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A developer can move forward with a three-story, 196-apartment complex on Meijer Drive near Interstate 469 after the Fort Wayne Plan Commission unanimously approved the plan Monday.
Anderson Properties plans to add seven buildings on about 10 acres on Meijer Drive, north of Menards and across the street from Meijer. Meijer Drive is a common passageway between St. Joe Center and Maysville roads.
Each three-story building will have 28 apartments for a total of 196 apartments, the primary development plan said. Meijer Drive Apartments will also include a leasing office, a pool and several eight-car garages.
Brian Shiu, director of development at Anderson Properties, said at a public hearing last week that the company has tried to market the land, which is zoned as a shopping center, unsuccessfully for 24 years.
Apartments can be built on land with shopping center zoning, but the height limit is set at 30 feet for apartment buildings compared to 40 feet in residential zonings. Anderson Properties requested a waiver to allow the buildings to be 45 feet.
Without the waiver, Shiu said the apartment buildings would be limited to two stories and reduce the number of apartments too much to make the development profitable.
Several people, including one of whom represented about 50 nearby residents, spoke against the plan for Meijer Drive Apartments at the public hearing last week. Neighbors’ complaints included the height of the buildings and the increased traffic the apartments would bring to Meijer Drive.
The plan commission members had two options. The site committee recommended the plan commission approve the waiver for all of the buildings except the two closest to the west property line.
Michelle Wood, senior planner, said the developer intends on changing plans to elongate the two western buildings to maintain the same number of apartments if the commission approves the waiver for five of the buildings.
The developer submitted a revised plan that moved the western buildings away from the property line, in hopes that it would reduce the burden to neighboring residents.
Commission member Rachel Tobin-Smith said the doubling the distance from neighbors is meant to make the three-story buildings obstruct nearby residents’ views the same amount as the two-story buildings closer to the property line would.
Commission members brought up traffic concerns, and Wood said such studies are typically done after the primary development plans are approved.
Commission vice president Don Schmidt made a motion to approve the revised plan and waiver for a maximum 45-foot height for all of the apartment buildings.
Ryan Neumeister, commission member, made an amendment to the motion to include a line of evergreen trees to be planted along the western property line. The western property line includes mature trees and plans for a privacy fence, but Neumeister said adding trees that don’t lose their leaves during winter would improve the buffer.
The primary development plan, waiver and amendment were approved unanimously.
The city plan commission’s next public hearing is set for July 11, and the next business meeting will be July 18. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/commission-approves-plans-for-meijer-drive-apartments/article_9bf5609c-f0fb-11ec-af39-4f1aaafa9e7d.html | 2022-06-21T06:12:48 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/commission-approves-plans-for-meijer-drive-apartments/article_9bf5609c-f0fb-11ec-af39-4f1aaafa9e7d.html |
Flower bed Mike Durbin | The Journal Gazette Jun 21, 2022 1 hr ago Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Four o’clocks and dusty miller grow from a raised garden “bed” Monday in the Display Gardens at the Allen County/Purdue Extension office. Mike Durbin | The Journal Gazette Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save Flower bed Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save Most Popular Huntington woman pleads guilty to child trafficking Komets leave Szydlowski off season-ending roster, parting with longtime star 13,500 in Fort Wayne still without power after storms Woman dies from storm-related injuries NACS promotes principal to assistant superintendent Stocks Market Data by TradingView | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/flower-bed/article_04b6084a-f0d7-11ec-a3c0-cfad5c4083fc.html | 2022-06-21T06:12:54 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/flower-bed/article_04b6084a-f0d7-11ec-a3c0-cfad5c4083fc.html |
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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/police-fire/monroeville-man-rolls-pickup-dies/article_5ae80500-f0ce-11ec-9cb1-ff4ebcacfa25.html | 2022-06-21T06:13:06 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/monroeville-man-rolls-pickup-dies/article_5ae80500-f0ce-11ec-9cb1-ff4ebcacfa25.html |
Trine University’s longtime leader – and the state’s current longest-serving college or university president – announced Monday he plans to retire next spring, ending a 23-year tenure.
“I believe this university is in its strongest position ever – academically, financially, strategically – which makes it the best time to turn over the reins to a worthy successor who will keep us on this extraordinary path we built together,” Earl Brooks II told employees, alumni and donors in an email.
The Angola institution wasn’t in this condition when Brooks arrived in 2000, a university news release said. Then known as Tri-State University, it faced challenges including declining enrollment, a crumbling campus, retention concerns and stressed finances.
Now, the release said, Trine continues to set enrollment records, with more than 5,850 students this past spring. Residential students live in modern, apartment-style housing, learn in revitalized academic buildings and benefit from state-of-the-art recreational and athletic facilities. Brooks played a central role in raising more than $250 million for the renewal and transformation.
Brooks, 66, will retire May 31, 2023, and he doesn’t plan to take it easy before then.
“I intend to operate this next year as if nothing has changed and plan to run full-speed across the finish line next May,” Brooks said.
The Board of Trustees has formed a committee to begin the process for selecting the university’s next president. Rick James, board chair, said Brooks will be difficult to replace, but his achievements have positioned the university well.
“All of this, along with the university’s very strong financial foundation, means his successor will assume one of the best jobs in higher education,” James said in a statement. “I am confident that our selection process will identify a strong and skilled leader worthy of carrying on Dr. Brooks’ legacy.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/trines-longtime-leader-announces-2023-retirement/article_c552bff4-f0ae-11ec-bf82-ab8cb5a4ade7.html | 2022-06-21T06:13:13 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/trines-longtime-leader-announces-2023-retirement/article_c552bff4-f0ae-11ec-bf82-ab8cb5a4ade7.html |
Marilyn “Tootie” Kolb, 85, of Charles City, died Friday, June 17, 2022 at the 11th Street Chautauqua Guest Home in Charles City. Arrangements: Hauser Weishaar Funeral Home.
Mary Robison, 55, of Mason City, died Saturday, June 18, 2022 in Mason City. Arrangements: Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapels. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/death-notices/globe-death-notices/article_f467ff62-5c96-5ae7-80b0-947ebb6e04cd.html | 2022-06-21T06:40:23 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/death-notices/globe-death-notices/article_f467ff62-5c96-5ae7-80b0-947ebb6e04cd.html |
Diana L. Ockerman
December 15, 1946-June 18, 2022
CHEROKEE-Diana L. (Crawford) Ockerman, 75, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 18, 2022, at her home with her family at her side.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 22nd at 10:30 a.m. at Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Barb Dinelli will officiate. Burial will be made in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Cherokee, Iowa. Public visitation will be held on Tuesday, June 21st from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with the family present from 5-7 p.m. Online condolences may be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/diana-l-ockerman/article_17b445c6-0d00-5d47-9b6b-000a00d067b0.html | 2022-06-21T06:40:30 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/diana-l-ockerman/article_17b445c6-0d00-5d47-9b6b-000a00d067b0.html |
Jeffrey William Blanchard
NORA SPRINGS-Jeffrey William Blanchard, 67 of 111 S. Gaylord, Nora Springs died Sunday, June 19, 2022 at home.
For full obituary please see web page at Fullerton Funeral Home, 123 2nd St SE, Mason City, IA 50401, 641-423-8676 www.Fullertonfh.com Facebook/Fullertonfuneralhomes | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/jeffrey-william-blanchard/article_029ceac3-804d-539d-818d-b88b8c56ca34.html | 2022-06-21T06:40:36 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/jeffrey-william-blanchard/article_029ceac3-804d-539d-818d-b88b8c56ca34.html |
Jody G. Pals
August 29, 1958-June 17, 2022
MASON CITY-Jody G. Pals (Lightbody), 63, of Mason City passed away Friday, June 17th, 2022 at her home in Mason City due to complications with Alzheimer's and non-alcoholic liver disease. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 A.M., Thursday, June 23, 2022, at Richland Lutheran Church in Thornton, IA with Pastor Robert Harting officiating. Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 P.M., Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at Major Erickson Funeral Home and Crematory, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City and will resume one hour prior to services at the church. Interment will be held in the Richland Lutheran Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Caring Pregnancy Center in Mason City. Online condolences maybe left for the family at www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com
Jody G. Pals, the daughter of Larry and Judith (Schonemann) Lightbody, was born on August 29, 1958, at Mercy Hospital in Mason City. She attended Meservey-Thornton school and later completed the Dental Assistant Program at Iowa Central Community College. On August 26, 1978, she married Bart Pals of Meservey, at Richland Lutheran Church in Thornton. Jody and Bart resided in Mason City where she worked as a dental assistant for over 20 years. She later worked with Bart on his construction business. Jody enjoyed many things including baking, being a 4-H leader, traveling, the Iowa State Cyclones and of course her beloved family. Her greatest joy in life was being a mother and grandmother.
She was a member of Our Saviours Lutheran Church in Mason City.
Jody is survived by her husband Bart Pals, two children, Katie Pals of Belmond and Logan (Catharine) Pals of Grover Beach, CA, two grandchildren Samuel and Ella Pals, her parents Larry and Judith Lightbody of Thornton, her brother Kirk (Kathy) Lightbody of Arlington, TX, sister-in-law Nancy (Phil) McLaughlin of Thornton, and brother-in-law Jeff (Mary) Pals of Mason City, as well as many cousins and nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by grandparents George and Edna Mae Lightbody and William and Grace Schonemann.
Arrangements are with Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, Mason City, Iowa 50401, 641-423-0924, www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/jody-g-pals/article_4f4af51e-22d9-5489-8ffa-6ccd5b3dc8ec.html | 2022-06-21T06:40:42 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/jody-g-pals/article_4f4af51e-22d9-5489-8ffa-6ccd5b3dc8ec.html |
HORSESHOE BEND, Idaho — As the family of Everette Jackson mourns the loss of the 21-year-old, for some, it’s now bringing the idea of river safety top of mind.
Crews found his body in the Payette River in Emmett, eight days after he floated the river. The Gem County Sheriff's Office called Jackson’s death an accidental drowning.
KTVB reached out to river expert Kenneth Long, the General Manager at Cascade Raft and Kayak. He says it's important to know your limits and be prepared for what you're doing.
“The thing with spring time Idaho is the flows are very variable so the river can go up and down dramatically in very short order,” Long said.
Long believes those were likely the conditions when Jackson was floating the Payette River.
“When that situation unfolded, unfortunately that was part of the massive rising of the Payette River at that time,” Long said.
He has been with Cascade Raft and Kayak for 25 years. He says wearing a life jacket is the number one safety measure.
“The current is always moving and it's very cold, so if you find yourself in the water, that current is going to keep pulling you, and pulling you, and dragging you downstream, and that cold water particularly right now could zap your strength and make it very difficult for you to get out if you don't have the proper equipment to keep you safe,” Long said.
He adds some folks might be caught off guard right now since Idaho has been dealing with drought conditions, and recently received unexpected amounts of wet weather.
“All of a sudden, we've got the river higher than we've seen in four or five years, and quite unexpectedly, to be honest,” Long said. “If you're going tubing, stretch, make sure you know the takeouts and the put ins, and make sure you know what the rapids are, and what the water is in between there. If you're doing white water, you need to know your skill and the people you're going with so you could all participate in getting safely down the river.”
Lastly, if you do find yourself in the water, Long told KTVB, most people try to stand, but if you do that, you could smash your knees, ankles or get your foot trapped, instead he says, lay flat on your back.
“Getting your feet up on top of the water is very important. when you're dealing with any sort of higher water and the rivers up into the bushes and the trees you need to know that you need to stay away, and swim away, from the trees or any of the bushes. The water will go through those trees and bushes, but boats, people, and things like that will get hung up and stuck. They're called strainers,” Long said.
Strainers should be avoided, he warns. Also, keep in mind, right now the water is cold, so make sure to properly dress in wetsuits because having the right gear is important.
Long told KTVB, he hears about some kind of tragedy happening in the river once or twice a summer because of the unpredictability of the river.
As for Jackson, The Gem County Coroner told KTVB, his body is with the coroner’s office right now and he'll soon be sent to Louisiana to be with his family.
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GARY, IN - Albert Klodzen, age 88, a lifelong resident of Gary, IN passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Survived by his sister Irene (late John) Lewandowski; brothers: Edward (Carolyn) Klodzen and George Klodzen. Preceded in death by his parents, Steven and Emma (Werden) Klodzen; and siblings: James, Lucy, Steven, Emily, Margaret, Ray, Dorothy, Theresa and Joseph; and many nieces and nephews.
Albert proudly served in the US Army from 1955 to 1956, spending time in Germany. He worked at US Steel as a metallurgist and retired with over 30 years of service. He was a long time member of St. Mark's Catholic Church and then St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church.
Albert loved the outdoors, hunting, fishing and golfing. He loved his pizza with sausage and pepperoni. Also, it was prudent to never serve him chicken or fish. He loved playing games with his many nephews and nieces. And he had a big heart helping people out and wanting nothing in return.
Family and friends are welcome to attend a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, from St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church, 330 E. 45th Ave., Gary with Rev. Juan Turcios officiating. At rest Calumet Park Cemetery. Please visit www.mycalumetpark.com to express online condolences and view online obituary. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/albert-klodzen/article_7014dfb7-bd55-54ce-b577-4893be12c677.html | 2022-06-21T06:49:41 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/albert-klodzen/article_7014dfb7-bd55-54ce-b577-4893be12c677.html |
ST. JOHN/EAST CHICAGO - Dolores Ruiz, age 79, passed away Friday, June 17, 2022 surrounded by her loving family. She is survived by daughters: Gloria Garcia and Sarah Ruiz; sons: Daniel Ruiz and Albert (Marlo) Ruiz; grandchildren: Ermelinda (Joseph) Torres, Selena and Alfonso Castillo Ruiz (Father Luis Castillo), and Mila and Nora Ruiz; great-grandchildren: Joseph and Lilly Torres; and many nieces; and nephews; and dear friends.
She is preceded in death by her devoted husband, Alfonso Ruiz; beloved mother, Sara Ordaz; brothers: Jerry (late Bernice) Whiting, Luis (Terri) Whiting, Joseph Whiting, David (late Josie) Whiting, Daniel (late Arlene) Whiting, Albert (Joyce) Whiting; and granddaughter, Melissa Garcia.
Dolores and her husband opened their home to many friends and family; and took in several foster children throughout the years. She served her community as a crossing guard for the School City of East Chicago. She was an avid swimmer, a tv and movie fanatic, enjoyed fishing, and loved traveling. Most importantly she enjoyed time spent with her children, grandchildren, family, friends and her faithful sidekick, Snowball. She will be truly missed by all whose lives she touched.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, June 23, 2022 at 10:30 A.M. DIRECTLY at Our Lady of Grace Church, 3025 Highway Avenue, Highland, IN with visitation at 10:00 A.M. Rev. Brian Chadwick officiating. Interment to follow at Calumet Park Cemetery, Merrillville. Friends are invited to meet with the family on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 from 4:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. at Calumet Park Funeral Chapel, 7535 Taft Street Merrillville, IN. For information, call 219-736-5840. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/dolores-whiting-ruiz/article_782967f6-8fb4-5fe4-a286-92ca2432e22a.html | 2022-06-21T06:49:48 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/dolores-whiting-ruiz/article_782967f6-8fb4-5fe4-a286-92ca2432e22a.html |
CEDAR LAKE - JoAnne Sills, age 91, of Cedar Lake, IN passed away on Sunday, June 19, 2022. She is survived by her children: Paul (Becky) Sills, Keith (Linda) Sills, Kathy (Richard) Miller and Coleman "Brian" Sills; grandchildren: Mark (Michelle Tenuta) Sills, Emily Sills (Chad Armstrong), Andrew (Diane) Miller, Caroline (Gordon) Gouveia, Jacob Sills and Grace Sills; and great-grandchildren: Liam, Adelyn, Olivia, Charles, Drew and Sawyer.
JoAnne was preceded in death by her parents: Frank and Clara Shaw; husband, Coleman Sills; grandson, Paul Sills; and numerous siblings.
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, June, 23, 2022 DIRECTLY at St. Thomas More Catholic Church Chapel, 8501 Calumet Ave. Munster, IN with a 10:30 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial offered by Reverend Michael Yadron. Interment will follow at Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens Crown Point, IN. Visitation will be on Thursday, at the church Chapel, from 10:00 a.m. until the 10:30 a.m. Mass.
JoAnne was a lifelong parishioner of St. Thomas More Catholic Church and a member of the Altar & Rosary Society. She also served as the Chair for the St. Thomas More Bazaar. JoAnne was an avid supporter of Humane Indiana (formerly the Humane Society) and "well-seasoned" BUNCO and BINGO player. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/joanne-sills/article_aa1cff79-3612-5b3a-a4ca-43175ba66789.html | 2022-06-21T06:49:54 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/joanne-sills/article_aa1cff79-3612-5b3a-a4ca-43175ba66789.html |
Aug. 1, 1927 - June 17, 2022
DYER, IN - Julia Urban (nee Kuraj) age 94 of Dyer, IN formerly of South Chicago Heights, IL at rest on June17, 2022. Beloved wife of the late Peter Urban. Loving mother of Edward (Judith), Marion, Tadeusz (Patricia) Danuta Sikora, Lydia Urban, Yolanda (late Donald) Novak, and Kazimiesz (Chris). Dearest grandma of 17 grandchildren, Edward, Debbie, James, Richard, Steven, David, Agnes, Piotr, Andrew, Danielle, Kristina, Jennifer, Donald, Julie, Tiffany, Meghan, and Courtney. Great grandma of 24, and great-great grandma of three.
Julia was born in Czeladz, Poland on Aug. 1, 1927 to the late Jozef and Teofila Kuraj (nee Boczak). Dear sister to the late Didier and Tadeusz. Julia was raised and educated in France, where she met her future husband, Peter Urban shortly after he returned from serving in WWII. They were married in Bouligny, France on Oct. 12, 1946. After having one child in France they returned to Poland where they had five more children before coming to the United States in 1961 where they completed their family with one more child. We always said we had our own small United Nations in our family.
Julia was a great cook, baker, and enjoyed knitting and crocheting (everyone has at least one of her famous blankets). Her pastimes were word search puzzles, playing bingo and going to the casino (not often enough for her), in the mean time she was content with her lottery scratch off tickets. The standard unspoken rule was you never came to visit without bringing some scratch off tickets, (she really did love her scratch off tickets).
Visitation will be at the Fagen-Miller Funeral Home, 8580 Wicker Ave in St. John, IN, on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 from 4-8 pm. A Funeral Mass will be on Thursday directly at the Catholic Church of St. Mary, 227 Monee Rd, Park Forest, IL at 10:00 a.m. Burial Calvary Cemetery.
Mama you were always here for all of us. We love you and you will be greatly missed. Nie martw sie!!! Spoczywaj w pokoju. www.fagenmiller.com | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/julia-urban-nee-kuraj/article_3bc93b53-2bbc-5158-a27a-6aca8c3dd4df.html | 2022-06-21T06:50:00 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/julia-urban-nee-kuraj/article_3bc93b53-2bbc-5158-a27a-6aca8c3dd4df.html |
PENN HILLS, PA - Mark C. Ruffner, 62, went to be with the Lord on June 19, 2022. Born to Charles and the late Rose Marie Ruffner (Kohut) of Pittsburgh, PA.
Mark raised his family in Valparaiso, IN and is survived by the love of his life, Cheryl Nanci; and their three beautiful daughters: Crystal Cartwright (Todd), Nichol Ruffner (Michael Perez), Angela Brock (Torrey); and four grandchildren: Penelopi, Ava, Vincent, and Giavanna that he loved with all his heart. Mark is also survived by his younger siblings: Lynne Kolas (Ronald) and Thomas Ruffner (Kristin). Mark's children and grandchildren were the light of his life.
He had a lifelong passion for fireworks that he turned into a successful business for many years. He also loved fast cars and family.
In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to your local animal shelter. Funeral services in Pittsburgh this week, and local Valparaiso arrangements details to follow. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/mark-c-ruffner/article_830f7dd9-dc3f-582b-95a7-7ee65c66d31c.html | 2022-06-21T06:50:06 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/mark-c-ruffner/article_830f7dd9-dc3f-582b-95a7-7ee65c66d31c.html |
Dec. 12, 1995 - June 20, 2020
IN LOVING MEMORY OF SAMUEL JAMES BROWN ON YOUR 2ND ANNIVERSARY. It's been two years since we shared a laugh, love and an embrace with you. You were an incredible gift to us and others with your joy, laughter, love and wickedly keen sense of humor. We don't know how we survived before you came into this world as we are struggling to breathe without you now. We miss you every second of everyday. We love you Sam. Your Loving Family | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/samuel-james-brown/article_210de261-825f-596e-9adf-d8990fc6a0b0.html | 2022-06-21T06:50:12 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/samuel-james-brown/article_210de261-825f-596e-9adf-d8990fc6a0b0.html |
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. — A child was airlifted to the hospital after they were stabbed in the chest by a catfish, according to Pasco County Fire Rescue.
The incident reportedly happened Monday during a fishing trip in New Port Richey, though it's not yet clear where.
In a tweet, fire rescue said the child experienced difficulty breathing while on the way to the hospital with family. A medical helicopter ended up meeting their car and flying the victim to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa.
The extent of the child's injuries is not yet known. Pasco County Fire officials said the child is under the age of 10 years old.
People can be injured by catfish. According to Catfish Edge, the animal's whiskers are harmless but their dorsal and pectoral fins contain spines.
"The tip of these spines is pointed and very sharp (especially on smaller catfish, and especially channel cats)," the site reads. "These spines don’t 'sting' and you can touch them without any pain occurring. Pain (and injury) occurs when these spines puncture the skin."
If the spines pierce the skin, venom can enter and cause swelling and increased blood flow to the area, Catfish Edge says.
The Public Information Officer with Pasco County Fire Rescue said a situation like this is rare.
"Very odd. I’ve never heard of something like that," Corey Deirdorff stated. "You hear of fisherman that might be cut by a barb or hit in the back of the leg and get an infection, but never heard of one penetrating the chest."
Since there are venomous catfish in Florida, Pasco County medical crews wanted to be extra cautious to make sure the child receives the necessary care.
"That’s another reason they transported in the way that they did," Deirdorff added. "They didn’t know if this was a venomous catfish or not."
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/florida-child-stabbed-catfish/67-da2d769c-ba00-46fe-9054-0038cbe9cd20 | 2022-06-21T06:51:03 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/florida-child-stabbed-catfish/67-da2d769c-ba00-46fe-9054-0038cbe9cd20 |
CALDWELL — The Caldwell City Council voted unanimously to appoint Rex Ingram as the city’s next chief of police on Monday night.
“The badge that’s up on that wall right there, no matter what the badge looks like in this world, the community expects one thing, and one thing only: professionalism,” Ingram said as he addressed the council ahead of the vote. “And that’s something that I’m going to be proud to lead the charge on in the city of Caldwell ... to restore that professionalism, that community trust, and to keep moving in the right direction.”
The city had seemed poised to have a new chief of police when the city council held a special meeting in May to consider Mayor Jarom Wagoner’s pick for the position, Jason Kuzik of Henderson, Nevada. But the council voted 4-2 against appointing Kuzik, leaving it to the mayor to either present another pick within 10 days, or to let the council name its choice.
Ingram had also applied for the position, and had been ranked highly during the interview process due to his experience handling issues that Caldwell’s Police Department has experienced, as previously reported. Ingram lives in Eagle, and has been serving as a lieutenant for the Los Angeles Police Department, commuting there each week, Caldwell Mayor Jarom Wagoner said.
