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GOODYEAR, Ariz. — DeWitt Anton Moss passed away, April 22, 2023 in Goodyear, Arizona.
A Celebration of Life is scheduled will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, May 13, 2023 at the First Presbyterian Church, 262 East Ave. A., Jerome.
Memories and condolences may be shared with the family on DeWitt's memorial webpage at www.farnsworthmortuary.com. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/funeral-notices/dewitt-anton-moss/article_a0a36efa-6067-5b0a-aac7-0cd22b191615.html | 2023-05-09T05:58:22 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/funeral-notices/dewitt-anton-moss/article_a0a36efa-6067-5b0a-aac7-0cd22b191615.html |
Jan. 23, 1984—April 28, 2023
HOUSTON, Texas — Grant Scott McCracken, 39, of Houston, Texas, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, April 28, 2023, in Florida in a drowning accident. He was born in Sun Valley, Idaho, to Jack Scott and Shirley McCracken on January 23, 1984, and was raised in Jerome.
Services were held Saturday, May 6, 2023 at Bradshaw-Carter Memorial and Funeral Services in Houston. Please visit www.bradshawcarter.com to read more or to leave a message on Grant’s tribute page. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/grant-scott-mccracken/article_0d698f14-3293-5afb-8dc9-76501036c2ac.html | 2023-05-09T05:58:28 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/grant-scott-mccracken/article_0d698f14-3293-5afb-8dc9-76501036c2ac.html |
Sept. 13, 1935—April 29, 2023
HAGERMAN — We are sad to announce that Joyce Snapp, of Hagerman, Idaho, passed away on Saturday, April 29, 2023, at North Canyon Hospital in Gooding, Idaho.
Joyce was born in Lexington, Nebraska, on September 13, 1935. Her parents, Homer L. and Marvel Medley Mesler, were overjoyed with this daughter, and gave her the name of Joyce Jeanine Mesler.
Joyce began playing piano at 6 years of age. Her favorite instruments to play over the years became Piano, Organ, and strangely enough, Cornet. When Joyce became a Public School Music teacher, she eventually taught all instruments except violin, and she taught and directed choirs.
In 1963, Joyce met an elementary school teacher named Billy Snapp. Her friends and his friends got them together to go bowling. That event became the start of something big for them. Joyce and Bill were married on August 19, 1964, in Logan, Utah. Their first home together in Hagerman was a cabin on the river by the bridge.
Besides music, animals were a great love of Joyce’s.
Joyce is survived by her husband of fifty-eight years—Bill Snapp; her sister-in-law—Ardena Snapp (Rupert); cousins—Dennis Mesler (Boise) and Karen Wyatt (Arizona); niece-in-law—Sheryl Riding (West Jordan, Utah); Susan Hunsaker (Rigby); nephews-in-law—Jay Snapp (Springville, Utah), Gary Craner (Boise), Calvin Craner (Idaho Falls), Steven Snapp (Bellevue) and Larry Snapp (Denver, Colorado).
Besides her parents, Joyce was preceded in death by: her sisters-in-law—Nan Craner and Ina Anderson; and her brothers-in-law—Robert Snapp and Gene Snapp.
Special appreciation is extended to all those who loved and cared for Joyce, especially Rosario and Roman Martinez, Jennifer Cortez, Pat and Robin Windes, Suzanne Perron, Craig and Kathy Laughlin, and the entire staff of Snake River Grill.
A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., with a prior visitation at 10:00 a.m., on Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at the United Methodist Church, 270 Salmon Street East, Hagerman, Idaho.
Funeral services are under the care and direction of Demaray Funeral Service – Gooding Chapel.
Condolences, memories and photos can be shared with the family by following the obituary link at www.demarayfuneralservice.com and where a complete obituary is available. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/joyce-mesler-snapp/article_b48ec84e-ae0d-542c-8508-c5b26686f6d3.html | 2023-05-09T05:58:34 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/joyce-mesler-snapp/article_b48ec84e-ae0d-542c-8508-c5b26686f6d3.html |
May 3, 1957—May 3, 2023
JEROME — Melinda F. Matthews, of Jerome, ID, passed away in her home at the age of 66 on May 3, 2023. She was born May 3, 1957 in Spokane, WA to Russell and Margetta Foster. They soon moved to Deary, ID.
Growing up, she helped her parents with their grocery store, Foster and Son Food Market. She graduated from Deary High School in 1975. Melinda then attended Montana Institute of the Bible where she graduated with her Associates in 1978. She went on and earned her Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from Lewis and Clark State College in 1983.
Melinda spent her entire teaching career at Wendell Elementary School teaching first grade and kindergarten from 1983 to 2015. It is there she met her husband, Steve Matthews, and they were married in Deary, ID on February 21, 1987. Together than had two children, Lindi and Zachary.
Melinda loved the great outdoors. Whether it was backpacking with her brother and friends, or a day hike to the high mountain lakes in Copper Basin with Steve. She enjoyed spending time with her family sitting on the beach at Redfish Lake just reading and enjoying the scenery, or a drive to the Picabo Store for fries and a huckleberry float. It was always an adventure. She loved spring with the renewal of life and fall and its crisp autumn air.
Melinda was a master craft maker, making beautiful cards and paper crafts that she always gave away. Always saying it was just something she needed to do and spent hours making sure they were just right.
One of her greatest joys were the children she taught, from the well behaved to the little rascals. She loved them all and strived to make them the best possible individuals that she could. She held a special place in her heart for all her classes through the year, especially her very first class.
Melinda was preceded in death by mother, Margetta Foster. She is survived by her father, Russell Foster; brother, Tom (Linda) Foster; husband, Steve Matthews; daughter, Lindi Matthews; son, Zachary Matthews; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Thursday, May 11, 2023 at Farnsworth Mortuary, 1343 S. Lincoln Ave., Jerome, ID. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, May 12, 2023 at New Life Community Church, 800 W. Main St., Wendell, ID. Graveside service will conclude at Declo Cemetery in Declo, Idaho.
In lieu of flowers the family asks that you donate to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Memories and condolences may be shared with the family on Melinda’s memorial webpage at www.farnsworthmortuary.com. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/melinda-f-matthews/article_fd2e214a-515e-5a78-8c38-b69400d99678.html | 2023-05-09T05:58:40 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/melinda-f-matthews/article_fd2e214a-515e-5a78-8c38-b69400d99678.html |
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According to CCSO, the dead body has been identified as Layni Carver, aged 55. The cause of death has not been confirmed at this time.
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. – Deputies say they found a man living in a home with the body of a woman who had apparently been dead for days.
The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) calls the death of the woman, who was found in the home in the 29000 block of Turbak Drive, suspicious.
Investigators said they were called to the home for a wellness check just before 5 p.m. Friday evening. When they arrived, they say Justin Carver went outside to greet them, locking the door behind him.
Deputies said a foul odor was coming from the home. When they went into the house, they saw a body of a woman in her 50s decomposing on the bedroom floor.
After the alarming discovery, deputies said they arrested Carver for failing to report a death to a Medical Examiner and resisting an officer without violence.
Carver is in the Charlotte County Jail without bond. Neighbors who live next door said three people lived in the home: Layni Carver, her son, Justin and another man.
George Doyle lives just two houses down from the home. He said the last time he saw Layni was six days ago.
“Layni was 50, she was laying in that house dead for days. We started smelling it, me and my neighbor, death like something decomposing. It was horrible,” George Doyle said. “They always had multiple problems. We’ve had to call a few times for their domestic disturbances. It was all hours of the night.”
Doyle described Justin as “creepy,” and said he’s been arrested several times.
“I’d like to know how he beats up a little girl, gets arrested and he’s back out a couple months later. We had a neighbor who accused him of peeping through the windows. She moved from here and that kid creeped her out,” said Doyle.
He also said he frequently saw Justin walking back and forth down the neighborhood at night.
“You get a bad feeling in your stomach when he just looks at you and you know something’s off,” said Doyle.
According to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office arrest page, Justin has been arrested at least six times. One of the charges he faced was willfully abusing a child without causing great bodily harm.
“It’s very sad. Layni had a lot of problems, but all in all, she’s still a person,” Doyle said.
Wendy Scott lives four houses away.
“He (Justin) just got out of jail and she (Layni) just got out from jail not too long ago,” she said. “It’s sad that she laid in there so long. I know they arrested him for not reporting the dead body, but he’s not smart enough to.”
“The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office takes incidents of this nature seriously and is committed to ensuring that justice is served. We extend our deepest sympathies to the family and loved ones of the deceased during this difficult time,” Sheriff Bill Prummell said in a written statement from the sheriff’s office.
Deputies say an autopsy is being conducted and this is still a very active investigation. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2023/05/07/man-caught-living-with-womans-body-charlotte-county/ | 2023-05-09T05:59:56 | 0 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2023/05/07/man-caught-living-with-womans-body-charlotte-county/ |
Mike Trout, 31, a 2009 Millville High School graduate, is a center fielder with the Los Angeles Angels and was the 2014, 2016 and 2019 American League MVP.
Sunday: Batting second and playing center field, he went 1 for 4 and scored two runs in a 16-8 loss to the visiting Rangers in the series finale.
Monday: Went 0 for 4 in a 6-4 win over the visiting Astros. He batted second and played center field.
Tuesday: Left-hander Framber Valdez (2-4, 2.60) is scheduled to start the 9:38 p.m. game for Houston. Trout is hitting .083 (1 for 12) with four walks against him. Valdez has struck him out six times.
Stats: Trout is hitting .290 (38 for 131) with eight home runs, 20 RBIs and 25 runs scored in 33 games. He has walked 16 times and struck out 39 times. His on-base percentage is .377, his OPS .919. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/daily-mike-trout-report-angels-take-series-opener-from-astros/article_5c92bfae-ed2f-11ed-8748-c7dd2df8b3bd.html | 2023-05-09T06:12:04 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/daily-mike-trout-report-angels-take-series-opener-from-astros/article_5c92bfae-ed2f-11ed-8748-c7dd2df8b3bd.html |
PHOENIX — Every Arizona governor over the last two decades has been tested by the border.
The end of Title 42 this week marks the first test for Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, five months after taking office.
Under the pandemic-era border policy, migrants could be immediately expelled without a chance to ask for asylum.
The policy's scheduled expiration on Thursday is already elevating the record-breaking number of migrants at the Southwest border.
On Monday, Hobbs rolled out her plan to deal with this latest border crisis. Here are five things to know:
Transportation for migrants
Transportation for migrants once they have applied for asylum in the U.S. is a border-wide issue.
Hobbs said the state would pay to fly or bus asylum seekers toward their preferred destination, where they have support or sponsors.
This transportation system for migrants began under former Republican Gov. Doug Ducey.
The aim was to shame the Biden White House by shipping migrants from Arizona to New York or Washington, D.C. For many migrants, it did bring them closer to their desired location.
Hobbs has kept the trips going with existing funding in the state budget.
"We will make sure that the most cost-effective method of transportation is being used," Hobbs said. The state will also ensure coordination between migrants' sponsors and the agencies that serve migrants.
Yuma Mayor Douglas Nicholls, who attended Hobbs' news conference at the Executive Tower, says transportation is a top priority for a city that doesn't have a shelter.
Nicholls warned that the Border Patrol might have to release migrants to the streets.
"It's essentially havoc right now if you want to look at the reality of the numbers," Nicholls said, citing the surge of border crossers ahead of Title 42's expiration.
Aid for migrant shelters
Arizona shelters will receive state dollars, in addition to federal money obtained by Arizona Sens. Kyrsten Sinema Mark Kelly, to provide more space and services for migrants.
Hobbs said Tucson's shelters were full on Monday. She plans to visit a Casa Alitas shelter in Tucson at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
Public safety role
Hobbs created a joint information command center for all the key players dealing with the anticipated border surge.
"We may be seeing something that we haven't seen before," Col. Jeff Glover, director of the state Department of Public Safety, said in an interview after Hobbs' news conference.
Glover, a former Tempe police chief, said his troopers would be stepping up law enforcement around border communities while providing humanitarian assistance as needed.
"I'm almost certain that there's going to be overtime associated with this," he said.
Hobbs raised the possibility of deploying National Guard troops to help the Border Patrol. Ducey deployed about 550 Guard members to the border during his eight years in office.
What about the cost?
Hobbs couldn't provide a cost estimate for these plans - some funded, some not.
"We don't know the numbers," she said of the cost, "because we don't know the numbers - we don't know what the need is actually going to be."
The first-term Democratic governor says the planning is based on speculation about the projected surge of border crossers in the Southwest.
"We are going to fit the need that is on the ground," she said.
When will troops arrive?
The Biden Administration has pledged to send 1,500 active-duty troops to the Southwest border.
Hobbs said a "small number" would be deployed in Arizona. But it might take a while for them to get here.
According to a U.S. Defense Department spokesman:
On Wednesday, 500 to 550 troops from the Army and Marines will arrive in El Paso, Texas.
In three weeks, around June 1, the remaining 1,000 troops will arrive.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection will assign them to specific border sectors, but they will remain under military command.
The troops will help the Border Patrol with data entry, warehousing and monitoring the border, but will have no direct contact with migrants.
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SALEM, Ore. (KOIN) — The Salem City Council is moving forward with changing rules for its sidewalk camping ban.
The ban on sidewalk camping in Salem went into effect three years ago, but due to federal court rulings, new state laws are forcing the city to come into compliance by July.
Salem residents gave testimony Monday night on the newest ordinance on homeless regulations.
“The proposed camping ban tells people where they can’t camp. But it does not tell people where they can camp,” said Salem resident Mark Wigg.
In early 2020, the council passed rules restricting people from sitting or lying on public sidewalks during the day — from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Current city code says people also can’t leave their tents and belongings unattended, which the city says it’s never enforced.
That controversial decision came at a time when downtown Salem businesses were struggling with the homeless crisis.
But in 2021, Oregon lawmakers passed two bills — HB 3124 and HB 3115 — restricting how cities and counties can regulate camping on public property.
Now, the City of Salem needs to come into compliance.
“I see this as we are codifying recent case law, also new legislation from the state and also factoring our current practices. I think it’s an artful solution that does all those things,” said Salem Mayor Chris Hoy.
The new laws require the city to give three days’ notice before clearing camps. The city must also safely store the property it collects and there must be a public place homeless people can go.
The proposed Salem ordinance would repeal the city’s current restrictions for sitting and laying on sidewalks, as well as leaving unattended property.
But it would maintain camping restrictions in parks, building entrances, residential zones and vision clearance areas, like at intersections.
“It doesn’t stray us too far from our current practice,” Hoy said.
The council voted unanimously and the motion passed. | https://www.koin.com/local/marion-county/new-oregon-laws-force-city-of-salem-to-tweak-sidewalk-camping-ban-rules/ | 2023-05-09T07:47:53 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/marion-county/new-oregon-laws-force-city-of-salem-to-tweak-sidewalk-camping-ban-rules/ |
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Tesla founder Elon Musk said the lithium refinery in Robstown aims to be built in a year, and hopes to be running at full production in 2025, during the site's groundbreaking ceremony on Monday.
"This is extremely fast, by normal standards, but that's how we do things," he said.
The South African entrepreneur told the crowd of local and state dignitaries that the refinery looks to offset what will eventually be the hindrance to producing electric vehicles -- battery-grade lithium availability.
"It's not that there's a shortage of lithium ore to mine, but there is a shortage of . . . refinement of lithium to battery-grade," he said.
The Robstown refinery will play a part in ensuring the availability of ultra-pure lithium for electric vehicles, Musk said, so that electric vehicle batteries don't degrade as quickly.
Tesla officials said during Monday's news conference that its particular process of refining the lithium is one that produces sand and limestone, as opposed to heavier substances such as sodium sulfate in other companies' processes, and uses 20 percent less energy.
"It's a very sort of 'clean' refinery," Musk said. "There's no toxic emissions or anything. You could live right in the middle of the refinery and not suffer any ill effects."
The team said it is currently looking for ways to use that sand and limestone byproduct in a sustainable way.
They also said the location is ideal for several reasons, including its proximity to Austin -- where Tesla is based -- the nearby port, and railway systems in Robstown.
The Corpus Christi-area location is ideal because of its proximity to and involvement in oil and gas refinery processes.
"It's rather applicable to what we're doing here," they said.
Nueces County Pct. 3 Commissioner John Marez said the availability of land for sale in the area was the icing on the cake for Musk's expanding Texas-based ventures.
"Means jobs, opportunity, really puts us on the map," he said. "When you look at the map where Austin is located, Space X, all these interests he has is along this general corridor...It just makes sense."
Robstown Mayor Gilbert Gomez said the city has been working hard to bring economic development to the community.
"It's a great economy boost for the whole region, area, Nueces county, for Robstown," he said. "We're getting calls about other companies to come here so this is great."
The factory is said to be a first of its kind in the U.S.
"The fact that Elon Musk shows up!" said Nueces County Pct. 4 Commissioner Brent Chesney. "That man runs companies all over this country, multi-billion dollar companies, and here he is in Robstown, Texas, showing how important it is to be in Nueces county." | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/musk-says-tesla-lithium-refinery-aims-to-be-up-and-running-in-2025/503-5e899b8b-813e-49bf-bada-26e042506d16 | 2023-05-09T07:56:22 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/musk-says-tesla-lithium-refinery-aims-to-be-up-and-running-in-2025/503-5e899b8b-813e-49bf-bada-26e042506d16 |
The Mason City High School Student Senate inducted its new officers for the 2023-24 school year at its year-end banquet Sunday celebrating the hard work and dedication that came from the student leadership this year in the midst of a big change.
Adviser Laura Grommesh presented outgoing president Kyra Isles with a gavel, symbolically, at the conclusion her term in office. Iles then presided over the literal "passing of the torch" to next year's officers with a ceremony of candle lighting, after which the following officers were sworn in: Historian -- Naomi Garrett, Sofia Ahari. Officer at Large -- Jonathan Pyatt, Alexander Shipman. Sergeant at Arms -- Karim Eldadah. Secretary -- Alfonso Villarreal. Vice President -- Jackson Everist. President -- Angelina Frank. Outgoing officers were Isles and Vice President Ben Lorrence.
The student senate recently earned recognition from the National Student Council with the National Gold Council of Excellence award, which has recognized Mason City as a "Gold-"performing student senate. Last year, the senate earned recognition at the Iowa Association of Student Councils State Conference, taking home the Kelly Neiber Service Award for work it put into rebranding the district's mascot.
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The student senate exists to represent the student body to the school board and to the community, and according to Grommesh, "stepped up to the plate" when the community and student body successfully lobbied the school board to become the Riverhawks after the board voted unanimously to retire the Mohawks mascot after 96 years.
While continuing to do its regular and traditional business -- meeting before school to organize traditional yearly events like the community blood drive, book drive, blanket drive, and staff bingo fundraisers -- it led both the anonymous voting and public outreach to the students and community that culminated in the name change to Riverhawks. Students then went to work organizing the inaugural Riverhawk Day, providing the student body with Riverhawk apparel during the transition.
"We were faced with many opposing ideas and lots of criticism from the students as well as the Mason City community," said Isles. "Our senate stepped up in order to continue our process of this change while also being able to handle the complaints from those around us."
"Losing Mohawks is a struggle for a lot of people, but I think that a great way to deal with that is to put your heart and soul into being a Riverhawk," Lorence said.
The students won't rest on their laurels. After one year for the school to adjust to the new name and identity, according to Vice President Jackson Everist, "There's still more to be done." The foremost goal for next year will be to continue to promote school spirit and "bring all of us together as Riverhawks."
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Canton City Council authorizes sale of former Ford property
- The CCIC will sell the land for $10,000 to A & J Urban Development.
- The Ford Motor Company closed the plant in the late 1980s.
- It was donated to the city in 2004 and has remained largely undeveloped since.
CANTON − Developers are interested in the former Ford property south of Georgetown Road NE ― again.
City Council on Monday agreed to transfer five parcels totaling about 96 acres to the Canton Community Improvement Corporation, the city's economic development arm. The CCIC will sell the land for $10,000 to A & J Urban Development, which is operated by local businessmen Steve Coon and Todd Pugh.
"It has been a subject of development for over a decade," said Economic Development Director Christopher Hardesty.
Coon and Pugh intend to turn the site into an industrial and commercial park. Hardesty said they're expected to invest an initial $500,000 toward that goal and make the buildable land marketable within two years.
Only about two-thirds of the land can be developed because of wetlands and granite, he said. There are environmental restrictions on the property, and a 2011 study by Hammontree Engineering estimated the development of 47 acres to cost $3.34 million.
The property will revert to the city if it's not developed within the time frame, and Hardesty said he expects the transfer to occur within the next couple of weeks.
Read more:What's next for the former Ford property in Canton?
Ford Motor Co.'s Canton property
The Ford Motor Co. closed the plant in the late 1980s and donated the land southeast of Marietta Avenue NE and Georgetown Road NE to the city in 2004.
It was first transferred to the CCIC in 2010, and a partial road extending south from Georgetown Road was completed in 2018 with a $500,000 Ohio Department of Development grant.
Previous developers have expressed interest in the property but nothing has come to fruition. Hardesty said the greatest challenge is the wooded land that is not "shovel-ready."
"As it sits right now, there are trees. It is unattractive," he said. "If you try to sell it to a business, they're not interested."
Council vote
Councilmen Frank Morris, D-9, and Louis Giavasis, D-at large, cast the only votes against the property transfer. Councilman Peter Ferguson, D-8, was absent and the other nine council members voted in favor.
"This does not make any sense to me fiscally," Morris said before the vote.
He contended that Issue 13 funds designated for economic development could be used to develop the site, and the city could maintain ownership. Morris said the sale amount was too little for that amount of property.
Giavasis said after the meeting that he agreed with Morris' assessment. It's a "big investment" to give away for $10,000, he added.
Other action
- City Council amended its health code to prohibit smoking in city-owned vehicles and within 30 feet of a public entrance to a city building. It also added vaping to the definition of smoking. Assistant Law Director Craig Chessler said it "redefines what smoking means" and modernizes the city code.
- Council also agreed to transfer city-owned property at 1839 Kimball Road SE, which is vacant, to the Canton Community Improvement Corporation. According to a memo from Economic Development Director Christopher Hardesty, the CCIC will convey the property to the adjacent property owner ― Selenium Properties LLC ― for use as a gravel, commercial storage lot.
Reach Kelly at 330-580-8323 or kelly.byer@cantonrep.comOn Twitter: @kbyerREP | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/canton/2023/05/09/canton-city-council-authorizes-sale-of-former-ford-property/70189238007/ | 2023-05-09T09:34:26 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/canton/2023/05/09/canton-city-council-authorizes-sale-of-former-ford-property/70189238007/ |
ATLANTA — Georgia is getting ready for the expected increase of migrants entering the U.S. along the southern border, who may then move to communities across the country.
On May 11, the temporary restrictions on immigration, which the federal government put in place under “Title 42” during the pandemic, will be lifted.
However, that doesn’t mean everyone who enters the U.S. starting Thursday will be able to stay in the U.S.
Only a portion of those seeking asylum will be granted asylum, and it could then take months for those granted asylum to obtain work permits and then travel to Georgia and other states.
That’s according to veteran Atlanta immigration attorney Charles Kuck, who says the initial video from the U.S.-Mexico border, beginning Thursday, will be dramatic.
“What will happen? You will see videos of lots of people coming to the border, thousands of them, because they've been lining up in Mexico for weeks in anticipation of the much built-up end of Title 42” restrictions, Kuck said Monday. “And we will see a massive surge because the one thing that nobody is talking about is, why are there so many people at the border all of a sudden? And it's because we have unprecedented levels of refugee crises in Latin America that we've never seen in our history. So, the migrants are not generally Mexicans coming in. These are from Central and South America, where crises in their own countries are compelling them to come forward.”
But with the end of the COVID restrictions, Kuck said, the U.S. will again be empowered to deport each migrant who does not qualify for asylum--under orders from the president.
“If you have an asylum hearing right away and you're denied,” Kuck said, “he's going to deport you back to your home country,” as the U.S. will begin enforcing federal laws which were suspended under the temporary Title 42.
“So the number of immigration detentions at the border is about to skyrocket, probably to unprecedented levels,” Kuck added, as asylum requests are processed.
Title 42 would simply just send people back across the border to Mexico,and many would simply come back seeking asylum the next day.
Beginning Thursday, Kuck said, “people will again start to be deported to their home countries. They’re going to deport you back to Peru, or they’re going to deport you back to Colombia. This enables that process. And that’s the message that needs to be delivered to those countries. Desiring a better life is not asylum. You will not be allowed to stay in the U.S. if just wanting a better life is why you’re coming to America.”
But Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is not so sure that’s how it will work, saying that state law enforcement is ready for criminals--not necessarily mere asylum seekers--to get through and then come to Georgia.
The lifting of the Title 42 restrictions, Kemp said Monday, “will have an impact across the country, Georgia included... from a risk in fentanyl to human trafficking.”
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has gone to court to try to stop the Biden Administration from lifting the immigration restrictions.
But Kuck said the proportion of criminals who manage to get through would be no greater than it is in the U.S. population as a whole; the vast majority, he said, will seek work permits. Approval of each work-permit application could take six months. But, he said, the sooner they can get to Georgia and go to work, the better.
It helps solve "a major problem for Georgia employers who have a desperate need of workers,” he said. “We have a massive employment crisis in Georgia, and we don't have enough bodies to do all the jobs that we're creating. So it's not necessarily a bad thing, but at the same time, Congress needs to step in and fix this issue. The only way to fix this issue is a better, legal, immigration system.”
Kuck expects that after Thursday, once the U.S. resumes deportations of new arrivals who are not granted asylum, the initial influx of new migrants will decrease rapidly within a few weeks. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/georgia-prepares-for-additional-migrants/85-9f0e3835-e53f-486e-8398-edc2b19bdd8b | 2023-05-09T09:43:24 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/georgia-prepares-for-additional-migrants/85-9f0e3835-e53f-486e-8398-edc2b19bdd8b |
I-465 on southwest side to close this summer. Here's where and how long.
INDIANAPOLIS — One direction of I-465 on Indianapolis' southwest side will be closed this summer in June and July to allow crews to continue work on the I-69 Finish Line project, according to the Indiana Department of Transportation. Only one direction of travel will be closed at a time.
Here's what you need to know.
I-465 Eastbound to be closed in June
From June 2-21, eastbound lanes of I-465 will be fully closed to traffic between I-65 and I-70. The detour for I-465 eastbound traffic will follow I-70 eastbound to I-65 southbound in the South Split. The following ramps will also be closed for the duration:
- I-70 east and westbound to I-465 westbound
- Kentucky Avenue/S.R. 67 to/from I-465 eastbound
- Mann Road to I-465 eastbound
- Harding Street/S.R. 37 to/from I-465 eastbound
- East Street/U.S. 31 to/from I-465 eastbound
I-465 Westbound to be closed July 7-29
From July 7-29, westbound lanes of I-465 will be fully closed to traffic between I-65 and I-70. The detour for I-465 westbound traffic will follow I-65 northbound to I-70 westbound in the South Split. The following ramps will be closed for the duration:
- I-65 northbound/southbound to I-465 westbound
- East Street/U.S. 31 to/from I-465 westbound
- Harding Street/S.R. 37 to/from I-465 westbound
- Kentucky Avenue/S.R. 67 to/from I-465 westbound
Why is INDOT closing parts of I-465?
INDOT plans to have the I-69 project, which connects Evansville to Indianapolis, completed by the end of next year. The project includes adding a travel lane in each direction to I-465, which will be completed during the June and July closures.
Additional work includes bridge and structure work, installing drainage structures, and grading for the new I-69/I-465 interchange. Hundreds of construction workers will be actively working on-site 24/7 during each closure.
Are other on ramps closed on I-465?
The southbound U.S. 31 (East Street) ramp to I-465 westbound that is currently closed will remain closed through late 2024.
Where can I get more information about the I-69 Finish Line project?
Stay up to date on all project news and information by texting “INDOT FINISH” to “468311” or sign up for email alerts. For visitors traveling to or through Indianapolis, advanced signage will be placed around Central Indiana informing motorists of the upcoming I-465 closures. | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2023/05/09/route-to-indy-from-bloomington-to-be-complicated-by-i-465-closures/70195561007/ | 2023-05-09T09:54:44 | 1 | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2023/05/09/route-to-indy-from-bloomington-to-be-complicated-by-i-465-closures/70195561007/ |
Help needed at Escape from Wonderland, All-Options and Best Buddies leadership conference
The City of Bloomington Volunteer Network is your source for information about volunteering locally. For a complete listing, visit BloomingtonVolunteerNetwork.org or call 812-349-3433. The inclusion of an organization in this list does not imply City endorsement or support of the organization’s activities or policies. Information and registration information for the following opportunities can be found online at BloomingtonVolunteerNetwork.org.
Escape from Wonderland
Volunteers 16 years and older are needed to help Bloomington Parks and Recreation with the upcoming Escape from Wonderland event. This exciting event presents the community a chance to join together to solve mysteries, riddles and puzzles in order to “escape from Wonderland.” Multiple two- or three-hour shifts are available on June 3, 4 and 10 in Lower Cascades Park. Volunteer duties include assisting groups through the events. Assisting with setting up challenges and resetting them between groups, group check-in and other event aspects as necessary. Volunteers under the age of 18 must have an Underage Waiver of Liability signed by a parent or guardian. Learn more, download a waiver and sign up for a shift at https://tinyurl.com/wonderland-volunteers. For additional questions, contact Bill Ream at reamw@bloomington.in.gov.
All-Options diaper distribution volunteer
All-Options Pregnancy Resource Center is a program of All-Options, a national nonprofit organization that has been creating space for people to find unconditional and judgment-free support since 2004. The Hoosier Diaper Program (HDP) provides diapers, wipes and other essential supplies to local families. Diapers are distributed contact-free (curbside) every Wednesday from noon to 7 p.m. via the All-Options Pregnancy Resource Center (AOPRC) at 1014 S. Walnut St. All Options follows CDC guidelines and health and safety precautions (masking, sanitizing, distancing) when working physically in the center. Typically, a volunteer with HDP would have 5-10 hours of work each month. A typical shift would involve packing up diaper and supply kits for clients and helping keep the shelves stocked. To learn more about this opportunity and sign up visit https://tinyurl.com/diaper-distribution-volunteer. For additional questions, contact Jessica Marchbank, state programs manager, at 812-558-0089, ext. 2, or info@alloptionsprc.org.
Best Buddies International Leadership Conference 2023
Best Buddies Leadership Conference (BBLC) unites Best Buddies leaders, volunteers, and community advocates from around the globe to connect, engage and lead our inclusive movement. BBLC needs 90-100 volunteers to join them at Indiana University in Bloomington, July 21-24 from approximately 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Volunteers will be serving as speech coaches, working with 2-3 individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, who come to the conference with a speech, or at least an outline, and then work to help these individuals perfect and deliver their speeches by the end of the weekend. Volunteers will need to commit to the entire weekend. Anyone involved in academia, studying to be a teacher, or anyone pursuing a field in the disability arena would be an ideal match for this opportunity. Learn more at https://tinyurl.com/best-buddies-volunteers. For more questions, contact kathydirusso@bestbuddies.org.
