program targets tobacco use, food insecurity, obesity, hepatitis C, chronic disease and other health issues. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/allen-countys-lead-exposure-program-gets-boost/article_6bea0526-f0e0-11ec-93a5-afe433cc2e2e.html | 2022-06-21T03:31:35 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/allen-countys-lead-exposure-program-gets-boost/article_6bea0526-f0e0-11ec-93a5-afe433cc2e2e.html |
Mayor Tom Henry will announce his political intentions at a news conference this week, which could mark the beginning of his fifth consecutive mayoral campaign. The city elections are in 2023.
Henry is expected to talk about his political future at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Clyde Theatre, 1808 Bluffton Road.
Henry, a Democrat, was the first mayor in Fort Wayne’s history to be elected to four consecutive terms when he won the 2019 election, earning 61% of the vote. He was first elected mayor in 2007.
He also served as a Fort Wayne city councilman for 20 years before he lost his bid for reelection in 2003 to Republican Tom Didier.
No Democrats are currently running for the 2023 mayoral election. Henry told The Journal Gazette in December that he was unsure about running for the office a fifth time.
The Henry for Mayor Committee fund had more than $66,000 in it as of Jan. 1, Henry’s annual campaign finance report said.
Didier announced his mayoral campaign more than a year ago. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/mayor-to-share-political-future-wednesday/article_c59680f2-f0d3-11ec-b9bd-4fbd2595b38d.html | 2022-06-21T03:31:41 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/mayor-to-share-political-future-wednesday/article_c59680f2-f0d3-11ec-b9bd-4fbd2595b38d.html |
A Monroeville man died Monday morning in a rollover crash on State Line Road north of Carrier Road at the Indiana-Ohio border.
John J. Girard, 58, died accidentally from multiple blunt force injuries because of the crash, and his death is the 23rd in Allen County in motor vehicle crashes during 2022, the county coroner’s office said.
County police said they were called shortly after 5:30 a.m. to a single-vehicle crash involving a GMC pickup truck.
Their initial investigation found the pickup was traveling north on State Line Road when for an unknown reason it went off the east side of the road, the driver overcompensated and drove off the west side, rolling over twice. The driver was ejected.
A passerby located the crash and notified responders, the coroner’s office said.
Girard died at the scene, police said. The crash remains under investigation by county police and the coroner’s office.
Occupants escape St. Joe house fire
Firefighters from several Indiana and Ohio fire companies battled a house fire in St. Joe, the DeKalb County sheriff’s department said Monday.
The home’s occupants safely escaped from the home and no one was injured, the sheriff’s department said in a statement.
Firefighters and the sheriff’s department were called to the fire in the 6900 block of County Road 62 shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday. They found the east half of the house engulfed in flames, as well as a vehicle parked in a driveway.
Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire, the sheriff’s department said. Its cause was not immediately known.
Jackson, Southeast, Butler, Northeast of Allen and Hicksville, Ohio, firefighters responded to the fire. County Road 62 was limited to emergency vehicles between Indiana 101 and County Road 71 while the blaze was being fought.
Angola business reports vandalism
Police are investigating vandalism to an Angola business.
Johann Inniss told The Journal Gazette he discovered Monday that someone had spray-painted racial slurs inside the Willow Tree Shoppes, which he owns with his wife, Erlinda Inniss. The business, which was closed Monday, is described as a spiritual wellness center and metaphysical shop on its Facebook page.
Inniss said he reported the vandalism to police and hoped to be open this week. The business recently celebrated its one-year anniversary.
A Go Fund Me page has been established to help the business. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/monroeville-man-rolls-pickup-dies/article_5ae80500-f0ce-11ec-9cb1-ff4ebcacfa25.html | 2022-06-21T03:31:47 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/monroeville-man-rolls-pickup-dies/article_5ae80500-f0ce-11ec-9cb1-ff4ebcacfa25.html |
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An 8-year-old boy and two teenagers are recovering after they were shot by a gunman in Wilmington, Delaware.
The 8-year-old boy, a 16-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy were on the 300 block of South Jackson Street around 7 p.m. Monday when a gunman opened fire, shooting all three victims.
The boy and two teens were taken to the hospital in stable condition.
No arrests have been made and police have not released information on any suspects.
Anyone with information on the shooting should call Wilmington Police Detective Derek Haines at 302-576-3656. You can also send information to Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/gunman-shoots-boy-and-2-teens-in-wilmington-delaware/3276322/ | 2022-06-21T03:33:08 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/gunman-shoots-boy-and-2-teens-in-wilmington-delaware/3276322/ |
LOCKHART, Texas — Two firefighters were killed when the truck they were in crashed on FM 20 in Lockhart on Monday afternoon.
The City of Lockhart said Lockhart police and fire departments responded to the two-vehicle crash at San Jacinto Street around 1:45 p.m.
Preliminary reports show a woman driving southbound on San Jacinto Street was struck by a Maxwell Community Volunteer Fire Department brush truck as she turned into State Park Road/FM 20.
The brush truck rolled over, killing two firefighters. The woman in the other vehicle sustained minor injuries.
FM 20 from South Medina Street and Patton Road was shut down to traffic as officials investigated.
The City said Lockhart PD filed a summons, similar to a citation, for the woman for failing to yield right-of-way.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the Maxwell Community Volunteer Fire Department for the loss of two of their own,” the City of Lockhart said in a statement.
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As Title IX turns 50, let's not pretend we've achieved gender equity in sports | Hall
This year is the 50th anniversary of Title IX, a fact that’s impossible to be unaware of if you follow sports at all.
Almost every institution, team or organization has recognized it in some way. For many, it’s a chance to look back and tell stories to illustrate how far we’ve come. But that shouldn’t overshadow the fact that Title IX was only a law: It outlawed discrimination, but it didn’t achieve equity. It took people advocating for women’s participation and investment in their teams, which was an uphill battle for many.
Title IX simply opened the door, and that was a historical first step. But let’s not pretend we’ve achieved gender equity in sports.
IT'S ALL HERE:As Title IX celebrates 50 years reshaping women's athletics, the USA TODAY Network's South Region built this project to look at where we've been, where we're headed
The same universities posting stories from the past and reminiscing on the times they finally allowed women to play sports are the ones that still have majority male coaching and administrative staffs. They’re the same universities skirting Title IX compliance by manipulating roster numbers in an attempt to make it appear they’re providing the same opportunities to women.
'THEY'VE HAD 50 YEARS TO FIGURE IT OUT':Title IX disparities in major college sports haven’t gone away
It’s all good and well to celebrate milestones over the years in women’s sports, but simply celebrating is not enough 50 years after Title IX. More change is needed.
Just last year, the NCAA was exposed for undervaluing women’s basketball and not investing anywhere near equal amounts in the NCAA basketball tournaments. The revelation sparked an investigation by Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP, which specializes in employment and discrimination matters, including Title IX and gender equity cases.
SEARCH SCHOOL DATA:Searchable data offers glimpse into how colleges short-change women’s sports
The Kaplan report from August 2021 revealed massive disparities in how much was invested in the men’s tournament vs. the women’s. The NCAA spent $53.2 million on the 2019 men’s tournament, compared to $17.9 million on the women’s. It severely undervalued the broadcasting rights at $6 million per year. Kaplan’s independent analysis estimated the true value to be upward of $80 million annually.
But Title IX is a law with limits. Organizations like the NCAA are not bound by this law since they aren’t federally funded. Television networks are not bound by the law, either, and are not required to invest in broadcasting women’s sporting events.
Not that a law should dictate every action to ensure equality, but the perception that persists that women’s sports aren’t profitable and therefore they’re not invested in equally is a major factor in why we are where we are 50 years after Title IX.
The world of sports has come a long way from the world where women were excluded, but there is much further to go.