Ingram is a fifth-generation police officer who has over 20 years of law enforcement experience and has served in multiple high-ranking positions, said councilwoman Diana Register in a prepared statement at Monday’s meeting. His experience includes mentoring at-risk youth, co-authoring LAPD’s guide to complaint investigations, and serving as the commanding officer of the department’s risk management division, Register said.
He is bilingual, speaking both English and Spanish, Wagoner said.
Ingram has received over 100 commendations in his career, and his work was recognized by the LAPD’s assistant chief of police for creating “a drastic change in morale, productivity, and overall performance,” Register said.
“He has been entrusted to implement his leadership style and systems that he created in the divisions of LAPD that struggled with high crime and reduced morale, and has done a tremendous job uniting officers, restoring morale ... (and bringing a) team-building mindset,” Register said.
Ingram said he understands the sacrifice police officers go through when they go into work each day, and said he hopes to apply his breadth of experience to the department.
“Hopefully I can lead you guys in the right direction and give you a little bit of love to get you on the next level and put Caldwell back on the map and where it needs to be,” Ingram said following the vote.
Ingram has received some national attention for a eulogy he delivered earlier this year for an LAPD officer, Fernando Arroyos, who was killed off-duty. Ingram’s eulogy included comments decrying calls to dismantle police departments and fund other programs to foster public safety. That movement gained momentum following the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, by a police officer in Minneapolis in 2020.
“You shared with me your worries over the anti-police climate, the refusal to hold criminals accountable, and a woke narrative that only seemed to make things worse, not better,” Ingram said in the eulogy.
“This is a very difficult time to be a police officer in America, but together, we will do what Fernando can no longer do here on Earth,” Ingram said in the eulogy, adding that the sacrifice of police officers will continue to enable community safety.
Caldwell’s former chief of police, Frank Wyant, retired on May 31. The department remains under an FBI investigation that centers on alleged sexual misconduct in its street crimes unit. One officer, Lt. Joseph Hoadley, was fired from the department as he faced federal felony charges for the falsification, alteration, or destruction of records in a federal investigation, as previously reported. Hoadley pleaded not guilty to the charges and is scheduled for trial in September.
Ingram’s term will run from July 5, 2022 through January 2026. He will be sworn in on July 1, Wagoner said. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/caldwell-city-council-unanimously-appoints-new-police-chief/article_1fd79b45-0e23-5147-b4d5-d6c35304946b.html | 2022-06-21T06:54:43 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/caldwell-city-council-unanimously-appoints-new-police-chief/article_1fd79b45-0e23-5147-b4d5-d6c35304946b.html |
ODESSA, Texas — The West Texas Food Bank has seen a sharp rise in people coming to them for help.
"We have definitely seen the lines probably double in the last two months," said Craig Stoker, Director of Marketing for the food bank. "I know we're serving more than we were even in the beginning of the pandemic."
This comes as some people are having to choose what bills to pay.
"Something like inflation really effects everybody, if you are budgeted down to that last dollar, you really have to make some tough choices if you're going to buy something like bacon, which is up 20%, or put gas in the car," said Stoker.
The West Texas Food Bank is one resource for people who may be struggling, to help them avoid having to make that tough decision.
"We certainly want to be somebody who is providing that extra, that supplemental food that helps keep money in your budget so that you can either pay the babysitter or put gas in the car, or its already been a scorcher already, so there's going to be a lot of high utility bills," said Stoker.
The food bank is also working around the impacts of inflation to keep the community fed.
"We've not been exempt to the pressures of inflation," said Stoker. "Like an average household, we're still going out and buying food to make sure our neighbors have tables full and we're still having to put gas in the trucks. Our transportation costs are up about 34%, and that's really been the biggest hit to our budget in the last six months."
So to keep on track, the food bank is looking for monetary donations, and maybe even more importantly, volunteers.
"We need volunteers pretty much more than we need anything else, so any time you can give to the food bank, whether you have two hours during the week, or we have several weeknights that we're here working, we need that more than you can even imagine," said Stoker.
If you would like to find out more about the West Texas Food Bank, you can visit their website by clicking here. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/west-texas-food-bank-increase-visitors/513-e7e0671c-f439-4525-a0ca-47134179b8fc | 2022-06-21T07:08:04 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/west-texas-food-bank-increase-visitors/513-e7e0671c-f439-4525-a0ca-47134179b8fc |
Green firefighters extinguish garage fire
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GREEN – Firefighters extinguished a garage fire Monday evening in the 3100 block of Greensburg Road.
Green Fire Capt. Kristopher Gent said his department was called at 6:46 p.m. for a detached garage on fire. It created a plume of heavy black smoke visible from the Interstate 77.
"It was pretty well involved," Gent said.
No one was injured. Gent said several vehicles and other equipment were in the garage, potentially making it a "large dollar loss."
The cause of the fire remained under investigation Monday evening. North Canton, Jackson Township and Greentown firefighters provided assistance. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2022/06/20/green-firefighters-extinguish-garage-fire/7684123001/ | 2022-06-21T07:34:58 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2022/06/20/green-firefighters-extinguish-garage-fire/7684123001/ |
Arizona lottery numbers, June 20
Associated Press
These Arizona lotteries were drawn Monday:
Pick 3
2-2-8
Fantasy 5
07-35-37-39-40
Estimated jackpot: $54,000
The Pick
01-03-07-08-09-18
Estimated jackpot: $1,100,000
Triple Twist
03-08-24-30-33-42
Estimated jackpot: $469,000
Mega Millions
Estimated jackpot: 290,000,000
Powerball
03-44-61-63-69, Powerball: 13, Power Play: 2
Estimated jackpot: $312,000,000 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/06/20/arizona-lottery-numbers-june-20/7685284001/ | 2022-06-21T07:43:41 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/06/20/arizona-lottery-numbers-june-20/7685284001/ |
Midland County District Attorney Laura Nodolf's statement about the refusal to order a citation in David Wilson’s petition to remove Nodolf.
On Monday, Judge Kelly Moore issued the “Order denying for issuance of citation and dismissing action.”
"Around 11 a.m. this morning, I received notice from the Honorable Senior Judge Kelly G. Moore that the court signed an order denying the petition to remove me as the Midland County District Attorney. Petitions for removal create a distraction not only for me but those in the district attorney’s office as well. I appreciate the time and consideration the court took in ruling on this matter and the well-reasoned decision. It is gratifying to have this matter concluded so we can continue to work on behalf of the citizens of Midland County." | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/DA-Nodolf-s-statement-about-Judge-Moore-s-ruling-17253777.php | 2022-06-21T08:28:18 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/DA-Nodolf-s-statement-about-Judge-Moore-s-ruling-17253777.php |
A 31-year-old Georgia man was killed in Ector County on Saturday during a hit-and-run, according to Department of Public Safety troopers.
DPS reported Monday that the crash happened at 2:20 a.m. and preliminary information revealed that an unknown vehicle was traveling southbound on Loop 338 at mile post 284. A pedestrian identified as David Koehavong, 31, of Rossville, Georgia, was intoxicated and in the roadway.
“The pedestrian was struck by the unknown vehicle which fled the scene,” according to DPS. “If anyone has information about this crash please contact Odessa Crime Stoppers at 432-333-TIPS or the Texas Department of Public Safety at 432-498-2131.” | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/DPS-Information-needed-on-hit-and-run-fatality-17253227.php | 2022-06-21T08:28:24 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/DPS-Information-needed-on-hit-and-run-fatality-17253227.php |
A Lamesa man died early Saturday after a two-vehicle collision on State Highway 349 in Martin County, according to the Department of Public Safety.
Liboryo Iglesias, 52, died at the scene 23 miles north of Midland after the collision, which took place at 1:45 a.m., according to DPS.
DPS reported that a 2012 Kenworth truck with trailer was stopped at the stop sign-marked intersection between SH 349 and the off ramp of State Highway 176. It was there that the Kenworth truck then turned south onto SH 349 and failed to yield the right of way to a 2018 Dodge Journey that Iglesias was driving. The Dodge Journey then struck the Kenworth truck’s trailer, according to DPS.
Iglesias was not wearing a seat belt, according to DPS. | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/DPS-Lamesa-man-dies-on-SH-349-north-of-Midland-17253265.php | 2022-06-21T08:28:31 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/DPS-Lamesa-man-dies-on-SH-349-north-of-Midland-17253265.php |
A 22-year-old Fort Stockton woman died, and a 17-year-old woman was sent to the hospital after a rollover June 14 in Pecos County, according to the Department of Public Safety.
DPS reported Monday that Celeste Pamela Adrianzen was driving a 2015 Chevrolet Suburban northbound on US Highway 385 around 9:55 a.m. It was around 30 miles south of Fort Stockton that “the driver failed to navigate a slight curve in the roadway and (the Suburban) veered off the east side of the roadway, overcorrected and rolled,” according to DPS.
Adrianzen, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene. DPS also reported Noelia Pamela Adrianzen, 17, of Fort Stockton was transported to an Odessa hospital in serious condition. Noelia was wearing a seat belt, according to DPS. | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/DPS-Rollover-kills-one-near-Fort-Stockton-17253245.php | 2022-06-21T08:28:37 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/DPS-Rollover-kills-one-near-Fort-Stockton-17253245.php |
An Ector County ISD student faces felony charges after being found in possession of a gun at Bonham Middle School.
ECISD reported Monday that the district and Odessa Police Department received a tip that a student attending summer school at Bonham Middle School could be in possession of a gun. ECISD police and school leaders responded immediately and found the student, a 13-year-old male, in possession of a gun.
“Police believe he brought the weapon to school to show other students; there is no indication he intended to harm anyone,” ECISD reported in an email. “He is now charged with places weapons prohibited, a third-degree felony, and will also face disciplinary action from the school district.”
ECISD thanked those who came forward with the information.
“’If you see something, say something’ is more than just a slogan; it is an imperative for all of us to follow in order to help keep our community safe,” ECISD added. “We also want to thank the officers and campus leaders who moved quickly to find the student and take him into custody. ECISD, together with other local law enforcement agencies, has very specific protocols in place for responding to this type of incident and we are grateful for the cooperation between these agencies.” | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/ECISD-Student-arrested-for-possession-of-a-weapon-17253909.php | 2022-06-21T08:28:43 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/ECISD-Student-arrested-for-possession-of-a-weapon-17253909.php |
Judge Kelly Moore of Lubbock refused to order a citation in David Wilson’s petition to remove Midland County District Attorney Laura Nodolf, thereby ending the action against Midland’s top prosecutor.
County officials told the Reporter-Telegram on Monday that Moore issued the “Order denying for issuance of citation and dismissing action.” Moore had been appointed to oversee judicial proceedings after Judge Leah Robertson asked the presiding regional judge to assign a visiting judge. The lawsuit was filed in the 385th District Court.
“Having considered the applicable case law, the statutory authority and all of the facts and circumstances set out in the verified pleadings on file surrounding the prosecution of petitioner David Wilson and the actions of District Attorney Laura Nodolf, the court finds that the motion is not well taken and should be denied,” according to the order filed.
Wilson’s legal team filed the petition last week. It stated that Nodolf had:
● Searched David Wilson's home without a warrant;
● Lied to a grand jury to secure David Wilson's indictment;
● Abused the grand jury process in her quest to “win.”
Allison Clayton, an attorney for Wilson, told the Reporter-Telegram last week that if Judge Moore refused to issue the citation, the petition is dismissed without the possibility of appeal. | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Judge-orders-against-removing-DA-Nodolf-17253582.php | 2022-06-21T08:28:49 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Judge-orders-against-removing-DA-Nodolf-17253582.php |
A 42-year-old Midland man died Sunday evening after a collision on Front Street, according to the Midland Police Department.
MPD reported Monday that at around 5:45 p.m. Sunday a Ford Ranger was traveling westbound in the inside lane of the 3000 block of West Front Street at a high rate of speed and veered into the inside lane of the eastbound lane of travel.
“The Ranger struck a County Coach motorhome occupying that lane of travel,” according to the city. “Two occupants of the motorhome were transported to the hospital for minor injuries.”
MPD also reported the driver of the Ford Ranger, Charles Young of Midland, was pronounced deceased due to injuries sustained from the wreck. | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/MPD-Midland-man-dies-after-collision-on-Front-17253302.php | 2022-06-21T08:28:56 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/MPD-Midland-man-dies-after-collision-on-Front-17253302.php |
Midland County ranks as the “wealthiest county” in the state, according to a study by SmartAsset.com.
The financial advice website reported Midland County ranked No. 1 in per-capita income ($126,631), No. 1 in per-capita investment income ($59,283) and that Midland County beat out Travis County, Kendall County, Collin County and Gillespie County for the No. 1 spot on SmartAsset’s study.
The only other Permian Basin county ranked in the top 10 for overall wealth is Glasscock County (sixth).
Other Permian Basin counties ranked in the study included: Reeves (third for per-capita income and per-capita investment income) and Martin (fourth for per-capita income and per-capita investment income).
Midland also ranked 37th nationally for overall wealth and 13th for per-capita income investment and 13th for per-capita income.
To identify the wealthiest counties, SmartAsset compared all US counties across three metrics: investment income, property value and per-capita income. The wealth index for all US counties was based on a combination of these metrics, according to SmartAsset.
Midland’s median home value -- $279,569, according to the study – ranked 20th in the state. The median home value across the state was $154,965.
The average per-capita income across the state was $55,129, according to the study. The average per-capita investment income was $12,090.
SmartAsset wealth index
(Wealth index score by county)
Midland 36.13
Travis 31.04
Kendall 30.07
Collin 25.85
Gillespie 25.08
Glasscock 23.81
Rockwall 22.91
Denton 22.77
Comal 22.74
Source: SmartAsset | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Report-Midland-ranks-as-Texas-wealthiest-county-17253931.php | 2022-06-21T08:29:02 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Report-Midland-ranks-as-Texas-wealthiest-county-17253931.php |
AVON, Ind. — Simbarashe "Simba" Hlupo picked up caddying at Hillcrest Country Club a couple summers ago.
“Golf and everything, I thought it was boring sport," said Hlupo. “But as I came into caddying myself, golf, it really changed my mindset into how I approached the sport in general.”
The teen from Avon knew the long-term potential of the job.
“First, I had to keep up with good grades, obviously, for the scholarship, but then also had to show that I had great character," Hlupo saud.
This year, he earned a full ride to Indiana University through the Evans Scholarship program. It helps hardworking caddies who thrive in the classroom and could use financial support.
“Simba just didn't have a lot of golf exposure, which is absolutely fine and things that we can teach him but, his hard work and just that attitude that he brought every day and the big smile that that he puts out there, it's just been a joy to watch," said Chandler Shirer, who oversees the caddie program at Hillcrest.
The summer job helped ease some of the financial burden of chasing his dream.
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“I wanted to be a neurosurgeon since I was in kindergarten," said Hlupo.
Simba's parents are immigrants from Zimbabwe and struggled financially at times when their son was growing up.
“This is one thing that we used to tell him, you know, we don't have money," said Julia Wenjerie, Simba's mother. "The only thing that's going to happen by the time that you graduate, you're going to owe some money because you're going to have school loans. You have to do good in school, that's the way you can get scholarships. This really gives me peace of mind.”
Simba will attend IU this fall.
“For me to get this scholarship, it really lifted a great weight off my shoulders," said Hlupo. "Knowing that I can go through college, knowing that is paid off and focus more on how I should approach my school, rather than how I should approach it financially.”
Simba will join three other Evans Scholar recipients from Hillcrest Country Club headed to college this year. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/avon-teen-earns-full-ride-scholarship-to-indiana-university-through-caddying-education-fees-expenses/531-71d729ff-af87-47aa-a518-0f79808fb0a4 | 2022-06-21T08:38:29 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/avon-teen-earns-full-ride-scholarship-to-indiana-university-through-caddying-education-fees-expenses/531-71d729ff-af87-47aa-a518-0f79808fb0a4 |
TUPELO • Starting next month, contractors working in Lee County will be required to get permits for construction or renovation projects, although officials say they don’t expect any meaningful enforcement of the new rule.
Lee County supervisors on Monday voted to follow a new state law, HB 1163, which requires unincorporated areas of counties statewide to mandate contractors obtain both a license and permit for construction, plumbing or electrical work.
The law will take effect on July 1. Currently, contractors aren’t required to get any form of certification to work in unincorporated areas.
County Administrator Bill Benson said he was working on the permit form and planned to have it available on the first day of the new law's implementation. He noted that Lee County Floodplain Administrator Shawn Hairald, whose office is in the Justice Center, will oversee the permitting process.
Benson said the application won’t initially require a fee, although the board could later revisit the ordinance and add what he described as a “small fee to cover the costs of the permits.” Most contractors, he noted, would be able to get their permits back immediately upon turning over their applications.
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Although supervisors voted to comply with the new statewide regulation, Benson said he didn’t believe the permits would be “immediately enforceable.”
“This issue we have is we are not set up for enforcement,” Benson said. “We don’t have the personnel. We’d have to have a code enforcement department like our cities.”
The state law does not include any built-in repercussions for violating it.
In response to a question of whether the county could beef up penalties, Benson said the supervisors could vote to add more to the ordinance. Board President and District 1 Supervisor Phil Morgan told the Daily Journal that he did not expect any further guardrails added.
“You need a licensed plumber, a licensed electrician and other licensed contractors for things that could result in bodily harm, but I don’t think there is enough support on the board for county-wide zoning,” Morgan said. | https://www.djournal.com/news/local/lee-county-to-follow-new-permitting-state-law-but-likely-cant-enforce-it/article_8602277c-13f7-576f-81c3-109dad110ee6.html | 2022-06-21T09:08:43 | 0 | https://www.djournal.com/news/local/lee-county-to-follow-new-permitting-state-law-but-likely-cant-enforce-it/article_8602277c-13f7-576f-81c3-109dad110ee6.html |
TUPELO • Filmmaker Baz Luhrmann’s new biopic, “Elvis,” will give the world a glimpse of Tupelo’s former African American community credited with the rock and roll legend’s musical beginnings; at the Oren Dunn City Museum, the task is to preserve and rebuild that community’s memory.
The Tupelo museum is currently seeking financial support from the Mississippi Humanities Council to collect an oral history of West Shake Rag, one of many Black communities to form after emancipation. Once completed, the project will be a part of the museum’s ongoing efforts to preserve the community’s history.
That history, according to Oren Dunn City Museum Curator Leesha Faulkner, represents a vital chapter in Tupelo’s story. Faulkner’s overall mission is looking at not just Shake Rag, but other communities as well.
“Shake Rag is just one dot,” Faulkner said. “Shake Rag is a dot here, Mill Village is a dot, downtown is a dot, and pretty soon, when we put the dots together, we begin to see a whole picture.”
Documenting Shake Rag’s history has been an ongoing project for the museum, and the work is far from finished. It’s still early days of finding databases, microfilm, meeting minutes - anything that adds to the overall picture of what life was like for the residents of Shake Rag.
The museum has hosted two informational sessions, where 25 to 30 residents helped identify who might have lived in those former residences.
Faulkner said the work they’re doing is, at heart, genealogy.
“We’re telling the story of Tupelo through different people,” Faulkner said.
There have been other attempts to document Shake Rag’s history, although none as comprehensive as what the Oren Dunn City Museum is attempting. In 2003, documentarian Charles "Wsir" Johnson made the film "Blue Suede Shoes in the Hood" detailing some of Shake Rag’s history. In a May 2003 article, Johnson told the Daily Journal that in the documentary's making, he interviewed nearly 45 people.
Getting a deeper look at its exact connection, or lack thereof, to Elvis is something the museum is still working to confirm. Shake Rag was known for its music — blues, jazz and gospel. Some stories even speak of a young B.B. King and other legendary musicians performing at community venues.
For Johnson, that connection was indisputable.
"It's the Elvis story and the Shake Rag story," Johnson said in 2003. "You can't separate the two."
Although impoverished, some of Shake Rag’s former residents remember the community as rich in other ways. In a June 2015 Daily Journal article, Shake Rag resident Leroy Springer remembered his home as nurturing, where the neighborhood helped raise its children. Others remember it for what it had, such as the Dixie Belle Theater; the place where they went for ice cream; or how churches like Rising Star Baptist Church and Emmanuel Church of God in Christ.
“Shake Rag was a unique place,” the Rev. Robert Jameson told the Daily Journal in a January 2017 article. “It was a place where everybody fought, but everybody loved. We fought neighbors, we fought friends, we fought the government. But I’ll tell anybody I would not have changed one experience that I had while growing up in Shake Rag.
After being chosen as the state’s first urban renewal project with 1958 legislation, Shake Rag was burned in the spring of 1962, according to “The Day Shake Rag Burned and Mississippi Shook” by William T. Miles. Through research, the local museum uncovered additional facts about the area’s last days, including an unsuccessful attempt by a resident to challenge the right of eminent domain in court.
On the day it finally burned, Shake Rag was a 60-acre tract that contained 169 families, another 60 individuals and 43 businesses, according to Miles. Most of this land was sold to private developers, with a portion going to the city to build city facilities such as a police station, jail and central fire station, Faulkner said.
Its residents and businesses were relocated, with urban renewal covering the costs. Part of the museum’s goal is finding who those residents were, where they lived and where they went. In previous sessions, residents shared their stories of relocation, Faulkner said.
“Some will tell you it was the first time they had indoor toilets when they went into public housing and that life was much better for them,” Faulkner said. “Others said, yes, it was better because we didn’t know what we were really missing.”
What mostly remains of Shake Rag are photos. The late Howard D. “Blue” Long, executive director of Tupelo Housing Authority, kept meticulous records with photos of the urban renewal process. The Oren Dunn City Museum is also studying Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, which are often color-coded according to building material and symbols, to find the names of streets that are no longer there or have been renamed.
It’s through the combination of memories, maps, old newspapers and other sources where they can build an idea of what West Shake Rag was and, in turn, tell its story.
“That, I think, is key to knowing Tupelo’s history,” Faulkner said. | https://www.djournal.com/news/local/oren-dunn-city-museum-looks-to-study-west-shake-rag-history/article_34051a1c-f1f5-5d2d-9c28-e30f2ec80c15.html | 2022-06-21T09:08:49 | 0 | https://www.djournal.com/news/local/oren-dunn-city-museum-looks-to-study-west-shake-rag-history/article_34051a1c-f1f5-5d2d-9c28-e30f2ec80c15.html |
LAKELAND, Fla. — Pilots, start your engines! It's time for the 45th Annual Air Race Classic. The all-women cross-country airplane race will take off Tuesday from Lakeland Linder International Airport.
According to the competition's website, 51 teams consisting of 115 women pilots are set to compete in the four-day race. Take-off is set for 8 a.m. June 21. The 2,549-mile competition starts in Lakeland and ends Friday, June 24, in Terre Haute, Indiana.
About 18 collegiate teams were registered to compete in the race, according to a release.
Once the race gets underway, you can track the progress of all teams on the map below or by clicking here. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/polkcounty/air-race-classic-2022-lakeland-linder-international-airport/67-b229a4f9-3f15-41f2-a3f0-b0a6b9ae0354 | 2022-06-21T09:34:58 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/polkcounty/air-race-classic-2022-lakeland-linder-international-airport/67-b229a4f9-3f15-41f2-a3f0-b0a6b9ae0354 |
INDIANAPOLIS — Monument Circle is set to host the ninth annual Monumental Yoga on Tuesday, June 21.