Community Wish List Spotlight
Monroe County United Ministries' Wish List
Monroe County United Ministries is open to all who need their assistance in Monroe Country. Through their programs, they seek to serve children, their families and individuals who are in need of affordable childcare, basic needs assistance, financial support and more.
Donations: Donations can be made at 827 W. 14th Court, Bloomington, IN 47404. Staff members are on-site Monday-Friday from noon to 4 p.m. to assist in collecting donations through a contact-less drop-off. When you arrive, please call: 812-339-3429, ext. 14, 15 or 16.
For more information contact: Mary Jean Holwager at 812-339-3429 or mjholwager@mcum.org
Featured Wishes: canned fruit, Mac N' Cheese, Helper Meals, peanut butter, crackers, paper towels, All-purpose cleaners/wipes, diapers, dish soap, grocery bags, markets, construction paper and more.
View their complete Wish List online at: https://tinyurl.com/wish-list-needs
You can find current in-kind, material needs on the year-round Community Wish List at bloomingtonvolunteernetwork.org/communitywishlist. | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2023/05/09/volunteers-needed-escape-from-wonderland-all-options-best-buddies/70184840007/ | 2023-05-09T09:54:50 | 0 | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2023/05/09/volunteers-needed-escape-from-wonderland-all-options-best-buddies/70184840007/ |
Despite Oct. 2022 'groundbreaking,' state health lab lot still empty. When will construction start?
The new health lab will replace the current lab built in the 1970s on Orms Street
PROVIDENCE − For the past six months, through rain and shine, snow and sleet, a sign at the corner of Clifford and Richmond streets in Providence's Jewelry District has pronounced the empty grass-covered lot as the future home of a building housing the state's new health lab.
State leaders gathered for the ceremonial groundbreaking at the lot in October 2022 and shoveled sand brought in for the occasion.
But now it's May, and work still hasn't started.
When will construction start?
Construction on the lab building could start as soon as mid-June, Ancora L&G CEO Josh Parker wrote in an email. Ancora L&G is developing the project, after winning a bid from the state. It is a partnership between Legal & General Capital, a United Kingdom-based investment group, and Ancora, a North Carolina-based real estate firm.
The lab should be completed by the second quarter of 2025, while the tenants could start working in the building by the third quarter of 2025.
"We are in the process of obtaining final permits," he wrote in the email.
The new state health lab:New State Health Lab would go in $165 million Jewelry District building
What will be in the building?
The $165-million building will include private laboratory space, and Brown University has agreed to be one of the tenants, securing 20,000 square feet.
The 212,000-square-foot building will be located in a vacant lot at Richmond and Clifford streets, where the state Department of Health asked for it in 2021. State lawmakers then insisted on going through a bidding process to look at other potential locations, before settling on the same location.
Under the current plans, the state would own the 80,000-square-foot State Health Lab in a condominium arrangement while Ancora L&G owns the rest of the building. The state will use an $81.7 million grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to pay for construction of the Health Lab part of the building, which will be on the second and third floors of the seven-story building.
Rhode Island public health officials have been clamoring to replace their run-down 1970s health lab on Orms Street since the onset of the COVID pandemic, saying the building is outdated and limited their ability to respond to the coronavirus.
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Providence Journal reporter Patrick Anderson contributed to this report. Reach reporter Wheeler Cowperthwaite at wcowperthwaite@providencejournal.com or follow him on Twitter @WheelerReporter. | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2023/05/09/ri-state-health-lab-building-could-start-construction-in-mid-june-2023/70189045007/ | 2023-05-09T09:57:29 | 1 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2023/05/09/ri-state-health-lab-building-could-start-construction-in-mid-june-2023/70189045007/ |
From on the run to the '401 Run': Ohio sanctuary readies to receive Warwick wolf dogs
Once thought to be coyotes, now believed to be part wolf, Warwick's Bella and Libby will soon head to Ohio sanctuary
Volunteers at the Red Riding Hood Rescue Project, a wolf-dog sanctuary in Ohio, spent Saturday digging, hammering and building a home for a pair of soon-to-arrive residents from Rhode Island.
It will be called the "401 Run" as a tribute to apparent wolf dogs Bella and Libby and the people of Rhode Island who've supported their rescue efforts, donating money to transport the animals and build the run, said Susan Vogt, co-founder and board president of the rescue.
Initially believed to be black coyotes, Bella and Libby induced fascination, and some fear, when they were spotted roaming Warwick over several days in April. Warwick Mayor Frank Picozzi posted to social media, advising residents to keep their distance.
As it turns out, the pair had been kept as pets, and their owner told officials they were wolf hybrids, which are illegal in Rhode Island. Now kept at the Warwick Animal Shelter, they will soon join 18 wolf dogs at the 20-acre Ohio facility, which opened 15 months ago.
"We had hoped to be at eight animals at this point, and they keep showing up," Vogt said.
Wolf-dog hybrids a growing problem
Finding proper homes for wolf dogs can be a challenge. There are an estimated 250,000 to 500,000 wolf dogs in the United States, according to Mission: Wolf, a Colorado sanctuary. Experts say many of them are traumatized, having been kept in unfit conditions.
A combination of unethical breeding and owners with bad intentions or ignorant of wolf dogs' challenges has left sanctuaries like Vogt's trying to heal the dogs and give them better lives, experts say.
In separate cases earlier this year, Rhode Island rescuers found new homes for two wolf dogs that had been in the state illegally. One dog was adopted by an experienced owner in Vermont; another was sent to live in a sanctuary in Kansas.
The sanctuary in Middletown, Ohio, was full, or so Vogt thought, when Warwick Animal Shelter Director Ann Corvin called her about taking Bella and Libby. After Corvin made her pitch, the sanctuary decided, "Let's build. It costs money, but we can build," Vogt said.
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Their new home will meet U.S Department of Agriculture standards and include a doghouse, 8-foot tall fence, dig guards, sun shades and a pool. The enclosure will be 100 feet by 30 feet.
"We like it to be long enough so they can run," Vogt said.
Bella and Libby face an uphill battle, but could be adopted
DNA tests haven't come back, but Vogt says Bella and Libby, believed to be about six months old, look and act like they're part wolf. They'll be kept together, separate from the other wolf dogs, at least initially, she said. They will need a lot of work. "They're not socialized. They're not animals you can just walk up to and touch," Vogt said.
In Rhode Island, Corvin has already started trying to socialize the dogs, according to Vogt. That work will continue in Ohio. They will probably need a lot of time to decompress, adapt to their new surroundings and develop trust, Vogt said.
Walking them on a leash with other wolf dogs would mark a significant milestone, Vogt said.
"It's a very slow process," she said.
If that goes well, Bella and Libby could be adopted, but the adopter would have to meet stringent requirements, Vogt said. For example, they would need to live in a state where it's legal to own wolf-dog hybrids, have experience with wolf dogs or northern breed dogs, own their own home and have a secure outside run.
More:How RI's wolf-dog hybrid will help bring magic to Kansas veterans
"We promise a lifetime of care if they aren’t adoptable," the Red Riding Hood Rescue Project says on its Facebook page.
Vogt estimates it will cost $8,000 to build the run and bring Bella and Libby to Ohio. She won't say when they're due to arrive but noted on Friday, "We're working fast this weekend."
The all-volunteer, nonprofit sanctuary has raised about $5,200 so far, most of it from Rhode Islanders. One way they're raising money is by selling T-shirts displaying an image of Bella and Libby with the words "I GOT THE '401 GIRLS' TO THE RED." Rhode Island photographer Scott Manne snapped the photo they're using.
Even if Bella and Libby are eventually adopted and moved from the sanctuary, the "401 Run" title will remain on the pen. Vogt, impressed by the way Rhode Islanders have supported the animals, said, "It's a sign of a tremendous community of love." | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2023/05/09/warwick-wolf-dogs-mistaken-for-coyotes-going-to-ohio-red-riding-hood-rescue/70187401007/ | 2023-05-09T09:57:35 | 0 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2023/05/09/warwick-wolf-dogs-mistaken-for-coyotes-going-to-ohio-red-riding-hood-rescue/70187401007/ |
Gun sales and ownership have been hotly debated topics in the U.S. for decades, with many interested parties vying to be heard. The 1994 federal assault weapons ban was vigorously lobbied against by the National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups, which argued that the legislation violated the Second Amendment. When the ban expired in 2004, it was not renewed by Congress.
Since its expiry, many studies have been conducted about the impact the assault weapons ban had on both gun commerce and incidents of gun-related deaths. One of the most cited was a study conducted by researchers at New York University, showing that mass shooting related homicides went down while the ban was in effect. Many have called for a new ban to be enacted, but no legislation has currently been proposed.
In a post-1994 ban world, gun commerce has increased in the U.S. during the last decade by all metrics. There are more active federal firearm licenses, National Firearms Act taxpayers, and a marked increase in the number of National Firearms Act manufacturers and dealers.
Stacker analyzed data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearmsand Explosives to determine how gun commerce has changed in Iowa since 2010.
Keep reading to see how gun commerce has changed in your state in the last decade.
Iowa gun commerce by the numbers
- 8.1% increase in federal firearms licenses from 2010-2020
--- From 1,844 licenses in 2010 to 1,994 in 2020
- 1,169.6% increase in total National Firearm Act taxpayers from 2010-2020
--- From 23 taxpayers in 2010 to 292 in 2020
- 1,954.5% increase in National Firearm Act dealer taxpayers from 2010-2020
--- From 11 dealer taxpayers in 2010 to 226 in 2020 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-arrested-for-gun-and-drug-charges-following-domestic-disturbance/article_37050eb6-70dd-5b54-97e8-618c7fc492f3.html | 2023-05-09T10:01:56 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-arrested-for-gun-and-drug-charges-following-domestic-disturbance/article_37050eb6-70dd-5b54-97e8-618c7fc492f3.html |
Maybe you’re looking for your first lawnmower or it’s time for an upgrade.
Whatever the case, Consumer Reports experts put dozens to the test to find the cream of the crop when it comes to performance and your budget.
In February, Consumer Reports experts left the snowy northeast to visit Florida... (for work, of course!)
Every mower goes through a series of tests. From how evenly the grass is trimmed, to how easy the mowers are to operate. Testers use the mowers in all the cutting modes – side discharge, bagging and mulching – to see how well they work and to make sure you’re getting what you pay for whether it’s a traditional gas-powered mower, or newer battery-powered technology that keeps getting better and cheaper.
“We’re seeing more and more battery powered mowers coming on the market that are at a lower price point but manage to compete in terms of performance with the better ones,” said Misha Kollontai with Consumer Reports.
The Greenworks MO80L421 self-propelled battery mower (recently marked down to $499 at Best Buy) earns top scores for evenness, mulching, and handling.
You’ll lose some bagging performance but save hundreds with this Green Machine GMSM6200 self-propelled battery mower (recently marked down to $381.65 at The Home Depot) which also offers very good mulching.
If you’ve got a smaller lawn or aren’t as concerned with recharge times, consider the Skil PM4910-10 battery push mower ($249 at Lowe’s) which delivers excellent cutting performance and mulching.
A final tip: Consumer Reports said unless you need to bag your clippings, mulching is actually better for your lawn because the clippings deliver nutrients, which means you can use less fertilizer and save water, too. Plus, you won’t have to dispose of all those clippings.
Not sure if a battery powered mower is right for you? Click HERE to use Consumer Reports’ gas versus battery mower comparison tool. You can adjust the chart based on the time it takes to mow your lawn, the cost of gas, and what type of mower you intend to buy.
Consumer Reports Tips for a Healthier Lawn
If you want more tips on maintaining a healthier lawn, the video below shares Consumer Report’s expert advice on keeping your grass lush and your mower in great shape, too. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/05/09/top-tested-lawnmowers-gas-vs-electric/ | 2023-05-09T10:17:10 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/05/09/top-tested-lawnmowers-gas-vs-electric/ |
Recent wind, hail storms cause mass mango fallout in Florida
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The extreme thunderous storms that battered Brevard last month shook loose a third or more of Okie LoPresti's mangos on Merritt Island.
Other Brevard residents lost trees to hail, or saw mangos prematurely drop due to the drought that preceded that stretch of unusual weather.
The falling fruit has caused thousands in losses for some and left others hunting for ideas on what to do with so many green mangos: maybe a mango pickle, a sugar vinegar, or eat them raw with salt and chili powder.
"They just act like pendulums in that wind," said LoPresti, owner of Nick’s Island Tropical Fruit on Merritt Island. "Eventually, it knocks everything off."
LoPresti estimates $3,000 to $5,000 in losses.
"When you have 25,000 on the ground, you can't really do a whole lot with them. We try to sell some of them," he said. "We still have the July storms to come."
Sally Scalera, urban horticulture agent at the Brevard Extension Service in Cocoa, said she'd heard about prematurely falling mangos even earlier due to the drought and then others whose whole trees were destroyed by hail.
The winds and hail taught many in Brevard that they have lots to learn about these trees in their backyards. For one, both "mangos" and "mangoes" are correct spellings. Secondly, there's plenty that can be done to keep your mango from going to waste.
"Yes , unfortunately we all lost so many mangoes this year," Lucia Chankersingh, treasurer of the Brevard Tropical Fruit Club, said via email. "I personally have peeled and cut up about 10 quart bags of young green mangoes. We make mango chutney, pepper sauce and kuchela (Trinidadian condiments) with it."
The club has about 300 members, many of who find creative ways of making use of greener mangos.
"Our members from different Asian countries make green mango pickles or eat them raw with salt and chili powder. You can also add pieces to fish curries etc.," Chankersingh added. "There are lots of recipes online for using young green mangoes. They also store well in the freezer to use throughout the year. Last but not least you can compost them or sell them on marketplace."
Research shows mangos have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer properties.
If mangos make it about half way to ripe, they continue to ripen after they fall. Before that, they'll tend to stay hard and green, LoPresti said.
"Try to eat it if you can," he said. "They may ripen up."
Jim Waymer is an environment reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Waymer at 321-261-5903 or jwaymer@floridatoday.com. Or find him on Twitter: @JWayEnviro or on Facebook: www.facebook.com/jim.waymer | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2023/05/09/wind-hail-in-brevard-shook-countless-mangos-loose-what-to-do-now-green/70194148007/ | 2023-05-09T10:19:29 | 0 | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2023/05/09/wind-hail-in-brevard-shook-countless-mangos-loose-what-to-do-now-green/70194148007/ |
What to Know
- Two teenage boys were killed in a gruesome late-night crash allegedly caused by a wrong-way intoxicated driver in Jericho.
- The accident happened on North Broadway, according to Nassau County police, who claim Amandeep Singh, 34, was driving southbound in the northbound lanes in a Dodge Ram when he struck a sedan carrying the four teens.
- Two boys, Drew Hassenbein and Ethan Falkowitz, both 14, died at the scene, while the other boys, 16 and 17, were hospitalized with internal injuries.
A Long Island courtroom was packed full of people as an alleged drunk driver faced a judge following his arrest in a deadly wrong way crash that took the lives of two teen boys.
Drew Hassenbein and Ethan Falkowitz, both 14, were laid to rest over the weekend, and their families, friends and classmates all showed up to the courthouse in Mineola in a show of solidarity. Hundreds showed up to support the families of the two teens who died in the crash that happened on North Broadway in Jericho just before 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Nassau County police said Amandeep Singh, 34, was driving southbound in the northbound lanes in a Dodge Ram when he struck the Alfa Romeo sedan carrying four teens. Hassenbein and Falkowitz died as a result of the crash; their other two friends in the car, a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old, survived and were recovering at home.
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"What happened was awful, we just want them to know we support what's happening and we really want this guy to be put away," said 10-grade student Riley Danbusky.
According to to prosecutors, Singh was driving drunk when the crash occurred and tried to run from the scene. He is facing charges of aggravated vehicular homicide, vehicular manslaughter, DWI and assault. Prosecutors have alleged that Singh fled the scene of the accident and was found hiding in a nearby parking lot, only to subsequently claim he hadn't been driving the vehicle.
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"He fled from the scene, and if he's let out on no matter how much bail, he could leave the country. We can't let that happen," said Brian Meyerson, a trustee of the Village of East Hills. "We are a community. We have been to two funerals this weekend, and it was the most horrific thing to listen to. We heard the family speak, we heard children speak — that absolutely could have been avoided, drunk driving has to stop."
Prosecutors previously told the judge that Singh had a prior DWI before the crash that killed the two teens. Singh allegedly blew a 0.18 on his breathalyzer test, double the legal limit.
Singh's attorney on Monday didn't ask for his client to be released on bail, saying it's something they are still considering.
"We certainly do not expect that bail will be granted, and we'll pursue whatever alternative measures we can to sucure bail," said defense attorney James Kousouros.
Singh's attorney previously told a judge that his client is married, has young children and a network of support from family. Singh's next court date is scheduled for June 6, and the same friends and family vowed Monday to return on every court date to make sure the judge knows how serious they are about Singh not being bailed out.
Hassenbein was a nationally ranked and highly touted tennis player, who starred on the local high school's varsity team despite only being in middle school. Falkowitz was a star of that varsity team as well. The four boys in the car were apparently headed home after a dinner to celebrate victory in a tennis competition.
Meanwhile, Jay Harris, tennis coach for Hassenbein and Falkowitz, called the two young boys "amazing guys" and "best friends" who started playing tennis when they were merely 5 years old until becoming part of the varsity team as eighth graders. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/alleged-drunk-driver-in-li-crash-that-killed-2-teens-faces-judge-hundreds-pack-court/4316286/ | 2023-05-09T10:24:21 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/alleged-drunk-driver-in-li-crash-that-killed-2-teens-faces-judge-hundreds-pack-court/4316286/ |
Bad behavior at school is leading to an alarming surge in students getting suspended in a New Jersey city, and the superintendent thinks social media is partly to blame for the rise in violence.
The dramatic rise in the number of students suspended in Jersey City moved a substitute teacher for the district to tears.
"Honestly how much can I do, me being compared to everybody," said teacher Obina Onuchukwu. "I don't feel like kids should be labeled so young, it doesn't make sense to me, they're still growing up."
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Leaders in the city are determined to reverse the trend that's only gotten worse as the school year has progressed, evidenced by student suspensions up 140 percent since September. In the month of March alone, nearly 500 students were suspended districtwide. The most serious out-of-school suspensions for disruptive behavior and fighting also more than doubled.
"Imagine how they feel if they're all getting suspended, all getting into fights. How their ego would say 'Oh, I'm a bad kid,'" Onuchukwu said.
Jersey City's superintendent has placed some of the blame on social media, saying in a statement: "online platforms that glorify fighting, and aggressive verbal altercations, have become very popular and have influenced many children’s behaviors."
Mental health professionals say acting out in school is a concern that goes well beyond Jersey City, though.
"Modeling has taken on a whole new concept since we had the internet, and you're seeing a tremendous amount of violence on the internet, all kinds of things on TikTok...that could account for some of the violence you see, some of the acting out behavior," said psychologist Dr. Harris Stratyner.
At Snyder High school, 104 suspensions were recorded in March, in a school with only 739 students. Some teachers have said they're trying to break the cycle by going back to basics:
"I'm not doing anything different, I just talk to them," Onuchukwu said.
There are also concerns that students are still suffering the effects of COVID shutdowns and disruptions. Jersey City has now opened four mental health clinics in the high schools and they started Project Resilience, a trauma support system for students. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/fights-and-suspensions-have-surged-in-jersey-city-schools-is-social-media-to-blame/4316377/ | 2023-05-09T10:24:27 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/fights-and-suspensions-have-surged-in-jersey-city-schools-is-social-media-to-blame/4316377/ |
The stoke level is predicted to be high for the World Tour Paddling Film Festival.
Not only will festival-goers get to watch a variety of paddle-related films featuring kayaks, rafts, canoes and fishing guides, they will also have the chance to participate in a community paddle, win raffle prizes and score some good deals at a gear swap.
The World Tour Paddling Film Festival is taking place at Curry Public Library in Gold Beach on Saturday, June 10 from 6 to 9 p.m. Hosted by Oregon Coast Visitors Association, this event brings the year's best paddling films to the South Coast.
Organizers said there will be an abundance of stoke and amazing films so it may get a little loud, and some may even shed a tear due to the nature of some of the meaningful films.
“We tried to make it really diverse. So it’s a nice variety of films,” said Dave Lacey, South Coast Tours owner and Oregon Coast Visitors Association representative.
The World Tour Paddling Film Festival has been showcasing the very best paddling films since 2006. It is designed to inspire those who watch the films to explore rivers, lakes and oceans, push extremes, appreciate wild places and fully embrace the paddling lifestyle.
"Paddle enthusiasts are invited to take to the water before they go to the film festival."
Paddle people can gather together and meet new friends while getting out on the Rogue River. This will be a non guided paddle with like minded paddlers. The community paddle will start at the Port of Gold Beach near the boat launch and restrooms at 10 a.m.
“It’s a cool way for people who may have just moved here, or don’t know many people, to make some new friends. Then they have paddle buddies,” Lacey said.
“It can also help people become more confident when they paddle in places where they haven’t been before,” he said.
After the community paddle, a portion of the Port of Gold Beach parking lot will be designated for a gear swap.
“Anybody who wants to sell or trade gear will have a place to set up. People can do some trades, or find some good deals on stuff,” Lacey said.
After that, doors open at the public library at 5:30. There will be catered food, and Arch Rock beer. The movies start at 6 p.m. and will feature two and a half hours of short films. They range from five minutes to twenty-some minutes.
The World Tour theatre screenings are happening in more than 135 cities around the world.
Halfway through the film festival in Gold Beach, everyone will take a short break to participate in a raffle.
“We have some amazing raffle prizes this year, from $1,000 worth of heavy equipment work to stays at lodges to a ride on Jerry’s Jet Boats,” Lacey said.
“We are giving away a kayak and life jackets and safety kits. And giving out free stuff between every movie. It’s going to be a lot of fun,” he said.
Proceeds from ticket sales and raffles will go to The Ascend Program – a school enrichment program in Curry County.
“They do really fun stuff with kids, from surfing to going to the park. They also have junior lifeguard program with Curry County Aquatic Safety,” Lacey said.
The Film Festival Screening is $10 and will take place at the Curry Public Library, 94341 3rd St. in Gold Beach.
Tickets for the Paddling Film Festival World Tour are available through EventBrite. Paper tickets will also be available at Chetco Brewing in Brookings, First Chapter Coffee House in Gold Beach and Pineapple Express in Port Orford.
There is no cost to participate in the morning community paddle on the Rogue River at the new paddle launch in the harbor of the Port of Gold Beach (10 a.m. to noon) or the Gear Swap (12:30 to 2 p.m.) Anyone interested in renting a kayak can call South Coast Tours at 541-373-0487. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/world-tour-paddling-film-festival-coming-to-the-south-coast/article_6aa9e35c-edc4-11ed-a6c3-cba28d60c955.html | 2023-05-09T10:35:29 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/world-tour-paddling-film-festival-coming-to-the-south-coast/article_6aa9e35c-edc4-11ed-a6c3-cba28d60c955.html |
How Time Flies is a daily feature looking back at Pantagraph archives to revisit what was happening in our community and region.
100 years ago
May 9, 1923: The pea fields of Dickinson and Co. are looking fine, and a large crop is expected. The company owns two large canning factories, one in Eureka and one in Washington, and they have out about 1,000 acres of peas. A large force of hands will be needed to handle the crop, many women being employed during the canning season.
75 years ago
May 9, 1948: Plans for the Sixth Annual Society Horse Show were discussed at the annual family night dinner of the Bloomington Shrine Club at the Scottish Rite Temple dining room. The show will be held this year at the Farm Bureau field on Saturday and Sunday, June 19 and 20, and will be conducted by the McLean County Horseman's Association, although it is sponsored by the Shriners. Proceeds will go to the children's hospitals.
50 years ago
May 9, 1973: A memorial fund has been established for Lawrence "Larry" Bitcon, the former Illinois State University head coach who was killed last week in an automobile accident near Monmouth. The fund was set up at First National Bank of Normal by Jerry Foster, a close friend of the Bitcons, after consultation with Mrs. Bitcon. She lives in Galesburg, where Larry Bitcon operated a beverage distributorship after he left ISU following the 1971-72 school year.
25 years ago
May 9, 1998: Illinois Wesleyan University officials announced that Beer Nuts magnate Russell Shirk would contribute $750,000 as the lead gift to build a new baseball field. The Shirk family previously gave the cornerstone gift for the university's Shirk Center. It is to be named after 1936 graduate Jack Horenberger, who served on the IWU faculty for 38 years and coached baseball from 1942-81.
101 years ago: See vintage Pantagraph ads from 1922
Gerthart's
Union Gas and Electric Co.
Hoover
Dr. J.A. Moore Dentists
Moberly & Klenner
W.P. Garretson
W.H. Roland
Pease's Candy
Thor 32 Electric Washing Machine
The Kaiser's Story of the War
Ike Livingston & Sons
Gossard Corsets
Cat'n Fiddle
'Stolen Moments'
Case Model X
The Johnson Transfer & Fuel Co.
The Pantagraph want ads
Franklin Motor Car Co.
'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'
Calumet Baking Powder
Mayer Livingston & Co. Newsmarket
'The Emperor Jones'
'California Fig Syrup'
Compiled by Pantagraph staff | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/100-years-ago-large-pea-crop-expected-from-eureka-washington/article_dbf8fdb8-e496-11ed-9d75-87ebd5269ef9.html | 2023-05-09T11:02:56 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/100-years-ago-large-pea-crop-expected-from-eureka-washington/article_dbf8fdb8-e496-11ed-9d75-87ebd5269ef9.html |
ROANOKE, Va. – Happy Tuesday! Check out the Morning Sprint for heart-felt stories and the trending news of the day.
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- Q99 announces the lucky group of high school students that will get to perform live on stage with the rock band Foreigner
- Group of students celebrates educator during Teacher Appreciation Week
- New BBQ joint starts out strong in Roanoke’s downtown
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Want to know more about the Morning Sprint? Leave us a question using the form below: | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/09/coming-up-find-out-which-local-school-gets-to-perform-with-rock-band-foreigner-the-morning-sprint/ | 2023-05-09T11:11:19 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/09/coming-up-find-out-which-local-school-gets-to-perform-with-rock-band-foreigner-the-morning-sprint/ |
BRADFORD COUNTY, Pa. — Herrick Township Fire Department responded to a fire at CC Allis & Sons late Monday evening.
Dispatchers sent at least a dozen departments to the lumberyard in Bradford County. Crews say nobody was working on site at the time, but the building was destroyed.
Investigators say there was another fire at the facility earlier in the day, but no crews were sent out.
The Herrick Township fire chief called the fire in Bradford County accidental.
See news happening? Text our Newstip Hotline. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/bradford-county/200-year-old-family-business-goes-up-in-flames-in-bradford-county-fire/523-76f200a9-3481-467a-8fc6-f32d3b3f2857 | 2023-05-09T11:18:10 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/bradford-county/200-year-old-family-business-goes-up-in-flames-in-bradford-county-fire/523-76f200a9-3481-467a-8fc6-f32d3b3f2857 |
DULUTH — After 28 years at the Lake Superior College campus, Creation Station Child Care has closed. The preschool’s lease was not renewed because the college needs to build additional classrooms in the child care center’s location.
Julie Walker, who owns and directs Creation Station with her husband, Bernie, said she found out in December that the preschool’s three-year contract had not been renewed. Since then, they operated the preschool at less-than-full capacity to prepare for closing.
“The impact on the college, I think it could be very detrimental,” Walker said. “Almost every one of my families — probably 70% of my families — were students here with young children.”
Patricia Rogers, president of Lake Superior College, said she’s disappointed that the college couldn’t renew Creation Station’s contract, but there was no other option. The manufacturing programs are located in leased space downtown, but the building was recently sold to the Human Development Center. The college has until June 2024 to move the welding, computer-aided design and computerized numerical control programs back to the main LSC campus on Trinity Road.
The only feasible place on campus to build space for the programs is the preschool’s location, according to architects following state building requirements.
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“We looked at several options elsewhere on campus for the child care center, but due to the requirements of their licensure — separate entrances, safety features, restrooms — we are unable to relocate them in our existing building,” Rogers said.
Rogers said there isn’t enough space or money to add a new child care space in the construction plans because the college is using its own funding and the move is coming sooner than anticipated. The construction will already cost several million dollars, Rogers said, and Creation Station was simply leasing the building space from them.
“It’s one of those things that’s just kind of an unfortunate series of events that just are cascading as we can’t stay in the downtown center anymore,” Rogers said. “I love having the child care center on campus — I absolutely love it — but now here we are in this situation, so …”
Creation Station was licensed for 24 preschool-age children. Walker said she’d get calls daily to see if she had room to take another child, which she didn’t. Since January, they'd capped enrollment at 16 to prepare for closing. Clients included LSC students, faculty and other Duluth residents.
“Our center isn’t just a place where we take care of children,” Walker said. “Both my husband and I are state-licensed teachers. I actually have a master’s degree. So the curriculum that we provided, in the words of some of my special ed and speech teachers, is probably — or was, now — the best in town as far as an all-around curriculum to prepare children for kindergarten.”
Rogers said because the preschool was not a drop-off child care provider, and instead had a set number of enrolled clients, she doesn’t expect the preschool’s closing to greatly impact the college’s student enrollment.
Walker said she wasn’t necessarily surprised by the news that Creation Station’s contract wasn’t renewed. There was over a decade of “limbo” where the preschool operated without a formal contract, and the Walkers knew their leased space would eventually be needed for the manufacturing programs. However, Walker wishes there had been more direct communication with the college’s administration about it.
“I knew it was coming, but I was hoping for another three years because that would’ve put me a little closer to retirement age,” Walker said.
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Instead, Julie and Bernie Walker have sold all the furniture, toys, books and equipment from Creation Station to other area child care providers. The Walkers have taken on teaching positions at Congdon Creek Preschool.
Walker said the support they’ve had from parents, faculty and other teachers has been great as they rallied behind Creation Station.
The preschool closed its doors to children at the end of April, and is in the process of fully moving out of the college this month. | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/preschool-on-lake-superior-college-campus-closes-after-28-years | 2023-05-09T11:28:37 | 0 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/preschool-on-lake-superior-college-campus-closes-after-28-years |
LANCASTER, Pa. — A beloved Lancaster restaurant closed its doors in April, but its fans will soon have a chance to claim a piece of it for themselves.
Max's Eatery closed its West King Street doors for the final time on April 23. Now, its equipment, décor and fixtures will be auctioned off online.
PCI Auction Group is facilitating the sale. Those who wish to browse the objects for sale can do so at PCI's warehouse, located at 141 W. End Dr., Manheim, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 11.
The auction is open for previewing and bidding now and will close on Thursday, May 11 at 8 p.m. Bidders can see pictures of the merchandise and make offers online.