The best way to celebrate Title IX this year is to continue to pursue gender equity in sports and embrace the attitude that women are not just happy to be here and will demand they deserve more. | https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/local/2022/06/21/title-ix-anniversary-sports-gender-equity/9994863002/ | 2022-06-21T03:46:51 | 0 | https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/local/2022/06/21/title-ix-anniversary-sports-gender-equity/9994863002/ |
FAIRFIELD, Calif. — The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office is looking for answers after a vehicle crashed into a tree and killed a woman in Rancho Cordova.
Deputies got calls regarding the crash just before 2 a.m. Saturday. It happened along southbound Sunrise Boulevard at Gold Country Boulevard.
First responders arrived to find a car that had "sustained catastrophic damage" after hitting a tree. A man and woman were found inside. Deputies identified the woman as the driver and the man as the passenger.
Deputies said they were both taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries, but the woman died from her injuries. The man is expected to recover.
Authorities are still looking into the crash and what caused it, but said there is no indication any other person or car was involved.
The woman killed in the crash has not been identified at this time.
Anyone with information about the crash or the victim's driving behavior before it happened is asked to contact the Traffic Unit at (916) 875-9623 or the Sacramento County Sheriff's Communication Center at (916) 874-5115.
WATCH ALSO: | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/rancho-cordova/woman-killed-crashing-tree-rancho-cordova/103-bacf3bcb-7ad5-4b50-9641-647c5f5949a0 | 2022-06-21T03:48:29 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/rancho-cordova/woman-killed-crashing-tree-rancho-cordova/103-bacf3bcb-7ad5-4b50-9641-647c5f5949a0 |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The 2022 Summer Solstice is coming up on Tuesday—ushering in the first day of summer and the "longest day" of the year.
According to ABC10 meteorologist Carley Gomez, the Sacramento region is expected to take in exactly 14 hours, 51 minutes and 54 seconds of sunlight on Tuesday.
The summer solstice starts at 2:14 a.m., which is when the North Pole will tilt closest to the sun. The event is known for causing concurrent sunlight across the world throughout the day. Daylight hours will gradually shorten until the winter solstice in December.
What causes the summer solstice?
Solstices and seasons happen because of the Earth's tilt. You can think of Earth's axis as an imaginary pole through the center of the planet from top to bottom, NASA explains. Earth spins around this pole, making one turn each day and causing day and night.
That axis is tilted about 23.5 degrees. The Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun in June, causing more direct light and warmer temperatures.
Who celebrates the summer solstice?
People have been tracking and celebrating the sun's progress for a very long time. One of the reasons people built monuments like Stonehenge in England and the Torreon in Machu Picchu was to follow the sun's path and predict its movements, NASA says.
Celebrations continue today around the world — some with a high-tech twist. English Heritage, which looks after Stonehenge, plans to livestream sunrise and sunset from the ancient stone circle. Thousands flock to the monument each year to celebrate the solstice, though in-person revelry was canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/sacramento-summer-solstice-2022/103-a7c32964-6351-45c2-a7e5-0feed2d88294 | 2022-06-21T03:48:35 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/sacramento-summer-solstice-2022/103-a7c32964-6351-45c2-a7e5-0feed2d88294 |
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SEATTLE — Kristina Clark said Juneteenth was the perfect time to contemplate her new reading room and book store.
“This is something I’ve been working on for the past decade. Before I was even a mother. This idea came to me when I was working at Garfield High School,” Clark said.
The idea evolved from “The Living Room” to “The Loving Room” and will become a reality this summer.
Loving Room: Diaspora books & salon will be more than just a community book store. The gathering space will be located in the heart of Seattle’s Central District and aims to be a Black-owned community reading room featuring various genres of literature by Black and African writers for readers of all ages. Clark said she “aspires to cultivate a space for collective Black ancestral healing and transformation through a commitment to Black literature and African diasporic decolonial aesthetics.”
Clark said the reading room is inspired in large part by her family's heritage and has a black and white photo of her father and his family in Georgia.
“My father was born in 1917 and many people see this picture and assume it’s my grandfather or something, but to me it’s a reminder that the history we are reflecting on is only a generation removed for my family,” Clark said.
Clark was adopted and raised in Ballard.
“A lot of my motivation for piecing together this space of community - this space of belonging - is something that I did not experience as a young person," Clark said. "I want my children to know that and to feel seen, welcome, honored, safe and dignified.”
Clark said her vision for Loving Room is built upon the shoulders of the many who came before her.
“I want to bring my father's legacy into the space and to amplify the work so many great authors and artists have had, even right here in the Central District,” Clark said.
Estelita’s Library is an example of a local cultural community space, Clark pointed out. The community library and online bookstore features books focused on social justice, ethnic studies, and liberation movements.
“Hella Black books by the Black book fairy Joy Sparks is also an incredible project and she’s another mother who is is promoting literacy and engaging in Black stories and narratives.”
The Loving Room is currently in the final fundraising stages and hopes the community support will increase the book selection and event and programming available in the reading room.
“Our public programs will include a weekly children’s story hour, youth read-aloud, and young writers’ club, while our monthly offerings will consist of our teens’ book club, grown folks’ book club, poetry soirées, film screenings, and more," said Clark.
Loving Room: Diaspora Books & Salon is set to open in August at 1400 20th Avenue in Seattle’s Central District. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/loving-room-community-space/281-7bef8a11-4ffe-4eb5-a46b-b907b8f70367 | 2022-06-21T04:00:13 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/loving-room-community-space/281-7bef8a11-4ffe-4eb5-a46b-b907b8f70367 |
CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – One person was killed in a multi-vehicle crash that occurred in Carter County on Monday.
According to a crash report from THP, a 1999 Ford Ranger driven by William Shane Adams, 34, from Butler, Tennessee was traveling north on US 321 when it crossed the center line and struck a 2007 White GMC truck that was heading south and being driven by a 31-year-old male from Elizabethton.
The White GMC truck then struck a third vehicle that was traveling north after losing control. The vehicle that the GMC struck was a gold 2006 Toyota 4runner being driven by a 51-year-old man from Mountain City.
The Ford Ranger continued down the wrong lane when it struck a 2007 Toyota Rav4 being driven by a 47-year-old from Butler, Tenn.
The report from THP states that the driver of the Ford Ranger, Adams, died from the accident, however, no others were injured.
The report also states that Adams was not wearing a seatbelt. All others involved were wearing seatbelts. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/thp-one-dead-following-multi-car-crash-on-us-321/ | 2022-06-21T04:03:12 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/thp-one-dead-following-multi-car-crash-on-us-321/ |
ANDERSON, Ind. — On Monday, Cease Fire Indy and The Village Project traveled to Anderson to raise awareness and connect with the community after a violent weekend there.
“We’ve been out here doing our cease fire rallies, holding up poster boards, getting honks and giving out free barbeque,” said Ron Gee, founder of Cease Fire Indy.
Even though the violence didn’t happen in his city, he still wanted to help. He said he hopes it encourages others to get involved.
“I feel like if nobody else is going to do it, I guess I can start it. Then once I start it, I feel like a lot of people will follow,” he said.
A deadly shooting happened early Sunday morning during a series of incidents in the area of 16th Street and Madison Avenue.
According to 13News' partners at the Herald Bulletin, the dead man was identified as 24-year-old Landon Hill. He was one of three people found shot around 3:30 a.m.
The triple shooting was the second violent incident of the morning.
Around midnight, officers were called to the same area and located two people with gunshot wounds.
The two shootings happened at the same spot where the community was hosting a weekend-long Juneteenth celebration.
“I hate that it happened here in our city,” said Donisha Poole, who lives in Anderson.
Poole said the weekend activities were supposed to be a positive event for the city, but instead, the violence left a family grieving.
“It distracts, and it takes from the positive things we are trying to do to keep out the violence,” she said.
It's why she’s encouraging others in her city to get involved, hoping rallies like the one on Monday will build more unity within the community.
“We need to take our communities back, and the only way to take them back is by spreading love,” Gee said.
As of Monday afternoon, one of the four people wounded was still in serious condition at a hospital. The other three have been released from hospitals.