It is a fundraiser to support Indy Yoga Movement, an Indianapolis-based nonprofit with a mission to empower youth through the development of skills by offering yoga and mindfulness in schools.
This year's Monumental Yoga falls on the summer solstice, which also happens to be the International Day of Yoga.
Yogis of all skill levels are welcome to join the free sessions on Monument Circle.
Vendor Village begins at 2 p.m., highlighting local artisans featuring apparel, food, jewelry and body products. There will also be live music, acro yoga and hooping demonstrations.
Throughout the afternoon, Monumental Yoga will host mini sessions featuring different styles of yoga, including meditation and kids' yoga.
Here is the full schedule:
- 2:30 p.m.: Solstice Slow Flow
- 3 p.m.: Hips and Heart
- 3:30 p.m.: Breathwork
- 4 p.m.: Sacred Stretch
- 4:30 p.m.: Shakti Yoga for Empowerment
- 5 p.m.: Sound Bath and Restorative Yin
- 5:30 p.m.: Kids' class taught by IYM leads
Then, at 7 p.m., all attendees will gather on Monument Circle for a community yoga class hosted by several studios across Indianapolis.
Registration for Monumental Yoga is free, but participants must sign up in advance and should bring their own mat and water bottles.
Participants must also display their waiver at the top of their mat anytime they are flowing.
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On Wednesday, June 22 at 7 pm, the North Bend Public Library presents How to Camp Like a Trapper, or, Camping with Jedediah Smith with Mark Stueve. Mark’s presentation takes us to the 1820s, when Jed Smith and his company were some of the first Europeans to explore and map the Oregon Coast and inland areas. He will share some of that history and demonstrate camping gear the trappers would have used.
This program will be live in the NBPL meeting room.
This lecture is part of NBPL’s adult summer reading program, “Read Beyond the Beaten Path.” Attendance at library programs earns points for those playing the summer reading game. More information about the summer reading game will be available on the library website.
For more information about this event and other library programs, please contact the North Bend Public Library at 541-756-0400, email ddouglas@northbendlibrary.org or see our website at northbendoregon.us/library. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/19th-century-camping-talk-at-nbpl/article_08edeab6-f11f-11ec-9590-c39f4619edf2.html | 2022-06-21T10:11:41 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/19th-century-camping-talk-at-nbpl/article_08edeab6-f11f-11ec-9590-c39f4619edf2.html |
On Wednesday, June 22 at 11 am, North Bend Public Library’s artist-in-residence Janne LaValle will present a lecture in the NBPL meeting room.
The lecture, “The Conversation of Composition,” explains the storytelling of visual arts. In Janne’s words:
Every book, poem, photograph, painting is thoughtfully composed to tell the story its creator thinks, feels, sees.
For a book or story there is an outline that helps the writer organize a storyline that engages the reader. In visual art, there are visual elements artists have used for hundreds of years to tell a story. Today, art is designed to inform, teach, calm, provoke and celebrate. Composition is essential to this conversation.
This presentation will define the elements of composition and illustrate how the elements have been used through art history to modern art.
This lecture can be enjoyed on its own or viewed as a springboard for the three paint-along sessions Janne will lead this summer on June 29, July 13, and July 27. All sessions are on Wednesdays from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm and will be held live in the library meeting room.
The lecture and paint-along sessions are free, and painting supplies (canvas, brushes and paints) will be provided.
The lecture is also a part of the NBPL’s summer reading program. Attendance at library programs earns points for those playing the summer reading game. More information about the summer reading game will be available on the library website.
For more information about this event and other library programs, please contact the North Bend Public Library at 541-756-0400, email nbservices@northbendlibrary.org or see our website at northbendoregon.us/library. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/art-lecture-at-nbpl/article_82ade78a-f11e-11ec-8be3-9becf75fe6c3.html | 2022-06-21T10:11:42 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/art-lecture-at-nbpl/article_82ade78a-f11e-11ec-8be3-9becf75fe6c3.html |
LITITZ, Pa. — A four-year-old Lancaster County child was injured after being struck by an Amazon delivery truck last week, according to police.
The incident occurred around 5 p.m. last Thursday on the 400 block of Springfield Court in Lititz.
According to Lititz Borough Police, the child ran into the street from behind a parked vehicle and was struck by an Amazon delivery vehicle driven by a 25-year-old from Red Lion, York County.
The child suffered minor injuries and was transported by private vehicle to a local hospital for treatment, according to police.
Police did not list any charges against the driver of the vehicle. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lititz-pedestrian-4-years-old-struck-amazon-vehicle/521-25833c51-d1f0-40d1-81c3-b29c415e2e9c | 2022-06-21T10:58:42 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lititz-pedestrian-4-years-old-struck-amazon-vehicle/521-25833c51-d1f0-40d1-81c3-b29c415e2e9c |
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A fire tore through at least one building in Philadelphia's Chinatown neighborhood early Tuesday sending thick smoke over Center City for hours.
The blaze began just before 2 a.m. Tuesday in a building with an orange awning along 10th Street near and Race Street, Philadelphia firefighters said.
Firefighters from a neighboring firehouse were on the scene within seconds, Philadelphia Fire Capt. Derek Bowmer said.
People were evacuated from at least five apartment units but no injuries were reported, firefighters said.
Vivi Bubble Tea and Lucky Market were among the businesses near the fire.
The fire expanded to two alarms as firefighters pulled back due to partial collapse and fear of further collapse, Bowmer said.
Flames could still be seen after 5 a.m. Fire alarms could be heard coming from nearby homes as the smoke wafted from the blaze. People roused by the fire fled their homes without shoes and at least one in a robe.
The fire was finally considered contained around 6:15 a.m., firefighters said. But, smoke continued to rise from the structure.
Expect traffic troubles in the area of 10th and Race.
The cause of the fire remained under investigation Tuesday morning.
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GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas — Police have issued an "Endangered Missing Alert" for a 17-year-old boy that was last seen in Grand Prairie late Friday night.
According to local police, Chadrick Avery was seen on Duncan Perry Road at around 11 p.m. on June 17. That's near I-30 and Great SW Parkway.
Chadrick is a Black boy and stands at 5 feet 6 inches tall. He has black hair, brown eyes, and weighs about 160 pounds.
He was last seen wearing a white tank top, black shorts, and Nike tennis shoes.
Police say the 17-year-old has been diagnosed with an intellectual disability.
Anyone with any information about Chadrick's whereabouts should call 911 or Grand Prairie police at 972-237-8700.
Other local news: | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/missing-17-year-old-teen-boy-grand-prairie-texas-endangered-missing-alert/287-04a3dd4e-673c-45f5-bf46-4ae72e05c09a | 2022-06-21T11:42:30 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/missing-17-year-old-teen-boy-grand-prairie-texas-endangered-missing-alert/287-04a3dd4e-673c-45f5-bf46-4ae72e05c09a |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Wichita City Council members are looking at what’s on the books Tuesday for marijuana and other penalties.
“There’s a lot of stuff still on the books, and we just need to make some updates,” said Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple. “For instance, we should be giving out tickets for folks who are committing adultery?”
That is still on the city ordinance, according to Whipple, but he and others point out that they will look specifically at marijuana on Tuesday.
“We are seriously asking should we be spending a lot of resources prosecuting adults over the age of 21 for personally utilizing a THC substance,” said Whipple. “If grandma is utilizing a THC product that she picked up from, literally, any state that surrounds Kansas, do we really want our officers going over there, charging her and giving her a ticket and taking her to court? And then having that plea-bargained down to like ten bucks which in many cases it does.”
Whipple also points out that while the city council will look at marijuana’s small use penalty on Tuesday, several questions still remain.
The council put marijuana decriminalization up for public ballot a few years ago, but the Kansas Attorney General’s Office rang in saying that Wichita, as a municipality, does not have the authority to decriminalize.
“So what we want to do now is look at resources and how we are using those,” said Whipple.
The council can direct the Wichita Police Department to look the other way on small marijuana use.
Some council members say another ordinance to be looked at on Tuesday will be criminal penalties on fentanyl test strips. Those are illegal in Kansas. But the city can instruct police to look the other way.
“And I think we do need to take some aggressive action,” said council member Jeff Blubaugh. “I’m not the one to put the seal of approval on legalization. But at the same time, we are losing the war real quick with fentanyl, so we’ve got to take measures to save lives.”
If council members decide to take action on city ordinances and banned substances, they could vote as early as Tuesday. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-city-council-to-look-at-marijuana-penalties-tuesday/ | 2022-06-21T11:51:49 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-city-council-to-look-at-marijuana-penalties-tuesday/ |
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A tree trimmer was rescued by Seminole County firefighters Monday after he got stuck in a large oak tree.
Firefighters shared pictures from the scene along Marshal Drive in Longwood, not far from State Road 434.
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Crews said a tree fell and pinned the worker’s foot between two branches.
Firefighters were able to get the worker out.
The worker was taken to a hospital and was expected to be OK, officials said. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/21/firefighters-rescue-worker-pinned-in-tree-in-longwood/ | 2022-06-21T11:58:57 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/21/firefighters-rescue-worker-pinned-in-tree-in-longwood/ |
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – A boy was airlifted to a Florida hospital after being stabbed in the chest by a catfish in a freak fishing accident in New Port Richey, officials said.
Pasco (County) Fire Rescue posted about the incident Monday on Twitter, saying, “Child listed as a trauma alert after being stabbed in the chest by a catfish. While headed to the hospital with their mother, the child experienced difficulty breathing. Firefighters responded and listed the child as a trauma alert.”
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A barb from the catfish went about 1.5 inches into the child’s chest, according to Fox 13 Tampa Bay.
The child, who is less than 10 years old, was airlifted to St. Joseph’s Children Hospital in Tampa and was last listed in stable condition.
No other details have been released.
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— Pasco Fire Rescue (@PascoFireRescue) June 20, 2022 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/21/freak-fishing-accident-boy-airlifted-to-florida-hospital-after-catfish-stabs-him-in-chest/ | 2022-06-21T11:58:58 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/21/freak-fishing-accident-boy-airlifted-to-florida-hospital-after-catfish-stabs-him-in-chest/ |
The Allentown Zoning Hearing Board denied Allentown developer Nat Hyman’s plans to convert a dilapidated warehouse into “upscale” apartments, and said the development is too dense for the surrounding neighborhood.
Hyman said afterward the decision was “illogical” and he plans to appeal it to the Court of Common Pleas.
Hyman has owned the 96-year-old, 5-story, 53,000-square-foot building in Allentown’s 8th Ward neighborhood for around 10 years. It’s previously been used as a silk mill, distribution center and water conditioning equipment factory. It’s currently used for self-storage and has become dilapidated over time.
Hyman first secured approval from the zoning hearing board to develop the property in March 2020. He originally proposed a 36-unit complex with the first floor a 35-space parking lot for tenants.
But he appeared before the board again with updated plans. Hyman scrapped the first-floor parking and added 12 apartments to the lower level instead, providing 48 units total. Hyman said he signed a 30-year-lease for a nearby garage, bought another nearby garage, and will fit several parking spots in the courtyard for future tenants, providing 48 spots total.
Plans for parking on the first floor could have created extra congestion in the neighborhood, Hyman said, which is why he changed plans.
Hyman appealed to the board for relief on several zoning requirements related to parking and density.
Board members approved the 36-unit initial plan in 2020, but rejected this one, because the additional units would add even more density to the neighborhood, they said. Most of the surrounding housing units are two- or three-story row homes.
“It behooves us to be able to say that the variance that’s authorized would represent the minimum variance that we will afford relief,” board member Alan Salinger said. “We’ve already done that once, and that’s the way I look at this.”
Neighbors of the building who publicly opposed the project said parking in the dense 8th Ward is a struggle and Hyman’s development would only exacerbate the problem.
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‘We oppose this warehouse conversion to 48 dwellings now because of the parking,” said Melissa Wolderman. “There’s no parking. I don’t want to go to the store sometimes because I don’t want to lose my spot. I can come home on a Friday at noon and not be able to find a parking space.”
Hyman said he would require tenants in their lease to park in the lots he owns, instead of on the street, to ease the strain on the neighborhood.
But parking did not weigh into the board’s decision explicitly because the board already approved his previous plan that had a nearly identical unit-to-parking-space ratio.
Hyman said after the meeting he was shocked by the board’s denial and called it “illogical.” He questioned why the board would oppose dense housing because high-rise apartment buildings exist elsewhere in the city.
“I think it’s unfortunate for the city of Allentown,” Hyman said. “This building has been sitting deteriorating...We have a great history of renovating these buildings.”
Hyman’s real estate company, Hyman Properties, specializes in adaptive reuse and owns several rental properties across Allentown including the Bindery, the Adelaide and the Tribeca.
Morning Call reporter Lindsay Weber can be reached at 610-820-6681 and liweber@mcall.com. | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/allentown/mc-nws-allentown-developer-nat-hyman-apartments-zoning-board-20220621-o3h7gxzgrvawnfmllvzwriu4du-story.html | 2022-06-21T12:01:00 | 1 | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/allentown/mc-nws-allentown-developer-nat-hyman-apartments-zoning-board-20220621-o3h7gxzgrvawnfmllvzwriu4du-story.html |
Allentown and PPL Center disagree on who should foot the bill for traffic control during popular events at the downtown arena.
City Council last week approved a series of budget adjustments, including $8,500 in overtime for members of the city’s public works staff who help direct traffic for special events, including those held at PPL Center.
The 8,500-seat arena recently attracted acts such as Imagine Dragons, Lamb of God, Megadeth and Morgan Wallen. But the popularity of its events creates traffic headaches for those coming to and from downtown, particularly on Seventh Street.
The issue is exacerbated by the arena’s parking lot, which has just one entrance and one exit point.
Public works employees help put out traffic cones and direct traffic during PPL Center events. The overtime payments are a drop in the bucket of Allentown’s $125 million annual budget, but city officials wants PPL Center to handle traffic control itself.
“It wasn’t budgeted for, we weren’t planning for that, but we had to step in and do it because we are the only ones who can,” said Leonard Lightner, the city’s chief operating officer. “We can’t continue to do this, but it’s our streets.”
Lightner said PPL Center should consider hiring a traffic contractor to handle the situation.
Council member Ed Zucal questioned the overtime during Wednesday’s meeting.
“Unfortunately, the taxpayers are being made to pay for all that extra security,” Zucal said in an interview.
Lightner said the city is negotiating with PPL Center management.
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PPL Center Operations Manager Gunnar Fox said the center is fulfilling its obligation to manage traffic. BDH Development is the master leaseholder of PPL Center, and pays the Allentown Neighborhood Improvement Zone Authority, which owns the center, around $10,000 monthly for general services; that includes traffic control.
“At this time, we would not be looking to hire an outside contractor to manage [traffic],” Fox said. “Since the building opened, it’s always been a collaboration between the entities, and we all work together to make the best experience possible for customers.”
City officials said the traffic situation became harder to manage toward the end of last year, when the Allentown Parking Authority declined to renew a contract with PPL Center to manage the center’s parking deck.
Allentown Parking Authority chair Ted Zeller said the authority could not agree on a rate with PPL Center, so PPL Center now manages the deck.
“We had extended [the contract] in good faith, and then it just got to the point where we no longer — it had expired, we were unable to negotiate a new rate,” Zeller said. “So our services there terminated.”
PPL Center was completed in 2014. The $177 million arena was partly funded by taxes generated in Allentown’s Neighborhood Improvement Zone. The center is home to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms hockey team, and hosts an array of concerts and events throughout the year.
Morning Call reporter Lindsay Weber can be reached at 610-820-6681 and liweber@mcall.com. | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/allentown/mc-nws-allentown-ppl-center-traffic-parking-20220621-j37s46uwgbdpbp2nevi7pnciua-story.html | 2022-06-21T12:01:06 | 1 | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/allentown/mc-nws-allentown-ppl-center-traffic-parking-20220621-j37s46uwgbdpbp2nevi7pnciua-story.html |
Another night of gun violence in Philadelphia took the lives of two men, including a 76-year-old out for a walk, and injured three others.
The three separate shootings late Monday night into Tuesday morning spread across the city – from West Philadelphia to Frankford.
Shortly before midnight, a 47-year-old man was sitting on his porch near 61st and Vine streets in West Philly when he was shot and killed, police said.
Investigators said two gunmen walked up on the sidewalk and started shooting. The victim ran inside the home where he died. Police believe he was targeted by the men.
About an hour later, around 1:30 a.m., Philadelphia police said nearly 50 shots rang out on a street corner in the city's Frankford neighborhood.
Chief Inspector Scott Small said when officers arrived at Northwood and Arrott streets – near the Simpson Recreation Center – they found only one person with a gunshot wound, but dozens of bullet casings. The man had been shot in the face.
A short time later two other men turned up at the hospital with gunshot wounds to their legs, Small said.
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Then, at daybreak, a 76-year-old man was gunned down as he returned home from his morning walk in Juniata Park, Small said.
Officers found the man unresponsive with a gunshot wound to his head shortly after 5:30 a.m. on the 4200 block of Claridge Street. Police said the gunman was standing close to the victim when they opened fire. The man was just feet from his home.
“This is a tragic homicide," Small said Tuesday morning. "Why someone would shoot a 76-year-old male returning to his home after taking his morning walk – which family says he does on a regular basis – we don’t have a motive right now. We don’t know if robbery was a motive. We don’t know if this individual was targeted for some reason."
Police said there were numerous cameras in the neighborhood and some of them did record a portion of the fatal shooting.
As of Tuesday morning, there were at least 244 homicides in Philadelphia this year, down 5% from the same time last year which was ultimately the deadliest in the city on record.
There are additional resources for people or communities that have endured gun violence in Philadelphia. Further information can be found here. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/76-year-old-man-killed-5-others-shot-in-philadelphia-overnight/3276514/ | 2022-06-21T12:02:25 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/76-year-old-man-killed-5-others-shot-in-philadelphia-overnight/3276514/ |
ATLANTA — A person is in the hospital after being hit by a train in southwest Atlanta Monday night.
Atlanta Police said it happened just before midnight near Humphries Street and Metro Parkway.
At this time, details are minimal but police have added that the person was taken to Grady Hospital. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/person-hit-by-train-atlanta-what-we-know/85-3d275dcf-69a9-49a7-89f6-9597c28ed122 | 2022-06-21T12:04:52 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/person-hit-by-train-atlanta-what-we-know/85-3d275dcf-69a9-49a7-89f6-9597c28ed122 |
KANAWHA COUNTY, WV (WOWK) — Crews are battling a trailer fire in Shrewsbury early Tuesday morning, leaving traffic delays in the area.
According to dispatchers, the Eastbound lane in the 3200 block of East Dupont Ave or Route 60 in Shrewsbury is shut down as crews work to contain the fire.
There is no word on injuries at this time. We have a crew headed to the scene. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/eastbound-lane-of-rt-60-closed-in-shrewsbury-as-crews-battle-fire/ | 2022-06-21T12:16:06 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/eastbound-lane-of-rt-60-closed-in-shrewsbury-as-crews-battle-fire/ |
BLOOMINGTON — With her father, grandfather and other family members all having gone through 4-H, Callie Yoder never doubted that she would be involved in the organization too.
“My passion for it came very early on,” said Yoder, who wrapped up her 11 years as a student in the organization last year. She is now a 4-H leader for the Danvers Industrial Youth Club, as well as the 4-H director of foods and nutrition for the McLean County Fair.
Like Yoder, Lauren Toohill grew up in an agricultural family. The recent Heyworth High School graduate was president of the school's chapter of the National FFA Organization, formerly known as "Future Farmers of America."
Both young women represent an example of the kinds of students being targeted for growing educational and outreach efforts in Central Illinois. Agriculture businesses, advocacy organizations and educators say they are trying to train students like Yoder and Toohill for agriculture jobs and technology that do not yet exist.
Leaders in the field have also seen more job openings than people to fill them, even as the industry is expected to grow regionally and nationally.
The Illinois Department of Employment Security expects farm jobs in its Economic Development Region 3, which is centered around Peoria and McLean counties, to grow from 6,811 jobs to 9,038 jobs between 2018 and 2028. The projection also anticipates a decline in non-farm jobs in that same period.
Nationwide, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates there will be an additional 78,000 wage and salary agriculture jobs between 2020 and 2030. Agriculture jobs were tied for the fourth fastest-growing sector in the U.S. economy between 2010 and 2020.
Neither of those measures include all the jobs tangentially related to agriculture, such as in ag finance or food manufacturing. IDES also anticipates significant growth in food manufacturing jobs between 2018 and 2028 in the Peoria-McLean County region.
Heartland Community College hopes its new agriculture complex can help it meet the needs to fill those jobs, reflecting the importance of agriculture industry in the community.
“The role of a community college is to be reflective of the needs of the community,” President Keith Cornille said. “… In our particular community, agriculture and agriculture-related industries are a huge part of our economy.”
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Heartland Community College plans to break ground on its new agriculture complex later this month. College officials hope the new facility will help them expand Heartland’s agriculture offerings, which in turn can help keep young talent like Yoder and Toohill in the area.
“We need to do everything we can to keep the young talent right here in our community,” said Cornille.
There are around 1,300 K-12 students involved in agriculture in some way in Heartland’s district, he said.
That includes students like those in Kara Barling's agriculture classes at Heyworth High School, where she also leads the school’s FFA club.
Last year, Barling had 122 students across six classes, with only 10 to 15 of them coming from farm families. She maintains classroom space in an outbuilding of the school and a greenhouse. She tries to put that space to good use while giving students a chance to learn skills unique to the classes.
Heartland’s new agriculture complex will help provide some of those same sorts of hands-on experiences at the college level, Cornille said.
“We don’t really have the type of laboratories that are conducive to the type of learning that needs to occur,” he said. “(…) The complex will allow us to really have the types of laboratories and classrooms that we need.”
That includes features like test plots, greenhouses and a mechanic bay large enough to pull in farm equipment like combines. The complex will not include livestock.
Hands-on experience is a central part of ag education at Lake Land College in Mattoon, too, Agriculture Chair Ryan Orrick said. The college offers seven agriculture-related majors and five certificates.
“All of those, they don’t just go to school for two years and sit in a classroom,” Orrick said.
Barling said her classes cover the breadth of the agriculture industry, from basic farm mechanics to intros to animal and veterinary science. That mirrors the program Illinois State University students go through, said Lucas Maxwell, director of the agricultural education program there.
Non-transfer students spend their first two years in the program learning about the various parts of the agriculture industry, Maxwell said. The students' junior and senior years focus on developing them as teachers.
The ISU Agriculture Department, which offers 10 majors including agriculture education, looks forward to working with Heartland as the college expands its programs, Maxwell said. He is excited for partnerships like pipeline agreements for students to transfer from the Heartland programs to ISU.
Cornille said the community college’s goal is to blend its services with what is already being offered in the area, including by ISU. That includes offering certificates and additional training.
“We don’t want to replicate things; we want to supplement things,” he said.
Filling company needs
Evergreen FS is one of the area businesses likely to benefit from expanded agriculture programs at Heartland, HR Manager Christie Rabideau said. The Bloomington-based co-op, which is a part of GROWMARK, hires across a wide array of agriculture services, including operations, elevators, turf and office jobs.
That wide variety of jobs is something that Cornille feels not enough students know about as they consider careers.