Everything from plates to commercial ovens to wall decorations are on sale.
"These items are all in excellent condition, having been maintained regularly by Max's Eatery staff throughout their five-year run," PCI Group said.
The diner, famous for its boozy milkshakes, tater tot side orders and menu items like the "Quick Cluck" chicken sandwich, had been open on the first block of West King Street since 2018.
For those who are more interested in Max's eats than its innards, the restaurant's second location at 600 Richmond Dr., Lancaster, is still open. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/maxs-eatery-selling-equipment-decor-online-auction/521-b4b3c015-abc5-4b5a-b643-cc078fb750d3 | 2023-05-09T11:29:49 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/maxs-eatery-selling-equipment-decor-online-auction/521-b4b3c015-abc5-4b5a-b643-cc078fb750d3 |
ABSECON — Local officials hope new regulations on hotel and motel occupancy limits in the city will prevent them from becoming crime hotspots, but it appears several business owners weren’t aware a change was looming.
Under the new restrictions approved unanimously by City Council on April 20, no one is permitted to remain in a hotel unit for more than 14 consecutive days or 14 days within 30 days. That stay also may not be extended by moving into another room at the same facility.
“Rather than providing some of our state’s most vulnerable residents with mental health services they desperately need, social services has been warehousing people in our motels, which has led to an unacceptable increase in violent crime,” City Council President Nick LaRotonda said in a statement.
LaRotonda said the city is working with social service and nonprofit agencies to address concerns about tenants needing a form of affordable shelter, but he wouldn’t elaborate further, saying much of that effort is still being worked on.
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The new law appears to be intended to keep crime from breeding at a stretch of motels on the White Horse Pike’s eastbound side, just outside Atlantic City.
“My thought is trying to help the people that need special attention, the motel owners, the residents and our community and police safety community,” Councilman-at-Large Steve Light said.
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In late March, authorities staging an investigation at multiple hotels along the highway arrested 11 people within 72 hours, charging them with drug-related offenses after officers seized narcotics including methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin. Among those arrested was a person previously charged with aggravated assault against a 2-month-old child who failed to appear in court.
In announcing those arrests, police said the motels along the pike have become a hotspot for criminal activity, describing them as “safe havens for those wanted by law enforcement.”
The city is not the only Atlantic County municipality that has dealt with a motel crime problem.
In 2021, Egg Harbor Township approved the demolition of four motels in its West Atlantic City section, citing a need to improve the entryway to Atlantic City and the Downbeach towns. Some people using them, however, found themselves in the distressing position of not immediately being able to find new shelter.
Egg Harbor Township’s motels also had been associated with crime, perhaps most notably the discovery of four dead sex workers behind the Golden Key Motel in November 2006. Their murders were never solved.
Transient occupancy limits were not included in Absecon’s city code before council approved the additions April 20, the ordinance states.
OCEAN CITY — City officials have ruled the Seaspray condominium at 34th Street and Bay Avenu…
Several employees working at the Absecon motels Thursday said they were unaware the governing body had moved to revise its municipal code to include 14-day occupancy limits.
The city is preparing to mail copies of the ordinance to the affected businesses, LaRotonda said, citing the City Clerk’s Office.
Under the rule, every hotel and motel within the city limits is required to keep a registry, identifying each person occupying their rooms, as well as their vehicle information. A copy of their identification must also be logged and made available for possible inspections by the city code enforcement officer.
“Absecon’s hotels and motels were never intended to become de facto apartment complexes, so this council took decisive action to protect our residents and alleviate the unfair burden being placed on our local schools, as well as our police, fire and emergency medical personnel,” LaRotonda’s statement said.
Fines for breaking the new rules range from $250 to $2,500, as well as 90 days in jail or community service for repeat violators at the court’s discretion and in default of payment of fines, the ordinance states.
Neighboring Galloway Township, which also has motels along its stretch of the White Horse Pike, passed a similar ordinance in recent years, LaRotonda said.
ABSECON — Eleven people were arrested within 72 hours for alleged drug activity within multi…
Galloway Councilman Tom Bassford said he isn’t aware of new concerns being brought to the governing body pertaining to the township’s hotel occupancy ordinance.
“I haven’t heard complaints from anybody,” Bassford said. “We haven’t had any problems recently that I’ve heard of.”
Absecon’s occupancy ordinance also relieves motel owners of issues with squatters’ rights, which are those that help guard tenants from eviction, LaRotonda said.
In New Jersey, those rights refer to laws that allow a squatter to use or inhabit another person’s property in the event that the lawful owner does not evict or take action against them, according to the American Apartment Owners Association. Pennsylvania and Delaware offer the same protections, the association says.
“Typically, squatters’ rights laws only apply if an individual has been illegitimately occupying a space for a specific period of time,” the association’s website states.
By having those rights in place, several of the motels’ owners said they would have to consult a judge to order a person off their property, which is why several already have independently crafted rules to prevent such things from happening. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/absecon-seeks-to-shorten-stays-at-its-motels-to-deter-crime/article_e9b0c334-e9f3-11ed-8c2e-877aac81aba1.html | 2023-05-09T11:32:58 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/absecon-seeks-to-shorten-stays-at-its-motels-to-deter-crime/article_e9b0c334-e9f3-11ed-8c2e-877aac81aba1.html |
A Holland-based documentary filmmaker has been visiting Cumberland County in recent years to uncover the history of Seabrook Farms, formerly the largest vegetable farm and frozen vegetable processing operation in the world during the 1950s.
Helga Merits, whose work focuses on refugees and dislocation after World War II, is making a film, “The Paradox of Seabrook Farms,” about the company that is not just based on its business success.
Merits is more interested in the fact that the global community was employed to do the farm production work. Seabrook employed 5,000 workers from 25 countries speaking 30 different languages.
“It (Seabrook Farms) shows how you deal with injustice,” said Merits, the documentary’s director. “How do you deal with it without getting depressed and embittered?”
“The Paradox of Seabrook Farms” will focus on the experiences of all the communities at Seabrook Farms, their histories, the ways they managed to cope and all that it took to succeed, Merits said.
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Among the most predominant of the employees were Japanese Americans and the little known Japanese Peruvians, who were released from U.S. internment camps starting in 1944 during World War II, and the Estonian and Latvian refugees from war-ravaged Europe, Merits said. African American migrant laborers from the Deep South escaping Jim Crow were also at Seabrook.
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Merits explained to the Board of Trustees of the Seabrook Educational and Cultural Center that her film will be about all the communities who lived and worked at Seabrook Farms. The members voted unanimously to endorse the making of the Seabrook film.
Merits, whose father was Estonian, was in this country in 2018 for a screening of her fifth documentary, “Coming Home Soon: The Refugee Children of Geislingen,” at the Boston Baltic Film Festival.
All the interviewees found themselves in the Geislingen refugee camp from 1945 to 1950 in the south of Germany. The camp became a small Estonia with a choir, hospital, newspapers, orchestra, post office, schools, theater, workshops and more.
After the screening in Boston, about 10 people approached Merits and told her they had a similar experience growing up in Seabrook. She decided to do a documentary about Seabrook after talking to these people.
Seabrook Farms was located in a village in Upper Deerfield Township in northern Cumberland County. The company and the village were named after the founder of the company, Charles Franklin Seabrook.
Merits, who is also the documentary’s producer, researcher and script writer, returned to the U.S. in September 2019 to do her first in-person interviews with Cumberland County people who knew about Seabrook.
Long known for its sweet corn, tomatoes and peaches, Cumberland County also is producing an …
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the borders of the U.S. were closed in 2020 through the summer of 2021. Merits tried to obtain a special visa to return to the U.S.
“I wrote President Biden. I heard nothing back,” Merits said.
Merits returned in May 2022 to Cumberland County. She interviewed African-Americans, Estonian-Americans and Japanese-Americans who worked at Seabrook, and the local community.
The Seabrook Farms company ceased to exist in 1959 when the company was sold off to Seeman Brothers. Many years later, C.F. Seabrook’s sons started a company that exists at a different location, 85 Finley Road, Upper Deerfield Township, and is titled Seabrook Brothers & Sons.
Last May, Merits was shown around the Seabrook Brothers & Sons plant and filmed fields, irrigation systems and spinach.
Merits made her third trip last month to Seabrook and Bridgeton to do interviews and filming for her documentary. She did a meet and greet April 22 at the Bridgeton Public Library, where she talked about her documentary, and people shared their family’s memories and mementos.
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“I came in contact with some people I didn’t know yet. I had not yet come in contact with the Polish community, but thanks to the meeting, I could interview two people from this community. But there were also people from the German community, Japanese and Estonian. So I was very happy with the meeting,” Merits said.
Bridgeton resident and Broadway and off-Broadway producer Robert Dragotta, the Cumberland County Historical Commission chairman, met Merits when she first visited in 2019. He offered his house as a place where she could talk to people who had experiences at Seabrook and were Cumberland County residents at some point. They met in his kitchen. He sat and listened.
“I didn’t realize how the U.S. government treated its Japanese citizens after Pearl Harbor,” Dragotta said. “I became interested in what Helga is doing.”
Dragotta, who produced a 1990 documentary titled “Encounters With Truth,” about Rajmohan Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, decided to team up with Merits to help make her documentary a reality.
“I was fascinated by the way all these people came together and lived together,” Dragotta said. “It’s a wonderful history that needs to be maintained.”
Merits left May 6 from the U.S. to head to Toronto until May 13 before flying back to Europe.
Merits’ North American trip completes the first phase of filmmaking — the development, research, interviews and pre-production filming. The second phase — script writing, music composition, editing, copyright and technical details — begins this summer and will need financial support for the documentary to come out next year.
“A GoFundMe page is being set up,” Dragotta said. “We have got a plan to reach out to my friends in Hollywood (for financing).” | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/european-documentary-filmmaker-to-tell-story-of-historic-cumberland-county-business/article_299131f2-ea10-11ed-86b8-7bd8abfefd54.html | 2023-05-09T11:33:04 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/european-documentary-filmmaker-to-tell-story-of-historic-cumberland-county-business/article_299131f2-ea10-11ed-86b8-7bd8abfefd54.html |
WILDWOOD — Facing sentencing on federal tax charges in August and under state indictment, Mayor Pete Byron has not decided whether he will seek reelection this year, he said Friday.
But he has stated publicly that he has no intention of resigning before the end of his term in January.
Byron has pleaded not guilty to the state grand jury indictment, announced in March, which also accused former Mayor Ernie Troiano and City Commissioner Steve Mikulski of accepting benefits to which they were not entitled under the State Health Benefits Program. Byron’s attorney said he will take that case to trial.
That’s not Byron’s only legal headache.
In March, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced that Byron pleaded guilty to filing fraudulent tax returns in 2017 and 2018, failing to report more than $40,000 in income. He faces a potential sentence of three years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Sentencing is set for Aug. 2.
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Few details have been made public about how Byron earned that unreported income, and a search of public records does little to clarify the matter.
Court papers and a March 24 statement from Sellinger mention a Gloucester County law firm but do not name the firm.
“From June through August of 2017, Byron sent multiple emails to the managing partner of a law firm located in Gloucester County, seeking assistance in obtaining a job,” reads the March statement from Sellinger. “Byron received a letter in October 2017 on the letterhead of the managing partner’s law firm which purported to set forth an employment offer to Byron from a company. According to the terms of the October 2017 letter, Byron was to receive an annual salary from the company for working as a salesman.”
Requests for more information from the U.S. Attorney’s Office shed no light. The identity of the firm, and its managing partner, were not included in the public documents, so they are not part of the public record, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for New Jersey said Thursday.
Public documents do indicate a connection between Byron and a Gloucester County law firm, one in which a former managing partner has himself been sentenced in a federal tax evasion case. There is no way to know whether the firm is the same one mentioned in Byron’s charges, and those who would know are not talking.
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Byron declined to answer multiple questions on the matter, saying there is no ongoing investigation.
“I’d just like to move on with my life; my family has been through hell this past year,” Byron said in an emailed response to questions.
Byron declared bankruptcy in 2017. In his filing, he indicates he was employed in marketing by a company called Hydo20 LLC, with an address listed in Woodbury, the county seat of Gloucester County.
The address is for a law firm called Marmero Law. The firm had formerly been known as Long, Marmero and Associates.
In December 2021, former managing partner Douglas Long of Upper Deerfield Township in Cumberland County was sentenced to 14 months in prison on charges of evading more than $250,000 in federal taxes.
Federal authorities say Long paid personal expenses out of the firm’s account, including school tuition for his children and utility fees for his home, which he had firm employees list as business expenses, according to details released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
On Monday, attorney Albert Marmero said Hydo20 LLC was owned by Long, his former partner. He said he was not involved with the business, which he said performed political consulting work.
He said he could not say whether his firm was the one mentioned in the federal charges against Byron, saying he was not familiar with those documents.
Long, a former Cumberland County freeholder who had formerly served as that county’s Democratic chairman, was also tied to a political action committee that paid Democratic officials as consultants, as outlined in a report in the Burlington County Times from 2014, based on details gleaned from public records filed with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. There was no indication that the payments were illegal.
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Byron did not answer questions about whether he knows Long, or if Long’s firm was the one mentioned in the federal charges.
Wildwood’s government is officially nonpartisan, meaning candidates’ political affiliations are not listed on the ballot and party organizations are obliged to stay out of the campaigns. Byron is the only registered Democrat on the City Commission, and one of the few Democrats in office in Cape May County.
His financial disclosure form for 2022, the most recent available, reports income from Wildwood, from a real estate firm and from Holly Beach Consultants LLC. The report from 2020 also shows income from the Cumberland County Democratic Organization and from “Prosperity of Our Future.” The forms do not state how much income came from each source, and the addresses of the sources of income are redacted.
Campaign finance forms from the Democratic organization in Cumberland County do not show any payments to Byron in 2020, but a 2021 report shows a $1,000 payment to Holly Beach Consultants in October 2021 and another $1,000 in November of that year.
A Google search for an organization called Prosperity for Our Future came up empty, although the phrase is often used in speeches and petitions. There appeared to be no listing for an LLC named Hydo20 for Byron to market. Marmero said he believes the company is still in existence, and still owned by his former partner Long. He suggested the name could be “Hydro20,” a different spelling than appeared on Byron’s bankruptcy form.
On its articles of incorporation, that company has a listed address at an Ocean City law firm, run by attorney Liz Casey. Contacted for this story, Casey said she did not know what the company did, she merely filed the required paperwork. If she did know about the company’s operations, she added, she still would not be able to discuss them without the permission of the client.
Mikulski and Troiano have also pleaded not guilty on the state indictments. Mikulski ran with Byron in 2019, along with Krista Fitzsimons, when the ticket took all three seats in a nine-person race that included Troiano, who had run with Byron in the previous election.
This year, Fitzsimons plans to seek reelection with a new ticket. Mikulski has not stated whether he will run again.
Byron said he makes about $30,000 as mayor. He had his own real estate company for a time, but said he closed that about a decade ago.
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Barton College baseball's Keith Gorman was named the Conference Carolinas Co-Coach of the Year last week.
Senior infielder/outfielder Ryan McIsaac, a Millville High School graduate, was named to the all-conference first team and to the all-defensive team.
Gorman is a former Holy Spirit athletic director and coach. He also enjoyed a successful coaching and administrative role for Cumberland County College (now Rowan College of South Jersey - Cumberland), before coming to Barton.
In late April, Gorman, earned his 400th career win at the collegiate level. Gorman finished Cumberland stint with 316 wins, including a national championship. McIsaac, who was also on the Dukes' championship team, batted .340 with 13 doubles, four triples, four homers and 31 RBIs.
Carelle Gonzalez (Bridgeton) hit a solo homer and drove in a run on a sacrifice fly in Barton's 9-0 win over Belmont Abbey. Jared Beebe (Hammonton) and McIsaac each singled and scored.
In a 3-0 loss to UNC Pembroke, Gonzalez doubled. In a 15-8 loss to Francis Marion, Beebe went 3 for 4 with a double, a run and an RBI. McIsaac had two hits and scored. Last week, McIsaac was named to the All-Conference Carolinas first team and all-defensive team.
Barton coach Keith Gorman , a former Holy Spirit athletic director and coach, was named the Conference Carolina co-Coach of the Year.
Steven Kaenzig (Cedar Creek) allowed one hit over three scoreless innings to get the save in Hofstra's 9-1 win over Monmouth.
Josiah Ragsdale (Absegami) had two hits in Iona's 13-3 loss to St. John's. In a 9-2 loss to Rider, Ragsdale had two hits. Alex Hunt (St. Augustine Prep) struck out two in a scoreless inning.
In an 11-8 win over Rider, Jim Pasquale (Holy Spirit) went 3 for 4 with a double, an RBI triple, a three-run homer and three runs. Ragsdale added an RBI triple and a run. Hunt got the win against Rider. He struck out two in 1 2/3 scoreless innings. In a 9-7 loss to Rider, Ragsdale hit two RBI triples, and Pasquale scored.
Brian Furey (St. Augustine) scored two runs in Navy's 14-1 win over Lehigh.
Holden deJong (St. Augustine) allowed three hits in three scoreless innings and got the win in New Jersey Institute of Technology's 5-1 victory over Fordham.
Kenny Levari (St. Augustine) singled, doubled and scored two runs in Old Dominion's 3-2 loss to Liberty. He singled, doubled, drove in one run and scored three in a 19-14 win over Arkansas State. He had two hits and scored twice in a 3-0 win over Arkansas State. He singled twice and drove in three runs in a 12-4 loss to Arkansas State.
PJ Craig (Barnegat) allowed just one walk and struck out five in 3 2/3 shutout innings in Rider's 9-7 win over Iona.
Jordan Sweeney (Egg Harbor Township) hit the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning of Rutgers' 8-7 victory over Princeton. Sweeney also scored, and Trevor Cohen (Holy Spirit) singled and scored. In a 10-0 win over Penn State, Sweeney had two hits, drove in one run and scored one. Cohen singled and drove in two runs.
Ryan Weingartner (St. Augustine) drove in two runs for Saint Joseph's in a 13-6 win over Villanova. He went 4 for 6 with an RBI double and a solo homer in a 15-2 win over Dayton.
Brandon Lashley (Ocean City) pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings in Stony Brook's 5-4 loss to Fairfield.
In Villanova's 13-6 loss to Saint Joseph's, Shane Solari (Holy Spirit) had two hits and an RBI. Cole Vanderslice (St. Augustine) pitched a scoreless inning. In a 10-9 win over St. John's, Solari had two hits and an RBI. Vanderslice struck out one in a scoreless inning for his first win of the season.
Frankie Wright (EHT) allowed a run and struck out five in five innings of Wagner's 7-3 loss to Stonehill.
David Hagaman (Holy Spirit) struck out one in 2 1/3 innings in West Virginia's 9-3 win over Oklahoma.
Nate Goranson (Millville) had two hits and two RBIs in William & Mary's 6-5 win over Virginia Military Institute. He hit a two-run homer in a 4-0 win over Towson. He singled and scored in a 9-5 loss to Towson.
Angel Murray (EHT) had two hits, a run and an RBI in Bloomfield's 7-6 loss to Caldwell. In a 12-11 win over Caldwell, Murray hit a walk-off home run, and Suriel Sleiter (Pleasantville) added a hit, a run and an RBI. In a 12-11 win over Jefferson, Sleiter hit a solo homer and a single, and Murray hit an RBI single. In a 20-3 loss to Jefferson, Murray hit a solo homer.
Garrett Musey (Millville) had two hits and two runs in Goldey-Beacom's 12-0 win over Bridgeport.
Steve Graziano (ACIT) struck out one in a scoreless inning in Jefferson's 20-3 win over Bloomfield.
Hunter Sibley (Millville) allowed one run over three innings to get the save in Arcadia's 11-2 win over Misericordia.
In a 2-1 win over Misericordia, Carson Denham (Cape May Tech) pitched a shutout inning to earn his first save. In a 3-2 loss to Immaculata, Logan Petty (Mainland Regional) doubled and scored. In a 7-2 win over Stevens Institute of Technology to open the Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom Tournament, Denham allowed two runs, one earned, and struck out nine in a complete game to improve to 6-1. In a 3-1 win over Stevens, Sibley pitched a shutout inning for his seventh save.
Sean Cottrell (St. Augustine) had a hit, a run and an RBI in Eastern's 7-6 loss to Stevenson.
Justin Klemick (Wildwood Catholic) hit a solo homer in Immaculata's 3-2 win over Arcadia. He hit an RBI double in a 10-2 loss to Marymount.
Miles Feaster (Lacey Township) went 3 for 5 with a double in Montclair State's 8-6 win over Rutgers-Camden. In a 9-3 win over Rutgers-Camden, Feaster hit an RBI double and a two-run single. Nick Desiderio (Southern Regional) struck out one in a scoreless inning. In a 9-2 win over William Paterson to open the New Jersey Athletic Conference Tournament, Feaster went 3 for 5 with a double and a run. On Thursday, Feaster was named to the All-NJAC second team.
Josh Finger (Vineland) hit an RBI single and scored in Neumann's 12-10 loss to Marywood. He singled and scored in a 5-0 win over Marywood. He had a single, a double and two runs in a 14-12 win over Centenary. He had two hits in a 7-5 loss to Centenary.
Nick Danbrowney (Barnegat) allowed three runs and struck out four in 5 2/3 innings in Ramapo's 8-6 win over The College of New Jersey.
Jacob Brennan (St. Joseph) struck out one in 2 1/3 scoreless innings in Rutgers-Camden's 6-3 loss to TCNJ. In a 9-3 loss to Montclair State, Jake Guglielmi (Buena Regional) went 3 for 4 with a double and two RBIs. Giacomo Antonicello (Wildwood Catholic) doubled. On Thursday, Guglielmi was named an All-NJAC honorable mention.
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Drexel junior forward Delaney Lappin, a 2020 Ocean City High School graduate, scored five goals and 11 points through eight games for the 5-0-3 Dragons.
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Drexel junior forward Delaney Lappin, a 2020 Ocean City High School graduate, has five goals and 11 points through eight games for the 5-0-3 Dragons.
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Lehigh's Jack Sarkos, a Mainland Regional High School graduate, was named the Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. He had five goals and 11 points through five games.
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Lehigh’s Jack Sarkos, a Mainland Regional High School graduate, was named the Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. He had five goals and 11 points through five games.
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Virginia Union running back Jada Byers rushed for 205 yards and two TDs in a 49-0 win over Elizabeth City State on Saturday. The St. Joseph High School graduate from Hammonton leads NCAA Division II with 1,096 rushing yards and 13 TDs. The Panthers are 6-0, the only undefeated team in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
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Virginia Union running back Jada Byers rushed for 205 yards and two TDs in a 49-0 win over Elizabeth City State on Saturday.
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Virginia Union running back Jada Byers celebrates scoring one of his two touchdowns Saturday against Elizabeth City State. He has 13 TDs through six games.
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Virginia Union running back Jada Byers rushed for 205 yards and two TDs in a 49-0 win over Elizabeth City State on Saturday.
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Virginia Union running back Jada Byers rushed for 205 yards and two touchdowns in a 49-0 win over Elizabeth City State on Saturday. It was his third game of the season with at least 199 yards, as he leads all of NCAA Division II with 1,096 yards and 13 TDs.
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Delaware Valley QB Louie Barrios IV breaks away from would-be tacklers in a 21-0 win over Lycoming on Oct. 8. The Aggies are 7-0 and ranked 14th in the nation by d3football.com .
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Delaware Valley QB Louie Barrios IV hands off to running back Jay White in 21-0 home win over Lycoming on Oct. 8.
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Delaware Valley QB Louie Barrios IV stiffarms a Stevenson defender in an Oct. 1 game.
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Delaware Valley QB Louie Barrios IV escapes the pocket during the season-opening 22-8 win over Westminster on Sept. 3
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Delaware Valley QB Louie Barrios IV runs the football against Lebanon Valley on Saturday.
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Mainland Regional High School graduate Katie McClintock in action for the University of Wisconsin swimming team this past weekend in a tri-meet in Arizona.
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Mainland Regional High School graduate Katie McClintock in action for the University of Wisconsin swimming team this past weekend in a tri-meet in Arizona.
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Penn State University-Berks freshman Donovan Sullivan, an Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, went 9-2 in the spring at second singles and was named to the United East’s All-Conference second team.
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Penn State University-Berks freshman Donovan Sullivan, an Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, is 2-0 in each singles and doubles this fall.
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Montclair State defensive lineman Dimitri Pali (6) defends against Kean on Saturday.
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Montclair State defensive back Brennan Ray scores on a 4-yard run for his first offensive touchdown in college Saturday against Kean. Earlier in his college career, he scored two TDs while playing defense.
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Lehigh's Jakob Alamudun, center, is guarded by Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts (25) and Hunter Cattoor (0) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, in Blacksburg, Va. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP)
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Virginia Tech’s Justyn Mutts, right, celebrates at a game against Lehigh in Blacksburg, Virginia, on Nov. 10. Mutts is averaging double-digit points through the first six games.
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Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts (25) shoots while guarded by Lehigh's Keith Higgins Jr.(13) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, in Blacksburg, Va. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP)
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Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts (25) shoots a 3-point basket in the first half of the Lehigh Virginia Tech NCAA college basketball game in Blacksburg Va. Thursday Nov. 10 2022. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP)
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Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts (25) meets with fans after the team's NCAA college basketball game against Lehigh on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, in Blacksburg, Va. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP)
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Villanova's Caleb Daniels, right, tries to get past Temple's Jahlil White during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Temple's Jahlil White, left, celebrates past Villanova's Chris Arcidiacono after Temple won an NCAA college basketball game, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Temple's Khalif Battle, left, and Jahlil White celebrate during the final second of an NCAA college basketball game against Villanova, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Michigan State receiver Jayden Reed, right, catches a pass against Rutgers defensive back Max Melton (16) during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, in East Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)
Al Goldis
Michigan State receiver Jayden Reed, right, catches a pass against Rutgers defensive back Max Melton during an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, in East Lansing, Mich. Michigan State won 27-21. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)
Al Goldis
Iowa State center Osun Osunniyi (21) takes a shot around North Carolina A&T's forward Webster Filmore (25) during the first half of an NCCA college basketball game on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, in Ames, Iowa. (Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune via AP)
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William & Mary's Ben Wight (35) has his shot blocked by Virginia Tech's Grant Basile (21) as Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts (25) looks on in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Blacksburg, Va., Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP)
Matt Gentry
William & Mary's Matteus Case (4) shoots while guarded by Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts (25) in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Blacksburg, Va., Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP)
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Kylee Watson debuted with the University of Notre Dame women's basketball team this season after spending her first two collegiate seasons at Oregon. The Mainland Regional High School graduate is a three-time Press Player of the Year.
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Kylee Watson debuted with the University of Notre Dame women's basketball team this season after spending her first two collegiate seasons at Oregon. The Mainland Regional High School graduate is a three-time Press Player of the Year.
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Kylee Watson debuted with the University of Notre Dame women's basketball team this season after spending her first two collegiate seasons at Oregon. The Mainland Regional High School graduate is a three-time Press Player of the Year.
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Kylee Watson debuted with the University of Notre Dame women's basketball team this season after spending her first two collegiate seasons at Oregon. The Mainland Regional High School graduate is a three-time Press Player of the Year.
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Kylee Watson debuted with the University of Notre Dame women’s basketball team last week in an 88-48 win over Northern Illinois. The three-time Press Player of the Year from Mainland Regional High School played 24 minutes, scored nine points and added four assists, two blocks, two steals and one rebound.
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Syracuse running back LeQuint Allen (20) scores a touchdown past Wake Forest linebacker Dylan Hazen (50) during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Winston-Salem, N.C., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Syracuse running back LeQuint Allen (20) is tripped by Wake Forest defensive lineman Jasheen Davis (30) during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Winston-Salem, N.C., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
Chuck Burton
Syracuse running back LeQuint Allen (20) runs for a touchdown against Wake Forest during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Winston-Salem, N.C., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Syracuse running back LeQuint Allen runs as Wake Forest defensive lineman Jasheen Davis attempts a tackle during the second half of Saturday’s game.
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Virginia Tech’s Justyn Mutts, left, dribbles the ball as Penn State’s Jalen Pickett defends in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game at the Charleston Classic in Charleston, South Carolina on Nov. 18. Mutts is averaging double-digit points through the first six games. Mutts is averaging double-digit points through the first six games.
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Iowa State center Osun Osunniyi (21) reacts after a dunk against Milwaukee during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022, in Ames, Iowa. (Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune via AP)
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Iowa State center Osun Osunniyi, left, shoots over North Carolina forward Armando Bacot during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the Phil Knight Invitational tournament in Portland, Ore., Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)
Craig Mitchelldyer
Iowa State center Osun Osunniyi, left, dives for a loose ball next to North Carolina guard Caleb Love during a Phil Knight Invitational game in Portland, Oregon on Friday.
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Iowa State center Osun Osunniyi dunks the ball against Connecticut during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game for the championship of the Phil Knight Invitational on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Albright College’s Gabby Boggs averaged 18 points and 13.3 rebounds through the team’s first six games.
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Albright College fifth-year player Gabby Boggs is averaging 18 points and 13.3 rebounds through the first six games.
John Robert Pankratz, Albright Athletics
Albright College fifth-year player Gabby Boggs is averaging 18 points and 13.3 rebounds through the first six games.
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Albright College graduate student Gabby Boggs was named the Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth Player of the Year and the Defensive Player of the Year. The Mainland Regional alumna led her team with 14.1 points and 10.8 rebounds per game.
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Hammonton High School graduate Jada Thompson in action for the Ramapo women's basketball team.
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Hammonton High School graduate Jada Thompson in action for the Ramapo women's basketball team.
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Hammonton High School graduate Jada Thompson in action for the Ramapo women's basketball team.
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Hammonton High School graduate Jada Thompson in action for the Ramapo women's basketball team.
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J.D. DiRenzo started 12 games for Rutgers this fall, including nine at left guard and three at left tackle.
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J.D. DiRenzo started 12 games for Rutgers this season, including nine at left guard and three at left tackle.
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Rutgers offensive lineman JD DiRenzo in action against Michigan State on Nov. 12. The St. Joseph High School graduate was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Carolina Panthers on Monday.
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Nazim Derry has played in all nine games for New Hampshire (3-6), including three starts, and is averaging 8.6 points and 2.1 rebounds in 24.3 minutes per game.
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Nazim Derry has played in all nine games for New Hampshire (3-6), including three starts, and is averaging 8.6 points and 2.1 rebounds in 24.3 minutes per game.
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Nazim Derry has played in all nine games for New Hampshire (3-6), including three starts, and is averaging 8.6 points and 2.1 rebounds in 24.3 minutes per game.
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Misericordia junior Sonialys Badillo, a Vineland High School graduate, competes in a relay event. On Monday, Badillo was named the Middle Atlantic Conference Track Athlete of the Week.
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Misericordia junior Sonialys Badillo, a Vineland High School graduate, competes in a relay event this season. On Monday, Badillo was named the Middle Atlantic Conference Track Athlete of the Week.