If you have information that could help investigators, contact Anderson Police Det. Trent Chamberlin at 765-648-6746 or Crime Stoppers, 765-349-8310. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/cease-fire-indy-rallies-in-anderson-after-violent-weekend-guns-injury-juneteenth/531-f44989b4-f8f6-4976-b054-82bfd15f10c0 | 2022-06-21T04:04:25 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/cease-fire-indy-rallies-in-anderson-after-violent-weekend-guns-injury-juneteenth/531-f44989b4-f8f6-4976-b054-82bfd15f10c0 |
Bowling: Brian LeClair fends off Pete Weber in PBA Senior U.S. Open qualifying
Pete Weber made a big charge to the top of the PBA Senior U.S. Open leaderboard after Monday morning's qualifying, but Brian LeClair maintained the top spot.
Weber averaged 254.6 per game in his group of seven qualifying rounds on Monday, which put him in first place. However, LeClair came back in the afternoon to finish with a narrow lead to conclude the qualifying rounds.
LeClair totaled 3,400 pins (an average of 242.86 per game) in his 14 total qualifying games to take the lead. Weber was behind him at 3,358 (239.86 average).
More:Bowling: Brian LeClair takes early lead in PBA Senior U.S. Open
Amleto Monacelli finished qualifying in third place, followed by Tom Adcock and Tom Hess.
After LeClair bowled the lone perfect game on Sunday, Gary Alstott and Bill Nichols had their own 300 games on Monday. Alstott's propelled him to 16th place overall. Nichols, meanwhile, followed his 300 with a 157, just outside of position to move to Tuesday's first round of match play.
The top 24 bowlers advance to Tuesday's match play, which begins at 1 p.m. The second and third rounds will be played on Wednesday prior to the stepladder finals at 6:30 p.m.
Here are the 24 bowlers who have advanced to match play.
Bowler, Total Pins (Qualifying Rounds)
Brian LeClair, 3,400
Pete Weber, 3,358
Amleto Monacelli, 3,318
Tom Adcocok, 3,188
Tom Hess, 3,186
Dino Castillo, 3,183
Lennie Boresch Jr., 3,175
Jack Jurek, 3,169
James Campbell, 3,160
Mark Sullivan, 3,142
Bryan Goebel, 3,118
Chris Barnes, 3,108
Chris Warren, 3,104
Walter Ray Williams Jr., 3,084
Pete McCordic, 3,079
Gary Alstott, 3,078
Rick Schissler, 3,075
Dan Knowlton, 3,070
Walt Blackston, 3,065
Adam Monks, 3,063
Tom Carter, 3,048
Warren Eales, 3,045
Pete Thomas, 3,035 | https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/sports/local/2022/06/20/bowling-brian-leclair-fends-off-pete-weber-pba-senior-u-s-open-qualifying/7663662001/ | 2022-06-21T04:06:06 | 0 | https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/sports/local/2022/06/20/bowling-brian-leclair-fends-off-pete-weber-pba-senior-u-s-open-qualifying/7663662001/ |
TAMPA, Fla — The temperature is rising and summer will be around for another three months so to help out, Tampa Electric shared the following tips for saving energy and lowering your bills this season.
The hot temperatures can cause air conditioners to work overtime, TECO says. This then results in increased energy use and spending more money on electric bills.
As prices for everything rise, TECO is showing you how to shave down the bill.
While some like to keep their thermostats chilly, TECO advises setting the thermostat at 78 degrees or higher.
"Every degree below 78 will increase the AC portion of your bill by 6-7%," according to the electric company.
Another way to help conserve energy is checking and replacing the air condition and ventilation filters every month and only running ceiling fans in occupied rooms.
Other tips that can help save money are to include turning off unnecessary lighting, shade windows to block the sun, unplugging electronics, gadgets and chargers and turning off unused computers and monitors.
For a full list of hot weather tips, click here. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/summer-thermostat-78-degrees-teco-tips/67-d846a5dd-6a78-493c-a871-cfe7f36b33c5 | 2022-06-21T04:08:36 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/summer-thermostat-78-degrees-teco-tips/67-d846a5dd-6a78-493c-a871-cfe7f36b33c5 |
Satterfield remembered as 'champion for love and charity' through Gloria's Gift Foundation
The family of Gloria Satterfield, a Hampton County mother of two who had worked for suspended and accused South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh before her death and the subsequent theft of her death settlements, held a press conference in Hampton’s historic Palmetto Theater Thursday to announce a charitable foundation established in Satterfield’s name.
According to her family, Satterfield loved the joy of Christmas and giving to others, and Gloria’s Gift Foundation will assist struggling Hampton County families in providing a special gift or meal at Christmas.
This nonprofit foundation will be funded initially with a portion of more than $7 million in civil suit settlement funds and later potentially from a $4.3 million confession of judgment recently signed by Murdaugh admitting liability in a wrongful death insurance scheme Murdaugh allegedly orchestrated involving Satterfield’s Estate.
“After having fought the good fight for justice, we choose to make sure that Gloria’s lasting legacy will not be that of a victim, but will be as a champion for love and charity,” said Ginger Hadwin, Satterfield’s sister.
More:Dispatches From Hampton County: Remembering victims, lives lost in the Murdaugh crime saga
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Satterfield died in February 2018 following what was reported as a trip and fall at Murdaugh’s Colleton County home, Moselle. Murdaugh allegedly approached Satterfield’s sons, Tony Satterfield and Brian Harriot, not long after her death and convinced them to sue his own insurance, after which he allegedly conspired with a longtime friend, Beaufort County attorney Cory Fleming, to steal the death settlements and insurance payouts.
Both Murdaugh and Fleming have been indicted in this case and suspended from practicing law, and Murdaugh, through his counsel, apologized to the Satterfield family during a Dec. 13, 2021, bond hearing.
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Murdaugh is now center stage in a sweeping and intensely followed crime saga as he is facing 82 criminal charges and 11 civil suits, even as state police investigate the June 2021 shooting deaths of his wife and younger son, but Thursday’s event was about re-writing the narrative for at least one victim and claiming a positive ending to Satterfield’s story and her legacy.
Members of the Satterfield, Harriot and Hadwin families said that they were hurt by media descriptions of Satterfield as just a “housekeeper” and a “nanny” for Murdaugh and his late wife, Maggie, and wanted her to be remembered as so much more.
“Today is about redefining Gloria’s legacy,” said Eric Bland, who, along with his partner, Ronnie Richter, have represented the Satterfield Estate and her heirs in their civil case. “The family got sick and tired of hearing that she was just a housekeeper, that she was Murdaugh’s housekeeper. She was far more than a housekeeper. She was someone who loved, lived, laughed.”
“She had a full, pure heart of kindness and love for everyone she met,” Hadwin said. “She was humble, she was a Southern lady filled with gratitude and grace… She was so much more than just a housekeeper.”
Satterfield’s story also involved playing a key role in the downfall of Murdaugh in the criminal and civil court systems. While he is charged in connection with stealing from numerous other legal clients and his former law partners, it was the Satterfield case that helped launch investigations into Murdaugh to the state level with the state State Grand Jury and the State Law Enforcement Division.
More:Power, prestige and privilege: Inside the rise and fall of the Murdaugh dynasty in South Carolina
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Prior to the filing of the Murdaugh’s confession of judgment, Bland told The Guardian that his clients had almost received “a full cup of justice.” After Murdaugh signed the legal confession, Satterfield’s family decided to share that cup with others in Hampton County during Christmas.
During the press conference, Satterfield’s family presented a ceremonial check for $55,000 to establish the charity fund, which was followed by a $20,000 check from Bland Richter, LLP. These funds, along with future donations, will be safely invested in order for the foundation to grow and continue to operate for years, said Bland and Hadwin, adding that the foundation would keep open, transparent records.
Gloria’s Gift will begin with gift packages worth $250 - $500 for somewhere between 10 to 20 Hampton County families in the first round later this year, they added.
Donations can be mailed by check to: Gloria Satterfield’s Foundation, P.O. Box 1093, Varnville, S.C. 29944.