“Sometimes I think young people don’t understand all that agriculture and agribusiness offers them in their career,” he said.
Rabideau estimated that around 75% of the positions at Evergreen FS require either a high school degree or a two-year certificate or degree, exactly the kind of program that Heartland provides. Evergreen FS has worked with Heartland in developing programs, Rabideau said, especially the agronomy and precision agriculture certificates.
“Both of those are very relevant to what we do and the hiring needs we have,” she said.
Representatives for Evergreen FS and Archer Daniels Midland Co., another major agribusiness employer with a large Central Illinois presence, said they have had some difficulty filling openings.
The need for training for agricultural workers is a major driver behind Heartland’s expansion, Cornille said.
Orrick, in Mattoon, has also seen that need. For every graduate coming out of Lake Land's agricultural program, he said, it feels like he hears from five businesses looking to hire someone.
Lake Land has focused its agriculture program on listening to the industry about what businesses need so the college can help fill those jobs, Orrick said. That includes working with an advisory council with representatives from industries of the various programs Lake Land offers.
“We’ve tried to be more intentional about what we offer in the classrooms to (reflect) what the needs of industry are,” Orrick said.
There is also a shortage of agriculture teachers in the state, a problem not unique to Illinois, Maxwell said. The shortage has even prevented some districts from starting programs they planned to add.
“The need for agricultural educators right now is immense (…) we simply do not graduate enough individuals to fill the positions that are open each year,” he said.
Some of the jobs in the industry require flexibility and a willingness to do whatever is needed around a farm, said Brian Bangert, general manager at Funk Farms in McLean County.
There seems to be a need for more ag education in general, he said, as people lose their connections to the farms that grow their food. He has started an agricultural tourism center at Funk Farms to help address that need, and hopes Heartland’s complex can also help build that understanding in students.
“We need better opportunities for kids to get a better understanding of agriculture,” Bangert said.
Archer Daniels Midland Co., which has its North American headquarters in Decatur, hires people from a variety of educational and career backgrounds, which includes but is not exclusive to those from agriculture programs and companies, said head of talent acquisition Megan Bole.
The food processing company, which Fortune ranked as the 38th largest in the country by revenue in its 2022 list, has also put resources into developing early career pipelines, like internships, to bring in employees soon after they graduate from college, Bole said.
“(That allows students) to really come inside, have a peek under the tent and understand the kind of rich, varied career they can have here,” Bole said.
Early career hires from ag programs are important additions to the company. They help keep ADM on “the tip of the sphere,” Bole said.
Orrick estimated that just around 10% of Lake Land’s agriculture students go directly into “plows, sows and cows” farming.
Jobs in agriculture can appeal to a wide array of interests, Cornille said.
“If you love chemistry, there’s a job for you in ag; if you love tech, there’s a job for you in ag; if you love mechanics, there’s a job for you in ag; if you love being outside, there’s a job for you in ag; if you love driving a truck, there’s a job for you in ag,” he said.
Some Central Illinois businesses have taken a more direct approach to training the workers they need, in cooperation with education institutions. For example, Lake Land College has a John Deere tech program, Orrick said.
The students work with a dealership that sponsors them, which could include help with tools, internships or tuition.
Community colleges are another place ADM is looking to expand pipelines, Bole said.
“We’re really keen to strengthen those relationships,” she said.
Building life skills
Rising eighth-grader Claire Kuipers in LeRoy said her school has just a few families that show cattle, including her own, and she is one of a handful of FFA members at LeRoy Middle School who live on a farm with livestock.
Like Yoder and Toohill, 13-year-old Kuipers is getting an early start in agriculture through FFA and 4-H activities. Her projects have included showing hogs, photography, LEGO building and sewing. The most significant has been showing Angus cattle.
Participating in 4-H and other show competitions has given Claire a chance to make friends from near and far. “She’s got friends all over the county, all over the state, all over the country,” said Krista Kuipers, Claire's mother.
The responsibility of taking care of the cattle every day has helped her grow and mature, too, said Claire, who has been participating in 4-H programs for five years. She started off with her parents doing much of the work for her, but now she does it all herself. Her younger brother is now starting to go through the same process.
Over in Danvers, Yoder enjoyed going from being a student herself in 4-H to now seeing her students grow and mature.
“It’s pretty awesome to watch kids grow and become better leaders, and speakers, and people in general,” she said.
The organization goes far beyond the main agriculture projects that many people may think of, said Katie Buckley, McLean County 4-H youth development educator. Some of the other projects include foods, sewing and even robotics. McLean County has the largest number of county 4-H members in the state, with around 900 members.
Agriculture has changed a lot in recent years, with new applications for technology like drones and autonomous vehicles, Buckley said.
“What we’re doing now isn’t going to be what we’re doing probably five or 10 years from now. We’re looking into the future. We’re preparing youth for jobs that don’t exist today,” she said.
Jenny Webb, member engagement manager at the Illinois Farm Bureau, attended Heartland before the college added agriculture programs. She is excited to see the college's new complex, especially looking forward to its use as a community event location as well as an education center.
Webb’s work focuses on the state farm bureau's Young Leaders program, for members ages 18 to 35. She works with Vanessa Wright, youth and collegiate program coordinator, who more directly handles the Collegiate Farm Bureau.
CFB has 12 chapters across the state, including at ISU, Illinois Central College, Lincoln Land Community College and Lake Land College.
Wright and Webb hope to expand the appeal of the program beyond majors directly connected to agriculture. Students pursuing areas from political science to environmental studies can also find jobs in the industry, they said.
Buckley, the local 4-H leader, also talked about the wide variety of jobs in agriculture, and the need in the industry for people who may not have studied agriculture in school but instead have backgrounds in areas like chemistry, communications or economics.
“It’s going to take a wide variety of educational backgrounds to fulfill the need for agricultural jobs,” she said.
At Illinois State, Maxwell said he and Assistant Professor Jay Solomonson are trying to recruit beyond the traditional pipeline of students who were taking agriculture classes in high school. The graduate program has also grown immensely in the past few years, from just a few students to more than 25.
“There is a place for everyone in agriculture; there is a place for everyone in agriculture education,” Maxwell said.
He and Orrick both noted that they have seen more women entering agriculture. Lake Land’s program split close to evenly between men and women, Orrick said. The ag education program at ISU is now majority women, Maxwell said.
The Illinois Farm Bureau also works closely with agriculture educators across the state with initiatives that include its Ag in the Classroom program, which works mostly on curriculum development and teacher training, said statewide director Kevin Daugherty. Some of the county organizations do more school visits.
Ag in the Classroom also reaches kids younger than 4-H and FFA programs do, all the way down to kindergarten.
Reaching the children at that age is important because many of them have not necessarily had direct experience with agriculture, despite it being the largest industry in the state, Daugherty said.
“Most of our students are generations away from being on the farm,” he said.
A better understanding of agriculture can help people understand where their food comes from, Claire Kuipers said.
“I think people need to start thinking, ‘Oh, it’s helping you learn more about the background (of agriculture)’,” she said. “(…) You have to think about how people have to raise these cattle, people have to feed these cattle.”
Cities with the most employment growth
Cities With the Most Employment Growth
The unemployment rate has nearly recovered to pre pandemic levels
Nevada and California added the most jobs over the past year
Small and midsize metros with the most employment growth
15. Raleigh, NC
14. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
13. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
12. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
11. Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN
10. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
9. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
8. Fresno, CA
7. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
6. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
5. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
4. San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
3. Austin-Round Rock, TX
2. Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
1. Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
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100 years ago
June 21, 1922: Dr. George Palmer, president of the Illinois Tuberculosis Association, spoke to an audience at the Young Men's Club about the importance of proper education on health matters. "We like to think of our grandfathers and great-grandfathers as hale, hearty, rugged men, but as a matter of fact, they didn't live as long as we do," he noted, adding that the country's forefathers "were not what might be called strenuous devotees of the great indoor sport of bathing."
75 years ago
June 21, 1947: The Bloomington City Council voted that the public should be notified and invited to meetings to draft appropriation ordinances. Alderman Lawrence Turpin motioned for the change. Several council members said they didn't believe they had held secret meetings. "I suppose you call it an open meeting when the council meets up here without any advance notice and then closes the doors," Turpin replied. "Do you think people are going to come barging through closed doors?"
50 years ago
June 21, 1972: The Lexington City Council may act on a proposed ordinance meant to alleviate the city's growing pains. It comes as Bloomington realtor Lawrence Bielfeldt plans to build as many as 200 houses in the next eight years on some 57 acres immediately northeast of Lexington. City officials hope the new ordinance makes clear "who pays what" when this subdivision, and others in the future, seek to obtain city services, such as city water, for residents.
25 years ago
June 21, 1997: It was in 1996 that the village of Gridley, to qualify for a Department of Conservation state grant, decided to accept ownership of a 30-year-old swimming pool. It was two years and $500,000 later when the aluminum pool finally was completely rebuilt at the new Westview Park — and opening day found the pool filled wall-to-wall with children. The pool, 6 feet wider than it was before, is L-shaped with a 33-foot by 25-foot diving well. There is also a kiddie pool.
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By all practical logic of modern day San Francisco, the Gregangelo Museum should not exist.
As you drive through the posh residential neighborhood of Saint Francis Wood on the way to the 42-year-old “museum,” the natural reaction is to think that Google Maps must be confused. But continue past the Spanish-roofed multimillion-dollar homes, and eventually you’ll arrive at 225 San Leandro Way, a mirage of a house that looks like a cross between a circus and a Burning Man camp.
It’s an unlikely location for what may be one of the last havens for artists in the city, a busy hive mind of costume-makers, interior designers, writers, musicians, visual artists and every variety of misfit theater kid. Together they work around the clock to create a guided immersive experience that instills visitors with a playful sense of wonder. And maybe a little more introspection than they signed up for.
The interior of the Gregangelo Museum feels like the trendy art installation Meow Wolf, except made by old-school SF hippies instead of new-school Santa Fe hipsters. The house is a maze of winding corridors and secret rooms with every inch of wall space covered in colorful mosaics, a hoarder’s paradise of trinkets and curious furniture that runs the gamut from baroque to sci-fi. The word “curated” gets thrown around a lot for spaces like this, but the Gregangelo Museum is the opposite — the whole place exists within a reality distortion field of first thought, best thought energy.
The source of that distortion is Gregangelo Herrera, an effervescent ringleader who roller blades as a main mode of transportation. He serves as a pied piper for a group of artists that work in the sprawling home at all hours of the day, toiling away on new elements of the museum as well as for commissioned installations through Herrera’s event production company, Velocity Arts and Entertainment. His history with the massive house began in 1980.
When most of his artistic peers were moving into grittier more affordable areas of the city, Herrera did the opposite.
“I came into a rich white neighborhood buying a dump of a property, had no idea what neighborhood I was in, I was just sort of renting it, you know, and then started fixing it up,” said Herrera, who started giving casual tours in the ’90s and private ones in the 2000s.
Unlike Meow Wolf, this isn’t a choose-your-own-adventure, but rather guided tours for small groups (max 6 people, $75 per ticket). Each room in the house has its own story. One cozy den-like room features dozens of pairs of shoes covering the walls, and guests are asked which pair most resonates with them, and whose shoes they’d most like to walk in. These types of prompts are intended as a catalyst for conversation, self-examination and personal growth.
“I call it a connectatorium,” says Herrera. “It’s not a museum at all, the name always makes me cringe, but it’s the only thing we can do to make it an attraction that people can attend.”
Like every entertainment venue, the pandemic — or “pandemonium,” as Gregangelo calls it — forced the museum to adapt. They turned their yard, public easement and driveway into a makeshift artist studio for 30 high school and college students. The museum’s regular tours turned into outdoor experiences, running up to 22 shows a night for small groups of guests. The commotion drew a few complaints from nearby residents, but the protests fell on deaf ears.
“Our neighborhood association immediately said, ‘Oh no no, you do not get to complain about this place. They got a work-at-home order just like you and they’re entertainers, so that’s what they’re doing,’” Herrera recounted, claiming that the neighbors have come to love the museum’s quirky presence.
Although most of the entertainment industry has returned to business as usual at this point, the Gregangelo Museum has leaned into their pivot. They still offer interior tours, but the focus has shifted to transforming the exterior of the house into a new experience based on the riddle of the Sphinx. Three garden areas represent youth and innocence, adulthood and sensuality, and wisdom and death. The narrative is driven by a series of riddles based on the surroundings, which essentially function a little like an escape room — solve the riddle, move on to the next step.
Those challenges evolve naturally into conversation prompts, which lead guests to get to know each other (and themselves) a little better. You’ll be asked to share an experience that felt small initially but had a wider butterfly effect, a time you misjudged someone based on their appearance, and even bigger questions about the meaning of humanity.
It makes for a vulnerable experience that in today’s cynical landscape feels stubbornly vintage — like a collective of artists thriving in a stately suburb of one of the world’s most expensive cities. But for Herrera and the rest of his motley band of creatives, their overall mission isn’t just about their own art, but unlocking a sense of self-expression in their guests.
“Literally your story is emerging as the tour goes,” Herrera says. “The art is really a catalyst for you to tell the story.” | https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/SF-neighborhood-hides-Gregangelo-Museum-17249133.php | 2022-06-21T12:40:12 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/SF-neighborhood-hides-Gregangelo-Museum-17249133.php |
San Francisco has all kinds of unique rental situations. From bunk bed pods to beds that descend from the ceiling, living in one of the most expensive cities in the country forces people to get creative in order to find semi-affordable housing. And one of the best ways to get a deal is to luck into a room in a San Francisco apartment that’s been rent-controlled for years.
But when you sign up to live with someone who’s paying far below market rate, they’re not just becoming your roommate — they’re also becoming your landlord. The “master tenant,” as they’re often known, gets to decide your rent; you’ll likely cut a check directly to them and even funnel repair requests their way. This situation is ripe for conflict, seeing as one person has drastically more power than the other tenants. But it’s not a perfect arrangement for the de facto landlord, either: They often hold even more power than they may have bargained for.
To understand a “master tenant” situation, it’s important to start with rent control and all the rules that come along with it. More than 60% of San Francisco’s rental units are subject to rent control. Specifically, rental units in a building constructed before June 13, 1979, qualify. Under the San Francisco Rent Board, people living in rent-controlled apartments are entitled to special protections regarding rental increases and eviction. Their apartments are likely cheaper than market rate and can only increase in rent costs by a certain amount each year.
The San Francisco Rent Board sets a percentage per year based on the Consumer Price Index in the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose region for a 12-month period. The allowable annual increase amount for March 2021 to Feb. 28, 2022, was 0.7%. This year, the allowable increase has risen to 2.3%. If you moved into your current two-bedroom apartment in 2010 and paid $2,800 a month, the most your rent could be now is $3,339. That’s about 15% below the median rent for a two-bedroom apartment according to Zumper’s most recent rental estimations.
“These arrangements are pretty much the only affordable arrangements that are left,” said Scott Weaver, an attorney and volunteer with the San Francisco Tenants Union. “It’s unfortunate in this tight housing market because you want to be able to be picky about who you have as a master tenant.”
But becoming a master tenant often happens by accident. “There’s no document that’s signed that empowers someone to be a master tenant,” said tenants’ rights attorney Joseph Tobener. “It happens by circumstances. People get into these roommate situations in order to survive. … The roommate is a way to make ends meet.”
Search “master tenant” on Twitter and there are plenty of horror stories out there. A common grift? Master tenants charging subtenants an amount that adds up to more than the actual rent, allowing them to keep the profit. Adam, who declined to give his last name, said when he first moved to San Francisco, he found a two-bedroom apartment in Nob Hill with a master tenant who was never around (a nice perk). But the master tenant later rented her room out to another tenant, who was very messy, and then eventually stopped paying rent entirely. Adam came home one day to find a note taped to the front door that showed the full rent amount of the apartment, which was far lower than the "half" he was paying for his room. The full rent for the apartment was $2,150, and his rent for the smaller bedroom was $1,500.
The master tenant moving out of their apartment entirely happens more than you’d think, whether or not they ever plan to return.
Some San Franciscans get a room in a master tenant-run apartment that’s too cheap to leave, even though the master tenant is dangerous, abusive or just plain a terrible roommate.
One SFGATE staffer said he suffered through a terrible master tenant situation for eight years because the rent on his apartment in Russian Hill was significantly cheaper than it would have been in a market-rate unit. The master tenant had already been there for more than 10 years, was messy and had a penchant for late-night parties. But ultimately, the master tenant conundrum is what allowed the SFGATE staffer to save up enough money to buy a place in the Bay Area.
If you’re tempted to rent a room from a master tenant, make sure to look out for red flags, Weaver said. “You want to be picky about your master tenant. You have to rely on your gut instincts. If there’s been a lot of turnover, that may be a warning sign.”
Weaver also warns against renting from someone who seems to revel in their amount of power and the fact that they get to make the rules.
While it seems like master tenants are all-powerful, they’re actually taking on more responsibility than they often think. “Master tenants are landlords under the rent ordinance, so any law that applies to a landlord is going to apply to master tenants,” Tobener said.
That means a master tenant could be sued if repairs aren’t made in a timely manner, or if they aren’t keeping the apartment up in a safe way should there be a fire, for example. They also could be sued if it’s discovered that they’re charging the subtenants more than the total cost of rent, or an odd proportion of the share.
If you end up as a master tenant, even by accident, Tobener recommends getting tenant insurance to protect yourself. “You’re in the business of landlording if you’re a master tenant and you’ve got to run it like a business or it’s going to bite you in the ass,” Tobener said. “And most people don’t. Most people think of it just like a roommate situation [where you’re] the one cutting the check.”
The actual landlord will also typically only work with the master tenant when it comes to collecting rent, taking repair requests, etc. If the landlord forms a relationship with one of the other tenants, then they wouldn’t be able to necessarily raise the rent if the master tenant eventually moves out. Plus, it’s easier to just deal with one person.
With San Francisco rental prices still the second-highest in the country, Weaver said he thinks these types of situations will always be around. And he said he thinks most of the time, they end up working out fine. “If people are able to get along, it’s a great thing,” Weaver said. | https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/master-tenants-are-SF-landlords-17249700.php | 2022-06-21T12:40:18 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/master-tenants-are-SF-landlords-17249700.php |
BOULEVARD, Calif. — Across the United States, wind energy continues to hit major milestones in the growing renewable energy market. That includes wind energy – responsible for a rising percentage of the energy powering the San Diego County electric grid.
In March, for example, there was a 24-hour stretch where wind energy accounted for the second largest source of energy powering the entire country, only behind natural gas.
Beyond that, wind turbines floating off our west coast could be in our future, with the Biden-Harris administration announcing the first-ever offshore wind lease sale on the West Coast.
The announcement came last month in a continuous push toward more renewable, clean energy powering the nation.
So we decided to visit a wind farm that's helping power the San Diego County electric grid. In Boulevard, about an hour outside of San Diego and just off the 8 freeway, a company called Avangrid Renewables powers 57 wind turbines built in just the last few years. They span several miles, constantly sending clean energy to San Diego’s grid – with the potential to power thousands of homes.
“For me personally I enjoy the challenge of understanding these machines," said James Van Dyke, a Plant Manager at the Tule Wind Farm in Boulevard, part of Avangrid Renewables. "I mean, they're wonderful machines. They're complex in nature, but also simplistic in design so it's really fascinating to understand even the smallest things about them."
As Plant Manager, Van Dyke is responsible for ensuring these turbines continue to work properly, turning a profit for the company but also passing benefits onto the consumers.
Jose Antonio Miranda is the CEO of Avangrid and says San Diego County’s wind farm continues to exceed expectations.
"The most affordable energy is distributed first, and then least affordable energy is not distributed," says Miranda. "In that respect, wind is so competitive, that it's normally always dispatched. By dispatching the wind, you are lowering the bill of electricity."
Beyond the financial incentives, there’s the environmental aspect. Wind energy is a clean way to ensure power to the electric grid, and already provides about 10 percent of electricity nationwide.
Here in San Diego, SDGE estimates about 40% of the electricity that powers homes in the county comes from renewable sources like wind and solar. It comes at a pivotal time as many face rising costs on their power bills, hoping for relief.
“For new generations it’s absolutely something not questioned – that the future is clean energy or no energy at all," added Miranda.
In their office, the output of each wind turbine can be monitored, but they’re largely self reliant. The biggest tasks for the team in-house involves maintenance and repairs. Beyond that, the turbines largely adjust on their own, based on factors like wind speed and direction.
"It's done all automatically," said Van Dyke. "The machine itself will automatically adjust the power and then it'll feed the voltage correctly with the proper frequency onto the grid."
With the increasing likelihood of wind turbines arriving on the ocean, off the U.S. West Coast, Miranda says he's excited to see his company leading the change toward renewable energy.
"It is accelerating because we have offshore wind coming into the picture. It's going to be a big one and our company is very proud to be pioneering offshore wind in the U.S."
As wind energy is produced at the Tule Wind Farm, it's added to the San Diego County electric grid alongside many other renewable sources like solar and hydroelectric.
At it's peak, each of the 57 turbines has the capacity to power up to 2,000 homes. These wind turbines are big -- stretching a couple hundred feet in the air, and the more wind we see, the more clean power added to the grid.
Everyone we talked with from Avangrid Renewables emphasized that while it is a for-profit company, it's also redeeming to know they're helping contributed to cleaner energy keeping lights on around the country, including in San Diego.
The research and permitting process going into each of these farms usually takes four years. But once the farm is up and running, it can power thousands of homes for decades to come. These new sources of energy help in decreasing the carbon footprint that comes along with burning fossil fuels or coal, and could also be strategic in preventing blackouts.
Currently, wind from most farms feeds directly into the grid. However, with battery storage becoming more powerful and reliable, storing that energy could be soon to come. Companies could then sell that energy back to power companies for a higher profit during peak usage.
The cost of building the turbines has also shrunk, meaning it is more than likely we'll see more of these turbines in our future.
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OCEAN CITY, Md. — Three people were stabbed in a fight on Monday night in Ocean City, police said.
Officers called to the 10 block of Wicomico Street for a report of a fight found three people with stab wounds, Ocean City police tweeted.
The Ocean City Fire Department responded to provide medical care. One person was flown to Shock Trauma in Baltimore and another was flown to Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware, police said. The third person was taken to TidalHealth Peninsula Regional Hospital in Salisbury. Police did not release details of their conditions. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/police-3-stabbed-in-fight-in-ocean-city/2022/06/21/b376c918-f15f-11ec-ac16-8fbf7194cd78_story.html | 2022-06-21T12:51:13 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/police-3-stabbed-in-fight-in-ocean-city/2022/06/21/b376c918-f15f-11ec-ac16-8fbf7194cd78_story.html |
NEW YORK — JetBlue Airways on Monday increased its offer to buy Spirit Airlines, raising the stakes again in a battle over the nation’s biggest budget airline.
New York-based JetBlue said it increased its cash offer to $33.50 per share, or more than $3.6 billion. That is an increase per share of $2 over a June 6 offer and 50 cents over JetBlue’s original April bid.
Frontier Airlines put Spirit in play in February when boards of the two airlines agreed to a merger in which Spirit shareholders would get cash and 48.5% of the combined company. That deal was originally valued around $2.9 billion but has lost value because of a decline in Frontier’s stock price.
Shareholders of Miramar, Florida-based Spirit are scheduled to vote June 30 on the Frontier bid, and JetBlue is trying to convince investors to scuttle the agreement and drive Spirit into JetBlue’s arms.