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Misericordia junior Sonialys Badillo, a Vineland High School graduate, competes in a relay event this season. On Monday, Badillo was named the Middle Atlantic Conference Track Athlete of the Week.
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Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts eyes the net during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
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Boston College's DeMarr Langford Jr., left, and Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts fight for the ball during overtime of an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
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Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts holds onto a rebound as Boston College's CJ Penha Jr. (24) and Makai Ashton-Langford (11) defend during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
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Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts (25) adds two points during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Boston College, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
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Virginia Tech’s Justyn Mutts attempts to score under defensive pressure from Boston College’s Jonathan Noel during the first half of their Dec. 21 matchup. Mutts, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, scored 18 and grabbed eight rebounds in the Hokies’ 70-65 loss.
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Virginia Tech head coach Mike Young sends Justyn Mutts (25) onto the court during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Boston College, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
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Miami forward A.J. Casey, left, blocks a shot by St. Francis forward Marlon Hargis, right, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022, in Coral Gables, Fla. Miami won 91-76. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Lynne Sladky
Syracuse running back LeQuint Allen is tackled by Minnesota linebacker Mariano Sori-Marin, obscured, during the second half of the Pinstripe Bowl on Thursday at Yankee Stadium in New York.
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Gary Nagle, top, went 3-0 for Ursinus College at the Manganaro Duals on Saturday. The Middle Township High School graduate’s three wins came by pin, decision and forfeit.
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Alexis Harrison became a 1,000-point scorer for Goldey-Beacom College on Saturday, matching the milestone she reached playing for Millville High School.
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Alexis Harrison became a 1,000-point scorer for Goldey-Beacom College on Saturday, matching a milestone she reached playing for Millville High School. On Monday, she was named to the Central Athletics Collegiate Conference honor roll.
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Alexis Harrison became a 1,000-point scorer for Goldey-Beacom College on Saturday, matching the milestone she reached playing for Millville High School.
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Stevens Institute of Technology senior Hunter Gutierrez, left, a Lacey Township High School graduate, won the 149-pound championship at the NCAA Division III Southeast Regional.
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Stevens Institute of Technology senior Hunter Gutierrez, a Lacey Township High School graduate, stands atop the podium following his Middle Atlantic Conference Championships title at 149 pounds this weekend.
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Stevens Institute of Technology senior Hunter Gutierrez, a Lacey Township High School graduate, is 16-3 this season following his Middle Atlantic Conference Championships title at 149 pounds over the weekend.
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Shannon McCoy, a Barnegat High School graduate, is averaging 17.2 points and 6.6 rebounds per game for Kean University this season. On Monday, she was named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Player of the Week.
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Shannon McCoy, a Barnegat High School graduate, is averaging 17.2 points and 6.6 rebounds per game for Kean University this season. On Monday, she was named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Player of the Week.
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Kean University fifth-year guard Shannon McCoy drives to the basket against William Paterson on Jan. 18. The Barnegat High School graduate scored a career-high 41 points, including 10 of 16 3-pointers, in the 85-70 win.
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Monmouth University sophomore Ahmad Brock competes at the Penn 10-Team Select Meet on Jan. 14.
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Monmouth University sophomore Ahmad Brock competes at the Penn 10-Team Select Meet on Jan. 14.
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Monmouth University sophomore Ahmad Brock, an Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, competes at the Penn 10-Team Select Meet on Jan. 14.
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Monmouth University sophomore Ahmad Brock competes at the Penn 10-Team Select Meet on Jan. 14.
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Senior swimmer Grace Curry, a 2019 Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, in action for Iona College this season.
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Senior swimmer Grace Curry, a 2019 Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, in action for Iona College this season.
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Marcellus Ross, a St. Joseph High School graduate, scored 17 in Rowan’s win over Ramapo.
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Rowan sophomore Josh Wright, a Cape May Tech graduate, drives toward the basket in a 97-66 win over Ramapo on Saturday. He scored nine points to help the Profs extend their win streak to nine.
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Sophomore forward Keith Palek III in is averaging 18.5 points for PennWest California this season.
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Sophomore forward Keith Palek III in is averaging 18.5 points for PennWest California this season.
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Sophomore forward Keith Palek III, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, is averaging 18.5 points for PennWest California this season.
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Sophomore forward Keith Palek III in is averaging 18.5 points for PennWest California this season.
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Limestone freshman attack Rylee Johnson looks to make a play against Rollins on Saturday. Johnson, a Southern Regional High School graduate, had a goal and an assist in a 13-8 loss.
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Limestone freshman attack Rylee Johnson, right, looks for a play against Rollins on Saturday. Johnson, a Southern Regional High School graduate, had a goal and an assist in the 13-8 loss.
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Wilkes junior Dawson Tallant, a Middle Township High School graduate, went 4-0 to win the Mideast Futures Tournament on Sunday.
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Miami forward A.J. Casey, left, blocks a shot by St. Francis forward Marlon Hargis, right, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022, in Coral Gables, Fla. Miami won 91-76. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Lynne Sladky
Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) keeps the ball away from Western Michigan's Taylor Williams (33) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game on Wednesday Dec. 21, 2022, in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
Michael Caterina
Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Western Michigan on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022 in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
Michael Caterina
Notre Dame forward Kylee Watson (22) defends against Miami guard Haley Cavinder (14) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, in Coral Gables, Fla. (AP Photo/Rhona Wise)
Rhona Wise
Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) works against Boston College's Maria Gakdeng (5) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023 in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
Michael Caterina
Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) drives as Boston College's Kayla Lezama (14) defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023 in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
Michael Caterina
Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) drives as Boston College's Kayla Lezama (14) defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023 in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
Michael Caterina
Notre Dame’s Kylee Watson looks to make a play during a Jan. 1 game agaisnt Boston College in South Bend, Indiana.
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Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Boston College Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023 in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
Michael Caterina
Notre Dame forward Kylee Watson (22) reaches for a rebound over Pittsburgh forward Liatu King, second from left, during the first half of an NCCA college basketball game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)
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Rutgers University freshman Trevor Cohen, a Holy Spirit High School graduate, runs the bases during a game last fall.
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Rutgers University freshman Trevor Cohen, a Holy Spirit High School graduate, seen during a fall exhibition game, He made his collegiate debut over the weekend, going 8 for 11 with a double and six RBIs.
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Holy Spirit High School graduate Trevor Cohen made his Rutgers debut this past weekend in a three-game series against Campbell.
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Holy Spirit High School graduate Trevor Cohen made his Rutgers debut this past weekend in a three-game series against Campbell.
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East Stroudsburg freshman Brady Carter, a Lacey Township High School graduate, placed third at 125 pounds at the NCAA Division II Super Region I Championships over the weekend, earning a bid to the national tournament.
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East Stroudsburg freshman Brady Carter, a Lacey Township High School graduate, placed third at 125 pounds at the NCAA Division II Super Region I Championships over the weekend, earning a bid to the national tournament.
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East Stroudsburg freshman Brady Carter, a Lacey Township High School graduate, celebrates winning the third-place bout at 125 pounds at the NCAA Division II Super Region I Championships over the weekend, earning a bid to the national tournament.
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East Stroudsburg freshman Brady Carter, a Lacey Township High School graduate, placed third at 125 pounds at the NCAA Division II Super Region I Championships over the weekend, earning a bid to the national tournament.
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Widener's Pat Holden in action against Swarthmore on Nov. 16, 2022.
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Widener's Pat Holden, a Lower Cape May High School graduate.
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Widener’s Pat Holden in action against Swarthmore on Nov. 16, 2022. In Widener’s 74-69 win over Alvernia in the MAC Commonwealth Tournament final on Saturday, Holden had 12 points, six assists and four rebounds.
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Old Dominion junior infielder Kenny Levari, from Vineland and a St. Augustine Prep graduate, entered Wednesday hitting .375 (12 for 32) with four doubles, a homer, nine runs and five RBIs.
Bruce Butler, ODU Athletics
Old Dominion junior infielder Kenny Levari, from Vineland and a St. Augustine Prep graduate, entered Wednesday hitting .375 (12 for 32) with four doubles, a homer, nine runs and five RBIs.
Bruce Butler, ODU Athletics
Old Dominion junior infielder Kenny Levari, from Vineland and a St. Augustine Prep graduate, entered Wednesday hitting .375 (12 for 32) with four doubles, a homer, nine runs and five RBIs.
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Salisbury University junior pitcher Nicole Ortega, a Vineland High School graduate, earned three wins for the Seagulls.
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Salisbury University junior pitcher Nicole Ortega, a Vineland High School graduate, earned three wins for the Seagulls last week.
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West Virginia redshirt freshman David Hagaman, a Holy Spirit High School graduate, pitches against Georgia Southern on Feb. 19.
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West Virginia redshirt freshman David Hagaman, a Holy Spirit High School graduate, pitches against Georgia Southern on Feb. 19.
Chloe Paugh, West Virginia Athletics
Western Kentucky graduate student Faith Hegh, a Mainland Regional High School graduate, entered Wednesday hitting .346 (18 for 52) with five doubles, a home run, 10 runs and 12 RBIs.
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Baylor guard Keyonte George (1) looks to shoot under pressure from Iowa State center Osun Osunniyi, left, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the second round of the Big 12 Conference tournament Thursday, March 9, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Iowa State center Osun Osunniyi goes up for a shot while being guarded by Kansas forward Jalen Wilson during a Big 12 Conference Tournament semifinal game Friday in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Ball State senior catcher Matthew Rivera, a 2018 Holy Spirit High School graduate, is hitting .343 (12 for 35) with five doubles, two homers, seven runs and 11 RBIs in 12 games.
Chad Smith, Ball State Athletics
Ball State senior catcher Matthew Rivera, a 2018 Holy Spirit High School graduate, is hitting .343 (12 for 35) with five doubles, two homers, seven runs and 11 RBIs in 12 games.
Chad Smith, Ball State Athletics
New Jersey Institute of Technology's Keegan Ford, a Mainland Regional High School graduate.
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New Jersey Institute of Technology's Billy Kroeger, an Ocean City High School graduate.
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New Jersey Institute of Technology's Teddy Grimley, an Ocean City High School graduate.
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New Jersey Institute of Technology's Logan Hone, a St. Augustine Prep graduate.
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New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Keegan Ford (19), a Mainland Regional High School graduate, celebrates with his team after scoring the game-winning goal with no time left in a 14-13 victory over Lindenwood.
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Cal Berkeley’s Destin Lasco, a Mainland Regional High School graduate, is seen in the moments after a race at the Pac-12 Championships this month.
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Cal Berkeley’s Destin Lasco, a Mainland Regional High School graduate, swims the backstroke during the Pac-12 Championships this month. Lasco is in Minneapolis this week for the NCAA Championships.
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West Chester University sophomore Makenzie Edwards entered Wednesday 3-3 with a 1.59 ERA and 26 strikeouts in 26 1/3 innings in eight appearances.
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West Chester University sophomore Makenzie Edwards entered Wednesday 3-3 with a 1.59 ERA and 26 strikeouts in 26 1/3 innings in eight appearances.
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West Chester University sophomore Makenzie Edwards entered Wednesday 3-3 with a 1.59 ERA and 26 strikeouts in 26 1/3 innings in eight appearances.
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University of Miami senior Sincere Rhea, left, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, competes at the Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Championships last month.
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University of Miami senior Sincere Rhea, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, competes at the Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Championships last month.
James Knable, Miami Athletics
University of Miami senior Sincere Rhea, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, hugs head coach Amy Deem at the Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Championships last month.
James Knable, Miami Athletics
University of Miami senior Sincere Rhea, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, competes at the Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Championships last month.
James Knable, Miami Athletics
James Knable, Miami Athletics
Jackson Vanesko, a St. Augustine Prep graduate from Ocean City, is 2-2 with a 1.50 ERA in five appearances for Bryant.
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Jackson Vanesko, a St. Augustine Prep graduate from Ocean City, is 2-2 with a 1.50 ERA in five appearances for Bryant.
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Korie Hague, a 2018 Vineland High School graduate and fifth-year senior at Rowan, is hitting .387 (24 for 62) with two doubles, 12 runs and 15 RBIs in 20 games.
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Korie Hague, a 2018 Vineland High School graduate and fifth-year senior at Rowan, is hitting .387 (24 for 62) with two doubles, 12 runs and 15 RBIs in 20 games.
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Dayton University’s Nolan Watson, a Southern Regional High School graduate, is hitting .286 (12 for 42) with three doubles, two homers and 18 RBIs.
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Dayton University's Nolan Watson, a Southern Regional High School graduate, bats against Tennessee on Feb. 25. Watson is hitting .286 (12 for 42) with three doubles, two homers and 18 RBIs.
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Dani Donoghue looks to make a play for Mount St. Mary’s during a March 11 game against Bucknell. The Ocean City High School alumna recently scored six goals in a 15-9 win over Iona. The former Press Player of the Year had a team-leading 28 goals and 32 points through 13 games.
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Dani Donoghue looks to make a play for Mount St. Mary’s during a March 11 game against Bucknell.
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Junior catcher Nate Goranson, a Millville High School graduate, in action for William & Mary.
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Junior catcher Nate Goranson, a Millville High School graduate, in action for William & Mary against George Mason.
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Junior catcher Nate Goranson, a Millville High School graduate, in action for William & Mary.
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Junior catcher Nate Goranson, a Millville High School graduate, in action for William & Mary.
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Laine Walterson, an Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, is fifth on Iona in goals (13) and points (17). She is the daughter of former Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies hockey player Ian Walterson.
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Laine Walterson, an Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, is fifth on Iona in goals (13) and points (17). She is the daughter of former Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies hockey player Ian Walterson.
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BOYS AND GIRLS GOLF
8 a.m.
South/Central Group II Tournament at Twisted Dunes Golf Club
3:30 p.m.
Cumberland vs. Schalick at Running Deer Golf Club
Southern vs. Central Reg. at Cedar Creek Golf Course
Lacey Twp. vs. Toms River South at Toms River County Cub
BOYS GOLF
4 p.m.
St. Augustine vs. Salesianum at DuPont Country Club
SOFTBALL
3:45 p.m.
Winslow Twp. at Pleasantville
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4 p.m.
Absegami at Atlantic City
Wildwood Catholic at Camden Catholic
Kingsway at Hammonton
Vineland at Millville
Bridgeton at Oakcrest
6 p.m.
Ocean City vs. Mainland at Birch Grove Park
BASEBALL
4 p.m.
Middle Twp. at Absegami
Holy Spirit at Cape May Tech
Atlantic City at Cedar Creek
Vineland at Ocean City
ACIT at Pleasantville
Mainland. at Kingsway
6 p.m.
Hammonton vs. St. Joseph at Hammonton Lake Par
GIRLS LACROSSE
4 p.m.
Our Lady of Mercy at Atlantic City
Winslow Twp. vs. St. Joseph at Boyer Ave Recreational Park
Absegami at Cedar Creek
Lower Cape May at Egg Harbor Twp.
Oakcrest at Millville
5:30 p.m.
Mainland vs. Ocean City at Tennessee Avenue Field
6 p.m.
Pinelands at Southern
Toms River East at Lacey Twp.
BOYS LACROSSE
4 p.m.
Absegami at Holy Spirit
Haddon Twp. at Lower Cape May
Ocean City at Mainland
Cedar Creek vs. Middle Twp. at Shunpike Fields
Vineland at Oakcrest
Lacey Twp. at Toms River East
BOYS TENNIS
3:45 p.m.
Brick Twp. at Southern
Barnegat at Pinelands
Lacey Twp. at Jackson Liberty
4 p.m.
Mainland at Absegami
Wildwood Catholic at Cedar Creek
Millville at Egg Harbor Twp.
Buena at Hammonton
Bridgeton at Oakcrest
Ocean City at St. Augustine
Holy Spirit at Vineland
Cumberland at Gloucester Tech
Wildwood at Pens Grove
Middle Twp. at Atlantic City
BOYS AND GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD
4 p.m.
St. Joseph vs. Pleasantville at Bridgeton
Cedar Creek vs. Lower Cape May vs. Middle at Buena
Millville vs. Ocean City vs. Vineland at Hammonton
Absegami at Oakcrest
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
4 p.m.
Cedar Creek at Gloucester Tech
St. Augustine at Triton
5:15 p.m.
Barnegat at Pinelands
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William G. and Marie Selby Foundation awards over $1 million in grants to support nonprofits
The William G. and Marie Selby Foundation is awarding $1,042,735 in grants to support nonprofits in Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte and DeSoto counties serving youth, families, neighborhoods, the environment, and the arts.
“The positive effect these funds will have on people living in a four-county region will be felt for generations through the important work of nonprofit organizations,” Selby Foundation president Susie Bowie said.
“Bill and Marie Selby were passionate about opportunity for everyone, and we can see the continued impact of their legacy reflected in these outstanding grants.”
Health and human services grants
· Second Heart Homes: $56,967 to repair plumbing and roofing in three homes.
· Feeding America Tampa Bay: $50,000 to assist with the purchase of a refrigerated truck.
· Children First: $71,542 for new playground equipment and enhancements at the Dalbeck Center.
· ALSO Youth: $30,000 for technology and furnishings for a new youth services center.
· First Step of Sarasota: $250,000 to co-locate crisis detox services and the crisis mental health services onto one campus.
· Big Brothers Big Sisters: $90,000 to assist with the renovation of a one-to-one mentoring headquarters.
· Arc DeSoto: $20,725 to purchase IT equipment.
· Family Oriented Community United Strong: $13,650 for equipment to support restoring human/environmental health to the Tallevast community.
Community and civic grants
· Sarasota African American Cultural Coalition: $99,956 to renovate the historic Reid House.
· Old Punta Gorda: $39,375 to restore the Woman's Club.
· Sarasota Audubon: $100,000 for a restroom facility at the Celery Fields Quads.
· Historical Society of Sarasota County: $40,000 to assist with restoration of the historic Crocker Memorial Church.
· Suncoast Waterkeeper: $25,000 toward a patrol boat to identify environmental problems.
· Military Heritage Museum: $21,653 for new equipment.
Arts and culture grants
· Circus Arts Conservatory: $50,000 to assist with a newly designed plaza and entrance to the Sailor Circus Arena.
· Urbanite Theatre: $43,867 to upgrade technical equipment.
· Sarasota Cuban Ballet School: $40,000 to purchase a portable dance floor.
The next grant cycles open on June 1. To learn more, visit SelbyFoundation.org.
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Nate's Honor Rescue commemorates its founder with new animal spaces, updates to rescue
BRADENTON — The no-kill animal shelter Nate’s Honor Animal Rescue is in the midst of a reconstruction of its Lorraine Road facility that will soon make it a state-of-the-art pet oasis.
Later this year, Nate’s Honor Animal Rescue expects to open its newly constructed 23,000-square-foot facility.
The $12 million expansion has been accomplished with donations from community members, philanthropy organizations and animal lovers throughout the Sarasota-Manatee region.
Following completion of the three-year project, Nate’s will serve as a nurturing landing spot for house up to 100 dogs and puppies and dozens of felines awaiting their forever homes. The facility will also serve as a unique gathering and event space for the community.
“It’s amazing; the facility will be able to provide the highest level of care,” director of animal behavior Rob Andrews said. “The more we grow the more we have the tools and the knowledge to help the dogs transition.”
Several unique features around the facility will help socialize the animals prior to their adoption including a zero-entry pool and splash zone, open-air dog cottages, a faux living room space, a quarter-acre pond with walking trails, and a handful of green spaces for playing with other animals.
Named after the Manatee County real estate developer and founder of Benderson Development, Nathan ‘Nate’ Benderson, Honor Animal Rescue was opened in 2008 by a group of local animal lovers who helped neglected and abandoned dogs and cats.
Benderson’s love and affinity for animals drew him to join the volunteers in their work. Soon, Benderson provided the leadership and oversight helping to create the nonprofit now known as Nate’s Honor Animal Rescue.
Nate’s development and operations director Rob Oglesby has worked at the rescue since its inception. The animals, Oglesby said, were a big part of Benderson’s life during his later years, even into his 90s.
“He rode his bike to work, and he was probably out here every day,” he said. “He would be very happy to see this.”
Plans for the shelter expansion and revamp began five years ago.
Oglesby, his wife Dari and their board of directors decided the time for expansion was right and began seeking the latest technology and medical care options to enhance the lives of Nate’s shelter pets.
“We started traveling to shelters all across the country,” Oglebsy said. “We learned things and really asked lots of questions about what failures they might have had so that we wouldn’t make those mistakes here at our facility.”
The Oglesbys had their vision for the eight-acre adoption center and shelter expansion and the team began the construction of the new site during the COVID-19 pandemic in the fall of 2020.
“We are most excited about the event space. There will be a full catering kitchen, covered patio and play area for kids,” Oglesby said. “There aren’t a lot of options for event space on this side of Manatee County, so we are happy to be able to host organizations, families, and the community here.”
Andrews is among Nate’s many employees who are eager to see the completed space in the coming months.
Indoors, Nate’s will provide a 4,300-square-foot training center, a kid’s education classroom, a medical ward for common and treatable pet diseases, and a screened "Catio" where cats and kittens can enjoy fresh air within the facility.
Nate's is currently open during its construction for adoptees, visitors, and tours. Construction is expected to be complete by the end of the year and donations towards the capital campaign are accepted on Nate's website. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/manatee/2023/05/09/bradentons-nates-honor-animal-rescue-pays-homage-benderson-legacy/70155915007/ | 2023-05-09T11:35:31 | 1 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/manatee/2023/05/09/bradentons-nates-honor-animal-rescue-pays-homage-benderson-legacy/70155915007/ |
What's so special about Trader Joe's?
Popular grocery store chain Trader Joe's is opening a long-awaited second location in the region later this year and the store's loyal customer base reflects a mixture of excitement and frustration over the plans by the new grocer coming to The Shoppes at University Town Center later this year.
Hundreds of potential customers and area residents dove into the chatter on social media about the soon-to-come location following the company's announcement of the second location in development at 8473 Cooper Creek Blvd. in University Park near the Total Wine and Nordstrom Rack shopping plaza in early May.
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"YES!!!! Finally." wrote Bradenton resident Helen Miras.
Many others echoed Miras, sharing news of the new location on Facebook along with various versions of their own exciting posts.
However, not all Trader Joe's fanatics were as excited about the new location.
"That whole area is so congested already!!!," wrote Bradenton resident Pamela Wright on Facebook.
"I’m happy to have Trader Joe’s close but, that parking lot is already a nightmare!!" another Bradenton resident wrote.
South county residents chimed in as well— adding more pleads to the brand to open a location closer to the border of Sarasota and Charlotte Counties.
Venice resident Hayden Heaney wrote he was frustrated that a store hasn't come to the southern area of the county.
"They are opening another one in Sarasota? That just ticks me off," Heaney wrote on Facebook. "South Sarasota (county) and Charlotte (county) (Venice, North Port, Port Charlotte, and Punta Gorda) need one!!"
Although loved by many, TJ's, a moniker given to the brand by its frequent shoppers and fans, sometimes chooses locations that its customer base dislikes. Despite complaints about the site and tight parking, the original Sarasota Trader Joe's on Tamiami Trail in Sarasota continues to be a regular experience for store lovers.
New grocer in Sarasota:Sustainable, discount grocery store opens in north Sarasota
There are plenty of shoppers who don’t need an introduction to TJ’s aisles of wine, store-branded pasta, and seasonal snacks but for those that don’t know why these stores are so popular, or why there are Trader Joe’s fans' Facebook groups (with millions of members), here are a few reasons for the Trader Joe’s hype.
Sustainability
Those small stores and cramped parking lots some TJ’s customers locally find annoying are by design — but for the betterment of the community and environment, not to make shopping difficult.
The mostly private label company constructs new stores in a smaller footprint with a neighborhood feel. TJs typically measure around 12,500 square feet. Other grocery chains are mostly big-box retailers with footprints that span into the ten of thousands of square feet in comparison.
Low-impact refrigeration systems for its products are staple in each of its new locations and each store is complete with energy-efficient LED lighting and minimal building materials. Sustainable operations are built into Traders Joe’s neighborhood model with its shorter store hours, which help to contribute to lower energy consumption than competitors with later store hours.
Unique products
A variety of tasty snacks, vegan ready-to-cook meals, and of course, the well-known wine selection are big draws for Trader Joe’s frequenters. The options don’t stop there.
Each season, Trader Joe’s releases signature and craveable items that store lovers stock up on each year. Shoppers fill the locations the most in fall when the store releases around 75 pumpkin spice-flavored items. In early 2023, the company released its annual list of customer favorites and top products, while spinoff rankings of the best TJ’s store items are regular content on social media and online food magazines for its customer base.
The store's ranking listed its popular chili and lime-flavored rolled corn tortilla chips as its number one overall product and highlighted dozens of other customer favorites like its 'Hold the Cone' mini ice cream cones, vegan pesto, and frozen store-branded butter chicken.
And, there's no mentioning Trader Joe's without its popular wine known as Two-Buck Chuck.
Community service
Trader Joe's also helps its community. Through its Neighborhood Shares program, which aims to help end food insecurity in underserved neighborhoods, the company provided 85 million pounds of food last year. Additionally, Trader Joe's supports local hunger-relief organizations in the communities surrounding its new store openings. Ongoing work includes aiding the local charitable food systems and addressing fresh food access through its 23 Florida locations.
What we know about the new location
Trader Joe's officials confirmed the new Sarasota-Manatee store will be coming later this year, but an opening date hasn't been released.
The University Park location will be the second in the Suncoast region. It will be the sixth store on the Southwest Florida coast. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2023/05/09/trader-joes-second-location-at-utc-welcome-addition-for-fans-of-store/70195659007/ | 2023-05-09T11:35:37 | 0 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2023/05/09/trader-joes-second-location-at-utc-welcome-addition-for-fans-of-store/70195659007/ |
Proposed law could impact resident effort to separate from North Port
Proposed law would give non-resident landowners a voice and change annexation process from court like to legislative
NORTH PORT – Significant parts of the law for how municipalities expand and contract will be affected by a bill awaiting Gov. Ron DeSantis' signature. That law may also undercut the effort by a group of North Port residents who want to separate from the city.
Similar legislation failed in 2022 but this year a version of SB 718 passed state Senate 35-4 and the House 91-26.
Related:Proposed changes to Florida's annexation law may imperil North Port contraction effort
The West Villagers for Responsible Government started the movement to separate from the city in 2020, saying members were unhappy with the way North Port was being run.
Now, those residents fear the legislation, which would become law July 1 if signed by DeSantis, could hamper that effort.
What the bill says
One major change gives a say on de-annexation to owners of undeveloped land in an area proposed for contraction.
Currently, the decision rests with registered voters living in the impacted area. In the case of the effort to separate Wellen Park and other land west of the Myakka River from North Port, the West Villagers for Responsible Government – a resident group that collected signatures for a petition calling for contraction – had the only say in that process.
Under the proposed law, when more than 70% of the acreage targeted for contraction is owned by entities that are not registered voters, the majority of those landowners must approve of the move to separate from a city.
Without the buy-in of a majority of those the landowners – who may or may not be potential developers – the contraction effort could not go forward. In this case, the landowner would be Mattamy Homes, the master developer of Wellen Park.
The legislation also makes the contraction process legislative, not a court-like proceeding.
Among other things, the government would no longer need to provide specific findings when choosing to reject a petition for contraction. Also the definition of a “feasibility study” for a proposed contraction has been specified to include a requirement for an outside consultant or qualified in-house staff to analyze the economic market, financial or management feasibility of a proposed annexation or contraction.
This strikes at the heart of an argument made by North Port de-annexation attorney Luke Lirot.
What that means for North Port
The West Villagers for Responsible Government submitted a petition for contraction but, in part because of related court cases, have not submitted a petition for a referendum on the issue.
John Meisel, chairman of the board of directors for the citizens group, calls it bad legislation.
“It disenfranchises voters and removes the ability to challenge an annexation that was improper to begin with,” said Meisel, who argues that the city’s annexation of the Myakka State Forest – a key connector to annexation of the onetime Taylor Ranch and now site of Wellen Park – was improper.
There is still an active case in the 12th Judicial Circuit Court, in which the citizens group is seeking to overturn the city’s December 2022 reaffirmation of its initial April 2021 rejection of the petition for contraction. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/venice/2023/05/09/residents-bid-to-shrink-north-port-could-be-stymied-by-legislation/70195425007/ | 2023-05-09T11:35:43 | 0 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/venice/2023/05/09/residents-bid-to-shrink-north-port-could-be-stymied-by-legislation/70195425007/ |
WATERLOO – One Waterloo elementary school recently held an excellent education celebration.
Students, staff and families marked Dr. Walter Cunningham School for Excellence’s 20th anniversary every day last week.
The school is named after former Waterloo teacher, principal and deputy superintendent Walter Cunningham. He worked in the district for three decades and was Iowa’s first Black high school principal when he started his job at East High School in 1976.
Cunningham died in 2000 at the age of 58. His namesake elementary school opened in the fall of 2002, replacing Grant Elementary.
Principal Neldrekka Whitaker said the school has been innovative since its beginning. It was the first school to implement the former dress code and one of the first to adopt the “Leader in Me” initiative. At one point, Cunningham was also a year-round school and had gendered classrooms.
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Currently, there are around 395 students in the school, which is pre-K through fifth grade. The school is also a “majority minority” school, with 92% of children being minorities.
Whitaker said the school is different because of the community aspect. She said for the past four years, there has been 100% family participation for student-teacher conferences. Some teachers even do home visits.
“It’s not quite the same as what they did before,” Whitaker said about past and current practices. “But we are definitely on the cutting edge of trying things to meet the needs of our kids and get them to achieve at high levels.”
Whitaker became principal in the 2018-19 school year. Since she’s been the head of the school, she said, the school has gone “back to the roots” of the traditional values at Cunningham.
“We’re really honing into the legacy, really looking at the vision, really looking at the innovative component, really going back to being family,” she said. “(The staff) believe in our kids, they believe in our community and they know they’re making differences. … And we are seeing it work. We are seeing that achievement.”
Earlier last week, Whitaker asked a teacher what pride and excellence meant to the school. The teacher could not reply, saying to describe pride and excellence at Cunningham would make them cry. But the teacher noted pride and excellence are about love, being proud of who you are and where you come from and what you can do.
Other staff and teachers reiterated the sentiment.
Kimberly Archie, a special education teacher who has worked at Cunningham for 13 years, said the school is different because of its “caring and family aspect, standards, structured environment and high expectations.”
Special needs paraeducator Anthony Watson Sr. said the school provides diversity, an “old neighborhood school” and tradition.
He likes to think of himself as someone students can look up to, noting he’s “just a big kid at heart.”
“I can show male diverse kids that it’s possible … to do something you like, to go through difficulties you went through and be a role model through the start of their lives,” he said.
Watson has five children who have attended Cunningham, including two currently enrolled. He also has multiple relatives who work in the school. His second-grade student, Destini, provided her input as well.
“Dr. Cunningham made the school so we can all learn, have fun and make new friends,” Destini said.