The family is in the process of launching a website, which will be: gloriasgift.com. Applications for Hampton County families needing assistance can be found at that website.
The family is also looking for volunteers to assist with the holiday charity project. | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/south-carolina/2022/06/21/gloria-satterfield-glorias-gift-foundation-hampton-county-sc-south-carolina-alex-murdaugh-crime-saga/7659017001/ | 2022-06-21T04:10:15 | 1 | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/south-carolina/2022/06/21/gloria-satterfield-glorias-gift-foundation-hampton-county-sc-south-carolina-alex-murdaugh-crime-saga/7659017001/ |
DALLAS — Drivers across the country could soon learn whether they’ll see some relief at the gas pump. President Joe Biden announced he could made a decision about a federal gas tax holiday by the end of the week.
Rising fuel prices are hitting consumers’ wallets hard right now.
“They’re ridiculous. Prices are very high right now,” said Dermarace Wofford as she filled up her car at a gas station in Dallas on Monday.
The increasing fuel prices has many drivers fuming.
“I used to waste about 30 or 40 bucks. Now I waste about $100 to $150 a week,” Honorio Garcia said.
Emily Avila is a nursing student. She said she’s been balancing tuition payments and buying gasoline to get around.
“I kid you not, my car is not new or anything like that. And I do spend about $70 to $80 a week,” Avila explained.
That consumer reality had Biden speaking out.
"Yes, I'm concerned,” said Biden.
During a trip to the beach on Monday, the president said he may soon decide whether he’ll temporarily pause the federal gasoline tax – money that is typically used for funding road projects.
“I hope I have a decision based on data I'm looking for, by the end of the week,” Biden said.
This move comes as several lawmakers began floating the idea of a gas tax holiday and the possibility of gas rebate cards.
"Well, that's part of what we considered. That's part of the whole operation,” Biden explained.
According to the Texas Comptroller’s office, the state already imposes a 20-cent per gallon tax on gasoline and diesel fuel. The federal government taxes just over 18 cents per gallon on gas.
“People are definitely feeling it at the gas pump, without a doubt,” explained Lisa Miller, a consumer strategist.
Miller has been analyzing months of data around consumer behavior and inflation.
“There are so many people that are struggling paycheck to paycheck right now. So I do think that consumers need relief. I think they will need to work out how that will work relative to what we learned last year form the stimulus. But in general, yes, there’s a lot of consumers out there that need relief,” Miller said.
So, just what could relief at the pump look like for drivers? Consumers may find out in the coming days.
“We need all the help we can get,” Wofford said. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/north-texas-drivers-brace-potential-relief-gas-pump/287-500dd5c9-3588-4347-8c25-4aef0864d9b7 | 2022-06-21T04:12:19 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/north-texas-drivers-brace-potential-relief-gas-pump/287-500dd5c9-3588-4347-8c25-4aef0864d9b7 |
ORLANDO, Fla. – The city of Orlando is set to consider development plans for a new mixed-use skyscraper near downtown Orlando Tuesday morning.
Thornton Commons, LLC put the plans before city leaders in hopes of building a 16-story residential building on a roughly 1.15-acre lot at the corner of Mariposa Street and South Osceola Avenue.
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According to plans, the building would include a parking garage, 19,412 square feet of commercial space and 223 multi-family units, which could help provide more housing in a county that lacks it.
If the plans are approved, they will go before the city council for another vote in July. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/21/orlando-city-leaders-to-consider-development-plans-for-skyscraper/ | 2022-06-21T04:18:00 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/21/orlando-city-leaders-to-consider-development-plans-for-skyscraper/ |
WACO, Texas — Inflation has many Americans worried. Some feel like there is no end in sight. Local economic analyst Dr. Ray Perryman says while it will take some time, we can avoid a recession and see inflation come back down to earth in due time.
The Perryman Group in Waco published a report last Wednesday that says consumer confidence is as low as it's ben since the 1980 recession.
But he says he believes we can actually avoid a recession and the economy may actually be showing signs of strength, while it may not feel like it.
"The funny thing about it is underneath all of this consumer confidence issue and everything else, we're creating jobs at a very rapid pace, we're producing output at a very rapid pace," Perryman said. "A lot of things underneath economy, retail sales are strong. A lot of the underlying indicators are telling us that the economy still has some strength."
He says while it may not feel like it, the indicators there. If we stay patient, we will eventually see prices come back down.
"I'm not in the camp that thinks will necessarily have recession," Perryman said. "I think from a consumer standpoint though, we are going to be facing higher prices for a few more months, but they will come down. It's going to take time, the groundwork is already being laid."
Until that groundwork becomes action, Perryman says it is still best practice to be prudent and prepared while prices are high. It's going to be like this for a while.
"Until that happens, we are going to be getting inflation and consequently, people just need to to recognize that's probably going to be the case and try to be as prepared as they can." | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/local-economic-analyst-says-recession-may-not-come-prices-will-eventually-come-back-down-without-recession/500-e3b731a1-6c05-4211-b61a-101d28b79089 | 2022-06-21T04:31:20 | 1 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/local-economic-analyst-says-recession-may-not-come-prices-will-eventually-come-back-down-without-recession/500-e3b731a1-6c05-4211-b61a-101d28b79089 |
Woman struck and killed by suspected impaired driver on Loop 202 in Chandler, DPS says
A woman was hit and killed while walking across eastbound Loop 202 Santan Freeway near Price Road early Monday morning.
She was identified by the Arizona Department of Public Safety as 23-year-old Imari Pritchett.
DPS spokesman Bart Graves said the department received a report about a car striking a person around 12:50 a.m. Graves said that an off-duty Chandler police officer had responded to the area after Pritchett's car hit the right barrier wall near the eastbound on-ramp to Loop 202 by Price Road.
According to Graves, the officer said Pritchett exited her car and crossed the HOV lane when she was struck by an oncoming driver and her body was thrown into the HOV lane.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver left shortly after calling 911 to report he had hit something, Graves said. The 36-year-old was later arrested at his home in Chandler and he faces charges of impairment and leaving the scene of a fatal collision. His identity was not released.
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GREENSBORO — She earned a nickname later in life as “the lady who ran out of product.”
Sandra Carlton-Alexander, frustrated with trying to replicate the lighted tree balls around Sunset Hills during the holidays, came up with a kit made of plastic, which was easier to work with than the chicken wire normally used to create the city’s iconic Christmas decoration.
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It was a novel idea. But then, Alexander was a novel person.
There was a line of people trying to get their hands on one of Alexander’s tree balls when she ran out at a holiday market in 2019.
Alexander died June 10 at age 74 after spending 30 years as an educator. She retired from N.C. A&T, her alma mater, in 2003.
But really, A&T’s Class of 1969 valedictorian was a renaissance woman: professor, inventor, author, businesswoman, entrepreneur, local politician — who battled cancer along the way. Also wife to businessman Rondal Alexander and mother to Tonya and Derrick.
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“That’s a good word for her — renaissance woman,” Tonya Alexander said of her mother.
Sandra was a participant in Impact Greensboro and member of the board of trustees for Triad Stage.
Her first post-retirement venture was a scenic tours business that had an educational theme. Alexander had actors portray historic scenes or monologues from Greensboro natives who were significant to the city’s history as a way of educating the young and old.
Growing up on a farm in eastern North Carolina, she came to Greensboro to attend A&T.
She told the News & Record in 1992 it was an exciting time to come of age. She thought her generation would be able to reach for the sky and not denied like those who came before her.
She would also experience the turmoil of the times. It was during her senior year in 1969 when Alexander experienced days of riots and police on the Aggie campus.
Alexander had been a counselor in the dorm and eyewitness to history in what started as a disputed student government election at nearby Dudley High School. It ended with the National Guard’s deployment at A&T in what was then called the largest armed assault ever seen against an American college campus.
“I was in Curtis Hall when the tear gas began flying,’’ she once said.
After graduation, she earned a master’s degree in English at Harvard University and then a doctorate in English at the University of Pittsburgh.