Spirit said it was reviewing JetBlue‘s latest offer. Denver-based Frontier declined to comment. Spirit said last week that its board would give shareholders an update before the June 30 vote.
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1 dead, 3 wounded in shooting at east side Detroit park
Charles E. Ramirez
The Detroit News
Detroit — One person is dead and three others wounded after a shooting Sunday during a barbecue at a park on the city's east side.
According to a preliminary investigation, two cars pulled up to a park at Healy and Stockton near Ryan Road and Nevada at about 10 p.m.
Occupants in the two cars then began firing at the victims, striking four people and killing one of them, police said.
Officials said the investigation is ongoing and are not releasing further details at this time.
cramirez@detroitnews.com
Twitter: @CharlesERamirez | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/06/21/1-dead-3-wounded-shooting-east-side-detroit-park/7685705001/ | 2022-06-21T12:54:57 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/06/21/1-dead-3-wounded-shooting-east-side-detroit-park/7685705001/ |
Man wanted for spray-painting slur, 'White Lives Matter' on west side Detroit home
Detroit — Police are looking for the person who spray-painted a racial slur and "White Lives Matter" on a home on the city's west side.
The incident happened at about 11:45 p.m. on June 12 in the 12207 block of Vaughan near Evergreen and Interstate 96, according to authorities.
Police said a man knocked on the door of a home and then called the 35-year-old victim a racial slur. The incident was captured by the home's doorbell camera.
The same man went into the home's backyard and spray-painted the slur and "White Lives Matter" on the house.
Officials said the suspect is a white male who was wearing a hooded sweatshirt and sweatpants.
Anyone with information about the incident or the suspect should call the Detroit Police Department's 6th Precinct at (313) 596-5640 or Crime Stoppers of Michigan at 1 (800) SPEAK-UP.
cramirez@detroitnews.com
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Police arrest suspect after gun pointed at man with baby at Detroit gas station
Detroit — A suspect police believe was captured on video pointing a gun at a man holding a small child Sunday at a west side gas station has been rrested, police said.
"An arrest has been made for the aggravated assault yesterday evening at the Valero Gas Station at Hubbell/Tireman," officials said in a tweet. "The 2nd Precinct would like to thank our community for providing information which led us to taking this individual into custody."
Officials released video of the incident, which happened just before 6 p.m. Sunday, captured by the gas station's security cameras on Monday.
In the video, a man is seen walking across the parking lot from the sidewalk and opening the door to the store, then drawing a gun from his shorts and pointing it inside where a man is holding a baby. The man with the gun backs out of the store when the man inside charges toward him with an arm raised. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/06/21/police-arrest-suspect-after-gun-pointed-man-baby-detroit-gas-station/7685407001/ | 2022-06-21T12:55:09 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/06/21/police-arrest-suspect-after-gun-pointed-man-baby-detroit-gas-station/7685407001/ |
Tips sought in June 11 shooting that wounded four on Detroit's west side
Detroit — Police are asking for help to find the shooter in a June 11 drive-by shooting that wounded four men on the city's west side.
The shooting happened just after midnight in the 13500 block of Cloverlawn near West Davison and Interstate 96.
According to authorities, a light-colored SUV with a sunroof arrived at the location and one of its occupants fired a gun at the house before it sped away.
Police said four men, ages 44, 40, 34 and 30, were inside the house and were struck by gunfire. The four were taken to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, treated and released.
Anyone with information about the shooter or the vehicle should call the Detroit Police Department’s Tenth Precinct at (313) 596-1040 or Crimes Stoppers of Michigan at 1 (800) SPEAK-UP.
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Boy, 2, taken by father missing, endangered, found
Royal Oak Township — Michigan State Police say a 2-year-old boy that had been taken from a home by his father has been found.
Legacee Moore is being evaluated by doctors, officials said.
They also said detectives continue to gather information about what happened to him. Furthermore, state police said they have arrested two suspects in connection with the child's abduction.
Earlier Tuesday, officials said Legacee was taken by force by his biological father, Glen Moore, from a home in the township, officials said Tuesday.
According to authorities, Glen Moore at about 2:45 a.m. Tuesday was let into a home at 20850 Glen Lodge near Eight Mile and Wyoming Avenue to talk with the child’s mother. However, a fight began and Moore allegedly took the 2-year-old from his room and fled the location.
Police believed Moore was traveling in a black sedan. They said he was highly intoxicated and was last seen getting into his car, a small, four-door vehicle. He left the scene of the incident with another man.
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Oakland County man seeks reunion with alligator, Karen, being held in northern Michigan
For 13 months, Josh Applebaum's constant companion was Karen, an alligator who loved to snuggle and follow the Oak Park native around as a puppy would, he said.
Until 10 days ago, they had rarely been apart. But after a run-in with the law in northern Michigan, Applebaum may need court intervention for a reunion.
The alligator remains at Cicchelli Second Chance Rescue and Exotics in Lake City, where authorities turned her over while Applebaum was briefly in custody.
The rescue said they have a right to keep Karen after Applebaum failed to identify her among other gators at the site. He claims they are unfairly holding his property because of hostility toward him.
"It’s just ridiculous," the 39-year-old told The Detroit News on Monday night. "I need to get her out of there now."
The trouble began the night of June 11, when Applebaum was driving with his nearly 3-year-old alligator in Lake County, near where he hoped to relocate for more space.
A Lake County Sheriff's Office patrol sergeant patrolling US-10 spotted his vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed and moved to pull him over, but Applebaum, who had several arrest warrants from another jurisdiction, fled, representatives said in a statement.
"The vehicle led deputies and Michigan DNR law enforcement on a brief pursuit that ended with the vehicle being stuck between two trees on the Rails-To-Trails pathway near S. Forman Rd in Webber Township," according to the release.
"...Karen is not facing any charges at this time. We believe she was an unwilling participant during the incident, nor do we believe she was ever in control of the vehicle.":
Applebaum said he erred but feared losing Karen, whom he bought at a Roseville pet store and has gained thousands of followers through videos on the TikTok platform
"I panicked in a stressful situation," he said. "I didn't want to lose the most valuable thing in my life."
As Applebaum was sent to jail for the night, sheriff's officials transferred Karen to the Cicchelli facility, which sits on 25 acres.
Applebaum said he tried to retrieve her after being released the next day but April Cicchelli told him it wouldn't be possible until the following Friday since she was unavailable.
A misunderstanding about Cicchelli's online post mentioning Karen led to him being "advised he could not come onto our property to visit," she said in a Facebook post Friday.
Applebaum said he was unhappy about how he believed Karen was being treated.
On Friday, after checking with sheriff's officials, Applebaum said he and his mother went to the site unannounced to retrieve Karen but were denied entry. He sought help from police and was allowed in to pick out Karen among the alligators in an enclosure, but "I couldn’t get within 10 feet of them," he said. "How am I supposed to inspect the alligators to pick which one is Karen?"
Reached Monday night, April Cicchelli and her husband, Ryan, said they allowed Applebaum to spend more than 30 minutes checking multiple alligators as nearly 200 others were visiting but he repeatedly picked the wrong one.
"We decided it was plenty enough time for him to identify and us to resume our operation hours without him causing a scene at our facility," April Cicchelli said, adding police told them they could choose whether to release Karen back to Applebaum.
Ryan Cicchelli said customers aren't allowed to enter the enclosure since it's a liability, and a worker brought multiple alligators to Applebaum for him to check.
"I think we went above and beyond to try to work with him," he said. "There's just no outcome of him taking the wrong gator. If he goes through his court stuff and gets stuff figured out, we’ll just have to see what it looks like. ... If he gets the alligator and he goes back to jail, then what’s the outcome of that?"
Applebaum disagrees, saying he believes the Cicchellis gave him the runaround.
"Everybody has a bad day. Just because I made a mistake doesn’t mean you get to steal my alligator from me," he said.
Applebaum is exploring his next steps, including seeking an attorney.
For now, he can barely sleep thinking about his pet not lounging in her pool at home or sipping from a spray bottle as she's accustomed to.
"I haven't been able to stop pacing," he said. "She is literally like my child." | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2022/06/21/oakland-county-man-seeks-reunion-pet-alligator-karen/7684514001/ | 2022-06-21T12:55:33 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2022/06/21/oakland-county-man-seeks-reunion-pet-alligator-karen/7684514001/ |
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — A 5-year-old boy died after being left inside a vehicle for several hours, according to Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.
It happened at a house in the 13700 block of Blair Hill Lane, which is in northeast Harris County. The sheriff tweeted about the incident at about 3:20 p.m.
Gonzalez said the boy's family was preparing to celebrate his 8-year-old sister's birthday. The 5-year-old, his sister and his mother went to the store to get items for the party and when they came back home, the sheriff said the mother assumed both children had gotten out of the car on their own.
The mother told the sheriff the 5-year-old has gotten out of his car seat by himself before, but the sheriff believes because the family was in a rental vehicle, the child may not have known what to do.
The sheriff said the mother went into the house to prepare for the party and about two to three hours later, she started looking for her son.
The mother went to check the car and that's when she found him unresponsive, still buckled in his car seat, the sheriff said.
The mother immediately called 911, and when EMS arrived at the scene, they pronounced the child dead.
Amber Rollins, with the non-profit Kids and Car Safety, said Texas has the highest number of hot car deaths in the country. Nationwide, 56% of hot car deaths happen when a child is accidentally left in a car. Twenty-six percent when a child gets in themselves and can’t get out.
It doesn’t take long for a car to become an oven.
"Most people don’t realize that the majority of the increase in temperature inside of a car happens within the first 10 minutes," Rollins said. “Their little bodies heat up 3 to 5 times faster than an adult.”
Rollins says kids should know three things:
- How to honk the horn
- How to turn on flashers
- How to try a front door if they can’t get out of a back one
And parents should always make sure they’re looking in the back before they leave, no matter what, said Rollins.
"Our brains and our memory systems fail us when we least expect it.”
The investigation into the child's death is ongoing.
Earlier Monday, the Houston Fire Department chief warned of the heat and the dangers of leaving a child in a hot car.
As temperatures make their way to the triple digits, it's important to practice heat safety and recognize the signs of heat exhaustion.
“When you start noticing heat exhaustion -- which is just weakness, profuse sweating, your skin is wet, it’s cool -- you need to treat those symptoms,” said Porfirio Villarreal, a spokesperson for Houston Health Department. “You need to go inside an air-conditioned building, drink plenty of water, 'cause then if you do not treat that, then it progresses to heat exhaustion. That’s an emergency. You need to call 911.”
Villarreal said kids under the age of 4, adults older than 55, people who are overweight and those who have a heart or respiratory illness are most at risk.
Heat Safety
According to the National Weather Service, heat is the leading cause of weather-related deaths each year in the U.S.
We all know Houston summers can be brutally hot, and the heat becomes especially dangerous if it lingers for more than one day. If you're not prepared for it, you could become a victim to heat exhaustion or heatstroke.
The CDC warns that high body temperatures from heatstroke can lead to organs shutting down, brain damage or even death.
Tips to protect yourself from the heat
- If you have to be outside during the heat, wear light-colored, loose clothing. Wear a wide-brimmed hat and use sunscreen.
- If you’re working or exercising outside, limit activity to early morning or the evening when it’s cooler. Don't wait until you are thirsty to seek air conditioning. If you’re not at home, consider visiting malls, movie theaters or libraries.
- Water is the most important weapon against heat. Water is how your body stays cool by creating sweat from the water you drink. It's very important to stay properly hydrated on a hot Houston summer day.
- Check on your friends, family and neighbors during heat waves. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/child-dead-hot-car-blair-hill-harris-county/285-a288230d-4a77-4073-9f96-ffafd2adf987 | 2022-06-21T12:59:18 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/child-dead-hot-car-blair-hill-harris-county/285-a288230d-4a77-4073-9f96-ffafd2adf987 |
SAN ANTONIO — Authorities responded to an overnight fire at a spa at Tapatio Springs, a Hill Country resort owned by George Strait, in Boerne.
Officials with Kendall County Emergency Management said the fire started late Monday night at the resort’s spa, located at 1 Resort Way.
“Please use caution and avoid the area if at all possible,” a Facebook post from Kendall County Emergency Management states.
Kendall County EMS, Kendall County Sheriff's Office, along side the County Emergency Management Coordinator and Fire Marshall Jeff Fincke and other County Fire Marshalls are also on scene.
This isn’t the first a fire has broke out at the resort. Back in 2017, a fire destroyed the club house.
Details about the fire are unknown at this time, but we have a crew on the scene and are working to get more information.
This is a developing story.
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NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. — A child was airlifted to the hospital after they were stabbed in the chest by a catfish, according to Pasco County Fire Rescue.
The incident reportedly happened Monday during a fishing trip in New Port Richey, though it's not yet clear where.
In a tweet, fire rescue said the child experienced difficulty breathing while on the way to the hospital with family. A medical helicopter ended up meeting their car and flying the victim to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa.
The extent of the child's injuries is not yet known. Pasco County Fire officials said the child is under the age of 10 years old.
People can be injured by catfish. According to Catfish Edge, the animal's whiskers are harmless but their dorsal and pectoral fins contain spines.
"The tip of these spines is pointed and very sharp (especially on smaller catfish, and especially channel cats)," the site reads. "These spines don’t 'sting' and you can touch them without any pain occurring. Pain (and injury) occurs when these spines puncture the skin."
If the spines pierce the skin, venom can enter and cause swelling and increased blood flow to the area, Catfish Edge says.
The Public Information Officer with Pasco County Fire Rescue said a situation like this is rare.
"Very odd. I’ve never heard of something like that," Corey Deirdorff stated. "You hear of fisherman that might be cut by a barb or hit in the back of the leg and get an infection, but never heard of one penetrating the chest."
Since there are venomous catfish in Florida, Pasco County medical crews wanted to be extra cautious to make sure the child receives the necessary care.
"That’s another reason they transported in the way that they did," Deirdorff added. "They didn’t know if this was a venomous catfish or not."
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/florida-child-stabbed-catfish/67-da2d769c-ba00-46fe-9054-0038cbe9cd20 | 2022-06-21T12:59:30 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/florida-child-stabbed-catfish/67-da2d769c-ba00-46fe-9054-0038cbe9cd20 |
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. — A GoFundMe page now sits at more than $24,000 after a gas station manager was fired in Rancho Cordova for making an error that priced premium gas at 69 cents per gallon.
That's quite a difference from the average price of gas in California, which is about $6.40. In Sacramento, the cost per gallon for premium gas is about $6.74, according to AAA.
More than 1,000 people have donated to the fundraiser as of Monday, citing various reasons.
"I figured the story was worth a gallon of gas. Good luck to you," wrote Leonardo Hernandez.
John Szczecina was fired from a Shell gas station after he misplaced a decimal point at a gas station, according to ABC7. Hundreds of drivers ended up getting the cheap gas for several hours before the mistake was discovered costing the gas station $16,000, according to ABC7.
"I saw you and chatted with you quite a bit at this gas station. Sorry, you're having to deal with all of this... I hope my contribution helps you out a bit man!" Jason Zedlitz wrote.
Others wrote they heard his story and donated from as far as Hawaii.
"John, I donated because it is such a breath of fresh air in this world where you accepted responsibility for your mistake and accepted the consequences. I [am] very sorry this happened to you and I do hope, in the end, you have a very happy outcome. With love and aloha from Kauai!" wrote Nancy Williams.
Some of the top donations include $1,000, $300 and $200.
Fuel-Saving Tips
With the cost of gas likely staying high for now, AAA has these tips to share to help people save on fuel costs.
- Keep your tires properly inflated
- Slow down and drive the speed limit
- Avoid idling to warm up your engine
- Use the cruise control to maintain a constant speed and save gas
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SAN ANTONIO — A man was shot and killed and his female passenger critically injured when an unknown suspect opened fire on the couple while they were driving on the west side of town late Monday night.
It happened around 11:52 p.m. on Culebra near Esmeralda Drive and 36th Street. Police say that an unknown suspect in a dark-colored vehicle pulled up next to them on their left side while they were stopped on Culebra in the right lane. The suspect fired off several rounds with a 9mm weapon, hitting the van they were in at least nine to ten times.
The driver of the van, a man in his 50s, pulled over into a parking lot at St. Mary's University. He died at the scene, according to officials. Police say he was holding a small handgun in his right hand at the time of the shooting, but they don't know if he fired off any shots. His female passenger, a woman in her 40s, was hit in the jaw. She was taken to University Hospital in unknown condition.
Police say that the suspect in the dark-colored vehicle made a left turn onto Esmeralda Drive and headed south after firing off the shots.
Officials say there were several witnesses at the McDonald's nearby who witnessed the shooting, but don't know what they actually saw.
This is a developing story.
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SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Police say a van running a red light is the likely cause of an early morning rollover on the southwest side Tuesday morning.
It happened around 1:30 on the 410 access road and Valley Hi Drive.
Police say a van went through the intersection and slammed into a Toyota Corolla which caused the van to rollover.
The van's driver was taken to the hospital as a precaution, but both drivers did not appear to be hurt.
The accident is still under investigation, police say. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/van-runs-red-light-then-crashes-causing-rollover-police-suspect-news/273-621bd7e9-dc8e-42e4-9f45-dbb8f82507ea | 2022-06-21T12:59:49 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/van-runs-red-light-then-crashes-causing-rollover-police-suspect-news/273-621bd7e9-dc8e-42e4-9f45-dbb8f82507ea |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — More than 200,000 people are excepted to visit Hutchinson in September for the Kansas State Fair, but the big question is, where will everyone stay?
“We sell out everything here in town that we can. We go up to McPherson, and we sell out most of that, and we have actually had to put people up as far as Maize,” said Kansas State Fair General Manager Bryan Schulz.
Some said this is a big issue for the fair, the city, and visitors.
“Right now, our quantity of hotel rooms is less than what we would like it to be because we had our largest hotel abruptly close down in December of 2019,” said LeAnn Cox, VisitHutch vice president of operations and tourism.
“We’ve got vendors who are saying that I can’t find a hotel room, so I can’t come, and we’ve got entertainers that we have to put, and it means a 25 or 30-minute drive on both sides for them to come,” said Schulz.
There are about 700 hotel rooms in the area, but Cox said some hotels might not meet everyone’s standards.
“There are always those that judge where they want to stay based on the level of quality they get at those hotels, so then all of the sudden when you are talking about what the market demands as high quality then we are down to 350 hotel rooms,” said Cox.
The city is in talks with a few developers to add a 100-room hotel with conference space and a restaurant as well as another hotel with an entertainment component.
Cox said those projects will help solve the issue, but they won’t be ready until late 2023 or early 2024.
If you are planning to visit the fair this year, Schulz said to book your stay now.
The state fair expects more people to visit this year, with rising gas prices, predicting that more people will plan staycations. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/hutchinson-looking-to-add-more-hotels-as-shortage-impacts-state-fair/ | 2022-06-21T13:08:38 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/hutchinson-looking-to-add-more-hotels-as-shortage-impacts-state-fair/ |
YORK COUNTY, Pa. — The World-Famous Budweiser Clydesdales will be stabled at Flinchbaugh’s Orchard & Farm Market from June 21 to June 26.
The Budweiser Clydesdales are a group of Clydesdale horses used for promotions and commercials by the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company. There are several "hitches" or teams of horses that travel around the United States.
You can enjoy lunch with the Clydesdales every day this week.
Here is the full schedule:
- June 21, public viewing from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- June 22, public viewing from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- June 23, public viewing from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., one-horse show at Hollywood Casino Whiteford Road 4 to 6 p.m. (over 21 only)
- June 24, public viewing from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., parade in Wrightsville during their 4th Friday Celebration from 4 to 6 p.m.
- June 25, “Fun on the Flinchbaugh Farm," 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. public viewing, food trucks, live music, tractor rides, scavenger hunt, hay bale maze, yard games, beer samplings from 1 to 3 p.m.
- June 26, public viewing from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Farm Show milkshakes | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/budweiser-clydesdales-back-york-county-events/521-13b90ab4-7100-46d7-8f66-5f6fb8d08a4e | 2022-06-21T13:17:00 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/budweiser-clydesdales-back-york-county-events/521-13b90ab4-7100-46d7-8f66-5f6fb8d08a4e |
How a $190K state grant is expected to benefit Taunton water ratepayers
TAUNTON — Taunton Information Technology Director Paul Arikian said a $190,000 state "fiber grant" would help residents get good quality water from a city treatment plant in Lakeville.
"The fiber grant will allow for the completion of the water distribution secure data network," he said. "It will provide consistent information to the Taunton Water Treatment Plant in Lakeville."
Arikian said a fiber cable will be installed to link a water tower near the treatment plant to help workers "maintain tank levels, water quality and distribution pressure for the city of Taunton's water customers."
"A fiber cable is a method of transferring data," he said. "A fiber-optic cable contains a few to hundreds of optical fibers within a plastic casing. They transfer data signals in the form of light and travel hundreds of miles significantly faster than those used in traditional electrical cable."
Water Department Superintendent Michael Arruda said the water tower's data is currently provided to the treatment plant by a "series of Wi-Fi Hot spots (and) a fiber line is much more reliable."
"Improving the water service network will lead to enhanced levels of services to the ratepayers of the water district by allowing real-time adjustments to maintain water pressure and availability," he said. "This is great news for our city."
Arikian said fiber-optic communication technology would be "harder to intercept than the electrical signals used over traditional copper cables."
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According to Mayor Shaunna O'Connell, the fiber line is expected to be completed before September 2023.
O'Connell said Taunton is "immensely grateful to the Baker-Polito administration for their ongoing investment in Massachusetts cities and towns."
"They consistently evaluate the needs of our communities and find ways to help us meet those needs," she said.
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Taunton was among 86 recipients of the municipal fiber grant program that were announced at City Hall by Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito on June 2.
"These inaugural municipal fiber grants will make a significant impact on local communities and governments in better serving their residents," she said during a press conference on June 2 at Taunton City Hall.
Polito said that $13 million in grants would be distributed to the communities through the state's Community Compact Cabinet's Municipal Fiber grant program. | https://www.tauntongazette.com/story/news/local/2022/06/21/state-community-compact-cabinet-municipal-grant-for-taunton-expected-to-benefit-water-customers/7584915001/ | 2022-06-21T13:29:40 | 1 | https://www.tauntongazette.com/story/news/local/2022/06/21/state-community-compact-cabinet-municipal-grant-for-taunton-expected-to-benefit-water-customers/7584915001/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Access to fresh foods is more than just an urban issue. It is an issue that faces many rural communities across Kansas.
On Monday, rural grocers from across the United States met in Wichita for a National Rural Grocery Summit by K-State Research and Extension. It gives grocers the chance to network with each other.
One organizer said that urban and rural grocery looks different but share some common problems.
“Distribution is a challenge in urban and rural areas. The challenge just looks slightly different. So in urban areas, it might be that it’s difficult to fit a full-scale truck into a downtown corridor whereas in rural areas it might be difficult to get that to even come to this store,” said Rial Carver, K-State Rural Grocery Initiative.
Carver added supply chain continues to be a challenge now. However, she says often times rural grocers have great community connections with their customers.
“So one grocer, who’s actually here today, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, took to Facebook, daily Facebook live conversations with her customers to share what was going on at the store, what did not come in on the truck that day and when they think they might get that in,” Carver added.