Cunningham’s son, Walt Cunningham Jr., visited the school during its anniversary week to talk about his father and his father’s legacy, as well as provide musical insight for a few kids wanting to learn to rap, sing and make beats.
Cunningham Jr., who recently retired as a professor from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, said the pandemic made him reevaluate his priorities. That led him back to Waterloo.
“I knew it was time for me to give back to a larger community,” he said. Throughout his life he’s worked to inspire children to become educated.
“Education is the differentiator,” he said. “You may come from ‘the wrong side of the tracks,’ you may have an attribute that you perceive as negative. But education can be the equalizer.”
After visiting the school, he said it is carrying on his father’s legacy — noting the students are well-mannered, quiet and disciplined, and that the teachers are invested in their work.
“We are celebrating 20 years of making a difference in our students’ lives and community,” Principal Whitaker said. That includes celebrating pushing students to high levels, innovation and diversity. “It’s not like any other building where it’s like ‘yeah, we’ve been a building for 20 years.’ ... We need to celebrate 20 years of being Dr. Walter Cunningham School for Excellence.” | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/education/dr-walter-cunningham-school-for-excellence-celebrates-20-years-of-education/article_d37d7fd7-b0f1-5d63-b7a1-260c4ef7f30a.html | 2023-05-09T11:47:59 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/education/dr-walter-cunningham-school-for-excellence-celebrates-20-years-of-education/article_d37d7fd7-b0f1-5d63-b7a1-260c4ef7f30a.html |
TAMA — Three former South Tama County Community School District employees who filed age discrimination lawsuits against the district and former superintendent Jared Smith related to their termination or non-renewal of employment have reached out-of-court settlements totaling $1.17 million, according to documents shared with the Tama-Toledo News Chronicle.
Brent Bagnall, the former activities director and assistant principal, received two payments as part of his agreement — one for $214,077.72 and another for $50,000. The law firm representing him, RSH Legal, received a payment of $210,922.28.
Roy Frakes, the former high school principal, received two payments, one for $175,697.46 and another for $50,000. RSH Legal also received $169,302.54 for representing Frakes.
Former food service director Sandy Jantzen received two payments, one in the amount of $119,770.44 and another for $50,000. RSH Legal was paid $130,229.56 for representing her.
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All three plaintiffs filed their original suits Dec. 15, 2020, and Bagnall’s case was officially dismissed last December, followed by Jantzen’s in January and Frakes’ in March. As part of each settlement, none of the ex-employees are eligible to be rehired, and the district “in no way admits any violation of federal, state, or local statute or ordinance or common law.”
“To the contrary, the District expressly denies any such violation,” it reads.
All the agreements have been approved by the school board, and the payments are covered through the district’s insurance policy. Smith, now superintendent in the Waterloo school district, did not respond to multiple requests for comment. Current South Tama Superintendent John Cain issued a statement on behalf of the district.
“As a District, we appreciate the opportunity to move forward in our mission to serve students and families,” he said.
For Bagnall, Frakes and Jantzen, the settlements represent the end of a painful ordeal that, as each admitted, caused them a great deal of embarrassment.
Frakes, who now works in the Marshalltown school district, had spent 10 years at South Tama before learning that his contract would not be renewed at the conclusion of the 2019-20 school year. He was subsequently replaced by Mark Groteluschen, a former coworker of Smith’s from Muscatine.
Jantzen spent 18 years with the district before she faced a similar fate when her contract was not renewed, and a younger replacement, Michelle Kalinay, was hired to take over her role.
Bagnall also worked at South Tama for a decade, and found out in December 2019 that his contract would not be renewed. He was allowed to finish out the school year, working until June 30, 2020, when he was replaced by Anthony Jahr.
All three of the individuals hired to replace the trio were under the age of 40, and Groteluschen and Jahr have since moved on to other jobs.
“Shocked is an understatement,” Bagnall said. “When I had that conversation where (Smith) said ‘I haven’t decided whether I’m gonna keep you or not,’ it’s like, where did that come from?”
Bagnall said he had never been written up for any disciplinary reason during his tenure, and Frakes and Jantzen both said their lone separate disciplinary incidents had occurred under a previous superintendent.
Little in common other than age
As they noted, Bagnall, Frakes and Jantzen had little in common other than age — they were all 55 or older at the time their contracts were not renewed. Jantzen and Bagnall barely knew each other as they worked in different buildings, but both said they were told they weren’t “good fits” for their positions with the district.
“Everybody thinks we’re all together, (but) it really isn’t one case. It’s three separate cases,” Bagnall said. “But I think if there’s a takeaway I want of my case, it’s that it wasn’t necessary. … We got a settlement. I got a settlement. I would rather be teaching or being a principal at the school. I miss the school. I miss the people that I work with. I miss my students, and the money does not make up for that. I was gonna retire there, and the fact that that was taken away from me. I am angry and hurt, and there’s not any amount of money that can replace that.”
Heading into the 2019-20 school year, Frakes had mentioned the possibility of retirement but had not formally made a decision, and he spoke of feeling embarrassed but unable to change the outcome once Smith and the board opted not to renew his contract.
After his employment at South Tama came to an end, Frakes spent a month as the assistant manager at a convenience store in Brooklyn before taking a position with Four Oaks Family Connections and then getting back into education with the GMG school district before accepting his current position as a behavior interventionist at Marshalltown. Although he’s moved on and stayed involved in education, he still wishes the process would have played out differently.
“Me as an administrator, when I was working with a teacher or something like that, you want to consider other factors. Their family (and) other things are involved, and it affects more than just that person,” he said. “And I don’t think any consideration was given to that.”
Bagnall said he was never given a concrete reason for his termination, but when he went to file for unemployment, it was reported he had violated school policy and would be ineligible for the benefits. When he appeared at a hearing on the matter, no evidence was presented against him, and he was granted unemployment.
When he filed the lawsuit against the district, he received a new explanation as to why he was fired. The third and final reason he was given, in Bagnall’s words, was that he had been accused of racial profiling, a claim he vehemently denies.
“That was a bridge that you can’t unburn, and so there was no turning back after that,” he said. “I still haven’t been given a straight answer.”
Jantzen was never given a letter to inform her that her contract wouldn’t be renewed, and she said Smith refused to put anything in writing regarding her employment status.
Lawsuit was about ‘protecting our integrity’
The trio all were in agreement about hoping district leadership will follow proper policies and procedures and stick to “finding out the facts” before they make personnel decisions in the future.
In Bagnall’s words, the decisions that ultimately led up to the lawsuit and settlement were not an “Oh, my bad,” but rather a serious misstep that should serve as a lesson for the parties involved.
“Everybody thinks we were in it for the money. It has nothing to do with that. It has everything to do with protecting our integrity, and, if given the opportunity, I’d love to be back at the high school,” he said.
He added that he would’ve relished the opportunity to take the case to court and make all the depositions and testimony public.
“That’s the only way that people can be accountable, and that’s the biggest issue I have is there’s no accountability,” he said. “The district gets to sign a piece of paper saying we didn’t do anything wrong, but we paid you $1.1 million or whatever it is … That makes a lot of sense.” | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/education/south-tama-county-schools-settlement-with-ex-staffers-totals-1-17-million/article_d4a9d6c8-9dda-540b-9d32-f0c568a37d25.html | 2023-05-09T11:48:02 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/education/south-tama-county-schools-settlement-with-ex-staffers-totals-1-17-million/article_d4a9d6c8-9dda-540b-9d32-f0c568a37d25.html |
WAVERLY – Waverly goes all out to show its love for trees.
The Arbor Day Foundation recently named Waverly a “Tree City USA” for the 32nd year. Public Grounds Superintendent Paul Cheville said the city’s growing success can be attributed to a “turning point” five years ago under the direction of Tab Ray, the now-retired leisure services director.
“One of the last things he actually did was help create a vegetation management division for the city of Waverly,” said Cheville. “That took us to a whole new level, having a whole entire division under the Leisure Services Department dedicated to right of way areas, trees, prairies, and the environment instead of just having the public works department do the work or the parks division when it has the time.
“For the city of Waverly, that was making a statement. You’re budgeting funds to take care of the trees and urban forest and the open spaces.”
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The city also landed the Tree City USA Growth Award for the 25th year.
The division now has about $300,000 budgeted each year, about a third dedicated to trees. Cheville called Ray, who retired in 2019, one of the “founding fathers” of the “Waverly Trees Forever” organization started in 1991 by Waverly Utilities, then Waverly Light and Power, to promote planting trees for energy efficiency.
The city dedicates a lot of its time and funds to education about the importance of trees, as well as planting trees and maintaining the canopy.
That education effort is on display every spring at Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School. On Wednesday, teens participated in a planting exercise. A state “Trees for Kids” grant is dedicated toward the program. The grant was used to purchase and plant 54 trees.
Cheville pointed to other work over the years, ranging from hiring a certified arborist to a continuing tree inventory. None of it however could stave off a significant threat discovered about a decade ago — emerald ash borer insects feeding on ash trees.
“That significantly changed our outlook,” Cheville said. “Waverly decided to go the proactive route. We did some research, met with some other communities, and came to realize what was happening.”
The city immediately started removing ash trees and replacing them with other species.
“We adjusted our manpower as a city operation from just doing routine pruning to ash tree removal, and then as budgets caught up and planning caught up, we started to replant in 2015. But it really, really had gotten bad by that point, about two years after discovering it. It was isolated in the southeast a little bit and then it had started to explode all over town.”
About 18% of all trees in public areas, not including ones along the trails and in forested areas but in the parks, golf course, right of way between sidewalk and curb and cemetery, were ash. They all were removed, with the exception of a few that are treated by homeowners.
Since then, 750 new trees have been planted. Fundraisers like the golf course’s “Restore Tree” raise money to support the citywide initiative after staff realized the city’s budget couldn’t make up for the loss of trees on its own.
“The current ratio of trees removed to trees planted no longer (is) sustainable for our golf course, nor for our community,” Sally Thorson, the golf commission’s vice chairperson, told the City Council in 2021.
The community is used to fundraisers to the benefit of its green giants.
Cheville, whose passion for the natural world shines though, has kicked off the fundraiser “Swing for the Trees” for another phase of trees for the newly opened Cedar River Park, 602 Cedar River Parkway, with several new baseball and softball fields.
Waverly Trees Forever will match up to $2,500 donated for trees to be planted this spring. Donations can be dropped off or mailed to the Leisure Services Department inside City Hall, 200 First St. N.E. People can call 319-352-6263 to ask any questions.
High school students Elliot Schneiderman, Avery Corcoran and Adali Borglum have taken the lead on related project called “Bird Friendly City.” | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/waverlys-love-care-for-trees-shines-through-year-after-year/article_d55ca347-0233-5109-9346-5d145e469ffa.html | 2023-05-09T11:48:03 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/waverlys-love-care-for-trees-shines-through-year-after-year/article_d55ca347-0233-5109-9346-5d145e469ffa.html |
ORLANDO, Fla. – If you have an appointment at the DMV, you might want to check on that.
A statewide system outage is impacting driver’s license and other services as of Tuesday morning.
The issue was first reported Monday morning.
“Currently, FLHSMV has no update to provide. The issue is still being addressed. We apologize to those affected and will update once resolved,” the department wrote Monday evening.
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Details of the issue have not been released, but the department described it as “an intermittent statewide issue.”
Currently, FLHSMV has no update to provide. The issue is still being addressed. We apologize to those affected and will update once resolved. https://t.co/AtQUsj9n9f
— FLHSMV (@FLHSMV) May 8, 2023
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SAN ANTONIO — A man is fighting for his life after being shot several times inside a northside smoke shop Monday evening.
It happened on West Avenue off of Mackey Drive around 8:30 p.m.
We are still working to get more information on exactly what happened before this man was shot.
Police say there were other customers inside the store at the time, but no one else was hurt.
Officers were called out to Smoker’s Alley for reports of a shooting
When they got there, they found the victim had been shot four times in the chest.
We’re told the victim is in his 20s and police believe the suspect is about the same age.
After the shooting happened, police say the suspect took off, heading south, but they don’t have a description of the vehicle used to get away.
The victim was taken to the University Hospital in critical condition.
Police say their investigation is ongoing.
If you know anything about who the shooter might be, you are asked to call police.
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SAN ANTONIO — Lawmakers said the Uvalde families needed some hope that a bill to raise the age to buy an assault rifle from 18 to 21 could pass. A glimmer of hope was given on Monday.
"I can't imagine how it feels to have so much power, and yet here we are on the last day still hoping you'll do the right thing," Laura Garza, aunt of Amerie Jo Garza spoke passionately during a press conference towards lawmakers on the Texas House Community Safety Committee.
Families of other victims including Uziyah Garcia, Jackie Cazares, and Lexi Rubio were in attendance at the State Capitol. They have continued to ask lawmakers to support HB 2744. The Robb Elementary shooter bought the weapons used in the massacre days after he turned 18, according to an investigative report.
“I haven't begged and pleaded for a time machine so I can go back to May 24th and just bring my baby home after those awards. The one small, very simple ask that we've had is to just raise the age limit,” Nikki Cross, the mother of Robb Elementary student Uziyah Garcia said.
Less than two hours after tearful testimony from the families, the House Community Safety Committee called a special meeting.
Committee members voted 8-5 to move the bill out of committee. Two Republicans, Rep. Sam Harless and Rep. Justin Holland supported the measure.
Lawmakers say the bill advances to the House Calendar Committee, who decides when the legislation could go to the House floor. Families of the victims celebrated with applause and hugs.
Facebook video from Rep. Vikki Goodwin shows the vote and the reaction that took place. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas-house-committee-bill-age-semi-automatic-rifle/273-02a47735-c311-49bd-b58e-b750e83e5caf | 2023-05-09T11:51:34 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas-house-committee-bill-age-semi-automatic-rifle/273-02a47735-c311-49bd-b58e-b750e83e5caf |
AUSTIN, Texas — For 20 years, Austinite John Baker has listened "religiously" to The Horn, or 104.9, the "flagship station" of the Longhorns. But over the weekend, he noticed something was off.
"I don't listen to music – I listen to sports radio. And when I couldn't even get the app to work, I went looking and found that The Bat wasn't on and KOKE FM wasn't on," Baker said.
Some of Austin's most recognizable radio hosts were abruptly dropped from the airwaves. Right now, Austin Radio Network, which operates KOKE FM, The Horn and The Bat, cannot run local programming.
What happened? In a phone call with KVUE News, Genuine Austin Radio Managing Partner Jason Nassour said the group is in a dispute over paying rent. Nassour said the previous landlord and the radio stations had an agreement where the radio group was supposed to be given tens of thousands of dollars to fix the place up in April of 2020.
During the pandemic, a new owner, OakPoint Real Estate, purchased the property. Nassour claims the new landlord is trying to collect the money back by increasing the rent. On Friday, Nassour claimed this dispute led to their landlord locking out radio show employees and shutting the power off.
KVUE News reached out to a representative of the building owner who said, "The landlord is actively working toward a solution with the tenant and is optimistic that the matter will be resolved amicably."
Following the weekend shutdown, The Horn announced on Twitter Monday evening that "live and local" programming will be back on the airwaves at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, May 9.
The temporary shutdown is reinforcing why radio is so beloved to fans like Baker.
"I mean people get hooked on bands and artists and all that sort of stuff, but I follow most of these guys' careers for quite a while, so it was like losing a bunch of friends," Baker said.
In the meantime, Nassour is facing charges in a separate case. Nassour and former Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody face evidence tampering charges after the death of Javier Ambler in 2019. | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/austin-radio-network-shut-down/269-6303f289-7f96-404c-b316-467966ecd882 | 2023-05-09T11:55:38 | 0 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/austin-radio-network-shut-down/269-6303f289-7f96-404c-b316-467966ecd882 |
Ask Royale: Who is in charge of removing large debris in the Reedy River?
Question: Who is in charge of large debris in the Reedy River? I know Friends of The Reedy does clean up days, and I assume the parts in city parks are handled by the city staff, but I wonder about the rest especially, when it’s large trees that are down.
Answer: If the debris can be reached with an extended hold or grappling hook, then the City of Greenville's Parks and Grounds will take care of it. The department will pull the debris to the river's edge and remove it.
However, if the debris can't be accessed without entering the water, the Greenville Fire Department is contacted to assist with a ‘Swift Water Rescue Training’ exercise, according to city spokesperson, Beth Brotherton.
"Pulling debris from the river is an opportunity for those firefighters to test their skills," Brotherton said.
The Swift Water Rescue team uses a boat, a series of ropes and stabilization techniques. The process is similar to how firefighters rescue people from flooded vehicles and homes, people on waterways or those who wander out onto the rocks at Falls Park.
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Mother's Day: Greenville restaurant brunch options to treat your mother to a special meal
Families are making plans to show their appreciation and love to their mothers by giving them gifts and taking them out to dinner for Mother's Day on Sunday, May 14.
Many Greenville County restaurants already are filled with reservations for Mother's Day, however, there are still a few dine-out options to treat mothers to a good meal.
Get creative with dining options by treating your mother to a tasty brunch earlier in the day, instead of focusing on dinner later in the afternoon.
Here is a short list of some of the top restaurant brunch options for Mother's Day in Greenville:
Patterson Kitchen + Bar
Located on the grounds of Hotel Hartness is a newer brunch space to Greenville which recently opened in mid-March, and offers a solid menu selection filled with both Southern and international influences. Patterson Kitchen + Bar, located at 120 Halston Ave., is governed by flavors from an on-site garden that adds a taste of local love that mom will surely appreciate.
Some of Patterson's best menu options are grilled swordfish ($30), duck cavatelli ($29) and an appetizer that always satisfies such as the Southern grits cakes ($12).
Patterson's Mother's Day brunch will be open from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. and reservations are encouraged.
Southern Culture Kitchen & Bar
Mother's Day brunch at Southern Culture presents an appetizing specialty menu for the holiday that includes salmon cakes as an appetizer for $12.99, steak (petite filet) & eggs for $26.99 and strawberry cheesecake for $8.95
Located at 2537 N. Pleasantburg Drive, Southern Culture does not take reservations, and is open for brunch from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, first come first serve.
The Vista
Holidays are always booked with reservations at The Vista, located at 2017 Augusta St. And this Mother's Day is no exception. Luckily, there are 20 bar seats open, first come first served, as their brunch menu is available from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and bar seats for those who arrive early enough on Sunday.
The Vista's menu has some of the best traditional brunch menu favorites including porcini tortellini, braised short ribs and shrimp and grits. Also, a wide selection of wines, champagnes and signature cocktails are on the menu.
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Between the Trees
Between the Trees is tucked away neatly at The Grand Bohemian Lodge, located at 44 E. Camperdown Way and offers both a scenic and delicious brunch menu open from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., breakfast is served from 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
A few of the best bohemian omelets, pan-seared pork belly, and blueberry pancakes with grated lemon zest whipped butter are a few of the top-notch options for Mother's Day.
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Roost Restaurant
The ambiance, brunch and breakfast buffets at Roost Restaurant are more than enough of a reason to stop by on Mother's Day. The NOMA Square restaurant is located at 220 N. Main St. and features two morning options to dine out with Mom.
A breakfast buffet is open from 7 a.m. until 10 a.m., and a brunch buffet is open between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Roost's traditional lunch and dinner menu are available after 2 p.m. and features a San Giuseppe pepperoni pizza, and a curried chicken salad wrap and wagyu sliders.
Gray Moon Breakfast and Brunch
A simple and clean, family-style environment is what Gray Moon is known for. And the restaurant has a brunch menu available from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. featuring chicken & red velvet waffles, a brunch burger and grilled salmon options.
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Gray Moon is located at 610 Congaree St. in Greenville.
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PHOENIX — Self-defense experts at Tactical Black in North Phoenix are seeing an increase in inquiries after the tragic death of 29-year-old Lauren Heike, who was viciously attacked by a stranger from behind while on a walk in broad daylight.
“Something like this unfortunately yeah it can get everyone on edge, especially a place that you think is a nice area, crime happens everywhere," said Josh Ackerman, one of Tactical Black's co-owners and head instructors.
12News observed one of their classes Monday night where Arizonans from all different backgrounds came together for a self-defense course. This particular session had a focus on defending against edged weapons.
Many there were taking part in the facility's eight-month beginner self-defense program.
“Even if they came a couple days a week for that eight months, it gives them such a solid foundation of training," Ackerman said.
Tactical Black and React Defense Systems has three locations across the Valley and caters to everyone from law enforcement and the military to the general public.
Ackerman and fellow instructors urge Arizonans to be proactive.
When hiking or walking, Ackerman recommends avoiding headphones, especially if they are noise canceling, do not be distracted by your cell phone, and if you are going out alone, do not follow the same routine every day. Mix up what time and location you walk or hike.
But Ackerman says there is nothing more valuable than learning to protect yourself.
“Striking to the throat, striking to the face, being able to kick or knee to the groin," Ackerman explained.
Ackerman says most tactics they teach are rooted in instinct and all it takes is learning minor changes to those movements to be able to defend yourself.
“We're 50/50 as far as percentage of men and women that come and train and it’s empowering for all of them," Ackerman said.
Tactical Black hosts a wide variety of classes and trainings. They are holding a women's self-defense seminar in Chandler on July 28. You can find out more information here.
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There is a new push on Long Island to ticket drivers who blow through stop signs, though the means of catching those law-breakers has sparked controversy.
Speed cameras are now being posted next to stop signs throughout a neighborhood in Nassau County, and not only is it catching drivers by surprise, they're also being hit with fines. Though some are now questioning: Is that even legal?
It clear that for some drivers in the North Shore village of Saddle Rock, stop signs appear to be optional.
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"They drive very fast and don’t even stop. We walk a lot, so we see [it happen]," said Mira Cohen.
However, that changed about a year ago, Cohen said, when village officials installed several stop sign cameras — and started issuing $60 tickets to violators.
Some village residents have said the camera have slowed drivers and made streets safer, especially for children. But that doesn't necessarily make them legal.
"I know there’s no state law that authorizes them," said attorney Richard Rosenberg, who is among the many drivers who have received stop sign camera tickets, but questions whether the village has the authority to issue them.
"I filed a dispute. That’s my basis. There’s no legal authority for it," said fellow lawyer Robert Zausmer, who is fighting his ticket as well.
After NBC New York consulted several state agencies, it appears they may have an argument. In past cases, traffic cameras were only installed after New York state lawmakers approved them. That never happened in Saddle Rock’s case.
"If they say you require a state law to do it, and there’s no state law, then they had no authority to do it," Zausmer said.
Saddle Rock’s mayor didn’t respond today to requests for comment, and the village hall was closed.
Several drivers who have received stop sign camera tickets say they don’t plan on paying the fines until there’s clarification about the legality of this entire system.
"Their feelings were pure, they wanted to make it safe. But I don’t know if it was handled in a way that the community feels was appropriate," said resident Barbara Weisman. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/long-island-town-uses-cameras-to-ticket-drivers-going-through-stop-signs-is-it-legal/4316403/ | 2023-05-09T12:04:27 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/long-island-town-uses-cameras-to-ticket-drivers-going-through-stop-signs-is-it-legal/4316403/ |
Five things to know about Milwaukee's Havenwoods neighborhood
Milwaukee has dozens of distinct neighborhoods. Here's what to know about the Havenwoods neighborhood, home to Wisconsin's only urban state forest.
The information in this guide has been gathered from interviews with Havenwoods State Forest educator Mia Noel and Havenwoods Neighborhood Partnership staff member Katlin Hahn, as well as past Journal Sentinel coverage.
Where is Havenwoods?
The City of Milwaukee defines Havenwoods as a small rectangle on the northwest side surrounding the state forest. Its northern and eastern borders are contiguous with the forest and it is bounded by by 60th Street and Silver Spring Drive on the south and west.
However, many residents include the surrounding areas when referring to Havenwoods, with unofficial borders stretching as far north as Good Hope Road and as far west as 76th Street.
How did Havenwoods get its name?
The neighborhood now known as Havenwoods was originally believed to be hunting and foraging grounds for Native peoples who lived in the area long before European settlement. The name "Havenwoods" didn't exist until 1974, when a Custer High School student won a contest to rename the old Army barracks site, which would eventually become Havenwoods State Forest.
How did Havenwoods State Forest come to be?
Most Milwaukee residents, even those living on the northwest side, are unaware of this hidden gem in the middle of the city. Even fewer know the park's brutal history.
This rural patch of farmland became home to Milwaukee County's original House of Correction prison in 1917. During WWII, the prison was used tointern dozens of German Americans who lived in the Milwaukee area.
After the war, the prison was converted into barracks for U.S. Army soldiers and POWs. The Army then constructed a Nike Ajax missile base at Havenwoods, part of eight such sites around the city meant to shoot down Soviet bombers. The missiles almost immediately became obsolete.
After falling into period of abandonment and disrepair, a group of residents began advocating to convert the area to a green space. In 1980, they succeeded. Most of the old structures and tunnels were collapsed and filled in, foresters planted pine trees and prairie grass on top and Havenwoods State Forest was born.
Today, the 237-acre preserve is an urban oasis where the sights and sounds of the city disappear behind rolling hills dotted with ponds and frequented by hawks, deer and the occasional lone coyote.
What else makes Havenwoods special?
Residents say they love Havenwoods' leafy streets, affordable homes and racial diversity, with many Black and Hmong residents calling the area home.
Popular food and entertainment options include House of Corned Beef, a locally owned New York style deli serving up old-fashioned corned beef and Italian beef. Nearby, check out Carmen Playfield, which began renovations in 2022 to add threecourts for the Hmong ball game tuj lub, only the fourth of its kind in the country.
In the near future, look out for a newbrewery and food truck park taking over a former plastic injection molding building on North 60th Street.
New to Havenwoods? Here's how to access city services:
- Havenwoods is located in the 9th aldermanic district. You can find resources at https://city.milwaukee.gov/CommonCouncil/CouncilMembers/District9.
- Find your garbage and recycling schedule at city.milwaukee.gov/sanitation/GarbageRecyclingSchedules.
- Learn how to register to vote and find your polling place at city.milwaukee.gov/election/Voter-Info.
- Get in touch with theHavenwoods Neighborhood Partnership (https://havenwoods.org/community/#community-organizing), which helps Havenwoods residents with anything from fixing potholes to finding transitional jobs through their Street Keepers program.
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Continuing an annual tradition, the Four Seasons Garden Club recently planted a tree at a local elementary school.
Each year, the club reaches out to the community to celebrate Arbor Day and Earth Day.
This year, students at Grewenow Elementary School, 7714 20th Ave., participated by helping to plant an Autumn Blaze tree at the school.
“Our goal as a club is to help students become more aware of the environment, ways they reforest the planet, green our schools and protect the Earth,” the club said in a statement. “The club promotes civic beautification and conservation with protection of forest, wildflowers and birds.”
Johnny Appleseed (aka Victor Mitimoen) visited Grewenow school during the tree-planting, congratulating the students on planting a tree to help heal and beautify the earth. He also talked to fourth-grade students at the shool about the history and importance of apple trees — and all trees.
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After the talk, the fourth-graders went outside to help finish the planting of the new tree, which they had chosen.
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Today you may want to celebrate something small but mighty. Tuesday, May 9, is National Hurray for Buttons Day. Buttons often go unappreciated, so celebrate the small, functional article, and show gratitude for its existence. The oldest known button dates back to 5000 B.C. in the Indus River Valley and was made from a curved shell. It was not until the 13th century that buttons served as fasteners, and this, along with buttonholes, first appeared in Germany before spreading throughout Europe.
AS part of local activities for Tourism Week, everyone gets in free the Civil War Museum’s main exhibit, “The Fiery Trial,” an immersive exhibit with a 360-degree film, “Seeing The Elephant.” (The other areas of the museum are always free.)
Stop by the Wisconsin Welcome Center at I-94 and Highway 165 for free sausage and cheese samples (while supplies last), courtesy of Brat Stop. Visit Kenosha staffers are at the center from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
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The Pringle Nature Center in Bristol’s Spring StoryWalk is available. Presented with the Kenosha Public Library, the StoryWalk allows families to follow along with a nature storybook as they hike in Bristol Woods County Park. This spring, visitors can read “Spring is Here” by Will Hillenbrand and look for signs of spring on the trails. Visit the park any time and begin behind at the yellow trail behind Pringle Nature Center. This is a free, self-guided program you can do at any time.
The Southport Light Station Museum, 5117 Fourth Ave., is now open for the season, offering tours and climbs through Oct. 29. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Visitors are welcome to climb the 1866 Southport Lighthouse: $10 for adults and $5 for ages 8-12. Children must be 8 or older to climb. All ages are welcome inside the free maritime museum. For more information, visit kenoshahistorycenter.org. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-area-events-for-tuesday-may-9/article_1bc179ac-ed16-11ed-b1b9-337c81fb8a23.html | 2023-05-09T12:28:08 | 0 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-area-events-for-tuesday-may-9/article_1bc179ac-ed16-11ed-b1b9-337c81fb8a23.html |
A recent federal policy change has led some people to wrongly believe new homebuyers with good credit scores are paying more for mortgages, in order to subsidize those with lower credit scores.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s regulators at the Federal Housing Finance Agency earlier this year announced changes to the guarantee fee they charge on mortgages. That fee covers projected credit losses from borrower defaults over the life of the loans, administrative costs and a return on capital, according to an FHFA spokesperson.
The Mortgage Bankers Association spent a week responding to misinformation on what the pricing framework means for borrowers, MBA spokesman Adam DeSanctis said last week.
DeSanctis said MBA countered the misleading assertions that low credit-score, low-down payment borrowers will get better rates than more qualified borrowers as of May 1.
“That is not true, he said. “MBA has stressed that contrary to the inaccurate reporting and the resulting hyperbole, the fees have been in the market since March and that borrowers with higher credit scores will still pay less than those with a lower credit score with the same down payment.”
How the system works
Fannie and Freddie guarantee the payment of principal and interest on their mortgage-backed securities, and they charge mortgage borrowers who use a conventional mortgage an upfront mortgage fee known as a loan-level pricing adjustment, or LLPA, for providing that guarantee, FHFA said.
The size of the fee is based on the borrower’s level of risk, including credit rating and the size of the down-payment amounts. Its cost is typically added to the loan by increasing its interest rate.
FHFA said “the new fee matrices consist of three base grids by loan purpose for purchase, rate-term refinance, and cash-out refinance loans — recalibrated to new credit score and loan-to-value ratio categories — along with associated loan attributes for each.”
FHFA Director Sandra Thompson said much of what has been reported advances a fundamental misunderstanding about the fees charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and why they were updated.
“Higher-credit-score borrowers are not being charged more so that lower-credit-score borrowers can pay less,” Thompson said in a statement. “The updated fees, as was true of the prior fees, generally increase as credit scores decrease for any given level of down payment.”
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Not everyone is convinced that the new fees are fair, saying they drop fees for some borrowers with lower credit scores and increased for some with higher scores.
A group of Senate Republicans accused the Federal Housing Finance Agency in an April letter that the change will “enshrine a system that willfully ignores the realities of creditworthiness in an effort to push Americans into homes they may be ill-suited to afford.”