She was later hired as an English professor at A&T, served as director of freshman advisement and eventually named co-chair of the English department. Programs she initiated became part of the campus.
As a technical writer, she helped the university earn nearly $1 million in research funding.
But Alexander loved being in the classroom.
And students loved being in her classroom.
“I took her for African American literature and she used experiences from her life to relate the work to us,” Latrecia Jones, a former student, once said to A&T’s campus newspaper. “She made you question your views and she opened up our creative sides.
“It makes me sad. I wish ‘Aggies-to-be’ could have some of the experiences that I had with Dr. Alexander.”
Meanwhile, Alexander was already writing a first novel, “Black Butterflies: Stories of the South in Transition,” a volume of short stories.
And there was more to come: “Impressions: Six Months in the Life of a Southern City” was a fictional account of four couples who are products of the civil rights movement. She described it as sort of like the movie “The Big Chill.’”
A short story — “The Last of the Sunkist Soda” — later won first prize in the NC Writers Network Fiction Competition.
“You come off the farm with some good, old American values,” Alexander once said. “Hard work. Determination. Focus. Attention to task. You set your goals and don’t stop until you get where you’re going.’’
In 1992, she had been one of two N.C. fiction writers to win a Greensboro Arts Council fellowship.
At the same time, she was involved in her community, as president of the board of directors of the Greensboro YWCA, where she started a teen mentor program.
She served on on political campaign committees.
And then she ran for office herself.
She won a seat on the Guilford County Board of Education — the first Black person to win an at-large seat — and came into the job with a list of goals, including having more students reading at their grade level and expanding technical training for students not going to college.
As it had been with her, she felt that education was the way to achieve dreams, Tonya Alexander said of her mother.
And she wanted that for other children.
“She saw a need, and that’s one thing she’s instilled in my brother and me — that when you see a need in the community you should do what you can to fill that gap,” Tonya Alexander said.
Tonya remembers when her mother had to be hospitalized right before the pandemic and that year’s launch of the Saturday Heritage Academy for middle school students at her church, Genesis Baptist. She asked Tonya to bring her laptop to the hospital. When her daughter came back, Alexander wasn’t in her bed.
“She had pulled up a chair and had the laptop on the sink in the hospital room clicking away,” Tonya Alexander recalled. “I said, ‘What are you doing?’ She said, ‘I’ve got to get ready. There’s work to do.’”
The academy was designed to be a 10-week enrichment program in language arts, math and African American history.
Alexander got financial help from the church, her Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and others. She contracted with teachers to oversee the language arts and math classes and had fellow church members talk to students about their heritage.
It culminated with a trip to places like Baltimore’s National Great Blacks in Wax Museum where there is a life-sized slave ship.
“That was her latest baby,” Tonya Alexander said. “She put all of her passion into teaching and building up a next generation of children who would have a thirst for knowledge.”
Alexander might not have ever known her impact on people.
Cards, especially those from former students, have left the family in tears. Good tears.
“I think she would like to be remembered,” Tonya Alexander said of her mother, “as a community servant.”
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If seeing gas prices is like knowing the temperature, then that feeling you get when you fill up right now is a lot like the humidity on a North Texas summer day, inescapable and stifling.
President Joe Biden is said to be considering a gas tax holiday, which would suspend the federal gas tax and lower prices at the pump by 18.4 cents per gallon of gas.
The rising costs across the country, including here, is the reason. On Monday, North Texas drivers are filling up at about $4.79 per gallon, 14 cents higher than the state average at $4.65 but about 20 cents lower than the national average which sits at just under $5 per gallon at $4.98
“I mean, it’s ridiculous. I drive trucks, so the diesel fuel is even higher,” said Gaylon Harrison of Dallas
“Costs well over 100 and I’ve never paid over 100 dollars to fill my truck up, ever,” R.J. Manuel of Royse City said. “It’s getting out of hand.”
Biden said he’ll make a decision by this weekend whether to suspend the gas tax but it will require congressional approval and that is far from certain.
The federal gas tax rate has remained unchanged since 1993.
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Daniel Armbruster with AAA Texas says while even the slightest easing of prices may sound welcome, suspending the federal gas tax would come at a cost too.
The federal gas tax is the primary funding source to pay for infrastructure projects like roads, bridges and overpasses.
“It might save drivers a little bit at the pump but in the long run it's going to really have a potential to impact infrastructure funding,” Armbruster said.
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NORMAL — Normal police crime-solving efforts could benefit from Flock Safety’s license plate recognition system, Normal Police Chief Steve Petrilli and a representative from the company told the Town Council on Monday at its work session.
“Our mission as a company is to eliminate crime,” said Josh Thomas, vice president of communications for the Atlanta, Georgia-based public safety technology company.
“We say that knowing those are audacious words to say out loud and it’s incredibly difficult to actually deliver on this mission, but we’re seeing signs of real progress in cities all around the county and that is only possible with good technology, good people, good training, good law enforcement, and good policies,” he added.
The council took no vote on the license plate cameras, pending further review, and it also heard a report on the status of pavement in the town.
The Flock system, which was approved in Bloomington in March after a number of residents and community groups raised privacy concerns, is meant to be used in limited cases. The data would not used for traffic enforcement, fines, towing or immigration enforcement, but instead would be used only in major crime investigations such as abductions, assaults, arson, homicides, shootings, robberies and sexual assaults, Thomas said.
Flock technology is now used by more than 600 police departments in 38 states, according to the vendor. Locally, 120 Illinois municipalities, including Champaign, Decatur, Peoria, Rantoul and Springfield, have signed agreements and approved the installation of the technology.
Flock cameras are installed in more than 2,000 cities nationwide and if a vehicle associated with a crime in Normal is picked up on one of those cameras elsewhere in the country, Normal police would be notified immediately.
Thomas said cameras can take photos of license plates on cars driving at speeds up to 100 mph and from up to 75 feet away. Details such as the license plate number and the vehicle's color, make and model are then processed through machine learning for a clearer picture and to allow for officers to respond to reports more quickly.
Technology like this could have been beneficial in a case in May, Petrilli said. A Chicago man was arrested in connection with a shooting on the Illinois State University campus, and the vehicle he was in reportedly was stolen in Chicago the previous weekend, he added.
“We have three major interstates that run through our community and had that vehicle left the interstate and come into our community and we had this technology, we may have prevented that crime,” Petrilli said. “Those are stats that you never really get to see: How many crimes do you prevent? But this technology really does leverage that ability for the police departments to do exactly that.”
The gathered data would be encrypted and stored in an Amazon Web Services cloud for up to 30 days unless it's part of an investigation. If not used, the video collected would be deleted after 30 days.
Trustee Chemberly Cummings asked where the department would place these cameras and what would be the policy for using the data.
Petrilli said there already is a map of proposed camera sites and clarified that they would be pointed toward public areas like interstate entrances, schools and campus areas for safety and not be placed in areas solely based on crime statistics.
As for the policy, the town would use the Springfield Police Department’s policy as a model because it has been analyzed and edited by the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Springfield to prohibit misuse.
“I can tell you that our policy, that is the focus,” Petrilli said. “Data security, privacy, how the data is going to be used and exactly what that looks like.”
There also is an auditing system that would log each user who goes into the system and keep a history of what they search for and when, he said.
In addition, Trustee Kathleen Lorenz asked why the town should choose Flock and not seek bids from other contractors with similar technology.
Petrilli said they have looked at other license plate reading vendors but what is unique to Flock’s service is that neighboring communities already have implemented this technology and can contribute across multiple police departments.
For example, if a vehicle associated with a crime in Normal were picked up on a Flock camera elsewhere around the country, Normal police would get an alert.
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The council also heard a presentation on the results of the town’s pavement condition index assessment, which was collected in July 2021 and compiled by Applied Research Associates.
The assessment reviews the town’s pavement surface evaluation and rating (PASER) and determines a cost-effective preventive maintenance plan that identifies needed distress repair, surface treatment and minor rehabilitation on various roadways, said Joe Stefanski, a senior engineer at Applied Research Associates.