There is hope for grocers. Carver said young people are returning to their hometowns and looking for ways to engage in their communities. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/rural-grocers-gather-in-wichita-to-talk-about-issues/ | 2022-06-21T13:30:00 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/rural-grocers-gather-in-wichita-to-talk-about-issues/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. – Millions of Floridians are expected to hit the road for Fourth of July travel, despite high gas prices, according to AAA.
AAA is predicting 2.6 million Florida residents will travel 50 or more miles from June 30-July 4, with over 2.3 million traveling by car. The auto group said the number of Floridians driving for the holiday is expected to be the most on record.
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“The volume of travelers expected over Independence Day is a definite sign that summer travel is kicking into high gear,” Debbie Haas, vice president of Travel for AAA, said in a news release. “Earlier this year, we started seeing the demand for travel increase and it’s not tapering off. People are ready for a break and despite things costing more, they are finding ways to still take that much needed vacation.”
Florida gas prices averaged $4.82 per gallon on Sunday, decreasing 7 cents a gallon last week after reaching an all-time high of $4.89 per gallon. In addition, the national average price for regular unleaded is back below $5 a gallon.
Across the U.S., AAA is predicting 47.9 million people will be traveling 50 miles or more for the holiday weekend.
Drivers should prepare for the longest delays on Thursday, June 30, and Friday, July 1, in the afternoons.
AAA said while air travel is expected to be 2% stronger than last year, travel volume is expected to be below pre-pandemic levels because of ongoing cancelation concerns and delays. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/21/july-4-travel-forecast-to-surge-in-florida-despite-high-gas-prices/ | 2022-06-21T13:32:10 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/21/july-4-travel-forecast-to-surge-in-florida-despite-high-gas-prices/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A tractor-trailer hauling lumber overturned on I-20/59 Tuesday morning.
According to Battalion Chief Jones with Birmingham Fire and Rescue, the incident happened just before 7 a.m. while the truck was driving along a curve at the Tallapoosa Street exit.
Jones reported that the driver of the truck had minor injuries, but was not transported to a hospital.
No other information is available at this time. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/tractor-trailer-overturned-on-i-20-59/ | 2022-06-21T13:32:26 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/tractor-trailer-overturned-on-i-20-59/ |
Three Rhode Island hikers rescued on New Hampshire mountain amid wintry conditions
Three hikers from Rhode Island were rescued on a mountain in New Hampshire last weekend after getting caught in wintry weather.
The winterlike conditions prompted multiple calls for rescues on New Hampshire Mountains this weekend. A Massachusetts man died after rescuers found him "severely hypothermic" on a trail near Mount Clay.
The three Rhode Islanders, in their early 20s, were trying to climb 3,442-foot Mount Avalon in the White Mountain National Forest when they got into trouble late Saturday.
New Hampshire Fish and Game conservation officers said they responded to a call for help at about 9 p.m. after the hikers went off the trail near the Avalon and Mount Willard Trails in Crawford Notch.
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Malik Gavek, 23, Dany Gomez, 22, and Jarren Prata, 21, began hiking at about 6 p.m. but turned back due before reaching the summit of Mount Avalon because of "cold windy conditions and low visibility," New Hampshire Fish and Game said in a press release.
"On the return down the Mt. Avalon Trail, they went off trail and became lost," New Hampshire Fish and Game said. "They were unable to re-locate the trail or self-rescue due to the weather conditions and they had no lights or headlamps. They then called 911 for assistance."
Conservation officers were able to navigate by GPS to the coordinate received by 911 dispatch, the department said. Conservation officers gave the hikers headlamps and helped them back to the trailhead parking area and their vehicle at 12:40 a.m.
"They were wet, cold, and tired but otherwise unharmed," New Hampshire Fish and Wildlife said.
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On Saturday, the National Weather Service advised hikers to prepare for "winter weather conditions" if going above 4,000 feet in the White Mountains.
"Wind chill values could approach 0°F along with icy and snowy conditions on the highest peaks, including Mt Washington," the Weather Service wrote in a Tweet.
Tweets from the Mount Washington Observatory showed snow at the 6,288 peak last weekend.
What you should bring with you
New Hampshire Fish and Game says hikers should always check the forecast and pack the following 10 "essential items" before going into the wilderness: map, compass, warm clothing, extra food and water, headlamp, fire starter, first aid kit, whistle, rain/wind jackets and pants, and a knife.
The agency says additional safety information is available at this hiking website.
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HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — A 5-year-old boy died after being left inside a vehicle for several hours, according to Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.
It happened at a house in the 13700 block of Blair Hill Lane, which is in northeast Harris County. The sheriff tweeted about the incident at about 3:20 p.m.
Gonzalez said the boy's family was preparing to celebrate his 8-year-old sister's birthday. The 5-year-old, his sister and his mother went to the store to get items for the party and when they came back home, the sheriff said the mother assumed both children had gotten out of the car on their own.
The mother told the sheriff the 5-year-old has gotten out of his car seat by himself before, but the sheriff believes because the family was in a rental vehicle, the child may not have known what to do.
The sheriff said the mother went into the house to prepare for the party and about two to three hours later, she started looking for her son.
The mother went to check the car and that's when she found him unresponsive, still buckled in his car seat, the sheriff said.
The mother immediately called 911, and when EMS arrived at the scene, they pronounced the child dead.
Amber Rollins, with the non-profit Kids and Car Safety, said Texas has the highest number of hot car deaths in the country. Nationwide, 56% of hot car deaths happen when a child is accidentally left in a car. Twenty-six percent when a child gets in themselves and can’t get out.
It doesn’t take long for a car to become an oven.
"Most people don’t realize that the majority of the increase in temperature inside of a car happens within the first 10 minutes," Rollins said. “Their little bodies heat up 3 to 5 times faster than an adult.”
Rollins says kids should know three things:
- How to honk the horn
- How to turn on flashers
- How to try a front door if they can’t get out of a back one
And parents should always make sure they’re looking in the back before they leave, no matter what, said Rollins.
"Our brains and our memory systems fail us when we least expect it.”
The investigation into the child's death is ongoing.
Earlier Monday, the Houston Fire Department chief warned of the heat and the dangers of leaving a child in a hot car.
As temperatures make their way to the triple digits, it's important to practice heat safety and recognize the signs of heat exhaustion.
“When you start noticing heat exhaustion -- which is just weakness, profuse sweating, your skin is wet, it’s cool -- you need to treat those symptoms,” said Porfirio Villarreal, a spokesperson for Houston Health Department. “You need to go inside an air-conditioned building, drink plenty of water, 'cause then if you do not treat that, then it progresses to heat exhaustion. That’s an emergency. You need to call 911.”
Villarreal said kids under the age of 4, adults older than 55, people who are overweight and those who have a heart or respiratory illness are most at risk.
Heat Safety
According to the National Weather Service, heat is the leading cause of weather-related deaths each year in the U.S.
We all know Houston summers can be brutally hot, and the heat becomes especially dangerous if it lingers for more than one day. If you're not prepared for it, you could become a victim to heat exhaustion or heatstroke.
The CDC warns that high body temperatures from heatstroke can lead to organs shutting down, brain damage or even death.
Tips to protect yourself from the heat
- If you have to be outside during the heat, wear light-colored, loose clothing. Wear a wide-brimmed hat and use sunscreen.
- If you’re working or exercising outside, limit activity to early morning or the evening when it’s cooler. Don't wait until you are thirsty to seek air conditioning. If you’re not at home, consider visiting malls, movie theaters or libraries.
- Water is the most important weapon against heat. Water is how your body stays cool by creating sweat from the water you drink. It's very important to stay properly hydrated on a hot Houston summer day.
- Check on your friends, family and neighbors during heat waves. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/child-dead-hot-car-blair-hill-harris-county/285-a288230d-4a77-4073-9f96-ffafd2adf987 | 2022-06-21T13:43:02 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/child-dead-hot-car-blair-hill-harris-county/285-a288230d-4a77-4073-9f96-ffafd2adf987 |
SPRING HILL, Fla. — A crash is blocking several lanes of traffic on Commercial Way, according to the sheriff's office.
Law enforcement responded Tuesday morning to the crash at Commercial Way and Pacific Avenue, according to the Hernando County Sheriff's Office. The southbound lanes remain blocked at this time.
People are asked to avoid the area.
It's not yet known what led up to the crash or if there are any injuries. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hernandocounty/spring-hill-crash-hernando-county/67-371008dc-8f7e-49c2-a51f-9f9365a34ab1 | 2022-06-21T13:43:08 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hernandocounty/spring-hill-crash-hernando-county/67-371008dc-8f7e-49c2-a51f-9f9365a34ab1 |
HUDSON, Fla. — Pasco County deputies are asking for help finding a 15-year-old boy missing out of Hudson.
Armani Hernandez was last seen around 10:30 p.m. Monday in the Tensaw Drive area, according to a release from the sheriff's office.
Hernandez is described as 5-foot-9 and 150 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.
Anyone who knows where Hernandez might be is asked to call the Pasco Sheriff’s Non-Emergency Line at 727-847-8102 and select option 7. You can also report tips online at PascoSheriff.com/tips. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pascocounty/hudson-florida-missing-teen/67-a540eb38-f35e-4f08-ac3b-f414f6536173 | 2022-06-21T13:43:15 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pascocounty/hudson-florida-missing-teen/67-a540eb38-f35e-4f08-ac3b-f414f6536173 |
Canton police chief announces 'We Believe in Canton' program
CANTON – The Canton Police Department will host community events this summer to improve perceptions and relations between the city's youth and police officers.
Police Chief John Gabbard announced the first "We Believe in Canton" event at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Crenshaw Park, 1500 Sherrick Road. The free events will be held in every city quadrant and feature food, family activities and vehicles from police, fire and other city departments.
"Most importantly, we will be there to listen and to communicate with citizens," Gabbard said in an email. "I am excited to introduce many of my great officers to the citizens and to meet new people."
More:Canton's biggest crime problem: Teens with guns
Gabbard, who became the police chief in April, said he knew one of his priorities would be addressing violence, "especially among juveniles." He's also aware that highlighting the growth in juvenile violence could negatively affect the community's image while more police enforcement could lower community opinions of the police.
More:Canton City Council sets earlier curfew for juveniles
"I designed the 'We Believe in Canton' program to counter those narratives," he said. "I want to stress that we have an incredible community and that our Canton youth are wonderful and full of potential. I also believe that it is imperative, for the mental wellness of my officers, to create opportunities for positive interactions with citizens."
Canton Councilwoman Chris Smith, D-4, who represents the city's southeast side, said she's excited and hopes for a large turnout for the first event.
"I really want the kids in the city of Canton and the neighborhood to get excited about it, too," she said.
Smith said it's also a great example of collaboration between the city's safety forces and an opportunity for Canton residents to come together in support of a safe community. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/canton/2022/06/21/canton-police-chief-john-gabbard-starting-we-believe-canton/7651184001/ | 2022-06-21T13:45:17 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/canton/2022/06/21/canton-police-chief-john-gabbard-starting-we-believe-canton/7651184001/ |
Pleased to unenthusiastic: Reactions to Canton's new juvenile curfew vary
CANTON – The city's new, earlier curfew for children and teenagers under the age of 18 goes into effect Friday.
Canton City Council on May 23 approved a nightly curfew of 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. — an earlier start time than the previous 12:30 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. The change comes after Canton police reported an increase in juveniles involved in violent crime amid an overall decrease in crime for the first five months of 2022.
However, research shows curfews likely do not reduce juvenile crime or victimization. The international nonprofit Campbell Collaboration reviewed 12 studies on juvenile curfews and published a report in 2016 that found "curfews either don’t have any effect on crime, or the effect is too small to be identified in the research available."
Police Chief John Gabbard said in an email that the curfew is part of a larger crime-reduction strategy with a basis in "intelligence and data." The department has tactics to respond immediately to issues and also long-term strategies, with the curfew fitting into both categories.
"I'm not concerned about studies that show curfew enforcement is not effective in reducing crime, because our curfew enforcement is not designed as a primary strategy to reduce violence," he said.
Juvenile crime on the rise in Canton
Gabbard's presentation to City Council about the curfew included statistics on Canton's juvenile crime, such as:
- Juvenile arrests between January and May this year exceed last year's arrests for the same time period by 177% and the five-year average by 97%.
- The percentage of juveniles arrested on gun charges was 8% in the first five months of 2021 and 16% in those months of 2022.
- Juveniles commit an average of 15% of major violent crimes and have committed 27% of violent crimes so far this year.
Officers will enforce the curfew citywide, Gabbard said. The main purpose is to identify juveniles who are regularly unsupervised and inconvenience parents or guardians who would have to retrieve children at the Police Department.
Minors are exempt from the curfew if they are accompanied by a parent or guardian or if they are traveling for work, certain organized activities and emergencies. Those under the age of 18 could face an unruliness citation in Stark County Juvenile Court, and their parents or guardians could face minor misdemeanor charges, according to Canton's codified ordinances.
"Curfew is one of those guidelines we can use to measure the level of supervision being imposed by parents and guardians," Gabbard said. "Our goals are to identify juveniles in need of more supervision, hold parents and guardians accountable, and to connect them to resources when appropriate before the juveniles are victims or perpetrators of violent crime."
Canton reactions vary to new curfew
Community reactions to the new curfew varied from pleased to unenthusiastic. Most of the people approached by The Canton Repository on a Thursday evening in Canton were unaware of the upcoming change.
Jabari Harris, of Canton, has three kids ages 12, 15 and 17. He felt the curfew should be even earlier and said his children are usually out late only for family movie nights or football games.
Harris said most organized activities end before the new curfew, which he hopes helps the city become a safer place.
"I think it's a beautiful thing," he said.
Samantha Jose, of North Canton, said she didn't expect the new curfew to affect her or her 15-year-old son Troy Rinehart, who agreed, saying that he doesn't stay out late. However, Jose said, she felt the move could be good for Canton.
Canton resident Michael Koller, whose daughter is 22 but seldom stayed out late as a teen, said he doesn't expect anything to change. He said juvenile crime is a difficult problem to solve because most perpetrators are living in a bad environment and curfews are the sort of thing parents must enforce.
"I don't think the police will do anything," he said.
Ohio cities with curfews
Here's a look at the curfews in some other Ohio cities:
Akron: 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. for anyone under age 18.
Westlake: 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. for minors below the age of 15; and 1 to 5 a.m. for minors between the ages of 15 and 18.
Parma Heights: 8 p.m. during Eastern Standard Time and 9 p.m. during Daylight Savings until 6 a.m. for children 11 or younger; 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. for minors aged 12 to 14; and 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. for anyone else under the age of 18.
Avon: 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday through Thursday when school is in session; and midnight to 5 a.m. on weekends or when school is not in session for all minors.
Cleveland: Midnight to 6 a.m. for 17-year-olds; 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. for teens who are 15 or 16; 9:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. for teens who are 13 or 14; and at dusk for anyone 12 or under.
Sources: City websites and municipal codes | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/canton/2022/06/21/cantons-new-curfew-juveniles-begins-friday/7544765001/ | 2022-06-21T13:45:23 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/canton/2022/06/21/cantons-new-curfew-juveniles-begins-friday/7544765001/ |
DeLand nonprofit raises funds to bring locally made WWII tugboat back to the US
When Dan Friend decided he wanted to bring a 140-ton World War II tugboat from Sweden back to DeLand where it was built, he knew the odds weren't on his side.
It would take time and patience from those involved and at least, according to Friend's estimate, $200,000 to get it stateside.
Friend, president of the DeLand Historic Trust, Inc., sought advice from a community acquaintance while preparing for the local Memorial Day celebration and received much more than he expected.
"The biggest hurdle, the leap of faith, has been taken by one person," Friend said in a phone interview Friday.
That acquaintance, who Friend isn't naming at their request, donated $200,000, which Friend said just covers the shipping cost.
"Once that boat gets to Jacksonville, we will get it home one way or the other," Friend said.
The effort to bring the ST-479, also known as "Tiger," back to Volusia County began about a year ago when Friend learned the owners were looking to offload it, which they would do for free.
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The tugboat is one of more than 30 produced at Beresford Boatworks during the war. American Machinery Corp. operated the factory in DeLand, employing more than 300 people between 1943 and 1945.
Research points to the Tiger seeing action on D-Day in Normandy.
Throughout the past several months, Friend has received letters of encouragement for his project.
"The Volusia County Historic Preservation Board supports your effort to return a vital piece of our history back home," James Zacharias, board chair, wrote to Friend in May. "It is our hope that the residents of Volusia County will be able to enjoy this historic resource for many years to come."
Friend said the ST-479 could begin its trans-Atlantic journey before the month is over because if it doesn't move soon, Stockholm wants $60,000 to keep it docked.
Assistance from the U.S. Embassy in Sweden
In April, Friend found a visit to Sweden necessary.
"The tugboat had basically been left unwatched and drug addicts moved onboard," Friend said.
The DeLand resident made a call to the U.S. Embassy in Sweden and asked for help.
While someone stole the tugboat's original wheel, law enforcement stopped individuals from making off with additional parts, which are now being kept at the Embassy.
The boat still impressed Friend.
"I couldn’t believe it when I walked around it," Friend said. "The only part of the upper superstructure that has been replaced, according to legend and according to other sources when I did the research, is the upper wheelhouse had been rebuilt with German tank armor because it was damaged by a German grenade"
Friend said he'll be able to relax a little bit once the tugboat gets to Jacksonville.
"We can take some time to double-check all the engines, put new batteries in the boat and actually have it come home on its own power," Friend said.
The massive boat will travel down the St. Johns River as its size — at 86 feet long, 23 feet wide and 30 feet tall — prevents it from being transported on local roadways.
Friend said the biggest hurdle they'll encounter during the stateside trip is Lake George because it's shallow.
"There are ways to deal with that," Friend said of getting the 140-ton boat across Lake George. "We're just not sure which way we're going to go yet."
Now that it looks like the boat will make it back to Volusia County, Friend said he's received a lot of interest from people who want to be on the crew when it travels from Jacksonville to DeLand.
Friend's desire is to build a monument and keep the boat on display, hopefully at Ed Stone Park, 2999 Old New York Ave.
Another of the biggest expenses Friend faces is hiring someone with equipment capable of lifting the 140-ton vessel out of the water and onto the monument.
"The lowest bid I've gotten for that one-hour job is $50,000," Friend said.
Donations to the DeLand Historic Trust, Inc. to bring the tug home may be sent to 2232 Holly Lane, in DeLand, 32724. | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2022/06/21/deland-nonprofit-raises-funds-bring-home-locally-made-wwii-tugboat/7657422001/ | 2022-06-21T13:52:01 | 0 | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2022/06/21/deland-nonprofit-raises-funds-bring-home-locally-made-wwii-tugboat/7657422001/ |
The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer:
Years ago, our middle-school aged daughter walked in while I watched a movie. She recognized one of the cast members and exclaimed, “Julianne Moore! She was in Boogie Nights.”
Wait, what? You’ve seen “Boogie Nights?” Yes, she casually replied as she left the room.
For those unfamiliar with “Boogie Nights,” it’s a movie that also stars Burt Reynolds and a young rapper named Mark Wahlberg, making his film debut. It’s set in the adult motion picture industry. Don’t look for it on Nickelodeon.
I knew where she’d seen the movie: a girls-night sleepover. I didn’t know which sleepover, or whether the parents were aware of the video entertainment, but I wasn’t bothered. I’m sure it inspired gasps and giggles and nothing else. We can’t keep kids under constant surveillance.
When our daughter was older, she joined the midnight production of the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” at the Loft Cinema. The lead character, Dr. Frank N. Furter, is described in Fandon.com as “a mad scientist, bent on creating the perfect life form to serve as his sexual plaything.” He describes himself as “just a Sweet Transvestite from Transsexual Transylvania!” Again, not Nickelodeon material.
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While we harbored misgivings, we didn’t try to stop her. Our daughter was forthcoming about where she went, what she did and with whom she associated. She wanted to work in theater and “Rocky Horror” helped her learn about performing, staging, directing, and promotion. We held our breath at the crazy stuff but appreciated the benefits. Russell Crowe got his start in “Rocky Horror.” Why not her?
Our daughter survived the R-rated material. Her brief theater career was succeeded by a successful one in education. As for whether the “Rocky Horror” experience undermined or redirected her personal development, I offer this. She is happily married and her mother and I are grandparents. Work the math.
State Sen. Vince Leach of Saddlebrook, a Republican, probably thinks I’m a criminal – or should be. Leach wants to make it a crime to expose minors to drag shows. A “drag show,” as defined by The Urban Dictionary, is “A social event, typically at bars, where some males and females dress as the opposite gender” (like Dr. Frank N. Furter). They don’t all take place in bars. Some are “family friendly” events, but Leach would not allow that, either. “In a civil society, you don’t bring your children up like that,” he said.
Right-wing politicians have declared war on drag shows. Arizona Capitol Media Services reports, “Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is supporting legislation there to make it a crime for a parent to take a minor to a drag show, complete with the risk of losing parental rights. And a Texas lawmaker is writing a measure to bar minors from attending drag shows.”
I don’t expect everybody to endorse my child-raising decisions, but I do expect others — including politicians — to respect them. I don’t agree with every child care decision made by other parents, nor should I. But I respect their right to raise their kids the way they want, as long the child is cared for and there is no abuse.
Think about what Americans accept as “normal.” Is a drag show worse than a gun show? Or a white supremacist rally? Or coverage of school slaughters from Sandy Hook, Parkland and Uvalde? Or war after war after war? Sen. Leach and his fellow right-wingers have odd priorities.
If I were still the parent of a minor child, would I take the child to a drag show? Probably not, but I do know this: If, given the choice between exposing my child to an active shooter drill or to a drag show, I would, without hesitation, choose the latter.
Mike Tully is a native Tucsonan, former broadcaster and lawyer, former justice of the peace and publisher of the blog, “Substantial Disruption.” | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-right-wing-politics-can-be-such-a-drag/article_3a70d3f4-ee9b-11ec-99d3-f72d13b8f05b.html | 2022-06-21T13:52:02 | 1 | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-right-wing-politics-can-be-such-a-drag/article_3a70d3f4-ee9b-11ec-99d3-f72d13b8f05b.html |
Daytona Beach Juneteenth celebration includes mobile museum highlighting Black history
DAYTONA BEACH — At first glance, Linda McGee wasn't entirely sure what she was looking at inside the Midtown Cultural and Educational Center.
"Angela, what is this right here?" McGee asked her longtime friend Angela Jennings, owner of the Sankofa African American Museum on Wheels.
"It’s called the runaway collar," Jennings told McGee.
Nearby was another runaway collar, this one with bells attached.
"So they know where you are," Jennings said.
McGee, who's chaired the Daytona Beach Juneteenth Festival Committee for nearly a quarter-century, looked around the room in awe.
"It’s history that can’t be forgotten," McGee said.
Saturday's event at Cypress Street Park marked the return of the Juneteenth Festival. It was canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated remembrance of the ending of slavery in the United States, according to the nonprofit Society for Public Health Education.
President Joe Biden last year signed a Senate bill into law, making Juneteenth a federal holiday.
McGee said watching the mobile museum expand over the years had a significant impact on her life.
McGee said she worries about how much younger generations are truly learning about history, given the efforts of some politicians to sanitize the most gruesome parts of America's history.
"If they never know about it or understand it, they repeat it," McGee said.
The artifacts and displays included in Jennings' mobile museum cover a few hundred years' worth of African-American history.