Thompson, of FHFA, said some updated fees are higher and some are lower, in differing amounts, and they do not represent pure decreases for high-risk borrowers or pure increases for low-risk borrowers.
“Many borrowers with high credit scores or large down payments will see their fees decrease or remain flat,” Thompson said.
Thompson said the new framework does not provide incentives for a borrower to make a lower down payment to benefit from lower fees.
“Borrowers making a down payment smaller than 20% of the home’s value typically pay mortgage insurance premiums, so these must be added to the fees charged by the Enterprises (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) when considering a borrower’s total costs,” she said.
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), chair of the House Financial Services Committee, and Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH), chair of the Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, claimed in an April 25 letter to Thompson that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac implemented LLPAs as a risk-based pricing tool to encourage responsible lending and to protect taxpayers from undue risk.
However, they said the changes mandated by FHFA will achieve the opposite result.
“These changes violate the fundamental principle of risk-based pricing, namely that lower-risk borrowers should pay lower prices for access to credit than higher-risk borrowers,” Davidson and McHenry said. “There is no doubt that lenders will pass on the new LLPA costs to borrowers, which will result in higher mortgage rates and reduced access to credit.”
They said the House Financial Services Committee would attempt to have the new fees repealed if Thompson didn’t reverse the change and eliminate the tax.
Thompson said the targeted eliminations of up-front fees for borrowers with lower incomes — not lower credit scores — primarily are supported by the higher fees on products such as second homes and cash-out refinances. She added that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s statutory charters “specifically include references to supporting low- and moderate-income families by earning returns on mortgages for these borrowers that may be less than the returns earned on other products.”
National, local housing market update
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate edged lower last week, a modest boost for homebuyers looking for relief as a stubbornly low inventory of properties for sale fuels bidding wars in many markets.
The average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed-rate home loan fell to 6.39% from 6.43% last week, Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, it averaged 5.27%. The average rate fell for five straight weeks before rising the last two weeks of April.
“Spring is typically the busiest season for the residential housing market, and despite rates hovering in the mid-six percent range, this year is no different‚” Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist, said last week. “Interested homebuyers are acclimating to the current rate environment, but the lack of inventory remains a primary obstacle to affordability.”
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell 2.4% from February to March and were down 22% from a year earlier, according to the National Association of Realtors.
Dayton-area home sales have been sinking in recent months compared to last year, according to Dayton Realtors Multiple Listing Service. Local home and condo transactions declined 10.6% in March, the seventh consecutive month of decreases in year-over year sales.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. — Maryland has a lot of tourist attractions. Some are well-known, while others are some of the state’s hidden treasures.
To help celebrate National Travel and Tourism Weekand all that the state has to offer, the Maryland Tourism Coalition will make several stops around the state Tuesday for an event called “Maryland in a Day.”
“Maryland in a Day” was created by the Maryland Tourism Coalition. The group will drive the “Great Chesapeake Bay Loop” starting in Havre de Grace and ending in Crisfield on Tuesday.
The first stop on the tour Tuesday morning was the Concord Point Lighthouse in Havre de Grace.
The Concord Point Lighthouse is nearly 200 years old and is the second oldest lighthouse in Maryland. The lighthouse also is the symbol of Havre de Grace. Built in 1827, the lighthouse served as a beacon for sailors in the Upper Chesapeake Bay until being decommissioned in 1975.
The Concord Point Lighthouse is located at the point where the Susquehanna River meets the Chesapeake Bay. Light from the Concord Point Lighthouse provided an aid to navigation for 148 years. The Lighthouse and Keeper’s House have been fully restored and are both open to the public on weekends from April to October.
The Maryland Tourism Coalition’s itinerary for “Maryland in a Day” includes:
8am - Concord Point Lighthouse
8:45am - Bike and Ride in the Park in Cecil County
10:45am - Tour of the Brampton Inn (Chestertown)
12:15pm - Lunch in Queen Anne’s County
2:30pm - Tour and Tasting at Lyon Distilling in St. Mary’s Talbot County
4:20pm - walk around and see murals created by artists at the Harriett Tubman Underground Railroad Visitors Center
7:00pm - Somers Cove Marina where the day will end with a taste of Maryland’s State Dessert, Smith Island Cake
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Democrats who reclaimed the Pennsylvania House majority in November and clung to a one-seat margin by sweeping three special elections earlier this year face yet another contest for control of the chamber next week, when voters will fill a vacancy in the Philadelphia suburbs.
At stake in the Delaware County special election is whether freshman Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro will have at least one chamber to aid his agenda going into the final month of budget negotiations. The result could also affect a proposed constitutional amendment on abortion rights that legislative Republicans are one House vote away from putting before voters as a referendum.
The seat became open when Democratic Rep. Mike Zabel resigned in March, a week after a lobbyist accused him by name of sexual harassment.
A win by Republican candidate Katie Ford, a military veteran, school volunteer and behavioral therapist, would likely give the House GOP a 102-101 majority and the power to reclaim control of the legislative agenda and the chamber's voting calendar. Speaker Joanna McClinton, a Philadelphia Democrat, has presided over the House since January.
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But the Democrat in the race, Heather Boyd, a former congressional and state legislative aide, is running in a district that has given solid margins to Democratic candidates in recent elections. Libertarian Alfe Goodwin, whose campaign focuses on criminal justice reform and fighting homelessness, is also on the ballot.
During a debate between Ford and Boyd that was hosted by WHTM-TV in Harrisburg last week, Ford said she is against having Pennsylvania voters decide the abortion amendment, a Republican-crafted proposal which states that the Pennsylvania Constitution does not guarantee any rights relating to abortion or public funding of abortions. Ford said she is personally opposed to abortion but would not seek to change existing state law.
Boyd's effort to tie Ford to the longstanding Republican effort to ban or further restrict abortion access in Pennsylvania includes an ad in which Shapiro warns that a Republican House majority will move to strip him of veto power over anti-abortion legislation.
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Ford has focused her own campaign messaging on the Zabel scandal. She argues that Boyd did not respond sufficiently when she learned of Service Employees International Union lobbyist Andi Perez's account, that Zabel caressed her leg while they discussed legislation outside the Capitol in 2018 and did not stop when she moved away from him.
Zabel told The Associated Press, when he resigned in March, that he had planned to defend himself through the House Ethics Committee but ultimately decided he did not want to continue putting his loved ones through a public ordeal.
“Common sense says that if someone comes to you and says that they're being sexually harassed, you do something about it,” Ford said during the debate. “You don't just let it go.” Boyd responded that she did not endorse or support Zabel after hearing Perez’s account, and while active in the county Democratic Party hierarchy she tried to find someone to run against Zabel but was not successful.
Perez last month endorsed Boyd, saying the candidate had for years respected her request to keep her account regarding Zabel private.
Republicans entered the 2022 election with a 113-90 advantage in the state House, but Democrats flipped a net of 12 seats, barely enough to claim majority status and elect McClinton as speaker.
If Ford wins, and if Republicans hold on to a central Pennsylvania seat in the Sunbury area as widely expected, the chamber will return to GOP control. The House Republican floor leader, Rep. Bryan Cutler of Lancaster County, was speaker last year but said he no longer wants the job, raising the prospect of a GOP leadership fight while lawmakers work to pass a budget before the state's next fiscal year begins in July.
Even if McClinton retains the speakership after next week's special election, another potential fight for House majority control looms. At least four incumbent Democrats are on the ballot for local positions this year. Rep. John Galloway of Bucks is running for district judge, Rep. Amen Brown for Philadelphia mayor, Rep. Kristine Howard of Chester for common pleas judge and Rep. Sara Innamorato to be Allegheny's next county executive.
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CAMPBELL COUNTY, Va. – UPDATE
The scene of this crash has been cleared, according to VDOT.
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If you’re driving on US-29 near Leland Road in Campbell County, save yourself some time! VDOT says a vehicle crash has led to delays.
At this time, the north right lane and right shoulder are closed.
We’ve reached out to Virginia State Police to learn and haven’t heard back yet.
We will continue to update this article as information becomes readily available.
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TAMPA, Fla. — When the Hillsborough County Public Schools board voted 4-3 in April to close Just Elementary in West Tampa, outrage overflowed into the community.
However, 10 Investigates found long before board members approved the plan from Hillsborough County Superintendent Addison Davis, a 2015 redevelopment plan from the Tampa Housing Authority and the City of Tampa foreshadowed the school would eventually be gone.
"These schools, Stewart and Blake, are on the river, just like Just," CEO of Project LINK in West Tampa Tina Young said. "Developers want this land, and they will do anything to take it."
The West River Master Plan shows how the City of Tampa, the Tampa Housing Authority, Hillsborough County and Hillsborough County Public Schools all own 120 acres of connected land along the Hillsborough River.
The plan calls for all four of the government agencies to work together to reconfigure the area and open the area for residential and commercial development.
Four Hillsborough County schools, including Just Elementary, are one of the plan’s focal points. A map showing future buildout of the area shows Just gone and a new K-8 school nearby.
“West River, with its four public schools – Blake High School, Stewart Middle Magnet School, Just Elementary and Dunbar Elementary is unique in Tampa given that it is a favorably located neighborhood whose developable land is almost entirely owned by four local governmental agencies…who have joined hands to revitalize and redevelop the neighborhood to accommodate a broad mix of incomes and supporting commercial uses particularly in light of its excellent locational attributes and string housing demand,” the West River Master Plan reads.
"Our community is completely being gentrified,” the president of the Hillsborough NAACP, Yvette Lewis, said. “We're slowly seeing our community...the African-American community, deplete."
The West River Master Plan has not been mentioned in any of the district’s conversations on closing Just. When Davis brought the proposal before the school board to close Just and send students to Booker T. Washington and Tampa Bay Boulevard elementary schools, he cited poor performance, declining enrollment and understaffing.
"We can't recruit individuals to this school to serve children, and that's a disservice to children," Davis said during an April 18 school board meeting.
But parents, former students and community supporters say they want to see the district work harder to keep just open.
“You don’t remove Ernest E. Just school,” former student and community activist Michelle B. Patty said. “You make it better.”
School board members who voted to close Just said keeping it open is too risky.
“Look at the data,” board member Dr. Stacy Hahn said. “This school is in—these kids are in crisis.”
Just, which is 82 percent Black and 12 percent Hispanic has an F-rating and only about 60 percent of the staff it needs. Davis said there are a concerning amount of teacher vacancies. Other school board members cited financial concerns.
“We cannot keep tiny schools open when we’re not getting funding at the state level,” board chair Nadia Combs said.
Between the 2014-2015 school year and 2019-2020, Just’s enrollment dropped from 546 to 273.
However, the West River Master Plan, which was the catalyst for the relocation of about 2,000 residents in Tampa Housing Authority’s now-demolished North Boulevard Homes, played a role in the population shift. Many of the children in that development attended the school.
Former Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn, who placed a major emphasis on the revitalization of Tampa’s urban core during a time it struggled, said in 2017 the West River Master Plan will help transform the city. Six years later, Tampa is currently one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation.
"It will take a very dangerous, dilapidated and antiquated public housing project and replace it, and to give those residents an opportunity to have a better quality of life than they enjoy currently," he said in 2017 of the West River Master Plan. “It will create a development that is focused on the waterfront that is mixed-use, that is activating an area that has long been abandoned, and I think will change the face of West Tampa in a positive way.”
Some who work in the area and others who’ve called it home are fearful of what’s next. Tina Young, who’s served students for more than 20 years through Project LINK, was moved from the Just Full Service Center portable next to the school that offered wraparound services for students in the community.
"The Full Service Center was a resource," she said. "And the resource has been taken away."
Project LINK has been a partner with Hillsborough County for more than 30 years. The group offers a range of support services for students and families from therapy to health services.
Emails show the school district notified her in 2021 that she would be moving. A spokesperson said the portable sat on land next door that the city owned, and the city asked it to be moved. A City of Tampa staffer said the school district did not ask to renew its lease.
“I'm not sure what's next, but I know that we are resilient and we aren't going anywhere,” she said. “It may not be at this site, but we will still provide services for these children and all the kids that go to school in Hillsborough County.”
Like Young, neighbors in West Tampa have long sensed change coming.
“What they're saying is, 'we're changing the neighborhood and making it more attractive to live,' but it's all about the dollar,” Ron Pressley told Emerald Morrow in 2017. He lived in West Tampa for years, but has since moved out of the area.
“It’s all about the river,” he said then. “The river is gold.”
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MULBERRY, Fla. — Two people were killed in a serious crash involving at least two vehicles Tuesday morning on State Road 60 in Polk County.
The crash happened around 6:15 a.m. on SR-60 near Pine Grove Road. Sky 10 flew to the scene which showed the crash involving a truck and at least one other car.
Multiple emergency crews also responded to the crash.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, injuries have been reported in this crash in addition to the two fatalities. The extent of those injuries and how many people were involved have not been reported at this time.
At least this portion of S.R. 60 is closed as of 8:30 a.m. There is no word yet on when the road will reopen. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/polkcounty/mulberry-polk-county-crash-sr60/67-b352639c-3c16-4de8-bce4-36695bdb58d1 | 2023-05-09T12:47:00 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/polkcounty/mulberry-polk-county-crash-sr60/67-b352639c-3c16-4de8-bce4-36695bdb58d1 |
Chesterfield police are investigating a crash that killed a pedestrian early Tuesday morning.
Police say a 2023 Kia Rio was traveling west on Jahnke Road when it hit an adult male pedestrian walking in the roadway under the Chippenham Parkway overpass just before 1 a.m. Tuesday.
The pedestrian, whose identity has not been released yet, was transported to a local hospital, where he died from his injuries.
Anyone with information about this crash, the second fatal crash involving a pedestrian in Chesterfield in 2023, is asked to call the Chesterfield County Police Department at (804) 748-1251 or contact Crime Solvers anonymously at (804) 748-0660.
This morning's top headlines: Tuesday, May 9
A jury in New York City is set to begin deliberations in a civil trial over advice columnist E. Jean Carroll’s claims that Donald Trump raped her in a luxury Manhattan department store. The judge will read instructions to the nine-person jury for about an hour Tuesday before jurors begin discussing the civil claims of battery and defamation. If they believe Carroll, jurors can award compensatory and punitive damages. Trump has insisted he never sexually assaulted Carroll or knew her. He didn't attend the trial. Carroll’s attorney urged jurors to believe her client.
Officials from the party of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan say he has been arrested as he appeared in a court in the capital, Islamabad, to face charges in multiple graft cases. Fawad Chaudhry, a senior official with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party said the 72-year-old Khan was arrested on Tuesday on the premises of the court by agents from the country’s anti-corruption body, the National Accountability Bureau. Khan was ousted in a no-confidence vote in April last year. He has claimed his ouster was illegal and a Western conspiracy and has campaigned against the government of his successor, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, demanding early elections.
Before President Joe Biden and congressional leaders can even try to avert an unprecedented U.S. government default, their initial challenge on Tuesday will be to agree on what exactly they’re talking about as they hold their first substantive meeting in months. With the government at risk of being unable to meet its obligations as soon as June 1, Republicans are hoping to negotiate sweeping cuts to federal spending in exchange for allowing new borrowing to avoid default. Biden is set to reinforce his opposition to allowing the country’s full faith and credit to be held “hostage” to negotiations. Expectations for a breakthrough are low.
President Vladimir Putin has declared that the West has unleashed “a real war” against Russia. The Russian leader reprised the familiar refrain at scaled-down Victory Day celebrations that may reflect the toll the Ukraine conflict is taking on his forces. Putin’s remarks Tuesday came just hours after the Moscow fired its latest barrage of cruise missiles at targets in Ukraine. Russia invaded its neighbor more than 14 months ago. Ukrainian authorities said air defenses destroyed 23 of 25 missiles launched.
The Israeli military says it has killed three senior commanders of the militant Islamic Jihad group in targeted airstrikes. Palestinian health officials said 13 people were killed, including the commanders and members of their families. The Palestinian Health Ministry said 20 people were wounded. The strikes hit the top floor of an apartment building in Gaza City and a house in the southern city of Rafah. Witnesses reported seeing explosions. The strikes continued early on Tuesday, targeting militant training sites. In the past, Palestinian militant groups in Gaza have retaliated for such targeted killings. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh warned that Israel will “pay the price." The surprise attacks come at a time of soaring Israeli-Palestinian tensions.
The Associated Press has won two Pulitzer Prizes in the journalism categories of public service and breaking news photography for its coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The AP's coverage of the siege of Mariupol was credited with saving thousands of lives. AL.com, based in Birmingham, Alabama, won Pulitzers for editorial writing and local news coverage. The New York Times also won for Ukraine coverage. It and the Los Angeles Times won two Pulitzers. The Washington Post, the Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal, Mississippi Today and Gimlet Media also won awards. The Pulitzers annually honor the best in journalism.
The man accused of killing eight people and wounding several others in a mass shooting at a suburban Dallas shopping mall researched when it was busiest and posted photos on social media in mid-April of a store near where he ultimately started his attack. Other online activity betrayed a fascination with mass shootings and white supremacy, including large Nazi tattoos on his arm and torso. Authorities have identified Mauricio Garcia as the gunman. His posts on a Russian social networking site suggest the 33-year-old had been planning the attack for weeks before he stepped out of a silver sedan and opened fire Saturday. The Associated Press has verified his account on the site.
Police in Texas say the driver of an SUV that killed eight people when it slammed into a Brownsville, Texas, bus stop is charged with manslaughter, and investigators are trying to determine if the crash was intentional. Authorities believe the driver, 34-year-old George Alvarez of Brownsville, lost control after running a red light and plowed into a crowd outside a migrant center. Police Chief Felix Sauceda said Monday that Alvarez is charged with eight counts of manslaughter and 10 counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Sauceda says officials are awaiting toxicology reports to determine whether Alvarez was intoxicated, adding that there's no motive he can discuss. He says the victims were all male and several were from Venezuela.
A U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder in the shooting death of an armed protester during a Black Lives Matter march in Texas faces up to life in prison when his sentencing hearing begins Tuesday. Daniel Perry was convicted in April in the 2020 killing of 28-year-old Garrett Foster, who was legally carrying a rifle in the downtown Austin march. Perry was working as a ride-share driver the night of the shooting and has said he acted in self-defense. Witnesses testified they didn't see Foster raise his weapon. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has already pushed the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to recommend he pardon Perry.
Attorneys for golf superstar Tiger Woods will soon be in court in an attempt to halt a lawsuit his ex-girlfriend filed against him. The attorneys are expected to argue in a Florida court Tuesday that Erica Herman signed a nondisclosure agreement with the golfer requiring that any disagreement between the two must be decided by an arbitrator in private. Herman is arguing that the contract should be thrown out. She was working as the manager of his Florida restaurant when their romantic relationship began. She says she signed the agreement under duress because he threatened to fire her if she didn't, His lawyers deny that.
It could be the day for the petit basset griffon Vendéen named for Buddy Holly. Or the Pekingese could notch his breed’s third Westminster Kennel Club dog show win in little over a decade. And what about the French bulldog that nearly won last year? Or will the best in show ribbon go to ... Ribbon? Buddy Holly the PBGV, Rummie the Peke, Winston the Frenchie and Ribbon the Australian shepherd are headed to the Westminster Kennel Club dog show finals Tuesday, along with three other finalists yet to be chosen.
Lonnie Walker scored all of his 15 points in a phenomenal fourth quarter, and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied late to take a 3-1 series lead with a 104-101 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 4 on Monday night. Jimmy Butler had 27 points and 10 assists, Bam Adebayo finished with 23 points and 13 rebounds and Miami moved a win away from its third trip to the Eastern Conference finals in the last four years by topping New York. A complete recap of Monday's action: | https://richmond.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/chesterfield-police-jahnke-road-pedestrian-crash/article_4ca1e770-ee59-11ed-bc60-eb77dbef80e3.html | 2023-05-09T12:51:37 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/chesterfield-police-jahnke-road-pedestrian-crash/article_4ca1e770-ee59-11ed-bc60-eb77dbef80e3.html |
Police said the driver was Giovanni Roggiero, II, 31, of Richmond, who has been charged with attempted murder and disregarding a signal by law enforcement to stop.
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Police said an officer saw Roggiero driving a cement truck "in a reckless manner" near West Broad and Thompson streets at 4:44 p.m. on May 2.
"The officer witnessed the cement truck cutting off vehicles, recklessly switching lanes and driving into oncoming traffic," police said.
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Alert - Henrico Police was notified of a pursuit involving a truck out of the City of Richmond around 4:52 pm. The pursuit ended at the intersection of Rodney Rd and Deane Rd. HPD is on the scene investigating a crash and officer-involved shooting. pic.twitter.com/pLNKbs8xNv
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The driver didn't stop when the officer tried to pull him over and later tried to reverse into a police vehicle, authorities said. That led to a chase into Henrico County that ended at Deane and Rodney roads, where two Richmond police vehicles and the cement truck collided, police said.
After the crash, an officer shot the driver, who was taken to a hospital with a life-threatening injury, police said. No officers were hurt.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call authorities at (804) 780-1000. | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/new-details-about-richmond-truck-driver-shot-by-police-released/article_4042f148-ee10-11ed-9c70-b7b18e29c87b.html | 2023-05-09T12:51:43 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/new-details-about-richmond-truck-driver-shot-by-police-released/article_4042f148-ee10-11ed-9c70-b7b18e29c87b.html |
News Tribune, May 9, 1983
- The latest report puts the unemployment rate in St. Louis County at 23%, and more and more unemployed people are turning to social service agencies for food, shelter, and clothing. Some 2,600 applications for assistance were taken during one two-week period last winter.
- Minnesota's amateur country musicians will compete for a $1,000 prize during the 98th annual St. Louis County Fair this summer in Hibbing. The winner will also earn a chance to compete for $50,000 in a national competition in Nashville, Tennessee.
News Tribune, May 9, 1923
- Duluth-Superior harbor boat arrivals and departures for the last 24 hours total 61. With the exception of two, all boats leaving the harbor carried cargoes of iron ore, and 22 of the boats arriving carried a total of 200,000 tons of coal.
- Oliver Olson, Duluth commissioner of public safety, announced yesterday that Sunday dancing in Duluth will be stopped. J.B. Richards, city attorney, said there is currently no city ordinance prohibiting the operation of dance halls on Sundays, although the City Council could enact one. | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/bygones-100-years-ago-duluth-attempts-to-stop-public-dancing-on-sundays | 2023-05-09T12:59:58 | 1 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/bygones-100-years-ago-duluth-attempts-to-stop-public-dancing-on-sundays |
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A third, shorter-lived local public television mascot named Cosmos was benched because his appearance reportedly upset children.
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PORTAGE — A 28-year-old woman, who allegedly dumped her two small children along a busy stretch of U.S. 6 following an argument, was found slumped over the wheel of her nearby vehicle and battled with officers while being taken into custody, Portage police reported.
"As I was placing a seatbelt on Ms. (Tanya) Embry, she kicked toward me with her right leg, her knee striking me on the right side of my jaw," an officer wrote in the arrest report. "I took hold of Ms. Embry's right leg and she then kicked out with her left leg, striking me in the right shoulder. I felt pain to both areas which were struck."
Embry, who provided addresses in both Liberty Township and Griffith, was taken to the Porter County jail and has since been charged with felony counts of battery against a public safety official and two counts of neglect of a dependent, and misdemeanor resisting law enforcement and public intoxication, records show.
A Portage police officer responded at 8:34 p.m. Saturday to a report of small children, estimated to be first-grade age, walking near U.S. 6 in the area of Castle Subaru, the incident report says.
The officer spotted two small children.
"When asked what they were doing by the roadway, (one of the children) informed me their mother had kicked them out of the vehicle on US Hwy. 6 and drove away," officer reported.
They learned she had driven a child to a choir event at the school and officers were told she had rubbed the back of one man, grabbed at children and was found yelling at someone else's child in the boy's bathroom.
The children said their mother, Embry, was drunk and driving a GMC truck. The officer reported seeing the vehicle in question a short distance away to the north in the business parking lot.
The officer found the vehicle running and the driver, later identified as Embry, slumped over unconscious behind the wheel, police said. The vehicle was in drive and her foot was on the brake.
The officer placed the vehicle in drive and after being unable to awaken Embry, called emergency medical officials to the scene, according to the report.
When Embry regained consciousness and was asked about the whereabouts of her small children, she pointed south toward the highway, police said.
Porter/LaPorte County Courts and Social Justice Reporter
Bob is a 23-year veteran of The Times. He covers county government and courts in Porter County, federal courts, police news and regional issues. He also created the Vegan in the Region blog, is an Indiana University grad and lifelong region resident. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/intoxicated-mom-dumped-kids-along-u-s-6-kicked-officer-in-face-portage-police-say/article_817f5254-ee5c-11ed-bd3d-9fc6fab6b9e8.html | 2023-05-09T13:08:42 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/intoxicated-mom-dumped-kids-along-u-s-6-kicked-officer-in-face-portage-police-say/article_817f5254-ee5c-11ed-bd3d-9fc6fab6b9e8.html |
YORK, Pa. — The York City Police Department will hold their first Fallen Officer Run and Walk on Tuesday.
It honors two officers, Officer Henry C. Schaad and Officer Alex I. Sable, who both died in the line of duty.
These officers were originally honored individually, with separate runs over the summer. This year, the York City Police Department decided to combine them for one big day of commemorations.
Tuesday marks five years since Officer Sable died in the line of duty after a training exercise in 2018. The department also honors Officer Schaad, who was killed in the line of duty during the 1969 York race riots.
Sergeant John J. Huncher III of the York City Police Department said this run not only helps remember the fallen but also brings their department together.
"[It's nice] seeing the younger officers not lose in translation what these officers sacrificed and what their family sacrifice," said Huncher. "It just shows the dedication of the officers of this department."
Friends, family and fellow officers will run in formation together to both of the officer's resting places, before circling back to the York City Police Department.
The run and walk will start at 9 a.m. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-city-police-department-fallen-officer-run-and-walk/521-18352b83-d80f-48fd-a871-28e7b346fd29 | 2023-05-09T13:09:01 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-city-police-department-fallen-officer-run-and-walk/521-18352b83-d80f-48fd-a871-28e7b346fd29 |
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Ohio EPA approves Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne solid waste draft plan update
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Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Joint Solid Waste Management District Board of Directors
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BOLIVAR ‒ The Board of Directors of the Joint Solid Waste Management District learned its solid waste draft plan update has been approved by the director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
The plan is updated about every three years.
OTHER ACTION:
- Entered into an agreement with Sheridan Ohio for the printing and mailing of the 2023 Recycling Newsletter in for $110,000.
- Heard the city of Louisville decided not to explore a trash and recycling contract at this time. It is the only municipality in the district without a curbside recycling program. The district had offered a $20,000 Recycling Makes Sense curbside program startup grant as an incentive.
- Extended two 2022 recycling agreements for the purchase of glass, plastic aluminum, and steel with Kimble Transfer and Recycling and for the Tuscarawas County Recycling Drop-off Program with Kimble Recycling and Disposal.
FOR YOUR INFO:
- American Landfill Community Advisory Committee will meet at 1 p.m. May 19 at the district office. It meets twice a year. A motion was made to extend the committee for an additional five years and authorize Director David Held to amend the settlement and release agreement with American Landfill.
- Canton Recycling Center is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday and Friday, Wayne County Fairgrounds Collections Events will be held from noon to 6 p.m. May 22 and June 26 and the Tuscarawas County Fairgrounds, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., June 3 and Aug. 26 (optional). All sites are by appointment only.
UP NEXT: Meets at 9:30 a.m. July 7 in the district office at 9918 Wilkshire Blvd. NE.
Barb Limbacher | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/2023/05/09/ohio-epa-approves-solid-waste-draft-plan-update/70194776007/ | 2023-05-09T13:12:49 | 0 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/2023/05/09/ohio-epa-approves-solid-waste-draft-plan-update/70194776007/ |
North Canton Council puts approval of overnight parking permits bill on hold
North Canton Council to reconsider terms of proposed program to issue overnight parking permits.
- North Canton council holds off on final approval of overnight parking permits for residents.
- Council members realized that some people who got overnight parking permits would not be able to park their vehicles in front of their homes as required under the permit.
NORTH CANTON − City Council appeared on the verge of approving legislation to allow residents to get permits to park their cars overnight on streets in front of their homes.
Instead, council members on Monday opted to table the bill and park it in limbo.
Parking is prohibited on residential streets in the city from 2 to 6 a.m. If the proposal became law, people could pay $50 to get a permit from police to park a vehicle in front of their properties for up to three months where such parking is banned. According to the proposal, residents could apply for no more than two permits a year and a vehicle couldn't be issued an overnight parking permit more than twice a year.
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At-large council member Daryl Revoldt said on streets where residential parking is permitted 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. any one can park any vehicle anywhere on the street because it's a public right of way. A resident does not have reserved street parking in front of their home. Therefore, a resident who got an overnight parking permit should be allowed to park anywhere from 2 to 6 a.m. because someone else may have parked a car in front of that resident's house, he said.
Council member David Metheney, Ward 2, asked about situations where parking wasn't permitted on one side of the street, including on the side of the street where the resident lived.
Benjamin Young, North Canton's public policy analyst, said the legislation required that vehicles with an overnight parking permit be parked "directly in front" of the resident's home.
"I don't think that's going to work," said Revoldt.
Revoldt said that needed to be changed to allow the resident to park elsewhere on the street in case parking wasn't allowed on their side of the street or another vehicle was occupying the space.
Council member John Orr, Ward 4, said one of his neighbors has a fire hydrant in front of their house and would be unable to park there even if they got a permit. And he raised the issue of residents who lived on busy streets like Applegrove Street NE.
Revoldt moved to table the legislation, and council agreed.
Earlier in public speaks, resident Rita Palmer and her husband and former council member Chuck Osborne said the legislation would make streets less safe to drive. They argued that allowing people to get permits for overnight parking would lead to less space for cars to maneuver on narrow residential streets and lead to more accidents.
"Dodging parked cars is a game during the day at best, and it will be a disaster waiting at night," Palmer said.
Palmer predicted that residents would try to game the new rule by having each member of their household apply for a new overnight parking permit every six months. So they could always have at least one vehicle parked outside their home on the street at all hours.
Osborne asked, "Are we now going to turn our public streets into parking lots?"
Council member Stephanie Werren, Ward 3, said the overnight parking permits were strictly for special circumstances decided on a case-by-case basis by police and not designed as a way for residents to routinely park their cars on the streets outside their homes.
Council member Jamie McCleaster, Ward 1, said the permits were intended to go to college students visiting their parents, residents whose driveway was temporarily unavailable due to construction or for a health care aid visiting a patient during the overnight hours.
"I did not think this was a lifestyle choice where I can park on that street," McCleaster said.
The language of the proposed ordinance does not say under what circumstances police should approve or deny parking permits.
Other action
Council also approved legislation to:
- Reduce the period that a nonconforming use on a property can resume after it ceases from two years to one year. A nonconforming use is when a property use is permitted to not comply with the zoning code for that area because the use predated the adoption of the zoning code.