“We know there are many factors that are considered that we have developed in the program," he said. "We’re able to put a lot of local information, the condition information, age information, and the budget information all together in one system, but there’s a lot that we’re not taking into account like contractor availability and the ever-changing asphalt prices, so that’s why we say this is another tool.”
The data from the assessment shows that a majority of roadways are considered in "satisfactory," "fair" or "good" condition, while almost a third of roadways are in "poor," "very poor," "serious" or "failed" condition.
The average pavement condition index across the town is at a rating of 65, which is considered to be a "fair."
As part of the assessment, the town is going to receive a one-year license fee for the Applied Research Associates software to analyze cost-effective maintenance plans, but it will have to pay $1,000 annually in order to receive future software upgrades or technical support, Stefanski said.
Although the cost is not an issue, Trustee Stan Nord said he was expecting to see the actual data presented and made available to the public but instead the presentation felt more like a “sales pitch” for the software itself.
Public Works Director Ryan Otto said the data will become available by June 30.
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During a meeting following the work session, the town authorized a contract with Hoerr Construction Inc. for sanitary sewer lining.
Hoerr was the lowest bidder at $790,078
The council also renewed the town’s agreement with the McLean County Regional Planning Commission. The cost of technical planning services, which the commission has provided for more than 40 years, is $54,000, the same as last year’s cost.
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Sandeepa Sangras, Shree and Phani Aytam with honorees Dee Frautschi and Al Bedell
Honorees Myra and George Gordon
Julie Emig, McLean County Museum of History Executive Director
2021 Honorees Jerry and Carole Ringer
2021 honoree Robert Sutherland, Beverly Bell, George and Myra Gordon
2021 Honoree Barbara Stuart, John Freese
Duane and Carolyn Yockey
Janet Hood, Joshua Crockett, Heartland Community College President Keith Cornille, Carl Teichman, IWU President Georgia Nugent, Andy and Kathy Shirk
Takesha Stokes, Chemberly Cummings
Sandra Harmon, Kathi Davis
Kevin and Shelleigh Birlingmair
Mary and Hank Campbell
Larry and Marlene Dietz
Meghan Allen, Stacie Killian
Sonja Reece, Paul Harmon, Honorees Al Bedell and Dee Frautschi
Pat Grogg, Kaye Andrews
Pag Grogg, Jerry Ringer, Kaye Andrews
ISU Trustees Bob Dobski and Dr. Kathy Bohn with Dr. Tom Nielsen, Susan and Stephen Kern
Michelle Pazar, Allison Petty
Dee Frautschi with her nominator Phani Aytam
Jeff Payne, Julie Dobski
Art and Camille Taylor
Karen and Tony DeAngelis
Mike and Connie O’Grady
Jan and John Wohlwend
Kris Williams, Beth Whisman
Carolyn Yockey, Joan Vanden Eynden
Nayoka Griffis, Sonya Mau
Judy Buchanan, Marilyn Freese
Pam and Herb Eaton
Former Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner with wife Melinda
Dan Adams, Adam Morris
Dionne Blake, Christina Rogers
Jeff and Julie Payne
Illinois Voices Theatre actors Cristen Monson, Jennifer Rusk
Illinois Voices Theatre actors Bob Mangialardi, Cristen Monson, Jennier Rusk, Vicky Snyder
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Honoree Al Bedell
Honoree Myra Gordon
Honoree George Gordon, Tari Renner
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Larry Dietz, Brian Wipperman
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Dee Frautschi, George Gordon
George and Myra Gordon, Michael Brown
Dee Frautschi, Al Bedell, Jeanne Morris
Karen DeAngelis, Bob and Julie Dobski
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The Tri-Cape softball team won all three of its bracket games Monday at the Phillies Softball Carpenter Cup Classic in Philadelphia.
Cedar Creek High School’s Liz Martin was the winning pitcher in the first game and the third game. St. Joseph Academy’s Macie Jacquet had nine hits on the day.
Tri-Cape, a team with eight standouts from the Cape-Atlantic League and eight from the Tri-County Conference, went 3-0 in Bracket B of the 16-team tournament. Tri-Cape beat Mercer County 6-4 and defeated Inter-Ac BAL 15-1 in its second game. Tri-Cape beat Jersey Shore 6-3 in an evening game for a sweep in the bracket.
Martin struck out eight in four innings against Mercer County. Each pitcher can only pitch four innings in a game. Delsea Regional’s Gianna Dougherty was the winning pitcher in the second game, going three innings of the five-inning game. Schalick’s Catie Melchiorre, who had two doubles in the game, pitched the final two innings. Melchiorre pitched the first two innings of the game against Jersey Shore, and Martin got the win in relief. Aubrey Miller, of GCIT, had two hits in the game, and Mia Owens (Williamstown) hit a two-run single in the seventh inning.
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All the games were played at Phillies MLB Urban Youth Academy Field at FDR Park.
Buena Regional’s Pam Pickett and Pennsville Memorial’s Beth Jackson are Tri-Cape’s co-coaches. Brackets A and B played on Monday, and Brackets C and D play Tuesday. Pickett said Tri-Cape was the only team in Bracket A or B that won all three of its games Monday.
“I thought we played very well today,” Pickett said. “We did well in the circle, we hit the ball nicely, and defensively we were pretty solid. Macie Jacquet hit well for us all day. We made a few (defensive) miscues in the last game ,but overall we were solid. Good catching, good pitching, very exciting.”
The top two teams from each bracket will return Wednesday for the quarterfinals at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. The semifinals are at 1 p.m. and the championship game at 3 p.m. Tri-Cape, the top seed in Bracket B, will play the No. 2 seed in Bracket D at 11 a.m.
The CAL players on the team are Riley Lancaster (Hammonton), Sienna Walterson (Egg Harbor Township), Denver Obermeyer (Mainland Regional), Brooke Joslin (Millville), Martin, Jacquet, Chaneyl Johnson (Cedar Creek) and Cameryn Johnson (Buena Regional).
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FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — A teen lost his hand while reportedly playing with fireworks on Monday afternoon, according to South King Fire.
The 14-year-old boy was near the basketball court behind Saghalie Middle School when the incident happened.
Crews responded to the call around 4:30 p.m. In addition to losing his left hand, the teen also suffered multiple injuries to his right hand.
An 11-year-old was also injured.
Both were transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with non-life-threatening injuries.
"Obviously, today was heartbreaking - a 14-year-old boy," said Sound King Fire & Rescue Captain Brad Chaney. "I mean, his life is changed forever, over, you know, one poor decision to play with fireworks. And now the trajectory of his future is completely altered."
The King County Sheriff's fire investigator will look into the incident.
What happened comes on the heels of an educational campaign about commercial fireworks now being banned in unincorporated areas of King County. The county joins many cities that have already issued similar bans. The ban was signed into law last year by the King County Council, but the state requires a year-long period before the ban could take effect.
With Fourth of July approaching, South King Fire had this reminder for the community: "Please leave the fireworks to the professionals and attend a public show instead."
"We staff up very heavily on those days and cost the taxpayers a lot of money," Chaney explained. "There's been a loss of life and then, of course, damage to property. It's not something that we should continue doing."
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BANKS COUNTY, Ga. — Firefighters were called to a Motel 6 in Commerce on Monday after a fire broke out.
It happened at 128 Frontage Rd., according to deputies, around 6 p.m.
The sheriff's department said everyone was evacuated from the building. Information about how the fire started was not provided by the department.
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SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. — A mobile home was destroyed by fire in Schuylkill County.
Officials say the residents of the place along East Second Mountain Road near Pottsville were using a burn barrel early afternoon Monday.
They thought they'd put out the fire but instead, the flames spread to a garage and then the mobile home.
Everyone made it out safely.
Crews believe both the garage and the home are a total loss after Monday's fire in Schuylkill County.
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POTTSVILLE, Pa. — Families in Schuylkill County were able to check out emergency equipment up close Monday night.