Jennings started the museum more than 25 years ago, motivated by the lack of knowledge her nephew, a straight-A junior in high school, had at that point in time of Black history.
She's traveled to Africa, the Caribbean and Europe for pieces, and her museum has spent time in all 50 states.
"A lot of people are just in disbelief" when they see the collection, Jennings said.
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That was the state South Daytona resident Timothy Hamm was in Saturday afternoon upon walking inside the Midtown Cultural and Educational Center.
"It's a lot to take in," Hamm, 37, said. "A lot of us don't know where we come from; a lot of us don't know what it took to get where we are today, and some people think that there's no hope."
For Jennings, the result of maintaining hope was on display outside of the building at Cypress Street Park.
Hundreds of residents visited the park off George Engram Boulevard on Saturday for the city's Juneteenth celebration featuring food, vendors and live entertainment, including a dance troupe from Royal Pointe Dance Academy.
Despite an audio malfunction, the dancers, girls between the ages of 7 and 12, carried on with encouragement and timed clapping from the crowd that gave them a bit of a beat to which they could keep moving.
"As performers, you go through so many things," Stacey Speller, the Latin dance instructor at the academy, said.
Speller said the troupe, which includes her 7-year-old daughter Selina, kept going even when the music cut out.
"I'm really proud of them," Speller said. | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2022/06/21/mobile-black-history-museum-stuns-visitors-daytonas-juneteenth-event/7659211001/ | 2022-06-21T13:52:07 | 0 | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2022/06/21/mobile-black-history-museum-stuns-visitors-daytonas-juneteenth-event/7659211001/ |
BANDON – A thousand tiny fish made a little history this week.
The first batch of juvenile Chinook salmon from the Coquille Indian Tribe’s 2021 spawning project swam from a mesh-covered acclimation box on Wednesday to begin their life cycle.
“This is the first of many more generations of fish that will go into their native system from Coquille Tribal lands,” said Brenda Meade, the tribe’s chairman.
The tribe plunged into the salmon project last year, after learning that the fall Chinook run in the tribe’s namesake river was nearing extinction.
“Our river is in bad shape for a lot of reasons, and we’ve got a lot of work to do,” Meade said.
The fish that were freed this week came from eggs produced in a cooperative effort among the Tribe, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and a host of community partners and volunteers. Some of those volunteers were present Wednesday, along with tribal families and tribal staff. Joy and hope marked the event.
“It means a lot,” said Josh Bettesworth, a Salmon and Trout Enhancement Program volunteer, who helped feed the baby fish for the past few weeks. “It’s a beginning, and I think that at some point we’re going to look back on all this and say that’s where it all started.”
Bettesworth praised the tribe for its work on the river’s behalf.
“They were able to get results,” he said. “Where we all failed before is, we weren’t able to get everyone together. We weren’t able to get the port, and the city, and ODFW, and local fishing groups, and the STEP groups all together. They were able to bring that whole group together as an entirety.”
“I’m happy they’re leading the charge,” he said.
Meade thanked the tribe’s many community partners in return.
“There is no way we could have done it on our own,” she said.
The first 1,000 “pre-smolts” are the vanguard of thousands more that will be released this year by ODFW and the tribe. The little fish will head downstream to a seagoing adulthood. The hardiest among them will return to spawn in the Coquille River system.
“They’re on their journey, and I hope they have a safe trip and they come back to see us,” said Don Garrett, a member of the Coquille Tribal Council.
The salmon began their trip at Lampa Creek, about seven miles east of Bandon, on property that the tribe recently bought from Coos County.
“I’m happy for us to have that opportunity to own this property and start reintroducing salmon into this river, which is part of our culture,” Garrett said. “It’s been part of my family values throughout my whole life.”
Meade looks forward to a time when local residents can resume fishing for Coquille River salmon.
“We can’t be the generation that lets this go,” she said. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/coquille-tribe-launches-its-first-1-000-salmon/article_0ce17932-f0eb-11ec-aa20-972e1b22cc9e.html | 2022-06-21T14:02:24 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/coquille-tribe-launches-its-first-1-000-salmon/article_0ce17932-f0eb-11ec-aa20-972e1b22cc9e.html |
1922
Fine orchestra coming to Coos
Famous Marigold music makers to tour county
Will appear at Fireman’s hall Wednesday night, Bandon Thursday and Coquille Friday
The famous Marigold orchestra of the O.A.C. is to make a tour of Coos county this week, playing at the Fireman’s hall in Marshfield Wednesday evening, at Dreamland pavilion at Bandon on Thursday evening and at Gould’s hall in Coquille on Friday night.
The Marigold orchestra has achieved a reputation as one of the finest in the state. It is particularly noted for dance music that is different — “more rhythm and harmony.” Their program comprises some of the most popular dance music of the day as well as some excellent general numbers.
Every music lover should not fail to avail themselves of the opportunity to hear this orchestra.
Will rush Curry highway contract
GOLD BEACH — John Hampshire, the contractor has opened offices in Gold Beach preparatory to carrying out two highway contracts. He will build a stretch of road extending north from Arizona Inna nd also has the contract for building the new road in the Hunter Head section of south of Gold Beach. This piece of road is only about seven miles in length but will cut out the worst hill in the road between Gold Beach and Brookings.
Tools, material and equipment of all kinds are being assembled at Gold Beach and in big trucks are being transported to the new camps.
Contractor Hampshire will employ about 600 men on the two jobs. Men are now being brought in and sent out from Gold Beach.
The roads in this section present a busy appearance now. The Hampshire trucks are moving, big trucks and horse teams bring the wool packed in big sacks to the shipping places and other freight conveyances are met as well as the stream of tourists who are starting traveling over the coast roads.
In consequence, hotel accommodations at Gold Beach are being taxed and the place promises to be a busy center this summer.
Jack Hendricks cited to appear
City council may revoke license of place
Marshal Carter reports alleged violations
After hearing Marshal J.W. Carter’s statement of complaints about alleged violations of the city ordinance, the Marshfield city council last evening cited Jack Hendricks to appear before them next Monday night and show reason why his license should not be cancelled.
Hendricks has been conducting a soft drink place at 368 North Front street.
Marshal Carter said there had been many complaints about the place, alleging shaking dice for money, etc. He said that the proprietor kept the back door locked and the glass stained so that the officers could not watch the occupants. If the officers went through the front door, they were always tipped off. The last time he was there, he said, a bunch of men were hurriedly pocketing funds that had been on the table evidently as “stakes.”
Hendricks has had the place open but a comparatively short time and his stock of soft drinks, etc., is said to be very small.
1972
Scovilles retire after 42 years
Pete Scoville and his wife, Patsy, have retired from the bakery business after 34 eventful years in the Bay Area and a career for Pete that spans 42 years.
Scoville sold his Coos Bay business to Gene Witt of North Bend who “followed his father’s footsteps” and has been in the business 28 years, 12 of them in North Bend at Pony Village where he operated Sugar ‘N Spice Bakery.
Witt, new owner of the Kream Krust Bakery, 367 W. Anderson, said he “intends to give the same time service Pete has given over the years.” He plans a grand opening June 23-24.
Witt is assisted by his wife, June, and daughter, Sharon, and head banker Jim Scoville, who has worked at the firm the past 15 years. Witt moved to North Bend in 1960 to open the Sugar ‘N Spice Bakery after managing a supermarket bakery in Spokane. His father was a baker at Yakima, Wash., for 20 years.
Scoville, who opened his first bakery in Coos Bay Dec. 6, 1938, said he will help take care of the building and property and spend more time on his 100-acre ranch east of Newport, where portions of the movie “Sometimes A Great Notion” were filmed. He said he may do some traveling, but “right now I have a lot of yardwork to do,” and commented, “There’s lots of good fishing and hunting at the ranch site. It’s on the Yaquina River.”
New smoking rules at SWOCC
What’s good for the goose is not necessarily good for the gander as it relates to the newly adopted smoking regulations on the Southwestern Oregon Community College campus.
Board of directors of the community college Tuesday night approved a resolution limiting smoking on campus to certain designated areas.
However, after a debate that lasted over 40 minutes, the board excluded itself from the policy and board members will continue to smoke at regular board meetings in Tioga Hall.
The resolution reads: The board of education hearby directs the president of the college to establish rules, regulations, and procedures to implement its policy on limitation of the smoking of tobacco which should provide for a prohibition of smoking in confined areas such as classrooms, lectures, concerts and similar public gatherings.
McKay comes to terms with SF Giants
After three days of negotiations, 18-year-old Jeff McKay of Coos Bay and the San Francisco Giants came to terms Tuesday with McKay signing a contract for a “substantial bonus.”
Terms of the pact were not disclosed.
“I’m very happy about it,” said the former Marshfield High pitcher who was signed by Dick Wilson, manager of the Giant’s Great Falls, Mont., club in the Pioneer League where McKay will be assigned.
McKay, who spent the past year at Treasure Valley Community College where he notched a 5-2 won-loss record with a 3.05 earned run average, flies out of the Bay Area Saturday for the Giants’ minor league training camp in Casa Grande, Ariz., from there, the 6-foot-4, 200-pound right-hander will leave June 23 for Great Falls.
“I give myself five years to make it with San Francisco,” the son of the Les McKays said of his goal in the Giants organization.
Jeff was the first Oregon baseball player drafted in the secondary phase of the Major League Summer Draft last week when he was taken in the second round by San Francisco. Earlier this year, Baltimore of the American League selected him in the Winter Draft, but neither he nor the Orioles could reach accord on a contract, thus leaving him open in the summer selections.
McKay, who played baseball in three Coos Bay programs — Babe Ruth, high school and American Legion, credits three Coos Bay men as “being influential and largely responsible” for his being prepared to enter professional baseball.
The three are Chet Haliski, his Babe Ruth and Marshfield High mentor; Bill McKenna, manager of the Coos Bay Post 17 American Legion squad and Curly Leininger, past commissioner of Area 4 American Legion district and current general manager of the Coos Bay-North Bend Athletics of the Class A Northwest League.
2002
This athlete’s talent is on cue
BANDON — Don’t call her a pool shark.
Joanne Crowell, the winner of the Northwest Women’s Pool Association tournament, prefers to be called a cueist.
Once the sport of kings, pool should be seen as more than a way to pass the time while drinking beer. Crowell said it should be elevated and respected for the challenging game it is.
Crowell, 40, swept the No. 2 tour stop of the NWPA tournament in April at Q-Street Billiards in Springfield without any match losses. Her wins made her the first-place champion, winner of $529 and paid her entry into a Women’s Professional Billiards Association Midwest Classic tournament in August in Illinois.
There, depending on how well she does, Crowell may have the chance to compete with the likes of professionals Allison Fisher, Jeanette Lee and Karen Corr.
Crowell, a Bandon resident who moved to Eugene in May to be closer to tournament opportunities, learned the sport in 1990 from her sister, who also competes. To keep her back straight and thus her stroke, Crowell’s sister made her balance a 5-inch thick Webster’s Dictionary on her back while practicing shots.
“She made me practice on the kitchen table,” said the short-haired brunette with dark, twinkling eyes. “She wanted me to learn the basic fundamentals and not to learn a lot of bad habits.”
Sharks win team tournament
The Boys & Girls Club junior tennis team, the Bay Area Sharks, journeyed to the Umpqua Valley Tennis Center in Roseburg for two USTA Junior Team competitions on Saturday, June 8, and came back with a team title. Joining the Sharks were the Grants Pass Deuces, Medford Aces and the Umpqua Giants.
The roster for the Sharks included Cara and Cody Cromwell, North Bend; Cody Ferguson, North Bend’ Jon Massie, Coos Bay; Cody Millican, Coos Bay; and Nicole Zyta, Coos Bay.
No clowning around in cancer fight
North Bend man makes Relay for Life volunteering a full-time avocation
At first, Steve Humphrey was just clowning around at the Coos Bay-North Bend Relay for Life.
Then, he was a team captain.
For the past three years, he has been the chairman for the event, the largest annual fund-raiser for the American Cancer Society.
In the eight years since the relay was first held on the South Coast, few people have been involved as much as Humphrey.
He estimates he has spent about 500 hours a year as chairperson working specifically on the relay. Next year, he hopes to expand his role to a state level as a trainer.
All the work is volunteer.
“I’m a glutton for punishment,” he said with a chuckle.
But Humphrey, who works as an emergency medical technician and dispatcher for Bay Cities Ambulance, also knows the value of the relay, which raises money for cancer research, prevention and education programs.
“At this rate, one of every three Americans will have cancer in their lifetimes,” Humphrey said. “What we are doing is an insurance policy for the future.” | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/this-week-in-coos-county-history/article_5828e3ee-f0eb-11ec-9e6c-dfe946cf11ce.html | 2022-06-21T14:02:25 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/this-week-in-coos-county-history/article_5828e3ee-f0eb-11ec-9e6c-dfe946cf11ce.html |
The Flagstaff Unified School District (FUSD) has called for an election to authorize a $100 million bond in November 2022. If approved, the bond would increase the secondary property tax rate to between $0.05 and $0.06 above the current rate.
A six-cent increase in the tax rate will mean an additional $0.35 per month on a home valued at $100,000 and an additional $0.70 per month on a home valued at $200,000.
The discussion and motion to approve the call for this election took place at the FUSD board’s most recent meeting, held June 14. Options considered by the Bond Steering Committee also included bonds at $75 million and $125 million, though the latter was not recommended by the committee.
“I feel like it's a prudent decision at this point in time," board president Carol Haden said before voting in favor of the motion. "As we learned in our bond work session, we're anticipating just ever-increasing costs of construction... I have appreciated the past support of our community for our bonds and our overrides.”
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The motion passed unanimously, meaning the bond will appear on the ballot at the Nov. 8 election.
Projects that would be funded by this bond, if approved, include replacement, rebuilding and possible relocation of Kinsey and Marshall Elementaries ($25 million each), replacement and rebuilding of the district’s transportation and maintenance facilities ($12 million), maintenance lifecycle projects ($12 million), transportation fleet replacement ($7 million), technology replacements and upgrades ($8 million) and $6 million in campus-specific projects.
The bond would also include $5 million in improvements to Camp Colton, which the district is working to have matched by the Friends of Camp Colton nonprofit, according to the discussion. This would include projects like a new lodge and work on the bathhouse facility, Penca said.
Campus improvements include items from discussion with school principals and would focus on “next-gen learning environments,” Penca said. Items he mentioned included “flexible multi-use” spaces and furniture as well as outdoor and community use areas.
Both elementaries considered for replacement in this bond need “extensive repair and replacement of aged systems,” according to meeting documents.
Kinsey’s current building on Lone Tree Road (built in 1957) does not meet building code and ADA compliance requirements and Marshall Elementary’s current building on Bonito Street (built in 1952) “does not support the next generation learning needs of its magnet and special education programs.”
The document also lists more specific concerns for each site, including “site drainage issues, traffic, safety and noise concerns due to planned expansion of S. Lone Tree Road” at Kinsey and safety concerns about street crossings at Marshall as well as its location in the Rio de Flag floodplain and the need for campus and parking improvements at the nearby Flagstaff High School campus.
In response to a question about the potential for relocation Penca said this was based on shifting population areas in Flagstaff. DeMiguel Elementary, located toward the south of the city, is the closest in the district to reaching its capacity, he said, and is near to some expected growth.
“Generally we’re seeing yield of students in those outlying areas, yet our schools are really located a little more centrally here in Flagstaff," he said, adding that the south and west parts of town are where the growth is most expected.
FUSD has been in conversation with the city to understand where future development might happen.
For Kinsey, Penca said, “there are a lot of opportunities” to relocate between Ft. Tuthill County Park and the Lone Tree corridor near its current location. Funds from the district’s 2018 bond, the last sale of which was approved in April, could be used to purchase the land, among options he mentioned.
The process of making those decisions would “really be engaging with those community partners and then also working with that demographic team to look at any boundary adjustments we need to make,” he said.
If approved by voters, the first sale of this bond would not take place until 2024, so, Penca said, there will be enough time to work through the processes required and seek feedback.
The FUSD board meeting, including the bond discussion, is available on the district’s Vimeo. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/education/flagstaff-unified-school-district-calls-for-election-on-100-million-bond/article_54f3a5cc-ee72-11ec-afa7-8f18922de9e5.html | 2022-06-21T14:04:51 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/education/flagstaff-unified-school-district-calls-for-election-on-100-million-bond/article_54f3a5cc-ee72-11ec-afa7-8f18922de9e5.html |
In its June 14 meeting, the Flagstaff Unified School District’s (FUSD) governing board called for a special budget override election to be held this November. The measure, if approved, would continue an existing 15% override to the district’s maintenance and operations (M&O) budget.
The existing M&O override was authorized by voters in a 2018 election and covers fiscal years 2020 through 2024. Should this override not pass, a phase-down period would then reduce the override by one-third in both 2025 and 2026.
The current override is expected to generate $7.9 million in the next fiscal year, district superintendent Michael Penca said in the meeting.
The proposed override will “support staffing and programs that are not funded by the state education budget,” he said.
“It’s a critical component of our overall budget, that almost $8 million,” said board member Anne Dunno. “[I am] so appreciative of our community for supporting our students and teachers. Without this, because our state lags so far behind, we wouldn’t have many of the offerings that people just take for granted that we all recognize should be part of a K-12 educational experience, but they’re not extras. It’s art, it’s music, it’s athletics, full-day kindergarten, some specialized programs for advanced placement. Those, to me, are essential.”
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The motion passed unanimously, meaning the override will appear on this year’s Nov. 8 ballot. The deadline to submit arguments for and against the override to the County School Office is Aug. 12.
A recording of the meeting, including this discussion, is available on FUSD’s Vimeo. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/education/fusd-board-calls-for-budget-override-election/article_8ac4f1b0-ee81-11ec-ba7a-6b8d19e8c48a.html | 2022-06-21T14:04:57 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/education/fusd-board-calls-for-budget-override-election/article_8ac4f1b0-ee81-11ec-ba7a-6b8d19e8c48a.html |
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The first tragedy struck the nest near Garland in April, when someone shot and killed a female bald eagle.
Neighbors and strangers rallied, raising thousands for a reward. Game and Parks officers, Concordia students and Raptor Conservation Alliance members made regular trips to monitor the nest -- and the male eagle left to raise its chick alone.
“We were cheering hard for that father,” state conservation officer Dina Barta said. “He was doing such a good job taking care of that baby.”
Then Barta got a call on Memorial Day. A farmer checking his cows near the nest had found a dead adult eagle. When he sent her photos, she saw the metal bands on his legs and knew it was likely the single father.
Barta and others gathered that day beneath the nest, about 60 feet up in a roadside cottonwood. They didn’t see any signs of the chick, but the nest is deep -- 5 or 6 feet -- so they couldn’t be sure.
A crew from Norris Public Power brought a bucket truck from Seward and braved 35 mph winds to try to get a closer look, and to help, but fell a few feet too short.
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“We gave him gloves and told him how to grab the bird, and they were really excited. But they had it extended as far as it could go, and could only get to the bottom of the nest.”
With volunteers searching for the baby bird on the ground, a Seward County sheriff’s captain brought the department’s drone.
Its camera showed the chick motionless in the nest, and its thermal imaging detected no heat.
Barta estimated the male eagle had been dead for 24 to 48 hours before the farmer found it. She examined it at UNL’s Veterinary Diagnostic Center and found no sign it had been shot or suffered from bird flu.
She believes it came in contact with the power line it was found beneath, though that’s hard to prove with a necropsy.
“Our best guess is he was electrocuted. He had feathers blown off the top of his head, and the top of his head was black.”
It’s also unclear how the chick died, but it could have gone too long without food, she said.
The nest had been a local landmark, its resident eagles raising chicks year after year, fishing in a nearby farm pond and building a fan club. On Memorial Day, a man and his grandson stopped and told Barta they made daily trips to watch the eagles. Another told her the pair got him through the COVID-19 pandemic.
But in a span of six weeks, they were all gone.
“There were a lot of heartbroken people,” Barta said. “There's a lot of people that really enjoyed watching these birds, and the whole family perished because somebody shot the female.”
Photos: Birds you can spot in Nebraska
Baltimore Oriole
Bay-Breasted Warbler
Black-Capped Chickadee
Cape May Warbler
Cedar Waxwing
Cerulean Warbler
Great-Crested Flycatcher
Indigo Bunting
LeConte's Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Prothonotary Warbler
Red-Headed Woodpecker
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
Scarlet Tanager
White-Throated Sparrow
Wood Duck
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Western Tanager
Reach the writer at 402-473-7254 or psalter@journalstar.com.
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State lawmakers have a lot awaiting them in the fall. First an election, then a pile of pending legislation.
This news organization studied pending legislation for a piece that published on Sunday.
» Unfinished business: Ohio legislators will return to multiple controversial bills in the fall
Here’s a look at some of the notable bills moving through the General Assembly that will be coming up again in the fall.
Substitute House Bill 151: Would prohibit schools and school sports groups from allowing male-to-female transgender athletes to play on girls’ sports teams.
House Bill 598: Would make it a felony for doctors to perform abortions, with no exceptions for rape, incest or the mother’s health, if Roe v. Wade is overturned.
House Bill 105: “Erin’s Law,” would require schools to provide annual age-appropriate instruction in child sexual abuse prevention for grades K-6, and age-appropriate instruction in sexual violence prevention education for grades 7-12.
House Bill 343: Would greatly expanding crime victims’ rights under “Marsy’s Law,” which is meant to ensure crime victims are treated fairly and have the opportunity to exercise their rights in our criminal justice system.
House Bill 383: Would increase sentences for criminals repeatedly caught with illegal firearms.
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RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. — A GoFundMe page now sits at more than $24,000 after a gas station manager was fired in Rancho Cordova for making an error that priced premium gas at 69 cents per gallon.
That's quite a difference from the average price of gas in California, which is about $6.40. In Sacramento, the cost per gallon for premium gas is about $6.74, according to AAA.
More than 1,000 people have donated to the fundraiser as of Monday, citing various reasons.
"I figured the story was worth a gallon of gas. Good luck to you," wrote Leonardo Hernandez.
John Szczecina was fired from a Shell gas station after he misplaced a decimal point at a gas station, according to ABC7. Hundreds of drivers ended up getting the cheap gas for several hours before the mistake was discovered costing the gas station $16,000, according to ABC7.
"I saw you and chatted with you quite a bit at this gas station. Sorry, you're having to deal with all of this... I hope my contribution helps you out a bit man!" Jason Zedlitz wrote.
Others wrote they heard his story and donated from as far as Hawaii.
"John, I donated because it is such a breath of fresh air in this world where you accepted responsibility for your mistake and accepted the consequences. I [am] very sorry this happened to you and I do hope, in the end, you have a very happy outcome. With love and aloha from Kauai!" wrote Nancy Williams.
Some of the top donations include $1,000, $300 and $200.
Fuel-Saving Tips
With the cost of gas likely staying high for now, AAA has these tips to share to help people save on fuel costs.
- Keep your tires properly inflated
- Slow down and drive the speed limit
- Avoid idling to warm up your engine
- Use the cruise control to maintain a constant speed and save gas
Watch more on ABC10 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/john-szczcina-go-fund-me-gas-station-rancho-cordova-error/103-b1701096-4cf9-46ca-8aed-d89edcf93aec | 2022-06-21T14:13:54 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/john-szczcina-go-fund-me-gas-station-rancho-cordova-error/103-b1701096-4cf9-46ca-8aed-d89edcf93aec |
LINCOLN PLANTATION, Maine — A West Baldwin man drowned Monday morning in Aziscohos Lake while trying to swim to shore after mooring his boat.