- Rezone the Main Street Business Central zone to zones of adjoining districts, including some to residential zones.
- Waive permit fees for businesses that choose to change their facades to designs desired by the city.
- Requiring residential property owners to get the approval of a city engineer on their plans to regrade their lot to ensure more water doesn't drain onto their neighbors' property.
Reach Robert at robert.wang@cantonrep.com. Twitter: @rwangREP. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/north-canton/2023/05/09/north-canton-council-rethinks-overnight-parking-permits-for-residents/70197731007/ | 2023-05-09T13:13:01 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/north-canton/2023/05/09/north-canton-council-rethinks-overnight-parking-permits-for-residents/70197731007/ |
Plain Local's Avondale Elementary builds pavilion to honor late teacher Lisa Biclawski
- Avondale Elementary is building a pavilion to honor Lisa Biclawski, a teacher who died last year.
- Biclawski taught in Plain Local Schools for 34 years.
- The school hopes to hold a dedication next year.
PLAIN TWP. ‒ Lisa Biclawski spent all 34 years of her teaching career with Plain Local Schools.
The district is now honoring the late educator by dedicating a pavilion in her memory.
Students in GlenOak High School's construction trades program recently started work on a pavilion at Avondale Elementary that will serve as a tribute to Biclawski, a beloved teacher who died last year after an extended illness.
Who was Plain Local teacher Lisa Biclawski?
The 56-year-old grew up in Perry Township. She attended St. Joan of Arc and Central Catholic High School and eventually went to Kent State for her bachelor's degree in early childhood education and her master's in school administration.
Biclawski's children — Marissa, Michael and Alexis — described her as compassionate, intelligent and loving. She loved thrifting, spending time with her family and sitting by the pool in her yard. They said she was destined to be a teacher.
"She was in grade school, and she would come home knowing she wanted to be a teacher ... she just had a love for not only making kids better, but just caring for them and making sure they were OK," said Michael Biclawski, a third-grade teacher at Warstler Elementary.
Marissa Biclawski said her mom enjoyed the support and togetherness of Plain Local.
Other teachers noted Biclawski's caring nature and dedication to her students.
"She was like my mentor," Avondale Elementary teacher Lori Eckelberry said, who knew Biclawski for more than 30 years. "So she had a couple of years on me when I first started, and she was the one who got me through those first two years of teaching. And if it wasn't for her, there's no way I would have been able to survive it. She was the type of person who would reach out to others without any regard to herself."
Pam Wilzoch, a Taft Elementary teacher who knew Biclawski for 15 years, said she was the kind of person who taught everyone and was always willing to offer her support. Wilzoch said Biclawski's positivity has left a profound impact on her as an educator.
"Teaching is not easy, and there were some days that you were kind of down in the dumps, and she'd say, 'Just keep smiling. Just keep smiling,'" she said. "I just always take that to heart."
Biclawski became sick in May 2021 and died after an extended illness in February 2022. Alexis, Marissa and Michael Biclawski said their mom was always thinking about her students, even when she was in the hospital.
Jeanne McNeal, who became principal of Avondale Elementary several months after Biclawski's death, said she never met Biclawski, but she sees the late teacher's impact on the community.
"I can tell you from becoming the principal here I can feel the love for her," McNeal said. "She was a person that was near and dear to their hearts, and everyone is just rallying around this project to have something on this property in her name."
How did the project come together?
Kim Swallen, president of the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) at Avondale Elementary, said there had been discussions about creating an outdoor space at the school at 3933 Eaton Dr. NW just off Fulton Drive. Following Biclawski's passing, members of the PTO decided they wanted to dedicate a pavilion in her honor.
McNeal said the PTO wanted "something that could be used as an outdoor classroom, but also tie in to the Avondale community and be something the neighbors could use as well."
From there, school leaders got in touch with Chance Bricker, construction trades teacher at GlenOak High, about the possibility of construction students helping out. Bricker was asked to put together a list of materials and cost estimates. He then presented the details to the PTO.
Parents, teachers, staff and community members raised funds last year.
"It's such a small, tiny, family community school, so being able to honor (Biclawski) is very exciting," Swallen said.
GlenOak students started construction on the pavilion in April. Bricker said 25 juniors and between six to 10 seniors are working on the project.
"This is a basic, in-the-trenches type (of) learning where they can go from having minimal resources, in other words, digging a basic hole to put poles in and using tape measures, to building a whole structure," he said. "So it takes them through the meat and potatoes of how to construct a structure."
Bricker said the project is empowering students to be self-sufficient and put the knowledge they have gained to use. He said the skills they are learning are transferrable to other structures like decks. This means students will be able to get jobs with contractors over the summer, he said, or start their own deck building and repair businesses.
He citing the last week in May as the target completion date.
Michael, Alexis and Marissa Biclawski said they were touched by the project. After Biclawski died, they asked anyone interested in sending flowers to instead donate to the Avondale PTO to help support the families and students their mom loved. They agreed the project will serve as testament to Biclawski's legacy as a educator. Biclawski would love the idea, they said, because one of her favorite parts of teaching was taking students outside to do hands-on activities.
McNeal said the school hopes to have a ribbon-cutting and dedication in August.
Reach Paige at 330-580-8577, pmbennett@gannett.com or on Twitter @paigembenn. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2023/05/09/lisa-biclawski-honored-with-memorial-pavilion-at-avondale-elementary/70127945007/ | 2023-05-09T13:13:07 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2023/05/09/lisa-biclawski-honored-with-memorial-pavilion-at-avondale-elementary/70127945007/ |
APOPKA, Fla. – Five people were taken to a hospital Tuesday morning to be treated for carbon monoxide poisoning that occurred at a home in Orange County, officials said.
Orange County Fire Rescue said the incident happened at a home on Timberwolf Trail near Apopka.
Fire officials said a teen awakened and alerted the family, five of whom were taken to Florida Hospital South. The patients’ conditions have not been released.
No other details have been released.
Check back for updates. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/05/09/5-hospitalized-due-to-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-at-home-near-apopka/ | 2023-05-09T13:19:43 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/05/09/5-hospitalized-due-to-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-at-home-near-apopka/ |
DELAVAN — Delavan High School graduation will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, May 12, in the Poppenga Gym.
The valedictorian is Leah Waggoner. The salutatorian is Blanca Gonzales.
Graduates are as follows:
A-Z
EllaMae Birkey, Brian Bristow, Chance Castleman, Gabriella Eidenmiller, Blanca Gonzalez, Kade Green, Gus Hilst, Shelby Hoyland, Kaidence Lindenfelser, Nevada Martin, Jakasia Mata, Mackenzie Mitchell, Arren Perdue, Emma Schurman, Alex Stambaugh, Landen Stewart and Leah Waggoner.
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It's prom season in Central Illinois! Here's a look at prom courts for area high schools. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/delavan-high-school-2023-graduates/article_75bb8a18-e930-11ed-b0b3-070e2588e0ee.html | 2023-05-09T13:20:09 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/delavan-high-school-2023-graduates/article_75bb8a18-e930-11ed-b0b3-070e2588e0ee.html |
HEYWORTH — Heyworth High School graduation will be held at 6 p.m. Friday, May 26, in the Hornet gymnasium.
The graduates are as follows:
A-F
Andrew Barnes, Brooklyn Beland, Bailey Brooks, Kendally Burton, Clara Carpenter, Evan Cook, Tucker Coon, Wyatt Cullers, Trace Dahl, Seth Deavers, Logan Deckard, Braden Denning, Lara Drzemala, Samantha Felan, Owen Fitzgerald
G-K
Josie Giroux, Makayla Glynn, Dominic, Grobauskas, Corey Hadden, Haden Hankins, Ashley Hanslow, Lucy Hawk, Katie Hernandez-Zuno, Ahnnika Hess, Landen Huffman, Bengamin Hulen, Valory Karr, Lucas Kessinger, Madison Klawitter, Collin Koch
L-P
Kate Lamb, Niklus Lanning, Ava Longfellow, Jake Mcgowan, Jesper Melin, Lauren Monk, Brooke Monteggia, Chloe Morrell, Landon Nettleton, Aya Neumann, Trevor Patrick, Theodore Perschall V.
Q-Z
Alene Quinton, Reese Rapson, Austin Russow, Kennedy Samples, Kyleigh Samples, Brody Scheets, Connor Schiffman, Jacob Shoemaker, Emma Slayback, Mikaylah Smith, Madeline Stork, Taryn Strunk, Kaine Thomas, Ethan Trask, Mercedez Tucker and Chase Walters.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas nurses can now breathe a sigh of relief after the passage of a Senate Bill 240, which will protect healthcare personnel from workplace violence.
Officials from the Texas Nurses Association (TNA) say out of the average number of nurses in Texas, about half of them will be subjected to some sort of physical violence at one point in their career.
"That is an extremely high number. Another thing that I think helps put this in perspective is that there's some national research that shows that health care workers and nurses in particular are about four times more likely to be subjected to physical violence in the workplace than any other profession," said Jack Frazee, director of Government Affairs at TNA.
Frazee said that the TNA has been trying to work on policies to reduce violence for about a decade.
Through the passing of SB 240, the bill will provide the nursing staff a more active role in the development of facility policies, anti-retaliation protections and more. It will require facilities to create a committee that will look at hospital policies and practices around workplace violence prevention and create a plan for the facility to follow.
"It makes it clear that those are protected communications and employers cannot retaliate against folks for exercising those rights. Then on top of that, the state is advising and supervising all of these things. So if a facility for some reason is not following the law, then they could be subjected to penalties by the state," said Frazee.
Before the passage of this bill, hospitals were not required to have any type of workplace violence prevention program, plan or training.
During this legislative session, Mary Vitullo, the current director at large for the TNA, said there's been a lot of focus on nursing. Vitullo believes it's a result of nurses advocating for their own profession to protect themselves at work.
"We had [over] 400 nurses go to the Capitol building and spoke with their representatives and senators to let them know that workplace violence is a very real part of their job right now. We need to put protections and protect nurses," said Vitullo.
Officials said moving forward, this is going to help nurses feel safer and more comfortable at work and it's going to provide them with the protection they need.
"Because right now we're facing a pretty significant nursing shortage and we need to do everything that we can to promote eliminating things like burnout and promoting, you know, increasing resiliency for nurses. I think this bill is really going to help with that," said Vitullo.
The TNA said it "applauds" State Rep. Donna Howard and State Sen. Donna Campbell for helping champion the bill.
SB 240 now heads to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk for a signature. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/workplace-violence-prevention-bill-passed/269-e2ffd327-db2a-4100-8b57-8b0662cee7d4 | 2023-05-09T13:21:28 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/workplace-violence-prevention-bill-passed/269-e2ffd327-db2a-4100-8b57-8b0662cee7d4 |
WATERLOO --- Police are investigating an apparent robbery that led to a fight a stabbing Monday night.
According to police, a youth was jumped and robbed by other juveniles in the area of Logan Avenue and Argyle Street.
The father of the mugging victim and his friend then when to confront the suspects. An altercation broke out with other family members, and in the end the friend was clubbed with a wooden object, and the father suffered stab wounds.
Both were treated and are expected to survive, police said.
Police continue to investigate the crimes, and no arrests have been made as of Tuesday morning. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/police-investigate-mugging-stabbing/article_1c95328d-d59f-5f9c-8015-fc3c753e44f4.html | 2023-05-09T13:27:59 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/police-investigate-mugging-stabbing/article_1c95328d-d59f-5f9c-8015-fc3c753e44f4.html |
WATERLOO — One teen has been sent to the hospital following gunfire in a Waterloo neighborhood early Tuesday.
Details weren’t immediately available, but officers were called to a report of gunshots in the area of Baltimore and West Fourth streets around 3:45 a.m. Tuesday.
Officers found spent shell casings in the area.
While police were at the scene, a 14-year-old arrived at MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the leg. Police said his injuries don’t appear to be life-threatening.
Officers are investigating the shooting.
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On June 17, 2015, a group of Black churchgoers were attending Bible study at a historic Black church in Charleston, South Carolina, when white supremacist Dylann Roof—who had even sat in on the session—drew out a handgun and shot and killed nine of them. He was later convicted of 33 hate crimes and murder charges.
Roof's outspokenness about his anti-Black views—through his public website and writings from jail—and the aftermath of the massacre stirred conversations among federal lawmakers about the proposal of an anti-Black-specific hate crime bill shortly after. However, it has yet to move forward.
In 2021, Congress passed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act to specifically address anti-Asian hate crimes—and rightfully so—after the increase in hate crimes targeting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. In 2009, the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act sought to prosecute hate crimes based on sexual orientation and gender. No such bill exists regarding anti-Black hate crimes. In fact, the U.S. had no anti-lynching legislation until 2022, more than 100 years after the country's only Black member of Congress attempted to pass one in 1900.
Almost seven years after the Charleston shooting, on May 14, 2022, a white 18-year-old man named Payton Gendron traveled 3.5 hours from his hometown to Buffalo, New York, walked into a supermarket in a predominantly Black neighborhood armed with an AR-15-style rifle, and opened fire on 13 innocent shoppers, killing 10—all of whom were Black. Gendron received back-to-back life sentences without the possibility of parole for his racially motivated hate crimes.
The Buffalo tragedy hearkened back to the Charleston church massacre, reigniting demands for protections for Black Americans against such hate crimes—yet still to no avail.
Circumstances like these factor into the hesitation from victims regarding making official reports, ultimately contributing to the limitations of hate crime data.
In more than a third of cases (38%), victims surveyed said they dealt with the crime in another way rather than reporting it to the police. Almost a quarter (23%) of DOJ's survey participants who did not report hate crimes also stated they believed police would not or could not do anything to help. Other reasons for not reporting fell under the category of "not important enough," which includes victims who said it was a minor or unsuccessful crime, situations where the offender(s) was a child, or that insurance would not cover their losses.
Fear of retaliation from the offender was the third most common reason victims chose not to report. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/waterloo-man-sentenced-to-prison-for-sex-abuse/article_a7047b78-c4f8-59f2-b240-37a06bf3dd60.html | 2023-05-09T13:28:11 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/waterloo-man-sentenced-to-prison-for-sex-abuse/article_a7047b78-c4f8-59f2-b240-37a06bf3dd60.html |
WESTGATE — An Oelwein woman has been arrested for allegedly setting a fire in a Westgate apartment.
Fayette County sheriff’s deputies arrested Lakesha S. Hicks, 39, on Monday for one count of first-degree arson.
One of the residents inside the apartment awoke to the sound of a dog barking and noticed the room was filled with smoke, according to deputies.
The occupants put out the fire with an extinguisher before it could spread, deputies said.
Court records show the fire came just days after Hicks had been sentenced to a $105 fine for a disorderly conduct charge where she was accused of breaking items in the emergency room waiting area at MercyOne Oelwein in April.
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CEDAR FALLS — A Cedar Falls family escaped injury when a fire broke out in their attached garage Monday night.
Crews with Cedar Falls Fire Rescue were called to the home at 1607 College St. at about 11:15 p.m. Monday and found the blaze was starting to breach into the living area above the garage.
Firefighters knocked down the fire before it could continue spreading and limited it to the basement area.
No injuries were reported in the fire.
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Crews with Cedar Falls Fire Rescue were called to the home at 1607 College St. and found the blaze was starting to breach into the living room area above the garage on Monday. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/garage-fire-damages-cedar-falls-home/article_2b7e69c1-4eb0-579a-bc68-9c58f3fcdf8a.html | 2023-05-09T13:28:24 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/garage-fire-damages-cedar-falls-home/article_2b7e69c1-4eb0-579a-bc68-9c58f3fcdf8a.html |
WATERLOO –The Kiwanis Club of Waterloo will meet at 12:10 p.m. on Tuesday at the Elk's Lodge at 407 East Park Ave. The meeting will take place in the upper lodge room.
The meeting will have a meal and the program will start at approximately 12:30 p.m. Paul Huting, of Waterloo Leisure Services, will be the speaker.
The Kiwanis will award Leisure Services with $10,000 for the renovation at Gates Park.
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Johnson County Central school officials hope a revamped bond proposal to consolidate the Tecumseh district into one facility will make the grade a second time around.
The district's school board will consider calling a mail-in election to pass a $49.5 million bond at a meeting Wednesday, Superintendent Jon Rother said. If passed, July 11 would be the deadline to turn in ballots.
The proposal, which would consolidate the district's three school sites in Tecumseh and nearby Cook to one site in Tecumseh, is similar to one floated last year that voters ultimately rejected.
The new plan calls for a 123,940-square-foot pre-K-12 building, which is slightly smaller than last year's design although more expensive due to rising construction costs. Last year's proposal called for a $43 million bond.
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"I think we've got the scope as narrow as we can be on this without cutting into student services," Rother said.
The future school would be built on roughly 50 acres of farmland northeast of the football stadium, near the center of town. The previous plan called for the school to be built north of the high school along U.S. 136.
Johnson County Central — which serves roughly 500 students from Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee and Otoe counties — operates three school sites: A pre-K-3 building and high school in Tecumseh and a preschool and middle school 15 minutes north in Cook.
Those facilities, however, are aging and would need costly renovations down the line to bring them up to code, Rother said. The high school is 55 years old and the elementary school was built in 1931. The Cook site was built in 1958 as the former home to Nemaha Valley Public Schools before the district merged with Tecumseh Public Schools in 2007.
Rother said transporting students to Cook is also inconvenient since most students live in Tecumseh and because school bus drivers are in short supply.
The new plan calls for similar amenities as last year, including a competition gym, but some new elements as well. Those include shop space, a wrestling practice room and a superintendent's office, which would allow the district to entirely vacate existing buildings. The previous plan called for using the current high school for activities like wrestling practice. The building would also have an auxiliary gym.
If the bond is approved, the Cook site would likely be sold and the elementary school demolished and turned into a parking lot. Rother said the district may still use the gym in the high school and potentially lease out space to a day care.
The proposed bond program would last 30 years and raise the annual levy by roughly 53 cents per $100 of residential valuation, according to current estimates. The levy would be half that amount for agricultural land, which due to a recently passed state law is valued at 50% of actual value for school bond issues.
Last year, more than 54% of voters opposed the plan, although voters in Johnson County — who represented 80% of ballots cast — supported the bond by a margin of about 40 votes. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/tecumseh-school-district-eyes-reworked-bond-issue/article_c9308318-edc9-11ed-8370-dbb3413198e7.html | 2023-05-09T13:36:47 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/tecumseh-school-district-eyes-reworked-bond-issue/article_c9308318-edc9-11ed-8370-dbb3413198e7.html |
Here's what happened to the key players in the Jodi Arias murder trial that captivated the world
It was a case that riveted the nation, was an international sensation, and put Maricopa County Superior Court under an intense spotlight.
The prosecution of Jodi Arias for the murder of her boyfriend Travis Alexander forged and destroyed reputations. Books, movies and careers were made. It was one of the biggest show trials since the acquittal of football legend O.J. Simpson.
On May 8, 2013, a jury on the fifth floor in the South Tower of the county court complex declared Arias guilty of first-degree murder. In the 10 years since, fates have been mixed for the key players in the saga.
The victim and his family: Travis Alexander
Alexander was a salesman and an aspiring motivational speaker who was in an on-again, off-again relationship with Arias for nearly two years. Originally from Riverside, Calif., Alexander moved to Mesa for business opportunities several years before his death while also hoping to build a life within a strong Mormon community.
Alexander's family has not spoken much publically in the decade since Arias' trial, however, a book titled "Our Friend Travis: The Travis Alexander Story" was published in 2015 by two of Alexander's "good friends."
Fans who were anti-Arias and supported Alexander have still shown support online for his life throughout the years with Facebook pages such as "Justice for Travis Alexander" and a multitude of podcast episodes on the murder.
The murder defendant: Jodi Arias
Now 42, Arias is serving a life sentence in the Perryville state women's prison in Goodyear. She is not eligible for release.
According to state prison system records, Arias has been found guilty of only one minor misconduct charge while in custody for disrespecting staff. She was reclassified to a low-security wing of the prison in 2021. She works in the prison library.
In 2020, the Arizona Court of Appeals rejected Arias' appeal of her conviction and sentence.
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The lead prosecutor: Juan Martinez
County prosecutor Juan Martinez became a cult favorite during the trial. He threw evidence in the courtroom for effect, let emotions of near rage take over him, and signed autographs and took pictures with "fans" outside court. Those fans called him "Juantastico." His detractors, troubled by a string of allegations of ethical breaches and prosecutorial misconduct allegations, called him "Teflon Juan."
Those caught up to him in 2020. Martinez agreed to end his 30-year career as a prosecutor and be disbarred because of State Bar complaints against him. The complaints involved allegations that Martinez sexually harassed women he worked with at the Maricopa County Attorney's Office.
The Bar also accused him of leaking information to a blogger during the Arias trial and lying to investigators about having a sexual relationship with her. Martinez agreed to his disbarment, but only by declining to defend the charges against him. He did not admit to misconduct.
The judge: Sherry Stephens
Judge Sherry Stephens announced her retirement in 2021. Stephens ultimately was the one who sentenced Arias to life without the possibility of release after a second jury could not decide on Arias' punishment.
In Arias' sentencing retrial, Stephens blocked media and public access during witness testimony because the witness would not testify unless the courtroom was closed. The Arizona Republic and 12 News sued for access and took the matter to the Arizona Court of Appeals, who ended up siding with the media. One of the witnesses that testified in secret was Arias, who said she wanted to testify behind closed doors because of death threats she received.
Timeline:A look back at the Jodi Arias murder case
The first county attorney: Andrew Thomas
Andrew Thomas was the Maricopa County attorney when Arias murdered Alexander in 2008. It was with him as the county attorney that Maricopa County Attorney's Office prosecuted Arias and sought the death penalty, controversially because Arias claimed she acted in self-defense to escape an abusive relationship.
In 2012, Thomas resigned to run for Arizona attorney general. During that campaign, Thomas was disbarred for numerous ethics violations. Those violations were in his capacity as Maricopa County attorney and included conflicts of interest, dishonesty, misrepresentation and abuse of power for filing charges against county officials with the sole purpose of embarrassing or burdening them.
The second county attorney: Bill Montgomery
Bill Montgomery was elected the Maricopa County attorney after Thomas resigned. He was widely questioned for his decision to continue seeking the death penalty for Arias, after the spectacle and cost of the first attempt.
In September 2019, Montgomery was appointed to the Arizona Supreme Court by Gov. Doug Ducey. During his confirmation and vetting process, Montgomery was forced to defend his refusal to discipline Martinez and to let the flamboyant prosecutor write a book about the Arias case.
The media commentator: Nancy Grace
The former prosecutor-turned CNN crime show host covered the case extensively with CNN Headline News. The network built a set of a fake courtroom in Phoenix's downtown CityScape, where the public could watch the trial streamed live from the real courtroom. Nancy Grace polled faux jurors after key days of courtroom drama. She was widely criticized for her sensationalist coverage.
In 2019, Grace left CNN to be part of the Fox network’s streaming. She now has a daily podcast, "Crime Stories with Nancy Grace" through Fox Nation.
The defense attorneys: Laurence Nurmi and Jennifer Willmott
Laurence "Kirk" Nurmi led Arias' defense team with Jennifer Willmott by his side. In 2016, Nurmi was disbarred on allegations of an ethical breach for writing a book about the case. Willmott is still a practicing prosecutor in Maricopa County.
Willmott was on the defense team for Machelle Hobson, a Maricopa mother who was accused of neglecting her seven adopted children who she featured in a popular YouTube series, "Fantastic Adventures." However, Hobson died of natural causes before she could stand trial. She was accused of beating, starving, and pepper-spraying the children if she felt their performances on the channel were inadequate.
The courtroom blogger: Jennifer Wood
Jennifer Wood, a stay-at-home mom and her friend Sharee Ruiz, ran a blog called The Trial Divas. On it, the pair blogged about prominent murder cases, gained a following and turned it into a business. Shortly after meeting in August 2013, Wood and prosecutor Juan Martinez began an affair.
During the trial, Wood began Jen's Trial Diaries after Ruiz left because of the affair. It is still active on social media. During Arias' resentencing phase, Martinez allegedly told Wood the name of a juror he wanted dismissed because they were against the death penalty. Juror identities are supposed to be protected, but Martinez denied the allegation. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2023/05/09/jodi-arias-trial-key-players-where-are-they-now/70197590007/ | 2023-05-09T13:38:49 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2023/05/09/jodi-arias-trial-key-players-where-are-they-now/70197590007/ |
New southern Arizona mine slated for ecologically diverse Patagonia mountains
Southern Arizona's Hermosa mine project, located in the Patagonia mountains, an area known for its ecological diversity, is the first mining project to be added to Fast-41, a federal program that streamlines the permitting process, according to an announcement Monday.
The Hermosa mine, a $1.7 billion project run by Australian company South32, is a proposed zinc, silver and manganese mine. If permitted, it will be the largest investment in Santa Cruz County history, according to the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council. Mine production is slated to begin in 2027.
Fast-41 is a federal program established in 2015 that created the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council— made up of 16 members including 13 federal agencies — to coordinate federal environmental reviews for qualified projects.
According to the permitting council, the program “helps ensure a deliberate, transparent, and predictable Federal environmental review and permitting process,” applying to large complex infrastructure projects across 18 different sectors.
Data from the council showed that projects under Fast-41 cut their permitting process time almost in half.
“Becoming a covered FAST-41 project will make the rigorous federal environmental review and permitting process for this project more transparent, predictable, and inclusive for all stakeholders,” Graham Kerr, South32 executive officer, said in a statement.
According to South32, a recent study showed the potential for the Hermosa’s Clark deposit to supply battery-grade manganese to the North American electric vehicle supply chain. The U.S. relies mostly on foreign imports for critical minerals for clean energy technology.
Since qualifying for Fast-41, the federal agencies have two months to create a publicly available permitting timetable slated to be completed by July 5. It will be available on the federal permitting dashboard and display the project dates of completion, and the federal environmental reviews and authorizations needed to develop the project.
South32 touted its mission of being a carbon neutral mine and using technology to minimize its impact on the environment.
However, critics like the Patagonia Resource Alliance, a watchdog nonprofit, warn of the potential impacts of the mine on surrounding wildlife and the nearby town of Patagonia, including pollution, groundwater depletion and risk of contamination of water wells below the mine.
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By the numbers: A look at ASU's graduating class
Arizona State University will graduate about 20,000 students in May 2023, marking the end of the academic year with 30 commencement ceremonies over the span of a week.
To capture growth and shifts in the student population, The Arizona Republic asked the university to provide data on its spring graduates since 2020, the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Numbers for this spring are projections, as the university does not reconcile its final commencement numbers until June, after all ceremonies are complete.
Here's what our analysis found.
Big jump in the number of spring graduates
The university's spring graduating class has grown by about 3,300 students since 2020. That's a nearly 20% jump.
With more students come more degrees. Graduate degrees have seen the highest rate of growth, with ASU handing out a little over 1,000 more this spring than it did in 2020, and about 700 more than last year.
How many are Arizona residents?
Nearly half of this spring's graduating class are Arizona residents.
That's down a few percentage points from 2020, when most graduates — more than 54% — were Arizonans.
In raw number terms, though, more Arizona students are graduating this year than three years ago. In spring 2020, there were about 8,900 resident students who graduated. This year, there are more than 9,500.
In the past several years, nonresidents and international students have taken up larger segments of spring graduating classes. Those students pay more in tuition than Arizona residents.
Diversity among U.S. students
As ASU's student body has grown over the past three years, the share of U.S. students identifying as Black, Native American and Hawaiian or Pacific Islander has remained relatively steady.
Slight upticks were seen among other groups. The percentage of students identifying as Latino, Asian or two or more races has increased slightly since 2020, as has the percentage of students declining to specify a race or ethnicity.
The share of students identifying as white has gone down over that same period. The spring 2020 group of U.S. graduates was 59% white. This year, it's about 54%.
Sasha Hupka covers higher education for The Arizona Republic. Do you have a tip on Arizona's universities, community colleges or trade schools? Reach her at sasha.hupka@arizonarepublic.com. Follow her on Twitter: @SashaHupka. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2023/05/09/a-numerical-look-at-arizona-state-universitys-graduating-class/70188954007/ | 2023-05-09T13:39:01 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2023/05/09/a-numerical-look-at-arizona-state-universitys-graduating-class/70188954007/ |
Arizona is set to spend $200M on water conservation, but tribes need access
A wide variety of projects across Arizona aiming to increase water efficiency and conservation could come to fruition in the next couple of years using $200 million in state grants that were approved as part of a $1 billion measure last year.
Cities, counties and irrigation districts, among other public entities, can apply for up to $3 million in grants for their water conservation programs and $250,000 for projects. These can range from research and education efforts to programs for residential improvements to watershed restoration.
Nonprofits can also apply for the fund in partnership with a public entity or water provider. All proposals require a 25% match.
Indian tribes were not included as eligible applicants within the legislation approved last year and now lawmakers are trying to mend that mistake during this legislative session.
The first round of applications opened April 18 and will close on May 19. The money, coming from the Water Conservation Grant Fund, will be administered by Arizona's Water Infrastructure Finance Authority, or WIFA, an independent state agency established by the Legislature in 1989.
As of now, board and committee members said, there is no ironclad criteria for awarding the funds nor a quota for certain types projects or applicants. Proposals will be evaluated in a case-by-case basis on their feasibility and effectiveness to make long-term reductions on water use, improve water use efficiency and improve water reliability.
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Money could fund an array of ideas
The funds are part of a sweeping water package that Ducey introduced in the last year of his administration, a measure that could someday lead to larger scale projects, such as a water desalination plant. The $200 million for conservation was added to the bill late in the process.
"We want to see tangible water savings coming from the money, and we want to see it benefiting as many Arizonans as possible," said Chelsea McGuire, assistant director of external affairs with WIFA and former director of government relations with Arizona Farm Bureau Federation.
Another expectation is that the money goes to a wide variety of recipients and projects. WIFA's water conservation grant committee aims to ensure that.
Within the committee are representatives of large and small public water systems, counties, academia, non-governmental organizations, and a natural resource conservation district.
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Kimberly Schonek, water program director for the Nature Conservancy in Arizona and chairperson of the committee, says she is excited about the variety of projects they expect to see. It's important the projects are not predetermined but come from the solutions and needs that people on the ground identify.
"What's happening in the White Mountains is very different than what goes on in Yuma. We wanna make sure we are representing the full state and that we are not setting criteria upfront that may restrict projects that are beneficial to those other areas," she said.
The next round of applications will likely open in June, and the committee will continue to receive applications on a rolling basis until June 2024 or until the funds ran out.
McGuire said the timelines to award grants and make expenditures come from federal guidelines, as the money comes from this administration's American Rescue Plan fund. Awarded entities will have to spend the money by December 2026.
"We want to see as many (applications) come in as possible. Having too many for $200 million would be a great problem for us to have," McGuire said.