It's all part of Pottsville's Public Safety Night Out at Martz hall.
Kids were able to meet members of the fire department, water rescue and dive team, police, and EMS workers.
It's all so kids could get comfortable around the equipment and also learn about fire safety so they could escape a burning building should they ever have to.
"I went through the fire truck the old one, the old one," said Joseph Petrosky, visitor.
"It's really cool I'm really glad the kids get to experience it and see what the people use to save people," said Danielle Halye, visitor.
Pottsville Fire Police also used the Public Safety Night Out to recruit volunteers to help with the department in Schuylkill County.
See news happening? Text our Newstip Hotline. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/schuylkill-county/public-safety-night-out-in-pottsville-schuylkill-county-ems-workers-firemen-police-joseph-petrosky-danielle-hayley/523-bbe6e75e-8615-4372-abea-ac241d2a372a | 2022-06-21T05:30:44 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/schuylkill-county/public-safety-night-out-in-pottsville-schuylkill-county-ems-workers-firemen-police-joseph-petrosky-danielle-hayley/523-bbe6e75e-8615-4372-abea-ac241d2a372a |
INDIANAPOLIS — The recent rise in mass shootings has schools and churches beefing up security and taking a closer look at emergency drills.
It's not something they want to think about, but after what happened last month at Uvalde, it's something the staff at Lynhurst Baptist Church Preschool Ministry said they have to think about: What they would do if somehow an active shooter got inside?
"In Hollywood, they teach us all kinds of things stop bullets. Well, Hollywood's wrong," said Indianapolis Metro Police Lt. Allen Tuttle.
Preschool teachers heard straight talk Monday night from IMPD about what they should do if someone came inside shooting.
"We will be talking about tough stuff, like the murder of children, people being hurt, people being shot," Tuttle said.
None of it is hard to imagine, given the recent shootings at Robb Elementary School in Texas that left 19 elementary school kids and two teachers dead, and another at a supermarket in Buffalo, where 10 people were killed and three more were wounded.
"We do tornado drills. We do our fire drills for early childhood. I never thought I would have to do an active shooter drill," said Renee Dixon, the preschool's director.
But that's just what Dixon decided her staff needed after seeing what happened in Texas.
"What can we do to prepare ourselves, because if you're not prepared, your mind just shuts down and you don't think, but if you even prepare just a little bit, then you have something," said Dixon
"What we teach is kind of a run, hide, fight scenario," Tuttle said.
In its active shooter training for public spaces, IMPD teaches, if you can get away, do that. If not, hide.
"Putting large items between you and a potential shooter, and then the last thing is to actually fight if you have to," Tuttle added.
The training doesn't teach people how to fight, but how to get ready to fight.
"We teach you how to get into the right mindset if you have to fight," said Tuttle.
It's something Dixon and her staff hope to never have to do, but they're talking about it now because not being prepared isn't an option.
"What do I need to do? What do me and my staff need to do to protect our children," Dixon said. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indianapolis-preschool-conducts-training-for-active-shooter-scenarios-safety-uvalde-plan/531-574ea73c-1adc-4b29-acbe-ac819eb3863f | 2022-06-21T05:35:50 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indianapolis-preschool-conducts-training-for-active-shooter-scenarios-safety-uvalde-plan/531-574ea73c-1adc-4b29-acbe-ac819eb3863f |
COLUMBUS, Ind. — Back in February, the Beijing Olympic Games brought figure skating back to the world stage.
The competition first making headlines as 15-year-old Russian skater Kamila Valieva became the first woman to land a quad jump during Olympic competition, then later for the doping scandal and emotional breakdown on the ice that followed.
Those events sparked a renewed conversation around the world and among the figure skating community, calling for the age limit for elite competition to be increased from 15 years old. And earlier this month, the International Skating Union voted overwhelmingly to increase the minimum age up to 17.
The change will mean longer wait times for Olympic hopefuls and possibly a change to what skills are able to be performed on the ice. But many in the skating community are applauding the decision, saying this change has been decades in the making.
Even on a hot summer day, Daisy Dorsett loves to hit the ice from the rink in Columbus, Indiana.
"It's cold, and then it just makes me feel amazing whenever you're skating," said Dorsett, who lives in North Vernon.
At 13 years old, Dorsett has only been figure skating for a year, but already, her quick learning is showing up on the ice.
"I got first in the first competition," Dorsett said.
And with another two competitions next month, she's hopeful her skills will allow her to place highly there, too. Dorsett is hopeful that after a few more years of training, she'll be ready for the Olympics.
"Someday, I hope," Dorsett said.
"I believe her. She wants it, she wants to do it. and I'm here to help," said Emma Baxter, a former figure skater and longtime figure skating coach.
Baxter, Daisy's coach, is no stranger to the rink herself.
"My mother is a coach and since she worked here, as soon as I could walk she would put skates on my feet and have me skate while she worked," Baxter said.
Last week, the International Skating Union voted to increase the minimum age for senior figure skating competition from 15 years old up to 17.
In the more than three decades around the sport now, Baxter said this decision will bring big changes for skaters.
"You know, at 17, when you mature and grow, the physics behind your body and the dynamics, if you're just a tiny little thing in skating and your hips haven't dispersed out, you can rotate faster, you can spin faster, you can jump higher if you have that ability,” said Baxter.
"I think it was really wise of the international skating union to say 17 is where we need to be," said Angela Smith, past president of the American College of Sports Medicine and former world team physician for US Figure Skating.
Smith said this is an important change for the sport and for women's health. The need for the change, Smith said, was brought to the forefront again in Beijing, when Kamila Valieva’s doping scandal and emotional breakdown was put on the world stage.
“It’s the right thing to for women’s mental health, it’s the right thing to do for women’s physical health. In my opinion, it’s the right thing for the sport,” Smith said.
The physical health side of the decision is huge, Smith stressed. In order to stay slim and keep the ability to land certain jumps, Smith said there have been reports for decades of disordered eating, skaters starving themselves to put off puberty until after their Olympic chances have passed.
“They eat protein powder. We’ve heard skaters say they never eat solid food. We’ve heard skaters talk about extreme routines, like they’re practicing 12 hours a day,” Smith said.
Staying thin as a figure skater, Smith said, is something many athletes view as important to be able to land their best tricks consistently.
“Young women, they do gain hips, they do gain breasts and so they no longer have that very tight, narrow, lean, skinny, frankly, body of a pre-pubital girl that has made that athletes these days be able to do quad jumps even when they’re female,” Smith said.
The recommendation to increase the age isn’t new. Smith said it was first brought up in the 1990s. And while it’s been a long road taking a hard toll on young skaters to get to this point, she said, it’s important that the ISU implement the change.
"It's taken 30 years for this to come about. And thank goodness it has and it's going up to 17, not just 16, because it's clear 16 isn't high enough," Smith said.
But what this will mean for young skaters vying to make it to that elite level in the coming years is still unclear.
“Will they be doing quads next year? I don’t know. I don’t know whether other methods will be found to stave off puberty beyond the age of 17. It’s frightening to imagine, maybe it’s possible," Smith said. "I don’t know."
"I wonder how it will unfold but, it could be good," Baxter said. "But if you're ready at 15, you might be incredibly amazing by your 17th year, who knows, but I think it might maybe be a little more fair."
Hitting the rink herself, Dorsett said she sees both sides, believing the ISU's decision could end up being both good and bad for the future of figure skating moving forward. But, she said, it’s not changing her dream of making it to that Olympic ice down the road.
"I'm 17 in four years anyways," Dorsett said.
The new, 17-year-old age limit will be in place for the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics in 2026. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/its-the-right-thing-for-the-sport-doctors-skaters-weigh-in-on-increased-age-limit-for-competition-olympics-athletes-safety/531-051bd3b4-676c-489c-99ae-15b58df56f2e | 2022-06-21T05:35:56 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/its-the-right-thing-for-the-sport-doctors-skaters-weigh-in-on-increased-age-limit-for-competition-olympics-athletes-safety/531-051bd3b4-676c-489c-99ae-15b58df56f2e |
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Nicole Mokeme is being remembered by those who knew her for her bright spirit and kindness toward others.