Michael Shields, 54, had attached his boat to the mooring in front of his camp on Alca Flats Road at about 11:30 a.m., Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife spokesperson Mark Latti said in a news release Tuesday.
Shields was attempting to swim back to shore from the boat when he went underwater about 50 yards from his camp and never resurfaced, according to Latti.
With no cell phone coverage in the area, Shields' wife and father-in-law, both of whom saw him go under, drove 17 miles down a dirt road to get to a landline at Black Brook Cove Campground to call for help.
The subsequent search for Shields' body included a Maine Warden Service airplane and a Maine Warden Service helicopter carrying two Maine State Police divers. Latti said they recovered Shieds' body around 6:30 p.m. Monday in about 10 feet of water not far from shore.
Shields' body was taken to Wiles Funeral Home, where Latti said it would be examined Tuesday by the Office of the State Medical Examiner.
In addition to the Maine Forest Service and the Maine State Police Dive Team, the Maine Warden Service was assisted at the scene by the Rangely Fire Department, Wilsons Mills Fire Department, Maine Marine Patrol, and U.S. Border Patrol.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Rent is rising across the nation, including in Dallas and Fort Worth, which saw major influxes of new renters from all over the country.
This makes it harder for many people in North Texas to afford rent, as most apartment complexes require renters to make three times the rent in order to be approved.
With this heightened focus on rent prices and the danger rising prices pose to renters, SmartAsset released a new report calculating how many hours you need to work to afford rent in the 25 largest cities in the nation.
Here’s what you need to make in Dallas and Fort Worth to make rent:
But what about other Texas cities? Here’s how much you need to make to afford rent in other Texas cities:
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Summertime means going outside more and one of the most fun outdoor activities is fishing.
If you’re new to fishing, Texas is the perfect place to start with so many great spots spread out through the Lone Star State, including the DFW metroplex.
To help you find your next fishing spot, fishing blog Fishingbooker.com made a list of the best fishing destinations for the summer of 2022 and Grapevine made the list.
Officials with the blog said they put Grapevine on the list because of its massive population of various fish like bass and catfish. And there’s no better way to finish off a day of fishing than with a glass of wine, which Grapevine has.
“Thanks to its solid structure, Grapevine Lake has an enviable population of Bass, Crappie, and Catfish. You can find White, Largemouth, and Smallmouth Bass near the rocky shorelines. If you prefer going after Crappie, they’re fans of flooded timber and the Twin Coves area. But the stars of the show are Catfish. And the higher temperatures in summer mean you’re in luck. They bring impressive specimens and incredible bragging stories,” Fishingbooker.com said.
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Tuesday morning is shaping up to be a historic one for Southwest Airlines pilots.
They are coming together for a demonstration in Dallas in what the union is calling "the largest display of unity in southwest airlines history."
Starting at 9 a.m., upwards of 1,000 Southwest Airlines pilots are expected to line up along Mockingbird Lane in front of Dallas Love Field protesting better treatment after what has been a chaotic past two years since the pandemic.
It's being led by the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, the union representing the pilots.
The union is calling the demonstration an "informational picket" in an effort to raise awareness to pilot fatigue, stress, the pilot shortage and other issues that have made flight cancellations and delays the norm for the past year.
"Our pilots have had to address the fatigue issue with management publicly, which is something that we never want to do, but but ultimately, our pilots, you know, have been tired, and have been trying to do everything they can,” said Capt. Casey Murray, a pilot and president of the SWA Pilots Association.
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The union emphasizes this is not a walk out.
Union rules state pilots can't call in sick to take part in the picket and can't negatively impact the company's operation to attend. These are pilots and other supporters who are already scheduled to not work on Tuesday and are supposed to be available for the picket.
So if you have a flight through southwest today, the airlines said this shouldn't affect passengers.
“We’re aware that some off-duty pilots are participating in informational picketing,” Southwest Airlines told NBC 5 in a statement. “Southwest airlines respects the rights of our employees to express their opinions, and we do not anticipate any disruption in service as a result of this single demonstration. For 51 years, we’ve maintained a legendary southwest culture that honors our valued employees.”
Murray said the biggest grievance is that Southwest has a problem with "bad scheduling" in connecting flights for pilots, which causes them to fly longer and become more fatigued.
"We've seen our company not really address a lot of operational problems. And this has been going on for several years,” he said. "While we do need to hire pilots, the main problem is really the efficiency in the scheduling efficiencies that we've seen."
He said pilots are feeling overworked during the never-ending travel demand and he hopes this will get the company's attention to negotiate new contracts and better treatment for pilots.
"Our pilots have lost over the last year almost 20,000 days off, which is over 50 years that our pilots have lost – involuntarily being made to fly on off days. And again, fatigue is cumulative. So it adds up and the more flying that there is that has to be covered,” Murray said.
Southwest Airlines said in a statement that contract negotiations with pilots are ongoing.
The SWA pilots are not alone in their protests.
Last Thursday, Delta Airlines published an open letter to customers who are frustrated by flights delays and cancellations.
In the letter, Delta pilots said they've been working on days off and pulling in more overtime in 2022 than all of 2018 and 2019 combined, which were their busiest years to date.
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Stocks opened broadly higher on Wall Street today, clawing back some of the ground they lost in their worst weekly drop since the beginning of the pandemic. The S&P 500 was up 2%. The benchmark index is still down 22% from the record high it set in January.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq was up 2.3% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 1.5%. Kellogg rose 4.3% after the maker of Frosted Flakes and Rice Krispies said it would split into three companies. European markets were also higher and Asian markets closed mixed overnight. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 3.30%.
Markets around the world have been shuddering as investors adjust to the bitter medicine of higher interest rates that the Federal Reserve and other central banks are increasingly doling out. Higher rates can bring down inflation, but they also risk a recession by slowing the economy and push down on prices for stocks, bonds, cryptocurrencies and other investments.
“Any lack of clarity or lack of confidence in the Federal Reserve is going to create a lot of volatility in the market,” said Megan Horneman, chief investment officer at Verdence Capital Advisors.
The S&P 500 remains in a bear market after it earlier this week dropped more than 20% below its record. It’s now 23.4% below its all-time high set in January and is back to where it was in late 2020.
“There’s a lot of uncertainty right now about the timing of a recession, but the risks are clearly rising,” Horneman said.
Futures for Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index were up 1.3% after being up as much as 2% as U.S. markets prepared to reopen following a three-day weekend. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 1.5%.
London and Frankfurt opened higher. Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney gained while Shanghai declined. Oil prices climbed above $110 per barrel.
“The modest equity market recovery continues in Asia, thanks to U.S. index futures grinding higher,” Jeffrey Halley of Oanda said in a report.
In midday trading, the FTSE 100 in London advanced 0.6%, as did the DAX in Frankfurt. The CAC 40 in Paris was 1.2% higher.
In Asia, the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo added 1.8% to 26,246.31 while the Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.3% to 3,306.72. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng advanced 1.9% to 21,559.59.
The Kospi in Seoul was 0.7% higher at 2,408.93 and Sydney’s S&P-ASX 200 rose 1.4% to 6,523.80.
India’s Sensex opened up 1.9% at 52,569.30. New Zealand and Southeast Asian markets gained.
Investors worry efforts by U.S. and European central banks to cool inflation that is running at a four-decade high might derail global economic growth.
Japan and China, two of the three biggest economies, have avoided joining in rate hikes. On Monday, China’s central bank left its benchmark rates unchanged. The Bank of Japan stuck to its policy of near-zero interest rates last week despite concern that is weakening the yen’s exchange rate.
On Friday, the S&P rose 0.2% but ended the week down 5.8% for its tenth drop in 11 weeks. That was its biggest weekly decline since March 2020 at the start of the global pandemic.
The Dow dipped 0.1% while the Nasdaq composite gained 1.4%.
The S&P 500 has fallen by more than 20% from its Jan. 3 peak, putting it in what traders call a bear market.
Investors are looking for clues of Fed plans for possible additional rate hikes when Chair Jerome Powell speaks before congressional committees this week.
In energy markets, benchmark U.S. crude jumped $1.88 to $111.44 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, the price standard for international oil trading, gained $1.54 to $115.67 per barrel in London.
Shares in Kellogg jumped more than 7% in premarket after the maker of Frosted Flakes, Rice Krispies and Eggo said it will split into three companies focused on cereals, snacks and plant-based foods.
The dollar rose to 136.30 yen from Monday’s 135 yen. The euro gained to $1.0554 from $1.0491. | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/stocks-open-higher-today-what-you-should-know/3LRK63NTVZHCHBISHRTFCE6FHY/ | 2022-06-21T14:36:10 | 0 | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/stocks-open-higher-today-what-you-should-know/3LRK63NTVZHCHBISHRTFCE6FHY/ |
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas's Ebony Mitchell is now on her way to compete for Miss America.
Mitchell, a Harrison native, took home the Miss Arkansas crown Saturday night.
History was made over the weekend, when a new Miss Arkansas and 'Miss Arkansas' Outstanding Teen were crowned. First the first time in the pageant's 84-year history, both, are women of color.
Mitchell spoke one-on-one with Wake Up Central's Karen Fuller about her history-making win.
She began her journey in this organization when she was just 9 years old. She began as a princess, made her way to the teen organization, where then she realized she wanted to make her dream come true of being Miss Arkansas.
The 2022 winner is originally from Harrison, Arkansas, where she attended Harrison High School throughout her entire education. Following, she attended the University of Central Arkansas, where she graduated with undergrad degree in Business Marketing.
She has since graduated with her Masters degree at John Brown University.
Mitchell said when she watches her crowning moment, it really sinks in.
"I kind of totally don't remember that moment," Mitchell said. "You kind of lose all sense of where you're at at the time. But it's just been incredible. I can't say thank you enough to everyone who has helped me get there."
Mitchell said the moment is a mixture of both disbelief and joy.
"It's such a huge moment," Mitchell said. "So few women get to live that moment and you dream about it. I've watched the Miss America pageant since I can remember. The fact that I get to go there and compete and represent the best state in America is indescribable."
This history-making moment of two Black women winning both titles in the same year is reflection of representation for the small-town winner.
"Growing up in a small town, I never really saw that representation for myself," Mitchell said. "I know there are so many people who feel that same way. It's an honor to be that representation that I needed as a young girl and for Ka'Maya to be that for other young girls is incredible."
At the end of the day, Mitchell said she believes the job always goes to the right person and it just so happened to be them this year.
Mitchell also touched on her social impact initiative for the state of Arkansas, called "A Responsible Digital You."
"It's all about being safe online and keeping our children safe online," she said. "I had a really close friend who was a victim of an online predator when we were in Junior High. To witness her go through that was traumatic."
Going to college and learning about social media through marketing, Mitchell knew this was an area she could champion.
"I knew I could partner with people like the Attorney General's office and the Department of Education to really get the word out about my impact," she said.
Over the next few months, Mitchell will prepare for Miss America in Connecticut, which she will compete in later this year. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/ebony-mitchell-winning-miss-arkansas-history/91-cb50266d-ec1a-4aa3-91bb-ab23e860af27 | 2022-06-21T14:36:20 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/ebony-mitchell-winning-miss-arkansas-history/91-cb50266d-ec1a-4aa3-91bb-ab23e860af27 |
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. — A child was airlifted to the hospital after they were stabbed in the chest by a catfish, according to Pasco County Fire Rescue.
The incident reportedly happened Monday during a fishing trip in New Port Richey, though it's not yet clear where.
In a tweet, fire rescue said the child experienced difficulty breathing while on the way to the hospital with family. A medical helicopter ended up meeting their car and flying the victim to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa.
The extent of the child's injuries is not yet known. Pasco County Fire officials said the child is under the age of 10 years old.
People can be injured by catfish. According to Catfish Edge, the animal's whiskers are harmless but their dorsal and pectoral fins contain spines.
"The tip of these spines is pointed and very sharp (especially on smaller catfish, and especially channel cats)," the site reads. "These spines don’t 'sting' and you can touch them without any pain occurring. Pain (and injury) occurs when these spines puncture the skin."
If the spines pierce the skin, venom can enter and cause swelling and increased blood flow to the area, Catfish Edge says.
The Public Information Officer with Pasco County Fire Rescue said a situation like this is rare.
"Very odd. I’ve never heard of something like that," Corey Deirdorff stated. "You hear of fisherman that might be cut by a barb or hit in the back of the leg and get an infection, but never heard of one penetrating the chest."
Since there are venomous catfish in Florida, Pasco County medical crews wanted to be extra cautious to make sure the child receives the necessary care.
"That’s another reason they transported in the way that they did," Deirdorff added. "They didn’t know if this was a venomous catfish or not."
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ASU joins other Arizona universities in reaching 'major milestone' for Latino students. Why it matters
When Deyanira Galaviz started as a first-year student at Arizona State University last fall, she felt lost on campus, one of the largest in the country.
She had questions about financial aid and tuition. And she was unhappy with her major, criminology.
But she was afraid to ask questions.
As the first person in her family ever to attend college, Galaviz, the daughter of Mexican immigrants, also couldn't turn to relatives for advice navigating the university's system as other students might.
"At first I was struggling because being a first gen student you are scared to ask for help because this is a whole new environment," Galaviz said.
Then in October, her academic advisor sent an email informing her of a campus group that pairs first-generation students like her with older student mentors.
Having a mentor made a huge difference. The mentor helped her overcome her fears and told her where to go to find answers. Galaviz got her financial questions cleared up. And she found a new major she loves, tourism development and special event management.
"I would say things are going great now," Galaviz said.
Galaviz's experiences highlight the challenge universities face in trying to increase the number of Latino students, who lag behind white students in earning degrees at a time when the Latino population is booming in the state. It takes work to get them to enroll. But sometimes it takes even more effort to place them on a path to academic success.
ASU officials hope the university's recent designation as a Hispanic-Serving Institution will help accelerate those goals. Arizona's two other state universities already earned the designation, and are leveraging it to improve opportunities and outcomes for Latino students.
Designation opens up federal grants
In early June, ASU announced the U.S. Department of Education had designated it a Hispanic-Serving Institution. The recognition marks an enrollment milestone that university officials say will open the door to federal funding and help more Latino students graduate.
It also will allow for increased cooperation on the same goals with other schools in Arizona and nationally.
ASU is the last of the state's three public universities to receive the designation, which is given to colleges and universities where at least a quarter of undergraduate students identify as Latino.
The University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University received the recognition in 2018 and 2021, respectively.
UA has taken advantage of the status to help fund new programs. Since achieving the designation in 2018, the university has received over $10 million in federal grants following competitive applications, according to Marla Franco, UA's assistant vice provost for Hispanic Serving Institution Initiatives.
Earlier this year UA won a nearly $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to expand support for Hispanic and low-income student in science, technology, engineering and math fields. The Hispanic-Serving Institution designation made UA eligible for that. The same was true of a $3 million grant to fund a program for largely Hispanic and low-income high school students to take UA pre-calculus courses while in high school, which could later transfer for college credits.
While NAU as a whole just got the designation last year, the branch campus NAU-Yuma was marked as a Hispanic-Serving Institution in 2007, and about three-quarters of students there are Hispanic, according to officials.
NAU President José Luis Cruz Rivera said in a statement to The Arizona Republic that NAU-Yuma has showed how to use the designation to get additional resources, create student service programs and improve programming and facilities.
That campus has attracted nearly $11 million from opportunities with the Hispanic-Serving Institution designation, he said.
“We look forward to the university-wide designation at NAU providing that same opportunity to not only increase access to postsecondary education, but to address Arizona’s current achievement gaps and increase postsecondary attainment contributing to social and economic mobility for individuals and communities,” Cruz Rivera said.
And the Maricopa County Community College District, the largest community college system in the state, also has benefitted from the designation. The district has received at least $22 million in Hispanic-Serving Institution grants from the Department of Education since 2005, per a federal spending database. The total could be more since other federal agencies also have grant opportunities for those eligible institutions.
'A major milestone' for ASU
ASU's designation comes as Arizona's Latino population grows rapidly, yet Latino students lag behind white students in college attainment, which will pose a challenge for Arizona’s future economy and success. The pandemic also disproportionately disrupted the college plans of Latino students in Arizona.
Latino students make up nearly half of the 1.1 million K-12 students in Arizona. About 65% of Arizona's K-8 students are Latino. But fewer Latino students graduate from high school than white students and fewer still enroll in college.
ASU officials said the designation from the Department of Education recognizes the university's commitment to the diversity of its student population.
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"It's a major milestone," said Nancy Gonzales, ASU's executive vice president and university provost.
ASU's Latino undergraduate enrollment climbed to 26% in fall 2021, exceeding for the first time the 25% threshold, and up from 19% a decade earlier. Overall Latino enrollment, including graduate and online students, was over 30,200 in the fall, compared with 12,200 in 2011.
ASU has worked for years to increase diversity among its students, Gonzales said.
"It provides recognition for our work," Gonzales said. "It gives us access to wonderful networks with other Hispanic-Serving Institutions and also access to other opportunities, to further our efforts to serve our Hispanic students."
She acknowledged, however, that the university has "a long way" to go before reaching parity with the state's large and fast-growing Latino population, which overall makes up about one-third of the state's population.
Education advocates agree the designation marks progress in the right direction but that more work is needed to enroll and graduate Latino students at two- and four-year colleges across the state.
“Enrollment is one thing; degree completion and success is the other,” said Paul Luna, president and CEO of Helios Education Foundation. “The celebration of the HSI designation is that it gives us an ability to focus and prioritize this huge opportunity we have as a state to embrace educating all of our students.”
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Why ASU took 'a long time' to get here
The Hispanic-Serving Institution recognition follows years of ASU working with Hispanic communities across Arizona and provides a symbol to students and families, said Maria Anguiano, executive vice president of the Learning Enterprise. That arm of the university has programs for anyone not seeking a degree, including K-12 students.
“Sometimes universities can be scary for folks that have never engaged in universities. I know for myself as a first-generation student with my mom only having a sixth-grade education, she’s like, ‘Is this place for people like us?’ And so being a Hispanic-Serving Institution and being able to tell our community that, I think provides this level of comfort for families.”
Gonzales, the provost, said it took longer for ASU to achieve the HSI designation because it has the largest student population and therefore took more Latino students to reach the 25% threshold. The university also draws students from many other states, including states with lower shares of Latino students.
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As of the fall of 2021, total on-campus undergraduate enrollment was about 64,700 students. Of those, nearly 17,000 students identified as Latino, or 26%, according to ASU data. White students made up the largest group, at 46%.
ASU President Michael Crow told the Board of Regents on June 9 that it took “a long time” to get to this point for Hispanic student enrollment given the university’s rapid growth overall.
“We have more than 30,000 students of Hispanic heritage in the institution, so it’s a fantastic turnaround for the university from its non-inclusive past,” Crow said.
Richard Daniel, executive vice president of Education Forward Arizona, experienced that trajectory firsthand. As a student at ASU in the 1980s, Daniel worked on a new peer mentoring program for minority students, and estimated at that time Latino students comprised maybe 3-5% of the student body. Over the years, ASU was intentional about recruiting and retaining Hispanic students and providing services for them on campus, he said.
“Bringing a student to a campus is so important, but providing the services for them to be successful is even more so,” Daniel said. “The actual experience on the campus and being able to provide those resources and those services and those programs are so important and vital for their success.”
Although it was the last university to get the designation, ASU has the largest Latino student enrollment of Arizona schools. UA and NAU have fewer Latino students overall, but both were already above the 25% threshold. ASU’s West and Downtown Phoenix campuses already had the recognition, too. Schools have to meet the eligibility each year.
Nationally, more than 500 institutions are classified as Hispanic serving, including 22 universities and community colleges in Arizona, according to a February count from Helios.
Luna said given that mass of schools with the designation, Arizona can be a model nationally for education success for Latino students. Already, Hispanic-Serving Institutions in the state have collaborated to share best practices, he said.
“Arizona’s not always historically positioned to be the lead when it comes to education outcomes and education success,” Luna said. “This is a really important designation and opportunity for our state to lead and to continue to emerge and show the country what it means to educate all students, and especially in Arizona with our demographics, our Latino students.”
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A college degree is seen as key to opening the door to higher paying jobs and meeting the needs of the future economy, Gonzales said. A first-generation Latina student herself, Gonzales grew up in Miami, Arizona, and went to ASU.
"There are benefits to the students themselves who will create new opportunities for themselves and their future families," Gonzales said. "And it's a benefit to to our state and the continuing economic development as we prepare our students to be able to enter into all the fields, that are that are needing college graduates."
The designation also allows Arizona universities to collaborate on national efforts to increase Hispanic representation in academia.
Twenty of the top research universities that are also Hispanic serving, including ASU and UA, formed an alliance earlier this month to double the number of Hispanic doctoral students at the universities and increase the number of Hispanic professors by 20% by 2030.
Latino students still lag their peers
While the focus starts on increasing the number of Latino students who enroll in college, more work is required to ensure they graduate, said Stephanie Parra, executive director of ALL In Education, an advocacy group that focuses on improving the academic success of Latino students in Arizona.
"If we aren't getting kids through college, we aren't closing the attainment gap ultimately," Parra said.
Latino students face unique challenges in completing college degrees, notably that many are the first people in their families to attend a university, she said. Many also come from lower-income backgrounds, so paying for college is even more difficult. At 19%, Latinos in Arizona have twice the poverty rate as non-Hispanic whites, at nearly 9.6%, according to U.S. Census data.
"Poverty doesn't end when a kid makes it to college. If anything, the burdens of poverty become more challenging and more difficult once they get to college," Parra said.
Luna from Helios said the designation shows Arizona’s education system is working to acknowledge the importance of how better to serve growing numbers of Latino students. The 25% enrollment threshold is important, but even more so is the commitment to ensuring students succeed, he said.
“Many of these students might come from different backgrounds, they come from a different culture, most likely it’s fair to say many are going to be first generation college students for their family,” he said.
But there’s still much more work to do, he said, with education equity gaps across the spectrum and grade levels, and with those gaps exacerbated by the pandemic.
Arizona still significantly lags the higher education attainment it needs for a strong future economy. And while enrollment rates have increased in recent years for Hispanic students, they still trail white students.
In 2020, just 46% of Arizona’s high school graduates enrolled in any two or four-year college, according to Arizona Board of Regents data.
The picture is worse when it comes to Arizona students completing four-year degrees. About 29% of white high school graduates complete four-year degrees, compared with about 12% of Hispanic high school graduates, per regents’ data.
Galaviz, the first generation ASU student, said her older sister, Michelle, 34, is the one who really encouraged her to go to college and "get somewhere in life."
Michelle left high school to help take care of Galaviz when she was a child, while their mother worked low-wage jobs. When Galaviz was in 8th grade, she also joined ASU's Hispanic Mother-Daughter Program, which guides first-generation students get to college. Michelle was the one who participated in the program with her while their mother worked.
Galaviz said by earning a degree, she wants to pay back her sister and others who helped her get to college and "show them their sacrifices were for something good."
Reach the reporter at daniel.gonzalez@arizonarepublic.com or at 602-444-8312. Follow him on Twitter @azdangonzalez.
Reach the reporter at Alison.Steinbach@arizonarepublic.com or at 602-444-4282. Follow her on Twitter @alisteinbach.
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