WIFA would like to make this a longer term grant program, she said, and once they get the $200 million "out the door and on the ground across the state doing good things that result in water savings," ask additional funds from the Legislature.
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Tribes excluded from funds in 'oversight'
The bill appropriating $200 million for water conservation grants did not consider Indian tribes as eligible applicants. Other WIFA programs, like the $40 million Water Supply Development Fund, do.
"That was a complete oversight, we believe, it was something that was always anticipated but didn't end up in the definition," McGuire said.
Arizonan Indian communities will not be able to compete for funding until the omission is fixed.
“Unfortunately, this is not the first time tribes are excluded or not considered during the drafting and passing of legislation," Pascua Yaqui Chairman Peter Yucupicio told The Arizona Republic. "A 'technical' oversight means that some tribes may not have an opportunity to implement plans to conserve water during a drought.
"Things like low-flow faucets and showers or rain harvesting programs will have to be postponed."
The omission leaves out 22 tribal nations, whose territory in Arizona comprises over 20 million acres. More importantly, it cannot create water conservation opportunities for over 200,000 residents living on tribal lands.
Amendments to the eligibility criteria were submitted by Sen. Sine Kerr, R-Yuma, in SB1390.
But those amendments created new complications.
There was an agreement that amendments to the bill would only seek to include tribal entities as eligible applicants, said Sen. Priya Sundareshan, D-Tucson, who voted against the bill. But the language introduced in SB1390 could also allow access to others, like private farms and very large private entities, she said. That sparked discussions on needs to correct the language of the bill again.
Sundareshan, who is also a non-voting member of the WIFA board, said broad language within the bill amendment could bring unintended consequences.
"If a large utility or company could take advantage of the grants and take a large portion of that then there is a lot less available for the smaller players," she added.
The bill is still in the House and might go back to the Senate for future amendments, Sundareshan said.
"We've been in discussion with the sponsor of the bill and other house members trying to ensure that the bill as amended does not drastically open the door to entities far and wide," she said.
McGuire said she has met with representatives of all sorts of public entities, big and small cities, irrigation systems and natural resources conservation districts. She said she looks forward to ramping up that outreach with tribal representatives as soon as they are "officially be eligible to apply."
"We anticipate we are going to see all those folks coming to the table with ideas for programs and projects to get funded. and that's really the goal, that diverse representation," she said.
The public can comment on the applications submitted for funding. These will be posted on the public meeting agendas of the grant committee and board.
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Clara Migoya covers environment issues for The Arizona Republic and azcentral. Send tips or questions to clara.migoya@arizonarepublic.com.
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The first block of 'The Zone' is getting cleaned and cleared. Here's what next
This week, Phoenix will begin the arduous task of clearing out the city’s largest homeless encampment.
The area, known as “The Zone,” is located near 12th Avenue and Madison Street, just a few minutes’ walk from the Arizona Capitol complex. Dense rows of camping tents, blue tarps and other makeshift shelters line the sidewalk for blocks. Some people have been staying in the encampment for just a few days; others have lived there for years.
As the city prepares to empty the area, we break down who lives in "The Zone," why it's being disbanded and what happens next.
Who lives in 'The Zone'?
Between 600 and 1,000 people are in the encampment on any given night, city reports show.
That doesn’t include the roughly 900 people sheltered at the Human Services Campus, which sits at the center of "The Zone" and is home to over a dozen nonprofits that serve people experiencing homelessness.
Many people in "The Zone" are chronically homeless, meaning they have a disability — such as a serious mental illness or substance use disorder — and have been experiencing homelessness for a long stretch of time. Others are older adults or people otherwise on fixed incomes who lost their housing and, given the Valley’s skyrocketing housing costs, haven’t been able to secure another place to stay.
Why is 'The Zone' being cleared out?
A judge in March ordered Phoenix to remove tents in the area.
The order was part of a lawsuit, Brown v. City of Phoenix, that nearby business and property owners filed against the city in August. The lawsuit claims that the encampment is a public nuisance that has subjected the business and property owners to violence, damaged property and more and that the city hasn’t done enough to fix the problem.
A trial in the lawsuit is scheduled for July 10. Phoenix has been ordered to show that it’s made meaningful progress on clearing out "The Zone" by then.
When, where and how will the cleanup take place?
The Zone will be cleared out block by block, with the first cleanup scheduled for the morning of Wednesday, May 10, at Ninth Avenue between Washington and Jefferson streets. About 20 tents lined the block as of last week.
Once a block is cleared, people will not be able to return to it, said Rachel Milne, director of Phoenix’s Office of Homeless Solutions. If they do, they could be cited or arrested, a city notice passed out to residents states.
The protocol is a revised version of the enhanced cleanups the city has been conducting in the area since December.
The city has not yet announced when the remaining blocks of the encampment will be cleared.
What will happen to the people living in 'The Zone'?
Phoenix has already started relocating some people to indoor shelter and hopes to be able to offer shelter to every person in the encampment, city spokesperson Kristin Couturier said.
The heat relief shelter at 28th and Washington streets, along with the Respiro and Central Arizona Shelter Services shelters on the Human Services Campus, are among the places that will be available to accommodate residents of "The Zone" on Wednesday, Couturier said.
The 600 beds at CASS's downtown shelter are almost always full, but the organization has gone over that limit before, CEO Lisa Glow said, adding that the shelter already put more mats on the floor to prepare for people coming from "The Zone".
Community Bridges Inc. has also set aside shelter space for residents of "The Zone," including hotel rooms and beds in congregate shelters, President and CEO John Hogeboom said.
The city is also still "actively pursuing" a structured campground option, Couturier said. She did not provide further details.
Juliette Rihl covers housing insecurity and homelessness for The Arizona Republic. She can be reached at jrihl@arizonarepublic.com or on Twitter @julietterihl.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The Birmingham City Council could be voting Tuesday on a $1.3 million grant that would allow for Yo Mama’s restaurant to move into a space under a parking garage on 4th Avenue and 21st Street that’s been vacant since 2004.
In Yo Mama’s current location on 2nd Avenue downtown, the owner says it doesn’t have room for big parties or business lunches. If the council approves their move to this spot under the parking deck, the restaurant hopes to have a private room created to accommodate this.
“We do good here but I would like for the customers to be a little bit more comfortable,” Denise Peterson, co-owner of Yo Mama’s, said.
Peterson says they’ve been working on the plans for this move for about a year, drawing up blueprints and talking with contractors to present to the Birmingham City Council.
“We actually hadn’t had a big conversation with the employees because I wanted to make sure we waited to see what the city council said. I didn’t want, I’m not jumping ship. You know, I want to know for sure that it’s going to happen,” Peterson said.
Peterson says not only would this new location give the restaurant more space but more parking, which is something she says customers often complain about.
“Everybody around here seems to have ownership of the [parking spots] they do have and I understand that because it’s a lot of restaurants and a lot of businesses in between here and there,” Peterson said.
Birmingham Council Member Hunter Williams says the city is hoping to create a long-term lease for up to 10 years with Yo Mama’s in the new space.
“It’s a real win-win for the city of Birmingham because we have had a very large retail space that the city was hoping to lease out several decades ago that really has just been sitting vacant and unfinished,” Williams said. “What we’re doing is taking funding that we have available to us to finish out that space, put in a long-term tenant, and then have that space now on the tax rolls producing revenue for the city of Birmingham.”
Yo Mama’s says if it moves, it will still have to pay rent to the city for the new space. The restaurant says should the council approve the grant, construction could begin as soon as possible and take 12-16 weeks to complete. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/birmingham-city-council-expected-to-vote-on-new-tenant-for-downtown-retail-storefront/ | 2023-05-09T13:41:53 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/birmingham-city-council-expected-to-vote-on-new-tenant-for-downtown-retail-storefront/ |
A woman is dead and four young children are fighting for their lives after a fast-moving fire in Brooklyn overnight that may have been intentionally set, according to the NYPD.
Few details were immediately available regarding the East New York fire that engulfed a three-story home on Fountain Avenue shortly after 2 a.m. Tuesday. It appears it started at the front door and quickly extended to the staircase, then up to the second level, fire officials said. Marshals investigating the cause say an accelerant was found at the scene.
The identity of the woman who died wasn't immediately clear later Tuesday morning, nor was her age known. Four children -- a 9-year-old boy, and 10-, 14- and 17-year-old girls -- were hospitalized in critical condition, the FDNY said.
The nature of their injuries wasn't known. A man was also pulled from the fiery home, police say. He was taken to a hospital in stable condition. His age wasn't clear, but it's believed the victims were related.
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"Anytime you see, you know, a whole family like this together, this time of the night, I mean, with a fire ... the emotions outside," Assistant FDNY Chief Chuck Downey said at a news briefing. "It's very emotional."
Sixty firefighters responded to the blaze, one of whom suffered a minor injury, officials say. Video from the scene showed the charred remnants of the building and an army of emergency responders in the area. A crime scene tent was also seen being erected outside the destroyed structure early Tuesday.
The investigation is ongoing. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/brooklyn-fire-kills-woman-on-fountain-avenue-in-east-new-york/4316662/ | 2023-05-09T13:44:39 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/brooklyn-fire-kills-woman-on-fountain-avenue-in-east-new-york/4316662/ |
A woman is in custody in connection with the killings of two NYU business students who were shot in Puerto Rico while apparently on a birthday celebration trip this past weekend, authorities said Tuesday.
Police say the woman, who has not been identified, negotiated with police and turned herself into authorities. They say she has a criminal record that includes violent crimes, though didn't detail specifics. It wasn't clear if the woman in custody Tuesday was the woman seen on surveillance video firing a gun in the vicinity of the students on Saturday.
She covered her face and kept her head down as she walked by reporters in Puerto Rico on her way into the station. Her name hasn't been released.
Franco Medina Angulo and Sergio Palomino Ruiz, both Stern School of Business students from Peru, had traveled to Puerto Rico with other classmates on a brief holiday, the university said in a statement. The friends were caught in the crossfire between two other groups of people whom they didn't know outside a nightclub in San Juan.
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NYU students say the entire campus community has been affected by the sudden loss -- even though who didn't know Angulo or Ruiz personally.
"They're someone you had classes with ... that happens like right there ... that's like, 'Wow, it really kind of hits home,'" one student said.
News
“The NYU community is brokenhearted and shocked by the deaths of two MBA students in Puerto Rico, victims of senseless, tragic gunfire," NYU Spokesperson John Beckman said in a statement.
NYU will have counseling services available to students who were in the same program and any friends of the victims. The school said there will be a candlelight vigil for Angulo and Ruiz on Thursday.
"The University has been in touch with the remaining group members to offer them support and aid; none of the others were injured. NYU has also reached out to the families of the slain students to provide whatever assistance we can and to express the sympathies of the University community," Beckman added.
A dean for the Stern School of Business said that a scholarship would be established in each of Angulo and Ruiz's names.
A GoFundMe set up to support the victims' families had raised more than $45,000 by Tuesday morning.
Three other people suffered minor injuries in the shooting. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyu-students-killed-in-puerto-rico-woman-in-custody/4316900/ | 2023-05-09T13:44:39 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyu-students-killed-in-puerto-rico-woman-in-custody/4316900/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – A man in his 50s is dead following a crash Tuesday morning southeast of Wichita.
It happened at 31st Street South and Webb Road around 6:30 a.m. According to authorities, the man was heading south on Webb Road when his car went out of control. His car hit a tree.
The intersection of 31st Street South and Webb Road is closed as the investigation continues. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/man-dead-following-crash-southeast-of-wichita/ | 2023-05-09T13:48:16 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/man-dead-following-crash-southeast-of-wichita/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Northeast Magnet High School teacher LaShay Powell will be honored by Sheinelle Jones from NBC’s “Today” on Tuesday morning at 8:30 p.m. as part of National Teacher Appreciation Day.
Powell teaches social studies and has been teaching there for 13 years. Powell is a diehard Steelers fan.
Back in January, students presented her with a customized Steelers jersey. The moment went viral on TikTok. The video has over 10 million views.
“What grabbed people’s attention is that she was so thankful, and you could see on their faces that they love her so much, and you can tell that. It transcended that moment, and people around the country really gravitated to her,” Jones said in an interview on “Kansas Today.”
Jones said that she went to school with Powell in Wichita. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-teacher-to-be-honored-by-nbcs-today/ | 2023-05-09T13:48:22 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-teacher-to-be-honored-by-nbcs-today/ |
GREENSBORO — Police say they are looking for a woman and a man who robbed a gas station at gunpoint overnight.
Officers responded at 2:43 a.m. to the Great Stops at 2410 E. Market St. about a robbery that took place. Police were told the woman and man entered the business and took an undisclosed amount of cash before leaving, according to a news release from Greensboro police.
Police are asking anyone with information to contact Greensboro/Guilford Crime Stoppers at 336-373-1000. Residents can also download the mobile P3tips app for Apple or Android phones to submit a mobile tip, or go to P3tips.com to submit a web tip. All tips to Crime Stoppers are anonymous. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/police-seeking-woman-and-man-who-robbed-greensboro-gas-station-overnight-at-gunpoint/article_af413f82-ee60-11ed-b75b-cb2ab4af8327.html | 2023-05-09T13:59:25 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/police-seeking-woman-and-man-who-robbed-greensboro-gas-station-overnight-at-gunpoint/article_af413f82-ee60-11ed-b75b-cb2ab4af8327.html |
GREENSBORO — Three people were hospitalized after a shooting Monday afternoon on Lees Chapel Road, Greensboro police said in a news release.
Officers responded at 4:23 p.m. to the 1300 block of Lees Chapel Road and found two gunshot victims, who were then taken by ambulance to a local hospital. A third victim arrived at the hospital by private vehicle, police said.
Police have not released any information on the victims, any possible suspects, or what may have led to the shooting. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/three-people-hospitalized-after-shooting-monday-afternoon-in-greensboro-police-say/article_b56c50aa-edf1-11ed-8f36-17785f79a365.html | 2023-05-09T13:59:31 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/three-people-hospitalized-after-shooting-monday-afternoon-in-greensboro-police-say/article_b56c50aa-edf1-11ed-8f36-17785f79a365.html |
What to Know
- A police officer wounded during a struggle with an armed pedestrian earlier this year who died from his injuries will get a processional back to New Jersey Tuesday.
- Deptford Township police department says officer Robert Shisler died Sunday in the hospital where he had been treated since the March 10 incident, which also left the pedestrian dead. The 27-year-old Shisler had served on the force for four years.
- Authorities said Shisler tried to stop 24-year-old Mitchell Negron Jr. as Negron walked on a roadway in Deptford, but Negron instead fled on foot. Shisler ran after him and both men were shot in an ensuing struggle. Negron was pronounced dead at the scene, while Shisler suffered a leg wound.
The body of a Deptford Township police officer who died after being wounded in a shooting while on duty nearly two months ago returned to New Jersey Tuesday.
Deptford Police Officer Robert "Bobby" Shisler died Sunday in Philadelphia after being shot during a struggle in March.
On Tuesday morning, Shisler's body was transferred in police-guided hearse from the Philadelphia Medical Examiner's Office across the Delaware River to the Boucher Funeral Home in Gloucester County, New Jersey.
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Deptford police urged the community to come out and line Delsea Drive to honor Shisler. They released traffic and timing details on Facebook.
On March 10. the 27-year-old officer conducted a pedestrian stop on Delsea Drive in Deptford Township, New Jersey, police said. During the stop, a man, who police identified as 24-year-old Mitchell Negron Jr., ran off on foot, investigators said.
Officer Shisler chased after him and a struggle ensued between the two men, according to investigators. During the struggle, both men shot each other, officials said. A Taurus .38 special revolver, which was not Officer Shisler’s service weapon, was recovered at the scene, according to investigators.
Negron was pronounced dead at the scene while Officer Shisler was taken to a Philadelphia hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg.
Officer Shisler spent several weeks in the hospital where he underwent multiple surgeries and extensive treatment. During that time he received support from the Deptford Township community.
"Our deepest sympathies are with the Shisler family during this difficult time of bereavement,” Deptford Township Police Chief Joseph Smith wrote while announcing Shisler's death. “Though nothing can take away the pain of his passing, Bobby's incredible strength and bravery will be an unforgettable example of being Deptford strong. He was the best of ALL of us."
Shortly after the news of Officer Shisler's death, officers consoled each other outside the Deptford Police Department. They draped a black cloth over Officer Shisler's police cruiser before crossing the bridge into Pennsylvania.
Deptford Mayor Paul Medany said Officer Shisler -- a four-year vet of the force -- was the first Deptford Police officer killed in the line of duty. He also said his death will impact the community for a long time.
"It's a tragic situation," Medany said. "The community coming together, that's great. But nobody ever wants to see this happen in any community in the United States of America."
Exact funeral arrangements had yet to be revealed as of Tuesday morning.
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PUTNAM COUNTY, Ga. — It’s been nine years since a Putnam County couple was found murdered at their Lake Oconee home.
Russell and Shirley Dermond were killed at their home back in May of 2014. Russell Dermond, who was 88 years old at the time, was found in the garage of his Eatonton lakefront home.
Investigators said that his remains were found decapitated, and his head has still not been found.
Ten days later, Shirley Dermond’s remains were found near a Lake Oconee dam. The 88-year-old’s remains were left in the water, just five miles from the home.
Since then, the case has run cold. Putnam County deputies have interviewed hundreds of people but haven’t found a lead. In the sheriff's last update on the case, he said there were no fingerprints, foreign DNA or eyewitnesses.
Last year, the sheriff’s office announced they received cell phone data that may help the case, but so far, there haven't been any updates.
The Dermonds leave behind a daughter, two sons and nine grandchildren. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/9-years-putnam-county-couple-killed-russell-shirley-dermond-lake-oconee/85-752396b2-1584-4ecb-9f3a-62268bc3de68 | 2023-05-09T14:00:45 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/9-years-putnam-county-couple-killed-russell-shirley-dermond-lake-oconee/85-752396b2-1584-4ecb-9f3a-62268bc3de68 |
CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — Clayton County Police need help to find a missing 16-year-old.
Jariyah Walker was last seen Sunday night at around 8 p.m. near block 6600 of Bent Creek Drive in Rex, according to a Facebook post from the department’s page.
Walker’s parents told police they checked on her Sunday at 11:44 a.m. but said she wasn’t in her room. The 16-year-old has been diagnosed with a mental illness.
Police said Walker is 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 112 pounds. She has black hair and brown eyes. It is unknown what she was wearing at the time of her disappearance.
If you have any information about Walker’s whereabouts, call 911 or the Clayton County Police Department at 770-477-4026. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/clayton-county-police-need-help-missing-16-year-old/85-d8801fc4-b63a-4898-8eb6-56845d9e5f94 | 2023-05-09T14:00:51 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/clayton-county-police-need-help-missing-16-year-old/85-d8801fc4-b63a-4898-8eb6-56845d9e5f94 |
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — DeKalb County Police need help finding a missing 19-year-old.
Aaron Palmer was last seen Monday near the 4300 block of Covington Highway, according to a Facebook post from the department’s page.
Police said Palmer is 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 200 pounds. He has black hair, brown eyes and was last seen wearing a green hoodie, blue pants and Nike shoes, the post said.
If you have any information about Palmer’s whereabouts, call the department’s special victim’s unit at 770-724-7710. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/dekalb-county-police-need-help-missing-19-year-old/85-c6a5bfad-6812-434c-b185-be7ce1f67937 | 2023-05-09T14:00:57 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/dekalb-county-police-need-help-missing-19-year-old/85-c6a5bfad-6812-434c-b185-be7ce1f67937 |
Daytona Beach's Juneteenth celebration expanding to include parade
DAYTONA BEACH — This year's Juneteenth celebration in Daytona Beach promises to be the city's biggest ever.
For the first time, Daytona Beach will celebrate Juneteenth with a parade.
Daytona's annual Juneteenth Family Festival and banquet will also be held next month.
Everything you need to know about Daytona's Juneteenth parade
Daytona Beach's celebration of the national holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans will begin with the parade.
The inaugural Juneteenth Celebration Parade will begin at 10 a.m. on June 17 in Daytona Beach's historic Midtown neighborhood. The parade route will begin on Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard and end on George Engram Boulevard.
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The Juneteenth Committee is looking for parade participants, which can include marching bands, dance troupes, civic groups, local businesses, religious organizations, youth groups, military members, law enforcement, senior groups, clubs and performers.
Anyone interested in participating in the parade can call 386-227-7220, email wilkinsonc@cookman.edu or visit www.juneteenthdaytona.com/events to download the entry form. The deadline to submit the entry form is June 9.
Daytona Juneteenth festival plans
Right after the parade, the 25th Annual Juneteenth Community Festival will get underway at 11 a.m. at Cypress Park, located on the southeast corner of Nova Road and George Engram Boulevard. The festival is a free, all-day event that will feature entertainment, vendors, activities for children and more.
The family-friendly festival will include live music, more than 100 vendors selling food and a variety of merchandise, dancing, children's games and educational activities. Proceeds from the event will go toward college scholarships.
Those interested in becoming a vendor at the festival can contact Antoinette Noelien at 386-400-2906, or go to www.juneteenthdaytona.com/vendor to download a registration form. The deadline to submit the vending registration form is May 12.
Juneteenth banquet grand finale
The Juneteenth festivities will continue on June 19, when the 25th Annual Hometown Heroes Awards Banquet will be held at the Mori Hosseini Student Center on the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University campus. Daytona Beach-area residents who make a difference in the community will be honored at the banquet, which will include a full-course dinner and live entertainment.
For more banquet information, visit www.juneteenthdaytona.com.
The backstory on Juneteenth
The genesis of Juneteenth goes back 158 years. On June 19, 1865, Union Gen. Gordon Granger read federal orders in Galveston, Texas, stating that all enslaved people in the state were free. Texas was the last state to free its slaves.
Although the Emancipation Proclamation had freed slaves two and a half years earlier, and the Civil War had largely ended with the defeat of the Confederate states in April of 1865, Texas was the most remote of the slave states and had a low presence of Union troops, so enforcement of the proclamation had been slow and inconsistent.
Florida slaves also got the news more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863. Florida's slaves were finally told they were free on May 20, 1865, a month earlier than slaves in Texas.
May 20th has become known as Florida's Emancipation Day. Slavery became illegal in the state when Union Brigadier Gen. Edward McCook formally announced the Emancipation Proclamation from the steps of the Knott House in Tallahassee on May 20, 1865, 11 days after the end of the Civil War.
You can reach Eileen at Eileen.Zaffiro@news-jrnl.com | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2023/05/09/a-parade-festival-and-banquet-will-mark-daytonas-juneteenth-party/70195343007/ | 2023-05-09T14:01:29 | 1 | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2023/05/09/a-parade-festival-and-banquet-will-mark-daytonas-juneteenth-party/70195343007/ |
Over 1 million cubic yards of sand coming to Volusia beaches over the next two years
A major sand dune placement project is coming soon to help strengthen Volusia County's coast, but property owners need to sign easements allowing the county access if they want to take advantage of it, officials said Monday.
The dune placement project is one of several coastal recovery efforts happening in the wake of hurricanes Ian and Nicole.
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One of those projects is happening right now, and property owners who want to participate need to sign easements for that, too. The county is placing TrapBag systems along the coast as a short-term protective measure for vulnerable areas, Volusia County's Coastal Division Director Jessica Fentress said at the Roundtable of Volusia County Elected Officials. The meeting brings together leaders from the county and its cities.
What's a TrapBag?
The TrapBag system consists of a series of pentagon-shaped sandbags that are connected side by side like an accordion, according to the manufacturer.
As of Friday the county had removed 5,211 cubic yards of debris and installed 6,400 linear feet of TrapBags, Fentress said. The county has over 200 easements from property owners.
"So we have a backlog. We will be doing sandbags throughout the season until we run out of sand," she said.
The temporary sandbag placement is coming from $5 million in Florida Department of Environmental Protection funds for emergency sand placement.
Dune placement, long-term plan ahead
The dune placement will bring over 1 million cubic yards of sand along the coast over the next two years, Fentress said.
People who choose not to provide an easement won't get help from the sand projects, Fentress said.
Fentress said she expects to have an agreement with an engineering firm for the Volusia County Council's consideration in June for the design, construction, and permitting of the dune placement.
Funds for that project are also coming from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
The TrapBag systems and dune placement are both shorter-term solutions for strengthening the coast. But officials are also working on a countywide feasibility study that will look at long-range solutions, she said.
"We need to go as a group along the coast and figure out what we want our beaches to look like. ... Each area of our coastline is going to have a unique solution," Fentress said.
The process will involve the county analyzing shoreline surveys and other data and having public meetings to get people's feedback about what projects they want.
Turtle nesting season flexibility a 'monumental' turn of events
Turtle nesting season has begun, which would normally mean construction would stop. But federal officials are allowing hurricane recovery projects to continue with conditions.
Officials described it as a huge effort and outcome that involved county and city officials and staff, including Fentress, and assistance from U.S. Rep. Mike Waltz.
"It's monumental that we're being allowed to do this," Fentress said. "This has not been done in the state of Florida ever."
The county is stepping up enforcement of permitting and access requirements along the beach to make sure the agreement with the state and federal officials isn't compromised.
Volusia County Growth and Resource Management Director Clay Ervin said officials found someone working without a permit or contract and multiple workers using vacant land to access the beach instead of beach ramps.
The flexibility from state and federal officials who oversee turtle protection means people can get permits and start construction on seawalls, revetments, dune placements, and walkovers during nesting season, Fentress said.
People still have to get FDEP permits and any other necessary permits to start work. And crews still have to wait for routine turtle surveys to be done before accessing the beach, just as other beach drivers have to wait to access the beach until turtle surveys are finished in the morning.
"You still must comply with the FWC (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission) turtle surveys. We need you to get beaches and dune permits from Volusia County because the only way you will be allowed to do construction is if you have (an) orange placard on your project site," Fentress said.
Before materials arrive for construction projects, people must contact the FWC so they can conduct a search for turtle nests.
If a turtle nest is found on the site, it will be up to the FWC to decide whether the project can continue. But each turtle nest must have a buffer around the nest with a radius of 10 feet, Fentress said. | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2023/05/09/volusia-county-beaches-receive-monumental-help-for-turtle-season/70188607007/ | 2023-05-09T14:01:35 | 0 | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2023/05/09/volusia-county-beaches-receive-monumental-help-for-turtle-season/70188607007/ |
ALLEN, Texas — On Monday, friends of the Cho family identified parents Kyu and Cindy and their 3-year-old son, James, as victims killed in the Allen Premium Outlets mall shooting in Allen, Texas.
At a memorial set up outside the mall, Trinity Whitley told WFAA she was James’ daycare teacher in McKinney.
“[James] was innocent, and he did nothing wrong,” Whitley said. “He usually wore elephant bibs and shirts. He loved elephants, loved elephants.”
The cross at the memorial with James’ name has a stuffed elephant toy pinned on it.
“He was sweet and smart, and he was so cute,” Whitley continued. “And he was brilliant child. I've never actually met a 3-year-old that was that smart. He was three and he was writing his own name.”
Whitley said James’ mother, Cindy, was her dentist.
"His mom, she was so sweet, and she would always say thank you that [the daycare staff] always takes care of her son," she said.
Whitley brought a green balloon to add to the memorial, which was James’ favorite color, she said.
“He was a super sweet kid and every day we’re going to miss him. And there won’t be a day we’re not thinking about him,” she added.
Kyu and Cindy's other son, 6-year-old William, remains hospitalized but was released from the ICU, according to a GoFundMe page set up for the family.
Prestonwood Christian Academy shared William is a student at the school and in a video said it's providing counseling for students and staff.
Hundreds of people came by the memorial at the mall on Monday.
Organizers said a vigil is planned there for Wednesday at 7 p.m. It’s open to the public. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/allen-texas-mall-shooting-3-year-old-victim-remembered-by-teacher/287-c1aa2206-34c9-4d29-b3d3-2e7799a42bde | 2023-05-09T14:02:00 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/allen-texas-mall-shooting-3-year-old-victim-remembered-by-teacher/287-c1aa2206-34c9-4d29-b3d3-2e7799a42bde |
SAN ANTONIO — One drunk driver was arrested after crashing into a fence of a nearby home on the south side Tuesday morning, according to San Antonio Police.
The incident occurred at the 300 block of W. Theo around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday.
According to police, a man in his 30s was traveling westbound on Theo when he lost control, rolling over and hitting a fence with a house nearby. The house did not have substantial damage.
Police were sent to the scene after a vehicle was reported for hitting a home and when they arrived found evidence the car may have hit the corner of the house after crashing into a nearby fence, officials say.
The corner of the house belonged to a little girl who was shaken up after the crash, according to police.
The diver was arrested for a DWI and no injuries were reported. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/drunk-driver-crash-home-girl-sleeping-san-antonio/273-45c14df5-1b98-4b95-993a-d974dca383f3 | 2023-05-09T14:02:06 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/drunk-driver-crash-home-girl-sleeping-san-antonio/273-45c14df5-1b98-4b95-993a-d974dca383f3 |
CONVERSE, Texas — A woman who was accused of stealing a machine gun from a shooting range on Friday has been arrested, according to an arrest affidavit.
Amber Nicole Herring, 25, was taken into custody by the Bexar County Sheriff's Office on Monday. She is being charged with possession of a prohibited firearm / machine gun, as well as theft of a firearm.
The theft occurred around 2 p.m. on May 5 at LoneStar Handgun located off Amendment Way in Converse.
The range owner said Herring vocalized interest in purchasing a gun but wanted to test out some firearms first. She filled out a liability form and was rented out a MP5 Sub Machine Gun, a powerful 9 millimeter gun capable of firing 900 rounds per minute. After customers rent out firearms, they are supposed to go the range next door to have a trigger lock removed and the gun loaded by staff before shooting.
After researching the name given to rent the gun, it was determined that Herring used her dead sister's identity to rent the gun. The sister, Bralynn Sampson, was found dead on December 10, 2022.
The business provided video from inside the store which showed the suspect had a tattoo with letters on her right chest and several other tattoos on her arm and hand.
The employee who rented the guns was able to identify Herring from a photo lineup.
Herring is being held in the Bexar County Jail on a $30,000 bond.
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LYNCHBURG, Va. – On Tuesday, there will be a Celebration of Life for Kingston Campbell, a 6-year-old boy who was tragically shot and killed in Lynchburg last week.
The Lynchburg Police Department told 10 News that the young boy was killed by a stray bullet while playing video games at home.
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The service will be held at the Ramp Church International on Thomas Road at noon and a burial will follow at the Lynchburg Baptist Cemetery.
To offer their support during a time of great loss, the Jubilee Family Development Center will be hosting youth basketball games Tuesday night in honor of Kingston.
Admission is $5 and games start at 6 p.m. Proceeds will go toward Kingston’s family, with the goal being to raise $6,000. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/09/celebration-of-life-announced-for-6-year-old-victim-of-lynchburg-shooting/ | 2023-05-09T14:14:08 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/09/celebration-of-life-announced-for-6-year-old-victim-of-lynchburg-shooting/ |
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