"She was a sweet kind, caring, loving, just beautiful person," Marion Sloan told NEWS CENTER Maine Monday. "I just absolutely loved her."
Sloan said the pair knew each other through church, sang together and went on adventures.
Mokeme was one of the organizers of the Black Excellence Retreat 2022 at the Schoodic Institute located in Acadia National Park this weekend where she was ultimately killed.
Maine State Police said she died after being struck by a car sometime between Saturday night and early Sunday morning. They said the driver took off.
Officials are asking for the public's assistance in locating the vehicle believed to be a 2016 Black BMW X3 SUV with license plate 5614WM. Police said the car is registered to Raymond Lester, 35, of Portland.
"I can't believe it," Sloan said. "I just can't believe it."
Sloan, who did not share specifics about the incident, said her friend died on a trip where she was doing what she loved: empowering people.
Mokeme was the creative director of the Rise and Shine Youth Retreat. The organization aimed to empower people of color.
Sloan said through wellness retreats and programs, Mokeme helped young Black and indigenous kids experience the Maine outdoors and gain confidence in the process.
Through farming, sailing, fishing, and more, the retreats were intended to show people all of all ages what they were capable of.
"She just wanted them to have different experiences and realize that there is so much more out and the world, so much more they can do," Sloan said. "It's just so beautiful for her to bring things like that to kids who can now look up and say, 'I can do that too.'"
Mokeme was a member of the Green Memorial AME Zion Church in Portland.
Senior pastor, Rev. Kenneth I. Lewis, posted to Facebook Monday mourning her passing.
"As a member of the Green Memorial AME Zion Church, Nicole’s presence and spirit was profound," he wrote. "If one ever had a chance to engage Nicole one left her presence both impressed and impacted."
Anyone with information about the hit and run, should call Maine State Police at 207-973-9700.
"Please if anybody knows anything," Sloan said. "I miss my friend." | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/i-cant-believe-it-friends-want-answers-after-woman-killed-in-acadia-national-park-hit-and-run-nicole-mokeme-maine/97-5993a6f1-33de-4711-9b4c-a5e9ccaa76b4 | 2022-06-21T05:53:07 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/i-cant-believe-it-friends-want-answers-after-woman-killed-in-acadia-national-park-hit-and-run-nicole-mokeme-maine/97-5993a6f1-33de-4711-9b4c-a5e9ccaa76b4 |
OAKLAND, Maine — Update 9:52 p.m.:
Central Maine Power is working to repair damage to the High Street telephone pole. They do not have a power restoration estimate at this time, a Facebook post by the Oakland Police Department States.
Original Story:
The Oakland Police Department reported a motor vehicle crash on High St. involving a telephone pole and fire Monday evening, in a Facebook post.
Oakland PD stated that cruisers and Oakland Fire and Rescue responded to the incident.
High Street is currently closed, and Oakland PD is advising people to avoid the area, according to the post.
Central Maine Power stated in a Twitter post that some customers in the Oakland and Belgrade area are experiencing an outage in service. CMP stated they will be working to resolve the outage once conditions are safe to do so.
The investigation is ongoing. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/oakland-pd-and-fire-responds-to-motor-vehicle-crash-fire-outage-maine/97-c784dcd0-f142-4227-b54b-0bfea7d0bc0f | 2022-06-21T05:53:14 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/oakland-pd-and-fire-responds-to-motor-vehicle-crash-fire-outage-maine/97-c784dcd0-f142-4227-b54b-0bfea7d0bc0f |
Woman shot in Glendale; suspects not yet found, police say
Authorities say a shooting at 51st Drive and Hatcher Road in Glendale left a woman injured Monday evening.
The investigation is ongoing and the two suspects have not yet been found, according to Detective Ashley Thompson of the Glendale Police Department.
At 6:33 p.m., Glendale Police responded to reports of a shooting, but when they arrived at 51st Drive and Hatcher Road they could not locate anyone in the area. Officers found shell casings and pulled video recordings that showed two individuals drive up to the area and fire at a woman standing next to her car.
Afterward, the two suspects returned to their car and fled the scene. No other description of the subjects were given.
The woman later went to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police. Thompson said the woman is not being cooperative with police but that the investigation is still ongoing.
Reach criminal justice reporter Gloria Rebecca Gomez at grgomez@gannett.com or on Twitter @glorihuh.
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WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — The West Des Moines fire department is currently investigating the cause of a structure fire in West Des Moines Sunday.
Authorities from multiple fire departments responded to the scene. Due to high temperatures in the mid-90s, crews from Windsor Heights, Urbandale and Clive took turns controlling the fire.
According to West Des Moines FD, firefighters had to force their way into the building.
No one was injured, but initial damage estimates from the incident are $200,000.
Local 5 will update this story as more information becomes available. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/west-des-moines-structure-fire-causes-estimated-200000-in-damage-fire-department-urbandale-clive-windsor-heights-iowa/524-910904f9-37e2-494b-a76a-82c7b3935377 | 2022-06-21T06:07:56 | 1 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/west-des-moines-structure-fire-causes-estimated-200000-in-damage-fire-department-urbandale-clive-windsor-heights-iowa/524-910904f9-37e2-494b-a76a-82c7b3935377 |
Four Fort Wayne-area businesses have received $585,000 combined in Manufacturing Readiness Grants to support technology-enabled investments.
The Indiana Economic Development Corporation, in partnership with Conexus Indiana, announced the sixth round of awards totaling nearly $4 million going to 43 Indiana businesses Monday. The grants will support a projected $46.1 million in investments, the economic development corporation said.
“Manufacturing is in Indiana’s DNA – we build things,” Gov. Eric J. Holcomb said in a statement. “The demand for the Manufacturing Readiness Grants program has proven time and time again to us that these investments help Hoosiers build things better.”
Launched in 2020, the Manufacturing Readiness Grants program was created to stimulate private-sector investments to modernize Indiana’s manufacturing industry. Since then, $17.4 million has been awarded to 212 companies in 60 counties, prompting proposed projects with combined budgets of $138.9 million and $22 million in estimated new wages, a news release said.
Local businesses receiving grants were:
• Riverside Mfg LLC, Allen County, $200,000. The manufacturer specializes in harsh environment electronics. This includes custom product development, printed circuit board assembly, electronics assembly, industrial labels, metal fabrication, plastic injection molding, over molding, cable and wire harness assembly and instrumentation. The company is investing in an automated, high-capacity production line for next-generation electronics assembly.
• Ottenweller Company, Inc., Allen County, $110,000. The company is a is a family-owned producer of metal fabricated products serving the construction, forestry, defense, medical and material handling industries. The company is investing in a robotic welding system to secure new business.
• Rathburn Tool & Manufacturing, DeKalb County, $170,000. The company uses extensive experience, technology and creativity to provide precision machining of steel, aluminum, brass, stainless steel and cast-iron components for heavy truck, rail, recreation, firearms, construction and various industrial sectors. The company is investing in smart robotics and automation, including cobots, machine vision systems, automatic feeder systems, laser scanners and smart torque guns to increase output and production cycle time while still delivering exceptional quality for new and existing customers.
• Paragon Medical Inc., Kosciusko County, $105,000. The company is a contract medical device manufacturer that produces components for the global orthopedic and life sciences market, including bone screws, plates, orthopedic implants, endoscopic devices, sterilization trays and more. The company is investing in additive manufacturing, with a focus on metal 3D printing, enabling rapid iteration on patient-specific devices for the medical device market. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/4-business-get-manufacturing-readiness-grants/article_ae394f9e-f0c8-11ec-bc52-432066b5a0e1.html | 2022-06-21T06:12:42 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/4-business-get-manufacturing-readiness-grants/article_ae394f9e-f0c8-11ec-bc52-432066b5a0e1.html |
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